River of Darkness, a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and a Macavity Award for Best Mystery, and a New York Times Notable Book, and The Blood-Dimmed Tide. He lives in Cortona, Italy.', '', '', 'PROLOGUE', 'Paris, May 1940', '', 'DUSK WAS FALLING by the time Maurice Sobel reached Neuilly, and he walked the short distance from the Metro to his house in the cold, not quite earthly light of the blue-painted street lamps which were the citys sole concession to the war that was about to engulf it. His pace was brisk, and twice he glanced over his shoulder to assure himself that the street behind him was empty. The creak of the garden gate when he opened it was a welcome sound.', 'Only then did he relax his grip on the handle of the attachcase he was carrying. Since leaving Eyskenss office hed been holding it tightly, and he felt the prickle of pins and needles in his fingers now as he shifted the case to his left hand and fumbled in his pocket for his house key.', 'Normally he would have been brought home by car, but that morning hed paid off the last of the household staff, including his chauffeur, a blunt Breton by the name of Dugarry. Maurice had found the farewells upsetting and the sight of the darkened house as he walked up the gravel path to the front door was a reminder of the loss suffered by all parties. Florence, their cook, and a family retainer for the better part of a quarter of a century, had clung to his hand when theyd said goodbye. Thered been tears in her eyes.', 'Tell Madame . . . She had begun to speak three or four times, but been unable to continue. Ah, but youll be back . . . It was all she could say.', 'Maurice had pressed her hand in return. Of course, of course . . . Not knowing if it was true. Not knowing if they would ever meet again.', 'With a sigh he unlocked the door and switched on the lights in the hall. The emptiness around him seemed unnatural - he was used to the house being filled with people, loud with the voices of family and friends - and he regretted, not for the first time, his decision to postpone his departure, when he could have taken passage on the same ship that had carried his wife and their two sons across the Atlantic to New York a month earlier. Unwisely, deceived by the slow march of events in Europe following the occupation of Poland, hed chosen to remain in Paris for a little while longer, taking time to dispose of his business and to attend to the many other details, such as the leasing of his house, which had required his attention. The delay had proved costly. He had not yet wound up his affairs when the long-threatened German invasion had been launched a week earlier, and with their armoured units advancing now with giant strides across the Low Countries and - according to as yet unconfirmed reports - about to encircle the French army entrenched on the Somme, he had been forced to take emergency measures, selling off the last of his stock at rock-bottom prices and, even worse, engaging in the kind of transaction he would normally have shunned in an attempt to salvage at least a portion of these assets.', 'On that last day - the last for him, at any rate - the city had worn an air of exhaustion. The soft breeze with its promise of spring had expired, like the hopes of so many, and it was the stifling heat of summer that hung in the air now and seemed poised to descend on streets already starting to empty as cars made their slow exit bumper to bumper from the capital in anticipation of the threat that daily drew closer. Although government spokesmen had said that every inch of French soil would be defended, Maurice knew from other sources - from the rumours that sped from mouth to mouth - that the German panzers were already moving south from the coast. He had glimpsed military lorries drawn up in lines outside ministries, prepared to cart away files and other vital equipment. And although no refugees had yet appeared in Paris, travellers arriving from the north-east spoke of roads clogged by those trying to escape the fighting; of whole families on the move pushing handcarts loaded with their possessions. More ominously still, there were even reports that French soldiers without their arms had joined the fleeing columns.', 'Although his appointment with Eyskens was not until the afternoon, Maurice had gone into the city earlier and after calling at his bank had paid a final visit to what had been until recently the store that bore his familys name: Sobel Freres. Furriers of distinction, the shop was located off the rue St Honor, and although Maurice had relinquished the lease on the property he still had a key to the street door. Wandering about the deserted rooms, he had felt a deep sadness. It had taken his family years to build up the business - the company had been founded by his grandfather - and its loss felt like an amputation. He could think of no sight more desolate that day than the rows of empty hangers where only a few weeks before the finest furs had been on display, no sign more indicative of abandonment and flight than the thin patina of dust already starting to gather on the glass-topped counters.', 'Seeking an antidote to his depression, hed chosen to lunch for the last time at a favourite restaurant in the rue Cambon, one he had patronized regularly over the years, where his face and name were known not only to the patron and waiters but also to some of the other clients, successful businessmen like himself, with whom he was accustomed to exchanging nods. No doubt some of them had heard of his decision to leave: he thought he detected sympathy in the glances cast his way. But for the most part they seemed preoccupied with their own affairs. (How could they not be?) They were taking stock of the new reality. And while there was little they could do to alter it, Maurice had nevertheless been distressed to observe the all too familiar hint of a shrug in their manner; that lift of the shoulders so peculiar to the French, signifying acceptance of a situation, however disagreeable.', 'Catching sight of his own image in a gold-framed mirror on the other side of the restaurant - wryly noting the elegance of his appearance, his silvered hair barbered to a millimetre, the distinction of his dark suit, one of several hed had tailored in London, its sombre hue set off by a splash of red silk spilling from his breast pocket - hed reflected on how little he differed from these pillars of the bourgeoisie, at least on the surface. How even now, he might have been pondering his countrys future in the light of the fate that was about to overtake it: assessing what impact occupation by a foreign power would have on himself and his family, how best to protect his interests. In all probability the course of his life had not differed much from theirs. As a youth he had run up debts and made a fool of himself over women - to the despair of his father - but later redeemed himself by volunteering to serve in the war which only a generation earlier had bled his country white, and being twice decorated for gallantry. He had married well and raised a family.', 'But none of that mattered any longer, he knew, none of it counted. The future lay with the jackbooted conquerors whose armoured units even now were beating a path to the citys gates, and they would not be deceived.', 'A Jew was a Jew.', '', '', 'Willem Eyskenss office, or rather his place of business, since buying and selling were very much part of his day-to-day operations, was located off the rue de Rivoli. The brass plate beside the locked door bore his name, but gave no further information. Indeed, if you were not expected there in all likelihood you were not welcome, and beyond the door, which was only opened after the caller had adequately identified himself, access was further barred by a guard, presumably armed, who sat at a table in the small entrance hall with an alarm button close at hand. Maurice had been given Eyskenss name by a business associate, a dealer in costume jewellery and other fashion accessories with whom he did business from time to time.', 'Hes a diamond broker with connections in Amsterdam. Dutch originally, but hes been settled here a long time. He only deals in good-quality stones, Ive been told, and hes discreet. He can certainly provide what you need - at a price, of course.', 'The price, as it turned out, had been high. Eyskens had outlined the cruel economics of it at their first meeting. Its always the same in dangerous times. People try to save what they have. You cant take a factory with you, a business. So you turn it into something you know has value. Gold, if you can carry enough of it; otherwise stones. Diamonds. Theres no need to explain what effect this demand has on the market.', 'A thin-faced man with red cheeks and fair hair brushed back from his forehead, Eyskens had kept his gaze on the surface of his rosewood desk while he spoke. It was as though he was embarrassed to meet Maurices gaze.', 'Sufficient to say you are not the first to come to me with a request of this kind, Monsieur Sobel. These are, as I say, terrible times. Let us be businesslike. Your need is urgent, I see that. The short notice makes for difficulties, but I can provide what you want. However, I would prefer if this were a cash transaction.', 'You dont want a cheque? Maurice hadnt been altogether surprised.', 'Its not a matter of trust, I assure you. Your reputation is beyond question. Eyskens had shown small signs of discomfort. But I will be forced to cut corners, if I can put it like that. And later on questions may be asked - I dont mean by the French authorities. Paris may soon be under new rulers, men who might wish to enquire into favours done for . . . for . . .', 'Jews? Maurice had furnished the word he was trying not to utter.', 'I am sorry . . . Eyskens had spread his hands on the desk.', 'Their first meeting had taken place the previous week, and that afternoon, having earlier withdrawn the cash from his bank - Maurice had given Eyskens a round figure to work with - he had proceeded to their final appointment. Once again hed been shown upstairs to the diamond brokers office, a small, windowless room, bare of decoration, where Eyskens was waiting. Before him on the desk was a black velvet bag tied with a drawstring. It lay on a piece of felt which had been spread across the desk. Beside the bag was a jewellers loupe.', 'I will leave you now. Eyskens rose. You will want to examine the stones. Please take your time. I have made a list - he took a piece of paper from his jacket pocket and handed it to Maurice. The stones are marked by weight, but you will be able to tell by the size and the shape which is which. Taken together they match the sum we agreed on. Of course, if any of them doesnt meet with your approval, it can be discarded and we will make the necessary adjustment to the total. He bowed and left the room.', 'Maurice had wasted no time. Uncomfortable though the transaction made him feel, he had taken a decision and meant to stick to it. With the start of the war, the movement of funds by more orthodox means had become increasingly difficult and the German invasion had brought even those to a halt. True, in the past few months he had managed to shift a good portion of his assets abroad, but he was reluctant to leave anything he possessed to the new masters of Europe, these brutal despoilers of his people.', 'Emptying the velvet bag on to the felt, he had examined the glittering contents. Though no expert, his experience as a furrier had made him familiar with all aspects of the fashion trade, including its most luxurious and costly items, and a few minutes study with the loupe were enough to reassure him of the quality of the goods he was purchasing. The bag contained a score of diamonds - cut stones, as hed requested - the biggest the size of his thumbnail, all of the finest water.', 'By the time the broker returned ten minutes later, Maurice had emptied the attach case, which had been resting on the floor at his feet, and laid out the stacks of banknotes he had brought in a neat pile alongside the diamonds.', 'You are satisfied, then? Eyskens resumed his position across the desk.', 'Perfectly.', 'Maurice was relieved that their business was over. For some reason - its hole-in-the-wall nature, perhaps - hed found it distasteful. Nor had he warmed to the man who sat facing him. The Dutchmans pale blue eyes were unreadable.', 'Would you like to count the money, Monsieur Eyskens?', 'Given who I am dealing with, that will not be necessary. The broker had accompanied these words with a polite bow. They both rose.', 'Goodbye, Monsieur Sobel. I wish you good fortune.', '', '', 'There was nothing more he could do. Everything was set now for his departure the following morning, and as he wandered about the house switching on lights, Maurice went over the plans hed made, plans which had grown in complication as the situation around him became more unstable. With sailings from Le Havre suspended, hed been obliged to look further afield and had managed to book passage on a liner leaving Lisbon for New York in a weeks time. This had still left him with the problem of getting to the Portuguese capital, and having considered - and discarded - the idea of trying to find a seat on the by now overcrowded trains heading south from the city daily, he had decided instead to make the long journey by motor car.', 'Dugarrys last job before departing to join his wife and children in Rennes had been to service the Sobels Citron cabriolet and to ensure that the tyres were in good condition and reserve supplies of fuel stowed aboard. Even so, Maurice might have felt daunted by the thought of the drive ahead - apart from the odd Sunday outing it was some years since he had driven a car - had it not been for a stroke of good fortune that had come his way a few days earlier. An acquaintance of his, a Polish art dealer called Kinski, long settled in France, had rung him out of the blue to ask, if it was not prying, if it was not an indelicate question, whether what he had heard was true - that Sobel was intending to quit Paris and would be travelling to Spain in his car? Before Maurice had time to get over his surprise - he had discussed his plans with only one or two people - Kinski had revealed the reason for his enquiry.', 'Ive been asked if I can help a young man whom the Nazis would like to get their hands on. A Polish officer. Jan Belkas his name. He joined the resistance soon after the Germans occupied Warsaw, but unfortunately his group was betrayed and he had to get out in a hurry. Hes been in Paris for some time, without papers, of course, and now hes in danger again. Hed like to get to London, but Spain would be a start. I was wondering . . . would it be possible . . . ?', 'While Kinski was speaking, Maurice had had time to reflect on the fact that it was not so surprising after all that his help should have been sought in the matter. The Sobels were Polish by extraction. They made no secret of it.', 'You want me to take this man with me?', 'If possible. And his companion, a young woman, also Polish. Kinski had hesitated. He said delicately, I understand she is Jewish.', 'Ignoring the momentary prick of anger he felt just then - as if the fact that the girl was Jewish might sway him, as if he might be less inclined to help a mere gentile - Maurice had responded without hesitation.', 'Of course, my dear fellow. Id be happy to take them. Hed spoken honestly. In fact, youre doing me a favour. Id rather not make this trip alone.', 'I cant thank you enough. Kinskis relief had been plain.', 'Give them my address. Tell them well be leaving two days from now, on Thursday. I want to make an early start, so I suggest they spend Wednesday night with me. The house will be empty during the day - Im paying off the staff - but Ill be home by six. Ill expect them then.', 'He looked at his watch now. It was a few minutes after the hour. He reminded himself he must check the bedrooms on the floor above to make sure that the maids had prepared them as instructed before departing. Maurice had no idea whether his guests were a couple or not and had decided to offer them a room each and then leave it to them to settle their sleeping arrangements. For his own part he would be glad to have them as company on this last evening. The house was full of ghosts for him; full of memories. Although some of the furniture had already been dispatched across the Atlantic and other pieces put in storage, there were enough reminders of the life he and his family had shared here to weigh on his spirits and fill him with a sense of loss.', 'But he knew these were thoughts he must put behind him. The future was what concerned him now, the immediate future. Pausing by his desk to gaze dreamily at a photograph of his wife, which hed not yet packed, Maurice delivered a silent reproof to himself. Lonie Sobel was a woman of character and her dark, emphatic features showed a strength he had come to rely on over the years. He knew very well if she were here now she would tell him to leave off wool-gathering. To focus his mind on the business in hand. In particular, there was the problem of the diamonds, which hed taken out of the attach case and placed on the desk beside his wifes photograph, to be resolved. How best to transport them? Hed be crossing two borders in the coming days, and quite possibly his luggage would be searched. It might be as well to remove temptation from the gaze of customs officers whod be only too well aware of his predicament: of the threat that had driven him, and others like him, to take flight.', 'Even as he considered the question, weighing the velvet bag in his hand, he felt the beginnings of despair take hold of him, a feeling of hopelessness not rooted in the moment - he knew he could deal with the immediate problems facing him - but rather in the sense of destiny as a curse from which there was no escape. Despite the years of prosperity, his family had not forgotten their past. Dealers in furs for generations, the Sobels had fled the Pale of Settlement before the turn of the century, leaving behind them the bloody pogroms that had racked the western borders of the Tsars empire. How many times, Maurice wondered, had he heard his grandfather, dead now these twenty years, tell of the night he had seen his parents neighbour, a watchmaker, beaten to death in the street before a watching crowd while their own house went up in flames? Now, once again, the blood was flowing. Was there no end to it?', 'With a growl, he broke the spell. Enough! The dark street his thoughts had wandered down led nowhere. Frowning, he stared at the soft velvet bag resting in the palm of his hand, and as he did so an idea came to him. It concerned his street coat, which hed taken off and hung up in the hall when he came in. Another Savile Row creation, its elegant folds contained an ample expanse of silk lining, and it had occurred to him that this might be put to some practical use as a place of concealment. It would require some skill in sewing, he saw that, but surely this young woman who was about to arrive could help him there. He didnt doubt he could trust her, she and her companion both, these brave young people, who even if they were fleeing with him now, surely meant to continue the fight against the loathed enemy. London, Caspar Kinski had said. That was where they meant to go, and Maurice wondered if he might not be able to help them achieve their aim. With money, certainly, but perhaps in other ways, too, once they had reached Spain. He had business contacts in many capitals.', 'Cheered by the thought - he was relieved to have shrugged off his dark mood - Maurice went out into the entrance hall where his coat was hanging. As he reached for it, he heard the creak of the garden gate followed by the sound of footsteps on the gravel path. Smiling a greeting, he opened the door to what he thought were his guests and received instead a blow to the jaw that sent him staggering backwards and then, before he had time to react, a second to the side of his head that knocked him to the paved floor. Crouched on his hands and knees, spitting out blood from a cut lip, he was aware only of a pair of trousered legs which moved swiftly around him and out of his blurred vision. Next moment his throat was encircled by something so thin it seemed to have no substance, but which burned like fire as it cut its way into his flesh, deeper and deeper. The pain was intense, but it lasted for only a few moments. Then sight and consciousness faded and his agony ceased.', 'PART ONE', '1', 'London, November 1944', '', 'HANDS IN POCKETS, Bert huddled deeper in the doorway. Crikey, it was cold!', 'The wind that had got up earlier was still blowing, but not in gusts like before; now it was steady. It had force, and the power of it cut clean through his coat and overalls, and the jersey he was wearing underneath that, and went straight to his bones. And though his tin helmet, with the W for air-raid warden painted on the front, was safely settled on his head and hardly likely to fly away, even in the gale that was blowing, he clutched at it automatically.', 'Youll catch your death, Bert Cotter, going out on a night like this, Vi had warned him earlier when hed been preparing to set off from the small flat in St Pancras where they lived. Shed insisted he put on an extra vest. And whats the use anyway? Its no good telling people to put their lights out. It dont make no difference to a buzz bomb.', 'The advice was wasted on Bert. Hadnt he been saying the same thing himself for weeks? There hadnt been a proper raid on London since the summer. The Luftwaffe - the bloomin Luftwaffe to Vi - had finally shot its bolt, or so they were assured. Now there were only the flying bombs to worry about. Those and these new V-2 rockets, which the government had finally admitted were falling on the city, though most people had already guessed it. After all, how many times could mysterious explosions be put down to gas leaks before people started asking questions?', 'What do they take us for? Vi had enquired of him in all seriousness. As though she thought he might actually know the answer. Bloomin idiots?', 'Fishing out a packet of fags from his coat pocket, Bert chuckled. She was right about the blackout, though. The whole of London could be lit up and it wouldnt change a thing. The bombs and rockets fell where they fell, and all you could hope was it wasnt your head they came down on.', 'He lit his cigarette and then used the flickering flame of the match to check his wristwatch. He was close to the end of his three-hour tour of duty and anxious to get home. Too old to enlist - hed done his bit in France in the last shindig - Bert had opted to serve part time in civil defence, and since he worked in the area, being employed as a carpenter and general handyman at the British Museum, hed joined a squad of wardens assigned to the Bloomsbury district. Thered been a time, back in 40, during the Blitz, when Jerry bombers had come over night after night, turning whole areas of the city into cauldrons of fire, when the job had been one to be proud of.', 'But now Bert wasnt so sure. The excitement hed felt at the start of the conflict had long since faded. Truth to tell he was sick of patrolling the night-time streets, fed up with blowing his whistle and bawling up at people to put that bloody light out. It was a feeling shared by many, and not least by his fellow wardens, if that evenings performance was anything to go by. When Bert had turned up at their rendezvous point a little earlier - it was a pub in the Tottenham Court Road - hed discovered that no fewer than four of the dozen-strong squad had rung in to excuse themselves. Two had bad colds (they said), one had twisted his ankle (a likely story) and the fourth had referred to some unspecified family crisis that prevented him from leaving home. Vi was right. Only a muggins like yours truly would venture out on a night like this.', 'His thoughts were interrupted by the wail of a siren. It sounded close by, coming from the area of Covent Garden, he guessed, and instinctively he glanced upwards, searching for the telltale finger of flame that would signal the approach of a flying bomb. During the summer they arrived day and night from across the Channel, and Londoners had learned to recognize the sinister drone of their engines and to dread the moment when the noise ceased and the craft, loaded with explosives, plunged to earth. Fewer fell now, it was true: the advance of the Allied armies in France and Holland had forced the Jerries to move their launching sites. But the threat was far from over. Only a few weeks before, returning home from work, crossing Tavistock Square, Bert had seen one pass overhead and heard its engine cut out. The tremendous explosion that followed had made the windows in the square rattle, and seconds later a huge buff plume of smoke had risen from the vicinity of Kings Cross like a pillar into the grey October sky. Ears pricked, he waited now, but after a minute or so the noise stopped and the silence of the night was restored. A false alarm.', 'Bert put out his cigarette. It was time to get moving. The doorway where hed taken refuge was in Little Russell Street, near the corner of Museum Street, and he needed only to walk over to Tottenham Court Road to reach the boundary of his allotted territory, a patchwork of narrow roads bounded to the north by Great Russell Street and to the south by Bloomsbury Way. The wardens usually patrolled in pairs, but because of the absentees that evening he was on his own and had already decided to shorten his route. Not two minutes from where he stood now, at the top of Museum Street, his place of employment loomed large and lightless, and although it seemed deserted he knew very well that the museums doors would be unlocked and a squad of volunteer firemen would be on duty inside. (Theyd been posted there as a precaution ever since a night back in 1941 when dozens of incendiary bombs had come through the roof during a Jerry raid and several of the rooms had been burned out.) What he planned to do was pop in there for a cup of tea, get the cold out of his bones, and then leg it home to St Pancras. (And two nights from now when he was next on duty he might just come down with a cold himself.)', 'As Bert slipped out of the doorway he heard footsteps, and next moment a dark figure came swinging round the corner from Museum Street.', 'Whoops . . . ! Sorry, miss.', 'If it hadnt been for the cry the figure let out as they collided Bert might not have known it was a young woman. She was wearing a coat which had a hood attached to it and was walking with her head down.', 'Its this blinkin blackout. Seeing her shrink back, he tried to reassure her. You never see anything until its too late.', 'I am sorry. It was my fault. Breathless from haste, she spoke with a foreign accent. I should have looked where I was going.', 'The face beneath the hood was a white blur. Bert noticed she had a bag in each hand.', 'Bitter night, he remarked, drawing his own coat closer about him, resettling the helmet on his head.', 'Yes, isnt it? The relief in her voice made him wonder if shed felt nervous walking through the blackout on her own. Shed put down one of her bags for a moment, and he saw now that in fact it was a basket, heavily laden, its contents covered by a cloth. He tested its weight and then held it ready for her while she wiggled her fingers to get the circulation back.', 'Thank you so much. She took the basket from him.', 'I hope you havent far to go with those. He nodded at her burdens.', 'No, its only a short walk.', 'Ill give you a hand if you like.', 'She looked over her shoulder. No, really. Its not necessary. He caught a glimpse of her smile in the shadow cast by the hood. Goodnight, and thank you for your help.', 'She plodded on, and as he watched her figure disappearing into the darkness Bert wondered if he shouldnt have insisted. She seemed like a nice girl. But his bones ached from the cold and whatever faint impulse he felt to follow her faded at the thought of the hot cup of tea awaiting him.', 'She would manage, he told himself as her figure grew faint and then vanished in the darkness.', 'She hadnt far to go.', '', '', 'Feeling a lot better after his break - the firemen were a friendly lot - Bert hurried down the museum steps into the buffeting wind and then tacked his way across the great forecourt like a ship under sail. The sirens hed heard earlier hadnt sounded again. He was ready to call it a night. But while sitting in the warmth inside hed felt the prick of conscience, and instead of going home directly as hed planned hed decided to return to where hed interrupted his round earlier and make a final inspection of his area.', 'Pausing only to adjust his shoulder bag, he set off briskly down Museum Street, using the road itself, rather than the pavement. Although the blackout restrictions had been relaxed in recent weeks - in some districts of the capital, street lamps were now permitted to show a glimmer of light, creating what was called a moonlight effect - inky darkness continued to prevail in many areas, and if you wanted to avoid barking your shins on unseen obstacles, or, even worse, collecting a black eye from walking into a lamp-post, it was best to keep to the middle of the street.', 'Bert had barely turned the corner and started down Little Russell Street, however, when he heard the sound of a car behind him. Looking back he saw its reduced headlights approaching, and moved off the roadway to give it passage. It went by slowly, the driver steering his vehicle carefully down the dark canyon created by the buildings on either side of the narrow street. Bert continued to walk along the pavement. He was keeping an eye on the car, ready to move back on to the road at the first opportunity, but before he had a chance to do so his foot caught on something and he tripped and fell headlong.', 'Bloody ell! Half-winded by the fall, he lay where he was for a moment, collecting his wits. What in the name of . . . ?', 'Lifting himself up on one elbow he peered behind him. The darkness seemed impenetrable. But there was something there all right. He could feel it when he pushed his foot back; an obstruction of some kind. Bert levered himself into a sitting position. His shoulder bag had come off, but he quickly located it by feeling around in the dark, and having got the straps unbuckled his questing fingers found the torch which he carried inside it. He switched on the light.', 'Christ Almighty!', 'The whispered exclamation was involuntary. Revealed by the wavering beam, a pair of legs was protruding on to the pavement. They belonged to a woman, there was no doubt of that. Bert could see a knee-length skirt beneath the coat which the sprawled figure was wearing. He shifted the light. His hand was shaking.', 'Ah, no . . . !', 'He recognized the figure: it was the young girl hed bumped into earlier. Her pale face was clearly visible now that the hood shed been wearing had been dragged clear of her head. Bert could see the basket shed been carrying lying beside her. It had tipped over and he caught a glimpse of some strewn apples and the remains of what looked like broken eggs. Although he knew instinctively that she was dead, he stirred himself to scramble to his knees and reach for her wrist, which lay close to him, the hand beneath it clenched. He found no pulse.', 'Poor lass . . .', 'Fumbling in the pocket of his overalls, Bert got hold of his police whistle, and as the wind gathered in strength, ascending to a high keening note not unlike a howl of grief, he blew a long blast on it. Then another . . . and another, piercing the enveloping blackness around him with its urgent summons.', '2', 'SHE WAS MURDERED all right, sir. Theres no doubt of that. A possible strangulation. It seems an air-raid warden stumbled on the body. The first officer on the scene was a woman police constable. She was passing by and heard him blow his whistle. Bow Street has some men examining the site now. Because of the blackout, they werent able to do it properly last night.', 'Chief Inspector Angus Sinclair shifted uncomfortably in his chair. Hed spent a sleepless night, disturbed by the buffeting wind and also by an attack of gout, a malady that had begun to plague him in recent years. As Bennett watched he lifted one foot off the floor and set it down gently. Aware that the subject was a sensitive one so far as his colleague was concerned, the assistant commissioner kept a tactful silence.', 'Sinclair squinted at the page he was reading from. We dont have a name as yet, he said. But she appears to be in her early twenties and . . . er . . . respectable. He frowned at his own choice of word.', 'Not a prostitute, then. Bennett nodded. Thanks to the blackout, assaults after dark had become commonplace in London. Streetwalkers, in particular, had suffered in the upsurge of violence which the war years had brought to the capital. Do we know why she was killed?', 'Not as yet, sir. Bow Street rang in with this information overnight. Theyre sending other details over by hand. I expect to hear from them quite soon.', 'Bennett grunted. What else? He gestured towards the typed sheets held together by a paper clip which Sinclair had laid on his knee. A summary of all crimes reported in the Metropolitan area during the preceding twenty-four hours, it was delivered to the chief inspectors desk each day in time for their morning conference, which took place in Bennetts office overlooking the Thames embankment.', 'Just the usual. Balham organized a raid on a premises in Brixton last night. Two printing presses were seized. They were being used to turn out fake identity cards and ration documents. No arrests as yet. The chief inspector paused. And weve had another report of looting in Stepney. They took a pounding over the weekend. Two V-2s came down in the district. The police are trying to keep an eye on damaged houses, but the looters slip in at night.', 'I want them caught. Bennetts face darkened. Put the word out. If more men are needed, well find them. In common with most policemen, he regarded looting as a particularly loathsome crime. It was taking advantage of others misfortunes in the worst possible way and offenders could look for no mercy from the courts.', 'One bright spot, if you can call it that. Sinclair glanced up. The Stockwell police stopped a lorry they thought was suspicious in the early hours. It turned out to be filled with frozen carcasses of beef. Fresh from the Argentine, Ive no doubt. The chief inspector lifted a grizzled eyebrow. Two men were arrested. Theyre still being questioned.', 'It could be that hijacking gang weve been after. The assistant commissioner tried to sound optimistic. Perhaps theyll lead us to the rest.', 'We can always hope, Sinclair agreed, though without much conviction. So far all theyve said is they were offered a tenner each by a man theyd never met before to drive the lorry to London. I doubt theyll change their story.', 'He brooded on his words. Five years of war had brought a new dimension to lawbreaking, one which had stretched police resources to their limits. The thicket of regulations designed to control the distribution of food and other scarce resources issued by the government at the start of the conflict had opened fresh avenues for the criminal world, and it gave the chief inspector little satisfaction to know that several of the capitals most dangerous gangs, formerly employed in the business of extortion and notorious before the war for their violent conduct at race meetings, had long since moved into new spheres of activity linked to the flourishing black market. Even worse, the virus had spread to the general population. Prompted by shortages and driven beyond endurance by the tendency of authority to poke its nose into every corner of life, ordinarily decent citizens now broke laws they no longer respected without compunction, taxing the police still further.', 'The telephone on Bennetts desk rang and the assistant commissioner picked it up. While he was speaking, Sinclair allowed his gaze to stray to the windows, where a sky the colour of dishwater could be glimpsed through panes criss crossed with tape to minimize bomb blast. Try as he might, he could no longer bring the same passion to his work he had once felt. In truth, he found it only a burden now, a duty he accepted as necessary for the good of the force he had served for half a century, but one he could hardly wait to relinquish. The mortal struggle which his country had been engaged in these past five years had demanded sacrifices from all, and Sinclairs own contribution had been to defer his plans for retirement, already in place when war had broken out, and answer the appeal which had come from Bennetts own lips.', 'Angus, I need you. This war will be fought to the death, and it wont be over by Christmas. This had been in late 1939, following the German invasion of Poland and before its assault on France, when peace had still seemed a possibility to some. The Metropolitan Police will suffer along with everyone else. Were already losing men to the forces and no fresh recruiting will be allowed until the fightings over. It wont be long before we feel the pinch.', 'Unable to refuse the request, or deny the necessity behind it, Sinclair had agreed to stay on, but with a sinking heart. By refusing several offers of promotion and clinging to his rank as chief inspector he had managed to prolong his career as an investigator beyond its normal span. His name was associated with some of Scotland Yards most famous cases and his reputation, particularly among the younger detectives at the Yard, was close to legendary. But as he well knew, those days were over: he had turned seventy; it was time to retire gracefully and leave the world to others to bustle in.', 'The post he held now as special assistant to Bennett gave him supervisory authority over all criminal investigations, but no active role in them. With it had come yet another offer of promotion, to the rank of superintendent. As the assistant commissioner himself had pointed out, it might seem anomalous for a mere chief inspector to give direction to officers senior to himself. But at that point Sinclair had dug in his heels. Before the Mets plainclothes staff had been expanded in the years leading up to the war he had been one of only four chief inspectors on the Yards strength, men who had been seen as an elite group, specialists assigned to handle only the most difficult cases. He had been proud of the distinction hed earned, and the fact that there were now a round dozen men holding the same rank was neither here nor there to Angus Sinclair.', 'I prefer to remain as I am, sir. And since Ill be speaking in your name, I dont imagine Ill encounter any problems.', 'Left unsaid by him was the fact that many of those promoted above him had learned their trade at his hands and it had become commonplace at the Yard to refer to him simply as the chief inspector without further identification.', 'Beached at last, a slave to paperwork, to somehow making ends meet, Sinclair had quickly discovered the truth of the assistant commissioners prophetic words. If the Yard had felt the pinch of war at the outset, it was now close to being trapped in a straitjacket of diminished resources. The Mets prewar strength of 19,500 had shrunk to a mere 12,000, and while the situation had been alleviated somewhat by the use of auxiliaries known as Specials, it had coincided with a sharp rise in crime. As though in response to some Malthusian principle, lawbreaking had increased in proportion to the number of laws added to the statute book. (Issued under the all-embracing Defence Regulations, thered been no end of them.) Far too many policemen were engaged in pursuing petty offences, wasting both their own and the courts time, adding to the store of national irritation and impatience with authority. It had been the chief inspectors aim throughout the war to counter this trend towards the trivial, to keep the plainclothes branch insulated from it as much as possible and engaged in the fight against genuine crime. But it was a battle he could never win entirely and the effort had exhausted him.', 'Nor was he alone in his suffering, Sinclair reflected, as he watched Bennett, who was saying little but still had the receiver pressed to his ear, stifle a yawn. As assistant commissioner, crime, Sir Wilfred was responsible for all CID operations in the Metropolitan area, a position he had held for many years and one that now hung like an albatross around his neck. Indeed, if the chief inspector sometimes mourned his own decline into bureaucratic impotence, he was able to spare more than a thought for his superior, who had nursed the ambition, even the hope, that he might one day ascend to the commissionership. The summons had never come. Throughout Bennetts career the government had continued its tradition of appointing a senior member of the armed forces to the post. (The present incumbent was an air vice-marshal.) And now that he, too, was preparing to retire - hed already made it known that he was only waiting, like others, for the war to end before offering his resignation - hed been forced to swallow a final irony. Word had come down from on high that the authorities had decided to make a break with the past: once hostilities were ended a new commissioner would be named, a civilian appointee.', 'The call over at last, Bennett replaced the telephone receiver in its cradle. He removed his reading glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. A slight, vital figure in his younger days, he had begun to put on weight lately and his dark hair, never abundant, was thinning to the point where what little of it remained barely covered his pale scalp.', 'Well, Angus? Is there anything else?', 'Not for the moment, sir. With an effort Sinclair brought his mind back to the business in hand. Apart from this murdered girl, of course.', 'What do you plan to do? The assistant commissioner frowned. Will you make it a Yard investigation? He was referring to a state of affairs relatively new in the capital, where in the past most serious crimes had been assigned as a matter of course to detectives stationed at the Yard, but where now, thanks to staff shortages, more cases were being farmed out to the various divisions.', 'No, I dont think so, sir. The chief inspector began to gather his papers. It sounds straightforward enough. Of course, it depends . . .', 'He was interrupted by a knock on the door, which opened. Bennetts secretary put her head in. Excuse me, sir. Ive just had a call from registry. Theyve received some information from Bow Street which Mr Sinclair is waiting for. She glanced at the chief inspector. Its a womans name and address.', 'Come in, Miss Ellis. Bennett gestured her forward and took the sheet of paper she was carrying from her hand. Slipping a pair of spectacles on, he studied it for a few moments.', 'Shes a land girl, I see. A Polish refugee. He slid the piece of paper across the desk to Sinclair. You can bring in my letters now, Miss Ellis. And a cup of tea, if you would . . . Bennett went on speaking to his secretary, but stopped when he saw the look of astonishment on the chief inspectors face.', 'Angus . . . ?', 'Sinclair seemed not to have heard. He was staring at the piece of paper in his hand.', 'What is it, man?', 'Im sorry, sir. The chief inspector collected himself. Its this young woman who was murdered. I know her. Or of her, rather . . .', 'Are you sure? A land girl? Bennett seemed unconvinced. Couldnt it be someone with the same name? What was it again? Rosa . . . Rosa something . . . ?', 'Rosa Nowak. No theres no mistake. The chief inspector glanced across at his superior. You didnt notice her address, sir? The farm where she was working? The name of her employer . . . ?', 'Wordlessly he passed the message back to Bennett, who peered at it through his spectacles for a moment, then shook his head in amazement.', 'Well, Ill be damned, he said.', '3', 'JOHN MADDEN? Lofty Cook looked sceptical. I saw the name, of course, but it didnt ring a bell. Are you sure its the same bloke?', 'Its him all right.', 'Your old guvnor?', 'Billy Styles chuckled. Hed just had a flash of memory: himself as a callow young detective-constable, pink-cheeked, and with a waistline that was now only a memory. And of the man hed been assigned to then. All of twenty years ago it was now.', 'Id hardly call him that, he said. We only worked together the one time and I was wet behind the ears.', 'Still, he gave you your chance, didnt he? Melling Lodge! What a case to kick off with. But then you always were a lucky devil. Cook glanced down at his colleague, grinning. Recently promoted to detective-inspector, he stood a couple of inches over six feet and was called Lofty by his pals, of whom Billy was one. They had joined the force at the same time, right after the last war, but though Billy had advanced more quickly - hed been an inspector for half a dozen years now - it hadnt affected their friendship, and Billy had been pleased to see his old chums familiar hatchet face split by a grin when hed climbed out of the radio car that had brought him from the Embankment up to Bloomsbury.', 'Although the gale had abated overnight, its icy claws could still be felt gusting down the narrow street and the pair of them had taken refuge in the doorway of a stationers shop. Across the road from where they were standing, two detectives from Bow Street were busy searching the spot where the young womans body had been found. The area, marked with tape, lay at the edge of a small unfenced yard that backed on to a bomb site, a building that had taken a direct hit at some time in the past and was now, like countless other tracts of ground all over London, a gutted ruin. An assortment of debris had been piled up in the cramped, cobbled space - bricks, mortar, sections of plastered wall - and the corpse had apparently been left on the fringe of this refuse, with the legs protruding on to the pavement.', 'What happened to Madden, then? Cook asked. He offered Billy a cigarette from his packet of Woodbines. After Melling Lodge, I mean? After he quit the force?', 'He got married to a lady he met while he was on the case. She was the village doctor.', 'Must have been something special, Lofty observed. Cupping his hand, he struck a match and lit their cigarettes.', 'Special . . . ? Billy considered the remark, drawing on his fag. Yes, I reckon you could say that. He smiled to himself. Anyway, he bought a farm down there, Madden did. Same farm where this girl was working. Which explains why Im here. The chief inspector wants the full story. He and Madden are old friends.', 'Fair enough. Cook pursed his lips, exhaling a plume of tobacco smoke into the frosty air. But theres not that much to tell. A case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, if you ask me.', 'It was an opinion Billy had already heard voiced, and by the chief inspector himself when hed been summoned to his office not half an hour earlier.', 'Odds on it was a casual assault, a crime of chance. Sinclair had shown him the initial Bow Street report. Ive just spoken to John. The girl had only been with them for two months. Shed been given the weekend off and come up to London to see her aunt. Find out what you can. But dont spend too much time on it. Just determine the facts and report back.', 'The chief inspector had not thought it necessary to refer to the case Billy had been working on, a tortuous investigation into the sale by a black-market ring of petrol and heating fuels stolen from military depots, which had ended only the week before in a successful prosecution; nor the few days leave hed been promised. With the shortage of staff that had prevailed for several years now, detectives were expected to put aside their personal lives as and when occasion demanded it.', 'And just so youre clear in your mind, Im not looking for an excuse to take this off Bow Streets hands. Weve enough on our plate as it is. Just see to it there are no loose ends.', 'These last words had been spoken with a scowl, as though his listener was known to be contemplating just such an outrage, from which Billy, armed with his sleuths intuition, had deduced that the old boys gout must be playing up. In spite of his awesome reputation, the chief inspector had his critics at the Yard and the suggestion had been made in more than one quarter that it was time he was put out to pasture. Billy, though, would have none of it. Having come under Sinclairs eye early in his career, and in circumstances where his inexperience might have cost him dear, he had never forgotten how the chief inspector, for all the sharpness of his tongue, had forgiven him his mistakes. And allowed him to profit from them.', 'Hed been more than content, too, with the orders hed been given, particularly when hed found out who was in charge at Little Russell Street. The Yards habit of interfering in other divisions business, of keeping plum cases for themselves, was often a sore point and he was glad he could tell Lofty that the investigation was still his to conduct. Given the rawness of the morning, neither of them had been disposed to dally and Cook had quickly shepherded him to the shelter of the stationers doorway, where Billy learned that the body of Rosa Nowak had been removed to the mortuary at Paddington overnight after the pathologist called to the scene had examined it by torchlight.', 'Who was the sawbones? he asked.', 'Ransom, from St Marys. He thought it most likely she was strangled but said hed give us a definite opinion later today after hes had her on the slab. Cook stamped his feet to keep warm. It took us a while to discover who she was. We didnt find her wallet until it was light. He nodded towards the two plainclothes men who were busy searching the rubble. She must have been carrying it in that basket. He pointed to the object which was lying tipped over beside the white silhouette formed by the tape. Billy could see some apples lying loose there, mingled with the remains of broken eggshells. The wallet ended up under a piece of corrugated iron. It had her identity card inside.', 'Whats your opinion, Lofty? Do you think it was a sexual assault?', 'Looks that way to me. The Bow Street inspector nodded. She was lying on her back when we found her. Mind you, I dont think he got very far. Her coat was still buttoned up when we found her. It occurred to me he might have killed her by mistake.', 'Oh . . . ? Billy lifted an eyebrow.', 'Squeezed too hard, maybe. Then run off when he realized hed topped her. Cook shrugged. But thats only a guess.', 'I read it was a WPC who got here first.', 'Thats right. Name of Poole. Lily Poole. Cook grinned. Shes stationed at Bow Street. Keen as mustard. She was walking back to the station after her shift when she heard the warden blowing his whistle and came over here to see what all the fuss was about. Didnt waste any time, either. Went straight up to Great Russell Street - theres a police call box there - and rang the station. By the time I got here she was already knocking on doors. But it didnt do any good. This isnt a residential street. Just shops and businesses. We spoke to one or two people whod heard the wardens whistle, but nobody who saw anything.', 'Do we know when she was killed?', 'Almost to the minute. It was a little after ten oclock. Thats thanks to the warden. Name of Cotter. Hed bumped into her earlier. They had a chat. The last he saw of her she was walking down the street from that corner. Cook pointed to his right. Twenty minutes later he came back - he was on his way home - and he tripped over the body.', 'Billy nodded, taking it all in. He waited while a group of women dressed in dun-coloured overalls under their coats, and with their hair tied up in scarves or handkerchiefs, went by. They were trailed by a pair of WAAFs, who craned their necks to look at the two detectives bent double in the yard and at the uniformed constable who was standing guard there.', 'Maybe all he meant to do was rob her? he suggested.', 'I thought of that. But it doesnt seem likely. Cook blew on his fingers. Her wallet may have disappeared when she dropped her basket. But he didnt go through her things. He gestured at a suitcase bound with cord that was lying on the pavement beside the yard.', 'I understand she was on her way to visit her aunt. Does she live nearby?', 'Just round the corner, in Montague Street. A Mrs Laski. Shes a widow, quite an elderly lady. Naturalized. Been living here since the Twenties. Shed sat up all night waiting for her niece to arrive, then rang the station this morning. By that time wed found the girls wallet, so I had to take her over to Paddington to identify the body. Poor woman. Rosa was her only family. She got here soon after war broke out, but her parents were still in Poland, and theyre gone now most likely, or so Mrs Laski reckons.', 'Gone?', 'Theyre Jewish, Cook explained. He caught Billys eye.', 'Anyway, she worked for a couple of years in the Polish community, Rosa did. Looking after refugee families, that kind of thing. But she wanted to be in the country - she grew up in a village - so she joined the Land Army. Her first job was on a farm in Norfolk, but that packed up earlier this year when men invalided out of the services came home looking for work. Thats when she was sent to Surrey. To Mr Maddens place. This was the first time shed come up to London. She was planning to spend the weekend with her aunt and then go back on Monday.', 'The inspectors face split in a yawn, and Billy wondered how much sleep hed been getting. It was a problem everyone faced these days, a sort of national disease. After five years of war, five years of rationing and restrictions, a deep fatigue had settled like snow on the whole population. It could be dangerous, particularly in a job like theirs, his and Loftys. It was easy to miss things.', 'What about men friends? he asked.', 'None, according to the aunt. When she came here from France at the start of the war she travelled with a Polish boy, but he was just a friend, and anyway he joined up and was killed in North Africa. She was shy with men, Mrs Laski says. Old-fashioned when it came to the opposite sex. Cook shrugged.', 'In other words, she wasnt the sort of girl who would have picked up a man, say. Or let herself be picked up.', 'Out of the question. Or so her aunt reckons. I put it to her myself. Had to. Anyway, the girl was alone when the warden ran into her. Thats for certain.', 'Billy grunted. He trod on his cigarette. Are you done then? he called out to the two men whod been busy in the yard. One was named Hoskins, the other Grace. With more than twenty years on the force, Billy had made the acquaintance of just about every plainclothes man in London at one time or another, and worked with a good many of them.', 'Finished, sir. It was Hoskins who replied. Plump, and purple in the face despite the gelid air, hed been making heavy weather of all the bending required by their task and stood breathing heavily beside the taped barrier that he and his partner had just erected at the edge of the yard with the help of a pair of iron stakes salvaged from the rubble. They were busy decorating it with a police notice on which the words KEEP OUT were printed in large capitals.', 'Lets see what youve got.', 'Trailed by Cook, Billy crossed the street and went down on his haunches to examine the objects the pair had retrieved and laid on a strip of cardboard. Besides the apples spilled from the basket theyd found two brown paper parcels, each containing a plucked chicken, three jars of homemade jam and a crock of honey.', 'She must have brought those up from the country, Joe Grace remarked. A thin, hard-faced man with the rank of detective-sergeant, hed been one of a team of which Billy had been a part that the Yard had set up before the war to deal with the smash-and-grab gangs active in the capital at that time. There are two loaves of bread and a round of cheese jammed in at the bottom. We left em there. He nodded at the basket which still lay beside the taped outline of the body. We also found these. He indicated three matched buttons lying separate from the larger items, one of them still with a curl of thread attached to it. They were on the ground, near where her head was. Must have come from her coat.', 'No, they couldnt have. Cook intervened. The buttons were all done up when we found her. There were none missing.', 'Wheres it now? Billy asked.', 'At the mortuary. She was still wearing it when they took her away. He turned to Grace. Is that all? he asked.', 'Pretty much. The detective shrugged. The rest was just odds and ends. He pointed to a handful of items deposited near the edge of the piece of cardboard which included an empty bottle of lemon rum, a broken comb, two hairpins and the chewed stub of a lead pencil, all coated with dust. Completing the haul were four charred matchsticks, which Billy examined with interest. He noticed that although their tops were blackened the stems beneath had hardly been touched by the flame.', 'Looks like someone was trying to strike a match in the wind, he remarked. And lately. The woods still fresh. Theres no sign of weathering. He rose, stretching his cramped leg muscles.', 'Cook spoke to the two plainclothes men. You can put all this stuff back in the basket and take it to the station. Her suitcase, too. Ill deal with them later. Well have to put up posters in the area. We need to know if anyone saw the girl earlier. Other than the warden, I mean. Yawning, he glanced at Billy. Well, what do you think?', 'Billy reflected. So far hed heard nothing to suggest that Lofty wasnt right in his assessment. It seemed likely the girl had encountered her killer by accident in the darkness of the blackout. If so, it was a crime of chance, just as the chief inspector had supposed. But he wasnt ready to make his report quite yet. Sinclairs caution about leaving no loose ends was still fresh in his ears.', 'What about slipping over to Paddington? he suggested. Id like a word with Ransom. He should be done by now.', '', '', 'The corpse lay on a steel-topped table, hidden from sight except for the head and shoulders, which the orderly on duty in the mortuary had exposed by drawing back the white cloth covering it. Looking down at the lifeless face, so pale it seemed drained of blood, Billy recalled the photograph Lofty had shown him in the car coming over, a snapshot of Rosa Nowak which hed obtained from her aunt. The dark-haired girl pictured in the snapshot had faced the camera with a remote and sorrowful expression, no trace of which remained now.', 'Well, there she is, poor lass.', 'An elderly man, one whod either been retained like many past retirement age, or volunteered to do what amounted to war work, the orderly offered his opinion unprompted.', 'Hardly looks dead, does she?', 'It was true enough, Billy thought. Apart from a swelling on one side of her neck and a faint, livid mark in the same area the girl might have been asleep. As though it only needed a touch to awaken her. Glancing sideways at Cook, he saw the Bow Street inspector bending lower to peer at the white throat.', 'Cant see that she was choked, he remarked.', 'The two detectives had arrived at the hospital only to discover that the man theyd come to see wasnt immediately available.', 'Dr Ransoms busy with another autopsy, the receptionist informed them. A buzz bomb came down in Wandsworth last night, but they only dug out the bodies this morning.', 'Left to their own devices, they had found their way downstairs to the mortuary, a grisly sanctum whose green-painted walls exuded a clammy cold unaffected by the change of seasons, where the orderly, at their request, had brought out Rosa Nowaks remains from one of the refrigerators built into the walls of the echoing chamber.', 'You can wait if you like, he told them. The doctor should be here any time now.', 'Billy had been looking around. Are those her clothes? he asked, pointing to a pile of womens garments on a table in the corner.', 'The orderly nodded. Dr Ransom said you might want to see them.', 'Billy led his colleague over to the table and together they quickly solved the mystery of the loose buttons found at the scene of the murder. Examining the girls coat, which was made of dark blue wool and might have had a naval past, they found it was fitted with a removable hood of the same material attached by buttons sewn on to the collar. Only two of these were still in place. Loose cotton threads showed where three others had in all probability been ripped off.', 'Id forgotten about the hood, Cook admitted. We didnt see it at first. It was hidden beneath her body. I only noticed it when the ambulance men picked her up.', 'Other signs of deft needlework were visible on the young womans underclothes, which were undamaged but had obviously been darned and patched more than once. The embroidered blouse shed been wearing, on the other hand, looked new, and to both detectives surprise proved to be made of silk.', 'Whats that? Billys eye had been caught by a saucer standing on a shelf above the table. He took it down.', 'Looks like a matchstick. Cook peered at the charred fragment of wood which was all the saucer contained.', 'Wonder what its doing there. Billy was still examining his find when the swing doors behind them opened and Ransom strode in, thrusting an arm into the sleeve of a white physicians coat.', 'Sorry to keep you, gentlemen. Were like the Windmill Theatre here. We never close. Im afraid theres another cadaver awaiting my attention, so thisll have to be brief. Hello, Inspector. He nodded to Billy. I didnt know you were on the case.', 'Im not, strictly speaking, sir. Billy put down the saucer and went over to shake hands with the pathologist. Mr Cooks in charge. But the chief inspector has an interest in it. Im to report back to him.', 'Sinclair, eh? Then wed best be on our toes.', 'Ransom blew out his cheeks. A heavy-set man with jutting eyebrows, he had a reputation in the Met as a joker, famous for his bons mots.', 'Youve seen the corpus delicti, I take it. He moved over to where the wheeled table stood. The two detectives followed. There was little in the way of injuries to record. I dare say you noted the lividity on her neck and the swelling - he pointed to the slight disfigurement on the slender column of the throat. The only real bruises I found were on her knees. She must have gone down when he grabbed her. See . . .', 'He pulled the cloth off the girls legs, showing the purple marks on her bare kneecaps.', 'But thats all, really. There was no evidence of a struggle. She didnt get a chance to fight back. There was no skin under her nails, nothing of that sort. It was quick and clean.', 'Billy glanced at Cook, thinking he might want to handle the questioning, but found that his colleague had chosen that moment to fall into a doze. Loftys lack of sleep had finally caught up with him; he was swaying on his feet, his eyelids fluttering.', 'No evidence of a struggle, you say?', 'Thats right, Inspector.', 'He didnt sexually assault her, then?', 'Good heavens, no. Ransom frowned. Why on earth . . . ? Oh, yes, of course. He clicked his tongue. It did look that way last night when we found her. The inspector and I discussed the possibility. He nodded at Cook, whod come awake with a start. I checked for it, of course, when I made my examination, even though her underclothes werent disturbed. But she wasnt touched. Not there, at any rate. In fact, she was virgo intacta. Not that it makes any difference now, I suppose. He shrugged.', 'But if he strangled her . . .', 'Strangled? Ransoms bushy eyebrows rose in exaggerated amazement. Did I say that?', 'Yes, sir, you did. Angry with himself for having drifted off, Cook spoke sharply. Last night, at the murder scene.', 'Then I apologize. It was a hasty judgement. Ransom spread his hands in a gesture of appeasement. Put not your trust in pathologists. Particularly those called out in the blackout and made to examine bodies by torchlight. No, she wasnt choked. Her neck was broken. Its clear from the evidence. Let me show you. He removed the cloth from the girls head and shoulders again. Do you see the swelling on her neck and that mark on the side? It shows that the killer grabbed her from behind, slipped his right arm around her neck and snapped her spinal column. And to anticipate your question, yes, he was a strong man, but it wouldnt have required any special skill, particularly if she wasnt expecting it. Just a good wrench of the head. The whole business would have been over in a second.', 'He covered the girls head and shoulders again and then waited to see if the two detectives had any questions. A frown had appeared on Cooks face as hed listened and he caught Billys eye.', 'So what youre saying is, he must have meant to kill her.', 'It would seem so. Ransom shrugged. Its hard to see what other purpose he could have had in mind.', 'But . . . but that doesnt make sense. Cook spoke before he could stop himself.', 'Possibly. The pathologist looked owlish. But thats your department, Inspector, not mine. Now, if youve no more questions . . . He stood poised to leave.', 'One moment, sir. Billy spoke up. That matchstick on the shelf over there. The one in the saucer. Where does it come from?', 'What matchstick where? Ransoms eyes swivelled in the direction of his pointing finger. Oh, that. Yes, I found it tangled in her hair. Blown there by the wind, I dare say. Shed been lying on the ground for some time. Why do you ask?', 'We found others at the scene. It looked like somebody had been trying to light one.', 'The killer, do you mean? Ransom showed renewed interest.', 'Perhaps. But we cant be sure. Billy glanced at Cook. His jerk of the head suggested it was time they too departed.', 'Yes, but . . . but why would he have done that? The pathologist was clearly intrigued by the notion. If it was him, I mean.', 'Ive no idea. Billys shrug was noncommittal. But he may have been looking for something - something he thought she had on her.', '4', 'SHE WAS A DEAR GIRL, very likeable. But so hard to get to know. Still grieving, I fear.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Annual Editions: Comparative Politics 08/09\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Desert Called Peace\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Corruption and Misuse of Public Office\nDescription: [\"This is an unusual text-book, in that it does not merely set out the law. 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Praise for OCEAN SUNLIGHT: HOW TINY PLANTS FEED THE SEAS: A BOOKLIST Editor\\'s Choice & Top 10 Book for Youth A Cooperative Children\\'s Book Center Choice Title A Kirkus Best Children\\'s Book Title * \"This ambitious, beautifully illustrated book offers information seldom covered in science books for young children.\"--BOOKLIST, starred review * \"Bang creates dimension and visual drama with her use of gold, blues, and black, forming an ethereal habitat for phytoplankton, jellyfish, and bioluminescent creatures.\"--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review * \"An awe-inspiring lesson in photosynthesis goes under the sea. . . . Readers will want to visit more than once to capture both the science and the abundant sense of celebration here.\"--KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review
Praise for LIVING SUNLIGHT: HOW PLANTS BRING THE EARTH TO LIFE: * \"If a good picture book does what it sets out to do, a great one sets out to do something huge and succeeds. . . . An outstanding book to read and absorb.\"--BOOKLIST, starred review - \"Chisholm, a professor of ecology, expands on the theme [photosynthesis], while the intense greens of Bang\\'s gouaches bring it vibrantly to life.\"--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW - \"LIVING SUNLIGHT is less a tutorial on photosynthesis than a magnificent celebration of life.\"--NATURAL HISTORY
Praise for MY LIGHT: * \"A lovely and illuminating book that presents sound science while expressing the wonder of flipping a switch and flooding a room with light.\"--BOOKLIST, starred review - \"Bang\\'s imagery and word choice provide a vivid text for her readers. And then there are the illustrations: phenomenal only begins to explain Bang\\'s choices in her use of color and composition. . . . This is a picture book that should be found in all libraries.\"--CHILDREN\\'S LITERATURE
*"Combining an amiable voice with unusual breadth of vision, depth of knowledge, and subtlety of presentation, this is a masterful book in a highly original science series"- Booklist, starred review
*"The sun gets stern as it turns to modern-day fossil fuel consumption, explaining human contributions to global warming: “Will you humans keep burning more and more fossil fuels…or will you work together?” Extensive end notes provide a deeper explanation of the science of climate change"- THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review
', '
Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY--REALLY, REALLY ANGRY...; TEN, NINE, EIGHT; and THE GREY LADY AND THE STRAWBERRY SNATCHER, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California.
Penny Chisholm has been a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013.
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Legon Awakening: Book One in the Legon Series\nDescription: ['\"Ripping good fantasy with a wicked bite!\" - Bestselling Author Brian Rathbone
\"Taylor is a brilliant writer in his use of structure and traditional elements of story telling. The arc of the story proceeds well and the plot is articulated and clear. The characters, however, are the strong part of this book. You love some and you hate others. You laugh, you cry and their trials affect you while you are reading.\" -Bestselling AuthorCollin Earl', \"Hello I'm Nicholas Taylor. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about why I wrote theLegon Series. With the Legon books I wanted to pull readers into another world with Elves, Dragons and a race that no one has seen before, the Iumenta. I want people to see the Legon world, and it's characters the way I see them. I also wanted to write a book that everyone could enjoy, from the person who has been reading fantasy their whole life, to someone who maybe is just getting into the genre. So it's with that in mind that I hope you enjoy readingLegon Awakeningas much as I enjoyed writing it.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Death in Delhi (Planet Stories)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Valley of Death; Zombie Trailer Park (Keck) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Welcome to Cobblestone Square (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Virginia Elizabeth Rose is an author, storyteller, and gardener. Virginia Elizabeth lives in a 200-year-old home on thirty-acres of country outside a small town in Upstate New York with her husband James. They are the second generation to live in the home, where they raised their two children and welcomed their now six-year-old granddaughter. They currently share their home with Bailey, a nine-year-old Cocker Spaniel with an attitude. Bailey will be familiar to Virginia\\'s readers as he graces some of the pages in her children\\'s book, Welcome to Cobblestone Square. Bailey was rescued from a shelter at the age of five months when the book was still in illustration. Several of the characters in Welcome to Cobblestone Square are named for family members of Virginia Elizabeth and close friend, collaborator and illustrator, Eileen Whitt. Virginia Elizabeth started what she calls her Victory Garden when recovering from a serious illness. \"It was when I was facing a health crisis and feeling a sense of loss and anguish that I realized that many important experiences described in the Bible took place in a garden. I realized that gardens are a sacred space and I wanted to hone such a place where I could experience nature\\'s beauty, and contemplate and celebrate the gifts God makes available to each and every one of us.\" For her children\\'s books and full-length fiction, she draws from the world around her to create characters that seem to step off a small town Main Street and into stories that everyone can relate to, celebrate and enjoy. Virginia Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Science in Communication/Journalism and a Master of Liberal Studies. Illustrator Eileen Whitt has enjoyed working side-by-side with Virginia Elizabeth, bringing to life the images of the characters in Welcome to Cobblestone Square. She lives outside of Fort Myers, Florida with her husband Billy, is the mother of three children and grandmother to four cherished grandchildren. Eileen\\'s rescue pup, Mandy Sue, also graces the pages of Welcome to Cobblestone Square. Virginia Elizabeth and Eileen are currently working on two more children\\'s books--The Christmas Carousel, soon to be published, and the Cobblestone Square sequel, Bumble, Rumble, Tumble and Kate in Cobblestone Square, about four kittens who come to live with Miss Merriweather Periwinkle, based on a real-life litter of adorable kittens delivered on Virginia Elizabeth\\'s doorstep by a neighbor\\'s cat.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer)\nDescription: ['\"Brent Weeks is so good it\\'s starting to tick me off.\"Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Spear
\"The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks was even better than The Black Prism (and that\\'s saying something!)\"B&N.com
\"One of the best epic fantasies I\\'ve ever read.\"Staffer\\'s Book Review on The Blinding Knife
\"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.\"The Ranting Dragon
\"One of the best Fantasy books of 2012.\"A Dribble of Ink on The Blinding Knife
\"...A solid, entertaining yarn.\"The Onion A.V. Club on The Black Prism
\"Weeks has written an epic fantasy unlike any of its contemporaries. It is a truly visionary and original work, and has set the bar high for others in its subgenre.\"graspingforthewind.com
\"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.\"Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism', 'Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He wrote on bar napkins and lesson plans before landing his dream job years and thousands of pages later. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their daughters. Find out more about the author at www.brentweeks.com or on twitter @brentweeks.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Runs Like The Wind\nDescription: ['Tamzen Whelan currently lives in Stuart, Florida with her life-partner, teenage daughter, two adopted dogs, and cat. She grew up in Seattle and has lived in New York City, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, rescuing many homeless pets along the way. After being a college English instructor for 15 years, she is now focusing on her life long love of writing.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Black Prism (Lightbringer)\nDescription: [\"With this complicated fantasy about family politics, bestseller Weeks (The Way of Shadows) moves into familiar territory. An unloved, orphaned boy is the offspring of someone important; twins assume each other's identities; an aged ruler clings to power. Weeks manages to ring new tunes on these old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way. Gavin Guile is facing his final five years as leader of a magical college whose members turn colors of light into various materials. Seeking to rectify the lingering wrongs from the war against his twin, Dazen, he is instead forced to acknowledge a bastard son, face down a corrupt governor, and stop a challenge to the state religion. Frequent perspective shifts keep the reader guessing as to who is heretic and who is hero. Author tour. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"Brent Weeks is so good it\\'s starting to tick me off.\"Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Spear
\"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.\"Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism
\"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.\"The Ranting Dragon
\"One of the best fantasies I\\'ve ever read.\"Staffer\\'s Book Review on The Blinding Knife ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dragon's Love \nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Numb\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Someone There for Me: Everyday Heroes Through the Eyes of Teens in Foster Care\nDescription: ['Someone There for Me by National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The White Tree: The Cycle of Arawn: Book I\nDescription: [\"Ed writes science fiction and fantasy, including the epic Cycle of Arawn and the post-apocalyptic Breakers series. He's lived places and had jobs.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Most Amazing Thing * La cosa ms asombrosa (English and Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Gurukarta is a published poet, award-winning lyricist, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has been a yoga teacher since 1976 and an ordained minister since 1980. She takes inspiration from nature, animals, and spiritual teachings. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her family and happy rescued dogs.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Darkslayer: Wrath of the Royals (Book 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['5 out of5 Stars!
\"From the causal fantasy subscriber, to the die-hard Tolkienist, everyone will find something to enjoy in the ever expanding world of Bish.\"
See full review below.
--Sacramento/San Francisco Book Review
5out of5 Stars!
\"...this author has written an extremely cool book.\"
\"...makes me believe that these characters should also appear in a video game or up on a movie screen very, very soon. Enjoy!
--Feathered Quill Book Review
\"Seriously this is a great action fantasy.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"Buy it! Read it! But strap on a helmet first.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"Overall a very intriguing story with colorful characters and deadly situations.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"... couldn\\'t put it down once I started.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"... couldn\\'t put it down once I started.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"The Darkslayer had my attention by the end of the first page and the action never stopped.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"This book had just about everything one would want in a fantasy novel.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"This was a fun and entertaining read.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"An excellent action fantasy story.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"The nonstop action is out of this world.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"... a pretty awesome ride.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"Wow, this book was a great read.\" - Amazon Reviewer', 'see Author Page', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hypervenom Phelon Men Turf (7.5)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Everflame\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Notes: Gold on Blue Green: Notebook, Journal & Diary (Volume 7)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Prince of Thorns\nDescription: ['From the publisher that brought you game of thrones. Prince of thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me i had but one brother, and i loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mothers tomb. Now i have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All thats true enough, but theres something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse. From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, jorg ancrath has become the prince of thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his fathers castle jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him. Mark lawrences debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.']","rejected":"Title: Si aceptas perdonarte, perdonars\nDescription: [\"Madrid. 21 cm. 140 p. Encuadernacin en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Coleccin '[Coleccin Espiritualidad]'. Grn, Anselm 1945-. Traduccin, Guillermo Gutirrez. Traduccin de: Vergib dir selbst. Perdn. Iglesia Catlica. Penitencia .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y seales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 84-277-1358-4\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: King of Thorns (The Broken Empire)\nDescription: [\"The second book in the broken empire series, lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition. To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. Ive walked from pawn to player and ill win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in bloodthe land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the broken empire. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown prince honorous jorg ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them. A six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. Every omen says he will. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. But king jorg is not a good king. Faced by an enemy many times his strength jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. But playing fair was never part of jorgs game plan.\"]","rejected":"Title: Arcana Coelestia, Vol. 1 of 8 (Forgotten Books)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire)\nDescription: ['Drop whatever else youre reading and start the Broken Empire trilogy...[Emperor of Thorns] is told in a vivid prose filled with profound reflection and brilliant metaphor. Every sentence is carefully crafted, a work of art and a pleasure to read.Peter V. Brett, international bestselling author
Simply said, The Broken Empire is a brilliantly written series. Every sentence is just a pure joy to read and carefully crafted. Numerous words like wordsmith and modern fantasy poet spring to mind but you should just find it out for yourself. A perfect ending to a brilliant trilogy and an unpredictable, ruthless and poetic literary masterwork of a great mind.Fantasy Book Review
Aconclusion that is not only emotional and satisfying, but clever and unexpected, a fascinating twist within the concept of the narrative...Mark Lawrence has written a brilliant and enthralling talea trilogy that has gripped from the first scene to the very last.Starburst Magazine
Lawrence ends his majestically epic and magical post-apocalyptic trilogy like it started: with bloody yet beautiful prose. He unwraps more clues to the past with dialogue that chills and characters youd not want to meet in nightmares, where heroes are dark and evil fiends darkest of all. This book will go down as one of the best ever. Bravo!RT Book Reviews', 'Mark Lawrence is a research scientist working on artificial intelligence. He is a dual national with both British and American citizenship, and has held secret-level clearance with both governments. At one point, he was qualified to say, This isnt rocket scienceoh wait, it actually is. He is the author of the Broken Empire trilogy (Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns, and Emperor of Thorns), the Red Queens War trilogy (Prince of Fools, The Liars Key, and The Wheel of Osheim) and the Book of the Ancestor series (Red Sister).', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Writer's Eye: Field Notes and Watercolors\nDescription: [\"The 60 watercolor sketches and eight line drawings, published here for the first time, were made during Horgan's research trips for three of his books on the history of the American SouthwestGreat River, Conquistadors in North American History and Lamy of Santa Fe. In these sketches he recorded his impressions of the places he visited, and later, while he was writing the books, the material served to remind him of his feelings about what he had seen. The watercolors, beautifully reproduced and accompanied by brief descriptions as well as passages from the books, evoke with delicacy and spontaneity the limpid light and sparkling colors of the Southwestern landscape. In his introduction, McCullough traces Horgan's career as one of this country's most distinguished writers. It is a pleasure to discover that Horgan is also a gifted artist. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Technomancer (Unspeakable Things)\nDescription: ['Written with a healthy sense of humorbut by no means a comic novelthe book should appeal to fans of supernatural fiction and also to readers of private-eye fiction who dont mind if the mysteries get a little fantastic. Larson, author of several previous novels in the SF or fantasy genres, turns in a winner here.', '\"...a wild, complex plot that was fast-paced and full of adventure.\" -Angela at Scifichick.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Islander (Stormlands, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Rushed\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Say That (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)\nDescription: ['', \"Caton Garcia's poems layer sound and image to offer a tangible point of access into the complex and often contradictory ideas contained within the work.\", '', '', 'Felecia Caton Garcia is the author of a chapbook, Pos orale!, and currently teaches writing and cultural studies at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards)\nDescription: ['Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.George R. R. Martin
Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
Remarkable . . . Scott Lynchs first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.The Times (London)
A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters . . . Lockes wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders alike.The Seattle Times
A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf . . . Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not to mention David Liss and even Dickens.Booklist (starred review)
High-octane fantasy . . . a great swashbuckling yarn of a novel.Richard Morgan
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Scott Lynch is the author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, and The Republic of Thieves. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, science fiction writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dollar Bill\nDescription: ['BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy is the writer behind the five book series, \"New Day Divas,\"which have been coined \"Soap Opera In Print.\" Formerly an Essence Magazine Bestselling secular author writing under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY, when she decided to fully dedicate her life to Christ, that meant she had to fully dedicate her work as well.
In 2000, she formed her own publishing company where she published her books until landing a book deal with a major publisher.Under her company she has published New York Times and Essence Magazine Bestselling authors in the \"Sinner Series.\" In 2004, E. N. Joy branched off into the business of literary consulting where she provides one-on-one consultations and literary services such as ghost writing, editing, professional read-throughs, write behinds, etc...
Needless to say, she no longer pens street lit (in which two of her titles, If I Ruled the World and Dollar Bill, made the Essence Magazine bestsellers list.Dollar Bill appeared in Newsweek and has been translated to Japanese).She no longer pens erotica or adult contemporary fiction either, in which her title written with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, An All Night Man, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award.
You can find this author\\'s children\\'s book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, in book stores now.The Secret Olivia Told Me received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association.The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies.
E. N. Joy is the acquisition editor for Urban Christian, an imprint of Urban Books. In addition, she is the artistic developer for a young girl group named DJHK Gurls.She pens original songs for the group that deal with messages that affect today\\'s youth, such as bullying.
You can visit BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy at enjoywrites.com', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastards)\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH
A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.George R. R. Martin
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paperthe smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.Booklist (starred review)
Red Seas Under Red Skies firmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.Fantasy Book Critic
Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.Locus
The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.SFX
The Lies of Locke Lamora Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind', 'Scott Lynch was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1978 and currently lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a game designer and volunteer firefighter. This is his second novel.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lawnmower Man - Virtual Reality Role Playing Game\nDescription: ['RPG based on the movie from Leading Edge Games. Lots of quotes and B&W photos. 118 pgs + many charts ... LEG 40100.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Necro Files: Two Decades of Extreme Horror\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Doom Wind\nDescription: [\"...Our apology for the lack of more detailed description of this Title. Please do not hesitate to contact Seller/s if more information is desired, and we'll respond promptly.\\n-Thanks Much for your interest and purchase/s.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Under the Dome\nDescription: ['First printing.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Things in the Air\nDescription: ['PreS-Gr 3Carefree smiles, sweet kisses, imaginative stories, flying riddles, and silly words. These are all the \"things in the air,\" beloved by the elves who live in the Forest of Light. The witches hate these thingsand the Sparkling Elves, who, in their eyes, do nothing more than waste time. In order to suck the joy out of the little creatures and make them work, the ugly hags devise a plan to capture all the things in the air. Their plan does not work, since everything refuses to be buried or hidden. The story seeks to celebrate the imagination of children and their lively spirits while chiding adults for their focus on work and accomplishment, but it isn\\'t convincing, even though the language is quite nice (\"a gust of wind made of hugs carrying the aromas of Spring; a handful of winks that sparkled like stars; a pile of words made out of sweets\"). The illustrations fail to capture the beauty of the intangible things in life. Finally, the amount of text per page is overly long, slowing down the story\\'s momentum and preventing the book from being a successful read aloud.Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, Hillsborough, CA', '
Carmen Gl is an award-winning author of more then 80 books. She lives and works in Spain, and been incuded in the White Raven list in 2009.
Omar Figueroa Turcios was born in Corozal, Sucre, Colombia in 1968. He is a caricaturist, graphic humorist and illustrator. He has won more than 60 international awards for caricature, illustration and graphic humor. Since 1998 he lives in Spain, where he currently publishes his work.
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Promise of Blood (The Powder Mage Trilogy)\nDescription: ['\"Promise of Blood is a hugely promising debut. Guns, swords, and magic together? What more could you want? How about tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes, and cool, cool magic? Not only the finest flintlock fantasy I\\'ve read, but also the most fun. Brian McClellan is the real thing.\"New York Times bestseller Brent Weeks
\"This book is just plain awesome. I found myself enjoying every moment of it. Innovative magic, quick-paced plot, interesting world. I had a blast.\"New York Times bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson
\"Brian McClellan is an explosive powder keg of imagination with an expertly-plotted fuse. The stories he tells are the stories we\\'ll be reading for years to come.\"Sam Sykes on Promise of Blood
\"The world of the privileged sorcerers and the strange abilities of the powder mages who can manipulate gunpowder are just as well drawn in this captivating universe.\"RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars)
\"McClellan\\'s debut packs some serious heat...A thoroughly satisfying yarn that should keep readers waiting impatiently for further installments.\"Kirkus (Starred Review)
\"McClellan\\'s debut is a lot of fun --- a historically influenced fantastical romp filled with machismo, intrigue and magic.\"SciFi Now (UK)
\"McClellan neatly mixes intrigue and action...in a society where new forces like labor unions, gunpowder-armed soldiers, and explosion-causing \\'powder mages\\' clash with traditional magics, more, and beliefs.\"Publishers Weekly
\"Gunpowder and magic. An explosive combination. Promise of Blood is the best debut I\\'ve read in ages.\"Peter V. Brett
\"I love the world Brian McClellan builds, Powder Mages with flintlock pistols against white-gloved Privileged for the fate of a nation and more. Promise of Blood feels like the start of something amazing.\"Django Wexler
\"Brings a welcome breath of gunpowder-tinged air to epic fantasy.\"Anthony Ryan', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 136\nDescription: ['1st Appearance of Green Goblin II (Harry Osborn); Marvel Value Stamp #95: Mole-Man. Storyline: The Green Goblin Lives Again', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastards)\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH
A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.George R. R. Martin
The Republic of Thieves
Fast paced, fun, and impossible to put down . . . Locke and company remain among the most engaging protagonists in fantasy.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Republic of Thieves has all the colorful action, witty repartee, and devious scheming that fans of the series have come to expect.Wired
A fantasy world unique among its peers . . . If youre looking for a great new fantasy series this is one you wont want to miss. . . . In a word: AWESOME!SF Revu
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paperthe smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.Booklist(starred review)
Red Seas Under Red Skiesfirmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.Fantasy Book Critic
Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.Locus
The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.SFX
The Lies of Locke Lamora Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Scott Lynch is the author of The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Animal Aromatics Workbook\nDescription: [\"Caroline Ingraham has been studying aromatic plant extracts and their relationship to animals for over twenty years. Caroline's work with animals and aromatics is internationally acknowledged and she has demonstrated her work on many television documentaries including on National Geographic. Her work is constantly evolving as she researches the use of essential oils, macerates and other natural substances. The Animal Aromatics Workbook is a unique resource - and instruction manual - for how to help the animals in your life self-select natural products for healing. Whether you are an animal enthusiast, owner, breeder or therapist, this book provides fascinating detail and inspiration as to how to radically enhance the health and well being of your animal companion(s). This book is a remarkable distillation of many years of experience and committed research on the part of the author and Animal Aromatics practitioners around the world.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen)\nDescription: ['1st UK ed #408/500. DJ is fine in \\nMylar. UNREAD', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Difference God Makes: Living As If God Matters\nDescription: [\"'Who is God? What difference does it make?.....All the differenc e in the world....'- from the back cover.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Dance of Cloaks (Shadowdance 1)\nDescription: [\"The first volume of Dalglish&'s Shadowdance trilogy, a frenetic masterpiece with growing pains (to quote the author&'s modest afterword) that achieved self-published success, has been substantially revised for this edition, but its core remains a winning combination of A Game of Thrones, sword-and-sorcery RPGs, and vivid description. Aaron, the son of master thief Thren Felhorn, is an unprepossessing introvert who catches his father&'s attention by stabbing an intruderat age eight. Five years later, Aaron is learning the thieving trade in Veldaren, a city defined by internal war between the thieves&' guilds and the merchants&' guilds, with the weak, paranoid king a pawn on the board. The point of view shifts continually, encompassing bit players and major characters from every angle of the struggle, and Dalglish handles his cast of thousands with aplomb. Despite the inevitable quasi-medieval setting, saucy dagger-wielding maidens, and very convenient magic, this is a fun read. Dalglish puts familiar pieces together with a freshness and pleasure that are contagious. Agent: Michael Carr, Veritas Literary Agency. (Oct.)\", '\"Dalglish concocts a heady cocktail of energy, breakneck pace and excitement.\"Sam Sykes, author of Tome of the Undergates
\"Fast, furious, and fabulous.\"Michael J. Sullivan, author of Theft of Swords
\"[A] winning combination of A Game of Thrones, sword-and-sorcery RPGs, and vivid description...Dalglish puts familiar pieces together with a freshness and pleasure that are contagious.\"Publishers Weekly
\"Strong characterization as well as detailed action...a believable tale of a young man\\'s coming-of-age and the difficult decisions he must make. His saga should appeal to fans of R.A. Salvatore and Richard Lee Byers.\"Library Journal', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beyond the Arab Spring by Brynen, Rex, Moore, Pete W., Salloukh, Bassel F., Zahar, Mar. (Lynne Rienner Pub,2012) [Paperback]\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hard Luck Hank: Screw the Galaxy (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Antarctic Adventures (Adventure Series)\nDescription: ['Learn about the Antarctic', \"Bartha Hill is a long term journalist and author, writing for both children and adults. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, and participates in the 'Writers in Schools' programme. As a journalist her work has appeared in the Otago Daily Times, DayStar, sPanz, NZ Woman's Weekly, Harvest Field & Reality. Her stories for children are in the School Journal, Choices and the Children's Christian magazine Discovery.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Noble Intentions: Season One (Jack Noble)\nDescription: ['Lee \"L.T.\" Ryan lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA with his wife, three daughters, and one psychologically unbalanced but lovable dog. He enjoys writing fast paced suspense thrillers. When not writing, he enjoys reading, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and spending time with the ladies in his life.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Fur Trapping in North America\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Gateway to Nifleheim: Harbinger of Doom -- Volume 1\nDescription: [\"I've done lots of things. I've gotten degrees and taken advanced courses in various fields: physics, engineering, religious studies, history. I've taught college courses, been a physicist, a licensed professional engineer, and I've investigated some of the most complex and high profile engineering disasters of the last twenty years. I've even testified as a forensic engineering expert before the supreme court of the State of New York. After reading the battle scenes in my books, some of my readers have asked me whether I also used to be a spy or a Special Forces operative. I can't comment on that, I tell them. My non-fiction work has been read around the world. I write some of that every day, and I still enjoy it. But all my life, for fun, I've written fantasy stories. I started writing them before I did any of the things I mentioned above, and I'll probably keep writing them for as long as I'm around. A few years ago, I decided to make a business out of it and get them published so others can read them too. I hope that you'll give my books a read.\", 'In Gateway to Nifleheim, Glenn G. Thater transports us to an age of high adventure where knights battle supernatural horrors, magic is real, but hidden, and the line between good and evil is all too thin. This first volume in the epic Harbinger of Doom saga is certain to delight fantasy fans everywhere.
GATEWAY TO NIFLEHEIM
When mad sorcerers open a gateway to the very pits of hell, releasing demons of darkest nightmare upon the world, only the intrepid knights of House Eotrus stand in their way. Claradon Eotrus takes up the mantle of his noble house to avenge his father and hold back the tide of chaos that threatens to engulf the world and destroy mankind. Claradon recruits Angle Theta and Gabriel Garn, mysterious knights of mystical power, to stand with him. Theta and Garn take up their swords one last time against the coming darkness -- a darkness from which only one will emerge.
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TAP has been a favorite, a real hot seller for Books & Books at the Office Depot Businesswomen s Convention. --Michael Karpus, Store Manager Books & Books
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“William Lashner is remarkable.” —Nelson DeMille
“Lashner keeps the reader spellbound.” —Harlan Coben
“Lashner… could be considered an East Coast version of Michael Connelly…” —Library Journal
The Barkeep is one of those books that you start reading and cannot put down, even as you almost wish you never reach the ending. William Lashner is primarily known for his series of legal thrillers featuring Philadelphia attorney Victor Carl, but this stand-alone work cements his deserved place in the constellation of master thriller authors. Book Reporter', 'William Lashner is the New York Times bestselling creator of Victor Carl, a character Booklist called “one of the mystery novel’s most compelling, most morally ambiguous characters.” The eight Victor Carl novels, which include A Killer’s Kiss, Marked Man, Falls the Shadow, Past Due, Fatal Flaw, Bitter Truth, and Hostile Witness, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and are sold all over the world. He is also the author of the bestselling thrillers The Accounting and Blood and Bone, as well as the novel Kockroach, which he published under the pseudonym Tyler Knox. Before leaving his job to write full-time, Lashner was a criminal prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of NYU’s School of Law and the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and three children and his dog, Chase Muttley.']","rejected":"Title: Change of Edict (The Change Series)\nDescription: ['\"Book 2 in the Change of Chaos series throws Siray into an ever-expanding landscape, full of surprising new foes, romances, and shocking turns I didn\\'t see coming...I had to remind myself to slow down...instead of devouring it quickly to find out what would happen next.\"(Michelle Hope, Professional editor to top-tier authors, including George R. R. Martin, Blake Crouch, and romance great Connie Brockway.)', '', \"Jacinta Jade is the author of the fantasy coming of age series, Change of Chaos. She loves a strong female lead, a good fight scene and surprising endings. Jacinta likes to make friends of strangers in local hangouts, enjoys competing in tower climbs and has held national titles in martial arts (with not too many injuries). When she isn't writing, Jacinta splits her time between counting down until the next Star Wars movie, playing games like Far Cry and Tomb Raider and creating costumes for ComicCon. Jacinta does her best writing in beautiful, mysterious and random locations, but preferably the ones where a good cup of coffee might be close by. Currently, that location is MELBOURNE. To see when Jacinta's next book will come out, visit her website at jacintajadebooks.com.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Way of Kings\nDescription: ['Way-of-Kings', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Libator\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lilith\nDescription: ['\"Lilith is a strong addition to horror fiction collections. Recommended!\"-Midwest Book Review
\"If you are looking for a break from tropes, heavy handed or depressing horror novels and are ready to read something which only requires you to sit back and have some fun, then I can\\'t recommend Lilith enough.\" -Cemetery Dance
\"...a non-stop read, a thriller/horror/speculative science/paranormal all rolled into one, with great characterizations and an unbelievably fascinating plot.\" -Mallory Heart Reviews']","rejected":"Title: Disrespectfully Yours\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive Book Two\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Community Detection and Mining in Social Media (Synthesis Lectures on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mind's Eye\nDescription: ['Douglas E. Richards is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of WIRED and more than a dozenother novels (see list below).His books have been translated intoeight languages and published by major publishers in numerous foreigncountries.
A former biotech executive, Richards earned a BS in microbiology from the Ohio State University, a master's degree in genetic engineering from the University of Wisconsin (where he engineered mutant viruses now named after him), and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
In recognition of his work, Richards was selected to be a "special guest" at San Diego Comic-Con International, along with such icons as Stan Lee and Ray Bradbury. His essays have been featured inNational Geographic,the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Earth & Sky, Today's Parent, and many others.
The author currently lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and two dogs.
You can friend Richards on Facebook at Douglas E. Richards Author, visit his website at douglaserichards.com, andwrite to him at douglaserichards1@gmail.com
Note: If you would like to be notified of future releases, please send an e-mail to douglaserichards1@gmail.com with the e-mail address to which you would like the notification to be sent.
Near Future Science Fiction Thrillers by Douglas E. Richards WIRED (Wired 1), AMPED (Wired 2) MIND'S EYE (Nick Hall 1), BRAINWEB (Nick Hall 2), MIND WAR (Nick Hall 3) SPLIT SECOND (Split Second 1), TIME FRAME (Split Second 2) QUANTUM LENS GAME CHANGER INFINITY BORN
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\"Haunting. . . Bracken creates a gripping and terrifying dystopian world.\"Kirkus Reviews
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\"Bracken\\'s latest maintains constant tension A new twist on dystopia, this is one not to miss.\"Romantic Times
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\"A riveting, emotional read that kept me on the edge!\"New York Times best-selling author Melissa Marr', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: NOS4A2: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Hills imagination is...far-ranging.... NOS4A2 is full of chills and cliffhangers. (New York Times)
Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is for certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again. (Library Journal (starred review))
Hill is omnivorous in his appetite for story and character, and here he has created his best. (Booklist (starred review))
Quite simply the best horror writer of our generation, Joe Hills masterful storytelling is on full display in NOS4A2. It is by turns terrifying and hilarious, horrifying and full of heart, and relentlessly compelling. (Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of The Prophet on NOS4A2)
[A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended. (The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia))
[A] lovely, earnest collection of short fiction. (Village Voice)
[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute. (New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice))
[A]stounding . . . .Though most of the stories have elements of horror, the overall mood of the collection is one of heartbreaking wonderment . . . Highly recommended . (Library Journal (starred review))
NOS4A2 is a brilliant exploration of classic and modern monsters and dark fantasties, all cut up, restitched and retooled...With this novel, riveting from beginning to end, Joe Hill has become a master of his craft. (Publishers Weekly on NOS4A2)
Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again. (Library Journal (starred review) on NOS4A2)\", '', 'Joe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the New York Times bestsellers Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, plunges you into the dark side of the imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense . . .', 'Victoria \"Vic\" McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn\\'t tell anyone about her unusual ability.', \"Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.\", \"And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble . . . and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie. Now the only kid ever to escape Charlie's twisted imagination is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Vic McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. . . .\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beyond the Mailbox\nDescription: ['The author resides in West Texas, and has been employed as a letter carrier for the past 18 years. During this time she has come to realize the enormous need that exists within our communities, the loneliness, the physical, emotional and financial struggles that cripple so many. She delivers the mail, but is aware that the job puts her in the position of being able to assist people, be it with simply a kind word, or listening and observing the stories that lie beyond the mailbox.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: NPCs\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Raber Murder, ...ing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Murder of Joseph Raber, By Drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., ... his Life. With Illustrations and Results.\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Super\nDescription: ['Additional praise for the work of Ernie Lindsey
For Skynoise
\"With Skynoise, Ernie Lindsey shows why he is one of the most compelling and dynamic indie writers out there. Earlier this year, I found \"Super,\" which turned the superhero genre on its ear, and in \"Skynoise,\" Lindsey takes the sci-fi trope of time travel and twists a good yarn through years of mysteries and bread crumbs.\" --Will Swardstrom, author of Dead Sleep
\"Ernie Lindsey weaves a fantastic Time Travel thriller that\\'s part X-Files and all fun. It\\'s tense, taut and reads like you\\'re trying to catch your breath as he piles mystery on top of intrigue and serves with a perfect slice of humor. This year\\'s best time travel story and a fun escapist read that has you rooting for the good guys. This book is why Lindsey is a solid master in the making.\" --Nick Cole, author of Soda Pop Soldier
\"If you love [time travel science fiction], filled with action and bone-jarring twist and turns, you won\\'t want to miss Skynoise.\" --Josh Hayes, author of Second Star: Breaking Through
For How White People Die
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Due to a variety of circumstances, he becomes obliged to flee into regular humans' lands where Hradni are understandably unpopular. He and his companion survive a series of briskly paced adventures in a world Weber builds with a nice eye for detail, above-average knowledge of history, and a pleasing amount of wit. Moreover, the book's ending neither requires nor precludes a sequel. At the moment, Weber is not on a course to high honors or academic reputation but rather is emerging as a consistent producer of highly entertaining and intelligent action tales. Roland Green\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The World Outside (Theme from the "Warsaw Concerto")\\nDescription: ['Sheet music 1958 The World Outside Roger Williams, words and music Carl Sigman and Richard Addinsell, Chappell & Co Inc']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Northworld Trilogy\\nDescription: ['\\\"Northworld is that rare work -- a novel that works on more than one level. A stunning tapestry ... highly recommended!\\\"', '-- The SFRA Newsletter', 'The inhuman Rulers of the galaxy sent three fleets to learn what had happened to the world located by Captain North and the Survey Team he led. Neither a soul nor a message returned. The fourth time, the Rulers sent a single man: Nils Hansen.', \\\"Commissioner Hansen had a mind that saw the shortest path to each task's completion and a ruthless determination to do what the task required. The cost -- to himself and whoever happened to be in the way -- didn't matter. Hanson's Special Units had kept his planet safe from the most sophisticated and violent criminals in the galaxy. Now Hansen was being sent to penetrate a spacetime enigma which had made gods or demons of the first humans to discover it. 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He lives in Cortona, Italy.', '', '', 'PROLOGUE', 'Paris, May 1940', '', 'DUSK WAS FALLING by the time Maurice Sobel reached Neuilly, and he walked the short distance from the Metro to his house in the cold, not quite earthly light of the blue-painted street lamps which were the citys sole concession to the war that was about to engulf it. His pace was brisk, and twice he glanced over his shoulder to assure himself that the street behind him was empty. The creak of the garden gate when he opened it was a welcome sound.', 'Only then did he relax his grip on the handle of the attachcase he was carrying. Since leaving Eyskenss office hed been holding it tightly, and he felt the prickle of pins and needles in his fingers now as he shifted the case to his left hand and fumbled in his pocket for his house key.', 'Normally he would have been brought home by car, but that morning hed paid off the last of the household staff, including his chauffeur, a blunt Breton by the name of Dugarry. Maurice had found the farewells upsetting and the sight of the darkened house as he walked up the gravel path to the front door was a reminder of the loss suffered by all parties. Florence, their cook, and a family retainer for the better part of a quarter of a century, had clung to his hand when theyd said goodbye. Thered been tears in her eyes.', 'Tell Madame . . . She had begun to speak three or four times, but been unable to continue. Ah, but youll be back . . . It was all she could say.', 'Maurice had pressed her hand in return. Of course, of course . . . Not knowing if it was true. Not knowing if they would ever meet again.', 'With a sigh he unlocked the door and switched on the lights in the hall. The emptiness around him seemed unnatural - he was used to the house being filled with people, loud with the voices of family and friends - and he regretted, not for the first time, his decision to postpone his departure, when he could have taken passage on the same ship that had carried his wife and their two sons across the Atlantic to New York a month earlier. Unwisely, deceived by the slow march of events in Europe following the occupation of Poland, hed chosen to remain in Paris for a little while longer, taking time to dispose of his business and to attend to the many other details, such as the leasing of his house, which had required his attention. The delay had proved costly. He had not yet wound up his affairs when the long-threatened German invasion had been launched a week earlier, and with their armoured units advancing now with giant strides across the Low Countries and - according to as yet unconfirmed reports - about to encircle the French army entrenched on the Somme, he had been forced to take emergency measures, selling off the last of his stock at rock-bottom prices and, even worse, engaging in the kind of transaction he would normally have shunned in an attempt to salvage at least a portion of these assets.', 'On that last day - the last for him, at any rate - the city had worn an air of exhaustion. The soft breeze with its promise of spring had expired, like the hopes of so many, and it was the stifling heat of summer that hung in the air now and seemed poised to descend on streets already starting to empty as cars made their slow exit bumper to bumper from the capital in anticipation of the threat that daily drew closer. Although government spokesmen had said that every inch of French soil would be defended, Maurice knew from other sources - from the rumours that sped from mouth to mouth - that the German panzers were already moving south from the coast. He had glimpsed military lorries drawn up in lines outside ministries, prepared to cart away files and other vital equipment. And although no refugees had yet appeared in Paris, travellers arriving from the north-east spoke of roads clogged by those trying to escape the fighting; of whole families on the move pushing handcarts loaded with their possessions. More ominously still, there were even reports that French soldiers without their arms had joined the fleeing columns.', 'Although his appointment with Eyskens was not until the afternoon, Maurice had gone into the city earlier and after calling at his bank had paid a final visit to what had been until recently the store that bore his familys name: Sobel Freres. Furriers of distinction, the shop was located off the rue St Honor, and although Maurice had relinquished the lease on the property he still had a key to the street door. Wandering about the deserted rooms, he had felt a deep sadness. It had taken his family years to build up the business - the company had been founded by his grandfather - and its loss felt like an amputation. He could think of no sight more desolate that day than the rows of empty hangers where only a few weeks before the finest furs had been on display, no sign more indicative of abandonment and flight than the thin patina of dust already starting to gather on the glass-topped counters.', 'Seeking an antidote to his depression, hed chosen to lunch for the last time at a favourite restaurant in the rue Cambon, one he had patronized regularly over the years, where his face and name were known not only to the patron and waiters but also to some of the other clients, successful businessmen like himself, with whom he was accustomed to exchanging nods. No doubt some of them had heard of his decision to leave: he thought he detected sympathy in the glances cast his way. But for the most part they seemed preoccupied with their own affairs. (How could they not be?) They were taking stock of the new reality. And while there was little they could do to alter it, Maurice had nevertheless been distressed to observe the all too familiar hint of a shrug in their manner; that lift of the shoulders so peculiar to the French, signifying acceptance of a situation, however disagreeable.', 'Catching sight of his own image in a gold-framed mirror on the other side of the restaurant - wryly noting the elegance of his appearance, his silvered hair barbered to a millimetre, the distinction of his dark suit, one of several hed had tailored in London, its sombre hue set off by a splash of red silk spilling from his breast pocket - hed reflected on how little he differed from these pillars of the bourgeoisie, at least on the surface. How even now, he might have been pondering his countrys future in the light of the fate that was about to overtake it: assessing what impact occupation by a foreign power would have on himself and his family, how best to protect his interests. In all probability the course of his life had not differed much from theirs. As a youth he had run up debts and made a fool of himself over women - to the despair of his father - but later redeemed himself by volunteering to serve in the war which only a generation earlier had bled his country white, and being twice decorated for gallantry. He had married well and raised a family.', 'But none of that mattered any longer, he knew, none of it counted. The future lay with the jackbooted conquerors whose armoured units even now were beating a path to the citys gates, and they would not be deceived.', 'A Jew was a Jew.', '', '', 'Willem Eyskenss office, or rather his place of business, since buying and selling were very much part of his day-to-day operations, was located off the rue de Rivoli. The brass plate beside the locked door bore his name, but gave no further information. Indeed, if you were not expected there in all likelihood you were not welcome, and beyond the door, which was only opened after the caller had adequately identified himself, access was further barred by a guard, presumably armed, who sat at a table in the small entrance hall with an alarm button close at hand. Maurice had been given Eyskenss name by a business associate, a dealer in costume jewellery and other fashion accessories with whom he did business from time to time.', 'Hes a diamond broker with connections in Amsterdam. Dutch originally, but hes been settled here a long time. He only deals in good-quality stones, Ive been told, and hes discreet. He can certainly provide what you need - at a price, of course.', 'The price, as it turned out, had been high. Eyskens had outlined the cruel economics of it at their first meeting. Its always the same in dangerous times. People try to save what they have. You cant take a factory with you, a business. So you turn it into something you know has value. Gold, if you can carry enough of it; otherwise stones. Diamonds. Theres no need to explain what effect this demand has on the market.', 'A thin-faced man with red cheeks and fair hair brushed back from his forehead, Eyskens had kept his gaze on the surface of his rosewood desk while he spoke. It was as though he was embarrassed to meet Maurices gaze.', 'Sufficient to say you are not the first to come to me with a request of this kind, Monsieur Sobel. These are, as I say, terrible times. Let us be businesslike. Your need is urgent, I see that. The short notice makes for difficulties, but I can provide what you want. However, I would prefer if this were a cash transaction.', 'You dont want a cheque? Maurice hadnt been altogether surprised.', 'Its not a matter of trust, I assure you. Your reputation is beyond question. Eyskens had shown small signs of discomfort. But I will be forced to cut corners, if I can put it like that. And later on questions may be asked - I dont mean by the French authorities. Paris may soon be under new rulers, men who might wish to enquire into favours done for . . . for . . .', 'Jews? Maurice had furnished the word he was trying not to utter.', 'I am sorry . . . Eyskens had spread his hands on the desk.', 'Their first meeting had taken place the previous week, and that afternoon, having earlier withdrawn the cash from his bank - Maurice had given Eyskens a round figure to work with - he had proceeded to their final appointment. Once again hed been shown upstairs to the diamond brokers office, a small, windowless room, bare of decoration, where Eyskens was waiting. Before him on the desk was a black velvet bag tied with a drawstring. It lay on a piece of felt which had been spread across the desk. Beside the bag was a jewellers loupe.', 'I will leave you now. Eyskens rose. You will want to examine the stones. Please take your time. I have made a list - he took a piece of paper from his jacket pocket and handed it to Maurice. The stones are marked by weight, but you will be able to tell by the size and the shape which is which. Taken together they match the sum we agreed on. Of course, if any of them doesnt meet with your approval, it can be discarded and we will make the necessary adjustment to the total. He bowed and left the room.', 'Maurice had wasted no time. Uncomfortable though the transaction made him feel, he had taken a decision and meant to stick to it. With the start of the war, the movement of funds by more orthodox means had become increasingly difficult and the German invasion had brought even those to a halt. True, in the past few months he had managed to shift a good portion of his assets abroad, but he was reluctant to leave anything he possessed to the new masters of Europe, these brutal despoilers of his people.', 'Emptying the velvet bag on to the felt, he had examined the glittering contents. Though no expert, his experience as a furrier had made him familiar with all aspects of the fashion trade, including its most luxurious and costly items, and a few minutes study with the loupe were enough to reassure him of the quality of the goods he was purchasing. The bag contained a score of diamonds - cut stones, as hed requested - the biggest the size of his thumbnail, all of the finest water.', 'By the time the broker returned ten minutes later, Maurice had emptied the attach case, which had been resting on the floor at his feet, and laid out the stacks of banknotes he had brought in a neat pile alongside the diamonds.', 'You are satisfied, then? Eyskens resumed his position across the desk.', 'Perfectly.', 'Maurice was relieved that their business was over. For some reason - its hole-in-the-wall nature, perhaps - hed found it distasteful. Nor had he warmed to the man who sat facing him. The Dutchmans pale blue eyes were unreadable.', 'Would you like to count the money, Monsieur Eyskens?', 'Given who I am dealing with, that will not be necessary. The broker had accompanied these words with a polite bow. They both rose.', 'Goodbye, Monsieur Sobel. I wish you good fortune.', '', '', 'There was nothing more he could do. Everything was set now for his departure the following morning, and as he wandered about the house switching on lights, Maurice went over the plans hed made, plans which had grown in complication as the situation around him became more unstable. With sailings from Le Havre suspended, hed been obliged to look further afield and had managed to book passage on a liner leaving Lisbon for New York in a weeks time. This had still left him with the problem of getting to the Portuguese capital, and having considered - and discarded - the idea of trying to find a seat on the by now overcrowded trains heading south from the city daily, he had decided instead to make the long journey by motor car.', 'Dugarrys last job before departing to join his wife and children in Rennes had been to service the Sobels Citron cabriolet and to ensure that the tyres were in good condition and reserve supplies of fuel stowed aboard. Even so, Maurice might have felt daunted by the thought of the drive ahead - apart from the odd Sunday outing it was some years since he had driven a car - had it not been for a stroke of good fortune that had come his way a few days earlier. An acquaintance of his, a Polish art dealer called Kinski, long settled in France, had rung him out of the blue to ask, if it was not prying, if it was not an indelicate question, whether what he had heard was true - that Sobel was intending to quit Paris and would be travelling to Spain in his car? Before Maurice had time to get over his surprise - he had discussed his plans with only one or two people - Kinski had revealed the reason for his enquiry.', 'Ive been asked if I can help a young man whom the Nazis would like to get their hands on. A Polish officer. Jan Belkas his name. He joined the resistance soon after the Germans occupied Warsaw, but unfortunately his group was betrayed and he had to get out in a hurry. Hes been in Paris for some time, without papers, of course, and now hes in danger again. Hed like to get to London, but Spain would be a start. I was wondering . . . would it be possible . . . ?', 'While Kinski was speaking, Maurice had had time to reflect on the fact that it was not so surprising after all that his help should have been sought in the matter. The Sobels were Polish by extraction. They made no secret of it.', 'You want me to take this man with me?', 'If possible. And his companion, a young woman, also Polish. Kinski had hesitated. He said delicately, I understand she is Jewish.', 'Ignoring the momentary prick of anger he felt just then - as if the fact that the girl was Jewish might sway him, as if he might be less inclined to help a mere gentile - Maurice had responded without hesitation.', 'Of course, my dear fellow. Id be happy to take them. Hed spoken honestly. In fact, youre doing me a favour. Id rather not make this trip alone.', 'I cant thank you enough. Kinskis relief had been plain.', 'Give them my address. Tell them well be leaving two days from now, on Thursday. I want to make an early start, so I suggest they spend Wednesday night with me. The house will be empty during the day - Im paying off the staff - but Ill be home by six. Ill expect them then.', 'He looked at his watch now. It was a few minutes after the hour. He reminded himself he must check the bedrooms on the floor above to make sure that the maids had prepared them as instructed before departing. Maurice had no idea whether his guests were a couple or not and had decided to offer them a room each and then leave it to them to settle their sleeping arrangements. For his own part he would be glad to have them as company on this last evening. The house was full of ghosts for him; full of memories. Although some of the furniture had already been dispatched across the Atlantic and other pieces put in storage, there were enough reminders of the life he and his family had shared here to weigh on his spirits and fill him with a sense of loss.', 'But he knew these were thoughts he must put behind him. The future was what concerned him now, the immediate future. Pausing by his desk to gaze dreamily at a photograph of his wife, which hed not yet packed, Maurice delivered a silent reproof to himself. Lonie Sobel was a woman of character and her dark, emphatic features showed a strength he had come to rely on over the years. He knew very well if she were here now she would tell him to leave off wool-gathering. To focus his mind on the business in hand. In particular, there was the problem of the diamonds, which hed taken out of the attach case and placed on the desk beside his wifes photograph, to be resolved. How best to transport them? Hed be crossing two borders in the coming days, and quite possibly his luggage would be searched. It might be as well to remove temptation from the gaze of customs officers whod be only too well aware of his predicament: of the threat that had driven him, and others like him, to take flight.', 'Even as he considered the question, weighing the velvet bag in his hand, he felt the beginnings of despair take hold of him, a feeling of hopelessness not rooted in the moment - he knew he could deal with the immediate problems facing him - but rather in the sense of destiny as a curse from which there was no escape. Despite the years of prosperity, his family had not forgotten their past. Dealers in furs for generations, the Sobels had fled the Pale of Settlement before the turn of the century, leaving behind them the bloody pogroms that had racked the western borders of the Tsars empire. How many times, Maurice wondered, had he heard his grandfather, dead now these twenty years, tell of the night he had seen his parents neighbour, a watchmaker, beaten to death in the street before a watching crowd while their own house went up in flames? Now, once again, the blood was flowing. Was there no end to it?', 'With a growl, he broke the spell. Enough! The dark street his thoughts had wandered down led nowhere. Frowning, he stared at the soft velvet bag resting in the palm of his hand, and as he did so an idea came to him. It concerned his street coat, which hed taken off and hung up in the hall when he came in. Another Savile Row creation, its elegant folds contained an ample expanse of silk lining, and it had occurred to him that this might be put to some practical use as a place of concealment. It would require some skill in sewing, he saw that, but surely this young woman who was about to arrive could help him there. He didnt doubt he could trust her, she and her companion both, these brave young people, who even if they were fleeing with him now, surely meant to continue the fight against the loathed enemy. London, Caspar Kinski had said. That was where they meant to go, and Maurice wondered if he might not be able to help them achieve their aim. With money, certainly, but perhaps in other ways, too, once they had reached Spain. He had business contacts in many capitals.', 'Cheered by the thought - he was relieved to have shrugged off his dark mood - Maurice went out into the entrance hall where his coat was hanging. As he reached for it, he heard the creak of the garden gate followed by the sound of footsteps on the gravel path. Smiling a greeting, he opened the door to what he thought were his guests and received instead a blow to the jaw that sent him staggering backwards and then, before he had time to react, a second to the side of his head that knocked him to the paved floor. Crouched on his hands and knees, spitting out blood from a cut lip, he was aware only of a pair of trousered legs which moved swiftly around him and out of his blurred vision. Next moment his throat was encircled by something so thin it seemed to have no substance, but which burned like fire as it cut its way into his flesh, deeper and deeper. The pain was intense, but it lasted for only a few moments. Then sight and consciousness faded and his agony ceased.', 'PART ONE', '1', 'London, November 1944', '', 'HANDS IN POCKETS, Bert huddled deeper in the doorway. Crikey, it was cold!', 'The wind that had got up earlier was still blowing, but not in gusts like before; now it was steady. It had force, and the power of it cut clean through his coat and overalls, and the jersey he was wearing underneath that, and went straight to his bones. And though his tin helmet, with the W for air-raid warden painted on the front, was safely settled on his head and hardly likely to fly away, even in the gale that was blowing, he clutched at it automatically.', 'Youll catch your death, Bert Cotter, going out on a night like this, Vi had warned him earlier when hed been preparing to set off from the small flat in St Pancras where they lived. Shed insisted he put on an extra vest. And whats the use anyway? Its no good telling people to put their lights out. It dont make no difference to a buzz bomb.', 'The advice was wasted on Bert. Hadnt he been saying the same thing himself for weeks? There hadnt been a proper raid on London since the summer. The Luftwaffe - the bloomin Luftwaffe to Vi - had finally shot its bolt, or so they were assured. Now there were only the flying bombs to worry about. Those and these new V-2 rockets, which the government had finally admitted were falling on the city, though most people had already guessed it. After all, how many times could mysterious explosions be put down to gas leaks before people started asking questions?', 'What do they take us for? Vi had enquired of him in all seriousness. As though she thought he might actually know the answer. Bloomin idiots?', 'Fishing out a packet of fags from his coat pocket, Bert chuckled. She was right about the blackout, though. The whole of London could be lit up and it wouldnt change a thing. The bombs and rockets fell where they fell, and all you could hope was it wasnt your head they came down on.', 'He lit his cigarette and then used the flickering flame of the match to check his wristwatch. He was close to the end of his three-hour tour of duty and anxious to get home. Too old to enlist - hed done his bit in France in the last shindig - Bert had opted to serve part time in civil defence, and since he worked in the area, being employed as a carpenter and general handyman at the British Museum, hed joined a squad of wardens assigned to the Bloomsbury district. Thered been a time, back in 40, during the Blitz, when Jerry bombers had come over night after night, turning whole areas of the city into cauldrons of fire, when the job had been one to be proud of.', 'But now Bert wasnt so sure. The excitement hed felt at the start of the conflict had long since faded. Truth to tell he was sick of patrolling the night-time streets, fed up with blowing his whistle and bawling up at people to put that bloody light out. It was a feeling shared by many, and not least by his fellow wardens, if that evenings performance was anything to go by. When Bert had turned up at their rendezvous point a little earlier - it was a pub in the Tottenham Court Road - hed discovered that no fewer than four of the dozen-strong squad had rung in to excuse themselves. Two had bad colds (they said), one had twisted his ankle (a likely story) and the fourth had referred to some unspecified family crisis that prevented him from leaving home. Vi was right. Only a muggins like yours truly would venture out on a night like this.', 'His thoughts were interrupted by the wail of a siren. It sounded close by, coming from the area of Covent Garden, he guessed, and instinctively he glanced upwards, searching for the telltale finger of flame that would signal the approach of a flying bomb. During the summer they arrived day and night from across the Channel, and Londoners had learned to recognize the sinister drone of their engines and to dread the moment when the noise ceased and the craft, loaded with explosives, plunged to earth. Fewer fell now, it was true: the advance of the Allied armies in France and Holland had forced the Jerries to move their launching sites. But the threat was far from over. Only a few weeks before, returning home from work, crossing Tavistock Square, Bert had seen one pass overhead and heard its engine cut out. The tremendous explosion that followed had made the windows in the square rattle, and seconds later a huge buff plume of smoke had risen from the vicinity of Kings Cross like a pillar into the grey October sky. Ears pricked, he waited now, but after a minute or so the noise stopped and the silence of the night was restored. A false alarm.', 'Bert put out his cigarette. It was time to get moving. The doorway where hed taken refuge was in Little Russell Street, near the corner of Museum Street, and he needed only to walk over to Tottenham Court Road to reach the boundary of his allotted territory, a patchwork of narrow roads bounded to the north by Great Russell Street and to the south by Bloomsbury Way. The wardens usually patrolled in pairs, but because of the absentees that evening he was on his own and had already decided to shorten his route. Not two minutes from where he stood now, at the top of Museum Street, his place of employment loomed large and lightless, and although it seemed deserted he knew very well that the museums doors would be unlocked and a squad of volunteer firemen would be on duty inside. (Theyd been posted there as a precaution ever since a night back in 1941 when dozens of incendiary bombs had come through the roof during a Jerry raid and several of the rooms had been burned out.) What he planned to do was pop in there for a cup of tea, get the cold out of his bones, and then leg it home to St Pancras. (And two nights from now when he was next on duty he might just come down with a cold himself.)', 'As Bert slipped out of the doorway he heard footsteps, and next moment a dark figure came swinging round the corner from Museum Street.', 'Whoops . . . ! Sorry, miss.', 'If it hadnt been for the cry the figure let out as they collided Bert might not have known it was a young woman. She was wearing a coat which had a hood attached to it and was walking with her head down.', 'Its this blinkin blackout. Seeing her shrink back, he tried to reassure her. You never see anything until its too late.', 'I am sorry. It was my fault. Breathless from haste, she spoke with a foreign accent. I should have looked where I was going.', 'The face beneath the hood was a white blur. Bert noticed she had a bag in each hand.', 'Bitter night, he remarked, drawing his own coat closer about him, resettling the helmet on his head.', 'Yes, isnt it? The relief in her voice made him wonder if shed felt nervous walking through the blackout on her own. Shed put down one of her bags for a moment, and he saw now that in fact it was a basket, heavily laden, its contents covered by a cloth. He tested its weight and then held it ready for her while she wiggled her fingers to get the circulation back.', 'Thank you so much. She took the basket from him.', 'I hope you havent far to go with those. He nodded at her burdens.', 'No, its only a short walk.', 'Ill give you a hand if you like.', 'She looked over her shoulder. No, really. Its not necessary. He caught a glimpse of her smile in the shadow cast by the hood. Goodnight, and thank you for your help.', 'She plodded on, and as he watched her figure disappearing into the darkness Bert wondered if he shouldnt have insisted. She seemed like a nice girl. But his bones ached from the cold and whatever faint impulse he felt to follow her faded at the thought of the hot cup of tea awaiting him.', 'She would manage, he told himself as her figure grew faint and then vanished in the darkness.', 'She hadnt far to go.', '', '', 'Feeling a lot better after his break - the firemen were a friendly lot - Bert hurried down the museum steps into the buffeting wind and then tacked his way across the great forecourt like a ship under sail. The sirens hed heard earlier hadnt sounded again. He was ready to call it a night. But while sitting in the warmth inside hed felt the prick of conscience, and instead of going home directly as hed planned hed decided to return to where hed interrupted his round earlier and make a final inspection of his area.', 'Pausing only to adjust his shoulder bag, he set off briskly down Museum Street, using the road itself, rather than the pavement. Although the blackout restrictions had been relaxed in recent weeks - in some districts of the capital, street lamps were now permitted to show a glimmer of light, creating what was called a moonlight effect - inky darkness continued to prevail in many areas, and if you wanted to avoid barking your shins on unseen obstacles, or, even worse, collecting a black eye from walking into a lamp-post, it was best to keep to the middle of the street.', 'Bert had barely turned the corner and started down Little Russell Street, however, when he heard the sound of a car behind him. Looking back he saw its reduced headlights approaching, and moved off the roadway to give it passage. It went by slowly, the driver steering his vehicle carefully down the dark canyon created by the buildings on either side of the narrow street. Bert continued to walk along the pavement. He was keeping an eye on the car, ready to move back on to the road at the first opportunity, but before he had a chance to do so his foot caught on something and he tripped and fell headlong.', 'Bloody ell! Half-winded by the fall, he lay where he was for a moment, collecting his wits. What in the name of . . . ?', 'Lifting himself up on one elbow he peered behind him. The darkness seemed impenetrable. But there was something there all right. He could feel it when he pushed his foot back; an obstruction of some kind. Bert levered himself into a sitting position. His shoulder bag had come off, but he quickly located it by feeling around in the dark, and having got the straps unbuckled his questing fingers found the torch which he carried inside it. He switched on the light.', 'Christ Almighty!', 'The whispered exclamation was involuntary. Revealed by the wavering beam, a pair of legs was protruding on to the pavement. They belonged to a woman, there was no doubt of that. Bert could see a knee-length skirt beneath the coat which the sprawled figure was wearing. He shifted the light. His hand was shaking.', 'Ah, no . . . !', 'He recognized the figure: it was the young girl hed bumped into earlier. Her pale face was clearly visible now that the hood shed been wearing had been dragged clear of her head. Bert could see the basket shed been carrying lying beside her. It had tipped over and he caught a glimpse of some strewn apples and the remains of what looked like broken eggs. Although he knew instinctively that she was dead, he stirred himself to scramble to his knees and reach for her wrist, which lay close to him, the hand beneath it clenched. He found no pulse.', 'Poor lass . . .', 'Fumbling in the pocket of his overalls, Bert got hold of his police whistle, and as the wind gathered in strength, ascending to a high keening note not unlike a howl of grief, he blew a long blast on it. Then another . . . and another, piercing the enveloping blackness around him with its urgent summons.', '2', 'SHE WAS MURDERED all right, sir. Theres no doubt of that. A possible strangulation. It seems an air-raid warden stumbled on the body. The first officer on the scene was a woman police constable. She was passing by and heard him blow his whistle. Bow Street has some men examining the site now. Because of the blackout, they werent able to do it properly last night.', 'Chief Inspector Angus Sinclair shifted uncomfortably in his chair. Hed spent a sleepless night, disturbed by the buffeting wind and also by an attack of gout, a malady that had begun to plague him in recent years. As Bennett watched he lifted one foot off the floor and set it down gently. Aware that the subject was a sensitive one so far as his colleague was concerned, the assistant commissioner kept a tactful silence.', 'Sinclair squinted at the page he was reading from. We dont have a name as yet, he said. But she appears to be in her early twenties and . . . er . . . respectable. He frowned at his own choice of word.', 'Not a prostitute, then. Bennett nodded. Thanks to the blackout, assaults after dark had become commonplace in London. Streetwalkers, in particular, had suffered in the upsurge of violence which the war years had brought to the capital. Do we know why she was killed?', 'Not as yet, sir. Bow Street rang in with this information overnight. Theyre sending other details over by hand. I expect to hear from them quite soon.', 'Bennett grunted. What else? He gestured towards the typed sheets held together by a paper clip which Sinclair had laid on his knee. A summary of all crimes reported in the Metropolitan area during the preceding twenty-four hours, it was delivered to the chief inspectors desk each day in time for their morning conference, which took place in Bennetts office overlooking the Thames embankment.', 'Just the usual. Balham organized a raid on a premises in Brixton last night. Two printing presses were seized. They were being used to turn out fake identity cards and ration documents. No arrests as yet. The chief inspector paused. And weve had another report of looting in Stepney. They took a pounding over the weekend. Two V-2s came down in the district. The police are trying to keep an eye on damaged houses, but the looters slip in at night.', 'I want them caught. Bennetts face darkened. Put the word out. If more men are needed, well find them. In common with most policemen, he regarded looting as a particularly loathsome crime. It was taking advantage of others misfortunes in the worst possible way and offenders could look for no mercy from the courts.', 'One bright spot, if you can call it that. Sinclair glanced up. The Stockwell police stopped a lorry they thought was suspicious in the early hours. It turned out to be filled with frozen carcasses of beef. Fresh from the Argentine, Ive no doubt. The chief inspector lifted a grizzled eyebrow. Two men were arrested. Theyre still being questioned.', 'It could be that hijacking gang weve been after. The assistant commissioner tried to sound optimistic. Perhaps theyll lead us to the rest.', 'We can always hope, Sinclair agreed, though without much conviction. So far all theyve said is they were offered a tenner each by a man theyd never met before to drive the lorry to London. I doubt theyll change their story.', 'He brooded on his words. Five years of war had brought a new dimension to lawbreaking, one which had stretched police resources to their limits. The thicket of regulations designed to control the distribution of food and other scarce resources issued by the government at the start of the conflict had opened fresh avenues for the criminal world, and it gave the chief inspector little satisfaction to know that several of the capitals most dangerous gangs, formerly employed in the business of extortion and notorious before the war for their violent conduct at race meetings, had long since moved into new spheres of activity linked to the flourishing black market. Even worse, the virus had spread to the general population. Prompted by shortages and driven beyond endurance by the tendency of authority to poke its nose into every corner of life, ordinarily decent citizens now broke laws they no longer respected without compunction, taxing the police still further.', 'The telephone on Bennetts desk rang and the assistant commissioner picked it up. While he was speaking, Sinclair allowed his gaze to stray to the windows, where a sky the colour of dishwater could be glimpsed through panes criss crossed with tape to minimize bomb blast. Try as he might, he could no longer bring the same passion to his work he had once felt. In truth, he found it only a burden now, a duty he accepted as necessary for the good of the force he had served for half a century, but one he could hardly wait to relinquish. The mortal struggle which his country had been engaged in these past five years had demanded sacrifices from all, and Sinclairs own contribution had been to defer his plans for retirement, already in place when war had broken out, and answer the appeal which had come from Bennetts own lips.', 'Angus, I need you. This war will be fought to the death, and it wont be over by Christmas. This had been in late 1939, following the German invasion of Poland and before its assault on France, when peace had still seemed a possibility to some. The Metropolitan Police will suffer along with everyone else. Were already losing men to the forces and no fresh recruiting will be allowed until the fightings over. It wont be long before we feel the pinch.', 'Unable to refuse the request, or deny the necessity behind it, Sinclair had agreed to stay on, but with a sinking heart. By refusing several offers of promotion and clinging to his rank as chief inspector he had managed to prolong his career as an investigator beyond its normal span. His name was associated with some of Scotland Yards most famous cases and his reputation, particularly among the younger detectives at the Yard, was close to legendary. But as he well knew, those days were over: he had turned seventy; it was time to retire gracefully and leave the world to others to bustle in.', 'The post he held now as special assistant to Bennett gave him supervisory authority over all criminal investigations, but no active role in them. With it had come yet another offer of promotion, to the rank of superintendent. As the assistant commissioner himself had pointed out, it might seem anomalous for a mere chief inspector to give direction to officers senior to himself. But at that point Sinclair had dug in his heels. Before the Mets plainclothes staff had been expanded in the years leading up to the war he had been one of only four chief inspectors on the Yards strength, men who had been seen as an elite group, specialists assigned to handle only the most difficult cases. He had been proud of the distinction hed earned, and the fact that there were now a round dozen men holding the same rank was neither here nor there to Angus Sinclair.', 'I prefer to remain as I am, sir. And since Ill be speaking in your name, I dont imagine Ill encounter any problems.', 'Left unsaid by him was the fact that many of those promoted above him had learned their trade at his hands and it had become commonplace at the Yard to refer to him simply as the chief inspector without further identification.', 'Beached at last, a slave to paperwork, to somehow making ends meet, Sinclair had quickly discovered the truth of the assistant commissioners prophetic words. If the Yard had felt the pinch of war at the outset, it was now close to being trapped in a straitjacket of diminished resources. The Mets prewar strength of 19,500 had shrunk to a mere 12,000, and while the situation had been alleviated somewhat by the use of auxiliaries known as Specials, it had coincided with a sharp rise in crime. As though in response to some Malthusian principle, lawbreaking had increased in proportion to the number of laws added to the statute book. (Issued under the all-embracing Defence Regulations, thered been no end of them.) Far too many policemen were engaged in pursuing petty offences, wasting both their own and the courts time, adding to the store of national irritation and impatience with authority. It had been the chief inspectors aim throughout the war to counter this trend towards the trivial, to keep the plainclothes branch insulated from it as much as possible and engaged in the fight against genuine crime. But it was a battle he could never win entirely and the effort had exhausted him.', 'Nor was he alone in his suffering, Sinclair reflected, as he watched Bennett, who was saying little but still had the receiver pressed to his ear, stifle a yawn. As assistant commissioner, crime, Sir Wilfred was responsible for all CID operations in the Metropolitan area, a position he had held for many years and one that now hung like an albatross around his neck. Indeed, if the chief inspector sometimes mourned his own decline into bureaucratic impotence, he was able to spare more than a thought for his superior, who had nursed the ambition, even the hope, that he might one day ascend to the commissionership. The summons had never come. Throughout Bennetts career the government had continued its tradition of appointing a senior member of the armed forces to the post. (The present incumbent was an air vice-marshal.) And now that he, too, was preparing to retire - hed already made it known that he was only waiting, like others, for the war to end before offering his resignation - hed been forced to swallow a final irony. Word had come down from on high that the authorities had decided to make a break with the past: once hostilities were ended a new commissioner would be named, a civilian appointee.', 'The call over at last, Bennett replaced the telephone receiver in its cradle. He removed his reading glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. A slight, vital figure in his younger days, he had begun to put on weight lately and his dark hair, never abundant, was thinning to the point where what little of it remained barely covered his pale scalp.', 'Well, Angus? Is there anything else?', 'Not for the moment, sir. With an effort Sinclair brought his mind back to the business in hand. Apart from this murdered girl, of course.', 'What do you plan to do? The assistant commissioner frowned. Will you make it a Yard investigation? He was referring to a state of affairs relatively new in the capital, where in the past most serious crimes had been assigned as a matter of course to detectives stationed at the Yard, but where now, thanks to staff shortages, more cases were being farmed out to the various divisions.', 'No, I dont think so, sir. The chief inspector began to gather his papers. It sounds straightforward enough. Of course, it depends . . .', 'He was interrupted by a knock on the door, which opened. Bennetts secretary put her head in. Excuse me, sir. Ive just had a call from registry. Theyve received some information from Bow Street which Mr Sinclair is waiting for. She glanced at the chief inspector. Its a womans name and address.', 'Come in, Miss Ellis. Bennett gestured her forward and took the sheet of paper she was carrying from her hand. Slipping a pair of spectacles on, he studied it for a few moments.', 'Shes a land girl, I see. A Polish refugee. He slid the piece of paper across the desk to Sinclair. You can bring in my letters now, Miss Ellis. And a cup of tea, if you would . . . Bennett went on speaking to his secretary, but stopped when he saw the look of astonishment on the chief inspectors face.', 'Angus . . . ?', 'Sinclair seemed not to have heard. He was staring at the piece of paper in his hand.', 'What is it, man?', 'Im sorry, sir. The chief inspector collected himself. Its this young woman who was murdered. I know her. Or of her, rather . . .', 'Are you sure? A land girl? Bennett seemed unconvinced. Couldnt it be someone with the same name? What was it again? Rosa . . . Rosa something . . . ?', 'Rosa Nowak. No theres no mistake. The chief inspector glanced across at his superior. You didnt notice her address, sir? The farm where she was working? The name of her employer . . . ?', 'Wordlessly he passed the message back to Bennett, who peered at it through his spectacles for a moment, then shook his head in amazement.', 'Well, Ill be damned, he said.', '3', 'JOHN MADDEN? Lofty Cook looked sceptical. I saw the name, of course, but it didnt ring a bell. Are you sure its the same bloke?', 'Its him all right.', 'Your old guvnor?', 'Billy Styles chuckled. Hed just had a flash of memory: himself as a callow young detective-constable, pink-cheeked, and with a waistline that was now only a memory. And of the man hed been assigned to then. All of twenty years ago it was now.', 'Id hardly call him that, he said. We only worked together the one time and I was wet behind the ears.', 'Still, he gave you your chance, didnt he? Melling Lodge! What a case to kick off with. But then you always were a lucky devil. Cook glanced down at his colleague, grinning. Recently promoted to detective-inspector, he stood a couple of inches over six feet and was called Lofty by his pals, of whom Billy was one. They had joined the force at the same time, right after the last war, but though Billy had advanced more quickly - hed been an inspector for half a dozen years now - it hadnt affected their friendship, and Billy had been pleased to see his old chums familiar hatchet face split by a grin when hed climbed out of the radio car that had brought him from the Embankment up to Bloomsbury.', 'Although the gale had abated overnight, its icy claws could still be felt gusting down the narrow street and the pair of them had taken refuge in the doorway of a stationers shop. Across the road from where they were standing, two detectives from Bow Street were busy searching the spot where the young womans body had been found. The area, marked with tape, lay at the edge of a small unfenced yard that backed on to a bomb site, a building that had taken a direct hit at some time in the past and was now, like countless other tracts of ground all over London, a gutted ruin. An assortment of debris had been piled up in the cramped, cobbled space - bricks, mortar, sections of plastered wall - and the corpse had apparently been left on the fringe of this refuse, with the legs protruding on to the pavement.', 'What happened to Madden, then? Cook asked. He offered Billy a cigarette from his packet of Woodbines. After Melling Lodge, I mean? After he quit the force?', 'He got married to a lady he met while he was on the case. She was the village doctor.', 'Must have been something special, Lofty observed. Cupping his hand, he struck a match and lit their cigarettes.', 'Special . . . ? Billy considered the remark, drawing on his fag. Yes, I reckon you could say that. He smiled to himself. Anyway, he bought a farm down there, Madden did. Same farm where this girl was working. Which explains why Im here. The chief inspector wants the full story. He and Madden are old friends.', 'Fair enough. Cook pursed his lips, exhaling a plume of tobacco smoke into the frosty air. But theres not that much to tell. A case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, if you ask me.', 'It was an opinion Billy had already heard voiced, and by the chief inspector himself when hed been summoned to his office not half an hour earlier.', 'Odds on it was a casual assault, a crime of chance. Sinclair had shown him the initial Bow Street report. Ive just spoken to John. The girl had only been with them for two months. Shed been given the weekend off and come up to London to see her aunt. Find out what you can. But dont spend too much time on it. Just determine the facts and report back.', 'The chief inspector had not thought it necessary to refer to the case Billy had been working on, a tortuous investigation into the sale by a black-market ring of petrol and heating fuels stolen from military depots, which had ended only the week before in a successful prosecution; nor the few days leave hed been promised. With the shortage of staff that had prevailed for several years now, detectives were expected to put aside their personal lives as and when occasion demanded it.', 'And just so youre clear in your mind, Im not looking for an excuse to take this off Bow Streets hands. Weve enough on our plate as it is. Just see to it there are no loose ends.', 'These last words had been spoken with a scowl, as though his listener was known to be contemplating just such an outrage, from which Billy, armed with his sleuths intuition, had deduced that the old boys gout must be playing up. In spite of his awesome reputation, the chief inspector had his critics at the Yard and the suggestion had been made in more than one quarter that it was time he was put out to pasture. Billy, though, would have none of it. Having come under Sinclairs eye early in his career, and in circumstances where his inexperience might have cost him dear, he had never forgotten how the chief inspector, for all the sharpness of his tongue, had forgiven him his mistakes. And allowed him to profit from them.', 'Hed been more than content, too, with the orders hed been given, particularly when hed found out who was in charge at Little Russell Street. The Yards habit of interfering in other divisions business, of keeping plum cases for themselves, was often a sore point and he was glad he could tell Lofty that the investigation was still his to conduct. Given the rawness of the morning, neither of them had been disposed to dally and Cook had quickly shepherded him to the shelter of the stationers doorway, where Billy learned that the body of Rosa Nowak had been removed to the mortuary at Paddington overnight after the pathologist called to the scene had examined it by torchlight.', 'Who was the sawbones? he asked.', 'Ransom, from St Marys. He thought it most likely she was strangled but said hed give us a definite opinion later today after hes had her on the slab. Cook stamped his feet to keep warm. It took us a while to discover who she was. We didnt find her wallet until it was light. He nodded towards the two plainclothes men who were busy searching the rubble. She must have been carrying it in that basket. He pointed to the object which was lying tipped over beside the white silhouette formed by the tape. Billy could see some apples lying loose there, mingled with the remains of broken eggshells. The wallet ended up under a piece of corrugated iron. It had her identity card inside.', 'Whats your opinion, Lofty? Do you think it was a sexual assault?', 'Looks that way to me. The Bow Street inspector nodded. She was lying on her back when we found her. Mind you, I dont think he got very far. Her coat was still buttoned up when we found her. It occurred to me he might have killed her by mistake.', 'Oh . . . ? Billy lifted an eyebrow.', 'Squeezed too hard, maybe. Then run off when he realized hed topped her. Cook shrugged. But thats only a guess.', 'I read it was a WPC who got here first.', 'Thats right. Name of Poole. Lily Poole. Cook grinned. Shes stationed at Bow Street. Keen as mustard. She was walking back to the station after her shift when she heard the warden blowing his whistle and came over here to see what all the fuss was about. Didnt waste any time, either. Went straight up to Great Russell Street - theres a police call box there - and rang the station. By the time I got here she was already knocking on doors. But it didnt do any good. This isnt a residential street. Just shops and businesses. We spoke to one or two people whod heard the wardens whistle, but nobody who saw anything.', 'Do we know when she was killed?', 'Almost to the minute. It was a little after ten oclock. Thats thanks to the warden. Name of Cotter. Hed bumped into her earlier. They had a chat. The last he saw of her she was walking down the street from that corner. Cook pointed to his right. Twenty minutes later he came back - he was on his way home - and he tripped over the body.', 'Billy nodded, taking it all in. He waited while a group of women dressed in dun-coloured overalls under their coats, and with their hair tied up in scarves or handkerchiefs, went by. They were trailed by a pair of WAAFs, who craned their necks to look at the two detectives bent double in the yard and at the uniformed constable who was standing guard there.', 'Maybe all he meant to do was rob her? he suggested.', 'I thought of that. But it doesnt seem likely. Cook blew on his fingers. Her wallet may have disappeared when she dropped her basket. But he didnt go through her things. He gestured at a suitcase bound with cord that was lying on the pavement beside the yard.', 'I understand she was on her way to visit her aunt. Does she live nearby?', 'Just round the corner, in Montague Street. A Mrs Laski. Shes a widow, quite an elderly lady. Naturalized. Been living here since the Twenties. Shed sat up all night waiting for her niece to arrive, then rang the station this morning. By that time wed found the girls wallet, so I had to take her over to Paddington to identify the body. Poor woman. Rosa was her only family. She got here soon after war broke out, but her parents were still in Poland, and theyre gone now most likely, or so Mrs Laski reckons.', 'Gone?', 'Theyre Jewish, Cook explained. He caught Billys eye.', 'Anyway, she worked for a couple of years in the Polish community, Rosa did. Looking after refugee families, that kind of thing. But she wanted to be in the country - she grew up in a village - so she joined the Land Army. Her first job was on a farm in Norfolk, but that packed up earlier this year when men invalided out of the services came home looking for work. Thats when she was sent to Surrey. To Mr Maddens place. This was the first time shed come up to London. She was planning to spend the weekend with her aunt and then go back on Monday.', 'The inspectors face split in a yawn, and Billy wondered how much sleep hed been getting. It was a problem everyone faced these days, a sort of national disease. After five years of war, five years of rationing and restrictions, a deep fatigue had settled like snow on the whole population. It could be dangerous, particularly in a job like theirs, his and Loftys. It was easy to miss things.', 'What about men friends? he asked.', 'None, according to the aunt. When she came here from France at the start of the war she travelled with a Polish boy, but he was just a friend, and anyway he joined up and was killed in North Africa. She was shy with men, Mrs Laski says. Old-fashioned when it came to the opposite sex. Cook shrugged.', 'In other words, she wasnt the sort of girl who would have picked up a man, say. Or let herself be picked up.', 'Out of the question. Or so her aunt reckons. I put it to her myself. Had to. Anyway, the girl was alone when the warden ran into her. Thats for certain.', 'Billy grunted. He trod on his cigarette. Are you done then? he called out to the two men whod been busy in the yard. One was named Hoskins, the other Grace. With more than twenty years on the force, Billy had made the acquaintance of just about every plainclothes man in London at one time or another, and worked with a good many of them.', 'Finished, sir. It was Hoskins who replied. Plump, and purple in the face despite the gelid air, hed been making heavy weather of all the bending required by their task and stood breathing heavily beside the taped barrier that he and his partner had just erected at the edge of the yard with the help of a pair of iron stakes salvaged from the rubble. They were busy decorating it with a police notice on which the words KEEP OUT were printed in large capitals.', 'Lets see what youve got.', 'Trailed by Cook, Billy crossed the street and went down on his haunches to examine the objects the pair had retrieved and laid on a strip of cardboard. Besides the apples spilled from the basket theyd found two brown paper parcels, each containing a plucked chicken, three jars of homemade jam and a crock of honey.', 'She must have brought those up from the country, Joe Grace remarked. A thin, hard-faced man with the rank of detective-sergeant, hed been one of a team of which Billy had been a part that the Yard had set up before the war to deal with the smash-and-grab gangs active in the capital at that time. There are two loaves of bread and a round of cheese jammed in at the bottom. We left em there. He nodded at the basket which still lay beside the taped outline of the body. We also found these. He indicated three matched buttons lying separate from the larger items, one of them still with a curl of thread attached to it. They were on the ground, near where her head was. Must have come from her coat.', 'No, they couldnt have. Cook intervened. The buttons were all done up when we found her. There were none missing.', 'Wheres it now? Billy asked.', 'At the mortuary. She was still wearing it when they took her away. He turned to Grace. Is that all? he asked.', 'Pretty much. The detective shrugged. The rest was just odds and ends. He pointed to a handful of items deposited near the edge of the piece of cardboard which included an empty bottle of lemon rum, a broken comb, two hairpins and the chewed stub of a lead pencil, all coated with dust. Completing the haul were four charred matchsticks, which Billy examined with interest. He noticed that although their tops were blackened the stems beneath had hardly been touched by the flame.', 'Looks like someone was trying to strike a match in the wind, he remarked. And lately. The woods still fresh. Theres no sign of weathering. He rose, stretching his cramped leg muscles.', 'Cook spoke to the two plainclothes men. You can put all this stuff back in the basket and take it to the station. Her suitcase, too. Ill deal with them later. Well have to put up posters in the area. We need to know if anyone saw the girl earlier. Other than the warden, I mean. Yawning, he glanced at Billy. Well, what do you think?', 'Billy reflected. So far hed heard nothing to suggest that Lofty wasnt right in his assessment. It seemed likely the girl had encountered her killer by accident in the darkness of the blackout. If so, it was a crime of chance, just as the chief inspector had supposed. But he wasnt ready to make his report quite yet. Sinclairs caution about leaving no loose ends was still fresh in his ears.', 'What about slipping over to Paddington? he suggested. Id like a word with Ransom. He should be done by now.', '', '', 'The corpse lay on a steel-topped table, hidden from sight except for the head and shoulders, which the orderly on duty in the mortuary had exposed by drawing back the white cloth covering it. Looking down at the lifeless face, so pale it seemed drained of blood, Billy recalled the photograph Lofty had shown him in the car coming over, a snapshot of Rosa Nowak which hed obtained from her aunt. The dark-haired girl pictured in the snapshot had faced the camera with a remote and sorrowful expression, no trace of which remained now.', 'Well, there she is, poor lass.', 'An elderly man, one whod either been retained like many past retirement age, or volunteered to do what amounted to war work, the orderly offered his opinion unprompted.', 'Hardly looks dead, does she?', 'It was true enough, Billy thought. Apart from a swelling on one side of her neck and a faint, livid mark in the same area the girl might have been asleep. As though it only needed a touch to awaken her. Glancing sideways at Cook, he saw the Bow Street inspector bending lower to peer at the white throat.', 'Cant see that she was choked, he remarked.', 'The two detectives had arrived at the hospital only to discover that the man theyd come to see wasnt immediately available.', 'Dr Ransoms busy with another autopsy, the receptionist informed them. A buzz bomb came down in Wandsworth last night, but they only dug out the bodies this morning.', 'Left to their own devices, they had found their way downstairs to the mortuary, a grisly sanctum whose green-painted walls exuded a clammy cold unaffected by the change of seasons, where the orderly, at their request, had brought out Rosa Nowaks remains from one of the refrigerators built into the walls of the echoing chamber.', 'You can wait if you like, he told them. The doctor should be here any time now.', 'Billy had been looking around. Are those her clothes? he asked, pointing to a pile of womens garments on a table in the corner.', 'The orderly nodded. Dr Ransom said you might want to see them.', 'Billy led his colleague over to the table and together they quickly solved the mystery of the loose buttons found at the scene of the murder. Examining the girls coat, which was made of dark blue wool and might have had a naval past, they found it was fitted with a removable hood of the same material attached by buttons sewn on to the collar. Only two of these were still in place. Loose cotton threads showed where three others had in all probability been ripped off.', 'Id forgotten about the hood, Cook admitted. We didnt see it at first. It was hidden beneath her body. I only noticed it when the ambulance men picked her up.', 'Other signs of deft needlework were visible on the young womans underclothes, which were undamaged but had obviously been darned and patched more than once. The embroidered blouse shed been wearing, on the other hand, looked new, and to both detectives surprise proved to be made of silk.', 'Whats that? Billys eye had been caught by a saucer standing on a shelf above the table. He took it down.', 'Looks like a matchstick. Cook peered at the charred fragment of wood which was all the saucer contained.', 'Wonder what its doing there. Billy was still examining his find when the swing doors behind them opened and Ransom strode in, thrusting an arm into the sleeve of a white physicians coat.', 'Sorry to keep you, gentlemen. Were like the Windmill Theatre here. We never close. Im afraid theres another cadaver awaiting my attention, so thisll have to be brief. Hello, Inspector. He nodded to Billy. I didnt know you were on the case.', 'Im not, strictly speaking, sir. Billy put down the saucer and went over to shake hands with the pathologist. Mr Cooks in charge. But the chief inspector has an interest in it. Im to report back to him.', 'Sinclair, eh? Then wed best be on our toes.', 'Ransom blew out his cheeks. A heavy-set man with jutting eyebrows, he had a reputation in the Met as a joker, famous for his bons mots.', 'Youve seen the corpus delicti, I take it. He moved over to where the wheeled table stood. The two detectives followed. There was little in the way of injuries to record. I dare say you noted the lividity on her neck and the swelling - he pointed to the slight disfigurement on the slender column of the throat. The only real bruises I found were on her knees. She must have gone down when he grabbed her. See . . .', 'He pulled the cloth off the girls legs, showing the purple marks on her bare kneecaps.', 'But thats all, really. There was no evidence of a struggle. She didnt get a chance to fight back. There was no skin under her nails, nothing of that sort. It was quick and clean.', 'Billy glanced at Cook, thinking he might want to handle the questioning, but found that his colleague had chosen that moment to fall into a doze. Loftys lack of sleep had finally caught up with him; he was swaying on his feet, his eyelids fluttering.', 'No evidence of a struggle, you say?', 'Thats right, Inspector.', 'He didnt sexually assault her, then?', 'Good heavens, no. Ransom frowned. Why on earth . . . ? Oh, yes, of course. He clicked his tongue. It did look that way last night when we found her. The inspector and I discussed the possibility. He nodded at Cook, whod come awake with a start. I checked for it, of course, when I made my examination, even though her underclothes werent disturbed. But she wasnt touched. Not there, at any rate. In fact, she was virgo intacta. Not that it makes any difference now, I suppose. He shrugged.', 'But if he strangled her . . .', 'Strangled? Ransoms bushy eyebrows rose in exaggerated amazement. Did I say that?', 'Yes, sir, you did. Angry with himself for having drifted off, Cook spoke sharply. Last night, at the murder scene.', 'Then I apologize. It was a hasty judgement. Ransom spread his hands in a gesture of appeasement. Put not your trust in pathologists. Particularly those called out in the blackout and made to examine bodies by torchlight. No, she wasnt choked. Her neck was broken. Its clear from the evidence. Let me show you. He removed the cloth from the girls head and shoulders again. Do you see the swelling on her neck and that mark on the side? It shows that the killer grabbed her from behind, slipped his right arm around her neck and snapped her spinal column. And to anticipate your question, yes, he was a strong man, but it wouldnt have required any special skill, particularly if she wasnt expecting it. Just a good wrench of the head. The whole business would have been over in a second.', 'He covered the girls head and shoulders again and then waited to see if the two detectives had any questions. A frown had appeared on Cooks face as hed listened and he caught Billys eye.', 'So what youre saying is, he must have meant to kill her.', 'It would seem so. Ransom shrugged. Its hard to see what other purpose he could have had in mind.', 'But . . . but that doesnt make sense. Cook spoke before he could stop himself.', 'Possibly. The pathologist looked owlish. But thats your department, Inspector, not mine. Now, if youve no more questions . . . He stood poised to leave.', 'One moment, sir. Billy spoke up. That matchstick on the shelf over there. The one in the saucer. Where does it come from?', 'What matchstick where? Ransoms eyes swivelled in the direction of his pointing finger. Oh, that. Yes, I found it tangled in her hair. Blown there by the wind, I dare say. Shed been lying on the ground for some time. Why do you ask?', 'We found others at the scene. It looked like somebody had been trying to light one.', 'The killer, do you mean? Ransom showed renewed interest.', 'Perhaps. But we cant be sure. Billy glanced at Cook. His jerk of the head suggested it was time they too departed.', 'Yes, but . . . but why would he have done that? The pathologist was clearly intrigued by the notion. If it was him, I mean.', 'Ive no idea. Billys shrug was noncommittal. But he may have been looking for something - something he thought she had on her.', '4', 'SHE WAS A DEAR GIRL, very likeable. But so hard to get to know. 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*"The sun gets stern as it turns to modern-day fossil fuel consumption, explaining human contributions to global warming: “Will you humans keep burning more and more fossil fuels…or will you work together?” Extensive end notes provide a deeper explanation of the science of climate change"- THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review
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Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY--REALLY, REALLY ANGRY...; TEN, NINE, EIGHT; and THE GREY LADY AND THE STRAWBERRY SNATCHER, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California.
Penny Chisholm has been a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013.
']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Legon Awakening: Book One in the Legon Series\\nDescription: ['\\\"Ripping good fantasy with a wicked bite!\\\" - Bestselling Author Brian Rathbone
\\\"Taylor is a brilliant writer in his use of structure and traditional elements of story telling. The arc of the story proceeds well and the plot is articulated and clear. The characters, however, are the strong part of this book. You love some and you hate others. You laugh, you cry and their trials affect you while you are reading.\\\" -Bestselling AuthorCollin Earl', \\\"Hello I'm Nicholas Taylor. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about why I wrote theLegon Series. With the Legon books I wanted to pull readers into another world with Elves, Dragons and a race that no one has seen before, the Iumenta. I want people to see the Legon world, and it's characters the way I see them. I also wanted to write a book that everyone could enjoy, from the person who has been reading fantasy their whole life, to someone who maybe is just getting into the genre. So it's with that in mind that I hope you enjoy readingLegon Awakeningas much as I enjoyed writing it.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Death in Delhi (Planet Stories)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Valley of Death; Zombie Trailer Park (Keck) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Welcome to Cobblestone Square (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Virginia Elizabeth Rose is an author, storyteller, and gardener. Virginia Elizabeth lives in a 200-year-old home on thirty-acres of country outside a small town in Upstate New York with her husband James. They are the second generation to live in the home, where they raised their two children and welcomed their now six-year-old granddaughter. They currently share their home with Bailey, a nine-year-old Cocker Spaniel with an attitude. Bailey will be familiar to Virginia\\\\'s readers as he graces some of the pages in her children\\\\'s book, Welcome to Cobblestone Square. Bailey was rescued from a shelter at the age of five months when the book was still in illustration. Several of the characters in Welcome to Cobblestone Square are named for family members of Virginia Elizabeth and close friend, collaborator and illustrator, Eileen Whitt. Virginia Elizabeth started what she calls her Victory Garden when recovering from a serious illness. \\\"It was when I was facing a health crisis and feeling a sense of loss and anguish that I realized that many important experiences described in the Bible took place in a garden. I realized that gardens are a sacred space and I wanted to hone such a place where I could experience nature\\\\'s beauty, and contemplate and celebrate the gifts God makes available to each and every one of us.\\\" For her children\\\\'s books and full-length fiction, she draws from the world around her to create characters that seem to step off a small town Main Street and into stories that everyone can relate to, celebrate and enjoy. Virginia Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Science in Communication/Journalism and a Master of Liberal Studies. Illustrator Eileen Whitt has enjoyed working side-by-side with Virginia Elizabeth, bringing to life the images of the characters in Welcome to Cobblestone Square. She lives outside of Fort Myers, Florida with her husband Billy, is the mother of three children and grandmother to four cherished grandchildren. Eileen\\\\'s rescue pup, Mandy Sue, also graces the pages of Welcome to Cobblestone Square. Virginia Elizabeth and Eileen are currently working on two more children\\\\'s books--The Christmas Carousel, soon to be published, and the Cobblestone Square sequel, Bumble, Rumble, Tumble and Kate in Cobblestone Square, about four kittens who come to live with Miss Merriweather Periwinkle, based on a real-life litter of adorable kittens delivered on Virginia Elizabeth\\\\'s doorstep by a neighbor\\\\'s cat.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Brent Weeks is so good it\\\\'s starting to tick me off.\\\"Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Spear
\\\"The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks was even better than The Black Prism (and that\\\\'s saying something!)\\\"B&N.com
\\\"One of the best epic fantasies I\\\\'ve ever read.\\\"Staffer\\\\'s Book Review on The Blinding Knife
\\\"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.\\\"The Ranting Dragon
\\\"One of the best Fantasy books of 2012.\\\"A Dribble of Ink on The Blinding Knife
\\\"...A solid, entertaining yarn.\\\"The Onion A.V. Club on The Black Prism
\\\"Weeks has written an epic fantasy unlike any of its contemporaries. It is a truly visionary and original work, and has set the bar high for others in its subgenre.\\\"graspingforthewind.com
\\\"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.\\\"Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism', 'Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He wrote on bar napkins and lesson plans before landing his dream job years and thousands of pages later. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their daughters. Find out more about the author at www.brentweeks.com or on twitter @brentweeks.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Runs Like The Wind\\nDescription: ['Tamzen Whelan currently lives in Stuart, Florida with her life-partner, teenage daughter, two adopted dogs, and cat. She grew up in Seattle and has lived in New York City, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, rescuing many homeless pets along the way. After being a college English instructor for 15 years, she is now focusing on her life long love of writing.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Black Prism (Lightbringer)\\nDescription: [\\\"With this complicated fantasy about family politics, bestseller Weeks (The Way of Shadows) moves into familiar territory. An unloved, orphaned boy is the offspring of someone important; twins assume each other's identities; an aged ruler clings to power. Weeks manages to ring new tunes on these old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way. Gavin Guile is facing his final five years as leader of a magical college whose members turn colors of light into various materials. Seeking to rectify the lingering wrongs from the war against his twin, Dazen, he is instead forced to acknowledge a bastard son, face down a corrupt governor, and stop a challenge to the state religion. Frequent perspective shifts keep the reader guessing as to who is heretic and who is hero. Author tour. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '\\\"Brent Weeks is so good it\\\\'s starting to tick me off.\\\"Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Spear
\\\"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.\\\"Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism
\\\"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.\\\"The Ranting Dragon
\\\"One of the best fantasies I\\\\'ve ever read.\\\"Staffer\\\\'s Book Review on The Blinding Knife ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dragon's Love \\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Numb\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Someone There for Me: Everyday Heroes Through the Eyes of Teens in Foster Care\\nDescription: ['Someone There for Me by National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The White Tree: The Cycle of Arawn: Book I\\nDescription: [\\\"Ed writes science fiction and fantasy, including the epic Cycle of Arawn and the post-apocalyptic Breakers series. He's lived places and had jobs.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Most Amazing Thing * La cosa ms asombrosa (English and Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Gurukarta is a published poet, award-winning lyricist, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has been a yoga teacher since 1976 and an ordained minister since 1980. She takes inspiration from nature, animals, and spiritual teachings. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her family and happy rescued dogs.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Darkslayer: Wrath of the Royals (Book 1) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['5 out of5 Stars!
\\\"From the causal fantasy subscriber, to the die-hard Tolkienist, everyone will find something to enjoy in the ever expanding world of Bish.\\\"
See full review below.
--Sacramento/San Francisco Book Review
5out of5 Stars!
\\\"...this author has written an extremely cool book.\\\"
\\\"...makes me believe that these characters should also appear in a video game or up on a movie screen very, very soon. Enjoy!
--Feathered Quill Book Review
\\\"Seriously this is a great action fantasy.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"Buy it! Read it! But strap on a helmet first.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"Overall a very intriguing story with colorful characters and deadly situations.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"... couldn\\\\'t put it down once I started.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"... couldn\\\\'t put it down once I started.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"The Darkslayer had my attention by the end of the first page and the action never stopped.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"This book had just about everything one would want in a fantasy novel.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"This was a fun and entertaining read.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"An excellent action fantasy story.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"The nonstop action is out of this world.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"... a pretty awesome ride.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"Wow, this book was a great read.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer', 'see Author Page', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hypervenom Phelon Men Turf (7.5)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Everflame\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Notes: Gold on Blue Green: Notebook, Journal & Diary (Volume 7)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Prince of Thorns\\nDescription: ['From the publisher that brought you game of thrones. Prince of thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me i had but one brother, and i loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mothers tomb. Now i have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All thats true enough, but theres something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse. From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, jorg ancrath has become the prince of thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his fathers castle jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him. Mark lawrences debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Si aceptas perdonarte, perdonars\\nDescription: [\\\"Madrid. 21 cm. 140 p. Encuadernacin en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Coleccin '[Coleccin Espiritualidad]'. Grn, Anselm 1945-. Traduccin, Guillermo Gutirrez. Traduccin de: Vergib dir selbst. Perdn. Iglesia Catlica. Penitencia .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y seales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 84-277-1358-4\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: King of Thorns (The Broken Empire)\\nDescription: [\\\"The second book in the broken empire series, lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition. To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. Ive walked from pawn to player and ill win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in bloodthe land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the broken empire. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown prince honorous jorg ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them. A six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. Every omen says he will. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. But king jorg is not a good king. Faced by an enemy many times his strength jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. But playing fair was never part of jorgs game plan.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Arcana Coelestia, Vol. 1 of 8 (Forgotten Books)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire)\\nDescription: ['Drop whatever else youre reading and start the Broken Empire trilogy...[Emperor of Thorns] is told in a vivid prose filled with profound reflection and brilliant metaphor. Every sentence is carefully crafted, a work of art and a pleasure to read.Peter V. Brett, international bestselling author
Simply said, The Broken Empire is a brilliantly written series. Every sentence is just a pure joy to read and carefully crafted. Numerous words like wordsmith and modern fantasy poet spring to mind but you should just find it out for yourself. A perfect ending to a brilliant trilogy and an unpredictable, ruthless and poetic literary masterwork of a great mind.Fantasy Book Review
Aconclusion that is not only emotional and satisfying, but clever and unexpected, a fascinating twist within the concept of the narrative...Mark Lawrence has written a brilliant and enthralling talea trilogy that has gripped from the first scene to the very last.Starburst Magazine
Lawrence ends his majestically epic and magical post-apocalyptic trilogy like it started: with bloody yet beautiful prose. He unwraps more clues to the past with dialogue that chills and characters youd not want to meet in nightmares, where heroes are dark and evil fiends darkest of all. This book will go down as one of the best ever. Bravo!RT Book Reviews', 'Mark Lawrence is a research scientist working on artificial intelligence. He is a dual national with both British and American citizenship, and has held secret-level clearance with both governments. At one point, he was qualified to say, This isnt rocket scienceoh wait, it actually is. He is the author of the Broken Empire trilogy (Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns, and Emperor of Thorns), the Red Queens War trilogy (Prince of Fools, The Liars Key, and The Wheel of Osheim) and the Book of the Ancestor series (Red Sister).', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Writer's Eye: Field Notes and Watercolors\\nDescription: [\\\"The 60 watercolor sketches and eight line drawings, published here for the first time, were made during Horgan's research trips for three of his books on the history of the American SouthwestGreat River, Conquistadors in North American History and Lamy of Santa Fe. In these sketches he recorded his impressions of the places he visited, and later, while he was writing the books, the material served to remind him of his feelings about what he had seen. The watercolors, beautifully reproduced and accompanied by brief descriptions as well as passages from the books, evoke with delicacy and spontaneity the limpid light and sparkling colors of the Southwestern landscape. In his introduction, McCullough traces Horgan's career as one of this country's most distinguished writers. It is a pleasure to discover that Horgan is also a gifted artist. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Technomancer (Unspeakable Things)\\nDescription: ['Written with a healthy sense of humorbut by no means a comic novelthe book should appeal to fans of supernatural fiction and also to readers of private-eye fiction who dont mind if the mysteries get a little fantastic. Larson, author of several previous novels in the SF or fantasy genres, turns in a winner here.', '\\\"...a wild, complex plot that was fast-paced and full of adventure.\\\" -Angela at Scifichick.com', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Islander (Stormlands, Book 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rushed\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Say That (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Caton Garcia's poems layer sound and image to offer a tangible point of access into the complex and often contradictory ideas contained within the work.\\\", '', '', 'Felecia Caton Garcia is the author of a chapbook, Pos orale!, and currently teaches writing and cultural studies at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards)\\nDescription: ['Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.George R. R. Martin
Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
Remarkable . . . Scott Lynchs first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.The Times (London)
A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters . . . Lockes wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders alike.The Seattle Times
A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf . . . Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not to mention David Liss and even Dickens.Booklist (starred review)
High-octane fantasy . . . a great swashbuckling yarn of a novel.Richard Morgan
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Scott Lynch is the author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, and The Republic of Thieves. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, science fiction writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dollar Bill\\nDescription: ['BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy is the writer behind the five book series, \\\"New Day Divas,\\\"which have been coined \\\"Soap Opera In Print.\\\" Formerly an Essence Magazine Bestselling secular author writing under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY, when she decided to fully dedicate her life to Christ, that meant she had to fully dedicate her work as well.
In 2000, she formed her own publishing company where she published her books until landing a book deal with a major publisher.Under her company she has published New York Times and Essence Magazine Bestselling authors in the \\\"Sinner Series.\\\" In 2004, E. N. Joy branched off into the business of literary consulting where she provides one-on-one consultations and literary services such as ghost writing, editing, professional read-throughs, write behinds, etc...
Needless to say, she no longer pens street lit (in which two of her titles, If I Ruled the World and Dollar Bill, made the Essence Magazine bestsellers list.Dollar Bill appeared in Newsweek and has been translated to Japanese).She no longer pens erotica or adult contemporary fiction either, in which her title written with New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Jackson, An All Night Man, earned the Borders bestselling African American romance award.
You can find this author\\\\'s children\\\\'s book titled The Secret Olivia Told Me, written under the name N. Joy, in book stores now.The Secret Olivia Told Me received a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association.The book was also acquired by Scholastic Books and has sold almost 100,000 copies.
E. N. Joy is the acquisition editor for Urban Christian, an imprint of Urban Books. In addition, she is the artistic developer for a young girl group named DJHK Gurls.She pens original songs for the group that deal with messages that affect today\\\\'s youth, such as bullying.
You can visit BLESSEDselling Author E. N. Joy at enjoywrites.com', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastards)\\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH
A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.George R. R. Martin
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paperthe smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.Booklist (starred review)
Red Seas Under Red Skies firmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.Fantasy Book Critic
Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.Locus
The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.SFX
The Lies of Locke Lamora Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind', 'Scott Lynch was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1978 and currently lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a game designer and volunteer firefighter. This is his second novel.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lawnmower Man - Virtual Reality Role Playing Game\\nDescription: ['RPG based on the movie from Leading Edge Games. Lots of quotes and B&W photos. 118 pgs + many charts ... LEG 40100.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Necro Files: Two Decades of Extreme Horror\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Doom Wind\\nDescription: [\\\"...Our apology for the lack of more detailed description of this Title. Please do not hesitate to contact Seller/s if more information is desired, and we'll respond promptly.\\\\n-Thanks Much for your interest and purchase/s.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Under the Dome\\nDescription: ['First printing.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Things in the Air\\nDescription: ['PreS-Gr 3Carefree smiles, sweet kisses, imaginative stories, flying riddles, and silly words. These are all the \\\"things in the air,\\\" beloved by the elves who live in the Forest of Light. The witches hate these thingsand the Sparkling Elves, who, in their eyes, do nothing more than waste time. In order to suck the joy out of the little creatures and make them work, the ugly hags devise a plan to capture all the things in the air. Their plan does not work, since everything refuses to be buried or hidden. The story seeks to celebrate the imagination of children and their lively spirits while chiding adults for their focus on work and accomplishment, but it isn\\\\'t convincing, even though the language is quite nice (\\\"a gust of wind made of hugs carrying the aromas of Spring; a handful of winks that sparkled like stars; a pile of words made out of sweets\\\"). The illustrations fail to capture the beauty of the intangible things in life. Finally, the amount of text per page is overly long, slowing down the story\\\\'s momentum and preventing the book from being a successful read aloud.Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, Hillsborough, CA', '
Carmen Gl is an award-winning author of more then 80 books. She lives and works in Spain, and been incuded in the White Raven list in 2009.
Omar Figueroa Turcios was born in Corozal, Sucre, Colombia in 1968. He is a caricaturist, graphic humorist and illustrator. He has won more than 60 international awards for caricature, illustration and graphic humor. Since 1998 he lives in Spain, where he currently publishes his work.
']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Promise of Blood (The Powder Mage Trilogy)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Promise of Blood is a hugely promising debut. Guns, swords, and magic together? What more could you want? How about tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes, and cool, cool magic? Not only the finest flintlock fantasy I\\\\'ve read, but also the most fun. Brian McClellan is the real thing.\\\"New York Times bestseller Brent Weeks
\\\"This book is just plain awesome. I found myself enjoying every moment of it. Innovative magic, quick-paced plot, interesting world. I had a blast.\\\"New York Times bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson
\\\"Brian McClellan is an explosive powder keg of imagination with an expertly-plotted fuse. The stories he tells are the stories we\\\\'ll be reading for years to come.\\\"Sam Sykes on Promise of Blood
\\\"The world of the privileged sorcerers and the strange abilities of the powder mages who can manipulate gunpowder are just as well drawn in this captivating universe.\\\"RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars)
\\\"McClellan\\\\'s debut packs some serious heat...A thoroughly satisfying yarn that should keep readers waiting impatiently for further installments.\\\"Kirkus (Starred Review)
\\\"McClellan\\\\'s debut is a lot of fun --- a historically influenced fantastical romp filled with machismo, intrigue and magic.\\\"SciFi Now (UK)
\\\"McClellan neatly mixes intrigue and action...in a society where new forces like labor unions, gunpowder-armed soldiers, and explosion-causing \\\\'powder mages\\\\' clash with traditional magics, more, and beliefs.\\\"Publishers Weekly
\\\"Gunpowder and magic. An explosive combination. Promise of Blood is the best debut I\\\\'ve read in ages.\\\"Peter V. Brett
\\\"I love the world Brian McClellan builds, Powder Mages with flintlock pistols against white-gloved Privileged for the fate of a nation and more. Promise of Blood feels like the start of something amazing.\\\"Django Wexler
\\\"Brings a welcome breath of gunpowder-tinged air to epic fantasy.\\\"Anthony Ryan', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 136\\nDescription: ['1st Appearance of Green Goblin II (Harry Osborn); Marvel Value Stamp #95: Mole-Man. Storyline: The Green Goblin Lives Again', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastards)\\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH
A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.George R. R. Martin
The Republic of Thieves
Fast paced, fun, and impossible to put down . . . Locke and company remain among the most engaging protagonists in fantasy.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Republic of Thieves has all the colorful action, witty repartee, and devious scheming that fans of the series have come to expect.Wired
A fantasy world unique among its peers . . . If youre looking for a great new fantasy series this is one you wont want to miss. . . . In a word: AWESOME!SF Revu
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paperthe smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.Booklist(starred review)
Red Seas Under Red Skiesfirmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.Fantasy Book Critic
Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.Locus
The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.SFX
The Lies of Locke Lamora Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Scott Lynch is the author of The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Animal Aromatics Workbook\\nDescription: [\\\"Caroline Ingraham has been studying aromatic plant extracts and their relationship to animals for over twenty years. Caroline's work with animals and aromatics is internationally acknowledged and she has demonstrated her work on many television documentaries including on National Geographic. Her work is constantly evolving as she researches the use of essential oils, macerates and other natural substances. The Animal Aromatics Workbook is a unique resource - and instruction manual - for how to help the animals in your life self-select natural products for healing. Whether you are an animal enthusiast, owner, breeder or therapist, this book provides fascinating detail and inspiration as to how to radically enhance the health and well being of your animal companion(s). This book is a remarkable distillation of many years of experience and committed research on the part of the author and Animal Aromatics practitioners around the world.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen)\\nDescription: ['1st UK ed #408/500. DJ is fine in \\\\nMylar. UNREAD', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Difference God Makes: Living As If God Matters\\nDescription: [\\\"'Who is God? What difference does it make?.....All the differenc e in the world....'- from the back cover.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Dance of Cloaks (Shadowdance 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"The first volume of Dalglish&'s Shadowdance trilogy, a frenetic masterpiece with growing pains (to quote the author&'s modest afterword) that achieved self-published success, has been substantially revised for this edition, but its core remains a winning combination of A Game of Thrones, sword-and-sorcery RPGs, and vivid description. Aaron, the son of master thief Thren Felhorn, is an unprepossessing introvert who catches his father&'s attention by stabbing an intruderat age eight. Five years later, Aaron is learning the thieving trade in Veldaren, a city defined by internal war between the thieves&' guilds and the merchants&' guilds, with the weak, paranoid king a pawn on the board. The point of view shifts continually, encompassing bit players and major characters from every angle of the struggle, and Dalglish handles his cast of thousands with aplomb. Despite the inevitable quasi-medieval setting, saucy dagger-wielding maidens, and very convenient magic, this is a fun read. Dalglish puts familiar pieces together with a freshness and pleasure that are contagious. Agent: Michael Carr, Veritas Literary Agency. (Oct.)\\\", '\\\"Dalglish concocts a heady cocktail of energy, breakneck pace and excitement.\\\"Sam Sykes, author of Tome of the Undergates
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GATEWAY TO NIFLEHEIM
When mad sorcerers open a gateway to the very pits of hell, releasing demons of darkest nightmare upon the world, only the intrepid knights of House Eotrus stand in their way. Claradon Eotrus takes up the mantle of his noble house to avenge his father and hold back the tide of chaos that threatens to engulf the world and destroy mankind. Claradon recruits Angle Theta and Gabriel Garn, mysterious knights of mystical power, to stand with him. Theta and Garn take up their swords one last time against the coming darkness -- a darkness from which only one will emerge.
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The Barkeep is one of those books that you start reading and cannot put down, even as you almost wish you never reach the ending. William Lashner is primarily known for his series of legal thrillers featuring Philadelphia attorney Victor Carl, but this stand-alone work cements his deserved place in the constellation of master thriller authors. Book Reporter', 'William Lashner is the New York Times bestselling creator of Victor Carl, a character Booklist called “one of the mystery novel’s most compelling, most morally ambiguous characters.” The eight Victor Carl novels, which include A Killer’s Kiss, Marked Man, Falls the Shadow, Past Due, Fatal Flaw, Bitter Truth, and Hostile Witness, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and are sold all over the world. He is also the author of the bestselling thrillers The Accounting and Blood and Bone, as well as the novel Kockroach, which he published under the pseudonym Tyler Knox. Before leaving his job to write full-time, Lashner was a criminal prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of NYU’s School of Law and the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and three children and his dog, Chase Muttley.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Change of Edict (The Change Series)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Book 2 in the Change of Chaos series throws Siray into an ever-expanding landscape, full of surprising new foes, romances, and shocking turns I didn\\\\'t see coming...I had to remind myself to slow down...instead of devouring it quickly to find out what would happen next.\\\"(Michelle Hope, Professional editor to top-tier authors, including George R. R. Martin, Blake Crouch, and romance great Connie Brockway.)', '', \\\"Jacinta Jade is the author of the fantasy coming of age series, Change of Chaos. She loves a strong female lead, a good fight scene and surprising endings. Jacinta likes to make friends of strangers in local hangouts, enjoys competing in tower climbs and has held national titles in martial arts (with not too many injuries). When she isn't writing, Jacinta splits her time between counting down until the next Star Wars movie, playing games like Far Cry and Tomb Raider and creating costumes for ComicCon. Jacinta does her best writing in beautiful, mysterious and random locations, but preferably the ones where a good cup of coffee might be close by. Currently, that location is MELBOURNE. To see when Jacinta's next book will come out, visit her website at jacintajadebooks.com.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Way of Kings\\nDescription: ['Way-of-Kings', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Libator\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lilith\\nDescription: ['\\\"Lilith is a strong addition to horror fiction collections. Recommended!\\\"-Midwest Book Review
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A former biotech executive, Richards earned a BS in microbiology from the Ohio State University, a master's degree in genetic engineering from the University of Wisconsin (where he engineered mutant viruses now named after him), and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
In recognition of his work, Richards was selected to be a "special guest" at San Diego Comic-Con International, along with such icons as Stan Lee and Ray Bradbury. His essays have been featured inNational Geographic,the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Earth & Sky, Today's Parent, and many others.
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Note: If you would like to be notified of future releases, please send an e-mail to douglaserichards1@gmail.com with the e-mail address to which you would like the notification to be sent.
Near Future Science Fiction Thrillers by Douglas E. Richards WIRED (Wired 1), AMPED (Wired 2) MIND'S EYE (Nick Hall 1), BRAINWEB (Nick Hall 2), MIND WAR (Nick Hall 3) SPLIT SECOND (Split Second 1), TIME FRAME (Split Second 2) QUANTUM LENS GAME CHANGER INFINITY BORN
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\\\"A riveting, emotional read that kept me on the edge!\\\"New York Times best-selling author Melissa Marr', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: NOS4A2: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Hills imagination is...far-ranging.... NOS4A2 is full of chills and cliffhangers. (New York Times)
Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is for certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again. (Library Journal (starred review))
Hill is omnivorous in his appetite for story and character, and here he has created his best. (Booklist (starred review))
Quite simply the best horror writer of our generation, Joe Hills masterful storytelling is on full display in NOS4A2. It is by turns terrifying and hilarious, horrifying and full of heart, and relentlessly compelling. (Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of The Prophet on NOS4A2)
[A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended. (The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia))
[A] lovely, earnest collection of short fiction. (Village Voice)
[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute. (New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice))
[A]stounding . . . .Though most of the stories have elements of horror, the overall mood of the collection is one of heartbreaking wonderment . . . Highly recommended . (Library Journal (starred review))
NOS4A2 is a brilliant exploration of classic and modern monsters and dark fantasties, all cut up, restitched and retooled...With this novel, riveting from beginning to end, Joe Hill has become a master of his craft. (Publishers Weekly on NOS4A2)
Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again. (Library Journal (starred review) on NOS4A2)\\\", '', 'Joe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the New York Times bestsellers Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, plunges you into the dark side of the imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense . . .', 'Victoria \\\"Vic\\\" McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn\\\\'t tell anyone about her unusual ability.', \\\"Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.\\\", \\\"And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble . . . and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie. Now the only kid ever to escape Charlie's twisted imagination is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Vic McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. . . .\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Beyond the Mailbox\\nDescription: ['The author resides in West Texas, and has been employed as a letter carrier for the past 18 years. During this time she has come to realize the enormous need that exists within our communities, the loneliness, the physical, emotional and financial struggles that cripple so many. She delivers the mail, but is aware that the job puts her in the position of being able to assist people, be it with simply a kind word, or listening and observing the stories that lie beyond the mailbox.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: NPCs\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Raber Murder, ...ing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Murder of Joseph Raber, By Drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., ... his Life. With Illustrations and Results.\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Super\\nDescription: ['Additional praise for the work of Ernie Lindsey
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Brilliant . . . Superb . . . the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. Washington Post
One of Grishams best efforts in many seasons . . . a rousing return to his dexterous good-guy-faces-corrupt-system storytelling. People magazine
Packed with tension, legal roadblocks, and shocking revelations. USA Today ', 'JOHN GRISHAM is the author of twenty-three novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and two novels for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.
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\"Classic Grisham.\" -The Los Angeles Times
\"Smartly written.\" -- USA Today
\"Grisham is an absolute master.\"--Washington Post
\"Edge-of-your-seat drama, sophisticated plotting, and plenty of spunk.\"--Chicago Sun-Times
\"Gripping . . . I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery.\"--Scholastic News ', \"John Grisham is the author of a collection of stories, a work of nonfiction, three sports novels, four kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia.\"]","rejected":"Title: Hegemony And Socialist Strategy: Towards A Radical Democratic Politics (Radical Thinkers)\nDescription: ['A brilliant tour de force of scholarship and argument.Marxism Today', 'Ernesto Laclau is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Chantal Mouffe), New Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time, The Populist Reason, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and Emancipation(s).
Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; Gramsci and Marxist Theory; Deconstruction and Pragmatism; The Democratic Paradox; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People\nDescription: [' \"... for the specialist and anyone touched by the enduring debate over Jewish identity, this book is indispensable.\" - The Jewish Daily Forward
', '', '', '', '', '', '', ' Harry Ostrer, MD is Professor of Pathology and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of Genetic and Genomic Laboratories at Montefiore Medical Center. In October 2010, he was named to the Forward 50 list of \"people who have made an imprint in the past year on the ways in which American Jews view the world and relate to each other.\" ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Intimate Relationships: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Racketeer\nDescription: ['Critical Acclaim for the Undisputed Master of the Legal Thriller
With every new book I appreciate John Grisham a little more, for his feisty critiques of the legal system, his compassion for the underdog, and his willingness to strike out in new directions.Entertainment Weekly
John Grisham is exceptionally good at what he doesindeed, right now in this country, nobody does it better . . . Grishams books are also smart, imaginative, and funny, populated by complex interesting people, written by a man who is driven not merely by the desire to entertain but also by genuine (if understated) outrage at human cupidity and venality.Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
The secrets of Grishams success are no secret at all. There are two of them: his pacing, which ranges from fast to breakneck, and his themelittle guy takes on big conspiracy with the little guy getting the win in the end. Time
The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of an entertainment. Los Angeles Times
John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as weve got in the United States these days.The New York Times Book Review
Grisham is a marvelous storyteller who works readers the way a good trial lawyer works a jury.The Philadelphia Inquirer
John Grisham owns the legal thriller.The Denver Post
John Grisham is not just popular, he is one of the most popular novelists of our time. He is a craftsman and he writes good stories, engaging characters, and clever plots.The Seattle Times
A mighty narrative talent and an unerring eye for hot-button issues.Chicago Sun-Times
A legal literary legend.USA Today', 'JOHN GRISHAM is the author of twenty-five novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and two novels for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: FT-BUYG&CARG YOUR FUR\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation\nDescription: ['\"Captivating. A strong amalgam of nostalgia, feminist history, astute insight, beautiful music and irresistible gossip. Weller\\'s grand ambition winds up fulfilled.\" -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times
\"Let\\'s get one thing clear right from the start -- this is a fabulous book...Girls like Us unfolds with drama and panoramic detail. Written with a keen journalistic and, more importantly, female eye, [it] works as a healthy, long overdue counterweight to the endlessly repeated, male-sided version of rock \\'n roll. Before these women broke the cultural sod during the rock \\'n roll years, there were no girls like us. Now there are millions.\" -- Caitlin Moran, London Sunday Times
\"Even at 500-plus pages, the book goes down as easy as a Grisham yarn on a vacation flight... The only flaw to Girls Like Us is that it comes to an end. Few people lead lives as action-packed and spiritually opulent as Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon did during such intensely interesting times. And few writers are able to impart so much freight with such vigor. The towering triumvirate got what it deserves.\" -- The Toronto Sun
\"A page-turner of the first order....a must read.\" -- The Boston Globe
\"As an avid music reader, sometime reviewer, and teen of the \\'60s myself, I was sure I knew just about everything there was to know about Carole, Joni, and Carly.... But Girls Like Us, an ambitious collective biography by six-time author and magazine journalist Sheila Weller, showed me exactly how much I didn\\'t know. This absorbing, well-reported book chronicles a time when women in all walks of life were exercising new-found freedom. And as icons of that era, nobody did it better.\" -- Christian Science Monitor
\"Both scholarly and dishy. A superb journalist, Weller has managed to uncover a trove of unreported facts on her subjects.\" -- People **** (Pick of the Week)
\"When we were little, and someone said, `I love chocolate pudding,\" there was always some nutball who\\'d ask, \"Do you want to marry it?\\' Well, I love Sheila Weller\\'s Girls Like Us so much that I would marry it. This lush, beautifully-researched and lyrically written biography of the three women whose music was emblematic of the generation who pioneered the way for me and so many others is literate, bold, charming and ... cuddly....[E]very page brought a fresh surprise. Weller raised the bar for this book above even a classy celebrity bio... This book probably gave me more pure enjoyment than any but a handful I\\'ve read in years. If you\\'re passionate about music -- and about passion -- you\\'ll have to hand it to Sheila Weller for a bravura composition of her own.\" --Jacquelyn Mitchard the bestselling author of Still Summer, Cage of Stars, and the first Oprah Book Club selection, The Deep End of the Ocean, on WritersAsReaders.com
\"Incisive, painstakingly researched...Any woman who grew up during the late 1960s and \\'70s will fall head over heels for Sheila Weller\\'s Girls Like Us.\" -- Ladies Home Journal
\"A sharp-eyed vision of the worlds which nourished these ambitious, determined and singular artists...Weller digs deep into [Joni Mitchell\\'s] complex psychology and provides as close to an understanding of this difficult figure as anyone is likely to ever offer. An unfailingly entertaining read...a riveting story.\" -- Mojo
\"Juicy... I doubt I\\'ll listen to Mitchell\\'s songs again without considering the child she gave up for adoption... and her subsequent bouts with depression or hear the oft-married King\\'s music without thinking of her tumultuous relationships. As for Simon, Weller captures fully both the richness and glamour of her romantic life and the profound sensitivity that made her especially vulnerable to ex-husband James Taylor\\'s drug abuse and the cavalier charm of Warren Beatty.\" - USA Today ', 'Sheila Weller is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of five previous books, most recently her 2003 family memoir, Dancing at Ciro\\'s, which The Washington Post called \"a substantial contribution to American social history.\" She is the senior contributing editor at Glamour, a contributor to Vanity Fair, and a former contributing editor of New York. To learn more, visit www.girlslikeusthebook.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Color of His Own\nDescription: ['Every animal has a color of its own. \"Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink.\" But chameleons change color wherever they go. \"On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple.\" One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, \"If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own.\" Of course, what he doesn\\'t take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. It isn\\'t until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again.', 'Leo Lionni, children\\'s book creator extraordinaire, author of such beloved picture books as Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Swimmy, and Inch by Inch, all Caldecott Honor winners, introduces color concepts in an exquisite and touching story. This small board book edition of the classic tale of self-acceptance and friendship will be a favorite for toddlers and parents alike. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter', '\"Lionni\\'s signature watercolors span the rainbow in this story of a chameleon who, while searching for his identity, finds a friend with whom he can share his changeable nature.\" Publishers Weekly
\"As captivating now as it was when first published in 1975.\" Children\\'s Literature', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Inferno\nDescription: ['', 'As Langdon continued on toward the elbow of the square, he could see, directly ahead in the distance, the shimmering blue glass dial of the St. Marks Clock Towerthe same astronomical clock through which James Bond had thrown a villain in the film Moonraker.', 'The Tetrarchs statue was well known for its missing foot, broken off while it was being plundered from Constantinople in the thirteenth century. Miraculously, in the 1960s, the foot was unearthed in Istanbul. Venice petitioned for the missing piece of statue, but the Turkish authorities replied with a simple message: You stole the statuewere keeping our foot.', 'Amid a contour of spires and domes, a single illuminated facade dominated Langdons field of view. The building was an imposing stone fortress with a notched parapet and a three-hundred-foot tower that swelled near the top, bulging outward into a massive machicolated battlement.', 'Langdon found himself standing before a familiar facethat of Dante Alighieri. Depicted in the legendary fresco by Michelino, the great poet stood before Mount Purgatory and held forth in his hands, as if in humble offering, his masterpiece The Divine Comedy.', 'Q. Inferno refers to Dante Alighieris The Divine Comedy. What is Dantes significance? What features of his work or life inspired you?', 'A. The Divine Comedylike The Mona Lisais one of those rare artistic achievements that transcends its moment in history and becomes an enduring cultural touchstone. Like Beethovens Ninth Symphony, The Divine Comedy speaks to us centuries after its creation and is considered an example of one of the finest works ever produced in its artistic field. For me, the most captivating quality of Dante Alighieri is his staggering influence on culture, religion, history, and the arts. In addition to codifying the early Christian vision of Hell, Dantes work has inspired some of historys greatest luminariesLongfellow, Chaucer, Borges, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Monteverdi, Michelangelo, Blake, Daland even a few modern video game designers. Despite Dantes enduring influence on the arts, however, most of us today have only a vague notion of what his work actually saysboth literally and symbolically (which, of course, is of great interest to Robert Langdon). A few years ago, I became very excited about the prospect of writing a contemporary thriller that incorporated the philosophy, history, and text of Dantes timeless descent into The Inferno.', 'Q. Where did do your research for Inferno? How long did you spend on it?', 'A. Researching Inferno began with six months of reading, including several translations of The Divine Comedy, various annotations by Dante scholars, historical texts about Dantes life and philosophies, as well as a lot of background reading on Florence itself. At the same time, I was poring over all the new scientific information that I could find on a cutting edge technology that I had decided to incorporate into the novel. Once I had enough understanding of these topics to proceed, I traveled to Florence and Venice, where I was fortunate to meet with some wonderful art historians, librarians, and other scholars who helped me enormously.', 'Once this initial phase of research was complete, I began outlining and writing the novel. As is always the case, when a book begins to take shape, I am drawn in unexpected directions that require additional research. This was also the case with Inferno, which took about 3 years from conception to publication.', 'With respect to the process, the success of these novels has been a bit of a Catch-22. On one hand, I now have wonderful access to specialists, authorities, and even secret archives from which to draw information and inspiration. On the other hand, because there is increased speculation about my works in progress, I need to be increasingly discreet about the places I go and the specialists with whom I speak. Even so, there is one aspect of my research that will never changemaking personal visits to the locations about which Im writing. When it comes to capturing the feel of a novels setting, I find there is no substitute for being there in the flesh...even if sometimes I need to do it incognito.', 'Q. What kind of adventure will Robert Langdon face this time? Can you give us any sneak peak at the new novel?', 'A. Inferno is very much a Robert Langdon thriller. Its filled with codes, symbols, art, and the exotic locations that my readers love to explore. In this novel, Dante Alighieris ancient literary masterpieceThe Divine Comedybecomes a catalyst that inspires a macabre genius to unleash a scientific creation of enormous destructive potential. Robert Langdon must battle this dark adversary by deciphering a Dante-related riddle, which leads him to Florence, where he finds himself in a desperate race through a landscape of classical art, secret passageways, and futuristic technology.', 'Q. What made Florence the ideal location for Inferno?', 'A. No city on earth is more closely tied to Dante Alighieri. Dante grew up in Florence, fell in love in Florence, and began writing in Florence. Later in life, when he was exiled for political reasons, the longing he felt for his beloved Florence became a catalyst for The Divine Comedy. Through his enduring poem, Dante enjoyed the last word over his political enemies, banishing them to various rings of Inferno where they suffered terrible tortures.', '', \"The threat of world overpopulation is the latest assignment for Brown's art historian and accidental sleuth Robert Langdon. Awakening in a Florence hospital with no memory of the preceding 36 hours, Langdon and an attractive attending physician with an oversized intellect are immediately pursued by an ominous underground organization and the Italian police. Detailed tours of Florence, Venice, and Istanbul mean to establish setting, but instead bog down the story and border on showoffmanship. Relying on a deceased villain's trail of clues threaded through the text of Dante's The Divine Comedy, the duo attempt to unravel the events leading up to Langdon's amnesia and thwart a global genocide scheme. Suspension of disbelief is required as miraculous coincidences pile upon pure luck. Near the three-quarters point everything established gets upended and Brown, hoping to draw us in deeper, nearly drives us out. Though the prose is fast-paced and sharp, the burdensome dialogue only serves plot and back story, and is interspersed with unfortunate attempts at folksy humor. It's hard not to appreciate a present day mega-selling thriller that attempts a refresher course in Italian literature and European history. But the real mystery is in the book's denouement and how Brown can possibly bring his hero back for more. Agent: Heide Lange, Sanford J. Greenberger Associates. (May)\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Grillin' Like a Villain: The Complete Grillin' And Barbecuin' Cookbook\nDescription: ['Rick Black lives in southeastern Iowa with his wife, Becky. He has a weekly spot on cooking on the American Outdoor Trails radio show and writes the Cousin Rick Says column for the Fort Madison Daily Democrat and Keokuk Daily Gate City newspapers.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The English Girl\nDescription: ['This is thriller writing at the highest level, offering up a tight plot, believable characters, and an ending that even the most jaded of readers probably wont see coming. (Denver Post)
As usual, Silva takes the reader hostage from page one with his canny mix of spy craft and suspense.Silvas ongoing ability to combine le Carr-like texture with high energy plotting has produced a string of commercial and critical successes. Chalk up another one. (Booklist)
Fast-paced intrigue and provocative characters make this a fine addition to an outstanding series. (People Magazine, 4 stars)
Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer. That is what makes THE ENGLISH GIRL a must read. (HuffingtonPost.com)
Although Gabriels adventures are set in the real world of greedy politicians and grabs for control of a diminishing supply of natural resources, Israels avenging angel has the superhuman abilities that make for a satisfying fantasy. (Columbus Dispatch)
Someone once said that their favorite books are ones that entertain and inform at the same time. The English Girl is one of those novels.A top-notch, old-fashioned East-meets-West, cloak-and-dagger thriller. (Bookreporter.com)
[Silvas] 13 Gabriel Allon novels have both entertained and informed tens of millions of readers about the realities of world in which we live more than any other writer over the past decade. You will read the book in at most a couple of sittings. (The National Examiner)
[A] roller coaster ride.Silva is an excellent storyteller. (Judith Reveal, New York Journal of Books)
Top-notch action. (Kirkus Reviews)
One of the more unusual literary spies is Gabriel Allon, an Israeli intelligence officer who wants to retire so he can continue as an artist restoring damaged master artworks. But life interferes, and thank goodness, because otherwise we wouldnt have such great novels from Daniel Silva. (Lincoln Journal Star)', '', 'One girl', 'Seven days', 'No second chances', \"Madeline Hart is a rising star in British government: beautiful, intelligent, driven to succeed by an impoverished childhood. But she also has a dark secret: she is the lover of Prime Minister Jonathan Lancaster. When she disappears on the island of Corsica, it's clear her kidnappers know about the affair and intend to make the PM pay dearly for his sins. Fearful of a scandal that could destroy his career, Lancaster decides to handle the matter privately, and not involve the police.\", 'Enter Gabriel Allonassassin, art restorer, and spywho must find Madeline within seven days before she is executed. With the clock ticking, Allon is thrust into a deadly game of shadows in which nothing is what it seemsand where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies is the truth. . . .', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bake it Better: Biscuits (The Great British Bake Off)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV\nDescription: ['', 'Brilliant . . . Important . . . Remarkable . . . In sparkling detail, Caro shows Johnsons genius for getting to peoplefriends, foes, and everyone in betweenand how he used it to achieve his goals . . .With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service. President Bill Clinton,The New York Times Book Review(front cover)
By writingthe best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think, and read, American history . . . Although the amount of research Caro has done for these books is staggering, its his immense talent as a writer that has made his biography of Johnson one of Americas most amazing literary achievements . . . Caros chronicle isas absorbing as a political thriller. . . Theres not a wasted word, not a needless anecdote . . . Most impressively, Caro comes closer than any other historian could to explaining the famously complex LBJ . . . Caros portrayal of the president is as scrupulously fair as it is passionate and deeply felt . . . The series isa masterpiece, unlike any other work of American history published in the past. Its true that there will never be another Lyndon B. Johnson, but there will never be another Robert A. Caro, either. Michael Schaub, NPR
A breathtakingly dramatic storyabout a pivotal moment in United States history [told] with consummate artistry and ardor. . .It showcases Mr. Caros masterly gifts as a writer: his propulsive sense of narrative, his talent for enabling readers to see and feel history in the making and his ability to situate hissubjects actions within the context of their times. . . Caro manages to lend even much-chronicled events a punch of tactile immediacy .. . Johnson emerges as both a larger-than-life, Shakespearean personagewith epic ambition and epic flawsand a more human-scale puzzle . . . Mr. Caro uses his storytelling gifts to turn seemingly arcane legislative maneuvers intoaction-movie suspense, and he gives us unparalleled understanding of how Johnson used a crisis and his ownpolitical acumen to implement his agenda with stunning speed. Taken togetherthe installments of Mr. Caros monumental life of Johnson form arevealing prism by which to view the better part of a century in American life and politics. Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times
A great work of history . . . A great biography . . . Caro has summoned Lyndon Johnson to vivid, intimate life. Newsweek
Making ordinary politics and policymaking riveting and revealing is what makes Caro a genius.Combined with his penetrating insight and fanatical research, Caros Churchill-like prose elevates the life of a fairly influential president to stuff worthy of Shakespeare . . . Reading Caros books can feel like encountering the life of an American president for the first time . . . Caros judgment is solid, his prose inspiring, and his research breathtaking . . . Robert Caro stands alone as the unquestioned master of the contemporary American political biography. Jordan Michael Smith,The Boston Globe
A meditation on power as profound as Machiavellis. Lara Marlowe,Irish Times
One of the most compelling political narratives of the past half-century . . . A vivid picture of how political power worked in the US during the middle of the 20th century at local, state and national level. . . This extraordinary work will remain essential reading for decades to come. Richard Lambert,Financial Times
Unrivaled . . . Caro does not merely recount. He beckons. Single sentences turn into winding, brimming paragraphs, clauses upon clauses tugging at the reader, layering the scenery with character intrigue and the plot with historical import. The result is irresistible . . .Passagecovers with all the artistry and intrigue of a great novel events that are seared in the nations memory. In an era defined by fragmented media markets, instantaneous communication, gadflies and chattering suits, Caro stands not merely apart, but alone. William Howell,San Francisco Chronicle
The greatest political biography ever written . . . The most sweeping historical tour de force since GibbonssDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire. . . Caro has imprinted himself into history. His work is now the benchmark of political biography. Paul Sheehan,Sydney Morning Herald
Riveting . . . Masterful . . . An insightful account of what it means and what it takes to occupy the Oval Office. Steve Paul,The Kansas City Star
Robert Caro is the essential chronicler of these times: And these times should never be forgotten. Joel Connelly,Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Caros masterpiece of biography . . . His strength as a biographer is his ability to probe Johnsons mind and motivations . . . Riveting . . . A roller-coaster tale. The Economist
The latest in what is almost without question the greatest political biography in modern times . . . Nobody goes deeper, works harder or produces more penetrating insights than [Caro]. Patrick Beach,AustinAmerican-Statesman
The politicians political book of choice . . . An encyclopedia of dirty tricks that would make Machiavelli seem nave. Michael Burleigh, London Literary Review
Majestic . . . The reporting is copious, the writing elegant and energetic, the sentences frequently rushing forward themselves like mighty rivers. Four books, and nearly four decades, into this vast project, Caros commitment to excellence has not wavered or even slackened; the reader can feel the sheer force of his effort on every page. Ronald Brownstein, Democracy
By dramatizing the capacities and limitations of the most talented politician of the postwar era, Caro aims to make readers shrewder citizens . . . As a student of power, Caro is a Machiavelli for democrats, who instead of addressing the prince, addresses the people. Thomas Meaney,The Nation
Astonishing and unprecedented . . . a work of real literature, among the best nonfiction works ever . . . His books . . . argue that things happen because certain people with power want them to happen . . . It is not inconceivable to think that, without the presence of LBJ and the influence on him of his character and his experiences, none [of the civil rights bills] would have won Congressional approval . . . More than operatic, Caros Johnson books deserve another adjective, one that matches his genius, his sensitivity and his ambition: Shakespearean. Patrick T. Reardon
The best biography Ive ever read . . . Incredibly well-written, with the tension and drama of a compulsive thriller, and the style of an elegant novel. Caros books arent just about politics, or just about Lyndon Johnson. His books are about America, its culture, its history, and its society. Above all, Caros books are about power, how to achieve it and make it multiply; how to use power and how to lose it. Michael Crick, UK Channel 4 News
My book of the year, by a landslide majority, wasThe Passage of Power.The adjective Shakespearean is overused and mostly undeserved but not in this case. LBJ emerges from this biography as a fully rounded tragic hero: cowardly and brave, petty and magnificent, vindictive and noble, a man of vaunting ambition and profound insecurities. Caro marries profound psychological insight with a brilliant eye for the drama of the times. Robert Harris,The Guardian(London)
Caro is a genius at delineating character, and not just that of the deliciously complicated LBJ. He investigates, among other larger-than-life figures, the Kennedy brothers, the powerful and unbending Harry Byrd of Virginia, and the clownlike but devoted Bobby Baker . . . Caros use of strong image and repetition, almost hypnotic in combination, is breathtakingly effective. Caro is a great historian, but if the purpose of art is to stimulate thought and arouse emotion, he is also a great artist. Rosemary Michaud,Charleston Post and Courier
A portrait of executive leadership so evocative as to be tactile. Robert Draper, Wall Street Journal
The only superstar biographer in the world . . . Caros [books] transform biography into something new, a tour de force of structured political opinion writing . . . A single theme emerges: the insidious ways that clever politicians can gather and abuse powersometimes for good, sometimes for evilin a modern democratic society. Levi Asher, Literary Kicks
One of the greatest biographies in the history of American letters. Bob Hoover,Cleveland Plain Dealer
As riveting as a thriller . . . The next book will crown an achievement in presidential biography unmatched among presidential histories. David Hendricks,Houston Chronicle
Every page [of The Years of Lyndon Johnson] is compelling. For many politicians it is the finest book on politics . . . The ultimate political story. Daniel Finkelstein,London Times
Long live Robert Caro . . . Truly epic political history and character study . . . Riveting . . . It elevates Caros tale to Shakespearean drama, as the coldhearted, Machiavellian maneuvering and hot-blooded rivalries of supremely ambitious men play out with the fate of the free world at stake. Dan DeLuca,The Philadelphia Inquirer
Brilliant . . . A masterclass in political management . . . Caro not only re-creates one of the giants of modern politics, he tells a giant tale about power and about life itself.Andrew Adonis,New Statesman
A masterly how-to manual, showing Johnsons knowledge of governing, his peerless congressional maneuvering and effective deal-making.The Years ofLyndon Johnsonis a compact library: brilliant biography, gripping history, searing political drama and an incomparable study of power. Its also a great read . . . And, after thousands of pages spent with Lyndon Johnson, one of Caros singular achievements is that you want more. Peter Gianotti,Newsday
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, when completed, will rank as Americas most ambitiously conceived, assiduously researched and compulsively readable political biography . . . When Caros fifth volume arrives, readers gratitude will be exceeded only by their regret that there will not be a sixth. George F. Will
This book shows the mastery of Johnson in politics, and also the mastery of Caro in biography.David M. Shribman,Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Epic . . . A searing account of ambition derailed by personal demons . . . a triumphant drama of political genius in action . . . Caro combines the skills of a historian, an investigative reporter and a novelist in this searching study of the transformative effect of power. Wendy Smith,Los Angeles Times
An addictive read, written in glorious prose that suggests the worlds most diligent beat reporter channeling William Faulkner.Passageis an essential document of a turning point in American history.Its also an incisive portrait of one great, terrible, fascinating man suddenly given the chance to reinvent the country in his image. Darren Franich,Entertainment Weekly
Riveting . . . Shakespearean . . . Its a roller-coaster narrative as Johnson plummets from the powerful Senate majority leader post to vice-presidential irrelevance, hated and humiliated by the Kennedy brothers, then surges to presidential authority with the crack of Lee Harvey Oswalds rifle and forces a revolutionary civil rights act through a recalcitrant Congress . . . Caros tormented, heroic Johnson makes an apt embodiment of an America struggling toward epochal change, one with a fascinating resonance in our era of gridlocked government. Publishers Weekly(Boxed, Starred)
The fourth volume of one of the most anticipated English-language biographies of the past 30 years . . . A compelling narrative . . . that will thrill those who care about American politics, the foundations of power, or both . . . Before beginning the Johnson biography, Caro published a life of Robert Moses,The Power Broker(1974), a book many scholars consider a watershed in contemporary biography. The Johnson project deserves equal praise. KirkusReviews(Starred)
A major event in biography, history, even publishing itself . . . Caro has once more combined prodigious research and a literary gift to mount a stage for his Shakespearean figures: LBJ, JFK, and LBJs nemesis Robert F. Kennedy. Library Journal(Starred)
Brilliant . . . Riveting reading from beginning to end . . . The real tour de force in this stunning mix of political and psychological analysis comes in the account of the transition between administrations, from November 23, 1963 to January 8, 1964 . . . An utterly fascinating character study, brimming with delicious insider stories . . . Political wonks, of course, will dive into this book with unbridled passion, but its focus on a larger-than-life, flawed but fascinating individualthe kind of character who drives epic fictionshould extend its reach much, much further. Unquestionably, one of the truly big books of the year. Booklist(Starred)', '', '', 'For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, has three times won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has also won virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book Award, the Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Francis Parkman Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that best exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist. In 2010 President Barack Obama awarded Caro the National Humanities Medal, stating at the time: I think about Robert Caro and readingThe Power Brokerback when I was twenty-two years old and just being mesmerized, and Im sure it helped to shape how I think about politics. In 2016 he received the National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. The LondonSunday Timeshas said that Caro is The greatest political biographer of our times.
Caros first book,The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York,everywhere acclaimed as a modern classic, was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century.It is, according to David Halberstam, Surely the greatest book ever written about a city. AndThe New York Times Book Reviewsaid: In the future, the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the twentieth century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort.
The first volume ofThe Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Path to Power, was cited byThe Washington Postas proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caros evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnsons unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually work, arelet it be said flat outat the summit of American historical writing. Professor Henry F. Graff of Columbia University called the second volume,Means of Ascent, brilliant. No review does justice to the drama of the story Caro is telling, which is nothing less than how present-day politics was born. The LondonTimeshailed volume three,Master of the Senate, as a masterpiece . . . Robert Caro has written one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age.The Passage of Power,volume four, has been called Shakespearean . . . A breathtakingly dramatic story [told] with consummate artistry and ardor (The New York Times) and as absorbing as a political thriller . . . By writing the best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think about, and read, American history (NPR). On the cover ofThe New York Times Book Review,President Bill Clinton praised it as Brilliant . . . Important . . . Remarkable. With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service.
Caro has a unique place among American political biographers,The Boston Globesaid . . . He has become, in many ways, the standard by which his fellows are measured. And Nicholas von Hoffman wrote: Caro has changed the art of political biography.
Born and raised in New York City, Caro graduated from Princeton University, was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and worked for six years as an investigative reporter forNewsday. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ina, the historian and writer.
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Praise for Steve Martini: Action-packed fun. (Oklahoma City Oklahoman)
You like Law & Order? Or, even a John Grisham novel? Well, Steve Martini is one of the best of the best when it comes to crime thrillers. (Asbury Park Press)
A terrific series. . . . Steve Martini is an expert at good old-fashioned, gimmick-free storytelling. (Steve Berry)
Martinis proven formula for best-seller success combines the appeal of the legal thriller (Martini is a former prosecutor) with the high-concept adventure of, say, Vince Flynn and James Rollins. (Booklist)
Entertaining... Intriguing premise... Compelling courtroom scenes display a sophisticated knowledge of legal trench warfare. (Publishers Weekly)
One of the most charismatic defense attorneys in thriller fiction. Madriani is a guy who wont quit. . . . Best of all, hes got the heart of a lion: protective, humane, courageous-that makes him such great fun to watch. (Linda Fairstein)
Steve Martini writes first-rate legal thrillers. His plotting is expert, his characters vivid and alive. His courtroom scenes are rich and credible, and so are his villains. . . . Paul Madriani makes a likable and convincing David among the goliaths of crime, corporations and government. (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers)', '', 'Paul Madriani must come to the aid of young Alex Ives, who was implicated in a deadly motor collision on a deserted Southern California highway. Though Alex swears he had only one drink, all he remembers is that he was supposed to meet a sexy, mysterious woman at a house party. The next morning he woke up in the hospital in police custody, charged with drunk driving and manslaughter. When he discovers that Alex knew the deceased, a connected Washington, D.C., lawyer named Olinda Serna, Madriani realizes his client could face a murder charge.', \"Washington, D.C., attorney Cletus Proffit knows that Serna protected dangerous secrets involving players moving in the highest reaches of national politics. Now he must ensure that knowledge has died with her. Senator Maya Grimes also hears of the fatal crash and crafts her own web of deceit to suffocate anything that might come back to bite her. Then there's the vicious mercenary who panics when she learns of Serna's death and the manner in which it occurred.\", \"Now Madriani must uncover the corruption and dark deeds that surround Serna's friends and find her killerbefore he or she can strike again.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia\nDescription: ['Mehru Jaffer was born and brought up in Lucknow. She teaches Islam in South Asia at the Webster University and the University of Vienna, Austria. She is the author of The Book of Muhammad and The Book of Muinuddin Chishti. This is her third book.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Compelling Evidence\nDescription: [\"YA-- Ben Potter, successful lawyer and possible U. S. Supreme Court nominee, is found dead in his office--suicide or murder? All of the police evidence points to foul play, and his beautiful young wife, Talia, stands trial for a crime she claims she didn't commit--or did she? Paul Madriani defends Talia, but, in doing so, exposes a part of his own life that he would like to forget. This gripping, fast-paced novel will hold YAs' attention from beginning to startling conclusion. - Robert Lisker, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"A year after he's fired from the California law firm of Potter, Skarpellos by Ben Potter, who's found out he's having an affair with Ben's wife Talia, corporate-turned-criminal lawyer Paul Madriani is asked to join Talia's defense--on a charge of murdering Ben on the eve of his nomination to the Supreme Court. It's the other partner, Tony (``the Greek'') Skarpellos, who inveigles Madriani to put aside two other investigations--helping county medical examiner George Cooper figure out who abandoned his daughter to burn to death after a car crash, and defending high- profile hooker Susan Hawley, who doesn't want to implicate her well- placed clients in ``boinkgate'' even if she's granted immunity--and to sign on as assisting counsel to nitwit glamourpuss Gibert Cheetam, who promptly runs Talia's defense into the ground and jumps ship after the grand jury indicts her. So Madriani, his affair with Talia making him painfully vulnerable, takes over as chief counsel, infuriating his estranged wife Nikki even before he realizes that Skarpellos, who stands to inherit the hugely profitable firm if Talia takes the rap, has set him up. Martini (The Simeon Chamber, 1988), whose early scenes could have used some advice from assisting counsel too (the obligatory between-the-sheets flashback is introduced by noting ``the cold wetness of my own passions, a small portion of which had pooled in the creases of the sheets beneath where her loins had rested''), rouses himself for the well-paced trial scenes, which heat up even further when news of the Talia/Madriani affair reaches the ears of the presiding judge, determined that no mistrial's going to stand in the way of his reelection--and when Madriani decides to pin his hopes on an all-out assault on Skarpellos. The final surprise, though, is eminently guessable. Martini is no Scott Turow--his characters are thinner, his prose flabbier--but his legal intrigue will probably keep you up just as late. (Book-of-the-Month Dual Selection for Spring) -- Copyright 1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Tongue: Anatomy, Kinematics and Diseases (Human Anatomy and Physiology)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Last Mile\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Guitar Repair Manual\nDescription: [\"Book in good condition, text in English. Esemplare in buone condizioni, testo in inglese. Ingiallimento di pagine e tagli; brunimento, lievi segni d'usura e macchie in copertina. Scritta a penna in ultima pagina. Rare sottolineature e note in matita.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blood Flag: A Paul Madriani Novel\nDescription: ['Martini knows how to craft suspenseful and twist-filled legal thrillersMartini knows how to craft suspenseful and twist-filled legal thrillers. . . . 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The novel boasts the sure-handed, suspenseful storytelling that Martinis fans have come to expect. Martini holds serve with his 14th Paul Madriani thriller, in which Hitlers evil legacy continues to haunt survivors of World War II. (Kirkus Reviews)
Get ready for a great read. If 10 stars could be given, Martini rates them all. (Suspense Magazine)
Steve Martinis writing is smooth, clear and easy to become immersed in. The integrity he writes into his characters feels as fresh as a Pacific Ocean breeze. A rewarding read with strong characters and an outstanding sense of realism. (Mystery Scene)
With plenty of surprises waiting just around each corner, Blood Flag is a fast-paced thriller that picks up steam on its way to a shocking, climactic ending that most readers will not see coming. (Therealbookspy.com)
The spooky, conspiratorial tone and nature of Blood Flag harks to those great Robert Ludlum international romps. . . . A slam-bang tale with as many twists as pages. A perfect summer read. (Providence Journal on Blood Flag)', '', 'When Emma Brauer is blamed in the mercy killing of her father, Paul Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, step in to defend her. Insisting shes innocent, Emma tells Madriani about a package sent to her father. Bequeathed to him by a fellow soldier from World War II, the box contains only a key and a slip of paper.', 'Madriani uncovers a trail leading to a mysterious talismana feared Nazi relic known as the Blood Flag. Soaked in the blood of a fallen Nazi follower, it went missing at the end of the war, turning it into a historic prize sought by collectors and others with darker motives. 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In Boston, the Sons of Liberty activist Samuel Adams and his younger, more intellectual and oratorical second cousin, John Adams, speak out against King George III. In London there's aging Philadelphian Benjamin Franklin, who has resided for a number of years abroad, an agent for home colony Pennsylvania (and others). In New York, Gen. Thomas Gage is the ranking British officer on American soil. And heroic colonial planter George Washington has risen to full colonel in the Virginia militia fighting for George III during the French and Indian War. This masterful dramatization of the fateful escalation of the rebellion following the Boston Massacre moves from the battles of 1775 at Lexington, Concord, Fort Ticonderoga, Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston, through the convening in 1776 of the Continental Congress and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Richly embroidered with portraits of such heroes as Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Thomas Jefferson, the tapestry chronicles America's plunge toward liberty. (July; on-sale June 12)Forecast: Ballantine is bringing out the big guns for this one: major advertising, a Boston launch, a 13-city author tour and Fourth of July Gettysburg media appearances. Simultaneous BDD Audio. Expect patriotic sales.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"The first of two projected novels on the American Revolution, Rebellion takes the reader from the Boston Massacre to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Shaara's (Gone for Soldiers) sympathies are evident on every page: the Adamses, Washington, and Franklin are his heroes, as is Abigail Adams, who, though she chafes at the restrictions imposed on her gender, supports her family as husband John travels to and from the Continental Congress. Their adversaries are harsh but wavering (General Gage), venal (Governor Hutchinson), and uncomprehending (the monstrous George III). These are not cardboard figures, however, but complicated human beings making difficult decisions in the midst of a crisis for which old wisdom holds no workable answers. Ultimately, what raises this fine novel above jingoism is the author's ability to make our national myths sing and our country's history come to vibrant life. Recommended. - David Keymer, California State Univ., Stanislaus Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: O Ye Jigs & Juleps!: A humorous slice of Americana by a turn-of-the-century pixie, aged ten\nDescription: [\"An adult's guide to the child's world of 1904 written by a turn-of-the-century pixie who's like everybody's kid sister. She's as precocious as Eloise combined with the innocence of Dennis the Menace. She's charming, sincere, devilish and irresistible. And she's real! 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\"A brisk new book that pits creationism against science, and is liable to stir up as much controversy asThe Da Vinci Codedid. In Origin, the brash futurist Edmond Kirsch comes up with a theory so bold, so daring that, as he modestly thinks to himself in Browns beloved italics, It will not shake your foundations. It will shatter them. Kirsch is of course addressing The World, because thats the scale on which Brown writes. Brown and serious ideas: they do fit together, never more than they have in Origin.\" -Janet Maslin,The New York Times \"Originasks the questionsWhere do we come from? Where are we going?They are questions about humanity--but they could just as easily be questions about Robert Langdon. The Mickey Mouse watch-wearing, claustrophobic, always-near-trouble symbology professor is back in Dan Browns latest book. And just like he was in his original exploits (Angels & DemonsandThe Da Vinci Code), Dr. Langdon is once again wrapped up in a global-scale event that could have massive ramifications on the worlds religions.As he does in all his novels, Brown[s] extensive research on art, architecture, and history informs every page.\" --Entertainment Weekly
\"Entertaining . . . Loyal fans of his globetrotting symbologist Robert Langdon will no doubt be thrilled with the fifth book in the series.\" --USA Today
\"Dan Brown is once again taking on the big questions: God and science and the future of the world. Origin is a familiar blend of travelogue, history, conspiracies and whodunit, with asides on everything from the poetry of William Blake to the rise and fall of fascism in Spain.\" --Associated Press
\"The bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code is back with a new book that looks to the future. Originfeatures many of Browns signature themes. An evil, Catholic-adjacent cult, in this case the Palmarian Church, is behind some murders. Gems from art history are the key to solving the mystery. [And] if the reader is in it for the thrill and the twist, the faithful will be glad to hear that theres aDa Vinci Code-esque background to Robert Langdons mission.\" --The New Republic', 'Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress.
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Brilliant . . . Superb . . . the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. Washington Post
One of Grishams best efforts in many seasons . . . a rousing return to his dexterous good-guy-faces-corrupt-system storytelling. People magazine
Packed with tension, legal roadblocks, and shocking revelations. USA Today ', 'JOHN GRISHAM is the author of twenty-three novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and two novels for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.
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-\\\"Another swift Grisham thrillerette.\\\" --The New York Times on The Abduction
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\\\"Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist.\\\" -The New York Times
\\\"Classic Grisham.\\\" -The Los Angeles Times
\\\"Smartly written.\\\" -- USA Today
\\\"Grisham is an absolute master.\\\"--Washington Post
\\\"Edge-of-your-seat drama, sophisticated plotting, and plenty of spunk.\\\"--Chicago Sun-Times
\\\"Gripping . . . I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery.\\\"--Scholastic News ', \\\"John Grisham is the author of a collection of stories, a work of nonfiction, three sports novels, four kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hegemony And Socialist Strategy: Towards A Radical Democratic Politics (Radical Thinkers)\\nDescription: ['A brilliant tour de force of scholarship and argument.Marxism Today', 'Ernesto Laclau is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Chantal Mouffe), New Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time, The Populist Reason, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and Emancipation(s).
Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; Gramsci and Marxist Theory; Deconstruction and Pragmatism; The Democratic Paradox; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People\\nDescription: [' \\\"... for the specialist and anyone touched by the enduring debate over Jewish identity, this book is indispensable.\\\" - The Jewish Daily Forward
', '', '', '', '', '', '', ' Harry Ostrer, MD is Professor of Pathology and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of Genetic and Genomic Laboratories at Montefiore Medical Center. In October 2010, he was named to the Forward 50 list of \\\"people who have made an imprint in the past year on the ways in which American Jews view the world and relate to each other.\\\" ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Intimate Relationships: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Racketeer\\nDescription: ['Critical Acclaim for the Undisputed Master of the Legal Thriller
With every new book I appreciate John Grisham a little more, for his feisty critiques of the legal system, his compassion for the underdog, and his willingness to strike out in new directions.Entertainment Weekly
John Grisham is exceptionally good at what he doesindeed, right now in this country, nobody does it better . . . Grishams books are also smart, imaginative, and funny, populated by complex interesting people, written by a man who is driven not merely by the desire to entertain but also by genuine (if understated) outrage at human cupidity and venality.Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
The secrets of Grishams success are no secret at all. There are two of them: his pacing, which ranges from fast to breakneck, and his themelittle guy takes on big conspiracy with the little guy getting the win in the end. Time
The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of an entertainment. Los Angeles Times
John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as weve got in the United States these days.The New York Times Book Review
Grisham is a marvelous storyteller who works readers the way a good trial lawyer works a jury.The Philadelphia Inquirer
John Grisham owns the legal thriller.The Denver Post
John Grisham is not just popular, he is one of the most popular novelists of our time. He is a craftsman and he writes good stories, engaging characters, and clever plots.The Seattle Times
A mighty narrative talent and an unerring eye for hot-button issues.Chicago Sun-Times
A legal literary legend.USA Today', 'JOHN GRISHAM is the author of twenty-five novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and two novels for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: FT-BUYG&CARG YOUR FUR\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation\\nDescription: ['\\\"Captivating. A strong amalgam of nostalgia, feminist history, astute insight, beautiful music and irresistible gossip. Weller\\\\'s grand ambition winds up fulfilled.\\\" -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times
\\\"Let\\\\'s get one thing clear right from the start -- this is a fabulous book...Girls like Us unfolds with drama and panoramic detail. Written with a keen journalistic and, more importantly, female eye, [it] works as a healthy, long overdue counterweight to the endlessly repeated, male-sided version of rock \\\\'n roll. Before these women broke the cultural sod during the rock \\\\'n roll years, there were no girls like us. Now there are millions.\\\" -- Caitlin Moran, London Sunday Times
\\\"Even at 500-plus pages, the book goes down as easy as a Grisham yarn on a vacation flight... The only flaw to Girls Like Us is that it comes to an end. Few people lead lives as action-packed and spiritually opulent as Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon did during such intensely interesting times. And few writers are able to impart so much freight with such vigor. The towering triumvirate got what it deserves.\\\" -- The Toronto Sun
\\\"A page-turner of the first order....a must read.\\\" -- The Boston Globe
\\\"As an avid music reader, sometime reviewer, and teen of the \\\\'60s myself, I was sure I knew just about everything there was to know about Carole, Joni, and Carly.... But Girls Like Us, an ambitious collective biography by six-time author and magazine journalist Sheila Weller, showed me exactly how much I didn\\\\'t know. This absorbing, well-reported book chronicles a time when women in all walks of life were exercising new-found freedom. And as icons of that era, nobody did it better.\\\" -- Christian Science Monitor
\\\"Both scholarly and dishy. A superb journalist, Weller has managed to uncover a trove of unreported facts on her subjects.\\\" -- People **** (Pick of the Week)
\\\"When we were little, and someone said, `I love chocolate pudding,\\\" there was always some nutball who\\\\'d ask, \\\"Do you want to marry it?\\\\' Well, I love Sheila Weller\\\\'s Girls Like Us so much that I would marry it. This lush, beautifully-researched and lyrically written biography of the three women whose music was emblematic of the generation who pioneered the way for me and so many others is literate, bold, charming and ... cuddly....[E]very page brought a fresh surprise. Weller raised the bar for this book above even a classy celebrity bio... This book probably gave me more pure enjoyment than any but a handful I\\\\'ve read in years. If you\\\\'re passionate about music -- and about passion -- you\\\\'ll have to hand it to Sheila Weller for a bravura composition of her own.\\\" --Jacquelyn Mitchard the bestselling author of Still Summer, Cage of Stars, and the first Oprah Book Club selection, The Deep End of the Ocean, on WritersAsReaders.com
\\\"Incisive, painstakingly researched...Any woman who grew up during the late 1960s and \\\\'70s will fall head over heels for Sheila Weller\\\\'s Girls Like Us.\\\" -- Ladies Home Journal
\\\"A sharp-eyed vision of the worlds which nourished these ambitious, determined and singular artists...Weller digs deep into [Joni Mitchell\\\\'s] complex psychology and provides as close to an understanding of this difficult figure as anyone is likely to ever offer. An unfailingly entertaining read...a riveting story.\\\" -- Mojo
\\\"Juicy... I doubt I\\\\'ll listen to Mitchell\\\\'s songs again without considering the child she gave up for adoption... and her subsequent bouts with depression or hear the oft-married King\\\\'s music without thinking of her tumultuous relationships. As for Simon, Weller captures fully both the richness and glamour of her romantic life and the profound sensitivity that made her especially vulnerable to ex-husband James Taylor\\\\'s drug abuse and the cavalier charm of Warren Beatty.\\\" - USA Today ', 'Sheila Weller is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of five previous books, most recently her 2003 family memoir, Dancing at Ciro\\\\'s, which The Washington Post called \\\"a substantial contribution to American social history.\\\" She is the senior contributing editor at Glamour, a contributor to Vanity Fair, and a former contributing editor of New York. To learn more, visit www.girlslikeusthebook.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Color of His Own\\nDescription: ['Every animal has a color of its own. \\\"Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink.\\\" But chameleons change color wherever they go. \\\"On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple.\\\" One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, \\\"If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own.\\\" Of course, what he doesn\\\\'t take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. It isn\\\\'t until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again.', 'Leo Lionni, children\\\\'s book creator extraordinaire, author of such beloved picture books as Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Swimmy, and Inch by Inch, all Caldecott Honor winners, introduces color concepts in an exquisite and touching story. This small board book edition of the classic tale of self-acceptance and friendship will be a favorite for toddlers and parents alike. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter', '\\\"Lionni\\\\'s signature watercolors span the rainbow in this story of a chameleon who, while searching for his identity, finds a friend with whom he can share his changeable nature.\\\" Publishers Weekly
\\\"As captivating now as it was when first published in 1975.\\\" Children\\\\'s Literature', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Inferno\\nDescription: ['', 'As Langdon continued on toward the elbow of the square, he could see, directly ahead in the distance, the shimmering blue glass dial of the St. Marks Clock Towerthe same astronomical clock through which James Bond had thrown a villain in the film Moonraker.', 'The Tetrarchs statue was well known for its missing foot, broken off while it was being plundered from Constantinople in the thirteenth century. Miraculously, in the 1960s, the foot was unearthed in Istanbul. Venice petitioned for the missing piece of statue, but the Turkish authorities replied with a simple message: You stole the statuewere keeping our foot.', 'Amid a contour of spires and domes, a single illuminated facade dominated Langdons field of view. The building was an imposing stone fortress with a notched parapet and a three-hundred-foot tower that swelled near the top, bulging outward into a massive machicolated battlement.', 'Langdon found himself standing before a familiar facethat of Dante Alighieri. Depicted in the legendary fresco by Michelino, the great poet stood before Mount Purgatory and held forth in his hands, as if in humble offering, his masterpiece The Divine Comedy.', 'Q. Inferno refers to Dante Alighieris The Divine Comedy. What is Dantes significance? What features of his work or life inspired you?', 'A. The Divine Comedylike The Mona Lisais one of those rare artistic achievements that transcends its moment in history and becomes an enduring cultural touchstone. Like Beethovens Ninth Symphony, The Divine Comedy speaks to us centuries after its creation and is considered an example of one of the finest works ever produced in its artistic field. For me, the most captivating quality of Dante Alighieri is his staggering influence on culture, religion, history, and the arts. In addition to codifying the early Christian vision of Hell, Dantes work has inspired some of historys greatest luminariesLongfellow, Chaucer, Borges, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Monteverdi, Michelangelo, Blake, Daland even a few modern video game designers. Despite Dantes enduring influence on the arts, however, most of us today have only a vague notion of what his work actually saysboth literally and symbolically (which, of course, is of great interest to Robert Langdon). A few years ago, I became very excited about the prospect of writing a contemporary thriller that incorporated the philosophy, history, and text of Dantes timeless descent into The Inferno.', 'Q. Where did do your research for Inferno? How long did you spend on it?', 'A. Researching Inferno began with six months of reading, including several translations of The Divine Comedy, various annotations by Dante scholars, historical texts about Dantes life and philosophies, as well as a lot of background reading on Florence itself. At the same time, I was poring over all the new scientific information that I could find on a cutting edge technology that I had decided to incorporate into the novel. Once I had enough understanding of these topics to proceed, I traveled to Florence and Venice, where I was fortunate to meet with some wonderful art historians, librarians, and other scholars who helped me enormously.', 'Once this initial phase of research was complete, I began outlining and writing the novel. As is always the case, when a book begins to take shape, I am drawn in unexpected directions that require additional research. This was also the case with Inferno, which took about 3 years from conception to publication.', 'With respect to the process, the success of these novels has been a bit of a Catch-22. On one hand, I now have wonderful access to specialists, authorities, and even secret archives from which to draw information and inspiration. On the other hand, because there is increased speculation about my works in progress, I need to be increasingly discreet about the places I go and the specialists with whom I speak. Even so, there is one aspect of my research that will never changemaking personal visits to the locations about which Im writing. When it comes to capturing the feel of a novels setting, I find there is no substitute for being there in the flesh...even if sometimes I need to do it incognito.', 'Q. What kind of adventure will Robert Langdon face this time? Can you give us any sneak peak at the new novel?', 'A. Inferno is very much a Robert Langdon thriller. Its filled with codes, symbols, art, and the exotic locations that my readers love to explore. In this novel, Dante Alighieris ancient literary masterpieceThe Divine Comedybecomes a catalyst that inspires a macabre genius to unleash a scientific creation of enormous destructive potential. Robert Langdon must battle this dark adversary by deciphering a Dante-related riddle, which leads him to Florence, where he finds himself in a desperate race through a landscape of classical art, secret passageways, and futuristic technology.', 'Q. What made Florence the ideal location for Inferno?', 'A. No city on earth is more closely tied to Dante Alighieri. Dante grew up in Florence, fell in love in Florence, and began writing in Florence. Later in life, when he was exiled for political reasons, the longing he felt for his beloved Florence became a catalyst for The Divine Comedy. Through his enduring poem, Dante enjoyed the last word over his political enemies, banishing them to various rings of Inferno where they suffered terrible tortures.', '', \\\"The threat of world overpopulation is the latest assignment for Brown's art historian and accidental sleuth Robert Langdon. Awakening in a Florence hospital with no memory of the preceding 36 hours, Langdon and an attractive attending physician with an oversized intellect are immediately pursued by an ominous underground organization and the Italian police. Detailed tours of Florence, Venice, and Istanbul mean to establish setting, but instead bog down the story and border on showoffmanship. Relying on a deceased villain's trail of clues threaded through the text of Dante's The Divine Comedy, the duo attempt to unravel the events leading up to Langdon's amnesia and thwart a global genocide scheme. Suspension of disbelief is required as miraculous coincidences pile upon pure luck. Near the three-quarters point everything established gets upended and Brown, hoping to draw us in deeper, nearly drives us out. Though the prose is fast-paced and sharp, the burdensome dialogue only serves plot and back story, and is interspersed with unfortunate attempts at folksy humor. It's hard not to appreciate a present day mega-selling thriller that attempts a refresher course in Italian literature and European history. But the real mystery is in the book's denouement and how Brown can possibly bring his hero back for more. Agent: Heide Lange, Sanford J. Greenberger Associates. (May)\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Grillin' Like a Villain: The Complete Grillin' And Barbecuin' Cookbook\\nDescription: ['Rick Black lives in southeastern Iowa with his wife, Becky. 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As usual, Silva takes the reader hostage from page one with his canny mix of spy craft and suspense.Silvas ongoing ability to combine le Carr-like texture with high energy plotting has produced a string of commercial and critical successes. Chalk up another one. (Booklist)
Fast-paced intrigue and provocative characters make this a fine addition to an outstanding series. (People Magazine, 4 stars)
Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer. That is what makes THE ENGLISH GIRL a must read. (HuffingtonPost.com)
Although Gabriels adventures are set in the real world of greedy politicians and grabs for control of a diminishing supply of natural resources, Israels avenging angel has the superhuman abilities that make for a satisfying fantasy. (Columbus Dispatch)
Someone once said that their favorite books are ones that entertain and inform at the same time. The English Girl is one of those novels.A top-notch, old-fashioned East-meets-West, cloak-and-dagger thriller. (Bookreporter.com)
[Silvas] 13 Gabriel Allon novels have both entertained and informed tens of millions of readers about the realities of world in which we live more than any other writer over the past decade. You will read the book in at most a couple of sittings. (The National Examiner)
[A] roller coaster ride.Silva is an excellent storyteller. (Judith Reveal, New York Journal of Books)
Top-notch action. (Kirkus Reviews)
One of the more unusual literary spies is Gabriel Allon, an Israeli intelligence officer who wants to retire so he can continue as an artist restoring damaged master artworks. But life interferes, and thank goodness, because otherwise we wouldnt have such great novels from Daniel Silva. (Lincoln Journal Star)', '', 'One girl', 'Seven days', 'No second chances', \\\"Madeline Hart is a rising star in British government: beautiful, intelligent, driven to succeed by an impoverished childhood. But she also has a dark secret: she is the lover of Prime Minister Jonathan Lancaster. When she disappears on the island of Corsica, it's clear her kidnappers know about the affair and intend to make the PM pay dearly for his sins. Fearful of a scandal that could destroy his career, Lancaster decides to handle the matter privately, and not involve the police.\\\", 'Enter Gabriel Allonassassin, art restorer, and spywho must find Madeline within seven days before she is executed. With the clock ticking, Allon is thrust into a deadly game of shadows in which nothing is what it seemsand where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies is the truth. . . .', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bake it Better: Biscuits (The Great British Bake Off)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV\\nDescription: ['', 'Brilliant . . . Important . . . Remarkable . . . In sparkling detail, Caro shows Johnsons genius for getting to peoplefriends, foes, and everyone in betweenand how he used it to achieve his goals . . .With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service. President Bill Clinton,The New York Times Book Review(front cover)
By writingthe best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think, and read, American history . . . Although the amount of research Caro has done for these books is staggering, its his immense talent as a writer that has made his biography of Johnson one of Americas most amazing literary achievements . . . Caros chronicle isas absorbing as a political thriller. . . Theres not a wasted word, not a needless anecdote . . . Most impressively, Caro comes closer than any other historian could to explaining the famously complex LBJ . . . Caros portrayal of the president is as scrupulously fair as it is passionate and deeply felt . . . The series isa masterpiece, unlike any other work of American history published in the past. Its true that there will never be another Lyndon B. Johnson, but there will never be another Robert A. Caro, either. Michael Schaub, NPR
A breathtakingly dramatic storyabout a pivotal moment in United States history [told] with consummate artistry and ardor. . .It showcases Mr. Caros masterly gifts as a writer: his propulsive sense of narrative, his talent for enabling readers to see and feel history in the making and his ability to situate hissubjects actions within the context of their times. . . Caro manages to lend even much-chronicled events a punch of tactile immediacy .. . Johnson emerges as both a larger-than-life, Shakespearean personagewith epic ambition and epic flawsand a more human-scale puzzle . . . Mr. Caro uses his storytelling gifts to turn seemingly arcane legislative maneuvers intoaction-movie suspense, and he gives us unparalleled understanding of how Johnson used a crisis and his ownpolitical acumen to implement his agenda with stunning speed. Taken togetherthe installments of Mr. Caros monumental life of Johnson form arevealing prism by which to view the better part of a century in American life and politics. Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times
A great work of history . . . A great biography . . . Caro has summoned Lyndon Johnson to vivid, intimate life. Newsweek
Making ordinary politics and policymaking riveting and revealing is what makes Caro a genius.Combined with his penetrating insight and fanatical research, Caros Churchill-like prose elevates the life of a fairly influential president to stuff worthy of Shakespeare . . . Reading Caros books can feel like encountering the life of an American president for the first time . . . Caros judgment is solid, his prose inspiring, and his research breathtaking . . . Robert Caro stands alone as the unquestioned master of the contemporary American political biography. Jordan Michael Smith,The Boston Globe
A meditation on power as profound as Machiavellis. Lara Marlowe,Irish Times
One of the most compelling political narratives of the past half-century . . . A vivid picture of how political power worked in the US during the middle of the 20th century at local, state and national level. . . This extraordinary work will remain essential reading for decades to come. Richard Lambert,Financial Times
Unrivaled . . . Caro does not merely recount. He beckons. Single sentences turn into winding, brimming paragraphs, clauses upon clauses tugging at the reader, layering the scenery with character intrigue and the plot with historical import. The result is irresistible . . .Passagecovers with all the artistry and intrigue of a great novel events that are seared in the nations memory. In an era defined by fragmented media markets, instantaneous communication, gadflies and chattering suits, Caro stands not merely apart, but alone. William Howell,San Francisco Chronicle
The greatest political biography ever written . . . The most sweeping historical tour de force since GibbonssDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire. . . Caro has imprinted himself into history. His work is now the benchmark of political biography. Paul Sheehan,Sydney Morning Herald
Riveting . . . Masterful . . . An insightful account of what it means and what it takes to occupy the Oval Office. Steve Paul,The Kansas City Star
Robert Caro is the essential chronicler of these times: And these times should never be forgotten. Joel Connelly,Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Caros masterpiece of biography . . . His strength as a biographer is his ability to probe Johnsons mind and motivations . . . Riveting . . . A roller-coaster tale. The Economist
The latest in what is almost without question the greatest political biography in modern times . . . Nobody goes deeper, works harder or produces more penetrating insights than [Caro]. Patrick Beach,AustinAmerican-Statesman
The politicians political book of choice . . . An encyclopedia of dirty tricks that would make Machiavelli seem nave. Michael Burleigh, London Literary Review
Majestic . . . The reporting is copious, the writing elegant and energetic, the sentences frequently rushing forward themselves like mighty rivers. Four books, and nearly four decades, into this vast project, Caros commitment to excellence has not wavered or even slackened; the reader can feel the sheer force of his effort on every page. Ronald Brownstein, Democracy
By dramatizing the capacities and limitations of the most talented politician of the postwar era, Caro aims to make readers shrewder citizens . . . As a student of power, Caro is a Machiavelli for democrats, who instead of addressing the prince, addresses the people. Thomas Meaney,The Nation
Astonishing and unprecedented . . . a work of real literature, among the best nonfiction works ever . . . His books . . . argue that things happen because certain people with power want them to happen . . . It is not inconceivable to think that, without the presence of LBJ and the influence on him of his character and his experiences, none [of the civil rights bills] would have won Congressional approval . . . More than operatic, Caros Johnson books deserve another adjective, one that matches his genius, his sensitivity and his ambition: Shakespearean. Patrick T. Reardon
The best biography Ive ever read . . . Incredibly well-written, with the tension and drama of a compulsive thriller, and the style of an elegant novel. Caros books arent just about politics, or just about Lyndon Johnson. His books are about America, its culture, its history, and its society. Above all, Caros books are about power, how to achieve it and make it multiply; how to use power and how to lose it. Michael Crick, UK Channel 4 News
My book of the year, by a landslide majority, wasThe Passage of Power.The adjective Shakespearean is overused and mostly undeserved but not in this case. LBJ emerges from this biography as a fully rounded tragic hero: cowardly and brave, petty and magnificent, vindictive and noble, a man of vaunting ambition and profound insecurities. Caro marries profound psychological insight with a brilliant eye for the drama of the times. Robert Harris,The Guardian(London)
Caro is a genius at delineating character, and not just that of the deliciously complicated LBJ. He investigates, among other larger-than-life figures, the Kennedy brothers, the powerful and unbending Harry Byrd of Virginia, and the clownlike but devoted Bobby Baker . . . Caros use of strong image and repetition, almost hypnotic in combination, is breathtakingly effective. Caro is a great historian, but if the purpose of art is to stimulate thought and arouse emotion, he is also a great artist. Rosemary Michaud,Charleston Post and Courier
A portrait of executive leadership so evocative as to be tactile. Robert Draper, Wall Street Journal
The only superstar biographer in the world . . . Caros [books] transform biography into something new, a tour de force of structured political opinion writing . . . A single theme emerges: the insidious ways that clever politicians can gather and abuse powersometimes for good, sometimes for evilin a modern democratic society. Levi Asher, Literary Kicks
One of the greatest biographies in the history of American letters. Bob Hoover,Cleveland Plain Dealer
As riveting as a thriller . . . The next book will crown an achievement in presidential biography unmatched among presidential histories. David Hendricks,Houston Chronicle
Every page [of The Years of Lyndon Johnson] is compelling. For many politicians it is the finest book on politics . . . The ultimate political story. Daniel Finkelstein,London Times
Long live Robert Caro . . . Truly epic political history and character study . . . Riveting . . . It elevates Caros tale to Shakespearean drama, as the coldhearted, Machiavellian maneuvering and hot-blooded rivalries of supremely ambitious men play out with the fate of the free world at stake. Dan DeLuca,The Philadelphia Inquirer
Brilliant . . . A masterclass in political management . . . Caro not only re-creates one of the giants of modern politics, he tells a giant tale about power and about life itself.Andrew Adonis,New Statesman
A masterly how-to manual, showing Johnsons knowledge of governing, his peerless congressional maneuvering and effective deal-making.The Years ofLyndon Johnsonis a compact library: brilliant biography, gripping history, searing political drama and an incomparable study of power. Its also a great read . . . And, after thousands of pages spent with Lyndon Johnson, one of Caros singular achievements is that you want more. Peter Gianotti,Newsday
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, when completed, will rank as Americas most ambitiously conceived, assiduously researched and compulsively readable political biography . . . When Caros fifth volume arrives, readers gratitude will be exceeded only by their regret that there will not be a sixth. George F. Will
This book shows the mastery of Johnson in politics, and also the mastery of Caro in biography.David M. Shribman,Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Epic . . . A searing account of ambition derailed by personal demons . . . a triumphant drama of political genius in action . . . Caro combines the skills of a historian, an investigative reporter and a novelist in this searching study of the transformative effect of power. Wendy Smith,Los Angeles Times
An addictive read, written in glorious prose that suggests the worlds most diligent beat reporter channeling William Faulkner.Passageis an essential document of a turning point in American history.Its also an incisive portrait of one great, terrible, fascinating man suddenly given the chance to reinvent the country in his image. Darren Franich,Entertainment Weekly
Riveting . . . Shakespearean . . . Its a roller-coaster narrative as Johnson plummets from the powerful Senate majority leader post to vice-presidential irrelevance, hated and humiliated by the Kennedy brothers, then surges to presidential authority with the crack of Lee Harvey Oswalds rifle and forces a revolutionary civil rights act through a recalcitrant Congress . . . Caros tormented, heroic Johnson makes an apt embodiment of an America struggling toward epochal change, one with a fascinating resonance in our era of gridlocked government. Publishers Weekly(Boxed, Starred)
The fourth volume of one of the most anticipated English-language biographies of the past 30 years . . . A compelling narrative . . . that will thrill those who care about American politics, the foundations of power, or both . . . Before beginning the Johnson biography, Caro published a life of Robert Moses,The Power Broker(1974), a book many scholars consider a watershed in contemporary biography. The Johnson project deserves equal praise. KirkusReviews(Starred)
A major event in biography, history, even publishing itself . . . Caro has once more combined prodigious research and a literary gift to mount a stage for his Shakespearean figures: LBJ, JFK, and LBJs nemesis Robert F. Kennedy. Library Journal(Starred)
Brilliant . . . Riveting reading from beginning to end . . . The real tour de force in this stunning mix of political and psychological analysis comes in the account of the transition between administrations, from November 23, 1963 to January 8, 1964 . . . An utterly fascinating character study, brimming with delicious insider stories . . . Political wonks, of course, will dive into this book with unbridled passion, but its focus on a larger-than-life, flawed but fascinating individualthe kind of character who drives epic fictionshould extend its reach much, much further. Unquestionably, one of the truly big books of the year. Booklist(Starred)', '', '', 'For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, has three times won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has also won virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book Award, the Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Francis Parkman Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that best exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist. In 2010 President Barack Obama awarded Caro the National Humanities Medal, stating at the time: I think about Robert Caro and readingThe Power Brokerback when I was twenty-two years old and just being mesmerized, and Im sure it helped to shape how I think about politics. In 2016 he received the National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. The LondonSunday Timeshas said that Caro is The greatest political biographer of our times.
Caros first book,The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York,everywhere acclaimed as a modern classic, was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century.It is, according to David Halberstam, Surely the greatest book ever written about a city. AndThe New York Times Book Reviewsaid: In the future, the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the twentieth century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort.
The first volume ofThe Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Path to Power, was cited byThe Washington Postas proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caros evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnsons unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually work, arelet it be said flat outat the summit of American historical writing. Professor Henry F. Graff of Columbia University called the second volume,Means of Ascent, brilliant. No review does justice to the drama of the story Caro is telling, which is nothing less than how present-day politics was born. The LondonTimeshailed volume three,Master of the Senate, as a masterpiece . . . Robert Caro has written one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age.The Passage of Power,volume four, has been called Shakespearean . . . A breathtakingly dramatic story [told] with consummate artistry and ardor (The New York Times) and as absorbing as a political thriller . . . By writing the best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think about, and read, American history (NPR). On the cover ofThe New York Times Book Review,President Bill Clinton praised it as Brilliant . . . Important . . . Remarkable. With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service.
Caro has a unique place among American political biographers,The Boston Globesaid . . . He has become, in many ways, the standard by which his fellows are measured. And Nicholas von Hoffman wrote: Caro has changed the art of political biography.
Born and raised in New York City, Caro graduated from Princeton University, was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and worked for six years as an investigative reporter forNewsday. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ina, the historian and writer.
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Praise for Steve Martini: Action-packed fun. (Oklahoma City Oklahoman)
You like Law & Order? Or, even a John Grisham novel? Well, Steve Martini is one of the best of the best when it comes to crime thrillers. (Asbury Park Press)
A terrific series. . . . Steve Martini is an expert at good old-fashioned, gimmick-free storytelling. (Steve Berry)
Martinis proven formula for best-seller success combines the appeal of the legal thriller (Martini is a former prosecutor) with the high-concept adventure of, say, Vince Flynn and James Rollins. (Booklist)
Entertaining... Intriguing premise... Compelling courtroom scenes display a sophisticated knowledge of legal trench warfare. (Publishers Weekly)
One of the most charismatic defense attorneys in thriller fiction. Madriani is a guy who wont quit. . . . Best of all, hes got the heart of a lion: protective, humane, courageous-that makes him such great fun to watch. (Linda Fairstein)
Steve Martini writes first-rate legal thrillers. His plotting is expert, his characters vivid and alive. His courtroom scenes are rich and credible, and so are his villains. . . . Paul Madriani makes a likable and convincing David among the goliaths of crime, corporations and government. (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers)', '', 'Paul Madriani must come to the aid of young Alex Ives, who was implicated in a deadly motor collision on a deserted Southern California highway. Though Alex swears he had only one drink, all he remembers is that he was supposed to meet a sexy, mysterious woman at a house party. The next morning he woke up in the hospital in police custody, charged with drunk driving and manslaughter. When he discovers that Alex knew the deceased, a connected Washington, D.C., lawyer named Olinda Serna, Madriani realizes his client could face a murder charge.', \\\"Washington, D.C., attorney Cletus Proffit knows that Serna protected dangerous secrets involving players moving in the highest reaches of national politics. Now he must ensure that knowledge has died with her. Senator Maya Grimes also hears of the fatal crash and crafts her own web of deceit to suffocate anything that might come back to bite her. Then there's the vicious mercenary who panics when she learns of Serna's death and the manner in which it occurred.\\\", \\\"Now Madriani must uncover the corruption and dark deeds that surround Serna's friends and find her killerbefore he or she can strike again.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia\\nDescription: ['Mehru Jaffer was born and brought up in Lucknow. She teaches Islam in South Asia at the Webster University and the University of Vienna, Austria. She is the author of The Book of Muhammad and The Book of Muinuddin Chishti. This is her third book.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Compelling Evidence\\nDescription: [\\\"YA-- Ben Potter, successful lawyer and possible U. S. Supreme Court nominee, is found dead in his office--suicide or murder? All of the police evidence points to foul play, and his beautiful young wife, Talia, stands trial for a crime she claims she didn't commit--or did she? Paul Madriani defends Talia, but, in doing so, exposes a part of his own life that he would like to forget. This gripping, fast-paced novel will hold YAs' attention from beginning to startling conclusion. - Robert Lisker, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", \\\"A year after he's fired from the California law firm of Potter, Skarpellos by Ben Potter, who's found out he's having an affair with Ben's wife Talia, corporate-turned-criminal lawyer Paul Madriani is asked to join Talia's defense--on a charge of murdering Ben on the eve of his nomination to the Supreme Court. It's the other partner, Tony (``the Greek'') Skarpellos, who inveigles Madriani to put aside two other investigations--helping county medical examiner George Cooper figure out who abandoned his daughter to burn to death after a car crash, and defending high- profile hooker Susan Hawley, who doesn't want to implicate her well- placed clients in ``boinkgate'' even if she's granted immunity--and to sign on as assisting counsel to nitwit glamourpuss Gibert Cheetam, who promptly runs Talia's defense into the ground and jumps ship after the grand jury indicts her. So Madriani, his affair with Talia making him painfully vulnerable, takes over as chief counsel, infuriating his estranged wife Nikki even before he realizes that Skarpellos, who stands to inherit the hugely profitable firm if Talia takes the rap, has set him up. Martini (The Simeon Chamber, 1988), whose early scenes could have used some advice from assisting counsel too (the obligatory between-the-sheets flashback is introduced by noting ``the cold wetness of my own passions, a small portion of which had pooled in the creases of the sheets beneath where her loins had rested''), rouses himself for the well-paced trial scenes, which heat up even further when news of the Talia/Madriani affair reaches the ears of the presiding judge, determined that no mistrial's going to stand in the way of his reelection--and when Madriani decides to pin his hopes on an all-out assault on Skarpellos. The final surprise, though, is eminently guessable. Martini is no Scott Turow--his characters are thinner, his prose flabbier--but his legal intrigue will probably keep you up just as late. (Book-of-the-Month Dual Selection for Spring) -- Copyright 1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Tongue: Anatomy, Kinematics and Diseases (Human Anatomy and Physiology)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Last Mile\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Guitar Repair Manual\\nDescription: [\\\"Book in good condition, text in English. Esemplare in buone condizioni, testo in inglese. Ingiallimento di pagine e tagli; brunimento, lievi segni d'usura e macchie in copertina. Scritta a penna in ultima pagina. Rare sottolineature e note in matita.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blood Flag: A Paul Madriani Novel\\nDescription: ['Martini knows how to craft suspenseful and twist-filled legal thrillersMartini knows how to craft suspenseful and twist-filled legal thrillers. . . . The tight and personal stories are so juicy. . . . One of the better mysteries in the Madriani series. (Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers)
The novel boasts the sure-handed, suspenseful storytelling that Martinis fans have come to expect. Martini holds serve with his 14th Paul Madriani thriller, in which Hitlers evil legacy continues to haunt survivors of World War II. (Kirkus Reviews)
Get ready for a great read. If 10 stars could be given, Martini rates them all. (Suspense Magazine)
Steve Martinis writing is smooth, clear and easy to become immersed in. The integrity he writes into his characters feels as fresh as a Pacific Ocean breeze. A rewarding read with strong characters and an outstanding sense of realism. (Mystery Scene)
With plenty of surprises waiting just around each corner, Blood Flag is a fast-paced thriller that picks up steam on its way to a shocking, climactic ending that most readers will not see coming. (Therealbookspy.com)
The spooky, conspiratorial tone and nature of Blood Flag harks to those great Robert Ludlum international romps. . . . A slam-bang tale with as many twists as pages. A perfect summer read. (Providence Journal on Blood Flag)', '', 'When Emma Brauer is blamed in the mercy killing of her father, Paul Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, step in to defend her. Insisting shes innocent, Emma tells Madriani about a package sent to her father. Bequeathed to him by a fellow soldier from World War II, the box contains only a key and a slip of paper.', 'Madriani uncovers a trail leading to a mysterious talismana feared Nazi relic known as the Blood Flag. Soaked in the blood of a fallen Nazi follower, it went missing at the end of the war, turning it into a historic prize sought by collectors and others with darker motives. Racing to locate the artifact before it falls into the wrong hands, Madriani is in for the fight of his life.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Traps to Catch Dinner eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rise to Rebellion\\nDescription: [\\\"Once more breathing vigor and passion into the dusty annals of our nation's history, the author of the bestselling Civil War trilogy (Gods and Generals; The Last Full Measure; Gone for Soldiers) demonstrates an ever-growing level of literary competence in the first installment of his projected two-volume saga of the American Revolution. Spanning the crucible years beginning with the Boston Massacre in March 1770 and continuing through the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July, 4, 1776, the story is told from the perspective of a handful of characters well known from our history books. In Boston, the Sons of Liberty activist Samuel Adams and his younger, more intellectual and oratorical second cousin, John Adams, speak out against King George III. In London there's aging Philadelphian Benjamin Franklin, who has resided for a number of years abroad, an agent for home colony Pennsylvania (and others). In New York, Gen. Thomas Gage is the ranking British officer on American soil. And heroic colonial planter George Washington has risen to full colonel in the Virginia militia fighting for George III during the French and Indian War. This masterful dramatization of the fateful escalation of the rebellion following the Boston Massacre moves from the battles of 1775 at Lexington, Concord, Fort Ticonderoga, Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston, through the convening in 1776 of the Continental Congress and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Richly embroidered with portraits of such heroes as Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Thomas Jefferson, the tapestry chronicles America's plunge toward liberty. (July; on-sale June 12)Forecast: Ballantine is bringing out the big guns for this one: major advertising, a Boston launch, a 13-city author tour and Fourth of July Gettysburg media appearances. Simultaneous BDD Audio. Expect patriotic sales.\\\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \\\"The first of two projected novels on the American Revolution, Rebellion takes the reader from the Boston Massacre to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Shaara's (Gone for Soldiers) sympathies are evident on every page: the Adamses, Washington, and Franklin are his heroes, as is Abigail Adams, who, though she chafes at the restrictions imposed on her gender, supports her family as husband John travels to and from the Continental Congress. Their adversaries are harsh but wavering (General Gage), venal (Governor Hutchinson), and uncomprehending (the monstrous George III). These are not cardboard figures, however, but complicated human beings making difficult decisions in the midst of a crisis for which old wisdom holds no workable answers. Ultimately, what raises this fine novel above jingoism is the author's ability to make our national myths sing and our country's history come to vibrant life. Recommended. - David Keymer, California State Univ., Stanislaus Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: O Ye Jigs & Juleps!: A humorous slice of Americana by a turn-of-the-century pixie, aged ten\\nDescription: [\\\"An adult's guide to the child's world of 1904 written by a turn-of-the-century pixie who's like everybody's kid sister. She's as precocious as Eloise combined with the innocence of Dennis the Menace. She's charming, sincere, devilish and irresistible. And she's real! Virginia Carey Hudson was ten when she wrote these essays for a very understanding teacher in her Episcopal boarding school. The distinctive early American flavor adds to the entertainment as Virgina expresses herself while naively trouncing the concepts of school, the sacraments, church etiquette, everlasting life, spring, the library, personal appearance, strolling and the religions of China. It's a child's collection of impressions and an adult's come-uppance.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In\\nDescription: ['BERNIE SANDERS ran as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 2015 and 2016. He served as mayor of Burlington, Vermonts largest city, for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991. He was elected to the Senate in 2007 and is now in his second term, making him the longest-serving independent in the history of the Congress. He lives in Burlington, Vermont, with his wife, Jane, and has four children and seven grandchildren.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Flower of Death\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Camino Island: A Novel\\nDescription: ['Tasty . . . a fresh, fun departure. . .sheer catnip. . .a most agreeable summer destination. USA Today', 'John Grisham is the author of thirty novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Striker Assist (Jake Maddox Sports Stories)\\nDescription: [\\\"Sean Tiffany has worked as an illustrator for more than twenty-five years. He has illustrated more than sixty children's books for Capstone and has been an instructor at the famed Joe Kubert School in northern New Jersey. He mixes his love of comics, art, and rock and roll in the multimedia project OilCan Drive. Raised on a small island off the coast of Maine, Sean now resides in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Monika, their son, James, and a house full of entirely too many guitars.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: What It Is Like to Go to War\\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: With unflinching honesty, bestselling author Karl Marlantes captures What It Is Like to Go to War in his compassionate, powerful narrative on Vietnam. By recounting experiences that, outside the arena of war, are horrifying or embarrassing for the soldiers who lived them, Marlantes exposes veterans\\\\' self-destructive code of silence as the price for re-entering our society. American pop culture celebrates the warrior spirit, winning the battle, but the reality for soldiers is that reconciling the moral conduct we are taughtwith the brutal acts we do in war has been a problem for warriors of good conscience for centuries. Marlantes tempers the brutal truths of fear, power games, and courage with a thoughtful prescription for our soldiers well-being; caring for our soldiers and their families differently will benefit society as a whole. In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes sets a new standard for understanding the experience of war. --Seira Wilson', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Energy Balance Diet: Lose Weight, Control Your Cravings and Even Out Your Energy\\nDescription: ['paper back book', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Origin: A Novel (Robert Langdon)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Fans of The Da Vinci Code rejoice! Professor Robert Langdon is again solving the mysteries of the universe.\\\" --People Magazine
\\\"A brisk new book that pits creationism against science, and is liable to stir up as much controversy asThe Da Vinci Codedid. In Origin, the brash futurist Edmond Kirsch comes up with a theory so bold, so daring that, as he modestly thinks to himself in Browns beloved italics, It will not shake your foundations. It will shatter them. Kirsch is of course addressing The World, because thats the scale on which Brown writes. Brown and serious ideas: they do fit together, never more than they have in Origin.\\\" -Janet Maslin,The New York Times \\\"Originasks the questionsWhere do we come from? Where are we going?They are questions about humanity--but they could just as easily be questions about Robert Langdon. The Mickey Mouse watch-wearing, claustrophobic, always-near-trouble symbology professor is back in Dan Browns latest book. And just like he was in his original exploits (Angels & DemonsandThe Da Vinci Code), Dr. Langdon is once again wrapped up in a global-scale event that could have massive ramifications on the worlds religions.As he does in all his novels, Brown[s] extensive research on art, architecture, and history informs every page.\\\" --Entertainment Weekly
\\\"Entertaining . . . Loyal fans of his globetrotting symbologist Robert Langdon will no doubt be thrilled with the fifth book in the series.\\\" --USA Today
\\\"Dan Brown is once again taking on the big questions: God and science and the future of the world. Origin is a familiar blend of travelogue, history, conspiracies and whodunit, with asides on everything from the poetry of William Blake to the rise and fall of fascism in Spain.\\\" --Associated Press
\\\"The bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code is back with a new book that looks to the future. Originfeatures many of Browns signature themes. An evil, Catholic-adjacent cult, in this case the Palmarian Church, is behind some murders. Gems from art history are the key to solving the mystery. [And] if the reader is in it for the thrill and the twist, the faithful will be glad to hear that theres aDa Vinci Code-esque background to Robert Langdons mission.\\\" --The New Republic', 'Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress.
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A realistic, unflinching look at high school bullying and teenage redemption. --Kirkus Reviews
A realistic, unflinching look at high school bullying and teenage redemption. --Kirkus Reviews
A realistic, unflinching look at high school bullying and teenage redemption. --Kirkus Reviews', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Kona with Jonah (Coffee Cup Bible Studies)\nDescription: ['
', 'Wanted: Extraordinary Bible studies for ordinary people, scholarly explanations-but in plain English. ', \"Found : Sandra Glahn's remarkable Coffee Cup Series! Glahn sets theological content into a conversational style for any reader to enjoy.\", 'Kelley Matthews, ThM, coauthor New Doors in Ministry to Women', '', 'Sandra Glahn skillfully weaves biblical examples with modern-day experience. Great for any individual or group"', 'Katy Anderson Ministry to Women Coordinator Bent Tree Bible Fellowship', '
', \"Sandra Glahn author of the Coffee Cup Bible Study Series, is editor in chief of Kindred Spirit, the magazine of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS),  where she teaches journalism, creative writing, and the role of women in ministry. She brings nearly two decades of women's ministry experience to her writing, which includes authoring or coauthoring four medical suspense novels, two books on infertility, and two on marital issues. Currently pursuing a Ph.D in aesthetic studies, Sandra also serves on the board of the Evangelical Press Association and is a contributing blogger at Tapestry, the women's leadership site at bible.org.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven\nDescription: ['A collection of 22 powerful short stories by Spokane Indian writer Alexie. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '\"A compelling and impressive collection.\" -- --Washington Times
\"Alexie blends an almost despairing social realism with jolting flashes of visionary fantasy and a quirky sense of gallows humor.\" -- --The Bloomsbury Review
\"Stunning and compelling. Alexie is a visionary and by far the best writer I\\'ve seen published in recent years.\" -- --Talk of the Town, Washington
\"These spare, disturbing stories trace with stark, lyric power the experience of American Indians in the modern world.\" -- --New York Times Book Review', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Performance Marketing with Google Analytics: Strategies and Techniques for Maximizing Online ROI\nDescription: ['Hit your target market every time', 'How do visitors get to your Web site? What do they do when they get there? How many do business with your company? How can you turn more visitors into customers?', \"Google Analytics can tell you. You don't have to be a Web guru; just follow the practical advice of these experts. Their case studies and step-by-step guidance demonstrate how to improve your marketing strategy with Google Analytics. They'll even tell you where to find help when you need it.\", 'Save 50% on the Google Analytics Individual Qualification Test (GA IQ). Details inside', '', 'Sebastian Tonkin is an entrepreneur and former member of the Google Analytics Marketing Team.', 'Caleb Whitmore is a veteran Google Analytics Authorized Consultant and Founder of Analytics Pros, a company dedicated to empowering and supporting Google Analytics users.', 'Justin Cutroni is author of the popular blog Analytics Talk, a Google Analytics Seminars leader and a consultant who helps companies understand how they can get greatest value from Google Analytics.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Meditations (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born to an upper-class Roman family in A.D. 121 and was later adopted by the future emperor Antoninus Pius, whom he succeeded in 161. His reign was marked by a successful campaign against Parthia, but was overshadowed in later years by plague, an abortive revolt in the eastern provinces, and the deaths of friends and family, including his co-emperor Lucius Verus. A student of philosophy from his earliest youth, he was especially influenced by the first-century Stoic thinker Epictetus. His later reputation rests on his Meditations, written during his later years and never meant for formal publication. He died in 180, while campaigning against the barbarian tribes on Rome’s northern frontier.']","rejected":"Title: Clinical Neuroanatomy\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two\nDescription: ['\"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find.\" Booklist, starred review
\"With its multicultural themes and well-told WWII history, this will appeal to a wide audience.\" Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\"An inspiring and beautiful book about one of our most beloved elders, a modern Buddhist saint.\" —Jack Kornfield, author, A Path with Heart
\"Reading these reflections of Dipa Ma rouses the faith that being in her presence always did.\" —Sylvia Boorstein, author, It\\'s Easier Than You Think
\"This is a real treasure. Dipa Ma comes through as such a gentle, disarming, fierce, sweet presence. She is completely irresistible.\" —Toinette Lippe, author, Nothing Left Over
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Whether you're a searcherof truth, a student of religions, or just curious about what makesBuddhism such a widely practiced religion, this friendly guidedefines the important terms, explains key concepts, and exploresin-depth the origins of this fascinating ancient practice, alongwith daily observances, celebrations, meditation, and more.\", \"Buddhism 101 grasp how Buddhism can be regarded as areligion, a philosophy of life, and a practical approach to dealingwith life's problems\", 'Buddha in full gear get the 411 on the life and times ofthe historical Buddha, known as Gautama or Shakyamuni, and thebasic teachings attributed to him', 'Trace the routes discover how Buddhism developed inIndia and evolved as it spread from country to country acrossAsia', 'To be a Buddhist find out how followers bring Buddhisminto their everyday lives, learn how to practice meditation, andtake a tour of the major Buddhist pilgrimage sites', 'Open the book and find:', 'The origins and philosophy of Buddhism', 'Buddhist practices of wisdom and compassion', 'The life and teachings of the historical Buddha', 'How to develop a meditation practice', 'Buddhist attitudes toward life and death', 'A look at four Buddhist masters', \"Ten ways Buddhism can help you deal with life's problems\", 'Learn to:', 'Understand the fundamental beliefs and history of Buddhism', 'Grasp the continuing relevance of the Dalai Lama', '', 'Jonathan Landaw is the former English Translation Editor,Translation Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.', 'Stephan Bodian has studied and practices several schoolsof Buddhism.', 'Gudrun Bhnemann, Professor, teaches the SanskritLanguage and its literature, along with courses on the religions ofSouth Asia.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: When Hell Was in Session: A Personal Story of Survival as a P.O.W. in North Vietnam\nDescription: ['On July 18, 1965, Jeremiah Denton was shot down near Thanh Hoa. He spent almost eight years in North Vietnamese POW camps. During a 1966 television interview arranged by the North Vietnamese, Denton blinked in Morse Code, spelling out T-O-R-T-U-R-E with his eyes: the first confirmation Americans in Vietnam faced torture.Denton won election to the U.S. Senate in 1980.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Late Scholar\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* We know from internal evidence that it is 1952. The Duke of Denver, Peter Wimsey; his wife, the Duchess, who writes mysteries under her birth name, Harriet Vane; and the ever-present, ever-indispensable manservant, Bunter, are in receipt of a letter from St. Severins, Oxford. It seems that Peter is the Visitor for the college, and a dispute has come up that he must adjudicate. Shall the college, in dire financial straits, sell a Boethius manuscript? This allows Walsh to write a love letter to Oxford, city and university; to illuminate the large and petty disagreements, both scholarly and personal, that then as now drive academe; to provide a rather alarming number of corpses; and to allow Peter, Harriet, and Bunter to do what they do best. Our beloved characters are not so much in evidence as Oxford itself is, but their words are taken with delight. There are glimpses, too, of Peters mother, elderly and frail but adorable as ever; of their oldest son, Bredon, who struggles with a future that does not include Balliol; and of Peter Bunter, who has set his sights on the London School of Economics. It does not have quite the tie to Sayers as have earlier volumes in the series, nor does it possess the power of The Attenbury Emeralds (2011), but it is delicious nonetheless. --GraceAnne A. DeCandido', '', \"In The Late Scholar, Ms. Walsh once more succeeds in emulating and extending her late inspiration's unusual mixture of drama and foolishness, poetry and prattle, local color and grim undercurrents. The Wall Street Journal\", \"Cleverly plotted....Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight. Sayers fans can only hope for more. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Late Scholar\", 'An entertaining and convoluted puzzle for readers who enjoy Golden Age mysteries. Library Journal', 'Delicious. Booklist (starred review)', 'Fans will eagerly welcome back their beloved sleuth and enjoy seeing Harriet hold her own in a thoughtfully constructed mystery. Kirkus Reviews', \"Faithful to Sayers' legacy and amplified by Walsh's own considerable talents, The Late Scholar offers a smart plot, a look at beloved characters' later lives and an evocative examination of academia. Readers will hope that it's not the last installment in a rewarding and authentic continuation of a cherished series. Richmond Times-Dispatch\", 'If you love the books of Dorothy L. Sayers as I do, you will be elated to learn that Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane are at their scholarly and detective best in [The Late Scholar].Somewhere Sayers is applauding. Mystery Scene', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Kane (A Kane Novel)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Dalai Lama's Cat\nDescription: ['\"What a joy to spend some intimate time with the Dalai Lama glimpsed through the devoted eyes of his adventurous cat, Mousie-Tung. This charming and highly entertaining book will cheer you up and warm your heart. Curl up with The Dalai Lama’s Cat.\" — Michael Carroll, author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader
\"This enchanting story is a rare treat. I highly recommend it!\" — Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., author of Conscious Loving and The First Rule of Ten', 'David Michie is the best-selling author of Buddhism for Busy People, Hurry Up and Meditate, and Enlightenment to Go.Website: www.davidmichie.com']","rejected":"Title: Asking Questions : An Inspector Ghote Mystery\nDescription: [\"At the Mira Behn Institute for Medical Research someone is smuggling out a dangerous drug, made from the venom of poisonous snakes. Inspector Ghote's suspect is the snake-handler Chandra Chagoo, but Chagoo's now lying dead on the floor of the Reptile Room, a viper slithering across his back.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Dalai Lama's Cat\nDescription: ['\"What a joy to spend some intimate time with the Dalai Lama glimpsed through the devoted eyes of his adventurous cat, Mousie-Tung. This charming and highly entertaining book will cheer you up and warm your heart. Curl up with The Dalai Lama’s Cat.\" — Michael Carroll, author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader
\"This enchanting story is a rare treat. I highly recommend it!\" — Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., author of Conscious Loving and The First Rule of Ten', 'David Michie is the best-selling author of Buddhism for Busy People, Hurry Up and Meditate, and Enlightenment to Go.Website: www.davidmichie.com']","rejected":"Title: A Blessing of Peace\nDescription: [\"This blessing, like all his other book length blessings, proceeds out of Welleran Poltarnees' belief that focused thought, reinforced with beautiful images, has the power to beneficially change people's lives. With this volume he hopes to bring to those who open it a portion of peace, a state admittedly dificult for most of us to achieve. He evokes drifting clouds, early morning light, mountain lakes, blooming meadows, and many other aspects of nature in this bestowal.\", 'The pictures, as in all of the books in this series, are drawn from a great variety of sources, and have both visual excellence and unfamiliarity.', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life in Prison\nDescription: ['Stanley \"Tookie\" Williams was on death row at San Quentin State Prison from 1991 until his execution by lethal injection in December, 2005.
Barbara Cottman Becnel has been interviewing Stanley Williams since 1993 and has collaborated with him on his numerous anti-gang education projects. She lives in northern California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Angel Blessings: Cards of Sacred Guidance and Inspiration [With 44 Cards] [ANGEL BLESSINGS W/CARDS REV/E] [Paperback]\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Comanche\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Oahspe Bible V1 a New Bible in the Words of Jehovih and His Angel Embassadors\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lhasa Trilogy\nDescription: [\"Gary D. Conrad's book, The Lhasa Trilogy, was revealed as the winner in both the New Age Fiction and Visionary Fiction categories of The 2012 International Book Awards. Over 300 winners and finalists were announced on May 23, 2012 in over 100 categories covering print, ebooks and audio books. --JPX Media Group in Los Angles, CA
This intriguing novel by Gary Conrad brings together East and West and shines an interesting light on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and reincarnation. Enjoy it -- I certainly did! --Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now\", '', 'In this intriguing book, we are transported on a journey from the dark into the light, a pathway we must all take in our quest for the Ultimate Reality. Highly recommended. --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions', '', 'The Lhasa Trilogy is a great story well told. Gary Conrad takes you on a magnificent journey across cultures and across time with scenes so vivid you will think you were there. It is filled with cultural and spiritual insights that will delight you, inform you and inspire you. It is a wonder filled book and worth the read! --D. Franklin Schultz, author of A Language of the Heart', '', \"Gary Conrad's novel tells the fascinating story of the spiritual journey of Matthew Walker Johnson through war and peace, love and death, despair and enlightenment. The book is also a masterful introduction to the tenets of Tibetan Buddhism, using Buddhist teachings to weave together three lives in one of the most innovative plots I have ever encountered. The emotionality of the book touched me deeply. --Richard S. Ellis, author of Blinding Pain, Simple Truth\", '', 'Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation', '', \"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --Prepublication endorsements
Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation\", '', \"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --prepublication endorsements
This intriguing novel by Gary Conrad brings together East and West and shines an interesting light on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and reincarnation. Enjoy it -- I certainly did! --Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now\", '', 'In this intriguing book, we are transported on a journey from the dark into the light, a pathway we must all take in our quest for the Ultimate Reality. Highly recommended. --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions', '', 'The Lhasa Trilogy is a great story well told. Gary Conrad takes you on a magnificent journey across cultures and across time with scenes so vivid you will think you were there. It is filled with cultural and spiritual insights that will delight you, inform you and inspire you. It is a wonder filled book and worth the read! --D. Franklin Schultz, author of A Language of the Heart', '', \"Gary Conrad's novel tells the fascinating story of the spiritual journey of Matthew Walker Johnson through war and peace, love and death, despair and enlightenment. The book is also a masterful introduction to the tenets of Tibetan Buddhism, using Buddhist teachings to weave together three lives in one of the most innovative plots I have ever encountered. The emotionality of the book touched me deeply. --Richard S. Ellis, Blinding Pain, Simple Truth\", '', 'Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation', '', \"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --Prepublication endorsements
Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation\", '', \"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --prepublication endorsements\", \"On a frigid night at Tibet's Drepung Monastery, Lama Tenzin Tashi is awakened by a fervent knocking on his door. Quickly he realizes these raps are a dreaded harbinger, one which will launch him on a quest to satisfy a vow, a blasphemous promise he wishes he had never made. But at this point, the lama has no other choice. The journey must be undertaken, no matter the cost. Thus begins an odyssey that spans not only his life, but also the life of a man born near the small town of Davidson, Oklahoma. Who could comprehend how inexplicably intertwined their pathways would become as they pushed aside the veil that concealed the hidden secrets of death?\"]","rejected":"Title: Understanding Contemporary Gangs in America: An Interdisciplinary Approach\nDescription: ['', ' \"Petersen has done a great job including articles that are academically challenging, yet not too difficult. The articles selected are ones of academic rigor [yet] the review questions at the end of each chapter are helpful to ensure a basic understanding of the material.\" Kimberly Tobin, Westfield State College ', ' \"The material included in the reader is current and written by some of the top researchers on gangs. This reader is unique because it covers victimization of gang members, not a topic covered in most books on gangs, and really is an important component.\" Patricia O\\'Donnell Brummett, California State University-Northridge
', ' \"This is a good reader. It covers [various] important issues and topics associated with the phenomenon of contemporary gangs. The articles included are well chosen and up-to-date.\" Stephen Brodt, Ball State University ', '', '', 'Understanding Contemporary Gangs 1n America: An Interdisciplinary Approach, edited by Rebecca D. Petersen, offers a unique perspective on current gang issues with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, understandable and contemporary format accessible for undergraduate students, academicians, practitioners, and policymakers. line of the most important components of this anthology is the inclusion of a variety of contemporary works on gangs. A diversity of current gang topics and issues are covered including: understanding and defining gangs; gender issues; race and ethnicity; gangs in prisons and schools; violence and drugs; gang victimization; and prevention and intervention programs and policies.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life (South Dakota Biography Series)\nDescription: ['A fascinating and remarkable book that deserves a place on the shelf of every Laura fan. --The Homesteader
Pamela Smith Hill has [created] a work of considerable scholarship and insight. . . . She has dealt along the way with numerous issues raised by critics and by the general readership, together with other matters that few have previously thought to discuss. In all of this, her extensive research, her careful scholarship and her measured style, combined with her obvious enthusiasm for her subject, have produced a work which we believe adds in substantial measure to the critical literature involving Wilder and Lane. --The Little House Heritage Trust
I vote for Pamela Smith Hill s book. I ve read all of the Bio s about Laura and felt that this one was one of the best. It gave a very clear portrait of the relationship Laura and Rose had while writing the books. It pointed out very clearly that even if Rose had some participation with editing/story development, the stories were Laura s. Smith points out that Rose s experience with writing fiction was limited, that she wrote for magazines and was not generally considered a fiction writer. Only short stories. --Lori Berg, Beyond Little House', 'Pamela Smith Hill is the editor of Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (2014) and three historical novels for young adults Ghost Horses, The Last Grail Keeper, and Voice from the Border. She has taught creative and professional writing at universities in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado, as well as a course on Laura Ingalls Wilder through Missouri State University. She grew up forty miles from Rocky Ridge Farm, launched her writing career not far from De Smet, and now lives and works in Portland, Oregon.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cohering the Integral We Space: Engaging Collective Emergence, Wisdom and Healing in Groups\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mindfulness And Murder\nDescription: ['Nick Wilgus is a writer and senior subeditor for the \"Outlook\" section of the Bangkok Post.']","rejected":"Title: Math Workbooks 3rd Grade: Fractions (Baby Professor Learning Books)\nDescription: ['Baby Professor showcases a collection of subjects that would be educational for kids to help them learn how to do something themselves or shows how something is done or how it came about. Children love to learn through attractive visuals and Baby Prof. is the perfect starting point to get your child the head start he or she needs for the future. Our Motto - \"Learning is Fun, so let\\'s Make it Fun to Learn\".', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sister Suicide: A Father Ananda Mystery\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Suicide Squad (2001 - 2002) #1 eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo\nDescription: ['Parks talents for observation dont coalesce into a comprehensive project. Modernity, Italys relation to Europe, immigration, public-private corruption, byzantine pricing and routing, and resisting change are too many complex concepts to analyze from cramped compartments. Riding in trains hearing regional accents results in slow unification of the language. Perhaps, but then we jump off to another topic. Unlike homogeneous Italy, U.S. cities have lost cohesion and identity; this better describes the book. Parks believes that Italy is a nation at ease with the distance between ideal and real. They are beyond what we call hypocrisy. Quite simply they do not register the contradiction between rhetoric and behavior. Its an enviable mind-set. Parks, not native not stranger, writes of commuting between major cities, southern Italys routes, station histories, buying tickets, encounters onboard. He treats this material with his tremendous novelists power but not curating or culling it thematically. Parks is too much of a character in this nonfiction exploration of whether Italy is a modern nation; watching sweating illegal-immigrant trinket sellers, he deems them happy with their lot since they are chatting. His inner monologues distract, undermining ethos from his larger vision. --Cynthia-Marie OBrien', \"This mix of piercing social observation and undying affection for Italy is classic Parks. - Rachel Donadio, New York Times
[S]o inviting you might find yourself tempted to give the experience a whirl and ride the Italian trains yourself, book in hand. - Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review
This is the best book Ive ever read about Italy. Never have I encountered a more insightful and hilarious insider/outsider portrait of the country at the center of Western civilization. Tim Parks should be given a villa in Rome and the title of English ambassador. - Sean Wilsey, author of Oh the Glory of It All
[A] treat equivalent to a ride on the Orient Express Italian Ways is no Ferrari on rails but instead something much better: a slow train so thoughtfully appointed that one never thinks to look out the window or care about the destination. - Ben Downing, The Wall Street Journal
There is no way that Italian Ways should workbut somehow it does work. How? Partly because the book is, as Tim Parks says, a search for the Italian character, which he evokes in dozens of gorgeously written scenes; but beyond that Parks is exploring the dynamic between tradition and innovationUnderneath everything, Parks is trying to come to a point of loving the world in all its confusion and frustration, and by books end he does, he does. Bravo. - David Shields, author of How Literature Saved My Life
Enchanting travels with the good-natured Parks. - Kirkus Reviews
Tim Parks has written a book about Italian railways that is engrossing, entertaining, and wonderfully revealing about the country and its people. It makes perfect armchair travelling a delight from beginning to end. - David Lodge, author of Changing Places
Tim Parks has reinvented the narrative of the train journey with an epic voyage into the essence of Italy itself. With a novelists keen eye he mines absurdity and deep meaning from small, overlooked moments and gestures. - Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic
[Parks is] a perfect guidean outsider, but one with a deep familiarity and respect (plus a dash of exasperated skepticism)to the countrys celebrated eccentricities. Parks has a charming voice and a novelists eye. - Chlo Schama, Smithsonian
Bernies been in the forefront of all the crucial environmental fights of recent years. Bill McKibben, cofounder of 350.org
Bernie is the real thing. Hes not about reading the polls and finding out what he needs to say in order to get elected. Hes about an unwavering commitment to basic justice, equality and sound financial sense. Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerrys and founder of Stampede: Stamp Money out of Politics
I feel weird using words like values and morals because those are words that have been co-opted to justify terrible things like bigotry and greed. Id like to take those words back and use them to describe Bernie Sanders because his moral compass and sense of values inspire me. Sarah Silverman, comedian and social commentator
Praise for the previous edition, Outsider in the House:
A clear, compelling and comprehensive vision for reinvigorating democracy, reducing poverty, rebuilding the middle class and restructuring our health care and education systems. Sanders gives us a vision of the day when we will no longer be outsiders in the House. In These Times
Outsider in the House is a rare achievement: a concise, compelling book that both tells an interesting story and provides a readable, down-to-earth blueprint for political change. The Onion
A road map for how progressives can win elections and not be a part of the two party duopoly. Ralph Nader
A grass-roots how-to guide, especially helpful and inspirational for prospective independent candidatesa firsthand description of the career of the most successful American socialist politician in modern times. The Hill', \"Bernie Sanderswas elected to the US Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history. Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People's Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermonts at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Death on a Budget (Emerson Ward Mystery)\nDescription: ['After the apparent shotgun suicide of Emerson Wards childhood friend Lou Barrett, the Chicago freelance sleuth heads back home to Huntley, Ill., for the funeral in Sherers competent but uneven sixth whodunit (after 2006s Death Is No Bargain). Meanwhile, Emersons girlfriend, Nell Reilly, threatens to leave for Seattle with their two-year-old daughter, Emily, to visit her cancer-stricken mother. Emerson was planning to drive back to Chicago the afternoon of the funeral, but decides to stick around after Lous sister, Meg Brodsky, asks him to investigate Lous death. Danger erupts after Emerson asks too many questions about Lous business partner, Pete Anderson, and a shady mall development thats left many investors in hot water. Emerson becomes increasingly alarmed as clues from the past dovetail with those from the present, leading to a surprising resolution that could have used more foreshadowing. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Outsider in the White House: Special Audio Edition\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Vida Con Picasso (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The London Blitz Murders\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Baron: The Cat Returns\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\nDescription: ['\"The best book of the year so far.\" Entertainment Weekly
A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve. Financial Times
A shocking whodunitWhat more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask? USA Today
A master of the detective formKillers is something rather deep and not easily forgotten. Wall St. Journal
Extraordinary Time Magazine', 'Chapter 1
The Vanishing
In April, millions of tiny flowers spread over the blackjack hills and vast prairies in the Osage territory of Oklahoma. There are Johnny-jump-ups and spring beauties and little bluets. The Osage writer John Joseph Mathews observed that the galaxy of petals makes it look as if the gods had left confetti. In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water. The necks of the smaller flowers break and their petals flutter away, and before long they are buried underground. This is why the Osage Indians refer to May as the time of the flower-killing moon.
On May 24, 1921, Mollie Burkhart, a resident of the Osage settlement town of Gray Horse, Oklahoma, began to fear that something had happened to one of her three sisters, Anna Brown. Thirty-four, and less than a year older than Mollie, Anna had disappeared three days earlier. She had often gone on sprees, as her family disparagingly called them: dancing and drinking with friends until dawn. But this time one night had passed, and then another, and Anna had not shown up on Mollies front stoop as she usually did, with her long black hair slightly frayed and her dark eyes shining like glass. When Anna came inside, she liked to slip off her shoes, and Mollie missed the comforting sound of her moving, unhurried, through the house. Instead, there was a silence as still as the plains.
Mollie had already lost her sister Minnie nearly three years earlier. Her death had come with shocking speed, and though doctors had attributed it to a peculiar wasting illness, Mollie harbored doubts: Minnie had been only twenty-seven and had always been in perfect health.
Like their parents, Mollie and her sisters had their names inscribed on the Osage Roll, which meant that they were among the registered members of the tribe. It also meant that they possessed a fortune. In the early 1870s, the Osage had been driven from their lands in Kansas onto a rocky, presumably worthless reservation in northeastern Oklahoma, only to discover, decades later, that this land was sitting above some of the largest oil deposits in the United States. To obtain that oil, prospectors had to pay the Osage for leases and royalties. In the early twentieth century, each person on the tribal roll began receiving a quarterly check. The amount was initially for only a few dollars, but over time, as more oil was tapped, the dividends grew into the hundreds, then the thousands. And virtually every year the payments increased, like the prairie creeks that joined to form the wide, muddy Cimarron, until the tribe members had collectively accumulated millions and millions of dollars. (In 1923 alone, the tribe took in more than $30 million, the equivalent today of more than $400 million.) The Osage were considered the wealthiest people per capita in the world. Lo and behold! the New York weekly Outlook exclaimed. The Indian, instead of starving to death...enjoys a steady income that turns bankers green with envy.
The public had become transfixed by the tribes prosperity, which belied the images of American Indians that could be traced back to the brutal first contact with whitesthe original sin from which the country was born. Reporters tantalized their readers with stories about the plutocratic Osage and the red millionaires, with their brick-and-terra-cotta mansions and chandeliers, with their diamond rings and fur coats and chauffeured cars. One writer marveled at Osage girls who attended the best boarding schools and wore sumptuous French clothing, as if une trs jolie demoiselle of the Paris boulevards had inadvertently strayed into this little reservation town.
At the same time, reporters seized upon any signs of the traditional Osage way of life, which seemed to stir in the publics mind visions of wild Indians. One article noted a circle of expensive automobiles surrounding an open campfire, where the bronzed and brightly blanketed owners are cooking meat in the primitive style. Another documented a party of Osage arriving at a ceremony for their dances in a private airplanea scene that outrivals the ability of the fictionist to portray. Summing up the publics attitude toward the Osage, the Washington Star said, That lament, Lo the poor Indian, might appropriately be revised to, Ho, the rich redskin.
Gray Horse was one of the reservations older settlements. These outpostsincluding Fairfax, a larger, neighboring town of nearly fifteen hundred people, and Pawhuska, the Osage capital, with a population of more than six thousandseemed like fevered visions. The streets clamored with cowboys, fortune seekers, bootleggers, soothsayers, medicine men, outlaws, U.S. marshals, New York financiers, and oil magnates. Automobiles sped along paved horse trails, the smell of fuel overwhelming the scent of the prairies. Juries of crows peered down from telephone wires. There were restaurants, advertised as cafs, and opera houses and polo grounds.
Although Mollie didnt spend as lavishly as some of her neighbors did, she had built a beautiful, rambling wooden house in Gray Horse near her familys old lodge of lashed poles, woven mats, and bark. She owned several cars and had a staff of servantsthe Indians pot-lickers, as many settlers derided these migrant workers. The servants were often black or Mexican, and in the early 1920s a visitor to the reservation expressed contempt at the sight of even whites performing all the menial tasks about the house to which no Osage will stoop.
Mollie was one of the last people to see Anna before she vanished. That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth. Unlike many of her friends, who shunned Osage clothing, Mollie wrapped an Indian blanket around her shoulders. She also didnt style her hair in a flapper bob, and instead let her long, black hair flow over her back, revealing her striking face, with its high cheekbones and big brown eyes.
Her husband, Ernest Burkhart, rose with her. A twenty-eight-year-old white man, he had the stock handsomeness of an extra in a Western picture show: short brown hair, slate-blue eyes, square chin. Only his nose disturbed the portrait; it looked as if it had taken a barroom punch or two. Growing up in Texas, the son of a poor cotton farmer, hed been enchanted by tales of the Osage Hillsthat vestige of the American frontier where cowboys and Indians were said to still roam. In 1912, at nineteen, hed packed a bag, like Huck Finn lighting out for the Territory, and gone to live with his uncle, a domineering cattleman named William K. Hale, in Fairfax. He was not the kind of a man to ask you to do somethinghe told you, Ernest once said of Hale, who became his surrogate father. Though Ernest mostly ran errands for Hale, he sometimes worked as a livery driver, which is how he met Mollie, chauffeuring her around town.
Ernest had a tendency to drink moonshine and play Indian stud poker with men of ill repute, but beneath his roughness there seemed to be a tenderness and a trace of insecurity, and Mollie fell in love with him. Born a speaker of Osage, Mollie had learned some English in school; nevertheless, Ernest studied her native language until he could talk with her in it. She suffered from diabetes, and he cared for her when her joints ached and her stomach burned with hunger. After he heard that another man had affections for her, he muttered that he couldnt live without her.
It wasnt easy for them to marry. Ernests roughneck friends ridiculed him for being a squaw man. And though Mollies three sisters had wed white men, she felt a responsibility to have an arranged Osage marriage, the way her parents had. Still, Mollie, whose family practiced a mixture of Osage and Catholic beliefs, couldnt understand why God would let her find love, only to then take it away from her. So, in 1917, she and Ernest exchanged rings, vowing to love each other till eternity.
By 1921, they had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was two years old, and a son, James, who was eight months old and nicknamed Cowboy. Mollie also tended to her aging mother, Lizzie, who had moved in to the house after Mollies father passed away. Because of Mollies diabetes, Lizzie once feared that she would die young, and beseeched her other children to take care of her. In truth, Mollie was the one who looked after all of them.
May 21 was supposed to be a delightful day for Mollie. She liked to entertain guests and was hosting a small luncheon. After getting dressed, she fed the children. Cowboy often had terrible earaches, and shed blow in his ears until he stopped crying. Mollie kept her home in meticulous order, and she issued instructions to her servants as the house stirred, everyone bustling aboutexcept Lizzie, whod fallen ill and stayed in bed. Mollie asked Ernest to ring Anna and see if, for a change, shed come over to help tend to Lizzie. Anna, as the oldest child in the family, held a special status in their mothers eyes, and even though Mollie took care of Lizzie, Anna, in spite of her tempestuousness, was the one her mother spoiled.
When Ernest told Anna that her mama needed her, she promised to take a taxi straight there, and she arrived shortly afterward, dressed in bright red shoes, a skirt, and a matching Indian blanket; in her hand was an alligator purse. Before entering, shed hastily combed her windblown hair and powdered her face. Mollie noticed, however, that her gait was unsteady, her words slurred. Anna was drunk.
Mollie couldnt hide her displeasure. Some of the guests had already arrived. Among them were two of Ernests brothers, Bryan and Horace Burkhart, who, lured by black gold, had moved to Osage County, often assisting Hale on his ranch. One of Ernests aunts, who spewed racist notions about Indians, was also visiting, and the last thing Mollie needed was for Anna to stir up the old goat.
Anna slipped off her shoes and began to make a scene. She took a flask from her bag and opened it, releasing the pungent smell of bootleg whiskey. Insisting that she needed to drain the flask before the authorities caught herit was a year into nationwide Prohibitionshe offered the guests a swig of what she called the best white mule.
Mollie knew that Anna had been very troubled of late. Shed recently divorced her husband, a settler named Oda Brown, who owned a livery business. Since then, shed spent more and more time in the reservations tumultuous boomtowns, which had sprung up to house and entertain oil workerstowns like Whizbang, where, it was said, people whizzed all day and banged all night. All the forces of dissipation and evil are here found, a U.S. government official reported. Gambling, drinking, adultery, lying, thieving, murdering. Anna had become entranced by the places at the dark ends of the streets: the establishments that seemed proper on the exterior but contained hidden rooms filled with glittering bottles of moonshine. One of Annas servants later told the authorities that Anna was someone who drank a lot of whiskey and had very loose morals with white men.
At Mollies house, Anna began to flirt with Ernests younger brother, Bryan, whom shed sometimes dated. He was more brooding than Ernest and had inscrutable yellow-flecked eyes and thinning hair that he wore slicked back. A lawman who knew him described him as a little roustabout. When Bryan asked one of the servants at the luncheon if shed go to a dance with him that night, Anna said that if he fooled around with another woman, shed kill him.
Meanwhile, Ernests aunt was muttering, loud enough for all to hear, about how mortified she was that her nephew had married a redskin. It was easy for Mollie to subtly strike back because as one of the servants attending to the aunt was whitea blunt reminder of the towns social order.
Anna continued raising Cain. She fought with the guests, fought with her mother, fought with Mollie. She was drinking and quarreling, a servant later told authorities. I couldnt understand her language, but they were quarreling. The servant added, They had an awful time with Anna, and I was afraid.
That evening, Mollie planned to look after her mother, while Ernest took the guests into Fairfax, five miles to the northwest, to meet Hale and see Bringing Up Father, a touring musical about a poor Irish immigrant who wins a million-dollar sweepstakes and struggles to assimilate into high society. Bryan, whod put on a cowboy hat, his catlike eyes peering out from under the brim, offered to drop Anna off at her house.
Before they left, Mollie washed Annas clothes, gave her some food to eat, and made sure that shed sobered up enough that Mollie could glimpse her sister as her usual self, bright and charming. They lingered together, sharing a moment of calm and reconciliation. Then Anna said good-bye, a gold filling flashing through her smile.
With each passing night, Mollie grew more anxious. Bryan insisted that hed taken Anna straight home and dropped her off before heading to the show. After the third night, Mollie, in her quiet but forceful way, pressed everyone into action. She dispatched Ernest to check on Annas house. Ernest jiggled the knob to her front doorit was locked. From the window, the rooms inside appeared dark and deserted.
Ernest stood there alone in the heat. A few days earlier, a cool rain shower had dusted the earth, but afterward the suns rays beat down mercilessly through the blackjack trees. This time of year, heat blurred the prairies and made the tall grass creak underfoot. In the distance, through the shimmering light, one could see the skeletal frames of derricks.
Annas head servant, who lived next door, came out, and Ernest asked her, Do you know where Anna is?
Before the shower, the servant said, shed stopped by Annas house to close any open windows. I thought the rain would blow in, she explained. But the door was locked, and there was no sign of Anna. She was gone.
News of her absence coursed through the boomtowns, traveling from porch to porch, from store to store. Fueling the unease were reports that another Osage, Charles Whitehorn, had vanished a week before Anna had. Genial and witty, the thirty-year-old Whitehorn was married to a woman who was part white, part Cheyenne. A local newspaper noted that he was popular among both the whites and the members of his own tribe. On May 14, hed left his home, in the southwestern part of the reservation, for Pawhuska. He never returned.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Star Trek: Vanguard #2: Summon the Thunder\nDescription: ['Dayton Ward served for eleven years in the U.S. Marine Corps before discovering the private sector and the piles of cash to be made there as a software engineer. He got his start in professional writing by placing stories in each of Pocket Books first three Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthologies. He is the author of dozens of Star Trek novels, many written in collaboration with coauthor Kevin Dilmore. He recently penned a tie-in to the cult classic television series The 4400, and is currently at work on a new Star Trek novel to be released in Fall 2010.', '', 'Though he currently lives in Kansas City with his wife, Michi, he is a Florida native and still maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers.', '', 'Readers interested in contacting Dayton or learning more about his writing, or who simply need proof that their website is cooler and better looking, are encouraged to venture to his Internet cobweb collection at www.daytonward.com.', 'Chapter Ten', '', '', '\"A little groggy there, son? You look all slumped over!\"', 'Ensign Stephen Klisiewicz raised his head from his console at the sciences station and looked across the Endeavour\\'s bridge to the source of the voice. Pointing to where his attention had been focused, he said, \"This device is a viewer, sir. It requires the user to hunch down and look into it. I understand how that might be a new concept to an engineer such as yourself, Commander. You\\'re more used to crawling into things rather than just looking into them.\"', \"Bersh glov Mog released a laugh that sounded more like a belch -- one that rose over the rest of the bridge's ambient noise -- and that was enough to set Klisiewicz to laughing a bit on his own.\", '\"Well, we all learn by doing,\" Mog replied, offering the Tellarite equivalent of a smile, which to Klisiewicsz still looked like the fierce rictus of a rabid dog.', \"The engineer's sentiment underscored the sense that, in its own slow way, the Endeavour was becoming something of a teaching vessel. Mog seemed to run engineering more as a training lab, mixing up duty rosters and making sure his staff became highly proficient at all aspects of operations rather than focusing on a single area of specialization. Khatami seemed to follow his lead by rotating untried personnel into roles of greater responsibility when opportunities arose. Even Captain Zhao seemed to make himself available to officers fresh out of the Academy, such as Klisiewicz, to discuss matters of life and duty aboard a starship.\", 'Okay, so maybe not so much in sickbay, he thought, but every place else is pretty open to a new guy like me.', \"Two hours into his duty shift, and the chief engineer had started tossing wisecracks across the bridge at his expense. Had the remark come from someone other than Mog, he surely would have held his tongue in reply. While Klisiewicz was becoming fast friends with the Tellarite chief engineer, he noticed in his first scan around the bridge that other than Mog's, there were few familiar faces.\", \"He knew Commander Khatami, of course, who in Captain Zhao's absence now occupied the Endeavour's center seat, but his conversations with her typically did not stray from whatever task was at hand. Specifically, she was the one to pass to him any information he might need in the course of his duties regarding his continual search for class-V forms of life, otherwise known as anything containing the Taurus meta-genome. Those conversations rarely were chatty; it seemed to be a sobering subject for her, he sensed.\", 'The communications officer looked familiar, but his name escaped Klisiewicz at the moment, and the navigator, Lieutenant McCormack, well, he did recognize her, as she was one of his favorite objects of secret unrequited affection on the entire ship.', 'Turning back to the science console, the ensign noted the white blinking indicator and toggled the controls to transfer the sensor data to an eye-level display. Looking over the readings, he knit his brow before turning to Khatami, who already was regarding him expectantly.', '\"Commander,\" he said, \"we\\'re registering a new power reading from the surface.\"', '\"Location?\" Khatami asked, spinning her chair to face him.', 'Klisiewicz keyed in a few commands, allowing the computer to correlate the sensor data. \"It\\'s about five kilometers northwest of the encampment and...about two kilometers beneath the planet\\'s surface.\"', '\"Anything else?\" Khatami asked.', '\"The energy signature is weak, but pretty distinctive, Commander,\" Klisiewicz replied as he entered new commands to the console, self-conscious of getting her more information as quickly as he was able. \"It\\'s definitely a geothermal source, and it\\'s slowly building in temperature.\"', '\"Keep an eye on it, Ensign,\" Khatami said, her eyes turning to the main viewer, \"Provide regular updates as appropriate, and relay those sensor readings to the survey teams on the surface.\"', '\"Aye, Commander,\" Klisiewicz said as he keyed the required commands to route the data. The swiftness of a starship\\'s response to human command was something for which he was sure he would never lose a sense of marvel.', 'Then another alert indicator flashed on his console.', '\"Commander!\" he called out to Khatami even as he bent over the hooded viewer once more. Reviewing the new stream of sensor telemetry being fed to his station, he said, \"We\\'re picking up a second power reading now.\"', '\"And?\" Khatami asked.', '\"It\\'s confirmed, sir. Same energy signature as before,\" he said, checking his calculations. \"Bearing due south of the encampment this time, less than five kilometers out.\"', '\"Any ideas, Mr. Mog?\" the first officer asked after a moment. \"Could they be activating the artifact?\"', '\"Well, we could ask,\" the engineer replied before turning back to his station.', '\"Mr. Estrada, hail Lieutenant Xiong at the encampment,\" Khatami said, \"and let\\'s see what\\'s going on down there.\"', 'Activate the artifact? Can they do that?', 'Klisiewicz involuntarily rubbed his arm as he felt goose bumps rise beneath his sleeves. His thoughts turned to Ravanar IV and the destruction dealt to the research facility there by the Tholians, who apparently had taken issue with a Federation presence on that world. According to what he had learned from rumors and other scuttlebutt around the ship, Lieutenant Xiong, who had been there along with a landing party from the U.S.S. Enterprise investigating the aftermath of an earlier Tholian attack, had barely escaped with his life.', \"And Ravanar didn't even have an intact structure, he thought, but the Tholians still wanted us to leave it the hell alone. Could the same thing happen here -- or something worse? As he turned his attention back to the incoming stream of data from the planet's two newly energized power sources, Klisiewicz could not help thinking that someone, somewhere, would learn what was happening on Erilon -- and not like it one bit.\", '', '', \"Xiong jumped from the driver's seat of the encampment's all-terrain vehicle, his face chilled by icy wind as he made his way quickly to a black, manually operated hatch -- the only distinct feature on the snow-encrusted front of a temporary structure at the base of the artifact. He turned and squinted through the bright white of swirling snow to see his five passengers step out of the side hatch of the vehicle, which had been adapted for use on Erilon with rear treads and an assembly of shock-absorbing skis mounted in place of its front axle.\", \"He waved them forward, unable to hear any crunching of their boots on the snowpack from the howling of the arctic wind. Xiong had not been on the planet long enough to get a feel for impending white-out conditions, but as he placed his gloved hands on the hatch's center wheel and strained to turn it, he had to wonder whether this was the start of some weather he did not want to witness firsthand. A form stepped alongside him to grip the wheel as well, and they both attempted to turn it again.\", '\"The automatic locks keep freezing shut!\" Xiong yelled over the wind to his helper, whom he now recognized as Captain Zhao. The two tugged to break the wheel loose of the outdoors\\' frozen grip, and after spinning it freely, Xiong pushed his weight against the door and opened it enough to admit them into the airlock.', \"Stepping back so the others could pass, Xiong clanged the hatch shut behind the last of them and started to twist the interior mate to the locking mechanism to seal it. Once the wind's whine was shut out, the room filled with the clatter of feet stamping against floor plates and hands slapping against parkas to loosen the ice crystals that had accumulated on their protective clothing just in the short amount of time they had stood outside. Xiong pushed back the fur-lined hood of his parka and moved to the opposite door.\", '\"This one\\'s a bit easier,\" he said, slipping his hand from a glove and keying a security code into a panel next to the door. As it slid open, a rush of warmer air greeted the new arrivals. They made their way briskly into a darkened, ebony-surfaced corridor, one with a graded slope that led under the planet\\'s surface, with Xiong leading them toward a dim source of light and sound several hundred meters into the structure. Their footsteps rang crisply against the smooth floors and walls of the low-ceilinged corridor, and no one spoke as Zhao stepped up into the point position of the group a few strides before they entered the control room, a move that Xiong dismissed as being more out of habit than arrogance.', '\"Report,\" the captain snapped in a voice loud enough to capture the immediate attention of the three researchers in the room. Xiong saw Lieutenant Spencer, the young, blond-haired officer with whom he had worked most closely since his arrival, draw himself up from a crouch next to a power generator and approach the group.', '\"Uh...yes, sir,\" Spencer said hesitantly to Zhao before looking at Xiong. \"Isn\\'t this information...?\"', 'Nodding as he slipped out of his parka, Xiong said, \"Captain Zhao\\'s presence is authorized, Spence. Just tell us what\\'s going on.\"', 'Spencer spoke as he turned and walked deeper into the room, prompting Xiong and Zhao to keep up. \"When I called you, we\\'d just picked up a power source activating below the surface a few kilometers from the artifact. We thought that was interesting enough to notify you. But now we have three of them.\"', 'Xiong felt his jaw go slack, and it required physical effort to keep his mouth from dropping open in surprise. \"Three? Where?\"', 'Spencer turned and pointed to the screen of a portable computer viewer propped up on a pitch-black console top in front of them. \"One northwest of us and two others south. They\\'re building in output, and we\\'re detecting some deep melt -- there!\" Spencer poked at the screen where a blinking amber dot indicated a fourth budding power level, this one situated northeast of the artifact and apparently equidistant from the others. \"They jus...', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: SPQR XII: Oracle of the Dead (The SPQR Roman Mysteries)\\nDescription: [\\\"Civil war looms between the forces of Julius Caesar and Pompey, providing an ominous background for Roberts's compelling 12th Roman historical to feature Decius Caecilius Metellus (after 2007's SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius). Recently raised to the post of praetor peregrinus, Metellus is enjoying traveling outside Rome hearing cases involving foreigners, but he gets an unexpected shock at the Oracle of the Dead near the southern Italian town of Baiae. The corpse of Eugaeon, a priest of Apollo, surfaces in the rushing stream of water inside the oracle's temple. Oddly, Eugaeon's body shows no sign of violence but is completely hairless. After the priest's missing colleagues, initially the prime suspects, also turn up dead, the astute sleuth comes to believe that these current killings are but the latest of many. Metellus puts his own life at risk in an exciting case that engages the attention of Pompey himself. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Primer of Forestry Part II - Practical Forestry\\nDescription: ['The second part deals with the practice of forestry, with work in the woods and with the relation of the forest to the weather and the streams and concludes with an account of forestry at home and abroad. 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A realistic, unflinching look at high school bullying and teenage redemption. --Kirkus Reviews
A realistic, unflinching look at high school bullying and teenage redemption. --Kirkus Reviews
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', 'Wanted: Extraordinary Bible studies for ordinary people, scholarly explanations-but in plain English. ', \\\"Found : Sandra Glahn's remarkable Coffee Cup Series! Glahn sets theological content into a conversational style for any reader to enjoy.\\\", 'Kelley Matthews, ThM, coauthor New Doors in Ministry to Women', '', 'Sandra Glahn skillfully weaves biblical examples with modern-day experience. Great for any individual or group"', 'Katy Anderson Ministry to Women Coordinator Bent Tree Bible Fellowship', '
', \\\"Sandra Glahn author of the Coffee Cup Bible Study Series, is editor in chief of Kindred Spirit, the magazine of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS),  where she teaches journalism, creative writing, and the role of women in ministry. She brings nearly two decades of women's ministry experience to her writing, which includes authoring or coauthoring four medical suspense novels, two books on infertility, and two on marital issues. Currently pursuing a Ph.D in aesthetic studies, Sandra also serves on the board of the Evangelical Press Association and is a contributing blogger at Tapestry, the women's leadership site at bible.org.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven\\nDescription: ['A collection of 22 powerful short stories by Spokane Indian writer Alexie. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '\\\"A compelling and impressive collection.\\\" -- --Washington Times
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\\\"Stunning and compelling. Alexie is a visionary and by far the best writer I\\\\'ve seen published in recent years.\\\" -- --Talk of the Town, Washington
\\\"These spare, disturbing stories trace with stark, lyric power the experience of American Indians in the modern world.\\\" -- --New York Times Book Review', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Performance Marketing with Google Analytics: Strategies and Techniques for Maximizing Online ROI\\nDescription: ['Hit your target market every time', 'How do visitors get to your Web site? What do they do when they get there? How many do business with your company? How can you turn more visitors into customers?', \\\"Google Analytics can tell you. You don't have to be a Web guru; just follow the practical advice of these experts. Their case studies and step-by-step guidance demonstrate how to improve your marketing strategy with Google Analytics. They'll even tell you where to find help when you need it.\\\", 'Save 50% on the Google Analytics Individual Qualification Test (GA IQ). Details inside', '', 'Sebastian Tonkin is an entrepreneur and former member of the Google Analytics Marketing Team.', 'Caleb Whitmore is a veteran Google Analytics Authorized Consultant and Founder of Analytics Pros, a company dedicated to empowering and supporting Google Analytics users.', 'Justin Cutroni is author of the popular blog Analytics Talk, a Google Analytics Seminars leader and a consultant who helps companies understand how they can get greatest value from Google Analytics.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Meditations (Penguin Classics)\\nDescription: ['
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born to an upper-class Roman family in A.D. 121 and was later adopted by the future emperor Antoninus Pius, whom he succeeded in 161. His reign was marked by a successful campaign against Parthia, but was overshadowed in later years by plague, an abortive revolt in the eastern provinces, and the deaths of friends and family, including his co-emperor Lucius Verus. A student of philosophy from his earliest youth, he was especially influenced by the first-century Stoic thinker Epictetus. His later reputation rests on his Meditations, written during his later years and never meant for formal publication. He died in 180, while campaigning against the barbarian tribes on Rome’s northern frontier.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Clinical Neuroanatomy\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two\\nDescription: ['\\\"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find.\\\" Booklist, starred review
\\\"With its multicultural themes and well-told WWII history, this will appeal to a wide audience.\\\" Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\\"An inspiring and beautiful book about one of our most beloved elders, a modern Buddhist saint.\\\" —Jack Kornfield, author, A Path with Heart
\\\"Reading these reflections of Dipa Ma rouses the faith that being in her presence always did.\\\" —Sylvia Boorstein, author, It\\\\'s Easier Than You Think
\\\"This is a real treasure. Dipa Ma comes through as such a gentle, disarming, fierce, sweet presence. She is completely irresistible.\\\" —Toinette Lippe, author, Nothing Left Over
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Whether you're a searcherof truth, a student of religions, or just curious about what makesBuddhism such a widely practiced religion, this friendly guidedefines the important terms, explains key concepts, and exploresin-depth the origins of this fascinating ancient practice, alongwith daily observances, celebrations, meditation, and more.\\\", \\\"Buddhism 101 grasp how Buddhism can be regarded as areligion, a philosophy of life, and a practical approach to dealingwith life's problems\\\", 'Buddha in full gear get the 411 on the life and times ofthe historical Buddha, known as Gautama or Shakyamuni, and thebasic teachings attributed to him', 'Trace the routes discover how Buddhism developed inIndia and evolved as it spread from country to country acrossAsia', 'To be a Buddhist find out how followers bring Buddhisminto their everyday lives, learn how to practice meditation, andtake a tour of the major Buddhist pilgrimage sites', 'Open the book and find:', 'The origins and philosophy of Buddhism', 'Buddhist practices of wisdom and compassion', 'The life and teachings of the historical Buddha', 'How to develop a meditation practice', 'Buddhist attitudes toward life and death', 'A look at four Buddhist masters', \\\"Ten ways Buddhism can help you deal with life's problems\\\", 'Learn to:', 'Understand the fundamental beliefs and history of Buddhism', 'Grasp the continuing relevance of the Dalai Lama', '', 'Jonathan Landaw is the former English Translation Editor,Translation Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.', 'Stephan Bodian has studied and practices several schoolsof Buddhism.', 'Gudrun Bhnemann, Professor, teaches the SanskritLanguage and its literature, along with courses on the religions ofSouth Asia.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: When Hell Was in Session: A Personal Story of Survival as a P.O.W. in North Vietnam\\nDescription: ['On July 18, 1965, Jeremiah Denton was shot down near Thanh Hoa. He spent almost eight years in North Vietnamese POW camps. During a 1966 television interview arranged by the North Vietnamese, Denton blinked in Morse Code, spelling out T-O-R-T-U-R-E with his eyes: the first confirmation Americans in Vietnam faced torture.Denton won election to the U.S. Senate in 1980.\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Late Scholar\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* We know from internal evidence that it is 1952. The Duke of Denver, Peter Wimsey; his wife, the Duchess, who writes mysteries under her birth name, Harriet Vane; and the ever-present, ever-indispensable manservant, Bunter, are in receipt of a letter from St. Severins, Oxford. It seems that Peter is the Visitor for the college, and a dispute has come up that he must adjudicate. Shall the college, in dire financial straits, sell a Boethius manuscript? This allows Walsh to write a love letter to Oxford, city and university; to illuminate the large and petty disagreements, both scholarly and personal, that then as now drive academe; to provide a rather alarming number of corpses; and to allow Peter, Harriet, and Bunter to do what they do best. Our beloved characters are not so much in evidence as Oxford itself is, but their words are taken with delight. There are glimpses, too, of Peters mother, elderly and frail but adorable as ever; of their oldest son, Bredon, who struggles with a future that does not include Balliol; and of Peter Bunter, who has set his sights on the London School of Economics. It does not have quite the tie to Sayers as have earlier volumes in the series, nor does it possess the power of The Attenbury Emeralds (2011), but it is delicious nonetheless. --GraceAnne A. DeCandido', '', \\\"In The Late Scholar, Ms. Walsh once more succeeds in emulating and extending her late inspiration's unusual mixture of drama and foolishness, poetry and prattle, local color and grim undercurrents. The Wall Street Journal\\\", \\\"Cleverly plotted....Walsh's pitch-perfect re-creation of the charismatic leads is a delight. Sayers fans can only hope for more. Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Late Scholar\\\", 'An entertaining and convoluted puzzle for readers who enjoy Golden Age mysteries. Library Journal', 'Delicious. Booklist (starred review)', 'Fans will eagerly welcome back their beloved sleuth and enjoy seeing Harriet hold her own in a thoughtfully constructed mystery. Kirkus Reviews', \\\"Faithful to Sayers' legacy and amplified by Walsh's own considerable talents, The Late Scholar offers a smart plot, a look at beloved characters' later lives and an evocative examination of academia. Readers will hope that it's not the last installment in a rewarding and authentic continuation of a cherished series. Richmond Times-Dispatch\\\", 'If you love the books of Dorothy L. Sayers as I do, you will be elated to learn that Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane are at their scholarly and detective best in [The Late Scholar].Somewhere Sayers is applauding. Mystery Scene', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Kane (A Kane Novel)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Dalai Lama's Cat\\nDescription: ['\\\"What a joy to spend some intimate time with the Dalai Lama glimpsed through the devoted eyes of his adventurous cat, Mousie-Tung. This charming and highly entertaining book will cheer you up and warm your heart. Curl up with The Dalai Lama’s Cat.\\\" — Michael Carroll, author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader
\\\"This enchanting story is a rare treat. I highly recommend it!\\\" — Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., author of Conscious Loving and The First Rule of Ten', 'David Michie is the best-selling author of Buddhism for Busy People, Hurry Up and Meditate, and Enlightenment to Go.Website: www.davidmichie.com']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Asking Questions : An Inspector Ghote Mystery\\nDescription: [\\\"At the Mira Behn Institute for Medical Research someone is smuggling out a dangerous drug, made from the venom of poisonous snakes. Inspector Ghote's suspect is the snake-handler Chandra Chagoo, but Chagoo's now lying dead on the floor of the Reptile Room, a viper slithering across his back.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Dalai Lama's Cat\\nDescription: ['\\\"What a joy to spend some intimate time with the Dalai Lama glimpsed through the devoted eyes of his adventurous cat, Mousie-Tung. This charming and highly entertaining book will cheer you up and warm your heart. Curl up with The Dalai Lama’s Cat.\\\" — Michael Carroll, author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader
\\\"This enchanting story is a rare treat. I highly recommend it!\\\" — Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., author of Conscious Loving and The First Rule of Ten', 'David Michie is the best-selling author of Buddhism for Busy People, Hurry Up and Meditate, and Enlightenment to Go.Website: www.davidmichie.com']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Blessing of Peace\\nDescription: [\\\"This blessing, like all his other book length blessings, proceeds out of Welleran Poltarnees' belief that focused thought, reinforced with beautiful images, has the power to beneficially change people's lives. With this volume he hopes to bring to those who open it a portion of peace, a state admittedly dificult for most of us to achieve. He evokes drifting clouds, early morning light, mountain lakes, blooming meadows, and many other aspects of nature in this bestowal.\\\", 'The pictures, as in all of the books in this series, are drawn from a great variety of sources, and have both visual excellence and unfamiliarity.', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life in Prison\\nDescription: ['Stanley \\\"Tookie\\\" Williams was on death row at San Quentin State Prison from 1991 until his execution by lethal injection in December, 2005.
Barbara Cottman Becnel has been interviewing Stanley Williams since 1993 and has collaborated with him on his numerous anti-gang education projects. She lives in northern California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Angel Blessings: Cards of Sacred Guidance and Inspiration [With 44 Cards] [ANGEL BLESSINGS W/CARDS REV/E] [Paperback]\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Comanche\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Oahspe Bible V1 a New Bible in the Words of Jehovih and His Angel Embassadors\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lhasa Trilogy\\nDescription: [\\\"Gary D. Conrad's book, The Lhasa Trilogy, was revealed as the winner in both the New Age Fiction and Visionary Fiction categories of The 2012 International Book Awards. Over 300 winners and finalists were announced on May 23, 2012 in over 100 categories covering print, ebooks and audio books. --JPX Media Group in Los Angles, CA
This intriguing novel by Gary Conrad brings together East and West and shines an interesting light on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and reincarnation. Enjoy it -- I certainly did! --Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now\\\", '', 'In this intriguing book, we are transported on a journey from the dark into the light, a pathway we must all take in our quest for the Ultimate Reality. Highly recommended. --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions', '', 'The Lhasa Trilogy is a great story well told. Gary Conrad takes you on a magnificent journey across cultures and across time with scenes so vivid you will think you were there. It is filled with cultural and spiritual insights that will delight you, inform you and inspire you. It is a wonder filled book and worth the read! --D. Franklin Schultz, author of A Language of the Heart', '', \\\"Gary Conrad's novel tells the fascinating story of the spiritual journey of Matthew Walker Johnson through war and peace, love and death, despair and enlightenment. The book is also a masterful introduction to the tenets of Tibetan Buddhism, using Buddhist teachings to weave together three lives in one of the most innovative plots I have ever encountered. The emotionality of the book touched me deeply. --Richard S. Ellis, author of Blinding Pain, Simple Truth\\\", '', 'Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation', '', \\\"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --Prepublication endorsements
Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation\\\", '', \\\"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --prepublication endorsements
This intriguing novel by Gary Conrad brings together East and West and shines an interesting light on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and reincarnation. Enjoy it -- I certainly did! --Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now\\\", '', 'In this intriguing book, we are transported on a journey from the dark into the light, a pathway we must all take in our quest for the Ultimate Reality. Highly recommended. --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions', '', 'The Lhasa Trilogy is a great story well told. Gary Conrad takes you on a magnificent journey across cultures and across time with scenes so vivid you will think you were there. It is filled with cultural and spiritual insights that will delight you, inform you and inspire you. It is a wonder filled book and worth the read! --D. Franklin Schultz, author of A Language of the Heart', '', \\\"Gary Conrad's novel tells the fascinating story of the spiritual journey of Matthew Walker Johnson through war and peace, love and death, despair and enlightenment. The book is also a masterful introduction to the tenets of Tibetan Buddhism, using Buddhist teachings to weave together three lives in one of the most innovative plots I have ever encountered. The emotionality of the book touched me deeply. --Richard S. Ellis, Blinding Pain, Simple Truth\\\", '', 'Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation', '', \\\"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --Prepublication endorsements
Drawing on ancient wisdom, The Lhasa Trilogy is a rich, layered tale that takes us on an intriguing adventure. Brilliant and insightful. --Joan Korenblit, Respect Diversity Foundation\\\", '', \\\"Gary Conrad has written an imaginative and profoundly wise book. The reader's reward is a feast for both the head and the heart. Enjoy! --Dr. Robin R. Meyers, author of Saving Jesus from the Church --prepublication endorsements\\\", \\\"On a frigid night at Tibet's Drepung Monastery, Lama Tenzin Tashi is awakened by a fervent knocking on his door. Quickly he realizes these raps are a dreaded harbinger, one which will launch him on a quest to satisfy a vow, a blasphemous promise he wishes he had never made. But at this point, the lama has no other choice. The journey must be undertaken, no matter the cost. Thus begins an odyssey that spans not only his life, but also the life of a man born near the small town of Davidson, Oklahoma. Who could comprehend how inexplicably intertwined their pathways would become as they pushed aside the veil that concealed the hidden secrets of death?\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Understanding Contemporary Gangs in America: An Interdisciplinary Approach\\nDescription: ['', ' \\\"Petersen has done a great job including articles that are academically challenging, yet not too difficult. The articles selected are ones of academic rigor [yet] the review questions at the end of each chapter are helpful to ensure a basic understanding of the material.\\\" Kimberly Tobin, Westfield State College ', ' \\\"The material included in the reader is current and written by some of the top researchers on gangs. This reader is unique because it covers victimization of gang members, not a topic covered in most books on gangs, and really is an important component.\\\" Patricia O\\\\'Donnell Brummett, California State University-Northridge
', ' \\\"This is a good reader. It covers [various] important issues and topics associated with the phenomenon of contemporary gangs. The articles included are well chosen and up-to-date.\\\" Stephen Brodt, Ball State University ', '', '', 'Understanding Contemporary Gangs 1n America: An Interdisciplinary Approach, edited by Rebecca D. Petersen, offers a unique perspective on current gang issues with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, understandable and contemporary format accessible for undergraduate students, academicians, practitioners, and policymakers. line of the most important components of this anthology is the inclusion of a variety of contemporary works on gangs. A diversity of current gang topics and issues are covered including: understanding and defining gangs; gender issues; race and ethnicity; gangs in prisons and schools; violence and drugs; gang victimization; and prevention and intervention programs and policies.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life (South Dakota Biography Series)\\nDescription: ['A fascinating and remarkable book that deserves a place on the shelf of every Laura fan. --The Homesteader
Pamela Smith Hill has [created] a work of considerable scholarship and insight. . . . She has dealt along the way with numerous issues raised by critics and by the general readership, together with other matters that few have previously thought to discuss. In all of this, her extensive research, her careful scholarship and her measured style, combined with her obvious enthusiasm for her subject, have produced a work which we believe adds in substantial measure to the critical literature involving Wilder and Lane. --The Little House Heritage Trust
I vote for Pamela Smith Hill s book. I ve read all of the Bio s about Laura and felt that this one was one of the best. It gave a very clear portrait of the relationship Laura and Rose had while writing the books. It pointed out very clearly that even if Rose had some participation with editing/story development, the stories were Laura s. Smith points out that Rose s experience with writing fiction was limited, that she wrote for magazines and was not generally considered a fiction writer. Only short stories. --Lori Berg, Beyond Little House', 'Pamela Smith Hill is the editor of Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (2014) and three historical novels for young adults Ghost Horses, The Last Grail Keeper, and Voice from the Border. She has taught creative and professional writing at universities in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado, as well as a course on Laura Ingalls Wilder through Missouri State University. She grew up forty miles from Rocky Ridge Farm, launched her writing career not far from De Smet, and now lives and works in Portland, Oregon.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cohering the Integral We Space: Engaging Collective Emergence, Wisdom and Healing in Groups\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Mindfulness And Murder\\nDescription: ['Nick Wilgus is a writer and senior subeditor for the \\\"Outlook\\\" section of the Bangkok Post.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Math Workbooks 3rd Grade: Fractions (Baby Professor Learning Books)\\nDescription: ['Baby Professor showcases a collection of subjects that would be educational for kids to help them learn how to do something themselves or shows how something is done or how it came about. Children love to learn through attractive visuals and Baby Prof. is the perfect starting point to get your child the head start he or she needs for the future. Our Motto - \\\"Learning is Fun, so let\\\\'s Make it Fun to Learn\\\".', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sister Suicide: A Father Ananda Mystery\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Suicide Squad (2001 - 2002) #1 eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo\\nDescription: ['Parks talents for observation dont coalesce into a comprehensive project. Modernity, Italys relation to Europe, immigration, public-private corruption, byzantine pricing and routing, and resisting change are too many complex concepts to analyze from cramped compartments. Riding in trains hearing regional accents results in slow unification of the language. Perhaps, but then we jump off to another topic. Unlike homogeneous Italy, U.S. cities have lost cohesion and identity; this better describes the book. Parks believes that Italy is a nation at ease with the distance between ideal and real. They are beyond what we call hypocrisy. Quite simply they do not register the contradiction between rhetoric and behavior. Its an enviable mind-set. Parks, not native not stranger, writes of commuting between major cities, southern Italys routes, station histories, buying tickets, encounters onboard. He treats this material with his tremendous novelists power but not curating or culling it thematically. Parks is too much of a character in this nonfiction exploration of whether Italy is a modern nation; watching sweating illegal-immigrant trinket sellers, he deems them happy with their lot since they are chatting. His inner monologues distract, undermining ethos from his larger vision. --Cynthia-Marie OBrien', \\\"This mix of piercing social observation and undying affection for Italy is classic Parks. - Rachel Donadio, New York Times
[S]o inviting you might find yourself tempted to give the experience a whirl and ride the Italian trains yourself, book in hand. - Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review
This is the best book Ive ever read about Italy. Never have I encountered a more insightful and hilarious insider/outsider portrait of the country at the center of Western civilization. Tim Parks should be given a villa in Rome and the title of English ambassador. - Sean Wilsey, author of Oh the Glory of It All
[A] treat equivalent to a ride on the Orient Express Italian Ways is no Ferrari on rails but instead something much better: a slow train so thoughtfully appointed that one never thinks to look out the window or care about the destination. - Ben Downing, The Wall Street Journal
There is no way that Italian Ways should workbut somehow it does work. How? Partly because the book is, as Tim Parks says, a search for the Italian character, which he evokes in dozens of gorgeously written scenes; but beyond that Parks is exploring the dynamic between tradition and innovationUnderneath everything, Parks is trying to come to a point of loving the world in all its confusion and frustration, and by books end he does, he does. Bravo. - David Shields, author of How Literature Saved My Life
Enchanting travels with the good-natured Parks. - Kirkus Reviews
Tim Parks has written a book about Italian railways that is engrossing, entertaining, and wonderfully revealing about the country and its people. It makes perfect armchair travelling a delight from beginning to end. - David Lodge, author of Changing Places
Tim Parks has reinvented the narrative of the train journey with an epic voyage into the essence of Italy itself. With a novelists keen eye he mines absurdity and deep meaning from small, overlooked moments and gestures. - Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic
[Parks is] a perfect guidean outsider, but one with a deep familiarity and respect (plus a dash of exasperated skepticism)to the countrys celebrated eccentricities. Parks has a charming voice and a novelists eye. - Chlo Schama, Smithsonian
Bernies been in the forefront of all the crucial environmental fights of recent years. Bill McKibben, cofounder of 350.org
Bernie is the real thing. Hes not about reading the polls and finding out what he needs to say in order to get elected. Hes about an unwavering commitment to basic justice, equality and sound financial sense. Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerrys and founder of Stampede: Stamp Money out of Politics
I feel weird using words like values and morals because those are words that have been co-opted to justify terrible things like bigotry and greed. Id like to take those words back and use them to describe Bernie Sanders because his moral compass and sense of values inspire me. Sarah Silverman, comedian and social commentator
Praise for the previous edition, Outsider in the House:
A clear, compelling and comprehensive vision for reinvigorating democracy, reducing poverty, rebuilding the middle class and restructuring our health care and education systems. Sanders gives us a vision of the day when we will no longer be outsiders in the House. In These Times
Outsider in the House is a rare achievement: a concise, compelling book that both tells an interesting story and provides a readable, down-to-earth blueprint for political change. The Onion
A road map for how progressives can win elections and not be a part of the two party duopoly. Ralph Nader
A grass-roots how-to guide, especially helpful and inspirational for prospective independent candidatesa firsthand description of the career of the most successful American socialist politician in modern times. The Hill', \\\"Bernie Sanderswas elected to the US Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history. Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People's Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermonts at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Death on a Budget (Emerson Ward Mystery)\\nDescription: ['After the apparent shotgun suicide of Emerson Wards childhood friend Lou Barrett, the Chicago freelance sleuth heads back home to Huntley, Ill., for the funeral in Sherers competent but uneven sixth whodunit (after 2006s Death Is No Bargain). Meanwhile, Emersons girlfriend, Nell Reilly, threatens to leave for Seattle with their two-year-old daughter, Emily, to visit her cancer-stricken mother. Emerson was planning to drive back to Chicago the afternoon of the funeral, but decides to stick around after Lous sister, Meg Brodsky, asks him to investigate Lous death. Danger erupts after Emerson asks too many questions about Lous business partner, Pete Anderson, and a shady mall development thats left many investors in hot water. Emerson becomes increasingly alarmed as clues from the past dovetail with those from the present, leading to a surprising resolution that could have used more foreshadowing. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Outsider in the White House: Special Audio Edition\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Vida Con Picasso (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The London Blitz Murders\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Baron: The Cat Returns\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\\nDescription: ['\\\"The best book of the year so far.\\\" Entertainment Weekly
A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve. Financial Times
A shocking whodunitWhat more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask? USA Today
A master of the detective formKillers is something rather deep and not easily forgotten. Wall St. Journal
Extraordinary Time Magazine', 'Chapter 1
The Vanishing
In April, millions of tiny flowers spread over the blackjack hills and vast prairies in the Osage territory of Oklahoma. There are Johnny-jump-ups and spring beauties and little bluets. The Osage writer John Joseph Mathews observed that the galaxy of petals makes it look as if the gods had left confetti. In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water. The necks of the smaller flowers break and their petals flutter away, and before long they are buried underground. This is why the Osage Indians refer to May as the time of the flower-killing moon.
On May 24, 1921, Mollie Burkhart, a resident of the Osage settlement town of Gray Horse, Oklahoma, began to fear that something had happened to one of her three sisters, Anna Brown. Thirty-four, and less than a year older than Mollie, Anna had disappeared three days earlier. She had often gone on sprees, as her family disparagingly called them: dancing and drinking with friends until dawn. But this time one night had passed, and then another, and Anna had not shown up on Mollies front stoop as she usually did, with her long black hair slightly frayed and her dark eyes shining like glass. When Anna came inside, she liked to slip off her shoes, and Mollie missed the comforting sound of her moving, unhurried, through the house. Instead, there was a silence as still as the plains.
Mollie had already lost her sister Minnie nearly three years earlier. Her death had come with shocking speed, and though doctors had attributed it to a peculiar wasting illness, Mollie harbored doubts: Minnie had been only twenty-seven and had always been in perfect health.
Like their parents, Mollie and her sisters had their names inscribed on the Osage Roll, which meant that they were among the registered members of the tribe. It also meant that they possessed a fortune. In the early 1870s, the Osage had been driven from their lands in Kansas onto a rocky, presumably worthless reservation in northeastern Oklahoma, only to discover, decades later, that this land was sitting above some of the largest oil deposits in the United States. To obtain that oil, prospectors had to pay the Osage for leases and royalties. In the early twentieth century, each person on the tribal roll began receiving a quarterly check. The amount was initially for only a few dollars, but over time, as more oil was tapped, the dividends grew into the hundreds, then the thousands. And virtually every year the payments increased, like the prairie creeks that joined to form the wide, muddy Cimarron, until the tribe members had collectively accumulated millions and millions of dollars. (In 1923 alone, the tribe took in more than $30 million, the equivalent today of more than $400 million.) The Osage were considered the wealthiest people per capita in the world. Lo and behold! the New York weekly Outlook exclaimed. The Indian, instead of starving to death...enjoys a steady income that turns bankers green with envy.
The public had become transfixed by the tribes prosperity, which belied the images of American Indians that could be traced back to the brutal first contact with whitesthe original sin from which the country was born. Reporters tantalized their readers with stories about the plutocratic Osage and the red millionaires, with their brick-and-terra-cotta mansions and chandeliers, with their diamond rings and fur coats and chauffeured cars. One writer marveled at Osage girls who attended the best boarding schools and wore sumptuous French clothing, as if une trs jolie demoiselle of the Paris boulevards had inadvertently strayed into this little reservation town.
At the same time, reporters seized upon any signs of the traditional Osage way of life, which seemed to stir in the publics mind visions of wild Indians. One article noted a circle of expensive automobiles surrounding an open campfire, where the bronzed and brightly blanketed owners are cooking meat in the primitive style. Another documented a party of Osage arriving at a ceremony for their dances in a private airplanea scene that outrivals the ability of the fictionist to portray. Summing up the publics attitude toward the Osage, the Washington Star said, That lament, Lo the poor Indian, might appropriately be revised to, Ho, the rich redskin.
Gray Horse was one of the reservations older settlements. These outpostsincluding Fairfax, a larger, neighboring town of nearly fifteen hundred people, and Pawhuska, the Osage capital, with a population of more than six thousandseemed like fevered visions. The streets clamored with cowboys, fortune seekers, bootleggers, soothsayers, medicine men, outlaws, U.S. marshals, New York financiers, and oil magnates. Automobiles sped along paved horse trails, the smell of fuel overwhelming the scent of the prairies. Juries of crows peered down from telephone wires. There were restaurants, advertised as cafs, and opera houses and polo grounds.
Although Mollie didnt spend as lavishly as some of her neighbors did, she had built a beautiful, rambling wooden house in Gray Horse near her familys old lodge of lashed poles, woven mats, and bark. She owned several cars and had a staff of servantsthe Indians pot-lickers, as many settlers derided these migrant workers. The servants were often black or Mexican, and in the early 1920s a visitor to the reservation expressed contempt at the sight of even whites performing all the menial tasks about the house to which no Osage will stoop.
Mollie was one of the last people to see Anna before she vanished. That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth. Unlike many of her friends, who shunned Osage clothing, Mollie wrapped an Indian blanket around her shoulders. She also didnt style her hair in a flapper bob, and instead let her long, black hair flow over her back, revealing her striking face, with its high cheekbones and big brown eyes.
Her husband, Ernest Burkhart, rose with her. A twenty-eight-year-old white man, he had the stock handsomeness of an extra in a Western picture show: short brown hair, slate-blue eyes, square chin. Only his nose disturbed the portrait; it looked as if it had taken a barroom punch or two. Growing up in Texas, the son of a poor cotton farmer, hed been enchanted by tales of the Osage Hillsthat vestige of the American frontier where cowboys and Indians were said to still roam. In 1912, at nineteen, hed packed a bag, like Huck Finn lighting out for the Territory, and gone to live with his uncle, a domineering cattleman named William K. Hale, in Fairfax. He was not the kind of a man to ask you to do somethinghe told you, Ernest once said of Hale, who became his surrogate father. Though Ernest mostly ran errands for Hale, he sometimes worked as a livery driver, which is how he met Mollie, chauffeuring her around town.
Ernest had a tendency to drink moonshine and play Indian stud poker with men of ill repute, but beneath his roughness there seemed to be a tenderness and a trace of insecurity, and Mollie fell in love with him. Born a speaker of Osage, Mollie had learned some English in school; nevertheless, Ernest studied her native language until he could talk with her in it. She suffered from diabetes, and he cared for her when her joints ached and her stomach burned with hunger. After he heard that another man had affections for her, he muttered that he couldnt live without her.
It wasnt easy for them to marry. Ernests roughneck friends ridiculed him for being a squaw man. And though Mollies three sisters had wed white men, she felt a responsibility to have an arranged Osage marriage, the way her parents had. Still, Mollie, whose family practiced a mixture of Osage and Catholic beliefs, couldnt understand why God would let her find love, only to then take it away from her. So, in 1917, she and Ernest exchanged rings, vowing to love each other till eternity.
By 1921, they had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was two years old, and a son, James, who was eight months old and nicknamed Cowboy. Mollie also tended to her aging mother, Lizzie, who had moved in to the house after Mollies father passed away. Because of Mollies diabetes, Lizzie once feared that she would die young, and beseeched her other children to take care of her. In truth, Mollie was the one who looked after all of them.
May 21 was supposed to be a delightful day for Mollie. She liked to entertain guests and was hosting a small luncheon. After getting dressed, she fed the children. Cowboy often had terrible earaches, and shed blow in his ears until he stopped crying. Mollie kept her home in meticulous order, and she issued instructions to her servants as the house stirred, everyone bustling aboutexcept Lizzie, whod fallen ill and stayed in bed. Mollie asked Ernest to ring Anna and see if, for a change, shed come over to help tend to Lizzie. Anna, as the oldest child in the family, held a special status in their mothers eyes, and even though Mollie took care of Lizzie, Anna, in spite of her tempestuousness, was the one her mother spoiled.
When Ernest told Anna that her mama needed her, she promised to take a taxi straight there, and she arrived shortly afterward, dressed in bright red shoes, a skirt, and a matching Indian blanket; in her hand was an alligator purse. Before entering, shed hastily combed her windblown hair and powdered her face. Mollie noticed, however, that her gait was unsteady, her words slurred. Anna was drunk.
Mollie couldnt hide her displeasure. Some of the guests had already arrived. Among them were two of Ernests brothers, Bryan and Horace Burkhart, who, lured by black gold, had moved to Osage County, often assisting Hale on his ranch. One of Ernests aunts, who spewed racist notions about Indians, was also visiting, and the last thing Mollie needed was for Anna to stir up the old goat.
Anna slipped off her shoes and began to make a scene. She took a flask from her bag and opened it, releasing the pungent smell of bootleg whiskey. Insisting that she needed to drain the flask before the authorities caught herit was a year into nationwide Prohibitionshe offered the guests a swig of what she called the best white mule.
Mollie knew that Anna had been very troubled of late. Shed recently divorced her husband, a settler named Oda Brown, who owned a livery business. Since then, shed spent more and more time in the reservations tumultuous boomtowns, which had sprung up to house and entertain oil workerstowns like Whizbang, where, it was said, people whizzed all day and banged all night. All the forces of dissipation and evil are here found, a U.S. government official reported. Gambling, drinking, adultery, lying, thieving, murdering. Anna had become entranced by the places at the dark ends of the streets: the establishments that seemed proper on the exterior but contained hidden rooms filled with glittering bottles of moonshine. One of Annas servants later told the authorities that Anna was someone who drank a lot of whiskey and had very loose morals with white men.
At Mollies house, Anna began to flirt with Ernests younger brother, Bryan, whom shed sometimes dated. He was more brooding than Ernest and had inscrutable yellow-flecked eyes and thinning hair that he wore slicked back. A lawman who knew him described him as a little roustabout. When Bryan asked one of the servants at the luncheon if shed go to a dance with him that night, Anna said that if he fooled around with another woman, shed kill him.
Meanwhile, Ernests aunt was muttering, loud enough for all to hear, about how mortified she was that her nephew had married a redskin. It was easy for Mollie to subtly strike back because as one of the servants attending to the aunt was whitea blunt reminder of the towns social order.
Anna continued raising Cain. She fought with the guests, fought with her mother, fought with Mollie. She was drinking and quarreling, a servant later told authorities. I couldnt understand her language, but they were quarreling. The servant added, They had an awful time with Anna, and I was afraid.
That evening, Mollie planned to look after her mother, while Ernest took the guests into Fairfax, five miles to the northwest, to meet Hale and see Bringing Up Father, a touring musical about a poor Irish immigrant who wins a million-dollar sweepstakes and struggles to assimilate into high society. Bryan, whod put on a cowboy hat, his catlike eyes peering out from under the brim, offered to drop Anna off at her house.
Before they left, Mollie washed Annas clothes, gave her some food to eat, and made sure that shed sobered up enough that Mollie could glimpse her sister as her usual self, bright and charming. They lingered together, sharing a moment of calm and reconciliation. Then Anna said good-bye, a gold filling flashing through her smile.
With each passing night, Mollie grew more anxious. Bryan insisted that hed taken Anna straight home and dropped her off before heading to the show. After the third night, Mollie, in her quiet but forceful way, pressed everyone into action. She dispatched Ernest to check on Annas house. Ernest jiggled the knob to her front doorit was locked. From the window, the rooms inside appeared dark and deserted.
Ernest stood there alone in the heat. A few days earlier, a cool rain shower had dusted the earth, but afterward the suns rays beat down mercilessly through the blackjack trees. This time of year, heat blurred the prairies and made the tall grass creak underfoot. In the distance, through the shimmering light, one could see the skeletal frames of derricks.
Annas head servant, who lived next door, came out, and Ernest asked her, Do you know where Anna is?
Before the shower, the servant said, shed stopped by Annas house to close any open windows. I thought the rain would blow in, she explained. But the door was locked, and there was no sign of Anna. She was gone.
News of her absence coursed through the boomtowns, traveling from porch to porch, from store to store. Fueling the unease were reports that another Osage, Charles Whitehorn, had vanished a week before Anna had. Genial and witty, the thirty-year-old Whitehorn was married to a woman who was part white, part Cheyenne. A local newspaper noted that he was popular among both the whites and the members of his own tribe. On May 14, hed left his home, in the southwestern part of the reservation, for Pawhuska. He never returned.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Star Trek: Vanguard #2: Summon the Thunder\\nDescription: ['Dayton Ward served for eleven years in the U.S. Marine Corps before discovering the private sector and the piles of cash to be made there as a software engineer. He got his start in professional writing by placing stories in each of Pocket Books first three Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthologies. He is the author of dozens of Star Trek novels, many written in collaboration with coauthor Kevin Dilmore. He recently penned a tie-in to the cult classic television series The 4400, and is currently at work on a new Star Trek novel to be released in Fall 2010.', '', 'Though he currently lives in Kansas City with his wife, Michi, he is a Florida native and still maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers.', '', 'Readers interested in contacting Dayton or learning more about his writing, or who simply need proof that their website is cooler and better looking, are encouraged to venture to his Internet cobweb collection at www.daytonward.com.', 'Chapter Ten', '', '', '\\\"A little groggy there, son? You look all slumped over!\\\"', 'Ensign Stephen Klisiewicz raised his head from his console at the sciences station and looked across the Endeavour\\\\'s bridge to the source of the voice. Pointing to where his attention had been focused, he said, \\\"This device is a viewer, sir. It requires the user to hunch down and look into it. I understand how that might be a new concept to an engineer such as yourself, Commander. You\\\\'re more used to crawling into things rather than just looking into them.\\\"', \\\"Bersh glov Mog released a laugh that sounded more like a belch -- one that rose over the rest of the bridge's ambient noise -- and that was enough to set Klisiewicz to laughing a bit on his own.\\\", '\\\"Well, we all learn by doing,\\\" Mog replied, offering the Tellarite equivalent of a smile, which to Klisiewicsz still looked like the fierce rictus of a rabid dog.', \\\"The engineer's sentiment underscored the sense that, in its own slow way, the Endeavour was becoming something of a teaching vessel. Mog seemed to run engineering more as a training lab, mixing up duty rosters and making sure his staff became highly proficient at all aspects of operations rather than focusing on a single area of specialization. Khatami seemed to follow his lead by rotating untried personnel into roles of greater responsibility when opportunities arose. Even Captain Zhao seemed to make himself available to officers fresh out of the Academy, such as Klisiewicz, to discuss matters of life and duty aboard a starship.\\\", 'Okay, so maybe not so much in sickbay, he thought, but every place else is pretty open to a new guy like me.', \\\"Two hours into his duty shift, and the chief engineer had started tossing wisecracks across the bridge at his expense. Had the remark come from someone other than Mog, he surely would have held his tongue in reply. While Klisiewicz was becoming fast friends with the Tellarite chief engineer, he noticed in his first scan around the bridge that other than Mog's, there were few familiar faces.\\\", \\\"He knew Commander Khatami, of course, who in Captain Zhao's absence now occupied the Endeavour's center seat, but his conversations with her typically did not stray from whatever task was at hand. Specifically, she was the one to pass to him any information he might need in the course of his duties regarding his continual search for class-V forms of life, otherwise known as anything containing the Taurus meta-genome. Those conversations rarely were chatty; it seemed to be a sobering subject for her, he sensed.\\\", 'The communications officer looked familiar, but his name escaped Klisiewicz at the moment, and the navigator, Lieutenant McCormack, well, he did recognize her, as she was one of his favorite objects of secret unrequited affection on the entire ship.', 'Turning back to the science console, the ensign noted the white blinking indicator and toggled the controls to transfer the sensor data to an eye-level display. Looking over the readings, he knit his brow before turning to Khatami, who already was regarding him expectantly.', '\\\"Commander,\\\" he said, \\\"we\\\\'re registering a new power reading from the surface.\\\"', '\\\"Location?\\\" Khatami asked, spinning her chair to face him.', 'Klisiewicz keyed in a few commands, allowing the computer to correlate the sensor data. \\\"It\\\\'s about five kilometers northwest of the encampment and...about two kilometers beneath the planet\\\\'s surface.\\\"', '\\\"Anything else?\\\" Khatami asked.', '\\\"The energy signature is weak, but pretty distinctive, Commander,\\\" Klisiewicz replied as he entered new commands to the console, self-conscious of getting her more information as quickly as he was able. \\\"It\\\\'s definitely a geothermal source, and it\\\\'s slowly building in temperature.\\\"', '\\\"Keep an eye on it, Ensign,\\\" Khatami said, her eyes turning to the main viewer, \\\"Provide regular updates as appropriate, and relay those sensor readings to the survey teams on the surface.\\\"', '\\\"Aye, Commander,\\\" Klisiewicz said as he keyed the required commands to route the data. The swiftness of a starship\\\\'s response to human command was something for which he was sure he would never lose a sense of marvel.', 'Then another alert indicator flashed on his console.', '\\\"Commander!\\\" he called out to Khatami even as he bent over the hooded viewer once more. Reviewing the new stream of sensor telemetry being fed to his station, he said, \\\"We\\\\'re picking up a second power reading now.\\\"', '\\\"And?\\\" Khatami asked.', '\\\"It\\\\'s confirmed, sir. Same energy signature as before,\\\" he said, checking his calculations. \\\"Bearing due south of the encampment this time, less than five kilometers out.\\\"', '\\\"Any ideas, Mr. Mog?\\\" the first officer asked after a moment. \\\"Could they be activating the artifact?\\\"', '\\\"Well, we could ask,\\\" the engineer replied before turning back to his station.', '\\\"Mr. Estrada, hail Lieutenant Xiong at the encampment,\\\" Khatami said, \\\"and let\\\\'s see what\\\\'s going on down there.\\\"', 'Activate the artifact? Can they do that?', 'Klisiewicz involuntarily rubbed his arm as he felt goose bumps rise beneath his sleeves. His thoughts turned to Ravanar IV and the destruction dealt to the research facility there by the Tholians, who apparently had taken issue with a Federation presence on that world. According to what he had learned from rumors and other scuttlebutt around the ship, Lieutenant Xiong, who had been there along with a landing party from the U.S.S. Enterprise investigating the aftermath of an earlier Tholian attack, had barely escaped with his life.', \\\"And Ravanar didn't even have an intact structure, he thought, but the Tholians still wanted us to leave it the hell alone. Could the same thing happen here -- or something worse? As he turned his attention back to the incoming stream of data from the planet's two newly energized power sources, Klisiewicz could not help thinking that someone, somewhere, would learn what was happening on Erilon -- and not like it one bit.\\\", '', '', \\\"Xiong jumped from the driver's seat of the encampment's all-terrain vehicle, his face chilled by icy wind as he made his way quickly to a black, manually operated hatch -- the only distinct feature on the snow-encrusted front of a temporary structure at the base of the artifact. He turned and squinted through the bright white of swirling snow to see his five passengers step out of the side hatch of the vehicle, which had been adapted for use on Erilon with rear treads and an assembly of shock-absorbing skis mounted in place of its front axle.\\\", \\\"He waved them forward, unable to hear any crunching of their boots on the snowpack from the howling of the arctic wind. Xiong had not been on the planet long enough to get a feel for impending white-out conditions, but as he placed his gloved hands on the hatch's center wheel and strained to turn it, he had to wonder whether this was the start of some weather he did not want to witness firsthand. A form stepped alongside him to grip the wheel as well, and they both attempted to turn it again.\\\", '\\\"The automatic locks keep freezing shut!\\\" Xiong yelled over the wind to his helper, whom he now recognized as Captain Zhao. The two tugged to break the wheel loose of the outdoors\\\\' frozen grip, and after spinning it freely, Xiong pushed his weight against the door and opened it enough to admit them into the airlock.', \\\"Stepping back so the others could pass, Xiong clanged the hatch shut behind the last of them and started to twist the interior mate to the locking mechanism to seal it. Once the wind's whine was shut out, the room filled with the clatter of feet stamping against floor plates and hands slapping against parkas to loosen the ice crystals that had accumulated on their protective clothing just in the short amount of time they had stood outside. Xiong pushed back the fur-lined hood of his parka and moved to the opposite door.\\\", '\\\"This one\\\\'s a bit easier,\\\" he said, slipping his hand from a glove and keying a security code into a panel next to the door. As it slid open, a rush of warmer air greeted the new arrivals. They made their way briskly into a darkened, ebony-surfaced corridor, one with a graded slope that led under the planet\\\\'s surface, with Xiong leading them toward a dim source of light and sound several hundred meters into the structure. Their footsteps rang crisply against the smooth floors and walls of the low-ceilinged corridor, and no one spoke as Zhao stepped up into the point position of the group a few strides before they entered the control room, a move that Xiong dismissed as being more out of habit than arrogance.', '\\\"Report,\\\" the captain snapped in a voice loud enough to capture the immediate attention of the three researchers in the room. Xiong saw Lieutenant Spencer, the young, blond-haired officer with whom he had worked most closely since his arrival, draw himself up from a crouch next to a power generator and approach the group.', '\\\"Uh...yes, sir,\\\" Spencer said hesitantly to Zhao before looking at Xiong. \\\"Isn\\\\'t this information...?\\\"', 'Nodding as he slipped out of his parka, Xiong said, \\\"Captain Zhao\\\\'s presence is authorized, Spence. Just tell us what\\\\'s going on.\\\"', 'Spencer spoke as he turned and walked deeper into the room, prompting Xiong and Zhao to keep up. \\\"When I called you, we\\\\'d just picked up a power source activating below the surface a few kilometers from the artifact. We thought that was interesting enough to notify you. But now we have three of them.\\\"', 'Xiong felt his jaw go slack, and it required physical effort to keep his mouth from dropping open in surprise. \\\"Three? Where?\\\"', 'Spencer turned and pointed to the screen of a portable computer viewer propped up on a pitch-black console top in front of them. \\\"One northwest of us and two others south. They\\\\'re building in output, and we\\\\'re detecting some deep melt -- there!\\\" Spencer poked at the screen where a blinking amber dot indicated a fourth budding power level, this one situated northeast of the artifact and apparently equidistant from the others. \\\"They jus...', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":254,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":254,"string":"254"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Just As I Am: The Life of David Ring\nDescription: [\"DAVID RING was born in an impoverished town in Arkansas, the youngest of eight children. When he was fourteen, his mother died, and he was passed from family member to family member, never again to feel the love of his mother. David, a graduate of William Jewel College, is a staff evangelist for First Baptist College, Orlando. He speaks in more than 200 churches a year, and has been a guest on The Old Time Gospel Hour and The 700 Club. c.1996
LELA GILBERT is the author or co-author of more than 30 books. Her love of the arts is apparent through her dedication to writing fiction, nonfiction, children's books, poetry, and music. c.1996 \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Book of Common Prayer: Pocket edition\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Rogue Warrior: Seize the Day\nDescription: [\"Marcinko and DeFelice keep up a withering fusillade of wisecracks as Marcinko's fictional alter ego, Dick Marcinko, tangles with an aging Fidel Castro in the loosely plotted 13th outing for the former Navy SEAL (after Rogue Warrior: Dictator's Ransom). Dick (aka the Rogue Warrior) and his Red Cell International cohorts must prevent a deadly attack on the U.S. to be triggered by the demise of the Cuban dictator. The action hinges on the central joke that Dick, with some age-related makeup, actually looks so much like Fidel that he can imitate the leader well enough to trick the authorities and general citizenry of Cuba into doing what Dick and the CIA want done to free the island from the yoke of tyranny. Series fans will cheer as Dick and company run all over Cuba, killing people and causing trouble. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Marcinkos latest exploits as the Rogue Warrior, aka Demo Dick, take him and his team to Cuba. Initially, they are hired to make a DVD with Dick impersonating Fidel Castro, since he looks a lot like the Cuban dictator. To the teams dismay, they must travel south to make a switch of real footage of Castro with their phony film in enemy territory. Of course, everything doesnt go as planned. As a result, they stumble upon a terrifying plot by Castro to release a deadly virus in the U.S. after he dies. Can the Rogue Warrior and his team save the day? The appeal of this series lies in Marcinkos sense of humor mixed with traditional thriller elements, creating a laugh-out-loud read that somehow melds the wackiness of Janet Evanovich with a military thriller a la Clancy. In addition, this time the writers spotlight other members of the team, creating a more well-rounded and intriguing story line. Both fans and newcomersproviding the latter have a taste for this sort of thingwill enjoy the show. --Jeff Ayers', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Latin Themes for Alto Sax (Schott Master Play-Along)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Rogue Warrior: Domino Theory\nDescription: ['Marcinko is the real McCoy, a warrior who has lived it. (Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassin)
The most colorful, hell-raising, bomb-throwing ex-SEAL commander of them all. (Playboy)', '', \"RICHARD MARCINKO is a living, breathing hero--he was honored with the silver star and four bronze stars for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals. After serving in Vietnam, he started and commanded SEAL Team 6, the Navy's anti-terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high-level anti-terrorist unit whose exploits, fictionalized for security and legal reasons, have formed the basis of his novels. Besides an active speaking and consulting calendar, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company. He lives in Warrington, Virginia.\", \"JIM DeFELICE is the author of many military based thriller novels and is a frequent collaborator with Stephen Coonts, Larry Bond, and Richard Marcinko, among other New York Times bestselling authors. His solo novels include Leopards Kill,Threat Level Black, Coyote Bird, War Breaker, and My Brother's Keeper. He lives in New York.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Anatomy & Physiology\nDescription: ['Gary A. Thibodeau, PhD, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI; and Kevin T. Patton, PhD, Professor of Life Science, St. Charles Community College, St. Peters, MO, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology, Saint Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist: Plus 100 Tips to Ensure Your Success, Revised Edition\nDescription: ['A Must Have for Aspiring Genealogists - This fascinating expose reveals what makes a great \"Ancestor Hound\" and how you can become one or hire one!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Southern Roots PORTRAIT IN OCHRE From Original Watercolors By Mary Ann Reames (Cross Stitch) (661)\nDescription: ['folded cross stitch craft pamphlet that folds out to a 17 x 22\" sheet']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Free Falling\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The $500 Savings Coloring Book: Color All Ten Pictures To Reach Your $500 Savings Goal\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Home Invasion (Black Ops)\nDescription: ['William W. Johnstone is theUSA TodayandNew York Timesbestselling author of over 300 books, includingPreacher, The Last Mountain Man, Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man; The Family Jensen, Sidewinders,andShawn O\\'Brien Town Tamer. His thrillers includePhoenix Rising, Home Invasion, The Blood of Patriots, The Bleeding Edge, andSuicide Mission. Visit his website at www.williamjohnstone.net or by email at dogcia2006@aol.com.
Being the all-around assistant, typist, researcher,and fact checker to one of the most popular westernauthorsof all time, J.A. Johnstone learned fromthe master, Uncle William W. Johnstone.
He began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts orresearching his massive American Western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts.J.A. worked hardand learned.
\"Every day with Billwas an adventure story in itself. Bill taught meallhe couldabout the art of storytelling. Keep the historical facts accurate,\\'he would say. Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, I am telling you now: be the best J.A. Johnstone you can be.\\'\"', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Band-Aid Chicken: A Program about Resisting Peer Pressure\nDescription: ['THE BAND-AID CHICKEN is a story with accompanying questions and activities about kindness and the acceptance of others.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Golden Crystal\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Sales Fundamentals for Technical Specialists\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Exodus Lost\nDescription: ['\"Exodus Lost is a first-rate intellectual adventure. Its fresh perspective and new revelations make for a thoughtful and captivating journey into the roots of Mesoamerican and Western civilizations. I highly recommend this thought-provoking new book.\" -Dr. Jonathan Fanton, eminent historian, leading human rights advocate, former President of the New School for Social Research, and retired President of the MacArthur Foundation
\"Exodus Lost is a page-turner... I highly recommend this fascinating, educational read by a scholar refreshingly willing to think \"out of the box.\" -Dr. David Kaufman, Linguistic Anthropologist
\"My husband took this manuscript on our yearly vacation to Padre Island... All I can tell you is that neither of us could put the manuscript down until it was finished. Only later did the irony of the situation appear: the scholarly documentation of the Pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica articulated in such an engaging spell-binding manner that neither of us could stop reading it. Guaranteed to be a real page-turner.\" -Dr. Vienna Schwartz', \"S. C. Compton has been fascinated with ancient civilizations since childhood adventures living in the rainforests of Peru with his grandparents and exploring Incan ruins in the nearby Andes. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities cum laude from Shimer College, a Master of Liberal Arts from the University of Chicago, a Master of Arts in Literature from Northwestern University, and studied at Oxford University and in Switzerland at L'Abri. Compton dedicated 14 years to the research and writing of Exodus Lost, including travels to archaeological sites in Egypt, Mexico, Greece, Israel, and Turkey and to relevant museum and library holdings across Mexico, Europe, and America. He currently edits academic journals in the fields of history and literature for Oxford University Press.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lady Cannibal\nDescription: ['Tim is clearly one of the best horror/splatterpunk authors. -- Dread Central', 'Tim Miller has dedicated his life to writing stories that will both scare readers and make them cringe.
Over the years, Tim's writings have evolved into darker realms. He released his first horror novel, "The Hand of God" in 2011. Since then his books have become progressively more violent and gory. With the release of "Family Night" in 2013, Tim had moved into the world of extreme horror where he continues to push the boundaries of human suffering.
Tim is now an international best seller as well. His books, "Hell, Texas" and "Family Night" have recently ranked high on Amazon sales charts since their release in Germany under German publisher, Festa-Verlag.
He continues to climb the sales charts with his April Almighty series, as well as his recent hits, "Hacked" and "Lady Cannibal."
Tim is very active on social media and loves interacting with his readers. You can find him at his website at timmiller.org.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: From The Ashes: America Reborn\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Evangelizing Parish: Theologies and Strategies for Renewal, a Resource for Parish Staffs and Leaders\nDescription: ['Book by Brennan, Partick J.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Planters of Colonial Virginia eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Driving Excellence: How The Aggregate System Turned Microchip Technology from a Failing Company to a Market Leader\nDescription: [\"When Steve Sanghi took over as CEO of Microchip Technology in 1990,the com?pany was in dire straits. It was hemorrhaging money, itstechnology was outmoded, its factories were inefficient, and itsemployees lacked morale. So many things were wrong with the companythat Sanghi didn't know where to start.
\", \"A parade of consultants marched through the Microchip officesoffering every kind of cure, from cycle time reduction to processcontrols to outsourcing. All those suggestions were valid, butthere was no single cure for what ailed Microchip. Sanghirecognized that Microchip required an approach that would improveall aspects of the enterprise and involve every employee in thequest for improvement. But since no one could offer such anapproach, it was up to Sanghi and Michael Jones, the company's VicePresident of Human Resources, to develop their own model forreform.\", \"Together, Sanghi and Jones designed and, with the help of anoutstanding management team, implemented the Aggregate System. Asthe name implies, the Aggregate System is designed tosimultaneously improve all of a company's business processes byaligning and uniting the processes and elements that lead tosuccess. Rather than focusing solely on manufacturing processes,business strategies, or workforces, the Aggregate System is abig-picture approach that creates an exceptional business cultureand a management model that institutionalizes and perpetuatesimprovement across the entire business.\", 'Today, Microchip is a leader in the semiconductor industry. TheAggregate System worked for Microchip and it can work for you too.Now, in this practical and prescriptive guide, Sanghi and Jonesexplain the origin and proper implementation of the AggregateSystem so that business leaders can apply it to their ownstruggling organizations. In four sections, they explain the storyof Microchip and its rebirth; how the Aggregate System works andthe ten key elements of it; the foundations of a true values-basedcorporate culture; and, finally, how you can put it to work in yourown organization.', \"Based on hard-earned experience, the Aggregate System is areal-world solution for real-world business problems. It's no magicbullet and it won't change your business overnight. What it will dois show you how to create a business culture that improves, andsucceeds, at every endeavor.\", '', 'Praise for DRIVING EXCELLENCE
', '\"A well-organized compendium of immense common sense. [Theauthors\\'] values-based, walk-the-talk approach recognizes thefast-changing environment we live in. It shows the importance ofaggregating and integrating knowledge and experience on acontinuing basis. Finally, it demonstrates the significance ofcreating a culture that reinforces those values and takes pride inthriving on the complexity.\" John E. Abele, founder and Director, Boston ScientificCorporation', '\"The Aggregate System is a powerful blend of strategic formula,exceptional culture, and human systems combined into a completeself-perpetuating system to produce exceptional performance. Anyoneinterested in improving the performance of his or her companyshould read this book.\" Jerry Colangelo, CEO and Chairman, Phoenix Suns', '\"This is not another \\'silver bullet\\' piece of academic advice onhow to do a quick fix to some imaginary business. DrivingExcellence is a serious and detailed insight into how a real CEO,Steve Sanghi, has transformed a real company, Microchip, into aworld-class enterprise. Anyone interested in understanding therealities of implementing and sustaining an enterprise-wideconstant improvement plan should read this book.\" Dean Kamen, founder and President, DEKA Research &Development Corporation, inventor of the Segway HT, NationalInventors Hall of Fame inductee', '\"Driving Excellence is the first book to deal with theintegration of all the core elements that are essential to runninga business. It should be required reading for all executives andventure firms looking to boost return on invested capital and addsome consistency to their growth. High praise is due to MichaelJones and Steve Sanghi for developing a blueprint that works in thereal world.\" Ed Sperling, Editor in Chief, Electronic News', '\"This book provides a nicely developed framework to understandorganizational effectiveness and performance, drawing upon Sanghi\\'smanagerial skills, perfected in his significant turnaroundperformance at Microchip. Importantly, the reader benefits frominsight and experience about building an organizational cultureproductive to performance and competitiveness.\" Steven Stralser, PhD, author of MBA in a Day', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Collapse Depth\nDescription: [\"Todd Tucker attended the University of Notre Dame on a full scholarship, graduating with a degree in history in 1990. He then volunteered for the United States Navy's demanding nuclear power program, eventually making six patrols onboard a Trident submarine.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Blueprint Reading for Construction: Residential and Commercial : Write-In Text\nDescription: ['Book by Brown, Walter Charles']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The United States of Vinland: The Landing (The Markland Trilogy)\nDescription: [\"Colin Taber was born in Australia in 1970 and announced his intention to be a writer at the innocent age of 6. His father, an accountant, provided some cautious advice, suggesting that life might be easier if his son pursued a more predictable vocation. Colin didn't listen. Over the past twenty years Colin's had over a hundred magazine articles published, notably in Australian Realms Magazine. In 2009 his first novel, The Fall of Ossard, was released to open his coming of age dark fantasy series, The Ossard Trilogy. The second installment, Ossard's Hope, followed in 2011 and was supported by a national book signing tour. Currently, Colin is working on the final book in that trilogy, Lae Ossard, and the second book in his new series, The United States of Vinland. Loki's Rage will follow the release of The Landing also in 2013. Colin has done many things over the years, from working in bookshops to event management, small press publishing, landscape design and even tree farming. All he really wants to do, though, is to get back to his oak grove and be left to write. Thankfully, with an enthusiastic and growing readership, that day is coming. He currently haunts the west coast city of Perth.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course 3rd edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Reapers: Breakers, Book 4\nDescription: ['The Complete BREAKERS Series:
Outcome (A Breakers Novella) - amazon.com/dp/B00B1I5GA4/ Breakers (Breakers, Book 1) - amazon.com/dp/B007712HM4/ Melt Down (Breakers, Book 2) - amazon.com/dp/B009S17UG4/ Knifepoint (Breakers, Book 3) - amazon.com/dp/B00BH07V54/ Reapers (Breakers, Book 4) -amazon.com/dp/B00EBZHH2E/ Cut Off (Breakers, Book 5) - amazon.com/dp/B00JJVYTCQ/
Launched in 2012, the post apocalyptic Breakers novels have sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide.']","rejected":"Title: Captain Billy's Whiz Bang: February, 1922: 3\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: WHITE SEED: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke\nDescription: [\"White Seed... hews closely to...Raleigh's second doomed attempt to plant the British flag in Virginia...Readers will find this saga, which... achieves page-turner velocity, to bea dandy diversion and an entertaining education. --Publishers Weekly\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Amurath to Amurath: A Journey Along the Banks of the Euphrates\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Eden Plague (Plague Wars) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['David VanDyke is a former US Army Airborne enlisted soldier and, later in life, a US Air Force officer. He served in and out of combat zones all over the world in the 1980s through the 2000s. He lives on the East Coast with his wife and three dogs.']","rejected":"Title: KJV Study Bible, Large Print, Bonded Leather, Burgundy, Indexed, Red Letter Edition: Second Edition\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sergeant Lamb's America\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Artistic Coloring Patterns (Coloring Books for Adults) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hearts, Minds, and Coffee: A Vietnam Peace Odyssey\nDescription: ['The army didn\\'t like Slater\\'sopposition to the Vietnam warso assigned him with three other dissidents to Viet Cong territory to support a nearby regiment andexpected him to die. To survive, Slater followed his own rules and waged peace with the village of Phan Lac. Heovercame their hostility and forged a friendship.
Months later, he spotted North Vietnamese scouts and knew the enemy planned anattack against the American base. The village chief feared that once the offensive began, the firing of mortars and artillery from both sides would destroy his rural community. Slater\\'s team of four set up an ambush which temporarily succeeded. The TVA unexpectedly ignored its other targets and sent more soldiers toward Slater\\'s position.
Against afired up enemythat deployed more infantry and mortar squads, an outmanned Slater with few weapons and a radiohad to improviseto save the villagers, a U.S. army platoon, and their own lives.
\"It\\'s amazing to think that someone can come up with new material about Vietnam that makes the story seem fresh, when so much has been published about it.\" ---Dr. Rick Farley, Psychologist, Combat decorated Vietnam veteran U.S. Navy, Commander, retired
\"Entirely credible, complex, brilliant in his own way, and constantly surprising.\" ---Marty Kuehnert, Vice President/Professor, Sendai University, Japan', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Research Strategies for Advanced Practice Nurses\nDescription: ['This guide offers presentation and utilization strategies that help make the nursing research process more \"do-able\" and exciting. More emphasis is placed on implementing research in a variety of settings than on undertaking original research. Incorporates current research and guidelines for writing and conveying research results throughout. Devotes each chapter to subsequent phases in the research process. Provides a succinct overview of material in each chapter. Provides a wealth of clinically based examples to illustrate content. Offers excerpts from actual studies by APNs. Alerts APN researchers to challenges in clerical research and how to overcome them. Features a guide to Internet resources in the Appendix. Ideal for nurse practitioners preparing to function in advanced practice roles.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Countenance of War: Book II of the Black Douglas Trilogy\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Ultimate Witch\nDescription: [\"This collection of witch stories runs the gamut form tedious to thought-provoking to haunting. The best stories deal with contemporary witchcraft and mystical experiences. In an amusing account of mischievous modern witches, Kathryn Ptacek presents two sisters-in-law who discover a common interest in spells as they conspire to silence an annoying relative. When Nancy Holder's protagonist initiates contact with a representative of the Church of Satan, and then two friends die in a horrific car crash minutes later, Holder calls into serious question the idea of innocent coincidence. S. P. Somtow merges the old with the new by setting the traditional tale of Hansel and Gretel in Hollywood. Deserted by their parents, the two children are taken in by a psychic reader. Overwhelmed in a new world of drugs and prostitution, they finally escape and leave the suspected witch to burn in a bake-shop oven. From bedtime fairy tales (with witches living on the moon) to complex adult themes (a transvestite prostitute sodomized by a horned man), Preiss ( Where's Lulu ) and Betancourt ( Rememory ) have gathered an odd but often entertaining range of storylines. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"Generous collections of horror stories, nearly all original, that comprise the fourth and fifth volumes of the publisher's Ultimate series (previous volumes, not reviewed, covered Dracula, Frankenstein, and werewolves). What makes these two ``ultimate'' is unclear--certainly not Philip Jos Farmer's querulous introduction to The Ultimate Witch, in which he decries the ``moronicity of anti-Satanists'' (Dennis Etchison does a far more sensible job of introducing the companion volume, displaying a tight grasp on zombie literature and films). It's not quite the authors either, although they're an impressive lot, emphasizing youthful talent: new stories from Kathryn Ptacek, Lois Tilton, Jonathan Bond, Nancy Holder, Tanith Lee, and others on witches, and from Rick Hautala, Geoffrey A. Landis, Brian Hodge, Alan Rodgers, and others on zombies. There are new stories by some bigger, older names, too (S.P. Somtow, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karl Edward Wagner on witches; Robert Silverberg, John Brunner on zombies), but, not surprisingly, the biggest draws--Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury--are represented by old stories (with the Rice zombie-piece being, ironically, a reprint from The Witching Hour) (It's also interesting to note that stories by women--a fast-growing minority in the horror field--make up only five of the 23 zombie tales, but ten of the 25 witch tales.) Perhaps not the ultimate, then (The Book of the Dead, ed. by John Skipp and Craig Spector, 1989, outclasses this zombie collection)--but, still, two strong bets for horror fans. -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Man Skills\nDescription: ['Joshua Piven is coauthor, with David Borgenicht, of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks. He lives in Philadelphia.
David Borgenicht is the creator and coauthor of all the Worst-Case Scenario books. He lives in Philadelphia.
Ben H. Winters is a journalist, author, and playwright. He lives in Brooklyn.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beginner's Guide to Working Trials (Beginner's Guides (TFH Publications))\nDescription: ['Book by Beasley, Wendy', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hell Ship: A Dane and Bones Origins Story (Dane Maddock Origins) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['David Wood is the author of the popular action-adventure series, The Dane Maddock Adventures, as well as several stand-alone works and two series for young adults. Under his David Debord pen name he is the author of the Absent Gods fantasy series. When not writing, he co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. David and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit him online at www.davidwoodweb.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Underneath The Ash: An Alzheimer's Story\nDescription: ['Kate serves as a national Alzheimers advocate and speaker and is the Communications and Public Policy Coordinator for the Alzheimers Association Oregon Chapter. She works with her state and local representatives on Alzheimers research, care, and funding issues and is also a member of the speakers bureau for the Alzheimers Association. In February of 2008, she was the keynote speaker at the Associations Western Regional Conference. In May, she traveled to Washington, DC, to share this story with members of Congress.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cave Dweller\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi\nDescription: ['An absorbing analysis of a 1936 case that exonerated three black sharecroppers tortured into confessing a murder they did not commit', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Different Alchemy (The Great De-evolution)\nDescription: ['\"A powerful story that will keep you thinking about how we treat others and why people do the things they do.\" - Fran Lewis; Just Reviews
\"The imagery, the concept, the writing - all excellent. You won\\'t be disappointed.\" - Three Cats and a Girl
\"A highly addictive book... A must read for everyone.\" - The Reading Room
\"A humanistic tale of a man at a cross roads... both hopeless and fearless.\" Highest possible rating. -- OnlineBookClub.org', \"Chris graduated from Western Maryland College (McDaniel College). He currently lives outside Washington D.C. His short stories have appeared in Temenos, Foliate Oak, and Down in the Dirt. His first novel, THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE WORLD END, was featured on The Science Fiction Spotlight and was voted as one of GoodReads Top 10 'Most Interesting Books of 2013.'\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Van Fleet Alphabet Heads: Alphabet; Heads\nDescription: ['Matthew Van Fleets innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years.His uniquely designed board booksinvite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift, and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites, and more. HisNew York Timesbestselling titles includeCat,Heads,Alphabet, and Moo, as well as the #1New York TimesbestsellersTailsandDog. His books have sold more than eight million copies and have been translated around the world. He lives with his family in New York. Visit him online at VanFleetBooks.com.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Walls of Lemuria: A Purge of Babylon Novel\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Eleanor Lambert: Still Here\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Extinction Point\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Mr. Darcy's Daughter: The acclaimed Pride and Prejudice sequel series (The Pemberley Chronicles)\nDescription: [\"The new installment of the Pemberley Chronicles follows the story of Cassandra Gardiner, daughter of Pride & Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. When Cassandra's brother, Julian, is faced with personal tragedy, he abdicates his role as Pemberley's heir to his young son, Anthony, retreating into his work and leaving it up to Cassandra to raise Anthony for the station. Meanwhile, Cassandra has a family of her own, including her daughter Lizzie, enamored of a newly arrived American. Add a mysterious death in the village, and it's a sure bet that things at Pemberley will be lively. Collins is clearly well practiced at this series and has a superb grasp of character (particularly the ones she's contributed to Austen's world). This time, however, she's bitten off slightly more than a reader can chew: three generations of several interconnected families will challenge even adept historical readers. Those expecting Austen-caliber prose will be disappointed, but this should please as a Victorian family story with familiar characters. Longtime readers will find more of the same; new ones would be better off with the original. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"I would recommend this book for anyone who likes Jane Austen sequels, romance novels, or books that have endings with no loose ends.\" - At Home With Books
\"After reading Mr. Darcy\\'s Daughter there is no doubt in my mind that author Rebecca Ann Collins is an ardent admirer of Jane Austen, proficient at historical research and has a very creative imagination. \" - Austeprose
\"This series is hands down the best Pride and Prejudice sequel I have found. \" - My Reading Spot', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Templar's Relic: A James Acton Thriller Book #4 (James Acton Thrillers) (Volume 4)\nDescription: [\"USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy has written over twenty international bestsellers including the smash hit James Acton Thrillers series, the first installment of which, The Protocol, has been on the bestsellers list since its release, including a three month run at number one. In addition to the other novels from this series including The Templar's Relic, a USA Today bestseller and #1 overall bestseller on Barnes & Noble, he writes the bestselling Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers, the Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers, and the Detective Shakespeare Mysteries. Robert lives with his wife and daughter and writes full-time.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Grilled Pizza the Right Way: The Best Technique for Cooking Incredible Tasting Pizza & Flatbread on Your Barbecue Perfectly Chewy & Crispy Every Time\nDescription: [\"John Delpha is the partner and chef of the Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar in Somerville, MA. He has worked at some of the East Coast's favorite restaurants, including Mistral, Clio, Harvest and Sorellina. He and his barbecue team, IQUE, have more than ten awards from the Jack Daniel's International BBQ Championship. John lives in Littleton, MA.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life II\nDescription: ['KIRKUS REVIEW', '', 'Scott Spotson creates a wide variety of fiction, but what his works have in common is a sense of wonderment - about the relationships we value in our lives; about the world we live in. He has written \"Life II,\" a time travel novel that follows a man\\'s new path through life when, in the year 2013, he returns to 1987 as his 16-year-old self; \"Bridge Through Time,\" which is the time travel sequel to \"Life II,\" with a good dose of science fiction; \"Seeking Dr. Magic,\" a novel that imagines what happens when a powerful wizard comes of age as a contemporary, charismatic young man and wreaks his havoc upon the world, which is yet unaware of his existence; \"Delusional,\" in which a woman in love suddenly experiences hallucinations and resolve to track down her tormentor before it\\'s too late; \"The Deadly Wizard Games,\" in which four arrogant wizards take over governing present-day North America; \"Alia Tero: The Many Lives of Darren Datita,\" in which a young man finds himself bewildered as he navigates the strange rules of an alternate society cloned from Earth; \"The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers,\" where after a bioweapons explosion on an army base claims the lives of his parents, he experiences hallucinations that may be clues as to what really happened; and \"You Know You\\'re Thin When...,\" a humour book using large single panel cartoons, for ages 12 and up.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 54-40 or Fight eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rift\nDescription: ['Rock & roll takes on new meaning in The Rift, Walter Jon Williams\\'s huge book about a magnitude 8.9 earthquake centered under the southeastern United States. This is a major departure from the intricate science fiction tales Williams usually writes (City on Fire, Aristoi), but he applies the same thoroughness, complexity, and great character development to this disaster yarn. Some readers might balk at the book\\'s size (it\\'s a doorstopper), but consider the subject: the biggest earthquake in recorded history, a monstrous disaster that lays waste to entire cities from Chicago to New Orleans, flings one of the world\\'s largest rivers out of its banks, and within 10 minutes obliterates countless lives. But the earthquake is only the beginning of this horror story--fire, flood, and chaos follow, and ordinary people are pushed to the limits of ability and sanity as they are transformed into survivors:', '', \"Williams follows the fates of nine people in the earthquake's aftermath. Among the most compelling, considering the racial and political tension characteristic of the American southeast, are the stories of sheriff Omar Paxton, a card-carrying KKK member from a small parish in Louisiana; the Reverend Noble Frankland, a fundamentalist preacher with well-stocked bunkers and fanatic followers; and General Jessica Frazetta of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the woman in charge of somehow repairing the damage. Each character's story would make a terrifying disaster novel on its own, and Williams handles them all deftly, weaving their threads through the apocalyptic postquake landscape. The Rift is a magnitude 9 novel--you'll walk gingerly on the quiet earth when you're done reading. --Therese Littleton\", 'A devastating earthquake strikes the American heartland along the New Madrid faultline, destroying homes, severing communications, and changing the course of the Mississippi River. As the inhabitants of cities from Missouri to Louisiana seek to recover from the catastrophe, the earth continues to shudder, and with it comes a breakdown in the lives of the survivors. With the same vigorous eloquence he brings to cutting-edge sf, the author of Voice of the Whirlwind depicts a continent divided not only by the forces of nature but by the all-too-human rifts that separate individuals from each other. Part social commentary, part disaster novel, this near-future drama should appeal to fans of cataclysmic fiction. Highly recommended for general and sf collections. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Kiss Album Focus, Fourth Edition, Volume II: Hell or High Water 1983 - 1996\nDescription: [\"After moving to America in 1978, Julian Gill quickly discovered that Bonny M, the Osmands, and Meat Loaf weren't the only music around. That fact was illustrated at a school talent show where he witnessed fellow students dressed up in tin-foil and makeup miming to the extravaganza that is the Hottest Band in the World!\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons\nDescription: ['\"A stirring tale of forgotten heroes, splendidly told by a master narrator.\"', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Santana -- Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (Authentic Guitar TAB) (Authentic Guitar-Tab Editions)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Red Baron\nDescription: ['After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Richard Fox served in the Army as a Field Artillery and Military Intelligence officer for almost a decade. During two two fifteen-month long tours in Iraq, he earned the Combat Action Badge, the Bronze Star, and received a Presidential Unit Citation.
He lives and works in southern Arizona with his incredible wife and two boys, amazing children bent on anarchy.']","rejected":"Title: Turtle Island: A Dream of Peace\nDescription: ['Jack Ramey is a poet, author, performer, and English professor at Indiana University Southeast. His poetry books include \"Eavesdropping in Plato\\'s Caf,\" \"The Future Past,\" \"Death Sings in the Choir of Light,\" and \"Burnt Almonds.\" His documentary on William Blake won an Aegis award for best educational film. His article, \"The Coffee Planter of St. Domingo: A Technical Manual for the Caribbean Slave Owner,\" examines the rhetoric of racism in the Spring 2014 issue of Technical Communication Quarterly. As a student of anthropology at Kent State, he wrote a paper on Lewis H. Morgan\\'s \"League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee or Iroquois.\" Since then he has continued his lifelong fascination with the People of the Longhouse, which led to the creation of \"Turtle Island.\" His scholarly expertise in rhetoric and creative writing, his poetic insight, and his lifelong interest in history, anthropology, and native Americans give him a unique perspective for bringing to life the inspirational story of the founding of the Iroquois Nation. In his early years, he studied to be a priest at the Passionist Fathers Seminary, then became a member of the counterculture and read his poetry in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Eugene OR, Victoria BC, and Kent OH. His one-person show \"Dark Is a Long Way: An Evening with Dylan Thomas\" ran for two years at the 13th Street Theater in NYC, at the Odyssey Theater in LA, and toured the country. He taught in Stockholm for several years. On his return to America, he performed in medieval plays with the Chicago Medieval Players and often read his poetry at the Green Mill, where he was a finalist in the Chicago Slam. He frequently posts poems, videos, and reviews at springwoodpress.org.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Siberian Treasure\nDescription: ['C. M. Gleason is the pen name of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made : Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy\nDescription: ['This extensive group-portrait by two Time news editors trumpets the role of six policymakersDean Acheson, Averell Harriman, George Kennan, John McCloy Jr., Charles Bohlen, Robert Lovettin taking postWW II America from isolationism to a recognition that the U.S. \"would have to assume the burden of a global role.\" The irony is that, as elder statesmen, they sometimes warned against the interventionist momentum they had helped create, as this behind-the-scenes account makes clear. The authors\\' portrayal of the six as the hidden architects behind the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and Cold War containment will certainly provoke debate. Based on prodigious research, including interviews with four of the six, the tome often sounds like an official biography (\"Kennan had tortuously conflicted feelings about being tapped to be part of the American elite\") and the prose echoes Time\\'s style (Dean Rusk, \"the round-faced Georgian\"). History buffs will follow with interest the minor revelations that spill forth as the six advise presidents from F. D. R. to L. B. J. Major ad/promo. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"The authors, Time editors, chronicle the activities of six gifted friendsDean Acheson, Charles E. Bohlen, W. Averell Harriman, George Kennan, Robert Lovett, and John J. McCloywho were instrumental in developing U.S. diplomacy from the 1930s to the Vietnam War. Nurtured in the innocent internationalism of Woodrow Wilson, they applied their Ivy League educations to a variety of crises. Their successes outweighed their failures, and their service promoted the values of free trade, democratic capitalism, international cooperation, and pragmatism. Their lives provide a history of America's policy-making elite. But elitism breeds insularity, and the shift away from great wars between industrialized nations and toward small unit actions in wars of national liberation was not recognized by these men. Though superbly written, this book's primary value is anecdotal. James L . Jablonowski, History Dept., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Seventh Angel\nDescription: ['\"The Seventh Angel blends page-turning action and compellingcharacters with an informative history on the development of rockets,intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the challenges of ballistic missiledefense.\"-- NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW
\"This novel is many things, but above all, it is acelebration of the modern surface navy. The author is proud of his career as a SurfaceWarrior, and that pride comes through on every page.\"-- SURFACE WARFAREMAGAZINE', \"Jeff Edwards is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and an Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialist.Trained extensively in mainframe computers,weapons systems, and naval combat tactics, he brings an experience-based edge of authenticity to his writing.
Collectively, his novelshave won the Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction, the Reader'sChoice Award, the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Award for Adventure Writing, theMilitary Writer's Society of America Gold Medal for Navy Fiction, and theAmerican Author Medal.His novel, TheSeventh Angel, was selected for the 2012 Chief of Naval Operations ProfessionalReading Program.He lives in San Diego,where he consults for the Department of Defense.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Creative Corporate Writer\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Purge of Babylon: A Novel of Survival (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: ABWUN: The Prayer Of Jesus (CD)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Last Survivors: A Dystopian Society in a Post Apocalyptic World (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: P.A.T.H. wellness manual\nDescription: ['New condition - NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ACCEPTED ON THIS ITEM', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: How to Succeed in Evil (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan (Book 2)\nDescription: ['Gr 46Roan Novachez is back for a second year at Jedi Academya typical middle school with a Star Wars twist. Students communicate via messages posted to holobook and endure disgusting cafeteria food served by the new Gamorrean chef, Gammy. Roan spends his days training to be a Jedi while navigating problematic situations with friends, embarrassing moments, bullies, and the worries of report cards. Classes are taught by Librarian Lackbar, Master Yoda, and other characters from the films. Yoda is an exception, but other familiar characters have slightly different names, like T-P30 and RW-22. The full-color cover is a bit misleading, since all graphics inside are rendered in black-and-white; however, the content makes up for any disappointment. This series of diary-format graphic novels is sure to be popular with elementary and middle-grade readers. Recommended for all public and school libraries.Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, WA', 'Roan Novachez has high hopes for his second year at Jedi Academy, since he finally gets to start his pilot training. Because his dad is a pilot, Roan feels confident that hell be great, but when he finally gets to class, he realizes he has a lot to learn. He also has a lot to learn about being a good friend: a few misunderstandings with his closest buddies lead to a lot of hurt feelings, and Roan falls in with the mean-kid crowd for a while. The contrasts between Roans journal entries and the panels depicting his days at school demonstrate Roans still-burgeoning sense of emotional maturity and make the growth of his self-awareness and confidence that much more gratifying. Roans comics for the school paper, as well as class schedules and cafeteria menus stuffed with Star Wars jokes, are delightful interludes. Best-selling Browns naive, sketchy black-and-white illustrations are the perfect match for this journal-style comics hybrid, sure to appeal to fans of Jeff Kinneys Wimpy Kid series. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The runaway success of Browns Star Warsthemed graphic novels will likely keep growing, thanks to a sizable first printing. Grades 3-7. --Sarah Hunter', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Long Walk To The Sun\nDescription: ['A lifelong student of history and lover of alternative historical fiction, William Peter Grassos novels explore the concept of change one thing...and watch what happens. The results are works of fiction in which the actual people and historical events are weaved into a seamless and entertaining narrative with the imagined. Retired from the aircraft maintenance industry, William Peter Grasso is a veteran of the US Army and served in Operation Desert Storm as a flight crew member with the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). These days, he confines his aviation activities to building and flying radio-controlled model aircraft.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Little Girl\nDescription: [\"My Little Girl is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book has been honored by this distinguished award. --Mom's Choice Awards\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The War Planners\nDescription: ['\"Difficult to put down. Terrific action. Believable. Frightening to imagine something like this could possibly happen. Andrew Watts has a new follower...Highly recommended reading.\" -Amazon Reviewer
\"I am hooked.\" - Amazon Reviewer
\"From the first page of this book to the last one, I was sitting on the edge of my seat. I kept thinking that this scenario is realistic and could happen so easily that it really is a scary one.\" -Amazon Top 500 Reviewer', \"Hello readers,
I spent 10 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, and began my first novel while deployed on an aircraft carrier. I hope you find my books enjoyable. If you like to read authors like Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, Nelson Demille, Lee Child, Daniel Silva, or Brad Thor, there is a good chance that you'll like the type of books I write.
Find out about me and my books at andrewwattsauthor.com
-Andrew\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Weaving In the Arts: Widening the Learning Circle\nDescription: ['Sharon Blecher has been teaching for more than twenty years at Eastwood School in Oberlin, Ohio. For the last eleven years she has taught in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom with Kathy Jaffee. In 1990, their classroom was named a Center of Excellence for Teaching Children at Risk by the NCTE. In 1994, they were awarded a NCTE Teacher-Researcher Grant to study the ways students are empowered in their literacy learning when the fine arts are woven into the curriculum. Kathy Jaffee has been teaching for more than twenty years at Eastwood School in Oberlin, Ohio. For the last eleven years she has taught in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom with Sharon Blecher. In 1990, their classroom was named a Center of Excellence for Teaching Children at Risk by the NCTE. In 1994, they were awarded a NCTE Teacher-Researcher Grant to study the ways students are empowered in their literacy learning when the fine arts are woven into the curriculum.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Extinction Horizon(The Extinction Cycle Book 1)\nDescription: ['\"With Extinction Horizon, Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers unrelenting, unmerciful action to his readers, and he weaves it seamlessly with just enough scientific know-how that after each chapter you\\'re left looking around and wondering not IF this is going to happen, but WHEN.\" D. J. Molles, author of The Remaining
\"Nicholas Sansbury Smith combines plausible science with fast-paced military action in an epic juggernaut that races along at supersonic speed. Fans of the genre are sure to love it!\"Russell Blake,bestselling author of The Day After Never
\"Smith has realized that the way to rekindle interest in zombie apocalypse fiction is to make it louder, longer, and bloodier. ... Smith intensifies the disaster efficiently as the pages flip by, and readers who enjoy juicy blood-and-guts action will find a lot of it here.\"Publishers Weekly
\"A blistering, high octane thrill ride to the brink of humanity\\'s extinction. Nicholas Sansbury Smith plunges the reader right into the middle of the action, alongside a cast of unforgettable characters, as they fight tooth and nail to survive one impossible mission after another-to stop an extinction level virus. The Extinction Cycle series is post-apocalyptic, military science fiction at its best. Highly addictive!\"Steven Konkoly, USA Today bestselling author of The Jakarta Pandemic
\"Fast-paced military action meets cool, cutting-edge science. Extinction is no longer a Darwinian battle of the fittest. It\\'s a race for survival.\" E. E. Giorgi, author of Chimeras on The Extinction Cycle
\"Extinction Horizon is a roller coaster ride of fear and adrenaline that you will not want to put down. Nicholas Sansbury Smith once again separates himself from the masses with a brilliantly entertaining post-apocalyptic thriller.\" W. J. Lundy, author of Only the Dead Live Forever on The Extinction Cycle ', \"Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the USA Today bestselling author of Hell Divers, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion-writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his fiance, their dogs, and a house full of books. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Super, Epic, Mega Joke Book for Kids\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tyrant: The Rise (book 1)\nDescription: ['L. Douglas Hogan is a U.S.M.C. veteran with over twenty years in public service. Among these are three years as a USMC anti-tank infantryman, one year as a Marine Corps Marksmanship Instructor, eight years as a part-time police officer, and sixteen years working in state government doing security work and supervision. He has been married over twenty years, has two children, and is faithful to his church, where he resides in southern Illinois.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Narrative Edge in Expert Testimony: A Guide for Social Workers\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Guns, Freedom & The American Dream: The Story of Tim Schmidt & The USCCA\nDescription: [\"184 pages of challenges and controversy that ignited a movement This isn't your run-of-the-mill autobiography. Inside you'll discover the REAL truth behind how the United States Concealed Carry Association came to be. You won't find a simple story of triumph and glory, but one of controversy and overwhelming struggle. You'll learn how through perseverance and faith one man defied all odds and ultimately changed the way America views responsibly armed citizens. This is a book about faith, and what happens when you believe in something so unconditionally that the only way to go is up. It was written to inspire you, to help you see things differently in your own life, and give you hope. Hope in our country, hope in the cause of the American gun owner, and ultimately hope in you and your family.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Oeuvres de Maupassant, tome 1 : Contes et nouvelles, romans\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Franklin Horton lives and writes in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. He attended Virginia Intermont College and Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds a B.A. in English from Virginia Commonwealth. In his spare time he pursues outdoor adventures with his wife and children, including camping, kayaking, backpacking, mountain biking, and shooting.']","rejected":"Title: Fantastic Porsche: 1948-1998 : The Porsche 50th Anniversary Book\nDescription: ['Book by Vann, Peter, Becker, Clauspeter', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Jakarta Pandemic\nDescription: ['\"Nobody writes breakneck-paced thrill rides like Konkoly. There are few in the genre who can do it like he does!\" Russell Blake, bestselling author of The Voynich Cypher, King of Swords and Zero Sum. ', 'Steven Konkoly graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served on active duty for eight years with various Navy and Marine Corps units. He currently lives with his family in southern Maine, where he works for a major pharmaceutical company.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Your Own Restaurant - For Under $1000: An Innovative Guidebook To Restaurant Ownership\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Torrent (Cy Reed Adventure) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '', \"David Meyer is an adventurer and author of the Cy Reed Adventure series. His books take readers across the globe, from New York's lost subway tunnels to forgotten laboratories buried deep beneath Antarctica's frozen tundra. To find out more about David, his adventures, and his books, visit www.GuerrillaExplorer.com.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: THE TIME TRAP-BESTELLERS I\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sleeping Giants: Themis Files Book 1\nDescription: ['Deadwood USA A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike Suddenly the ground disappears beneath her Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit she sees an emergency rescue team above her The people looking down see something far stranger We always look forward We never look back That girl grows up to be Dr Rose Franklin a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered An enormous ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal which predates all human civilisation on the continent But this thing its different It challenges us It rewrites history', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Ocean Dark: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"The Ocean Dark by Jack Rogan is gale-force-ten of a thriller, blending furious suspense with brilliantly speculative science to create a riveting story of violence and mayhem on the high seas. Wow.\"Douglas Preston, co-author of Relic and Cemetery Dance
\"A masterful thriller. Rogan\\'s The Ocean Dark is a big, sprawling tale filled with smart plotting and flesh-and-blood characters. It races from start to finish like an unstoppable vessel steaming full speed ahead.\"Jeffery Deaver, author of The Bone Collector and Roadside Crosses
\"Jack Rogan\\'s The Ocean Dark demands to be devoured in one sitting. A bloody, brilliant thriller centered on a horror rising from the darkest myths and legends. Read it with all the lights on in the house. You\\'ve been warned!\"James Rollins, author of The Last Oracle', 'Jack Rogan teaches English and theatre arts at a small private school in New England. In previous lives he has been a travel writer, a housepainter, and an amateur treasure hunter. The Ocean Dark is his first novel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hathor's Mega Awesome Book of In Your Face Breastfeeding Comics\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hell Divers (Hell Divers Series, Book 1)\nDescription: [\"''Relentless action and danger in a gritty postapocalyptic world where survival depends on a few brave men and women. Hell Divers is one hell of a page-turner!'' --Bob Mayer, New York Times bestselling author
''Literally skydiving into the apocalypse, Hell Divers delivers more of Smith's trademark breakneck action and suspense. Amazing settings, great characters, the end of the world shouldn't be this much fun!'' --Matthew Mather, bestselling author of CyberStorm
''An action-packed page-turner. All humanity's hope for survival rests on the shoulders of a handful of daring men and women. The odds are stacked against them, but they have no choice but to try. You won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page. And then you'll want the next book.'' --Mike Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of the Kris Longknife series
''An action-packed page-turner...You won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page. And then you'll want the next book.'' --Mike Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author
''An exciting new take on the end of the world and a thrilling race to survive...Sure to delight fans of survival and postapocalyptic thrillers.'' --A. G. Riddle, bestselling author of The Atlantis Gene
''X marks the spot in Nicholas Sansbury Smith's Hell Divers, a cross between Waterworld and Snowpiercer...but with monsters and airships. It's a terrific blend of high-concept and wild action, all tied together with tough-as-nails characters that you care for as they face impossible odds. A must for fans of smart postapocalyptic storytelling.'' --Sam Sisavath, bestselling author of the Purge of Babylon series
''Hugh Howey meets Michael Crichton in Nicholas Smith's latest postapocalyptic thriller...Once again, Nicholas Smith dominates the postapocalyptic genre with this riveting, nail-biting adventure that will grip you from the first chapter.'' --E. E. Giorgi, bestselling author of Gene Cards
''Hell Divers is an engaging story that holds one s attention from start to finish and will certainly satisfy the readers' need for adventure in a postapocalyptic scenario. The kind of book that can keep you awake till the small hours.'' --Space and Sorcery
''I have to confess: Hell Divers is my favorite series Smith has written thus far...Hell Divers is written well, and the whole book flows at a nice pace...If you're any kind of fan of science fiction or postapocalyptic fiction, then this is a book you have to check out. Smith once again raises the bar for himself, and I'm eager to see what he does next.'' --Shattered Ravings
''Hell Divers is an adrenaline rush with plenty of bullets, life-threatening situations, and exceptional world building to make a story that is easily immersive. Plus, the Sirens are seriously creepy.'' --Silk & Serif
''Hell Divers is action-packed, gritty, and wholly original. A rare combination of a high premise, solid storytelling, and heart.'' --Daniel Arenson, USA Today bestselling author
''This book for me is a solid six stars as Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers yet again. Hell Divers unbelievably takes it another notch above his excellent Extinction Cycle series...The author has crafted yet another engrossing apocalyptic world in which we are plunged...If Hell Divers is anything to go by then this (series) is destined to become a classic.'' --The Lazy Book Reviewer
''The intensity level of this book is off the charts!...The world was so solid, I swear I could see it when I closed my eyes at night...Together with the characters and the plot, Sansbury Smith has created a full-bodied sci-fi novel, and by far, one of the most entertaining reads of the year for me.'' --Contagious Reads
''Original, riveting, and exceptionally well written from first page to last, Hell Divers showcases author Nicholas Sansbury Smith as an impressively skilled storyteller and a master of the science fiction genre...Enthusiastically recommended.'' --Midwest Book Review
''Hell Divers offers genre fans everything they could ask for, from fresh takes on the post-apocalypse to social commentary reminiscent of Snowpiercer, and plenty of action.'' --Shelf Awareness
''The action writing is very good. It's always clear what s going on, even though the weapons, the enemies, and the settings are all unfamiliar...[and] Smith manages to keep it fresh and alive... '' --Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author\", \"Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the USA Today bestselling author of the Hell Divers series, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion -- writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his fiance, their dogs, and a house full of books.
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Nevil Shute wrote a moving book,On the Beach, about the aftermath of a nuclear war...Now William Brinkley has used the same premise to tell and even more fascinating tale.The Wall Street Journal
An extraoridincary novel of men at war, a superb portrtait of naval command,The Last Shipis a powerful and exciting novel you will not want to miss.The Washington Post
Beautifully written...as if the narrator has set himself the task of preserving the language, of writing it down lest it be lost forever...Brinkley's plot contains a series of unexpected reversals and the tale's conclusion is unforgettably intense...A magnificent book.Cleveland Plain Dealer
William Brinkley writes in expert detail about life on the sea...Readers will be engaged by this ambitious tale, which draws on the legacies of Melville and Conrad but is full of its own nuclear-age quandaries and horrors.The New York Times Book Review
Brinkleys tale has humanity, thoughtfulness and one inspired complication: women.Time\", 'William Brinkleygraduated from the University of Oklahoma and went on to become a commissioned officer in the US Navy during WWII. He was a reporter for The Washington Post and wrote for Life magazine. He was the bestselling author of The Last Ship, the inspiration for the TNT television series, andDont Go Near the Water. He died in 1993.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Charles, Ray - Masters of Jazz\nDescription: ['18x13,8x1,5cm. DVD. neuf sous blister']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Outage (Powerless Nation)\nDescription: ['', 'Ellisa Barr grew up in a small town in Idaho, even smaller than the fictitious town of Lookout Falls. In the summer, almost entirely cut off from friends and other entertainment, she became a voracious reader. When she misbehaved as a tween, her parents despaired of finding a suitable punishment, because the only thing she wanted to do was read. Finally, they resorted to grounding her from books. Her friends thought she had the best parents ever. Ellisa agrees.', 'She lives with her husband, two children, a dog, and a cat in Southern California, where she homeschools her kids and knows just enough about prepping to prolong her agony in the event of the apocalypse.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: El Evangelio Gnóstico de Tomás (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Atlantic Island (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Fredric Shernoff is the author of the \"Atlantic Island\" series (#1 Best-selling Teen/YA Romance Sci-Fi), the Amazon best-selling time travel novel \"The Traveler,\" and the Silo Saga story \"Angels of the Earth\" (the first story accepted into Kindle Worlds). Atlantic Island III is coming at the end of 2017!
Fredric lives in Wellington, Florida with his two amazing children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dorothy Einon's Learning Early\nDescription: ['Learning Early is the ideal guide for parents who want to understand the development of their childand discover how they can help. -- Island Family, April 2000', 'Dorothy Einon is a lecturer in psychology at University College, London, with a particular interest in child development. She has researched the psychology of learning at Columbia University in New York and has studied and taught child development in different educational cultures from Japan to Canada. She has worked as an adviser to Fisher-Price Toys and appears regularly on radio and television.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life\nDescription: ['Patrick Van Horne is a former captain in the United States Marine Corps and the founder of The CP Journal, a behavioral analysis training company. His firm provides training support to the U.S. military, federal and local law enforcement agencies, and the private security industry. Patrick lives in Boulder, Colorado.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Music: INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN SOUND (Inquire and Investigate)\nDescription: ['
School Library Journal \"This overview is a STEAM advocate\\'s delight. ...an admirable synopsis of the multicultural history of American music.\"
Marla Conn, educational consultant “Music is highly motivating and well written. The activities are thought provoking, engaging and entertaining, allowing students to connect the text to self, the world, and other texts! I love this book! It hits EVERY standard for reading informational text, history, and science.”
Cecil Adderley, Ph.D., Chair, Music Education Department, Berklee College of Music “Provides the young reader with a glimpse into the evolution of American music with outlines of historical events that encourage further discovery. Diverse musical styles provide a broad scope of all things American.”
Dr. Deborah Check Reeves, Curator of Education and Woodwinds, Associate Professor of Music, National Music Museum, The University of South Dakota “Surveys the blending of cultures and styles that produces a unique American sound. Not only does it explore music as an art, it introduces music as a science. Students and teachers will especially like the ‘Inquire and Investigate’ sections at the end of every chapter.”
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The United States boasts a rich musical diversity. Colonial Americans integrated European traditions with new cultural influences to compose a unique musical identity. African traditions influenced hymns and folk songs that connected people to religion and to the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Patriotic tunes created unity in wartime. America’s jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop continue to evolve from their African-American origins.
Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound invites kids ages 12 and up to explore the roots of American music genres as they investigate the social, political, and religious influences that inspire musicians. Activities encourage readers to inquire into the art and science of music. Readers can engage in a hands-on exploration of the physics of sound vibrations, decibel levels, and acoustics, or use vocal styling to improvise and discover the rhythm of their bodies to create a beatbox. Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound encourages readers to analyze lyrics, their meanings, and rhythms, and then use that analysis to write their own songs. This title meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
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''Amazing settings, great characters, the end of the world shouldn't be this much fun!'' --Matthew Mather, bestselling author, on Hell Divers
''Relentless action and danger Hell Divers is one hell of a page-turner!'' --Bob Mayer, New York Times bestselling author
''An action-packed page-turnerYou won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page.'' --Mike Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author, on Hell Divers\", \"Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the USA Today bestselling author of the Hell Divers series, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion -- writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his fiance, their dogs, and a house full of books.
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LELA GILBERT is the author or co-author of more than 30 books. Her love of the arts is apparent through her dedication to writing fiction, nonfiction, children's books, poetry, and music. c.1996 \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Book of Common Prayer: Pocket edition\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rogue Warrior: Seize the Day\\nDescription: [\\\"Marcinko and DeFelice keep up a withering fusillade of wisecracks as Marcinko's fictional alter ego, Dick Marcinko, tangles with an aging Fidel Castro in the loosely plotted 13th outing for the former Navy SEAL (after Rogue Warrior: Dictator's Ransom). Dick (aka the Rogue Warrior) and his Red Cell International cohorts must prevent a deadly attack on the U.S. to be triggered by the demise of the Cuban dictator. The action hinges on the central joke that Dick, with some age-related makeup, actually looks so much like Fidel that he can imitate the leader well enough to trick the authorities and general citizenry of Cuba into doing what Dick and the CIA want done to free the island from the yoke of tyranny. Series fans will cheer as Dick and company run all over Cuba, killing people and causing trouble. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Marcinkos latest exploits as the Rogue Warrior, aka Demo Dick, take him and his team to Cuba. Initially, they are hired to make a DVD with Dick impersonating Fidel Castro, since he looks a lot like the Cuban dictator. To the teams dismay, they must travel south to make a switch of real footage of Castro with their phony film in enemy territory. Of course, everything doesnt go as planned. As a result, they stumble upon a terrifying plot by Castro to release a deadly virus in the U.S. after he dies. Can the Rogue Warrior and his team save the day? The appeal of this series lies in Marcinkos sense of humor mixed with traditional thriller elements, creating a laugh-out-loud read that somehow melds the wackiness of Janet Evanovich with a military thriller a la Clancy. In addition, this time the writers spotlight other members of the team, creating a more well-rounded and intriguing story line. Both fans and newcomersproviding the latter have a taste for this sort of thingwill enjoy the show. --Jeff Ayers', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Latin Themes for Alto Sax (Schott Master Play-Along)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rogue Warrior: Domino Theory\\nDescription: ['Marcinko is the real McCoy, a warrior who has lived it. (Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassin)
The most colorful, hell-raising, bomb-throwing ex-SEAL commander of them all. (Playboy)', '', \\\"RICHARD MARCINKO is a living, breathing hero--he was honored with the silver star and four bronze stars for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals. After serving in Vietnam, he started and commanded SEAL Team 6, the Navy's anti-terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high-level anti-terrorist unit whose exploits, fictionalized for security and legal reasons, have formed the basis of his novels. Besides an active speaking and consulting calendar, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company. He lives in Warrington, Virginia.\\\", \\\"JIM DeFELICE is the author of many military based thriller novels and is a frequent collaborator with Stephen Coonts, Larry Bond, and Richard Marcinko, among other New York Times bestselling authors. His solo novels include Leopards Kill,Threat Level Black, Coyote Bird, War Breaker, and My Brother's Keeper. He lives in New York.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Anatomy & Physiology\\nDescription: ['Gary A. Thibodeau, PhD, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI; and Kevin T. Patton, PhD, Professor of Life Science, St. Charles Community College, St. Peters, MO, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology, Saint Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist: Plus 100 Tips to Ensure Your Success, Revised Edition\\nDescription: ['A Must Have for Aspiring Genealogists - This fascinating expose reveals what makes a great \\\"Ancestor Hound\\\" and how you can become one or hire one!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Southern Roots PORTRAIT IN OCHRE From Original Watercolors By Mary Ann Reames (Cross Stitch) (661)\\nDescription: ['folded cross stitch craft pamphlet that folds out to a 17 x 22\\\" sheet']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Free Falling\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The $500 Savings Coloring Book: Color All Ten Pictures To Reach Your $500 Savings Goal\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Home Invasion (Black Ops)\\nDescription: ['William W. Johnstone is theUSA TodayandNew York Timesbestselling author of over 300 books, includingPreacher, The Last Mountain Man, Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man; The Family Jensen, Sidewinders,andShawn O\\\\'Brien Town Tamer. His thrillers includePhoenix Rising, Home Invasion, The Blood of Patriots, The Bleeding Edge, andSuicide Mission. Visit his website at www.williamjohnstone.net or by email at dogcia2006@aol.com.
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He began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts orresearching his massive American Western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts.J.A. worked hardand learned.
\\\"Every day with Billwas an adventure story in itself. Bill taught meallhe couldabout the art of storytelling. Keep the historical facts accurate,\\\\'he would say. Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, I am telling you now: be the best J.A. Johnstone you can be.\\\\'\\\"', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Band-Aid Chicken: A Program about Resisting Peer Pressure\\nDescription: ['THE BAND-AID CHICKEN is a story with accompanying questions and activities about kindness and the acceptance of others.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Golden Crystal\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sales Fundamentals for Technical Specialists\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Exodus Lost\\nDescription: ['\\\"Exodus Lost is a first-rate intellectual adventure. Its fresh perspective and new revelations make for a thoughtful and captivating journey into the roots of Mesoamerican and Western civilizations. I highly recommend this thought-provoking new book.\\\" -Dr. Jonathan Fanton, eminent historian, leading human rights advocate, former President of the New School for Social Research, and retired President of the MacArthur Foundation
\\\"Exodus Lost is a page-turner... I highly recommend this fascinating, educational read by a scholar refreshingly willing to think \\\"out of the box.\\\" -Dr. David Kaufman, Linguistic Anthropologist
\\\"My husband took this manuscript on our yearly vacation to Padre Island... All I can tell you is that neither of us could put the manuscript down until it was finished. Only later did the irony of the situation appear: the scholarly documentation of the Pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica articulated in such an engaging spell-binding manner that neither of us could stop reading it. Guaranteed to be a real page-turner.\\\" -Dr. Vienna Schwartz', \\\"S. C. Compton has been fascinated with ancient civilizations since childhood adventures living in the rainforests of Peru with his grandparents and exploring Incan ruins in the nearby Andes. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities cum laude from Shimer College, a Master of Liberal Arts from the University of Chicago, a Master of Arts in Literature from Northwestern University, and studied at Oxford University and in Switzerland at L'Abri. Compton dedicated 14 years to the research and writing of Exodus Lost, including travels to archaeological sites in Egypt, Mexico, Greece, Israel, and Turkey and to relevant museum and library holdings across Mexico, Europe, and America. He currently edits academic journals in the fields of history and literature for Oxford University Press.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lady Cannibal\\nDescription: ['Tim is clearly one of the best horror/splatterpunk authors. -- Dread Central', 'Tim Miller has dedicated his life to writing stories that will both scare readers and make them cringe.
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Tim is now an international best seller as well. His books, "Hell, Texas" and "Family Night" have recently ranked high on Amazon sales charts since their release in Germany under German publisher, Festa-Verlag.
He continues to climb the sales charts with his April Almighty series, as well as his recent hits, "Hacked" and "Lady Cannibal."
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\\\", \\\"A parade of consultants marched through the Microchip officesoffering every kind of cure, from cycle time reduction to processcontrols to outsourcing. All those suggestions were valid, butthere was no single cure for what ailed Microchip. Sanghirecognized that Microchip required an approach that would improveall aspects of the enterprise and involve every employee in thequest for improvement. But since no one could offer such anapproach, it was up to Sanghi and Michael Jones, the company's VicePresident of Human Resources, to develop their own model forreform.\\\", \\\"Together, Sanghi and Jones designed and, with the help of anoutstanding management team, implemented the Aggregate System. Asthe name implies, the Aggregate System is designed tosimultaneously improve all of a company's business processes byaligning and uniting the processes and elements that lead tosuccess. Rather than focusing solely on manufacturing processes,business strategies, or workforces, the Aggregate System is abig-picture approach that creates an exceptional business cultureand a management model that institutionalizes and perpetuatesimprovement across the entire business.\\\", 'Today, Microchip is a leader in the semiconductor industry. TheAggregate System worked for Microchip and it can work for you too.Now, in this practical and prescriptive guide, Sanghi and Jonesexplain the origin and proper implementation of the AggregateSystem so that business leaders can apply it to their ownstruggling organizations. In four sections, they explain the storyof Microchip and its rebirth; how the Aggregate System works andthe ten key elements of it; the foundations of a true values-basedcorporate culture; and, finally, how you can put it to work in yourown organization.', \\\"Based on hard-earned experience, the Aggregate System is areal-world solution for real-world business problems. It's no magicbullet and it won't change your business overnight. What it will dois show you how to create a business culture that improves, andsucceeds, at every endeavor.\\\", '', 'Praise for DRIVING EXCELLENCE
', '\\\"A well-organized compendium of immense common sense. [Theauthors\\\\'] values-based, walk-the-talk approach recognizes thefast-changing environment we live in. It shows the importance ofaggregating and integrating knowledge and experience on acontinuing basis. Finally, it demonstrates the significance ofcreating a culture that reinforces those values and takes pride inthriving on the complexity.\\\" John E. Abele, founder and Director, Boston ScientificCorporation', '\\\"The Aggregate System is a powerful blend of strategic formula,exceptional culture, and human systems combined into a completeself-perpetuating system to produce exceptional performance. Anyoneinterested in improving the performance of his or her companyshould read this book.\\\" Jerry Colangelo, CEO and Chairman, Phoenix Suns', '\\\"This is not another \\\\'silver bullet\\\\' piece of academic advice onhow to do a quick fix to some imaginary business. DrivingExcellence is a serious and detailed insight into how a real CEO,Steve Sanghi, has transformed a real company, Microchip, into aworld-class enterprise. Anyone interested in understanding therealities of implementing and sustaining an enterprise-wideconstant improvement plan should read this book.\\\" Dean Kamen, founder and President, DEKA Research &Development Corporation, inventor of the Segway HT, NationalInventors Hall of Fame inductee', '\\\"Driving Excellence is the first book to deal with theintegration of all the core elements that are essential to runninga business. It should be required reading for all executives andventure firms looking to boost return on invested capital and addsome consistency to their growth. High praise is due to MichaelJones and Steve Sanghi for developing a blueprint that works in thereal world.\\\" Ed Sperling, Editor in Chief, Electronic News', '\\\"This book provides a nicely developed framework to understandorganizational effectiveness and performance, drawing upon Sanghi\\\\'smanagerial skills, perfected in his significant turnaroundperformance at Microchip. Importantly, the reader benefits frominsight and experience about building an organizational cultureproductive to performance and competitiveness.\\\" Steven Stralser, PhD, author of MBA in a Day', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Collapse Depth\\nDescription: [\\\"Todd Tucker attended the University of Notre Dame on a full scholarship, graduating with a degree in history in 1990. He then volunteered for the United States Navy's demanding nuclear power program, eventually making six patrols onboard a Trident submarine.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blueprint Reading for Construction: Residential and Commercial : Write-In Text\\nDescription: ['Book by Brown, Walter Charles']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The United States of Vinland: The Landing (The Markland Trilogy)\\nDescription: [\\\"Colin Taber was born in Australia in 1970 and announced his intention to be a writer at the innocent age of 6. His father, an accountant, provided some cautious advice, suggesting that life might be easier if his son pursued a more predictable vocation. Colin didn't listen. Over the past twenty years Colin's had over a hundred magazine articles published, notably in Australian Realms Magazine. In 2009 his first novel, The Fall of Ossard, was released to open his coming of age dark fantasy series, The Ossard Trilogy. The second installment, Ossard's Hope, followed in 2011 and was supported by a national book signing tour. Currently, Colin is working on the final book in that trilogy, Lae Ossard, and the second book in his new series, The United States of Vinland. Loki's Rage will follow the release of The Landing also in 2013. Colin has done many things over the years, from working in bookshops to event management, small press publishing, landscape design and even tree farming. All he really wants to do, though, is to get back to his oak grove and be left to write. Thankfully, with an enthusiastic and growing readership, that day is coming. He currently haunts the west coast city of Perth.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course 3rd edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Reapers: Breakers, Book 4\\nDescription: ['The Complete BREAKERS Series:
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Against afired up enemythat deployed more infantry and mortar squads, an outmanned Slater with few weapons and a radiohad to improviseto save the villagers, a U.S. army platoon, and their own lives.
\\\"It\\\\'s amazing to think that someone can come up with new material about Vietnam that makes the story seem fresh, when so much has been published about it.\\\" ---Dr. Rick Farley, Psychologist, Combat decorated Vietnam veteran U.S. Navy, Commander, retired
\\\"Entirely credible, complex, brilliant in his own way, and constantly surprising.\\\" ---Marty Kuehnert, Vice President/Professor, Sendai University, Japan', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Research Strategies for Advanced Practice Nurses\\nDescription: ['This guide offers presentation and utilization strategies that help make the nursing research process more \\\"do-able\\\" and exciting. More emphasis is placed on implementing research in a variety of settings than on undertaking original research. Incorporates current research and guidelines for writing and conveying research results throughout. Devotes each chapter to subsequent phases in the research process. Provides a succinct overview of material in each chapter. Provides a wealth of clinically based examples to illustrate content. Offers excerpts from actual studies by APNs. Alerts APN researchers to challenges in clerical research and how to overcome them. Features a guide to Internet resources in the Appendix. Ideal for nurse practitioners preparing to function in advanced practice roles.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Countenance of War: Book II of the Black Douglas Trilogy\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Ultimate Witch\\nDescription: [\\\"This collection of witch stories runs the gamut form tedious to thought-provoking to haunting. The best stories deal with contemporary witchcraft and mystical experiences. In an amusing account of mischievous modern witches, Kathryn Ptacek presents two sisters-in-law who discover a common interest in spells as they conspire to silence an annoying relative. When Nancy Holder's protagonist initiates contact with a representative of the Church of Satan, and then two friends die in a horrific car crash minutes later, Holder calls into serious question the idea of innocent coincidence. S. P. Somtow merges the old with the new by setting the traditional tale of Hansel and Gretel in Hollywood. Deserted by their parents, the two children are taken in by a psychic reader. Overwhelmed in a new world of drugs and prostitution, they finally escape and leave the suspected witch to burn in a bake-shop oven. From bedtime fairy tales (with witches living on the moon) to complex adult themes (a transvestite prostitute sodomized by a horned man), Preiss ( Where's Lulu ) and Betancourt ( Rememory ) have gathered an odd but often entertaining range of storylines. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", \\\"Generous collections of horror stories, nearly all original, that comprise the fourth and fifth volumes of the publisher's Ultimate series (previous volumes, not reviewed, covered Dracula, Frankenstein, and werewolves). What makes these two ``ultimate'' is unclear--certainly not Philip Jos Farmer's querulous introduction to The Ultimate Witch, in which he decries the ``moronicity of anti-Satanists'' (Dennis Etchison does a far more sensible job of introducing the companion volume, displaying a tight grasp on zombie literature and films). It's not quite the authors either, although they're an impressive lot, emphasizing youthful talent: new stories from Kathryn Ptacek, Lois Tilton, Jonathan Bond, Nancy Holder, Tanith Lee, and others on witches, and from Rick Hautala, Geoffrey A. Landis, Brian Hodge, Alan Rodgers, and others on zombies. There are new stories by some bigger, older names, too (S.P. Somtow, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karl Edward Wagner on witches; Robert Silverberg, John Brunner on zombies), but, not surprisingly, the biggest draws--Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury--are represented by old stories (with the Rice zombie-piece being, ironically, a reprint from The Witching Hour) (It's also interesting to note that stories by women--a fast-growing minority in the horror field--make up only five of the 23 zombie tales, but ten of the 25 witch tales.) Perhaps not the ultimate, then (The Book of the Dead, ed. by John Skipp and Craig Spector, 1989, outclasses this zombie collection)--but, still, two strong bets for horror fans. -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Man Skills\\nDescription: ['Joshua Piven is coauthor, with David Borgenicht, of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks. He lives in Philadelphia.
David Borgenicht is the creator and coauthor of all the Worst-Case Scenario books. He lives in Philadelphia.
Ben H. Winters is a journalist, author, and playwright. He lives in Brooklyn.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Beginner's Guide to Working Trials (Beginner's Guides (TFH Publications))\\nDescription: ['Book by Beasley, Wendy', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hell Ship: A Dane and Bones Origins Story (Dane Maddock Origins) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['David Wood is the author of the popular action-adventure series, The Dane Maddock Adventures, as well as several stand-alone works and two series for young adults. Under his David Debord pen name he is the author of the Absent Gods fantasy series. When not writing, he co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. David and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit him online at www.davidwoodweb.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Underneath The Ash: An Alzheimer's Story\\nDescription: ['Kate serves as a national Alzheimers advocate and speaker and is the Communications and Public Policy Coordinator for the Alzheimers Association Oregon Chapter. She works with her state and local representatives on Alzheimers research, care, and funding issues and is also a member of the speakers bureau for the Alzheimers Association. In February of 2008, she was the keynote speaker at the Associations Western Regional Conference. In May, she traveled to Washington, DC, to share this story with members of Congress.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cave Dweller\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi\\nDescription: ['An absorbing analysis of a 1936 case that exonerated three black sharecroppers tortured into confessing a murder they did not commit', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Different Alchemy (The Great De-evolution)\\nDescription: ['\\\"A powerful story that will keep you thinking about how we treat others and why people do the things they do.\\\" - Fran Lewis; Just Reviews
\\\"The imagery, the concept, the writing - all excellent. You won\\\\'t be disappointed.\\\" - Three Cats and a Girl
\\\"A highly addictive book... A must read for everyone.\\\" - The Reading Room
\\\"A humanistic tale of a man at a cross roads... both hopeless and fearless.\\\" Highest possible rating. -- OnlineBookClub.org', \\\"Chris graduated from Western Maryland College (McDaniel College). He currently lives outside Washington D.C. His short stories have appeared in Temenos, Foliate Oak, and Down in the Dirt. His first novel, THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE WORLD END, was featured on The Science Fiction Spotlight and was voted as one of GoodReads Top 10 'Most Interesting Books of 2013.'\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Van Fleet Alphabet Heads: Alphabet; Heads\\nDescription: ['Matthew Van Fleets innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years.His uniquely designed board booksinvite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift, and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites, and more. HisNew York Timesbestselling titles includeCat,Heads,Alphabet, and Moo, as well as the #1New York TimesbestsellersTailsandDog. His books have sold more than eight million copies and have been translated around the world. He lives with his family in New York. Visit him online at VanFleetBooks.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Walls of Lemuria: A Purge of Babylon Novel\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Eleanor Lambert: Still Here\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Extinction Point\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mr. Darcy's Daughter: The acclaimed Pride and Prejudice sequel series (The Pemberley Chronicles)\\nDescription: [\\\"The new installment of the Pemberley Chronicles follows the story of Cassandra Gardiner, daughter of Pride & Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. When Cassandra's brother, Julian, is faced with personal tragedy, he abdicates his role as Pemberley's heir to his young son, Anthony, retreating into his work and leaving it up to Cassandra to raise Anthony for the station. Meanwhile, Cassandra has a family of her own, including her daughter Lizzie, enamored of a newly arrived American. Add a mysterious death in the village, and it's a sure bet that things at Pemberley will be lively. Collins is clearly well practiced at this series and has a superb grasp of character (particularly the ones she's contributed to Austen's world). This time, however, she's bitten off slightly more than a reader can chew: three generations of several interconnected families will challenge even adept historical readers. Those expecting Austen-caliber prose will be disappointed, but this should please as a Victorian family story with familiar characters. Longtime readers will find more of the same; new ones would be better off with the original. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '\\\"I would recommend this book for anyone who likes Jane Austen sequels, romance novels, or books that have endings with no loose ends.\\\" - At Home With Books
\\\"After reading Mr. Darcy\\\\'s Daughter there is no doubt in my mind that author Rebecca Ann Collins is an ardent admirer of Jane Austen, proficient at historical research and has a very creative imagination. \\\" - Austeprose
\\\"This series is hands down the best Pride and Prejudice sequel I have found. \\\" - My Reading Spot', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Templar's Relic: A James Acton Thriller Book #4 (James Acton Thrillers) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: [\\\"USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy has written over twenty international bestsellers including the smash hit James Acton Thrillers series, the first installment of which, The Protocol, has been on the bestsellers list since its release, including a three month run at number one. In addition to the other novels from this series including The Templar's Relic, a USA Today bestseller and #1 overall bestseller on Barnes & Noble, he writes the bestselling Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers, the Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers, and the Detective Shakespeare Mysteries. Robert lives with his wife and daughter and writes full-time.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Grilled Pizza the Right Way: The Best Technique for Cooking Incredible Tasting Pizza & Flatbread on Your Barbecue Perfectly Chewy & Crispy Every Time\\nDescription: [\\\"John Delpha is the partner and chef of the Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar in Somerville, MA. He has worked at some of the East Coast's favorite restaurants, including Mistral, Clio, Harvest and Sorellina. He and his barbecue team, IQUE, have more than ten awards from the Jack Daniel's International BBQ Championship. John lives in Littleton, MA.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life II\\nDescription: ['KIRKUS REVIEW', '', 'Scott Spotson creates a wide variety of fiction, but what his works have in common is a sense of wonderment - about the relationships we value in our lives; about the world we live in. He has written \\\"Life II,\\\" a time travel novel that follows a man\\\\'s new path through life when, in the year 2013, he returns to 1987 as his 16-year-old self; \\\"Bridge Through Time,\\\" which is the time travel sequel to \\\"Life II,\\\" with a good dose of science fiction; \\\"Seeking Dr. Magic,\\\" a novel that imagines what happens when a powerful wizard comes of age as a contemporary, charismatic young man and wreaks his havoc upon the world, which is yet unaware of his existence; \\\"Delusional,\\\" in which a woman in love suddenly experiences hallucinations and resolve to track down her tormentor before it\\\\'s too late; \\\"The Deadly Wizard Games,\\\" in which four arrogant wizards take over governing present-day North America; \\\"Alia Tero: The Many Lives of Darren Datita,\\\" in which a young man finds himself bewildered as he navigates the strange rules of an alternate society cloned from Earth; \\\"The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers,\\\" where after a bioweapons explosion on an army base claims the lives of his parents, he experiences hallucinations that may be clues as to what really happened; and \\\"You Know You\\\\'re Thin When...,\\\" a humour book using large single panel cartoons, for ages 12 and up.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 54-40 or Fight eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rift\\nDescription: ['Rock & roll takes on new meaning in The Rift, Walter Jon Williams\\\\'s huge book about a magnitude 8.9 earthquake centered under the southeastern United States. This is a major departure from the intricate science fiction tales Williams usually writes (City on Fire, Aristoi), but he applies the same thoroughness, complexity, and great character development to this disaster yarn. Some readers might balk at the book\\\\'s size (it\\\\'s a doorstopper), but consider the subject: the biggest earthquake in recorded history, a monstrous disaster that lays waste to entire cities from Chicago to New Orleans, flings one of the world\\\\'s largest rivers out of its banks, and within 10 minutes obliterates countless lives. But the earthquake is only the beginning of this horror story--fire, flood, and chaos follow, and ordinary people are pushed to the limits of ability and sanity as they are transformed into survivors:', '', \\\"Williams follows the fates of nine people in the earthquake's aftermath. Among the most compelling, considering the racial and political tension characteristic of the American southeast, are the stories of sheriff Omar Paxton, a card-carrying KKK member from a small parish in Louisiana; the Reverend Noble Frankland, a fundamentalist preacher with well-stocked bunkers and fanatic followers; and General Jessica Frazetta of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the woman in charge of somehow repairing the damage. Each character's story would make a terrifying disaster novel on its own, and Williams handles them all deftly, weaving their threads through the apocalyptic postquake landscape. The Rift is a magnitude 9 novel--you'll walk gingerly on the quiet earth when you're done reading. --Therese Littleton\\\", 'A devastating earthquake strikes the American heartland along the New Madrid faultline, destroying homes, severing communications, and changing the course of the Mississippi River. As the inhabitants of cities from Missouri to Louisiana seek to recover from the catastrophe, the earth continues to shudder, and with it comes a breakdown in the lives of the survivors. With the same vigorous eloquence he brings to cutting-edge sf, the author of Voice of the Whirlwind depicts a continent divided not only by the forces of nature but by the all-too-human rifts that separate individuals from each other. Part social commentary, part disaster novel, this near-future drama should appeal to fans of cataclysmic fiction. Highly recommended for general and sf collections. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Kiss Album Focus, Fourth Edition, Volume II: Hell or High Water 1983 - 1996\\nDescription: [\\\"After moving to America in 1978, Julian Gill quickly discovered that Bonny M, the Osmands, and Meat Loaf weren't the only music around. That fact was illustrated at a school talent show where he witnessed fellow students dressed up in tin-foil and makeup miming to the extravaganza that is the Hottest Band in the World!\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons\\nDescription: ['\\\"A stirring tale of forgotten heroes, splendidly told by a master narrator.\\\"', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Santana -- Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (Authentic Guitar TAB) (Authentic Guitar-Tab Editions)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Red Baron\\nDescription: ['After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Richard Fox served in the Army as a Field Artillery and Military Intelligence officer for almost a decade. During two two fifteen-month long tours in Iraq, he earned the Combat Action Badge, the Bronze Star, and received a Presidential Unit Citation.
He lives and works in southern Arizona with his incredible wife and two boys, amazing children bent on anarchy.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Turtle Island: A Dream of Peace\\nDescription: ['Jack Ramey is a poet, author, performer, and English professor at Indiana University Southeast. His poetry books include \\\"Eavesdropping in Plato\\\\'s Caf,\\\" \\\"The Future Past,\\\" \\\"Death Sings in the Choir of Light,\\\" and \\\"Burnt Almonds.\\\" His documentary on William Blake won an Aegis award for best educational film. His article, \\\"The Coffee Planter of St. Domingo: A Technical Manual for the Caribbean Slave Owner,\\\" examines the rhetoric of racism in the Spring 2014 issue of Technical Communication Quarterly. As a student of anthropology at Kent State, he wrote a paper on Lewis H. Morgan\\\\'s \\\"League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee or Iroquois.\\\" Since then he has continued his lifelong fascination with the People of the Longhouse, which led to the creation of \\\"Turtle Island.\\\" His scholarly expertise in rhetoric and creative writing, his poetic insight, and his lifelong interest in history, anthropology, and native Americans give him a unique perspective for bringing to life the inspirational story of the founding of the Iroquois Nation. In his early years, he studied to be a priest at the Passionist Fathers Seminary, then became a member of the counterculture and read his poetry in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Eugene OR, Victoria BC, and Kent OH. His one-person show \\\"Dark Is a Long Way: An Evening with Dylan Thomas\\\" ran for two years at the 13th Street Theater in NYC, at the Odyssey Theater in LA, and toured the country. He taught in Stockholm for several years. On his return to America, he performed in medieval plays with the Chicago Medieval Players and often read his poetry at the Green Mill, where he was a finalist in the Chicago Slam. He frequently posts poems, videos, and reviews at springwoodpress.org.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Siberian Treasure\\nDescription: ['C. M. Gleason is the pen name of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made : Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy\\nDescription: ['This extensive group-portrait by two Time news editors trumpets the role of six policymakersDean Acheson, Averell Harriman, George Kennan, John McCloy Jr., Charles Bohlen, Robert Lovettin taking postWW II America from isolationism to a recognition that the U.S. \\\"would have to assume the burden of a global role.\\\" The irony is that, as elder statesmen, they sometimes warned against the interventionist momentum they had helped create, as this behind-the-scenes account makes clear. The authors\\\\' portrayal of the six as the hidden architects behind the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and Cold War containment will certainly provoke debate. Based on prodigious research, including interviews with four of the six, the tome often sounds like an official biography (\\\"Kennan had tortuously conflicted feelings about being tapped to be part of the American elite\\\") and the prose echoes Time\\\\'s style (Dean Rusk, \\\"the round-faced Georgian\\\"). History buffs will follow with interest the minor revelations that spill forth as the six advise presidents from F. D. R. to L. B. J. Major ad/promo. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \\\"The authors, Time editors, chronicle the activities of six gifted friendsDean Acheson, Charles E. Bohlen, W. Averell Harriman, George Kennan, Robert Lovett, and John J. McCloywho were instrumental in developing U.S. diplomacy from the 1930s to the Vietnam War. Nurtured in the innocent internationalism of Woodrow Wilson, they applied their Ivy League educations to a variety of crises. Their successes outweighed their failures, and their service promoted the values of free trade, democratic capitalism, international cooperation, and pragmatism. Their lives provide a history of America's policy-making elite. But elitism breeds insularity, and the shift away from great wars between industrialized nations and toward small unit actions in wars of national liberation was not recognized by these men. Though superbly written, this book's primary value is anecdotal. James L . Jablonowski, History Dept., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Seventh Angel\\nDescription: ['\\\"The Seventh Angel blends page-turning action and compellingcharacters with an informative history on the development of rockets,intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the challenges of ballistic missiledefense.\\\"-- NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW
\\\"This novel is many things, but above all, it is acelebration of the modern surface navy. The author is proud of his career as a SurfaceWarrior, and that pride comes through on every page.\\\"-- SURFACE WARFAREMAGAZINE', \\\"Jeff Edwards is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and an Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialist.Trained extensively in mainframe computers,weapons systems, and naval combat tactics, he brings an experience-based edge of authenticity to his writing.
Collectively, his novelshave won the Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction, the Reader'sChoice Award, the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Award for Adventure Writing, theMilitary Writer's Society of America Gold Medal for Navy Fiction, and theAmerican Author Medal.His novel, TheSeventh Angel, was selected for the 2012 Chief of Naval Operations ProfessionalReading Program.He lives in San Diego,where he consults for the Department of Defense.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Creative Corporate Writer\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Purge of Babylon: A Novel of Survival (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: ABWUN: The Prayer Of Jesus (CD)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Last Survivors: A Dystopian Society in a Post Apocalyptic World (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: P.A.T.H. wellness manual\\nDescription: ['New condition - NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ACCEPTED ON THIS ITEM', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: How to Succeed in Evil (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan (Book 2)\\nDescription: ['Gr 46Roan Novachez is back for a second year at Jedi Academya typical middle school with a Star Wars twist. Students communicate via messages posted to holobook and endure disgusting cafeteria food served by the new Gamorrean chef, Gammy. Roan spends his days training to be a Jedi while navigating problematic situations with friends, embarrassing moments, bullies, and the worries of report cards. Classes are taught by Librarian Lackbar, Master Yoda, and other characters from the films. Yoda is an exception, but other familiar characters have slightly different names, like T-P30 and RW-22. The full-color cover is a bit misleading, since all graphics inside are rendered in black-and-white; however, the content makes up for any disappointment. This series of diary-format graphic novels is sure to be popular with elementary and middle-grade readers. Recommended for all public and school libraries.Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, WA', 'Roan Novachez has high hopes for his second year at Jedi Academy, since he finally gets to start his pilot training. Because his dad is a pilot, Roan feels confident that hell be great, but when he finally gets to class, he realizes he has a lot to learn. He also has a lot to learn about being a good friend: a few misunderstandings with his closest buddies lead to a lot of hurt feelings, and Roan falls in with the mean-kid crowd for a while. The contrasts between Roans journal entries and the panels depicting his days at school demonstrate Roans still-burgeoning sense of emotional maturity and make the growth of his self-awareness and confidence that much more gratifying. Roans comics for the school paper, as well as class schedules and cafeteria menus stuffed with Star Wars jokes, are delightful interludes. Best-selling Browns naive, sketchy black-and-white illustrations are the perfect match for this journal-style comics hybrid, sure to appeal to fans of Jeff Kinneys Wimpy Kid series. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The runaway success of Browns Star Warsthemed graphic novels will likely keep growing, thanks to a sizable first printing. Grades 3-7. --Sarah Hunter', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Long Walk To The Sun\\nDescription: ['A lifelong student of history and lover of alternative historical fiction, William Peter Grassos novels explore the concept of change one thing...and watch what happens. The results are works of fiction in which the actual people and historical events are weaved into a seamless and entertaining narrative with the imagined. Retired from the aircraft maintenance industry, William Peter Grasso is a veteran of the US Army and served in Operation Desert Storm as a flight crew member with the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). These days, he confines his aviation activities to building and flying radio-controlled model aircraft.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Little Girl\\nDescription: [\\\"My Little Girl is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book has been honored by this distinguished award. --Mom's Choice Awards\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The War Planners\\nDescription: ['\\\"Difficult to put down. Terrific action. Believable. Frightening to imagine something like this could possibly happen. Andrew Watts has a new follower...Highly recommended reading.\\\" -Amazon Reviewer
\\\"I am hooked.\\\" - Amazon Reviewer
\\\"From the first page of this book to the last one, I was sitting on the edge of my seat. I kept thinking that this scenario is realistic and could happen so easily that it really is a scary one.\\\" -Amazon Top 500 Reviewer', \\\"Hello readers,
I spent 10 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, and began my first novel while deployed on an aircraft carrier. I hope you find my books enjoyable. If you like to read authors like Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, Nelson Demille, Lee Child, Daniel Silva, or Brad Thor, there is a good chance that you'll like the type of books I write.
Find out about me and my books at andrewwattsauthor.com
-Andrew\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Weaving In the Arts: Widening the Learning Circle\\nDescription: ['Sharon Blecher has been teaching for more than twenty years at Eastwood School in Oberlin, Ohio. For the last eleven years she has taught in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom with Kathy Jaffee. In 1990, their classroom was named a Center of Excellence for Teaching Children at Risk by the NCTE. In 1994, they were awarded a NCTE Teacher-Researcher Grant to study the ways students are empowered in their literacy learning when the fine arts are woven into the curriculum. Kathy Jaffee has been teaching for more than twenty years at Eastwood School in Oberlin, Ohio. For the last eleven years she has taught in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom with Sharon Blecher. In 1990, their classroom was named a Center of Excellence for Teaching Children at Risk by the NCTE. In 1994, they were awarded a NCTE Teacher-Researcher Grant to study the ways students are empowered in their literacy learning when the fine arts are woven into the curriculum.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Extinction Horizon(The Extinction Cycle Book 1)\\nDescription: ['\\\"With Extinction Horizon, Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers unrelenting, unmerciful action to his readers, and he weaves it seamlessly with just enough scientific know-how that after each chapter you\\\\'re left looking around and wondering not IF this is going to happen, but WHEN.\\\" D. J. Molles, author of The Remaining
\\\"Nicholas Sansbury Smith combines plausible science with fast-paced military action in an epic juggernaut that races along at supersonic speed. Fans of the genre are sure to love it!\\\"Russell Blake,bestselling author of The Day After Never
\\\"Smith has realized that the way to rekindle interest in zombie apocalypse fiction is to make it louder, longer, and bloodier. ... Smith intensifies the disaster efficiently as the pages flip by, and readers who enjoy juicy blood-and-guts action will find a lot of it here.\\\"Publishers Weekly
\\\"A blistering, high octane thrill ride to the brink of humanity\\\\'s extinction. Nicholas Sansbury Smith plunges the reader right into the middle of the action, alongside a cast of unforgettable characters, as they fight tooth and nail to survive one impossible mission after another-to stop an extinction level virus. The Extinction Cycle series is post-apocalyptic, military science fiction at its best. Highly addictive!\\\"Steven Konkoly, USA Today bestselling author of The Jakarta Pandemic
\\\"Fast-paced military action meets cool, cutting-edge science. Extinction is no longer a Darwinian battle of the fittest. It\\\\'s a race for survival.\\\" E. E. Giorgi, author of Chimeras on The Extinction Cycle
\\\"Extinction Horizon is a roller coaster ride of fear and adrenaline that you will not want to put down. Nicholas Sansbury Smith once again separates himself from the masses with a brilliantly entertaining post-apocalyptic thriller.\\\" W. J. Lundy, author of Only the Dead Live Forever on The Extinction Cycle ', \\\"Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the USA Today bestselling author of Hell Divers, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion-writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. 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\\\"Jack Rogan\\\\'s The Ocean Dark demands to be devoured in one sitting. A bloody, brilliant thriller centered on a horror rising from the darkest myths and legends. Read it with all the lights on in the house. You\\\\'ve been warned!\\\"James Rollins, author of The Last Oracle', 'Jack Rogan teaches English and theatre arts at a small private school in New England. In previous lives he has been a travel writer, a housepainter, and an amateur treasure hunter. The Ocean Dark is his first novel.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hathor's Mega Awesome Book of In Your Face Breastfeeding Comics\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hell Divers (Hell Divers Series, Book 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"''Relentless action and danger in a gritty postapocalyptic world where survival depends on a few brave men and women. Hell Divers is one hell of a page-turner!'' --Bob Mayer, New York Times bestselling author
''Literally skydiving into the apocalypse, Hell Divers delivers more of Smith's trademark breakneck action and suspense. Amazing settings, great characters, the end of the world shouldn't be this much fun!'' --Matthew Mather, bestselling author of CyberStorm
''An action-packed page-turner. All humanity's hope for survival rests on the shoulders of a handful of daring men and women. The odds are stacked against them, but they have no choice but to try. You won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page. And then you'll want the next book.'' --Mike Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of the Kris Longknife series
''An action-packed page-turner...You won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page. And then you'll want the next book.'' --Mike Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author
''An exciting new take on the end of the world and a thrilling race to survive...Sure to delight fans of survival and postapocalyptic thrillers.'' --A. G. Riddle, bestselling author of The Atlantis Gene
''X marks the spot in Nicholas Sansbury Smith's Hell Divers, a cross between Waterworld and Snowpiercer...but with monsters and airships. It's a terrific blend of high-concept and wild action, all tied together with tough-as-nails characters that you care for as they face impossible odds. A must for fans of smart postapocalyptic storytelling.'' --Sam Sisavath, bestselling author of the Purge of Babylon series
''Hugh Howey meets Michael Crichton in Nicholas Smith's latest postapocalyptic thriller...Once again, Nicholas Smith dominates the postapocalyptic genre with this riveting, nail-biting adventure that will grip you from the first chapter.'' --E. E. Giorgi, bestselling author of Gene Cards
''Hell Divers is an engaging story that holds one s attention from start to finish and will certainly satisfy the readers' need for adventure in a postapocalyptic scenario. The kind of book that can keep you awake till the small hours.'' --Space and Sorcery
''I have to confess: Hell Divers is my favorite series Smith has written thus far...Hell Divers is written well, and the whole book flows at a nice pace...If you're any kind of fan of science fiction or postapocalyptic fiction, then this is a book you have to check out. Smith once again raises the bar for himself, and I'm eager to see what he does next.'' --Shattered Ravings
''Hell Divers is an adrenaline rush with plenty of bullets, life-threatening situations, and exceptional world building to make a story that is easily immersive. Plus, the Sirens are seriously creepy.'' --Silk & Serif
''Hell Divers is action-packed, gritty, and wholly original. A rare combination of a high premise, solid storytelling, and heart.'' --Daniel Arenson, USA Today bestselling author
''This book for me is a solid six stars as Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers yet again. Hell Divers unbelievably takes it another notch above his excellent Extinction Cycle series...The author has crafted yet another engrossing apocalyptic world in which we are plunged...If Hell Divers is anything to go by then this (series) is destined to become a classic.'' --The Lazy Book Reviewer
''The intensity level of this book is off the charts!...The world was so solid, I swear I could see it when I closed my eyes at night...Together with the characters and the plot, Sansbury Smith has created a full-bodied sci-fi novel, and by far, one of the most entertaining reads of the year for me.'' --Contagious Reads
''Original, riveting, and exceptionally well written from first page to last, Hell Divers showcases author Nicholas Sansbury Smith as an impressively skilled storyteller and a master of the science fiction genre...Enthusiastically recommended.'' --Midwest Book Review
''Hell Divers offers genre fans everything they could ask for, from fresh takes on the post-apocalypse to social commentary reminiscent of Snowpiercer, and plenty of action.'' --Shelf Awareness
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Nevil Shute wrote a moving book,On the Beach, about the aftermath of a nuclear war...Now William Brinkley has used the same premise to tell and even more fascinating tale.The Wall Street Journal
An extraoridincary novel of men at war, a superb portrtait of naval command,The Last Shipis a powerful and exciting novel you will not want to miss.The Washington Post
Beautifully written...as if the narrator has set himself the task of preserving the language, of writing it down lest it be lost forever...Brinkley's plot contains a series of unexpected reversals and the tale's conclusion is unforgettably intense...A magnificent book.Cleveland Plain Dealer
William Brinkley writes in expert detail about life on the sea...Readers will be engaged by this ambitious tale, which draws on the legacies of Melville and Conrad but is full of its own nuclear-age quandaries and horrors.The New York Times Book Review
Brinkleys tale has humanity, thoughtfulness and one inspired complication: women.Time\\\", 'William Brinkleygraduated from the University of Oklahoma and went on to become a commissioned officer in the US Navy during WWII. He was a reporter for The Washington Post and wrote for Life magazine. He was the bestselling author of The Last Ship, the inspiration for the TNT television series, andDont Go Near the Water. He died in 1993.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Charles, Ray - Masters of Jazz\\nDescription: ['18x13,8x1,5cm. DVD. neuf sous blister']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Outage (Powerless Nation)\\nDescription: ['', 'Ellisa Barr grew up in a small town in Idaho, even smaller than the fictitious town of Lookout Falls. In the summer, almost entirely cut off from friends and other entertainment, she became a voracious reader. When she misbehaved as a tween, her parents despaired of finding a suitable punishment, because the only thing she wanted to do was read. Finally, they resorted to grounding her from books. Her friends thought she had the best parents ever. Ellisa agrees.', 'She lives with her husband, two children, a dog, and a cat in Southern California, where she homeschools her kids and knows just enough about prepping to prolong her agony in the event of the apocalypse.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: El Evangelio Gnóstico de Tomás (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Atlantic Island (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Fredric Shernoff is the author of the \\\"Atlantic Island\\\" series (#1 Best-selling Teen/YA Romance Sci-Fi), the Amazon best-selling time travel novel \\\"The Traveler,\\\" and the Silo Saga story \\\"Angels of the Earth\\\" (the first story accepted into Kindle Worlds). Atlantic Island III is coming at the end of 2017!
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School Library Journal \\\"This overview is a STEAM advocate\\\\'s delight. ...an admirable synopsis of the multicultural history of American music.\\\"
Marla Conn, educational consultant “Music is highly motivating and well written. The activities are thought provoking, engaging and entertaining, allowing students to connect the text to self, the world, and other texts! I love this book! It hits EVERY standard for reading informational text, history, and science.”
Cecil Adderley, Ph.D., Chair, Music Education Department, Berklee College of Music “Provides the young reader with a glimpse into the evolution of American music with outlines of historical events that encourage further discovery. Diverse musical styles provide a broad scope of all things American.”
Dr. Deborah Check Reeves, Curator of Education and Woodwinds, Associate Professor of Music, National Music Museum, The University of South Dakota “Surveys the blending of cultures and styles that produces a unique American sound. Not only does it explore music as an art, it introduces music as a science. Students and teachers will especially like the ‘Inquire and Investigate’ sections at the end of every chapter.”
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The United States boasts a rich musical diversity. Colonial Americans integrated European traditions with new cultural influences to compose a unique musical identity. African traditions influenced hymns and folk songs that connected people to religion and to the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Patriotic tunes created unity in wartime. America’s jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop continue to evolve from their African-American origins.
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''Amazing settings, great characters, the end of the world shouldn't be this much fun!'' --Matthew Mather, bestselling author, on Hell Divers
''Relentless action and danger Hell Divers is one hell of a page-turner!'' --Bob Mayer, New York Times bestselling author
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\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sexual Performance Anxiety\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Semper Fidelis\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Divine Macroverse\\nDescription: ['Rainey Marie Highley is a published author. Her books include Divine Macroverse, The Water Code, and The Long Lost Tale of The Dragon and The Whale.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Gospel of Pilate (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Paul Creasy was born in Radford, Virginia, the only child of Victor (Gene) and Marla Creasy. He grew up in the small town of Bluefield, West Virginia before moving to Richmond, Virginia where he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University. He continues to reside in Richmond today, with his lovely wife Mary and their rambunctious puppy Truffle. He and his wife run The Memory Tree, a bereavement services company his late parents founded over twenty years ago. Apart from writing, Paul enjoys reading fiction as well as history and Christian apologetics. He also enjoys ballroom dancing with his wife and traveling extensively.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Learning Statistics Using R\\nDescription: ['', 'Dr. Randall E. Schumacker is professor of educational research at the University of Alabama. He has written and co-edited several books, including A Beginners Guide to Structural Equation Modeling, Third Edition, Advanced Structural Equation Modeling: Issues and Techniques, Interaction and Non-Linear Effects in Structural Equation Modeling, New Developments and Techniques in Structural Equation Modeling, Understanding Statistical Concepts Using S-PLUS, Understanding Statistics Using R, and Learning Statistics Using R. Dr. Schumacker was the founder and is now emeritus editor of Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, and has established the Structural Equation Modeling Special Interest Group within the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He is also the emeritus editor of Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, the oldest journal sponsored by AERA (Multiple Linear Regression: General Linear Model Special Interest Group). Dr. Schumacker has conducted international and national workshops, has served on the editorial board of several journals, and currently pursues his research interests in statistics and structural equation modeling. He was the 1996 recipient of the Outstanding Scholar Award and the 1998 recipient of the Charn Oswachoke International Award. In 2010, he launched the DecisionKit App for the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch, which can assist researchers in making decisions about which measurement, research design, or statistic to use in their research projects. In 2011, he received the Apple iPad Award. In, 2012, he received the CIT Faculty Technology Award. In 2013, he received the McCrory Faculty Excellence in Research Award from the College of Education at the University of Alabama. In 2014, Dr. Schumacker was the recipient of the Structural Equation Modeling Service Award at AERA.', '', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":255,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":255,"string":"255"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Jesus: A Pilgrimage\nDescription: ['James Martins riveting new meditation on Jesus is one of the best books Ive read in yearson any subject. Jesus is a love letter to the first-century Jewish radical Martin has devoted his life to following. Bravo, Father Martin, for writing a must-read. (Mary Karr, author of Lit)
Do we really need yet another book about Jesus? If the book is this one, the answer is yes, we do. Jim Martins approach to a well pickedover subject is unique and original, and it will net the reader a glimpse into the Nazarene not available elsewhere. (Harvey Cox,, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School)
Fr. James Martin, S.J. is refreshingly innovative in his Jesus: A Pilgrimage. He has a knack for giving a new perspective to the familiar, making the reader exclaim, Ah, yes! A superb gift. (Archbishop Desmond Tutu)
One of the best religion writers today, Fr. Martin has produced a remarkable combination of modern scholarship on the Gospels, his experiences on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, his own creative imagination and sense of humor, and wise advice pertaining to Christian life. (Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Professor of New Testament, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, editor of New Testament Abstracts)
Martin communicates a joyful faith in Gods healing and the ultimate hope offered by the Resurrection. Throughout, vivid details of his search in blistering heat for holy sites both authentic and dubious anchor this complex, compelling spiritual testimony. (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)
What can be said about Jesus thats never been said before? Martin helps answer that question through an insightful, balanced, intelligent, widely-embracing, and faith-filled account of his own journey in search of Jesus. A book for everyone, regardless of creed or background. James Martin at his best! (Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, author of The Holy Longing)
This is a sensitive, hearfelt inquiry into the person of Jesus. James Martin encounters Jesus again and again on a pilgrimage through Israel. In his book the great texts of the Gospels come to live and are transformed for the reader into an encounter with Jesus as he really was. (Rev. Gerhard Lohfink, author of Jesus of Nazareth)
James Martin does something remarkable in this book. He invites you to accompany him on a pilgrimage through the Holy Land. New Testament scholarship opens up the life of Jesus so that the Gospels can speak to each of us personally and transform us as they did their first hearers. (John W. Martens, PhD, Associate Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota)
Jim Martins book on Jesus is a gem. Learned yet highly accessible, he weaves together a number of insights gleaned from the Gospels, a recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Ignatian spirituality, and his personal and pastoral experience. This is a Jesus book I highly recommend. (Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., Associate Professor of New Testament, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry)
James Martin has a gift for captivating both the readers head and heart. What a joy to take this personal and fascinating pilgrimage with Fr. Martin, one that leads to a refreshing awareness and understanding of the beloved Carpenter from Nazareth. This book not only informs, it inspires. (Joyce Rupp, author of Praying Our Goodbyes and Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self)', '', 'A gifted storyteller and spiritual director, Father James Martin, SJ, invites readers to experience the stories of the Gospels in a completely new, vivid, and exciting way to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus. Moving sequentially through the Gospels, considering not only familiar passages but also the \"hidden life\" of Jesus, the book offers a bold retelling of the life of Christ, faithful to the Christian tradition, while meditating on parts of the narrative that have often escaped notice.', 'Martin provides personal stories from his own life, the most up-to-date biblical scholarship, and powerful anecdotes from beloved spiritual teachers, and brings the reader along on his own real-life travels through the Holy Land.', \"Combining the fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound spiritual reflections about the Christ of faith, Martin re-creates the world of first-century Galilee and Judea to usher us into Jesus's life and times and reveal how Jesus speaks to us today. Jesus: A Pilgrimage is an invitation to know Jesus as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as well as friend and brother.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Chasing Hope\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. In this artful, disquieting, yet surprisingly jubilant memoir, Jesuit priest Boyle recounts his two decades of working with homies in Los Angeles County, which contains 1,100 gangs with nearly 86,000 members. Boyle's Homeboy Industries is the largest gang intervention program in the country, offering job training, tattoo removal, and employment to members of enemy gangs. Effectively straddling the debate regarding where the responsibility for urban violence lies, Boyle both recounts the despair of watching the kids you love cooperate in their own demise and levels the challenge to readers to stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it. From moving vignettes about gangsters breaking into tears or finding themselves worthy of love and affirmation, to moments of spiritual reflection and sidesplittingly funny banter between him and the homies, Boyle creates a convincing and even joyful treatise on the sacredness of every life. Considering that he has buried more than 150 young people from gang-related violence, the joyful tenor of the book remains an astounding literary and spiritual feat. (Mar.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality. The Los Angeles Times
\"An astonishing book . . . about suffering and dignity, death and resurrection, one of my favorite books in years. It is lovely and tough and tender beyond my ability to describe and left me in tears of both sorrow and laughter.\"ANNE LAMOTT, AUTHOR OF GRACE (EVENTUALLY)
\"One of the bravest, most humane, heartbreaking, brilliant, and hopeful stories Ive read in ages. Father Greg, the Gandhi of the Gangs, fills Tattoos with unquenchable soul force and down-to-earth love.\" JACK KORNFIELD, AUTHOR OF A PATH WITH HEART
\"Father Boyle reminds us all that every single child and youth is a part of Gods jurisdictionand when they know that we are seeing them as God does, they are capable of great things. Father Boyle is a national treasure.\" MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT, CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND
\"Sometimes we are allowed to see in our own lifetimes what we were supposed to see in the life and ministry of Jesus. Read, and let your life be changed!\" FATHER RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M., CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
\"Tattoos on the Heart is an astounding book and a remarkable testament. No one brings more triumph and tragedy to the street gang story than Greg Boyle. No one brings more conviction and compassion than Greg Boyle. And no one writes the gang story more beautifully.\" MALCOLM KLEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
\"A spiritual masterpiece touching the innermost sanctum of the human soul. Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone, inspires. I laughed, wept, and underlined on virtually every page.\" KERRY KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE RFK CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
\"An extraordinary reflection of a life totally committed to reshaping and redirecting the lives of countless young gang members (from L.A.s gang culture), Greg Boyles Tattoos on the Heart proves one man with courage is a majority.\" MARTIN SHEEN
\"Tattoos on the Heart is an honest, raw, and compelling collection from Father Greg Boyles life and work with gang-involved youth. His commitment should teach us all a lesson in compromise, sharing, learning, loving, and, most important, living life to the fullest.\" ANJELICA HUSTON
\"Incandescent, always hope-filled and often hilarious. Boyle somehow maintains an exuberant voice that celebrates the strength, compassion and humanity of people often demonized. He simply highlights charity and goodness wherever they are found. Boyle intersperses his narratives about gang members and his work with them with theological and spiritual reflections from a variety of theologians, poets and other writers. By introducing book-buying, highly educated readers to people we may never otherwise encounter, Boyle aspires to \"broaden the parameters of our kinship.\\'\"--The Christian Century', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Flitty, Twitty, and Itty Bitty\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tricky Twenty-Two: A Stephanie Plum Novel\nDescription: ['Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.', 'ONE
GINNY Scoot was standing on a third-floor ledge, threatening to jump, and it was more or less my fault. My name is Stephanie Plum and I work as a bounty hunter for my bail bondsman cousin Vinnie.
Ginny had failed to show for a court appearance and it was my job to find her and return her to the authorities. If I dont succeed my cousin is out his bond money, and I dont get paid. On the other hand, theres Ginny, who would prefer not to go back to jail.
My colleague Lula and I were on the sidewalk, looking up at Ginny, along with a bunch of other people who were taking video with their smartphones.
This heres not a good angle for her, Lula said to me. Everybody could look up her skirt and see her hoo-ha. I guess technically you could see her thong, but we all know her lady parts are lurkin in there behind that little piece of red material and ass floss.
Lula was originally a respectable ho. A couple years ago shed decided to relinquish her corner and take a job as file clerk for the bonds office. Since almost all the files are digital these days, Lula mostly works as my wheelman. Shes four inches too short for her weight, her clothes are three sizes too small for her generously proportioned body, her hair color changes weekly, her skin is a robust dark chocolate.
I feel invisible when I stand next to Lula because no one notices me. I inherited a lot of unruly curly brown hair from the Italian side of my family, and I have a cute nose that my grandma says is a gift from God. My blue eyes and pale skin are the results of my mothers Hungarian heritage. Not sure where my 34B boobs came from, but Im happy with them, and I think they look okay with the rest of me.
Just ten minutes ago Id almost had the cuffs on Ginny. Lula and I were at her door, and I was giving her the usual bounty hunter baloney.
We need to take you downtown so you can reschedule your court date, Id said to Ginny. It wont take long.
This was partly true. The rescheduling went quickly. Whether she would make bail again was a whole other issue. If she didnt make bail shed be a guest of the penal system until she came up to trial.
Screw you, Ginny said, and she flicked her Big Gulp at me, slammed her door shut, and locked it.
By the time Lula and I got the door unlocked Ginny had climbed out her bedroom window and was standing on a two-foot-wide ledge. So here I was, in a soaking wet shirt, trying to talk Ginny off the ledge.
Okay, I yelled at her. Im out of your apartment. Thats what you wanted, right? Go back inside.
I dont want to go to jail.
Its not that bad, Lula told her. They let you watch television in the dayroom, and youll make new friends.
Id rather die, Ginny said. Im going to jump.
Yeah, but youre only on the third floor, Lula said. Youll just break a bunch of bones. And anyways you never know about these court cases. Sometimes they get dismissed.
She cut off her boyfriends penis, I whispered to Lula.
It could have been justified, Lula said.
It was his penis!
So probably chances of him dismissing the charges arent so good, Lula said. Men dont like when you cut their dick off. I hear its real hard to sew a dick back on.
If you want to die you have to make sure you land on your head, Lula yelled up to Ginny. That probably would do it.
Two Trenton PD squad cars drove up and parked at an angle to the curb. They were followed by a fire truck and an EMS truck.
One of the uniforms from the squad car came over to talk to me.
Whats going on?
Shes FTA, I told him. I went to cuff her, and she managed to get away and get out on the ledge.
A satellite truck from the local television station pulled up behind the fire truck.
Can you get someone to talk to her? A relative or her boyfriend? the cop asked me.
Probably not the boyfriend, I said.
The fire department put a bounce bag on the sidewalk under the window, and a cameraman from the SAT truck started to set up.
Youre not gonna look photogenic when you hit that bounce bag, what with your short skirt and all, Lula yelled at Ginny. You might want to rethink this.
Joe Morelli sidled up to me. Hes a homicide detective with the Trenton PD. Hes six foot tall with a lot of lean, hard muscle, wavy black hair, and a smile that makes a girl want to take her clothes off. Ive known Morelli all my life, and lately hes been my boyfriend.
Looks like youve got a jumper, Morelli said.
Vinnie bonded her out, and she went FTA, I told him. I was about to cuff her, and she ran for the ledge.
Whats her charge?
She cut off her boyfriends pecker, Lula said.
This got a grimace out of Morelli and the uniform.
Maybe you can talk to her, I said to Morelli.
Morelli had gone from a bad kid to a petty officer in the Navy, and had become a really great cop. Hes smart. Hes compassionate. He believes in the law, the American dream, and the inherent goodness of human beings. If you break the law or step on the American dream, hell root you out like a wolverine going after a ground squirrel. He has a house, a dog, a toaster, and a level of maturity I suspect I havent yet obtained. The men in his family are drunks and womanizers and abusive. Morelli is none of those. Hes movie star handsome in a Jersey Italian kind of way, and he oozes testosterone. And from the first time he was able to put a sentence together hes had a reputation for being able to talk a woman into doing anything. He got to peek at my cotton Tinker Bell underpants when I was a little kid, and he relieved me of the burden of my virginity when I was in high school. It seemed to me that sending Morelli up to the third floor to talk a woman off a ledge was a no-brainer.
Is she armed? Morelli asked me.
I dont think so.
No butcher knives? Paring knives? Box cutters?
Didnt see any.
He disappeared into the building, and a couple minutes later I saw him at the window. Ginny inched away from him, beyond his grasp. The fire guys moved the bounce bag over to accommodate her. I couldnt hear what he was saying, but I saw her smile. They talked a little longer, she nodded agreement, and inched back toward him. He reached out for her, and when she tried to take his hand she lost her balance, slipped off the ledge, and plummeted to the ground. She hit the bounce bag with a solid thud and didnt move. The EMTs immediately converged on her.
Everyone watching took a sharp intake of air and went silent, focused on the EMTs. I felt Morelli move in behind me, his hand on my shoulder. And suddenly Ginny sat up.
Im okay! Ginny said. Wow, that was a rush. I bet I could be a stunt girl in the movies.
Morelli motioned an EMT over to us.
Is she going to be okay? Morelli asked.
She just had the air knocked out of her. Well transport her to St. Francis Hospital to get checked out and then shell be released.
Shes going to need a police escort, Morelli said to the uniform who was still with us. When shes done at St. Francis she gets booked downtown.
Boy, for a minute there that was a heart stopper, Lula said. I dont even want to hear anything go thud like that again. That made my stomach feel sick. I need a burger and fries. And then Im going home on account of my favorite television shows are coming on. Lula looked over at Morelli and looked back at me. Do you need me to take you home or are you going with Officer Hottie?
Ill take her home, Morelli said.
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\"A tangled web of lies, deceit and twisted loyalties....beautifully crafted action scenes blend intimately with strong emotion and realistic characters.\"Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Swords and Scoundrels
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A sheer delightfunny, engaging, deep and moving. (Ron Hansen, author of Mariette in Ecstasy)
More than a vivid portrait of a grieving mother; this tender novel shows us how, with simple words and acts, we ordinary, flawed human beings can help each other find our way to God. (Kathleen Norris, author of The Cloister Walk)
With this beautiful, touching and utterly believable novel, seekers will be gently invited to encounter the divine and believers be encouraged to deepen their relationships with God. I loved this book and loved the characters! (Richard Rohr, author of Everything Belongs)
[A] warmly comforting tale...[Father Martins] real strength is his pastoral sensibility-his compassion shines through the character of Father Paul. Like his fellow Jesuit Pope Francis, Martin is a persuasive evangelizer for a God, and church, of mercy. (Publishers Weekly)
Touching, funny and beautiful. A top pick! (RT Book Reviews)
Compassionate, engagingwith tender wit and wisdom, Martin offers an in-depth glimpse into committed religious life and how lay people can practice a devout faith amid doubt, anger and questioning. (Shelf Awareness)
Martins debut novel might be compared to Paulo Coehlos popular fictionMartins great achievement here is that the shows how [his characters are] able to have a mystical experience of God as a result of imaginative contemplation, and he succeeds in making it seem entirely natural. (The Tablet)
Father Martins richly written tale gives us insight into the workings of a modern monastery and shows how God uses our worries, anger and doubts to help bring us to Him. (Simple Grace Magazine)
Martin brings his characteristic ease of personality into both the characters and the prose, quickly bringing readers comfortably into the story. He handles the most delicate and painful themes with a pastoral compassion that invites readers to find hope in their own struggles. (The Huffington Post)', '', 'A novel about how God works in our lives.', 'A divorced single mother, Anne struggles to make sense of her sons death. A former architect, Mark works as a handyman and wonders how his life got off track. The abbot of the Abbey of Sts. Philip and James, Father Paul sometimes questions how to live a life that secludes him from the world. At a Pennsylvania abbey, this unlikely trio will discover the answers they seeka miracle of hope and healing that bears witness to the surprising power of God to bring healing and wholeness to our lives.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Treasured Recipes: From Generation to Generation\nDescription: ['Fill this retro cookbook with your own recipes!', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Infidel\nDescription: ['\"One November morning in 2004, Theo van Gogh got up to go to work at his film production company in Amsterdam. He took out his old black bicycle and headed down a main road. Waiting in a doorway was a Moroccan man with a handgun and two butcher knives. \"As Theo cycled down the Linneausstraat, Mohammad Bouyeri approached. He pulled out his gun and shot Theo several times. Theo fell off his bike and lurched across the road, then collapsed. Bouyeri followed. Theo begged, \"Can\\'t we talk about this?\" but Bouyeri shot him four more times. Then he took out one of his butcher knives and sawed into Theo\\'s throat. With the other knife, he stabbed a five-page letter onto Theo\\'s chest. \"The letter was addressed to me.\" Thus begins \"Infidel\", the autobiography of activist, film-maker, politician, and atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. In her book, Ayaan chronicles the remarkable saga of her childhood in Somalia, her fall away from Islamic beliefs, her emigration to Europe and then to the United States, and her entry into the dangerous business of speaking out against the extremist elements within Islam. Not for the squeamish, this book is an authentic rendition of a truly authentic life--a life on the cutting edge of the social, economic, and geopolitical issues of our times.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America\nDescription: ['', 'A National True Crime Bestseller
\"At a moment ripe for a new kind of media-savvy preacher, in a place where parsons wielded guns as confidently as they toted their Bibles, radio minister and mega-church pastor J. Frank Norris emerged as the archetype of his day. In his riveting tale of Norriss 1927 trial for murder, David Stokes explains just how it is that this Texas Tornado became such a starand lightening rod for controversy. Through rich and compelling narrative, a sharp eye for the quirky as well as the profound, rigorous research, and a commanding sense of the big picture, Stokes offers his reader a rare, exhilarating look at this notorious individual. In the process, he opens up fresh ways of understanding the local culture that vaulted Norris and his Texas-style fundamentalism onto a national stage.\" - Darren Dochuk, author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism
\"This excellent book chronicles [a] court case that captivated the nation- even if it\\'s barely remembered today- and makes its central player, Norris, as compelling and multilayered as any character from fiction. . . . The book is engagingly written, in an immediate, you-are-there style, and the story is as compelling and surprising as any Grisham thriller. Top of the line.\" -Booklist (starred review)
Readers will enjoy this oversize talea snapshot of a fascinating time in American and Texas historythat reads like fiction. It will appeal to those interested in true crime, the history of fundamentalism, and the early days of Texas Library Journal
J. Frank Norris was the pastor of a mega-church before the name itself existed. He was famous, and to many he was a righteous and inspiring hero. By others, however, he was thoroughly hated. His endless crusades frustrated both businessman and politicians in Fort Worth, TX. Norris was also a publicity hound who was brash and abrasive. His enemies knew that he was a formidable foe. On July 17, 1926, Norris shot and killed an unarmed man in the church office. David Stokes\\'s The Shooting Salvationist offers the complete story of the shooting, the criminal trial, and their aftermath Eighty-five years ago, this event captured the attention of the entire nation. Modern readers will likewise be enthralled by David Stokes\\'s skillful presentation of this shocking crime. The story is simply incredible, yet every word is true. And you won\\'t put this book down until reach the end! -- Chris Rose, Andover Bookstore
For all the colorful characters who became part of Fort Worths history, surely none surpassed J. Frank Norris, the fiery fundamentalist preacher at Fort Worths First Baptist Church in pure outlandishness. His oratory and penchant for publicity brought thousands into his congregation and at one point, First Baptist was among the largest churches in the world, a mega church before the phrase was coined. Unfortunately, for all his oratorical skills, Norris horizons were limited by several criminal indictments brought on by his tendency for violence. In this book David Stokes tells the J. Frank Norris story. If I hadnt grown up in Fort Worth, I would have thought someone made all this up but no one did. It really happened. -from the foreword by Bob Schieffer (CBS News)', 'Everyone loves a good story, and David Stokes has unearthed one from historys archives and served it up with style and verve. - David Pietruzsa, author of 1920: The Year of Six Presidents
David Stokes has written a book that both entertaining and informative. - Jim Pinkerton, Newsday Columnist and FOX News Contributor
David Stokes combines his meticulous research with a writing style which makes you feel as though you are that fly-on-the-wall witnessing history as it unfolds.-Bob Hamer, Author of Enemies Among Us
Thank you for sharing this fascinating story!- Former President George W. Bush
Reads like a page-turning novel, but is built and based on fact and not fiction. I became more and more enthralled with each passing page.-O. S. Hawkins, Southern Baptist Convention
Like J. Frank Norris himself, this book moves briskly from one controversy to another. A fascinating read about a fascinating man.-Barry Hankins, Professor of History, Baylor University and author of Jesus and GinEvangelicalism, The Roaring Twenties, and Todays Culture Wars', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mornings in Jenin (Center Point Platinum Reader's Circle (Large Print))\nDescription: ['', \"1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who, in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause, will become his enemy. Amal's own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension, eventually taking her into exile in Pensylvania.\", \"In the first commercial literary work ever to inhabit a Palestinian voice, Susan Abulhawa's is a story of love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood. Richly told and and full of humanity, Mornings in Jenin forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining political conflicts of our lifetime.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Brhat Samhita of Varahamihira ( Vol. 1): with english translation, exhaustive notes and literary comments\nDescription: ['The brhat sarhhitii of varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest whatever subject the author takes up for delineation, whether it is eclipse, planetary movements rainfall, cloud, architecture, water divination or some other topic, he discusses the same with thoroughness and mastery based on the knowledge of ancient sastras wherever he differs from ancients he gives reasons for it section i describes the movement of planets from the astronomical and astrological points of view section 2 discusses the allotment of countries to the nine regions on the basis of constellations section 3 treats of the effects of years, months and days presided over by different planets section 4 expounds subjects like cloud formation, wind and rainfall while section 5 discusses flowers and creepers section 6 deals with portents section 7 treats growth of crops, commodities, prices and trades and section 8 describes ritual for the improvement of royal powers section 9 explains signs of men and women, section 10 deals with architecture, town-planning, water divination, etc section 11 treats of trees section 12 expounds the manufacture of perfumes section 13 describes animals, cows, dogs, etc section 14 relates to domestic felicity, erotic remedies, etc section 15 describes gems and their value section 16 deals with cleansing of teeth, section 17 delineate omens through birds and beasts section 18 is devoted to the functions of asterisms, lunar days, etc and an exhaustive introduction discussing all the relevant topics in detail']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dimestore: A Writer's Life\nDescription: ['An Amazon Best Book of March 2016: What is it about Appalachia that so captures the mind, echoes in the ear, and lodges in the heart? Lee Smiths memoir metes out the answer to that question, touching on the elusive substance of Southern culture which so fascinates those of us outside of it and has inspired an entire subgenre of writing. Some of her essays ring with the raucous sounds of bluegrass, others with the sweet smells of home cooking passed down through generations--but Smith also bucks small town propriety by exposing the mental illness that plagued her family and by describing her sometimes fraught journey to becoming a beloved novelist. Dimestore is a love letter to the people and places that made a writer out of a small town Southern girl, and to the love, heartbreak, and power of creating her own stories that came after. --Seira Wilson', '
“With restrained prose and charming humor, [Smith] illuminated a way of life that has all but disappeared and explores the impulse to bear witness that underpins the storyteller in all of us.” —People (Book of the Week)   “Smith delivers a memoir that shines with a bright spirit, a generous heart and an entertaining knack for celebrating absurdity. Although Dimestore is constructed as a series of personal essays, it presents as full a sense of a life as any traditional narrative.” —The New York Times Book Review   “…heartwarming… Dimestore shares the habits that may have saved Smith from her own tendency to get too “wrought up,” one of which was to approach storytelling “the way other people write in their journals,” in order to make it through the night. Fiction became her lifelong outlet, a means of sustaining and reaffirming the connection to her work, as well as a way to preserve the rich mountain culture she so loved as a child.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution   “Dimestore may prove to be a work that connects wildly with readers. Because truth is often more powerful than fiction, and because the tale she has actually lived so far to tell is rendered keenly, irrepressibly and without self-pity. Lee Smith, the person, emerges as one of nonfiction’s great protagonists.” —Raleigh News & Observer
“Now, at last, we have Dimestore: A Writer’s Life, a seasoned, open-hearted memoir, taking us from her youth in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Va., through her education at private schools in Richmond and Roanoke, Va., to her life since 1974, first in Chapel Hill married to the poet James Seay, and since 1985, to columnist and literary critic Hal Crowther. Throughout, the memoir shows Smith’s spunk and spirit….  Yes, Lee Smith is a writer, and without that, we probably would not have this engrossing memoir. But at heart, Lee Smith is a woman – openhearted, spirited, humble – and it is those qualities especially that inspire and make us glad as we read.” —Charlotte Observer   “…profoundly readable… Like her novels, Smith’s memoir is intimate, as though writer and reader are sitting together on a front-porch swing. She writes in the rich vernacular of her youth. Smith’s details are so piercingly remembered, so vividly set on the page, that I felt wrapped in a great blanket of familiarity. Her memoir is a warm, poignant read about a lost time and place, a love of books and a celebration of the quirks and oddities of home.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Lee Smith’s memoir, Dimestore, is both a gorgeous remembrance of an Appalachian girlhood and an engrossing look at the makings of a writer. Her recollections Saturday-evening bluegrass, molded pink salad, small-town community before the age of Wi-Fi and the electrifying childhood thrill of finding a good book invite us to revisit our vanishing past.” —MORE Magazine
“This memoir is Smith at her finest. There is not one false note in the book. This wonderful memoir—filled with tenderness, compassion, love, and humor—is highly recommended for fans of Smith’s fiction, lovers of Southern writing, and readers who are interested in the changes in small-town America.” —Library Journal, starred   “Candid and unsentimental, Smith's book sheds light on her beginnings as writer while revealing her resilience and personal transformations over the course of a remarkable lifetime. A warm, poignant memoir from a reliably smooth voice.” —Kirkus Reviews   “Dimestore…is a testament to the power of place. The author of thirteen novels and multiple short story collections, Smith has long brought Appalachia to life for readers, and the book chronicles her own childhood in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, where she worked as a young girl in her father’s five-and dime, and her path to becoming a writer.” —Garden & Gun
“Reading Dimestore: A Writer’s Life is like sitting a spell on the front porch swing with novelist Lee Smith, hearing all about the kinfolk who nurtured her in the mountain “holler” town of Grundy, Virginia. In this collection of 14 essays, Smith’s voice sings out like the mountain music she was raised on, skillfully weaving together nostalgic melodies with modern insight.” —BookPage
“Smith is a world-class storyteller, so it’s no surprise that she packs this book with a gracious plenty. Her distinctive voice sounds out from every page. Her fans will not be disappointed. In fact, they’ll be thrilled to discover how she learned to tell stories…[a] wonderful book.” —Richmond Times Dispatch
“It is fair to say Virginians and North Carolinians will want to read this book. …I am going to venture the notion – with absolute conviction – that everybody else who has grown up in America – or beyond it – will recognize something crucial of themselves here, and that tough, intense universality of spirit will touch men and women alike.” —Virginia Pilot   “This memoir is so rich in insights, both hard-won and instant, that it might be handy to take it along to whatever waiting rooms we might be stranded in. This little book also evokes a little fruitcake a Southern gentleman gave us a few years ago that sat in the fridge forever. When I finally tasted it, it revealed the multiple times said Southern gent had basted it with rum, making the cake an outstanding holiday accompaniment. Dimestore is on the short side, but as rich as any rum-drenched confection could be. And no hangover, either.” —Buffalo News   “Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, this short read is satisfying for the soul. It’s highly recommended for adult and mature readers and all book clubs. Anyone who loves small-town America, the South and Appalachia will love this book.” —El Paso Times   “Trust Lee Smith to write a memoir in essays that’s as entertaining, original, quirky, fun to read and wise as any of her works of fiction. For nearly 50 years now…Smith has been blessing readers with glimpses into her life, heart and soul through her stories about other people — people she created with her lively imagination. Now she gives us a fuller picture of her most fascinating character of all, Lee Smith, and she tells us some of the ways her life influenced and plays out in her fiction. With refreshing and understated honesty, she also tells us how writing has helped her make it through some rough times in her own life. In Dimestore, she gives us a delightful and insightful look at what she’s learned about writing, reading and, most of all, life.” —Greensboro News & Record   “With a shelf of distinguished novels…Hillsborough resident Lee Smith has established herself as one of North Carolina's most talented and best-loved writers. Like her best fiction, [Dimestore] is fresh, funny, often heartbreaking, with a pitch-perfect ear for human speech.” —Wilmington Star News   “…a revue of memorable episodes, enlivened with sensory details, curious characters, evocative scenes and lurking insights.” —Asheville Citizen Times
“Why hadn’t I heard about this incredible writer? Seventeen works of fiction make her the best kept secret of the literate South. This memoir is a masterpiece of stories and remembrances.” —Manhattan Book Review
“You know how in Lee Smith’s fiction there’s always something so fresh, crazy, and loving? In Dimestore is the essence of Lee.” —Roy Blount Jr., author of Alphabetter Juice: or, The Joy of Text    "We have Eudora Welty’s One Writer’s Beginnings, and now we have Lee Smith’s Dimestore. These two great American writers have in common an immense gift for characterization, a humorous sense of the absurd in daily life, and a precise, evocative prose style.  In both their memoirs, I relish their restrained and perfectly rendered stories of their own lives. Lee Smith is, of course, a national treasure, and this subtle and moving memoir enlarges my sense of the origins of her deep, wide work. Thousands have fallen in love with every word Lee Smith writes, and Dimestore will bring them new joy." —Frances Mayes, author of the bestselling Under the Tuscan Sun and Under Magnolia   "Here's Lee Smith at her best.  Dimestore is personal nonfiction, where her brilliance shines.  Her wide warmth blesses everything funny about life and--here especially--everything moving and deep." —Annie Dillard
“In her first work of nonfiction, novelist Smith explores how deep her Appalachian roots go, in this entertaining and poignant collection of Southern memories.” —Publishers Weekly   “In this candid, wistful, appreciative, and beguiling memoir, Smith offers a distinctive and intimate look at one writer’s beginnings.” —Booklist
 “In Lee Smith’s memoir, Dimestore, readers will gladly join her, finding her writing with the same lively spirit that has always informed her fiction. She never turns away from her Appalachian roots, revealing that remote region with discerning affection.” —Elizabeth Spencer, author of Starting Over
“Lee Smith is an American master. In Dimestore, she continues to grow and shapeshift, bringing her massive fictional gifts to a memoir-in-essays that reads like a novel, with a deeply realized sense of place and character development--the central character here, a deeply winning one, is Smith herself. She has her finger on the social pulse of an America uneasily transitioning from the 20th into the 21st century. Once I began, I couldn’t put it down.” —David Payne, author of Barefoot to Avalon   
“Dimestore is the memoir fans of Lee Smith’s fiction have been waiting decades for. It’s a pitch-perfect mining of the memories, desires, and imagination fueling one of the South’s — no, one of America’s — master storytellers. Smith gives us a dappled reality where little girls spy the world from behind a one-way piece of glass, parents are ‘kindly nervous,’ and eccentric aging poets deal with wintertime rejection by shedding their clothes and rolling in the snow. Dimestore leaves you seeing the world a little bit Smith-skewed — by which I mean through a cleverer, more grounded, and ultimately more open-hearted lens.” —Beth Macy, author of the bestselling Factory Man  
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“A fascinating story of extraordinary courage and resolve, and a brilliant reminder of an early chapter of our country’s remarkable history.” —DONALD RUMSFELD', 'BRIAN KILMEADE and DON YAEGER are the coauthors of George Washington’s Secret Six, a New York Times bestseller for more than five months. Kilmeade cohosts Fox News Channel’s morning show Fox & Friends and hosts the daily national radio show The Brian Kilmeade Show. He lives on Long Island. This is his fourth book. Yaeger has written or cowritten twenty-four books and lives in Florida.']","rejected":"Title: Something about Sophia\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe\nDescription: ['“Remarkable.” (New Yorker)
“[A] transporting, enlightening book. . . The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is a fascinating window on Afghan life under the Taliban and a celebration of women the world over who support their loved ones with tenacity, inventiveness and sheer guts.” (People)
“The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is pure inspiration. . . it reveals in acute detail the anxiety of ordinary people trying to fold their lives around the whims and laws of abusive regimes.” (Los Angeles Times)
“The Dressmaker of Khair Khana gives voice to many of our world’s unsung heroines. Against all odds, these young women created hope and community, and they never gave up. This book is guaranteed to move you—and to show you a side of Afghanistan few ever see.” (Angelina Jolie)
“An Afghan family finds a way to survive in Kabul under Taliban rule in this awe-inspiring true story. Fans of Three Cups of Tea are sure to embrace this powerful and humbling book.” (Parade)
“Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells a true, inspiring story of courageous women and quiet heroism at work in Taliban-era Afghanistan.” (Christian Science Monitor)
“Gayle Tzemach Lemmon embroiders the life of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, the remarkable story of an ingenious young Afghan woman who, under the Taliban’s rule, created jobs for 100 women.” (Vanity Fair)
“A riveting and important book.” (Fast Company)
“A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story.” (O, The Oprah Magazine)
“Gayle Lemmon’s riveting portrait of Kamila, told with grace, elegance and passion, captures the extraordinary tenacity and ingenuity of one woman. A powerful read that serves as a reminder that Afghanistan can never thrive until it embraces the active involvement of women in its leadership and future.” (Tina Brown)', '', \"Kamila Sidiqi's life changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. After her father and brother were forced to flee, she became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Banned from school, confined to her home, and armed only with determination, she picked up a needle and thread to create a thriving business that saved their lives.\", \"The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the incredible true story of this unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban. A story of war, it is also a story of family, faith, and resilience in the face of despair. These women are not victims—they are the glue that holds families together; they are the backbone and the heart of their nation. Kamila Sidiqi's journey will inspire you, but it will also change the way you think about one of the most important political and humanitarian issues of our time.\"]","rejected":"Title: That's Sooo Yellow: and so is Chrissy\nDescription: ['Christine Grieves is a cloudless optimist tickled yellow to be able to do what she loves in the city she loves, Cleveland, Ohio. Her fondness for all things creative started well before she was halfway grown at the ripe old age of five and continues today in her studio OhG Design. She earned a BFA in visual communication design from Kent State University and was inspired to create Thats Sooo Yellow when she discovered her personality matched her favorite color.', 'Though her favorite color is yellow, she does have an appreciation for all things colorful. 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Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, \"We\\'ve seen so much, maybe it\\'s better if there are some things that we don\\'t see.\"', \"That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world's beauty that pervades Matthiessen's book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. --Gregory McNamee\", \"Peter Matthiessen is a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations have resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them Birds of Heaven, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. 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If HBO is looking for its next miniseries, it should giveKristin Lavransdatterthe proper adaptation it deserves. Rereading the trilogy this fall, I kept thinking ofOlive Kitteridge,another powerful novel about a prickly mother turned into a worthyHBO miniseries. This trilogy includes illicit sex, affairs, a church fire, an attempted rape, ocean voyages, rebellious virgins cooped up in a convent, predatory priests, an attempted human sacrifice, floods, fights, murders, violent suicide, a gay king, drunken revelry, the Bubonic Plague, deathbed confessions, and sex that makes its heroine ache with astonishmentthat this was the iniquity that all the songs were about. Ruth Graham,Slate
[My favorite fictional hero or heroine is] probably Sigrid Undsets strong-willed, sensual, self-destructive and ultimately rock-solid Kristin Lavransdatter. . . . Kristins eponymous trilogy bears many rereadings. Right away one somehow identifies with this daughter of medieval Norway; soon one compassionates her in her sufferings. . . . For all her faults [she] inspires love in many around her, including this reader. Her faith and loyalty make her quite beautiful to me. Like Murasaki and Dos Passos, Undset tells the story of a whole life. William T. Vollman,The New York Times Book Review
We consider it the best book our judges have ever selected and it has been better received by our subscribers than any other book.Book-of-the-Month Club
The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years. Contemporary Movements in European Literature
As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today. Montreal Star
Sigrid Undsets trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously . . . than any novel since Dostoevsky'sBrothers Karamazov.It is also very probably the noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life. Commonweal
The first great story founded upon the normal events of a normal womans existence. It is as great and as rich, as simple and as profound, as such a story should be. Des Moines Register
No other novelist, past or present, has bodied forth the medieval world with such richness and fullness of indisputable genius. . . . One of the finest minds in European literature. New York Herald Tribune
A master . . . writing in a prose as vigorous, articulate and naturalistic as the novel it re-creates, Tiina Nunnally brilliantly captures a world both remote and strangely familiar.Judges citation, PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize\", 'Text: English (translation) Original Language: Norwegian', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Misadventures of the Magician's Dog\nDescription: [\"Gr 4-6Because he is afraid of dogs, Peter is shocked when he hears himself asking for one for his 12th birthday. Later, after bringing one home from a shelter, he is stunned to learn that his new pet actually talks. The Dog tells Peter that he needs help in releasing his previous owner, a magician, from a terrible spell. The Dog will, in return, teach Peter magic, which could help bring his father home from deployment in the Middle East. As Peter's practice of magic improves and deepens, he realizes that he is a better wizard when he is angry, and he has to confront his feelings about his father's absence. Peter's siblings also become involved with the attempts to free the magician. Peter's relationships are realistic. The resolution to the psychological pain of missing his father rings true and the magical plot presents adventure and an exciting climax. Fantasy fans will enjoy this story, and the fast-moving plot will engage reluctant readers.Tina Martin, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, IL(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", 'When his twelfth birthday rolls around, even Peter is surprised to hear himself asking for a dog. He doesnt even like dogs. After selecting the scruffiest mutt at the shelter, he learns that The Dog actually chose himto become a magician in order to free his former owner (another magician) from a malevolent life. Peter, still dealing with his fathers recent deployment overseas, learns his anger can powerfully boost his magic, but at a terrible cost. His only hope is to find another source of strength within himself. The family relationships, particularly among Peter and his two younger sisters, are well drawn, and The Dog is an appealing, original character. Though some sections of the writing seem more studied than organic, Sackett creates sympathetic characters and rousing action scenes. The fantasy, which includes magical elements from flying at night to dinosaur attacks, is grounded by the realistic setting. The eye-catching jacket features the three kids, The Dog, and a T. rex. Grades 4-6. --Carolyn Phelan']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Turbo Twenty-Three: A Stephanie Plum Novel\nDescription: ['Janet Evanovichis the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Knight and Moon series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, andHow I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.', 'One
Monday
Larry Virgil is a lanky, grease--stained guy in his forties. He lives alone in the back room of his auto body shop on Baker Street in north Trenton, and he hasnt cut his hair in at least ten years. For all I know that was also the last time he washed it. He has a reputation for drinking too much and abusing women, and he has a hotdog with testicles tattooed on his forehead. I suppose it might be a penis, but its not a very good tattoo, and I prefer to think its a hotdog. None of this would be any of my business, but a couple months ago Trentons finest caught Virgil hijacking an eighteen--wheeler filled with cases of premium bourbon. Virgil was arrested and subsequently bonded out by my bail bondsman cousin and employer, Vincent Plum. Virgil failed to appear for his court appearance a week ago, and Vinnie isnt happy. If Virgil isnt brought back into the system in a timely fashion, Vinnie will lose his bond money. My name is Stephanie Plum. Im a college graduate with virtually no marketable skills, so for the past several years Ive been tracking down Vinnies skips. What I lack in expertise I make up for with desperation and tenacity, because I only get paid when I catch someone. It was ten oclock at night in mid--September, and cool enough for me to need a sweatshirt over my T--shirt. I was currently pulling surveillance on Larry Virgils three--bay garage, hoping to catch him entering or exiting. I was with my wheelman, Lula. Wed been sitting across from the garage for over two hours and my eyes were crossing out of boredom. This isnt going anywhere, I said to Lula. He isnt answering his phone, and there arent any lights on in the building. Lula is a former ho who Vinnie hired as a file clerk a while back. When files went digital he didnt have the guts to fire her, so now Lula shows up every day for work and pretty much does whatever she wants. Mostly she hangs with me. Shes shorter than I am. She packs a lot more bodacious voluptuousness into her clothes than I do. Her hair is currently pink. Her skin is always brown. Her attitude is Say what? Im pale in comparison to Lula. I have shoulder--length mostly unmanageable curly brown hair thats usually pulled into a ponytail, and Ive been told I look a little like Julia Roberts when she played a hooker in Pretty Woman. I think this is mostly a compliment, right? My personal opinion is that this loser skipped town, Lula said. Its not like he got family here. And were not lookin at someone with a active social life. Only time this man goes out is to hijack a truck, and he got a crimp put in that activity. Lights flashed at the cross street and an eighteen--wheeler chugged toward us and parked in front of the lot attached to the garage. The lot was enclosed by a six--foot--high chain link fence topped with razor wire. A man swung down from the cab of the truck and walked to the gate. He fiddled with the lock and the gate swung open. Its him, Lula said, sticking her hand into her big bedazzled purse and rooting around in it looking for her gun. Its that punk--ass Larry Virgil. I told you hed be back. I got a gun in here somewhere. Hold on while I get my gun. We dont need guns, I said. Hes not known for being armed. All we have to do is wait for him to get inside and then well sneak in and slap the cuffs on him. I got it, Lula said. I got my gun. Lets go! Not yet, I said. Too late. Lula was out from behind the wheel of her Firebird, running across the road, waving her gun and yelling, Bond enforcement! Virgil went deer in the headlights for a moment, then bolted for the corner with Lula in pursuit. Even in the dark of night I could see that Lula was running flat--out in her spike--heeled Via Spigas. Her spandex miniskirt was up around her waist, and one of her basketball--sized boobs had popped out of her tank top. Stop or Ill shoot you dead, Lula yelled at Virgil. I was running behind Lula, trying to close in on her. Dont you dare shoot him, I shouted. No shooting! Virgil crossed the street and ran back toward the garage. He reached Lulas red Firebird, wrenched the door open, jumped in, and took off. He got my Firebird! Lula shrieked. He got my baby! And my purse is in there too. I personally bedazzled that purse. It was one of a kind. And it got all my makeup in there. Guess you left the key in the ignition, I said, gasping for air, coming alongside Lula. And you told me not to shoot him, Lula said. This is all your fault. If I put some holes in him this would never have happened. Ill call it in to the police, I said. Im not waiting for no police, Lula said. Im going after that punk--ass. You wont catch him on foot. Im not going on foot. Im taking his truck. Do you know how to drive a truck? Sure I know how to drive a truck, Lula said. Whats to know? She got a foot onto the first step up to the cab but couldnt get any lift. This here stupid thing is too high, Lula said. Get your hand under my ass and give me a shove up. Not for all the tea in China, I said. Then go around and pull me in. I climbed into the cab from the passenger side, crawled over, and gave Lula a hand up. This is a bad idea, I said. You havent a clue where hes headed. Hes disappeared, and on top of that he probably stole this truck. I know where hes going, Lula said. Hes going to the chop shop on Stark. Hes gonna sell my Firebird off for pieces. Thats what these creeps do. They got no respect for peoples personal vehicles. I took my cellphone out of my pocket. Im calling it in. Lula stared at the dash. Theres a awful lot of doohickeys here. I thought you said you knew how to drive one of these. Im just sayin this heres a fancy rig. It got a cup holder and everything. She looked down at the floor. It got a lot of pedals down there. What the heck is that big one? Thats the clutch pedal. Yeah, its all coming back to me. I used to drive my Uncle Jimmys dump truck before I got established as a ho. She planted a Via Spiga on the clutch pedal and shifted. Here goes nothing. The truck lurched forward and ground through a gear. That didnt sound good, I said. No problem, Lula said. It dont matter if we lose a gear or two on account of this baby got a lot of them. We slowly drove down the street. This heres a piece of cake, Lula said. She turned a corner and took out a trash receptacle. Uh, you might have cut that corner a little tight, I said. Yeah, but did you see how smooth this beauty rolled over that garbage can? Its like driving a tank. Theres a red light at the cross street, I said. You know how to stop, right? I step on the brake. Yeah, but will the big trailer behind us stop at the same time? Lula looked down at the floor. I guess its all hooked together being that I only see one brake pedal. The light! The road! I yelled. Lula sailed through the intersection. You just ran the light! I said. Oops, Lula said. My bad. Good thing there werent any cars there. I caught flashing strobes in my side mirror. I think we have a cop behind us, I said. You should pull over. No way, Lula said. Itll waste my time and I gotta get to the chop shop before they start on my Firebird. Ill outmaneuver the guy behind me. Youre driving a truck! You cant even turn a corner, much less outmaneuver someone. Boy, youre getting cranky. Anyways, this could be a good thing. What we got here is a police escort. Hell come in handy when we get to Stark Street and we confront Larry Virgil. This is our lucky day. The cop car zipped past us and came to a stop just before the next intersection, blocking our way. Two patrolmen got out, guns drawn. Hit the brakes, I said to Lula. Hit the brakes! Lula stomped on the brake pedal, and the rig slowed down but didnt stop. The patrolmen jumped out of the way, and Lula punted the patrol car halfway down the block before bringing the semi to a stop. It dont exactly stop on a dime, Lula said. One of the cops approached. I rolled the window down and grimaced. It was Eddie Gazarra. We went to school together, and now he was married to my cousin Shirley the Whiner. Hey, Eddie, I said. Hows it going? Oh crap, Eddie said. Lula leaned over and looked past me to Eddie. We gotta get going. That moron Larry Virgil stole my car and I gotta get to Stark Street before my babys nothing but spare parts. So Id appreciate it if you could get your patrol car out of my way. Eddie and I looked down the street at what was left of the patrol car. It wasnt going anywhere anytime soon. Sorry about your car, I said to Eddie. Lula didnt totally have the hang of driving this thing. Eddies partner, Jimmy, was standing alongside him. Our paths had crossed on a couple occasions, but I didnt actually know him. He was hands on hips looking like he thought this was funny but was trying not to laugh out loud. Youre supposed to ask to see her license and registration, Jimmy said. My license is in my purse which is in my car which has been stolen, Lula said. And what youre doing here is impeding the progress of justice. You know this truck was hijacked, right? Eddie asked me. Not exactly, I said. Lula and I were staking out Virgils garage, and he pulled up in this truck. One thing led to another and here we are. Are we going to arrest them? Jimmy asked, still grinning. No, we arent going to arrest them, Eddie said. Her grandmother would make my life a living hell. What do you want to do about the car? Jimmy asked Eddie. Get a tow truck out here. And report the Firebird to dispatch. Its red, Lula told Jimmy. And its got a one--of--a--kind bedazzled purse in it. I swung down out of the cab. If its okay with you Ill call for a ride. You calling Morelli? Eddie asked. Joe Morelli is a Trenton cop working crimes against persons. Hes also my boyfriend. No, I said to Eddie. Ill grab a ride in one of Rangers patrol cars. And I can get him to check with the chop shop to make sure they dont take Lulas car apart. Ranger is a former Special Forces operative turned businessman and security expert. Hes six feet of perfectly toned muscle. Hes my age, but hes ages beyond me in life experience and street smarts. His coloring and heritage are Latino. Hes single and intends to stay that way. He owns Rangeman, an exclusive security firm housed in a stealth building in downtown Trenton. Sounds like a plan, Eddie said. He hitched a thumb in Lulas direction. Youre taking her with you? I guess. Shes going to have to come in and file an accident report tomorrow. I imagine by then youll have come up with an explanation. Yeah. I owe you. Good, Eddie said, because I need a babysitter next Saturday. I squelched a grimace. Eddies kids were monsters. Ill be there, I told him. I made a short call to Ranger and joined Lula and Eddie at the side of the truck. This is a freezer truck, Lula said. What do you suppose Larry Virgil was gonna do with it? You think he has a big--ass freezer in his garage? How was he gonna store all the frozen stuff until he could turn it around? Maybe its empty, I said. Maybe he already offloaded the ice cream somewhere. This was reported stolen by Bogart Ice Cream, Eddie said. The compressor is running, so its probably still full of ice cream. He walked to the back door. No security seal. Its just padlocked. I could shoot the padlock off, Lula said, and then we could see what we got in here. Eddie cut his eyes to Lula. That would be if I had a gun, Lula said, thinking twice about her offer since she didnt have a permit to carry concealed. Hey, Jimmy, Eddie yelled. Look in the cab and see if you can find the key to the padlock for the back door. Jimmy climbed into the cab and swung down with the key. Eddie took the key, opened the door to the freezer truck, and a body fell out. We all jumped back. What the hell? Jimmy said. It was a chocolate--covered man, sprinkled with chopped pecans, totally frozen. Hard to tell if it was a real corpse or a solid chocolate novelty item. We all looked down at it. That better not be a dead person, Lula said. On account of you know how I feel about dead people. Im not in favor of them. Could just be a big popsicle, Jimmy said, toeing the chocolate guy. I dont think so, Lula said. It dont got no stick up its hoo--hoo. Call it in, Eddie said to Jimmy. And tell them to get CSI out here before he melts. Maybe we should put him back in the freezer truck, I said to Eddie. Yeah, Eddie said. I guess we could do that. No one made a move to pick up the chocolate guy. Or we could leave him here, I said. That got my vote, Lula said. Im not touching him, in case he got the dead cooties. Keep your eye on him, Eddie said to me. Im going to see if I can get the trunk open on the squad car so I can get some crime scene tape and rubber gloves. Lula looked into the trailer. They had him jammed up next to the back door, Lula said. The rest of the truck is filled with cartons of Bogart ice cream. Somebodys gonna be real disappointed in the morning if they dont get their ice cream delivery. Personally Im a Mo Morris ice cream person as opposed to a Bogart ice cream person. Not that Id turn my nose up at a carton of this here ice cream if it accidentally fell out of the truck. That would be tampering with evidence, Jimmy said. Just sayin. Eddie returned with some yellow tape and a box of disposable gloves. Id be willing to help, Lula said, but those gloves are the wrong size for me. Theyre one--size--fits--all, Eddie said. Nuh--uh, Lula said. They wouldnt look good on me, and theyd ruin my nail varnish. A shiny black Porsche Cayenne drove up and eased to a stop, and Ranger got out. He was dressed in Rangeman black fatigues. Hes the boss, but he still works alongside his men if the threat level is high or if theyre short--handed. He walked over to me and looked down at the chocolate man. Nice touch with the chopped nuts, Ranger said. Who is he? Dont know, Eddie said. I dont want to go through his pockets and ruin the chocolate. Eddie and Ranger pulled on rubber gloves, crammed the stiff back into the truck, and closed the door on him. I got into the front of the Porsche with Ranger, and Lula got into the back. We drove to Stark Street in silence, and Ranger parked in front of the chop shop. A shiny black Rangeman Ford Explorer idled in the driveway. Lulas red Firebird was parked next to the Explorer. A Rangeman guy who looked like the Hulk except for the part about being green got out of the Explorer and walked over to us. The Firebird was just dropped off, he said to Ranger, handing him the car keys. It seems to be undamaged. Theres a purse in the backseat. Any sign of Larry Virgil? Ranger asked. No. I guess he left the car here and took off. Ranger handed the keys over to Lula. I got my baby back, Lula said, taking the keys, exiting the Porsche. Anything I can ever do for you, just let me know, she said to Ranger. She looked the Hulk over. You too, big, black, and bad--ass. Anything you need, you just ask Lula.
Ranger drove away, leaving his man grinning at Lula. Shell take him apart and wont put him back together again, Ranger said to me. Is your car at the office? No. Lula picked me up at home. Babe, Ranger said. Babe covers a lot of ground for Ranger, depending upon the inflection. Tonight it was said softly with an undertone of desire, as if he might take me home and stay awhile. It gave me an instant rush, and heat curled through a bunch of my internal organs. I did my best to squash the heat and ignore the rush, but in the process of ignoring the rush I inadvertently gave up a sigh. What? Ranger asked. Morelli. Morelli and I have had an on again, off again relationship since I was five years old. Lately when were off again, Ranger swoops in. At first glance it might appear that Im lacking in moral character to be bouncing around between men like this, but its only two men. I mean, its not like Im dating a football team. And lets be honest about this. These guys are both twelve on a scale of one to ten. And I might only be a six. So how lucky am I? A couple weeks ago, in a moment of euphoria, Morelli and I agreed to become engaged to be engaged. It was a good moment, but I think its a little like planning on winning the lottery or contemplating losing five pounds. I mean, what are the chances of it actually happening? Unfortunate, Ranger said, but the night wasnt a complete loss. I got to see a dead guy dressed up like a Bogart Bar. What were you doing with the freezer truck? Lula and I were staking out Larry Virgil, and he drove up in the semi. One thing led to another. Blah blah blah. And Lula crashed the truck into Eddie Gazarras squad car. And the deceased? We opened the door to look inside and the guy fell out. As it turns out, Ranger said, Ive been hired by Harry Bogart. He wants increased security in his factory. For years hes been engaged in an ice cream war with Mo Morris. In the past its been confined to competitive pricing, ripping off recipes, ads that pushed the boundaries of libel, and occasionally a shouting match at a family function. Theyre related? Cousins. And I guess they dont like each other. Not even a little. Lately bad things have been happening to Harry Bogart. Salmonella in the double chocolate. A bomb hoax that shut down production for an entire day. One of the freezers was down for the night and literally a ton of ice cream melted. Bogart is sure its Mo Morris out to ruin him, but he cant prove anything. So hes hired you. His factory is old--school. No security cameras. No instant alerts when equipment goes down. Locks that can be opened with a nail file. I guess hes never needed more. Its not like hes doing nuclear research. Youre fixing all that. Yes, but it takes time. Its a big job. He needs new wiring. He has to approve the system design. Id like to give him a couple men on foot patrol until we get everything up and running, but he refuses. He says ice cream is happiness and comfort and his customers would turn to birthday cake and mac and cheese if they thought his ice cream was under siege. He sounds like a nice man. Hes ruthless and miserly. So far I havent seen evidence of nice. He makes good ice cream. Ranger nodded. So Ive been told. Do you think the dead guy could be Harry Bogart? No. Wrong body type. Bogart is a big man. Eats a lot of ice cream? Eats a lot of everything. Ranger turned in to my parking lot. I need someone to go inside the two ice cream factories and look around. Do you have time to moonlight for me? What would I do? Most of the line workers are women, so you would blend in. Id put you on the line to start. All youd have to do is keep your ears open and look around. Im told that everyone gets to take a pint of ice cream home with them at the end of the shift in Mo Morriss plant. Hard to pass that up. Ranger stopped in front of my apartment buildings back door. I made a move to get out of the car, and he pulled me to him and kissed me. The kiss was light but lingering, sending a clear message of checked passion. He released me and relaxed back into his seat. Ill make the arrangements for you to start work at Bogarts plant and be back in touch, Ranger said. It took me a couple beats to get myself together. Okay then, I said. Be careful driving home. Babe, Ranger said.
Morelli was on my couch watching television as I walked in. His big mostly golden retriever, Bob, was on the couch with him. There was a takeout pizza box on the coffee table. Morelli looked up at me and grinned. Have a good night? Eddie Gazarra called you, didnt he? Cupcake, everyone called me, including your mother and the Trenton Times. News travels fast. Not every day someone gets dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with nuts. Usually people in Trenton just get stabbed and shot. I squeezed between Morelli and Bob, flipped the lid up on the pizza box, and took a piece. I thought you might have gotten the call on this one. I just came off a double shift so I was low in the rotation. Butch Zajak pulled it. I cant stop thinking about the dead man. Yeah, me too. Eddie said he was dressed up like a Bogart Bar. I dont suppose you have any. No, but the freezer truck was filled with cartons of them. It was like the man in the truck was part of the Bogart Bar run. All this talk about Bogart Bars is making me feel romantic, Morelli said. Heres the deal with Morelli. Everything makes him feel romantic. Morelli wrapped an arm around me and nibbled at my neck. Im thinking after the pizza what I need is dessert. Like a Bogart Bar. I dont have good feelings about Bogart Bars right now. Okay, how about a hot fudge sundae? I guess that would be okay. Do you have ice cream? Chocolate sauce? Morelli asked. No. Some of that whipped cream in a can? No. No problem. I can use my imagination. I was warming to the idea. And then you know what comes next, Morelli said. What? I get to be the sundae. Damn! I knew thered be a catch.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: It Takes Moxie\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor\nDescription: ['\"Analyzing the consequences of decisions, large and small, is what makes Tapper\\'s book so important...for those wishing to understand the middle years of the war, they could do no better than to read THE OUTPOST.\"Time
\"[Jake Tapper] has woven an intricate account about battlefield bravery hamstrung by military bureaucracy...[his] voice is understated, not polemical-just a good reporter letting the facts speak for themselves.\"Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
\"[A] fascinating history...Tapper delivers a blow by blow account of [the soldier\\'s] actions, their personal stories, and the tortured, often incomprehensible command decisions that kept them fighting despite inadequate support and an ally, Pakistan, that actively encouraged the enemy.\"Publishers Weekly
\"One of the most important [books] of the year. Jake Tapper\\'s book is meticulously researched, excellently written and a must-read for everyone who does more than just mouth the phrase, \\'I support the troops.\\' \"Minneapolis Star-Tribune
\"Jake Tapper has written perhaps the best book set in Afghanistan to date...He provides a window into the false hopes and visions that enabled this failed experiment, an attempt to create government in spaces that had actively avoided such.\"Douglas Ollivant, Foreign Policy
\"Brilliant, dedicated reporting by a journalist who goes to ground to get the truth. A sad, real tale about this war, America and the brave warriors who live-and die-at the point of the spear.\"Bob Woodward, author of PLAN OF ATTACK, THE COMMANDERS and OBAMA\\'S WARS
\"The power of THE OUTPOSTlies in Tapper\\'s development of the main characters ... He juxtaposes dramatic battles, complete with limbs blown off and eyes dangling from sockets, with poignant scenes of wives and parents first learning of the deaths of their loved ones.\"Seth Jones, Washington Post
\"The seminal work of documentary journalism to emerge out of the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan.\"Business Standard
\"Mr. Tapper lays bare the poor decision-making that shattered dozens of American lives in the pursuit of an ill-conceived goal.\"Wall Street Journal
\"A heartbreaking chronicle of the rotation of soldiers asked to oversee an underfunded, often thankless mission.\"Huffington Post', \"CNN anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013. The Lead with Jake Tapper, his one-hour weekday program, debuted in March 2013. Tapper was named host of the network's Sunday morning show, State of the Union, in June 2015. Tapper has been a widely respected reporter in the nation's capital for more nearly 20 years. He is also the author of the novel The Hellfire Club.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Rise and Fall of the Mind\nDescription: ['Michael Cook grew up in New York City. He attended Northwestern University where he studied theatre and film. After a brief stint movie-making in Hollywood he came back to New York, and turned to the study of mathematics. After receiving his doctorate, he studied philosophy and theology for a year at seminary before going to Rockefeller University to do post-doctoral research. He has co-authored four musicals, two of which have been produced: Le Shotgun Marriage (in summer stock) and The Lysistrata Affair (in an Equity Showcase). He works on Wall Street in New York City, where he lives with his wife and best friend, Melissa.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: How to Talk to a Liberal Without Tearing Your Hair Out\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Buoyancy of It All\nDescription: [\"Poetry is so immediate and confessional that the best of it sounds like an intimate conversation with your best friend. Even if you don't know the poet personally, by the time you finish a slim volume of his, you sometimes feel as if you know him better than you know yourself. Such is the case with Robert Walker's debut collection, The Buoyancy of It All.\", \" Walker's gay-basher, straight-acting, molested, bullied, boogeyman-nightmared past comes rushing at you in a short 80 pages. But as serious as that sounds, his wry, knowing voice sugars it enough to make it not only palatable, but downright addictive. His pop culture references range from 90's teen heartthrobs to The Wizard of Oz, but they're never too obscure or far out. His sense of humor is evident in many of the titles: ''Sacred Cows Make Fine Cheeseburgers,'' ''Mrs. Potatohead's Uterus,'' ''5 Viable Routes of Explaining Your Role in a Pornographic Film'' and ''Question # 26 On The Red Cross Donation Questionnaire'' are some of my favorites. But the work that follows the cute titles is intricate and the kind of funny that makes you wonder why you laughed in the first place.\", \" Walker's wordplay leaves me breathless and jealous, as does his honesty and directness in such frank poems as the powerful ''The Rapee Remembers,'' the self-loathing of ''A Joke I Used to Tell'' and the painful regret of ''My History of Violence.'' Yet nothing can quite prepare you for ''The Boogeyman and I Seek Couple's Counseling (A Poem in One Act).'' This brief play/poem--one, again, of a series dealing with the boogeyman--embodies Walker's work. It's simultaneously funny, scary and heartbreaking, cutting close to some essential relationship truths. Brilliant stuff. --Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews\", \"Robert Walker began writing poetry while playing bass in the cover-band ManHole (an all-male group that played songs originally recorded by Courtney Love's mid-90s band Hole). After ManHole split, Walker enjoyed a brief solo career opening for Ru Paul. After a scandal involving George Michael and a public restroom forced him out of the music business, he became a high school teacher in rural Florida. Robert is currently a Knobler fellow in the MFA program at Virginia Tech, and his poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Ashe: The Journal of Experimental Spirituality, Knockout, Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Mipoesias, and Pearl.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: From the First Bite: A Complete Guide to Recovery from Food Addiction\nDescription: [\"KAY SHEPPARD, M.A., is a recovering food addict and the bestselling author of Food Addiction: The Body Knows. Since its publication in 1993, the book has become a primary resource for food addicts, bulimics and compulsive overeaters. It is currently on the conference-approved literature list of two Twelve-Step programs for food addicts. Sheppard is a licensed mental health counselor and a certified eating disorders specialist. She conducts five-day intensive stabilization and weekend workshops for food addicts worldwide. She is a charter member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals and the host of the Food Addiction Conference for America Online's Addictions and Recovery Forum. She manages a message board and handles hundreds of e-mails every week from food addicts looking for solutions. Her personal recovery began in 1967. She lives in Florida.\", \"
Chapter One
Kay's StoryThe Author's Experience
\", '\"Do you know you talk a lot about food and weight?\" My recovery from active food addiction started with those words from a friend. Since I wasn\\'t aware, I answered, \"No, I didn\\'t realize that.\" Then Janet asked another question: \"Do you know there is a Twelve-Step program for that problem?\" I didn\\'t know that, either. She invited me to attend.', \"Well, it was November, and no food addict in her right mind would consider going into a recovery program before the holidays. No, indeed, I would wait until January to start anew. I was no dummy; I had lots of holiday eating to do! I don't recall the holiday festivities that year, but I do remember that I purchased a box of candy for my father for Christmasthen ate five of them before the gift got wrapped and delivered to him.\", 'As I was walking from the bedroom, where I had hidden the fifth box of candy in my bottom dresser drawer, to the bathroom where I planned to eat it, I had a thought. Why didn\\'t I put this box of candy out on the coffee table and share it with my family? That was my moment of truth. There was something very wrong with bedroom storage, bathroom eating. And I felt so selfish that I had not shared. This behavior was not new. Oh, no. I had spent my whole life buying treats for others and then secretly eating them all. Why, I was so good at hiding my eating that my husband commented, \"I don\\'t know why you have a weight problem, you eat like a bird.\"', 'My secret eating of sweets started at a fairly young age. As a small child, locked in the pantry to avoid detection, I would squeeze chocolate chips out of a tiny slit in the corner of the bag. Quietly opening the refrigerator, I would run my finger around the edge of the cake, collecting as much frosting as possible. All my nickels and dimes traveled to the corner store with me for sweet purchases. We had two corner stores, and when I got old enough to cross the street, I could get to the second one and buy ice cream cones dipped in chocolate sprinkles. What an innovation! When I found a dime at our vacation cottage, I talked my sister into rowing our boat miles to a concession stand to buy candy. I wonder if I shared with her.', 'Holidays were heaven! We got huge baskets filled with treats at Easter. We baked special family recipes at Christmastime. We decorated cakes for every occasion. I was obsessed with food. By the time I was in eighth grade, I was fat. We had to shop in the \"chubby\" clothes department. My mother dressed us beautifully, and she really had to search to find appropriate clothes for me. I started cooking about that time, too, making meals for the family. I just loved to be around food. By the time I was in high school, I was a talented pastry chef. I planned to be a dietitian when I grew up. I didn\\'t really know what a dietitian was, but I figured it was about food and that would be great. I never did follow through on that idea.', \"At age fifteen, I went on my first diet and managed to lose twenty-two pounds by eliminating sweets and starches. This was the first of many attempts to lose weight. Around that age I started smoking my dad's cigarettes. Within a few years, I started to drink alcohol. None of these addictive substances seemed to be out of control, but I had three of them operating: food, nicotine and alcohol. Everything appeared to be manageable. I had no idea about the progression of addiction; I was in the early stages and poly-addicted.\", 'Alcohol was the first to become unmanageable. Not that I noticed. Denial took care of that. I was a binge drinker with a pattern of disruptive incidents followed by long periods of abstinence from alcohol. I would smoke and eat through the dry times as I got my life back together. My losses from alcohol mounted: my college education, a marriage, several jobs. By the time I found recovery, I had been institutionalized and separated from my young son.', 'In 1967, I got sober and began working a recovery program. My son and I were living with my parents. My mother asked me if I realized that I ate the whole pan of brownies every Sunday. It must have been noticeable that I was an automatic eater without awareness of my actions.', 'For the next ten years, I would rely on food and nicotine as my major addictive substances. During that time, my mother died of the complications of her own food addiction. She said to me the year before she died, \"For the rest of my life I am going to eat the way I want to.\" She was surrendering to the disease. She told me that she had \"given up.\" Mom died at age sixty-five. I had always been aware of her struggle with food. We began dieting together when I was fifteen. We tried lots of diets, drugs and programs. Nothing had worked for us.', 'In 1977 Janet introduced me to a recovery plan for compulsive eaters. I just loved it. Although I threw myself into the program, it would take several years in recovery before I realized the extremely serious nature of this disease. At first for me, it was mostly a weight-loss program and fellowship with people I really liked. My sponsor guided me for the first nine months of my recovery while I completed the first Three Steps. Then she got busy in graduate school, and I neglected to find a new sponsor. We moved to the country and I was no longer as connected with my recovering friends. Fewer meetings, fewer phone calls, one too many resentments, and I was back into the foodfor one binge! That was enough to show me that I was as crazy on food as I had ever been on alcohol. It was time to get serious about recovery. I began to attend many meetings and moved forward in my Step work. It was no longer a weight-loss issue, it was a question of sanity.', 'After attending graduate school, I went to work as an addictions counselor in a treatment center where there was a food addiction unit. In the therapeutic community, the intense pain caused by food addiction was more apparent than in the meeting rooms. My eyes were further opened to the serious nature of this disease. I learned a lot about food plans and addictive foods there, too. Two years later, I went on to open several food addiction programs in hospital settings for another company. It was difficult to find support for abstinence in my new location. Because the major recovery program had stopped using food plans and effective guidelines for abstinence, members were not in stable physical recovery. It was frustrating, and sometimes I left meetings feeling defeated. Eventually, abstinence-based recovery took root in the community.', 'Over the years I collected a lot of information about food plans and addictive foods. Most of it came from recovering people. Many professionals offered good ideas, too. Developing an effective food plan has been a work in progress. Scientific research is catching up with us, but our best information comes from realizing what substances or situations trigger our craving. The body knows. What the body knows is this: It is sensitive to addictive substances and will always, without exception, react in an addictive manner to them. A great gift of recovery is relief from craving and obsession triggered by food substances.', 'In 1988 I quit smoking, and I spent the next two years suffering from acute and post-acute withdrawal. I relied on my sponsor and the God of my understanding to get through it. Others who had agonized during nicotine withdrawal assured me, \"This too shall pass.\" I didn\\'t believe it, but I didn\\'t think they would lie, either. One day at a time, I did not pick up any addictive substances.', 'Nicotine was the last of my addictive substances. Without it, I had to watch my food carefully. I learned about discipline, obedience, commitment, vigilance and resolve. Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine were never in my home. However, I still had to prepare and eat food. Over the years the food processors introduced sugar and refined starches into foods that didn\\'t need them. One food distributor told me there was a \"conspiracy to get as much sugar as possible into food so that people would buy more.\" It became even more important to check labels. My recovery was strengthened. It was important to trust God, keep my side of the street clean, help others and work the steps. Food was a greater challenge than it had ever been before.', 'Today, I continue to weigh and measure my food, plan it daily and report it often to my sponsor. When attending a social event that includes eating, I eat beforehand, take my food with me or call ahead to arrange for abstinent food. Planning is the key to physical abstinence, and for that I am responsible. I do not just \"show up\" and expect others to have abstinent food waiting for me. For example, recently I did a workshop in south Florida. I took my food for the two meals I would need on the day of the program and spoke in advance with my host to arrange dinner for the evening before the workshop. I was served acceptable protein and starch but had to request another vegetable. The salad served contained cheese and bacon, neither of which is on my food plan. Assertive, not aggressive, requests usually result in great cooperation from servers, friends and relatives.', 'My relatives are familiar with my abstinence, and they are so cooperative. My sisters always have my kind of food available when I visit. My brother picks me up at the airport and pulls into the grocery store before we get to his home. \"Get the food you need,\" he says. In restaurants I order dry, broiled protein, a dry baked potato, a large salad (no cheese, bacon, croutons) with oil and vinegar on the side, and water to drink. I don\\'t use balsamic vinegar because it contains sugar. I don\\'t use table salt because iodized salt contains sugar, too. When traveling I have all the food I will need on hand until I can get to a grocery store (every city, foreign or domestic, has one) or restaurant. I plan my travels meal by meal. I carry my scale and some condiments in my purse.', 'I seek objective feedback from my sponsor when I get into personality conflicts. I am willing to follow directions. Being openminded is so much easier than suffering. I have learned that whenever I judge, criticize, blame or put expectations on others, I become a helpless, hopeless, powerless victim of my own creation. I create my own pain, my own victimhood. When I want out of it, I do my workwhich is to suspend judgment, give up expectations, stop blaming and get back to a place of love and acceptance. I call my sponsor occasionally, and I sponsor others. I attend meetings, usually daily. My goal is to do Steps Ten, Eleven and Twelve every day, always remembering the First Stepthat I am powerless over certain foods. The literature is important to me. In the morning I meditate, pray and read. In the evening I inventory, journal, resolve personality conflicts and do a gratitude list. When I am wrong I admit it, not always promptly, but it is always a relief when I do it. It takes so much energy and causes so much anguish to be \"right.\" I understand the false idea that \"I am right, you are wrong, you had better change!\" causes all the fights, war and conflict in the world. By giving it up, I can resign from the conflict and enjoy peace. I would rather be happy than \"right.\" In the world of the spirit there is no right/wrong, good/bad, could/should, only love and acceptance. That is where peace is found.', \"You can't keep it unless you give it away. Love and service are the recovery principles embodied in Step Twelve. I sponsor others, make phone calls, share at meetings and carry the key to the meeting room to ensure that the door will be open to every food addict seeking recovery. E-mail, chat rooms and our recovery loop provide opportunities to share on the Internet.\", \"God's grace pours down upon me. All I have to do is say yes to all that he provides. He sent me countless people to help me; some told me about recovery, others taught me to meditate, still others showed me that I am the author of my own life. God's grace is always available to me, as I seek this day's reprieve from addiction. Coasting does not work. I cannot stay abstinent, clean and sober by putting anything before spiritual growth. Pain sends me scurrying for help. A very spiritual man taught me how to use pain as a spiritual path, but pain is not the only way to grow spiritually. The Twelve Steps show me how to bring my will into alignment with God's will. That is the direction in which I move. As my recovery progresses there is more of God, less of me. God is my home, and I have been moving homeward for years.\", '(c)2000. All rights reserved. Reprinted from From the First Bite by Kay Sheppard. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.']","rejected":"Title: 1001 Bible Trivia Questions\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel\nDescription: ['Be very, very afraid. When you step through your door for an innocent excursion, grave danger awaits. You might be mugged; tied up; attacked by scorpions, piranhas, or tarantulas; trapped in a falling plane or elevator, a runaway train, a car on a cliff, a sandstorm, a riptide, or a riot. But now it\\'s safe to take that vacation anyway. Just pack The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel, and you\\'ll know what to do when you find yourself, say, leaping between rooftops: \"Because you will not be moving fast, it is safe to roll head over heels, unlike jumping from a moving vehicle.\" Now you\\'ll also know what not to do: never pick up a tarantula, as the spines on their abdomens are like little harpoons, and don\\'t yank the reins of a runaway camel (\"Pulling on the nose reins can tear the camel\\'s nose--or break the reins\"). You may have the sense, if a leech invades your air passage, to gargle with a 50 percent solution of 80-proof alcohol--but without this book, would you remember not to inhale?', 'In short, this is the most delightfully terrifying, all-true, laugh-out-loud hilarious book since the original Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, which covers such horrors as alligators and quicksand. Don\\'t leave home without it! --Tim Appelo', 'Just in time for summer travel, the hyperimaginative and slightly paranoid authors of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, 1999\\'s favorite gift book, deliver what will no doubt become popular airport reading for stranded passengers in 2001. Starting with the cheery statistic that \"more than 50 percent of all travelers run into problems,\" and the basic advisory to \"always be ready for the worst,\" the book presents concise and extremely knowledgeable \"how-to\" assistance on a range of topics: e.g., stopping a runaway train, surviving a hostage situation, escaping from a car hanging over the edge of a cliff, surviving in a plummeting elevator, navigating a minefield, crossing a piranha-infested river, treating a severed limb, removing a leech and even foiling a UFO abduction. Like their earlier handbook, the success of each entry is based on the authors\\' ability to provide detailed and truly helpful advice on even the most outlandish or horrific situation and make the reader think, \"Sure, I could successfully crash-land a small propeller plane on water, or easily climb out of a deep well, or locate and treat individual bleeding arteries on the stump of a severed arm. Nothing to it!\" Their delivery evinces a calm precision that even the most worried traveler will find reassuring if faced with one or more of these eventualities, such as trying to escape when tied up (\"When your captives start binding you, expand your body as much as possible\") or encountering an extraterrestrial biological entity (EBE), unlikely as that might be: \"Firmly tell the EBE to leave you alone... Go for the EBE\\'s eyes (if they have any) you will not know what its other, more sensitive, areas are.\" Although some appendixes on strategies for packing, etc., seem boilerplate, overall this is another eminently practical, enjoyable survival guide. Watch out for those tsunamis! Illus. (May)Forecast: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook was a runaway bestseller. This will be, too.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Craig does motivational and inspirational speaking focused on purpose and passion in work and life. He also speaks and consults on Spirit in the Workplace, Leadership, Communication, and Intellectual Capital and offers workshops and trainings in those areas through the company he heads, The Gatehouse. Craig is currently working on the second book of The Gatehouse trilogy.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Tumbling Turner Sisters: A Book Club Recommendation!\nDescription: ['This novel of love, dreams, and the everlasting strength of family perfectly encapsulates the social mores and pressures of the early twentieth century. The Turner sisters dare to dream big--dont miss this page turner! (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants)
Filled with energetic prose and colorful charactersyou wont soon forget the Turner girls! (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train)
Book clubs are sure to fall for The Tumbling Turner Sisters. Through this band of charming young womenand their stage mother, of courseJuliette Fay delivers the history, mystery, and prejudice of vaudeville in a story that is ultimately about the possibility of practice making something perfect (or perfect enough, anyway), the benefits of humor and ambition, and the redemptive power of love.\" (Meg Waite Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Race for Paris)
\"Lovable, memorable characters propel this heartwarming story, whichmakes you laugh while it makes you think, then sticks with you long after the last vibrant page is savored.\"
(Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of Twain\\'s End and Mrs. Poe)
\"The Turner sisters come tumbling out of this terrific story, full of life,passion and trouble. Forced into a life in vaudeville, the four younggirls and their mother push the boundaries of propriety to achieve theirdreams in a world that doesnt often allow women to have dreams. Gert andWinnie shine as each, in her own way, fights for her right to be who sheis. A great piece of historical fiction that rings true one hundred yearslater.\" (B.A. Shapiro, NYT bestselling author of The Muralist and The Art Forger)
\"Evoking the entrepreneurial, madcap era of vaudeville, Juliette Fay immerses us in the trials, joys, and dangers of three young women, whose bid for success is as uproarious and heartbreaking as the time in which they lived.\" (C.W. Gortner, bestselling author of Mademoiselle Chanel)
TheTumbling Turner Sistersexplores vaudeville with stunning humanity and sharp humor. Juliette Fays novel of sisters forced by their ultimate stage mother into this show business world of fanciful facade hiding cutthroat innards reveals Americafrom Jim Crow laws to skirting prohibition. LikeLittle Women,these four sisters,facing loss and poverty, reveal a family with an unbreakable core of fortitude and love. (Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Accidents of Marriage)
\"As colorful as its vaudeville setting, The Tumbling Turner Sisters made me laugh, cry, and clap my hands with delight as I cheered on these four lovable and spunky sisters. A big-hearted tale of adventure.\"
(Ann Mah, author of Mastering the Art of French Eating)
\"Packed with lively characters and charming detail, Juliette Fay\\'s thoughtful prose sheds light on an almost forgotten part of entertainment history.\" (Allie Larkin, bestselling author of Stay and Why I Can\\'t Be You)
The Tumbling Turner Sisterstakes you on a wild ride through the glory days of vaudeville, following Winnie and Gert as they hit the gritty floorboards of backwater theaters, pick themselves up, and strive again toward laughter-filled heights. The prose is riveting as the sisters carry their family out of poverty in a time of racially charged political turmoil. Through Juliette Fays multilayered characters, I feel the sistersentanglements and passions as if they were my own. (E. B. Moore, author of An Unseemly Wife and Stones in the Road)', 'Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of City of Flickering Light, The Tumbling Turner Sisters, The Shortest Way Home, Deep Down True, and Shelter Me. She received a bachelors degree from Boston College and a masters degree from Harvard University. Juliette lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children. Her website is JulietteFay.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Studying God's Word: Book H\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America's Forgotten Military Disaster\nDescription: ['\"Author Michael M. Greenburg offers both an insightful biography of Revere and a colorful description of the \\'worst American naval disaster prior to Pearl Harbor\\' in this well-crafted history of a dark episode of the American Revolution.\"-- \"Military Officer\"
\"It is fair to say that Revere\\'s military and legal troubles are not secrets; if you know to look at Revere\\'s biography beyond his midnight ride, you can find them. Greenburg\\'s book, however, is possibly the best documented account, giving us a fuller picture of a human, not saintly, patriot.\"-- \"The Dispatch (Columbus, MS)\"
Four years after the ride that has defined Paul Revere for well over two centuries, he faced a bruising ordeal in the court of public opinion. It arose from the failure of the Penobscot Expedition to force the British from the coast of Maine. America\\'s entire naval fleet of 40 vessels was lost and at least 150 American men were killed or wounded during the battle. Michael M. Greenburg tells the story of this little-known chapter of US history in The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America\\'s Forgotten Military Disaster.-- \"Boston Globe\"
Readers interested in a realist school of history will find Greenburg\\'s effort enlightening.\"-- \"Publishers Weekly\"', '“The Court-Martial of Paul Revere is the most fascinating book that I have read in a long while. This is not the Paul Revere that you thought you knew. This Revere is pugnacious, snarky, maybe underhanded, and despite the verdict in his court-martial a poor military officer. I heartily recommend this engagingly written book to anyone who wishes to know more about Revere and the War of Independence.” (John Ferling, author of Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry that Forged a Nation)
“Michael M. Greenburg’s deeply researched, riveting account of the Battle of Penobscot Bay is hard to put down. It sheds important new light on a little understood episode of the American Revolution, and on the character of Paul Revere, one of America’s more complex, iconic heroes.” (George C. Daughan, author of 1812: The Navy’s War and The Shining Sea)
“A fascinating look into the life of an American legend, and a good reminder that even the greatest among us are subject to human foibles and failings.” (Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., chief of staff of the United States Army (ret.))
“Michael Greenburg’s account of Paul Revere’s entanglement with the Penobscot Expedition is brilliant! Beautifully written, exhaustively researched, and judiciously fair, the book is an impressive and indispensable addition to literature on the American Revolution.” (Bernard Cornwell, author of The Fort)']","rejected":"Title: Blake's Agitation: Criticism and the Emotions\nDescription: ['', '\"A fresh and bracing assessment of the role of affect in some of the most important cultural criticism of the last century, by no means limited to the field of affect studies. I found myself productively provoked by the books arguments about the power we critics habitually attribute to critical reading and to literatures appeal to a non-rational dimension of experience.\"', '\"Goldsmith\\'s subtle, complicated and counterintuitive study, flows out of what he calls a \\'sustained interdisciplinary \"surge\" in the theoretical, historical and cognitive study of emotion.\\'\"', '\"An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake studies.\"', '\"A major reading of Blake, a significant contribution to affect studies, and a provocative meditation on the state of the profession... Seeing critical reading s the interaction of agitation with slow time could offer a healing message for a divided profession, but there will always be those who are impatient to make a positive difference. Thanks to Steven Goldsmith\\'s outstanding book, both sides can now find sustenance in the work of William Blake.\"', '', '', 'Steven Goldsmith is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of Unbuilding Jerusalem: Apocalypse and Romantic Representation.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plum Novel\nDescription: ['Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.', 'Simon Diggery and Ethel, his pet boa constrictor, were up a tree about fifty feet from Simons rust bucket doublewide. Ethel looked comfy draped over a branch halfway up the tree. Simon looked like death warmed over. He was scrunched into a crook a couple feet below Ethel. He was barefoot, wearing striped pajamas, and his grey hair was even more of a mess than usual.
My name is Stephanie Plum. I work as a bond enforcement officer in Trenton, New Jersey, and Simon was in violation of his bond.
Simon is a professional grave robber. When he gets caught robbing a grave my cousin Vinnie is his bail bondsman of choice. Vinnie posts a cash bond guaranteeing the court that if Simon is released he will return when scheduled. If Simon doesnt show up on time, Im sent out to fetch him.
I was presently standing a respectable distance from the tree, looking up at Simon, keeping a watch on Ethel. I was with my sidekick, Lula.
If Lula was a pastry shed be a big chocolate cupcake with a lot of frosting. Id be more of a croissant with a ponytail. I have curly shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes, and some people think I look like Julia Roberts on her day off.
Simon, Lula yelled. What the heck are you and Ethel doing in the tree?
I been up here since last night, Simon said. Im afraid to come down on account of the zombies.
You gotta stop drinking that home-made grain liquor, Lula said.
I wasnt drinking, Simon said. I was working my trade at that cemetery on Morley Street last night, and I accidentally dug into a zombie portal.
Say what? Lula said. I never heard of no zombie portal.
Its not widely publicized that they exist. Mostly people in my profession know about it. Its an occupational hazard. I only dug into a portal once before, and I was able to beat the zombies back with my shovel, but this time was a whole other deal. There was too many of them, so I ran for my truck and took off. Only thing is they tracked me down. They got a real good sense of smell. Theyre like raggedy bloodhounds. They come at me when I was sleeping. They wanted my brain. Thats what they kept saying.Brains, brains, brains.Id be a goner if it wasnt for Ethel. She dont like getting woke up, and I guess zombies dont like snakes. Anyways I was able to get away, and Ethel and me climbed this tree.
Because zombies cant climb trees? I asked Simon.
You got it, Simon said. Zombies only walk straight ahead. They cant back up neither.
You were supposed to be in court first thing this morning, I told him.
Well excuse me, Simon said, but I had bigger problems. Suppose I was able to get to court, and the zombies followed me there, and they ate all the peoples brains who were in the court?
This is Trenton, Lula said. You might not notice.
I cut my eyes to Lula. There arenozombies.
How can you be sure? Lula said.
I blew out a sigh and looked back at Simon. Heres the deal. You come down, and well protect you from the zombies.
You gotta either chop off their head or shoot them in the brain, Simon said. Thats the only way.
I got a gun, Lula said, shoving her hand into her over-sized imitation Jimmy Choo bag. Its in here somewhere.
What about Ethel? Simon said. If I stay in jail awhile until the zombies forget about me, whos gonna take care of Ethel?
Youll have to make arrangements, I said.
I dont got no one, Simon said. My cousin Snacker is in West Virginia, and my neighbors would chop her up and fry her in bacon fat. You gotta promise to take care of Ethel.
No way, I said.
Me neither, Lula said.
Shes no bother, Simon said. You just gotta feed her once a week. Just come in and leave her a groundhog or something.
They dont usually sell groundhog in the supermarket, Lula said.
I get them from the side of the road, Simon said. Ethel dont care if theyre swelled up or anything. She likes fried chicken too. And she wouldnt stick her nose up at a pizza. And if worse comes to worse I keep a bag of rats in the freezer.
You got electric? Lula asked.
Course I got electric, Simon said. This heres a civilized neighborhood.
How are you going to get Ethel out of the tree?
I got some hotdogs, Simon said. Ill leave a trail of hotdogs that goes straight to the kitchen. And then once shes inside well lock the door.
Ten minutes later Simon had the hotdogs all laid out.
She dont look interested, Lula said, staring up at Ethel.
It could take a while, Simon said. She dont move so fast. I guess we could just leave the door open for her.
You could get robbed if you do that, Lula said.
I got a fifty-pound snake for a pet, Simon said. Nobody comes near here excepting the zombies.
I cuffed Simon, loaded him into my SUV, and drove him to the police station. I handed Simon over to the cop in charge, and Simon explained that should a zombie show up, the cop needed to shoot the zombie in the brain. The cop assured Simon it was a done deal.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Fright Seeker's Guide to Haunted Attractions ...And Other Horrific Things 2017: Terrifying Haunts in the U.S. & All Things Halloween!! (Volume 1)\nDescription: []"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Jesus: A Pilgrimage\\nDescription: ['James Martins riveting new meditation on Jesus is one of the best books Ive read in yearson any subject. Jesus is a love letter to the first-century Jewish radical Martin has devoted his life to following. Bravo, Father Martin, for writing a must-read. (Mary Karr, author of Lit)
Do we really need yet another book about Jesus? If the book is this one, the answer is yes, we do. Jim Martins approach to a well pickedover subject is unique and original, and it will net the reader a glimpse into the Nazarene not available elsewhere. (Harvey Cox,, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School)
Fr. James Martin, S.J. is refreshingly innovative in his Jesus: A Pilgrimage. He has a knack for giving a new perspective to the familiar, making the reader exclaim, Ah, yes! A superb gift. (Archbishop Desmond Tutu)
One of the best religion writers today, Fr. Martin has produced a remarkable combination of modern scholarship on the Gospels, his experiences on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, his own creative imagination and sense of humor, and wise advice pertaining to Christian life. (Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Professor of New Testament, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, editor of New Testament Abstracts)
Martin communicates a joyful faith in Gods healing and the ultimate hope offered by the Resurrection. Throughout, vivid details of his search in blistering heat for holy sites both authentic and dubious anchor this complex, compelling spiritual testimony. (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)
What can be said about Jesus thats never been said before? Martin helps answer that question through an insightful, balanced, intelligent, widely-embracing, and faith-filled account of his own journey in search of Jesus. A book for everyone, regardless of creed or background. James Martin at his best! (Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, author of The Holy Longing)
This is a sensitive, hearfelt inquiry into the person of Jesus. James Martin encounters Jesus again and again on a pilgrimage through Israel. In his book the great texts of the Gospels come to live and are transformed for the reader into an encounter with Jesus as he really was. (Rev. Gerhard Lohfink, author of Jesus of Nazareth)
James Martin does something remarkable in this book. He invites you to accompany him on a pilgrimage through the Holy Land. New Testament scholarship opens up the life of Jesus so that the Gospels can speak to each of us personally and transform us as they did their first hearers. (John W. Martens, PhD, Associate Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota)
Jim Martins book on Jesus is a gem. Learned yet highly accessible, he weaves together a number of insights gleaned from the Gospels, a recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Ignatian spirituality, and his personal and pastoral experience. This is a Jesus book I highly recommend. (Thomas D. Stegman, S.J., Associate Professor of New Testament, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry)
James Martin has a gift for captivating both the readers head and heart. What a joy to take this personal and fascinating pilgrimage with Fr. Martin, one that leads to a refreshing awareness and understanding of the beloved Carpenter from Nazareth. This book not only informs, it inspires. (Joyce Rupp, author of Praying Our Goodbyes and Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self)', '', 'A gifted storyteller and spiritual director, Father James Martin, SJ, invites readers to experience the stories of the Gospels in a completely new, vivid, and exciting way to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus. Moving sequentially through the Gospels, considering not only familiar passages but also the \\\"hidden life\\\" of Jesus, the book offers a bold retelling of the life of Christ, faithful to the Christian tradition, while meditating on parts of the narrative that have often escaped notice.', 'Martin provides personal stories from his own life, the most up-to-date biblical scholarship, and powerful anecdotes from beloved spiritual teachers, and brings the reader along on his own real-life travels through the Holy Land.', \\\"Combining the fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound spiritual reflections about the Christ of faith, Martin re-creates the world of first-century Galilee and Judea to usher us into Jesus's life and times and reveal how Jesus speaks to us today. Jesus: A Pilgrimage is an invitation to know Jesus as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as well as friend and brother.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Chasing Hope\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion\\nDescription: [\\\"Starred Review. In this artful, disquieting, yet surprisingly jubilant memoir, Jesuit priest Boyle recounts his two decades of working with homies in Los Angeles County, which contains 1,100 gangs with nearly 86,000 members. Boyle's Homeboy Industries is the largest gang intervention program in the country, offering job training, tattoo removal, and employment to members of enemy gangs. Effectively straddling the debate regarding where the responsibility for urban violence lies, Boyle both recounts the despair of watching the kids you love cooperate in their own demise and levels the challenge to readers to stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it. From moving vignettes about gangsters breaking into tears or finding themselves worthy of love and affirmation, to moments of spiritual reflection and sidesplittingly funny banter between him and the homies, Boyle creates a convincing and even joyful treatise on the sacredness of every life. Considering that he has buried more than 150 young people from gang-related violence, the joyful tenor of the book remains an astounding literary and spiritual feat. (Mar.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality. The Los Angeles Times
\\\"An astonishing book . . . about suffering and dignity, death and resurrection, one of my favorite books in years. It is lovely and tough and tender beyond my ability to describe and left me in tears of both sorrow and laughter.\\\"ANNE LAMOTT, AUTHOR OF GRACE (EVENTUALLY)
\\\"One of the bravest, most humane, heartbreaking, brilliant, and hopeful stories Ive read in ages. Father Greg, the Gandhi of the Gangs, fills Tattoos with unquenchable soul force and down-to-earth love.\\\" JACK KORNFIELD, AUTHOR OF A PATH WITH HEART
\\\"Father Boyle reminds us all that every single child and youth is a part of Gods jurisdictionand when they know that we are seeing them as God does, they are capable of great things. Father Boyle is a national treasure.\\\" MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT, CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND
\\\"Sometimes we are allowed to see in our own lifetimes what we were supposed to see in the life and ministry of Jesus. Read, and let your life be changed!\\\" FATHER RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M., CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
\\\"Tattoos on the Heart is an astounding book and a remarkable testament. No one brings more triumph and tragedy to the street gang story than Greg Boyle. No one brings more conviction and compassion than Greg Boyle. And no one writes the gang story more beautifully.\\\" MALCOLM KLEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
\\\"A spiritual masterpiece touching the innermost sanctum of the human soul. Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone, inspires. I laughed, wept, and underlined on virtually every page.\\\" KERRY KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE RFK CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
\\\"An extraordinary reflection of a life totally committed to reshaping and redirecting the lives of countless young gang members (from L.A.s gang culture), Greg Boyles Tattoos on the Heart proves one man with courage is a majority.\\\" MARTIN SHEEN
\\\"Tattoos on the Heart is an honest, raw, and compelling collection from Father Greg Boyles life and work with gang-involved youth. His commitment should teach us all a lesson in compromise, sharing, learning, loving, and, most important, living life to the fullest.\\\" ANJELICA HUSTON
\\\"Incandescent, always hope-filled and often hilarious. Boyle somehow maintains an exuberant voice that celebrates the strength, compassion and humanity of people often demonized. He simply highlights charity and goodness wherever they are found. Boyle intersperses his narratives about gang members and his work with them with theological and spiritual reflections from a variety of theologians, poets and other writers. By introducing book-buying, highly educated readers to people we may never otherwise encounter, Boyle aspires to \\\"broaden the parameters of our kinship.\\\\'\\\"--The Christian Century', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Flitty, Twitty, and Itty Bitty\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tricky Twenty-Two: A Stephanie Plum Novel\\nDescription: ['Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.', 'ONE
GINNY Scoot was standing on a third-floor ledge, threatening to jump, and it was more or less my fault. My name is Stephanie Plum and I work as a bounty hunter for my bail bondsman cousin Vinnie.
Ginny had failed to show for a court appearance and it was my job to find her and return her to the authorities. If I dont succeed my cousin is out his bond money, and I dont get paid. On the other hand, theres Ginny, who would prefer not to go back to jail.
My colleague Lula and I were on the sidewalk, looking up at Ginny, along with a bunch of other people who were taking video with their smartphones.
This heres not a good angle for her, Lula said to me. Everybody could look up her skirt and see her hoo-ha. I guess technically you could see her thong, but we all know her lady parts are lurkin in there behind that little piece of red material and ass floss.
Lula was originally a respectable ho. A couple years ago shed decided to relinquish her corner and take a job as file clerk for the bonds office. Since almost all the files are digital these days, Lula mostly works as my wheelman. Shes four inches too short for her weight, her clothes are three sizes too small for her generously proportioned body, her hair color changes weekly, her skin is a robust dark chocolate.
I feel invisible when I stand next to Lula because no one notices me. I inherited a lot of unruly curly brown hair from the Italian side of my family, and I have a cute nose that my grandma says is a gift from God. My blue eyes and pale skin are the results of my mothers Hungarian heritage. Not sure where my 34B boobs came from, but Im happy with them, and I think they look okay with the rest of me.
Just ten minutes ago Id almost had the cuffs on Ginny. Lula and I were at her door, and I was giving her the usual bounty hunter baloney.
We need to take you downtown so you can reschedule your court date, Id said to Ginny. It wont take long.
This was partly true. The rescheduling went quickly. Whether she would make bail again was a whole other issue. If she didnt make bail shed be a guest of the penal system until she came up to trial.
Screw you, Ginny said, and she flicked her Big Gulp at me, slammed her door shut, and locked it.
By the time Lula and I got the door unlocked Ginny had climbed out her bedroom window and was standing on a two-foot-wide ledge. So here I was, in a soaking wet shirt, trying to talk Ginny off the ledge.
Okay, I yelled at her. Im out of your apartment. Thats what you wanted, right? Go back inside.
I dont want to go to jail.
Its not that bad, Lula told her. They let you watch television in the dayroom, and youll make new friends.
Id rather die, Ginny said. Im going to jump.
Yeah, but youre only on the third floor, Lula said. Youll just break a bunch of bones. And anyways you never know about these court cases. Sometimes they get dismissed.
She cut off her boyfriends penis, I whispered to Lula.
It could have been justified, Lula said.
It was his penis!
So probably chances of him dismissing the charges arent so good, Lula said. Men dont like when you cut their dick off. I hear its real hard to sew a dick back on.
If you want to die you have to make sure you land on your head, Lula yelled up to Ginny. That probably would do it.
Two Trenton PD squad cars drove up and parked at an angle to the curb. They were followed by a fire truck and an EMS truck.
One of the uniforms from the squad car came over to talk to me.
Whats going on?
Shes FTA, I told him. I went to cuff her, and she managed to get away and get out on the ledge.
A satellite truck from the local television station pulled up behind the fire truck.
Can you get someone to talk to her? A relative or her boyfriend? the cop asked me.
Probably not the boyfriend, I said.
The fire department put a bounce bag on the sidewalk under the window, and a cameraman from the SAT truck started to set up.
Youre not gonna look photogenic when you hit that bounce bag, what with your short skirt and all, Lula yelled at Ginny. You might want to rethink this.
Joe Morelli sidled up to me. Hes a homicide detective with the Trenton PD. Hes six foot tall with a lot of lean, hard muscle, wavy black hair, and a smile that makes a girl want to take her clothes off. Ive known Morelli all my life, and lately hes been my boyfriend.
Looks like youve got a jumper, Morelli said.
Vinnie bonded her out, and she went FTA, I told him. I was about to cuff her, and she ran for the ledge.
Whats her charge?
She cut off her boyfriends pecker, Lula said.
This got a grimace out of Morelli and the uniform.
Maybe you can talk to her, I said to Morelli.
Morelli had gone from a bad kid to a petty officer in the Navy, and had become a really great cop. Hes smart. Hes compassionate. He believes in the law, the American dream, and the inherent goodness of human beings. If you break the law or step on the American dream, hell root you out like a wolverine going after a ground squirrel. He has a house, a dog, a toaster, and a level of maturity I suspect I havent yet obtained. The men in his family are drunks and womanizers and abusive. Morelli is none of those. Hes movie star handsome in a Jersey Italian kind of way, and he oozes testosterone. And from the first time he was able to put a sentence together hes had a reputation for being able to talk a woman into doing anything. He got to peek at my cotton Tinker Bell underpants when I was a little kid, and he relieved me of the burden of my virginity when I was in high school. It seemed to me that sending Morelli up to the third floor to talk a woman off a ledge was a no-brainer.
Is she armed? Morelli asked me.
I dont think so.
No butcher knives? Paring knives? Box cutters?
Didnt see any.
He disappeared into the building, and a couple minutes later I saw him at the window. Ginny inched away from him, beyond his grasp. The fire guys moved the bounce bag over to accommodate her. I couldnt hear what he was saying, but I saw her smile. They talked a little longer, she nodded agreement, and inched back toward him. He reached out for her, and when she tried to take his hand she lost her balance, slipped off the ledge, and plummeted to the ground. She hit the bounce bag with a solid thud and didnt move. The EMTs immediately converged on her.
Everyone watching took a sharp intake of air and went silent, focused on the EMTs. I felt Morelli move in behind me, his hand on my shoulder. And suddenly Ginny sat up.
Im okay! Ginny said. Wow, that was a rush. I bet I could be a stunt girl in the movies.
Morelli motioned an EMT over to us.
Is she going to be okay? Morelli asked.
She just had the air knocked out of her. Well transport her to St. Francis Hospital to get checked out and then shell be released.
Shes going to need a police escort, Morelli said to the uniform who was still with us. When shes done at St. Francis she gets booked downtown.
Boy, for a minute there that was a heart stopper, Lula said. I dont even want to hear anything go thud like that again. That made my stomach feel sick. I need a burger and fries. And then Im going home on account of my favorite television shows are coming on. Lula looked over at Morelli and looked back at me. Do you need me to take you home or are you going with Officer Hottie?
Ill take her home, Morelli said.
Lula left, and I followed Morelli to his car. How did you happen to turn up here?', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Portraits of Pretence (The Sam Plank Mysteries)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Prayer: Our Deepest Longing\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristallnacht to Liberation (Studies in German-Jewish Cultural History and Literature, Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)\\nDescription: ['', 'Beate Meyer, Hermann Simon, and Chana Schtz have envisioned and edited a remarkable book. Jews in Nazi Berlin, 19331945 explores Jewish life in that city during that erawhile at the same time depicting patterns that held elsewhere. The editors deft touch reflects their keen historical imagination and utterly human approach. Focusing on individuals and families, the essays tell a multi-faceted story of both ruin and resourcefulness. Richly illustrated and ably translated, Jews in Nazi Berlin is a treasure: the book about Jewish life at the very heart of the Nazi kingdom to read and to assign to classes.', 'Berlin, home to a third of German Jewry; Berlin, where Jews constituted a large part of the cultural, medical, legal, and business communities; Berlin, where the Nazis sought very publicly to humiliate Jews and destroy their community. Berlin and its Jews stand at the center of this erudite and moving essay collection that weaves Nazi policy, social reactions, and Jewish perceptions into a highly illuminating and deeply depressing account. The authors focus on Jewish views and voices, those Jews left in Berlin after the mass emigration, those who worked for Jewish organizations, those who hid, and those who were deported. One feels the menacing cloud of deportations as one reads extraordinarily poignant individual and family stories of courage and despair, survival and death.<Marion Kaplan, author of Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany>', 'The authors succeed in bridging the gap between the broad issues, such as the process of illegal immigration or hiding, and the experience of individuals. The volume is, therefore, extremely useful for both teachers and students.', 'A lavishly illustrated book of essays. . . . [A] fine and comprehensive volume.--CanadianJewishNews', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Prayer: Our Deepest Longing by Rolheiser, Ronald (2013) Paperback\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Swords and Scoundrels (The Duelists Trilogy)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Roguish highwaymen and all the intrigue of a bloody revolution... will keep you guessing until the end. I can\\\\'t wait to read the sequel!\\\"Anne Lyle, author of The Alchemist of Souls on Swords and Scoundrels
\\\"A tangled web of lies, deceit and twisted loyalties....beautifully crafted action scenes blend intimately with strong emotion and realistic characters.\\\"Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Swords and Scoundrels
\\\"Will hold readers in suspense and eager for the next two books.\\\"Booklist on Swords and Scoundrels
\\\"Knight brings an unusual and satisfying level of psychological depth to her protagonists... compelling.\\\"RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars) on Swords and Scoundrels', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Abbey: A Story of Discovery\\nDescription: ['With wit, wisdom and elegant prose, Martin has written a powerfully moving novel about (among other things) how an unbeliever can journey from suffering into spiritual practice. How it happens in an eyeblink. Another triumph from one of our best writers working like a master in a new form. (Mary Karr, author of Lit)
A sheer delightfunny, engaging, deep and moving. (Ron Hansen, author of Mariette in Ecstasy)
More than a vivid portrait of a grieving mother; this tender novel shows us how, with simple words and acts, we ordinary, flawed human beings can help each other find our way to God. (Kathleen Norris, author of The Cloister Walk)
With this beautiful, touching and utterly believable novel, seekers will be gently invited to encounter the divine and believers be encouraged to deepen their relationships with God. I loved this book and loved the characters! (Richard Rohr, author of Everything Belongs)
[A] warmly comforting tale...[Father Martins] real strength is his pastoral sensibility-his compassion shines through the character of Father Paul. Like his fellow Jesuit Pope Francis, Martin is a persuasive evangelizer for a God, and church, of mercy. (Publishers Weekly)
Touching, funny and beautiful. A top pick! (RT Book Reviews)
Compassionate, engagingwith tender wit and wisdom, Martin offers an in-depth glimpse into committed religious life and how lay people can practice a devout faith amid doubt, anger and questioning. (Shelf Awareness)
Martins debut novel might be compared to Paulo Coehlos popular fictionMartins great achievement here is that the shows how [his characters are] able to have a mystical experience of God as a result of imaginative contemplation, and he succeeds in making it seem entirely natural. (The Tablet)
Father Martins richly written tale gives us insight into the workings of a modern monastery and shows how God uses our worries, anger and doubts to help bring us to Him. (Simple Grace Magazine)
Martin brings his characteristic ease of personality into both the characters and the prose, quickly bringing readers comfortably into the story. He handles the most delicate and painful themes with a pastoral compassion that invites readers to find hope in their own struggles. (The Huffington Post)', '', 'A novel about how God works in our lives.', 'A divorced single mother, Anne struggles to make sense of her sons death. A former architect, Mark works as a handyman and wonders how his life got off track. The abbot of the Abbey of Sts. Philip and James, Father Paul sometimes questions how to live a life that secludes him from the world. At a Pennsylvania abbey, this unlikely trio will discover the answers they seeka miracle of hope and healing that bears witness to the surprising power of God to bring healing and wholeness to our lives.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Treasured Recipes: From Generation to Generation\\nDescription: ['Fill this retro cookbook with your own recipes!', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Infidel\\nDescription: ['\\\"One November morning in 2004, Theo van Gogh got up to go to work at his film production company in Amsterdam. He took out his old black bicycle and headed down a main road. Waiting in a doorway was a Moroccan man with a handgun and two butcher knives. \\\"As Theo cycled down the Linneausstraat, Mohammad Bouyeri approached. He pulled out his gun and shot Theo several times. Theo fell off his bike and lurched across the road, then collapsed. Bouyeri followed. Theo begged, \\\"Can\\\\'t we talk about this?\\\" but Bouyeri shot him four more times. Then he took out one of his butcher knives and sawed into Theo\\\\'s throat. With the other knife, he stabbed a five-page letter onto Theo\\\\'s chest. \\\"The letter was addressed to me.\\\" Thus begins \\\"Infidel\\\", the autobiography of activist, film-maker, politician, and atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. In her book, Ayaan chronicles the remarkable saga of her childhood in Somalia, her fall away from Islamic beliefs, her emigration to Europe and then to the United States, and her entry into the dangerous business of speaking out against the extremist elements within Islam. Not for the squeamish, this book is an authentic rendition of a truly authentic life--a life on the cutting edge of the social, economic, and geopolitical issues of our times.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America\\nDescription: ['', 'A National True Crime Bestseller
\\\"At a moment ripe for a new kind of media-savvy preacher, in a place where parsons wielded guns as confidently as they toted their Bibles, radio minister and mega-church pastor J. Frank Norris emerged as the archetype of his day. In his riveting tale of Norriss 1927 trial for murder, David Stokes explains just how it is that this Texas Tornado became such a starand lightening rod for controversy. Through rich and compelling narrative, a sharp eye for the quirky as well as the profound, rigorous research, and a commanding sense of the big picture, Stokes offers his reader a rare, exhilarating look at this notorious individual. In the process, he opens up fresh ways of understanding the local culture that vaulted Norris and his Texas-style fundamentalism onto a national stage.\\\" - Darren Dochuk, author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism
\\\"This excellent book chronicles [a] court case that captivated the nation- even if it\\\\'s barely remembered today- and makes its central player, Norris, as compelling and multilayered as any character from fiction. . . . The book is engagingly written, in an immediate, you-are-there style, and the story is as compelling and surprising as any Grisham thriller. Top of the line.\\\" -Booklist (starred review)
Readers will enjoy this oversize talea snapshot of a fascinating time in American and Texas historythat reads like fiction. It will appeal to those interested in true crime, the history of fundamentalism, and the early days of Texas Library Journal
J. Frank Norris was the pastor of a mega-church before the name itself existed. He was famous, and to many he was a righteous and inspiring hero. By others, however, he was thoroughly hated. His endless crusades frustrated both businessman and politicians in Fort Worth, TX. Norris was also a publicity hound who was brash and abrasive. His enemies knew that he was a formidable foe. On July 17, 1926, Norris shot and killed an unarmed man in the church office. David Stokes\\\\'s The Shooting Salvationist offers the complete story of the shooting, the criminal trial, and their aftermath Eighty-five years ago, this event captured the attention of the entire nation. Modern readers will likewise be enthralled by David Stokes\\\\'s skillful presentation of this shocking crime. The story is simply incredible, yet every word is true. And you won\\\\'t put this book down until reach the end! -- Chris Rose, Andover Bookstore
For all the colorful characters who became part of Fort Worths history, surely none surpassed J. Frank Norris, the fiery fundamentalist preacher at Fort Worths First Baptist Church in pure outlandishness. His oratory and penchant for publicity brought thousands into his congregation and at one point, First Baptist was among the largest churches in the world, a mega church before the phrase was coined. Unfortunately, for all his oratorical skills, Norris horizons were limited by several criminal indictments brought on by his tendency for violence. In this book David Stokes tells the J. Frank Norris story. If I hadnt grown up in Fort Worth, I would have thought someone made all this up but no one did. It really happened. -from the foreword by Bob Schieffer (CBS News)', 'Everyone loves a good story, and David Stokes has unearthed one from historys archives and served it up with style and verve. - David Pietruzsa, author of 1920: The Year of Six Presidents
David Stokes has written a book that both entertaining and informative. - Jim Pinkerton, Newsday Columnist and FOX News Contributor
David Stokes combines his meticulous research with a writing style which makes you feel as though you are that fly-on-the-wall witnessing history as it unfolds.-Bob Hamer, Author of Enemies Among Us
Thank you for sharing this fascinating story!- Former President George W. Bush
Reads like a page-turning novel, but is built and based on fact and not fiction. I became more and more enthralled with each passing page.-O. S. Hawkins, Southern Baptist Convention
Like J. Frank Norris himself, this book moves briskly from one controversy to another. A fascinating read about a fascinating man.-Barry Hankins, Professor of History, Baylor University and author of Jesus and GinEvangelicalism, The Roaring Twenties, and Todays Culture Wars', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Mornings in Jenin (Center Point Platinum Reader's Circle (Large Print))\\nDescription: ['', \\\"1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who, in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause, will become his enemy. Amal's own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension, eventually taking her into exile in Pensylvania.\\\", \\\"In the first commercial literary work ever to inhabit a Palestinian voice, Susan Abulhawa's is a story of love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood. Richly told and and full of humanity, Mornings in Jenin forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining political conflicts of our lifetime.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Brhat Samhita of Varahamihira ( Vol. 1): with english translation, exhaustive notes and literary comments\\nDescription: ['The brhat sarhhitii of varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest whatever subject the author takes up for delineation, whether it is eclipse, planetary movements rainfall, cloud, architecture, water divination or some other topic, he discusses the same with thoroughness and mastery based on the knowledge of ancient sastras wherever he differs from ancients he gives reasons for it section i describes the movement of planets from the astronomical and astrological points of view section 2 discusses the allotment of countries to the nine regions on the basis of constellations section 3 treats of the effects of years, months and days presided over by different planets section 4 expounds subjects like cloud formation, wind and rainfall while section 5 discusses flowers and creepers section 6 deals with portents section 7 treats growth of crops, commodities, prices and trades and section 8 describes ritual for the improvement of royal powers section 9 explains signs of men and women, section 10 deals with architecture, town-planning, water divination, etc section 11 treats of trees section 12 expounds the manufacture of perfumes section 13 describes animals, cows, dogs, etc section 14 relates to domestic felicity, erotic remedies, etc section 15 describes gems and their value section 16 deals with cleansing of teeth, section 17 delineate omens through birds and beasts section 18 is devoted to the functions of asterisms, lunar days, etc and an exhaustive introduction discussing all the relevant topics in detail']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dimestore: A Writer's Life\\nDescription: ['An Amazon Best Book of March 2016: What is it about Appalachia that so captures the mind, echoes in the ear, and lodges in the heart? Lee Smiths memoir metes out the answer to that question, touching on the elusive substance of Southern culture which so fascinates those of us outside of it and has inspired an entire subgenre of writing. Some of her essays ring with the raucous sounds of bluegrass, others with the sweet smells of home cooking passed down through generations--but Smith also bucks small town propriety by exposing the mental illness that plagued her family and by describing her sometimes fraught journey to becoming a beloved novelist. Dimestore is a love letter to the people and places that made a writer out of a small town Southern girl, and to the love, heartbreak, and power of creating her own stories that came after. --Seira Wilson', '
“With restrained prose and charming humor, [Smith] illuminated a way of life that has all but disappeared and explores the impulse to bear witness that underpins the storyteller in all of us.” —People (Book of the Week)   “Smith delivers a memoir that shines with a bright spirit, a generous heart and an entertaining knack for celebrating absurdity. Although Dimestore is constructed as a series of personal essays, it presents as full a sense of a life as any traditional narrative.” —The New York Times Book Review   “…heartwarming… Dimestore shares the habits that may have saved Smith from her own tendency to get too “wrought up,” one of which was to approach storytelling “the way other people write in their journals,” in order to make it through the night. Fiction became her lifelong outlet, a means of sustaining and reaffirming the connection to her work, as well as a way to preserve the rich mountain culture she so loved as a child.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution   “Dimestore may prove to be a work that connects wildly with readers. Because truth is often more powerful than fiction, and because the tale she has actually lived so far to tell is rendered keenly, irrepressibly and without self-pity. Lee Smith, the person, emerges as one of nonfiction’s great protagonists.” —Raleigh News & Observer
“Now, at last, we have Dimestore: A Writer’s Life, a seasoned, open-hearted memoir, taking us from her youth in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Va., through her education at private schools in Richmond and Roanoke, Va., to her life since 1974, first in Chapel Hill married to the poet James Seay, and since 1985, to columnist and literary critic Hal Crowther. Throughout, the memoir shows Smith’s spunk and spirit….  Yes, Lee Smith is a writer, and without that, we probably would not have this engrossing memoir. But at heart, Lee Smith is a woman – openhearted, spirited, humble – and it is those qualities especially that inspire and make us glad as we read.” —Charlotte Observer   “…profoundly readable… Like her novels, Smith’s memoir is intimate, as though writer and reader are sitting together on a front-porch swing. She writes in the rich vernacular of her youth. Smith’s details are so piercingly remembered, so vividly set on the page, that I felt wrapped in a great blanket of familiarity. Her memoir is a warm, poignant read about a lost time and place, a love of books and a celebration of the quirks and oddities of home.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Lee Smith’s memoir, Dimestore, is both a gorgeous remembrance of an Appalachian girlhood and an engrossing look at the makings of a writer. Her recollections Saturday-evening bluegrass, molded pink salad, small-town community before the age of Wi-Fi and the electrifying childhood thrill of finding a good book invite us to revisit our vanishing past.” —MORE Magazine
“This memoir is Smith at her finest. There is not one false note in the book. This wonderful memoir—filled with tenderness, compassion, love, and humor—is highly recommended for fans of Smith’s fiction, lovers of Southern writing, and readers who are interested in the changes in small-town America.” —Library Journal, starred   “Candid and unsentimental, Smith's book sheds light on her beginnings as writer while revealing her resilience and personal transformations over the course of a remarkable lifetime. A warm, poignant memoir from a reliably smooth voice.” —Kirkus Reviews   “Dimestore…is a testament to the power of place. The author of thirteen novels and multiple short story collections, Smith has long brought Appalachia to life for readers, and the book chronicles her own childhood in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, where she worked as a young girl in her father’s five-and dime, and her path to becoming a writer.” —Garden & Gun
“Reading Dimestore: A Writer’s Life is like sitting a spell on the front porch swing with novelist Lee Smith, hearing all about the kinfolk who nurtured her in the mountain “holler” town of Grundy, Virginia. In this collection of 14 essays, Smith’s voice sings out like the mountain music she was raised on, skillfully weaving together nostalgic melodies with modern insight.” —BookPage
“Smith is a world-class storyteller, so it’s no surprise that she packs this book with a gracious plenty. Her distinctive voice sounds out from every page. Her fans will not be disappointed. In fact, they’ll be thrilled to discover how she learned to tell stories…[a] wonderful book.” —Richmond Times Dispatch
“It is fair to say Virginians and North Carolinians will want to read this book. …I am going to venture the notion – with absolute conviction – that everybody else who has grown up in America – or beyond it – will recognize something crucial of themselves here, and that tough, intense universality of spirit will touch men and women alike.” —Virginia Pilot   “This memoir is so rich in insights, both hard-won and instant, that it might be handy to take it along to whatever waiting rooms we might be stranded in. This little book also evokes a little fruitcake a Southern gentleman gave us a few years ago that sat in the fridge forever. When I finally tasted it, it revealed the multiple times said Southern gent had basted it with rum, making the cake an outstanding holiday accompaniment. Dimestore is on the short side, but as rich as any rum-drenched confection could be. And no hangover, either.” —Buffalo News   “Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, this short read is satisfying for the soul. It’s highly recommended for adult and mature readers and all book clubs. Anyone who loves small-town America, the South and Appalachia will love this book.” —El Paso Times   “Trust Lee Smith to write a memoir in essays that’s as entertaining, original, quirky, fun to read and wise as any of her works of fiction. For nearly 50 years now…Smith has been blessing readers with glimpses into her life, heart and soul through her stories about other people — people she created with her lively imagination. Now she gives us a fuller picture of her most fascinating character of all, Lee Smith, and she tells us some of the ways her life influenced and plays out in her fiction. With refreshing and understated honesty, she also tells us how writing has helped her make it through some rough times in her own life. In Dimestore, she gives us a delightful and insightful look at what she’s learned about writing, reading and, most of all, life.” —Greensboro News & Record   “With a shelf of distinguished novels…Hillsborough resident Lee Smith has established herself as one of North Carolina's most talented and best-loved writers. Like her best fiction, [Dimestore] is fresh, funny, often heartbreaking, with a pitch-perfect ear for human speech.” —Wilmington Star News   “…a revue of memorable episodes, enlivened with sensory details, curious characters, evocative scenes and lurking insights.” —Asheville Citizen Times
“Why hadn’t I heard about this incredible writer? Seventeen works of fiction make her the best kept secret of the literate South. This memoir is a masterpiece of stories and remembrances.” —Manhattan Book Review
“You know how in Lee Smith’s fiction there’s always something so fresh, crazy, and loving? In Dimestore is the essence of Lee.” —Roy Blount Jr., author of Alphabetter Juice: or, The Joy of Text    "We have Eudora Welty’s One Writer’s Beginnings, and now we have Lee Smith’s Dimestore. These two great American writers have in common an immense gift for characterization, a humorous sense of the absurd in daily life, and a precise, evocative prose style.  In both their memoirs, I relish their restrained and perfectly rendered stories of their own lives. Lee Smith is, of course, a national treasure, and this subtle and moving memoir enlarges my sense of the origins of her deep, wide work. Thousands have fallen in love with every word Lee Smith writes, and Dimestore will bring them new joy." —Frances Mayes, author of the bestselling Under the Tuscan Sun and Under Magnolia   "Here's Lee Smith at her best.  Dimestore is personal nonfiction, where her brilliance shines.  Her wide warmth blesses everything funny about life and--here especially--everything moving and deep." —Annie Dillard
“In her first work of nonfiction, novelist Smith explores how deep her Appalachian roots go, in this entertaining and poignant collection of Southern memories.” —Publishers Weekly   “In this candid, wistful, appreciative, and beguiling memoir, Smith offers a distinctive and intimate look at one writer’s beginnings.” —Booklist
 “In Lee Smith’s memoir, Dimestore, readers will gladly join her, finding her writing with the same lively spirit that has always informed her fiction. She never turns away from her Appalachian roots, revealing that remote region with discerning affection.” —Elizabeth Spencer, author of Starting Over
“Lee Smith is an American master. In Dimestore, she continues to grow and shapeshift, bringing her massive fictional gifts to a memoir-in-essays that reads like a novel, with a deeply realized sense of place and character development--the central character here, a deeply winning one, is Smith herself. She has her finger on the social pulse of an America uneasily transitioning from the 20th into the 21st century. Once I began, I couldn’t put it down.” —David Payne, author of Barefoot to Avalon   
“Dimestore is the memoir fans of Lee Smith’s fiction have been waiting decades for. It’s a pitch-perfect mining of the memories, desires, and imagination fueling one of the South’s — no, one of America’s — master storytellers. Smith gives us a dappled reality where little girls spy the world from behind a one-way piece of glass, parents are ‘kindly nervous,’ and eccentric aging poets deal with wintertime rejection by shedding their clothes and rolling in the snow. Dimestore leaves you seeing the world a little bit Smith-skewed — by which I mean through a cleverer, more grounded, and ultimately more open-hearted lens.” —Beth Macy, author of the bestselling Factory Man  
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“[A] transporting, enlightening book. . . The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is a fascinating window on Afghan life under the Taliban and a celebration of women the world over who support their loved ones with tenacity, inventiveness and sheer guts.” (People)
“The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is pure inspiration. . . it reveals in acute detail the anxiety of ordinary people trying to fold their lives around the whims and laws of abusive regimes.” (Los Angeles Times)
“The Dressmaker of Khair Khana gives voice to many of our world’s unsung heroines. Against all odds, these young women created hope and community, and they never gave up. This book is guaranteed to move you—and to show you a side of Afghanistan few ever see.” (Angelina Jolie)
“An Afghan family finds a way to survive in Kabul under Taliban rule in this awe-inspiring true story. Fans of Three Cups of Tea are sure to embrace this powerful and humbling book.” (Parade)
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We consider it the best book our judges have ever selected and it has been better received by our subscribers than any other book.Book-of-the-Month Club
The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years. Contemporary Movements in European Literature
As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today. Montreal Star
Sigrid Undsets trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously . . . than any novel since Dostoevsky'sBrothers Karamazov.It is also very probably the noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life. Commonweal
The first great story founded upon the normal events of a normal womans existence. It is as great and as rich, as simple and as profound, as such a story should be. Des Moines Register
No other novelist, past or present, has bodied forth the medieval world with such richness and fullness of indisputable genius. . . . One of the finest minds in European literature. New York Herald Tribune
A master . . . writing in a prose as vigorous, articulate and naturalistic as the novel it re-creates, Tiina Nunnally brilliantly captures a world both remote and strangely familiar.Judges citation, PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize\\\", 'Text: English (translation) Original Language: Norwegian', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Misadventures of the Magician's Dog\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 4-6Because he is afraid of dogs, Peter is shocked when he hears himself asking for one for his 12th birthday. Later, after bringing one home from a shelter, he is stunned to learn that his new pet actually talks. The Dog tells Peter that he needs help in releasing his previous owner, a magician, from a terrible spell. The Dog will, in return, teach Peter magic, which could help bring his father home from deployment in the Middle East. As Peter's practice of magic improves and deepens, he realizes that he is a better wizard when he is angry, and he has to confront his feelings about his father's absence. Peter's siblings also become involved with the attempts to free the magician. Peter's relationships are realistic. The resolution to the psychological pain of missing his father rings true and the magical plot presents adventure and an exciting climax. Fantasy fans will enjoy this story, and the fast-moving plot will engage reluctant readers.Tina Martin, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, IL(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\\\", 'When his twelfth birthday rolls around, even Peter is surprised to hear himself asking for a dog. He doesnt even like dogs. After selecting the scruffiest mutt at the shelter, he learns that The Dog actually chose himto become a magician in order to free his former owner (another magician) from a malevolent life. Peter, still dealing with his fathers recent deployment overseas, learns his anger can powerfully boost his magic, but at a terrible cost. His only hope is to find another source of strength within himself. The family relationships, particularly among Peter and his two younger sisters, are well drawn, and The Dog is an appealing, original character. Though some sections of the writing seem more studied than organic, Sackett creates sympathetic characters and rousing action scenes. The fantasy, which includes magical elements from flying at night to dinosaur attacks, is grounded by the realistic setting. The eye-catching jacket features the three kids, The Dog, and a T. rex. Grades 4-6. --Carolyn Phelan']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Turbo Twenty-Three: A Stephanie Plum Novel\\nDescription: ['Janet Evanovichis the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Knight and Moon series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, andHow I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.', 'One
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Larry Virgil is a lanky, grease--stained guy in his forties. He lives alone in the back room of his auto body shop on Baker Street in north Trenton, and he hasnt cut his hair in at least ten years. For all I know that was also the last time he washed it. He has a reputation for drinking too much and abusing women, and he has a hotdog with testicles tattooed on his forehead. I suppose it might be a penis, but its not a very good tattoo, and I prefer to think its a hotdog. None of this would be any of my business, but a couple months ago Trentons finest caught Virgil hijacking an eighteen--wheeler filled with cases of premium bourbon. Virgil was arrested and subsequently bonded out by my bail bondsman cousin and employer, Vincent Plum. Virgil failed to appear for his court appearance a week ago, and Vinnie isnt happy. If Virgil isnt brought back into the system in a timely fashion, Vinnie will lose his bond money. My name is Stephanie Plum. Im a college graduate with virtually no marketable skills, so for the past several years Ive been tracking down Vinnies skips. What I lack in expertise I make up for with desperation and tenacity, because I only get paid when I catch someone. It was ten oclock at night in mid--September, and cool enough for me to need a sweatshirt over my T--shirt. I was currently pulling surveillance on Larry Virgils three--bay garage, hoping to catch him entering or exiting. I was with my wheelman, Lula. Wed been sitting across from the garage for over two hours and my eyes were crossing out of boredom. This isnt going anywhere, I said to Lula. He isnt answering his phone, and there arent any lights on in the building. Lula is a former ho who Vinnie hired as a file clerk a while back. When files went digital he didnt have the guts to fire her, so now Lula shows up every day for work and pretty much does whatever she wants. Mostly she hangs with me. Shes shorter than I am. She packs a lot more bodacious voluptuousness into her clothes than I do. Her hair is currently pink. Her skin is always brown. Her attitude is Say what? Im pale in comparison to Lula. I have shoulder--length mostly unmanageable curly brown hair thats usually pulled into a ponytail, and Ive been told I look a little like Julia Roberts when she played a hooker in Pretty Woman. I think this is mostly a compliment, right? My personal opinion is that this loser skipped town, Lula said. Its not like he got family here. And were not lookin at someone with a active social life. Only time this man goes out is to hijack a truck, and he got a crimp put in that activity. Lights flashed at the cross street and an eighteen--wheeler chugged toward us and parked in front of the lot attached to the garage. The lot was enclosed by a six--foot--high chain link fence topped with razor wire. A man swung down from the cab of the truck and walked to the gate. He fiddled with the lock and the gate swung open. Its him, Lula said, sticking her hand into her big bedazzled purse and rooting around in it looking for her gun. Its that punk--ass Larry Virgil. I told you hed be back. I got a gun in here somewhere. Hold on while I get my gun. We dont need guns, I said. Hes not known for being armed. All we have to do is wait for him to get inside and then well sneak in and slap the cuffs on him. I got it, Lula said. I got my gun. Lets go! Not yet, I said. Too late. Lula was out from behind the wheel of her Firebird, running across the road, waving her gun and yelling, Bond enforcement! Virgil went deer in the headlights for a moment, then bolted for the corner with Lula in pursuit. Even in the dark of night I could see that Lula was running flat--out in her spike--heeled Via Spigas. Her spandex miniskirt was up around her waist, and one of her basketball--sized boobs had popped out of her tank top. Stop or Ill shoot you dead, Lula yelled at Virgil. I was running behind Lula, trying to close in on her. Dont you dare shoot him, I shouted. No shooting! Virgil crossed the street and ran back toward the garage. He reached Lulas red Firebird, wrenched the door open, jumped in, and took off. He got my Firebird! Lula shrieked. He got my baby! And my purse is in there too. I personally bedazzled that purse. It was one of a kind. And it got all my makeup in there. Guess you left the key in the ignition, I said, gasping for air, coming alongside Lula. And you told me not to shoot him, Lula said. This is all your fault. If I put some holes in him this would never have happened. Ill call it in to the police, I said. Im not waiting for no police, Lula said. Im going after that punk--ass. You wont catch him on foot. Im not going on foot. Im taking his truck. Do you know how to drive a truck? Sure I know how to drive a truck, Lula said. Whats to know? She got a foot onto the first step up to the cab but couldnt get any lift. This here stupid thing is too high, Lula said. Get your hand under my ass and give me a shove up. Not for all the tea in China, I said. Then go around and pull me in. I climbed into the cab from the passenger side, crawled over, and gave Lula a hand up. This is a bad idea, I said. You havent a clue where hes headed. Hes disappeared, and on top of that he probably stole this truck. I know where hes going, Lula said. Hes going to the chop shop on Stark. Hes gonna sell my Firebird off for pieces. Thats what these creeps do. They got no respect for peoples personal vehicles. I took my cellphone out of my pocket. Im calling it in. Lula stared at the dash. Theres a awful lot of doohickeys here. I thought you said you knew how to drive one of these. Im just sayin this heres a fancy rig. It got a cup holder and everything. She looked down at the floor. It got a lot of pedals down there. What the heck is that big one? Thats the clutch pedal. Yeah, its all coming back to me. I used to drive my Uncle Jimmys dump truck before I got established as a ho. She planted a Via Spiga on the clutch pedal and shifted. Here goes nothing. The truck lurched forward and ground through a gear. That didnt sound good, I said. No problem, Lula said. It dont matter if we lose a gear or two on account of this baby got a lot of them. We slowly drove down the street. This heres a piece of cake, Lula said. She turned a corner and took out a trash receptacle. Uh, you might have cut that corner a little tight, I said. Yeah, but did you see how smooth this beauty rolled over that garbage can? Its like driving a tank. Theres a red light at the cross street, I said. You know how to stop, right? I step on the brake. Yeah, but will the big trailer behind us stop at the same time? Lula looked down at the floor. I guess its all hooked together being that I only see one brake pedal. The light! The road! I yelled. Lula sailed through the intersection. You just ran the light! I said. Oops, Lula said. My bad. Good thing there werent any cars there. I caught flashing strobes in my side mirror. I think we have a cop behind us, I said. You should pull over. No way, Lula said. Itll waste my time and I gotta get to the chop shop before they start on my Firebird. Ill outmaneuver the guy behind me. Youre driving a truck! You cant even turn a corner, much less outmaneuver someone. Boy, youre getting cranky. Anyways, this could be a good thing. What we got here is a police escort. Hell come in handy when we get to Stark Street and we confront Larry Virgil. This is our lucky day. The cop car zipped past us and came to a stop just before the next intersection, blocking our way. Two patrolmen got out, guns drawn. Hit the brakes, I said to Lula. Hit the brakes! Lula stomped on the brake pedal, and the rig slowed down but didnt stop. The patrolmen jumped out of the way, and Lula punted the patrol car halfway down the block before bringing the semi to a stop. It dont exactly stop on a dime, Lula said. One of the cops approached. I rolled the window down and grimaced. It was Eddie Gazarra. We went to school together, and now he was married to my cousin Shirley the Whiner. Hey, Eddie, I said. Hows it going? Oh crap, Eddie said. Lula leaned over and looked past me to Eddie. We gotta get going. That moron Larry Virgil stole my car and I gotta get to Stark Street before my babys nothing but spare parts. So Id appreciate it if you could get your patrol car out of my way. Eddie and I looked down the street at what was left of the patrol car. It wasnt going anywhere anytime soon. Sorry about your car, I said to Eddie. Lula didnt totally have the hang of driving this thing. Eddies partner, Jimmy, was standing alongside him. Our paths had crossed on a couple occasions, but I didnt actually know him. He was hands on hips looking like he thought this was funny but was trying not to laugh out loud. Youre supposed to ask to see her license and registration, Jimmy said. My license is in my purse which is in my car which has been stolen, Lula said. And what youre doing here is impeding the progress of justice. You know this truck was hijacked, right? Eddie asked me. Not exactly, I said. Lula and I were staking out Virgils garage, and he pulled up in this truck. One thing led to another and here we are. Are we going to arrest them? Jimmy asked, still grinning. No, we arent going to arrest them, Eddie said. Her grandmother would make my life a living hell. What do you want to do about the car? Jimmy asked Eddie. Get a tow truck out here. And report the Firebird to dispatch. Its red, Lula told Jimmy. And its got a one--of--a--kind bedazzled purse in it. I swung down out of the cab. If its okay with you Ill call for a ride. You calling Morelli? Eddie asked. Joe Morelli is a Trenton cop working crimes against persons. Hes also my boyfriend. No, I said to Eddie. Ill grab a ride in one of Rangers patrol cars. And I can get him to check with the chop shop to make sure they dont take Lulas car apart. Ranger is a former Special Forces operative turned businessman and security expert. Hes six feet of perfectly toned muscle. Hes my age, but hes ages beyond me in life experience and street smarts. His coloring and heritage are Latino. Hes single and intends to stay that way. He owns Rangeman, an exclusive security firm housed in a stealth building in downtown Trenton. Sounds like a plan, Eddie said. He hitched a thumb in Lulas direction. Youre taking her with you? I guess. Shes going to have to come in and file an accident report tomorrow. I imagine by then youll have come up with an explanation. Yeah. I owe you. Good, Eddie said, because I need a babysitter next Saturday. I squelched a grimace. Eddies kids were monsters. Ill be there, I told him. I made a short call to Ranger and joined Lula and Eddie at the side of the truck. This is a freezer truck, Lula said. What do you suppose Larry Virgil was gonna do with it? You think he has a big--ass freezer in his garage? How was he gonna store all the frozen stuff until he could turn it around? Maybe its empty, I said. Maybe he already offloaded the ice cream somewhere. This was reported stolen by Bogart Ice Cream, Eddie said. The compressor is running, so its probably still full of ice cream. He walked to the back door. No security seal. Its just padlocked. I could shoot the padlock off, Lula said, and then we could see what we got in here. Eddie cut his eyes to Lula. That would be if I had a gun, Lula said, thinking twice about her offer since she didnt have a permit to carry concealed. Hey, Jimmy, Eddie yelled. Look in the cab and see if you can find the key to the padlock for the back door. Jimmy climbed into the cab and swung down with the key. Eddie took the key, opened the door to the freezer truck, and a body fell out. We all jumped back. What the hell? Jimmy said. It was a chocolate--covered man, sprinkled with chopped pecans, totally frozen. Hard to tell if it was a real corpse or a solid chocolate novelty item. We all looked down at it. That better not be a dead person, Lula said. On account of you know how I feel about dead people. Im not in favor of them. Could just be a big popsicle, Jimmy said, toeing the chocolate guy. I dont think so, Lula said. It dont got no stick up its hoo--hoo. Call it in, Eddie said to Jimmy. And tell them to get CSI out here before he melts. Maybe we should put him back in the freezer truck, I said to Eddie. Yeah, Eddie said. I guess we could do that. No one made a move to pick up the chocolate guy. Or we could leave him here, I said. That got my vote, Lula said. Im not touching him, in case he got the dead cooties. Keep your eye on him, Eddie said to me. Im going to see if I can get the trunk open on the squad car so I can get some crime scene tape and rubber gloves. Lula looked into the trailer. They had him jammed up next to the back door, Lula said. The rest of the truck is filled with cartons of Bogart ice cream. Somebodys gonna be real disappointed in the morning if they dont get their ice cream delivery. Personally Im a Mo Morris ice cream person as opposed to a Bogart ice cream person. Not that Id turn my nose up at a carton of this here ice cream if it accidentally fell out of the truck. That would be tampering with evidence, Jimmy said. Just sayin. Eddie returned with some yellow tape and a box of disposable gloves. Id be willing to help, Lula said, but those gloves are the wrong size for me. Theyre one--size--fits--all, Eddie said. Nuh--uh, Lula said. They wouldnt look good on me, and theyd ruin my nail varnish. A shiny black Porsche Cayenne drove up and eased to a stop, and Ranger got out. He was dressed in Rangeman black fatigues. Hes the boss, but he still works alongside his men if the threat level is high or if theyre short--handed. He walked over to me and looked down at the chocolate man. Nice touch with the chopped nuts, Ranger said. Who is he? Dont know, Eddie said. I dont want to go through his pockets and ruin the chocolate. Eddie and Ranger pulled on rubber gloves, crammed the stiff back into the truck, and closed the door on him. I got into the front of the Porsche with Ranger, and Lula got into the back. We drove to Stark Street in silence, and Ranger parked in front of the chop shop. A shiny black Rangeman Ford Explorer idled in the driveway. Lulas red Firebird was parked next to the Explorer. A Rangeman guy who looked like the Hulk except for the part about being green got out of the Explorer and walked over to us. The Firebird was just dropped off, he said to Ranger, handing him the car keys. It seems to be undamaged. Theres a purse in the backseat. Any sign of Larry Virgil? Ranger asked. No. I guess he left the car here and took off. Ranger handed the keys over to Lula. I got my baby back, Lula said, taking the keys, exiting the Porsche. Anything I can ever do for you, just let me know, she said to Ranger. She looked the Hulk over. You too, big, black, and bad--ass. Anything you need, you just ask Lula.
Ranger drove away, leaving his man grinning at Lula. Shell take him apart and wont put him back together again, Ranger said to me. Is your car at the office? No. Lula picked me up at home. Babe, Ranger said. Babe covers a lot of ground for Ranger, depending upon the inflection. Tonight it was said softly with an undertone of desire, as if he might take me home and stay awhile. It gave me an instant rush, and heat curled through a bunch of my internal organs. I did my best to squash the heat and ignore the rush, but in the process of ignoring the rush I inadvertently gave up a sigh. What? Ranger asked. Morelli. Morelli and I have had an on again, off again relationship since I was five years old. Lately when were off again, Ranger swoops in. At first glance it might appear that Im lacking in moral character to be bouncing around between men like this, but its only two men. I mean, its not like Im dating a football team. And lets be honest about this. These guys are both twelve on a scale of one to ten. And I might only be a six. So how lucky am I? A couple weeks ago, in a moment of euphoria, Morelli and I agreed to become engaged to be engaged. It was a good moment, but I think its a little like planning on winning the lottery or contemplating losing five pounds. I mean, what are the chances of it actually happening? Unfortunate, Ranger said, but the night wasnt a complete loss. I got to see a dead guy dressed up like a Bogart Bar. What were you doing with the freezer truck? Lula and I were staking out Larry Virgil, and he drove up in the semi. One thing led to another. Blah blah blah. And Lula crashed the truck into Eddie Gazarras squad car. And the deceased? We opened the door to look inside and the guy fell out. As it turns out, Ranger said, Ive been hired by Harry Bogart. He wants increased security in his factory. For years hes been engaged in an ice cream war with Mo Morris. In the past its been confined to competitive pricing, ripping off recipes, ads that pushed the boundaries of libel, and occasionally a shouting match at a family function. Theyre related? Cousins. And I guess they dont like each other. Not even a little. Lately bad things have been happening to Harry Bogart. Salmonella in the double chocolate. A bomb hoax that shut down production for an entire day. One of the freezers was down for the night and literally a ton of ice cream melted. Bogart is sure its Mo Morris out to ruin him, but he cant prove anything. So hes hired you. His factory is old--school. No security cameras. No instant alerts when equipment goes down. Locks that can be opened with a nail file. I guess hes never needed more. Its not like hes doing nuclear research. Youre fixing all that. Yes, but it takes time. Its a big job. He needs new wiring. He has to approve the system design. Id like to give him a couple men on foot patrol until we get everything up and running, but he refuses. He says ice cream is happiness and comfort and his customers would turn to birthday cake and mac and cheese if they thought his ice cream was under siege. He sounds like a nice man. Hes ruthless and miserly. So far I havent seen evidence of nice. He makes good ice cream. Ranger nodded. So Ive been told. Do you think the dead guy could be Harry Bogart? No. Wrong body type. Bogart is a big man. Eats a lot of ice cream? Eats a lot of everything. Ranger turned in to my parking lot. I need someone to go inside the two ice cream factories and look around. Do you have time to moonlight for me? What would I do? Most of the line workers are women, so you would blend in. Id put you on the line to start. All youd have to do is keep your ears open and look around. Im told that everyone gets to take a pint of ice cream home with them at the end of the shift in Mo Morriss plant. Hard to pass that up. Ranger stopped in front of my apartment buildings back door. I made a move to get out of the car, and he pulled me to him and kissed me. The kiss was light but lingering, sending a clear message of checked passion. He released me and relaxed back into his seat. Ill make the arrangements for you to start work at Bogarts plant and be back in touch, Ranger said. It took me a couple beats to get myself together. Okay then, I said. Be careful driving home. Babe, Ranger said.
Morelli was on my couch watching television as I walked in. His big mostly golden retriever, Bob, was on the couch with him. There was a takeout pizza box on the coffee table. Morelli looked up at me and grinned. Have a good night? Eddie Gazarra called you, didnt he? Cupcake, everyone called me, including your mother and the Trenton Times. News travels fast. Not every day someone gets dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with nuts. Usually people in Trenton just get stabbed and shot. I squeezed between Morelli and Bob, flipped the lid up on the pizza box, and took a piece. I thought you might have gotten the call on this one. I just came off a double shift so I was low in the rotation. Butch Zajak pulled it. I cant stop thinking about the dead man. Yeah, me too. Eddie said he was dressed up like a Bogart Bar. I dont suppose you have any. No, but the freezer truck was filled with cartons of them. It was like the man in the truck was part of the Bogart Bar run. All this talk about Bogart Bars is making me feel romantic, Morelli said. Heres the deal with Morelli. Everything makes him feel romantic. Morelli wrapped an arm around me and nibbled at my neck. Im thinking after the pizza what I need is dessert. Like a Bogart Bar. I dont have good feelings about Bogart Bars right now. Okay, how about a hot fudge sundae? I guess that would be okay. Do you have ice cream? Chocolate sauce? Morelli asked. No. Some of that whipped cream in a can? No. No problem. I can use my imagination. I was warming to the idea. And then you know what comes next, Morelli said. What? I get to be the sundae. Damn! I knew thered be a catch.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: It Takes Moxie\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor\\nDescription: ['\\\"Analyzing the consequences of decisions, large and small, is what makes Tapper\\\\'s book so important...for those wishing to understand the middle years of the war, they could do no better than to read THE OUTPOST.\\\"Time
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\\\"Jake Tapper has written perhaps the best book set in Afghanistan to date...He provides a window into the false hopes and visions that enabled this failed experiment, an attempt to create government in spaces that had actively avoided such.\\\"Douglas Ollivant, Foreign Policy
\\\"Brilliant, dedicated reporting by a journalist who goes to ground to get the truth. A sad, real tale about this war, America and the brave warriors who live-and die-at the point of the spear.\\\"Bob Woodward, author of PLAN OF ATTACK, THE COMMANDERS and OBAMA\\\\'S WARS
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\\\"Mr. Tapper lays bare the poor decision-making that shattered dozens of American lives in the pursuit of an ill-conceived goal.\\\"Wall Street Journal
\\\"A heartbreaking chronicle of the rotation of soldiers asked to oversee an underfunded, often thankless mission.\\\"Huffington Post', \\\"CNN anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013. The Lead with Jake Tapper, his one-hour weekday program, debuted in March 2013. Tapper was named host of the network's Sunday morning show, State of the Union, in June 2015. Tapper has been a widely respected reporter in the nation's capital for more nearly 20 years. He is also the author of the novel The Hellfire Club.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Rise and Fall of the Mind\\nDescription: ['Michael Cook grew up in New York City. He attended Northwestern University where he studied theatre and film. After a brief stint movie-making in Hollywood he came back to New York, and turned to the study of mathematics. After receiving his doctorate, he studied philosophy and theology for a year at seminary before going to Rockefeller University to do post-doctoral research. He has co-authored four musicals, two of which have been produced: Le Shotgun Marriage (in summer stock) and The Lysistrata Affair (in an Equity Showcase). He works on Wall Street in New York City, where he lives with his wife and best friend, Melissa.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: How to Talk to a Liberal Without Tearing Your Hair Out\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Buoyancy of It All\\nDescription: [\\\"Poetry is so immediate and confessional that the best of it sounds like an intimate conversation with your best friend. Even if you don't know the poet personally, by the time you finish a slim volume of his, you sometimes feel as if you know him better than you know yourself. Such is the case with Robert Walker's debut collection, The Buoyancy of It All.\\\", \\\" Walker's gay-basher, straight-acting, molested, bullied, boogeyman-nightmared past comes rushing at you in a short 80 pages. But as serious as that sounds, his wry, knowing voice sugars it enough to make it not only palatable, but downright addictive. His pop culture references range from 90's teen heartthrobs to The Wizard of Oz, but they're never too obscure or far out. His sense of humor is evident in many of the titles: ''Sacred Cows Make Fine Cheeseburgers,'' ''Mrs. Potatohead's Uterus,'' ''5 Viable Routes of Explaining Your Role in a Pornographic Film'' and ''Question # 26 On The Red Cross Donation Questionnaire'' are some of my favorites. But the work that follows the cute titles is intricate and the kind of funny that makes you wonder why you laughed in the first place.\\\", \\\" Walker's wordplay leaves me breathless and jealous, as does his honesty and directness in such frank poems as the powerful ''The Rapee Remembers,'' the self-loathing of ''A Joke I Used to Tell'' and the painful regret of ''My History of Violence.'' Yet nothing can quite prepare you for ''The Boogeyman and I Seek Couple's Counseling (A Poem in One Act).'' This brief play/poem--one, again, of a series dealing with the boogeyman--embodies Walker's work. It's simultaneously funny, scary and heartbreaking, cutting close to some essential relationship truths. Brilliant stuff. --Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews\\\", \\\"Robert Walker began writing poetry while playing bass in the cover-band ManHole (an all-male group that played songs originally recorded by Courtney Love's mid-90s band Hole). After ManHole split, Walker enjoyed a brief solo career opening for Ru Paul. After a scandal involving George Michael and a public restroom forced him out of the music business, he became a high school teacher in rural Florida. Robert is currently a Knobler fellow in the MFA program at Virginia Tech, and his poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Ashe: The Journal of Experimental Spirituality, Knockout, Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Mipoesias, and Pearl.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: From the First Bite: A Complete Guide to Recovery from Food Addiction\\nDescription: [\\\"KAY SHEPPARD, M.A., is a recovering food addict and the bestselling author of Food Addiction: The Body Knows. Since its publication in 1993, the book has become a primary resource for food addicts, bulimics and compulsive overeaters. It is currently on the conference-approved literature list of two Twelve-Step programs for food addicts. Sheppard is a licensed mental health counselor and a certified eating disorders specialist. She conducts five-day intensive stabilization and weekend workshops for food addicts worldwide. She is a charter member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals and the host of the Food Addiction Conference for America Online's Addictions and Recovery Forum. She manages a message board and handles hundreds of e-mails every week from food addicts looking for solutions. Her personal recovery began in 1967. She lives in Florida.\\\", \\\"
Chapter One
Kay's StoryThe Author's Experience
\\\", '\\\"Do you know you talk a lot about food and weight?\\\" My recovery from active food addiction started with those words from a friend. Since I wasn\\\\'t aware, I answered, \\\"No, I didn\\\\'t realize that.\\\" Then Janet asked another question: \\\"Do you know there is a Twelve-Step program for that problem?\\\" I didn\\\\'t know that, either. She invited me to attend.', \\\"Well, it was November, and no food addict in her right mind would consider going into a recovery program before the holidays. No, indeed, I would wait until January to start anew. I was no dummy; I had lots of holiday eating to do! I don't recall the holiday festivities that year, but I do remember that I purchased a box of candy for my father for Christmasthen ate five of them before the gift got wrapped and delivered to him.\\\", 'As I was walking from the bedroom, where I had hidden the fifth box of candy in my bottom dresser drawer, to the bathroom where I planned to eat it, I had a thought. Why didn\\\\'t I put this box of candy out on the coffee table and share it with my family? That was my moment of truth. There was something very wrong with bedroom storage, bathroom eating. And I felt so selfish that I had not shared. This behavior was not new. Oh, no. I had spent my whole life buying treats for others and then secretly eating them all. Why, I was so good at hiding my eating that my husband commented, \\\"I don\\\\'t know why you have a weight problem, you eat like a bird.\\\"', 'My secret eating of sweets started at a fairly young age. As a small child, locked in the pantry to avoid detection, I would squeeze chocolate chips out of a tiny slit in the corner of the bag. Quietly opening the refrigerator, I would run my finger around the edge of the cake, collecting as much frosting as possible. All my nickels and dimes traveled to the corner store with me for sweet purchases. We had two corner stores, and when I got old enough to cross the street, I could get to the second one and buy ice cream cones dipped in chocolate sprinkles. What an innovation! When I found a dime at our vacation cottage, I talked my sister into rowing our boat miles to a concession stand to buy candy. I wonder if I shared with her.', 'Holidays were heaven! We got huge baskets filled with treats at Easter. We baked special family recipes at Christmastime. We decorated cakes for every occasion. I was obsessed with food. By the time I was in eighth grade, I was fat. We had to shop in the \\\"chubby\\\" clothes department. My mother dressed us beautifully, and she really had to search to find appropriate clothes for me. I started cooking about that time, too, making meals for the family. I just loved to be around food. By the time I was in high school, I was a talented pastry chef. I planned to be a dietitian when I grew up. I didn\\\\'t really know what a dietitian was, but I figured it was about food and that would be great. I never did follow through on that idea.', \\\"At age fifteen, I went on my first diet and managed to lose twenty-two pounds by eliminating sweets and starches. This was the first of many attempts to lose weight. Around that age I started smoking my dad's cigarettes. Within a few years, I started to drink alcohol. None of these addictive substances seemed to be out of control, but I had three of them operating: food, nicotine and alcohol. Everything appeared to be manageable. I had no idea about the progression of addiction; I was in the early stages and poly-addicted.\\\", 'Alcohol was the first to become unmanageable. Not that I noticed. Denial took care of that. I was a binge drinker with a pattern of disruptive incidents followed by long periods of abstinence from alcohol. I would smoke and eat through the dry times as I got my life back together. My losses from alcohol mounted: my college education, a marriage, several jobs. By the time I found recovery, I had been institutionalized and separated from my young son.', 'In 1967, I got sober and began working a recovery program. My son and I were living with my parents. My mother asked me if I realized that I ate the whole pan of brownies every Sunday. It must have been noticeable that I was an automatic eater without awareness of my actions.', 'For the next ten years, I would rely on food and nicotine as my major addictive substances. During that time, my mother died of the complications of her own food addiction. She said to me the year before she died, \\\"For the rest of my life I am going to eat the way I want to.\\\" She was surrendering to the disease. She told me that she had \\\"given up.\\\" Mom died at age sixty-five. I had always been aware of her struggle with food. We began dieting together when I was fifteen. We tried lots of diets, drugs and programs. Nothing had worked for us.', 'In 1977 Janet introduced me to a recovery plan for compulsive eaters. I just loved it. Although I threw myself into the program, it would take several years in recovery before I realized the extremely serious nature of this disease. At first for me, it was mostly a weight-loss program and fellowship with people I really liked. My sponsor guided me for the first nine months of my recovery while I completed the first Three Steps. Then she got busy in graduate school, and I neglected to find a new sponsor. We moved to the country and I was no longer as connected with my recovering friends. Fewer meetings, fewer phone calls, one too many resentments, and I was back into the foodfor one binge! That was enough to show me that I was as crazy on food as I had ever been on alcohol. It was time to get serious about recovery. I began to attend many meetings and moved forward in my Step work. It was no longer a weight-loss issue, it was a question of sanity.', 'After attending graduate school, I went to work as an addictions counselor in a treatment center where there was a food addiction unit. In the therapeutic community, the intense pain caused by food addiction was more apparent than in the meeting rooms. My eyes were further opened to the serious nature of this disease. I learned a lot about food plans and addictive foods there, too. Two years later, I went on to open several food addiction programs in hospital settings for another company. It was difficult to find support for abstinence in my new location. Because the major recovery program had stopped using food plans and effective guidelines for abstinence, members were not in stable physical recovery. It was frustrating, and sometimes I left meetings feeling defeated. Eventually, abstinence-based recovery took root in the community.', 'Over the years I collected a lot of information about food plans and addictive foods. Most of it came from recovering people. Many professionals offered good ideas, too. Developing an effective food plan has been a work in progress. Scientific research is catching up with us, but our best information comes from realizing what substances or situations trigger our craving. The body knows. What the body knows is this: It is sensitive to addictive substances and will always, without exception, react in an addictive manner to them. A great gift of recovery is relief from craving and obsession triggered by food substances.', 'In 1988 I quit smoking, and I spent the next two years suffering from acute and post-acute withdrawal. I relied on my sponsor and the God of my understanding to get through it. Others who had agonized during nicotine withdrawal assured me, \\\"This too shall pass.\\\" I didn\\\\'t believe it, but I didn\\\\'t think they would lie, either. One day at a time, I did not pick up any addictive substances.', 'Nicotine was the last of my addictive substances. Without it, I had to watch my food carefully. I learned about discipline, obedience, commitment, vigilance and resolve. Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine were never in my home. However, I still had to prepare and eat food. Over the years the food processors introduced sugar and refined starches into foods that didn\\\\'t need them. One food distributor told me there was a \\\"conspiracy to get as much sugar as possible into food so that people would buy more.\\\" It became even more important to check labels. My recovery was strengthened. It was important to trust God, keep my side of the street clean, help others and work the steps. Food was a greater challenge than it had ever been before.', 'Today, I continue to weigh and measure my food, plan it daily and report it often to my sponsor. When attending a social event that includes eating, I eat beforehand, take my food with me or call ahead to arrange for abstinent food. Planning is the key to physical abstinence, and for that I am responsible. I do not just \\\"show up\\\" and expect others to have abstinent food waiting for me. For example, recently I did a workshop in south Florida. I took my food for the two meals I would need on the day of the program and spoke in advance with my host to arrange dinner for the evening before the workshop. I was served acceptable protein and starch but had to request another vegetable. The salad served contained cheese and bacon, neither of which is on my food plan. Assertive, not aggressive, requests usually result in great cooperation from servers, friends and relatives.', 'My relatives are familiar with my abstinence, and they are so cooperative. My sisters always have my kind of food available when I visit. My brother picks me up at the airport and pulls into the grocery store before we get to his home. \\\"Get the food you need,\\\" he says. In restaurants I order dry, broiled protein, a dry baked potato, a large salad (no cheese, bacon, croutons) with oil and vinegar on the side, and water to drink. I don\\\\'t use balsamic vinegar because it contains sugar. I don\\\\'t use table salt because iodized salt contains sugar, too. When traveling I have all the food I will need on hand until I can get to a grocery store (every city, foreign or domestic, has one) or restaurant. I plan my travels meal by meal. I carry my scale and some condiments in my purse.', 'I seek objective feedback from my sponsor when I get into personality conflicts. I am willing to follow directions. Being openminded is so much easier than suffering. I have learned that whenever I judge, criticize, blame or put expectations on others, I become a helpless, hopeless, powerless victim of my own creation. I create my own pain, my own victimhood. When I want out of it, I do my workwhich is to suspend judgment, give up expectations, stop blaming and get back to a place of love and acceptance. I call my sponsor occasionally, and I sponsor others. I attend meetings, usually daily. My goal is to do Steps Ten, Eleven and Twelve every day, always remembering the First Stepthat I am powerless over certain foods. The literature is important to me. In the morning I meditate, pray and read. In the evening I inventory, journal, resolve personality conflicts and do a gratitude list. When I am wrong I admit it, not always promptly, but it is always a relief when I do it. It takes so much energy and causes so much anguish to be \\\"right.\\\" I understand the false idea that \\\"I am right, you are wrong, you had better change!\\\" causes all the fights, war and conflict in the world. By giving it up, I can resign from the conflict and enjoy peace. I would rather be happy than \\\"right.\\\" In the world of the spirit there is no right/wrong, good/bad, could/should, only love and acceptance. That is where peace is found.', \\\"You can't keep it unless you give it away. Love and service are the recovery principles embodied in Step Twelve. I sponsor others, make phone calls, share at meetings and carry the key to the meeting room to ensure that the door will be open to every food addict seeking recovery. E-mail, chat rooms and our recovery loop provide opportunities to share on the Internet.\\\", \\\"God's grace pours down upon me. All I have to do is say yes to all that he provides. He sent me countless people to help me; some told me about recovery, others taught me to meditate, still others showed me that I am the author of my own life. God's grace is always available to me, as I seek this day's reprieve from addiction. Coasting does not work. I cannot stay abstinent, clean and sober by putting anything before spiritual growth. Pain sends me scurrying for help. A very spiritual man taught me how to use pain as a spiritual path, but pain is not the only way to grow spiritually. The Twelve Steps show me how to bring my will into alignment with God's will. That is the direction in which I move. As my recovery progresses there is more of God, less of me. God is my home, and I have been moving homeward for years.\\\", '(c)2000. All rights reserved. Reprinted from From the First Bite by Kay Sheppard. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 1001 Bible Trivia Questions\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel\\nDescription: ['Be very, very afraid. When you step through your door for an innocent excursion, grave danger awaits. You might be mugged; tied up; attacked by scorpions, piranhas, or tarantulas; trapped in a falling plane or elevator, a runaway train, a car on a cliff, a sandstorm, a riptide, or a riot. But now it\\\\'s safe to take that vacation anyway. Just pack The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel, and you\\\\'ll know what to do when you find yourself, say, leaping between rooftops: \\\"Because you will not be moving fast, it is safe to roll head over heels, unlike jumping from a moving vehicle.\\\" Now you\\\\'ll also know what not to do: never pick up a tarantula, as the spines on their abdomens are like little harpoons, and don\\\\'t yank the reins of a runaway camel (\\\"Pulling on the nose reins can tear the camel\\\\'s nose--or break the reins\\\"). You may have the sense, if a leech invades your air passage, to gargle with a 50 percent solution of 80-proof alcohol--but without this book, would you remember not to inhale?', 'In short, this is the most delightfully terrifying, all-true, laugh-out-loud hilarious book since the original Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, which covers such horrors as alligators and quicksand. Don\\\\'t leave home without it! --Tim Appelo', 'Just in time for summer travel, the hyperimaginative and slightly paranoid authors of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, 1999\\\\'s favorite gift book, deliver what will no doubt become popular airport reading for stranded passengers in 2001. Starting with the cheery statistic that \\\"more than 50 percent of all travelers run into problems,\\\" and the basic advisory to \\\"always be ready for the worst,\\\" the book presents concise and extremely knowledgeable \\\"how-to\\\" assistance on a range of topics: e.g., stopping a runaway train, surviving a hostage situation, escaping from a car hanging over the edge of a cliff, surviving in a plummeting elevator, navigating a minefield, crossing a piranha-infested river, treating a severed limb, removing a leech and even foiling a UFO abduction. Like their earlier handbook, the success of each entry is based on the authors\\\\' ability to provide detailed and truly helpful advice on even the most outlandish or horrific situation and make the reader think, \\\"Sure, I could successfully crash-land a small propeller plane on water, or easily climb out of a deep well, or locate and treat individual bleeding arteries on the stump of a severed arm. Nothing to it!\\\" Their delivery evinces a calm precision that even the most worried traveler will find reassuring if faced with one or more of these eventualities, such as trying to escape when tied up (\\\"When your captives start binding you, expand your body as much as possible\\\") or encountering an extraterrestrial biological entity (EBE), unlikely as that might be: \\\"Firmly tell the EBE to leave you alone... Go for the EBE\\\\'s eyes (if they have any) you will not know what its other, more sensitive, areas are.\\\" Although some appendixes on strategies for packing, etc., seem boilerplate, overall this is another eminently practical, enjoyable survival guide. Watch out for those tsunamis! Illus. (May)Forecast: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook was a runaway bestseller. This will be, too.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Gatehouse: A Book About Business, a Story About Life\\nDescription: [\\\"Craig Elkins has worked for U.S. Intelligence, been a professional bowler, wrote comedy scripts, been a Director of Quality Assurance at The Boeing Company, and founded The Applied Thinking and Creativity Team at that same company. Still searching for the unique contribution he could make to the world, he visited Ireland on his fortieth birthday and had an epiphany. The next day he began The Gatehouse: A Book about Business, A Story about Life. Once he was ''on his path''; the doors and windows flew open. Writers such as Martin Rutte and Maida Rogerson of Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work fame; Patricia Aburdene - Megatrends 2000; and Diane Dreher - The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Womanhood, and The Tao of Personal Leadership, all offered their help in getting The Gatehouse: A Book about Business, A Story about Life off the ground.
Craig does motivational and inspirational speaking focused on purpose and passion in work and life. He also speaks and consults on Spirit in the Workplace, Leadership, Communication, and Intellectual Capital and offers workshops and trainings in those areas through the company he heads, The Gatehouse. Craig is currently working on the second book of The Gatehouse trilogy.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Tumbling Turner Sisters: A Book Club Recommendation!\\nDescription: ['This novel of love, dreams, and the everlasting strength of family perfectly encapsulates the social mores and pressures of the early twentieth century. The Turner sisters dare to dream big--dont miss this page turner! (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants)
Filled with energetic prose and colorful charactersyou wont soon forget the Turner girls! (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train)
Book clubs are sure to fall for The Tumbling Turner Sisters. Through this band of charming young womenand their stage mother, of courseJuliette Fay delivers the history, mystery, and prejudice of vaudeville in a story that is ultimately about the possibility of practice making something perfect (or perfect enough, anyway), the benefits of humor and ambition, and the redemptive power of love.\\\" (Meg Waite Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Race for Paris)
\\\"Lovable, memorable characters propel this heartwarming story, whichmakes you laugh while it makes you think, then sticks with you long after the last vibrant page is savored.\\\"
(Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of Twain\\\\'s End and Mrs. Poe)
\\\"The Turner sisters come tumbling out of this terrific story, full of life,passion and trouble. Forced into a life in vaudeville, the four younggirls and their mother push the boundaries of propriety to achieve theirdreams in a world that doesnt often allow women to have dreams. Gert andWinnie shine as each, in her own way, fights for her right to be who sheis. A great piece of historical fiction that rings true one hundred yearslater.\\\" (B.A. Shapiro, NYT bestselling author of The Muralist and The Art Forger)
\\\"Evoking the entrepreneurial, madcap era of vaudeville, Juliette Fay immerses us in the trials, joys, and dangers of three young women, whose bid for success is as uproarious and heartbreaking as the time in which they lived.\\\" (C.W. Gortner, bestselling author of Mademoiselle Chanel)
TheTumbling Turner Sistersexplores vaudeville with stunning humanity and sharp humor. Juliette Fays novel of sisters forced by their ultimate stage mother into this show business world of fanciful facade hiding cutthroat innards reveals Americafrom Jim Crow laws to skirting prohibition. LikeLittle Women,these four sisters,facing loss and poverty, reveal a family with an unbreakable core of fortitude and love. (Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Accidents of Marriage)
\\\"As colorful as its vaudeville setting, The Tumbling Turner Sisters made me laugh, cry, and clap my hands with delight as I cheered on these four lovable and spunky sisters. A big-hearted tale of adventure.\\\"
(Ann Mah, author of Mastering the Art of French Eating)
\\\"Packed with lively characters and charming detail, Juliette Fay\\\\'s thoughtful prose sheds light on an almost forgotten part of entertainment history.\\\" (Allie Larkin, bestselling author of Stay and Why I Can\\\\'t Be You)
The Tumbling Turner Sisterstakes you on a wild ride through the glory days of vaudeville, following Winnie and Gert as they hit the gritty floorboards of backwater theaters, pick themselves up, and strive again toward laughter-filled heights. The prose is riveting as the sisters carry their family out of poverty in a time of racially charged political turmoil. Through Juliette Fays multilayered characters, I feel the sistersentanglements and passions as if they were my own. (E. B. Moore, author of An Unseemly Wife and Stones in the Road)', 'Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of City of Flickering Light, The Tumbling Turner Sisters, The Shortest Way Home, Deep Down True, and Shelter Me. She received a bachelors degree from Boston College and a masters degree from Harvard University. Juliette lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children. Her website is JulietteFay.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Studying God's Word: Book H\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America's Forgotten Military Disaster\\nDescription: ['\\\"Author Michael M. Greenburg offers both an insightful biography of Revere and a colorful description of the \\\\'worst American naval disaster prior to Pearl Harbor\\\\' in this well-crafted history of a dark episode of the American Revolution.\\\"-- \\\"Military Officer\\\"
\\\"It is fair to say that Revere\\\\'s military and legal troubles are not secrets; if you know to look at Revere\\\\'s biography beyond his midnight ride, you can find them. Greenburg\\\\'s book, however, is possibly the best documented account, giving us a fuller picture of a human, not saintly, patriot.\\\"-- \\\"The Dispatch (Columbus, MS)\\\"
Four years after the ride that has defined Paul Revere for well over two centuries, he faced a bruising ordeal in the court of public opinion. It arose from the failure of the Penobscot Expedition to force the British from the coast of Maine. America\\\\'s entire naval fleet of 40 vessels was lost and at least 150 American men were killed or wounded during the battle. Michael M. Greenburg tells the story of this little-known chapter of US history in The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America\\\\'s Forgotten Military Disaster.-- \\\"Boston Globe\\\"
Readers interested in a realist school of history will find Greenburg\\\\'s effort enlightening.\\\"-- \\\"Publishers Weekly\\\"', '“The Court-Martial of Paul Revere is the most fascinating book that I have read in a long while. This is not the Paul Revere that you thought you knew. This Revere is pugnacious, snarky, maybe underhanded, and despite the verdict in his court-martial a poor military officer. I heartily recommend this engagingly written book to anyone who wishes to know more about Revere and the War of Independence.” (John Ferling, author of Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry that Forged a Nation)
“Michael M. Greenburg’s deeply researched, riveting account of the Battle of Penobscot Bay is hard to put down. It sheds important new light on a little understood episode of the American Revolution, and on the character of Paul Revere, one of America’s more complex, iconic heroes.” (George C. Daughan, author of 1812: The Navy’s War and The Shining Sea)
“A fascinating look into the life of an American legend, and a good reminder that even the greatest among us are subject to human foibles and failings.” (Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., chief of staff of the United States Army (ret.))
“Michael Greenburg’s account of Paul Revere’s entanglement with the Penobscot Expedition is brilliant! Beautifully written, exhaustively researched, and judiciously fair, the book is an impressive and indispensable addition to literature on the American Revolution.” (Bernard Cornwell, author of The Fort)']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blake's Agitation: Criticism and the Emotions\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"A fresh and bracing assessment of the role of affect in some of the most important cultural criticism of the last century, by no means limited to the field of affect studies. I found myself productively provoked by the books arguments about the power we critics habitually attribute to critical reading and to literatures appeal to a non-rational dimension of experience.\\\"', '\\\"Goldsmith\\\\'s subtle, complicated and counterintuitive study, flows out of what he calls a \\\\'sustained interdisciplinary \\\"surge\\\" in the theoretical, historical and cognitive study of emotion.\\\\'\\\"', '\\\"An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake studies.\\\"', '\\\"A major reading of Blake, a significant contribution to affect studies, and a provocative meditation on the state of the profession... Seeing critical reading s the interaction of agitation with slow time could offer a healing message for a divided profession, but there will always be those who are impatient to make a positive difference. Thanks to Steven Goldsmith\\\\'s outstanding book, both sides can now find sustenance in the work of William Blake.\\\"', '', '', 'Steven Goldsmith is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of Unbuilding Jerusalem: Apocalypse and Romantic Representation.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plum Novel\\nDescription: ['Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.', 'Simon Diggery and Ethel, his pet boa constrictor, were up a tree about fifty feet from Simons rust bucket doublewide. Ethel looked comfy draped over a branch halfway up the tree. Simon looked like death warmed over. He was scrunched into a crook a couple feet below Ethel. He was barefoot, wearing striped pajamas, and his grey hair was even more of a mess than usual.
My name is Stephanie Plum. I work as a bond enforcement officer in Trenton, New Jersey, and Simon was in violation of his bond.
Simon is a professional grave robber. When he gets caught robbing a grave my cousin Vinnie is his bail bondsman of choice. Vinnie posts a cash bond guaranteeing the court that if Simon is released he will return when scheduled. If Simon doesnt show up on time, Im sent out to fetch him.
I was presently standing a respectable distance from the tree, looking up at Simon, keeping a watch on Ethel. I was with my sidekick, Lula.
If Lula was a pastry shed be a big chocolate cupcake with a lot of frosting. Id be more of a croissant with a ponytail. I have curly shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes, and some people think I look like Julia Roberts on her day off.
Simon, Lula yelled. What the heck are you and Ethel doing in the tree?
I been up here since last night, Simon said. Im afraid to come down on account of the zombies.
You gotta stop drinking that home-made grain liquor, Lula said.
I wasnt drinking, Simon said. I was working my trade at that cemetery on Morley Street last night, and I accidentally dug into a zombie portal.
Say what? Lula said. I never heard of no zombie portal.
Its not widely publicized that they exist. Mostly people in my profession know about it. Its an occupational hazard. I only dug into a portal once before, and I was able to beat the zombies back with my shovel, but this time was a whole other deal. There was too many of them, so I ran for my truck and took off. Only thing is they tracked me down. They got a real good sense of smell. Theyre like raggedy bloodhounds. They come at me when I was sleeping. They wanted my brain. Thats what they kept saying.Brains, brains, brains.Id be a goner if it wasnt for Ethel. She dont like getting woke up, and I guess zombies dont like snakes. Anyways I was able to get away, and Ethel and me climbed this tree.
Because zombies cant climb trees? I asked Simon.
You got it, Simon said. Zombies only walk straight ahead. They cant back up neither.
You were supposed to be in court first thing this morning, I told him.
Well excuse me, Simon said, but I had bigger problems. Suppose I was able to get to court, and the zombies followed me there, and they ate all the peoples brains who were in the court?
This is Trenton, Lula said. You might not notice.
I cut my eyes to Lula. There arenozombies.
How can you be sure? Lula said.
I blew out a sigh and looked back at Simon. Heres the deal. You come down, and well protect you from the zombies.
You gotta either chop off their head or shoot them in the brain, Simon said. Thats the only way.
I got a gun, Lula said, shoving her hand into her over-sized imitation Jimmy Choo bag. Its in here somewhere.
What about Ethel? Simon said. If I stay in jail awhile until the zombies forget about me, whos gonna take care of Ethel?
Youll have to make arrangements, I said.
I dont got no one, Simon said. My cousin Snacker is in West Virginia, and my neighbors would chop her up and fry her in bacon fat. You gotta promise to take care of Ethel.
No way, I said.
Me neither, Lula said.
Shes no bother, Simon said. You just gotta feed her once a week. Just come in and leave her a groundhog or something.
They dont usually sell groundhog in the supermarket, Lula said.
I get them from the side of the road, Simon said. Ethel dont care if theyre swelled up or anything. She likes fried chicken too. And she wouldnt stick her nose up at a pizza. And if worse comes to worse I keep a bag of rats in the freezer.
You got electric? Lula asked.
Course I got electric, Simon said. This heres a civilized neighborhood.
How are you going to get Ethel out of the tree?
I got some hotdogs, Simon said. Ill leave a trail of hotdogs that goes straight to the kitchen. And then once shes inside well lock the door.
Ten minutes later Simon had the hotdogs all laid out.
She dont look interested, Lula said, staring up at Ethel.
It could take a while, Simon said. She dont move so fast. I guess we could just leave the door open for her.
You could get robbed if you do that, Lula said.
I got a fifty-pound snake for a pet, Simon said. Nobody comes near here excepting the zombies.
I cuffed Simon, loaded him into my SUV, and drove him to the police station. I handed Simon over to the cop in charge, and Simon explained that should a zombie show up, the cop needed to shoot the zombie in the brain. The cop assured Simon it was a done deal.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Fright Seeker's Guide to Haunted Attractions ...And Other Horrific Things 2017: Terrifying Haunts in the U.S. & All Things Halloween!! (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":256,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":256,"string":"256"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Last Letter (The Letter Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Kathleen Shoop, PhD, is a language arts coach in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Last Letter (2011 IPPY Gold Award Winner--Best Regional Fiction, Midwest) is her debut novel. She is published in four Chicken Soup for the Soul books and regularly places articles and essays in local magazines and newspapers. Kathleen is also married and the mother of two children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The New Cambridge History of Islam 6 Volume Set\nDescription: ['\"The appearance of this multi-volume work really is a landmark event, deserving all the public attention and acclamation it can get...this is not a work for academic libraries alone. Every good public library should have it.\" -- Noel Malcolm, The Telegraph', 'A comprehensive history of Islamic civilization, tracing its development from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to its wide and varied presence in the globalised world of today. The six volumes reflect the geographical distribution and the cultural, social and religious diversity of the peoples of the Muslim world.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lion's Lair\nDescription: ['This novel was professionally edited.', 'Lynne Marie grew up in South Carolina and has lived and worked in the coastal region with her husband for over 30 years. She started writing in the mid-1990s and states that she was inspired to write these novels. And while, at most times, inspiration is a small tickle in the back of your conscious or unconscious mind as you go about your daily life, hers was not like that at all. It was a wake you up from a vivid dream in the middle of the night demand. Lynne said, I ask youhow do you say NO to that? So came into being the opening scene of Lions Lair. But with no formal training in creative writing and a family to raise, the learning curve and the uncounted hours of research took years. She soon discovered that she loved what she refers to as spike historya brief time span, usually five years or less, in a very localized setting. In Lynnes spare time, she enjoys working on large and small projects in a type of faux stained glass. She also loves to cook, especially Southern comfort foods, and has recently started collecting orchids. Some bloom, some havent yet, but they all like the muggy summer heat a lot more than she does! If you wish to learn more about Lynne Marie, please visit her website at: LynneMarieAuthor.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Secret Fighting Arts of the World\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Neon Lawyer\nDescription: ['', 'Victor Methos was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lived in Pakistan and Iran before permanently settling in the United States. A fluent speaker of several Middle Eastern languages, he studied science, philosophy, and religion at the University of Utah before attending law school. Hes worked as a prosecutor specializing in violent crime and is currently a criminal defense attorney. He divides his time between San Diego, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Naughty Girls\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Destination: Mystery!\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Ice - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dove Season (Jimmy Veeder Fiasco)\nDescription: ['
A Q&A with Johnny Shaw Question: You were born and raised in the Imperial Valley. Yet in your 20-year writing career, Dove Season is the first work of yours fully set there. Why the long wait?', '', \"Johnny Shaw: I don't think I consciously avoided writing about the Mexican border. It can just be difficult to see a place as familiar as one's hometown as a subject that would be interesting to anyone else. All those cool, unique details hide themselves in plain sight. But I'm glad I waited--it gave me a chance to do it right, with the proper amount of distance, objectivity, and experience.\", 'Q:Dove Season continues a proud tradition of books and movies set in rural California. What was your approach to creating such a strong sense of place?', \"JS: In the case of Dove Season, the Imperial Valley did all the heavy lifting for me. It's a unique place to grow up and an amazing backdrop for a crime novel. Usually the only time my hometown is mentioned in the news is for something lamentable: worst unemployment, air pollution, earthquakes, immigration issues, and so on. While all those things may be true, I figured, why not show the other side of the story? The story I know; the human story.\", 'Q: The subtitle of Dove Season is \"A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco,\" which implies we\\'ll be seeing more of this protagonist in your work. What are your plans for his future?', \"JS: About halfway through writing Dove Season, I knew that Jimmy Veeder and Bobby Maves were characters I wanted to revisit. Not only are they a blast to write, but there is a lot of complexity to their friendship that has yet to be explored. As I write this, I'm hard at work on Plaster City, the next Jimmy Veeder Fiasco. At minimum, I have two more fiascoes in my head, stories that stand on their own but are part of a bigger arc. After that, we’ll see.\", 'Q: Jimmy and Bobby get into some crazy situations on both sides of the Mexican border in Dove Season. How much of the novel is autobiographical? Are any of his misadventures based on your life?', \"JS: Write what you know, right? Without getting myself into too much trouble, let’s just say that the bars and strips joint of Mexicali are not a world that is foreign to me. And like Jimmy, I did grow up on a farm in the middle of nowhere with a field-worker bar across the street. But if you want to know if I've ever used a shovel to fend off someone with a baseball bat, you’ll have to ask my wife. Just kidding, honey. Put the bat down.\", \"Q: You've written extensively for the stage and screen. How are these processes similar to and different from creating plot and characters in a novel?\", \"JS: Whether I'm writing a screenplay, graphic novel, stage play, or novel, I try to treat each one with the proper amount of respect, emphasizing the given medium's strengths. I've always been of the mind that if you can make the characters breathe and the setting real, then you've gone a long way toward drawing the reader in. The individual medium doesn't matter--it's all about the story and the people who inhabit it.\", 'Think of this title as a coming-of-age novel writ noir. Turning 30 hasn’t meant much more for Jimmy Veeder than moving from one low-paying job to another. “I didn’t have a dream. I just was,” is how he describes himself. Then he gets a call from his dad. Big Jack has cancer, the bad kind. He’s dying. Would Jimmy come and stay with him for a few months? So Jimmy returns to Holtville, the hick town where he grew up, deep in the Imperial Valley in Southern California, next to the Mexican border. His dad’s got one request: find him a whore he knew in Mexicali, Yolanda, and bring her to see him. Jimmy does. His father dies..... Jimmy and his old buddies soon find themselves butting heads with the Mexican underworld. But as his troubles continue, Jimmy learns something about himself. At the end, he’s on his way to growing up—maybe. VERDICT This is Shaw’s first novel, and it’s a good one. (It was a finalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.) Aficionados of crime stories will enjoy it thoroughly.—David Keymer, Modesto, CA']","rejected":"Title: Le dernier des Camondo (French Edition)\nDescription: ['Text: French', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Orchardist: A Novel\nDescription: ['Many contemporary novelists have revisited the question of what constitutes a family, but few have responded in a voice as resolute and fiercely poetic. (New York Times Book Review)
Amanda Coplins somber, majestic debut arrives like an urgent missive from another century. You can only be thrilled by a 31-year-old writer with this depth of understandingthe final epiphany equals in stark grandeur similar scenes in Emily Brontes WUTHERING HEIGHTS and Pat Barkers ANOTHER WORLD... (Washington Post)
[A] beautiful, powerful novelTHE ORCHARDIST has the sweep and scope of a big historical novelyet Coplin is exquisitely attuned to small, interior revolutions as well. Its language as rooted and plain as the apple trees Talmadge nurtures, this is a gorgeous first book. (Boston Globe)
There are echoes of John Steinbeck in this beautiful and haunting debut novel set in early-20th -century Washington State...Coplin depicts the frontier landscape and the plainspoken characters who inhabit it with dazzling clarity. (Entertainment Weekly)
A stunning debutTHE ORCHARDIST is a poetic book, but its strength doesnt lie solely in its language. Coplins understanding of abuse and the lasting effects of fear and loss on the individual psyche are deeply resonant. As a debut novel, THE ORCHARDIST stands on par with Charles Fraziers COLD MOUNTAIN. (The Oregonian (Portland))
Coplins prose is fresh and compellingWhile the ending of this striking debut may not make every reader happy, it is, undoubtedly, the right one for both the book and for Talmadge, an unlikely hero wholike the bookis true to life and sweetly honest from beginning to end. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
THE ORCHARDIST is engaging and enthralling. The reader wants to turn each page quickly as the story develops, and wants at the same time to dwell on the lyrical moments of sunshine, soil and love. (Seattle Times)
Amanda Coplin has depicted her northwestern landscape with such fidelity that readers will know its every sight, smell, and sound. Within this world are compelling characters and their equally compelling stories. THE ORCHARDIST is an outstanding debut. (Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of SERENA and THE COVE)
To read this mysterious, compelling, elemental novel is to immerse yourself in the world of an old folk song, in which the passions and sorrows of plain people rage unseen and then blossom as madly (and quietly) as apricot trees. In THE ORCHARDIST, Amanda Coplin shows us whats unknowable. (Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of National Book Award and NBCC Award Finalist for Fiction, AMERICAN SALVAGE)
THE ORCHARDIST is a stunning accomplishment, hypnotic in its storytelling power, by turns lyrical and gritty, and filled with marvels. Coplin displays a dazzling sense of craftsmanship, and a talent for creating characters vivid and true. (Jane Ciabattari, NPR)', '', 'A Best Book of the Year', 'Washington PostSeattle TimesThe Oregonian National Public Radio Amazon Kirkus ReviewsPublishers WeeklyThe Daily Beast', 'An Indie Next Pick', 'Barnes & Noble Discover Award Winner', \"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit at the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase.\", \"Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion. Just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns, and the shattering tragedy that follows will set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect them but also to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past.\", 'Transcribing America as it once was before railways and roads connected its corners, Amanda Coplin weaves a tapestry of solitary souls who come together in the wake of unspeakable cruelty and misfortune. She writes with breathtaking precision and empathy, and in The Orchardist she crafts an astonishing debut novel about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of an ordered life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Teaching Writing as a Second Language (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)\nDescription: ['\"The primary contribution of \"Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons \"is to bring together the generations. Moreover, while the discipline seems to be entering into a period of greater attention to pedagogy, part two of this timely collection of stellar contributors and landmark essays brings a new understanding between theory and practice.\"--Pat Belanoff, coeditor of \"Nothing Begins with \"N\" New Investigations of Freewriting\"
\"By its arrangement and its contents, this collection of essays performs at least two important functions for teachers of writing: it demonstrates that the work of our recent past is still valuable, and it contributes to the efforts of recent years to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Such a new vision of our history and a new level of understanding between practitioners and theorists could provide the foundation for a more productive, enlightened disciplinary future.\"--Gary Tate, from the Foreword', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Behind the Mask\nDescription: ['\"A vivid, suspenseful story about a torn agent on a complex covert mission.\" -- Kirkus Reviews', '', \"I wroteBehind The Maskafter reading through several of my journals that I kept while working as an undercover FBI agent. My mother had encouraged me to keep the journals to document my career.
Behind The Maskis a work of fiction, but the characters are based on many of my experiences as an undercover agent. I hope you enjoy the novel.
I'm currently writing the second Lexie Montgomery novel.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: T.W. Lawrence's Cowboy Collection\nDescription: ['T.W. grew up in San Antonio and loves to share his Texas Stories.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Prisoner Moon\nDescription: ['Prisoner Moon is John Van Roekels second book, succeeding his epic historical novel, Braver Deeds. He lives in sunny San Diego with his wife, Pam.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: $500 Room Makeovers\nDescription: ['Lisa Quinn is an interior designer, a set designer, and a segment host of CBS-5 San Franciscos Evening Magazine, as well as a spokesperson for IKEA, Kelly-Moore Paints, World Market, and Mercedes-Benz. In spring 2006, Spiegel catalog will feature her as a contributing designer, and will launch her line of bedroom furnishings. Quinn, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children. For more information about the author, visit lisaquinninc.com.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lower River\nDescription: ['', '\"Its a particular kind of frightening fun to watch evil flexing and spreading its leathery wings, and really feel it. The Lower River gives the reader just that.\" -- The New York Review of Books \"The Lower River is riveting in its storytelling and provocative in its depiction of this African backwater, infusing both with undertones of slavery and cannibalism, savagery and disease. Theroux exposes paternalism in Hocks Peace Corps nostalgia, his sense of responsibility, almost a conceit of ownership. That sense of responsibility, and Hocks modest contribution to the welfare of a people he was once genuinely fond of, has been replaced by a harsher mode of operation, run by coldhearted contractors living apart in impregnable compounds. I have to leave, Hock pleads. Im going home. To which the village headman replies, with chilling menace, This is your home, father. \" -- New York Times Book Review', '', '[Hock] knows he is ensorcelled by exoticism, but he can t help himself. And, as things go from bad to worse and the pages start to turn faster, neither can we. A. Entertainment Weekly When he was a young man, Ellis Hock spent four of the best years of his life with the Peace Corps in Malawi. So when his wife of forty-two years leaves him, he decides to return to the village where he was stationed in search of the happiness he d been missing since he left. But what he finds is not what he expected. The school he built is a ruin, the church and clinic are gone, and poverty and apathy have set in among the people. They remember Ellis and welcome him with open arms. Soon, however, their overtures turn menacing; they demand money and refuse to let him leave the village. Is his new life an escape or a trap? Theroux s bravely unsentimental novel about a region where he began his own grand career should become part of anybody s education in the continent. Washington Post The Lower River is riveting in its storytelling and provocative in its depiction of this African backwater, infusing both with undertones of slavery and cannibalism, savagery and disease. New York Times Book Review [AU PHOTO] PAUL THEROUX s highly acclaimed novels include Hotel Honolulu and The Mosquito Coast. His travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, and The Happy Isles of Oceania. \"', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Craps Alert: For Craps Roll Pattern Tracking\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Wrapped in Rain\nDescription: ['In his second novel, Martin (The Dead Don\\'t Dance) introduces Tucker Mason, the motherless son of a wealthy, abusive alcoholic in a small Alabama town. While Dad spends most of his time in an Atlanta high-rise, Tucker grows up in an enormous manse--complete with a \"chandelier made from elk horns\"--tutored by an African-American widow in common courtesy, love and the gospel. After a few years, an illegitimate son turns up at the Mason compound, Tucker\\'s half-brother, Mutt. Although Tucker eventually overcomes his gothic childhood and becomes an acclaimed international photographer, he can\\'t escape the home place. The story picks up with Tucker\\'s adulthood, when he makes peace with several individuals from his past, including the schizophrenic Mutt and an ex-girlfriend who\\'s on the run from a nasty husband. This group of Southern grotesques manages to make Christmas together and, readers sense, forge a kind of family. Martin spins an engaging story about healing and the triumph of love. The novel is filled with delightful local color--at Clark\\'s Fish Camp, you can order shrimp or catfish, and you can have them fried or fried. While the evil characters are too caricaturish and one-dimensional, and the prose is clean but hardly luminous, this is a welcome cut above run-of-the-mill inspirational fiction. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Life: The Classic Collection\nDescription: [\"This sleek anthology of iconic images is a nostalgic delight for photography and history buffs. By leaving the book virtually free of text, the editors allow the images to speak for themselves. Classic moments are beautifully reproduced: Margaret Bourke-White's portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the Apollo 11 launch, the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, various Kennedy campaign trails, Princess Diana's weddingas well as whimsical snapshots of Americana and stunning photographs of painters Pollock, Dal and Picasso. Removable prints allow readers to enjoy even better the collection's vivid, high-quality pictures. (Oct.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Perfect Imposter eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Blending Time\nDescription: ['Set in a dystopian future in which young heroes and heroines are pursued and harassed by corrupt government officials, Kinchs first novel calls to mind Suzanne Collins and Cory Doctorow. Its 2054, and plagues, devastating pollution, and predetermined (and deadly) jobs are the norm. Seventeen-year-olds Reya, DShay, and Jaym meet during a sea voyage to Africa, where they are to become blenders, creating offspring with native Africans (who can no longer reproduce with each other). Each blender encounters horrific experiences, including rape and attempted murder, but all find sympathetic allies and make their way to the underground resistance movement. While this debut title lacks the tight construction of Collins Hunger Games series, Kinchs depiction of the many different landscapes is a nice distinction. Determinedly multi-ethnic, fast-paced, and with plentiful gore and violence, the book will draw reluctant readers who enjoy action and adventure. Sequels are definitely in order, as the protagonists are left hanging on several cliffs. Grades 8-12. --Debbie Carton', '\"Full of action, this is a compelling, realistic, and exciting thriller for more mature young readers.\" --Kirkus Reviews
\"Determinedly multi-ethnic, fast-paced, and with plentiful gore and violence, the book will draw reluctant readers who enjoy action and adventure.\" --Booklist
\"Entertaining, credible, scary, and memorable.\" --VOYA
\"Shocking and unrelenting--Kinch delivers a blistering, no-holds-barred tale of a dystopian future that feels all too real.\" --Arthur Slade, Governor General Award-winning author of The Hunchback Assignments']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Norwegian by Night\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Storie Italiane Volume 2 - Italian Stories Volume 2: A Parallel Text Easy Reader (Italian Edition)\nDescription: ['\"Author Anastacia Hawkin\\'s storylines and characters are interesting and the dialogue is actually great fun to read aloud. I like how each story teaches a bit about Italian geography, culture, and history.\" ', '
Anastacia (Stacey) Hawkins grew up as a California girl in the suburbs of L.A. County. Her father was a dancer, her mother a beautiful artist, but Anastacia could neither dance nor draw. Instead, she found her passion in writing. In college, she majored in English and Communications. She had always dreamed of being a writer, but ended up in banking in order to pay the bills. Many years later, now a wife and mother, Stacey came across an ad for the Institute of Children\\'s Literature. The ad said, \"We\\'re looking for people to write children\\'s books!\" She was intrigued. She signed up for their course \"Writing for Children and Teenagers\". In April, 2008, Anastacia sold her first story to Shine Brightly Magazine. She was hooked! Today, she is a participating author for a Christian reading program and the One Story a Day series published by DC Canada Education Publishing. She is the author of 5 engaging and delightful stories found in Storie Italiane, an Italian/English parallel text book which can be purchased here on Amazon; and Return to Larkspur, the anticipated sequel to her first middle grade novel, Larkspur, is now available! Anastacia now resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota, with her husband, Shayne, and their daughter, Sierra. \"Being a children\\'s author is the most gratifying job I have ever had! As a parent, I feel that I have so much more to share than I had when I first graduated from college all those years ago. I encourage all who have a passion for writing to pursue it; don\\'t give up on your dream!\"
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tucker's Way\nDescription: ['', 'David Johnson has worked in the helping professions for over thirty-five years. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a masters degree in social work and over a decade of experience as a minister. In addition to the four novels comprising the Tucker series, he has authored several nonfiction books, including Navigating the Passages of Marriage and Real People, Real Problems, and has published numerous articles in national and local media. David also maintains an active blog at www.thefrontwindow.wordpress.com. When hes not writing, he is likely making music as the conductor of the David Johnson Chorus.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Runaway\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Greyhound\nDescription: ['', '', 'Steffan Piper:Greyhound is the story of an 11-year-old boy named Sebastien Ranes who is abandoned by his mother. As the book opens, we find her dropping him off in the Stockton, California Greyhound bus station to travel across the country, unaccompanied, to live with his grandmother in Altoona, Pennsylvania--over 2,500 miles away.', 'Most of the experiences that are in the book are events that actually have taken place in my life. Ive been working on Greyhound, both in my head and on paper, for about 25 years. I have boxes of journals in my garage detailing many of the stories that are in the book, thoughts I had back then when I was travelling back and forth by bus, and other small details.', 'Writing about my experiences within the confines of 300 pages wasnt so easy, but I felt compelled to write about those days. Those years were a very difficult time for me, and pulling a lot of those feelings forward again brought out a lot of emotions that I had buried.', 'Question: Is the Marcus Franklin character based on a real person?', 'Steffan Piper: Marcus was a real person that I met on the bus. Ive thought quite a bit about my encounter with him and the conversations that we had into the middle of the night. When youre young, its the simplest and kindest of gestures that have the most effect and create the most lasting memories. A bag of pretzels can be the equivalent of much more over the passage of time. Not having good role models growing up, I often found myself reaching outward for a guide. Those are often the most dangerous because they have a limit as to what they can give back to you. Those limits are not always visible, especially when youre young.', 'Question: Why did you set the book in 1981?', 'Steffan Piper: I set the book in 1981 because it was a period where life was very different than it is today, and is different in more ways than can be imagined in books or through culture. Some people may not remember it that well, or may not have lived through it, but many have. The most important facet of that time was that it was the beginning of the modern world as we now know it.', 'The eighties was an era of \"analog communication\" versus what we have today, which is digital. From telephones to records, everything was analog. People wereforcedto make more direct links with each other; to reach out, touch and feel the world around them. There was a need to verify the space in front of them. Todays world seems to ask us repeatedly to do the opposite and not verify our world at all.', 'Question: Some of the material in the book is pretty heady for an 11-year-old boy turning 12. Got anything to say about that?', 'Steffan Piper: I grew up in England and Im the product of the British educational system, so that will always have an influence on everything that I write.', 'When I was ten, Sherlock Holmes was my all-time hero. Maybe it was the ease in how he held himself that I found appealing. I think it was the same for Dickens\\'s Twist as well. These were themes I very quickly recognized and latched onto at that age. Shortly after that, when I was 12, reading Carlos Castaneda\\'s books definitely changed my life. The idea of releasing and letting go of your self-image, during a period of my life where I was supposed to be finding that out, was alluring. I gripped onto Castaneda for dear life for about four or five years. I read those books so many times, I probably scared a few counselors at school.', 'I think when we start thinking as adults that we need to limit material to what we believe young people are capable of, or is normal to them, we immediately have done them a disservice, because most of them would probably shame us in regards to what we know, or think we know.', '', 'This extraordinary and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a child put on a bus by his neglectful mother to go live with his grandparents on the other side of the country. The boy is named Sebastien Ranes, and his 1981 cross-country ride is enlivened by a hijacking, a passengers death, and an engine fire. On his voyage he encounters two potential pedophiles, as well as a number of kind strangers who help him along his way. Sebastien befriends an ex-con named Marcus who helps protect him and introduces him to the poetry of Langston Hughes. Through their friendship, Sebastien begins to cut through his own naivet and to learn how the world works. The author creates people who seem recognizable and lifelike without resorting to stereotypes and clichs, and the story unfolds at a brisk pace. Unlike the typical cross-country bus ride, this remarkable trip is one readers will not want to see end. --This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Birth and Adventures of Lil Smokey\nDescription: ['I was born in Pueblo, Colorado in the forty s and have loved animals my whole life. They love you back when treated right and I have waited for this colt my whole life and for someone to believe in me and my stories about my animals, and now I have my chance to prove to the world that loving animals is not wrong or bad, but can give you so much more back loving them than people can. Because sometimes, it just don t work out and you are left alone. So animals will love you forever no matter what or how you look or act as long you give them that they give it back sometimes a lot more, because I believe in them.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Eat, Pray, Die (An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Airedale Terrier Training | Dog Training with the No BRAINER Dog TRAINER ~ We make it THAT Easy!: How to EASILY TRAIN Your Airedale Terrier\nDescription: ['Paul Allen Pearce is the author of many breed dog-training books. When his family duties allow, he spends his spare time outdoors with his two dogs Buck and Samson.
Pauls family are dog lovers and often took in strays. Paul and his siblings were taught how to care and train the family pets and dogs. Both his parents grew up with many animals and had generational knowledge to pass forth to their offspring.
Being raised around all sorts of animals, his curiosity to work with animals grew. Upon returning back to the U.S. and purchasing his own dog he realized he didnt know as much as he could, thus began his journey into owning and full time dog training.
Paul States - \"Dog training is my passion. I love dogs, animals, and the wonders of nature. It is easy to write about your passion and share what you have learned and discovered.
I hope that my readers enjoy and learn from what I have learned and improve their dog relationships. My past explorations throughout twenty countries and states helped me to broaden my perspective regarding animal behavior and treatment. Let us all be kind to animals, not only dogs.
When I am not working, I spend my time outdoors with my dogs, exploring nature and expanding my knowledge of life, dogs and dog training.\"', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Judgment of Richard Richter\nDescription: ['', 'Sarajevo, mon amour. Fast-paced with lot of adventure and well-developed characters. [The Judgment of Richard Richter] is a reminder of how this martyr country has been abandoned by the West and continues to be so. Anne Dastakian, MARIANNE, France', '[This] personal and geopolitical tragedy, [set] in besieged 1992 Sarajevo, follows the footsteps of Richard Richter, hero and Oedipal detective Vronique Rossignol, Livres Hebdo, France', 'The idea that happiness and love are simply masking a truth that is revealed too late, after irreparable damage had been committed, is certainly a very psychoanalytic inspiration, but in the words of Igor tiks, it is detailed in a poignant and terribly convincing text. Yves Le Gall, Le Matricule des Anges, France', 'tiks, who juggles literary allusions as masterfully as he does time periods and narrative perspectives, has succeeded in producing a mature and impressive novel. Hendrik Werner, Die Welt, Germany', '[The Judgment of Richard Richter] is an adventurous, daring, and powerful march through our eraa bridge between the European catastrophes of the past century. [tiks] has succeeded in nothing less than an all-European historical romance. Thomas Hummitzsch, Die Berliner Literaturkritik, Germany', '', 'Igor tiks was born in Sarajevo in 1977 and has lived in Zagreb, Paris, Chicago, Edinburgh, and Belgrade. His first novel, A Castle in Romagna, won the Slavi prize for best first novel in Croatia and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for 2006. Earning his PhD at the Institut dtudes Politiques de Paris and Northwestern University, tiks later published a monograph, Nations and Citizens in Yugoslavia and the Post-Yugoslav States: One Hundred Years of Citizenship. His novel The Judgment of Richard Richter, originally published as Elijahs Chair, won the Gjalski and Kiklop Awards for the best novel in Croatia and has been translated into fifteen languages. In addition to winning the Grand Prix of the 2011 Belgrade International Theatre Festival for his stage adaptation of Elijahs Chair, tiks was honored with the prestigious Chevalier des arts et des lettres for his literary and intellectual achievements.', \"Ellen Elias-Bursac has been translating novels and nonfiction by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian writers for thirty years. She is the recipient of the 2006 ALTA National Translation Award, an American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages award, and the Mary Zirin Prize for her book Translating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working in a Tug-of-War. A contributing editor to the online literary journal Asymptote, Elias-Bursac spent more than six years at the exYugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague as a translator/reviser in the English Translation Unit. Her translation of Daa Drndi's novel Trieste was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2013.\"]","rejected":"Title: Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN\nDescription: ['\"This lively, readable, and carefully researched book fills in an intriguing and little-known corner of Congo history. Lieutenant Taunt\\'s life gives us a revealing glimpse of the gold rush mood of the early days of the Scramble for Africa.\" --Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold\\'s Ghost, Bury the Chains, and other books.
\"This meticulously researched volume rescues from obscurity a fascinating episode in the history of U.S. relations with Africa: Americas first, tentative efforts at military, diplomatic, and commercial engagement with ... the Congo in the person of Lieutenant Emory Taunt, USN. The narrative ... is moreover enriched by Jampolers own intrepid effort to retrace his protagonists epic journey down the Congo River Highly recommended.\" --J. Peter Pham Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Middle East and Africa
\"Anyone wanting to know more about the early history of Leopold II\\'s notorious Congo Free State will find much intriguing new information in Andrew Jampoler\\'s scholarly account of the tragi-comical life and death of Lieutenant Emory Taunt USN, and of the deeds of a surprising cast of associated diplomats, colonial officials, engineers, ivory traders and whistle-blowers.\" --Tim Jeal, author of Stanley and Explorers of the Nile', 'Andrew C. A. Jampoler spent nearly twenty-five years as an active duty naval aviator including a year on the ground in Vietnam, command of a squadron and a naval air station, and service on several high level staffs. He is the author of six other Naval Institute Press books, beginning with Adak in 2003 and most recently Congo.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Beyond the Cabin\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The City Beneath the Bermuda Triangle\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)\nDescription: ['
', \"The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi, but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own.
In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends — even her freedom — for this dangerous friendship. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep.\"]","rejected":"Title: Jade Cabinet (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))\nDescription: ['Made speechless by her eccentric father, the beautiful Etheria is traded for a piece of precious jade. Memory, her sister, tells her story, that of a childhood enlivened by Lewis Carroll and an orangutan named Dr. Johnson and envenomed by the pernicious courtship of Radulph Tubbs, Queen Victoria\\'s own Dragon of Industry. The novel travels from Oxford to Egypt where one million ibis mummies wait to be transformed into fertilizer, where Baconfield the architect will cause a pyramid to collapse, and where a scorned and bloated hunger artist who speaks in tongues will plot a bloody revenge. The fourth element in a tetralogy of novels - Earth (The Stain), Fire (Entering Fire), Water (The Fountains of Neptune) and Air - The Jade Cabinet is both a riveting novel and a reflection on the nature of memory and desire, language and power. Following the novel is an afterword, \"Waking to Eden\", in which Ducornet reflects on the sources for her writing and on the quartet of novels completed by The Jade Cabinet.', 'Rikki Ducornet was born in New York and has lived in North Africa, South America, Canada and France. Her work as an illustrator first came to the attention of the Canadian book trade in 1974 with the publication of Susan Musgrave\\'s \"Gullband\". In 1983, the Porcupine\\'s Quill commissioned Rikki to illustrate an edition of Jorge Luis Borges\\' \"Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius\".', 'Rikki is the author of three short-story collections, seven books of poetry, and seven novels, including \"The Fan-Maker\\'s Inquisition\" and \"The Jade Cabinet\". She is also a painter whose work has been exhibited widely. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sweetgrass (Mira Hardbacks)\nDescription: [\"When his domineering father, Preston, suffers a stroke, environmentalist Morgan reluctantly returns to help run Sweeetgrass, the aging family plantation, even though he said he'd never go back to South Carolina after guilt over his older brother's death made him flee to Montana. Mary June, Morgan's mother, has grown estranged from her husband, but his stroke causes her to take a hard look at their past. Amid all this emotional chaos, Morgan's Aunt Adele is trying to force them to sell Sweetgrass to developers. Once again, Monroe, author of Skyward (2003), makes expert use of metaphors as she weaves the story of the region's Sweetgrass baskets into the story, and subtly addresses the urgent need to protect the environment. Monroe makes her characters so believable, the reader can almost hear them breathing. The lush details in this prodigal-son tale bring the low-country setting to life, and flashbacks tell the story of a young love rediscovered. Readers who enjoy such fine southern voices as Pat Conroy will add the talented Monroe to their list of favorites. Shelley Mosley Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '\"Skyward is a soaring, passionate story of loneliness and pain and the simple ability of love to heal and transcend . . .\" -- Anne Rivers Siddons
\"The Book Club skillfully weaves the individual story threads into a warm, unified whole that will appeal to readers . . .\" -- Library Journal
\"Mary Alice Monroe writes from her heart to the hearts of her readers. It is a quality of emotional honesty . . .\" -- Charleston Post & Courier
\"With its evocative, often beautiful prose and keen insights into family relationships, Monroe\\'s latest is an exceptional and heartwarming work.\" -- Publishers Weekly starred review on The Beach House
\"With novels like this one and The Book Club, Mary Alice Monroe continues to be one of the leaders . . .\" -- Midwest Book Review on The Four Seasons', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Little House in the Big Woods Study Guide\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)\nDescription: [\"The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...\"]","rejected":"Title: One of Us Is Lying\nDescription: ['A New York Times Bestseller An EW.com Best YA Book of the Year Selection A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year Selection A New York Public Library\\'s Best Book for Teens Selection A Popcrush Best Young Adult Book of the Year Selection A CBC Teen Choice Book Award Nominee A Bustle.com Best Young Adult Book of May 2017 A Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee A YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Book Nominee A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club....so make room for One of Us Is Lying in your bags, because this is one carry-on you wont want to put down.\" EW.com
Youll tear through this juicy, super-fun (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller.\"Bustle.com
\"A whodunit with a Breakfast Club twist...following four unique voices on a chase to find the killer, this one will keep you guessing until the very, very end.\"Popcrush
\"This is no ordinary whodunitsurprising and relevant.\"USA Today
\"Readers will have a hard time putting this clever page-turner down.\"-BookPage.com
An addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller with so many twists and turns you\\'ll be wondering until the very end: Who really killed Simon?Kara Thomas, author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters
\"[As] McManus\\'s intense mystery unfolds...each character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense.\" VOYA, Starred Review
\"This fast-paced blend of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and classic John Hughes will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own.\"Kirkus Reviews
\"One of Us Is Lying is flat-out addictive...[McManus] weaves an authentic, suspenseful mystery that readers can imagine taking place at their very own high school.RT Book Reviews
\"A smart, twisted, and unpredictable YA mystery that will have readers guessing until the very end.\"SLJ
\"An engaging, enticing look at the pressures of high school and the things that cause a person to lose control.\"Booklist', 'Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. When she isnt working or writing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, McManus loves to travel with her son. The New York Times bestseller One of Us Is Lying is her debut novel. To learn more about her, go to her website, karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice\nDescription: ['“An American Family is a small but lovely immigrant’s journey, full of carefully observed details from the order in which Ghazala served tea at a university event, to the schedule of the police patrols in the Boston Public Garden where Khan briefly slept while he was in between apartments, to the description of Humayun’s headstone as a ‘slab of white marble with soft streaks the color of wood smoke.’. . . Most importantly, the book is an effective argument for the depth of Khan’s love for and knowledge of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the amendments to it. He emerges as such an eloquent advocate for both documents, and for American values, that I finished An American Family with my own sense of patriotism and sense of civic obligation revitalized.”—Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
“[A] moving memoir . . . a story about family and faith, told with a poet’s sensibility . . . The book is a wonderful refutation of Trump’s nativism and bigotry, but it is no partisan polemic. . . . Khizr Khan’s book can teach all of us what real American patriotism looks like.”—TheNew York Times Book Review
“[A] wide-eyed and eloquent memoir . . . A sense of wonder about America’s promise peppers the entire narrative, even as [Khan] recounts his early struggles in the country while supporting his wife and three boys. . . . The account is especially resonant now.”—Booklist
“Sometimes it takes a newcomer to point out the beauty that old-timers take for granted. America, more than any other country, was founded upon ideals: individual freedoms, equal protection and due process of law. Khan reminds us that these ideals are worth fighting—and even dying—for. The Khans truly are the most American of families.”—BookPage
“An American Family holds its own alongside other fine memoirs of immigration and would be an inspired addition to any college or high school syllabus. The Gold Star father who spoke so movingly at the 2016 Democratic National Convention is just as affecting on the page.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“Self-effacing, the author writes movingly . . . Khan’s aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands.”—Kirkus Reviews', 'Khizr Khan, the eldest of ten children, was born in rural Pakistan in 1950. He moved to the United States with his wife, Ghazala, in 1980. The couple became American citizens and raised their three sons in Silver Spring, Maryland. Their middle son, U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan, a graduate of the University of Virginia and its Army ROTC program, was killed in 2004 while stopping a suicide attack near Baqubah, Iraq, and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Khizr Khan holds a B.A. degree from the University of the Punjab, an LL.B. from Punjab University Law College, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the District of Columbia Bar, the New York State Bar, and the American Bar Association. Khan’s law practice includes complex civil litigation, electronic discovery, health privacy compliance law, and civil rights and veterans’ rights advocacy. He and Ghazala live in Charlottesville, Virginia.']","rejected":"Title: An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science\nDescription: ['
“An Empire of Ice reflects exhaustive digging and reaches well beyond the standard source materials. . . . Larson provides enough fresh perspective that even devotees of polar literature will learn things.”—Jennifer Kingson, New York Times Book Review
(Jennifer Kingson New York Times Book Review)
Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2011 National Outdoor Book Awards
(National Outdoor Book Award Honorable Mention National Outdoor Book Foundation)
“A far more interesting and richer account than we have had thus far. . . . Larson has written a fascinating book, one sure to force a rethinking of the Scott-Amundsen race as well as reconsiderations that will include science as a driving force in Antarctic and indeed polar exploration.” —Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Science Magazine
(Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis Science Magazine)
\"The author provides an undeniably exciting account without overpowering the reader with too much detail. Fans of these explorers, science heads, and armchair travelers will find this a worthwhile and thrilling read.\"—Mike Rogers, Library Journal
(Mike Rogers Library Journal)
“Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Larson sheds new light on the famous three-way race to the South Pole....A satisfying tale of adventure and exploration.”—Kirkus Reviews
(Kirkus Reviews)
“Larson succeeds in this approach to the popular subject of polar exploration by wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged.\"—Booklist
(Booklist)
\"Empire of Ice is a new take on polar exploration of the early 20th century.  It puts expeditions by Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton et al. into a wider scientific, social and geopolitical context.\"—Travel Book Seller
(Travel Book Seller)
“…… [An] enlightening and entertaining new book, An Empire of Ice, seeks to rescue the exploits of Edwardian derring-do from the condescension of posterity by showing us how much more there was to what his subtitle refers to as the heroic age of Antarctic science.”—Robert J.Mayhew, Times Higher Education (Robert J. Mayhew Times Higher Education 2011-06-23)
“In this fascinating book…..Larson’s intriguing accounts begin to reveal the bigger picture of early scientific research in Antarctica and its place in European geopolitics of the time.”—Michael Bravo, New Scientist
(Michael Bravo New Scientist 2011-07-02)
“This is a great and needed book, highly worth reading whether your Antarctic focus is history or science.”—The Antarctican Society Newsletter
(The Antarctican Society Newsletter)', \"
Edward J. Larson is University Professor of History and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. His numerous books include Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion, for which he received a Pulitzer Prize in History. Larson splits his time between Georgia and California.
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Every good public library should have it.\\\" -- Noel Malcolm, The Telegraph', 'A comprehensive history of Islamic civilization, tracing its development from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to its wide and varied presence in the globalised world of today. The six volumes reflect the geographical distribution and the cultural, social and religious diversity of the peoples of the Muslim world.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lion's Lair\\nDescription: ['This novel was professionally edited.', 'Lynne Marie grew up in South Carolina and has lived and worked in the coastal region with her husband for over 30 years. She started writing in the mid-1990s and states that she was inspired to write these novels. And while, at most times, inspiration is a small tickle in the back of your conscious or unconscious mind as you go about your daily life, hers was not like that at all. It was a wake you up from a vivid dream in the middle of the night demand. Lynne said, I ask youhow do you say NO to that? So came into being the opening scene of Lions Lair. But with no formal training in creative writing and a family to raise, the learning curve and the uncounted hours of research took years. She soon discovered that she loved what she refers to as spike historya brief time span, usually five years or less, in a very localized setting. In Lynnes spare time, she enjoys working on large and small projects in a type of faux stained glass. She also loves to cook, especially Southern comfort foods, and has recently started collecting orchids. Some bloom, some havent yet, but they all like the muggy summer heat a lot more than she does! If you wish to learn more about Lynne Marie, please visit her website at: LynneMarieAuthor.com', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Secret Fighting Arts of the World\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Neon Lawyer\\nDescription: ['', 'Victor Methos was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lived in Pakistan and Iran before permanently settling in the United States. A fluent speaker of several Middle Eastern languages, he studied science, philosophy, and religion at the University of Utah before attending law school. Hes worked as a prosecutor specializing in violent crime and is currently a criminal defense attorney. He divides his time between San Diego, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Naughty Girls\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Destination: Mystery!\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ice - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dove Season (Jimmy Veeder Fiasco)\\nDescription: ['A Q&A with Johnny Shaw Question: You were born and raised in the Imperial Valley. Yet in your 20-year writing career, Dove Season is the first work of yours fully set there. Why the long wait?', '', \\\"Johnny Shaw: I don't think I consciously avoided writing about the Mexican border. It can just be difficult to see a place as familiar as one's hometown as a subject that would be interesting to anyone else. All those cool, unique details hide themselves in plain sight. But I'm glad I waited--it gave me a chance to do it right, with the proper amount of distance, objectivity, and experience.\\\", 'Q:Dove Season continues a proud tradition of books and movies set in rural California. What was your approach to creating such a strong sense of place?', \\\"JS: In the case of Dove Season, the Imperial Valley did all the heavy lifting for me. It's a unique place to grow up and an amazing backdrop for a crime novel. Usually the only time my hometown is mentioned in the news is for something lamentable: worst unemployment, air pollution, earthquakes, immigration issues, and so on. While all those things may be true, I figured, why not show the other side of the story? The story I know; the human story.\\\", 'Q: The subtitle of Dove Season is \\\"A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco,\\\" which implies we\\\\'ll be seeing more of this protagonist in your work. What are your plans for his future?', \\\"JS: About halfway through writing Dove Season, I knew that Jimmy Veeder and Bobby Maves were characters I wanted to revisit. Not only are they a blast to write, but there is a lot of complexity to their friendship that has yet to be explored. As I write this, I'm hard at work on Plaster City, the next Jimmy Veeder Fiasco. At minimum, I have two more fiascoes in my head, stories that stand on their own but are part of a bigger arc. After that, we’ll see.\\\", 'Q: Jimmy and Bobby get into some crazy situations on both sides of the Mexican border in Dove Season. How much of the novel is autobiographical? Are any of his misadventures based on your life?', \\\"JS: Write what you know, right? Without getting myself into too much trouble, let’s just say that the bars and strips joint of Mexicali are not a world that is foreign to me. And like Jimmy, I did grow up on a farm in the middle of nowhere with a field-worker bar across the street. But if you want to know if I've ever used a shovel to fend off someone with a baseball bat, you’ll have to ask my wife. Just kidding, honey. Put the bat down.\\\", \\\"Q: You've written extensively for the stage and screen. How are these processes similar to and different from creating plot and characters in a novel?\\\", \\\"JS: Whether I'm writing a screenplay, graphic novel, stage play, or novel, I try to treat each one with the proper amount of respect, emphasizing the given medium's strengths. I've always been of the mind that if you can make the characters breathe and the setting real, then you've gone a long way toward drawing the reader in. The individual medium doesn't matter--it's all about the story and the people who inhabit it.\\\", 'Think of this title as a coming-of-age novel writ noir. Turning 30 hasn’t meant much more for Jimmy Veeder than moving from one low-paying job to another. “I didn’t have a dream. I just was,” is how he describes himself. Then he gets a call from his dad. Big Jack has cancer, the bad kind. He’s dying. Would Jimmy come and stay with him for a few months? So Jimmy returns to Holtville, the hick town where he grew up, deep in the Imperial Valley in Southern California, next to the Mexican border. His dad’s got one request: find him a whore he knew in Mexicali, Yolanda, and bring her to see him. Jimmy does. His father dies..... Jimmy and his old buddies soon find themselves butting heads with the Mexican underworld. But as his troubles continue, Jimmy learns something about himself. At the end, he’s on his way to growing up—maybe. VERDICT This is Shaw’s first novel, and it’s a good one. (It was a finalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.) Aficionados of crime stories will enjoy it thoroughly.—David Keymer, Modesto, CA']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Le dernier des Camondo (French Edition)\\nDescription: ['Text: French', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Orchardist: A Novel\\nDescription: ['Many contemporary novelists have revisited the question of what constitutes a family, but few have responded in a voice as resolute and fiercely poetic. (New York Times Book Review)
Amanda Coplins somber, majestic debut arrives like an urgent missive from another century. You can only be thrilled by a 31-year-old writer with this depth of understandingthe final epiphany equals in stark grandeur similar scenes in Emily Brontes WUTHERING HEIGHTS and Pat Barkers ANOTHER WORLD... (Washington Post)
[A] beautiful, powerful novelTHE ORCHARDIST has the sweep and scope of a big historical novelyet Coplin is exquisitely attuned to small, interior revolutions as well. Its language as rooted and plain as the apple trees Talmadge nurtures, this is a gorgeous first book. (Boston Globe)
There are echoes of John Steinbeck in this beautiful and haunting debut novel set in early-20th -century Washington State...Coplin depicts the frontier landscape and the plainspoken characters who inhabit it with dazzling clarity. (Entertainment Weekly)
A stunning debutTHE ORCHARDIST is a poetic book, but its strength doesnt lie solely in its language. Coplins understanding of abuse and the lasting effects of fear and loss on the individual psyche are deeply resonant. As a debut novel, THE ORCHARDIST stands on par with Charles Fraziers COLD MOUNTAIN. (The Oregonian (Portland))
Coplins prose is fresh and compellingWhile the ending of this striking debut may not make every reader happy, it is, undoubtedly, the right one for both the book and for Talmadge, an unlikely hero wholike the bookis true to life and sweetly honest from beginning to end. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
THE ORCHARDIST is engaging and enthralling. The reader wants to turn each page quickly as the story develops, and wants at the same time to dwell on the lyrical moments of sunshine, soil and love. (Seattle Times)
Amanda Coplin has depicted her northwestern landscape with such fidelity that readers will know its every sight, smell, and sound. Within this world are compelling characters and their equally compelling stories. THE ORCHARDIST is an outstanding debut. (Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of SERENA and THE COVE)
To read this mysterious, compelling, elemental novel is to immerse yourself in the world of an old folk song, in which the passions and sorrows of plain people rage unseen and then blossom as madly (and quietly) as apricot trees. In THE ORCHARDIST, Amanda Coplin shows us whats unknowable. (Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of National Book Award and NBCC Award Finalist for Fiction, AMERICAN SALVAGE)
THE ORCHARDIST is a stunning accomplishment, hypnotic in its storytelling power, by turns lyrical and gritty, and filled with marvels. Coplin displays a dazzling sense of craftsmanship, and a talent for creating characters vivid and true. (Jane Ciabattari, NPR)', '', 'A Best Book of the Year', 'Washington PostSeattle TimesThe Oregonian National Public Radio Amazon Kirkus ReviewsPublishers WeeklyThe Daily Beast', 'An Indie Next Pick', 'Barnes & Noble Discover Award Winner', \\\"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit at the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase.\\\", \\\"Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion. Just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns, and the shattering tragedy that follows will set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect them but also to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past.\\\", 'Transcribing America as it once was before railways and roads connected its corners, Amanda Coplin weaves a tapestry of solitary souls who come together in the wake of unspeakable cruelty and misfortune. She writes with breathtaking precision and empathy, and in The Orchardist she crafts an astonishing debut novel about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of an ordered life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Teaching Writing as a Second Language (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)\\nDescription: ['\\\"The primary contribution of \\\"Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons \\\"is to bring together the generations. Moreover, while the discipline seems to be entering into a period of greater attention to pedagogy, part two of this timely collection of stellar contributors and landmark essays brings a new understanding between theory and practice.\\\"--Pat Belanoff, coeditor of \\\"Nothing Begins with \\\"N\\\" New Investigations of Freewriting\\\"
\\\"By its arrangement and its contents, this collection of essays performs at least two important functions for teachers of writing: it demonstrates that the work of our recent past is still valuable, and it contributes to the efforts of recent years to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Such a new vision of our history and a new level of understanding between practitioners and theorists could provide the foundation for a more productive, enlightened disciplinary future.\\\"--Gary Tate, from the Foreword', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Behind the Mask\\nDescription: ['\\\"A vivid, suspenseful story about a torn agent on a complex covert mission.\\\" -- Kirkus Reviews', '', \\\"I wroteBehind The Maskafter reading through several of my journals that I kept while working as an undercover FBI agent. My mother had encouraged me to keep the journals to document my career.
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I'm currently writing the second Lexie Montgomery novel.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: T.W. Lawrence's Cowboy Collection\\nDescription: ['T.W. grew up in San Antonio and loves to share his Texas Stories.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Prisoner Moon\\nDescription: ['Prisoner Moon is John Van Roekels second book, succeeding his epic historical novel, Braver Deeds. He lives in sunny San Diego with his wife, Pam.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: $500 Room Makeovers\\nDescription: ['Lisa Quinn is an interior designer, a set designer, and a segment host of CBS-5 San Franciscos Evening Magazine, as well as a spokesperson for IKEA, Kelly-Moore Paints, World Market, and Mercedes-Benz. In spring 2006, Spiegel catalog will feature her as a contributing designer, and will launch her line of bedroom furnishings. Quinn, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children. For more information about the author, visit lisaquinninc.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lower River\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"Its a particular kind of frightening fun to watch evil flexing and spreading its leathery wings, and really feel it. The Lower River gives the reader just that.\\\" -- The New York Review of Books \\\"The Lower River is riveting in its storytelling and provocative in its depiction of this African backwater, infusing both with undertones of slavery and cannibalism, savagery and disease. Theroux exposes paternalism in Hocks Peace Corps nostalgia, his sense of responsibility, almost a conceit of ownership. That sense of responsibility, and Hocks modest contribution to the welfare of a people he was once genuinely fond of, has been replaced by a harsher mode of operation, run by coldhearted contractors living apart in impregnable compounds. I have to leave, Hock pleads. Im going home. To which the village headman replies, with chilling menace, This is your home, father. \\\" -- New York Times Book Review', '', '[Hock] knows he is ensorcelled by exoticism, but he can t help himself. And, as things go from bad to worse and the pages start to turn faster, neither can we. A. Entertainment Weekly When he was a young man, Ellis Hock spent four of the best years of his life with the Peace Corps in Malawi. So when his wife of forty-two years leaves him, he decides to return to the village where he was stationed in search of the happiness he d been missing since he left. But what he finds is not what he expected. The school he built is a ruin, the church and clinic are gone, and poverty and apathy have set in among the people. They remember Ellis and welcome him with open arms. Soon, however, their overtures turn menacing; they demand money and refuse to let him leave the village. Is his new life an escape or a trap? Theroux s bravely unsentimental novel about a region where he began his own grand career should become part of anybody s education in the continent. Washington Post The Lower River is riveting in its storytelling and provocative in its depiction of this African backwater, infusing both with undertones of slavery and cannibalism, savagery and disease. New York Times Book Review [AU PHOTO] PAUL THEROUX s highly acclaimed novels include Hotel Honolulu and The Mosquito Coast. His travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, and The Happy Isles of Oceania. \\\"', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Craps Alert: For Craps Roll Pattern Tracking\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Wrapped in Rain\\nDescription: ['In his second novel, Martin (The Dead Don\\\\'t Dance) introduces Tucker Mason, the motherless son of a wealthy, abusive alcoholic in a small Alabama town. While Dad spends most of his time in an Atlanta high-rise, Tucker grows up in an enormous manse--complete with a \\\"chandelier made from elk horns\\\"--tutored by an African-American widow in common courtesy, love and the gospel. After a few years, an illegitimate son turns up at the Mason compound, Tucker\\\\'s half-brother, Mutt. Although Tucker eventually overcomes his gothic childhood and becomes an acclaimed international photographer, he can\\\\'t escape the home place. The story picks up with Tucker\\\\'s adulthood, when he makes peace with several individuals from his past, including the schizophrenic Mutt and an ex-girlfriend who\\\\'s on the run from a nasty husband. This group of Southern grotesques manages to make Christmas together and, readers sense, forge a kind of family. Martin spins an engaging story about healing and the triumph of love. The novel is filled with delightful local color--at Clark\\\\'s Fish Camp, you can order shrimp or catfish, and you can have them fried or fried. While the evil characters are too caricaturish and one-dimensional, and the prose is clean but hardly luminous, this is a welcome cut above run-of-the-mill inspirational fiction. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Life: The Classic Collection\\nDescription: [\\\"This sleek anthology of iconic images is a nostalgic delight for photography and history buffs. By leaving the book virtually free of text, the editors allow the images to speak for themselves. Classic moments are beautifully reproduced: Margaret Bourke-White's portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the Apollo 11 launch, the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, various Kennedy campaign trails, Princess Diana's weddingas well as whimsical snapshots of Americana and stunning photographs of painters Pollock, Dal and Picasso. Removable prints allow readers to enjoy even better the collection's vivid, high-quality pictures. (Oct.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Perfect Imposter eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Blending Time\\nDescription: ['Set in a dystopian future in which young heroes and heroines are pursued and harassed by corrupt government officials, Kinchs first novel calls to mind Suzanne Collins and Cory Doctorow. Its 2054, and plagues, devastating pollution, and predetermined (and deadly) jobs are the norm. Seventeen-year-olds Reya, DShay, and Jaym meet during a sea voyage to Africa, where they are to become blenders, creating offspring with native Africans (who can no longer reproduce with each other). Each blender encounters horrific experiences, including rape and attempted murder, but all find sympathetic allies and make their way to the underground resistance movement. While this debut title lacks the tight construction of Collins Hunger Games series, Kinchs depiction of the many different landscapes is a nice distinction. Determinedly multi-ethnic, fast-paced, and with plentiful gore and violence, the book will draw reluctant readers who enjoy action and adventure. Sequels are definitely in order, as the protagonists are left hanging on several cliffs. Grades 8-12. --Debbie Carton', '\\\"Full of action, this is a compelling, realistic, and exciting thriller for more mature young readers.\\\" --Kirkus Reviews
\\\"Determinedly multi-ethnic, fast-paced, and with plentiful gore and violence, the book will draw reluctant readers who enjoy action and adventure.\\\" --Booklist
\\\"Entertaining, credible, scary, and memorable.\\\" --VOYA
\\\"Shocking and unrelenting--Kinch delivers a blistering, no-holds-barred tale of a dystopian future that feels all too real.\\\" --Arthur Slade, Governor General Award-winning author of The Hunchback Assignments']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Norwegian by Night\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Storie Italiane Volume 2 - Italian Stories Volume 2: A Parallel Text Easy Reader (Italian Edition)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Author Anastacia Hawkin\\\\'s storylines and characters are interesting and the dialogue is actually great fun to read aloud. I like how each story teaches a bit about Italian geography, culture, and history.\\\" ', '
Anastacia (Stacey) Hawkins grew up as a California girl in the suburbs of L.A. County. Her father was a dancer, her mother a beautiful artist, but Anastacia could neither dance nor draw. Instead, she found her passion in writing. In college, she majored in English and Communications. She had always dreamed of being a writer, but ended up in banking in order to pay the bills. Many years later, now a wife and mother, Stacey came across an ad for the Institute of Children\\\\'s Literature. The ad said, \\\"We\\\\'re looking for people to write children\\\\'s books!\\\" She was intrigued. She signed up for their course \\\"Writing for Children and Teenagers\\\". In April, 2008, Anastacia sold her first story to Shine Brightly Magazine. She was hooked! Today, she is a participating author for a Christian reading program and the One Story a Day series published by DC Canada Education Publishing. She is the author of 5 engaging and delightful stories found in Storie Italiane, an Italian/English parallel text book which can be purchased here on Amazon; and Return to Larkspur, the anticipated sequel to her first middle grade novel, Larkspur, is now available! Anastacia now resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota, with her husband, Shayne, and their daughter, Sierra. \\\"Being a children\\\\'s author is the most gratifying job I have ever had! As a parent, I feel that I have so much more to share than I had when I first graduated from college all those years ago. I encourage all who have a passion for writing to pursue it; don\\\\'t give up on your dream!\\\"
']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tucker's Way\\nDescription: ['', 'David Johnson has worked in the helping professions for over thirty-five years. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a masters degree in social work and over a decade of experience as a minister. In addition to the four novels comprising the Tucker series, he has authored several nonfiction books, including Navigating the Passages of Marriage and Real People, Real Problems, and has published numerous articles in national and local media. David also maintains an active blog at www.thefrontwindow.wordpress.com. When hes not writing, he is likely making music as the conductor of the David Johnson Chorus.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Runaway\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Greyhound\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Steffan Piper:Greyhound is the story of an 11-year-old boy named Sebastien Ranes who is abandoned by his mother. As the book opens, we find her dropping him off in the Stockton, California Greyhound bus station to travel across the country, unaccompanied, to live with his grandmother in Altoona, Pennsylvania--over 2,500 miles away.', 'Most of the experiences that are in the book are events that actually have taken place in my life. Ive been working on Greyhound, both in my head and on paper, for about 25 years. I have boxes of journals in my garage detailing many of the stories that are in the book, thoughts I had back then when I was travelling back and forth by bus, and other small details.', 'Writing about my experiences within the confines of 300 pages wasnt so easy, but I felt compelled to write about those days. Those years were a very difficult time for me, and pulling a lot of those feelings forward again brought out a lot of emotions that I had buried.', 'Question: Is the Marcus Franklin character based on a real person?', 'Steffan Piper: Marcus was a real person that I met on the bus. Ive thought quite a bit about my encounter with him and the conversations that we had into the middle of the night. When youre young, its the simplest and kindest of gestures that have the most effect and create the most lasting memories. A bag of pretzels can be the equivalent of much more over the passage of time. Not having good role models growing up, I often found myself reaching outward for a guide. Those are often the most dangerous because they have a limit as to what they can give back to you. Those limits are not always visible, especially when youre young.', 'Question: Why did you set the book in 1981?', 'Steffan Piper: I set the book in 1981 because it was a period where life was very different than it is today, and is different in more ways than can be imagined in books or through culture. Some people may not remember it that well, or may not have lived through it, but many have. The most important facet of that time was that it was the beginning of the modern world as we now know it.', 'The eighties was an era of \\\"analog communication\\\" versus what we have today, which is digital. From telephones to records, everything was analog. People wereforcedto make more direct links with each other; to reach out, touch and feel the world around them. There was a need to verify the space in front of them. Todays world seems to ask us repeatedly to do the opposite and not verify our world at all.', 'Question: Some of the material in the book is pretty heady for an 11-year-old boy turning 12. Got anything to say about that?', 'Steffan Piper: I grew up in England and Im the product of the British educational system, so that will always have an influence on everything that I write.', 'When I was ten, Sherlock Holmes was my all-time hero. Maybe it was the ease in how he held himself that I found appealing. I think it was the same for Dickens\\\\'s Twist as well. These were themes I very quickly recognized and latched onto at that age. Shortly after that, when I was 12, reading Carlos Castaneda\\\\'s books definitely changed my life. The idea of releasing and letting go of your self-image, during a period of my life where I was supposed to be finding that out, was alluring. I gripped onto Castaneda for dear life for about four or five years. I read those books so many times, I probably scared a few counselors at school.', 'I think when we start thinking as adults that we need to limit material to what we believe young people are capable of, or is normal to them, we immediately have done them a disservice, because most of them would probably shame us in regards to what we know, or think we know.', '', 'This extraordinary and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a child put on a bus by his neglectful mother to go live with his grandparents on the other side of the country. The boy is named Sebastien Ranes, and his 1981 cross-country ride is enlivened by a hijacking, a passengers death, and an engine fire. On his voyage he encounters two potential pedophiles, as well as a number of kind strangers who help him along his way. Sebastien befriends an ex-con named Marcus who helps protect him and introduces him to the poetry of Langston Hughes. Through their friendship, Sebastien begins to cut through his own naivet and to learn how the world works. The author creates people who seem recognizable and lifelike without resorting to stereotypes and clichs, and the story unfolds at a brisk pace. Unlike the typical cross-country bus ride, this remarkable trip is one readers will not want to see end. --This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Birth and Adventures of Lil Smokey\\nDescription: ['I was born in Pueblo, Colorado in the forty s and have loved animals my whole life. They love you back when treated right and I have waited for this colt my whole life and for someone to believe in me and my stories about my animals, and now I have my chance to prove to the world that loving animals is not wrong or bad, but can give you so much more back loving them than people can. Because sometimes, it just don t work out and you are left alone. So animals will love you forever no matter what or how you look or act as long you give them that they give it back sometimes a lot more, because I believe in them.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Eat, Pray, Die (An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Airedale Terrier Training | Dog Training with the No BRAINER Dog TRAINER ~ We make it THAT Easy!: How to EASILY TRAIN Your Airedale Terrier\\nDescription: ['Paul Allen Pearce is the author of many breed dog-training books. When his family duties allow, he spends his spare time outdoors with his two dogs Buck and Samson.
Pauls family are dog lovers and often took in strays. Paul and his siblings were taught how to care and train the family pets and dogs. Both his parents grew up with many animals and had generational knowledge to pass forth to their offspring.
Being raised around all sorts of animals, his curiosity to work with animals grew. Upon returning back to the U.S. and purchasing his own dog he realized he didnt know as much as he could, thus began his journey into owning and full time dog training.
Paul States - \\\"Dog training is my passion. I love dogs, animals, and the wonders of nature. It is easy to write about your passion and share what you have learned and discovered.
I hope that my readers enjoy and learn from what I have learned and improve their dog relationships. My past explorations throughout twenty countries and states helped me to broaden my perspective regarding animal behavior and treatment. Let us all be kind to animals, not only dogs.
When I am not working, I spend my time outdoors with my dogs, exploring nature and expanding my knowledge of life, dogs and dog training.\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Judgment of Richard Richter\\nDescription: ['', 'Sarajevo, mon amour. Fast-paced with lot of adventure and well-developed characters. [The Judgment of Richard Richter] is a reminder of how this martyr country has been abandoned by the West and continues to be so. Anne Dastakian, MARIANNE, France', '[This] personal and geopolitical tragedy, [set] in besieged 1992 Sarajevo, follows the footsteps of Richard Richter, hero and Oedipal detective Vronique Rossignol, Livres Hebdo, France', 'The idea that happiness and love are simply masking a truth that is revealed too late, after irreparable damage had been committed, is certainly a very psychoanalytic inspiration, but in the words of Igor tiks, it is detailed in a poignant and terribly convincing text. Yves Le Gall, Le Matricule des Anges, France', 'tiks, who juggles literary allusions as masterfully as he does time periods and narrative perspectives, has succeeded in producing a mature and impressive novel. Hendrik Werner, Die Welt, Germany', '[The Judgment of Richard Richter] is an adventurous, daring, and powerful march through our eraa bridge between the European catastrophes of the past century. [tiks] has succeeded in nothing less than an all-European historical romance. Thomas Hummitzsch, Die Berliner Literaturkritik, Germany', '', 'Igor tiks was born in Sarajevo in 1977 and has lived in Zagreb, Paris, Chicago, Edinburgh, and Belgrade. His first novel, A Castle in Romagna, won the Slavi prize for best first novel in Croatia and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for 2006. Earning his PhD at the Institut dtudes Politiques de Paris and Northwestern University, tiks later published a monograph, Nations and Citizens in Yugoslavia and the Post-Yugoslav States: One Hundred Years of Citizenship. His novel The Judgment of Richard Richter, originally published as Elijahs Chair, won the Gjalski and Kiklop Awards for the best novel in Croatia and has been translated into fifteen languages. In addition to winning the Grand Prix of the 2011 Belgrade International Theatre Festival for his stage adaptation of Elijahs Chair, tiks was honored with the prestigious Chevalier des arts et des lettres for his literary and intellectual achievements.', \\\"Ellen Elias-Bursac has been translating novels and nonfiction by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian writers for thirty years. She is the recipient of the 2006 ALTA National Translation Award, an American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages award, and the Mary Zirin Prize for her book Translating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working in a Tug-of-War. A contributing editor to the online literary journal Asymptote, Elias-Bursac spent more than six years at the exYugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague as a translator/reviser in the English Translation Unit. Her translation of Daa Drndi's novel Trieste was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2013.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN\\nDescription: ['\\\"This lively, readable, and carefully researched book fills in an intriguing and little-known corner of Congo history. Lieutenant Taunt\\\\'s life gives us a revealing glimpse of the gold rush mood of the early days of the Scramble for Africa.\\\" --Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold\\\\'s Ghost, Bury the Chains, and other books.
\\\"This meticulously researched volume rescues from obscurity a fascinating episode in the history of U.S. relations with Africa: Americas first, tentative efforts at military, diplomatic, and commercial engagement with ... the Congo in the person of Lieutenant Emory Taunt, USN. The narrative ... is moreover enriched by Jampolers own intrepid effort to retrace his protagonists epic journey down the Congo River Highly recommended.\\\" --J. Peter Pham Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Middle East and Africa
\\\"Anyone wanting to know more about the early history of Leopold II\\\\'s notorious Congo Free State will find much intriguing new information in Andrew Jampoler\\\\'s scholarly account of the tragi-comical life and death of Lieutenant Emory Taunt USN, and of the deeds of a surprising cast of associated diplomats, colonial officials, engineers, ivory traders and whistle-blowers.\\\" --Tim Jeal, author of Stanley and Explorers of the Nile', 'Andrew C. A. Jampoler spent nearly twenty-five years as an active duty naval aviator including a year on the ground in Vietnam, command of a squadron and a naval air station, and service on several high level staffs. He is the author of six other Naval Institute Press books, beginning with Adak in 2003 and most recently Congo.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Beyond the Cabin\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The City Beneath the Bermuda Triangle\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)\\nDescription: ['
', \\\"The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi, but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own.
In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends — even her freedom — for this dangerous friendship. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jade Cabinet (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))\\nDescription: ['Made speechless by her eccentric father, the beautiful Etheria is traded for a piece of precious jade. Memory, her sister, tells her story, that of a childhood enlivened by Lewis Carroll and an orangutan named Dr. Johnson and envenomed by the pernicious courtship of Radulph Tubbs, Queen Victoria\\\\'s own Dragon of Industry. The novel travels from Oxford to Egypt where one million ibis mummies wait to be transformed into fertilizer, where Baconfield the architect will cause a pyramid to collapse, and where a scorned and bloated hunger artist who speaks in tongues will plot a bloody revenge. The fourth element in a tetralogy of novels - Earth (The Stain), Fire (Entering Fire), Water (The Fountains of Neptune) and Air - The Jade Cabinet is both a riveting novel and a reflection on the nature of memory and desire, language and power. Following the novel is an afterword, \\\"Waking to Eden\\\", in which Ducornet reflects on the sources for her writing and on the quartet of novels completed by The Jade Cabinet.', 'Rikki Ducornet was born in New York and has lived in North Africa, South America, Canada and France. Her work as an illustrator first came to the attention of the Canadian book trade in 1974 with the publication of Susan Musgrave\\\\'s \\\"Gullband\\\". In 1983, the Porcupine\\\\'s Quill commissioned Rikki to illustrate an edition of Jorge Luis Borges\\\\' \\\"Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius\\\".', 'Rikki is the author of three short-story collections, seven books of poetry, and seven novels, including \\\"The Fan-Maker\\\\'s Inquisition\\\" and \\\"The Jade Cabinet\\\". She is also a painter whose work has been exhibited widely. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sweetgrass (Mira Hardbacks)\\nDescription: [\\\"When his domineering father, Preston, suffers a stroke, environmentalist Morgan reluctantly returns to help run Sweeetgrass, the aging family plantation, even though he said he'd never go back to South Carolina after guilt over his older brother's death made him flee to Montana. Mary June, Morgan's mother, has grown estranged from her husband, but his stroke causes her to take a hard look at their past. Amid all this emotional chaos, Morgan's Aunt Adele is trying to force them to sell Sweetgrass to developers. Once again, Monroe, author of Skyward (2003), makes expert use of metaphors as she weaves the story of the region's Sweetgrass baskets into the story, and subtly addresses the urgent need to protect the environment. Monroe makes her characters so believable, the reader can almost hear them breathing. The lush details in this prodigal-son tale bring the low-country setting to life, and flashbacks tell the story of a young love rediscovered. Readers who enjoy such fine southern voices as Pat Conroy will add the talented Monroe to their list of favorites. Shelley Mosley Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '\\\"Skyward is a soaring, passionate story of loneliness and pain and the simple ability of love to heal and transcend . . .\\\" -- Anne Rivers Siddons
\\\"The Book Club skillfully weaves the individual story threads into a warm, unified whole that will appeal to readers . . .\\\" -- Library Journal
\\\"Mary Alice Monroe writes from her heart to the hearts of her readers. It is a quality of emotional honesty . . .\\\" -- Charleston Post & Courier
\\\"With its evocative, often beautiful prose and keen insights into family relationships, Monroe\\\\'s latest is an exceptional and heartwarming work.\\\" -- Publishers Weekly starred review on The Beach House
\\\"With novels like this one and The Book Club, Mary Alice Monroe continues to be one of the leaders . . .\\\" -- Midwest Book Review on The Four Seasons', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Little House in the Big Woods Study Guide\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)\\nDescription: [\\\"The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: One of Us Is Lying\\nDescription: ['A New York Times Bestseller An EW.com Best YA Book of the Year Selection A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year Selection A New York Public Library\\\\'s Best Book for Teens Selection A Popcrush Best Young Adult Book of the Year Selection A CBC Teen Choice Book Award Nominee A Bustle.com Best Young Adult Book of May 2017 A Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee A YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Book Nominee A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club....so make room for One of Us Is Lying in your bags, because this is one carry-on you wont want to put down.\\\" EW.com
Youll tear through this juicy, super-fun (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller.\\\"Bustle.com
\\\"A whodunit with a Breakfast Club twist...following four unique voices on a chase to find the killer, this one will keep you guessing until the very, very end.\\\"Popcrush
\\\"This is no ordinary whodunitsurprising and relevant.\\\"USA Today
\\\"Readers will have a hard time putting this clever page-turner down.\\\"-BookPage.com
An addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller with so many twists and turns you\\\\'ll be wondering until the very end: Who really killed Simon?Kara Thomas, author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters
\\\"[As] McManus\\\\'s intense mystery unfolds...each character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense.\\\" VOYA, Starred Review
\\\"This fast-paced blend of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and classic John Hughes will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own.\\\"Kirkus Reviews
\\\"One of Us Is Lying is flat-out addictive...[McManus] weaves an authentic, suspenseful mystery that readers can imagine taking place at their very own high school.RT Book Reviews
\\\"A smart, twisted, and unpredictable YA mystery that will have readers guessing until the very end.\\\"SLJ
\\\"An engaging, enticing look at the pressures of high school and the things that cause a person to lose control.\\\"Booklist', 'Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. When she isnt working or writing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, McManus loves to travel with her son. The New York Times bestseller One of Us Is Lying is her debut novel. To learn more about her, go to her website, karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice\\nDescription: ['“An American Family is a small but lovely immigrant’s journey, full of carefully observed details from the order in which Ghazala served tea at a university event, to the schedule of the police patrols in the Boston Public Garden where Khan briefly slept while he was in between apartments, to the description of Humayun’s headstone as a ‘slab of white marble with soft streaks the color of wood smoke.’. . . Most importantly, the book is an effective argument for the depth of Khan’s love for and knowledge of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the amendments to it. He emerges as such an eloquent advocate for both documents, and for American values, that I finished An American Family with my own sense of patriotism and sense of civic obligation revitalized.”—Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
“[A] moving memoir . . . a story about family and faith, told with a poet’s sensibility . . . The book is a wonderful refutation of Trump’s nativism and bigotry, but it is no partisan polemic. . . . Khizr Khan’s book can teach all of us what real American patriotism looks like.”—TheNew York Times Book Review
“[A] wide-eyed and eloquent memoir . . . A sense of wonder about America’s promise peppers the entire narrative, even as [Khan] recounts his early struggles in the country while supporting his wife and three boys. . . . The account is especially resonant now.”—Booklist
“Sometimes it takes a newcomer to point out the beauty that old-timers take for granted. America, more than any other country, was founded upon ideals: individual freedoms, equal protection and due process of law. Khan reminds us that these ideals are worth fighting—and even dying—for. The Khans truly are the most American of families.”—BookPage
“An American Family holds its own alongside other fine memoirs of immigration and would be an inspired addition to any college or high school syllabus. The Gold Star father who spoke so movingly at the 2016 Democratic National Convention is just as affecting on the page.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“Self-effacing, the author writes movingly . . . Khan’s aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands.”—Kirkus Reviews', 'Khizr Khan, the eldest of ten children, was born in rural Pakistan in 1950. He moved to the United States with his wife, Ghazala, in 1980. The couple became American citizens and raised their three sons in Silver Spring, Maryland. Their middle son, U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan, a graduate of the University of Virginia and its Army ROTC program, was killed in 2004 while stopping a suicide attack near Baqubah, Iraq, and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Khizr Khan holds a B.A. degree from the University of the Punjab, an LL.B. from Punjab University Law College, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the District of Columbia Bar, the New York State Bar, and the American Bar Association. Khan’s law practice includes complex civil litigation, electronic discovery, health privacy compliance law, and civil rights and veterans’ rights advocacy. He and Ghazala live in Charlottesville, Virginia.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science\\nDescription: ['
“An Empire of Ice reflects exhaustive digging and reaches well beyond the standard source materials. . . . Larson provides enough fresh perspective that even devotees of polar literature will learn things.”—Jennifer Kingson, New York Times Book Review
(Jennifer Kingson New York Times Book Review)
Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2011 National Outdoor Book Awards
(National Outdoor Book Award Honorable Mention National Outdoor Book Foundation)
“A far more interesting and richer account than we have had thus far. . . . Larson has written a fascinating book, one sure to force a rethinking of the Scott-Amundsen race as well as reconsiderations that will include science as a driving force in Antarctic and indeed polar exploration.” —Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Science Magazine
(Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis Science Magazine)
\\\"The author provides an undeniably exciting account without overpowering the reader with too much detail. Fans of these explorers, science heads, and armchair travelers will find this a worthwhile and thrilling read.\\\"—Mike Rogers, Library Journal
(Mike Rogers Library Journal)
“Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Larson sheds new light on the famous three-way race to the South Pole....A satisfying tale of adventure and exploration.”—Kirkus Reviews
(Kirkus Reviews)
“Larson succeeds in this approach to the popular subject of polar exploration by wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged.\\\"—Booklist
(Booklist)
\\\"Empire of Ice is a new take on polar exploration of the early 20th century.  It puts expeditions by Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton et al. into a wider scientific, social and geopolitical context.\\\"—Travel Book Seller
(Travel Book Seller)
“…… [An] enlightening and entertaining new book, An Empire of Ice, seeks to rescue the exploits of Edwardian derring-do from the condescension of posterity by showing us how much more there was to what his subtitle refers to as the heroic age of Antarctic science.”—Robert J.Mayhew, Times Higher Education (Robert J. Mayhew Times Higher Education 2011-06-23)
“In this fascinating book…..Larson’s intriguing accounts begin to reveal the bigger picture of early scientific research in Antarctica and its place in European geopolitics of the time.”—Michael Bravo, New Scientist
(Michael Bravo New Scientist 2011-07-02)
“This is a great and needed book, highly worth reading whether your Antarctic focus is history or science.”—The Antarctican Society Newsletter
(The Antarctican Society Newsletter)', \\\"
Edward J. Larson is University Professor of History and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. His numerous books include Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion, for which he received a Pulitzer Prize in History. Larson splits his time between Georgia and California.
\"Parkins\\'. . . cartoon-style ink and wash vignettes . . . focus on Emmy\\'s yowls of indignation and insouciant smiles. . . . Newcomer Krasnesky writes tightly disciplined verse that never flags. . . . This is a fast-moving crowd-pleaser made for reading aloud.\"  —Publishers Weekly
\"Krasnesky tells the story with flowing rhyme that accommodates the humor of the plot and heightens Parkins\\'s comical cartoon illustrations.\"  —School Library Journal
\"Emmy masterminds a (practically) foolproof plan to avoid trouble . . . Her animated expressions perfectly capture her scheming antics . . . She pouts her way into her family\\'s hearts . . . The verse . . . does . . . partake of Silverstein[\\'s] subversiveness.\"  —Kirkus Reviews
\"Emmy gets away with everything—she\\'s only 3, after all—until her parents reach the limit of their patience, and Emmy must face a new concept: consequence.\"  —Parent & Child Magazine
\"Clever rhymed couplets . . . comic opera . . . lively vignettes . . . You do not have to love cats to enjoy this romp.\"  —Children\\'s Literature
\"Bouncy rhymed text and humorous . . . illustrations follow little Emmy\\'s path of destruction. Mom comes to her rescue, but the mishaps pile up . . . older siblings will be satisfied by the tale\\'s ending.\"  —Horn Book 2010
\"Will resonate with parents everywhere . . . fun to read and fun to listen to . . . a perfect bedtime story . . . capturing the essence of a mischievous three-year-old.\"  —The Sacramento Book Review
\"A playful, expressive, dramatic, and very loveable protagonist. [This book] will undoubtedly leave many readers looking forward to Emmy\\'s future adventures.\" —Florida Reading Journal (January 2012)
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A gripping and moving story, filled with fully realized characters and spare but stylish prose.As always, Maisieone of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fictionfulfills expectations. And Winspear continues to dazzle as she once again excels in and transcends the genre. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
This eleventh entry in the Maisie Dobbs series, with enough backstory to stand alone, shows the same meticulous research that grounds these books so firmly in their time and place, along with moving life changes that further humanize the intrepid protagonist. Another winner from Winspear. (Booklist, starred review)
The latest installment of Jacqueline Winspears consistently interesting series.[Maisies] drawn into a climate of political intrigue that repels her-but keeps the rest of us avidly reading. (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review)
Maisie would be interesting enough as a combination psychologist, empath and detective, but Winspear endows her with a rich backstory.With the clouds of war gathering, we can only expect that the British government will have uses for such a clever and effective woman....Interesting times ahead. (Bobbi Dumas, NPR Books)
A welcome addition to the series.Its an understatement to note that Ms. Winspear, as usual, has made excellent use of her background research. (Nora Levine, HeadButler.com)
\"Exhaustively reported and scrupulously fair, Bible Nation doubles as a portrait of conviction: The Greens may well be the most sincere and most-frequently misguided activists in America.\"---Sarah Jones, The New Republic
\"Moss and Baden deftly highlight the cognitive dissonance at the heart of the evangelicalism, how and why the faithful cherry-pick Scriptures that buttress their own beliefs while dismissing contradictions among the texts themselves. . . . [The authors] draw on extensive research and interviews with a revolving-door cast of so-called experts and hangers-on, leaving no proverbial stone unturned in their quest to determine the value and validity of the Green collection, the Bible Museum\\'s underlying purpose. Bible Nation peels away the bark on one of the largest branches of the American family tree, using an academic story to tell a broader one: the evangelicals unshakable conviction in their own fantasies and the demonization of anything, or anyone, that dares to challenge them.\"---Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star Tribune
\"Candida Moss and Joel Baden\\'s new book illustrates how, with a net worth of nearly $4 billion, the family behind Hobby Lobby is stepping outside the corporate sphere and showing how faith and prosperity can powerfully influence the American public.\"---Charlotte Salley, The American Scholar
\"Biblical scholars Moss (The Myth of Persecution) and Baden (The Historical David) become dogged investigative journalists as they seek to understand how the Green family, the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, have aspired to influence national politics. . . . While depicting the Greens as well-intentioned, Moss and Baden make an impassioned case for fighting against the family\\'s efforts to limit access to their questionably sourced collection and to misrepresent their work as nonsectarian when it is entrenched in a deeply American evangelical worldview. . . . This is a timely read for those interested in the relationship between money, faith, and American politics.\" (Publishers Weekly)
\"Two biblical scholars combine to dig into the actions and words of the billionaire Green family, founders of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores. . . . Moss and Baden portray the Green family members and their key executives as sincere evangelicals and benevolent employers. Throughout the book, however, they also show the Greens as nave or disingenuous. To be sure, the family\\'s proselytizing is not neutral. Rather, they are promoting a historically inaccurate saga of the U.S. as an exclusionary Christian nation meant to marry church and state. . . . Impressive . . . Well-positioned to examine the impact of religion on secular life.\" (Kirkus)
\"Moss and Baden\\'s meticulous research will stand up to the most rigorous scrutiny, as they manage to stay dispassionate without judgement. . . . A troubling look into how a personal belief system can infiltrate seemingly public institutions through corporate means.\" (Library Journal)
\"[Moss and Baden\\'s] concerns have merit, and by choosing to explore this particular front of the culture wars, they effectively cast light on issues that are American to the core: the belief that God blesses the faithful with financial success, the assumption that success in business verifies people as experts in realms they know little about, the notion that America is essentially and indisputably a Christian nation (and the public square ought therefore to reflect that essence), the dismissal of expert opinion when that opinion runs counter to popular belief, and the refusal of many people to examine their faith with a critical eye. In sum, Bible Nation illustrates what many nonevangelicals find so disturbing about America in the age of Trump, though it also reminds its readers that these untoward elements of American life long predated the election of our billionaire president. Surely they will outlive him as well.\" (Christian Century)
\"Candida R. Moss and Joel S. Baden--two respected academics of religious studies--go out of their way to be objective in their reporting on the Green family\\'s growing influence on matters concerning the Bible in our country today. . . . Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby is a brave book in these dishonest times.\"---Charles R. Larson, Counterpunch
\"Highly worth reading.\"---Tara Isabella Burton, Vox', '', '\"Absolutely riveting. Without exaggeration, this is one of the most interesting books I have read in years. Moss and Baden have embedded a searing indictment within a compelling detective story that ranges from academic intrigue to divinely inspired business acumen, with a driving narrative and a cast of characters worthy of Hollywood, except that this is real life. Bible Nation should be required reading for anyone even thinking of visiting the Museum of the Bible.\"--Eric H. Cline, author of Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology', '\"Moss and Baden\\'s account of how a family of billionaires has almost single--handedly transformed the American religious landscapeto the benefit of some and the detriment of manywill shake you to your core. This is a must read in our increasingly polarized country.\"--Reza Aslan, author of the New York Times bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth', '\"Bible Nation offers a vivid tour through the catacombs of the culture wars: the unexpected political and theological battles in education policy, museum administration, and even the secretive world of international traders who buy and sell ancient manuscripts. Part cultural study, part family biography, part detective story, this book demonstrates that the Green family has accrued immense influence over the politics of religious liberty and the bounds of academic freedom in the study of the Bible.\"--Molly Worthen, author of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism', '\"An intimate look at conservative Christianity and its biblical worldview. Riveting and disturbing.\"--T. M. Luhrmann, author of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God', '\"Bible Nation is a deft and insightful portrait of pious evangelicals who are utterly convinced of their beliefsand unable to see them in any kind of critical light. At the very least, the naivet is deeply detrimental to biblical scholarship and to a thoughtful public comprehension of the Bible. Bible Nation is an important addition to the understanding of contemporary evangelicalism.\"--Margaret Bendroth, author of The Last Puritans: Mainline Protestants and the Power of the Past', '\"Engaging and timely, Bible Nation is a compelling account of the efforts of the family that owns Hobby Lobby to tell a particular story about the Bible and its role in history. The authors have done a terrific investigative job to show how problematic the foundations of the whole enterprise are, making the case that it is dangerous in its ethical evasions, its privileging of the story\\' over the evidence, and its undermining of professional scholarly norms.\"--Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (A Gaslight Mystery)\nDescription: ['Praise for Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue Thompson is expert at combining details about the eras history as well as social details of many segments of New York society, allowing the story to paint a vivid picture of people often left out of similar books.RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick) ', 'Praise for the Edgar and Agatha award-nominated Gaslight Mysteries
TANTALIZING.Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Victoria Thompson SHINES...Anne Perry and Caleb Carr fans, rejoice!Tamar Myers, national bestselling author
WITH WRITING THIS GOOD, I would recommend not missing a single Thompson tale.Suspense Magazine
REWARDING reading to fans of Rhys Bowen and Cordelia Frances Biddle.Library Journal
GANGS OF NEW YORK, EAT YOUR HEART OUTthis book is the real thing.Mystery Scene', '', 'Victoria Thompson is the Edgar and Agatha awardnominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries, the Counterfeit Lady series, and twenty additional historical novels.She lives in Illinois with her family and a very spoiled little dog.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Sliding Mode Control for Synchronous Electric Drives\nDescription: ['', 'The book Sliding Mode Control for Synchronous Electric Drives is intended for graduated students and specialists on control theory and applications, particularly on sliding mode control (SMC) of electrical drives. This book is also valuable for undergraduate students, practicing engineers, and control designers, willing to pursue a deep understanding of SMC []. [] Using a rigorous treatment of mathematical concepts, the text relates theory, models, and applications. [] This text is strongly recommended for Ph.D. students on SMC or nonlinear control in electrical drives, and for teachers and researchers in nonlinear control or variable structure control.
Fernando A. Silva and Marian P. Kazmierkowski, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, June 2013', 'This book, written by well-known researchers in the field, presents the theory of sliding mode control systems with application to electrical motors and power converters. [] The main contribution of the book is Chapter 4 (Synchronous Drive Control Design) which presents two basic control schemes for synchronous drives with sliding mode approaches, taking into account the optimizations of the efficiency and power factor. [] The final Chapter 8 (Practical Examples of Drive Control) is an excellent one describing sensor-less control of high-speed synchronous drive and digital control of electric drive with elastic connections. One of the attractive features of the book includes the application of sliding mode control to practical case of electric motor drives with experimental verification and validation. Exercises at the end of each chapter [make] this book an ideal choice for using it for a Special Problems course either in EE or Controls. [] an excellent addition to this important field.
D. Subbaram Naidu and Hoa Nguyen, Idaho State University, Pocatello, USA', '', '', 'Sergey Ryvkin first graduated with high honors as an engineer from the Moscow Institute for Aviation Engineering (Technical University), after which he gained his PhD degree from the Institute of Control Sciences (USSR Academy of Science) in Moscow and was awarded a DSc from the Supreme Certifying Commission of Russian Ministry of Education and Science in Moscow. He is currently a professor at the Russian State University for Humanities and a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Adaptive Control Systems for Dynamic objects at the Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences from the Russian Academy of Sciences. His lines of research are the application of the sliding mode techniques to control of electrical drives and power systems and to their parameter observation. Prof. Ryvkin holds several patents and published one monograph, five textbooks and more than 100 papers in international journals and proceedings. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences and a senior member of the IEEE.', 'Eduardo Palomar Lever got his BSc degree in electromechanical engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, after which he obtained an MSc degree in control engineering and computing sciences from the University of Warwick, UK, and a PhD on sliding regimes to control servomechanisms from the University of Sussex, UK. He is a full time research professor at the University of Guadalajara. His lines of research focus on nonlinear control systems and servomechanisms control using digital sliding modes. Prof. Palomar-Levers teaching specialties are advanced-level control engineering, automation, advanced mathematics, computing languages, software development, and statistics. He earlier published a book on ferroelectric materials as well as several papers on sliding motion control and biomedicine in international journals and conference proceedings.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fifty Shades of Grey\nDescription: ['A GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance
\"In a class by itself.\" --\"Entertainment Weekly\"', 'E L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel Fifty Shades of Grey.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: String Theory, Book 1: Cohesion (Star Trek: Voyager - String Theory) (Bk. 1)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Drowning Season\nDescription: [\"Praise for The Drowning Season
A triumph.Los Angeles Times
Absolutely magical...one of the best books I have ever read.Chicago Sun-Times
A superb novel.John Irving
A touching and startling novel.The New York Times Book Review
Awesome and funny...Hoffman is operating in Kafka's realm, in the territory of I. B. Singer, and of Tolstoy's folk tales...[S]he has tapped some timeless quality of human experience.Newsday\", 'Alice Hoffmanis the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic,The Marriage of Opposites,The Red Garden, the Oprahs Book Club selectionHere on Earth,The Museum of Extraordinary Things, andThe Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Mixed-Up Chameleon\nDescription: ['Another Eric Carle book. This one is about the mixed up chameleon.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Light Between Oceans: The heartbreaking Richard and Judy bestseller\nDescription: ['Light Between Oceans', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Snowman (Harry Hole Mysteries, No. 7)\nDescription: ['UK import', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Interference\nDescription: ['', \"Amlie Antoine lives in northern France with her husband and two children. She has always loved writing, particularly stories. In 2011, she published an autobiography titled Combien de temps. Interference is her first novel and was an immediate success when it was released in France, winning the Premire Laurate du Prix Amazon de l'Auto-dition (Amazon France Self-Publishing Prize) for best self-published e-book. She has since written two other novels.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Plagiarism: Why It Happens and How to Prevent It\nDescription: [\"Barry Gilmore, Ed.D., taught English and social studies for over 15 years before becoming a middle school principal in Memphis, TN. Barry is a National Board Certified teacher and Past-President of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English. As the author of seven books for teachers and numerous articles on topics ranging from the common core to plagiarism and classroom discussion methods, he regularly presents his teaching ideas to groups around the country. Gilmore has received numerous honors for his teaching, including the NCTE's Outstanding High School Educator Award, the U.S. Department of Education's American Star of Teaching Award, and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission's Educator of the Year. Barry Gilmore is a Heinemann Professional Development provider.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Storm Clouds Rolling In\nDescription: ['Ginny would love to get to know every single person who reads her books. Since that isn\\'t possible she can at least let you get to know her a little. Born in North Carolina, she is a wanderer at heart. She has lived all over the United States, exploring every state and having wonderful adventures along the way. She has managed horse ranches in Texas and Oregon; worked with teenagers all over the country (she love them!), and has hiked, biked, rafted and played in every locale she could.
She loves all the beaches, deserts, woods, and mountains she has traveled through but when she discovered Washington, she discovered home. Her heart is at home there with the snow covered mountains; the glistening waters of the Pacific; the eagles and Orca whales; the towering fir trees surrounding her home; and the miles of trails on her own Magic Mountain.
Every where she looks inspires her to be all she can be - to follow and achieve all the dreams of her heart! She managed to write and publish 16 books along the way. She enjoys writing many different genres but admits Historical Fiction is her favorite. She is quite sure she will never live long enough to write all her heart and mind holds, but she certainly intends to try!
She is also the Founder & CEO of Together We Can Change The World, Inc. This fabulous organization is committed to creating a world-wide community of people with a passion to make a difference and live their best life - using the multitude of FREE resources provided.Visit TogetherWeCanChangeTheWorld.com
Her life will forever be a journey. She knows she will never get to the place where she thinks she has \"arrived\". The more she learns - the more she knows she doesn\\'t know! Yet. what joy she receives by sharing the light she has... She would love to hear from you at BregdanChronicles.com.']","rejected":"Title: The Healing Energies of Music\nDescription: [\"Music affects human beings. A lively Bach concerto encourages attention and clear thinking, while a CD of harp music and the sounds of ocean waves relaxes us and relieves stress. The Healing Energies Of Music can help determine just the right music to complement a state of mind, heal an emotional or physical ill, or further spiritual yearning. Musical therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman's The Healing Energies Of Music presents a wealth of resources for choosing and locating just the right music for just the right purpose. With comprehensive lists of current recordings (including new and remastered CDs), Lingerman's exhaustive sourcebook will guide the reader in finding music to benefit their temperament, lifestyle, and spiritual aspirations. The Healing Energies Of Music includes Women's Music, World Music, the Music of Nature, and Angelic Music. The Healing Energies Of Music is a unique and valued addition to any personal self-help or music appreciation collection. -- Midwest Book Review\", \"In this revised and updated edition of a best-selling classic, musical therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman presents a wealth of resources for choosing and locating just the right music for physical, emotional, and spiritual growth and healing. With comprehensive lists of current recordings, including new and remastered CD's Lingerman's exhaustive sourcebook will guide you in finding music to benefit your temperament, lifestyle, and spiritual aspirations.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Spring Will Come: The Bregdan Chronicles # 3\nDescription: ['Ginny would love to get to know every single person who reads her books. Since that isn\\'t possible she can at least let you get to know her a little. Born in North Carolina, she is a wanderer at heart. She has lived all over the United States, exploring every state and having wonderful adventures along the way. She has managed horse ranches in Texas and Oregon; worked with teenagers all over the country (she love them!), and has hiked, biked, rafted and played in every locale she could.
She loves all the beaches, deserts, woods, and mountains she has traveled through but when she discovered Washington, she discovered home. Her heart is at home there with the snow covered mountains; the glistening waters of the Pacific; the eagles and Orca whales; the towering fir trees surrounding her home; and the miles of trails on her own Magic Mountain.
Every where she looks inspires her to be all she can be - to follow and achieve all the dreams of her heart! She managed to write and publish30+ books along the way. She enjoys writing many different genres but admits Historical Fiction is her favorite. She is quite sure she will never live long enough to write all her heart and mind holds, but she certainly intends to try!
She is also the Founder & CEO of Together We Can Change The World, Inc. This fabulous organization is committed to creating a world-wide community of people with a passion to make a difference and live their best life - using the multitude of FREE resources provided. Visit TogetherWeCanChangeTheWorld.com
Her life will forever be a journey. She knows she will never get to the place where she thinks she has \"arrived\". The more she learns - the more she knows she doesn\\'t know! Yet. what joy she receives by sharing the light she has... She would love to hear from you at BregdanChronicles.com.']","rejected":"Title: The Twenty People You Meet In Hell\nDescription: ['Judi Ludwig is the author of It Was Never About Books: Conversations Between A Teen And Her Pastor, which was an award-winning finalist in the 2006 Book Awards at usabooknews.com. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, Rick, and their two young children.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (A Gaslight Mystery)\nDescription: [\"Praise for the Edgar and Agatha awardnominated Gaslight Mysteries
Tantalizing.Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Backfire
Victoria Thompson has a knack for putting the reader inside her characters heads and[brings] the setting vividly to life.Kate Kingsbury, author of A Bicycle Built for Murder
Victoria Thompson shinesAnne Perry and Caleb Carr fans, rejoice!Tamar Myers, national bestselling author ofThe Witch Doctor's Wife
Fast-pacedAnother Victorian page-turner!Robin Paige, national bestselling author of Death on the Lizard
A fascinating window into a bygone era.Kirkus Reviews
Vividly re-creates the gaslit world of old New York.Publishers Weekly
Gangs of New York, eat your heart outthis book is the real thing.Mystery Scene
EnthrallingFascinating characters with a story to tell.Fresh Fiction\", \"Victoria Thompson is the Edgar and Agatha awardnominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries, including Murder in Chelsea,Murder on Fifth Avenue, andMurder on St. Mark's Place, and numerous historical novels. She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her family.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Fly fishing the West's best trophy lakes: A fly fisher's comprehensive guide to 50 of the best trophy lakes and reservoirs\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Risen: A Novel\nDescription: ['“Rash captures the gritty realities of modern Appalachia with mournful precision. . . . Beneath the surface, the novel contemplates more timeless questions about human frailty, the divinity of nature and the legacies of our native landscapes.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“So well-crafted that it reads like poetry. . . . Waterfall will leave the reader pondering the imponderables of life - and grateful, as Rash portrays, in being witness to life?s beauties, even while surrounded by hardship.” (Jackson Clarion-Ledger)
“A quick-paced, slender novel that captures the imperfections of how we all are, our weaknesses, our biases, our prejudices, and then, in times of stress and anxiety, if and how we emerge from those troubles with our morals intact.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
“Many have labeled [Rash] a Southern writer or an Appalachian writer, but those terms are deceptive. Rash?s characters are certainly connected to their landscape, but, as with any work that transcends, Rash brings the reader to the universal human concerns inside the particular details.” (Electric Literature)
Rash pulls the reader in with an element of suspense injected into his astute exploration of the clash of cultures, past and present. (Booklist)
“The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all.” (Raleigh News & Observer)
“A beautiful piece of craftsmanship...I’ve long thought Ron Rash as good as any contemporary American novelist I’ve read. This lovely and disturbing book confirms that opinion.” (Wall Street Journal)
\"Teeth. Punk. Combat boots. Attitude. Feminism. Family. Girls with guitars. Relationships that jack you up. Sharp things of the not-good kind. Friendships. Love.... It\\'s all here; it\\'s all pure and real.\" -- Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of Ink Exchange
\"A fierce and wild ride.\" -- Laura Wiess, author of Such a Pretty Girl
\"A wonderfully written andevocative story of a mother and daughter parted by circumstance and joined by music. I heartily recommend it.\" -- Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Be transported into another place and time in this magical debut novel.\" - POPSUGAR
\"Exciting, fast-paced, and fascinating! \" - Publishers Weekly
\"A fast-paced tale of a historic amusement park under siege....Debut author Wood manages a large cast and a complicated story with a light touch and has a knack for capturing a character with a deft phrase.\" - Kirkus Reviews
\"Magruder\\'s Curiosity Cabinet is a book peopled by brilliant, larger-than-life characters that survive on the fringes of a society that despises the unusual or the different. These characters, and the world they inhabit, leap off the pages in glorious splendor, drawing the reader to dance in the light of their flames.\" - The Examiner
\"A death-defying feat of creativity and imagination, Magruder\\'s Curiosity Cabinet is gloriously original, colorful and alive. Wood\\'s magnificent riot of unique turn-of-the-century characters -- fools and sages, snakes and saviors -- charmed me completely. Pick it up and it\\'ll run away with your weekend and your heart.\" - Greer Macallister, bestselling author of The Magician\\'s Lie
\"...a fascinating and enlightening story. A great vacation novel...\" - Booklist
\"It\\'s a rare novel that manages to combine humor,tragedy, powerful friendships, outcasts, insiders, detachedsatire, and deeply feltemotionall in one, but HP Wood\\'s Magruder\\'s Curiosity Cabinet manages to pull off the trick-- just don\\'t ask how it\\'s performed! Fascinating and deeply compelling...compulsively readable.\" - Lauren Willig,New York Times bestselling author of The Other Daughter
\"Magruder\\'s Curiosity Cabinet is an enchanting, darkly wondrous adventure. Beautiful and tragic, this stunning debut novel transports the reader to the heart of New York\\'s Coney Island in the 1900s and the sideshow Unusuals who live there. Open Magruder\\'s Curiosity Cabinet and prepare to be dazzled!\" - Jennifer Kincheloe, author of The Secret Life of Anna Blanc
\"I inhaledMagruder\\'s Curiosity Cabinetin a single sitting. Wood has written a cracking Coney Island roller coaster of an adventure, full of marvelous, colorful, and unapologetically authentic characters. A bright, breathless debut.\" - Jessica Brockmole, author ofLetters from Skye
\\\"Parkins\\\\'. . . cartoon-style ink and wash vignettes . . . focus on Emmy\\\\'s yowls of indignation and insouciant smiles. . . . Newcomer Krasnesky writes tightly disciplined verse that never flags. . . . This is a fast-moving crowd-pleaser made for reading aloud.\\\"  —Publishers Weekly
\\\"Krasnesky tells the story with flowing rhyme that accommodates the humor of the plot and heightens Parkins\\\\'s comical cartoon illustrations.\\\"  —School Library Journal
\\\"Emmy masterminds a (practically) foolproof plan to avoid trouble . . . Her animated expressions perfectly capture her scheming antics . . . She pouts her way into her family\\\\'s hearts . . . The verse . . . does . . . partake of Silverstein[\\\\'s] subversiveness.\\\"  —Kirkus Reviews
\\\"Emmy gets away with everything—she\\\\'s only 3, after all—until her parents reach the limit of their patience, and Emmy must face a new concept: consequence.\\\"  —Parent & Child Magazine
\\\"Clever rhymed couplets . . . comic opera . . . lively vignettes . . . You do not have to love cats to enjoy this romp.\\\"  —Children\\\\'s Literature
\\\"Bouncy rhymed text and humorous . . . illustrations follow little Emmy\\\\'s path of destruction. Mom comes to her rescue, but the mishaps pile up . . . older siblings will be satisfied by the tale\\\\'s ending.\\\"  —Horn Book 2010
\\\"Will resonate with parents everywhere . . . fun to read and fun to listen to . . . a perfect bedtime story . . . capturing the essence of a mischievous three-year-old.\\\"  —The Sacramento Book Review
\\\"A playful, expressive, dramatic, and very loveable protagonist. [This book] will undoubtedly leave many readers looking forward to Emmy\\\\'s future adventures.\\\" —Florida Reading Journal (January 2012)
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A gripping and moving story, filled with fully realized characters and spare but stylish prose.As always, Maisieone of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fictionfulfills expectations. And Winspear continues to dazzle as she once again excels in and transcends the genre. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
This eleventh entry in the Maisie Dobbs series, with enough backstory to stand alone, shows the same meticulous research that grounds these books so firmly in their time and place, along with moving life changes that further humanize the intrepid protagonist. Another winner from Winspear. (Booklist, starred review)
The latest installment of Jacqueline Winspears consistently interesting series.[Maisies] drawn into a climate of political intrigue that repels her-but keeps the rest of us avidly reading. (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review)
Maisie would be interesting enough as a combination psychologist, empath and detective, but Winspear endows her with a rich backstory.With the clouds of war gathering, we can only expect that the British government will have uses for such a clever and effective woman....Interesting times ahead. (Bobbi Dumas, NPR Books)
A welcome addition to the series.Its an understatement to note that Ms. Winspear, as usual, has made excellent use of her background research. (Nora Levine, HeadButler.com)
\\\"Exhaustively reported and scrupulously fair, Bible Nation doubles as a portrait of conviction: The Greens may well be the most sincere and most-frequently misguided activists in America.\\\"---Sarah Jones, The New Republic
\\\"Moss and Baden deftly highlight the cognitive dissonance at the heart of the evangelicalism, how and why the faithful cherry-pick Scriptures that buttress their own beliefs while dismissing contradictions among the texts themselves. . . . [The authors] draw on extensive research and interviews with a revolving-door cast of so-called experts and hangers-on, leaving no proverbial stone unturned in their quest to determine the value and validity of the Green collection, the Bible Museum\\\\'s underlying purpose. Bible Nation peels away the bark on one of the largest branches of the American family tree, using an academic story to tell a broader one: the evangelicals unshakable conviction in their own fantasies and the demonization of anything, or anyone, that dares to challenge them.\\\"---Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star Tribune
\\\"Candida Moss and Joel Baden\\\\'s new book illustrates how, with a net worth of nearly $4 billion, the family behind Hobby Lobby is stepping outside the corporate sphere and showing how faith and prosperity can powerfully influence the American public.\\\"---Charlotte Salley, The American Scholar
\\\"Biblical scholars Moss (The Myth of Persecution) and Baden (The Historical David) become dogged investigative journalists as they seek to understand how the Green family, the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, have aspired to influence national politics. . . . While depicting the Greens as well-intentioned, Moss and Baden make an impassioned case for fighting against the family\\\\'s efforts to limit access to their questionably sourced collection and to misrepresent their work as nonsectarian when it is entrenched in a deeply American evangelical worldview. . . . This is a timely read for those interested in the relationship between money, faith, and American politics.\\\" (Publishers Weekly)
\\\"Two biblical scholars combine to dig into the actions and words of the billionaire Green family, founders of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores. . . . Moss and Baden portray the Green family members and their key executives as sincere evangelicals and benevolent employers. Throughout the book, however, they also show the Greens as nave or disingenuous. To be sure, the family\\\\'s proselytizing is not neutral. Rather, they are promoting a historically inaccurate saga of the U.S. as an exclusionary Christian nation meant to marry church and state. . . . Impressive . . . Well-positioned to examine the impact of religion on secular life.\\\" (Kirkus)
\\\"Moss and Baden\\\\'s meticulous research will stand up to the most rigorous scrutiny, as they manage to stay dispassionate without judgement. . . . A troubling look into how a personal belief system can infiltrate seemingly public institutions through corporate means.\\\" (Library Journal)
\\\"[Moss and Baden\\\\'s] concerns have merit, and by choosing to explore this particular front of the culture wars, they effectively cast light on issues that are American to the core: the belief that God blesses the faithful with financial success, the assumption that success in business verifies people as experts in realms they know little about, the notion that America is essentially and indisputably a Christian nation (and the public square ought therefore to reflect that essence), the dismissal of expert opinion when that opinion runs counter to popular belief, and the refusal of many people to examine their faith with a critical eye. In sum, Bible Nation illustrates what many nonevangelicals find so disturbing about America in the age of Trump, though it also reminds its readers that these untoward elements of American life long predated the election of our billionaire president. Surely they will outlive him as well.\\\" (Christian Century)
\\\"Candida R. Moss and Joel S. Baden--two respected academics of religious studies--go out of their way to be objective in their reporting on the Green family\\\\'s growing influence on matters concerning the Bible in our country today. . . . Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby is a brave book in these dishonest times.\\\"---Charles R. Larson, Counterpunch
\\\"Highly worth reading.\\\"---Tara Isabella Burton, Vox', '', '\\\"Absolutely riveting. Without exaggeration, this is one of the most interesting books I have read in years. Moss and Baden have embedded a searing indictment within a compelling detective story that ranges from academic intrigue to divinely inspired business acumen, with a driving narrative and a cast of characters worthy of Hollywood, except that this is real life. Bible Nation should be required reading for anyone even thinking of visiting the Museum of the Bible.\\\"--Eric H. Cline, author of Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology', '\\\"Moss and Baden\\\\'s account of how a family of billionaires has almost single--handedly transformed the American religious landscapeto the benefit of some and the detriment of manywill shake you to your core. This is a must read in our increasingly polarized country.\\\"--Reza Aslan, author of the New York Times bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth', '\\\"Bible Nation offers a vivid tour through the catacombs of the culture wars: the unexpected political and theological battles in education policy, museum administration, and even the secretive world of international traders who buy and sell ancient manuscripts. Part cultural study, part family biography, part detective story, this book demonstrates that the Green family has accrued immense influence over the politics of religious liberty and the bounds of academic freedom in the study of the Bible.\\\"--Molly Worthen, author of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism', '\\\"An intimate look at conservative Christianity and its biblical worldview. Riveting and disturbing.\\\"--T. M. Luhrmann, author of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God', '\\\"Bible Nation is a deft and insightful portrait of pious evangelicals who are utterly convinced of their beliefsand unable to see them in any kind of critical light. At the very least, the naivet is deeply detrimental to biblical scholarship and to a thoughtful public comprehension of the Bible. Bible Nation is an important addition to the understanding of contemporary evangelicalism.\\\"--Margaret Bendroth, author of The Last Puritans: Mainline Protestants and the Power of the Past', '\\\"Engaging and timely, Bible Nation is a compelling account of the efforts of the family that owns Hobby Lobby to tell a particular story about the Bible and its role in history. The authors have done a terrific investigative job to show how problematic the foundations of the whole enterprise are, making the case that it is dangerous in its ethical evasions, its privileging of the story\\\\' over the evidence, and its undermining of professional scholarly norms.\\\"--Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (A Gaslight Mystery)\\nDescription: ['Praise for Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue Thompson is expert at combining details about the eras history as well as social details of many segments of New York society, allowing the story to paint a vivid picture of people often left out of similar books.RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick) ', 'Praise for the Edgar and Agatha award-nominated Gaslight Mysteries
TANTALIZING.Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Victoria Thompson SHINES...Anne Perry and Caleb Carr fans, rejoice!Tamar Myers, national bestselling author
WITH WRITING THIS GOOD, I would recommend not missing a single Thompson tale.Suspense Magazine
REWARDING reading to fans of Rhys Bowen and Cordelia Frances Biddle.Library Journal
GANGS OF NEW YORK, EAT YOUR HEART OUTthis book is the real thing.Mystery Scene', '', 'Victoria Thompson is the Edgar and Agatha awardnominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries, the Counterfeit Lady series, and twenty additional historical novels.She lives in Illinois with her family and a very spoiled little dog.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sliding Mode Control for Synchronous Electric Drives\\nDescription: ['', 'The book Sliding Mode Control for Synchronous Electric Drives is intended for graduated students and specialists on control theory and applications, particularly on sliding mode control (SMC) of electrical drives. This book is also valuable for undergraduate students, practicing engineers, and control designers, willing to pursue a deep understanding of SMC []. [] Using a rigorous treatment of mathematical concepts, the text relates theory, models, and applications. [] This text is strongly recommended for Ph.D. students on SMC or nonlinear control in electrical drives, and for teachers and researchers in nonlinear control or variable structure control.
Fernando A. Silva and Marian P. Kazmierkowski, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, June 2013', 'This book, written by well-known researchers in the field, presents the theory of sliding mode control systems with application to electrical motors and power converters. [] The main contribution of the book is Chapter 4 (Synchronous Drive Control Design) which presents two basic control schemes for synchronous drives with sliding mode approaches, taking into account the optimizations of the efficiency and power factor. [] The final Chapter 8 (Practical Examples of Drive Control) is an excellent one describing sensor-less control of high-speed synchronous drive and digital control of electric drive with elastic connections. One of the attractive features of the book includes the application of sliding mode control to practical case of electric motor drives with experimental verification and validation. Exercises at the end of each chapter [make] this book an ideal choice for using it for a Special Problems course either in EE or Controls. [] an excellent addition to this important field.
D. Subbaram Naidu and Hoa Nguyen, Idaho State University, Pocatello, USA', '', '', 'Sergey Ryvkin first graduated with high honors as an engineer from the Moscow Institute for Aviation Engineering (Technical University), after which he gained his PhD degree from the Institute of Control Sciences (USSR Academy of Science) in Moscow and was awarded a DSc from the Supreme Certifying Commission of Russian Ministry of Education and Science in Moscow. He is currently a professor at the Russian State University for Humanities and a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Adaptive Control Systems for Dynamic objects at the Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences from the Russian Academy of Sciences. His lines of research are the application of the sliding mode techniques to control of electrical drives and power systems and to their parameter observation. Prof. Ryvkin holds several patents and published one monograph, five textbooks and more than 100 papers in international journals and proceedings. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences and a senior member of the IEEE.', 'Eduardo Palomar Lever got his BSc degree in electromechanical engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, after which he obtained an MSc degree in control engineering and computing sciences from the University of Warwick, UK, and a PhD on sliding regimes to control servomechanisms from the University of Sussex, UK. He is a full time research professor at the University of Guadalajara. His lines of research focus on nonlinear control systems and servomechanisms control using digital sliding modes. Prof. Palomar-Levers teaching specialties are advanced-level control engineering, automation, advanced mathematics, computing languages, software development, and statistics. He earlier published a book on ferroelectric materials as well as several papers on sliding motion control and biomedicine in international journals and conference proceedings.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fifty Shades of Grey\\nDescription: ['A GoodReads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Romance
\\\"In a class by itself.\\\" --\\\"Entertainment Weekly\\\"', 'E L James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel Fifty Shades of Grey.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: String Theory, Book 1: Cohesion (Star Trek: Voyager - String Theory) (Bk. 1)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Drowning Season\\nDescription: [\\\"Praise for The Drowning Season
A triumph.Los Angeles Times
Absolutely magical...one of the best books I have ever read.Chicago Sun-Times
A superb novel.John Irving
A touching and startling novel.The New York Times Book Review
Awesome and funny...Hoffman is operating in Kafka's realm, in the territory of I. B. Singer, and of Tolstoy's folk tales...[S]he has tapped some timeless quality of human experience.Newsday\\\", 'Alice Hoffmanis the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic,The Marriage of Opposites,The Red Garden, the Oprahs Book Club selectionHere on Earth,The Museum of Extraordinary Things, andThe Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Mixed-Up Chameleon\\nDescription: ['Another Eric Carle book. This one is about the mixed up chameleon.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Light Between Oceans: The heartbreaking Richard and Judy bestseller\\nDescription: ['Light Between Oceans', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Snowman (Harry Hole Mysteries, No. 7)\\nDescription: ['UK import', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Interference\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Amlie Antoine lives in northern France with her husband and two children. She has always loved writing, particularly stories. In 2011, she published an autobiography titled Combien de temps. Interference is her first novel and was an immediate success when it was released in France, winning the Premire Laurate du Prix Amazon de l'Auto-dition (Amazon France Self-Publishing Prize) for best self-published e-book. She has since written two other novels.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Plagiarism: Why It Happens and How to Prevent It\\nDescription: [\\\"Barry Gilmore, Ed.D., taught English and social studies for over 15 years before becoming a middle school principal in Memphis, TN. Barry is a National Board Certified teacher and Past-President of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English. As the author of seven books for teachers and numerous articles on topics ranging from the common core to plagiarism and classroom discussion methods, he regularly presents his teaching ideas to groups around the country. Gilmore has received numerous honors for his teaching, including the NCTE's Outstanding High School Educator Award, the U.S. Department of Education's American Star of Teaching Award, and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission's Educator of the Year. Barry Gilmore is a Heinemann Professional Development provider.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Storm Clouds Rolling In\\nDescription: ['Ginny would love to get to know every single person who reads her books. Since that isn\\\\'t possible she can at least let you get to know her a little. Born in North Carolina, she is a wanderer at heart. She has lived all over the United States, exploring every state and having wonderful adventures along the way. She has managed horse ranches in Texas and Oregon; worked with teenagers all over the country (she love them!), and has hiked, biked, rafted and played in every locale she could.
She loves all the beaches, deserts, woods, and mountains she has traveled through but when she discovered Washington, she discovered home. Her heart is at home there with the snow covered mountains; the glistening waters of the Pacific; the eagles and Orca whales; the towering fir trees surrounding her home; and the miles of trails on her own Magic Mountain.
Every where she looks inspires her to be all she can be - to follow and achieve all the dreams of her heart! She managed to write and publish 16 books along the way. She enjoys writing many different genres but admits Historical Fiction is her favorite. She is quite sure she will never live long enough to write all her heart and mind holds, but she certainly intends to try!
She is also the Founder & CEO of Together We Can Change The World, Inc. This fabulous organization is committed to creating a world-wide community of people with a passion to make a difference and live their best life - using the multitude of FREE resources provided.Visit TogetherWeCanChangeTheWorld.com
Her life will forever be a journey. She knows she will never get to the place where she thinks she has \\\"arrived\\\". The more she learns - the more she knows she doesn\\\\'t know! Yet. what joy she receives by sharing the light she has... She would love to hear from you at BregdanChronicles.com.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Healing Energies of Music\\nDescription: [\\\"Music affects human beings. A lively Bach concerto encourages attention and clear thinking, while a CD of harp music and the sounds of ocean waves relaxes us and relieves stress. The Healing Energies Of Music can help determine just the right music to complement a state of mind, heal an emotional or physical ill, or further spiritual yearning. Musical therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman's The Healing Energies Of Music presents a wealth of resources for choosing and locating just the right music for just the right purpose. With comprehensive lists of current recordings (including new and remastered CDs), Lingerman's exhaustive sourcebook will guide the reader in finding music to benefit their temperament, lifestyle, and spiritual aspirations. The Healing Energies Of Music includes Women's Music, World Music, the Music of Nature, and Angelic Music. The Healing Energies Of Music is a unique and valued addition to any personal self-help or music appreciation collection. -- Midwest Book Review\\\", \\\"In this revised and updated edition of a best-selling classic, musical therapist and teacher Hal Lingerman presents a wealth of resources for choosing and locating just the right music for physical, emotional, and spiritual growth and healing. With comprehensive lists of current recordings, including new and remastered CD's Lingerman's exhaustive sourcebook will guide you in finding music to benefit your temperament, lifestyle, and spiritual aspirations.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Spring Will Come: The Bregdan Chronicles # 3\\nDescription: ['Ginny would love to get to know every single person who reads her books. Since that isn\\\\'t possible she can at least let you get to know her a little. Born in North Carolina, she is a wanderer at heart. She has lived all over the United States, exploring every state and having wonderful adventures along the way. She has managed horse ranches in Texas and Oregon; worked with teenagers all over the country (she love them!), and has hiked, biked, rafted and played in every locale she could.
She loves all the beaches, deserts, woods, and mountains she has traveled through but when she discovered Washington, she discovered home. Her heart is at home there with the snow covered mountains; the glistening waters of the Pacific; the eagles and Orca whales; the towering fir trees surrounding her home; and the miles of trails on her own Magic Mountain.
Every where she looks inspires her to be all she can be - to follow and achieve all the dreams of her heart! She managed to write and publish30+ books along the way. She enjoys writing many different genres but admits Historical Fiction is her favorite. She is quite sure she will never live long enough to write all her heart and mind holds, but she certainly intends to try!
She is also the Founder & CEO of Together We Can Change The World, Inc. This fabulous organization is committed to creating a world-wide community of people with a passion to make a difference and live their best life - using the multitude of FREE resources provided. Visit TogetherWeCanChangeTheWorld.com
Her life will forever be a journey. She knows she will never get to the place where she thinks she has \\\"arrived\\\". The more she learns - the more she knows she doesn\\\\'t know! Yet. what joy she receives by sharing the light she has... She would love to hear from you at BregdanChronicles.com.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Twenty People You Meet In Hell\\nDescription: ['Judi Ludwig is the author of It Was Never About Books: Conversations Between A Teen And Her Pastor, which was an award-winning finalist in the 2006 Book Awards at usabooknews.com. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, Rick, and their two young children.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (A Gaslight Mystery)\\nDescription: [\\\"Praise for the Edgar and Agatha awardnominated Gaslight Mysteries
Tantalizing.Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Backfire
Victoria Thompson has a knack for putting the reader inside her characters heads and[brings] the setting vividly to life.Kate Kingsbury, author of A Bicycle Built for Murder
Victoria Thompson shinesAnne Perry and Caleb Carr fans, rejoice!Tamar Myers, national bestselling author ofThe Witch Doctor's Wife
Fast-pacedAnother Victorian page-turner!Robin Paige, national bestselling author of Death on the Lizard
A fascinating window into a bygone era.Kirkus Reviews
Vividly re-creates the gaslit world of old New York.Publishers Weekly
Gangs of New York, eat your heart outthis book is the real thing.Mystery Scene
EnthrallingFascinating characters with a story to tell.Fresh Fiction\\\", \\\"Victoria Thompson is the Edgar and Agatha awardnominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries, including Murder in Chelsea,Murder on Fifth Avenue, andMurder on St. Mark's Place, and numerous historical novels. She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her family.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fly fishing the West's best trophy lakes: A fly fisher's comprehensive guide to 50 of the best trophy lakes and reservoirs\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Risen: A Novel\\nDescription: ['“Rash captures the gritty realities of modern Appalachia with mournful precision. . . . Beneath the surface, the novel contemplates more timeless questions about human frailty, the divinity of nature and the legacies of our native landscapes.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“So well-crafted that it reads like poetry. . . . Waterfall will leave the reader pondering the imponderables of life - and grateful, as Rash portrays, in being witness to life?s beauties, even while surrounded by hardship.” (Jackson Clarion-Ledger)
“A quick-paced, slender novel that captures the imperfections of how we all are, our weaknesses, our biases, our prejudices, and then, in times of stress and anxiety, if and how we emerge from those troubles with our morals intact.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
“Many have labeled [Rash] a Southern writer or an Appalachian writer, but those terms are deceptive. Rash?s characters are certainly connected to their landscape, but, as with any work that transcends, Rash brings the reader to the universal human concerns inside the particular details.” (Electric Literature)
Rash pulls the reader in with an element of suspense injected into his astute exploration of the clash of cultures, past and present. (Booklist)
“The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all.” (Raleigh News & Observer)
“A beautiful piece of craftsmanship...I’ve long thought Ron Rash as good as any contemporary American novelist I’ve read. This lovely and disturbing book confirms that opinion.” (Wall Street Journal)
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\\\"A fierce and wild ride.\\\" -- Laura Wiess, author of Such a Pretty Girl
\\\"A wonderfully written andevocative story of a mother and daughter parted by circumstance and joined by music. I heartily recommend it.\\\" -- Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet: A Novel\\nDescription: ['\\\"Be transported into another place and time in this magical debut novel.\\\" - POPSUGAR
\\\"Exciting, fast-paced, and fascinating! \\\" - Publishers Weekly
\\\"A fast-paced tale of a historic amusement park under siege....Debut author Wood manages a large cast and a complicated story with a light touch and has a knack for capturing a character with a deft phrase.\\\" - Kirkus Reviews
\\\"Magruder\\\\'s Curiosity Cabinet is a book peopled by brilliant, larger-than-life characters that survive on the fringes of a society that despises the unusual or the different. These characters, and the world they inhabit, leap off the pages in glorious splendor, drawing the reader to dance in the light of their flames.\\\" - The Examiner
\\\"A death-defying feat of creativity and imagination, Magruder\\\\'s Curiosity Cabinet is gloriously original, colorful and alive. Wood\\\\'s magnificent riot of unique turn-of-the-century characters -- fools and sages, snakes and saviors -- charmed me completely. Pick it up and it\\\\'ll run away with your weekend and your heart.\\\" - Greer Macallister, bestselling author of The Magician\\\\'s Lie
\\\"...a fascinating and enlightening story. A great vacation novel...\\\" - Booklist
\\\"It\\\\'s a rare novel that manages to combine humor,tragedy, powerful friendships, outcasts, insiders, detachedsatire, and deeply feltemotionall in one, but HP Wood\\\\'s Magruder\\\\'s Curiosity Cabinet manages to pull off the trick-- just don\\\\'t ask how it\\\\'s performed! Fascinating and deeply compelling...compulsively readable.\\\" - Lauren Willig,New York Times bestselling author of The Other Daughter
\\\"Magruder\\\\'s Curiosity Cabinet is an enchanting, darkly wondrous adventure. Beautiful and tragic, this stunning debut novel transports the reader to the heart of New York\\\\'s Coney Island in the 1900s and the sideshow Unusuals who live there. Open Magruder\\\\'s Curiosity Cabinet and prepare to be dazzled!\\\" - Jennifer Kincheloe, author of The Secret Life of Anna Blanc
\\\"I inhaledMagruder\\\\'s Curiosity Cabinetin a single sitting. Wood has written a cracking Coney Island roller coaster of an adventure, full of marvelous, colorful, and unapologetically authentic characters. A bright, breathless debut.\\\" - Jessica Brockmole, author ofLetters from Skye
\\\"Oh, how I adored this marvelous, magnificent, magical book! There aren\\\\'t many books I\\\\'ll lose sleep over, but this was one of them. This is a story that won\\\\'t let you go - stuffed with gloriously quirky characters and brimming over with sumptuous sentences - a startlingly original debut novel.\\\" - Menna van Praag, author of The Dress Shop of Dreams and The Witches of Cambridge', 'H.P. Wood is the granddaughter of a mad inventor and a sideshow magician. Instead of making things disappear, she makes books of all shapes and sizes. She has written or edited works on an array topics, including the history of the Internet, the future of human rights, and the total awesomeness of playing with sticks. She lives in Connecticut with a charming and patient husband, a daughter from whom she steals all her best ideas, and more cats than is strictly logical. You can find her at hpwood.net. ']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Restoring respect for justice; a symposium, 2d ed.\\nDescription: []\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":258,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":258,"string":"258"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Seabird\nDescription: ['\"Narenta is a tangible world--mysterious, inviting, frightening. Cara completes a visible character arc, (as she becomes) a champion. A must-read for CS Lewis fans.\" -- Asgard, BlogCritics Magazine, April 16 2008.', 'Seabird is volume one in my epic fantasy series, the Narenta Tumults.', 'In each book, someone from Earth is transported to Narenta, to serve their people in a unique way during a time of peril. Cara, the woman on the \"Seabird\" cover, is the first and she\\'s convinced some Narentan magician made a pretty bizarre mistake. Even if it is a mistake and Cara\\'s not the one who was supposed to come, the daemagos have decided to kill her. I am currently revising the first draft of \"Earthbow\" the sequel, for Gryphonwood. I hope to post extracts on my blog beginning in the next few weeks.', ' I plan at least two more books in the Narentan Tumult series. One is \"Marooned\". The other is an untitled book that wants to be its own trilogy. Fifty plus chapters for The Behemoth are filed on my computer under \"The Gryphon and The Basilisk\".', \" Other interests are meditation with or without walking a labyrinth, my faith, filk music, folk music, world music especially Putumayo recordings, my two cats (Khiva & Vartha). Uh, yeah. I confess, a few television shows-- CSI, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs and Without a Trace. And Bones! Dark chocolate isn't bad either.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Mathematical Education of Teachers II (Cbms Issues in Mathematics Education)\nDescription: ['MET II is a book that I would like to see every professor of mathematics and statistics read. I did not have enough post-it notes to mark all of the thought-provoking passages, and intriguing research citations. ... There is something in this book for everyone connected to the teaching and learning of mathematics, including parents of school-aged children, K-12 administrators, and elementary math coaches. I highly recommend it. --MAA Reviews', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dourado\nDescription: ['A fast-paced adventure with action to spare. Dane Maddock is a hero cut from the Dirk Pitt mold, and \"Bones\" Bonebrake is the best sidekick around. If you like your thrillers with a touch mystery and Biblical archaeology, Dourado is the book for you. -- Megalith Book Reviews', \"This revised edition of Dourado includes added material and a preview chapter of David Wood's forthcoming second novel- Cibola.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Science and History\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cibola\nDescription: [\"With the thoroughly enjoyable way Mr. Wood has mixed speculative history with our modern day pursuit of truth, he has created a story that thrills and makes one think beyond the boundaries of mere fiction and enter the world of 'why not'? Cibola is a worthy tale!" --David Lynn Golemon, Author of Ancients, Event, Legend, and Leviathan
"Ancient cave paintings? Cities of gold? Secret scrolls? Sign me up! Cibola is a twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!" --Robert Masello, author of Bestiary and Blood and Ice\", \""Ancient cave paintings? Cities of gold? Secret scrolls? Sign me up! Cibola is a twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!"
"With the thoroughly enjoyable way David Wood has mixed speculative history with our modern day pursuit of truth, he has created a story that thrills and makes one think beyond the boundaries of mere fiction and enter the world of 'why not'? Cibola is a worthy tale!"\"]","rejected":"Title: Yoga in the Jungle\nDescription: ['
Ramiro Calle is an award-winning author and has been a pioneer of yoga in Spain. In 1971 he founded the Shadak Yoga Center where more than half a million persons have visited.
llustrator with a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science. Her illustrations have featured in more of a dozen childrens picture books published in English, Spanish, Catalan and Swahili. She has won several international awards: First Prize of Illustration of the Institut dEstudis Balerics, 2007. Winner of the Silver medal to the Best illustrator at the Moonbeam Children Book Awards 2013. First Prize in Living Now Awards, 2014 or Best illustrated Picture Book at the International Latino Book Awards 2015 among others.
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Alton L. Gansky has written or collaborated on more than thirty novels and nine nonfiction works. He has been a Christy Award finalist for A Ship Possessed and an Angel Award winner for Terminal Justice. He lives in central California with his wife.', '', 'Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 30, 2013
It was a good wall, a wall anyone would be proud of. Situated in such a way that someone entering the condominium would see the items hanging on its pale blue surface before noticing the rest of Dr. David Chamberss large, sixth-floor residence overlooking the Charles River in the south part of Cambridge. The condo was close enough to Harvard to make commuting tolerable, and just far enough away for Chambers to feel free of the worlds most prestigious university. The condo was well above his professors pay grade, but his last two books had done well enough for him to be free of money concerns. Beneath Hostile Sands sat at number six on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list. It had been nine months since the announced discovery of Herods tunnel. His publishers pressed him to include it as the final chapter in the book, then rushed to press. Then came the countless interviews. The academic papers he penned caused a furor in the tight-knit community of archaeologists, a community that never felt more alive than when being critical of one of its own. No one raised an accusing finger at his discovery. They couldnt. His scholarship was beyond criticism. Chambers stood before the wall and gazed at the items hanging there. Together they summarized a twelve-year history of his spotless career. Someone in the Harvard PR department dubbed him the most interviewed scientist in the world. That was probably true. Society could only tolerate a few scientific golden boys. The astronomer Carl Sagan had taken the art of popularizing science to rare heights. Others followed: the physicist Michio Kaku, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others were frequent guests on talk shows. The public had a hunger for news from the world of science news most couldnt understand. The contemporary faces of science were those rare individuals who knew how to talk to the camera and do so in plain language. It was something at which Chambers excelled. Chambers set a cardboard box on a narrow, art decostyle table. All the furniture in his condo centered on the 1920s style. Someone once asked why he chose art deco. He had no answer. His interior designer had suggested it, and it sounded good to him. He was a smart man, more intelligent and insightful than most, but he excelled in only a few things. In everything else, he was blissfully dense. Perhaps if his range of interests had been wider, perhaps if he had honed his other instincts to the same edge as those that guided his career, he wouldnt be doing this today. He eyed the plaques, photos, and framed articles hanging against the smooth surface. He took the closest in hand and lifted it from its hanger. Like all its companions, the object had been professionally framed. Inside a silver frame rested the cover of his latest book. Chambers waited for a sense of pride to wash over him, but it never came. He put the frame in the cardboard box. Next he pulled down the framed cover of The Fingerprints of God, his first book. That work had been far more religious in nature as he guided the reader through the greatest discoveries in biblical archaeology. To Chambers, however, it was also a scholarly nod to William Foxwell Albright, the founder of the biblical archaeology movement. It had been Dr. Albrights book The Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra that had birthed his interest in archaeology; that and the work of his father. The thought of his dad soured Chamberss stomach. Those who knew Chambers knew of his father and assumed Chambers had chosen to follow in his old mans footsteps. Chambers never corrected the impression, nor did he encourage it. The only thing his father did to kindle the archaeological spark in his son was leave Albrights book on the shelf. Chambers found it, and it set the course of his life. Dr. Albright died in September 1971, two years before Chamberss birth. That didnt matter. Time meant less to an archaeologist than to others. Albright, while hailed among biblical scholars, was not as orthodox as most thought. He believed the religion of the Israelites moved from polytheism to monotheism, an idea rejected by conservative Bible scholars. Chambers had wanted to honor Albright while correcting his more liberal interpretations. The last thought amused him: how far he had come. Perhaps bemused was a better term. If Albright were alive today, hed take Chambers to task for his newfound disbelief. He set the framed cover in the box and followed that with plaques, awards, and articles about himself carried in Newsweek, Time, Biblical Archaeology Review, and a dozen other such publications. He removed photos taken of him with Larry King, John Anderson, Ted Koppel, and Jay Leno. He had other such publicity photos that never made it to the wall. He paused before removing the last photograph. He studied it. The time: two years ago; the place: outside Tel Aviv; the woman: his fiance. His former fiance. Amber wore jeans, a dirt-caked, formerly white T-shirt, and a pair of gloves that seemed a size too large for her petite hands. The sun shone on her brown hair and sparkled in her blue eyes. The David Chambers in the photo smiled as well. In fact, he beamed. No man had better reasons to smile. That smile would disappear a month later. He snatched the photo from the wall and tossed it into the box. He heard glass break. He didnt bother to look at the damage. He opened the single drawer in the table and removed a well-worn book. He pushed back the black leather cover and saw an inscription bearing his name. Gently, he touched his mothers signature, then his eyes fell to his fathers scribbling. Chambers pursed his lips and threw the Bible in the box. Moments later, he sealed the box with packing tape and buried it in his closet: a cardboard ossuary holding the bones of his past. He closed the closet door on his history and turned to face his future.
Dr. David Chambers sat in his new ergonomic office chair with his feet on the wide mahogany desk. By executive standards, the office was small, but it was still larger than the closets most professors were forced to use. Chambers was still young, so he would have to wait for older profs to retire or die before he could expect more elbow room. Unlike his home, the office was Spartan. A bookshelf lined one wall and needed dusting. Stacks of journals, scholarly white papers, and files stood precariously on the floor. One of his students, perhaps trying to impress his teacher, said, It looks like the salt pillars along the Dead Sea. Chambers had laughed and pointed to the tallest pile. Thats Lots wife. It was the kind of joke that only archaeologists would appreciate. His eyes scanned a scientific journal that reported on grants given for scientific exploration. Any that mentioned Israel or Palestine he skipped. He was done with that phase of his studies but had yet to settle on a new discipline. His interest in biblical fieldwork had departed with his faith. He had a friend who worked in pre-Columbian archaeology, specializing in the mysterious Olmecs in the lowlands of south-central Mexico. The people group flourished from 1500 BCE to roughly 400 BCE, a time period with which Chambers was familiar. Still, his academic focus had been on the other side of the world. He had deep doubts about his ability to raise money to fund a dig in an area about which he had never written; hence the need for a friend with a credible reputation in ancient pre-Columbian history. Perhaps he could call in a few favors and sign on as dig director, share a byline or two on some academic papers, and then fund his own dig. All that might take as little as five yearsif he were lucky. He decided to make the call. After all, any civilizations that sculpted three-meter-high human heads deserved a little attention. The recent attention and media coverage of all things related to the Mayan culture and calendar were certain to raise interest in Central American archaeology. He reached for the phone. As he touched the hand piece, it rang. Yeow. Chambers snapped his hand back, then chuckled. What are the odds He answered. David Chambers. Shalom, Dr. Chambers. Chambers had no trouble recognizing the voice of his old friend Abram Ben-Judah. Maintaining a running inside joke, Chambers answered Ben-Judahs Hebrew greeting with the Greek word for peace. Eirene. Old Testament versus New Testament. It has been much too long since last we talked, my friend. The image of Ben-Judah flashed in Chamberss mind: tall, slightly stooped, white-and-black beard, kind gray-blue eyes, and a face that looked a decade older than his seventy-plus years. It has, Abram, it has. How is little Miriam? My granddaughter is well and not so little anymore. She turns thirteen next month. In my country, thats the age fathers begin loading their shotguns. Shotguns? To keep the boys away. Ah. Ben-Judah laughed, but Chambers recognized a courtesy chuckle when he heard one.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: NEWPORT: American Beauty Rose (NEW)\nDescription: ['Ken Moldow is the author of ten volumes of Poetry, a screenplay and numerous short stories. An Educator & Publisher of Educational Material.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Corruptible: A Ray Quinn Mystery\nDescription: ['Praise for The Corruptible
A violent crimes investigator and author of the Christy-nominated The Night Watchman offers up the second Ray Quinn mystery. When an alcoholic private detective investigates the theft of a high profile companys sensitive documents, things get complicated when the perpetrator is found dead. Quinn has a burly -- but green -- sidekick Crevis, who learns things the hard way.Mynheir cooks up a number of satisfying subplots and backstories: Crevis gets into police academy despite family and personal adversity; Quinn has a personal life, and loves, and even success in luring and nabbing an e-mail con by posing as a rich elderly woman. Funny exchanges between partners ( I said look angry and crazy, not deranged.), impeccable action writing, and smooth pacing propel the narrative. The author knows the cop-and-investigation gig, but offers more, managing to be witty, insightful, and introspective. Throw away the cane, Mr. Quinn: youve got more cases to solve and a new audience that will knock you over to get to the next one. Publishers Weekly
Mark Mynheir is one of my new favorite authors. As a homicide detective, he knows his stuff and his characters reflect it. Ill be one of the first in line for his next book! Terri Blackstock, author of Vicious Cycle and Predator
Because of the Night Watchman series, Mynheir has joined my short list of detective novelists I anxiously await new releases from, along with Connelly, Riordan, and Landsdale. After a great start with The Night Watchman,The Corruptible takes things up a notch. If you demand both great plots and great characters from your thrillers, you need to spend some time with Ray Quinn and The Night Watchman Detective Agency. Its like opening a bag of potato chipsyou cant stop with just one chapter. I read the whole thing in twenty-four hours, through lunch, dinner, and breakfast. Be forewarned. Brad Whittington, award-wining author of Welcome to Fred, Living with Fred, and Escape from Fred
In The Corruptible we find Mynheir at his best, providing a true insider view on the gritty world of the private investigator. Mynheirs made up world first whispers, then scratches its way to life with great characters. He mixes delicious evil and the slap of addiction with an even rarer ingredient in the world of crime fiction: the hope of redemption. I want more. Harry Kraus, MD, best-selling author of The Six-Liter Club
Mark Mynheir knows how to deliver crime fiction with a puncha terrific setup, strong characters, sparkling wit, crisp dialogue, and viable suspects that keep you guessing right up to the arrest. Im thrilled that Mark has followed up The Night Watchman with another action-packed Quinn novel. Put this one at the top of your must read list. Wanda Dyson, best-selling author of Judgment Day and Shepherds Fall
With The Corruptible, Mark Mynheir scores a home run. This book is the perfect package of a broken hero to root for, a murder that spirals into so much more, and a tangled web of suspects and motives that literally kept me guessing to the bitter end a rarity! A perfect follow-up to The Night Watchman that stands fully on its own. I loved it! Cara Putman, author of Stars in the Night
Rich with realism and wit, Ray Quinn grips the crime scene and doesnt let you go until the murder is solved. Hold onto your seat! DiAnn Mills, author of Pursuit of Justice
Ive fallen in love with Ray Quinn. Im even fond of his sidekick, Crevis. With The Corruptible, Mark Mynheir has written another winning Ray Quinn Mystery. I love Mynheirs authentic police-crime details and complex, compelling characters. And the plot never makes a false step or lags behind. Do yourself a favor and get a copy of The Corruptible ASAP and enjoy! Lyn Cote, author of Her Abundant Joy
With the return of beloved character Ray Quinn, The Corruptible is a prime example of a book that grabs you from the beginning and wont let you go. Mark Mynheir has created another flip-the-pages and stay-up-late-to-finish-the-novel story with characters so real they become your friends and a plot that will make your heart hammer. Dont miss this fantastic read! Robin Caroll, author of Deliver Us from Evil and Fear No Evil
A first rate detective novel from a real detective. Mynheir tells a fast-paced, gritty tale of murder and money in Orlando, Florida. His characters are flawed, funny, and deeply human. Youll find yourself rooting for themespecially main character Ray Quinneven when theyre making mistakes. The Corruptible is a winner! Rick Acker, author of When the Devil Whistles and Dead Mans Rule
The Corruptible raises the stakes, intensity, and storytelling of crime fiction to a whole new level of amazing! The insider details immerse you in a dangerous world of high-adrenaline suspense and raise soul-stirring questions youll wrestle with right alongside Ray Quinn. As you fly through the pages, take time to laugh, cheer, and say a prayer or two for Ray. Amy Wallace, author of Enduring Justice ', 'Mark Mynheir is the author of the Christy Award nominated The Night Watchman, the first Ray Quinn mystery. He has worked undercover as a narcotics agent, as a SWAT team member, and now investigates violent crimes as a detective with the Criminal Investigations Unit in central Florida, where he lives with his wife and three children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Talitha and the Eyes of Saint Paul\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Icefall: A Dane Maddock Adventure\nDescription: [\"David Wood is a fan of all things historical, archaeological, mythological, and cryptozoological, and his writing blends all of these passions. When it's vacation time, he passes on the exotic locales, preferring ruins, caves, Indian mounds, mountains, and sites of historical interest. David is the author of the Dane Maddock Adventures series, the historical adventure Into the Woods, and the young adult thriller The Zombie-Driven Life. When not writing, David co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. He and his family live in the Atlanta area.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beads the Cat\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Buccaneer: A Dane Maddock Adventure\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Manufacture Of Liquors, Wines And Cordials, Without The Aid Of Distillation: Also The Manufacture Of Effervescing Beverages (1863)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: First Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Don't eat from that tree...\nDescription: ['I believe that a life of love is worth living for, when the first love of my life lost his life trying to love. I am a fearfully and wonderfully made individual with love for everyone in my heart. I was born and raised in a small suburban area in Atlanta, Georgia. Writing and enjoying life are my passions. I love Unity! I believe that All lives matters as we are one body of Christ!']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sovran's Pawn (The Black Wing Chronicles)\nDescription: [\"JC Cassels, a native of Tampa, Florida, traces her lifelong fascination with SF/Adventure to watching Star Trek on a tiny black and white portable television aboard the family boat as a child. The Space Opera trend that followed the release of Star Wars fed an obsessive need for swashbuckling adventure set in deep space. Today, JC feeds that need by writing her own adventures, heavily inspired by 1960's television shows like Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Wild Wild West and fueled by Firefly reruns. When not writing in her haunted hospital, JC lives with her husband, three children, five dogs, twenty chickens and a horse in a century-old house in a tiny rural community, and enjoys spending her free time sewing, camping, and heckling theoretical physicists on the Science Channel.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Introducing Feminist Theology\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Humble Orthodoxy: Holding the Truth High Without Putting People Down\nDescription: ['Praise for Humble Orthodoxy
I suppose the opposite of humble orthodoxy is arrogant orthodoxya rather ugly pairing of words since orthodoxy takes us to King Jesus, who is gentle and humble in heart. Defending orthodoxy, a perennially urgent responsibility, so easily degenerates into our defending ourselves and our opinions, a perennially deceptive form of idolatry. May this short book by Joshua Harris encourage many to love and articulate the truth with the same tears of compassion that Jesus shed over the city. D. A. Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL, and author of The Intolerance of Tolerance
When many years ago I first heard my good friend Josh Harris talk about the need for humble orthodoxy, the phrase resonated with me immediately. Because, as Calvin said, the heart is an idol-making factory, we often take a good thing and make it an ultimate thing. We take something that is meant to help people, and we use it in hurtful ways. Sadly, many thinking Christians do this with doctrine. We argue for the glory of God in an unglorious manner. Josh knows this and is on a mission to change the tone of our theological conversations and put doctrine in its rightful placeas a servant to all but a master to none. He understands that if we dot all our doctrinal is and cross all our doctrinal ts but have not love, we will be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Thanks for this, Josh. A much-needed message for our time. Tullian Tchividjian, pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and author of Jesus + Nothing = Everything
When I think of the words humble orthodoxy, I think immediately of Josh Harris. In this book you will find not merely an expert calling us to an abstract idea. You will find the heart of a man who demonstrates humility and conviction, mostly in ways that he doesnt see himself (or he wouldnt be qualified to write this book). Humble Orthodoxy will show you, with authenticity and vulnerability, what it means to realize that, left to ourselves, we are all arrogant heretics. But the Spirit of God can crucify our pride and our unfaithfulness. I heartily commend this good, practical book. Russell D. Moore, dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, and author of Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ
I love the message of Humble Orthodoxy. It further fueled the fire within me for a passionate commitment to truth that would put me on my knees instead of puffing me up. God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble. I pray that God will use the message of this book to topple tall towers of pride that are so out of place in the church of Jesus Christ. May pure worship flow from humble orthodoxy! Jason Meyer, pastor of preaching and vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN ', 'Joshua Harris is a bestselling author and the lead pastor at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. He and his wife, Shannon, have three children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: El Evangelio Judío de Juan: Descubriendo a Jesús, Rey de Todo Israel (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: You Suck: A Dunn Kelly Mystery\nDescription: [\"David Wood began writing when he was twelve years old, then took a break of some twenty years before returning to the craft. His debut novel, Dourado, was originally published in 2004. His diverse body of work includes action-adventure, historical fiction, fantasy, and young adult paranormal. His literary inspirations include Clive Cussler, James Rollins, Robert Jordan, and David Eddings. David enjoys history, archaeology, mythology, and cryptozoology, and his Dane Maddock Adventures reflect all of these interests. When it's vacation time, he generally passes on the exotic locales, preferring ruins, caves, Indian mounds, mountains, and sites of historical interest. On his way to figuring out what he wanted to be when he grew up, David attended six colleges, earned four degrees, and worked as a landscaper, injection molding technician, recreation director, minister, teacher, and, his favorite, pizza delivery guy. He is a Second Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo and founded the largest chapter of the NPS Taekwondo organization. David is a proud member of International Thriller Writers. When not writing, he watches the Atlanta Braves and tries not to shout at the television, coaches youth sports, and co-hosts ThrillerCast, a podcast devoted to reading and writing in the thriller genre. A Georgia native, he and his family now live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni (Anatomy of the Ship)\nDescription: ['Book by Gay, Franco, Gay, Valerio']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Glass Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences\nDescription: ['\"The book is a substantial work of scholarship rather than a casual read, and it offers much for historians of science as well as students of popular writing.\" -- Jon Turney \"Times Higher Education Supplement\" (03/26/2008)
The book is a substantial work of scholarship rather than a casual read, and it offers much for historians of science as well as students of popular writing.Jon Turney, Times Higher Education Supplement -- Jon Turney \"Times Higher Education Supplement\" (03/26/2008)
\"Victorian Popularizers is not just a history of science from below, although it effectively capitalizes on that literature. Rather, it is an important story of how some Victorians rebelled against the claim that only scientists should have authority over science. Lightman deftly shows how questions of authority were bound up in matters of publishing, church reform, professionalization, gender dynamics, visual spectacle and social change, and he makes substantial contributions to understanding the relationship between those matters and science. Historians interested in any of these issues will find this book enriching and thought provoking. The authors insights into the world of Victorian science publishing offer important lessons for our own eras continuing struggle with the question of scientific authority.\"Matthew Stanley, Endeavour -- Matthew Stanley \"Endeavour\" (04/28/2009)', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Atlantis: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['David Wood is the author of the popular action-adventure series, The Dane Maddock Adventures, as well as several stand-alone works and two series for young adults. Under his David Debord pen name he is the author of the Absent Gods fantasy series. When not writing, he co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. David and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit him online at www.davidwoodweb.com.']","rejected":"Title: Living History: A Memoir\nDescription: ['Chaim Herzog, former UN ambassador for Israel and President of the Jewish state from 1983 to 1993, who was born and raised in Ireland, where his father was Chief Rabbi, was present at the birth of the state of Israel. He served in the British Army during the Second World War, and helped liberate the Nazi concentration camps, a profoundly moving experience for a Jewish officer. Afterwards he fought in Israel\\'s war of independence. In the UN Herzog made eloquent speeches in defense of Israel at a time when his country was increasingly isolated. His presidency saw the beginning of the Intifada, the missions to rescue Ethiopia\\'s Falasha Jews, and the opening up of the Soviet Union. In this extensive memoir Herzog offers his memories and reflections, including comments on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.', 'Herzog, twice president of Israel (1983-93), has written an exhilarating autobiography, at once a stirring personal and political testament to some of this century\\'s major events. Born in Belfast in 1918 to a Latvian mother and a Polish father who was chief rabbi of Ireland, he moved with his family to Palestine in 1935 and at 16 joined the Haganah, the underground resistance led by David Ben-Gurion. Receiving his higher education in London, Herzog, then a young barrister, joined the British army as soon as Britain declared war on Hitler, and he was part of the first Allied formation to cross into Germany, where he subsequently witnessed the horrors of the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He fought in Israel\\'s war for independence, and as director of Israel\\'s military intelligence molded it into one of the best organizations of its kind. As Israel\\'s ambassador to the UN, he valiantly fought against the 1974 resolution sponsored by what he calls \"those three great bulwarks of democracy,\" Cuba, Somalia and Benin, equating Zionism with racism (a resolution revoked by a large majority in 1991). As Israeli president Herzog maneuvered behind the scenes to forge a coalition government and helped shape Israel\\'s response to growing unemployment and drug use, the intifada, the Gulf War and Iraqi Scud missile attacks. Sprinkled with his brutally candid assessments of Golda Meir, Shimon Peres, Moshe Dayan, Kurt Waldheim, Reagan, Arafat and others, his memoir ends on an optimistic note, envisaging a genuine Middle East peace that could facilitate joint Israel-Arab economic and technical cooperation. Photos. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Someone Wicked: A Written Remains Anthology\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Christina Cooks: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods But Were Afraid to Ask\nDescription: ['Pirello (Cooking the Whole Foods Way) offers this happy, almostsingsong primer for those who are intrigued by-but still unfamiliarwith-a whole foods diet. An in-depth introductory section, withinformation on everything from the dangers of dairy to the basics ofbeans and tips for getting started in an all-around healthy lifestyle,can help readers understand what they\\'re getting into. Recipes arefairly simple, comforting and sensual-Caramelized Shallot and RoastedPepper Linguine, Sauted Cucumbers with Peaches and Blood Orange Tartwith Caramel Sauce are examples of the tempting entrieswithin. Amusing \"Did you Know?\" sidebars with quick tidbits about thebenefits of whole foods and herbs such as basil are good reminders ofwhy someone might want to eat whole foods, and the recipes in thisbook make that seem like an enjoyable goal to attain. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'In 1983, Christina Pirello was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. With little prospect of help from conventional therapies, she turned to a nutritional program using a whole foods approach. Now, after more than 15 years cancer-free, Christina Pirello is the Emmy award-winning host of Christina Cooks! on National Public Television, teaching whole foods cooking classes and lecturing nationwide. Christina is the author of Cooking the Whole Foods Way, Christina Cooks, and, most recently, This Crazy Vegan Life. She and her husband publish a natural foods magazine, Macrochef.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Freedom: A Dane and Bones Origins Story (Dane Maddock Origins) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Is That a Picasso on Your Fridge?: Kids' \"Masterpieces\" Critiqued by an \"Art Expert\"\nDescription: [\"The New Dad from A to Z: Real Tips for a Surreal Time-DAN-CONSIGLIO-9780740793530-9.99-ANDREWS & MCMEEL-4/1/10-4000--Of Course You're Still Cool, Honey-DAN-CONSIGLIO-9781440507434-12.95-F&W MEDIA INC-4/1/11---\", '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stone Of Fire: An ARKANE Thriller Book 1 (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', 'New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Oxford educated, British born J.F.Penn has traveled the world in her study of religion and psychology. She brings these obsessions as well as a love for thrillers and an interest in the supernatural to her writing. 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'Buddy' leaves Easter Sunday, but promises to return the following year to watch after his new family and friends and continue the family tradition. www.wishylifebuddies.com\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles, Volume I)\nDescription: ['Think of it as A New Hope for the world of Dragonlance: Sure, maybe it\\'s a little rough around the edges, maybe it\\'s got one clich too many, but this baby is pure magic. The first volume in the Dragonlance Chronicles series, this classic from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman started it all for Krynn, eventually spawning a bestselling 90-plus book series. (And, frankly, you\\'d do well to stick to the Weis-Hickman titles.) All the heroes that you\\'ve likely heard of already--the creepy, hourglass-eyed Raistlin, the noble half-elf Tanis, the comic relief Tasselhoff Burrfoot, the curmudgeonly dwarf Flint Fireforge--they\\'re all here, starting the good fight against the Dark Queen Takhisis as the War of the Lance begins. Pick up Dragons of Winter Night when you\\'re done. --Paul Hughes', 'Margaret Weis is the author of numerousDragonlancenovels, many of them co-written with Tracy Hickman, including theNew York Timesbestselling War of Souls trilogy. She is also the author of the Star of the Guardian novels and the designer of manyDragonlanceroleplaying products.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Anans and the Tug O' War (Story Cove)\nDescription: ['', 'Bobby Norfolk Bio:', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Shattered Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pay Yourself First\nDescription: ['Lynn High has over forty-five years of experience in personal investing. He learned three secrets when he was twenty-nine years old after he had returned from the Vietnam War. He attended a seminar that changed his life; and he now shares what he learned as he made good on those secrets. He also made some mistakes and shares those too. He simply found that for the average individual the concept of paying yourself first is the only way to attain financial success. But you have to be smart. You have to use tax-advantages and have a systematic method to keep yourself on course. That is what he shares with you in this book.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ark: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 7)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Life and Epistles of St Paul the Apostle\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces\nDescription: ['Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi are bestselling authors, writing coaches, and international speakers. Their books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. 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Book Four\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles)\nDescription: ['inter Night re turns listeners to the mystical world of Krynn, where the memorable band of characters from Dragons of Autumn Twilight continue their fantastical adventures.<br><br>The land has grown even more dangerous, and now the heroes -- Tanis Half-Elven, Sturm Brightblade, Raistlin and Caramon Majere, Flint Fireforge and Tasselhoff Burrfoot -- have been separated. And Raistlin, his strange, hourglass eyes gleaming, has warned, \"Farewell, my friends...And a long farewell it will be. Some of us are not destined to meet again in this world.\" This ominous prediction, along with sinister dreams, will haunt this group of long-time friends as they search for the mysterious dragon orbe and the legendary dragonlance with the hope of stopping the advance of the Dark Queen!<br><br>Here, is a compelling fantasy tale in which the true value of love and friendship is measured against the backdrop of a catastrophic war between good and evil.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Northern New England: Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)\nDescription: ['y photographed guide showcases one of the most beautiful regions in the country--Northern New England, an area of pristine wildernesses and extraordinary landscapes. Over 150 color photos and maps throughout.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Home\nDescription: ['Carson Buckingham knew from childhood that she wanted to be a writer and began, at age six, by writing books of her own, hand-drawing covers, and selling them to any family member who would pay (usually a dime) for what she referred to as classic literature. When she ran out of relatives, she came to the conclusion that there was no real money to be made in self-publishing, so she studied writing and read voraciously for the next eighteen years, while simultaneously collecting enough rejection slips to re-paper her living roomtwice. When her landlord chucked her out for, in his words, making the apartment into one hell of a downer, she redoubled her efforts, and collected four times the rejection slips in half the time, single-handedly causing the first paper shortage in U.S. history. She persevered, improved greatly over the years, and here we are. Carson Buckingham has been/is a professional proofreader, editor, anthologist, newspaper reporter, copywriter, technical writer, novelist, short story writer, and comedy writer. She loves reading and gardening; but not at the same time. Though born and grew up in Connecticut, she lives in Arizona nowand Connecticut is glad to be rid of her! Check out her blog at carsonbuckingham.blogspot.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Fresh Look at Fear: Encountering Jesus in Our Weakness (Discipleship Essentials)\nDescription: ['"Fear is a profound force -- it paralyzes people, controls communities, and shapes nations. But it does not have to be that way! My close friend Dan Baumann knows what it means to look fear in the face and to follow Jesus instead. Let him show you how." --Trent Sheppard, author of God on Campus
"Dan Baumann, a friend of many years having worked in some of the most difficult places in the world, really does understand fear and how to overcome it. As one who has walked through imprisonment and war and treks over treacherous territory, he has much to teach us. This book will be important to you during troublesome times. If you are called to adventure, this book is a must for you." --Loren Cunningham, cofounder, Youth With A Mission']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Xibalba: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 8)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria 2003 (Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria)\nDescription: ['Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommers, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommers. Your guide to a world of travel experience.', 'Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:', '', 'A native of California and resident by turns of Ottawa, Amsterdam, Moscow, and (for nearly the past decade) Vancouver, Shawn Blore is a newspaper journalist, award-winning magazine writer, and author of the best-selling Vancouver: Secrets of the City. He is also a coauthor of Frommers Canada, Frommers Brazil, and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.', 'Alexandra de Vries took her first intercontinental flight at 6 weeks and developed a taste for travel early on. A resident by turns of Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro, she now lives in Vancouver and reports on West Coast culture and places for Frommers readers. She is also the co-author of Frommers Brazil and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Christian in Complete Armour (2 Volumes)\nDescription: [\"'If I might read only one book beside the Bible, I would choose The Christian in Complete Armour.' --John Newton
'Gurnall's work is peerless and priceless; every line is full of wisdom; every sentence is suggestive. I have often resorted to it when my own fire has been burning low, and I have seldom failed to find a glowing coal upon Gurnall's hearth.' --Charles H. Spurgeon
'A beautiful feature in Gurnall's book is its richness in pithy, pointed, and epigrammatical sayings. You will often find in a line and a half some great truth, put so concisely, and yet so fully, that you really marvel how so much thought could be got into so few words. Solid scriptural theology, like that contained in these pages, should be valued and studied in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice books in which Christ and the Holy Ghost have their rightful office books in which justification, and sanctification, and regeneration, and faith, and grace, and holiness are clearly, distinctly, and accurately delineated and exhibited these are the only books which do real good. Few things need reviving more than a taste for such books as these among readers.' --J.C. Ryle 'I believe The Christian in Complete Armour, should be in the library of every man and woman of God. No Christian leader, teacher, pastor, evangelist, or Christian worker should be without it.' -David Wilkerson 'You could not buy a better work, nor get better value for your money.' --Free Presbyterian Magazine\", \"William Gurnall (1616-1679) was born in the coastal town of Lynn, Norfolk, about a hundred miles north of London. His father was first an alderman (town council member), then mayor of Lynn, a chief town of the most thoroughly Protestant district of England in the seventeenth century. The inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk counties were famous for their deep attachment to the doctrines of the Reformation. An excellent scholar, Gurnall was awarded a scholarship from the city of Lynn to attend Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He began his formal training there in his 16th year, shortly after his father's death. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1635 and a master s degree in 1639. At the age of 28, William Gurnall was appointed curate and then rector on the death of the incumbent of the church at Lavenham, Suffolk, then a town of about 1,800 inhabitants, half of whom were his parishioners. A year later he married a minister's daughter, Sarah Mott, who bore him at least fourteen children, eight of whom survived him. Gurnall spent the rest of his life, dogged by ill-health, in this pastorate. The years during which Gurnall served the parish at Lavenham were filled with momentous events in English history: a civil war, the beheading of King Charles I, the declaring of a protectorate under Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, then the death of Cromwell, and the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II. But the most significant event for Gurnall was the passing of the Act of Uniformity in 1662. He chose to remain in the Church, signed the declaration required by the Act, and was ordained a priest by the evangelical Bishop Reynolds of Norwich. His reputation amongst the Puritans consequently suffered and is probably the reason so little has been written about William Gurnall in the annals of church history. It was during this time of civil and religious strife and controversy that Gurnall preached to his parishioners his messages on spiritual warfare. With the help of a benefactor, Gurnall published his material in three volumes between 1655 and 1662 The Christian in Complete Armour. He dedicated the first volume to the inhabitants of Lavenham. Gurnall died on October 12, 1679, in the 63rd year of his life. The fact that a sixth edition of his work was published in the year he died is enough to show that its merits were early recognized.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Chains (The Peterson Chronicles Book 1) eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Teach Yourself Haitian Creole\nDescription: ['Writing Teach Yourself Haitian Creole has been an adventure for me. I first started giving private lessons to organizations and individuals, who wanted to find the best to way learn Haitian Creole; because their organizations or church activities were in the Haitian community.
They just came to me saying, \"I want to learn Haitian Creole\", After teaching Haitian Creole for several years, my students started asking me for the materials in a book format, and that is where this incredible adventure began.
It took me approximately 16 months to come up with an easy way to learn Haitian Creole for self-taught people. I had an incredible crew of Haitian brothers working hand in hand with me and we spent countless hours at the recording studio, creating the voices, editing and finalizing the MP3 Voice recording for all the sections in the book.
We were all very excited with the book and hoped for good results, because while there were many books out there, these methods were only to learn Basic Haitian Creole words and phrases. Students were not taught to actually speak Haitian Creole.
We finally finished the recording and the revision of the book, after several months of work, sometimes working until 2 am at the recording studio, but we made it.
The book was released first in the Dominican Republic and soon all our Haitian teachers started to use the book for their personal and private lessons. Christian and non-Christian organizations were looking for the book to train their staff.
These organizations started asking for an English version of the book, because most of their staff were English-speaking people, so we came up with the English version. It was not an easy process, but you can finally say that you have a good tool to learn Haitian Creole language, not just a few phrases or words; you can really learn how to speak Haitian Creole with this method.
Thank you very much for taking the time to learn using Teach Yourself Haitian Creole, if at any part of your learning experience, you feel that you need a friendly hand, do not hesitate to reach me, I would be more than glad to assist you.', ' Are you ready to discover your learning potential with our very special technique for Teaching Yourself a new language?
Have you been working with Haitian people, or do you feel the need to reach the Haitian community with your message?
Have you had trouble when communicating and understanding the Creole language?
Have you purchased phrase books and flash cards to Learn Haitian Creole?
Do you have a Creole speaking friend, relative, or co-worker who you would love to communicate?
Have you tried endless efforts to master Haitian Creole but still find yourself struggling with it?
If your answer is YES, to any of the above questions, then Teach Yourself Haitian Creole is the right tool for you.
Learn Haitian Creole in less than 3 MONTHS with our proven technique for Self Learning. Audio download included.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Have Fun with the Presidents: Activities, Projects, and Fascinating Facts\nDescription: ['Fascinating Facts and Fun Projects', \"It's important to learn about the U.S. presidents, but it'sevenbetter to have fun while doing it. Have Fun with thePresidents is filled with activities, recipes, games, puzzles,profiles, quotes, andfascinating facts about all of the Americanpresidents, fromGeorge Washington to George W. Bush.\", \"You will learn all kinds of interesting things about thepresidents,their families, and the times in which they lived, butthis ismuch more than just a book of facts. The games andactivities in Have Fun with the Presidents will give you abetter understandingof each president's important contributions,interesting hobbies,and unique personality.\", 'While you are learning about the eventful lives of theAmericanpresidents, you will also discover how to:', '', \"David C. King is a former history teacher and an award-winning author who haswritten more than thirty books for children and young adults, including the books in Wiley's American Kids in History and American Heritage, American Voices series.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Write and Revise Your Novel Without an Outline\nDescription: ['', 'Heres what I love about Annalisa. Yes, she is hilarious; and yes, her book is brimming over with invaluable practical writerly wisdom. (An example among a thousand: when she talks about the monsters under your bed. Oh, you think there arent any?) But what I love is that her sheer love of great writingin other words, her love of lifepours out of every paragraph. Read her book. It will infuse joy into your days and make you a better writer.', 'John David Mann,coauthor of the New York Times bestsellerThe Red Circleand the bestselling classicThe Go-Giver', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: All Kinds of Families!\nDescription: ['PreSchool-Grade 3Hoberman has tackled the elusive question of what makes a family a family in this sometimes silly, sometimes serious book of rhymes. She likens families to numerous items that share a relationship and are inherently the same. Her refrain says it all, \"Bottle caps, gingersnaps, buttons, or rings/You can make families from all sorts of things!\" Other families include tools, balloons, thimbles, and marbles, but the verses make it clear that human families are much more than a conglomeration of like, easily categorized, things; they share a human history and the promise of many more families to come. No matter what, making a family is about seeing the likenesses, not the differences. Boutavant provides colorful illustrations that vary from page to page, but as a group, complement the rhymes. Pair this with Jusin Richardson and Peter Parnell\\'s And Tango Makes Three (S & S, 2005), Arnold Adoff\\'s Black Is Brown Is Tan (HarperCollins, 2002); Nancy Coffelt\\'s Fred Stays with Me! (Little, Brown, 2007), and Remy Charlip\\'s A Perfect Day (HarperCollins, 2007) to introduce the idea that, indeed, there are all kinds of families.Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman is the author of more than thirty-five books for children, including the critically acclaimed A House Is a House for Me, which won a National Book Award, the New York Times bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You, and the Sing-Along Stories series.
Marc Boutavant has created picture books in English, French, and Japanese. He also does editorial illustration and comics. Mr. Boutavant lives in Paris.\", '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Seabird\\nDescription: ['\\\"Narenta is a tangible world--mysterious, inviting, frightening. Cara completes a visible character arc, (as she becomes) a champion. A must-read for CS Lewis fans.\\\" -- Asgard, BlogCritics Magazine, April 16 2008.', 'Seabird is volume one in my epic fantasy series, the Narenta Tumults.', 'In each book, someone from Earth is transported to Narenta, to serve their people in a unique way during a time of peril. Cara, the woman on the \\\"Seabird\\\" cover, is the first and she\\\\'s convinced some Narentan magician made a pretty bizarre mistake. Even if it is a mistake and Cara\\\\'s not the one who was supposed to come, the daemagos have decided to kill her. I am currently revising the first draft of \\\"Earthbow\\\" the sequel, for Gryphonwood. I hope to post extracts on my blog beginning in the next few weeks.', ' I plan at least two more books in the Narentan Tumult series. One is \\\"Marooned\\\". The other is an untitled book that wants to be its own trilogy. Fifty plus chapters for The Behemoth are filed on my computer under \\\"The Gryphon and The Basilisk\\\".', \\\" Other interests are meditation with or without walking a labyrinth, my faith, filk music, folk music, world music especially Putumayo recordings, my two cats (Khiva & Vartha). Uh, yeah. I confess, a few television shows-- CSI, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs and Without a Trace. And Bones! Dark chocolate isn't bad either.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Mathematical Education of Teachers II (Cbms Issues in Mathematics Education)\\nDescription: ['MET II is a book that I would like to see every professor of mathematics and statistics read. I did not have enough post-it notes to mark all of the thought-provoking passages, and intriguing research citations. ... There is something in this book for everyone connected to the teaching and learning of mathematics, including parents of school-aged children, K-12 administrators, and elementary math coaches. I highly recommend it. --MAA Reviews', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dourado\\nDescription: ['A fast-paced adventure with action to spare. Dane Maddock is a hero cut from the Dirk Pitt mold, and \\\"Bones\\\" Bonebrake is the best sidekick around. If you like your thrillers with a touch mystery and Biblical archaeology, Dourado is the book for you. -- Megalith Book Reviews', \\\"This revised edition of Dourado includes added material and a preview chapter of David Wood's forthcoming second novel- Cibola.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Science and History\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cibola\\nDescription: [\\\"With the thoroughly enjoyable way Mr. Wood has mixed speculative history with our modern day pursuit of truth, he has created a story that thrills and makes one think beyond the boundaries of mere fiction and enter the world of 'why not'? Cibola is a worthy tale!" --David Lynn Golemon, Author of Ancients, Event, Legend, and Leviathan
"Ancient cave paintings? Cities of gold? Secret scrolls? Sign me up! Cibola is a twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!" --Robert Masello, author of Bestiary and Blood and Ice\\\", \\\""Ancient cave paintings? Cities of gold? Secret scrolls? Sign me up! Cibola is a twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!"
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Ramiro Calle is an award-winning author and has been a pioneer of yoga in Spain. In 1971 he founded the Shadak Yoga Center where more than half a million persons have visited.
llustrator with a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science. Her illustrations have featured in more of a dozen childrens picture books published in English, Spanish, Catalan and Swahili. She has won several international awards: First Prize of Illustration of the Institut dEstudis Balerics, 2007. Winner of the Silver medal to the Best illustrator at the Moonbeam Children Book Awards 2013. First Prize in Living Now Awards, 2014 or Best illustrated Picture Book at the International Latino Book Awards 2015 among others.
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It was a good wall, a wall anyone would be proud of. Situated in such a way that someone entering the condominium would see the items hanging on its pale blue surface before noticing the rest of Dr. David Chamberss large, sixth-floor residence overlooking the Charles River in the south part of Cambridge. The condo was close enough to Harvard to make commuting tolerable, and just far enough away for Chambers to feel free of the worlds most prestigious university. The condo was well above his professors pay grade, but his last two books had done well enough for him to be free of money concerns. Beneath Hostile Sands sat at number six on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list. It had been nine months since the announced discovery of Herods tunnel. His publishers pressed him to include it as the final chapter in the book, then rushed to press. Then came the countless interviews. The academic papers he penned caused a furor in the tight-knit community of archaeologists, a community that never felt more alive than when being critical of one of its own. No one raised an accusing finger at his discovery. They couldnt. His scholarship was beyond criticism. Chambers stood before the wall and gazed at the items hanging there. Together they summarized a twelve-year history of his spotless career. Someone in the Harvard PR department dubbed him the most interviewed scientist in the world. That was probably true. Society could only tolerate a few scientific golden boys. The astronomer Carl Sagan had taken the art of popularizing science to rare heights. Others followed: the physicist Michio Kaku, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others were frequent guests on talk shows. The public had a hunger for news from the world of science news most couldnt understand. The contemporary faces of science were those rare individuals who knew how to talk to the camera and do so in plain language. It was something at which Chambers excelled. Chambers set a cardboard box on a narrow, art decostyle table. All the furniture in his condo centered on the 1920s style. Someone once asked why he chose art deco. He had no answer. His interior designer had suggested it, and it sounded good to him. He was a smart man, more intelligent and insightful than most, but he excelled in only a few things. In everything else, he was blissfully dense. Perhaps if his range of interests had been wider, perhaps if he had honed his other instincts to the same edge as those that guided his career, he wouldnt be doing this today. He eyed the plaques, photos, and framed articles hanging against the smooth surface. He took the closest in hand and lifted it from its hanger. Like all its companions, the object had been professionally framed. Inside a silver frame rested the cover of his latest book. Chambers waited for a sense of pride to wash over him, but it never came. He put the frame in the cardboard box. Next he pulled down the framed cover of The Fingerprints of God, his first book. That work had been far more religious in nature as he guided the reader through the greatest discoveries in biblical archaeology. To Chambers, however, it was also a scholarly nod to William Foxwell Albright, the founder of the biblical archaeology movement. It had been Dr. Albrights book The Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra that had birthed his interest in archaeology; that and the work of his father. The thought of his dad soured Chamberss stomach. Those who knew Chambers knew of his father and assumed Chambers had chosen to follow in his old mans footsteps. Chambers never corrected the impression, nor did he encourage it. The only thing his father did to kindle the archaeological spark in his son was leave Albrights book on the shelf. Chambers found it, and it set the course of his life. Dr. Albright died in September 1971, two years before Chamberss birth. That didnt matter. Time meant less to an archaeologist than to others. Albright, while hailed among biblical scholars, was not as orthodox as most thought. He believed the religion of the Israelites moved from polytheism to monotheism, an idea rejected by conservative Bible scholars. Chambers had wanted to honor Albright while correcting his more liberal interpretations. The last thought amused him: how far he had come. Perhaps bemused was a better term. If Albright were alive today, hed take Chambers to task for his newfound disbelief. He set the framed cover in the box and followed that with plaques, awards, and articles about himself carried in Newsweek, Time, Biblical Archaeology Review, and a dozen other such publications. He removed photos taken of him with Larry King, John Anderson, Ted Koppel, and Jay Leno. He had other such publicity photos that never made it to the wall. He paused before removing the last photograph. He studied it. The time: two years ago; the place: outside Tel Aviv; the woman: his fiance. His former fiance. Amber wore jeans, a dirt-caked, formerly white T-shirt, and a pair of gloves that seemed a size too large for her petite hands. The sun shone on her brown hair and sparkled in her blue eyes. The David Chambers in the photo smiled as well. In fact, he beamed. No man had better reasons to smile. That smile would disappear a month later. He snatched the photo from the wall and tossed it into the box. He heard glass break. He didnt bother to look at the damage. He opened the single drawer in the table and removed a well-worn book. He pushed back the black leather cover and saw an inscription bearing his name. Gently, he touched his mothers signature, then his eyes fell to his fathers scribbling. Chambers pursed his lips and threw the Bible in the box. Moments later, he sealed the box with packing tape and buried it in his closet: a cardboard ossuary holding the bones of his past. He closed the closet door on his history and turned to face his future.
Dr. David Chambers sat in his new ergonomic office chair with his feet on the wide mahogany desk. By executive standards, the office was small, but it was still larger than the closets most professors were forced to use. Chambers was still young, so he would have to wait for older profs to retire or die before he could expect more elbow room. Unlike his home, the office was Spartan. A bookshelf lined one wall and needed dusting. Stacks of journals, scholarly white papers, and files stood precariously on the floor. One of his students, perhaps trying to impress his teacher, said, It looks like the salt pillars along the Dead Sea. Chambers had laughed and pointed to the tallest pile. Thats Lots wife. It was the kind of joke that only archaeologists would appreciate. His eyes scanned a scientific journal that reported on grants given for scientific exploration. Any that mentioned Israel or Palestine he skipped. He was done with that phase of his studies but had yet to settle on a new discipline. His interest in biblical fieldwork had departed with his faith. He had a friend who worked in pre-Columbian archaeology, specializing in the mysterious Olmecs in the lowlands of south-central Mexico. The people group flourished from 1500 BCE to roughly 400 BCE, a time period with which Chambers was familiar. Still, his academic focus had been on the other side of the world. He had deep doubts about his ability to raise money to fund a dig in an area about which he had never written; hence the need for a friend with a credible reputation in ancient pre-Columbian history. Perhaps he could call in a few favors and sign on as dig director, share a byline or two on some academic papers, and then fund his own dig. All that might take as little as five yearsif he were lucky. He decided to make the call. After all, any civilizations that sculpted three-meter-high human heads deserved a little attention. The recent attention and media coverage of all things related to the Mayan culture and calendar were certain to raise interest in Central American archaeology. He reached for the phone. As he touched the hand piece, it rang. Yeow. Chambers snapped his hand back, then chuckled. What are the odds He answered. David Chambers. Shalom, Dr. Chambers. Chambers had no trouble recognizing the voice of his old friend Abram Ben-Judah. Maintaining a running inside joke, Chambers answered Ben-Judahs Hebrew greeting with the Greek word for peace. Eirene. Old Testament versus New Testament. It has been much too long since last we talked, my friend. The image of Ben-Judah flashed in Chamberss mind: tall, slightly stooped, white-and-black beard, kind gray-blue eyes, and a face that looked a decade older than his seventy-plus years. It has, Abram, it has. How is little Miriam? My granddaughter is well and not so little anymore. She turns thirteen next month. In my country, thats the age fathers begin loading their shotguns. Shotguns? To keep the boys away. Ah. Ben-Judah laughed, but Chambers recognized a courtesy chuckle when he heard one.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: NEWPORT: American Beauty Rose (NEW)\\nDescription: ['Ken Moldow is the author of ten volumes of Poetry, a screenplay and numerous short stories. An Educator & Publisher of Educational Material.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Corruptible: A Ray Quinn Mystery\\nDescription: ['Praise for The Corruptible
A violent crimes investigator and author of the Christy-nominated The Night Watchman offers up the second Ray Quinn mystery. When an alcoholic private detective investigates the theft of a high profile companys sensitive documents, things get complicated when the perpetrator is found dead. Quinn has a burly -- but green -- sidekick Crevis, who learns things the hard way.Mynheir cooks up a number of satisfying subplots and backstories: Crevis gets into police academy despite family and personal adversity; Quinn has a personal life, and loves, and even success in luring and nabbing an e-mail con by posing as a rich elderly woman. Funny exchanges between partners ( I said look angry and crazy, not deranged.), impeccable action writing, and smooth pacing propel the narrative. The author knows the cop-and-investigation gig, but offers more, managing to be witty, insightful, and introspective. Throw away the cane, Mr. Quinn: youve got more cases to solve and a new audience that will knock you over to get to the next one. Publishers Weekly
Mark Mynheir is one of my new favorite authors. As a homicide detective, he knows his stuff and his characters reflect it. Ill be one of the first in line for his next book! Terri Blackstock, author of Vicious Cycle and Predator
Because of the Night Watchman series, Mynheir has joined my short list of detective novelists I anxiously await new releases from, along with Connelly, Riordan, and Landsdale. After a great start with The Night Watchman,The Corruptible takes things up a notch. If you demand both great plots and great characters from your thrillers, you need to spend some time with Ray Quinn and The Night Watchman Detective Agency. Its like opening a bag of potato chipsyou cant stop with just one chapter. I read the whole thing in twenty-four hours, through lunch, dinner, and breakfast. Be forewarned. Brad Whittington, award-wining author of Welcome to Fred, Living with Fred, and Escape from Fred
In The Corruptible we find Mynheir at his best, providing a true insider view on the gritty world of the private investigator. Mynheirs made up world first whispers, then scratches its way to life with great characters. He mixes delicious evil and the slap of addiction with an even rarer ingredient in the world of crime fiction: the hope of redemption. I want more. Harry Kraus, MD, best-selling author of The Six-Liter Club
Mark Mynheir knows how to deliver crime fiction with a puncha terrific setup, strong characters, sparkling wit, crisp dialogue, and viable suspects that keep you guessing right up to the arrest. Im thrilled that Mark has followed up The Night Watchman with another action-packed Quinn novel. Put this one at the top of your must read list. Wanda Dyson, best-selling author of Judgment Day and Shepherds Fall
With The Corruptible, Mark Mynheir scores a home run. This book is the perfect package of a broken hero to root for, a murder that spirals into so much more, and a tangled web of suspects and motives that literally kept me guessing to the bitter end a rarity! A perfect follow-up to The Night Watchman that stands fully on its own. I loved it! Cara Putman, author of Stars in the Night
Rich with realism and wit, Ray Quinn grips the crime scene and doesnt let you go until the murder is solved. Hold onto your seat! DiAnn Mills, author of Pursuit of Justice
Ive fallen in love with Ray Quinn. Im even fond of his sidekick, Crevis. With The Corruptible, Mark Mynheir has written another winning Ray Quinn Mystery. I love Mynheirs authentic police-crime details and complex, compelling characters. And the plot never makes a false step or lags behind. Do yourself a favor and get a copy of The Corruptible ASAP and enjoy! Lyn Cote, author of Her Abundant Joy
With the return of beloved character Ray Quinn, The Corruptible is a prime example of a book that grabs you from the beginning and wont let you go. Mark Mynheir has created another flip-the-pages and stay-up-late-to-finish-the-novel story with characters so real they become your friends and a plot that will make your heart hammer. Dont miss this fantastic read! Robin Caroll, author of Deliver Us from Evil and Fear No Evil
A first rate detective novel from a real detective. Mynheir tells a fast-paced, gritty tale of murder and money in Orlando, Florida. His characters are flawed, funny, and deeply human. Youll find yourself rooting for themespecially main character Ray Quinneven when theyre making mistakes. The Corruptible is a winner! Rick Acker, author of When the Devil Whistles and Dead Mans Rule
The Corruptible raises the stakes, intensity, and storytelling of crime fiction to a whole new level of amazing! The insider details immerse you in a dangerous world of high-adrenaline suspense and raise soul-stirring questions youll wrestle with right alongside Ray Quinn. As you fly through the pages, take time to laugh, cheer, and say a prayer or two for Ray. Amy Wallace, author of Enduring Justice ', 'Mark Mynheir is the author of the Christy Award nominated The Night Watchman, the first Ray Quinn mystery. He has worked undercover as a narcotics agent, as a SWAT team member, and now investigates violent crimes as a detective with the Criminal Investigations Unit in central Florida, where he lives with his wife and three children.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Talitha and the Eyes of Saint Paul\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Icefall: A Dane Maddock Adventure\\nDescription: [\\\"David Wood is a fan of all things historical, archaeological, mythological, and cryptozoological, and his writing blends all of these passions. When it's vacation time, he passes on the exotic locales, preferring ruins, caves, Indian mounds, mountains, and sites of historical interest. David is the author of the Dane Maddock Adventures series, the historical adventure Into the Woods, and the young adult thriller The Zombie-Driven Life. When not writing, David co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. He and his family live in the Atlanta area.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Beads the Cat\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Buccaneer: A Dane Maddock Adventure\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Manufacture Of Liquors, Wines And Cordials, Without The Aid Of Distillation: Also The Manufacture Of Effervescing Beverages (1863)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: First Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Don't eat from that tree...\\nDescription: ['I believe that a life of love is worth living for, when the first love of my life lost his life trying to love. I am a fearfully and wonderfully made individual with love for everyone in my heart. I was born and raised in a small suburban area in Atlanta, Georgia. Writing and enjoying life are my passions. I love Unity! I believe that All lives matters as we are one body of Christ!']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sovran's Pawn (The Black Wing Chronicles)\\nDescription: [\\\"JC Cassels, a native of Tampa, Florida, traces her lifelong fascination with SF/Adventure to watching Star Trek on a tiny black and white portable television aboard the family boat as a child. The Space Opera trend that followed the release of Star Wars fed an obsessive need for swashbuckling adventure set in deep space. Today, JC feeds that need by writing her own adventures, heavily inspired by 1960's television shows like Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Wild Wild West and fueled by Firefly reruns. When not writing in her haunted hospital, JC lives with her husband, three children, five dogs, twenty chickens and a horse in a century-old house in a tiny rural community, and enjoys spending her free time sewing, camping, and heckling theoretical physicists on the Science Channel.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Introducing Feminist Theology\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Humble Orthodoxy: Holding the Truth High Without Putting People Down\\nDescription: ['Praise for Humble Orthodoxy
I suppose the opposite of humble orthodoxy is arrogant orthodoxya rather ugly pairing of words since orthodoxy takes us to King Jesus, who is gentle and humble in heart. Defending orthodoxy, a perennially urgent responsibility, so easily degenerates into our defending ourselves and our opinions, a perennially deceptive form of idolatry. May this short book by Joshua Harris encourage many to love and articulate the truth with the same tears of compassion that Jesus shed over the city. D. A. Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL, and author of The Intolerance of Tolerance
When many years ago I first heard my good friend Josh Harris talk about the need for humble orthodoxy, the phrase resonated with me immediately. Because, as Calvin said, the heart is an idol-making factory, we often take a good thing and make it an ultimate thing. We take something that is meant to help people, and we use it in hurtful ways. Sadly, many thinking Christians do this with doctrine. We argue for the glory of God in an unglorious manner. Josh knows this and is on a mission to change the tone of our theological conversations and put doctrine in its rightful placeas a servant to all but a master to none. He understands that if we dot all our doctrinal is and cross all our doctrinal ts but have not love, we will be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Thanks for this, Josh. A much-needed message for our time. Tullian Tchividjian, pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and author of Jesus + Nothing = Everything
When I think of the words humble orthodoxy, I think immediately of Josh Harris. In this book you will find not merely an expert calling us to an abstract idea. You will find the heart of a man who demonstrates humility and conviction, mostly in ways that he doesnt see himself (or he wouldnt be qualified to write this book). Humble Orthodoxy will show you, with authenticity and vulnerability, what it means to realize that, left to ourselves, we are all arrogant heretics. But the Spirit of God can crucify our pride and our unfaithfulness. I heartily commend this good, practical book. Russell D. Moore, dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, and author of Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ
I love the message of Humble Orthodoxy. It further fueled the fire within me for a passionate commitment to truth that would put me on my knees instead of puffing me up. God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble. I pray that God will use the message of this book to topple tall towers of pride that are so out of place in the church of Jesus Christ. May pure worship flow from humble orthodoxy! Jason Meyer, pastor of preaching and vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN ', 'Joshua Harris is a bestselling author and the lead pastor at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. He and his wife, Shannon, have three children.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: El Evangelio Judío de Juan: Descubriendo a Jesús, Rey de Todo Israel (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: You Suck: A Dunn Kelly Mystery\\nDescription: [\\\"David Wood began writing when he was twelve years old, then took a break of some twenty years before returning to the craft. His debut novel, Dourado, was originally published in 2004. His diverse body of work includes action-adventure, historical fiction, fantasy, and young adult paranormal. His literary inspirations include Clive Cussler, James Rollins, Robert Jordan, and David Eddings. David enjoys history, archaeology, mythology, and cryptozoology, and his Dane Maddock Adventures reflect all of these interests. When it's vacation time, he generally passes on the exotic locales, preferring ruins, caves, Indian mounds, mountains, and sites of historical interest. On his way to figuring out what he wanted to be when he grew up, David attended six colleges, earned four degrees, and worked as a landscaper, injection molding technician, recreation director, minister, teacher, and, his favorite, pizza delivery guy. He is a Second Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo and founded the largest chapter of the NPS Taekwondo organization. David is a proud member of International Thriller Writers. When not writing, he watches the Atlanta Braves and tries not to shout at the television, coaches youth sports, and co-hosts ThrillerCast, a podcast devoted to reading and writing in the thriller genre. A Georgia native, he and his family now live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni (Anatomy of the Ship)\\nDescription: ['Book by Gay, Franco, Gay, Valerio']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Glass Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: [\\\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences\\nDescription: ['\\\"The book is a substantial work of scholarship rather than a casual read, and it offers much for historians of science as well as students of popular writing.\\\" -- Jon Turney \\\"Times Higher Education Supplement\\\" (03/26/2008)
The book is a substantial work of scholarship rather than a casual read, and it offers much for historians of science as well as students of popular writing.Jon Turney, Times Higher Education Supplement -- Jon Turney \\\"Times Higher Education Supplement\\\" (03/26/2008)
\\\"Victorian Popularizers is not just a history of science from below, although it effectively capitalizes on that literature. Rather, it is an important story of how some Victorians rebelled against the claim that only scientists should have authority over science. Lightman deftly shows how questions of authority were bound up in matters of publishing, church reform, professionalization, gender dynamics, visual spectacle and social change, and he makes substantial contributions to understanding the relationship between those matters and science. Historians interested in any of these issues will find this book enriching and thought provoking. 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Amusing \\\"Did you Know?\\\" sidebars with quick tidbits about thebenefits of whole foods and herbs such as basil are good reminders ofwhy someone might want to eat whole foods, and the recipes in thisbook make that seem like an enjoyable goal to attain. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'In 1983, Christina Pirello was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. With little prospect of help from conventional therapies, she turned to a nutritional program using a whole foods approach. Now, after more than 15 years cancer-free, Christina Pirello is the Emmy award-winning host of Christina Cooks! on National Public Television, teaching whole foods cooking classes and lecturing nationwide. Christina is the author of Cooking the Whole Foods Way, Christina Cooks, and, most recently, This Crazy Vegan Life. 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Some of us are not destined to meet again in this world.\\\" This ominous prediction, along with sinister dreams, will haunt this group of long-time friends as they search for the mysterious dragon orbe and the legendary dragonlance with the hope of stopping the advance of the Dark Queen!<br><br>Here, is a compelling fantasy tale in which the true value of love and friendship is measured against the backdrop of a catastrophic war between good and evil.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Northern New England: Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)\\nDescription: ['y photographed guide showcases one of the most beautiful regions in the country--Northern New England, an area of pristine wildernesses and extraordinary landscapes. 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"Dan Baumann, a friend of many years having worked in some of the most difficult places in the world, really does understand fear and how to overcome it. As one who has walked through imprisonment and war and treks over treacherous territory, he has much to teach us. This book will be important to you during troublesome times. If you are called to adventure, this book is a must for you." --Loren Cunningham, cofounder, Youth With A Mission']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Xibalba: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 8)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria 2003 (Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria)\\nDescription: ['Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommers, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommers. Your guide to a world of travel experience.', 'Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:', '', 'A native of California and resident by turns of Ottawa, Amsterdam, Moscow, and (for nearly the past decade) Vancouver, Shawn Blore is a newspaper journalist, award-winning magazine writer, and author of the best-selling Vancouver: Secrets of the City. He is also a coauthor of Frommers Canada, Frommers Brazil, and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.', 'Alexandra de Vries took her first intercontinental flight at 6 weeks and developed a taste for travel early on. A resident by turns of Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro, she now lives in Vancouver and reports on West Coast culture and places for Frommers readers. She is also the co-author of Frommers Brazil and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Christian in Complete Armour (2 Volumes)\\nDescription: [\\\"'If I might read only one book beside the Bible, I would choose The Christian in Complete Armour.' --John Newton
'Gurnall's work is peerless and priceless; every line is full of wisdom; every sentence is suggestive. I have often resorted to it when my own fire has been burning low, and I have seldom failed to find a glowing coal upon Gurnall's hearth.' --Charles H. Spurgeon
'A beautiful feature in Gurnall's book is its richness in pithy, pointed, and epigrammatical sayings. You will often find in a line and a half some great truth, put so concisely, and yet so fully, that you really marvel how so much thought could be got into so few words. Solid scriptural theology, like that contained in these pages, should be valued and studied in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice books in which Christ and the Holy Ghost have their rightful office books in which justification, and sanctification, and regeneration, and faith, and grace, and holiness are clearly, distinctly, and accurately delineated and exhibited these are the only books which do real good. Few things need reviving more than a taste for such books as these among readers.' --J.C. Ryle 'I believe The Christian in Complete Armour, should be in the library of every man and woman of God. No Christian leader, teacher, pastor, evangelist, or Christian worker should be without it.' -David Wilkerson 'You could not buy a better work, nor get better value for your money.' --Free Presbyterian Magazine\\\", \\\"William Gurnall (1616-1679) was born in the coastal town of Lynn, Norfolk, about a hundred miles north of London. His father was first an alderman (town council member), then mayor of Lynn, a chief town of the most thoroughly Protestant district of England in the seventeenth century. The inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk counties were famous for their deep attachment to the doctrines of the Reformation. An excellent scholar, Gurnall was awarded a scholarship from the city of Lynn to attend Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He began his formal training there in his 16th year, shortly after his father's death. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1635 and a master s degree in 1639. At the age of 28, William Gurnall was appointed curate and then rector on the death of the incumbent of the church at Lavenham, Suffolk, then a town of about 1,800 inhabitants, half of whom were his parishioners. A year later he married a minister's daughter, Sarah Mott, who bore him at least fourteen children, eight of whom survived him. Gurnall spent the rest of his life, dogged by ill-health, in this pastorate. The years during which Gurnall served the parish at Lavenham were filled with momentous events in English history: a civil war, the beheading of King Charles I, the declaring of a protectorate under Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, then the death of Cromwell, and the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II. But the most significant event for Gurnall was the passing of the Act of Uniformity in 1662. He chose to remain in the Church, signed the declaration required by the Act, and was ordained a priest by the evangelical Bishop Reynolds of Norwich. His reputation amongst the Puritans consequently suffered and is probably the reason so little has been written about William Gurnall in the annals of church history. It was during this time of civil and religious strife and controversy that Gurnall preached to his parishioners his messages on spiritual warfare. With the help of a benefactor, Gurnall published his material in three volumes between 1655 and 1662 The Christian in Complete Armour. He dedicated the first volume to the inhabitants of Lavenham. Gurnall died on October 12, 1679, in the 63rd year of his life. The fact that a sixth edition of his work was published in the year he died is enough to show that its merits were early recognized.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Chains (The Peterson Chronicles Book 1) eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Teach Yourself Haitian Creole\\nDescription: ['Writing Teach Yourself Haitian Creole has been an adventure for me. I first started giving private lessons to organizations and individuals, who wanted to find the best to way learn Haitian Creole; because their organizations or church activities were in the Haitian community.
They just came to me saying, \\\"I want to learn Haitian Creole\\\", After teaching Haitian Creole for several years, my students started asking me for the materials in a book format, and that is where this incredible adventure began.
It took me approximately 16 months to come up with an easy way to learn Haitian Creole for self-taught people. I had an incredible crew of Haitian brothers working hand in hand with me and we spent countless hours at the recording studio, creating the voices, editing and finalizing the MP3 Voice recording for all the sections in the book.
We were all very excited with the book and hoped for good results, because while there were many books out there, these methods were only to learn Basic Haitian Creole words and phrases. Students were not taught to actually speak Haitian Creole.
We finally finished the recording and the revision of the book, after several months of work, sometimes working until 2 am at the recording studio, but we made it.
The book was released first in the Dominican Republic and soon all our Haitian teachers started to use the book for their personal and private lessons. Christian and non-Christian organizations were looking for the book to train their staff.
These organizations started asking for an English version of the book, because most of their staff were English-speaking people, so we came up with the English version. It was not an easy process, but you can finally say that you have a good tool to learn Haitian Creole language, not just a few phrases or words; you can really learn how to speak Haitian Creole with this method.
Thank you very much for taking the time to learn using Teach Yourself Haitian Creole, if at any part of your learning experience, you feel that you need a friendly hand, do not hesitate to reach me, I would be more than glad to assist you.', ' Are you ready to discover your learning potential with our very special technique for Teaching Yourself a new language?
Have you been working with Haitian people, or do you feel the need to reach the Haitian community with your message?
Have you had trouble when communicating and understanding the Creole language?
Have you purchased phrase books and flash cards to Learn Haitian Creole?
Do you have a Creole speaking friend, relative, or co-worker who you would love to communicate?
Have you tried endless efforts to master Haitian Creole but still find yourself struggling with it?
If your answer is YES, to any of the above questions, then Teach Yourself Haitian Creole is the right tool for you.
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But he also gives attention to the safety of the caregiver, because, as he wisely notes, \"If a caregiver is injured, it frequently results in the care-receiver losing the ability to remain in a community setting.\" This book has easily referenced chapters on such topics as body mechanics (including principles of safe lifting), guidelines for transfers (including considerations for body type and various disabilities), adaptive and assistive devices for the care-receiver, fall prevention and fall-proofing the home, and information on types of wheelchairs. He also includes detailed instructions (with illustrations) on appropriate exercises for the minimally to moderately impaired. A helpful glossary is provided, as are several appendices, which offer important information on various caregiver associations, caregiver-specific Web sites, and numerous connected resources. \"Caregivers the world over have need of this book. Kevin has put together a clear guide to maintaining your ability to be a Caregiver. Whether you are caring for a loved one at home or are a professional tending to the needs of patients in a care facility, this work can provide you with the skills you need to do the job of caregiving without damaging yourself or your patient. Richly illustrated with delightful drawings and accurate photography - this book will become well worn by the wise Caregiver.\" Gary Powell, Executive Director The Caregiver Foundation of America', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blink - The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking\nDescription: ['Publisher\\'s Weekly Starred Review. Best-selling author Gladwell (The Tipping Point) has a dazzling ability to find commonality in disparate fields of study. As he displays again in this entertaining and illuminating look at how we make snap judgmentsabout people\\'s intentions, the authenticity of a work of art, even military strategyhe can parse for general readers the intricacies of fascinating but little-known fields like professional food tasting (why does Coke taste different from Pepsi?). Gladwell\\'s conclusion, after studying how people make instant decisions in a wide range of fields from psychology to police work, is that we can make better instant judgments by training our mind and senses to focus on the most relevant factsand that less input (as long as it\\'s the right input) is better than more. Perhaps the most stunning example he gives of this counterintuitive truth is the most expensive war game ever conducted by the Pentagon, in which a wily marine officer, playing \"a rogue military commander\" in the Persian Gulf and unencumbered by hierarchy, bureaucracy and too much technology, humiliated American forces whose chiefs were bogged down in matrixes, systems for decision making and information overload. But if one sets aside Gladwell\\'s dazzle, some questions and apparent inconsistencies emerge. If doctors are given an algorithm, or formula, in which only four facts are needed to determine if a patient is having a heart attack, is that really educating the doctor\\'s decision-making abilityor is it taking the decision out of the doctor\\'s hands altogether and handing it over to the algorithm? 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It serves as a concise introduction and tutorial, presenting understandable explanations and practical techniques.\", 'This book explores the rationale behind business rules, as well as the many opportunities presented by this innovative new approach. It explains key business-rule concepts and offers experience-based best practices for expressing business rules. In addition, the book looks at the role of business rules within the context of a wider trend towards model-based development and offers an accessible introduction to the underlying theory of business rules and notation.', 'Topics covered include', 'Numerous appendixes address specific topics in business rule technology, such as the Pattern-R approach and notation, evaluating the truth value of a rule, IF...THEN syntax, and more.', 'Knowledge of the emerging Business Rule Approach is critical for all who are at the leading edge of business system development. Principles of the Business Rule Approach is the authoritative guide and an essential resource.', '', '', 'Ronald G. Ross is cofounder and principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC, a firm that provides workshops, consulting services, and publications centered on business analysis and rules. He codeveloped Proteus methodology, including the popular RuleSpeak. 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The business rules approach to application development represents a major evolution in software engineering and promises to be the most practical and desirable way to build systems. As a result, developers are in need of a how-to guide for implementing business rules in practice. Barbara von Halle fills this niche in the literature by providing a pragmatic introduction to the techniques and guidelines necessary for assembling systems using a business rules approach. Building on familiar methodologies such as structured systems analysis, information engineering, and object orientation, you will be able to easily add a business rules approach to existing practices.
Offering you the steps and techniques to fit your specific needs, this innovative book discusses: * Business rule basics, concepts, and methodologies * Getting started on and planning a business rule project * Initial requirements, rules, and data * Analyzing data, rules, and processes to guarantee that they are all of high quality * Implementing business rules systems using commercial-service-oriented and data-change-oriented rules products * Introducing a Rule Track into a systems development methodology
The companion Web site at
www.wiley.com/compbooks/vonhalle/ includes: * White papers on related topics * Case study descriptions and vendor solutions * Updates on business rule concepts and tools * Links to other resources
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Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and author, The Innovators Dilemma and The Innovators Solution', '\"As a practitioner working with global supply chains, I find this book captures the essence of our efforts to orchestrate loosely coupled networks on a global basis. This book is a must-read for all executives seeking to improve the performance of their global supply chain.\" Victor Fung, Group Chairman, Li & Fung', '', '\"Intensifying competition in global markets calls for an effective business strategy. This book introduces fascinating views on how to renew strategic thinking with valuable insights on how to spur innovation and talent development.\" Pekka Ala-Pietil, President, Nokia Corporation', '\"The two great theorists of information technology, John Hagel and John Seely Brown, show the importance of talent development, specialization, connectivity, and coordination. This indispensable book is an absolutely fascinating guide for business leaders.\" Walter Isaacson, President, the Aspen Institute and author, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life', '\"The authors brilliantly challenge conventional thinking with a penetrating analysis of the forces shaping the current business environment. This book is both intellectually powerful and downright practical, with straightforward questions and guidelines for business success in the global economy. It will force more than a few executives to rethink their strategies.\" Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International', '\"In a rapidly evolving global capitalist system, this book is the shortest path to survival and success it is a bible for the new connected age. It is an absorbing narrative, an acute assessment of the environment, and a must-read for everyone.\" Vinod Khosla, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers', '\"The authors document the impact of globalization and provide a roadmap for competitive success through continual cultivation of distinctive capabilities. Their compelling message is relevant for those developing strategies for institutional survival in the private and the public sectors.\" William H. Janeway, Vice Chairman, Warburg Pincus LLC', '\"Hagel and Brown brilliantly articulate the stages of evolution for organizations and construct a framework for creating sustainable value through accelerated capability building. This book offers a valuable guide for organizations seeking answers for operating effectively in a borderless world.\" K. V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank', '', '']","rejected":"Title: New Image of Religious Film (Communication, Culture, and Religion)\nDescription: ['John R. May is Alumni Professor of English and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University, where he teaches courses in religion, literature, and film.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century\nDescription: [\"Updated Edition: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn't going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to.\", 'What Friedman means by \"flat\" is \"connected\": the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do business, or almost anything else, instantaneously with billions of other people across the planet. This in itself should not be news to anyone. But the news that Friedman has to deliver is that just when we stopped paying attention to these developments--when the dot-com bust turned interest away from the business and technology pages and when 9/11 and the Iraq War turned all eyes toward the Middle East--is when they actually began to accelerate. Globalization 3.0, as he calls it, is driven not by major corporations or giant trade organizations like the World Bank, but by individuals: desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world (but especially in India and China) who can compete--and win--not just for low-wage manufacturing and information labor but, increasingly, for the highest-end research and design work as well. (He doesn\\'t forget the \"mutant supply chains\" like Al-Qaeda that let the small act big in more destructive ways.)', 'Friedman has embraced this flat world in his own work, continuing to report on his story after his book\\'s release and releasing an unprecedented hardcover update of the book a year later with 100 pages of revised and expanded material. What\\'s changed in a year? Some of the sections that opened eyes in the first edition--on China and India, for example, and the global supply chain--are largely unaltered. Instead, Friedman has more to say about what he now calls \"uploading,\" the direct-from-the-bottom creation of culture, knowledge, and innovation through blogging, podcasts, and open-source software. And in response to the pleas of many of his readers about how to survive the new flat world, he makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he thinks will be required to compete in the \"New Middle\" class. As before, Friedman tells his story with the catchy slogans and globe-hopping anecdotes that readers of his earlier books and his New York Times columns know well, and he holds to a stern sort of optimism. He wants to tell you how exciting this new world is, but he also wants you to know you\\'re going to be trampled if you don\\'t keep up with it. A year later, one can sense his rising impatience that our popular culture, and our political leaders, are not helping us keep pace. --Tom Nissley', 'Thomas L. Friedman\\'s reporter\\'s curiosity and his ability to recognize the patterns behind the most complex global developments have made him one of the most entertaining and authoritative sources for information about the wider world we live in, both as the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and as the author of landmark books like From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. They also make him an endlessly fascinating conversation partner, and we\\'ve now had the chance to talk to him about The World Is Flat twice. Read our original interview with him following the publication of the first edition of The World Is Flat to learn why there\\'s almost no one from Washington, D.C., listed in the index of a book about the global economy, and what his one-plank platform for president would be. (Hint: his bumper stickers would say, \"Can You Hear Me Now?\")', '', 'And now you can listen to our second interview, in which he talks about the updates he\\'s made in \"The World Is Flat 2.0,\" including his response to parents who said to him, \"Great, Mr. Friedman, I\\'m glad you told us the world is flat. Now what do I tell my kids?\"', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity\nDescription: ['\"I\\'ve read nearly every book about success and let me tell you that reading this book is a must.\" -- Peter Lowe, Host and Editor,
\"Randy Gilbert has captured the essence of appropriating an abundant life in SUCCESS BOUND. I highly recommend everyone read it.\" -- John C. Maxwell, author of
Refactoring has proven its value in a wide range of development projects–helping software professionals improve system designs, maintainability, extensibility, and performance. Now, for the first time, leading agile methodologist Scott Ambler and renowned consultant Pramodkumar Sadalage introduce powerful refactoring techniques specifically designed for database systems.
Ambler and Sadalage demonstrate how small changes to table structures, data, stored procedures, and triggers can significantly enhance virtually any database design–without changing semantics. You’ll learn how to evolve database schemas in step with source code–and become far more effective in projects relying on iterative, agile methodologies.
This comprehensive guide and reference helps you overcome the practical obstacles to refactoring real-world databases by covering every fundamental concept underlying database refactoring. Using start-to-finish examples, the authors walk you through refactoring simple standalone database applications as well as sophisticated multi-application scenarios. You’ll master every task involved in refactoring database schemas, and discover best practices for deploying refactorings in even the most complex production environments.
The second half of this book systematically covers five major categories of database refactorings. You’ll learn how to use refactoring to enhance database structure, data quality, and referential integrity; and how to refactor both architectures and methods. This book provides an extensive set of examples built with Oracle and Java and easily adaptable for other languages, such as C#, C++, or VB.NET, and other databases, such as DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, and Sybase.
Using this book’s techniques and examples, you can reduce waste, rework, risk, and cost–and build database systems capable of evolving smoothly, far into the future.
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Scott W. Ambler is a software process improvement (SPI) consultant living just north of Toronto. He is founder and practice leader of the Agile Modeling (AM) (www.agilemodeling.com), Agile Data (AD) (www.agiledata.org), Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) (www.enterpriseunifiedprocess.com), and Agile Unified Process (AUP) (www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess) methodologies. Scott is the (co-)author of several books, including Agile Modeling (John Wiley & Sons, 2002), Agile Database Techniques (John Wiley & Sons, 2003), The ObjectPrimer, Third Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2004), The Enterprise UnifiedProcess (Prentice Hall, 2005), and The Elements of UML 2.0 Style (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Scott is a contributing editor with Software Development magazine (www.sdmagazine.com) and has spoken and keynoted at a wide variety of international conferences, including Software Development, UML World, Object Expo, Java Expo, and Application Development. Scott graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Information Science. In his spare time Scott studies the Goju Ryu and Kobudo styles of karate.
Pramod J. Sadalage is a consultant for ThoughtWorks, an enterprise application development and integration company. He first pioneered the practices and processes of evolutionary database design and database refactoring in 1999 while working on a large J2EE application using the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology. Since then, Pramod has applied the practices and processes to many projects. Pramod writes and speaks about database administration on evolutionary projects, the adoption of evolutionary processes with regard to databases, and evolutionary practices’ impact upon database administration, in order to make it easy for everyone to use evolutionary design in regards to databases. When he is not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and daughter and trying to improve his running.
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The Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) does precisely that, enabling you to deliver systems that meet all the needs of today's businesses. Now, EUP's creator and architects present the definitive introduction to EUP, and demonstrate how to use it in your environment.\", 'The Enterprise Unified Process systematically identifies the business and technical problems that RUP fails to address, and shows how EUP fills those gaps. Using actual examples and case studies, the authors introduce processes and disciplines for producing new software, implementing strategic reuse, \"sunsetting\" obsolete code and systems, managing software portfolios, and much more. Their independent, \"tool agnostic\" coverage will be indispensable no matter which RUP products or platforms you\\'ve invested in. Coverage includes', 'Practical, step-by-step guidance for adopting EUP in midsized-to-large organizations', 'Proven processes for optimizing ongoing IT operations and support', 'Enterprise business modeling and architecture with EUP', 'EUP disciplines for enterprise administration, people management, and software process improvement', \"Using the new EUP plug-in for IBM's RUP platform\", 'Workflow diagrams fully consistent with RUP for easy understanding', 'Detailed appendices covering EUP roles, artifacts, and terminology', 'EUP is the missing link that can help IT professionals achieve the full benefits of RUP in the enterprise. This book will help you discover it, master it, implement it, and succeed with it.', 'Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.', '', '', '', 'The Enterpise Unified Process: Extending the Rational Unified ProcessAbout the Authors', 'Scott Ambler is a senior consultant with Ronin International, Inc. specializing in software process improvement, adoption, and mentoring. He has contributed to the RUP and has been working with organizations since 1999 to adopt and extend the RUP. He is the thought leader behind the Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD), the Agile Data (AD) method, and the process patterns of the Object-Oriented Software Process (OOSP). He has worked in the information technology (IT) industry since the late 1980s in a wide range of roles within a variety of industries, including financial, retail, military, and health. He has either authored or co-authored numerous books, including The Object Primer, The Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture, Agile Database Techniques, and the four-book Unified Process series. He is a senior editor with Software Development (http://www.sdmagazine.com) and an international speaker in the IT field.', 'John Nalbone is a senior consultant with Ronin International, Inc. He has worked in the information technology (IT) industry since the late 1980s in a variety of roles. Although he started his career as a coder, his experience covers a wide range, including being an analyst, designer, architect, developer, project manager, and process engineer. He has worked on a variety of projects over the years, including debugging operating systems, developing expert systems, and enterprise architecture efforts, with a number of different clients, including startups, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. His current focus is on helping companies with their process improvement efforts; in particular helping them to adopt both the RUP and/or the EUP.', 'Michael Vizdos is President of Ronin International, Inc. Michael has more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry and has worked in all aspects of the system lifecycle. He came to Ronin with a variety of experience, including six years at Electronic Data Systems and two start-up companies. His specialty is building successful Professional Services teams, and he is also a Certified Scrum Master (http://www.michaelvizdos.com). Michael speaks and writes about various process IT-related topics.', 'Ronin International, Inc. is based in Evergreen Colorado, just outside of Denver. The team at Ronin is known and respected as a market leader for planning, improving, and implementing various software practices throughout the world. Ronin consultants are in the \"knowledge transfer\" business. Their goal is to transfer knowledge from their experts to your team members. They work with clients to develop working software, create or improve new software process improvement efforts, and facilitate long-term strategic planning sessions for your IT organization.', 'Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: THAT YOU MAY KNOW GOD HAS A PURPOSE\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Foundation in Fashion Design and Illustration\nDescription: ['Julian Seaman is a visiting tutor on the Foundation and BA courses at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. 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IT risks directly impact business performance, and [the authors] advise business executives on how they can manage IT risk as business risk with business consequences. --Government Technology, October 10, 2007', 'George Westerman is Research Scientist in the Center for Information Systems Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Richard Hunter is Group Vice President and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Executive Programs.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Man Has Premonition of Own Death: An Ancestor's Strange Demise and Other Mortal Matters\nDescription: ['Nicholas DiGiovanni was born at the Fort Dix Army Hospital while his father served in the Air Force at Maguire AFB. His father was then assigned to duty at a base near Lincoln, Nebraska, and his parents moved with their new baby to Fremont, Nebraska, for a year. The author has spent the rest of his life being grateful that his parents did not stay in Nebraska where he believes he would have wound up as assistant manager of an Agway franchise and moved back to their home town of Yonkers, New York, a gritty industrial city on the lower Hudson River where DiGiovanni grew up, went to school, and absorbed the history of his family and his city including the strange and sad tale of his great-uncle, 23-year-old carpet-mill worker Thomas Crooks, who (according to a 1920s newspaper article) had a premonition of his own death, falling to his death in a vat of acid just minutes after turning to his bride-to-be after a lunchtime picnic and declaring I am going in, but I shall be carried out! DiGiiovanni is a novelist, essayist, award-winning journalist, blogger and teacher of creative writing. His novella Rip, a modern-day parody of Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle, was published in 2011 by Black Angel Press. His fiction has appeared in Paterson Literary Review, Identity Theory, The Caribbean Writer, and elsewhere. A sampling of his essays on mortality and memory appeared in Songs of Ourselves, the anthology of personal writings by a variety of writers that was published by Blue Heron Book Works in 2015. DiGiovanni has been the recipient of five fiction-writing fellowships at the prestigious Virginia Center for the Creative Arts DiGiovanni founded the highly regarded Delaware Valley Poetry Festival, held annually in western New Jersey from the late 1990s through the late 2000s, which featured many widely-acclaimed poets including former U.S. poets laureate Robert Pinsky, Rita Dove and Louise Gluck and Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart\nDescription: ['\"In the past, one could get by on intuition and experience. Times have changed. Today, the name of the game is data. Ian Ayres shows us how and why in this groundbreaking book Super Crunchers. Not only is it fun to read, it just may change the way you think.\"Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics
\"Data-mining and statistical analysis have suddenly become cool.... Dissecting marketing, politics, and even sports, stuff this complex and important shouldn\\'t be this much fun to read.\"Wired
\"[Ayres\\'s] thesis is provocative: Complex statistical models could be used to market products more intelligently, craft better movies, and solve health-care problemsif only we could get past our statistics phobia.\"Portfolio
\"When statistics conflict with expert opinion, bet on statistics....Businesses, consumers, and governments are waking up to the power of analyzing enormous tracts of information.\"Discover
\"Super Crunchers shows that data-driven decisionmaking is not just revolutionizing baseball and business; it\\'s changing the way that education policy, health care reimbursements, even tax regulations are crafted. Super Crunching is truly reinventing government. Politicians love to tout policy proposals, but they rarely come back and tell you which ones succeeded and which ones failed. Data-driven policy making forces government to ask the bottom line question of \\'What works.\\' That\\'s an approach we can all support.\"John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress
\"A lively and yet rigorously careful account of the use of quantitative methods for analysis and decision-making.... Both social scientists and businessmen can profit from this book, while enjoying themselves in the process.\"Dr. Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize winning economist, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University
Ayres point is that human beings put far too much faith in their intuition and would often be better off listening to the numbers.... The best stories in the book are about Ayres and other economists he knows, whether they are studying wine, the Supreme Court or jobless benefits.... Ayres himself is one of the [statistical] detectives. He has done fascinating research.The New York Times Book Review
\"Ian Ayres [is] a law-and-economics guru.\"Chronicle of Higher Education
Lively and enjoyable.... Ayres skillfully demonstrates the importance that statistical literacy can play in our lives, especially now that technology permits it to occur on a scale never before imagined.... Edifying and entertaining.\"Publishers Weekly
\"Super Crunchers presents a convincing and disturbing vision of a future in which everyday decision-making is increasingly automated, and the role of human judgment restricted to providing input to formulae.\"The Economist
\"Insightful and delightful!\" Forbes
From the Hardcover edition.', \"Ian Ayres ,an econometrician and lawyer, is the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School, and a professor at Yale's School of Management. He is a regular commentator on public radio's Marketplace and a columnist for Forbes magazine. He is currently the editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, and has written eight books and more than a hundred articles.
From the Hardcover edition.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Hardcover Book\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies\nDescription: ['', '', 'Charlene Li is a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. She is one of the driving forces behind Forrester s Social Computing and Web 2.0 research. Josh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and one of their most senior and most frequently quoted research analysts. He created the Technographics segmentation, a classification of consumers according to how they approach technology.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Trumpet of Gabriel\nDescription: ['We are witnessing a major supernatural intervention. Whether we heed the warnings, says Michael Brown, may well determine what the future holds for us and our children This book is for people of all faiths and denominations.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Best Service is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs\nDescription: ['\"admirably straightforward book refreshingly no-nonsense\". (Financial Times , Thursday 27th March 2008)', 'The Best Service Is No Service', 'Most customer service operations have it wrong. They gauge theireffectiveness and productivity based on the number of customercalls or contacts they handle. But do your customers really want a\"relationship\" with your company\\'s customer service department, ordo they simply want to purchase your products or services so theycan put them to use?', 'In this groundbreaking book, Bill Price and David Jaffe offer anew, game-changing approach, showing how managers are taking thewrong path and are using the wrong metrics to measure customerservice. Customer service, they assert, is only needed when acompany does something wrongeliminating the need for serviceis the best way to satisfy customers. To be successful, companiesneed to treat service as a data point of dysfunction and figurewhat they need to do to eliminate the demand. The Best ServiceIs No Service outlines these seven principles to deliver thebest service that ultimately leads to \"no service\":', 'Eliminate dumb contacts', 'Create engaging self-service', 'Be proactive', 'Make it easy to contact your company', 'Own the actions across the company', 'Listen and act', 'Deliver great service experiences', 'While self-service and customer relationship management areoften tech-heavy and software-driven efforts, Price and Jaffeemphasize that no technology is needed to adopt a \"no service\"mindsetand any manager who tries to ferret out dysfunctionalcontacts between customers and companies can create far better,self-correcting systems.', 'Indispensable to both managers and leaders of organizations,The Best Service Is No Service redefines traditional notionsof service and success.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Practice of Social Research Eleventh Edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Approach to Freetown (Lion Mountain) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Karan Rekasie Henley Haugh has had a lifetime devoted to writing. In fifth grade, she won the contest for an essay on Why I Love America. She grew up in a former coal mining village, Rural Ridge, Pennsylvania, about 23 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, not far from the Allegheny River. She had the good fortune to be a student in one of the best public school systems in the country, Fox Chapel Area Schools, from which she won a Senatorial Scholarship to start her off her studies at The University of Pittsburgh. She has written twenty books, which she is happily in the process of seeing published. She is presently living in Prescott, Arizona with her husband Robert, who is a poet, and their blue-point Siamese Sylvie. The prior seven years were spent in Northern California, from where she composed her book River People, which she hopes is on the slate for publication. Karan has done a wide variety of amazing things like raising Siamese kittens, working as a Realtor, and thoroughly remodeling a duplex in Pittsburgh from basement to roof. For all this time she has also been running an editing concern krh2004@manuscriptsplus.com. Her email is krh2004@manuscriptsplus.com.However, she is currently busy getting her books in order.']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Once Upon a Potty-Boy\\nDescription: [\\\"Alona Frankel is the author and illustrator of over thirty titles for children, including the well-known Once Upon a Potty titles. Ms. Frankel's work has earned her a place on the Honor List of the International Board on Books for Young Children, several Parents Choice awards, and many additional honors and awards. She lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Caregiver's Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home\\nDescription: ['Drawing on his more than twenty years as a practicing physical therapist, author Kevin Lockette has compiled an unparalleled resource for home caregivers: A Caregiver\\\\'s Complete Guide for Safe Mobility and Independence in the Home delivers exactly what its title states. Lockette\\\\'s numerous strategies and tips focus on how to offer safe caregiving, especially as it relates to the care-receiver\\\\'s mobility and independence. But he also gives attention to the safety of the caregiver, because, as he wisely notes, \\\"If a caregiver is injured, it frequently results in the care-receiver losing the ability to remain in a community setting.\\\" This book has easily referenced chapters on such topics as body mechanics (including principles of safe lifting), guidelines for transfers (including considerations for body type and various disabilities), adaptive and assistive devices for the care-receiver, fall prevention and fall-proofing the home, and information on types of wheelchairs. He also includes detailed instructions (with illustrations) on appropriate exercises for the minimally to moderately impaired. A helpful glossary is provided, as are several appendices, which offer important information on various caregiver associations, caregiver-specific Web sites, and numerous connected resources. \\\"Caregivers the world over have need of this book. Kevin has put together a clear guide to maintaining your ability to be a Caregiver. Whether you are caring for a loved one at home or are a professional tending to the needs of patients in a care facility, this work can provide you with the skills you need to do the job of caregiving without damaging yourself or your patient. Richly illustrated with delightful drawings and accurate photography - this book will become well worn by the wise Caregiver.\\\" Gary Powell, Executive Director The Caregiver Foundation of America', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blink - The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking\\nDescription: ['Publisher\\\\'s Weekly Starred Review. Best-selling author Gladwell (The Tipping Point) has a dazzling ability to find commonality in disparate fields of study. 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Perhaps the most stunning example he gives of this counterintuitive truth is the most expensive war game ever conducted by the Pentagon, in which a wily marine officer, playing \\\"a rogue military commander\\\" in the Persian Gulf and unencumbered by hierarchy, bureaucracy and too much technology, humiliated American forces whose chiefs were bogged down in matrixes, systems for decision making and information overload. But if one sets aside Gladwell\\\\'s dazzle, some questions and apparent inconsistencies emerge. If doctors are given an algorithm, or formula, in which only four facts are needed to determine if a patient is having a heart attack, is that really educating the doctor\\\\'s decision-making abilityor is it taking the decision out of the doctor\\\\'s hands altogether and handing it over to the algorithm? 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He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from George Washington University and studied Quantum Mechanics and Science Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Ultimate Guide to Vintage Surfboards & Collectibles\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Principles of the Business Rule Approach\\nDescription: ['', 'The Business Rule Approach represents a major paradigm shift in business-system design and development. Employing a business-driven approach, the use of business rules has been proven to enhance the effectiveness, flexibility, and efficiency of business systems. The technology is appropriate for any kind of organization, and is especially well suited for development in the rapidly expanding Web services industry.', \\\"Written by the world's leading expert in business rules theory and technology, Principles of the Business Rule Approach is appropriate for business and technical professionals, as well as academics. It serves as a concise introduction and tutorial, presenting understandable explanations and practical techniques.\\\", 'This book explores the rationale behind business rules, as well as the many opportunities presented by this innovative new approach. It explains key business-rule concepts and offers experience-based best practices for expressing business rules. In addition, the book looks at the role of business rules within the context of a wider trend towards model-based development and offers an accessible introduction to the underlying theory of business rules and notation.', 'Topics covered include', 'Numerous appendixes address specific topics in business rule technology, such as the Pattern-R approach and notation, evaluating the truth value of a rule, IF...THEN syntax, and more.', 'Knowledge of the emerging Business Rule Approach is critical for all who are at the leading edge of business system development. Principles of the Business Rule Approach is the authoritative guide and an essential resource.', '', '', 'Ronald G. Ross is cofounder and principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC, a firm that provides workshops, consulting services, and publications centered on business analysis and rules. He codeveloped Proteus methodology, including the popular RuleSpeak. He also serves as executive editor of www.BRCommunity.com and is a regular columnist for the internationally acclaimed Business Rules Journal hosted there.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: No Second Chances: How to Stop Diabetes in Its Tracks\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Business Rules Applied: Building Better Systems Using the Business Rules Approach\\nDescription: ['\\\"From a best selling author and expert-a soon-to-be classic on application development, representing a significant change of focus in software engineering, the business rule approach to application development benefits all decision makers.\\\" (Compbookreview.com, 11/01)', 'A step-by-step tutorial on how to execute the business rules approach-from planning through implementation
The business rules approach to application development represents a major evolution in software engineering and promises to be the most practical and desirable way to build systems. As a result, developers are in need of a how-to guide for implementing business rules in practice. Barbara von Halle fills this niche in the literature by providing a pragmatic introduction to the techniques and guidelines necessary for assembling systems using a business rules approach. Building on familiar methodologies such as structured systems analysis, information engineering, and object orientation, you will be able to easily add a business rules approach to existing practices.
Offering you the steps and techniques to fit your specific needs, this innovative book discusses: * Business rule basics, concepts, and methodologies * Getting started on and planning a business rule project * Initial requirements, rules, and data * Analyzing data, rules, and processes to guarantee that they are all of high quality * Implementing business rules systems using commercial-service-oriented and data-change-oriented rules products * Introducing a Rule Track into a systems development methodology
The companion Web site at
www.wiley.com/compbooks/vonhalle/ includes: * White papers on related topics * Case study descriptions and vendor solutions * Updates on business rule concepts and tools * Links to other resources
Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/ Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/vonhalle/', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The case of the parson's parrot and other stories\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends On Productive Friction And Dynamic Specialization\\nDescription: ['\\\"...check out [this] smart new book by the strategists John Hagel III and John Seely Brown.\\\" -- Thomas Friedman, The New York Times, April 29th, 2005', '\\\"Hagel and Browns vision of new innovation processes is compellingand quite frightening. These disruptive forces will create exciting growth opportunities for the firms that harness them and will ruin those that ignore them.\\\" Clayton M. Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and author, The Innovators Dilemma and The Innovators Solution', '\\\"As a practitioner working with global supply chains, I find this book captures the essence of our efforts to orchestrate loosely coupled networks on a global basis. This book is a must-read for all executives seeking to improve the performance of their global supply chain.\\\" Victor Fung, Group Chairman, Li & Fung', '', '\\\"Intensifying competition in global markets calls for an effective business strategy. This book introduces fascinating views on how to renew strategic thinking with valuable insights on how to spur innovation and talent development.\\\" Pekka Ala-Pietil, President, Nokia Corporation', '\\\"The two great theorists of information technology, John Hagel and John Seely Brown, show the importance of talent development, specialization, connectivity, and coordination. This indispensable book is an absolutely fascinating guide for business leaders.\\\" Walter Isaacson, President, the Aspen Institute and author, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life', '\\\"The authors brilliantly challenge conventional thinking with a penetrating analysis of the forces shaping the current business environment. This book is both intellectually powerful and downright practical, with straightforward questions and guidelines for business success in the global economy. It will force more than a few executives to rethink their strategies.\\\" Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International', '\\\"In a rapidly evolving global capitalist system, this book is the shortest path to survival and success it is a bible for the new connected age. It is an absorbing narrative, an acute assessment of the environment, and a must-read for everyone.\\\" Vinod Khosla, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers', '\\\"The authors document the impact of globalization and provide a roadmap for competitive success through continual cultivation of distinctive capabilities. Their compelling message is relevant for those developing strategies for institutional survival in the private and the public sectors.\\\" William H. Janeway, Vice Chairman, Warburg Pincus LLC', '\\\"Hagel and Brown brilliantly articulate the stages of evolution for organizations and construct a framework for creating sustainable value through accelerated capability building. This book offers a valuable guide for organizations seeking answers for operating effectively in a borderless world.\\\" K. V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: New Image of Religious Film (Communication, Culture, and Religion)\\nDescription: ['John R. May is Alumni Professor of English and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University, where he teaches courses in religion, literature, and film.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century\\nDescription: [\\\"Updated Edition: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn't going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to.\\\", 'What Friedman means by \\\"flat\\\" is \\\"connected\\\": the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do business, or almost anything else, instantaneously with billions of other people across the planet. This in itself should not be news to anyone. But the news that Friedman has to deliver is that just when we stopped paying attention to these developments--when the dot-com bust turned interest away from the business and technology pages and when 9/11 and the Iraq War turned all eyes toward the Middle East--is when they actually began to accelerate. Globalization 3.0, as he calls it, is driven not by major corporations or giant trade organizations like the World Bank, but by individuals: desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world (but especially in India and China) who can compete--and win--not just for low-wage manufacturing and information labor but, increasingly, for the highest-end research and design work as well. (He doesn\\\\'t forget the \\\"mutant supply chains\\\" like Al-Qaeda that let the small act big in more destructive ways.)', 'Friedman has embraced this flat world in his own work, continuing to report on his story after his book\\\\'s release and releasing an unprecedented hardcover update of the book a year later with 100 pages of revised and expanded material. What\\\\'s changed in a year? Some of the sections that opened eyes in the first edition--on China and India, for example, and the global supply chain--are largely unaltered. Instead, Friedman has more to say about what he now calls \\\"uploading,\\\" the direct-from-the-bottom creation of culture, knowledge, and innovation through blogging, podcasts, and open-source software. And in response to the pleas of many of his readers about how to survive the new flat world, he makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he thinks will be required to compete in the \\\"New Middle\\\" class. As before, Friedman tells his story with the catchy slogans and globe-hopping anecdotes that readers of his earlier books and his New York Times columns know well, and he holds to a stern sort of optimism. He wants to tell you how exciting this new world is, but he also wants you to know you\\\\'re going to be trampled if you don\\\\'t keep up with it. A year later, one can sense his rising impatience that our popular culture, and our political leaders, are not helping us keep pace. --Tom Nissley', 'Thomas L. Friedman\\\\'s reporter\\\\'s curiosity and his ability to recognize the patterns behind the most complex global developments have made him one of the most entertaining and authoritative sources for information about the wider world we live in, both as the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and as the author of landmark books like From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. They also make him an endlessly fascinating conversation partner, and we\\\\'ve now had the chance to talk to him about The World Is Flat twice. Read our original interview with him following the publication of the first edition of The World Is Flat to learn why there\\\\'s almost no one from Washington, D.C., listed in the index of a book about the global economy, and what his one-plank platform for president would be. (Hint: his bumper stickers would say, \\\"Can You Hear Me Now?\\\")', '', 'And now you can listen to our second interview, in which he talks about the updates he\\\\'s made in \\\"The World Is Flat 2.0,\\\" including his response to parents who said to him, \\\"Great, Mr. Friedman, I\\\\'m glad you told us the world is flat. Now what do I tell my kids?\\\"', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity\\nDescription: ['\\\"I\\\\'ve read nearly every book about success and let me tell you that reading this book is a must.\\\" -- Peter Lowe, Host and Editor,
\\\"Randy Gilbert has captured the essence of appropriating an abundant life in SUCCESS BOUND. I highly recommend everyone read it.\\\" -- John C. Maxwell, author of
Refactoring has proven its value in a wide range of development projects–helping software professionals improve system designs, maintainability, extensibility, and performance. Now, for the first time, leading agile methodologist Scott Ambler and renowned consultant Pramodkumar Sadalage introduce powerful refactoring techniques specifically designed for database systems.
Ambler and Sadalage demonstrate how small changes to table structures, data, stored procedures, and triggers can significantly enhance virtually any database design–without changing semantics. You’ll learn how to evolve database schemas in step with source code–and become far more effective in projects relying on iterative, agile methodologies.
This comprehensive guide and reference helps you overcome the practical obstacles to refactoring real-world databases by covering every fundamental concept underlying database refactoring. Using start-to-finish examples, the authors walk you through refactoring simple standalone database applications as well as sophisticated multi-application scenarios. You’ll master every task involved in refactoring database schemas, and discover best practices for deploying refactorings in even the most complex production environments.
The second half of this book systematically covers five major categories of database refactorings. You’ll learn how to use refactoring to enhance database structure, data quality, and referential integrity; and how to refactor both architectures and methods. This book provides an extensive set of examples built with Oracle and Java and easily adaptable for other languages, such as C#, C++, or VB.NET, and other databases, such as DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, and Sybase.
Using this book’s techniques and examples, you can reduce waste, rework, risk, and cost–and build database systems capable of evolving smoothly, far into the future.
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Scott W. Ambler is a software process improvement (SPI) consultant living just north of Toronto. He is founder and practice leader of the Agile Modeling (AM) (www.agilemodeling.com), Agile Data (AD) (www.agiledata.org), Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) (www.enterpriseunifiedprocess.com), and Agile Unified Process (AUP) (www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess) methodologies. Scott is the (co-)author of several books, including Agile Modeling (John Wiley & Sons, 2002), Agile Database Techniques (John Wiley & Sons, 2003), The ObjectPrimer, Third Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2004), The Enterprise UnifiedProcess (Prentice Hall, 2005), and The Elements of UML 2.0 Style (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Scott is a contributing editor with Software Development magazine (www.sdmagazine.com) and has spoken and keynoted at a wide variety of international conferences, including Software Development, UML World, Object Expo, Java Expo, and Application Development. Scott graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Information Science. In his spare time Scott studies the Goju Ryu and Kobudo styles of karate.
Pramod J. Sadalage is a consultant for ThoughtWorks, an enterprise application development and integration company. He first pioneered the practices and processes of evolutionary database design and database refactoring in 1999 while working on a large J2EE application using the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology. Since then, Pramod has applied the practices and processes to many projects. Pramod writes and speaks about database administration on evolutionary projects, the adoption of evolutionary processes with regard to databases, and evolutionary practices’ impact upon database administration, in order to make it easy for everyone to use evolutionary design in regards to databases. When he is not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and daughter and trying to improve his running.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Elvis From the National Enquirer's Secret Files - 2013 Special Collectors Edition\\nDescription: [\\\"From the Editors: NEW EVIDENCE & SHOCKING PROOF\\\\nWho Killed him - How They Did it - Why he had to die!\\\\nWhat His Family Knew\\\\nSecret Life in sin city\\\\nDig up Presley's grave\\\\nElvis' little black book\\\\nLivin the HIGH life\\\\nSaint or sinner?\\\\nElvis Knew Too Much\\\\nMurder Most Foul\\\\nAutopsy Cover Up\\\\nAND MUCH MORE!\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Enterprise Unified Process: Extending the Rational Unified Process\\nDescription: ['', 'Extend RUP to Drive Improvements Across the Entire IT Lifecycle', \\\"The Rational Unified Process is a powerful tool for improving software development -- but it doesn't go nearly far enough. Today's development organizations need to extend RUP to cover the entire IT lifecycle, including the cross-project and enterprise issues it largely ignores. The Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) does precisely that, enabling you to deliver systems that meet all the needs of today's businesses. Now, EUP's creator and architects present the definitive introduction to EUP, and demonstrate how to use it in your environment.\\\", 'The Enterprise Unified Process systematically identifies the business and technical problems that RUP fails to address, and shows how EUP fills those gaps. Using actual examples and case studies, the authors introduce processes and disciplines for producing new software, implementing strategic reuse, \\\"sunsetting\\\" obsolete code and systems, managing software portfolios, and much more. Their independent, \\\"tool agnostic\\\" coverage will be indispensable no matter which RUP products or platforms you\\\\'ve invested in. Coverage includes', 'Practical, step-by-step guidance for adopting EUP in midsized-to-large organizations', 'Proven processes for optimizing ongoing IT operations and support', 'Enterprise business modeling and architecture with EUP', 'EUP disciplines for enterprise administration, people management, and software process improvement', \\\"Using the new EUP plug-in for IBM's RUP platform\\\", 'Workflow diagrams fully consistent with RUP for easy understanding', 'Detailed appendices covering EUP roles, artifacts, and terminology', 'EUP is the missing link that can help IT professionals achieve the full benefits of RUP in the enterprise. This book will help you discover it, master it, implement it, and succeed with it.', 'Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.', '', '', '', 'The Enterpise Unified Process: Extending the Rational Unified ProcessAbout the Authors', 'Scott Ambler is a senior consultant with Ronin International, Inc. specializing in software process improvement, adoption, and mentoring. He has contributed to the RUP and has been working with organizations since 1999 to adopt and extend the RUP. He is the thought leader behind the Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD), the Agile Data (AD) method, and the process patterns of the Object-Oriented Software Process (OOSP). He has worked in the information technology (IT) industry since the late 1980s in a wide range of roles within a variety of industries, including financial, retail, military, and health. He has either authored or co-authored numerous books, including The Object Primer, The Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture, Agile Database Techniques, and the four-book Unified Process series. He is a senior editor with Software Development (http://www.sdmagazine.com) and an international speaker in the IT field.', 'John Nalbone is a senior consultant with Ronin International, Inc. He has worked in the information technology (IT) industry since the late 1980s in a variety of roles. Although he started his career as a coder, his experience covers a wide range, including being an analyst, designer, architect, developer, project manager, and process engineer. He has worked on a variety of projects over the years, including debugging operating systems, developing expert systems, and enterprise architecture efforts, with a number of different clients, including startups, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. His current focus is on helping companies with their process improvement efforts; in particular helping them to adopt both the RUP and/or the EUP.', 'Michael Vizdos is President of Ronin International, Inc. Michael has more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry and has worked in all aspects of the system lifecycle. He came to Ronin with a variety of experience, including six years at Electronic Data Systems and two start-up companies. His specialty is building successful Professional Services teams, and he is also a Certified Scrum Master (http://www.michaelvizdos.com). Michael speaks and writes about various process IT-related topics.', 'Ronin International, Inc. is based in Evergreen Colorado, just outside of Denver. The team at Ronin is known and respected as a market leader for planning, improving, and implementing various software practices throughout the world. Ronin consultants are in the \\\"knowledge transfer\\\" business. Their goal is to transfer knowledge from their experts to your team members. They work with clients to develop working software, create or improve new software process improvement efforts, and facilitate long-term strategic planning sessions for your IT organization.', 'Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: THAT YOU MAY KNOW GOD HAS A PURPOSE\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Foundation in Fashion Design and Illustration\\nDescription: ['Julian Seaman is a visiting tutor on the Foundation and BA courses at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He is also a freelance writer, illustrator, and designer who has written several best-selling fashion books for Batsford.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable\\nDescription: ['What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great\\\\'s lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they\\\\'re impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the \\\\'experts\\\\', \\\"The Black Swan\\\" shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty\\nDescription: [\\\"Dwight Longenecker has served as a parishpriest, chaplain at Kings College, Cambridge and a country parson on the Isleof Wight. Dwight has written sixteen books and countless articlesfor websites, magazines and papers in the USA and Britain. His blog Standingon My Head has been voted one of the top religious blogs in thecountry. Dwight's weekly radio show More Christianity has anincreasing following, and he is a dynamic, entertaining and inspiring speakerat conference and parish missions across America. He holds a degree intheology from Oxford University and currently serves a local parish inGreenville, SC.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage\\nDescription: ['IT Riskdoes a great job of discussing technology risk in the context of business disruption. --Intelligent Enterprise, September 10, 2007
IT risks directly impact business performance, and [the authors] advise business executives on how they can manage IT risk as business risk with business consequences. --Government Technology, October 10, 2007', 'George Westerman is Research Scientist in the Center for Information Systems Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Richard Hunter is Group Vice President and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Executive Programs.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Man Has Premonition of Own Death: An Ancestor's Strange Demise and Other Mortal Matters\\nDescription: ['Nicholas DiGiovanni was born at the Fort Dix Army Hospital while his father served in the Air Force at Maguire AFB. His father was then assigned to duty at a base near Lincoln, Nebraska, and his parents moved with their new baby to Fremont, Nebraska, for a year. The author has spent the rest of his life being grateful that his parents did not stay in Nebraska where he believes he would have wound up as assistant manager of an Agway franchise and moved back to their home town of Yonkers, New York, a gritty industrial city on the lower Hudson River where DiGiovanni grew up, went to school, and absorbed the history of his family and his city including the strange and sad tale of his great-uncle, 23-year-old carpet-mill worker Thomas Crooks, who (according to a 1920s newspaper article) had a premonition of his own death, falling to his death in a vat of acid just minutes after turning to his bride-to-be after a lunchtime picnic and declaring I am going in, but I shall be carried out! DiGiiovanni is a novelist, essayist, award-winning journalist, blogger and teacher of creative writing. His novella Rip, a modern-day parody of Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle, was published in 2011 by Black Angel Press. His fiction has appeared in Paterson Literary Review, Identity Theory, The Caribbean Writer, and elsewhere. A sampling of his essays on mortality and memory appeared in Songs of Ourselves, the anthology of personal writings by a variety of writers that was published by Blue Heron Book Works in 2015. DiGiovanni has been the recipient of five fiction-writing fellowships at the prestigious Virginia Center for the Creative Arts DiGiovanni founded the highly regarded Delaware Valley Poetry Festival, held annually in western New Jersey from the late 1990s through the late 2000s, which featured many widely-acclaimed poets including former U.S. poets laureate Robert Pinsky, Rita Dove and Louise Gluck and Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart\\nDescription: ['\\\"In the past, one could get by on intuition and experience. Times have changed. Today, the name of the game is data. Ian Ayres shows us how and why in this groundbreaking book Super Crunchers. Not only is it fun to read, it just may change the way you think.\\\"Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics
\\\"Data-mining and statistical analysis have suddenly become cool.... Dissecting marketing, politics, and even sports, stuff this complex and important shouldn\\\\'t be this much fun to read.\\\"Wired
\\\"[Ayres\\\\'s] thesis is provocative: Complex statistical models could be used to market products more intelligently, craft better movies, and solve health-care problemsif only we could get past our statistics phobia.\\\"Portfolio
\\\"When statistics conflict with expert opinion, bet on statistics....Businesses, consumers, and governments are waking up to the power of analyzing enormous tracts of information.\\\"Discover
\\\"Super Crunchers shows that data-driven decisionmaking is not just revolutionizing baseball and business; it\\\\'s changing the way that education policy, health care reimbursements, even tax regulations are crafted. Super Crunching is truly reinventing government. Politicians love to tout policy proposals, but they rarely come back and tell you which ones succeeded and which ones failed. Data-driven policy making forces government to ask the bottom line question of \\\\'What works.\\\\' That\\\\'s an approach we can all support.\\\"John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress
\\\"A lively and yet rigorously careful account of the use of quantitative methods for analysis and decision-making.... Both social scientists and businessmen can profit from this book, while enjoying themselves in the process.\\\"Dr. Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize winning economist, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University
Ayres point is that human beings put far too much faith in their intuition and would often be better off listening to the numbers.... The best stories in the book are about Ayres and other economists he knows, whether they are studying wine, the Supreme Court or jobless benefits.... Ayres himself is one of the [statistical] detectives. He has done fascinating research.The New York Times Book Review
\\\"Ian Ayres [is] a law-and-economics guru.\\\"Chronicle of Higher Education
Lively and enjoyable.... Ayres skillfully demonstrates the importance that statistical literacy can play in our lives, especially now that technology permits it to occur on a scale never before imagined.... Edifying and entertaining.\\\"Publishers Weekly
\\\"Super Crunchers presents a convincing and disturbing vision of a future in which everyday decision-making is increasingly automated, and the role of human judgment restricted to providing input to formulae.\\\"The Economist
\\\"Insightful and delightful!\\\" Forbes
From the Hardcover edition.', \\\"Ian Ayres ,an econometrician and lawyer, is the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School, and a professor at Yale's School of Management. He is a regular commentator on public radio's Marketplace and a columnist for Forbes magazine. He is currently the editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, and has written eight books and more than a hundred articles.
From the Hardcover edition.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Hardcover Book\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Charlene Li is a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. She is one of the driving forces behind Forrester s Social Computing and Web 2.0 research. Josh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and one of their most senior and most frequently quoted research analysts. He created the Technographics segmentation, a classification of consumers according to how they approach technology.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Trumpet of Gabriel\\nDescription: ['We are witnessing a major supernatural intervention. Whether we heed the warnings, says Michael Brown, may well determine what the future holds for us and our children This book is for people of all faiths and denominations.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Best Service is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs\\nDescription: ['\\\"admirably straightforward book refreshingly no-nonsense\\\". (Financial Times , Thursday 27th March 2008)', 'The Best Service Is No Service', 'Most customer service operations have it wrong. They gauge theireffectiveness and productivity based on the number of customercalls or contacts they handle. But do your customers really want a\\\"relationship\\\" with your company\\\\'s customer service department, ordo they simply want to purchase your products or services so theycan put them to use?', 'In this groundbreaking book, Bill Price and David Jaffe offer anew, game-changing approach, showing how managers are taking thewrong path and are using the wrong metrics to measure customerservice. Customer service, they assert, is only needed when acompany does something wrongeliminating the need for serviceis the best way to satisfy customers. To be successful, companiesneed to treat service as a data point of dysfunction and figurewhat they need to do to eliminate the demand. The Best ServiceIs No Service outlines these seven principles to deliver thebest service that ultimately leads to \\\"no service\\\":', 'Eliminate dumb contacts', 'Create engaging self-service', 'Be proactive', 'Make it easy to contact your company', 'Own the actions across the company', 'Listen and act', 'Deliver great service experiences', 'While self-service and customer relationship management areoften tech-heavy and software-driven efforts, Price and Jaffeemphasize that no technology is needed to adopt a \\\"no service\\\"mindsetand any manager who tries to ferret out dysfunctionalcontacts between customers and companies can create far better,self-correcting systems.', 'Indispensable to both managers and leaders of organizations,The Best Service Is No Service redefines traditional notionsof service and success.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Practice of Social Research Eleventh Edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Approach to Freetown (Lion Mountain) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Karan Rekasie Henley Haugh has had a lifetime devoted to writing. In fifth grade, she won the contest for an essay on Why I Love America. She grew up in a former coal mining village, Rural Ridge, Pennsylvania, about 23 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, not far from the Allegheny River. She had the good fortune to be a student in one of the best public school systems in the country, Fox Chapel Area Schools, from which she won a Senatorial Scholarship to start her off her studies at The University of Pittsburgh. She has written twenty books, which she is happily in the process of seeing published. She is presently living in Prescott, Arizona with her husband Robert, who is a poet, and their blue-point Siamese Sylvie. The prior seven years were spent in Northern California, from where she composed her book River People, which she hopes is on the slate for publication. Karan has done a wide variety of amazing things like raising Siamese kittens, working as a Realtor, and thoroughly remodeling a duplex in Pittsburgh from basement to roof. For all this time she has also been running an editing concern krh2004@manuscriptsplus.com. Her email is krh2004@manuscriptsplus.com.However, she is currently busy getting her books in order.']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":260,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":260,"string":"260"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Shiny Garage\nDescription: ['Visit the Shiny Garage and find out where Little Red Fire Engine, Little Orange Digger, Little Yellow Bus and Little Blue Car are going!
Four shiny board books to push along on moveable wheels!
Illustrated by Bettina Paterson
Contains small parts. Not suitable for children under 36 months. ']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Jack's Magic Beans\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Vittum Folks (Classic Reprint)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: EarthBound (Boss Fight Books)\nDescription: [\"Ken Baumann acted for ten years in feature films and TV. He is the author of the novels Solip and Say, Cut, Map. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and currently attends St. John's College.\"]","rejected":"Title: Presenting the Philippines\nDescription: ['Nigel Hicks Devon-born, Nigel has lived for many years in South-East Asia and is a frequent visitor to The Philippines. Now working as a free-lance writer and photographer, his work has appeared in numerous magazines and publications around the world and he has written and photographed a number of books about the country, including Enchanting Philippines, This is the Philippines and The National Parks of The Philippines.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Morals and Dogma: Part 1 of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: All About Love (Cynster Novels)\nDescription: ['Setting: Regency England', 'Sensuality: 8', \"Regency rake Alasdair Reginald Cynster, better known as Lucifer, is determined to avoid the epidemic of marriage that has claimed the rest of his male relatives. He leaves London for the Devon countryside and a quiet visit with an elderly friend, but gets the shock of his life when he stumbles on his friend's body, is coshed on the head by an unknown assailant, and wakes to find himself being tended by the lovely Phyllida Tallent. Entranced by the beautiful lady and her quick mind, Lucifer soon finds himself conspiring with Phyllida to solve the murder even as he grows daily more involved in the lives of the residents of Colyton. For her part, Phyllida had resigned herself to choosing a suitor from the unprepossessing noblemen living in and about Colyton. The sophisticated, handsome Lucifer takes her by surprise and shakes the foundations of her world. Neither Lucifer nor the willful Phyllida had planned to fall in love, but destiny clearly intends otherwise. If the unknown murderer has his way, however, neither of the two will live to enjoy a happy ending to their tale.\", 'Stephanie Laurens deftly combines a strong mystery plot with a breathtaking love story in this, the latest Bar Cynster story. Lucifer has the charm, character, and powerful personality that readers adore in the Cynster men, while Phyllida perfectly balances him with quick wit, courage, and a strong will of her own. All About Love is sure to be a hit with devoted fans and new readers alike.--Lois Faye Dyer', 'In the sixth installment of Laurens\\'s series of Regency-set romances involving the devilish men of the Cynster family (A Secret Love, etc.), the familiar \"curse\" that causes the Cynster men to fall in love with and marry independent women comes into play once again. Alasdair Reginald Cynster, widely known as Lucifer, arrives at the country home of his mentor, Horatio Welham, only to discover he\\'s been murdered. Knocked unconscious himself, the last thing Lucifer feels before he blacks out is a woman\\'s touch. When he awakens, he is at the family home of Phyllida Tallent, his angel of mercy. Although Phyllida and Lucifer join forces to solve Horatio\\'s murder, Phyllida conceals a secret that she is unwilling to reveal despite a growing attraction to her handsome new companion. As for Lucifer, once he\\'s recovered from his initial distaste at being in love, he sets about wooing Phyllida, and only her determination to remain independent keeps them apart. Phyllida and Lucifer are rich, engaging characters, and Laurens\\'s writing shines. Loyal fans of the series will also be pleased to note that Devil and Demon, protagonists from the previous novels, make an appearance as well. (Feb. 6)Forecast: Laurens is quickly building a name with this exceptional series, and her growing number of fans will eagerly pluck this one off the shelves. With her skill at depicting strong female leads, she also is likely to attract a number of contemporary romance readers.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rising: Deliverance\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Favorite Recipes of Texas Desserts Including Party Beverages-Contains 900 Recipes From Women's Club Leaders in Texas\nDescription: ['Texas Desserts']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Winter's Kisses\nDescription: ['I am a native of Jamaica and graduated from Fayetteville Technical Community College, Daytona State College and Campbell University. I currently reside in Atlanta, GA with my husband and two girls. I am an achiever, a learner, a relater, passionate for excellence, confident and disciplined. I love to read and listen to music on my Ipod; however my passion is writing. You will always see me with my laptop or some type of writing implement.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Entombed\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Sexuality, Gender and the Law, 3d (University Casebook Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Colony Z: Beginning and End (Vol. 4)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Gorbachev, Yeltsin and the Last Days of the Soviet Empire\nDescription: ['One wonders why Felshman chose not to write about theater in Moscow, presumably his area of greatest expertise as he works on joint projects there, and concentrated instead on politics, with which he seems to have little more familiarity than does an attentive newspaper reader. In a 288-page overview, he devotes just 18 pages to Russian history, and going back to 600 A.D., plus offering a two-and-a-half pages to a chronology cle of dates, which, for example, that omits such major figures as Peter the Great\\'s daughter, the Empress Elizabeth. who ruled from 1741 to 1762. He has nothing new to say about the backgrounds of either Gorbachev or Yeltsin; his recap of pre-perestroika governance from Stalin to Chernenko omits analysis. Felshman is informative, however, when he presents his eyewitness account of Moscovites\\' stunned reactions as Gorbachev surrounded the city with 50,000 troops to stem the March 28, 1991, Yeltsin rally, noting, but perhaps only from hindsight, that on that day \"the balance of power changed . . . and was from then on irreversible.\" Photos not seen by PW . Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'This rambling, unfocused work presents a brief description of the August 1991 coup events, biographies of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, a survey of Russian history from 1000 B.C. to 1931, an economic history of the Soviet period, and descriptions of both perestroika and glasnost. All are unconnected to one another. Felshman, who works on cultural exchanges with a Moscow theater, was in Moscow twice in 1991, once in the spring and again in August. His descriptions of the events he witnessed are superficial and spark no interest in the reader. Half of the background material included is irrelevant to the coup. Felshman appears to have no clear picture of his intended audience. Not recommended. - Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kill Whitey\nDescription: [\"Stoker-winner Keene (Ghoul) delivers a lot of gore but little else that's memorable in this horror novel set in central Pennsylvania. Larry Gibson, a package-loader for Globe Package System, becomes fascinated with Sondra Belov, a dancer at the Odessa, a strip joint owned by Zakhar Putin, a mysterious Russian known as Whitey. After one visit to the club, Gibson is surprised to find Sondra hiding under his car. When he helps her escape from Whitey, he discovers he's made an enemy of an apparent immortal, who bounces back after being shot, eviscerated and otherwise mortally injured. Sandra explains that Whitey, a descendant of Rasputin, has inherited remarkable regenerative powers. Readers may find Gibson's transformation from an average guy to a master fighter who can hold his own against the monstrous Whitey less than convincing. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: To Disco, with Love: The Records That Defined an Era\nDescription: ['David Hamsley is a photographer living in New York City.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tequila's Sunrise\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: McGraw-Hill's MAT Miller Analogies Test, Second Edition\nDescription: ['Kathy A. Zahler, M.S., has authored or contributed to elementary and high school textbooks in language arts, literature, and mathematics, for many major el-high publishers, including McGraw-Hill, Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, and Pearson. She is also the author of the bestselling Test Your Cultural Literacy, originally published by Arco/PH Press and now in its fourth edition.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Forever eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: ABC (A Slide-and-Seek Book)\nDescription: ['ABC (A Slide-and-Seek Book)', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Clickers\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: William Morris: Artist, Craftsman, Pioneer\nDescription: ['Product Details\\n\\n * Pub. Date: August 2010\\n * Publisher: Sterling Publishing\\n * Format: Hardcover, 192pp\\n * Sales Rank: 140\\n\\n * ISBN-13: 9781435127005\\n * ISBN: 1435127005', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Last of the Albatwitches\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Mushrooms of Northeastern North America\nDescription: ['Alan E. Bessette is professor of biology at Utica College of Syracuse University.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Clickers II: The Next Wave\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Star Wars : Underworld- The Yavin Vassilika# 3 ( of 5) Photo Cover\nDescription: ['Part 3 of 5']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Take the Long Way Home\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: A Solid Core of Alpha\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Shades eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Forgotten House\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sea Sick\nDescription: [\"Published author, Iain Rob Wright, was born in 1984 and lives in Redditch, a small town in the West Midlands, UK, with his loopy cocker spaniel, Oscar, his fat old cat, Jess, his many tropical fish, and the love of his life, Sally. Writing is the passion that fills his life during the small periods of time when he isn't cleaning up after his pets. He is the author of several novels, including the critically acclaimed, The Final Winter, and the deeply disturbing thriller, ASBO. Check out his official website for freebies, news, and updates at: http://www.iainrobwright.com\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Help Wanted: A Kyle Shannon Mystery\nDescription: ['Linda Mickey was so mad at her boss, she killed him.On paper.That first late night at the keyboard took her from mystery reader to mystery writer.
Like her protagonist Kyle Shannon, Linda Mickey was employed by a staffing agency.After a twelve-year career in which she saw everything from knife-toting secretaries to drunken vice presidents, Mickey had plenty of motive to write a mystery series featuring a temporary office worker.She is currently employed as the office manager of a small accounting firm, dividing her time between tax returns and murder.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Clickers III: Dagon Rising\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Best Breville Juicer Juicing Recipes: Healthy And Delicious: How To Make Unique Breville Juicer Juices New For 2013\nDescription: ['Stacey Turner is extremely interested in various types of diets and the impact that they really have on any individual that tries them. She is also interested in the impact that these diets have on improving the health of individuals. As a result of this interest she has written a lot of books on various diets from the macrobiotic to the pregnancy diet and so on. She always had a problem maintaining her weight and was also prone to certain illnesses as a child and a part of her research was geared at finding a solution for her own problem. as she did research she found more and more options and decided to share what she was learning through her books as she was well aware that there were others like her out there trying to find the right solution for their problems. Stacey is not trying to convince anyone that one diet is better than the next, she opts instead to present all the facts and leave the reader to make the final decision at the end of it all whether or not they will opt to fully try a diet or simply modify what they currently eat to include some of the options.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ready Player One\nDescription: ['', 'Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Hallidays fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.--Chris Schluep', 'I dare you not to fall in love with Ready Player One. And I mean head over heels in love--the way you fall for someone who is smart, feisty, and who can effortlessly finish your favorite movie lines, music lyrics, or literature quotes before they come out of your mouth.', 'Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future.', 'The story is set in a near-term future in which the new, new form of the Internet is a realistic virtual multi-verse called the OASIS. Most human interaction takes place via goggles and gloves in millions of unique worlds, including the boring (and free) public education world from which our teenage protagonist must escape.', 'Our unlikely hero is an overweight trailer park kid who goes by Wade Watts in real life, and Parzival to his best friends and mortal enemies--all of whom he interacts with virtually. Just like the Arthurian knight that is his namesake, young Wade is on a quest for an incredible treasure guarded by mythical creatures. Specifically, the creator of the OASIS and richest man on the planet, James Halliday, stipulated in his will that his fortune be given to the first person who can find an Easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS. The catch? Every devilishly complex clue on this treasure hunt is rooted in an intimate knowledge of 1980s pop culture.', 'This leaves the people of the future hilariously obsessed with every aspect of the 1980s. The setup is particularly brilliant, because Ernie Cline seems to have a laser-beam knowledge of (and warm, fuzzy love for) every pop song, arcade game, and giant robot produced in the last thirty years. Seriously, this is a guy who owns and regularly drives a 1982 DeLorean that has been mocked up to look exactly like the time-traveling car in Back to the Future, complete with a glowing flux capacitor.', 'But Ready Player One isnt just a fanboys wet dream. Real villains are lurking, threatening our hero with death in their ruthless hunt for the treasure. Worse, these corporate baddies are posers with no love for the game they have movie dialogue piped in via radio earpieces, use bots to cheat at arcade games like JOUST, and dont hesitate to terrorize or murder people in the real world to achieve their aims inside the OASIS.', 'As the book climaxes, a mega-battle unfolds with sobering life-or-death stakes, yet soldiered entirely by exciting and downright fun pop-culture icons. The bad guys are piloting a ferocious Mechagodzilla. Our good guy has to leave his X-Wing fighter aboard his private flotilla so that he can pilot an authentic Ultraman recreation. And how do you not grin when someone dons a pair of virtual Chuck Taylor All Stars that bestow the power of flight?', 'Cline is fearless and he lets his imagination soar, yet this pop scenery could easily come off as so much fluff. Instead, Cline keeps the stakes high throughout, and the epic treasure hunt structure (complete with an evolving high-score list) keeps the action intense. The plot unfolds with constant acceleration, never slowing down or sagging in the middle, to create a thrilling ride with a fulfilling ending.', 'Best of all, the book captures the aura of the manifold worlds it depicts. If Ready Player One were a living room, it would be wood-panelled. If it were shoes, it would be high-tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be Eye of the Tiger.', 'I really, really loved it.', '-- Daniel H. Wilson', 'Questions for Ernest Cline, Author of Ready Player One', 'Q) So it seems youre a bit of a pop-culture buff. In your debut novel Ready Player One you incorporate literally hundreds of pop culture references, many of them in ways that are integral to the books plot. Whats the first thing you remember geeking out over?', 'A)Sesame Street and the Muppets. I thought Jim Henson ruled the universe. I even thought it was pretty cool that I shared my first name with a muppet. Until the first day of kindergarten, when I quickly learned that \"Ernie\" was not a cool name to have. That was about the time I segued into my next childhood obsession, Star Wars.', 'Q) Like the books hero, you possess a horrifyingly deep knowledge of a terrifyingly broad swathe of culture, ranging from John Hughes movies to super-obscure Japanese animation to 8-bit videogames to science-fiction and fantasy literature to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. What the heck is wrong with you?! How do you have so much time on your hands?', 'A) Well, Im raising a toddler now, so I dont have as much time to geek out as I used to. I think I amassed a lot of that knowledge during my youth. Like most geeks, I was a sponge for all kinds of movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games. Then as an adult, I worked at a long series of low paying tech support jobs that allowed me to surf the Internet all day, and I spent a lot of my cubicle time looking up obscure pop culture minutiae from my childhood while I waited for people to reboot their PCs. Of course, I spent most of my off hours geeking out, too. Luckily, all those hours can now be classified as \"research\" for my novel.', 'Q) Youre stranded on an island and you can only take one movie with you. What is it?', 'A) Easy! The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition. (Can I take all of the DVD Extras and Making of Documentaries, too?)', 'Q) Youre given free tickets and back stage passes to one concert (artist can be living or dead)- who is it and why?', 'A) Are we talking about time travel back to a specific concert in the past here? Because it would be pretty cool to stand on the roof of Apple Records and watch the Beatles jam up there. But my favorite rock band thats still together is RUSH, and I just bought tickets to see them this June!', 'Q) Favorite book of all time.', 'A) Thats an impossible question! I could maybe give you three favorites: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.', 'Q) Best failed TV show pilot available on Youtube?', 'A) The unaired Batgirl pilot starring Yvonne Craig.', 'Q) Favorite episode of Cowboy Bebop?', 'A) Ganymede Elegy. Or maybe Boogie Woogie Feng Shui.', 'Q) Whats the first arcade game you ever played? Whats your favorite?', 'A) I was deflowered by Space Invaders. My all time favorite coin-op game was probably Black Tiger.', 'Q) Your idea of the perfect day...', 'A) Play Black Tiger. Then go see Big Trouble in Little China at the Alamo Drafthouse with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter doing a live Q&A afterwards. When I get home that night, I accidentally invent a cheap abundant clean energy source that saves human civilization. I celebrate by staying up late to watch old Ultraman episodes with my daughter (who loves Ultraman even more than I do).', 'Q) True or False. We hear you own a DeLorean and that you plan on tricking it out to be a time-travelling, Ghostbusting, Knight-Rider car.', 'A) False. I actually plan on tricking it out to be a time-traveling Ghostbusting Knight Riding Jet Car. Its going to have both a Flux Capacitor and an Oscillation Overthruster in it, so that my Delorean can travel through time AND solid matter. My personalized plates are ECTO88, just like a DeLorean that appears in my book.', '(Im so glad that you asked this question, because now I can justify buying the car as a \"promotional tool\" for my book. Everyone reading this is a witness! My DeLorean is helping me promote my book! The fact that Ive wanted one since I was ten years old is totally irrelevant!)', 'Q) Speaking of DeLoreans: biggest plot hole in the Back to The Future Films?', 'A) The Back to The Future Trilogy is perfect and contains no plot holes! Except for the plot hole inherent in nearly all time travel films: The planet Earth is moving through space at an immense speed at all times. So if you travel back in time, you are traveling to a time when the Earth was in a different location, and you and your time machine would appear somewhere out in deep space. For a time machine to be useful, it also needs to be able to teleport you to wherever the Earth was/is at your destination time.', 'Q) But there are two DeLoreans in 1885--why doesnt Doc dig out the one he buried in a cave for Marty to find in 1955 and use the gasoline from it to get the other DeLorean up to 88mph?', 'A) Doc would have drained the gas tank before he stored a car for 80 years, so there wouldnt have been any gas. And tampering with the DeLorean in the cave at all could conceivably create a universe-ending paradox, because it has to be in the cave for Marty to get back to 1885 in the first place. Totally not a plot hole!', '', '', 'The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a nerdgasm [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy cultureBut Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Triggers memories and emotions embedded in the psyche of a generation...[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-Entertainment Weekly
A most excellent ridethe conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their questfully satisfying.Boston Globe
EnchantingWilly Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don\\'t have to be a geek to get it.USA Today
Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don\\'t have to remember the Reagan administration to love it[Cline] takes a far-out premise and engages the reader instantlyYou\\'ll wish you could make it go on and on.NPR.org
A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novelThis novel\\'s large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight[but] even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.Cleveland Plain Dealer
The grown-up\\'s \\'Harry Potterthe mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline\\'s world are simply astounding.READY PLAYER ONEhas it all.Huffington Post
Incredibly entertainingDrawing on everything from \"Back to the Future\" to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson\\'s groundbreaking \"Snow Crash,\" Cline has madeREADY PLAYER ONEa geek fantasia, \\'80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.Austin American-Statesman
\"READY PLAYER ONEis the ultimate lottery ticket.\"New York Daily News
\"This non-gamer loved every page of READY PLAYER ONE.\"Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series
A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late 20th century. . . But its also a great read for anyone who likes a good book.Wired.com
Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut.Daily Mail (UK)
A gunshot of fun with a wicked sense of timing and a cast of characters that you\\'re pumping your fist in the air with whenever they succeed. I haven\\'t been this much on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.Chicago Reader
A rollicking, surprise-laden, potboiling, thrilling adventure story. I loved every sentence of this bookMark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
\"A \\'frakking\\' good read [featuring] incredible creative detailI grinned at the sheer audacity of Cline\\'s imagination.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
[A] fantastic page-turner.READY PLAYER ONEmay be science fiction, but it\\'s also written for people who have never picked up an SF novel in their lives\"Annalee Newitz, io9.com
\"Fascinating and imaginativeIt\\'s non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride.\"Terry Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shannara series
I was blown away by this bookA book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-upcall this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generations Neuromancer.Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance
I really, really loved READY PLAYER ONECline expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse
A nerdgasmimagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made hot, sweet love, and their child was raised in Azeroth.John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Old Mans War
Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. I felt like it was written just for me.Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wise Mans Fear
An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Clines imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe.Booklist, starred review
\"This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest through a virtual world, is loaded with enough 1980s nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week ', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 15 Months in Sog: A Warrior's Tour\nDescription: ['Book by Nicholson, Thom', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ravage\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Informal Reading Inventory: Preprimer to Twelfth Grade (Whats New in Education)\nDescription: [\"Betty Roe is Professor Emerita at Tennessee Technological University. She formerly was the Director of the Ph.D. in Exceptional Learning Program and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. She earned her Ed.D. at the University of Tennessee in Curriculum and Instruction with Reading emphasis. She is the senior author of SECONDARY SCHOOL LITERACY INSTRUCTION, 10th Edition; INFORMAL READING INVENTORY, 8th Edition; and TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 12th Edition; all published by Cengage Learning. She is also senior author of TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S MIDDLE SCHOOLS; AN INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING THE LANGUAGE ARTS; INTEGRATING LANGUAGE ARTS THROUGH LITERATURE AND THEMATIC UNITS; TEACHING THROUGH STORIES: YOURS, MINE, AND THEIRS; and STUDENT TEACHING AND FIELD EXPERIENCES HANDBOOK, 7th Edition. She has experience teaching in the intermediate grades and tutoring first through twelfth graders in a reading clinic. She currently does workshops on the use of storytelling to meet standards across the curriculum -- in language arts and content areas. Throughout her career she has been active in the International Literacy Association and the Tennessee Reading Association.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Colony Z: The Island (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: How to Draw: Animals in Simple Steps\nDescription: ['Eva Dutton is a professional artist and qualified riding instructor (BHSAI) and stable manager (BHS). She studied fine art at Norwich School of Art and has spent many years combining her love of painting with her professional equestrian work. She currently works to commission and exhibits widely. As well as her love for horses, she has a passion for wildlife and the landscape. She is now painting wolves and other creatures as well as farm and domestic animals. Eva is a member of the Society of Equestrian Artists and she is currently working full time as a professional artist and illustrator. She lives in Shropshire.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Origins (The Wasteland Chronicles)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Sex Object: A Memoir\nDescription: [\"Yes, All Men (And Everyone Else) Need To Read Sex Object (NPR)
Powerful...incredibly readable... she wants to take us back to a place of telling stories. (The Nation)
This aching account of attempting to live, date and work while female is a brave admission of vulnerability. (Washington Post)
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Praise for Apeshit
\"The new gold standard in unstoppable fetus-fucking killfreakomania, Mellick\\'s APESHIT both earns and transcends its awesome title. Genuine all-meat hardcore horror meets unadulterated Bizarro brainwarp strangeness. The results are beyond jaw-dropping, and fill me with pure, unforgivable joy.\" -- JOHN SKIPP, New York Times Bestselling author and splatterpunk superstar
\"Hilarious, insightful and absolutely over-the-fucking-top, Apeshit will appeal to both traditional slasher fans and readers who want something a bit heavier.\" --BRIAN KEENE, author of The Rising
\"An electrifying read, Apeshit successfully combines an exciting, blood-splattering slasher story with unexpected social commentary.\" -- THE DREAM PEOPLE
\"With undead necrophilia, monster-rape sodomy, abortion porn, more spilled guts than your average Fulci film, and so many more grotesqueries you\\'d need a notebook to remember them all, APESHIT just may be the extreme gorehound\\'s dream come true.\" -- THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW
\"Apeshit begins with a typical dead teenager setup. Three cheerleaders and three football players head out to a cabin in the woods. Yawn. But, this is a Carlton Mellick book. Each of the characters is funny and scary in their own way, a far cry from the cannon fodder Freddy and Jason types usually encounter. There\\'s Desdemona the punk cheerleader who wants to cover herself completely with tattoos, her former best friend Crystal who has an extremely disturbing fetish, dysfunctional Stephanie with her vagina dentata and horrible past and Rick and Kevin who are both with Desdemona, but would rather be with one another. The six are pitted against a horrific urban legend with crab claws and a particularly hideous mutation, and from there it all goes...well, look at the title. Gorehounds who like the scatology of South Park, the weirdness of Peter Jackson gore flicks and the confrontational brutality of Last House on the Left will all relish this loving homage to a genre that once looked this sick and exciting to Americans.\" -- DOC FAUSTUS
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Praise for Carlton Mellick III
\"Easily the craziest, weirdest, strangest, funniest, most obscene writer in America.\" -- GOTHIC MAGAZINE
\"Carlton is an acquired taste, but he hooks you like a drug.\" --HUNTER SHEA, author of Forest of Shadows
\"The most original novelist working today? The most outrageous? The most unpredictable? These aren\\'t easy superlatives to make; however, Carlton Mellick may well be all of those things, behind a canon of books that all irreverently depart from the form and concepts of traditional novels, and adventure the reader into a howling, dark fantasyland of the most bizarre, over-the-top, and mind-warping inventiveness.\" --EDWARD LEE, author of Header
\"Carlton Mellick III is a genius with an insanely beautiful imagination.\" --JOE AUGUSTYN, writer of Night of the Demons
\"Carlton Mellick III has the craziest book titles... and the kinkiest fans!\" --CHRISTOPHER MOORE, author of The Stupidest Angel
\"If you haven\\'t read Mellick you\\'re not nearly perverse enough for the twenty first century.\" --JACK KETCHUM, author of The Woman and The Girl Next Door
\"Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction\\'s most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale.\" --CORY DOCTOROW, author of Little Brother
\"Mellick\\'s career is impressive because, despite the fact that he puts out a few books a year, he has managed to bring something new to the table every time... Every Mellick novel is packed with more wildly original concepts than you could find in the current top ten New York Times bestsellers put together.\" --VERBICIDE
\"Mellick\\'s guerrilla incursions combine total geekboy fandom and love with genuine, unbridled outsider madness. As such, it borders on genius, in the way only true outsider art can.\" --FANGORIA
\"Bizarre, twisted, and emotionally raw--Carlton Mellick\\'s fiction is the literary equivalent of putting your brain in a blender.\" --BRIAN KEENE, author of The Rising and Dead Sea
\"I\\'m a huuuuge Bizarro fan. This new strain of cheerfully transgressive weird fiction is to me the most vibrant, exciting, genre-mangling scene in all of strange literature today. And no one holds dominion over this blossoming underground phenomenon like the godfather of Bizarro, Carlton Mellick III. With the most impressive sideburns in imaginative lit since Isaac Asimov, and a brain that squirts out more shamelessly playful originality in any given chapter than most artists will accomplish in their entire lives, he\\'s the poster boy. The Elvis. As well he should be.\" --JOHN SKIPP, co-author of The Bridge
\"It\\'s not unusual to blow through a Mellick book in one sitting. They\\'re fast-paced with an endless number of surprises, making it tough not to keep turning pages. When the end comes, I\\'m left with that done-too-soon feeling that I always love experiencing.\" --RAZORCAKE \"A wormhole of disturbing surrealism and absurd satire.\" --VICE MAGAZINE
\"Carlton Mellick III exemplifies the intelligence and wit that lurks between its lurid covers. In a genre where crude titles are an art in themselves, Mellick is a true artist.\" --THE GUARDIAN
\"His fiction blends bizarre scenarios mixed with horror, action, and even more bizarre actions to create fiction that toes the line between the absurd and the dark places of the mind... Shocking yet entertaining\" --THE EXAMINER \"I imagine Mellick as a Willy Wonka-type character, someone with personal access to another world, a world of his own creation, but due to its mind-bending energy, he\\'s lost control of it, and it continues to thrive even without him there to pull the strings. And I like the idea of that.\" --BOOKIE MONSTER
\"The imp of the perverse.\" --3AM MAGAZINE
\"Just as Pop had Andy Warhol and Dada Tristan Tzara, the Bizarro movement has its very own P. T. Barnum-type practitioner. He\\'s the mutton-chopped author of such books as Electric Jesus Corpse and The Menstruating Mall, the illustrator, editor, and instructor of all things Bizarro, and his name is Carlton Mellick III.\" --DETAILS MAGAZINE
\"Discussing Bizarro literature without mentioning Mellick is like discussing weird-ass muttonchopped authors without mentioning Mellick.\" --CRACKED.COM
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\"It\\'s fucking exhilarating--a tight, breakneck narrative and lots of awesome ultra-violence and quirky, distinct characters.\" - BRIAN KEENE, author of The Rising and Dead Sea
\"Unlike any zombie apocalypse novel you\\'ve ever read, Zombies and Shit takes the zombie mythology and reimagines it in a brutal reality game show like no other. Filled with sentient zombies, zombie smart cars, mechanized zombie dogs, and a cybernetic Mr. T, Zombies and Shit is part Running Man, part Battle Royale, part Lost, and all Carlton Mellick III.\" - S. G. BROWNE, author of Breathers
\"For fans of zombie fiction, this is an absolute MUST FUCKING READ!\" - JEFF BURK, author of Shatnerquake
\"Crazy and delightful.\" - JACK KETCHUM, author of The Woman and The Girl Next Door', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural, Vol. 1\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* At the dawn of the 1990s, Nintendo was the Goliath of the video-game industry. The companys strictures on third-party development and its policy of understocking retailers contributed to the stranglehold on the market. But Tom Kalinske, who had rejuvenated Barbie and created He-Man for Mattel, was about to change that as the president and CEO of Sega. Like the pixels that together create a larger picture, Harris presents the various elements of the business in vivid color, from research and development to marketing, to show how Sega went from a joke to a market leader in just a few years. Along the way, Harris reveals the forces behind such decisions as Nintendo changing red blood to gray sweat in Mortal Kombat; the origin story of the nickname for Sonics sidekick, Tails; and even how Mario was supposed to be a certain spinach-guzzling sailor, in a manner that will engage both Gen X gamers and business-minded readers. Harris defines the players immediately, honing in on their most notable characteristics, and puts the reader in the thick of the meetings and deal-making with a confidence stemming from hundreds of interviews. Pegged for both documentary and feature-film adaptations, Console Wars is remarkably detailed and fast paced, pitting speedy Sonic against more-of-the-same Mario in a blow-by-blow account of the battle for supremacy in the burgeoning video-game industry. --Bridget Thoreson', 'A riveting story full of colorful characters a fascinating, illuminating history an essential read. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
A highly entertaining behind-the-scenes thriller. (Kirkus Reviews)
Its far and away one of the best non-fiction books Ive ever read. (Forbes)
Like the pixels that together create a larger picture, Harris presents the various elements of the business in vivid color...remarkably detailed and fast paced. (Booklist)
Fast, fluid, and startingly accessible. (Entertainment Weekly)
A fast-paced page-turner...its exciting to finally get a no-holds-barred account of a history that has largely been kept secret from the public eye. (Wired)
A must-read. Period. (IGN)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Masterwork Classics: Level 9, Book & CD\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pressure\nDescription: ['', 'Compelling, crowd-pleasingKeenes winning formula of pairing a cast of strong characters with fastpaced, detailed action scenes (which include some of the best descriptions of the dismemberment of bodies in all fiction) is on full view here. Dont just suggest to horror readersalthough Keene does include a few fun insider references for genre fans. This is a perfect beach read for fans of Michael Crichton, Mira Grant, or Preston and Childif you dare to take this book anywhere near an open body of water. Booklist, starred review', 'Keene brings fear to the oceans depths with a brand new story of a monster so petrifying that it makes Jaws look like a goldfish This frenetically paced, gory novel is filled with action and a protagonist to uphold. Pulp horror of the highest caliber. Library Journal', 'Brian Keene writes like a force of nature. F. Paul Wilson, bestselling creator of the Repairman Jack series', \"Brian Keenes writing is human, honest, and terrifying. If you haven't read his work, you're missing out! Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Snowblind and Dead Ringers
Scientists discover a widening abyss in the sea bottom. Free diving specialists discover a massive horror welling up from the depths. Biological horror and technological terror collide in Brian Keene's pulse-pounding Pressure, a monstrous mystery of pure imagination and chilling science on the verge of swallowing the world. My kind of thriller! Warren Fahy, international bestselling author of Fragment and Pandemonium
If you thought Jaws dove hard into the fears of the deep, think again. Pressure will take you to depths you never imagined and not just beneath the ocean. This is a nonstop thrill ride of subterfuge and salty terror. Bring your lifejacket; youre going to need it! Youre in for the dive of your life! John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Violet Eyes
Few things get me more excited than an action-packed story featuring likable characters and original monsters, and Pressure delivers on all fronts. Brian Keene has refueled my fear of swimming in the ocean. Jeremy Robinson, international bestselling author of Island 731\", '', \"BRIAN KEENE is the author of over forty books. His novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture's current interest in zombies. Keene has also written for media properties such as Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy, and Masters of the Universe. Several of Keene's works have been developed for film. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the World Horror Grand Master award, two Bram Stoker awards, and a recognition from Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) for his outreach to U.S. troops serving both overseas and abroad. He lives in rural Pennsylvania.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Baby's First Christmas\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dracula vs. Hitler\nDescription: ['\"[A] lively and entertaining mash-up...\" Booklist
\"A novel worthy of being called the true sequel to Bram Stoker\\'s Dracula, and Patrick Sheane Duncan a writer rightfully deserving to be considered that author\\'s successor.\"New York Journal of Books
\"One glorious badass story that will keep you wanting more.\" Dread Central
\"Smart and engrossing... Duncan adroitly takes a preposterous theme to giddy heights, and tells a damn good story in the process.\" Diabolique Magazine
\"A thrilling action adventure with brilliant literary homages to Bram Stoker\\'s original. You never wanted to root for Dracula more!\" Felicia Day, founder of Geek & Sundry and New York Times best-selling author of You\\'re Never Weird on the Internet
\"A magnificent, flawless, delightful mashup of historical fiction and gothic horror.\" Wil Wheaton
\"Dracula vs. Hitler shows you a side to two stories you thought you knew, and breathes bold, poetic new life in them. You will be swept away.\" Mark Alan Miller, Writer of Hellraiser, Next Testament, and The Steam Man
\"That rare kind of book you cant put down.\" Brad C. Hodson, Horror Writers Association
\"Furst meets Stoker in the best possible way.\" Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of The Dire Earth Cycle and Zero World
', 'Patrick Sheane Duncan is the writer and director of critically acclaimed feature film 84 Charlie Mopic and wrote the screenplays for Mr. Hollands Opus, Courage Under Fire, and Nick of Time. He is the producer of the HBO series Vietnam War Story and cowriter/director of the documentary series Medal of Honor. He lives in Los Angeles. Dracula vs. Hitler is his third novel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education\nDescription: ['Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rising\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, ... Dictionary of Actors & Actresses, 1660-1800)\nDescription: ['', 'With the arrival from Southern Illinois University Press of Volume 5 (Eagan to Garrett) and Volume 6(Garrick to Gyngell) the showbiz readers wonderment is bound to accelerate.Variety', 'A masterful collection of information for which we must be grateful.', 'Philological Quarterly', 'Undoubtedly will rank as an absolutely first-class achievement in theatre scholarship.Educational Theatre Journal', '', '', 'Philip H. Highfill, Jr., is a professor emeritus of English at George Washington University.', 'Kalman A. Burnim is emeritus Fletcher Professor of Drama at Tufts University.', '', 'Edward A. Langhans is an emeritus professor of drama and theatre at the University of Hawaii.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Haunted Forest Tour\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations for fiscal year 1994: Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on ... on ATF actions during Waco, Texas, raid\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Throne of the Bastards\nDescription: ['', 'STEVEN L. SHREWSBURY lives, works, and writes in rural Illinois. Over three hundred and sixty of his short stories have been published in print or electronically, along with over one hundred poems. His novels include Godforsaken, Overkill, Thrall, Bedlam Unleashed, Hawg, Tormentor, Stronger Than Death, Hell Billy, Bag Magick, and many more all running the gamut from sword and sorcery to historical fantasy to horror. A husband and father, he loves books, British television programs, guns, movies, politics, sports, and hanging out with his family. He looks for brightness wherever it may hide.', 'BRIAN KEENE writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over fifty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited with inspiring pop culture s current interest in zombies. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award, 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction, 2003 Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, 2004 Shocker Award for Book of the Year, and Honors from United States Army International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) 509th Logistics Fuels Flight. The father of two sons, Keene lives in rural Pennsylvania.']","rejected":"Title: The Gift of Angels (MINIATURE EDITION)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Louise Fishman\nDescription: ['\"The book\\'s text...sheds new light on [Louise Fishman\\'s] work and worldview.\"', '—Bookforum', '—Women in the Arts', 'Interview Magazine', 'Helaine Posner is Chief Curator of Contemporary Art at the Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase.']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Shiny Garage\\nDescription: ['Visit the Shiny Garage and find out where Little Red Fire Engine, Little Orange Digger, Little Yellow Bus and Little Blue Car are going!
Four shiny board books to push along on moveable wheels!
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Contains small parts. Not suitable for children under 36 months. ']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Jack's Magic Beans\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Vittum Folks (Classic Reprint)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: EarthBound (Boss Fight Books)\\nDescription: [\\\"Ken Baumann acted for ten years in feature films and TV. He is the author of the novels Solip and Say, Cut, Map. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and currently attends St. John's College.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Presenting the Philippines\\nDescription: ['Nigel Hicks Devon-born, Nigel has lived for many years in South-East Asia and is a frequent visitor to The Philippines. Now working as a free-lance writer and photographer, his work has appeared in numerous magazines and publications around the world and he has written and photographed a number of books about the country, including Enchanting Philippines, This is the Philippines and The National Parks of The Philippines.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Morals and Dogma: Part 1 of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: All About Love (Cynster Novels)\\nDescription: ['Setting: Regency England', 'Sensuality: 8', \\\"Regency rake Alasdair Reginald Cynster, better known as Lucifer, is determined to avoid the epidemic of marriage that has claimed the rest of his male relatives. He leaves London for the Devon countryside and a quiet visit with an elderly friend, but gets the shock of his life when he stumbles on his friend's body, is coshed on the head by an unknown assailant, and wakes to find himself being tended by the lovely Phyllida Tallent. Entranced by the beautiful lady and her quick mind, Lucifer soon finds himself conspiring with Phyllida to solve the murder even as he grows daily more involved in the lives of the residents of Colyton. For her part, Phyllida had resigned herself to choosing a suitor from the unprepossessing noblemen living in and about Colyton. The sophisticated, handsome Lucifer takes her by surprise and shakes the foundations of her world. Neither Lucifer nor the willful Phyllida had planned to fall in love, but destiny clearly intends otherwise. If the unknown murderer has his way, however, neither of the two will live to enjoy a happy ending to their tale.\\\", 'Stephanie Laurens deftly combines a strong mystery plot with a breathtaking love story in this, the latest Bar Cynster story. Lucifer has the charm, character, and powerful personality that readers adore in the Cynster men, while Phyllida perfectly balances him with quick wit, courage, and a strong will of her own. All About Love is sure to be a hit with devoted fans and new readers alike.--Lois Faye Dyer', 'In the sixth installment of Laurens\\\\'s series of Regency-set romances involving the devilish men of the Cynster family (A Secret Love, etc.), the familiar \\\"curse\\\" that causes the Cynster men to fall in love with and marry independent women comes into play once again. Alasdair Reginald Cynster, widely known as Lucifer, arrives at the country home of his mentor, Horatio Welham, only to discover he\\\\'s been murdered. Knocked unconscious himself, the last thing Lucifer feels before he blacks out is a woman\\\\'s touch. When he awakens, he is at the family home of Phyllida Tallent, his angel of mercy. Although Phyllida and Lucifer join forces to solve Horatio\\\\'s murder, Phyllida conceals a secret that she is unwilling to reveal despite a growing attraction to her handsome new companion. As for Lucifer, once he\\\\'s recovered from his initial distaste at being in love, he sets about wooing Phyllida, and only her determination to remain independent keeps them apart. Phyllida and Lucifer are rich, engaging characters, and Laurens\\\\'s writing shines. Loyal fans of the series will also be pleased to note that Devil and Demon, protagonists from the previous novels, make an appearance as well. (Feb. 6)Forecast: Laurens is quickly building a name with this exceptional series, and her growing number of fans will eagerly pluck this one off the shelves. With her skill at depicting strong female leads, she also is likely to attract a number of contemporary romance readers.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rising: Deliverance\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Favorite Recipes of Texas Desserts Including Party Beverages-Contains 900 Recipes From Women's Club Leaders in Texas\\nDescription: ['Texas Desserts']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Winter's Kisses\\nDescription: ['I am a native of Jamaica and graduated from Fayetteville Technical Community College, Daytona State College and Campbell University. I currently reside in Atlanta, GA with my husband and two girls. I am an achiever, a learner, a relater, passionate for excellence, confident and disciplined. I love to read and listen to music on my Ipod; however my passion is writing. You will always see me with my laptop or some type of writing implement.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Entombed\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sexuality, Gender and the Law, 3d (University Casebook Series)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Colony Z: Beginning and End (Vol. 4)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gorbachev, Yeltsin and the Last Days of the Soviet Empire\\nDescription: ['One wonders why Felshman chose not to write about theater in Moscow, presumably his area of greatest expertise as he works on joint projects there, and concentrated instead on politics, with which he seems to have little more familiarity than does an attentive newspaper reader. In a 288-page overview, he devotes just 18 pages to Russian history, and going back to 600 A.D., plus offering a two-and-a-half pages to a chronology cle of dates, which, for example, that omits such major figures as Peter the Great\\\\'s daughter, the Empress Elizabeth. who ruled from 1741 to 1762. He has nothing new to say about the backgrounds of either Gorbachev or Yeltsin; his recap of pre-perestroika governance from Stalin to Chernenko omits analysis. Felshman is informative, however, when he presents his eyewitness account of Moscovites\\\\' stunned reactions as Gorbachev surrounded the city with 50,000 troops to stem the March 28, 1991, Yeltsin rally, noting, but perhaps only from hindsight, that on that day \\\"the balance of power changed . . . and was from then on irreversible.\\\" Photos not seen by PW . Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'This rambling, unfocused work presents a brief description of the August 1991 coup events, biographies of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, a survey of Russian history from 1000 B.C. to 1931, an economic history of the Soviet period, and descriptions of both perestroika and glasnost. All are unconnected to one another. Felshman, who works on cultural exchanges with a Moscow theater, was in Moscow twice in 1991, once in the spring and again in August. His descriptions of the events he witnessed are superficial and spark no interest in the reader. Half of the background material included is irrelevant to the coup. Felshman appears to have no clear picture of his intended audience. Not recommended. - Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Kill Whitey\\nDescription: [\\\"Stoker-winner Keene (Ghoul) delivers a lot of gore but little else that's memorable in this horror novel set in central Pennsylvania. Larry Gibson, a package-loader for Globe Package System, becomes fascinated with Sondra Belov, a dancer at the Odessa, a strip joint owned by Zakhar Putin, a mysterious Russian known as Whitey. After one visit to the club, Gibson is surprised to find Sondra hiding under his car. When he helps her escape from Whitey, he discovers he's made an enemy of an apparent immortal, who bounces back after being shot, eviscerated and otherwise mortally injured. Sandra explains that Whitey, a descendant of Rasputin, has inherited remarkable regenerative powers. 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Writing is the passion that fills his life during the small periods of time when he isn't cleaning up after his pets. He is the author of several novels, including the critically acclaimed, The Final Winter, and the deeply disturbing thriller, ASBO. Check out his official website for freebies, news, and updates at: http://www.iainrobwright.com\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Help Wanted: A Kyle Shannon Mystery\\nDescription: ['Linda Mickey was so mad at her boss, she killed him.On paper.That first late night at the keyboard took her from mystery reader to mystery writer.
Like her protagonist Kyle Shannon, Linda Mickey was employed by a staffing agency.After a twelve-year career in which she saw everything from knife-toting secretaries to drunken vice presidents, Mickey had plenty of motive to write a mystery series featuring a temporary office worker.She is currently employed as the office manager of a small accounting firm, dividing her time between tax returns and murder.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Clickers III: Dagon Rising\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Best Breville Juicer Juicing Recipes: Healthy And Delicious: How To Make Unique Breville Juicer Juices New For 2013\\nDescription: ['Stacey Turner is extremely interested in various types of diets and the impact that they really have on any individual that tries them. She is also interested in the impact that these diets have on improving the health of individuals. As a result of this interest she has written a lot of books on various diets from the macrobiotic to the pregnancy diet and so on. She always had a problem maintaining her weight and was also prone to certain illnesses as a child and a part of her research was geared at finding a solution for her own problem. as she did research she found more and more options and decided to share what she was learning through her books as she was well aware that there were others like her out there trying to find the right solution for their problems. Stacey is not trying to convince anyone that one diet is better than the next, she opts instead to present all the facts and leave the reader to make the final decision at the end of it all whether or not they will opt to fully try a diet or simply modify what they currently eat to include some of the options.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ready Player One\\nDescription: ['', 'Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Hallidays fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.--Chris Schluep', 'I dare you not to fall in love with Ready Player One. And I mean head over heels in love--the way you fall for someone who is smart, feisty, and who can effortlessly finish your favorite movie lines, music lyrics, or literature quotes before they come out of your mouth.', 'Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future.', 'The story is set in a near-term future in which the new, new form of the Internet is a realistic virtual multi-verse called the OASIS. Most human interaction takes place via goggles and gloves in millions of unique worlds, including the boring (and free) public education world from which our teenage protagonist must escape.', 'Our unlikely hero is an overweight trailer park kid who goes by Wade Watts in real life, and Parzival to his best friends and mortal enemies--all of whom he interacts with virtually. Just like the Arthurian knight that is his namesake, young Wade is on a quest for an incredible treasure guarded by mythical creatures. Specifically, the creator of the OASIS and richest man on the planet, James Halliday, stipulated in his will that his fortune be given to the first person who can find an Easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS. The catch? Every devilishly complex clue on this treasure hunt is rooted in an intimate knowledge of 1980s pop culture.', 'This leaves the people of the future hilariously obsessed with every aspect of the 1980s. The setup is particularly brilliant, because Ernie Cline seems to have a laser-beam knowledge of (and warm, fuzzy love for) every pop song, arcade game, and giant robot produced in the last thirty years. Seriously, this is a guy who owns and regularly drives a 1982 DeLorean that has been mocked up to look exactly like the time-traveling car in Back to the Future, complete with a glowing flux capacitor.', 'But Ready Player One isnt just a fanboys wet dream. Real villains are lurking, threatening our hero with death in their ruthless hunt for the treasure. Worse, these corporate baddies are posers with no love for the game they have movie dialogue piped in via radio earpieces, use bots to cheat at arcade games like JOUST, and dont hesitate to terrorize or murder people in the real world to achieve their aims inside the OASIS.', 'As the book climaxes, a mega-battle unfolds with sobering life-or-death stakes, yet soldiered entirely by exciting and downright fun pop-culture icons. The bad guys are piloting a ferocious Mechagodzilla. Our good guy has to leave his X-Wing fighter aboard his private flotilla so that he can pilot an authentic Ultraman recreation. And how do you not grin when someone dons a pair of virtual Chuck Taylor All Stars that bestow the power of flight?', 'Cline is fearless and he lets his imagination soar, yet this pop scenery could easily come off as so much fluff. Instead, Cline keeps the stakes high throughout, and the epic treasure hunt structure (complete with an evolving high-score list) keeps the action intense. The plot unfolds with constant acceleration, never slowing down or sagging in the middle, to create a thrilling ride with a fulfilling ending.', 'Best of all, the book captures the aura of the manifold worlds it depicts. If Ready Player One were a living room, it would be wood-panelled. If it were shoes, it would be high-tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be Eye of the Tiger.', 'I really, really loved it.', '-- Daniel H. Wilson', 'Questions for Ernest Cline, Author of Ready Player One', 'Q) So it seems youre a bit of a pop-culture buff. In your debut novel Ready Player One you incorporate literally hundreds of pop culture references, many of them in ways that are integral to the books plot. Whats the first thing you remember geeking out over?', 'A)Sesame Street and the Muppets. I thought Jim Henson ruled the universe. I even thought it was pretty cool that I shared my first name with a muppet. Until the first day of kindergarten, when I quickly learned that \\\"Ernie\\\" was not a cool name to have. That was about the time I segued into my next childhood obsession, Star Wars.', 'Q) Like the books hero, you possess a horrifyingly deep knowledge of a terrifyingly broad swathe of culture, ranging from John Hughes movies to super-obscure Japanese animation to 8-bit videogames to science-fiction and fantasy literature to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. What the heck is wrong with you?! How do you have so much time on your hands?', 'A) Well, Im raising a toddler now, so I dont have as much time to geek out as I used to. I think I amassed a lot of that knowledge during my youth. Like most geeks, I was a sponge for all kinds of movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games. Then as an adult, I worked at a long series of low paying tech support jobs that allowed me to surf the Internet all day, and I spent a lot of my cubicle time looking up obscure pop culture minutiae from my childhood while I waited for people to reboot their PCs. Of course, I spent most of my off hours geeking out, too. Luckily, all those hours can now be classified as \\\"research\\\" for my novel.', 'Q) Youre stranded on an island and you can only take one movie with you. What is it?', 'A) Easy! The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition. (Can I take all of the DVD Extras and Making of Documentaries, too?)', 'Q) Youre given free tickets and back stage passes to one concert (artist can be living or dead)- who is it and why?', 'A) Are we talking about time travel back to a specific concert in the past here? Because it would be pretty cool to stand on the roof of Apple Records and watch the Beatles jam up there. But my favorite rock band thats still together is RUSH, and I just bought tickets to see them this June!', 'Q) Favorite book of all time.', 'A) Thats an impossible question! I could maybe give you three favorites: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.', 'Q) Best failed TV show pilot available on Youtube?', 'A) The unaired Batgirl pilot starring Yvonne Craig.', 'Q) Favorite episode of Cowboy Bebop?', 'A) Ganymede Elegy. Or maybe Boogie Woogie Feng Shui.', 'Q) Whats the first arcade game you ever played? Whats your favorite?', 'A) I was deflowered by Space Invaders. My all time favorite coin-op game was probably Black Tiger.', 'Q) Your idea of the perfect day...', 'A) Play Black Tiger. Then go see Big Trouble in Little China at the Alamo Drafthouse with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter doing a live Q&A afterwards. When I get home that night, I accidentally invent a cheap abundant clean energy source that saves human civilization. I celebrate by staying up late to watch old Ultraman episodes with my daughter (who loves Ultraman even more than I do).', 'Q) True or False. We hear you own a DeLorean and that you plan on tricking it out to be a time-travelling, Ghostbusting, Knight-Rider car.', 'A) False. I actually plan on tricking it out to be a time-traveling Ghostbusting Knight Riding Jet Car. Its going to have both a Flux Capacitor and an Oscillation Overthruster in it, so that my Delorean can travel through time AND solid matter. My personalized plates are ECTO88, just like a DeLorean that appears in my book.', '(Im so glad that you asked this question, because now I can justify buying the car as a \\\"promotional tool\\\" for my book. Everyone reading this is a witness! My DeLorean is helping me promote my book! The fact that Ive wanted one since I was ten years old is totally irrelevant!)', 'Q) Speaking of DeLoreans: biggest plot hole in the Back to The Future Films?', 'A) The Back to The Future Trilogy is perfect and contains no plot holes! Except for the plot hole inherent in nearly all time travel films: The planet Earth is moving through space at an immense speed at all times. So if you travel back in time, you are traveling to a time when the Earth was in a different location, and you and your time machine would appear somewhere out in deep space. For a time machine to be useful, it also needs to be able to teleport you to wherever the Earth was/is at your destination time.', 'Q) But there are two DeLoreans in 1885--why doesnt Doc dig out the one he buried in a cave for Marty to find in 1955 and use the gasoline from it to get the other DeLorean up to 88mph?', 'A) Doc would have drained the gas tank before he stored a car for 80 years, so there wouldnt have been any gas. And tampering with the DeLorean in the cave at all could conceivably create a universe-ending paradox, because it has to be in the cave for Marty to get back to 1885 in the first place. Totally not a plot hole!', '', '', 'The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a nerdgasm [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy cultureBut Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Triggers memories and emotions embedded in the psyche of a generation...[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-Entertainment Weekly
A most excellent ridethe conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their questfully satisfying.Boston Globe
EnchantingWilly Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don\\\\'t have to be a geek to get it.USA Today
Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don\\\\'t have to remember the Reagan administration to love it[Cline] takes a far-out premise and engages the reader instantlyYou\\\\'ll wish you could make it go on and on.NPR.org
A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novelThis novel\\\\'s large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight[but] even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.Cleveland Plain Dealer
The grown-up\\\\'s \\\\'Harry Potterthe mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline\\\\'s world are simply astounding.READY PLAYER ONEhas it all.Huffington Post
Incredibly entertainingDrawing on everything from \\\"Back to the Future\\\" to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson\\\\'s groundbreaking \\\"Snow Crash,\\\" Cline has madeREADY PLAYER ONEa geek fantasia, \\\\'80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.Austin American-Statesman
\\\"READY PLAYER ONEis the ultimate lottery ticket.\\\"New York Daily News
\\\"This non-gamer loved every page of READY PLAYER ONE.\\\"Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series
A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late 20th century. . . But its also a great read for anyone who likes a good book.Wired.com
Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut.Daily Mail (UK)
A gunshot of fun with a wicked sense of timing and a cast of characters that you\\\\'re pumping your fist in the air with whenever they succeed. I haven\\\\'t been this much on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.Chicago Reader
A rollicking, surprise-laden, potboiling, thrilling adventure story. I loved every sentence of this bookMark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
\\\"A \\\\'frakking\\\\' good read [featuring] incredible creative detailI grinned at the sheer audacity of Cline\\\\'s imagination.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
[A] fantastic page-turner.READY PLAYER ONEmay be science fiction, but it\\\\'s also written for people who have never picked up an SF novel in their lives\\\"Annalee Newitz, io9.com
\\\"Fascinating and imaginativeIt\\\\'s non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride.\\\"Terry Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shannara series
I was blown away by this bookA book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-upcall this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generations Neuromancer.Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance
I really, really loved READY PLAYER ONECline expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse
A nerdgasmimagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made hot, sweet love, and their child was raised in Azeroth.John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Old Mans War
Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. I felt like it was written just for me.Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wise Mans Fear
An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Clines imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe.Booklist, starred review
\\\"This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest through a virtual world, is loaded with enough 1980s nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week ', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 15 Months in Sog: A Warrior's Tour\\nDescription: ['Book by Nicholson, Thom', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ravage\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Informal Reading Inventory: Preprimer to Twelfth Grade (Whats New in Education)\\nDescription: [\\\"Betty Roe is Professor Emerita at Tennessee Technological University. She formerly was the Director of the Ph.D. in Exceptional Learning Program and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction. She earned her Ed.D. at the University of Tennessee in Curriculum and Instruction with Reading emphasis. She is the senior author of SECONDARY SCHOOL LITERACY INSTRUCTION, 10th Edition; INFORMAL READING INVENTORY, 8th Edition; and TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 12th Edition; all published by Cengage Learning. She is also senior author of TEACHING READING IN TODAY'S MIDDLE SCHOOLS; AN INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING THE LANGUAGE ARTS; INTEGRATING LANGUAGE ARTS THROUGH LITERATURE AND THEMATIC UNITS; TEACHING THROUGH STORIES: YOURS, MINE, AND THEIRS; and STUDENT TEACHING AND FIELD EXPERIENCES HANDBOOK, 7th Edition. She has experience teaching in the intermediate grades and tutoring first through twelfth graders in a reading clinic. She currently does workshops on the use of storytelling to meet standards across the curriculum -- in language arts and content areas. Throughout her career she has been active in the International Literacy Association and the Tennessee Reading Association.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Colony Z: The Island (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How to Draw: Animals in Simple Steps\\nDescription: ['Eva Dutton is a professional artist and qualified riding instructor (BHSAI) and stable manager (BHS). She studied fine art at Norwich School of Art and has spent many years combining her love of painting with her professional equestrian work. She currently works to commission and exhibits widely. As well as her love for horses, she has a passion for wildlife and the landscape. She is now painting wolves and other creatures as well as farm and domestic animals. Eva is a member of the Society of Equestrian Artists and she is currently working full time as a professional artist and illustrator. She lives in Shropshire.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Origins (The Wasteland Chronicles)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sex Object: A Memoir\\nDescription: [\\\"Yes, All Men (And Everyone Else) Need To Read Sex Object (NPR)
Powerful...incredibly readable... she wants to take us back to a place of telling stories. (The Nation)
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Jah Kingdom is the work of a talented, imaginative historian whose innovative approach to Rastafari and black internationalism captures a neglected stream in the long history ofPan-Africanpolitical aspirations and anticolonialstruggles. Through prodigious research, oral interviews, and a conceptually rich historiographical engagement, Monique Bedasserevealsa wide range of alternative political imaginaries that ultimately facilitated Tanzania assuming a central place in African diasporic politics and Rastafarian decolonial aspirations.\\\"Minkah Makalani, University of Texas atAustin
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Praise for Apeshit
\\\"The new gold standard in unstoppable fetus-fucking killfreakomania, Mellick\\\\'s APESHIT both earns and transcends its awesome title. Genuine all-meat hardcore horror meets unadulterated Bizarro brainwarp strangeness. The results are beyond jaw-dropping, and fill me with pure, unforgivable joy.\\\" -- JOHN SKIPP, New York Times Bestselling author and splatterpunk superstar
\\\"Hilarious, insightful and absolutely over-the-fucking-top, Apeshit will appeal to both traditional slasher fans and readers who want something a bit heavier.\\\" --BRIAN KEENE, author of The Rising
\\\"An electrifying read, Apeshit successfully combines an exciting, blood-splattering slasher story with unexpected social commentary.\\\" -- THE DREAM PEOPLE
\\\"With undead necrophilia, monster-rape sodomy, abortion porn, more spilled guts than your average Fulci film, and so many more grotesqueries you\\\\'d need a notebook to remember them all, APESHIT just may be the extreme gorehound\\\\'s dream come true.\\\" -- THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW
\\\"Apeshit begins with a typical dead teenager setup. Three cheerleaders and three football players head out to a cabin in the woods. Yawn. But, this is a Carlton Mellick book. Each of the characters is funny and scary in their own way, a far cry from the cannon fodder Freddy and Jason types usually encounter. There\\\\'s Desdemona the punk cheerleader who wants to cover herself completely with tattoos, her former best friend Crystal who has an extremely disturbing fetish, dysfunctional Stephanie with her vagina dentata and horrible past and Rick and Kevin who are both with Desdemona, but would rather be with one another. The six are pitted against a horrific urban legend with crab claws and a particularly hideous mutation, and from there it all goes...well, look at the title. Gorehounds who like the scatology of South Park, the weirdness of Peter Jackson gore flicks and the confrontational brutality of Last House on the Left will all relish this loving homage to a genre that once looked this sick and exciting to Americans.\\\" -- DOC FAUSTUS
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Praise for Carlton Mellick III
\\\"Easily the craziest, weirdest, strangest, funniest, most obscene writer in America.\\\" -- GOTHIC MAGAZINE
\\\"Carlton is an acquired taste, but he hooks you like a drug.\\\" --HUNTER SHEA, author of Forest of Shadows
\\\"The most original novelist working today? The most outrageous? The most unpredictable? These aren\\\\'t easy superlatives to make; however, Carlton Mellick may well be all of those things, behind a canon of books that all irreverently depart from the form and concepts of traditional novels, and adventure the reader into a howling, dark fantasyland of the most bizarre, over-the-top, and mind-warping inventiveness.\\\" --EDWARD LEE, author of Header
\\\"Carlton Mellick III is a genius with an insanely beautiful imagination.\\\" --JOE AUGUSTYN, writer of Night of the Demons
\\\"Carlton Mellick III has the craziest book titles... and the kinkiest fans!\\\" --CHRISTOPHER MOORE, author of The Stupidest Angel
\\\"If you haven\\\\'t read Mellick you\\\\'re not nearly perverse enough for the twenty first century.\\\" --JACK KETCHUM, author of The Woman and The Girl Next Door
\\\"Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction\\\\'s most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale.\\\" --CORY DOCTOROW, author of Little Brother
\\\"Mellick\\\\'s career is impressive because, despite the fact that he puts out a few books a year, he has managed to bring something new to the table every time... Every Mellick novel is packed with more wildly original concepts than you could find in the current top ten New York Times bestsellers put together.\\\" --VERBICIDE
\\\"Mellick\\\\'s guerrilla incursions combine total geekboy fandom and love with genuine, unbridled outsider madness. As such, it borders on genius, in the way only true outsider art can.\\\" --FANGORIA
\\\"Bizarre, twisted, and emotionally raw--Carlton Mellick\\\\'s fiction is the literary equivalent of putting your brain in a blender.\\\" --BRIAN KEENE, author of The Rising and Dead Sea
\\\"I\\\\'m a huuuuge Bizarro fan. This new strain of cheerfully transgressive weird fiction is to me the most vibrant, exciting, genre-mangling scene in all of strange literature today. And no one holds dominion over this blossoming underground phenomenon like the godfather of Bizarro, Carlton Mellick III. With the most impressive sideburns in imaginative lit since Isaac Asimov, and a brain that squirts out more shamelessly playful originality in any given chapter than most artists will accomplish in their entire lives, he\\\\'s the poster boy. The Elvis. As well he should be.\\\" --JOHN SKIPP, co-author of The Bridge
\\\"It\\\\'s not unusual to blow through a Mellick book in one sitting. They\\\\'re fast-paced with an endless number of surprises, making it tough not to keep turning pages. When the end comes, I\\\\'m left with that done-too-soon feeling that I always love experiencing.\\\" --RAZORCAKE \\\"A wormhole of disturbing surrealism and absurd satire.\\\" --VICE MAGAZINE
\\\"Carlton Mellick III exemplifies the intelligence and wit that lurks between its lurid covers. In a genre where crude titles are an art in themselves, Mellick is a true artist.\\\" --THE GUARDIAN
\\\"His fiction blends bizarre scenarios mixed with horror, action, and even more bizarre actions to create fiction that toes the line between the absurd and the dark places of the mind... Shocking yet entertaining\\\" --THE EXAMINER \\\"I imagine Mellick as a Willy Wonka-type character, someone with personal access to another world, a world of his own creation, but due to its mind-bending energy, he\\\\'s lost control of it, and it continues to thrive even without him there to pull the strings. And I like the idea of that.\\\" --BOOKIE MONSTER
\\\"The imp of the perverse.\\\" --3AM MAGAZINE
\\\"Just as Pop had Andy Warhol and Dada Tristan Tzara, the Bizarro movement has its very own P. T. Barnum-type practitioner. He\\\\'s the mutton-chopped author of such books as Electric Jesus Corpse and The Menstruating Mall, the illustrator, editor, and instructor of all things Bizarro, and his name is Carlton Mellick III.\\\" --DETAILS MAGAZINE
\\\"Discussing Bizarro literature without mentioning Mellick is like discussing weird-ass muttonchopped authors without mentioning Mellick.\\\" --CRACKED.COM
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: La practica del diseno grafico/ The Practice of Graphic Design: Una metodologia creativa/ a Creative Methodology (Paidos Diseno/ Paidos Desing) (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['El buen diseo no tiene otro propsito que la eficacia. Sin embargo, muchos confunden todava los mtodos con las tcnicas, cuando en realidad los mtodos sirven para pensar y planear, y las tcnicas sirven para hacer. En esta confusin influye la creencia de que la creatividad es u']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Slowly We Rot\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dark Embrace (Masters of Time, Book 3)\\nDescription: ['This third installment in the Masters of Time series focuses on the brawny Highlander Aiden of Awe, in sixteenth-century Scotland, and the unassuming Brianna Rose, of twenty-first-century New York. After Aidens son is killed by evil-incarnate Moray, Aiden forsakes his vows of protecting Innocence throughout time and instead becomes a conscienceless mercenary with a force of thousands. When Brie, an empath who fights villians through her computer, experiences Aidens grief and pain, she tries to find him.Realizing that Brie is in danger, Aidenleaps through time to save her, much to his own surprise.Magical and sensual, Joyces latest tale about howthe power of loveovercomes tremendous odds is another captivating hit. --Maria Hatton', 'Brenda Joyce is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 novels and novellas, including the popular and critically acclaimed de Warenne Dynasty Saga, a series of novels set in Regency and Victorian England. She lives on a ranch in Arizona with her dogs, broodmares and the years current crop of foals. If she isnt on the back of a reining horse, she can be found madly at work in her office, penning her latest romance novel.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Zombies and Shit\\nDescription: ['Praise for Zombies and Shit
\\\"It\\\\'s fucking exhilarating--a tight, breakneck narrative and lots of awesome ultra-violence and quirky, distinct characters.\\\" - BRIAN KEENE, author of The Rising and Dead Sea
\\\"Unlike any zombie apocalypse novel you\\\\'ve ever read, Zombies and Shit takes the zombie mythology and reimagines it in a brutal reality game show like no other. Filled with sentient zombies, zombie smart cars, mechanized zombie dogs, and a cybernetic Mr. T, Zombies and Shit is part Running Man, part Battle Royale, part Lost, and all Carlton Mellick III.\\\" - S. G. BROWNE, author of Breathers
\\\"For fans of zombie fiction, this is an absolute MUST FUCKING READ!\\\" - JEFF BURK, author of Shatnerquake
\\\"Crazy and delightful.\\\" - JACK KETCHUM, author of The Woman and The Girl Next Door', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural, Vol. 1\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* At the dawn of the 1990s, Nintendo was the Goliath of the video-game industry. The companys strictures on third-party development and its policy of understocking retailers contributed to the stranglehold on the market. But Tom Kalinske, who had rejuvenated Barbie and created He-Man for Mattel, was about to change that as the president and CEO of Sega. Like the pixels that together create a larger picture, Harris presents the various elements of the business in vivid color, from research and development to marketing, to show how Sega went from a joke to a market leader in just a few years. Along the way, Harris reveals the forces behind such decisions as Nintendo changing red blood to gray sweat in Mortal Kombat; the origin story of the nickname for Sonics sidekick, Tails; and even how Mario was supposed to be a certain spinach-guzzling sailor, in a manner that will engage both Gen X gamers and business-minded readers. Harris defines the players immediately, honing in on their most notable characteristics, and puts the reader in the thick of the meetings and deal-making with a confidence stemming from hundreds of interviews. Pegged for both documentary and feature-film adaptations, Console Wars is remarkably detailed and fast paced, pitting speedy Sonic against more-of-the-same Mario in a blow-by-blow account of the battle for supremacy in the burgeoning video-game industry. --Bridget Thoreson', 'A riveting story full of colorful characters a fascinating, illuminating history an essential read. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
A highly entertaining behind-the-scenes thriller. (Kirkus Reviews)
Its far and away one of the best non-fiction books Ive ever read. (Forbes)
Like the pixels that together create a larger picture, Harris presents the various elements of the business in vivid color...remarkably detailed and fast paced. (Booklist)
Fast, fluid, and startingly accessible. (Entertainment Weekly)
A fast-paced page-turner...its exciting to finally get a no-holds-barred account of a history that has largely been kept secret from the public eye. (Wired)
A must-read. Period. (IGN)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Masterwork Classics: Level 9, Book & CD\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pressure\\nDescription: ['', 'Compelling, crowd-pleasingKeenes winning formula of pairing a cast of strong characters with fastpaced, detailed action scenes (which include some of the best descriptions of the dismemberment of bodies in all fiction) is on full view here. Dont just suggest to horror readersalthough Keene does include a few fun insider references for genre fans. This is a perfect beach read for fans of Michael Crichton, Mira Grant, or Preston and Childif you dare to take this book anywhere near an open body of water. Booklist, starred review', 'Keene brings fear to the oceans depths with a brand new story of a monster so petrifying that it makes Jaws look like a goldfish This frenetically paced, gory novel is filled with action and a protagonist to uphold. Pulp horror of the highest caliber. Library Journal', 'Brian Keene writes like a force of nature. F. Paul Wilson, bestselling creator of the Repairman Jack series', \\\"Brian Keenes writing is human, honest, and terrifying. If you haven't read his work, you're missing out! Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Snowblind and Dead Ringers
Scientists discover a widening abyss in the sea bottom. Free diving specialists discover a massive horror welling up from the depths. Biological horror and technological terror collide in Brian Keene's pulse-pounding Pressure, a monstrous mystery of pure imagination and chilling science on the verge of swallowing the world. My kind of thriller! Warren Fahy, international bestselling author of Fragment and Pandemonium
If you thought Jaws dove hard into the fears of the deep, think again. Pressure will take you to depths you never imagined and not just beneath the ocean. This is a nonstop thrill ride of subterfuge and salty terror. Bring your lifejacket; youre going to need it! Youre in for the dive of your life! John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Violet Eyes
Few things get me more excited than an action-packed story featuring likable characters and original monsters, and Pressure delivers on all fronts. Brian Keene has refueled my fear of swimming in the ocean. Jeremy Robinson, international bestselling author of Island 731\\\", '', \\\"BRIAN KEENE is the author of over forty books. His novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture's current interest in zombies. Keene has also written for media properties such as Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy, and Masters of the Universe. Several of Keene's works have been developed for film. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the World Horror Grand Master award, two Bram Stoker awards, and a recognition from Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) for his outreach to U.S. troops serving both overseas and abroad. He lives in rural Pennsylvania.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Baby's First Christmas\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dracula vs. Hitler\\nDescription: ['\\\"[A] lively and entertaining mash-up...\\\" Booklist
\\\"A novel worthy of being called the true sequel to Bram Stoker\\\\'s Dracula, and Patrick Sheane Duncan a writer rightfully deserving to be considered that author\\\\'s successor.\\\"New York Journal of Books
\\\"One glorious badass story that will keep you wanting more.\\\" Dread Central
\\\"Smart and engrossing... Duncan adroitly takes a preposterous theme to giddy heights, and tells a damn good story in the process.\\\" Diabolique Magazine
\\\"A thrilling action adventure with brilliant literary homages to Bram Stoker\\\\'s original. You never wanted to root for Dracula more!\\\" Felicia Day, founder of Geek & Sundry and New York Times best-selling author of You\\\\'re Never Weird on the Internet
\\\"A magnificent, flawless, delightful mashup of historical fiction and gothic horror.\\\" Wil Wheaton
\\\"Dracula vs. Hitler shows you a side to two stories you thought you knew, and breathes bold, poetic new life in them. You will be swept away.\\\" Mark Alan Miller, Writer of Hellraiser, Next Testament, and The Steam Man
\\\"That rare kind of book you cant put down.\\\" Brad C. Hodson, Horror Writers Association
\\\"Furst meets Stoker in the best possible way.\\\" Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of The Dire Earth Cycle and Zero World
', 'Patrick Sheane Duncan is the writer and director of critically acclaimed feature film 84 Charlie Mopic and wrote the screenplays for Mr. Hollands Opus, Courage Under Fire, and Nick of Time. He is the producer of the HBO series Vietnam War Story and cowriter/director of the documentary series Medal of Honor. He lives in Los Angeles. Dracula vs. Hitler is his third novel.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education\\nDescription: ['Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rising\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, ... Dictionary of Actors & Actresses, 1660-1800)\\nDescription: ['', 'With the arrival from Southern Illinois University Press of Volume 5 (Eagan to Garrett) and Volume 6(Garrick to Gyngell) the showbiz readers wonderment is bound to accelerate.Variety', 'A masterful collection of information for which we must be grateful.', 'Philological Quarterly', 'Undoubtedly will rank as an absolutely first-class achievement in theatre scholarship.Educational Theatre Journal', '', '', 'Philip H. Highfill, Jr., is a professor emeritus of English at George Washington University.', 'Kalman A. Burnim is emeritus Fletcher Professor of Drama at Tufts University.', '', 'Edward A. Langhans is an emeritus professor of drama and theatre at the University of Hawaii.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Haunted Forest Tour\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations for fiscal year 1994: Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on ... on ATF actions during Waco, Texas, raid\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Throne of the Bastards\\nDescription: ['', 'STEVEN L. SHREWSBURY lives, works, and writes in rural Illinois. Over three hundred and sixty of his short stories have been published in print or electronically, along with over one hundred poems. His novels include Godforsaken, Overkill, Thrall, Bedlam Unleashed, Hawg, Tormentor, Stronger Than Death, Hell Billy, Bag Magick, and many more all running the gamut from sword and sorcery to historical fantasy to horror. A husband and father, he loves books, British television programs, guns, movies, politics, sports, and hanging out with his family. He looks for brightness wherever it may hide.', 'BRIAN KEENE writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over fifty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited with inspiring pop culture s current interest in zombies. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award, 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction, 2003 Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, 2004 Shocker Award for Book of the Year, and Honors from United States Army International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) 509th Logistics Fuels Flight. The father of two sons, Keene lives in rural Pennsylvania.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Gift of Angels (MINIATURE EDITION)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Louise Fishman\\nDescription: ['\\\"The book\\\\'s text...sheds new light on [Louise Fishman\\\\'s] work and worldview.\\\"', '—Bookforum', '—Women in the Arts', 'Interview Magazine', 'Helaine Posner is Chief Curator of Contemporary Art at the Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase.']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":261,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":261,"string":"261"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Knuffle Bunny\nDescription: ['Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: WALKER BOOKS (July 7, 2005) ISBN-10: 0439801982', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Service Changes\nDescription: ['Timothy Carroll received his MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College in 2010. Some of the poems in Service Changes were first published in Penny-Ante Feud, Clockwise Cat, and The Brooklyn Review. Along with his wife and son, Timothy currently lives in Minneapolis where he works as an advocate for the poor and disabled.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!\nDescription: [\"PreSchool-Grade 2-The star of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hyperion, 2003) returns in another irresistible tale. Hurrying away to brush his teeth, the pajama-clad bus driver implores readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Youngsters are thrust into the role of caregiver as the puerile pigeon attempts to talk his way out of the inevitable, coming up with requests that range from manipulative (I hear there's a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational) to cajoling (Y'know, we never get to talk anymore. Tell me about your day-) to classic (Can I have a glass of water?). Meanwhile, the fowl fights yawns and tries to keep his wide eye open, despite a drooping lid. Defying drowsiness to the last, he finally falls asleep, clutching his stuffed bunny tightly under his wing. Set against comfortably faded pastel backgrounds, the cartoon artwork focuses tightly on the main character, with his comments presented in dialogue balloons. The black-crayon lines speak volumes, as the pigeon's body language and the positioning of his ever-expressive eye humorously convey each nuance of the text. Children will be charmed by this bedtime treat, which will have them laughing out loud at the pigeon-and at themselves.-Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'PreS. In look and premise, this follows previous books about that persnickety pigeon whose actions resemble those of young children. Kids are invited to make sure that the pigeon doesn\\'t stay up late. But the pigeon has his own ideas on the matter: \"First of all, I\\'m not even tired,\" he proclaims. On each successive page, a balloon of text comes up with ever more reasons why the pigeon shouldn\\'t be coerced into bed (\"I hear there\\'s a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational\"). Then come the familiar questions: \"Can I have a glass of water?\" At one point he drags out his stuffed rabbit (looking suspiciously like Knuffle Bunny), who, the pigeon insists, wants to stay up. But then a yawn overtakes the bird, even though he insists he is just stretching--and, well, you know the rest. Fans of the pigeon will welcome him back and wait with anticipation to see what he can\\'t do next. Ilene Cooper Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Student Solution Manual for Mathematical Statistics With Application\nDescription: ['Richard L. Scheaffer, Professor Emeritus of Statistics, University of Florida, received his Ph.D. in statistics from Florida State University. Accompanying a career of teaching, research and administration, Dr. Scheaffer has led efforts on the improvement of statistics education throughout the school and college curriculum. Co-author of five textbooks, he was one of the developers of the Quantitative Literacy Project that formed the basis of the data analysis strand in the curriculum standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He also led the task force that developed the AP Statistics Program, for which he served as Chief Faculty Consultant. Dr. Scheaffer is a Fellow and past president of the American Statistical Association, a past chair of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, and an advisor on numerous statistics education projects.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2013: No one would ever accuse Jenna Miscavige Hill of being an \"objective reporter\" about Scientology, the religion in which she was raised and from which she escaped in 2005. But unlike other books about the controversial sect, this one offers up personal daily details--sometimes maybe a few more than we want to know--about what it was like to be a seven-, eight-, nine-year-old separated from family (even though her uncle, David Miscavige, is the church\\'s leader, and her parents were, for a time, high up in the organization) and forced to spend days scrubbing bathrooms and pondering \"misunderstood words.\" --Sara Nelson', '', \"Jenna Miscavige Hill was raised to obey. As the niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, she grew up at the center of this highly controversial and powerful organization. But at twenty-one, Jenna made a daring break, risking everything she had ever known and loved to leave Scientology once and for all. Now she speaks out about her life, the Church, and her dramatic escape, going deep inside a religion that, for decades, has been the subject of fierce debate and speculation worldwide.\", \"Piercing the veil of secrecy that has long shrouded the world of Scientology, this insider reveals unprecedented firsthand knowledge of the religion, its obscure rituals, and its mysterious leaderDavid Miscavige. From her prolonged separation from her parents as a small child to being indoctrinated to serve the greater good of the Church, from her lack of personal freedoms to the organization's emphasis on celebrity recruitment, Jenna goes behind the scenes of Scientology's oppressive and alienating culture, detailing an environment rooted in control in which the most devoted followers often face the harshest punishments when they fall out of line. Addressing some of the Church's most notorious practices in startling detail, she also describes a childhood of isolation and neglecta childhood that, painful as it was, prepared her for a tough life in the Church's most devoted order, the Sea Org.\", 'Despite this hardship, it is only when her family approaches dissolution and her world begins to unravel that she is finally able to see the patterns of stifling conformity and psychological control that have ruled her life. Faced with a heartbreaking choice, she mounts a courageous escape, but not before being put through the ultimate test of family, faith, and love. At once captivating and disturbing, Beyond Belief is an eye-opening exploration of the limits of religion and the lengths to which one woman went to break free.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Patterns and Borders Stencil Book\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike)\nDescription: ['\"One of the books of the year.\"USA Today
\"Robert Galbraith has written a highly entertaining book... Even better, he has introduced an appealing protagonist in Strike, who\\'s sure to be the star of many sequels to come.... its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a team--a team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting.\"Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
\"Rowling switches genres seamlessly...a gritty, absorbing tale.\"People (3.5 out of 4 stars)
\"[Rowling\\'s] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that I\\'ll admit I was surprised by. . . . A fun read, with a main character you can care about and one you\\'ll want to see again in other adventures.\"Washington Post
\"An extravagant, alien, fascinating world for its characters to explore...great pleasures.\"Slate.com', 'Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potterseries and The Casual Vacancy.']","rejected":"Title: Sgt Frog 1-3 Collection\nDescription: ['graphic novel', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wolf of Wall Street: How Money Destroyed a Wall Street Superman\nDescription: ['Belfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went to jail for fraud and money-laundering, delivers a memoir that reads like fiction. It covers his decade of success with straightforward accounts of how he worked with managers of obscure companies to acquire large amounts of stock with minimal public disclosure, then pumped up the price and sold it, so he and the insiders made large profits while public investors usually lost. Profits were laundered through purchase of legitimate businesses and cash deposits in Swiss banks. There is only brief mention of Belfort\\'s life before Wall Street or events since 1997. The book\\'s main topic is the vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. As might be expected in the autobiography of a veteran con man with movie rights already sold, it\\'s hard to know how much to believe. The story is told mostly in dialogue, with allegedly contemporaneous mental asides by the author, reported verbatim. But it reports only surface events, never revealing what motivates Belfort or any of the other characters. (Oct. 2) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.', 'Raw and frequently hilarious.The New York Times
A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belforts] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont . . . proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives.Forbes
A cross between Tom WolfesThe Bonfire of the Vanitiesand ScorsesesGoodFellas. . . Belfort has the Midas touch.The Sunday Times(London)
Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read.Kirkus Reviews\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Programming in Visual Basic. NET: Update Edition for VB. NET 2003 w/ 5-CD VB. Net 2003 Software Set\nDescription: ['Julia Case Bradley is professor emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College. From 1978 until her retirement, she taught courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office in the department of Computer Information Systems. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation\nDescription: ['In large part because it sold newspapers, exceptionally lurid reporting of murders often shook the nation, especially in post-Depression America. The tabloids sold well if they got the scoop, and if they invented much of it, few cared. So the case of the Mad Sculptor was one in a string of read-all-about-it crimes, this one made more newsworthy because the primary victim, Veronica Gedeon, had modeled for several true-crime pulps, so in addition to the details the newsmen and -women whipped up, they also published photos of her posing, cowering and scantily clad, a half-naked beauty in mortal distress. The murderer, Robert Irwin, was not only a burgeoning sculptor but also under the psychological wing of Fredric Wertham, most notorious today, perhaps, for his best-seller, Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which fingered comic books for making criminals of children. To top off the case, Irwins attorney was Samuel Leibowitz, who later won great renown for freeing the Scottsboro Boys. Schechter (Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of, 2012) adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. --Eloise Kinney', 'The Mad Sculptor is as gripping as the cleverest Golden Age mystery.Mr. Schechter outdoes himself. Wall Street Journal
Ambitious, bold, and evocative, Schechters storytelling grabs the reader in a similar manner to Capotes searing In Cold Blood. Publishers Weekly', '', 'GrislyThe novelist Raymond Chandler listed it as No. 3 on his compilation of the 10 greatest crimes of the century.New York Times
This fascinating tale of a charismatic and savvy madman will thrill historical true crime fans. Library Journal
Schechter adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. Booklist
Harold Schechter, arguably Americas foremost historian of the macabre, has unearthed one of the most fascinatingand terrifyinghorrors of the Depression era. Youve probably never heard of the artist Robert Irwin or the beautiful model Veronica Gedeon. After reading Schechters visceral telling of their story, youll never be able to forget them. Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
A righteously disturbing chronicle of a madman/artist and his deviant life, Schechter again produces a heavyweight. Meticulously researched and eloquently delivered, The Mad Sculptor is a wild ride into a savage crime in 1930s New York.Steve Miller, author of Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock n Roll in Americas Loudest City
Harold Schechter has unveiled another sensational murder with a cast of characters that might have stepped from a novel by Dostoyevsky. Schechters absorbing narrative will fascinate everyone with an interest in New York in the twentieth century. Simon Baatz, author of For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago', \"A lurid summer read[The Mad Sculptor] is more than a mere real-life thriller; it's a gritty glimpse at American dreams descending into nightmare. The Times Picayune \", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Callie's Christmas Wish (Three Coins in the Fountain)\nDescription: [\"As an Air Force officer, Merline Lovelace served at bases all over the world. When she hung up her uniform for the last time, she combined her love of adventure with a flare for storytelling. She's now produced more than 95 action-packed novels. Over twelve million copies of her works are in print in 30 countries. Named Oklahomas Writer of the Year and Female Veteran of the Year, Merline is also a recipient of Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Rita Award.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Planet Kindergarten\nDescription: ['Publishers Weekly--05/26/2014
For one brave boy, kindergarten isnt just a gradeits a destination. He gets to school via rocket (one that looks suspiciously like his fathers hatchback), and considers his classmates to be aliens, including two that could be relatives of Cousin It. The boy adjusts to zero gravity (We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot), discovers that he likes space food, and freaks out during naptime: Is the room running out of oxygen? Prigmores manic digital art gives a nod to Jetsons-era cartoons, while Ganz-Schmitts metaphor will ring true with intrepid readers. Ages 35. Authors agent: Jennifer Unter, the Unter Agency. (May)\"
A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten.\" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\"Kindergarten isn\\'t just a grade-it\\'s a destination.\" --Publishers Weekly
\"Both kids and parents will delight in the cheerful exuberance of Prigmore\\'s style!\" --Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA
Kirkus Reviews 2014-05-14
A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten.In an imaginative ruse that\\'s maintained through the whole book, a young astronaut prepares for his mission to Planet Kindergarten. On liftoff day (a space shuttle-themed calendar counts down the days; a stopwatch, the minutes), the small family boards their rocket ship (depicted in the illustrations as the family car), and \"the boosters fire.\" They orbit base camp while looking for a docking place. \"I am assigned to my commander, capsule, and crewmates.\" Though he\\'s afraid, he stands tall and is brave (not just once, eitherthe escape hatch beckons, but NASA\\'s saying gets him through: \"FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION\"). Parents will certainly chuckle along with this one, but kindergarten teachers\\' stomach muscles will ache: \"[G]ravity works differently here. We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot.\" Prigmore\\'s digital illustrations are the perfect complement to the tongue-in-cheek text. Bold colors, sharp lines and a retro-space style play up the theme. The intrepid explorer\\'s crewmates are a motley assortment of \"aliens\"among them are a kid in a hoodie with the laces pulled so tight that only a nose and mouth are visible; a plump kid with a bluish cast to his skin; and a pinkish girl with a toothpick-thin neck and huge bug eyes.Sure to assuage the fears of all astronauts bound for similar missions. (Picture book. 3-7)
School Library Journal--07/01/2014
PreS-K A child bids farewell to his parents (who are sent back to their own planets) and begins his first mission on Planet Kindergarten. He is joined by intergalactic aliens, all reporting to a commander whose desk is littered with apples. The gravitational field is different: \"We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot.\" Projects include exploration outside the capsule, keeping logs, and, most challenging of all, extended rest time. \"Abort mission,\" the homesick space traveler thinks. Then he remembers what\\'s said at NASA: \"Failure is not an option.\" Before he knows it, he\\'s in splashdownback home and training for his next mission. Ganz-Schmitt exhibits a fine mix of sensitivity and pizzazz in approaching the challenges that children face. With the help of Prigmore\\'s superpowered animation-style illustrations, she offers a story that will help readers understand that kindergarten really is out of this world. --Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY', \"Sue Ganz-Schmitt produces children's musical theater and is passionate about helping children and families globally. She lives in a rural mountain community near Los Angeles.
Shane Prigmore is an accomplished professional in the animation, film, and children's book industries. A two-time Annie Award winner for his design of LAIKA's Coraline, and Dreamworks' The Croods, Shane has also contributed his talents to such projects as: The LEGO Movie, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Iron Giant, and the Spaceheadz book series. Shane currently acts as the Vice President of Creative Affairs at Disney Television Animation, and resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Restoring Texas: Raiford Stripling's Life and Architecture\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Social Media Monsters: Internet Killers\nDescription: ['\"Both educational and horrific....A real eye-opener!\" --(National Crime Prevention Council)
\"[An] exceptional book covering a range of sections, including; internet serial criminals, Law Enforcement and how they snag these criminals, and social media safety. This book will certainly make you more vigilantin your internet activities.\" --(Crime Magazine)
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', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Explore the Solar System!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments (Explore Your World)\nDescription: ['', '', '', \"Explore the Solar System! 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments introduces kids ages 6-9 to the planets, moons, and other celestial bodies that surround our star, the sun, as well as the universe beyond. Combining a hands-on element with history and science, kids investigate solar eclipses, phases of the moon, Jupiter's rings, and what astronauts wear. Who named the stars? What is the Milky Way? Why is there night? By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore the Solar System!, and have a blast along the way.
This book meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Grandma Gatewood39;s Walk - The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail\nDescription: ['Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next time anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine\\'s Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of \"America, the Beautiful\" and proclaimed, \"I said I\\'ll do it, and I\\'ve done it.\" Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person, man or woman, to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood\\'s own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don\\'t know the full story, a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.She did it - Can you? Find out how..Inspirational story.About the Author - Ben Montgomery is a staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times and cofounder of the Auburn Chautauqua, a Southern writers\\' collective. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has won many other national writing awards. He has worked at newspapers in Arkansas, Texas, New York, and Florida..Author - Ben Montgomery.Binding - Ha...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Graph Paper Math\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders\nDescription: ['K. Scot Macdonald is the author of the novels, The Shakespeare Drug, In Justice Found, and Mouses Dream, as well as two non-fiction books. Writing as Liam Shay, he also wrote The Grizzly Extinction Plot. He has also contributed to The Writers Journal, Funds for Writers, Animal Wellness, The Marine Corps Gazette, US Naval Institute Proceedings and several other magazines and journals. He lives in California with his wife, daughter, and two Scottish terriers. To find out more about him, visit KScotMacdonald.com. Patrick MontesDeOca is an actor, writer and producer. He helped bring the story behind the motion picture Rudy to the big screen and has appeared in dozens of television shows and motion pictures including The Shield, Walker, Texas Ranger, Melrose Place and Dead Again.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Heiner Mller After Shakespeare: Macbeth and Anatomy of Titus Fall Of Rome\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Official Barcelona 2014 Calendar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Purpose Driven Life\nDescription: ['The spiritual premise in The Purpose-Driven Life is that there are no accidents---God planned everything and everyone. Therefore, every human has a divine purpose, according to God\\'s master plan. Like a twist on John F. Kennedy\\'s famous inaugural address, this book could be summed up like this: \"So my fellow Christians, ask not what God can do for your life plan, ask what your life can do for God\\'s plan.\" Those who are looking for advice on finding one\\'s calling through career choice, creative expression, or any form of self-discovery should go elsewhere. This is not about self-exploration; it is about purposeful devotion to a Christian God. The book is set up to be a 40-day immersion plan, recognizing that the Bible favors the number 40 as a \"spiritually significant time,\" according to author Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, touted as one of the nation largest congregations. Warren\\'s hope is that readers will \"interact\" with the 40 chapters, reading them one day at a time, with extensive underlining and writing in the margins. As an inspirational manifesto for creating a more worshipful, church-driven life, this book delivers. Every page is laden with references to scripture or dogma. But it does not do much to address the challenges of modern Christian living, with its competing material, professional, and financial distractions. Nonetheless, this is probably an excellent resource for devout Christians who crave a jumpstart back to worshipfulness. --Gail Hudson', 'Pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in southern California with weekly attendance of more than 15,000, Warren now applies his highly successful \"purpose-driven\" framework, developed in the best-seller The Purpose-Driven Church, to individual experience. The same principles Warren has taught to thousands of pastors to help churches be healthy and effective can also drive lives, he says. The book argues that discerning and living five God-ordained purposes-worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism-is key to effective living. His 40 short chapters are intended to be read over 40 days\\' time, giving readers small pieces of his purpose-discovering program to chew on. Warren certainly knows his Bible. Of 800-plus footnotes, only 18 don\\'t refer to Christian Scripture. He deliberately works with 15 different Bible translations, leaning heavily on contemporary translations and paraphrases, as an interesting way of plumbing biblical text. The almost exclusively biblical frame of reference stakes out the audience niche for this manual for Christian living. It\\'s practical yet paradoxically abstract, lacking the kind of real-life examples and stories that life-application books usually provide in abundance. The book has flaws editing might have fixed. People are quoted without being identified, and subheads simply repeat lines of text, which tends to make the prose sound too simple. This book is not for all, but for those needing a certain kind of scriptural rock, it is solid. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dog Training for Law Enforcement\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Vampire Next Door: The True Story of the Vampire Rapist\nDescription: ['\"[An] impressive and riveting debut biography of one of the most prolific serial rapist/killer.\" -- (The Boston Globe)
\"Compelling and well-written\" -- (True Crime Book Reviews)
\"The disintegration of a seemingly normal, brilliant man into a psychopath so evil, so methodical in his killings, that makes one wonder if he was at all human\" -- (Crime Magazine)
', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Miracle, the Message, the Story: Jean Vanier And L'arche\nDescription: ['Kathryn Spink is the biographer of Mother Teresa, Little Sister Magdeleine, and Brother Roger of Taize, among others. Her books have been translated into more than 15 languages and have been awarded a number of prizes.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Purpose-driven Life [Paperback] by Warren , Rick\nDescription: ['Brand new!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Parrilla. Nuestra cocina a las brasas\nDescription: ['Este libro aporta respuestas a las preguntas y dudas ms frecuentes alrededor de la preparacin de carnes y vegetales a la parrilla. Cunto carbn o cunta lea se debe usar? Cules son los mejores cortes de carne para parrilla? Cundo se adoba la carne? Cunto tiempo se asa una pieza para alcanzar el trmino medio? Qu utensilios debo adquirir? Cul es la mejor parrillera para mi? Con qu se puede acompaar la carne a la parrilla? Imgenes excelente y libro de formato muy practico. El libro para los amantes de las Parrillas y para los que quieren entrar en esa onda.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)\nDescription: ['Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois. (New York magazine)
Youll laugh, youll cry...youre gonna love it. (Denver Post)
The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages. (USA Today)
Bourdain captures the world of restaurants and professionally cooked food in all its theatrical, demented glory. (USA Today)
A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors.... Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is unique. (Newsweek)
Bourdains prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois. (New York magazine)
Hysterical.... Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors. (New York Times Book Review)', '', 'A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisinenow with all-new, never-before-published material', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Only One Who Saves Me - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Pigeon Needs a Bath\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Comus\nDescription: ['Milton\\'s \"A Mask. Presented at Ludlow Castle,\" itself based on the ancient English folktale \"Childe Roland,\" makes an odd choice for adaptation into a picture book, even on the heels of Hodges\\'s and Hyman\\'s collaborations St. George and the Dragon and The Kitchen Knight. In masques, after all, the characters stand around and declaim, briefly act or more likely dance, and then declaim again-the charms of which don\\'t translate in this stiffly paced retelling. The protagonists, at least, are children, here named Alice, John and Thomas. Separated from her brothers in a dark wood, Alice is ensnared by Comus, a sorcerer who is the offspring of Circe and Bacchus. She resists his proffered drink-which would turn her into a half-beast like all his followers-and is rescued by her brothers, with the magic aid of a Good Spirit and the local river nymph. This deus ex machina plot, typical of masques, is cleansed of Milton\\'s thematic obsession with Alice\\'s virginity and possible loss of it, although a few of Hyman\\'s paintings suggest the sexual undertones. Hyman compensates in part for the brittle narration by cleverly suggesting a stage with curtain-opening imps, also furnishing a deeply gloomy and haunted wood, a horrifically comic mob of monsters and the bright dawn of a happy ending. This volume may give a taste of 17th-century English pageantry and appeal to parents seeking adaptations of classic works, but it is probably too mannered to kindle much enthusiasm in young readers. Ages 5-8. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Grade 3 Up-John Milton\\'s 1634 masque, originally written in blank verse and based on the ancient English folktale, \"Childe Roland,\" has been recast as a picture book. Goblins pull aside a curtain on the title and dedication pages, suggesting that the events that follow happen on stage. Milton\\'s plot is the template as two brothers rescue their lost sister from the clutches of an evil magician, Comus. Supernatural help comes from a Good Spirit disguised as a shepherd and from a gentle nymph of the River Severn. Comus captures humans with a drink that turns them into beasts. The wild scene showing these debauched monsters feasting recalls Puritan Milton\\'s distrust of aristocratic excess. Hyman\\'s illustrations are compelling, from the dark opening scenes in the forest, where children will enjoy spotting nasty creatures lurking among the trees, to the climactic fight between the brothers and Comus. The last page, with its note explaining the story\\'s provenance, shows the actors taking a curtain call. Unfortunately, the conventions of the masque hobble plot development. The denouement comes too quickly and without preparation. \"Childe Roland\" works better as a story; adults may want to invite children to compare the two. With its dramatic illustrations, this book could serve as an introduction to Milton and his times for older students, while entertaining younger readers with its tale of elemental conflict between vulnerable children and powerful evil.?Margaret A. Chang, North Adams State College, MA Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Damage\nDescription: ['Arrow 1st paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Journey Through My Journal\nDescription: ['I think my love for poetry began with my love for hip-hop. It was about 1986 and I was listening to these rappers like, KRS-ONE, and Public Enemy let these words of love, and hope for change flow. Then in 1988 I started to understand some things that I didn\\'t understand before. By that time my Dad had moved away, my neighborhood in Gary, Indiana went from bad to worst, and Children that I grew up with were being killed, and even raped. I was just trying to fit in, so I started fighting in school, getting suspended, and at that point my Mother didn\\'t know what to do with me. So some teachers at my school suggested that I meet Dr. Rebera Foston. She was a counselor, and a poet that helped me use the very craft that I heard KRS, and P.E use to get into the heart of the matter of what I was really feeling. That summer that I spent writing poetry brought about a change in me that turned me from a problem child, to an honor roll student. That summer I also made the most important step in my life, I gave my life to Jesus Christ, and took my love for poetry, and hip-hop to a gospel group called New Testament. We began to take gospel hip-hop, poetry, and dance to different girls, and boy\\'s homes, high schools, and churches. By the time I turned 21 my life was going in a downward spiral. I was going through a failed marriage, I was going through a job loss, and my love for God, and the love I had for poetry was suffering too. By the time I was 23 after failed suicide attempts, evictions, homelessness, and just down-right depression God reached down and grabbed me, and called me to get up, and use everything that I had gone through as a testimony for him. By the time I was 25 I had a new love in my life, I had a new job, a new church home, and God had given me a renewed spirit, and vision. 25 I started writing \" Journey Through My Journal \", and at the same time I was writing a play entitled \" Praise Over Pride \" ( coming soon ), and now three years later the book that God has given me is no longer a dream it is a reality. The purpose of this book is to help some brother, or sister that maybe going through a hard time in life, and don\\'t know why, or don\\'t think that nobody understands to know that God cares, and he understands, and that they are not alone in what they are going through. Take it from me, there is no problem that God won\\'t handle, but first we have to admit to the problem, and let him solve it.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lethal Guardian\nDescription: ['\"A compelling narrative . . . entertaining and instructive.\" -- Columbia Daily Tribune
\"Phelps is a first-rate investigator.\" -- Dr. Michael Baden, forensic pathologist and author of Dead Reckoning
\"Phelps is the future of true crime writing . . . the best new crime author to come along in years.\" -- Gregg Olsen, New York Times best-selling author of Abandoned Prayers
\"Phelps\\'s writing [is] rare in today\\'s true crime genre . . . [he] unmasks the psychopath with facts, insight and journalistic leg work.\" -- Lowell Cauffiell, New York Times best-selling author of House of Secrets, and Eye of the Beholder', '\"The female murderer, from a literary standpoint, has always interested me,\" says M. William Phelps. \"She is a rare breed. Beth Ann Carpenteryoung, beautiful, professionalpresented me with several intriguing and complicated issues to deal with: She was a woman who, from the outside, one would never suspect of being involved in such a heinous crime. She had everything going for her. Underneath the faade, however, I found a sullen, yet sobering portrait of a manipulative woman who lied to everyone around her . . . a woman who used her charm and obvious sexual appeal to convince men to do whatever she wanted. . . . I wrote this book like an episode of CBSs \"CSI\" with this dynamic in mind. I wanted readers to walk with law enforcement on their six-year journey and find the truth through the evidencejust as I did.\"', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Think Smart, Hazel Green!\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath\nDescription: ['', '', 'Check out theinnocentkiller.com to find out more about Michael Griesbach and his critically acclaimed new true crime novel, The Innocent Killer.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Regina Silsby's Phantom Militia\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Salt of the Earth: One Family's Journey Through the Violent American Landscape\nDescription: [\"In September 1985, 12-year-old Brenda Gere was taken from her family's home in Clearview, Washington. What followed was a search for the girl and her abductor, and a family's pain. Jack Olsen, whose previous books explored some of this country's most heinous crimes, now gives us an inside look at a simple family thrust into grief and the spotlight by a senseless act. A fine reporter, Olsen traces the Gere's background, the seven-year crime drama and the effects of tragedy on a family.\", \"Anyone who doubts that women are the stronger sex would be well advised to read this tale of Elaine Mayzsak Gere, who not only endured but triumphed over two violent tragedies in her family. Raised in California and trained to work hard even as a child, she married Joe Gere, a local boy who served in Korea, became a police officer and was badly hurt in a confrontation with two drugged arsonists. After many moves up and down the West Coast, they settled in a town near Seattle, where in 1985 their daughter, Brenda, was abducted and murdered. Her body was found six years later. Joe came from a drinking family and turned into an alcoholic after Brenda's disappearance. In 1988, he committed suicide, shooting himself in the presence of his wife and two young sons. In 1993, the man who everyone was almost certain had abducted Brenda was finally tried, convicted and sentenced to life. Thus Elaine, who had struggled to hold the family together after the kidnapping, now had to help her sons recuperate from the twin traumas. Her firm religious faith and strong work ethic sustained her, and the story of her indomitability gives Olsen (Doc) the material for one of his most penetrating books. True Crime Club featured selection; Literary Guild, Mystery Guild, Doubleday Book Club featured alternates; author tour. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Out of Appalachia\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Find Your Power: A Toolkit for Resilience and Positive Change, 2nd Edition\nDescription: ['', 'With a background in medicine, psychology and groupwork, Dr. Chris Johnstone is a specialist in the psychology of positive change. After working for many years as an addictions specialist in the UK health service, he now focuses on teaching, training and writing. Chris has been active in the Transition movement, contributing to a chapter on the psychology of change in The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins. He has pioneered the application of the positive psychology approach in health-care, within organisations and in adult education. He edits the online newsletter The Great Turning Times. For more information, see www.chrisjohnstone.info.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girl on the Train\nDescription: ['', '#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller A New York Times Top Book of 2015 AGlobe and MailBest Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Book of the Year AToronto StarBook of the Year AKirkusReviews Best Book of the Year
\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones
There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. The Globe and Mail
[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. National Post
Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages. Huffington Post [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl . . .liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. Cosmopolitan
Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. NPR
Compulsive reading.Marie Claire
[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. Entertainment Weekly Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. People
A natural fit for fans ofGone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,The Girl on the Trainwill have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com
The Girl on the Trainmarries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.USA Today
Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of the next Gone Girl.Christian Science Monitor
[A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The Boston Globe
Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, New York Timesbestselling author of Now You See Her
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice
Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, New York Timesbestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, New York Timesbestselling author
What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author ofI Am Pilgrim
Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Trains clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\' Colette McBeth, author ofPrecious Thingand the forthcoming The Life I Left Behind
Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. The Bookseller
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE
\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\" Terry Hayes
Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read. S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! Lisa Gardner, author of Fear Nothing
This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close
The Girl on the Trainwas so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of The Times. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America (Wanderlearn)\nDescription: ['Francis Tapon\\'s book worth reading, for anyone and everyone unsure of their current path . . . . The 351-page book has helped bring focus to my own journey. I\\'m confident it\\'ll help you, too.
The lesson here is to hike the trail the way you want - live the life you want. The author challenges himself with Lisa, his hiking partner, physically through this backpacking trip, and intellectually by pondering the meaning of it all, what we can do to find more meaning and how to go about reaching this meaning. \"Most people lead a life of quiet desperation,\" Henry David Thoreau said. Mr. Tapon thinks we should not settle for comfort, not \"stay put and cling\". We should get up and out - \"soar\". Comfort is not magic. And isn\\'t magic what we\\'re striving for? Well, yes! Passion, joy from passion, both leading to this magic.', \"You guessed it. This book is a guide, a self help, a how-to read that happens to take place while on a journey, and that's how it landed on my desk. Hike your own Hike has a textbook appearance - headings, sub headings, charts, bullets, quotes interspersed throughout, photographs, maps, an index, endnotes, even quizzes. It is also personal and honest.\", \"Comparisons will be made to Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Bryson's A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail). It is neither and a little bit of both. As such, it is a beneficial guide to improving the quality of one's life. Hardly new, rather another reminder and nudge to get back on the track of optimization. From that perspective, it's a worthwhile read.\", 'The travel portion is valuable for newbies; disappointing for seasoned hikers of the Appalachian Trail and those well read about it.', \"It is hoped the book becomes a catalyst for a new trend in the reader's life. Mr. Tapon has done his part well. He has provided numerous tools. The value lies in what the reader chooses to take from it. ----Thom Gabrukiewicz, Redding.com
By hiking the Appalachian Trail, Francis gave himself 4 months to find out if he could get more out of life. This became his inflection point, where he let himself pursue a radically different direction in life. In doing so, Francis discovered his true passion is to be a travel writer, book author, and backpacker.\", 'Understandably, Francis\\' new, itinerant lifestyle is not for everyone, and hiking the AT might not be your inflection point. Francis gets that. But what Hike Your Own Hike is about, is giving yourself permission to take a break from the everyday groove that you\\'ve worked yourself into, to try something different that might make you a lot more happy. It\\'s about reducing the level of fear we all experience when we question our life-course and consider alternative options. ----BootsnAll.com review
Hike Your Own Hike is a wonderful self development and self help book that shows you why walking is so powerful for your mind, body and soul, as well as covering life lessons that will change our life with increased self empowerment, emotional health and emotional wealth.\" --BellaOnline.com', 'Francis Tapon knew he had a good life--he had a great career, fantastic friends, a nice home, and a cool electric shaver. However, something was missing. His life was good, but not great. It was quite predictable and safe, but thoroughly uninspiring. He wondered how to take his life to the next level. He thought it would be smart to do what the sages do: hang out in the woods for several months and get some wisdom.
Although he ultimately found wisdom, finding it wasn\\'t as easy or as romantic as all those spiritual books say it is. They neglect to mention that during the hot humid summer months there\\'s no air conditioning in the woods.
Hike Your Own Hike balances the story of an adventurous and insightful trip across the Appalachian Mountains with practical advice on how to squeeze the most out of life both on and off the trail. It\\'s enlightening, educational, and entertaining. It\\'s a serious book that doesn\\'t take itself so seriously.
Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in one season has soared in popularity over the last 20 years.Compared to 1985, there are eight times more people trying to \"thru-hike\" it! What accounts for this phenomenon?
Today people are overly stressed and need a break to return to the fundamentals. Feeling disconnected from the rhythms of life, hikers go on these multi-month trails to recalibrate their perspective.Hike Your Own Hike is about this incredible pilgrimage, what we can learn from it, and how to enrich our lives without getting too muddy.
\"Francis Tapon\\'s book is a marvelous addition to the very best outdoor and personal development books available. Against the backdrop of a rich and unique journey along the Appalachian Trail, Hike Your Own Hike offers the reader a wealth of practical how-tos blended masterfully with the wisdom of the ages. This isn\\'t another boring hiking guidebook, it\\'s a wonderful guidebook for life.\" -- Kim and Demetri Coupounas, Co-Founders, GoLite', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Informant: A True Story\nDescription: ['\"The Informant is epic in scope, a tale of human foibles--of greed, deceit, and arrogance--and also of the search for truth. Eichenwald has told it masterfully, with the narrative drive of a novel. I guarantee it\\'ll keep you reading late into the night.\" -- Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action
\"The Informant is superb reporting in the service of a great story, one with the drama and suspense of a Le Carr novel. Set squarely in the American heartland, delving into the inner sanctum of a global corporation, it explores the shifting boundaries of truth and deception, loyalty and betrayal. It is a remarkable achievement.\" -- James B. Stewart, Den of Thieves and Blind Eye
\"The twists and turns of this nonfiction work leave many thrillers in the dust. Eichenwald\\'s spare prose and journalistic eye for detail make the pages fly.\" -- David Baldacci, Absolute Power and Saving Faith
\"I would say The Informant reads like Grisham, only nobody ever could have invented these characters. A tale this riveting and this strange could only have been built from truth.\" -- Sherry Sontag, coauthor, Blind Man\\'s Bluff
From the Hardcover edition.', \"d-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracywhich left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man . . .
It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a senior executive with America's most politically powerful corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, had become a confidential government witness, secretly recording a vast criminal conspiracy spanning five continents. Mark Whitacre, the promising golden boy of ADM, had put his career and family at risk to wear a wire and deceive his friends and colleagues. Using Whitacre and a small team of agents to tap into the secrets at ADM, the FBI discovered the company's scheme to steal millions of dollars from its own customers.
But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps, and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared. At the same\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Multistate Bar Exam Flash Cards (Law in a Flash)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life After Breath: After Her Husband Takes His Last Breath, and After She Tries to Catch Hers (Morgan James Faith)\nDescription: ['Susan VandePol founded Families of the Fallen for Fire Departments and churches after the duty-related death of her husband in 2005. The protocol is now being used in departments across the country and is endorsed by experts in the fields of Grief, Crisis, Trauma, Suicide Prevention, CIR, PTSD and CISM. Susan is certified in Grief, Crisis and Trauma Counseling, Grief Coaching, Master Life Coaching, Individual Crisis Intervention, Victim Response and Basic and Family Mediation. Her speaking engagements include womens retreats and conferences, a Keynote at the ICISF World Congress and addressing the Honor Guard at the International Association of Firefighters Memorial. She homeschooled her 3 children without ever succumbing to pressure to wear Birkenstocks and now lives with her husband whom she shamelessly manipulated into falling in love with her. He obliged by sweeping her off her feet with a large broom. They now reside in Michigan.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Heart of Fire\nDescription: ['For more information on release dates of new books.
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', 'Originally from England, Dawn now lives in Texas with her wife, and two children. Dawn finds the relaxed atmosphere a wonderful place to pursue her love of writing. When she is not working or writing, she is gardening, cooking, reading, and volunteering her time as a Paralegal for Legal Aid. Her interests in writing include poetry, short stories, novels and journalistic feature writing.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain\nDescription: ['', 'She was the villain The Bachelor fans loved to hate. Now Courtney Robertson takes us along on her journey to find love and reveals that \"happily ever after\" isn\\'t always what it seems . . .', 'Courtney Robertson joined season 16 of The Bachelor looking for love. She fit the casting call: She was young, single, a working model, and a natural in front of the cameras. Although she may have been there for all the right reasons, as the season unfolded and sparks began to fly something else was clear: She was not there to make friends.', \"Courtney quickly became one of the biggest villains in Bachelor franchise history. She unapologetically pursued her man, steamrolled her competition, and broke the rulesincluding partaking in an illicit skinny-dip that sealed her proposal. Now, Courtney tells her own storyfrom her first loves to her first moments in the infamous Malibu mansion. She dishes on life before, during, and after The Bachelor, including the tabloid frenzy that continued after the cameras stopped rolling. Complete with tips, tricks, and advice from your favorite Bachelor alumni, I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends is packed with all of the outrageous stories and details Courtney fans and foes alike want to know.\", '', '', 'A model and actress, Courtney Robertson has appeared in numerous print, runway, and television campaigns and in the pages of Vogue, Self, InStyle, and Fitness magazines. She lives in Santa Monica, California.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Shadows of God (The Age of Unreason, Book 4)\nDescription: ['In the fourth and final volume in his Age of Unreason series (Newton\\'s Cannon, etc.), Keyes brings his multi-threaded yarn to a thrilling conclusion. Based on the premise that Sir Isaac Newton devised a theory of alchemy that led to the industrial use of demons, the book builds to a climactic confrontation to see who will reshape the universe. Chief among Newton\\'s apprentices are wizard/scientist Benjamin Franklin, South Carolina\\'s ambassador to the court of New Paris (Mobile), and Adrienne de Montchevreuil, sorceress and heir to a secret tradition. Against them is Adrienne\\'s son, Nicolas (aka the Sun Boy), with his army of Russians, Mongols and Coweta natives that sweeps over the Great Plains. Such imaginative devices as demon-levitated airships and aetherschreibers (wireless sets) lend interest to the author\\'s alternate 18th-century world, as do revelations behind certain historical events, like the identity of who helped Louis XIV drop a comet on London. Keyes entertains both with details of everyday life and with the conversations of people who may not have met but should have. He produces a fine pastiche of the formal writing of Voltaire (who appears as Franklin\\'s friend and rival), marred only by a more modern \"crash cut\" narrative, which occasionally jumps mid-scene or reverses chronology, diffusing the suspense. Still, with the unfolding of secrets and past deeds, Keyes brings a welcome level of character uncertainty to the deterministic Newtonian novel.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"The universe lies on the verge of destruction as demons and angels use mortal wizards and scientists as their agents in a war that pits the forces of a devastated Europe against a handful of American colonists struggling for freedom and survival. In Keyes's heady conclusion to his epic sf tetralogy (which includes Newton's Cannon, A Calculus of Angels, and Empire of Unreason) alchemical wizard Benjamin Franklin uses magic and diplomacy to unite warring factions in a grand alliance to save humanity. Spicing his alternate historical fantasy with Swedenborgian metaphysics and Newtonian physics, Keyes peoples his story with a cast of unforgettable fictional and historical characters. Though dependent on the earlier books, this vivid story of a world in the throes of revolution is highly recommended for all collections. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Keri\nDescription: [\"Kat Ward is fifty something and lives in the United Kingdom in an ex-coal-mining village on the border of England and Wales which is beautiful and whilst rural, close enough to nearby towns so as not to be too isolated. Stress, anxiety and trauma have been so much part of Kat's life, right from the beginning that she has continued to survive everything life has thrown at her as if surviving has become a habit she absolutely cannot break. Kat gave birth to 7 children but, having been set up to fail, it would surprise no-one to learn that she only managed to parent three of them. The three boys, the youngest of which is just about eighteen at the time of writing, and Kat is enormously proud of them all. Nine cats and two dogs share Kat's home and are probably spoiled rotten, although being fur-babies, they don't realise this. Kat has a great many tattoos, none of which she regretted until she became old and then only because they've faded somewhat and the wrinkles rather spoil the effect! Given to rambling somewhat to anyone patient enough to listen, Kat has unlimited interests, opinions and complex views on very nearly every subject under the sun but thinks, in general, most of the human race is pretty nasty.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Mydas Touch\nDescription: ['Robert Lay is a Pittsburgh native who was born with an affinity for the arts. From mastering playing the piano at age 6 he later moved to writing music, and then drawing before falling in love with writing poetry at age 13. This love continued to grow while in High School when one of his best friends and him started their own poetry club. However, his love didnt blossom till leaving home to pursue a college degree at one of the first Historical Black Colleges and Universities, Cheyney University. While he was there he decided to take his writing to the next level and leverage his experiences and poetry to create the realistic novel, The Mydas Touch.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)\nDescription: ['Gambit Publications specialises in chess and has an unrivalled reputation for originality and editorial excellence. The company is owned and staffed entirely by leading chess masters and grandmasters.', 'Grandmaster Murray Chandler finished second in the World Cadet Championship in 1976, ahead of Garry Kasparov, whom he defeated in their individual game. He remains to this day one of the few players in the world with a 100% score against Kasparov. He was a key member of the England team that won the silver medals in Chess Olympiads three times during the 1980s, and went on to captain the team in 1994. He is proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of the British Chess Magazine and the author of several successful chess books.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Echoes of Savanna (Parent Generation)\nDescription: ['Amazing story that will stay with you long after you finish the book. --Aaron Patterson-Bestselling author of the WJA series.', \"Lucinda Moebius grew up in the mountains of Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Her mother taught her to read when she was four years old and since that time books have been her constant companions. She has a Bachelor's Degree in English Teaching a Master's in Educational Leadership and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Education. Lucinda supports her writing habit by teaching High School and College. She currently lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband, stepson and their dog and cat. Lucinda is the author of Echoes of Savanna: The Parent Generation, the first in a series of novels. She is currently working on the second novel in the series.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Keri: Fighting Back\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Sarcoidosis Resource Guide and Directory\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Bound To Die: The Shocking True Story of Bobby Joe Long, America's Most Savage Serial Killer\nDescription: ['Describes the life and crimes of Bobby Joe Long, a man convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murders of at least nine women in 1984 in the area of Tampa, Florida. Original.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: O2282 - Setting Up Drills for the Trumpet - Clarke\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Keri Karin Part Two\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: My Grandfather's Masbaha\nDescription: [\"My Grandfather's Masbaha is a recipient of the prestigious Mom s Choice Award. The Mom s Choice Awards (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Using a rigorous evaluation process, entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media trust the MCA Honoring Excellence seal when selecting quality products and services for families and children --Mom's Choice Awards\", 'Susan Daniel Fayad is a Lebanese American, who was born and raised in the U.S. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Special Education at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. After graduating, she taught primary grades at an international charter school. Her teaching experience led her to delve into educational programs on an international level, working with N.G.Os. and U.N. affiliated organizations. This field of work compelled her to pursue her studies in International Affairs from the Lebanese American University, culminating in a career as a state department sponsored educational adviser with A.M.I.D.E.A.S.T./Lebanon. After relocating to the U.S. where she had her greatest labor of love, her two children, Susan continued working as a college adviser. Summer vacations often include a trip back to Lebanon to connect with family and friends. A vacation to Lebanon would not be the same without spending time with tata (grandmother) and jidoo (grandfather). This book is dedicated to the precious memories her son and his grandfather shared together, before jidoo passed away. Susan lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and two children.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Man With the Candy: The Story of the Houston Mass Murders\nDescription: ['\"The mass murder of almost 30 boys uncovered last year in Houston may well have been the most heinous crime of the century...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: PI DAY DOOMSDAY - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bete De Jour: The Intimate Adventures of an Ugly Man\nDescription: [\"Burdened with a face only a mother could love, Stan Cattermole determined to find a woman. Lugging his man-boobs along for the ride, Stan shows Bridget Jones how it's done in this hilarious, heart-wrenching and often outrageous account of his quest for love. This is no misery memoir, but a tell-it-like-it-is account of Stan's trials, tribulations and small triumphs, in and out of the bedroom. One part love story, one part family saga, eight parts outrageous, laugh-out-loud tragicomedy - and then, just for luck, another part love story - The Intimate Adventures of an Ugly Man wrenches at the heart strings and the funny bone, and will drag you screaming with laughter through the whole gamut of human emotions. CHORTLE! as Stan pops his cyber-cherry with the aid of a light sabre, a bowling ball and a large knob of butter. GASP! as Stan is blindfolded, tied to a bed and abused with an IKEA spatula. DESPAIR! as the pretty nose of yet another potential love interest wrinkles in utter, utter disgust. The story of one man overcoming his hurdles and making something wonderful of a miserable life, this ever-hopeful tale will resonate with anyone who's suffered pain and rejection, anyone who's vowed to transform their life and anyone who's ever learned to laugh in the face of adversity. About the Author Stan Cattermole is the nom de plume of an ugly man. In his early thirties, he is no Billie Piper. Despite his best endeavours, he remains ugly and he thus chooses to remain anonymous for the better good of the nation.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Deal Breaker: The First Myron Bolitar Novel\nDescription: ['Praise for Harlan Coben
Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist.Dan Brown
Dont let Cobens wry observations fool you: They gift wrap keen insights into our society.TheWashington Post Book World', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me,Long Lost, Live Wire, Miracle Cure, and Play Dead), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including Shelter and Seconds Away, and of Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods,Hold Tight, Caught, and Stay Close.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Alchemy of Abundance: Aligning with the Energy of Desire to Manifest Your Highest Vision, Power, and Purpose\nDescription: ['
Rick Jarow, PhD, is a practicing alternative career counselor, a professor of religion at Vassar College, and author of Creating the Work You Love, In Search of the Sacred, Alchemy of Abundance, and more. His acclaimed seminars, based on years of research and practice with lineage holders in both Eastern and Western traditions, focus on interfacing inner experience with effective action in the world.
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Carolina Sarassa is an anchor/correspondent for MundoFOX National Network News in Los Angeles. She has been nominated for thirteen Emmys and has won three, including \"Best Crime Reporter. She has also been awarded four Gabriel Awards for excellence in television and a Los Angeles Press Club Award for excellence as a talk show host. She is a former member of the Board of Governors as well as an active member of the National Television Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and a board member for the Los Angeles Press Club.', '', '', 'FOREWORD', 'As an Emmy Awardwinning journalist for more than thirty years with Univision, the Spanish-language television network, and its respected news magazine show, Aqu y Ahora, Ive seen my share of horrific crimes and covered more than Id like to remember. One assignment in particular became a ten-year labor of love and a bestselling book I cowrote with Diana Montan, The Daughters of Jurez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border, in which I investigated and exposed how poor young women and girls in the Mexican border town of Jurez were being abducted and murdered, their bodies left to rot in the barren desert that surrounds the city. Despite the hundreds of cases that were never resolved or bodies that were never found, I remember the most difficult aspect of reporting these stories was talking to the families. I spoke to the mothers who kept their daughters bedrooms as theyd left them when they disappeared, and who, years later, were still waiting for their daughters to return. Those assignments allowed me to report dozens of human rights violations including political and police corruption. Covering so many crimes in Mexico made me realize how little a life could be worth if one happened to be poor and a female. At this point, I thought there were few crimes that could leave me dumbfounded and shocked. That was until I saw Debora Flores-Narvaezs story. It was 2010 and the Christmas holidays were around the corner when this beautiful, educated young woman disappeared in Las Vegas. She was at the pinnacle of her career and moments away from starring in her dream role in a very popular show. Perhaps it was the time of year that her story made headlines, or perhaps it was the gruesome facts that emerged shortly thereafter, that haunted me.', 'Carolina Sarassa, the reporter who filed the story for our show, was no stranger to me. She was a talented, hardworking, inquisitive young woman whod trained with us before she joined our Las Vegas affiliate. I remember the times she would come into my office and ask me about the stories we were working on and, in particular, about the art of interviewing and the importance of credibility and impartiality.', 'She was a woman on a mission, and I had no doubt she was blossoming into an accomplished reporter. To see her investigation on the air made me proud, especially when I found out how persistent she had been in staying in touch with those connected to Deboras case.', 'Ive always been one to believe that there are no coincidences in life, and when Diana Montan, the coauthor of my book, who also happened to be the cowriter of this book with Carolina, approached me to write the foreword, I knew that for some reason, I had to be a part, albeit small, of this story. Fate had once again knocked on my door to write about a Latina whose life ended all too soon and in the cruelest and most barbaric manner possible. This time, however, unlike the dozens of cases documented in my book, justice had been done; there was an accused murderer who would pay for his crime.', 'Carolinas dedication not only in pursuing this story until the perpetrator was brought to justice but also in making sure that it didnt just become another number in a growing log of cold cases was key. By securing interviews with Deboras family and close friends, she kept the case very much alive. It was her ability to develop a trust with those closest to Debora in life that would unveil the facts behind those closest to her in death.', 'Like any young woman pursuing her dream away from home, Deboras story of love and death could unfortunately happen to anyones child. This was not a young lady whose parents were absent in her life; she wasnt a dropout, an alcoholic, a junkie, or a fanatic. She was a well-educated woman with a caring and nurturing family, and she had left the nest in order to succeed but inadvertently fell prey to a chain of events that no one ever suspected could end so tragically and morbidly.', '', '', 'PREFACE', 'The story of Debbie Flores-Narvaez needs to be told. Its very simple: no woman deserves to be killed the way she was. She was a young woman full of life, love, accomplishments, and health. Yes, she was an extremist; yes, she had a temper; yes, she got involved with the wrong person; yes, she was a Vegas showgirl. But she was also highly educated, a loving daughter, sister, and aunt, and all she wanted to do was dance.', 'Ever since I was a child Ive noticed that nothing happens to me merely by coincidence or luck. I have always lived by the motto My life is written. Countless times I have noticed, as a situation unfolds, that I was given a sign about it beforehand. It can be anything from a simple coincidence to a life-changing circumstance.', 'On April 29, 2014, I received a very interesting e-mail to my personal account from Diana Montan.', 'The content of the e-mail was intense, an overview of a book she and her writing partner, MundoFox anchor Carolina Sarassa, were writing, titled Dancing on Her Grave. I read the e-mail many times, appreciating the kind words from Diana regarding my work as an actress and becoming rapidly obsessed with the case at hand. The case immediately grabbed me for many reasons. I love dancing, and in this case, just like me, the girl from the book was also Puerto Rican. Im a girl with a dream of becoming a successful performer as well. I also left what I had in Puerto Rico to pursue a dream that my parents thought was out of reach. I also moved to a new city with great ambition to become somebody and be really good at my craft.', 'While I continue to work as an actress, which is my passion, I have wanted to find projects I could produce. I envision and pray every night for God to guide my steps both in my personal life as well as in my career. The possibility of helping to share Debbie Flores-Narvaezs tragic story with the world by bringing this outstanding womans life to the screen and having the world see her kind soul truly melts my heart.', 'I believe one can have a connection with the souls of those who have passed away. I would love to think that Debbie chose me to represent her life. My immediate interest as soon as I read Dianas e-mail and the way everything is falling into place makes me believe I have Debbies blessing to portray her life in a television movie. I promise to take this responsibility seriously and give her the tribute she deserves.', 'I know in my heart I was meant to get close to Debbie. I also know for a fact my life story has one more dancing chapter. What a privilege to do it while somebody is guiding me from heaven.', 'Rest in peace once and for all, Debbie. Your killer was found guilty, justice has been served, and now the world will know and remember your name.', '', '', 'AUTHORS NOTE', 'by Diana Montan', 'Crime writers pursue stories as relentlessly as detectives pursue killers, and the chase is very similar.', 'It was sort of serendipitous, how I came across this story. Carolina Sarassas and my investigation into Debora Flores-Narvaezs murder ran almost parallel to the real thing. She was then a reporter for the Univision Network in Las Vegas. I had previously worked with a young man, Diego Arias, at Telemundo in Miami. Diego shared on Facebook a story being covered by another colleague, Carolina Sarassa, about the search for a beautiful dancer in Las Vegas. Her name was Debora Flores-Narvaez, and she had gone missing on the evening an important rehearsal had been scheduled at the Luxor Hotel. Her sister, Celeste, had flown to Vegas from Atlanta in a fruitless effort to find her. It was a story that I, as a true crime writer and advocate for victims, could not resist.', 'I was instantly drawn to the story and messaged Diego: Would Carolina Sarassa be interested in writing a book with me about that case? What were my chances of getting a reply? Diego was not a close friend; he was someone with whom I had worked. And here I was, messaging him out of left field, to relay a request to someone I didnt know.', 'I waited and waited, and supposed Carolina was either busy or simply not interested. But my fishing expedition paid off, and I reeled in my story, our story. Diego came back and said, very enthusiastically, that Carolina would love to.', 'Carolina was in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I reside in Daytona Beach, Florida, so Caro (as she is known to friends and colleagues) and I began to e-mail, and then talk on the phone. We felt like old friends and talked long into the night. I found her delightful, hardworking, and curious. We shared the same intensity and curiosity about cases; this would be a match made in crime-writing heaven. But frivolity aside, we both deeply cared about the victims in all of our cases. And there had been quite a few throughout the course of our careers.', 'In this instance, it all started out with the victims sister, Celeste Flores-Narvaez, and her first visits to the station where Carolina worked. Caro described her anguish to me, and I, in turn, tried to capture it in words. We both really felt for her. Celeste had been relentless in the pursuit of an answer, anything that might lead to information on her little sisters whereabouts. So we both began talking with Celeste.', 'I had had experience in this area. The long, arduous road along the obstacle-ridden path of investigative reporting had been paved for me by firsthand experience. A nineteen-year-old college student from Miami named Shannon Melendi had vanished from the Atlanta softball field where she worked part-time as a scorekeeper on March 26, 1994. Shannon was an exemplary student, and had received a four-year grant to Emory University in Atlanta. I was then the entertainment editor for a weekly published by the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and the Chicago Tribune, covering television among many other assignments. I was covering the television coverage of the Melendi case. What a roundabout way of covering a case, I thought, covering the coverage! So I decided to do my own coverage. I became friends with Shannons desperate parents, Luis and Yvonne, and her beloved and lovable grandparents, Luis Sr. and Delia.', 'For fourteen anguished years, the Melendis did not know what had happened to their daughter, until the umpire at the softball country club confessed to kidnapping and murdering her on the very same day shed vanished from the softball field. He had invited her out to lunch, and she felt comfortable with him because she knew him. They were in her car, and he then pulled out a knife and told her to drive to his house. There, he tied her up, raped her repeatedly, and finally strangled her.', 'Even after they were made privy to their daughters premature and violent demise, I remained close friends with the Melendis; they lived quite near me. Yvonne, Shannons mother, could be very funny, and sometimes she bravely tried to put on a face of normalcy. One night she called me up to ask if I wanted to come over. I did, and the two of us sat out by the swimming pool and had a glass of wine. Then we went inside, where Yvonne showed me a printer I was considering buying from them. She turned it on, and out came one of Shannons college essays, one calling for stricter criminal laws, since she aspired to become an attorney and eventually hoped to sit on the Supreme Court. Yvonne began to read her daughters essay out loud, sobbing softly and once in a while wailing, Oh my baby girl, oh my baby girl. It was a guttural sound, from deep inside, and I didnt know what to say to her, so I just hugged her. And that was my first and not last encounter with a mothers, or a sisters, or a family members grief.', 'Both Carolina and I felt anguish for Celeste Flores-Narvaez after she flew to Las Vegas from Atlanta to look for her little sister, just like the Melendis flew from Miami to Atlanta after Shannon was first reported missing. Carolina and I could not feel what Celeste felt, of course, but we had been through the process of interviewing bereaved families. I knew how Yvonne Melendis body had felt, shaken and racked with unbearable grief, when I had hugged her that day.', 'Caro, too, had been through her share of heartaches and reporting at gruesome crime sites as a rookie reporter. She was a seasoned reporter and television anchor now, and she knew how to conduct an interview. For that matter, so did I, and so we set out together on the chase, to assemble the bits and pieces of Debora Flores-Narvaezs murder at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.', 'First came Celeste, of course, and her input was invaluable, but then we sorted through a long cast of characters of investigators, friends, and, eventually, prosecutors and defense attorneys. Some wanted to talk and were most helpful. A few were reticent and others were unwilling to talk, and yet we had to wait patiently for everyone to return our calls, to set a time to talk, and then write down what they told us.', 'Some people might think writing a true crime book is a much swifter and easier process than it is. We sort of churn it out in one sitting, they might believe, like they solve complex crimes within an hour television slot. But in fact this process took us three long years while the trial of Jason Griffith kept getting postponed time and time again, and during which a lot happened both in our personal and professional lives; and, of course, in everyone elses lives as well. Even Celeste had to move on, as she has two children to care for. And Jason Griffith languished in jail awaiting his day in court that never seemed to come.', 'As the case wore on for weeks, then months, then years, through a series of events I would hesitate to call mere coincidence, I was able to connect with the actress Roselyn Sanchez, who played Detective Elena Delgado on the TV show Without a Trace. A friend of mine told me that one of her daughters had been pals with Roselyn at university. Caro and I had always thought Roselynwho bore a striking resemblance to Debbiewould be perfect to play the part if Debbies story was ever made into a movie, but that was sort of a castle in the air idea. But after another friend and cowriter of mine, psychic Gale St. John, told me about this project that there is a woman by the name of Rosalie or Rosalind, who is involved in it, I knew I had to pursue the actress. I tracked down Roselyns personal e-mail address and wrote to her about Debbies story. Roselynand her husband, Eric Winterimmediately connected with the story and came on board as producers.', 'Carolina calls Roselyn our angel. I think she is Debbies angel.', 'When the trial finally took place, it was all a matter of covering it every step of the way, and obtaining court records, as well as additional testimonies from people who testified. There were also the attorneys, and we interviewed both the prosecution and the defense. Fortunately, they were all very forthcoming, albeit sometimes hard to reach. This goes with the territory, and they were already busy with other cases.', 'So at the end of our thorough investigation, there only remained one thing, one question: Why? Why had Jason Griffith murdered and dismembered his beautiful ex-lover, Debora Flores-Narvaez?', 'I often wonder at some mens sense of entitlement that leads them to think of women as property, as something to do with, and then dispose of, as they wish. Fortunately, detectives and prosecutors feel the same sense of entitlement when such crimes become their own property.', 'Now that we are finally finished writing this book, we are hoping not only that it will honor Debbie Flores-Narvaez, and a promising life that ended all too soon, but that it will serve as a cautionary tale to other young women.', '', '', 'INTRODUCTION', 'Debora Flores-Narvaez was a thirty-one-year-old Hispanic woman who had moved to Las Vegas in search of a dream.', 'I, Carolina Sarassa, grew up in Miami, but I was born in Medelln, Colombia. My parents relocated to the United States so that we could live in peace, away from the war-torn city and the guerrillas threatening our family, and gave me the opportunity to pursue the career I have always wanted in journalism. Just like Debbie, my life has been full of dreams.', 'If you want to make it in this career, youve got to move to a very small city. I can still hear the echo of Professor Dan Sneeds words during one of my Journalism classes at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami.', 'He was right, as I would find out.', 'When we first got to the United States from Colombia, my parents decided to make Miami, Florida, our new home. It seemed like the perfect choice, since most people spoke Spanish and the Latino community is predominant. I guess it was easier to assimilate after such a drastic change. Wed had to escape Colombia with only a few hundred dollars in our pockets, but Miami welcomed us and became our home.', 'As an immigrant you always hear the clich that America is the land of opportunity. Well, the clich was true for me; America has been the land of many opportunities, in fact. Still, while many people back in our countries might think, You move to the U.S. and you can have it all, nothing comes for free. Yes, you can have it all and everything else you dream about, but only if you work hard, study hard, and do not forget to pay your taxes.', 'After graduating from high school, I was able to get scholarships from the Miami Herald newspaper, the FIU Honors College, and the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana to continue my higher education.', 'As I learned more and more about Deboras passion for school, it reminded me of my years in college. I am not embarrassed to admit that I was a nerd. I was a straight A student, always making it to the deans list. Since English is not my first language, I still have a slight Colombian accent when I speak, and it was more pronounced in college. It used to embarrass me, but now I dont care. I actually think it makes me who I am.', 'I always knew I wanted to be a journalist. I enjoy reading, writing, and especially hearing and telling stories. When it finally came time to pick a major, I chose Mass Communications and Journalism with an emphasis in Print, meaning I wanted to become a writer for a newspaper or a magazine. I never imagined myself in front of a TV camera.', 'It was not until I met Professor Ana Ponte, a funny, smart, well-educated, and persuasive woman who convinced me to switch my emphasis to broadcasting, that I changed my mind. She also repeated similar words to those Professor Sneed had said: You will need to move to a small market.', 'After knocking on many doors, and after completing internships, I was able to get a job as an associate producer for Aqu y Ahora, an investigative news magazine show based in Miami and the Spanish-language equivalent to 60 Minutes. Thats where I got to meet the talented, professional, and generous Teresa Rodrguez, one of the hosts (who also generously wrote the foreword for this book).', 'I worked behind the camera for about two years, then applied for a job in a smaller market, but within the company, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The news director, Angel Covarrubias, believed in me, and he gave me a chance to fulfill my dreams. He guided me, and he also became one of my mentors.', 'So, thats how I ended up in Texas after living in Miami for eight years. Miami is a huge market for Spanish TV, but just as my professors had anticipated, the TV stations in Miami were not going to hire a young recent grad to be an on-air reporter. I had better luck in a smaller market.', 'Every time I had to move to a new city, it was difficult to leave friends, homes, and a whole life behind. But I had it very clear in my mind that I wanted to grow as a journalist, and that meant moving. That meant going to a bigger market. The bigger the city, the bigger the audience, and the bigger the market for TV. Many years had to pass for this to happen.', 'I still remember my first assignment as a local TV reporter in Corpus Christi.', 'A four-year-old child had fallen from the balcony of a fifth-floor apartment. His mother did not realize one of the bedrooms sliding doors to a balcony was semi-open. In a matter of seconds, so she said afterward, she realized her baby was no longer safe. When she couldnt find her son, she saw the door open. She was hoping she wouldnt see what she felt had happened: it was already too late.', 'The four-year-old boy was smashed against the concrete.', 'As a local TV reporter, the assignment desk is always in contact with you and your photographer. Mary, our assignment desk editor at the time, called us and gave us some minor details of the 911 call she had heard through the stations scanner. She sent us to the apartment complex where the child had been found minutes earlier.', 'Corpus Christi is a small city, so wethe photographer and Iarrived pretty fast. I will never forget the face of the horrified mother, the neighbors, and especially the victim. His small body, covered in blood, was still on the ground.', 'I was only twenty years old. Im a very sensitive woman, and back then, it was even more difficult to hold back the tears and hide my emotions.', 'It was a very poor neighborhood. The mother was in shock, while all of us had to try and do our jobs. We had to get videos and interviews and hope to obtain a statement from her; yes, from the mother who had just lost her child.', 'I remember telling my photographer how distressed I was by what I had just witnessed. It even made me question whether I really wanted to spend my career on horrible stories such as the ones I was covering every day. I went to the car, trying to hide from the rest of the media, and I cried. I finally was able to gain my composure and went back to the scene wearing my sunglasses, so no one could see how my mascara and makeup had smeared all over my face from the tears.', 'It all made sense a couple of days later when I realized there was a reason why I was sent there to cover that assignment. I had given my business card to one of the neighbors, and she called me. The mother of the child whod died needed money to bury her son. We, and most of the other local media outlets, were able to do a story, and the woman received the funds she needed for the burial expenses.', 'I felt as if I somehow needed to be there, so I could help her.', 'Many journalists enter the industry for different reasons. I didnt look forward to becoming a war correspondent in the line of fire, or the reporter who broke the next political scandal. I wanted to help my community. I wanted to be the voice for the ones who cannot speak, or who are afraid to do so.', 'My next move would be to Las Vegas, Nevada.', 'After nearly three years in Corpus Christi, an opportunity opened up at a local TV station in Las Vegas. I could not resist it, so I did it again. I packed all my stuff and drove for nearly twenty-three hours to Sin City.', 'One of the things that soon struck me about Las Vegas was the high rate of domestic violence cases, especially murders. One would imagine most of the stories happen in or around the Strip, the large street strewn with hotels and casinos, but this is not true. Most of the stories, at least the ones we covered, happened in residential areas.', 'I covered the most horrific stories in that city. I still remember Maria, a woman whose boyfriend threatened that he was going to come back with a machete to kill her if she called the police and accused him of domestic violence. She did... and he did.', 'Maria was walking out of her job at a gasoline station when the man, as he had promised, was waiting for her outside with a corroded machete. He cut her fingers and her hands and struck her many times on her head.', 'She was still alive when the paramedics arrived, and the boyfriend was still standing there looking at the pond of blood he had created. He was arrested on the spot, but although she fought valiantly, she never recovered from her injuries and died a few months later.', 'Maria was only one of the many gut-wrenching cases I got to cover in the city.', 'But despite sad stories like Marias and Debbies, I actually enjoyed my five years working in Nevada, and it was very gratifying to be recognized for my work during those years with three Emmy Awards.', 'My first Emmy was for best crime coverage, for a story I did about an undocumented mother whose husband had abused her, kidnapped their child, and took him to Mexico. Our efforts at the station were able to help this mother with a humanitarian visa, and her child was returned safely to the United States.', 'My second Emmy was for a story that really touched some personal fibers. It was a series about the elderly who are abandoned by their loved ones at so-called homes. It was about people who are in the last stages of their lives and who rarely even get a phone call from a relative. Fortunately, in some of these places, the elderly are able to find a new family, sometimes even get married and begin a new phase of their lives. This series won the Best Historical/Cultural Program or Special.', 'My third Emmy was for a story I did about one of my passions: saving animals. When the Las Vegas economy started to fall, a lot of people simply abandoned their homes after losing them for a lack of payment. To this day, I cannot believe what these people were also doingthey would abandon their pets as well, simply leaving them inside their abandoned homes without food or water. Many animals died, and others were taken to local shelters where, sadly, due to overpopulation, many had to be euthanized. I tried to do my part, so I rescued four of them: Pippa, Coco, Mocha, and Marley (two cats, a pit bull, and a cocker spaniel, respectively). Mocha the pit bull recently ate all our sprinklers, but hey, she is a sweetheart; even the cats walk all over her!', 'The Las Vegas community is very welcoming to their news anchors and reporters. Its a community where people watch the news every day, and depend on us, and I think I was able to gain their trust. This was how I found out about Deboras disappearancethrough a Facebook message from one of her friends who apparently trusted me, too.', 'From the beginning, reporting on Deboras murder felt different. It did not feel like the other cases I had covered, and to this day I dont know why.', 'But I knew hers was a story that I had to tell.', '', '', 'ONE', 'Showgirl, Interrupted', 'Her name was Debora. She was a showgirl.', 'When I first heard about the case of the missing Las Vegas dancer, the old Barry Manilow song from the seventies, Copacabana, kept playing in my head. The tune tells the tale of Lola, a showgirl, whose lover, Tony, a bartender, is murdered by a gangster out of jealousy.', 'Would the story of Debora Flores-Narvaezs missing case turn out to be as ill-fated as the one in those lyrics? I wondered. After all, this was Sin City, and Deboras friend had sure sounded desperate.', 'Mia Guerrero, a friend of Debbies, had reached out to me on Facebook. I had met the young dancer more than a year ago at a station event where she was modeling. Mia had come up to introduce herself and to tell me she was also from Colombia, like me. I was then the anchor for the Univision Network in Las Vegas. I covered the beat. Id seen, and knew, the seedier side of the Strip.', 'Mias message had arrived on December 16, 2010, at 8:59 P.M. She told me a friend of hers, another dancer by the name of Debbie Flores-Narvaez, had disappeared. Mia mentioned that her friends were also very worried about Debbies whereabouts. She wanted my help as a very special favor to please try to air news about her disappearance in our newscast. Her message was kind, and ended with a God bless you.', 'I was not going to sit on this story, and Mia did not have to wait long.', 'Debora had gone missing four days earlier, on December 12. It was sudden and unexpected, and, like most disappearances, her absence was what her family and friends referred to as oddly out of character for Debora Flores-Narvaez, whom everyone called Debbie. We began to cover her disappearance, even though the police were still treating it as a missing persons case.', 'Her name was Debora. She was a showgirl. But she also had a bachelors degree in international business, a masters degree in international finance, and a degree in law. Her diplomas were hung proudly on one of the walls in her condo, in a building located across the street from the famed Luxor Hotel, the one with the Sphinx in front. It was called the Onyx Apartments.', 'But despite her academic degrees, Debora wanted to be a dancer. It was her passion. And shed moved from Baltimore to Las Vegas in order to pursue that passion.', 'On the day just after her disappearance, her dream wouldve become a reality. Debora Flores-Narvaez had been only one day short of realizing her lifelong dream of becoming the lead dancer in a Las Vegas show, when she disappeared without a trace.', 'She had been slated to star as the lead in what was dubbed by the shows producers as the Strips most seductive, sensual show, the spectacle FANTASY at the Luxor. There had been two rehearsals scheduled on Sunday, December 12, 2010, one in the morning and one in the evening. Debora had attended the first one, in the morning, but she was surprisingly, conspicuously absent from the evening rehearsal.', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Secret Life of Logos: Behind the Design of 80 Great Logos\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mother's Day\nDescription: ['\"Theresa Cross was a toxic mother, but the maternity myth blinded, deafened, and silenced those that might have stopped her.\" Dennis McDougal, with his flair for storytelling and his eye for vivid detail, is one of the best of true crime writers. In this book he profiles a very dark character indeed: a woman for whom neither her life nor her fantasies ever got beyond her sad, narrow world of severe men, twisted religious ideas, beatings, sexual jealousy, horror fiction and movies, and obsessive housecleaning. She had several husbands, one of whom she killed, until she ended up as a single mother with two boys and three girls. Then she began to torture and kill the girls, one after another, as they became old enough that their beauty made her angry. Prepare to enter a closed-off realm of nightmare, when you read this one.', \"A MODERN MURDEROUS MEDEA... In June of l985, while her teenage sons held their half-sister down, Theresa Cross beat her l9-year-old daughter Sheila unconscious and then stuffed her into a 2' X 2' storage locker. After three days, the knocking, kicking, and cries stopped. Theresa and her sons dumped the girl's body in the desolate High Sierras.... The summer before, Theresa had dug a bullet out of her daughter Suesan's chest with a paring knife. When Suesan failed to recover (without benefit of doctors or hospital), Theresa and her two sons drove the delirious girl to the mountains , doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire.... For nearly nine years, Theresa Cross Knorr got away with murder, until her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, finally found a cop who believed the incredible story of her two murdered sisters. That story is all here, the shocking life of a woman whose violence, jealousy, rage, and domination led to a brutally heinous crime of ruthless ferocity.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: History and Topography of Upminster: a new edition, ... enlarged ... Engravings ... by B. A. Branfill. A NEW EDITION\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border\nDescription: ['Teresa Rodrguez es una periodista ganadora de once premios Emmy que trabaja para Univision, donde es co-presentadora y corresponsal de la galardonada revista noticiosa Aqu y Ahora. Ha investigado los asesinatos de Jurez durante ms de diez aos.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach\nDescription: ['\"Realizing that counseling theory is not the easiest subject for students to grasp, nor the most fun for most students, I have searched for years for a textbook that communicates excitement for theory and also for the value of each theoretical approach for its time in the history of counseling and psychotherapy...In 2011, I found Elsie Jones-Smiths (2011) Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach, and in using it with my students, it has really help bring counseling theories alive for my students. Jones-Smith has revised her textbook with a second edition, and I am even more excited by it than I was by the first edition. The text is both historical in helping students envision the evolution of counseling and psychotherapy, and foundational, for it grounds the reader in each of the recognized approaches to the subject matter...I believe that Jones-Smiths (2014) Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach is the most exciting and engaging counseling theories text available today. It is comprehensive in its coverage of the theories that masters and doctoral level counselors, psychotherapists, and clinical and counseling psychologists should know and understand. It is well written and easily read and assimilated by students. It contains the powerful and engaging tool entitled Theoretical Orientation Scale by Jones-Smith that, if used at the beginning of the theories course, moves students from apprehensive to excited and eager to learn about the theoretical orientations that seem to fit them and those that seem to fit their classmates.\" Author: Charles Timothy (Tim) Dickel, Ed.D.', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka (Crimes Canada: True Crimes That Shocked The Nation) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['\"Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka are two sick individuals, and Peter Vronsky pulled no punches describing their terrible crimes in this latest installment in the Crimes Canada series. This book is not for the faint-hearted but hardcore true grue crime fans will get their fill with this one.\"
-- Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of BOGEYMAN and MONSTER
\"Apowerful, hard-hitting, compelling, and graphic read by Dr. Vronsky. This is the real \\'grime\\' crime.\"
--Serial Killers Magazine
\"Blown away and extremely impressed with this account of the case that is no doubt one of the most notorious crimes in Canada.Vronsky is a master of his craft and a first rate author.\"
--The Crime Cove Reviews(TheCrimeCove.com)
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REVIEWS FROM READERS
\"Explicit language and graphic details but that is the only way to truly tell the story of these two monsters. Hard to put down once you start reading this.\" --Darlene H
\"An excellent book, has its strong language but that makes the book so real.\" --Marlene F
\"It\\'s a book written for true crime fans who want the story without the window-dressing.\" --Bettye M
\"Very Intense And Graphic Book But A Really Good Read. I Couldn\\'t Put It Down.\" --Connie F
\"This was a real and true to life account of a criminal couple who\\'s crimes were really hard to believe and involve rape, torture and all of that videotaped.\" --Jenny K
\"Truly grizzly and difficult to read at times, the fact that they had no remorse was especially hard to comprehend. Well explained and elaborated. Worth the read.\" --Marie E
\"The author did not mince words in this book. Two truly evil monsters who had no remorse for their crimes. Peter Vronsky did an excellent job on this book.\" --Sherry P
\"This is a very well researched and well written book about a very evil, sick couple....This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.\" --June D
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A gifted storyteller . . . Mystery just comes along for the ride.Denver Post
Like fellow wisecracking P.I.s Spenser and Elvis Cole, Myron Bolitar is great fun in the best hard-boiled tradition.Houston Chronicle', '', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me, Long Lost, and Live Wire), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including Shelter and Seconds Away, and of Miracle Cure, Play Dead, Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods, Hold Tight, Caught, and Stay Close.
', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Unexpected Developments\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Final Detail: A Myron Bolitar Novel (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Myron Bolitar is a fascinating character--a guy in his 30s who just moved into his own New York apartment, and who still looks forward to dinner with his parents in New Jersey. A former pro-basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, he now runs his own sports agency, and also dabbles in the private investigation business. He is helped (and sometimes hindered) by his rich, blond, preppy friend Windsor Horne Lockwood III. Win has some awesome lethal powers hidden under his Brooks Brothers suits!', 'In The Final Detail Win and Myron are looking into the murder of a client--a troubled New York Yankees baseball player called Clu Haid. Clu was apparently shot to death by Esperanza Diaz, who just happens to be Myron\\'s best friend and partner in the sport\\'s agency. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn\\'t sure if it has to do with her job, or with her private life. His search for the truth takes him back to a shabby incident from his own past, and to times he would rather forget. Author Harlan Coben casually drops in dozens of poignant moments of humanity that keep us--and Myron--firmly grounded in reality.', 'Other books in this excellent series include Backspin, Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, and One False Move. --Dick Adler', 'You know things are getting tough for Myron Bolitar when the crime-solving sports agent finds that his favorite tippleAthe chocolate drink Yoo-HooAhas lost its kick. At a particularly harrowing point in his latest Bolitar book (after One False Move), Coben reveals that his hero actually \"craved a venti-size skim iced latte with a splash of vanilla.\" Despite being a former pro basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, Myron remains a touching everyman, a guy who still looks forward to dinner with his parents and can even cry in the bathroom after his father admits to some recent chest pains. In this case, Myron probes the murder of one of his clients, a troubled baseball player named Clu Haid, who was apparently shot by Myron\\'s sports-agency partner, Esperanza Diaz. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn\\'t sure if it has to do with business or with her bisexuality. His search for the truth takes him to a bar called Take a Guess (\"It\\'s About Ambiguity, Not Androgyny\"), where he falls for a Julie Newmar/Catwoman look-alike who may or may not be female, and to the front offices at Yankee Stadium. Ultimately, the trail leads him to revisit a 12-year-old mystery about a missing girl as well as a shabby incident in his own past. Along the way, Coben works in poignant scenes, such as an interview with a mother who wallpapers her house with family photographs. Myron relies less on the lethal powers of his rich, blond, preppy friend Win (Windsor Horne Lockwood III) than in previous adventures. The change makes for the strongest entry yet in a series that deftly balances realism with excitement, while refusing to fall back on genre clich?s. Major ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: ESPERANZA: A Love And Rockets Book TP\nDescription: ['...[I]f theres one thingJ aimes Locas stories in general, and this volume in particular, tell us, its that sometimes you have to be a grownup for a long time before you grow up. Its worth the work, and the wait. - Sean T. Collins, The Comics Journal
I dont really understand why the material of Love and Rockets isnt widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it is. - Neal Gaiman', 'Jaime Hernandez is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning cartoonist and a lifelong Los Angelean.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Darkest Fear : A Myron Bolitar Novel\nDescription: [\"Myron Bolitar's father's recent heart attack brings Myron smack into a midlife encounter with issues of adulthood and mortality. And if that's not enough to turn his life upside down, the reappearance of his first serious girlfriend is. The basketball star turned sports agent, who does a little detecting when business is slow, is saddened by the news that Emily Downing's 13-year-old son is dying and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant; even if she did leave him for the man who destroyed his basketball career, he wouldn't wish tsuris like that on anyone. And he's not at all interested in getting involved with Emily again, not even to track down the one mysterious donor who may be able to save the boy. But when Myron learns that Jeremy Downing is his own son, conceived the night before Emily and Greg Downing married, he embarks on a search for someone who disappeared a lifetime ago. And what he finds leads him to a powerful family determined to keep an old secret, a disgraced reporter who may have plagiarized a novel to create a serial killer, a very interested FBI agent, and a missing child.\", 'This is the seventh outing in a series that\\'s been gaining in popularity since Bolitar\\'s first appearance, in Harlan Coben\\'s Deal Breaker. Myron\\'s a bit of a baby, but he\\'s not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it, he\\'s eminently likable, and his heart\\'s in the right place. The fireworks are supplied by his friend and partner, Win, who really deserves a series of his own, and Esperanza, the lesbian wrestler-lawyer who has finally talked Myron into making her a partner in the business. Like Coben\\'s other Bolitar novels, she\\'s worth every penny. --Jane Adams', 'Book seven in Coben\\'s wonderfully rich series (after 1999\\'s The Final Detail), which features sports agent Myron Bolitar, former basketball player and totally believable human being, is all about fathers, sons and the intricate and often painful chains that link them together. Myron, who has just moved out of his parents\\' house at the age of 34, is worried about his father\\'s health after a heart attack, but it\\'s hard for either of them to talk about the older man\\'s condition. Myron tends to have long relationships with women that end in tears. (\"You\\'re in your mid-thirties, single, sensitive, and you like show tunes,\" says his current lover, a troubled television star. \"If you were a better dresser, I\\'d say you were gay.\") Emily, his college girlfriend from Duke who dumped him for a more successful basketball rival, re-enters the picture to tell him that her critically ill 13-year-old son needs a bone marrow transplant, but the only suitable registered donor has disappeared. Can Myron find him? And, by the way--Myron is the boy\\'s real father. The search takes Myron deep into some decades-old unsolved crimes involving another father and son--a sadistic deranged killer and a conflicted newspaper columnist. Myron\\'s deadly preppy friend, Win, is on hand to supply his own frightening brand of violence, and the gorgeous Esperanza Diaz, the former wrestler who\\'s now a full partner in MB SportsReps, supplies wisdom as well as glamour. But the heart of the novel is, as always, the fallible but infinitely appealing, accessible figure of Myron Bolitar--a modern Don Quixote complete with knee brace and cell phone, ready to take on the world\\'s problems. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Just Enough CRM (Yourdon Press Computing Series)\nDescription: ['', \"The decision-maker's guide to competitive advantage with CRM\", 'Just Enough CRM gives decision-makers practical insight for planning, designing, and deploying CRM systems that deliver on their promises--and for avoiding the pitfalls that cause so many CRM implementations to fail. Leading CRM consultant Francoise Tourniaire shows how to streamline and improve every phase of the project lifecycle, from needs assessment and vendor selection through metrics, and beyond.', \"Tourniaire offers realistic guidelines and checklists for making sense of vendors' pitches, customizing CRM to your own organization's needs, and guiding the entire implementation process. These techniques apply to any CRM implementation, especially projects at mid-sized companies with $10 to $500 million in revenues--projects all too often neglected in other books.\", \"Whether you're a senior executive, line-of-business manager, CRM project manager, or project participant, this book will help you transform the promise of CRM into a quantifiable, sustainable, competitive advantage.\", '', '', \"FRANCOISE TOURNIAIRE owns FT Works, a consultancy that helps technology companies create and improve their support operations through targeted consulting, training, and coaching engagements. Prior to founding FT Works, she was VP of Worldwide Service for Scopus (now Siebel Systems), responsible for technical support, training, documentation, and operations worldwide. She has close to 20 years' experience in post-sales support and services, including stints at Sybase and Ingres. Tourniaire is lead author of The Art of Software Support (Prentice Hall).\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tell No One\nDescription: [\"David Beck has rebuilt his life since his wife's murder eight years ago, finishing medical school and establishing himself as a pediatrician, but he's never forgotten the woman he fell in love with in second grade. And when a mysterious e-mail arrives on the anniversary of their first kiss, with a message and an image that leads him to wonder whether Elizabeth might still be alive, Beck will stop at nothing to find the truth that's eluded him for so many years. A powerful billionaire is equally determined to make sure his role in her disappearance never comes to light, even if it means destroying an innocent man.\", 'In David Beck, Harlan Coben, the author of the popular series starring sports agent Myron Bolitar (Darkest Fear et al.) has created a protagonist who shares many of Bolitar\\'s best qualities--he\\'s a decent, generous, gentle guy whose loyalty to those he loves is unquestionable. So when he discovers that people he was close to may be responsible not only for Elizabeth\\'s murder but also the \"accidental\" death of his father, Beck\\'s sense of betrayal is as understandable to the reader as his uncharacteristically violent reaction. Coben is a skillful storyteller with a gift for creating likable characters caught up in circumstances that illuminate their complex emotional lives and deep humanity. This should be the thriller that breaks this talented writer out of the mystery genre and earns him the recognition he deserves. --Jane Adams', \"Every writer likes to stretch his legs, and here Coben, author of seven acclaimed Myron Bolitar mysteries (Darkest Fear, etc.), stretches his. He doesn't quite kick his reputation aside in the process. This thriller, Coben's first non-Bolitar novel, is a breezy enough read, but it's not up to snuff. It's got a nifty setup, though. David Beck and Elizabeth Parker, just-married childhood sweethearts, are vacationing at the Beck family retreat when Beck is knocked unconscious and Elizabeth is kidnapped. Cut to eight years later: Beck is a young physician working with ghetto kids in Manhattan, and Elizabeth, we learn, is dead, victim of a serial killer known as KillRoy. Or is she? For immediately after two bodies eight years old are uncovered on the Beck land, Beck receives a series of e-mails apparently from Elizabeth. His frantic search to find out if she lives dovetails with the equally frenzied efforts of cops to pin Elizabeth's murder on Beck, as well as the antic moves of a mysterious billionaire an old friend of the Beck family and his two hired thugs to frame Beck for that murder. Beck finds himself a man on the run from the cops his only ally a black drug dealer whose child he's treating for hemophilia caught in an overcomplicated tangle of lies and vengeance. Coben knows how to move pages, and he generates considerable suspense, but there's little new here. The narrative style is cloned from James Patterson, alternating first-person with third. The villains, particularly the billionaire and a Chinese martial artist, are as old as mid-Elmore Leonard or even Chandler. The black drug dealer isn't a character, he's a plot device, and the climax packs the emotional wallop of a strong episode of The Rockford Files. (June 19)Forecast: Heavy-hitting blurbs from Jeffery Deaver and Phillip Margolin, among others, indicate more about the solidarity of the mystery community than about this book's excellence, but should attract browsers. The publisher will pitch this as a summer beach read, and it's not a bad one. In fact, it may outsell Coben's mysteries, despite its flaws.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Maximum Fitness : The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Cross Training\nDescription: ['Stewart \"Stew\" Smith is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a former Navy SEAL, and author of several fitness books such as The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness, The Special Ops Workout, and S.W.A.T. Fitness. Stew has trained thousands of students for Navy SEAL, Special Forces, SWAT, FBI, ERT, and many other military, law enforcement, and fire fighter professions. He is currently the Special Ops Team Coach at the US Naval Academy that prepares future candidates for SEAL, EOD, and MARSOC training and runs a non-profit called Heroes of Tomorrow where he trains people seeking tactical professions for free. He has recently appeared on National Geographic\\'s Fight Science - Special Ops where he was subjected to a hypothermic test and combat shooting course.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, Book 3)\nDescription: ['"Brilliant! Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton, Robert B. Parker, and everyone else!"—Nancy Pickard, author of I.O.U.
"Fast action, snappy dialogue...[An] enjoyable read."—Toronto Star
From the Paperback edition.', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in thirty-three languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, and the upcoming Promise Me), he is also the author of Tell No One, Gone for Good, The Innocent, The Woods, and Hold Tight.
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\"Sharp plotting and emotional density, as well as nonstop wisecracks.\"Publishers Weekly', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in thirty-seven languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me, and Long Lost), he is also the author of Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent,The Woods, and Hold Tight. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond\nDescription: ['', 'Julius Bailey is a grand prophetic intellectual with deep roots in the Black freedom struggle and genuine routes to new radical democratic possibilities. Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams is a courageous and powerful text, indispensable for any serious reflection about the future of America and the world! Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters', 'Julius Bailey has written our generations Race Matters. There are many books in the canon of Obama, but Bailey seeks to answer questions around moral reasoning and provides a clarion call for change. Duchess Harris, Professor and Chair of American Studies, Macalester College', 'This is Julius Baileys most important work to date. The book provides a critical, urgent, and courageous meditation on the current American racial landscape. Drawing from Western philosophy, prophetic criticism, and Black arts and culture, Bailey spotlights the political, economic, and existential challenges confronted by the American body politic. Equally important, he offers a pathway for creating a more humane, loving, safe, and just world. Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Morehouse College, and CNN Political Commentator', 'Dr. Bailey hits the nail on the head as he perspicaciously confronts and reverses the flawed discourse of success specific to racism in America. As only he can, he sharpens the readers thinking with a much-needed cultural candor unique to his profound intellect. Dr. Bailey is masterful here in calling out cowardice and calling for courage. Dr. Chandra Gill, CEO, Blackademically Speaking Enterprises', '', '', 'Silver medalist for the IPPY award for Current Events in 2016!', 'Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and his critics, racism, income inequality, poverty, and xenophobia, guided by a prophetic thread that calls like-minded visionaries and progressives to action. The book is an honest look at the current state of our professed city on a hill and the destruction left on the darker sides of town.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World\nDescription: ['\"Robbins, author of the classic Diet for a New America, believes that plantbased nutrition and particularly vegan diets (free of meat, milk, and eggs) lead to long life and good health. Citing statistics, research studies, and selected quotes that extol the benefits of such diets, he also argues that animal products are responsible for such diseases as obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and cancer. Robbins deplores the inadequate sanitation and inspection in meatprocessing plants and argues that many of the illnesses and stomach ailments that people complain about result from animal agriculture and the pathogens it introduces into our bodies. He also raises concerns about the dangers of fad diets that advocate high carbohydrates, high protein, or high fat. Robbins\\'s zealous advocacy of plantbased nutrition and his refusal to consider the need for animal products in human nutrition throws his book off balance. Nevertheless, those who want to know more about vegan diets will gain many insights from his provocative book. Recommended for large nutrition collections with a diversity of viewpoints.\" -Library Journal, Irwin Weintraub, Brooklyn College Lib., New York. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc--Reviews
\"Carefully researched, eminently readable, and starkly accurate, The Food Revolution will change your life. If every patient in every doctor\\'s office read this book, it would revolutionize the health of America. -Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians\\' Committee for Responsible Medicine--Reviews
\"John Robbins has done it again! Another brilliant, mindaltering, paradigmshifting, lifestylechanging, heartexpanding book from the most powerfully sane man I know. The Food Revolution will change your life and the lives of those you love. Thoughtful, penetrating, impeccably researched, it will make you laugh, then cry, then pass it on to your loved ones.\" -Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love--Reviews
\"John Robbins is the leading voice in the world for restoring humanity to its proper relationship with food, the Earth, and health. Read The Food Revolution and get active.\" -Paul Hawken, author of Natural Capitalism--Reviews
\"In what promises to be the publishing event of the decade, John Robbins provides both the information and the encouragement we need in order to reclaim the health of our bodies and our planet. Packed with political dynamite, this book will change your life. Forthright and fearless, thoroughly researched and engagingly presented, this is must reading for everyone who eats.\" -Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life--Reviews', 'John Robbins is also the author of Diet for a New America, and the widely acclaimed Reclaiming Our Health. His life and work have been featured on the PBS special, Diet for a New America. Groomed to follow in the footsteps of his father, founder of the Baskin-Robbins empire, he chose a different more authentic path for himself. He lives with his family in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Author website: www.foodrevolution.org']","rejected":"Title: Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action, Teacher's Edition, Gold Level\nDescription: [\"Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action, Teacher's Edition, Gold Level\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Supreme Macaroni Company: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Trigiani (The Shoemaker's Wife) explores the delicate balance (and unbalance) between work, family, and love. Valentine Roncalli, a shoemaker at her family's business, Angelini Shoe Company, is going to marry her tanner, Gianluca Vechiarelli. Gianluca wants to return to his native Italy; Valentine is committed to keeping the family concern running in Greenwich Village. Further complicating things is a difficult moment between Valentine and an old friend, which threatens the marriage. The way the couple juggle their jobs and their complicated families with understanding, sympathy, and love is often hilarious, in spite of the frustration it brings to both of them. A twist near the end of the book is not unexpected, but tense shifts get a little dizzying and it's easy to get ahead of the story. The pages detailing how Valentine practices her craft of shoemaking are superb. Trigiani's ability to bring the large, warm, envelopingif somewhat dysfunctionalfamily to life will keep any reader engrossed and entertained. (Nov.)\", 'The final novel in Trigianis Valentine trilogy (Very Valentine, 2009; Brava, Valentine, 2010) finds shoemaker Valentine Roncalli planning her wedding to Gianluca Vechiarelli, a handsome Italian nearly 20 years her senior and the son of her grandmothers new husband. As Gianluca adjusts to life amid the boisterous, extended Roncalli clan, the fiercely independent Valentine, an ambitious and talented shoe designer, struggles to balance work and home life, with her marriage often taking a backseat to her career. Cultural differences between the pair widen as her plans to open a factory as she becomes a first-time mother clash with his vision for the couples future, which includes a home in Tuscany. Though the conflict is plausible, it comes across as vaguely overplotted. For those who have followed Valentines ups and downs from the start, Trigianis send-off is bound to feel bittersweet in more ways than one. For readers new to the series, missing the occasional insider reference has its advantagesthey still have two books ahead of them and the chance to meet Valentine where she began. --Patty Wetli', '', '']","rejected":"Title: DIY Cleaning & Organization: Simple Cleaning Hacks and Habits to Quickly Minimize Clutter and Organize Your Home - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lucia, Lucia: A Novel\nDescription: ['“This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love.” —Cosmopolitan
“FAST-MOVING, FUNNY, VISUAL, AND MOVING . . . A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place. Every page is engrossing and begs us to read the next.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“TRIGIANI’S WRITING IS AS DAZZLING AS LUCIA’S DRESSES.” —USA Today
“COMPELLING . . . A BREEZY READ.” —Entertainment Weekly
“[Trigiani] writes with commanding authenticity about Italian-American life, the landscape of Italy, and New York City. . . . Lucia, her Italian family, her ambitious girlfriends, her colorful boss, and her mysterious lover are colorful, poignant characters, representative of another time, yet as real as today. . . . Trigiani has proved she is a multi-faceted writer whose name and stories will be celebrated for years to come.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Adriana Trigiani’s enchanting new novel will find a warm welcome from every reader who has encountered a fork in the road to love and taken the more perilous path. . . . A testament to the power of familial love and friendship . . . Perhaps [this] is Trigiani’s greatest gift to her reader: the recognition that devotion, loyalty, and forgiveness will ultimately win the day.” —BookPage
“Trigiani creates a compelling story, artfully uniting a snapshot of the past with the present. This bittersweet novel should have broad appeal.” —Library Journal
“Filled to bursting with gorgeous clothes, sumptuous meals, beautiful weather, and the rhapsody of New York City.” —Kirkus Reviews
“You’ll find yourself lost in an Audrey Hepburn movie that was never made.” —CNNMoney.com
“Delightful . . . Trigiani has artfully woven a wonderful, engaging story that blends the past with the present. Her characters are richly appealing, from her four overprotective brothers to her quick-witted best friend.” —Review Appeal (Franklin, TN)
“[A] heartfelt depiction of homespun characters whose emotions are always very close to the surface . . . Trigiani offers an inviting picture of Italian life as well as a finely detailed appreciation of Old World craftsmanship.” —Booklist
“[A] bustling, sparkling 1950s New York City . . . Trigiani does a wonderful job evoking Lucia’s beloved, homey Greenwich Village and the couture-clad Upper East Side. Vivid, too, are the descriptions of Italian cooking and feasting, and the Sartoris’ storybook hometown in the old country.” —Boston Herald
“This is your perfect summer read. Trust us. Put a good reading light on in your backyard . . . and read your little heart out, deep into the night.” —Millbrook Voice Ledger (NY)
“Poignant and feeling . . . Readers will laugh with and weep for Lucia and her lost dreams.” —Publishers Weekly
From the Trade Paperback edition.', 'Adriana Trigiani grew up in Virginia and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Trigiani is the author of the bestselling novels Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, and Milk Glass Moon, and has written the screenplay for the movie Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct. She can be reached at www.adrianatrigiani.com.
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She has since written two other novels.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: How to Train Your Husband to become an Adult: (A Humorous Frog Tale to Enable Women To Overcome Controlling Partners)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Terrible Estate Agent Photos: A Book of the Most Baffling Property Photographs Ever Taken\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Exodus: Learning to Trust God (Lifeguide Bible Studies)\nDescription: ['James W. Reapsome is a retired pastor who also formerly served as editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly and the World Pulse newsletter. He was also executive director of Evangelical Missions Information Service in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the co-editor of Innovation in Mission and the author of LifeGuide studies such as Exodus, Hebrews, Grief and Marriage.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Filthy Rich: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal that Undid Him, and All the Justice that Money Can Buy - The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers, and his books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and funds over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ']","rejected":"Title: The Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel\nDescription: ['', 'Huffington Post, 3/23/12 Fans of the On the Road author will be fascinated by the glimpse into Kerouacs early writing mind.', 'Kirkus Reviews, 2/1/12 A Jack Londonesque yarn.', 'Publishers Weekly, 1/30/12 While it may not be the Rosetta Stone of the beat movement, the publication of this flawed manuscript will be an event for [Kerouacs] admirers.', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Extraordinary Chickens\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: A Woman's Asia: True Stories (Travelers' Tales)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fatal Dosage\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: D-Day [Sound Recording]: The Battle for Normandy\nDescription: ['The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, \"D-Day\" is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy. As with Stalingrad and Berlin, Antony Beevor\\'s gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war. This title is unabridged. Its running time is approximately 20 hours, on 3 x MP3-CDs.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The China Study, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health\nDescription: ['', 'Dr. T. Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research for more than forty years. His legacy, the China Project, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. He is a professor emeritus at Cornell University and is most well-known for coauthoring the bestselling book The China Study with his son, Thomas Campbell, MD. In addition to his long and outstanding career as an author, scientific researcher, and Cornell professor, he has been featured in several documentary films. He is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and the online internationally recognized plant-based nutrition certificate offered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies in partnership with eCornell. He currently serves as the chairman of the board.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ghosts of the Old Jail\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tunnel Vision: A True Story of Multiple Murder and Justice in Chaos at America's Biggest Marine Base\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Most Famous Illegal Goose Creek Parade (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B)\nDescription: ['Approaching retirement, Al and Millie Richardson are at oddsabout what they want to do with their golden years. For Al, it\\'s all aboutrelaxation and travel. Millie, however, wants to open a bed-and-breakfast intheir quiet Kentucky town. Meanwhile the locals are boycotting the new andyoung female veterinarian after her predecessor\\'s retirement. More trouble isbrewing over who will paint the town\\'s water tower after the son of a long time\"Creeker\" resident with questionable color choices is again up for a vote torefurbish it. VERDICT: Smith (DangerousImpostor; co-author with Lori Copeland of the \"Seattle Brides\" books)launches a charming small-town series that introduces the quirky residents ofGoose Creek. With an engaging storyline that is at times laugh-out-loud funnyand unforgettable characters, this feel-good novel is a sure bet for readersseeking an uplifting and humorous tale. -- Library Journal starredreview, Pick of the Month for September 2015
This book is so much fun to read! The entertaining characters make one laugh out loud because of their antics, but also touch a spot in one\\'s heart. If the others in the series are anything like this installment, they are sure to be hits. Al and Millie Richardson have lived in Goose Creek their entire lives. But Al is looking forward to retirement and the day he can get behind the wheel of an RV. Millie, however, has other plans. When the Updyke home becomes available, Millie feels her prayers have been answered. Opening a bed and breakfast in Goose Creek is exactly what she and the town need. Goose Creek is changing. A new veterinarian receives a less than lukewarm welcome. Also,who knew that painting the town\\'s water tower would lead to such an uproar?Sides are being chosen, and it all culminates in an illegal parade. What could possibly happen next? (HARVEST HOUSE, Sep., 224 pp., $9.99) -- RT RATING: ****1/2, RT Book Reviews, Reviewed by Michele Hagenlock', '', 'Virginia Smith is the bestselling author of more than 30 inspirational novels and 50 articles and short stories. Her books have received many awards, including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit. Meet her online at www.VirginiaSmith.org.', '', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Knuffle Bunny\\nDescription: ['Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: WALKER BOOKS (July 7, 2005) ISBN-10: 0439801982', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Service Changes\\nDescription: ['Timothy Carroll received his MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College in 2010. Some of the poems in Service Changes were first published in Penny-Ante Feud, Clockwise Cat, and The Brooklyn Review. Along with his wife and son, Timothy currently lives in Minneapolis where he works as an advocate for the poor and disabled.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!\\nDescription: [\\\"PreSchool-Grade 2-The star of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hyperion, 2003) returns in another irresistible tale. Hurrying away to brush his teeth, the pajama-clad bus driver implores readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Youngsters are thrust into the role of caregiver as the puerile pigeon attempts to talk his way out of the inevitable, coming up with requests that range from manipulative (I hear there's a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational) to cajoling (Y'know, we never get to talk anymore. Tell me about your day-) to classic (Can I have a glass of water?). Meanwhile, the fowl fights yawns and tries to keep his wide eye open, despite a drooping lid. Defying drowsiness to the last, he finally falls asleep, clutching his stuffed bunny tightly under his wing. Set against comfortably faded pastel backgrounds, the cartoon artwork focuses tightly on the main character, with his comments presented in dialogue balloons. The black-crayon lines speak volumes, as the pigeon's body language and the positioning of his ever-expressive eye humorously convey each nuance of the text. Children will be charmed by this bedtime treat, which will have them laughing out loud at the pigeon-and at themselves.-Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'PreS. In look and premise, this follows previous books about that persnickety pigeon whose actions resemble those of young children. Kids are invited to make sure that the pigeon doesn\\\\'t stay up late. But the pigeon has his own ideas on the matter: \\\"First of all, I\\\\'m not even tired,\\\" he proclaims. On each successive page, a balloon of text comes up with ever more reasons why the pigeon shouldn\\\\'t be coerced into bed (\\\"I hear there\\\\'s a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational\\\"). Then come the familiar questions: \\\"Can I have a glass of water?\\\" At one point he drags out his stuffed rabbit (looking suspiciously like Knuffle Bunny), who, the pigeon insists, wants to stay up. But then a yawn overtakes the bird, even though he insists he is just stretching--and, well, you know the rest. Fans of the pigeon will welcome him back and wait with anticipation to see what he can\\\\'t do next. Ilene Cooper Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Student Solution Manual for Mathematical Statistics With Application\\nDescription: ['Richard L. Scheaffer, Professor Emeritus of Statistics, University of Florida, received his Ph.D. in statistics from Florida State University. Accompanying a career of teaching, research and administration, Dr. Scheaffer has led efforts on the improvement of statistics education throughout the school and college curriculum. Co-author of five textbooks, he was one of the developers of the Quantitative Literacy Project that formed the basis of the data analysis strand in the curriculum standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He also led the task force that developed the AP Statistics Program, for which he served as Chief Faculty Consultant. Dr. Scheaffer is a Fellow and past president of the American Statistical Association, a past chair of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, and an advisor on numerous statistics education projects.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape\\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2013: No one would ever accuse Jenna Miscavige Hill of being an \\\"objective reporter\\\" about Scientology, the religion in which she was raised and from which she escaped in 2005. But unlike other books about the controversial sect, this one offers up personal daily details--sometimes maybe a few more than we want to know--about what it was like to be a seven-, eight-, nine-year-old separated from family (even though her uncle, David Miscavige, is the church\\\\'s leader, and her parents were, for a time, high up in the organization) and forced to spend days scrubbing bathrooms and pondering \\\"misunderstood words.\\\" --Sara Nelson', '', \\\"Jenna Miscavige Hill was raised to obey. As the niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, she grew up at the center of this highly controversial and powerful organization. But at twenty-one, Jenna made a daring break, risking everything she had ever known and loved to leave Scientology once and for all. Now she speaks out about her life, the Church, and her dramatic escape, going deep inside a religion that, for decades, has been the subject of fierce debate and speculation worldwide.\\\", \\\"Piercing the veil of secrecy that has long shrouded the world of Scientology, this insider reveals unprecedented firsthand knowledge of the religion, its obscure rituals, and its mysterious leaderDavid Miscavige. From her prolonged separation from her parents as a small child to being indoctrinated to serve the greater good of the Church, from her lack of personal freedoms to the organization's emphasis on celebrity recruitment, Jenna goes behind the scenes of Scientology's oppressive and alienating culture, detailing an environment rooted in control in which the most devoted followers often face the harshest punishments when they fall out of line. Addressing some of the Church's most notorious practices in startling detail, she also describes a childhood of isolation and neglecta childhood that, painful as it was, prepared her for a tough life in the Church's most devoted order, the Sea Org.\\\", 'Despite this hardship, it is only when her family approaches dissolution and her world begins to unravel that she is finally able to see the patterns of stifling conformity and psychological control that have ruled her life. Faced with a heartbreaking choice, she mounts a courageous escape, but not before being put through the ultimate test of family, faith, and love. At once captivating and disturbing, Beyond Belief is an eye-opening exploration of the limits of religion and the lengths to which one woman went to break free.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Patterns and Borders Stencil Book\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike)\\nDescription: ['\\\"One of the books of the year.\\\"USA Today
\\\"Robert Galbraith has written a highly entertaining book... Even better, he has introduced an appealing protagonist in Strike, who\\\\'s sure to be the star of many sequels to come.... its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a team--a team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting.\\\"Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
\\\"Rowling switches genres seamlessly...a gritty, absorbing tale.\\\"People (3.5 out of 4 stars)
\\\"[Rowling\\\\'s] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that I\\\\'ll admit I was surprised by. . . . A fun read, with a main character you can care about and one you\\\\'ll want to see again in other adventures.\\\"Washington Post
\\\"An extravagant, alien, fascinating world for its characters to explore...great pleasures.\\\"Slate.com', 'Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potterseries and The Casual Vacancy.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sgt Frog 1-3 Collection\\nDescription: ['graphic novel', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wolf of Wall Street: How Money Destroyed a Wall Street Superman\\nDescription: ['Belfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went to jail for fraud and money-laundering, delivers a memoir that reads like fiction. It covers his decade of success with straightforward accounts of how he worked with managers of obscure companies to acquire large amounts of stock with minimal public disclosure, then pumped up the price and sold it, so he and the insiders made large profits while public investors usually lost. Profits were laundered through purchase of legitimate businesses and cash deposits in Swiss banks. There is only brief mention of Belfort\\\\'s life before Wall Street or events since 1997. The book\\\\'s main topic is the vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. As might be expected in the autobiography of a veteran con man with movie rights already sold, it\\\\'s hard to know how much to believe. The story is told mostly in dialogue, with allegedly contemporaneous mental asides by the author, reported verbatim. But it reports only surface events, never revealing what motivates Belfort or any of the other characters. (Oct. 2) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.', 'Raw and frequently hilarious.The New York Times
A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belforts] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont . . . proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives.Forbes
A cross between Tom WolfesThe Bonfire of the Vanitiesand ScorsesesGoodFellas. . . Belfort has the Midas touch.The Sunday Times(London)
Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read.Kirkus Reviews\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Programming in Visual Basic. NET: Update Edition for VB. NET 2003 w/ 5-CD VB. Net 2003 Software Set\\nDescription: ['Julia Case Bradley is professor emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College. From 1978 until her retirement, she taught courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office in the department of Computer Information Systems. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation\\nDescription: ['In large part because it sold newspapers, exceptionally lurid reporting of murders often shook the nation, especially in post-Depression America. The tabloids sold well if they got the scoop, and if they invented much of it, few cared. So the case of the Mad Sculptor was one in a string of read-all-about-it crimes, this one made more newsworthy because the primary victim, Veronica Gedeon, had modeled for several true-crime pulps, so in addition to the details the newsmen and -women whipped up, they also published photos of her posing, cowering and scantily clad, a half-naked beauty in mortal distress. The murderer, Robert Irwin, was not only a burgeoning sculptor but also under the psychological wing of Fredric Wertham, most notorious today, perhaps, for his best-seller, Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which fingered comic books for making criminals of children. To top off the case, Irwins attorney was Samuel Leibowitz, who later won great renown for freeing the Scottsboro Boys. Schechter (Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of, 2012) adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. --Eloise Kinney', 'The Mad Sculptor is as gripping as the cleverest Golden Age mystery.Mr. Schechter outdoes himself. Wall Street Journal
Ambitious, bold, and evocative, Schechters storytelling grabs the reader in a similar manner to Capotes searing In Cold Blood. Publishers Weekly', '', 'GrislyThe novelist Raymond Chandler listed it as No. 3 on his compilation of the 10 greatest crimes of the century.New York Times
This fascinating tale of a charismatic and savvy madman will thrill historical true crime fans. Library Journal
Schechter adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. Booklist
Harold Schechter, arguably Americas foremost historian of the macabre, has unearthed one of the most fascinatingand terrifyinghorrors of the Depression era. Youve probably never heard of the artist Robert Irwin or the beautiful model Veronica Gedeon. After reading Schechters visceral telling of their story, youll never be able to forget them. Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
A righteously disturbing chronicle of a madman/artist and his deviant life, Schechter again produces a heavyweight. Meticulously researched and eloquently delivered, The Mad Sculptor is a wild ride into a savage crime in 1930s New York.Steve Miller, author of Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock n Roll in Americas Loudest City
Harold Schechter has unveiled another sensational murder with a cast of characters that might have stepped from a novel by Dostoyevsky. Schechters absorbing narrative will fascinate everyone with an interest in New York in the twentieth century. Simon Baatz, author of For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago', \\\"A lurid summer read[The Mad Sculptor] is more than a mere real-life thriller; it's a gritty glimpse at American dreams descending into nightmare. The Times Picayune \\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Callie's Christmas Wish (Three Coins in the Fountain)\\nDescription: [\\\"As an Air Force officer, Merline Lovelace served at bases all over the world. When she hung up her uniform for the last time, she combined her love of adventure with a flare for storytelling. She's now produced more than 95 action-packed novels. Over twelve million copies of her works are in print in 30 countries. Named Oklahomas Writer of the Year and Female Veteran of the Year, Merline is also a recipient of Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Rita Award.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Planet Kindergarten\\nDescription: ['Publishers Weekly--05/26/2014
For one brave boy, kindergarten isnt just a gradeits a destination. He gets to school via rocket (one that looks suspiciously like his fathers hatchback), and considers his classmates to be aliens, including two that could be relatives of Cousin It. The boy adjusts to zero gravity (We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot), discovers that he likes space food, and freaks out during naptime: Is the room running out of oxygen? Prigmores manic digital art gives a nod to Jetsons-era cartoons, while Ganz-Schmitts metaphor will ring true with intrepid readers. Ages 35. Authors agent: Jennifer Unter, the Unter Agency. (May)\\\"
A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten.\\\" --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\\"Kindergarten isn\\\\'t just a grade-it\\\\'s a destination.\\\" --Publishers Weekly
\\\"Both kids and parents will delight in the cheerful exuberance of Prigmore\\\\'s style!\\\" --Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA
Kirkus Reviews 2014-05-14
A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten.In an imaginative ruse that\\\\'s maintained through the whole book, a young astronaut prepares for his mission to Planet Kindergarten. On liftoff day (a space shuttle-themed calendar counts down the days; a stopwatch, the minutes), the small family boards their rocket ship (depicted in the illustrations as the family car), and \\\"the boosters fire.\\\" They orbit base camp while looking for a docking place. \\\"I am assigned to my commander, capsule, and crewmates.\\\" Though he\\\\'s afraid, he stands tall and is brave (not just once, eitherthe escape hatch beckons, but NASA\\\\'s saying gets him through: \\\"FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION\\\"). Parents will certainly chuckle along with this one, but kindergarten teachers\\\\' stomach muscles will ache: \\\"[G]ravity works differently here. We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot.\\\" Prigmore\\\\'s digital illustrations are the perfect complement to the tongue-in-cheek text. Bold colors, sharp lines and a retro-space style play up the theme. The intrepid explorer\\\\'s crewmates are a motley assortment of \\\"aliens\\\"among them are a kid in a hoodie with the laces pulled so tight that only a nose and mouth are visible; a plump kid with a bluish cast to his skin; and a pinkish girl with a toothpick-thin neck and huge bug eyes.Sure to assuage the fears of all astronauts bound for similar missions. (Picture book. 3-7)
School Library Journal--07/01/2014
PreS-K A child bids farewell to his parents (who are sent back to their own planets) and begins his first mission on Planet Kindergarten. He is joined by intergalactic aliens, all reporting to a commander whose desk is littered with apples. The gravitational field is different: \\\"We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot.\\\" Projects include exploration outside the capsule, keeping logs, and, most challenging of all, extended rest time. \\\"Abort mission,\\\" the homesick space traveler thinks. Then he remembers what\\\\'s said at NASA: \\\"Failure is not an option.\\\" Before he knows it, he\\\\'s in splashdownback home and training for his next mission. Ganz-Schmitt exhibits a fine mix of sensitivity and pizzazz in approaching the challenges that children face. With the help of Prigmore\\\\'s superpowered animation-style illustrations, she offers a story that will help readers understand that kindergarten really is out of this world. --Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY', \\\"Sue Ganz-Schmitt produces children's musical theater and is passionate about helping children and families globally. She lives in a rural mountain community near Los Angeles.
Shane Prigmore is an accomplished professional in the animation, film, and children's book industries. A two-time Annie Award winner for his design of LAIKA's Coraline, and Dreamworks' The Croods, Shane has also contributed his talents to such projects as: The LEGO Movie, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Iron Giant, and the Spaceheadz book series. Shane currently acts as the Vice President of Creative Affairs at Disney Television Animation, and resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Restoring Texas: Raiford Stripling's Life and Architecture\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Social Media Monsters: Internet Killers\\nDescription: ['\\\"Both educational and horrific....A real eye-opener!\\\" --(National Crime Prevention Council)
\\\"[An] exceptional book covering a range of sections, including; internet serial criminals, Law Enforcement and how they snag these criminals, and social media safety. This book will certainly make you more vigilantin your internet activities.\\\" --(Crime Magazine)
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', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Explore the Solar System!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments (Explore Your World)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', \\\"Explore the Solar System! 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments introduces kids ages 6-9 to the planets, moons, and other celestial bodies that surround our star, the sun, as well as the universe beyond. Combining a hands-on element with history and science, kids investigate solar eclipses, phases of the moon, Jupiter's rings, and what astronauts wear. Who named the stars? What is the Milky Way? Why is there night? By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore the Solar System!, and have a blast along the way.
This book meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Grandma Gatewood39;s Walk - The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail\\nDescription: ['Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next time anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine\\\\'s Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of \\\"America, the Beautiful\\\" and proclaimed, \\\"I said I\\\\'ll do it, and I\\\\'ve done it.\\\" Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person, man or woman, to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood\\\\'s own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don\\\\'t know the full story, a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.She did it - Can you? Find out how..Inspirational story.About the Author - Ben Montgomery is a staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times and cofounder of the Auburn Chautauqua, a Southern writers\\\\' collective. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has won many other national writing awards. He has worked at newspapers in Arkansas, Texas, New York, and Florida..Author - Ben Montgomery.Binding - Ha...', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Graph Paper Math\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders\\nDescription: ['K. Scot Macdonald is the author of the novels, The Shakespeare Drug, In Justice Found, and Mouses Dream, as well as two non-fiction books. Writing as Liam Shay, he also wrote The Grizzly Extinction Plot. He has also contributed to The Writers Journal, Funds for Writers, Animal Wellness, The Marine Corps Gazette, US Naval Institute Proceedings and several other magazines and journals. He lives in California with his wife, daughter, and two Scottish terriers. To find out more about him, visit KScotMacdonald.com. Patrick MontesDeOca is an actor, writer and producer. He helped bring the story behind the motion picture Rudy to the big screen and has appeared in dozens of television shows and motion pictures including The Shield, Walker, Texas Ranger, Melrose Place and Dead Again.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Heiner Mller After Shakespeare: Macbeth and Anatomy of Titus Fall Of Rome\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Official Barcelona 2014 Calendar\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Purpose Driven Life\\nDescription: ['The spiritual premise in The Purpose-Driven Life is that there are no accidents---God planned everything and everyone. Therefore, every human has a divine purpose, according to God\\\\'s master plan. Like a twist on John F. Kennedy\\\\'s famous inaugural address, this book could be summed up like this: \\\"So my fellow Christians, ask not what God can do for your life plan, ask what your life can do for God\\\\'s plan.\\\" Those who are looking for advice on finding one\\\\'s calling through career choice, creative expression, or any form of self-discovery should go elsewhere. This is not about self-exploration; it is about purposeful devotion to a Christian God. The book is set up to be a 40-day immersion plan, recognizing that the Bible favors the number 40 as a \\\"spiritually significant time,\\\" according to author Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, touted as one of the nation largest congregations. Warren\\\\'s hope is that readers will \\\"interact\\\" with the 40 chapters, reading them one day at a time, with extensive underlining and writing in the margins. As an inspirational manifesto for creating a more worshipful, church-driven life, this book delivers. Every page is laden with references to scripture or dogma. But it does not do much to address the challenges of modern Christian living, with its competing material, professional, and financial distractions. Nonetheless, this is probably an excellent resource for devout Christians who crave a jumpstart back to worshipfulness. --Gail Hudson', 'Pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in southern California with weekly attendance of more than 15,000, Warren now applies his highly successful \\\"purpose-driven\\\" framework, developed in the best-seller The Purpose-Driven Church, to individual experience. The same principles Warren has taught to thousands of pastors to help churches be healthy and effective can also drive lives, he says. The book argues that discerning and living five God-ordained purposes-worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism-is key to effective living. His 40 short chapters are intended to be read over 40 days\\\\' time, giving readers small pieces of his purpose-discovering program to chew on. Warren certainly knows his Bible. Of 800-plus footnotes, only 18 don\\\\'t refer to Christian Scripture. He deliberately works with 15 different Bible translations, leaning heavily on contemporary translations and paraphrases, as an interesting way of plumbing biblical text. The almost exclusively biblical frame of reference stakes out the audience niche for this manual for Christian living. It\\\\'s practical yet paradoxically abstract, lacking the kind of real-life examples and stories that life-application books usually provide in abundance. The book has flaws editing might have fixed. People are quoted without being identified, and subheads simply repeat lines of text, which tends to make the prose sound too simple. This book is not for all, but for those needing a certain kind of scriptural rock, it is solid. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dog Training for Law Enforcement\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Vampire Next Door: The True Story of the Vampire Rapist\\nDescription: ['\\\"[An] impressive and riveting debut biography of one of the most prolific serial rapist/killer.\\\" -- (The Boston Globe)
\\\"Compelling and well-written\\\" -- (True Crime Book Reviews)
\\\"The disintegration of a seemingly normal, brilliant man into a psychopath so evil, so methodical in his killings, that makes one wonder if he was at all human\\\" -- (Crime Magazine)
', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Miracle, the Message, the Story: Jean Vanier And L'arche\\nDescription: ['Kathryn Spink is the biographer of Mother Teresa, Little Sister Magdeleine, and Brother Roger of Taize, among others. Her books have been translated into more than 15 languages and have been awarded a number of prizes.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Purpose-driven Life [Paperback] by Warren , Rick\\nDescription: ['Brand new!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Parrilla. Nuestra cocina a las brasas\\nDescription: ['Este libro aporta respuestas a las preguntas y dudas ms frecuentes alrededor de la preparacin de carnes y vegetales a la parrilla. Cunto carbn o cunta lea se debe usar? Cules son los mejores cortes de carne para parrilla? Cundo se adoba la carne? Cunto tiempo se asa una pieza para alcanzar el trmino medio? Qu utensilios debo adquirir? Cul es la mejor parrillera para mi? Con qu se puede acompaar la carne a la parrilla? Imgenes excelente y libro de formato muy practico. El libro para los amantes de las Parrillas y para los que quieren entrar en esa onda.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)\\nDescription: ['Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois. (New York magazine)
Youll laugh, youll cry...youre gonna love it. (Denver Post)
The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages. (USA Today)
Bourdain captures the world of restaurants and professionally cooked food in all its theatrical, demented glory. (USA Today)
A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors.... Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain is unique. (Newsweek)
Bourdains prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois. (New York magazine)
Hysterical.... Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors. (New York Times Book Review)', '', 'A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisinenow with all-new, never-before-published material', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Only One Who Saves Me - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Pigeon Needs a Bath\\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Comus\\nDescription: ['Milton\\\\'s \\\"A Mask. Presented at Ludlow Castle,\\\" itself based on the ancient English folktale \\\"Childe Roland,\\\" makes an odd choice for adaptation into a picture book, even on the heels of Hodges\\\\'s and Hyman\\\\'s collaborations St. George and the Dragon and The Kitchen Knight. In masques, after all, the characters stand around and declaim, briefly act or more likely dance, and then declaim again-the charms of which don\\\\'t translate in this stiffly paced retelling. The protagonists, at least, are children, here named Alice, John and Thomas. Separated from her brothers in a dark wood, Alice is ensnared by Comus, a sorcerer who is the offspring of Circe and Bacchus. She resists his proffered drink-which would turn her into a half-beast like all his followers-and is rescued by her brothers, with the magic aid of a Good Spirit and the local river nymph. This deus ex machina plot, typical of masques, is cleansed of Milton\\\\'s thematic obsession with Alice\\\\'s virginity and possible loss of it, although a few of Hyman\\\\'s paintings suggest the sexual undertones. Hyman compensates in part for the brittle narration by cleverly suggesting a stage with curtain-opening imps, also furnishing a deeply gloomy and haunted wood, a horrifically comic mob of monsters and the bright dawn of a happy ending. This volume may give a taste of 17th-century English pageantry and appeal to parents seeking adaptations of classic works, but it is probably too mannered to kindle much enthusiasm in young readers. Ages 5-8. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Grade 3 Up-John Milton\\\\'s 1634 masque, originally written in blank verse and based on the ancient English folktale, \\\"Childe Roland,\\\" has been recast as a picture book. Goblins pull aside a curtain on the title and dedication pages, suggesting that the events that follow happen on stage. Milton\\\\'s plot is the template as two brothers rescue their lost sister from the clutches of an evil magician, Comus. Supernatural help comes from a Good Spirit disguised as a shepherd and from a gentle nymph of the River Severn. Comus captures humans with a drink that turns them into beasts. The wild scene showing these debauched monsters feasting recalls Puritan Milton\\\\'s distrust of aristocratic excess. Hyman\\\\'s illustrations are compelling, from the dark opening scenes in the forest, where children will enjoy spotting nasty creatures lurking among the trees, to the climactic fight between the brothers and Comus. The last page, with its note explaining the story\\\\'s provenance, shows the actors taking a curtain call. Unfortunately, the conventions of the masque hobble plot development. The denouement comes too quickly and without preparation. \\\"Childe Roland\\\" works better as a story; adults may want to invite children to compare the two. With its dramatic illustrations, this book could serve as an introduction to Milton and his times for older students, while entertaining younger readers with its tale of elemental conflict between vulnerable children and powerful evil.?Margaret A. Chang, North Adams State College, MA Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Damage\\nDescription: ['Arrow 1st paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Journey Through My Journal\\nDescription: ['I think my love for poetry began with my love for hip-hop. It was about 1986 and I was listening to these rappers like, KRS-ONE, and Public Enemy let these words of love, and hope for change flow. Then in 1988 I started to understand some things that I didn\\\\'t understand before. By that time my Dad had moved away, my neighborhood in Gary, Indiana went from bad to worst, and Children that I grew up with were being killed, and even raped. I was just trying to fit in, so I started fighting in school, getting suspended, and at that point my Mother didn\\\\'t know what to do with me. So some teachers at my school suggested that I meet Dr. Rebera Foston. She was a counselor, and a poet that helped me use the very craft that I heard KRS, and P.E use to get into the heart of the matter of what I was really feeling. That summer that I spent writing poetry brought about a change in me that turned me from a problem child, to an honor roll student. That summer I also made the most important step in my life, I gave my life to Jesus Christ, and took my love for poetry, and hip-hop to a gospel group called New Testament. We began to take gospel hip-hop, poetry, and dance to different girls, and boy\\\\'s homes, high schools, and churches. By the time I turned 21 my life was going in a downward spiral. I was going through a failed marriage, I was going through a job loss, and my love for God, and the love I had for poetry was suffering too. By the time I was 23 after failed suicide attempts, evictions, homelessness, and just down-right depression God reached down and grabbed me, and called me to get up, and use everything that I had gone through as a testimony for him. By the time I was 25 I had a new love in my life, I had a new job, a new church home, and God had given me a renewed spirit, and vision. 25 I started writing \\\" Journey Through My Journal \\\", and at the same time I was writing a play entitled \\\" Praise Over Pride \\\" ( coming soon ), and now three years later the book that God has given me is no longer a dream it is a reality. The purpose of this book is to help some brother, or sister that maybe going through a hard time in life, and don\\\\'t know why, or don\\\\'t think that nobody understands to know that God cares, and he understands, and that they are not alone in what they are going through. Take it from me, there is no problem that God won\\\\'t handle, but first we have to admit to the problem, and let him solve it.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lethal Guardian\\nDescription: ['\\\"A compelling narrative . . . entertaining and instructive.\\\" -- Columbia Daily Tribune
\\\"Phelps is a first-rate investigator.\\\" -- Dr. Michael Baden, forensic pathologist and author of Dead Reckoning
\\\"Phelps is the future of true crime writing . . . the best new crime author to come along in years.\\\" -- Gregg Olsen, New York Times best-selling author of Abandoned Prayers
\\\"Phelps\\\\'s writing [is] rare in today\\\\'s true crime genre . . . [he] unmasks the psychopath with facts, insight and journalistic leg work.\\\" -- Lowell Cauffiell, New York Times best-selling author of House of Secrets, and Eye of the Beholder', '\\\"The female murderer, from a literary standpoint, has always interested me,\\\" says M. William Phelps. \\\"She is a rare breed. Beth Ann Carpenteryoung, beautiful, professionalpresented me with several intriguing and complicated issues to deal with: She was a woman who, from the outside, one would never suspect of being involved in such a heinous crime. She had everything going for her. Underneath the faade, however, I found a sullen, yet sobering portrait of a manipulative woman who lied to everyone around her . . . a woman who used her charm and obvious sexual appeal to convince men to do whatever she wanted. . . . I wrote this book like an episode of CBSs \\\"CSI\\\" with this dynamic in mind. I wanted readers to walk with law enforcement on their six-year journey and find the truth through the evidencejust as I did.\\\"', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Think Smart, Hazel Green!\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Check out theinnocentkiller.com to find out more about Michael Griesbach and his critically acclaimed new true crime novel, The Innocent Killer.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Regina Silsby's Phantom Militia\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Salt of the Earth: One Family's Journey Through the Violent American Landscape\\nDescription: [\\\"In September 1985, 12-year-old Brenda Gere was taken from her family's home in Clearview, Washington. What followed was a search for the girl and her abductor, and a family's pain. Jack Olsen, whose previous books explored some of this country's most heinous crimes, now gives us an inside look at a simple family thrust into grief and the spotlight by a senseless act. A fine reporter, Olsen traces the Gere's background, the seven-year crime drama and the effects of tragedy on a family.\\\", \\\"Anyone who doubts that women are the stronger sex would be well advised to read this tale of Elaine Mayzsak Gere, who not only endured but triumphed over two violent tragedies in her family. Raised in California and trained to work hard even as a child, she married Joe Gere, a local boy who served in Korea, became a police officer and was badly hurt in a confrontation with two drugged arsonists. After many moves up and down the West Coast, they settled in a town near Seattle, where in 1985 their daughter, Brenda, was abducted and murdered. Her body was found six years later. Joe came from a drinking family and turned into an alcoholic after Brenda's disappearance. In 1988, he committed suicide, shooting himself in the presence of his wife and two young sons. In 1993, the man who everyone was almost certain had abducted Brenda was finally tried, convicted and sentenced to life. Thus Elaine, who had struggled to hold the family together after the kidnapping, now had to help her sons recuperate from the twin traumas. Her firm religious faith and strong work ethic sustained her, and the story of her indomitability gives Olsen (Doc) the material for one of his most penetrating books. True Crime Club featured selection; Literary Guild, Mystery Guild, Doubleday Book Club featured alternates; author tour. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Out of Appalachia\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Find Your Power: A Toolkit for Resilience and Positive Change, 2nd Edition\\nDescription: ['', 'With a background in medicine, psychology and groupwork, Dr. Chris Johnstone is a specialist in the psychology of positive change. After working for many years as an addictions specialist in the UK health service, he now focuses on teaching, training and writing. Chris has been active in the Transition movement, contributing to a chapter on the psychology of change in The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins. He has pioneered the application of the positive psychology approach in health-care, within organisations and in adult education. He edits the online newsletter The Great Turning Times. For more information, see www.chrisjohnstone.info.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girl on the Train\\nDescription: ['', '#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller A New York Times Top Book of 2015 AGlobe and MailBest Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Book of the Year AToronto StarBook of the Year AKirkusReviews Best Book of the Year
\\\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\\\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones
There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. The Globe and Mail
[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. National Post
Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages. Huffington Post [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl . . .liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. Cosmopolitan
Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. NPR
Compulsive reading.Marie Claire
[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. Entertainment Weekly Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. People
A natural fit for fans ofGone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,The Girl on the Trainwill have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com
The Girl on the Trainmarries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.USA Today
Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of the next Gone Girl.Christian Science Monitor
[A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The Boston Globe
Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, New York Timesbestselling author of Now You See Her
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice
Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, New York Timesbestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, New York Timesbestselling author
What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author ofI Am Pilgrim
Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Trains clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\\\' Colette McBeth, author ofPrecious Thingand the forthcoming The Life I Left Behind
Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. The Bookseller
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE
\\\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\\\" Terry Hayes
Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read. S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! Lisa Gardner, author of Fear Nothing
This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close
The Girl on the Trainwas so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of The Times. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America (Wanderlearn)\\nDescription: ['Francis Tapon\\\\'s book worth reading, for anyone and everyone unsure of their current path . . . . The 351-page book has helped bring focus to my own journey. I\\\\'m confident it\\\\'ll help you, too.
The lesson here is to hike the trail the way you want - live the life you want. The author challenges himself with Lisa, his hiking partner, physically through this backpacking trip, and intellectually by pondering the meaning of it all, what we can do to find more meaning and how to go about reaching this meaning. \\\"Most people lead a life of quiet desperation,\\\" Henry David Thoreau said. Mr. Tapon thinks we should not settle for comfort, not \\\"stay put and cling\\\". We should get up and out - \\\"soar\\\". Comfort is not magic. And isn\\\\'t magic what we\\\\'re striving for? Well, yes! Passion, joy from passion, both leading to this magic.', \\\"You guessed it. This book is a guide, a self help, a how-to read that happens to take place while on a journey, and that's how it landed on my desk. Hike your own Hike has a textbook appearance - headings, sub headings, charts, bullets, quotes interspersed throughout, photographs, maps, an index, endnotes, even quizzes. It is also personal and honest.\\\", \\\"Comparisons will be made to Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Bryson's A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail). It is neither and a little bit of both. As such, it is a beneficial guide to improving the quality of one's life. Hardly new, rather another reminder and nudge to get back on the track of optimization. From that perspective, it's a worthwhile read.\\\", 'The travel portion is valuable for newbies; disappointing for seasoned hikers of the Appalachian Trail and those well read about it.', \\\"It is hoped the book becomes a catalyst for a new trend in the reader's life. Mr. Tapon has done his part well. He has provided numerous tools. The value lies in what the reader chooses to take from it. ----Thom Gabrukiewicz, Redding.com
By hiking the Appalachian Trail, Francis gave himself 4 months to find out if he could get more out of life. This became his inflection point, where he let himself pursue a radically different direction in life. In doing so, Francis discovered his true passion is to be a travel writer, book author, and backpacker.\\\", 'Understandably, Francis\\\\' new, itinerant lifestyle is not for everyone, and hiking the AT might not be your inflection point. Francis gets that. But what Hike Your Own Hike is about, is giving yourself permission to take a break from the everyday groove that you\\\\'ve worked yourself into, to try something different that might make you a lot more happy. It\\\\'s about reducing the level of fear we all experience when we question our life-course and consider alternative options. ----BootsnAll.com review
Hike Your Own Hike is a wonderful self development and self help book that shows you why walking is so powerful for your mind, body and soul, as well as covering life lessons that will change our life with increased self empowerment, emotional health and emotional wealth.\\\" --BellaOnline.com', 'Francis Tapon knew he had a good life--he had a great career, fantastic friends, a nice home, and a cool electric shaver. However, something was missing. His life was good, but not great. It was quite predictable and safe, but thoroughly uninspiring. He wondered how to take his life to the next level. He thought it would be smart to do what the sages do: hang out in the woods for several months and get some wisdom.
Although he ultimately found wisdom, finding it wasn\\\\'t as easy or as romantic as all those spiritual books say it is. They neglect to mention that during the hot humid summer months there\\\\'s no air conditioning in the woods.
Hike Your Own Hike balances the story of an adventurous and insightful trip across the Appalachian Mountains with practical advice on how to squeeze the most out of life both on and off the trail. It\\\\'s enlightening, educational, and entertaining. It\\\\'s a serious book that doesn\\\\'t take itself so seriously.
Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in one season has soared in popularity over the last 20 years.Compared to 1985, there are eight times more people trying to \\\"thru-hike\\\" it! What accounts for this phenomenon?
Today people are overly stressed and need a break to return to the fundamentals. Feeling disconnected from the rhythms of life, hikers go on these multi-month trails to recalibrate their perspective.Hike Your Own Hike is about this incredible pilgrimage, what we can learn from it, and how to enrich our lives without getting too muddy.
\\\"Francis Tapon\\\\'s book is a marvelous addition to the very best outdoor and personal development books available. Against the backdrop of a rich and unique journey along the Appalachian Trail, Hike Your Own Hike offers the reader a wealth of practical how-tos blended masterfully with the wisdom of the ages. This isn\\\\'t another boring hiking guidebook, it\\\\'s a wonderful guidebook for life.\\\" -- Kim and Demetri Coupounas, Co-Founders, GoLite', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Informant: A True Story\\nDescription: ['\\\"The Informant is epic in scope, a tale of human foibles--of greed, deceit, and arrogance--and also of the search for truth. Eichenwald has told it masterfully, with the narrative drive of a novel. I guarantee it\\\\'ll keep you reading late into the night.\\\" -- Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action
\\\"The Informant is superb reporting in the service of a great story, one with the drama and suspense of a Le Carr novel. Set squarely in the American heartland, delving into the inner sanctum of a global corporation, it explores the shifting boundaries of truth and deception, loyalty and betrayal. It is a remarkable achievement.\\\" -- James B. Stewart, Den of Thieves and Blind Eye
\\\"The twists and turns of this nonfiction work leave many thrillers in the dust. Eichenwald\\\\'s spare prose and journalistic eye for detail make the pages fly.\\\" -- David Baldacci, Absolute Power and Saving Faith
\\\"I would say The Informant reads like Grisham, only nobody ever could have invented these characters. A tale this riveting and this strange could only have been built from truth.\\\" -- Sherry Sontag, coauthor, Blind Man\\\\'s Bluff
From the Hardcover edition.', \\\"d-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracywhich left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man . . .
It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a senior executive with America's most politically powerful corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, had become a confidential government witness, secretly recording a vast criminal conspiracy spanning five continents. Mark Whitacre, the promising golden boy of ADM, had put his career and family at risk to wear a wire and deceive his friends and colleagues. Using Whitacre and a small team of agents to tap into the secrets at ADM, the FBI discovered the company's scheme to steal millions of dollars from its own customers.
But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps, and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared. At the same\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Multistate Bar Exam Flash Cards (Law in a Flash)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life After Breath: After Her Husband Takes His Last Breath, and After She Tries to Catch Hers (Morgan James Faith)\\nDescription: ['Susan VandePol founded Families of the Fallen for Fire Departments and churches after the duty-related death of her husband in 2005. The protocol is now being used in departments across the country and is endorsed by experts in the fields of Grief, Crisis, Trauma, Suicide Prevention, CIR, PTSD and CISM. Susan is certified in Grief, Crisis and Trauma Counseling, Grief Coaching, Master Life Coaching, Individual Crisis Intervention, Victim Response and Basic and Family Mediation. Her speaking engagements include womens retreats and conferences, a Keynote at the ICISF World Congress and addressing the Honor Guard at the International Association of Firefighters Memorial. She homeschooled her 3 children without ever succumbing to pressure to wear Birkenstocks and now lives with her husband whom she shamelessly manipulated into falling in love with her. He obliged by sweeping her off her feet with a large broom. They now reside in Michigan.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Heart of Fire\\nDescription: ['For more information on release dates of new books.
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', 'Originally from England, Dawn now lives in Texas with her wife, and two children. Dawn finds the relaxed atmosphere a wonderful place to pursue her love of writing. When she is not working or writing, she is gardening, cooking, reading, and volunteering her time as a Paralegal for Legal Aid. Her interests in writing include poetry, short stories, novels and journalistic feature writing.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain\\nDescription: ['', 'She was the villain The Bachelor fans loved to hate. Now Courtney Robertson takes us along on her journey to find love and reveals that \\\"happily ever after\\\" isn\\\\'t always what it seems . . .', 'Courtney Robertson joined season 16 of The Bachelor looking for love. She fit the casting call: She was young, single, a working model, and a natural in front of the cameras. Although she may have been there for all the right reasons, as the season unfolded and sparks began to fly something else was clear: She was not there to make friends.', \\\"Courtney quickly became one of the biggest villains in Bachelor franchise history. She unapologetically pursued her man, steamrolled her competition, and broke the rulesincluding partaking in an illicit skinny-dip that sealed her proposal. Now, Courtney tells her own storyfrom her first loves to her first moments in the infamous Malibu mansion. She dishes on life before, during, and after The Bachelor, including the tabloid frenzy that continued after the cameras stopped rolling. Complete with tips, tricks, and advice from your favorite Bachelor alumni, I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends is packed with all of the outrageous stories and details Courtney fans and foes alike want to know.\\\", '', '', 'A model and actress, Courtney Robertson has appeared in numerous print, runway, and television campaigns and in the pages of Vogue, Self, InStyle, and Fitness magazines. She lives in Santa Monica, California.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Shadows of God (The Age of Unreason, Book 4)\\nDescription: ['In the fourth and final volume in his Age of Unreason series (Newton\\\\'s Cannon, etc.), Keyes brings his multi-threaded yarn to a thrilling conclusion. Based on the premise that Sir Isaac Newton devised a theory of alchemy that led to the industrial use of demons, the book builds to a climactic confrontation to see who will reshape the universe. Chief among Newton\\\\'s apprentices are wizard/scientist Benjamin Franklin, South Carolina\\\\'s ambassador to the court of New Paris (Mobile), and Adrienne de Montchevreuil, sorceress and heir to a secret tradition. Against them is Adrienne\\\\'s son, Nicolas (aka the Sun Boy), with his army of Russians, Mongols and Coweta natives that sweeps over the Great Plains. Such imaginative devices as demon-levitated airships and aetherschreibers (wireless sets) lend interest to the author\\\\'s alternate 18th-century world, as do revelations behind certain historical events, like the identity of who helped Louis XIV drop a comet on London. Keyes entertains both with details of everyday life and with the conversations of people who may not have met but should have. He produces a fine pastiche of the formal writing of Voltaire (who appears as Franklin\\\\'s friend and rival), marred only by a more modern \\\"crash cut\\\" narrative, which occasionally jumps mid-scene or reverses chronology, diffusing the suspense. Still, with the unfolding of secrets and past deeds, Keyes brings a welcome level of character uncertainty to the deterministic Newtonian novel.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \\\"The universe lies on the verge of destruction as demons and angels use mortal wizards and scientists as their agents in a war that pits the forces of a devastated Europe against a handful of American colonists struggling for freedom and survival. In Keyes's heady conclusion to his epic sf tetralogy (which includes Newton's Cannon, A Calculus of Angels, and Empire of Unreason) alchemical wizard Benjamin Franklin uses magic and diplomacy to unite warring factions in a grand alliance to save humanity. Spicing his alternate historical fantasy with Swedenborgian metaphysics and Newtonian physics, Keyes peoples his story with a cast of unforgettable fictional and historical characters. Though dependent on the earlier books, this vivid story of a world in the throes of revolution is highly recommended for all collections. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Keri\\nDescription: [\\\"Kat Ward is fifty something and lives in the United Kingdom in an ex-coal-mining village on the border of England and Wales which is beautiful and whilst rural, close enough to nearby towns so as not to be too isolated. Stress, anxiety and trauma have been so much part of Kat's life, right from the beginning that she has continued to survive everything life has thrown at her as if surviving has become a habit she absolutely cannot break. Kat gave birth to 7 children but, having been set up to fail, it would surprise no-one to learn that she only managed to parent three of them. The three boys, the youngest of which is just about eighteen at the time of writing, and Kat is enormously proud of them all. Nine cats and two dogs share Kat's home and are probably spoiled rotten, although being fur-babies, they don't realise this. Kat has a great many tattoos, none of which she regretted until she became old and then only because they've faded somewhat and the wrinkles rather spoil the effect! Given to rambling somewhat to anyone patient enough to listen, Kat has unlimited interests, opinions and complex views on very nearly every subject under the sun but thinks, in general, most of the human race is pretty nasty.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Mydas Touch\\nDescription: ['Robert Lay is a Pittsburgh native who was born with an affinity for the arts. From mastering playing the piano at age 6 he later moved to writing music, and then drawing before falling in love with writing poetry at age 13. This love continued to grow while in High School when one of his best friends and him started their own poetry club. However, his love didnt blossom till leaving home to pursue a college degree at one of the first Historical Black Colleges and Universities, Cheyney University. While he was there he decided to take his writing to the next level and leverage his experiences and poetry to create the realistic novel, The Mydas Touch.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)\\nDescription: ['Gambit Publications specialises in chess and has an unrivalled reputation for originality and editorial excellence. The company is owned and staffed entirely by leading chess masters and grandmasters.', 'Grandmaster Murray Chandler finished second in the World Cadet Championship in 1976, ahead of Garry Kasparov, whom he defeated in their individual game. He remains to this day one of the few players in the world with a 100% score against Kasparov. He was a key member of the England team that won the silver medals in Chess Olympiads three times during the 1980s, and went on to captain the team in 1994. He is proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of the British Chess Magazine and the author of several successful chess books.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Echoes of Savanna (Parent Generation)\\nDescription: ['Amazing story that will stay with you long after you finish the book. --Aaron Patterson-Bestselling author of the WJA series.', \\\"Lucinda Moebius grew up in the mountains of Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Her mother taught her to read when she was four years old and since that time books have been her constant companions. She has a Bachelor's Degree in English Teaching a Master's in Educational Leadership and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Education. Lucinda supports her writing habit by teaching High School and College. She currently lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband, stepson and their dog and cat. Lucinda is the author of Echoes of Savanna: The Parent Generation, the first in a series of novels. She is currently working on the second novel in the series.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Keri: Fighting Back\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sarcoidosis Resource Guide and Directory\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Bound To Die: The Shocking True Story of Bobby Joe Long, America's Most Savage Serial Killer\\nDescription: ['Describes the life and crimes of Bobby Joe Long, a man convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murders of at least nine women in 1984 in the area of Tampa, Florida. Original.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: O2282 - Setting Up Drills for the Trumpet - Clarke\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Keri Karin Part Two\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Grandfather's Masbaha\\nDescription: [\\\"My Grandfather's Masbaha is a recipient of the prestigious Mom s Choice Award. The Mom s Choice Awards (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Using a rigorous evaluation process, entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media trust the MCA Honoring Excellence seal when selecting quality products and services for families and children --Mom's Choice Awards\\\", 'Susan Daniel Fayad is a Lebanese American, who was born and raised in the U.S. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Special Education at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. After graduating, she taught primary grades at an international charter school. Her teaching experience led her to delve into educational programs on an international level, working with N.G.Os. and U.N. affiliated organizations. This field of work compelled her to pursue her studies in International Affairs from the Lebanese American University, culminating in a career as a state department sponsored educational adviser with A.M.I.D.E.A.S.T./Lebanon. After relocating to the U.S. where she had her greatest labor of love, her two children, Susan continued working as a college adviser. Summer vacations often include a trip back to Lebanon to connect with family and friends. A vacation to Lebanon would not be the same without spending time with tata (grandmother) and jidoo (grandfather). This book is dedicated to the precious memories her son and his grandfather shared together, before jidoo passed away. 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Carolina Sarassa is an anchor/correspondent for MundoFOX National Network News in Los Angeles. She has been nominated for thirteen Emmys and has won three, including \\\"Best Crime Reporter. She has also been awarded four Gabriel Awards for excellence in television and a Los Angeles Press Club Award for excellence as a talk show host. She is a former member of the Board of Governors as well as an active member of the National Television Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and a board member for the Los Angeles Press Club.', '', '', 'FOREWORD', 'As an Emmy Awardwinning journalist for more than thirty years with Univision, the Spanish-language television network, and its respected news magazine show, Aqu y Ahora, Ive seen my share of horrific crimes and covered more than Id like to remember. One assignment in particular became a ten-year labor of love and a bestselling book I cowrote with Diana Montan, The Daughters of Jurez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border, in which I investigated and exposed how poor young women and girls in the Mexican border town of Jurez were being abducted and murdered, their bodies left to rot in the barren desert that surrounds the city. Despite the hundreds of cases that were never resolved or bodies that were never found, I remember the most difficult aspect of reporting these stories was talking to the families. I spoke to the mothers who kept their daughters bedrooms as theyd left them when they disappeared, and who, years later, were still waiting for their daughters to return. Those assignments allowed me to report dozens of human rights violations including political and police corruption. Covering so many crimes in Mexico made me realize how little a life could be worth if one happened to be poor and a female. At this point, I thought there were few crimes that could leave me dumbfounded and shocked. That was until I saw Debora Flores-Narvaezs story. It was 2010 and the Christmas holidays were around the corner when this beautiful, educated young woman disappeared in Las Vegas. She was at the pinnacle of her career and moments away from starring in her dream role in a very popular show. Perhaps it was the time of year that her story made headlines, or perhaps it was the gruesome facts that emerged shortly thereafter, that haunted me.', 'Carolina Sarassa, the reporter who filed the story for our show, was no stranger to me. She was a talented, hardworking, inquisitive young woman whod trained with us before she joined our Las Vegas affiliate. I remember the times she would come into my office and ask me about the stories we were working on and, in particular, about the art of interviewing and the importance of credibility and impartiality.', 'She was a woman on a mission, and I had no doubt she was blossoming into an accomplished reporter. To see her investigation on the air made me proud, especially when I found out how persistent she had been in staying in touch with those connected to Deboras case.', 'Ive always been one to believe that there are no coincidences in life, and when Diana Montan, the coauthor of my book, who also happened to be the cowriter of this book with Carolina, approached me to write the foreword, I knew that for some reason, I had to be a part, albeit small, of this story. Fate had once again knocked on my door to write about a Latina whose life ended all too soon and in the cruelest and most barbaric manner possible. This time, however, unlike the dozens of cases documented in my book, justice had been done; there was an accused murderer who would pay for his crime.', 'Carolinas dedication not only in pursuing this story until the perpetrator was brought to justice but also in making sure that it didnt just become another number in a growing log of cold cases was key. By securing interviews with Deboras family and close friends, she kept the case very much alive. It was her ability to develop a trust with those closest to Debora in life that would unveil the facts behind those closest to her in death.', 'Like any young woman pursuing her dream away from home, Deboras story of love and death could unfortunately happen to anyones child. This was not a young lady whose parents were absent in her life; she wasnt a dropout, an alcoholic, a junkie, or a fanatic. She was a well-educated woman with a caring and nurturing family, and she had left the nest in order to succeed but inadvertently fell prey to a chain of events that no one ever suspected could end so tragically and morbidly.', '', '', 'PREFACE', 'The story of Debbie Flores-Narvaez needs to be told. Its very simple: no woman deserves to be killed the way she was. She was a young woman full of life, love, accomplishments, and health. Yes, she was an extremist; yes, she had a temper; yes, she got involved with the wrong person; yes, she was a Vegas showgirl. But she was also highly educated, a loving daughter, sister, and aunt, and all she wanted to do was dance.', 'Ever since I was a child Ive noticed that nothing happens to me merely by coincidence or luck. I have always lived by the motto My life is written. Countless times I have noticed, as a situation unfolds, that I was given a sign about it beforehand. It can be anything from a simple coincidence to a life-changing circumstance.', 'On April 29, 2014, I received a very interesting e-mail to my personal account from Diana Montan.', 'The content of the e-mail was intense, an overview of a book she and her writing partner, MundoFox anchor Carolina Sarassa, were writing, titled Dancing on Her Grave. I read the e-mail many times, appreciating the kind words from Diana regarding my work as an actress and becoming rapidly obsessed with the case at hand. The case immediately grabbed me for many reasons. I love dancing, and in this case, just like me, the girl from the book was also Puerto Rican. Im a girl with a dream of becoming a successful performer as well. I also left what I had in Puerto Rico to pursue a dream that my parents thought was out of reach. I also moved to a new city with great ambition to become somebody and be really good at my craft.', 'While I continue to work as an actress, which is my passion, I have wanted to find projects I could produce. I envision and pray every night for God to guide my steps both in my personal life as well as in my career. The possibility of helping to share Debbie Flores-Narvaezs tragic story with the world by bringing this outstanding womans life to the screen and having the world see her kind soul truly melts my heart.', 'I believe one can have a connection with the souls of those who have passed away. I would love to think that Debbie chose me to represent her life. My immediate interest as soon as I read Dianas e-mail and the way everything is falling into place makes me believe I have Debbies blessing to portray her life in a television movie. I promise to take this responsibility seriously and give her the tribute she deserves.', 'I know in my heart I was meant to get close to Debbie. I also know for a fact my life story has one more dancing chapter. What a privilege to do it while somebody is guiding me from heaven.', 'Rest in peace once and for all, Debbie. Your killer was found guilty, justice has been served, and now the world will know and remember your name.', '', '', 'AUTHORS NOTE', 'by Diana Montan', 'Crime writers pursue stories as relentlessly as detectives pursue killers, and the chase is very similar.', 'It was sort of serendipitous, how I came across this story. Carolina Sarassas and my investigation into Debora Flores-Narvaezs murder ran almost parallel to the real thing. She was then a reporter for the Univision Network in Las Vegas. I had previously worked with a young man, Diego Arias, at Telemundo in Miami. Diego shared on Facebook a story being covered by another colleague, Carolina Sarassa, about the search for a beautiful dancer in Las Vegas. Her name was Debora Flores-Narvaez, and she had gone missing on the evening an important rehearsal had been scheduled at the Luxor Hotel. Her sister, Celeste, had flown to Vegas from Atlanta in a fruitless effort to find her. It was a story that I, as a true crime writer and advocate for victims, could not resist.', 'I was instantly drawn to the story and messaged Diego: Would Carolina Sarassa be interested in writing a book with me about that case? What were my chances of getting a reply? Diego was not a close friend; he was someone with whom I had worked. And here I was, messaging him out of left field, to relay a request to someone I didnt know.', 'I waited and waited, and supposed Carolina was either busy or simply not interested. But my fishing expedition paid off, and I reeled in my story, our story. Diego came back and said, very enthusiastically, that Carolina would love to.', 'Carolina was in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I reside in Daytona Beach, Florida, so Caro (as she is known to friends and colleagues) and I began to e-mail, and then talk on the phone. We felt like old friends and talked long into the night. I found her delightful, hardworking, and curious. We shared the same intensity and curiosity about cases; this would be a match made in crime-writing heaven. But frivolity aside, we both deeply cared about the victims in all of our cases. And there had been quite a few throughout the course of our careers.', 'In this instance, it all started out with the victims sister, Celeste Flores-Narvaez, and her first visits to the station where Carolina worked. Caro described her anguish to me, and I, in turn, tried to capture it in words. We both really felt for her. Celeste had been relentless in the pursuit of an answer, anything that might lead to information on her little sisters whereabouts. So we both began talking with Celeste.', 'I had had experience in this area. The long, arduous road along the obstacle-ridden path of investigative reporting had been paved for me by firsthand experience. A nineteen-year-old college student from Miami named Shannon Melendi had vanished from the Atlanta softball field where she worked part-time as a scorekeeper on March 26, 1994. Shannon was an exemplary student, and had received a four-year grant to Emory University in Atlanta. I was then the entertainment editor for a weekly published by the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and the Chicago Tribune, covering television among many other assignments. I was covering the television coverage of the Melendi case. What a roundabout way of covering a case, I thought, covering the coverage! So I decided to do my own coverage. I became friends with Shannons desperate parents, Luis and Yvonne, and her beloved and lovable grandparents, Luis Sr. and Delia.', 'For fourteen anguished years, the Melendis did not know what had happened to their daughter, until the umpire at the softball country club confessed to kidnapping and murdering her on the very same day shed vanished from the softball field. He had invited her out to lunch, and she felt comfortable with him because she knew him. They were in her car, and he then pulled out a knife and told her to drive to his house. There, he tied her up, raped her repeatedly, and finally strangled her.', 'Even after they were made privy to their daughters premature and violent demise, I remained close friends with the Melendis; they lived quite near me. Yvonne, Shannons mother, could be very funny, and sometimes she bravely tried to put on a face of normalcy. One night she called me up to ask if I wanted to come over. I did, and the two of us sat out by the swimming pool and had a glass of wine. Then we went inside, where Yvonne showed me a printer I was considering buying from them. She turned it on, and out came one of Shannons college essays, one calling for stricter criminal laws, since she aspired to become an attorney and eventually hoped to sit on the Supreme Court. Yvonne began to read her daughters essay out loud, sobbing softly and once in a while wailing, Oh my baby girl, oh my baby girl. It was a guttural sound, from deep inside, and I didnt know what to say to her, so I just hugged her. And that was my first and not last encounter with a mothers, or a sisters, or a family members grief.', 'Both Carolina and I felt anguish for Celeste Flores-Narvaez after she flew to Las Vegas from Atlanta to look for her little sister, just like the Melendis flew from Miami to Atlanta after Shannon was first reported missing. Carolina and I could not feel what Celeste felt, of course, but we had been through the process of interviewing bereaved families. I knew how Yvonne Melendis body had felt, shaken and racked with unbearable grief, when I had hugged her that day.', 'Caro, too, had been through her share of heartaches and reporting at gruesome crime sites as a rookie reporter. She was a seasoned reporter and television anchor now, and she knew how to conduct an interview. For that matter, so did I, and so we set out together on the chase, to assemble the bits and pieces of Debora Flores-Narvaezs murder at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.', 'First came Celeste, of course, and her input was invaluable, but then we sorted through a long cast of characters of investigators, friends, and, eventually, prosecutors and defense attorneys. Some wanted to talk and were most helpful. A few were reticent and others were unwilling to talk, and yet we had to wait patiently for everyone to return our calls, to set a time to talk, and then write down what they told us.', 'Some people might think writing a true crime book is a much swifter and easier process than it is. We sort of churn it out in one sitting, they might believe, like they solve complex crimes within an hour television slot. But in fact this process took us three long years while the trial of Jason Griffith kept getting postponed time and time again, and during which a lot happened both in our personal and professional lives; and, of course, in everyone elses lives as well. Even Celeste had to move on, as she has two children to care for. And Jason Griffith languished in jail awaiting his day in court that never seemed to come.', 'As the case wore on for weeks, then months, then years, through a series of events I would hesitate to call mere coincidence, I was able to connect with the actress Roselyn Sanchez, who played Detective Elena Delgado on the TV show Without a Trace. A friend of mine told me that one of her daughters had been pals with Roselyn at university. Caro and I had always thought Roselynwho bore a striking resemblance to Debbiewould be perfect to play the part if Debbies story was ever made into a movie, but that was sort of a castle in the air idea. But after another friend and cowriter of mine, psychic Gale St. John, told me about this project that there is a woman by the name of Rosalie or Rosalind, who is involved in it, I knew I had to pursue the actress. I tracked down Roselyns personal e-mail address and wrote to her about Debbies story. Roselynand her husband, Eric Winterimmediately connected with the story and came on board as producers.', 'Carolina calls Roselyn our angel. I think she is Debbies angel.', 'When the trial finally took place, it was all a matter of covering it every step of the way, and obtaining court records, as well as additional testimonies from people who testified. There were also the attorneys, and we interviewed both the prosecution and the defense. Fortunately, they were all very forthcoming, albeit sometimes hard to reach. This goes with the territory, and they were already busy with other cases.', 'So at the end of our thorough investigation, there only remained one thing, one question: Why? Why had Jason Griffith murdered and dismembered his beautiful ex-lover, Debora Flores-Narvaez?', 'I often wonder at some mens sense of entitlement that leads them to think of women as property, as something to do with, and then dispose of, as they wish. Fortunately, detectives and prosecutors feel the same sense of entitlement when such crimes become their own property.', 'Now that we are finally finished writing this book, we are hoping not only that it will honor Debbie Flores-Narvaez, and a promising life that ended all too soon, but that it will serve as a cautionary tale to other young women.', '', '', 'INTRODUCTION', 'Debora Flores-Narvaez was a thirty-one-year-old Hispanic woman who had moved to Las Vegas in search of a dream.', 'I, Carolina Sarassa, grew up in Miami, but I was born in Medelln, Colombia. My parents relocated to the United States so that we could live in peace, away from the war-torn city and the guerrillas threatening our family, and gave me the opportunity to pursue the career I have always wanted in journalism. Just like Debbie, my life has been full of dreams.', 'If you want to make it in this career, youve got to move to a very small city. I can still hear the echo of Professor Dan Sneeds words during one of my Journalism classes at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami.', 'He was right, as I would find out.', 'When we first got to the United States from Colombia, my parents decided to make Miami, Florida, our new home. It seemed like the perfect choice, since most people spoke Spanish and the Latino community is predominant. I guess it was easier to assimilate after such a drastic change. Wed had to escape Colombia with only a few hundred dollars in our pockets, but Miami welcomed us and became our home.', 'As an immigrant you always hear the clich that America is the land of opportunity. Well, the clich was true for me; America has been the land of many opportunities, in fact. Still, while many people back in our countries might think, You move to the U.S. and you can have it all, nothing comes for free. Yes, you can have it all and everything else you dream about, but only if you work hard, study hard, and do not forget to pay your taxes.', 'After graduating from high school, I was able to get scholarships from the Miami Herald newspaper, the FIU Honors College, and the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana to continue my higher education.', 'As I learned more and more about Deboras passion for school, it reminded me of my years in college. I am not embarrassed to admit that I was a nerd. I was a straight A student, always making it to the deans list. Since English is not my first language, I still have a slight Colombian accent when I speak, and it was more pronounced in college. It used to embarrass me, but now I dont care. I actually think it makes me who I am.', 'I always knew I wanted to be a journalist. I enjoy reading, writing, and especially hearing and telling stories. When it finally came time to pick a major, I chose Mass Communications and Journalism with an emphasis in Print, meaning I wanted to become a writer for a newspaper or a magazine. I never imagined myself in front of a TV camera.', 'It was not until I met Professor Ana Ponte, a funny, smart, well-educated, and persuasive woman who convinced me to switch my emphasis to broadcasting, that I changed my mind. She also repeated similar words to those Professor Sneed had said: You will need to move to a small market.', 'After knocking on many doors, and after completing internships, I was able to get a job as an associate producer for Aqu y Ahora, an investigative news magazine show based in Miami and the Spanish-language equivalent to 60 Minutes. Thats where I got to meet the talented, professional, and generous Teresa Rodrguez, one of the hosts (who also generously wrote the foreword for this book).', 'I worked behind the camera for about two years, then applied for a job in a smaller market, but within the company, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The news director, Angel Covarrubias, believed in me, and he gave me a chance to fulfill my dreams. He guided me, and he also became one of my mentors.', 'So, thats how I ended up in Texas after living in Miami for eight years. Miami is a huge market for Spanish TV, but just as my professors had anticipated, the TV stations in Miami were not going to hire a young recent grad to be an on-air reporter. I had better luck in a smaller market.', 'Every time I had to move to a new city, it was difficult to leave friends, homes, and a whole life behind. But I had it very clear in my mind that I wanted to grow as a journalist, and that meant moving. That meant going to a bigger market. The bigger the city, the bigger the audience, and the bigger the market for TV. Many years had to pass for this to happen.', 'I still remember my first assignment as a local TV reporter in Corpus Christi.', 'A four-year-old child had fallen from the balcony of a fifth-floor apartment. His mother did not realize one of the bedrooms sliding doors to a balcony was semi-open. In a matter of seconds, so she said afterward, she realized her baby was no longer safe. When she couldnt find her son, she saw the door open. She was hoping she wouldnt see what she felt had happened: it was already too late.', 'The four-year-old boy was smashed against the concrete.', 'As a local TV reporter, the assignment desk is always in contact with you and your photographer. Mary, our assignment desk editor at the time, called us and gave us some minor details of the 911 call she had heard through the stations scanner. She sent us to the apartment complex where the child had been found minutes earlier.', 'Corpus Christi is a small city, so wethe photographer and Iarrived pretty fast. I will never forget the face of the horrified mother, the neighbors, and especially the victim. His small body, covered in blood, was still on the ground.', 'I was only twenty years old. Im a very sensitive woman, and back then, it was even more difficult to hold back the tears and hide my emotions.', 'It was a very poor neighborhood. The mother was in shock, while all of us had to try and do our jobs. We had to get videos and interviews and hope to obtain a statement from her; yes, from the mother who had just lost her child.', 'I remember telling my photographer how distressed I was by what I had just witnessed. It even made me question whether I really wanted to spend my career on horrible stories such as the ones I was covering every day. I went to the car, trying to hide from the rest of the media, and I cried. I finally was able to gain my composure and went back to the scene wearing my sunglasses, so no one could see how my mascara and makeup had smeared all over my face from the tears.', 'It all made sense a couple of days later when I realized there was a reason why I was sent there to cover that assignment. I had given my business card to one of the neighbors, and she called me. The mother of the child whod died needed money to bury her son. We, and most of the other local media outlets, were able to do a story, and the woman received the funds she needed for the burial expenses.', 'I felt as if I somehow needed to be there, so I could help her.', 'Many journalists enter the industry for different reasons. I didnt look forward to becoming a war correspondent in the line of fire, or the reporter who broke the next political scandal. I wanted to help my community. I wanted to be the voice for the ones who cannot speak, or who are afraid to do so.', 'My next move would be to Las Vegas, Nevada.', 'After nearly three years in Corpus Christi, an opportunity opened up at a local TV station in Las Vegas. I could not resist it, so I did it again. I packed all my stuff and drove for nearly twenty-three hours to Sin City.', 'One of the things that soon struck me about Las Vegas was the high rate of domestic violence cases, especially murders. One would imagine most of the stories happen in or around the Strip, the large street strewn with hotels and casinos, but this is not true. Most of the stories, at least the ones we covered, happened in residential areas.', 'I covered the most horrific stories in that city. I still remember Maria, a woman whose boyfriend threatened that he was going to come back with a machete to kill her if she called the police and accused him of domestic violence. She did... and he did.', 'Maria was walking out of her job at a gasoline station when the man, as he had promised, was waiting for her outside with a corroded machete. He cut her fingers and her hands and struck her many times on her head.', 'She was still alive when the paramedics arrived, and the boyfriend was still standing there looking at the pond of blood he had created. He was arrested on the spot, but although she fought valiantly, she never recovered from her injuries and died a few months later.', 'Maria was only one of the many gut-wrenching cases I got to cover in the city.', 'But despite sad stories like Marias and Debbies, I actually enjoyed my five years working in Nevada, and it was very gratifying to be recognized for my work during those years with three Emmy Awards.', 'My first Emmy was for best crime coverage, for a story I did about an undocumented mother whose husband had abused her, kidnapped their child, and took him to Mexico. Our efforts at the station were able to help this mother with a humanitarian visa, and her child was returned safely to the United States.', 'My second Emmy was for a story that really touched some personal fibers. It was a series about the elderly who are abandoned by their loved ones at so-called homes. It was about people who are in the last stages of their lives and who rarely even get a phone call from a relative. Fortunately, in some of these places, the elderly are able to find a new family, sometimes even get married and begin a new phase of their lives. This series won the Best Historical/Cultural Program or Special.', 'My third Emmy was for a story I did about one of my passions: saving animals. When the Las Vegas economy started to fall, a lot of people simply abandoned their homes after losing them for a lack of payment. To this day, I cannot believe what these people were also doingthey would abandon their pets as well, simply leaving them inside their abandoned homes without food or water. Many animals died, and others were taken to local shelters where, sadly, due to overpopulation, many had to be euthanized. I tried to do my part, so I rescued four of them: Pippa, Coco, Mocha, and Marley (two cats, a pit bull, and a cocker spaniel, respectively). Mocha the pit bull recently ate all our sprinklers, but hey, she is a sweetheart; even the cats walk all over her!', 'The Las Vegas community is very welcoming to their news anchors and reporters. Its a community where people watch the news every day, and depend on us, and I think I was able to gain their trust. This was how I found out about Deboras disappearancethrough a Facebook message from one of her friends who apparently trusted me, too.', 'From the beginning, reporting on Deboras murder felt different. It did not feel like the other cases I had covered, and to this day I dont know why.', 'But I knew hers was a story that I had to tell.', '', '', 'ONE', 'Showgirl, Interrupted', 'Her name was Debora. She was a showgirl.', 'When I first heard about the case of the missing Las Vegas dancer, the old Barry Manilow song from the seventies, Copacabana, kept playing in my head. The tune tells the tale of Lola, a showgirl, whose lover, Tony, a bartender, is murdered by a gangster out of jealousy.', 'Would the story of Debora Flores-Narvaezs missing case turn out to be as ill-fated as the one in those lyrics? I wondered. After all, this was Sin City, and Deboras friend had sure sounded desperate.', 'Mia Guerrero, a friend of Debbies, had reached out to me on Facebook. I had met the young dancer more than a year ago at a station event where she was modeling. Mia had come up to introduce herself and to tell me she was also from Colombia, like me. I was then the anchor for the Univision Network in Las Vegas. I covered the beat. Id seen, and knew, the seedier side of the Strip.', 'Mias message had arrived on December 16, 2010, at 8:59 P.M. She told me a friend of hers, another dancer by the name of Debbie Flores-Narvaez, had disappeared. Mia mentioned that her friends were also very worried about Debbies whereabouts. She wanted my help as a very special favor to please try to air news about her disappearance in our newscast. Her message was kind, and ended with a God bless you.', 'I was not going to sit on this story, and Mia did not have to wait long.', 'Debora had gone missing four days earlier, on December 12. It was sudden and unexpected, and, like most disappearances, her absence was what her family and friends referred to as oddly out of character for Debora Flores-Narvaez, whom everyone called Debbie. We began to cover her disappearance, even though the police were still treating it as a missing persons case.', 'Her name was Debora. She was a showgirl. But she also had a bachelors degree in international business, a masters degree in international finance, and a degree in law. Her diplomas were hung proudly on one of the walls in her condo, in a building located across the street from the famed Luxor Hotel, the one with the Sphinx in front. It was called the Onyx Apartments.', 'But despite her academic degrees, Debora wanted to be a dancer. It was her passion. And shed moved from Baltimore to Las Vegas in order to pursue that passion.', 'On the day just after her disappearance, her dream wouldve become a reality. Debora Flores-Narvaez had been only one day short of realizing her lifelong dream of becoming the lead dancer in a Las Vegas show, when she disappeared without a trace.', 'She had been slated to star as the lead in what was dubbed by the shows producers as the Strips most seductive, sensual show, the spectacle FANTASY at the Luxor. There had been two rehearsals scheduled on Sunday, December 12, 2010, one in the morning and one in the evening. Debora had attended the first one, in the morning, but she was surprisingly, conspicuously absent from the evening rehearsal.', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Secret Life of Logos: Behind the Design of 80 Great Logos\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Mother's Day\\nDescription: ['\\\"Theresa Cross was a toxic mother, but the maternity myth blinded, deafened, and silenced those that might have stopped her.\\\" Dennis McDougal, with his flair for storytelling and his eye for vivid detail, is one of the best of true crime writers. In this book he profiles a very dark character indeed: a woman for whom neither her life nor her fantasies ever got beyond her sad, narrow world of severe men, twisted religious ideas, beatings, sexual jealousy, horror fiction and movies, and obsessive housecleaning. She had several husbands, one of whom she killed, until she ended up as a single mother with two boys and three girls. Then she began to torture and kill the girls, one after another, as they became old enough that their beauty made her angry. Prepare to enter a closed-off realm of nightmare, when you read this one.', \\\"A MODERN MURDEROUS MEDEA... In June of l985, while her teenage sons held their half-sister down, Theresa Cross beat her l9-year-old daughter Sheila unconscious and then stuffed her into a 2' X 2' storage locker. After three days, the knocking, kicking, and cries stopped. Theresa and her sons dumped the girl's body in the desolate High Sierras.... The summer before, Theresa had dug a bullet out of her daughter Suesan's chest with a paring knife. When Suesan failed to recover (without benefit of doctors or hospital), Theresa and her two sons drove the delirious girl to the mountains , doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire.... For nearly nine years, Theresa Cross Knorr got away with murder, until her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, finally found a cop who believed the incredible story of her two murdered sisters. That story is all here, the shocking life of a woman whose violence, jealousy, rage, and domination led to a brutally heinous crime of ruthless ferocity.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: History and Topography of Upminster: a new edition, ... enlarged ... Engravings ... by B. A. Branfill. A NEW EDITION\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border\\nDescription: ['Teresa Rodrguez es una periodista ganadora de once premios Emmy que trabaja para Univision, donde es co-presentadora y corresponsal de la galardonada revista noticiosa Aqu y Ahora. Ha investigado los asesinatos de Jurez durante ms de diez aos.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach\\nDescription: ['\\\"Realizing that counseling theory is not the easiest subject for students to grasp, nor the most fun for most students, I have searched for years for a textbook that communicates excitement for theory and also for the value of each theoretical approach for its time in the history of counseling and psychotherapy...In 2011, I found Elsie Jones-Smiths (2011) Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach, and in using it with my students, it has really help bring counseling theories alive for my students. Jones-Smith has revised her textbook with a second edition, and I am even more excited by it than I was by the first edition. The text is both historical in helping students envision the evolution of counseling and psychotherapy, and foundational, for it grounds the reader in each of the recognized approaches to the subject matter...I believe that Jones-Smiths (2014) Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach is the most exciting and engaging counseling theories text available today. It is comprehensive in its coverage of the theories that masters and doctoral level counselors, psychotherapists, and clinical and counseling psychologists should know and understand. It is well written and easily read and assimilated by students. It contains the powerful and engaging tool entitled Theoretical Orientation Scale by Jones-Smith that, if used at the beginning of the theories course, moves students from apprehensive to excited and eager to learn about the theoretical orientations that seem to fit them and those that seem to fit their classmates.\\\" Author: Charles Timothy (Tim) Dickel, Ed.D.', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka (Crimes Canada: True Crimes That Shocked The Nation) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka are two sick individuals, and Peter Vronsky pulled no punches describing their terrible crimes in this latest installment in the Crimes Canada series. This book is not for the faint-hearted but hardcore true grue crime fans will get their fill with this one.\\\"
-- Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of BOGEYMAN and MONSTER
\\\"Apowerful, hard-hitting, compelling, and graphic read by Dr. Vronsky. This is the real \\\\'grime\\\\' crime.\\\"
--Serial Killers Magazine
\\\"Blown away and extremely impressed with this account of the case that is no doubt one of the most notorious crimes in Canada.Vronsky is a master of his craft and a first rate author.\\\"
--The Crime Cove Reviews(TheCrimeCove.com)
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REVIEWS FROM READERS
\\\"Explicit language and graphic details but that is the only way to truly tell the story of these two monsters. Hard to put down once you start reading this.\\\" --Darlene H
\\\"An excellent book, has its strong language but that makes the book so real.\\\" --Marlene F
\\\"It\\\\'s a book written for true crime fans who want the story without the window-dressing.\\\" --Bettye M
\\\"Very Intense And Graphic Book But A Really Good Read. I Couldn\\\\'t Put It Down.\\\" --Connie F
\\\"This was a real and true to life account of a criminal couple who\\\\'s crimes were really hard to believe and involve rape, torture and all of that videotaped.\\\" --Jenny K
\\\"Truly grizzly and difficult to read at times, the fact that they had no remorse was especially hard to comprehend. Well explained and elaborated. Worth the read.\\\" --Marie E
\\\"The author did not mince words in this book. Two truly evil monsters who had no remorse for their crimes. Peter Vronsky did an excellent job on this book.\\\" --Sherry P
\\\"This is a very well researched and well written book about a very evil, sick couple....This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.\\\" --June D
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Excellent whether you're spending a week or weekend in a new city. -- The Chicago Tribune
Extremely Useful. -- The New York Times
Information you won't find in most guidebooks. -- Travel & Leisure\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lethal Embrace\\nDescription: ['Michael Benson, who has partied with the Hells Angels on both coasts, is the author of 41 books. His most recent works include Betrayal in Blood: The Murder of Tabatha Bryant, and InsideSecret Societies: What They Dont Want You to Know.Russ Austin, a nationally recognized expert on choppers, is the owner and head designer of Precious Metal Custom, a custom chopper shop where he builds 40 choppers a year for private customers.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Statue Within: An Autobiography\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: One False Move: a Myron Bolitar Novel\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: English Fairy Tales: Collected by Joseph Jacobs\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar, Book 2)\\nDescription: ['Praise for Harlan Coben and his Myron Bolitar novels
A gifted storyteller . . . Mystery just comes along for the ride.Denver Post
Like fellow wisecracking P.I.s Spenser and Elvis Cole, Myron Bolitar is great fun in the best hard-boiled tradition.Houston Chronicle', '', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me, Long Lost, and Live Wire), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including Shelter and Seconds Away, and of Miracle Cure, Play Dead, Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods, Hold Tight, Caught, and Stay Close.
', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Unexpected Developments\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Final Detail: A Myron Bolitar Novel (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)\\nDescription: ['Myron Bolitar is a fascinating character--a guy in his 30s who just moved into his own New York apartment, and who still looks forward to dinner with his parents in New Jersey. A former pro-basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, he now runs his own sports agency, and also dabbles in the private investigation business. He is helped (and sometimes hindered) by his rich, blond, preppy friend Windsor Horne Lockwood III. Win has some awesome lethal powers hidden under his Brooks Brothers suits!', 'In The Final Detail Win and Myron are looking into the murder of a client--a troubled New York Yankees baseball player called Clu Haid. Clu was apparently shot to death by Esperanza Diaz, who just happens to be Myron\\\\'s best friend and partner in the sport\\\\'s agency. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn\\\\'t sure if it has to do with her job, or with her private life. His search for the truth takes him back to a shabby incident from his own past, and to times he would rather forget. Author Harlan Coben casually drops in dozens of poignant moments of humanity that keep us--and Myron--firmly grounded in reality.', 'Other books in this excellent series include Backspin, Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, and One False Move. --Dick Adler', 'You know things are getting tough for Myron Bolitar when the crime-solving sports agent finds that his favorite tippleAthe chocolate drink Yoo-HooAhas lost its kick. At a particularly harrowing point in his latest Bolitar book (after One False Move), Coben reveals that his hero actually \\\"craved a venti-size skim iced latte with a splash of vanilla.\\\" Despite being a former pro basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, Myron remains a touching everyman, a guy who still looks forward to dinner with his parents and can even cry in the bathroom after his father admits to some recent chest pains. In this case, Myron probes the murder of one of his clients, a troubled baseball player named Clu Haid, who was apparently shot by Myron\\\\'s sports-agency partner, Esperanza Diaz. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn\\\\'t sure if it has to do with business or with her bisexuality. His search for the truth takes him to a bar called Take a Guess (\\\"It\\\\'s About Ambiguity, Not Androgyny\\\"), where he falls for a Julie Newmar/Catwoman look-alike who may or may not be female, and to the front offices at Yankee Stadium. Ultimately, the trail leads him to revisit a 12-year-old mystery about a missing girl as well as a shabby incident in his own past. Along the way, Coben works in poignant scenes, such as an interview with a mother who wallpapers her house with family photographs. Myron relies less on the lethal powers of his rich, blond, preppy friend Win (Windsor Horne Lockwood III) than in previous adventures. The change makes for the strongest entry yet in a series that deftly balances realism with excitement, while refusing to fall back on genre clich?s. Major ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: ESPERANZA: A Love And Rockets Book TP\\nDescription: ['...[I]f theres one thingJ aimes Locas stories in general, and this volume in particular, tell us, its that sometimes you have to be a grownup for a long time before you grow up. Its worth the work, and the wait. - Sean T. Collins, The Comics Journal
I dont really understand why the material of Love and Rockets isnt widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it is. - Neal Gaiman', 'Jaime Hernandez is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning cartoonist and a lifelong Los Angelean.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Darkest Fear : A Myron Bolitar Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Myron Bolitar's father's recent heart attack brings Myron smack into a midlife encounter with issues of adulthood and mortality. And if that's not enough to turn his life upside down, the reappearance of his first serious girlfriend is. The basketball star turned sports agent, who does a little detecting when business is slow, is saddened by the news that Emily Downing's 13-year-old son is dying and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant; even if she did leave him for the man who destroyed his basketball career, he wouldn't wish tsuris like that on anyone. And he's not at all interested in getting involved with Emily again, not even to track down the one mysterious donor who may be able to save the boy. But when Myron learns that Jeremy Downing is his own son, conceived the night before Emily and Greg Downing married, he embarks on a search for someone who disappeared a lifetime ago. And what he finds leads him to a powerful family determined to keep an old secret, a disgraced reporter who may have plagiarized a novel to create a serial killer, a very interested FBI agent, and a missing child.\\\", 'This is the seventh outing in a series that\\\\'s been gaining in popularity since Bolitar\\\\'s first appearance, in Harlan Coben\\\\'s Deal Breaker. Myron\\\\'s a bit of a baby, but he\\\\'s not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it, he\\\\'s eminently likable, and his heart\\\\'s in the right place. The fireworks are supplied by his friend and partner, Win, who really deserves a series of his own, and Esperanza, the lesbian wrestler-lawyer who has finally talked Myron into making her a partner in the business. Like Coben\\\\'s other Bolitar novels, she\\\\'s worth every penny. --Jane Adams', 'Book seven in Coben\\\\'s wonderfully rich series (after 1999\\\\'s The Final Detail), which features sports agent Myron Bolitar, former basketball player and totally believable human being, is all about fathers, sons and the intricate and often painful chains that link them together. Myron, who has just moved out of his parents\\\\' house at the age of 34, is worried about his father\\\\'s health after a heart attack, but it\\\\'s hard for either of them to talk about the older man\\\\'s condition. Myron tends to have long relationships with women that end in tears. (\\\"You\\\\'re in your mid-thirties, single, sensitive, and you like show tunes,\\\" says his current lover, a troubled television star. \\\"If you were a better dresser, I\\\\'d say you were gay.\\\") Emily, his college girlfriend from Duke who dumped him for a more successful basketball rival, re-enters the picture to tell him that her critically ill 13-year-old son needs a bone marrow transplant, but the only suitable registered donor has disappeared. Can Myron find him? And, by the way--Myron is the boy\\\\'s real father. The search takes Myron deep into some decades-old unsolved crimes involving another father and son--a sadistic deranged killer and a conflicted newspaper columnist. Myron\\\\'s deadly preppy friend, Win, is on hand to supply his own frightening brand of violence, and the gorgeous Esperanza Diaz, the former wrestler who\\\\'s now a full partner in MB SportsReps, supplies wisdom as well as glamour. But the heart of the novel is, as always, the fallible but infinitely appealing, accessible figure of Myron Bolitar--a modern Don Quixote complete with knee brace and cell phone, ready to take on the world\\\\'s problems. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Just Enough CRM (Yourdon Press Computing Series)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"The decision-maker's guide to competitive advantage with CRM\\\", 'Just Enough CRM gives decision-makers practical insight for planning, designing, and deploying CRM systems that deliver on their promises--and for avoiding the pitfalls that cause so many CRM implementations to fail. Leading CRM consultant Francoise Tourniaire shows how to streamline and improve every phase of the project lifecycle, from needs assessment and vendor selection through metrics, and beyond.', \\\"Tourniaire offers realistic guidelines and checklists for making sense of vendors' pitches, customizing CRM to your own organization's needs, and guiding the entire implementation process. These techniques apply to any CRM implementation, especially projects at mid-sized companies with $10 to $500 million in revenues--projects all too often neglected in other books.\\\", \\\"Whether you're a senior executive, line-of-business manager, CRM project manager, or project participant, this book will help you transform the promise of CRM into a quantifiable, sustainable, competitive advantage.\\\", '', '', \\\"FRANCOISE TOURNIAIRE owns FT Works, a consultancy that helps technology companies create and improve their support operations through targeted consulting, training, and coaching engagements. Prior to founding FT Works, she was VP of Worldwide Service for Scopus (now Siebel Systems), responsible for technical support, training, documentation, and operations worldwide. She has close to 20 years' experience in post-sales support and services, including stints at Sybase and Ingres. Tourniaire is lead author of The Art of Software Support (Prentice Hall).\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tell No One\\nDescription: [\\\"David Beck has rebuilt his life since his wife's murder eight years ago, finishing medical school and establishing himself as a pediatrician, but he's never forgotten the woman he fell in love with in second grade. And when a mysterious e-mail arrives on the anniversary of their first kiss, with a message and an image that leads him to wonder whether Elizabeth might still be alive, Beck will stop at nothing to find the truth that's eluded him for so many years. A powerful billionaire is equally determined to make sure his role in her disappearance never comes to light, even if it means destroying an innocent man.\\\", 'In David Beck, Harlan Coben, the author of the popular series starring sports agent Myron Bolitar (Darkest Fear et al.) has created a protagonist who shares many of Bolitar\\\\'s best qualities--he\\\\'s a decent, generous, gentle guy whose loyalty to those he loves is unquestionable. So when he discovers that people he was close to may be responsible not only for Elizabeth\\\\'s murder but also the \\\"accidental\\\" death of his father, Beck\\\\'s sense of betrayal is as understandable to the reader as his uncharacteristically violent reaction. Coben is a skillful storyteller with a gift for creating likable characters caught up in circumstances that illuminate their complex emotional lives and deep humanity. This should be the thriller that breaks this talented writer out of the mystery genre and earns him the recognition he deserves. --Jane Adams', \\\"Every writer likes to stretch his legs, and here Coben, author of seven acclaimed Myron Bolitar mysteries (Darkest Fear, etc.), stretches his. He doesn't quite kick his reputation aside in the process. This thriller, Coben's first non-Bolitar novel, is a breezy enough read, but it's not up to snuff. It's got a nifty setup, though. David Beck and Elizabeth Parker, just-married childhood sweethearts, are vacationing at the Beck family retreat when Beck is knocked unconscious and Elizabeth is kidnapped. Cut to eight years later: Beck is a young physician working with ghetto kids in Manhattan, and Elizabeth, we learn, is dead, victim of a serial killer known as KillRoy. Or is she? For immediately after two bodies eight years old are uncovered on the Beck land, Beck receives a series of e-mails apparently from Elizabeth. His frantic search to find out if she lives dovetails with the equally frenzied efforts of cops to pin Elizabeth's murder on Beck, as well as the antic moves of a mysterious billionaire an old friend of the Beck family and his two hired thugs to frame Beck for that murder. Beck finds himself a man on the run from the cops his only ally a black drug dealer whose child he's treating for hemophilia caught in an overcomplicated tangle of lies and vengeance. Coben knows how to move pages, and he generates considerable suspense, but there's little new here. The narrative style is cloned from James Patterson, alternating first-person with third. The villains, particularly the billionaire and a Chinese martial artist, are as old as mid-Elmore Leonard or even Chandler. The black drug dealer isn't a character, he's a plot device, and the climax packs the emotional wallop of a strong episode of The Rockford Files. (June 19)Forecast: Heavy-hitting blurbs from Jeffery Deaver and Phillip Margolin, among others, indicate more about the solidarity of the mystery community than about this book's excellence, but should attract browsers. The publisher will pitch this as a summer beach read, and it's not a bad one. In fact, it may outsell Coben's mysteries, despite its flaws.\\\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Maximum Fitness : The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Cross Training\\nDescription: ['Stewart \\\"Stew\\\" Smith is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a former Navy SEAL, and author of several fitness books such as The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness, The Special Ops Workout, and S.W.A.T. Fitness. Stew has trained thousands of students for Navy SEAL, Special Forces, SWAT, FBI, ERT, and many other military, law enforcement, and fire fighter professions. He is currently the Special Ops Team Coach at the US Naval Academy that prepares future candidates for SEAL, EOD, and MARSOC training and runs a non-profit called Heroes of Tomorrow where he trains people seeking tactical professions for free. He has recently appeared on National Geographic\\\\'s Fight Science - Special Ops where he was subjected to a hypothermic test and combat shooting course.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, Book 3)\\nDescription: ['"Brilliant! Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton, Robert B. Parker, and everyone else!"—Nancy Pickard, author of I.O.U.
"Fast action, snappy dialogue...[An] enjoyable read."—Toronto Star
From the Paperback edition.', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in thirty-three languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, and the upcoming Promise Me), he is also the author of Tell No One, Gone for Good, The Innocent, The Woods, and Hold Tight.
From the Paperback edition.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Word Family Tales Teaching Guide\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Back Spin: A Classic Myron Bolitar Novel\\nDescription: ['\\\"Another winner...Pungent observations, indelibly drawn characters and a twisting, surprise-laden plot.\\\"Atlanta Journal and Constitution
\\\"Sharp plotting and emotional density, as well as nonstop wisecracks.\\\"Publishers Weekly', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in thirty-seven languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me, and Long Lost), he is also the author of Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent,The Woods, and Hold Tight. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond\\nDescription: ['', 'Julius Bailey is a grand prophetic intellectual with deep roots in the Black freedom struggle and genuine routes to new radical democratic possibilities. Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams is a courageous and powerful text, indispensable for any serious reflection about the future of America and the world! Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters', 'Julius Bailey has written our generations Race Matters. There are many books in the canon of Obama, but Bailey seeks to answer questions around moral reasoning and provides a clarion call for change. Duchess Harris, Professor and Chair of American Studies, Macalester College', 'This is Julius Baileys most important work to date. The book provides a critical, urgent, and courageous meditation on the current American racial landscape. Drawing from Western philosophy, prophetic criticism, and Black arts and culture, Bailey spotlights the political, economic, and existential challenges confronted by the American body politic. Equally important, he offers a pathway for creating a more humane, loving, safe, and just world. Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Morehouse College, and CNN Political Commentator', 'Dr. Bailey hits the nail on the head as he perspicaciously confronts and reverses the flawed discourse of success specific to racism in America. As only he can, he sharpens the readers thinking with a much-needed cultural candor unique to his profound intellect. Dr. Bailey is masterful here in calling out cowardice and calling for courage. Dr. Chandra Gill, CEO, Blackademically Speaking Enterprises', '', '', 'Silver medalist for the IPPY award for Current Events in 2016!', 'Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and his critics, racism, income inequality, poverty, and xenophobia, guided by a prophetic thread that calls like-minded visionaries and progressives to action. The book is an honest look at the current state of our professed city on a hill and the destruction left on the darker sides of town.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World\\nDescription: ['\\\"Robbins, author of the classic Diet for a New America, believes that plantbased nutrition and particularly vegan diets (free of meat, milk, and eggs) lead to long life and good health. Citing statistics, research studies, and selected quotes that extol the benefits of such diets, he also argues that animal products are responsible for such diseases as obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and cancer. Robbins deplores the inadequate sanitation and inspection in meatprocessing plants and argues that many of the illnesses and stomach ailments that people complain about result from animal agriculture and the pathogens it introduces into our bodies. He also raises concerns about the dangers of fad diets that advocate high carbohydrates, high protein, or high fat. Robbins\\\\'s zealous advocacy of plantbased nutrition and his refusal to consider the need for animal products in human nutrition throws his book off balance. Nevertheless, those who want to know more about vegan diets will gain many insights from his provocative book. Recommended for large nutrition collections with a diversity of viewpoints.\\\" -Library Journal, Irwin Weintraub, Brooklyn College Lib., New York. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc--Reviews
\\\"Carefully researched, eminently readable, and starkly accurate, The Food Revolution will change your life. If every patient in every doctor\\\\'s office read this book, it would revolutionize the health of America. -Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians\\\\' Committee for Responsible Medicine--Reviews
\\\"John Robbins has done it again! Another brilliant, mindaltering, paradigmshifting, lifestylechanging, heartexpanding book from the most powerfully sane man I know. The Food Revolution will change your life and the lives of those you love. Thoughtful, penetrating, impeccably researched, it will make you laugh, then cry, then pass it on to your loved ones.\\\" -Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love--Reviews
\\\"John Robbins is the leading voice in the world for restoring humanity to its proper relationship with food, the Earth, and health. Read The Food Revolution and get active.\\\" -Paul Hawken, author of Natural Capitalism--Reviews
\\\"In what promises to be the publishing event of the decade, John Robbins provides both the information and the encouragement we need in order to reclaim the health of our bodies and our planet. Packed with political dynamite, this book will change your life. Forthright and fearless, thoroughly researched and engagingly presented, this is must reading for everyone who eats.\\\" -Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life--Reviews', 'John Robbins is also the author of Diet for a New America, and the widely acclaimed Reclaiming Our Health. His life and work have been featured on the PBS special, Diet for a New America. Groomed to follow in the footsteps of his father, founder of the Baskin-Robbins empire, he chose a different more authentic path for himself. He lives with his family in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Author website: www.foodrevolution.org']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action, Teacher's Edition, Gold Level\\nDescription: [\\\"Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action, Teacher's Edition, Gold Level\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Supreme Macaroni Company: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Trigiani (The Shoemaker's Wife) explores the delicate balance (and unbalance) between work, family, and love. Valentine Roncalli, a shoemaker at her family's business, Angelini Shoe Company, is going to marry her tanner, Gianluca Vechiarelli. Gianluca wants to return to his native Italy; Valentine is committed to keeping the family concern running in Greenwich Village. Further complicating things is a difficult moment between Valentine and an old friend, which threatens the marriage. The way the couple juggle their jobs and their complicated families with understanding, sympathy, and love is often hilarious, in spite of the frustration it brings to both of them. A twist near the end of the book is not unexpected, but tense shifts get a little dizzying and it's easy to get ahead of the story. The pages detailing how Valentine practices her craft of shoemaking are superb. Trigiani's ability to bring the large, warm, envelopingif somewhat dysfunctionalfamily to life will keep any reader engrossed and entertained. (Nov.)\\\", 'The final novel in Trigianis Valentine trilogy (Very Valentine, 2009; Brava, Valentine, 2010) finds shoemaker Valentine Roncalli planning her wedding to Gianluca Vechiarelli, a handsome Italian nearly 20 years her senior and the son of her grandmothers new husband. As Gianluca adjusts to life amid the boisterous, extended Roncalli clan, the fiercely independent Valentine, an ambitious and talented shoe designer, struggles to balance work and home life, with her marriage often taking a backseat to her career. Cultural differences between the pair widen as her plans to open a factory as she becomes a first-time mother clash with his vision for the couples future, which includes a home in Tuscany. Though the conflict is plausible, it comes across as vaguely overplotted. For those who have followed Valentines ups and downs from the start, Trigianis send-off is bound to feel bittersweet in more ways than one. For readers new to the series, missing the occasional insider reference has its advantagesthey still have two books ahead of them and the chance to meet Valentine where she began. --Patty Wetli', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: DIY Cleaning & Organization: Simple Cleaning Hacks and Habits to Quickly Minimize Clutter and Organize Your Home - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lucia, Lucia: A Novel\\nDescription: ['“This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love.” —Cosmopolitan
“FAST-MOVING, FUNNY, VISUAL, AND MOVING . . . A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place. Every page is engrossing and begs us to read the next.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“TRIGIANI’S WRITING IS AS DAZZLING AS LUCIA’S DRESSES.” —USA Today
“COMPELLING . . . A BREEZY READ.” —Entertainment Weekly
“[Trigiani] writes with commanding authenticity about Italian-American life, the landscape of Italy, and New York City. . . . Lucia, her Italian family, her ambitious girlfriends, her colorful boss, and her mysterious lover are colorful, poignant characters, representative of another time, yet as real as today. . . . Trigiani has proved she is a multi-faceted writer whose name and stories will be celebrated for years to come.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Adriana Trigiani’s enchanting new novel will find a warm welcome from every reader who has encountered a fork in the road to love and taken the more perilous path. . . . A testament to the power of familial love and friendship . . . Perhaps [this] is Trigiani’s greatest gift to her reader: the recognition that devotion, loyalty, and forgiveness will ultimately win the day.” —BookPage
“Trigiani creates a compelling story, artfully uniting a snapshot of the past with the present. This bittersweet novel should have broad appeal.” —Library Journal
“Filled to bursting with gorgeous clothes, sumptuous meals, beautiful weather, and the rhapsody of New York City.” —Kirkus Reviews
“You’ll find yourself lost in an Audrey Hepburn movie that was never made.” —CNNMoney.com
“Delightful . . . Trigiani has artfully woven a wonderful, engaging story that blends the past with the present. Her characters are richly appealing, from her four overprotective brothers to her quick-witted best friend.” —Review Appeal (Franklin, TN)
“[A] heartfelt depiction of homespun characters whose emotions are always very close to the surface . . . Trigiani offers an inviting picture of Italian life as well as a finely detailed appreciation of Old World craftsmanship.” —Booklist
“[A] bustling, sparkling 1950s New York City . . . Trigiani does a wonderful job evoking Lucia’s beloved, homey Greenwich Village and the couture-clad Upper East Side. Vivid, too, are the descriptions of Italian cooking and feasting, and the Sartoris’ storybook hometown in the old country.” —Boston Herald
“This is your perfect summer read. Trust us. Put a good reading light on in your backyard . . . and read your little heart out, deep into the night.” —Millbrook Voice Ledger (NY)
“Poignant and feeling . . . Readers will laugh with and weep for Lucia and her lost dreams.” —Publishers Weekly
From the Trade Paperback edition.', 'Adriana Trigiani grew up in Virginia and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Trigiani is the author of the bestselling novels Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, and Milk Glass Moon, and has written the screenplay for the movie Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct. She can be reached at www.adrianatrigiani.com.
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']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel\\nDescription: ['', 'Huffington Post, 3/23/12 Fans of the On the Road author will be fascinated by the glimpse into Kerouacs early writing mind.', 'Kirkus Reviews, 2/1/12 A Jack Londonesque yarn.', 'Publishers Weekly, 1/30/12 While it may not be the Rosetta Stone of the beat movement, the publication of this flawed manuscript will be an event for [Kerouacs] admirers.', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Extraordinary Chickens\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Woman's Asia: True Stories (Travelers' Tales)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fatal Dosage\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: D-Day [Sound Recording]: The Battle for Normandy\\nDescription: ['The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, \\\"D-Day\\\" is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy. As with Stalingrad and Berlin, Antony Beevor\\\\'s gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war. This title is unabridged. 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More trouble isbrewing over who will paint the town\\\\'s water tower after the son of a long time\\\"Creeker\\\" resident with questionable color choices is again up for a vote torefurbish it. VERDICT: Smith (DangerousImpostor; co-author with Lori Copeland of the \\\"Seattle Brides\\\" books)launches a charming small-town series that introduces the quirky residents ofGoose Creek. With an engaging storyline that is at times laugh-out-loud funnyand unforgettable characters, this feel-good novel is a sure bet for readersseeking an uplifting and humorous tale. -- Library Journal starredreview, Pick of the Month for September 2015
This book is so much fun to read! The entertaining characters make one laugh out loud because of their antics, but also touch a spot in one\\\\'s heart. If the others in the series are anything like this installment, they are sure to be hits. Al and Millie Richardson have lived in Goose Creek their entire lives. But Al is looking forward to retirement and the day he can get behind the wheel of an RV. Millie, however, has other plans. When the Updyke home becomes available, Millie feels her prayers have been answered. Opening a bed and breakfast in Goose Creek is exactly what she and the town need. Goose Creek is changing. A new veterinarian receives a less than lukewarm welcome. Also,who knew that painting the town\\\\'s water tower would lead to such an uproar?Sides are being chosen, and it all culminates in an illegal parade. What could possibly happen next? (HARVEST HOUSE, Sep., 224 pp., $9.99) -- RT RATING: ****1/2, RT Book Reviews, Reviewed by Michele Hagenlock', '', 'Virginia Smith is the bestselling author of more than 30 inspirational novels and 50 articles and short stories. Her books have received many awards, including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit. Meet her online at www.VirginiaSmith.org.', '', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":262,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":262,"string":"262"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fly Has A Hundred Eyes A\nDescription: ['Baron adeptly resurrects the uncertainty and the intrigue that characterized pre-World War II Jerusalem. As Arabs and Jews vie for power and position, the British in Palestine are threatened from within by both communities. Amidst this turmoil, scholars and archaeologists continue to conduct research and digs in the disputed lands of the Middle East. Though war looms in Europe and terrorists and riots are becoming commonplace in the Holy Land, Lily Sampson, a young American graduate student, continues to labor on an excavation supervised by celebrated British archaeologist Geoffrey Eastbourne. When Eastbourne is murdered and an artifact Lily recovered is stolen from the excavation site, she resolves to find out why. Naively plunging headfirst into a morally ambiguous morass, Lily becomes a pawn in an ever-escalating international game of double cross and deceit. This atmospheric adventure will effortlessly transport lovers of historical mysteries to another time and place. Margaret Flanagan Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', 'Aileen Baron is a retired professor of archaeology who taught in the anthropology department at California State University Fullerton for twenty years. She has a Ph.D and her experiences in archeology has led to international field work, including a stay at the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem as an NEH scholar and a stint as the director of the overseas campus of California State Universities at the Hebrew University Campus. A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes is her first novel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Liber8 Your Business Workbook\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Play Dead\nDescription: ['Frasier (Sleep Tight, etc.) has perfected the art of making a reader\\'s skin crawl, which is evident from this book\\'s very first scene, in which a medical examiner discovers in the midst of an autopsy that the cadaver he\\'s working on is really a live person. Set in Savannah, Ga., this exceptional thriller follows the hunt for the deranged person who\\'s drugging people so that their minds remain wide awake even as their bodies resemble death. The creepiness factor increases when Frasier introduces homicide detective Elise Sandburg, who was abandoned in a cemetery as a baby and who knows Gullah spells and culture. Elise\\'s partner, anti-social David Gould, is equally strange; his past holds secrets so dark he should be under psychiatric care. Formerly with the FBI, Gould currently lives in a rundown, foul-smelling apartment and sleeps with a prostitute who works for a voodoo priestess. As the two detectives follow leads to the priestess and the former college professor who researched the drug, they forge a tentative bond and come to terms with their own troubled pasts. Frasier\\'s characters are not only fully realized, but fascinating to boot, and she evokes the dark, mystical side of Savannah with precision and skill. Appropriately, this unsettling tale closes with a grim children\\'s rhyme and a spell for \"Elise\\'s Follow-Me-Boy Mojo.\" Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RITA AWARD AUTHOR
~~ Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Heraward-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller,romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romanticsuspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Herthrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in MysteryGuild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, TheOrchard, was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, OneCommunity read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians'Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Flirting On Ice\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Aphrodesia: A Novel of Suspense\nDescription: ['This modern day mystery has it all -- deceit, murder, revenge sexual frenzy --Publishers Weekly', 'A sensually evocative thriller that satisfies and arouses. Oehler is marvelously versed in the intricacies of perfume manufacturing and history; luckily for the reader, hes also a compelling writer. In particular, the convincing sex scenes flow with the right balance of graphic language and tastefulness. A brilliant, engaging twist on the traditional crime novel. -- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Gothic Ghost Stories\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pale Immortal\nDescription: ['Anne Frasier delivers thoroughly engrossing, completely riveting suspense. -- Lisa Gardner']","rejected":"Title: Chameleon: Fun and Fascinating Facts and Photos about These Amazing & Unique Animals for Kids\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Garden of Darkness\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Dollmaker's Ghost (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pretty Dead (Elise Sandburg)\nDescription: ['Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her award-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romantic suspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Her thrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, The Orchard, was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, One Community read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Deadly Mission\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Red Knight Falling (Harmony Black)\nDescription: ['', 'Craig Schaefers books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow through the Daniel Faust series; to a world torn by war, poison, and witchcraft by way of the Revanche Cycle series; and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies in the new Harmony Black series. Despite this, people say hes strangely normal. He lives in Illinois with a small retinue of cats, all of whom try to interrupt his writing schedule and/or kill him on a regular basis. He practices sleight of hand in his spare time, although hes not very good at it.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Looking Back\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Harmony Black\nDescription: ['', 'Craig Schaefers books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow through the Daniel Faust series; to a world torn by war, poison, and witchcraft by way of the Revanche Cycle series; and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies in the new Harmony Black series. Despite this, people say hes strangely normal. He lives in Illinois with a small retinue of cats, all of whom try to interrupt his writing schedule and/or kill him on a regular basis. He practices sleight of hand in his spare time, although hes not very good at it.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pediatric Renal Transplantation\nDescription: [\"A detailed, contributed reference offering broad coverage of renal transplantation in children. Diagnosis, the patient's medical management, operative methods, surgical and medical complications, donor selection, immunosuppression, late effects on growth and development and psychosocial factors are among the topics discussed. Features a chapter on how to set up and manage a pediatric renal transplant program.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Enchantress (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy\nDescription: ['\"Frankly this is the most well researched book on the subject of aromatherapy I have ever seen. On every page I find interesting information I had not come across before, from the very practical to the very esoteric. It is also a real feast for the eyes. I think every massage therapist would invest well getting this goldmine of information. Thank you KG for this very beautiful gift to our profession.\" -Frank Coppieters, Ph.D., L.M.T. and author of Handbook for the Evolving Heart
\"KG Stiles book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, is truly an encyclopedia of essential oils, with information on almost every aspect of these truly remarkable substances.KG writes from years of experience and investigation into essential oils. This well may be the most comprehensive book yet written on this subject.Highly recommended!\" -Jonathan Goldman, award winning and best-selling author and Grammy nominee
\"I\\'ve known KG Stiles for many years and she\\'s always shown especial care for the safe and best practices when using essential oils. I highly recommend her book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, for the novice, as well as long time aromatherapist.\" -Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, LMT, Founder and Director Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy
\"Ican think of no one better to teach aromatherapy than KG Stiles. Her 30 years of experience combined with her passion as a teacher to assist the personal growth and wellness of all is unsurpassed! It is without hesitation that I recommend KG\\'s book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\" -Eldon Taylor, PhD, FAPA, NY Times bestselling author of Choices and Illusions
\"KG Stiles book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, takes olfaction to a deeper level of understanding and effectively teaches us how we may heal using aroma. KG\\'s instruction in aromatherapy formulations and health and wellness treatments are well worth any price. I highly recommend well-known author and Certified Aromatherapist KG Stiles and her books to all who are interested in holistic curing and the way that aromatherapy can be applied as an effective Mind Body technique.\" -John L. Turner, M.D., neuro-surgeon and author Medicine, Miracles & Manifestations
\"KG offers a detailed, fascinating exploration of aromatherapy and the effects these subtle yet powerful substances have on our physiology and emotions. I highly recommend anyone interested in aromatherapy and holistic healing to check out her book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\" - Dr. Steven Farmer, Well-known Shamanic Healing Practitioner and Best-selling author, Animal Spirit Guides & Earth Magic
\"I highly recommend to anyone that has an interest in aromatherapy and exploring the energetic and vibrational aspects of essential oils that they add this book to their aromatic library.\" -Kelly Holland Azarro, RA, CCAP, CBFP, LMT-Registered Aromatherapist, Aromatherapy Educator and Past President National Association Holistic Aromatherapy
\"KG Stiles has so much knowledge about Essential Oils, Aromatherapy and Holistic Healing. Her passion shines through in everything she does and every book she writes and course she presents. I highly recommend her newest book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\"- Don Fischer, Fischer Creative Media
\"I\\'ve used and enjoyed KG\\'s essential oil blends for many years - they are stunningly effective. An amazing book!\" -Yasmin Boland, best-selling author Angel Astrology 101', 'KG STILES, BA, CBT, CBP, LMT is a metaphysician, holistic health educator, certified clinical aromatherapist and consultant providing expert essential oil services since 1980. A true visionary KG has pioneered pure and natural living and holistic healing for more than 3 decades. Her advice and services have included internationally famous celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, top executives, hospitals and individuals. KG is the founder of PurePlant Essentialsaromatherapy company. She launched her store and online community in 2005 which is now the #1 resource for artisan aromatherapy education on the internet today. KG has published hundreds of articles, which have appeared in Massage Therapy Journal, Massage Today, Breast Cancer Wellness magazine, Aromatherapy Today (Australia) and NAHA Aromatherapy Journal. Her newest awarding winning book, \"The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy,\" won a \\'Living Now\\' Gold Medal Award and was winner of \\'Nautilus\\' and \\'Indie Next Generation\\' book awards. KG lives in Ashland, Oregon and is the NAHA Oregon (South) Director.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hidden Relic (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: El Midrash/ the Midrash: La Sabiduria Del Judaismo/ the Wisdom of Judaism\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Path of the Storm (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Many Faces of Christology\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lore of the Evermen (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Best of Lost Souls\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Resurrection Maker\nDescription: ['Glenn Cooper has a background in archaeology from Harvard and practiced medicine as an infectious diseases specialist. He was the CEO of a biotechnology company for almost twenty years, has written numerous screenplays and has produced three independent feature films. His novels have sold over six million copies in thirty-one languages. He lives in Gilford, New Hampshire.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: When the Snow Comes\nDescription: ['PreSLittle Yak senses something in the air and his mom tells him that Snow is coming. The youngster sets out to tell his animal friends and find out what they do to prepare for the coming of winter. He speaks to Pika, Blue Thrush, and Brown Bear, but their answersgather grass, fly to a warmer home, head off for a long sleepdo not satisfy him. Only when flurries begin and Mother Yak tells him to snuggle close does Little Yak finally learn what to do. He feels lucky because, While all the other animals are sleeping, or hiding, or have gone away, yaks get to see the beautiful snow. There is little to recommend in this slight story with static illustrations.Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax\nDescription: [\"Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie's Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.Toronto Star
Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress.The New York Times\", \"My grandmother is a big fan of the MRS. POLLIFAX mysteries by Dorothy Gilman. I was at first hesitant to try the books, because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to relate to mysteries featuring a suburban grandmother working for the CIA. But because my grandmother's taste in literature has always been impeccable, I decided to delve into Mrs. Pollifax's adventures. I began with THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX, the first in the series, and immediately found them delightful. Mrs. Pollifax is just the kind of grandmother I'd love to have: resourceful, intelligent, somewhat sly, and, of course, a secret CIA operative. Her adventures take her to all corners of the globe: from an authentically described communist China (MRS. POLLIFAX ON THE CHINA STATION) to an exhilarating safari across Africa (MRS. POLLIFAX ON SAFARI). I've thoroughly enjoyed joining her on her adventures, and intend to read them all. I recommend them to everyone who's interested in learning about different countries and cultures--and, obviously, espionage!
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When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The dairyman's daughter: An authentic narrative\nDescription: ['Used - Very Good']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wretched of Muirwood\nDescription: ['\"Fantasy readers looking for a world that both entertains and engages are urged to read this series. The Wretched of Muirwood is a finely crafted beginning to what promises to be an epic fantasy.\" - Foreword Reviews', 'Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: St. Ambrose: His Life, Times, and Teaching (Classic Reprint)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Thief's Daughter (Kingfountain)\nDescription: ['', 'Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is, most importantly, a husband and father, and a devout member of his church. He is occasionally spotted roaming among the oak trees and granite boulders in the hills of California or in any number of the states majestic redwood groves. He is the author of The Covenant of Muirwood Trilogy, The Legends of Muirwood Trilogy, The Whispers from Mirrowen Trilogy, The Landmoor Series, and The Queens Poisoner, book one of The Kingfountain Series.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Believing in Preaching: What Listeners Hear in Sermons\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain)\nDescription: ['', 'Richard III is near-obligatory context for reading about King Severn Argentine; readers less fond of the Bard can refer to Kylo Ren instead. Argentine is the black-garbed, duplicitous, enraged, self-absorbed usurper of the throne of Ceredigion in Wheelers well-wrought fantasy setting. He has taken hostage eight-year-old Owen, youngest child of the Duke of Kiskaddon, as surety for the dukes good conduct. None doubt that the boy is marked for death, but Owen has well-wishers in the labyrinthine palace of Kingfountain, as well as preternatural gifts of focus and analysis. His allies include Ankarette Tryneowy, the titular poisoner in the service of the dowager queen. Wheeler (the Covenant of Muirwood series) develops Owen slowly, taking a long, deep look into a young character and his circumscribed worldan unusual move for a first book in a series. Though Wheeler works very much according to the typical blueprint for high fantasy, the emotional range and insight he convincingly portrays in his child hero make for a political drama that can entice adult and teen audiences alike.', '', '', 'This is the first title in Wheelers projected Kingfountain series, about Owen Kiskaddon, initially the eight-year-old son of a traitorous duke being held hostage at the royal court of Ceredigion. Wheelers Ceredigion is a close analogue of War of the Roses-era England, with the central differences being that this universes Richard III, Severn Argentine, did not fail at his own version of Bosworth and that a mystical fountain is the central religious fixture as well as the source of magical powers for people known as the Fountainblessed. Owen tries to learn the truth about Severn as well as survive at court, relying heavily on the help of a mysterious Fountainblessed woman, the poisoner of the title. While the similar historical sources may make some readers think of Kingfountain as a kinder and gentler Game of Thrones, the novel handles moral ambiguity fairly well and creates a fairly nuanced and sympathetic character in its Richard III analogue. Overall, an enjoyableif conventionalentry in its genre.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Borodino 1812: Napoleon’s great gamble (Campaign)\nDescription: ['', 'The author provides historical context, profiles the opposing commanders and their armies, and then zeroes in on details of Borodino, including providing a complete order of battle...the highlight is dramatic artwork delivered by Peter Dennis, who brilliantly evokes the desperation of both the bloody battle and the doomed French retreat. Toy Soldier & Model Figure', \"Tells of the most important battle of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, and covers the entire campaign from his inital entry into Russia through his retreat. The battle of Borodino is the focal point and is covered in its entirety, including illustrations throughout and packing in fine detail for any student of the times. James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review\", 'Philip Haythornthwaite is an internationally respected author and historical consultant specializing in the military history, uniforms and equipment of the 18th and 19th centuries. His main area of research covers the Napoleonic Wars. He has written some 40 books, including more than 20 Osprey titles, and numerous articles and papers on military history - but still finds time to indulge in his other great passion, cricket.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Ciphers of Muirwood (Covenant of Muirwood)\nDescription: ['', 'Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to become a full-time author. He is, most importantly, a husband and father as well as a devout member of his church. He is occasionally spotted roaming hills with oak trees and granite boulders in California or in any number of the states majestic redwood groves. The Ciphers of Muirwood is the second book in his Covenant of Muirwood Trilogy.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Trayendo Shamballa a la Tierra (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Witch of Napoli\nDescription: ['This debut historical fantasy chronicles the life and times of a famous psychic medium during the late Victorian era. Its 1918 in Italy, and the incomparable psychic Alessandra Poverelli has died. Tomaso Labella, editor of the newspaper Messaggero, is one of the people who knew her best. He fondly remembers meeting her in 1899, when he was a young photographer and she was an up-and-coming medium. She did more than talk to the dead, howevershe could also levitate tables (with a poorly understood telekinesis), which brought her attention from scientific circles. She and Tomaso eventually toured Europe alongside the evolutionist and spiritualism skeptic Camillo Lombardi. This helped Alessandra escape her abusive husband, Pigotti, to whom she never planned to return. Yet, as her reputation soared, she became the target of those who aggressively tried to discredit her. Soon the pace of touring and nightly seances started to ruin Alessandras healthand she could only perform when in high spirits, surrounded by positive onlookers. When the church learned of her abilities, they endeavored to expose a tragic secret from her past. Little did her enemies know that the psychic could also channel a demonic presence that didnt suffer fools lightly. Author Schmicker (The Listener, 2010) delivers an enchanting, graceful narrative that will absorb readers from the first page. Historical elements help ground the story and highlight psychic events when they do happen; we learn, for example, that there were a lot of dead for [Alessandra] to talk to. Cholera swept through Naples all the time, and every family had lost a child...and hoped to make contact one last time. The novel is bittersweet as the teen Tomaso pines for a love twice his age. He tells us she was the first woman in my life. Also impressive is how Schmicker captures the tone of the era: The English rarely bother to learn any other language...why should they, they run the world. In a tale this robust, readers shouldnt take offense at the few slurs used in context. A fully transporting debut that should whet appetites for a follow-up. (Featured Review)', '', '\"A wonderful story. Alessandra is a great character magnetic, powerful, all woman. Shes raw, wild, beautiful, a survivor. Hollywood Actress Sofia Milos (Italian Mafia boss Annalisa Zucca, The Sopranos (HBO)
\"...science and the supernatural collide in a burst of passion you won\\'t soon forget.\"-- Huffington Post Books (Featured Review)
\"Lyrical,authentic...Highly recommended.\"-- Bookmuse UK (Recommended Read Award)
\"...an extraordinary evocation of the Italian spirit.\" -- Discover New Historical Fiction
Meticulously researched...a riveting tale of19thcentury Europe and its obsession with the occult.\" -- Literary Fiction Book Review
\"One of a kind...a deeply moving novel you can\\'t put down.\" -- San Diego Book Review
\"Utterly absorbing...Very highly recommended.\"-- Historical Novel Society
\"...cinematic writing...all the ingredients for a great mini-TV series\" -- Screenwriter/novelist James Dalessandro (1906, Citizen Jane, TheDamnedest, Finest Ruins)
2015 BRAG Medallion Award for Historical Fiction
2015 Chanticleer Award (Supernatural Fiction)
2015 USA Best Books Award (Fiction)', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Nuclear Age Saviors: Flying Saucers And The Subterranean World (1960)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Egyptian (Dominic Grey)\nDescription: [' ', '', 'Layton Green is the author of the Dominic Grey series. Please visit him at www.laytongreen.com for additional information on Layton, his works, and more. You might find him in the corner of a dark and smoky caf in Bogot, researching the next Dominic Grey novel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: National Geographic Special Edition Sacred Journeys\nDescription: [\"Pilgrimage Sites From Stonehedge to Galilee. Earth's Holiest PLaces. Includes FREE map: World Faiths.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Charms & Witchdemeanors (Wicked Witches of the Midwest) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Omicron Conspiracy\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life's a Witch (Wicked Witches of the Midwest) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Fractured: An Ellie MacIntosh Thriller (Detective Ellie MacIntosh)\nDescription: ['', '\"Engrossing.\"Publisher\\'s Weekly', '\"Kate Watterson delivers again in her fifth book of the Detective Ellie MacIntosh series. Grisly, dark, dreary, frigidFractured is everything weve come to expect from Watterson.\"San Francisco Book Review', '', 'KATE WATTERSON grew up on a steady diet of mystery/suspense novels. If it involves murder and intrigue, she is bound to be hooked. Kate also writes award-winning historical novels as Emma Wildes. She lives in rural Indiana with her husband, three children, and a temperamental cat named Poot. She is the author of the Ellie Macintosh series, including Frozen, Buried, Charred and Fractured. ', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Reaper's Game (A Dominic Grey Novella) (The Dominic Grey Series Book 5) eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Yiddish Writers in America\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Boundary Crossed (Boundary Magic)\nDescription: ['', 'A bold new heroine makes her action-packed debut in this exciting new paranormal series. A fun, fast, and furious read! J.D. Horn, author of the Witching Savannah series', 'Fun and interesting characters, a brilliant new heroine, and a plot that will have you gripped until the very end. The start of an excellent series. Steve McHugh, author of the Hellequin Chronicles', '', '', 'Melissa F. Olson was raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and studied film and literature at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After a brief stint in the Hollywood studio system, Melissa moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where she eventually acquired a masters degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a husband, a mortgage, a teaching gig, two kids, and two comically oversized dogs, not at all in that order. Learn more about Melissa, her work, and her dog at www.MelissaFOlson.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Matt Helm: The Vanishers\nDescription: ['Donald Hamilton is the creator of secret agent Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide - a new Matt Helm movie is currently in pre-production at Steven Spielbergs Dreamworks studio. In addition to the Matt Helm novels, Hamilton wrote a number of outstanding stand-alone thrillers and westerns, including The Big Country.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Boundary Crossed: An Old World Novel, Book 1\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Mountain Biking Wyoming (State Mountain Biking Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Shadow Cartel (Dominic Grey)\nDescription: ['', '', '', 'Layton Green is the author of the Dominic Grey serieswhich includes The Summoner, The Egyptian, The Diabolist, and The Shadow Cartelas well as other works of fiction. His novels have reached #1 on numerous genre lists and have cracked the Amazon Top 50 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Visit him on Facebook, Goodreads, LibraryThing, or his website at www.laytongreen.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Building Powerful Numeracy: Facilitator's Guide\nDescription: ['Praise for Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students
\"This book is an outstanding and welcome contribution to the field of mathematics education. It simultaneously addresses the development of numeracy and the extensions to the mathematical ideas taught on the secondary level and does so in a wonderfully engaging, coherent, and thoughtful way. Any secondary teacher reading this book will come away with a far deeper understanding of how to develop numeracy and fluent computation while integrating the more advanced topics that they are required to teach.\" -Catherine Twomey Fosnot, from the back cover of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle & High School Students
\"In today\\'s world, a person who performs only meaningless computation can be replaced by a calculator that costs only a few dollars. At the same time, the person who can use the language and symbolism of mathematics to design and control the technology needed to solve complex problems is highly valued. In this book, Pam Harris provides teachers of grades 6-12 with detailed instructional scenarios that include suggested questioning to help their students build the mathematical flexibility and fluency needed to be more valuable than a cheap calculator in a problem-solving situation.\" -Jane F. Schielack, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
\"As the Common Core Standards for School Mathematics usher in a renewed national focus on school mathematics, it is important for teachers to recognized that students need to have opportunities to make sense of mathematics. Pam Harris provides an abundance of such opportunities...\" -David Webb, University of Colorado at Boulder, Executive Director, Freudenthal Institute USA, from the Foreword of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle & High School Students', 'Pamela Weber Harris is the author of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students. Pam, a former secondary mathematics teacher, is a K-12 mathematics education consultant, a T3 (Teachers Teaching with Technology) National Instructor, and a nationally known speaker She presents at conferences and workshops throughout the U.S. on numeracy, assessment, and using technology appropriately in the mathematic classroom.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Diabolist (Dominic Grey)\nDescription: ['Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek arent your typical private eyes. They specialize in mysteries involving religious cults. Here, Interpol comes calling with a case: in Paris and San Francisco, leaders of satanic cults have been murdered. Grey and Radek soon zero in on Simon Azar, leader of the Order of New Enlightenment, a new and increasingly influential cult supposedly based in London, but Azar seems to be keeping a lot of details about the cult secret (including the location of its new headquarters), and its difficult to nail Azar for the murderseven when Greys and Radeks own lives become seriously in jeopardy. This, the third Grey-Radek novel, is a well-crafted and exciting thriller with a pair of interesting protagonists (Grey, the ex-Marine and juju master; Radek, the expert in cults and religious phenomenology) and a charismatic villain who makes our skin crawl.', '\"Part international thriller, part theology text, part philosophic treatise on good and evil, part intricate, unforgettable nightmare-inducing fever dream, The Diabolist has everything you want from a thriller. Layton Green is a master of intellectual suspense. This ones a killer.\"- JT Ellison, bestselling author of Edge of Black
Layton Green kicks things up a notch and delivers a novel that should, if there\\'s any justice to be found upon the shelves, make him a household name. The Diabolist is a dark, intelligent, spellbinding novel . . . I cannot recommend this one highly enough. Beauty in Ruins Reviews
Greens The Summoner proved his great talent. The Diabolist ensures his place at the top of crime fiction: his number 1 place. Unbelievably good, unbelievably intricate, unbelievably Green. The Review Broads
The Diabolist by Layton Green brings together ancient religions, New Age cults and heroes with dark pasts in a top-shelf novel . . . It was hard for me to put this book down at night simply to sleep. Night Owl Reviews
Dan Brown is pretty good at what he does and I don\\'t begrudge him his success, but when it comes to interesting characters embarking on a thrilling exploration into the dark world of cults, religions and magic Layton Green does it SO much better. Nylon Admiral Reviews
[A] story that will move you to the edge of your seat. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer', '', '']","rejected":"Title: NJ ASK Practice Tests and Online Workbooks: Grade 6 Language Arts and Literacy, Second Edition: 2013 Common Core State Standards Aligned\nDescription: ['Collective work of Expert Teachers. Please visit http://www.lumoslearning.com to learn more.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Red Gold (A Gabe McKenna Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['After an early fling in the motion picture industry and a long and successful career in Academia, Robert Kidera retired in 2010. With his desire to play major league baseball no longer a realistic dream, he chose to fulfill his other lifelong ambition and became a writer. He is a member of Southwest Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers organizations. Red Gold is his debut novel, the first installment in the McKenna Mystery series. He is currently working on its sequel, Get Lost, with a third book to follow. Robert lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife and Otis the cat. He has two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Golfing with the Master: Inspiring Stories to Keep You on Course\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Get Lost (A Gabe McKenna Mystery) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Robert D Kideras debut novel, Red Gold received the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction of 2015, and won Best Mystery of 2015, and Best eBook at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Red Gold is the first novel in the Gabe McKenna Mystery series from Suspense Publishing. Its sequel, Get Lost, will be released on March 8, 2016. A third volume, Cut.Print.Kill. will follow. After an early fling in the motion picture industry and a long and successful career in academia, Kidera retired in 2010. With his desire to play major league baseball no longer a realistic dream, he chose to fulfill his other lifelong ambition and became a writer. He is a member of Southwest Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers organizations. The author lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife Annette and two cats, Otis and Woody. He has two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: KidUSA: United States Activity Book\nDescription: [\"Packed with state activity pages, fascinating facts, flash cards, maps and more, our 152-page KidUSA Activity Book is a great resource. Designed to help children memorize their states and capitals in a fun, hands-on way, this book is a great addition to your home or classroom library! And, it's reproducible - the CD packaged with the book makes printing extra activity pages and sets of flash cards a snap!.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries)\nDescription: ['', 'Charlton handles the historical detail with a finely trimmed quill, never burdening us with too much extraneous detail, yet were pulled along slap-bang into the smelly, dirty, crime-ridden streets of early nineteenth-century London. Sandra Mangan, crimefictionlover.com', 'Charlton creates characters so believable it was easy to forget I was reading a work of fiction. Combined with her attention to detail and meticulous research, the Regency period is brought to life in such a way that I felt I was there with Detective Lavender and Constable Woods, solving the mystery alongside themand what a duo they are proving to be. Gawds teeth! as Constable woods might say. This is a series I hope to enjoy for many years to come. Steve Robinson, author of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mysteries', '', '', 'Karen Charlton writes historical mystery and is also the author of a non-fiction genealogy book, Seeking Our Eagle. She has published short stories and numerous articles and reviews in newspapers and magazines. An English graduate and former teacher, Karen has led writing workshops and has spoken at a number of literary events across the north of England, where she lives. Karen now writes full-time and is currently working on the third Detective Lavender mystery for Thomas & Mercer.', 'A stalwart of the village pub quiz and a member of a winning team on the BBC quiz show Eggheads, Karen also enjoys the theatre and won a Yorkshire Tourist Board award for her Murder Mystery Weekends.', \"Find out more about Karen's work at www.karencharlton.com.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Print the Legend: Photography and the American West\nDescription: [\"More a scholarly tome than the usual Ansel Adams, like coffee-table fixture, this study sets its dual focus on a new pictorial medium and the new distinctively American region of the 19th century. As the title suggests, it is no more about how the West really was than it is a simple compendium of lovely images. Sandweiss, a professor of history and American Studies at Amherst College, attempts a difficult balance of art and history, where photographs and social studies complement each other rather than compete for intellectual space. Time is on Sandweiss's side: as she shows, America's frontier narrative and the new art form did more or less rise up together. The book stakes its labors on the assumption that, even if the confluence is sheer chance, the influence can't help running both ways: photos helped make the West, and the art form was in turn shaped by the new needs of a newly shaped nation. Sandweiss is richly informative and thoughtful in recounting and reconsidering the times, no surprise for an editor of the excellent Oxford History of the American West. Her account of the cultural impact of the Spanish-American War is probing; the Native American history here is inclusive, surprising and subtle. It would be quite difficult to handle the photography with equal Elan, especially given the author's commitment to the significance of public photographs, in large part, fairly repetitive portraiture and Sandweiss's readings of pictures are rarely insightful, if sometimes usefully direct. As a result, the careful and thoughtful book will appeal less to students of photography than to those interested in the place and time, and how our image of it came together. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '\"Scholarly and enlightening.\" -- Betsy Friauf, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram
. . . Sandweiss has written splendidly about the American West and an American craft and how the two evolved together. -- Elliot West, University of Arkansas
. . . [A] fascinating glimpse into the way photography helped shape our understanding of the American West. . . -- David L. Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma and former United States Senator
. . . [R]emarkable, compelling. . . No one writes about western photography with more grace and skill than Martha Sandweiss. -- James P. Ronda, Barnard Professor of Western American History, University of Tulsa
. . . [S]tunning. . . [A] major new history of photography that also provides. . . a richer, more insightful history of. . . the American West. -- Howard R. Lamar, Yale University
A sophisticated and engaging exploration of photography and the West...A really handsome work. -- James McWilliams, Austin (TX) Chronicle
An engrossing account. . . [of] the visual imagery of the West. . . A pioneering study and a readable story. -- Robert M. Utley, author of Lone Star Legend: The First Century of Texas Rangers
Engaging, insightful, . . . impressive. . . [T]his landmark book expands. . . our understanding of the American West and its visual representation. . . [A] superb accomplishment. -- Clyde A. Milner II, Executive Editor, Western Historical Quarterly
Lucidly written and extremely readableThis invaluable booktackles the relatively new field of photographically illustrated booksEngaging. -- (Melissa Renn, In the Loupe)
Panoramic in its. . . . scope, narrative sequencing, and clarity of vision. . . . [A] truly remarkable book, written with. . . . grace. . . . [S]uperbly illustrated. . . . -- Michael Kammen, Reviews in American History', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Vesuvius Isotope (The Katrina Stone Novels) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"Elise takes us into historic, cultural, medical, and scientific arcana likely to surprise you at every turn... in this brainier-than-Dan-Brown mystery journey.\" -Dan Burstein, mega-best-selling co-author of Secrets of the Code
\"Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013\\'s top thriller!\" -Carolyn Hart, mega-best-selling author of Escape from Paris', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ragnarok Rising: The Awakening (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Death Row Complex (The Katrina Stone Novels) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['An anonymous warning is sent to the White House, and a genetically engineered biological weapon is released in a California prison. The unpublished data of biologist Katrina Stone may hold the key to harnessing the lethal bacterium--and to its creation within the desperate world from which biotechnology is born.', \"Kristen Elise, Ph.D. is the author of best-selling medical and historical thrillers The Vesuvius Isotope and The Death Row Complex. A professional drug discovery biologist and life-long travel addict, Elise takes the inspiration for her novels from real-life mysteries and discoveries made both in and out of the laboratory.
Many years ago, while in the lab hunting for inhibitors of a biological weapon, Elise stumbled upon a powerful activator instead. From this discovery, this molecular grenade with the pin still attached, The Death Row Complex was born. A fast-paced science and medical thriller, The Death Row Complex explores an all-too-plausible strain of anthrax and the desperate world of bioengineering that created it. Fans of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton will love The Death Row Complex.
Elise' work as a drug hunter converged with a trip through the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy to spark The Vesuvius Isotope. Likened to the works of Dan Brown including Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code, The Vesuvius Isotope is a treasure hunt through Italy and Egypt, investigating several non-fictional mysteries that have endured for more than two thousand years. More historical mystery/thriller than science thriller, The Vesuvius Isotope traces the tragically misunderstood life of the last pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, and blurs the lines between fact and fiction, medicine and magic, science and superstition, history and legend.
The novels of Kristen Elise - the Katrina Stone novels - explore historical and scientific mysteries across the centuries and reveal the little-known underworld of today's pharmaceutical industry. These revelations bring the reader through international adventures that remind us of one truth: the Ph.D. is bound by no Hippocratic Oath.
Kristen Elise lives in San Diego, California with her husband, stepson, and canine children. When not investigating historical mysteries, she continues to hunt for drugs and the stories they tell.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Solution 186-195: Dubai Democracy\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black City (Ulysses Vidal Adventure Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Fernando Gamboa (Barcelona, Spain, 1970) has devoted most of his adult life to traveling through Africa and Latin America. He has lived in several countries, and worked as a diver, Spanish teacher, entrepreneur, poker player and adventure guide, among many other jobs. In 2014 he published in English his first novel: THE LAST CRYPT. An adventure story in which he presents a discovery of the Americas by the Templars, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. The book has sold more than 200,000 copies all over the world and the Kindle version in Spanish headed the list of bestsellers for seven months on Amazon Spain. In February 2016, Amazon Publishing will release the translation of his last #1 Bestseller novel, titled CAPTAIN RILEY', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Certifying Surgical First Assistant Review\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Last Crypt (Ulysses Vidal Adventure Series)\nDescription: ['Fernando Gamboa (Barcelona, Spain, 1970) has devoted most of his adult life to traveling through Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has lived in several countries and worked as a scuba diver, Spanish teacher, entrepreneur, poker player and adventure guide. At present, hes the #1 bestseller indie author in Spain. His books have been translated from Spanish to Russian, Greek and Italian', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Mom & Dad - I Promise I'll Get Into College: Perspectives from a High School Student and Her Dad\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Her Final Breath (The Tracy Crosswhite Series)\nDescription: ['Robert Dugoni is the #1 Amazon and New York Times bestselling author of My Sisters Grave. Dugoni is also the author of the critically acclaimed David Sloane seriesThe Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Convictionas well as the bestselling standalone novel Damage Control and the nonfiction expos The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year selection. Dugonis books have been likened to those of Scott Turow and Nelson DeMille, and he has been hailed as the undisputed king of the legal thriller by the Providence Journal. Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com. Follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and at Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Northeast Gardening: The Diverse Art and Special Considerations of Gardening in the Northeast\nDescription: ['McDonald, director of special projects at the Brooklyn Botanicstet Garden in New York and author of a syndicated column on houseplants, here attempts \"no more than to share the ways we are gardening today in the Northeast.\" The book\\'s scope comprises the mid-Atlantic states, New England and Eastern Canada, while the author\\'s gardening experience appears to have been concentrated in Brooklyn and Long Island. So although he presents much trenchant information to neophyte gardeners on urban, seaside and container gardening, McDonald tends to gloss over topics pertinent to non-New Yorkers: how to control slugs, repel deer or cope with late-spring frosts, for example. The prose is less highly polished than the elegantly produced photographs in the volume; McDonald is no stylist, and the studiously neutral tone he employs in opening chapters becomes dull. Lovely as they are, the many photos of sumptuous private gardens tend to belie his assertion that gardening is a calling open to folks of all classes. But McDonald offers many practical gardening tips and techniques, as well as imaginative planting suggestions and extensive lists of nurseries, garden suppliers, public gardens and garden societies. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite)\nDescription: ['', 'A Goodreads Best Book of the Month', 'One of the best books Ill read this year. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Touch and Go', 'Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact, especially in a climactic scene set in an abandoned mine during a blizzardwhich is melodramatic but nevertheless effective. Publishers Weekly', 'Yes, a conspiracy is revealed, but its an unexpected one, as moving as it is startling...The ending is violent, suspenseful, even touching. A nice surprise for thriller fans. Booklist', 'Starred Review: Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding...Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre. Library Journal', 'Well-written and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans...Though the pace lags at times, the characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans. Kirkus Reviews', 'My Sisters Grave is a chilling portrait shaded in neo-noir, as if someone had taken a knife to a Norman Rockwell painting by casting small town America as the place where bad guys blend into the landscape, establishing Dugoni as a force to be reckoned with outside the courtroom as well as in. Providence Journal', 'What starts out as a sturdy police procedural morphs into a gripping legal thriller...Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines. This Grave is one to get lost in. Boston Globe', 'This story captured my attention, and made me care about Tracy and Sarah and what happened to them. This is a compelling story, difficult to put down, and the ending was not at all what I expected. I loved My Sisters Grave and was drawn in from the beginning, and can easily recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery. Bitten by Books', '', \"Robert Dugoni is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series : My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath (September 2015) and In the Woods (May 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. Connect with him on Facebook @AuthorRobertDugoni and on Twitter @robertdugoni
Dugoni has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction, was a 2015 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year, and the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 20 countries and have been translated into a dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Gaston Goes to the Kentucky Derby (Gaston Series)\nDescription: ['Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including the illustrations for Pelicans treasured The Night Before Christmas Series. Rices first book, the well-loved classic Cajun Night Before Christmas, has more than 750,000 copies in print. Young readers can enjoy more of Gastons adventures in Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras and sample Rices other childrens stories with favorites such as Texas Jack at the Alamo. With more than 1.5 million copies of his books in print, Rice ranks among the nations best-selling creators of childrens books, receiving awards from Printer Industries of America and the Childrens Book Council, among others. Years after his death, Rices family found the art and text Gaston Joins the Circus, and this discovery has brought Gaston back for one more adventure!', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Obsidian Son: A Nate Temple Supernatural Thriller (The Temple Chronicles) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"Kevin Hearne, Jim Butcher, K.F. Breene and now Shayne Silvers has been added to my favorite Urban Fantasy Authors list.\" - Michael Anderle, Amazon Bestselling Author
\"Best books I\\'ve read in thirty years.\"
\"His intense actions scenes let you see the fangs and claws, hear the gunshots, feel the magic, and smell the fear.\"
\"Shayne could write a grocery list on a dirty napkin and make it an international bestseller.\"
\"All the humor of Deadpool, all the magic of Harry Potter.\"
\"I went from crying my eyes out to laughing uncontrollably, repeatedly.\"
\"This HAS to be picked up by Netflix.\"
\"Publishers who didn\\'t snap up this series are missing out on a gold mine.\"
\"Everything you thought you knew about vampires, shifters, dragons, wizards, fairies and gods is flat wrong.\"
\"I usually see plot twists a mile away. Shayne has proven me wrong. Every time.\"
\"I am astounded as to how the author keeps the story fresh and exciting.\"
\"It\\'s like the characters walked off the page, joined me at the bar, and bought me a drink.\"
\"Shayne deals literary crack, and I\\'m not ashamed to admit I\\'m addicted.\"', 'TEMPLE SHARED UNIVERSE:
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', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Easy Way to Write Short Stories That Sell (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Rob Parnell has been writing fiction since he was five years old. Born in Winchester in the UK, he lived for a long time in London, pursuing a music career until, suitably chastised for his impertinence, he moved to Adelaide, Australia, where he now teaches writing and success strategies to his many thousands of subscribers. His preferred genre is the thriller - sometimes with a supernatural edge - in which he writes short stories, graphic novels, YA novels and adult thrillers. Rob has written over fifty non-fiction self-help titles and been published all over the world for the last fifteen years. Also a composer, singer, music producer and budding movie maker, Rob is ecstatically happy to be married to Robyn Opie Parnell, his savior and the popular bestselling children's author.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blood Debts (The Temple Chronicles) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['\"Kevin Hearne, Jim Butcher, K.F. Breene and now Shayne Silvers has been added to my favorite Urban Fantasy Authors list.\" - Michael Anderle, Amazon Bestselling Author
\"Best books I\\'ve read in thirty years.\"
\"His intense actions scenes let you see the fangs and claws, hear the gunshots, feel the magic, and smell the fear.\"
\"Shayne could write a grocery list on a dirty napkin and make it an international bestseller.\"
\"All the humor of Deadpool, all the magic of Harry Potter.\"
\"I went from crying my eyes out to laughing uncontrollably, repeatedly.\"
\"This HAS to be picked up by Netflix.\"
\"Publishers who didn\\'t snap up this series are missing out on a gold mine.\"
\"Everything you thought you knew about vampires, shifters, dragons, wizards, fairies and gods is flat wrong.\"
\"I usually see plot twists a mile away. Shayne has proven me wrong. Every time.\"
\"I am astounded as to how the author keeps the story fresh and exciting.\"
\"It\\'s like the characters walked off the page, joined me at the bar, and bought me a drink.\"
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', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Had He Worn A Different Body? and 20 Other Unexpected Tales\nDescription: ['Brad Ashmore is a career Silicon Valley engineer who enjoys tinkering with new technology, e.g., Internet of Things. His interests also include space, science, history, and the random fun that abounds on the hundred YouTube channels he follows. He lives with his wife and a bad cat.
Brad loves to write short fiction and has written hundreds of pages over many years. The stories cover a diverse range of themes in various genres: soft sci-fi, humor, absurd, or literary fiction. He prefers \"soft\" to \"hard\" sci-fi to take a break from the quantitative rigor of engineering.
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Find out more at UnexpectedBooks.com.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Red Hill (Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Monster's Game: A Poetic Look Into the Child Behind the Mask of a Survivor\nDescription: ['To All Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse,', '', 'Littlegirl413 chooses to remain anonymous due to the pressures of society and family to hide the shame of being sexually abused from age 4 to about 16. Her goal is not to gain sympathy for her pain, but to generate support for those who are less fortunate than she. It is her dream to shed a spotlight on this terrible silent epidemic throughout the world and end child sexual abuse forever. Maybe one day no child will have to remain anonymous and hide behind a mask of shame.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Reign of Madness (King's Dark Tidings Book 2) eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Islamic Teachings Series: Spiritual and Moral Excellence\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dark Territory: Benjamin Ashwood Book 3\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures)\nDescription: ['Gr 7 UpThe final book in the \"Bloody Jack\" series is as full of adventure, and misadventure, as the last 11 tales of the life of Jacky Faber. When the British naval officer, businesswoman, and former pirate is accused of being a traitor to the United States, Jacky is forced to flee for her life. She disguises herself as a governess and a Russian tightrope walker, all with the help of the many acquaintances she has made during her far-flung travels and her diverse talents and skills. Jacky\\'s on-off relationship with Jaimy Fletcher is finally resolved and all loose ends are tied up by the end, with a few twists along the way. Fans of the \"Bloody Jack\" books will enjoy Jacky\\'s finale, although its dangers and locations are less exotic and extreme than previous adventures. Now 19, she is as popular with men as ever, so references to compromising situations and nudity are frequent, though not explicit. The humor, outrageous situations, and lovable characters keep the protagonist\\'s stories fun and engrossing and are a great recommendation for readers looking for strong female characters and fun historical fiction.Marian McLeod, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT', '', '', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fly Has A Hundred Eyes A\\nDescription: ['Baron adeptly resurrects the uncertainty and the intrigue that characterized pre-World War II Jerusalem. As Arabs and Jews vie for power and position, the British in Palestine are threatened from within by both communities. Amidst this turmoil, scholars and archaeologists continue to conduct research and digs in the disputed lands of the Middle East. Though war looms in Europe and terrorists and riots are becoming commonplace in the Holy Land, Lily Sampson, a young American graduate student, continues to labor on an excavation supervised by celebrated British archaeologist Geoffrey Eastbourne. When Eastbourne is murdered and an artifact Lily recovered is stolen from the excavation site, she resolves to find out why. Naively plunging headfirst into a morally ambiguous morass, Lily becomes a pawn in an ever-escalating international game of double cross and deceit. This atmospheric adventure will effortlessly transport lovers of historical mysteries to another time and place. Margaret Flanagan Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', 'Aileen Baron is a retired professor of archaeology who taught in the anthropology department at California State University Fullerton for twenty years. She has a Ph.D and her experiences in archeology has led to international field work, including a stay at the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem as an NEH scholar and a stint as the director of the overseas campus of California State Universities at the Hebrew University Campus. A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes is her first novel.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Liber8 Your Business Workbook\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Play Dead\\nDescription: ['Frasier (Sleep Tight, etc.) has perfected the art of making a reader\\\\'s skin crawl, which is evident from this book\\\\'s very first scene, in which a medical examiner discovers in the midst of an autopsy that the cadaver he\\\\'s working on is really a live person. Set in Savannah, Ga., this exceptional thriller follows the hunt for the deranged person who\\\\'s drugging people so that their minds remain wide awake even as their bodies resemble death. The creepiness factor increases when Frasier introduces homicide detective Elise Sandburg, who was abandoned in a cemetery as a baby and who knows Gullah spells and culture. Elise\\\\'s partner, anti-social David Gould, is equally strange; his past holds secrets so dark he should be under psychiatric care. Formerly with the FBI, Gould currently lives in a rundown, foul-smelling apartment and sleeps with a prostitute who works for a voodoo priestess. As the two detectives follow leads to the priestess and the former college professor who researched the drug, they forge a tentative bond and come to terms with their own troubled pasts. Frasier\\\\'s characters are not only fully realized, but fascinating to boot, and she evokes the dark, mystical side of Savannah with precision and skill. Appropriately, this unsettling tale closes with a grim children\\\\'s rhyme and a spell for \\\"Elise\\\\'s Follow-Me-Boy Mojo.\\\" Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \\\"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RITA AWARD AUTHOR
~~ Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Heraward-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller,romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romanticsuspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Herthrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in MysteryGuild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, TheOrchard, was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, OneCommunity read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians'Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Flirting On Ice\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Aphrodesia: A Novel of Suspense\\nDescription: ['This modern day mystery has it all -- deceit, murder, revenge sexual frenzy --Publishers Weekly', 'A sensually evocative thriller that satisfies and arouses. Oehler is marvelously versed in the intricacies of perfume manufacturing and history; luckily for the reader, hes also a compelling writer. In particular, the convincing sex scenes flow with the right balance of graphic language and tastefulness. A brilliant, engaging twist on the traditional crime novel. -- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gothic Ghost Stories\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pale Immortal\\nDescription: ['Anne Frasier delivers thoroughly engrossing, completely riveting suspense. -- Lisa Gardner']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Chameleon: Fun and Fascinating Facts and Photos about These Amazing & Unique Animals for Kids\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Garden of Darkness\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Dollmaker's Ghost (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pretty Dead (Elise Sandburg)\\nDescription: ['Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her award-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romantic suspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Her thrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, The Orchard, was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, One Community read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Deadly Mission\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Red Knight Falling (Harmony Black)\\nDescription: ['', 'Craig Schaefers books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow through the Daniel Faust series; to a world torn by war, poison, and witchcraft by way of the Revanche Cycle series; and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies in the new Harmony Black series. Despite this, people say hes strangely normal. He lives in Illinois with a small retinue of cats, all of whom try to interrupt his writing schedule and/or kill him on a regular basis. He practices sleight of hand in his spare time, although hes not very good at it.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Looking Back\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Harmony Black\\nDescription: ['', 'Craig Schaefers books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow through the Daniel Faust series; to a world torn by war, poison, and witchcraft by way of the Revanche Cycle series; and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies in the new Harmony Black series. Despite this, people say hes strangely normal. He lives in Illinois with a small retinue of cats, all of whom try to interrupt his writing schedule and/or kill him on a regular basis. He practices sleight of hand in his spare time, although hes not very good at it.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pediatric Renal Transplantation\\nDescription: [\\\"A detailed, contributed reference offering broad coverage of renal transplantation in children. Diagnosis, the patient's medical management, operative methods, surgical and medical complications, donor selection, immunosuppression, late effects on growth and development and psychosocial factors are among the topics discussed. Features a chapter on how to set up and manage a pediatric renal transplant program.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Enchantress (The Evermen Saga)\\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \\\"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy\\nDescription: ['\\\"Frankly this is the most well researched book on the subject of aromatherapy I have ever seen. On every page I find interesting information I had not come across before, from the very practical to the very esoteric. It is also a real feast for the eyes. I think every massage therapist would invest well getting this goldmine of information. Thank you KG for this very beautiful gift to our profession.\\\" -Frank Coppieters, Ph.D., L.M.T. and author of Handbook for the Evolving Heart
\\\"KG Stiles book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, is truly an encyclopedia of essential oils, with information on almost every aspect of these truly remarkable substances.KG writes from years of experience and investigation into essential oils. This well may be the most comprehensive book yet written on this subject.Highly recommended!\\\" -Jonathan Goldman, award winning and best-selling author and Grammy nominee
\\\"I\\\\'ve known KG Stiles for many years and she\\\\'s always shown especial care for the safe and best practices when using essential oils. I highly recommend her book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, for the novice, as well as long time aromatherapist.\\\" -Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, LMT, Founder and Director Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy
\\\"Ican think of no one better to teach aromatherapy than KG Stiles. Her 30 years of experience combined with her passion as a teacher to assist the personal growth and wellness of all is unsurpassed! It is without hesitation that I recommend KG\\\\'s book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\\\" -Eldon Taylor, PhD, FAPA, NY Times bestselling author of Choices and Illusions
\\\"KG Stiles book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, takes olfaction to a deeper level of understanding and effectively teaches us how we may heal using aroma. KG\\\\'s instruction in aromatherapy formulations and health and wellness treatments are well worth any price. I highly recommend well-known author and Certified Aromatherapist KG Stiles and her books to all who are interested in holistic curing and the way that aromatherapy can be applied as an effective Mind Body technique.\\\" -John L. Turner, M.D., neuro-surgeon and author Medicine, Miracles & Manifestations
\\\"KG offers a detailed, fascinating exploration of aromatherapy and the effects these subtle yet powerful substances have on our physiology and emotions. I highly recommend anyone interested in aromatherapy and holistic healing to check out her book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\\\" - Dr. Steven Farmer, Well-known Shamanic Healing Practitioner and Best-selling author, Animal Spirit Guides & Earth Magic
\\\"I highly recommend to anyone that has an interest in aromatherapy and exploring the energetic and vibrational aspects of essential oils that they add this book to their aromatic library.\\\" -Kelly Holland Azarro, RA, CCAP, CBFP, LMT-Registered Aromatherapist, Aromatherapy Educator and Past President National Association Holistic Aromatherapy
\\\"KG Stiles has so much knowledge about Essential Oils, Aromatherapy and Holistic Healing. Her passion shines through in everything she does and every book she writes and course she presents. I highly recommend her newest book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\\\"- Don Fischer, Fischer Creative Media
\\\"I\\\\'ve used and enjoyed KG\\\\'s essential oil blends for many years - they are stunningly effective. An amazing book!\\\" -Yasmin Boland, best-selling author Angel Astrology 101', 'KG STILES, BA, CBT, CBP, LMT is a metaphysician, holistic health educator, certified clinical aromatherapist and consultant providing expert essential oil services since 1980. A true visionary KG has pioneered pure and natural living and holistic healing for more than 3 decades. Her advice and services have included internationally famous celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, top executives, hospitals and individuals. KG is the founder of PurePlant Essentialsaromatherapy company. She launched her store and online community in 2005 which is now the #1 resource for artisan aromatherapy education on the internet today. KG has published hundreds of articles, which have appeared in Massage Therapy Journal, Massage Today, Breast Cancer Wellness magazine, Aromatherapy Today (Australia) and NAHA Aromatherapy Journal. Her newest awarding winning book, \\\"The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy,\\\" won a \\\\'Living Now\\\\' Gold Medal Award and was winner of \\\\'Nautilus\\\\' and \\\\'Indie Next Generation\\\\' book awards. KG lives in Ashland, Oregon and is the NAHA Oregon (South) Director.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Hidden Relic (The Evermen Saga)\\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \\\"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: El Midrash/ the Midrash: La Sabiduria Del Judaismo/ the Wisdom of Judaism\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Path of the Storm (The Evermen Saga)\\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \\\"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Many Faces of Christology\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lore of the Evermen (The Evermen Saga)\\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, Enchantress, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \\\"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Best of Lost Souls\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Resurrection Maker\\nDescription: ['Glenn Cooper has a background in archaeology from Harvard and practiced medicine as an infectious diseases specialist. He was the CEO of a biotechnology company for almost twenty years, has written numerous screenplays and has produced three independent feature films. His novels have sold over six million copies in thirty-one languages. He lives in Gilford, New Hampshire.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: When the Snow Comes\\nDescription: ['PreSLittle Yak senses something in the air and his mom tells him that Snow is coming. The youngster sets out to tell his animal friends and find out what they do to prepare for the coming of winter. He speaks to Pika, Blue Thrush, and Brown Bear, but their answersgather grass, fly to a warmer home, head off for a long sleepdo not satisfy him. Only when flurries begin and Mother Yak tells him to snuggle close does Little Yak finally learn what to do. He feels lucky because, While all the other animals are sleeping, or hiding, or have gone away, yaks get to see the beautiful snow. There is little to recommend in this slight story with static illustrations.Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax\\nDescription: [\\\"Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie's Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.Toronto Star
Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress.The New York Times\\\", \\\"My grandmother is a big fan of the MRS. POLLIFAX mysteries by Dorothy Gilman. I was at first hesitant to try the books, because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to relate to mysteries featuring a suburban grandmother working for the CIA. But because my grandmother's taste in literature has always been impeccable, I decided to delve into Mrs. Pollifax's adventures. I began with THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX, the first in the series, and immediately found them delightful. Mrs. Pollifax is just the kind of grandmother I'd love to have: resourceful, intelligent, somewhat sly, and, of course, a secret CIA operative. Her adventures take her to all corners of the globe: from an authentically described communist China (MRS. POLLIFAX ON THE CHINA STATION) to an exhilarating safari across Africa (MRS. POLLIFAX ON SAFARI). I've thoroughly enjoyed joining her on her adventures, and intend to read them all. I recommend them to everyone who's interested in learning about different countries and cultures--and, obviously, espionage!
--Malinda Lo, Editorial Assistant\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ohio Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder, and Mayhem in the Buckeye State\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Blight of Muirwood\\nDescription: ['Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Shakespeare Tragedies (Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Scourge of Muirwood\\nDescription: ['Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The dairyman's daughter: An authentic narrative\\nDescription: ['Used - Very Good']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wretched of Muirwood\\nDescription: ['\\\"Fantasy readers looking for a world that both entertains and engages are urged to read this series. The Wretched of Muirwood is a finely crafted beginning to what promises to be an epic fantasy.\\\" - Foreword Reviews', 'Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: St. Ambrose: His Life, Times, and Teaching (Classic Reprint)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Thief's Daughter (Kingfountain)\\nDescription: ['', 'Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is, most importantly, a husband and father, and a devout member of his church. He is occasionally spotted roaming among the oak trees and granite boulders in the hills of California or in any number of the states majestic redwood groves. He is the author of The Covenant of Muirwood Trilogy, The Legends of Muirwood Trilogy, The Whispers from Mirrowen Trilogy, The Landmoor Series, and The Queens Poisoner, book one of The Kingfountain Series.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Believing in Preaching: What Listeners Hear in Sermons\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain)\\nDescription: ['', 'Richard III is near-obligatory context for reading about King Severn Argentine; readers less fond of the Bard can refer to Kylo Ren instead. Argentine is the black-garbed, duplicitous, enraged, self-absorbed usurper of the throne of Ceredigion in Wheelers well-wrought fantasy setting. He has taken hostage eight-year-old Owen, youngest child of the Duke of Kiskaddon, as surety for the dukes good conduct. None doubt that the boy is marked for death, but Owen has well-wishers in the labyrinthine palace of Kingfountain, as well as preternatural gifts of focus and analysis. His allies include Ankarette Tryneowy, the titular poisoner in the service of the dowager queen. Wheeler (the Covenant of Muirwood series) develops Owen slowly, taking a long, deep look into a young character and his circumscribed worldan unusual move for a first book in a series. Though Wheeler works very much according to the typical blueprint for high fantasy, the emotional range and insight he convincingly portrays in his child hero make for a political drama that can entice adult and teen audiences alike.', '', '', 'This is the first title in Wheelers projected Kingfountain series, about Owen Kiskaddon, initially the eight-year-old son of a traitorous duke being held hostage at the royal court of Ceredigion. Wheelers Ceredigion is a close analogue of War of the Roses-era England, with the central differences being that this universes Richard III, Severn Argentine, did not fail at his own version of Bosworth and that a mystical fountain is the central religious fixture as well as the source of magical powers for people known as the Fountainblessed. Owen tries to learn the truth about Severn as well as survive at court, relying heavily on the help of a mysterious Fountainblessed woman, the poisoner of the title. While the similar historical sources may make some readers think of Kingfountain as a kinder and gentler Game of Thrones, the novel handles moral ambiguity fairly well and creates a fairly nuanced and sympathetic character in its Richard III analogue. Overall, an enjoyableif conventionalentry in its genre.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Borodino 1812: Napoleon’s great gamble (Campaign)\\nDescription: ['', 'The author provides historical context, profiles the opposing commanders and their armies, and then zeroes in on details of Borodino, including providing a complete order of battle...the highlight is dramatic artwork delivered by Peter Dennis, who brilliantly evokes the desperation of both the bloody battle and the doomed French retreat. Toy Soldier & Model Figure', \\\"Tells of the most important battle of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, and covers the entire campaign from his inital entry into Russia through his retreat. The battle of Borodino is the focal point and is covered in its entirety, including illustrations throughout and packing in fine detail for any student of the times. James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review\\\", 'Philip Haythornthwaite is an internationally respected author and historical consultant specializing in the military history, uniforms and equipment of the 18th and 19th centuries. His main area of research covers the Napoleonic Wars. He has written some 40 books, including more than 20 Osprey titles, and numerous articles and papers on military history - but still finds time to indulge in his other great passion, cricket.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Ciphers of Muirwood (Covenant of Muirwood)\\nDescription: ['', 'Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to become a full-time author. He is, most importantly, a husband and father as well as a devout member of his church. He is occasionally spotted roaming hills with oak trees and granite boulders in California or in any number of the states majestic redwood groves. The Ciphers of Muirwood is the second book in his Covenant of Muirwood Trilogy.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Trayendo Shamballa a la Tierra (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Witch of Napoli\\nDescription: ['This debut historical fantasy chronicles the life and times of a famous psychic medium during the late Victorian era. Its 1918 in Italy, and the incomparable psychic Alessandra Poverelli has died. Tomaso Labella, editor of the newspaper Messaggero, is one of the people who knew her best. He fondly remembers meeting her in 1899, when he was a young photographer and she was an up-and-coming medium. She did more than talk to the dead, howevershe could also levitate tables (with a poorly understood telekinesis), which brought her attention from scientific circles. She and Tomaso eventually toured Europe alongside the evolutionist and spiritualism skeptic Camillo Lombardi. This helped Alessandra escape her abusive husband, Pigotti, to whom she never planned to return. Yet, as her reputation soared, she became the target of those who aggressively tried to discredit her. Soon the pace of touring and nightly seances started to ruin Alessandras healthand she could only perform when in high spirits, surrounded by positive onlookers. When the church learned of her abilities, they endeavored to expose a tragic secret from her past. Little did her enemies know that the psychic could also channel a demonic presence that didnt suffer fools lightly. Author Schmicker (The Listener, 2010) delivers an enchanting, graceful narrative that will absorb readers from the first page. Historical elements help ground the story and highlight psychic events when they do happen; we learn, for example, that there were a lot of dead for [Alessandra] to talk to. Cholera swept through Naples all the time, and every family had lost a child...and hoped to make contact one last time. The novel is bittersweet as the teen Tomaso pines for a love twice his age. He tells us she was the first woman in my life. Also impressive is how Schmicker captures the tone of the era: The English rarely bother to learn any other language...why should they, they run the world. In a tale this robust, readers shouldnt take offense at the few slurs used in context. A fully transporting debut that should whet appetites for a follow-up. (Featured Review)', '', '\\\"A wonderful story. Alessandra is a great character magnetic, powerful, all woman. Shes raw, wild, beautiful, a survivor. Hollywood Actress Sofia Milos (Italian Mafia boss Annalisa Zucca, The Sopranos (HBO)
\\\"...science and the supernatural collide in a burst of passion you won\\\\'t soon forget.\\\"-- Huffington Post Books (Featured Review)
\\\"Lyrical,authentic...Highly recommended.\\\"-- Bookmuse UK (Recommended Read Award)
\\\"...an extraordinary evocation of the Italian spirit.\\\" -- Discover New Historical Fiction
Meticulously researched...a riveting tale of19thcentury Europe and its obsession with the occult.\\\" -- Literary Fiction Book Review
\\\"One of a kind...a deeply moving novel you can\\\\'t put down.\\\" -- San Diego Book Review
\\\"Utterly absorbing...Very highly recommended.\\\"-- Historical Novel Society
\\\"...cinematic writing...all the ingredients for a great mini-TV series\\\" -- Screenwriter/novelist James Dalessandro (1906, Citizen Jane, TheDamnedest, Finest Ruins)
2015 BRAG Medallion Award for Historical Fiction
2015 Chanticleer Award (Supernatural Fiction)
2015 USA Best Books Award (Fiction)', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Nuclear Age Saviors: Flying Saucers And The Subterranean World (1960)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Egyptian (Dominic Grey)\\nDescription: [' ', '', 'Layton Green is the author of the Dominic Grey series. Please visit him at www.laytongreen.com for additional information on Layton, his works, and more. You might find him in the corner of a dark and smoky caf in Bogot, researching the next Dominic Grey novel.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: National Geographic Special Edition Sacred Journeys\\nDescription: [\\\"Pilgrimage Sites From Stonehedge to Galilee. Earth's Holiest PLaces. Includes FREE map: World Faiths.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Charms & Witchdemeanors (Wicked Witches of the Midwest) (Volume 8)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Omicron Conspiracy\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life's a Witch (Wicked Witches of the Midwest) (Volume 8)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fractured: An Ellie MacIntosh Thriller (Detective Ellie MacIntosh)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"Engrossing.\\\"Publisher\\\\'s Weekly', '\\\"Kate Watterson delivers again in her fifth book of the Detective Ellie MacIntosh series. Grisly, dark, dreary, frigidFractured is everything weve come to expect from Watterson.\\\"San Francisco Book Review', '', 'KATE WATTERSON grew up on a steady diet of mystery/suspense novels. If it involves murder and intrigue, she is bound to be hooked. Kate also writes award-winning historical novels as Emma Wildes. She lives in rural Indiana with her husband, three children, and a temperamental cat named Poot. She is the author of the Ellie Macintosh series, including Frozen, Buried, Charred and Fractured. ', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Reaper's Game (A Dominic Grey Novella) (The Dominic Grey Series Book 5) eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Yiddish Writers in America\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Boundary Crossed (Boundary Magic)\\nDescription: ['', 'A bold new heroine makes her action-packed debut in this exciting new paranormal series. A fun, fast, and furious read! J.D. Horn, author of the Witching Savannah series', 'Fun and interesting characters, a brilliant new heroine, and a plot that will have you gripped until the very end. The start of an excellent series. Steve McHugh, author of the Hellequin Chronicles', '', '', 'Melissa F. Olson was raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and studied film and literature at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After a brief stint in the Hollywood studio system, Melissa moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where she eventually acquired a masters degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a husband, a mortgage, a teaching gig, two kids, and two comically oversized dogs, not at all in that order. Learn more about Melissa, her work, and her dog at www.MelissaFOlson.com.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Matt Helm: The Vanishers\\nDescription: ['Donald Hamilton is the creator of secret agent Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide - a new Matt Helm movie is currently in pre-production at Steven Spielbergs Dreamworks studio. In addition to the Matt Helm novels, Hamilton wrote a number of outstanding stand-alone thrillers and westerns, including The Big Country.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Boundary Crossed: An Old World Novel, Book 1\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mountain Biking Wyoming (State Mountain Biking Series)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Shadow Cartel (Dominic Grey)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', 'Layton Green is the author of the Dominic Grey serieswhich includes The Summoner, The Egyptian, The Diabolist, and The Shadow Cartelas well as other works of fiction. His novels have reached #1 on numerous genre lists and have cracked the Amazon Top 50 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Visit him on Facebook, Goodreads, LibraryThing, or his website at www.laytongreen.com.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Building Powerful Numeracy: Facilitator's Guide\\nDescription: ['Praise for Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students
\\\"This book is an outstanding and welcome contribution to the field of mathematics education. It simultaneously addresses the development of numeracy and the extensions to the mathematical ideas taught on the secondary level and does so in a wonderfully engaging, coherent, and thoughtful way. Any secondary teacher reading this book will come away with a far deeper understanding of how to develop numeracy and fluent computation while integrating the more advanced topics that they are required to teach.\\\" -Catherine Twomey Fosnot, from the back cover of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle & High School Students
\\\"In today\\\\'s world, a person who performs only meaningless computation can be replaced by a calculator that costs only a few dollars. At the same time, the person who can use the language and symbolism of mathematics to design and control the technology needed to solve complex problems is highly valued. In this book, Pam Harris provides teachers of grades 6-12 with detailed instructional scenarios that include suggested questioning to help their students build the mathematical flexibility and fluency needed to be more valuable than a cheap calculator in a problem-solving situation.\\\" -Jane F. Schielack, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
\\\"As the Common Core Standards for School Mathematics usher in a renewed national focus on school mathematics, it is important for teachers to recognized that students need to have opportunities to make sense of mathematics. Pam Harris provides an abundance of such opportunities...\\\" -David Webb, University of Colorado at Boulder, Executive Director, Freudenthal Institute USA, from the Foreword of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle & High School Students', 'Pamela Weber Harris is the author of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students. Pam, a former secondary mathematics teacher, is a K-12 mathematics education consultant, a T3 (Teachers Teaching with Technology) National Instructor, and a nationally known speaker She presents at conferences and workshops throughout the U.S. on numeracy, assessment, and using technology appropriately in the mathematic classroom.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Diabolist (Dominic Grey)\\nDescription: ['Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek arent your typical private eyes. They specialize in mysteries involving religious cults. Here, Interpol comes calling with a case: in Paris and San Francisco, leaders of satanic cults have been murdered. Grey and Radek soon zero in on Simon Azar, leader of the Order of New Enlightenment, a new and increasingly influential cult supposedly based in London, but Azar seems to be keeping a lot of details about the cult secret (including the location of its new headquarters), and its difficult to nail Azar for the murderseven when Greys and Radeks own lives become seriously in jeopardy. This, the third Grey-Radek novel, is a well-crafted and exciting thriller with a pair of interesting protagonists (Grey, the ex-Marine and juju master; Radek, the expert in cults and religious phenomenology) and a charismatic villain who makes our skin crawl.', '\\\"Part international thriller, part theology text, part philosophic treatise on good and evil, part intricate, unforgettable nightmare-inducing fever dream, The Diabolist has everything you want from a thriller. Layton Green is a master of intellectual suspense. This ones a killer.\\\"- JT Ellison, bestselling author of Edge of Black
Layton Green kicks things up a notch and delivers a novel that should, if there\\\\'s any justice to be found upon the shelves, make him a household name. The Diabolist is a dark, intelligent, spellbinding novel . . . I cannot recommend this one highly enough. Beauty in Ruins Reviews
Greens The Summoner proved his great talent. The Diabolist ensures his place at the top of crime fiction: his number 1 place. Unbelievably good, unbelievably intricate, unbelievably Green. The Review Broads
The Diabolist by Layton Green brings together ancient religions, New Age cults and heroes with dark pasts in a top-shelf novel . . . It was hard for me to put this book down at night simply to sleep. Night Owl Reviews
Dan Brown is pretty good at what he does and I don\\\\'t begrudge him his success, but when it comes to interesting characters embarking on a thrilling exploration into the dark world of cults, religions and magic Layton Green does it SO much better. Nylon Admiral Reviews
[A] story that will move you to the edge of your seat. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: NJ ASK Practice Tests and Online Workbooks: Grade 6 Language Arts and Literacy, Second Edition: 2013 Common Core State Standards Aligned\\nDescription: ['Collective work of Expert Teachers. Please visit http://www.lumoslearning.com to learn more.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Red Gold (A Gabe McKenna Mystery) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['After an early fling in the motion picture industry and a long and successful career in Academia, Robert Kidera retired in 2010. With his desire to play major league baseball no longer a realistic dream, he chose to fulfill his other lifelong ambition and became a writer. He is a member of Southwest Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers organizations. Red Gold is his debut novel, the first installment in the McKenna Mystery series. He is currently working on its sequel, Get Lost, with a third book to follow. Robert lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife and Otis the cat. He has two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Golfing with the Master: Inspiring Stories to Keep You on Course\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Get Lost (A Gabe McKenna Mystery) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Robert D Kideras debut novel, Red Gold received the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction of 2015, and won Best Mystery of 2015, and Best eBook at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Red Gold is the first novel in the Gabe McKenna Mystery series from Suspense Publishing. Its sequel, Get Lost, will be released on March 8, 2016. A third volume, Cut.Print.Kill. will follow. After an early fling in the motion picture industry and a long and successful career in academia, Kidera retired in 2010. With his desire to play major league baseball no longer a realistic dream, he chose to fulfill his other lifelong ambition and became a writer. He is a member of Southwest Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers organizations. The author lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife Annette and two cats, Otis and Woody. He has two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: KidUSA: United States Activity Book\\nDescription: [\\\"Packed with state activity pages, fascinating facts, flash cards, maps and more, our 152-page KidUSA Activity Book is a great resource. Designed to help children memorize their states and capitals in a fun, hands-on way, this book is a great addition to your home or classroom library! And, it's reproducible - the CD packaged with the book makes printing extra activity pages and sets of flash cards a snap!.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries)\\nDescription: ['', 'Charlton handles the historical detail with a finely trimmed quill, never burdening us with too much extraneous detail, yet were pulled along slap-bang into the smelly, dirty, crime-ridden streets of early nineteenth-century London. Sandra Mangan, crimefictionlover.com', 'Charlton creates characters so believable it was easy to forget I was reading a work of fiction. Combined with her attention to detail and meticulous research, the Regency period is brought to life in such a way that I felt I was there with Detective Lavender and Constable Woods, solving the mystery alongside themand what a duo they are proving to be. Gawds teeth! as Constable woods might say. This is a series I hope to enjoy for many years to come. Steve Robinson, author of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mysteries', '', '', 'Karen Charlton writes historical mystery and is also the author of a non-fiction genealogy book, Seeking Our Eagle. She has published short stories and numerous articles and reviews in newspapers and magazines. An English graduate and former teacher, Karen has led writing workshops and has spoken at a number of literary events across the north of England, where she lives. Karen now writes full-time and is currently working on the third Detective Lavender mystery for Thomas & Mercer.', 'A stalwart of the village pub quiz and a member of a winning team on the BBC quiz show Eggheads, Karen also enjoys the theatre and won a Yorkshire Tourist Board award for her Murder Mystery Weekends.', \\\"Find out more about Karen's work at www.karencharlton.com.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Print the Legend: Photography and the American West\\nDescription: [\\\"More a scholarly tome than the usual Ansel Adams, like coffee-table fixture, this study sets its dual focus on a new pictorial medium and the new distinctively American region of the 19th century. As the title suggests, it is no more about how the West really was than it is a simple compendium of lovely images. Sandweiss, a professor of history and American Studies at Amherst College, attempts a difficult balance of art and history, where photographs and social studies complement each other rather than compete for intellectual space. Time is on Sandweiss's side: as she shows, America's frontier narrative and the new art form did more or less rise up together. The book stakes its labors on the assumption that, even if the confluence is sheer chance, the influence can't help running both ways: photos helped make the West, and the art form was in turn shaped by the new needs of a newly shaped nation. Sandweiss is richly informative and thoughtful in recounting and reconsidering the times, no surprise for an editor of the excellent Oxford History of the American West. Her account of the cultural impact of the Spanish-American War is probing; the Native American history here is inclusive, surprising and subtle. It would be quite difficult to handle the photography with equal Elan, especially given the author's commitment to the significance of public photographs, in large part, fairly repetitive portraiture and Sandweiss's readings of pictures are rarely insightful, if sometimes usefully direct. As a result, the careful and thoughtful book will appeal less to students of photography than to those interested in the place and time, and how our image of it came together. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '\\\"Scholarly and enlightening.\\\" -- Betsy Friauf, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram
. . . Sandweiss has written splendidly about the American West and an American craft and how the two evolved together. -- Elliot West, University of Arkansas
. . . [A] fascinating glimpse into the way photography helped shape our understanding of the American West. . . -- David L. Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma and former United States Senator
. . . [R]emarkable, compelling. . . No one writes about western photography with more grace and skill than Martha Sandweiss. -- James P. Ronda, Barnard Professor of Western American History, University of Tulsa
. . . [S]tunning. . . [A] major new history of photography that also provides. . . a richer, more insightful history of. . . the American West. -- Howard R. Lamar, Yale University
A sophisticated and engaging exploration of photography and the West...A really handsome work. -- James McWilliams, Austin (TX) Chronicle
An engrossing account. . . [of] the visual imagery of the West. . . A pioneering study and a readable story. -- Robert M. Utley, author of Lone Star Legend: The First Century of Texas Rangers
Engaging, insightful, . . . impressive. . . [T]his landmark book expands. . . our understanding of the American West and its visual representation. . . [A] superb accomplishment. -- Clyde A. Milner II, Executive Editor, Western Historical Quarterly
Lucidly written and extremely readableThis invaluable booktackles the relatively new field of photographically illustrated booksEngaging. -- (Melissa Renn, In the Loupe)
Panoramic in its. . . . scope, narrative sequencing, and clarity of vision. . . . [A] truly remarkable book, written with. . . . grace. . . . [S]uperbly illustrated. . . . -- Michael Kammen, Reviews in American History', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Vesuvius Isotope (The Katrina Stone Novels) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Elise takes us into historic, cultural, medical, and scientific arcana likely to surprise you at every turn... in this brainier-than-Dan-Brown mystery journey.\\\" -Dan Burstein, mega-best-selling co-author of Secrets of the Code
\\\"Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013\\\\'s top thriller!\\\" -Carolyn Hart, mega-best-selling author of Escape from Paris', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ragnarok Rising: The Awakening (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Death Row Complex (The Katrina Stone Novels) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['An anonymous warning is sent to the White House, and a genetically engineered biological weapon is released in a California prison. The unpublished data of biologist Katrina Stone may hold the key to harnessing the lethal bacterium--and to its creation within the desperate world from which biotechnology is born.', \\\"Kristen Elise, Ph.D. is the author of best-selling medical and historical thrillers The Vesuvius Isotope and The Death Row Complex. A professional drug discovery biologist and life-long travel addict, Elise takes the inspiration for her novels from real-life mysteries and discoveries made both in and out of the laboratory.
Many years ago, while in the lab hunting for inhibitors of a biological weapon, Elise stumbled upon a powerful activator instead. From this discovery, this molecular grenade with the pin still attached, The Death Row Complex was born. A fast-paced science and medical thriller, The Death Row Complex explores an all-too-plausible strain of anthrax and the desperate world of bioengineering that created it. Fans of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton will love The Death Row Complex.
Elise' work as a drug hunter converged with a trip through the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy to spark The Vesuvius Isotope. Likened to the works of Dan Brown including Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code, The Vesuvius Isotope is a treasure hunt through Italy and Egypt, investigating several non-fictional mysteries that have endured for more than two thousand years. More historical mystery/thriller than science thriller, The Vesuvius Isotope traces the tragically misunderstood life of the last pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, and blurs the lines between fact and fiction, medicine and magic, science and superstition, history and legend.
The novels of Kristen Elise - the Katrina Stone novels - explore historical and scientific mysteries across the centuries and reveal the little-known underworld of today's pharmaceutical industry. These revelations bring the reader through international adventures that remind us of one truth: the Ph.D. is bound by no Hippocratic Oath.
Kristen Elise lives in San Diego, California with her husband, stepson, and canine children. When not investigating historical mysteries, she continues to hunt for drugs and the stories they tell.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Solution 186-195: Dubai Democracy\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Black City (Ulysses Vidal Adventure Series) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Fernando Gamboa (Barcelona, Spain, 1970) has devoted most of his adult life to traveling through Africa and Latin America. He has lived in several countries, and worked as a diver, Spanish teacher, entrepreneur, poker player and adventure guide, among many other jobs. In 2014 he published in English his first novel: THE LAST CRYPT. An adventure story in which he presents a discovery of the Americas by the Templars, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. The book has sold more than 200,000 copies all over the world and the Kindle version in Spanish headed the list of bestsellers for seven months on Amazon Spain. In February 2016, Amazon Publishing will release the translation of his last #1 Bestseller novel, titled CAPTAIN RILEY', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Certifying Surgical First Assistant Review\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Last Crypt (Ulysses Vidal Adventure Series)\\nDescription: ['Fernando Gamboa (Barcelona, Spain, 1970) has devoted most of his adult life to traveling through Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has lived in several countries and worked as a scuba diver, Spanish teacher, entrepreneur, poker player and adventure guide. At present, hes the #1 bestseller indie author in Spain. His books have been translated from Spanish to Russian, Greek and Italian', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mom & Dad - I Promise I'll Get Into College: Perspectives from a High School Student and Her Dad\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Her Final Breath (The Tracy Crosswhite Series)\\nDescription: ['Robert Dugoni is the #1 Amazon and New York Times bestselling author of My Sisters Grave. Dugoni is also the author of the critically acclaimed David Sloane seriesThe Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Convictionas well as the bestselling standalone novel Damage Control and the nonfiction expos The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year selection. Dugonis books have been likened to those of Scott Turow and Nelson DeMille, and he has been hailed as the undisputed king of the legal thriller by the Providence Journal. Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com. Follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and at Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Northeast Gardening: The Diverse Art and Special Considerations of Gardening in the Northeast\\nDescription: ['McDonald, director of special projects at the Brooklyn Botanicstet Garden in New York and author of a syndicated column on houseplants, here attempts \\\"no more than to share the ways we are gardening today in the Northeast.\\\" The book\\\\'s scope comprises the mid-Atlantic states, New England and Eastern Canada, while the author\\\\'s gardening experience appears to have been concentrated in Brooklyn and Long Island. So although he presents much trenchant information to neophyte gardeners on urban, seaside and container gardening, McDonald tends to gloss over topics pertinent to non-New Yorkers: how to control slugs, repel deer or cope with late-spring frosts, for example. The prose is less highly polished than the elegantly produced photographs in the volume; McDonald is no stylist, and the studiously neutral tone he employs in opening chapters becomes dull. Lovely as they are, the many photos of sumptuous private gardens tend to belie his assertion that gardening is a calling open to folks of all classes. But McDonald offers many practical gardening tips and techniques, as well as imaginative planting suggestions and extensive lists of nurseries, garden suppliers, public gardens and garden societies. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite)\\nDescription: ['', 'A Goodreads Best Book of the Month', 'One of the best books Ill read this year. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Touch and Go', 'Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact, especially in a climactic scene set in an abandoned mine during a blizzardwhich is melodramatic but nevertheless effective. Publishers Weekly', 'Yes, a conspiracy is revealed, but its an unexpected one, as moving as it is startling...The ending is violent, suspenseful, even touching. A nice surprise for thriller fans. Booklist', 'Starred Review: Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding...Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre. Library Journal', 'Well-written and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans...Though the pace lags at times, the characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans. Kirkus Reviews', 'My Sisters Grave is a chilling portrait shaded in neo-noir, as if someone had taken a knife to a Norman Rockwell painting by casting small town America as the place where bad guys blend into the landscape, establishing Dugoni as a force to be reckoned with outside the courtroom as well as in. Providence Journal', 'What starts out as a sturdy police procedural morphs into a gripping legal thriller...Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines. This Grave is one to get lost in. Boston Globe', 'This story captured my attention, and made me care about Tracy and Sarah and what happened to them. This is a compelling story, difficult to put down, and the ending was not at all what I expected. I loved My Sisters Grave and was drawn in from the beginning, and can easily recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery. Bitten by Books', '', \\\"Robert Dugoni is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series : My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath (September 2015) and In the Woods (May 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. Connect with him on Facebook @AuthorRobertDugoni and on Twitter @robertdugoni
Dugoni has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction, was a 2015 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year, and the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 20 countries and have been translated into a dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gaston Goes to the Kentucky Derby (Gaston Series)\\nDescription: ['Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including the illustrations for Pelicans treasured The Night Before Christmas Series. Rices first book, the well-loved classic Cajun Night Before Christmas, has more than 750,000 copies in print. Young readers can enjoy more of Gastons adventures in Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras and sample Rices other childrens stories with favorites such as Texas Jack at the Alamo. With more than 1.5 million copies of his books in print, Rice ranks among the nations best-selling creators of childrens books, receiving awards from Printer Industries of America and the Childrens Book Council, among others. Years after his death, Rices family found the art and text Gaston Joins the Circus, and this discovery has brought Gaston back for one more adventure!', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Obsidian Son: A Nate Temple Supernatural Thriller (The Temple Chronicles) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Kevin Hearne, Jim Butcher, K.F. Breene and now Shayne Silvers has been added to my favorite Urban Fantasy Authors list.\\\" - Michael Anderle, Amazon Bestselling Author
\\\"Best books I\\\\'ve read in thirty years.\\\"
\\\"His intense actions scenes let you see the fangs and claws, hear the gunshots, feel the magic, and smell the fear.\\\"
\\\"Shayne could write a grocery list on a dirty napkin and make it an international bestseller.\\\"
\\\"All the humor of Deadpool, all the magic of Harry Potter.\\\"
\\\"I went from crying my eyes out to laughing uncontrollably, repeatedly.\\\"
\\\"This HAS to be picked up by Netflix.\\\"
\\\"Publishers who didn\\\\'t snap up this series are missing out on a gold mine.\\\"
\\\"Everything you thought you knew about vampires, shifters, dragons, wizards, fairies and gods is flat wrong.\\\"
\\\"I usually see plot twists a mile away. Shayne has proven me wrong. Every time.\\\"
\\\"I am astounded as to how the author keeps the story fresh and exciting.\\\"
\\\"It\\\\'s like the characters walked off the page, joined me at the bar, and bought me a drink.\\\"
\\\"Shayne deals literary crack, and I\\\\'m not ashamed to admit I\\\\'m addicted.\\\"', 'TEMPLE SHARED UNIVERSE:
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', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Easy Way to Write Short Stories That Sell (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"Rob Parnell has been writing fiction since he was five years old. Born in Winchester in the UK, he lived for a long time in London, pursuing a music career until, suitably chastised for his impertinence, he moved to Adelaide, Australia, where he now teaches writing and success strategies to his many thousands of subscribers. His preferred genre is the thriller - sometimes with a supernatural edge - in which he writes short stories, graphic novels, YA novels and adult thrillers. Rob has written over fifty non-fiction self-help titles and been published all over the world for the last fifteen years. Also a composer, singer, music producer and budding movie maker, Rob is ecstatically happy to be married to Robyn Opie Parnell, his savior and the popular bestselling children's author.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blood Debts (The Temple Chronicles) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Kevin Hearne, Jim Butcher, K.F. Breene and now Shayne Silvers has been added to my favorite Urban Fantasy Authors list.\\\" - Michael Anderle, Amazon Bestselling Author
\\\"Best books I\\\\'ve read in thirty years.\\\"
\\\"His intense actions scenes let you see the fangs and claws, hear the gunshots, feel the magic, and smell the fear.\\\"
\\\"Shayne could write a grocery list on a dirty napkin and make it an international bestseller.\\\"
\\\"All the humor of Deadpool, all the magic of Harry Potter.\\\"
\\\"I went from crying my eyes out to laughing uncontrollably, repeatedly.\\\"
\\\"This HAS to be picked up by Netflix.\\\"
\\\"Publishers who didn\\\\'t snap up this series are missing out on a gold mine.\\\"
\\\"Everything you thought you knew about vampires, shifters, dragons, wizards, fairies and gods is flat wrong.\\\"
\\\"I usually see plot twists a mile away. Shayne has proven me wrong. Every time.\\\"
\\\"I am astounded as to how the author keeps the story fresh and exciting.\\\"
\\\"It\\\\'s like the characters walked off the page, joined me at the bar, and bought me a drink.\\\"
\\\"Shayne deals literary crack, and I\\\\'m not ashamed to admit I\\\\'m addicted.\\\"', 'TEMPLE SHARED UNIVERSE:
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', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Had He Worn A Different Body? and 20 Other Unexpected Tales\\nDescription: ['Brad Ashmore is a career Silicon Valley engineer who enjoys tinkering with new technology, e.g., Internet of Things. His interests also include space, science, history, and the random fun that abounds on the hundred YouTube channels he follows. He lives with his wife and a bad cat.
Brad loves to write short fiction and has written hundreds of pages over many years. The stories cover a diverse range of themes in various genres: soft sci-fi, humor, absurd, or literary fiction. He prefers \\\"soft\\\" to \\\"hard\\\" sci-fi to take a break from the quantitative rigor of engineering.
\\\"Had He Worn a Different Body? and 20 Other Unexpected Tales\\\" is his first published anthology.
Find out more at UnexpectedBooks.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Red Hill (Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Monster's Game: A Poetic Look Into the Child Behind the Mask of a Survivor\\nDescription: ['To All Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse,', '', 'Littlegirl413 chooses to remain anonymous due to the pressures of society and family to hide the shame of being sexually abused from age 4 to about 16. Her goal is not to gain sympathy for her pain, but to generate support for those who are less fortunate than she. It is her dream to shed a spotlight on this terrible silent epidemic throughout the world and end child sexual abuse forever. Maybe one day no child will have to remain anonymous and hide behind a mask of shame.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Reign of Madness (King's Dark Tidings Book 2) eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Islamic Teachings Series: Spiritual and Moral Excellence\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dark Territory: Benjamin Ashwood Book 3\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures)\\nDescription: ['Gr 7 UpThe final book in the \\\"Bloody Jack\\\" series is as full of adventure, and misadventure, as the last 11 tales of the life of Jacky Faber. When the British naval officer, businesswoman, and former pirate is accused of being a traitor to the United States, Jacky is forced to flee for her life. She disguises herself as a governess and a Russian tightrope walker, all with the help of the many acquaintances she has made during her far-flung travels and her diverse talents and skills. Jacky\\\\'s on-off relationship with Jaimy Fletcher is finally resolved and all loose ends are tied up by the end, with a few twists along the way. Fans of the \\\"Bloody Jack\\\" books will enjoy Jacky\\\\'s finale, although its dangers and locations are less exotic and extreme than previous adventures. Now 19, she is as popular with men as ever, so references to compromising situations and nudity are frequent, though not explicit. The humor, outrageous situations, and lovable characters keep the protagonist\\\\'s stories fun and engrossing and are a great recommendation for readers looking for strong female characters and fun historical fiction.Marian McLeod, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT', '', '', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":263,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":263,"string":"263"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes\nDescription: ['125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt is an absolute goldmine of fabulous recipes for making all sorts of gluten free goodies in your bread machine. Before receiving my own copy of this book, I\\'d read reviews on Amazon.com which stated that the authors actually wrote this book for the zojirushi bread machine. This is not the case. In fact, this book has a lot of guidance for using any 1.5 to 2 pound bread machine for baking.Each recipe is written with a typical wheat setting in mind, but a gluten free setting is recommended. I have been using a Cuisinart bread machine with a gluten free setting for baking recipes from this book and I could not be more pleased with the results. You do not need to have the most expensive bread machine on the market in order to be successful making gluten free breads. Each recipe I\\'ve tried from this book (and I\\'ve tried most of them) has come out beautifully. My family\\'s favorite gluten free breads are the Henk\\'s Flax Bread and the Cinnamon Raison Bread, which turns out better than any bakery loaf, bar none! We all refer lovingly to Henk\\'s Flax Bread as \"Uncle Henk\\'s Bread\", as we feel a true bond with this \"Henk\" and his wondrous bread. We used to purchase healthy grain breads from the grocery store each week. However, since receiving this cookbook back in February, we have not bought one single loaf of bread. I\\'ve been making ALL of our bread from scratch, using no other book than this one. Because of this, we\\'ve saved money, lost weight, and we\\'re eating so much more nutritiously now. Honestly, if you plan on making gluten free breads in your bread machine, this is the book you need. Store-bought gluten free breads can be dry and tasteless, but the breads you\\'ll make from recipes in this book will most definately amaze you. I give this book 5 spatulas! This is a must have book for anyone with a bread machine. I would recommend trying the cinnamon raison bread and henk\\'s flax bread for anyone who is using a bread machine and would like a healthy alternative to ordinary breads. These are sooooooooo good. (Top Cook Books topcookbooks.com 2011-05-12)', '', 'Donna Washburn and Heather Butt are best-selling authors, food stylists and recipe developers. There are 150,000 copies of their previous gluten-free cookbooks in print and more than 300,000 copies of their bread machine cookbooks in print.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Byzantium (I): The Early Centuries\nDescription: ['Several works dealing with Byzantine history have recently appeared (see Nicolas Cheetham\\'s Medieval Greece, LJ 3/15/81 and Antony Bridge\\'s Theodora, LJ 6/15/84), but this is probably the most comprehensive survey for the general reader and tourist. The first of a projected three-volume study, this elegantly written tribute to the Western debt to Byzantium traces the history of the city from the birth of Constantine c.274 to the coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800. While slight attention is given to ordinary people, and the approach is very Eurocentric, all the great figures of early Byzantine history are here; the architectural monuments, theological controversies, the notorious sexual tastes of many emperors, and the proverbially \"Byzantine\" court intrigues are lucidly described. For general collections. - Bennett D. Hill, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'the series. Includes 32 pages of illustrations, and 11 maps and tables.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Gluten-Free Baking Classics for the Bread Machine\nDescription: [\"My philosophy about gluten-free baking is that it should be simple. Most gf bakers I know don't want to reach for six different flours every time they bake- and neither do I.Wheat bakers use only two flours- all purpose for cakes, pies, muffins and cookies, and bread flour for bread. I do the same: I have an all-purpose brown rice flour mix (extra finely ground brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch) for my all purpose flour and the bread flour mix(millet, sorghum, potato starch, tapioca starch and corn starch)in this book for my breads.It is easy- and it increases your learning curve. If you use a different combination of flours each time you bake, how will you know what goes wrong- or right? Baking pros don't do this; that is how they become skilled in their craft. Moreover, wheat bakers enhance the taste and texture of their breads with other added flours (whole wheat, rye, etc.) and so do I. I recommend using whole grain teff and ground oatmeal (my favorites), Montina, amaranth, or quinoa. I give recommendations as to how to do this in the book. --From the Author\", 'Annalise Roberts co-writes for the website foodphilosopher.com. She gives talks and demos to a variety of celiac support groups in the New York metropolitan area, including the Westchester Celiac Sprue Support Group. She is a resource contact for the Celiac Sprue Association in Bergen County, New Jersey (CSA is the largest celiac organization in America and has more than 10,000 members.) She teaches gluten-free baking and cooking at The Kings Cooking Studio in Short Hills, New Jersey and at local community adult schools in New Jersey.']","rejected":"Title: Records of the Veterans from The Town Of ISLIP, Suffolk Co, NY Those who served in World War I,World War II, Korea and Vietnam CD 3 Volumes\nDescription: [\"Records of the Veterans from The Town Of ISLIP, Suffolk County, New York - Those who served in World War I,World War II, Korea and Vietnam. CONTAINS THREE TEXT: 1. WORLD WAR I RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ISLIP, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, 1917-1918 - WORLD WAR 1917-1918 Perry S. Wicks,Compiler: Personal stories, facts, figures, and photos of most of the men who fought in the Great War, WW I, 194+ pgs. 2. WORLD WAR II RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ISLIP, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK - Islip, Suffolk County, New York: Compiled and edited by Nathaniel R. Howell, Town Historian, A tribute to the men and women of the Islip/Suffolk County area who served in World War II. Individual servicemen's photos with biographical descriptions of all those from Islip town that served their country in World War II, Printed by Buys Bros., 1948, 769 pgs. 3. THE JOURNAL OF ISLIP'S KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETERAN: Dedicated and authorized by the town board to the veterans of Vietnam and Korea. Service portraits, B/W Photos, and details are listed, Jeane M. Podhany, Islip, New York, Town of Islip/Amityville Offset Printing, 975 pgs., 1987\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Magnesium Solution for High Blood Pressure (The Square One Health Guides)\nDescription: ['', '\"A timely rebuttal to the pill-first argument.\"', '', '', 'Jay S. Cohen, MD, is an Associate Professor (Voluntary) of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cohen is a widely recognized expert on prescription drugs and their natural alternatives. He has published scientific papers in leading medical journals and has written articles for Newsweek,Bottom Line Health, and Life Extension Magazine. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Cohen is also the founder of the Center for the Prevention of Medication Side Effects, which offers commentary on current issues in medical care.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Crimson Skies: A Game of Aerial Combat\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Jesus Chronicles: A Chronological Study Through the Gospels\nDescription: ['Jesus 3 year public ministry comes alive in this vibrant, illuminating retelling by Pastor Jack Abeelen, a uniquely gifted Bible teacher. In The Jesus Chronicles, the Messiahs sermons, healings, confrontations with Roman and religious authorities, and interactions with His disciples and the common people unfold chronologically, drawing the reader into the ancient world as if it were today.Insightful cultural and historical details will enlarge your understanding of the Passion of Christ.', 'Though raised Catholic and educated in parochial schools, Pastor Jack Abeelen heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ at age 18 and gave his life to God. Founding pastor of Morningstar Christian Chapel, a Calvary Chapel affiliate, Pastor Jack is known as a gifted communicator and teacher. His daily radio program Growing thru Grace airs on over 450 stations. Jack and his wife Debbie have two sons, Jacob and David, two daughter-in-laws, Christy and Cheri, and five grandchildren.']","rejected":"Title: Jazz Mini Wall Calendar 2017: 16 Month Calendar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hypertension High Blood Pressure: How To Lower Blood Pressure Permanently In 8 Weeks Or Less The Hypertension Treatment Diet and Solution\nDescription: [\"Hypertension or High Blood pressure as it is also called is certainly a serious and life threatening condition. The problem is that too many people don't even know they have high blood pressure while the undue pressure in the arteries slowly erodes the arteries and organs and increases the risk of stroke, congestive heart failure, kidney failure and heart attack..
Did you know that with high blood pressure you have an increased risk of: Strokes
Heart attacks
Hypertensive cardiomyopathy (heart failure due to chronically high blood pressure)
Hypertensive retinopathy - (damage to the retina caused by high blood pressure)
Hypertensive nephropathy - (damage to the kidneys due to chronic high blood pressure)
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (also referred to as Peripheral artery disease (PAD) or Peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD)
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a silent killer. It is causing havoc. But the good news is that there is more than enough evidence to show that the condition can be treated, reversed and permanently cured with a natural and lifestyle change approach. The approach is discussed at length in my book and you will find that in some cases you can get yourself out of the danger zone within just a few weeks.
I want to encourage you to read this book and apply what you learn. You will find it an easy read with no medical jargon.\"]","rejected":"Title: Dog Walker (Orca Currents)\nDescription: ['\"Easy to present to reluctant readers.\" (VOYA 2006-08-01)
\"An amusing and clever book. Excellent.\" (Resource Links 2006-06-01)
\"While this fast-paced, dialogue-filled romp is a delight for all dog lovers, any reader will enjoy Turk\\'s quick-thinking solution that has him racing to keep the girl and the dog.\" (Blogcritics.org 2006-09-26)
\"A quick read with believable characters. Recommended for reluctant readers.\" (KLIATT 2006-11-01)
\"A good choice for any reluctant reader...A fun and interesting story.\" (Washington State Revew Group 2007-04-01)
\"A fun read...This book should appeal to both boys and girls. Recommended.\" (Canadian Book Review Annual 2008-06-15)', \"Turk's moneymaking scheme gets out of control.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: One Surrendered Life\nDescription: ['Bob Coy is one of the most exciting young ministers in the United States today. It has been a thrill to watch the way God has used him to inspire so many people to a renewed hope and trust in Jesus Christ...']","rejected":"Title: Elon Musk: Life Story and Life Lesson of Future, Business, Success and Entrepreneurship (Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance, Tesla, Entrepreneurship, Successful,Bill Gates, Mark Cuban) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The DASH Diet for Hypertension\nDescription: ['Thomas Pickering, M.D. Director, Integrative and Behavioral Cardiac Health Program and Hypertension Section, Mount Sinai School of Medicine This is not just another fad diet, but one that is scientifically proven to be the best for people who are concerned about their blood pressure. The DASH studies were a major breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of hypertension, and the diet is now described in a practical and straightforward manner.
Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H. Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine This book is amazingly clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly. There is a lot of \"what to do\" and \"how to do it.\" And also \"why\" for the consumer who wants to understand why to choose DASH over the other diets that are out there. This book will even convince the skeptics who don\\'t believe that ordinary foods can make a big difference. There is no trick here.
Dr. Ronald Krauss Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Chair, American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism An excellent, user-friendly resource for people with high blood pressure, as well as anyone who wants to improve their heart health.
Dr. Patricia Elmer Senior Nutrition Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Member, Nutrition Committee, American Heart Association Excellent! A medication-free alternative to help millions of Americans lower their high blood pressure and live healthier, longer lives.
Aram V. Chobanian, M.D. Dean, Boston University Medical School The DASH diet is an exciting, new nutritional approach to the management of hypertension, and its effectiveness has been well documented by carefully controlled scientific studies. I recommend it not only for hypertensive patients but also for nutritionists, medical practitioners, and anyone interested in adopting a healthier lifestyle.
Norman K. Hollenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Harvard Medical School This book fills an unmet need, providing clear and simple guidelines supported by solid data obtained from outstanding studies. I have no doubt that it will work.', 'Mark Jenkins is a journalist and the author of several health books, including the Sports Medicine Bible, and is a consultant to the Harvard Medical School system.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Exploring with GPS: For hunters, rescue teams, hikers, mountain bikers, anglers, geocachers, backpackers, cross-country skiers, snowshoers, boaters, ... who uses recreational GPS in the outdoors\nDescription: ['Updated March 2012
Website links checked and updated
Improved maps
What to Buy updated
', \"The author has a serious problem- he doesn't know what he wants to do when he grows up. Meanwhile, he's done such things as wildland fire fighting, running a mountain shop, flying airplanes, shooting photos, and writing books. He's a backcountry skier, climber, figure skater, mountain biker, amateur radio operator, river runner, and sea kayaker- but the thing that really floats his boat is hiking and backpacking. No matter what else he tries, the author always come back to hiking- especially long, rough, cross-country trips in places like the Grand Canyon. Some people never learn. But what little he has learned, he's willing share with you- via his books, of course, but also via his websites, blogs, and whatever works.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread : More Than 200 Wheat Free Recipes\nDescription: ['Anyone suffering from an allergy to wheat will find Hagman\\'s newest book a godsend. The author of three earlier gluten-free cookbooks (e.g., The Gluten-Free Gourmet), she tested and retested recipes to come up with dozens of yeast breads and quick breads, rolls and muffins, crackers, and more for those who would otherwise be deprived of their \"daily bread.\" Most of these recipes can be made either in a bread machine or by hand, and many are suitable for those with other allergies or dietary needs as well. Strongly recommended. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'For people with genetically induced celiac disease, finding breads safe to eat presents significant challenges, since the very gluten that holds most breads together is precisely the source of the sufferers\\' gastrointestinal distress. Hagman, who has already produced one book of general recipes for the celiac affected, turns her full attention to bread. She overcomes the gluten obstacle through use of nonwheat flours, most of which are made from beans of different sorts. To reproduce the \"spring\" of yeast-leavened wheat flour breads, Hagman recommends the addition of xanthan gum. Each recipe has two sets of directions, one for hand mixing, the other for the easy-to-use bread machine. Along the way, Hagman offers tips for producing breads that will make the celiac feel very little deprived. A useful addition to public library nutrition collections. Mark Knoblauch', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Vengeance At Port Royal\nDescription: ['Brett Licciardello has retired from a career in law enforcement. For the next chapter of his life he has combined his vivid imagination and a life long passion for history and the sea to create stories of adventure.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cultured Food for Life: How to Make and Serve Delicious Probiotic Foods for Better Health and Wellness\nDescription: ['\"Cultured Food for Life is just what the doctor should be ordering! This book is loaded with health wisdom that can change your life!\" Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
\"Donna Schwenk has taken lacto-fermentation to a whole new level with this attractive and creative book. She provides plenty of new ideas and some old favorites for the alchemy of fermented foods. Cultured Food for Life is a great contribution to the growing movement in natural pickling and healthy, digestible grains.\" Sally Fallon Morell, author of Nourishing Traditions and president of The Weston A. Price Foundation
\"More and more, the research is clear that the true secret to health, vitality, and weight loss lies in the quality of our intestinal flora. Cultured Food for Life is an invaluable resource for creating that healthy flora in a simple, fun, sustainable, and delicious way. Read the book, follow the suggestions, enjoy the recipes, and watch how you and your family experience energy and a vibrancy youve never thought possible.\" Jon Gabriel, international best-selling author and creator of The Gabriel Method
\"Donnas passion and experience, along with her easy-to-follow recipes, make this book a must-have for anyone interested in fermented foods.\" Stepfanie Romine, co-author of The SparkPeople Cookbook and The Spark Solution', 'Donna Schwenk is the Kansas City Chapter leader for Weston Price Foundation, a worldwide organization comprised of people dedicated to restoring nutrient dense food to the human diet through education, research, and activism. She is teaches classes in the Kansas City area to open peoples eyes to the power of cultured foods, which dramatically changed her health and the health of her family when she been making and eating them in 2002. She is the founder of www.culturedfoodlife.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Standing Flower\nDescription: ['
', 'Robert Black is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. ']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire A Millionaire: So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Sweet Sister\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Gluten-Free Baking Classics\nDescription: [\"
“Gluten-Free Baking Classics contains a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that Gourmet magazine claimed were ‘perfect’ and ‘dared anyone to detect that they weren’t made with traditional wheat flour.’ I took the challenge and tried a test recipe on chocolate chip cookie-lovers…only to find that Gourmet was right and I didn’t have enough taste samples to keep up with their enthusiastic appetites.” —Sue Ade, Morris News Service
“[Roberts’s] kitchen tested recipes make her baked goods lighter, and fluffier than the rest.” —Donna Gray, Calgary Herald
“We were captivated by these perfect chocolate chip cookies, [with their] crisp yet yielding texture, and we dare anyone to detect they weren’t made with traditional wheat flour…[the] rich but light…cake loses nothing from the absence of white flour.” —Gourmet
“This remarkable cookbook contains mouthwatering recipes, the directions are easy to follow and the hints are a welcome extra bonus.” — Elaine Monarch, Executive Director, Celiac Disease Foundation
“This wonderful book by Annalise Roberts is very readable, and the recipes taste great!” —Peter H.R. Green, M.D. and Anne R. Lee, R.D., Celiac Disease Center, Columbia
“An excellent cookbook. This is rare. I've seen some absolutely dreadful gluten-free cookbooks....As far as the dishes, YUM! Not a single flop so far and that's saying a lot.” —C. Allison, CookingHelpWeb
\", \"My philosophy about gluten-free baking is that it should be simple. Most gf bakers I know don't want to reach for six different flours every time they bake- and neither do I.Wheat bakers use only two flours- all purpose for cakes, pies, muffins and cookies, and bread flour for bread. I do the same: I have an all-purpose brown rice flour mix (extra finely ground brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch) for my all purpose flour and the bread flour mix(millet, sorghum, potato starch, tapioca starch and corn starch)in this book for my breads.It is easy- and it increases your learning curve. If you use a different combination of flours each time you bake, how will you know what goes wrong- or right? Baking pros don't do this; that is how they become skilled in their craft.
Moreover, wheat bakers enhance the taste and texture of their breads with other added flours (whole wheat, rye, etc.) and so do I. I recommend using whole grain teff and ground oatmeal (my favorites), Montina, amaranth, or quinoa. I give recommendations as to how to do this in the book.
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Danielle Walkers first book --was (and still is) a gangbuster hit, so trust me when I tell you that her second book, Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple, is just as exciting and eye-opening when it comes to eating a gluten free and/or paleo diet. I was looking to try out a recipe or two from the book but while reading it everything looked so amazing I ended up putting tabs on more than half of the pages. (Weelicious)
Danielle Walker, whose cookbook \"Against All Grain\" made her a celebrity with the paleo diet and gluten-free crowd, offers conscientious recipes for celebrations and holidays in her new cookbook, \"Meals Made Simple.\" (How conscientious? Her pumpkin spice latte includes real pumpkin.) (Denver Post)
After her debut paleo recipe title Against All Grain soared to the New York Times Bestseller list in 2013, she nails it again with inspiring, beautifully photographed recipes that sound incredibleand are all made sans dairy or grains. This time around, you also get 8 weeks of meal plans and shopping lists. (Self Magazine)', 'Food blogger and author of the New York Times best-selling cookbook, Against All Grain (www.againstallgrain.com), Danielle Walker, is the new face of grain-free cooking. A self-trained chef, Danielle tempts a range of appetites with her innovative, accessible Paleo-influenced recipes that are not only healthy and delicious, but are also credited for saving her life. Paying homage to the dishes she loved from her pre-Paleo days, she imaginatively recreates all of her favorites without grains, gluten and most times, dairy.
A Diagnosis and Decision For months, Danielle suffered from drastic weight loss, joint pain and malnutrition. After countless doctor visits, she was diagnosed with a severe form of Ulcerative Colitis at age 22, just two months after getting married. Despite her expansive array of medications and prednisone steroids, Danielle found herself hospitalized numerous times each year, admitted repeatedly for multiple blood transfusions due to morbidly low hemoglobin levels.
Left with a choice between surgery or a life-long weekly treatment with harsh side effects, Danielle began her own research to explore other options. A friends success on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) led Danielle to give it a try, only eating grain-free, sugar-free, starch-free, and unprocessed foods. Although no doctor would support a dietary change as a part of her treatment, Danielle realized that she could take things into her own hands to achieve real results.
Cooking by Necessity Danielle noticed improvement, but committing to a new, drastically different diet was not easy. When her son was just 9 months old, she had an extreme setback which caused her to be hospitalized yet again and required multiple blood transfusions. She began eliminating more food groups including grains, lactose and legumes, following a plan that closely mimicked the Paleo diet. Seeing drastic progress after just 48 hours, Danielle began dedicating her free time to creating delicious comfort foods that could be enjoyed on a restricted diet. She focuses on flavors and textures, refusing to feel deprived despite her limited food choices.
Sharing her Success Danielle started her blog, Against All Grain, to help others suffering from similar ailments continue to enjoy food. Her recipes are all entirely grain-free, and consequently gluten-free, free of refined sugars, and minimal to no dairy. Most are appropriate for those following the Paleo, Primal, SCD, GAPS, and gluten-free lifestyles, and more. With her acquired culinary skills, love for food, and an equal love for journalism, she has become a source of hope for others suffering from similar allergies and autoimmune diseases.
Coveting a large, but loyal following on her blog, Danielle expanded beyond the internet and released her first cookbook, Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great, in July 2013. With a large social media and blog following, Danielle has become a beacon of hope in the food community.
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\"The Waiting\" offers up the poignant and true story of a lost child and a mother who never gave up searching for her, and gathers decades of secret letters from a mother reflecting her perpetual agony wondering how her daughter is doing in life. As her reflection turns to an all-out search, readers follow her progress, begun when she was raped by a stranger in the woods and following her search for God\\'s insights along the way. The result is a title that blends biography with spiritual reflection and a vivid, true search that readers will find engrossing.--Midwest Book Review', 'Decades of secret letters from a mother longing for her daughter . . . 1929: I sure hated to give her up. But I know it was for the best. I miss her so every night . . . 1933: I would like to know how my big baby girl is getting along. . . . Sometimes the hills are hard to climb, and if I could only hear of her once in awhile it means so much. 1939: Bless her little heart, I hope she shall be happy always. . . . I would so appreciate just a line or two about her. 1944: Im wondering how my little Betty is. I know I should be very proud of her now. She must be a young lady, nearly sixteen. I think of her so often. . . . 1945: Betty Jane will be seventeen yrs old . . . it hardly seems possible . . . please write me if youve any news . . . she is at such a tender age now. 1947: Please write me if you have word . . . will make my Xmas happier just to know she is fine and happy. . . .', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beyond the Borderlands: Migration and Belonging in the United States and Mexico\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The 7-Minute Back Pain Solution: 7 Simple Exercises to Heal Your Back Without Drugs or Surgery in Just Minutes a Day\nDescription: ['
Louise was sitting in my office, looking anxious. A forty-four-year-old working mother of two, she spent her weekdays at an office and her weekends driving the kids around to a variety of activities. Her back had started aching one bright Sunday, over ten days earlier, after she helped a group of kids clamber up into her minivan after soccer practice.
\"When I lifted the soccer bag, I felt a big sort of bad twinge in my back,\" she told me. \"So when I got home, I went right to the medicine cabinet and took some of my leftover pain meds from my recent dental surgery. I stayed in bed the rest of the day, but the pills didn\\'t really help. The next day the pain was so bad, I couldn\\'t go to work. I was lucky my mom was able to come and take care of the kids after school, but I missed a whole week of work, and now my boss is mad at me, because he thinks I\\'m faking, and my kids are mad at me because I was hurt too bad to pay any attention to them, and my husband is mad because I couldn\\'t do what I usually do around the house.\" She burst into tears. \"And the pain just won\\'t go away. I can\\'t take it anymore.\"
Louise was a typical patient with low back pain. And like most of my typical patients, she unwittingly made things worse after she felt that initial twinge:
She didn\\'t know how to treat the pain, so she took prescription meds that were not prescribed for this problem (something no one should ever do!).
She stayed in bed.
She hoped the pain would go away by itself.
After I examined Louise and ruled out anything serious, I told her that her pain was due to back strain-and that what had happened to her was not her fault. In fact, it was incredibly common. And I told her that I was giving her permission to move so she could get back to her normal activities.
Like most patients who hear this information, she looked at me in shock. \"But I\\'m afraid to move. It hurts too much!\" she said. \"Won\\'t that make things worse?\"
\"No, it won\\'t,\" I told her. \"It will help you heal.\" Then I sent her home with instructions on how to do the y-Minute Back Pain Solution stretches and told her that if she didn\\'t get better after doing them for several weeks, only then might she be a candidate for a more intense workup.
Louise was very relieved, especially when I told her that she didn\\'t need to see me again if her back got betterbut to expect that to take several weeks, at the very least.
WHY IS BACK PAIN SO COMMON?
Louise was glad to know that her back pain wasn\\'t unique, and I explained to her that there are many reasons why our backs hurt so much. Here are the most common:
You sit all day long. And guess what? The worst possible position for your back is a seated position. Yet most workers spend 90 percent of their time in a chair in a nonergonomic workplace. And they drive a car to and from work. Add to the mix that 90 percent of adults over twenty-one years of age have a job. You do the math! We\\'re talking hundreds of millions of people.
You don\\'t think or care about taking optimal care of your back until it hurts, and yet when it hurts, you\\'re too afraid to move (which inadvertently makes things worse).
You aren\\'t in good physical shape.
You\\'re trying to get in shape, but you can sometimes be a weekend warrior and you can\\'t help but overdo it. This sets up a cycle where you work out too hard, have pain, stop working out, then go right back to the gym or your favorite sport and start hurting again . . . and so on!
You do work out regularly, but you often push yourself too hard, sometimes working out or playing sports even when you\\'re in pain.
You rarely, if ever, do the kind of exercises that strengthen all your core muscles properly.
You rarely, if ever, stretch your muscles before or after a workout, and even if you know you should, you don\\'t, because you don\\'t have the time.
You love your high heels or shoes that look fabulous but don\\'t quite fit properly.
You\\'re always on the go, carrying heavy bags or children or both, and then cleaning the house and doing the daily chores for your family.
You know you aren\\'t in shape, but as soon as there\\'s snow in the driveway, you\\'re out there shoveling.
It happens!
The good news, of course, is that once you add a regular stretching routine to your daily life, and once you strengthen the core muscles that support your spine, you will not only alleviate your low back pain but also help prevent recurring bouts of it. Like all good machines, you need to warm up your spine and condition your muscles before becoming a champion at what you do, whether it\\'s swimming at the Y, taking care of the garden, running after your kids or playing eighteen holes of golf as a weekend warrior.
So why are backs so prone to bouts of debilitating pain, and how can stretching really help? In order to understand why stretching is so beneficial for back-pain sufferers, you first need to understand a bit about the unique anatomy of your spine and the muscles that surround it. What, precisely, does your \"back\" entail? What are the normal structures found within, and what can go wrong, and where? Why is the pain so terrible, and what triggers it in the first place?
In the next section, I\\'ll first discuss the basics of your spine\\'s anatomy, showing you how it works in terms of its different components, such as the discs, and in conjunction with the muscles that surround it and comprise your core. Once you see how all these components fit together and work synergistically, it\\'s much easier to visualize what can go wrong, and then figure out how to manage it with the seven-minute stretches you\\'ll learn about in Chapter 2.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR BACK
The unique anatomy of our spines enables us to bend, sit, twist, dance, run, hop, swim, make love, and lean over the crib railing to kiss our babies good night. But we pay for this amazing flexibility, as it also makes it incredibly easy for low back pain to strike.
The Three Sections of Your Spine
Your spinal column is strong and flexible, yet fragile at the same time. How\\'s that for paradoxical?
The spine is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, joints, nerves, discs and the spinal cord. There are twenty-four vertebrae in your spine, which are in place to house and protect the nerves of your spinal cord found within, and they\\'re cushioned by spongy discs that provide support and spacing for the nerves. Your lower body and your spine are supported by large muscle groups called the paraspinal muscles or erecti muscles of the back. These muscles encase the vertebrae and aid in the range of motion of your spine.
There are three sections or your spine:
The cervical spine is located in the area of your neck that connects your skull to your shoulder area. There are seven cervical vertebrae, aligned in a reverse C shape to give you neck the proper contour.
The thoracic spine anchors your rib cage and is fairly immobile. There are twelve thoracic vertebrae.
The lumbar spine forms your lower back and is aligned with the same contour as the cervical spine to give that nice shape to the small of your back. There are five lumbar vertebrae, numbered L1-L5. The L5 vertebra connects to the top of the sacrum, which is composed of five bones fused together.
As you know, this book is all about what happens only to the lumbar region and its five vertebrae. There can be pain in and problems with the cervical spine and the thoracic spine, of course, but these problems are much less common and are beyond the scope of this book. It goes without saying that if you have pain in those areas of your body, you should see your physician or orthopedic specialist for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
Lumbar pain, or low back pain, on the other hand, is overwhelmingly common. This small area is what\\'s responsible for the vast majority of back problemsthe kind that can leave you in too much agony to go to work or to function properly.
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\"Dr. Perlmutter provides sound advice, supported by the latest and most well respected medical research.\" -- Russell B. Roth, M.D. Past President, American Medical Association', 'David Perlmutter M.D., a Board-Certified Neurologist, has achieved international recognition as a leader in the field of complementary medicine. His scientific publications have appeared in the most well-respected medical journals including: The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Journal of Neurosurgery, and The Southern Medical Journal.', 'In addition to founding the Perlmutter Health Center, Dr. Perlmutter is the author of \"Life Guide, Your Guide to a Longer and Healthier Life\", \"BrainRecovery.com\", The Perlmutter Letter, and many scientific papers appearing in the world medical literature. He is also host of a popular prime-time medical television series \"LifeGuide with David Perlmutter, M.D.\".', 'Dr. Perlmutter is an active member in many health-related organizations including the American Medical Association, The American Academy of Neurology, The American College of Nutrition, The American College for Advancement in Medicine, The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, and The American Holistic Medical Association.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Mrs. Quigley's Kidnapping\nDescription: ['Jean Sheldon began writing mysteries in her 50s. Her historical mystery \"The Woman in the Wing\" features women pilots (WASP) and factory workers (Rosie the Riveter) during WWII. \"Seven Cities of Greed\" involves a group of women of a \\'certain age\\' on a quest for adventure and the mythical \\'Seven Cities of Gold\\' in New Mexico. \"Mrs. Quigley\\'s Kidnapping\" introduces Mattie Draper, a female detective in Chicago circa 1968, and \"Flowers for Her Grave\" is an old-fashioned whodunit in which two amateur sleuths in their early sixties, a gossip columnist and a gardener, solve a 20-year-old crime. The mystery \"An Uncluttered Palette\" is filled with art history, oil painting, forgery, and fun! \"She Overheard Murder,\" introduced the characters of the \\'Nic & Nora Mystery\\' seriesmysteries solved by lesbian amateur detectives in post-World War II Chicago. The second book of the series, \"Puzzled by the Clues,\" follows both the blossoming relationship of Nic and Nora and that of Anna and Allen. Characters at the heart of the Owen gang and those on the perimeter, offer humor, wisdom, and the belief that there is always hope. In 2015, Jean returned to her first love, and published a collection of poetry called \"Persistent.\"']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy\nDescription: [\"There are plenty of good books on herbs, and some of them devote a chapter to essential oils, but there's nothing comparable to Worwood's work. Her premise is different from other herbalists--she believes that the most effective way to use herbs medicinally is by external application or inhalation. Both methods allow the essential oil to enter the bloodstream without passing through the digestive tract. Her grasp of basic physiology is somewhat confused, but there's nothing dangerous in her suggestions. (Worwood runs an aromatherapy clinic in England and conducts research on aromatherapy.) Her book prescribes oils for everything from basic first aid and treating common ailments to natural cosmetics and body care, fragrance for the home and office, and cooking with essential oils. A good addition to alternative medicine collections.See also Susanne Fischer-Rizzi's Complete Aromatherapy Handbook , LJ 7/91.--Ed. - Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Original Alfa Spider (Original Series)\nDescription: ['
', 'After finishing a degree in law, Chris Rees began contributing to various car magazines, including Autocar and Classic & Sports Car. He is currently Editor of Japanese Performance magazine, and wrote The Magnificent Seven for Haynes.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Coming Economic Armageddon: What Bible Prophecy Warns about the New Global Economy\nDescription: ['\"A clear, compelling primer on God\\'s heart for Israel and the dramatic Bible prophecies that will unfold in these last days. What I loved most is that David Jeremiah unashamedly examines and explains the biggest global trends of our day through the Third Lens of Scripture. And his description of Jesus\\' unconditional love and compassion for Jews and Muslims is alone worth the read!\"Joel C. Rosenberg, New York Times best-selling author, The Last Jihad and Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your World on What in the World Is Going On?', 'Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point Ministries, a nonprofit organization devoted to \"delivering the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world.\" A pastor\\'s son born in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary and received his doctorate from Cedarville College. David and his wife, Donna, have four children and ten grandchildren, and live in San Diego.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres (Critical Literacy Teaching: Challenging Authors and Genre)\nDescription: [\"Young Adult literature, from The Outsiders to Harry Potter, has helped shape the cultural landscape for adolescents perhaps more than any other form of consumable media in the twentieth and twenty-first century. With the rise of mega blockbuster films based on these books in recent years, the young adult genre is being co-opted by curious adult readers and by Hollywood producers. However, while the genre may be getting more readers than ever before, Young Adult literature remains exclusionary and problematic: few titles feature historically marginalized individuals, the books present heteronormative perspectives, and gender stereotypes continue to persist. Taking a critical approach, Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres offers educators, youth librarians, and students a set of strategies for unpacking, challenging, and transforming the assumptions of some of the genre's most popular titles. Pushing the genre forward, Antero Garcia builds on his experiences as a former high school teacher to offer strategies for integrating Young Adult literature in a contemporary critical pedagogy through the use of participatory media.\", 'Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University. Prior to moving to Colorado, Antero was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles. Antero completed his Ph.D. in the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Anteros research focuses on developing critical literacies and civic identity through the use of participatory media and gameplay in formal learning environments. Anteros research has appeared in numerous journals including The Harvard Educational Review, English Journal, and Rethinking School']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cain's Redemption: A Story of Hope and Transformation in America's Bloodiest Prison\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hurlbut's Story of the Bible\nDescription: [\"Hurlbut's Story of the Bible\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God. A Broken Mother's Search for Hope.\nDescription: ['Praise for Out of a Far Country
Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan have told the story of their miraculous journey from broken lives, relationships, and dreams to a place of hope and healing. Out of a Far Country brings home the living truth that in the midst of a broken and hurting world, God is at work to redeem, renew, and reconcile his beloved. Im particularly happy to endorse this book because Christopher, like myself, was broken in prison and redeemed by Christ. Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview
Out of a Far Country reads like a modern rendition of the prodigal son parable, only it is more gripping. The journey taken by Christopher Yuan is rarely documented. Be prepared, for the raw emotions of both mother and son authentically mark every page. The spiritual lessons to be gained from this book are many. May it gain a vast audience! J. Paul Nyquist, PhD, president of Moody Bible Institute
This is a moving account of how an Asian mothers fragile love turns into a prayerful, patient, and tenacious force of forgiveness. It is also a gripping narrative of a sons search for belonging and meaning. Out of a Far Country breeds hope in every despairing heart. Lisa Espineli Chinn, director of International Student Ministries for InterVarsity/USA
The Good Shepherd knows his sheep and calls them by name. Christopher Yuan, trapped in a life of drugs and sexual addiction, heard that call and rose to follow Jesus. His and his mothers account of that rising is a profound story of redemption that all of us in this broken generation need to hear. Duane Litfin, president emeritus of Wheaton College in Illinois
Relevant, courageous, fascinating, and much more. I have known the Yuans for many years, and their walk is in line with their talk. This important and needed story goes against the wind, but it is one hundred percent in the right direction. Dr. George Verwer, founder and former international director of Operation Mobilisation
Out of a Far Country is a true-life parable of saving grace for a prodigal mother and a wayward son who needed Gods forgiveness. Their story will warm the heart and lift the spirit of every parent who prays for a wandering child and every believer who needs to be reminded why the gospel is good news. Dr. Philip G. Ryken, president of Wheaton College in Illinois
At one point, Angela and Christopher were living worlds apart. I have heard their story countless times, and it never grows old. I know you will be amazed by the God who did the impossible to bring this mother and son back together. Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International
This is the story of Gods persistent chase of a wayward son through the prayers and love of a determined mother. But even more, it is a testimony to the fact that loving God is a far more satisfying pursuit than following our own desires. I am thankful that Christopher and Angela are willing to be so transparent about their journey. Christophers desire to follow Christ regardless of the struggle stands as a model for all who desire to love God with all their heart. Dr. Joseph M. Stowell, president of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan
God snatched Christopher Yuan from a desperately empty life and offered him the hope of Jesus Christ. This is a story of Gods redemption, love, and mercy in the midst of overwhelming sin and a heart that was far from God. Get two copies of this bookyou will want to give one to a friend who needs Jesus. Dr. James MacDonald, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois
The story of Angela Yuan and Christopher Yuan, Out of a Far Country, will minister rich grace and hope to mothers who are praying for the return of a prodigal, to the prodigals they love, and to anyone battling a sinful addiction that seems impossible to overcome. This is a deeply moving account of Gods amazing power and love. Nancy Leigh DeMoss, best-selling author, host of the Revive Our Hearts radio program', \"Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan travel nationally and internationally to speak at churches, conferences, youth conventions, and colleges about Gods desire for prodigals of all types to return to him. Angela is a businesswoman and advocate for Chinese-American cultural causes. Christopher teaches at Moody Bible Institute (MBI). He holds abachelor's degreefrom MBI, a master's degreein biblical exegesis from Wheaton College Graduate School and a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary. Visit christopheryuan.com for more information.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Absolutely Positively Not\nDescription: ['DAVID LAROCHELLE, a former elementary school teacher, is author and illustrator of numerous middle-grade readers and picture books, including The End, which received four starred reviews. David lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power\nDescription: [\"_
'...he has this story. And he has told it well. With candor. With honesty. With hope.' -Max Lucado Pastor and New York Times bestselling author
'This is one of the most powerfully transparent books I have ever read.' -Sheila Walsh, Speaker, Bible teacher, and bestselling author
'This is a book that will help everybody, in every walk of life.' -Carl Lentz, Pastor, Hillsong NYC
'Levi has framed up some practical thoughts and shares some experiences that can help us not only to cope with the pain of loss but to... thrive as a result.' - Bob Hurley, Chairman and founder, Hurley LLC \", \"Levi Lusko is the pastor of Fresh Life Church, a multisite church in Montana, and the founder of Skull Church and the O2 Experience. He serves as host for Greg Laurie's Harvest Crusades and travels internationally to speak at churches and conferences. He takes pleasure in small things like: black coffee, new shoes, and fast internet. He and his wife, Jennie, have four daughters, Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment\nDescription: ['', \"[Mr. Spier] is worth listening to. A graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Business School, he runs the Aquamarine Fund ...that has beaten the S&P 500 by an average of 4.9 percentage points annually. He believes that most investors pay attention to the wrong things and allow their minds to get hijacked by bad ideas. Individual investors are constantly being exhorted to try beating Wall Street at its own game of trading like crazy to chase whatever is hot. But why should you bother trying to play a game that even most professional players can't win? Instead, take a page from Mr. Spier's book and play by your own rules. The faster Wall Street runs, the more you should slow down and step back from that madness. Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal\", \"It is rare to find as readable a book on value investing as this one. It is even rarer to find these investing insights wrapped in a set of life lessons that you will find thought provoking, challenging and useful. Pick this book up and you won't put it down...you'll likely be a better person for it! Len Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School\", 'The Education of a Value Investor offers a remarkably cost-effective education for any type of investor. And, oh, the lessons--of the forms of self-transformation, self-transcendence, and self-understanding that lead to investing success--stand to profit any reader, non-investors included. Robert B. Cialdini, Bestselling Author of Influence', \"Our industry is extraordinarily competitive, and knowing oneself if a huge advantage. In this wonderful book, Guy allows us to understand his journey of discovering his way. This narrative gives us each the gift of helping us understand ourselves better-- helping us become better investors. I am both inspired and impressed by his example. Lisa O'Dell Rapuano, founder, Lane Five Capital Management\", 'Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it takes to succeed in investing and life. A must read! John Mihaljevic, CFA, Managing Editor, The Manual of Ideas', \"The Education of a Value Investor is full of pearls of wisdom that can make you a better investor, and its honesty will inspire and surprise you. It's the best book I've read that shares both highly valuable investing lessons and a fascinating description of the journey from novice to master investor. Ken Shubin Stein, MD CFA, Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, Columbia Business School\", 'Highly readableoffers practical tools for everyone James Mackintosh, Financial Times', 'The most interesting investment book this year. Phil Demuth, Forbes.com', '', \"Guy Spierhas run the Aquamarine Fund for the last 17 years. An ardent disciple of Warren Buffett, Guy launched the fund with $15 million in assets, closely replicating the structure and approach of Buffett's original partnerships. Guy received his education at Oxford University, where he was a tutorial partner of the current British Prime Minister David Cameron and came top of his class in economics. After a stint in management consulting, he attended Harvard Business School, then worked as an investment banker before starting his own fund. He is a regular commentator in the media, having appeared on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox Business News.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Renewing of the Mind Project: Going to God for Help with Your Habits, Goals, and Emotions\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, Books a la Carte Edition (3rd Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals\nDescription: ['', '\"There has been a lot of commentary about \"Instant Pot\" books lately, about the many unauthorized uses of the name, and the many free e-books...and some resulting food waste...There have been a couple of books published with permission, and there are some high quality print cookbooks soon to be available, after many long months/years in development. Here is one!\" Donna Haney, Social Media and Affiliate Coordinator, Instant Pot', '\"The Instant Pot intimidated me. For this busy mom, it was like learning to cook all over again and I didnt really have the time. So in the garage it satuntil I got this cookbook. Here I found approachable Instant Pot recipes that the whole family could enjoy. Whether you are new to the Instant Pot or if you are a pressure-cooker pro looking for fresh inspiration, The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals needs to be in your kitchen!\"-Julie Clark, Tastes of Lizzy T blog', '\"The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook is packed with 100+ recipes all exclusively designed for the Instant Pot. I get some of my best recipe ideas from traditional cookbooks like this one. I like that the pressure cooking times are all set out for me-figuring that out can be the trickiest part!\"-Megan Gilmore, Detoxinista blog', '', 'Laurel Randolph is a Los Angeles-based food writer and recipe developer who has contributed food articles to Paste Magazine, Wise Bread, and Serious Eats. In her free time, you can usually find her browsing a farmers market, eating tacos or Vietnamese food, or cooking up a storm at home.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17\nDescription: ['Blackburn is not self-effacing about his World War II service, referring to \"my fantastically successful tour\" as pilot and commanding officer. Retired Admiral James Stockdale\\'s introduction and the text itself leave no doubt that modesty in this case would be practically impossible. Blackburn was an exceptionally talented, resourceful, inspiring leader who imparted to his men a fierce warrior ethic. Equipped with F4U Corsair fighter planes, his squadron downed at least 154 Japanese planes during the 76 days they were in combat in the South Pacific. Thirteen of the \"Jolly Rogers,\" including the author, became air aces. The book is a seemingly complete history of the squadron from its commissioning in January 1943 to its disbandment in April 1944, and what makes it especially noteworthy is the author\\'s straight-forward description of the methods he used organizing, training, leading his pilots in combat, and developing air tactics. Clearly Blackburn knew what he wanted and how to obtain results. Photos. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Brainy Baby Animals (ABC Tab Bokk)\nDescription: ['Book by Not Available (NA)', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: He Won't Know It's Paleo: 100+ Autoimmune Protocol recipes to create with love and share with pride\nDescription: ['\"Proper nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress management are the foundations of well-being. But what do we do when the foods we eat make us sick? Where do we look for answers? And what do we do when traditional medicine fails us? Bre\\'anna Emmitt is a brave soul who took matters into her own hands to find help for herself. What she discovered is the healing power of food.\" - Simone Norris, MD
\"He Won\\'t It\\'s Paleo\" is one of the most creative Autoimmune Protocol cookbooks I\\'ve seen yet! Bre\\'anna has adapted all your familiar favorites to elimination diet-friendly versions. The recipes and mouth-watering photography cover everything from apple pie to enchiladas. Tricking her hubby into making a dietary transition is what inspired Bre\\'anna\\'s inventive creations and with her help, you can keep the secret from your family too. Shhh!\" -Angie Alt, author of \"The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook\"
\"Bre\\'anna Emmitt is the Paula Deen of the AIP community, providing the comfort food we love, with one big difference: these recipes are good for our health.\" Eileen Laird, author of the popular AIP blog \"Phoenix Helix\"', \"It's not often that gluten-free, grain-free and allergen-free food is delicious enough to sneak past a gluten-loving, All-American eater. But inHe Won't Know It's Paleo,Bre'anna Emmitt takes you right into her kitchen where she prepared only paleo autoimmune protocol meals for six months before she finally came clean with her husband, Chris. In that time, she noticed drastic improvement in her two autoimmune diseases and began her popular blog,He Won't Know It's Paleo.Each recipe in this book was created with love, shared with sneakiness, and enjoyed with gusto. Her guideline to publishing is always this:If a recipe doesn't meet her non-paleo husband's approval, it doesn't get published.
Following the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol does not have to mean compromising great taste. Bre'anna's hope is that these recipes become your new family favorites - ones that not only improve your health, but that bring good food and great joy around your dinner table.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Summertime Learning: Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten\nDescription: ['Summertime Learning Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten, Grade K by Teacher Created Resources Staff. Published by Teacher Created Resources,2010, Binding: Paperback', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Wiersbe Bible Commentary 2 Vol Set w/CD Rom (Wiersbe Bible Commentaries)\nDescription: ['
Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe is an internationally known Bible teacher and the former pastor of three churches, including the Moody Church in Chicago. For ten years he served as general director and Bible teacher for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast. Dr. Wiersbe has written more than 150 books, including the popular \"Be\" series of expositional Bible studies, which has sold more than four million copies. In 2002, he was awarded the Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He and his wife, Betty, live in Lincoln, Nebraska.
']","rejected":"Title: 7 Secrets to Mastering Stress for Unstoppable Success: The Divine Journey to Healing the Body and Creating Your Joy\nDescription: ['Lisa has a deep appreciation of God and His Creation. She is inclined to enjoy nature by walking and driving throughout the country just to experience the wonder of such beauty.
Her education includes a Doctor of Pharmacy, Real Estate Broker, Masters in Business Administration, Doctor of Ministry and Certified Professional Coach.
She is a speaker, author, singer, songwriter, and producer of musical productions, business owner, pharmacist and minister. She believes her mission is to share the teachings and reality of God through biblical understanding.
Lisa is a proponent of lifestyle and health that has a significant foundation in faith for vibrant wellbeing. She thrives in the grace and joy of our Creator daily.
How thoughts manifest reality and managing judgment are her pillars for building a life of gratitude and thanksgiving. She believes these are the tools for creating your joy.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cars Read-Along Storybook and CD\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: MH2: Metalheart is Movement\nDescription: [\"The Metal Heart book contains exclusive computer-generated hardcore visuals, numerous experimental artworks by Anders F. Ronnblom and Andreas Lindholm, as well as contributions from renowned digital artists. The Metal Heart project started in 1998 when Swedish designers Anders F. Ronnblom and Andrea Lindholm release the emBox/Brainreactor prototype DVD with fonts and 3D typefaces for people to experiment with. The book is a compilation of digital images and design samples of this project. All the images are identified with title, the name of the artist, description and the software which was used to make it. The accompanying DVD includes postscript fonts, 3D typeface images with alpha-channels and paths, samples from Metal Heart background royalty-free collections, 100 MB high-res images, animations, video clips and graphic libraries. The Metal Heart project has been regularly promoted in Ronnblom's worldwide publication EFX Art & Design magazine, as well as on several websites, resulting in high expectations and a large amount of pre-orders.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Planes: Fire & Rescue Read-Along Storybook and CD\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Color, thick and thin (Walter Foster's \"How to draw\" art books)\nDescription: ['Paperback book', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance\nDescription: ['I believe with my whole heart that Swipe Right is going to inspire and challenge you, and not only that, but could redirect the course of your life and relationships. You might not be in a relationship, or maybe youve had many, but no matter who you are, my husband wrote this book for you. The truth, hope, and humor that drip from these pages are incredible. Its a book that needed to be written, my husband poured his heart into it, and Im excited for all that God has for you as you read it. Buckle up. (Jennie Lusko)
My friend Levi is an expert at presenting the raw truth in a relevant way. In Swipe Right he provides a refreshingly real approach to the new challenges our culture is facing concerning sex and intimacy. Its a perspective I believe we need now more than ever. (Steven Furtick Pastor, Elevation Church, and New York Times bestselling author)
One day, someday, there will be a day where you will need the down-to-earth wisdom in this book like you will oxygen. Because as Levi so aptly appropriates, our approach to sex and romance is of life-and-death importance---at least if you care at all about your soul, that hidden thing at the core of who we are that filters the way we experience everything we do in life and death, for better or for worse. And at the core of this book is a soul-watering desire to see yours be better, in a world that increasingly seems to be settling for worse. Levi makes the taboo seem candid, the old-school the new-school, and the difficult more than just possible but altogether life-saving. (Joel Houston Songwriter, Hillsong United, and pastor, Hillsong NYC)
I love that Levi is bringing to light the life-and-death power of sex and romance for such a time as this. I have two daughters, and there is a new level of crazy lately in the world. You should thank God that this book is in your hands. Swipe Right is a timely, wonderful, prophetic, and needed message for our generation. (Christine Caine Founder of the A21 Campaign and bestselling author of Unashamed)
Helpful. Timely. Needed. Swipe Right does what few dating books can: it calls us to a life of purity, fidelity, and honor, not in hopes of earning the perfect mate, but because we already have the hope of heaven and perfection of Jesus in our hearts. I am so grateful God has raised up Levi Lusko to be a voice of truth and grace-covered conviction for this generation. If you are wondering what Gods plans are for your love life, or leading those in search of his plan for theirs, you need this book. (Louie Giglio Pastor of Passion City Church, founder of Passion Conferences, and author of The Comeback)
Sex is wonderful. Sex is powerful. According to Levi, while sex is the source of great pleasure, it has the potential to cause great pain. In Swipe Right Levi leverages his past as well as principles from the New Testament to help readers make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. (Andy Stanley Pastor, North Point Community Church, and author of Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend)
When it comes to sex, dating, and marriage, most of us would agree things arent going well. We want something different, something better. Levi Lusko has written a game-changing book on pursuing the relationship God truly wants you to have. His book Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance is funny and engaging, while simultaneously practical and hard-hitting. Its full of in-your-face truth that will empower you to love your future spouse in a healthy and God-honoring way. (Craig Groeschel Pastor of Life.Church and author of From This Day Forward: Five Commitments to Fail Proof Your Marriage)
I wish this book had been around in 1970. I wish someone had handed it to a fifteen-year-old kid in West Texas. I wish someone had said to him, Lucado, quit listening to the locker room lectures on sex. Listen to what God says. The book wasnt around back then, but it is here today. And Levi Lusko has a good word, not just for fifteen-year-old boys but for all of us to suffer the consequences of a sex-saturated society. This is a good book. Study it, ponder it, and, if you know a fifteen-year-old, tell them to read it. (Max Lucado New York Times bestselling author)
In a cultural climate that attempts to treat the sacred nature of relationship and sexual intimacy as casual, Levi Lusko has yielded his pen to Gods hand to share what is paramount on Gods heart. Swipe Right is the clarion call this generation needs in order to understand that God is not keeping you from a thing; hes keeping you for a thing. The lie of the enemy is that we can easily recover from premature sexual intimacy without incident. A loving God knows otherwise. With love, balance, wit, and humor, Levi has crafted a book that will inform generations to come. This book isnt about ceasing external behaviors that dont honor God. Its about living for God and loving God in a way where we honor his word---even regarding sex---when it is not convenient. And we do so because we love him! (John Gray Associate teaching pastor, Lakewood Church, and author of I Am Number 8)
Thank God for people like Levi Lusko who are dedicated to bringing light to the issues that we all face. Swipe Right is an inspirational look at love, sex, and romance and highlights what our generation so often misses. I believe this resource will help many to understand the true power and true beauty God intends for us in these important areas of life. (Ben Houston Pastor, Hillsong LA)', '', 'Levi Lusko, author of the bestselling books Through the Eyes of a Lion and Swipe Right, is the lead pastor of Fresh Life Church in Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Utah. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son, Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven. Levi travels around the world speaking about Jesus. ']","rejected":"Title: The Peaceful Warrior Collection\nDescription: ['Book in very good condition, it only misses the dust cover. Fast Amazon shipping, delivery tracking number, no hassle, return policy - your satisfaction is guaranteed.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Revelation 8-22 Exegetical Commentary (Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary)\nDescription: ['This is a commentary on the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible, not on an English translation. This commentary stresses the development of the argument of Revelation and its central theme. An attempt has been made to show how each section of a book fits together with the preceding and following sections.', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Tatlin: New Art for a New World, International Symposium\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Big Red Tractor and the Little Village\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Organic Chemistry (with CengageNOW 2-Semester Printed Access Card) (Available Titles CengageNOW)\nDescription: ['\"McMurry\\'s greatest strength to this reviewer is the level of presentation, the emphasis on physical principles. I think the questions in McMurry both in text and end of chapter are excellent.\"
\"The material has a far greater biological focus, which is done successfully. This is a big plus in my mind. . . . the chemistry is presented with a high degree of accuracy. There are certainly no major problems.\"
\"The chapter problems are excellent and challenge students at many levels. Chapter summaries are well written. The \\'Why This Chapter\\' lead-ins are superb.\"
\"The author has always produced a well written book that is easy to read. That is a comment I have heard from both other colleagues and students alike. This has always been a general strength of the text. I was happy to see the inclusion of the \\'Focus On\\' topics as supplements to the chapter\\'s material to excite the students about other topics in organic chemistry related to the chapter material. I think these are quite informative for the students.\"
\"We have been using McMurry\\'s text for the past several years here at UA, and I am, therefore, quite familiar with it. The general strengths include the readability and a wealth of good problems.\"', 'John E. McMurry received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellow. He has received several awards, which include the National Institutes of Health Career Development Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, and the Max Planck Research Award. In addition to ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, he is also the author or coauthor of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH, FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Francis Chan - Forgotten God Full Set - Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (Book + Workbook + DVD)\nDescription: ['Brand New: Book, DVD, & Study Guide!!!']","rejected":"Title: 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga\nDescription: ['', '\"...David weaves an engrossing and unforgettable story with the precision of a historan and the color of a true Indigenous storyteller.\" - Rosanna Deerchild, author, This Is a Small Northern Town', ' \"...a masterpiece of traditional knowledge; a powerful gift to share!\" - Betty Ross, Elder, Cross Lake First Nation', 'Healing lies in knowing our past, not just of our lives, but also the distant past of our ancestors. The interweaving movements from present to past and past to present are like waves of cleasing waters waching in to the present, and back out to that distant past. It\\'s mesmerizing.\" - Beatrice Mosionier, author, In Search of April Raintree', '\"...a powerful message through image and work [that] will engage readers in an historical and insightful story....\" - David Booth, author and educator', '\"...Reconciliatrion is about respect...and self-respect is where it starts. A good story is worth tellin, and when told well is worth reading. Especially this one.\" - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commision of Canada ', '', 'A brave story told in graphic-novel format that will engage young adults.', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes\\nDescription: ['125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt is an absolute goldmine of fabulous recipes for making all sorts of gluten free goodies in your bread machine. Before receiving my own copy of this book, I\\\\'d read reviews on Amazon.com which stated that the authors actually wrote this book for the zojirushi bread machine. This is not the case. In fact, this book has a lot of guidance for using any 1.5 to 2 pound bread machine for baking.Each recipe is written with a typical wheat setting in mind, but a gluten free setting is recommended. I have been using a Cuisinart bread machine with a gluten free setting for baking recipes from this book and I could not be more pleased with the results. You do not need to have the most expensive bread machine on the market in order to be successful making gluten free breads. Each recipe I\\\\'ve tried from this book (and I\\\\'ve tried most of them) has come out beautifully. My family\\\\'s favorite gluten free breads are the Henk\\\\'s Flax Bread and the Cinnamon Raison Bread, which turns out better than any bakery loaf, bar none! We all refer lovingly to Henk\\\\'s Flax Bread as \\\"Uncle Henk\\\\'s Bread\\\", as we feel a true bond with this \\\"Henk\\\" and his wondrous bread. We used to purchase healthy grain breads from the grocery store each week. However, since receiving this cookbook back in February, we have not bought one single loaf of bread. I\\\\'ve been making ALL of our bread from scratch, using no other book than this one. Because of this, we\\\\'ve saved money, lost weight, and we\\\\'re eating so much more nutritiously now. Honestly, if you plan on making gluten free breads in your bread machine, this is the book you need. Store-bought gluten free breads can be dry and tasteless, but the breads you\\\\'ll make from recipes in this book will most definately amaze you. I give this book 5 spatulas! This is a must have book for anyone with a bread machine. I would recommend trying the cinnamon raison bread and henk\\\\'s flax bread for anyone who is using a bread machine and would like a healthy alternative to ordinary breads. These are sooooooooo good. (Top Cook Books topcookbooks.com 2011-05-12)', '', 'Donna Washburn and Heather Butt are best-selling authors, food stylists and recipe developers. There are 150,000 copies of their previous gluten-free cookbooks in print and more than 300,000 copies of their bread machine cookbooks in print.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Byzantium (I): The Early Centuries\\nDescription: ['Several works dealing with Byzantine history have recently appeared (see Nicolas Cheetham\\\\'s Medieval Greece, LJ 3/15/81 and Antony Bridge\\\\'s Theodora, LJ 6/15/84), but this is probably the most comprehensive survey for the general reader and tourist. The first of a projected three-volume study, this elegantly written tribute to the Western debt to Byzantium traces the history of the city from the birth of Constantine c.274 to the coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800. While slight attention is given to ordinary people, and the approach is very Eurocentric, all the great figures of early Byzantine history are here; the architectural monuments, theological controversies, the notorious sexual tastes of many emperors, and the proverbially \\\"Byzantine\\\" court intrigues are lucidly described. For general collections. - Bennett D. Hill, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'the series. Includes 32 pages of illustrations, and 11 maps and tables.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Gluten-Free Baking Classics for the Bread Machine\\nDescription: [\\\"My philosophy about gluten-free baking is that it should be simple. Most gf bakers I know don't want to reach for six different flours every time they bake- and neither do I.Wheat bakers use only two flours- all purpose for cakes, pies, muffins and cookies, and bread flour for bread. I do the same: I have an all-purpose brown rice flour mix (extra finely ground brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch) for my all purpose flour and the bread flour mix(millet, sorghum, potato starch, tapioca starch and corn starch)in this book for my breads.It is easy- and it increases your learning curve. If you use a different combination of flours each time you bake, how will you know what goes wrong- or right? Baking pros don't do this; that is how they become skilled in their craft. Moreover, wheat bakers enhance the taste and texture of their breads with other added flours (whole wheat, rye, etc.) and so do I. I recommend using whole grain teff and ground oatmeal (my favorites), Montina, amaranth, or quinoa. I give recommendations as to how to do this in the book. --From the Author\\\", 'Annalise Roberts co-writes for the website foodphilosopher.com. She gives talks and demos to a variety of celiac support groups in the New York metropolitan area, including the Westchester Celiac Sprue Support Group. She is a resource contact for the Celiac Sprue Association in Bergen County, New Jersey (CSA is the largest celiac organization in America and has more than 10,000 members.) She teaches gluten-free baking and cooking at The Kings Cooking Studio in Short Hills, New Jersey and at local community adult schools in New Jersey.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Records of the Veterans from The Town Of ISLIP, Suffolk Co, NY Those who served in World War I,World War II, Korea and Vietnam CD 3 Volumes\\nDescription: [\\\"Records of the Veterans from The Town Of ISLIP, Suffolk County, New York - Those who served in World War I,World War II, Korea and Vietnam. CONTAINS THREE TEXT: 1. WORLD WAR I RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ISLIP, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, 1917-1918 - WORLD WAR 1917-1918 Perry S. Wicks,Compiler: Personal stories, facts, figures, and photos of most of the men who fought in the Great War, WW I, 194+ pgs. 2. WORLD WAR II RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ISLIP, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK - Islip, Suffolk County, New York: Compiled and edited by Nathaniel R. Howell, Town Historian, A tribute to the men and women of the Islip/Suffolk County area who served in World War II. Individual servicemen's photos with biographical descriptions of all those from Islip town that served their country in World War II, Printed by Buys Bros., 1948, 769 pgs. 3. THE JOURNAL OF ISLIP'S KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETERAN: Dedicated and authorized by the town board to the veterans of Vietnam and Korea. Service portraits, B/W Photos, and details are listed, Jeane M. Podhany, Islip, New York, Town of Islip/Amityville Offset Printing, 975 pgs., 1987\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Magnesium Solution for High Blood Pressure (The Square One Health Guides)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"A timely rebuttal to the pill-first argument.\\\"', '', '', 'Jay S. Cohen, MD, is an Associate Professor (Voluntary) of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cohen is a widely recognized expert on prescription drugs and their natural alternatives. He has published scientific papers in leading medical journals and has written articles for Newsweek,Bottom Line Health, and Life Extension Magazine. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Cohen is also the founder of the Center for the Prevention of Medication Side Effects, which offers commentary on current issues in medical care.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Crimson Skies: A Game of Aerial Combat\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Jesus Chronicles: A Chronological Study Through the Gospels\\nDescription: ['Jesus 3 year public ministry comes alive in this vibrant, illuminating retelling by Pastor Jack Abeelen, a uniquely gifted Bible teacher. In The Jesus Chronicles, the Messiahs sermons, healings, confrontations with Roman and religious authorities, and interactions with His disciples and the common people unfold chronologically, drawing the reader into the ancient world as if it were today.Insightful cultural and historical details will enlarge your understanding of the Passion of Christ.', 'Though raised Catholic and educated in parochial schools, Pastor Jack Abeelen heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ at age 18 and gave his life to God. Founding pastor of Morningstar Christian Chapel, a Calvary Chapel affiliate, Pastor Jack is known as a gifted communicator and teacher. His daily radio program Growing thru Grace airs on over 450 stations. Jack and his wife Debbie have two sons, Jacob and David, two daughter-in-laws, Christy and Cheri, and five grandchildren.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jazz Mini Wall Calendar 2017: 16 Month Calendar\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hypertension High Blood Pressure: How To Lower Blood Pressure Permanently In 8 Weeks Or Less The Hypertension Treatment Diet and Solution\\nDescription: [\\\"Hypertension or High Blood pressure as it is also called is certainly a serious and life threatening condition. The problem is that too many people don't even know they have high blood pressure while the undue pressure in the arteries slowly erodes the arteries and organs and increases the risk of stroke, congestive heart failure, kidney failure and heart attack..
Did you know that with high blood pressure you have an increased risk of: Strokes
Heart attacks
Hypertensive cardiomyopathy (heart failure due to chronically high blood pressure)
Hypertensive retinopathy - (damage to the retina caused by high blood pressure)
Hypertensive nephropathy - (damage to the kidneys due to chronic high blood pressure)
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (also referred to as Peripheral artery disease (PAD) or Peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD)
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a silent killer. It is causing havoc. But the good news is that there is more than enough evidence to show that the condition can be treated, reversed and permanently cured with a natural and lifestyle change approach. The approach is discussed at length in my book and you will find that in some cases you can get yourself out of the danger zone within just a few weeks.
I want to encourage you to read this book and apply what you learn. You will find it an easy read with no medical jargon.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dog Walker (Orca Currents)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Easy to present to reluctant readers.\\\" (VOYA 2006-08-01)
\\\"An amusing and clever book. Excellent.\\\" (Resource Links 2006-06-01)
\\\"While this fast-paced, dialogue-filled romp is a delight for all dog lovers, any reader will enjoy Turk\\\\'s quick-thinking solution that has him racing to keep the girl and the dog.\\\" (Blogcritics.org 2006-09-26)
\\\"A quick read with believable characters. Recommended for reluctant readers.\\\" (KLIATT 2006-11-01)
\\\"A good choice for any reluctant reader...A fun and interesting story.\\\" (Washington State Revew Group 2007-04-01)
\\\"A fun read...This book should appeal to both boys and girls. Recommended.\\\" (Canadian Book Review Annual 2008-06-15)', \\\"Turk's moneymaking scheme gets out of control.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: One Surrendered Life\\nDescription: ['Bob Coy is one of the most exciting young ministers in the United States today. It has been a thrill to watch the way God has used him to inspire so many people to a renewed hope and trust in Jesus Christ...']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Elon Musk: Life Story and Life Lesson of Future, Business, Success and Entrepreneurship (Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance, Tesla, Entrepreneurship, Successful,Bill Gates, Mark Cuban) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The DASH Diet for Hypertension\\nDescription: ['Thomas Pickering, M.D. Director, Integrative and Behavioral Cardiac Health Program and Hypertension Section, Mount Sinai School of Medicine This is not just another fad diet, but one that is scientifically proven to be the best for people who are concerned about their blood pressure. The DASH studies were a major breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of hypertension, and the diet is now described in a practical and straightforward manner.
Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H. Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine This book is amazingly clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly. There is a lot of \\\"what to do\\\" and \\\"how to do it.\\\" And also \\\"why\\\" for the consumer who wants to understand why to choose DASH over the other diets that are out there. This book will even convince the skeptics who don\\\\'t believe that ordinary foods can make a big difference. There is no trick here.
Dr. Ronald Krauss Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Chair, American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism An excellent, user-friendly resource for people with high blood pressure, as well as anyone who wants to improve their heart health.
Dr. Patricia Elmer Senior Nutrition Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Member, Nutrition Committee, American Heart Association Excellent! A medication-free alternative to help millions of Americans lower their high blood pressure and live healthier, longer lives.
Aram V. Chobanian, M.D. Dean, Boston University Medical School The DASH diet is an exciting, new nutritional approach to the management of hypertension, and its effectiveness has been well documented by carefully controlled scientific studies. I recommend it not only for hypertensive patients but also for nutritionists, medical practitioners, and anyone interested in adopting a healthier lifestyle.
Norman K. Hollenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Harvard Medical School This book fills an unmet need, providing clear and simple guidelines supported by solid data obtained from outstanding studies. I have no doubt that it will work.', 'Mark Jenkins is a journalist and the author of several health books, including the Sports Medicine Bible, and is a consultant to the Harvard Medical School system.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Exploring with GPS: For hunters, rescue teams, hikers, mountain bikers, anglers, geocachers, backpackers, cross-country skiers, snowshoers, boaters, ... who uses recreational GPS in the outdoors\\nDescription: ['Updated March 2012
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', \\\"The author has a serious problem- he doesn't know what he wants to do when he grows up. Meanwhile, he's done such things as wildland fire fighting, running a mountain shop, flying airplanes, shooting photos, and writing books. He's a backcountry skier, climber, figure skater, mountain biker, amateur radio operator, river runner, and sea kayaker- but the thing that really floats his boat is hiking and backpacking. No matter what else he tries, the author always come back to hiking- especially long, rough, cross-country trips in places like the Grand Canyon. Some people never learn. But what little he has learned, he's willing share with you- via his books, of course, but also via his websites, blogs, and whatever works.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread : More Than 200 Wheat Free Recipes\\nDescription: ['Anyone suffering from an allergy to wheat will find Hagman\\\\'s newest book a godsend. The author of three earlier gluten-free cookbooks (e.g., The Gluten-Free Gourmet), she tested and retested recipes to come up with dozens of yeast breads and quick breads, rolls and muffins, crackers, and more for those who would otherwise be deprived of their \\\"daily bread.\\\" Most of these recipes can be made either in a bread machine or by hand, and many are suitable for those with other allergies or dietary needs as well. Strongly recommended. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'For people with genetically induced celiac disease, finding breads safe to eat presents significant challenges, since the very gluten that holds most breads together is precisely the source of the sufferers\\\\' gastrointestinal distress. Hagman, who has already produced one book of general recipes for the celiac affected, turns her full attention to bread. She overcomes the gluten obstacle through use of nonwheat flours, most of which are made from beans of different sorts. To reproduce the \\\"spring\\\" of yeast-leavened wheat flour breads, Hagman recommends the addition of xanthan gum. Each recipe has two sets of directions, one for hand mixing, the other for the easy-to-use bread machine. Along the way, Hagman offers tips for producing breads that will make the celiac feel very little deprived. A useful addition to public library nutrition collections. Mark Knoblauch', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Vengeance At Port Royal\\nDescription: ['Brett Licciardello has retired from a career in law enforcement. For the next chapter of his life he has combined his vivid imagination and a life long passion for history and the sea to create stories of adventure.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cultured Food for Life: How to Make and Serve Delicious Probiotic Foods for Better Health and Wellness\\nDescription: ['\\\"Cultured Food for Life is just what the doctor should be ordering! This book is loaded with health wisdom that can change your life!\\\" Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
\\\"Donna Schwenk has taken lacto-fermentation to a whole new level with this attractive and creative book. She provides plenty of new ideas and some old favorites for the alchemy of fermented foods. Cultured Food for Life is a great contribution to the growing movement in natural pickling and healthy, digestible grains.\\\" Sally Fallon Morell, author of Nourishing Traditions and president of The Weston A. Price Foundation
\\\"More and more, the research is clear that the true secret to health, vitality, and weight loss lies in the quality of our intestinal flora. Cultured Food for Life is an invaluable resource for creating that healthy flora in a simple, fun, sustainable, and delicious way. Read the book, follow the suggestions, enjoy the recipes, and watch how you and your family experience energy and a vibrancy youve never thought possible.\\\" Jon Gabriel, international best-selling author and creator of The Gabriel Method
\\\"Donnas passion and experience, along with her easy-to-follow recipes, make this book a must-have for anyone interested in fermented foods.\\\" Stepfanie Romine, co-author of The SparkPeople Cookbook and The Spark Solution', 'Donna Schwenk is the Kansas City Chapter leader for Weston Price Foundation, a worldwide organization comprised of people dedicated to restoring nutrient dense food to the human diet through education, research, and activism. She is teaches classes in the Kansas City area to open peoples eyes to the power of cultured foods, which dramatically changed her health and the health of her family when she been making and eating them in 2002. She is the founder of www.culturedfoodlife.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Standing Flower\\nDescription: ['
', 'Robert Black is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. ']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire A Millionaire: So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Sweet Sister\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Gluten-Free Baking Classics\\nDescription: [\\\"
“Gluten-Free Baking Classics contains a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that Gourmet magazine claimed were ‘perfect’ and ‘dared anyone to detect that they weren’t made with traditional wheat flour.’ I took the challenge and tried a test recipe on chocolate chip cookie-lovers…only to find that Gourmet was right and I didn’t have enough taste samples to keep up with their enthusiastic appetites.” —Sue Ade, Morris News Service
“[Roberts’s] kitchen tested recipes make her baked goods lighter, and fluffier than the rest.” —Donna Gray, Calgary Herald
“We were captivated by these perfect chocolate chip cookies, [with their] crisp yet yielding texture, and we dare anyone to detect they weren’t made with traditional wheat flour…[the] rich but light…cake loses nothing from the absence of white flour.” —Gourmet
“This remarkable cookbook contains mouthwatering recipes, the directions are easy to follow and the hints are a welcome extra bonus.” — Elaine Monarch, Executive Director, Celiac Disease Foundation
“This wonderful book by Annalise Roberts is very readable, and the recipes taste great!” —Peter H.R. Green, M.D. and Anne R. Lee, R.D., Celiac Disease Center, Columbia
“An excellent cookbook. This is rare. I've seen some absolutely dreadful gluten-free cookbooks....As far as the dishes, YUM! Not a single flop so far and that's saying a lot.” —C. Allison, CookingHelpWeb
\\\", \\\"My philosophy about gluten-free baking is that it should be simple. Most gf bakers I know don't want to reach for six different flours every time they bake- and neither do I.Wheat bakers use only two flours- all purpose for cakes, pies, muffins and cookies, and bread flour for bread. I do the same: I have an all-purpose brown rice flour mix (extra finely ground brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch) for my all purpose flour and the bread flour mix(millet, sorghum, potato starch, tapioca starch and corn starch)in this book for my breads.It is easy- and it increases your learning curve. If you use a different combination of flours each time you bake, how will you know what goes wrong- or right? Baking pros don't do this; that is how they become skilled in their craft.
Moreover, wheat bakers enhance the taste and texture of their breads with other added flours (whole wheat, rye, etc.) and so do I. I recommend using whole grain teff and ground oatmeal (my favorites), Montina, amaranth, or quinoa. I give recommendations as to how to do this in the book.
\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jesus Killed My Church\\nDescription: ['Randy Bohlender lives in Kansas City, MO with his wife, Kelsey and their nine children. In addition to writing books, blogging and a weekly radio show, he is on staff at the International House of Prayer and an advocate in the area of adoption. Find out more at RandyBohlender.com', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Simple Sourdough: How to Bake the Best Bread in the World\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dooley's Dawgs\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: HUNGER USA A REPORT BY THE CITIZENS BOARD OF INQUIRY INTO HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION IN THE UNITED STATES\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best [Hardcover]\\nDescription: ['Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best [Hardcover]', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis, Federalist, 1765-1848 Volume 1\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Jesus, the One & Only\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Working Life - A Renaissance Painter's Studio\\nDescription: ['\\\"The Series reflects a variety of occupations, time periods, and global perspectives. The table of contents and index make it easy to locate what you want. There is enough detail for a student to compare workers of today with those in history. Recommended.\\\" --Library Media Connection, October 2005 (Library Media Connection 20051001)
\\\"Each book combines authoritative, easy-to-understand text, average-quality black-and-white photographs, and primary-source quotations to tell what life was like for a painter or factory worker during his respective era...Frequent boxed excerpts from newspaper articles and quotes add authenticity. Students will find plenty of research material in these titles.\\\" -- School Library Journal (May 2003) (School Library Journal 20030501)', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: ...then just stay fat.\\nDescription: [\\\"Shannon Sorrels was born and raised in Little Rock, AR (the accent still surfaces). Her education and career paths have taken her through science, corporate America, and most recently fitness - from Little Rock to the DC Metro area, Seattle, and Phoenix. She lives with her husband, Mike, and owns/operates her studio gym, Physix. Writing has been her antidote for insanity. It's worked most days.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Late Blooming: My Gender Journey: A Memoir\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Raw Food Made Easy: For 1 or 2 People\\nDescription: [\\\"A chef for Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, Cornbleet has been finessing her hand in the raw food kitchen for quite some time, so it might come as a surprise that her premiere book, Raw Food Made Easy For 1 or 2 People, reduces the craft to the bare minimum. Simple as it may seem, this book accomplishes quite a complex feat: it truly makes raw food easy. After spending ten minutes whipping up your own almond butter, you'll never pay outrageous prices for it again, and the Not Meat Balls will ban cravings for the processed faux-meat varieties. Innovative techniques such as replacing eggs with avocado in mousse and marinating broccoli so that it tastes cooked testify to her understated expertise. -VegNews Magazine\\\", \\\"The All-New Revised Edition of Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People is available in July, 2012.
My name is Jennifer Cornbleet and I'm the author of Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People. I'm here to help you satisfy your appetite at any time of the day or night with recipes that are easy, good for your body, and really delicious.
When you're stressed out, running behind schedule, and hungry...or company's coming...or the kids are clamoring for a snack...raw food recipes are the perfect answer. All you need are all-natural ingredients from Mother Nature's pantry to quickly create satisfying meals and treats, without turning to processed food that's so often high in cost, but low in taste and nutrition: \\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Have You Met Nora?\\nDescription: ['This is definitely a page-turner worth reading again and again. RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars
\\\"Blades (The Thunder beneath Us, 2016) blends mystery, scandal, and intrigue. Readers are encouraged to stick with the story for an unsuspected and somewhat uncharacteristic twist at the end.\\\" Booklist', 'Nicole Blades is a novelist and journalist. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Womens Health, WashingtonPost.com, MarieClaire.com, SELF, Health, and BuzzFeed. Born and raised in Montreal, Nicole now lives in Connecticut with her husband and their son. Follow her on Twitter @NicoleBlades. And visit her online at NicoleBlades.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening (Vegetable Gardening Guides)\\nDescription: ['
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Some of her popularity might have to do with her easy-to-follow and relatable approachand the fact that her dairy-free, gluten-free, and Paleo recipes appeal to so many different types of people and dietary concerns... (Molly Gallagher, Well+Good)
Beautifully presented and clearly explained, Meals Made Simple is a delight for Paleo newbies and longterm Paleo-ites alike. The recipes are straightforward and easy to follow, and I like that there are often tips for using leftovers from other recipes in the book. While many cookbooks leave a trail of half-used jars of obscure ingredients scattered across your kitchen, Danielle actually makes it seem easy to stock your kitchen with versatile Paleo staples, all of which can be used in countless ways.... (The Kitchn)
Whats healthy, uncomplicated and definitely not boring? Well, practically any of self-trained chef Danielle Walkers recipes in her newest cookbook, Meals Made Simple. In fact, all of the Against All Grain bloggers meals are gluten and dairy-free meaning you can finally enjoy dinner without feeling too bad about going for that second helping of dessert. (Rachel Sylvester The Nest)
Danielle Walkers first book --was (and still is) a gangbuster hit, so trust me when I tell you that her second book, Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple, is just as exciting and eye-opening when it comes to eating a gluten free and/or paleo diet. I was looking to try out a recipe or two from the book but while reading it everything looked so amazing I ended up putting tabs on more than half of the pages. (Weelicious)
Danielle Walker, whose cookbook \\\"Against All Grain\\\" made her a celebrity with the paleo diet and gluten-free crowd, offers conscientious recipes for celebrations and holidays in her new cookbook, \\\"Meals Made Simple.\\\" (How conscientious? Her pumpkin spice latte includes real pumpkin.) (Denver Post)
After her debut paleo recipe title Against All Grain soared to the New York Times Bestseller list in 2013, she nails it again with inspiring, beautifully photographed recipes that sound incredibleand are all made sans dairy or grains. This time around, you also get 8 weeks of meal plans and shopping lists. (Self Magazine)', 'Food blogger and author of the New York Times best-selling cookbook, Against All Grain (www.againstallgrain.com), Danielle Walker, is the new face of grain-free cooking. A self-trained chef, Danielle tempts a range of appetites with her innovative, accessible Paleo-influenced recipes that are not only healthy and delicious, but are also credited for saving her life. Paying homage to the dishes she loved from her pre-Paleo days, she imaginatively recreates all of her favorites without grains, gluten and most times, dairy.
A Diagnosis and Decision For months, Danielle suffered from drastic weight loss, joint pain and malnutrition. After countless doctor visits, she was diagnosed with a severe form of Ulcerative Colitis at age 22, just two months after getting married. Despite her expansive array of medications and prednisone steroids, Danielle found herself hospitalized numerous times each year, admitted repeatedly for multiple blood transfusions due to morbidly low hemoglobin levels.
Left with a choice between surgery or a life-long weekly treatment with harsh side effects, Danielle began her own research to explore other options. A friends success on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) led Danielle to give it a try, only eating grain-free, sugar-free, starch-free, and unprocessed foods. Although no doctor would support a dietary change as a part of her treatment, Danielle realized that she could take things into her own hands to achieve real results.
Cooking by Necessity Danielle noticed improvement, but committing to a new, drastically different diet was not easy. When her son was just 9 months old, she had an extreme setback which caused her to be hospitalized yet again and required multiple blood transfusions. She began eliminating more food groups including grains, lactose and legumes, following a plan that closely mimicked the Paleo diet. Seeing drastic progress after just 48 hours, Danielle began dedicating her free time to creating delicious comfort foods that could be enjoyed on a restricted diet. She focuses on flavors and textures, refusing to feel deprived despite her limited food choices.
Sharing her Success Danielle started her blog, Against All Grain, to help others suffering from similar ailments continue to enjoy food. Her recipes are all entirely grain-free, and consequently gluten-free, free of refined sugars, and minimal to no dairy. Most are appropriate for those following the Paleo, Primal, SCD, GAPS, and gluten-free lifestyles, and more. With her acquired culinary skills, love for food, and an equal love for journalism, she has become a source of hope for others suffering from similar allergies and autoimmune diseases.
Coveting a large, but loyal following on her blog, Danielle expanded beyond the internet and released her first cookbook, Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great, in July 2013. With a large social media and blog following, Danielle has become a beacon of hope in the food community.
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\\\"I am proud to call them friends and encourage you to read their story because there are many important lessons you can pull from their experience.\\\" - Glenn Beck, Founder of TheBlaze', \\\"DAVID AND JASON BENHAM, former professional baseball players, are also nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs. The twin broth-ers' business success earned them a reality show with HGTV, set to air during the 2014 fall season. Due to their commitment to traditional and biblical values, however, the show was abruptly canceled. The Benhams immediately found themselves in the midst of a cultural fire-storm, but they refused to back down and decided to stand and fight for what they believe. The brothers' first company was recognized as one of Inc. magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies, and they've been awarded Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists, Wall Street Journal's Top Real Estate Professionals, and Business Leader Media's Top 50 Entrepreneurs. They were also named Franchise 500's Top New Franchise. Appearing on CNN, Fox News, TheBlaze, ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, and others, the Benhams continue to stand up for what they believe. After their show was canceled the Benhams trended nation-ally on social media, and more than 51 million tweets about the Benham brands have been delivered to Twitter streams. David and Jason are happily married, and their families live on the same street in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their wives, Lori and Tori, homeschool their combined nine children and are passionate about serving in their community. Follow David and Jason on Twitter: @DavidDBenham @JasonBBenham Visit their website: BenhamBrothers.com\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Boosey and Hawkes Kronos Collection - Volume 1 Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music Series Composed by Various\\nDescription: ['Kronos Collection - Volume 1 Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music Series Composed by Various. This is the first volume in a new series of string quartet collections of repertory of the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet. In this volume: Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (Terry Riley), Escalay (Water Wheel) (Hamza El Din) and Pannonia Boundless (Aleksandra Vrebalov).']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up\\nDescription: ['When author LaGrow heard her grandmother Minka\\\\'s story of her first daughter--conceived as a result of rape nearly 80 years earlier, when her grandmother was 16; born in secret; and then placed for adoption--she could hardly imagine that it was all true. Yet the adoption file contained indisputable evidence: decades worth of Minka\\\\'s letters asking for news of this baby she had named Betty Jane. Unbelievably, that same baby, now also a grandmother and named Ruth, was seeking her biological mother and had obtained the previously sealed adoption record. Through many cross-country meeting between the women and their families, LaGrow came to know the stories of both women\\\\'s lives through the decades during which they had been separated and their ultimate and utter joy when reunited. While the presence of some historical details distracts from the rhythm of the story, LaGrow tells Minka\\\\'s story with candor that makes the characters come alive. It is a stunning story of forgiveness, faithfulness, and persistent hope.--Publishers Weekly
\\\"The Waiting\\\" offers up the poignant and true story of a lost child and a mother who never gave up searching for her, and gathers decades of secret letters from a mother reflecting her perpetual agony wondering how her daughter is doing in life. As her reflection turns to an all-out search, readers follow her progress, begun when she was raped by a stranger in the woods and following her search for God\\\\'s insights along the way. The result is a title that blends biography with spiritual reflection and a vivid, true search that readers will find engrossing.--Midwest Book Review', 'Decades of secret letters from a mother longing for her daughter . . . 1929: I sure hated to give her up. But I know it was for the best. I miss her so every night . . . 1933: I would like to know how my big baby girl is getting along. . . . Sometimes the hills are hard to climb, and if I could only hear of her once in awhile it means so much. 1939: Bless her little heart, I hope she shall be happy always. . . . I would so appreciate just a line or two about her. 1944: Im wondering how my little Betty is. I know I should be very proud of her now. She must be a young lady, nearly sixteen. I think of her so often. . . . 1945: Betty Jane will be seventeen yrs old . . . it hardly seems possible . . . please write me if youve any news . . . she is at such a tender age now. 1947: Please write me if you have word . . . will make my Xmas happier just to know she is fine and happy. . . .', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Beyond the Borderlands: Migration and Belonging in the United States and Mexico\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The 7-Minute Back Pain Solution: 7 Simple Exercises to Heal Your Back Without Drugs or Surgery in Just Minutes a Day\\nDescription: ['
Louise was sitting in my office, looking anxious. A forty-four-year-old working mother of two, she spent her weekdays at an office and her weekends driving the kids around to a variety of activities. Her back had started aching one bright Sunday, over ten days earlier, after she helped a group of kids clamber up into her minivan after soccer practice.
\\\"When I lifted the soccer bag, I felt a big sort of bad twinge in my back,\\\" she told me. \\\"So when I got home, I went right to the medicine cabinet and took some of my leftover pain meds from my recent dental surgery. I stayed in bed the rest of the day, but the pills didn\\\\'t really help. The next day the pain was so bad, I couldn\\\\'t go to work. I was lucky my mom was able to come and take care of the kids after school, but I missed a whole week of work, and now my boss is mad at me, because he thinks I\\\\'m faking, and my kids are mad at me because I was hurt too bad to pay any attention to them, and my husband is mad because I couldn\\\\'t do what I usually do around the house.\\\" She burst into tears. \\\"And the pain just won\\\\'t go away. I can\\\\'t take it anymore.\\\"
Louise was a typical patient with low back pain. And like most of my typical patients, she unwittingly made things worse after she felt that initial twinge:
She didn\\\\'t know how to treat the pain, so she took prescription meds that were not prescribed for this problem (something no one should ever do!).
She stayed in bed.
She hoped the pain would go away by itself.
After I examined Louise and ruled out anything serious, I told her that her pain was due to back strain-and that what had happened to her was not her fault. In fact, it was incredibly common. And I told her that I was giving her permission to move so she could get back to her normal activities.
Like most patients who hear this information, she looked at me in shock. \\\"But I\\\\'m afraid to move. It hurts too much!\\\" she said. \\\"Won\\\\'t that make things worse?\\\"
\\\"No, it won\\\\'t,\\\" I told her. \\\"It will help you heal.\\\" Then I sent her home with instructions on how to do the y-Minute Back Pain Solution stretches and told her that if she didn\\\\'t get better after doing them for several weeks, only then might she be a candidate for a more intense workup.
Louise was very relieved, especially when I told her that she didn\\\\'t need to see me again if her back got betterbut to expect that to take several weeks, at the very least.
WHY IS BACK PAIN SO COMMON?
Louise was glad to know that her back pain wasn\\\\'t unique, and I explained to her that there are many reasons why our backs hurt so much. Here are the most common:
You sit all day long. And guess what? The worst possible position for your back is a seated position. Yet most workers spend 90 percent of their time in a chair in a nonergonomic workplace. And they drive a car to and from work. Add to the mix that 90 percent of adults over twenty-one years of age have a job. You do the math! We\\\\'re talking hundreds of millions of people.
You don\\\\'t think or care about taking optimal care of your back until it hurts, and yet when it hurts, you\\\\'re too afraid to move (which inadvertently makes things worse).
You aren\\\\'t in good physical shape.
You\\\\'re trying to get in shape, but you can sometimes be a weekend warrior and you can\\\\'t help but overdo it. This sets up a cycle where you work out too hard, have pain, stop working out, then go right back to the gym or your favorite sport and start hurting again . . . and so on!
You do work out regularly, but you often push yourself too hard, sometimes working out or playing sports even when you\\\\'re in pain.
You rarely, if ever, do the kind of exercises that strengthen all your core muscles properly.
You rarely, if ever, stretch your muscles before or after a workout, and even if you know you should, you don\\\\'t, because you don\\\\'t have the time.
You love your high heels or shoes that look fabulous but don\\\\'t quite fit properly.
You\\\\'re always on the go, carrying heavy bags or children or both, and then cleaning the house and doing the daily chores for your family.
You know you aren\\\\'t in shape, but as soon as there\\\\'s snow in the driveway, you\\\\'re out there shoveling.
It happens!
The good news, of course, is that once you add a regular stretching routine to your daily life, and once you strengthen the core muscles that support your spine, you will not only alleviate your low back pain but also help prevent recurring bouts of it. Like all good machines, you need to warm up your spine and condition your muscles before becoming a champion at what you do, whether it\\\\'s swimming at the Y, taking care of the garden, running after your kids or playing eighteen holes of golf as a weekend warrior.
So why are backs so prone to bouts of debilitating pain, and how can stretching really help? In order to understand why stretching is so beneficial for back-pain sufferers, you first need to understand a bit about the unique anatomy of your spine and the muscles that surround it. What, precisely, does your \\\"back\\\" entail? What are the normal structures found within, and what can go wrong, and where? Why is the pain so terrible, and what triggers it in the first place?
In the next section, I\\\\'ll first discuss the basics of your spine\\\\'s anatomy, showing you how it works in terms of its different components, such as the discs, and in conjunction with the muscles that surround it and comprise your core. Once you see how all these components fit together and work synergistically, it\\\\'s much easier to visualize what can go wrong, and then figure out how to manage it with the seven-minute stretches you\\\\'ll learn about in Chapter 2.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR BACK
The unique anatomy of our spines enables us to bend, sit, twist, dance, run, hop, swim, make love, and lean over the crib railing to kiss our babies good night. But we pay for this amazing flexibility, as it also makes it incredibly easy for low back pain to strike.
The Three Sections of Your Spine
Your spinal column is strong and flexible, yet fragile at the same time. How\\\\'s that for paradoxical?
The spine is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, joints, nerves, discs and the spinal cord. There are twenty-four vertebrae in your spine, which are in place to house and protect the nerves of your spinal cord found within, and they\\\\'re cushioned by spongy discs that provide support and spacing for the nerves. Your lower body and your spine are supported by large muscle groups called the paraspinal muscles or erecti muscles of the back. These muscles encase the vertebrae and aid in the range of motion of your spine.
There are three sections or your spine:
The cervical spine is located in the area of your neck that connects your skull to your shoulder area. There are seven cervical vertebrae, aligned in a reverse C shape to give you neck the proper contour.
The thoracic spine anchors your rib cage and is fairly immobile. There are twelve thoracic vertebrae.
The lumbar spine forms your lower back and is aligned with the same contour as the cervical spine to give that nice shape to the small of your back. There are five lumbar vertebrae, numbered L1-L5. The L5 vertebra connects to the top of the sacrum, which is composed of five bones fused together.
As you know, this book is all about what happens only to the lumbar region and its five vertebrae. There can be pain in and problems with the cervical spine and the thoracic spine, of course, but these problems are much less common and are beyond the scope of this book. It goes without saying that if you have pain in those areas of your body, you should see your physician or orthopedic specialist for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
Lumbar pain, or low back pain, on the other hand, is overwhelmingly common. This small area is what\\\\'s responsible for the vast majority of back problemsthe kind that can leave you in too much agony to go to work or to function properly.
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\\\"Dr. Perlmutter provides sound advice, supported by the latest and most well respected medical research.\\\" -- Russell B. Roth, M.D. Past President, American Medical Association', 'David Perlmutter M.D., a Board-Certified Neurologist, has achieved international recognition as a leader in the field of complementary medicine. His scientific publications have appeared in the most well-respected medical journals including: The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Journal of Neurosurgery, and The Southern Medical Journal.', 'In addition to founding the Perlmutter Health Center, Dr. Perlmutter is the author of \\\"Life Guide, Your Guide to a Longer and Healthier Life\\\", \\\"BrainRecovery.com\\\", The Perlmutter Letter, and many scientific papers appearing in the world medical literature. He is also host of a popular prime-time medical television series \\\"LifeGuide with David Perlmutter, M.D.\\\".', 'Dr. Perlmutter is an active member in many health-related organizations including the American Medical Association, The American Academy of Neurology, The American College of Nutrition, The American College for Advancement in Medicine, The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, and The American Holistic Medical Association.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mrs. Quigley's Kidnapping\\nDescription: ['Jean Sheldon began writing mysteries in her 50s. Her historical mystery \\\"The Woman in the Wing\\\" features women pilots (WASP) and factory workers (Rosie the Riveter) during WWII. \\\"Seven Cities of Greed\\\" involves a group of women of a \\\\'certain age\\\\' on a quest for adventure and the mythical \\\\'Seven Cities of Gold\\\\' in New Mexico. \\\"Mrs. Quigley\\\\'s Kidnapping\\\" introduces Mattie Draper, a female detective in Chicago circa 1968, and \\\"Flowers for Her Grave\\\" is an old-fashioned whodunit in which two amateur sleuths in their early sixties, a gossip columnist and a gardener, solve a 20-year-old crime. The mystery \\\"An Uncluttered Palette\\\" is filled with art history, oil painting, forgery, and fun! \\\"She Overheard Murder,\\\" introduced the characters of the \\\\'Nic & Nora Mystery\\\\' seriesmysteries solved by lesbian amateur detectives in post-World War II Chicago. The second book of the series, \\\"Puzzled by the Clues,\\\" follows both the blossoming relationship of Nic and Nora and that of Anna and Allen. Characters at the heart of the Owen gang and those on the perimeter, offer humor, wisdom, and the belief that there is always hope. In 2015, Jean returned to her first love, and published a collection of poetry called \\\"Persistent.\\\"']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy\\nDescription: [\\\"There are plenty of good books on herbs, and some of them devote a chapter to essential oils, but there's nothing comparable to Worwood's work. Her premise is different from other herbalists--she believes that the most effective way to use herbs medicinally is by external application or inhalation. Both methods allow the essential oil to enter the bloodstream without passing through the digestive tract. Her grasp of basic physiology is somewhat confused, but there's nothing dangerous in her suggestions. (Worwood runs an aromatherapy clinic in England and conducts research on aromatherapy.) Her book prescribes oils for everything from basic first aid and treating common ailments to natural cosmetics and body care, fragrance for the home and office, and cooking with essential oils. A good addition to alternative medicine collections.See also Susanne Fischer-Rizzi's Complete Aromatherapy Handbook , LJ 7/91.--Ed. - Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Original Alfa Spider (Original Series)\\nDescription: ['
', 'After finishing a degree in law, Chris Rees began contributing to various car magazines, including Autocar and Classic & Sports Car. He is currently Editor of Japanese Performance magazine, and wrote The Magnificent Seven for Haynes.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Coming Economic Armageddon: What Bible Prophecy Warns about the New Global Economy\\nDescription: ['\\\"A clear, compelling primer on God\\\\'s heart for Israel and the dramatic Bible prophecies that will unfold in these last days. What I loved most is that David Jeremiah unashamedly examines and explains the biggest global trends of our day through the Third Lens of Scripture. And his description of Jesus\\\\' unconditional love and compassion for Jews and Muslims is alone worth the read!\\\"Joel C. Rosenberg, New York Times best-selling author, The Last Jihad and Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your World on What in the World Is Going On?', 'Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point Ministries, a nonprofit organization devoted to \\\"delivering the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world.\\\" A pastor\\\\'s son born in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary and received his doctorate from Cedarville College. David and his wife, Donna, have four children and ten grandchildren, and live in San Diego.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres (Critical Literacy Teaching: Challenging Authors and Genre)\\nDescription: [\\\"Young Adult literature, from The Outsiders to Harry Potter, has helped shape the cultural landscape for adolescents perhaps more than any other form of consumable media in the twentieth and twenty-first century. With the rise of mega blockbuster films based on these books in recent years, the young adult genre is being co-opted by curious adult readers and by Hollywood producers. However, while the genre may be getting more readers than ever before, Young Adult literature remains exclusionary and problematic: few titles feature historically marginalized individuals, the books present heteronormative perspectives, and gender stereotypes continue to persist. Taking a critical approach, Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres offers educators, youth librarians, and students a set of strategies for unpacking, challenging, and transforming the assumptions of some of the genre's most popular titles. Pushing the genre forward, Antero Garcia builds on his experiences as a former high school teacher to offer strategies for integrating Young Adult literature in a contemporary critical pedagogy through the use of participatory media.\\\", 'Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University. Prior to moving to Colorado, Antero was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles. Antero completed his Ph.D. in the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Anteros research focuses on developing critical literacies and civic identity through the use of participatory media and gameplay in formal learning environments. Anteros research has appeared in numerous journals including The Harvard Educational Review, English Journal, and Rethinking School']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cain's Redemption: A Story of Hope and Transformation in America's Bloodiest Prison\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hurlbut's Story of the Bible\\nDescription: [\\\"Hurlbut's Story of the Bible\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God. A Broken Mother's Search for Hope.\\nDescription: ['Praise for Out of a Far Country
Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan have told the story of their miraculous journey from broken lives, relationships, and dreams to a place of hope and healing. Out of a Far Country brings home the living truth that in the midst of a broken and hurting world, God is at work to redeem, renew, and reconcile his beloved. Im particularly happy to endorse this book because Christopher, like myself, was broken in prison and redeemed by Christ. Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview
Out of a Far Country reads like a modern rendition of the prodigal son parable, only it is more gripping. The journey taken by Christopher Yuan is rarely documented. Be prepared, for the raw emotions of both mother and son authentically mark every page. The spiritual lessons to be gained from this book are many. May it gain a vast audience! J. Paul Nyquist, PhD, president of Moody Bible Institute
This is a moving account of how an Asian mothers fragile love turns into a prayerful, patient, and tenacious force of forgiveness. It is also a gripping narrative of a sons search for belonging and meaning. Out of a Far Country breeds hope in every despairing heart. Lisa Espineli Chinn, director of International Student Ministries for InterVarsity/USA
The Good Shepherd knows his sheep and calls them by name. Christopher Yuan, trapped in a life of drugs and sexual addiction, heard that call and rose to follow Jesus. His and his mothers account of that rising is a profound story of redemption that all of us in this broken generation need to hear. Duane Litfin, president emeritus of Wheaton College in Illinois
Relevant, courageous, fascinating, and much more. I have known the Yuans for many years, and their walk is in line with their talk. This important and needed story goes against the wind, but it is one hundred percent in the right direction. Dr. George Verwer, founder and former international director of Operation Mobilisation
Out of a Far Country is a true-life parable of saving grace for a prodigal mother and a wayward son who needed Gods forgiveness. Their story will warm the heart and lift the spirit of every parent who prays for a wandering child and every believer who needs to be reminded why the gospel is good news. Dr. Philip G. Ryken, president of Wheaton College in Illinois
At one point, Angela and Christopher were living worlds apart. I have heard their story countless times, and it never grows old. I know you will be amazed by the God who did the impossible to bring this mother and son back together. Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International
This is the story of Gods persistent chase of a wayward son through the prayers and love of a determined mother. But even more, it is a testimony to the fact that loving God is a far more satisfying pursuit than following our own desires. I am thankful that Christopher and Angela are willing to be so transparent about their journey. Christophers desire to follow Christ regardless of the struggle stands as a model for all who desire to love God with all their heart. Dr. Joseph M. Stowell, president of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan
God snatched Christopher Yuan from a desperately empty life and offered him the hope of Jesus Christ. This is a story of Gods redemption, love, and mercy in the midst of overwhelming sin and a heart that was far from God. Get two copies of this bookyou will want to give one to a friend who needs Jesus. Dr. James MacDonald, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois
The story of Angela Yuan and Christopher Yuan, Out of a Far Country, will minister rich grace and hope to mothers who are praying for the return of a prodigal, to the prodigals they love, and to anyone battling a sinful addiction that seems impossible to overcome. This is a deeply moving account of Gods amazing power and love. Nancy Leigh DeMoss, best-selling author, host of the Revive Our Hearts radio program', \\\"Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan travel nationally and internationally to speak at churches, conferences, youth conventions, and colleges about Gods desire for prodigals of all types to return to him. Angela is a businesswoman and advocate for Chinese-American cultural causes. Christopher teaches at Moody Bible Institute (MBI). He holds abachelor's degreefrom MBI, a master's degreein biblical exegesis from Wheaton College Graduate School and a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary. Visit christopheryuan.com for more information.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Absolutely Positively Not\\nDescription: ['DAVID LAROCHELLE, a former elementary school teacher, is author and illustrator of numerous middle-grade readers and picture books, including The End, which received four starred reviews. David lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power\\nDescription: [\\\"_
'...he has this story. And he has told it well. With candor. With honesty. With hope.' -Max Lucado Pastor and New York Times bestselling author
'This is one of the most powerfully transparent books I have ever read.' -Sheila Walsh, Speaker, Bible teacher, and bestselling author
'This is a book that will help everybody, in every walk of life.' -Carl Lentz, Pastor, Hillsong NYC
'Levi has framed up some practical thoughts and shares some experiences that can help us not only to cope with the pain of loss but to... thrive as a result.' - Bob Hurley, Chairman and founder, Hurley LLC \\\", \\\"Levi Lusko is the pastor of Fresh Life Church, a multisite church in Montana, and the founder of Skull Church and the O2 Experience. He serves as host for Greg Laurie's Harvest Crusades and travels internationally to speak at churches and conferences. He takes pleasure in small things like: black coffee, new shoes, and fast internet. He and his wife, Jennie, have four daughters, Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment\\nDescription: ['', \\\"[Mr. Spier] is worth listening to. A graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Business School, he runs the Aquamarine Fund ...that has beaten the S&P 500 by an average of 4.9 percentage points annually. He believes that most investors pay attention to the wrong things and allow their minds to get hijacked by bad ideas. Individual investors are constantly being exhorted to try beating Wall Street at its own game of trading like crazy to chase whatever is hot. But why should you bother trying to play a game that even most professional players can't win? Instead, take a page from Mr. Spier's book and play by your own rules. The faster Wall Street runs, the more you should slow down and step back from that madness. Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal\\\", \\\"It is rare to find as readable a book on value investing as this one. It is even rarer to find these investing insights wrapped in a set of life lessons that you will find thought provoking, challenging and useful. Pick this book up and you won't put it down...you'll likely be a better person for it! Len Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School\\\", 'The Education of a Value Investor offers a remarkably cost-effective education for any type of investor. And, oh, the lessons--of the forms of self-transformation, self-transcendence, and self-understanding that lead to investing success--stand to profit any reader, non-investors included. Robert B. Cialdini, Bestselling Author of Influence', \\\"Our industry is extraordinarily competitive, and knowing oneself if a huge advantage. In this wonderful book, Guy allows us to understand his journey of discovering his way. This narrative gives us each the gift of helping us understand ourselves better-- helping us become better investors. I am both inspired and impressed by his example. Lisa O'Dell Rapuano, founder, Lane Five Capital Management\\\", 'Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it takes to succeed in investing and life. A must read! John Mihaljevic, CFA, Managing Editor, The Manual of Ideas', \\\"The Education of a Value Investor is full of pearls of wisdom that can make you a better investor, and its honesty will inspire and surprise you. It's the best book I've read that shares both highly valuable investing lessons and a fascinating description of the journey from novice to master investor. Ken Shubin Stein, MD CFA, Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, Columbia Business School\\\", 'Highly readableoffers practical tools for everyone James Mackintosh, Financial Times', 'The most interesting investment book this year. Phil Demuth, Forbes.com', '', \\\"Guy Spierhas run the Aquamarine Fund for the last 17 years. An ardent disciple of Warren Buffett, Guy launched the fund with $15 million in assets, closely replicating the structure and approach of Buffett's original partnerships. Guy received his education at Oxford University, where he was a tutorial partner of the current British Prime Minister David Cameron and came top of his class in economics. After a stint in management consulting, he attended Harvard Business School, then worked as an investment banker before starting his own fund. He is a regular commentator in the media, having appeared on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox Business News.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Renewing of the Mind Project: Going to God for Help with Your Habits, Goals, and Emotions\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, Books a la Carte Edition (3rd Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"There has been a lot of commentary about \\\"Instant Pot\\\" books lately, about the many unauthorized uses of the name, and the many free e-books...and some resulting food waste...There have been a couple of books published with permission, and there are some high quality print cookbooks soon to be available, after many long months/years in development. Here is one!\\\" Donna Haney, Social Media and Affiliate Coordinator, Instant Pot', '\\\"The Instant Pot intimidated me. For this busy mom, it was like learning to cook all over again and I didnt really have the time. So in the garage it satuntil I got this cookbook. Here I found approachable Instant Pot recipes that the whole family could enjoy. Whether you are new to the Instant Pot or if you are a pressure-cooker pro looking for fresh inspiration, The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals needs to be in your kitchen!\\\"-Julie Clark, Tastes of Lizzy T blog', '\\\"The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook is packed with 100+ recipes all exclusively designed for the Instant Pot. I get some of my best recipe ideas from traditional cookbooks like this one. I like that the pressure cooking times are all set out for me-figuring that out can be the trickiest part!\\\"-Megan Gilmore, Detoxinista blog', '', 'Laurel Randolph is a Los Angeles-based food writer and recipe developer who has contributed food articles to Paste Magazine, Wise Bread, and Serious Eats. In her free time, you can usually find her browsing a farmers market, eating tacos or Vietnamese food, or cooking up a storm at home.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17\\nDescription: ['Blackburn is not self-effacing about his World War II service, referring to \\\"my fantastically successful tour\\\" as pilot and commanding officer. Retired Admiral James Stockdale\\\\'s introduction and the text itself leave no doubt that modesty in this case would be practically impossible. Blackburn was an exceptionally talented, resourceful, inspiring leader who imparted to his men a fierce warrior ethic. Equipped with F4U Corsair fighter planes, his squadron downed at least 154 Japanese planes during the 76 days they were in combat in the South Pacific. Thirteen of the \\\"Jolly Rogers,\\\" including the author, became air aces. The book is a seemingly complete history of the squadron from its commissioning in January 1943 to its disbandment in April 1944, and what makes it especially noteworthy is the author\\\\'s straight-forward description of the methods he used organizing, training, leading his pilots in combat, and developing air tactics. Clearly Blackburn knew what he wanted and how to obtain results. Photos. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Brainy Baby Animals (ABC Tab Bokk)\\nDescription: ['Book by Not Available (NA)', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: He Won't Know It's Paleo: 100+ Autoimmune Protocol recipes to create with love and share with pride\\nDescription: ['\\\"Proper nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress management are the foundations of well-being. But what do we do when the foods we eat make us sick? Where do we look for answers? And what do we do when traditional medicine fails us? Bre\\\\'anna Emmitt is a brave soul who took matters into her own hands to find help for herself. What she discovered is the healing power of food.\\\" - Simone Norris, MD
\\\"He Won\\\\'t It\\\\'s Paleo\\\" is one of the most creative Autoimmune Protocol cookbooks I\\\\'ve seen yet! Bre\\\\'anna has adapted all your familiar favorites to elimination diet-friendly versions. The recipes and mouth-watering photography cover everything from apple pie to enchiladas. Tricking her hubby into making a dietary transition is what inspired Bre\\\\'anna\\\\'s inventive creations and with her help, you can keep the secret from your family too. Shhh!\\\" -Angie Alt, author of \\\"The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook\\\"
\\\"Bre\\\\'anna Emmitt is the Paula Deen of the AIP community, providing the comfort food we love, with one big difference: these recipes are good for our health.\\\" Eileen Laird, author of the popular AIP blog \\\"Phoenix Helix\\\"', \\\"It's not often that gluten-free, grain-free and allergen-free food is delicious enough to sneak past a gluten-loving, All-American eater. But inHe Won't Know It's Paleo,Bre'anna Emmitt takes you right into her kitchen where she prepared only paleo autoimmune protocol meals for six months before she finally came clean with her husband, Chris. In that time, she noticed drastic improvement in her two autoimmune diseases and began her popular blog,He Won't Know It's Paleo.Each recipe in this book was created with love, shared with sneakiness, and enjoyed with gusto. Her guideline to publishing is always this:If a recipe doesn't meet her non-paleo husband's approval, it doesn't get published.
Following the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol does not have to mean compromising great taste. Bre'anna's hope is that these recipes become your new family favorites - ones that not only improve your health, but that bring good food and great joy around your dinner table.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Summertime Learning: Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten\\nDescription: ['Summertime Learning Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten, Grade K by Teacher Created Resources Staff. Published by Teacher Created Resources,2010, Binding: Paperback', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Wiersbe Bible Commentary 2 Vol Set w/CD Rom (Wiersbe Bible Commentaries)\\nDescription: ['
Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe is an internationally known Bible teacher and the former pastor of three churches, including the Moody Church in Chicago. For ten years he served as general director and Bible teacher for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast. Dr. Wiersbe has written more than 150 books, including the popular \\\"Be\\\" series of expositional Bible studies, which has sold more than four million copies. In 2002, he was awarded the Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He and his wife, Betty, live in Lincoln, Nebraska.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 7 Secrets to Mastering Stress for Unstoppable Success: The Divine Journey to Healing the Body and Creating Your Joy\\nDescription: ['Lisa has a deep appreciation of God and His Creation. She is inclined to enjoy nature by walking and driving throughout the country just to experience the wonder of such beauty.
Her education includes a Doctor of Pharmacy, Real Estate Broker, Masters in Business Administration, Doctor of Ministry and Certified Professional Coach.
She is a speaker, author, singer, songwriter, and producer of musical productions, business owner, pharmacist and minister. She believes her mission is to share the teachings and reality of God through biblical understanding.
Lisa is a proponent of lifestyle and health that has a significant foundation in faith for vibrant wellbeing. She thrives in the grace and joy of our Creator daily.
How thoughts manifest reality and managing judgment are her pillars for building a life of gratitude and thanksgiving. She believes these are the tools for creating your joy.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cars Read-Along Storybook and CD\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: MH2: Metalheart is Movement\\nDescription: [\\\"The Metal Heart book contains exclusive computer-generated hardcore visuals, numerous experimental artworks by Anders F. Ronnblom and Andreas Lindholm, as well as contributions from renowned digital artists. The Metal Heart project started in 1998 when Swedish designers Anders F. Ronnblom and Andrea Lindholm release the emBox/Brainreactor prototype DVD with fonts and 3D typefaces for people to experiment with. The book is a compilation of digital images and design samples of this project. All the images are identified with title, the name of the artist, description and the software which was used to make it. The accompanying DVD includes postscript fonts, 3D typeface images with alpha-channels and paths, samples from Metal Heart background royalty-free collections, 100 MB high-res images, animations, video clips and graphic libraries. The Metal Heart project has been regularly promoted in Ronnblom's worldwide publication EFX Art & Design magazine, as well as on several websites, resulting in high expectations and a large amount of pre-orders.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Planes: Fire & Rescue Read-Along Storybook and CD\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Color, thick and thin (Walter Foster's \\\"How to draw\\\" art books)\\nDescription: ['Paperback book', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance\\nDescription: ['I believe with my whole heart that Swipe Right is going to inspire and challenge you, and not only that, but could redirect the course of your life and relationships. You might not be in a relationship, or maybe youve had many, but no matter who you are, my husband wrote this book for you. The truth, hope, and humor that drip from these pages are incredible. Its a book that needed to be written, my husband poured his heart into it, and Im excited for all that God has for you as you read it. Buckle up. (Jennie Lusko)
My friend Levi is an expert at presenting the raw truth in a relevant way. In Swipe Right he provides a refreshingly real approach to the new challenges our culture is facing concerning sex and intimacy. Its a perspective I believe we need now more than ever. (Steven Furtick Pastor, Elevation Church, and New York Times bestselling author)
One day, someday, there will be a day where you will need the down-to-earth wisdom in this book like you will oxygen. Because as Levi so aptly appropriates, our approach to sex and romance is of life-and-death importance---at least if you care at all about your soul, that hidden thing at the core of who we are that filters the way we experience everything we do in life and death, for better or for worse. And at the core of this book is a soul-watering desire to see yours be better, in a world that increasingly seems to be settling for worse. Levi makes the taboo seem candid, the old-school the new-school, and the difficult more than just possible but altogether life-saving. (Joel Houston Songwriter, Hillsong United, and pastor, Hillsong NYC)
I love that Levi is bringing to light the life-and-death power of sex and romance for such a time as this. I have two daughters, and there is a new level of crazy lately in the world. You should thank God that this book is in your hands. Swipe Right is a timely, wonderful, prophetic, and needed message for our generation. (Christine Caine Founder of the A21 Campaign and bestselling author of Unashamed)
Helpful. Timely. Needed. Swipe Right does what few dating books can: it calls us to a life of purity, fidelity, and honor, not in hopes of earning the perfect mate, but because we already have the hope of heaven and perfection of Jesus in our hearts. I am so grateful God has raised up Levi Lusko to be a voice of truth and grace-covered conviction for this generation. If you are wondering what Gods plans are for your love life, or leading those in search of his plan for theirs, you need this book. (Louie Giglio Pastor of Passion City Church, founder of Passion Conferences, and author of The Comeback)
Sex is wonderful. Sex is powerful. According to Levi, while sex is the source of great pleasure, it has the potential to cause great pain. In Swipe Right Levi leverages his past as well as principles from the New Testament to help readers make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. (Andy Stanley Pastor, North Point Community Church, and author of Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend)
When it comes to sex, dating, and marriage, most of us would agree things arent going well. We want something different, something better. Levi Lusko has written a game-changing book on pursuing the relationship God truly wants you to have. His book Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance is funny and engaging, while simultaneously practical and hard-hitting. Its full of in-your-face truth that will empower you to love your future spouse in a healthy and God-honoring way. (Craig Groeschel Pastor of Life.Church and author of From This Day Forward: Five Commitments to Fail Proof Your Marriage)
I wish this book had been around in 1970. I wish someone had handed it to a fifteen-year-old kid in West Texas. I wish someone had said to him, Lucado, quit listening to the locker room lectures on sex. Listen to what God says. The book wasnt around back then, but it is here today. And Levi Lusko has a good word, not just for fifteen-year-old boys but for all of us to suffer the consequences of a sex-saturated society. This is a good book. Study it, ponder it, and, if you know a fifteen-year-old, tell them to read it. (Max Lucado New York Times bestselling author)
In a cultural climate that attempts to treat the sacred nature of relationship and sexual intimacy as casual, Levi Lusko has yielded his pen to Gods hand to share what is paramount on Gods heart. Swipe Right is the clarion call this generation needs in order to understand that God is not keeping you from a thing; hes keeping you for a thing. The lie of the enemy is that we can easily recover from premature sexual intimacy without incident. A loving God knows otherwise. With love, balance, wit, and humor, Levi has crafted a book that will inform generations to come. This book isnt about ceasing external behaviors that dont honor God. Its about living for God and loving God in a way where we honor his word---even regarding sex---when it is not convenient. And we do so because we love him! (John Gray Associate teaching pastor, Lakewood Church, and author of I Am Number 8)
Thank God for people like Levi Lusko who are dedicated to bringing light to the issues that we all face. Swipe Right is an inspirational look at love, sex, and romance and highlights what our generation so often misses. I believe this resource will help many to understand the true power and true beauty God intends for us in these important areas of life. (Ben Houston Pastor, Hillsong LA)', '', 'Levi Lusko, author of the bestselling books Through the Eyes of a Lion and Swipe Right, is the lead pastor of Fresh Life Church in Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Utah. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son, Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven. Levi travels around the world speaking about Jesus. ']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Peaceful Warrior Collection\\nDescription: ['Book in very good condition, it only misses the dust cover. Fast Amazon shipping, delivery tracking number, no hassle, return policy - your satisfaction is guaranteed.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Revelation 8-22 Exegetical Commentary (Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary)\\nDescription: ['This is a commentary on the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible, not on an English translation. This commentary stresses the development of the argument of Revelation and its central theme. An attempt has been made to show how each section of a book fits together with the preceding and following sections.', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Tatlin: New Art for a New World, International Symposium\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Big Red Tractor and the Little Village\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Organic Chemistry (with CengageNOW 2-Semester Printed Access Card) (Available Titles CengageNOW)\\nDescription: ['\\\"McMurry\\\\'s greatest strength to this reviewer is the level of presentation, the emphasis on physical principles. I think the questions in McMurry both in text and end of chapter are excellent.\\\"
\\\"The material has a far greater biological focus, which is done successfully. This is a big plus in my mind. . . . the chemistry is presented with a high degree of accuracy. There are certainly no major problems.\\\"
\\\"The chapter problems are excellent and challenge students at many levels. Chapter summaries are well written. The \\\\'Why This Chapter\\\\' lead-ins are superb.\\\"
\\\"The author has always produced a well written book that is easy to read. That is a comment I have heard from both other colleagues and students alike. This has always been a general strength of the text. I was happy to see the inclusion of the \\\\'Focus On\\\\' topics as supplements to the chapter\\\\'s material to excite the students about other topics in organic chemistry related to the chapter material. I think these are quite informative for the students.\\\"
\\\"We have been using McMurry\\\\'s text for the past several years here at UA, and I am, therefore, quite familiar with it. The general strengths include the readability and a wealth of good problems.\\\"', 'John E. McMurry received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellow. He has received several awards, which include the National Institutes of Health Career Development Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, and the Max Planck Research Award. In addition to ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, he is also the author or coauthor of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH, FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Francis Chan - Forgotten God Full Set - Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (Book + Workbook + DVD)\\nDescription: ['Brand New: Book, DVD, & Study Guide!!!']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"...David weaves an engrossing and unforgettable story with the precision of a historan and the color of a true Indigenous storyteller.\\\" - Rosanna Deerchild, author, This Is a Small Northern Town', ' \\\"...a masterpiece of traditional knowledge; a powerful gift to share!\\\" - Betty Ross, Elder, Cross Lake First Nation', 'Healing lies in knowing our past, not just of our lives, but also the distant past of our ancestors. The interweaving movements from present to past and past to present are like waves of cleasing waters waching in to the present, and back out to that distant past. It\\\\'s mesmerizing.\\\" - Beatrice Mosionier, author, In Search of April Raintree', '\\\"...a powerful message through image and work [that] will engage readers in an historical and insightful story....\\\" - David Booth, author and educator', '\\\"...Reconciliatrion is about respect...and self-respect is where it starts. A good story is worth tellin, and when told well is worth reading. Especially this one.\\\" - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commision of Canada ', '', 'A brave story told in graphic-novel format that will engage young adults.', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":264,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":264,"string":"264"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: All My Sons (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: [\"Arthur Miller (1915-2005)was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays includeAll My Sons(1947),Death of a Salesman(1949),The Crucible(1953),A View from the BridgeandA Memory of Two Mondays(1955),After the Fall(1963),Incident at Vichy(1964),The Price(1968),The Creation of the World and Other Business(1972) andThe American Clock(1980). He also wrote two novels,Focus(1945), andThe Misfits, which was filmed in 1960, and the text forIn Russia(1969),Chinese Encounters(1979), andIn the Country(1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. His later work included a memoir,Timebends(1987); the playsThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan(1991),The Last Yankee(1993),Broken Glass(1994), andMr. Peter's Connections(1999);Echoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays, 19442000; andOn Politics and the Art of Acting(2001). He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Miller was the recipient of the National Book Foundations 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cosmic Doctrine\nDescription: ['Over seventy-two years ago, beginning on the Vernal Equinox in Glastonbury, Dion Fortune started receiving communications from the Inner Planes concerning the creation of the universe, the evolution of humanity, natural law, the evolution of consciousness, and the nature of the mind. Her written record of this experience forms the basis for The Cosmic Doctrine.
Fortune examines the limbo where Science and Magic interact, where the cosmology of the \"Big Bang\" and chaos theory run parallel to the evolutionary process. She also illustrates the true nature of Good and Evil, which is generally viewed from an individual\\'s own highly subjective and very personal perspective, and provides further insights into the interaction of the positive and negative polarity within the universal scheme of things. A cryptic warning accompanies these clearly outlined concepts: this book is designed to train the mind rather than inform it. In other words, it is intended to induce in the reader a particular attitude to both the inner and outer world.
Unpublished until 1949, and then only in a privately printed edition, Fortune and her followers considered the material too dangerous for general release. This revised and definitive edition includes original material left out of previous editions and illuminating diagrams by one of Fortune\\'s closest collaborators.', '
', 'Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of the Inner Light, is recognized as one of the most luminous figures of 20th-century esoteric thought. A prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, powerful psychic, and spiritualist, she dedicated her life to the revival of the Western Mystery Tradition. She was also a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, whose members included at various times such people as A.E. Waite, Aleister Crowley, and W.B. Yeats.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Written in Red (A Novel of the Others)\nDescription: ['Praise for Written in Red Winner of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice for Best Urban Fantasy Novel
Amazing...A compelling story set in a seamlessly crafted universe.Fresh Fiction
Near perfect...Written in Red isnt just the best urban fantasy of the yearit may be one of the best ever.All Things Urban Fantasy
A stunningly original yarn, deeply imagined, beautifully articulated, and set forth in clean, limpid, sensual prose.Kirkus Reviews
Bishop has a way of making your heart wrench with joy and pain within a breath.Fantasy Book Critic
Fast-paced action, well defined characters and an imaginative storyline make for a fine paranormal read.Monsters and Critics
More Praise for Anne Bishop and the Novels of the Others
Anne Bishop is so good at writing character development....I love this series and I NEED MORE!USAToday.com
Without a doubt one of the best UF series on the market.RT Book Reviews
The Queen of Fantasy...Teeming with intrigue, suspense, heartbreak, and hints of romance, Bishops literary skills continue to astound and enchant.Heroes and Heartbreakers', 'New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Othersincluding Etched in Bone,Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Glassmen of Murano Born of Fire\nDescription: ['About the Author, Yvonne M. Moretti After dedicating 35 years to the legal profession in Miami, Yvonne relocated to Citrus County, Florida, so that she could enjoy the unspoiled beauty and many outdoor activities that Citrus County has to offer. She took the opportunity to finish her memoirs and book, Glassmen of Murano \"Born of Fire\" in this beautiful natural tranquil environment, while pursuing a career in real estate. Yvonne is a descendant from a 700 year old bloodline in the Italian glass industry. She is the daughter of thelate Italian/American Glass Maestro Alessandro Moretti and the niece of the late world renown Glass Maestro Roberto Moretti. She visited the Pilgrim glass factory in West Virginia often as a child to early adolescence to watch her father and uncle work. She catalogued her experiences through memoirs, notes, film, and photography, and travelled with them, along with other family members, to various area exhibits, including the Ripley, WV annual fair, and the New York World\\'s Fair from 1964-65. She collects antiques, and her hobbies include writing, photography, diving, boating, fishing, and kayaking. She has been actively working on this writing since 1990 in collaboration with her beloved aunt,Giulia Moretti, [surviving spouse of Maestro Roberto Moretti], and hopes the readers will enjoy their journey through time, circumstance, and meeting two brothers who added their legacy to a millennia-old art form dating back to the cradle of civilization.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power\nDescription: [\"Gr 58Supervillains and criminals meet their match with Tony Stark's friend Squirrel Girl, aka Doreen Green, a college freshman with the appearance, speed, and agility of a squirrel. Fitting in proves to be challenging, as normal girls do not talk to or have a squirrel sidekick, nor do they have super strength. Then there is Squirrel Girl's roommate, who has a tough exterior and is obsessed with knitting and her cat. Luckily, Squirrel Girl has a knack for winning people over. When Galactus threatens Earth, the heroine must rely on more than strength to defeat the Devourer of Worlds. She may have extraordinary strength, an army of squirrels at her disposal, a collection of Deadpool villain trading cards, and nut-inspired catchphrases, but it is her ability to form connections with people that proves to be her most powerful asset. North and Henderson have created a fun, fast-paced graphic novel that will appeal to Marvel fans as well as readers who are unfamiliar withor do not enjoytraditional superhero comics. Bright, bold color choices fit well with the humorous tone. Squirrel Girl is likable, confident, and endearingthe first scene shows her beating up muggers while enthusiastically singing her self-written theme song. The updated character design, snappy dialogue, and quirky characteristics make her a relatable heroine whom readers of all ages will root for. Also included is the 1991 classic Marvel Super-Heroes #8 comic, in which Squirrel Girl first appears. VERDICT A first-purchase for all graphic novel collections.Marissa Lieberman, East Orange Public Library, NJ\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Altamaha Sunset\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flat-Out Love\nDescription: ['\"Flat-Out Love is the first book in a long, long time that has touched me this deeply.\" ---Book & A Latte
\"It made me feel emotions I thought my black heart wouldn\\'t allow.\"---See K Read
\"This book was so outrageously good. It has surpassed--dare I say it?--my deeply beloved Nicholas Sparks.\" ---Just Another Book Addict
\"...This is The Best Book I Have Ever Read...I have read a lot of books but none like this one. It made me laugh until I nearly cried. It\\'s funny, sad, romantic and just simply fantastic...\" ComaCalm\\'s Corner
\"Within the first chapter, I laughed out loud no less than four times. The characters were well-rounded, and strong while still vulnerable...Flat Out Love is a shining example of romance in the internet age...\"--Random Musings
\"I loved it so much that I\\'m already considering how long to wait before re-reading it. The romance in this one is amazing because it\\'s a slow building, feel-it-in-your-stomach kind of love.\" ---Book Labyrinth', 'Jessica Park is the author of the young adult novel RELATIVELY FAMOUS, five Gourmet Girl mysteries (written as Jessica Conant-Park) and the e-shorts FACEBOOKING RICK SPRINGFIELD and WHAT THE KID SAYS (Parts 1 & 2). She grew up in the Boston area and then went to Macalester College in frigid St. Paul, Minnesota. During her freshman year, there was a blizzard on Halloween, and she decided that she was not cut out for such torture. So she moved back to the east coast where, she\\'d forgotten, it still snows. Oops. She now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, son, bananas dog named Fritzy, and two selfish cats. When not writing, she is probably on Facebook , pining over 80s rock stars, or engaging in \"Glee\" activities. Or some combination of the three. Probably with a coffee in hand.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Life and Times at the \"Rovers Return\"\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flat-Out Matt\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: Text with CD-ROM\nDescription: ['\"This book is a visual treat. This is a well-constructed book where the authors have decided to structure the information on the mechanism of transmission of the disease. This allows for a sensible consistency in presentation which may not please those who like a breakdown of disease on the basis of the type of organism or organ affected. The authors have gone to great effort to include the range of issues related to these diseases and their choice of images provides a good way for visual learning about a condition, eg. children holding urine samples showing haematuria linked to schistosomiasis and the range of histopathology images. This is the complete opposite of a \\'dry\\' text with informative images falling off the page.
The more that I delved into this book the more I started to enjoy it and learn. The book is structured on the basis of the mechanism of transmission of the disease, a practical and sensible way which should make it easier for someone coming to tropical medicine to learn the range of conditions. The published visual images are broad ranging and very informative. If you are a visual learner this book would represent a good investment.\" BMA Awards 2007
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS EDITION:
\"For those requiring essential information on tropical medicine or ID, first call should be this book.\" Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
The information provided under various chapters with superb colour photographs and illustrations is concise, accurate and easily digestible. This is a work of high scholarship and an indispensable source of information. As such it is highly recommended as an essential atlas (which also includes a CD-ROM) on the desk of each medical and nursing practitioner of travel medicine, and as a book readily available to clinicians, laboratory and public health practitioners.
\"You\\'ll like this book AND love it.\"--Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production, a School Library Journal blog
\"Readers would have to have stone-cold hearts to not root for Candice to succeed.\"--Booklist
\"Jonsberg has created a memorable heroine in Candice, whose determined attempts to heal her family and understand her place in the world will stick with readers.\"--Publishers Weekly
\"Candice is a strong central character, full of personality.\"-School Library Journal
\"Candice Phee is a memorable character and one that many readers will likely want to befriend.\"--Kidsreads', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Steps To Achieving God's Vision For Your Life!\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012: In writing and in life, Augusten Burroughs has repeatedly summoned the courage to grab the wolves of his past by their foaming muzzles and peer into their wild eyes until he owns them--and because of this, he\\'s survived nearly every horrific experience a person in a modern-day, first-world country could face and emerged as an astonishingly well-adjusted person. After turning his profoundly messed-up early life and its alcoholic aftermath into six harrowing, uplifting memoirs--including Running with Scissors and Dry--Burroughs lost interest in writing about himself. He kept meeting people who were locked in the same struggles hed overcome and decided they needed to know they had options for fixing their lives. In This Is How, Burroughs delivers prescriptions for handling life\\'s most pernicious problems. Don\\'t let the snake-oil-salesmannish title put you off: this is raw, hard-knock-life advice, veering from brutal to hilarious to deeply compassionate. Burroughs doesnt really believe in \"happiness\" or \"healing.\" Hes honest about the limits of recovery, but even those in the depths of despair will be energized by his exhortations to claw their way back to OK, even if it means leaving the life theyve known in the dust. --Mari Malcolm', '', 'AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS is the number one New York Times bestselling author of A Wolf At TheTable, Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking, Dry, Running with Scissors, and Sellevision. He lives in Manhattan.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Calculations for A Level Chemistry Fourth Edition\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cut\nDescription: [\"Fifteen-year old Callie is so withdrawn that she's not speaking to anyone - including her therapist at Sea Pines, known to its guests as 'Sick Minds' - the residential treatment facility where her parents and doctor send her after discovering that she cuts herself. Her story unfolds primarily through dramatic monologues, gradually revealing the family turmoil that led to her self-destructive behaviour.\"]","rejected":"Title: A Long Way from Misery\nDescription: [\"Jack Turner was born in 1926 in the small, rural town of Rylstone, Australia and raised on a farm called Misery. A former shearer with no education and a rough and ready upbringing, Jack's 'that'll do me' attitude has stayed with him throughout his long life and seen him through many a scrape.He is a quick-witted larrikin who loves to laugh and make others laugh. His knack for telling a yarn is classic Aussie bushman.He has had too many jobs to mention, met too many people to remember, and had too many adventures to record. His fascinating memoir, A Long Way from Misery, is an authentic retelling of a life spent in freedom, family and misadventure. \", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Wrinkle in Time\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: How to Slay the ACT: Proven Strategies to Conquer the College Entrance Exam\nDescription: [\"Tina Wiles has a unique background. Not only does she hold a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan, but she is also a certified high school math teacher! Tina has been working in the test prep industry for over 12 years and has found her passion. Tina has scored a 36 on the ACT multiple times, and now she has published this book to help as many students as possible. Tina's students increase an average of 4 points on the ACT!\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flawless (Pretty Little Liars, Book 2)\nDescription: ['', \"Spencer stole her sister's boyfriend. Aria is brokenhearted over her English teacher. Emily likes her new friend Maya . . . as much more than a friend. Hanna's obsession with looking flawless is making her sick. And their most horrible secret yet is so scandalous that the truth would ruin them forever.\", \"And why shouldn't I tell? They deserve to lose it all. With every crumpled note, wicked IM, and vindictive text message I send, I'll be taking these pretty little liars down. Trust me, I've got enough dirt to bury them alive.\", '', '', 'Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Touchdown Auburn: Carrying on the Tradition of the Auburn Tigers\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Perfect (Pretty Little Liars, Book 3)\nDescription: ['', \"In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls aren't nearly as perfect as they seem.\", \"Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer can't keep her hands off anything that belongs to her sister.\", \"Lucky me. I know these pretty little liars better than they know themselves. But it's hard keeping all of their secrets to myself. They better do as I say . . . or else!\", '', '', 'Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Teaching Kids About Money: A Step-By-Step Guide For Parents Who Want More For Their Kids\nDescription: ['Helene Kempe Helene has worked in the education industry for 30 years and has held management positions for the majority of that time. Her leadership, management and marketing experience coupled with her teaching and learning in the creative and visual arts, provides her with a valuable skill set for thinking outside the square. Helene holds a number of qualifications including a Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration, Diploma of Teaching, Diploma of Visual Arts, Master Neuro-linguistic Programming and Results Coach, Associated Certified Meta-Coach (ACMC) and Demartini Method Facilitator. One of Helenes passions is to help people create their own personal power through gaining the understanding that they own their own learning and that when they focus on what they really want in life, they can achieve it more quickly and easily. Nicole Clemow Nicole has always had a passion for finance. After completing her Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree and Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning, she worked in the financial planning industry for over 8 years. Her roles included working as a Paraplanner, Technical Manager and Financial Planner. After discovering that many people had very little knowledge in money management, Nicole decided to leave the corporate world and venture out on her own to help change peoples thinking around money. She has completed a Master Level in Neuro-linguistic Programming and Results Coaching and uses these effective personal development strategies learned through her study, on a daily basis. Nicole believes that personal development is extremely important and has travelled across Australia, Canada and the USA to work with some of the top people in the field of wealth creation and financial management.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel\nDescription: ['Like Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia seamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl, it should be hailed as one of the best books of the yearA (Entertainment Weekly)
Just finished a fantastic novelReconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. So. Well. Done. If you liked Gone Girl, youll love this too. (Jodi Picoult)
Clever and scary . . . McCreight has her finger on the private school zeitgeist. . .and this disturbing tale will make older readers fondly recall the days when kids got in trouble for passing (print) notes in class. (USA Today)
Did Amelia Baron really get caught cheating and then commit suicideor is the truth more sinister? A nail-biter for Gone Girl fans. (People)
Reconstructing Amelia will keep you hooked till the last page. (BookPage)
Gossip Girl meets Gone Girl. (Entertainment Weekly, Summer Must List)
Wow! I was pulled in after reading the first page. Its sort of a thriller/prep school teen drama that is full of secrets. (People.com Staff Pick)
[A] mystery with enough red herring to stock Lake Michiganthis is the novel most likely to be found in coming weeks not on the beach but on the F train. (New York Times)
McCreight captures the complexities, cruelty and angst of teenage girls so well my stomach was in knots. What really happened to Amelia? Youll find yourself staying up all night to find out. (Jennifer McMahon, New York Times-bestselling author of The One I Left Behind)
The real story of Amelias life and death emerges slowly, through a creative blend of Kates present, Amelias past, and such varied communication methods as texts, e-mails, blog entries, and Facebook status updates. . . . Fans of literary thrillers will enjoy the novels dark mood and clever form. (Publishers Weekly)', '', \"Litigation lawyer and harried single mother Kate Baron is shocked when her daughter's exclusive Brooklyn private school calls to tell her that Ameliaher intelligent, high-achieving fifteen-year-oldhas been caught cheating. But when Kate arrives at Grace Hall, she's blindsided by far more devastating news: Amelia is dead. Despondent, she's jumped from the school's roof. At least that's what Grace Hall and the police tell Kate. It's what she believes, too, until she gets the anonymous text: Amelia didn't jump. Now, Kate is going to find the truthno matter where it leads. Sifting through Amelia's e-mails, text messages, and Facebook posts, Kate reconstructs the pieces of her daughter's life and the people in it, uncovering why she was on Grace Hall's roof that dayand how she died.\", \"A superb blend of Tana French and Jodi Picoult, Reconstructing Amelia is a story of secrets and lies, friends and bullies. It's about how well any parent really knows their child and how far one mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she could not save.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three Vol. 2\nDescription: ['\"An entertaining gateway into the new game universe.\"--IGN
\"One of the best DC comics to not only come out this week, but since the start of 2013.\"--AIN\\'T IT COOL NEWS', \"Brian Buccellato is a writer and and illustrator, best known for his work as scribe on THE FLASH with co-writer and artist Francis Manapul. He has also written DETECTIVE COMICS, INJUSTICE: YEAR THREE and FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION for DC Comics. As a colorist, he's worked for Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Top Cow, Image and Dynamite Entertainment. His recent coloring credits include ADVENTURE COMICS, HELLBLAZER, SUPERMAN, AND THE FLASH.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1\nDescription: [\"Natsuki Takaya burst onto the manga scene in North America with the publication of Fruits Basket which became an immediate sensation. Her other works include Twinkle Stars and Liselotte & Witch's Forest.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pre-Raphaelite Paintings and Drawings in the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum: 24 Art Cards (Dover Postcards)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 5\nDescription: [\"Natsuki Takaya burst onto the manga scene in North America with the publication of Fruits Basket which became an immediate sensation. Her other works include Twinkle Stars and Liselotte & Witch's Forest.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Carter and the Curious Maze: Weird Stories Gone Wrong\nDescription: [\"Carter and the Curious Maze is a short, fast-paced tale with engagingly eerie illustrations by Shawna Daigle that enhance Dowding's captivating storytelling style. Readers will be compelled by the historic tales of Toronto's past as experienced by the relatable and funny 12-year-old Carter and the cast of interesting characters he meets within the maze. A perfect book for readers who enjoy light fantasy with humour and heart. (Canadian Materials)
This original take on time-travel historical fantasy is a sure bet for young scary-story enthusiasts. (Kirkus)
a great novel to introduce multi-genre writing to young readers due to its fantasy, adventure, and mystery overtones. (Resource Links)
Dowdings story is fast-paced and compelling, with just enough mystery to be spooky. (YA Books Central)
In an approachable, straightforward style, Dowding writes an engaging time travel story. (Booklist Online)\", 'Philippa Dowding is an award-winning copywriter, poet, and childrens author. Her books have been nominated for the Diamond Willow, Hackmatack, Silver Birch, and Red Maple awards. Her third book, The Gargoyle at the Gates, was named a White Raven Book by the International Youth Library in Munich. Philippa lives in Toronto.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Commemorating its fiftieth anniversary, LEngles classic couldnt have scored a better talent to adapt its story into comics form. Larson produces high-quality coming-of-age stories featuring female protagonists, with the most recent (Mercury, 2010) even including a fantasy element to highlight the tales emotional stakes. She dives wholeheartedly into LEngles seminal epic, chronicling the journey of Meg Murry, her preternaturally intelligent younger brother, Charles, and their friend Calvin OKeefe, crossing distant worlds to save the Murrys, lost patriarch. Guided by three grandmotherly guardian angels, they navigate the dangers of a mind-controlled world fallen under the influence of a cosmic force of pure evil. Larson has miraculously preserved the power of the originals social and religious themes, as well as its compelling emotional core, while staying true to her distinctive voice and aesthetic. Her soft-lined, large-eyed characters are a modern exemplar of classical American cartooning, and the metallic blue coating of the pages evokes both the timelessness of the story and the remoteness of alien worlds. This adaptation is fabulous for presenting a fresh vision to those familiar with the original, but its so true to the storys soul that even those whove never read it will come away with a genuine understanding of LEngles ideas and heart. Grades 6-12. --Jesse Karp', '', \"Know somebody who hasn't met Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who or Mrs Which? Larson's colorful panels bring Madeline L'Engle's brilliant time-travel favorite to life in an exciting new way. This is page-turning eye candy of the highest order. James Patterson\", \"This adaptation is fabulous for presenting a fresh vision to those familiar with the original, but it's so true to the story's soul that even those who've never read it will come away with a genuine understanding of L'Engle's ideas and heart. Booklist, starred review\", \"The memorable story of Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O'Keefe's adventure across space and time is conveyed with all the intellectual and emotional impact of the original novel. BCCB\", \"Larson has remained true to the story, preserving the original chapter format and retaining L'Engle's voice. Black-and-white artwork is accented with blue, echoing the original cover color. School Library Journal\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Missing! Stranger Abduction: Smart Strategies to Keep Your Child Safe\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hollywood And Vine (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Faith)\nDescription: ['THE ATLANTIC - \"Faith\\'s return to the comic-book landscape represents twin achievements for the medium: an increasing willingness to tell stories featuring heroic women, and a tendency to celebrate the ways in which those women to deviate from (or challenge) gender norms.\"
NERDIST - \"This is a superhero done right\"
KIRKUS - \"Fat and fierce superhero Zephyr-aka Faith Herbert-leaves the Harbinger Resistance to fly solo. On her own in LA and with her secret identity blown in a previous adventure, blonde, white Faith goes Clark Kent with a pair of glasses, a red wig, and a new name-Summer Smith-to complement her role as a mild-mannered content writer for online outlet \"Zipline.\" She works hard to get over ex-boyfriend and rising reality TV star Torque and continues to fight crime. Investigating the disappearance of a young black teen, a possible psiot like her, soon leads her to the evil Vine, who are experimenting on psiots as part of a plot to (of course) take over the Earth. Faith is an enormously likable character, an unapologetic geek and fangirl. Dialogue and internal monologues are both strong in banter (\"I can do this,\" she thinks to herself as she prepares to write a puff piece on Torque. \"I\\'m a freakin\\' superhero\") and reflective of an unflinching moral code. Portela\\'s and Sauvage\\'s classic superhero stylings accommodate Faith\\'s size with ease and respect. Readers unfamiliar with previous Harbinger storylines will flounder a bit as they catch up, but the willingness to suspend disbelief and go with the superhero flow will take them far. This volume compiles the first four issues of her solo comic. You go, girl. \"(Graphic fantasy. 12 & up)\"\" ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Gunga Din Highway\nDescription: ['Ever want to become an actor? Longman Kwan dreams of playing Charlie Chan in the movies but instead finds himself stuck in dead-end roles, quite literally, as minor Chinese characters who die. Providing hilarious insight into Longman\\'s patient humor, the novel is also filled with references to pop culture icons--TV, actors, movies. The Village Voice calls Chin a \"literary gangster\" with a method to his madness. His novel indeed takes us on a furious tour of four decades, from the \\'50s to today, showcasing the lives of a dreamer father and his cynical son.', 'An irreverent saga of a Chinese American family in California, this latest from the author of Donald Duk offers a satiric panorama ranging from ethnic stereotypes to Hollywood mythology. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: We Should All Be Feminists\nDescription: ['A personal essay adapted from the writer\\'s TEDx talk of the same name. Adichie, celebrated author of the acclaimed Americanah (Knopf, 2013), offers a more inclusive definition of feminism, one that strives to highlight and embrace a wide range of people and experiences. Drawing on anecdotes from her adolescence and adult life, Adichie attempts to strike down stereotypes and unpack the baggage usually associated with the term. She argues that an emphasis on feminism is necessary because to focus only on the general \"human rights\" is \"to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded.\" Her focus on women of color is also an aspect of the movement that hasn\\'t always been given its due, and Adichie works in her own experience and life as a feminist within a more conservative Nigerian culture in an organic and eye-opening way. She also points to examples in Nigeria that are unfortunately universal: a young woman who is gang-raped at a university and is then vilified and blamed for the crime, which, unfortunately, happens often in the United States. Injustices such as these, she posits, are reasons enough to be angry and outspoken. The humorous and insightful tone will engage teens and give them an accessible entry point into gender studies. This title would also work well as a discussion starter in debate and speech classes. VERDICT An eloquent, stirring must-read for budding and reluctant feminists.Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal', 'Nuanced and rousing. Vogue
Adichie is so smart about so many things. San Francisco Chronicle', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Age of Swords: Book Two of The Legends of the First Empire\nDescription: ['Praise for Michael J. Sullivan
If you enjoy epic fantasy, and are perhaps hungering for something with timeless appeal, then I highly recommend picking up Age of Myth.The BiblioSanctum, on Age of Myth Hair-raising escapes, flashy sword fights, and faithful friendship complete the formula for good old-fashioned escapist fun.Publishers Weekly, on Theft of Swords
Filled with adventure and clever dialogue and featuring a pair of not-quite-heroes whose loyalties to each other provide them with their greatest strength, this epic fantasy showcases the arrival of a master storyteller.Library Journal, on Theft of Swords
With less gore and a smaller cast of characters than George R. R. Martins Song of Ice and Fire but equally satisfying, Sullivans epic fantasy will be gaining fans at exponential rates.Library Journal, on The Rose and the Thorn', 'Michael J. Sullivan opened the first door to his imagination with typewriter keys found in a friends basement when he was just eight years old. Today he uses computer keys, writing classic fantasy with unlikely heroes, including the bestselling Riyria novels and his latest epic, The Legends of the First Empire.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: If I Was Your Girl\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpAfter a violent incident in her Atlanta suburb, Amanda moves to small-town Tennessee to make a new start with her estranged father. Finally living openly as her true self three years after she, then known as Andrew, attempted suicide, Amanda needs the safety and relative freedom of a fresh beginning. A new set of risks and opportunities open up to her as she makes friends with a group of girls harboring their own secrets, navigates a tense relationship with a father who is terrified of what the world will do to his child, and begins the first romance of her life. This is everything a coming-of-age novel should behonest, complicated, and meaningful. Amanda navigates the teenage world with a cautious bravery that will grip readers by the heart. Russo, herself a transwoman from Tennessee, handles every issue in the storyfrom pot and promposals to hormones and support groupswith a deft hand, both gentle and honest. The result is a narrative that transcends the typical \"issue\" novel to be a beautiful tale in its own right. VERDICT A highly recommended purchase for any collection serving teens.Amy Diegelman, Vineyard Haven Public Library, MA', '', \"Stonewall Book Award Winner Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Outstanding Children's Literature A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Zoella Book Club Selection A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year IndieNext Top 10 List One of Flavorwire's 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read\", '\"This new novel for teens breaks new ground...powerful.\" O Magazine', '\"A beautifully rendered YA novel . . . the first written by a transgender woman about the transgender teen experience.\" San Francisco Chronicle', '\"A vivid, compassionate portrait of a teen finding her place.\" The Washington Post ', '\"An illuminating debutguided by hope and overwhelming kindness.Publishers Weekly, starred review ', 'A necessary, universal story about feeling different and enduring prejudicesfull of love, hope, and truth.Kirkus, starred review ', '\"This is everything a coming-of-age novel should behonest, complicated, and meaningful. Transcends the typical \\'issue\\' novel to be a beautiful tale in its own right.\" School Library Journal, SLJ Popular Pick', '\"Amanda\\'s story is neither overly sentimental nor didactic. A thoughtful, truthful, and much needed coming-of-age tale.\" Horn Book Review', '\"Russo, a trans woman, writes with authority and empathy, giving readers not only an intellectual but also an emotional understanding of Amanda and her compelling story. Never didactic, this debut is a valuable contribution to the slender but growing body of literature of trans teens.\" ALA Booklist', 'Beautiful, smart, and so urgently needed, If I Was Your Girl should be required reading for every teenscratch that, every personin America. This book is exactly what YA is for: to break ground, to break hearts, to teach us empathy, to find the universal in the specific. I loved every word. You will too. Julie Buxbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things', '\"Poignant and rare. If I Was Your Girl is the type of book you read and want to immediately share, because it\\'s too important to keep to yourself.\" Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin\\'', '\"If I Was Your Girl is important and necessary and brave, and deeply, electrically inspiring. Read this wonderful book. Just read it.\" Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places', 'If I Was Your Girl will change minds and open hearts. Nina Lacour, critically acclaimed author of Everything Leads to You', '\"If I Was Your Girl is real and raw and layered and wonderful.\" Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George', '\"If there\\'s any justice in the world, we\\'re all witnessing a YA powerhouse in the making.\" Forever YA', '\"Pure magic.\" Book Riot', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: You Lost Him at Hello: A Saleswoman's Secrets to Closing the Deal with Any Guy You Want\nDescription: [\"At thirty years old, Jess McCann was on top of the world. After graduating college, she had started her own sales company, where she single-handedly recruited, trained and managed a thirty-person sales team. She was chosen as one of America's top entrepreneurs by Sir Richard Branson and traveled the world on his Fox reality show, The Rebel Billionaire. Having discovered first-hand that the art of sales directly translated into her dating life, Jess began counseling women, teaching them logical and proven sales techniques that they could use on their own dates. She continues to teach the fundamentals of sales and dating to women across the country. She lives with her husband in Washington D.C. Visit Jess at jessmccann.com or jessmccann.hcibooks.com.\", '', \" The Common Denominator Several years ago I was sitting in a caf in Georgetown having breakfast with my best friend, Adison. She had dragged me out of bed that morning to talk about her most recent relationship, which, like many before, was headed downhill fast. Before I could even order a cup of coffee, she declared that her latest would-be-boyfriend, Gavin, was an asshole. She then proceeded to give me the play-by-play of their relationship with her usual enthusiasm.
'He never calls when he says he will. He acts like he likes me one minute, but then I don't hear from him for days. I am just so fed up with men and their games!' I listened, as good friends do, as Adison vented her frustrations. She rambled on about Gavin's commitment phobia; how his hot and cold behavior drove her up the wall; and how the next time she saw him, she was going to give him a piece of her mind. But somewhere between the words jerk and player, I realized that this most recent relationship disaster sounded a lot like her last one. In fact, when I thought about it, it seemed like getting dumped was becoming a pattern for her.
As Adison was about to call this guy an asshole for the tenth time, it hit me: maybe it wasn't such a coincidence that all the guys she dated turned out to be jerks. Maybe there was an actual reason for it. It did seem a little odd that all the guys she liked drove her crazy and eventually ended up MIA, especially since each relationship started out so differently. Yet somehow she kept getting the same result. I realized I knew what was happening. There was only one common denominator in all of Adison's relationships, and it wasn't the men 'Adison,' I said. 'Do you ever think maybe it's not him, it's you?' Adison's jaw dropped. As soon as the words left my mouth, I cringed and waited for her reaction. I was supposed to be her friend. I was supposed to be on her side. I was supposed to call this guy a selfish bastard, not bruise her already damaged ego. In fact, I was just about to recant my statement when she said, 'Really? You think I'm making him act this way?'
Up until that moment I truly believed that Adison and I had just been picking the wrong guys. Whenever our relationships got rocky, we would blame the guy for being insensitive, unavailable, or just plain shady. We truly believed that most men were frogs and we were going to have to kiss a lot of them to find our prince. But now I had seen the light. Men weren't the cause of all our headaches, we were. If a guy didn't act exactly the way we wanted him to, we would freak out, overreact, and drive him away.
Take Adison's new relationship for example. This guy, Gavin, did like her. There was definitely a mutual attraction when they began dating. However, Adison started assuming that they were in a relationship after only a couple of weeks, whereas Gavin was still testing the waters. She switched into full girlfriend mode before Gavin had really decided how he felt about her. So when she started coming on strong, calling a lot and making all-weekend plans with him, he started to back off.
This, of course, drove Adison crazy. And the crazier she got, the more she pressured him. The more she pressured him, the less he wanted to see her. She became angry and critical whenever they were together and accused Gavin of being immature for wanting to spend more time with his friends instead of hanging out with her. On the flip side, Gavin was becoming more and more convinced that Adison was trying to control him. For God's sake, they had only been dating for a month! Eventually Gavin stopped returning her calls all together, leaving Adison in relationship limbo, wondering what had happened. Adison and I spent the next hour dissecting all of our previous relationships. In almost every instance, we realized that the guys we had thought were jerks were really not so bad after all. We just blamed them for the fact that the relationships had gone awry. We had come up with every excuse in the book for why they behaved badly, when really, we just didn't know how to act with a guy we liked. It didn't matter that Adison was a smart, pretty girl. The way she behaved completely turned guys off. What an epiphany! I had to laugh at all the crazy mistakes we had made throughout the years. Looking back, I wondered how I could have been so oblivious.
Suddenly, Adison became panic stricken. 'Ohmigod, Jess, do you know what this means?' She shrieked. 'I have been dumped three times in the last year, and I am now realizing it's because of something I'm doing. I'm turning guys off. All this time I thought I was just dating the wrong kind of guy. It never occurred to me that I might be bad at dating. Now what am I supposed to do?'
Good question. At the time, I didn't have the answer. I just knew that this problem wasn't unique to Adison and me. All of my friends were suffering from their own dating dilemmas as well. The more I thought about it, the more I was certain. It wasn't the guys that were making our lives miserable. It was us! OK, So It's Me. Now What?
Years later I was in Las Vegas with my good friend Lana. We were attending a conference to promote her latest children's video. After a couple hours of standing on our feet, we decided to take a break and get some lunch. We found a restaurant in the casino and quickly grabbed a seat. A few minutes later, two guys sat down at the table right next to us. The one on my side was extremely cute, and I couldn't help but overhear his conversation. He had just closed a huge deal. One of the networks had agreed to fund his TV pilot. After a couple of minutes I realized 'cute guy' kept glancing my way. After the fifth or sixth time, I finally decided to catch his eye. He smiled at me, and I leaned over to him and said, 'You guys sound like you're celebrating.' Ten minutes later we were engrossed in conversation.
Twenty minutes later 'cute guy'' asked for my number. I could go into more details about how the weekend unfolded. How 'cute guy' (his name was Daniel) showed up at the club we were at that night. He bought us drinks, held my hand, and kept telling me how adorable I was. But the particulars of that evening are trivial. After all, lots of boys and girls meet and party in Vegas. The crazy part was what happened the next morning. As I went downstairs to check out, Daniel was waiting for me in the lobby. He begged and pleaded with me to stay another night. He even offered to pay for another room at his hotel. When it became clear I wasn't going to be convinced, he reluctantly let me go. But not before telling me that I was the most amazing woman he's ever met and making me promise I would see him again.
When Lana and I jumped in a cab to the airport, she looked at me with amazement and said, 'How is it that every guy falls in love with you?' I had to laugh.
'No seriously,' she continued. 'When I was single I had guys hit on me, but they didn't fall all over themselves the way they do for you. It took weeks, usually months, to get them to commit. I feel like that guy would have reserved the Chapel o' Love tomorrow if you had let him. How do you do it?' It was at that moment that I realized I had to write this book. I had a secret, and it was time to share it.
The Girl I Used to Be As I said before, I wasn't always so successful with men. Even after my 'It's not him, it's you' epiphany years earlier, I still had my share of dating disasters. In college, I had an on-and-off relationship with a guy named Shawn. I really liked him, and when we started dating again my junior year, I thought we were finally on the same page. I asked him to my sorority formal which happened to fall on my twenty-first birthday. I was very excited that I would be spending such a big night with a guy I really liked. On top of that, all my friends would be there to celebrate. However, two days before my birthday he called to tell me he couldn't go with me anymore. The girl he really liked had just asked him to go to her formal on the same night. I was devastated. I felt rejected. I never wanted to see him again. Unfortunately he lived next door.
Another time I fell hard for a Sigma Chi who lived upstairs from me. He would come over all the time and we'd eat, watch TV, and make out. We never defined our relationship, but since we hung out so much, I figured there was no need. He was my boyfriend, as far as I was concerned. Then one day I overheard a couple girls on the quad talking about him. I listened in and learned that he had been pining away for one of their cheerleader friends who finally decided to go out with him. The next time I saw him he was holding hands with C-H-R-I-S-S-Y from the squad.
Then there was Danny. I dated Danny for eleven months. I call that time period the Crash of '99. I was head over heels for him. Funny thing was, at first he chased me. He wanted to take me out and I kept turning him down. He called and pursued relentlessly. Eventually I caved in and went out with him. After seeing him a few times after that, I was hooked. The tables were turned, and now I was the one pining after him while he scheduled me in between rounds of golf. My entire week revolved around Danny. If he wanted to hang out, I dropped everything and ran over. I never knew when I was going to see him again, so I took every chance I got. I stopped making plans with friends because I didn't want to be somewhere that I couldn't leave in case he called. It was a disastrous relationship. I was absolutely powerless, and I didn't know how to regain control. So eventually after many tears, I finally left Danny. He had a new girlfriend three days after we broke up.
So as you can see, I've had my fair share of sob stories. Realizing that I didn't know how to date was only the beginning. I knew that I had a problemI just didn't know how to fix it.
Luckily, after college I stumbled upon the formula for dating success. I had figured out how to get a guy interested, keep control, and get him to commit. My love life took off, and guys who had never noticed me before were falling all over themselves to ask me out. Whereas before, I couldn't catch the eye of the captain of the chess team, I was now dating celebrities and professional athletes. I was even pursued by one of Fortune's 40 Richest Men Under 40. Guys were telling me they were in love with me after only a matter of weeks, and all of my boyfriends were discussing marriage. It was crazy, but it felt great. I couldn't believe the change. I was the same person I had always been, but now I was getting the response I had always wanted.
Since I discovered this secret, I have not been dumped, stood up, cheated on, or left in limbo wondering where I stood. I have had men go to great lengths to get my number and they have all asked for a commitment without me having to say one word. But the best part of all is that I no longer have to settle for the guys that just want me. I can pick any guy I want, and I know I can make him want me right back.
So what's my secret? How do I do it? It's all laid out right here in this book. And what exactly is the difference between this book and all those others out there? Simple. This book is not based on opinion or secondhand advice. It will not just help you understand men and why they do the things they do. What good is having that information if you don't know how to use it? No, this book is different. It will teach you exactly how to gain control of your love life and make you effective in dating, regardless of who you are or what you look like.
Now be prepared. This book presents some rather unorthodox advice. But that's a good thing. How many other dating books have you read that have done absolutely nothing for you? This book is different. It won't be like The Rules. It does not contain flimsy outdated advice my mother's mother gave me. And it's not like He's Just Not That Into You, because honestly, by the time you're done reading this book, he will be. No longer will you sit around with your girlfriends analyzing text messages and waiting for phone calls. You want to land a boyfriend? You want to get married? Well, you can. I am going to show you how to use proven techniques to get any guy you want.
\", '2008. Jess McCann. All rights reserved. Reprinted from You Lost Him at Hello. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Giant Days Vol. 1\nDescription: ['John Allison is the writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins, Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery. He lives in Greater Manchester.']","rejected":"Title: Classic Sewing Spring 2016 Premiere Issue\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling\nDescription: [\"Gr 6 UpDelilah Dirk has a chip on her shoulder. Of late, she lashes out at anyone who wounds her pride or name, even when the danger is great. As in Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (First Second, 2012), her faithful friend Selim acts as the voice of reason, but stopping a resolute Delilah proves to be nearly impossible. So when a traitorous British soldier threatens her good reputation, she pursues him, bent on his downfall. England does not welcome her back, and with redcoats chasing her, she reluctantly takes refuge with her privileged family. This position gives her an advantage, but her headstrong attitude jeopardizes all: her chance at success, survival, and her bonds. Frustration and tension have a bigger presence than humor in this volume, but we get more character and relationship development because of this. Colors are key to setting the tone; when this duo arrive in England, the hues take on an overcast brown to match how stifled Delilah feels. Fortunately, heart-pounding action sequences chase such clouds away every time. VERDICT Another whirlwind adventure that builds upon Cliff's unifying factortrue friendship.Rachel Forbes, formerly of Oakville Public Library, Ontario, Canada\", '', '\"A story jam-packed with action and spectacle, but at its heart is a story of friendship and trust. A fantastic addition to a stellar series!\" Noelle Stevenson, author of Nimona', '\"Gorgeous.\" Emily Carroll, author of Through the Woods', '\"With perfect comic timing and a hefty dose of charm thrown in with the adventure, Delilah Dirk and the King\\'s Shilling is absolutely thrilling!\"Kate Beaton, author of Hark! A Vagrant', '\"One of the most beautifully illustrated books I\\'ve ever seen. Cheers to the swashbuckling adventures of Delilah and Selim!\" Kazu Kibuishi, author of the Amulet series', '\"Move over, Indiana Jones. . . . with gorgeous illustrations and clever writing, Cliff seamlessly blends action and comedy into a charming tale that is so much fun you\\'ll wish you brought popcorn.\" Entertainment Weekly', '\"The character development adds welcome depth to an already absorbing adventure. Irresistible and exhilarating.\" Kirkus Reviews, starred review', '\"Another whirlwind adventure that builds upon Cliffs unifying factortrue friendship.\" School Library Journal, starred review', '\"It\\'s the dynamic between Delilah and Selim, a headstrong woman and pliant man who remain platonic companions, that gives the book its compelling emotional center.\" Publishers Weekly, starred review', '\"Cliffs artwork and storytelling skill make this graphic novel a fine purchase for those looking to expand their graphic novel collection beyond capes and manga.\" Voya Magazine, starred review', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Wrath & Bones (The Marnie Baranuik Files) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['A.J. Aalto is a proud native of the Niagara Region. Born in St. Catharines, she currently resides in Thorold, Ontario with her wonderfully peculiar husband Jason and two quirky kids, a puppy that drives her bonkers and two cats who are undoubtedly plotting her demise. When not writing horror or dark urban fantasy, you can find A.J. researching horrible things, braying her unladylike guffaw, making dick jokes, mentally undressing strangers or sitting cross-legged on her front porch eating peanut butter M&Ms by the spoonful.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Chi's Sweet Home, volume 3\nDescription: ['A Publishers Weekly Big Graphic Novels for 2010 selection!     \"Chi\\'s Sweet Home seems to have that feline je ne sais quoi that could fill a niche in the existing market.\" --Comics Reporter     \"Chi\\'s Sweet Home has been a fan-favorite for a while...Now American manga readers (and cat lovers) will get a chance to enjoy this wonderful manga.\" --About.com
\"How can [Chi] be so cute even without any sparkles in those black eyes? ...Reading Chi always makes me happy.\"--Moto Hagio, Shojo manga pioneer', \"Konami Kanata (pen name used by Kanata Konami) was born on July 3, 1958, in Nagano, Japan.  A veteran manga artist Konami made her professional debut in 1982 with the serialized comic Petit Cat Jam-Jam for Kodansha's semenal shoujo manga magazine NakaYoshi. The daughter of an elementary school teacher, most of Konami's stories are for readers of all ages making her one of the most accessible artists in recent history.
In her nearly thirty year career, Konami has penned more than a dozen comic series, with the majority of them focusing on cats and pets. Konami is well regarded within the pet-manga community for her keen sense of cat ecology. Her ability to observe and render feline behavior has earned her respect from the Japanese manga community as a whole. While most of her properties were published for a younger female demographic, her most recent series Chi's Sweet Home is currently being published by Kodansha's Morning magazine, Japan's leading comic magazine for adult readers. Proving that quality can be found even in the cutest of sources.
Chi's Sweet Home will be Konami's first translated work.\"]","rejected":"Title: Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Joys to Craft & Stitch\nDescription: ['Craft and stitch ideas for decorating and gifts.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks\nDescription: ['If you or someone else in your life could do with an inclusive, funny, super smart, and sweet introduction to the world of female geeks, look no further.The Mary Sue
Short, thorough, wide-spread, funny, and variedI wish I\\'d had this handbook when I first ventured into the fanzones!Tamora Pierce,author ofThe Song of the Lionessseries
Everyone could use tips on how to be a better and happier geek from this book. Maggs dishes out the best advice on cosplay, gaming, fan fiction, social media and even how to battle trolls. You\\'ll start reading as student and leave a Jedi Master. May this book be with you always.Bonnie Burton,author ofThe Star Wars Craft BookandYou Can Draw: Star Wars
Part analysis and part celebration, this handbook thoroughly explores geekdom and the way women have made it their own. A must-have for anyone interested infangirlculture.\"Beth Revis, author of theNew York TimesbestsellingAcross the Universeseries
This FANtastic book embraces and encourages the growing number of women who are unleashing their glorious and gorgeous inner geeks. It celebrates the nerdy girl in all of us. Such fun!Amanda Tapping, actress fromStargate SG-1andStargate Atlantis
Read it cover to cover, and then make sure you share it with all the young girl geeks you know.Brit + Co
Ahandy handbook for being an empowering and happy girl geek.Sweety High
The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxyis a great homage to anything and everything fandom, especially for those new to the genre.Reading Eagle
...this book could be invaluable.GeekMom
Through and through, Maggs manages to talk about feminism, fangirling, cons, lingo, and the general idea that you should be yourself, and do that unapologetically, with a great deal of lightheartedness and fun.The Frisky
For a woman trying to find her way in fandom, I think this book would be invaluable. But thats not to say men cant get something out of it as well.FreakSugar', \"Sam Maggsis a best-selling writer of books, comics, and video games. Shes a Senior Writer for Insomniac Games; the author ofThe Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy,Wonder Women, andGirl Squads(Oct. 2018), all published by Quirk Books and distributed by Penguin Random House; a contributor to BioWare's highly-anticipated forthcoming gameAnthem; and shes written for comics likeStar TrekandJem & The Holograms. A Canadian in Los Angeles, she misses Coffee Crisp and bagged milk.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: An indiscreet itinerary;: Or, How the unconventional traveler should see Holland, by one who was actually born there and whose name is Hendrik Willem van Loon\nDescription: ['An indiscreet itinerary;: Or, How the unconventional traveler should see Holland, by one who was actually born there and whose name is Hendrik Willem van Loon', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Olympians: Apollo: The Brilliant One\nDescription: ['', '\"A shining example of a graphic novel that educates and entertains.\" School Library Journal, starred review', '\"As in previous series entries, the backmatter includes commentary, analysis, reading lists, and discussion questions. Apollo\\'s darker tendencies overshadow his divine radiance here but, as usual, make better tales.\" Kirkus Review', '', \"George O'Connor is a New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator of the Olympians series as well as such graphic novels as Journey into Mohawk Country and Ball Peen Hammer. In addition to his graphic novel career, Mr. O'Connor has published several children's picture books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Chickens May Not Cross The Road and Other Crazy (but true) Laws\nDescription: ['It is against the law in Brooklyn, New York, for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. In Idaho you are not allowed to fish while sitting on a giraffe. In California you must not keep slugs as pets. Yes, its the lawsays so right on the state or city books. Some of the most ludicrous laws in the history of our country come to light in this funny and fascinating book for young citizens . . . citizens who have a special appreciation for the tyranny of silly rules.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Jem and the Holograms Volume 1: Showtime\nDescription: ['Kelly Thompson has a degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah Collegeof Art & Design and writes comic books and novels for a living. She lives in Portland, Oregon.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Globalization of Education: An Introduction (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)\nDescription: ['', 'Joel Springs critical approach to education challenges popular opinion and broadens our thinking. This book will leave you wanting to know more, think more, do more.Gina Zanolini Morrison, Wilkes University, USA', 'an eye-opening, pragmatic, and well-articulated discussion of contemporary policy, trends, and global change in education. Structured as a presentation of information rather than an argument, Spring effectively illuminates issues of cultural and corporate dominance, competitiveness, and inequality when examining macro-processes affecting global educational change and perspective in the 21st century.Karen Embry Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA ', '', 'Joel Spring is Professor at Queens College/City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Female of the Species\nDescription: [\"Gr 10 UpAfter her sister was brutally murdered, Alex Craft sought revenge when her killer walked free. Alex cuts herself off from everyone in her small backwoods town, until Peekay, the shy preacher's kid, and Jack Fisher, the most popular guy in school, force their way into her life as friends, with unintended consequences for all of them. An unsettling and stark exploration of small-town life and the secrets that we all keep.\", 'Each word has been specifically chosen, each character superbly and humanly sculpted, the plot line masterfully completed. To say more would be to dilute the experience. McGinnis plays with the readers and they are at her mercy. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review))
Whether a catcall, an unwelcome touch, or more, sexual aggression towards females happens daily; McGinnis explores how one teen uses violence for justice in this gripping story that should be read and discussed by teens, as well as those who work with them. (Booklist (starred review))
McGinnis gracefully avoids the pitfalls of creating a teenage vigilante, instead maintaining a sense of piercing realism. Alex is a pained girl in dangerous free fall, whose fierce independence is challenged by newfound friendships, even love, though neither may be enough to stave off the inevitable. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
All three teens are haunted by the memory of Annas murder, and Alexs inclination to both considering and exacting revenge with cruel efficiency leads them all inexorably to an explosive, terrible finale. An unflinching look at rape culture and its repercussions. (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
An astoundingly dark but beautifully written tragedy, brimming with sexual assault, violent murders, and accounts of animal abuse...but also tempered with glimpses of genuine human emotion and extremely touching displays of kindness that cross social barriers and species. Highly recommended for collections serving teenagers. (School Library Journal (starred review))
Its raw. Not raw for YA. Real-deal raw. And violent. And unforgettable. McGinnis explores both and she goes there in a way no one really has before in YA. This is Kill Bill in high school, but with more nuance, bolder choices and a true female perspective. (The Globe and Mail)
Your heart may still be pounding after youve finished this book. It is uncannily well timed to our current political situation...McGinnis, who dedicates her book to the victims, examines this dichotomy of hope and violence, love and hate, with dexterity and grace. (The New York Times Book Review)
The ending of this dark novel leaves much to be unpacked, and it would certainly spark heated discussion in a book club or classroom. (Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books)
Holy crap is it good. (Bustle)
McGinniss novel about a teenage girl who avenges her sisters rape and murder and becomes a self-created human weapon is a gut punch that will leave you reassessing everything you thought you knew about the lives of young women. (NY Mag)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Kids Guitar 1 - Instructional/Guitar/DVD\nDescription: [\"These Parent's Choice Award winners are lively, fun-filled ways for a child to learn to sing and play the guitar! The easy lessons on these DVDs can be used at home or in the classroom, either by a child alone or with the aid of a parent or teacher. The emphasis is on singing and accompanying favorite children's folk songs, and Marcy introduces basic chords and rhythmic strumming, how to play in several keys, and nearly 20 all-time favorite kids' songs. These lessons do more than simply teach guitar; they help the child develop a musical ear, good hand coordination, solid work habits and a love of music.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hate U Give\nDescription: [\"Gr 8 UpAfter Starr and her childhood friend Khalil, both black, leave a party together, they are pulled over by a white police officer, who kills Khalil. The sole witness to the homicide, Starr must testify before a grand jury that will decide whether to indict the cop, and she's terrified, especially as emotions run high. By turns frightened, discouraged, enraged, and impassioned, Starr is authentically adolescent in her reactions. Inhabiting two vastly different spheresher poor, predominantly black neighborhood, Garden Heights, where gangs are a fact of life, and her rich, mostly white private schoolcauses strain, and Thomas perceptively illustrates how the personal is political: Starr is disturbed by the racism of her white friend Hailey, who writes Khalil off as a drug dealer, and Starr's father is torn between his desire to support Garden Heights and his need to move his family to a safer environment. The first-person, present-tense narrative is immediate and intense, and the pacing is strong, with Thomas balancing dramatic scenes of violence and protest with moments of reflection. The characterization is slightly uneven; at times, Starr's friends at school feel thinly fleshed out. However, Starr, her family, and the individuals in their neighborhood are achingly real and lovingly crafted. VERDICT Pair this powerful debut with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys to start a conversation on racism, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement.Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal\", 'As we continue to fight the battle against police brutality and systemic racism in America, THE HATE U GIVE serves as a much needed literary ramrod. Absolutely riveting! (Jason Reynolds, bestselling coauthor of ALL AMERICAN BOYS)
Angie Thomas has written a stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time. (John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars)
Fearlessly honest and heartbreakingly human. Everyone should read this book. (Becky Albertalli, William C. Morris Award-winning author of SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA)
This is tragically timely, hard-hitting, and an ultimate prayer for change. Dont look away from this searing battle for justice. Rally with Starr. (Adam Silvera, New York Times bestselling author of MORE HAPPY THAN NOT)
With smooth but powerful prose delivered in Starrs natural, emphatic voice, finely nuanced characters, and intricate and realistic relationship dynamics, this novel will have readers rooting for Starr and opening their hearts to her friends and family. This story is necessary. This story is important. (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
Though Thomass story is heartbreakingly topical, its greatest strength is in its authentic depiction of a teenage girl, her loving family, and her attempts to reconcile what she knows to be true about their lives with the way those lives are depictedand completely undervaluedby society at large. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
Beautifully written in Starrs authentic first-person voice, this is a marvel of verisimilitude as it insightfully examines two worlds in collision. An inarguably important book that demands the widest possible readership. (Booklist (starred review))
Pair this powerful debut with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kielys ALL AMERICAN BOYS to start a conversation on racism, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement. (School Library Journal (starred review))
The Hate U Give is an important and timely novel that reflects the world todays teens inhabit. Starrs struggles create a complex character, and Thomas boldly tackles topics like racism, gangs, police violence, and interracial dating. This topical, necessary story is highly recommended for all libraries. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review))
Thomas has penned a powerful, in-your-face novel that will similarly galvanize fans of Kekla Magoons How It Went Down and Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kielys All American Boys. (Horn Book (starred review))', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Energized (A Tidewater Novel)\nDescription: ['Praise for the Tidewater novels
Great! A real page-turner. Once you pick it up, you wont want to put it down until youre done!Lynsay Sands, New York Times bestselling author of the Argeneau novels[A] sweet, funny, sexy debut!Lena Diaz, author of the Deadly Games seriesNo magic crystal ball is needed to foresee this writer is bursting with talent! I cant wait for more from her!Shelby Reed, author of The Fifth Favor
Suspense with a large dollop of romance . . . Done very well.USA Today
Behre successfully balances the mystery with the love story.Publishers Weekly
Lively, funny, and fresh . . . Just the thing for readers who want their mystery thrillers with a ghostly twist and an offbeat sense of humor.Library Journal', 'Mary Behre is the award-winning author of the Tidewater novels, Guarded and Spirited. The lone female in a house full of males, she is the undisputed queen of her domain, and even has the glittery tiara to prove it. When not writing, she enjoys reading, gluten-free baking, and spending time at the ocean with her family.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: How to Win Friends and Influence People\nDescription: ['Millions of people around the world have - and continue to - improve their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In \"How to Win Friends and Influence People\", Carnegie offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to: make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; win people to your way of thinking; enable you to win new clients and customers; become a better speaker and a more entertaining conversationalist; and, arouse enthusiasm among your colleagues. This book will turn around your relationships and improve your dealings with all the people in your life. About the Author: Dale Carnegie, known as \\'the arch-priest of the art of making friends\\', pioneered the development of personal business skills, self-confidence and motivational techniques. His books, notably this classic, have sold tens of millions worldwide and continue to do so even in today\\'s markedly changed environment', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Swing Low: Black Men Writing\nDescription: ['A companion volume to Carroll\\'s I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like: The Voice and Vision of Black Women Writers published this past fall, Swing Low collects interviews with and excerpts from 16 black male authors. The collection spans a diverse group including seasoned veterans like Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ishmael Reed, playwright August Wilson, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, as well as newer voices like Trey Ellis, Darryl Pinckney and journalist Nathan McCall. The interviews are similarly various: exceptionally funny and insightful, each author really reveals something about himself, personally or politically, something that helps readers gain new understanding of his work. Refreshingly, few of these authors spew the typical \\'I was born to write\\' lines. Instead, they talk about what schooling they had or jobs they took before being published. They also discuss what experiences led them to write, the differences between professional and passionate writing, and how they write. \"The ability to work alone in complete solitude is difficult,\" says Leon Forrest at one point; \"I remember when I first got the notion of writing in my head, I set up my typewriter at the beach thinking that I would be able to write while I socialized and looked at young ladies! But this is not the way of the writer. The solitude and the loneliness are the dues that a writer must pay.\" Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'YA?This collection of writings by 16 living black American men explores their common experiences with the literary creative process. Organized to include a photograph of and introductory essay by each contributor, the volume presents excerpts of acclaimed work in autobiography, poetry, drama, and nonfiction, offering richly textured reading for thoughtful YAs. John Edgar Wideman phrases the invitation: \"the kind of writing I do requires participation. I\\'m not giving anything away. I am asking for your mind to meet my mind and somewhere in the middle for the two of us to create something.\" What opportunities for creativity these selections offer aspiring writers! From August Wilson\\'s street dialogue in a scene from his drama Fences to journalist Nathan McCall\\'s prison memoirs in Makes Me Wanna Holler to Yusef Komunyakaa\\'s \"truthing\" poems, mature students will welcome these works, resonant with common sense and magnetic language.?Margaret Nolan, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Graceling\nDescription: ['If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what would you do with it?', \"Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Gracelings are beings with special talentsswimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa channels her guilt by forming a secret council of like-minded citizens who carry out secret missions to promote justice over cruelty and abuses of power.\", 'Combining elements of fantasy and romance, Cashore skillfully portrays the confusion, discovery, and angst that smart, strong-willed girls experience as they creep toward adulthood. Katsa wrestles with questions of freedom, truth, and knowing when to rely on a friend for help. This is no small task for an angry girl who had eschewed friendships (with the exception of one cousin that she trusts) for her more ready skills of self-reliance, hunting, and fighting. Katsa also comes to know the real power of her Grace and the nature of Graces in general: they are not always what they appear to be.', 'Graceling is the first book in a series, and Kristin Cashores first work of fiction. It sets up a vivid world with engaging characters that readers will certainly look forward to following beyond the last chapter of this book. (Ages 14 and up) --Heidi Broadhead', '', '', 'Starred Review. Grade 8 UpIn this debut fantasy novel, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. In Katsa\\'s world, the \"Graced,\" those gifted in a particular way, are marked by eyes that are different colors. Katsa\\'s Grace is that she is a gifted fighter, and, as such, she is virtually invincible. She is in the service of her tyrannical uncle, king of one of the seven kingdoms, and she is forced to torture people for infractions against him. She has secretly formed the Council, which acts in the service of justice and fairness for those who have been accused and abused. Readers meet her as she is rescuing the father of the Lienid king, who has been abducted. The reasons for his capture are part of a tightening plot that Katsa unravels and resolves, with the help of Prince Po, the captive\\'s grandson. He has his own particular Grace, and he becomes Katsa\\'s lover and partner in what becomes a mortally dangerous mission. Cashore\\'s style is exemplary: while each detail helps to paint a picture, the description is always in the service of the story, always helping readers to a greater understanding of what is happening and why. This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled.Sue Giffard, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York City Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Morning Coffee #1\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Wind in the Door (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet)\nDescription: ['Madeleine LEngle is a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, autobiography, and writings on scripture and the Christian life. Best known for the Newbery Awardwinning A Wrinkle in Time and her classic work on faith and art, Walking on Water, LEngle is the author of over fifty books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, medals, and honorary degrees, including the National Religious Book Award. She lives in Connecticut and New York City.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: From Holidays to Holy Days - A Benedictine Walk Through Advent\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Big Little Lies\nDescription: ['', 'An Amazon Best Book of the Month, July 2014: What is it about Liane Moriartys books that makes them so irresistible? Theyre just classic domestic novels about marriage, motherhood, and modern upper-middle-class family life, after all. And despite the fact that Big Little Lies is Moriartys sixth adult novel (and it comes decades after the grandmother of this kind of thing, Bridget Jones Diary), it is remarkably new and fresh and winning Set in an Australian suburb, Big Little Lies focuses on three women, all of whom have children at the same preschool. One is a great beauty married to a fabulously rich businessman; they have a perfect set of twins. One is the can-do mom who can put together a mean pre-school art project but cant prevent her teenage daughter from preferring her divorced dad. The third is a withdrawn, single mother who doesnt quite fit in. Right from the start--thanks to a modern Greek chorus that narrates the action--we know that someone is going to end up dead. The questions are who and how. Miraculously, Moriarty keeps this high concept plot aloft, largely because she infuses it with such wit and heart. She also knows not to overplay the message shes sending: that we all tell lies--to each other and, more importantly, to ourselves. --Sara Nelson', '', 'Praise for Big Little Lies
Ms. Moriartys long-parched fans have something new to dig intoBig Little Lies[may have] even more staying power thanThe Husbands Secret.The New York Times
Funny and thrilling, page-turning but with emotional depth,Big Little Liesis a terrific follow-up toThe Husbands Secret.Booklist(starred review)
Big Little Liestolls a warning bell about the big little lies we tell in order to survive. It takes a powerful stand against domestic violence even as it makes us laugh at the adults whose silly costume party seems more reminiscent of a middle-school dance.The Washington Post
Moriarty demonstrates an excellent talent for exposing the dark, seedy side of the otherwise perfect family unitHighly recommended.Library Journal (starred review)
IrresistibleExposing the fault lines in what looks like perfection is a specialty of Liane Moriarty Moriartys sly humor and razor-sharp insights will keep you turning the pages to find out.People Magazine
\"The secrets burrowed in this seemingly placid small town...are so suburban noir they would make David Lynch clap with glee...[Moriarty] is a fantastically nimble writer, so sure-footed that the book leaps between dark and light seamlessly; even the big reveal in the final pages feels earned and genuinely shocking.Entertainment Weekly
If you\\'re looking for a novel that will turn you into a compulsive book-finisher look no further. Moriarty has produced another gripping, satirical hit...Its cant-put-downability comes from its darker subplots...A book that will make you appreciate the long days of summer.Oprah.com
\"Reading one [ofLiane Moriarty\\'s novels] is a bit like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic...a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing readMoriarty is back in fine form.\"USA Today
A juicy drama.People Stylewatch
Not your average mommy novel. Its a juicy, twisted murder mystery replete with themes of marital abuse and self-denialThe perfect mindless beach read.Purewow.com
Suburbia is about to get a lot more scandalous.Closer Weekly
\"The Aussie author of last years runaway hit The Husbands Secret comes back with another winning and wise novel that intertwines the lives of three women.\"EW.com
\"Its no mystery why Liane Moriarty is a summer staple: with wit and compassion...[she] keeps it real.\"Family Circle
Riveting and insightfulMoriarty has crafted a great summer read full of perceptive glimpses into the many guises of human relationships: mother-child, husband-wife (and ex-wife) and above all, the strong bond of female friendships.Bookpage
\"Deservedly popular Moriarty invigorates womens fiction through wit, good humor, sharp insight into human nature and addictive storytelling.\"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Writing the Stories of Your Life: How to Turn Memories into Memoir\nDescription: ['', \"Elsa McKeithan has a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, which enabled her to work for a few years in mental health administration. A natural teacher, she has taught college classes and led many workshops, been an editor, a secretary, a librarian, an artist, and a mom. Currently, she coaches individuals who are writing memoirs, novels, and theses. She is working on another novel. She loves to paint and, if she isn't splashing paint on some room in her house, may be found painting pots or canvasses.\", \"She has managed to stay married for an unbelievably long time to a handsome man who does Bowen therapy and body mind healing. She's passionate about classical music, travel and art, loves purple, and has a cat named Mystie. She supports CaringBridge, an Internet project connecting families during times of crisis, and efforts which help women to become self realized.\", 'Elsa McKeithlan is available for workshops and speaking engagements.', 'A Message from the Author', \"When I was writing it, I thought Writing the Stories of Your Life was a how-to book that would help people to write a better story. They would learn how to write life stories, edit and pull them together in to a book. I'd offer encouragement and practical advice. I'd show people where to look for ideas and answer the questions that often came up in my workshops, even say a bit about publishing...\", \"The book does all of that, but more than that, it is about finding the courage to say what is there for you, connecting with others, and creating a better world. I've come to know that the very first step towards your dreams is knowing who you are and what you are about. Each of us is unique and has something to contribute. I hold for each person that your stories are important, and you can write them.\", \"There was a time, not really a very long time ago, when there was nothing much to do after dark. Families sat around a fire an dsang or told stories. Today, we have light after dark, but our lives are fragmented and our families are likely to be scattered. There is so much technology that we are overwhelmed by the very things that bring us a better life. We don't want to return to the old times, not really - but there is something missing for many of us. We lack a sense of rootedness, the sure knowledge of who we are and how we are connected. We don't know what to do with all the stuff we have. We wish somebody would do something about the environment and the state of the world but we feel powerless. We long for a magic rope to pull us into the future where all the problems of the present are solved. Yet in this very uncertainty, lies wisdom.\", 'What if people truly shared themselves with one another - their hopes and knowledge - and their stories? Would that provide understanding to lead us forward? Would that help us to know ourselves and what we want? Would that make a difference in the world? Could we solve some of the problems we face as people and as a planet?', 'Finding our stories and writing them provides the magic that reconnects us with those in our lives and those we have lost. We connect at a deeper level; through writing our stories we are able to move beyond whatever was stopping us and get on with our lives. The magic is that we all have stories, and the secret is that it is not hard to write them. Anyone can do it. The hidden mystery is that doing it makes a difference in your life, your relationships and in the world.', 'If you wish to communicate with me write to the address in the book or look for my website on line at www.talkingstonespublishing.com. I would love to have your questions and contributions for future books.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story\nDescription: ['\". . . like a cartoon character come to life to bless you with tidiness.\" -- The Washington Post
\"Sparks of joy are guaranteed. . .\" -- Library Journal (Genre Spotlight: Graphic Novels)
\". . . charming and whimsical . . . If organizational mandates are medicine, this book is like a spoonful of sugar.\" -- Los Angeles Times
\"Whether you\\'re a dedicated Kondo follower, or a KonMari Method newbie looking for some organizational tips, this cute animated book is sure to inspire your inner neat-freak.\" -- InStyle.com
\"Fans of Kondos runaway hit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, will recognize tenets of her cleaning philosophy, woven through a classic manga-style read. Decluttering tips paired with a potential love story? I gobbled this up in a day.\" -- Food52.com
\"There arent many comics that teach actual practical lessons, which is what makes this one so surprising. This could be one of those rare examples of a comic with real universal appeal.\" -- BleedingCool.com
\"Readers reluctant to submit to word-heavy lectures may be beguiledand even con- vertedby witnessing Chiakis success as played out in an enjoyable story that paints Kondo as more inspiring than inquisitorial.\" -- Library Journal (Review)
Previous praise for Marie Kondo:
\". . . the organization expert who dazzled the world. ..\" --People
\"Just in time to make good on your New Years vow to get organized.\" --The Washington Post
\". . .perhaps the worlds only decluttering celebrity.\" -- The New York Times
\". . .Marie Kondo is helping the world to properly (and lovingly) store their most beloved possessions, one fold at a time.\" --Bustle
\"To show you how serious my respect for Ms. Kondo is: if I ever get a tattoo, it will say, Spark Joy!\" --Jamie Lee Curtis,TIME
\"The most organized woman in the world.\" --PureWow
\". . . her voice . . . is by turns stern and enchanted, like a fairy godmother for socks.\" --The Wall Street Journal
\"Kondo\\'s method really can change your life if you let it.\" --TODAY.com
\"Kondo challenges you to ask yourself whether each object you have is achieving a purpose. Is it propelling you forward or holding you in the past?\" --USA Today
\"Its strength is its simplicity.\" --The London Times', 'Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, star of the Netflix seriesTidying Up with Marie Kondo, #1New York Timesbestselling author, and founder of KonMari Media, Inc.
Enchanted with organizing since her childhood, Marie began her tidying consultant business as a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Today, Marie is a renowned tidying expert helping people around the world to transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration.
Marie has been featured on more than fifty major Japanese television and radio programs as well as inThe New York Times,The Wall Street Journal,TheTimesof London,Vogue,Ellen, theRachael Rayshow, and many more. She has also been listed as one ofTimemagazines 100 most influential people.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions\nDescription: ['', 'Praise for The Teaching Portfolio', '\"This new edition of a classic text has added invaluable, immediately useful material. It\\'s a must-read for faculty, department chairs, and academic administrators.\" ?Irene W. D. Hecht, director, Department Leadership Programs, American Council on Education', '\"This book offers a wealth of wisdom and materials. It contains essential knowledge, salient advice, and an immediately useful model for faculty engaged in promotion or tenure.\" ?Raymond L. Calabrese, professor of educational administration, The Ohio State University', '\"The Teaching Portfolio provides the guidelines and models that faculty need to prepare quality portfolios, plus the standards and practices required to evaluate them.\" ?Linda B. Nilson, director, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University', '\"Focused on reflection, sound assessment, and collaboration, this inspiring and practical book should be read by every graduate student, faculty member, and administrator.\" ?John Zubizarreta, professor of English, Columbia College', '\"All the expanded and new sections of this book add real value, but administrators and review committees will clearly benefit from the new section on how to evaluate portfolios with a validated template.\" ?Barbara Hornum, director, Center for Academic Excellence, Drexel University', '\"This book is practical, insightful, and immediately useful. It\\'s an essential resource for faculty seeking promotion/tenure or who want to improve their teaching.\" ?Michele Stocker-Barkley, faculty, Department of Psychology, Kishwaukee Community College', '\"The Teaching Portfolio has much to say to teachers of all ranks, disciplines, and institutions. It offers a rich compendium of practical guidelines, examples, and resources.\" ?Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts Amherst', '\"Teaching portfolios help our Board on Rank and Tenure really understand the quality and value of individual teaching contributions.\" ?Martha L. Wharton, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity, Loyola University, Maryland', '', 'Peter Seldin is Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. He has been a consultant on higher education issues to more than 350 colleges and universities throughout the United States and in 45 countries around the world. He was named by the World Bank as a Visiting Scholar to Indonesia, and he was elected a fellow of the College of Preceptors in London, England. For his contributions to the scholarship of teaching, he has received honorary degrees from Keystone College and Columbia College (South Carolina).', 'J. Elizabeth Miller is Associate Professor of Family and Child Studies at Northern Illinois?University. Previously, she was the university director of the teaching assistant and training development office, where she established and ran the training program for more than 800 teaching assistants. She is the recipient of several teaching and service awards, and her research focuses on the interplay between feminist teaching and learner-centered teaching.', 'Clement A. Seldin is Professor of Education at the?University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has worked with Peter Seldin and Elizabeth Miller countless times as a mentor of faculty preparing their portfolios, a presenter at national conferences, and coauthor of books and journal articles. He has many years of portfolio experience and a?solid national reputation as practitioner.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: March: Book One (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\nDescription: ['Congressman John Lewis was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He is co-author of the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel memoir trilogy MARCH, written with Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell. He is also the recipient of numerous awards from national and international institutions including the Lincoln Medal, the John F. Kennedy \"Profile in Courage\" Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NAACP Spingarn Medal, among many others. He lives in Atlanta, GA.
Andrew Aydin is creator and co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling graphic memoir series, MARCH. Co-authored with Rep. Lewis and illustrated by Nate Powell, MARCH is the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award, and is a recipient of the Will Eisner Comics Industry Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, among other honors. Aydin\\'s other comics work includes writing the 2016 X-Files Annual (IDW), writing for the 2016 CBLDF Annual Liberty (Image), and writing an upcoming issue of Bitch Planet (Image).
Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. He began self-publishing at age 14, and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. His work includes March, You Don\\'t Say, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, The Year Of The Beasts, and Rick Riordan\\'s The Lost Hero. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBC\\'s The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Matlock Rose, The Horseman\nDescription: ['Sally Harrison is the author of Cutting: A Guide for the Non-Pro Competitor, The Cowboy Life of James L. Kenney, Pride in the Dust, Cutting Horse Classics, and hundreds of magazine articles. Read her popular blog at sallyharrison.com.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: March: Book Two (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpGr 8 Up-In this second volume, representative Lewis continues describing his experiences with the civil rights movement. As in the first book, Lewis attends Barack Obama\\'s inauguration, flashing back to his life as a young man taking part in the fight that would make it possible for America to eventually elect its first black president. Lewis lays out his involvement with sit-ins and the freedom rides, as well as becoming chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and speaking at the March on Washington in 1963, where he urged the crowd to \"complete the revolution.\" Graphic in every sense of the word, this memoir puts a human face on a struggle that many students will primarily know from textbooks. Lewis makes it clear that the movement was far from a uniform entity, with disagreements cropping up, some small, such as differing opinions about the wording in speeches, others more serious, including whether to respond to resistance passively or with violence. Visually stunning, the black-and-white illustrations convey the emotions of this turbulent time, from Lewis\\'s fear and pain while in prison to Governor George Wallace\\'s sneering indifference during his \"Segregation forever\" speech. Powell\\'s use of light and dark is masterly, and the contrast between the joy of Obama\\'s inauguration and the obstacles faced back in the 1960s is effective. This insider\\'s view of the civil rights movement should be required reading for young and old; not to be missed.Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal']","rejected":"Title: Seven Cups of Consciousness: Change Your Life by Connecting to the Higher Realms by Aleya Dao (2015-09-15)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: El Deafo (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\nDescription: ['Cece Bell has written and illustrated several books for children, including the Geisel Honor book \"Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover.\" She lives in Virginia with her husband, author Tom Angleberger. ']","rejected":"Title: Boutique: A '60s Cultural Phenomenon\nDescription: ['Marnie Fogg is currently lecturing in Visual Studies and the Culture of Fashion at the University of Nottingham.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children)\nDescription: [\"This new story from a veteran fantasy author offers writing that's full of imagery and evocative emotions and helps build suspense from the very first sentence. Behind the titular doorway lie alternate worlds, some magical, some dangerous, and some both. The children, mostly girls, who go through the doors become irrevocably changed, many of them becoming mature beyond their actual years. When they return to the real world, their families and friends no longer understand them. And some, like Nancy, want desperately to return to their alternate world, where they felt welcomed and loved. Eleanor West was once a young traveler to those worlds, and now she runs a home for these wayward children, helping them adjust to reality. Just as Nancy begins to make a place for herself, a puzzling and gruesome series of murders threaten the students and the home's very existence. The characters are well drawn, and their feelings about their impossible situation are believable. The alienation they experience and their struggles to find a way back will appeal to teens. When the murderer is revealed, the motivation will be understood by characters and readers alike. VERDICT Though short (this tale is more novella than novel), this clever inside out fantasy will intrigue fantasy fans and those who loved Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.Gretchen Crowley, Alexandria City Public Libraries, VA\", '', '\"A jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll\\'s and C. S. Lewis\\' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them.\" NPR', '\"This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting\" Cory Doctorow for BoingBoing', '\"McGuire\\'s lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience.\" Library Journal starred review', '\"This amazing fantasy pierces the shimmering veil of childhood imagination by reminding adult readers that their own doorways still exist deep in the champers of their all-too-human hearts.\" Booklist starred review', '\"This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who\\'s ever felt out of place.\" Publishers Weekly', '\"This gothic novel is ideal for fantasy fans who have longed for a world of their own, as well as readers looking for books with diverse casts.\" Bookish', \"Girl Interrupted meets Grimm's Fairy Tales. Let it in and it will touch your heart and open your mind. Geek Syndicate\", '\"The broken doors are open, and you should come and enter. Every Heart a Doorway feels like home.\" B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Bedford Guide for College Writers: With Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (Pantheon Graphic Library)\nDescription: ['When a cuddly Canadian comes to call, Yaichia single Japanesedadis forced to confront his painful past. With his young daughter Kana leading the way, he gradually rethinks his assumptions about what makes a family.Renowned manga artist Gengoroh Tagame turns his stunning draftsmanship to a story very different from his customary fare, to delightful and heartwarming effect. Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
Heartbreaking yet hopeful, Gengoroh Tagames beautifully rendered meditation on the struggle for gay acceptance in todays Japan is quietly dazzling. I am already looking forward to part two! Anderson Cooper, CNN
Beautifully written and drawnan eye-opening story about children and parents and how they affect each other. And Im 11 years old, so I should know! Clara Ware
The art is crisp, and the characters faces expressive, allowing the reader to see their hurt, confusion, and relief.A sensitive exploration of the transition some families go through when a family member comes out and a possible entry point for those needing to start conversations of their own. Booklist, *starred review*
Not only is My Brothers Husband very touching; its also, for the non-Japanese reader, unexpectedly fascinating. Gay life remains largely closeted in Japan, and Tagames complex but deftly told story seeks to examine the effect such secrecy has, not only on those who must live it, but also on their wider family relationships. The Guardian (London)
Gengoroh Tagames beautiful manga novel My Brothers Husband disentangles family secrets and homophobia with endearing grace. Thoughtful and fetching, My Brothers Husband is the first in a two-volume omnibus about grief, reconciliation and the strength to be who you are. Shelf Awareness *starred review*
My Brothers Husbandfocuses more on the uneasy relationship between Yaichi, a single father raising his daughter, Kana, and Mike Flanagan, who was married to Yaichis recently deceased (and estranged) twin brother, Ryoji.Theres something beautiful in the careful way thatMy Brothers Husband handles Yaichis coming to terms with his feelings about his brother thats rarely seen in mainstream comics. Rather than treating the tension between Mike and Yaichi as a massively dramatic point on conflict, the book instead treats it like the complicated and messy holding pattern that it is.The message that Tagames trying to get acrossthat quiet, subtle bigotry can be just as harmful as loud, bombastic bigotryisnt always an easy one to process. Tagame understands that and hopefully, as the rest of the book unfolds, readers will too. io9.com
My Brothers Husband is focused on normalizing a gay relationship to those who are uncomfortable with the idea.theres an audience and a need for works like this. The storytelling is straightforward, easy to read, particularly for those who might be new to the medium. There are plenty of panels that establish detail, so the reader gets a feel for this small familys daily life. Its charming and provides hope for the future. Comics Worth Reading
The story provides a very interesting look at Japanese society through Yaichis struggle to come to terms with his brothers sexuality, revealing some of the struggles the Japanese gay community faces at the same time.One of the most notable things about Tagames artwork is just how vastly different it is from nearly anything Ive seen before. Not necessarily in terms of character designs, or settings, but in terms of the gaze itself. Its fascinating to see the male body portrayed through the gaze of a gay male creator.Theres a softness and warmth to My Brothers Husband that makes it incredibly easy to get into.theres a strong sense of heart, honesty and earnestness. Sequential Ink
Refreshing. Transporting. Clever. Inspiring. If these are qualities that help books rise to the top of your summer reading list, your new number one is My Brothers Husband.The story moves along quietly and gently, Tagame cleverly evoking parallels between mutual misperceptions of gays and straights, older and younger generations, Westerners and Japanese. Passport Magazine
This winsome look at culture clash compares the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture with the West, underscoring a theme of universal yearning for family. Library Journal ', 'GENGOROH TAGAME was born in 1964 and lives in Tokyo. After graduating from Tama University of Art, Tagame worked as an art director while writing manga and prose fiction, contributing illustrations for various magazines. In 1994 he cofounded the epochal G-Men Magazine and by 1996 he was working full-time as an openly gay artist. He is the author of dozens of graphic novels and stories which have been translated into English, French, Italian, and Korean. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across Europe and America. My Brothers Husband marks his first all-ages title, and earned him a 2018 Eisner Award as well as the Japan Media Arts Award for Outstanding Work of Manga from the Agency of Cultural Affairs.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Foundations for Algebra: Year 2 : Toolkit\nDescription: ['Book by Kysh, Judith, Sallee, Tom, Hoey, Brian', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Witch Boy\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Plants of the Texas Shore: A Beachcomber's Guide\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen (Villains)\nDescription: ['Serena Valentino has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past decade. She has earned critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domains, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty, and extraordinary protagonists. The books in her best-selling Villains series are best enjoyed when read in the following order: Fairest of All, The Beast Within, Poor Unfortunate Soul, Mistress of All Evil. ']","rejected":"Title: Sweet Sixteen #4: Trent\nDescription: [\"Daniel Parker is the author of over twenty books for children and young adults. He lives in New York City with his wife, a dog, and a psychotic cat named Bootsie. He is a Leo. When he isn't writing, he is tirelessly traveling the world on a doomed mission to achieve rock-and-roll stardom. As of this date, his musical credits include the composition of bluegrass sound-track numbers for the film The Grave (starring a bloated Anthony Michael Hall) and a brief stint performing live rap music to baffled Filipino audiences in Hong Kong. Mr. Parker once worked in a cheese shop. He was fired.\", 'Chapter OneTrent
I\\'m doomed, thought Trent Rostand.
He knew it. And to make matters worse, he was the only one in homeroom who wasn\\'t whooping it up. It was total pandemonium-like some kind of New Year\\'s Eve blowout. Everyone was shouting. A boom box was cranked. Crumpled balls of paper were flying. Even Mr. Logan had his feet propped up on his desk.
But why not? This was the last day of school. The last period of the last day of school. With the possible exception of Christmas morning, it was supposed to be the high point of the year. Even birthdays didn\\'t come close. Like his last birthday, for example. He had turned sixteen. It was a major milestone. An epic event. He should have been showered with all kinds of gifts people won at game shows-like a car, maybe, or a motorcycle, or a round-trip ticket to Tahiti.... Well, that was pushing it. But still. Something good. After all, his girlfriend had gotten a brand-new BMW, one of those slick twoseater convertibles that go from zero to sixty in about two seconds.
All he\\'d gotten was a new CD (by a band he didn\\'t really like) and some clothes (stuff he would never wear). Oh yeah-and a book. A lousy book that he would certainly never read. Thanks, Dad. It was some sort of English literature anthology. About the size of a dictionary and equally as dull. Of course, if he\\'d actually read it instead of shoving it under his bed, he probably wouldn\\'t be in the mess he was in right now. He wouldn\\'t be poised for the biggest failure of his life. He wouldn\\'t be on the verge of being yanked out of school by his father for poor grades in English, on the verge of losing everything.
That was Dad for you. He was devious that way. He\\'d give you something totally lame, and you wouldn\\'t realize how much you needed it until your life was swirling around the toilet bowl....
\"Psst,\" a voice whispered at the next desk. \"Trent. Earth to Trent. Can you hear me?\"
He tried to smile. But even Laurie Penrow couldn\\'t snap him out of his funk this time. And that was disturbing. Aside from being the most popular sophomore at North Conroe High (as if that weren\\'t enough), Laurie was also the hottest. Hands down. It wasn\\'t an \"Nope. He told me a C or better. Or I\\'m gone.\"
Laurie rolled her eyes. \"And you actually believe him?\"
\"I have to, Laurie! Look, you don\\'t know what my dad is like -- \"
\"Shhh,\" Laurie whispered. She frowned, glancing around the room.
Trent sighed. So he was yelling. Big deal. The entire classroom was yelling. But then he saw the problem: a couple of girls (Tina What\\'s-her-face and her redhead friend Susan Something) were whispering and staring at him and Laurie. Now he understood. He was embarrassing her. And if there was one thing Laurie Penrow couldn\\'t stand, it was embarrassment. Why did she even care what other people thought? Those girls were probably just jealous of the fact that Laurie could easily be a Victoria\\'s Secret model. Sometimes it drove him nuts how much Laurie worried about appearances. But whatever. He wouldn\\'t let it bother him. Laurie was perfect in every other way. Besides, he had much more important things to worry about than his girlfriend\\'s only character flaw.
\"Sorry,\" he said.
\"I just can\\'t believe that your dad would put you in military school,\" she whispered. She leaned close to him. \"I mean, won\\'t you get sent to the front lines if there\\'s a war?\"
\"My dad would probably love that,\" Trent answered. \"He\\'d say that it would teach me how to \\'show some responsibility, show some initiative.\\' That\\'s his big thing.\" He imitated the deep sound of his father\\'s voice. \"Show some initiative, Trent. Get out there and kick some butt.\"
\"Well, don\\'t worry. You won\\'t do that badly. I know you won\\'t.\" She smiled. \"English is your native language, remember?\"
Right. He should be a good English student. It wasn\\'t as if he had a bad vocabulary. He had a great vocabulary. He used real three- and four-syllable words in actual conversation, words like voluptuous and caliber and devious. Guys like Big Joe Biggs (the two-hundred-pound defensive end who sat on the other side of Laurie and took up half the classroom) probably couldn\\'t even spell those words. But when it came to sitting down and slogging through the lame books that Mr. Logan assigned, really concentrating ... well, his brain just couldn\\'t hack it. The words on the page turned to mush. Inevitably he would get bored and turn to something good, a basketball mag like Slam or something cool like Rolling Stone.
\"I\\'ll tell you what,\" Laurie said with a wink. \"Let me talk to your dad. I\\'m sure I could convince him to -- \"
\"All right, people,\" Mr. Logan called from the front of the classroom.
A hush fell over the room.
\"Let\\'s settle down one last time. Your report cards have arrived.\"
Trent\\'s stomach twisted. This was it. The moment he\\'d been dreading. Mr. Logan took a stack of cards from someone in the hall, then closed the door.
\"Don\\'t worry,\" Laurie whispered.
How can I not worry? he wondered. He\\'d heard rumors of what happened to kids at military school: First their heads were shaved, then their spirits were broken by steady abuse at the hands of sadistic drill sergeants ... and gradually their former selves began to wither away until they disappeared altogether -- replaced by brainless androids. He might as well just save his father the trouble and volunteer for a lobotomy. It would be a lot quicker. Probably a lot less painful, too...
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Not Quite Narwhal\nDescription: ['PreS-Gr 2The \"not quite\" narwhal in this story is Kelp, an adorable unicorn, born underwater and living with an equally adorable school of narwhals. His tusk is kind of short, he\\'s not a very good swimmer, and narwhal food is just gross, but his life is pretty great. Kelp is accepted by the narwhals, and he accepts himself as he is. But one day, a strong current drops him on a beach, where he learns to walk (after hysterically imitating a crab and a frog, he finds that a turtle is the best model) and discovers a whole herd of \"land narwhals\" who look just like him. Little Kelp\\'s new life is awash in rainbows and unicornshe almost doesn\\'t want to go home. Of course, home isn\\'t quite the same after his adventure, but luckily everyone is on his side. The narwhals and unicorn meet at the beach, and Kelp ends his story in the best of both worlds. Sima draws digitally on a Wacol drawing tablet and has created charming undersea and overland settings on full-bleed spreads. Her narrative is short, with a storyteller\\'s pacing and winning characters, resulting in an appealing book. Read it for a whimsical storytime or provide some text-to-text connections for older students with Amy Krouse Rosenthal\\'s Uni the Unicorn and Bob Shea\\'s Unicorn Thinks He\\'s Pretty Great. VERDICT Useful for ELA curricula and sure to circulate, this title is highly recommended.Lisa Lehmuller, Paul Cuffee Maritime Charter School, Providence', '\"The message is an appealing one that could speak to many family situations relating to multiple identities...feel-good story\" (Kirkus Reviews November 15, 2016)
\"Adorable characters trigger smiles throughout\" (Publisher\\'s Weekly December 2016)
\"A storytellers pacing and winning characters, resulting in an appealing book. Read it for a whimsical storytime or provide some text-to-text connections for older students with Amy Krouse Rosenthals Uni the Unicorn and Bob Sheas Unicorn Thinks Hes Pretty Great....this title is highly recommended.\" (School Library Journal January 2017)
\"Swap the tired Ugly Duckling for this delightfully absurd tale of knowing who you are and where you came from.\" (Bulletin of the Center for Children\\'s Books January 2017)
\"Simas bubbly, adorable artwork is nearly irresistible...This endearing tale will warm many a heart.\" (Booklist January 2017)
\"This book is painfully adorable...The story is about finding your own way to belong,..It\\'s just beautiful. (Shelf Awareness Pro January 24, 2017)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Airing Of The Grievances (6x9 Journal): Lined Writing Notebook, 120 Pages Melon Pink Stripes with Teal Blue and Humorous Message\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy\nDescription: ['Gr 5 UpThe first four issues of this female-created and female-starring comic, set at summer camp with creepy happenings, are collected here in this kick-butt volume. The graphic novel begins mid-adventure as five campers are out after hours investigating a strange event that they all witnessed: a woman turning into a giant bear. This is just the first of many odd occurrences that Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley encounter at the summer camp for \"Hardcore Lady Types.\" The Lumberjanes, as the scouts are called, band together to solve puzzles, defeat three-eyed creatures, and escape the ire of their watchful counselor Jen. Each protagonist has a skill that helps the group conquer each obstacle. Spunky, lovable characters sparkle with exuberant personality and challenge gender stereotypes. Small details make these episodes stand outthe hipster Yetis guarding a mysterious lighthouse, Molly and Mal\\'s tender glances at each other, and Ripley\\'s penchant for animals and all things cute. At the opening of each chapter, an excerpt from the Lumberjanes field guide is included and a gallery of cover images append the book. References to female heroines (invocations of Bessie Coleman and Joan Jett as well as Rosie the camp director\\'s striking resemblance to Rosie the Riveter) and phrases such as \"Friends to the Max!\" and \"What the junk!\" add to the charm of this feel-good title that celebrates female empowerment. The vibrant art exudes humor and reinforces themes of teamwork and friendship. VERDICT A must-have graphic novel for those who have graduated from Raina Telgemeier\\'s works.Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal', \"Noelle Stevenson is the creator of the web comic Nimona. Stevenson started Nimona as a student at Maryland Institute College of Art. The comic was first published in June 2012 and doubled as Stevenson's senior thesis.\"]","rejected":"Title: LA Haine De LA Famille (French Edition) (Folio)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Tea Dragon Society\nDescription: ['Gr 4 UpGreta is a young blacksmith apprentice who wonders whether her mother\\'s craft is still relevant in contemporary society. When she rescues a little lost dragon in the marketplace and returns it to its owners, Greta learns about another fading art formthe care of tea dragons, small creatures who grow tea leaves out of their horns and antlers. She becomes fascinated with the enchanting dragons and their caretakers, and begins to appreciate how traditional crafts can create their own kind of magic by enriching lives, including hers. This book is wonderfully inclusive, and depicts a distinct and expressive cast of LGBTQIA characters and people of color. The title is reminiscent of a younger, more innocent version of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples\\'s \"Saga,\" with many of the main characters possessing horns and antlers. The artwork is soft and fluid, with lots of rounded edges and complementary tones. The backgrounds are an integral and memorable part of the storysome details are so lush that they give the appearance of tapestries. VERDICT This warm and funny story would be a wonderful addition to most graphic novel collections. It quietly illustrates and normalizes a variety of family situations and personal identities.Kelley Gile, Cheshire Public Library, CT', '\"Undeniably whimsical and extremely cute.\" (Kirkus)
\"A gentle fantasy perfect for introducing young readers to graphic novels.\" (BookList)
\"This book is wonderfully inclusive, and depicts a distinct and expressive cast of LGBTQIA characters and people of color.\" (School Library Journal)
\"The magic of the world is in the forefront as the novel and color palette move from season to season, beginning and ending with spring. Greta\\'s story is soft and sweet, a journey of growing love and friendships.\" (Shelf Awareness)
\"Old crafts are falling by the wayside in the enchanting fantasy world of ONeills second graphic novel, following Princess Princess Ever After. Part goblin, part human, Greta, a girl with brown skin and squat horns, is learning her mothers trade of blacksmithing, even though swords arent used for much anymore. After rescuing a tiny tea dragon that has gotten lost at the market, Greta starts learning how to care for these creatures, whose horns sprout leaves that are harvested for tea. ONeill sets her story over four chapters, one for each season, gradually expanding Gretas world and her understanding of it. Colored in a palette of warm greens, pinks, oranges, and blues, her delicately drawn panels hum with a subtle romantic energy, particularly when Greta learns the backstory between the two remaining members of the Tea Dragon Society, a goatlike creature named Hesekiel and his strapping, wheelchair-using partner, Erik. (Theres also a whiff of burgeoning romance between Greta and Minette, a girl with unreliable memories who is also learning to care for the dragons.) A quiet, charming story of nurturing friendships and traditions.\" (Publisher\\'s Weekly)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Puzzle of Ethics\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Princeless: Raven The Pirate Princess Book 1: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Genetic Analysis of Complex Disease\nDescription: ['Second Edition features the latest tools for uncovering thegenetic basis of human disease', 'The Second Edition of this landmark publication brings togethera team of leading experts in the field to thoroughly update thepublication. Readers will discover the tremendous advances made inhuman genetics in the seven years that have elapsed since the FirstEdition. Once again, the editors have assembled a comprehensiveintroduction to the strategies, designs, and methods of analysisfor the discovery of genes in common and genetically complextraits. The growing social, legal, and ethical issues surroundingthe field are thoroughly examined as well.', 'Rather than focusing on technical details or particularmethodologies, the editors take a broader approach that emphasizesconcepts and experimental design. Readers familiar with the FirstEdition will find new and cutting-edge material incorporated intothe text:', \"The editors, two of the world's leading genetic epidemiologists,have ensured that each chapter adheres to a consistent and highstandard. Each one includes all-new discussion questions andpractical examples. Chapter summaries highlight key points, and alist of references for each chapter opens the door to furtherinvestigation of specific topics.\", 'Molecular biologists, human geneticists, geneticepidemiologists, and clinical and pharmaceutical researchers willfind the Second Edition a helpful guide to understanding thegenetic basis of human disease, with its new tools for detectingrisk factors and discovering treatment strategies.', '', \"JONATHAN L. HAINES is Director of the Program in HumanGenetics, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His research into thelocalization and identification of genes involved in human diseaseincludes studying Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis,Parkinson's disease, autism, macular degeneration, and othercomplex diseases.\", 'MARGARET A. PERICAK-VANCE is Director of the Center forHuman Genetics and Chief of the Section of Medical Genetics in theDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. She isa founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Herresearch interests include the integration of genomic andstatistical technologies and their application to diseases ofimportance to public health, with an emphasis on neurologicdiseases.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: So Sad Today: Personal Essays\nDescription: ['\"At once devastating and delightful, this deeply personal collection of essays (named for Broder\\'s popular Twitter handle) is as raw as it is funny.\"Cosmopolitan
\"If her Twitter account is a darkly comic \\'creative way to distract myself and cope,\\' as [Melissa Broder] describes it, then her essays are deeper excavations of that same mind.\"Elle
\"Broder may be talking about things like sexts, Botox, and crushes, but these things are considered alongside contemplations about mortality, identity, and the difficulty of finding substance in a world where sometimes it\\'s so much easier to exist behind a screen.\"The Fader
\"Her writing is deeply personal, sophisticated in its wit, and at the same time, devastating. SO SAD TODAY is a portrait of modern day existence told with provocative, irreverent honesty.\" Nylon
\"If Melissa Broder weren\\'t so fucking funny I would have wept through this entire book. Love, sex, addiction, mental illness and childhood trauma all join hands and dance in a circle, to the tune of Melissa\\'s unmatched wit and dementedly perfect take on this terrifying orb we call home.\"LennyLetter.com
\"Instead of supersizing her angsty tweets, Broder presents a dizzying array of intimate dispatches and confessions...She has a near-supernatural ability to not only lay bare her darkest secrets, but to festoon those secrets with jokes, subterfuge, deep shame, bravado, and poetic turns of phrase.\"New York Magazine
\"It would have been easy for Broder to stay anonymous and simply publish a book of @SoSadToday\\'s most popular tweets, but instead, she chose to challenge herself in what turned out to be a triumph of unsettlingly relatable prose.\"VanityFair.com
\"Under her beloved Twitter persona So Sad Today, Broder is probably the Internet\\'s most powerful merchant of feelings.\"GQ.com
\"SO SAD TODAY is a desperately honest collection of essays, the kind that make you cringe as you eagerly, shamelessly consume them. Melissa Broder lays herself bare but she does so with strength, savvy, and style. Above all, these essays are sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous. They reveal so much about what it is to live in this world, right now.\"Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist
\"Melissa Broder\\'s essays are as raw as an open vein.\"Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood', 'Melissa Broder is the author of four collections of poems, including the LAST SEXT (Tin House, 2016) as well as one novel, The Pisces (Hogarth, 2018). Her poems have appeared in POETRY, Guernica, and The Iowa Review, among other journals. She lives in Venice, California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Art School: A Complete Painters Course\nDescription: [\"'Art School' explores three different media - watercolour, oils and acrylics - highlighting their characteristics and special effects, using step-by-step instructions and illustrations to show how to get the best out of them. See how to experiment with each medium for a preferred option, or work through them all and see how the acquired skills bring rich dividends. More advanced painters can use Art School for a wealth of new ideas. The book explores the range of effects through individual approaches as well as offering practical advice about materials.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Gods Behaving Badly\nDescription: ['Being immortal isn\\'t all it\\'s cracked up to be. Life\\'s hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn\\'t respect you, and you\\'re stuck in a delapidated hovel in north London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there\\'s no way out...Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. \"Gods Behaving Badly\" is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.']","rejected":"Title: Dreamy Day Afghans\nDescription: ['makes some lovely afghans', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring Relationships on a Spiritual Path (Compass)\nDescription: [\"Last year, psychotherapist Charlotte Kasl explored the first flushes of romance in If the Buddha Dated; now she takes the next step in If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring Relationships on a Spiritual Path. There is some strong, wise marital advice here, but how Buddhist is it? One glaring fact that Kasl never so much as mentions is that the Buddha did have a wife and child, whom he abandoned in the quest for enlightenment. A more interesting book would have investigated the tensions between the demands (and joys) of marital relationships and the individual's need to embark on the spiritual journey.
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“[Charlotte Kasl] adds an entirely new level of understanding to our lives through love and not fear.” —Geneen Roth, author of When Food is Love
“[This book] focuses not on a lot of basic how-to's or manipulations but on creating spiritual bonds. Kasl does a beautiful job weaving Eastern philosophy into modern day relationships.” —Janet Luhrs, author of Simple Loving and The Simple Living Guide
Praise for If the Buddha Married
“[Kasl] brings the Buddha's wisdom to the complex world of relationships. We've all heard that marriage can be a spiritual experience; reading this book, you actually believe it.” —Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love and A Year of Miracles
“Filled with succinct and practical advice that is immersed in spiritual wisdom.” —Brenda M. Schaeffer, author of Is It Love or Is It Addiction? and Love's Way
Praise for If the Buddha Had Kids
“Dr. Kasl provides a wonderful blend of Buddhist wisdom, practical suggestions, psychological research, and her own rich perspective of being a mother.  Parents will find this book very helpful in their efforts in promoting healthy brain development.” —Daniel Ladinsky, author of Love Poems from God, A Year with Hafiz, and The Purity of Desire
“This book brings the wisdom of the ages to bear to help parents inways that are extraordinarily inspiring and remarkably practical.You discover compassion for your child and compassion for yourself.” —Marti Erikson, PhD, coauthor of Last Child in the Woods
Praise for If the Buddha Got Stuck
“If the Buddha Got Stuck provides a roadmap to freedom and greater possibilities. Regardless of your starting place, Kasl will help you achieve greater joy, authenticity, and peace of mind. . . . Encouraging, practical, beautifully written.” —Laura Davis, author of I Thought We'd Never Speak Again and coauthor of The Courage to Heal
“Charlotte Kasl's new book overflows with insight, humor and eminently practical suggestions.” —Anita Doyle, former Director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT
“If previous attempts to work with your life from a Western philosophical or psychological perspective encountered gaps . . . [consider this] your bridge.” —Rowan Conrad, PhD, Director, Open Way Mindfulness Center
“If The Buddha Got Stuck brings perspective, inspiring stories, and useful exercises to feel less overwhelmed by life's difficulties.” —Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and author of Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
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[Charlotte Kasl] adds an entirely new level of understanding to our lives through love and not fear. Geneen Roth, author ofWhen Food is Love
[This book] focuses not on a lot of basic how-to's or manipulations but on creating spiritual bonds. Kasl does a beautiful job weaving Eastern philosophy into modern day relationships.Janet Luhrs, author ofSimple LovingandThe Simple Living Guide
Praise forIf the Buddha Married
[Kasl] brings the Buddha's wisdom to the complex world of relationships. We've all heard that marriage can be a spiritual experience; reading this book, you actually believe it.Marianne Williamson,New York Timesbestselling author ofA Return to LoveandA Year of Miracles
Filled with succinct and practical advice that is immersed in spiritual wisdom.Brenda M. Schaeffer, author ofIs It Love or Is It Addiction?andLove's Way
Praise forIf the Buddha Had Kids
Dr. Kasl provides a wonderful blend of Buddhist wisdom, practical suggestions, psychological research, and her own rich perspective of being a mother. Parents will find this book very helpful in their efforts in promoting healthy brain development.Daniel Ladinsky, author ofLove Poems from God,A Year with Hafiz, andThe Purity of Desire
This book brings the wisdom of the ages to bear to help parents inways that are extraordinarily inspiring and remarkably practical.You discover compassion for your child and compassion for yourself. Marti Erikson, PhD, coauthor ofLast Child in the Woods
Praise forIf the Buddha Got Stuck
If the Buddha Got Stuckprovides a roadmap to freedom and greater possibilities. Regardless of your starting place, Kasl will help you achieve greater joy, authenticity, and peace of mind. . . . Encouraging, practical, beautifully written. Laura Davis, author ofI Thought We'd Never Speak Againand coauthor ofThe Courage to Heal
Charlotte Kasl's new book overflows with insight, humor and eminently practical suggestions. Anita Doyle, former Director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT
If previous attempts to work with your life from a Western philosophical or psychological perspective encountered gaps . . . [consider this] your bridge. Rowan Conrad, PhD, Director, Open Way Mindfulness Center
If The Buddha Got Stuckbrings perspective, inspiring stories, and useful exercises to feel less overwhelmed by life's difficulties. Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and author ofSeeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
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\"...the fate of the Cahill sisters inspires genuine dread by the time the cliffhanger ending arrives.\" Publishers Weekly', \"Jessica Spotswood lives in Washington, D.C., with her playwright husband and a cuddly cat named Monkey. She's never happier than when she's immersed in a good story, and swoony kissing scenes are her favorite.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach (9th Edition) - Standalone book\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Yotsuba&!, Vol. 1\nDescription: ['Kiyohiko Azuma is the bestselling creator of AZUMANGA DAIOH and the critically acclaimed YOTSUBA&! which won the Excellence Prize in the manga category at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006. The series was also nominated for an Eisner Award in the U.S. in 2008 and has been a regular New York Times bestseller.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Les soldats de la Revolution francaise: Uniformes et armes (French Edition)\nDescription: ['Text: French', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Roomies\nDescription: ['Gr 9 Up-Immediately upon receiving her roommate assignment from UC Berkeley, high school senior Elizabeth can\\'t wait to \"introduce\" herself with a logistics-heavy email to Lauren. After all, Lauren lives in San Francisco, worlds away from Elizabeth\\'s experience in suburban New Jersey. Unfortunately, Lauren does not receive the roommate assignment with the same enthusiasm. After years of sharing spaces with siblings at least a decade her junior, she bristles at Elizabeth\\'s initial overtures, leading to a rocky start for this relationship. As the weeks pass and the girls share more personal information, the thawing process begins, then stalls, then begins again. By the end of the summer, a tenuous truce has each teen believing that this may work out after all. Zarr and Altebrando use alternating chapters and voices to weave together this tale of roommate matchmaking. The technique lends a tone of authenticity to the story while highlighting the perils of relationships based solely on electronic communications.-Colleen S. Banick, Westport Public Schools, CT(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journal. LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'In a classic two-voice YA novel, authors Zarr and Altebrando expose the excitement, uncertainties, and sheer terror high-school graduates experience as they face college. The premisee-mails from the Berkeley housing director announcing roommate assignmentsis a clever device for introducing EB (Elizabeth) and Lauren to each other and the reader. New Jersey native EB, or, as Lauren quickly dubs her, Ebb, is headed to California to study landscape architecture and escape her mother, who has become excessively irritating lately. Lauren, on the other hand, is staying close to home, although she alternately craves and fears the short distance dorm life will afford from her four young siblings and overly stressed parents. EBs gay father, who disappeared from her life when she was five and now runs an art gallery in San Francisco, and Laurens black boyfriend add plot complexity and keep both girls off-balance. Authentic and drama filled, this novel offers reassurance to all teens who, regardless of destination, are facing the next chapter in their lives: leaving home. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Zarr, a National Book Award finalist for Story of a Girl (2007), and Altebrando are backed by a substantial marketing and publicity campaign that includes select author appearances and a blog tour. Grades 9-12. --Frances Bradburn']","rejected":"Title: Whiteley's Folly\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dietland\nDescription: ['', ' An Amazon Best Book of May 2015: Warning: this debut novel from a onetime writer for Seventeen and Mademoiselle is not what it might at first seem to be: a funny send-up of the beauty industry and the media that support it. Well, ok, it is that, at least for the first 50 pages or so, but it soon becomes one of the more intelligent, and not a little subversive, depictions of women in our society. Oh, drat: that makes it sound brainy and Feminism 101-y, which is not right, either. So... trying again. Read Dietland, the tale of a young, overweight woman who hides behind a skinny-girl persona to write an advice column for a womens magazine and is soon drawn into an underground community of women who forthrightly and fabulously reject that culture. Read it not only because its smart and timely (and shocking: it explicitly takes on the adult film culture as well), but because its heartbreaking and tragic and very very comic (as long as you like your laughs dark) and because it will guarantee that you never look at a lipstick or a pair of stilettos or a bathroom scale the same way again. Sarai Walker is some kind of twisted sister. And of course I mean that as the highest possible compliment. Sara Nelson', '
An Amazon Top 100 Editors' Pick of the Year One of Entertainment Weekly's "10 Best Books of 2015" One of Bustle's "2015’s 25 Best Books, Fiction Edition" A New York Post “Best Novel to Read This Summer” An Us Weekly “Hot Summer Novel” O, The Oprah Magazine, "10 Titles to Pick Up Now" A USA Today “New and Noteworthy” Book One of Vulture's "8 Books You Need to Read This May" A Kirkus "Best Fiction of 2015" Title One of BookPage's "Best Books of 2015" One of Kobo.com's "Must Read Fiction Debuts of 2015" A LitReactor Staff Pick: The Best Books of 2015 One of New York Daily News's "10 Books for Your Summer Reading List" Women's National Book Association, "Great Group Reads 2015" An Indie Next Pick
“Dietland completely blew me away. It's audacious and gutsy and heartbreaking and I want to grab women on the street and shake them until they promise to read it—and also buy copies for their daughters.” —Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, and others
“Walker’s first novel leaves chick lit in the pixie dust, treading the rougher terrain of radical critique and shadowy conspiracies — territory closer to Rachel Kushner than Helen Fielding.”—New York Magazine, One of Vulture's "8 Books You Need to Read This May"
"If Amy Schumer turned her subversive feminist sketches into a novel, dark on the inside but coated with a glossy, palatable sheen, it would probably look a lot like Dietland—a thrilling, incendiary manifesto disguised as a beach read...It’s a giddy revenge fantasy that will shake up your thinking and burrow under your skin, no matter its size."—Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)
“I've never dropped anyone out of a helicopter. But Dietland resonated with the part of me that wants, just once, to deck a street harasser. At the very least, I wish an incurable itch upon everyone who has catcalled me on the street. I wish food poisoning and public embarrassment on everyone I've heard make a rape joke. I wish toothache and headlice and too-small shoes upon every stranger who has told me to smile. Which is to say, sometimes I forget I'm angry, but I am. Dietland is a complicated, thoughtful, and powerful expression of that same anger.”—Annalisa Quinn, NPR.org
“Plum Kettle, a ghostwriter for a popular teen mag, is lured into a subversive sisterhood in this riotous first novel. Finally, the feminist murder mystery/makeover story we’ve been waiting for.”—O, The Oprah Magazine, One of "10 Titles to Pick Up Now"
"A delightful, page-turning thriller that's also a feminist revenge fantasy. I tore through it in about two days—it is amazingly accessible while still being whip-smart, and it deals with timely issues without feeling like a lame Law & Order 'ripped from the headlines' stunt."——Jessica Grose, Lenny Letter
"[Ms. Walker's] writing can spit with venom, at the rigid expectations of women’s weight and sexuality...As a social commentary, Dietland is no shrill tirade. Ms. Walker captures the misery of failing to fit in, to fit into the right clothes, to fit in with the right people and their expectations."—The Economist
"At 300 lbs., Plum Kettle lives for the days when gastric bypass will help her shed her extra girth—until she's challenged to shed her misery instead. Witty and wise."—People
"Extraordinary…Walker skewers the diet industry and many other realities of the misogynistic world we live in...The world needed this novel; it’s a breath of fresh air to feminist literature with a nod to dystopian lit but a lot of contemporary flair… altogether different, fiercely political yet stylistically unique and readable...It’s a very well-rounded, emotionally rich tale… Plum is a character who will stay with me, and that’s no small thing.”—Charlotte Hammond and Trilby Beresford, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
"The anti-beach read, this spiky, funny book skewers the beauty industry and the first world's weight-loss obsession. The story revolves around constantly hungry ghostwriter Plum, who gets involved in an underground feminist group that challenges her world view. It's wonderfully unapologetic, off-beat and a lot of fun."—Elle UK 
“Sarai Walker deftly marries body insecurities and humor in her satirical debut. At 300 pounds, Plum declares a diet fail and concedes to weight-loss surgery. But when she meets a radical feminist, she begins to try on confidence for size.”—US Weekly
"Fight Club meets Margaret Atwood in this absorbing thriller that weighs the expectations of society against one's own self-worth."—Bustle, "2015’s 25 Best Books, Fiction Edition"
“An incredibly smart novel that will make you think about the society we live in and how desperately we women want to be thinner, to be smaller, to disappear.”—PopSugar
"The biggest flaw I see in Dietland is that the people who most need to read it never will."—Karen Sandstrom, Cleveland.com
“[Dietland’s] message resonates…It’s vanishingly rare to see a novel that looks like the much-maligned ‘chick lit’ – and sometimes reads like it – so gleefully censorious of rape culture… If you’ve lived in this culture – if you’ve ever been a young woman who is trying to eat so little or eat so much that she disappears…you may take some cold comfort from Dietland, and its opportunities for vicarious revenge.”—The Guardian
"In this slyly subversive feminist novel, 300-pound Plum plans to get her stomach stapled until a mysterious group of women convinces her otherwise — just as a militant, anonymous band of vigilantes called “Jennifer” begins wreaking havoc on bad men — dropping rapists from planes, blackmailing CEOs of exploitative newspapers — and inspiring regular ladies to do the same. Word of warning: While you may be inclined to try this at home, it’s probably better left in Walker’s competent hands and on her incendiary pages for now." —Entertainment Weekly, "10 Best Books of 2015"
"A tale teeming with both sarcasm and honesty...Dietland transports readers to the front lines of the diet wars—a place where body positivity and a gratifying read are guaranteed."—BUST
"Read [Dietland] not only because it’s smart and timely, but because it’s heartbreaking and tragic and very very comic (as long as you like your laughs dark) and because it will guarantee that you never look at a lipstick or a pair of stilettos or a bathroom scale the same way again. Sarai Walker is some kind of twisted sister. And of course I mean that as the highest possible compliment."—Sara Nelson, Amazon Editors' Top Picks for the Best Books of May
"This funny, painful coming-of-age story follows Plum Kettle, a woman set on changing her appearance and releasing the 'thin' woman that lives inside of her. Through Plum, Walker takes down the diet industry, writes honestly about gender equality, explores society’s obsession with thinness, and stresses the importance of surrounding yourself with a supportive and smart network of women."—Real Simple
"Just in time for the season where many feel shamed for their lack of a 'bikini body,' this new release explores a woman’s journey to accept that she’s fat. But it’s not just about feel-good self-love; Dietland develops into a full-fledged feminist manifesto."—New York Daily News, "10 Books for Your Summer Reading List"
"Dietland is a savvy rejig of Fight Club...only this time it’s the women who are fighting...We're as mad as Hell and we're not going to take it anymore. It could be that Dietland is saying that the days of women trying to fit in are over."—LitReactor.com
"Deft, witty...The cover might look like a breezy beach read, but this is anti-chick-lit for smart chicks."—A.V. Club
"As a registered dietitian, Aaron Flores had read plenty of self-help books on weight control and dieting. But Dietland -- a novel that follows a woman's weight struggles through a feminist lens -- was different. 'I've already been working to change the way both me and my clients see their bodies within this society that emphasizes the "thin ideal,"' says Flores, who lives in West Hills, California, 'but this book has helped me bring more feminist ideas into my work, which I've found resonates deeply with my clients.' He recommends the book to anyone 'who wants to understand why I think we all need to say 'no' to diet culture forever,' he says."—US News
"Sarai Walker, author of Dietland, is a true disruptor. Her devastatingly funny debut – a brutal, artful satire about feminism, food and ultraviolence – is set to change the way we live, from the moment we wake up in the morning and look in the bathroom mirror."—The Pool
“Kick-ass...Dietland is a full-on woman power revenge fantasy that will make you think and make you feel better about who you are right now—not two sizes, a new job, or 20 pounds from now...If you’re looking for a summer beach read that's a wild ride, but also has the potential leave you and the world a little bit better off than you were before you read it.”—The Greatist
"A revenge fantasy about misogyny...Dietland forces readers—yes, even 'woke' ones—to confront their internal biases about the female body, and it’s not afraid to be angry about it.”—Fem Lit Magazine
"What opens as a beach read evolves into a tart, electrifying revenge tale."—Mail on Sunday (UK)
"A smart, sassy and provocative read that I thoroughly enjoyed."—Woman and Home (UK)   "A middle finger to the objectification of women…whenever I started to feel too reflective or sad, Walker revealed a plot twist that made me throw my head back and belly laugh, or inhale deeply in shock. Written with self-deprecatory wit that reminded me of Lena Dunham’s style of humour, this modern makeover story is super-smart, forward-thinking and honest. I’m reading it again immediately."—Essentials (UK)
"This novel is like a roller coaster. Before you know it, you’re racing through an edgy and exciting mix of mystery, crime, and social critique of gender and beauty standards at breakneck speed. Vivid characters and sometimes surprising acts of violence make the story pop." —Library Journal, starred
“Through her protagonist, debut novelist Walker gives a plaintive yet powerful voice to anyone who has struggled with body image, feelings of marginalization, and sexual manipulation. Her robust satire also vibrantly redefines what it means to be a woman in contemporary society.” —Booklist 
 
"Hilarious, surreal, and bracingly original, Walker's ambitious debut avoids moralistic traps to achieve something rarer: a genuinely subversive novel that's also serious fun...Part Fight Club, part feminist manifesto, an offbeat and genre-bending novel that aims high—and delivers." —Kirkus, starred
"In a confident, daring first novel, Sarai Walker mixes satire and mystery as she holds a magnifying glass over Western culture's objectification of the female gender. The result is combustion of enormously entertaining and thought-provoking proportion...Walker's brazen approach to Dietland carries a strength that will ignite readers' passionate responses. The novel is unflinchingly blunt, depicting raw emotion and uncomfortable realities. Walker writes beautifully, with natural dialogue and powerful characters. Her first-rate entrance into fiction is sure to spark the conversation she--and Plum--feel their audience needs to have."—Shelf Awareness
"Sarai Walker has written a call to arms. Devious, subversive, delightful, Dietland is a SCUM Manifesto set to a pop music beat and Plum Kettle is a feminist hero for the modern age.”—Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
"Sarai Walker's groundbreaking new novel, Dietland, drew me in immediately. Follow the twists and turns as heroine Plum Kettle confronts the truth about her life and her fantasy of becoming thin. This is the stuff that is transformative for the individual, inspiring self-love and improved self-care. This is also the stuff revolutions are made of."—LINDA BACON, Ph.D., author of Body Respect and Health at Every Size
"Sarai Walker's audacious, hilarious-yet surprisingly touching-novel begins by spoofing the weightloss industry and moves on to a devastating fantasy in which an avenger known as 'Jennifer' targets men who prey on women. Through it all marches Plum, a fat woman who learns to love herself as she is, and whom I loved at all stages of her education. Keenly intelligent, daring, and original, Dietland has something important to say to us all."—Alice Mattison, author of When We Argued All Night and The Book Borrower
"The first rule of Dietland is you should definitely talk about Dietland. And I suspect you’ll want to. Gather your book clubs, gather all the Jennifers you know! At first you’ll think you’re reading a familiar story: a woman who works at a women’s magazine tries to lose weight. And then POW! Dietland  lithely moves in ways and to places you won’t expect. Sarai Walker has a wonderfully curious mind, and this is an impressive, ambitious first novel.”—Gabrielle Zevin, bestselling author of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
"Dietland is a book I have been waiting for someone to write all my life, and it hit me hard right where I live, right where so many of us have wasted too much time living.  It's courageous, compassionate, intelligent, pissed off and much more fun than it has any right to be.  I can think of twenty people I want to buy it for,  without even trying." —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted
"Sarai Walker is an immensely talented writer and her debut novel, Dietland—filled with wit, wisdom and wonder—is a pleasure." —Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life
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Thrash's remembrances are evinced with clear, wide-eyed illustrations colored with a dreamily vibrant palette. She has so carefully and skillfully captured a universal moment—the first time one realizes that things will never be the same—that readers will find her story captivating. A luminescent memoir not to be missed. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In this poignant memoir, Thrash examines a pivotal summer, marked by first love, self-discovery, and some difficult realizations...The tone is spot-on, varying from funny and quirky to quiet and contemplative, and Thrash seamlessly weaves in light, turn-of-the-millennium pop culture touchstones like the Backstreet Boys with darker historical references (the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy)... An insightful and thought-provoking work. —School Library Journal (starred review)
Thrash writes with an intoxicating mix of candor, irony, and fresh passion. Much of the memoir’s piquancy comes from the collisions between the camp’s ideal of Southern womanhood, the campers’ clannishness, and Maggie’s faith in herself as she becomes, incongruously, the camp’s best rifle shot. This is the kind of memoir that stays with readers for days. —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Thrash's unvarnished retelling of her adolescent experience is neither glamourizing nor self-deprecating—and the salty realism makes the story engrossing and quite funny. Though lesbian and questioning teens may be especially responsive to the narrative, any young reader will see in Maggie and her friends a relatable sort of confident confusion. —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
This honest, raw, and touching graphic memoir will resonate with teens coming to terms with identities of all stripes, regardless of sexual orientation. —Booklist
This is immediately engrossing, both poignant and hilarious, as the personable and likeable Maggie nails typical adolescent experiences with particularly wicked camp descriptions. While loosely based on the author’s circumstances, Maggie’s portrayal of her first love and heartbreak is everyone’s story, whether gay or straight, male or female. Maggie’s emotions are sharply honest, with readers feeling her exhilaration, anxiety, awkwardness, confusion, and pain. —VOYA
In this graphic novel, deceptively simple drawings in a mostly dreamy palette work well to capture big, sweeping emotions of the camp experience... —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Readers may recognize themselves in Maggie’s halting steps toward adulthood and self-awareness... —Literacy Daily
Thrash's graphic memoir presents a love story with which every reader will be able to identify...Honor Girl will be a page-turner leaving readers with many unresolved questions, a scenario familiar to LGBT and straight teens alike. —School Library Connection
[Wipes away tear.] Honor Girl is, all at once, heartachey (but never precious), dry-witted (but not cynical), and incredibly beautiful. Maggie Thrash has not only given us a unique addition to the canon of intelligent-young-woman-centered comics, but a reminder of the rewards of opening yourself up and exposing your own vulnerability – in love and in writing. —Tavi Gevinson
Though I am neither a teenage girl nor a lesbian, I found this story super-real and relatable. —Ira Glass, host of This American Life
Honest, funny, and so real you can smell summer camp while you read it, Maggie Thrash’s Honor Girl hits dead center. —A.S. King, award-winning author of Ask the Passengers and Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future
Honor Girl beautifully portrays the awkward excitement and heartbreak of first and forbidden love. I couldn’t put it down, even while my heart was aching. I loved this book! —Jo Knowles, author of See You at Harry’s and Read Between the Lines
Graphic memoirs are my JAM, and I love this coming-of-age story from Maggie Thrash. It recounts Thrash’s experiences at a Christian summer camp as a teenager, and her basically trying to figure out if something was wrong with her because she was attracted to girls. It sounds sad, but Thrash keeps it from being depressing with her lively story and honesty. —Book Riot (blog)\"]","rejected":"Title: Sunset Patriot\nDescription: ['', 'Former merchant mariner and bus driver and now an economics professor, Burton Abrams is a Chicagoan by birth and a Minnesotan by choice. He is a devoted fisherman, hunter and lover of sunsets. He is the award-winning author of Return to Animal Farm and The Terrible Ten: A Century of Economic Folly, which received both a silver Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) and an Eric Hoffer Award honorable mention in 2014.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Actor's Quotation Book: Acting in a Nutshell from Those Who Really Know (Career Development Series)\nDescription: [\"Kathryn Bild is an acting, crative process, presentation skills, and personal success coach as well as a speaker, writer, and director. A recipient of The Grammy's Video Producer of the Year Award, she has written, directed, produced, edited, and performed in commercials, films, plays, radio and television lectures, musical comedies, music videos, and one-woman shows. An alumni of The American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, she is a co-founder of the Pacific Arts Corporation and has also served on the board of trustees of foundations established to help women in business and the arts. She is a nation-wide public speaker and appears regularly on CNN-FN's Entrepreneur Only television show and the nationally-syndicated Good Day, America radio show.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flying Lessons & Other Stories\nDescription: ['Gr 46This anthology, published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, presents 10 short stories from a stellar list of authors: Kwame Alexander, Matt de la Pea, Jacqueline Woodson, Soman Chainani, Grace Lin, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Federle, Meg Medina, Tim Tingle, and Kelly Baptist. De la Pea\\'s linguistically grooving basketball story will have readers swaying in their seats. Verbal roadblocks are hurled at the protagonist from the street-smart players inside the gym: he\\'s too young, too skinny, too Mexican. His resolve yields multiple life lessons on and off the court. Woodson\\'s haunting \"Main Street\" follows Celeste, the only girl of color in an all-white New Hampshire town, and her friendship with lifetime resident Treetop. Both are suffering from different losses: Treetop\\'s mother has recently passed away, and Celeste isn\\'t accepted in her new home. Their warm connection soothes their mutual pain and promises to last even after Celeste and her mother decide to return to familiar and welcoming New York. Each tale offers realistic and fully developed characters with whom a wide range of readers will identify. VERDICT Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable, this collection of short stories is an excellent addition for libraries and classrooms.Diane McCabe, John Muir Elementary, Santa Monica, CA', 'Theres plenty of magic in this collection to go around. Booklist, Starred
A natural for middle school classrooms and libraries, this strong collection should find eager readers. Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable, this collection of short stories is an excellent addition for libraries and classrooms. School Library Journal, Starred
Thought provoking and wide-ranging, this first anthology from WNDB should not be missed. Publishers Weekly, Starred
Whether or not middle-schoolers read the afterword . . . they are sure to agree that they need to read more books by these authors, whose storytelling styles and genuine feel for adolescent struggles and triumphs will inspire them to seek out their other work. The Bulletin, Starred', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pretty Hurts - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods\nDescription: [\"The latest entry in the postapocalyptic survivalist fantasy stakes has a peculiar sentimental streak in it. Gus, an almost parodically nave young boy with antlers sprouting from his forehead and a taste for chocolate, is one of the few children born after some kind of manmade catastrophe. Following the death of his Bible-thumping father, the only other person he's ever known, he's rescued from hunters by a hulking, rifle-toting man called Jepperd, who promises to take him to a sanctuary for kids like him (and slaughters the refugees from Clichd Dialogue University who get in their way en route). But could Jepperd be more than he seems? (One guess.) Lemire's thick, crunching brush strokes can be rawly expressive; he's got a terrific sense of composition and narrative flow, and the crumbling settings he draws effectively evoke a blasted, forsaken world. Too often, though, his artwork simply comes off as crude. His characters' bodies and features are often distractingly inconsistent from one panel to the next. And Gus's dream vision of a cartoon deer (identified as Dandy) telling him to run away, which should be a dramatic peak of this volume, falls flat because Lemire can't pull off his attempted shift away from his baseline style. (May) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Gr 10 UpYears ago during the Affliction, billions of people died and children were born as human/animal hybrids. Gus, a human/deer hybrid, was raised in isolation for years, but after his father dies hunters come to capture him. He is rescued by a mysterious man who tells him that he will take him to a preserve for hybrid children. While Gus is never sure if he should trust Jepperd, he goes with him because he is lonely. What follows is a voyage through what is left of the country, during which Jepperd gives Gus candy (and the nickname \"Sweet Tooth\") and fights through all of the obstacles that are in their way, usually with violent methods. While Gus is the protagonist, Jepperd continues to steal the spotlight. Readers know that he has sympathy for Gus and for other characters they meet along the way, and they know that he saves Gus\\'s life multiple times. But they also know that he frequently lies. What isn\\'t clear until the end of the book is just how much he has been lying. Sweet Tooth is often visually stunning and even cinematic. It primarily uses a muted palette that reflects the darkness of this postapocalyptic world, but bright colors burst from the page during moments of violence, and there are quite a few of those in this book. An outstanding choice for most collections.Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bancarrotas y crisis (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Text: Spanish']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sweet Tooth Vol. 2: In Captivity\nDescription: ['The second arc of Lemires series continues to wear its influences (The Road, The Stand, Mad Max, Y: The Last Man) proudly on its flanneled sleeve, though Lemires skillful storytelling ensures that nothing feels derivative. While boy-deer Gus gets poked, prodded, and hypnotized by people looking to understand the global pandemic that tore society to shreds and caused children to be born as human-animal hybrids, we learn a bit about what drove the brutish Jeppard to deliver the boy to captivity. In Lemires burly, chiseled artwork, a tiny tweak in Jeppards steely glare speaks volumes, and the sweetness behind Gus dazed expressions gets sharper by the page. --Ian Chipman', \"Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed Essex County Trilogy, the Vertigo graphic novel The Nobody, and is the winner of a Xeric Award and YALSA Alex Award. He is currently the writer for DC Comics' Animal Man, Frankenstein: Agent Of S.H.A.D.E., and Vertigo/DC's Sweet Tooth. He has also previously written the Eisner-nominated Superboy.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Chemist's Secret to Cake Baking\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Spell on Wheels\nDescription: [\"In her own words:
I'm Kate, that's who!
I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am a comic writer and artist who got her start working for what's been voted several times as the best comic shop in the world, Strange Adventures.
What I do: I am the series writer of the Bravest Warriors comic, as well as the NYT Bestselling Adventure Time: Seeing Red and the regular-selling Adventure Time: Bitter Sweets. I wrote a Fraggle Rock miniseries and am currently writing Edward Scissorhands. I collaborate with the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. I run a group online for girls who work in comic shops. I do a biweekly podcast called Less Than Live with Kate or Die, which I think is pretty fun, and is all about comics. I travel excessively, which is part of why this comic rarely updates. I contribute Kate or Die strips to ComicsAlliance every other Monday, though!\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bluster's Shudder- GHOST Of DUPPY ISLAND\nDescription: ['', \"N. B. Bjerke is a global citizen who has dedicated her professional, civic, and artistic endeavors to enriching the lives of children around the world. Born in Massachusetts, raised in Connecticut, and toted around New England in childhood, she began exploring the globe as a preteen, moving to Mexico, the West Indies, South America, and Asia before attending college, where she met her husband. Together they lived on the USA's east and west coasts, Ohio, Hawaii, Japan and Okinawa.\", 'Bjerke completed degrees in social science and education and holds teaching licenses in elementary and middle school. She has taught in schools in Okinawa, Malaysia, and across the United States and has worked with numerous community outreach projects, youth-oriented programs, and as a court-appointed advocate for children.', 'Bjerke currently lives with her husband in Virginia, where she oversees a nationally accredited school for young children and writes childrens stories uniquely infused with folklore from various lands.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Bermudez Triangle\nDescription: [\"Grade 9 UpJohnson begins this exceptional novel in a lightweight fashion but quickly segues into more serious issues that affect the three young women who make up the Bermudez Triangle. It is the summer before their senior year in Saratoga Springs, NY. At first, organized, serious Nina has trouble adjusting to her leadership workshop at Stanford University. Although she desperately misses Avery and Mel, who are waitresses at a restaurant back home, she quickly falls head over heels for eco-warrior Steve, who has grown up in a commune on the West Coastso different from Nina's secure middle-class experience. When she returns to New York, she immediately senses that Mel and Avery are keeping secrets and soon discovers that they have become lovers. Rocked to the core, Nina wishes them happiness, but feels excluded and lonely, especially as her long-distance relationship begins to deteriorate. As is typical for teens, the girls obsess ad nauseam over their romantic relationships. Yet this narrow focus lends authenticity to the narrative, and readers become drawn into the characters' lives as they stumble toward adulthood, fall in and out of love, enlarge their circle of friends, and rethink their values. As the story deepens, Johnson does a superb job of subtly developing individual personalities for each one. Although all ends well, it's a long, hard struggle, one that perceptively reflects the real-life ambiguities and shades of gray faced by contemporary adolescents.Susan Riley, Mount Kisco Public Library, NY Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Gr. 9-12. In her latest novel, the author of The Key to the Golden Firebird [BKL Se 1 2004] explores how friendships grow and change, particularly as two friends escalate their relationship to the exclusion of a third. Mel, Avery, and Nina--the Bermudez Triangle--have been inseparable girlfriends since childhood. Then, the summer before senior year, while Nina is at Stanford for a leadership institute, Mel and Avery realize that their feelings for each other may be more than friendship. Johnson deftly portrays Mel's struggle to come to grips with her homosexuality, Avery's confusion and uncertainty about hers, and Nina's hurt and frustration at being left out and losing the comfort of old routines. Once again, Johnson creates believable, likable characters in very real, contemporary high-school situations, ensuring a place for herself among teen readers. She understands, articulates, and validates their lives. Frances Bradburn Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Around Union City (Images of America)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lumberjanes Vol. 6: Sink or Swim\nDescription: ['Shannon Watters is the co-creator of Lumberjanes, a comic book editor, and all around classy dame.
Noelle Stevenson has been nominated for a Harvey Award, and was awarded the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Webcomic in 2012 for Nimona. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Noelle is the co-writer of Lumberjanes. She lives in Los Angeles.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Global Health 101 (Essential Public Health)\nDescription: ['Yale, School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Giant Days Vol. 5\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The House on the Beach: A Novel (Texas Pan American)\nDescription: ['Like waves ebbing and flowing, love surges and subsides among four friends who share a vacation at the house on the beach. As they navigate the seas of love friendship, jealously and unfaithfulness, Elena, Marta, Eduardo, and Rafael are swept up in the opposing currents that flow between security and personal freedom, marriage and sexual liberation, family and work, provincial and city life, and traditional and unconventional gender roles. This deceptively simple novel, published in Mexico in 1966 as La casa en la playa and here translated into English for the first time, is an important work by one of Mexico\\'s, and indeed Latin America\\'s, major writers of the twentieth century. Juan Garcia Ponce helped Mexican arts and letters break out of the ossified styles and themes of the post-Revolutionary \"Mexican School\" with works that explore the conflict between individual desire and the demands of family and work. Written at a turning point in his career, The House on the Beach foreshadows his embrace of the erotic encounter as a means of undermining rigid, socially constructed personal identity. It supports feminist views and probes deeply into the contradictions, backwardness, and progress of modern Mexican society.', 'Juan Garca Ponce is one of the most respected contemporary essayists in Latin America.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Princess Princess Ever After\nDescription: ['Gr 3 UpThis fairy tale will leave readers smiling and believing in true love. Princess Amira, who is dark skinned and sports a Mohawk, doesn\\'t want to be a princess and sets out to prove herself a capable warrior. Blonde-haired Princess Sadie is locked away in a tower. When Amira rescues Sadie, they embark on a life-changing journey filled with empowering messages about friendship, gender roles, identity, heroism, and the importance of staying true to oneself. The beautifully crafted, eye-catching illustrations of various characters, whether human or animal, are absolutely adorable. O\\'Neill\\'s attention to detail, especially when it comes to characters\\' expressions, is strong. Kids will enjoy this quick, entertaining read and will especially love the romance between Amira and Sadie. VERDICT An excellent addition to graphic novel collections. Hand to fans of nontraditional fairy tales, such as Ursula Vernon\\'s \"Hamster Princess\" series or Jeremy Whitley\\'s \"Princeless\" books.Jessica Bratt, Grand Rapids Public Library, MI', '\"Combine a cuddly purple dragon, much sharing of cookies, abundant humor, and two distinct and appealing heroines, and you have a royal winner.\" (Kirkus)
[...] tells a story filled with sweetness and snark that should appeal to fans of all ages. (Lori Henderson School Library Journal)
\"Meant for kids ages 9-12 but lovely at any age, Katie ONeills Princess Princess Ever After is a lively graphic normal that eschews stereotypes about damsels in distress while maintaining the whimsy of fairy tales.\" (AfterEllen.com)
\"Princess Princess Ever After is a wonderful story thats great for any comics readers among you, as well as a great gift for any young comics readers in your life of any gender. If youre looking for a quality story featuring LGBTQIA characters, consider picking this one up! (The Mary Sue)
\"Princess Princess Ever After is as bright, sweet and positive a fairy tale as you could hope to read, a big-hearted fable where the boxes we\\'re expected to fit into are simply dragons to be slain.\" (John Allison, author of GIANT DAYS)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Field Of Greens: Gourmet African Slow Cooker Soups And Stews\nDescription: ['Ivy Newton-Gamble is a graduate of Florida A & M University earning a B.A. in Sociology. She is also an avid reader and traveler fascinated by people and African cultural traditions. She currently lives in Florida tending to her garden of organically grown fruits and vegetables and is also a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Juliet Takes a Breath\nDescription: ['Nineteen-year-old Juliet Palante writes a you-changed-my-life letter to her favorite feminist author and is granted a summer internship at the author\\'s home in Portland, OR. Leaving her loving Puerto Rican family in the Bronx is difficult, but Juliet also welcomes the chance to enter a new environment: her mother has been communicating with her through closed doors ever since Juliet told her that she is a lesbian and has a girlfriend. In Portland, Juliet discovers a new worldgay, artsy, \"crunchy,\" hippie types who welcome her with open arms and offer her marijuana. She falls in love, her heroes fall, her family supports her, and her friends save her. Juliet also discovers women of color writing science fiction, hot library paraprofessionals, and her own self-esteem. At the end of the summer, Juliet reflects, \"I\\'m a messy, over-emotional, book nerd, weirdo, chubby brown human and I needed to learn how to love myself, even the shameful bits.\" This humorous and heartbreaking summer coming-of-age tale is reminiscent of Isabel Quintero\\'s 2015 Morris Award winner Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. Teens will appreciate the integrated definitions of words such as polyamory and theodicy in the narrative. Even older teens will appreciate the discussions about microaggressions and white privilege. VERDICT After reading this book, teens will want to fight for social justice. A powerful novel that will resonate with most young people.Sarah Hill, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL', 'Gabby Rivera is so damn thankful she was able to finish this book. She wants queer brown girls to see themselves everywhere and to be proud of who they are. Gabby was a nerdburger who always wrote in journals, on stray napkins, and even on her sneakers when it was cool to do that. Shes been published in anthologies and journals put together by other radical, creative folks who also see a world that strays far from the mythic norm. Gabby has worked with Autostraddle for almost five years. In that time, shes written about feminism, kissing girls, Nicki Minaj, radical politics and falling in love with queer brown communities. She is currently the Youth Programs Manager at GLSEN and is developing their National Student Council and curriculums for GSAs across the country. Shes fostered other LGBTQ youth groups and taught as a multi-media artist for organizations such as the DreamYard Project. Shes gonna write more books, yall. Please read them. Its very important. Be on the lookout for her latina punk band sci-fi epic, Supermoon. Coming some time in the distant but gorgeous future.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cow without Tail: Book 1\nDescription: [\"" This book directly responds to the call made by Ikemba Nnewi , Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu during Chinua Achebe 's Colloquim at Rhodes Island in the U.S in which he said : " Igbo soul yearns for more Chinua Achebes , clear thinkers ,lucid writers , men of courage , crusaders against injustice , true sons and daughters of their father . CWT ( Cow Without Tail ) is therefore an exploration into some verifiable interfaces which Hebrew culture shares with Igbo ( Heebo) culture ... " --Life and Times Magazine , Los Angeles
" Fresno 's Godwin Akubue's book relies on the many clues and visible traits left behind by Igbo ancestors to weave the Hebraic heritage of the Igbo people of Nigeria , the country where the author was born . " --Fresno Bee Newspaper , Fresno
" This book is by far the most interesting and fascinating book out there portraying the Igbo culture in Nigeria . The author thoroughly communicated all there is to know about his tribe and culture ." --Klaudia Schmidt , Germany\", 'Godwin Boswell Akubue , an Igbo-born Judeo-Christian, an adjudged Immigrant of Exceptional Ability by USCIS in 2005 in the U.S , is an educated man in several areas of science, including chemistry, laboratory science, and medical sciences. Fifty-seven now, he lives in Fresno in Central California with his wife, Monica, and his four children, namely, Augusta, Justice, Hope, and Promise and one grandson , Prince . Being part of community organizations and clubs does not deprive him time for his hobbies like listening to folk music, doing adventures, playing chess, and of course, writing. He owns an online Cowithoutail Book Club and has written several cultural essays in local and international journals, and this one is specially made to help define a true Igbo cultural identity in Nigeria.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Spinning\nDescription: [\"Gr 6 UpA graphic memoir about competitive ice skating, growing up, and coming out. Walden spent much of her youth on the ice, at practices and competitions, and in locker rooms among friends, frenemies, and competitors. In this deeply personal reflection, the author/illustrator is unflinching in her examination of what drove her passion for the sport, the embarrassments and experiences that marked pivotal moments in her development, and how she eventually came out to family and friends as a young teen. The art is economical, with a simple indigo and white palette with very occasional splashes of yellow, lending the book an appropriately cold tone; readers will shiver with empathy as Walden steps onto the rink in the early morning before the sun rises. While her drive and commitment to being the best athlete is evident (at one point, she describes sleeping in her practice clothes on top of her blankets, not allowing herself to get warm so that the early morning transition would be easier), the details about some of her relationships are held at arm's length and only hinted at, most notably the strained relationship with her mother. A scene in which a male tutor sexually harasses Walden and attempts a physical assault is affecting and may spark deeper discussion. Her first romantic relationship is both tender and heartbreaking. VERDICT An honest and intimate coming-of-age story that will be appreciated by tweens and young teens, especially those in competitive sports.Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal\", '', \"[A] stark, gripping graphic novel memoir. Washington Post, These books can help build strong girlsand boysfor today's world\", \"Tillie Walden's Spinning is an engrossing, gorgeously quiet look back at the 12 years she devoted to figure and synchronized skating. New York Times\", 'Intimate and compelling. A quiet powerhouse of a memoir. Kirkus Reviews, starred review', 'An elegant, contemplative, and somber graphic memoir . . . A haunting and resonant coming-of-age story. Publishers Weekly, starred review', 'Quiet and lyrical . . . and deeply satisfying. A stirring, gorgeously illustrated story of finding the strength to follow ones own path. Booklist, starred review', 'An honest and intimate coming-of-age story that will be appreciated by tweens and young teens, especially those in competitive sports. School Library Journal', \"An accessible introduction to the graphic novel form. Older readers will want to graduate from this to Alison Bechdels Fun Home.The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\", 'This beautiful story about sorrow, growth, and triumph will resonate in every readers heart. Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Timesbestselling author and two-time National Book Award finalist', \"This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with anyone who played an instrument, or did gymnastics, or got signed up for skating: these things weren't always what we wanted to do or cared about, but they gave us some focus when everything else was mystery and chaos. Lucy Knisley, New York Times bestselling author of Relish: My Life in the Kitchen\", 'Spinning is spare yet intimate, painfully honest, and oh-so-real. Malinda Lo, three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist author of Ash and Adaptation', 'Gorgeous and honest. Faith Erin Hicks, award-winning author of The Nameless City', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Saraswati's Way\nDescription: [\"Gr 5-7With his talent for math, 12-year-old Akash dreams of escaping his dreary existence by winning a school scholarship. He and his widowed father, Bapu, eke out a precarious existence with their extended family in rural Rajasthan, a drought-plagued region of India. After Bapu's death, Akash is sent to a quarry to work off his family's insurmountable debt. He runs away and ends up living in the New Dehli train station. He forages through trash heaps to find food, joins a group of homeless children, and moves from one perilous situation to the next. In one of the most harrowing episodes, he and a friend sell drugs for a dangerous drug lord. Akash's story is involving, yet the fast-paced plot outpaces character development, and the hopeful ending arrives abruptly. In an author's note, Schrder briefly describes the plight of street children in India; she also adds interest with references to Vedic math and Hindu gods. Despite its good intentions, Akash's story remains too thinly sketched to be memorable.Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", 'In Rajasthan, India, 12-year-old Akash loves math, and he dreams of earning a scholarship to further his studies. After his fathers abrupt death, though, his grandmother sends him to work in a quarry to pay off the familys deep debt. Quickly realizing that loan-shark interest rates will never allow his family to reduce what they owe, Akash escapes by sneaking onto a New Delhi-bound train. In the bewildering big city, he joins a group of street kids who feed themselves from garbage scraps and earn coins by collecting plastic bottles. Schrder, a German-born educator who now lives in India, frankly exposes the harsh realities of the street childrens world: many sniff corrective fluid for a cheap, brain-melting high, and even Akash tries selling drugs to make the quick money he needs to continue his education. Eventually, though, Akash begins to find real opportunities and support. With skillfully integrated cultural details (further explained in an appended glossary and authors note) and a fully realized childs story, Schrder presents a view, sobering and inspiring, of remarkably resilient young people surviving poverty without losing themselves. Grades 4-7. --Gillian Engberg', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Princeless Volume 5: Make Yourself Part 1\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Reader's Digest Select Editions (4 Volumes)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 3: Two Boys, Five Girls, and Three Love Stories\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Using Research in Public Relations: Applications to Program Management\nDescription: ['A reader-friendly guide to research methods used in public relations.', 'The first research method book specifically for pubic relations. Comprehensive research/how-to book. Contains virtually everything an aspiring researcher for PR would need to know!']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flying Witch, 1\nDescription: ['\"Flying Witch emphasized that while actual magic is nice, there is ultimately magic in everything.\" - Anime News Network ', \"Very little is known about Chihiro Ishizuka. He was born and raised in Japan's far north and he broke into the comics world with Flying Witch in 2012. Ishizuka was born in Hirosaki City in Aomori Prefecture. After graduating from high school, Ishizuka would enroll in Nippon Engineering College, where he took courses in manga production.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era\nDescription: []"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: All My Sons (Penguin Classics)\\nDescription: [\\\"Arthur Miller (1915-2005)was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays includeAll My Sons(1947),Death of a Salesman(1949),The Crucible(1953),A View from the BridgeandA Memory of Two Mondays(1955),After the Fall(1963),Incident at Vichy(1964),The Price(1968),The Creation of the World and Other Business(1972) andThe American Clock(1980). He also wrote two novels,Focus(1945), andThe Misfits, which was filmed in 1960, and the text forIn Russia(1969),Chinese Encounters(1979), andIn the Country(1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. His later work included a memoir,Timebends(1987); the playsThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan(1991),The Last Yankee(1993),Broken Glass(1994), andMr. Peter's Connections(1999);Echoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays, 19442000; andOn Politics and the Art of Acting(2001). He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Miller was the recipient of the National Book Foundations 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cosmic Doctrine\\nDescription: ['Over seventy-two years ago, beginning on the Vernal Equinox in Glastonbury, Dion Fortune started receiving communications from the Inner Planes concerning the creation of the universe, the evolution of humanity, natural law, the evolution of consciousness, and the nature of the mind. Her written record of this experience forms the basis for The Cosmic Doctrine.
Fortune examines the limbo where Science and Magic interact, where the cosmology of the \\\"Big Bang\\\" and chaos theory run parallel to the evolutionary process. She also illustrates the true nature of Good and Evil, which is generally viewed from an individual\\\\'s own highly subjective and very personal perspective, and provides further insights into the interaction of the positive and negative polarity within the universal scheme of things. A cryptic warning accompanies these clearly outlined concepts: this book is designed to train the mind rather than inform it. In other words, it is intended to induce in the reader a particular attitude to both the inner and outer world.
Unpublished until 1949, and then only in a privately printed edition, Fortune and her followers considered the material too dangerous for general release. This revised and definitive edition includes original material left out of previous editions and illuminating diagrams by one of Fortune\\\\'s closest collaborators.', '
', 'Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of the Inner Light, is recognized as one of the most luminous figures of 20th-century esoteric thought. A prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, powerful psychic, and spiritualist, she dedicated her life to the revival of the Western Mystery Tradition. She was also a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, whose members included at various times such people as A.E. Waite, Aleister Crowley, and W.B. Yeats.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Written in Red (A Novel of the Others)\\nDescription: ['Praise for Written in Red Winner of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice for Best Urban Fantasy Novel
Amazing...A compelling story set in a seamlessly crafted universe.Fresh Fiction
Near perfect...Written in Red isnt just the best urban fantasy of the yearit may be one of the best ever.All Things Urban Fantasy
A stunningly original yarn, deeply imagined, beautifully articulated, and set forth in clean, limpid, sensual prose.Kirkus Reviews
Bishop has a way of making your heart wrench with joy and pain within a breath.Fantasy Book Critic
Fast-paced action, well defined characters and an imaginative storyline make for a fine paranormal read.Monsters and Critics
More Praise for Anne Bishop and the Novels of the Others
Anne Bishop is so good at writing character development....I love this series and I NEED MORE!USAToday.com
Without a doubt one of the best UF series on the market.RT Book Reviews
The Queen of Fantasy...Teeming with intrigue, suspense, heartbreak, and hints of romance, Bishops literary skills continue to astound and enchant.Heroes and Heartbreakers', 'New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Othersincluding Etched in Bone,Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Glassmen of Murano Born of Fire\\nDescription: ['About the Author, Yvonne M. Moretti After dedicating 35 years to the legal profession in Miami, Yvonne relocated to Citrus County, Florida, so that she could enjoy the unspoiled beauty and many outdoor activities that Citrus County has to offer. She took the opportunity to finish her memoirs and book, Glassmen of Murano \\\"Born of Fire\\\" in this beautiful natural tranquil environment, while pursuing a career in real estate. Yvonne is a descendant from a 700 year old bloodline in the Italian glass industry. She is the daughter of thelate Italian/American Glass Maestro Alessandro Moretti and the niece of the late world renown Glass Maestro Roberto Moretti. She visited the Pilgrim glass factory in West Virginia often as a child to early adolescence to watch her father and uncle work. She catalogued her experiences through memoirs, notes, film, and photography, and travelled with them, along with other family members, to various area exhibits, including the Ripley, WV annual fair, and the New York World\\\\'s Fair from 1964-65. She collects antiques, and her hobbies include writing, photography, diving, boating, fishing, and kayaking. She has been actively working on this writing since 1990 in collaboration with her beloved aunt,Giulia Moretti, [surviving spouse of Maestro Roberto Moretti], and hopes the readers will enjoy their journey through time, circumstance, and meeting two brothers who added their legacy to a millennia-old art form dating back to the cradle of civilization.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 58Supervillains and criminals meet their match with Tony Stark's friend Squirrel Girl, aka Doreen Green, a college freshman with the appearance, speed, and agility of a squirrel. Fitting in proves to be challenging, as normal girls do not talk to or have a squirrel sidekick, nor do they have super strength. Then there is Squirrel Girl's roommate, who has a tough exterior and is obsessed with knitting and her cat. Luckily, Squirrel Girl has a knack for winning people over. When Galactus threatens Earth, the heroine must rely on more than strength to defeat the Devourer of Worlds. She may have extraordinary strength, an army of squirrels at her disposal, a collection of Deadpool villain trading cards, and nut-inspired catchphrases, but it is her ability to form connections with people that proves to be her most powerful asset. North and Henderson have created a fun, fast-paced graphic novel that will appeal to Marvel fans as well as readers who are unfamiliar withor do not enjoytraditional superhero comics. Bright, bold color choices fit well with the humorous tone. Squirrel Girl is likable, confident, and endearingthe first scene shows her beating up muggers while enthusiastically singing her self-written theme song. The updated character design, snappy dialogue, and quirky characteristics make her a relatable heroine whom readers of all ages will root for. Also included is the 1991 classic Marvel Super-Heroes #8 comic, in which Squirrel Girl first appears. VERDICT A first-purchase for all graphic novel collections.Marissa Lieberman, East Orange Public Library, NJ\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Altamaha Sunset\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flat-Out Love\\nDescription: ['\\\"Flat-Out Love is the first book in a long, long time that has touched me this deeply.\\\" ---Book & A Latte
\\\"It made me feel emotions I thought my black heart wouldn\\\\'t allow.\\\"---See K Read
\\\"This book was so outrageously good. It has surpassed--dare I say it?--my deeply beloved Nicholas Sparks.\\\" ---Just Another Book Addict
\\\"...This is The Best Book I Have Ever Read...I have read a lot of books but none like this one. It made me laugh until I nearly cried. It\\\\'s funny, sad, romantic and just simply fantastic...\\\" ComaCalm\\\\'s Corner
\\\"Within the first chapter, I laughed out loud no less than four times. The characters were well-rounded, and strong while still vulnerable...Flat Out Love is a shining example of romance in the internet age...\\\"--Random Musings
\\\"I loved it so much that I\\\\'m already considering how long to wait before re-reading it. The romance in this one is amazing because it\\\\'s a slow building, feel-it-in-your-stomach kind of love.\\\" ---Book Labyrinth', 'Jessica Park is the author of the young adult novel RELATIVELY FAMOUS, five Gourmet Girl mysteries (written as Jessica Conant-Park) and the e-shorts FACEBOOKING RICK SPRINGFIELD and WHAT THE KID SAYS (Parts 1 & 2). She grew up in the Boston area and then went to Macalester College in frigid St. Paul, Minnesota. During her freshman year, there was a blizzard on Halloween, and she decided that she was not cut out for such torture. So she moved back to the east coast where, she\\\\'d forgotten, it still snows. Oops. She now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, son, bananas dog named Fritzy, and two selfish cats. When not writing, she is probably on Facebook , pining over 80s rock stars, or engaging in \\\"Glee\\\" activities. Or some combination of the three. Probably with a coffee in hand.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Life and Times at the \\\"Rovers Return\\\"\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flat-Out Matt\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology: Text with CD-ROM\\nDescription: ['\\\"This book is a visual treat. This is a well-constructed book where the authors have decided to structure the information on the mechanism of transmission of the disease. This allows for a sensible consistency in presentation which may not please those who like a breakdown of disease on the basis of the type of organism or organ affected. The authors have gone to great effort to include the range of issues related to these diseases and their choice of images provides a good way for visual learning about a condition, eg. children holding urine samples showing haematuria linked to schistosomiasis and the range of histopathology images. This is the complete opposite of a \\\\'dry\\\\' text with informative images falling off the page.
The more that I delved into this book the more I started to enjoy it and learn. The book is structured on the basis of the mechanism of transmission of the disease, a practical and sensible way which should make it easier for someone coming to tropical medicine to learn the range of conditions. The published visual images are broad ranging and very informative. If you are a visual learner this book would represent a good investment.\\\" BMA Awards 2007
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS EDITION:
\\\"For those requiring essential information on tropical medicine or ID, first call should be this book.\\\" Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
The information provided under various chapters with superb colour photographs and illustrations is concise, accurate and easily digestible. This is a work of high scholarship and an indispensable source of information. As such it is highly recommended as an essential atlas (which also includes a CD-ROM) on the desk of each medical and nursing practitioner of travel medicine, and as a book readily available to clinicians, laboratory and public health practitioners.
\\\"You\\\\'ll like this book AND love it.\\\"--Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production, a School Library Journal blog
\\\"Readers would have to have stone-cold hearts to not root for Candice to succeed.\\\"--Booklist
\\\"Jonsberg has created a memorable heroine in Candice, whose determined attempts to heal her family and understand her place in the world will stick with readers.\\\"--Publishers Weekly
\\\"Candice is a strong central character, full of personality.\\\"-School Library Journal
\\\"Candice Phee is a memorable character and one that many readers will likely want to befriend.\\\"--Kidsreads', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Steps To Achieving God's Vision For Your Life!\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.\\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012: In writing and in life, Augusten Burroughs has repeatedly summoned the courage to grab the wolves of his past by their foaming muzzles and peer into their wild eyes until he owns them--and because of this, he\\\\'s survived nearly every horrific experience a person in a modern-day, first-world country could face and emerged as an astonishingly well-adjusted person. After turning his profoundly messed-up early life and its alcoholic aftermath into six harrowing, uplifting memoirs--including Running with Scissors and Dry--Burroughs lost interest in writing about himself. He kept meeting people who were locked in the same struggles hed overcome and decided they needed to know they had options for fixing their lives. In This Is How, Burroughs delivers prescriptions for handling life\\\\'s most pernicious problems. Don\\\\'t let the snake-oil-salesmannish title put you off: this is raw, hard-knock-life advice, veering from brutal to hilarious to deeply compassionate. Burroughs doesnt really believe in \\\"happiness\\\" or \\\"healing.\\\" Hes honest about the limits of recovery, but even those in the depths of despair will be energized by his exhortations to claw their way back to OK, even if it means leaving the life theyve known in the dust. --Mari Malcolm', '', 'AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS is the number one New York Times bestselling author of A Wolf At TheTable, Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking, Dry, Running with Scissors, and Sellevision. He lives in Manhattan.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Calculations for A Level Chemistry Fourth Edition\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cut\\nDescription: [\\\"Fifteen-year old Callie is so withdrawn that she's not speaking to anyone - including her therapist at Sea Pines, known to its guests as 'Sick Minds' - the residential treatment facility where her parents and doctor send her after discovering that she cuts herself. Her story unfolds primarily through dramatic monologues, gradually revealing the family turmoil that led to her self-destructive behaviour.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Long Way from Misery\\nDescription: [\\\"Jack Turner was born in 1926 in the small, rural town of Rylstone, Australia and raised on a farm called Misery. A former shearer with no education and a rough and ready upbringing, Jack's 'that'll do me' attitude has stayed with him throughout his long life and seen him through many a scrape.He is a quick-witted larrikin who loves to laugh and make others laugh. His knack for telling a yarn is classic Aussie bushman.He has had too many jobs to mention, met too many people to remember, and had too many adventures to record. His fascinating memoir, A Long Way from Misery, is an authentic retelling of a life spent in freedom, family and misadventure. \\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Wrinkle in Time\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How to Slay the ACT: Proven Strategies to Conquer the College Entrance Exam\\nDescription: [\\\"Tina Wiles has a unique background. Not only does she hold a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan, but she is also a certified high school math teacher! Tina has been working in the test prep industry for over 12 years and has found her passion. Tina has scored a 36 on the ACT multiple times, and now she has published this book to help as many students as possible. Tina's students increase an average of 4 points on the ACT!\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flawless (Pretty Little Liars, Book 2)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Spencer stole her sister's boyfriend. Aria is brokenhearted over her English teacher. Emily likes her new friend Maya . . . as much more than a friend. Hanna's obsession with looking flawless is making her sick. And their most horrible secret yet is so scandalous that the truth would ruin them forever.\\\", \\\"And why shouldn't I tell? They deserve to lose it all. With every crumpled note, wicked IM, and vindictive text message I send, I'll be taking these pretty little liars down. Trust me, I've got enough dirt to bury them alive.\\\", '', '', 'Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Touchdown Auburn: Carrying on the Tradition of the Auburn Tigers\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Perfect (Pretty Little Liars, Book 3)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls aren't nearly as perfect as they seem.\\\", \\\"Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer can't keep her hands off anything that belongs to her sister.\\\", \\\"Lucky me. I know these pretty little liars better than they know themselves. But it's hard keeping all of their secrets to myself. They better do as I say . . . or else!\\\", '', '', 'Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Teaching Kids About Money: A Step-By-Step Guide For Parents Who Want More For Their Kids\\nDescription: ['Helene Kempe Helene has worked in the education industry for 30 years and has held management positions for the majority of that time. Her leadership, management and marketing experience coupled with her teaching and learning in the creative and visual arts, provides her with a valuable skill set for thinking outside the square. Helene holds a number of qualifications including a Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration, Diploma of Teaching, Diploma of Visual Arts, Master Neuro-linguistic Programming and Results Coach, Associated Certified Meta-Coach (ACMC) and Demartini Method Facilitator. One of Helenes passions is to help people create their own personal power through gaining the understanding that they own their own learning and that when they focus on what they really want in life, they can achieve it more quickly and easily. Nicole Clemow Nicole has always had a passion for finance. After completing her Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree and Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning, she worked in the financial planning industry for over 8 years. Her roles included working as a Paraplanner, Technical Manager and Financial Planner. After discovering that many people had very little knowledge in money management, Nicole decided to leave the corporate world and venture out on her own to help change peoples thinking around money. She has completed a Master Level in Neuro-linguistic Programming and Results Coaching and uses these effective personal development strategies learned through her study, on a daily basis. Nicole believes that personal development is extremely important and has travelled across Australia, Canada and the USA to work with some of the top people in the field of wealth creation and financial management.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel\\nDescription: ['Like Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia seamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl, it should be hailed as one of the best books of the yearA (Entertainment Weekly)
Just finished a fantastic novelReconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. So. Well. Done. If you liked Gone Girl, youll love this too. (Jodi Picoult)
Clever and scary . . . McCreight has her finger on the private school zeitgeist. . .and this disturbing tale will make older readers fondly recall the days when kids got in trouble for passing (print) notes in class. (USA Today)
Did Amelia Baron really get caught cheating and then commit suicideor is the truth more sinister? A nail-biter for Gone Girl fans. (People)
Reconstructing Amelia will keep you hooked till the last page. (BookPage)
Gossip Girl meets Gone Girl. (Entertainment Weekly, Summer Must List)
Wow! I was pulled in after reading the first page. Its sort of a thriller/prep school teen drama that is full of secrets. (People.com Staff Pick)
[A] mystery with enough red herring to stock Lake Michiganthis is the novel most likely to be found in coming weeks not on the beach but on the F train. (New York Times)
McCreight captures the complexities, cruelty and angst of teenage girls so well my stomach was in knots. What really happened to Amelia? Youll find yourself staying up all night to find out. (Jennifer McMahon, New York Times-bestselling author of The One I Left Behind)
The real story of Amelias life and death emerges slowly, through a creative blend of Kates present, Amelias past, and such varied communication methods as texts, e-mails, blog entries, and Facebook status updates. . . . Fans of literary thrillers will enjoy the novels dark mood and clever form. (Publishers Weekly)', '', \\\"Litigation lawyer and harried single mother Kate Baron is shocked when her daughter's exclusive Brooklyn private school calls to tell her that Ameliaher intelligent, high-achieving fifteen-year-oldhas been caught cheating. But when Kate arrives at Grace Hall, she's blindsided by far more devastating news: Amelia is dead. Despondent, she's jumped from the school's roof. At least that's what Grace Hall and the police tell Kate. It's what she believes, too, until she gets the anonymous text: Amelia didn't jump. Now, Kate is going to find the truthno matter where it leads. Sifting through Amelia's e-mails, text messages, and Facebook posts, Kate reconstructs the pieces of her daughter's life and the people in it, uncovering why she was on Grace Hall's roof that dayand how she died.\\\", \\\"A superb blend of Tana French and Jodi Picoult, Reconstructing Amelia is a story of secrets and lies, friends and bullies. It's about how well any parent really knows their child and how far one mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she could not save.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three Vol. 2\\nDescription: ['\\\"An entertaining gateway into the new game universe.\\\"--IGN
\\\"One of the best DC comics to not only come out this week, but since the start of 2013.\\\"--AIN\\\\'T IT COOL NEWS', \\\"Brian Buccellato is a writer and and illustrator, best known for his work as scribe on THE FLASH with co-writer and artist Francis Manapul. He has also written DETECTIVE COMICS, INJUSTICE: YEAR THREE and FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION for DC Comics. As a colorist, he's worked for Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Top Cow, Image and Dynamite Entertainment. His recent coloring credits include ADVENTURE COMICS, HELLBLAZER, SUPERMAN, AND THE FLASH.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1\\nDescription: [\\\"Natsuki Takaya burst onto the manga scene in North America with the publication of Fruits Basket which became an immediate sensation. Her other works include Twinkle Stars and Liselotte & Witch's Forest.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pre-Raphaelite Paintings and Drawings in the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum: 24 Art Cards (Dover Postcards)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 5\\nDescription: [\\\"Natsuki Takaya burst onto the manga scene in North America with the publication of Fruits Basket which became an immediate sensation. Her other works include Twinkle Stars and Liselotte & Witch's Forest.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Carter and the Curious Maze: Weird Stories Gone Wrong\\nDescription: [\\\"Carter and the Curious Maze is a short, fast-paced tale with engagingly eerie illustrations by Shawna Daigle that enhance Dowding's captivating storytelling style. Readers will be compelled by the historic tales of Toronto's past as experienced by the relatable and funny 12-year-old Carter and the cast of interesting characters he meets within the maze. A perfect book for readers who enjoy light fantasy with humour and heart. (Canadian Materials)
This original take on time-travel historical fantasy is a sure bet for young scary-story enthusiasts. (Kirkus)
a great novel to introduce multi-genre writing to young readers due to its fantasy, adventure, and mystery overtones. (Resource Links)
Dowdings story is fast-paced and compelling, with just enough mystery to be spooky. (YA Books Central)
In an approachable, straightforward style, Dowding writes an engaging time travel story. (Booklist Online)\\\", 'Philippa Dowding is an award-winning copywriter, poet, and childrens author. Her books have been nominated for the Diamond Willow, Hackmatack, Silver Birch, and Red Maple awards. Her third book, The Gargoyle at the Gates, was named a White Raven Book by the International Youth Library in Munich. Philippa lives in Toronto.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Commemorating its fiftieth anniversary, LEngles classic couldnt have scored a better talent to adapt its story into comics form. Larson produces high-quality coming-of-age stories featuring female protagonists, with the most recent (Mercury, 2010) even including a fantasy element to highlight the tales emotional stakes. She dives wholeheartedly into LEngles seminal epic, chronicling the journey of Meg Murry, her preternaturally intelligent younger brother, Charles, and their friend Calvin OKeefe, crossing distant worlds to save the Murrys, lost patriarch. Guided by three grandmotherly guardian angels, they navigate the dangers of a mind-controlled world fallen under the influence of a cosmic force of pure evil. Larson has miraculously preserved the power of the originals social and religious themes, as well as its compelling emotional core, while staying true to her distinctive voice and aesthetic. Her soft-lined, large-eyed characters are a modern exemplar of classical American cartooning, and the metallic blue coating of the pages evokes both the timelessness of the story and the remoteness of alien worlds. This adaptation is fabulous for presenting a fresh vision to those familiar with the original, but its so true to the storys soul that even those whove never read it will come away with a genuine understanding of LEngles ideas and heart. Grades 6-12. --Jesse Karp', '', \\\"Know somebody who hasn't met Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who or Mrs Which? Larson's colorful panels bring Madeline L'Engle's brilliant time-travel favorite to life in an exciting new way. This is page-turning eye candy of the highest order. James Patterson\\\", \\\"This adaptation is fabulous for presenting a fresh vision to those familiar with the original, but it's so true to the story's soul that even those who've never read it will come away with a genuine understanding of L'Engle's ideas and heart. Booklist, starred review\\\", \\\"The memorable story of Meg Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, and Calvin O'Keefe's adventure across space and time is conveyed with all the intellectual and emotional impact of the original novel. BCCB\\\", \\\"Larson has remained true to the story, preserving the original chapter format and retaining L'Engle's voice. Black-and-white artwork is accented with blue, echoing the original cover color. School Library Journal\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Missing! Stranger Abduction: Smart Strategies to Keep Your Child Safe\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hollywood And Vine (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Faith)\\nDescription: ['THE ATLANTIC - \\\"Faith\\\\'s return to the comic-book landscape represents twin achievements for the medium: an increasing willingness to tell stories featuring heroic women, and a tendency to celebrate the ways in which those women to deviate from (or challenge) gender norms.\\\"
NERDIST - \\\"This is a superhero done right\\\"
KIRKUS - \\\"Fat and fierce superhero Zephyr-aka Faith Herbert-leaves the Harbinger Resistance to fly solo. On her own in LA and with her secret identity blown in a previous adventure, blonde, white Faith goes Clark Kent with a pair of glasses, a red wig, and a new name-Summer Smith-to complement her role as a mild-mannered content writer for online outlet \\\"Zipline.\\\" She works hard to get over ex-boyfriend and rising reality TV star Torque and continues to fight crime. Investigating the disappearance of a young black teen, a possible psiot like her, soon leads her to the evil Vine, who are experimenting on psiots as part of a plot to (of course) take over the Earth. Faith is an enormously likable character, an unapologetic geek and fangirl. Dialogue and internal monologues are both strong in banter (\\\"I can do this,\\\" she thinks to herself as she prepares to write a puff piece on Torque. \\\"I\\\\'m a freakin\\\\' superhero\\\") and reflective of an unflinching moral code. Portela\\\\'s and Sauvage\\\\'s classic superhero stylings accommodate Faith\\\\'s size with ease and respect. Readers unfamiliar with previous Harbinger storylines will flounder a bit as they catch up, but the willingness to suspend disbelief and go with the superhero flow will take them far. This volume compiles the first four issues of her solo comic. You go, girl. \\\"(Graphic fantasy. 12 & up)\\\"\\\" ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gunga Din Highway\\nDescription: ['Ever want to become an actor? Longman Kwan dreams of playing Charlie Chan in the movies but instead finds himself stuck in dead-end roles, quite literally, as minor Chinese characters who die. Providing hilarious insight into Longman\\\\'s patient humor, the novel is also filled with references to pop culture icons--TV, actors, movies. The Village Voice calls Chin a \\\"literary gangster\\\" with a method to his madness. His novel indeed takes us on a furious tour of four decades, from the \\\\'50s to today, showcasing the lives of a dreamer father and his cynical son.', 'An irreverent saga of a Chinese American family in California, this latest from the author of Donald Duk offers a satiric panorama ranging from ethnic stereotypes to Hollywood mythology. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: We Should All Be Feminists\\nDescription: ['A personal essay adapted from the writer\\\\'s TEDx talk of the same name. Adichie, celebrated author of the acclaimed Americanah (Knopf, 2013), offers a more inclusive definition of feminism, one that strives to highlight and embrace a wide range of people and experiences. Drawing on anecdotes from her adolescence and adult life, Adichie attempts to strike down stereotypes and unpack the baggage usually associated with the term. She argues that an emphasis on feminism is necessary because to focus only on the general \\\"human rights\\\" is \\\"to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded.\\\" Her focus on women of color is also an aspect of the movement that hasn\\\\'t always been given its due, and Adichie works in her own experience and life as a feminist within a more conservative Nigerian culture in an organic and eye-opening way. She also points to examples in Nigeria that are unfortunately universal: a young woman who is gang-raped at a university and is then vilified and blamed for the crime, which, unfortunately, happens often in the United States. Injustices such as these, she posits, are reasons enough to be angry and outspoken. The humorous and insightful tone will engage teens and give them an accessible entry point into gender studies. This title would also work well as a discussion starter in debate and speech classes. VERDICT An eloquent, stirring must-read for budding and reluctant feminists.Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal', 'Nuanced and rousing. Vogue
Adichie is so smart about so many things. San Francisco Chronicle', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Age of Swords: Book Two of The Legends of the First Empire\\nDescription: ['Praise for Michael J. Sullivan
If you enjoy epic fantasy, and are perhaps hungering for something with timeless appeal, then I highly recommend picking up Age of Myth.The BiblioSanctum, on Age of Myth Hair-raising escapes, flashy sword fights, and faithful friendship complete the formula for good old-fashioned escapist fun.Publishers Weekly, on Theft of Swords
Filled with adventure and clever dialogue and featuring a pair of not-quite-heroes whose loyalties to each other provide them with their greatest strength, this epic fantasy showcases the arrival of a master storyteller.Library Journal, on Theft of Swords
With less gore and a smaller cast of characters than George R. R. Martins Song of Ice and Fire but equally satisfying, Sullivans epic fantasy will be gaining fans at exponential rates.Library Journal, on The Rose and the Thorn', 'Michael J. Sullivan opened the first door to his imagination with typewriter keys found in a friends basement when he was just eight years old. Today he uses computer keys, writing classic fantasy with unlikely heroes, including the bestselling Riyria novels and his latest epic, The Legends of the First Empire.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: If I Was Your Girl\\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpAfter a violent incident in her Atlanta suburb, Amanda moves to small-town Tennessee to make a new start with her estranged father. Finally living openly as her true self three years after she, then known as Andrew, attempted suicide, Amanda needs the safety and relative freedom of a fresh beginning. A new set of risks and opportunities open up to her as she makes friends with a group of girls harboring their own secrets, navigates a tense relationship with a father who is terrified of what the world will do to his child, and begins the first romance of her life. This is everything a coming-of-age novel should behonest, complicated, and meaningful. Amanda navigates the teenage world with a cautious bravery that will grip readers by the heart. Russo, herself a transwoman from Tennessee, handles every issue in the storyfrom pot and promposals to hormones and support groupswith a deft hand, both gentle and honest. The result is a narrative that transcends the typical \\\"issue\\\" novel to be a beautiful tale in its own right. VERDICT A highly recommended purchase for any collection serving teens.Amy Diegelman, Vineyard Haven Public Library, MA', '', \\\"Stonewall Book Award Winner Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Outstanding Children's Literature A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Zoella Book Club Selection A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year IndieNext Top 10 List One of Flavorwire's 50 Books Every Modern Teenager Should Read\\\", '\\\"This new novel for teens breaks new ground...powerful.\\\" O Magazine', '\\\"A beautifully rendered YA novel . . . the first written by a transgender woman about the transgender teen experience.\\\" San Francisco Chronicle', '\\\"A vivid, compassionate portrait of a teen finding her place.\\\" The Washington Post ', '\\\"An illuminating debutguided by hope and overwhelming kindness.Publishers Weekly, starred review ', 'A necessary, universal story about feeling different and enduring prejudicesfull of love, hope, and truth.Kirkus, starred review ', '\\\"This is everything a coming-of-age novel should behonest, complicated, and meaningful. Transcends the typical \\\\'issue\\\\' novel to be a beautiful tale in its own right.\\\" School Library Journal, SLJ Popular Pick', '\\\"Amanda\\\\'s story is neither overly sentimental nor didactic. A thoughtful, truthful, and much needed coming-of-age tale.\\\" Horn Book Review', '\\\"Russo, a trans woman, writes with authority and empathy, giving readers not only an intellectual but also an emotional understanding of Amanda and her compelling story. Never didactic, this debut is a valuable contribution to the slender but growing body of literature of trans teens.\\\" ALA Booklist', 'Beautiful, smart, and so urgently needed, If I Was Your Girl should be required reading for every teenscratch that, every personin America. This book is exactly what YA is for: to break ground, to break hearts, to teach us empathy, to find the universal in the specific. I loved every word. You will too. Julie Buxbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things', '\\\"Poignant and rare. If I Was Your Girl is the type of book you read and want to immediately share, because it\\\\'s too important to keep to yourself.\\\" Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin\\\\'', '\\\"If I Was Your Girl is important and necessary and brave, and deeply, electrically inspiring. Read this wonderful book. Just read it.\\\" Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places', 'If I Was Your Girl will change minds and open hearts. Nina Lacour, critically acclaimed author of Everything Leads to You', '\\\"If I Was Your Girl is real and raw and layered and wonderful.\\\" Alex Gino, Stonewall Award-winning author of George', '\\\"If there\\\\'s any justice in the world, we\\\\'re all witnessing a YA powerhouse in the making.\\\" Forever YA', '\\\"Pure magic.\\\" Book Riot', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: You Lost Him at Hello: A Saleswoman's Secrets to Closing the Deal with Any Guy You Want\\nDescription: [\\\"At thirty years old, Jess McCann was on top of the world. After graduating college, she had started her own sales company, where she single-handedly recruited, trained and managed a thirty-person sales team. She was chosen as one of America's top entrepreneurs by Sir Richard Branson and traveled the world on his Fox reality show, The Rebel Billionaire. Having discovered first-hand that the art of sales directly translated into her dating life, Jess began counseling women, teaching them logical and proven sales techniques that they could use on their own dates. She continues to teach the fundamentals of sales and dating to women across the country. She lives with her husband in Washington D.C. Visit Jess at jessmccann.com or jessmccann.hcibooks.com.\\\", '', \\\" The Common Denominator Several years ago I was sitting in a caf in Georgetown having breakfast with my best friend, Adison. She had dragged me out of bed that morning to talk about her most recent relationship, which, like many before, was headed downhill fast. Before I could even order a cup of coffee, she declared that her latest would-be-boyfriend, Gavin, was an asshole. She then proceeded to give me the play-by-play of their relationship with her usual enthusiasm.
'He never calls when he says he will. He acts like he likes me one minute, but then I don't hear from him for days. I am just so fed up with men and their games!' I listened, as good friends do, as Adison vented her frustrations. She rambled on about Gavin's commitment phobia; how his hot and cold behavior drove her up the wall; and how the next time she saw him, she was going to give him a piece of her mind. But somewhere between the words jerk and player, I realized that this most recent relationship disaster sounded a lot like her last one. In fact, when I thought about it, it seemed like getting dumped was becoming a pattern for her.
As Adison was about to call this guy an asshole for the tenth time, it hit me: maybe it wasn't such a coincidence that all the guys she dated turned out to be jerks. Maybe there was an actual reason for it. It did seem a little odd that all the guys she liked drove her crazy and eventually ended up MIA, especially since each relationship started out so differently. Yet somehow she kept getting the same result. I realized I knew what was happening. There was only one common denominator in all of Adison's relationships, and it wasn't the men 'Adison,' I said. 'Do you ever think maybe it's not him, it's you?' Adison's jaw dropped. As soon as the words left my mouth, I cringed and waited for her reaction. I was supposed to be her friend. I was supposed to be on her side. I was supposed to call this guy a selfish bastard, not bruise her already damaged ego. In fact, I was just about to recant my statement when she said, 'Really? You think I'm making him act this way?'
Up until that moment I truly believed that Adison and I had just been picking the wrong guys. Whenever our relationships got rocky, we would blame the guy for being insensitive, unavailable, or just plain shady. We truly believed that most men were frogs and we were going to have to kiss a lot of them to find our prince. But now I had seen the light. Men weren't the cause of all our headaches, we were. If a guy didn't act exactly the way we wanted him to, we would freak out, overreact, and drive him away.
Take Adison's new relationship for example. This guy, Gavin, did like her. There was definitely a mutual attraction when they began dating. However, Adison started assuming that they were in a relationship after only a couple of weeks, whereas Gavin was still testing the waters. She switched into full girlfriend mode before Gavin had really decided how he felt about her. So when she started coming on strong, calling a lot and making all-weekend plans with him, he started to back off.
This, of course, drove Adison crazy. And the crazier she got, the more she pressured him. The more she pressured him, the less he wanted to see her. She became angry and critical whenever they were together and accused Gavin of being immature for wanting to spend more time with his friends instead of hanging out with her. On the flip side, Gavin was becoming more and more convinced that Adison was trying to control him. For God's sake, they had only been dating for a month! Eventually Gavin stopped returning her calls all together, leaving Adison in relationship limbo, wondering what had happened. Adison and I spent the next hour dissecting all of our previous relationships. In almost every instance, we realized that the guys we had thought were jerks were really not so bad after all. We just blamed them for the fact that the relationships had gone awry. We had come up with every excuse in the book for why they behaved badly, when really, we just didn't know how to act with a guy we liked. It didn't matter that Adison was a smart, pretty girl. The way she behaved completely turned guys off. What an epiphany! I had to laugh at all the crazy mistakes we had made throughout the years. Looking back, I wondered how I could have been so oblivious.
Suddenly, Adison became panic stricken. 'Ohmigod, Jess, do you know what this means?' She shrieked. 'I have been dumped three times in the last year, and I am now realizing it's because of something I'm doing. I'm turning guys off. All this time I thought I was just dating the wrong kind of guy. It never occurred to me that I might be bad at dating. Now what am I supposed to do?'
Good question. At the time, I didn't have the answer. I just knew that this problem wasn't unique to Adison and me. All of my friends were suffering from their own dating dilemmas as well. The more I thought about it, the more I was certain. It wasn't the guys that were making our lives miserable. It was us! OK, So It's Me. Now What?
Years later I was in Las Vegas with my good friend Lana. We were attending a conference to promote her latest children's video. After a couple hours of standing on our feet, we decided to take a break and get some lunch. We found a restaurant in the casino and quickly grabbed a seat. A few minutes later, two guys sat down at the table right next to us. The one on my side was extremely cute, and I couldn't help but overhear his conversation. He had just closed a huge deal. One of the networks had agreed to fund his TV pilot. After a couple of minutes I realized 'cute guy' kept glancing my way. After the fifth or sixth time, I finally decided to catch his eye. He smiled at me, and I leaned over to him and said, 'You guys sound like you're celebrating.' Ten minutes later we were engrossed in conversation.
Twenty minutes later 'cute guy'' asked for my number. I could go into more details about how the weekend unfolded. How 'cute guy' (his name was Daniel) showed up at the club we were at that night. He bought us drinks, held my hand, and kept telling me how adorable I was. But the particulars of that evening are trivial. After all, lots of boys and girls meet and party in Vegas. The crazy part was what happened the next morning. As I went downstairs to check out, Daniel was waiting for me in the lobby. He begged and pleaded with me to stay another night. He even offered to pay for another room at his hotel. When it became clear I wasn't going to be convinced, he reluctantly let me go. But not before telling me that I was the most amazing woman he's ever met and making me promise I would see him again.
When Lana and I jumped in a cab to the airport, she looked at me with amazement and said, 'How is it that every guy falls in love with you?' I had to laugh.
'No seriously,' she continued. 'When I was single I had guys hit on me, but they didn't fall all over themselves the way they do for you. It took weeks, usually months, to get them to commit. I feel like that guy would have reserved the Chapel o' Love tomorrow if you had let him. How do you do it?' It was at that moment that I realized I had to write this book. I had a secret, and it was time to share it.
The Girl I Used to Be As I said before, I wasn't always so successful with men. Even after my 'It's not him, it's you' epiphany years earlier, I still had my share of dating disasters. In college, I had an on-and-off relationship with a guy named Shawn. I really liked him, and when we started dating again my junior year, I thought we were finally on the same page. I asked him to my sorority formal which happened to fall on my twenty-first birthday. I was very excited that I would be spending such a big night with a guy I really liked. On top of that, all my friends would be there to celebrate. However, two days before my birthday he called to tell me he couldn't go with me anymore. The girl he really liked had just asked him to go to her formal on the same night. I was devastated. I felt rejected. I never wanted to see him again. Unfortunately he lived next door.
Another time I fell hard for a Sigma Chi who lived upstairs from me. He would come over all the time and we'd eat, watch TV, and make out. We never defined our relationship, but since we hung out so much, I figured there was no need. He was my boyfriend, as far as I was concerned. Then one day I overheard a couple girls on the quad talking about him. I listened in and learned that he had been pining away for one of their cheerleader friends who finally decided to go out with him. The next time I saw him he was holding hands with C-H-R-I-S-S-Y from the squad.
Then there was Danny. I dated Danny for eleven months. I call that time period the Crash of '99. I was head over heels for him. Funny thing was, at first he chased me. He wanted to take me out and I kept turning him down. He called and pursued relentlessly. Eventually I caved in and went out with him. After seeing him a few times after that, I was hooked. The tables were turned, and now I was the one pining after him while he scheduled me in between rounds of golf. My entire week revolved around Danny. If he wanted to hang out, I dropped everything and ran over. I never knew when I was going to see him again, so I took every chance I got. I stopped making plans with friends because I didn't want to be somewhere that I couldn't leave in case he called. It was a disastrous relationship. I was absolutely powerless, and I didn't know how to regain control. So eventually after many tears, I finally left Danny. He had a new girlfriend three days after we broke up.
So as you can see, I've had my fair share of sob stories. Realizing that I didn't know how to date was only the beginning. I knew that I had a problemI just didn't know how to fix it.
Luckily, after college I stumbled upon the formula for dating success. I had figured out how to get a guy interested, keep control, and get him to commit. My love life took off, and guys who had never noticed me before were falling all over themselves to ask me out. Whereas before, I couldn't catch the eye of the captain of the chess team, I was now dating celebrities and professional athletes. I was even pursued by one of Fortune's 40 Richest Men Under 40. Guys were telling me they were in love with me after only a matter of weeks, and all of my boyfriends were discussing marriage. It was crazy, but it felt great. I couldn't believe the change. I was the same person I had always been, but now I was getting the response I had always wanted.
Since I discovered this secret, I have not been dumped, stood up, cheated on, or left in limbo wondering where I stood. I have had men go to great lengths to get my number and they have all asked for a commitment without me having to say one word. But the best part of all is that I no longer have to settle for the guys that just want me. I can pick any guy I want, and I know I can make him want me right back.
So what's my secret? How do I do it? It's all laid out right here in this book. And what exactly is the difference between this book and all those others out there? Simple. This book is not based on opinion or secondhand advice. It will not just help you understand men and why they do the things they do. What good is having that information if you don't know how to use it? No, this book is different. It will teach you exactly how to gain control of your love life and make you effective in dating, regardless of who you are or what you look like.
Now be prepared. This book presents some rather unorthodox advice. But that's a good thing. How many other dating books have you read that have done absolutely nothing for you? This book is different. It won't be like The Rules. It does not contain flimsy outdated advice my mother's mother gave me. And it's not like He's Just Not That Into You, because honestly, by the time you're done reading this book, he will be. No longer will you sit around with your girlfriends analyzing text messages and waiting for phone calls. You want to land a boyfriend? You want to get married? Well, you can. I am going to show you how to use proven techniques to get any guy you want.
\\\", '2008. Jess McCann. All rights reserved. Reprinted from You Lost Him at Hello. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Giant Days Vol. 1\\nDescription: ['John Allison is the writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins, Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery. He lives in Greater Manchester.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Classic Sewing Spring 2016 Premiere Issue\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 6 UpDelilah Dirk has a chip on her shoulder. Of late, she lashes out at anyone who wounds her pride or name, even when the danger is great. As in Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (First Second, 2012), her faithful friend Selim acts as the voice of reason, but stopping a resolute Delilah proves to be nearly impossible. So when a traitorous British soldier threatens her good reputation, she pursues him, bent on his downfall. England does not welcome her back, and with redcoats chasing her, she reluctantly takes refuge with her privileged family. This position gives her an advantage, but her headstrong attitude jeopardizes all: her chance at success, survival, and her bonds. Frustration and tension have a bigger presence than humor in this volume, but we get more character and relationship development because of this. Colors are key to setting the tone; when this duo arrive in England, the hues take on an overcast brown to match how stifled Delilah feels. Fortunately, heart-pounding action sequences chase such clouds away every time. VERDICT Another whirlwind adventure that builds upon Cliff's unifying factortrue friendship.Rachel Forbes, formerly of Oakville Public Library, Ontario, Canada\\\", '', '\\\"A story jam-packed with action and spectacle, but at its heart is a story of friendship and trust. A fantastic addition to a stellar series!\\\" Noelle Stevenson, author of Nimona', '\\\"Gorgeous.\\\" Emily Carroll, author of Through the Woods', '\\\"With perfect comic timing and a hefty dose of charm thrown in with the adventure, Delilah Dirk and the King\\\\'s Shilling is absolutely thrilling!\\\"Kate Beaton, author of Hark! A Vagrant', '\\\"One of the most beautifully illustrated books I\\\\'ve ever seen. Cheers to the swashbuckling adventures of Delilah and Selim!\\\" Kazu Kibuishi, author of the Amulet series', '\\\"Move over, Indiana Jones. . . . with gorgeous illustrations and clever writing, Cliff seamlessly blends action and comedy into a charming tale that is so much fun you\\\\'ll wish you brought popcorn.\\\" Entertainment Weekly', '\\\"The character development adds welcome depth to an already absorbing adventure. Irresistible and exhilarating.\\\" Kirkus Reviews, starred review', '\\\"Another whirlwind adventure that builds upon Cliffs unifying factortrue friendship.\\\" School Library Journal, starred review', '\\\"It\\\\'s the dynamic between Delilah and Selim, a headstrong woman and pliant man who remain platonic companions, that gives the book its compelling emotional center.\\\" Publishers Weekly, starred review', '\\\"Cliffs artwork and storytelling skill make this graphic novel a fine purchase for those looking to expand their graphic novel collection beyond capes and manga.\\\" Voya Magazine, starred review', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wrath & Bones (The Marnie Baranuik Files) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: ['A.J. Aalto is a proud native of the Niagara Region. Born in St. Catharines, she currently resides in Thorold, Ontario with her wonderfully peculiar husband Jason and two quirky kids, a puppy that drives her bonkers and two cats who are undoubtedly plotting her demise. When not writing horror or dark urban fantasy, you can find A.J. researching horrible things, braying her unladylike guffaw, making dick jokes, mentally undressing strangers or sitting cross-legged on her front porch eating peanut butter M&Ms by the spoonful.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Chi's Sweet Home, volume 3\\nDescription: ['A Publishers Weekly Big Graphic Novels for 2010 selection!     \\\"Chi\\\\'s Sweet Home seems to have that feline je ne sais quoi that could fill a niche in the existing market.\\\" --Comics Reporter     \\\"Chi\\\\'s Sweet Home has been a fan-favorite for a while...Now American manga readers (and cat lovers) will get a chance to enjoy this wonderful manga.\\\" --About.com
\\\"How can [Chi] be so cute even without any sparkles in those black eyes? ...Reading Chi always makes me happy.\\\"--Moto Hagio, Shojo manga pioneer', \\\"Konami Kanata (pen name used by Kanata Konami) was born on July 3, 1958, in Nagano, Japan.  A veteran manga artist Konami made her professional debut in 1982 with the serialized comic Petit Cat Jam-Jam for Kodansha's semenal shoujo manga magazine NakaYoshi. The daughter of an elementary school teacher, most of Konami's stories are for readers of all ages making her one of the most accessible artists in recent history.
In her nearly thirty year career, Konami has penned more than a dozen comic series, with the majority of them focusing on cats and pets. Konami is well regarded within the pet-manga community for her keen sense of cat ecology. Her ability to observe and render feline behavior has earned her respect from the Japanese manga community as a whole. While most of her properties were published for a younger female demographic, her most recent series Chi's Sweet Home is currently being published by Kodansha's Morning magazine, Japan's leading comic magazine for adult readers. Proving that quality can be found even in the cutest of sources.
Chi's Sweet Home will be Konami's first translated work.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Joys to Craft & Stitch\\nDescription: ['Craft and stitch ideas for decorating and gifts.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks\\nDescription: ['If you or someone else in your life could do with an inclusive, funny, super smart, and sweet introduction to the world of female geeks, look no further.The Mary Sue
Short, thorough, wide-spread, funny, and variedI wish I\\\\'d had this handbook when I first ventured into the fanzones!Tamora Pierce,author ofThe Song of the Lionessseries
Everyone could use tips on how to be a better and happier geek from this book. Maggs dishes out the best advice on cosplay, gaming, fan fiction, social media and even how to battle trolls. You\\\\'ll start reading as student and leave a Jedi Master. May this book be with you always.Bonnie Burton,author ofThe Star Wars Craft BookandYou Can Draw: Star Wars
Part analysis and part celebration, this handbook thoroughly explores geekdom and the way women have made it their own. A must-have for anyone interested infangirlculture.\\\"Beth Revis, author of theNew York TimesbestsellingAcross the Universeseries
This FANtastic book embraces and encourages the growing number of women who are unleashing their glorious and gorgeous inner geeks. It celebrates the nerdy girl in all of us. Such fun!Amanda Tapping, actress fromStargate SG-1andStargate Atlantis
Read it cover to cover, and then make sure you share it with all the young girl geeks you know.Brit + Co
Ahandy handbook for being an empowering and happy girl geek.Sweety High
The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxyis a great homage to anything and everything fandom, especially for those new to the genre.Reading Eagle
...this book could be invaluable.GeekMom
Through and through, Maggs manages to talk about feminism, fangirling, cons, lingo, and the general idea that you should be yourself, and do that unapologetically, with a great deal of lightheartedness and fun.The Frisky
For a woman trying to find her way in fandom, I think this book would be invaluable. But thats not to say men cant get something out of it as well.FreakSugar', \\\"Sam Maggsis a best-selling writer of books, comics, and video games. Shes a Senior Writer for Insomniac Games; the author ofThe Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy,Wonder Women, andGirl Squads(Oct. 2018), all published by Quirk Books and distributed by Penguin Random House; a contributor to BioWare's highly-anticipated forthcoming gameAnthem; and shes written for comics likeStar TrekandJem & The Holograms. A Canadian in Los Angeles, she misses Coffee Crisp and bagged milk.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: An indiscreet itinerary;: Or, How the unconventional traveler should see Holland, by one who was actually born there and whose name is Hendrik Willem van Loon\\nDescription: ['An indiscreet itinerary;: Or, How the unconventional traveler should see Holland, by one who was actually born there and whose name is Hendrik Willem van Loon', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Olympians: Apollo: The Brilliant One\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"A shining example of a graphic novel that educates and entertains.\\\" School Library Journal, starred review', '\\\"As in previous series entries, the backmatter includes commentary, analysis, reading lists, and discussion questions. Apollo\\\\'s darker tendencies overshadow his divine radiance here but, as usual, make better tales.\\\" Kirkus Review', '', \\\"George O'Connor is a New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator of the Olympians series as well as such graphic novels as Journey into Mohawk Country and Ball Peen Hammer. In addition to his graphic novel career, Mr. O'Connor has published several children's picture books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Chickens May Not Cross The Road and Other Crazy (but true) Laws\\nDescription: ['It is against the law in Brooklyn, New York, for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. In Idaho you are not allowed to fish while sitting on a giraffe. In California you must not keep slugs as pets. Yes, its the lawsays so right on the state or city books. Some of the most ludicrous laws in the history of our country come to light in this funny and fascinating book for young citizens . . . citizens who have a special appreciation for the tyranny of silly rules.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Jem and the Holograms Volume 1: Showtime\\nDescription: ['Kelly Thompson has a degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah Collegeof Art & Design and writes comic books and novels for a living. She lives in Portland, Oregon.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Globalization of Education: An Introduction (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)\\nDescription: ['', 'Joel Springs critical approach to education challenges popular opinion and broadens our thinking. This book will leave you wanting to know more, think more, do more.Gina Zanolini Morrison, Wilkes University, USA', 'an eye-opening, pragmatic, and well-articulated discussion of contemporary policy, trends, and global change in education. Structured as a presentation of information rather than an argument, Spring effectively illuminates issues of cultural and corporate dominance, competitiveness, and inequality when examining macro-processes affecting global educational change and perspective in the 21st century.Karen Embry Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA ', '', 'Joel Spring is Professor at Queens College/City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Female of the Species\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 10 UpAfter her sister was brutally murdered, Alex Craft sought revenge when her killer walked free. Alex cuts herself off from everyone in her small backwoods town, until Peekay, the shy preacher's kid, and Jack Fisher, the most popular guy in school, force their way into her life as friends, with unintended consequences for all of them. An unsettling and stark exploration of small-town life and the secrets that we all keep.\\\", 'Each word has been specifically chosen, each character superbly and humanly sculpted, the plot line masterfully completed. To say more would be to dilute the experience. McGinnis plays with the readers and they are at her mercy. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review))
Whether a catcall, an unwelcome touch, or more, sexual aggression towards females happens daily; McGinnis explores how one teen uses violence for justice in this gripping story that should be read and discussed by teens, as well as those who work with them. (Booklist (starred review))
McGinnis gracefully avoids the pitfalls of creating a teenage vigilante, instead maintaining a sense of piercing realism. Alex is a pained girl in dangerous free fall, whose fierce independence is challenged by newfound friendships, even love, though neither may be enough to stave off the inevitable. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
All three teens are haunted by the memory of Annas murder, and Alexs inclination to both considering and exacting revenge with cruel efficiency leads them all inexorably to an explosive, terrible finale. An unflinching look at rape culture and its repercussions. (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
An astoundingly dark but beautifully written tragedy, brimming with sexual assault, violent murders, and accounts of animal abuse...but also tempered with glimpses of genuine human emotion and extremely touching displays of kindness that cross social barriers and species. Highly recommended for collections serving teenagers. (School Library Journal (starred review))
Its raw. Not raw for YA. Real-deal raw. And violent. And unforgettable. McGinnis explores both and she goes there in a way no one really has before in YA. This is Kill Bill in high school, but with more nuance, bolder choices and a true female perspective. (The Globe and Mail)
Your heart may still be pounding after youve finished this book. It is uncannily well timed to our current political situation...McGinnis, who dedicates her book to the victims, examines this dichotomy of hope and violence, love and hate, with dexterity and grace. (The New York Times Book Review)
The ending of this dark novel leaves much to be unpacked, and it would certainly spark heated discussion in a book club or classroom. (Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books)
Holy crap is it good. (Bustle)
McGinniss novel about a teenage girl who avenges her sisters rape and murder and becomes a self-created human weapon is a gut punch that will leave you reassessing everything you thought you knew about the lives of young women. (NY Mag)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Kids Guitar 1 - Instructional/Guitar/DVD\\nDescription: [\\\"These Parent's Choice Award winners are lively, fun-filled ways for a child to learn to sing and play the guitar! The easy lessons on these DVDs can be used at home or in the classroom, either by a child alone or with the aid of a parent or teacher. The emphasis is on singing and accompanying favorite children's folk songs, and Marcy introduces basic chords and rhythmic strumming, how to play in several keys, and nearly 20 all-time favorite kids' songs. These lessons do more than simply teach guitar; they help the child develop a musical ear, good hand coordination, solid work habits and a love of music.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Hate U Give\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 8 UpAfter Starr and her childhood friend Khalil, both black, leave a party together, they are pulled over by a white police officer, who kills Khalil. The sole witness to the homicide, Starr must testify before a grand jury that will decide whether to indict the cop, and she's terrified, especially as emotions run high. By turns frightened, discouraged, enraged, and impassioned, Starr is authentically adolescent in her reactions. Inhabiting two vastly different spheresher poor, predominantly black neighborhood, Garden Heights, where gangs are a fact of life, and her rich, mostly white private schoolcauses strain, and Thomas perceptively illustrates how the personal is political: Starr is disturbed by the racism of her white friend Hailey, who writes Khalil off as a drug dealer, and Starr's father is torn between his desire to support Garden Heights and his need to move his family to a safer environment. The first-person, present-tense narrative is immediate and intense, and the pacing is strong, with Thomas balancing dramatic scenes of violence and protest with moments of reflection. The characterization is slightly uneven; at times, Starr's friends at school feel thinly fleshed out. However, Starr, her family, and the individuals in their neighborhood are achingly real and lovingly crafted. VERDICT Pair this powerful debut with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys to start a conversation on racism, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement.Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal\\\", 'As we continue to fight the battle against police brutality and systemic racism in America, THE HATE U GIVE serves as a much needed literary ramrod. Absolutely riveting! (Jason Reynolds, bestselling coauthor of ALL AMERICAN BOYS)
Angie Thomas has written a stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time. (John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars)
Fearlessly honest and heartbreakingly human. Everyone should read this book. (Becky Albertalli, William C. Morris Award-winning author of SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA)
This is tragically timely, hard-hitting, and an ultimate prayer for change. Dont look away from this searing battle for justice. Rally with Starr. (Adam Silvera, New York Times bestselling author of MORE HAPPY THAN NOT)
With smooth but powerful prose delivered in Starrs natural, emphatic voice, finely nuanced characters, and intricate and realistic relationship dynamics, this novel will have readers rooting for Starr and opening their hearts to her friends and family. This story is necessary. This story is important. (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
Though Thomass story is heartbreakingly topical, its greatest strength is in its authentic depiction of a teenage girl, her loving family, and her attempts to reconcile what she knows to be true about their lives with the way those lives are depictedand completely undervaluedby society at large. (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
Beautifully written in Starrs authentic first-person voice, this is a marvel of verisimilitude as it insightfully examines two worlds in collision. An inarguably important book that demands the widest possible readership. (Booklist (starred review))
Pair this powerful debut with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kielys ALL AMERICAN BOYS to start a conversation on racism, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement. (School Library Journal (starred review))
The Hate U Give is an important and timely novel that reflects the world todays teens inhabit. Starrs struggles create a complex character, and Thomas boldly tackles topics like racism, gangs, police violence, and interracial dating. This topical, necessary story is highly recommended for all libraries. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review))
Thomas has penned a powerful, in-your-face novel that will similarly galvanize fans of Kekla Magoons How It Went Down and Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kielys All American Boys. (Horn Book (starred review))', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Energized (A Tidewater Novel)\\nDescription: ['Praise for the Tidewater novels
Great! A real page-turner. Once you pick it up, you wont want to put it down until youre done!Lynsay Sands, New York Times bestselling author of the Argeneau novels[A] sweet, funny, sexy debut!Lena Diaz, author of the Deadly Games seriesNo magic crystal ball is needed to foresee this writer is bursting with talent! I cant wait for more from her!Shelby Reed, author of The Fifth Favor
Suspense with a large dollop of romance . . . Done very well.USA Today
Behre successfully balances the mystery with the love story.Publishers Weekly
Lively, funny, and fresh . . . Just the thing for readers who want their mystery thrillers with a ghostly twist and an offbeat sense of humor.Library Journal', 'Mary Behre is the award-winning author of the Tidewater novels, Guarded and Spirited. The lone female in a house full of males, she is the undisputed queen of her domain, and even has the glittery tiara to prove it. When not writing, she enjoys reading, gluten-free baking, and spending time at the ocean with her family.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: How to Win Friends and Influence People\\nDescription: ['Millions of people around the world have - and continue to - improve their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In \\\"How to Win Friends and Influence People\\\", Carnegie offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to: make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; win people to your way of thinking; enable you to win new clients and customers; become a better speaker and a more entertaining conversationalist; and, arouse enthusiasm among your colleagues. This book will turn around your relationships and improve your dealings with all the people in your life. About the Author: Dale Carnegie, known as \\\\'the arch-priest of the art of making friends\\\\', pioneered the development of personal business skills, self-confidence and motivational techniques. His books, notably this classic, have sold tens of millions worldwide and continue to do so even in today\\\\'s markedly changed environment', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Swing Low: Black Men Writing\\nDescription: ['A companion volume to Carroll\\\\'s I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like: The Voice and Vision of Black Women Writers published this past fall, Swing Low collects interviews with and excerpts from 16 black male authors. The collection spans a diverse group including seasoned veterans like Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ishmael Reed, playwright August Wilson, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, as well as newer voices like Trey Ellis, Darryl Pinckney and journalist Nathan McCall. The interviews are similarly various: exceptionally funny and insightful, each author really reveals something about himself, personally or politically, something that helps readers gain new understanding of his work. Refreshingly, few of these authors spew the typical \\\\'I was born to write\\\\' lines. Instead, they talk about what schooling they had or jobs they took before being published. They also discuss what experiences led them to write, the differences between professional and passionate writing, and how they write. \\\"The ability to work alone in complete solitude is difficult,\\\" says Leon Forrest at one point; \\\"I remember when I first got the notion of writing in my head, I set up my typewriter at the beach thinking that I would be able to write while I socialized and looked at young ladies! But this is not the way of the writer. The solitude and the loneliness are the dues that a writer must pay.\\\" Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'YA?This collection of writings by 16 living black American men explores their common experiences with the literary creative process. Organized to include a photograph of and introductory essay by each contributor, the volume presents excerpts of acclaimed work in autobiography, poetry, drama, and nonfiction, offering richly textured reading for thoughtful YAs. John Edgar Wideman phrases the invitation: \\\"the kind of writing I do requires participation. I\\\\'m not giving anything away. I am asking for your mind to meet my mind and somewhere in the middle for the two of us to create something.\\\" What opportunities for creativity these selections offer aspiring writers! From August Wilson\\\\'s street dialogue in a scene from his drama Fences to journalist Nathan McCall\\\\'s prison memoirs in Makes Me Wanna Holler to Yusef Komunyakaa\\\\'s \\\"truthing\\\" poems, mature students will welcome these works, resonant with common sense and magnetic language.?Margaret Nolan, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Graceling\\nDescription: ['If you had the power to kill with your bare hands, what would you do with it?', \\\"Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Gracelings are beings with special talentsswimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa channels her guilt by forming a secret council of like-minded citizens who carry out secret missions to promote justice over cruelty and abuses of power.\\\", 'Combining elements of fantasy and romance, Cashore skillfully portrays the confusion, discovery, and angst that smart, strong-willed girls experience as they creep toward adulthood. Katsa wrestles with questions of freedom, truth, and knowing when to rely on a friend for help. This is no small task for an angry girl who had eschewed friendships (with the exception of one cousin that she trusts) for her more ready skills of self-reliance, hunting, and fighting. Katsa also comes to know the real power of her Grace and the nature of Graces in general: they are not always what they appear to be.', 'Graceling is the first book in a series, and Kristin Cashores first work of fiction. It sets up a vivid world with engaging characters that readers will certainly look forward to following beyond the last chapter of this book. (Ages 14 and up) --Heidi Broadhead', '', '', 'Starred Review. Grade 8 UpIn this debut fantasy novel, Cashore treats readers to compelling and eminently likable characters and a story that draws them in from the first paragraph. In Katsa\\\\'s world, the \\\"Graced,\\\" those gifted in a particular way, are marked by eyes that are different colors. Katsa\\\\'s Grace is that she is a gifted fighter, and, as such, she is virtually invincible. She is in the service of her tyrannical uncle, king of one of the seven kingdoms, and she is forced to torture people for infractions against him. She has secretly formed the Council, which acts in the service of justice and fairness for those who have been accused and abused. Readers meet her as she is rescuing the father of the Lienid king, who has been abducted. The reasons for his capture are part of a tightening plot that Katsa unravels and resolves, with the help of Prince Po, the captive\\\\'s grandson. He has his own particular Grace, and he becomes Katsa\\\\'s lover and partner in what becomes a mortally dangerous mission. Cashore\\\\'s style is exemplary: while each detail helps to paint a picture, the description is always in the service of the story, always helping readers to a greater understanding of what is happening and why. This is gorgeous storytelling: exciting, stirring, and accessible. Fantasy and romance readers will be thrilled.Sue Giffard, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York City Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Morning Coffee #1\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Wind in the Door (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet)\\nDescription: ['Madeleine LEngle is a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, autobiography, and writings on scripture and the Christian life. Best known for the Newbery Awardwinning A Wrinkle in Time and her classic work on faith and art, Walking on Water, LEngle is the author of over fifty books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, medals, and honorary degrees, including the National Religious Book Award. She lives in Connecticut and New York City.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: From Holidays to Holy Days - A Benedictine Walk Through Advent\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Big Little Lies\\nDescription: ['', 'An Amazon Best Book of the Month, July 2014: What is it about Liane Moriartys books that makes them so irresistible? Theyre just classic domestic novels about marriage, motherhood, and modern upper-middle-class family life, after all. And despite the fact that Big Little Lies is Moriartys sixth adult novel (and it comes decades after the grandmother of this kind of thing, Bridget Jones Diary), it is remarkably new and fresh and winning Set in an Australian suburb, Big Little Lies focuses on three women, all of whom have children at the same preschool. One is a great beauty married to a fabulously rich businessman; they have a perfect set of twins. One is the can-do mom who can put together a mean pre-school art project but cant prevent her teenage daughter from preferring her divorced dad. The third is a withdrawn, single mother who doesnt quite fit in. Right from the start--thanks to a modern Greek chorus that narrates the action--we know that someone is going to end up dead. The questions are who and how. Miraculously, Moriarty keeps this high concept plot aloft, largely because she infuses it with such wit and heart. She also knows not to overplay the message shes sending: that we all tell lies--to each other and, more importantly, to ourselves. --Sara Nelson', '', 'Praise for Big Little Lies
Ms. Moriartys long-parched fans have something new to dig intoBig Little Lies[may have] even more staying power thanThe Husbands Secret.The New York Times
Funny and thrilling, page-turning but with emotional depth,Big Little Liesis a terrific follow-up toThe Husbands Secret.Booklist(starred review)
Big Little Liestolls a warning bell about the big little lies we tell in order to survive. It takes a powerful stand against domestic violence even as it makes us laugh at the adults whose silly costume party seems more reminiscent of a middle-school dance.The Washington Post
Moriarty demonstrates an excellent talent for exposing the dark, seedy side of the otherwise perfect family unitHighly recommended.Library Journal (starred review)
IrresistibleExposing the fault lines in what looks like perfection is a specialty of Liane Moriarty Moriartys sly humor and razor-sharp insights will keep you turning the pages to find out.People Magazine
\\\"The secrets burrowed in this seemingly placid small town...are so suburban noir they would make David Lynch clap with glee...[Moriarty] is a fantastically nimble writer, so sure-footed that the book leaps between dark and light seamlessly; even the big reveal in the final pages feels earned and genuinely shocking.Entertainment Weekly
If you\\\\'re looking for a novel that will turn you into a compulsive book-finisher look no further. Moriarty has produced another gripping, satirical hit...Its cant-put-downability comes from its darker subplots...A book that will make you appreciate the long days of summer.Oprah.com
\\\"Reading one [ofLiane Moriarty\\\\'s novels] is a bit like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic...a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing readMoriarty is back in fine form.\\\"USA Today
A juicy drama.People Stylewatch
Not your average mommy novel. Its a juicy, twisted murder mystery replete with themes of marital abuse and self-denialThe perfect mindless beach read.Purewow.com
Suburbia is about to get a lot more scandalous.Closer Weekly
\\\"The Aussie author of last years runaway hit The Husbands Secret comes back with another winning and wise novel that intertwines the lives of three women.\\\"EW.com
\\\"Its no mystery why Liane Moriarty is a summer staple: with wit and compassion...[she] keeps it real.\\\"Family Circle
Riveting and insightfulMoriarty has crafted a great summer read full of perceptive glimpses into the many guises of human relationships: mother-child, husband-wife (and ex-wife) and above all, the strong bond of female friendships.Bookpage
\\\"Deservedly popular Moriarty invigorates womens fiction through wit, good humor, sharp insight into human nature and addictive storytelling.\\\"Kirkus Reviews (starred review)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Writing the Stories of Your Life: How to Turn Memories into Memoir\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Elsa McKeithan has a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, which enabled her to work for a few years in mental health administration. A natural teacher, she has taught college classes and led many workshops, been an editor, a secretary, a librarian, an artist, and a mom. Currently, she coaches individuals who are writing memoirs, novels, and theses. She is working on another novel. She loves to paint and, if she isn't splashing paint on some room in her house, may be found painting pots or canvasses.\\\", \\\"She has managed to stay married for an unbelievably long time to a handsome man who does Bowen therapy and body mind healing. She's passionate about classical music, travel and art, loves purple, and has a cat named Mystie. She supports CaringBridge, an Internet project connecting families during times of crisis, and efforts which help women to become self realized.\\\", 'Elsa McKeithlan is available for workshops and speaking engagements.', 'A Message from the Author', \\\"When I was writing it, I thought Writing the Stories of Your Life was a how-to book that would help people to write a better story. They would learn how to write life stories, edit and pull them together in to a book. I'd offer encouragement and practical advice. I'd show people where to look for ideas and answer the questions that often came up in my workshops, even say a bit about publishing...\\\", \\\"The book does all of that, but more than that, it is about finding the courage to say what is there for you, connecting with others, and creating a better world. I've come to know that the very first step towards your dreams is knowing who you are and what you are about. Each of us is unique and has something to contribute. I hold for each person that your stories are important, and you can write them.\\\", \\\"There was a time, not really a very long time ago, when there was nothing much to do after dark. Families sat around a fire an dsang or told stories. Today, we have light after dark, but our lives are fragmented and our families are likely to be scattered. There is so much technology that we are overwhelmed by the very things that bring us a better life. We don't want to return to the old times, not really - but there is something missing for many of us. We lack a sense of rootedness, the sure knowledge of who we are and how we are connected. We don't know what to do with all the stuff we have. We wish somebody would do something about the environment and the state of the world but we feel powerless. We long for a magic rope to pull us into the future where all the problems of the present are solved. Yet in this very uncertainty, lies wisdom.\\\", 'What if people truly shared themselves with one another - their hopes and knowledge - and their stories? Would that provide understanding to lead us forward? Would that help us to know ourselves and what we want? Would that make a difference in the world? Could we solve some of the problems we face as people and as a planet?', 'Finding our stories and writing them provides the magic that reconnects us with those in our lives and those we have lost. We connect at a deeper level; through writing our stories we are able to move beyond whatever was stopping us and get on with our lives. The magic is that we all have stories, and the secret is that it is not hard to write them. Anyone can do it. The hidden mystery is that doing it makes a difference in your life, your relationships and in the world.', 'If you wish to communicate with me write to the address in the book or look for my website on line at www.talkingstonespublishing.com. I would love to have your questions and contributions for future books.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story\\nDescription: ['\\\". . . like a cartoon character come to life to bless you with tidiness.\\\" -- The Washington Post
\\\"Sparks of joy are guaranteed. . .\\\" -- Library Journal (Genre Spotlight: Graphic Novels)
\\\". . . charming and whimsical . . . If organizational mandates are medicine, this book is like a spoonful of sugar.\\\" -- Los Angeles Times
\\\"Whether you\\\\'re a dedicated Kondo follower, or a KonMari Method newbie looking for some organizational tips, this cute animated book is sure to inspire your inner neat-freak.\\\" -- InStyle.com
\\\"Fans of Kondos runaway hit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, will recognize tenets of her cleaning philosophy, woven through a classic manga-style read. Decluttering tips paired with a potential love story? I gobbled this up in a day.\\\" -- Food52.com
\\\"There arent many comics that teach actual practical lessons, which is what makes this one so surprising. This could be one of those rare examples of a comic with real universal appeal.\\\" -- BleedingCool.com
\\\"Readers reluctant to submit to word-heavy lectures may be beguiledand even con- vertedby witnessing Chiakis success as played out in an enjoyable story that paints Kondo as more inspiring than inquisitorial.\\\" -- Library Journal (Review)
Previous praise for Marie Kondo:
\\\". . . the organization expert who dazzled the world. ..\\\" --People
\\\"Just in time to make good on your New Years vow to get organized.\\\" --The Washington Post
\\\". . .perhaps the worlds only decluttering celebrity.\\\" -- The New York Times
\\\". . .Marie Kondo is helping the world to properly (and lovingly) store their most beloved possessions, one fold at a time.\\\" --Bustle
\\\"To show you how serious my respect for Ms. Kondo is: if I ever get a tattoo, it will say, Spark Joy!\\\" --Jamie Lee Curtis,TIME
\\\"The most organized woman in the world.\\\" --PureWow
\\\". . . her voice . . . is by turns stern and enchanted, like a fairy godmother for socks.\\\" --The Wall Street Journal
\\\"Kondo\\\\'s method really can change your life if you let it.\\\" --TODAY.com
\\\"Kondo challenges you to ask yourself whether each object you have is achieving a purpose. Is it propelling you forward or holding you in the past?\\\" --USA Today
\\\"Its strength is its simplicity.\\\" --The London Times', 'Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, star of the Netflix seriesTidying Up with Marie Kondo, #1New York Timesbestselling author, and founder of KonMari Media, Inc.
Enchanted with organizing since her childhood, Marie began her tidying consultant business as a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Today, Marie is a renowned tidying expert helping people around the world to transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration.
Marie has been featured on more than fifty major Japanese television and radio programs as well as inThe New York Times,The Wall Street Journal,TheTimesof London,Vogue,Ellen, theRachael Rayshow, and many more. She has also been listed as one ofTimemagazines 100 most influential people.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions\\nDescription: ['', 'Praise for The Teaching Portfolio', '\\\"This new edition of a classic text has added invaluable, immediately useful material. It\\\\'s a must-read for faculty, department chairs, and academic administrators.\\\" ?Irene W. D. Hecht, director, Department Leadership Programs, American Council on Education', '\\\"This book offers a wealth of wisdom and materials. It contains essential knowledge, salient advice, and an immediately useful model for faculty engaged in promotion or tenure.\\\" ?Raymond L. Calabrese, professor of educational administration, The Ohio State University', '\\\"The Teaching Portfolio provides the guidelines and models that faculty need to prepare quality portfolios, plus the standards and practices required to evaluate them.\\\" ?Linda B. Nilson, director, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University', '\\\"Focused on reflection, sound assessment, and collaboration, this inspiring and practical book should be read by every graduate student, faculty member, and administrator.\\\" ?John Zubizarreta, professor of English, Columbia College', '\\\"All the expanded and new sections of this book add real value, but administrators and review committees will clearly benefit from the new section on how to evaluate portfolios with a validated template.\\\" ?Barbara Hornum, director, Center for Academic Excellence, Drexel University', '\\\"This book is practical, insightful, and immediately useful. It\\\\'s an essential resource for faculty seeking promotion/tenure or who want to improve their teaching.\\\" ?Michele Stocker-Barkley, faculty, Department of Psychology, Kishwaukee Community College', '\\\"The Teaching Portfolio has much to say to teachers of all ranks, disciplines, and institutions. It offers a rich compendium of practical guidelines, examples, and resources.\\\" ?Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts Amherst', '\\\"Teaching portfolios help our Board on Rank and Tenure really understand the quality and value of individual teaching contributions.\\\" ?Martha L. Wharton, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity, Loyola University, Maryland', '', 'Peter Seldin is Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. He has been a consultant on higher education issues to more than 350 colleges and universities throughout the United States and in 45 countries around the world. He was named by the World Bank as a Visiting Scholar to Indonesia, and he was elected a fellow of the College of Preceptors in London, England. For his contributions to the scholarship of teaching, he has received honorary degrees from Keystone College and Columbia College (South Carolina).', 'J. Elizabeth Miller is Associate Professor of Family and Child Studies at Northern Illinois?University. Previously, she was the university director of the teaching assistant and training development office, where she established and ran the training program for more than 800 teaching assistants. She is the recipient of several teaching and service awards, and her research focuses on the interplay between feminist teaching and learner-centered teaching.', 'Clement A. Seldin is Professor of Education at the?University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has worked with Peter Seldin and Elizabeth Miller countless times as a mentor of faculty preparing their portfolios, a presenter at national conferences, and coauthor of books and journal articles. He has many years of portfolio experience and a?solid national reputation as practitioner.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: March: Book One (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\\nDescription: ['Congressman John Lewis was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He is co-author of the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel memoir trilogy MARCH, written with Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell. He is also the recipient of numerous awards from national and international institutions including the Lincoln Medal, the John F. Kennedy \\\"Profile in Courage\\\" Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NAACP Spingarn Medal, among many others. He lives in Atlanta, GA.
Andrew Aydin is creator and co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling graphic memoir series, MARCH. Co-authored with Rep. Lewis and illustrated by Nate Powell, MARCH is the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award, and is a recipient of the Will Eisner Comics Industry Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, among other honors. Aydin\\\\'s other comics work includes writing the 2016 X-Files Annual (IDW), writing for the 2016 CBLDF Annual Liberty (Image), and writing an upcoming issue of Bitch Planet (Image).
Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. He began self-publishing at age 14, and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. His work includes March, You Don\\\\'t Say, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, The Year Of The Beasts, and Rick Riordan\\\\'s The Lost Hero. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBC\\\\'s The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Matlock Rose, The Horseman\\nDescription: ['Sally Harrison is the author of Cutting: A Guide for the Non-Pro Competitor, The Cowboy Life of James L. Kenney, Pride in the Dust, Cutting Horse Classics, and hundreds of magazine articles. Read her popular blog at sallyharrison.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: March: Book Two (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpGr 8 Up-In this second volume, representative Lewis continues describing his experiences with the civil rights movement. As in the first book, Lewis attends Barack Obama\\\\'s inauguration, flashing back to his life as a young man taking part in the fight that would make it possible for America to eventually elect its first black president. Lewis lays out his involvement with sit-ins and the freedom rides, as well as becoming chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and speaking at the March on Washington in 1963, where he urged the crowd to \\\"complete the revolution.\\\" Graphic in every sense of the word, this memoir puts a human face on a struggle that many students will primarily know from textbooks. Lewis makes it clear that the movement was far from a uniform entity, with disagreements cropping up, some small, such as differing opinions about the wording in speeches, others more serious, including whether to respond to resistance passively or with violence. Visually stunning, the black-and-white illustrations convey the emotions of this turbulent time, from Lewis\\\\'s fear and pain while in prison to Governor George Wallace\\\\'s sneering indifference during his \\\"Segregation forever\\\" speech. Powell\\\\'s use of light and dark is masterly, and the contrast between the joy of Obama\\\\'s inauguration and the obstacles faced back in the 1960s is effective. This insider\\\\'s view of the civil rights movement should be required reading for young and old; not to be missed.Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Seven Cups of Consciousness: Change Your Life by Connecting to the Higher Realms by Aleya Dao (2015-09-15)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: El Deafo (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\\nDescription: ['Cece Bell has written and illustrated several books for children, including the Geisel Honor book \\\"Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover.\\\" She lives in Virginia with her husband, author Tom Angleberger. ']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Boutique: A '60s Cultural Phenomenon\\nDescription: ['Marnie Fogg is currently lecturing in Visual Studies and the Culture of Fashion at the University of Nottingham.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children)\\nDescription: [\\\"This new story from a veteran fantasy author offers writing that's full of imagery and evocative emotions and helps build suspense from the very first sentence. Behind the titular doorway lie alternate worlds, some magical, some dangerous, and some both. The children, mostly girls, who go through the doors become irrevocably changed, many of them becoming mature beyond their actual years. When they return to the real world, their families and friends no longer understand them. And some, like Nancy, want desperately to return to their alternate world, where they felt welcomed and loved. Eleanor West was once a young traveler to those worlds, and now she runs a home for these wayward children, helping them adjust to reality. Just as Nancy begins to make a place for herself, a puzzling and gruesome series of murders threaten the students and the home's very existence. The characters are well drawn, and their feelings about their impossible situation are believable. The alienation they experience and their struggles to find a way back will appeal to teens. When the murderer is revealed, the motivation will be understood by characters and readers alike. VERDICT Though short (this tale is more novella than novel), this clever inside out fantasy will intrigue fantasy fans and those who loved Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.Gretchen Crowley, Alexandria City Public Libraries, VA\\\", '', '\\\"A jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll\\\\'s and C. S. Lewis\\\\' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them.\\\" NPR', '\\\"This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting\\\" Cory Doctorow for BoingBoing', '\\\"McGuire\\\\'s lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience.\\\" Library Journal starred review', '\\\"This amazing fantasy pierces the shimmering veil of childhood imagination by reminding adult readers that their own doorways still exist deep in the champers of their all-too-human hearts.\\\" Booklist starred review', '\\\"This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who\\\\'s ever felt out of place.\\\" Publishers Weekly', '\\\"This gothic novel is ideal for fantasy fans who have longed for a world of their own, as well as readers looking for books with diverse casts.\\\" Bookish', \\\"Girl Interrupted meets Grimm's Fairy Tales. Let it in and it will touch your heart and open your mind. Geek Syndicate\\\", '\\\"The broken doors are open, and you should come and enter. Every Heart a Doorway feels like home.\\\" B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Bedford Guide for College Writers: With Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (Pantheon Graphic Library)\\nDescription: ['When a cuddly Canadian comes to call, Yaichia single Japanesedadis forced to confront his painful past. With his young daughter Kana leading the way, he gradually rethinks his assumptions about what makes a family.Renowned manga artist Gengoroh Tagame turns his stunning draftsmanship to a story very different from his customary fare, to delightful and heartwarming effect. Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
Heartbreaking yet hopeful, Gengoroh Tagames beautifully rendered meditation on the struggle for gay acceptance in todays Japan is quietly dazzling. I am already looking forward to part two! Anderson Cooper, CNN
Beautifully written and drawnan eye-opening story about children and parents and how they affect each other. And Im 11 years old, so I should know! Clara Ware
The art is crisp, and the characters faces expressive, allowing the reader to see their hurt, confusion, and relief.A sensitive exploration of the transition some families go through when a family member comes out and a possible entry point for those needing to start conversations of their own. Booklist, *starred review*
Not only is My Brothers Husband very touching; its also, for the non-Japanese reader, unexpectedly fascinating. Gay life remains largely closeted in Japan, and Tagames complex but deftly told story seeks to examine the effect such secrecy has, not only on those who must live it, but also on their wider family relationships. The Guardian (London)
Gengoroh Tagames beautiful manga novel My Brothers Husband disentangles family secrets and homophobia with endearing grace. Thoughtful and fetching, My Brothers Husband is the first in a two-volume omnibus about grief, reconciliation and the strength to be who you are. Shelf Awareness *starred review*
My Brothers Husbandfocuses more on the uneasy relationship between Yaichi, a single father raising his daughter, Kana, and Mike Flanagan, who was married to Yaichis recently deceased (and estranged) twin brother, Ryoji.Theres something beautiful in the careful way thatMy Brothers Husband handles Yaichis coming to terms with his feelings about his brother thats rarely seen in mainstream comics. Rather than treating the tension between Mike and Yaichi as a massively dramatic point on conflict, the book instead treats it like the complicated and messy holding pattern that it is.The message that Tagames trying to get acrossthat quiet, subtle bigotry can be just as harmful as loud, bombastic bigotryisnt always an easy one to process. Tagame understands that and hopefully, as the rest of the book unfolds, readers will too. io9.com
My Brothers Husband is focused on normalizing a gay relationship to those who are uncomfortable with the idea.theres an audience and a need for works like this. The storytelling is straightforward, easy to read, particularly for those who might be new to the medium. There are plenty of panels that establish detail, so the reader gets a feel for this small familys daily life. Its charming and provides hope for the future. Comics Worth Reading
The story provides a very interesting look at Japanese society through Yaichis struggle to come to terms with his brothers sexuality, revealing some of the struggles the Japanese gay community faces at the same time.One of the most notable things about Tagames artwork is just how vastly different it is from nearly anything Ive seen before. Not necessarily in terms of character designs, or settings, but in terms of the gaze itself. Its fascinating to see the male body portrayed through the gaze of a gay male creator.Theres a softness and warmth to My Brothers Husband that makes it incredibly easy to get into.theres a strong sense of heart, honesty and earnestness. Sequential Ink
Refreshing. Transporting. Clever. Inspiring. If these are qualities that help books rise to the top of your summer reading list, your new number one is My Brothers Husband.The story moves along quietly and gently, Tagame cleverly evoking parallels between mutual misperceptions of gays and straights, older and younger generations, Westerners and Japanese. Passport Magazine
This winsome look at culture clash compares the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture with the West, underscoring a theme of universal yearning for family. Library Journal ', 'GENGOROH TAGAME was born in 1964 and lives in Tokyo. After graduating from Tama University of Art, Tagame worked as an art director while writing manga and prose fiction, contributing illustrations for various magazines. In 1994 he cofounded the epochal G-Men Magazine and by 1996 he was working full-time as an openly gay artist. He is the author of dozens of graphic novels and stories which have been translated into English, French, Italian, and Korean. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across Europe and America. My Brothers Husband marks his first all-ages title, and earned him a 2018 Eisner Award as well as the Japan Media Arts Award for Outstanding Work of Manga from the Agency of Cultural Affairs.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Foundations for Algebra: Year 2 : Toolkit\\nDescription: ['Book by Kysh, Judith, Sallee, Tom, Hoey, Brian', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Witch Boy\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Plants of the Texas Shore: A Beachcomber's Guide\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen (Villains)\\nDescription: ['Serena Valentino has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past decade. She has earned critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domains, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty, and extraordinary protagonists. The books in her best-selling Villains series are best enjoyed when read in the following order: Fairest of All, The Beast Within, Poor Unfortunate Soul, Mistress of All Evil. ']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sweet Sixteen #4: Trent\\nDescription: [\\\"Daniel Parker is the author of over twenty books for children and young adults. He lives in New York City with his wife, a dog, and a psychotic cat named Bootsie. He is a Leo. When he isn't writing, he is tirelessly traveling the world on a doomed mission to achieve rock-and-roll stardom. As of this date, his musical credits include the composition of bluegrass sound-track numbers for the film The Grave (starring a bloated Anthony Michael Hall) and a brief stint performing live rap music to baffled Filipino audiences in Hong Kong. Mr. Parker once worked in a cheese shop. He was fired.\\\", 'Chapter OneTrent
I\\\\'m doomed, thought Trent Rostand.
He knew it. And to make matters worse, he was the only one in homeroom who wasn\\\\'t whooping it up. It was total pandemonium-like some kind of New Year\\\\'s Eve blowout. Everyone was shouting. A boom box was cranked. Crumpled balls of paper were flying. Even Mr. Logan had his feet propped up on his desk.
But why not? This was the last day of school. The last period of the last day of school. With the possible exception of Christmas morning, it was supposed to be the high point of the year. Even birthdays didn\\\\'t come close. Like his last birthday, for example. He had turned sixteen. It was a major milestone. An epic event. He should have been showered with all kinds of gifts people won at game shows-like a car, maybe, or a motorcycle, or a round-trip ticket to Tahiti.... Well, that was pushing it. But still. Something good. After all, his girlfriend had gotten a brand-new BMW, one of those slick twoseater convertibles that go from zero to sixty in about two seconds.
All he\\\\'d gotten was a new CD (by a band he didn\\\\'t really like) and some clothes (stuff he would never wear). Oh yeah-and a book. A lousy book that he would certainly never read. Thanks, Dad. It was some sort of English literature anthology. About the size of a dictionary and equally as dull. Of course, if he\\\\'d actually read it instead of shoving it under his bed, he probably wouldn\\\\'t be in the mess he was in right now. He wouldn\\\\'t be poised for the biggest failure of his life. He wouldn\\\\'t be on the verge of being yanked out of school by his father for poor grades in English, on the verge of losing everything.
That was Dad for you. He was devious that way. He\\\\'d give you something totally lame, and you wouldn\\\\'t realize how much you needed it until your life was swirling around the toilet bowl....
\\\"Psst,\\\" a voice whispered at the next desk. \\\"Trent. Earth to Trent. Can you hear me?\\\"
He tried to smile. But even Laurie Penrow couldn\\\\'t snap him out of his funk this time. And that was disturbing. Aside from being the most popular sophomore at North Conroe High (as if that weren\\\\'t enough), Laurie was also the hottest. Hands down. It wasn\\\\'t an \\\"Nope. He told me a C or better. Or I\\\\'m gone.\\\"
Laurie rolled her eyes. \\\"And you actually believe him?\\\"
\\\"I have to, Laurie! Look, you don\\\\'t know what my dad is like -- \\\"
\\\"Shhh,\\\" Laurie whispered. She frowned, glancing around the room.
Trent sighed. So he was yelling. Big deal. The entire classroom was yelling. But then he saw the problem: a couple of girls (Tina What\\\\'s-her-face and her redhead friend Susan Something) were whispering and staring at him and Laurie. Now he understood. He was embarrassing her. And if there was one thing Laurie Penrow couldn\\\\'t stand, it was embarrassment. Why did she even care what other people thought? Those girls were probably just jealous of the fact that Laurie could easily be a Victoria\\\\'s Secret model. Sometimes it drove him nuts how much Laurie worried about appearances. But whatever. He wouldn\\\\'t let it bother him. Laurie was perfect in every other way. Besides, he had much more important things to worry about than his girlfriend\\\\'s only character flaw.
\\\"Sorry,\\\" he said.
\\\"I just can\\\\'t believe that your dad would put you in military school,\\\" she whispered. She leaned close to him. \\\"I mean, won\\\\'t you get sent to the front lines if there\\\\'s a war?\\\"
\\\"My dad would probably love that,\\\" Trent answered. \\\"He\\\\'d say that it would teach me how to \\\\'show some responsibility, show some initiative.\\\\' That\\\\'s his big thing.\\\" He imitated the deep sound of his father\\\\'s voice. \\\"Show some initiative, Trent. Get out there and kick some butt.\\\"
\\\"Well, don\\\\'t worry. You won\\\\'t do that badly. I know you won\\\\'t.\\\" She smiled. \\\"English is your native language, remember?\\\"
Right. He should be a good English student. It wasn\\\\'t as if he had a bad vocabulary. He had a great vocabulary. He used real three- and four-syllable words in actual conversation, words like voluptuous and caliber and devious. Guys like Big Joe Biggs (the two-hundred-pound defensive end who sat on the other side of Laurie and took up half the classroom) probably couldn\\\\'t even spell those words. But when it came to sitting down and slogging through the lame books that Mr. Logan assigned, really concentrating ... well, his brain just couldn\\\\'t hack it. The words on the page turned to mush. Inevitably he would get bored and turn to something good, a basketball mag like Slam or something cool like Rolling Stone.
\\\"I\\\\'ll tell you what,\\\" Laurie said with a wink. \\\"Let me talk to your dad. I\\\\'m sure I could convince him to -- \\\"
\\\"All right, people,\\\" Mr. Logan called from the front of the classroom.
A hush fell over the room.
\\\"Let\\\\'s settle down one last time. Your report cards have arrived.\\\"
Trent\\\\'s stomach twisted. This was it. The moment he\\\\'d been dreading. Mr. Logan took a stack of cards from someone in the hall, then closed the door.
\\\"Don\\\\'t worry,\\\" Laurie whispered.
How can I not worry? he wondered. He\\\\'d heard rumors of what happened to kids at military school: First their heads were shaved, then their spirits were broken by steady abuse at the hands of sadistic drill sergeants ... and gradually their former selves began to wither away until they disappeared altogether -- replaced by brainless androids. He might as well just save his father the trouble and volunteer for a lobotomy. It would be a lot quicker. Probably a lot less painful, too...
']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Not Quite Narwhal\\nDescription: ['PreS-Gr 2The \\\"not quite\\\" narwhal in this story is Kelp, an adorable unicorn, born underwater and living with an equally adorable school of narwhals. His tusk is kind of short, he\\\\'s not a very good swimmer, and narwhal food is just gross, but his life is pretty great. Kelp is accepted by the narwhals, and he accepts himself as he is. But one day, a strong current drops him on a beach, where he learns to walk (after hysterically imitating a crab and a frog, he finds that a turtle is the best model) and discovers a whole herd of \\\"land narwhals\\\" who look just like him. Little Kelp\\\\'s new life is awash in rainbows and unicornshe almost doesn\\\\'t want to go home. Of course, home isn\\\\'t quite the same after his adventure, but luckily everyone is on his side. The narwhals and unicorn meet at the beach, and Kelp ends his story in the best of both worlds. Sima draws digitally on a Wacol drawing tablet and has created charming undersea and overland settings on full-bleed spreads. Her narrative is short, with a storyteller\\\\'s pacing and winning characters, resulting in an appealing book. Read it for a whimsical storytime or provide some text-to-text connections for older students with Amy Krouse Rosenthal\\\\'s Uni the Unicorn and Bob Shea\\\\'s Unicorn Thinks He\\\\'s Pretty Great. VERDICT Useful for ELA curricula and sure to circulate, this title is highly recommended.Lisa Lehmuller, Paul Cuffee Maritime Charter School, Providence', '\\\"The message is an appealing one that could speak to many family situations relating to multiple identities...feel-good story\\\" (Kirkus Reviews November 15, 2016)
\\\"Adorable characters trigger smiles throughout\\\" (Publisher\\\\'s Weekly December 2016)
\\\"A storytellers pacing and winning characters, resulting in an appealing book. Read it for a whimsical storytime or provide some text-to-text connections for older students with Amy Krouse Rosenthals Uni the Unicorn and Bob Sheas Unicorn Thinks Hes Pretty Great....this title is highly recommended.\\\" (School Library Journal January 2017)
\\\"Swap the tired Ugly Duckling for this delightfully absurd tale of knowing who you are and where you came from.\\\" (Bulletin of the Center for Children\\\\'s Books January 2017)
\\\"Simas bubbly, adorable artwork is nearly irresistible...This endearing tale will warm many a heart.\\\" (Booklist January 2017)
\\\"This book is painfully adorable...The story is about finding your own way to belong,..It\\\\'s just beautiful. (Shelf Awareness Pro January 24, 2017)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Airing Of The Grievances (6x9 Journal): Lined Writing Notebook, 120 Pages Melon Pink Stripes with Teal Blue and Humorous Message\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy\\nDescription: ['Gr 5 UpThe first four issues of this female-created and female-starring comic, set at summer camp with creepy happenings, are collected here in this kick-butt volume. The graphic novel begins mid-adventure as five campers are out after hours investigating a strange event that they all witnessed: a woman turning into a giant bear. This is just the first of many odd occurrences that Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley encounter at the summer camp for \\\"Hardcore Lady Types.\\\" The Lumberjanes, as the scouts are called, band together to solve puzzles, defeat three-eyed creatures, and escape the ire of their watchful counselor Jen. Each protagonist has a skill that helps the group conquer each obstacle. Spunky, lovable characters sparkle with exuberant personality and challenge gender stereotypes. Small details make these episodes stand outthe hipster Yetis guarding a mysterious lighthouse, Molly and Mal\\\\'s tender glances at each other, and Ripley\\\\'s penchant for animals and all things cute. At the opening of each chapter, an excerpt from the Lumberjanes field guide is included and a gallery of cover images append the book. References to female heroines (invocations of Bessie Coleman and Joan Jett as well as Rosie the camp director\\\\'s striking resemblance to Rosie the Riveter) and phrases such as \\\"Friends to the Max!\\\" and \\\"What the junk!\\\" add to the charm of this feel-good title that celebrates female empowerment. The vibrant art exudes humor and reinforces themes of teamwork and friendship. VERDICT A must-have graphic novel for those who have graduated from Raina Telgemeier\\\\'s works.Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal', \\\"Noelle Stevenson is the creator of the web comic Nimona. Stevenson started Nimona as a student at Maryland Institute College of Art. The comic was first published in June 2012 and doubled as Stevenson's senior thesis.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: LA Haine De LA Famille (French Edition) (Folio)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Tea Dragon Society\\nDescription: ['Gr 4 UpGreta is a young blacksmith apprentice who wonders whether her mother\\\\'s craft is still relevant in contemporary society. When she rescues a little lost dragon in the marketplace and returns it to its owners, Greta learns about another fading art formthe care of tea dragons, small creatures who grow tea leaves out of their horns and antlers. She becomes fascinated with the enchanting dragons and their caretakers, and begins to appreciate how traditional crafts can create their own kind of magic by enriching lives, including hers. This book is wonderfully inclusive, and depicts a distinct and expressive cast of LGBTQIA characters and people of color. The title is reminiscent of a younger, more innocent version of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples\\\\'s \\\"Saga,\\\" with many of the main characters possessing horns and antlers. The artwork is soft and fluid, with lots of rounded edges and complementary tones. The backgrounds are an integral and memorable part of the storysome details are so lush that they give the appearance of tapestries. VERDICT This warm and funny story would be a wonderful addition to most graphic novel collections. It quietly illustrates and normalizes a variety of family situations and personal identities.Kelley Gile, Cheshire Public Library, CT', '\\\"Undeniably whimsical and extremely cute.\\\" (Kirkus)
\\\"A gentle fantasy perfect for introducing young readers to graphic novels.\\\" (BookList)
\\\"This book is wonderfully inclusive, and depicts a distinct and expressive cast of LGBTQIA characters and people of color.\\\" (School Library Journal)
\\\"The magic of the world is in the forefront as the novel and color palette move from season to season, beginning and ending with spring. Greta\\\\'s story is soft and sweet, a journey of growing love and friendships.\\\" (Shelf Awareness)
\\\"Old crafts are falling by the wayside in the enchanting fantasy world of ONeills second graphic novel, following Princess Princess Ever After. Part goblin, part human, Greta, a girl with brown skin and squat horns, is learning her mothers trade of blacksmithing, even though swords arent used for much anymore. After rescuing a tiny tea dragon that has gotten lost at the market, Greta starts learning how to care for these creatures, whose horns sprout leaves that are harvested for tea. ONeill sets her story over four chapters, one for each season, gradually expanding Gretas world and her understanding of it. Colored in a palette of warm greens, pinks, oranges, and blues, her delicately drawn panels hum with a subtle romantic energy, particularly when Greta learns the backstory between the two remaining members of the Tea Dragon Society, a goatlike creature named Hesekiel and his strapping, wheelchair-using partner, Erik. (Theres also a whiff of burgeoning romance between Greta and Minette, a girl with unreliable memories who is also learning to care for the dragons.) A quiet, charming story of nurturing friendships and traditions.\\\" (Publisher\\\\'s Weekly)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Puzzle of Ethics\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Princeless: Raven The Pirate Princess Book 1: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Genetic Analysis of Complex Disease\\nDescription: ['Second Edition features the latest tools for uncovering thegenetic basis of human disease', 'The Second Edition of this landmark publication brings togethera team of leading experts in the field to thoroughly update thepublication. Readers will discover the tremendous advances made inhuman genetics in the seven years that have elapsed since the FirstEdition. Once again, the editors have assembled a comprehensiveintroduction to the strategies, designs, and methods of analysisfor the discovery of genes in common and genetically complextraits. The growing social, legal, and ethical issues surroundingthe field are thoroughly examined as well.', 'Rather than focusing on technical details or particularmethodologies, the editors take a broader approach that emphasizesconcepts and experimental design. Readers familiar with the FirstEdition will find new and cutting-edge material incorporated intothe text:', \\\"The editors, two of the world's leading genetic epidemiologists,have ensured that each chapter adheres to a consistent and highstandard. Each one includes all-new discussion questions andpractical examples. Chapter summaries highlight key points, and alist of references for each chapter opens the door to furtherinvestigation of specific topics.\\\", 'Molecular biologists, human geneticists, geneticepidemiologists, and clinical and pharmaceutical researchers willfind the Second Edition a helpful guide to understanding thegenetic basis of human disease, with its new tools for detectingrisk factors and discovering treatment strategies.', '', \\\"JONATHAN L. HAINES is Director of the Program in HumanGenetics, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics,Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His research into thelocalization and identification of genes involved in human diseaseincludes studying Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis,Parkinson's disease, autism, macular degeneration, and othercomplex diseases.\\\", 'MARGARET A. PERICAK-VANCE is Director of the Center forHuman Genetics and Chief of the Section of Medical Genetics in theDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. She isa founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Herresearch interests include the integration of genomic andstatistical technologies and their application to diseases ofimportance to public health, with an emphasis on neurologicdiseases.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: So Sad Today: Personal Essays\\nDescription: ['\\\"At once devastating and delightful, this deeply personal collection of essays (named for Broder\\\\'s popular Twitter handle) is as raw as it is funny.\\\"Cosmopolitan
\\\"If her Twitter account is a darkly comic \\\\'creative way to distract myself and cope,\\\\' as [Melissa Broder] describes it, then her essays are deeper excavations of that same mind.\\\"Elle
\\\"Broder may be talking about things like sexts, Botox, and crushes, but these things are considered alongside contemplations about mortality, identity, and the difficulty of finding substance in a world where sometimes it\\\\'s so much easier to exist behind a screen.\\\"The Fader
\\\"Her writing is deeply personal, sophisticated in its wit, and at the same time, devastating. SO SAD TODAY is a portrait of modern day existence told with provocative, irreverent honesty.\\\" Nylon
\\\"If Melissa Broder weren\\\\'t so fucking funny I would have wept through this entire book. Love, sex, addiction, mental illness and childhood trauma all join hands and dance in a circle, to the tune of Melissa\\\\'s unmatched wit and dementedly perfect take on this terrifying orb we call home.\\\"LennyLetter.com
\\\"Instead of supersizing her angsty tweets, Broder presents a dizzying array of intimate dispatches and confessions...She has a near-supernatural ability to not only lay bare her darkest secrets, but to festoon those secrets with jokes, subterfuge, deep shame, bravado, and poetic turns of phrase.\\\"New York Magazine
\\\"It would have been easy for Broder to stay anonymous and simply publish a book of @SoSadToday\\\\'s most popular tweets, but instead, she chose to challenge herself in what turned out to be a triumph of unsettlingly relatable prose.\\\"VanityFair.com
\\\"Under her beloved Twitter persona So Sad Today, Broder is probably the Internet\\\\'s most powerful merchant of feelings.\\\"GQ.com
\\\"SO SAD TODAY is a desperately honest collection of essays, the kind that make you cringe as you eagerly, shamelessly consume them. Melissa Broder lays herself bare but she does so with strength, savvy, and style. Above all, these essays are sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous. They reveal so much about what it is to live in this world, right now.\\\"Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist
\\\"Melissa Broder\\\\'s essays are as raw as an open vein.\\\"Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood', 'Melissa Broder is the author of four collections of poems, including the LAST SEXT (Tin House, 2016) as well as one novel, The Pisces (Hogarth, 2018). Her poems have appeared in POETRY, Guernica, and The Iowa Review, among other journals. She lives in Venice, California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Art School: A Complete Painters Course\\nDescription: [\\\"'Art School' explores three different media - watercolour, oils and acrylics - highlighting their characteristics and special effects, using step-by-step instructions and illustrations to show how to get the best out of them. See how to experiment with each medium for a preferred option, or work through them all and see how the acquired skills bring rich dividends. More advanced painters can use Art School for a wealth of new ideas. The book explores the range of effects through individual approaches as well as offering practical advice about materials.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Gods Behaving Badly\\nDescription: ['Being immortal isn\\\\'t all it\\\\'s cracked up to be. Life\\\\'s hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn\\\\'t respect you, and you\\\\'re stuck in a delapidated hovel in north London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there\\\\'s no way out...Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. \\\"Gods Behaving Badly\\\" is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dreamy Day Afghans\\nDescription: ['makes some lovely afghans', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring Relationships on a Spiritual Path (Compass)\\nDescription: [\\\"Last year, psychotherapist Charlotte Kasl explored the first flushes of romance in If the Buddha Dated; now she takes the next step in If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring Relationships on a Spiritual Path. There is some strong, wise marital advice here, but how Buddhist is it? One glaring fact that Kasl never so much as mentions is that the Buddha did have a wife and child, whom he abandoned in the quest for enlightenment. A more interesting book would have investigated the tensions between the demands (and joys) of marital relationships and the individual's need to embark on the spiritual journey.
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\\\", '', \\\"Praise for If the Buddha Dated
“[Charlotte Kasl] adds an entirely new level of understanding to our lives through love and not fear.” —Geneen Roth, author of When Food is Love
“[This book] focuses not on a lot of basic how-to's or manipulations but on creating spiritual bonds. Kasl does a beautiful job weaving Eastern philosophy into modern day relationships.” —Janet Luhrs, author of Simple Loving and The Simple Living Guide
Praise for If the Buddha Married
“[Kasl] brings the Buddha's wisdom to the complex world of relationships. We've all heard that marriage can be a spiritual experience; reading this book, you actually believe it.” —Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love and A Year of Miracles
“Filled with succinct and practical advice that is immersed in spiritual wisdom.” —Brenda M. Schaeffer, author of Is It Love or Is It Addiction? and Love's Way
Praise for If the Buddha Had Kids
“Dr. Kasl provides a wonderful blend of Buddhist wisdom, practical suggestions, psychological research, and her own rich perspective of being a mother.  Parents will find this book very helpful in their efforts in promoting healthy brain development.” —Daniel Ladinsky, author of Love Poems from God, A Year with Hafiz, and The Purity of Desire
“This book brings the wisdom of the ages to bear to help parents inways that are extraordinarily inspiring and remarkably practical.You discover compassion for your child and compassion for yourself.” —Marti Erikson, PhD, coauthor of Last Child in the Woods
Praise for If the Buddha Got Stuck
“If the Buddha Got Stuck provides a roadmap to freedom and greater possibilities. Regardless of your starting place, Kasl will help you achieve greater joy, authenticity, and peace of mind. . . . Encouraging, practical, beautifully written.” —Laura Davis, author of I Thought We'd Never Speak Again and coauthor of The Courage to Heal
“Charlotte Kasl's new book overflows with insight, humor and eminently practical suggestions.” —Anita Doyle, former Director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT
“If previous attempts to work with your life from a Western philosophical or psychological perspective encountered gaps . . . [consider this] your bridge.” —Rowan Conrad, PhD, Director, Open Way Mindfulness Center
“If The Buddha Got Stuck brings perspective, inspiring stories, and useful exercises to feel less overwhelmed by life's difficulties.” —Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and author of Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The New York Times Crosswords While You Wait: 150 Easy to Hard Puzzles\\nDescription: [\\\"Will Shortz has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path\\nDescription: ['\\\"Buddhism offers a gentle... understanding of being stuck and getting unstuck,\\\" writes Kasl (If the Buddha Dated), referring to a variety of stubborn problems that can interfere with life, including feeling intractably \\\"bored, scared, protective, petty, exhausted, afraid or unfulfilled.\\\" In 60-plus brief chapters featuring discussions and therapy-type strategies deeply rooted in Buddhist teachings, Kasl guides readers on a journey of self-discovery. She begins by inviting them to notice where they are stuck, and then asks them to simply \\\"show up\\\" to life with a sense of \\\"fascination and curiosity.\\\" She implores them to be mindful and to trust in the power of engaging reality directly without interpretive lenses (acknowledging difficulties in a relationship, for example, instead of making excuses). She then explores the importance of connecting with others, of acting on insights and the \\\"ultimate step\\\" of letting go the temporal self, an act that brings \\\"abiding happiness.\\\" Throughout, she intersperses exercises to help readers engage the lessons more personally. Kasl\\\\'s approach is compelling: her discussions are simple but never simplistic; her tone is warmly inviting but not obsequious; and her insights are both penetrating and accessible. Occasionally her supporting illustrations veer into the cheesy, but overall Kasl offers a challenging, practical and disarmingly effective approach to getting out of life\\\\'s ruts. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', \\\"Praise forIf the Buddha Dated
[Charlotte Kasl] adds an entirely new level of understanding to our lives through love and not fear. Geneen Roth, author ofWhen Food is Love
[This book] focuses not on a lot of basic how-to's or manipulations but on creating spiritual bonds. Kasl does a beautiful job weaving Eastern philosophy into modern day relationships.Janet Luhrs, author ofSimple LovingandThe Simple Living Guide
Praise forIf the Buddha Married
[Kasl] brings the Buddha's wisdom to the complex world of relationships. We've all heard that marriage can be a spiritual experience; reading this book, you actually believe it.Marianne Williamson,New York Timesbestselling author ofA Return to LoveandA Year of Miracles
Filled with succinct and practical advice that is immersed in spiritual wisdom.Brenda M. Schaeffer, author ofIs It Love or Is It Addiction?andLove's Way
Praise forIf the Buddha Had Kids
Dr. Kasl provides a wonderful blend of Buddhist wisdom, practical suggestions, psychological research, and her own rich perspective of being a mother. Parents will find this book very helpful in their efforts in promoting healthy brain development.Daniel Ladinsky, author ofLove Poems from God,A Year with Hafiz, andThe Purity of Desire
This book brings the wisdom of the ages to bear to help parents inways that are extraordinarily inspiring and remarkably practical.You discover compassion for your child and compassion for yourself. Marti Erikson, PhD, coauthor ofLast Child in the Woods
Praise forIf the Buddha Got Stuck
If the Buddha Got Stuckprovides a roadmap to freedom and greater possibilities. Regardless of your starting place, Kasl will help you achieve greater joy, authenticity, and peace of mind. . . . Encouraging, practical, beautifully written. Laura Davis, author ofI Thought We'd Never Speak Againand coauthor ofThe Courage to Heal
Charlotte Kasl's new book overflows with insight, humor and eminently practical suggestions. Anita Doyle, former Director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Missoula, MT
If previous attempts to work with your life from a Western philosophical or psychological perspective encountered gaps . . . [consider this] your bridge. Rowan Conrad, PhD, Director, Open Way Mindfulness Center
If The Buddha Got Stuckbrings perspective, inspiring stories, and useful exercises to feel less overwhelmed by life's difficulties. Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and author ofSeeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
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An Amazon Top 100 Editors' Pick of the Year One of Entertainment Weekly's "10 Best Books of 2015" One of Bustle's "2015’s 25 Best Books, Fiction Edition" A New York Post “Best Novel to Read This Summer” An Us Weekly “Hot Summer Novel” O, The Oprah Magazine, "10 Titles to Pick Up Now" A USA Today “New and Noteworthy” Book One of Vulture's "8 Books You Need to Read This May" A Kirkus "Best Fiction of 2015" Title One of BookPage's "Best Books of 2015" One of Kobo.com's "Must Read Fiction Debuts of 2015" A LitReactor Staff Pick: The Best Books of 2015 One of New York Daily News's "10 Books for Your Summer Reading List" Women's National Book Association, "Great Group Reads 2015" An Indie Next Pick
“Dietland completely blew me away. It's audacious and gutsy and heartbreaking and I want to grab women on the street and shake them until they promise to read it—and also buy copies for their daughters.” —Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, and others
“Walker’s first novel leaves chick lit in the pixie dust, treading the rougher terrain of radical critique and shadowy conspiracies — territory closer to Rachel Kushner than Helen Fielding.”—New York Magazine, One of Vulture's "8 Books You Need to Read This May"
"If Amy Schumer turned her subversive feminist sketches into a novel, dark on the inside but coated with a glossy, palatable sheen, it would probably look a lot like Dietland—a thrilling, incendiary manifesto disguised as a beach read...It’s a giddy revenge fantasy that will shake up your thinking and burrow under your skin, no matter its size."—Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)
“I've never dropped anyone out of a helicopter. But Dietland resonated with the part of me that wants, just once, to deck a street harasser. At the very least, I wish an incurable itch upon everyone who has catcalled me on the street. I wish food poisoning and public embarrassment on everyone I've heard make a rape joke. I wish toothache and headlice and too-small shoes upon every stranger who has told me to smile. Which is to say, sometimes I forget I'm angry, but I am. Dietland is a complicated, thoughtful, and powerful expression of that same anger.”—Annalisa Quinn, NPR.org
“Plum Kettle, a ghostwriter for a popular teen mag, is lured into a subversive sisterhood in this riotous first novel. Finally, the feminist murder mystery/makeover story we’ve been waiting for.”—O, The Oprah Magazine, One of "10 Titles to Pick Up Now"
"A delightful, page-turning thriller that's also a feminist revenge fantasy. I tore through it in about two days—it is amazingly accessible while still being whip-smart, and it deals with timely issues without feeling like a lame Law & Order 'ripped from the headlines' stunt."——Jessica Grose, Lenny Letter
"[Ms. Walker's] writing can spit with venom, at the rigid expectations of women’s weight and sexuality...As a social commentary, Dietland is no shrill tirade. Ms. Walker captures the misery of failing to fit in, to fit into the right clothes, to fit in with the right people and their expectations."—The Economist
"At 300 lbs., Plum Kettle lives for the days when gastric bypass will help her shed her extra girth—until she's challenged to shed her misery instead. Witty and wise."—People
"Extraordinary…Walker skewers the diet industry and many other realities of the misogynistic world we live in...The world needed this novel; it’s a breath of fresh air to feminist literature with a nod to dystopian lit but a lot of contemporary flair… altogether different, fiercely political yet stylistically unique and readable...It’s a very well-rounded, emotionally rich tale… Plum is a character who will stay with me, and that’s no small thing.”—Charlotte Hammond and Trilby Beresford, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
"The anti-beach read, this spiky, funny book skewers the beauty industry and the first world's weight-loss obsession. The story revolves around constantly hungry ghostwriter Plum, who gets involved in an underground feminist group that challenges her world view. It's wonderfully unapologetic, off-beat and a lot of fun."—Elle UK 
“Sarai Walker deftly marries body insecurities and humor in her satirical debut. At 300 pounds, Plum declares a diet fail and concedes to weight-loss surgery. But when she meets a radical feminist, she begins to try on confidence for size.”—US Weekly
"Fight Club meets Margaret Atwood in this absorbing thriller that weighs the expectations of society against one's own self-worth."—Bustle, "2015’s 25 Best Books, Fiction Edition"
“An incredibly smart novel that will make you think about the society we live in and how desperately we women want to be thinner, to be smaller, to disappear.”—PopSugar
"The biggest flaw I see in Dietland is that the people who most need to read it never will."—Karen Sandstrom, Cleveland.com
“[Dietland’s] message resonates…It’s vanishingly rare to see a novel that looks like the much-maligned ‘chick lit’ – and sometimes reads like it – so gleefully censorious of rape culture… If you’ve lived in this culture – if you’ve ever been a young woman who is trying to eat so little or eat so much that she disappears…you may take some cold comfort from Dietland, and its opportunities for vicarious revenge.”—The Guardian
"In this slyly subversive feminist novel, 300-pound Plum plans to get her stomach stapled until a mysterious group of women convinces her otherwise — just as a militant, anonymous band of vigilantes called “Jennifer” begins wreaking havoc on bad men — dropping rapists from planes, blackmailing CEOs of exploitative newspapers — and inspiring regular ladies to do the same. Word of warning: While you may be inclined to try this at home, it’s probably better left in Walker’s competent hands and on her incendiary pages for now." —Entertainment Weekly, "10 Best Books of 2015"
"A tale teeming with both sarcasm and honesty...Dietland transports readers to the front lines of the diet wars—a place where body positivity and a gratifying read are guaranteed."—BUST
"Read [Dietland] not only because it’s smart and timely, but because it’s heartbreaking and tragic and very very comic (as long as you like your laughs dark) and because it will guarantee that you never look at a lipstick or a pair of stilettos or a bathroom scale the same way again. Sarai Walker is some kind of twisted sister. And of course I mean that as the highest possible compliment."—Sara Nelson, Amazon Editors' Top Picks for the Best Books of May
"This funny, painful coming-of-age story follows Plum Kettle, a woman set on changing her appearance and releasing the 'thin' woman that lives inside of her. Through Plum, Walker takes down the diet industry, writes honestly about gender equality, explores society’s obsession with thinness, and stresses the importance of surrounding yourself with a supportive and smart network of women."—Real Simple
"Just in time for the season where many feel shamed for their lack of a 'bikini body,' this new release explores a woman’s journey to accept that she’s fat. But it’s not just about feel-good self-love; Dietland develops into a full-fledged feminist manifesto."—New York Daily News, "10 Books for Your Summer Reading List"
"Dietland is a savvy rejig of Fight Club...only this time it’s the women who are fighting...We're as mad as Hell and we're not going to take it anymore. It could be that Dietland is saying that the days of women trying to fit in are over."—LitReactor.com
"Deft, witty...The cover might look like a breezy beach read, but this is anti-chick-lit for smart chicks."—A.V. Club
"As a registered dietitian, Aaron Flores had read plenty of self-help books on weight control and dieting. But Dietland -- a novel that follows a woman's weight struggles through a feminist lens -- was different. 'I've already been working to change the way both me and my clients see their bodies within this society that emphasizes the "thin ideal,"' says Flores, who lives in West Hills, California, 'but this book has helped me bring more feminist ideas into my work, which I've found resonates deeply with my clients.' He recommends the book to anyone 'who wants to understand why I think we all need to say 'no' to diet culture forever,' he says."—US News
"Sarai Walker, author of Dietland, is a true disruptor. Her devastatingly funny debut – a brutal, artful satire about feminism, food and ultraviolence – is set to change the way we live, from the moment we wake up in the morning and look in the bathroom mirror."—The Pool
“Kick-ass...Dietland is a full-on woman power revenge fantasy that will make you think and make you feel better about who you are right now—not two sizes, a new job, or 20 pounds from now...If you’re looking for a summer beach read that's a wild ride, but also has the potential leave you and the world a little bit better off than you were before you read it.”—The Greatist
"A revenge fantasy about misogyny...Dietland forces readers—yes, even 'woke' ones—to confront their internal biases about the female body, and it’s not afraid to be angry about it.”—Fem Lit Magazine
"What opens as a beach read evolves into a tart, electrifying revenge tale."—Mail on Sunday (UK)
"A smart, sassy and provocative read that I thoroughly enjoyed."—Woman and Home (UK)   "A middle finger to the objectification of women…whenever I started to feel too reflective or sad, Walker revealed a plot twist that made me throw my head back and belly laugh, or inhale deeply in shock. Written with self-deprecatory wit that reminded me of Lena Dunham’s style of humour, this modern makeover story is super-smart, forward-thinking and honest. I’m reading it again immediately."—Essentials (UK)
"This novel is like a roller coaster. Before you know it, you’re racing through an edgy and exciting mix of mystery, crime, and social critique of gender and beauty standards at breakneck speed. Vivid characters and sometimes surprising acts of violence make the story pop." —Library Journal, starred
“Through her protagonist, debut novelist Walker gives a plaintive yet powerful voice to anyone who has struggled with body image, feelings of marginalization, and sexual manipulation. Her robust satire also vibrantly redefines what it means to be a woman in contemporary society.” —Booklist 
 
"Hilarious, surreal, and bracingly original, Walker's ambitious debut avoids moralistic traps to achieve something rarer: a genuinely subversive novel that's also serious fun...Part Fight Club, part feminist manifesto, an offbeat and genre-bending novel that aims high—and delivers." —Kirkus, starred
"In a confident, daring first novel, Sarai Walker mixes satire and mystery as she holds a magnifying glass over Western culture's objectification of the female gender. The result is combustion of enormously entertaining and thought-provoking proportion...Walker's brazen approach to Dietland carries a strength that will ignite readers' passionate responses. The novel is unflinchingly blunt, depicting raw emotion and uncomfortable realities. Walker writes beautifully, with natural dialogue and powerful characters. Her first-rate entrance into fiction is sure to spark the conversation she--and Plum--feel their audience needs to have."—Shelf Awareness
"Sarai Walker has written a call to arms. Devious, subversive, delightful, Dietland is a SCUM Manifesto set to a pop music beat and Plum Kettle is a feminist hero for the modern age.”—Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
"Sarai Walker's groundbreaking new novel, Dietland, drew me in immediately. Follow the twists and turns as heroine Plum Kettle confronts the truth about her life and her fantasy of becoming thin. This is the stuff that is transformative for the individual, inspiring self-love and improved self-care. This is also the stuff revolutions are made of."—LINDA BACON, Ph.D., author of Body Respect and Health at Every Size
"Sarai Walker's audacious, hilarious-yet surprisingly touching-novel begins by spoofing the weightloss industry and moves on to a devastating fantasy in which an avenger known as 'Jennifer' targets men who prey on women. Through it all marches Plum, a fat woman who learns to love herself as she is, and whom I loved at all stages of her education. Keenly intelligent, daring, and original, Dietland has something important to say to us all."—Alice Mattison, author of When We Argued All Night and The Book Borrower
"The first rule of Dietland is you should definitely talk about Dietland. And I suspect you’ll want to. Gather your book clubs, gather all the Jennifers you know! At first you’ll think you’re reading a familiar story: a woman who works at a women’s magazine tries to lose weight. And then POW! Dietland  lithely moves in ways and to places you won’t expect. Sarai Walker has a wonderfully curious mind, and this is an impressive, ambitious first novel.”—Gabrielle Zevin, bestselling author of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
"Dietland is a book I have been waiting for someone to write all my life, and it hit me hard right where I live, right where so many of us have wasted too much time living.  It's courageous, compassionate, intelligent, pissed off and much more fun than it has any right to be.  I can think of twenty people I want to buy it for,  without even trying." —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted
"Sarai Walker is an immensely talented writer and her debut novel, Dietland—filled with wit, wisdom and wonder—is a pleasure." —Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life
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Thrash's remembrances are evinced with clear, wide-eyed illustrations colored with a dreamily vibrant palette. She has so carefully and skillfully captured a universal moment—the first time one realizes that things will never be the same—that readers will find her story captivating. A luminescent memoir not to be missed. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In this poignant memoir, Thrash examines a pivotal summer, marked by first love, self-discovery, and some difficult realizations...The tone is spot-on, varying from funny and quirky to quiet and contemplative, and Thrash seamlessly weaves in light, turn-of-the-millennium pop culture touchstones like the Backstreet Boys with darker historical references (the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy)... An insightful and thought-provoking work. —School Library Journal (starred review)
Thrash writes with an intoxicating mix of candor, irony, and fresh passion. Much of the memoir’s piquancy comes from the collisions between the camp’s ideal of Southern womanhood, the campers’ clannishness, and Maggie’s faith in herself as she becomes, incongruously, the camp’s best rifle shot. This is the kind of memoir that stays with readers for days. —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Thrash's unvarnished retelling of her adolescent experience is neither glamourizing nor self-deprecating—and the salty realism makes the story engrossing and quite funny. Though lesbian and questioning teens may be especially responsive to the narrative, any young reader will see in Maggie and her friends a relatable sort of confident confusion. —Shelf Awareness (starred review)
This honest, raw, and touching graphic memoir will resonate with teens coming to terms with identities of all stripes, regardless of sexual orientation. —Booklist
This is immediately engrossing, both poignant and hilarious, as the personable and likeable Maggie nails typical adolescent experiences with particularly wicked camp descriptions. While loosely based on the author’s circumstances, Maggie’s portrayal of her first love and heartbreak is everyone’s story, whether gay or straight, male or female. Maggie’s emotions are sharply honest, with readers feeling her exhilaration, anxiety, awkwardness, confusion, and pain. —VOYA
In this graphic novel, deceptively simple drawings in a mostly dreamy palette work well to capture big, sweeping emotions of the camp experience... —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Readers may recognize themselves in Maggie’s halting steps toward adulthood and self-awareness... —Literacy Daily
Thrash's graphic memoir presents a love story with which every reader will be able to identify...Honor Girl will be a page-turner leaving readers with many unresolved questions, a scenario familiar to LGBT and straight teens alike. —School Library Connection
[Wipes away tear.] Honor Girl is, all at once, heartachey (but never precious), dry-witted (but not cynical), and incredibly beautiful. Maggie Thrash has not only given us a unique addition to the canon of intelligent-young-woman-centered comics, but a reminder of the rewards of opening yourself up and exposing your own vulnerability – in love and in writing. —Tavi Gevinson
Though I am neither a teenage girl nor a lesbian, I found this story super-real and relatable. —Ira Glass, host of This American Life
Honest, funny, and so real you can smell summer camp while you read it, Maggie Thrash’s Honor Girl hits dead center. —A.S. King, award-winning author of Ask the Passengers and Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future
Honor Girl beautifully portrays the awkward excitement and heartbreak of first and forbidden love. I couldn’t put it down, even while my heart was aching. I loved this book! —Jo Knowles, author of See You at Harry’s and Read Between the Lines
Graphic memoirs are my JAM, and I love this coming-of-age story from Maggie Thrash. It recounts Thrash’s experiences at a Christian summer camp as a teenager, and her basically trying to figure out if something was wrong with her because she was attracted to girls. It sounds sad, but Thrash keeps it from being depressing with her lively story and honesty. —Book Riot (blog)\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sunset Patriot\\nDescription: ['', 'Former merchant mariner and bus driver and now an economics professor, Burton Abrams is a Chicagoan by birth and a Minnesotan by choice. He is a devoted fisherman, hunter and lover of sunsets. He is the award-winning author of Return to Animal Farm and The Terrible Ten: A Century of Economic Folly, which received both a silver Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) and an Eric Hoffer Award honorable mention in 2014.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Actor's Quotation Book: Acting in a Nutshell from Those Who Really Know (Career Development Series)\\nDescription: [\\\"Kathryn Bild is an acting, crative process, presentation skills, and personal success coach as well as a speaker, writer, and director. A recipient of The Grammy's Video Producer of the Year Award, she has written, directed, produced, edited, and performed in commercials, films, plays, radio and television lectures, musical comedies, music videos, and one-woman shows. An alumni of The American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, she is a co-founder of the Pacific Arts Corporation and has also served on the board of trustees of foundations established to help women in business and the arts. She is a nation-wide public speaker and appears regularly on CNN-FN's Entrepreneur Only television show and the nationally-syndicated Good Day, America radio show.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flying Lessons & Other Stories\\nDescription: ['Gr 46This anthology, published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, presents 10 short stories from a stellar list of authors: Kwame Alexander, Matt de la Pea, Jacqueline Woodson, Soman Chainani, Grace Lin, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Federle, Meg Medina, Tim Tingle, and Kelly Baptist. De la Pea\\\\'s linguistically grooving basketball story will have readers swaying in their seats. Verbal roadblocks are hurled at the protagonist from the street-smart players inside the gym: he\\\\'s too young, too skinny, too Mexican. His resolve yields multiple life lessons on and off the court. Woodson\\\\'s haunting \\\"Main Street\\\" follows Celeste, the only girl of color in an all-white New Hampshire town, and her friendship with lifetime resident Treetop. Both are suffering from different losses: Treetop\\\\'s mother has recently passed away, and Celeste isn\\\\'t accepted in her new home. Their warm connection soothes their mutual pain and promises to last even after Celeste and her mother decide to return to familiar and welcoming New York. Each tale offers realistic and fully developed characters with whom a wide range of readers will identify. VERDICT Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable, this collection of short stories is an excellent addition for libraries and classrooms.Diane McCabe, John Muir Elementary, Santa Monica, CA', 'Theres plenty of magic in this collection to go around. Booklist, Starred
A natural for middle school classrooms and libraries, this strong collection should find eager readers. Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable, this collection of short stories is an excellent addition for libraries and classrooms. School Library Journal, Starred
Thought provoking and wide-ranging, this first anthology from WNDB should not be missed. Publishers Weekly, Starred
Whether or not middle-schoolers read the afterword . . . they are sure to agree that they need to read more books by these authors, whose storytelling styles and genuine feel for adolescent struggles and triumphs will inspire them to seek out their other work. The Bulletin, Starred', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pretty Hurts - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods\\nDescription: [\\\"The latest entry in the postapocalyptic survivalist fantasy stakes has a peculiar sentimental streak in it. Gus, an almost parodically nave young boy with antlers sprouting from his forehead and a taste for chocolate, is one of the few children born after some kind of manmade catastrophe. Following the death of his Bible-thumping father, the only other person he's ever known, he's rescued from hunters by a hulking, rifle-toting man called Jepperd, who promises to take him to a sanctuary for kids like him (and slaughters the refugees from Clichd Dialogue University who get in their way en route). But could Jepperd be more than he seems? (One guess.) Lemire's thick, crunching brush strokes can be rawly expressive; he's got a terrific sense of composition and narrative flow, and the crumbling settings he draws effectively evoke a blasted, forsaken world. Too often, though, his artwork simply comes off as crude. His characters' bodies and features are often distractingly inconsistent from one panel to the next. And Gus's dream vision of a cartoon deer (identified as Dandy) telling him to run away, which should be a dramatic peak of this volume, falls flat because Lemire can't pull off his attempted shift away from his baseline style. (May) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Gr 10 UpYears ago during the Affliction, billions of people died and children were born as human/animal hybrids. Gus, a human/deer hybrid, was raised in isolation for years, but after his father dies hunters come to capture him. He is rescued by a mysterious man who tells him that he will take him to a preserve for hybrid children. While Gus is never sure if he should trust Jepperd, he goes with him because he is lonely. What follows is a voyage through what is left of the country, during which Jepperd gives Gus candy (and the nickname \\\"Sweet Tooth\\\") and fights through all of the obstacles that are in their way, usually with violent methods. While Gus is the protagonist, Jepperd continues to steal the spotlight. Readers know that he has sympathy for Gus and for other characters they meet along the way, and they know that he saves Gus\\\\'s life multiple times. But they also know that he frequently lies. What isn\\\\'t clear until the end of the book is just how much he has been lying. Sweet Tooth is often visually stunning and even cinematic. It primarily uses a muted palette that reflects the darkness of this postapocalyptic world, but bright colors burst from the page during moments of violence, and there are quite a few of those in this book. An outstanding choice for most collections.Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bancarrotas y crisis (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Text: Spanish']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sweet Tooth Vol. 2: In Captivity\\nDescription: ['The second arc of Lemires series continues to wear its influences (The Road, The Stand, Mad Max, Y: The Last Man) proudly on its flanneled sleeve, though Lemires skillful storytelling ensures that nothing feels derivative. While boy-deer Gus gets poked, prodded, and hypnotized by people looking to understand the global pandemic that tore society to shreds and caused children to be born as human-animal hybrids, we learn a bit about what drove the brutish Jeppard to deliver the boy to captivity. In Lemires burly, chiseled artwork, a tiny tweak in Jeppards steely glare speaks volumes, and the sweetness behind Gus dazed expressions gets sharper by the page. --Ian Chipman', \\\"Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed Essex County Trilogy, the Vertigo graphic novel The Nobody, and is the winner of a Xeric Award and YALSA Alex Award. He is currently the writer for DC Comics' Animal Man, Frankenstein: Agent Of S.H.A.D.E., and Vertigo/DC's Sweet Tooth. He has also previously written the Eisner-nominated Superboy.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Chemist's Secret to Cake Baking\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Spell on Wheels\\nDescription: [\\\"In her own words:
I'm Kate, that's who!
I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am a comic writer and artist who got her start working for what's been voted several times as the best comic shop in the world, Strange Adventures.
What I do: I am the series writer of the Bravest Warriors comic, as well as the NYT Bestselling Adventure Time: Seeing Red and the regular-selling Adventure Time: Bitter Sweets. I wrote a Fraggle Rock miniseries and am currently writing Edward Scissorhands. I collaborate with the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. I run a group online for girls who work in comic shops. I do a biweekly podcast called Less Than Live with Kate or Die, which I think is pretty fun, and is all about comics. I travel excessively, which is part of why this comic rarely updates. I contribute Kate or Die strips to ComicsAlliance every other Monday, though!\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bluster's Shudder- GHOST Of DUPPY ISLAND\\nDescription: ['', \\\"N. B. Bjerke is a global citizen who has dedicated her professional, civic, and artistic endeavors to enriching the lives of children around the world. Born in Massachusetts, raised in Connecticut, and toted around New England in childhood, she began exploring the globe as a preteen, moving to Mexico, the West Indies, South America, and Asia before attending college, where she met her husband. Together they lived on the USA's east and west coasts, Ohio, Hawaii, Japan and Okinawa.\\\", 'Bjerke completed degrees in social science and education and holds teaching licenses in elementary and middle school. She has taught in schools in Okinawa, Malaysia, and across the United States and has worked with numerous community outreach projects, youth-oriented programs, and as a court-appointed advocate for children.', 'Bjerke currently lives with her husband in Virginia, where she oversees a nationally accredited school for young children and writes childrens stories uniquely infused with folklore from various lands.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Bermudez Triangle\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 9 UpJohnson begins this exceptional novel in a lightweight fashion but quickly segues into more serious issues that affect the three young women who make up the Bermudez Triangle. It is the summer before their senior year in Saratoga Springs, NY. At first, organized, serious Nina has trouble adjusting to her leadership workshop at Stanford University. Although she desperately misses Avery and Mel, who are waitresses at a restaurant back home, she quickly falls head over heels for eco-warrior Steve, who has grown up in a commune on the West Coastso different from Nina's secure middle-class experience. When she returns to New York, she immediately senses that Mel and Avery are keeping secrets and soon discovers that they have become lovers. Rocked to the core, Nina wishes them happiness, but feels excluded and lonely, especially as her long-distance relationship begins to deteriorate. As is typical for teens, the girls obsess ad nauseam over their romantic relationships. Yet this narrow focus lends authenticity to the narrative, and readers become drawn into the characters' lives as they stumble toward adulthood, fall in and out of love, enlarge their circle of friends, and rethink their values. As the story deepens, Johnson does a superb job of subtly developing individual personalities for each one. Although all ends well, it's a long, hard struggle, one that perceptively reflects the real-life ambiguities and shades of gray faced by contemporary adolescents.Susan Riley, Mount Kisco Public Library, NY Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"Gr. 9-12. In her latest novel, the author of The Key to the Golden Firebird [BKL Se 1 2004] explores how friendships grow and change, particularly as two friends escalate their relationship to the exclusion of a third. Mel, Avery, and Nina--the Bermudez Triangle--have been inseparable girlfriends since childhood. Then, the summer before senior year, while Nina is at Stanford for a leadership institute, Mel and Avery realize that their feelings for each other may be more than friendship. Johnson deftly portrays Mel's struggle to come to grips with her homosexuality, Avery's confusion and uncertainty about hers, and Nina's hurt and frustration at being left out and losing the comfort of old routines. Once again, Johnson creates believable, likable characters in very real, contemporary high-school situations, ensuring a place for herself among teen readers. She understands, articulates, and validates their lives. Frances Bradburn Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Around Union City (Images of America)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lumberjanes Vol. 6: Sink or Swim\\nDescription: ['Shannon Watters is the co-creator of Lumberjanes, a comic book editor, and all around classy dame.
Noelle Stevenson has been nominated for a Harvey Award, and was awarded the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Webcomic in 2012 for Nimona. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Noelle is the co-writer of Lumberjanes. She lives in Los Angeles.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Global Health 101 (Essential Public Health)\\nDescription: ['Yale, School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Giant Days Vol. 5\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The House on the Beach: A Novel (Texas Pan American)\\nDescription: ['Like waves ebbing and flowing, love surges and subsides among four friends who share a vacation at the house on the beach. As they navigate the seas of love friendship, jealously and unfaithfulness, Elena, Marta, Eduardo, and Rafael are swept up in the opposing currents that flow between security and personal freedom, marriage and sexual liberation, family and work, provincial and city life, and traditional and unconventional gender roles. This deceptively simple novel, published in Mexico in 1966 as La casa en la playa and here translated into English for the first time, is an important work by one of Mexico\\\\'s, and indeed Latin America\\\\'s, major writers of the twentieth century. Juan Garcia Ponce helped Mexican arts and letters break out of the ossified styles and themes of the post-Revolutionary \\\"Mexican School\\\" with works that explore the conflict between individual desire and the demands of family and work. Written at a turning point in his career, The House on the Beach foreshadows his embrace of the erotic encounter as a means of undermining rigid, socially constructed personal identity. It supports feminist views and probes deeply into the contradictions, backwardness, and progress of modern Mexican society.', 'Juan Garca Ponce is one of the most respected contemporary essayists in Latin America.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Princess Princess Ever After\\nDescription: ['Gr 3 UpThis fairy tale will leave readers smiling and believing in true love. Princess Amira, who is dark skinned and sports a Mohawk, doesn\\\\'t want to be a princess and sets out to prove herself a capable warrior. Blonde-haired Princess Sadie is locked away in a tower. When Amira rescues Sadie, they embark on a life-changing journey filled with empowering messages about friendship, gender roles, identity, heroism, and the importance of staying true to oneself. The beautifully crafted, eye-catching illustrations of various characters, whether human or animal, are absolutely adorable. O\\\\'Neill\\\\'s attention to detail, especially when it comes to characters\\\\' expressions, is strong. Kids will enjoy this quick, entertaining read and will especially love the romance between Amira and Sadie. VERDICT An excellent addition to graphic novel collections. Hand to fans of nontraditional fairy tales, such as Ursula Vernon\\\\'s \\\"Hamster Princess\\\" series or Jeremy Whitley\\\\'s \\\"Princeless\\\" books.Jessica Bratt, Grand Rapids Public Library, MI', '\\\"Combine a cuddly purple dragon, much sharing of cookies, abundant humor, and two distinct and appealing heroines, and you have a royal winner.\\\" (Kirkus)
[...] tells a story filled with sweetness and snark that should appeal to fans of all ages. (Lori Henderson School Library Journal)
\\\"Meant for kids ages 9-12 but lovely at any age, Katie ONeills Princess Princess Ever After is a lively graphic normal that eschews stereotypes about damsels in distress while maintaining the whimsy of fairy tales.\\\" (AfterEllen.com)
\\\"Princess Princess Ever After is a wonderful story thats great for any comics readers among you, as well as a great gift for any young comics readers in your life of any gender. If youre looking for a quality story featuring LGBTQIA characters, consider picking this one up! (The Mary Sue)
\\\"Princess Princess Ever After is as bright, sweet and positive a fairy tale as you could hope to read, a big-hearted fable where the boxes we\\\\'re expected to fit into are simply dragons to be slain.\\\" (John Allison, author of GIANT DAYS)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Field Of Greens: Gourmet African Slow Cooker Soups And Stews\\nDescription: ['Ivy Newton-Gamble is a graduate of Florida A & M University earning a B.A. in Sociology. She is also an avid reader and traveler fascinated by people and African cultural traditions. She currently lives in Florida tending to her garden of organically grown fruits and vegetables and is also a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Juliet Takes a Breath\\nDescription: ['Nineteen-year-old Juliet Palante writes a you-changed-my-life letter to her favorite feminist author and is granted a summer internship at the author\\\\'s home in Portland, OR. Leaving her loving Puerto Rican family in the Bronx is difficult, but Juliet also welcomes the chance to enter a new environment: her mother has been communicating with her through closed doors ever since Juliet told her that she is a lesbian and has a girlfriend. In Portland, Juliet discovers a new worldgay, artsy, \\\"crunchy,\\\" hippie types who welcome her with open arms and offer her marijuana. She falls in love, her heroes fall, her family supports her, and her friends save her. Juliet also discovers women of color writing science fiction, hot library paraprofessionals, and her own self-esteem. At the end of the summer, Juliet reflects, \\\"I\\\\'m a messy, over-emotional, book nerd, weirdo, chubby brown human and I needed to learn how to love myself, even the shameful bits.\\\" This humorous and heartbreaking summer coming-of-age tale is reminiscent of Isabel Quintero\\\\'s 2015 Morris Award winner Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. Teens will appreciate the integrated definitions of words such as polyamory and theodicy in the narrative. Even older teens will appreciate the discussions about microaggressions and white privilege. VERDICT After reading this book, teens will want to fight for social justice. A powerful novel that will resonate with most young people.Sarah Hill, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL', 'Gabby Rivera is so damn thankful she was able to finish this book. She wants queer brown girls to see themselves everywhere and to be proud of who they are. Gabby was a nerdburger who always wrote in journals, on stray napkins, and even on her sneakers when it was cool to do that. Shes been published in anthologies and journals put together by other radical, creative folks who also see a world that strays far from the mythic norm. Gabby has worked with Autostraddle for almost five years. In that time, shes written about feminism, kissing girls, Nicki Minaj, radical politics and falling in love with queer brown communities. She is currently the Youth Programs Manager at GLSEN and is developing their National Student Council and curriculums for GSAs across the country. Shes fostered other LGBTQ youth groups and taught as a multi-media artist for organizations such as the DreamYard Project. Shes gonna write more books, yall. Please read them. Its very important. Be on the lookout for her latina punk band sci-fi epic, Supermoon. Coming some time in the distant but gorgeous future.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cow without Tail: Book 1\\nDescription: [\\\"" This book directly responds to the call made by Ikemba Nnewi , Chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu during Chinua Achebe 's Colloquim at Rhodes Island in the U.S in which he said : " Igbo soul yearns for more Chinua Achebes , clear thinkers ,lucid writers , men of courage , crusaders against injustice , true sons and daughters of their father . CWT ( Cow Without Tail ) is therefore an exploration into some verifiable interfaces which Hebrew culture shares with Igbo ( Heebo) culture ... " --Life and Times Magazine , Los Angeles
" Fresno 's Godwin Akubue's book relies on the many clues and visible traits left behind by Igbo ancestors to weave the Hebraic heritage of the Igbo people of Nigeria , the country where the author was born . " --Fresno Bee Newspaper , Fresno
" This book is by far the most interesting and fascinating book out there portraying the Igbo culture in Nigeria . The author thoroughly communicated all there is to know about his tribe and culture ." --Klaudia Schmidt , Germany\\\", 'Godwin Boswell Akubue , an Igbo-born Judeo-Christian, an adjudged Immigrant of Exceptional Ability by USCIS in 2005 in the U.S , is an educated man in several areas of science, including chemistry, laboratory science, and medical sciences. Fifty-seven now, he lives in Fresno in Central California with his wife, Monica, and his four children, namely, Augusta, Justice, Hope, and Promise and one grandson , Prince . Being part of community organizations and clubs does not deprive him time for his hobbies like listening to folk music, doing adventures, playing chess, and of course, writing. He owns an online Cowithoutail Book Club and has written several cultural essays in local and international journals, and this one is specially made to help define a true Igbo cultural identity in Nigeria.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Spinning\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 6 UpA graphic memoir about competitive ice skating, growing up, and coming out. Walden spent much of her youth on the ice, at practices and competitions, and in locker rooms among friends, frenemies, and competitors. In this deeply personal reflection, the author/illustrator is unflinching in her examination of what drove her passion for the sport, the embarrassments and experiences that marked pivotal moments in her development, and how she eventually came out to family and friends as a young teen. The art is economical, with a simple indigo and white palette with very occasional splashes of yellow, lending the book an appropriately cold tone; readers will shiver with empathy as Walden steps onto the rink in the early morning before the sun rises. While her drive and commitment to being the best athlete is evident (at one point, she describes sleeping in her practice clothes on top of her blankets, not allowing herself to get warm so that the early morning transition would be easier), the details about some of her relationships are held at arm's length and only hinted at, most notably the strained relationship with her mother. A scene in which a male tutor sexually harasses Walden and attempts a physical assault is affecting and may spark deeper discussion. Her first romantic relationship is both tender and heartbreaking. VERDICT An honest and intimate coming-of-age story that will be appreciated by tweens and young teens, especially those in competitive sports.Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal\\\", '', \\\"[A] stark, gripping graphic novel memoir. Washington Post, These books can help build strong girlsand boysfor today's world\\\", \\\"Tillie Walden's Spinning is an engrossing, gorgeously quiet look back at the 12 years she devoted to figure and synchronized skating. New York Times\\\", 'Intimate and compelling. A quiet powerhouse of a memoir. Kirkus Reviews, starred review', 'An elegant, contemplative, and somber graphic memoir . . . A haunting and resonant coming-of-age story. Publishers Weekly, starred review', 'Quiet and lyrical . . . and deeply satisfying. A stirring, gorgeously illustrated story of finding the strength to follow ones own path. Booklist, starred review', 'An honest and intimate coming-of-age story that will be appreciated by tweens and young teens, especially those in competitive sports. School Library Journal', \\\"An accessible introduction to the graphic novel form. Older readers will want to graduate from this to Alison Bechdels Fun Home.The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\\\", 'This beautiful story about sorrow, growth, and triumph will resonate in every readers heart. Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Timesbestselling author and two-time National Book Award finalist', \\\"This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with anyone who played an instrument, or did gymnastics, or got signed up for skating: these things weren't always what we wanted to do or cared about, but they gave us some focus when everything else was mystery and chaos. Lucy Knisley, New York Times bestselling author of Relish: My Life in the Kitchen\\\", 'Spinning is spare yet intimate, painfully honest, and oh-so-real. Malinda Lo, three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist author of Ash and Adaptation', 'Gorgeous and honest. Faith Erin Hicks, award-winning author of The Nameless City', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Saraswati's Way\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 5-7With his talent for math, 12-year-old Akash dreams of escaping his dreary existence by winning a school scholarship. He and his widowed father, Bapu, eke out a precarious existence with their extended family in rural Rajasthan, a drought-plagued region of India. After Bapu's death, Akash is sent to a quarry to work off his family's insurmountable debt. He runs away and ends up living in the New Dehli train station. He forages through trash heaps to find food, joins a group of homeless children, and moves from one perilous situation to the next. In one of the most harrowing episodes, he and a friend sell drugs for a dangerous drug lord. Akash's story is involving, yet the fast-paced plot outpaces character development, and the hopeful ending arrives abruptly. In an author's note, Schrder briefly describes the plight of street children in India; she also adds interest with references to Vedic math and Hindu gods. Despite its good intentions, Akash's story remains too thinly sketched to be memorable.Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\\\", 'In Rajasthan, India, 12-year-old Akash loves math, and he dreams of earning a scholarship to further his studies. After his fathers abrupt death, though, his grandmother sends him to work in a quarry to pay off the familys deep debt. Quickly realizing that loan-shark interest rates will never allow his family to reduce what they owe, Akash escapes by sneaking onto a New Delhi-bound train. In the bewildering big city, he joins a group of street kids who feed themselves from garbage scraps and earn coins by collecting plastic bottles. Schrder, a German-born educator who now lives in India, frankly exposes the harsh realities of the street childrens world: many sniff corrective fluid for a cheap, brain-melting high, and even Akash tries selling drugs to make the quick money he needs to continue his education. Eventually, though, Akash begins to find real opportunities and support. With skillfully integrated cultural details (further explained in an appended glossary and authors note) and a fully realized childs story, Schrder presents a view, sobering and inspiring, of remarkably resilient young people surviving poverty without losing themselves. Grades 4-7. --Gillian Engberg', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Princeless Volume 5: Make Yourself Part 1\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Reader's Digest Select Editions (4 Volumes)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Book 3: Two Boys, Five Girls, and Three Love Stories\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Using Research in Public Relations: Applications to Program Management\\nDescription: ['A reader-friendly guide to research methods used in public relations.', 'The first research method book specifically for pubic relations. Comprehensive research/how-to book. Contains virtually everything an aspiring researcher for PR would need to know!']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flying Witch, 1\\nDescription: ['\\\"Flying Witch emphasized that while actual magic is nice, there is ultimately magic in everything.\\\" - Anime News Network ', \\\"Very little is known about Chihiro Ishizuka. He was born and raised in Japan's far north and he broke into the comics world with Flying Witch in 2012. Ishizuka was born in Hirosaki City in Aomori Prefecture. After graduating from high school, Ishizuka would enroll in Nippon Engineering College, where he took courses in manga production.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era\\nDescription: []\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":265,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":265,"string":"265"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll\nDescription: ['ents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in Rolling Stone and other major publications.', 'Lester Bangs wrote forCreem, the Village Voice, andRolling Stone. He died on April 30, 1982.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Programming Swift: Create A Fully Function App: Learn In A Day!\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic\nDescription: ['\"Finally, the great American writer gets the book he deserves. Jim DeRogatis\\'s Let It Blurt is a personal journey through the wit and the world and the ferocious spirit of Lester Bangs...it reads like rock and roll.\" --Cameron Crowe
\"Let It Blurt tells one of the essential rock and roll stories with great affection and panache. Lester Bangs--paradigm, mystery, great writer, tragicomic presence--has been given the biography he deserves...A splendid book.\" --Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn
\"Lester Bangs lived fast, died young, and left a beautiful body of work. Jim DeRogatis, himself a gifted writer on rock and roll, knows both of Bangs\\'s worlds--the music and the journalism--and has written an elegy for one of the few critics whose work is worth reading for itself, apart from its subjects.\" --Roger Ebert
\"To those who knew him, Lester Bangs was a force of nature, \\'larger than life\\' and all such biz. For a mere book to capture the full sweep of his mind/body at speed and at rest may be too tall an order, but Let It Blurt is a welcome stab indeed at the whole Lester thing.\" --Richard Meltzer', \"Blurt is the raucous and righteous biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82)--the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. No writer on rock 'n' roll ever lived harder or wrote better--more passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electric, and more alive, in the course of which he charted and defined the aesthetics of heavy metal and punk. He was treated as a peer by such brash visionaries as Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Debbie Harry, and other luminaries.
Let It Blurt is a scrupulously researched account of Lester Bangs's fascinating (if often tawdry and unappetizing) life story, as well as a window on rock critic\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Miraculous Rescue: Entebbe\nDescription: ['The Miraclulous Rescue at Entebbe is the story of one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish people of our times, described by the New York Times as \"a legend was born\" Theo Phalieros, Illustrator', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Neverwhere: A Novel\nDescription: ['For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is the one to read ... readers can experience this spellbinding, magical world the way that Neil Gaiman wanted us to all along. (Huffington Post)
For those who have never been to Neverwhere, its time to go. For those who may have traveled once before, this new edition is calling out to you. There is more to see, hear and learn. (Suspense Magazine)', '', 'Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Frock Off: Living Undisguised\nDescription: ['', '', 'For more information on the book see the following: videos and news articles on Frock Off: Living Undisguised
Castanet.net News bit.ly/1avaaNT\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Bag of Bones\nDescription: ['New']","rejected":"Title: Murder Most Vile Volume 20: 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases (True Crime Murder Books)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Power of Myth\nDescription: ['\"The symbols of mythology and legend are all aroundus, embedded in the fabric of our daily lives, andthe Moyers-Campbell dialogues are a welcom guideto recognizing and understanding their meanings.\"-- Cincinnati Post.', 'The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the \"song of the universe, the music of the spheres.\" With Bill Moyers, one of America\\'s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaing interviewer, The Power Of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliantcombination of intelligence and wit.', '\"The symbols of mythology and legend are all around us, embedded in the fabric of our daily lives, and the Moyers-Campbell dialogues are a welcom guide to recognizing and understanding their meanings.\" -- Cincinnati Post.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: THE LUXURY OF TIME [Paperback]\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Trinities\nDescription: [\"Tosches's thriller has New York's Italian Mafia battling with Asian drug lords for control of the heroin trade. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Colbana Files Boxed Set\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer\nDescription: ['', 'Beloved Christian teacher C. S. Lewisonce again communicates deep wisdom through story.', 'Through twenty-two letters between ficticious correspondents, Lewis shares his understanding of the role of prayer in our lives and the ways in which we might better imagine our relationship with God. “We have no non-religious experiences,” he writes, “only religious and irreligious.” With his trademark warmth and wit, Lewis challenges readers to revisit the power of prayer in our everyday lives in the final book before his death.', '', 'Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.', 'Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) fue uno de los intelectuales más importantes del siglo veinte y podría decirse que fue el escritor cristiano más influyente de su tiempo. Fue profesor particular de literatura inglesa y miembro de la junta de gobierno en la Universidad Oxford hasta 1954, cuando fue nombrado profesor de literatura medieval y renacentista en la Universidad Cambridge, cargo que desempeñó hasta que se jubiló. Sus contribuciones a la crítica literaria, literatura infantil, literatura fantástica y teología popular le trajeron fama y aclamación a nivel internacional. C. S. Lewis escribió más de treinta libros, lo cual le permitió alcanzar una enorme audiencia, y sus obras aún atraen a miles de nuevos lectores cada año. Sus más distinguidas y populares obras incluyen Las Crónicas de Narnia, Los Cuatro Amores, Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino y Mero Cristianismo.']","rejected":"Title: The Bicycling Training Journal: A Daily Dose of Motivation, Training Tips, and Wisdom for Every Kind of Cyclist- From Fitness Riders to Competitive Racers\nDescription: [\"No matter how seriously or casually you're riding--whether you've sworn to lose weight, breeze through that upcoming charity ride, or, heck, to outright win a race this year (or even if you're just getting out a few times weekly to spin away stress)--you'll find great rewards in jotting a few notes about your adventures. Bill Strickland, executive editor of Bicycling magazine, from the forward to the Bicycling Training Journal \", 'The Editors of Bicycling magazine, are acknowledged worldwide as the experts on everything to do with bicycles. They have been entertaining and informing readers since 1954.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Starship Troopers\nDescription: ['', 'He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future.', \"Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time hed died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: World Radio TV Handbook WRTH: The Directory of Global Broadcasting (World Radio TV Handbook)(60th Annv. Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present\nDescription: ['Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and social activist. He was a shipyard worker and Air Force bombardier before he went to college under the GI Bill and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught at Spelman College and Boston University, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris and the University of Bologna. He has received the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, the Upton Sinclair Award, and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in Auburndale, Massachusetts.', '', '', 'COLUMBUS, THEINDIANS, ANDHUMAN PROGRESS', \"Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log:\", 'These Arawaks of the Bahama Islands were much like Indians on the mainland, who were remarkable (European observers were to say again and again) for their hospitality, their belief in sharing. These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the Renaissance, dominated as it was by the religion of popes, the government of kings, the frenzy for money that marked Western civilization and its first messenger to the Americas, Christopher Columbus.', 'Columbus wrote:', 'The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold? He had persuaded the king and queen of Spain to finance an expedition to the lands, the wealth, he expected would be on the other side of the Atlantic-the Indies and Asia, gold and spices. For, like other informed people of his time, he knew the world was round and he could sail west in order to get to the Far East.', 'Spain was recently unified, one of the new modern nation-states, like France, England, and Portugal. Its population, mostly poor peasants, worked for the nobility, who were 2 percent of the population and owned 95 percent of the land. Spain had tied itself to the Catholic Church, expelled all the Jews, driven out the Moors. Like other states of the modern world, Spain sought gold, which was becoming the new mark of wealth, more useful than land because it could buy anything.', 'There was gold in Asia, it was thought, and certainly silks and spices, for Marco Polo and others had brought back marvelous things from their overland expeditions centuries before. Now that the Turks had conquered Constantinople and the eastern Mediterranean, and controlled the land routes to Asia, a sea route was needed. Portuguese sailors were working their way around the southern tip of Africa. Spain decided to gamble on a long sail across an unknown ocean.', \"In return for bringing back gold and spices, they promisedColumbus 10 percent of the profits, governorship over new-foundlands, and the fame that would go with a new title: Admiral of the OceanSea. He was a merchant's clerk from the Italian city of Genoa, part-timeweaver (the son of a skilled weaver), and expert sailor. He set out withthree sailing ships, the largest of which was the Santa Maria, perhaps100 feet long, and thirty-nine crew members.\", 'Columbus would never have made it to Asia, which was thousands of miles farther away than he had calculated, imagining a smaller world. He would have been doomed by that great expanse of sea. But he was lucky. One-fourth of the way there he came upon an unknown, uncharted land that lay between Europe and Asia--the Americas. It was early October 1492, and thirty-three days since he and his crew had left the Canary Islands, off the Atlantic coast of Africa. Now they saw branches and sticks floating in the water. They saw flocks of birds.', 'These were signs of land. Then, on October 12, a sailor called Rodrigo saw the early morning moon shining on white sands, and cried out. It was an island in the Bahamas, the Caribbean sea. The first man to sight land was supposed to get a yearly pension of 10,000 maravedis for life, but Rodrigo never got it. Columbus claimed he had seen a light the evening before. He got the reward.', 'So, approaching land, they were met by, the Arawak Indians, who swam out to greet them. The Arawaks lived in village communes, had a developed agriculture of corn, yams, cassava. They could spin and weave, but they had no horses or work animals. They had no iron, but they wore tiny gold ornaments in their ears.', 'This was to have enormous consequences: it led Columbus to take some of them aboard ship as prisoners because he insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold. He then sailed to what is now Cuba, then to Hispaniola (the island which today consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic). There, bits of visible gold in the rivers, and a gold mask presented to Columbus by a local Indian chief, led to wild visions of gold fields.', 'On Hispaniola, out of timbers from the Santa Maria, which had run aground, Columbus built a fort, the first European military base in the Western Hemisphere. He called it Navidad (Christmas) and left thirtynine crewmembers there, with instructions to find and store the gold. He took more Indian prisoners and put them aboard his two remaining ships. At one part of the island he got into a fight with Indians who refused to trade as many bows and arrows as he and his men wanted. Two were run through with swords and bled to death. Then the Nina and the Pinta set sail for the Azores and Spain. When the weather turned cold, the Indian prisoners began to die.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Stocks: Make Money: Top 10 Simple Secrets For Penny Stocks, Investing & Stock Trading\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The DREAMS OUR STUFF IS MADE OF: HOW SCIENCE FICTION CONQUERED THE WORLD\nDescription: ['In The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, Thomas Disch does for science fiction what he did for poetry in The Castle of Indolence. First, he treats it not as a playground for idle dreamers, but as a branch of serious literature with significant cultural impact. Second, he brings the perspective of a seasoned practitioner to bear in separating the wheat from the chaff.', \"For example, if you ever wanted to know why L. Ron Hubbard managed to start a cult but Philip K. Dick didn't, Disch is your man. Beginning with Edgar Allan Poe, Disch elaborates a vision of science fiction as one of the twentieth century's most influential manifestations of America as a culture of liars. Among the frauds are the alien abduction stories of Whitley Strieber, the sadomasochistic dominance fantasies of John Norman, and the co-opting of cyberpunk by postmodern academics and avant-gardists trying to stay hip.\", \"Disch plays very few favorites, and when ideology gets in the way of good writing, it doesn't matter what side you're on. Subliterary feminist fantasies of matriarchial utopias get slammed just as hard as subliterary conservative militaristic wet dreams. Not even one of sci-fi's most beloved Grand Masters, Robert Heinlein, is unimpeachable; Disch correctly nails Heinlein on his consistent sexism and racism, as well as his gradual descent into solipsism. One of Heinlein's last novels, The Number of the Beast, is described as "the freakout to which [Heinlein]'s entitled as a good American, whose right to lie is protected by the Constitution."\", 'What does Disch like? For starters: Philip K. Dick, the British New Wave as exemplified by J. G. Ballard and Michael Moorcock, and Joe Haldeman\\'s Hugo- and Nebula-winning The Forever War, described as being "to the Vietnam War what Catch-22 was to World War II," and which he believes deserved a Pulitzer as well.', 'Disch may confirm your suspicions, or he may raise every last one of your hackles. But one thing this book will definitely not do is bore you.', 'With pungency and wit, Disch (The Castle of Indolence) explores the enormous cultural impact that SF has had over the past century, placing it in the tradition of tall tales and lying, arguing that SF \"has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form best adapted to telling the lies we like to hear and to pretend we believe.\" He argues for Edgar Allan Poe as the father of SF and devotes a chapter to what he calls \"our embarrassing ancestor,\" whose many stories anticipate themes common in later SF. Space travel, nuclear holocausts, Star Trek, drugs, sex and feminism, religion, politics, imperialism in space, and race relations are among the topics Disch trenchantly investigates in stories by many of the field\\'s best-known figures, past and present. Their admirers are likely to be uncomfortable or enraged by some of his comments, which reflect a thorough knowledge of SF both as an insider and an outsider (Disch largely ceased writing SF two decades ago) and of the wider world in which it developed. His concluding chapter, \"The Future of an Illusion?SF Beyond the Year 2000,\" offers a bleak perspective. More than half the top 10 grossing films of all time have been SF, but the economics of filmmaking dictate action-adventure and dumb plots, contends Disch. Similarly, the economics of book publishing favor undemanding series. Retailers should encourage SF buffs to buy this provocative account but should also encourage them to supplement it with two valuable companions: Brian Aldiss\\'s Trillion Year Spree (1986) and Edward James\\'s Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (1996). Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.']","rejected":"Title: Hubble Reveals Creation: By an Awe-Inspiring Power\nDescription: ['
From troubled teen to a successful entrepreneur and author, Paul Hutchins\\'s story began when, as a terrified nineteen-year-old, he found himself cowering in a passenger seat, covering his head and silently praying the rural Kentucky sheriff\\'s bullets would miss their mark and he would make it out alive. Scared for his life, the high-speed chase was the beginning of a personal life change that eventually led him to write Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power. As a teenager, he became involved with illegal drugs, petty crime, and delinquency. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur and says he\\'s fortunate to be alive. He is a recipient of the Lee County Community Development Award and has been a disaster relief volunteer.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Again, Dangerous Visions: v. 2 (Pan science fiction)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Tale of Two Titties\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times\nDescription: ['\"A powerful, politically electric book from one of the most engaging social critics in the nation.\"Jonathan Kozol
\"A history and a history maker to give us hope.\"Alice Walker
\"Zinn explains his involvement in the struggles for civil rights, against war, and in support of organized labor by citing his \\'abhorrence of any kind of bullying.\\' These are lively tales.\"Patricia O\\'Connell, The New York Times
\"Pick up this book! Start reading it! I guarantee you won\\'t stop. The most influential teacher I\\'ve ever had continues to teach us about life and humanity and hope.\"Marian Wright Edelman
\"A teacher who committed his politically engaged life to the belief that love is a command to action.Colman McCarthy,The Washington Post
\"A personal favorite. This autobiography by the great activist and historian...provides an eloquent, personal account of the struggles for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, and a universal paean to protest and resistance.\"Matthew Rothschild,The Progressive ', 'Howard Zinn (19222010) was a world-renowned historian, author, playwright, and social activist best known for A Peoples History of the United States. His many highly acclaimed books include Three Strikes (with Dana Frank and Robin D. G. Kelley).
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor in Princeton Universitys Center for African American Studies and the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: China and the Environment: The Green Revolution (Asian Arguments)\nDescription: ['', '\"This superb collection of vivid case studies gives plenty of evidence that Chinese citizens across the country are not going to sit down and do nothing while pollution slowly kills them. With detailed accounts of resistance against polluting corporations and colluding officials, this is an authentic and credible report from the great battleground of modern Chinese environmentalism - a battle over not just China\\'s air, but the air of the rest of the planet.\" - Kerry Brown, Professor and Director, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
\"For anyone interested in China, or in the environment, let alone interested in the environment movement in China, this is an invaluable book. The broad analysis is insightful, and the case studies highly instructive. And the stakes could hardly be higher: without China on board, prospects for a genuinely sustainable world disappear in a miasma of industrial pollution.\" - Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future
\"This is a lively, detailed, and eminently readable account of the struggles of Chinese environmental citizens\\' groups to carve out space for information transparency, public participation, and intellectual freedom. Beautifully written by a team of activist researchers who have themselves been intimately involved in the challenges and promise of China\\'s emerging environmental civil society, China and the Environment provides a grassroots view of the courageous efforts of China\\'s ENGOs to ameliorate the current crisis and shape China\\'s prospects for a sustainable future.\" - Judith Shapiro, American University, author of China\\'s Environmental Challenges and Mao\\'s War against Nature
\"People around the world have begun to understand the extent of China\\'s environmental crisis. But the essays in this book convey what most readers will consider genuine news: the struggle within China, by Chinese journalists, officials, and ordinary citizens to reverse the trend toward destructive development in their country. \\'China and the Environment\\' will be useful and very enlightening to reader in China and around the world.\" - James Fallows, The Atlantic, author of China Airborne
\"This is a superb and engaging book that explains how China is grappling with one of the most pressing issues facing our world today. In compelling fashion, the authors introduce us to the activists, journalists and lawyers who are fighting for cleaner air and water, and to the institutional obstacles that remain in their path. This is a must-read for anyone who has heard about an environmental protest in China and wondered not only what the real story behind it was, but also which way the story of China\\'s \"green revolution\" is heading.\" - Gady Epstein, China correspondent, The Economist
\"There have been very few stories of China over the past decade more important than the decline of the environment and the rise of civil society. The authors of this excellent collection of essays have intimate knowledge of both and they bring their expertise to the fore with lucid prose, lively description and a wealth of horrendous detail.\" - Jonathan Watts, author of When A Billion Chinese Jump ', ' ', '', '', 'Sam Geall is Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography of China at the University of Oxford and Executive Editor of chinadialogue.net. He is an editor of Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 7/10: China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability. Sam has written for many international publications including The Guardian, Foreign Policy, New Humanist, openDemocracy, Index on Censorship and Green Futures. He is a Fellow of the RSA. ', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family\nDescription: ['This is a riveting account of organized crime as a way of life. The \"wiseguy\" (mob parlance for a street-level hoodlum) is Henry Hill, 30-year veteran of a Brooklyn strong-arm branch of the Luchese crime family, who turned against and helped convict his former associates five years ago and entered the Federal Witness Protection Program. Pileggi, a crime reporter for New York writing here with Hill\\'s cooperation, does a superb job of re-creating the gangster\\'s career, from his early days as an errand boy (at 12) to racketeer Paulie Vario in Brooklyn\\'s BrownsvilleEast New York section, to his pivotal roles in a Boston College point-shaving scandal and the $6-million Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport in 1978. Hill\\'s story becomes an extraordinary vantage on a demimonde that lives a high, violent, score-to-score life in which car theft, hijacking-to-order, credit-card scams, cigarette smuggling, and other hustles and schemes are as workaday as 9-to-5 at the office. Literary Guild featured alternate. Foreign rights: Sterling Lord. January 30 Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s Henry Hill aspired \"to be a gangsterto be a wise guy.\" This book chronicles Hill\\'s criminal successes beginning with his being a gofer for neighborhood mobster to his part in the 1978 $6-million Lufthansa Airlines robbery. Smuggling, hijacking, union racketeering, credit card fraud, robbery, bribery, drug dealing, prison, marriage, and assorted girlfriends take up most of Hill\\'s time and this story. The author may have faithfully portrayed his subject but neither Hill nor any of his activities provokes much interest. The result is a plodding, episodic account which would have made a better magazine article than book. Hill\\'s career ends with his becoming the ultimate wise guy as an informer under the Federal Witness Program. Jerry Maioli, Western Library Network, Olympia, Wash. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Watch & Guess\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman: The Classic Story\nDescription: ['\"My soul would be an outlaw,\" begins the storyteller in this short tale of the timeless war between Conformity and Rebellion, in the guise of the Master Timekeeper (a.k.a. the Ticktockman) and the renegade Harlequin. In a completely regulated society, where being a minute late here and there shortens your life accordingly, the Ticktockman is king; Harlequin is the jellybean joker who wants to knock him from his perch. Rick Berry\\'s dark, lush illustrations magnify the force of a story that reminds readers of the best parts of George Orwell\\'s 1984 or Terry Gilliam\\'s Brazil.', '\"The categories are too small to describe Ellison. Lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, moralist, purveyor of pure horror and black comedy; he is all of these and more.\" The San Francisco Chronicle \"[Harlan Ellison] is a phenomenon, sui generis.\" Digby Diehl, Playboy \"Jealous artists might want to, but no one paints with confidence and excitement like Rick Berry.\" Locus -- San Francisco Chronicle,Locus', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hand Knits for the Home\nDescription: ['Showing how to knit using a clear step by step approach, with comprehensive instructions and photographs, this book encourages creativity and includes 20 elegant and decorative projects for the home, from blankets and throws to cushions and table runners. Each project become s progressively more advanced, using increasingly more complex stitches and patterns making the process an enjoyable learning experience. Both comprehensive and creative, this book works from scratch to bring together all the ingredients - yarn style, colour, texture, and pattern as well as finishing details such as edging and fastenings to make knitting a versatile and creative skill for producing beautiful accessories for the home.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman : The Classic Story (Signed, Limited Edition)\nDescription: ['Though it is two years late, this oversized (9\"x13\"), illustrated 30th anniversary edition is a fitting tribute to a funny and touching masterwork.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hombres desnudos (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The grapes of wrath (Penguin modern classics)\nDescription: ['John Steinbeck (1902 1968) remains one of the quintessential writers of American literature. Born in Salinas, California, Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception. Steinbeck wrote over twenty-five novels during his lifetime. ']","rejected":"Title: Washington, D.C.: A Scrapbook\nDescription: [\"Grade 2-6-In a lively scrapbook-style format, an African-American student records a class trip from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Danny arrives via Amtrak at Union Station and tours the city with three friends. The illustrations are an attractive collage of watercolor drawings and color photographs. The page that describes the city's subway system shows an actual fare card and Metro map. Famous landmarks such as the White House, the Capitol building, the Air and Space Museum, and the National Zoo are featured with interesting captions that might be enlightening even to native Washingtonians. An informal appendix containing, among other things, a D.C. time line, a discussion of U.S. government, and a map of the National Mall, does a good job of supplementing the facts and trivia presented in the body of the text. A list of cultural sites does not include the new Roosevelt Memorial, unfortunately dating the book a little at the onset. The last page lists books, Web sites, and bureaus to contact for further information. This book will intrigue students preparing for a trip or gathering facts for a report. The format is far more engaging than the traditional nonfiction book on a geographic location. Jackie Hechtkopf, University of Maryland, College Park Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'With the huge numbers of families that visit D.C. every year, this will have a long life. And with so many teachers using the scrapbook and journal format for teaching creative writing, the format will also have great appeal as a travel diary. - J.F.S. -- Kids Pick of the Lists, Bookselling This Week, October 11, 1999', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Imagine (Easy Piano, Sheet Music)\nDescription: ['Easy Piano Sheet Music Single.']","rejected":"Title: Boats and Ships (Voyages of Discovery)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fight Club\nDescription: [\"Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything. Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter and dark, anarchic genius. And it's only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty Year Friendship\nDescription: [\"As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth different states, yet they managed to maintain an extraordinary friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, the death of a child, and the mysterious death of the eleventh member of their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life's challenges, and the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds.\\n\\nThe girls, now in their forties, have a lifetime of memories in common, some evocative of their generation and some that will resonate with any woman who has ever had a friend. The Girls from Ames demonstrates how close female relationships can shape every aspect of women's lives-their sense of themselves, their choice of men, their need for validation, their relationships with their mothers, their dreams for their daughters-and reveals how such friendships thrive, rewarding those who have committed to them. With both universal events and deeply personal moments, it's a book that every woman will relate to and be inspired by.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Street Lawyer\nDescription: ['\"No one does it better than Grisham. This latest novel is as unputdownable as ever.\" * Daily Telegraph * \"Fluent and fascinating. Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure -- and the clout to be able to say it to an audience of millions.\" * Independent * \"Compelling... Grisham is more adept at getting the reader to turn the page than almost any writer working today.\" * Daily Mail *', 'John Grisham is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virgina and Mississippi. His website is www.johngrisham.co.uk', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Imgenes, Enhanced Edition (World Languages)\nDescription: ['Debbie Rusch has been the coordinator of Elementary Spanish at Boston College since 1990. She is the author of IMGENES, CLARO QUE Si!, ANMATE, FUENTES: CONVERSACIN Y GRAMTICA, and EN PAREJAS 1, 2, 3 Y 4. At Boston College she has taught pedagogy courses. She has been an instructor of Spanish for more than 35 years and has also taught English as a Foreign Language in Spain, where she lived for more than six years. She is a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences and conducts workshops for school districts.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hearts in Atlantis\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Woman's Inhumanity to Woman\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Modern Classics Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)\nDescription: ['Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.']","rejected":"Title: Circling The Shadows (Sunshine and Moonlight) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"When I was 12 my best friend's Mom found her half of our smutty stories folded into tiny triangles between her mattress and her box spring. I burned my half. That was the first fire I ever made. I seem unable to stop making fires. They keyboard started to smolder just before Valentines Day of 2014. Just to be clear, regarding romance my philosophy is this... show your love 364 days a year, but on Valentine's Day, go shoot hoops. I'd rather have an oil change than a dozen roses. Romance for me is much deeper than petals. It hits the breath and the heart and feels a lot like a panic attack. I am a DC-area fiction writer. Circling The Shadows is the first in a four book series called Sunshine and Moonlight. I love words, music, bourbon and beach. Writing is my greatest passion... well almost.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Elektra: Assassin\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Lost Love Found (Skye O'Malley)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Big Sur\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Nozzlehead's Big Adventure (Nozzlehead Adventure Series)\nDescription: ['TJ Spencer is the author of the Nozzlehead Adventure Series Children\\'s Books including Nozzlehead\\'s Big Adventure (2013), Nozzlehead\\'s Adventure \"Helping Hands\" (2013) Nozzlehead\\'s \"5 Alarm Fire\" (2014) and many more. TJ became active as a member of the National Ski Patrol, studied at Northwest Community College, became an EMT and joined the Fire Department in 1989 and currently serves as a Professional Firefighter. He has collaborated with authors, educators, counselors, agents, editors, and literary professionals in the creation of Nozzlehead Books.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: On Writing\nDescription: [\"Find out what books and films influenced the young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie. For the first time, here's an intimate autobiographical portrait of his home life, his family and his traumatic recent accident. Citing examples of his work and those of his contemporaries, King gives an excellent masterclass on writing - how to use the tools of the trade from building characters to pace and plotting as well as practical advice on presentation. And King tells readers how he got to be a No. 1 bestseller for a quarter of a century with fascinating descriptions of his own process, the origins and development of, e.g. Carrie and Misery.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Magic of Time\nDescription: ['THE MAGIC OF TIME, a debut novel by Patricia Grace Joyce; is a well-researched and entertaining time-travel mystery romance, transporting our tormented heroine, Graziella Fortuna from present-day Los Angeles to a past life in nineteenth century London, England. Brilliantly plotted, colorfully written, vividly imagined, it is a riveting tale of the paranormal, embracing the universal challenge of love vs. fear. ----nancymills@thespritedwoman.com
The Magic of Time is a must read for everyone. A tale of tragic, epic, and metaphysical tale-telling! Patricia Joyce takes us from the present-day world of Los Angeles to the 19th century ton, where the rich are as deeply entrenched in mystery, passion, and the chain reaction events that truly do follow us into other lifetimes. This book has everything you would want in a story! It captures you from page one and it doesn t let go! I loved it. --Vicki Monroe, Spirit Messenger, Psychic Medium, CSI Investigator, Author', 'The Magic of Time is provocative, intelligent, and whimsical...a well-researched and highly-entertaining time travel mystery romance. In this first novel of a four book series, Patricia Joyce has woven an intricate tale, transporting our tormented heroine, Graziella Fortuna, from present day Los Angeles to a past life in London, an amazing journey of the soul from a life of acclaim and success to a life of desire, accusation, seduction, deceit, and murder. Brilliantly plotted, colorfully written, vividly imagined, The Magic of Time is a riveting tale of the paranormal, that embraces the universal challenge of love versus fear.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Psychic Biker meets The Extreme Ghost Hunter\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Mirrors\nDescription: ['MINOR STICKER RESIDUE ON COVER. NO WRITING OR MARKS ON PAGES.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cannery Row\nDescription: ['“Steinbeck has compounded a bitter and uproariously funny commentary on the futility of human aspiration and the barrenness of existence . . . an extraordinary mixture of wild laughter and searing pain.”  — The New York Herald Tribune
“It’s one of the most thoroughly enjoyable and delicious books you’ll ever have the fortune to read.”  —Chicago Sun Times
“Everything is always somehow overlaid with laughter, the special kind of laughter and contentment with one’s lot, however humble, that only John Steinbeck can put into words. . . . John Steinbeck sees his characters with deep compassion as well as amusement.”  —Chicago Sunday Tribune', 'John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel, Cup of Gold (1929).', 'After marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books, The Pastures of Heaven (1932) and To a God Unknown (1933), and worked on short stories later collected in The Long Valley (1938). Popular success and financial security came only with Tortilla Flat (1935), stories about Monterey’s paisanos. A ceaseless experimenter throughout his career, Steinbeck changed courses regularly. Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class: In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and the book considered by many his finest, The Grapes of Wrath (1939). The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.', 'Early in the 1940s, Steinbeck became a filmmaker with The Forgotten Village (1941) and a serious student of marine biology with Sea of Cortez (1941). He devoted his services to the war, writing Bombs Away (1942) and the controversial play-novelette The Moon is Down (1942). Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1948), another experimental drama, Burning Bright (1950), and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) preceded publication of the monumental East of Eden (1952), an ambitious saga of the Salinas Valley and his own family’s history.', 'The last decades of his life were spent in New York City and Sag Harbor with his third wife, with whom he traveled widely. Later books include Sweet Thursday (1954), The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957), Once There Was a War (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962), America and Americans (1966), and the posthumously published Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969), Viva Zapata! (1975), The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976), and Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989).', \"Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968. Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.\"]","rejected":"Title: The Daddy Catch\nDescription: [\"
Nominated for the RT Reviewers, National Readers' Choice and Booksellers' Best Awards, Leigh Duncan has written eight Harlequin American Romances. The Ranchers Lullaby(May 2015) concludes her latest Glades County Cowboys series. Sign up for Leigh's newsletter at leighduncan.comorLeighDuncanBooks.\", '\"I brought ya some coffee, boss.\" Sam, On The Fly\\'s manager, placed a sturdy cardboard cup on the edge of Jess Cofer\\'s desk. \"You got a few minutes before we open up?\"', '\"Sure.\" Jess swallowed back a grimace. An employee who wanted to chat before the first customer walked in could only mean her day was rolling further downhill. A shame, because she usually looked forward to Saturday. Most of the time, it meant heading out the door with a fly rod in her hand and a client at her side, but not today. Instead, a last-minute cancellation had forced her to take a hard look at the store\\'s books. She glanced at the tally beneath the expense column and exhaled slowly. Merritt Island\\'s premier fly fishing shop was in trouble.', \"What would Sam do if he learned the shop's bottom line had taken on water and was headed for the riverbed? Would he quit? Without her most valued employee to run interference with their wealthier, more demanding clientele, she didn't know what she'd do. Bail, probably. She mustered a wary smile for the man in the doorway.\", '\"What\\'s up?\" A handful of unruly curls fell across her face. She brushed them aside.', \"Sam leaned against the doorjamb. He tapped a rolled-up newspaper against his palm. When he didn't speak, Jess nodded to the paper.\", '\"Any good news in there?\" she asked.', 'The lines around Sam\\'s watery blue eyes deepened. \"Prices are up and income is down. Same as usual,\" he humphed. His voice dropped until Jess could scarcely hear him.', '\"And old man Phelps died,\" he murmured. \"The paper says he was eighty-six.\"', \"Jess slowly settled her red pen on top of her scarred oak desk. The coffee she'd sipped rolled uneasily in her stomach.\", '\"Henry Phelps?\"', \"At Sam's nod, she blinked back a mist of tears and rummaged through the desk drawer for a pack of Kleenex. It lay beneath a hank of ginger bucktail left over from a recent fly tying session. She tugged out a tissue and dabbed her eyes.\", '\"Aw, I shoulda broke the news better.\" Floorboards creaked as Sam shifted his weight. He shot a hopeful glance toward the display room. \"Want me to leave ya alone, boss?\"', 'Jess shook her head. \"No, I\\'ll be all right.\" Henry had been their first client, and after Tom died, it\\'d been the Florida native\\'s idea to preserve Phelps Cove as a memorial to her late husband. They had worked together on the project until the elderly man\\'s stroke two months ago, but even that hadn\\'t dimmed his dream. They had talked about it when she\\'d dropped by the hospital last week. Now, Phelps Cove would make a fitting legacy for both Tom and Henry.', 'The thought settled her stomach, and Jess managed a wobbly smile.', '\"Henry was a good man. When\\'s the funeral?\"', 'Sam shrugged. \"Too early for an obit, but there\\'s a nice write-up on the front page.\" He unfurled the paper and pointed with a calloused finger. \"All about how he made his fortune. Talks a little bit about Phelps Cove and his involvement with Protect Our Environment.\" He looked down, refusing to meet her eyes. \"What\\'s the latest on that?\"', 'The question threatened to send her stomach back into free fall, but Jess caught herself. At 2.5 million dollars for one hundred acres of prime riverfront, not even the state of Florida would be foolish enough to botch the deal. She shook her head, remembering the time a reporter had shoved a microphone at Henry and demanded he explain his motives for selling the land so far below its market value.', '\"How much money does a body need in one lifetime?\" Henry had shot back. \"I already got me a fortune. This is my chance at history. Phelps Cove\\'ll be here long after I\\'m gone.\"', \"And now he was. Gone. Jess's shoulders slumped in a world that felt a little emptier.\", 'At a restless sound from the doorway, she straightened. The funding approval was practically a rubber stamp, according to her counterpart in POE, and he should know. The organization was tasked with establishing protected habitats on state-owned land. She aimed a thumb at a poster on the wall behind her.', '\"Henry always said our great-grandkids should see what Florida looked like before the moon race and theme parks brought in tourism.\"', '\"That niece o\\' his might have different plans,\" Sam suggested.', 'She had nearly forgotten about the woman who, according to Henry, rarely ventured out of New York.', '\"Estelle does prefer life in the big city,\" she mused. \"Henry gave me her number when he flew up for her oldest\\'s graduation. I think it\\'s still in my address book. Let me call her. See where things stand.\"', 'When Sam took that as his cue to escape, Jess wished she could go with him. Henry had referred to his niece as \"distant\" and \"self-serving,\" and Jess was pretty sure she wouldn\\'t like talking to the woman any more than she enjoyed running a business that catered to people who had more money than sense. For the umpteenth time that month, she wondered why she bothered.', \"Her gaze drifted from the bills and receipts scattered across her desk to her favorite fly rod, propped in the corner of the tiny office. For the first time since she'd arrived at work that morning, she smiled. Tomorrow was Sunday, the one day of the week On The Fly's doors remained closed. A day when she could take her favorite fishing buddy on an excursion to Phelps Cove in honor of two special men, his dad and their old friend. Her smile deepened as she picked up the phone.\", \"A rising tide salted the air. Beyond white sand dunes, the surf roared against the shore. Dan Hamilton eyed the bunched shoulders of the figure ahead of him on the coquina walkway and wondered why the other man was so tense. Dan thought he should be the nervous one. This was, after all, his first night of cards with the big dogs of Brevard County's medical society. The occasion prompted a critical self-appraisal and, on the short walk to the converted guesthouse, Dan did just that.\", \"Manners so well rehearsed anyone would think he'd learned them on his mother's knee? Check. Bland, Midwestern accent slathered over his native Southern drawl like mayonnaise on a baloney sandwich? Check. The\", \"same understated labels his peers at the poker table were sure to wear? Got 'em.\", \"Satisfied he had ticked off every item with the same careful attention he gave the operating room each time he picked up a scalpel, Dan straightened his shoulders as Bryce Jones III beckoned him into a masculine lair of leather and dark wood. Behind them, the door closed with a swish and a snick, locking out the bright sunshine of a January afternoon on Florida's east coast. Bryce crossed immediately to a bar so well-stocked it deserved its own liquor license. Crystal glasses clinked softly as they settled onto polished wood while Dan fought the urge to wrinkle his nose at the nutty scent of old cigars that drifted in the chilly air.\", '\"Take a look. I think you\\'ll be impressed.\"', \"Bryce nodded toward walls peppered with land maps and architectural drawings. On a corner table, beneath spotlights, scale-model buildings and statuary were staggered down a slope to a mock river's edge. A tiny sign read The Aegean.\", '\"You throwing in the towel and moving to Greece?\" Dan asked. Not that he believed for a minute the plastic surgeon would walk away from his high-profile client list.', '\"Me?\" Bryce chuckled and poured Scotch without asking Dan\\'s preference. \"Nah. You ever been there?\"', '\"No. Not yet.\" Accepting the glass he was handed, Dan shook his head. He\\'d barely paid off his school loans and started planning for the future. Ten years of post-grad training among the skilled hands and sharp minds at the University of Florida had put him on the fast track to becoming the best thoracic surgeon in the county, maybe in the state. Once he nailed that recognition, he\\'d have the clout to achieve his most important goal. After that, there\\'d be time and money for travel, a hobby. Maybe even a date or two.', 'Bryce gestured to a painting of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.', '\"You\\'d love Greece. The islands are peaceful. Private. Exactly the atmosphere my more refined patients expect. Jack and Iyou know him, don\\'t you?\"', \"He nodded. Jack Tillman was another plastic surgeon whose family roots ran oak-tree deep. Dan's own were tenacious and hardy, but thanks to the father he'd never met, they were shallow as crabgrass.\", 'Bryce continued. \"We want to bring a bit of Greece to our own corner of the universe. There are a thousand cosmetic surgical centers, but ours will offer world-class facilities in tropical seclusion. Deep water access from the Intercoastal Waterway means our patients can recuperate aboard their own yachts.\" He righted a tiny boat. \"Or in one of our cottages. Think of the advantagesno airport hassles, no paparazzi. Just sail south and return looking refreshed and rested after a little touch-up.\"', \"At the hint of unexpected possibilities, Dan's chest tightened the way it did on those rare occasions when things in the operating room took an unexpected turn. Thankful his host couldn't see the reaction, he focused on his glass of single malt and took a sip.\", '\"Interesting,\" he said, leaving Bryce to interpret the remark.', 'The other man tipped his glass to the arrangement of buildings. \"We invited a few friends to investMark, Foreman, Chase. Do you know Chase? He\\'s a thoracic surgeon, like you.\"', 'Not exactly like me. Chase spent more time on the golf course than he did in surgery.', '\"Not well,\" Dan admitted. In fact, he rarely saw any of Bryce\\'s circle outside the hospital or fundraisers. Tonight\\'s poker party had marked a change in that status, but if he was reading the other doctor correctly, a lot more than cards were on the table.', '\"They\\'ll all be here tonight.\" Bryce\\'s focus drifted to the far corner where stacks of chips stood waiting on a green-felted table. \"I found the perfect spot on north Merritt Island. It\\'s raw and undeveloped, except for an abandoned orange grove.\"...', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Of Mice and Men\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Prague: The Buildings of Europe\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Motherless Brooklyn\nDescription: ['\"The best novel of the year. . . . Utterly original and deeply moving.\" --Esquire
\"Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora.\" --Newsweek
\"Finding out whodunit is interesting enough, but it\\'s more fun watching Lethem unravel the mysteries of his Tourettic creation. In this case, it takes one trenchant wordsmith to know another.\" --Time
\"Immerses us in the mind\\'s dense thicket, a place where words split and twine in an ever-deepening tangle.\" --The New York Times Book Review
\"Who but Jonathan Lethem would attempt a half-satirical cross between a literary novel and a hard-boiled crime story narrated by an amateur detective with Tourette\\'s syndrome?...The dialogue crackles with caustic hilarity...Jonathan Lethem is a verbal performance artisit...Unexpectedly moving.\" --The Boston Globe
\"With one unique and well-imagined character, Jonathan Lethem has turned a genre on its ear. He doesn\\'t just push the envelope, he gives it a swift kick... A tour de force.\" --The Denver Post
\"Wonderfully inventive, slightly absurdist... [Motherless Brooklyn] is funny and sly, clever, compelling, and endearing.\" --USA Today', \"From America's most inventive novelist, Jonathan Lethem, comes this compelling and compulsive riff on the classic detective novel. Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and rip apart our language in startling and original ways. Together with three veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cum detective agency. Life without Frank Minna, the charismatic King of Brooklyn, would be unimaginable, so who cares if the tasks he sets them are, well, not exactly legal. But when Frank is fatally stabbed, one of Lionel's colleagues lands in jail, the other two vie for his position, and the victim's widow skips town. Lionel's world is suddenly topsy-turvy, and this outcast who has trouble even conversing attempts to untangle the threads of the case while trying to keep the words straight in his head. Motherless Brooklyn is a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Uprising USA\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Bonfire of the Vanities\nDescription: ['', \"A big, bitter, funny, craftily plotted book that grabs you by the lapels and won't let you go. The New York Times Book Review\", \"The Bonfire of the Vanities chronicles the collapse of a Wall Street bond trader, and examines a world in which fortunes are made and lost at the blink of a computer screen. . . . Wolfe's subject couldn't be more topical: New Yorkers' relentless pursuit and flaunting of wealth, and the fury it evokes in the have-nots. USA Today\", 'A superb human comedy and the first novel ever to get contemporary New York, in all its arrogance and shame and heterogeneity and insularity, exactly right. The Washington Post Book World', 'A page-turner . . . Brilliant high comedy. The New Republic', 'More than a tour de force. Time', '', 'Tom Wolfe\\'s modern American satire tells the story of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street \"Master of the Universe\" who has it all -- a Park Avenue apartment, a job that brings wealth, power and prestige, a beautiful wife, an even more beautiful mistress. Suddenly, one wrong turn makes it all go wrong, and Sherman spirals downward in a sudden fall from grace that sucks him into the ravenous heart of a New York City gone mad during the go-go, racially turbulent, socially hilarious 1980s.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11, Top Journalists Speak Out\nDescription: ['Borjesson, an award-winning investigative reporter turned media critic, gathers an impressive list of journalists in what purports to be \"an oral account of the current era of crisis,\" but the author is less interested in her group\\'s answers than whether they agree with her premises: the Bush administration is evil, the American media are largely complicit, and the American public is idiotic. Throughout, Borjesson focuses on botched coverage leading up to the war in Iraq. Her \"questions,\" some amounting to an entire paragraph, others more statement than inquiry, rankle some subjects and motivate others. Ted Koppel bristles at Borjesson\\'s sweeping judgments, while New York Times writer-economist Paul Krugman follows the author\\'s lead almost to the edge of reason. Other times, Borjesson doesn\\'t even listen to her subjects\\' answers; upon hearing Washington Post special projects reporter Barton Gellman give a thoughtful argument for reconstruction stories (\"journalism after the fact\") as a valuable way to explain how things happened, including the Bush administration\\'s successful campaign for war, Borjesson smugly rejects the notion: \"But you understand how presenting this evidence after the war instead of while the case for war is being made is totally moot.\" Flawed, yes. Totally moot, no. And Gellman, for anyone who cares to pay attention, impressively explains the difference. In fact, this book is full of such insightful commentary. Just skip the questions. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"American media has garnered severe criticism, particularly abroad, for failing to more vigorously question the Bush administration's insistence on going to war against Iraq. In this collection of interviews with 21 journalists, Borjesson offers a penetrating look at how top reporters regard the efforts by themselves and their colleagues to cover the war and the efforts of the administration to conceal or obfuscate their policy on Iraq. Ted Koppel, anchor of Nightline, known for asking tough questions, asserts that he has never been censored, while White House correspondent Helen Thomas laments the pressure on reporters not to appear unpatriotic by questioning the motives for the war and how she has become persona non grata with the administration. Among others interviewed are author Ron Suskind, Washington Post reporter Anthony Shadid, historian-blogger Juan Cole, former New York Times correspondent Christopher Hedges, NPR's Deborah Amos, and Knight Ridder correspondent Hannah Allam. Editor of the highly acclaimedInto the Buzzsaw (2002), Borjesson once again shines a penetrating light on the failures and virtues of American journalists at this crucial time. Vanessa Bush Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: High Fidelity\nDescription: [\"Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Till Human Voices Wake Us\nDescription: ['Author of the popular Indigo series, Alan Brooks lives in Woodstock, NY with his wife and daughter. He writes books and screenplays and is currently developing a series of comic pieces for the stage.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Princess of Mars (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['Might it really be possible—in fact and not fancy—to venture with John Carter to the Kingdom of Helium on the planet Mars? (Carl Sagan)', 'Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero. ', \"John Seelye is a graduate research professor of American literature at the University of Florida. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain at the Movies, Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Literature, Beautiful Machine: Rivers and the Early Republic, Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock, and War Games: Richard Harding Davis and the New Imperialism. He is also the consulting editor for Penguin Classics in American literature.\"]","rejected":"Title: Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts\nDescription: [\"Scott Allen Nollen is the audiovisual archivist at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. He is also the author of twelve books on the history of film, literature and music, including McFarland's The Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy (1989) and Robert Louis Stevenson: Life, Literature and the Silver Screen (1994). He lives in Iowa City.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: John Carter of Mars (Barsoom Series, #11)\nDescription: ['Includes John Carter and the Giant of Mars; Skeleton Men of Jupiter']","rejected":"Title: ADHD Without Drugs - A Guide to the Natural Care of Children with ADHD ~ By One of America's Leading Integrative Pediatricians\nDescription: ['Dr. Newmark has finally crafted the book that I have long been wishing for: a wonderful self-help guide for parents looking for a thoughtful and sciencebased natural approach to treating ADHD. This integrative/holistic style reduces or eliminates the need for stimulant medications and offers sound advice about diet, sleep, nutrients, herbs and other key modalities. The book radiates a balanced wisdom that comes so rarely from practicing physicians today. --Scott Shannon, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; author of Please Don t Label My Child; editor of Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health<br \\\\><br \\\\>If I had one book to read about ADHD, this is it. It is well-written, practical and filled with the uncommonly good common sense of an experienced and compassionate clinician with fair-minded and rigorous reviews of the state of the science. --Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH; Director, Center for Integrative Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, Social Science Health Policy, and Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center<br \\\\><br \\\\>Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. --Timothy Culbert, MD, FAAP, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrician; Medical Director of Integrative Medicine Program at Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
If I had one book to read about ADHD, this is it. It is well-written, practical and filled with the uncommonly good common sense of an experienced and compassionate clinician with fair-minded and rigorous reviews of the state of the science. --Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH; Director, Center for Integrative Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, Social Science Health Policy, and Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. --Timothy Culbert, MD, FAAP, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrician; Medical Director of Integrative Medicine Program at Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota', 'Sanford Newmark, MD, is a physician with 23 years of experience in pediatrics. He received his medical degree in 1984 from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and three years later completed his pediatrics residency there. For the next 14 years, Dr. Newmark practiced general pediatrics but took special interest in behavioral problems such as ADHD and autism. In 2000, he graduated from the two-year fellowship program in integrative medicine at the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, which was founded by and continues to be led by Dr. AndrewWeil. Dr. Newmark was the first graduate from this program to practice general pediatrics and is now part of the program faculty. For five years, he was Director of the Center for Pediatric IntegrativeMedicine, a Tucson, AZ, clinic for children with a wide variety of medical issues. In 2009 he relocated to California to join Whole Child Wellness, an integrative pediatrics practice near San Francisco. Dr. Newmark lectures frequently on ADHD, autism, and integrative medicine, and has contributed three chapters to academic integrative medicine textbooks. Dr. Newmark has been married to his wife, Linda, a psychologist, for 36 years. They have two children.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong\nDescription: ['Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship', 'Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past. In ten powerful chapters, Loewen reveals that:', '', \"From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring to it the vitality and relevance it truly possesses.\", \"James W. Loewen is the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Lies Across America. He is a regular contributor to the History Channel's History magazine and is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont. He resides in Washington, D.C.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Miracles & Healing Made Easy: Inspiring Stories of Faith\nDescription: ['Carlie Terradez was born and raised in the UK and moved to the USA after graduating from Charis Bible College in 2008 with her husband Ashley. Serving the Lord has always been a focal point of their marriage and has led them through a variety of ministry positions over the past decade and to later being ordained with Andrew Wommack Ministries. They have three wonderful children, Zachary, Joshua, and Hannah, and it is through them that they have seen the miraculous power of God at work. Carlie and Hannah have both received healing from life-threatening conditions. Healing has naturally become a huge part of their journey as a family and something that Carlie is passionate about imparting to others.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Bless This Nest 2018 12 x 12 Inch Monthly Square Wall Calendar by Hopper Studios, Chalkboard Style Art Artwork\nDescription: ['BrownTrout Publishers, Inc. is an independent publishing company founded in 1986 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. Specializing in high-quality printed products utilizing recycled paper and eco-friendly soy-based inks. BrownTrout is the largest creator and distributor of calendars and seasonal products worldwide. Our products are available at the finest retailers. Visit our website, browntrout.com, for more details about our company and the wide and varied range of items we offer.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Swords Of Mars (Barsoom Series, No. 8)\nDescription: ['This is #8 in the complete Martian Classic Series.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Introductory Circuit Analysis\nDescription: ['This book is an international version of Introductory Circuit Analysis 12th Edition']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend\nDescription: [\"?Explosive and entertaining.?--Vanity Fair?Absorbing?a terrific read.?--People?[A] clear, sober account?if you loved the Who, you will appreciate this book.?--The Washington Post Book World?A monumental, fascinating, and highly readable portrait of rock's most flamboyant stickman. I knew Keith's drumming; now I know the rest.?--Max Weinberg?Dauntingly detailed, definitive?Fletcher clearly has done his homework. He points out so many subtleties in Moon's drumming that it's hard to imagine anything left for other journalists to say.?--Newark Star-Ledger?A major biography?Fletcher has written what will surely stand as the definitive word on one of the century's most colorful entertainers. Highly recommended.? --Library Journal?Essential tour-bus reading.? --USA Today Online?A great rock biography?an admirable piece of research, and a damn entertaining read.?--The Austin Chronicle?Fascinating?Fletcher [is] a lively storyteller with a keen ear for music?Moon manages to capture'often hilariously'the lunatic antics that earned Moon his nickname yet never fails to take him seriously as an artist.?--Entertainment Weekly?Brings [Keith Moon] into focus in greater detail than ever before, and the effect is at once awe-inspiring and horrifying.?--Gear?Entertaining?A coherent and organized account of a subject that is anything but.?--The Tampa Tribune-Times?An extremely rich, finely-observed portrait not only of the man himself but of the Who?Every rock fan'and certainly every Who fan'should own MOON.?--Fort Worth Star-Telegram?Wonderful?highly readable?full of hilarious stories but never ignores the fact that Moon's energetic drumming is what made the Who so distinctive.?--BakersfieldCalifornian?Insightful?an energizing, affectionate book.?--Palm Beach (FL) Meredian\", '', 'The Whos Keith Moon was the bad boy of rock & roll. Alongside Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle, Moon was the most manic member of an aggressive and fabulously successful band, a full-throttle hedonist who lived at the center of an unending party. He was also a musical genius who inspired whole generations of artists, a generous friend to nearly everyone who crossed his path, and a guileless man of immense personal charm to whom the sweetest sound on earth was surf music.', 'Decades after his death, Moon is still revered as the greatest drummer in rock history and the wildest personality in an age of pop excess. Venerated music journalist Tony Fletcher interviewed dozens of Moons friends, family, and peersincluding John Entwistle, Ginger Baker, Jeff Beck, Ann-Margret, and Alice Cooperto find the truth behind the legend. The result is one of the greatest rock biographies ever written. 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\"[A] charming satire.\"—New York Times Book Review, Paperback Row 
\"Courtney Maum\\'s exuberant new novel sends up the world of techie consumerism....[Her] writing is easy, eager and colloquial. . . . [She] shines when she writes about creativity, the slow burn and then sudden rush of ideas....Good writing about creativity is rare. Maum captures that fragile, gratifying, urgent process.\"—New York Times Book Review   “Irresistible. . . It’s impressive that Ms. Maum has managed to make a return to old-fashioned family values—and even commonplace acts of physical intimacy—seem daring and subversive. Maybe it will beckon a trend.”—Wall Street Journal “A sharp, poignant take on our digitally dependent lives.”—Marie Claire
\"Touch is an interesting take on what life would be like if we just put down our phones and stepped away from the computer. Maum reminds us to not forget about those who are living and breathing right around us. Because a loving hug, tight squeeze, or simple touch is so much more fulfilling than a text.\"—Associated Press
“Sweet and funny. . . A sharp yet feeling satire, Touch bristles with insights into the longing for warm, messy, inefficient, and imperfect human life buried in our increasingly streamlined, disembodied now.”—Interview
“Maum\\'s takedown of our screen-addicted culture is funny and wise. It\\'s perfect for vacation because it\\'s breezy but not shallow. You can read it in a day and think, That was fun, and I feel better about the world.”—HGTV Magazine
“A satirical but sincere look at our thirst for ‘in-personism.’”—Departures
\"Touch is an of the moment satire you should not miss.”—Domino
“Tech forecasting takes center stage in a diverting new novel.”—Time
“[A] sharp, funny satire . . . Maum has a lot of fun poking fun at our tech- and self-obsessed lives, but she also offers a compassionate plea for the importance of family, real human interaction and empathy.”—Miami Herald
“It’s fiction, but you’ll never look at your devices the same.”—Glamour
“Courtney Maum has seen the future. . . . Delightfully strange.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram', 'Courtney Maum is the author of the novels Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, and the chapbook “Notes from Mexico.” She has been published in outlets such as the New York Times; Tin House; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Buzzfeed; and has worked as a trend forecaster, a fashion publicist, and a party promoter for Corona Extra in the past. She currently works as a makeup shade and product namer from her home in Litchfield County, CT where she founded the interdisciplinary retreat The Cabins.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Shawshank Redemption (Penguin Audiobooks)\nDescription: [\"When two giants team-up, power follows. King needs no introduction, and Library Journal calls Muller the first superstar of audio. In this program Muller tells King's earthy story of perseverance in Shawshank Prison in raw, gutteral tones. Harsh though the story is, the delivery carries the intimacy of a friend talking to the listener from the passenger seat. While the reading was so riveting I couldn't turn it off, there were times when it was so brutal I had to stop the tape. Muller's flawless reading enriches King's powerful story, providing a superlative audio program. D.W.K. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Into the West\nDescription: ['Julie has been many things over the last few years, from college student, to bookstore clerk and an over the road trucker. Shes worked as a 911 dispatcher and in computer tech support, but through it all shes been a writer and when shes not out riding horses, she can usually be found sitting in front of her computer. She lives in Colorado with her three cats, her vampire-hunting dog Kira, her new horse and Traveler-in training, Triska, and her Irish Sailor.She is the author of many Vampire and Ghost-Hunting Dog stories and the young adult fantasy series Tales of the Travelers. Shes a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Dog Writers of America Association and the editor for Steampunk Trails fiction magazine.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Talisman\nDescription: ['is the story of a young and courageous boy searching for the talisman, the one thing that will save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menancing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape, in a novel. as extraordinary and as unforgettable as Lord of the Rings.']","rejected":"Title: Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: The Origins of Psychopathology\nDescription: ['\"This superb book covers the evolutionary underpinnings and basis of psychotherapy...a significant contribution to psychiatry and should be essential reading for any psychiatrist in training...outstanding.\"
--Michael J Schrift, DO, MA, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago Jan 09', ' Martin Brune, Professor of Psychiatry & Head of the Division of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatric Preventive Medicine, LWL University Hospital Bochum, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Martin Brune was born in Dortmund, Germany, in 1962. He graduated in medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Munster in 1988. He completed his neurology training in 1993, and his psychiatry training in 1995. His subsequent training included a Visiting Research Scientist fellowship at the Centre for the Mind, a joint venture of the Australian National University and University of Sydney. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatric Preventive Medicine at the LWL University-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. 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Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonesistent hamlet of Tamarack, Wisconsin. He has no recolleciton of his adventures in the Territories, and was compelled to leave the police force when an odd, happenstance event threatened to awaken those memories. When a series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades ago by a madman named Albert Fish, the killer is dubbed \"the Fisherman\" and Jack\\'s buddy, the local chief of police, begs Jack to help the inexperience force find him. But are the new killings merely the work of a distrubed individual, or has a mysterious and malignant force been unleashed in this quiet town? What causes Jack\\'s inexplicable waking dreams-if that is what they are-of robins\\' eggs and red feathers? It\\'s almost as if someone is trying to tell him something. As this cryptic message becomes increasingly impossible to ignore. 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For instance, the front walk should lead to a front door instead of a 20-foot wide driveway that leads to a garage fronting the street. By completely separating the mass of the garage from the house, we are able to design attractive homes that have appropriate proportions and a simple elegance. \\n\\nWhat follows is a group of secondary structures that offers something for anyone considering the addition of an outbuilding from small to large; with guest rooms, workshops, offices, or storage rooms; an open carport or garden pavilion for the budget-minded. In addition a few small storage sheds have been included as well as several of our popular small guest houses.\\n\\nIf you are interested in constructing an outbuilding, we would be delighted to talk to you about modifying the plans of simply assist with the proper site design to suit your specific needs. Please remember that you may need to contact a local professional to advise you on your local codes and regulations, either before or after you purchase the plans from us.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Watchmen\nDescription: ['First printing. Trade paperback.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Consult God First\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hobbit\nDescription: [\"HardCover. Pub Date :2004-10-18 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK This deluxe slipcased edition of The Hobbit. printed and bound using superior materials including a silk ribbon marker. features the definitive text. plus Tolkien's paintings and drawings in full colour. and a special fold-out version of Thror's Map.Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life. with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon.Bilbo 's life is never to be the same again.Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as JRRTolkien's classic tale. The Hobbit.Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the worl...\"]","rejected":"Title: God Is Love: Essays from Portland Magazine\nDescription: ['This collection reads like a mesmerizing love song to the complex and sometimes unwieldy religion of Christianity. All the poems and essays in this outstanding anthology come from the esteemed Portland Magazine, a quarterly Christian-themed publication from the University of Portland. Magazine editor Doyle has assembled an especially talented and gutsy cast of contributors, including Terry Tempest Williams, Barry Lopez and Pattiann Rogers. In David James Duncan\\'s courageous essay, \"Gladly,\" he writes about getting caught playing \"Hang on Sloopy\" on the church piano when he was 12 years old. \"This is God\\'s House!\" an elder bellowed as he threw Duncan out of the building. At the time, Duncan didn\\'t believe in this enraged man\\'s intolerant God. \"I still don\\'t,\" he writes, \"though the man seemed to have cloned himself, bought several broadcasting networks and a political party and set out to turn all of America, Washington D.C., first, into a graven image of himself.\" Most essays draw upon everyday life to illuminate the spiritual breadth of Christianity. The late Andre Dubus illustrates how Catholic sacraments can be a metaphor for the sandwiches he lovingly makes for his daughters. Mary Gordon suggests \"Six Prayers\" for personality flaws, including \"For the Wasteful\": \"O God in your benevolence look with kindness upon those who travel first class in high season who hate leftovers and love room service and do not wait for sales.\" And poet Annie Callahan offers a heart-wrenching \"Ambulance Prayer.\" This stellar and timeless collection is worthy of the highest praise. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '\"...a good read, each writer is grappling with much larger questions and welcomes readers willing to enter the ring.\" -- The Oregonian
\"...a mesmerizing love song to the complex and sometimes unwieldy religion of Christianity...worthly of the highest praise.\" -- Publishers Weekly', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hobbit\nDescription: ['The enchanting prelude to \"The Lord of the Rings\"']","rejected":"Title: Out of the Darkness: A Journey into the Marvelous Light\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy - (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Return of the Ring, The Two Towers) - 3 BOOK SET (MOVIE COVERS)\nDescription: ['MOVIE TIE IN BOOKS WITH BEAUTIFUL COVERS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING WITH FRODO ON COVER, TWO TWO TOWERS WITH ELF ON COVER SHOOTING BOW AND ARROW AND THE RETURN OF THE KING WITH MORDOR ON COVER. BIGGER WELL MADE SOFTCOVER BOOKS. One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.']","rejected":"Title: Books\" />\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Boxed Set of 4 Books\nDescription: [\"Box set of JRR Tolkien's incomparable classic\"]","rejected":"Title: Bacon Mini Wall Calendar 2017: 16 Month Calendar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings Part 1)\nDescription: ['. . . spirited productions . . . stirring music . . . (The Washington Post )
This collection . . . is a masterpiece.', \"J. R. R. TOLKIEN was a writer and university professor. In addition to The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's published fiction includes The Silmarillion, and other posthumously published books, which taken together is a connected body of work about an imagined—and much-beloved by readers—world called Middle-earth.\"]","rejected":"Title: Autism and Your Church\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From the Hobbit to the Silmarillion\nDescription: [\"A peerless A--Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully illustrated in colour throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith. J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted millions of readers over the years. Middle-earth, the world in which the stories take place, is as real and complex as our own. Events, geography and names were created with care and loving attention by Tolkien, who wanted every single detail of his books to fit into their total pattern. A belief in perfection, the fun of the sub-creation and the desire to create something totally convincing involved him in map-making, endless charts of dates and events and the development of his many invented languages. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth was designed to add to the enjoyment of the reader of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion by bringing together in an A--Z sequence facts and information about names, languages, places and events from these central books which will provide an indispensable aid to every reader's discovery of Tolkien's world -- and the new edition has been enhanced by stunning illustrations, courtesy of celebrated Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith.\"]","rejected":"Title: From Clerk to Cleric\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography\nDescription: ['There may be a corner of the world where the name J.R.R. Tolkien is unknown, but you would be hard-pressed to find it. Since their publication, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been published in every major language of the world. And though he single-handedly gave a mythology to the English and was beloved by millions, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien remained refreshingly unchanged by his fame and fortune, living out his days simply and modestly among the familiar surroundings of Oxford College. Humphrey Carpenter, who was given unrestricted access to Tolkien\\'s papers, brilliantly puts meat to the bones of the Tolkien legend in J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, offering a well-rounded portrayal of this quiet, bookish man who always saw himself first and foremost as a philologist, uncovering rather than creating the peoples, languages, and adventures of Middle-Earth.', \"Carpenter chronicles Tolkien's early life with a special sensitivity; after losing both parents, Tolkien and his brother Hilary were taken from their idyllic life in the English countryside to a poverty-ridden existence in dark and sooty Birmingham. There were bright points, however. A social and cheerful lad, Tolkien enjoyed rugby and was proud of his gift for languages. It was also at this time that he met Edith Bratt, who would later become his wife. Academic life--both as a student and professor--is where this biography shines. Friendship with other men played a huge part in Tolkien's life, and Carpenter deftly reveals the importance these relationships--his complex friendship with C.S. Lewis, membership in the Inklings and the T.C.B.S.--had on the development of his writing.\", \"The only criticism one can make about this book is that Carpenter tends to gloss over Tolkien's contributions to comparative philology. True, there is a chapter devoted to Tolkien's academic pursuits, but it tends to skim too lightly over the surface for this reviewer's tastes. Philology is a terribly methodical science, and the author clearly did not want to alienate readers who were primarily interested in Tolkien as a storyteller. Still, it would be nice to understand why Tolkien was held in such high esteem by his fellow academics. As it stands, Tolkien comes off as a slightly eccentric etymologist.\", 'Fans who want to delve even deeper into Tolkien\\'s life should pick up a copy of Carpenter\\'s The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. --P.M. Atterberry', \"Carpenter's 1977 biography offers a broad look at the Oxford don, who lived a relatively quiet life. This also details his close friendship with C.S Lewis. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage\nDescription: ['\"The Mating Game is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university audience. It progresses beyond a psychological or biological/physiological stance and encompasses a wide array of disciplines. The comprehensive review and up-to-date information contained in The Mating Game not only provides answers to questions about important life events but also encourages readers interest in the field of interpersonal relationships and human mating.
SirReadaLot.org Author: Savannah Jones Source: SirReadaLot.org Published On: 2008-04-04
\"Pamela Regans writing style moved a chapter along at a brisk pace, but by chapters end I felt that the topic had been covered fully and relatively completely. As a seasoned professional in the area, the book was an excellent review.\" Author: Clyde Hendrick Published On: 2009-04-06', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gold-Bug and Other Tales (Dover Thrift Editions)\nDescription: ['', 'Recognized today as the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, Edgar Allan Poe (18091849) revealed his genius in tales of death, terror, evil, and perversity. Highly skilled in achieving a calculated psychological effect, Poe created chilling fictional nightmares permeated by mysterious forces, grotesque creatures, and improbable hallucinations. Poe\\'s immense powers as a storyteller are at their peak in this anthology containing nine of his best-known short stories. Among them are \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue,\" a gripping 19th-century detective story that provided a model for future mystery writers; \"The Fall of the House of Usher\" and \"The Masque of the Red Death,\" pervaded with eerie thoughts, impulses, and fears; \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" and \"The Cask of Amontillado,\" masterpieces of wickedness and crime; \"The Pit and the Pendulum,\" with its agonizing specter of imminent and horrifying death; and \"The Gold-Bug,\" a fascinating detective story that combines romance and adventure in an absorbing tale of buried treasure.', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Gods Beloved\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Silmarillion\nDescription: [\"
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father's death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.His mother died when he was only twelve and both he and his brother were made wards of the local priest and sent to King Edward's School, Birmingham, where Tolkien shone in his classical work. After completing a First in English Language and Literature at Oxford, Tolkien married Edith Bratt. He was also commissioned in the Lancashire Fusiliers and fought in the battle of the Somme. After the war, he obtained a post on the New English Dictionary and began to write the mythological and legendary cycle which he originally called The Book of Lost Tales but which eventually became known as The Silmarillion.In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds which was the beginning of a distinguished academic career culminating with his election as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Meanwhile Tolkien wrote for his children and told them the story of The Hobbit. It was his publisher, Stanley Unwin, who asked for a sequel to The Hobbit and gradually Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, a huge story that took twelve years to complete and which was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. After retirement Tolkien and his wife lived near Oxford, but then moved to Bournemouth. Tolkien returned to Oxford after his wife's death in 1971. He died on 2 September 1973 leaving The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher.
\"It was Nabokov\\'s gift to bring paradise wherever he alighted.\"—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review
\"As entertaining as Rabelais, as dependable as the O.E.D. What Nabokov has done is to throw a bridge between Russian and American culture, a bridge built out of his all-informative commentary and agonizingly honest translation.\"—The Virginia Quarterly Review
Consider this essential for translated Russian literature collections. (Booklist 2008-11-01)']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Graphic Classics Volume 1: Edgar Allan Poe - 1st Edition\nDescription: ['A stunning collection of thirteen classic stories and poems... brought to life by unforgettable illustrations. -- J.L. Comeau, The Tomb of Dark Delights
Graphic Classics is a Classics Illustrated for the modern era: they only give you the good stuff. -- Christos N. Gage, Feoamante.com
ALFRED MCBRIDE, O. PRAEM., holds a diploma in catechetics from Lumen Vitae, Brussels, and a doctorate in religious education from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He has written many books, including, a six-book series on the Bible, four books on the new Catechism of the Catholic Church and A Short History of the Mass.
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Mark Barrowcliffes humorous, self-deprecating memoir of his misspent youth, The Elfish Gene, is another welcome addition to the growing nerdsploitation genre.Associated Press
Hilarious, unbelievably well-remembered . . . begs a movie adaptation. . . . Barrowcliffe writes . . . with uncommon insight.The Seattle Times
In the best tradition of British humor. . . . Laugh-out-loud funny.The Christian Science Monitor
Wonderfully captures the insensitivity, insecurity and selfishness of the adolescent male.Publishers Weekly, starred review', 'Mark Barrowcliffe worked as a journalist and a stand-up comedian before writing his first hit novel, Girlfriend 44. He has written two other acclaimed comic novels, Lucky Dog and Infidelity for First-Time Fathers. He now lives in Brighton, England.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Mongolia Ecology & Nature Protection Laws and Regulation Handbook (World Law Business Library)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: ICB, Precious Moments Holy Bible, Leathersoft, Blue\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Littlest Angel\nDescription: [\"The board book edition of The Littlest Angel pares back Charles Tazewell's text for the 1946 original, about a cherub and his present to the Son of God; illustrated with new, cartoonlike watercolors by Rebecca Thornburgh. Ages 4-8. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Everyday Thai Cooking: Easy, Authentic Recipes from Thailand to Cook for Friends and Family\nDescription: ['Siripan Akvanich lives in the Thai coastal town of Hua Hin. For many years she ran a small hotel there, and a guest house and restaurant renowned for cooking good, time-honoured, Thai food. Now she shares her culinary secrets to bring the taste of Thailand into your own home.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Voice of the Fire\nDescription: ['Book by Moore, Alan', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Willis Music Tuneful Duet Album for the First Year (Early Elem Level) Willis Series by John Thompson Jr.\nDescription: ['Tuneful Duet Album for the First Year (Early Elem Level) Willis Series by John Thompson Jr. Print music.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Island (Perennial Classics)\nDescription: ['A mirror for modern man. . . . Should be read and reread. (Saturday Review)', '', 'In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years.', \"Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values andto his amazementgive him hope.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Jack Kirby (Comic Book Creators - 6 Titles)\nDescription: ['\"I think the books look great! Good job! Many thanks.\" -- Stan Lee
\"That is the best book in the world. It is perfect in every way. Loved it. Great work.\" -- Joe Simon
\"I was very impressed. I thought you did a wonderful job, and it\\'s nice to know that another generation will know about my father.\" -- Lisa Kirby', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Invisible Man (Classic, 20th-Century, Audio)\nDescription: ['Science-fiction novel by H.G. Wells, published in 1897. The story concerns the life and death of a scientist named Griffin who has gone mad. Having learned how to make himself invisible, Griffin begins to use his invisibility for nefarious purposes, including murder. When he is finally killed, his body becomes visible again. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Vegetarian for Life\nDescription: [\"Through Darlene's new cookbook, you will learn quick and easy recipes that will motivate you to a lifestyle change and experience the pleasure of eating without extra fat, oils, and sugar. These flavorful recipes do not contain any ingredients of meat, dairy, eggs, refined fats or sugars. The whole family will enjoy them!!\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility\nDescription: ['Spider-Man has been a perpetual favorite of comics fans since his introduction in 1962, and judging by the recent blockbuster film, he\\'s still hot. This excellent series re-boots the character from the beginning, reenacting Spider-Man\\'s origin in the present day. The story is similar to, but not based on, the Spider-Man film. Brainy teenager Peter Parker gains super-powers after being bitten by a spider, loses his likable Uncle Ben to violent crime, and learns once again that \"with great power comes great responsibility.\" The scenario by Marvel president Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis makes some intelligent revisions to the original, and the artwork is realistic, detailed, colorful, and dynamic. Bendis\\'s excellent dialog is true to life-his teenagers sound like teenagers-and his scripting for this and other series won him the 2002 Eisner Award for best writer. An even better choice for most libraries is the hardcover Ultimate Spider-Man edition, which collects the entire contents of this and the second paperback collection, Double Trouble, into one sharp-looking oversized book. With wide crossover appeal to teens and older fans, Ultimate Spider-Man, whether in separate paperback volumes or in hardcover, is an essential purchase for all public libraries. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The One Tree Of Luna: (And Other Stories)\nDescription: [\"The One Tree of Luna (And Other Stories) is a collection of seven stories I selected because I wanted to share them. With the exception of Dasher, all of these stories previously appeared in Six, my first collection of shorts.
Six was well-received but there were two critical complaints: "The title sucks!" and "You need a better cover!"And so, The One Tree of Luna (And Other Stories) is not only a better title, with a really eye-catching cover, but, because I also liked the notion, there are interior illustrations as well - one for each story.
It is also, quite frankly, a bit of an experiment. The original experiment was supposed to answer the question: Will a better title and a better cover result in more sales? Let's see!
WARNING: This book is substantially the same as the previously published collection, Six. If you've already bought Six, you may want to think twice about buying this book. If, on the other hand, you really like the pretty cover, or the notion of another story, or the idea of interior illustrations... well then, have at it!\", \"Todd Johnson McCaffrey has been writing on and off since he was 9 which is far too many years ago to even consider. He was first paid for writing in the late 80's.
He has written several books in the Dragonriders of Pern universe including five in collaboration with his late mother, Anne McCaffrey.
A mechanical engineer by training, a cold-war veteran, a licensed pilot, would-be rocket scientist, veteran software engineer and project leader, his experience is wide and varied.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance\nDescription: ['Fluidly, calmly, insightfully, Obama guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race. Washington Post Book World
Beautifully craftedmoving and candidThis book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBrides The Color of Water and Greg Williamss Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride Americas racial categories. Scott Turow
ProvocativePersuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither. The New York Times Book Review
One of the most powerful books of self-discovery Ive ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel. Charlayne Hunter-Gault
In Dreams from My Father Barack Obama takes us on a probing journey in a search for the truths about family and race. Obamas writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring. Alex Kotlowitz
Jim Lee is a renowned comic book artist and the Co-Publisher of DC Entertainment. Prior to his current post, Lee served as Editorial Director, where he oversaw WildStorm Studios. Lee was also the artist for many of DC Comics' best-selling comic books and graphic novels, including All-Star Batman And Robin, The Boy Wonder, Batman: Hush and Superman: For Tomorrow. He also served as the Executive Creative Director for the DC Universe Online (DCUO) massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). With writer Geoff Johns, Lee drew the flagship title of DC ComicsThe New 52, Justice League.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Confronting the Quantum Enigma: Albert, Niels, and John\nDescription: ['Three prominent scientists return from the grave to answer questions concerning: Consciousness, information and meaning, chance and probability, free will and determinism, and the nature of reality.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2010: It\\'s hard to imagine a celebrity memoir--or any memoir for that matter--that is as easy to drink in (so to speak) as Keith Richards\\'s Life. Die-hard Stones fans will love tales of the band\\'s ascension from the \"interval\" band at the Marquee to the headliners at Super Bowl XL; guitar gearheads will scramble to sample the one lick that has eluded Richards for 49 years; and historians and romantics alike will swoon over the raspy, rambling, raucous detail of this portrait of the artist in situ. Yes, some tales are told, but Life is refreshingly not gossipy, mean-spirited, or sordid--or at least not more than the truth demands. Richards is as comfortable in his bones as a worn pair of boots, and Life captures the rhythm of his voice so effortlessly that reading his tale is like sharing a pint with an old friend--one who happens to be one of the most iconic guitarists of all time. --Daphne Durham', 'Richards, as famous for his toxic lifestyle as for his guitar mastery, presents his sprawling autobiography, ably assisted by Fox, who, as author of White Mischief (1982), has experience in chronicling hedonistic British nobility. Here Foxs coauthor and subject is a British member of rock-music nobility with a deep and abiding commitment to hedonism. However, there are degrees of hedonism, even among pop stars. According to Richards, Willie Nelson reaches for a spliff upon awakening, whereas Keith gives it a good 10 minutes or so before inaugurating the days herbal festivities. As to specific goodies of Stones lore: Decca Records management, rather than mercurial Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, sacked original member Ian Stewart, thereby consigning him to road-manager status though he continued to play piano with the band live and in the studio. Oldham, who had worked for the Beatles under Brian Epstein, was the originator of immortal publicity gambits such as planting nasty tabloid headlines, but he simply ran out of ideas and was sacked, personality issues with Mick Jagger also being a contributing factor. Over the years, Richards sneaked many people back into the Stones orbit after they ran afoul of Jagger, saxophonist Bobby Keys and Richards personal manager, Jane Rose, prime among them. Chuck Berry was a big disappointment, not musically, of course, but as a cranky collaborator. And country-music legend George Jones, himself a Richards-level imbiber of recreational substances, impressed Keith with his immaculate pompadour, admittedly an architectural wonder. For the record, Richards stands by the story of encountering Muddy Waters, who owed the label money, painting rooms at Chess Records, though Marshall Chess denies it ever happened. On a personal level, Richards regrets whatever part he played in abetting the heroin addictions of several associates. However, he considers people to be ultimately responsible for their own actions. Cautionary words indeed, but then theres the merchandising idea that Richards and Paul McCartney came up with: celebrity sun-dried turds, the specimens to be coated with shellac and decorated by a major artist. Richards (or Foxs) writing is spare and incisive, the narrative tone rarely self-serving, which is certainly something to be celebrated in celebrity autobiography. And make no mistake: at this time in their careers, Richards and the Stones are at least as much a celebrity-news matter as a musical force. --Mike Tribby', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Action Comics, #597\nDescription: ['Cover art by John Byrne. Visitor starring Superman, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Leonard Starr and Keith Williams; Lois Lane meets Lana Lang, Ma and Pa Kent reveal to Lois that they raised Clark and Superman. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Batman: Hush (Absolute Edition)\nDescription: ['Jeph Loeb is an Emmy Award-nominated and Eisner Award-winning writer/producer living in Los Angeles. In television, his many credits includeSmallville,Lost,andHeroes,and in film,Teen WolfandCommando. In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partner-in-crime Tim Sale on Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman for All Seasons, and Catwoman: When in Rome for DC as well asDaredevil Yellow, Spider-Man Blue,andHulk Grayfor Marvel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Jokers Wild (Wild Cards, Book 3)\nDescription: ['Forty years after the \"wild card\" virus swept Earth, leaving its survivorsand their descendantsblessed or cursed with superhuman powers (aces) or grotesque deformities (jokers), a cadre of men led by the Astrologer seeks bloody vengeance on the \"aces\" who disrupted their evil schemes. Though graphic violence and explicit sex may limit the audience, this fast-paced, well-written collaboration by authors George R.R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lewis Shiner, and others should appeal to fans of Wild Cards and Aces High . JC Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Seven Abominations with a Wrench: Proverbs 6:16-19\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute To H.P. Lovecraft\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Leaving Losapas\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Inheritors\nDescription: [\"
Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize), and The Double Tongue.
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After 30 years in a successful career as a personal trainer, life coach, and fitness studio owner, MaryKay is following her calling to write, share stories, and create an inspiring community of women.trybe is about friendships, community, transformation, and diversity . . . a place to find your inner warrior . . . envision your dreams into reality . . . and be significant!\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: City Of The Beast/Warriors Of Mars (Planet Stories Library)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Walking Through the Bible With H.M.S. Richards: Daily Readings That Take You Through the Bible in a Year with comments by H.M. S. richards, Sr.\nDescription: ['Daily readings selected and compiled by Kenneth W. Wilson.\\n\\nFor many years before his death, H.M.S. Richards, Sr., the founder of the Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast, made it his habit to read the Bible through, cover to cover, at least once a year. Close friends and associates estimate that during his lifetime Richards made the journey from Genesis to Revelation more than a hundred times. You are invited to make the same inspirational journey in this re-issued classic, Walking Through the Bible With H.M.S. Richards.\\n\\nUtilizing a special Bible-reading plan that takes you through Gods Word in the order in which events happened, you will find yourself immersed in a riveting daily drama that will profoundly bless your life. Supplemented with devotional commentary from the pen of Pastor Richards and occasional thoughts from the writings of Ellen G. White, this book of 365 daily readings/assignments will help you read the entire Bible through in a year, and will open the door to a new relationship with its Author.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Batman: Arkham Asylum\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Nemesis (Antithesis Series, 3)\nDescription: ['Enthusiasm is infectious, but the power to relay it through the written word is given to very few. \\n\\n\\nAllison Crews conveys her love for the chase in her foxhunting stories, featuring Ole Miss student Elliott Marks and her friends. Their adventures fill the imaginations of readers of all ages. Through them, Crews captures the world of the fearless riders who, heralded by the music of the hunting horn, risk life and limb weekly not only for the love of the hunt, but for their devotion to each other as well. \\n\\n\\nElliot Markss first love, her horse, finally has some competitionthe enigmatic Griffen Case. But how far can she let herself fall for someone with such a troubled past? And who is watching her every moveand why?', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom\nDescription: [\"The latest in the fertile field of Lovecraft spinoffs follows a young Howard, aka H.P., Lovecraft through an adventure in a dangerous netherworld. The plot takes elements of Lovecraft's actual childhood, including his father's nervous breakdown, and uses them to introduce readers to tropes in Lovecraft's work. The young Howard goes through a portal to another universe, where a mysterious book holds the key to freeing a society of children from an evil power that has encased them in a frozen, hostile world. Howard takes on the quest with the help a giant squid, facing danger and finding many of his assumptions are false. A chilly watercolor palate links the artwork of the various artistseach chapter has a different oneand the emotions on Howard's face become more complex as the story grows darker. Although marketed for all ages, the book, will likely appeal more to younger readers, who should find the plot's twists and turns and the young protagonist appealing. Older readers and hardcore Lovecraft fans may be put off by the juvenile dialogue and some of the panels that play up the cuteness, rather than the horror, of the story. (Mar.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"This graphic novel opens on Christmas Eve, 1894, with young Howard Lovecraft being led into a sanitarium to visit his hospitalized father. A few embellishments notwithstanding, it's a true storyuntil his father begins ranting about a book that Howard must destroy: It's evil! Eeeeeeeeeeevil! Hahahahaha! That same night, of course, Howard's mother hands him that very book and soon he is reading aloud the kind of unpronounceable nonsense Lovecraft fans adore: Nr'fga' ra'nazen flugn. Like that, he is whisked away to the icy kingdom of R'yleh, where he befriends a tentacle-tusked beast whom Howard dubs Spot. Before their adventure is overfans, breathe a sigh of reliefthe names of both Dagon and Cthulhu will be invoked. Though sometimes his action can be disorienting, Podesta succeeds at giving his young protagonists the look of haunted dolls and his settings a Caligari cant. Grumps miffed by the current trend to infantilize Lovecraftian mythos will not be comforted by the modern plot arc and the constant quipping, but even they will appreciate the upsetting twist ending and the haunting final panel. Grades 5-8. --Daniel Kraus\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pamela Anderson Lee (Superstars of Film)\nDescription: ['', 'Gr 6-8-Two easy-to-read biographies about current teen idols that are lacking in substance. Both have average-quality, full-color photos throughout. However, there are some stark differences in the portrayal of the two subjects. In Brad Pitt, the message is conveyed that through hard work and taking all the opportunities that come along, one may be able to reach one\\'s dreams. Secondary sources come mostly from magazines such as People and US. Hawes talks mainly of her subject\\'s relationships with her many boyfriends, quoting Lee as saying about one of them, \"He was very young and wet behind the ears. I taught him how to love.\" When the book discusses her career, it attributes her success to her physique rather than to her talent. For example, wearing a T-shirt with a beer logo across the chest, \"she began to jump up and down enthusiastically and to shake her very evident assets for all they were worth.\" Needless to say, she was hired to advertise for the beer company. Brad Pitt is mediocre but does have some strengths; forget Pamela Anderson Lee.-Katherine Borchert, Arlington Central Library, VA', 'Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wendigo\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks: The World's Smartest Person Shows You How to Exercise Yourself Smarter . . .\nDescription: ['Marilyn vos Savant is listed in The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame for the highest IQ and writes the popular \"Ask Marilyn\" column for Parade magazine. She has raised two children and lives in New York City.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wendigo\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Two Jews Can Still Be a Mixed Marriage\nDescription: ['Different levels of commitment and observance can foster conflict even in a \"two-Jew\" marriage, says Jaffe in this perceptive, down-to-earth book. Jaffe begins by asking readers to examine their own Jewish background and to view their marriage as a merging of two spiritual journeys. She highlights some of the most prevalent marital conflicts that arise over issues such as holidays, purity laws and keeping kosher, using real-life couples as examples (she tells a very funny story about ordering shrimp on her first date with the kosher-keeping man who became her husband). A \"mixed Jewish marriage,\" Jaffe asserts, can be a blessing if both partners learn to respect their differences. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cryptonomicon\nDescription: ['', 'Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of the novels Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.']","rejected":"Title: Roadside Geology of Indiana Paperback July 1, 1999\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison\nDescription: [\"Popmatters.com, April 23, 2010 “When That Rough God Goes Riding explores moments of contradiction, sublime beauty, audacity, failure and grace in the singer-songwriter’s career with a keen ear, weaving the rich thoughtfulness we’ve come to expect from one of America’s best cultural critics and historians into an elegantly structured series of staccato essays which reveal Marcus’ fascination with Van Morrison’s music.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 25, 2010 “As erudite and opinionated as Morrison is mercurial and expressive”
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 2, 2010 “This is the book that Van Morrison’s artistry has long deserved, and The Man’s devotees will celebrate its blend of eloquence, passionate scholarship and soulfulness. [When That Rough God Goes Riding] superbly fulfills criticism’s primary function: It sends you for the first or 100th time to the works of art on which it muses, better equipped to experience what’s always been there.”
“[Marcus’] ability to couple shrewd music criticism, historical perspective and broader genre analysis makes his work an adventurous read…. Marcus doesn't attempt to tidily summarize Morrison's life and career, but he does provide plenty of thought-provoking insights into this enigmatic performer, and his slipstream of references results in a fascinating meditation on Morrison's oeuvre. You wind up wanting to pull out and listen to your Morrison albums and hunt down the many bootleg recordings that Marcus references here, searching for that elusive yarragh.” 
LA Weekly
“Marcus is a smart respite from the raging stupidity and anti-intellectualism on every front, and yet knows how to have rock’n’roll fun at the same time.”
Portland Oregonian, April 18, 2010 “[Marcus is] literate, brainy and fearless in making cross-genre comparisons.”
Portland Mercury, April 21, 2010 “One of the most interesting rock scribes of the past quarter-century.”
Washington City Paper, April 23, 2010 “Written in prose as free-associative as the music it concerns, When That Rough God Goes Riding derives energy from the fact that Marcus was present at many of the landmark moments he’s exegizing.”
popmatters.com “When That Rough God Goes Riding explores moments of contradiction, sublime beauty, audacity, failure and grace in the singer-songwriter’s career with a keen ear, weaving the rich thoughtfulness we’ve come to expect from one of America’s best cultural critics and historians into an elegantly structured series of staccato essays which reveal Marcus’ fascination with Van Morrison’s music.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune “As erudite and opinionated as Morrison is mercurial and expressive”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“This is the book that Van Morrison’s artistry has long deserved, and The Man’s devotees will celebrate its blend of eloquence, passionate scholarship and soulfulness. [(When That Rough God Goes Riding] superbly fulfills criticism’s primary function: It sends you for the first or 100th time to the works of art on which it muses, better equipped to experience what’s always been there.” 
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2010 “[Marcus’] ability to couple shrewd music criticism, historical perspective and broader genre analysis makes his work an adventurous read…. Marcus doesn’t attempt to tidily summarize Morrison’s life and career, but he does provide plenty of thought-provoking insights into this enigmatic performer, and his slipstream of references results in a fascinating meditation on Morrison’s oeuvre. You wind up wanting to pull out and listen to your Morrison albums and hunt down the many bootleg recordings that Marcus references here, searching for that elusive yarragh.”
LA Weekly, May 3, 2010 “Marcus is a smart respite from the raging stupidity and anti-intellectualism on every front, and yet knows how to have rock’n’roll fun at the same time.”
 
New York Times Book Review, August 1, 2010
Booklist “No critical testimonial is more welcome than this assessment of Morrison’s work by one of America’s most astute cultural critics…. Marcus is informed and insightful. Particularly illuminating are his observations on the tensions between Morrison’s roles as singer and songwriter, and on Morrison’s ongoing ‘quest for the yarragh’—fleeting, elusive moments of transcendence. Morrison’s volatile idiosyncrasy and diverse oeuvre make his career difficult to appraise, but Marcus convinces us of its singular importance.”
Time Out New York
“Marcus’s approach yields fresh insight into one of pop’s most complex personas.” 
San Francisco Chronicle
“Beautifully written.”
Portland Oregonian “[Marcus is] literate, brainy and fearless in making cross-genre comparisons.”
Portland Mercury “One of the most interesting rock scribes of the past quarter-century.”
Washington City Paper “Written in prose as free-associative as the music it concerns, When That Rough God Goes Riding derives energy from the fact that Marcus was present at many of the landmark moments he’s exegizing.”
\", '
Greil Marcus is the author of The Shape of Things to Come, Like a Rolling Stone, and The Old Weird America; a 20th anniversary edition of his book Lipstick Traces was published in 2009. With Werner Sollors he is the editor of A New Literary History of America, published last year by Harvard University Press. Since 2000 he has taught at Princeton, Berkeley, Minnesota, and the New School in New York; his column “Real Life Rock Top 10” appears regularly in The Believer. He lives in Berkeley.
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I wish this book had been around when I was a student.\", 'MAA Online', \"...an exciting and challenging book with which to introduce a modern mathematics student in a single course to the great ideas of Maxwell's theory and special relativity.\", 'The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette', '\"There are many books on special relativity for undergraduates, and this one is notable in that it is specifically addressed to mathematicians. this book will be found illuminating by students of mathematics .\" (Dr. P. E. Hodgson, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 45 (5), 2004)', '\"This book is aimed squarely at the undergraduate mathematician ... . The tone, pace and level of the book are nicely judged for middle level undergraduates studying mathematics. There are lots of examples and nicely graded exercises throughout the text, and each chapter ends with a usefully annotated bibliography. The authors friendly style, and the fact the material has been developed from taught courses make the book ideal for self-study .\" (Peter Macgregor, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 88 (512), 2004)', '\"Meant as a resource for advanced undergraduate students, this book approaches special relativity theory from a mathematical perspective . It is best used for mathematics majors . the text is clear, well written, and has an adequate bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates.\" (A. Spero, CHOICE, December, 2003)', '\"This presentation is very elegant . The book contains a large number of examples. Each chapter is followed by exercises, ranging from the rather simple to the more involved. This book is certainly a good introduction to special relativity, understandable for second-year students. But it is also interesting for readers searching for a concise and precise presentation of special relativity within the tensor formalism.\" (Claude Semay, Physcalia, Vol. 25 (4), 2003)', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Justice League of America: The Nail\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Primal Force: A K-9 Rescue Novel\nDescription: ['', 'Bold and risky...a story of understanding, unconditional acceptance and tender love to be celebrated. Equally compelling is the suspense of danger and the chase expertly added as a great complement to bring the heroic deeds to the forefront. Ayres has written another hit for us to devour. USA Today', 'Ayres offers up another sizzling, heartwarming story of redemption and adventure. Publishers Weekly', 'A wonderful part of this story is how the relationship grows not only between the hero and heroine, but also the canine companion. Action, suspense, passion and dogs all add up to a truly terrific read. RT Bookreviews', \"Ayers draws you in and doesn't let go. Cherry Adair, New York Times bestselling author on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\", \"Incredible! You'll be on the edge of your seat to see if the heroine can make it out alive. Catherine Coulter, New York Times bestselling author on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\", 'Ayres brings gritty realism and sexy heat to this romantic suspense series Publishers Weekly on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'Intrigue, danger, and romance...if you think dogs and romantic suspense are an excellent mix, then this is the series for you! RT Book Reviews on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'Sexy, romantic, and with enough humor to keep the pages turning. Cocktails and Books on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'A steamy, exciting, suspense-filled love story. Clever Girls Read on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', \"A story about a HOT cop and his K-9 partner? I was all in! And boy did Ayres deliver! I count this book as a DEFINITE read. Cops and canines, two things near and dear to my heart! Charlotte's Book Review on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\", \"Pretty darn great! I can honestly say that I never put the book down once I started reading it. I'm definitely up for the next book in the K-9 Rescue series. Love this author and so glad that I discovered this great series. Night Owl Reviews on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\", 'Suspense, romance, and a wonderful dog packed into its pages. The last couple chapters kept me on the edge of my seat and I think I was holding my breath at one point! I highly recommend this story if you like romantic suspense and dogs. Tea and Book on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'An exciting, sexy, fast read that I finished in one sitting. The Reading Caf on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', '', \"D. D. Ayres loves men in uniforms and dogs, making the K-9 Rescue series with St. Martin's Press a dream come true. She currently lives in Texas where she's at work on her next novel.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pete Townshend: Who I Am\nDescription: [\"He is one of the greatest musical talents Britain has ever produced. But even as the principle songwriter and lead guitarist for The Who, it would be unjust to define Pete Townshend's life simply through his achievements with bandmates Daltrey, Moon and Entwistle. Noting that he has sold over 100 million records over a fifty-year period goes some way to quantifying his accomplishments, but numbers only scratch the surface of his contribution to popular culture. An avid student of his profession, during his career he has been credited with the creation of the concept album, worked as a literary editor, developed scripts for television and the stage, and written songs that have defined a generation. The thinking man's rock star with a dedication to his craft unlike any other in the business, he continues to inspire new generations of performers and writers with a continuing commitment to his art. Now, in one of the most eagerly awaited autobiographies of recent times, this icon tells about his incredible life and elaborates on the turbulences of time spent as one of the world's most respected musicians - being in one of rock's greatest ever bands, and wanting to give it all up. Incredibly, as a man who has achieved so much, this truly unique story of ambition, relentless perfectionism and rock and roll excess will be regarded as one of his greatest achievements.\"]","rejected":"Title: The Old Road eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Who I Am\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Santa's Socks\nDescription: ['Gauvey has had three careers so far and is now working on his fourth. After spending nearly 20 years in Sales and Marketing, the author went back to college completing 190 semesters hours in three years to complete his Baccalaureate Degree in Business and then continuing on to earn three Masters degrees. D.H. Then taught at various colleges for 20 years. He then went into the Oil & Gas business where he retired in 2003 after another successful career. Now he is enjoying sharing his stories with a larger audience.
Gauvey has three children and three soon to be four grandchildren and lives in Arlington, TX between Dallas and Ft. Worth. He was born in Dayton OH and was raised in the historical city of Greenville, OH hometown of Annie Oakley, Lowell Thomas and Zachary Lansdowne.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The City and the Stars\nDescription: ['Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shutout the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rules the stars. But then, as legend had it, The invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, A Unique to break through Diaspars stifling inertia, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Happiness Equation : A Winning Formula for Happiness and Success\nDescription: [\"A pro-active book containing clear strategies to become happier and live a more fulfilling life. Through his coaching work with senior executives, the author has come to the conclusion that self-knowledge and the pursuit of happiness are inextricably linked. He has revealed the four keys to happiness: maintain a positive state of mind; be self-reliant and use your initaiative; accept that self pity and quitting don't bring happiness; strive to feel in control.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black Wings of Cthulhu: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror\nDescription: ['\"Any fan of Lovecraft will find this to be a perfect addition to their collection and horror fans in general will find themselves stricken with a great deal of entertainment.\" - Day of the Woman
\"Running the gamut from old-fashioned homage to contemporary nail-biter, all the stories smolder with the ghostly essence of Lovecraft.\" - Bloody Disgusting', \"S. T. Joshi is the leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft. He has edited the definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, and has written such critical studies as The Modern Weird Tale. His biography of the reknowned author; H. P. 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Her classes often have 30-40 people in attendance and she was just named \"Twitter Personality to Follow\" by Charlotte Magazine in their \"Best of the Best\" awards. She has also served as a Lululemon Ambassador.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Deathbird Stories\nDescription: ['Mass market paperback issued in 1990. Follows the \"corrected text\" of the 1983 Bluejay edition. Collection of stories first published in 1975, by one of the most award-winning fantasists. Introduction (Deathbird Stories) by Terry Dowling; Introduction: Oblations at Alien Altars (1975) by Harlan Ellison. STORIES: The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1973); Along the Scenic Route (1969); On the Downhill Side (1972); O Ye of Little Faith (1968); Neon (1973); Basilisk (1972); Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967); Corpse (1972); Shattered Like a Glass Goblin (1968); Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (1966); The Face of Helene Bournouw (1960); Bleeding Stones (1973); At the Mouse Circus (1971); The Place with No Name (1969); Paingod (1964); Ernest and the Machine God (1968); Rock God (1969); Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38 54\\' N, Longitude 77 00\\' 13\" W (1974); The Deathbird (1973).']","rejected":"Title: Dogs are gifts from God: Spiritual Life Lessons from dogs and their people\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre (Beyond Watchmen)\nDescription: ['', 'In an exclusive Q&A, Before Watchmen creators Darwyn Cooke and Len Wein share their thoughts with Kindle. ', 'Q: Before Watchmen is a controversial project, to say the least. Upon being approached to work on it, what was your first reaction?', \"Darwyn Cooke: My reaction was to politely decline. I didn't know I had anything to say that wasn't already there. It was a couple years before the story idea for Minutemen occurred to me, and that was when I committed to the project. Once I knew I had a story that excited me I got involved.\", \"Len Wein: My first reaction was that the project sounded like a great deal of fun, especially the opportunity to play with a character like Ozymandias. The chance to flesh out Adrian Veidt's story was just something I couldn't resist.\", 'Q: Following up on an iconic piece of art like Watchmen can be very daunting. Were you intimidated at all by the prospect of working on these classic characters? ', \"D.C.: Yes. Very much so. Having gone through a similar experience with Will Eisner's Spirit I was very aware of how hard I'd have to work to live up to the source material Alan and Dave created.\", \"L.W.: Not in the least. Having already written the Watchmen video game, WATCHMEN; THE END IS NIGH, I was more than comfortable writing in this world. Having been the original series' editor made it even easier.\", 'Q: Darwyn, why did you select Nite Owl (Hollis Mason) as the narrative voice for the Minutemen series? ', \"D.C: Hollis' autobiography, Under The Hood, seemed like the most logical foundation on which to build my story and when we pick up the story in 1962 he's writing said book. That put him in his late forties evaluating his life up until then. Being in my late forties it was a very comfortable fit from a narrative standpoint.\", 'Q: Minutemen dives deep into the very flawed lives of a team thats supposed to represent a Golden Age for heroes. Was it easy to take the story in such a dark direction or more difficult? ', \"D.C.: Very difficult. Most of the darkness was built into the characters by Alan and Dave so to be true to that and be true to the period of the story, one has to be careful to avoid transposing one's own values or modern mores onto the characters. Staying true to the social conventions and prejudices of the time make for a darker and somewhat more heartless story.\", 'Q: Silk Spectre has been labeled as a coming of age story. Would you agree with that? Why or why not? ', \"D.C.: I suppose I can agree in general, but it feels more like a small vignette of Laurie's journey. We see what sets her on a certain path, but when we leave her, she's still a teenage girl and she's just met Jon. Alan and Dave's story is where we see Laurie fully come of age.\", 'Q: Ozymandias is such a visually striking series, with the layouts and framing sequences especially standing out. Len, what type of relationship did you have with artist Jae Lee in creating such a distinct feel for this story? ', 'L.W.: I really have to give the overwhelming credit for the look of the series to Jae. I gave him very detailed, page/panel breakdowns to work from. How Jae interpreted those breakdowns is entirely to his own credit. I was more impressed than anyone when I first saw what Jae did with my story.', 'Q: What do you think is the most compelling part about the Ozymandias character? ', \"L.W.: Oh, the internal dichotomy, certainly. The concept of a man who so loves the world that he is willing to murder millions of people to save it. Part of the fun of writing the book in the first person was to show the reader the vast difference between what Adrian tells the reader he's doing and what he's actually doing.\", 'Q: Dollar Bill was Steve Rudes first DC work in years. What was the best or most unique aspect of working with one of comics great talents? ', \"L.W.: Steve very much wanted to tell a story with a happy ending in some way. Since our hero is killed several pages before the end, that posed a challenge I was eager to tackle. Also, how often does one get to work with a talent like Steve Rude in one's lifetime?\", '', '\"BEFORE WATCHMEN has been an unqualified success.\"Mtv Geek
\"BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE is a heartfelt, gorgeous story.\"Newsarma
\"MINUTEMEN is a stunningly gorgeous piece of comic book art, from the first page to last. [Cooke is] an insanely talented writer and artist with a perfect grasp of comic book layout, innovative structures, nuanced characters, without sacrificing a sense of humor. MINUTEMEN is right at the top of the very best modern comic books have to offer.\"Mtv Geek
\"Darwyn Cooke has certainly delivered. MINUTEMEN is a gorgeously crafted comic book\"IGN', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Page Dancers\nDescription: ['Page Dancers introduces 41 authors and their stories found at Storywrite. Each of these authors has their own unique style of telling a tale. These authors are from around the world and so there is a richness to their writing that only comes from their unique heritage. Though this book is produced in English, there are many varieties to the language and all of these have been preserved in the traditional writing of each land where the author resides.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: From Hell: Being a Melodrama in Sixteen Parts, Vol. 3\nDescription: ['FROM HELL is the story of Jack the Ripper, perhaps the most infamous man in the annals of murder. Detailing the events leading up to the Whitechapel killings and the cover-up that followed, FROM HELL is a meditation on the mind of a madman whose savagery and violence gave birth to the 20th century. The serialized story, presented in its entirety in this volume, has garnered widespread attention from critics and scholars. Often regarded as one of the most significant graphic novels ever published, FROM HELL combines meticulous research with educated speculation, resulting in a masterpiece of historical fiction both compelling and terrifying. This new edition, which has been completely re-mastered, is certainly the finest edition of the book produced to date.']","rejected":"Title: Out of Control (St. Martin's True Crime Library)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Amazing Spider-Man, No. 2\nDescription: ['One of Marvel Comics most recognizable and best-loved superheroes, Spider-Man appears in three comic books with a monthly circulation of over one million, is syndicated in over 500 newspapers, with a readership of over 100 million, and is soon to be the star of a big-budget motion picture, written, produced and directed by James \"Terminator\" Cameron.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Weight of a Pearl\nDescription: ['\"Smith has woven a compelling, character-driven narrative in which readers should quickly become emotionally invested . . . Her prose is matter-of-fact and laden with poignant details that unlock the darkness that haunts the story . . . An engrossing tale of romantic and familial love set against the exciting radicalism of the \\'40s and \\'50s music, drug, and political cultures.\" -- Kirkus Reviews', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Identity Crisis\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: A History of the Ostrogoths\nDescription: ['A Main Selection of the History Book Club', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['“[Smith] is a fantasist with a much subtler graph of what gives the genre known as ‘weird fiction’ its own peculiar delights...Smith’s vision echoes through popular culture...‘The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis’ [is] the template for later science fiction horrors such as Alien and The Thing—just as ‘The Dark Eidolon’ itself looks ahead to every evil sorcerer in fantasy novels and films.” —Peter Bebergal, Times Literary Supplement
\"In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, he is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living. Who else has seen such gorgeous, luxurious, and feverishly distorted visions of infinite spheres and lived to tell the tale?\" —H. P. Lovecraft
\"Smith is sui generis, one of the most uninfluenced and original writers I know of. A germ from Poe, a little fire from George Sterling, perhaps an acid drop from Bierce, the color and cruelty of Eastern Legends.\" —Fritz Leiber
\"Incredible worlds, impossibly beautiful cities, and still more fantastic creatures. . . Take one step across the threshold of his stories and you plunge into colour, sound, taste, smell and texture: into language.\" —Ray Bradbury
\"It is often impossible to say where man\\'s inspirations come from . . .  my impetus remains as bright and compelling as it was the day I removed it from a library shelf . . . and passed—incredibly!—out of that building through a portal to the City where the Singing Flame lived.\" —Harlan Ellison', 'Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) was a poet, an artist, and the author of more than a hundred tales of fantasy and horror. He was a member of the famous “Lovecraft circle” and was a major contributor to Weird Tales, along with Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft himself.
S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. He has edited several Penguin Classics volumes, including The Call of Cthulhu, The White People and Other Weird Stories, and American Supernatural Tales.']","rejected":"Title: A Walk in the Sun\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories\nDescription: ['HC, in cello, New, Written by Warren Ellis. Art by John Cassaday. Published in February of 2001. Hardcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.']","rejected":"Title: Latin for Today: Second-Year Course\nDescription: ['This text is designed for second year Latin students. It contains selections from Roman history, passages about family life, the Argonauts, and Caesar.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Fortress of Solitude\nDescription: ['Magnificent. . . . [A] massively ambitious, profoundly accomplished novel. San Francisco Chronicle
\"Glorious, chaotic, raw. . . . One of the richest, messiest, most ambitious, most interesting novels of the year. . . . Lethem grabs and captures 1970s New York City, and he brings to it a story worth telling.\" --Time
\"A tour de force . . . Belongs to a venerable New York literary tradition that stretches back through Go Tell it On the Mountain, A Walker in the City, and Call it Sleep.\" --The New York Times
The finest novel of the year, by far, and likely of the past five. . . . Better than a movie, better than a symphony, better than a play, and better than a painting, because it is all of them. Austin Chronicle ', 'The Fortress of Solitude is the story of Dylan Ebdus growing up white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. It\\'s a neighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along with games of stoopball. In that world, Dylan has one friend, a black teenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude. As Lethem follows the knitting and unraveling of their friendship, he creates an overwhelmingly rich and emotionally gripping canvas of race and class, superheros, gentrification, funk, hip-hop, graffiti tagging, loyalty, and memory. The Fortress of Solitude\" is the first great urban coming of age novel to appear in years.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bryan Kest: Advanced Yoga 2 (CD & Booklet)\nDescription: ['Bryan Kest has been practicing yoga for over 25 years and has been teaching for over 20 years. He developed his unique, distinctive style of yoga, Original Power Yoga, in 1979. Over the years, this style, an amazing workout for the body, mind and spirit, has made him a well-known, popular teacher across the country and around the world. His mainstream popularity is matched by an authentic foundation in the ancient practice of yoga and a long path of development as a yogi (a practitioner of yoga). At age 15, Bryan uprooted from his native Detroit home to make a life change in Hawaii. He moved to live with his father, a doctor, who understood the benefits of yoga. Like many of us, Bryan originally thought yoga was nothing more than strange contortions, but that changed when his father introduced him to a physical style of yoga called Ashtanga. This appealed to him immediately, and he soon observed great changes in himself, both physically and mentally. Yoga quickly became his passion, one that would take him to India for a year to study with the great yoga master, Pattabhi Jois. He has been continuing on his yoga path ever since.', 'Bryan founded and teaches at three studios in Santa Monica and Calabasas, CA. He also teaches at workshops and retreats around the world; provides an intensive teachers training program; and is featured in his own Warner Brothers video series from 1995, as well as a newer video series and audio CD series.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: John Carter: Barsoom Series (7 Novels) a Princess of Mars; Gods of Mars; Warlord of Mars; Thuvia, Maid of Mars; Chessmen of Mars; M\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: STAR WARS THE COMPLETE SAGA\nDescription: ['Like new, no scratches or marks on discs or packaging. Like new']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gods of HP Lovecraft\nDescription: ['"French's concept--12 stories, each focusing on a different horrific god--is an original one..."-- Publisher's Weekly
"H. P. Lovecraft and his Mythos have seen a resurgence in popularity, but this collection stands out among the crowd. This is an excellent introduction to the Mythos for novices but will also be grabbed up by Lovecraft enthusiasts. All 12 stories are scary and well-crafted with plenty to offer. This volume contains original artwork and a commentary on each deity by Lovecraft scholar Donald Tyson. These essays are particularly compelling as readers encounter them after being immersed in each God's terrifying world. This is a must for all horror collections."-- ALA Booklist Starred Review
"THE GODS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT is a dream of an anthology. For anyone wholoves Lovecraft, August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, and any of the others who have kept this mythos alive, make some room on your bookshelf. Theanthology collects the twelve principal deities of the LovecraftianMythos, hands them over to some of the world's best writers and standsback. There isn't one name I did not know and many already on my ownbookshelves, so this really is a treat. As if that wasn't enough we also get some great artwork and individual commentary on each of the deities by Donald Tyson."--Derek Gunn, The Big Thrill (ITW)', 'Martha Wells is the author of many fantasy novels, including The Books of the Raksura series, the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, The Element of Fire, City of Bones, Wheel of the Infinite, and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer. She has also written short stories, non-fiction, YA fantasies, and media tie-ins, including Star Wars: Razor's Edge.']","rejected":"Title: If You're Happy and You Know It A Sing-along Book (Scholastic School Edition)\nDescription: ['Book is in very good condition, crisp pages with no notation or highlights, clean cover. Eligible for free Super Saving shipping! Fast Amazon shipping plus hassle free return policy means your satisfaction is guaranteed! Tracking number provided in your Amazon account with every order. As always thanks for the view and have a great day.']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll\\nDescription: ['ents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in Rolling Stone and other major publications.', 'Lester Bangs wrote forCreem, the Village Voice, andRolling Stone. He died on April 30, 1982.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Programming Swift: Create A Fully Function App: Learn In A Day!\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic\\nDescription: ['\\\"Finally, the great American writer gets the book he deserves. Jim DeRogatis\\\\'s Let It Blurt is a personal journey through the wit and the world and the ferocious spirit of Lester Bangs...it reads like rock and roll.\\\" --Cameron Crowe
\\\"Let It Blurt tells one of the essential rock and roll stories with great affection and panache. Lester Bangs--paradigm, mystery, great writer, tragicomic presence--has been given the biography he deserves...A splendid book.\\\" --Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn
\\\"Lester Bangs lived fast, died young, and left a beautiful body of work. Jim DeRogatis, himself a gifted writer on rock and roll, knows both of Bangs\\\\'s worlds--the music and the journalism--and has written an elegy for one of the few critics whose work is worth reading for itself, apart from its subjects.\\\" --Roger Ebert
\\\"To those who knew him, Lester Bangs was a force of nature, \\\\'larger than life\\\\' and all such biz. For a mere book to capture the full sweep of his mind/body at speed and at rest may be too tall an order, but Let It Blurt is a welcome stab indeed at the whole Lester thing.\\\" --Richard Meltzer', \\\"Blurt is the raucous and righteous biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82)--the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. No writer on rock 'n' roll ever lived harder or wrote better--more passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electric, and more alive, in the course of which he charted and defined the aesthetics of heavy metal and punk. He was treated as a peer by such brash visionaries as Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Debbie Harry, and other luminaries.
Let It Blurt is a scrupulously researched account of Lester Bangs's fascinating (if often tawdry and unappetizing) life story, as well as a window on rock critic\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Miraculous Rescue: Entebbe\\nDescription: ['The Miraclulous Rescue at Entebbe is the story of one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish people of our times, described by the New York Times as \\\"a legend was born\\\" Theo Phalieros, Illustrator', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Neverwhere: A Novel\\nDescription: ['For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is the one to read ... readers can experience this spellbinding, magical world the way that Neil Gaiman wanted us to all along. (Huffington Post)
For those who have never been to Neverwhere, its time to go. For those who may have traveled once before, this new edition is calling out to you. There is more to see, hear and learn. (Suspense Magazine)', '', 'Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Frock Off: Living Undisguised\\nDescription: ['', '', 'For more information on the book see the following: videos and news articles on Frock Off: Living Undisguised
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To him, mythology was the \\\"song of the universe, the music of the spheres.\\\" With Bill Moyers, one of America\\\\'s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaing interviewer, The Power Of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliantcombination of intelligence and wit.', '\\\"The symbols of mythology and legend are all around us, embedded in the fabric of our daily lives, and the Moyers-Campbell dialogues are a welcom guide to recognizing and understanding their meanings.\\\" -- Cincinnati Post.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: THE LUXURY OF TIME [Paperback]\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Trinities\\nDescription: [\\\"Tosches's thriller has New York's Italian Mafia battling with Asian drug lords for control of the heroin trade. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Colbana Files Boxed Set\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer\\nDescription: ['', 'Beloved Christian teacher C. S. Lewisonce again communicates deep wisdom through story.', 'Through twenty-two letters between ficticious correspondents, Lewis shares his understanding of the role of prayer in our lives and the ways in which we might better imagine our relationship with God. “We have no non-religious experiences,” he writes, “only religious and irreligious.” With his trademark warmth and wit, Lewis challenges readers to revisit the power of prayer in our everyday lives in the final book before his death.', '', 'Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.', 'Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) fue uno de los intelectuales más importantes del siglo veinte y podría decirse que fue el escritor cristiano más influyente de su tiempo. Fue profesor particular de literatura inglesa y miembro de la junta de gobierno en la Universidad Oxford hasta 1954, cuando fue nombrado profesor de literatura medieval y renacentista en la Universidad Cambridge, cargo que desempeñó hasta que se jubiló. Sus contribuciones a la crítica literaria, literatura infantil, literatura fantástica y teología popular le trajeron fama y aclamación a nivel internacional. C. S. Lewis escribió más de treinta libros, lo cual le permitió alcanzar una enorme audiencia, y sus obras aún atraen a miles de nuevos lectores cada año. Sus más distinguidas y populares obras incluyen Las Crónicas de Narnia, Los Cuatro Amores, Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino y Mero Cristianismo.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Bicycling Training Journal: A Daily Dose of Motivation, Training Tips, and Wisdom for Every Kind of Cyclist- From Fitness Riders to Competitive Racers\\nDescription: [\\\"No matter how seriously or casually you're riding--whether you've sworn to lose weight, breeze through that upcoming charity ride, or, heck, to outright win a race this year (or even if you're just getting out a few times weekly to spin away stress)--you'll find great rewards in jotting a few notes about your adventures. Bill Strickland, executive editor of Bicycling magazine, from the forward to the Bicycling Training Journal \\\", 'The Editors of Bicycling magazine, are acknowledged worldwide as the experts on everything to do with bicycles. They have been entertaining and informing readers since 1954.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Starship Troopers\\nDescription: ['', 'He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future.', \\\"Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time hed died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: World Radio TV Handbook WRTH: The Directory of Global Broadcasting (World Radio TV Handbook)(60th Annv. Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present\\nDescription: ['Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and social activist. He was a shipyard worker and Air Force bombardier before he went to college under the GI Bill and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught at Spelman College and Boston University, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris and the University of Bologna. He has received the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, the Upton Sinclair Award, and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in Auburndale, Massachusetts.', '', '', 'COLUMBUS, THEINDIANS, ANDHUMAN PROGRESS', \\\"Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log:\\\", 'These Arawaks of the Bahama Islands were much like Indians on the mainland, who were remarkable (European observers were to say again and again) for their hospitality, their belief in sharing. These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the Renaissance, dominated as it was by the religion of popes, the government of kings, the frenzy for money that marked Western civilization and its first messenger to the Americas, Christopher Columbus.', 'Columbus wrote:', 'The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold? He had persuaded the king and queen of Spain to finance an expedition to the lands, the wealth, he expected would be on the other side of the Atlantic-the Indies and Asia, gold and spices. For, like other informed people of his time, he knew the world was round and he could sail west in order to get to the Far East.', 'Spain was recently unified, one of the new modern nation-states, like France, England, and Portugal. Its population, mostly poor peasants, worked for the nobility, who were 2 percent of the population and owned 95 percent of the land. Spain had tied itself to the Catholic Church, expelled all the Jews, driven out the Moors. Like other states of the modern world, Spain sought gold, which was becoming the new mark of wealth, more useful than land because it could buy anything.', 'There was gold in Asia, it was thought, and certainly silks and spices, for Marco Polo and others had brought back marvelous things from their overland expeditions centuries before. Now that the Turks had conquered Constantinople and the eastern Mediterranean, and controlled the land routes to Asia, a sea route was needed. Portuguese sailors were working their way around the southern tip of Africa. Spain decided to gamble on a long sail across an unknown ocean.', \\\"In return for bringing back gold and spices, they promisedColumbus 10 percent of the profits, governorship over new-foundlands, and the fame that would go with a new title: Admiral of the OceanSea. He was a merchant's clerk from the Italian city of Genoa, part-timeweaver (the son of a skilled weaver), and expert sailor. He set out withthree sailing ships, the largest of which was the Santa Maria, perhaps100 feet long, and thirty-nine crew members.\\\", 'Columbus would never have made it to Asia, which was thousands of miles farther away than he had calculated, imagining a smaller world. He would have been doomed by that great expanse of sea. But he was lucky. One-fourth of the way there he came upon an unknown, uncharted land that lay between Europe and Asia--the Americas. It was early October 1492, and thirty-three days since he and his crew had left the Canary Islands, off the Atlantic coast of Africa. Now they saw branches and sticks floating in the water. They saw flocks of birds.', 'These were signs of land. Then, on October 12, a sailor called Rodrigo saw the early morning moon shining on white sands, and cried out. It was an island in the Bahamas, the Caribbean sea. The first man to sight land was supposed to get a yearly pension of 10,000 maravedis for life, but Rodrigo never got it. Columbus claimed he had seen a light the evening before. He got the reward.', 'So, approaching land, they were met by, the Arawak Indians, who swam out to greet them. The Arawaks lived in village communes, had a developed agriculture of corn, yams, cassava. They could spin and weave, but they had no horses or work animals. They had no iron, but they wore tiny gold ornaments in their ears.', 'This was to have enormous consequences: it led Columbus to take some of them aboard ship as prisoners because he insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold. He then sailed to what is now Cuba, then to Hispaniola (the island which today consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic). There, bits of visible gold in the rivers, and a gold mask presented to Columbus by a local Indian chief, led to wild visions of gold fields.', 'On Hispaniola, out of timbers from the Santa Maria, which had run aground, Columbus built a fort, the first European military base in the Western Hemisphere. He called it Navidad (Christmas) and left thirtynine crewmembers there, with instructions to find and store the gold. He took more Indian prisoners and put them aboard his two remaining ships. At one part of the island he got into a fight with Indians who refused to trade as many bows and arrows as he and his men wanted. Two were run through with swords and bled to death. Then the Nina and the Pinta set sail for the Azores and Spain. When the weather turned cold, the Indian prisoners began to die.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Stocks: Make Money: Top 10 Simple Secrets For Penny Stocks, Investing & Stock Trading\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The DREAMS OUR STUFF IS MADE OF: HOW SCIENCE FICTION CONQUERED THE WORLD\\nDescription: ['In The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, Thomas Disch does for science fiction what he did for poetry in The Castle of Indolence. First, he treats it not as a playground for idle dreamers, but as a branch of serious literature with significant cultural impact. Second, he brings the perspective of a seasoned practitioner to bear in separating the wheat from the chaff.', \\\"For example, if you ever wanted to know why L. Ron Hubbard managed to start a cult but Philip K. Dick didn't, Disch is your man. Beginning with Edgar Allan Poe, Disch elaborates a vision of science fiction as one of the twentieth century's most influential manifestations of America as a culture of liars. Among the frauds are the alien abduction stories of Whitley Strieber, the sadomasochistic dominance fantasies of John Norman, and the co-opting of cyberpunk by postmodern academics and avant-gardists trying to stay hip.\\\", \\\"Disch plays very few favorites, and when ideology gets in the way of good writing, it doesn't matter what side you're on. Subliterary feminist fantasies of matriarchial utopias get slammed just as hard as subliterary conservative militaristic wet dreams. Not even one of sci-fi's most beloved Grand Masters, Robert Heinlein, is unimpeachable; Disch correctly nails Heinlein on his consistent sexism and racism, as well as his gradual descent into solipsism. One of Heinlein's last novels, The Number of the Beast, is described as "the freakout to which [Heinlein]'s entitled as a good American, whose right to lie is protected by the Constitution."\\\", 'What does Disch like? For starters: Philip K. Dick, the British New Wave as exemplified by J. G. Ballard and Michael Moorcock, and Joe Haldeman\\\\'s Hugo- and Nebula-winning The Forever War, described as being "to the Vietnam War what Catch-22 was to World War II," and which he believes deserved a Pulitzer as well.', 'Disch may confirm your suspicions, or he may raise every last one of your hackles. But one thing this book will definitely not do is bore you.', 'With pungency and wit, Disch (The Castle of Indolence) explores the enormous cultural impact that SF has had over the past century, placing it in the tradition of tall tales and lying, arguing that SF \\\"has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form best adapted to telling the lies we like to hear and to pretend we believe.\\\" He argues for Edgar Allan Poe as the father of SF and devotes a chapter to what he calls \\\"our embarrassing ancestor,\\\" whose many stories anticipate themes common in later SF. Space travel, nuclear holocausts, Star Trek, drugs, sex and feminism, religion, politics, imperialism in space, and race relations are among the topics Disch trenchantly investigates in stories by many of the field\\\\'s best-known figures, past and present. Their admirers are likely to be uncomfortable or enraged by some of his comments, which reflect a thorough knowledge of SF both as an insider and an outsider (Disch largely ceased writing SF two decades ago) and of the wider world in which it developed. His concluding chapter, \\\"The Future of an Illusion?SF Beyond the Year 2000,\\\" offers a bleak perspective. More than half the top 10 grossing films of all time have been SF, but the economics of filmmaking dictate action-adventure and dumb plots, contends Disch. Similarly, the economics of book publishing favor undemanding series. Retailers should encourage SF buffs to buy this provocative account but should also encourage them to supplement it with two valuable companions: Brian Aldiss\\\\'s Trillion Year Spree (1986) and Edward James\\\\'s Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (1996). Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hubble Reveals Creation: By an Awe-Inspiring Power\\nDescription: ['
From troubled teen to a successful entrepreneur and author, Paul Hutchins\\\\'s story began when, as a terrified nineteen-year-old, he found himself cowering in a passenger seat, covering his head and silently praying the rural Kentucky sheriff\\\\'s bullets would miss their mark and he would make it out alive. Scared for his life, the high-speed chase was the beginning of a personal life change that eventually led him to write Hubble Reveals Creation by an Awe-Inspiring Power. As a teenager, he became involved with illegal drugs, petty crime, and delinquency. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur and says he\\\\'s fortunate to be alive. He is a recipient of the Lee County Community Development Award and has been a disaster relief volunteer.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Again, Dangerous Visions: v. 2 (Pan science fiction)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Tale of Two Titties\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times\\nDescription: ['\\\"A powerful, politically electric book from one of the most engaging social critics in the nation.\\\"Jonathan Kozol
\\\"A history and a history maker to give us hope.\\\"Alice Walker
\\\"Zinn explains his involvement in the struggles for civil rights, against war, and in support of organized labor by citing his \\\\'abhorrence of any kind of bullying.\\\\' These are lively tales.\\\"Patricia O\\\\'Connell, The New York Times
\\\"Pick up this book! Start reading it! I guarantee you won\\\\'t stop. The most influential teacher I\\\\'ve ever had continues to teach us about life and humanity and hope.\\\"Marian Wright Edelman
\\\"A teacher who committed his politically engaged life to the belief that love is a command to action.Colman McCarthy,The Washington Post
\\\"A personal favorite. This autobiography by the great activist and historian...provides an eloquent, personal account of the struggles for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, and a universal paean to protest and resistance.\\\"Matthew Rothschild,The Progressive ', 'Howard Zinn (19222010) was a world-renowned historian, author, playwright, and social activist best known for A Peoples History of the United States. His many highly acclaimed books include Three Strikes (with Dana Frank and Robin D. G. Kelley).
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant professor in Princeton Universitys Center for African American Studies and the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: China and the Environment: The Green Revolution (Asian Arguments)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"This superb collection of vivid case studies gives plenty of evidence that Chinese citizens across the country are not going to sit down and do nothing while pollution slowly kills them. With detailed accounts of resistance against polluting corporations and colluding officials, this is an authentic and credible report from the great battleground of modern Chinese environmentalism - a battle over not just China\\\\'s air, but the air of the rest of the planet.\\\" - Kerry Brown, Professor and Director, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
\\\"For anyone interested in China, or in the environment, let alone interested in the environment movement in China, this is an invaluable book. The broad analysis is insightful, and the case studies highly instructive. And the stakes could hardly be higher: without China on board, prospects for a genuinely sustainable world disappear in a miasma of industrial pollution.\\\" - Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future
\\\"This is a lively, detailed, and eminently readable account of the struggles of Chinese environmental citizens\\\\' groups to carve out space for information transparency, public participation, and intellectual freedom. Beautifully written by a team of activist researchers who have themselves been intimately involved in the challenges and promise of China\\\\'s emerging environmental civil society, China and the Environment provides a grassroots view of the courageous efforts of China\\\\'s ENGOs to ameliorate the current crisis and shape China\\\\'s prospects for a sustainable future.\\\" - Judith Shapiro, American University, author of China\\\\'s Environmental Challenges and Mao\\\\'s War against Nature
\\\"People around the world have begun to understand the extent of China\\\\'s environmental crisis. But the essays in this book convey what most readers will consider genuine news: the struggle within China, by Chinese journalists, officials, and ordinary citizens to reverse the trend toward destructive development in their country. \\\\'China and the Environment\\\\' will be useful and very enlightening to reader in China and around the world.\\\" - James Fallows, The Atlantic, author of China Airborne
\\\"This is a superb and engaging book that explains how China is grappling with one of the most pressing issues facing our world today. In compelling fashion, the authors introduce us to the activists, journalists and lawyers who are fighting for cleaner air and water, and to the institutional obstacles that remain in their path. This is a must-read for anyone who has heard about an environmental protest in China and wondered not only what the real story behind it was, but also which way the story of China\\\\'s \\\"green revolution\\\" is heading.\\\" - Gady Epstein, China correspondent, The Economist
\\\"There have been very few stories of China over the past decade more important than the decline of the environment and the rise of civil society. The authors of this excellent collection of essays have intimate knowledge of both and they bring their expertise to the fore with lucid prose, lively description and a wealth of horrendous detail.\\\" - Jonathan Watts, author of When A Billion Chinese Jump ', ' ', '', '', 'Sam Geall is Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography of China at the University of Oxford and Executive Editor of chinadialogue.net. He is an editor of Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 7/10: China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability. Sam has written for many international publications including The Guardian, Foreign Policy, New Humanist, openDemocracy, Index on Censorship and Green Futures. He is a Fellow of the RSA. ', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family\\nDescription: ['This is a riveting account of organized crime as a way of life. The \\\"wiseguy\\\" (mob parlance for a street-level hoodlum) is Henry Hill, 30-year veteran of a Brooklyn strong-arm branch of the Luchese crime family, who turned against and helped convict his former associates five years ago and entered the Federal Witness Protection Program. Pileggi, a crime reporter for New York writing here with Hill\\\\'s cooperation, does a superb job of re-creating the gangster\\\\'s career, from his early days as an errand boy (at 12) to racketeer Paulie Vario in Brooklyn\\\\'s BrownsvilleEast New York section, to his pivotal roles in a Boston College point-shaving scandal and the $6-million Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport in 1978. Hill\\\\'s story becomes an extraordinary vantage on a demimonde that lives a high, violent, score-to-score life in which car theft, hijacking-to-order, credit-card scams, cigarette smuggling, and other hustles and schemes are as workaday as 9-to-5 at the office. Literary Guild featured alternate. Foreign rights: Sterling Lord. January 30 Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s Henry Hill aspired \\\"to be a gangsterto be a wise guy.\\\" This book chronicles Hill\\\\'s criminal successes beginning with his being a gofer for neighborhood mobster to his part in the 1978 $6-million Lufthansa Airlines robbery. Smuggling, hijacking, union racketeering, credit card fraud, robbery, bribery, drug dealing, prison, marriage, and assorted girlfriends take up most of Hill\\\\'s time and this story. The author may have faithfully portrayed his subject but neither Hill nor any of his activities provokes much interest. The result is a plodding, episodic account which would have made a better magazine article than book. Hill\\\\'s career ends with his becoming the ultimate wise guy as an informer under the Federal Witness Program. Jerry Maioli, Western Library Network, Olympia, Wash. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Watch & Guess\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman: The Classic Story\\nDescription: ['\\\"My soul would be an outlaw,\\\" begins the storyteller in this short tale of the timeless war between Conformity and Rebellion, in the guise of the Master Timekeeper (a.k.a. the Ticktockman) and the renegade Harlequin. In a completely regulated society, where being a minute late here and there shortens your life accordingly, the Ticktockman is king; Harlequin is the jellybean joker who wants to knock him from his perch. Rick Berry\\\\'s dark, lush illustrations magnify the force of a story that reminds readers of the best parts of George Orwell\\\\'s 1984 or Terry Gilliam\\\\'s Brazil.', '\\\"The categories are too small to describe Ellison. Lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, moralist, purveyor of pure horror and black comedy; he is all of these and more.\\\" The San Francisco Chronicle \\\"[Harlan Ellison] is a phenomenon, sui generis.\\\" Digby Diehl, Playboy \\\"Jealous artists might want to, but no one paints with confidence and excitement like Rick Berry.\\\" Locus -- San Francisco Chronicle,Locus', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hand Knits for the Home\\nDescription: ['Showing how to knit using a clear step by step approach, with comprehensive instructions and photographs, this book encourages creativity and includes 20 elegant and decorative projects for the home, from blankets and throws to cushions and table runners. Each project become s progressively more advanced, using increasingly more complex stitches and patterns making the process an enjoyable learning experience. Both comprehensive and creative, this book works from scratch to bring together all the ingredients - yarn style, colour, texture, and pattern as well as finishing details such as edging and fastenings to make knitting a versatile and creative skill for producing beautiful accessories for the home.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman : The Classic Story (Signed, Limited Edition)\\nDescription: ['Though it is two years late, this oversized (9\\\"x13\\\"), illustrated 30th anniversary edition is a fitting tribute to a funny and touching masterwork.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hombres desnudos (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The grapes of wrath (Penguin modern classics)\\nDescription: ['John Steinbeck (1902 1968) remains one of the quintessential writers of American literature. Born in Salinas, California, Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception. Steinbeck wrote over twenty-five novels during his lifetime. ']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Washington, D.C.: A Scrapbook\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 2-6-In a lively scrapbook-style format, an African-American student records a class trip from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Danny arrives via Amtrak at Union Station and tours the city with three friends. The illustrations are an attractive collage of watercolor drawings and color photographs. The page that describes the city's subway system shows an actual fare card and Metro map. Famous landmarks such as the White House, the Capitol building, the Air and Space Museum, and the National Zoo are featured with interesting captions that might be enlightening even to native Washingtonians. An informal appendix containing, among other things, a D.C. time line, a discussion of U.S. government, and a map of the National Mall, does a good job of supplementing the facts and trivia presented in the body of the text. A list of cultural sites does not include the new Roosevelt Memorial, unfortunately dating the book a little at the onset. The last page lists books, Web sites, and bureaus to contact for further information. This book will intrigue students preparing for a trip or gathering facts for a report. The format is far more engaging than the traditional nonfiction book on a geographic location. Jackie Hechtkopf, University of Maryland, College Park Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", 'With the huge numbers of families that visit D.C. every year, this will have a long life. And with so many teachers using the scrapbook and journal format for teaching creative writing, the format will also have great appeal as a travel diary. - J.F.S. -- Kids Pick of the Lists, Bookselling This Week, October 11, 1999', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Imagine (Easy Piano, Sheet Music)\\nDescription: ['Easy Piano Sheet Music Single.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Boats and Ships (Voyages of Discovery)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fight Club\\nDescription: [\\\"Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything. Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter and dark, anarchic genius. And it's only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty Year Friendship\\nDescription: [\\\"As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth different states, yet they managed to maintain an extraordinary friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, the death of a child, and the mysterious death of the eleventh member of their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life's challenges, and the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds.\\\\n\\\\nThe girls, now in their forties, have a lifetime of memories in common, some evocative of their generation and some that will resonate with any woman who has ever had a friend. The Girls from Ames demonstrates how close female relationships can shape every aspect of women's lives-their sense of themselves, their choice of men, their need for validation, their relationships with their mothers, their dreams for their daughters-and reveals how such friendships thrive, rewarding those who have committed to them. With both universal events and deeply personal moments, it's a book that every woman will relate to and be inspired by.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Street Lawyer\\nDescription: ['\\\"No one does it better than Grisham. This latest novel is as unputdownable as ever.\\\" * Daily Telegraph * \\\"Fluent and fascinating. Few writers have so much to say, the skills to make reading what they say an irresistible pleasure -- and the clout to be able to say it to an audience of millions.\\\" * Independent * \\\"Compelling... Grisham is more adept at getting the reader to turn the page than almost any writer working today.\\\" * Daily Mail *', 'John Grisham is the author of twenty-two novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He is on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project in New York and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He lives in Virgina and Mississippi. His website is www.johngrisham.co.uk', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Imgenes, Enhanced Edition (World Languages)\\nDescription: ['Debbie Rusch has been the coordinator of Elementary Spanish at Boston College since 1990. She is the author of IMGENES, CLARO QUE Si!, ANMATE, FUENTES: CONVERSACIN Y GRAMTICA, and EN PAREJAS 1, 2, 3 Y 4. At Boston College she has taught pedagogy courses. She has been an instructor of Spanish for more than 35 years and has also taught English as a Foreign Language in Spain, where she lived for more than six years. She is a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences and conducts workshops for school districts.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hearts in Atlantis\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Woman's Inhumanity to Woman\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Modern Classics Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)\\nDescription: ['Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Circling The Shadows (Sunshine and Moonlight) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"When I was 12 my best friend's Mom found her half of our smutty stories folded into tiny triangles between her mattress and her box spring. I burned my half. That was the first fire I ever made. I seem unable to stop making fires. They keyboard started to smolder just before Valentines Day of 2014. Just to be clear, regarding romance my philosophy is this... show your love 364 days a year, but on Valentine's Day, go shoot hoops. I'd rather have an oil change than a dozen roses. Romance for me is much deeper than petals. It hits the breath and the heart and feels a lot like a panic attack. I am a DC-area fiction writer. Circling The Shadows is the first in a four book series called Sunshine and Moonlight. I love words, music, bourbon and beach. Writing is my greatest passion... well almost.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Elektra: Assassin\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lost Love Found (Skye O'Malley)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Big Sur\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Nozzlehead's Big Adventure (Nozzlehead Adventure Series)\\nDescription: ['TJ Spencer is the author of the Nozzlehead Adventure Series Children\\\\'s Books including Nozzlehead\\\\'s Big Adventure (2013), Nozzlehead\\\\'s Adventure \\\"Helping Hands\\\" (2013) Nozzlehead\\\\'s \\\"5 Alarm Fire\\\" (2014) and many more. TJ became active as a member of the National Ski Patrol, studied at Northwest Community College, became an EMT and joined the Fire Department in 1989 and currently serves as a Professional Firefighter. He has collaborated with authors, educators, counselors, agents, editors, and literary professionals in the creation of Nozzlehead Books.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: On Writing\\nDescription: [\\\"Find out what books and films influenced the young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie. For the first time, here's an intimate autobiographical portrait of his home life, his family and his traumatic recent accident. Citing examples of his work and those of his contemporaries, King gives an excellent masterclass on writing - how to use the tools of the trade from building characters to pace and plotting as well as practical advice on presentation. And King tells readers how he got to be a No. 1 bestseller for a quarter of a century with fascinating descriptions of his own process, the origins and development of, e.g. Carrie and Misery.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Magic of Time\\nDescription: ['THE MAGIC OF TIME, a debut novel by Patricia Grace Joyce; is a well-researched and entertaining time-travel mystery romance, transporting our tormented heroine, Graziella Fortuna from present-day Los Angeles to a past life in nineteenth century London, England. Brilliantly plotted, colorfully written, vividly imagined, it is a riveting tale of the paranormal, embracing the universal challenge of love vs. fear. ----nancymills@thespritedwoman.com
The Magic of Time is a must read for everyone. A tale of tragic, epic, and metaphysical tale-telling! Patricia Joyce takes us from the present-day world of Los Angeles to the 19th century ton, where the rich are as deeply entrenched in mystery, passion, and the chain reaction events that truly do follow us into other lifetimes. This book has everything you would want in a story! It captures you from page one and it doesn t let go! I loved it. --Vicki Monroe, Spirit Messenger, Psychic Medium, CSI Investigator, Author', 'The Magic of Time is provocative, intelligent, and whimsical...a well-researched and highly-entertaining time travel mystery romance. In this first novel of a four book series, Patricia Joyce has woven an intricate tale, transporting our tormented heroine, Graziella Fortuna, from present day Los Angeles to a past life in London, an amazing journey of the soul from a life of acclaim and success to a life of desire, accusation, seduction, deceit, and murder. Brilliantly plotted, colorfully written, vividly imagined, The Magic of Time is a riveting tale of the paranormal, that embraces the universal challenge of love versus fear.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Psychic Biker meets The Extreme Ghost Hunter\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mirrors\\nDescription: ['MINOR STICKER RESIDUE ON COVER. NO WRITING OR MARKS ON PAGES.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cannery Row\\nDescription: ['“Steinbeck has compounded a bitter and uproariously funny commentary on the futility of human aspiration and the barrenness of existence . . . an extraordinary mixture of wild laughter and searing pain.”  — The New York Herald Tribune
“It’s one of the most thoroughly enjoyable and delicious books you’ll ever have the fortune to read.”  —Chicago Sun Times
“Everything is always somehow overlaid with laughter, the special kind of laughter and contentment with one’s lot, however humble, that only John Steinbeck can put into words. . . . John Steinbeck sees his characters with deep compassion as well as amusement.”  —Chicago Sunday Tribune', 'John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about twenty-five miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919 he went to Stanford University, where he intermittently enrolled in literature and writing courses until he left in 1925 without taking a degree. During the next five years he supported himself as a laborer and journalist in New York City, all the time working on his first novel, Cup of Gold (1929).', 'After marriage and a move to Pacific Grove, he published two California books, The Pastures of Heaven (1932) and To a God Unknown (1933), and worked on short stories later collected in The Long Valley (1938). Popular success and financial security came only with Tortilla Flat (1935), stories about Monterey’s paisanos. A ceaseless experimenter throughout his career, Steinbeck changed courses regularly. Three powerful novels of the late 1930s focused on the California laboring class: In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and the book considered by many his finest, The Grapes of Wrath (1939). The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.', 'Early in the 1940s, Steinbeck became a filmmaker with The Forgotten Village (1941) and a serious student of marine biology with Sea of Cortez (1941). He devoted his services to the war, writing Bombs Away (1942) and the controversial play-novelette The Moon is Down (1942). Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1948), another experimental drama, Burning Bright (1950), and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) preceded publication of the monumental East of Eden (1952), an ambitious saga of the Salinas Valley and his own family’s history.', 'The last decades of his life were spent in New York City and Sag Harbor with his third wife, with whom he traveled widely. Later books include Sweet Thursday (1954), The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957), Once There Was a War (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962), America and Americans (1966), and the posthumously published Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969), Viva Zapata! (1975), The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976), and Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989).', \\\"Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, and, in 1964, he was presented with the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968. Today, more than thirty years after his death, he remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Daddy Catch\\nDescription: [\\\"
Nominated for the RT Reviewers, National Readers' Choice and Booksellers' Best Awards, Leigh Duncan has written eight Harlequin American Romances. The Ranchers Lullaby(May 2015) concludes her latest Glades County Cowboys series. Sign up for Leigh's newsletter at leighduncan.comorLeighDuncanBooks.\\\", '\\\"I brought ya some coffee, boss.\\\" Sam, On The Fly\\\\'s manager, placed a sturdy cardboard cup on the edge of Jess Cofer\\\\'s desk. \\\"You got a few minutes before we open up?\\\"', '\\\"Sure.\\\" Jess swallowed back a grimace. An employee who wanted to chat before the first customer walked in could only mean her day was rolling further downhill. A shame, because she usually looked forward to Saturday. Most of the time, it meant heading out the door with a fly rod in her hand and a client at her side, but not today. Instead, a last-minute cancellation had forced her to take a hard look at the store\\\\'s books. She glanced at the tally beneath the expense column and exhaled slowly. Merritt Island\\\\'s premier fly fishing shop was in trouble.', \\\"What would Sam do if he learned the shop's bottom line had taken on water and was headed for the riverbed? Would he quit? Without her most valued employee to run interference with their wealthier, more demanding clientele, she didn't know what she'd do. Bail, probably. She mustered a wary smile for the man in the doorway.\\\", '\\\"What\\\\'s up?\\\" A handful of unruly curls fell across her face. She brushed them aside.', \\\"Sam leaned against the doorjamb. He tapped a rolled-up newspaper against his palm. When he didn't speak, Jess nodded to the paper.\\\", '\\\"Any good news in there?\\\" she asked.', 'The lines around Sam\\\\'s watery blue eyes deepened. \\\"Prices are up and income is down. Same as usual,\\\" he humphed. His voice dropped until Jess could scarcely hear him.', '\\\"And old man Phelps died,\\\" he murmured. \\\"The paper says he was eighty-six.\\\"', \\\"Jess slowly settled her red pen on top of her scarred oak desk. The coffee she'd sipped rolled uneasily in her stomach.\\\", '\\\"Henry Phelps?\\\"', \\\"At Sam's nod, she blinked back a mist of tears and rummaged through the desk drawer for a pack of Kleenex. It lay beneath a hank of ginger bucktail left over from a recent fly tying session. She tugged out a tissue and dabbed her eyes.\\\", '\\\"Aw, I shoulda broke the news better.\\\" Floorboards creaked as Sam shifted his weight. He shot a hopeful glance toward the display room. \\\"Want me to leave ya alone, boss?\\\"', 'Jess shook her head. \\\"No, I\\\\'ll be all right.\\\" Henry had been their first client, and after Tom died, it\\\\'d been the Florida native\\\\'s idea to preserve Phelps Cove as a memorial to her late husband. They had worked together on the project until the elderly man\\\\'s stroke two months ago, but even that hadn\\\\'t dimmed his dream. They had talked about it when she\\\\'d dropped by the hospital last week. Now, Phelps Cove would make a fitting legacy for both Tom and Henry.', 'The thought settled her stomach, and Jess managed a wobbly smile.', '\\\"Henry was a good man. When\\\\'s the funeral?\\\"', 'Sam shrugged. \\\"Too early for an obit, but there\\\\'s a nice write-up on the front page.\\\" He unfurled the paper and pointed with a calloused finger. \\\"All about how he made his fortune. Talks a little bit about Phelps Cove and his involvement with Protect Our Environment.\\\" He looked down, refusing to meet her eyes. \\\"What\\\\'s the latest on that?\\\"', 'The question threatened to send her stomach back into free fall, but Jess caught herself. At 2.5 million dollars for one hundred acres of prime riverfront, not even the state of Florida would be foolish enough to botch the deal. She shook her head, remembering the time a reporter had shoved a microphone at Henry and demanded he explain his motives for selling the land so far below its market value.', '\\\"How much money does a body need in one lifetime?\\\" Henry had shot back. \\\"I already got me a fortune. This is my chance at history. Phelps Cove\\\\'ll be here long after I\\\\'m gone.\\\"', \\\"And now he was. Gone. Jess's shoulders slumped in a world that felt a little emptier.\\\", 'At a restless sound from the doorway, she straightened. The funding approval was practically a rubber stamp, according to her counterpart in POE, and he should know. The organization was tasked with establishing protected habitats on state-owned land. She aimed a thumb at a poster on the wall behind her.', '\\\"Henry always said our great-grandkids should see what Florida looked like before the moon race and theme parks brought in tourism.\\\"', '\\\"That niece o\\\\' his might have different plans,\\\" Sam suggested.', 'She had nearly forgotten about the woman who, according to Henry, rarely ventured out of New York.', '\\\"Estelle does prefer life in the big city,\\\" she mused. \\\"Henry gave me her number when he flew up for her oldest\\\\'s graduation. I think it\\\\'s still in my address book. Let me call her. See where things stand.\\\"', 'When Sam took that as his cue to escape, Jess wished she could go with him. Henry had referred to his niece as \\\"distant\\\" and \\\"self-serving,\\\" and Jess was pretty sure she wouldn\\\\'t like talking to the woman any more than she enjoyed running a business that catered to people who had more money than sense. For the umpteenth time that month, she wondered why she bothered.', \\\"Her gaze drifted from the bills and receipts scattered across her desk to her favorite fly rod, propped in the corner of the tiny office. For the first time since she'd arrived at work that morning, she smiled. Tomorrow was Sunday, the one day of the week On The Fly's doors remained closed. A day when she could take her favorite fishing buddy on an excursion to Phelps Cove in honor of two special men, his dad and their old friend. Her smile deepened as she picked up the phone.\\\", \\\"A rising tide salted the air. Beyond white sand dunes, the surf roared against the shore. Dan Hamilton eyed the bunched shoulders of the figure ahead of him on the coquina walkway and wondered why the other man was so tense. Dan thought he should be the nervous one. This was, after all, his first night of cards with the big dogs of Brevard County's medical society. The occasion prompted a critical self-appraisal and, on the short walk to the converted guesthouse, Dan did just that.\\\", \\\"Manners so well rehearsed anyone would think he'd learned them on his mother's knee? Check. Bland, Midwestern accent slathered over his native Southern drawl like mayonnaise on a baloney sandwich? Check. The\\\", \\\"same understated labels his peers at the poker table were sure to wear? Got 'em.\\\", \\\"Satisfied he had ticked off every item with the same careful attention he gave the operating room each time he picked up a scalpel, Dan straightened his shoulders as Bryce Jones III beckoned him into a masculine lair of leather and dark wood. Behind them, the door closed with a swish and a snick, locking out the bright sunshine of a January afternoon on Florida's east coast. Bryce crossed immediately to a bar so well-stocked it deserved its own liquor license. Crystal glasses clinked softly as they settled onto polished wood while Dan fought the urge to wrinkle his nose at the nutty scent of old cigars that drifted in the chilly air.\\\", '\\\"Take a look. I think you\\\\'ll be impressed.\\\"', \\\"Bryce nodded toward walls peppered with land maps and architectural drawings. On a corner table, beneath spotlights, scale-model buildings and statuary were staggered down a slope to a mock river's edge. A tiny sign read The Aegean.\\\", '\\\"You throwing in the towel and moving to Greece?\\\" Dan asked. Not that he believed for a minute the plastic surgeon would walk away from his high-profile client list.', '\\\"Me?\\\" Bryce chuckled and poured Scotch without asking Dan\\\\'s preference. \\\"Nah. You ever been there?\\\"', '\\\"No. Not yet.\\\" Accepting the glass he was handed, Dan shook his head. He\\\\'d barely paid off his school loans and started planning for the future. Ten years of post-grad training among the skilled hands and sharp minds at the University of Florida had put him on the fast track to becoming the best thoracic surgeon in the county, maybe in the state. Once he nailed that recognition, he\\\\'d have the clout to achieve his most important goal. After that, there\\\\'d be time and money for travel, a hobby. Maybe even a date or two.', 'Bryce gestured to a painting of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.', '\\\"You\\\\'d love Greece. The islands are peaceful. Private. Exactly the atmosphere my more refined patients expect. Jack and Iyou know him, don\\\\'t you?\\\"', \\\"He nodded. Jack Tillman was another plastic surgeon whose family roots ran oak-tree deep. Dan's own were tenacious and hardy, but thanks to the father he'd never met, they were shallow as crabgrass.\\\", 'Bryce continued. \\\"We want to bring a bit of Greece to our own corner of the universe. There are a thousand cosmetic surgical centers, but ours will offer world-class facilities in tropical seclusion. Deep water access from the Intercoastal Waterway means our patients can recuperate aboard their own yachts.\\\" He righted a tiny boat. \\\"Or in one of our cottages. Think of the advantagesno airport hassles, no paparazzi. Just sail south and return looking refreshed and rested after a little touch-up.\\\"', \\\"At the hint of unexpected possibilities, Dan's chest tightened the way it did on those rare occasions when things in the operating room took an unexpected turn. Thankful his host couldn't see the reaction, he focused on his glass of single malt and took a sip.\\\", '\\\"Interesting,\\\" he said, leaving Bryce to interpret the remark.', 'The other man tipped his glass to the arrangement of buildings. \\\"We invited a few friends to investMark, Foreman, Chase. Do you know Chase? He\\\\'s a thoracic surgeon, like you.\\\"', 'Not exactly like me. Chase spent more time on the golf course than he did in surgery.', '\\\"Not well,\\\" Dan admitted. In fact, he rarely saw any of Bryce\\\\'s circle outside the hospital or fundraisers. Tonight\\\\'s poker party had marked a change in that status, but if he was reading the other doctor correctly, a lot more than cards were on the table.', '\\\"They\\\\'ll all be here tonight.\\\" Bryce\\\\'s focus drifted to the far corner where stacks of chips stood waiting on a green-felted table. \\\"I found the perfect spot on north Merritt Island. It\\\\'s raw and undeveloped, except for an abandoned orange grove.\\\"...', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Of Mice and Men\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Prague: The Buildings of Europe\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Motherless Brooklyn\\nDescription: ['\\\"The best novel of the year. . . . Utterly original and deeply moving.\\\" --Esquire
\\\"Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora.\\\" --Newsweek
\\\"Finding out whodunit is interesting enough, but it\\\\'s more fun watching Lethem unravel the mysteries of his Tourettic creation. In this case, it takes one trenchant wordsmith to know another.\\\" --Time
\\\"Immerses us in the mind\\\\'s dense thicket, a place where words split and twine in an ever-deepening tangle.\\\" --The New York Times Book Review
\\\"Who but Jonathan Lethem would attempt a half-satirical cross between a literary novel and a hard-boiled crime story narrated by an amateur detective with Tourette\\\\'s syndrome?...The dialogue crackles with caustic hilarity...Jonathan Lethem is a verbal performance artisit...Unexpectedly moving.\\\" --The Boston Globe
\\\"With one unique and well-imagined character, Jonathan Lethem has turned a genre on its ear. He doesn\\\\'t just push the envelope, he gives it a swift kick... A tour de force.\\\" --The Denver Post
\\\"Wonderfully inventive, slightly absurdist... [Motherless Brooklyn] is funny and sly, clever, compelling, and endearing.\\\" --USA Today', \\\"From America's most inventive novelist, Jonathan Lethem, comes this compelling and compulsive riff on the classic detective novel. Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and rip apart our language in startling and original ways. Together with three veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cum detective agency. Life without Frank Minna, the charismatic King of Brooklyn, would be unimaginable, so who cares if the tasks he sets them are, well, not exactly legal. But when Frank is fatally stabbed, one of Lionel's colleagues lands in jail, the other two vie for his position, and the victim's widow skips town. Lionel's world is suddenly topsy-turvy, and this outcast who has trouble even conversing attempts to untangle the threads of the case while trying to keep the words straight in his head. Motherless Brooklyn is a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Uprising USA\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Bonfire of the Vanities\\nDescription: ['', \\\"A big, bitter, funny, craftily plotted book that grabs you by the lapels and won't let you go. The New York Times Book Review\\\", \\\"The Bonfire of the Vanities chronicles the collapse of a Wall Street bond trader, and examines a world in which fortunes are made and lost at the blink of a computer screen. . . . Wolfe's subject couldn't be more topical: New Yorkers' relentless pursuit and flaunting of wealth, and the fury it evokes in the have-nots. USA Today\\\", 'A superb human comedy and the first novel ever to get contemporary New York, in all its arrogance and shame and heterogeneity and insularity, exactly right. The Washington Post Book World', 'A page-turner . . . Brilliant high comedy. The New Republic', 'More than a tour de force. Time', '', 'Tom Wolfe\\\\'s modern American satire tells the story of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street \\\"Master of the Universe\\\" who has it all -- a Park Avenue apartment, a job that brings wealth, power and prestige, a beautiful wife, an even more beautiful mistress. Suddenly, one wrong turn makes it all go wrong, and Sherman spirals downward in a sudden fall from grace that sucks him into the ravenous heart of a New York City gone mad during the go-go, racially turbulent, socially hilarious 1980s.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11, Top Journalists Speak Out\\nDescription: ['Borjesson, an award-winning investigative reporter turned media critic, gathers an impressive list of journalists in what purports to be \\\"an oral account of the current era of crisis,\\\" but the author is less interested in her group\\\\'s answers than whether they agree with her premises: the Bush administration is evil, the American media are largely complicit, and the American public is idiotic. Throughout, Borjesson focuses on botched coverage leading up to the war in Iraq. Her \\\"questions,\\\" some amounting to an entire paragraph, others more statement than inquiry, rankle some subjects and motivate others. Ted Koppel bristles at Borjesson\\\\'s sweeping judgments, while New York Times writer-economist Paul Krugman follows the author\\\\'s lead almost to the edge of reason. Other times, Borjesson doesn\\\\'t even listen to her subjects\\\\' answers; upon hearing Washington Post special projects reporter Barton Gellman give a thoughtful argument for reconstruction stories (\\\"journalism after the fact\\\") as a valuable way to explain how things happened, including the Bush administration\\\\'s successful campaign for war, Borjesson smugly rejects the notion: \\\"But you understand how presenting this evidence after the war instead of while the case for war is being made is totally moot.\\\" Flawed, yes. Totally moot, no. And Gellman, for anyone who cares to pay attention, impressively explains the difference. In fact, this book is full of such insightful commentary. Just skip the questions. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \\\"American media has garnered severe criticism, particularly abroad, for failing to more vigorously question the Bush administration's insistence on going to war against Iraq. In this collection of interviews with 21 journalists, Borjesson offers a penetrating look at how top reporters regard the efforts by themselves and their colleagues to cover the war and the efforts of the administration to conceal or obfuscate their policy on Iraq. Ted Koppel, anchor of Nightline, known for asking tough questions, asserts that he has never been censored, while White House correspondent Helen Thomas laments the pressure on reporters not to appear unpatriotic by questioning the motives for the war and how she has become persona non grata with the administration. Among others interviewed are author Ron Suskind, Washington Post reporter Anthony Shadid, historian-blogger Juan Cole, former New York Times correspondent Christopher Hedges, NPR's Deborah Amos, and Knight Ridder correspondent Hannah Allam. Editor of the highly acclaimedInto the Buzzsaw (2002), Borjesson once again shines a penetrating light on the failures and virtues of American journalists at this crucial time. Vanessa Bush Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: High Fidelity\\nDescription: [\\\"Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Till Human Voices Wake Us\\nDescription: ['Author of the popular Indigo series, Alan Brooks lives in Woodstock, NY with his wife and daughter. He writes books and screenplays and is currently developing a series of comic pieces for the stage.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Princess of Mars (Penguin Classics)\\nDescription: ['Might it really be possible—in fact and not fancy—to venture with John Carter to the Kingdom of Helium on the planet Mars? (Carl Sagan)', 'Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero. ', \\\"John Seelye is a graduate research professor of American literature at the University of Florida. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain at the Movies, Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Literature, Beautiful Machine: Rivers and the Early Republic, Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock, and War Games: Richard Harding Davis and the New Imperialism. He is also the consulting editor for Penguin Classics in American literature.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts\\nDescription: [\\\"Scott Allen Nollen is the audiovisual archivist at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. He is also the author of twelve books on the history of film, literature and music, including McFarland's The Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy (1989) and Robert Louis Stevenson: Life, Literature and the Silver Screen (1994). He lives in Iowa City.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: John Carter of Mars (Barsoom Series, #11)\\nDescription: ['Includes John Carter and the Giant of Mars; Skeleton Men of Jupiter']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: ADHD Without Drugs - A Guide to the Natural Care of Children with ADHD ~ By One of America's Leading Integrative Pediatricians\\nDescription: ['Dr. Newmark has finally crafted the book that I have long been wishing for: a wonderful self-help guide for parents looking for a thoughtful and sciencebased natural approach to treating ADHD. This integrative/holistic style reduces or eliminates the need for stimulant medications and offers sound advice about diet, sleep, nutrients, herbs and other key modalities. The book radiates a balanced wisdom that comes so rarely from practicing physicians today. --Scott Shannon, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; author of Please Don t Label My Child; editor of Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health<br \\\\\\\\><br \\\\\\\\>If I had one book to read about ADHD, this is it. It is well-written, practical and filled with the uncommonly good common sense of an experienced and compassionate clinician with fair-minded and rigorous reviews of the state of the science. --Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH; Director, Center for Integrative Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, Social Science Health Policy, and Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center<br \\\\\\\\><br \\\\\\\\>Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. --Timothy Culbert, MD, FAAP, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrician; Medical Director of Integrative Medicine Program at Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
If I had one book to read about ADHD, this is it. It is well-written, practical and filled with the uncommonly good common sense of an experienced and compassionate clinician with fair-minded and rigorous reviews of the state of the science. --Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH; Director, Center for Integrative Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, Social Science Health Policy, and Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. Parents are keenly interested in finding non-drug, holistic strategies that support their child s natural healing systems and that help build healthy brains. This excellent new book artfully blends the best of conventional and complementary options for kids with ADHD. Over years of clinical practice and scientific study, Dr.Newmark has developed a balanced, safe, natural approach that I will wholeheartedly recommend for all of my patients with ADHD. --Timothy Culbert, MD, FAAP, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrician; Medical Director of Integrative Medicine Program at Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota', 'Sanford Newmark, MD, is a physician with 23 years of experience in pediatrics. He received his medical degree in 1984 from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and three years later completed his pediatrics residency there. For the next 14 years, Dr. Newmark practiced general pediatrics but took special interest in behavioral problems such as ADHD and autism. In 2000, he graduated from the two-year fellowship program in integrative medicine at the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, which was founded by and continues to be led by Dr. AndrewWeil. Dr. Newmark was the first graduate from this program to practice general pediatrics and is now part of the program faculty. For five years, he was Director of the Center for Pediatric IntegrativeMedicine, a Tucson, AZ, clinic for children with a wide variety of medical issues. In 2009 he relocated to California to join Whole Child Wellness, an integrative pediatrics practice near San Francisco. Dr. Newmark lectures frequently on ADHD, autism, and integrative medicine, and has contributed three chapters to academic integrative medicine textbooks. Dr. Newmark has been married to his wife, Linda, a psychologist, for 36 years. 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In ten powerful chapters, Loewen reveals that:', '', \\\"From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring to it the vitality and relevance it truly possesses.\\\", \\\"James W. Loewen is the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Lies Across America. He is a regular contributor to the History Channel's History magazine and is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont. He resides in Washington, D.C.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Miracles & Healing Made Easy: Inspiring Stories of Faith\\nDescription: ['Carlie Terradez was born and raised in the UK and moved to the USA after graduating from Charis Bible College in 2008 with her husband Ashley. Serving the Lord has always been a focal point of their marriage and has led them through a variety of ministry positions over the past decade and to later being ordained with Andrew Wommack Ministries. They have three wonderful children, Zachary, Joshua, and Hannah, and it is through them that they have seen the miraculous power of God at work. Carlie and Hannah have both received healing from life-threatening conditions. Healing has naturally become a huge part of their journey as a family and something that Carlie is passionate about imparting to others.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bless This Nest 2018 12 x 12 Inch Monthly Square Wall Calendar by Hopper Studios, Chalkboard Style Art Artwork\\nDescription: ['BrownTrout Publishers, Inc. is an independent publishing company founded in 1986 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. Specializing in high-quality printed products utilizing recycled paper and eco-friendly soy-based inks. 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Visit our website, browntrout.com, for more details about our company and the wide and varied range of items we offer.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Swords Of Mars (Barsoom Series, No. 8)\\nDescription: ['This is #8 in the complete Martian Classic Series.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Introductory Circuit Analysis\\nDescription: ['This book is an international version of Introductory Circuit Analysis 12th Edition']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend\\nDescription: [\\\"?Explosive and entertaining.?--Vanity Fair?Absorbing?a terrific read.?--People?[A] clear, sober account?if you loved the Who, you will appreciate this book.?--The Washington Post Book World?A monumental, fascinating, and highly readable portrait of rock's most flamboyant stickman. I knew Keith's drumming; now I know the rest.?--Max Weinberg?Dauntingly detailed, definitive?Fletcher clearly has done his homework. He points out so many subtleties in Moon's drumming that it's hard to imagine anything left for other journalists to say.?--Newark Star-Ledger?A major biography?Fletcher has written what will surely stand as the definitive word on one of the century's most colorful entertainers. Highly recommended.? --Library Journal?Essential tour-bus reading.? --USA Today Online?A great rock biography?an admirable piece of research, and a damn entertaining read.?--The Austin Chronicle?Fascinating?Fletcher [is] a lively storyteller with a keen ear for music?Moon manages to capture'often hilariously'the lunatic antics that earned Moon his nickname yet never fails to take him seriously as an artist.?--Entertainment Weekly?Brings [Keith Moon] into focus in greater detail than ever before, and the effect is at once awe-inspiring and horrifying.?--Gear?Entertaining?A coherent and organized account of a subject that is anything but.?--The Tampa Tribune-Times?An extremely rich, finely-observed portrait not only of the man himself but of the Who?Every rock fan'and certainly every Who fan'should own MOON.?--Fort Worth Star-Telegram?Wonderful?highly readable?full of hilarious stories but never ignores the fact that Moon's energetic drumming is what made the Who so distinctive.?--BakersfieldCalifornian?Insightful?an energizing, affectionate book.?--Palm Beach (FL) Meredian\\\", '', 'The Whos Keith Moon was the bad boy of rock & roll. Alongside Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle, Moon was the most manic member of an aggressive and fabulously successful band, a full-throttle hedonist who lived at the center of an unending party. He was also a musical genius who inspired whole generations of artists, a generous friend to nearly everyone who crossed his path, and a guileless man of immense personal charm to whom the sweetest sound on earth was surf music.', 'Decades after his death, Moon is still revered as the greatest drummer in rock history and the wildest personality in an age of pop excess. Venerated music journalist Tony Fletcher interviewed dozens of Moons friends, family, and peersincluding John Entwistle, Ginger Baker, Jeff Beck, Ann-Margret, and Alice Cooperto find the truth behind the legend. The result is one of the greatest rock biographies ever written. A brilliant portrait of both the tender and self-destructive sides of this singular personality.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Battle For Guatemala: Rebels, Death Squads, And U.s. Power (Latin American Perspectives)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tarzan of the Apes (Oxford World's Classics)\\nDescription: [' Jason Haslam is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Dalhousie University. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Algebra of Data: A Foundation for the Data Economy\\nDescription: [\\\"Gary Sherman's long history of studying (PhD - Indiana University, 1971), teaching (Professor Emeritus, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1971-2006) and doing mathematics (29 refereed publications and Principal Mathematician, Algebraix Data Corporation, 2008-2014) is distinguished by, well, a lack of jail-time.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan, #2)\\nDescription: [\\\"Book #2 in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan series.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Touch\\nDescription: ['Finalist for the Connecticut Book Award
\\\"[A] charming satire.\\\"—New York Times Book Review, Paperback Row 
\\\"Courtney Maum\\\\'s exuberant new novel sends up the world of techie consumerism....[Her] writing is easy, eager and colloquial. . . . [She] shines when she writes about creativity, the slow burn and then sudden rush of ideas....Good writing about creativity is rare. Maum captures that fragile, gratifying, urgent process.\\\"—New York Times Book Review   “Irresistible. . . It’s impressive that Ms. Maum has managed to make a return to old-fashioned family values—and even commonplace acts of physical intimacy—seem daring and subversive. Maybe it will beckon a trend.”—Wall Street Journal “A sharp, poignant take on our digitally dependent lives.”—Marie Claire
\\\"Touch is an interesting take on what life would be like if we just put down our phones and stepped away from the computer. Maum reminds us to not forget about those who are living and breathing right around us. Because a loving hug, tight squeeze, or simple touch is so much more fulfilling than a text.\\\"—Associated Press
“Sweet and funny. . . A sharp yet feeling satire, Touch bristles with insights into the longing for warm, messy, inefficient, and imperfect human life buried in our increasingly streamlined, disembodied now.”—Interview
“Maum\\\\'s takedown of our screen-addicted culture is funny and wise. It\\\\'s perfect for vacation because it\\\\'s breezy but not shallow. You can read it in a day and think, That was fun, and I feel better about the world.”—HGTV Magazine
“A satirical but sincere look at our thirst for ‘in-personism.’”—Departures
\\\"Touch is an of the moment satire you should not miss.”—Domino
“Tech forecasting takes center stage in a diverting new novel.”—Time
“[A] sharp, funny satire . . . Maum has a lot of fun poking fun at our tech- and self-obsessed lives, but she also offers a compassionate plea for the importance of family, real human interaction and empathy.”—Miami Herald
“It’s fiction, but you’ll never look at your devices the same.”—Glamour
“Courtney Maum has seen the future. . . . Delightfully strange.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram', 'Courtney Maum is the author of the novels Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, and the chapbook “Notes from Mexico.” She has been published in outlets such as the New York Times; Tin House; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Buzzfeed; and has worked as a trend forecaster, a fashion publicist, and a party promoter for Corona Extra in the past. She currently works as a makeup shade and product namer from her home in Litchfield County, CT where she founded the interdisciplinary retreat The Cabins.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Shawshank Redemption (Penguin Audiobooks)\\nDescription: [\\\"When two giants team-up, power follows. King needs no introduction, and Library Journal calls Muller the first superstar of audio. In this program Muller tells King's earthy story of perseverance in Shawshank Prison in raw, gutteral tones. Harsh though the story is, the delivery carries the intimacy of a friend talking to the listener from the passenger seat. While the reading was so riveting I couldn't turn it off, there were times when it was so brutal I had to stop the tape. Muller's flawless reading enriches King's powerful story, providing a superlative audio program. D.W.K. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Into the West\\nDescription: ['Julie has been many things over the last few years, from college student, to bookstore clerk and an over the road trucker. Shes worked as a 911 dispatcher and in computer tech support, but through it all shes been a writer and when shes not out riding horses, she can usually be found sitting in front of her computer. She lives in Colorado with her three cats, her vampire-hunting dog Kira, her new horse and Traveler-in training, Triska, and her Irish Sailor.She is the author of many Vampire and Ghost-Hunting Dog stories and the young adult fantasy series Tales of the Travelers. Shes a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Dog Writers of America Association and the editor for Steampunk Trails fiction magazine.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Talisman\\nDescription: ['is the story of a young and courageous boy searching for the talisman, the one thing that will save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menancing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape, in a novel. as extraordinary and as unforgettable as Lord of the Rings.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine: The Origins of Psychopathology\\nDescription: ['\\\"This superb book covers the evolutionary underpinnings and basis of psychotherapy...a significant contribution to psychiatry and should be essential reading for any psychiatrist in training...outstanding.\\\"
--Michael J Schrift, DO, MA, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago Jan 09', ' Martin Brune, Professor of Psychiatry & Head of the Division of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatric Preventive Medicine, LWL University Hospital Bochum, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Martin Brune was born in Dortmund, Germany, in 1962. He graduated in medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Munster in 1988. He completed his neurology training in 1993, and his psychiatry training in 1995. His subsequent training included a Visiting Research Scientist fellowship at the Centre for the Mind, a joint venture of the Australian National University and University of Sydney. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Psychiatric Preventive Medicine at the LWL University-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. ', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Amazing Spider-Man, No. 2\\nDescription: ['One of Marvel Comics most recognizable and best-loved superheroes, Spider-Man appears in three comic books with a monthly circulation of over one million, is syndicated in over 500 newspapers, with a readership of over 100 million, and is soon to be the star of a big-budget motion picture, written, produced and directed by James \\\"Terminator\\\" Cameron.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Collected Works of William James (8 collections of William James containing dozens of lectures all with active table of contents). - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Black House\\nDescription: ['Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe called the Territories to save his mother and her Territories \\\"Twinner\\\" from an agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonesistent hamlet of Tamarack, Wisconsin. He has no recolleciton of his adventures in the Territories, and was compelled to leave the police force when an odd, happenstance event threatened to awaken those memories. When a series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades ago by a madman named Albert Fish, the killer is dubbed \\\"the Fisherman\\\" and Jack\\\\'s buddy, the local chief of police, begs Jack to help the inexperience force find him. But are the new killings merely the work of a distrubed individual, or has a mysterious and malignant force been unleashed in this quiet town? What causes Jack\\\\'s inexplicable waking dreams-if that is what they are-of robins\\\\' eggs and red feathers? It\\\\'s almost as if someone is trying to tell him something. As this cryptic message becomes increasingly impossible to ignore. Jack is drawn back to the Territories and to his own hidden past, where he may find the soul-strength to enter a terrifying house at the end of a deserted tract of forest, there to encounter the obsene and ferocious evils sheltered within it.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bearing False Witness: Jimmy Carter's Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (Camera Monograph Series)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Abraham Lincoln: Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Outbuildings: Garages, Guest Houses, and Workshops (Home Plans, Volume I)\\nDescription: ['This plan book is a companion piece to our popular idea book, Carolina Inspirations. Encompassing work that we have done over the past decade, this collection of plans focuses on residential projects throughout the Carolinas and the southeast. \\\\n\\\\nWe believe houses should be designed to fit in with the historical fabric of a place. For instance, the front walk should lead to a front door instead of a 20-foot wide driveway that leads to a garage fronting the street. By completely separating the mass of the garage from the house, we are able to design attractive homes that have appropriate proportions and a simple elegance. \\\\n\\\\nWhat follows is a group of secondary structures that offers something for anyone considering the addition of an outbuilding from small to large; with guest rooms, workshops, offices, or storage rooms; an open carport or garden pavilion for the budget-minded. In addition a few small storage sheds have been included as well as several of our popular small guest houses.\\\\n\\\\nIf you are interested in constructing an outbuilding, we would be delighted to talk to you about modifying the plans of simply assist with the proper site design to suit your specific needs. 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Pub Date :2004-10-18 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK This deluxe slipcased edition of The Hobbit. printed and bound using superior materials including a silk ribbon marker. features the definitive text. plus Tolkien's paintings and drawings in full colour. and a special fold-out version of Thror's Map.Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life. with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon.Bilbo 's life is never to be the same again.Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as JRRTolkien's classic tale. The Hobbit.Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the worl...\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: God Is Love: Essays from Portland Magazine\\nDescription: ['This collection reads like a mesmerizing love song to the complex and sometimes unwieldy religion of Christianity. All the poems and essays in this outstanding anthology come from the esteemed Portland Magazine, a quarterly Christian-themed publication from the University of Portland. Magazine editor Doyle has assembled an especially talented and gutsy cast of contributors, including Terry Tempest Williams, Barry Lopez and Pattiann Rogers. In David James Duncan\\\\'s courageous essay, \\\"Gladly,\\\" he writes about getting caught playing \\\"Hang on Sloopy\\\" on the church piano when he was 12 years old. \\\"This is God\\\\'s House!\\\" an elder bellowed as he threw Duncan out of the building. At the time, Duncan didn\\\\'t believe in this enraged man\\\\'s intolerant God. \\\"I still don\\\\'t,\\\" he writes, \\\"though the man seemed to have cloned himself, bought several broadcasting networks and a political party and set out to turn all of America, Washington D.C., first, into a graven image of himself.\\\" Most essays draw upon everyday life to illuminate the spiritual breadth of Christianity. The late Andre Dubus illustrates how Catholic sacraments can be a metaphor for the sandwiches he lovingly makes for his daughters. Mary Gordon suggests \\\"Six Prayers\\\" for personality flaws, including \\\"For the Wasteful\\\": \\\"O God in your benevolence look with kindness upon those who travel first class in high season who hate leftovers and love room service and do not wait for sales.\\\" And poet Annie Callahan offers a heart-wrenching \\\"Ambulance Prayer.\\\" This stellar and timeless collection is worthy of the highest praise. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '\\\"...a good read, each writer is grappling with much larger questions and welcomes readers willing to enter the ring.\\\" -- The Oregonian
\\\"...a mesmerizing love song to the complex and sometimes unwieldy religion of Christianity...worthly of the highest praise.\\\" -- Publishers Weekly', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hobbit\\nDescription: ['The enchanting prelude to \\\"The Lord of the Rings\\\"']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Out of the Darkness: A Journey into the Marvelous Light\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy - (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Return of the Ring, The Two Towers) - 3 BOOK SET (MOVIE COVERS)\\nDescription: ['MOVIE TIE IN BOOKS WITH BEAUTIFUL COVERS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING WITH FRODO ON COVER, TWO TWO TOWERS WITH ELF ON COVER SHOOTING BOW AND ARROW AND THE RETURN OF THE KING WITH MORDOR ON COVER. BIGGER WELL MADE SOFTCOVER BOOKS. One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Books\\\" />\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Boxed Set of 4 Books\\nDescription: [\\\"Box set of JRR Tolkien's incomparable classic\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bacon Mini Wall Calendar 2017: 16 Month Calendar\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings Part 1)\\nDescription: ['. . . spirited productions . . . stirring music . . . (The Washington Post )
This collection . . . is a masterpiece.', \\\"J. R. R. TOLKIEN was a writer and university professor. In addition to The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's published fiction includes The Silmarillion, and other posthumously published books, which taken together is a connected body of work about an imagined—and much-beloved by readers—world called Middle-earth.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Autism and Your Church\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth: From the Hobbit to the Silmarillion\\nDescription: [\\\"A peerless A--Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully illustrated in colour throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith. J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted millions of readers over the years. Middle-earth, the world in which the stories take place, is as real and complex as our own. Events, geography and names were created with care and loving attention by Tolkien, who wanted every single detail of his books to fit into their total pattern. A belief in perfection, the fun of the sub-creation and the desire to create something totally convincing involved him in map-making, endless charts of dates and events and the development of his many invented languages. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth was designed to add to the enjoyment of the reader of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion by bringing together in an A--Z sequence facts and information about names, languages, places and events from these central books which will provide an indispensable aid to every reader's discovery of Tolkien's world -- and the new edition has been enhanced by stunning illustrations, courtesy of celebrated Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: From Clerk to Cleric\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography\\nDescription: ['There may be a corner of the world where the name J.R.R. Tolkien is unknown, but you would be hard-pressed to find it. Since their publication, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been published in every major language of the world. And though he single-handedly gave a mythology to the English and was beloved by millions, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien remained refreshingly unchanged by his fame and fortune, living out his days simply and modestly among the familiar surroundings of Oxford College. Humphrey Carpenter, who was given unrestricted access to Tolkien\\\\'s papers, brilliantly puts meat to the bones of the Tolkien legend in J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, offering a well-rounded portrayal of this quiet, bookish man who always saw himself first and foremost as a philologist, uncovering rather than creating the peoples, languages, and adventures of Middle-Earth.', \\\"Carpenter chronicles Tolkien's early life with a special sensitivity; after losing both parents, Tolkien and his brother Hilary were taken from their idyllic life in the English countryside to a poverty-ridden existence in dark and sooty Birmingham. There were bright points, however. A social and cheerful lad, Tolkien enjoyed rugby and was proud of his gift for languages. It was also at this time that he met Edith Bratt, who would later become his wife. Academic life--both as a student and professor--is where this biography shines. Friendship with other men played a huge part in Tolkien's life, and Carpenter deftly reveals the importance these relationships--his complex friendship with C.S. Lewis, membership in the Inklings and the T.C.B.S.--had on the development of his writing.\\\", \\\"The only criticism one can make about this book is that Carpenter tends to gloss over Tolkien's contributions to comparative philology. True, there is a chapter devoted to Tolkien's academic pursuits, but it tends to skim too lightly over the surface for this reviewer's tastes. Philology is a terribly methodical science, and the author clearly did not want to alienate readers who were primarily interested in Tolkien as a storyteller. Still, it would be nice to understand why Tolkien was held in such high esteem by his fellow academics. As it stands, Tolkien comes off as a slightly eccentric etymologist.\\\", 'Fans who want to delve even deeper into Tolkien\\\\'s life should pick up a copy of Carpenter\\\\'s The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. --P.M. Atterberry', \\\"Carpenter's 1977 biography offers a broad look at the Oxford don, who lived a relatively quiet life. This also details his close friendship with C.S Lewis. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage\\nDescription: ['\\\"The Mating Game is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university audience. It progresses beyond a psychological or biological/physiological stance and encompasses a wide array of disciplines. The comprehensive review and up-to-date information contained in The Mating Game not only provides answers to questions about important life events but also encourages readers interest in the field of interpersonal relationships and human mating.
SirReadaLot.org Author: Savannah Jones Source: SirReadaLot.org Published On: 2008-04-04
\\\"Pamela Regans writing style moved a chapter along at a brisk pace, but by chapters end I felt that the topic had been covered fully and relatively completely. As a seasoned professional in the area, the book was an excellent review.\\\" Author: Clyde Hendrick Published On: 2009-04-06', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Gold-Bug and Other Tales (Dover Thrift Editions)\\nDescription: ['', 'Recognized today as the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, Edgar Allan Poe (18091849) revealed his genius in tales of death, terror, evil, and perversity. Highly skilled in achieving a calculated psychological effect, Poe created chilling fictional nightmares permeated by mysterious forces, grotesque creatures, and improbable hallucinations. Poe\\\\'s immense powers as a storyteller are at their peak in this anthology containing nine of his best-known short stories. Among them are \\\"The Murders in the Rue Morgue,\\\" a gripping 19th-century detective story that provided a model for future mystery writers; \\\"The Fall of the House of Usher\\\" and \\\"The Masque of the Red Death,\\\" pervaded with eerie thoughts, impulses, and fears; \\\"The Tell-Tale Heart\\\" and \\\"The Cask of Amontillado,\\\" masterpieces of wickedness and crime; \\\"The Pit and the Pendulum,\\\" with its agonizing specter of imminent and horrifying death; and \\\"The Gold-Bug,\\\" a fascinating detective story that combines romance and adventure in an absorbing tale of buried treasure.', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gods Beloved\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Silmarillion\\nDescription: [\\\"
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd January, 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four he and his brother were taken back to England by their mother. After his father's death the family moved to Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham. Tolkien spent a happy childhood in the countryside and his sensibility to the rural landscape can clearly be seen in his writing and his pictures.His mother died when he was only twelve and both he and his brother were made wards of the local priest and sent to King Edward's School, Birmingham, where Tolkien shone in his classical work. After completing a First in English Language and Literature at Oxford, Tolkien married Edith Bratt. He was also commissioned in the Lancashire Fusiliers and fought in the battle of the Somme. After the war, he obtained a post on the New English Dictionary and began to write the mythological and legendary cycle which he originally called The Book of Lost Tales but which eventually became known as The Silmarillion.In 1920 Tolkien was appointed Reader in English Language at the University of Leeds which was the beginning of a distinguished academic career culminating with his election as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Meanwhile Tolkien wrote for his children and told them the story of The Hobbit. It was his publisher, Stanley Unwin, who asked for a sequel to The Hobbit and gradually Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, a huge story that took twelve years to complete and which was not published until Tolkien was approaching retirement. After retirement Tolkien and his wife lived near Oxford, but then moved to Bournemouth. Tolkien returned to Oxford after his wife's death in 1971. He died on 2 September 1973 leaving The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher.
\\\"It was Nabokov\\\\'s gift to bring paradise wherever he alighted.\\\"—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review
\\\"As entertaining as Rabelais, as dependable as the O.E.D. What Nabokov has done is to throw a bridge between Russian and American culture, a bridge built out of his all-informative commentary and agonizingly honest translation.\\\"—The Virginia Quarterly Review
Consider this essential for translated Russian literature collections. (Booklist 2008-11-01)']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Graphic Classics Volume 1: Edgar Allan Poe - 1st Edition\\nDescription: ['A stunning collection of thirteen classic stories and poems... brought to life by unforgettable illustrations. -- J.L. Comeau, The Tomb of Dark Delights
Graphic Classics is a Classics Illustrated for the modern era: they only give you the good stuff. -- Christos N. Gage, Feoamante.com
ALFRED MCBRIDE, O. PRAEM., holds a diploma in catechetics from Lumen Vitae, Brussels, and a doctorate in religious education from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He has written many books, including, a six-book series on the Bible, four books on the new Catechism of the Catholic Church and A Short History of the Mass.
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Mark Barrowcliffes humorous, self-deprecating memoir of his misspent youth, The Elfish Gene, is another welcome addition to the growing nerdsploitation genre.Associated Press
Hilarious, unbelievably well-remembered . . . begs a movie adaptation. . . . Barrowcliffe writes . . . with uncommon insight.The Seattle Times
In the best tradition of British humor. . . . Laugh-out-loud funny.The Christian Science Monitor
Wonderfully captures the insensitivity, insecurity and selfishness of the adolescent male.Publishers Weekly, starred review', 'Mark Barrowcliffe worked as a journalist and a stand-up comedian before writing his first hit novel, Girlfriend 44. He has written two other acclaimed comic novels, Lucky Dog and Infidelity for First-Time Fathers. He now lives in Brighton, England.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mongolia Ecology & Nature Protection Laws and Regulation Handbook (World Law Business Library)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: ICB, Precious Moments Holy Bible, Leathersoft, Blue\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Littlest Angel\\nDescription: [\\\"The board book edition of The Littlest Angel pares back Charles Tazewell's text for the 1946 original, about a cherub and his present to the Son of God; illustrated with new, cartoonlike watercolors by Rebecca Thornburgh. Ages 4-8. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Everyday Thai Cooking: Easy, Authentic Recipes from Thailand to Cook for Friends and Family\\nDescription: ['Siripan Akvanich lives in the Thai coastal town of Hua Hin. For many years she ran a small hotel there, and a guest house and restaurant renowned for cooking good, time-honoured, Thai food. Now she shares her culinary secrets to bring the taste of Thailand into your own home.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Voice of the Fire\\nDescription: ['Book by Moore, Alan', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Willis Music Tuneful Duet Album for the First Year (Early Elem Level) Willis Series by John Thompson Jr.\\nDescription: ['Tuneful Duet Album for the First Year (Early Elem Level) Willis Series by John Thompson Jr. Print music.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Island (Perennial Classics)\\nDescription: ['A mirror for modern man. . . . Should be read and reread. (Saturday Review)', '', 'In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years.', \\\"Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values andto his amazementgive him hope.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jack Kirby (Comic Book Creators - 6 Titles)\\nDescription: ['\\\"I think the books look great! Good job! Many thanks.\\\" -- Stan Lee
\\\"That is the best book in the world. It is perfect in every way. Loved it. Great work.\\\" -- Joe Simon
\\\"I was very impressed. I thought you did a wonderful job, and it\\\\'s nice to know that another generation will know about my father.\\\" -- Lisa Kirby', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Invisible Man (Classic, 20th-Century, Audio)\\nDescription: ['Science-fiction novel by H.G. Wells, published in 1897. The story concerns the life and death of a scientist named Griffin who has gone mad. Having learned how to make himself invisible, Griffin begins to use his invisibility for nefarious purposes, including murder. When he is finally killed, his body becomes visible again. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Vegetarian for Life\\nDescription: [\\\"Through Darlene's new cookbook, you will learn quick and easy recipes that will motivate you to a lifestyle change and experience the pleasure of eating without extra fat, oils, and sugar. These flavorful recipes do not contain any ingredients of meat, dairy, eggs, refined fats or sugars. The whole family will enjoy them!!\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility\\nDescription: ['Spider-Man has been a perpetual favorite of comics fans since his introduction in 1962, and judging by the recent blockbuster film, he\\\\'s still hot. This excellent series re-boots the character from the beginning, reenacting Spider-Man\\\\'s origin in the present day. The story is similar to, but not based on, the Spider-Man film. Brainy teenager Peter Parker gains super-powers after being bitten by a spider, loses his likable Uncle Ben to violent crime, and learns once again that \\\"with great power comes great responsibility.\\\" The scenario by Marvel president Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis makes some intelligent revisions to the original, and the artwork is realistic, detailed, colorful, and dynamic. Bendis\\\\'s excellent dialog is true to life-his teenagers sound like teenagers-and his scripting for this and other series won him the 2002 Eisner Award for best writer. An even better choice for most libraries is the hardcover Ultimate Spider-Man edition, which collects the entire contents of this and the second paperback collection, Double Trouble, into one sharp-looking oversized book. With wide crossover appeal to teens and older fans, Ultimate Spider-Man, whether in separate paperback volumes or in hardcover, is an essential purchase for all public libraries. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The One Tree Of Luna: (And Other Stories)\\nDescription: [\\\"The One Tree of Luna (And Other Stories) is a collection of seven stories I selected because I wanted to share them. With the exception of Dasher, all of these stories previously appeared in Six, my first collection of shorts.
Six was well-received but there were two critical complaints: "The title sucks!" and "You need a better cover!"And so, The One Tree of Luna (And Other Stories) is not only a better title, with a really eye-catching cover, but, because I also liked the notion, there are interior illustrations as well - one for each story.
It is also, quite frankly, a bit of an experiment. The original experiment was supposed to answer the question: Will a better title and a better cover result in more sales? Let's see!
WARNING: This book is substantially the same as the previously published collection, Six. If you've already bought Six, you may want to think twice about buying this book. If, on the other hand, you really like the pretty cover, or the notion of another story, or the idea of interior illustrations... well then, have at it!\\\", \\\"Todd Johnson McCaffrey has been writing on and off since he was 9 which is far too many years ago to even consider. He was first paid for writing in the late 80's.
He has written several books in the Dragonriders of Pern universe including five in collaboration with his late mother, Anne McCaffrey.
A mechanical engineer by training, a cold-war veteran, a licensed pilot, would-be rocket scientist, veteran software engineer and project leader, his experience is wide and varied.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance\\nDescription: ['Fluidly, calmly, insightfully, Obama guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race. Washington Post Book World
Beautifully craftedmoving and candidThis book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBrides The Color of Water and Greg Williamss Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride Americas racial categories. Scott Turow
ProvocativePersuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither. The New York Times Book Review
One of the most powerful books of self-discovery Ive ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel. Charlayne Hunter-Gault
In Dreams from My Father Barack Obama takes us on a probing journey in a search for the truths about family and race. Obamas writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring. Alex Kotlowitz
Jim Lee is a renowned comic book artist and the Co-Publisher of DC Entertainment. Prior to his current post, Lee served as Editorial Director, where he oversaw WildStorm Studios. Lee was also the artist for many of DC Comics' best-selling comic books and graphic novels, including All-Star Batman And Robin, The Boy Wonder, Batman: Hush and Superman: For Tomorrow. He also served as the Executive Creative Director for the DC Universe Online (DCUO) massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). With writer Geoff Johns, Lee drew the flagship title of DC ComicsThe New 52, Justice League.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Confronting the Quantum Enigma: Albert, Niels, and John\\nDescription: ['Three prominent scientists return from the grave to answer questions concerning: Consciousness, information and meaning, chance and probability, free will and determinism, and the nature of reality.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life\\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2010: It\\\\'s hard to imagine a celebrity memoir--or any memoir for that matter--that is as easy to drink in (so to speak) as Keith Richards\\\\'s Life. Die-hard Stones fans will love tales of the band\\\\'s ascension from the \\\"interval\\\" band at the Marquee to the headliners at Super Bowl XL; guitar gearheads will scramble to sample the one lick that has eluded Richards for 49 years; and historians and romantics alike will swoon over the raspy, rambling, raucous detail of this portrait of the artist in situ. Yes, some tales are told, but Life is refreshingly not gossipy, mean-spirited, or sordid--or at least not more than the truth demands. Richards is as comfortable in his bones as a worn pair of boots, and Life captures the rhythm of his voice so effortlessly that reading his tale is like sharing a pint with an old friend--one who happens to be one of the most iconic guitarists of all time. --Daphne Durham', 'Richards, as famous for his toxic lifestyle as for his guitar mastery, presents his sprawling autobiography, ably assisted by Fox, who, as author of White Mischief (1982), has experience in chronicling hedonistic British nobility. Here Foxs coauthor and subject is a British member of rock-music nobility with a deep and abiding commitment to hedonism. However, there are degrees of hedonism, even among pop stars. According to Richards, Willie Nelson reaches for a spliff upon awakening, whereas Keith gives it a good 10 minutes or so before inaugurating the days herbal festivities. As to specific goodies of Stones lore: Decca Records management, rather than mercurial Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, sacked original member Ian Stewart, thereby consigning him to road-manager status though he continued to play piano with the band live and in the studio. Oldham, who had worked for the Beatles under Brian Epstein, was the originator of immortal publicity gambits such as planting nasty tabloid headlines, but he simply ran out of ideas and was sacked, personality issues with Mick Jagger also being a contributing factor. Over the years, Richards sneaked many people back into the Stones orbit after they ran afoul of Jagger, saxophonist Bobby Keys and Richards personal manager, Jane Rose, prime among them. Chuck Berry was a big disappointment, not musically, of course, but as a cranky collaborator. And country-music legend George Jones, himself a Richards-level imbiber of recreational substances, impressed Keith with his immaculate pompadour, admittedly an architectural wonder. For the record, Richards stands by the story of encountering Muddy Waters, who owed the label money, painting rooms at Chess Records, though Marshall Chess denies it ever happened. On a personal level, Richards regrets whatever part he played in abetting the heroin addictions of several associates. However, he considers people to be ultimately responsible for their own actions. Cautionary words indeed, but then theres the merchandising idea that Richards and Paul McCartney came up with: celebrity sun-dried turds, the specimens to be coated with shellac and decorated by a major artist. Richards (or Foxs) writing is spare and incisive, the narrative tone rarely self-serving, which is certainly something to be celebrated in celebrity autobiography. And make no mistake: at this time in their careers, Richards and the Stones are at least as much a celebrity-news matter as a musical force. --Mike Tribby', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Action Comics, #597\\nDescription: ['Cover art by John Byrne. Visitor starring Superman, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Leonard Starr and Keith Williams; Lois Lane meets Lana Lang, Ma and Pa Kent reveal to Lois that they raised Clark and Superman. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Batman: Hush (Absolute Edition)\\nDescription: ['Jeph Loeb is an Emmy Award-nominated and Eisner Award-winning writer/producer living in Los Angeles. In television, his many credits includeSmallville,Lost,andHeroes,and in film,Teen WolfandCommando. In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partner-in-crime Tim Sale on Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman for All Seasons, and Catwoman: When in Rome for DC as well asDaredevil Yellow, Spider-Man Blue,andHulk Grayfor Marvel.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jokers Wild (Wild Cards, Book 3)\\nDescription: ['Forty years after the \\\"wild card\\\" virus swept Earth, leaving its survivorsand their descendantsblessed or cursed with superhuman powers (aces) or grotesque deformities (jokers), a cadre of men led by the Astrologer seeks bloody vengeance on the \\\"aces\\\" who disrupted their evil schemes. Though graphic violence and explicit sex may limit the audience, this fast-paced, well-written collaboration by authors George R.R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lewis Shiner, and others should appeal to fans of Wild Cards and Aces High . JC Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Seven Abominations with a Wrench: Proverbs 6:16-19\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute To H.P. Lovecraft\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Leaving Losapas\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Inheritors\\nDescription: [\\\"
Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize), and The Double Tongue.
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After 30 years in a successful career as a personal trainer, life coach, and fitness studio owner, MaryKay is following her calling to write, share stories, and create an inspiring community of women.trybe is about friendships, community, transformation, and diversity . . . a place to find your inner warrior . . . envision your dreams into reality . . . and be significant!\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: City Of The Beast/Warriors Of Mars (Planet Stories Library)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Walking Through the Bible With H.M.S. Richards: Daily Readings That Take You Through the Bible in a Year with comments by H.M. S. richards, Sr.\\nDescription: ['Daily readings selected and compiled by Kenneth W. Wilson.\\\\n\\\\nFor many years before his death, H.M.S. Richards, Sr., the founder of the Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast, made it his habit to read the Bible through, cover to cover, at least once a year. Close friends and associates estimate that during his lifetime Richards made the journey from Genesis to Revelation more than a hundred times. You are invited to make the same inspirational journey in this re-issued classic, Walking Through the Bible With H.M.S. Richards.\\\\n\\\\nUtilizing a special Bible-reading plan that takes you through Gods Word in the order in which events happened, you will find yourself immersed in a riveting daily drama that will profoundly bless your life. Supplemented with devotional commentary from the pen of Pastor Richards and occasional thoughts from the writings of Ellen G. White, this book of 365 daily readings/assignments will help you read the entire Bible through in a year, and will open the door to a new relationship with its Author.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Batman: Arkham Asylum\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Nemesis (Antithesis Series, 3)\\nDescription: ['Enthusiasm is infectious, but the power to relay it through the written word is given to very few. \\\\n\\\\n\\\\nAllison Crews conveys her love for the chase in her foxhunting stories, featuring Ole Miss student Elliott Marks and her friends. Their adventures fill the imaginations of readers of all ages. Through them, Crews captures the world of the fearless riders who, heralded by the music of the hunting horn, risk life and limb weekly not only for the love of the hunt, but for their devotion to each other as well. \\\\n\\\\n\\\\nElliot Markss first love, her horse, finally has some competitionthe enigmatic Griffen Case. But how far can she let herself fall for someone with such a troubled past? And who is watching her every moveand why?', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom\\nDescription: [\\\"The latest in the fertile field of Lovecraft spinoffs follows a young Howard, aka H.P., Lovecraft through an adventure in a dangerous netherworld. The plot takes elements of Lovecraft's actual childhood, including his father's nervous breakdown, and uses them to introduce readers to tropes in Lovecraft's work. The young Howard goes through a portal to another universe, where a mysterious book holds the key to freeing a society of children from an evil power that has encased them in a frozen, hostile world. Howard takes on the quest with the help a giant squid, facing danger and finding many of his assumptions are false. A chilly watercolor palate links the artwork of the various artistseach chapter has a different oneand the emotions on Howard's face become more complex as the story grows darker. Although marketed for all ages, the book, will likely appeal more to younger readers, who should find the plot's twists and turns and the young protagonist appealing. Older readers and hardcore Lovecraft fans may be put off by the juvenile dialogue and some of the panels that play up the cuteness, rather than the horror, of the story. (Mar.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"This graphic novel opens on Christmas Eve, 1894, with young Howard Lovecraft being led into a sanitarium to visit his hospitalized father. A few embellishments notwithstanding, it's a true storyuntil his father begins ranting about a book that Howard must destroy: It's evil! Eeeeeeeeeeevil! Hahahahaha! That same night, of course, Howard's mother hands him that very book and soon he is reading aloud the kind of unpronounceable nonsense Lovecraft fans adore: Nr'fga' ra'nazen flugn. Like that, he is whisked away to the icy kingdom of R'yleh, where he befriends a tentacle-tusked beast whom Howard dubs Spot. Before their adventure is overfans, breathe a sigh of reliefthe names of both Dagon and Cthulhu will be invoked. Though sometimes his action can be disorienting, Podesta succeeds at giving his young protagonists the look of haunted dolls and his settings a Caligari cant. Grumps miffed by the current trend to infantilize Lovecraftian mythos will not be comforted by the modern plot arc and the constant quipping, but even they will appreciate the upsetting twist ending and the haunting final panel. Grades 5-8. --Daniel Kraus\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pamela Anderson Lee (Superstars of Film)\\nDescription: ['', 'Gr 6-8-Two easy-to-read biographies about current teen idols that are lacking in substance. Both have average-quality, full-color photos throughout. However, there are some stark differences in the portrayal of the two subjects. In Brad Pitt, the message is conveyed that through hard work and taking all the opportunities that come along, one may be able to reach one\\\\'s dreams. Secondary sources come mostly from magazines such as People and US. Hawes talks mainly of her subject\\\\'s relationships with her many boyfriends, quoting Lee as saying about one of them, \\\"He was very young and wet behind the ears. I taught him how to love.\\\" When the book discusses her career, it attributes her success to her physique rather than to her talent. For example, wearing a T-shirt with a beer logo across the chest, \\\"she began to jump up and down enthusiastically and to shake her very evident assets for all they were worth.\\\" Needless to say, she was hired to advertise for the beer company. Brad Pitt is mediocre but does have some strengths; forget Pamela Anderson Lee.-Katherine Borchert, Arlington Central Library, VA', 'Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wendigo\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks: The World's Smartest Person Shows You How to Exercise Yourself Smarter . . .\\nDescription: ['Marilyn vos Savant is listed in The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame for the highest IQ and writes the popular \\\"Ask Marilyn\\\" column for Parade magazine. She has raised two children and lives in New York City.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wendigo\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Two Jews Can Still Be a Mixed Marriage\\nDescription: ['Different levels of commitment and observance can foster conflict even in a \\\"two-Jew\\\" marriage, says Jaffe in this perceptive, down-to-earth book. Jaffe begins by asking readers to examine their own Jewish background and to view their marriage as a merging of two spiritual journeys. She highlights some of the most prevalent marital conflicts that arise over issues such as holidays, purity laws and keeping kosher, using real-life couples as examples (she tells a very funny story about ordering shrimp on her first date with the kosher-keeping man who became her husband). A \\\"mixed Jewish marriage,\\\" Jaffe asserts, can be a blessing if both partners learn to respect their differences. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cryptonomicon\\nDescription: ['', 'Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of the novels Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Roadside Geology of Indiana Paperback July 1, 1999\\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison\\nDescription: [\\\"Popmatters.com, April 23, 2010 “When That Rough God Goes Riding explores moments of contradiction, sublime beauty, audacity, failure and grace in the singer-songwriter’s career with a keen ear, weaving the rich thoughtfulness we’ve come to expect from one of America’s best cultural critics and historians into an elegantly structured series of staccato essays which reveal Marcus’ fascination with Van Morrison’s music.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 25, 2010 “As erudite and opinionated as Morrison is mercurial and expressive”
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 2, 2010 “This is the book that Van Morrison’s artistry has long deserved, and The Man’s devotees will celebrate its blend of eloquence, passionate scholarship and soulfulness. [When That Rough God Goes Riding] superbly fulfills criticism’s primary function: It sends you for the first or 100th time to the works of art on which it muses, better equipped to experience what’s always been there.”
“[Marcus’] ability to couple shrewd music criticism, historical perspective and broader genre analysis makes his work an adventurous read…. Marcus doesn't attempt to tidily summarize Morrison's life and career, but he does provide plenty of thought-provoking insights into this enigmatic performer, and his slipstream of references results in a fascinating meditation on Morrison's oeuvre. You wind up wanting to pull out and listen to your Morrison albums and hunt down the many bootleg recordings that Marcus references here, searching for that elusive yarragh.” 
LA Weekly
“Marcus is a smart respite from the raging stupidity and anti-intellectualism on every front, and yet knows how to have rock’n’roll fun at the same time.”
Portland Oregonian, April 18, 2010 “[Marcus is] literate, brainy and fearless in making cross-genre comparisons.”
Portland Mercury, April 21, 2010 “One of the most interesting rock scribes of the past quarter-century.”
Washington City Paper, April 23, 2010 “Written in prose as free-associative as the music it concerns, When That Rough God Goes Riding derives energy from the fact that Marcus was present at many of the landmark moments he’s exegizing.”
popmatters.com “When That Rough God Goes Riding explores moments of contradiction, sublime beauty, audacity, failure and grace in the singer-songwriter’s career with a keen ear, weaving the rich thoughtfulness we’ve come to expect from one of America’s best cultural critics and historians into an elegantly structured series of staccato essays which reveal Marcus’ fascination with Van Morrison’s music.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune “As erudite and opinionated as Morrison is mercurial and expressive”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“This is the book that Van Morrison’s artistry has long deserved, and The Man’s devotees will celebrate its blend of eloquence, passionate scholarship and soulfulness. [(When That Rough God Goes Riding] superbly fulfills criticism’s primary function: It sends you for the first or 100th time to the works of art on which it muses, better equipped to experience what’s always been there.” 
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2010 “[Marcus’] ability to couple shrewd music criticism, historical perspective and broader genre analysis makes his work an adventurous read…. Marcus doesn’t attempt to tidily summarize Morrison’s life and career, but he does provide plenty of thought-provoking insights into this enigmatic performer, and his slipstream of references results in a fascinating meditation on Morrison’s oeuvre. You wind up wanting to pull out and listen to your Morrison albums and hunt down the many bootleg recordings that Marcus references here, searching for that elusive yarragh.”
LA Weekly, May 3, 2010 “Marcus is a smart respite from the raging stupidity and anti-intellectualism on every front, and yet knows how to have rock’n’roll fun at the same time.”
 
New York Times Book Review, August 1, 2010
Booklist “No critical testimonial is more welcome than this assessment of Morrison’s work by one of America’s most astute cultural critics…. Marcus is informed and insightful. Particularly illuminating are his observations on the tensions between Morrison’s roles as singer and songwriter, and on Morrison’s ongoing ‘quest for the yarragh’—fleeting, elusive moments of transcendence. Morrison’s volatile idiosyncrasy and diverse oeuvre make his career difficult to appraise, but Marcus convinces us of its singular importance.”
Time Out New York
“Marcus’s approach yields fresh insight into one of pop’s most complex personas.” 
San Francisco Chronicle
“Beautifully written.”
Portland Oregonian “[Marcus is] literate, brainy and fearless in making cross-genre comparisons.”
Portland Mercury “One of the most interesting rock scribes of the past quarter-century.”
Washington City Paper “Written in prose as free-associative as the music it concerns, When That Rough God Goes Riding derives energy from the fact that Marcus was present at many of the landmark moments he’s exegizing.”
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Greil Marcus is the author of The Shape of Things to Come, Like a Rolling Stone, and The Old Weird America; a 20th anniversary edition of his book Lipstick Traces was published in 2009. With Werner Sollors he is the editor of A New Literary History of America, published last year by Harvard University Press. Since 2000 he has taught at Princeton, Berkeley, Minnesota, and the New School in New York; his column “Real Life Rock Top 10” appears regularly in The Believer. He lives in Berkeley.
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I wish this book had been around when I was a student.\\\", 'MAA Online', \\\"...an exciting and challenging book with which to introduce a modern mathematics student in a single course to the great ideas of Maxwell's theory and special relativity.\\\", 'The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette', '\\\"There are many books on special relativity for undergraduates, and this one is notable in that it is specifically addressed to mathematicians. this book will be found illuminating by students of mathematics .\\\" (Dr. P. E. Hodgson, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 45 (5), 2004)', '\\\"This book is aimed squarely at the undergraduate mathematician ... . The tone, pace and level of the book are nicely judged for middle level undergraduates studying mathematics. There are lots of examples and nicely graded exercises throughout the text, and each chapter ends with a usefully annotated bibliography. The authors friendly style, and the fact the material has been developed from taught courses make the book ideal for self-study .\\\" (Peter Macgregor, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 88 (512), 2004)', '\\\"Meant as a resource for advanced undergraduate students, this book approaches special relativity theory from a mathematical perspective . It is best used for mathematics majors . the text is clear, well written, and has an adequate bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates.\\\" (A. Spero, CHOICE, December, 2003)', '\\\"This presentation is very elegant . The book contains a large number of examples. Each chapter is followed by exercises, ranging from the rather simple to the more involved. This book is certainly a good introduction to special relativity, understandable for second-year students. 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Action, suspense, passion and dogs all add up to a truly terrific read. RT Bookreviews', \\\"Ayers draws you in and doesn't let go. Cherry Adair, New York Times bestselling author on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\\\", \\\"Incredible! You'll be on the edge of your seat to see if the heroine can make it out alive. Catherine Coulter, New York Times bestselling author on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\\\", 'Ayres brings gritty realism and sexy heat to this romantic suspense series Publishers Weekly on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'Intrigue, danger, and romance...if you think dogs and romantic suspense are an excellent mix, then this is the series for you! RT Book Reviews on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'Sexy, romantic, and with enough humor to keep the pages turning. Cocktails and Books on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'A steamy, exciting, suspense-filled love story. Clever Girls Read on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', \\\"A story about a HOT cop and his K-9 partner? I was all in! And boy did Ayres deliver! I count this book as a DEFINITE read. Cops and canines, two things near and dear to my heart! Charlotte's Book Review on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\\\", \\\"Pretty darn great! I can honestly say that I never put the book down once I started reading it. I'm definitely up for the next book in the K-9 Rescue series. Love this author and so glad that I discovered this great series. Night Owl Reviews on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres\\\", 'Suspense, romance, and a wonderful dog packed into its pages. The last couple chapters kept me on the edge of my seat and I think I was holding my breath at one point! I highly recommend this story if you like romantic suspense and dogs. Tea and Book on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', 'An exciting, sexy, fast read that I finished in one sitting. The Reading Caf on the K-9 Rescue series by D. D. Ayres', '', \\\"D. D. 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STORIES: The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (1973); Along the Scenic Route (1969); On the Downhill Side (1972); O Ye of Little Faith (1968); Neon (1973); Basilisk (1972); Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967); Corpse (1972); Shattered Like a Glass Goblin (1968); Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (1966); The Face of Helene Bournouw (1960); Bleeding Stones (1973); At the Mouse Circus (1971); The Place with No Name (1969); Paingod (1964); Ernest and the Machine God (1968); Rock God (1969); Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38 54\\\\' N, Longitude 77 00\\\\' 13\\\" W (1974); The Deathbird (1973).']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dogs are gifts from God: Spiritual Life Lessons from dogs and their people\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre (Beyond Watchmen)\\nDescription: ['', 'In an exclusive Q&A, Before Watchmen creators Darwyn Cooke and Len Wein share their thoughts with Kindle. 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Having gone through a similar experience with Will Eisner's Spirit I was very aware of how hard I'd have to work to live up to the source material Alan and Dave created.\\\", \\\"L.W.: Not in the least. Having already written the Watchmen video game, WATCHMEN; THE END IS NIGH, I was more than comfortable writing in this world. Having been the original series' editor made it even easier.\\\", 'Q: Darwyn, why did you select Nite Owl (Hollis Mason) as the narrative voice for the Minutemen series? ', \\\"D.C: Hollis' autobiography, Under The Hood, seemed like the most logical foundation on which to build my story and when we pick up the story in 1962 he's writing said book. That put him in his late forties evaluating his life up until then. Being in my late forties it was a very comfortable fit from a narrative standpoint.\\\", 'Q: Minutemen dives deep into the very flawed lives of a team thats supposed to represent a Golden Age for heroes. 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\\\"A tour de force . . . Belongs to a venerable New York literary tradition that stretches back through Go Tell it On the Mountain, A Walker in the City, and Call it Sleep.\\\" --The New York Times
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Posted by Roger R. on Mar 20th 2012
I tore apart my NT in about '82, did my best to put it into Acts and started to understand a wider picture of what happened and why. The book, Revolutionary Bible Study; greatly increased the vision of what took place. Thanks, Gene. I appreciate your time that it took to research and compile such a simple help! I watched on youtube the 5-part series on the chaotic order we are faced with and was deeply encouraged!
Got saved in 1976, bored in 1979, stayed home after that, began wondering why the NT didn't make sense when reading it from Matthew to Revelation... too many gaps that I could not follow, so I decided to re-arrange what I had. Found a LOT of the missing pieces..where was Paul? Why did Peter and Paul write similar letters to the believers? What was happening in Rome and Jerusalem that made them write that? How did they keep in touch? And what the heck was going on with them both writing to ordain elders when there was no need to?? And why on earth do we still have this curse upon us (elder mentality??)
In '82, I did not find anyone who was willing to touch their book, to tear it apart and reconstruct it in order to better come to grips with what happened, and what is going on today...I met Him in'76 and knew something was amiss..wanted clarity and help to balance what I was being taught (ex-baptist, ex-Plymouth brethren, now evangelical free pastor's teaching) sorry, I just didn't get it .. lost a lot of friends, but met some wonderful sisters and brothers during the process!
One last thing... once in the maze - being free is A-mazing! --on SeedSowers website\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Faeries and Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Books\" />\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pacts With the Devil: A Chronicle of Sex, Blasphemy and Liberation\nDescription: ['\"Extremely disturbing.\" -- David Carrico, Christian Broadcasting Network', '\"This volume is dangerous.\" --The Black Flame', 'S. Jason Black was a professional writer and artist, and a life-long student and practitioner of Magick and Tantra. He worked as a professional Psychic, much sought after for his accuracy.', 'Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D., was trained in both psycho-physiology and clinical psychology, and he practiced as a Psychotherapist for many years. He published many articles in peer-reviewed, professional journals. Today he is known as the world-famous author of a wide variety of books on Psychology, Sex Magick, Tantra, Tarot, Self-transformation and Western Magic.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Classroom Preparation, Readiness, + Strategies\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Necronomicon\nDescription: ['', 'Simon is a student of magic, occultism, and religion since the mid-1960s and the editor of the Necronomicon, Simon was a frequent lecturer for the famed Warlock Shop in Brooklyn and the Magickal Childe Bookstore in Manhattan for more than ten years before his sudden disappearance in 1984, speaking on topics as diverse as religion and politics, occultism and fascism, ceremonial magic, demonolatry, the Tarot, the Qabala, and Asian occult systems. He also conducted private classes for the New York City OTO during this period, with a focus on Enochian magic, \"Owandering bishops,\" and Afro-Caribbean occult beliefs. An ordained priest of an Eastern Orthodox church, Simon has appeared on television and radio discussing such topics as exorcism, satanism, and Nazism. The media events he organized in the 1970s and 1980s -- with rock bands, ritual performances, and celebrity appearances -- helped to promote the \"occult renaissance\" in New York City. After decades of study in European, Asian, and Latin American cult centers, this book marks his first public appearance in more than twenty years.']","rejected":"Title: Vampires at the Opera\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Complete Picatrix: The Occult Classic of Astrological Magic Liber Atratus Edition\nDescription: ['I was first introduced to Picatrix in 1998 by my magical teacher, Robert Zoller. At that time it was only available in Latin. What Latin I now have, I learned from working with Picatrix. John Greer and I worked together for over two years on this translation, and now finally, a complete and usable English translation of Picatrix is available.
This translation is indeed complete, including all four books of Picatrix, the most famous grimoire of astrological magic. We used the Pingree\\'s Latin critical edition, so this translation is authoritative, relying on multiple manuscripts, rather than on a single variant. Why translate from the Latin? Well, firstly John Greer, my co-translator, is an excellent Latinist, but neither of us has a sufficient grasp of medieval Arabic. However, what I do have is a mastery of traditional astrology. Picatrix is so heavily astrological that the non-expert is completely lost when it comes to making an intelligible translation. Some other translations, despite ostensibly being from Arabic, have suffered greatly from an almost complete lack of astrological knowledge, leaving large sections incoherent and incomprehensible.
By contrast, our translation of the Picatrix reveals its true sweep and splendor as Picatrix is both an exhaustive manual of practical astrological magic as well as an expansive treatise on the Hermetic philosophy of astrology, alchemy and magic. This translation includes an extensive introduction and copious annotations, over 450 footnotes for 309 pages of text!
Like Agrippa\\'s Three Books of Occult Philosophy which relies heavily on it, Picatrix represents the distillation of many earlier works. Written circa AD 1000 in Moorish Spain and translated into Latin in 1256 at the court of the Castilian king Alphonso the Wise, Picatrix is an authentic ancient work. The author says he consulted over 200 books of magic, astrology and alchemy. Picatrix was and still remains the premier grimoire of astrological magic, the highest of high magic, combining, as it does, ceremonial magic with the precise timing of traditional astrology. Picatrix explains how to create hundreds of different types of astrological talismans, including planetary, Mansions of the Moon, decan/face and house based talismans. Picatrix includes extensive planetary invocations and ritual from the pagan Sabians of Harran, renowned medieval magicians and astrologers. Sublime Neoplatonic and Hermetic philosophy bumps shoulders with \"confections\" of the brain of a black dove or blood sacrifice.
We have been very careful to produce an authoritative translation of the Latin Picatrix, which will satisfy both scholarly interest as well as be of use to the contemporary practitioner. The various editions of the Picatrix, for example, this edition, the Liber Atratus, available through Amazon, or other editions, including the Liber Rubeus and Liber Viridis Green Magic edition, available through the Renaissance Astrology website, all have the same authoritative, complete translation of Picatrix, newly revised from our earlier versions. The separate editions have different formatting and fonts, and add to the complete translation, additional useful and interesting material.
Despite its popularity among mages, Picatrix was never published until the modern era. Finally, a complete, lucid and clear English translation is available!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: FLOSO Unisex Mens/Womens Thinsulate Polar Fleece Ski/Winter Thermal Hat (3M 40g) (22.8 inches) (Grey)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur\nDescription: ['Part adventure tale and part grimoire, The Lost Books of Merlyn remains true to the Druids\\' method of wrapping important knowledge in a story. Monroe\\'s tale of the British Celts, their conflict with the Romans, and the last days of King Arthur, recounts the demise of the Druids but reveals the hope of their resurrection today. Coupled with an abundance of spells, charms, and sacred rites, this is more than just a well-written fantasy, more than just a well-stocked spell book. The Lost Books of Merlyn is both teacher and course. Whether you read it as a work of fiction or dig for a deeper meaning, you will hear a voice in these pages speaking to you as Merlyn speaks to the author: \"Now, at last, it is your turn to understand what has already been lived, and what may come of it.\" --Brian Patterson', 'In ancient Britain, the natives followed a religion based on the Goddess of the Moon. When the ancient Druids came with the Celts to the British Isles, they brought with them solar worship of a Sun God. Rather than force their beliefs onto the people, they combined the two, becoming the Priests of this all-encompassing faith. Today, what we base on these ancient traditions is called Celtic Wicca or Witchcraft.
There are many books written by scholars about the Druids. The Lost Books of Merlyn is also written by a scholar of the ancient teachings, but with one difference: Douglas Monroe presents the information so that you can use it today, for personal transformation and growth. There are three sections or \"books\" here which are derived from an ancient manuscript called \"The Book of Pheryllt.\" He uses the ancient texts to recreate the lore and legends of the ancient Celts. But this is not just a book of stories. Within each story is the wisdom of the Druids. When the Druids roamed the Celtic lands, people knew the meanings within their stories. Today, much of that knowledge has been forgotten. So at the end of each section Douglas includes explicit instructions you can use to transform your life. He includes oracles and protection rituals, healing herbs, and musical secrets, how to tap into the energy of the earth, your own energy and even how to work with your dreams and astral project. He also reveals the ancient ways of evocation and the secrets of plants, herbs, and the sources of the Charms of Making (popularized in a movie). Isn\\'t it time you went back to the source? If you\\'re involved or interested in any form of Celtic Wicca, I think you\\'re going to love this book. ']","rejected":"Title: True Justice-- a Croft Mob Family/FBI Crossover (Croft Family Mob Justice) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Vampyre Magick: The Grimoire of the Living Vampire\nDescription: ['\"A compelling and elegant presentation of the history, rituals, and customs of a specific spiritual movement. It has the quality of permanence, and it will likely make an enduring contribution to sanguinary lore.\" -Dr. Katherine Ramsland, author of The Science of Vampires and Piercing the Darkness', 'Father Sebastiaan is an avid student of chaos magick and esoteric studies, and is the founder of Sabretooth, a fangsmithing company, and the event coordination company, Endless Night Productions. Visit him at: www.sabretooth.com and www.fathersebastiaan.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers by Burns, Cherie [Hardcover(2011/9/13)]\nDescription: ['Excellent Book']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampire\nDescription: ['\"Vampire fads come and go, emerging each decade in some new form, but for those for whom the vampiric mystique is a calling, the choices inspired become a life path. Vampyre Sanguinomicon offers a compelling and elegant presentation of the history, rituals, and customs of a specific spiritual movement. It has the quality of permanence, and it will likely make an enduring contribution to sanguinary lore.\" -Dr. Katherine Ramsland, author of The Science of Vampires and Piercing the Darkness
\"The Sanguinomicon provides a unique and valid look at one of the oldest Vampyre traditions in the modern living vampire subculture. Full of rich descriptions and details of the past, it delves deep into the many aspects long whispered about in the shadows. Highly recommended.\" -Corvis Nocturnum, author of Allure of the Vampire', 'Father Sebastiaan has been at the center of the Vampyre/vampire subculture since 1992. He is an avid student of chaos magick and esoteric studies, and is the founder of SABRETOOTH, a fansgsmithing company, as well as the event coordination company Endless Night Productions. Author websites: www.sabretooth.com and www.fathersebastiaan.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: LearnSmart Standalone Access Card for Deutsch: Na klar!\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Book of Smokeless Fire\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and Its Black Physicians: The Early Years\nDescription: ['\"Kaplan\\'s book goes far beyond a history of the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and its black physicians. Kaplan weaves a narrative of the struggle of blacks, racism in the military, institutional racism, and the civil rights movement. Highly recommended\" --Choice
\"Worthwhile...interesting illustrations and is well referenced. A valuable addition to our understanding of the struggles of African-American physicians\" --Watermark', 'Mary Kaplan, a clinical social worker, taught in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida and is the author of four books. She lives in New Port Richey, Florida.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Thorns of the Blood Rose\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Poems 4 A.M.\nDescription: ['In these poems, we come to know a different side of the acclaimed novelist Susan Minot. We find her awake in the middle of the night, contemplating love and heartbreak in all their exhilarating and anguished specifics. With astonishing openness, in language both passionate and enchanting, she offers us an intimate map of a troubled and far-flung heart: ?Can you believe I thought that?? she asks, ?That we would always go/roaming brave and dangerous/on wild unlit roads??
At once witty and tender, with Dorothy Parker?like turns of the knife and memorable partings from lovers in New York, London, Rome and beyond, these poems capture a restless movement through loves and locales, and charm us at every turn with their forthrightness.
From the Hardcover edition.', \"Susan Minot's first novel, Monkeys, was published in a dozen countries and received the Prix Femina Étranger in France. She is the author of Lust & Other Stories, Folly, Evening, and Poems 4 A.M., and wrote the screenplay for Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty. She lives on an island in Maine.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Witch's Eight Paths of Power: A Complete Course in Magick and Witchcraft\nDescription: ['\"Lady Sable Aradia has provided a succinct, applicable and integrative guide for \\'walking the 8-fold path with practical feet\\'. In this book, this much beloved and respected core Wiccan teaching is fleshed out and given muscle; so that all witches can hone their intent and refine their magic.\" --Orion Foxwood, author of The Candle and the Crossroads and The Tree of Enchantment
\"Lady Sable demystifies the Eightfold path of Witchcraft, providing powerful doorways to magical awareness using time-honored methods adapted for today\\'s modern Witch. Witches have long used the Eight paths of power to part the veil between the worlds and, through this book, Lady Sable has opened those paths anew that we may draw wisdom from the well-trod path.\" --Christian Day, author of The Witches\\' Book of the Dead', 'Lady Sable Aradia is an initiated Third Degree High Priestess in the Star Sapphire and Pagans for Peace traditions and a licensed Wiccan minister. She has been teaching and advocating Witchcraft and magick for nearly twenty years. She is also a fantasy writer and a National Novel Writing Month winner. She lives in Vernon, BC, Canada. www.sablearadia.webs.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (science.culture)\nDescription: ['', \"Just as the body of knowledge evolves over time, so does the way scientists view the world they are explaining. This interplay between knowledge and mental model is the subject of Peter Dear's book. He shows how mechanistic explanations in physics and chemistry became ever more frequent after the industrial revolution, only to be supplanted by the nihilism of quantum theory in the social turmoil that followed the first world war. It is full of insights into how society, culture and people's perception interweave across biology, chemistry and physics.\", 'Scientists who wish to reflect on their vocation will gain valuable insights from this beautifully contrived book, and all readers will be prompted to think more carefully about the nature and ethos of science.', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series) (Cunningham's Encyclopedia Series)\nDescription: ['Some time ago I started to get into programming computers. There are books that teach programming languages. There are others that simply tell you what the commands are. They don\\'t teach you how to program, but you can use the information to make your programs work. In a sense, programming books don\\'t teach programming. In a similar way, Cunningham\\'s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs doesn\\'t teach you how to do spells (although it does give a brief outline so you can use this without any other book). What it does do is give you all the information you need to make your spells, talismans, amulets, and rituals work better. This book has become a classic in its field. Every time I visit an occult shop that sells herbs, I look to see what books they use as resources. Inevitably, this book is there, usually quite beaten up from constant use. The pros use it and so do over 200,000 people like you. The cross-referenced index of folk names could be a book by itself. Did you know that if a magical spell calls for \"bats\\' wings\" you should use holly? Or did you know that if a magical recipe called for \"lapstones\" you should use potato? If you had this book you would know all that and more. You\\'d also learn that ragweed can be used for courage; lily of the valley can enhance mental powers and happiness; and chrysanthemums can be used for protection. This book by Scott Cunningham is truly encyclopedic. It gives information on over 400 herbs in an easy-to-use format that makes working with the book clear and simple. If you do any sort of magic with herbs, or if you are interested in folklore, this is a book you must have. ', 'Some time ago I started to get into programming computers. There are books that teach programming languages. There are others that simply tell you what the commands are. They don\\'t teach you how to program, but you can use the information to make your programs work. In a sense, programming books don\\'t teach programming. In a similar way, Cunningham\\'s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs doesn\\'t teach you how to do spells (although it does give a brief outline so you can use this without any other book). What it does do is give you all the information you need to make your spells, talismans, amulets, and rituals work better. This book has become a classic in its field. Every time I visit an occult shop that sells herbs, I look to see what books they use as resources. Inevitably, this book is there, usually quite beaten up from constant use. The pros use it and so do over 200,000 people like you. The cross-referenced index of folk names could be a book by itself. Did you know that if a magical spell calls for \"bats\\' wings\" you should use holly? Or did you know that if a magical recipe called for \"lapstones\" you should use potato? If you had this book you would know all that and more. You\\'d also learn that ragweed can be used for courage; lily of the valley can enhance mental powers and happiness; and chrysanthemums can be used for protection. This book by Scott Cunningham is truly encyclopedic. It gives information on over 400 herbs in an easy-to-use format that makes working with the book clear and simple. If you do any sort of magic with herbs, or if you are interested in folklore, this is a book you must have.
']","rejected":"Title: Dealing with Success Killers\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: ABANDONADOS, LOS\nDescription: ['La vida es como un marido golpeador: cada tanto trae flores para renovar la licencia de los golpes. Asi piensa y asi vive Maxi el musico tan joven y tan viejo protagonista de Los abandonados. Adorable y aborrecible Maxi conoce el exito a la manera de Andy Warhol: en una rafaga. Mientras tanto consigue algo de dinero obtiene mujeres su perro sigue vivo. Tanta suerte tiene que ser puesta a prueba: hay que averiguar hasta donde se puede ser afortunado pero sabiendo como sabe Maxi que nada tiene demasiado sentido. El humor y el sexo se cruzan en esta primera novela de Luis Mey. El sexo como venganza tambien como forma de esquivar al amor y a la vez amar al menos un poco. El humor como una forma de tolerar las carencias y la ausencia de comunicacion que rodean al personaje y tal vez esgrimido como principio. Ambientada a comienzos del siglo veintiuno Los abandonados explaya los vacios de la epoca. Los pone de manifiesto sin tabues y los presenta como advertencia. Lo peor que se puede hacer es cruzar un precipicio en dos saltos. No por nada la novela comienza con esta cita: Maxi lo intenta todo el tiempo hasta de algun modo lograrlo.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch's Gramarye\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Pipes Are Calling\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Celebrate the Earth: A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition\nDescription: ['Published to coincide with the Pagan holiday Samhain on October 31st, this new title by a renowned author and Witch will appeal to spiritualists and environmentalists alike as it celebrates the eight holidays in the Pagan tradition. The Pagan origins of many of our everyday traditions, including the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, are celebrated here as holidays that spring from the seasons of the earth. Wit its practical suggestions for enjoying seasonal renewal, Celebrate The Earth blends all the richness and ancient lore of Witchcraft with how-to advice to create a modern-day celebration of nature. For each holiday, it offers instructions on: Earth magic--sample rituals, preparation, garb, herbcraft, spellcraft, and magical stones, for promoting love, romance, and healing. Holiday fare--recipes and menus to prepare. Ancient activities--crafts and games passed down through generations. Also included is a list of sources--an extensive bibliography, plus lists of specialty shops and mail order catalogs.', 'coincide with the Pagan holiday Samhain on October 31st, this new title by a renowned author and Witch will appeal to spiritualists and environmentalists alike as it celebrates the eight holidays in the Pagan tradition.The Pagan origins of many of our everyday traditions, including the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, are celebrated here as holidays that spring from the seasons of the earth. Wit its practical suggestions for enjoying seasonal renewal, Celebrate The Earth blends all the richness and ancient lore of Witchcraft with how-to advice to create a modern-day celebration of nature.For each holiday, it offers instructions on: Earth magic--sample rituals, preparation, garb, herbcraft, spellcraft, and magical stones, for promoting love, romance, and healing. Holiday fare--recipes and menus to prepare. Ancient activities--crafts and games passed down through generations. Also included is a list of sources--an extensive bibliography, plus lists of specialty s', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Allies & Adversaries: Equinox Trilogy Volume One\nDescription: ['D.J. Stearns graduated from Grand Valley State University with a BS in Communications. He has been reading Sci/fi fantasy books his whole life and finally decided to write his first novel. He currently lives in Michigan with his wife and two children.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Bonded By Battle: The Powerful Friendships of Military Dogs and Soldiers, from the Civil War to Operation Iraqi Freedom\nDescription: ['Gr 5 UpStudents of military history and dog lovers rejoice. Pimm presents a brief but informative examination of canines\\' role in the military, going back as far as 4,000 BCE. The author briefly mentions dogs in the Napoleonic Wars before moving on to 19th- and 20th-century conflicts in which the United States has been involved. Pimm points out that animals associated with military units were usually mascots (e.g., Old Abe). The Great War\\'s Sergeant Stubby started out as a mascot but became a decorated military working dog. A chapter on \"war refugee\" Rin Tin Tin is also included. The author explores the U.S. Military Working Dog program by focusing on how different dog/handler pairs participated in various wars. An interesting discussion on whether animals should receive service awards and medals is featured. The text reads well, and footnotes are plentiful. An author\\'s note and back matter conclude the work. Pair this with Rebecca Frankel\\'s War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love or Ace Collins\\'s Man\\'s Best Hero: True Stories of Great American Dogs. VERDICT A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular.Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS', \"With machine-gun precision, Nancy Roe Pimm delivers colorful bursts of U.S. war history for all ages. Each chapter is a punchy profile in canine courage and a celebration of the bonds of hard work and sacrifice shared by all those who serve in uniform, whether on two legs or on four. --Randy Brown, author, Welcome to FOB Haiku: War Poems from Inside the Wire
Outstanding book! Nancy has captured what it's like for both the dog and handler. It is difficult for a dog handler to express just what transpires between him (or her) and the dog to someone who has never experienced that. Nancy gets it these are dog TEAMS. The dog and soldier read each other and respond to a situation accordingly. This short book is an easy read and can help anyone from 12 to 90 to also get it. --Darrell Trent, Vietnam sentry dog handler
Students of military history and dog lovers rejoice. Pimm presents a brief but informative examination of canines' role in the military, going back as far as 4,000 BCE. The author briefly mentions dogs in the Napoleonic Wars before moving on to 19th- and 20th-century conflicts in which the United States has been involved. Pimm points out that animals associated with military units were usually mascots (e.g., Old Abe). The Great War's Sergeant Stubby started out as a mascot but became a decorated military working dog. A chapter on 'war refugee' Rin Tin Tin is also included. The author explores the U.S. Military Working Dog program by focusing on how different dog/handler pairs participated in various wars. An interesting discussion on whether animals should receive service awards and medals is featured. The text reads well, and footnotes are plentiful. An author's note and back matter conclude the work. VERDICT A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular. --Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life\nDescription: [\"Wheel of the Year has a down-home flavor reminiscent of visiting close friends or family on a winter evening. Campanelli's poetic style evokes the emotions of the different seasons as she shares how her family celebrates with rituals, recipes, and crafts, from the midsummer festivals of June to the kindling of the yule log in December. Within these pages, you will find enough ideas to fill your entire year with magic. --Brian Patterson\", \"Have you ever used a Ouija board? It's a variation on an older technique where you placed small cards, each with a letter of the alphabet, in a circle on top of a smooth, polished table. Then, you inverted a stemmed wineglass in the center of the circle. People around the table placed their fingertips on the base of the glass and it would start moving to the letters, spelling out words. It was quite the rage during the middle 1800s.\", 'You will discover further information on how to use the wineglass for divination and spirit contact, within the chapter on the month of October, in Wheel of the Year by Pauline Campanelli. You\\'ll also learn about apple traditions, hazel symbolism, the Samhain circle and feast of the dead, a Wassailing ritual, the \"Witching Hour,\" and much more.', \"That's only for October. Each of the other months is covered, sharing magical techniques, spiritual wisdom, rituals, lore, and Pagan traditions that will help make every day special.\", 'Wheel of the Year is filled with the kind of ideas that are traditional and even ancient, but can make your life more fulfilling today and tomorrow. Get Wheel of the Year and enjoy life more. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Clausewitz and Contemporary War\nDescription: [' Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1981, and the U.S. Army War College in 2002, and has served in a variety of military assignments. He received his doctorate in history from Princeton University in 1994, and is the author of several books and articles on military thinking and contemporary war. He is the Director of Research at the U.S. Army War College.
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Posted by Roger R. on Mar 20th 2012
I tore apart my NT in about '82, did my best to put it into Acts and started to understand a wider picture of what happened and why. The book, Revolutionary Bible Study; greatly increased the vision of what took place. Thanks, Gene. I appreciate your time that it took to research and compile such a simple help! I watched on youtube the 5-part series on the chaotic order we are faced with and was deeply encouraged!
Got saved in 1976, bored in 1979, stayed home after that, began wondering why the NT didn't make sense when reading it from Matthew to Revelation... too many gaps that I could not follow, so I decided to re-arrange what I had. Found a LOT of the missing pieces..where was Paul? Why did Peter and Paul write similar letters to the believers? What was happening in Rome and Jerusalem that made them write that? How did they keep in touch? And what the heck was going on with them both writing to ordain elders when there was no need to?? And why on earth do we still have this curse upon us (elder mentality??)
In '82, I did not find anyone who was willing to touch their book, to tear it apart and reconstruct it in order to better come to grips with what happened, and what is going on today...I met Him in'76 and knew something was amiss..wanted clarity and help to balance what I was being taught (ex-baptist, ex-Plymouth brethren, now evangelical free pastor's teaching) sorry, I just didn't get it .. lost a lot of friends, but met some wonderful sisters and brothers during the process!
One last thing... once in the maze - being free is A-mazing! --on SeedSowers website\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Faeries and Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Books\\\" />\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pacts With the Devil: A Chronicle of Sex, Blasphemy and Liberation\\nDescription: ['\\\"Extremely disturbing.\\\" -- David Carrico, Christian Broadcasting Network', '\\\"This volume is dangerous.\\\" --The Black Flame', 'S. Jason Black was a professional writer and artist, and a life-long student and practitioner of Magick and Tantra. He worked as a professional Psychic, much sought after for his accuracy.', 'Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D., was trained in both psycho-physiology and clinical psychology, and he practiced as a Psychotherapist for many years. He published many articles in peer-reviewed, professional journals. Today he is known as the world-famous author of a wide variety of books on Psychology, Sex Magick, Tantra, Tarot, Self-transformation and Western Magic.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Classroom Preparation, Readiness, + Strategies\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Necronomicon\\nDescription: ['', 'Simon is a student of magic, occultism, and religion since the mid-1960s and the editor of the Necronomicon, Simon was a frequent lecturer for the famed Warlock Shop in Brooklyn and the Magickal Childe Bookstore in Manhattan for more than ten years before his sudden disappearance in 1984, speaking on topics as diverse as religion and politics, occultism and fascism, ceremonial magic, demonolatry, the Tarot, the Qabala, and Asian occult systems. He also conducted private classes for the New York City OTO during this period, with a focus on Enochian magic, \\\"Owandering bishops,\\\" and Afro-Caribbean occult beliefs. An ordained priest of an Eastern Orthodox church, Simon has appeared on television and radio discussing such topics as exorcism, satanism, and Nazism. The media events he organized in the 1970s and 1980s -- with rock bands, ritual performances, and celebrity appearances -- helped to promote the \\\"occult renaissance\\\" in New York City. After decades of study in European, Asian, and Latin American cult centers, this book marks his first public appearance in more than twenty years.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Vampires at the Opera\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Complete Picatrix: The Occult Classic of Astrological Magic Liber Atratus Edition\\nDescription: ['I was first introduced to Picatrix in 1998 by my magical teacher, Robert Zoller. At that time it was only available in Latin. What Latin I now have, I learned from working with Picatrix. John Greer and I worked together for over two years on this translation, and now finally, a complete and usable English translation of Picatrix is available.
This translation is indeed complete, including all four books of Picatrix, the most famous grimoire of astrological magic. We used the Pingree\\\\'s Latin critical edition, so this translation is authoritative, relying on multiple manuscripts, rather than on a single variant. Why translate from the Latin? Well, firstly John Greer, my co-translator, is an excellent Latinist, but neither of us has a sufficient grasp of medieval Arabic. However, what I do have is a mastery of traditional astrology. Picatrix is so heavily astrological that the non-expert is completely lost when it comes to making an intelligible translation. Some other translations, despite ostensibly being from Arabic, have suffered greatly from an almost complete lack of astrological knowledge, leaving large sections incoherent and incomprehensible.
By contrast, our translation of the Picatrix reveals its true sweep and splendor as Picatrix is both an exhaustive manual of practical astrological magic as well as an expansive treatise on the Hermetic philosophy of astrology, alchemy and magic. This translation includes an extensive introduction and copious annotations, over 450 footnotes for 309 pages of text!
Like Agrippa\\\\'s Three Books of Occult Philosophy which relies heavily on it, Picatrix represents the distillation of many earlier works. Written circa AD 1000 in Moorish Spain and translated into Latin in 1256 at the court of the Castilian king Alphonso the Wise, Picatrix is an authentic ancient work. The author says he consulted over 200 books of magic, astrology and alchemy. Picatrix was and still remains the premier grimoire of astrological magic, the highest of high magic, combining, as it does, ceremonial magic with the precise timing of traditional astrology. Picatrix explains how to create hundreds of different types of astrological talismans, including planetary, Mansions of the Moon, decan/face and house based talismans. Picatrix includes extensive planetary invocations and ritual from the pagan Sabians of Harran, renowned medieval magicians and astrologers. Sublime Neoplatonic and Hermetic philosophy bumps shoulders with \\\"confections\\\" of the brain of a black dove or blood sacrifice.
We have been very careful to produce an authoritative translation of the Latin Picatrix, which will satisfy both scholarly interest as well as be of use to the contemporary practitioner. The various editions of the Picatrix, for example, this edition, the Liber Atratus, available through Amazon, or other editions, including the Liber Rubeus and Liber Viridis Green Magic edition, available through the Renaissance Astrology website, all have the same authoritative, complete translation of Picatrix, newly revised from our earlier versions. The separate editions have different formatting and fonts, and add to the complete translation, additional useful and interesting material.
Despite its popularity among mages, Picatrix was never published until the modern era. Finally, a complete, lucid and clear English translation is available!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: FLOSO Unisex Mens/Womens Thinsulate Polar Fleece Ski/Winter Thermal Hat (3M 40g) (22.8 inches) (Grey)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur\\nDescription: ['Part adventure tale and part grimoire, The Lost Books of Merlyn remains true to the Druids\\\\' method of wrapping important knowledge in a story. Monroe\\\\'s tale of the British Celts, their conflict with the Romans, and the last days of King Arthur, recounts the demise of the Druids but reveals the hope of their resurrection today. Coupled with an abundance of spells, charms, and sacred rites, this is more than just a well-written fantasy, more than just a well-stocked spell book. The Lost Books of Merlyn is both teacher and course. Whether you read it as a work of fiction or dig for a deeper meaning, you will hear a voice in these pages speaking to you as Merlyn speaks to the author: \\\"Now, at last, it is your turn to understand what has already been lived, and what may come of it.\\\" --Brian Patterson', 'In ancient Britain, the natives followed a religion based on the Goddess of the Moon. When the ancient Druids came with the Celts to the British Isles, they brought with them solar worship of a Sun God. Rather than force their beliefs onto the people, they combined the two, becoming the Priests of this all-encompassing faith. Today, what we base on these ancient traditions is called Celtic Wicca or Witchcraft. There are many books written by scholars about the Druids. The Lost Books of Merlyn is also written by a scholar of the ancient teachings, but with one difference: Douglas Monroe presents the information so that you can use it today, for personal transformation and growth. There are three sections or \\\"books\\\" here which are derived from an ancient manuscript called \\\"The Book of Pheryllt.\\\" He uses the ancient texts to recreate the lore and legends of the ancient Celts. But this is not just a book of stories. Within each story is the wisdom of the Druids. When the Druids roamed the Celtic lands, people knew the meanings within their stories. Today, much of that knowledge has been forgotten. So at the end of each section Douglas includes explicit instructions you can use to transform your life. He includes oracles and protection rituals, healing herbs, and musical secrets, how to tap into the energy of the earth, your own energy and even how to work with your dreams and astral project. He also reveals the ancient ways of evocation and the secrets of plants, herbs, and the sources of the Charms of Making (popularized in a movie). Isn\\\\'t it time you went back to the source? If you\\\\'re involved or interested in any form of Celtic Wicca, I think you\\\\'re going to love this book. ']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: True Justice-- a Croft Mob Family/FBI Crossover (Croft Family Mob Justice) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Vampyre Magick: The Grimoire of the Living Vampire\\nDescription: ['\\\"A compelling and elegant presentation of the history, rituals, and customs of a specific spiritual movement. It has the quality of permanence, and it will likely make an enduring contribution to sanguinary lore.\\\" -Dr. Katherine Ramsland, author of The Science of Vampires and Piercing the Darkness', 'Father Sebastiaan is an avid student of chaos magick and esoteric studies, and is the founder of Sabretooth, a fangsmithing company, and the event coordination company, Endless Night Productions. Visit him at: www.sabretooth.com and www.fathersebastiaan.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers by Burns, Cherie [Hardcover(2011/9/13)]\\nDescription: ['Excellent Book']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampire\\nDescription: ['\\\"Vampire fads come and go, emerging each decade in some new form, but for those for whom the vampiric mystique is a calling, the choices inspired become a life path. Vampyre Sanguinomicon offers a compelling and elegant presentation of the history, rituals, and customs of a specific spiritual movement. It has the quality of permanence, and it will likely make an enduring contribution to sanguinary lore.\\\" -Dr. Katherine Ramsland, author of The Science of Vampires and Piercing the Darkness
\\\"The Sanguinomicon provides a unique and valid look at one of the oldest Vampyre traditions in the modern living vampire subculture. Full of rich descriptions and details of the past, it delves deep into the many aspects long whispered about in the shadows. Highly recommended.\\\" -Corvis Nocturnum, author of Allure of the Vampire', 'Father Sebastiaan has been at the center of the Vampyre/vampire subculture since 1992. He is an avid student of chaos magick and esoteric studies, and is the founder of SABRETOOTH, a fansgsmithing company, as well as the event coordination company Endless Night Productions. Author websites: www.sabretooth.com and www.fathersebastiaan.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: LearnSmart Standalone Access Card for Deutsch: Na klar!\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Book of Smokeless Fire\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and Its Black Physicians: The Early Years\\nDescription: ['\\\"Kaplan\\\\'s book goes far beyond a history of the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and its black physicians. Kaplan weaves a narrative of the struggle of blacks, racism in the military, institutional racism, and the civil rights movement. Highly recommended\\\" --Choice
\\\"Worthwhile...interesting illustrations and is well referenced. A valuable addition to our understanding of the struggles of African-American physicians\\\" --Watermark', 'Mary Kaplan, a clinical social worker, taught in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida and is the author of four books. She lives in New Port Richey, Florida.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Thorns of the Blood Rose\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Poems 4 A.M.\\nDescription: ['In these poems, we come to know a different side of the acclaimed novelist Susan Minot. We find her awake in the middle of the night, contemplating love and heartbreak in all their exhilarating and anguished specifics. With astonishing openness, in language both passionate and enchanting, she offers us an intimate map of a troubled and far-flung heart: ?Can you believe I thought that?? she asks, ?That we would always go/roaming brave and dangerous/on wild unlit roads??
At once witty and tender, with Dorothy Parker?like turns of the knife and memorable partings from lovers in New York, London, Rome and beyond, these poems capture a restless movement through loves and locales, and charm us at every turn with their forthrightness.
From the Hardcover edition.', \\\"Susan Minot's first novel, Monkeys, was published in a dozen countries and received the Prix Femina Étranger in France. She is the author of Lust & Other Stories, Folly, Evening, and Poems 4 A.M., and wrote the screenplay for Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty. She lives on an island in Maine.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Witch's Eight Paths of Power: A Complete Course in Magick and Witchcraft\\nDescription: ['\\\"Lady Sable Aradia has provided a succinct, applicable and integrative guide for \\\\'walking the 8-fold path with practical feet\\\\'. In this book, this much beloved and respected core Wiccan teaching is fleshed out and given muscle; so that all witches can hone their intent and refine their magic.\\\" --Orion Foxwood, author of The Candle and the Crossroads and The Tree of Enchantment
\\\"Lady Sable demystifies the Eightfold path of Witchcraft, providing powerful doorways to magical awareness using time-honored methods adapted for today\\\\'s modern Witch. Witches have long used the Eight paths of power to part the veil between the worlds and, through this book, Lady Sable has opened those paths anew that we may draw wisdom from the well-trod path.\\\" --Christian Day, author of The Witches\\\\' Book of the Dead', 'Lady Sable Aradia is an initiated Third Degree High Priestess in the Star Sapphire and Pagans for Peace traditions and a licensed Wiccan minister. She has been teaching and advocating Witchcraft and magick for nearly twenty years. She is also a fantasy writer and a National Novel Writing Month winner. She lives in Vernon, BC, Canada. www.sablearadia.webs.com', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (science.culture)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Just as the body of knowledge evolves over time, so does the way scientists view the world they are explaining. This interplay between knowledge and mental model is the subject of Peter Dear's book. He shows how mechanistic explanations in physics and chemistry became ever more frequent after the industrial revolution, only to be supplanted by the nihilism of quantum theory in the social turmoil that followed the first world war. It is full of insights into how society, culture and people's perception interweave across biology, chemistry and physics.\\\", 'Scientists who wish to reflect on their vocation will gain valuable insights from this beautifully contrived book, and all readers will be prompted to think more carefully about the nature and ethos of science.', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series) (Cunningham's Encyclopedia Series)\\nDescription: ['Some time ago I started to get into programming computers. There are books that teach programming languages. There are others that simply tell you what the commands are. They don\\\\'t teach you how to program, but you can use the information to make your programs work. In a sense, programming books don\\\\'t teach programming. In a similar way, Cunningham\\\\'s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs doesn\\\\'t teach you how to do spells (although it does give a brief outline so you can use this without any other book). What it does do is give you all the information you need to make your spells, talismans, amulets, and rituals work better. This book has become a classic in its field. Every time I visit an occult shop that sells herbs, I look to see what books they use as resources. Inevitably, this book is there, usually quite beaten up from constant use. The pros use it and so do over 200,000 people like you. The cross-referenced index of folk names could be a book by itself. Did you know that if a magical spell calls for \\\"bats\\\\' wings\\\" you should use holly? Or did you know that if a magical recipe called for \\\"lapstones\\\" you should use potato? If you had this book you would know all that and more. You\\\\'d also learn that ragweed can be used for courage; lily of the valley can enhance mental powers and happiness; and chrysanthemums can be used for protection. This book by Scott Cunningham is truly encyclopedic. It gives information on over 400 herbs in an easy-to-use format that makes working with the book clear and simple. If you do any sort of magic with herbs, or if you are interested in folklore, this is a book you must have. ', 'Some time ago I started to get into programming computers. There are books that teach programming languages. There are others that simply tell you what the commands are. They don\\\\'t teach you how to program, but you can use the information to make your programs work. In a sense, programming books don\\\\'t teach programming. In a similar way, Cunningham\\\\'s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs doesn\\\\'t teach you how to do spells (although it does give a brief outline so you can use this without any other book). What it does do is give you all the information you need to make your spells, talismans, amulets, and rituals work better. This book has become a classic in its field. Every time I visit an occult shop that sells herbs, I look to see what books they use as resources. Inevitably, this book is there, usually quite beaten up from constant use. The pros use it and so do over 200,000 people like you. The cross-referenced index of folk names could be a book by itself. Did you know that if a magical spell calls for \\\"bats\\\\' wings\\\" you should use holly? Or did you know that if a magical recipe called for \\\"lapstones\\\" you should use potato? If you had this book you would know all that and more. You\\\\'d also learn that ragweed can be used for courage; lily of the valley can enhance mental powers and happiness; and chrysanthemums can be used for protection. This book by Scott Cunningham is truly encyclopedic. It gives information on over 400 herbs in an easy-to-use format that makes working with the book clear and simple. If you do any sort of magic with herbs, or if you are interested in folklore, this is a book you must have.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dealing with Success Killers\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: ABANDONADOS, LOS\\nDescription: ['La vida es como un marido golpeador: cada tanto trae flores para renovar la licencia de los golpes. Asi piensa y asi vive Maxi el musico tan joven y tan viejo protagonista de Los abandonados. Adorable y aborrecible Maxi conoce el exito a la manera de Andy Warhol: en una rafaga. Mientras tanto consigue algo de dinero obtiene mujeres su perro sigue vivo. Tanta suerte tiene que ser puesta a prueba: hay que averiguar hasta donde se puede ser afortunado pero sabiendo como sabe Maxi que nada tiene demasiado sentido. El humor y el sexo se cruzan en esta primera novela de Luis Mey. El sexo como venganza tambien como forma de esquivar al amor y a la vez amar al menos un poco. El humor como una forma de tolerar las carencias y la ausencia de comunicacion que rodean al personaje y tal vez esgrimido como principio. Ambientada a comienzos del siglo veintiuno Los abandonados explaya los vacios de la epoca. Los pone de manifiesto sin tabues y los presenta como advertencia. Lo peor que se puede hacer es cruzar un precipicio en dos saltos. No por nada la novela comienza con esta cita: Maxi lo intenta todo el tiempo hasta de algun modo lograrlo.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch's Gramarye\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Pipes Are Calling\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Celebrate the Earth: A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition\\nDescription: ['Published to coincide with the Pagan holiday Samhain on October 31st, this new title by a renowned author and Witch will appeal to spiritualists and environmentalists alike as it celebrates the eight holidays in the Pagan tradition. The Pagan origins of many of our everyday traditions, including the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, are celebrated here as holidays that spring from the seasons of the earth. Wit its practical suggestions for enjoying seasonal renewal, Celebrate The Earth blends all the richness and ancient lore of Witchcraft with how-to advice to create a modern-day celebration of nature. For each holiday, it offers instructions on: Earth magic--sample rituals, preparation, garb, herbcraft, spellcraft, and magical stones, for promoting love, romance, and healing. Holiday fare--recipes and menus to prepare. Ancient activities--crafts and games passed down through generations. Also included is a list of sources--an extensive bibliography, plus lists of specialty shops and mail order catalogs.', 'coincide with the Pagan holiday Samhain on October 31st, this new title by a renowned author and Witch will appeal to spiritualists and environmentalists alike as it celebrates the eight holidays in the Pagan tradition.The Pagan origins of many of our everyday traditions, including the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, are celebrated here as holidays that spring from the seasons of the earth. Wit its practical suggestions for enjoying seasonal renewal, Celebrate The Earth blends all the richness and ancient lore of Witchcraft with how-to advice to create a modern-day celebration of nature.For each holiday, it offers instructions on: Earth magic--sample rituals, preparation, garb, herbcraft, spellcraft, and magical stones, for promoting love, romance, and healing. Holiday fare--recipes and menus to prepare. Ancient activities--crafts and games passed down through generations. Also included is a list of sources--an extensive bibliography, plus lists of specialty s', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Allies & Adversaries: Equinox Trilogy Volume One\\nDescription: ['D.J. Stearns graduated from Grand Valley State University with a BS in Communications. He has been reading Sci/fi fantasy books his whole life and finally decided to write his first novel. He currently lives in Michigan with his wife and two children.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bonded By Battle: The Powerful Friendships of Military Dogs and Soldiers, from the Civil War to Operation Iraqi Freedom\\nDescription: ['Gr 5 UpStudents of military history and dog lovers rejoice. Pimm presents a brief but informative examination of canines\\\\' role in the military, going back as far as 4,000 BCE. The author briefly mentions dogs in the Napoleonic Wars before moving on to 19th- and 20th-century conflicts in which the United States has been involved. Pimm points out that animals associated with military units were usually mascots (e.g., Old Abe). The Great War\\\\'s Sergeant Stubby started out as a mascot but became a decorated military working dog. A chapter on \\\"war refugee\\\" Rin Tin Tin is also included. The author explores the U.S. Military Working Dog program by focusing on how different dog/handler pairs participated in various wars. An interesting discussion on whether animals should receive service awards and medals is featured. The text reads well, and footnotes are plentiful. An author\\\\'s note and back matter conclude the work. Pair this with Rebecca Frankel\\\\'s War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love or Ace Collins\\\\'s Man\\\\'s Best Hero: True Stories of Great American Dogs. VERDICT A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular.Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS', \\\"With machine-gun precision, Nancy Roe Pimm delivers colorful bursts of U.S. war history for all ages. Each chapter is a punchy profile in canine courage and a celebration of the bonds of hard work and sacrifice shared by all those who serve in uniform, whether on two legs or on four. --Randy Brown, author, Welcome to FOB Haiku: War Poems from Inside the Wire
Outstanding book! Nancy has captured what it's like for both the dog and handler. It is difficult for a dog handler to express just what transpires between him (or her) and the dog to someone who has never experienced that. Nancy gets it these are dog TEAMS. The dog and soldier read each other and respond to a situation accordingly. This short book is an easy read and can help anyone from 12 to 90 to also get it. --Darrell Trent, Vietnam sentry dog handler
Students of military history and dog lovers rejoice. Pimm presents a brief but informative examination of canines' role in the military, going back as far as 4,000 BCE. The author briefly mentions dogs in the Napoleonic Wars before moving on to 19th- and 20th-century conflicts in which the United States has been involved. Pimm points out that animals associated with military units were usually mascots (e.g., Old Abe). The Great War's Sergeant Stubby started out as a mascot but became a decorated military working dog. A chapter on 'war refugee' Rin Tin Tin is also included. The author explores the U.S. Military Working Dog program by focusing on how different dog/handler pairs participated in various wars. An interesting discussion on whether animals should receive service awards and medals is featured. The text reads well, and footnotes are plentiful. An author's note and back matter conclude the work. VERDICT A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular. --Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life\\nDescription: [\\\"Wheel of the Year has a down-home flavor reminiscent of visiting close friends or family on a winter evening. Campanelli's poetic style evokes the emotions of the different seasons as she shares how her family celebrates with rituals, recipes, and crafts, from the midsummer festivals of June to the kindling of the yule log in December. Within these pages, you will find enough ideas to fill your entire year with magic. --Brian Patterson\\\", \\\"Have you ever used a Ouija board? It's a variation on an older technique where you placed small cards, each with a letter of the alphabet, in a circle on top of a smooth, polished table. Then, you inverted a stemmed wineglass in the center of the circle. People around the table placed their fingertips on the base of the glass and it would start moving to the letters, spelling out words. It was quite the rage during the middle 1800s.\\\", 'You will discover further information on how to use the wineglass for divination and spirit contact, within the chapter on the month of October, in Wheel of the Year by Pauline Campanelli. You\\\\'ll also learn about apple traditions, hazel symbolism, the Samhain circle and feast of the dead, a Wassailing ritual, the \\\"Witching Hour,\\\" and much more.', \\\"That's only for October. Each of the other months is covered, sharing magical techniques, spiritual wisdom, rituals, lore, and Pagan traditions that will help make every day special.\\\", 'Wheel of the Year is filled with the kind of ideas that are traditional and even ancient, but can make your life more fulfilling today and tomorrow. Get Wheel of the Year and enjoy life more. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Clausewitz and Contemporary War\\nDescription: [' Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1981, and the U.S. Army War College in 2002, and has served in a variety of military assignments. He received his doctorate in history from Princeton University in 1994, and is the author of several books and articles on military thinking and contemporary war. He is the Director of Research at the U.S. Army War College.
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\"A well-written and enthralling novel - I can\\'t wait to see what rising star M. Garzon has in store next!\" - Wendy Hines, MindingSpot
\"An addicting guilty pleasure of a novel with a level of steam an scandal that is way over the top - and oh so enjoyable to read.\" - Erin Gilmore, Sidelines Magazine
\"The characters are very well-written and complex. To me, Blaze of Glory is not just a \"horse\" book, it is a wonderful, romantic, intriguing story taking place in a horse setting.\" - Kristen Bobbitt, Baby Giveaways Galore
\"...you start reading a book by a new author and instantly know that you have stumbled upon greatness. That is exactly what happened when I picked up Blaze of Glory. Much like Sara Gruen in Water for Elephants, Garzon hooks the reader from the very beginning and doesn\\'t let go until the last page.\" - Emily Browning, SheWhoLovesDogs
\"Garzon has a gift for developing likeable characters.\" - Chronicle of the Horse
\"The story and characters are addictive.\" - Horsemen\\'s Yankee Pedlar', 'M. Garzon rode horses professionally for ten years, until an injury prompted a career change. She returned to school and completed a BSc; then, for good measure, an MBA. After several years of toiling as a business consultant, she turned to writing in a desperate bid to regain her sanity. A mom of two fabulous children, she lives in St-Lazare, QC and is currently working on the third book in the Blaze of Glory series. Her website is mgarzon.ca', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Seventh Trumpet and the Seven Thunders: God's Prophetic Plan Revealed\nDescription: ['Russell Stendal, a former hostage of the Colombian rebels, is a lifelong missionary to that same group in the jungles of Colombia. He is an influential friend to military and government leaders in Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. Russells ministry shares the gospel via twelve radio stations, hundreds of thousands of Bibles, books, and movies distributed through airplane parachute drops, and numerous speaking engagements for groups of leaders, prisoners, and individuals. Russell goes wherever the Lord leads, whether its to speak with a president or to go deep into the jungle to help an individual in trouble. He has witnessed thousands commit their lives to Christ.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Taste of Snow\nDescription: ['THE TASTE OF SNOW (reviewed on December 1, 2011) Through trials and small miracles, a young girl gains a true appreciation for the magic of the holiday season in Masse s children s novel.', 'When 11-year-old Nicole Kinders receives a magic candy cane from a local shopkeeper on her way to school at the beginning of the holiday season, she pockets it gingerly but skeptically. However, immediately following the exchange, strange events occur and Nicole can t get the idea of magic out of her head during a fight on the school bus, when she goes skiing with her sister and the neighbor boys pelt them with golf balls and when she gets so sick that she s forced to miss an Advent church service. While she stays home in bed and her family is away, an accidental fire burns part of the house. Luckily she manages to escape, but all the close calls inspire her to return to the shopkeeper and demand he take back the candy cane because it isn t magic after all. He then helps her realize that although bad things have happened, good things have happened as well; her grandparents, uncle and new aunt have come to visit for the holidays and their presence is a kind of magic, too. But Nicole s greatest test is yet to come, when she ventures out on the snowy slopes by herself one afternoon and is stranded by nightfall. Will the magic of the candy cane be enough to protect her against the elements? The story s setting, a small village in the Alpine region of Austria, lends itself fabulously to this story in terms of sensory atmosphere and culture. Masse deftly describes the winter chill and the sights and smells of the holiday, while also weaving inspiring tales that demonstrate a deep appreciation for the triumph of the human spirit in a region where people have suffered hardships in the past century. Nicole grows as a character and readers will root for her as she learns to appreciate the blessings in her life and to confront her problems head on. Masse balances realistic harrowing experiences with festive holiday cheer and the result is a satisfying Christmastime novel.', 'A fresh Christmas story interspersed with joyful, age-old holiday traditions. --Kirkus Review', 'Stephen V. Masse was born in Boston. He wrote his first practice novel at age 13, handwritten into a composition book. His children s books are Shadow Stealer (Dillon Press, 1988) and Short Circus (Good Harbor Press, 2010) and The Taste of Snow (Good Harbor Press, 2011) The Taste of Snow was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2011 New England Book Festival for best books of the holiday season, as well as Honorable Mention in the 2012 New York Book Festival. In addition, Masse wrote A Jolly Good Fellow, winner of the Silver Medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as Honorable Mention in the 2008 New England Book Festival for best books of the holiday season.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Confessions: A New Translation\nDescription: ['', \"Peter Constantine's most recent translations are Sophocles Theban Trilogy, The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, and The Bird is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert, which was awarded the Helen und Kurt Wolff Translation Prize. He was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Six Early Stories by Thomas Mann, and the National Translation Award for The Undiscovered Chekhov: Thirty-Eight New Stories. His translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel received the Koret Jewish Literature Award and a National Jewish Book Award citation. He has recently translated Gogols Taras Bulba, Tolstoys The Cossacks, and Voltaires Candide for Modern Library. He was one of the editors for A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000, and is a senior editor at Conjunctions.\", 'Jack Miles (Ph.D. Harvard) is Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies with the University of California at Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy. He spent 196070 as a Jesuit seminarian, studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before enrolling at Harvard University, where he completed a Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages in 1971. His book GOD: A Biography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God led to his being named a MacArthur Fellow for 2003-07.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation (Reflections of America)\nDescription: ['', '\"These brilliantly written pieces stimulated the board into a lively discussion of language, point of view, and politics, and resulted in a resounding \\'yes\\' from everyone on the importance of using these two pieces together, as point-counterpoint on the themes of violence against women and the nuanced and challenging process of surviving that violence.\" --Minnie Bruce Pratt Creative Writing Editor for the Feminist Studies Editorial Board
\"Stark\\'s writing achieves something altogether new. It allows us a glimpse into the perceptive, multidimensional, and startlingly rich dissociative mind, in which the past can suddenly seem more real than the present and even the smallest detail can trigger overpowering memories, so that the impossibly hopeful conclusion feels all the more earned and satisfying.\" --Katie Hae Leo, playwright of Four Destinies', '\"Christine Stark\\'s novel Nickels is, in a word, stunning. It\\'s a tough read on many levels, not for the squeamish or lazy reader. But for the reader who is willing to work a bit, reading the novel is an amazing experience. ...It is a singular book that merits every reader it can get, not only because of the subject of the book worthwhile in itself but because of Stark\\'s artistry in writing it. When readers put the finished book down, they\\'ll never look at nickels again in quite the same way.\" --Michael Northen, Editor-in-Chief, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Bunnicula Collection: Books 1-3: #1: Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery; #2: Howliday Inn; #3: The Celery Stalks at Midnight (The Bunnicula Series)\nDescription: [\"Each story in the popular and critically acclaimed series has been read by the talented actor, Victor Garber. Now fans who can't get enough of the vampire bunny, Bunnicula, will have something new to add to their collection.\", \"JAMES HOWE wrote Bunnicula with his late wife Deborah. Besides Bunnicula, they wrote Teddy Bear's Scrapbook together. James has since written more than fifty books for children, including Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Nighty-Nightmare, and Return to Howliday Inn.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lightning-fast Spanish for Kids and Families: Learn Spanish, Speak Spanish, Teach Kids Spanish- Quick as a Flash, Even if You Don't Speak a Word Now! (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['I have read that children who are multi-lingual have an edge in life, and since I wanted the best for my crew I decided to teach them a second language. We tried many different systems, but never made much progress.
I found the biggest obstacle to teaching my children a foreign language was time. I don\\'t speak the language, so in order to teach I would have to first research and memorize. Somehow that just never happened.
I remember saying to my kids, \"If we can just get to the point where we can speak to each other in another language, I think it will all start to come together for us! We can practice around the house, and then get comfortable enough to try it with outsiders\".
And then, the light bulb finally came on. Instead of waiting for us to gain the ability to talk to each other, perhaps I could pay attention to the things we talk about and have them professionally translated into another language - and we could start talking to each other in another language right away!
This book is the result of that idea.I wrote down conversations from our daily activities, and then had them translated.We were able to use the new language immediately - and without setting aside any time from our busy schedule; we just incorporate them into our regular routine.
We have had a lot of fun putting these together and using them, and have actually learned along the way.
Now it\\'s your turn! Jump in and try it!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Indomitable Miss Harris\nDescription: ['', \"The author of over 40 romance novels and the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award, Amanda Scott lives in California, outside Sacramento. She is a fourth-generation Californian.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 77 Days in September: A Novel of Survival, Dedication, and Love (The Kyle Tait Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Ray Gorham lives in the small, farming community of Shepherd, Montana with his wife and five children. He runs his log home business by day and writes in the evenings, on weekends, and whenever the weather keeps him inside.']","rejected":"Title: Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Flash Cards: Microbiology (Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak about Addiction and Dependency (Reflections of America)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Toronto 2018 Wall Calendar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps®\nDescription: [\"Maureen Stearns obviously has experience working with students. In her book, Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps, she shares her clear and simple system for multiplying that I plan to use with my students from here on out. As a teacher and administrator, I have seen many methods attempted to help students gain understanding of multiplication. An important aspect to Ms. Stearns' Sticks and Steps Method is that she shows concretely what multiplication is, instead of just having students memorize the times tables. With a better understanding of why multiplication is used, it's much easier for students to make sense of the process. Without that understanding, true learning is not taking place. I am grateful to Ms. Stearns for creating a book that teaches us all how to help students understand several math concepts with better clarity. She not only teaches multiplication, but also shows how the method works with division, least common multiples, and square roots. She also uses bigger numbers to show how the process works correctly every time. The book is simple to read and understand, and then teach to students. Students could even read this book and understand it themselves. There are step-by-step instructions as well as sample problems showing how the process works. There is a natural flow throughout the book as concepts get more difficult and problems can still be solved using her method. I highly recommend Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps to any teacher looking to find a concrete way to teach multiplication and division that literally shows students on paper what is happening during the process. This is a must-have for math teachers with struggling students. I will be passing this book along to all of my teachers. --Christine Watson for ReaderViews.com ----------------------------------------- Using clear illustrations of sticks and steps, the author employs a multi-sensory system of teaching and learning that is superior to the rote memory so often expected of children learning to multiply and divide. With touching, auditory, and verbal prompts, students are learning concepts with a concrete rather than an abstract model. Plus this new system of learning multiplication and division is fun! Confidence soars with success and each set of problems ends with a boxed inset of concept reinforcer, plus an inspiring quotation or proverb about learning and living each day. Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps is a teaching text intended for adults and educators and older students. --Midwest Book Review
I can honestly say that I have never seen such an effective method for teaching multiplication and division. I myself struggled with a learning disability while growing up. If this had been available to me, my struggles would have been quickly resolved. --Rachel R. Godfrey, St. Petersburg
Sticks and Steps is a concrete method for teaching students of all ages how to multiply and divide. It is quick and fun! Math concepts can seem very abstract, but in just a short time not only will Sticks and Steps help students achieve a better understanding of math, it will boost math confidence as well. --Cheryl Woodwell, Elementary Educator, Gifted Certified\", \"All kids want to recall their multiplication facts automatically. But if they can't Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps is for them. If they can count, they can multiply and get the RIGHT answer every time!\"]","rejected":"Title: Song For A Princess\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 1Happiness abounds in the bright, cheerful palace garden in which the princess and her friend share stories. A little brown bird gathers their words and weaves them into his nest. He prefers words over worms, since words can bring happiness over and over again, whereas worms are gone in two beakfuls. But then the friend has to go away, and the princess's resulting loneliness brings rain and gloom to the garden. Following the traditional fairy-tale pattern, all the people of the land try to cheer the princess, but only the most unlikely hero succeeds. The flashier palace birds give it their best shot but fail. Instead it is the plain brown bird who brings her solace, using the words he has collected to sing a lullaby about friendship. The illustrations use collage elements to add texture and incorporate words into the hills, the trees, and the bird's nest. Bright colors create a cheerful book, even during the princess's lonely period. Little girls with a princess fixation will enjoy this one and relate to the universal theme of missing a friend. Adult readers will appreciate a princess option about the sustaining power of words and story, with nary a prince anywhere.Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, OR(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", \"Rachael Mortimer is the author of Sammy's Surprise Deliveries, Snoring Beauty, and The Three Billy Goats Fluff. She lives in London with her husband and their two daughters.\", \"Maddy McClellan is the illustrator of The Princess and the Pets, Kit the Cat, Dig the Dog and Other Stories, T'wit T'woo, and many other picture books. She lives with her husband and their two sons in South Downs, England, where she works in an old flint barn, visited daily by the odd chicken or duck.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Out of the Woods: Healing Lyme Disease--Body, Mind & Spirit\nDescription: ['Katina I. Makris, CCH, CIH, has been a Classical Homeopath for 26 years and a popular health columnist. She sat on the Board of the Council for Homeopathic Certification and currently works as a Lyme disease consultant and Intuitive Healer. She is a graduate of the Stillpoint Institute of Life Healing and holds a BA from Duke University.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan: Volume Two Martial Arts Application\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Journey to Virginland: Catena\nDescription: [\"''Shatters perceptions, satirizes religion...''--Cynthia Collins, The US Review of Books\", \"''The reader will be deeply tested.'' --L'idea Magazine\", \"''A novel completely different than anything I have ever read before.''--Paige Lovitt, Reader Views\", \"''An engrossing, brilliantly crafted read. A searing commentary on the earth and its inhabitants... A controversial, Kafkaesque narrative of life. Melikian is an astonishing writer who teaches his reader about life and the human condition through tragedy and humor.'' --Leia Menlove, ForeWord Reviews\", \"''The author has moved ahead of the zeitgeist. The self-confident writing is of high quality. The novel is ambitious and certainly breaks new ground.''--Writer's Digest\", \"''A book unlike any other... A very intelligently written, original work of fiction... A book quite out of the ordinary.''--Kam Aures, Rebecca's Reads\", \"''Melikian's writing will shake the very fabric of literature, enticing readers to take notice.''--Angela Kinder, Edge of Insane\", \"''What a cosmology it is! Equal parts Animal Farm and Finnigan's Wake! ...sets off every moral compass and hypocrisy like a stick of dynamite. Sometimes a work of literature holds up a mirror and forces us to look. I believe Catena is one of those works.''--Curt Finch, Author\", \"''...is of unquestionable merit in its cynicism, non-conformity, and linguistic fireworks.''--Literary Journal KRITIIKKI (Finland)\", \"''Could be the next bestseller. Give it a try, it's certainly different.''--Bookpleasures\", \"''Everything we know on religion, war, economy, and social mores are up for grabs in a satirical and nihilistic sojourn. Melikian is definitely a much-needed voice in the ever-diversifying world of literature.'' --Monique Muro, Long Beach Book Examiner\", \"''A fun and enlightening read and is quite the recommendation.'' ----Midwest Book Review\", 'Armen Melikian is the winner of eleven awards in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Visionary Fiction, First Fiction, Humor, and Comedy.', \"Melikian has earned a Master's in international relations from American University in Washington, DC. He has also studied mathematics at Harvard, and was admitted by the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University to pursue graduate studies. However, he abandoned both politics and mathematics in favor of literature and dedicated his life to writing. Melikian lives in Los Angeles.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pick Your Potion (Witch's Brew Cozy Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Train Station Bride\nDescription: ['Holly Bush was born in western Pennsylvania to two avid readers. There was not a room in her home that did not hold a full bookcase. Holly has been a marketing consultant to start-up businesses and has done public speaking on the subject. Holly has been writing all of her life and is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, particularly political and historical works. She writes historical romance set on the American Prairie and in Victorian England. She frequently attends writing conferences, and has always been a member of a writers group. Holly is a gardener, a news junkie, has been an active member of her local library board, and loves to spend time near the ocean. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the wife of a man more than a few years her junior.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Moods (American Women Writers)\nDescription: ['\"Like her later works for children, Alcott\\'s first novel is well and imaginatively written, highly moralistic, unlikely, and moving.\" -- The Antioch Review', 'Moods, Louisa May Alcott\\'s first novel, was published in 1864, four years before the best-selling Little Women. The novel unconventionally presents a \"little woman\" a true-hearted abolitionist spinster, and a fallen Cuban beauty, their lives intersecting in Alcott\\'s first major depiction of the \"woman problem.\" Sylvia Yule, the heroine of Moods, is a passionate tomboy who yearns for adventure, The novel opens as she embarks on a river camping trip with her brother and his two friends, both of whom fall in love with her. These rival suitors, close friends, are modeled on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Aroused, but still \"moody\" and inexperienced, Sylvia marries the wrong man. In the rest of the novel, Alcott attempts to resolve the dilemma she has created and leaves her readers asking whether, in fact, there is a place for a woman such as Sylvia in a man\\'s world. In 1882, eighteen years after the original publication, Alcott revised and republished the novel. Her own literary success and the changes she helped forge in women\\'s lives now allowed her heroine to meet, as Alcott said, \"a wiser if less romantic fate than in the former edition.\" This new volume contains the complete text of the 1864 Moods and Alcott\\'s revisions for the 1882 version, along with explanatory notes by the editor.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care\nDescription: ['', '', 'The Take-Charge Patient Puts the Expertise of 200 Medical Professionals in Your Hands', \"Frustrated or confused about how to get good medical care? In her newest book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, (Lemon Grove Press, on sale May 15, 2012) award-winning author and patient advocate, Martine Ehrenclou, empowers patients to become proactive, well informed participants in their own care. With advice and personal stories from over 200 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health psychologists, patients and more, The Take-Charge Patient reveals insider information on how to cut through the red tape and navigate today's complex health care system with confidence.\", 'Ehrenclou empowers readers with vital information on how to find the right doctor, how to communicate effectively with doctors, how to prepare for medical appointments, prevent medical errors and medication mistakes, obtain discounted medication, manage your health insurance, and much more. The Take-Charge Patient will forever change how you act as a patient and thereby vastly improve the quality of the medical care you receive.', 'Six months into her research for The Take-Charge Patient, Martine Ehrenclou developed debilitating, chronic pain and used every strategy in her new book. She went from author and advocate for others to an advocate for herself and became a take-charge patient. After eleven doctors failed to diagnose her correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and the correct surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free.', 'According to Ehrenclou, your health care is a team sport. The Take-Charge Patient shows you how to take charge of what you can and become an effective player.', 'Martine Ehrenclou has also written the multiple award-winning Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital. Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive (Lemon Grove Press).', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Little Suzy's Zoo - Rainy Day Friends\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Justice Wanted: The Kid in the University Stairwell\nDescription: ['\"Five stars...a page-turning mystery that almost demands you join the author as she pursues justice for a family that has encountered so many wrongs...you won\\'t be able to resist asking yourself how such a thing could occur. If you\\'re a fan of true crime or mystery stories, you need to give \"Justice Wanted\" a try. -- Reader Views
Truth doesn\\'t always come so easily... \"Justice Wanted\" is a fine read that offers much to think about in the modern pursuit of justice. -- The Midwest Book Review', 'I wrote the book and put it away for five years. When I took the manuscript out and read it after all those years, it felt like someone else wrote it. Reliving those incredible 15 years all over again was painful. And even though I actually lived this heart-wrenching story, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief several times I still have a hard time believing what happened to this 20-year-old student and his family--who only wants to know the truth.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Islam for Beginners: What you wanted to ask but didn't\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man: A Philosophy of History and Civilizational Triumph\nDescription: ['', 'Dr. Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan challenges us to grapple with the meaning of history and how it could lead to the improvement of the human condition. This book presents his views on how a sustainable history based on human dignity could be achieved. In his opinion, this requires good governance, based on reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation and inclusiveness. I agree, and I hope that the path laid out in this book attracts many followers. -- President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States', '\"No-one seeking to understand the modern condition can afford to ignore Dr. Al-Rodhan\\'s inspiring book, a profound analysis of the core values around which effective global governance can be built and sustained.\" -- Lord Anthony Giddens, House of Lords, Former President of the London School of Economics, UK', 'This book is an exceptionally wide-ranging examination of past and present approaches to the securing of a qualitatively adequate social life on the planet. The need for intercultural dialogue is pressing and stated as a matter of urgency in the text. That argument is well-presented and it is helpfully accompanied by a large amount of empirical evidence. The book is also a strong and ethically attractive humanist statement about the value of human interaction that incorporates a vision of mutual respect based on a mixture of scientific arguments and normative aspirations. Those features are very impressive. -- Professor Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.', '', \"NAYEF R.F. AL-RODHAN is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published 21 books proposing many innovative concepts and theories in global politics and security. He was educated at Yale University, the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University. He is best known for several philosophical and analytic books on global politics that include: The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West; Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man; Emotional Amoral Egoism; Neo-Statecraft and Meta-Geopolitics; The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies and Symbiotic Realism.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hiking Arizona's Cactus Country: Includes Saguaro National Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, The Santa Catalina Mountains, And More (Regional Hiking Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Emotional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophical Theory of Human Nature and its Universal Security Implications\nDescription: ['', '"This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers both a synthesis of philosophical and scientific approaches to human nature and a strong plea for a set of universal human values. Its attraction lies in its forceful argument that the emotional aspects of human nature should be taken seriously if we are to design effective systems of political and moral cooperation, and that our political thinking needs to be inspired by the neuro-psychological consequences of our brain chemistry." -- Professor Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom', \"NAYEF R.F. AL-RODHAN is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published 21 books proposing many innovative concepts and theories in global politics and security. He was educated at Yale University, the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University. He is best known for several philosophical and analytic books on global politics that include: The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West; Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man; Emotional Amoral Egoism; Neo-Statecraft and Meta-Geopolitics; The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies and Symbiotic Realism.\"]","rejected":"Title: Sigrit\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Super Born: Seduction of Being\nDescription: ['
Keith Kornell has been writing fiction since he was twelve. Super Born is his third book, the first with Audacious Press. In addition to writing, he owns a green company involved in recycling and alternative energy.
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\"... [Sleeper\\'s Run] plot is phenomenal. The constant threats and reveals left me furiously flipping the pages, reading for hours on end because I \"had\" to know how it all turns out. If you like spy thrillers at all, you should pick this book up, but I recommend you only start reading if you have lots of time on your hands. This is one that you will not be able to put down.\" - San Francisco Book Review
\"Mosquera weaves a tale of suspense through a clandestine world, crafting an engaging read that\\'s not easily put down.\" - Kirkus Indie
5-star review: \"Henry Mosquera has written one of the most fast-paced books I have ever read. You will be enthralled with the action and adventure.\" - Readers Favorite
\"Mr. Mosquera has an eye for detail and a deep knowledge of politics, security, IT, weapons, PTSD, and seemingly every other subject that makes up a great thriller of this type. The characters were fully developed and they felt so alive that you felt they were right next to you.\" - The Bibliophilic Book Blog
\"In addition to a compelling protagonist, the intriguing, well-developed plot filled with international politics, conspiracy theories and modern science, together with a crisp narrative make for a suspense-filled, fast-paced thriller.\" - IndieReader', 'Henry Mosquera is a writer and artist born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning political thriller, Sleepers Run. He attended the University of Miami, Florida, where he obtained a double major in Graphic Design and Film. Henry currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and dog.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences\nDescription: ['', '\"A must read! Here is an excellent guide to understanding the role debt overload and the stagnation of the real economy played in the recent crisis, in the tradition of Sweezy and Magdoff.\" -Michael Perelman,California State University, Chico, and author of Railroading Economics, The Invention of Capitalism, and The Confiscation of American Prosperity', '', '', 'John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review. He is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of The Ecological Revolution, The Great Financial Crisis (with Fred Magdoff), Critique of Intelligent Design (with Brett Clark and Richard York), Ecology Against Capitalism, Marxs Ecology, and The Vulnerable Planet.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Reel Life: Two sisters on the verge escape to the movies\nDescription: ['\"A realistic, moving chronicle of the evolving relationship between sisters.\" - Kirkus Reviews
\"Surprising twists add to the drama, as infidelity and betrayal re-occur like a generational curse. But, that\\'s real life, and ultimately, Reel Life turns out to be interesting, just like in the movies.\" - San Francisco Book Review
\"This novel took me a while to finish, not because it was slow or boring in the least, but the subtle nuancing made me really want to take my time and make sure I didn\\'t miss anything. The characters were fascinating enigmas throughout...Reel Life was a thoroughly compelling tale.\" - Bellas Novella
\"Movie buffs, sisters, daughters, mothers, the grown children of sisters--all will hungrily ingest Jackie Townsend\\'s first novel, Reel Life.\" Curled Up With a Good BookBlog', \"I got the idea for Reel Life: A Novel upon leaving a theater with my sister one evening years ago. Something was different, as if the universe had been slightly altered. Perhaps we disagreed about the film later, over drinks, or laughed about it, I don't remember. Just the thought, leaving the bar, that if you could piece together all the movies you'd ever seen with someone, you could write the story of their lives.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: How Beautiful\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lust Garden\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Exposed\nDescription: ['', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Iris and the Dragonflies\\nDescription: ['Rosemary Danielis grew up in a part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada that no longer exists. The creek in the woods behind her small apartment is now an industrial development. Rosemary pursued her passion for literature and obtained a degree in English and Communications from McGill University. Rosemary has also written numerous online articles which can be found on her website: www.RosemaryDanielis.com. \\\"Iris and the Dragonflies\\\" was written for her children who rekindled her love for books and fantastical stories. Rosemary still lives in Montreal, the woods and the creek live on in her heart while the bugs and the flowers thrive in her beautiful garden. www.IrisAndTheDragonflies.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Light and Shadow- Monochromatic and Value Based Approaches in Charcoal, Oil and Ink\\nDescription: ['This book details my approach to monochromatic and value based works in a variety of mediums. 120 full color pages. 6 Full tutorials. Several progress tutorials. Galleries featuring over 90 paintings and artwork made using the methods explained in the book.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blaze of Glory (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Blaze of Glory is one of those books that you just can\\\\'t put down. Think Twilight crossed with The Horse Whisperer.\\\" - HorseJunkiesUnited.com
\\\"A well-written and enthralling novel - I can\\\\'t wait to see what rising star M. Garzon has in store next!\\\" - Wendy Hines, MindingSpot
\\\"An addicting guilty pleasure of a novel with a level of steam an scandal that is way over the top - and oh so enjoyable to read.\\\" - Erin Gilmore, Sidelines Magazine
\\\"The characters are very well-written and complex. To me, Blaze of Glory is not just a \\\"horse\\\" book, it is a wonderful, romantic, intriguing story taking place in a horse setting.\\\" - Kristen Bobbitt, Baby Giveaways Galore
\\\"...you start reading a book by a new author and instantly know that you have stumbled upon greatness. That is exactly what happened when I picked up Blaze of Glory. Much like Sara Gruen in Water for Elephants, Garzon hooks the reader from the very beginning and doesn\\\\'t let go until the last page.\\\" - Emily Browning, SheWhoLovesDogs
\\\"Garzon has a gift for developing likeable characters.\\\" - Chronicle of the Horse
\\\"The story and characters are addictive.\\\" - Horsemen\\\\'s Yankee Pedlar', 'M. Garzon rode horses professionally for ten years, until an injury prompted a career change. She returned to school and completed a BSc; then, for good measure, an MBA. After several years of toiling as a business consultant, she turned to writing in a desperate bid to regain her sanity. A mom of two fabulous children, she lives in St-Lazare, QC and is currently working on the third book in the Blaze of Glory series. Her website is mgarzon.ca', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Seventh Trumpet and the Seven Thunders: God's Prophetic Plan Revealed\\nDescription: ['Russell Stendal, a former hostage of the Colombian rebels, is a lifelong missionary to that same group in the jungles of Colombia. He is an influential friend to military and government leaders in Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. Russells ministry shares the gospel via twelve radio stations, hundreds of thousands of Bibles, books, and movies distributed through airplane parachute drops, and numerous speaking engagements for groups of leaders, prisoners, and individuals. Russell goes wherever the Lord leads, whether its to speak with a president or to go deep into the jungle to help an individual in trouble. He has witnessed thousands commit their lives to Christ.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Taste of Snow\\nDescription: ['THE TASTE OF SNOW (reviewed on December 1, 2011) Through trials and small miracles, a young girl gains a true appreciation for the magic of the holiday season in Masse s children s novel.', 'When 11-year-old Nicole Kinders receives a magic candy cane from a local shopkeeper on her way to school at the beginning of the holiday season, she pockets it gingerly but skeptically. However, immediately following the exchange, strange events occur and Nicole can t get the idea of magic out of her head during a fight on the school bus, when she goes skiing with her sister and the neighbor boys pelt them with golf balls and when she gets so sick that she s forced to miss an Advent church service. While she stays home in bed and her family is away, an accidental fire burns part of the house. Luckily she manages to escape, but all the close calls inspire her to return to the shopkeeper and demand he take back the candy cane because it isn t magic after all. He then helps her realize that although bad things have happened, good things have happened as well; her grandparents, uncle and new aunt have come to visit for the holidays and their presence is a kind of magic, too. But Nicole s greatest test is yet to come, when she ventures out on the snowy slopes by herself one afternoon and is stranded by nightfall. Will the magic of the candy cane be enough to protect her against the elements? The story s setting, a small village in the Alpine region of Austria, lends itself fabulously to this story in terms of sensory atmosphere and culture. Masse deftly describes the winter chill and the sights and smells of the holiday, while also weaving inspiring tales that demonstrate a deep appreciation for the triumph of the human spirit in a region where people have suffered hardships in the past century. Nicole grows as a character and readers will root for her as she learns to appreciate the blessings in her life and to confront her problems head on. Masse balances realistic harrowing experiences with festive holiday cheer and the result is a satisfying Christmastime novel.', 'A fresh Christmas story interspersed with joyful, age-old holiday traditions. --Kirkus Review', 'Stephen V. Masse was born in Boston. He wrote his first practice novel at age 13, handwritten into a composition book. His children s books are Shadow Stealer (Dillon Press, 1988) and Short Circus (Good Harbor Press, 2010) and The Taste of Snow (Good Harbor Press, 2011) The Taste of Snow was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2011 New England Book Festival for best books of the holiday season, as well as Honorable Mention in the 2012 New York Book Festival. In addition, Masse wrote A Jolly Good Fellow, winner of the Silver Medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as Honorable Mention in the 2008 New England Book Festival for best books of the holiday season.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Confessions: A New Translation\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Peter Constantine's most recent translations are Sophocles Theban Trilogy, The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, and The Bird is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert, which was awarded the Helen und Kurt Wolff Translation Prize. He was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Six Early Stories by Thomas Mann, and the National Translation Award for The Undiscovered Chekhov: Thirty-Eight New Stories. His translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel received the Koret Jewish Literature Award and a National Jewish Book Award citation. He has recently translated Gogols Taras Bulba, Tolstoys The Cossacks, and Voltaires Candide for Modern Library. He was one of the editors for A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000, and is a senior editor at Conjunctions.\\\", 'Jack Miles (Ph.D. Harvard) is Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies with the University of California at Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy. He spent 196070 as a Jesuit seminarian, studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before enrolling at Harvard University, where he completed a Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages in 1971. His book GOD: A Biography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God led to his being named a MacArthur Fellow for 2003-07.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation (Reflections of America)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"These brilliantly written pieces stimulated the board into a lively discussion of language, point of view, and politics, and resulted in a resounding \\\\'yes\\\\' from everyone on the importance of using these two pieces together, as point-counterpoint on the themes of violence against women and the nuanced and challenging process of surviving that violence.\\\" --Minnie Bruce Pratt Creative Writing Editor for the Feminist Studies Editorial Board
\\\"Stark\\\\'s writing achieves something altogether new. It allows us a glimpse into the perceptive, multidimensional, and startlingly rich dissociative mind, in which the past can suddenly seem more real than the present and even the smallest detail can trigger overpowering memories, so that the impossibly hopeful conclusion feels all the more earned and satisfying.\\\" --Katie Hae Leo, playwright of Four Destinies', '\\\"Christine Stark\\\\'s novel Nickels is, in a word, stunning. It\\\\'s a tough read on many levels, not for the squeamish or lazy reader. But for the reader who is willing to work a bit, reading the novel is an amazing experience. ...It is a singular book that merits every reader it can get, not only because of the subject of the book worthwhile in itself but because of Stark\\\\'s artistry in writing it. When readers put the finished book down, they\\\\'ll never look at nickels again in quite the same way.\\\" --Michael Northen, Editor-in-Chief, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Bunnicula Collection: Books 1-3: #1: Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery; #2: Howliday Inn; #3: The Celery Stalks at Midnight (The Bunnicula Series)\\nDescription: [\\\"Each story in the popular and critically acclaimed series has been read by the talented actor, Victor Garber. Now fans who can't get enough of the vampire bunny, Bunnicula, will have something new to add to their collection.\\\", \\\"JAMES HOWE wrote Bunnicula with his late wife Deborah. Besides Bunnicula, they wrote Teddy Bear's Scrapbook together. James has since written more than fifty books for children, including Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Nighty-Nightmare, and Return to Howliday Inn.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lightning-fast Spanish for Kids and Families: Learn Spanish, Speak Spanish, Teach Kids Spanish- Quick as a Flash, Even if You Don't Speak a Word Now! (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['I have read that children who are multi-lingual have an edge in life, and since I wanted the best for my crew I decided to teach them a second language. We tried many different systems, but never made much progress.
I found the biggest obstacle to teaching my children a foreign language was time. I don\\\\'t speak the language, so in order to teach I would have to first research and memorize. Somehow that just never happened.
I remember saying to my kids, \\\"If we can just get to the point where we can speak to each other in another language, I think it will all start to come together for us! We can practice around the house, and then get comfortable enough to try it with outsiders\\\".
And then, the light bulb finally came on. Instead of waiting for us to gain the ability to talk to each other, perhaps I could pay attention to the things we talk about and have them professionally translated into another language - and we could start talking to each other in another language right away!
This book is the result of that idea.I wrote down conversations from our daily activities, and then had them translated.We were able to use the new language immediately - and without setting aside any time from our busy schedule; we just incorporate them into our regular routine.
We have had a lot of fun putting these together and using them, and have actually learned along the way.
Now it\\\\'s your turn! Jump in and try it!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Indomitable Miss Harris\\nDescription: ['', \\\"The author of over 40 romance novels and the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award, Amanda Scott lives in California, outside Sacramento. She is a fourth-generation Californian.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 77 Days in September: A Novel of Survival, Dedication, and Love (The Kyle Tait Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Ray Gorham lives in the small, farming community of Shepherd, Montana with his wife and five children. He runs his log home business by day and writes in the evenings, on weekends, and whenever the weather keeps him inside.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Flash Cards: Microbiology (Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Series)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak about Addiction and Dependency (Reflections of America)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Toronto 2018 Wall Calendar\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps®\\nDescription: [\\\"Maureen Stearns obviously has experience working with students. In her book, Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps, she shares her clear and simple system for multiplying that I plan to use with my students from here on out. As a teacher and administrator, I have seen many methods attempted to help students gain understanding of multiplication. An important aspect to Ms. Stearns' Sticks and Steps Method is that she shows concretely what multiplication is, instead of just having students memorize the times tables. With a better understanding of why multiplication is used, it's much easier for students to make sense of the process. Without that understanding, true learning is not taking place. I am grateful to Ms. Stearns for creating a book that teaches us all how to help students understand several math concepts with better clarity. She not only teaches multiplication, but also shows how the method works with division, least common multiples, and square roots. She also uses bigger numbers to show how the process works correctly every time. The book is simple to read and understand, and then teach to students. Students could even read this book and understand it themselves. There are step-by-step instructions as well as sample problems showing how the process works. There is a natural flow throughout the book as concepts get more difficult and problems can still be solved using her method. I highly recommend Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps to any teacher looking to find a concrete way to teach multiplication and division that literally shows students on paper what is happening during the process. This is a must-have for math teachers with struggling students. I will be passing this book along to all of my teachers. --Christine Watson for ReaderViews.com ----------------------------------------- Using clear illustrations of sticks and steps, the author employs a multi-sensory system of teaching and learning that is superior to the rote memory so often expected of children learning to multiply and divide. With touching, auditory, and verbal prompts, students are learning concepts with a concrete rather than an abstract model. Plus this new system of learning multiplication and division is fun! Confidence soars with success and each set of problems ends with a boxed inset of concept reinforcer, plus an inspiring quotation or proverb about learning and living each day. Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps is a teaching text intended for adults and educators and older students. --Midwest Book Review
I can honestly say that I have never seen such an effective method for teaching multiplication and division. I myself struggled with a learning disability while growing up. If this had been available to me, my struggles would have been quickly resolved. --Rachel R. Godfrey, St. Petersburg
Sticks and Steps is a concrete method for teaching students of all ages how to multiply and divide. It is quick and fun! Math concepts can seem very abstract, but in just a short time not only will Sticks and Steps help students achieve a better understanding of math, it will boost math confidence as well. --Cheryl Woodwell, Elementary Educator, Gifted Certified\\\", \\\"All kids want to recall their multiplication facts automatically. But if they can't Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps is for them. If they can count, they can multiply and get the RIGHT answer every time!\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Song For A Princess\\nDescription: [\\\"PreS-Gr 1Happiness abounds in the bright, cheerful palace garden in which the princess and her friend share stories. A little brown bird gathers their words and weaves them into his nest. He prefers words over worms, since words can bring happiness over and over again, whereas worms are gone in two beakfuls. But then the friend has to go away, and the princess's resulting loneliness brings rain and gloom to the garden. Following the traditional fairy-tale pattern, all the people of the land try to cheer the princess, but only the most unlikely hero succeeds. The flashier palace birds give it their best shot but fail. Instead it is the plain brown bird who brings her solace, using the words he has collected to sing a lullaby about friendship. The illustrations use collage elements to add texture and incorporate words into the hills, the trees, and the bird's nest. Bright colors create a cheerful book, even during the princess's lonely period. Little girls with a princess fixation will enjoy this one and relate to the universal theme of missing a friend. Adult readers will appreciate a princess option about the sustaining power of words and story, with nary a prince anywhere.Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, OR(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\\\", \\\"Rachael Mortimer is the author of Sammy's Surprise Deliveries, Snoring Beauty, and The Three Billy Goats Fluff. She lives in London with her husband and their two daughters.\\\", \\\"Maddy McClellan is the illustrator of The Princess and the Pets, Kit the Cat, Dig the Dog and Other Stories, T'wit T'woo, and many other picture books. She lives with her husband and their two sons in South Downs, England, where she works in an old flint barn, visited daily by the odd chicken or duck.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Out of the Woods: Healing Lyme Disease--Body, Mind & Spirit\\nDescription: ['Katina I. Makris, CCH, CIH, has been a Classical Homeopath for 26 years and a popular health columnist. She sat on the Board of the Council for Homeopathic Certification and currently works as a Lyme disease consultant and Intuitive Healer. She is a graduate of the Stillpoint Institute of Life Healing and holds a BA from Duke University.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan: Volume Two Martial Arts Application\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Journey to Virginland: Catena\\nDescription: [\\\"''Shatters perceptions, satirizes religion...''--Cynthia Collins, The US Review of Books\\\", \\\"''The reader will be deeply tested.'' --L'idea Magazine\\\", \\\"''A novel completely different than anything I have ever read before.''--Paige Lovitt, Reader Views\\\", \\\"''An engrossing, brilliantly crafted read. A searing commentary on the earth and its inhabitants... A controversial, Kafkaesque narrative of life. Melikian is an astonishing writer who teaches his reader about life and the human condition through tragedy and humor.'' --Leia Menlove, ForeWord Reviews\\\", \\\"''The author has moved ahead of the zeitgeist. The self-confident writing is of high quality. The novel is ambitious and certainly breaks new ground.''--Writer's Digest\\\", \\\"''A book unlike any other... A very intelligently written, original work of fiction... A book quite out of the ordinary.''--Kam Aures, Rebecca's Reads\\\", \\\"''Melikian's writing will shake the very fabric of literature, enticing readers to take notice.''--Angela Kinder, Edge of Insane\\\", \\\"''What a cosmology it is! Equal parts Animal Farm and Finnigan's Wake! ...sets off every moral compass and hypocrisy like a stick of dynamite. Sometimes a work of literature holds up a mirror and forces us to look. I believe Catena is one of those works.''--Curt Finch, Author\\\", \\\"''...is of unquestionable merit in its cynicism, non-conformity, and linguistic fireworks.''--Literary Journal KRITIIKKI (Finland)\\\", \\\"''Could be the next bestseller. Give it a try, it's certainly different.''--Bookpleasures\\\", \\\"''Everything we know on religion, war, economy, and social mores are up for grabs in a satirical and nihilistic sojourn. Melikian is definitely a much-needed voice in the ever-diversifying world of literature.'' --Monique Muro, Long Beach Book Examiner\\\", \\\"''A fun and enlightening read and is quite the recommendation.'' ----Midwest Book Review\\\", 'Armen Melikian is the winner of eleven awards in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Visionary Fiction, First Fiction, Humor, and Comedy.', \\\"Melikian has earned a Master's in international relations from American University in Washington, DC. He has also studied mathematics at Harvard, and was admitted by the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University to pursue graduate studies. However, he abandoned both politics and mathematics in favor of literature and dedicated his life to writing. Melikian lives in Los Angeles.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pick Your Potion (Witch's Brew Cozy Mystery) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Train Station Bride\\nDescription: ['Holly Bush was born in western Pennsylvania to two avid readers. There was not a room in her home that did not hold a full bookcase. Holly has been a marketing consultant to start-up businesses and has done public speaking on the subject. Holly has been writing all of her life and is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, particularly political and historical works. She writes historical romance set on the American Prairie and in Victorian England. She frequently attends writing conferences, and has always been a member of a writers group. Holly is a gardener, a news junkie, has been an active member of her local library board, and loves to spend time near the ocean. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the wife of a man more than a few years her junior.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Moods (American Women Writers)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Like her later works for children, Alcott\\\\'s first novel is well and imaginatively written, highly moralistic, unlikely, and moving.\\\" -- The Antioch Review', 'Moods, Louisa May Alcott\\\\'s first novel, was published in 1864, four years before the best-selling Little Women. The novel unconventionally presents a \\\"little woman\\\" a true-hearted abolitionist spinster, and a fallen Cuban beauty, their lives intersecting in Alcott\\\\'s first major depiction of the \\\"woman problem.\\\" Sylvia Yule, the heroine of Moods, is a passionate tomboy who yearns for adventure, The novel opens as she embarks on a river camping trip with her brother and his two friends, both of whom fall in love with her. These rival suitors, close friends, are modeled on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Aroused, but still \\\"moody\\\" and inexperienced, Sylvia marries the wrong man. In the rest of the novel, Alcott attempts to resolve the dilemma she has created and leaves her readers asking whether, in fact, there is a place for a woman such as Sylvia in a man\\\\'s world. In 1882, eighteen years after the original publication, Alcott revised and republished the novel. Her own literary success and the changes she helped forge in women\\\\'s lives now allowed her heroine to meet, as Alcott said, \\\"a wiser if less romantic fate than in the former edition.\\\" This new volume contains the complete text of the 1864 Moods and Alcott\\\\'s revisions for the 1882 version, along with explanatory notes by the editor.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care\\nDescription: ['', '', 'The Take-Charge Patient Puts the Expertise of 200 Medical Professionals in Your Hands', \\\"Frustrated or confused about how to get good medical care? In her newest book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, (Lemon Grove Press, on sale May 15, 2012) award-winning author and patient advocate, Martine Ehrenclou, empowers patients to become proactive, well informed participants in their own care. With advice and personal stories from over 200 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health psychologists, patients and more, The Take-Charge Patient reveals insider information on how to cut through the red tape and navigate today's complex health care system with confidence.\\\", 'Ehrenclou empowers readers with vital information on how to find the right doctor, how to communicate effectively with doctors, how to prepare for medical appointments, prevent medical errors and medication mistakes, obtain discounted medication, manage your health insurance, and much more. The Take-Charge Patient will forever change how you act as a patient and thereby vastly improve the quality of the medical care you receive.', 'Six months into her research for The Take-Charge Patient, Martine Ehrenclou developed debilitating, chronic pain and used every strategy in her new book. She went from author and advocate for others to an advocate for herself and became a take-charge patient. After eleven doctors failed to diagnose her correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and the correct surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free.', 'According to Ehrenclou, your health care is a team sport. The Take-Charge Patient shows you how to take charge of what you can and become an effective player.', 'Martine Ehrenclou has also written the multiple award-winning Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital. Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive (Lemon Grove Press).', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Little Suzy's Zoo - Rainy Day Friends\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Justice Wanted: The Kid in the University Stairwell\\nDescription: ['\\\"Five stars...a page-turning mystery that almost demands you join the author as she pursues justice for a family that has encountered so many wrongs...you won\\\\'t be able to resist asking yourself how such a thing could occur. If you\\\\'re a fan of true crime or mystery stories, you need to give \\\"Justice Wanted\\\" a try. -- Reader Views
Truth doesn\\\\'t always come so easily... \\\"Justice Wanted\\\" is a fine read that offers much to think about in the modern pursuit of justice. -- The Midwest Book Review', 'I wrote the book and put it away for five years. When I took the manuscript out and read it after all those years, it felt like someone else wrote it. Reliving those incredible 15 years all over again was painful. And even though I actually lived this heart-wrenching story, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief several times I still have a hard time believing what happened to this 20-year-old student and his family--who only wants to know the truth.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Islam for Beginners: What you wanted to ask but didn't\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man: A Philosophy of History and Civilizational Triumph\\nDescription: ['', 'Dr. Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan challenges us to grapple with the meaning of history and how it could lead to the improvement of the human condition. This book presents his views on how a sustainable history based on human dignity could be achieved. In his opinion, this requires good governance, based on reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation and inclusiveness. I agree, and I hope that the path laid out in this book attracts many followers. -- President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States', '\\\"No-one seeking to understand the modern condition can afford to ignore Dr. Al-Rodhan\\\\'s inspiring book, a profound analysis of the core values around which effective global governance can be built and sustained.\\\" -- Lord Anthony Giddens, House of Lords, Former President of the London School of Economics, UK', 'This book is an exceptionally wide-ranging examination of past and present approaches to the securing of a qualitatively adequate social life on the planet. The need for intercultural dialogue is pressing and stated as a matter of urgency in the text. That argument is well-presented and it is helpfully accompanied by a large amount of empirical evidence. The book is also a strong and ethically attractive humanist statement about the value of human interaction that incorporates a vision of mutual respect based on a mixture of scientific arguments and normative aspirations. Those features are very impressive. -- Professor Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.', '', \\\"NAYEF R.F. AL-RODHAN is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published 21 books proposing many innovative concepts and theories in global politics and security. He was educated at Yale University, the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University. He is best known for several philosophical and analytic books on global politics that include: The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West; Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man; Emotional Amoral Egoism; Neo-Statecraft and Meta-Geopolitics; The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies and Symbiotic Realism.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hiking Arizona's Cactus Country: Includes Saguaro National Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, The Santa Catalina Mountains, And More (Regional Hiking Series)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Emotional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophical Theory of Human Nature and its Universal Security Implications\\nDescription: ['', '"This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers both a synthesis of philosophical and scientific approaches to human nature and a strong plea for a set of universal human values. Its attraction lies in its forceful argument that the emotional aspects of human nature should be taken seriously if we are to design effective systems of political and moral cooperation, and that our political thinking needs to be inspired by the neuro-psychological consequences of our brain chemistry." -- Professor Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom', \\\"NAYEF R.F. AL-RODHAN is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published 21 books proposing many innovative concepts and theories in global politics and security. He was educated at Yale University, the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University. He is best known for several philosophical and analytic books on global politics that include: The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West; Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man; Emotional Amoral Egoism; Neo-Statecraft and Meta-Geopolitics; The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies and Symbiotic Realism.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sigrit\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Super Born: Seduction of Being\\nDescription: ['
Keith Kornell has been writing fiction since he was twelve. Super Born is his third book, the first with Audacious Press. In addition to writing, he owns a green company involved in recycling and alternative energy.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Scot's Vow (The McDougall Family) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Dawn of Saudi: In Search for Freedom\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bittersweet Murder (Hawg Heaven Cozy Mysteries) (Volume 7)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sleeper's Run\\nDescription: ['\\\"Right off the bat, Sleeper\\\\'s Run had me on the edge of my seat. The plot is extremely dynamic, full of energy, at times surprising, and adamant that the reader continue reading.\\\" - Scriptshark
\\\"... [Sleeper\\\\'s Run] plot is phenomenal. The constant threats and reveals left me furiously flipping the pages, reading for hours on end because I \\\"had\\\" to know how it all turns out. If you like spy thrillers at all, you should pick this book up, but I recommend you only start reading if you have lots of time on your hands. This is one that you will not be able to put down.\\\" - San Francisco Book Review
\\\"Mosquera weaves a tale of suspense through a clandestine world, crafting an engaging read that\\\\'s not easily put down.\\\" - Kirkus Indie
5-star review: \\\"Henry Mosquera has written one of the most fast-paced books I have ever read. You will be enthralled with the action and adventure.\\\" - Readers Favorite
\\\"Mr. Mosquera has an eye for detail and a deep knowledge of politics, security, IT, weapons, PTSD, and seemingly every other subject that makes up a great thriller of this type. The characters were fully developed and they felt so alive that you felt they were right next to you.\\\" - The Bibliophilic Book Blog
\\\"In addition to a compelling protagonist, the intriguing, well-developed plot filled with international politics, conspiracy theories and modern science, together with a crisp narrative make for a suspense-filled, fast-paced thriller.\\\" - IndieReader', 'Henry Mosquera is a writer and artist born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning political thriller, Sleepers Run. He attended the University of Miami, Florida, where he obtained a double major in Graphic Design and Film. Henry currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and dog.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"A must read! Here is an excellent guide to understanding the role debt overload and the stagnation of the real economy played in the recent crisis, in the tradition of Sweezy and Magdoff.\\\" -Michael Perelman,California State University, Chico, and author of Railroading Economics, The Invention of Capitalism, and The Confiscation of American Prosperity', '', '', 'John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review. He is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of The Ecological Revolution, The Great Financial Crisis (with Fred Magdoff), Critique of Intelligent Design (with Brett Clark and Richard York), Ecology Against Capitalism, Marxs Ecology, and The Vulnerable Planet.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Reel Life: Two sisters on the verge escape to the movies\\nDescription: ['\\\"A realistic, moving chronicle of the evolving relationship between sisters.\\\" - Kirkus Reviews
\\\"Surprising twists add to the drama, as infidelity and betrayal re-occur like a generational curse. But, that\\\\'s real life, and ultimately, Reel Life turns out to be interesting, just like in the movies.\\\" - San Francisco Book Review
\\\"This novel took me a while to finish, not because it was slow or boring in the least, but the subtle nuancing made me really want to take my time and make sure I didn\\\\'t miss anything. The characters were fascinating enigmas throughout...Reel Life was a thoroughly compelling tale.\\\" - Bellas Novella
\\\"Movie buffs, sisters, daughters, mothers, the grown children of sisters--all will hungrily ingest Jackie Townsend\\\\'s first novel, Reel Life.\\\" Curled Up With a Good BookBlog', \\\"I got the idea for Reel Life: A Novel upon leaving a theater with my sister one evening years ago. Something was different, as if the universe had been slightly altered. Perhaps we disagreed about the film later, over drinks, or laughed about it, I don't remember. Just the thought, leaving the bar, that if you could piece together all the movies you'd ever seen with someone, you could write the story of their lives.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How Beautiful\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lust Garden\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Exposed\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":268,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":268,"string":"268"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Starkissed\nDescription: ['\"...a fast paced, on the edge, futuristic romance...\" -- Jan Springer, Road to Romance
\"...leaving you longing for the stars and begging for more...\" -- Sally G. Laturi, Ivy Quill Reviews
\"Lanette Curington truly leaves her audience starkissed.\" -- J. Anne Mauck, Inscriptions Magazine', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques\nDescription: [\"Vicky Perry has exhibited her paintings at La Mama's Gallery and Beulah Land in New York City's East Village and at many galleries and colleges throughout the U.S. She has won many awards for her work in national competitions. Perry lives in Red Hook, New York.
Barry Schwabsky, the noted art historian, critic, and poet, wrote the preface. He lives in London and New York.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Here Be Sexist Vampires (The Deep In Your Veins Series)\nDescription: [\"Suzanne Wright lives in England with her husband, two children and her bulldog. When she's not spending time with her family, she's writing, reading, or doing her version of housework - sweeping the house with a look.\"]","rejected":"Title: ?Avancemos!: Heritage Learners Assessment Level 2 (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Includes: Heritage Learners Diagnostic Test, lesson tests, unit tests, midterm exams, and final exams.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Celtic Moon (A Celtic Wolves Novel)\nDescription: ['Sophie was four months pregnant when she fled the compound where her sons father was leader. At the time, she believed hiding was the only way to keep her son safe, and since that fateful night Sophie has proven that she will do anything to ensure the best for her son. After 15 years on the run, Sophie must do something she never imagined. She must return to the compound to save her sons life. Joshua is changing in ways she never predicted. He has a supernatural power she has seen in only one other person, her sons father, Dylan, who revealed his human to wolf shape-shifting abilities on the night Sophie ran away. Once back in the embrace of the compound, Sophie realizes Dylans clan is on the verge of civil war and that the fire she once felt for Dylan has never died. Jan DeLimas debut is a romantic, suspenseful, and rich story about survival and loyalty to those who matter most. --Alison Downs', 'Jan DeLima lives in central Maine with her husband of twenty years and two English bulldogs. Unlike many authors, she didnt pen stories at an early age, but she has always been a dedicated reader. She loves stories and storytelling. It wasnt until after her children entered school that she began writing. Raised in a military family, she lived in different countries such as Thailand and Germany, but home base has always been Maine. She brings a mixture of all her experiences to Celtic Moon, her first published novel, blending castles and Celtic lore with the wild nature of her home.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Student Study Guide for Ancient Mexico Tenth Edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mad Love\nDescription: ['\"Quirky characters and over-the-top humor.\" -- Booklist
\"A truly fun read.\" -- Seattle\\'s Child Magazine', '', \"Suzanne Selfors is the author of Coffeehouse Angel and Saving Juliet. She held a number of jobs before becoming a writer, including children's photographer, video producer, organic flower grower, and marketing director. She lives in Washington.www.suzanneselfors.com\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Sudoku-zilla: 100x100 Sudoku puzzle\nDescription: ['William \"Ike\" Eisenhauer is a professor of Systems Engineering at Portland State University and a puzzle enthusiast. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Dawn, and two boys, Zander and Quinlon, all of which continue to challenge him in games and puzzles.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dire Straits (Bo Blackman) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Happy Coloring: Flower Patterns - Coloring Pages for Adults (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Duke's Holiday (The Regency Romp Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', \"Maggie Fenton is an avid reader, reviewer, and writer of romance in between her work as a professional musician. She writes steampunk romance under the name Margaret Foxe and has enjoyed success as a self-published author in that genre. The Duke's Holiday is her first foray into the historical romance genre, one of her personal favorites.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Adult Coloring Book: Animal Best Sellers: Animals & Nature Designs and Patterns\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: More than a Mistress\nDescription: [\"In her assured hardcover debut, Balogh (One Night for Love) serves up two Regency-era characters determined not to fall in love with each other, despite their shared aesthetic sensibilities, uncontrollable physical attraction and increasingly intimate friendship. The predictability of their predicamentAthey come from different social classesAis compensated for by an authentic London high society setting and the smart, sexy dialogue between Jocelyn Dudley, duke of Tresham, and Jane Ingleby, the two attractive, headstrong protagonists. Jocelyn is an avowed bachelor, rake and accomplished duelist. While preparing to fire his pistol during a duel, he is interrupted by a woman's scream urging him to stop. Jocelyn hesitates and is shot in the leg. Furious, he confronts the disruptive woman, milliner's assistant Jane, who is impudent beyond her station in accusing him of foolishly risking his life. As punishment, he insists she be his nurse for the three weeks he is recuperating. Jane is proud and feisty because, actually, she's not really a common serving girl. She's the orphan Lady Sara Illingsworth, who mistakenly believes she killed a man who was attempting to rape her. She fled her home in Cornwall for London, but without money or protection, her future seems bleak. When Tresham recovers his health, Jane agrees to stay on as his mistress, partly in order to remain hidden, but also because she is falling in love with him. Although some intrigue surfaces when Tresham's previous romantic entanglements make him the target of a husband's vengeance, the real story is the dynamic love-hate relationship between Jane and Tresham, their many obstacles to happiness parried with fiery wit and spirit. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"When Jane Ingleby tries to stop a duel, Jocelyn Dudley, Duke of Tresham, is wounded. So it's surprising that she ends up employed as his nurseDand ultimately his mistress as well. But as their relationship blossoms, Jocelyn commits the unpardonable sin of falling in love. In this refreshingly unconventional romance, which boasts an outspoken, memorable heroine, the author again pushes the edges of the genre. Her fans will be waiting. Balogh (One Night for Love) is a well-respected writer of historical romance who lives in Canada. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Homoeopathic Sketches of Children's Types\nDescription: ['\"...Ms. Coulter is a master psychologist who writes enchantingly.\" -- The Independent of London', 'Catherine R. Coulter, a well-known authority on homoeopathic \"Materia Medica,\" has been a major influence in introducing the homoeopathic archetypes to the general public. Her three-volume \"Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines: Psychophysical Analyses and Selected Constitutional Types, an in-depth analysis of the principal homoeopathic personality types, was twice chosen as one of the \"the best books of the year\" in the category of non-fiction in The Independent of London (Vol. 1 in 1986 and Vol. 2 in 1988). Her books have been translated into several languages and are internationally hailed as classics.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: With This Curse\nDescription: ['\"As with any DeWees book, you are treated to beautifully written prose, excellent plotting and great characterization. . . . There\\'s a curse at work here, all right. The kind that makes a book impossible to put down.\" --Miss Ruby Jones, Sweet Rocket
\"Ms. DeWees has woven her words with such beauty as to almost seem poetic at times. The characters are developed with a depth and understanding that allows readers to become a part of the very story themselves. . . . [A] feast for the eye and a joy to devour!\" --Ruth Lynn Ritter, InD\\'Tale magazine (InDTale.com)', 'I grew up loving the traditional gothic romances of Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier, as well as the Victorian romantic suspense novels of Barbara Michaels... and of course their prototype, Charlotte Bronte\\'s Jane Eyre. The combination of romance, mystery, sinister atmosphere, and (often) a fascinating historical setting addicted me. At the same time, there\\'s a kind of innocence to them, perhaps a throwback to the \"Beauty and the Beast\" fairy tale, which seems to echo through the classic gothic romance plot. If you enjoy the suspense and romantic sweep of gothic novels--or if you\\'re looking for a sweet historical romance that you won\\'t have to hide when your kids (or parents) walk into the room--With This Curse may be just the book you\\'ll enjoy curling up with on a rainy afternoon or chilly evening!']","rejected":"Title: Journey of the Jupiter\nDescription: ['Well illustrated softcover edition', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Storm Force\nDescription: ['', 'Susannah Sandlin is a native of Winfield, Alabama, and has worked as a writer and editor in educational publishing in Alabama, Illinois, Texas, California, and Louisiana. She currently lives in Auburn, Alabama, with two rescue dogs named after professional wrestlers (it was a phase). She has a no-longer-secret passion for Cajun and French-Canadian music and reality TV, and is on the hunt for a long- haul ice road trucker who also saves nuisance gators. Susannah is also the author of the Penton Legacy paranormal romance series: Redemption, Absolution, and Omega.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Student Planner: Weekly Academic Organizer: Gold, Coral & Cool Mint Accent Chevron (Planners & Organizers for High School, College & University Students) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Conjuring Darkness\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Fright (Hard Case Crime Novels)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Passage (The Wonderland Series: Book 1)\nDescription: [\"Every time I read a book by Irina Shapiro it amazes me how she never stops evolving as an author. When I read her last book I thought there is no way it could get better and yet she completely took me by surprise with The Passage, it was EXCELLENT!!!!. She managed to portray life in the 17th century so realistically that you felt as if you were right there side by side with the characters. I totally fell in love with Hugo, he is my most favorite to date. A lot of novels with historical details can be quite boring and tedious, Irina Shapiro managed to accurately and in the most interesting way describes historical details. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what adventures Hugo and Neve would embark on next. This book was a total page turner. I am very excited for book 2 to come out. If you love romance, history, intrigue, then this captivating time travel novel is something you will enjoy!! --Amazon customer
I've been waiting for the next book from this author, and she certainly did not disappoint. What a fantastic story! I love the historical fiction genre, and the time travel component brings an extra level of excitement and depth to this book. I have read all of Irina's books, and have enjoyed each and every one of them, but I felt like The Passage showcased the author's abilities in a new way. I found the historical element of the book to be quite accurate and the portrayal of life in the 17th century was so realistic. The pacing was perfect as I was expertly drawn into the turmoil and plot twists experiencing the struggle, fear, and intrigue right alongside the characters. Many times I held my breath anticipating what would happen next as the unpredictability of the story kept me totally engrossed. Although I've read many time travel books, I found The Passage to be fresh and the writing to be well developed and rich. I think this book is a treat for lovers of historical fiction or anyone looking for a captivating tale that will stay with you long after you've finished the last page. Looking forward to more gems from Irina Shapiro. --Amazon customer
Don't expect an insipid bodice-buster here. Ms Shapiro builds relationships and characters in a dignified manner. She deftly handles historical details, politics and mores with believable accuracy. I enjoyed this first book of her Wonderland time travel series. Putting my pennies aside to purchase the other books in the set. --Amazon customer\", 'Irina Shapiro was born in Moscow, Russia. In 1982 her family immigrated to the United States and settled in New York. After graduating from Bernard M. Baruch College, Irina first worked in advertising, and then in Import/Export as a Logistics Manager. She left her job in 2007 to focus on her autistic son, and began to write. Since then Irina has written more than twenty novels. Irina Shapiro lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings\nDescription: ['Grade 58Jade, 13, has enough problems. Her mom drowned a year ago, she\\'s overweight, and her crush can\\'t even remember her name. Then, she gets her period for the first time while trying on bathing suits for her best friend\\'s pool party. At home, a relaxing bath in Epsom salts turns into a nightmare. She nods off in the tub and, upon waking, finds that her legs have been replaced by a scaly mermaid\\'s tail. Her father doesn\\'t seem surprised, only sad, and he reveals that she inherited this trait from her mother, a \"Pesco-sapien,\" part fish, part human. The combination of salt water and the onset of puberty apparently triggered the change. Luckily Jade is able to return to her human state after some time out of the water. During a walk by the pier, she discovers that her mother is actually still alive and trapped in the lake by some not-so-nice mer-people. This leads to a frenetic, sometimes confusing, attempt to save her. Jade\\'s father, who never seems to be able to get to his cell phone, is well-meaning but bumbling, leaving Jade mostly responsible for her mother\\'s rescue. Flat characters and cheesy moments require the suspension of disbelief. Readers looking for an entertaining mermaid tale will be better served by Tera Lynn Child\\'s Forgive My Fins (HarperCollins, 2010).Mandy Lawrence, Fowler Middle School, Frisco, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Jades fourteenth birthday means more than just an extra candle: a soak in a warm Epsom-salted tub of water exposes a mermaids taleattached to her! She also discovers that her mother wasnt drowned after all but is a mermaid who is being held hostage by rogue merfolk intent on discovering the secret of changing into human form. Can Jade get the right kind of help to bring her mom back home? What begins as a coming-of-age story becomes a mildly suspenseful chase-and-rescue mission. There are subplots involving classic adolescent moments like Jades first serious crush, a semi-serious third-wheel threat to a long-standing best friendship, and a single dad coping with his daughters first period. The first-person narrative brings Jades experiences up close and personal for readers who know what its like to have secrets and feel like a fish out of water. A quick read, at times a little flat, with touches of humor; give this to girls not quite ready for snogging. Grades 6-9. --Cindy Welch', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bow Porcelain\nDescription: ['270 objects are described and illustrated in black and white with some of the objects illustrated on 10 color plates.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Darkling, I Listen\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: A Short Course in Sony A700 Photography book/ebook\nDescription: [\"For the past three decades Dennis Curtin has been an editor, author, and publisher in photography and computing. His latest books on digital cameras and digital photography have been widely praised for their quality and simplicity. They have been widely used in schools, by most of the armed services, many police departments, and even a number of camera companies to train specialists in photography. On the publishing side, Dennis was editor-in-chief of one of Time-Warner's educational divisions and also held similar positions in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In those roles, he has worked extensively with Ansel Adams and other leading photographers of our generation. In his roles as publisher, editor, and author Dennis has been fortunate to edit, publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Rumours & Recklessness: A Pride and Prejudice Variation\nDescription: [\"Nicole Clarkston is the pen name of a very bashful writer who will not allow any of her family or friends to read what she writes. She grew up in Idaho on horseback, and if she could have figured out how to read a book at the same time, she would have. She initially pursued a degree in foreign languages and education, and then lost patience with it, switched her major, and changed schools. She now resides in Oregon with her husband of 14 years, 3 homeschooled kids, and a very worthless degree in Poultry Science (don't ask). Nicole discovered Jane Austen rather by guilt in her early thirties- how does any book worm really live that long without a little P&P? She has never looked back. A year or so later, during a major house renovation project (undertaken when her husband unsuspectingly left town for a few days) she discovered Elizabeth Gaskell and fell completely in love. Nicole's first two published books are her pitiful homage to two authors who have so deeply inspired her.\"]","rejected":"Title: Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship In American Politics, 3rd Brief Edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: DARK STRANGER The Dream (The Children Of The Gods) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"I.T. Lucas\\'s talent for the written word certainly deserves its own unambiguous round of applause. If not for the aforementioned, then certainly for the accolade due to a read engrained with a flawless buildup and execution of developments. If you are a reader with one foot planted firmly in E.L. James\\'s Fifty Shades Trilogy, and the other in novels similar to Stephenie Meyer\\'s Twilight Series, then this one is for you.\" - OnlineBookClub.org', 'Myths as persistent and as prevailing as those of the vampire, the shapeshifter, the phoenix, and other mythical creatures, as well as modern day UFO and alien sightings, may not be purely the product of overactive imaginations.Could they possibly originate from realistic hallucinations induced by members of an advanced species who exhibit some of the characteristics of those mythical creatures?Hmm...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: War in Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (Social Issues in Literature)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: All Access (The Fangirl Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Culinary Delights: & Words of Wisdom\nDescription: ['Terrie Biggs has been writing creative non-fiction for years. Terrie resides in La Grande, Oregon, with her husband Dan. Their children are adults and they love to cook and enjoy good food, which resulted in their family cookbook. She has a lifetime passion for kitchen design, and owns her own business, Kitchens by Terrie. Check out her books at http://www.novelsbyterrie.com or visit her Terrie Biggs page on Amazon and see progress and updates on her Novels by Terrie Facebook page.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Land of Silence\nDescription: ['Afshars elegant evocation of biblical life will keep [readers] spellbound. An excellent choice for fans of Francine Riverss historical fiction, and those who read for character. (Library Journal)
Heartache and healing blend beautifully in this gem among Christian fiction. (CBA Retailers + Resources)
An impressively crafted, inherently appealing, consistently engaging, and compelling read from first page to last. (Midwest Book Reviews)
Top Pick review In perhaps her best novel to date, Afshar . . . grants a familiar character not only a name, but also a poignant history to which many modern readers can relate. The wit, the romance, and the humanity make [this] uplifting as well as soul-touching. (Romantic Times)
Fans of Biblical fiction will enjoy an absorbing and well-researched chariot ride. (Publishers Weekly)', 'No one brings the Bible to life like Tessa Afshar. (Debbie Macomber, NYT bestselling author)
Tessa Afshars captivating and emotive story is about one first-century womans pain and struggle. But the hope she describes is real and for you and me today. (Chris Fabry, Bestselling author of War Room and Dogwood)
Land of Silence is a biblical novel in a category all its own. Moving, believable . . . This inspir-ing, uplifting story encouraged me at a heart level. A wonderful storynot to be missed! (Jill Eileen Smith, bestselling author of The Crimson Cord)
Tessa Afshars novels draw you in so that youre both captivated and changed by the power of story. Land of Silence is no exception. Youre in for a treat with this oneenjoy! (Susie Larson, National speaker, radio host, and author of Your Beautiful Purpose)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Financial and Managerial Accounting, 1-23 & MyAccountingLab with Full E-Book Student Access Code (2nd Edition)\nDescription: ['For Principle of Accounting Courses Students understand (or \"get it\") right after you do a problem in class. However, as soon as they leave class, their ability to do the problems and complete their homework diminishes with each passing hour. Often times this results in students struggling to complete their homework on their own. Even worse, the frustration can lead to students quitting on the material altogether and falling behind in the course. As a result, an entire class can fall behind as instructors attempt to keep everyone on the same page. With the \"Financial and Managerial Accounting\"\" 2e\" Student Learning System, all features of the student textbook, study resources and online homework system are designed to work together to provide students with more \"I Get It!\" moments. The consistency, repetition and strong details throughout the entire student learning system allow students to achieve success both inside and outside the classroom while keeping both instructors and students on track.', '
Charles Horngren
Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at Stanford University. A graduate of Marquette University, he received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is also the recipient of honorary doctorates from Marquette University and DePaul University.A Certified Public Accountant, Horngren served on the Accounting Principles Board for six years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council for five years, and the Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for three years. For six years, he served as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board. Horngren is a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame. A member of the American Accounting Association, Horngren has been its President and its Director of Research. He received its first annual Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. The California Certified Public Accountants Foundation gave Horngren its Faculty Excellence Award and its Distinguished Professor Award. He is the first person
to have received both awards. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants presented its first Outstanding Educator Award to Horngren. Horngren was named Accountant of the Year, Education, by the national professional accounting fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi. Professor Horngren is also a member of the Institute of Management Accountants, from whom he has received its Distinguished Service Award. He was a member of the Institute’s Board of Regents, which administers the Certified Management Accountant examinations.
Tom Harrison
Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. He received his B.B.A. degree from Baylor University, his M.S. from Oklahoma State University, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Professor Harrison, recipient of numerous teaching awards from student groups as well as from university administrators, has also taught at Cleveland State Community College, Michigan State University, the University of Texas, and Stanford University. A member of the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Professor Harrison has served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the American Accounting Association, on the Teaching/Curriculum Development Award Committee, on the Program Advisory Committee for Accounting Education and Teaching, and on the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Committee. Professor Harrison has lectured in several foreign countries and published articles in numerous journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Economic Consequences of Financial AccountingStandards, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, and Journal of Lawand Commerce. Professor Harrison has received scholarships, fellowships, and research grants or awards from PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte & Touche, the Ernst & Young Foundation, and the KPMG Foundation
M Suzanne Oliver
M. Suzanne Oliver is an assistant professor of accounting at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida. She received her B.A in Accounting Information Systems and her Masters in Accountancy from the University of West Florida.
Professor Oliver began her career in accounting in the tax department of a regional accounting firm, specializing in benefit plan administration. She has served as a software analyst for a national software development firm (CPASoftware) and as the Oracle Fixed Assets Analyst for Spirit Energy, formerly part of Union Oil of California.(Unocal). A Certified Public Accountant, Oliver is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Professor Oliver has taught Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Tax Accounting, Accounting Software Applications, Payroll Accounting, Auditing, Accounting Systems, Advanced Accounting, Managerial Finance, Business Math, and Supervision. She has also taught Pension continuing education classes for CPAs and has developed and instructed online courses using myaccountinglab.com, WebCT, and other proprietary software.
Professor Oliver lives in Niceville where she is a member if the First United Methodist Church with her husband Greg and son C.J..
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\\\"A truly fun read.\\\" -- Seattle\\\\'s Child Magazine', '', \\\"Suzanne Selfors is the author of Coffeehouse Angel and Saving Juliet. She held a number of jobs before becoming a writer, including children's photographer, video producer, organic flower grower, and marketing director. She lives in Washington.www.suzanneselfors.com\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sudoku-zilla: 100x100 Sudoku puzzle\\nDescription: ['William \\\"Ike\\\" Eisenhauer is a professor of Systems Engineering at Portland State University and a puzzle enthusiast. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Dawn, and two boys, Zander and Quinlon, all of which continue to challenge him in games and puzzles.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dire Straits (Bo Blackman) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Happy Coloring: Flower Patterns - Coloring Pages for Adults (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Duke's Holiday (The Regency Romp Trilogy)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Maggie Fenton is an avid reader, reviewer, and writer of romance in between her work as a professional musician. She writes steampunk romance under the name Margaret Foxe and has enjoyed success as a self-published author in that genre. The Duke's Holiday is her first foray into the historical romance genre, one of her personal favorites.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Adult Coloring Book: Animal Best Sellers: Animals & Nature Designs and Patterns\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: More than a Mistress\\nDescription: [\\\"In her assured hardcover debut, Balogh (One Night for Love) serves up two Regency-era characters determined not to fall in love with each other, despite their shared aesthetic sensibilities, uncontrollable physical attraction and increasingly intimate friendship. The predictability of their predicamentAthey come from different social classesAis compensated for by an authentic London high society setting and the smart, sexy dialogue between Jocelyn Dudley, duke of Tresham, and Jane Ingleby, the two attractive, headstrong protagonists. Jocelyn is an avowed bachelor, rake and accomplished duelist. While preparing to fire his pistol during a duel, he is interrupted by a woman's scream urging him to stop. Jocelyn hesitates and is shot in the leg. Furious, he confronts the disruptive woman, milliner's assistant Jane, who is impudent beyond her station in accusing him of foolishly risking his life. As punishment, he insists she be his nurse for the three weeks he is recuperating. Jane is proud and feisty because, actually, she's not really a common serving girl. She's the orphan Lady Sara Illingsworth, who mistakenly believes she killed a man who was attempting to rape her. She fled her home in Cornwall for London, but without money or protection, her future seems bleak. When Tresham recovers his health, Jane agrees to stay on as his mistress, partly in order to remain hidden, but also because she is falling in love with him. Although some intrigue surfaces when Tresham's previous romantic entanglements make him the target of a husband's vengeance, the real story is the dynamic love-hate relationship between Jane and Tresham, their many obstacles to happiness parried with fiery wit and spirit. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", \\\"When Jane Ingleby tries to stop a duel, Jocelyn Dudley, Duke of Tresham, is wounded. So it's surprising that she ends up employed as his nurseDand ultimately his mistress as well. But as their relationship blossoms, Jocelyn commits the unpardonable sin of falling in love. In this refreshingly unconventional romance, which boasts an outspoken, memorable heroine, the author again pushes the edges of the genre. Her fans will be waiting. Balogh (One Night for Love) is a well-respected writer of historical romance who lives in Canada. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Homoeopathic Sketches of Children's Types\\nDescription: ['\\\"...Ms. Coulter is a master psychologist who writes enchantingly.\\\" -- The Independent of London', 'Catherine R. Coulter, a well-known authority on homoeopathic \\\"Materia Medica,\\\" has been a major influence in introducing the homoeopathic archetypes to the general public. Her three-volume \\\"Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines: Psychophysical Analyses and Selected Constitutional Types, an in-depth analysis of the principal homoeopathic personality types, was twice chosen as one of the \\\"the best books of the year\\\" in the category of non-fiction in The Independent of London (Vol. 1 in 1986 and Vol. 2 in 1988). 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\\\"Ms. DeWees has woven her words with such beauty as to almost seem poetic at times. The characters are developed with a depth and understanding that allows readers to become a part of the very story themselves. . . . [A] feast for the eye and a joy to devour!\\\" --Ruth Lynn Ritter, InD\\\\'Tale magazine (InDTale.com)', 'I grew up loving the traditional gothic romances of Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier, as well as the Victorian romantic suspense novels of Barbara Michaels... and of course their prototype, Charlotte Bronte\\\\'s Jane Eyre. The combination of romance, mystery, sinister atmosphere, and (often) a fascinating historical setting addicted me. At the same time, there\\\\'s a kind of innocence to them, perhaps a throwback to the \\\"Beauty and the Beast\\\" fairy tale, which seems to echo through the classic gothic romance plot. If you enjoy the suspense and romantic sweep of gothic novels--or if you\\\\'re looking for a sweet historical romance that you won\\\\'t have to hide when your kids (or parents) walk into the room--With This Curse may be just the book you\\\\'ll enjoy curling up with on a rainy afternoon or chilly evening!']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Journey of the Jupiter\\nDescription: ['Well illustrated softcover edition', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Storm Force\\nDescription: ['', 'Susannah Sandlin is a native of Winfield, Alabama, and has worked as a writer and editor in educational publishing in Alabama, Illinois, Texas, California, and Louisiana. She currently lives in Auburn, Alabama, with two rescue dogs named after professional wrestlers (it was a phase). She has a no-longer-secret passion for Cajun and French-Canadian music and reality TV, and is on the hunt for a long- haul ice road trucker who also saves nuisance gators. Susannah is also the author of the Penton Legacy paranormal romance series: Redemption, Absolution, and Omega.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Student Planner: Weekly Academic Organizer: Gold, Coral & Cool Mint Accent Chevron (Planners & Organizers for High School, College & University Students) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Conjuring Darkness\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fright (Hard Case Crime Novels)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Passage (The Wonderland Series: Book 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"Every time I read a book by Irina Shapiro it amazes me how she never stops evolving as an author. When I read her last book I thought there is no way it could get better and yet she completely took me by surprise with The Passage, it was EXCELLENT!!!!. She managed to portray life in the 17th century so realistically that you felt as if you were right there side by side with the characters. I totally fell in love with Hugo, he is my most favorite to date. A lot of novels with historical details can be quite boring and tedious, Irina Shapiro managed to accurately and in the most interesting way describes historical details. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what adventures Hugo and Neve would embark on next. This book was a total page turner. I am very excited for book 2 to come out. If you love romance, history, intrigue, then this captivating time travel novel is something you will enjoy!! --Amazon customer
I've been waiting for the next book from this author, and she certainly did not disappoint. What a fantastic story! I love the historical fiction genre, and the time travel component brings an extra level of excitement and depth to this book. I have read all of Irina's books, and have enjoyed each and every one of them, but I felt like The Passage showcased the author's abilities in a new way. I found the historical element of the book to be quite accurate and the portrayal of life in the 17th century was so realistic. The pacing was perfect as I was expertly drawn into the turmoil and plot twists experiencing the struggle, fear, and intrigue right alongside the characters. Many times I held my breath anticipating what would happen next as the unpredictability of the story kept me totally engrossed. Although I've read many time travel books, I found The Passage to be fresh and the writing to be well developed and rich. I think this book is a treat for lovers of historical fiction or anyone looking for a captivating tale that will stay with you long after you've finished the last page. Looking forward to more gems from Irina Shapiro. --Amazon customer
Don't expect an insipid bodice-buster here. Ms Shapiro builds relationships and characters in a dignified manner. She deftly handles historical details, politics and mores with believable accuracy. I enjoyed this first book of her Wonderland time travel series. Putting my pennies aside to purchase the other books in the set. --Amazon customer\\\", 'Irina Shapiro was born in Moscow, Russia. In 1982 her family immigrated to the United States and settled in New York. After graduating from Bernard M. Baruch College, Irina first worked in advertising, and then in Import/Export as a Logistics Manager. She left her job in 2007 to focus on her autistic son, and began to write. Since then Irina has written more than twenty novels. Irina Shapiro lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings\\nDescription: ['Grade 58Jade, 13, has enough problems. Her mom drowned a year ago, she\\\\'s overweight, and her crush can\\\\'t even remember her name. Then, she gets her period for the first time while trying on bathing suits for her best friend\\\\'s pool party. At home, a relaxing bath in Epsom salts turns into a nightmare. She nods off in the tub and, upon waking, finds that her legs have been replaced by a scaly mermaid\\\\'s tail. Her father doesn\\\\'t seem surprised, only sad, and he reveals that she inherited this trait from her mother, a \\\"Pesco-sapien,\\\" part fish, part human. The combination of salt water and the onset of puberty apparently triggered the change. Luckily Jade is able to return to her human state after some time out of the water. During a walk by the pier, she discovers that her mother is actually still alive and trapped in the lake by some not-so-nice mer-people. This leads to a frenetic, sometimes confusing, attempt to save her. Jade\\\\'s father, who never seems to be able to get to his cell phone, is well-meaning but bumbling, leaving Jade mostly responsible for her mother\\\\'s rescue. Flat characters and cheesy moments require the suspension of disbelief. Readers looking for an entertaining mermaid tale will be better served by Tera Lynn Child\\\\'s Forgive My Fins (HarperCollins, 2010).Mandy Lawrence, Fowler Middle School, Frisco, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Jades fourteenth birthday means more than just an extra candle: a soak in a warm Epsom-salted tub of water exposes a mermaids taleattached to her! She also discovers that her mother wasnt drowned after all but is a mermaid who is being held hostage by rogue merfolk intent on discovering the secret of changing into human form. Can Jade get the right kind of help to bring her mom back home? What begins as a coming-of-age story becomes a mildly suspenseful chase-and-rescue mission. There are subplots involving classic adolescent moments like Jades first serious crush, a semi-serious third-wheel threat to a long-standing best friendship, and a single dad coping with his daughters first period. The first-person narrative brings Jades experiences up close and personal for readers who know what its like to have secrets and feel like a fish out of water. A quick read, at times a little flat, with touches of humor; give this to girls not quite ready for snogging. Grades 6-9. --Cindy Welch', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bow Porcelain\\nDescription: ['270 objects are described and illustrated in black and white with some of the objects illustrated on 10 color plates.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Darkling, I Listen\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Short Course in Sony A700 Photography book/ebook\\nDescription: [\\\"For the past three decades Dennis Curtin has been an editor, author, and publisher in photography and computing. His latest books on digital cameras and digital photography have been widely praised for their quality and simplicity. They have been widely used in schools, by most of the armed services, many police departments, and even a number of camera companies to train specialists in photography. On the publishing side, Dennis was editor-in-chief of one of Time-Warner's educational divisions and also held similar positions in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In those roles, he has worked extensively with Ansel Adams and other leading photographers of our generation. In his roles as publisher, editor, and author Dennis has been fortunate to edit, publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rumours & Recklessness: A Pride and Prejudice Variation\\nDescription: [\\\"Nicole Clarkston is the pen name of a very bashful writer who will not allow any of her family or friends to read what she writes. She grew up in Idaho on horseback, and if she could have figured out how to read a book at the same time, she would have. She initially pursued a degree in foreign languages and education, and then lost patience with it, switched her major, and changed schools. She now resides in Oregon with her husband of 14 years, 3 homeschooled kids, and a very worthless degree in Poultry Science (don't ask). Nicole discovered Jane Austen rather by guilt in her early thirties- how does any book worm really live that long without a little P&P? She has never looked back. A year or so later, during a major house renovation project (undertaken when her husband unsuspectingly left town for a few days) she discovered Elizabeth Gaskell and fell completely in love. 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James\\\\'s Fifty Shades Trilogy, and the other in novels similar to Stephenie Meyer\\\\'s Twilight Series, then this one is for you.\\\" - OnlineBookClub.org', 'Myths as persistent and as prevailing as those of the vampire, the shapeshifter, the phoenix, and other mythical creatures, as well as modern day UFO and alien sightings, may not be purely the product of overactive imaginations.Could they possibly originate from realistic hallucinations induced by members of an advanced species who exhibit some of the characteristics of those mythical creatures?Hmm...', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: War in Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (Social Issues in Literature)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: All Access (The Fangirl Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Culinary Delights: & Words of Wisdom\\nDescription: ['Terrie Biggs has been writing creative non-fiction for years. Terrie resides in La Grande, Oregon, with her husband Dan. Their children are adults and they love to cook and enjoy good food, which resulted in their family cookbook. She has a lifetime passion for kitchen design, and owns her own business, Kitchens by Terrie. Check out her books at http://www.novelsbyterrie.com or visit her Terrie Biggs page on Amazon and see progress and updates on her Novels by Terrie Facebook page.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Land of Silence\\nDescription: ['Afshars elegant evocation of biblical life will keep [readers] spellbound. An excellent choice for fans of Francine Riverss historical fiction, and those who read for character. (Library Journal)
Heartache and healing blend beautifully in this gem among Christian fiction. (CBA Retailers + Resources)
An impressively crafted, inherently appealing, consistently engaging, and compelling read from first page to last. (Midwest Book Reviews)
Top Pick review In perhaps her best novel to date, Afshar . . . grants a familiar character not only a name, but also a poignant history to which many modern readers can relate. The wit, the romance, and the humanity make [this] uplifting as well as soul-touching. (Romantic Times)
Fans of Biblical fiction will enjoy an absorbing and well-researched chariot ride. (Publishers Weekly)', 'No one brings the Bible to life like Tessa Afshar. (Debbie Macomber, NYT bestselling author)
Tessa Afshars captivating and emotive story is about one first-century womans pain and struggle. But the hope she describes is real and for you and me today. (Chris Fabry, Bestselling author of War Room and Dogwood)
Land of Silence is a biblical novel in a category all its own. Moving, believable . . . This inspir-ing, uplifting story encouraged me at a heart level. A wonderful storynot to be missed! (Jill Eileen Smith, bestselling author of The Crimson Cord)
Tessa Afshars novels draw you in so that youre both captivated and changed by the power of story. Land of Silence is no exception. Youre in for a treat with this oneenjoy! (Susie Larson, National speaker, radio host, and author of Your Beautiful Purpose)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Financial and Managerial Accounting, 1-23 & MyAccountingLab with Full E-Book Student Access Code (2nd Edition)\\nDescription: ['For Principle of Accounting Courses Students understand (or \\\"get it\\\") right after you do a problem in class. However, as soon as they leave class, their ability to do the problems and complete their homework diminishes with each passing hour. Often times this results in students struggling to complete their homework on their own. Even worse, the frustration can lead to students quitting on the material altogether and falling behind in the course. As a result, an entire class can fall behind as instructors attempt to keep everyone on the same page. With the \\\"Financial and Managerial Accounting\\\"\\\" 2e\\\" Student Learning System, all features of the student textbook, study resources and online homework system are designed to work together to provide students with more \\\"I Get It!\\\" moments. The consistency, repetition and strong details throughout the entire student learning system allow students to achieve success both inside and outside the classroom while keeping both instructors and students on track.', '
Charles Horngren
Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at Stanford University. A graduate of Marquette University, he received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is also the recipient of honorary doctorates from Marquette University and DePaul University.A Certified Public Accountant, Horngren served on the Accounting Principles Board for six years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council for five years, and the Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for three years. For six years, he served as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board. Horngren is a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame. A member of the American Accounting Association, Horngren has been its President and its Director of Research. He received its first annual Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. The California Certified Public Accountants Foundation gave Horngren its Faculty Excellence Award and its Distinguished Professor Award. He is the first person
to have received both awards. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants presented its first Outstanding Educator Award to Horngren. Horngren was named Accountant of the Year, Education, by the national professional accounting fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi. Professor Horngren is also a member of the Institute of Management Accountants, from whom he has received its Distinguished Service Award. He was a member of the Institute’s Board of Regents, which administers the Certified Management Accountant examinations.
Tom Harrison
Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. He received his B.B.A. degree from Baylor University, his M.S. from Oklahoma State University, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Professor Harrison, recipient of numerous teaching awards from student groups as well as from university administrators, has also taught at Cleveland State Community College, Michigan State University, the University of Texas, and Stanford University. A member of the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Professor Harrison has served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the American Accounting Association, on the Teaching/Curriculum Development Award Committee, on the Program Advisory Committee for Accounting Education and Teaching, and on the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Committee. Professor Harrison has lectured in several foreign countries and published articles in numerous journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Economic Consequences of Financial AccountingStandards, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, and Journal of Lawand Commerce. Professor Harrison has received scholarships, fellowships, and research grants or awards from PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte & Touche, the Ernst & Young Foundation, and the KPMG Foundation
M Suzanne Oliver
M. Suzanne Oliver is an assistant professor of accounting at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida. She received her B.A in Accounting Information Systems and her Masters in Accountancy from the University of West Florida.
Professor Oliver began her career in accounting in the tax department of a regional accounting firm, specializing in benefit plan administration. She has served as a software analyst for a national software development firm (CPASoftware) and as the Oracle Fixed Assets Analyst for Spirit Energy, formerly part of Union Oil of California.(Unocal). A Certified Public Accountant, Oliver is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Professor Oliver has taught Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Tax Accounting, Accounting Software Applications, Payroll Accounting, Auditing, Accounting Systems, Advanced Accounting, Managerial Finance, Business Math, and Supervision. She has also taught Pension continuing education classes for CPAs and has developed and instructed online courses using myaccountinglab.com, WebCT, and other proprietary software.
Professor Oliver lives in Niceville where she is a member if the First United Methodist Church with her husband Greg and son C.J..
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After years of memorable work on stage and in radio, television, and films, Jerry Stiller found himself wondering what had happened to his once-flourishing career. Then a call came from Seinfeld, a television show he'd never watched. On Seinfeld he created the unforgettable character of Frank Costanza, which won him an Emmy nomination and an American Comedy Award. Meanwhile, Anne Meara became an acclaimed Off-Broadway playwright.
MARRIED TO LAUGHTER is a love story about two showbiz-minded people who fell in love, discovered that they fell in love, discovered that they were their own greatest roles, enjoyed thriving careers that diverged and converged many times, and who take complete satisfaction form their individual accomplishments while maintaining a dedicated marriage. With a wealth of anecdotes about other famous actors and comedians, this is a funny and tender narrative, told as only Jerry Stiller could.\", 'Jerry Stiller was born in New York City in 1927 and began his award-winning career as part of the famed improvisational group The Compass. He and his wife, Anne Meara, played every major nightclub in the country and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show more than thirty-five times. His many stage credits include the Broadway productions of Hurlyburly and The Ritz; he has appeared in many films, notable among them is Hairspray, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and Seize the Day. He currently appears on the hit television series, The King of Queens.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Sealed with a Kiss (Eamon Wearie Mystery)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey Into the Feline Heart\nDescription: ['Non-cat people frequently describe cats as selfish, unfriendly, and frustratingly independent, while a true cat lover can see these same traits and wax poetic. The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats is truly an ode to the wonderful and mysterious behavior of our furry friends--even when the behavior at hand is narcissism or jealousy. Author Jeffery Moussaieff Masson (Dogs Never Lie About Love) explores the lives of his five cats as they relate to his family, each other, and the world around them, filled as it is with such interesting creatures as butterflies, automobiles, and visiting humans.', 'Each chapter is devoted to a study of a particular emotion, ranging from love to playfulness to anger. While there are interesting tidbits of animal science, such as \"cats look away or blink when feeling friendly,\" the majority of the book revolves around the author\\'s observations of his own pets. When he suggests answers for mysterious behavior like the grooming that instantly turns into a bloodthirsty brawl, he is never absolute, but merely offers one among many possible explanations. Kind and thoughtful, Masson\\'s entertaining tales and wise musings will be appreciated by any cat fancier. --Jill Lightner', 'Prevailing wisdom holds that cats are aloof, smug, quintessentially distant-especially when compared to dogs-but Masson, in his latest exploration of feelings in the animal world, argues otherwise: \"cats,\" he says, \"are almost pure emotion.\" He establishes nine basics (narcissism, love, contentment, attachment, jealousy, fear, anger, curiosity and playfulness) and, in nine casual and sometimes digressive chapters, suggests when and why cats feel each of them and how we humans might better understand our pets as a result. In the tradition of his bestselling Dogs Never Lie About Love, Masson\\'s exploration is a warm fuzzy to the feline world: in observing the antics of his five cats (Miki, Moko, Yossie, Megalamandira and Minnalouche), Masson\\'s tone never fails to convey his wonder for \"these perfect beings who briefly and softly grace my life.\" He draws desultorily on history, scientific research and correspondence with cat experts and owners, but most of his book is dedicated to a highly subjective study of his beloved five, who live with him in a New Zealand paradise. Though Masson strains to establish evidence for cats\\' sophisticated emotional landscape (and in doing so exposes himself to accusations of anthropomorphism), cats are still mysterious creatures, and even a former psychoanalyst such as he must occasionally admit (though with a certain kind of glee) that he cannot entirely figure them out. One thing\\'s for sure: because cats, unlike humans and dogs, have never been pack animals, much of what comes naturally to us-guilt, apology, even rage-is absent in cats. In the end, this appealing book seems as much a portrait of Masson as it is of his enchanting cats. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Laughing Your Way to Passing the Pediatric Boards 6th Edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Cat and the Curmudgeon\nDescription: [\"Polar Bear the Christmas cat is back, continuing to thwart Amory, his keeper. Featured in the bestselling The Cat Who Came for Christmas , Polar Bear became a celebrity, but refused to act like one. Amory tries to improve the cat's socialization with cat videos (Mews and Feather Report), but Polar Bear is more interested in his fan mail with its gifts of catnip. Amory tries to train himself to train the cat, without result. Visiting Black Beauty Ranch in Texas--the refuge operated by the Fund for Animals--the author recalls the Fund's rescue of the Grand Canyon burros, wild goats of San Clemente Island and wild horses from the Nevada desert. Polar Bear, somehow, behaves when meeting the refugees, including Nim, the chimpanzee trained in sign language. On a later visit to Martha's Vineyard, Amory finds an orphaned white kitten, Polar Star. Pet owners and animal lovers will enjoy these lighthearted tales. BOMC selection. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"YA-- In the 12 years since Amory rescued Polar Bear in The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Little, 1987), he has been thoroughly trained by his feline owner. Amory pokes great fun at himself while heaping praise upon his beloved cat. Although most of the anecdotes are humorous, light reading, the section on cruelty to animals by individuals and institutions is serious. Students would find this chapter, which includes Amory's stance on medical research, useful for debates or reports, while the further adventures of this entertaining duo will please animal lovers. - Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Spirit, Mind and Money: A New Conversation About Service and Success for Holistic Business Owners\nDescription: ['Dawn DelVecchio is a professional writer, marketing consultant and entrepreneurial business coach. Shes also been a luxury travel writer, a magazine editor, professional kick boxer, kick boxing coach, herbalist, ceremonialist and astrologer. Until recently, these diverse career paths shared one common denominator they kept her close to broke. After having a child as a young single mother, Dawn spent most of her adult life developing herself through spiritual study and practice while simultaneously living in chronic in financial struggle. She attributes the transformational change in her financial life to a change in her mindset around money. Dawn understands firsthand the painful disconnect that happens when heart-centered helpers dont address their relationship to money, and shes on a mission of sorts, to open up a conversation on this sometimes taboo subject. Her goal is to support people who are called to have a greater impact with their work, so they dont get stymied by subconscious blocks, faulty vows of poverty and what she calls Unexamined Money Mantras. Spirit, Mind & Money shares Dawns story and the stories of others who have wrangled with these issues. More than that, it opens up this conversation and reveals a way out for those who feel called on a deep level to turn their soul work into a business that serves others and feeds them abundantly.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul\nDescription: ['Living simply is only an ideal until someone like Bruno gets particular. The way he got particular should make everyone think--hard, which is a very good thing. (Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame)
In a loving, wise, sometimes hilarious manner, Dave Bruno holds a mirror up to us and says to take a closer look at how were living. Reading this will lead you to a better life. (Dean Nelson, Author of God Hides in Plain Sight and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University)
[Brunos] musings about his slow and steady purge have developed a cult following online, inspiring others [toward] clutter-free living. (Time magazine)', '', \"An ordinary man's inspiring journey toward a simpler, more meaningful life.\", 'In 2008, average American family man Dave Bruno decided to unhook himself from the intravenous drip of consumerism that fueled his life by winnowing all his personal possessions down to just 100 things. Little did he realize that he would be igniting a grassroots movementsoon after Dave embarked on his journey, media around the world took notice and others started to follow his lead.', 'A cause for pause, The 100 Thing Challenge is a response to the culture of materialism in America, one that has filled our lives with the constant and unsatisfactory desire for \"more.\" Dave Bruno offers compelling anecdotes and practical advice to help readers live more meaningfully, simply by casting off the unnecessary \"stuff\" that clutters their lives. The 100 Thing Challenge is a golden opportunity to experience the positive changes that occur as you defiantly hop off the treadmill of consumerism.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Verbal Idioms of the Quran (Michigan Series on the Middle East) (English and Arabic Edition)\nDescription: ['Text: English, Arabic', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: US: Transforming Ourselves and the Relationships that Matter Most\nDescription: ['LISA Oz is a housewife living in New Jersey. She also moonlights as a writer, producer and entrepreneur. With her husband, Dr. Mehmet Oz, she has raised four children, coauthored five New York Times best-selling books, including YOU: The Owners Manual series, and cohosted a daily radio show on Sirius/XM, yet is somehow unable to organize her closet or stick to a diet.', '', 'This is not actually a book about relationships. You wont find any tips on dating or rules for attracting the opposite sex here. This is instead a book about being in relationship . Whats the difference? Well, the former is a thing and the latter is a state, and a state is part of what defines us at any given moment rather than something outside ourselves that we have or dont have. We all exist in relationship; we cant not. Its like magnetic force. Every object, by its very nature, exerts a pull on every other object. And whether we are aware of it or not, we are in relationship with all other things in this universe (and possibly other universes as well, but thats another book).', 'So, why is this relevant and who am I to expound on the significance of our place in the cosmos? Well, in answer to the first part of the question, understanding the nature of our interactions is important because the quality of our existence is determined by the quality of our relationships. What we believe, who we are, and who we can become are all manifest through our dealings with others. It is here that thoughts and emotions become actualized and our true self revealed. Our behavior is the only real measure of our character, and 90 percent of the time our behavior involves someone else.', 'And who am I? Trick question, right? Most of you probably know me as the wife of the great and powerful (Dr.) Oz. But the wife of a wizard is not necessarily a witchor a doctor. I am not one of those educated professionals who are qualified to tell you how you should be living your life. Rather, like you, I am a seeker. Sticking with the Oz paradigm for a moment, I am like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Lion all wrapped into one, striving for compassion and wisdom while I struggle to remain brave. You get to be Dorothy, joining me for a skip down a winding road. I will warn you up front: there will be flying monkeys, but I will try to keep the soporific flowers to a minimum.', 'At the end of this book we will have gotten to where we are going, which will be where we have always been. The difference is that we will know ourselves a little better. We will have caught a glimpse of who we are by becoming more aware of how we are in each of our relationships.', 'And I hope we will be friends. The title US in one sense refers to you, the reader, and me, the writer. We too exist in relationship. My intention is that you will see aspects of your own life reflected in my personal stories. My ramblings and musings are supposed to entertain but also lead to a place of connection. I have a hunch we are not that dissimilar, you and I.', 'So, now that we are going to be friends, I need to make a confession. This is an amazingly difficult book for me to write. See, theres this little secret among self-help writers that I feel compelled to reveal. Most of us are giving advice about the things we need to learn in our own lives. The wounded healer is one of those infuriating and delightful ironies of the universe. And while I never thought of myself as a self-help writer, you know where you found this bookright next to Be Your Own Shrink and Why You Think Your Mother Doesnt Love You so you know what that makes it, and me.', 'In the interest of full disclosure, let me state for the record that I am not the perfect wife, mother, child, or friend. Bearing that in mind, it is precisely because of the mistakes Ive made and the lessons Im learning that I feel I can share my insights. My wish is that they may prove helpful for you in your own journey.', 'This book is an attempt to offer the things Ive come across that work for me (or at least that Im working on). Please keep in mind that life is a process. I wouldnt for a minute pretend that I have it all figured out. I struggle in my relationships every day. So if you see me in the supermarket yelling at one of my kids, please give me a nudge and remind me to reread chapter 7. The important thing for me is to be aware and keep moving. The progress may be painfully slow at times. As Franciscan Father Richard Rohr says, Its always three steps forward, two steps back. In reality, its sometimes four steps back.', 'The ideas discussed in the following chapters are a compilation of what I have learned about being in relationship over the years as a daughter, wife, mother, actress, producer, and writer. In each area, I noticed that the lessons were frequently the same and that they would reveal themselves as long as I was willing to do three thingsshow up, do the work, and be honest with myself and others. Its a seemingly simple listbut not always easy to put into practice.', 'I have avoided, procrastinated, and fabricated enough for ten people, but I have also, on occasion, made a concerted attempt to commit myself to genuine presence. (Admittedly, even now this has not become a continuous state. Sadly, I am often looking at my BlackBerry instead of into my husbands eyes during a conversation.) But while I would hardly claim enlightenment, or even conversion, I believe I have grown. The concepts presented here are what I learned when I was really doing what I was doing.', 'Much of what Ive ascertained is the direct result of the choices I made, but Im not suggesting that you run out and make those same choices for yourself. You can discover similar lessons and more exactly where you are right now. The fundamental ideas are everywhere, in every part of lifesometimes glaring at us like big neon signs, other times hidden beneath a surface of seeming insignificance. The truth of the matter is that we are learning about and living in relationship whether were driving a cab or serving on the Supreme Court. The purpose of this book is to provide a mirror for your experiences through mine and to share insights that can be applied to your own personal journey of relationship.', 'One thing about life is that it often takes a long time to really get even the simplest truths. We can be sent the same message over and over and fail to see it. The problem is that we play out identical patterns with different peoplerepeat our mistakes because we live by roteand then wonder what went wrong. To break this cycle, we often need input from a teacher, mentor, or friend who can shed light on our situation and show us what we need to do, where we can go deeper, and how we can change.', 'For me, those teachers took many forms. Some, like Father Richard Rohr and Reverend George Dole, came as real people; others were revealed through great books such as the Zohar and the Bhagavad Gita. After my parents, the most influential by far was and is Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth-century scientist and theologian who saw the Bible as a divinely inspired metaphor, illustrating our spiritual journey. He described the path of regeneration, or rebirth, as consisting of a life of charitywhich is essentially loving relationships. His writings on the nature of God, humanity, and marriage not only shaped my views on life but fundamentally shaped who I am. For this reason you will find his doctrine, widely and wildly interpreted, as the foundation for just about every chapter of this book.', 'Just to be really clear: none of the truly big ideas here originated with me. I merely applied the wisdom of my teachers to my own experience. In doing so, I came to the conclusion that all the important things in life are actually about existing in relationship. Of course there are other things, like brushing your teeth and fly-fishing, but my feeling is that ultimately these come back to relationship too.', 'So what, exactly, is the big secret about living in relationship? Simply what the great spiritual traditions have been teaching for millennia. Boiled down, its essentially love God, love yourself, love everybody else. Why am I saying it again? Because I dont think we can ever hear it enough. I think we need to hear it, read it, feel it, teach it, taste it, speak it, smell it, breathe it, until one day . . . we finally start to live it. This book is my attempt to share the encounters and epiphanies that brought me back to that truth.', 'Ive also included exercises at the end of each chapter. Reading about something is easy. Putting it into practice is another thing altogetherespecially when the first time we try it is in the heat of a highly charged emotional situation. These tools are designed to help condition our reactions, so that we can respond in a more conscious way when we are engaged with others. I will admit right here that I am not a good tool person. I usually try them once, or at least think about trying themokay, sometimes I just avoid them altogether because tools/exercises are usually work. These are not. They are supposed to be effortless and fun while creating a shift in perception. I want you to see what each chapters key concept feels like when its put into action. But please dont feel compelled to do them. Just use whatever you like.', 'The book explores the three areas in which we live in relationship. The first is our relationship with ourself. The chapters that focus on this topic are intended to help uncover who we are at our core and demonstrate ways we can integrate our inner being with the outer projection. Understanding our true identity is essential for any relationship, since without actually knowing our authentic self, we can never be genuinely intimate with another person. In these chapters, well also examine different ways of optimizing well-being so that we can bring our best self to all our relationships.', 'In the second section we look at relationships in a more traditional sense. Well cover everything from our most intimate connections with lovers to the way we treat the homeless, paying special attention...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hide in Light\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell\nDescription: ['', \"Coston follows up 2009's Ask the Animals with an engaging second memoir of his Virginia veterinary practice aimed directly at the hearts and minds of pet owners and animal lovers. Unlike the first volume, the book only occasionally touches on Coston's home life, instead concentrating on portraits of his various clients and their pets, alternating between detailed accounts of the medical issues involved and reflections on the emotional bond between people and animals. To balance the poignancy of owners confronting their pets' serious, sometimes untreatable illnesses and injuries, Coston humorously depicts unusual pets, like the dog that, according to his owner, prefers eating rocks to gnawing toys out of machismo, and eccentric owners, such as the bullmastiff owner who invents his own language and medical terminology. He also describes the awkward start of his medical career and introduces us to clinic staff members like his practical jokeprone receptionist, Rachel, and veterinary technician, Lisa. Lisa's sad but inspirational story provides the otherwise episodic book with its strongest throughline. Publishers Weekly\", \"The Gift of Pets shines a bright light on Dr. Coston's love for animals and our profession. He's a terrific storyteller too. I'm a fan of books written by veterinarians, and this is one of the best--honest, accurate and thoroughly enjoyable. Robert T. Sharp, D.V.M., author of No Dogs in Heaven? and contributing editor and monthly columnist for Country Living\", '', '', 'Bruce R. Coston, D.V.M., earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Minnesota. He currently resides in Virginia with his wife, their three cats (Webster, Phelps, and Kimi), and their dog (Starr). While not practicing in his hospital, he enjoys writing, golf, scuba diving, and any time spent on the lake.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Magic Charm Chase (Little Charmers: 8X8 Storybook)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hemingway's Cats: An Illustrated Biography\nDescription: [\"Carlene Fredericka Brennen, long a newspaper editor and publisher in southwest Florida, spent over 30 years researching Hemingway's life in Key West, Bimini, and Cuba. She co-wrote Hemingway in Cuba with Hilary Hemingway and worked on the award-winning documentary film by the same name. She coordinated the International Hemingway Festival on Sanibel Island and the First Annual Hemingway Flats Fishing Tournament on Captiva Island in 1997. He has also recently co-written two books with Randy Wayne White, a Gulf Coast cookbook and a book about tarpon fishing. She lives in Fort Myers, Florida, with her husband and a good many cats. Hilary Hemingway is the niece of Ernest Hemingway.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Collection of Poetry\nDescription: ['Timothy C. Dendy is a native of Phoenix and works for the U.S. Postal Service in finance. He is married with two daughters and is a third-generation Arizonan from a long line of men who worked to tame the West. In his spare time, he writes, plays softball, exercises, and travels the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. He enjoys his work with International Students at his alma mater, Thunderbird - the Garvin School of International Management, serves on the board of the Marketplace Foundation, and is active in his church.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Story of Fester Cat: How One Remarkable Cat Changed Two Men's Lives\nDescription: ['A story about love and home and friends, and the construction of an invented family . . . At once hopeful and nostalgic.Jo Baker, national bestselling author of Longbourn
A moving story that reminds us love comes in many formsCleo Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries', 'Paul Magrs is the author of many books,written for all ages and in many different genres, including the Adventures of Brenda and Effie and numerousDoctor Whonovels, radio plays, and short stories. However, this is his first foray into memoir. He taught novel writing in the MA program in Creative Writing at UEA, and then at Manchester Metropolitan. Paul lives in Manchester, England, with his partner, Jeremy, and is now a full-time writer.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Shark Puppies Adventures: Habersham's Playhouse, Book I\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Mystery of David's Bridge\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant\nDescription: ['If you have a passion, pursue it. And if you then share the results of that passion, its energy will transfer on the recipients of your work: Any true labor of love WILL find those who have eyes to see and hearts to feel that love. Tim Glazner followed the call of the Tiki to show and tell the story of one of America's most extraordinary Tiki temples, and the results will boggle the minds and widen the eyes of the readers, irrevocably casting the spell of America's mid-century god of recreation over them. -Sven Kirsten, author Book of Tiki, Tiki Modern, Tiki Pop
The Mai-Kai is the quintessential Tiki bar. It encompasses every element of classic Polynesian Pop from a dramatic public opening to family ownership to celebrity history to longstanding traditions. It now stands as the lone preserved testament to the golden era of the Tiki restaurant and bar. Whether it's mixing a perfect tropical drink while wearing a cabana outfit or overseeing the precise production of replica Mai-Kai mugs, Swanky is a stylish fixture of the Tiki scene. He stands as the expert archivist of Mai-Kai history. His knowledge of details of Mai-Kai artifacts, personnel, and architectural elements is unmatched - even by the owners of the Mai-Kai! -Otto Von Stroheim, Event producer
Swanky's book, "Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant," is an outstanding and detailed exploration. It's a heavy, hardcover treasure, 174 large, full-color pages, packed with incredible images you've never seen before. He worked closely with the restaurant, diving into their archives, and interviewed scores of people who were there from the very earliest days of the Mai-Kai, especially original general manager Bob Van Dorpe. -Critiki
Glazner's book is also a love letter to the Mai-Kai, a time capsule of Polynesian culture, which opened on Dec. 28, 1956, in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant hosts Polynesian shows, and its Molokai Bar boasts an exhaustive menu of rummy creations. - South Florida weekly.
What was it like inside the midcentury Tiki splendor of the famed Mai-Kai restaurant in Fort Lauderdale? A new book, Mai-Kai: History & Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant, paints a vivid picture through photos, memorabilia and stories from insiders.
The book is written by someone who knows the restaurant intimately: author Tim "Swanky" Glazner, the co-founder of annual Tiki extravaganza The Hukilau, has been hosting the event at the Mai-Kai since 2003. He spent more than a decade researching the book. -Liquor.com', 'I have been learning about the Mai-Kai and collecting its ephemera for over a decade. As co-creator of the Hukilau event, I had complete access to the people and their stories and the trust to tell them. This began as me simply being a huge fan. As it became a more serious project, it was my quest to tell the world about the amazing people in and around this remarkable place. This book represents many hours spent in back rooms and basements scanning images, countless hours tracking down old timers and interviewing them, and a ridiculous number of hours turning all these disparate stories into a book. I am excited to share what I have learned. As the Mai-Kai's biggest fan, I can tell you, no matter how much you love it, your wonder and admiration will be greatly increased after reading this book.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dangled Carat\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Kid Who Saved Superman\nDescription: ['Stone Arch Books sponsored a contest where students wrote an entry about someone they felt was a hero at their school. Hakeem Bennett won the contest by submitting a touching story about his visually impaired teacher, Mr. Brown. The two are now featured in the Stone Arch DC Chapter Book, The Kid Who Saved Superman, available for purchase on July 15th. Our contest winner and The Kid Who Saved Superman book have received much excitement and publicity! The New York Daily News article, which appeared recently, was just the beginning as the story was picked up by AP and UPI, sending it to media outlets everywhere: Good Day New York/My Fox5 live interview broadcast, New York Daily News article, MSNBC article, USA Today, Washington Post, Forbes, AOL News, Salon.com, New York Times, L.A. Times, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Miami Herald, Seattle Times.', 'Paul Kupperberg has written many books for kids, like Wishbone: The Sirian Conspiracy, Powerpuff Girls: Buttercups Terrible Temper Tantrums, and Hey, Sophie! Paul has also written over 600 comic book stories starring Superman, the Justice League, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Simpsons, Archie and Jughead, Scooby Doo, and many, many others Pauls own character creations include Arion: Lord of Atlantis, Checkmate, and Takion. He has also been an editor for DC Comics, Weekly World News, and World Wrestling Entertainment.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Plan Bea (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['"Plan Bea is an emotional roller coaster that had me crying, laughing, and feeling pain and sorrow. It is a very real story with very identifiable characters that we all have known. Hilary Grossman is a talented author who has written a story of family conflict, family love, and friendship in a perfect combination with many twists and turns and a joyful surprise ending. I do not believe there is a mother or daughter who would not enjoy reading Plan Bea." - Readers Favorite
"Although a light read, the subject matter was very sad at times and I found myself choking back tears, but in a good way! It was so authentically heartwrenching yet often very funny too. The characters were so well fleshed out and three dimensional - no one was perfect and no one was fatally flawed - like real life. I thought the twist was genius!"- Meredith Schorr Best Selling Author
"Plan Bea has so much depth to the story lines hat it's easy to get carried away into the book and into Annabel's life, and the OH MY GOD I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING twist at the end! Plan Bea is a must-read novel about the unique relationship between mothers and daughters, and I suggest you don't wait to snap this oneup!" - Chick Lit Plus
"Plan Bea" was an amazing book, one I will never forget. With all the twists and turns in this book, it wasn'tpredictable, but rather a quick page-turner." - Chick Lit Goddess
"This was a fantastic read that had me glued to my Kindle from beginning to the end." - Chrissy - Every Free Chance', 'By day, Hilary Grossman works in the booze biz. By night she hangs out with her "characters." She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She's been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on Long Island.
To find out more of what Hilary is up to check out her Facebook page facebook.com/HilaryGrossmanAuthor or find her on Twitter twitter.com/feelingbeachie']","rejected":"Title: Sponsored Life: The Ultimate Guide To Skateboarding Sponsorship\nDescription: ['Matt Dawson is a former sponsored athlete and now owns a company within the action sports industry. His company deals with amateur athletes, professional athletes, team managers, marketing managers, contest directors, videographers, photographers, and TV/video distribution companies. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the industry and discussions with the top pros and team managers, Matt has created a guide that will help you chart your course on the road to sponsorship.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cats on the Job: 50 Fabulous Felines Who Purr, Mouse, and Even Sing for Their Supper\nDescription: ['', '\"No matter what these whiskered workers do for a living, they definitely make every day at the office a little better.\" -Catster', '\"In the purr-fect book for feline fans feeling that dogs are hogging the limelight, Rogak shows us that cats do a lot more than scratch at posts and arch their backs.\" The New York Post', '\"Cats on the Job will make any cat lover purr\" The Recorder', 'Each chapter features at least one beautiful full-color image, and the stories of the cats are fascinating. ... I had a big smile on my face the entire time I read this book. This book is a celebration of cats and their unique personalities, and is sure to delight cat lovers of all ages. Conscious Cat on Cats on the Job', \"This book sells' itself. It gathers 50 stories of animals of one species mothering (or, in several cases, fathering) babies from an entirely foreign species. The instinct to nurture young is almost universal, and, as these stories demonstrate, that instinct can sometimes trump the instinct to stay within one's own kind. Illustrated with irresistible color photos, this one is a charmer. Booklist on One Big Happy Family\", 'Lisa Rogak in One Big Happy Family treats us to short but sweet stories of animals caring for animals of other species. Animal People on One Big Happy Family', \"Every page is an Awww!' moment, with surprising stories of interspecies adoption and friendships (the Dalmatian and her spotted sheep, the Labrador and her bunnies, a kitty and baby chicks - you get the idea) and accompanying photos Truly a book to make you happy, happy, happy. TheDenverChannel.com on One Big Happy Family\", \"This collection of tender stories and photos describes surprising interspecies relationships, many involving an adult predator suppressing its instinct to kill and taking on a parental role when exposed to an orphaned or abandoned baby animal that would ordinarily be its prey. Rogak's prose is buttressed by adorable pictures of the animals from different species snuggling or cuddling with each other. Impressively, the animals actively sought out the younger creatures in need. The stories exemplify the maxim that truth is stranger than fiction, and even if these incidents mark the exception rather than the rule, animal lovers of all ages will enjoy the book. Publishers Weekly on One Big Happy Family\", \"A celebration of the many ways service dogs help humans. . . . Will give dog enthusiasts plenty of reinforcement for the assertion that dogs are man's best friend. Kirkus Reviews on Dogs of Courage\", \"Lisa Rogak delivers another excellent book! . . . If you're looking for a book full of feel-good stories look no further. Rogak will warm your heart with her numerous tails' of canine heroism. The Examiner on Dogs of Courage\", 'An engrossing series of portraits of survival captured in a rich context of hope and heart that will leave you smiling and feeling richly nourished. Seattle Kennel Club on Dogs of Courage', 'This is the perfect stocking-stuffer for the dog lover on your list. Hudson Valley News on Dogs of Courage', \"The Dogs of War documents the real-life valor of canine warriors. Rogak is to be commended for the book's encyclopedic scope and rich historical detail. The Washington Post on The Dogs of War\", \"Canine heroism is eloquently celebrated in Lisa Rogak's The Dogs of War. Hudson Valley News on The Dogs of War\", \"Lisa Rogak's The Dogs of War sheds light on why the dog, more than any other animal, holds a special place in our history, and our hearts. The most comprehensive book I have ever read on the subject of military dogs, it exemplifies the indomitable spirit of the dog itself, ever selfless, loyal to a fault. Steve Duno, author of Last Dog on the Hill on The Dogs of War\", \"A book that will fascinate dog lovers and lovers of the military...It's inspiring and beautifully written. The Examiner on The Dogs of War\", '', 'LISA ROGAK is author of numerous books, most recently One Big Happy Family: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another. She lives in New Hampshire.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lust in Translation\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Red Claw: Book 1 of the Sea Purrtector Files (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at:www.jeannefoguth.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 101 Travel Bits: The Overseas Highway\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Star Bridge: Book 1 of the Chaterre Trilogy (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at: www.jeannefoguth.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The master grimoire of magickal rites & ceremonies\nDescription: ['Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. A good, clean & sound copy.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World\nDescription: ['', 'Book and cat lovers will adore this book and it will get everybody turned on to reading and the importance of libraries. Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation', '\"Finally, the charming backstory of the small-town cats who touched so many. This engaging, emotional, and funny read highlights the inclusive nature of the library community.\" Gina Sheridan, author of I Work at a Public Library', \"This valentine to two small-town library cats who accidentally became famous as book-world mascots and the librarian who loved them will be catnip to everyone who loves books and those perfect readers' companions, cats. Baker and Taylor's sensitively written saga also portrays the unstoppable growth of a woman's life, a library, a town, an industry, and an era, ours. Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Midnight Louie mysteries\", '\"I love, in no particular order, cats, books, and the literary life in general. I particularly love Scottish Fold cats. (I\\'ve had three, one of whom was a genius and achieved his own literary fame). So to find a book that covers all the bases - or all the paws, as the case may be - was a sheer delight. I only wish Norton was still around so I could read this to him. Or so he could read it to me.\" Peter Gethers, author of the bestselling Norton Trilogy (The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad, and The Cat Wholl Live Forever)', 'Not since George Bailey in Its a Wonderful Life has someone so lifted the spirits of an entire community. That the someone in this case is in fact two library cats makes this true tale of the love of literature combined with a fondness for nose licking all the more magical. This book, like a purring kitten who may also be a genie, should be welcomed into any home. Francesco Marciuliano, New York Times bestselling author of I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats', '\"These cats paved the way for the current wave of celebrity cats and ahead of the curve for super popular Scottish Fold breed. Had social media been invented at the height of their fame, they may have knocked Grumpy Cat off her primo perch.\" Cat Wisdom 101', '\"This heart-warming treasure of a book should appeal to readers of all ages.\" Library Journal', '', '', 'JAN LOUCH worked as Assistant County Librarian/Reference for the Minden branch of the Douglas County Library in Nevada for eighteen years before her retirement in 1997. Her previous jobs have included restaurant chef, nurses aide, chamber of commerce manager, and 4-H Club coordinator. She grew up in the Bay Area during the Depression and has lived in Great Britain, Ohio, and New York State. She has lived in the Carson Valley of Nevada since 1969.', 'Lisa Rogak is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Cats on the Job. She lives in New Hampshire.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Autopsy of America-the Journal Entries of Seph Lawless\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Weeds\nDescription: ['\"Aging, betrayal, inner reflection, a dismal view from a street cornersomething in this collection will speak to nearly everyone. As they make their way through the emotional journey, some readers will connect to the poems that travel through darkness to find the sparks of light that remind us to keep going.
Morris offers warm respite from the storm, like a friend with whom to compare visions of dark clouds.\"*
A worthy read, especially for the disillusioned.\"', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Great Book of Pub Trivia: Hilarious Pub Quiz & Bar Trivia Questions (Trivia Quiz Books) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Call of the Cats: What I Learned about Life and Love from a Feral Colony\nDescription: ['With humor and wit, Call of the Cats illustrates the perils and rewards of rescuing animals that live at the margins of human society. If you have ever cared for an animal, this book will resonate with you. Marty Becker, DVM, Americas Veterinarian and author of Your Cat: The Owners Manual
Andrew Bloomfields heartfelt memoir is not just about his unconditional love for the feral-cat colony that he came to know and adopt. Its also a much larger portrait of how we can live with, and gently support, animals, who are all at our mercy. Patrick McDonnell, creator of MUTTS and illustrator of Guardians of Being
Great writing is great storytelling, and Andrew Bloomfield is a great storyteller. This book is, in a word, stunning!...Buy it for every cat lover you know, as well as every not yet cat lover. If this book doesnt win them over, I dont know what will. Amelia Kinkade, author of Straight from the Horses Mouth
Call of the Cats is like Born Free in an urban backyard, full of remarkable detail about the wild life around us and the extraordinary emotional attachments that can exist between human beings and the untamed animals that occasionally share our lives. Bruce Joel Rubin, Academy Awardwinning screenwriter of Ghost
While claiming not to be a cat person, Bloomfield nevertheless is a deeply compassionate man in his interventions on behalf of the feral felines....This isnt a superficial work, and the author provides many pages of references, as well as resource websites for organizations that deal with feral animals. All in all, a very engaging and highly recommended book. Library Journal', \"Andrew lived the better part of two years in Nepal where he followed a 17th century pilgrim's guidebook to research spiritual sites around the lower Himalayas. He has worked as assistant manager and book buyer for East West Books in Manhattan, and for Snow Lion Publications in Ithaca, NY. He wrote Learning Practical Tibetan(with MP3s) for Snow Lion. In Seattle, he opened his own bookstore, Infinity Books, in Pioneer Square, where he hosted many public events, including appearances by renowned Tibetan lamas, Hindu saints, and Zen masters. He moved to Los Angeles and wrote How to Practice Vedic Astrology (with CD-ROM) for HarperCollins, subsequently published by Inner Traditions.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The First Love: About Joy in the Priesthood.\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: German', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Plan Cee (Secrets, Lies, and Second Chances) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['"With each swipe of the page, there were great twists, which, thankfully, turned out for the best. This is a must-read book would be perfect for a day at the beach!"-Chick Lit Goddess
"Abeautiful story that captures both the destruction that can be causedfromlies and secrets, but also the strength of love and friendship."-A Novel Thought
"I just love Hilary Grossman's books. She's a great writer, and her stories are addictive.You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll have a love-hate relationship with SO many of the characters!" -For The Love Of Chick Lit', 'By day, Hilary Grossman works in the booze biz. By night she hangs out with her \"characters.\" She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She\\'s been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on Long Island. To find out more of what Hilary is up to check out her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HilaryGrossmanAuthor or find her on Twitter https://twitter.com/feelingbeachie']","rejected":"Title: The Lead Her Challenge: 365 Devotionals To Encourage And Inspire Women In Their Calling From God.\nDescription: ['The LeadHer Team is made up of women from coast to coast who God has drawn together from all walks of life and united them in their passion for pouring the love of God and the knowledge of his plans for each of them into the women of today.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black Cat and the Accidental Angel\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Utah Story\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep\nDescription: ['\"To say that cats are high maintenance is anunderstatement. We all know that they run our lives. Rosa perfectly capturesthis reality in this hilarious little book.\" --True Book Addict
\"Most cat owners know how difficult it can beto sleep with a cat around (...) If you can\\'t sleep, you might as well laugh andthis book will make you laugh.\" --15 and Meowing', 'Rosa Silva is the author of \"I\\'m Not Sorry: Poems by Cats\" and \"Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep\". When she\\'s not working on her next book, you can find her reading, travelling, or writing the next post for her blog Cat Lady Confidential. She shares her home with (surprisingly) just one cat.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Journey Home\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Makin' Biscuits: Weird Cat Habits and the Even Weirder Habits of the Humans Who Love Them\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Engage: Why ALL Christians Must Get Off Their Duff To Wage Political War For Religious Liberty\nDescription: ['Dr. Troy Clark\\'s writings have crisscrossed North America, and stretched around the globe, on a variety of successful business, personal growth, theological, and recovery topics. Those who hear him speak say that Dr.Clark is a motivator who will pick you up and take you farther than you ever dreamed. He\\'s a balanced man of faith, vision, and integrity, with a passion to see others succeed. Dr.Clark possess a rare talent, while building his successful career, he builds \"successful people\", who become winners in life themselves. Proceeds from his book sales go to financially assist homeless shelters, crisis pregnancy centers, and treatment programs for victims of abuse, as well as faith-based organizations and charities. Utilized in Fortune 500 corporations, college level curriculum, national newspaper and magazine articles, churches, start-up businesses, TV and Radio program content, consumed by sales professionals, as well as circulated among military officers and troops overseas, Dr. Clark\\'s success life-principles outstretch with joyous leap and rush into the fabric of US and international society. INVITE Dr. Troy to inspire your event, church, or organization at Troy Clark.net!', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work\nDescription: ['“If you, like me, are a fan of a certain kind of self-improvement book—the kind, like The Happiness Project or 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think or Getting Things Done, that offers up strategies for making certain areas of life work better without requiring that you embrace a new belief system—then I have a new book for you . . . The Sweet Spot.”—KJ Dell’Antonia, The New York Times (Motherlode blog)   “With all the agonizing about ‘having it all,’ UC Berkeley sociologist Christine Carter, PhD, blows us a breath of fresh air with her five-step, common-sense primer The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work. Based on personal experiments with living life in what she calls the ‘pressure cooker,’ Dr. Carter offers advice in easily digestible nuggets.”—Working Mother
“Carter gives actionable ways to balance your life, your health, and your career. This book is packed with smart advice and hard-earned wisdom.”—Inc.
“Learn more about escaping the ‘busyness trap’ and uncovering a happier, less stressed you.”—Shape   “A highly readable, diligently researched advice book that offers concrete tips on how to get off the treadmill of busyness.”—Greater Good
“Carter’s transformation from overwhelmed working mom to productive and relaxed human being will inspire you. [The Sweet Spot] is chock-full of concrete tips on how to sharpen your focus, improve your efficiency, and use technology to your advantage.”—The Week
“Carter translates her knowledge of the psychology and neuroscience of happiness into practical advice for navigating the demands of modern life.”—Publishers Weekly
“Illuminates the simple and sustainable path toward a precious and happy balance.”—Deepak Chopra   “A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.”—Brigid Schulte, author of Overwhelmed   “This book did something I thought was impossible: It seemed to give me more time.”—Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Way in a Wild New World   “A page-turning thriller full of proven ways to have the life you want.”—Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Hardwiring Happiness   “Timely, lively, and vital, The Sweet Spot is an immediately useful must-read.”—Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage   “The Sweet Spot inspired me to make immediate changes that have increased my productivity and lowered my stress.”—Dan Mulhern, president, Granholm Mulhern Associates   “Refreshing, timely, and inspiring, The Sweet Spot will help you focus on what really matters most.”—Renée Peterson Trudeau, author of The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal   “The Sweet Spot is worth finding, and Christine Carter teaches us how.”—Lucy Danziger, co-author of The Nine Rooms of Happiness   “A must-read for every overworked executive, overwrought parent, or overscheduled human being.”—Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan, 2003–11   “Compelling and practical . . . You will learn exactly how to create a much sweeter life!”—Christiane Northrup, M.D.', 'Christine Carter, Ph.D., is a sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, an interdisciplinary research center that “translates” the study of happiness, resilience, and emotional intelligence for the public. The author of the bestselling Raising Happiness, Dr. Carter blogs regularly for Greater Good, The Huffington Post, and Psychology Today. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Rachael Ray, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Today, and NPR, and has helped thousands of people lead happier and more productive lives through her lectures and online classes. Her e-newsletters have more than fifty thousand subscribers. She lives with her husband, children, and stepchildren in Berkeley, California.']","rejected":"Title: Fancy Nancy's Perfectly Pink Playtime Purse\nDescription: ['', 'Make Fancy Nancy's fancy world come to life with 80 fabulous sticker activities!', '', 'Jane O’Connor is an editor at a major publishing house who has written more than seventy books for children, including the New York Times bestselling Fancy Nancy series. She resides (that’s fancy for lives) with her family in New York City.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black Cats Tell All: True Tales And Inspiring Images\nDescription: ['', '\"The heartfelt, beautiful tales in this collection speak eloquently to the great good fortune of those of us lucky enough to be owned by a house panther. Read and rejoice!\"', '~Gwen Cooper, NY Times best-selling author of Homers Odyssey', 'Black cats have long suffered due to superstitions and been overlooked in shelters, so Im very excited that this book showcases what wonderful, loving companions black kitties can be.', '~Laura J. Moss, founder of AdventureCats.org and author of Adventure Cats: Living Nine Lives To The Fullest.', '\"...you will find page after page of the most adorable, affable, intelligent, inquisitive, bright-eyed cats ever to light up your life and somehow claim both your sofa and home office chair at the same time.\"', '~Francesco Marciuliano, New York Times bestselling author of I Could Pee On This And Other Poems By Cats', '\"Layla Morgan Wilde had produced a long overdue volume of remarkable stories to ally centuries of prejudice towards black cats.The message is profoundly simple. Every cat deserves adoration and adoption regardless of outworn superstitions!\"', \"~ Oskar The Blind Cat, children's book author, special needs advocate and celebrity cat.\", 'Theres something about a black cat that sets my soul on fireebony magic dipped in starlight! That they are often passed by in shelters is a great loss to families looking to bring home a loving feline companion. Thank you, Layla, for sharing their stories and images so that others can see their beauty.', '~Christine Davis, award-winning author and illustrator of For Every Cat An Angel, Forever Paws and other inspirational titles from Light-Hearted Press', \"Congratulations to Layla for helping redress centuries of discrimination, not to mention Pope Gregory IX's infamous Papal Bull. Thanks for all you do in the world on behalf of other sentient beings!\", \"~ David Michie, author of The Dalai Lama's Cat series and The Queen's Corgi.\", '\"Black Cats Tell Allis a feast for the eyes. Whoever said that black cats do not photograph well needs to receive a copy of this book with its full-colorEXQUISITEphotos!', '~ Caren Gittleman, blogger at Cat Chat With Caren And Cody', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Stressed The Fuck Out: An Adult Coloring Book, The Antidote For Your Stress\nDescription: ['', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Married To Laughter\\nDescription: [\\\"Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara began performing together in coffehouses in Greenwich Village in the 1960's, and then as frequent guests on The Ed Sullivan Show. They based their standup characters on exaggerated vrsions of themselves, especially in the irrepressible commercials for Blue Nun wine. Offstage they raised two children, Amy and Ben.
After years of memorable work on stage and in radio, television, and films, Jerry Stiller found himself wondering what had happened to his once-flourishing career. Then a call came from Seinfeld, a television show he'd never watched. On Seinfeld he created the unforgettable character of Frank Costanza, which won him an Emmy nomination and an American Comedy Award. Meanwhile, Anne Meara became an acclaimed Off-Broadway playwright.
MARRIED TO LAUGHTER is a love story about two showbiz-minded people who fell in love, discovered that they fell in love, discovered that they were their own greatest roles, enjoyed thriving careers that diverged and converged many times, and who take complete satisfaction form their individual accomplishments while maintaining a dedicated marriage. With a wealth of anecdotes about other famous actors and comedians, this is a funny and tender narrative, told as only Jerry Stiller could.\\\", 'Jerry Stiller was born in New York City in 1927 and began his award-winning career as part of the famed improvisational group The Compass. He and his wife, Anne Meara, played every major nightclub in the country and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show more than thirty-five times. His many stage credits include the Broadway productions of Hurlyburly and The Ritz; he has appeared in many films, notable among them is Hairspray, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and Seize the Day. He currently appears on the hit television series, The King of Queens.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sealed with a Kiss (Eamon Wearie Mystery)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey Into the Feline Heart\\nDescription: ['Non-cat people frequently describe cats as selfish, unfriendly, and frustratingly independent, while a true cat lover can see these same traits and wax poetic. The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats is truly an ode to the wonderful and mysterious behavior of our furry friends--even when the behavior at hand is narcissism or jealousy. Author Jeffery Moussaieff Masson (Dogs Never Lie About Love) explores the lives of his five cats as they relate to his family, each other, and the world around them, filled as it is with such interesting creatures as butterflies, automobiles, and visiting humans.', 'Each chapter is devoted to a study of a particular emotion, ranging from love to playfulness to anger. While there are interesting tidbits of animal science, such as \\\"cats look away or blink when feeling friendly,\\\" the majority of the book revolves around the author\\\\'s observations of his own pets. When he suggests answers for mysterious behavior like the grooming that instantly turns into a bloodthirsty brawl, he is never absolute, but merely offers one among many possible explanations. Kind and thoughtful, Masson\\\\'s entertaining tales and wise musings will be appreciated by any cat fancier. --Jill Lightner', 'Prevailing wisdom holds that cats are aloof, smug, quintessentially distant-especially when compared to dogs-but Masson, in his latest exploration of feelings in the animal world, argues otherwise: \\\"cats,\\\" he says, \\\"are almost pure emotion.\\\" He establishes nine basics (narcissism, love, contentment, attachment, jealousy, fear, anger, curiosity and playfulness) and, in nine casual and sometimes digressive chapters, suggests when and why cats feel each of them and how we humans might better understand our pets as a result. In the tradition of his bestselling Dogs Never Lie About Love, Masson\\\\'s exploration is a warm fuzzy to the feline world: in observing the antics of his five cats (Miki, Moko, Yossie, Megalamandira and Minnalouche), Masson\\\\'s tone never fails to convey his wonder for \\\"these perfect beings who briefly and softly grace my life.\\\" He draws desultorily on history, scientific research and correspondence with cat experts and owners, but most of his book is dedicated to a highly subjective study of his beloved five, who live with him in a New Zealand paradise. Though Masson strains to establish evidence for cats\\\\' sophisticated emotional landscape (and in doing so exposes himself to accusations of anthropomorphism), cats are still mysterious creatures, and even a former psychoanalyst such as he must occasionally admit (though with a certain kind of glee) that he cannot entirely figure them out. One thing\\\\'s for sure: because cats, unlike humans and dogs, have never been pack animals, much of what comes naturally to us-guilt, apology, even rage-is absent in cats. In the end, this appealing book seems as much a portrait of Masson as it is of his enchanting cats. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Laughing Your Way to Passing the Pediatric Boards 6th Edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Cat and the Curmudgeon\\nDescription: [\\\"Polar Bear the Christmas cat is back, continuing to thwart Amory, his keeper. Featured in the bestselling The Cat Who Came for Christmas , Polar Bear became a celebrity, but refused to act like one. Amory tries to improve the cat's socialization with cat videos (Mews and Feather Report), but Polar Bear is more interested in his fan mail with its gifts of catnip. Amory tries to train himself to train the cat, without result. Visiting Black Beauty Ranch in Texas--the refuge operated by the Fund for Animals--the author recalls the Fund's rescue of the Grand Canyon burros, wild goats of San Clemente Island and wild horses from the Nevada desert. Polar Bear, somehow, behaves when meeting the refugees, including Nim, the chimpanzee trained in sign language. On a later visit to Martha's Vineyard, Amory finds an orphaned white kitten, Polar Star. Pet owners and animal lovers will enjoy these lighthearted tales. BOMC selection. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", \\\"YA-- In the 12 years since Amory rescued Polar Bear in The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Little, 1987), he has been thoroughly trained by his feline owner. Amory pokes great fun at himself while heaping praise upon his beloved cat. Although most of the anecdotes are humorous, light reading, the section on cruelty to animals by individuals and institutions is serious. Students would find this chapter, which includes Amory's stance on medical research, useful for debates or reports, while the further adventures of this entertaining duo will please animal lovers. - Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Spirit, Mind and Money: A New Conversation About Service and Success for Holistic Business Owners\\nDescription: ['Dawn DelVecchio is a professional writer, marketing consultant and entrepreneurial business coach. Shes also been a luxury travel writer, a magazine editor, professional kick boxer, kick boxing coach, herbalist, ceremonialist and astrologer. Until recently, these diverse career paths shared one common denominator they kept her close to broke. After having a child as a young single mother, Dawn spent most of her adult life developing herself through spiritual study and practice while simultaneously living in chronic in financial struggle. She attributes the transformational change in her financial life to a change in her mindset around money. Dawn understands firsthand the painful disconnect that happens when heart-centered helpers dont address their relationship to money, and shes on a mission of sorts, to open up a conversation on this sometimes taboo subject. Her goal is to support people who are called to have a greater impact with their work, so they dont get stymied by subconscious blocks, faulty vows of poverty and what she calls Unexamined Money Mantras. Spirit, Mind & Money shares Dawns story and the stories of others who have wrangled with these issues. More than that, it opens up this conversation and reveals a way out for those who feel called on a deep level to turn their soul work into a business that serves others and feeds them abundantly.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul\\nDescription: ['Living simply is only an ideal until someone like Bruno gets particular. The way he got particular should make everyone think--hard, which is a very good thing. (Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame)
In a loving, wise, sometimes hilarious manner, Dave Bruno holds a mirror up to us and says to take a closer look at how were living. Reading this will lead you to a better life. (Dean Nelson, Author of God Hides in Plain Sight and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University)
[Brunos] musings about his slow and steady purge have developed a cult following online, inspiring others [toward] clutter-free living. (Time magazine)', '', \\\"An ordinary man's inspiring journey toward a simpler, more meaningful life.\\\", 'In 2008, average American family man Dave Bruno decided to unhook himself from the intravenous drip of consumerism that fueled his life by winnowing all his personal possessions down to just 100 things. Little did he realize that he would be igniting a grassroots movementsoon after Dave embarked on his journey, media around the world took notice and others started to follow his lead.', 'A cause for pause, The 100 Thing Challenge is a response to the culture of materialism in America, one that has filled our lives with the constant and unsatisfactory desire for \\\"more.\\\" Dave Bruno offers compelling anecdotes and practical advice to help readers live more meaningfully, simply by casting off the unnecessary \\\"stuff\\\" that clutters their lives. The 100 Thing Challenge is a golden opportunity to experience the positive changes that occur as you defiantly hop off the treadmill of consumerism.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Verbal Idioms of the Quran (Michigan Series on the Middle East) (English and Arabic Edition)\\nDescription: ['Text: English, Arabic', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: US: Transforming Ourselves and the Relationships that Matter Most\\nDescription: ['LISA Oz is a housewife living in New Jersey. She also moonlights as a writer, producer and entrepreneur. With her husband, Dr. Mehmet Oz, she has raised four children, coauthored five New York Times best-selling books, including YOU: The Owners Manual series, and cohosted a daily radio show on Sirius/XM, yet is somehow unable to organize her closet or stick to a diet.', '', 'This is not actually a book about relationships. You wont find any tips on dating or rules for attracting the opposite sex here. This is instead a book about being in relationship . Whats the difference? Well, the former is a thing and the latter is a state, and a state is part of what defines us at any given moment rather than something outside ourselves that we have or dont have. We all exist in relationship; we cant not. Its like magnetic force. Every object, by its very nature, exerts a pull on every other object. And whether we are aware of it or not, we are in relationship with all other things in this universe (and possibly other universes as well, but thats another book).', 'So, why is this relevant and who am I to expound on the significance of our place in the cosmos? Well, in answer to the first part of the question, understanding the nature of our interactions is important because the quality of our existence is determined by the quality of our relationships. What we believe, who we are, and who we can become are all manifest through our dealings with others. It is here that thoughts and emotions become actualized and our true self revealed. Our behavior is the only real measure of our character, and 90 percent of the time our behavior involves someone else.', 'And who am I? Trick question, right? Most of you probably know me as the wife of the great and powerful (Dr.) Oz. But the wife of a wizard is not necessarily a witchor a doctor. I am not one of those educated professionals who are qualified to tell you how you should be living your life. Rather, like you, I am a seeker. Sticking with the Oz paradigm for a moment, I am like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Lion all wrapped into one, striving for compassion and wisdom while I struggle to remain brave. You get to be Dorothy, joining me for a skip down a winding road. I will warn you up front: there will be flying monkeys, but I will try to keep the soporific flowers to a minimum.', 'At the end of this book we will have gotten to where we are going, which will be where we have always been. The difference is that we will know ourselves a little better. We will have caught a glimpse of who we are by becoming more aware of how we are in each of our relationships.', 'And I hope we will be friends. The title US in one sense refers to you, the reader, and me, the writer. We too exist in relationship. My intention is that you will see aspects of your own life reflected in my personal stories. My ramblings and musings are supposed to entertain but also lead to a place of connection. I have a hunch we are not that dissimilar, you and I.', 'So, now that we are going to be friends, I need to make a confession. This is an amazingly difficult book for me to write. See, theres this little secret among self-help writers that I feel compelled to reveal. Most of us are giving advice about the things we need to learn in our own lives. The wounded healer is one of those infuriating and delightful ironies of the universe. And while I never thought of myself as a self-help writer, you know where you found this bookright next to Be Your Own Shrink and Why You Think Your Mother Doesnt Love You so you know what that makes it, and me.', 'In the interest of full disclosure, let me state for the record that I am not the perfect wife, mother, child, or friend. Bearing that in mind, it is precisely because of the mistakes Ive made and the lessons Im learning that I feel I can share my insights. My wish is that they may prove helpful for you in your own journey.', 'This book is an attempt to offer the things Ive come across that work for me (or at least that Im working on). Please keep in mind that life is a process. I wouldnt for a minute pretend that I have it all figured out. I struggle in my relationships every day. So if you see me in the supermarket yelling at one of my kids, please give me a nudge and remind me to reread chapter 7. The important thing for me is to be aware and keep moving. The progress may be painfully slow at times. As Franciscan Father Richard Rohr says, Its always three steps forward, two steps back. In reality, its sometimes four steps back.', 'The ideas discussed in the following chapters are a compilation of what I have learned about being in relationship over the years as a daughter, wife, mother, actress, producer, and writer. In each area, I noticed that the lessons were frequently the same and that they would reveal themselves as long as I was willing to do three thingsshow up, do the work, and be honest with myself and others. Its a seemingly simple listbut not always easy to put into practice.', 'I have avoided, procrastinated, and fabricated enough for ten people, but I have also, on occasion, made a concerted attempt to commit myself to genuine presence. (Admittedly, even now this has not become a continuous state. Sadly, I am often looking at my BlackBerry instead of into my husbands eyes during a conversation.) But while I would hardly claim enlightenment, or even conversion, I believe I have grown. The concepts presented here are what I learned when I was really doing what I was doing.', 'Much of what Ive ascertained is the direct result of the choices I made, but Im not suggesting that you run out and make those same choices for yourself. You can discover similar lessons and more exactly where you are right now. The fundamental ideas are everywhere, in every part of lifesometimes glaring at us like big neon signs, other times hidden beneath a surface of seeming insignificance. The truth of the matter is that we are learning about and living in relationship whether were driving a cab or serving on the Supreme Court. The purpose of this book is to provide a mirror for your experiences through mine and to share insights that can be applied to your own personal journey of relationship.', 'One thing about life is that it often takes a long time to really get even the simplest truths. We can be sent the same message over and over and fail to see it. The problem is that we play out identical patterns with different peoplerepeat our mistakes because we live by roteand then wonder what went wrong. To break this cycle, we often need input from a teacher, mentor, or friend who can shed light on our situation and show us what we need to do, where we can go deeper, and how we can change.', 'For me, those teachers took many forms. Some, like Father Richard Rohr and Reverend George Dole, came as real people; others were revealed through great books such as the Zohar and the Bhagavad Gita. After my parents, the most influential by far was and is Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth-century scientist and theologian who saw the Bible as a divinely inspired metaphor, illustrating our spiritual journey. He described the path of regeneration, or rebirth, as consisting of a life of charitywhich is essentially loving relationships. His writings on the nature of God, humanity, and marriage not only shaped my views on life but fundamentally shaped who I am. For this reason you will find his doctrine, widely and wildly interpreted, as the foundation for just about every chapter of this book.', 'Just to be really clear: none of the truly big ideas here originated with me. I merely applied the wisdom of my teachers to my own experience. In doing so, I came to the conclusion that all the important things in life are actually about existing in relationship. Of course there are other things, like brushing your teeth and fly-fishing, but my feeling is that ultimately these come back to relationship too.', 'So what, exactly, is the big secret about living in relationship? Simply what the great spiritual traditions have been teaching for millennia. Boiled down, its essentially love God, love yourself, love everybody else. Why am I saying it again? Because I dont think we can ever hear it enough. I think we need to hear it, read it, feel it, teach it, taste it, speak it, smell it, breathe it, until one day . . . we finally start to live it. This book is my attempt to share the encounters and epiphanies that brought me back to that truth.', 'Ive also included exercises at the end of each chapter. Reading about something is easy. Putting it into practice is another thing altogetherespecially when the first time we try it is in the heat of a highly charged emotional situation. These tools are designed to help condition our reactions, so that we can respond in a more conscious way when we are engaged with others. I will admit right here that I am not a good tool person. I usually try them once, or at least think about trying themokay, sometimes I just avoid them altogether because tools/exercises are usually work. These are not. They are supposed to be effortless and fun while creating a shift in perception. I want you to see what each chapters key concept feels like when its put into action. But please dont feel compelled to do them. Just use whatever you like.', 'The book explores the three areas in which we live in relationship. The first is our relationship with ourself. The chapters that focus on this topic are intended to help uncover who we are at our core and demonstrate ways we can integrate our inner being with the outer projection. Understanding our true identity is essential for any relationship, since without actually knowing our authentic self, we can never be genuinely intimate with another person. In these chapters, well also examine different ways of optimizing well-being so that we can bring our best self to all our relationships.', 'In the second section we look at relationships in a more traditional sense. Well cover everything from our most intimate connections with lovers to the way we treat the homeless, paying special attention...', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hide in Light\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Coston follows up 2009's Ask the Animals with an engaging second memoir of his Virginia veterinary practice aimed directly at the hearts and minds of pet owners and animal lovers. Unlike the first volume, the book only occasionally touches on Coston's home life, instead concentrating on portraits of his various clients and their pets, alternating between detailed accounts of the medical issues involved and reflections on the emotional bond between people and animals. To balance the poignancy of owners confronting their pets' serious, sometimes untreatable illnesses and injuries, Coston humorously depicts unusual pets, like the dog that, according to his owner, prefers eating rocks to gnawing toys out of machismo, and eccentric owners, such as the bullmastiff owner who invents his own language and medical terminology. He also describes the awkward start of his medical career and introduces us to clinic staff members like his practical jokeprone receptionist, Rachel, and veterinary technician, Lisa. Lisa's sad but inspirational story provides the otherwise episodic book with its strongest throughline. Publishers Weekly\\\", \\\"The Gift of Pets shines a bright light on Dr. Coston's love for animals and our profession. He's a terrific storyteller too. I'm a fan of books written by veterinarians, and this is one of the best--honest, accurate and thoroughly enjoyable. Robert T. Sharp, D.V.M., author of No Dogs in Heaven? and contributing editor and monthly columnist for Country Living\\\", '', '', 'Bruce R. Coston, D.V.M., earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Minnesota. He currently resides in Virginia with his wife, their three cats (Webster, Phelps, and Kimi), and their dog (Starr). While not practicing in his hospital, he enjoys writing, golf, scuba diving, and any time spent on the lake.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Magic Charm Chase (Little Charmers: 8X8 Storybook)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hemingway's Cats: An Illustrated Biography\\nDescription: [\\\"Carlene Fredericka Brennen, long a newspaper editor and publisher in southwest Florida, spent over 30 years researching Hemingway's life in Key West, Bimini, and Cuba. She co-wrote Hemingway in Cuba with Hilary Hemingway and worked on the award-winning documentary film by the same name. She coordinated the International Hemingway Festival on Sanibel Island and the First Annual Hemingway Flats Fishing Tournament on Captiva Island in 1997. He has also recently co-written two books with Randy Wayne White, a Gulf Coast cookbook and a book about tarpon fishing. She lives in Fort Myers, Florida, with her husband and a good many cats. Hilary Hemingway is the niece of Ernest Hemingway.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Collection of Poetry\\nDescription: ['Timothy C. Dendy is a native of Phoenix and works for the U.S. Postal Service in finance. He is married with two daughters and is a third-generation Arizonan from a long line of men who worked to tame the West. In his spare time, he writes, plays softball, exercises, and travels the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. He enjoys his work with International Students at his alma mater, Thunderbird - the Garvin School of International Management, serves on the board of the Marketplace Foundation, and is active in his church.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Story of Fester Cat: How One Remarkable Cat Changed Two Men's Lives\\nDescription: ['A story about love and home and friends, and the construction of an invented family . . . At once hopeful and nostalgic.Jo Baker, national bestselling author of Longbourn
A moving story that reminds us love comes in many formsCleo Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries', 'Paul Magrs is the author of many books,written for all ages and in many different genres, including the Adventures of Brenda and Effie and numerousDoctor Whonovels, radio plays, and short stories. However, this is his first foray into memoir. He taught novel writing in the MA program in Creative Writing at UEA, and then at Manchester Metropolitan. Paul lives in Manchester, England, with his partner, Jeremy, and is now a full-time writer.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Shark Puppies Adventures: Habersham's Playhouse, Book I\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Mystery of David's Bridge\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant\\nDescription: ['If you have a passion, pursue it. And if you then share the results of that passion, its energy will transfer on the recipients of your work: Any true labor of love WILL find those who have eyes to see and hearts to feel that love. Tim Glazner followed the call of the Tiki to show and tell the story of one of America's most extraordinary Tiki temples, and the results will boggle the minds and widen the eyes of the readers, irrevocably casting the spell of America's mid-century god of recreation over them. -Sven Kirsten, author Book of Tiki, Tiki Modern, Tiki Pop
The Mai-Kai is the quintessential Tiki bar. It encompasses every element of classic Polynesian Pop from a dramatic public opening to family ownership to celebrity history to longstanding traditions. It now stands as the lone preserved testament to the golden era of the Tiki restaurant and bar. Whether it's mixing a perfect tropical drink while wearing a cabana outfit or overseeing the precise production of replica Mai-Kai mugs, Swanky is a stylish fixture of the Tiki scene. He stands as the expert archivist of Mai-Kai history. His knowledge of details of Mai-Kai artifacts, personnel, and architectural elements is unmatched - even by the owners of the Mai-Kai! -Otto Von Stroheim, Event producer
Swanky's book, "Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant," is an outstanding and detailed exploration. It's a heavy, hardcover treasure, 174 large, full-color pages, packed with incredible images you've never seen before. He worked closely with the restaurant, diving into their archives, and interviewed scores of people who were there from the very earliest days of the Mai-Kai, especially original general manager Bob Van Dorpe. -Critiki
Glazner's book is also a love letter to the Mai-Kai, a time capsule of Polynesian culture, which opened on Dec. 28, 1956, in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant hosts Polynesian shows, and its Molokai Bar boasts an exhaustive menu of rummy creations. - South Florida weekly.
What was it like inside the midcentury Tiki splendor of the famed Mai-Kai restaurant in Fort Lauderdale? A new book, Mai-Kai: History & Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant, paints a vivid picture through photos, memorabilia and stories from insiders.
The book is written by someone who knows the restaurant intimately: author Tim "Swanky" Glazner, the co-founder of annual Tiki extravaganza The Hukilau, has been hosting the event at the Mai-Kai since 2003. He spent more than a decade researching the book. -Liquor.com', 'I have been learning about the Mai-Kai and collecting its ephemera for over a decade. As co-creator of the Hukilau event, I had complete access to the people and their stories and the trust to tell them. This began as me simply being a huge fan. As it became a more serious project, it was my quest to tell the world about the amazing people in and around this remarkable place. This book represents many hours spent in back rooms and basements scanning images, countless hours tracking down old timers and interviewing them, and a ridiculous number of hours turning all these disparate stories into a book. I am excited to share what I have learned. As the Mai-Kai's biggest fan, I can tell you, no matter how much you love it, your wonder and admiration will be greatly increased after reading this book.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dangled Carat\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Kid Who Saved Superman\\nDescription: ['Stone Arch Books sponsored a contest where students wrote an entry about someone they felt was a hero at their school. Hakeem Bennett won the contest by submitting a touching story about his visually impaired teacher, Mr. Brown. The two are now featured in the Stone Arch DC Chapter Book, The Kid Who Saved Superman, available for purchase on July 15th. Our contest winner and The Kid Who Saved Superman book have received much excitement and publicity! The New York Daily News article, which appeared recently, was just the beginning as the story was picked up by AP and UPI, sending it to media outlets everywhere: Good Day New York/My Fox5 live interview broadcast, New York Daily News article, MSNBC article, USA Today, Washington Post, Forbes, AOL News, Salon.com, New York Times, L.A. Times, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Miami Herald, Seattle Times.', 'Paul Kupperberg has written many books for kids, like Wishbone: The Sirian Conspiracy, Powerpuff Girls: Buttercups Terrible Temper Tantrums, and Hey, Sophie! Paul has also written over 600 comic book stories starring Superman, the Justice League, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Simpsons, Archie and Jughead, Scooby Doo, and many, many others Pauls own character creations include Arion: Lord of Atlantis, Checkmate, and Takion. He has also been an editor for DC Comics, Weekly World News, and World Wrestling Entertainment.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Plan Bea (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['"Plan Bea is an emotional roller coaster that had me crying, laughing, and feeling pain and sorrow. It is a very real story with very identifiable characters that we all have known. Hilary Grossman is a talented author who has written a story of family conflict, family love, and friendship in a perfect combination with many twists and turns and a joyful surprise ending. I do not believe there is a mother or daughter who would not enjoy reading Plan Bea." - Readers Favorite
"Although a light read, the subject matter was very sad at times and I found myself choking back tears, but in a good way! It was so authentically heartwrenching yet often very funny too. The characters were so well fleshed out and three dimensional - no one was perfect and no one was fatally flawed - like real life. I thought the twist was genius!"- Meredith Schorr Best Selling Author
"Plan Bea has so much depth to the story lines hat it's easy to get carried away into the book and into Annabel's life, and the OH MY GOD I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING twist at the end! Plan Bea is a must-read novel about the unique relationship between mothers and daughters, and I suggest you don't wait to snap this oneup!" - Chick Lit Plus
"Plan Bea" was an amazing book, one I will never forget. With all the twists and turns in this book, it wasn'tpredictable, but rather a quick page-turner." - Chick Lit Goddess
"This was a fantastic read that had me glued to my Kindle from beginning to the end." - Chrissy - Every Free Chance', 'By day, Hilary Grossman works in the booze biz. By night she hangs out with her "characters." She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She's been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on Long Island.
To find out more of what Hilary is up to check out her Facebook page facebook.com/HilaryGrossmanAuthor or find her on Twitter twitter.com/feelingbeachie']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sponsored Life: The Ultimate Guide To Skateboarding Sponsorship\\nDescription: ['Matt Dawson is a former sponsored athlete and now owns a company within the action sports industry. His company deals with amateur athletes, professional athletes, team managers, marketing managers, contest directors, videographers, photographers, and TV/video distribution companies. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the industry and discussions with the top pros and team managers, Matt has created a guide that will help you chart your course on the road to sponsorship.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cats on the Job: 50 Fabulous Felines Who Purr, Mouse, and Even Sing for Their Supper\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"No matter what these whiskered workers do for a living, they definitely make every day at the office a little better.\\\" -Catster', '\\\"In the purr-fect book for feline fans feeling that dogs are hogging the limelight, Rogak shows us that cats do a lot more than scratch at posts and arch their backs.\\\" The New York Post', '\\\"Cats on the Job will make any cat lover purr\\\" The Recorder', 'Each chapter features at least one beautiful full-color image, and the stories of the cats are fascinating. ... I had a big smile on my face the entire time I read this book. This book is a celebration of cats and their unique personalities, and is sure to delight cat lovers of all ages. Conscious Cat on Cats on the Job', \\\"This book sells' itself. It gathers 50 stories of animals of one species mothering (or, in several cases, fathering) babies from an entirely foreign species. The instinct to nurture young is almost universal, and, as these stories demonstrate, that instinct can sometimes trump the instinct to stay within one's own kind. Illustrated with irresistible color photos, this one is a charmer. Booklist on One Big Happy Family\\\", 'Lisa Rogak in One Big Happy Family treats us to short but sweet stories of animals caring for animals of other species. Animal People on One Big Happy Family', \\\"Every page is an Awww!' moment, with surprising stories of interspecies adoption and friendships (the Dalmatian and her spotted sheep, the Labrador and her bunnies, a kitty and baby chicks - you get the idea) and accompanying photos Truly a book to make you happy, happy, happy. TheDenverChannel.com on One Big Happy Family\\\", \\\"This collection of tender stories and photos describes surprising interspecies relationships, many involving an adult predator suppressing its instinct to kill and taking on a parental role when exposed to an orphaned or abandoned baby animal that would ordinarily be its prey. Rogak's prose is buttressed by adorable pictures of the animals from different species snuggling or cuddling with each other. Impressively, the animals actively sought out the younger creatures in need. The stories exemplify the maxim that truth is stranger than fiction, and even if these incidents mark the exception rather than the rule, animal lovers of all ages will enjoy the book. Publishers Weekly on One Big Happy Family\\\", \\\"A celebration of the many ways service dogs help humans. . . . Will give dog enthusiasts plenty of reinforcement for the assertion that dogs are man's best friend. Kirkus Reviews on Dogs of Courage\\\", \\\"Lisa Rogak delivers another excellent book! . . . If you're looking for a book full of feel-good stories look no further. Rogak will warm your heart with her numerous tails' of canine heroism. The Examiner on Dogs of Courage\\\", 'An engrossing series of portraits of survival captured in a rich context of hope and heart that will leave you smiling and feeling richly nourished. Seattle Kennel Club on Dogs of Courage', 'This is the perfect stocking-stuffer for the dog lover on your list. Hudson Valley News on Dogs of Courage', \\\"The Dogs of War documents the real-life valor of canine warriors. Rogak is to be commended for the book's encyclopedic scope and rich historical detail. The Washington Post on The Dogs of War\\\", \\\"Canine heroism is eloquently celebrated in Lisa Rogak's The Dogs of War. Hudson Valley News on The Dogs of War\\\", \\\"Lisa Rogak's The Dogs of War sheds light on why the dog, more than any other animal, holds a special place in our history, and our hearts. The most comprehensive book I have ever read on the subject of military dogs, it exemplifies the indomitable spirit of the dog itself, ever selfless, loyal to a fault. Steve Duno, author of Last Dog on the Hill on The Dogs of War\\\", \\\"A book that will fascinate dog lovers and lovers of the military...It's inspiring and beautifully written. The Examiner on The Dogs of War\\\", '', 'LISA ROGAK is author of numerous books, most recently One Big Happy Family: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another. She lives in New Hampshire.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lust in Translation\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Red Claw: Book 1 of the Sea Purrtector Files (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at:www.jeannefoguth.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 101 Travel Bits: The Overseas Highway\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Star Bridge: Book 1 of the Chaterre Trilogy (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at: www.jeannefoguth.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The master grimoire of magickal rites & ceremonies\\nDescription: ['Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. A good, clean & sound copy.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World\\nDescription: ['', 'Book and cat lovers will adore this book and it will get everybody turned on to reading and the importance of libraries. Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation', '\\\"Finally, the charming backstory of the small-town cats who touched so many. This engaging, emotional, and funny read highlights the inclusive nature of the library community.\\\" Gina Sheridan, author of I Work at a Public Library', \\\"This valentine to two small-town library cats who accidentally became famous as book-world mascots and the librarian who loved them will be catnip to everyone who loves books and those perfect readers' companions, cats. Baker and Taylor's sensitively written saga also portrays the unstoppable growth of a woman's life, a library, a town, an industry, and an era, ours. Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Midnight Louie mysteries\\\", '\\\"I love, in no particular order, cats, books, and the literary life in general. I particularly love Scottish Fold cats. (I\\\\'ve had three, one of whom was a genius and achieved his own literary fame). So to find a book that covers all the bases - or all the paws, as the case may be - was a sheer delight. I only wish Norton was still around so I could read this to him. Or so he could read it to me.\\\" Peter Gethers, author of the bestselling Norton Trilogy (The Cat Who Went to Paris, A Cat Abroad, and The Cat Wholl Live Forever)', 'Not since George Bailey in Its a Wonderful Life has someone so lifted the spirits of an entire community. That the someone in this case is in fact two library cats makes this true tale of the love of literature combined with a fondness for nose licking all the more magical. This book, like a purring kitten who may also be a genie, should be welcomed into any home. Francesco Marciuliano, New York Times bestselling author of I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats', '\\\"These cats paved the way for the current wave of celebrity cats and ahead of the curve for super popular Scottish Fold breed. Had social media been invented at the height of their fame, they may have knocked Grumpy Cat off her primo perch.\\\" Cat Wisdom 101', '\\\"This heart-warming treasure of a book should appeal to readers of all ages.\\\" Library Journal', '', '', 'JAN LOUCH worked as Assistant County Librarian/Reference for the Minden branch of the Douglas County Library in Nevada for eighteen years before her retirement in 1997. Her previous jobs have included restaurant chef, nurses aide, chamber of commerce manager, and 4-H Club coordinator. She grew up in the Bay Area during the Depression and has lived in Great Britain, Ohio, and New York State. She has lived in the Carson Valley of Nevada since 1969.', 'Lisa Rogak is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Cats on the Job. She lives in New Hampshire.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Autopsy of America-the Journal Entries of Seph Lawless\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Weeds\\nDescription: ['\\\"Aging, betrayal, inner reflection, a dismal view from a street cornersomething in this collection will speak to nearly everyone. As they make their way through the emotional journey, some readers will connect to the poems that travel through darkness to find the sparks of light that remind us to keep going.
Morris offers warm respite from the storm, like a friend with whom to compare visions of dark clouds.\\\"*
A worthy read, especially for the disillusioned.\\\"', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Great Book of Pub Trivia: Hilarious Pub Quiz & Bar Trivia Questions (Trivia Quiz Books) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Call of the Cats: What I Learned about Life and Love from a Feral Colony\\nDescription: ['With humor and wit, Call of the Cats illustrates the perils and rewards of rescuing animals that live at the margins of human society. If you have ever cared for an animal, this book will resonate with you. Marty Becker, DVM, Americas Veterinarian and author of Your Cat: The Owners Manual
Andrew Bloomfields heartfelt memoir is not just about his unconditional love for the feral-cat colony that he came to know and adopt. Its also a much larger portrait of how we can live with, and gently support, animals, who are all at our mercy. Patrick McDonnell, creator of MUTTS and illustrator of Guardians of Being
Great writing is great storytelling, and Andrew Bloomfield is a great storyteller. This book is, in a word, stunning!...Buy it for every cat lover you know, as well as every not yet cat lover. If this book doesnt win them over, I dont know what will. Amelia Kinkade, author of Straight from the Horses Mouth
Call of the Cats is like Born Free in an urban backyard, full of remarkable detail about the wild life around us and the extraordinary emotional attachments that can exist between human beings and the untamed animals that occasionally share our lives. Bruce Joel Rubin, Academy Awardwinning screenwriter of Ghost
While claiming not to be a cat person, Bloomfield nevertheless is a deeply compassionate man in his interventions on behalf of the feral felines....This isnt a superficial work, and the author provides many pages of references, as well as resource websites for organizations that deal with feral animals. All in all, a very engaging and highly recommended book. Library Journal', \\\"Andrew lived the better part of two years in Nepal where he followed a 17th century pilgrim's guidebook to research spiritual sites around the lower Himalayas. He has worked as assistant manager and book buyer for East West Books in Manhattan, and for Snow Lion Publications in Ithaca, NY. He wrote Learning Practical Tibetan(with MP3s) for Snow Lion. In Seattle, he opened his own bookstore, Infinity Books, in Pioneer Square, where he hosted many public events, including appearances by renowned Tibetan lamas, Hindu saints, and Zen masters. He moved to Los Angeles and wrote How to Practice Vedic Astrology (with CD-ROM) for HarperCollins, subsequently published by Inner Traditions.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The First Love: About Joy in the Priesthood.\\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: German', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Plan Cee (Secrets, Lies, and Second Chances) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['"With each swipe of the page, there were great twists, which, thankfully, turned out for the best. This is a must-read book would be perfect for a day at the beach!"-Chick Lit Goddess
"Abeautiful story that captures both the destruction that can be causedfromlies and secrets, but also the strength of love and friendship."-A Novel Thought
"I just love Hilary Grossman's books. She's a great writer, and her stories are addictive.You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll have a love-hate relationship with SO many of the characters!" -For The Love Of Chick Lit', 'By day, Hilary Grossman works in the booze biz. By night she hangs out with her \\\"characters.\\\" She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She\\\\'s been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on Long Island. To find out more of what Hilary is up to check out her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HilaryGrossmanAuthor or find her on Twitter https://twitter.com/feelingbeachie']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Lead Her Challenge: 365 Devotionals To Encourage And Inspire Women In Their Calling From God.\\nDescription: ['The LeadHer Team is made up of women from coast to coast who God has drawn together from all walks of life and united them in their passion for pouring the love of God and the knowledge of his plans for each of them into the women of today.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Black Cat and the Accidental Angel\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Utah Story\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep\\nDescription: ['\\\"To say that cats are high maintenance is anunderstatement. We all know that they run our lives. Rosa perfectly capturesthis reality in this hilarious little book.\\\" --True Book Addict
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He could have driven home blindfolded.
The two-lane road twisted like a snarled fishing line, unreeling through the sawtooth-forested mountains in sharp zigzags that defied compass reckoning. To make matters worse, the spring thaw had pitted the asphalt, creating a new season of dangerous dips and washouts. The low-slung black Ferrari, not built for back-country roads, thumped roughly over the scarred pavement.
Unfazed by the danger, Caine O\\'Halloran coaxed the hell-on-wheels beast around the deadly narrow switchbacks with practiced skill.
The engine behind his head whined as the revs rose and fell; blaring from the four amplified stereo speakers, Bruce Springsteen was advising \"no surrender.\" Caine\\'s fingers tapped out the driving rhythm of drums and acoustic guitar on the top of the steering wheel.
Towering treesPacific silver fir, Western hemlock and the majestic Douglas firscreened both sides of the roadway, making it seem as if he were racing through a narrow green alley.
Those same trees were reflected in the lenses of Caine\\'s dark glasses. Although the sky overhead was the hue of tarnished silver, a few sunbeams managed to slant through the curtain of trees, laying shimmering stripes of light across the pavement.
The sound of moving water was everywhere as streams born in melting glaciers fed the rivers running to the sea. The scent of freshly cut fir rode the brisk spring wind.
When The Boss started singing about missing Bobby Jean, Caine leaned forward and punched a button to skip the song. He damn well wasn\\'t in any mood to reminisce about lost loves.
\"\\'Glory Days\\',\" he said approvingly when the speaker blared the familiar lyrics of the next song.
One night a few years ago, after he\\'d played it three times on the jukebox in a Minneapolis bar, a winsome coed from the University of Minnesota had informed him that it was really a song about faded dreams and lost opportunities.
Caine hadn\\'t believed that then, and he sure as hell didn\\'t now. To him it would always be The Boss\\'s tribute to athletes who possessed blazing speedballs that made other guys look like fools. Guys like Caine O\\'Halloran.
He sped past a runaway-truck escape ramp that looked like a ski jump, downshifted as he approached yet another twist in the road, then punched the gas pedal. The Ferrari rocketed out of the turn like a moon shot.
Cornering in a Ferrari going top speed wasn\\'t for the faint of heart. The speedometer shot upward and the tachometer approached the red line as the speed of the car blurred the trees. The force of over five hundred horses fully opened up pushed him back against the onyx leather seats. The engine\\'s shriek rivaled that of a fighter jet.
When he reached one of the few straight stretches on the highway, Caine floored the accelerator; straddling the white centerline, the car streaked toward an enormous truck loaded with logs.
The Peterbilt log truck was the same green as the fir trees flashing by the Ferrari\\'s tinted windows. Tall chrome stacks emitted billowy puffs of diesel exhaust, like smoke signals.
The strident warning of the air horn shattered the mountain stillness.
Once.
Twice.
A third time.
Smiling with grim determination, Caine refused to budge. The asphalt stretched between car and truck like a shiny black ribbon. All the time he remained as cool as if he were out for a leisurely Sunday-afternoon drive in the country, instead of barreling hell-bent-for-leather straight to his death. No retreat; no surrender. The rock refrain pounded in his head; adrenaline raced through his blood like a drug.
The air horn, now a steady, impatient bleat, split the air.
Time took on the strange feel of an instant slow-motion replay as Caine became vividly aware of the staccato flash of white lines disappearing beneath the Ferrari\\'s wide radial tires, of the sun glancing off the chrome stack of the truck, of the driver\\'s red-and-black plaid shirt, of his orange-billed cap, of his grizzled gray beard and finally, as the truck came even closer, of the man\\'s expression: first disbelief, then fright, finally fury.
No retreat. No surrender.
Caine waited fatalistically for the bearded man to make his move.
At the last possible second, the truck veered; its right wheels went off the road, scattering gravel. Caine got a fleeting glimpse of a stocky, raised middle finger.
A moment later, a pickup that had been following the Peterbilt passed Caine, as well. The driver stared at the Ferrari in obvious disbelief.
Caine watched the trucks disappear in his rearview mirror. When he\\'d been seventeen, speeding around these hairpin curves in a fireengine-red Mustang convertible, emerging victorious from a game of chicken with the ubiquitous log trucks had always left him feeling vividly alive.
But after today\\'s near-death encounter, he felt strangely let down. And disappointed. As Springsteen\\'s gravelly voice began singing about \"working on the highway,\" a hangover Caine had nearly forgotten after crossing the Oregon-Washington State border and entering the Olympic Peninsula came crashing back.
The news spread through the town of Tribulation like wildfire. Caine O\\'Halloran was back.
Dr. Nora Anderson was on duty in her clinic when she received the unexpected bulletin from her eight-year-old nephew, who\\'d become airborne after turning a corner too fast on his skateboard. The landing, not soft, had been on a gravel driveway.
\"Did you hear the sick news?\" Eric Anderson asked, trying with youthful bravado not to flinch as Nora picked pieces of cinder from his palm with a pair of surgical tweezers.
\"Eric,\" his mother chided, \"your aunt is trying to concentrate.\"
Karin Anderson\\'s voice was edged with a stern warning tone that made Nora look up. \"What news?\"
\"Caine got cut from the Yankees,\" Eric told her. \"But Jimmy Olson told me that his dad told him that Caine was comin\\' home to live here while he gets his arm back in shape.
\"We saw his car parked outside The Log Cabin,\" he said. \"You should see it, Aunt Nora! It looks just like the Batmobile!\"
A ratmobile was more like it. And to be hanging around a bar in the middle of the afternoon! Obviously, Caine hadn\\'t changed. \"It\\'s true,\" Karin said, her blue eyes offering sympathy.
\"Well, I hope things work out for him,\" Nora said calmly. She\\'d sealed any feelings concerning Caine O\\'Halloran inside her, years ago. It was easier. Safer.
\"Do you think he\\'ll give me a ride in his car, huh, Aunt Nora?\" Eric asked hopefully. \"After all, we are kinda related.\"
Nora knew that Eric used his aunt\\'s former marriage to the baseball star to gain points on the playground. Understanding a small boy\\'s obsession with heroeseven ones undeserving of such loyaltyEric\\'s behavior had never bothered her.
But then again, Caine hadn\\'t been living in Tribulation, either.
\"I don\\'t know,\" she answered. Never having been able to predict her ex-husband\\'s behavior, she certainly wasn\\'t going to start trying to guess what was going through his adolescent mind now. \"You\\'ll have to ask him that yourself.\" She tackled another piece of gravel.
\"Ouch!\" Eric yanked his hand back.
\"Sorry.\" She\\'d used more force than necessary. Damn Caine, anyway.
Although she\\'d been in her first year of medical school during their brief and stormy marriage, he hadn\\'t believed her when she\\'d insisted that she didn\\'t intend to let marriage or motherhood interfere with her plans to be a doctor.
No, Nora corrected now. It wasn\\'t that Caine hadn\\'t believed her; it was more that he hadn\\'t listened. By the time she\\'d been married a week, Nora had realized that her husband possessed the unique ability to hear only what he wanted to hear.
\"Well, I think that\\'s all of it,\" she said, giving her nephew\\'s hand one last antiseptic wash. Nora turned to her sister-in-law. \"If I were you, I\\'d hide that skateboard.\"
\"I\\'m turning it into kindling the minute we get home.\"
\"Mom!\" Color returned to Eric\\'s cheeks, staining them as red as the raspberries that grew wild in the forest surrounding the mountain town.
\"We\\'ll discuss this later,\" Karin said firmly. \"At home. With your father.\"
His shoulders slumped disconsolately. \"Dad\\'ll side with you. He always does.\"
Although she agreed with Karin\\'s decision to deny Eric further skateboard privileges, Nora\\'s heart went out to her nephew. \"Hey, Eric..\"
His bottom lip was thrust out over his top one.
\"What?\"
She tossed him a couple of the silver gambling tokens Karl Mahlstrom had paid his bill with earlier that morning. The retired mill worker had returned from Reno, Nevada, with paper cups filled with coins and a stiff shoulder from eighteen hours at the slot machines.
\"Why don\\'t you take your mom out for some ice cream?\"
The pout wavered, a reluctant smile played at the corners of his lips. \"Okay,\" he agreed with an outward lack of enthusiasm that Nora knew was mostly feigned. Then, remembering his manners, he said, \"Thanks, Aunt Nora.\"
\"You\\'re welcome.\" Nora exchanged another long look with her sister-in-law. We \\'ll talk about Caine later, Karin\\'s look said.
Not on a bet, Nora\\'s answered.
It was Monday, the day of the week when a steady stream of patients always showed up at the clinic, showing the effects of a weekend of recreational abuse.
On top of that, her nurse, Kirstin Lundstrom, was still on maternity leave. Nora had to serve as nurse, doctor and office clerk, which meant that she barely had time to catch her breath all day.
Not that Nora minded the hectic pace; she was grateful that she didn\\'t have time to think about Caine O\\'Halloran\\'s return. And what, if anything, that would mean to her life.
Returning to Washington\\'s Olympic Peninsula to practice family medicine in her hometown of two hundred and fifty residents meant that Nora saw her patients at the grocery store, or weeding their flower gardens, or over potato salad at a church potluck social.
It also meant that she was more likely to be intimately involved with a patient, so that a serious illness or a death touched her more than it had at the big-city hospitals where she\\'d worked before returning home to Tribulation.
Many of her patients had lost their health insurance, along with their jobs. They were people too poor to pay for visits to the doctor, but too proud to ask for government assistance. Although the condition of the Northwest\\'s logging and fishing industries had not been struck a fatal blow, recovery was a long time coming to this isolated forest community. In order to finance her new clinic, which she\\'d set up in the hundred-year-old house she\\'d inherited from her grandmother, Nora also made the thirty-five-mile round trip to Port Angeles to work in the hospital emergency room.
Her clinic was open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; she worked at the emergency room on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Although sleep was as rare as it had been during the grueling thirty-six-hour shifts of her internship, not once had she regretted her decision.
Her work in the emergency room, while fulfilling in its own way, paid the bills and put food on the table. Her work at the cliniccaring for family, friends and neighborsfed her soul.
The complaints today were relatively minor and she wasn\\'t surprised that every one of her patients wanted to talk about Caine\\'s return to Tribulation.
\"Caine\\'ll be back on the mound by the All-Star break,\" Johnny Duggan informed her after she\\'d given him a sample package of antihistamine to soothe some yellow-jacket stings that hadn\\'t responded to calamine lotion. \"That boy always was a pistol.\"
Since Johnny was Caine\\'s third cousin on his mother\\'s side, Nora could understand the man\\'s loyalty.
The next member of the Caine O\\'Halloran fan club was Ingrid Johansson, who\\'d run the Timberline Cafe since long before Nora was born. The elderly woman had strained a back muscle getting a box of steak sauce down from a too-high shelf.
\"If the boy could come back from that torn rotor cuff three years ago, this new injury won\\'t be any problem,\" Ingrid predicted as she paid her bill. The worn, rumpled bills, smelling faintly of chain-saw gasoline, were evidence of a clientele consisting mainly of loggers.
\"Oh, I brought you something,\" Ingrid said. \"For giving my Lars that cough medicine last week for no charge.\"
She handed Nora a brown paper bag from which rose an enticing scent of warm apples and brown sugar. \"It\\'s a strudel,\" she added unnecessarily.
\"Thanks.\" Nora could envision the cellulite leaping to her thighs from the aroma alone. \"It smells delicious.\"
She\\'d already gained ten pounds since returning to Tribulation, mostly from her patients\\' peach cobblers, berry pies, fresh-caughtand thankfully cleanedfish, corn muffins and numerous other local delicacies.
It was as if everyone realized she was undercharging them for their visits, and although they were grateful, pride insisted that they augment the reduced fee with whatever they could spare.
\"I figured you could use a little fattening up.\" In-grid\\'s bright eyes swept judiciously over Nora\\'s slender frame. \"You\\'re not gonna get yourself a man unless you put a little more meat on those bones.\"
\"Actually, I\\'ve been too busy to even think about men.\"
\"Well, I expect that\\'ll change, now that Caine\\'s back in town,\" the older woman declared.
\"My marriage to Caine ended a long time ago,\" Nora replied, reluctant to be discussing something so personal, but feeling that her disinterest in Caine O\\'Halloran needed to be put on record.
And who better to start with than Ingrid? Nora doubted that there was a person in Tribulation who didn\\'t pop into the eatery sometime during the week. Especially on Wednesdays, for Ingrid\\'s pot-roast special.
\"Legally,\" Ingrid agreed, closing her pocketbook with a snap. \"My experience has been that feelings are quite another kettle of fish.\"
Determined to get the last word in, she left the office without giving Nora an opportunity to respond.
For the rest of the day, Nora continued to smile and nod and write prescriptions and listen to yet another story depicting the life and times of Tribulation\\'s local hero.
Twenty-one years ago, Tribulation, a timber town founded a century earlier by a Swedish logger and an Irishman who\\'d been laying railroad tracks up the coast, had gone through hard times.
People who could trace their roots back to those original settlers had been forced to leave their homes and seek what they hoped would be temporary employment in the Puget Sound cities of Seattle, Olym-pia and Tacoma.
Storefronts had been boarded up; the school established by the founding fathers had been in danger of closing, which would have forced the students to be bused to Port Angeles. Morale had been at an all-time low.
Until a cocky fourteen-year-old took the pitcher\\'s mound during a state high school championship game between the Tribulation Loggers and the Richland Bombers and threw what Washington sportswriters the next morning were calling \"the pitch heard \\'round the state.\"
From that day on, Caine O\\'Halloran was known as the Golden Boy with the golden arm. His natural ability to throw a ball gained him fame and admirers and his hometown was eager to bask in the reflected glow of his popularity.
He went to college on an athletic scholarship, then on to play professional baseball. He spent some time in the minors because although his fastball flew at ballistic speed, no one, including Caine, ever had any idea exactly where it was going.
A sportswriter for the Seattle Times once remarked that O\\'Halloran, then playing for the Tacoma Athletics, didn\\'t throw to spots, he threw to continents.
However, with time, he\\'d garnered control and began making headlines for his energetic play both on and off the baseball diamond as he moved from team to team, league to league, barreling into every new town like a hired gun, paid to win championships. Which he did, with almost monotonous regularity.
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Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid.', '', '', 'SOMETHING TO PROVE', '', '', 'Chapter 1', 'If Id known I was going to attract this much attention, Id have worn lipstick.', 'Forcing herself to smile, Helena Wheeler waved at the elderly couple frowning down at her from their porch swing. Mr. and Mrs. Riley had been ancient twelve years ago, and though she assumed theyd been long dead by now, she realized they might be living proof that time really did stand still in Magnolia Beach, Alabama.', 'The Rileys werent the only ones staring and muttering. Grannies house sat three blocks off Magnolia Beachs main drag, and at least a dozen people had done shocked double takes as shed passed. In a way, it was almost gratifying. She must not have changed all that much, which was heartening for someone staring down her thirty-second birthday and beginning to pay a bit more attention to those commercials talking about fine lines and wrinkles. The flip side, of course, was the hushed whispers that came after those double takes. She didnt have to hear them to realize that folks rather expected her not to have changed at all.', 'As Grannie would say, though, she was merely reaping what shed sown. She couldnt really expect anything else.', 'They probably have the high school on lockdown already. She snorted. Like she even knew where to find a pig these days.', 'Well, she certainly couldnt terrorize the town on the weak cup of instant decaf shed gulped this morning in an effort to fool herself into waking up. Her first stop would be the diner for coffee. Then, and only then, would she have the strength to tackle the mile-long to-do list that was tucked into her purse.', 'Magnolia Beach was just a small coastal Alabama town, with the geographyHeron Bayou on the west, Heron Bay on the south, and Mobile Bay on the eastforcing pretty much everything into one central location. That was part of its charm, the communitys easy accessibility and friendly layout as much of a tourist attraction as the white sugar-sand beaches of the Mobile Bay side and the marina of the Heron Bay shore. Helena was immune to that charm, but it did make todays errands much easier because she wouldnt have to drive and park.', 'Turning right onto Front Street from Lister Streetofficially the place where Magnolia Beachs residential area became the so-called business districtHelena stopped and took a deep breath to ready herself for the next leg of this gauntlet. Then she smiled to herself. Shed forgotten how pretty Magnolia Beach was from this exact point. From here, it was a straight shot to Heron Bay, an unobstructed, perfect view all the way to where the Gulfs green water met blue sky at the horizon.', 'To her left, Grace Baptist still squared off with First Methodista name both hopeful and ridiculous at the same time since it was still the only Methodist church in Magnolia Beach. Grace Baptist had the Bible verse of the week up on its sign, and out of habit, Helena began trying to mentally rearrange the letters into something else. When nothing came to her, she realized that particular skill had gone rusty from disuse. Pity. I used to be really good at that.', 'The Frosty Freeze was shuttered, its picnic tables empty, but that would change once school let out for the day. There were more people on Front Street than carsmothers with babies in strollers and toddlers following behind, old women doing their grocery shopping, men with rods on their shoulders heading to fish off the jetty, and the occasional tourist with camera in hand, taking pictures of the small-town goodness of a modern Mayberry.', 'In other words, Front Street looked much the same as it always had. Sure, there were a few new stores and fresh coats of paint on some of the buildings, but otherwise... Helena was certain shed still be able to get through town blindfolded.', 'She reached for her sunglasses. It was truly a beautiful daysunny and warm, with just a hint of cool in the breeze to remind her it was actually September. It was exactly the kind of weather that Yankee snowbirds came south to the Gulf to experience.', 'And Magnolia Beach... Those blue skies, the occasional white puffy cloud overhead, the tidy main street with American flags hanging off the buildings... If she were designing the travel brochure for the town, this would be the picture.', 'In a way, shed missed it. Not Magnolia Beach, of course, but shed missed the water, the smell of salty air, and breezes off the ocean. As much as she loved Atlanta, she was still a beach girl at heart. Maybe one day, shed relocate back to the coastnot to Magnolia Beach, but maybe someplace down along the Florida panhandle.', 'But those were plans for a different day.', 'The bells dinged as she pushed through the front door of Marges Diner, triggering a Pavlovian-like craving for Ms. Marges three-berry pie. Habit nearly sent her to the big booth in the back cornerassigned seating so Ms. Marge could keep an eye on her from the kitchenbut she angled to the shiny, stainless-steel counter instead. The breakfast rush was over, and only a few tables with their classic red-and-white checkered tablecloths still had customers seated at them. She kept her sunglasses on and her head low. Fortunately, Magnolia Beachs beaches and the marina attracted enough tourists that one lone woman wouldnt draw much attentionuntil someone recognized her and decided to speak to her at least. And she really needed coffee before that happened.', 'The bored-looking young woman behind the counter barely seemed old enough to be out of high school, and she glanced at Helena without a glimmer of recognition.', 'Perfect.', 'What can I get ya?', 'Helena thought longingly of the fabulous coffee shop right across the street from her place in Little Five Points, and the craving for one of their special double espresso hazelnut lattes nearly brought her to her knees. She pushed the thought aside. This was Magnolia Beach. Just coffee, please. Black.', 'The coffee wasnt the best, but it was hot and strong, and her brain perked up the minute it hit her tongue.', 'Helena?', 'And so it begins.', 'Swiveling on the stool, she located the voice and found herself looking at a tall, lanky man who was staring back at her with surprisenot judgment. There was something so familiarthe shock of dark hair, the bright blue eyes.... Tate!', 'Tate Harris caught her as she launched herself off the stool and lifted her off her feet in a hug that squeezed the breath out of her.', 'It really is you. The blue eyes narrowed into a scold. I cant believe youd come to town and not let me know.', 'I just got in last night. You were definitely on my list of folks to find as soon as I got settled in.', 'Tate grinned. I should hope so. He gave her another squeeze. God, Ive missed you.', 'Helenas heart contracted a little. Although he was a year younger, Tate had always been her friend, defender, and partner in crimethe Boy Wonder to her Batman. But that awkward teenager was gone, and the intervening years had been very good to him. Look at you. All grown-up.', 'And youre as beautiful as ever. Welcome home. Then the smile faded, and concern took its place. Ms. Louise didnt take a turn for the worse, did she?', 'Grannie is fine, she assured him. The doc says shes healing well and should be able to come home in a couple of weeks.', 'Tate guided her back to her stool and ordered a cup of coffee for himself. The waitress suddenly didnt look so bored as she poured Tates coffee. He grinned at her, and she blushed before she went back to filling saltshakers and casting the occasional glance Tates way. Thats good news. She gave us all quite a scare.', 'And me. Guilt settled on her shoulders. Grannie had lain at the foot of the stairs for nearly two days with a broken hip, a broken ankle, three cracked ribs, and a concussion before her neighbor, Mrs. Wilson, had found her.', 'So thats why youre here.', 'Yeah. I wanted her to come to Atlanta for a while after shes out of the convalescent home, but she pitched a holy fit at the idea. And since theres no way shell be able to handle everything herself once they do release her, I had to come here. She shrugged.', 'He patted her arm. Youre a good granddaughter.', 'Im trying. Ive got a lot to make up for.', 'Tate snorted but didnt say anything. He knew what she was up against.', 'The Rileys and a few other folks have already given me the hairy eyeball today. Im just hoping they dont break out the pitchforks and torches.', 'It wont be that bad.', 'A spark of hope lit in her chest, surprising her. You think folks are willing to She stopped as Tate shook his head.', 'Jesus may forgive, but people dont forget. You, Miss Hell-on-Wheels, are half local legend, half cautionary tale told to keep kids on the straight and narrow path.', 'I wasnt that bad, she muttered into her coffee.', 'Uh, yeah. You were.', 'She lifted her chin. Those were merely youthful indiscretions. And it was a long time ago. People do grow up and change, you know.', 'Tate nodded sagely. That sounds like an excellent story. You should stick to it.', 'She returned the nod as regally as she could. I shall. Tate grinned, and she leaned forward eagerly. So tell me all about you. Howve you been? Job? Wife? Kids?', 'Fine, yes, no, and no. He checked his watch and drained the last of his coffee. All the other details will have to wait because Im about to be very late for work. But we should go to dinner or something and catch up.', 'Id like that. And she meant it. The fact shed missed Tate landed on her chest with a thud that surprised her with its weight.', 'Everythings pretty much where you left it, but if you need anything while youre getting settled back in, just let me know. He scribbled a phone number onto the back of a business card and pushed it her way.', 'Helena did the same. But I do have one thing you could help me with now.', 'Tate paused.', 'You know what Grannies house is likeall those stairsand my first project is to get someone in to do some renovations before Grannie comes home. Shes adamant that I call that Tanner boy and get him to do it, but she didnt mention which Tanner boy, and theres so damn many of them.', 'Tate nodded. You want Ryan.', 'Figures. Not that there was a Tanner in Magnolia Beach that she did have fond memories of, but why did it have to be Ryan? Oh yay, she grumbled into her cup.', 'Tate laughed. What happened to growing up and changing?', 'I certainly hope thats true in Ryans case.', 'The grin got bigger. Oh, this is going to be interesting. I dont have his number on me, but if you run down to the mayors office, the secretary, Julie, can get it for you.', 'Throwing a couple of dollars onto the counter, she followed Tate outside. Why would the mayors secretary be keeping up with Ryan Tanner? Magnolia Beach was a small town where everyone pretty much knew everyone elseand all their businessbut even Magnolia Beach had limits.', 'Because Ryans the mayor, sweetcheeks.', 'It was a little hard to picture someone she went to high school with as the mayor, but she wasnt really that shocked. Ryan certainly wasnt the first Tanner to hold the office, and if his election to student body president was any indication, hed probably swept into office in a landslide vote. Hed always been goldennot that it was hard for a Tanner to be popular in Magnolia Beach. They were the local family, with doctors, lawyers, business owners, and even a county sheriff hanging off the branches of the family tree.', 'I gotta go, Tate said, squeezing her hand, but Ill give you a call later. And, by the way, he said, leaning in close, Id never say this within earshot of Ms. Marge, but if you want a good cup of coffee, head over to Latte Dah on Williams Street. Its where the old yarn store used to be. Their coffee could fuel rockets to Mars.', 'Morning, Dr. Harris. A lady Helena didnt recognize spoke as she passed, and Tate nodded politely in reply.', 'Bye, Helena. Welcome home. Then, with a quick wave, he was gone.', 'Helena stood still for a moment, trying to process this new information. Tate Harris is a doctor? She fished the business card out of her pocket, and sure enough, Tate J. Harris had DVM after his name.', 'Grannie had told her Tate was working at the vets office, but shed made it sound like he was a vet tech or somethingnot the vet himself. Good for him. Hed always talked about vet school, but the cost alone had made it seem like a pipe dream, at best. She didnt know if she should be proud of him or for him, but it made her smile either way.', 'And Magnolia Beach had a coffee shop now? Wow.That was big news. She couldnt quite wrap her head around the idea.', 'Grannie liked to give updates on life in Magnolia Beachhell, Helena knew all about Mrs. Potters roses and that new high school teacher with the tattoobut maybe she should start steering those conversations in more practical directions.', 'I wonder what else I dont know.', 'The short walk to the squat brick building that doubled as the city hall and police station told her the answer to her question was a hell of a lot. There was a yoga studio tucked in between the barbershop and the post office now, and a day spa next door to Brysons Shoe Store with a menu of services that rivaled most Atlanta spas, only the prices were much more affordable.', 'Helena felt like a tourist in her own hometown.', 'The glass doors on the front of the city hall building displayed the Magnolia Beach seal and all twenty of their weekly office hours. Helena paused with her hand on the door.', 'Shed never been in through this entrance before. Now, the side entrance into the police station was a different story.... She felt oddly grown-up. At the same time, she felt seventeen again.', 'One of the problems with coming back to Magnolia Beach was all the people who never left, many of them people she didnt really want to see. While that list was certainly a long one, Ryan Tanner sat firmly in the top ten. While they hadnt been archenemies, they certainly hadnt been friends. Popular football players from good families didnt exactly hang with delinquents and those from the wrong side of the tracksnot that Magnolia Beach was big enough to really have a right and wrong side of the tracks, but the idea was the same.', 'Im not going to him for a favor. This was a business transaction, and she was an adult now. They didnt need to be friends or anything else for her to hire him.', 'With one last deep breath, she pulled the door open.', 'A petite blonde sat behind a desk, her fingers clattering over the keyboard. She looked up as Helena entered, a big smile on her face. Hi. Can I help...', 'The words trailed off as the smile disappeared and her eyes widened. The woman visibly pulled back as her eyes darted side to side.', 'Good Lord. Youd think Id walked in here with a snake wrapped around my neck. The nameplate on the desk said JULIE SWENSON, but Julie Lane probably had a laundry list of grievances against Helena dating back to kindergarten. The Swenson told Helena that Julie had married her high school boyfriend, Mike, and the rumors about Mike and Helena at homecomingshe repressed a shudder at the thoughtprobably fueled part of Julies reaction as well. Oh, honey, Ive never been that drunk.', 'She tried for a neutral, friendly tone. Hi, Julie. You look great.', 'This is a surprise, Helena. In town for a short visit?', 'There was such hope in the question that Helena took a little pleasure in squashing it. She might have been horrible to Julie, but thinking back, she remembered that Julie had deserved much of it. Not too short. Grannie will be well enough to come home soon, and Im going to be looking after her. Im not really sure how long Ill be staying.', 'Julie looked like she had something nasty-tasting in her mouth. Thats very kind of you. I hope Ms. Louise heals quickly.', 'She hadnt planned on rekindling old animosities on this trip, but it seemed inevitable. You and me both. She forced a cool smile. And that brings me to why Im here. I need to get in touch with Ryan Tanner about some work to be done to Grannies house before she comes home. Tate Harris said you could get me the number?', 'Well, well, well, the rumors are true. If it isnt Hell-on-Wheels.', 'Helena spun toward the amused baritone. She was getting much quicker at putting names to faces, but she wouldnt have needed any help matching the twenty-year-old Ryan Tanner with the version standing in front of her now. Sun-streaked blond hair, strong jaw, green eyes with cute little crinkles from being outside... There was something just so damn wholesome about him that he could be the centerfold for Cute Boys Next Door magazine. In jeans, a black polo shirt, and work boots, he certainly didnt look like he belonged in the mayors office, but it did give him an almost edgy sex appealnot hurt at all by the way the sleeves of his shirt strained against his biceps.', 'Under different circumstances... hummina. But that mocking Hell-on-Wheels comment had her hackles up. Its just Helena these days.', 'Im sure the chief will be glad to hear it. Hes new and all, but hes very committed to keeping Magnolia Beach orderly and peaceful.', 'And there it was. Shed rather hoped that Ryan had outgrown his holier-than-Helena attitude. Be an adult. Let it go. I doubt Ill have time to make his acquaintance, but please pass along my regards.', 'Ryan walked around Julies desk and pulled some papers out of an in-box. What brings you to the mayors office? I dont think even youve been in town long enough to cause any trouble.', 'Dont take the bait. Im looking for you, actually.', 'Ryans eyebrows went up in surprise. Then maybe we should step into my office.', 'Its not official Magnolia Beach business. I need to talk to you about my grandmother.', 'His attitude changed. It was subtle, but it was there all the same. Ryan indicated she should go into his office anyway. Somehow, shed been expecting it to be dated and stuck in time, but it was modern, with nice but not-too-expensive-looking furniture. Ryans eyes were concerned as he asked, How is Ms. Louise?', 'There was something very heartening about how much everyone seemed to care about Grannie. Her hospital room had remained full of fresh flowers, and shed had a steady stream of visitors at the convalescent center. That knowledge had helped mitigate her own guilt at not being able to be there every day.', 'Growing up, Helena never understood why Grannie loved living in Magnolia Beach, but then again, Grannie had never done anything to irritate the people. Well, besides having a hellion for a grandchild, of course. But even then, everyone had considered Helena to be Louises personal cross to bear and kept Grannie as a permanent fixture on the churchs prayer list for her patience and attempts to rein Helena in.', 'Shes chomping at the bit to be released.', 'Im not surprised. When will she be coming home?', 'Two, maybe three, weeks. Thats why Im here.', 'So youll be staying awhile? Ryans eyebrows went up again, as if he were calculating the cost of adding an additional officer or the possible property damage. Helena reminded herself not to be annoyed.', 'A little while. She sat in the guest chair in front of his desk. Grannie is going to need a lot of help when she comes home. Which brings me back to you. She cant come home until the house is ready for her. I need ramps built and one of those walk-in bathtubs installed downstairs. We need some grab bars, stuff like that throughout the house, because I dont want her falling again. Just the thought put a sick feeling in her stomach. Grannie wants you, specifically, to do the work.', 'Ryan leaned against his desk. Tell Ms. Louise that Im flattered.', 'But...? she prompted.', 'No but. Ill be happy to do it.', 'Great. Thats a big relief. And it was. The construction on the house was the biggest weight on her shoulders right now. And since she really didnt have the time to vet a parade of contractors, shed go with Grannies assurance that he was the best in Magnolia Beach. I have some errands to run this morning, but Ill be home after that. You can come by anytime this afternoon or tonight to take a look and give me some estimates.', 'Ryan pulled out his phone and checked something. Sometime after five okay?', 'Thatll be great. She started to offer the address, but caught herself. I think you know how to get to the house.', 'That I do. There was that smirk again.', 'Helena was desperate to ask him what was so damn funny, but she restrained herself. Then Ill see you this evening, Mayor Tanner. She stood and hitched her bag over her shoulder.', 'He nodded, and Helena showed herself to the door. Welcome back to Magnolia Beach, Hell-on-Wheels, Ryan called from behind her. Stay out of trouble, okay?', 'She had to bite her tongue to keep from taking the bait this time. With a nod to Julie on her way out, she pushed through the glass doors and into the sunshine.', 'Lord have mercy. If this morning was the baseline for what life was going to be like for her the next few weeks...', 'Magnolia Beach had a lot of new businesses. She sincerely hoped one of them was a liquor store.', '***', 'Ryan watched as Helena left in what could best be called a mild huff. Maybe he shouldnt have needled her like that. It wasnt his best move, but since the other choice had been to drop his tongue to his toes, hed probably made the better choice out of self-preservation.', 'Helena had been the stuff of teenage fantasy: pretty, but not unapproachably beautiful, wild and possibly dangerous, inspiring fear and envy and disdain at the same time. She ran with a crowd of mostly older boysmany of them delinquents themselvesgiving her a scary-sharp edge and a mouth that could cut you down to size without missing a beat.', 'The combination had been both alluring and detracting, much talked about in locker rooms and over illicit beers on the beach. So while Helena might have inspired the fantasies and starred in the dreams of many Magnolia Beach boys, very few had had the courage to act. They all knew she was way out of their league. Hitting on Helena seemed like a good way to have your head handed back to you.', 'Hed managed to stay out of her direct line of firemost of the timemainly because theyd run in different social circles. And though those circles didnt overlap, they did grate against each other pretty regularly with the expected antagonistic results. He knew Helena hadnt cared for him back then, but any chance he might have ever had to change her mind had ended when she up and left with a deckhand from one of the charter boats.', 'She never came back. Until now.', 'That allure should have faded over time, so the fresh rush of temptation had rocked him back on his heels. Shed certainly grown up prettythe big brown eyes and dark hair were just as he remembered, but there was something... softer about her. More approachable.', 'Shed been casually dressedjeans, a V-neck tee that just hinted at cleavage, minimal makeupbut that didnt have a girl-next-door effect. And the spike in his blood pressure wasnt adolescent at all.', 'Damn.', 'Julie stuck her head around the door. Well, shes back. Can you believe it?', 'You thought she wouldnt come home?', 'Im just surprised. Lord knows, she hasnt set foot in town for anything else. Not that Im complaining, mind you, she added, but it seems like she just fell off the face of the earth.', 'That was somewhat true. Helenas legendary status had only grown in her absencemainly because it was a complete absence. Ms. Louise was always quick to mention a gift sent by Helena, and her neighbors had given her rides to the Mobile airport for what she called her girl trips, but for the most part, even Ms. Louise had stayed silent about Helenas life after Magnolia Beach. I think an injured grandmother who needs care trumps everything else.', 'Ms. Louise has friends and neighbors who would be happy to help.', 'Its not the same thing as family.', 'Julie shook her head sadly. And even there the poor woman hasnt had much luck, has she?', 'In a town the size of Magnolia Beach, where everything was everyones business and fence-row gossip was the local pastime, it was considered a real shame that someone as well-liked and good as Ms. Louise had been dealt a rather poor hand: widowed young, then left to raise Helena on her own after her son died and Helenas mother ran off. Not that anyone would say that to her face, though. People shook their heads over Helena but maintained that Ms. Louise had done the best she could, considering the circumstances. I dont think Helena is a bad grandchild, only one who lives far away.', 'It wasnt uncommon or anything; Magnolia Beach was a small town, and many of its young people left, never to return. As mayor, though, he was working hard to make Magnolia Beach a place theyd want to come back to.', 'Julie merely shrugged.', 'Well, Helenas here now, when it counts, so give her credit for that much.', 'Julies mouth twisted, and Ryan bit back a smile. Old grudges died hard, it seemed. Everyone knew about Mike and Helena at homecoming, and Julie obviously wasnt ready to let that go just yet.', 'No one ever accused her of lacking nervethats for sure. Anyway, Julie said, her tone changing the subject rather nicely as she put a folder on his desk, theres not much happening here today. Just a few things you need to sign. She left, leaving the door open behind her.', 'A few moments later, he heard the clatter of her fingers flying over her keyboard and figured e-mails were pinging into in-boxes all over town, heralding Helenas return.', 'Shaking his head, he flipped open the file. A couple of permits, the winners certificates for the schools spelling bee, the minutes from the last council meeting. An average day and the reason this job was only part-time at best. Magnolia Beach was a good place, with good people, and it pretty much rolled along without much hassle or drama.', 'That was part of its charm.', 'And since he sincerely doubted Helena would find time to set fire to the football equipment shed again, he could enjoy the minor shake-up shed cause by being here.', 'His mayoral duties completed for the day, he had a full half hour before he needed to be anywhere else, so he logged on to check his e-mail. With nothing important awaiting him there, either, he went online to Google Helenas name.', 'Seconds before he could, though, Julie stuck her head around the door. Your brother just called', 'Adam or Eli? he asked without looking up.', 'Adam. He said to let you know that your uncle Dave just left his office and will be here in about one minute.', 'Damn it. He quickly closed the search window and stood. Thats not much warning.', 'He said it would give you enough time to prepare yourself but not enough time to escape, she said with a smirk.', 'Hard on her words, he heard the front door open. Julie shrugged a halfhearted apology and stepped aside as his uncle Daves burly frame filled the doorway.', 'I was just out for my walk and thought Id stop in to say hello. Without waiting for an invitation, Uncle Dave came in and sat.', 'Ryan believed in an open-door policy, and there was a high level of casualness to the position of mayor of Magnolia Beach, but this was no spur-of-the-moment drive-by visit. His uncle had been mayor for too many years and had never quite let the job go. He was just lucky Uncle Dave deigned to sit in the guest chair instead of behind the desk. These casual just stopped in to say hello visits had led to the last two mayors severely limiting their terms.', 'It hadnt taken Ryan long to understand why, but he had it worse than his predecessors. It was different when it was family. As his uncle liked to remind him when he protested, someone whod changed his diapers was not going to be put off easily. And that basically included an entire generation of Magnolia Beach residents.', 'At least Uncle Dave didnt beat around the bush. Word has it youre going to sign off on that new cell tower.', 'Not again. I am aware of your objections, but it has to be done. Were trying to attract people to Magnolia Beach, and folks just dont like to go places where they cant get a good cell signal. They dont like to be disconnected from the world.', 'I think it would be a selling point. To really get away from it all. That is the purpose of vacations.', 'You said the same thing when we put in the town Wi-Fi, and its proven itself a good investment.', 'Itll be an eyesore.', 'So are many necessities of modern life. But youll be glad to know that the council chose a site specifically not to mar the view. The cell tower itself wasnt the problem, and Ryan knew it. The real problem was that the new cell tower was another step in his larger plan to improve Magnolia Beach, and that made some people nervous.', 'Uncle Dave began mumbling about how it would give them all brain cancer, and Ryan crossed that topic off his mental list. They could now move on to the prospects of the football team, people flying flags improperly, and, his perennial favorite, the length of his hair. Ryan furrowed his brow and pointedly gave his watch a worried look, hoping he would take the hint.', 'No such luck. Uncle Dave sat back in the chair and got comfortable. I hear Hell-on-Wheels rolled back into town today. And that she was looking for you.', 'He hadnt been expecting that particular topic. Good to know the Magnolia Beach grapevine is in full working order, though. I hear she prefers to just go by Helena these days. And, yes, she found me. Theres some work that needs to be done on Ms. Louises house, and Ive agreed to do it. Hopefully Ms. Louise will get to come home soon.', 'Glad to hear it. Itll be good to have her back. Im looking forward to seeing how she turned out.', 'Ryan had only been half listening, nodding along, pretending to be busy, but that last bit had his head snapping up. He thought Uncle Dave had been talking about Ms. Louise. How who turned out? Helena?', 'Of course Helena. I remember when the sheriff hauled her and that Paul Chatham in, both of them soaked to the bone, covered in mud, and madder than wet hens.... He trailed off into chuckles. He knew theyd been up to something, but he just couldnt prove what. The man was half-crazed for weeks trying to find a crime to fit the suspects. The chuckles morphed into full-belly laughs that had tears rolling down his cheeks. Definitely a pistol, that girl. Always loaded and no safety. She kept everyone on their toes.', 'Ryan thought he was doing an admirable job of keeping his jaw from dropping open. Yet youre the one who hauled her in front of the town council over the water tower incident. Uncle Dave certainly hadnt found that quite so amusing at the time.', 'Uncle Dave shrugged. It had to be done. I thought it might put the fear of God in her before she got into some kind of real trouble.', 'Who is this man, and what has he done with my uncle? Real trouble? Defacing town property wasnt real trouble?', 'Uncle Dave waved him off. It was just teenage mischief, and not even maliciously done. And, anyway, Id been trying to get the council to approve the funds to repaint that tower for months. Helena helped me along. Once she painted over her artwork, the rest of the thing looked so bad, the council had to release the money. He raised an eyebrow. Speaking of which... its looking like it could use a fresh coat again.', 'Ryan was still stuck at the dismissal of Helenas petty-crime spree as teenage mischief, so it took him a second to catch up to the conversation. Ill add it to the list, he managed.', 'Good. Uncle Dave pushed himself to his feet. Now that he had said his piece, his visit was over. And when you see Helena again, you tell her I said welcome home. With a wave, he was gone.', 'Ryan sat back in his chair and scrubbed a hand across his face. This had been the oddest morning.', 'But he didnt have time to mull it over, as his phone was buzzing and he had to stop for supplies before meeting his crew at the Jones place. And he didnt have the time now to look up Helena, either, as curious as he was, and that annoyed him more than he expected.', 'He stopped by Julies desk to return the signed papers, but Julie merely nodded and waved, her attention more focused on whoever was on the other end of the phone balanced between her ear and shoulder. Her voice was low, but he still heard Helena and unbelievable.', 'He smiled. He could get supplies, go to the Jones place for a while, and then stop by the post office in a couple of hours. By then, the grapevine would have done its job and Anna Grace would have all the available information on Helena Wheeler, down to her shoe size, ready to share.', 'Living in a small town had its perks.', '', '', 'Chapter 2', 'Helena cursed as the download failed again and reached for her beer. Grannie might be able to function with a dial-up modem that dated from 1996, but Helena was going to have to get the cable guys out here with some technology from this century. She always bragged about how she was fortunate enough to be able to work from anywhereassuming that anywhere had high-speed Internet access. But that wasnt Grannies.', 'Frustrated, she shut down the laptop. Tomorrow, shed go in search of somewhere with free Wi-Fi. Maybe that coffee shop Tate mentioned would have it.', 'Leaving the laptop on the table, she took her beer to the front porch. Pretty much all the houses looked the same here, all built in the mid to late sixties after Hurricane Betsy flooded the area in 1965. The beach-style clapboard bungalows had wide porches and postage-stamp-sized yards, and only the paint colors and different flowers in the beds made it possible to tell them apart. There were children playing ball in the street while parents washed their cars in the driveways, and she could smell hamburgers grilling not far away. Idyllic. Charming. Monotonous.', 'I miss my life already. Shed only been away from it for a day, but the long weeks shed spend here, in Magnolia Beach, stretched ahead of her like a desolate desert highway.', 'Oh, there were other things she could be doingshe had a nice, long listbut she closed her eyes and set the swing in motion instead. It was hard to dredge up a real sense of urgency when she was still pitying herself for having to be here at all.', 'Misha, the friend who was keeping her plants alive in Atlanta, had taken on the role of life coach, earnestly encouraging her to use this time to both reconnect with her past and discover something new about herself. It had been all she could do not to laugh in Mishas face. She didnt want to reconnect with her past. Hell, that Helena felt like a completely different person, a strangerself-centered, selfish, and really angry at the whole world. That wasnt someone shed like to get to know again. A lot of it had been relatively harmless adolescent trouble, the consequence of the dangerous mix of small-town boredom and a still-developing frontal lobe, but there was a line, and shed been dancing right along it. No one wanted to be the one to send Ms. Louises granddaughter off to juvie, thoughand shed been smart enough not to do anything too damn dumb or feloniousso shed done a hell of a lot of community service. So much of it that it was practically her first job. She could still remember that horrid orange safety vest shed been forced to wearand the mocking attitude of the deputy when hed written Hell-on-Wheels across the back in black permanent marker.', 'She vaguely wondered if that vest was still around someplace. She snorted at the thought. Theyd probably tucked it inside her permanent record.', 'Hence her avoidance of Magnolia Beach, a small town with an ability to carry a big grudge. The cards had been stacked against her from the get-go: Her mother had been an unknown entity, some wild thing her father found and knocked up on a trip to Jacksonville, and most people worried that even the influence of a God-fearing, good woman like Louise Wheeler might not be able to counteract Helenas questionable DNA. Her mother hadnt lasted long in Magnolia Beach after her father died, leaving when Helena was just a couple of months old, but those few months had made an impression on the local populationand not in a good way. The first time Helena stepped out of line, all her mothers sins had been remembered and reexamined. And since everyone claimed apples didnt fall far from their trees, most people assumed Helena was on the exact same path of trouble and bad news. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.', 'Shed been lucky, though, getting it under control before her life became a cautionary tale suitable for an after-school special, but there was no pride or triumph in her story. She just wanted to forget it.', 'As for discovering something new about herself... That was a laugh. Shed been on that journey, thankyouverymuch. There was only so much introspection a person could do. Parental rejection leading to anger issues and attention-seeking behavior, blah, blah, blahshed done the therapy and had a shelf full of self-help books. She owned a business, paid her taxes, and donated to charities. She might not be respectable, but she was about as close as she was going to get. And that would just have to be enough for these people.', 'So, at best, she was going to discover how long she could survive being back in a town where the traffic lights went blinky at eleven oclockall three of them.', 'With a sigh and a strong mental shake, she drained the last of her drink. She could sit here and feel sorry for herself, or she could just deal. Since hosting a pity party wasnt going to change things, shed deal.', 'Just like shed always done.', 'But one look around Grannies house, full of fifty-some-odd years worth of stuff, was almost enough to send her back for another drink or a hide under the covers. Clean out the sunroom seemed like a manageable-enough task on paper, but in reality...', 'The knock at the door seemed like a small gift from God. She could postpone without feeling like she was procrastinating. Getting estimates from Ryan Tanner would also count as being productive.', 'But it was Tate at the door, not Ryan, and he greeted her with another hug that lifted her off her feet.', 'Someones been working out, she teased. Come on in.', 'Tate looked around and smiled. I havent been in here in so long. It looks exactly the same, though.', 'She nodded. Grannies not one for change. Can I get you a beer? Can you stay awhile? She sounded desperate, but perhaps she was. Just being back here was messing with her head. Plus, it was too quiet: The sound of children playing in the streets was actually a little creepy for someone more used to the city and traffic noise of her neighborhood.', 'I was actually going to see if you wanted to go get that dinner I promised you.', 'That sounded divine, but... I cant. Im waiting on Ryan Tanner to come by to give me some estimates.', 'When?', 'Sometime after five. She looked at the clock, saw it was five forty-five, shrugged, and went to the fridge. Tate shook his head when she offered him a beer, so she poured him a glass of tea instead. Hes worse than the cable company.', 'Well, hes got football practice, so theres no telling what time hell get here.', 'She leaned against the counter. Isnt he a little old for that?', 'Ryans one of the coaches now.', 'Somehow, that doesnt surprise me. He probably runs a scout troop, too. Wonder what the adult equivalent of teachers pet is? It was a little scary how quickly shed reverted to her seventeen-year-old self. She took a long swallow of her beer.', 'Hey, now, weve been to the state championships twice since he started coachingsomething that hasnt happened since... well, since Ryan was still playing, probably.', 'Go, Pirates, she deadpanned.', 'Still not a football fan, huh?', 'I could not care less if I tried.', 'Tate gasped, hand to his chest in fake horror. Thats unnatural.', 'She made a face at him. I actually want to hear about you, and what youve been up to, Dr. Harris.', 'Thats really all Ive been up to. I was in school forever, then came back here and took over Doc Masterss practice when he retired last year.', 'Im so proud. He gave her a look, so she clarified, No, I really am proud of you. Thats great.', 'He accepted that with a nod. And you?', 'I do graphic design. An online one-woman thing.', 'I knew youd end up doing something artsy.', 'Ive got pretty steady work, so Im lucky. I love it and it pays the bills.', 'Perfect combo. He tapped his glass against her bottle.', 'Exactly. She stared him down. But you... no wife, no kids? Whats up with that?', 'He nearly choked on his drink. I could ask the same of you, he said, deflecting the question.', 'She shook her head in mock sadness. Alas, the state of Georgia wont let me have a wife.', 'Tate laughed. Then well just call that a topic neither of us wishes to discuss.', 'Good call. What about Ellie and Sam? She was suddenly hungry for news, which was strange. She hadnt even thought about most of these people in ages, and now that made her sad. And a little ashamed.', 'Ellies in Mobilemarried, two kids, happy. Sam got divorced last year and moved back here. Im sure shed love to see you.', 'Tate had practically raised his sisters, and she could hear in his voice that he still adored them. Thats great, and Id love to catch up with Sam if theres time. Carefully, she asked, What about your parents?', 'Moms still in the same place. The old man died about eight years ago, he said flatly.', 'Glad to hear it, she thought, but said, I didnt know, instead. She wouldnt offer sympathy, and she knew Tate didnt expect it. Mr. Harris had been an evil, hateful man who only got worse when he drank. And it was a well-known secret how he took it out on his kids. She wasnt the least bit sorry the man was dead, and she wouldnt mouth platitudes she knew Tate didnt need or want to hear.', 'Tate quickly changed the subject. So when are you going to let me take you to dinner and show you the sights of Magnolia Beach?', 'Magnolia Beach has sights? she teased.', 'A few. Youve probably seen most of them, but we do have some nice restaurants now and a bar with live music three nights a week.', 'Goodness, when will we have time to fit it all in? At Tates shrug, she added, Well, my dance card isnt exactly full these days, so pretty much whenever is good for you. I should probably wait to make any concrete plans until I hear what Ryans going to do and when hes going to do it.... On cue, she heard Ryan call her name from the porch. Speak of the devil. Come on in, she shouted as she headed back that way.', 'Ryan already had one foot in the door. Another difference between life here and in Atlanta. Shed already quit locking her door, and the only thing strange about a man letting himself into her house was that it actually wasnt strange at all. That, and the fact shed reverted back to old habits so quickly. Hell, that was downright disturbing.', 'Sorry Im running late, Ryan said with an apologetic grin. The boys were acting up, and there were laps that had to be run.... He trailed off and cocked his head sideways. Tate. I didnt expect to see you here.', 'Tates nod was brief and quick. Ryan.', 'There was an odd moment of tension Helena didnt quite understand. What? Surprised theres at least one person whos glad Im back?', 'Oh, there are several, Im sure, Ryan said wryly. Some might even surprise you.', 'She laughed. Well, that would be a pleasant surprise, indeed. Setting down her beer, she turned to Tate. Its my turn to cut things short. Sorry.', 'No problem. Thanks for the tea. Tate set his glass on the table next to hers, then leaned in to plant a kiss on her cheek. Ill call you tomorrow about that dinner.', 'Youd better.', 'With another of those brisk nods in Ryans direction, Tate was gone. Ryan watched him leave.', 'Helena picked up the list of work for Ryan shed started earlier. Okay, lets start with the', 'That was fast.', 'Excuse me?', 'Youre back less than twenty-four hours and you already have a date with Tate Harris?', 'That was so far out of left field that she laughed. Whatare you jealous or something?', 'Ryans head snapped around. Huh?', 'Unless you have a thing for Tate, why would you even care? she asked.', 'Tate Harris is considered quite the eligible bachelor in Magnolia Beach. Youll make a whole new set of enemies if you poach him.', 'It hadnt occurred to her that Tate would be an eligible bachelor, but it did make sense now that Ryan mentioned it. Hed grown up to be downright adorable and successful. Im not poaching anyone. And even if I wanted to poach, Magnolia Beachs womenfolk could have him back in just a few weeks.', 'An eyebrow went up. Just a few weeks, huh?', 'Believe me when I say I do not intend to stay a second longer than absolutely necessary. I have a life in Atlanta, thank you very much, and I cant wait to get back to it as soon as humanly possible.', 'Ah, well, thats the spirit.', 'The sarcasm grated. She held the list in his direction. Shall we?', 'He nodded at the bottle in her other hand. Are you not going to offer me a beer first? Tsk, tsk, whats happened to your manners?', 'The rest of the world doesnt normally offer alcoholic beverages to random tradesmen, you know. But even as she said it, she was already heading to the fridge.', 'Ryan accepted the bottle with a nod of thanks, and she held the list in his direction again.', 'This time, he took it, but he didnt bother to look at it. Lets start at the front of the house.', 'She followed him out the front door onto the porch, but before he could start talking, he was interrupted by a high-pitched yapping bark. A small black smudge jumped out of the open window of Ryans truck and ran to sit at his feet, growling a warning at her. She jumped back a step. What the hell?', 'Ryan inclined his head toward it. And thats Tank.', 'Tank was quite possibly the strangest-looking dog shed ever seen. He was one of those hairless breeds, which gave him a rather ratlike appearance. He had a bit of an overbite and the little-dog antsiness that made his toenails click against the wooden planks as he danced around Ryans ankles. He was tiny, maybe five or six pounds, tops, and he alternated between shooting her dirty looks and staring adoringly up at Ryan. Tank?', 'Tank doesnt let his size affect his ego. He thinks hes bigger than he is.', 'Tank couldnt do her any real damage, but those teeth looked sharp nonetheless and would probably hurt if he got ahold of her. He belongs to you?', 'I think I belong to him, actually. He just showed up on my porch one day, and when I opened the door, he wandered in like he owned the place.', 'Thats sweet. Especially since Ryan seemed more like a yellow Lab kind of guy. Hysterical, but sweet.', 'He comes with me to work sometimes, but hes happy hanging under the truck in the shade. He wont bother you. So, youll need a ramp....', 'Over the next half hour, Helena developed a grudging admiration for Ryan. He obviously knew his stuffpointing out missing items on her list and coming up with different ways to solve the most obvious problemsand some of the not so obvious ones, too. For what seemed like the fiftieth time, she said, I hadnt thought about that.', 'This isnt my first rodeo, you know. We have a lot of retirees down here, not to mention the snowbirds who arrive every October. Adaptations to accommodate an aging population are a booming business. He looked at his notes. Do you have a budget in mind?', 'Of course.', 'After a moments pause, Ryan added, And that number would be...?', 'His attitude gave her great pleasure to be able to say, Something well discuss after Ive seen your bid.', 'You think Ill inflate the numbers? Insult was stamped across his face.', 'She shrugged. I think its unwise to tell anyone how much youre willing to pay until youve seen how much they want to charge.', 'Wow. Theres some trust issues for you.', 'It has nothing to do with trust or the lack thereof. Its just good business. Or didnt they teach you that up at Auburns business school? It was all she could do not to laugh at the look on his face. I made a trip to the post office for some stamps. The new girlAnna Grace?is a true font of information.', 'Ryan looked a little exasperated. 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\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\" -Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn
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\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\" -Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn
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She pulled the wine bottle from the ice bucket and filled her glass right up to the rim.
Despite the fact she\\'d had several already tonight, she remained frustratingly sober. It was a happy occasionCassie was married and bridges she\\'d thought burnt beyond repair were slowly being mended. She should be happyand she was, by God, she really was.
Except, at the same time, she wasn\\'t. She\\'d started the day by cleaning out her desk at work and ended it with finding out her friends had been lying to her for years and that years of estrangement had been all her fault. In the middle, she\\'d gone to a wedding and found out her brother was sleeping with Ginaagain.
Mercy, when losing your job wasn\\'t the worst thing that had happened to you, the day officially sucked.
Hence the need for more wine. Lots more wine.
Her mother was probably spinning in her graveladies didn\\'t overimbibe, much less in publicbut this was New York City, not Savannah, and Marnie had intentionally given up the quest to be a \"lady\" years ago.
Old habits were hard to break, but she could drown the Southern guilt in another glass of Chardonnay.
The large table in the corner of the trendy Tribeca Terrace held the remains of Cassie and Tuck\\'s small wedding reception, and Tuck had pulled Cassie to the dance floor a little while ago. It didn\\'t take a genius IQ like Cassie\\'s to see that they would be off to their wedding night very soon. Carter and Gina and Mason and Reese were also on the dance floor, doing that slow sway that said both couples would be leaving soon as well to a happy night themselves.
Marnie sighed into her glass. None of her friends had walked the easy path to happiness, but that was what made their stories so wonderful. The passion. Passion might be messy and difficult, but the proof it was worth it was right in front of her. And that\\'s what she wanted. If she\\'d wanted a predictable and staid and unremarkable life, she\\'d have stayed in Savannah.
But the pairing off of the others had left her alone at the table with Dylan Brookes. Their party of eight had really been three parties of two and two parties of one, but that hadn\\'t been too obvious or strange until everyone else coupled up. Being an extra wheel was awkward enough, but this situation took awkward to a new place.
Dylan had stood as Tuck\\'s witness today, but it was just plain weird to have him around. Tuck was Dylan\\'s best friend, but he was also Reese\\'s cousin, and he\\'d met Cassie at what would have been Reese and Dylan\\'s weddingexcept that Reese had practically jilted Dylan at the altar in favor of Mason. It had been quite a mess. Reese and Dylan seemed okay with it now, but everyone elseincluding herfound the situation awkward at best.
Watching your ex-fiance canoodle with the guy she threw you over for had to be uncomfortable, but if Dylan had a problem with that, he\\'d done a good job of hiding it.
He was currently typing something on his phone, and if he was feeling like an extra wheel, it didn\\'t show.
Either he was a very good actor, or he simply didn\\'t care. Marnie wasn\\'t sure if she should envy him or pity him.
The music wasn\\'t overly loud, but it was thankfully loud enough to not make the conversational silence at the table too noticeable. Not that she was in the mood for small talk, anyway. There was just way too much circling in her mind. She needed to process it all.
No one wanted to ruin Cassie\\'s celebration, so conversations had been hushed and behind bathroom doors, everyone trying to bring her up to speed without involving the entire party or casting a pall over it. The result was information and emotional overload, and the beginnings of a massive headache.
By the time she finished this glass, she could head on home without anyone thinking it was odd. There was wine in her fridge, and drinking herself into oblivion seemed the best way to finish out this horrid day. Tomorrow would be soon enough to try to make sense of it all.
\"I think I\\'m supposed to ask you to dance.\"
The comment caught her by surprise, as Dylan hadn\\'t said much to her all night, choosing to talk to Tuck and oddly Carter mostly. \"Excuse me?\"
Dylan half pointed in the direction of the dance floor, where Reese was making gestures over Mason\\'s shoulder that did seem to translate into: \"You two, dance.\"
The last thing she needed was a pity dance from him. \"Thanks, but no.\"
\"No, thank you.\"
Marnie had a brief flash of irritation at the relieved sigh in his voice as Dylan turned back to Reese and shrugged. Reese\\'s lips pressed together in annoyance before she peeled herself off Mason and stalked over to the table.
\"You need to dance, Marnie.\"
\"Why?\"
Reese seemed to think for a second. \"Because it\\'s bad luck for the bride and groom if the guests don\\'t dance.\"
Reese should really know better than to try that. In three years at Simmons College, fourteen of her sorority sisters had walked down the aisle. There wasn\\'t a wedding tradition or superstition she didn\\'t know inside and out. \"You made that up.\"
She shrugged. \"Doesn\\'t matter. I think it\\'s bad luck.\"
\"Well, I don\\'t think Dylan really wants to dance,\" she countered. \"And it\\'s bad luck to dance with an unwilling partner.\"
She could tell Reese was trying to decide if that was an actual superstition or not. Finally, Reese cut her eyes in Dylan\\'s direction. \"But he will be willing if you just say yes. This is a celebration, and you two are sitting it out. I think that\\'s a little rude, don\\'t you?\"
Reese knew right where to hit. The desire not to be rude was ingrained into her very soul and hard to ignore. Marnie weighed her options. Once Reese got an idea, it was nearly impossible to change her mind. She was a peacekeeper, a smoother-outer, the perfect hostess who wanted everyone to participate and have a good time. Reese had been born on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line; for a Yankee, she could channel a Southern matriarch with the best of them. Marnie could give in gracefully now or be politely and lovingly badgered to death.
\"Fine.\" She took a long swallow from her glass and stood. Dylan, wearing a look that might have been boredom or annoyanceit was really hard to tell whichpushed to his feet, as well. Talk about rude
\"Excellent.\" Reese smiled as Mason pulled her back into his arms.
Marnie let Dylan lead her to the dance floor, his hand at the small of her back, and she caught at least one or two jealous looks being shot her way by other women. She totally understood why. Dylan Brookes was smart, successful and handsome, and the news he was back on the \"eligible bachelor\" list had brought a cheer to the lips of nearly every unmarried woman in the city looking to marry well.
Dylan looked every inch the Park Avenue aristocrat he waswhich seemed a ridiculous contrast to the all-American frat-boy good looks of his best friend, Tuck. He radiated a suaveness, like he belonged in a tuxedo drinking dirty martinis at swanky events. Even tonight, with his dark hair slightly mussed, collar open and shirtsleeves rolled up over tanned forearms, the adjective that sprang to mind was \"debonair.\"
Her departed mother might be mollified now, as Dylan Brookesthe smart, rich, well-connected and respected attorney and philanthropistwas exactly the kind of man Miss Marnie Suellen Price, the only daughter of Marshall and Alma PriceGod rest their soulsof Savannah, Georgia, was supposed to dance with.
And she hadn\\'t danced with that kind of manintentionallyin over five years.
She knew Dylan\\'s typeshe\\'d grown up surrounded by men just like him. Well-bred, well-read, and well-groomed, raised with every perk money could provide and trained to step right into their daddies\\' shoes and run the world. Bloodless, boring, and usually arrogant, but disguised under a thousand-dollar suit.
But she\\'d suck it up for one dance.
Dylan took her right hand in his, placed his other at her waist, and they moved gently to the music, both of them staring off into the distance.
God, this was worse than junior prom. A good foot of space separated their bodies. She bit her lip to hold back the snicker as the memory flooded back. Peter Stevenson, son of Savannah\\'s mayor and the young man lucky enough to win the Price family seal of approval as a proper escort, had had sweaty palms. Looking back, it may have been the first time he\\'d ever actually laid hands on a girl. They\\'d kept that respectable distance between them all nightup to and including the chaste and proper good-night handshake on her front porch. And she\\'d been both satisfied and pleased, convinced it was proof Peter respected her.
Even now, she could still hear Gina\\'s bark of laughter at the recounting of that story, and her sincere judgment of \"How very pathetic.\" Even after everything that happened, Marnie had always been thankful to Gina for opening her naive eighteen-year-old eyes to the real world.
\"What\\'s so funny?\" Dylan\\'s question caused her to jump and brought her back to the present.
Her cotillion instructor would be horrified to know that she was neglecting the most basic rules of etiquette by ignoring her dance partner. But since she doubted Dylan would be happy to hear himself compared to her nervous seventeen-year-old prom date, she rapidly searched her mind for something appropriate to say.
She\\'d met Dylan a few times in social situations after he and Reese moved from coworkers to cou-pletheir engagement party, that Thanksgiving she\\'d had lunch at Reese\\'s parents\\' housebut she\\'d never really spent much time talking to him. She knew all about his career achievements, giving her a specific picture of Dylan, and she\\'d always been a little sad Reese had engaged herself to someone so dry, staid, and frankly unexciting. And if there was more to hima hidden fire, exciting depthsReese had never shared that information. Reese was just so private about things that there hadn\\'t been much girl talk deconstructing their relationship during their infrequent lunches in the city.
So while she kind of knew Dylan, she couldn\\'t say that she knew him well. And what she did know wasn\\'t all that helpful at the moment.
The obvious seemed the safest conversational course. \"Just thinking what an odd couple Cassie and Tuck are, but yet they\\'re so happy together.\"
Dylan nodded. \"You ladies did a good job with this party. I know they both appreciate it.\"
She grabbed the conversational rope gratefully. \"Tuckyes, and Cassie wouldn\\'t care unless Tuck did. We just couldn\\'t let her get married without some kind of celebration. It just seems wrong not to. It\\'s one thing not to have the big white wedding, but just a run to the courthouse wasn\\'t nearly enough.\"
Dylan nodded, and that topic was finished. How long is this song?
She laughed. \"It just seems like I\\'ve been neck-deep in weddings since June\"
\"I know the feeling. I\\'m rather tired of them myself.\"
Damn it. I shouldn\\'t have brought that up. \"My apologies. That must be a sore topic.\"
Dylan shrugged. \"Not really.\"
Her curiosity got the better of her manners. \"Does it not bother you?\"
\"Does what bother me?\"
\"Being around Reese. Seeing her with someone else like that.\" Seeing Reese so openly cuddly with Mason made Marnie realize that she\\'d never really seen Reese act openly affectionate toward Dylan when they were engagednor vice versa. Reese and Dylan had made a good-looking pair, but it would be a stretch to call them a \"couple\" based on their behavior.
\"I\\'m not a huge fan of witnessing large amounts of PDA from anyone, but beyond that, no.\"
Maybe that explained the lack of showy affection between them when they were together. \"Well, you\\'ve been very understanding and decent about it.\"
His eyebrows went up. \"There was another option?\"
She tried to picture Dylan in a jealous rage or even a mopey lovelorn depression. Neither image worked. \"I guess not.\"
\"We\\'re friends and I wish her well. I just hope she\\'s not making the same mistake twice\"
It was rude to interrupt, but \"You think Reese and Mason are a mistake?\"
\"For her sake, I hope not. But the odds aren\\'t good.\"
She rushed to defend Reese. \"I\\'d say that after all they\\'ve been through, their odds are pretty damn good. They love each other\"
Dylan actually snorted.
\"What? It\\'s true.\"
\"Yes, and love is probably the worst reason there is to get married.\"
That threw her off her game. \"What other reason is there?\"
\"You\\'re a romantic.\" His tone clearly said he saw that as a fault.
That wasn\\'t entirely true. She had no starry-eyed misconceptions about the realities of relationships, but to just dismiss love outright? \"For thinking love is a good reason to get married?\"
\"Love is ephemeral. Good marriages need a stronger foundation than that for a solid and successful partnership.\"
Ugh. She\\'d heard variations of that before. But even being taught that marriage was about creating a strong family foundationusually with the wife playing the helpmate to her husbandlove was still at least given lip service in the equation. \"So you think that Mason and Reese won\\'t have a solid and successful partnership? Simply because they\\'re in love?\"
\"Would you marry someone just because he was good in bed?\"
The bluntness of that question quite literally caused her to stumble. Dylan\\'s hand tightened against her back as she regained her balance, and she wondered if Dylan had tried to shock her on purpose. No, Dylan wasn\\'t the type. Gina might try to bait and shock, but Dylan She couldn\\'t really picture it. \"Like love, it shouldn\\'t be the only reason to get married, but it\\'s a damn important one.\"
Dylan merely smiled at her response, and she could almost feel the metaphorical pat on the head. It had been a long time since anyone had patronized her like that, and she wondered what Reese might have said about her to make him think.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lenten Reflections Year B (Disciples of the 21st Century)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Downfall of a Good Girl\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'Vivienne LaBlanc waited impatiently, trying not to bump her wings against anything or move too quickly in a way that would cause her halo to slide off, as Max Hale gave his introductory speech on the other side of the curtain.
\"There are many krewes, but none like the Bon Argent. Five years ago, we decided to do somethingin our own hometown styleto raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We were far more successful than we dreamed. Through the Saints and Sinners Festivalwhich grows bigger every yearwe\\'ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for dozens of local charities, and I thank all of you for your continued support.\"
After a short round of polite applause, Max continued to laud their accomplishments, but Vivi listened with only half an ear. She was well aware of the great work of Bon Argent; she\\'d been involved with the krewe since its inception. Candy Hale was one of her oldest friends, and Max was like a second father.
Her mother used to serve on the board, for goodness\\' sake, so she didn\\'t need to be sold on the success. She did, however, need a primer on these wings.
How am I supposed to sit in these things? The feathered and bejeweled wings were beautiful, arching up to head height and hanging to her calves. Vivi frowned as she tried to adjust the buckle on her gold sandals and felt the whole getup shift dangerously. Honestly, she looked less like a saint and more like a Vegas showgirl who\\'d crashed the neighborhood nativity play.
The Saints and Sinners balland the whole Bon Argent krewebordered on silly at times, but the costumes and the parody of pomp and pageantry was what had made the Saints and Sinners fundraiser so fun, popular and immensely successful in such a short time.
And there were three hundred people out there eagerly awaiting the announcement of this year\\'s Saint and Sinner. Following the traditions of the traditional Mardi Gras krewes, those identities were top secret info. As far as Vivi knew, only three people were in the know this year. Max, the head of the Bon Argent charity, Paula, the head of PR, and Ms. Rene, the seamstress who\\'d made the costumes for the Sinner and the Saint. Even she didn\\'t know who would be her other half between now and Fat Tuesday.
She had a few guesses in mind.
Unlike the traditional krewes, however, who would crown a king and a queen, Bon Argent had no gender requirements to fulfill. The Saint and the Sinner were chosen for their local celebrity and reputations and could be of the same gender. Vivi had her bets on nightclub owner Marianne Foster, who\\'d been in the news a lot recently and would provide excellent competition before Vivi crushed her. While Marianne would be popular in the voting and bring in large amounts of money, it wasn\\'t an overstatement or egoism to say that she, herself, was more popular and could raise huge amounts of money in comparison.
She stomped down the unkind thought. Thoughts were the precursors to words and actions, and she\\'d learned to keep her head in the right place in order to avoid saying or doing anything she might regret later. It\\'s about the money we can raise, not about winning.
But it was also about winning. The Sinner had taken the crown the last two years, but this year top honors were going to the Saint, because she simply refused to lose. She\\'d only lost one crown in her life, and she still remembered the bitter taste of watching Miss Indiana walk away with it. It didn\\'t matter how much she liked Janelle personally, or what a great Miss America she\\'d turned out to be, it still sucked to lose.
So she was competitive. It was hardly a personality flaw. No one liked to lose. And in this case, her competitive nature would be beneficial because it was all for a good cause.
Max was now introducing her Cherubim Court: ten local high school kids chosen by the charity\\'s board to be her team in the fundraising.
And now it was her turn. She took a deep breath, checked her dress, and waited.
\"my pleasure to introduce Saint Vivienne LaBlanc!\"
The curtain opened to a strobe of flashes from the photographers gathered in front of the stage and a very heartening roar of approval and applause from the guests. Vivi heard her sister\\'s distinctive whistle and looked over at the table where her family sat. When she\\'d left the table twenty minutes ago, claiming she had an emergency phone call from the gallery, Lorelei had given her a knowing look. She waved as she watched people from the surrounding tables congratulate her parents.
Being chosen as the Saint was quite an honor, and Vivi was beyond touched by the applause that showed so many people thought her deserving of it. She\\'d won a lot of contests in her life, brought home quite a few crowns, but this was different. It wasn\\'t about being pretty or popular. The downside to her pageant career was the assumption by all that she was just a pretty little face with no real substance. She\\'d spent years fighting that stereotype, trying to prove that there was more to her. It had been her biggest challenge to date, and the halo on her head was proof she\\'d succeeded. It might be cheesy and rather silly-looking, but it suddenly meant more to her than any crown she\\'d ever worn.
Beating the Sinnerwhoever that turned out to bewould be icing on the cake at this point, and now she wanted that trophy more than anything.
Vivi removed her halo with the proper pomp, placing it on the blue satin pillow that would hold both the Saint\\'s halo and the Sinner\\'s horns until the competition ended and the winner claimed both trophies. She then took her seat with her court and applauded politely as the Sinner\\'s court, the Imps, was introduced.
Max took a deep breath and looked so excited he might burst with it. \"Our Sinner this year is an obvious choice, and we\\'re so pleased he\\'s made time in his schedule to reign over this important event.\"
The pronoun usage told Vivi that she\\'d lost her bet. Damn, she\\'d been so sure it would be Marianne. It doesn\\'t really matter, she thought with a mental shrug. She was ready to take on anyone.
\"Connor Mansfield!\"
Vivi\\'s smile froze as the crowd broke into wild applause. You\\'re freakin kidding me.
Connor caught a glimpse of Vivi\\'s face as he stepped onto the stage and nearly laughed at the perfect mix of horror and fury against a feathery backdrop of angel wings. Not that he blamed her; his response had been very similar when he\\'d heard her name called, but he\\'d still been safely behind the curtain.
He had to hand it to the board of Bon Argent; they certainly knew how to guarantee maximum attention from the local pressattention that could be otherwise difficult to draw amid everything else happening during the Mardi Gras season. They\\'d probably break every fundraising record in history.
Vivi just looked like she\\'d like to wring his neck, but then she always looked at him like that. Some things just never changed, no matter how long you were gone from your hometown.
But the show must go on, and everyone was waiting for them to take their seats so dinner could be served. He removed his horns and solemnly placed them next to the Saint\\'s halo. Then he walked over to Vivi, nodded politely and waited for her to return the gesture. Slowly, they made their way to the high table. When they reached their seats a cheer went up from the crowd, and the competition of the Saints and Sinners Festival officially began. Servers appeared from the woodwork and the crowd turned its attention to the salad course.
He leaned a few inches in her direction. \"You\\'re going to ruin three years of orthodontic work if you don\\'t stop grinding your teeth, Vivi.\"
Her eyes narrowed, but she released her jaw the tiniest bit. She reached for her wineglass, noticed it was empty and reached for a water glass instead. He saw her look at it carefully, then shrug before she drank. Knowing Vivi, she\\'d debated dumping it in his lap.
\"I\\'d say Welcome Home, but\"
\"But you wouldn\\'t mean it.\" He grinned at her to annoy her.
\"But,\" she corrected, \"it would be rather redundant, considering the reception you just got.\"
\"Jealous I got more applause?\"
\"No.\" She shifted in her chair. \"I\\'m not an attention whore.\"
\"Big talk from the pageant queen.\"
Vivi inhaled sharply and her smile became tight. \"Some of us have outgrown our adolescence.\"
He pretended to think about that for a second, then shook his head sadly. \"No, you\\'re still sanctimonious.\"
\"And you\\'re still a\"
She stopped herself so suddenly Connor wondered if she\\'d bitten her tongue.
She inhaled sharply through her nose and swallowed. \"You must be very pleased to finally be recognized for your achievements.\"
\"I hate to burst your bubble, Saint Vivienne, but these titles aren\\'t character references.\"
\"Oh, really?\" Vivi\\'s face was the picture of confused innocence. \"You seem to be perfectly suited for the title.\"
And there was the first dig. He should have known that Vivi wouldn\\'t let that pass. Although he\\'d been vindicated, rumor and gossip had done their damage. Everyone believed there had to be a grain of truth in there somewherewhich grain it might be was the engine that drove the gossip that wouldn\\'t die.
Vivi might have hit a sore spot with her first salvo, but damned if he\\'d admit that. \"Sanctimonious and judgmental. You need to increase your repertoire.\"
\"Maybe you should add some to yours, as well. A little decorum from you would be nice, considering the honor you\\'ve been given.\"
\"According to you, it\\'s not really an honor, now, is it?\"
\"Yet you still seem very pleased with yourself.\" She snorted. \"You look ridiculous, you know. Black leather pants, Connor? Really? What is this? 1988?\"
He\\'d had a similar thought when they\\'d been presented to him. \"I agree on the pants. Very eighties glam metal. But then I guess it fits the costume.\"
Vivi smileda genuine one this timeat the server who filled her wineglass, but the smile disappeared as soon as the server did. \"I don\\'t know what Max was thinking,\" she grumbled at her salad. \"The Saint and the Sinner are supposed to be local celebrities.\"
\"I\\'m literally the boy next door, Vivi. I\\'m as local as you are.\"
\"You were local,\" she corrected him. \"Now you\\'re international. You\\'re off touring far more than you\\'re in town.\"
He tried to get comfortable in his chair, but the enormous black wings attached to his back made that feat nearly impossible. He didn\\'t quite understand the mixed-metaphor approach to Saints and Sinners, but Ms. Rene had gone for a Lucifer vibe. He felt more like a giant crow. \"So it\\'s the fact that my job requirements keep me out of town a lot that you object to?\"
Vivi tried to brush her hair back over her shoulder, but it only got tangled in her wings, creating modern art-inspired shapes in the white feathers. She tugged at the strands as she spoke. \"I object to the creation of an unlevel playing field.\"
Except for that jet-black hair, Vivi had the right looks to pass as an angelwide blue eyes, fair skin, elegant features. The fire in her eyes was far from angelic, though. Irritation made her movements jerky, tangling her hair even worse.
\"How is this unlevel in any way?\"
With one final tug that probably pulled some of it out by the roots, Vivi finally got the last of her hair loose. A rhinestone from her wings, loosened in the tussle, fell into her cleavage. Vivi looked down briefly, and Connor\\'s eyes followed hers to the valley of creamy skin before he snapped them back to her face. She had a beautiful mouth, lush and full and sinfuluntil she opened it and killed the illusion.
\"Your groupies and your fan club and all your famous friends will make sure to fill your coffers so that you win.\"
\"But that\\'s what this is about, right? Raising money?\"
\"Of course that\\'s what\\'s important,\" she conceded through a jaw clenched so tight it had to be painful, \"but you have an unfair advantage when it comes to the actual contest. No one could compete with you.\"
He grinned at her. \"I\\'m glad to finally hear you admit it.\"
\"I meant,\" she gritted out, \"that I\\'m a hometown girl and you\\'re a freakin\\' rock star. You have a bigger fan base by default and that\\'s an unfair advantage.\"
\"Your title is \\'Saint\\', Vivi, not \\'martyr\\'.\"
Vivi\\'s knuckles turned white, and Connor expected the stem of her wineglass to snap at any moment.
\"Just eat your dinner.\"
He shot her a smile instead. \"You could just concede now, you know.\"
She choked on her wine. \"Hell has not frozen over.\"
\"So it\\'s on?\" he challenged.
\"You\\'re damn right it\\'s on.\" Grabbing her fork, she speared her lettuce with far more force than necessary.
Vivi could never turn down a challenge. It didn\\'t matter what it was, Vivi went after everything in her full-out, take-no-prisoners style. He actually respected that about her. It was one of the few things they had in common. Everything else about her, though, drove him insane. Always had.
He really shouldn\\'t let Vivi get to him. He was an adult, for God\\'s sake. Vivi might not like him, but plenty of other women did, so her holier-than-Connor attitude shouldn\\'t bother him. There was something about her, though, that just crawled under his skin and itched.
Would he have agreed to do this if he\\'d known up front that Vivi would be a part of it? Or would he have just sent another check and let it go?
No, he\\'d been thinking about home for a while now; this was just the nudge he\\'d needed to get him here. It gave him an excuse to do some damage control, make some new headlines that didn\\'t involve paternity suits or sexual activities. He could take a step back and maybe take a deep breath for the first time in years.
He hadn\\'t realized how truly tired he was. Getting everything he\\'d ever wanted in life was great in theory, but he hadn\\'t known he\\'d be left feeling like a well-dressed hobo. He had accepted that at first: he couldn\\'t have gotten this far if he\\'d been tied down to any one place or thing. There was a great freedom to it. But it came at a cost, nonetheless.
Being homereally home, not just the place he slept between showsmade him feel like the earth was solid under his feet again. The ideas that had been swimming unformed in the back of his mind seemed to be taking shape now that he was here. New Orleans was good for his mind and soul, and he could use the next few weeks to really refocus and figure out what was next. Or what he wanted to be next.
He heard Vivi\\'s deep sigh of irritation and it brought him back to the present. Right now he had a contest to win. It felt good to come home; even better to come home to a warm welcome and the opportunity to do something good for his hometown.
Annoying Vivi while he did it was just a bonus.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Marine Plants of the Caribbean. A Field Guide from Florida to Brazil\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Taming of a Wild Child\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'The Only thing worse than waking up naked in a strange bed was realizing there was someone else sleeping in the bed, too. Someone male.', \"The bright light on the other side of her eyelids sent pain streaking through Lorelei LaBlanc's head as she tried to piece together exactly what the hell was going onand who she'd just spent the night with.\", \"She forced herself to lie still; jumping right up might wake her companion, and she didn't want to get straight into a confrontation before she had a handle on things.\", 'Think, Lorelei, think.', 'She had a hangover that would slay a mule, and it hurt to think. How much champagne had she consumed in the end?', \"Connor and Vivi's wedding had gone off without a hitch; all of the four hundred guests had had a fabulous time. The church had never looked better, and the hotel had outdone itself with both the decor and the food. She'd been at the head table for dinner, but once the dancing had begun and the champagne had really started flowing Well, that was where things began to get a little fuzzy. She remembered having a small, good-natured disagreement with Donovan St. James over\", 'Her eyes flew open.', 'Oh. My. God.', 'Bits and pieces of the night before came rushing at her with distressing speed and clarity.', 'Carefully, so as not to aggravate her hangover, she rolled slowly to her other side. Sure enough, Donovan lay there on his back, bare-chested, with only a sheet covering his hips and one leg. His hands were stacked behind his head as he stared at the ceiling.', 'She swore under her breath.', '\"Right there with you, Princess.\"', 'The amused sigh in Donovan\\'s voice put her nerves on edge. \"What the hell happened last night?\"', 'He had the gall to look pointedly at the tangled sheetswhich she was currently trying to pull over herself in a belated attempt at modestyand raise an eyebrow. She really wasn\\'t ready to go to the whole we had sex bit just yet. She cleared her throat. \"I mean, how? Why?\"', '\"How? Buckets of champagne. And there were tequila shots involved. As for why\" He shrugged. \"Beats the hell out of me.\"', \"Tequila explained a lot. Jose Cuervo was not her friend. I've done some stupid stuff in my life, but this?\", \"With Donovan St. James? And now? A chill ran down her spine. If she'd publicly done something Oh, her family was really going to kill her this time. Her sister would be first in line.\", '\"Please just tell me we didn\\'t make a scene at the reception,\" she whispered.', '\"I don\\'t think so. It\\'s a little blurry, but I think the reception was pretty much over before.\"', \"That alleviated a bit of her immediate worry; being stupid wasn't quite so bad as long as there wasn't an audience for the stupidity. Now, though, she had to face the fact she'd had sex with Donovan St. James.\", 'No red-blooded woman would question her taste. Donovan had poster-boy good looks: deep green eyes, inky black hair with a slight wave that he wore long enough to look a little dangerous, and skin the color of the cafe au lait she desperately needed to combat this monster hangover. The high cheekbones and square jaw now shadowed with dark stubble spoke to a heritage as mixed as New Orleans itselfif one could pick the best bits and discard the rest.', \"Donovan definitely rated high on the hummina scale. Good looks, though, were pretty much all he had going for him, in her opinion. Why had he even been invited to the wedding? It must have been a professional or courtesy invite. At least a hundred of the guests had fallen into that category. But the St. James family was the worst kind of nouveau richeusing money to buy influence and respectabilityand if Donovan had any class at all, he'd have RSVP'd no to what had obviously only been a polite gesture.\", \"But money couldn't buy class, that was for sure.\", \"And she'd slept with him. She must have reached an astonishingly new level of intoxication to completely lose all her self-respect. I am never drinking again.\", '\"Oh, don\\'t look at me like that, Lorelei. I\\'m not real keen on this new development, either.\"', 'Donovan sat upslowly, she noted, implying his hangover was equally as miserable as hersand reached for his clothes. Lorelei averted her eyes, but not before she got a good long look at broad shoulders, a trim waist and a very nice, very firm butt. Donovan ticked up another notch on that hummina scale before she noticed the red claw marks marring his back.', \"She'd enjoyed herself, it seemed. Pity she didn't have a better recollection of what had led to those marks. Although she felt like hell, underneath the hangover was a pleasant muscle soreness that spoke to a good time.\", \"The silence felt awkward and uncomfortable. Despite her reputation, Lorelei wasn't an expert on morning-after protocols, but she'd brazen through this somehow. Clutching the sheet to her breasts, she let it trail behind her as she grabbed her dress off the floor and headed for the bathroom. She thought she might have heard a sigh as the door closed behind her.\", \"The sight in the mirror was not pretty. Lorelei splashed water on her face and tried to wipe away the worst of the mascara circles under her eyes. Then she finger-combed her hair until it didn't look quite so wild and made use of the mini-bottle of mouthwash provided by the hotel. Feeling marginally human, she righted her dress and slipped into it.\", 'She could only hope that no one would see her heading back to her room as nothing said night of debauchery quite like wearing a cocktail dress before breakfast. Six months of very hard work could be shot all to hell.', 'Of course she had a much more pressingand disturbingproblem right outside that door which she had to deal with first.', '\"Okay,\" she said to her reflection, \"you need a dignified exit.\" Taking a deep breath, she opened the bathroom door.', \"Donovan stood by the window, looking out over Canal Street, but he turned once he heard the door open. He'd pulled on a pair of jeansending up in your own hotel room instead of someone else's had perks, like clothesbut he'd stopped before adding a shirt. Lorelei had a hard time keeping her eyes from wandering as he wordlessly handed her a bottle of water. She nodded her thanks.\", '\"There\\'s aspirin, too,\" he said, dodging past her into the bathroom and returning with a bottle. \"Care for a couple?\"', 'He shook the bottle, causing her head to throb, and she was pleased to see him wince at the noise, as well.', 'Lorelei felt like she was in a bad movie. \"Look, I think we would both agree that last night should not have happened.\"', '\"That\\'s for sure.\"', 'She stamped down the remark she wanted to make at that insult. Dignity. \"So we\\'ll just pretend it didn\\'t happen. I won\\'t mention it to anyone and you won\\'t write about it, okay?\"', \"From the look on Donovan's face, he didn't like the implication, and Lorelei worried that she might have made a tactical error. Donovan had turned his high-school hobby of flaying people alive for sport into a profitable career. He destroyed careers, lives, families. Rumor had it that he was looking for another big story. People tried to avoid pinging onto his radar screen; no one with a shred of self-preservation would bait him intentionally.\", '\"I limit myself to topics of public interest, and even if this fit the definitionwhich it doesn\\'tit\\'s not somethingwasn\\'t anythingto brag about.\"', 'Dignity be damned. She was not letting that slide by unchallenged. \"I wouldn\\'t know. Must not have been that memorable an experience.\"', '\"Then forgetting it happened at all won\\'t be a problem for you.\"', '\"No, it won\\'t.\" That was a lie, but Donovan had no way of knowing better, so it was a safe lie. And it allowed her to hold her head up as she gathered the rest of her things.', \"Her small purse was upside down by the door, her phone, lipstick and room key spilling out. Not far from that was one of her shoes, then Donovan's tie and shoes, then her other shoe. It was a breadcrumb trail of shame that led straight to the king-size bed.\", \"Lord, was there anything less dignified than searching for your underwear? She picked up Donovan's jacket and gave it a shake. Nothing. Dropping to her knees, she looked under the bed. She found an empty condom wrapper, alleviating one of her fears, but finding two more had her cringing.\", 'No sign of her underwear, though.', '\"If you\\'re looking for these\" Donovan drawled. She looked up to see him dangling her panties from one finger. She bit her tongue and settled for shooting him a dirty look as she jerked them from his hand and tucked them into her purse. The addition of the undergarment, as tiny as it was, was too much for the little bag, and it refused to close. Heat flushing her face, Lorelei had no choice but to take the extra time to put them on.', 'Funnily enough, she felt a little less flustered once she had. Underwear was a form of armor, it seemed.', \"Squaring her shoulders, she went to the door and examined the fire-safety map posted there. According to the red X marking her location as room 712, she could easily get to the fire stairs, go down one floor and she'd come out only a few doors away from her own room. Excellent. The chances of running into someone she knew had just decreased exponentially. Something might actually go her way this morning.\", '\"Planning your escape route?\"', \"She turned to see Donovan stacking the pillows on the bed into a comfortable back-prop, and then reclining, remote control in hand. He wasn't even looking at her, and, if anything, he now sounded bored. Obviously this was not an out-of-theordinary morning for him. Why am I not surprised?\", '\"Exactl...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Disappearing Daughters: The Tragedy of Female Foeticide\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: It Had to Be Love (An It Had to Be Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'Tamra Baumann became hooked on writing the day she picked up her first Nora Roberts novel from her favorite bookstore. Since then, shes dazzled readers of contemporary romance with her own lighthearted love stories. She was the 2012 Golden Heart winner for Contemporary Series Romance and has also received the Golden Pen Award for Single Title Romance. Born in Monterey, California, she led the nomadic life of a navy brat before finally putting down permanent roots during college. When shes not attending annual Romance Writers of America meetings, this voracious reader can be found playing tennis, traveling, or scouting reality shows for potential character material. She resides with her real-life charactersa husband of thirty years, two kids, and their allergy-ridden dogin the sunny Southwest.']","rejected":"Title: The Business of Spirits: How Savvy Marketers, Innovative Distillers, and Entrepreneurs Changed How We Drink\nDescription: [\"In this slim book, journalist Rothbaum explains how the liquor business has engineered a new golden age. As with so many industries, conglomerates have soaked up the small distilleries, improving global distribution, while increasing connoisseurship spurred partly by pop culture vehicles like Sex and the City has turned on consumers to super-premium vodkas and rum distilled from hand-harvested sugarcane. Among those he profiles is impresario Sidney Frank, who transformed Jagermeister from an obscure herbal elixir to frat-boy staple, and opened his Grey Goose vodka distillery not in Russia, Poland or Scandinavia but in France's Cognac region, gaining easy access to excellent water, local distilling expertise and a unique and luxurious-sounding provenance. He eventually sold the brand to Bacardi for more than $2 billion, but not before me-too brands popped up to lure imbibers, with ever more complex backstories and filtration processes, not to mention flashier bottles for the tasteless spirit. Rothbaum devotes a chapter to applauding the revival of the pre-prohibition craft of quality cocktails, a trend distillers celebrate as well. The text is sprinkled with informative sidebarsperhaps too many, given its slender sizelike a guide to artisan cocktail bars in New York, London and Prague, and a thumbnail history of rye whiskey. An industry cheerleader, Rothbaum tells his story well, but it could have benefited from more social context regarding the roots of today's hard alcohol renaissance. (Sept. 4) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'For over five years, Noah Rothbaum wrote for SmartMoney The Wall Street Journal Magazine. He has also written about spirits for Money, Forbes.com, the academic food journal Gastronomica and the trade publications Beverage Media and Beverage Dynamics. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Food Arts, O, The Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Details, Fortune Small Business and Life.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Not Planning On You: A Danvers Novel\nDescription: ['Praise for the Danvers Novels
Wonderful . . . Landons foray into contemporary romance has just the right amount of angst, sass, sexiness, humor, and of course romance.Fresh Fiction
If you like the Cinderella-style story, this modern day version is sure to be a hit.Once Upon a Twilight
A hot, sweet, good ride.Under the Covers Book Blog', \"Sydney Landon is the New York Times & USA Today Best Selling author of: Weekends Required, Not Planning on You, Fall For Me, Fighting For You, Betting on You, No Denying You, Always Loving You, Pierced and Fractured. Sydney is currently working on the next book in the Danvers' Series as well as the Pierced Series. When she isn't writing, Sydney enjoys reading, swimming and the beach. She lives with her family in Greenville, South Carolina.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: 1001 Hunting Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Taking Deer, Big and Small Game, Upland Birds, and Waterfowl\nDescription: ['Lamar Underwood is a former editor-in-chief of both Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and has edited over a dozen books for The Lyons Press, including Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told and Into the Backing. He is also the author of 1001 Fishing Tips and 1001 Hunting Tips. He lives in Pennington, New Jersey.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Trophy Wife\nDescription: [\"Elizabeth Stanton is an heiress charged with making sure the holdings that have been in her family for generations not only survive but prosper. However, her ex-husband has drained Elizabeth's assets down to the last penny and run off with his girlfriend. All Elizabeth has left is her Houston mansion and the family farm. When Max Riordan comes to call, Elizabeth is uneasy as she always is when confronted with his take-charge demeanor and blunt speech. Max is a self-made millionaire, but has yet to dent the steel walls of Houston society. He proposes a deal: if Elizabeth marries him, he'll see that she's financially solvent again. In return, Elizabeth will use her social standing to gain him entree into society. Elizabeth sees no way out and agrees. Both Max and Elizabeth are unprepared for the true attraction that develops between them, and it's a real pleasure to watch how cleverly Gray brings these wonderfully well-drawn characters together in this pleasurable read. Maria Hatton Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '\". . . is resplendent with larger-than-life characters and situations.\" -- Romantic Times BOOKclub on Pale Moon Rising
\"No mean feat!\" -- Romantic Times on Fatal Flaw', '', '']","rejected":"Title: America's Controversy with God's Covenant: America's Blessings are in Danger of Being Lost - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The CEO Buys In (Wager of Hearts)\nDescription: ['Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Whisper Horse series and several other contemporary romance novels. Her second Whisper Horse novel, Country Roads, was nominated for a Romance Writers of America RITA award. Nancy is a member of Romance Writers of America, New Jersey Romance Writers, and Novelists, Inc. She has received many honors for her work, including the Golden Leaf Award, the Maggie Award in Contemporary Romance, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, Nancy now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Reunion: A Tale Of A Serial Killer, A Dog Named Oprah And A High School Reunion\nDescription: ['Joe is a former pilot who holds an Air Line Transport Certificate - Jet rated, and was an Aviation Safety Inspector, for the FAA. In his younger years he flew the U.S. Mail in the Midwest where he heard the old stories of the mysterious serial killer. He also penned \"Let My Heart Attack Save Your Life\" in 1995 and did over 200 radio and TV interviews. He is retired and lives in Southern California with his wife and girlfriend of 40+ years. He has three children and one grandchild.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gambler (Wedding Pact)\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']","rejected":"Title: Black Rat\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fourth and Goal: Seattle Lumberjacks Series, Book 1\nDescription: ['\"I got sucked into this book, hook line and sinker sucked in.\"--Wendy, the Super Librarian (Recommended Read, Best Books of 2011)
\"I was consumed with her tale of friends to lovers intertwined with football.\"--Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick)
\"The ending was heartrending and I loved reading my way through the football season with a player who had lost his mojo.\" Jane Litte via Goodreads
\"I was captivated...\"--Dear Author
\"Romance so real that you feel you are there.\"--Blackravens Reviews
\"A good beach read and you don\\'t have to know a lot about football to enjoy the story.\" --Manic Readers Reviews\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t', \"Jami Davenport has been writing since she was old enough to know the alphabet. An advocate of happy endings, Jami writes sexy romantic comedy, sizzling suspense, and equestrian fiction. Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her husband, a former Green Beret turned plumber, two dogs large enough to saddle, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare. Jami is a sports fan and loves football. She's been a rabid Seahawk fan and season-ticket holder through the good and bad times. In her spare time, Jami rides and shows her dressage horse and grows roses. An avid boater, Jami has spent countless hours in the San Juan Islands, the setting for her first two books. A third-generation Washingtonian, Jami has never lived anywhere else. In her opinion, it's the most beautiful place on earth.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dead At Last eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Country Roads (A Whisper Horse Novel)\nDescription: ['\"The small town vibe and endearing characters keep the pages turning as their struggles and strengths evolve throughout the book. Fans of horses will enjoy this sensitive take on horse whispering as well as the bonds that can form between horse and rider. The romance is compelling with a couple whose realistic problems and vices keep it firmly grounded in the real world.\"RT Book Reviews, 4 stars
\"A sheltered artist with a secret follows her heart to Sanctuary, West Virginia, where she meets a hunky country lawyer with a secret of his own in Nancy Herkness Country Roads. A charmingand hot!tale of falling in love for all the right reasons, Country Roads should be on your must-read list!\" Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of The Long Way Home: The Chesapeake Diaries
Julia and Pauls romance is fun and the book moves along at a nice clip. Publishers Weekly
\"Country Roads is a contemporary romance that will steal your breath. Its dreamy. Its steamy hot, yet heartbreakingly tender. Its an exceptional story that will touch your heart. It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. You will read feverishly to the end, and then you wish that it would go on forever. Country Roads is a novel you will treasure.\" Heide Katros, Winter Haven News Chief
\"I could feel an immediate chemistry flowing between [Julia and Paul]. Overall, I loved getting to know Ms. Herkness characters as intimately as I did. This is my first experience reading this authors work, but it wont be my last. I recommend this book and look forward to reading more from this author.\" Night Owl Reviews
\"Beautifully written and perfectly paced this is a passionate story of two people finding their way together while keeping promises they made and trying not hurt their families in any way. Five stars, \\'Perfect Escape\\'.\" Dollycas, Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book
\"All I will tell you is that every character from this book was great. The people who live in Sanctuary are the best people anyone could wish to have as neighbors!\" Divas Book Blog
\"Country Roads is a great romantic read! The relationship between Paul and Julia, as quick as it evolves, is dynamic...pulling them and the reader in all directions!\" Sue Peace, Peaces of Me
\"[Ms. Herkness] has complex characters with wants, desires, needs and fears. And she wields them well. ... I can\\'t wait to go deeper in the series.\" Veronica Hardy, book blogger ', '', 'Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, Nancy Herknesss passion for writing romance began the day her grandmother gave her a Georgette Heyer novel. After graduating from Princeton University with honors in English literature and creative writing, she had successful careers in retail, computer programming, and marketing before finally returning to her first love: writing. The author of Take Me Home and three other contemporary romances, Herkness was named one of 2003s Best Up and Coming Authors in the Affaire de Coeurs readers poll. She is also a winner of the Golden Leaf Award, the Aspen Gold Award, and the Write Touch Readers Award. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two mismatched dogs.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Hell's Rebels Part 1 - In Hells Bright Shadow\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Place I Belong (A Whisper Horse Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, where she rode her pony like other children ride their bicycles, Nancy Herkness discovered her passion for writing romance the day her grandmother gave her a Georgette Heyer novel. After graduating from Princeton University with honors in English literature and creative writing, she had successful careers in retail, computer programming, and marketing before finally returning to her first love: writing. The author of the popular Whisper Horse series as well as several other well-received contemporary romances, Herkness was named one of 2003s Best Up and Coming Authors in the Affaire de Coeurs readers poll. She is also the winner of several writing awards, including the Golden Leaf Award, the Aspen Gold Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two mismatched dogs.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: El Shaddai: The God Who Is More Than Enough\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fire and Ice: A Novel\nDescription: ['[Julie] Garwood entices readers with sizzling adventure punctuated with memorable characters. . . . Humor and danger are a winning mix. . . . A genuine Garwood gem!Romantic Times
Julie Garwood has become a trusted brand name in romantic fiction.People
From the Paperback edition.', 'Julie Garwood is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Shadow Music, Shadow Dance, Slow Burn, Murder List, Killjoy, Mercy, Heartbreaker, Ransom, and Come the Spring. There are more than thirty-six million copies of her books in print.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Miracle in Moscow,\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Lot Like Love (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\nDescription: ['Jordan Rhodes seems to have it all: money, fame, beauty, and her own successful business doing what she loves, introducing people to exceptional wines. But her twin brother Kyle is serving hard time after crashing Twitter in an emotional reaction to his girlfriends very public breakup with him. The FBI offers to commute Kyles sentence to time served if Jordan cooperates by getting one of their people into a very exclusive charity fundraiser. James sassy, suspenseful sequel to Something About You (2010) exhibits her trademark sizzle and wit while focusing attention on another FBI undercover agent assigned to ferret out the secrets of Chicagos Mob. James pits Nick McCalls bad-boy appeal against Jordans warm heart in a classic romance trope and concludes with tantalizing hints about future installments set in the same intriguing venue. --Lynne Welch', '\"With only four books under her belt, Julie James has cemented her place as one of contemporary romance\\'s superstars.\"--San Francisco Book Review
\"You\\'ll fall head over heels for \\'A Lot Like Love\\'...[a] charming romance.\"--USA Today
\"Fueled by equal measures of seductive wit, edge-of-the-seat suspense and scorching hot sexual chemistry, James\\' latest scintillating novel of romantic suspense is a rare treat.\" --Chicago Tribune
\"With a nod to Alfred Hitchcock\\'sNotorious, this latest from James (Something About You)blends plenty of sparklewith a vineyard-full of oenological detail....Sexy fun, romance fans will pop their corks over this one.\" --Library Journal ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Girl Who is Worth 100 Cows: The story of an 14 month humanitarian journey to South Sudan and India\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Something About You (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\nDescription: ['When a high-priced prostitute is murdered in the neighboring hotel room, sole witness Cameron Lyndes safety is in the very capable but unforgiving hands of FBI special agent Jack Pallas, who thinks she sold him out three years ago on a case involving the Chicago Mob. As an assistant U.S. attorney, shes fully cognizant of the risks, especially since the client caught on videotape engaging in kinky sex is the well-known, married U.S. senator from Illinois, recently appointed chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. But as the murderer closes in, Jack and Cameron must put aside their differences to stay alive and solve the case. James has crafted another sizzling, vibrant contemporary legal romance set in her hometown, with edgy banter and edge-of-your-seat encounters between the forces of law and those corrupted by access to power. The sequel, A Lot Like Love (2011), continues the Martino investigation subplot with another FBI agent, Jacks friendly rival, Nick McCall. --Lynne Welch', '\"James\\' latest novel delivers an addictively readable combination of sharp humor, sizzlingly sexy romance, and a generous measure of nail-biting suspense.\" (Recommended review) --Chicago Tribune
\"I\\'d long heard great things about Julie James\\'s novels, and Something About Youlives up to the hype. . . . [A] must-read for those searching for a smart romance with great characters and a no-holds-barred plot.\" --Sacramento Book Review
\"Something About Youis a fun contemporary romance filled with witty, well-developed characters, and is a book I heartily recommend. . . . When I finished, I wanted to start reading it again.\" --All About Romance
\"Something About Youis a perfect storm of awesome.... It crackles, it\\'s funny, it makes you laugh.... This is a contemporary romance well worth savoring, and laughing over, and reading all over again.\" --Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
\"How do I like this book? Let me count the ways.... Smart, snappy, funny yet realistic. I can\\'t count the number of times I laughed.... [T]his is one book I can totally recommend.\" --Dear Author', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Music Moves for Piano: Keyalities and Tonalities - The Complete Book of Arpeggios, Cadences, and Scales--Lowe, Marilyn-\nDescription: ['Music Moves for Piano: Keyalities and Tonalities - The Complete Book of Arpeggios, Cadences, and Scales\\n\\nby Marilyn Lowe\\n\\nA first! This book is an indispensible, complete reference guide to help students build and maintain performing skills in all keyalities and tonalities.\\nSeries : Method Book\\nNumber of Pages : 88', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: About That Night (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\nDescription: ['"James\\' latest novel is ... filled with fast quips and chemistry that heats up the pages. Readers will love the back-and-forth between the main characters, but throughout the book the rest of the cast of characters and the story is a fantastic romantic comedy. This one would be great on the big screen."-RT BookReviews Magazine(Top Pick)
“ABOUT THAT NIGHT is Julie James’s best book to date! . . . It is utterly enchanting, sensual and fabulous. Julie James gives a robust voice to contemporary courtships! Amusing and sexy, Julie James\\'s books are flirtatious temptations for every reader.”--Romance Junkies', \"After graduating from law school, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie James clerked for the United States Court of Appeals. She then practiced law with one of the nation's largest firms for several years until she began writing screenplays. After Hollywood producers optioned two of her scripts, she decided to leave the practice of law to write full-time.
Julie's books have been listed on the American Library Association's Reading List for Top Genre Novels, Booklist's Top 10 Romances of the Year, and have been featured as one of Cosmopolitan magazine's Red Hot Reads. Julie's novels also were chosen as the Best Contemporary Romances of 2010, 2011, and 2012 in the All About Romance Readers' Polls. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and Julie's sixth novel, Love Irresistibly, is now available.
Julie James lives with her husband and two children in Chicago, where she is currently working on her next book.\"]","rejected":"Title: The Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girl Most Likely To...\nDescription: ['', '\"An exceptional novel with humor and pathos and rich in detail, and the finely put together characters make this a story worthy of our Perfect 10 award and a must read. You\\'ll laugh, cry, and your heart will break over this brillant story of a man and woman - what most wonderous stories end up being about.\" --Romance Reviews Today', '\"A wonderfully convoluted take of love lost and found, secret pregnancies and spousal abuse, Donovan\\'s latest shows us the healing power of forgiveness and the strength found in the love of family. It\\'s peopled with complex characters who learn much about themselves and those they love through the course of this compelling story.\" --Romantic Times', '\"A beautiful book that will capture your heart!\" -Fresh Fiction', 'Susan Donovan will steal your heart. Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author', '', '', 'SOMETIMES ALL A GIRL NEEDS', 'Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of Persuasion, West Virginia and vowed never to return. Who could blame her? Shed just stumbled upon her fathers adulterous affair, found out she was pregnant, got dumped by her boyfriend, and kicked out of her house and school . . . all in a single afternoon. Twenty years have gone by and Kats backgorgeous, rich, and looking for an apology from everyone whod turned their backs on her. First on that list is Riley Bohland, the boy who broke her heart before she could tell him about the baby.', 'IS A LITTLE PERSUASION', 'But Kat didnt count on Riley having his own axe to grind, or that hed be just as delicious as he was at sixteen. She also didnt count on her heart opening at the sight of him. When their anger ignites a passion intense enough to burn through two decades of secrets and lies, Kat must question everything she thought she knew about her past. And what about her future? The only place to find the answers may be in Rileys arms', 'Susan Donovan will steal your heart. Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Longman Science Workbook\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Name of the Game (Hidden Gems)\nDescription: [\"A savvy TV producer who'd grown up in the Hollywood dream machine clashes with a charm resistant woman. Desires highten and things happen....\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Art of Teaching Children\nDescription: ['How to be effective in teaching your children by example with both chapters for mom and dad. It also has chapters on family prayer, moments to remember, dinner table talk, church attendance, and family goals to name a few.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1: Playing the Odds, Tempting Fate, One Man's Art, All the Possibilities, For Now, Forever\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Enzyme Factor (Japanese Version)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The MacKade Brothers Bundle: The Return of Rafe MacKade, The Pride of Jared MacKade, The Heart of Devin MacKade, The Fall of Shane MacKade\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: A Life-Changing Encounter with God's Word From the Book of 1 Peter (Life Change Series)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Doing It Over (A Most Likely To Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'Bybee (the Weekday Brides series) launches a trilogy themed on yearbook superlatives (Most Likely to...) of three friends, and how theyve fared ten years after graduation. Melanie Bartlett, labeled most likely to succeed by her graduating class in River Bend, Ore., is back for her tenth class reunion, with her daughter, Hope, in tow. Though she is somewhat embarrassed that she dropped out of college and is a divorced single mother, Melanie wouldnt trade her life with Hope for anything. Melanie has decided to move back to River Bend and is relieved that Miss Gina, the proprietress of a local bed and breakfast, has a job for her. When Melanie meets Miss Ginas contractor, Wyatt Gibson, she is surprised that the handsome younger man would flirt with her. Unexpected trouble crops up in Mels life, but Wyatt and the townspeople pitch in to help her out. The romance between fiercely independent Melanie and charming Wyatt heats up even as outsiders threaten to derail their newfound happiness. This novel will hook readers with its warm, inviting characters and the promise for similar future installments.', '', 'This brand-new trilogy, Most Likely To, based on yearbook superlatives, kicks off with a novel that will encourage you to root for the incredibly likable Melanie. Her friends are hilarious and readers will swoon over Wyatt, who is charming and strong. Even Melanies daughter, Hope, is a hoot! This romance is jam-packed with animated characters, and Bybee displays her creative writing talent wonderfully. RT Book Reviews, 4 stars', 'With a dialogue full of energy and depth, and a twisting storyline that captured my attention, I would say that Doing It Over was a great way to start off a new series. (And look at that gorgeous book cover!) I cant wait to visit River Bend again and see who else gets to find their HEA. Harlequin Junkie, 4.5 Stars']","rejected":"Title: Mars Explorer: (Age 6 and above) (Exploring Space)\nDescription: ['', 'The old adage that \"knowledge is power\" seems to resonate more so than ever today. Reading and learning gives kids that power, and in today\\'s increasingly competitive world, the more knowledge kids have at their fingertips, the more prepared they will be to meet the challenges of our modern world.', 'I wish to pass on my love of reading and exploring the world around us to all those new younger readers.', 'So join me on my many voyages of discovery, learning about the many incredible things, people and creatures that make our world such a fascinating place.', 'TJ Rob - www.TJRob.com', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The All-Star Antes Up (Wager of Hearts)\nDescription: ['', 'Golden Quill winner, Contemporary Romance', 'The Carolyn Readers Choice Award winner, Contemporary Romance', 'Golden Leaf Award finalist, Contemporary Romance: Long', '', '', 'Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Whisper Horse series, as well as several other contemporary romance novels. She has received many honors for her work, including the Book Buyers Best Award, the Maggie Award in Contemporary Romance, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, and she is a two-time nominee for the Romance Writers of Americas RITA award. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, Nancy now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Oxford Reading Tree Read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper: First Experiences: Going on a Train\nDescription: [\"Author and illustrator team, Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta, are two of the most experienced and successful reading scheme creators in the world. In 2008, Roderick Hunt received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to education, particularly literacy. This was followed by further success when Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Annemarie is an author, publisher and editorial consultant in children's books and primary education. Kate is an author, series editor, consultant and a teaching deputy head in a primary school in Suffolk\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Room For You (Cranberry Inn) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Beth Ehemann lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her 4 children and her husband, who is really just a big kid himself most of the time. She loves reading, writing, photography, martinis and all things Chicago Cubs.']","rejected":"Title: Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and Sideways Markets\nDescription: ['
\"An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads. Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ these advanced strategies and to manage the risk of each position.\" Peter LipskyTrader, Pan Capital
', 'Hands down the definitive guide on spread trading. Must reading forany professional who wants to learn directly from one of the topleaders in the options industry.” —Larry Connors, CEO TradingMarkets.com
“An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads.Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ theseadvanced strategies and how to manage the risk of eachposition.” —Peter Lipski, trader Pan Capital
“Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and SidewaysMarkets is an invaluable addition to any market resourcecollection. The book concisely walks through the dynamics of spreadstrategies and guides the reader though the return and risk metricsof the trades. . . . This is a must-have book for anyone seriouslyundertaking options investing.” — Chip Norton, Managing Director of Research Fortigent']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Obsession\nDescription: ['Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cassell Military Classics: The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hellion\nDescription: ['LaVyrle Spencer is a contemporary and historical romance novelist who has written twelveNew York Times bestsellers.Whether set in the Old West or in present day suburban Minnesota, a Spencer novel means seeing love in a new light and meeting characters so real it\\'s all you can do not to climb into the pages yourself. Several of Spencer\\'s books have been made into movies (Publishers Weeklycalled one of her television deals \"precedent-setting\") and in 1988 she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.She lives with her husband, Dan, in North Oaks, Minnesota.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: London Street Mini Atlas A-Z\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: For Better Or Worse: The Wedding Belles Book 2\nDescription: ['NA', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dearest of Geniuses: A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle\nDescription: ['Sandra Katz wrote the biography of Robert Frost\\'s wife, \"Elinor Frost: A Poet\\'s Wife\" and has published critical articles on American writers. She is Professor emerita of English at the University of Hartford and a member of the Amherst Creative Biography Group.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: To Love and to Cherish (Wedding Belles)\nDescription: ['\"I highly recommend For Better or Worse. The second in a series, it can be read as a standalone, but I say start with the first because its just as good. Theyve got the funny bickering that I love, and even as her stories have a light touch with cute flirty, they delve deep into the characters.\" (Harlequin Junkie, Top Pick, on For Better or Worse)
\"From This Day Forward, To Have and To Hold and For Better or Worse are all enchanting and chock full of all the witty repartee we have come to joyfully anticipate...an absolute delight.\" (Hypable)
\"Really likable and interesting characters. Excellent pace and build. I was just so entertained while reading. Seriously excellent read! I absolutely loved every single second of this. Heather and Josh\\'s story was really perfect to me. 5 stars all the way!\" (About That Story, on For Better or Worse)
\"I couldnt get enough of this book. I read it from beginning to end without putting it down. It made me smile so much! It was everything I like in a Contemporary Romance. It was cute, light-hearted, funny and sweet. It made me so excited to read the next book in this series!For Better or Worse is a must read for Contemporary Romance lovers.\" (A Novel Glimpse, on For Better or Worse)
\"For Better or Worse is a love story that is carefree, real and packed with emotion any reader can relate with!!! TRULY FANTASTIC!!\" (Addicted to Romance, on For Better or Worse)
\"I loved this book and can easily recommend you add it to your #needtoread. I am smiling like a lunatic while writing this and remembering Heather and Joshs journey. I laughed, cheered, cried, sighed and almost swooned while reading For Better or Worse,and any book that can make me feel this wide spectrum of emotions is a book that qualifies as one of my favorite reads.\" (All About Romance, on For Better or Worse)
\"This book was everything. It was sweet and romantic and funny and entertaining. At moments, it broke my heart and then in the next page I\\'d be laughing out loud. This book is exactly why I love to read so much. It gave me all the feels and was absolutely perfect.\" (Smitten With Reading, on For Better or Worse)
\"Ill never get how LL can instantly captivate me from page one, but she continually does. The dance and the lead-up are the best part of her books and FOR BETTER OR WORSE has that in spades. I really honestly couldnt put it down because the storywas so well crafted, and both it and their chemistry pulled at me continuously. She writes characters that feel so real and are just incredibly likable, another thing that LL does well. It was absolutely fantastic and this series is one not to be missed.\" (Book Reader Chronicles, on For Better or Worse)
\"A fun, enjoyable, sexy story that I refused to put down...If you enjoy romance, fun, sexy couples, friendship, family, and laugh out loud moments, then you need to be reading this series.\" (The Reading Cafe, on For Better or Worse)
Layne packs as much into this sexually charged and emotionally intense novella (an introduction to her upcoming Wedding Belles series) as most authors do in a full novelThe heat between [Leah & Jason] enough to melt steel, and the emotional connection and psychological struggles will keep readers engaged. (Publishers Weekly on From This Day Forward, Starred Review)', \"Lauren Layne is theNew York TimesandUSA TODAYbestselling author of more than two dozen romantic comedies. Her books have sold over a million copies in nine languages. Lauren's work has been featured inPublishers Weekly,Glamour,The Wall Street Journal, andInside Edition. She is based in New York City.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lost in America: How You and Your Church Can Impact the World Next Door\nDescription: [\"Challenges us to do whatever it takes to reach the growing numbers of lost people in the USA. -- Mark Mittelberg, Willow Creek Assoc.
Clegg and Bird set forth a pathway for congregational outreach in a readable, insightful, and practical way. -- David Bryant, Concerts of Prayer Int'l
Lost in America will help identify fresh ways to relate the timeless message of Christ to searching people. -- Franklin Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.\", 'What Church Leaders are Saying About Lost in America Lost in America will help you identify fresh ways to relate the timeless messages of Christ to searching people in your life today.', 'Franklin Graham (CEO, Billy Graham Evangelism Association) Cleverly written, compellingly argued-Lost in America shatters our complacency and challenges us to do whatever it takes to reach the growing numbers of lost people in one of the greatest mission fields in the world: the USA.', 'Mark Mittelberg (Evangelism Champion for the Willow Creek Association, and', \"Author of Building a Contagious Church) If you desire to reach your full potential in sharing the good news with your relatives, friends, and neighbors, read Lost in America's uncompromising, unsettling, and unconventional message. You'll be glad you did.\", \"John C. Maxwell (Founder, the INJOY Group) With a convincingly upbeat approach, Lost in America is the freshest work I've seen to inspire you to initiate evangelism efforts. Every time I picked it up, I felt like I'd had another shot of sparkling water. Open it up and drink deeply.\", 'Carl George (Director, Leadership for Ministry) A fast-moving book filled with practical ideas and gripping illustrations to help the church reach the lost. The message of this book hits home.', 'Robert E. Coleman (Director of the School of World Missions and Evangelism,', \"Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Tom Clegg and Warren Bird do not believe that the American Church can do what it's always done and achieve different results. In Lost in America they have produced the freshest, most insightful and practical witnessing tool we've seen-a must--read for every Christian and every pastor!\", 'Eddie and Alice Smith (President and Executive Director, U.S. Prayer Track) Clegg and Bird set forth a pathway for congregational outreach in an eminently readable, liberatingly insightful, and motivationally practical way. We can start reaching out immediately, right where we live, as the Spirit gives us missionary eyes for the world next door.', 'David Bryant (Founder and President, Concerts of Prayer International)', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Made for You (The Best Mistake)\nDescription: [\"Lauren Layne is the New York Times bestselling author of romantic comedies. She lives in New York City with her husband. A former e-commerce and web marketing manager from Seattle, Lauren relocated to Manhattan in 2011 to pursue a full-time writing career. Her first book was published in summer of 2013. Since then, she's written over two dozen books. When not writing, Lauren can be found at happy hour with her high school sweetheart, or shopping for a great pair of stilettos.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Country Silence\nDescription: ['David Atkins is the author of the novel Obituary and the novella 3rd Hollow and lives in western Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Long, Hot Texas Summer\nDescription: ['', 'Reliable western romance author Brown (the Spikes and Spurs series) gives her new series a strong start with this sweet contemporary story. Publishers Weekly', 'Brown has the touch for one-liners and characters as familiar as an old pair of slippers. RT Book Reviews', '', '', 'Carolyn Brown is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, as well as a RITA finalist. She has written several beloved and popular romance titles, ranging from historical to contemporary to cowboy themed. She and her husband live in Davis, Oklahoma. They have three grown children, and enough grandchildren to keep them young.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: VAMPIRELLA REVELATIONS Book 1\nDescription: ['SC, TPB, in cello, New, Written by Mike Carey. Art by Mike Lilly, Bob Almond. Cover by Joe Jusko. Published in May of 2006, Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Duke of Manhattan\nDescription: ['\"Duke of Manhattan made me giggle, blush,and swoon. Louise Bay outdid herselfwith thisfabulous, smoldering love story.\"--KatyEvans, NYT bestselling author
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This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times\", 'Every Hungarian Grandma knows that words have power. Nana Salo never meant the words she said in anger to become a family curse, but thats just what happened. Her granddaughter Vancy is just the newest victim. Vancys fianc has left her at the altar, and now the press is after a hot Grandma-curses-granddaughters-wedding story. Vancy doesnt believe in the Salo Wedding Curse, but when her groom ditches her and the press is hot on her heels, shes not quite so sure anymore. Shes hiding out with Matt Wilde, owner of the Everything Wilde landscaping business, helping out with his two newly-inherited nephews as she figures out what to do. Matt doesnt believe in curses either, but he seems cursed with thoughts of Vancy Salo that he just cant seem to shake. A hoard of reporters, a guilty grandma, a gaggle of other family members, and two four-year-olds that both steal their hearts and wreak their own havoc: its not exactly a classic situation for falling in lovebut thats just what may be happening for Vancy and Matt.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Pet Teacher\nDescription: ['Sofia Trujillo is 11 years old and already a published author. She loves animals, exploring nature, getting dirty outdoors, and tetherball. She has a dog named Chloe, a kitten named Kitty, and a fire-bellied toad named Senor Frog.', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: All That Matters\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The House of Glory: Prophecies and Allied Messages of the Holy Bible and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh 1948\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Return of Caine O'Halloran: A 2-in-1 Collection\\nDescription: [\\\"New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author JoAnn Ross has been published in twenty-seven countries. A member of Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of bestselling authors, JoAnn lives with her husband and three rescued dogs who pretty much rule the house in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her on the web at www.joannross.com.\\\", '
He could have driven home blindfolded.
The two-lane road twisted like a snarled fishing line, unreeling through the sawtooth-forested mountains in sharp zigzags that defied compass reckoning. To make matters worse, the spring thaw had pitted the asphalt, creating a new season of dangerous dips and washouts. The low-slung black Ferrari, not built for back-country roads, thumped roughly over the scarred pavement.
Unfazed by the danger, Caine O\\\\'Halloran coaxed the hell-on-wheels beast around the deadly narrow switchbacks with practiced skill.
The engine behind his head whined as the revs rose and fell; blaring from the four amplified stereo speakers, Bruce Springsteen was advising \\\"no surrender.\\\" Caine\\\\'s fingers tapped out the driving rhythm of drums and acoustic guitar on the top of the steering wheel.
Towering treesPacific silver fir, Western hemlock and the majestic Douglas firscreened both sides of the roadway, making it seem as if he were racing through a narrow green alley.
Those same trees were reflected in the lenses of Caine\\\\'s dark glasses. Although the sky overhead was the hue of tarnished silver, a few sunbeams managed to slant through the curtain of trees, laying shimmering stripes of light across the pavement.
The sound of moving water was everywhere as streams born in melting glaciers fed the rivers running to the sea. The scent of freshly cut fir rode the brisk spring wind.
When The Boss started singing about missing Bobby Jean, Caine leaned forward and punched a button to skip the song. He damn well wasn\\\\'t in any mood to reminisce about lost loves.
\\\"\\\\'Glory Days\\\\',\\\" he said approvingly when the speaker blared the familiar lyrics of the next song.
One night a few years ago, after he\\\\'d played it three times on the jukebox in a Minneapolis bar, a winsome coed from the University of Minnesota had informed him that it was really a song about faded dreams and lost opportunities.
Caine hadn\\\\'t believed that then, and he sure as hell didn\\\\'t now. To him it would always be The Boss\\\\'s tribute to athletes who possessed blazing speedballs that made other guys look like fools. Guys like Caine O\\\\'Halloran.
He sped past a runaway-truck escape ramp that looked like a ski jump, downshifted as he approached yet another twist in the road, then punched the gas pedal. The Ferrari rocketed out of the turn like a moon shot.
Cornering in a Ferrari going top speed wasn\\\\'t for the faint of heart. The speedometer shot upward and the tachometer approached the red line as the speed of the car blurred the trees. The force of over five hundred horses fully opened up pushed him back against the onyx leather seats. The engine\\\\'s shriek rivaled that of a fighter jet.
When he reached one of the few straight stretches on the highway, Caine floored the accelerator; straddling the white centerline, the car streaked toward an enormous truck loaded with logs.
The Peterbilt log truck was the same green as the fir trees flashing by the Ferrari\\\\'s tinted windows. Tall chrome stacks emitted billowy puffs of diesel exhaust, like smoke signals.
The strident warning of the air horn shattered the mountain stillness.
Once.
Twice.
A third time.
Smiling with grim determination, Caine refused to budge. The asphalt stretched between car and truck like a shiny black ribbon. All the time he remained as cool as if he were out for a leisurely Sunday-afternoon drive in the country, instead of barreling hell-bent-for-leather straight to his death. No retreat; no surrender. The rock refrain pounded in his head; adrenaline raced through his blood like a drug.
The air horn, now a steady, impatient bleat, split the air.
Time took on the strange feel of an instant slow-motion replay as Caine became vividly aware of the staccato flash of white lines disappearing beneath the Ferrari\\\\'s wide radial tires, of the sun glancing off the chrome stack of the truck, of the driver\\\\'s red-and-black plaid shirt, of his orange-billed cap, of his grizzled gray beard and finally, as the truck came even closer, of the man\\\\'s expression: first disbelief, then fright, finally fury.
No retreat. No surrender.
Caine waited fatalistically for the bearded man to make his move.
At the last possible second, the truck veered; its right wheels went off the road, scattering gravel. Caine got a fleeting glimpse of a stocky, raised middle finger.
A moment later, a pickup that had been following the Peterbilt passed Caine, as well. The driver stared at the Ferrari in obvious disbelief.
Caine watched the trucks disappear in his rearview mirror. When he\\\\'d been seventeen, speeding around these hairpin curves in a fireengine-red Mustang convertible, emerging victorious from a game of chicken with the ubiquitous log trucks had always left him feeling vividly alive.
But after today\\\\'s near-death encounter, he felt strangely let down. And disappointed. As Springsteen\\\\'s gravelly voice began singing about \\\"working on the highway,\\\" a hangover Caine had nearly forgotten after crossing the Oregon-Washington State border and entering the Olympic Peninsula came crashing back.
The news spread through the town of Tribulation like wildfire. Caine O\\\\'Halloran was back.
Dr. Nora Anderson was on duty in her clinic when she received the unexpected bulletin from her eight-year-old nephew, who\\\\'d become airborne after turning a corner too fast on his skateboard. The landing, not soft, had been on a gravel driveway.
\\\"Did you hear the sick news?\\\" Eric Anderson asked, trying with youthful bravado not to flinch as Nora picked pieces of cinder from his palm with a pair of surgical tweezers.
\\\"Eric,\\\" his mother chided, \\\"your aunt is trying to concentrate.\\\"
Karin Anderson\\\\'s voice was edged with a stern warning tone that made Nora look up. \\\"What news?\\\"
\\\"Caine got cut from the Yankees,\\\" Eric told her. \\\"But Jimmy Olson told me that his dad told him that Caine was comin\\\\' home to live here while he gets his arm back in shape.
\\\"We saw his car parked outside The Log Cabin,\\\" he said. \\\"You should see it, Aunt Nora! It looks just like the Batmobile!\\\"
A ratmobile was more like it. And to be hanging around a bar in the middle of the afternoon! Obviously, Caine hadn\\\\'t changed. \\\"It\\\\'s true,\\\" Karin said, her blue eyes offering sympathy.
\\\"Well, I hope things work out for him,\\\" Nora said calmly. She\\\\'d sealed any feelings concerning Caine O\\\\'Halloran inside her, years ago. It was easier. Safer.
\\\"Do you think he\\\\'ll give me a ride in his car, huh, Aunt Nora?\\\" Eric asked hopefully. \\\"After all, we are kinda related.\\\"
Nora knew that Eric used his aunt\\\\'s former marriage to the baseball star to gain points on the playground. Understanding a small boy\\\\'s obsession with heroeseven ones undeserving of such loyaltyEric\\\\'s behavior had never bothered her.
But then again, Caine hadn\\\\'t been living in Tribulation, either.
\\\"I don\\\\'t know,\\\" she answered. Never having been able to predict her ex-husband\\\\'s behavior, she certainly wasn\\\\'t going to start trying to guess what was going through his adolescent mind now. \\\"You\\\\'ll have to ask him that yourself.\\\" She tackled another piece of gravel.
\\\"Ouch!\\\" Eric yanked his hand back.
\\\"Sorry.\\\" She\\\\'d used more force than necessary. Damn Caine, anyway.
Although she\\\\'d been in her first year of medical school during their brief and stormy marriage, he hadn\\\\'t believed her when she\\\\'d insisted that she didn\\\\'t intend to let marriage or motherhood interfere with her plans to be a doctor.
No, Nora corrected now. It wasn\\\\'t that Caine hadn\\\\'t believed her; it was more that he hadn\\\\'t listened. By the time she\\\\'d been married a week, Nora had realized that her husband possessed the unique ability to hear only what he wanted to hear.
\\\"Well, I think that\\\\'s all of it,\\\" she said, giving her nephew\\\\'s hand one last antiseptic wash. Nora turned to her sister-in-law. \\\"If I were you, I\\\\'d hide that skateboard.\\\"
\\\"I\\\\'m turning it into kindling the minute we get home.\\\"
\\\"Mom!\\\" Color returned to Eric\\\\'s cheeks, staining them as red as the raspberries that grew wild in the forest surrounding the mountain town.
\\\"We\\\\'ll discuss this later,\\\" Karin said firmly. \\\"At home. With your father.\\\"
His shoulders slumped disconsolately. \\\"Dad\\\\'ll side with you. He always does.\\\"
Although she agreed with Karin\\\\'s decision to deny Eric further skateboard privileges, Nora\\\\'s heart went out to her nephew. \\\"Hey, Eric..\\\"
His bottom lip was thrust out over his top one.
\\\"What?\\\"
She tossed him a couple of the silver gambling tokens Karl Mahlstrom had paid his bill with earlier that morning. The retired mill worker had returned from Reno, Nevada, with paper cups filled with coins and a stiff shoulder from eighteen hours at the slot machines.
\\\"Why don\\\\'t you take your mom out for some ice cream?\\\"
The pout wavered, a reluctant smile played at the corners of his lips. \\\"Okay,\\\" he agreed with an outward lack of enthusiasm that Nora knew was mostly feigned. Then, remembering his manners, he said, \\\"Thanks, Aunt Nora.\\\"
\\\"You\\\\'re welcome.\\\" Nora exchanged another long look with her sister-in-law. We \\\\'ll talk about Caine later, Karin\\\\'s look said.
Not on a bet, Nora\\\\'s answered.
It was Monday, the day of the week when a steady stream of patients always showed up at the clinic, showing the effects of a weekend of recreational abuse.
On top of that, her nurse, Kirstin Lundstrom, was still on maternity leave. Nora had to serve as nurse, doctor and office clerk, which meant that she barely had time to catch her breath all day.
Not that Nora minded the hectic pace; she was grateful that she didn\\\\'t have time to think about Caine O\\\\'Halloran\\\\'s return. And what, if anything, that would mean to her life.
Returning to Washington\\\\'s Olympic Peninsula to practice family medicine in her hometown of two hundred and fifty residents meant that Nora saw her patients at the grocery store, or weeding their flower gardens, or over potato salad at a church potluck social.
It also meant that she was more likely to be intimately involved with a patient, so that a serious illness or a death touched her more than it had at the big-city hospitals where she\\\\'d worked before returning home to Tribulation.
Many of her patients had lost their health insurance, along with their jobs. They were people too poor to pay for visits to the doctor, but too proud to ask for government assistance. Although the condition of the Northwest\\\\'s logging and fishing industries had not been struck a fatal blow, recovery was a long time coming to this isolated forest community. In order to finance her new clinic, which she\\\\'d set up in the hundred-year-old house she\\\\'d inherited from her grandmother, Nora also made the thirty-five-mile round trip to Port Angeles to work in the hospital emergency room.
Her clinic was open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; she worked at the emergency room on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Although sleep was as rare as it had been during the grueling thirty-six-hour shifts of her internship, not once had she regretted her decision.
Her work in the emergency room, while fulfilling in its own way, paid the bills and put food on the table. Her work at the cliniccaring for family, friends and neighborsfed her soul.
The complaints today were relatively minor and she wasn\\\\'t surprised that every one of her patients wanted to talk about Caine\\\\'s return to Tribulation.
\\\"Caine\\\\'ll be back on the mound by the All-Star break,\\\" Johnny Duggan informed her after she\\\\'d given him a sample package of antihistamine to soothe some yellow-jacket stings that hadn\\\\'t responded to calamine lotion. \\\"That boy always was a pistol.\\\"
Since Johnny was Caine\\\\'s third cousin on his mother\\\\'s side, Nora could understand the man\\\\'s loyalty.
The next member of the Caine O\\\\'Halloran fan club was Ingrid Johansson, who\\\\'d run the Timberline Cafe since long before Nora was born. The elderly woman had strained a back muscle getting a box of steak sauce down from a too-high shelf.
\\\"If the boy could come back from that torn rotor cuff three years ago, this new injury won\\\\'t be any problem,\\\" Ingrid predicted as she paid her bill. The worn, rumpled bills, smelling faintly of chain-saw gasoline, were evidence of a clientele consisting mainly of loggers.
\\\"Oh, I brought you something,\\\" Ingrid said. \\\"For giving my Lars that cough medicine last week for no charge.\\\"
She handed Nora a brown paper bag from which rose an enticing scent of warm apples and brown sugar. \\\"It\\\\'s a strudel,\\\" she added unnecessarily.
\\\"Thanks.\\\" Nora could envision the cellulite leaping to her thighs from the aroma alone. \\\"It smells delicious.\\\"
She\\\\'d already gained ten pounds since returning to Tribulation, mostly from her patients\\\\' peach cobblers, berry pies, fresh-caughtand thankfully cleanedfish, corn muffins and numerous other local delicacies.
It was as if everyone realized she was undercharging them for their visits, and although they were grateful, pride insisted that they augment the reduced fee with whatever they could spare.
\\\"I figured you could use a little fattening up.\\\" In-grid\\\\'s bright eyes swept judiciously over Nora\\\\'s slender frame. \\\"You\\\\'re not gonna get yourself a man unless you put a little more meat on those bones.\\\"
\\\"Actually, I\\\\'ve been too busy to even think about men.\\\"
\\\"Well, I expect that\\\\'ll change, now that Caine\\\\'s back in town,\\\" the older woman declared.
\\\"My marriage to Caine ended a long time ago,\\\" Nora replied, reluctant to be discussing something so personal, but feeling that her disinterest in Caine O\\\\'Halloran needed to be put on record.
And who better to start with than Ingrid? Nora doubted that there was a person in Tribulation who didn\\\\'t pop into the eatery sometime during the week. Especially on Wednesdays, for Ingrid\\\\'s pot-roast special.
\\\"Legally,\\\" Ingrid agreed, closing her pocketbook with a snap. \\\"My experience has been that feelings are quite another kettle of fish.\\\"
Determined to get the last word in, she left the office without giving Nora an opportunity to respond.
For the rest of the day, Nora continued to smile and nod and write prescriptions and listen to yet another story depicting the life and times of Tribulation\\\\'s local hero.
Twenty-one years ago, Tribulation, a timber town founded a century earlier by a Swedish logger and an Irishman who\\\\'d been laying railroad tracks up the coast, had gone through hard times.
People who could trace their roots back to those original settlers had been forced to leave their homes and seek what they hoped would be temporary employment in the Puget Sound cities of Seattle, Olym-pia and Tacoma.
Storefronts had been boarded up; the school established by the founding fathers had been in danger of closing, which would have forced the students to be bused to Port Angeles. Morale had been at an all-time low.
Until a cocky fourteen-year-old took the pitcher\\\\'s mound during a state high school championship game between the Tribulation Loggers and the Richland Bombers and threw what Washington sportswriters the next morning were calling \\\"the pitch heard \\\\'round the state.\\\"
From that day on, Caine O\\\\'Halloran was known as the Golden Boy with the golden arm. His natural ability to throw a ball gained him fame and admirers and his hometown was eager to bask in the reflected glow of his popularity.
He went to college on an athletic scholarship, then on to play professional baseball. He spent some time in the minors because although his fastball flew at ballistic speed, no one, including Caine, ever had any idea exactly where it was going.
A sportswriter for the Seattle Times once remarked that O\\\\'Halloran, then playing for the Tacoma Athletics, didn\\\\'t throw to spots, he threw to continents.
However, with time, he\\\\'d garnered control and began making headlines for his energetic play both on and off the baseball diamond as he moved from team to team, league to league, barreling into every new town like a hired gun, paid to win championships. Which he did, with almost monotonous regularity.
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Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid.', '', '', 'SOMETHING TO PROVE', '', '', 'Chapter 1', 'If Id known I was going to attract this much attention, Id have worn lipstick.', 'Forcing herself to smile, Helena Wheeler waved at the elderly couple frowning down at her from their porch swing. Mr. and Mrs. Riley had been ancient twelve years ago, and though she assumed theyd been long dead by now, she realized they might be living proof that time really did stand still in Magnolia Beach, Alabama.', 'The Rileys werent the only ones staring and muttering. Grannies house sat three blocks off Magnolia Beachs main drag, and at least a dozen people had done shocked double takes as shed passed. In a way, it was almost gratifying. She must not have changed all that much, which was heartening for someone staring down her thirty-second birthday and beginning to pay a bit more attention to those commercials talking about fine lines and wrinkles. The flip side, of course, was the hushed whispers that came after those double takes. She didnt have to hear them to realize that folks rather expected her not to have changed at all.', 'As Grannie would say, though, she was merely reaping what shed sown. She couldnt really expect anything else.', 'They probably have the high school on lockdown already. She snorted. Like she even knew where to find a pig these days.', 'Well, she certainly couldnt terrorize the town on the weak cup of instant decaf shed gulped this morning in an effort to fool herself into waking up. Her first stop would be the diner for coffee. Then, and only then, would she have the strength to tackle the mile-long to-do list that was tucked into her purse.', 'Magnolia Beach was just a small coastal Alabama town, with the geographyHeron Bayou on the west, Heron Bay on the south, and Mobile Bay on the eastforcing pretty much everything into one central location. That was part of its charm, the communitys easy accessibility and friendly layout as much of a tourist attraction as the white sugar-sand beaches of the Mobile Bay side and the marina of the Heron Bay shore. Helena was immune to that charm, but it did make todays errands much easier because she wouldnt have to drive and park.', 'Turning right onto Front Street from Lister Streetofficially the place where Magnolia Beachs residential area became the so-called business districtHelena stopped and took a deep breath to ready herself for the next leg of this gauntlet. Then she smiled to herself. Shed forgotten how pretty Magnolia Beach was from this exact point. From here, it was a straight shot to Heron Bay, an unobstructed, perfect view all the way to where the Gulfs green water met blue sky at the horizon.', 'To her left, Grace Baptist still squared off with First Methodista name both hopeful and ridiculous at the same time since it was still the only Methodist church in Magnolia Beach. Grace Baptist had the Bible verse of the week up on its sign, and out of habit, Helena began trying to mentally rearrange the letters into something else. When nothing came to her, she realized that particular skill had gone rusty from disuse. Pity. I used to be really good at that.', 'The Frosty Freeze was shuttered, its picnic tables empty, but that would change once school let out for the day. There were more people on Front Street than carsmothers with babies in strollers and toddlers following behind, old women doing their grocery shopping, men with rods on their shoulders heading to fish off the jetty, and the occasional tourist with camera in hand, taking pictures of the small-town goodness of a modern Mayberry.', 'In other words, Front Street looked much the same as it always had. Sure, there were a few new stores and fresh coats of paint on some of the buildings, but otherwise... Helena was certain shed still be able to get through town blindfolded.', 'She reached for her sunglasses. It was truly a beautiful daysunny and warm, with just a hint of cool in the breeze to remind her it was actually September. It was exactly the kind of weather that Yankee snowbirds came south to the Gulf to experience.', 'And Magnolia Beach... Those blue skies, the occasional white puffy cloud overhead, the tidy main street with American flags hanging off the buildings... If she were designing the travel brochure for the town, this would be the picture.', 'In a way, shed missed it. Not Magnolia Beach, of course, but shed missed the water, the smell of salty air, and breezes off the ocean. As much as she loved Atlanta, she was still a beach girl at heart. Maybe one day, shed relocate back to the coastnot to Magnolia Beach, but maybe someplace down along the Florida panhandle.', 'But those were plans for a different day.', 'The bells dinged as she pushed through the front door of Marges Diner, triggering a Pavlovian-like craving for Ms. Marges three-berry pie. Habit nearly sent her to the big booth in the back cornerassigned seating so Ms. Marge could keep an eye on her from the kitchenbut she angled to the shiny, stainless-steel counter instead. The breakfast rush was over, and only a few tables with their classic red-and-white checkered tablecloths still had customers seated at them. She kept her sunglasses on and her head low. Fortunately, Magnolia Beachs beaches and the marina attracted enough tourists that one lone woman wouldnt draw much attentionuntil someone recognized her and decided to speak to her at least. And she really needed coffee before that happened.', 'The bored-looking young woman behind the counter barely seemed old enough to be out of high school, and she glanced at Helena without a glimmer of recognition.', 'Perfect.', 'What can I get ya?', 'Helena thought longingly of the fabulous coffee shop right across the street from her place in Little Five Points, and the craving for one of their special double espresso hazelnut lattes nearly brought her to her knees. She pushed the thought aside. This was Magnolia Beach. Just coffee, please. Black.', 'The coffee wasnt the best, but it was hot and strong, and her brain perked up the minute it hit her tongue.', 'Helena?', 'And so it begins.', 'Swiveling on the stool, she located the voice and found herself looking at a tall, lanky man who was staring back at her with surprisenot judgment. There was something so familiarthe shock of dark hair, the bright blue eyes.... Tate!', 'Tate Harris caught her as she launched herself off the stool and lifted her off her feet in a hug that squeezed the breath out of her.', 'It really is you. The blue eyes narrowed into a scold. I cant believe youd come to town and not let me know.', 'I just got in last night. You were definitely on my list of folks to find as soon as I got settled in.', 'Tate grinned. I should hope so. He gave her another squeeze. God, Ive missed you.', 'Helenas heart contracted a little. Although he was a year younger, Tate had always been her friend, defender, and partner in crimethe Boy Wonder to her Batman. But that awkward teenager was gone, and the intervening years had been very good to him. Look at you. All grown-up.', 'And youre as beautiful as ever. Welcome home. Then the smile faded, and concern took its place. Ms. Louise didnt take a turn for the worse, did she?', 'Grannie is fine, she assured him. The doc says shes healing well and should be able to come home in a couple of weeks.', 'Tate guided her back to her stool and ordered a cup of coffee for himself. The waitress suddenly didnt look so bored as she poured Tates coffee. He grinned at her, and she blushed before she went back to filling saltshakers and casting the occasional glance Tates way. Thats good news. She gave us all quite a scare.', 'And me. Guilt settled on her shoulders. Grannie had lain at the foot of the stairs for nearly two days with a broken hip, a broken ankle, three cracked ribs, and a concussion before her neighbor, Mrs. Wilson, had found her.', 'So thats why youre here.', 'Yeah. I wanted her to come to Atlanta for a while after shes out of the convalescent home, but she pitched a holy fit at the idea. And since theres no way shell be able to handle everything herself once they do release her, I had to come here. She shrugged.', 'He patted her arm. Youre a good granddaughter.', 'Im trying. Ive got a lot to make up for.', 'Tate snorted but didnt say anything. He knew what she was up against.', 'The Rileys and a few other folks have already given me the hairy eyeball today. Im just hoping they dont break out the pitchforks and torches.', 'It wont be that bad.', 'A spark of hope lit in her chest, surprising her. You think folks are willing to She stopped as Tate shook his head.', 'Jesus may forgive, but people dont forget. You, Miss Hell-on-Wheels, are half local legend, half cautionary tale told to keep kids on the straight and narrow path.', 'I wasnt that bad, she muttered into her coffee.', 'Uh, yeah. You were.', 'She lifted her chin. Those were merely youthful indiscretions. And it was a long time ago. People do grow up and change, you know.', 'Tate nodded sagely. That sounds like an excellent story. You should stick to it.', 'She returned the nod as regally as she could. I shall. Tate grinned, and she leaned forward eagerly. So tell me all about you. Howve you been? Job? Wife? Kids?', 'Fine, yes, no, and no. He checked his watch and drained the last of his coffee. All the other details will have to wait because Im about to be very late for work. But we should go to dinner or something and catch up.', 'Id like that. And she meant it. The fact shed missed Tate landed on her chest with a thud that surprised her with its weight.', 'Everythings pretty much where you left it, but if you need anything while youre getting settled back in, just let me know. He scribbled a phone number onto the back of a business card and pushed it her way.', 'Helena did the same. But I do have one thing you could help me with now.', 'Tate paused.', 'You know what Grannies house is likeall those stairsand my first project is to get someone in to do some renovations before Grannie comes home. Shes adamant that I call that Tanner boy and get him to do it, but she didnt mention which Tanner boy, and theres so damn many of them.', 'Tate nodded. You want Ryan.', 'Figures. Not that there was a Tanner in Magnolia Beach that she did have fond memories of, but why did it have to be Ryan? Oh yay, she grumbled into her cup.', 'Tate laughed. What happened to growing up and changing?', 'I certainly hope thats true in Ryans case.', 'The grin got bigger. Oh, this is going to be interesting. I dont have his number on me, but if you run down to the mayors office, the secretary, Julie, can get it for you.', 'Throwing a couple of dollars onto the counter, she followed Tate outside. Why would the mayors secretary be keeping up with Ryan Tanner? Magnolia Beach was a small town where everyone pretty much knew everyone elseand all their businessbut even Magnolia Beach had limits.', 'Because Ryans the mayor, sweetcheeks.', 'It was a little hard to picture someone she went to high school with as the mayor, but she wasnt really that shocked. Ryan certainly wasnt the first Tanner to hold the office, and if his election to student body president was any indication, hed probably swept into office in a landslide vote. Hed always been goldennot that it was hard for a Tanner to be popular in Magnolia Beach. They were the local family, with doctors, lawyers, business owners, and even a county sheriff hanging off the branches of the family tree.', 'I gotta go, Tate said, squeezing her hand, but Ill give you a call later. And, by the way, he said, leaning in close, Id never say this within earshot of Ms. Marge, but if you want a good cup of coffee, head over to Latte Dah on Williams Street. Its where the old yarn store used to be. Their coffee could fuel rockets to Mars.', 'Morning, Dr. Harris. A lady Helena didnt recognize spoke as she passed, and Tate nodded politely in reply.', 'Bye, Helena. Welcome home. Then, with a quick wave, he was gone.', 'Helena stood still for a moment, trying to process this new information. Tate Harris is a doctor? She fished the business card out of her pocket, and sure enough, Tate J. Harris had DVM after his name.', 'Grannie had told her Tate was working at the vets office, but shed made it sound like he was a vet tech or somethingnot the vet himself. Good for him. Hed always talked about vet school, but the cost alone had made it seem like a pipe dream, at best. She didnt know if she should be proud of him or for him, but it made her smile either way.', 'And Magnolia Beach had a coffee shop now? Wow.That was big news. She couldnt quite wrap her head around the idea.', 'Grannie liked to give updates on life in Magnolia Beachhell, Helena knew all about Mrs. Potters roses and that new high school teacher with the tattoobut maybe she should start steering those conversations in more practical directions.', 'I wonder what else I dont know.', 'The short walk to the squat brick building that doubled as the city hall and police station told her the answer to her question was a hell of a lot. There was a yoga studio tucked in between the barbershop and the post office now, and a day spa next door to Brysons Shoe Store with a menu of services that rivaled most Atlanta spas, only the prices were much more affordable.', 'Helena felt like a tourist in her own hometown.', 'The glass doors on the front of the city hall building displayed the Magnolia Beach seal and all twenty of their weekly office hours. Helena paused with her hand on the door.', 'Shed never been in through this entrance before. Now, the side entrance into the police station was a different story.... She felt oddly grown-up. At the same time, she felt seventeen again.', 'One of the problems with coming back to Magnolia Beach was all the people who never left, many of them people she didnt really want to see. While that list was certainly a long one, Ryan Tanner sat firmly in the top ten. While they hadnt been archenemies, they certainly hadnt been friends. Popular football players from good families didnt exactly hang with delinquents and those from the wrong side of the tracksnot that Magnolia Beach was big enough to really have a right and wrong side of the tracks, but the idea was the same.', 'Im not going to him for a favor. This was a business transaction, and she was an adult now. They didnt need to be friends or anything else for her to hire him.', 'With one last deep breath, she pulled the door open.', 'A petite blonde sat behind a desk, her fingers clattering over the keyboard. She looked up as Helena entered, a big smile on her face. Hi. Can I help...', 'The words trailed off as the smile disappeared and her eyes widened. The woman visibly pulled back as her eyes darted side to side.', 'Good Lord. Youd think Id walked in here with a snake wrapped around my neck. The nameplate on the desk said JULIE SWENSON, but Julie Lane probably had a laundry list of grievances against Helena dating back to kindergarten. The Swenson told Helena that Julie had married her high school boyfriend, Mike, and the rumors about Mike and Helena at homecomingshe repressed a shudder at the thoughtprobably fueled part of Julies reaction as well. Oh, honey, Ive never been that drunk.', 'She tried for a neutral, friendly tone. Hi, Julie. You look great.', 'This is a surprise, Helena. In town for a short visit?', 'There was such hope in the question that Helena took a little pleasure in squashing it. She might have been horrible to Julie, but thinking back, she remembered that Julie had deserved much of it. Not too short. Grannie will be well enough to come home soon, and Im going to be looking after her. Im not really sure how long Ill be staying.', 'Julie looked like she had something nasty-tasting in her mouth. Thats very kind of you. I hope Ms. Louise heals quickly.', 'She hadnt planned on rekindling old animosities on this trip, but it seemed inevitable. You and me both. She forced a cool smile. And that brings me to why Im here. I need to get in touch with Ryan Tanner about some work to be done to Grannies house before she comes home. Tate Harris said you could get me the number?', 'Well, well, well, the rumors are true. If it isnt Hell-on-Wheels.', 'Helena spun toward the amused baritone. She was getting much quicker at putting names to faces, but she wouldnt have needed any help matching the twenty-year-old Ryan Tanner with the version standing in front of her now. Sun-streaked blond hair, strong jaw, green eyes with cute little crinkles from being outside... There was something just so damn wholesome about him that he could be the centerfold for Cute Boys Next Door magazine. In jeans, a black polo shirt, and work boots, he certainly didnt look like he belonged in the mayors office, but it did give him an almost edgy sex appealnot hurt at all by the way the sleeves of his shirt strained against his biceps.', 'Under different circumstances... hummina. But that mocking Hell-on-Wheels comment had her hackles up. Its just Helena these days.', 'Im sure the chief will be glad to hear it. Hes new and all, but hes very committed to keeping Magnolia Beach orderly and peaceful.', 'And there it was. Shed rather hoped that Ryan had outgrown his holier-than-Helena attitude. Be an adult. Let it go. I doubt Ill have time to make his acquaintance, but please pass along my regards.', 'Ryan walked around Julies desk and pulled some papers out of an in-box. What brings you to the mayors office? I dont think even youve been in town long enough to cause any trouble.', 'Dont take the bait. Im looking for you, actually.', 'Ryans eyebrows went up in surprise. Then maybe we should step into my office.', 'Its not official Magnolia Beach business. I need to talk to you about my grandmother.', 'His attitude changed. It was subtle, but it was there all the same. Ryan indicated she should go into his office anyway. Somehow, shed been expecting it to be dated and stuck in time, but it was modern, with nice but not-too-expensive-looking furniture. Ryans eyes were concerned as he asked, How is Ms. Louise?', 'There was something very heartening about how much everyone seemed to care about Grannie. Her hospital room had remained full of fresh flowers, and shed had a steady stream of visitors at the convalescent center. That knowledge had helped mitigate her own guilt at not being able to be there every day.', 'Growing up, Helena never understood why Grannie loved living in Magnolia Beach, but then again, Grannie had never done anything to irritate the people. Well, besides having a hellion for a grandchild, of course. But even then, everyone had considered Helena to be Louises personal cross to bear and kept Grannie as a permanent fixture on the churchs prayer list for her patience and attempts to rein Helena in.', 'Shes chomping at the bit to be released.', 'Im not surprised. When will she be coming home?', 'Two, maybe three, weeks. Thats why Im here.', 'So youll be staying awhile? Ryans eyebrows went up again, as if he were calculating the cost of adding an additional officer or the possible property damage. Helena reminded herself not to be annoyed.', 'A little while. She sat in the guest chair in front of his desk. Grannie is going to need a lot of help when she comes home. Which brings me back to you. She cant come home until the house is ready for her. I need ramps built and one of those walk-in bathtubs installed downstairs. We need some grab bars, stuff like that throughout the house, because I dont want her falling again. Just the thought put a sick feeling in her stomach. Grannie wants you, specifically, to do the work.', 'Ryan leaned against his desk. Tell Ms. Louise that Im flattered.', 'But...? she prompted.', 'No but. Ill be happy to do it.', 'Great. Thats a big relief. And it was. The construction on the house was the biggest weight on her shoulders right now. And since she really didnt have the time to vet a parade of contractors, shed go with Grannies assurance that he was the best in Magnolia Beach. I have some errands to run this morning, but Ill be home after that. You can come by anytime this afternoon or tonight to take a look and give me some estimates.', 'Ryan pulled out his phone and checked something. Sometime after five okay?', 'Thatll be great. She started to offer the address, but caught herself. I think you know how to get to the house.', 'That I do. There was that smirk again.', 'Helena was desperate to ask him what was so damn funny, but she restrained herself. Then Ill see you this evening, Mayor Tanner. She stood and hitched her bag over her shoulder.', 'He nodded, and Helena showed herself to the door. Welcome back to Magnolia Beach, Hell-on-Wheels, Ryan called from behind her. Stay out of trouble, okay?', 'She had to bite her tongue to keep from taking the bait this time. With a nod to Julie on her way out, she pushed through the glass doors and into the sunshine.', 'Lord have mercy. If this morning was the baseline for what life was going to be like for her the next few weeks...', 'Magnolia Beach had a lot of new businesses. She sincerely hoped one of them was a liquor store.', '***', 'Ryan watched as Helena left in what could best be called a mild huff. Maybe he shouldnt have needled her like that. It wasnt his best move, but since the other choice had been to drop his tongue to his toes, hed probably made the better choice out of self-preservation.', 'Helena had been the stuff of teenage fantasy: pretty, but not unapproachably beautiful, wild and possibly dangerous, inspiring fear and envy and disdain at the same time. She ran with a crowd of mostly older boysmany of them delinquents themselvesgiving her a scary-sharp edge and a mouth that could cut you down to size without missing a beat.', 'The combination had been both alluring and detracting, much talked about in locker rooms and over illicit beers on the beach. So while Helena might have inspired the fantasies and starred in the dreams of many Magnolia Beach boys, very few had had the courage to act. They all knew she was way out of their league. Hitting on Helena seemed like a good way to have your head handed back to you.', 'Hed managed to stay out of her direct line of firemost of the timemainly because theyd run in different social circles. And though those circles didnt overlap, they did grate against each other pretty regularly with the expected antagonistic results. He knew Helena hadnt cared for him back then, but any chance he might have ever had to change her mind had ended when she up and left with a deckhand from one of the charter boats.', 'She never came back. Until now.', 'That allure should have faded over time, so the fresh rush of temptation had rocked him back on his heels. Shed certainly grown up prettythe big brown eyes and dark hair were just as he remembered, but there was something... softer about her. More approachable.', 'Shed been casually dressedjeans, a V-neck tee that just hinted at cleavage, minimal makeupbut that didnt have a girl-next-door effect. And the spike in his blood pressure wasnt adolescent at all.', 'Damn.', 'Julie stuck her head around the door. Well, shes back. Can you believe it?', 'You thought she wouldnt come home?', 'Im just surprised. Lord knows, she hasnt set foot in town for anything else. Not that Im complaining, mind you, she added, but it seems like she just fell off the face of the earth.', 'That was somewhat true. Helenas legendary status had only grown in her absencemainly because it was a complete absence. Ms. Louise was always quick to mention a gift sent by Helena, and her neighbors had given her rides to the Mobile airport for what she called her girl trips, but for the most part, even Ms. Louise had stayed silent about Helenas life after Magnolia Beach. I think an injured grandmother who needs care trumps everything else.', 'Ms. Louise has friends and neighbors who would be happy to help.', 'Its not the same thing as family.', 'Julie shook her head sadly. And even there the poor woman hasnt had much luck, has she?', 'In a town the size of Magnolia Beach, where everything was everyones business and fence-row gossip was the local pastime, it was considered a real shame that someone as well-liked and good as Ms. Louise had been dealt a rather poor hand: widowed young, then left to raise Helena on her own after her son died and Helenas mother ran off. Not that anyone would say that to her face, though. People shook their heads over Helena but maintained that Ms. Louise had done the best she could, considering the circumstances. I dont think Helena is a bad grandchild, only one who lives far away.', 'It wasnt uncommon or anything; Magnolia Beach was a small town, and many of its young people left, never to return. As mayor, though, he was working hard to make Magnolia Beach a place theyd want to come back to.', 'Julie merely shrugged.', 'Well, Helenas here now, when it counts, so give her credit for that much.', 'Julies mouth twisted, and Ryan bit back a smile. Old grudges died hard, it seemed. Everyone knew about Mike and Helena at homecoming, and Julie obviously wasnt ready to let that go just yet.', 'No one ever accused her of lacking nervethats for sure. Anyway, Julie said, her tone changing the subject rather nicely as she put a folder on his desk, theres not much happening here today. Just a few things you need to sign. She left, leaving the door open behind her.', 'A few moments later, he heard the clatter of her fingers flying over her keyboard and figured e-mails were pinging into in-boxes all over town, heralding Helenas return.', 'Shaking his head, he flipped open the file. A couple of permits, the winners certificates for the schools spelling bee, the minutes from the last council meeting. An average day and the reason this job was only part-time at best. Magnolia Beach was a good place, with good people, and it pretty much rolled along without much hassle or drama.', 'That was part of its charm.', 'And since he sincerely doubted Helena would find time to set fire to the football equipment shed again, he could enjoy the minor shake-up shed cause by being here.', 'His mayoral duties completed for the day, he had a full half hour before he needed to be anywhere else, so he logged on to check his e-mail. With nothing important awaiting him there, either, he went online to Google Helenas name.', 'Seconds before he could, though, Julie stuck her head around the door. Your brother just called', 'Adam or Eli? he asked without looking up.', 'Adam. He said to let you know that your uncle Dave just left his office and will be here in about one minute.', 'Damn it. He quickly closed the search window and stood. Thats not much warning.', 'He said it would give you enough time to prepare yourself but not enough time to escape, she said with a smirk.', 'Hard on her words, he heard the front door open. Julie shrugged a halfhearted apology and stepped aside as his uncle Daves burly frame filled the doorway.', 'I was just out for my walk and thought Id stop in to say hello. Without waiting for an invitation, Uncle Dave came in and sat.', 'Ryan believed in an open-door policy, and there was a high level of casualness to the position of mayor of Magnolia Beach, but this was no spur-of-the-moment drive-by visit. His uncle had been mayor for too many years and had never quite let the job go. He was just lucky Uncle Dave deigned to sit in the guest chair instead of behind the desk. These casual just stopped in to say hello visits had led to the last two mayors severely limiting their terms.', 'It hadnt taken Ryan long to understand why, but he had it worse than his predecessors. It was different when it was family. As his uncle liked to remind him when he protested, someone whod changed his diapers was not going to be put off easily. And that basically included an entire generation of Magnolia Beach residents.', 'At least Uncle Dave didnt beat around the bush. Word has it youre going to sign off on that new cell tower.', 'Not again. I am aware of your objections, but it has to be done. Were trying to attract people to Magnolia Beach, and folks just dont like to go places where they cant get a good cell signal. They dont like to be disconnected from the world.', 'I think it would be a selling point. To really get away from it all. That is the purpose of vacations.', 'You said the same thing when we put in the town Wi-Fi, and its proven itself a good investment.', 'Itll be an eyesore.', 'So are many necessities of modern life. But youll be glad to know that the council chose a site specifically not to mar the view. The cell tower itself wasnt the problem, and Ryan knew it. The real problem was that the new cell tower was another step in his larger plan to improve Magnolia Beach, and that made some people nervous.', 'Uncle Dave began mumbling about how it would give them all brain cancer, and Ryan crossed that topic off his mental list. They could now move on to the prospects of the football team, people flying flags improperly, and, his perennial favorite, the length of his hair. Ryan furrowed his brow and pointedly gave his watch a worried look, hoping he would take the hint.', 'No such luck. Uncle Dave sat back in the chair and got comfortable. I hear Hell-on-Wheels rolled back into town today. And that she was looking for you.', 'He hadnt been expecting that particular topic. Good to know the Magnolia Beach grapevine is in full working order, though. I hear she prefers to just go by Helena these days. And, yes, she found me. Theres some work that needs to be done on Ms. Louises house, and Ive agreed to do it. Hopefully Ms. Louise will get to come home soon.', 'Glad to hear it. Itll be good to have her back. Im looking forward to seeing how she turned out.', 'Ryan had only been half listening, nodding along, pretending to be busy, but that last bit had his head snapping up. He thought Uncle Dave had been talking about Ms. Louise. How who turned out? Helena?', 'Of course Helena. I remember when the sheriff hauled her and that Paul Chatham in, both of them soaked to the bone, covered in mud, and madder than wet hens.... He trailed off into chuckles. He knew theyd been up to something, but he just couldnt prove what. The man was half-crazed for weeks trying to find a crime to fit the suspects. The chuckles morphed into full-belly laughs that had tears rolling down his cheeks. Definitely a pistol, that girl. Always loaded and no safety. She kept everyone on their toes.', 'Ryan thought he was doing an admirable job of keeping his jaw from dropping open. Yet youre the one who hauled her in front of the town council over the water tower incident. Uncle Dave certainly hadnt found that quite so amusing at the time.', 'Uncle Dave shrugged. It had to be done. I thought it might put the fear of God in her before she got into some kind of real trouble.', 'Who is this man, and what has he done with my uncle? Real trouble? Defacing town property wasnt real trouble?', 'Uncle Dave waved him off. It was just teenage mischief, and not even maliciously done. And, anyway, Id been trying to get the council to approve the funds to repaint that tower for months. Helena helped me along. Once she painted over her artwork, the rest of the thing looked so bad, the council had to release the money. He raised an eyebrow. Speaking of which... its looking like it could use a fresh coat again.', 'Ryan was still stuck at the dismissal of Helenas petty-crime spree as teenage mischief, so it took him a second to catch up to the conversation. Ill add it to the list, he managed.', 'Good. Uncle Dave pushed himself to his feet. Now that he had said his piece, his visit was over. And when you see Helena again, you tell her I said welcome home. With a wave, he was gone.', 'Ryan sat back in his chair and scrubbed a hand across his face. This had been the oddest morning.', 'But he didnt have time to mull it over, as his phone was buzzing and he had to stop for supplies before meeting his crew at the Jones place. And he didnt have the time now to look up Helena, either, as curious as he was, and that annoyed him more than he expected.', 'He stopped by Julies desk to return the signed papers, but Julie merely nodded and waved, her attention more focused on whoever was on the other end of the phone balanced between her ear and shoulder. Her voice was low, but he still heard Helena and unbelievable.', 'He smiled. He could get supplies, go to the Jones place for a while, and then stop by the post office in a couple of hours. By then, the grapevine would have done its job and Anna Grace would have all the available information on Helena Wheeler, down to her shoe size, ready to share.', 'Living in a small town had its perks.', '', '', 'Chapter 2', 'Helena cursed as the download failed again and reached for her beer. Grannie might be able to function with a dial-up modem that dated from 1996, but Helena was going to have to get the cable guys out here with some technology from this century. She always bragged about how she was fortunate enough to be able to work from anywhereassuming that anywhere had high-speed Internet access. But that wasnt Grannies.', 'Frustrated, she shut down the laptop. Tomorrow, shed go in search of somewhere with free Wi-Fi. Maybe that coffee shop Tate mentioned would have it.', 'Leaving the laptop on the table, she took her beer to the front porch. Pretty much all the houses looked the same here, all built in the mid to late sixties after Hurricane Betsy flooded the area in 1965. The beach-style clapboard bungalows had wide porches and postage-stamp-sized yards, and only the paint colors and different flowers in the beds made it possible to tell them apart. There were children playing ball in the street while parents washed their cars in the driveways, and she could smell hamburgers grilling not far away. Idyllic. Charming. Monotonous.', 'I miss my life already. Shed only been away from it for a day, but the long weeks shed spend here, in Magnolia Beach, stretched ahead of her like a desolate desert highway.', 'Oh, there were other things she could be doingshe had a nice, long listbut she closed her eyes and set the swing in motion instead. It was hard to dredge up a real sense of urgency when she was still pitying herself for having to be here at all.', 'Misha, the friend who was keeping her plants alive in Atlanta, had taken on the role of life coach, earnestly encouraging her to use this time to both reconnect with her past and discover something new about herself. It had been all she could do not to laugh in Mishas face. She didnt want to reconnect with her past. Hell, that Helena felt like a completely different person, a strangerself-centered, selfish, and really angry at the whole world. That wasnt someone shed like to get to know again. A lot of it had been relatively harmless adolescent trouble, the consequence of the dangerous mix of small-town boredom and a still-developing frontal lobe, but there was a line, and shed been dancing right along it. No one wanted to be the one to send Ms. Louises granddaughter off to juvie, thoughand shed been smart enough not to do anything too damn dumb or feloniousso shed done a hell of a lot of community service. So much of it that it was practically her first job. She could still remember that horrid orange safety vest shed been forced to wearand the mocking attitude of the deputy when hed written Hell-on-Wheels across the back in black permanent marker.', 'She vaguely wondered if that vest was still around someplace. She snorted at the thought. Theyd probably tucked it inside her permanent record.', 'Hence her avoidance of Magnolia Beach, a small town with an ability to carry a big grudge. The cards had been stacked against her from the get-go: Her mother had been an unknown entity, some wild thing her father found and knocked up on a trip to Jacksonville, and most people worried that even the influence of a God-fearing, good woman like Louise Wheeler might not be able to counteract Helenas questionable DNA. Her mother hadnt lasted long in Magnolia Beach after her father died, leaving when Helena was just a couple of months old, but those few months had made an impression on the local populationand not in a good way. The first time Helena stepped out of line, all her mothers sins had been remembered and reexamined. And since everyone claimed apples didnt fall far from their trees, most people assumed Helena was on the exact same path of trouble and bad news. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.', 'Shed been lucky, though, getting it under control before her life became a cautionary tale suitable for an after-school special, but there was no pride or triumph in her story. She just wanted to forget it.', 'As for discovering something new about herself... That was a laugh. Shed been on that journey, thankyouverymuch. There was only so much introspection a person could do. Parental rejection leading to anger issues and attention-seeking behavior, blah, blah, blahshed done the therapy and had a shelf full of self-help books. She owned a business, paid her taxes, and donated to charities. She might not be respectable, but she was about as close as she was going to get. And that would just have to be enough for these people.', 'So, at best, she was going to discover how long she could survive being back in a town where the traffic lights went blinky at eleven oclockall three of them.', 'With a sigh and a strong mental shake, she drained the last of her drink. She could sit here and feel sorry for herself, or she could just deal. Since hosting a pity party wasnt going to change things, shed deal.', 'Just like shed always done.', 'But one look around Grannies house, full of fifty-some-odd years worth of stuff, was almost enough to send her back for another drink or a hide under the covers. Clean out the sunroom seemed like a manageable-enough task on paper, but in reality...', 'The knock at the door seemed like a small gift from God. She could postpone without feeling like she was procrastinating. Getting estimates from Ryan Tanner would also count as being productive.', 'But it was Tate at the door, not Ryan, and he greeted her with another hug that lifted her off her feet.', 'Someones been working out, she teased. Come on in.', 'Tate looked around and smiled. I havent been in here in so long. It looks exactly the same, though.', 'She nodded. Grannies not one for change. Can I get you a beer? Can you stay awhile? She sounded desperate, but perhaps she was. Just being back here was messing with her head. Plus, it was too quiet: The sound of children playing in the streets was actually a little creepy for someone more used to the city and traffic noise of her neighborhood.', 'I was actually going to see if you wanted to go get that dinner I promised you.', 'That sounded divine, but... I cant. Im waiting on Ryan Tanner to come by to give me some estimates.', 'When?', 'Sometime after five. She looked at the clock, saw it was five forty-five, shrugged, and went to the fridge. Tate shook his head when she offered him a beer, so she poured him a glass of tea instead. Hes worse than the cable company.', 'Well, hes got football practice, so theres no telling what time hell get here.', 'She leaned against the counter. Isnt he a little old for that?', 'Ryans one of the coaches now.', 'Somehow, that doesnt surprise me. He probably runs a scout troop, too. Wonder what the adult equivalent of teachers pet is? It was a little scary how quickly shed reverted to her seventeen-year-old self. She took a long swallow of her beer.', 'Hey, now, weve been to the state championships twice since he started coachingsomething that hasnt happened since... well, since Ryan was still playing, probably.', 'Go, Pirates, she deadpanned.', 'Still not a football fan, huh?', 'I could not care less if I tried.', 'Tate gasped, hand to his chest in fake horror. Thats unnatural.', 'She made a face at him. I actually want to hear about you, and what youve been up to, Dr. Harris.', 'Thats really all Ive been up to. I was in school forever, then came back here and took over Doc Masterss practice when he retired last year.', 'Im so proud. He gave her a look, so she clarified, No, I really am proud of you. Thats great.', 'He accepted that with a nod. And you?', 'I do graphic design. An online one-woman thing.', 'I knew youd end up doing something artsy.', 'Ive got pretty steady work, so Im lucky. I love it and it pays the bills.', 'Perfect combo. He tapped his glass against her bottle.', 'Exactly. She stared him down. But you... no wife, no kids? Whats up with that?', 'He nearly choked on his drink. I could ask the same of you, he said, deflecting the question.', 'She shook her head in mock sadness. Alas, the state of Georgia wont let me have a wife.', 'Tate laughed. Then well just call that a topic neither of us wishes to discuss.', 'Good call. What about Ellie and Sam? She was suddenly hungry for news, which was strange. She hadnt even thought about most of these people in ages, and now that made her sad. And a little ashamed.', 'Ellies in Mobilemarried, two kids, happy. Sam got divorced last year and moved back here. Im sure shed love to see you.', 'Tate had practically raised his sisters, and she could hear in his voice that he still adored them. Thats great, and Id love to catch up with Sam if theres time. Carefully, she asked, What about your parents?', 'Moms still in the same place. The old man died about eight years ago, he said flatly.', 'Glad to hear it, she thought, but said, I didnt know, instead. She wouldnt offer sympathy, and she knew Tate didnt expect it. Mr. Harris had been an evil, hateful man who only got worse when he drank. And it was a well-known secret how he took it out on his kids. She wasnt the least bit sorry the man was dead, and she wouldnt mouth platitudes she knew Tate didnt need or want to hear.', 'Tate quickly changed the subject. So when are you going to let me take you to dinner and show you the sights of Magnolia Beach?', 'Magnolia Beach has sights? she teased.', 'A few. Youve probably seen most of them, but we do have some nice restaurants now and a bar with live music three nights a week.', 'Goodness, when will we have time to fit it all in? At Tates shrug, she added, Well, my dance card isnt exactly full these days, so pretty much whenever is good for you. I should probably wait to make any concrete plans until I hear what Ryans going to do and when hes going to do it.... On cue, she heard Ryan call her name from the porch. Speak of the devil. Come on in, she shouted as she headed back that way.', 'Ryan already had one foot in the door. Another difference between life here and in Atlanta. Shed already quit locking her door, and the only thing strange about a man letting himself into her house was that it actually wasnt strange at all. That, and the fact shed reverted back to old habits so quickly. Hell, that was downright disturbing.', 'Sorry Im running late, Ryan said with an apologetic grin. The boys were acting up, and there were laps that had to be run.... He trailed off and cocked his head sideways. Tate. I didnt expect to see you here.', 'Tates nod was brief and quick. Ryan.', 'There was an odd moment of tension Helena didnt quite understand. What? Surprised theres at least one person whos glad Im back?', 'Oh, there are several, Im sure, Ryan said wryly. Some might even surprise you.', 'She laughed. Well, that would be a pleasant surprise, indeed. Setting down her beer, she turned to Tate. Its my turn to cut things short. Sorry.', 'No problem. Thanks for the tea. Tate set his glass on the table next to hers, then leaned in to plant a kiss on her cheek. Ill call you tomorrow about that dinner.', 'Youd better.', 'With another of those brisk nods in Ryans direction, Tate was gone. Ryan watched him leave.', 'Helena picked up the list of work for Ryan shed started earlier. Okay, lets start with the', 'That was fast.', 'Excuse me?', 'Youre back less than twenty-four hours and you already have a date with Tate Harris?', 'That was so far out of left field that she laughed. Whatare you jealous or something?', 'Ryans head snapped around. Huh?', 'Unless you have a thing for Tate, why would you even care? she asked.', 'Tate Harris is considered quite the eligible bachelor in Magnolia Beach. Youll make a whole new set of enemies if you poach him.', 'It hadnt occurred to her that Tate would be an eligible bachelor, but it did make sense now that Ryan mentioned it. Hed grown up to be downright adorable and successful. Im not poaching anyone. And even if I wanted to poach, Magnolia Beachs womenfolk could have him back in just a few weeks.', 'An eyebrow went up. Just a few weeks, huh?', 'Believe me when I say I do not intend to stay a second longer than absolutely necessary. I have a life in Atlanta, thank you very much, and I cant wait to get back to it as soon as humanly possible.', 'Ah, well, thats the spirit.', 'The sarcasm grated. She held the list in his direction. Shall we?', 'He nodded at the bottle in her other hand. Are you not going to offer me a beer first? Tsk, tsk, whats happened to your manners?', 'The rest of the world doesnt normally offer alcoholic beverages to random tradesmen, you know. But even as she said it, she was already heading to the fridge.', 'Ryan accepted the bottle with a nod of thanks, and she held the list in his direction again.', 'This time, he took it, but he didnt bother to look at it. Lets start at the front of the house.', 'She followed him out the front door onto the porch, but before he could start talking, he was interrupted by a high-pitched yapping bark. A small black smudge jumped out of the open window of Ryans truck and ran to sit at his feet, growling a warning at her. She jumped back a step. What the hell?', 'Ryan inclined his head toward it. And thats Tank.', 'Tank was quite possibly the strangest-looking dog shed ever seen. He was one of those hairless breeds, which gave him a rather ratlike appearance. He had a bit of an overbite and the little-dog antsiness that made his toenails click against the wooden planks as he danced around Ryans ankles. He was tiny, maybe five or six pounds, tops, and he alternated between shooting her dirty looks and staring adoringly up at Ryan. Tank?', 'Tank doesnt let his size affect his ego. He thinks hes bigger than he is.', 'Tank couldnt do her any real damage, but those teeth looked sharp nonetheless and would probably hurt if he got ahold of her. He belongs to you?', 'I think I belong to him, actually. He just showed up on my porch one day, and when I opened the door, he wandered in like he owned the place.', 'Thats sweet. Especially since Ryan seemed more like a yellow Lab kind of guy. Hysterical, but sweet.', 'He comes with me to work sometimes, but hes happy hanging under the truck in the shade. He wont bother you. So, youll need a ramp....', 'Over the next half hour, Helena developed a grudging admiration for Ryan. He obviously knew his stuffpointing out missing items on her list and coming up with different ways to solve the most obvious problemsand some of the not so obvious ones, too. For what seemed like the fiftieth time, she said, I hadnt thought about that.', 'This isnt my first rodeo, you know. We have a lot of retirees down here, not to mention the snowbirds who arrive every October. Adaptations to accommodate an aging population are a booming business. He looked at his notes. Do you have a budget in mind?', 'Of course.', 'After a moments pause, Ryan added, And that number would be...?', 'His attitude gave her great pleasure to be able to say, Something well discuss after Ive seen your bid.', 'You think Ill inflate the numbers? Insult was stamped across his face.', 'She shrugged. I think its unwise to tell anyone how much youre willing to pay until youve seen how much they want to charge.', 'Wow. Theres some trust issues for you.', 'It has nothing to do with trust or the lack thereof. Its just good business. Or didnt they teach you that up at Auburns business school? It was all she could do not to laugh at the look on his face. I made a trip to the post office for some stamps. The new girlAnna Grace?is a true font of information.', 'Ryan looked a little exasperated. She takes after her aunt.', 'Although she didnt know why she cared, she still asked, When did Mrs. Trunbill finally retire?', 'Just a few years ago.', 'Lord, she must have been eighty or something.', 'Ryan shook his head. Sixty-five.', 'Really? That didnt seem possible.', 'People just look older when youre younger.', 'I guess. Old gossip popped back into her mind. 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\\\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\\\" -Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn
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She pulled the wine bottle from the ice bucket and filled her glass right up to the rim.
Despite the fact she\\\\'d had several already tonight, she remained frustratingly sober. It was a happy occasionCassie was married and bridges she\\\\'d thought burnt beyond repair were slowly being mended. She should be happyand she was, by God, she really was.
Except, at the same time, she wasn\\\\'t. She\\\\'d started the day by cleaning out her desk at work and ended it with finding out her friends had been lying to her for years and that years of estrangement had been all her fault. In the middle, she\\\\'d gone to a wedding and found out her brother was sleeping with Ginaagain.
Mercy, when losing your job wasn\\\\'t the worst thing that had happened to you, the day officially sucked.
Hence the need for more wine. Lots more wine.
Her mother was probably spinning in her graveladies didn\\\\'t overimbibe, much less in publicbut this was New York City, not Savannah, and Marnie had intentionally given up the quest to be a \\\"lady\\\" years ago.
Old habits were hard to break, but she could drown the Southern guilt in another glass of Chardonnay.
The large table in the corner of the trendy Tribeca Terrace held the remains of Cassie and Tuck\\\\'s small wedding reception, and Tuck had pulled Cassie to the dance floor a little while ago. It didn\\\\'t take a genius IQ like Cassie\\\\'s to see that they would be off to their wedding night very soon. Carter and Gina and Mason and Reese were also on the dance floor, doing that slow sway that said both couples would be leaving soon as well to a happy night themselves.
Marnie sighed into her glass. None of her friends had walked the easy path to happiness, but that was what made their stories so wonderful. The passion. Passion might be messy and difficult, but the proof it was worth it was right in front of her. And that\\\\'s what she wanted. If she\\\\'d wanted a predictable and staid and unremarkable life, she\\\\'d have stayed in Savannah.
But the pairing off of the others had left her alone at the table with Dylan Brookes. Their party of eight had really been three parties of two and two parties of one, but that hadn\\\\'t been too obvious or strange until everyone else coupled up. Being an extra wheel was awkward enough, but this situation took awkward to a new place.
Dylan had stood as Tuck\\\\'s witness today, but it was just plain weird to have him around. Tuck was Dylan\\\\'s best friend, but he was also Reese\\\\'s cousin, and he\\\\'d met Cassie at what would have been Reese and Dylan\\\\'s weddingexcept that Reese had practically jilted Dylan at the altar in favor of Mason. It had been quite a mess. Reese and Dylan seemed okay with it now, but everyone elseincluding herfound the situation awkward at best.
Watching your ex-fiance canoodle with the guy she threw you over for had to be uncomfortable, but if Dylan had a problem with that, he\\\\'d done a good job of hiding it.
He was currently typing something on his phone, and if he was feeling like an extra wheel, it didn\\\\'t show.
Either he was a very good actor, or he simply didn\\\\'t care. Marnie wasn\\\\'t sure if she should envy him or pity him.
The music wasn\\\\'t overly loud, but it was thankfully loud enough to not make the conversational silence at the table too noticeable. Not that she was in the mood for small talk, anyway. There was just way too much circling in her mind. She needed to process it all.
No one wanted to ruin Cassie\\\\'s celebration, so conversations had been hushed and behind bathroom doors, everyone trying to bring her up to speed without involving the entire party or casting a pall over it. The result was information and emotional overload, and the beginnings of a massive headache.
By the time she finished this glass, she could head on home without anyone thinking it was odd. There was wine in her fridge, and drinking herself into oblivion seemed the best way to finish out this horrid day. Tomorrow would be soon enough to try to make sense of it all.
\\\"I think I\\\\'m supposed to ask you to dance.\\\"
The comment caught her by surprise, as Dylan hadn\\\\'t said much to her all night, choosing to talk to Tuck and oddly Carter mostly. \\\"Excuse me?\\\"
Dylan half pointed in the direction of the dance floor, where Reese was making gestures over Mason\\\\'s shoulder that did seem to translate into: \\\"You two, dance.\\\"
The last thing she needed was a pity dance from him. \\\"Thanks, but no.\\\"
\\\"No, thank you.\\\"
Marnie had a brief flash of irritation at the relieved sigh in his voice as Dylan turned back to Reese and shrugged. Reese\\\\'s lips pressed together in annoyance before she peeled herself off Mason and stalked over to the table.
\\\"You need to dance, Marnie.\\\"
\\\"Why?\\\"
Reese seemed to think for a second. \\\"Because it\\\\'s bad luck for the bride and groom if the guests don\\\\'t dance.\\\"
Reese should really know better than to try that. In three years at Simmons College, fourteen of her sorority sisters had walked down the aisle. There wasn\\\\'t a wedding tradition or superstition she didn\\\\'t know inside and out. \\\"You made that up.\\\"
She shrugged. \\\"Doesn\\\\'t matter. I think it\\\\'s bad luck.\\\"
\\\"Well, I don\\\\'t think Dylan really wants to dance,\\\" she countered. \\\"And it\\\\'s bad luck to dance with an unwilling partner.\\\"
She could tell Reese was trying to decide if that was an actual superstition or not. Finally, Reese cut her eyes in Dylan\\\\'s direction. \\\"But he will be willing if you just say yes. This is a celebration, and you two are sitting it out. I think that\\\\'s a little rude, don\\\\'t you?\\\"
Reese knew right where to hit. The desire not to be rude was ingrained into her very soul and hard to ignore. Marnie weighed her options. Once Reese got an idea, it was nearly impossible to change her mind. She was a peacekeeper, a smoother-outer, the perfect hostess who wanted everyone to participate and have a good time. Reese had been born on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line; for a Yankee, she could channel a Southern matriarch with the best of them. Marnie could give in gracefully now or be politely and lovingly badgered to death.
\\\"Fine.\\\" She took a long swallow from her glass and stood. Dylan, wearing a look that might have been boredom or annoyanceit was really hard to tell whichpushed to his feet, as well. Talk about rude
\\\"Excellent.\\\" Reese smiled as Mason pulled her back into his arms.
Marnie let Dylan lead her to the dance floor, his hand at the small of her back, and she caught at least one or two jealous looks being shot her way by other women. She totally understood why. Dylan Brookes was smart, successful and handsome, and the news he was back on the \\\"eligible bachelor\\\" list had brought a cheer to the lips of nearly every unmarried woman in the city looking to marry well.
Dylan looked every inch the Park Avenue aristocrat he waswhich seemed a ridiculous contrast to the all-American frat-boy good looks of his best friend, Tuck. He radiated a suaveness, like he belonged in a tuxedo drinking dirty martinis at swanky events. Even tonight, with his dark hair slightly mussed, collar open and shirtsleeves rolled up over tanned forearms, the adjective that sprang to mind was \\\"debonair.\\\"
Her departed mother might be mollified now, as Dylan Brookesthe smart, rich, well-connected and respected attorney and philanthropistwas exactly the kind of man Miss Marnie Suellen Price, the only daughter of Marshall and Alma PriceGod rest their soulsof Savannah, Georgia, was supposed to dance with.
And she hadn\\\\'t danced with that kind of manintentionallyin over five years.
She knew Dylan\\\\'s typeshe\\\\'d grown up surrounded by men just like him. Well-bred, well-read, and well-groomed, raised with every perk money could provide and trained to step right into their daddies\\\\' shoes and run the world. Bloodless, boring, and usually arrogant, but disguised under a thousand-dollar suit.
But she\\\\'d suck it up for one dance.
Dylan took her right hand in his, placed his other at her waist, and they moved gently to the music, both of them staring off into the distance.
God, this was worse than junior prom. A good foot of space separated their bodies. She bit her lip to hold back the snicker as the memory flooded back. Peter Stevenson, son of Savannah\\\\'s mayor and the young man lucky enough to win the Price family seal of approval as a proper escort, had had sweaty palms. Looking back, it may have been the first time he\\\\'d ever actually laid hands on a girl. They\\\\'d kept that respectable distance between them all nightup to and including the chaste and proper good-night handshake on her front porch. And she\\\\'d been both satisfied and pleased, convinced it was proof Peter respected her.
Even now, she could still hear Gina\\\\'s bark of laughter at the recounting of that story, and her sincere judgment of \\\"How very pathetic.\\\" Even after everything that happened, Marnie had always been thankful to Gina for opening her naive eighteen-year-old eyes to the real world.
\\\"What\\\\'s so funny?\\\" Dylan\\\\'s question caused her to jump and brought her back to the present.
Her cotillion instructor would be horrified to know that she was neglecting the most basic rules of etiquette by ignoring her dance partner. But since she doubted Dylan would be happy to hear himself compared to her nervous seventeen-year-old prom date, she rapidly searched her mind for something appropriate to say.
She\\\\'d met Dylan a few times in social situations after he and Reese moved from coworkers to cou-pletheir engagement party, that Thanksgiving she\\\\'d had lunch at Reese\\\\'s parents\\\\' housebut she\\\\'d never really spent much time talking to him. She knew all about his career achievements, giving her a specific picture of Dylan, and she\\\\'d always been a little sad Reese had engaged herself to someone so dry, staid, and frankly unexciting. And if there was more to hima hidden fire, exciting depthsReese had never shared that information. Reese was just so private about things that there hadn\\\\'t been much girl talk deconstructing their relationship during their infrequent lunches in the city.
So while she kind of knew Dylan, she couldn\\\\'t say that she knew him well. And what she did know wasn\\\\'t all that helpful at the moment.
The obvious seemed the safest conversational course. \\\"Just thinking what an odd couple Cassie and Tuck are, but yet they\\\\'re so happy together.\\\"
Dylan nodded. \\\"You ladies did a good job with this party. I know they both appreciate it.\\\"
She grabbed the conversational rope gratefully. \\\"Tuckyes, and Cassie wouldn\\\\'t care unless Tuck did. We just couldn\\\\'t let her get married without some kind of celebration. It just seems wrong not to. It\\\\'s one thing not to have the big white wedding, but just a run to the courthouse wasn\\\\'t nearly enough.\\\"
Dylan nodded, and that topic was finished. How long is this song?
She laughed. \\\"It just seems like I\\\\'ve been neck-deep in weddings since June\\\"
\\\"I know the feeling. I\\\\'m rather tired of them myself.\\\"
Damn it. I shouldn\\\\'t have brought that up. \\\"My apologies. That must be a sore topic.\\\"
Dylan shrugged. \\\"Not really.\\\"
Her curiosity got the better of her manners. \\\"Does it not bother you?\\\"
\\\"Does what bother me?\\\"
\\\"Being around Reese. Seeing her with someone else like that.\\\" Seeing Reese so openly cuddly with Mason made Marnie realize that she\\\\'d never really seen Reese act openly affectionate toward Dylan when they were engagednor vice versa. Reese and Dylan had made a good-looking pair, but it would be a stretch to call them a \\\"couple\\\" based on their behavior.
\\\"I\\\\'m not a huge fan of witnessing large amounts of PDA from anyone, but beyond that, no.\\\"
Maybe that explained the lack of showy affection between them when they were together. \\\"Well, you\\\\'ve been very understanding and decent about it.\\\"
His eyebrows went up. \\\"There was another option?\\\"
She tried to picture Dylan in a jealous rage or even a mopey lovelorn depression. Neither image worked. \\\"I guess not.\\\"
\\\"We\\\\'re friends and I wish her well. I just hope she\\\\'s not making the same mistake twice\\\"
It was rude to interrupt, but \\\"You think Reese and Mason are a mistake?\\\"
\\\"For her sake, I hope not. But the odds aren\\\\'t good.\\\"
She rushed to defend Reese. \\\"I\\\\'d say that after all they\\\\'ve been through, their odds are pretty damn good. They love each other\\\"
Dylan actually snorted.
\\\"What? It\\\\'s true.\\\"
\\\"Yes, and love is probably the worst reason there is to get married.\\\"
That threw her off her game. \\\"What other reason is there?\\\"
\\\"You\\\\'re a romantic.\\\" His tone clearly said he saw that as a fault.
That wasn\\\\'t entirely true. She had no starry-eyed misconceptions about the realities of relationships, but to just dismiss love outright? \\\"For thinking love is a good reason to get married?\\\"
\\\"Love is ephemeral. Good marriages need a stronger foundation than that for a solid and successful partnership.\\\"
Ugh. She\\\\'d heard variations of that before. But even being taught that marriage was about creating a strong family foundationusually with the wife playing the helpmate to her husbandlove was still at least given lip service in the equation. \\\"So you think that Mason and Reese won\\\\'t have a solid and successful partnership? Simply because they\\\\'re in love?\\\"
\\\"Would you marry someone just because he was good in bed?\\\"
The bluntness of that question quite literally caused her to stumble. Dylan\\\\'s hand tightened against her back as she regained her balance, and she wondered if Dylan had tried to shock her on purpose. No, Dylan wasn\\\\'t the type. Gina might try to bait and shock, but Dylan She couldn\\\\'t really picture it. \\\"Like love, it shouldn\\\\'t be the only reason to get married, but it\\\\'s a damn important one.\\\"
Dylan merely smiled at her response, and she could almost feel the metaphorical pat on the head. It had been a long time since anyone had patronized her like that, and she wondered what Reese might have said about her to make him think.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lenten Reflections Year B (Disciples of the 21st Century)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Downfall of a Good Girl\\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'Vivienne LaBlanc waited impatiently, trying not to bump her wings against anything or move too quickly in a way that would cause her halo to slide off, as Max Hale gave his introductory speech on the other side of the curtain.
\\\"There are many krewes, but none like the Bon Argent. Five years ago, we decided to do somethingin our own hometown styleto raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We were far more successful than we dreamed. Through the Saints and Sinners Festivalwhich grows bigger every yearwe\\\\'ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for dozens of local charities, and I thank all of you for your continued support.\\\"
After a short round of polite applause, Max continued to laud their accomplishments, but Vivi listened with only half an ear. She was well aware of the great work of Bon Argent; she\\\\'d been involved with the krewe since its inception. Candy Hale was one of her oldest friends, and Max was like a second father.
Her mother used to serve on the board, for goodness\\\\' sake, so she didn\\\\'t need to be sold on the success. She did, however, need a primer on these wings.
How am I supposed to sit in these things? The feathered and bejeweled wings were beautiful, arching up to head height and hanging to her calves. Vivi frowned as she tried to adjust the buckle on her gold sandals and felt the whole getup shift dangerously. Honestly, she looked less like a saint and more like a Vegas showgirl who\\\\'d crashed the neighborhood nativity play.
The Saints and Sinners balland the whole Bon Argent krewebordered on silly at times, but the costumes and the parody of pomp and pageantry was what had made the Saints and Sinners fundraiser so fun, popular and immensely successful in such a short time.
And there were three hundred people out there eagerly awaiting the announcement of this year\\\\'s Saint and Sinner. Following the traditions of the traditional Mardi Gras krewes, those identities were top secret info. As far as Vivi knew, only three people were in the know this year. Max, the head of the Bon Argent charity, Paula, the head of PR, and Ms. Rene, the seamstress who\\\\'d made the costumes for the Sinner and the Saint. Even she didn\\\\'t know who would be her other half between now and Fat Tuesday.
She had a few guesses in mind.
Unlike the traditional krewes, however, who would crown a king and a queen, Bon Argent had no gender requirements to fulfill. The Saint and the Sinner were chosen for their local celebrity and reputations and could be of the same gender. Vivi had her bets on nightclub owner Marianne Foster, who\\\\'d been in the news a lot recently and would provide excellent competition before Vivi crushed her. While Marianne would be popular in the voting and bring in large amounts of money, it wasn\\\\'t an overstatement or egoism to say that she, herself, was more popular and could raise huge amounts of money in comparison.
She stomped down the unkind thought. Thoughts were the precursors to words and actions, and she\\\\'d learned to keep her head in the right place in order to avoid saying or doing anything she might regret later. It\\\\'s about the money we can raise, not about winning.
But it was also about winning. The Sinner had taken the crown the last two years, but this year top honors were going to the Saint, because she simply refused to lose. She\\\\'d only lost one crown in her life, and she still remembered the bitter taste of watching Miss Indiana walk away with it. It didn\\\\'t matter how much she liked Janelle personally, or what a great Miss America she\\\\'d turned out to be, it still sucked to lose.
So she was competitive. It was hardly a personality flaw. No one liked to lose. And in this case, her competitive nature would be beneficial because it was all for a good cause.
Max was now introducing her Cherubim Court: ten local high school kids chosen by the charity\\\\'s board to be her team in the fundraising.
And now it was her turn. She took a deep breath, checked her dress, and waited.
\\\"my pleasure to introduce Saint Vivienne LaBlanc!\\\"
The curtain opened to a strobe of flashes from the photographers gathered in front of the stage and a very heartening roar of approval and applause from the guests. Vivi heard her sister\\\\'s distinctive whistle and looked over at the table where her family sat. When she\\\\'d left the table twenty minutes ago, claiming she had an emergency phone call from the gallery, Lorelei had given her a knowing look. She waved as she watched people from the surrounding tables congratulate her parents.
Being chosen as the Saint was quite an honor, and Vivi was beyond touched by the applause that showed so many people thought her deserving of it. She\\\\'d won a lot of contests in her life, brought home quite a few crowns, but this was different. It wasn\\\\'t about being pretty or popular. The downside to her pageant career was the assumption by all that she was just a pretty little face with no real substance. She\\\\'d spent years fighting that stereotype, trying to prove that there was more to her. It had been her biggest challenge to date, and the halo on her head was proof she\\\\'d succeeded. It might be cheesy and rather silly-looking, but it suddenly meant more to her than any crown she\\\\'d ever worn.
Beating the Sinnerwhoever that turned out to bewould be icing on the cake at this point, and now she wanted that trophy more than anything.
Vivi removed her halo with the proper pomp, placing it on the blue satin pillow that would hold both the Saint\\\\'s halo and the Sinner\\\\'s horns until the competition ended and the winner claimed both trophies. She then took her seat with her court and applauded politely as the Sinner\\\\'s court, the Imps, was introduced.
Max took a deep breath and looked so excited he might burst with it. \\\"Our Sinner this year is an obvious choice, and we\\\\'re so pleased he\\\\'s made time in his schedule to reign over this important event.\\\"
The pronoun usage told Vivi that she\\\\'d lost her bet. Damn, she\\\\'d been so sure it would be Marianne. It doesn\\\\'t really matter, she thought with a mental shrug. She was ready to take on anyone.
\\\"Connor Mansfield!\\\"
Vivi\\\\'s smile froze as the crowd broke into wild applause. You\\\\'re freakin kidding me.
Connor caught a glimpse of Vivi\\\\'s face as he stepped onto the stage and nearly laughed at the perfect mix of horror and fury against a feathery backdrop of angel wings. Not that he blamed her; his response had been very similar when he\\\\'d heard her name called, but he\\\\'d still been safely behind the curtain.
He had to hand it to the board of Bon Argent; they certainly knew how to guarantee maximum attention from the local pressattention that could be otherwise difficult to draw amid everything else happening during the Mardi Gras season. They\\\\'d probably break every fundraising record in history.
Vivi just looked like she\\\\'d like to wring his neck, but then she always looked at him like that. Some things just never changed, no matter how long you were gone from your hometown.
But the show must go on, and everyone was waiting for them to take their seats so dinner could be served. He removed his horns and solemnly placed them next to the Saint\\\\'s halo. Then he walked over to Vivi, nodded politely and waited for her to return the gesture. Slowly, they made their way to the high table. When they reached their seats a cheer went up from the crowd, and the competition of the Saints and Sinners Festival officially began. Servers appeared from the woodwork and the crowd turned its attention to the salad course.
He leaned a few inches in her direction. \\\"You\\\\'re going to ruin three years of orthodontic work if you don\\\\'t stop grinding your teeth, Vivi.\\\"
Her eyes narrowed, but she released her jaw the tiniest bit. She reached for her wineglass, noticed it was empty and reached for a water glass instead. He saw her look at it carefully, then shrug before she drank. Knowing Vivi, she\\\\'d debated dumping it in his lap.
\\\"I\\\\'d say Welcome Home, but\\\"
\\\"But you wouldn\\\\'t mean it.\\\" He grinned at her to annoy her.
\\\"But,\\\" she corrected, \\\"it would be rather redundant, considering the reception you just got.\\\"
\\\"Jealous I got more applause?\\\"
\\\"No.\\\" She shifted in her chair. \\\"I\\\\'m not an attention whore.\\\"
\\\"Big talk from the pageant queen.\\\"
Vivi inhaled sharply and her smile became tight. \\\"Some of us have outgrown our adolescence.\\\"
He pretended to think about that for a second, then shook his head sadly. \\\"No, you\\\\'re still sanctimonious.\\\"
\\\"And you\\\\'re still a\\\"
She stopped herself so suddenly Connor wondered if she\\\\'d bitten her tongue.
She inhaled sharply through her nose and swallowed. \\\"You must be very pleased to finally be recognized for your achievements.\\\"
\\\"I hate to burst your bubble, Saint Vivienne, but these titles aren\\\\'t character references.\\\"
\\\"Oh, really?\\\" Vivi\\\\'s face was the picture of confused innocence. \\\"You seem to be perfectly suited for the title.\\\"
And there was the first dig. He should have known that Vivi wouldn\\\\'t let that pass. Although he\\\\'d been vindicated, rumor and gossip had done their damage. Everyone believed there had to be a grain of truth in there somewherewhich grain it might be was the engine that drove the gossip that wouldn\\\\'t die.
Vivi might have hit a sore spot with her first salvo, but damned if he\\\\'d admit that. \\\"Sanctimonious and judgmental. You need to increase your repertoire.\\\"
\\\"Maybe you should add some to yours, as well. A little decorum from you would be nice, considering the honor you\\\\'ve been given.\\\"
\\\"According to you, it\\\\'s not really an honor, now, is it?\\\"
\\\"Yet you still seem very pleased with yourself.\\\" She snorted. \\\"You look ridiculous, you know. Black leather pants, Connor? Really? What is this? 1988?\\\"
He\\\\'d had a similar thought when they\\\\'d been presented to him. \\\"I agree on the pants. Very eighties glam metal. But then I guess it fits the costume.\\\"
Vivi smileda genuine one this timeat the server who filled her wineglass, but the smile disappeared as soon as the server did. \\\"I don\\\\'t know what Max was thinking,\\\" she grumbled at her salad. \\\"The Saint and the Sinner are supposed to be local celebrities.\\\"
\\\"I\\\\'m literally the boy next door, Vivi. I\\\\'m as local as you are.\\\"
\\\"You were local,\\\" she corrected him. \\\"Now you\\\\'re international. You\\\\'re off touring far more than you\\\\'re in town.\\\"
He tried to get comfortable in his chair, but the enormous black wings attached to his back made that feat nearly impossible. He didn\\\\'t quite understand the mixed-metaphor approach to Saints and Sinners, but Ms. Rene had gone for a Lucifer vibe. He felt more like a giant crow. \\\"So it\\\\'s the fact that my job requirements keep me out of town a lot that you object to?\\\"
Vivi tried to brush her hair back over her shoulder, but it only got tangled in her wings, creating modern art-inspired shapes in the white feathers. She tugged at the strands as she spoke. \\\"I object to the creation of an unlevel playing field.\\\"
Except for that jet-black hair, Vivi had the right looks to pass as an angelwide blue eyes, fair skin, elegant features. The fire in her eyes was far from angelic, though. Irritation made her movements jerky, tangling her hair even worse.
\\\"How is this unlevel in any way?\\\"
With one final tug that probably pulled some of it out by the roots, Vivi finally got the last of her hair loose. A rhinestone from her wings, loosened in the tussle, fell into her cleavage. Vivi looked down briefly, and Connor\\\\'s eyes followed hers to the valley of creamy skin before he snapped them back to her face. She had a beautiful mouth, lush and full and sinfuluntil she opened it and killed the illusion.
\\\"Your groupies and your fan club and all your famous friends will make sure to fill your coffers so that you win.\\\"
\\\"But that\\\\'s what this is about, right? Raising money?\\\"
\\\"Of course that\\\\'s what\\\\'s important,\\\" she conceded through a jaw clenched so tight it had to be painful, \\\"but you have an unfair advantage when it comes to the actual contest. No one could compete with you.\\\"
He grinned at her. \\\"I\\\\'m glad to finally hear you admit it.\\\"
\\\"I meant,\\\" she gritted out, \\\"that I\\\\'m a hometown girl and you\\\\'re a freakin\\\\' rock star. You have a bigger fan base by default and that\\\\'s an unfair advantage.\\\"
\\\"Your title is \\\\'Saint\\\\', Vivi, not \\\\'martyr\\\\'.\\\"
Vivi\\\\'s knuckles turned white, and Connor expected the stem of her wineglass to snap at any moment.
\\\"Just eat your dinner.\\\"
He shot her a smile instead. \\\"You could just concede now, you know.\\\"
She choked on her wine. \\\"Hell has not frozen over.\\\"
\\\"So it\\\\'s on?\\\" he challenged.
\\\"You\\\\'re damn right it\\\\'s on.\\\" Grabbing her fork, she speared her lettuce with far more force than necessary.
Vivi could never turn down a challenge. It didn\\\\'t matter what it was, Vivi went after everything in her full-out, take-no-prisoners style. He actually respected that about her. It was one of the few things they had in common. Everything else about her, though, drove him insane. Always had.
He really shouldn\\\\'t let Vivi get to him. He was an adult, for God\\\\'s sake. Vivi might not like him, but plenty of other women did, so her holier-than-Connor attitude shouldn\\\\'t bother him. There was something about her, though, that just crawled under his skin and itched.
Would he have agreed to do this if he\\\\'d known up front that Vivi would be a part of it? Or would he have just sent another check and let it go?
No, he\\\\'d been thinking about home for a while now; this was just the nudge he\\\\'d needed to get him here. It gave him an excuse to do some damage control, make some new headlines that didn\\\\'t involve paternity suits or sexual activities. He could take a step back and maybe take a deep breath for the first time in years.
He hadn\\\\'t realized how truly tired he was. Getting everything he\\\\'d ever wanted in life was great in theory, but he hadn\\\\'t known he\\\\'d be left feeling like a well-dressed hobo. He had accepted that at first: he couldn\\\\'t have gotten this far if he\\\\'d been tied down to any one place or thing. There was a great freedom to it. But it came at a cost, nonetheless.
Being homereally home, not just the place he slept between showsmade him feel like the earth was solid under his feet again. The ideas that had been swimming unformed in the back of his mind seemed to be taking shape now that he was here. New Orleans was good for his mind and soul, and he could use the next few weeks to really refocus and figure out what was next. Or what he wanted to be next.
He heard Vivi\\\\'s deep sigh of irritation and it brought him back to the present. Right now he had a contest to win. It felt good to come home; even better to come home to a warm welcome and the opportunity to do something good for his hometown.
Annoying Vivi while he did it was just a bonus.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Marine Plants of the Caribbean. A Field Guide from Florida to Brazil\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Taming of a Wild Child\\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'The Only thing worse than waking up naked in a strange bed was realizing there was someone else sleeping in the bed, too. Someone male.', \\\"The bright light on the other side of her eyelids sent pain streaking through Lorelei LaBlanc's head as she tried to piece together exactly what the hell was going onand who she'd just spent the night with.\\\", \\\"She forced herself to lie still; jumping right up might wake her companion, and she didn't want to get straight into a confrontation before she had a handle on things.\\\", 'Think, Lorelei, think.', 'She had a hangover that would slay a mule, and it hurt to think. How much champagne had she consumed in the end?', \\\"Connor and Vivi's wedding had gone off without a hitch; all of the four hundred guests had had a fabulous time. The church had never looked better, and the hotel had outdone itself with both the decor and the food. She'd been at the head table for dinner, but once the dancing had begun and the champagne had really started flowing Well, that was where things began to get a little fuzzy. She remembered having a small, good-natured disagreement with Donovan St. James over\\\", 'Her eyes flew open.', 'Oh. My. God.', 'Bits and pieces of the night before came rushing at her with distressing speed and clarity.', 'Carefully, so as not to aggravate her hangover, she rolled slowly to her other side. Sure enough, Donovan lay there on his back, bare-chested, with only a sheet covering his hips and one leg. His hands were stacked behind his head as he stared at the ceiling.', 'She swore under her breath.', '\\\"Right there with you, Princess.\\\"', 'The amused sigh in Donovan\\\\'s voice put her nerves on edge. \\\"What the hell happened last night?\\\"', 'He had the gall to look pointedly at the tangled sheetswhich she was currently trying to pull over herself in a belated attempt at modestyand raise an eyebrow. She really wasn\\\\'t ready to go to the whole we had sex bit just yet. She cleared her throat. \\\"I mean, how? Why?\\\"', '\\\"How? Buckets of champagne. And there were tequila shots involved. As for why\\\" He shrugged. \\\"Beats the hell out of me.\\\"', \\\"Tequila explained a lot. Jose Cuervo was not her friend. I've done some stupid stuff in my life, but this?\\\", \\\"With Donovan St. James? And now? A chill ran down her spine. If she'd publicly done something Oh, her family was really going to kill her this time. Her sister would be first in line.\\\", '\\\"Please just tell me we didn\\\\'t make a scene at the reception,\\\" she whispered.', '\\\"I don\\\\'t think so. It\\\\'s a little blurry, but I think the reception was pretty much over before.\\\"', \\\"That alleviated a bit of her immediate worry; being stupid wasn't quite so bad as long as there wasn't an audience for the stupidity. Now, though, she had to face the fact she'd had sex with Donovan St. James.\\\", 'No red-blooded woman would question her taste. Donovan had poster-boy good looks: deep green eyes, inky black hair with a slight wave that he wore long enough to look a little dangerous, and skin the color of the cafe au lait she desperately needed to combat this monster hangover. The high cheekbones and square jaw now shadowed with dark stubble spoke to a heritage as mixed as New Orleans itselfif one could pick the best bits and discard the rest.', \\\"Donovan definitely rated high on the hummina scale. Good looks, though, were pretty much all he had going for him, in her opinion. Why had he even been invited to the wedding? It must have been a professional or courtesy invite. At least a hundred of the guests had fallen into that category. But the St. James family was the worst kind of nouveau richeusing money to buy influence and respectabilityand if Donovan had any class at all, he'd have RSVP'd no to what had obviously only been a polite gesture.\\\", \\\"But money couldn't buy class, that was for sure.\\\", \\\"And she'd slept with him. She must have reached an astonishingly new level of intoxication to completely lose all her self-respect. I am never drinking again.\\\", '\\\"Oh, don\\\\'t look at me like that, Lorelei. I\\\\'m not real keen on this new development, either.\\\"', 'Donovan sat upslowly, she noted, implying his hangover was equally as miserable as hersand reached for his clothes. Lorelei averted her eyes, but not before she got a good long look at broad shoulders, a trim waist and a very nice, very firm butt. Donovan ticked up another notch on that hummina scale before she noticed the red claw marks marring his back.', \\\"She'd enjoyed herself, it seemed. Pity she didn't have a better recollection of what had led to those marks. Although she felt like hell, underneath the hangover was a pleasant muscle soreness that spoke to a good time.\\\", \\\"The silence felt awkward and uncomfortable. Despite her reputation, Lorelei wasn't an expert on morning-after protocols, but she'd brazen through this somehow. Clutching the sheet to her breasts, she let it trail behind her as she grabbed her dress off the floor and headed for the bathroom. She thought she might have heard a sigh as the door closed behind her.\\\", \\\"The sight in the mirror was not pretty. Lorelei splashed water on her face and tried to wipe away the worst of the mascara circles under her eyes. Then she finger-combed her hair until it didn't look quite so wild and made use of the mini-bottle of mouthwash provided by the hotel. Feeling marginally human, she righted her dress and slipped into it.\\\", 'She could only hope that no one would see her heading back to her room as nothing said night of debauchery quite like wearing a cocktail dress before breakfast. Six months of very hard work could be shot all to hell.', 'Of course she had a much more pressingand disturbingproblem right outside that door which she had to deal with first.', '\\\"Okay,\\\" she said to her reflection, \\\"you need a dignified exit.\\\" Taking a deep breath, she opened the bathroom door.', \\\"Donovan stood by the window, looking out over Canal Street, but he turned once he heard the door open. He'd pulled on a pair of jeansending up in your own hotel room instead of someone else's had perks, like clothesbut he'd stopped before adding a shirt. Lorelei had a hard time keeping her eyes from wandering as he wordlessly handed her a bottle of water. She nodded her thanks.\\\", '\\\"There\\\\'s aspirin, too,\\\" he said, dodging past her into the bathroom and returning with a bottle. \\\"Care for a couple?\\\"', 'He shook the bottle, causing her head to throb, and she was pleased to see him wince at the noise, as well.', 'Lorelei felt like she was in a bad movie. \\\"Look, I think we would both agree that last night should not have happened.\\\"', '\\\"That\\\\'s for sure.\\\"', 'She stamped down the remark she wanted to make at that insult. Dignity. \\\"So we\\\\'ll just pretend it didn\\\\'t happen. I won\\\\'t mention it to anyone and you won\\\\'t write about it, okay?\\\"', \\\"From the look on Donovan's face, he didn't like the implication, and Lorelei worried that she might have made a tactical error. Donovan had turned his high-school hobby of flaying people alive for sport into a profitable career. He destroyed careers, lives, families. Rumor had it that he was looking for another big story. People tried to avoid pinging onto his radar screen; no one with a shred of self-preservation would bait him intentionally.\\\", '\\\"I limit myself to topics of public interest, and even if this fit the definitionwhich it doesn\\\\'tit\\\\'s not somethingwasn\\\\'t anythingto brag about.\\\"', 'Dignity be damned. She was not letting that slide by unchallenged. \\\"I wouldn\\\\'t know. Must not have been that memorable an experience.\\\"', '\\\"Then forgetting it happened at all won\\\\'t be a problem for you.\\\"', '\\\"No, it won\\\\'t.\\\" That was a lie, but Donovan had no way of knowing better, so it was a safe lie. And it allowed her to hold her head up as she gathered the rest of her things.', \\\"Her small purse was upside down by the door, her phone, lipstick and room key spilling out. Not far from that was one of her shoes, then Donovan's tie and shoes, then her other shoe. It was a breadcrumb trail of shame that led straight to the king-size bed.\\\", \\\"Lord, was there anything less dignified than searching for your underwear? She picked up Donovan's jacket and gave it a shake. Nothing. Dropping to her knees, she looked under the bed. She found an empty condom wrapper, alleviating one of her fears, but finding two more had her cringing.\\\", 'No sign of her underwear, though.', '\\\"If you\\\\'re looking for these\\\" Donovan drawled. She looked up to see him dangling her panties from one finger. She bit her tongue and settled for shooting him a dirty look as she jerked them from his hand and tucked them into her purse. The addition of the undergarment, as tiny as it was, was too much for the little bag, and it refused to close. Heat flushing her face, Lorelei had no choice but to take the extra time to put them on.', 'Funnily enough, she felt a little less flustered once she had. Underwear was a form of armor, it seemed.', \\\"Squaring her shoulders, she went to the door and examined the fire-safety map posted there. According to the red X marking her location as room 712, she could easily get to the fire stairs, go down one floor and she'd come out only a few doors away from her own room. Excellent. The chances of running into someone she knew had just decreased exponentially. Something might actually go her way this morning.\\\", '\\\"Planning your escape route?\\\"', \\\"She turned to see Donovan stacking the pillows on the bed into a comfortable back-prop, and then reclining, remote control in hand. He wasn't even looking at her, and, if anything, he now sounded bored. Obviously this was not an out-of-theordinary morning for him. Why am I not surprised?\\\", '\\\"Exactl...', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Disappearing Daughters: The Tragedy of Female Foeticide\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: It Had to Be Love (An It Had to Be Novel)\\nDescription: ['', 'Tamra Baumann became hooked on writing the day she picked up her first Nora Roberts novel from her favorite bookstore. Since then, shes dazzled readers of contemporary romance with her own lighthearted love stories. She was the 2012 Golden Heart winner for Contemporary Series Romance and has also received the Golden Pen Award for Single Title Romance. Born in Monterey, California, she led the nomadic life of a navy brat before finally putting down permanent roots during college. When shes not attending annual Romance Writers of America meetings, this voracious reader can be found playing tennis, traveling, or scouting reality shows for potential character material. She resides with her real-life charactersa husband of thirty years, two kids, and their allergy-ridden dogin the sunny Southwest.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Business of Spirits: How Savvy Marketers, Innovative Distillers, and Entrepreneurs Changed How We Drink\\nDescription: [\\\"In this slim book, journalist Rothbaum explains how the liquor business has engineered a new golden age. As with so many industries, conglomerates have soaked up the small distilleries, improving global distribution, while increasing connoisseurship spurred partly by pop culture vehicles like Sex and the City has turned on consumers to super-premium vodkas and rum distilled from hand-harvested sugarcane. Among those he profiles is impresario Sidney Frank, who transformed Jagermeister from an obscure herbal elixir to frat-boy staple, and opened his Grey Goose vodka distillery not in Russia, Poland or Scandinavia but in France's Cognac region, gaining easy access to excellent water, local distilling expertise and a unique and luxurious-sounding provenance. He eventually sold the brand to Bacardi for more than $2 billion, but not before me-too brands popped up to lure imbibers, with ever more complex backstories and filtration processes, not to mention flashier bottles for the tasteless spirit. Rothbaum devotes a chapter to applauding the revival of the pre-prohibition craft of quality cocktails, a trend distillers celebrate as well. The text is sprinkled with informative sidebarsperhaps too many, given its slender sizelike a guide to artisan cocktail bars in New York, London and Prague, and a thumbnail history of rye whiskey. An industry cheerleader, Rothbaum tells his story well, but it could have benefited from more social context regarding the roots of today's hard alcohol renaissance. (Sept. 4) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'For over five years, Noah Rothbaum wrote for SmartMoney The Wall Street Journal Magazine. He has also written about spirits for Money, Forbes.com, the academic food journal Gastronomica and the trade publications Beverage Media and Beverage Dynamics. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Food Arts, O, The Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Details, Fortune Small Business and Life.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Not Planning On You: A Danvers Novel\\nDescription: ['Praise for the Danvers Novels
Wonderful . . . Landons foray into contemporary romance has just the right amount of angst, sass, sexiness, humor, and of course romance.Fresh Fiction
If you like the Cinderella-style story, this modern day version is sure to be a hit.Once Upon a Twilight
A hot, sweet, good ride.Under the Covers Book Blog', \\\"Sydney Landon is the New York Times & USA Today Best Selling author of: Weekends Required, Not Planning on You, Fall For Me, Fighting For You, Betting on You, No Denying You, Always Loving You, Pierced and Fractured. Sydney is currently working on the next book in the Danvers' Series as well as the Pierced Series. When she isn't writing, Sydney enjoys reading, swimming and the beach. She lives with her family in Greenville, South Carolina.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 1001 Hunting Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Taking Deer, Big and Small Game, Upland Birds, and Waterfowl\\nDescription: ['Lamar Underwood is a former editor-in-chief of both Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and has edited over a dozen books for The Lyons Press, including Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told and Into the Backing. He is also the author of 1001 Fishing Tips and 1001 Hunting Tips. He lives in Pennington, New Jersey.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Trophy Wife\\nDescription: [\\\"Elizabeth Stanton is an heiress charged with making sure the holdings that have been in her family for generations not only survive but prosper. However, her ex-husband has drained Elizabeth's assets down to the last penny and run off with his girlfriend. All Elizabeth has left is her Houston mansion and the family farm. When Max Riordan comes to call, Elizabeth is uneasy as she always is when confronted with his take-charge demeanor and blunt speech. Max is a self-made millionaire, but has yet to dent the steel walls of Houston society. He proposes a deal: if Elizabeth marries him, he'll see that she's financially solvent again. In return, Elizabeth will use her social standing to gain him entree into society. Elizabeth sees no way out and agrees. Both Max and Elizabeth are unprepared for the true attraction that develops between them, and it's a real pleasure to watch how cleverly Gray brings these wonderfully well-drawn characters together in this pleasurable read. Maria Hatton Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '\\\". . . is resplendent with larger-than-life characters and situations.\\\" -- Romantic Times BOOKclub on Pale Moon Rising
\\\"No mean feat!\\\" -- Romantic Times on Fatal Flaw', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: America's Controversy with God's Covenant: America's Blessings are in Danger of Being Lost - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The CEO Buys In (Wager of Hearts)\\nDescription: ['Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Whisper Horse series and several other contemporary romance novels. Her second Whisper Horse novel, Country Roads, was nominated for a Romance Writers of America RITA award. Nancy is a member of Romance Writers of America, New Jersey Romance Writers, and Novelists, Inc. She has received many honors for her work, including the Golden Leaf Award, the Maggie Award in Contemporary Romance, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, Nancy now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Reunion: A Tale Of A Serial Killer, A Dog Named Oprah And A High School Reunion\\nDescription: ['Joe is a former pilot who holds an Air Line Transport Certificate - Jet rated, and was an Aviation Safety Inspector, for the FAA. In his younger years he flew the U.S. Mail in the Midwest where he heard the old stories of the mysterious serial killer. He also penned \\\"Let My Heart Attack Save Your Life\\\" in 1995 and did over 200 radio and TV interviews. He is retired and lives in Southern California with his wife and girlfriend of 40+ years. He has three children and one grandchild.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Gambler (Wedding Pact)\\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Black Rat\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fourth and Goal: Seattle Lumberjacks Series, Book 1\\nDescription: ['\\\"I got sucked into this book, hook line and sinker sucked in.\\\"--Wendy, the Super Librarian (Recommended Read, Best Books of 2011)
\\\"I was consumed with her tale of friends to lovers intertwined with football.\\\"--Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick)
\\\"The ending was heartrending and I loved reading my way through the football season with a player who had lost his mojo.\\\" Jane Litte via Goodreads
\\\"I was captivated...\\\"--Dear Author
\\\"Romance so real that you feel you are there.\\\"--Blackravens Reviews
\\\"A good beach read and you don\\\\'t have to know a lot about football to enjoy the story.\\\" --Manic Readers Reviews\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t', \\\"Jami Davenport has been writing since she was old enough to know the alphabet. An advocate of happy endings, Jami writes sexy romantic comedy, sizzling suspense, and equestrian fiction. Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her husband, a former Green Beret turned plumber, two dogs large enough to saddle, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare. Jami is a sports fan and loves football. She's been a rabid Seahawk fan and season-ticket holder through the good and bad times. In her spare time, Jami rides and shows her dressage horse and grows roses. An avid boater, Jami has spent countless hours in the San Juan Islands, the setting for her first two books. A third-generation Washingtonian, Jami has never lived anywhere else. In her opinion, it's the most beautiful place on earth.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dead At Last eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Country Roads (A Whisper Horse Novel)\\nDescription: ['\\\"The small town vibe and endearing characters keep the pages turning as their struggles and strengths evolve throughout the book. Fans of horses will enjoy this sensitive take on horse whispering as well as the bonds that can form between horse and rider. The romance is compelling with a couple whose realistic problems and vices keep it firmly grounded in the real world.\\\"RT Book Reviews, 4 stars
\\\"A sheltered artist with a secret follows her heart to Sanctuary, West Virginia, where she meets a hunky country lawyer with a secret of his own in Nancy Herkness Country Roads. A charmingand hot!tale of falling in love for all the right reasons, Country Roads should be on your must-read list!\\\" Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of The Long Way Home: The Chesapeake Diaries
Julia and Pauls romance is fun and the book moves along at a nice clip. Publishers Weekly
\\\"Country Roads is a contemporary romance that will steal your breath. Its dreamy. Its steamy hot, yet heartbreakingly tender. Its an exceptional story that will touch your heart. It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. You will read feverishly to the end, and then you wish that it would go on forever. Country Roads is a novel you will treasure.\\\" Heide Katros, Winter Haven News Chief
\\\"I could feel an immediate chemistry flowing between [Julia and Paul]. Overall, I loved getting to know Ms. Herkness characters as intimately as I did. This is my first experience reading this authors work, but it wont be my last. I recommend this book and look forward to reading more from this author.\\\" Night Owl Reviews
\\\"Beautifully written and perfectly paced this is a passionate story of two people finding their way together while keeping promises they made and trying not hurt their families in any way. Five stars, \\\\'Perfect Escape\\\\'.\\\" Dollycas, Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book
\\\"All I will tell you is that every character from this book was great. The people who live in Sanctuary are the best people anyone could wish to have as neighbors!\\\" Divas Book Blog
\\\"Country Roads is a great romantic read! The relationship between Paul and Julia, as quick as it evolves, is dynamic...pulling them and the reader in all directions!\\\" Sue Peace, Peaces of Me
\\\"[Ms. Herkness] has complex characters with wants, desires, needs and fears. And she wields them well. ... I can\\\\'t wait to go deeper in the series.\\\" Veronica Hardy, book blogger ', '', 'Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, Nancy Herknesss passion for writing romance began the day her grandmother gave her a Georgette Heyer novel. After graduating from Princeton University with honors in English literature and creative writing, she had successful careers in retail, computer programming, and marketing before finally returning to her first love: writing. The author of Take Me Home and three other contemporary romances, Herkness was named one of 2003s Best Up and Coming Authors in the Affaire de Coeurs readers poll. She is also a winner of the Golden Leaf Award, the Aspen Gold Award, and the Write Touch Readers Award. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two mismatched dogs.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Hell's Rebels Part 1 - In Hells Bright Shadow\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Place I Belong (A Whisper Horse Novel)\\nDescription: ['', 'Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, where she rode her pony like other children ride their bicycles, Nancy Herkness discovered her passion for writing romance the day her grandmother gave her a Georgette Heyer novel. After graduating from Princeton University with honors in English literature and creative writing, she had successful careers in retail, computer programming, and marketing before finally returning to her first love: writing. The author of the popular Whisper Horse series as well as several other well-received contemporary romances, Herkness was named one of 2003s Best Up and Coming Authors in the Affaire de Coeurs readers poll. She is also the winner of several writing awards, including the Golden Leaf Award, the Aspen Gold Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two mismatched dogs.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: El Shaddai: The God Who Is More Than Enough\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fire and Ice: A Novel\\nDescription: ['[Julie] Garwood entices readers with sizzling adventure punctuated with memorable characters. . . . Humor and danger are a winning mix. . . . A genuine Garwood gem!Romantic Times
Julie Garwood has become a trusted brand name in romantic fiction.People
From the Paperback edition.', 'Julie Garwood is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Shadow Music, Shadow Dance, Slow Burn, Murder List, Killjoy, Mercy, Heartbreaker, Ransom, and Come the Spring. There are more than thirty-six million copies of her books in print.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Miracle in Moscow,\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Lot Like Love (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\\nDescription: ['Jordan Rhodes seems to have it all: money, fame, beauty, and her own successful business doing what she loves, introducing people to exceptional wines. But her twin brother Kyle is serving hard time after crashing Twitter in an emotional reaction to his girlfriends very public breakup with him. The FBI offers to commute Kyles sentence to time served if Jordan cooperates by getting one of their people into a very exclusive charity fundraiser. James sassy, suspenseful sequel to Something About You (2010) exhibits her trademark sizzle and wit while focusing attention on another FBI undercover agent assigned to ferret out the secrets of Chicagos Mob. James pits Nick McCalls bad-boy appeal against Jordans warm heart in a classic romance trope and concludes with tantalizing hints about future installments set in the same intriguing venue. --Lynne Welch', '\\\"With only four books under her belt, Julie James has cemented her place as one of contemporary romance\\\\'s superstars.\\\"--San Francisco Book Review
\\\"You\\\\'ll fall head over heels for \\\\'A Lot Like Love\\\\'...[a] charming romance.\\\"--USA Today
\\\"Fueled by equal measures of seductive wit, edge-of-the-seat suspense and scorching hot sexual chemistry, James\\\\' latest scintillating novel of romantic suspense is a rare treat.\\\" --Chicago Tribune
\\\"With a nod to Alfred Hitchcock\\\\'sNotorious, this latest from James (Something About You)blends plenty of sparklewith a vineyard-full of oenological detail....Sexy fun, romance fans will pop their corks over this one.\\\" --Library Journal ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Girl Who is Worth 100 Cows: The story of an 14 month humanitarian journey to South Sudan and India\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Something About You (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\\nDescription: ['When a high-priced prostitute is murdered in the neighboring hotel room, sole witness Cameron Lyndes safety is in the very capable but unforgiving hands of FBI special agent Jack Pallas, who thinks she sold him out three years ago on a case involving the Chicago Mob. As an assistant U.S. attorney, shes fully cognizant of the risks, especially since the client caught on videotape engaging in kinky sex is the well-known, married U.S. senator from Illinois, recently appointed chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. But as the murderer closes in, Jack and Cameron must put aside their differences to stay alive and solve the case. James has crafted another sizzling, vibrant contemporary legal romance set in her hometown, with edgy banter and edge-of-your-seat encounters between the forces of law and those corrupted by access to power. The sequel, A Lot Like Love (2011), continues the Martino investigation subplot with another FBI agent, Jacks friendly rival, Nick McCall. --Lynne Welch', '\\\"James\\\\' latest novel delivers an addictively readable combination of sharp humor, sizzlingly sexy romance, and a generous measure of nail-biting suspense.\\\" (Recommended review) --Chicago Tribune
\\\"I\\\\'d long heard great things about Julie James\\\\'s novels, and Something About Youlives up to the hype. . . . [A] must-read for those searching for a smart romance with great characters and a no-holds-barred plot.\\\" --Sacramento Book Review
\\\"Something About Youis a fun contemporary romance filled with witty, well-developed characters, and is a book I heartily recommend. . . . When I finished, I wanted to start reading it again.\\\" --All About Romance
\\\"Something About Youis a perfect storm of awesome.... It crackles, it\\\\'s funny, it makes you laugh.... This is a contemporary romance well worth savoring, and laughing over, and reading all over again.\\\" --Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
\\\"How do I like this book? Let me count the ways.... Smart, snappy, funny yet realistic. I can\\\\'t count the number of times I laughed.... [T]his is one book I can totally recommend.\\\" --Dear Author', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Music Moves for Piano: Keyalities and Tonalities - The Complete Book of Arpeggios, Cadences, and Scales--Lowe, Marilyn-\\nDescription: ['Music Moves for Piano: Keyalities and Tonalities - The Complete Book of Arpeggios, Cadences, and Scales\\\\n\\\\nby Marilyn Lowe\\\\n\\\\nA first! This book is an indispensible, complete reference guide to help students build and maintain performing skills in all keyalities and tonalities.\\\\nSeries : Method Book\\\\nNumber of Pages : 88', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: About That Night (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\\nDescription: ['"James\\\\' latest novel is ... filled with fast quips and chemistry that heats up the pages. Readers will love the back-and-forth between the main characters, but throughout the book the rest of the cast of characters and the story is a fantastic romantic comedy. This one would be great on the big screen."-RT BookReviews Magazine(Top Pick)
“ABOUT THAT NIGHT is Julie James’s best book to date! . . . It is utterly enchanting, sensual and fabulous. Julie James gives a robust voice to contemporary courtships! Amusing and sexy, Julie James\\\\'s books are flirtatious temptations for every reader.”--Romance Junkies', \\\"After graduating from law school, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie James clerked for the United States Court of Appeals. She then practiced law with one of the nation's largest firms for several years until she began writing screenplays. After Hollywood producers optioned two of her scripts, she decided to leave the practice of law to write full-time.
Julie's books have been listed on the American Library Association's Reading List for Top Genre Novels, Booklist's Top 10 Romances of the Year, and have been featured as one of Cosmopolitan magazine's Red Hot Reads. Julie's novels also were chosen as the Best Contemporary Romances of 2010, 2011, and 2012 in the All About Romance Readers' Polls. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and Julie's sixth novel, Love Irresistibly, is now available.
Julie James lives with her husband and two children in Chicago, where she is currently working on her next book.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girl Most Likely To...\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"An exceptional novel with humor and pathos and rich in detail, and the finely put together characters make this a story worthy of our Perfect 10 award and a must read. You\\\\'ll laugh, cry, and your heart will break over this brillant story of a man and woman - what most wonderous stories end up being about.\\\" --Romance Reviews Today', '\\\"A wonderfully convoluted take of love lost and found, secret pregnancies and spousal abuse, Donovan\\\\'s latest shows us the healing power of forgiveness and the strength found in the love of family. It\\\\'s peopled with complex characters who learn much about themselves and those they love through the course of this compelling story.\\\" --Romantic Times', '\\\"A beautiful book that will capture your heart!\\\" -Fresh Fiction', 'Susan Donovan will steal your heart. Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author', '', '', 'SOMETIMES ALL A GIRL NEEDS', 'Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of Persuasion, West Virginia and vowed never to return. Who could blame her? Shed just stumbled upon her fathers adulterous affair, found out she was pregnant, got dumped by her boyfriend, and kicked out of her house and school . . . all in a single afternoon. Twenty years have gone by and Kats backgorgeous, rich, and looking for an apology from everyone whod turned their backs on her. First on that list is Riley Bohland, the boy who broke her heart before she could tell him about the baby.', 'IS A LITTLE PERSUASION', 'But Kat didnt count on Riley having his own axe to grind, or that hed be just as delicious as he was at sixteen. She also didnt count on her heart opening at the sight of him. When their anger ignites a passion intense enough to burn through two decades of secrets and lies, Kat must question everything she thought she knew about her past. And what about her future? The only place to find the answers may be in Rileys arms', 'Susan Donovan will steal your heart. Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Longman Science Workbook\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Name of the Game (Hidden Gems)\\nDescription: [\\\"A savvy TV producer who'd grown up in the Hollywood dream machine clashes with a charm resistant woman. Desires highten and things happen....\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Art of Teaching Children\\nDescription: ['How to be effective in teaching your children by example with both chapters for mom and dad. It also has chapters on family prayer, moments to remember, dinner table talk, church attendance, and family goals to name a few.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1: Playing the Odds, Tempting Fate, One Man's Art, All the Possibilities, For Now, Forever\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Enzyme Factor (Japanese Version)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The MacKade Brothers Bundle: The Return of Rafe MacKade, The Pride of Jared MacKade, The Heart of Devin MacKade, The Fall of Shane MacKade\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Life-Changing Encounter with God's Word From the Book of 1 Peter (Life Change Series)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Doing It Over (A Most Likely To Novel)\\nDescription: ['', 'Bybee (the Weekday Brides series) launches a trilogy themed on yearbook superlatives (Most Likely to...) of three friends, and how theyve fared ten years after graduation. Melanie Bartlett, labeled most likely to succeed by her graduating class in River Bend, Ore., is back for her tenth class reunion, with her daughter, Hope, in tow. Though she is somewhat embarrassed that she dropped out of college and is a divorced single mother, Melanie wouldnt trade her life with Hope for anything. Melanie has decided to move back to River Bend and is relieved that Miss Gina, the proprietress of a local bed and breakfast, has a job for her. When Melanie meets Miss Ginas contractor, Wyatt Gibson, she is surprised that the handsome younger man would flirt with her. Unexpected trouble crops up in Mels life, but Wyatt and the townspeople pitch in to help her out. The romance between fiercely independent Melanie and charming Wyatt heats up even as outsiders threaten to derail their newfound happiness. This novel will hook readers with its warm, inviting characters and the promise for similar future installments.', '', 'This brand-new trilogy, Most Likely To, based on yearbook superlatives, kicks off with a novel that will encourage you to root for the incredibly likable Melanie. Her friends are hilarious and readers will swoon over Wyatt, who is charming and strong. Even Melanies daughter, Hope, is a hoot! This romance is jam-packed with animated characters, and Bybee displays her creative writing talent wonderfully. RT Book Reviews, 4 stars', 'With a dialogue full of energy and depth, and a twisting storyline that captured my attention, I would say that Doing It Over was a great way to start off a new series. (And look at that gorgeous book cover!) I cant wait to visit River Bend again and see who else gets to find their HEA. Harlequin Junkie, 4.5 Stars']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mars Explorer: (Age 6 and above) (Exploring Space)\\nDescription: ['', 'The old adage that \\\"knowledge is power\\\" seems to resonate more so than ever today. Reading and learning gives kids that power, and in today\\\\'s increasingly competitive world, the more knowledge kids have at their fingertips, the more prepared they will be to meet the challenges of our modern world.', 'I wish to pass on my love of reading and exploring the world around us to all those new younger readers.', 'So join me on my many voyages of discovery, learning about the many incredible things, people and creatures that make our world such a fascinating place.', 'TJ Rob - www.TJRob.com', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The All-Star Antes Up (Wager of Hearts)\\nDescription: ['', 'Golden Quill winner, Contemporary Romance', 'The Carolyn Readers Choice Award winner, Contemporary Romance', 'Golden Leaf Award finalist, Contemporary Romance: Long', '', '', 'Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Whisper Horse series, as well as several other contemporary romance novels. She has received many honors for her work, including the Book Buyers Best Award, the Maggie Award in Contemporary Romance, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, and she is a two-time nominee for the Romance Writers of Americas RITA award. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, Nancy now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Oxford Reading Tree Read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper: First Experiences: Going on a Train\\nDescription: [\\\"Author and illustrator team, Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta, are two of the most experienced and successful reading scheme creators in the world. In 2008, Roderick Hunt received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to education, particularly literacy. This was followed by further success when Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Annemarie is an author, publisher and editorial consultant in children's books and primary education. Kate is an author, series editor, consultant and a teaching deputy head in a primary school in Suffolk\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Room For You (Cranberry Inn) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Beth Ehemann lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her 4 children and her husband, who is really just a big kid himself most of the time. She loves reading, writing, photography, martinis and all things Chicago Cubs.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and Sideways Markets\\nDescription: ['
\\\"An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads. Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ these advanced strategies and to manage the risk of each position.\\\" Peter LipskyTrader, Pan Capital
', 'Hands down the definitive guide on spread trading. Must reading forany professional who wants to learn directly from one of the topleaders in the options industry.” —Larry Connors, CEO TradingMarkets.com
“An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads.Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ theseadvanced strategies and how to manage the risk of eachposition.” —Peter Lipski, trader Pan Capital
“Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and SidewaysMarkets is an invaluable addition to any market resourcecollection. The book concisely walks through the dynamics of spreadstrategies and guides the reader though the return and risk metricsof the trades. . . . This is a must-have book for anyone seriouslyundertaking options investing.” — Chip Norton, Managing Director of Research Fortigent']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Obsession\\nDescription: ['Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cassell Military Classics: The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Hellion\\nDescription: ['LaVyrle Spencer is a contemporary and historical romance novelist who has written twelveNew York Times bestsellers.Whether set in the Old West or in present day suburban Minnesota, a Spencer novel means seeing love in a new light and meeting characters so real it\\\\'s all you can do not to climb into the pages yourself. Several of Spencer\\\\'s books have been made into movies (Publishers Weeklycalled one of her television deals \\\"precedent-setting\\\") and in 1988 she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.She lives with her husband, Dan, in North Oaks, Minnesota.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: London Street Mini Atlas A-Z\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: For Better Or Worse: The Wedding Belles Book 2\\nDescription: ['NA', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dearest of Geniuses: A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle\\nDescription: ['Sandra Katz wrote the biography of Robert Frost\\\\'s wife, \\\"Elinor Frost: A Poet\\\\'s Wife\\\" and has published critical articles on American writers. She is Professor emerita of English at the University of Hartford and a member of the Amherst Creative Biography Group.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: To Love and to Cherish (Wedding Belles)\\nDescription: ['\\\"I highly recommend For Better or Worse. The second in a series, it can be read as a standalone, but I say start with the first because its just as good. Theyve got the funny bickering that I love, and even as her stories have a light touch with cute flirty, they delve deep into the characters.\\\" (Harlequin Junkie, Top Pick, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"From This Day Forward, To Have and To Hold and For Better or Worse are all enchanting and chock full of all the witty repartee we have come to joyfully anticipate...an absolute delight.\\\" (Hypable)
\\\"Really likable and interesting characters. Excellent pace and build. I was just so entertained while reading. Seriously excellent read! I absolutely loved every single second of this. Heather and Josh\\\\'s story was really perfect to me. 5 stars all the way!\\\" (About That Story, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"I couldnt get enough of this book. I read it from beginning to end without putting it down. It made me smile so much! It was everything I like in a Contemporary Romance. It was cute, light-hearted, funny and sweet. It made me so excited to read the next book in this series!For Better or Worse is a must read for Contemporary Romance lovers.\\\" (A Novel Glimpse, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"For Better or Worse is a love story that is carefree, real and packed with emotion any reader can relate with!!! TRULY FANTASTIC!!\\\" (Addicted to Romance, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"I loved this book and can easily recommend you add it to your #needtoread. I am smiling like a lunatic while writing this and remembering Heather and Joshs journey. I laughed, cheered, cried, sighed and almost swooned while reading For Better or Worse,and any book that can make me feel this wide spectrum of emotions is a book that qualifies as one of my favorite reads.\\\" (All About Romance, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"This book was everything. It was sweet and romantic and funny and entertaining. At moments, it broke my heart and then in the next page I\\\\'d be laughing out loud. This book is exactly why I love to read so much. It gave me all the feels and was absolutely perfect.\\\" (Smitten With Reading, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"Ill never get how LL can instantly captivate me from page one, but she continually does. The dance and the lead-up are the best part of her books and FOR BETTER OR WORSE has that in spades. I really honestly couldnt put it down because the storywas so well crafted, and both it and their chemistry pulled at me continuously. She writes characters that feel so real and are just incredibly likable, another thing that LL does well. It was absolutely fantastic and this series is one not to be missed.\\\" (Book Reader Chronicles, on For Better or Worse)
\\\"A fun, enjoyable, sexy story that I refused to put down...If you enjoy romance, fun, sexy couples, friendship, family, and laugh out loud moments, then you need to be reading this series.\\\" (The Reading Cafe, on For Better or Worse)
Layne packs as much into this sexually charged and emotionally intense novella (an introduction to her upcoming Wedding Belles series) as most authors do in a full novelThe heat between [Leah & Jason] enough to melt steel, and the emotional connection and psychological struggles will keep readers engaged. (Publishers Weekly on From This Day Forward, Starred Review)', \\\"Lauren Layne is theNew York TimesandUSA TODAYbestselling author of more than two dozen romantic comedies. Her books have sold over a million copies in nine languages. Lauren's work has been featured inPublishers Weekly,Glamour,The Wall Street Journal, andInside Edition. She is based in New York City.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lost in America: How You and Your Church Can Impact the World Next Door\\nDescription: [\\\"Challenges us to do whatever it takes to reach the growing numbers of lost people in the USA. -- Mark Mittelberg, Willow Creek Assoc.
Clegg and Bird set forth a pathway for congregational outreach in a readable, insightful, and practical way. -- David Bryant, Concerts of Prayer Int'l
Lost in America will help identify fresh ways to relate the timeless message of Christ to searching people. -- Franklin Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.\\\", 'What Church Leaders are Saying About Lost in America Lost in America will help you identify fresh ways to relate the timeless messages of Christ to searching people in your life today.', 'Franklin Graham (CEO, Billy Graham Evangelism Association) Cleverly written, compellingly argued-Lost in America shatters our complacency and challenges us to do whatever it takes to reach the growing numbers of lost people in one of the greatest mission fields in the world: the USA.', 'Mark Mittelberg (Evangelism Champion for the Willow Creek Association, and', \\\"Author of Building a Contagious Church) If you desire to reach your full potential in sharing the good news with your relatives, friends, and neighbors, read Lost in America's uncompromising, unsettling, and unconventional message. You'll be glad you did.\\\", \\\"John C. Maxwell (Founder, the INJOY Group) With a convincingly upbeat approach, Lost in America is the freshest work I've seen to inspire you to initiate evangelism efforts. Every time I picked it up, I felt like I'd had another shot of sparkling water. Open it up and drink deeply.\\\", 'Carl George (Director, Leadership for Ministry) A fast-moving book filled with practical ideas and gripping illustrations to help the church reach the lost. The message of this book hits home.', 'Robert E. Coleman (Director of the School of World Missions and Evangelism,', \\\"Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Tom Clegg and Warren Bird do not believe that the American Church can do what it's always done and achieve different results. In Lost in America they have produced the freshest, most insightful and practical witnessing tool we've seen-a must--read for every Christian and every pastor!\\\", 'Eddie and Alice Smith (President and Executive Director, U.S. Prayer Track) Clegg and Bird set forth a pathway for congregational outreach in an eminently readable, liberatingly insightful, and motivationally practical way. We can start reaching out immediately, right where we live, as the Spirit gives us missionary eyes for the world next door.', 'David Bryant (Founder and President, Concerts of Prayer International)', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Made for You (The Best Mistake)\\nDescription: [\\\"Lauren Layne is the New York Times bestselling author of romantic comedies. She lives in New York City with her husband. A former e-commerce and web marketing manager from Seattle, Lauren relocated to Manhattan in 2011 to pursue a full-time writing career. Her first book was published in summer of 2013. Since then, she's written over two dozen books. When not writing, Lauren can be found at happy hour with her high school sweetheart, or shopping for a great pair of stilettos.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Country Silence\\nDescription: ['David Atkins is the author of the novel Obituary and the novella 3rd Hollow and lives in western Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Long, Hot Texas Summer\\nDescription: ['', 'Reliable western romance author Brown (the Spikes and Spurs series) gives her new series a strong start with this sweet contemporary story. Publishers Weekly', 'Brown has the touch for one-liners and characters as familiar as an old pair of slippers. RT Book Reviews', '', '', 'Carolyn Brown is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, as well as a RITA finalist. She has written several beloved and popular romance titles, ranging from historical to contemporary to cowboy themed. She and her husband live in Davis, Oklahoma. They have three grown children, and enough grandchildren to keep them young.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: VAMPIRELLA REVELATIONS Book 1\\nDescription: ['SC, TPB, in cello, New, Written by Mike Carey. Art by Mike Lilly, Bob Almond. Cover by Joe Jusko. Published in May of 2006, Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Duke of Manhattan\\nDescription: ['\\\"Duke of Manhattan made me giggle, blush,and swoon. Louise Bay outdid herselfwith thisfabulous, smoldering love story.\\\"--KatyEvans, NYT bestselling author
\\\"Duke of Manhattan delivers bothswoon-worthy and wickedly seductive moments that will have you desperate for more of Ryder\\\\'s sinful alpha-ness.\\\" -New York TimesBestselling Author Lisa Renee Jones
\\\"Holy hell. Louise Bay delivers the heat withsexy times, crackling smart dialogue, and a hero that will bring any reader to their knees.\\\" -Karen Booth, Author
\\\"My absolute top favorite read of 2017\\\" The Romance Bibliophile \\\"Duke of Manhattan is beautifully written with the perfect balance of sugar and spice!Five beautiful stars!\\\"EspressoReviews
\\\"Ryder Westbury is a book boyfriend you\\\\'ll never forget.5 royal stars!!\\\" LuLu\\\\'s Library
\\\"Acompelling and enticing love story.\\\" Christina Reads \\\"Like a really good rom-com movie except with really hot sex thrown in.\\\" Kitty Kats Crazy about Books
\\\"THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.It\\\\'s a story you can lose yourself in, and I definitelydid.\\\" Trashy Bibloblog
\\\"A brilliant read. For me this book is LouiseBay at her best. Full of angst, with bites of humor and lots of steam, it also has a real sweetness about it. Another MUST READ from a really talented storyteller.\\\" Perusing Princesses
\\\"An amazing love story.\\\" She\\\\'s a Lip Biter
\\\"I am a major fan of Louise Bay\\\\'s work and Duke of Manhattan only further solidifies my fandom for her writing.\\\" Bookworm Between the Sheets', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Truth About Retirement Plans and IRAs\\nDescription: ['Earns high marks for clarity, simplicity, and its focus on educating and encouraging readers to be the masters of their retirement fates. What is commonly viewed as daunting subject matter is rendered much more accessible and digestible with the aid of a sage and talented writer. This book deserves the wide following it is sure to receive. (Estate Planning)', 'For thirty years, Ric Edelman has worked to teach everyday people about personal finance. Hes widely regarded as one of the nations top financial advisors, having been ranked #11 on the 2017 list of the nations Top Wealth Advisors by Forbes. He was previously ranked the nations #1 Independent Financial Advisor three times by Barrons. Ric is the 2017 recipient of the IARFCs Loren Dunton Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement for his substantial contribution to the financial services profession and the financial interests of the public. He is an inductee of Research magazines Financial Advisor Hall of Fame, and has been named among the 15 most transformative people in the industry by Investment News and one of the investment advisory fields 10 most influential figures by RIABiz. Ric is also a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has written nine books on personal finance. His most recent, The Truth About Your Future, was published in March 2017. You can visit him at RicEdelman.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Come Sundown\\nDescription: ['Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: One Fateful Night\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Everything But a Groom\\nDescription: [\\\"'This book is for those who like their romance light and sweet.' --Publishers Weekly
Holly Jacobs has a knack for creating likable characters...Fortunately for the reader, there are plans for two more books featuring Nana Salo's descendants...If Everything But a Groom is an example, it will be a fun, romantic story of two people who discover they need each other. --USA Today
If you liked the WLVH Radio Romances by Holly Jacobs, you'll love Everything But a Groom. Holly has done it again...I always enjoy Holly Jacobs series, and Everything But a Groom ranks right up there with the best. Her characters always seem true to life and there is never a dull moment. Don't miss this one. --Robert H. Goss, RoundTable Reviews
This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times
This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times
'This book is for those who like their romance light and sweet.' --Publishers Weekly
This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times\\\", 'Every Hungarian Grandma knows that words have power. Nana Salo never meant the words she said in anger to become a family curse, but thats just what happened. Her granddaughter Vancy is just the newest victim. Vancys fianc has left her at the altar, and now the press is after a hot Grandma-curses-granddaughters-wedding story. Vancy doesnt believe in the Salo Wedding Curse, but when her groom ditches her and the press is hot on her heels, shes not quite so sure anymore. Shes hiding out with Matt Wilde, owner of the Everything Wilde landscaping business, helping out with his two newly-inherited nephews as she figures out what to do. Matt doesnt believe in curses either, but he seems cursed with thoughts of Vancy Salo that he just cant seem to shake. A hoard of reporters, a guilty grandma, a gaggle of other family members, and two four-year-olds that both steal their hearts and wreak their own havoc: its not exactly a classic situation for falling in lovebut thats just what may be happening for Vancy and Matt.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Pet Teacher\\nDescription: ['Sofia Trujillo is 11 years old and already a published author. She loves animals, exploring nature, getting dirty outdoors, and tetherball. She has a dog named Chloe, a kitten named Kitty, and a fire-bellied toad named Senor Frog.', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":271,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":271,"string":"271"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: As Meat Loves Salt\nDescription: [\"'Few novels in a reader's year live in the mind as this one does. It's beautifully written, spare, with moments of poetry. Surely flesh has never been described with such a combination of pathology and beauty.' GILLIAN CLARKE\", \"Maria McCann was born in Liverpool in 1956 and spent most of her childhood there devouring novels at every opportunity. She read English at the University of Durham and then embarked on a series of jobs including Citizens' Advice, telephonist, artist's model and EFL teacher. Since 1988 she has been a Lecturer in English at a Somerset college. An Arvon course gave her the confidence to write after years of 'scribbling' and she later read for an MA in Writing at the University of Glamorgan. She loves plays, gin, dancing and dogs. This is her first novel.\"]","rejected":"Title: Mujeres que leen son peligrosas, Las\nDescription: ['Relegadas tradicionalmente a un papel secundario y a menudo pasivo en la sociedad, las mujeres encontraron muy pronto en la lectura una manera de romper las estrecheces de su mundo. La puerta abierta al conocimiento, la imaginacin, el acceso a otro mundo, un mundo de libertad e independencia, les ha permitido desarrollarse', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Perfectly Good Family: A Novel\nDescription: ['', \"Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.\"]","rejected":"Title: A Carrier At War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War\nDescription: ['Richard F. Miller is a retired investment banker, an historian of the American Civil War, and a consultant to Talk Radio News Service. He is a co-author of The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Miller is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and lives in Concord, Massachusetts.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life\nDescription: ['', 'JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D., is a board-certified family physician and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Foundation. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers Eat to Live, Super Immunity, Eat to Live Cookbook, The End of Dieting, and The End of Diabetes.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Savage Moon\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Eat to Live Cookbook: 200 Delicious Nutrient-Rich Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health\nDescription: ['', 'JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D., is a board-certified family physician and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Foundation. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers Eat to Live, Super Immunity, Eat to Live Cookbook, The End of Dieting, and The End of Diabetes.']","rejected":"Title: MotoMice\nDescription: ['MotoMice is not only danged cute but will fill a need no one else has addressed nearly as well. --Rod Woodruff, owner and CEO, Sturgis Buffalo Chip', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black Dogs\nDescription: ['\"Black Dogs\" is built around a brilliant short story, a memerically slow-motion encounter with two terrifying dogs by an English couple who are honeymooning just after the war in a French mountain village.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple\nDescription: ['\"A fascinating story.\" -\"The New York Times\" \"Superb reporting. Written at a crackling pace.\" -\"Business Week\"
\"A fascinating story.\" -\"The New York Times\"
\"Superb reporting. Written at a crackling pace.\" -\"Business Week\"
', 'A former journalist, Michael Moritz is now a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital. He has been a founding member on a number of companies, including Google, Yahoo, and YouTube.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction)\nDescription: ['In this novel of social drama, a casual murder in the small Georgia town of Cotton Point just after World War II and the resulting court case cleave open the ugly divisions of race and class. The man accused of shooting a black girl, a storekeeper named Paris Trout, has no great feeling of guilt, nor fear that the system will fail to work his way. Trout becomes an embarrassment to the polite white society that prefers to hold itself high above such primitive prejudice. But the trial does not allow any hiding from the stark reality of social and racial tensions. Dexter, a former newspaper columnist, is also the author of Deadwood and God\\'s Pocket. Paris Trout won the 1988 National Book Award.', 'In what PW described as \"an expertly crafted and bleakly fascinating tale of social conflict and madness in the deep South,\" the eponymous protagonist of this National Book Award-winning novel murders a black child while collecting a debt and is astounded that he is prosecuted for the crime. 50,000 first printing . Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.']","rejected":"Title: River of Red Gold\nDescription: ['. . .a corking good story. . .skillful blending of fact and fiction. -- Sierra Heritage Magazine, Nov-Dec, l997
. . .alive and bursting with excitement. -- Sacramento Bee, January 16, l997
. . .filled with romance, suspense, heroism, passion, and sacrifice. -- Around Here Magazine,, Summer l997, review by Gerry Camp, Sundance Books, Cameron Park, CA
A wonderful blending of dramatic history and insightful imagination. A delightful, rewarding read. -- Richard Etulain, Professor of History, University of New Mexico, Center for the American West
I rate the book right up there with Aztec by Jennings, -- Jodi Wyner-Holmes, The Bookplace, Elk Grove, CA', \"This award-winning novel is beautifully written and meticulously researched. The author uses the magic of fiction to transport readers back to another time. Through the interwoven lives of the characters, readers see and smell the events of California's violent birth and meet many historical figures. Endnotes tell what happened to them after the story ends.\", 'In little over a year since publication the book is in 3rd printing. Supplemental reading for college classes on the history of the West, it is the only work of fiction recommended by the CA Sesquicentennial Commission 150th anniversary of Gold Rush to Statehood. It was awarded Best Fiction l997 and the Gold Award for Best Book Overall 1997 by the Sacramento Publishers Association.', '* \"I didn\\'t want it to end\" is the most frequent reader reaction. It won\\'t end either, because the author is at work on the next book in the series, to be issued in l998.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: ENGLISH PASSENGERS\nDescription: ['In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men.', \"Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870. These characters and many others come together in a storm of voices that vividly bring a past age to life.\"]","rejected":"Title: Never Fear - Christmas Terrors: He sees you when you're sleeping ...\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Outliers, The Story of Success\nDescription: ['Unusual book']","rejected":"Title: The Open Gate: A Haiku Journal\nDescription: ['J. C. Greene spent much of his working life designing radio astronomy and telecommunications systems, and founding and managing Comtech Laboratories. Including an interval of military service, he also ?found? time to raise a family and pursue enduring interests, such as liberal arts, music, gardening, economics, Japanese arts, and especially Haiku poetry.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: All the King's Men\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Journey Into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635: The Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz Van Den Bogaert (Iroquois & Their Neighbors (Paperback))\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: Dutch', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition\nDescription: ['\"A medical breakthrough. If you give this diet complete commitment, there is no question in my mind that it will work for you.\"Mehmet Oz, MD
\"You\\'ll shed pounds pronto.\"Us Weekly
\"Dr. Fuhrman\\'s formula is simple, safe, and solid.\"Body and Soul
\"No counting calories or eating synthetic diet foods...I lost 10 pounds in four weeks. The plan is flexible enough so that I can eat foods I like without feeling deprived.\"Diane Williams, Self', 'Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-certified family physician, best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. As one of the country\\'s leading experts on nutrition and natural healing, Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, Today, Good Morning America, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, and The Dr. Oz Show. His own PBS television show, \"3 Steps to Incredible Health\", began airing nationwide in June 2011. His best-selling book, Eat to Live, published in 2003 (Little Brown) has gone through over 20 printings and been published in multiple foreign language editions. The revised version was released by Little Brown in January 2011. His recent works include Super Immunity and Disease-Proof Your Child and has had published a total of 7 books on human nutrition to date.
Dr. Fuhrman is actively involved in scientific research in human nutrition. His discoveries on food addiction and human hunger were published in the scientific journal, Nutrition Journal, in November 2011 entitled, The Changing Perception of Hunger on a High Nutrient Density Diet. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Project - a project of the National Health Association. Dr. Fuhrman is on the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is also a member of the Whole Foods Market scientific advisory board. Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1988). As a former world class figure skater, he placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973. Dr. Fuhrman has been involved professionally with sports medical committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes for maximizing performance and preventing injury.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Michelin the Green Guide Netherlands (Michelin Green Guides)\nDescription: ['Hard to Find book', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Low-Fat, Plant-Based Recipes\nDescription: ['A gateway to greater health and better living.John Robbins, bestselling author of The Food Revolution
\"Dr. John McDougall is a true pioneer in using low-fat vegetarian diets to treat and help prevent a variety of diseases.\"Dr. Dean Ornish, bestselling author of Dr. Dean Ornish\\'s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
\"Agood guidebook to a more healthful lifestyle. And the only skimping is on fat, not flavor.\"Chicago Sun-Times
\"Unlike most medically based diet plans in that it doesn\\'t limit the amount eaten, but radically changes what is eaten and how it is prepared.\"Publishers Weekly', 'John McDougall, M.D., is the author of many previous books, including The McDougall Program, The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss, and The New McDougall Cookbook. His latest title is The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best. He is the founder and director of the McDougall Program at St. Helena Hospital in Napa Valley, California, and has a nationally syndicated television show as well as a weekly radio program. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: It's First Love, Jughead Jones: Riverdale High Book: It's First Love, Jughead Jones - Book #4\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Improve Your Vision Without Glasses or Contact Lenses\nDescription: ['Dr. David W. Muris is Director of the Sacramento Visioncare Optometric Center.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Go Pound Salt\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Los enamoramientos (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Praise for Javier Marías
“De Marías se aprende tanto porque nadie conoce al ser humano como él”. —Ijoma Mangold, Die Zeit', 'Javier Marías nació en Madrid en 1951. Es autor de las novelas Los dominios del lobo, Travesía del horizonte, El monarca del tiempo, El siglo, El hombre sentimental, Todas las almas, Corazón tan blanco, Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, Negra espalda del tiempo, Tu rostro mañana: Fiebre y lanza y Tu rostro mañana: Baile y sueño, entre otros muchos relatos, ensayos, antologías y traducciones. Ha recibido numerosos premios, entre los que cabe destacar el Premio Internazionale Ennio Flaiano, el IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, el Premio Internacional Rómulo Gallegos, el Premio de la Crítica y el Prix Femina Étranger. Fue profesor en la Universidad de Oxford y en la Complutense de Madrid. Sus obras se han traducido a treinta y cuatro lenguas y se han publicado en cuarenta y cuatro países.']","rejected":"Title: Pain, a Nursing Approach to Assessment and Analysis\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Eat For Health: The Mind Makeover (Unabridged)\nDescription: [\"A terrific, non-diet - diet. Dr. Fuhrman explains precisely what you should eat and he makes it delicious. Eat For Health is effective, practical and sensible. --Richard N. Podell, M.D.
Dr. Fuhrman's nutritional prescription is a greatly-needed antidote to the US way of eating which has become a leading cause of disease and premature death. Despite all the sophisticated medical technology available today, the sobering truth is that the greatest tools for preventing and reversing disease are your fork and spoon. This way of eating will greatly benefit those in poor health as well as healthy persons desiring optimal wellness and vitality. Further, unlike most weight-loss approaches based on will-power and difficult to sustain, Dr. Fuhrman's approach corrects the underlying causes of excessive hunger and cravings, resulting in permanent, naturally-occurring weight loss. I have had the privilege of personally seeing the tremendous disease reversal that occurs with this way of eating, and whole-heartedly recommend this book. --Tonja R. Nansel, PhD
I love this book. It's hard to believe that Dr. Fuhrman could surpass his earlier book, Eat To Live, but he did. Eat For Health empowers us to make change. It is the only prescription that will ensure that our golden years remain golden and not riddled with disability and disease. Dr, Fuhrman's advice can enable you to achieve the same weight loss seen with gastric bypass surgery WITHOUT the surgery. A must read to exercise your taste buds and rev up your metabolic machinery. --Deanna Cherrone, M.D.\", 'Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-certified family physician, best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. As one of the country\\'s leading experts on nutrition and natural healing, Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, Today, Good Morning America, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, and The Dr. Oz Show. His own PBS television show, \"3 Steps to Incredible Health\", began airing nationwide in June 2011. His best-selling book, Eat to Live, published in 2003 (Little Brown) has gone through over 20 printings and been published in multiple foreign language editions. The revised version was released by Little Brown in January 2011. His recent works include Super Immunity and Disease-Proof Your Child and has had published a total of 7 books on human nutrition to date.
Dr. Fuhrman is actively involved in scientific research in human nutrition. His discoveries on food addiction and human hunger were published in the scientific journal, Nutrition Journal, in November 2011 entitled, The Changing Perception of Hunger on a High Nutrient Density Diet. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Project - a project of the National Health Association. Dr. Fuhrman is on the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is also a member of the Whole Foods Market scientific advisory board. Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1988). As a former world class figure skater, he placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973. 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Dr. McDougall's unparalleled knowledge and experience have brought us the best possible way to help people lose weight, lower their cholesterol and blood pressure, boost their energy, and change their lives. Neal Barnard, author of the 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart\", \"You'll be doing the happy dance when you read this book! Hallelujah, and bring on the pasta! Kathy Freston, author of The Veganist\", \"Bold, honest, and ringing with truth, The Starch Solution will show you exactly how to reclaim your health and your life. Nobody has ever delivered this message so clearly. Dr. John McDougall's latest contribution is destined to become a classic. Douglas J. Lisle, Ph.D., co-author of The Pleasure Trap\", 'This maverick physician has a wealth of knowledge that could be the key to a tremendous improvement. I personally know many people who have found the McDougall program to be the key to vastly improved health for themselves and their families. This book lays it out clearly and without compromise. John Robbins, author of No Happy Cows, The Food Revolution, and Diet For A New America', 'Dr. McDougall and Mary have done it again. The Starch Solution is a thorough and absorbing explanation of the health benefits and nutritional excellence of a plant based diet. In addition to being healthy, the food was delicious and satisfying. Robert A Rosati, MD, co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Rice Diet Solution', 'John McDougall, M.D. has once again produced an outstanding book with recommendations gleaned from his decades of medical experience and strongly supported by the scientific literature. He has the courage to tell the truth about both the business of medicine, which largely ignores the role of diet , and the forces of evil that sell the promises of fractionated foods and diet fads. The information in this book can provide the reader the power needed to lose weight and regain health. Alan Goldhamer, Director, TrueNorth Health Center, Co-author of The Pleasure Trap', 'The Starch Solution is one of the most important books ever written on healthy eating. As Dr. McDougall shows us in his book, human beings flourish on starch foods from whole food sources. When combined with healthy servings of vegetables and fruits we have the perfect diet to prevent and reverse the lifestyle diseases that are now killing 80% of Americans obesity, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and cancer. The recipes included in the book are easy and delicious. The Starch Solution will change your life. Read it and live it. John P. Mackey, co-chief Executive Officer and Director, Whole Foods Market, Inc.', 'This time the Star McDougaller is John himself joining with Mary in creating a masterfully crafted nutrition guide that destroys harmful myths and enhances the enduring capacity of whole food plant based nutrition as the foundation to our long overdue health revolution. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease', 'Eat all you want; any time you want. Statements that sound too good to be true usually are... too good to be true. But John McDougall\\'s new book \"The Starch Solution\", richly referenced for science, but gracefully written for consumers, just might be both good and true. George D Lundberg MD, Editor at Large, MedPage Today; Former Editor in Chief of JAMA., Medscape and eMedicine from WebMD', 'Great news! Thank you John! Now we can eat carbs guilt-free and maintain our figures. Elizabeth Kucinich, Director of Public Affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine', 'The Starch Solution is a viable approach to solving many health problems including obesity, heart disease, and type-2 diabetes and will have a positive impact on our environment. I highly recommend it. Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich', 'John McDougall has done it again. This time, clarifying the issue of starches and the important role they play in human nutrition, improving our health and the health of the planet. Jeff Novick, Vice President for Executive Health Exams International and lectures at the McDougall Program', 'The option is pretty simple. Meat and potatoes and later angioplasty and bypass or a plant-based (starch diet) and medicine-less and procedure-less health and happiness. The 12th McDougall book shows the way. It is highly recommended. William C. Roberts, MD, Editor in chief, The American Journal of Cardiology, Executive Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas', \"[Dr. McDougall's] new book stands to get him more attention than any of the others. Much of what's in The Starch Solution, which came out earlier this year, is excellently researched, scientifically-backed...and totally contradictory to what most Americans think they know about food and weight loss. Bliss Tree\", '', '', 'John A. McDougall , MD, has coauthored many bestselling books with his wife, Mary, and is featured in the documentary and book Fork over Knives. He serves as associate professor at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, CA, and teaches medical students at his clinic in Santa Rosa.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Path into Healing\nDescription: ['Sam Olivers timely focus on the feminine is well suited for todays world. Individuals seeking hope, healing, peace and compassion, qualities often associated with the feminine, will find this book useful and rewarding. While the title may appear most attractive to women readers, it is equally valuable for men who seek a better understanding of the feminine side of nature and the way these qualities are present in all of us, male or female.The author asks the reader to draw within to a womb-like state, reflective of contemplation. It is here that his writing helps us to understand the heart and reveals the soul which is unconditional love. The challenge in this progression is to better understand and appreciate the self through an awakening to the feminine spirit that leads to contentment and centeredness.Integration is one of the books themes. Throughout the book Oliver talks of the importance of integrating the feminine and masculine, heart and soul, human and divine, fullness and emptiness, and birth and death. He asks readers to answer for themselves the question, Do you struggle or dance with these challenges? Incorporating his own poetry to summarize the chapters content, Oliver invites readers to use their own creativity to reflect and pose questions about the true meaning of integrating the feminine spirit in the personal notes page provided at the end of each chapter. Allowing the feminine spirit to be our guide offers us an opportunity to see the world with an inner depth, to see the soul and respond. Sam Oliver provides us a meaningful reflection on how to commence this journey.Roberta Reynolds Spencer, Director of support services (The Center for hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. South Bend, IN)', 'Sam has cared for the needs of the dying in palliative care for over 17 years. During that time, Sam has served as the Chair, and now, Co-Chair of the Hospice Ethics Committee at a Hospice Care Center in Northern Ohio. He has served several years as a State Continuing Education Chairperson for the Association of Professional Chaplains. For well over a decade, Sam has been an active editorial review board member and contributing writer for Healing Ministry Journal, The Journal of Terminal Oncology, and The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. Sam began his speaking about spiritual care over 15 years ago and continues to speak at public engagements on the local, national, and international levels. 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“Lionel Shriver has written a sardonic, sexy, salutary novel about, of all things, population control.” (The New Scientist)', '', \"Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.\"]","rejected":"Title: You vs. You: Sport Psychology for Life\nDescription: ['\"This book helps everyone see the relationship between what we do on the field and off it\" --Mark Shapiro, GM, Cleveland Indians
This book motivates athletes and anyone trying to find a way to improve any aspect of their lives. --Dan O\\'Down, GM, Colorado Rockies', 'Most of us spend a good part of our lives competing in one way or another. We compete for grades, to get into colleges, for jobs, promotions, to win the love of someone, and of course, in many ways through athletics. And while to a certain extent we do compete against others, it really comes down to a game against yourself. In sports and in life, it is really You vs. You', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Double Fault: A Novel\nDescription: ['“Shriver explores the obsessive side of Willy’s character and confronts some disconcerting truths that defy a pat, politically correct resolution….Shriver shows in a masterstroke why character is fate and how sport reveals it.” (New York Times Book Review)
“A brilliant tale of doomed love….This is not a novel about tennis or rivalry; it’s about love, marriage and the balance of power in relationships….Double Fault is a compelling and playfully ironic take on the sex wars, blistering with…brilliant writing and caustic language.” (The Observer (London))
“[Lionel Shriver] has written a gorgeous, compelling tragedy in which she stays with her game every step of the way.” (Dallas Morning News)
“Lionel Shriver has something new….Whether you go for tennis or not, the furious back-and-forth of the game in Double Fault can hypnotize you….Shriver brings an insider’s knowledge and a truly athletic prose to her descriptions of what happens on the court.” (New York Newsday)
“Shriver’s novel provides an eye-opening and authentic look at the cutthroat world of pro tennis, but it’s more than just a sports expose. It’s the melancholy and tempestuous story of two people whose love couldn’t survive their own selfishness.” (Booklist)
“Fully using the strongest part of her game--psychological insight--Shriver tracks the fleeting joy and prolonged despair of a young couple....[Double Fault is a] moving, resonant tale of two sparkling careers and two decent people unable to live in harmony.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Double Fault combines the urgency of a page-turner with the satisfactions of fine style... powerful, provocative, and unrelenting.” (Scott Spencer, author of Endless Love and Waking the Dead)
An outstanding example of public communication of science. — Kenneth R. Foster (Science)', 'Richard A. Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the best-selling author of Physics for Future Presidents. For his outstanding work in experimental cosmology, he was awarded a 1982 MacArthur Genius Fellowship, and also a share of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of dark energy.']","rejected":"Title: Error Control Coding: From Theory to Practice\nDescription: ['Error Control Coding: From Theory to Practice provides a conciseintroduction to basic coding techniques and their application. Thefundamental concepts of coding theory are explained using simpleexamples with minimum use of complex mathematical tools. Theselection of appropriate codes and the design of decoders arediscussed.
Bridging the gap between digital communications and informationtheory, this accessible approach will appeal to students andpractising engineers alike.
The clear presentation and practical emphasis make this book anexcellent tool for both communications and electronic engineeringstudents. Practitioners new to the field will find this text anessential guide to coding.
Features include: * End of chapter problems to test and develop the readersunderstanding of the most popular codes and decoding methods * Finite field arithematic and algebraic decoding methods for BCHand Reed-Solomon codes * Detailed coverage of Viterbi decoding and related implementationissues * Turbo codes and related code types, including Gallager codes andturbo product codes * Practical examples of MAP and SOVA decoding for turbo codes', '', 'Peter Sweeney is the author of Error Control Coding: From Theory to Practice, published by Wiley.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Underworld\nDescription: ['While Eisenstein documented the forces of totalitarianism and Stalinism upon the faces of the Russian peoples, DeLillo offers a stunning, at times overwhelming, document of the twin forces of the cold war and American culture, compelling that \"swerve from evenness\" in which he finds events and people both wondrous and horrifying. Underworld opens with a breathlessly graceful prologue set during the final game of the Giants-Dodgers pennant race in 1951. Written in what DeLillo calls \"super-omniscience\" the sentences sweep from young Cotter Martin as he jumps the gate to the press box, soars over the radio waves, runs out to the diamond, slides in on a fast ball, pops into the stands where J. Edgar Hoover is sitting with a drunken Jackie Gleason and a splenetic Frank Sinatra, and learns of the Soviet Union\\'s second detonation of a nuclear bomb. It\\'s an absolutely thrilling literary moment. When Bobby Thomson hits Branca\\'s pitch into the outstretched hand of Cotter--the \"shot heard around the world\"--and Jackie Gleason pukes on Sinatra\\'s shoes, the events of the next few decades are set in motion, all threaded together by the baseball as it passes from hand to hand.', '\"It\\'s all falling indelibly into the past,\" writes DeLillo, a past that he carefully recalls and reconstructs with acute grace. Jump from Giants Stadium to the Nevada desert in 1992, where Nick Shay, who now owns the baseball, reunites with the artist Kara Sax. They had been brief and unlikely lovers 40 years before, and it is largely through the events, spinoffs, and coincidental encounters of their pasts that DeLillo filters the Cold War experience. He believes that \"global events may alter how we live in the smallest ways,\" and as the book steps back in time to 1951, over the following 800-odd pages, we see just how those events alter lives. This reverse narrative allows the author to strip away the detritus of history and pop culture until we get to the story\\'s pure elements: the bomb, the baseball, and the Bronx. In an epilogue as breathless and stunning as the prologue, DeLillo fast-forwards to a near future in which ruthless capitalism, the Internet, and a new, hushed faith have replaced the Cold War\\'s blend of dread and euphoria.', 'Through fragments and interlaced stories--including those of highway killers, artists, celebrities, conspiracists, gangsters, nuns, and sundry others--DeLillo creates a fragile web of connected experience, a communal Zeitgeist that encompasses the messy whole of five decades of American life, wonderfully distilled.', 'On October 3, 1951, there occurred two \"shots heard round the world\"?Bobby Thomson\\'s last-minute homer, which sent the N.Y. Giants into the World Series, and a Soviet atomic bomb test. The fallout from these two events provides the nexus for this sagalike rumination on the last 50 years of American cultural history. DeLillo\\'s opening depiction of the scene at the N.Y. Polo Grounds that day is masterly. Unfortunately, sustaining the initial brilliance proves difficult. There are some marvelously drawn characters?Sister Edgar, a vision-seeking nun of the old school; Ismael, a ghetto-based graffiti artist and budding capitalist; J. Edgar Hoover?and thought-provoking ideas, e.g., waste as the cornerstone of civilization and the power of remembered images lurking just beneath the surface of our minds. But somehow the various parts of the story seem more satisfying than the whole. DeLillo is one of our most gifted contemporary authors whose works belong in all academic and public libraries, yet one suspects that his truly \"great\" novel is yet to come. -?David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Master & the Muses\nDescription: ['', '', '
Leicester Square, 1860
There he was, the same man again, watching me as I walked to work. His formal frock coat he wore over an ill-fitting shirt, tucked into rumpled trousers, giving the appearance that he\\'d just been roused from bed. I assumed he was local by manner of his dress, perhaps not of great wealth, but respectable, except for his deplorable habit of staring. Perched on his head, he wore a too-small brown derby that looked as if it had seen better days. These things I noticed since I\\'ve been a milliner\\'s apprentice in one of London\\'s premier hat shops from a young age. It was my job to be acquainted with the most current chapeau styles.
I must admit, I was not at all accustomed to being the subject of a man\\'s interest. It intrigued me, but I chose to ignore my admirer, as any respectable lady would do. He was a persistent fellow, however, and for three days, I passed him standing on the opposite side of the street, daring only to glance at him as I arrived for work at Tozier\\'s hat shop. My overactive imagination, a fault of which I\\'m reminded often by my mother, soon had me pondering whether he was planning something sinister against my employer.
On the third day just before the noon hour, he entered the shop. I was preparing a hat for display, pretending not to notice the strange thudding in my heart. He hung near the front door for a time, perusing the lady\\'s handkerchiefs and lace gloves, ever so slowly inching his way over to where I stood. Perhaps I had misjudged him and he was simply debating what to buy for his spouse or mistress. Mrs. Tozier kept a private list of the men who often needed a \"little something\" for the special woman in their livesmost often not their wife. Discreet and professional, Mrs. Tozier would take their money, wrap their gift and offer them her smile.
\"Pardon, mademoiselle,\" the mysterious man said in a smooth, baritone voice.
I looked up and met his startling blue-green eyes, clear as the sky and sparked by a mischievous curiosity that sent a shiver through me. His hair was a light brown, slicked behind his ears and dipping just to his collar. The firm line of his jaw, which looked as if it could use a barber\\'s razor, was accentuated by a wicked dimple when he smiled. Perhaps I was mistaken and he was a foreigner? It might explain his hesitancy to approach me if he was unable to speak any English.
\"Are you French, sir?\" I enunciated my words clearly. He had an aristocratic air about him, a rather regal, pleasant face and, at closer look, he was quite handsome. Had he been dressed more appropriately, he might have passed as a baron or a duke.
\"No, I am not French, mademoiselle.\"
Although I was relieved that I would not need to draw on my minimal skills in the French language, his admission raised a new bevy of questions. \"Nor am I, sir. Why then, do you pretend to be something you are not?\"
He took off his silly brown derby, and, with a sheepish grin, smoothed his palm over his locks in a vain effort to bring them under control. \"My apologies for assuming you might speak French, working at a French hat shop.\"
\"What brings you to our shop, Mr.?\" I waited for his name.
\"Rodin. William Rodin. Perhaps you\\'ve heard the name?\"
I studied him evenly and gave no reply.
He waved his hat. \"Well, I am confident that one day you will.\" His smile would have charmed a snake. \"Are you familiar with the world of art, by chance? It is possible you may have heard of my brother, the famous artist, Thomas Rodin.\" He fingered his derby as he spoke. I noted by the appearance of its tattered edge that if he, too, was in the business of art, it was not doing very well these daysat least not for him.
\"No, Mr. Rodin. I am afraid I have not heard of either you or your brother. My time is quite full with my duties here in the shop.\" I turned the hat stand this way and that, as if studying the display. The truth was, I had but a few times actually engaged in conversation with a male since Mrs. Tozier allowed me to work out front. Certainly not one who seemed interested in my thoughts.
He brought his hand to the collar of his coat, taking on a dignified stance as he tossed me a wide smile.
\"Then, dear woman, our meeting is your good fortune, for now you will be able to say, \\'I knew Thomas Rodin personally while he was in the prime of his artistic greatness.\\'\"
I dipped my head to hide my smile. I did not wish to offend his pride.
\"Are you interested in a hat, Mr. Rodin?\"
He placed his bowler on the counter and leaned close. I glanced around the shop and prayed that Mrs. Tozier would not appear. She was a robust woman, with a thick French accent. Not one to tangle with, her grandfather had immigrated to London to open this milliner\\'s shop. I could not afford to lose my job over some strange man and his absurd interest in telling me about his famous brother. I held up my hand politely. \"Mr. Rodin, my apologies, but I do have work to do. If you are not looking to buy a hat, then I must excuse myself and return to my duties.\" I turned to leave, and he reached for my arm.
\"Let me get right to the point.\"
\"Just as soon as you remove your hand from my arm, sir,\" I said. However, I could not deny the pleasant warmth of his palm.
His mouth lifted at the corner, as if he knew his touch jarred me. Slowly, he removed his hand.
\"I have come to offer you a proposition.\"
\"Excuse me, sir? Perhaps you\\'ve forgotten just where you are. If you are here to seek companionship for the evening, the Ten Bells Pub is down the street. I\\'m sure you\\'ll find what you seek there.\"
He looked at me in surprise. \"NoI mean, of course not. I\\'ve come to offer you honest employment. You have the potential to become quite famous.\"
He liked to use that word with great frequency. \"Famous, you say? As you are famous, Mr. Rodin?\"
His eyes narrowed, studying me before he resumed his amiable expression. \"My fame is in knowing the genius of the brotherhood. I am a designer, not an artist in the true sense of the word. However, presently being between projects, I have offered my services to my brother.\"
\"That is quite thoughtful of you, Mr. Rodin. Now if you\\'ll excuse me.\"
\"Wait, I beg you to listen. The artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are looking for new models to pose for them. They have a very specific type of woman in mind and you fit the criteria brilliantly.\"
\"Criteria, for your \\'brotherhood\\'? Really?\" I did not hide my skepticism.
\"Indeed. You are what we would call a \\'stunner.\\'\"
The word made me sound like the type of woman one would pick up at the Cremorne on a Saturday evening. His eyes raked over me, unashamed.
I pulled a display between us and I busied myself with adjusting the feather on the band of the hat. He continued to stare. No man had ever seen me as a model before.
\"Your hands are quite lovely,\" he said, leaning against the counter.
\"Please, you\\'ll smudge the finish. If Mrs. Tozier\"
At that moment, I heard a heavy clomp-clomp coming across the wood floor from the back room.
\"There, now you\\'ve done it. If I lose my position\"
\"I\\'ve just offered you another.\" He straightened and offered a pleasant smile.
\"Miz Bridgeton, eez there a problem? Are you able to assist the geentleman?\"
Mrs. Tozier came to my side. She was two inches shorter than I was, but more than made up for her height with her stern demeanor.
I started to explain, but the tenacious Mr. Rodin interrupted me with a slight lift of his hand.
\"Madame Tozier.\" He bowed, taking her hand, placing there a quick kiss. \"Je suis un artiste de design et de posie,\" he attempted in broken French.
Mrs. Tozier looked at him with a wary eye. She was quite capable of spotting a fakewhether a hat or an accent. She frowned at me, and then at the man. \"You are a design artist and a poet. How nice. So, you\\'ve come to buy a hat, oui?\" she stated plainly, tugging her hand from his.
I bowed my head, pretending to be engaged in repositioning the ribbon on the hat in front of me. Mrs. Tozier had little patience for wasting time. And if one had no interest in purchasing a hat then, to her way of thinking, they were wasting her time.
He paused, clearing his throat. \"Madame, I would like to discuss the possibility of borrowing your fine clerk, Miss Bridgeton, to hire as an artist\\'s model.\"
Mrs. Tozier\\'s hand flew to her mouth and her expression changed to blatant anger. \"Geet out, geet out of my shop! Youyou should be ashamed of coming in here and harassing a young girl, so sweet and innocent. Out,\" she snapped, waving her arms, chasing him to the front door. \"You will ruin her reputation! That is what you will do.\"
I looked down and realized Mr. Rodin had left his hat. Carefully, I tucked it behind the counter. I watched as Mrs. Tozier slammed the door, causing the bell to clatter wildly. With a huff, she pulled down the lace shades that kept out the afternoon sun. She faced me and shook her finger as she stamped back to me.
\"Do not speak to such men, Helen. They will only beguile you. Use you like tissue paper and toss you away with as much ease.\"
I wondered how she knew of such men. \"Merci, Mrs. Tozier. He has been watching me for several days.\" Oddly, my heart beat with a fierce and dangerous thrill. In part from her tone, in part from remembering how Mr. Rodin had looked at me. \"Do you think he will be back?\"
\"Non, he won\\'t if he knows what eez good for him,\" she huffed, smoothing her hands down the front of her skirt as if ridding his scent from her hands.
I waited until she disappeared beyond the curtains to the back room before daring to hurry to the front window and peer out.
To my strange delight, he was there, leaning against the corner of the building across the street. He caught me looking at him and placed a finger to his brow in salute, stuffed his hands in his trouser pockets and strolled down the street.
Later that night at supper, I spoke to my family about the incident. My papa knew immediately with whom the young man was associated. His words echoed Mrs. Tozier\\'s.
\"Bad seeds, the lot of them. They condemn the teachings of the scholars at the Royal Academy, claiming they teach rubbish. Then they carouse the streets, preying on young girls to lure into their studios, promising who knows what and, once there, the poor things cannot defend themselves.\"
My sisters, fascinated by the conversation, turned their collective wide-eyed gaze to me, waiting for my response.
\"But Papa.\" I carefully chose my words. It had taken a great deal of effort to convince him to let me apprentice at Tozier\\'s, and I did not wish to jeopardize that small bit of freedom I had.
\"Mr. Rodin did not appear to be a deceitful man.\" I popped a dumpling in my mouth, slowly raising my eyes to meet my father\\'s.
\"You heard me, Helen Marie. You are to stay away from that riffraff. No good will come of it, I tell you that. Concentrate on your duties and learn the trade. That is what making a real living isit is not about slapping paint on a canvas and living hand to mouth.\"
With one last effort to keep the conversation alive, I glanced at my mama, seated across the table from me. Her expressionless face spoke to me in greater volume than if she\\'d opened her mouth. The conversation was over. It was not to be brought up again.
I was old enough to make my own decisions but, due to my meager wages, was forced to live with my family because I had no husband. My papa and mama were of the belief that a man was the breadwinner and the woman the keeper of the hearth and home. They did not understand that if I met the right man, I would gladly work hard beside him, just as Madame Tozier worked with her husband at the shop. But according to my parents\\' wishes, until some wealthy gent swept into the shop and asked for my hand in marriage, I was destined to become a spinster with a very good knowledge of making hats. Was this my only opportunity to start a life of my own? Was it a chance to get my poetry in front of another creative soul?
As I helped to clear away the supper dishes, my mother placed her hand on my cheek.
\"You are a beautiful girl. You will find a good man, like your father. A man who is not afraid of hard work.\" She patted my cheek as if that would magically make all my cares disappear.
Later, in the sanctuary of my room, I placed Mr. Rodin\\'s hat inside a round hatbox that I\\'d found stacked near the refuse bins outside the shop. I tied it with a brown ribbon and tucked it beneath my bed, hoping that I would be able to give it to him on my way to work tomorrow.
For a long time I stared at the pale moonlight on my ceiling, remembering the look in his eyes as he studied me. I imagined reaching out to touch his unshaven cheek, feeling his warm breath on my face as he drew near. Strange sensations made my body tingle. For the first time in my life, I saw myself as a grown woman instead of a child.
It was odd to see my shadow as I walked along the cobbled lane to work. Between the constant downpours and the stench from the river that hovered over the city like a hazy specter, the sun was a strange sight. Its warmth lifted my spirits, but the idea of seeing Mr. Rodin had improved my mood long before I set foot outdoors.
I turned the corner, scanning the block before me, disappointed when I saw only the familiar store managers putting out their wares.
\"A fine day to you, miss.\"
I took a step back, taken by surprise at Mr. Rodin\\'s sudden emergence from a closed storefront. \"Are you always this forward when in pursuit of potential models, Mr. Rodin?\" I squared my shoulders, making sure he thought I did not appreciate him accosting me in this manner. In truth, however, butterflies had taken flight inside me.
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\"This is the book Richard Dawkins needed to write and many need to read -- a comprehensive account of evolution that faces the difficulties and questions his critics have raised. In it he draws on his great ability to write about science in a way that is clear, absorbing, and vivid.\" -- Lord Harries of Pentregarth (formerly Bishop Richard Harries)
\"To call this book a defense of evolution utterly misses the point: \"The Greatest Show on Earth\" is a celebration of one of the best ideas humans have ever produced. It is hard not to marvel at Richard Dawkins\\'s luminous telling of the story of evolution and the way that it has shaped our world. In reading Dawkins, one is left awed at the beauty of the theory and humbled by the power of science to understand some of the greatest mysteries of life.\" -- Neil Shubin, author of \"Your Inner Fish\"
\"\\'There is grandeur in this view of life, \\' said Darwin, speaking of evolution. There is no one better qualified to convey this grandeur than his worthy successor, Richard Dawkins, who writes with passion, clarity, and wit. This may be his best book yet.\" -- V. S. Ramachandran
\"This is a magnificent book of wonderstanding: Richard Dawkins combines an artist\\'s wonder at the virtuosity of nature with a scientist\\'s understanding of how it comes to be.\\'\\' -- Matt Ridley, author of \"Nature via Nurture\"
\"Brilliant, detailed, anecdotal and immensely readable . . . Poignant, revealing. Dawkins is canny, funny, and beguiling . . . [He lays] out evidence with such fascinating detail that the book is both scientifically exciting and completely convincing. It\\'s badly needed in this era when the science of evolution is being threatened in our schools.\"', '\"--San Francisco Chronicle\"', '
\"Up until now, Richard Dawkins has said everything interesting that there is to say about evolution -- with one exception. In \"The Greatest Show on Earth\", he fills this gap, brilliantly describing the multifarious and massive evidence for evolution -- evidence that gives the lie to the notion that evolution is \\'only a theory.\\' This important and timely book is a must-read for Darwin Year.\" -- Jerry Coyne, author of \"Why Evolution Is True\"
\"Dawkins gathers up the weight of evidence into a huge lump and hurls it at us from the highest heights his rhetoric can scale...his grandness of vision still dazzles.\" -- \"The Sunday Telegraph\"
\"Unambiguous, beautifully argued, with prose like quicksilver. Entertaining. Dawkins emerges like a prize-fighter, knocking out of the ring all objections.\"', '\"--Nature\"
\"With characteristic flair and passion, Dawkins has put on a stunning exhibition of the evidence for evolution. In his own words, \\'Evolution is a fact...and no unbiased reader will close the book doubting it.\\'\" -- Dr. Alice Roberts, biological anthropologist, author, and broadcaster', 'With this tremendous follow-up to his blockbuster The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins takes advocates of intelligent design by the scruff of the neck and unfolds the evidence for evolution with characteristic panache. In a world in which Creationism is being taught in schools and educators are being asked to \"teach the controversy\" behind evolution, a delightfully exasperated Dawkins has decided to explain how it all really works.', \"In visceral, crystalline prose, Dawkins sets up each creatonist objection to evolution and takes it to task, bit by bit destroying the idea that the natural world needed an intelligent designer. But this is more than an argument. This is a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the interstices of all life on earth. Taking listeners through the case for evolution step-by-step, Dawkins looks at DNA (Fingerprints, Footprints, and Bloodstains), selective breeding (Wolf Pygmalion) anatomical similarity (The Kindred Garden and the Tree of Ancestry), molecular family trees (Molecular Minuet) geography (The Ark of the Continents), fossils (No rabbits in the Pre-Cambrian) vestiges and imperfections (Past Imperfect), a catchall q&a (The Handy Dandy Creation Refuter), the stages of human evolution (Portraits of Grancestors), and the formula for a strong scientific theorytearing down the Intelligent Design theory in the process. This will be the last word in the evolution debate, and it will add God Delusion fans to the already science-hungry audience who bought the latest Steven Pinker or devoured Bill Bryson's The History of Nearly Everything.\", \"The God Delusion stimulated, even set the terms of, one of the world's most vigorous public debates: the question of God's existence. The Greatest Show on Earth will provide listeners with the tools to join this vital debate effectively. And Dawkins' infectious passion for the world's beauty will convert all but the most doctrinaire creationists.\"]","rejected":"Title: Workbasket and Home Arts Magazine March 1973, No 6, Vol 38\nDescription: ['Cover project, plus monthly articles on knitting, crocheting, and tatting, plus more various monthly departments.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: El hombre que amaba a los perros (Coleccion Andanzas) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['El hombre que amaba a los perros', '', '']","rejected":"Title: White Roses\nDescription: ['Author bio coming soon!']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Las venas abiertas de America Latina (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.
Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.
Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.
Press reviews:
“This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history.”
— Hugo Chávez, as reported by the BBC
“A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive expose which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read.”
— CHOICE, American Library Association
“I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano’s vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane. This book, written more than thirty years ago, contains profound lessons for contemporary India. Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household name in this country.”
— Arundhati Roy
\"Una bomba literaria que muy probablemente Obama no ha leído, pero que -seamos justos- en efecto tendría que leer...Imaginemos la escena: acomodado en su asiento del Air Force One rumbo a Washington, Obama toma el libro que le obsequió Chávez y, más por aburrimiento que por curiosidad, lo hojea al desgaire, lee un par de párrafos y, como le ha ocurrido a miles, queda atrapado por la un tanto engañosa pero siempre inquietante narración de Galeano. Alguien tan sensible a las humillaciones sufridas por los afroamericanos podría descubrir en sus páginas más de una coincidencia con su educación radical, y sin duda le ayudaría a comprender mejor a quienes desconfían de Estados Unidos, incluso de esa parte de Estados Unidos que, escapando a los prejuicios, le permitió convertirse en presidente.\"
- Jorge Volpi, \"El País\", Spain
\"Este libro supera todo lo que yo jamás he leído sobre el tema, y permanecerá a lo largo de los años venideros. Una obra maestra. \"
- Carleton Beals, \"Monthly Review\", USA.
\"Este reportaje-ensayo-mural-obra de artesanía admirable ensambla géneros que andaban dispersos: la historia económica, el relato vital.. \"
- Hugo Neira, \"Expreso\", Perú.
\"El mejor libro sobre nuestro maltratado continente.\"
\"Bienvenida sea esta historia de América Latina que recoge los hechos, tiene profundidad teórica y es sumamente legible. Un excelente trabajo. \"
- Peter Roman, \"Science and Society\", USA.
\"Este libro de Galeano es absolutamente imprescindible para todos los interesados en América Latina.
- \"Deutsche Volkszeitung\", Alemania Federal.
\"Una contribución muy importante a la comprensión del pasado que alimenta un presente ambiguo e incierto. \"
- Marcel Niedergang, \"Le Monde\", Francia.
\"Un gran escritor y una gran obra, que hoy me parece más actual y necesaria que cuando apareció. \"
- Jean Ziegler, \"Afrique-Asie\", Francia.
', 'This brilliant text set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America when first published. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.']","rejected":"Title: A Planetary Fairytale: Acceptance\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The New Republic: A Novel\nDescription: ['[Shrivers] whip-smart observationsabout relationships, the role of the media, the cult of personality are funny and on the mark. (People)
In her latest novel, Lionel Shriver pays homage to Joseph Conradexamining terrorism, media bloodlust, and the cult of personality through an unexpected lens of satire. (Marie Claire, Four New Page-Turners to Keep Bedside)
A very funny book, but the laughs are embedded in a deeply disturbing subject. (NPR, \"Weekend Edition\")
Shriver is cursed with knowing the human animal all too well. The New Republic is satire of a Shriver kind, that is to say biting. (Miami Herald)
Lionel Shriver, the author of the harrowing and patient We Need to Talk About Kevin, delivers something altogether different: a callous and romping political and journalistic satire. (The Daily Beast-- This Week\\'s Hot Reads)
Shriver is one of the sharpest talents around. (USA Today)
Witty, caustic and worldly, [Shriver] is a raconteur who could show even Barrington Saddler a thing or two about entertaining a crowd. (Wall Street Journal)
Shriver has been a National Book Award finalist with good reason: Her page-turners examine serious issues. (Reader\\'s Digest Recommends)
A wondrously fanciful plot, vividly drawn characters, clever and cynical dialogue, and a comically brilliant and verisimilar imagined land. . . . The New Republic is simply terrific. (Booklist (starred review))
The dialogue zings and the writing is jazzy. . . . [Shriver] can toss off a sharp sketch of a passing character in a phrase, and shes got a gimlet eye for whats phony, or affected, or even touchingly vain in human behavior. (Entertainment Weekly)', '', 'Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. When he leaves his lucrative law career for a foreign correspondent post in a Portuguese backwater with a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes Barrington Saddler, the disappeared reporter he\\'s replacing, as the larger-than-life character he longs to emulate. Yet all is not as it appears.Os Soldados Ousados de Barba\"The Daring Soldiers of Barba\" have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for a province so dismal and backward that you couldn\\'t give the rathole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do incidents claimed by the \"SOB\" suddenly dry up? A droll, playful novel, The New Republic addresses terrorism with a deft, tongue-in- cheek touch while also pressing a more intimate question: What makes particular people so magnetic, while the rest of us inspire a shrug?', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Content Marketing Coach: Everything You Need to Get in the Game -- and Win\nDescription: ['ABOUT THE AUTHOR A self-described geek who can recite entire episodes of South Park by heart, Rachel Parker has had a passion for content ever since she was old enough to hold a crayon (purple, please). As Founder and CEO of Resonance Content Marketing, Rachel helps businesses publish content that connects with their audiences and converts those followers into customers. Shes also the host of the Content Marketing Podcast and a sought-after speaker, presenting to major business and marketing organizations on a regular basis.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Across the Savage Sea: The First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic\nDescription: [\"What does a young woman who spent her first 15 years on a sailboat in the West Indies do for adventure? If you're Fontenoy, you attempt the first west-to-east crossing of the North Atlantic by a woman in a rowboat--not a dinghy, mind you, but a well-designed vessel, 24 feet long and 5 feet wide. Her living compartment is a 3-foot cube, her food is freeze-dried, her water comes from a desalinator, and she powers her vessel herself with a pair of oars. The west-to-east crossing offered more difficult currents and weather than the other direction, and besides, the other had already been done. She wanted adventure, and got it during 117 days of brutal conditions, danger, fear, pain, and grinding loneliness combined with joy and a grand sense of accomplishment. Fontenoy writes with a vividness and immediacy that truly brings the reader into the boat with her. And we can expect an encore: she just finished rowing across the Pacific. Danise Hoover Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Top 10 Worst Things About Ancient Greece You Wouldn't Want to Know!\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hhhh-prix Lecteurs Litterature 2011 (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition)\nDescription: [\"Laurent Binet est n Paris en... Il a effectu son service militaire en Slovaquie et a partag son temps entre Paris et Prague pendant plusieurs annes. Agrg de lettres, il est professeur de franais en Seine-Saint-Denis depuis dix ans et charg de cours l'Universit. Auteur de Forces et faiblesses de nos muqueuses en 2000 et La Vie professionnelle de Laurent B. en 2004, HHhH est son premier roman, couronn du prix Goncourt du premier roman en 2010.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: In A Chicago Minute\nDescription: ['A debut collection of short reflections on time, life and being a regular guy. In this collection of 64 literary tidbits, Lubow, a former creative director at an ad agency, reflects on a wide range of topics. The pieces are each meant to be read in about a minute; the author provides word counts for each one, with the highest hitting just 160 words. All originally appeared as part of a series on the Guy Page of the Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2008. The author draws on his background as a writer of short television spots to succinctly express deep, meaningful ideas throughout this collection. The tone is conversational and direct, often addressing subjects in everyday life. Some are short stories that reflect on particular points (a father and son roll malted milk balls into a crowd to see which get stepped on, leading the father to think about the nature of luck); others are short reflections, about such subjects as how hard it is to feel nostalgia when things keep coming back into style. Still others use a second-person perspective to draw readers into the experience; one begins, [Y]oure with your dog in the vets crowded waiting room, and goes on to describe how dogs accept their differences more readily than humans do. Some themes come up repeatedly, including various aspects of being a guy, and the nature of a minute (what one can do in 60 seconds, or how a minute can feel long or short depending on what it is one is doing). The book also critiques specific TV shows and books, such as Blue Collar TV, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Malcolm Gladwells Blink (2005). Most of these wise little pieces, however, are general and relatable for both sexes, who will likely find truth, comfort and humor in them. A clever, humorous collection.', 'Is this really necessary? Everything anybody could want to know about the author is evident in the minute-long rants, ravings, insights, experiences and stories in this book, since theyre all true and reflect who this author is. But anyway, real quick: Former Creative Director of the Chicago office of a multi-national ad agency, founder/owner of a mid-sized Chicago ad agency. (Actually, not exactly mid-sized. Smallish, really. But big of heart). Writer of fiction and non-fiction published in national magazines, from the literary to the glossy, some in Australia and the U.K., creator and writer of the online magazine Two-Fisted Birdwatcher, where more minute-like prose can be found, in case anyone wants more. The author lives in the Chicago area. Hes a husband, father, grandfather with a Peter Pan complex, and couldve played pro basketball if he were only a little taller.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Arthur and George\nDescription: ['Book by Barnes, Julian', '', '']","rejected":"Title: We're Not In Kansas Anymore: Strategies for Retiring Rich in a Totally Changed World\nDescription: ['Likening the befuddlement that most investors feel in the post-stock-bubble era to the confusion that Dorothy experienced when she fell into the unfamiliar Land of Oz, Updegrave leads readers away from retirement planning myths and straight down a realistic path to financial security. A senior editor at Money magazine and a columnist for AOL Personal and CNNMoney.com, Updegrave manages to enlighten readers without pandering to their fears or overstating the complexity of accumulating wealth. And he shares the most important revelation at the start: its not how skillfully you invest, but how much and how routinely you save that ultimately matters. While this book is of obvious value to younger readers, the under-saved and over-50 receive substantial attention in sections that provide detailed strategies for catching up on savings. Throughout the book, Updegrave highlights the pitfalls and the self-delusions that undermine so many retirement plans, such as the fact that \"40 percent of Americans are counting on the lottery, sweepstakes, getting married or an inheritance to fund their retirement.\" Social Security, the tax code and insurance coverage are demystified without ever evoking nightmares of the Wicked Witch. And though the Oz imagery might make some readers wary, the references fade as the book progresses, so they never get too tiresome or cutesy. Updegraves explanations and frequent referrals to useful online tools will help readers figure out exactly how to begin and exactly how to get to where they want to go, with far less difficulty than Dorothy herself experienced. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'The trend of applying metaphors to the business world has just about run its course. Take, for instance, financial columnist Updegrave\\'s application of the Wizard of Oz analogy to new retirement strategies. After one or two references to Dorothy, Toto, and her companions, the literary allusions fall flat. But don\\'t let that detract from the content, which emphasizes today\\'s realities--that we can no longer count on social security and corporate pensions to carry us through retirement. Featured are worksheets, charts, simple explanations of complicated financial instruments (such as the different types of annuities), and great advice. Some examples: 10 tips to boost savings, from \"put it on autopilot\" to \"keep an expense log,\" or the 7 strategies to follow if your savings aren\\'t robust enough. A money counselor for the millennium. Barbara Jacobs Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Nothing to Be Frightened Of\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. In this virtuosic memoir, Barnes (Arthur & George) makes little mention of his personal or professional life, allowing his audience very limited ingress into his philosophical musings on mortality. But like Alice tumbling through the rabbit hole, readers will find themselves granted access to an unexpectedly large world, populated with Barnes's daily companions and his chosen ancestors (most of them dead, and quite a few of them French, like Jules Renard, Flaubert, Zola). This is not 'my autobiography,' Barnes emphasizes in this hilariously unsentimental portrait of his family and childhood. Part of what I'm doingwhich may seem unnecessaryis trying to work out how dead they are. And in this exploration of what remains, the author sifts through unreliable memory to summon up how his ancestorsreal and assumedcontemplated death and grappled with the perils and pleasures of pit-gazing. If Barnes's self-professed amateur philosophical rambling feels occasionally self-indulgent, his vivid description delights. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Most critics strongly recommended Julian Barnes's reflections on mortality. However, perhaps reluctant to embrace his disbelief, they seemed more impressed by his descriptive skill in depicting his familyin particular, his emotionally remote brothereven though a few critics cited the author himself as emotionally closed in his personal writing. Reviewers also praised the scope of Barnes's literary erudition more than any actual insight into the subject of death. A few reviewers felt that this dance around the subject makes Nothing to Be Frightened Of weaker than Barnes's other books. But most embraced the book's novelistic ambiguity, enjoying the story even if the author himself does not know how it will end. Copyright 2008 Bookmarks Publishing LLC\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Pooh Story Book (Winnie-the-Pooh)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flaubert's Parrot, A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)\nDescription: [\"JULIAN BARNES's honors include the Man Booker Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2004 he was named Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.\", ' Excerpted from the introduction
Introduction
Musing on the object of poetry, Pascal suggested in his Penses that As we speak of poetical beauty, so ought we to speak of mathematical beauty and medical beauty. But we do not do so; and the reason is that we know well what is the object of mathematics, and that it consists in proofs, and what is the object of medicine, and that it consists in healing. But we do not know in what grace consists, which is the object of poetry. If grace is the object of poetry, is truth the object of history and if it is, do we know in what truth consists? Or should history seek something less grandiose, more human and more marvellous than the truth?
For more than thirty years, Julian Barnes has been asking these (and other) questions in beautiful novels that approach weighty matters with a light touch, novels that feature poetical grace, historical objects, resistance to proofs, searches for truth, a confirmed Francophilia, and even the occasional doctor. Barnes challenges received categorical distinctions and received ideas, while proving to us all that poetry, philosophy, biography, history and fiction need not indeed, should not be cleanly divided from each other. And he suggests that beauty can be found in the most unexpected places, if we have the wit to look for it. Mostly we dont, but evidently he has not yet despaired of us.
It was clear from the start of Barness career that here was a writer of talent his first book, Metroland (1980), won the Somerset Maugham award for a first novel. But it was Barness third novel, Flauberts Parrot (1984), that established his reputation at home and abroad, and that for many readers remains his masterpiece. When he won the Man Booker prize in 2011 for The Sense of an Ending, Barnes was asked the inevitable question about his favourite of his books; he was quoted saying that he remains very attached to Flauberts Parrot. It seems an apt metaphor for a book about fixations.
Early reviewers of Barnes were prone to comment on his disquieting tendency to write essays as much as novels, his persistent habit of jumping out of the boxes into which they were busily trying to shove him. (His first job was as a lexicographer, working for the Oxford English Dictionary, so Barnes would presumably have been unimpressed by efforts to draw rigid, or even useful, distinctions between a word meaning attempt and a word meaning new.) Their dogged efforts at categorizing a writer who was cheerfully demolishing their categories now seem rather touching: the word postmodern, in particular, was cited with fervent regularity, a totemic charm to ward off the gods of misrule. The truth, etymologically speaking, is that even the distinction between fact and fiction is nugatory: both terms originated in the Renaissance, when a fact meant a thing done or performed, and fiction meant the act of fashioning or imitating. Julian Barness novels do both, with panache; Flauberts Parrot is a fusion of fact and fiction, a novel and an essay, an unconventional biography, a fictional autobiography, an autobiographical fiction, a fiction about biography and a biography of fictions. One of the things that Flaubert teaches us, it suggests, is to dissect out the constituent parts of reality, and to observe that Nature is always a mixture of genres. Flauberts Parrot is also a mixture of genres and it is sui generis, which is to say it is in a class by itself.
In my own literary history, I arrived at Flauberts Parrot working backwards, so to speak, from Barness fifth novel, A History of the World in 1012 Chapters, published in 1989 when I was studying literature as an undergraduate. Someone gave me a copy, to whom I should be eternally grateful if only I could remember who it was. I had never read anything like it; A History transformed my ideas of what literature could do, of what fiction could be. For starters, it appeared that it could be non-fiction. And art history, geopolitical history, religious history, a meditation on love, faith, death and other catastrophes, including art and cannibalism. It could be funny, and dispense with unity of character, setting, or plot; it could have a full-colour fold-out of Gricaults The Raft of the Medusa stuck right in its middle; it could do anything it pleased. I was dazzled and delighted: the book coloured my mind, as Emily Bront once said, like wine colouring water. It is a novel that insists on the priority of ideas, even as it recognizes the world as a place with little time for and less interest in them. It is a series of interlocked essays, which understand that just because a writer is thinking hard doesnt mean he has permission to bore his reader to death; it uses fiction and imagination to explore ideas with drama and wit. I adored it. My voyage of discovery took me next to the inimitable, brilliant Flauberts Parrot, the book that taught me in no uncertain terms that critical writing could be creative and that creative writing could be critical, forever changing my approach to my own writing and thinking. Barnes is what they call a writers writer: his verbal finesse sometimes borders on legerdemain, it is so inventive, surprising, and playful. He opens up words, even as he opens our eyes and our minds.
Its American publisher called Flauberts Parrot a novel in disguise. One of its disguises is the detective story; it is also literary criticism in camouflage. Virginia Woolf famously once told a roomful of undergraduates at Cambridge, Dont begin by being a critic; begin by being a writer. Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of Flauberts Parrot, may remark that hes saving Virginia Woolf for when Im dead (he also announces, Let me tell you why I hate critics), but surely this is one statement of hers with which he would concur. Braithwaite objects to contemporary writers, each of whom, he says, seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realise that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time. This can be no less true for the critic of literature than for its author: they all need to realize that literature must do several things well at once. At one point, Braithwaite shares some of the laws he would pass if he were a dictator of fiction, including a total ban on novels about other novels, on plots depending on incest or coincidence, and a partial ban on novels set on university campuses. If I were a dictator of literary criticism, I would force all aspiring critics to begin as writers, and then to read Flauberts Parrot repeatedly until they begin to appreciate its artfulness and dexterity, its intricate machinery; until it reminds them that they are supposed to begin, and end, with a love of words and some kind of lingering faith in their meaning. They must then find a way to reconcile this faith with a cold-eyed admission of the foolish inadequacy of language. Mystification is simple, Braithwaite rightly declares. Clarity is the hardest thing of all.
Flauberts Parrot tells the story of an eccentric and erratic quest for a peculiar poetic object, one that essays in the etymological sense of putting to the proof, the testing of excellence. Geoffrey Braithwaite, retired doctor, widower, and amateur Flaubert enthusiast, stumbles across a parrot that purports to be the original stuffed parrot that inspired and irritated Flaubert as he composed Un coeur simple. But then Braithwaite finds another stuffed parrot that also claims to be Flauberts inspiration. The discovery triggers a series of ruminations on the search for origins and inspirations, and on the relationship between writers and words, between the literal and the figurative, between literature and life, between reader and writer. Who needs whom more? Braithwaite asks at the end of his Dictionary of Accepted Ideas, which offers an ironic version of Flauberts Dictionnaire des ides reues. Discuss without concluding.
Most great books resist summary (if their ideas can be articulated so briefly, then those ideas probably do not require a book to elaborate them), but Flauberts Parrot is especially intransigent; indeed Braithwaite forestalls any attempt at summary by pointing out the inadequacy of prcis in cases such as personal advertisements, which arent lying indeed, theyre all trying to be utterly sincere but they arent telling the truth. Braithwaite is such a sprightly, amusing guide to the difficulty in accessing the truth that we may not realize for some time that the novel he inhabits has almost entirely dispensed with a plot. But if very little happens, in the traditional sense, that doesnt mean that nothing is going on; instead of action, we get ideas (received and original), variations, versions, claims and counter-claims, quotations, aperus and aphorisms. Barnes offers two chronologies of Flauberts life: both are true, and yet they seem mutually incompatible. Put crudely, one is the happy version of Flauberts life, the other the sad version; one focuses on success, the other on death and despair. We see Flauberts mistress, Louise Colet, long dismissed as little more than a pest, the whining distraction who kept intruding on the great mans art (tedious, importunate, promiscuous woman). And then in a virtuosic flourish, Barnes gives us Louise Colets perspective, the story as she might have seen it (brave, passionate, deeply misunderstood woman), in which Flaubert becomes the parrot, rather than the wild beast he fancied himself. We get dictionary entries, quotations, taxonomies, chronologies, lists, catalogues, bestiaries: fragments to shore against the ruins of our certainty. Demand violently: how can we know anybody?
Looked at from one angle, Flauberts Parrot is a novel about devotion, a celebration of literary obsession and a display of mastery. It catches the gaps in biography, showing the impossibility of ever reconstructing a life, especially the life of a great writer resistant to being written about. A refusal of the biographical enterprise and a recherch celebration of it, Flauberts Parrot is a treasure hunt, a scavenger hunt, and a confrontation, amused and melancholic, with the detritus of history. In fact, the novel elegantly laces together Pascals three beauties: the poetic, the mathematical and the medical. The poetic is embodied by the great bear, Gustave Flaubert, the subject and object of most of the novels ruminations (it is also embodied, more comically, in the decaying, multiplying parrot); the mathematical is implied by the books proliferation of enumerations and lists, its interest in figures and symbols (poetry is a subject as precise as geometry, Flaubert declares at one point); and the medical is the profession of both Geoffrey Braithwaite and Flauberts father. One of the books motifs is the rebuke it offers to the notion that the purpose of literature is spiritual uplift, or healing: Do you want art to be a healer? Braithwaite demands. Send for the AMBULANCE GEORGE SAND. Do you want art to tell the truth? Send for the AMBULANCE FLAUBERT: though dont be surprised, when it arrives, if it runs over your leg.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Genealogy of the Cornell family: being an account of the descendants of Thomas Cornell\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fasting-And Eating-For Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Gospel and the Church\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Science and Fine Art of Fasting\nDescription: ['\"Science stubbornly clings to its errors and resists all effort to correct these. Once an alleged fact has been well established, no matter how erroneous it is. all the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Nowhere in this fact so well illustrated as in the history of the efforts to break down the stubborn resistance of science to the idea that the human organism, like the organisms of the lower animals, can safely abstain from food for prolonged periods. Long after thousands of men and women had fasted for periods ranging from a few days to several weeks and were benefitted by the experience, science persisted in repeating, as though it were a fully demonstrated fact, its stupid notion that man cannot fast for more than a few days without dying. Indeed, after some of these long fasts had received much world-wide publicity and some of them had been studied by men of science, the devotees of the modern infallible god. science, continued to repeat the old fallacy that if a man should abstain from food for six days his heart would collapse and he would die.\"', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Goats (True Books: Animals)\nDescription: ['REVWR Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved', 'Sara Swan-Miller is the author of several nonfiction books for children.']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: As Meat Loves Salt\\nDescription: [\\\"'Few novels in a reader's year live in the mind as this one does. It's beautifully written, spare, with moments of poetry. Surely flesh has never been described with such a combination of pathology and beauty.' GILLIAN CLARKE\\\", \\\"Maria McCann was born in Liverpool in 1956 and spent most of her childhood there devouring novels at every opportunity. She read English at the University of Durham and then embarked on a series of jobs including Citizens' Advice, telephonist, artist's model and EFL teacher. Since 1988 she has been a Lecturer in English at a Somerset college. An Arvon course gave her the confidence to write after years of 'scribbling' and she later read for an MA in Writing at the University of Glamorgan. She loves plays, gin, dancing and dogs. This is her first novel.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mujeres que leen son peligrosas, Las\\nDescription: ['Relegadas tradicionalmente a un papel secundario y a menudo pasivo en la sociedad, las mujeres encontraron muy pronto en la lectura una manera de romper las estrecheces de su mundo. La puerta abierta al conocimiento, la imaginacin, el acceso a otro mundo, un mundo de libertad e independencia, les ha permitido desarrollarse', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Perfectly Good Family: A Novel\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Carrier At War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War\\nDescription: ['Richard F. Miller is a retired investment banker, an historian of the American Civil War, and a consultant to Talk Radio News Service. He is a co-author of The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Miller is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and lives in Concord, Massachusetts.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life\\nDescription: ['', 'JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D., is a board-certified family physician and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Foundation. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers Eat to Live, Super Immunity, Eat to Live Cookbook, The End of Dieting, and The End of Diabetes.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Savage Moon\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Eat to Live Cookbook: 200 Delicious Nutrient-Rich Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health\\nDescription: ['', 'JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D., is a board-certified family physician and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Foundation. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers Eat to Live, Super Immunity, Eat to Live Cookbook, The End of Dieting, and The End of Diabetes.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: MotoMice\\nDescription: ['MotoMice is not only danged cute but will fill a need no one else has addressed nearly as well. --Rod Woodruff, owner and CEO, Sturgis Buffalo Chip', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Black Dogs\\nDescription: ['\\\"Black Dogs\\\" is built around a brilliant short story, a memerically slow-motion encounter with two terrifying dogs by an English couple who are honeymooning just after the war in a French mountain village.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple\\nDescription: ['\\\"A fascinating story.\\\" -\\\"The New York Times\\\" \\\"Superb reporting. Written at a crackling pace.\\\" -\\\"Business Week\\\"
\\\"A fascinating story.\\\" -\\\"The New York Times\\\"
\\\"Superb reporting. Written at a crackling pace.\\\" -\\\"Business Week\\\"
', 'A former journalist, Michael Moritz is now a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital. He has been a founding member on a number of companies, including Google, Yahoo, and YouTube.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Paris Trout (Contemporary American Fiction)\\nDescription: ['In this novel of social drama, a casual murder in the small Georgia town of Cotton Point just after World War II and the resulting court case cleave open the ugly divisions of race and class. The man accused of shooting a black girl, a storekeeper named Paris Trout, has no great feeling of guilt, nor fear that the system will fail to work his way. Trout becomes an embarrassment to the polite white society that prefers to hold itself high above such primitive prejudice. But the trial does not allow any hiding from the stark reality of social and racial tensions. Dexter, a former newspaper columnist, is also the author of Deadwood and God\\\\'s Pocket. Paris Trout won the 1988 National Book Award.', 'In what PW described as \\\"an expertly crafted and bleakly fascinating tale of social conflict and madness in the deep South,\\\" the eponymous protagonist of this National Book Award-winning novel murders a black child while collecting a debt and is astounded that he is prosecuted for the crime. 50,000 first printing . Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: River of Red Gold\\nDescription: ['. . .a corking good story. . .skillful blending of fact and fiction. -- Sierra Heritage Magazine, Nov-Dec, l997
. . .alive and bursting with excitement. -- Sacramento Bee, January 16, l997
. . .filled with romance, suspense, heroism, passion, and sacrifice. -- Around Here Magazine,, Summer l997, review by Gerry Camp, Sundance Books, Cameron Park, CA
A wonderful blending of dramatic history and insightful imagination. A delightful, rewarding read. -- Richard Etulain, Professor of History, University of New Mexico, Center for the American West
I rate the book right up there with Aztec by Jennings, -- Jodi Wyner-Holmes, The Bookplace, Elk Grove, CA', \\\"This award-winning novel is beautifully written and meticulously researched. The author uses the magic of fiction to transport readers back to another time. Through the interwoven lives of the characters, readers see and smell the events of California's violent birth and meet many historical figures. Endnotes tell what happened to them after the story ends.\\\", 'In little over a year since publication the book is in 3rd printing. Supplemental reading for college classes on the history of the West, it is the only work of fiction recommended by the CA Sesquicentennial Commission 150th anniversary of Gold Rush to Statehood. It was awarded Best Fiction l997 and the Gold Award for Best Book Overall 1997 by the Sacramento Publishers Association.', '* \\\"I didn\\\\'t want it to end\\\" is the most frequent reader reaction. It won\\\\'t end either, because the author is at work on the next book in the series, to be issued in l998.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: ENGLISH PASSENGERS\\nDescription: ['In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men.', \\\"Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870. These characters and many others come together in a storm of voices that vividly bring a past age to life.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Never Fear - Christmas Terrors: He sees you when you're sleeping ...\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Outliers, The Story of Success\\nDescription: ['Unusual book']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Open Gate: A Haiku Journal\\nDescription: ['J. C. Greene spent much of his working life designing radio astronomy and telecommunications systems, and founding and managing Comtech Laboratories. Including an interval of military service, he also ?found? time to raise a family and pursue enduring interests, such as liberal arts, music, gardening, economics, Japanese arts, and especially Haiku poetry.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: All the King's Men\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Journey Into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635: The Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz Van Den Bogaert (Iroquois & Their Neighbors (Paperback))\\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: Dutch', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition\\nDescription: ['\\\"A medical breakthrough. If you give this diet complete commitment, there is no question in my mind that it will work for you.\\\"Mehmet Oz, MD
\\\"You\\\\'ll shed pounds pronto.\\\"Us Weekly
\\\"Dr. Fuhrman\\\\'s formula is simple, safe, and solid.\\\"Body and Soul
\\\"No counting calories or eating synthetic diet foods...I lost 10 pounds in four weeks. The plan is flexible enough so that I can eat foods I like without feeling deprived.\\\"Diane Williams, Self', 'Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-certified family physician, best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. As one of the country\\\\'s leading experts on nutrition and natural healing, Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, Today, Good Morning America, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, and The Dr. Oz Show. His own PBS television show, \\\"3 Steps to Incredible Health\\\", began airing nationwide in June 2011. His best-selling book, Eat to Live, published in 2003 (Little Brown) has gone through over 20 printings and been published in multiple foreign language editions. The revised version was released by Little Brown in January 2011. His recent works include Super Immunity and Disease-Proof Your Child and has had published a total of 7 books on human nutrition to date.
Dr. Fuhrman is actively involved in scientific research in human nutrition. His discoveries on food addiction and human hunger were published in the scientific journal, Nutrition Journal, in November 2011 entitled, The Changing Perception of Hunger on a High Nutrient Density Diet. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Project - a project of the National Health Association. Dr. Fuhrman is on the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is also a member of the Whole Foods Market scientific advisory board. Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1988). As a former world class figure skater, he placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973. Dr. Fuhrman has been involved professionally with sports medical committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes for maximizing performance and preventing injury.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Michelin the Green Guide Netherlands (Michelin Green Guides)\\nDescription: ['Hard to Find book', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Low-Fat, Plant-Based Recipes\\nDescription: ['A gateway to greater health and better living.John Robbins, bestselling author of The Food Revolution
\\\"Dr. John McDougall is a true pioneer in using low-fat vegetarian diets to treat and help prevent a variety of diseases.\\\"Dr. Dean Ornish, bestselling author of Dr. Dean Ornish\\\\'s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
\\\"Agood guidebook to a more healthful lifestyle. And the only skimping is on fat, not flavor.\\\"Chicago Sun-Times
\\\"Unlike most medically based diet plans in that it doesn\\\\'t limit the amount eaten, but radically changes what is eaten and how it is prepared.\\\"Publishers Weekly', 'John McDougall, M.D., is the author of many previous books, including The McDougall Program, The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss, and The New McDougall Cookbook. His latest title is The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best. He is the founder and director of the McDougall Program at St. Helena Hospital in Napa Valley, California, and has a nationally syndicated television show as well as a weekly radio program. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: It's First Love, Jughead Jones: Riverdale High Book: It's First Love, Jughead Jones - Book #4\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Improve Your Vision Without Glasses or Contact Lenses\\nDescription: ['Dr. David W. Muris is Director of the Sacramento Visioncare Optometric Center.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Go Pound Salt\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Los enamoramientos (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Praise for Javier Marías
“De Marías se aprende tanto porque nadie conoce al ser humano como él”. —Ijoma Mangold, Die Zeit', 'Javier Marías nació en Madrid en 1951. Es autor de las novelas Los dominios del lobo, Travesía del horizonte, El monarca del tiempo, El siglo, El hombre sentimental, Todas las almas, Corazón tan blanco, Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, Negra espalda del tiempo, Tu rostro mañana: Fiebre y lanza y Tu rostro mañana: Baile y sueño, entre otros muchos relatos, ensayos, antologías y traducciones. Ha recibido numerosos premios, entre los que cabe destacar el Premio Internazionale Ennio Flaiano, el IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, el Premio Internacional Rómulo Gallegos, el Premio de la Crítica y el Prix Femina Étranger. Fue profesor en la Universidad de Oxford y en la Complutense de Madrid. Sus obras se han traducido a treinta y cuatro lenguas y se han publicado en cuarenta y cuatro países.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pain, a Nursing Approach to Assessment and Analysis\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Eat For Health: The Mind Makeover (Unabridged)\\nDescription: [\\\"A terrific, non-diet - diet. Dr. Fuhrman explains precisely what you should eat and he makes it delicious. Eat For Health is effective, practical and sensible. --Richard N. Podell, M.D.
Dr. Fuhrman's nutritional prescription is a greatly-needed antidote to the US way of eating which has become a leading cause of disease and premature death. Despite all the sophisticated medical technology available today, the sobering truth is that the greatest tools for preventing and reversing disease are your fork and spoon. This way of eating will greatly benefit those in poor health as well as healthy persons desiring optimal wellness and vitality. Further, unlike most weight-loss approaches based on will-power and difficult to sustain, Dr. Fuhrman's approach corrects the underlying causes of excessive hunger and cravings, resulting in permanent, naturally-occurring weight loss. I have had the privilege of personally seeing the tremendous disease reversal that occurs with this way of eating, and whole-heartedly recommend this book. --Tonja R. Nansel, PhD
I love this book. It's hard to believe that Dr. Fuhrman could surpass his earlier book, Eat To Live, but he did. Eat For Health empowers us to make change. It is the only prescription that will ensure that our golden years remain golden and not riddled with disability and disease. Dr, Fuhrman's advice can enable you to achieve the same weight loss seen with gastric bypass surgery WITHOUT the surgery. A must read to exercise your taste buds and rev up your metabolic machinery. --Deanna Cherrone, M.D.\\\", 'Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-certified family physician, best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. As one of the country\\\\'s leading experts on nutrition and natural healing, Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, Today, Good Morning America, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, and The Dr. Oz Show. His own PBS television show, \\\"3 Steps to Incredible Health\\\", began airing nationwide in June 2011. His best-selling book, Eat to Live, published in 2003 (Little Brown) has gone through over 20 printings and been published in multiple foreign language editions. The revised version was released by Little Brown in January 2011. His recent works include Super Immunity and Disease-Proof Your Child and has had published a total of 7 books on human nutrition to date.
Dr. Fuhrman is actively involved in scientific research in human nutrition. His discoveries on food addiction and human hunger were published in the scientific journal, Nutrition Journal, in November 2011 entitled, The Changing Perception of Hunger on a High Nutrient Density Diet. Dr. Fuhrman is the research director of the Nutritional Research Project - a project of the National Health Association. Dr. Fuhrman is on the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is also a member of the Whole Foods Market scientific advisory board. Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1988). As a former world class figure skater, he placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973. Dr. Fuhrman has been involved professionally with sports medical committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes for maximizing performance and preventing injury.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!\\nDescription: ['', 'Dr. John McDougall is on a mission to make us healthier. Read The Starch Solution. It may save your life and your brain. Dennis Bourdette, MD, Chair and Roy and Eulalia Swank Family Research Professor, Department of Neurology', \\\"The Starch Solution is an easy and powerful way to achieve the very best of health. Dr. McDougall's unparalleled knowledge and experience have brought us the best possible way to help people lose weight, lower their cholesterol and blood pressure, boost their energy, and change their lives. Neal Barnard, author of the 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart\\\", \\\"You'll be doing the happy dance when you read this book! Hallelujah, and bring on the pasta! Kathy Freston, author of The Veganist\\\", \\\"Bold, honest, and ringing with truth, The Starch Solution will show you exactly how to reclaim your health and your life. Nobody has ever delivered this message so clearly. Dr. John McDougall's latest contribution is destined to become a classic. Douglas J. Lisle, Ph.D., co-author of The Pleasure Trap\\\", 'This maverick physician has a wealth of knowledge that could be the key to a tremendous improvement. I personally know many people who have found the McDougall program to be the key to vastly improved health for themselves and their families. This book lays it out clearly and without compromise. John Robbins, author of No Happy Cows, The Food Revolution, and Diet For A New America', 'Dr. McDougall and Mary have done it again. The Starch Solution is a thorough and absorbing explanation of the health benefits and nutritional excellence of a plant based diet. In addition to being healthy, the food was delicious and satisfying. Robert A Rosati, MD, co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Rice Diet Solution', 'John McDougall, M.D. has once again produced an outstanding book with recommendations gleaned from his decades of medical experience and strongly supported by the scientific literature. He has the courage to tell the truth about both the business of medicine, which largely ignores the role of diet , and the forces of evil that sell the promises of fractionated foods and diet fads. The information in this book can provide the reader the power needed to lose weight and regain health. Alan Goldhamer, Director, TrueNorth Health Center, Co-author of The Pleasure Trap', 'The Starch Solution is one of the most important books ever written on healthy eating. As Dr. McDougall shows us in his book, human beings flourish on starch foods from whole food sources. When combined with healthy servings of vegetables and fruits we have the perfect diet to prevent and reverse the lifestyle diseases that are now killing 80% of Americans obesity, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and cancer. The recipes included in the book are easy and delicious. The Starch Solution will change your life. Read it and live it. John P. Mackey, co-chief Executive Officer and Director, Whole Foods Market, Inc.', 'This time the Star McDougaller is John himself joining with Mary in creating a masterfully crafted nutrition guide that destroys harmful myths and enhances the enduring capacity of whole food plant based nutrition as the foundation to our long overdue health revolution. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease', 'Eat all you want; any time you want. Statements that sound too good to be true usually are... too good to be true. But John McDougall\\\\'s new book \\\"The Starch Solution\\\", richly referenced for science, but gracefully written for consumers, just might be both good and true. George D Lundberg MD, Editor at Large, MedPage Today; Former Editor in Chief of JAMA., Medscape and eMedicine from WebMD', 'Great news! Thank you John! Now we can eat carbs guilt-free and maintain our figures. Elizabeth Kucinich, Director of Public Affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine', 'The Starch Solution is a viable approach to solving many health problems including obesity, heart disease, and type-2 diabetes and will have a positive impact on our environment. I highly recommend it. Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich', 'John McDougall has done it again. This time, clarifying the issue of starches and the important role they play in human nutrition, improving our health and the health of the planet. Jeff Novick, Vice President for Executive Health Exams International and lectures at the McDougall Program', 'The option is pretty simple. Meat and potatoes and later angioplasty and bypass or a plant-based (starch diet) and medicine-less and procedure-less health and happiness. The 12th McDougall book shows the way. It is highly recommended. William C. Roberts, MD, Editor in chief, The American Journal of Cardiology, Executive Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas', \\\"[Dr. McDougall's] new book stands to get him more attention than any of the others. Much of what's in The Starch Solution, which came out earlier this year, is excellently researched, scientifically-backed...and totally contradictory to what most Americans think they know about food and weight loss. Bliss Tree\\\", '', '', 'John A. McDougall , MD, has coauthored many bestselling books with his wife, Mary, and is featured in the documentary and book Fork over Knives. He serves as associate professor at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, CA, and teaches medical students at his clinic in Santa Rosa.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Path into Healing\\nDescription: ['Sam Olivers timely focus on the feminine is well suited for todays world. Individuals seeking hope, healing, peace and compassion, qualities often associated with the feminine, will find this book useful and rewarding. While the title may appear most attractive to women readers, it is equally valuable for men who seek a better understanding of the feminine side of nature and the way these qualities are present in all of us, male or female.The author asks the reader to draw within to a womb-like state, reflective of contemplation. It is here that his writing helps us to understand the heart and reveals the soul which is unconditional love. The challenge in this progression is to better understand and appreciate the self through an awakening to the feminine spirit that leads to contentment and centeredness.Integration is one of the books themes. Throughout the book Oliver talks of the importance of integrating the feminine and masculine, heart and soul, human and divine, fullness and emptiness, and birth and death. He asks readers to answer for themselves the question, Do you struggle or dance with these challenges? Incorporating his own poetry to summarize the chapters content, Oliver invites readers to use their own creativity to reflect and pose questions about the true meaning of integrating the feminine spirit in the personal notes page provided at the end of each chapter. Allowing the feminine spirit to be our guide offers us an opportunity to see the world with an inner depth, to see the soul and respond. Sam Oliver provides us a meaningful reflection on how to commence this journey.Roberta Reynolds Spencer, Director of support services (The Center for hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. South Bend, IN)', 'Sam has cared for the needs of the dying in palliative care for over 17 years. During that time, Sam has served as the Chair, and now, Co-Chair of the Hospice Ethics Committee at a Hospice Care Center in Northern Ohio. He has served several years as a State Continuing Education Chairperson for the Association of Professional Chaplains. For well over a decade, Sam has been an active editorial review board member and contributing writer for Healing Ministry Journal, The Journal of Terminal Oncology, and The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. Sam began his speaking about spiritual care over 15 years ago and continues to speak at public engagements on the local, national, and international levels. 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“Lionel Shriver has written a sardonic, sexy, salutary novel about, of all things, population control.” (The New Scientist)', '', \\\"Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: You vs. You: Sport Psychology for Life\\nDescription: ['\\\"This book helps everyone see the relationship between what we do on the field and off it\\\" --Mark Shapiro, GM, Cleveland Indians
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“A brilliant tale of doomed love….This is not a novel about tennis or rivalry; it’s about love, marriage and the balance of power in relationships….Double Fault is a compelling and playfully ironic take on the sex wars, blistering with…brilliant writing and caustic language.” (The Observer (London))
“[Lionel Shriver] has written a gorgeous, compelling tragedy in which she stays with her game every step of the way.” (Dallas Morning News)
“Lionel Shriver has something new….Whether you go for tennis or not, the furious back-and-forth of the game in Double Fault can hypnotize you….Shriver brings an insider’s knowledge and a truly athletic prose to her descriptions of what happens on the court.” (New York Newsday)
“Shriver’s novel provides an eye-opening and authentic look at the cutthroat world of pro tennis, but it’s more than just a sports expose. It’s the melancholy and tempestuous story of two people whose love couldn’t survive their own selfishness.” (Booklist)
“Fully using the strongest part of her game--psychological insight--Shriver tracks the fleeting joy and prolonged despair of a young couple....[Double Fault is a] moving, resonant tale of two sparkling careers and two decent people unable to live in harmony.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Double Fault combines the urgency of a page-turner with the satisfactions of fine style... powerful, provocative, and unrelenting.” (Scott Spencer, author of Endless Love and Waking the Dead)
An outstanding example of public communication of science. — Kenneth R. Foster (Science)', 'Richard A. Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the best-selling author of Physics for Future Presidents. For his outstanding work in experimental cosmology, he was awarded a 1982 MacArthur Genius Fellowship, and also a share of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of dark energy.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Error Control Coding: From Theory to Practice\\nDescription: ['Error Control Coding: From Theory to Practice provides a conciseintroduction to basic coding techniques and their application. Thefundamental concepts of coding theory are explained using simpleexamples with minimum use of complex mathematical tools. Theselection of appropriate codes and the design of decoders arediscussed.
Bridging the gap between digital communications and informationtheory, this accessible approach will appeal to students andpractising engineers alike.
The clear presentation and practical emphasis make this book anexcellent tool for both communications and electronic engineeringstudents. Practitioners new to the field will find this text anessential guide to coding.
Features include: * End of chapter problems to test and develop the readersunderstanding of the most popular codes and decoding methods * Finite field arithematic and algebraic decoding methods for BCHand Reed-Solomon codes * Detailed coverage of Viterbi decoding and related implementationissues * Turbo codes and related code types, including Gallager codes andturbo product codes * Practical examples of MAP and SOVA decoding for turbo codes', '', 'Peter Sweeney is the author of Error Control Coding: From Theory to Practice, published by Wiley.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Underworld\\nDescription: ['While Eisenstein documented the forces of totalitarianism and Stalinism upon the faces of the Russian peoples, DeLillo offers a stunning, at times overwhelming, document of the twin forces of the cold war and American culture, compelling that \\\"swerve from evenness\\\" in which he finds events and people both wondrous and horrifying. Underworld opens with a breathlessly graceful prologue set during the final game of the Giants-Dodgers pennant race in 1951. Written in what DeLillo calls \\\"super-omniscience\\\" the sentences sweep from young Cotter Martin as he jumps the gate to the press box, soars over the radio waves, runs out to the diamond, slides in on a fast ball, pops into the stands where J. Edgar Hoover is sitting with a drunken Jackie Gleason and a splenetic Frank Sinatra, and learns of the Soviet Union\\\\'s second detonation of a nuclear bomb. It\\\\'s an absolutely thrilling literary moment. When Bobby Thomson hits Branca\\\\'s pitch into the outstretched hand of Cotter--the \\\"shot heard around the world\\\"--and Jackie Gleason pukes on Sinatra\\\\'s shoes, the events of the next few decades are set in motion, all threaded together by the baseball as it passes from hand to hand.', '\\\"It\\\\'s all falling indelibly into the past,\\\" writes DeLillo, a past that he carefully recalls and reconstructs with acute grace. Jump from Giants Stadium to the Nevada desert in 1992, where Nick Shay, who now owns the baseball, reunites with the artist Kara Sax. They had been brief and unlikely lovers 40 years before, and it is largely through the events, spinoffs, and coincidental encounters of their pasts that DeLillo filters the Cold War experience. He believes that \\\"global events may alter how we live in the smallest ways,\\\" and as the book steps back in time to 1951, over the following 800-odd pages, we see just how those events alter lives. This reverse narrative allows the author to strip away the detritus of history and pop culture until we get to the story\\\\'s pure elements: the bomb, the baseball, and the Bronx. In an epilogue as breathless and stunning as the prologue, DeLillo fast-forwards to a near future in which ruthless capitalism, the Internet, and a new, hushed faith have replaced the Cold War\\\\'s blend of dread and euphoria.', 'Through fragments and interlaced stories--including those of highway killers, artists, celebrities, conspiracists, gangsters, nuns, and sundry others--DeLillo creates a fragile web of connected experience, a communal Zeitgeist that encompasses the messy whole of five decades of American life, wonderfully distilled.', 'On October 3, 1951, there occurred two \\\"shots heard round the world\\\"?Bobby Thomson\\\\'s last-minute homer, which sent the N.Y. Giants into the World Series, and a Soviet atomic bomb test. The fallout from these two events provides the nexus for this sagalike rumination on the last 50 years of American cultural history. DeLillo\\\\'s opening depiction of the scene at the N.Y. Polo Grounds that day is masterly. Unfortunately, sustaining the initial brilliance proves difficult. There are some marvelously drawn characters?Sister Edgar, a vision-seeking nun of the old school; Ismael, a ghetto-based graffiti artist and budding capitalist; J. Edgar Hoover?and thought-provoking ideas, e.g., waste as the cornerstone of civilization and the power of remembered images lurking just beneath the surface of our minds. But somehow the various parts of the story seem more satisfying than the whole. DeLillo is one of our most gifted contemporary authors whose works belong in all academic and public libraries, yet one suspects that his truly \\\"great\\\" novel is yet to come. -?David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Master & the Muses\\nDescription: ['', '', '
Leicester Square, 1860
There he was, the same man again, watching me as I walked to work. His formal frock coat he wore over an ill-fitting shirt, tucked into rumpled trousers, giving the appearance that he\\\\'d just been roused from bed. I assumed he was local by manner of his dress, perhaps not of great wealth, but respectable, except for his deplorable habit of staring. Perched on his head, he wore a too-small brown derby that looked as if it had seen better days. These things I noticed since I\\\\'ve been a milliner\\\\'s apprentice in one of London\\\\'s premier hat shops from a young age. It was my job to be acquainted with the most current chapeau styles.
I must admit, I was not at all accustomed to being the subject of a man\\\\'s interest. It intrigued me, but I chose to ignore my admirer, as any respectable lady would do. He was a persistent fellow, however, and for three days, I passed him standing on the opposite side of the street, daring only to glance at him as I arrived for work at Tozier\\\\'s hat shop. My overactive imagination, a fault of which I\\\\'m reminded often by my mother, soon had me pondering whether he was planning something sinister against my employer.
On the third day just before the noon hour, he entered the shop. I was preparing a hat for display, pretending not to notice the strange thudding in my heart. He hung near the front door for a time, perusing the lady\\\\'s handkerchiefs and lace gloves, ever so slowly inching his way over to where I stood. Perhaps I had misjudged him and he was simply debating what to buy for his spouse or mistress. Mrs. Tozier kept a private list of the men who often needed a \\\"little something\\\" for the special woman in their livesmost often not their wife. Discreet and professional, Mrs. Tozier would take their money, wrap their gift and offer them her smile.
\\\"Pardon, mademoiselle,\\\" the mysterious man said in a smooth, baritone voice.
I looked up and met his startling blue-green eyes, clear as the sky and sparked by a mischievous curiosity that sent a shiver through me. His hair was a light brown, slicked behind his ears and dipping just to his collar. The firm line of his jaw, which looked as if it could use a barber\\\\'s razor, was accentuated by a wicked dimple when he smiled. Perhaps I was mistaken and he was a foreigner? It might explain his hesitancy to approach me if he was unable to speak any English.
\\\"Are you French, sir?\\\" I enunciated my words clearly. He had an aristocratic air about him, a rather regal, pleasant face and, at closer look, he was quite handsome. Had he been dressed more appropriately, he might have passed as a baron or a duke.
\\\"No, I am not French, mademoiselle.\\\"
Although I was relieved that I would not need to draw on my minimal skills in the French language, his admission raised a new bevy of questions. \\\"Nor am I, sir. Why then, do you pretend to be something you are not?\\\"
He took off his silly brown derby, and, with a sheepish grin, smoothed his palm over his locks in a vain effort to bring them under control. \\\"My apologies for assuming you might speak French, working at a French hat shop.\\\"
\\\"What brings you to our shop, Mr.?\\\" I waited for his name.
\\\"Rodin. William Rodin. Perhaps you\\\\'ve heard the name?\\\"
I studied him evenly and gave no reply.
He waved his hat. \\\"Well, I am confident that one day you will.\\\" His smile would have charmed a snake. \\\"Are you familiar with the world of art, by chance? It is possible you may have heard of my brother, the famous artist, Thomas Rodin.\\\" He fingered his derby as he spoke. I noted by the appearance of its tattered edge that if he, too, was in the business of art, it was not doing very well these daysat least not for him.
\\\"No, Mr. Rodin. I am afraid I have not heard of either you or your brother. My time is quite full with my duties here in the shop.\\\" I turned the hat stand this way and that, as if studying the display. The truth was, I had but a few times actually engaged in conversation with a male since Mrs. Tozier allowed me to work out front. Certainly not one who seemed interested in my thoughts.
He brought his hand to the collar of his coat, taking on a dignified stance as he tossed me a wide smile.
\\\"Then, dear woman, our meeting is your good fortune, for now you will be able to say, \\\\'I knew Thomas Rodin personally while he was in the prime of his artistic greatness.\\\\'\\\"
I dipped my head to hide my smile. I did not wish to offend his pride.
\\\"Are you interested in a hat, Mr. Rodin?\\\"
He placed his bowler on the counter and leaned close. I glanced around the shop and prayed that Mrs. Tozier would not appear. She was a robust woman, with a thick French accent. Not one to tangle with, her grandfather had immigrated to London to open this milliner\\\\'s shop. I could not afford to lose my job over some strange man and his absurd interest in telling me about his famous brother. I held up my hand politely. \\\"Mr. Rodin, my apologies, but I do have work to do. If you are not looking to buy a hat, then I must excuse myself and return to my duties.\\\" I turned to leave, and he reached for my arm.
\\\"Let me get right to the point.\\\"
\\\"Just as soon as you remove your hand from my arm, sir,\\\" I said. However, I could not deny the pleasant warmth of his palm.
His mouth lifted at the corner, as if he knew his touch jarred me. Slowly, he removed his hand.
\\\"I have come to offer you a proposition.\\\"
\\\"Excuse me, sir? Perhaps you\\\\'ve forgotten just where you are. If you are here to seek companionship for the evening, the Ten Bells Pub is down the street. I\\\\'m sure you\\\\'ll find what you seek there.\\\"
He looked at me in surprise. \\\"NoI mean, of course not. I\\\\'ve come to offer you honest employment. You have the potential to become quite famous.\\\"
He liked to use that word with great frequency. \\\"Famous, you say? As you are famous, Mr. Rodin?\\\"
His eyes narrowed, studying me before he resumed his amiable expression. \\\"My fame is in knowing the genius of the brotherhood. I am a designer, not an artist in the true sense of the word. However, presently being between projects, I have offered my services to my brother.\\\"
\\\"That is quite thoughtful of you, Mr. Rodin. Now if you\\\\'ll excuse me.\\\"
\\\"Wait, I beg you to listen. The artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are looking for new models to pose for them. They have a very specific type of woman in mind and you fit the criteria brilliantly.\\\"
\\\"Criteria, for your \\\\'brotherhood\\\\'? Really?\\\" I did not hide my skepticism.
\\\"Indeed. You are what we would call a \\\\'stunner.\\\\'\\\"
The word made me sound like the type of woman one would pick up at the Cremorne on a Saturday evening. His eyes raked over me, unashamed.
I pulled a display between us and I busied myself with adjusting the feather on the band of the hat. He continued to stare. No man had ever seen me as a model before.
\\\"Your hands are quite lovely,\\\" he said, leaning against the counter.
\\\"Please, you\\\\'ll smudge the finish. If Mrs. Tozier\\\"
At that moment, I heard a heavy clomp-clomp coming across the wood floor from the back room.
\\\"There, now you\\\\'ve done it. If I lose my position\\\"
\\\"I\\\\'ve just offered you another.\\\" He straightened and offered a pleasant smile.
\\\"Miz Bridgeton, eez there a problem? Are you able to assist the geentleman?\\\"
Mrs. Tozier came to my side. She was two inches shorter than I was, but more than made up for her height with her stern demeanor.
I started to explain, but the tenacious Mr. Rodin interrupted me with a slight lift of his hand.
\\\"Madame Tozier.\\\" He bowed, taking her hand, placing there a quick kiss. \\\"Je suis un artiste de design et de posie,\\\" he attempted in broken French.
Mrs. Tozier looked at him with a wary eye. She was quite capable of spotting a fakewhether a hat or an accent. She frowned at me, and then at the man. \\\"You are a design artist and a poet. How nice. So, you\\\\'ve come to buy a hat, oui?\\\" she stated plainly, tugging her hand from his.
I bowed my head, pretending to be engaged in repositioning the ribbon on the hat in front of me. Mrs. Tozier had little patience for wasting time. And if one had no interest in purchasing a hat then, to her way of thinking, they were wasting her time.
He paused, clearing his throat. \\\"Madame, I would like to discuss the possibility of borrowing your fine clerk, Miss Bridgeton, to hire as an artist\\\\'s model.\\\"
Mrs. Tozier\\\\'s hand flew to her mouth and her expression changed to blatant anger. \\\"Geet out, geet out of my shop! Youyou should be ashamed of coming in here and harassing a young girl, so sweet and innocent. Out,\\\" she snapped, waving her arms, chasing him to the front door. \\\"You will ruin her reputation! That is what you will do.\\\"
I looked down and realized Mr. Rodin had left his hat. Carefully, I tucked it behind the counter. I watched as Mrs. Tozier slammed the door, causing the bell to clatter wildly. With a huff, she pulled down the lace shades that kept out the afternoon sun. She faced me and shook her finger as she stamped back to me.
\\\"Do not speak to such men, Helen. They will only beguile you. Use you like tissue paper and toss you away with as much ease.\\\"
I wondered how she knew of such men. \\\"Merci, Mrs. Tozier. He has been watching me for several days.\\\" Oddly, my heart beat with a fierce and dangerous thrill. In part from her tone, in part from remembering how Mr. Rodin had looked at me. \\\"Do you think he will be back?\\\"
\\\"Non, he won\\\\'t if he knows what eez good for him,\\\" she huffed, smoothing her hands down the front of her skirt as if ridding his scent from her hands.
I waited until she disappeared beyond the curtains to the back room before daring to hurry to the front window and peer out.
To my strange delight, he was there, leaning against the corner of the building across the street. He caught me looking at him and placed a finger to his brow in salute, stuffed his hands in his trouser pockets and strolled down the street.
Later that night at supper, I spoke to my family about the incident. My papa knew immediately with whom the young man was associated. His words echoed Mrs. Tozier\\\\'s.
\\\"Bad seeds, the lot of them. They condemn the teachings of the scholars at the Royal Academy, claiming they teach rubbish. Then they carouse the streets, preying on young girls to lure into their studios, promising who knows what and, once there, the poor things cannot defend themselves.\\\"
My sisters, fascinated by the conversation, turned their collective wide-eyed gaze to me, waiting for my response.
\\\"But Papa.\\\" I carefully chose my words. It had taken a great deal of effort to convince him to let me apprentice at Tozier\\\\'s, and I did not wish to jeopardize that small bit of freedom I had.
\\\"Mr. Rodin did not appear to be a deceitful man.\\\" I popped a dumpling in my mouth, slowly raising my eyes to meet my father\\\\'s.
\\\"You heard me, Helen Marie. You are to stay away from that riffraff. No good will come of it, I tell you that. Concentrate on your duties and learn the trade. That is what making a real living isit is not about slapping paint on a canvas and living hand to mouth.\\\"
With one last effort to keep the conversation alive, I glanced at my mama, seated across the table from me. Her expressionless face spoke to me in greater volume than if she\\\\'d opened her mouth. The conversation was over. It was not to be brought up again.
I was old enough to make my own decisions but, due to my meager wages, was forced to live with my family because I had no husband. My papa and mama were of the belief that a man was the breadwinner and the woman the keeper of the hearth and home. They did not understand that if I met the right man, I would gladly work hard beside him, just as Madame Tozier worked with her husband at the shop. But according to my parents\\\\' wishes, until some wealthy gent swept into the shop and asked for my hand in marriage, I was destined to become a spinster with a very good knowledge of making hats. Was this my only opportunity to start a life of my own? Was it a chance to get my poetry in front of another creative soul?
As I helped to clear away the supper dishes, my mother placed her hand on my cheek.
\\\"You are a beautiful girl. You will find a good man, like your father. A man who is not afraid of hard work.\\\" She patted my cheek as if that would magically make all my cares disappear.
Later, in the sanctuary of my room, I placed Mr. Rodin\\\\'s hat inside a round hatbox that I\\\\'d found stacked near the refuse bins outside the shop. I tied it with a brown ribbon and tucked it beneath my bed, hoping that I would be able to give it to him on my way to work tomorrow.
For a long time I stared at the pale moonlight on my ceiling, remembering the look in his eyes as he studied me. I imagined reaching out to touch his unshaven cheek, feeling his warm breath on my face as he drew near. Strange sensations made my body tingle. For the first time in my life, I saw myself as a grown woman instead of a child.
It was odd to see my shadow as I walked along the cobbled lane to work. Between the constant downpours and the stench from the river that hovered over the city like a hazy specter, the sun was a strange sight. Its warmth lifted my spirits, but the idea of seeing Mr. Rodin had improved my mood long before I set foot outdoors.
I turned the corner, scanning the block before me, disappointed when I saw only the familiar store managers putting out their wares.
\\\"A fine day to you, miss.\\\"
I took a step back, taken by surprise at Mr. Rodin\\\\'s sudden emergence from a closed storefront. \\\"Are you always this forward when in pursuit of potential models, Mr. Rodin?\\\" I squared my shoulders, making sure he thought I did not appreciate him accosting me in this manner. In truth, however, butterflies had taken flight inside me.
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\\\"This is the book Richard Dawkins needed to write and many need to read -- a comprehensive account of evolution that faces the difficulties and questions his critics have raised. In it he draws on his great ability to write about science in a way that is clear, absorbing, and vivid.\\\" -- Lord Harries of Pentregarth (formerly Bishop Richard Harries)
\\\"To call this book a defense of evolution utterly misses the point: \\\"The Greatest Show on Earth\\\" is a celebration of one of the best ideas humans have ever produced. It is hard not to marvel at Richard Dawkins\\\\'s luminous telling of the story of evolution and the way that it has shaped our world. In reading Dawkins, one is left awed at the beauty of the theory and humbled by the power of science to understand some of the greatest mysteries of life.\\\" -- Neil Shubin, author of \\\"Your Inner Fish\\\"
\\\"\\\\'There is grandeur in this view of life, \\\\' said Darwin, speaking of evolution. There is no one better qualified to convey this grandeur than his worthy successor, Richard Dawkins, who writes with passion, clarity, and wit. This may be his best book yet.\\\" -- V. S. Ramachandran
\\\"This is a magnificent book of wonderstanding: Richard Dawkins combines an artist\\\\'s wonder at the virtuosity of nature with a scientist\\\\'s understanding of how it comes to be.\\\\'\\\\' -- Matt Ridley, author of \\\"Nature via Nurture\\\"
\\\"Brilliant, detailed, anecdotal and immensely readable . . . Poignant, revealing. Dawkins is canny, funny, and beguiling . . . [He lays] out evidence with such fascinating detail that the book is both scientifically exciting and completely convincing. It\\\\'s badly needed in this era when the science of evolution is being threatened in our schools.\\\"', '\\\"--San Francisco Chronicle\\\"', '
\\\"Up until now, Richard Dawkins has said everything interesting that there is to say about evolution -- with one exception. In \\\"The Greatest Show on Earth\\\", he fills this gap, brilliantly describing the multifarious and massive evidence for evolution -- evidence that gives the lie to the notion that evolution is \\\\'only a theory.\\\\' This important and timely book is a must-read for Darwin Year.\\\" -- Jerry Coyne, author of \\\"Why Evolution Is True\\\"
\\\"Dawkins gathers up the weight of evidence into a huge lump and hurls it at us from the highest heights his rhetoric can scale...his grandness of vision still dazzles.\\\" -- \\\"The Sunday Telegraph\\\"
\\\"Unambiguous, beautifully argued, with prose like quicksilver. Entertaining. Dawkins emerges like a prize-fighter, knocking out of the ring all objections.\\\"', '\\\"--Nature\\\"
\\\"With characteristic flair and passion, Dawkins has put on a stunning exhibition of the evidence for evolution. In his own words, \\\\'Evolution is a fact...and no unbiased reader will close the book doubting it.\\\\'\\\" -- Dr. Alice Roberts, biological anthropologist, author, and broadcaster', 'With this tremendous follow-up to his blockbuster The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins takes advocates of intelligent design by the scruff of the neck and unfolds the evidence for evolution with characteristic panache. In a world in which Creationism is being taught in schools and educators are being asked to \\\"teach the controversy\\\" behind evolution, a delightfully exasperated Dawkins has decided to explain how it all really works.', \\\"In visceral, crystalline prose, Dawkins sets up each creatonist objection to evolution and takes it to task, bit by bit destroying the idea that the natural world needed an intelligent designer. But this is more than an argument. This is a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the interstices of all life on earth. Taking listeners through the case for evolution step-by-step, Dawkins looks at DNA (Fingerprints, Footprints, and Bloodstains), selective breeding (Wolf Pygmalion) anatomical similarity (The Kindred Garden and the Tree of Ancestry), molecular family trees (Molecular Minuet) geography (The Ark of the Continents), fossils (No rabbits in the Pre-Cambrian) vestiges and imperfections (Past Imperfect), a catchall q&a (The Handy Dandy Creation Refuter), the stages of human evolution (Portraits of Grancestors), and the formula for a strong scientific theorytearing down the Intelligent Design theory in the process. This will be the last word in the evolution debate, and it will add God Delusion fans to the already science-hungry audience who bought the latest Steven Pinker or devoured Bill Bryson's The History of Nearly Everything.\\\", \\\"The God Delusion stimulated, even set the terms of, one of the world's most vigorous public debates: the question of God's existence. The Greatest Show on Earth will provide listeners with the tools to join this vital debate effectively. And Dawkins' infectious passion for the world's beauty will convert all but the most doctrinaire creationists.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Workbasket and Home Arts Magazine March 1973, No 6, Vol 38\\nDescription: ['Cover project, plus monthly articles on knitting, crocheting, and tatting, plus more various monthly departments.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: El hombre que amaba a los perros (Coleccion Andanzas) (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['El hombre que amaba a los perros', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: White Roses\\nDescription: ['Author bio coming soon!']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Las venas abiertas de America Latina (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx.
Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.
Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.
Press reviews:
“This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history.”
— Hugo Chávez, as reported by the BBC
“A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive expose which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read.”
— CHOICE, American Library Association
“I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano’s vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane. This book, written more than thirty years ago, contains profound lessons for contemporary India. Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household name in this country.”
— Arundhati Roy
\\\"Una bomba literaria que muy probablemente Obama no ha leído, pero que -seamos justos- en efecto tendría que leer...Imaginemos la escena: acomodado en su asiento del Air Force One rumbo a Washington, Obama toma el libro que le obsequió Chávez y, más por aburrimiento que por curiosidad, lo hojea al desgaire, lee un par de párrafos y, como le ha ocurrido a miles, queda atrapado por la un tanto engañosa pero siempre inquietante narración de Galeano. Alguien tan sensible a las humillaciones sufridas por los afroamericanos podría descubrir en sus páginas más de una coincidencia con su educación radical, y sin duda le ayudaría a comprender mejor a quienes desconfían de Estados Unidos, incluso de esa parte de Estados Unidos que, escapando a los prejuicios, le permitió convertirse en presidente.\\\"
- Jorge Volpi, \\\"El País\\\", Spain
\\\"Este libro supera todo lo que yo jamás he leído sobre el tema, y permanecerá a lo largo de los años venideros. Una obra maestra. \\\"
- Carleton Beals, \\\"Monthly Review\\\", USA.
\\\"Este reportaje-ensayo-mural-obra de artesanía admirable ensambla géneros que andaban dispersos: la historia económica, el relato vital.. \\\"
- Hugo Neira, \\\"Expreso\\\", Perú.
\\\"El mejor libro sobre nuestro maltratado continente.\\\"
\\\"Bienvenida sea esta historia de América Latina que recoge los hechos, tiene profundidad teórica y es sumamente legible. Un excelente trabajo. \\\"
- Peter Roman, \\\"Science and Society\\\", USA.
\\\"Este libro de Galeano es absolutamente imprescindible para todos los interesados en América Latina.
- \\\"Deutsche Volkszeitung\\\", Alemania Federal.
\\\"Una contribución muy importante a la comprensión del pasado que alimenta un presente ambiguo e incierto. \\\"
- Marcel Niedergang, \\\"Le Monde\\\", Francia.
\\\"Un gran escritor y una gran obra, que hoy me parece más actual y necesaria que cuando apareció. \\\"
- Jean Ziegler, \\\"Afrique-Asie\\\", Francia.
', 'This brilliant text set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America when first published. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Planetary Fairytale: Acceptance\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The New Republic: A Novel\\nDescription: ['[Shrivers] whip-smart observationsabout relationships, the role of the media, the cult of personality are funny and on the mark. (People)
In her latest novel, Lionel Shriver pays homage to Joseph Conradexamining terrorism, media bloodlust, and the cult of personality through an unexpected lens of satire. (Marie Claire, Four New Page-Turners to Keep Bedside)
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Shriver is cursed with knowing the human animal all too well. The New Republic is satire of a Shriver kind, that is to say biting. (Miami Herald)
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The dialogue zings and the writing is jazzy. . . . [Shriver] can toss off a sharp sketch of a passing character in a phrase, and shes got a gimlet eye for whats phony, or affected, or even touchingly vain in human behavior. (Entertainment Weekly)', '', 'Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. When he leaves his lucrative law career for a foreign correspondent post in a Portuguese backwater with a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes Barrington Saddler, the disappeared reporter he\\\\'s replacing, as the larger-than-life character he longs to emulate. Yet all is not as it appears.Os Soldados Ousados de Barba\\\"The Daring Soldiers of Barba\\\" have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for a province so dismal and backward that you couldn\\\\'t give the rathole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do incidents claimed by the \\\"SOB\\\" suddenly dry up? 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She wanted adventure, and got it during 117 days of brutal conditions, danger, fear, pain, and grinding loneliness combined with joy and a grand sense of accomplishment. Fontenoy writes with a vividness and immediacy that truly brings the reader into the boat with her. And we can expect an encore: she just finished rowing across the Pacific. Danise Hoover Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Top 10 Worst Things About Ancient Greece You Wouldn't Want to Know!\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hhhh-prix Lecteurs Litterature 2011 (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition)\\nDescription: [\\\"Laurent Binet est n Paris en... Il a effectu son service militaire en Slovaquie et a partag son temps entre Paris et Prague pendant plusieurs annes. Agrg de lettres, il est professeur de franais en Seine-Saint-Denis depuis dix ans et charg de cours l'Universit. 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Some are short stories that reflect on particular points (a father and son roll malted milk balls into a crowd to see which get stepped on, leading the father to think about the nature of luck); others are short reflections, about such subjects as how hard it is to feel nostalgia when things keep coming back into style. Still others use a second-person perspective to draw readers into the experience; one begins, [Y]oure with your dog in the vets crowded waiting room, and goes on to describe how dogs accept their differences more readily than humans do. Some themes come up repeatedly, including various aspects of being a guy, and the nature of a minute (what one can do in 60 seconds, or how a minute can feel long or short depending on what it is one is doing). The book also critiques specific TV shows and books, such as Blue Collar TV, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Malcolm Gladwells Blink (2005). 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And he shares the most important revelation at the start: its not how skillfully you invest, but how much and how routinely you save that ultimately matters. While this book is of obvious value to younger readers, the under-saved and over-50 receive substantial attention in sections that provide detailed strategies for catching up on savings. Throughout the book, Updegrave highlights the pitfalls and the self-delusions that undermine so many retirement plans, such as the fact that \\\"40 percent of Americans are counting on the lottery, sweepstakes, getting married or an inheritance to fund their retirement.\\\" Social Security, the tax code and insurance coverage are demystified without ever evoking nightmares of the Wicked Witch. And though the Oz imagery might make some readers wary, the references fade as the book progresses, so they never get too tiresome or cutesy. 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This is not 'my autobiography,' Barnes emphasizes in this hilariously unsentimental portrait of his family and childhood. Part of what I'm doingwhich may seem unnecessaryis trying to work out how dead they are. And in this exploration of what remains, the author sifts through unreliable memory to summon up how his ancestorsreal and assumedcontemplated death and grappled with the perils and pleasures of pit-gazing. If Barnes's self-professed amateur philosophical rambling feels occasionally self-indulgent, his vivid description delights. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"Most critics strongly recommended Julian Barnes's reflections on mortality. However, perhaps reluctant to embrace his disbelief, they seemed more impressed by his descriptive skill in depicting his familyin particular, his emotionally remote brothereven though a few critics cited the author himself as emotionally closed in his personal writing. 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In 2004 he was named Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.\\\", ' Excerpted from the introduction
Introduction
Musing on the object of poetry, Pascal suggested in his Penses that As we speak of poetical beauty, so ought we to speak of mathematical beauty and medical beauty. But we do not do so; and the reason is that we know well what is the object of mathematics, and that it consists in proofs, and what is the object of medicine, and that it consists in healing. But we do not know in what grace consists, which is the object of poetry. If grace is the object of poetry, is truth the object of history and if it is, do we know in what truth consists? Or should history seek something less grandiose, more human and more marvellous than the truth?
For more than thirty years, Julian Barnes has been asking these (and other) questions in beautiful novels that approach weighty matters with a light touch, novels that feature poetical grace, historical objects, resistance to proofs, searches for truth, a confirmed Francophilia, and even the occasional doctor. Barnes challenges received categorical distinctions and received ideas, while proving to us all that poetry, philosophy, biography, history and fiction need not indeed, should not be cleanly divided from each other. And he suggests that beauty can be found in the most unexpected places, if we have the wit to look for it. Mostly we dont, but evidently he has not yet despaired of us.
It was clear from the start of Barness career that here was a writer of talent his first book, Metroland (1980), won the Somerset Maugham award for a first novel. But it was Barness third novel, Flauberts Parrot (1984), that established his reputation at home and abroad, and that for many readers remains his masterpiece. When he won the Man Booker prize in 2011 for The Sense of an Ending, Barnes was asked the inevitable question about his favourite of his books; he was quoted saying that he remains very attached to Flauberts Parrot. It seems an apt metaphor for a book about fixations.
Early reviewers of Barnes were prone to comment on his disquieting tendency to write essays as much as novels, his persistent habit of jumping out of the boxes into which they were busily trying to shove him. (His first job was as a lexicographer, working for the Oxford English Dictionary, so Barnes would presumably have been unimpressed by efforts to draw rigid, or even useful, distinctions between a word meaning attempt and a word meaning new.) Their dogged efforts at categorizing a writer who was cheerfully demolishing their categories now seem rather touching: the word postmodern, in particular, was cited with fervent regularity, a totemic charm to ward off the gods of misrule. The truth, etymologically speaking, is that even the distinction between fact and fiction is nugatory: both terms originated in the Renaissance, when a fact meant a thing done or performed, and fiction meant the act of fashioning or imitating. Julian Barness novels do both, with panache; Flauberts Parrot is a fusion of fact and fiction, a novel and an essay, an unconventional biography, a fictional autobiography, an autobiographical fiction, a fiction about biography and a biography of fictions. One of the things that Flaubert teaches us, it suggests, is to dissect out the constituent parts of reality, and to observe that Nature is always a mixture of genres. Flauberts Parrot is also a mixture of genres and it is sui generis, which is to say it is in a class by itself.
In my own literary history, I arrived at Flauberts Parrot working backwards, so to speak, from Barness fifth novel, A History of the World in 1012 Chapters, published in 1989 when I was studying literature as an undergraduate. Someone gave me a copy, to whom I should be eternally grateful if only I could remember who it was. I had never read anything like it; A History transformed my ideas of what literature could do, of what fiction could be. For starters, it appeared that it could be non-fiction. And art history, geopolitical history, religious history, a meditation on love, faith, death and other catastrophes, including art and cannibalism. It could be funny, and dispense with unity of character, setting, or plot; it could have a full-colour fold-out of Gricaults The Raft of the Medusa stuck right in its middle; it could do anything it pleased. I was dazzled and delighted: the book coloured my mind, as Emily Bront once said, like wine colouring water. It is a novel that insists on the priority of ideas, even as it recognizes the world as a place with little time for and less interest in them. It is a series of interlocked essays, which understand that just because a writer is thinking hard doesnt mean he has permission to bore his reader to death; it uses fiction and imagination to explore ideas with drama and wit. I adored it. My voyage of discovery took me next to the inimitable, brilliant Flauberts Parrot, the book that taught me in no uncertain terms that critical writing could be creative and that creative writing could be critical, forever changing my approach to my own writing and thinking. Barnes is what they call a writers writer: his verbal finesse sometimes borders on legerdemain, it is so inventive, surprising, and playful. He opens up words, even as he opens our eyes and our minds.
Its American publisher called Flauberts Parrot a novel in disguise. One of its disguises is the detective story; it is also literary criticism in camouflage. Virginia Woolf famously once told a roomful of undergraduates at Cambridge, Dont begin by being a critic; begin by being a writer. Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of Flauberts Parrot, may remark that hes saving Virginia Woolf for when Im dead (he also announces, Let me tell you why I hate critics), but surely this is one statement of hers with which he would concur. Braithwaite objects to contemporary writers, each of whom, he says, seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realise that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time. This can be no less true for the critic of literature than for its author: they all need to realize that literature must do several things well at once. At one point, Braithwaite shares some of the laws he would pass if he were a dictator of fiction, including a total ban on novels about other novels, on plots depending on incest or coincidence, and a partial ban on novels set on university campuses. If I were a dictator of literary criticism, I would force all aspiring critics to begin as writers, and then to read Flauberts Parrot repeatedly until they begin to appreciate its artfulness and dexterity, its intricate machinery; until it reminds them that they are supposed to begin, and end, with a love of words and some kind of lingering faith in their meaning. They must then find a way to reconcile this faith with a cold-eyed admission of the foolish inadequacy of language. Mystification is simple, Braithwaite rightly declares. Clarity is the hardest thing of all.
Flauberts Parrot tells the story of an eccentric and erratic quest for a peculiar poetic object, one that essays in the etymological sense of putting to the proof, the testing of excellence. Geoffrey Braithwaite, retired doctor, widower, and amateur Flaubert enthusiast, stumbles across a parrot that purports to be the original stuffed parrot that inspired and irritated Flaubert as he composed Un coeur simple. But then Braithwaite finds another stuffed parrot that also claims to be Flauberts inspiration. The discovery triggers a series of ruminations on the search for origins and inspirations, and on the relationship between writers and words, between the literal and the figurative, between literature and life, between reader and writer. Who needs whom more? Braithwaite asks at the end of his Dictionary of Accepted Ideas, which offers an ironic version of Flauberts Dictionnaire des ides reues. Discuss without concluding.
Most great books resist summary (if their ideas can be articulated so briefly, then those ideas probably do not require a book to elaborate them), but Flauberts Parrot is especially intransigent; indeed Braithwaite forestalls any attempt at summary by pointing out the inadequacy of prcis in cases such as personal advertisements, which arent lying indeed, theyre all trying to be utterly sincere but they arent telling the truth. Braithwaite is such a sprightly, amusing guide to the difficulty in accessing the truth that we may not realize for some time that the novel he inhabits has almost entirely dispensed with a plot. But if very little happens, in the traditional sense, that doesnt mean that nothing is going on; instead of action, we get ideas (received and original), variations, versions, claims and counter-claims, quotations, aperus and aphorisms. Barnes offers two chronologies of Flauberts life: both are true, and yet they seem mutually incompatible. Put crudely, one is the happy version of Flauberts life, the other the sad version; one focuses on success, the other on death and despair. We see Flauberts mistress, Louise Colet, long dismissed as little more than a pest, the whining distraction who kept intruding on the great mans art (tedious, importunate, promiscuous woman). And then in a virtuosic flourish, Barnes gives us Louise Colets perspective, the story as she might have seen it (brave, passionate, deeply misunderstood woman), in which Flaubert becomes the parrot, rather than the wild beast he fancied himself. We get dictionary entries, quotations, taxonomies, chronologies, lists, catalogues, bestiaries: fragments to shore against the ruins of our certainty. Demand violently: how can we know anybody?
Looked at from one angle, Flauberts Parrot is a novel about devotion, a celebration of literary obsession and a display of mastery. It catches the gaps in biography, showing the impossibility of ever reconstructing a life, especially the life of a great writer resistant to being written about. A refusal of the biographical enterprise and a recherch celebration of it, Flauberts Parrot is a treasure hunt, a scavenger hunt, and a confrontation, amused and melancholic, with the detritus of history. In fact, the novel elegantly laces together Pascals three beauties: the poetic, the mathematical and the medical. The poetic is embodied by the great bear, Gustave Flaubert, the subject and object of most of the novels ruminations (it is also embodied, more comically, in the decaying, multiplying parrot); the mathematical is implied by the books proliferation of enumerations and lists, its interest in figures and symbols (poetry is a subject as precise as geometry, Flaubert declares at one point); and the medical is the profession of both Geoffrey Braithwaite and Flauberts father. One of the books motifs is the rebuke it offers to the notion that the purpose of literature is spiritual uplift, or healing: Do you want art to be a healer? Braithwaite demands. Send for the AMBULANCE GEORGE SAND. Do you want art to tell the truth? 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The real genius, of course, is the single potYarnell's all-inclusive meals don't require the usual juggling of oven times to coordinate complementary dishes, and cleanup is simplified even further by a preliminary canola oil spritz on the pot. Her emphasis on whole foods, abundant servings of vegetables, moderate amounts of protein and the incorporation of whole grains like amaranth and quinoa justifies her health claims. Yarnell also guides readers in creating their own custom versions of the one-pot meal, even offering a one-pot meal weekly grocery list. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'When I hear crisp vegetables, tender meats, incredible flavor, ONE pot, and ready in less than thirty minutes, I say COUNT ME IN! Thats my Quick Fix mantra! Who doesnt cherish strategies that deliver wholesome, family-friendly meals in just minutes? All in one pot, which makes for easy cleanup. Glorious One-Pot Meals offers tons of variety, from the fabulously ordinary to the incredibly extraordinary. Fish dishes range from Very, Very Mild Fish to Honey-Chili Trout and Pistachio Halibut (with lavender!). Elizabeth tempts you with All-American Pot Roast and Corned Beef and Cabbage and then wows you with Amaranth Chili. Ready to move beyond Simply Chicken and Chicken Marsala? Then try the African Peanut Butter Stew. Or leap from Glorious Macaroni and Cheese to Aloo Gobi (a flavor-packed, Indian feast). If youve got a pot, youve got a meal. Theres truly something for everyone.
Robin Miller, host of Food Networks Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cosmic Heretics: A personal history of attempts to establish and resist theories of quantavolution and catastrophe in the natural and human sciences, 1963 to 1983.\nDescription: ['Alfred de Grazia was born in 1919 in Chicago. PhD University of Chicago. He fought in six campaigns in WWII. He taught political science at U. of Minnesota, Brown U., Stanford U., and NYU, and as a guest lecturer in many university in the United States and abroad. He published over twenty books in the field of political science. He met Immanuel Velikovsky in 1963 and published \"The Velikovsky Affair.\" He created the field of Quantavolution and authored eleven books in the field of catastrophism and ancient history. He created the magazine \"The American Behavioral Scientist\" and was a pioneer in computerized information retrieval in the social sciences, creating the \"Universal Reference System\" in the 1960s. His 2-million-visitors/y website \"www.grazian-archive.com\" is another pioneering effort in the field of personal archives. He also wrote poetry, plays and autobiographical works, as well as a three volume History of the United States: \"America\\'s History Retold.\"', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Whistling Past the Graveyard\nDescription: ['The South on the eve of the civil rights movement, as seen through the eyes of this novels plucky nine-year-old narrator. Starla Claudelle lives in Mississippi with her stern grandma. Her daddy is away working on an oil rig. Her mama has gone to Nashville to be a star, so Starla decides to head there when she gets herself in trouble one too many times. Shes offered a ride by a black woman named Eula, who has with her a white baby found abandoned on the steps of a church. Eula takes Starla and the baby home, but violence forces them back on the road with no money and a truck about to break down. During their long and sometimes perilous trip, Starla sees firsthand what its like to be the wrong color in a segregated society, and her keen sense of injustice and need for love help her create a bond with Eula that transcends any barriers. Its not easy to keep such a young narrator convincing for more than 300 pages, and for the most part, author Crandall manages it well. Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story. --Mary Ellen Quinn', '\"A coming-of-age story as well as a luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship. . . Susan Crandall tells young Starlas story with pitch-perfect tone, evoking 1963 Mississippi and its struggles with a deft hand. I laughed and cried at Starlas keen observances of life and family and the sometimes blurred edges of justice. Like Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird and Kathryn Stocketts The Help, Whistling Past the Graveyard is destined to become a classic. (New York Times bestselling author Karen White)
Crandall delivers big with a coming-of-age story set in Mississippi in 1963 and narrated by a precocious 9-year-oldYoung Starla is an endearing character whose spirited observations propel this nicely crafted story. (Kirkus)
Starlas fiery independence makes her a likable narrator. (Publishers Weekly)
\"A delightfully complex story about defying the odds to find the gifts we have tucked inside us.\" (Shelf Awareness)
\"This is a work of imagination in the mind of a 9-year-old child that might remind you of Harper Lee\\'s To Kill a Mockingbird or Kathryn Stockett\\'s The Help... It\\'s a real winner!\" (Liz Smith The Chicago Tribune)
A luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship, this coming of age story is as endearing and spirited as they come. (Shape Magazine)
This coming-of-age story is a must for fans of Kathryn Stocketts The Help or Harper Lees classic To Kill a Mockingbird. (Working Mother Magazine)
Its not easy to keep such a young narrator convincing for more than 300 pages... Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story. (Mary Ellen Quinn Booklist)
Crandall threads historical detail throughout the book as the struggles of the civil rights movement are vividly portrayedCrandalls young narrator captures the readers heart. (Library Journal)
\"WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD is a multi-layered saga that can be enjoyed by teens and adults alike. It has a cinematic quality that will make readers wish for a screen version. And you cant say better than that.\" (BookReporter.com)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: El supremo arte de echar las cartas : por todos los sistemas\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Children's Jokes, Riddles and Tongue Twisters (B&W)\nDescription: ['\"This book is filled with fun and happiness and it is just waiting to get out. I got this book and spent the evening with my sons taking turns reading out of it and we had a great time as a family. The jokes are funny enough for the adults but simple enough for the little ones to enjoy.\"', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Albanian Etymological Dictionary\nDescription: ['Vladimir Orel, Ph.D. (1981) in Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, teaches historical linguistics at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His publications include Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary (Brill, 1995) and The Language of Phrygians (Caravan Books, 1998).', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s Diary, only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, from the Foreword
“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Afterword   “For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.” —Ira Berlin, from the Introduction
“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.” —The Daily Beast
“An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting. The movie of it by Steve McQueen might be the most successful adaptation of a book ever undertaken; text and film complement each other wildly.” —Rachel Kushner, The New York Times Book Review
“The best firsthand account of slavery.” —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, in The New York Times Book Review
“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.” —The Hollywood Reporter', 'Solomon Northup (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.
Ira Berlin is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include The Making of African America and Many Thousands Gone, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.']","rejected":"Title: Physics Teacher's Edition & CD-ROM (Grade 12)\nDescription: ['Book by', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking\nDescription: ['', \"Every step of Zo and Jeff's adventures in bread has been fascinating and delicious for us, the home bread bakers who follow them, but this book might be their most exciting yet because they've incorporated years of readers' questions, problems, and discoveries into every chapter. This is truly the all-you've-ever-wanted-to-know edition. And there are plenty of photographs at last! Dorie Greenspan, James Beard Award-winning author of Around My French Table and owner of Beurre & Sel cookies\", \"A fun, easy-to-follow collection for those who aren't afraid to shun baking traditions. Publishers Weekly\", 'With this revised edition, Herzberg and Franois continue to perfect their already easy and immensely popular bread-baking method. Essential. Library Journal', '', '', \"Jeff Hertzberg, M.D. has been a physician, university professor, information technology consultant, and ardent amateur baker. He developed a love of great bread growing up in New York City in the 1960s and '70s and began traveling to bread-loving countries like France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Britain, and Morocco, to sample and learn. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters.\", 'Zo Franois is a pastry chef and baker trained at the Culinary Institute of America. In addition to writing best-selling cookbooks, she creates tasty desserts on her pastry blog ZoeBakes.com, as well as for the Cooking Channel, General Mills, and many national magazines. Zo lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two sons.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Italian for Dummies (With Audio CD)\nDescription: ['Berlitz has been the global leader in language instruction for more than 120 years. The famous Berlitz approach is based on the premise that the best way to learn a second language is the same way people learn their first-through conversation.', 'With the growth of global commerce, business travel, tourism, and the Web, a working knowledge of foreign languages is more vital than ever.', \"Dialogues from the book on audio CD
Your survival guide for everyday words and expressions
The renowned Berlitz(r) approach with a fun and friendly twist This unintimidating guide from the experts at Berlitz(r) will help you start speaking Italian beginning today, whether you're a student, a traveler, or you just want to pick up language basics. all this on the audio CD Pick up Italian the Berlitz way - through actual conversations Listen to dialogues from the book Hear how native speakers say the words Practice your own pronunciation
Discover how to: Have everyday conversations in Italian Make sense of Italian grammar Improve your pronunciation Get a handle on verb conjugations Use idioms and popular expressions Get around in Italy
Get smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prize Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily(TM) e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street Series, Book 1)\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Like Smith\\'s bestselling Botswana mysteries, this bookcomprising 110 sections, originally serialized in the Scotsman, that drolly chronicle the lives of residents in an Edinburgh boarding houseis episodic, amusing and peopled with characters both endearing and benignly problematic. Pat, 21, is on her second \"gap year\" (her first yearlong break from her studies was such a flop she refuses to discuss it), employed at a minor art gallery and newly settled at the eponymous address, where she admires vain flatmate Bruce and befriends neighbor Domenica. A low-level mystery develops about a possibly valuable painting that Pat discovers, proceeds to lose and then finds in the unlikely possession of Ian Rankin, whose bestselling mysteries celebrate the dark side of Edinburgh just as Smith\\'s explore the (mostly) sunny side. The possibility of romance, the ongoing ups and downs of the large, well-drawn cast of characters, the intricate plot and the way Smith nimbly jumps from situation to situation and POV to POVhe was charged, after all, with keeping his newspaper readers both momentarily satisfied and eager for the next installmentworks beautifully in book form. No doubt Smith\\'s fans will clamor for more about 44 Scotland Street, and given the author\\'s celebrated productivity, he\\'ll probably give them what they want. Agent, Robin Straus. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Inspired by Armistead Maupins serialized San Francisco-based Tales of the City, McCall Smith has successfully incorporated snippets of Bohemian Edinburgh life into 44 Scotland Street. He lends the same insights and sensibilities to these colorful vignettes as he does to his bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana: an understated intelligence, a deep human compassion, and lighthearted romance and mystery. Likeable and quirky characters, from a pushy mother and bookish neighbor to real-life walk-ons, populate the gentle satire. For those who dont read The Scotsman, not to worry: theres a second volume in the works.', 'Copyright 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Reflections from the Kitchen\nDescription: ['Esquire Magazine, Palm Springs Life Magazine, The Beverly Hills Club & Sports Magazine, Wine World, the Golden Chef, Gastronome Magazine, and Food & Wine Magazine... all have given accolades to the cooking of Chef Fred Raynaud. Chef Fred Raynaud has appeared on many TV shows throughout Nation. Chef Raynaud now heads up the Culinary Innovation Center and is responsible for the culinary direction of a major foodservice company and the training and development of a 1,000 plus chefs within the company. Chef Fred is an award-winning chef with a tender heart, whose culinary efforts have been recognized by many. Join Fred as he explores faith in the midst of struggle.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Crossover (The Crossover Series)\nDescription: ['Gr 610Twins Josh and Jordan are junior high basketball stars, thanks in large part to the coaching of their dad, a former professional baller who was forced to quit playing for health reasons, and the firm, but loving support of their assistant-principal mom. Josh, better known as Filthy McNasty, earned his nickname for his enviable skills on the court: \"when Filthy gets hot/He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT.\" In this novel in verse, the brothers begin moving apart from each other for the first time. Jordan starts dating the \"pulchritudinous\" Miss Sweet Tea, and Josh has a tough time keeping his jealousy and feelings of abandonment in control. Alexander\\'s poems vary from the pulsing, aggressive beats of a basketball game (\"My shot is F L O W I N G, Flying, fluttering. ringaling and SWINGALING/Swish. Game/over\") to the more introspective musings of a child struggling into adolescence (\"Sit beside JB at dinner. He moves./Tell him a joke. He doesn\\'t even smile.Say I\\'m sorry/but he won\\'t listen\"). Despite his immaturity, Josh is a likable, funny, and authentic character. Underscoring the sports and the fraternal tension is a portrait of a family that truly loves and supports one another. Alexander has crafted a story that vibrates with energy and heart and begs to be read aloud. A slam dunk.Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal.', 'The Bell twins are stars on the basketball court and comrades in life. While there are some differencesJosh shaves his head and Jordan loves his locksboth twins adhere to the Bell basketball rules: In this game of life, your family is the court, and the ball is your heart. With a former professional basketball player dad and an assistant principal mom, there is an intensely strong home front supporting sports and education in equal measures. When life intervenes in the form of a hot new girl, the balance shifts and growing apart proves painful. An accomplished author and poet, Alexander eloquently mashes up concrete poetry, hip-hop, a love of jazz, and a thriving family bond. The effect is poetry in motion. It is a rare verse novel that is fundamentally poetic rather than using this writing trend as a device. There is also a quirky vocabulary element that adds a fun intellectual note to the narrative. This may be just the right book for those hard-to-match youth who live for sports or music or both. Grades 6-12. --Gail Bush', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Everyday Modifications for Your VW Bay Window Van: How to make your classic van easier to live with and enjoy\nDescription: ['', 'Rob Hawkins became a motoring journalist and photographer in 1993, combining his passions for writing, photography, and sports cars. He has written and photographed features for MG Enthusiast magazine since 1995, and has owned or driven most of the postwar MGs. When the MGF was launched in 1995, Rob was involved with test driving standard and modified versions, and wrote articles on how to repair and improve this mid-engined, two-seater sports car. He has also always had a passion for classic camper vans and after buying his own VW Bay Window Van in 2010, he made his own interior, fitting and testing a variety of popular accessories and equipment.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A More Perfect Union\nDescription: ['Sold by Mike\\'s Collectable Books October 6, 2015 Release Date: Dear Reader, Many people have wondered why I\\'ve been speaking out on controversial issues for the last few years. They say I\\'ve never held political office. I m not a constitutional scholar. I m not even a lawyer. All I can say to that is Guilty as charged. It s true that I ve never voted for a budget America could not afford. I ve never raised anyone s taxes. And I ve never promised a lobbyist anything in exchange for a donation. Luckily, none of that really matters. Our founding fathers didn\\'t want a permanent governing class of professional politicians. They wanted a republic, in Lincoln s words, \"of the people, by the people, and for the people.\" A country where any farmer, small-business owner, manual laborer, or doctor could speak up and make a difference. I believe that making a difference starts with understanding our amazing founding document, the U.S. Constitution. And as someone who has performed brain surgery thousands of times, I can assure you that the Constitution isn\\'t brain surgery. The founders wrote it for ordinary men and women, in clear, precise, simple language. They intentionally made it short enough to read in a single sitting and to carry in your pocket.']","rejected":"Title: By Abigail R. Gehring Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your (2nd Second Edition) [Hardcover]\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: The New 44 Scotland Street Novel (The 44 Scotland Street Series)\nDescription: ['NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Praise for the 44 Scotland Street series:
\"McCall Smith\\'s confident brush picks out vivid and entertaining characters. . . . A deliciously engaging Edinburgh comedy.\"Financial Times
\"Irresistible... Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet.\"Chicago Sun-Times
\"Entertaining and witty.... A sly sendup of society in Edinburgh.\" Orlando Sentinel', \"ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Indonesia : Design and Culture\nDescription: [\"Clifford Pearson, associate editor at Architectural Record, has been an architecture and design critic for fifteen years. He has written for the New York Times, Metropolis, Art & Antiques, and New York Magazine, among others.
Bryan Whitney is a photographer who has worked for Art & Antiques, the New York Times, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home, Colonial Homes, Better Homes and Gardens, Harper's Bazaar, and Metropolis. He has lectured on and taught photography, and his work has been widely exhibited.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Smile\nDescription: [\"Grade 5 UpWhen she was in sixth grade, Telgemeier tripped while running and lost her two front teeth. In the years that followed, she went through a torturous series of dental surgeries and repairs, the trauma of which was mirrored by the social struggles she experienced during her adolescence. A minor complaint is that there is no mention of when all of this took place, and readers may be puzzled by seeming anachronisms such as old-school Nintendo games. Telgemeier's full-color artwork is confident and light, and her storytelling is appropriately paced. This straightforward and entertaining autobiographical comic is sure to please.Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Library, Ontario, Canada Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'The dental case that Telgemeier documents in this graphic memoir was extreme: a random accident led to front tooth loss when she was 12, and over the next several years, she suffered through surgery, implants, headgear, false teeth, and a rearrangement of her remaining incisors. Accompanying the physical treatment came social rough spots with friends, while puberty delivered another set of curveballs with crushes, maturing bodies, and changing family expectations and judgments. Both adults and kidsincluding various dental professionals and younger siblingsare vividly and rapidly portrayed, giving quick access to the memoirists world. Telgemeiers storytelling and full-color cartoony images form a story that will cheer and inspire any middle-schooler dealing with orthodontia. At the same time, she shows how her early career choice as an animator took root during this difficult periodoffering yet another gentle reminder that things have turned out fine for the author and can for her reader as well. Grades 5-8. --Francisca Goldsmith', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Crock Pot Recipes - 50 Delicious Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes! (Slow cooker recipes - crock pot cookbook - dessert cookbook)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Still Alice\nDescription: ['Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is a member of the Dementia Advocacy and Support Network International and DementiaUSA and is an online columnist for the National Alzheimers Association. She is currently writing her second book, Left Neglected.', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: BIPOLARMUSE QUARTERLY - Winter (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"The BIPOLARMUSE Quarterly is a quirky and sardonic delivery of literature, satire, art and music. Only in its' first year, the Quarterly has gained the attention of countless subscribers and is poised to expand its offerings.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: An Irish Country Village (Irish Country Books)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Just Shoot It!: A Complete Guide to Filmmaking From Script to Screen - 2nd Edition\nDescription: [\"Welcome. I initially developed this material for my own filmmaking use, but then decided to make it available to everyone. Being a filmmaker myself, I know the hurdles that must be overcome to succeed in the film industry. This business is all about your mindset, action and talent. If you have talent and passion and are willing to work hard you can succeed. I want you to turn your filmmaking dreams into reality. I have put together the materials you need to be nothing less than a great filmmaker. My entertainment industry experience includes: Started in the industry as a professional stand-up comic, improv actor and voice-over artist. Founded the Malcolm Vincent Screenwriting Competition, judged over 500 scripts, provided scripts to major film studios including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox and United Artists. Worked almost every possible film job known to mankindwriter, actor, script supervisor, production assistant, film loader, gaffer, grip, camera operator, focus puller, sound mixer, boom operator, line producer, director, and editor. Writer/Director on two independent films and currently have several more in development. Teaching filmmaking privately for 12 years. Professional Success Coach to filmmakers and other professionals. Member of Bridge Conservatory Writer's Group. Featured in Guerrilla Filmmaker & Super 8mm Today, quoted in MovieMaker Magazine. Formal education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA, studied filmmaking and screenwriting at several universities. Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have. I will gladly help you in any way I can. Email: curtis@filmschoolnow.com Los Angeles, CA I want you to achieve your filmmaking dreams so everyone can enjoy your films. There has never been a better time to join the film industry than now with an ever-changing landscape of filmmaking methods and multiple distribution avenues. The opportunities are endless. I hope you found what you were looking for. If not then email me and we will find it. Best wishes for your success! Curtis Kessinger\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare)\nDescription: ['New York Times Bestseller
Shakespeare... would be pleased, I am sure... Novels such as Anne Tylers, which are so precise and current, are like photographs or digital clock faces that tell us where we are and where we are coming from at the same time. Vinegar Girl is an earthy reflection of this fleeting moment, both lively and thoughtful. --Jane Smiley, New York Times Book Review
[A] screwball comedy of manners that actually channels Jane Austen more than Shakespeare.It\\'s clear that [Tyler] had fun withVinegar Girl,and readers will tooA fizzy cocktail of a romantic comedy, far more sweet than acidic, about finding a mate who appreciates you for your idiosyncratic, principled self no taming necessary. --NPR.org
\"[An]ingenious resetting... with considerably more humor and gentleness than in the Bards version.\" --Washington Post
An effective retelling, while nodding to the original text, stands on its own as a story in the way Iris Murdochs \\'The Black Prince\\' responds to \\'Hamlet\\' and Aldous Huxleys \\'Brave New World\\' plays with \\'The Tempest.\\' Tyler succeeds in creating a world we believe in...Charming...Clever.\" --Boston Globe
\"A perfect read.\" --New York Post
Vinegar Girl is a fast, easy readHeld side-by-side against Shakespeare\\'s Shrew, the story of Kate and Pyotr is full of hidden treasures. --Houston Chronicle
Vinegar Girl has the requisite Tyler trademarksthe characters populating Vinegar Girl are flawed, quirky, likable, self-indulgent and astute. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Is there any living American writer who has written as well about marriage as Anne Tyler? Or who has consistently been as honest about the disconnect between fantasies of lovebirds living happily ever after and the often sad but also funny miracle of two separate people actually staying together? InVinegar GirlTyler brings these talents to the altar of the Hogarth Shakespeare seriesit\\'s fun, lighthearted, clever, compassionate and filled with Tyler\\'s always extraordinary love for her characters, liberating them here to love each other. --MilwaukeeJournal-Sentinel
[A] great success;Vinegar Girlis funny and endearing, the quirky characters vintage Tyler. --MinneapolisStar Tribune
A very funny retelling of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew. --The Sacramento Bee
\"Family drama meets rom-com in a modern version ofThe Taming of the Shrew. Pushy dad plus entitled little sister, cute but clueless suitor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author equals must-read.\" --Cosmopolitan
\"A quirky tale that transports Shakespeare\\'sThe Taming of the Shrewto Tyler\\'s modern-day Baltimore, where a father\\'s attempt to shoehorn his daughter into a green-card marriage has, of course, an unintentionally happy ending.\" --W Magazine
Tylers smooth prose makesVinegar Girl, one of a series of renowned authors Shakespearean updates, a light, summer read. --Baltimore Magazine
Readers unfamiliar withThe Taming of the Shrewwill have no problem enjoying this novel, which is funny, fun-loving and uplifting. Those who know the original well will be intrigued by Tyler\\'s riffs: Is the new Kate less shrewish, or simply better characterized, her motives and anxieties better understood? In either case, the surprising ending, which deviates from Shakespeare\\'s in important ways, makes for a heartwarming conclusion to a quirky, timeless tale. --Shelf Awareness
The Taming of the ShrewmeetsGreen Cardin this delightful reinvention that owes as much to Tylers quirky sensibilities as it does to its literary forebear. Come for the Shakespeare, stay for the wonderful Tyler. --Library Journal (starred review)
Resplendent storyteller Tyler (A Spool of Blue Thread, 2015) is perfectly paired withThe Taming of the ShrewDeeply and pleasurably inspired by her source, Tyler is marvelously nimble and effervescent in this charming, hilarious, and wickedly shrewd tale of reversal and revelation. --Booklist(starred review)
Anne Tylers Vinegar Girl, based on The Taming of the Shrew, gives readers a modern, witty, wonderful Kate. --Lithub.com
International Praise for VINEGAR GIRL:
This sparky, intelligent spin on Shakespeare\\'s controversial classic demolishes the old saw that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. --The Guardian
[A] modern take on The Taming of the Shrew. --Good Housekeeping
Tyler\\'s deepest purpose is to challenge the premises of Shakspeare\\'s comedy... Her gentle, funny novel insists that it is possible, in spite of our customarily blind perversities, to find unexpected ways of breaking free from self-destruction. --Times Literary Supplement
[Vinegar Girl is] knockabout comedy at its best, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny and, indeed, may be [Tylers] funniest book to date. --Daily Mail
[A] hilarious contemporary take on the play. --Frankie McCoy, Evening Standard
Tyler is uniquely capable of handling a rebarbative character like Kate with generosity and imagination ... she consistently finds good in unpromising people and is a sharp and very funny observer of day-to-day life A joy. --Literary Review
Excellent. --Glamour
A reflective, engaging twist on Shakespeares unfashionable play. --Daily Express
More Praise for Anne Tyler and Her Work:
\"Everyone loves Anne Tyler.\" --San Francisco Chronicle
Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place. --Newsday
Tylers characters are thoroughly three-dimensional. They are our own families; they are ourselves; and it is our own desperate desire to understand the people we love, as well as the people who hurt us and whom we hurt, that keeps us reading with fervor. --The Boston Globe
\"You are involved before you even notice you were paying attention . . . Her feel for character is so keen that even hardened metafictionalists [who] would happily fry the whole notion of \\'character\\' for breakfast are reduced to the role of helpless gossips, swapping avid hunches about the possible fates of the characters.\" --Tom Shone, The New Yorker
\"Tyler\\'s eye and ear for familial give and take is unerring, her humanity irresistible. You\\'ll want to turn back to the first chapter the moment you finish the last.\" --People
\"[A] novel by Anne Tyler is cause for celebration.\" --Caroline Moore, The Sunday Telegraph
\"Tyler reveals, with unobtrusive mastery, the disconcerting patchwork of comedy and pathos that marks all our lives.\" --Michael Dirda,Wall Street Journal
\"Over five decades of exuberant shape-shifting across the fictional landscape, Anne Tyler has cut the steady swath of a literary stalwart, writing novel after novel whose most memorable characters inhabit a cosmos all their own.\" --Julia Glass, New York Times Book Review
\"Anne Tyler never disappoints . . . Her insights about life, love, aging, marriage, siblings, grief, and unexpected happiness grow richer and deeper with each passing year and book.\" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
\"Anne Tyler has no peer. Her books just keep getting better and better.\" --Anita Shreve
\"The wonder of Anne Tyler is how consistently clear-eyed and truthful she remains about the nature of families and especially marriage.\" --Los Angeles Times', 'ANNE TYLER is the author of twenty bestselling novels. Her most recent, A Spool of Blue Thread, was a Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for both the Baileys Women\\'s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize. She has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, which recognizes a lifetime\\'s achievement in books, as well as being nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as \"the greatest novelist writing in English.\" Vinegar Girl sees Anne Tyler going behind the scenes of one of Shakespeare\\'s most controversial yet enduring (Kiss Me Kate, 10 Things I Hate About You) plays: \"You know how sometimes a friend will tell you something that happened to her, and you think, wait, there must be more to it than that, I\\'m sure there\\'s another side to this. Well, that\\'s how I\\'ve always felt about The Taming of the Shrew.\" The author lives in Baltimore, MD.
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A lovely, quiet vacation that requires no packing, missed connections or meeting actual strangers on trains. Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque, NM)
As each interwoven story gracefully unfolds, trains themselves play a part in the individual narrative arcs where the fleeting nature of love emerges as a unifying theme. Shelf Awareness
Wise and witty reflections on love and luck. Booklist
A warm, understated serving of comfort food. Kirkus Reviews
The best thing McCall Smith has written so far . . . He is a virtuoso storyteller whose tales from the human heart remain very definitely on track. The Scotsman
McCall Smiths deceivingly simple prose style can be both disarming and deeply affecting . . . That four strangers should meet and tell such compelling stories is highly unlikely, but such is McCall Smiths ability to draw us into his kindly world, disbelief is more than willingly suspended. Sydney Morning Herald
Praise for Alexander McCall Smith
[McCall Smiths writing is] beautifully precise and psychologically acute. The Independent (London)
McCall Smiths generous writing and dry humor, his gentleness and humanity, and his ability to evoke a place and a set of characters without caricature or condescension have endeared his books to readers. The New York Times
McCall Smith creates unforgettable characters and stories that resonate with readers across generations. Booklist', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: LIFELONG LEARNER (A Touchstone book)\nDescription: ['Book by Ronald gross', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Man Called Ove (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)\nDescription: ['\"There are characters who amuse us, and stories that touch us. But this character and his story do even more: A Man Called Ove makes us think about who we are and how we want to live our lives. A Man Called Ove seems deceptively simple at the start, yet Frederik Backman packs a lifetime\\'s worth of hilarity and heartbreak into this novel. Even the most crusty curmudgeon will love Ove!\"--Lois Leveen, author of Juliet\\'s Nurse and The Secrets of Mary Bowser', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Antología de la literatura fantástica (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Echoes of Mercy: A Novel\nDescription: ['', 'Q. How did you choose a chocolate factory as your location for Echoes of Mercy? (Maybe every womans dream location?) ', 'A. My love for chocolate is certainly not a secret! In a way, this location chose me. A man shared vintage photos and the history of Hutchinson, Kansas, at our church on a Sunday evening. A picture of a three-story brick building that had once housed a chocolate factory appeared on the screen, and he told us about an unsolved mystery concerning the death of the factorys foreman. The man was found on a Monday morning in the bottom of the elevator shaft, his neck broken. No one knew why hed been in the factory on a Sunday, and it was never determined whether he fell to his death or was pushed into the shaft. The image, along with the snippet of history, wiggled its way to the center of my imagination and...voila...the idea for Echoes of Mercy was born.', ' Q. Your location in the book is Sinclair, Kansas. What led you to choose Sinclair? Is the setting based on a historical site in the area? Do cities in Kansas ever contact you and ask if youll choose their area for your next book? ', 'A. Sinclair is fictional, but set near real-life Wichita, Kansas. I do occasionally hear from someone who suggests a location for its history, but if I build my own town, I can put the things in it that suit my story. So although real-life cities might be background locations, I prefer the main setting to be fictional. Creative liberties, and all that...', ' Q. What inspired you to choose underage factory workers and child labor laws as your topic? ', 'A. When I taught fifth-grade history, the kids were always intrigued by the subject of child-labor. When youre writing about a factory between the late 1800s and early1900s, children would be a part of the labor force, so it was historically correct to include the thread. People took fierce stands on both sides of the issue, so using the child-labor platform gave me a plausible reason for someone to want Harmon Bratchers crusade ended.', ' Q. Does your work with Hope Chest International School and Orphanage influence your storylines? ', 'A. Interestingly enough, many of my stories include orphans looking for a place to belong. I have a soft spot for children who are growing up without the love and nurturing of a mom and dad. Although I hadnt consciously connected my support of Hope Chest and the inclusion of orphans in my story, perhaps there is a subconscious link between the two.', ' Q. What do you think readers will appreciate the most about Echoes of Mercys main character Caroline? ', 'A. I dont know about readers, but I can say I appreciated her conscience and her sense of responsibility. She has a task to complete, and she wants to perform it well to honor her mentor. Sometimes performing her job means misleading people about her real purpose, and these untruths pierce her conscience. I admired her desire to do right. About Oliver? Oliver, having been raised in wealth and luxury, could easily have been selfish and uncaring, but he isnt. Instead of looking at the factory workers and seeing only what he can gain from them, he wants to reward them for their service. So often he was clueless as to what to do, but his heart was always in the right place. I really liked that about him.', ' Q. Since both your main characters are living incognito, was it difficult to integrate genuine faith characteristics into their characters? Any challenges? ', 'A. I found it very challenging to balance Carolines desire to live her faith honestly while also hiding her reason for being in the factory. How do you walk openly while hiding in shadows? Caroline battled these incongruities, and I as the writer, I also struggled with balancing her faith with the necessities of her job.', ' Q. What are you hoping readers will take away from Echoes of Mercy? ', 'A. Honestly, my prayer is that the story will open readers eyes to the truth that God is not a wasteful God. He can take anything in our lives, no matter how painful or ugly or dark, and let it be used for our good and His glory when we release it to Him. Nothing in our lives is irredeemable when given over to the Masters hands.', ' Q. Youve mentioned in your bio that you like to play quirky characters in your local community theater productions. Who is the quirkiest character you played? ', 'A. Hm, I think this is a toss-up between Mrs. Dubose, the morphine-addicted elderly neighbor in To Kill A Mockingbird and Clairee in Steel Magnolias. Part of the fun of these roles was emulating someone many years older than my true age (I was in my 30s when I played Mrs. Dubose, who was supposedly in her 80s!), and part was assuming a persona so very different than the real Kim. Theater definitely helps with writing! Exploring the psyche of another person and trying to feel and behave the way that character would helps in developing real emotion and actions in my story characters. Also, it seems in each of my books a quirky secondary character enters the story. Its never plannedthey just step onto the stage and I let them do their thing. They always add humor and often a dose of common sense to the storylines.', '', 'Praise for Echoes of Mercy
Kim Sawyer knows what her readers expect and delivers it in Echoes of Mercy, a story you wont soon forget with characters who grab your heart and a plot that keeps the pages turning. Martha Rogers, author of Love Stays True in The Homeward Journey series
Best-selling author Kim Vogel Sawyer pens an exceptional and utterly compelling story that shines a light on the appalling practices of child labor in the early 1900s. Her characters are richly drawn and heartbreakingly human. Echoes of Mercy is one of those novels readers wont soon forget. I highly recommend it. Nancy Mehl, author of the Road to Kingdom series
In Echoes of Mercy, Kim Vogel Sawyer reveals the plight of working-class children and blends it with the perfect romance teeming with conflict and sprinkled with sweetness. As always with Ms. Sawyers work, the believable characters add reality to the strong, unique story line, and I found myself reluctant to put the book down. I was drawn in quickly and was held throughout the entire story. This is one I guarantee youll enjoy. Miralee Ferrell, award-winning author of the historical-romance series Love Blossoms in Oregon
Praise for Kim Vogel Sawyer
Award-winning author Sawyer continues to craft engaging historical love stories brimming with characters who are bold in their faith. Booklist
Sawyer treats readers to love stories that speak to the heart. Romantic Times
Winsome characters, an interesting premise, and a heavenly match made on earthfans of inspirational romance novels will not be disappointed. Historical Novel Review
Yet another entertaining novel that compels one page to turn as quickly as the one before. CBA Retailers + Resources ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Samsung Brightside U380 -Verizon Star Fish Design Hard Case Snap On Protector Cover + Free Wrist Band\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Chasing the Wind: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Desire (Legends of the Kilanor) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Scandal (English and Japanese Edition)\nDescription: [\"In this chilling, incisive study of the secret fears and obsessions of an aging writer, eminent Japanese author Endo examines the uncertain territory that lies between studying acts of violence and depravity and committing them. At 65, the writer Suguro is revered by his readership and most of his colleagues, although some accuse him of shying away from sex in his works and mock his rigorous sense of evil. His anticipation of a placid old age with his wife begins to crumble when a woman accuses him of pursuing a life at odds with his prose; she claims he frequents Tokyo's porn shops and bordellos. As he attempts to unravel the mystery of the accusation, prodded by a vindictive reporter who threatens to expose him, Suguro discovers that he has a double, a sinister alter ego who participates in brutal sadomasochistic encounters. But the more urgently he tries to clear his name, the farther he drifts from stability and peace. This provocative, impassioned meditation manages to explore not only the nature of identity, but also the regions of sin, salvation, art and religion, all with the unerring grace that defines a novelist in the fullest command of his craft. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Text: English, Japanese (translation)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Touch\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: the Next EXIT 2017\nDescription: [\"...an essential guide for RVers. --T. Dix
I have used the Next EXIT for nearly two decades, and have found it to be the most accurate of any of the services guides on the market. --email
I would give up my map before I would leave home without the Next EXIT. It's the best thing I have in my car, and this includes GPS. --W. Black\", 'Watson traveled across the US for the first time at the age of 6 weeks and many, many times since. As father of a young family, he realized the value of knowing what was ahead on the interstate highways. After tabulating highway services for seven years, he published the Next EXIT in 1991. The first comprehensive guide of its kind, it quickly became a must have tool for the serious traveler.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Salt (The Salt Trilogy)\nDescription: ['\"A skilfully told story, taught and fast-moving, but with a rich mixture of dark reality to it.\" (Magpies Magazine 2008-01-01)
\"A superbly written and realised fantasy for those who demand a thought-provoking read.\" (Weekend Herald 2008-01-01)
It only takes the first half a dozen pages for [Gee] to create a fully realised world wherein he draws his readers with gusto...A genuinely exciting story with meaty characters and a storyline that never falters, even as Gee tests the very limits of his young protagonist. (Sunday Age 2008-01-01)
\"The theme of building a new world from the old informs the narrative, and there is necessary sacrifice and bloodshed along the way...The novel moves at a good pace and the ending is both satisfying in itself, and a lead in to the second novel in the trilogy.\" (Viewpoint Magazine 2009-04-01)
\"Gee is imaginative and masterful with his descriptions in this first of a trilogy.\" (Herald Sun (Melbourne) 2009-02-21)
\"A fantasy without destined heroes redeeming the entire world from the forces of ultimate evil is refreshing... Admirable characters confronting human realities make for compelling reading.\" (Kirkus Reviews 2009-09-15)
\"A compelling tale of anger and moral development that also powerfully explores the evils of colonialism and racism.\" (Publishers Weekly 2009-09-15)
\"Gee demonstrates his originality by spinning the adventure around ideas of colonialism and radioactive weaponry. These ethically compelling issues are refreshing in a fantasy novel.\" (VOYA 2009-10-01)
\"In spare yet vivid prose, Gee creates a world of oppressive caste systems and endless violence in which our heroes work to save people from their own dark nature. This is a suspenseful, somber fantasy that combines exciting action with a subtle spiritual element.\" (Booklist 2009-10-15)
\"Salt is more fantastical than the Twilight books and darker than the Harry Potter ones... Salt creates a wholly unique and timeless universe of weapons like fizzing rings and fingertip bolts while keeping character motivations firmly grounded in that\\'s-what-I\\'d-do territory. It\\'s certainly an adventure of a read.\" (CD Syndicated 2009-10-16)', 'In a dangerous world, Deep Salt strikes terror into the hearts of everyone.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Britt-marie Was Here (Thorndike Core)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Presents Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey (Weekly Reader Children's Book Club)\nDescription: [\"A great little children's book about Sir Toby Jingle's beastly journey.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Harpsicle Harp Method, Book 1\nDescription: [\"Darlene Walton has been actively performing music since her first solo at the age of three. Since then, music has been a big part of her life. She studied piano for twelve years, violin and organ for six years, and some guitar thrown in to spice things up. At the age of sixteen she started her church musician career, and has played either piano or organ almost every week since. Darlene has been a piano teacher and choir director for many years, and in 2001 she added harp teacher to her resume. As part of a gospel group called Shine, Darlene helped produce and write an album with all original music and lyrics, which the group performed at many venues. More recently Darlene has made two solo harp CDs. The Harp and the Rising Sun contains popular tunes and some Celtic music. Her second CD, Quiet Praise, features solo harp versions of gospel favorites. Darlene was also featured in a Sentimental Reflections DVD. At present, Darlene works as the Showroom Manager for Rees Harps Incorporated. She stays busy composing music and rehearsing with her eighteen piece HarpsicleTM Harp choir. She has performed two times at the state of Indiana Inaugurations for Governor Mitch Daniels, plays at the Neo-Natal Intensive Care unit and in the Dialysis unit at a large Cincinnati hospital. She also plays for weddings, dinners, funerals, art shows, festivals, and many other venues. Darlene loves teaching both private and group harp lessons and piano lessons. Taking the stress out of learning to play an instrument is Darlene s greatest gift to her students. For Darlene Walton the harp has been a major blessing in her life. She says it's a lot more fun than piano and she wishes she had started playing it back in fifth grade when she first fell in love with the harp s beautiful mellow tones.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Heart of the Matter\nDescription: ['', 'A powerful, provocative novel about marriage and motherhood, love and forgiveness.', 'Tessa Russo is a stay-at-home mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Valerie Anderson is an attorney and single mother to six-year-old Charliea boy who has never known his father. Although both women live in the same Boston suburb, they are strangers to one another and have little in common, aside from a fierce love for their children. But one night, a tragic accident causes their lives to converge in ways no one could have imagined.', 'This is the moving, luminous story of good people caught in untenable circumstances. Each being tested in ways they never thought possible. Each questioning everything they once believed. And each ultimately discovering what truly matters most.', '', '', '[A] modern-day Jane Austen. Vanity Fair', \"In HEART OF THE MATTER, [Giffin] again uses her great wit and gift of storytelling to weave a tale that's nuanced, empathetic and, at times, heartbreaking. Matters of the heart are always complicated, and Giffin deftly shows you why. Associated Press\", \"Giffin's latest opens with one of the more haunting scenes in recent memory [and] towards the end things are so tense that the pages pop with each turn. People\", \"With [an] adulterous path outlined, Giffin could easily take sides. But she doesn't. Instead, she alternates between Tessa's and Valerie's points of view, dissecting the feelings and insecurities that can dismantle even the most intelligent people. Washington Post\", \"Giffin's calling card has always been her ability to delve into the workings of relationships. But in her latest book the best-selling novelist probes deeper than ever With intelligence, humor and piercing insight, Giffin shows that in matters of love, it is possible to be right and yet so wrong. Family Circle\", 'With realistic dialogue and a sharp depiction of relationships, Giffin crafts an emotional, effortless read. More', 'Giffin beautifully shows how quickly need becomes love[and her] chronicle of fluid, almost casual marital disconnect is a powerful cautionary tale. Boston Globe', \"In HEART OF THE MATTER, Giffin delivers her best book yet. Once again she plays with the idea of point of view, but this time she wraps it into a single, tightly written narrative that creates an addictive page-turning sense of tension. [W]hat makes this novel special are the emotional depths to which Giffin takes her readers [and] the question of what the aftermath can possibly look like for these two likable characters is what keeps readers glued to Giffin's engaging tale. Dallas Morning News\", 'There are no easy answers here, in a novel that is consistently engrossing right to the surprising finish. Seattle Times', \"Giffin's latest novel delves deep into the all-too-tricky matters of the heartthis juicy read will make you feel like you're sneaking a peek into your best friend's diary. Redbook\", \"Giffin's books are fast-moving, emotionally absorbing stories about female friendships, marriage and childbirth. Chicago Tribune\", \"Even as you steel yourself for [the book's pivotal moment], it's hard to read when it happens, which is what sets this book a step above so many others...[Giffin] creates characters in Tessa, Valerie and Nick who are believable and mostly well-intentioned even as they make obviously bad choices. St. Louis Post-Dispatch\", 'As HEART OF THE MATTER takes its time documenting the inexorable slide toward an affair, the slow-moving sequence of events rings true. Atlanta Journal-Constitution', \"Emily Giffin's newest novel is a little painful to read. OK, a lot painful to read. As a reader, you find yourself in the oddly painful position of rooting for two women who can't both get what they want. Your heart breaks for both of them [but] you'll know that feeling this kind of emotional torture with and about characters is a good thing. It's simply cathartic. Ft. Worth Star-Telegram\", \"Unfolding from Tessa and Valerie's alternating viewpoints, [HEART OF THE MATTER] will draw you in with beautifully complex characters who come across as nuanced and as flawed as people in real life. Giffin avoids victimizing Tessa while allowing empathy for Valerie, underscoring that all of us are capable of making mistakes that hurt those we love most. VIV magazine\", '[A] brutally honest book in that it never falters in its depiction of hope and heartache. Emily Giffin is a talented writer who re-gifts her talent in the books she createsWith HEART OF THE MATTER she turns up the heat and gives us her best novel yet. Huffington Post', 'Giffin punctures suburban trophy mothers and private school privilege, rising above the often-shallow chick fray with a gimlet-eyed skepticism for the traps modern women fall into. The Atlantan', 'Giffin\\'s talent lies in making her characters believable and relatable, and readers will be enthralled by this layered, absorbing novel. Booklist (\"Starred Review\")', \"HEART OF THE MATTER is a messy, complicated, often uncomfortable portrait of a marriage--and two families--in crisis. But it has everything readers love about Emily Giffin's books: the heart, the empathy, the truth. Bookpage\", \"Questions of infidelity fill this book, which follows the life of pediatric surgeon Nick Russo through the eyes of Tessa, his wife, and Valerie, the mother of one of his patients, whom he is tempted to have an affair with. Transforming the women into more and more sympathetic characters with each turn, HEART OF THE MATTER is an emotional tale of temptation, redemption and letting love lead the way. Woman's Day\", 'Emily Giffin continues her streak of penning summer must-reads with HEART OF THE MATTER. New York Metro', 'A touching story about marriage, fidelity and two mothers who find themselves inextricably linked. New York Family', \"Though Emily Giffin has examined relationships in all of her novels, she reaches a new level of intensity with HEART OF THE MATTER. With characters who are older and wiser than those in her past books, she is able to examine the more serious topics that present themselves within long-term relationships and parenthood. Her characteristic flowing style of writing makes this book no different from her others: one you won't want to put down. Woodbury magazine\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Workbook/Lab Manual for Interaction: Revision de grammaire franaise, 7th\nDescription: ['Susan St. Onge is a distinguished professor of French at Christopher Newport University. In addition to INTERACTION, Susan and Ronald St. Onge are co-authors of LA CIVILISATION FRANAISE EN VOLUTION, Volumes I and II.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Heart of the Matter\nDescription: ['', \"Emily Giffin is the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof and Love The One You're With. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and three young children.\", 'Cynthia Nixon--an Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning actress--is best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the hit HBO Sex and the City series and the films Sex and the City: The Movie and Sex and the City 2. She has read several Earphones Award-winning audiobooks.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Secret Love (Cynster Novels)\nDescription: ['Setting: Regency England', 'Sensuality: 8', \"Althea Morwellan needs Gabriel Cynster's help to save her family's fortune from an unscrupulous con artist, but the beauty is determined to keep her family's precarious financial state a secret. Althea and Gabriel played together as children on neighboring estates and she knows him very, very well. Aware that he can't resist a challenge, she conceals her identity behind a heavy black veil, pretending to be a mysterious, widowed countess. Intrigued, Gabriel agrees to help her, both because of her plea for help and because the beautiful mystery woman represents a personal challenge that he finds irresistible. Althea extracts a promise from Gabriel that he will not attempt to discover her identity and will not remove her veil.\", \"Althea has loved Gabriel since they were children, but their relationship deteriorated over time. As adults, the two strike verbal sparks from each other at every meeting. Because of their barely polite truce, Althea is unprepared for Gabriel's wild attraction to her countess persona and she falls more deeply in love with him. Gabriel hasn't a clue that the mysterious veiled countess is really Althea, for the lady adamantly refuses to remove her veil. He finds himself charmed and seduced by the countess while frustrated beyond belief that she won't reveal her identity. For Althea, the pressure of maintaining her disguise is great and one evening, she makes a fatal slip. The ensuing confrontation with Gabriel turns both of their worlds topsy-turvy and complicates solving the mystery of her family fortune.\", 'In this latest of the Cynster family novels, Stephanie Laurens combines a mystery plot with a deeply sensual love story. There is something very intriguing about a hero and heroine who believe they know each other well, yet see each other in a very different light when they come together as intimate strangers. As always, the supporting cast of characters is charming and includes the growing numbers of the Cynster clan. A Secret Love is a riveting novel from first page to last. --Lois Faye Dyer', '\"Her lush sensuality takes my breath away!\" -- Lisa Kleypas\"All I need is her name on the cover to make me buy the book!\" -- Linda Howard', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (16) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series)\nDescription: [\"Enchanting. . . . As usual, Smiths blend of gentle humor and insights into human nature is irresistible. Publishers Weekly
The sixteenth installment of the internationally bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series again showcases the boundless compassion, humor, and occasional wiliness of the agencys founder, the traditionally built Mma Precious Ramotswe. . . . The title comes from Preciouss reflection that she, blessed by the love of her husband, the proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, walks in sunshine. Readers of this and the whole series will feel similarly blessed. Booklist (starred review)
Praise for Alexander McCall Smith and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series:
Calling Precious Ramotswe, owner and chief investigator of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana, a detective doesnt do her justice. Problem solver extraordinaire would be much better. Mma Ramotswe . . . treats a whole range of human difficulties as they come her way, finding good solutions through her wisdom, kindness, and tact. Booklist
McCall Smiths plots offer wit, charm, and intrigue in equal doses. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Enchanting . . . An inspiration to us all . . . The sweet, chuckling voice of Precious Ramotswe falls gentle on the ear. The New York Times Book Review
A vivid observer and an elegant writer. The Plain Dealer
An oasis . . . Full of wit, nuance, and caring. Chicago Sun-Times
The pleasure of these sweet books lies in the clarity and gravity with which the characters reason through everyday dilemmas. Entertainment Weekly
Enthralling . . . Mma Ramotswe is someone readers cant help but love. USA Today\", 'ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Rural Roads to Security: America's Third Struggle for Freedom\nDescription: ['Rural Roads to Security is a well-documented book about agrarian life during the Great Depression, and\\ncarried a warranted subtitle: Americas Third Struggle for Freedom. According to the authors, the first\\nstruggle was the war for American independence from Great Britain. The second struggle was the American\\nCivil War, which succeeded to preserve the union and emancipate the enslaved. The third struggle was\\ntaking place during the time Ligutti and Rawe were writing the Great Depression when the American\\npeoples faith in their political and economic system was being shaken. The industrial slowdown of the\\n1930s was expected by many to continue indefinitely; some policy-makers believed that agriculture needed to be emphasized to pull the country out of its crisis. Some wondered whether the United States would\\nremain the land of the free.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Importance of Being Seven (44 Scotland Street Series)\nDescription: [' Fans of the series (which McCall Smith conducts in daily installments in The Scotsman before book publication) will rejoice at hearing again some of the familiar treads on the fashionable tenements stairs. . . . By following an assemblage of characters on and near 44 Scotland Street, McCall Smith manages sidesplitting send-ups of contemporary pretentiousness and wry and often poignant commentary on the roles of chance, cruelty, and fate in our lives. . . . Delightful. Booklist (starred review)
Life in Scotland Street is a more pleasant, leisurely business than it is for most of the rest of us. . . . Theres plenty of time for idle thoughts, occasional shafts of wit and gentle dissections of absurditysometimes all at the same time. The Scotsman
It is that all-prevailing pleasantness, the unfaltering optimism and the gentle pace of life that holds the key toMcCall Smiths success. Independent Magazine
[McCall Smith] is a pro, and he delivers sharp observation, gentle satire . . . as well as the expected romantic complications. . . . [Readers will] relish McCall Smiths depiction of this place . . . and enjoy his tolerant, good-humored company. The New York Times Book Review
Alexander McCall Smith . . . proves himself a wry but gentle chronicler of humanity and its foibles. The Miami Herald
McCall Smiths plots offer wit, charm and intrigue in equal doses. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Just about perfect. . . . Contains a healthy helping of McCall Smiths patented charm. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
McCall Smiths assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound. . . . [His] depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless. San Francisco Chronicle
Entertaining and witty. . . . A sly send-up of society in Edinburgh. Orlando Sentinel
McCall Smith, a fine writer, paints his hometown of Edinburgh as indelibly as he captures the sunniness of Africa. We can almost feel the mists as we tread the cobblestones. The Dallas Morning News
Alexander McCall Smith is the most genial of writers and the most gentle of satirists. . . . [The] characters are great fun . . . [and] McCall Smith treats all of them with affection. Rocky Mountain News
Irresistible. . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet. Chicago Sun-Times', '', 'Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics.
www.alexandermccallsmith.com
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McCall Smiths talent for dialogue is matched only by his gift for characterization. Its hard to believe that he could make up a character as complex and unique as Isabel. She is by turns fearless, vulnerable, headstrong and insecure, but always delightful. Chicago Tribune
Readers get to soak up the cozy atmosphere of this Scottish university town and McCall Smiths gentle good will. The Boston Globe
Entertaining and enchanting reading about characters you think you knowand wish you did. Las Vegas Review-Journal
McCall Smiths contemporary cozies have proved that crimes need not be punishable by death to provide a satisfying read . . . A genteel, wisdom-filled entertainment. Los Angeles Times', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The New Structural Social Work: Ideology, Theory, Practice\nDescription: [' \"This book will prove exciting reading for all students, practitioners, and educators concerned with the articulation of a renewed framework for understanding social work practice...a profound contribution to social work theory overall...The New Structural Social Work shows us how social work should, and can, transcend helping clients cope with social problems and include a determined effort to address the source of their problems.\"--Research on Social Work Practice', '', '', '', '', 'Bob Mullaly is Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba.', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Selling the Lite of Heaven\\nDescription: ['Suzanne Strempek Shea, winner of the 2000 New England Book Award for Fiction, is the author of the novels Selling the Lite of Heaven; Hoopi Shoopi Donna; Lily of the Valley; and Around Again; and the memoirs Songs from a Lead-Lined Room: Notes -- High and Low -- From My Journey Through Breast Cancer and Radiation; and Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore. She lives in Bondsville, Massachusetts.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mat's Marvellous Model Museum eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Glorious One-Pot Meals: A Revolutionary New Quick and Healthy Approach to Dutch-Oven Cooking\\nDescription: [\\\"Sometimes the simplest-seeming cookbooks yield the most surprising revelations, as in nutritionist Yarnell's guide to one-pot cooking. Yarnell's signature infusion method, cooking in a dutch oven at a very hot temperature renders layered vegetables, starches and proteins like tandoori salmon and kale with butternut squash over basmati rice, into a surprisingly well-textured, hearty meal. (It's also foolproof: when you smell the aroma of dinner, you're three minutes from the end of the cooking time.) Dishes like citrus ginger chicken with root vegetables; penne puttanesca; and fiesta steak are simple choices for busy weeknight dinners. The real genius, of course, is the single potYarnell's all-inclusive meals don't require the usual juggling of oven times to coordinate complementary dishes, and cleanup is simplified even further by a preliminary canola oil spritz on the pot. Her emphasis on whole foods, abundant servings of vegetables, moderate amounts of protein and the incorporation of whole grains like amaranth and quinoa justifies her health claims. Yarnell also guides readers in creating their own custom versions of the one-pot meal, even offering a one-pot meal weekly grocery list. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'When I hear crisp vegetables, tender meats, incredible flavor, ONE pot, and ready in less than thirty minutes, I say COUNT ME IN! Thats my Quick Fix mantra! Who doesnt cherish strategies that deliver wholesome, family-friendly meals in just minutes? All in one pot, which makes for easy cleanup. Glorious One-Pot Meals offers tons of variety, from the fabulously ordinary to the incredibly extraordinary. Fish dishes range from Very, Very Mild Fish to Honey-Chili Trout and Pistachio Halibut (with lavender!). Elizabeth tempts you with All-American Pot Roast and Corned Beef and Cabbage and then wows you with Amaranth Chili. Ready to move beyond Simply Chicken and Chicken Marsala? Then try the African Peanut Butter Stew. Or leap from Glorious Macaroni and Cheese to Aloo Gobi (a flavor-packed, Indian feast). If youve got a pot, youve got a meal. Theres truly something for everyone.
Robin Miller, host of Food Networks Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cosmic Heretics: A personal history of attempts to establish and resist theories of quantavolution and catastrophe in the natural and human sciences, 1963 to 1983.\\nDescription: ['Alfred de Grazia was born in 1919 in Chicago. PhD University of Chicago. He fought in six campaigns in WWII. He taught political science at U. of Minnesota, Brown U., Stanford U., and NYU, and as a guest lecturer in many university in the United States and abroad. He published over twenty books in the field of political science. He met Immanuel Velikovsky in 1963 and published \\\"The Velikovsky Affair.\\\" He created the field of Quantavolution and authored eleven books in the field of catastrophism and ancient history. He created the magazine \\\"The American Behavioral Scientist\\\" and was a pioneer in computerized information retrieval in the social sciences, creating the \\\"Universal Reference System\\\" in the 1960s. His 2-million-visitors/y website \\\"www.grazian-archive.com\\\" is another pioneering effort in the field of personal archives. He also wrote poetry, plays and autobiographical works, as well as a three volume History of the United States: \\\"America\\\\'s History Retold.\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Whistling Past the Graveyard\\nDescription: ['The South on the eve of the civil rights movement, as seen through the eyes of this novels plucky nine-year-old narrator. Starla Claudelle lives in Mississippi with her stern grandma. Her daddy is away working on an oil rig. Her mama has gone to Nashville to be a star, so Starla decides to head there when she gets herself in trouble one too many times. Shes offered a ride by a black woman named Eula, who has with her a white baby found abandoned on the steps of a church. Eula takes Starla and the baby home, but violence forces them back on the road with no money and a truck about to break down. During their long and sometimes perilous trip, Starla sees firsthand what its like to be the wrong color in a segregated society, and her keen sense of injustice and need for love help her create a bond with Eula that transcends any barriers. Its not easy to keep such a young narrator convincing for more than 300 pages, and for the most part, author Crandall manages it well. Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story. --Mary Ellen Quinn', '\\\"A coming-of-age story as well as a luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship. . . Susan Crandall tells young Starlas story with pitch-perfect tone, evoking 1963 Mississippi and its struggles with a deft hand. I laughed and cried at Starlas keen observances of life and family and the sometimes blurred edges of justice. Like Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird and Kathryn Stocketts The Help, Whistling Past the Graveyard is destined to become a classic. (New York Times bestselling author Karen White)
Crandall delivers big with a coming-of-age story set in Mississippi in 1963 and narrated by a precocious 9-year-oldYoung Starla is an endearing character whose spirited observations propel this nicely crafted story. (Kirkus)
Starlas fiery independence makes her a likable narrator. (Publishers Weekly)
\\\"A delightfully complex story about defying the odds to find the gifts we have tucked inside us.\\\" (Shelf Awareness)
\\\"This is a work of imagination in the mind of a 9-year-old child that might remind you of Harper Lee\\\\'s To Kill a Mockingbird or Kathryn Stockett\\\\'s The Help... It\\\\'s a real winner!\\\" (Liz Smith The Chicago Tribune)
A luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship, this coming of age story is as endearing and spirited as they come. (Shape Magazine)
This coming-of-age story is a must for fans of Kathryn Stocketts The Help or Harper Lees classic To Kill a Mockingbird. (Working Mother Magazine)
Its not easy to keep such a young narrator convincing for more than 300 pages... Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story. (Mary Ellen Quinn Booklist)
Crandall threads historical detail throughout the book as the struggles of the civil rights movement are vividly portrayedCrandalls young narrator captures the readers heart. (Library Journal)
\\\"WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD is a multi-layered saga that can be enjoyed by teens and adults alike. It has a cinematic quality that will make readers wish for a screen version. And you cant say better than that.\\\" (BookReporter.com)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: El supremo arte de echar las cartas : por todos los sistemas\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Children's Jokes, Riddles and Tongue Twisters (B&W)\\nDescription: ['\\\"This book is filled with fun and happiness and it is just waiting to get out. I got this book and spent the evening with my sons taking turns reading out of it and we had a great time as a family. The jokes are funny enough for the adults but simple enough for the little ones to enjoy.\\\"', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Albanian Etymological Dictionary\\nDescription: ['Vladimir Orel, Ph.D. (1981) in Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, teaches historical linguistics at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His publications include Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary (Brill, 1995) and The Language of Phrygians (Caravan Books, 1998).', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)\\nDescription: ['“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s Diary, only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, from the Foreword
“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Afterword   “For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.” —Ira Berlin, from the Introduction
“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.” —The Daily Beast
“An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting. The movie of it by Steve McQueen might be the most successful adaptation of a book ever undertaken; text and film complement each other wildly.” —Rachel Kushner, The New York Times Book Review
“The best firsthand account of slavery.” —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, in The New York Times Book Review
“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.” —The Hollywood Reporter', 'Solomon Northup (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.
Ira Berlin is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include The Making of African America and Many Thousands Gone, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Physics Teacher's Edition & CD-ROM (Grade 12)\\nDescription: ['Book by', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Every step of Zo and Jeff's adventures in bread has been fascinating and delicious for us, the home bread bakers who follow them, but this book might be their most exciting yet because they've incorporated years of readers' questions, problems, and discoveries into every chapter. This is truly the all-you've-ever-wanted-to-know edition. And there are plenty of photographs at last! Dorie Greenspan, James Beard Award-winning author of Around My French Table and owner of Beurre & Sel cookies\\\", \\\"A fun, easy-to-follow collection for those who aren't afraid to shun baking traditions. Publishers Weekly\\\", 'With this revised edition, Herzberg and Franois continue to perfect their already easy and immensely popular bread-baking method. Essential. Library Journal', '', '', \\\"Jeff Hertzberg, M.D. has been a physician, university professor, information technology consultant, and ardent amateur baker. He developed a love of great bread growing up in New York City in the 1960s and '70s and began traveling to bread-loving countries like France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Britain, and Morocco, to sample and learn. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters.\\\", 'Zo Franois is a pastry chef and baker trained at the Culinary Institute of America. In addition to writing best-selling cookbooks, she creates tasty desserts on her pastry blog ZoeBakes.com, as well as for the Cooking Channel, General Mills, and many national magazines. Zo lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two sons.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Italian for Dummies (With Audio CD)\\nDescription: ['Berlitz has been the global leader in language instruction for more than 120 years. The famous Berlitz approach is based on the premise that the best way to learn a second language is the same way people learn their first-through conversation.', 'With the growth of global commerce, business travel, tourism, and the Web, a working knowledge of foreign languages is more vital than ever.', \\\"Dialogues from the book on audio CD
Your survival guide for everyday words and expressions
The renowned Berlitz(r) approach with a fun and friendly twist This unintimidating guide from the experts at Berlitz(r) will help you start speaking Italian beginning today, whether you're a student, a traveler, or you just want to pick up language basics. all this on the audio CD Pick up Italian the Berlitz way - through actual conversations Listen to dialogues from the book Hear how native speakers say the words Practice your own pronunciation
Discover how to: Have everyday conversations in Italian Make sense of Italian grammar Improve your pronunciation Get a handle on verb conjugations Use idioms and popular expressions Get around in Italy
Get smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prize Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily(TM) e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street Series, Book 1)\\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Like Smith\\\\'s bestselling Botswana mysteries, this bookcomprising 110 sections, originally serialized in the Scotsman, that drolly chronicle the lives of residents in an Edinburgh boarding houseis episodic, amusing and peopled with characters both endearing and benignly problematic. Pat, 21, is on her second \\\"gap year\\\" (her first yearlong break from her studies was such a flop she refuses to discuss it), employed at a minor art gallery and newly settled at the eponymous address, where she admires vain flatmate Bruce and befriends neighbor Domenica. A low-level mystery develops about a possibly valuable painting that Pat discovers, proceeds to lose and then finds in the unlikely possession of Ian Rankin, whose bestselling mysteries celebrate the dark side of Edinburgh just as Smith\\\\'s explore the (mostly) sunny side. The possibility of romance, the ongoing ups and downs of the large, well-drawn cast of characters, the intricate plot and the way Smith nimbly jumps from situation to situation and POV to POVhe was charged, after all, with keeping his newspaper readers both momentarily satisfied and eager for the next installmentworks beautifully in book form. No doubt Smith\\\\'s fans will clamor for more about 44 Scotland Street, and given the author\\\\'s celebrated productivity, he\\\\'ll probably give them what they want. Agent, Robin Straus. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Inspired by Armistead Maupins serialized San Francisco-based Tales of the City, McCall Smith has successfully incorporated snippets of Bohemian Edinburgh life into 44 Scotland Street. He lends the same insights and sensibilities to these colorful vignettes as he does to his bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana: an understated intelligence, a deep human compassion, and lighthearted romance and mystery. Likeable and quirky characters, from a pushy mother and bookish neighbor to real-life walk-ons, populate the gentle satire. For those who dont read The Scotsman, not to worry: theres a second volume in the works.', 'Copyright 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Reflections from the Kitchen\\nDescription: ['Esquire Magazine, Palm Springs Life Magazine, The Beverly Hills Club & Sports Magazine, Wine World, the Golden Chef, Gastronome Magazine, and Food & Wine Magazine... all have given accolades to the cooking of Chef Fred Raynaud. Chef Fred Raynaud has appeared on many TV shows throughout Nation. Chef Raynaud now heads up the Culinary Innovation Center and is responsible for the culinary direction of a major foodservice company and the training and development of a 1,000 plus chefs within the company. Chef Fred is an award-winning chef with a tender heart, whose culinary efforts have been recognized by many. Join Fred as he explores faith in the midst of struggle.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Crossover (The Crossover Series)\\nDescription: ['Gr 610Twins Josh and Jordan are junior high basketball stars, thanks in large part to the coaching of their dad, a former professional baller who was forced to quit playing for health reasons, and the firm, but loving support of their assistant-principal mom. Josh, better known as Filthy McNasty, earned his nickname for his enviable skills on the court: \\\"when Filthy gets hot/He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT.\\\" In this novel in verse, the brothers begin moving apart from each other for the first time. Jordan starts dating the \\\"pulchritudinous\\\" Miss Sweet Tea, and Josh has a tough time keeping his jealousy and feelings of abandonment in control. Alexander\\\\'s poems vary from the pulsing, aggressive beats of a basketball game (\\\"My shot is F L O W I N G, Flying, fluttering. ringaling and SWINGALING/Swish. Game/over\\\") to the more introspective musings of a child struggling into adolescence (\\\"Sit beside JB at dinner. He moves./Tell him a joke. He doesn\\\\'t even smile.Say I\\\\'m sorry/but he won\\\\'t listen\\\"). Despite his immaturity, Josh is a likable, funny, and authentic character. Underscoring the sports and the fraternal tension is a portrait of a family that truly loves and supports one another. Alexander has crafted a story that vibrates with energy and heart and begs to be read aloud. A slam dunk.Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal.', 'The Bell twins are stars on the basketball court and comrades in life. While there are some differencesJosh shaves his head and Jordan loves his locksboth twins adhere to the Bell basketball rules: In this game of life, your family is the court, and the ball is your heart. With a former professional basketball player dad and an assistant principal mom, there is an intensely strong home front supporting sports and education in equal measures. When life intervenes in the form of a hot new girl, the balance shifts and growing apart proves painful. An accomplished author and poet, Alexander eloquently mashes up concrete poetry, hip-hop, a love of jazz, and a thriving family bond. The effect is poetry in motion. It is a rare verse novel that is fundamentally poetic rather than using this writing trend as a device. There is also a quirky vocabulary element that adds a fun intellectual note to the narrative. This may be just the right book for those hard-to-match youth who live for sports or music or both. Grades 6-12. --Gail Bush', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Everyday Modifications for Your VW Bay Window Van: How to make your classic van easier to live with and enjoy\\nDescription: ['', 'Rob Hawkins became a motoring journalist and photographer in 1993, combining his passions for writing, photography, and sports cars. He has written and photographed features for MG Enthusiast magazine since 1995, and has owned or driven most of the postwar MGs. When the MGF was launched in 1995, Rob was involved with test driving standard and modified versions, and wrote articles on how to repair and improve this mid-engined, two-seater sports car. He has also always had a passion for classic camper vans and after buying his own VW Bay Window Van in 2010, he made his own interior, fitting and testing a variety of popular accessories and equipment.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A More Perfect Union\\nDescription: ['Sold by Mike\\\\'s Collectable Books October 6, 2015 Release Date: Dear Reader, Many people have wondered why I\\\\'ve been speaking out on controversial issues for the last few years. They say I\\\\'ve never held political office. I m not a constitutional scholar. I m not even a lawyer. All I can say to that is Guilty as charged. It s true that I ve never voted for a budget America could not afford. I ve never raised anyone s taxes. And I ve never promised a lobbyist anything in exchange for a donation. Luckily, none of that really matters. Our founding fathers didn\\\\'t want a permanent governing class of professional politicians. They wanted a republic, in Lincoln s words, \\\"of the people, by the people, and for the people.\\\" A country where any farmer, small-business owner, manual laborer, or doctor could speak up and make a difference. I believe that making a difference starts with understanding our amazing founding document, the U.S. Constitution. And as someone who has performed brain surgery thousands of times, I can assure you that the Constitution isn\\\\'t brain surgery. The founders wrote it for ordinary men and women, in clear, precise, simple language. They intentionally made it short enough to read in a single sitting and to carry in your pocket.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: By Abigail R. 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\\\"McCall Smith\\\\'s confident brush picks out vivid and entertaining characters. . . . A deliciously engaging Edinburgh comedy.\\\"Financial Times
\\\"Irresistible... Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet.\\\"Chicago Sun-Times
\\\"Entertaining and witty.... A sly sendup of society in Edinburgh.\\\" Orlando Sentinel', \\\"ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Indonesia : Design and Culture\\nDescription: [\\\"Clifford Pearson, associate editor at Architectural Record, has been an architecture and design critic for fifteen years. He has written for the New York Times, Metropolis, Art & Antiques, and New York Magazine, among others.
Bryan Whitney is a photographer who has worked for Art & Antiques, the New York Times, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home, Colonial Homes, Better Homes and Gardens, Harper's Bazaar, and Metropolis. He has lectured on and taught photography, and his work has been widely exhibited.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Smile\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 5 UpWhen she was in sixth grade, Telgemeier tripped while running and lost her two front teeth. In the years that followed, she went through a torturous series of dental surgeries and repairs, the trauma of which was mirrored by the social struggles she experienced during her adolescence. A minor complaint is that there is no mention of when all of this took place, and readers may be puzzled by seeming anachronisms such as old-school Nintendo games. Telgemeier's full-color artwork is confident and light, and her storytelling is appropriately paced. This straightforward and entertaining autobiographical comic is sure to please.Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Library, Ontario, Canada Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'The dental case that Telgemeier documents in this graphic memoir was extreme: a random accident led to front tooth loss when she was 12, and over the next several years, she suffered through surgery, implants, headgear, false teeth, and a rearrangement of her remaining incisors. Accompanying the physical treatment came social rough spots with friends, while puberty delivered another set of curveballs with crushes, maturing bodies, and changing family expectations and judgments. Both adults and kidsincluding various dental professionals and younger siblingsare vividly and rapidly portrayed, giving quick access to the memoirists world. Telgemeiers storytelling and full-color cartoony images form a story that will cheer and inspire any middle-schooler dealing with orthodontia. At the same time, she shows how her early career choice as an animator took root during this difficult periodoffering yet another gentle reminder that things have turned out fine for the author and can for her reader as well. Grades 5-8. --Francisca Goldsmith', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Crock Pot Recipes - 50 Delicious Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes! (Slow cooker recipes - crock pot cookbook - dessert cookbook)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Still Alice\\nDescription: ['Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is a member of the Dementia Advocacy and Support Network International and DementiaUSA and is an online columnist for the National Alzheimers Association. She is currently writing her second book, Left Neglected.', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: BIPOLARMUSE QUARTERLY - Winter (Volume 2)\\nDescription: [\\\"The BIPOLARMUSE Quarterly is a quirky and sardonic delivery of literature, satire, art and music. Only in its' first year, the Quarterly has gained the attention of countless subscribers and is poised to expand its offerings.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: An Irish Country Village (Irish Country Books)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Just Shoot It!: A Complete Guide to Filmmaking From Script to Screen - 2nd Edition\\nDescription: [\\\"Welcome. I initially developed this material for my own filmmaking use, but then decided to make it available to everyone. Being a filmmaker myself, I know the hurdles that must be overcome to succeed in the film industry. This business is all about your mindset, action and talent. If you have talent and passion and are willing to work hard you can succeed. I want you to turn your filmmaking dreams into reality. I have put together the materials you need to be nothing less than a great filmmaker. My entertainment industry experience includes: Started in the industry as a professional stand-up comic, improv actor and voice-over artist. Founded the Malcolm Vincent Screenwriting Competition, judged over 500 scripts, provided scripts to major film studios including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox and United Artists. Worked almost every possible film job known to mankindwriter, actor, script supervisor, production assistant, film loader, gaffer, grip, camera operator, focus puller, sound mixer, boom operator, line producer, director, and editor. Writer/Director on two independent films and currently have several more in development. Teaching filmmaking privately for 12 years. Professional Success Coach to filmmakers and other professionals. Member of Bridge Conservatory Writer's Group. Featured in Guerrilla Filmmaker & Super 8mm Today, quoted in MovieMaker Magazine. Formal education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA, studied filmmaking and screenwriting at several universities. Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have. I will gladly help you in any way I can. Email: curtis@filmschoolnow.com Los Angeles, CA I want you to achieve your filmmaking dreams so everyone can enjoy your films. There has never been a better time to join the film industry than now with an ever-changing landscape of filmmaking methods and multiple distribution avenues. The opportunities are endless. I hope you found what you were looking for. If not then email me and we will find it. Best wishes for your success! Curtis Kessinger\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare)\\nDescription: ['New York Times Bestseller
Shakespeare... would be pleased, I am sure... Novels such as Anne Tylers, which are so precise and current, are like photographs or digital clock faces that tell us where we are and where we are coming from at the same time. Vinegar Girl is an earthy reflection of this fleeting moment, both lively and thoughtful. --Jane Smiley, New York Times Book Review
[A] screwball comedy of manners that actually channels Jane Austen more than Shakespeare.It\\\\'s clear that [Tyler] had fun withVinegar Girl,and readers will tooA fizzy cocktail of a romantic comedy, far more sweet than acidic, about finding a mate who appreciates you for your idiosyncratic, principled self no taming necessary. --NPR.org
\\\"[An]ingenious resetting... with considerably more humor and gentleness than in the Bards version.\\\" --Washington Post
An effective retelling, while nodding to the original text, stands on its own as a story in the way Iris Murdochs \\\\'The Black Prince\\\\' responds to \\\\'Hamlet\\\\' and Aldous Huxleys \\\\'Brave New World\\\\' plays with \\\\'The Tempest.\\\\' Tyler succeeds in creating a world we believe in...Charming...Clever.\\\" --Boston Globe
\\\"A perfect read.\\\" --New York Post
Vinegar Girl is a fast, easy readHeld side-by-side against Shakespeare\\\\'s Shrew, the story of Kate and Pyotr is full of hidden treasures. --Houston Chronicle
Vinegar Girl has the requisite Tyler trademarksthe characters populating Vinegar Girl are flawed, quirky, likable, self-indulgent and astute. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Is there any living American writer who has written as well about marriage as Anne Tyler? Or who has consistently been as honest about the disconnect between fantasies of lovebirds living happily ever after and the often sad but also funny miracle of two separate people actually staying together? InVinegar GirlTyler brings these talents to the altar of the Hogarth Shakespeare seriesit\\\\'s fun, lighthearted, clever, compassionate and filled with Tyler\\\\'s always extraordinary love for her characters, liberating them here to love each other. --MilwaukeeJournal-Sentinel
[A] great success;Vinegar Girlis funny and endearing, the quirky characters vintage Tyler. --MinneapolisStar Tribune
A very funny retelling of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew. --The Sacramento Bee
\\\"Family drama meets rom-com in a modern version ofThe Taming of the Shrew. Pushy dad plus entitled little sister, cute but clueless suitor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author equals must-read.\\\" --Cosmopolitan
\\\"A quirky tale that transports Shakespeare\\\\'sThe Taming of the Shrewto Tyler\\\\'s modern-day Baltimore, where a father\\\\'s attempt to shoehorn his daughter into a green-card marriage has, of course, an unintentionally happy ending.\\\" --W Magazine
Tylers smooth prose makesVinegar Girl, one of a series of renowned authors Shakespearean updates, a light, summer read. --Baltimore Magazine
Readers unfamiliar withThe Taming of the Shrewwill have no problem enjoying this novel, which is funny, fun-loving and uplifting. Those who know the original well will be intrigued by Tyler\\\\'s riffs: Is the new Kate less shrewish, or simply better characterized, her motives and anxieties better understood? In either case, the surprising ending, which deviates from Shakespeare\\\\'s in important ways, makes for a heartwarming conclusion to a quirky, timeless tale. --Shelf Awareness
The Taming of the ShrewmeetsGreen Cardin this delightful reinvention that owes as much to Tylers quirky sensibilities as it does to its literary forebear. Come for the Shakespeare, stay for the wonderful Tyler. --Library Journal (starred review)
Resplendent storyteller Tyler (A Spool of Blue Thread, 2015) is perfectly paired withThe Taming of the ShrewDeeply and pleasurably inspired by her source, Tyler is marvelously nimble and effervescent in this charming, hilarious, and wickedly shrewd tale of reversal and revelation. --Booklist(starred review)
Anne Tylers Vinegar Girl, based on The Taming of the Shrew, gives readers a modern, witty, wonderful Kate. --Lithub.com
International Praise for VINEGAR GIRL:
This sparky, intelligent spin on Shakespeare\\\\'s controversial classic demolishes the old saw that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. --The Guardian
[A] modern take on The Taming of the Shrew. --Good Housekeeping
Tyler\\\\'s deepest purpose is to challenge the premises of Shakspeare\\\\'s comedy... Her gentle, funny novel insists that it is possible, in spite of our customarily blind perversities, to find unexpected ways of breaking free from self-destruction. --Times Literary Supplement
[Vinegar Girl is] knockabout comedy at its best, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny and, indeed, may be [Tylers] funniest book to date. --Daily Mail
[A] hilarious contemporary take on the play. --Frankie McCoy, Evening Standard
Tyler is uniquely capable of handling a rebarbative character like Kate with generosity and imagination ... she consistently finds good in unpromising people and is a sharp and very funny observer of day-to-day life A joy. --Literary Review
Excellent. --Glamour
A reflective, engaging twist on Shakespeares unfashionable play. --Daily Express
More Praise for Anne Tyler and Her Work:
\\\"Everyone loves Anne Tyler.\\\" --San Francisco Chronicle
Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place. --Newsday
Tylers characters are thoroughly three-dimensional. They are our own families; they are ourselves; and it is our own desperate desire to understand the people we love, as well as the people who hurt us and whom we hurt, that keeps us reading with fervor. --The Boston Globe
\\\"You are involved before you even notice you were paying attention . . . Her feel for character is so keen that even hardened metafictionalists [who] would happily fry the whole notion of \\\\'character\\\\' for breakfast are reduced to the role of helpless gossips, swapping avid hunches about the possible fates of the characters.\\\" --Tom Shone, The New Yorker
\\\"Tyler\\\\'s eye and ear for familial give and take is unerring, her humanity irresistible. You\\\\'ll want to turn back to the first chapter the moment you finish the last.\\\" --People
\\\"[A] novel by Anne Tyler is cause for celebration.\\\" --Caroline Moore, The Sunday Telegraph
\\\"Tyler reveals, with unobtrusive mastery, the disconcerting patchwork of comedy and pathos that marks all our lives.\\\" --Michael Dirda,Wall Street Journal
\\\"Over five decades of exuberant shape-shifting across the fictional landscape, Anne Tyler has cut the steady swath of a literary stalwart, writing novel after novel whose most memorable characters inhabit a cosmos all their own.\\\" --Julia Glass, New York Times Book Review
\\\"Anne Tyler never disappoints . . . Her insights about life, love, aging, marriage, siblings, grief, and unexpected happiness grow richer and deeper with each passing year and book.\\\" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
\\\"Anne Tyler has no peer. Her books just keep getting better and better.\\\" --Anita Shreve
\\\"The wonder of Anne Tyler is how consistently clear-eyed and truthful she remains about the nature of families and especially marriage.\\\" --Los Angeles Times', 'ANNE TYLER is the author of twenty bestselling novels. Her most recent, A Spool of Blue Thread, was a Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for both the Baileys Women\\\\'s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize. She has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, which recognizes a lifetime\\\\'s achievement in books, as well as being nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as \\\"the greatest novelist writing in English.\\\" Vinegar Girl sees Anne Tyler going behind the scenes of one of Shakespeare\\\\'s most controversial yet enduring (Kiss Me Kate, 10 Things I Hate About You) plays: \\\"You know how sometimes a friend will tell you something that happened to her, and you think, wait, there must be more to it than that, I\\\\'m sure there\\\\'s another side to this. Well, that\\\\'s how I\\\\'ve always felt about The Taming of the Shrew.\\\" The author lives in Baltimore, MD.
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A lovely, quiet vacation that requires no packing, missed connections or meeting actual strangers on trains. Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque, NM)
As each interwoven story gracefully unfolds, trains themselves play a part in the individual narrative arcs where the fleeting nature of love emerges as a unifying theme. Shelf Awareness
Wise and witty reflections on love and luck. Booklist
A warm, understated serving of comfort food. Kirkus Reviews
The best thing McCall Smith has written so far . . . He is a virtuoso storyteller whose tales from the human heart remain very definitely on track. The Scotsman
McCall Smiths deceivingly simple prose style can be both disarming and deeply affecting . . . That four strangers should meet and tell such compelling stories is highly unlikely, but such is McCall Smiths ability to draw us into his kindly world, disbelief is more than willingly suspended. Sydney Morning Herald
Praise for Alexander McCall Smith
[McCall Smiths writing is] beautifully precise and psychologically acute. The Independent (London)
McCall Smiths generous writing and dry humor, his gentleness and humanity, and his ability to evoke a place and a set of characters without caricature or condescension have endeared his books to readers. The New York Times
McCall Smith creates unforgettable characters and stories that resonate with readers across generations. Booklist', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: LIFELONG LEARNER (A Touchstone book)\\nDescription: ['Book by Ronald gross', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Man Called Ove (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)\\nDescription: ['\\\"There are characters who amuse us, and stories that touch us. But this character and his story do even more: A Man Called Ove makes us think about who we are and how we want to live our lives. A Man Called Ove seems deceptively simple at the start, yet Frederik Backman packs a lifetime\\\\'s worth of hilarity and heartbreak into this novel. 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No one knew why hed been in the factory on a Sunday, and it was never determined whether he fell to his death or was pushed into the shaft. The image, along with the snippet of history, wiggled its way to the center of my imagination and...voila...the idea for Echoes of Mercy was born.', ' Q. Your location in the book is Sinclair, Kansas. What led you to choose Sinclair? Is the setting based on a historical site in the area? Do cities in Kansas ever contact you and ask if youll choose their area for your next book? ', 'A. Sinclair is fictional, but set near real-life Wichita, Kansas. I do occasionally hear from someone who suggests a location for its history, but if I build my own town, I can put the things in it that suit my story. So although real-life cities might be background locations, I prefer the main setting to be fictional. Creative liberties, and all that...', ' Q. What inspired you to choose underage factory workers and child labor laws as your topic? ', 'A. When I taught fifth-grade history, the kids were always intrigued by the subject of child-labor. When youre writing about a factory between the late 1800s and early1900s, children would be a part of the labor force, so it was historically correct to include the thread. People took fierce stands on both sides of the issue, so using the child-labor platform gave me a plausible reason for someone to want Harmon Bratchers crusade ended.', ' Q. Does your work with Hope Chest International School and Orphanage influence your storylines? ', 'A. Interestingly enough, many of my stories include orphans looking for a place to belong. I have a soft spot for children who are growing up without the love and nurturing of a mom and dad. Although I hadnt consciously connected my support of Hope Chest and the inclusion of orphans in my story, perhaps there is a subconscious link between the two.', ' Q. What do you think readers will appreciate the most about Echoes of Mercys main character Caroline? ', 'A. I dont know about readers, but I can say I appreciated her conscience and her sense of responsibility. She has a task to complete, and she wants to perform it well to honor her mentor. Sometimes performing her job means misleading people about her real purpose, and these untruths pierce her conscience. I admired her desire to do right. About Oliver? Oliver, having been raised in wealth and luxury, could easily have been selfish and uncaring, but he isnt. Instead of looking at the factory workers and seeing only what he can gain from them, he wants to reward them for their service. So often he was clueless as to what to do, but his heart was always in the right place. I really liked that about him.', ' Q. Since both your main characters are living incognito, was it difficult to integrate genuine faith characteristics into their characters? Any challenges? ', 'A. I found it very challenging to balance Carolines desire to live her faith honestly while also hiding her reason for being in the factory. How do you walk openly while hiding in shadows? Caroline battled these incongruities, and I as the writer, I also struggled with balancing her faith with the necessities of her job.', ' Q. What are you hoping readers will take away from Echoes of Mercy? ', 'A. Honestly, my prayer is that the story will open readers eyes to the truth that God is not a wasteful God. He can take anything in our lives, no matter how painful or ugly or dark, and let it be used for our good and His glory when we release it to Him. Nothing in our lives is irredeemable when given over to the Masters hands.', ' Q. Youve mentioned in your bio that you like to play quirky characters in your local community theater productions. Who is the quirkiest character you played? ', 'A. Hm, I think this is a toss-up between Mrs. Dubose, the morphine-addicted elderly neighbor in To Kill A Mockingbird and Clairee in Steel Magnolias. Part of the fun of these roles was emulating someone many years older than my true age (I was in my 30s when I played Mrs. Dubose, who was supposedly in her 80s!), and part was assuming a persona so very different than the real Kim. Theater definitely helps with writing! Exploring the psyche of another person and trying to feel and behave the way that character would helps in developing real emotion and actions in my story characters. Also, it seems in each of my books a quirky secondary character enters the story. Its never plannedthey just step onto the stage and I let them do their thing. They always add humor and often a dose of common sense to the storylines.', '', 'Praise for Echoes of Mercy
Kim Sawyer knows what her readers expect and delivers it in Echoes of Mercy, a story you wont soon forget with characters who grab your heart and a plot that keeps the pages turning. Martha Rogers, author of Love Stays True in The Homeward Journey series
Best-selling author Kim Vogel Sawyer pens an exceptional and utterly compelling story that shines a light on the appalling practices of child labor in the early 1900s. Her characters are richly drawn and heartbreakingly human. Echoes of Mercy is one of those novels readers wont soon forget. I highly recommend it. Nancy Mehl, author of the Road to Kingdom series
In Echoes of Mercy, Kim Vogel Sawyer reveals the plight of working-class children and blends it with the perfect romance teeming with conflict and sprinkled with sweetness. As always with Ms. Sawyers work, the believable characters add reality to the strong, unique story line, and I found myself reluctant to put the book down. I was drawn in quickly and was held throughout the entire story. This is one I guarantee youll enjoy. Miralee Ferrell, award-winning author of the historical-romance series Love Blossoms in Oregon
Praise for Kim Vogel Sawyer
Award-winning author Sawyer continues to craft engaging historical love stories brimming with characters who are bold in their faith. Booklist
Sawyer treats readers to love stories that speak to the heart. Romantic Times
Winsome characters, an interesting premise, and a heavenly match made on earthfans of inspirational romance novels will not be disappointed. Historical Novel Review
Yet another entertaining novel that compels one page to turn as quickly as the one before. CBA Retailers + Resources ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Samsung Brightside U380 -Verizon Star Fish Design Hard Case Snap On Protector Cover + Free Wrist Band\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Chasing the Wind: A Novel\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Desire (Legends of the Kilanor) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Scandal (English and Japanese Edition)\\nDescription: [\\\"In this chilling, incisive study of the secret fears and obsessions of an aging writer, eminent Japanese author Endo examines the uncertain territory that lies between studying acts of violence and depravity and committing them. At 65, the writer Suguro is revered by his readership and most of his colleagues, although some accuse him of shying away from sex in his works and mock his rigorous sense of evil. His anticipation of a placid old age with his wife begins to crumble when a woman accuses him of pursuing a life at odds with his prose; she claims he frequents Tokyo's porn shops and bordellos. As he attempts to unravel the mystery of the accusation, prodded by a vindictive reporter who threatens to expose him, Suguro discovers that he has a double, a sinister alter ego who participates in brutal sadomasochistic encounters. But the more urgently he tries to clear his name, the farther he drifts from stability and peace. This provocative, impassioned meditation manages to explore not only the nature of identity, but also the regions of sin, salvation, art and religion, all with the unerring grace that defines a novelist in the fullest command of his craft. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", 'Text: English, Japanese (translation)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Touch\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: the Next EXIT 2017\\nDescription: [\\\"...an essential guide for RVers. --T. Dix
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\\\"A superbly written and realised fantasy for those who demand a thought-provoking read.\\\" (Weekend Herald 2008-01-01)
It only takes the first half a dozen pages for [Gee] to create a fully realised world wherein he draws his readers with gusto...A genuinely exciting story with meaty characters and a storyline that never falters, even as Gee tests the very limits of his young protagonist. (Sunday Age 2008-01-01)
\\\"The theme of building a new world from the old informs the narrative, and there is necessary sacrifice and bloodshed along the way...The novel moves at a good pace and the ending is both satisfying in itself, and a lead in to the second novel in the trilogy.\\\" (Viewpoint Magazine 2009-04-01)
\\\"Gee is imaginative and masterful with his descriptions in this first of a trilogy.\\\" (Herald Sun (Melbourne) 2009-02-21)
\\\"A fantasy without destined heroes redeeming the entire world from the forces of ultimate evil is refreshing... Admirable characters confronting human realities make for compelling reading.\\\" (Kirkus Reviews 2009-09-15)
\\\"A compelling tale of anger and moral development that also powerfully explores the evils of colonialism and racism.\\\" (Publishers Weekly 2009-09-15)
\\\"Gee demonstrates his originality by spinning the adventure around ideas of colonialism and radioactive weaponry. These ethically compelling issues are refreshing in a fantasy novel.\\\" (VOYA 2009-10-01)
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Valerie Anderson is an attorney and single mother to six-year-old Charliea boy who has never known his father. Although both women live in the same Boston suburb, they are strangers to one another and have little in common, aside from a fierce love for their children. But one night, a tragic accident causes their lives to converge in ways no one could have imagined.', 'This is the moving, luminous story of good people caught in untenable circumstances. Each being tested in ways they never thought possible. Each questioning everything they once believed. And each ultimately discovering what truly matters most.', '', '', '[A] modern-day Jane Austen. Vanity Fair', \\\"In HEART OF THE MATTER, [Giffin] again uses her great wit and gift of storytelling to weave a tale that's nuanced, empathetic and, at times, heartbreaking. Matters of the heart are always complicated, and Giffin deftly shows you why. 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More', 'Giffin beautifully shows how quickly need becomes love[and her] chronicle of fluid, almost casual marital disconnect is a powerful cautionary tale. Boston Globe', \\\"In HEART OF THE MATTER, Giffin delivers her best book yet. Once again she plays with the idea of point of view, but this time she wraps it into a single, tightly written narrative that creates an addictive page-turning sense of tension. [W]hat makes this novel special are the emotional depths to which Giffin takes her readers [and] the question of what the aftermath can possibly look like for these two likable characters is what keeps readers glued to Giffin's engaging tale. Dallas Morning News\\\", 'There are no easy answers here, in a novel that is consistently engrossing right to the surprising finish. Seattle Times', \\\"Giffin's latest novel delves deep into the all-too-tricky matters of the heartthis juicy read will make you feel like you're sneaking a peek into your best friend's diary. Redbook\\\", \\\"Giffin's books are fast-moving, emotionally absorbing stories about female friendships, marriage and childbirth. Chicago Tribune\\\", \\\"Even as you steel yourself for [the book's pivotal moment], it's hard to read when it happens, which is what sets this book a step above so many others...[Giffin] creates characters in Tessa, Valerie and Nick who are believable and mostly well-intentioned even as they make obviously bad choices. St. Louis Post-Dispatch\\\", 'As HEART OF THE MATTER takes its time documenting the inexorable slide toward an affair, the slow-moving sequence of events rings true. Atlanta Journal-Constitution', \\\"Emily Giffin's newest novel is a little painful to read. OK, a lot painful to read. As a reader, you find yourself in the oddly painful position of rooting for two women who can't both get what they want. Your heart breaks for both of them [but] you'll know that feeling this kind of emotional torture with and about characters is a good thing. It's simply cathartic. Ft. Worth Star-Telegram\\\", \\\"Unfolding from Tessa and Valerie's alternating viewpoints, [HEART OF THE MATTER] will draw you in with beautifully complex characters who come across as nuanced and as flawed as people in real life. Giffin avoids victimizing Tessa while allowing empathy for Valerie, underscoring that all of us are capable of making mistakes that hurt those we love most. VIV magazine\\\", '[A] brutally honest book in that it never falters in its depiction of hope and heartache. Emily Giffin is a talented writer who re-gifts her talent in the books she createsWith HEART OF THE MATTER she turns up the heat and gives us her best novel yet. Huffington Post', 'Giffin punctures suburban trophy mothers and private school privilege, rising above the often-shallow chick fray with a gimlet-eyed skepticism for the traps modern women fall into. The Atlantan', 'Giffin\\\\'s talent lies in making her characters believable and relatable, and readers will be enthralled by this layered, absorbing novel. Booklist (\\\"Starred Review\\\")', \\\"HEART OF THE MATTER is a messy, complicated, often uncomfortable portrait of a marriage--and two families--in crisis. But it has everything readers love about Emily Giffin's books: the heart, the empathy, the truth. Bookpage\\\", \\\"Questions of infidelity fill this book, which follows the life of pediatric surgeon Nick Russo through the eyes of Tessa, his wife, and Valerie, the mother of one of his patients, whom he is tempted to have an affair with. Transforming the women into more and more sympathetic characters with each turn, HEART OF THE MATTER is an emotional tale of temptation, redemption and letting love lead the way. Woman's Day\\\", 'Emily Giffin continues her streak of penning summer must-reads with HEART OF THE MATTER. New York Metro', 'A touching story about marriage, fidelity and two mothers who find themselves inextricably linked. New York Family', \\\"Though Emily Giffin has examined relationships in all of her novels, she reaches a new level of intensity with HEART OF THE MATTER. With characters who are older and wiser than those in her past books, she is able to examine the more serious topics that present themselves within long-term relationships and parenthood. Her characteristic flowing style of writing makes this book no different from her others: one you won't want to put down. Woodbury magazine\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Workbook/Lab Manual for Interaction: Revision de grammaire franaise, 7th\\nDescription: ['Susan St. Onge is a distinguished professor of French at Christopher Newport University. In addition to INTERACTION, Susan and Ronald St. Onge are co-authors of LA CIVILISATION FRANAISE EN VOLUTION, Volumes I and II.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Heart of the Matter\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Emily Giffin is the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof and Love The One You're With. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and three young children.\\\", 'Cynthia Nixon--an Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning actress--is best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the hit HBO Sex and the City series and the films Sex and the City: The Movie and Sex and the City 2. She has read several Earphones Award-winning audiobooks.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Secret Love (Cynster Novels)\\nDescription: ['Setting: Regency England', 'Sensuality: 8', \\\"Althea Morwellan needs Gabriel Cynster's help to save her family's fortune from an unscrupulous con artist, but the beauty is determined to keep her family's precarious financial state a secret. Althea and Gabriel played together as children on neighboring estates and she knows him very, very well. Aware that he can't resist a challenge, she conceals her identity behind a heavy black veil, pretending to be a mysterious, widowed countess. Intrigued, Gabriel agrees to help her, both because of her plea for help and because the beautiful mystery woman represents a personal challenge that he finds irresistible. Althea extracts a promise from Gabriel that he will not attempt to discover her identity and will not remove her veil.\\\", \\\"Althea has loved Gabriel since they were children, but their relationship deteriorated over time. As adults, the two strike verbal sparks from each other at every meeting. Because of their barely polite truce, Althea is unprepared for Gabriel's wild attraction to her countess persona and she falls more deeply in love with him. Gabriel hasn't a clue that the mysterious veiled countess is really Althea, for the lady adamantly refuses to remove her veil. He finds himself charmed and seduced by the countess while frustrated beyond belief that she won't reveal her identity. For Althea, the pressure of maintaining her disguise is great and one evening, she makes a fatal slip. The ensuing confrontation with Gabriel turns both of their worlds topsy-turvy and complicates solving the mystery of her family fortune.\\\", 'In this latest of the Cynster family novels, Stephanie Laurens combines a mystery plot with a deeply sensual love story. There is something very intriguing about a hero and heroine who believe they know each other well, yet see each other in a very different light when they come together as intimate strangers. As always, the supporting cast of characters is charming and includes the growing numbers of the Cynster clan. A Secret Love is a riveting novel from first page to last. --Lois Faye Dyer', '\\\"Her lush sensuality takes my breath away!\\\" -- Lisa Kleypas\\\"All I need is her name on the cover to make me buy the book!\\\" -- Linda Howard', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (16) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series)\\nDescription: [\\\"Enchanting. . . . As usual, Smiths blend of gentle humor and insights into human nature is irresistible. Publishers Weekly
The sixteenth installment of the internationally bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series again showcases the boundless compassion, humor, and occasional wiliness of the agencys founder, the traditionally built Mma Precious Ramotswe. . . . The title comes from Preciouss reflection that she, blessed by the love of her husband, the proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, walks in sunshine. Readers of this and the whole series will feel similarly blessed. Booklist (starred review)
Praise for Alexander McCall Smith and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series:
Calling Precious Ramotswe, owner and chief investigator of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana, a detective doesnt do her justice. Problem solver extraordinaire would be much better. Mma Ramotswe . . . treats a whole range of human difficulties as they come her way, finding good solutions through her wisdom, kindness, and tact. Booklist
McCall Smiths plots offer wit, charm, and intrigue in equal doses. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Enchanting . . . An inspiration to us all . . . The sweet, chuckling voice of Precious Ramotswe falls gentle on the ear. The New York Times Book Review
A vivid observer and an elegant writer. The Plain Dealer
An oasis . . . Full of wit, nuance, and caring. Chicago Sun-Times
The pleasure of these sweet books lies in the clarity and gravity with which the characters reason through everyday dilemmas. Entertainment Weekly
Enthralling . . . Mma Ramotswe is someone readers cant help but love. USA Today\\\", 'ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Rural Roads to Security: America's Third Struggle for Freedom\\nDescription: ['Rural Roads to Security is a well-documented book about agrarian life during the Great Depression, and\\\\ncarried a warranted subtitle: Americas Third Struggle for Freedom. According to the authors, the first\\\\nstruggle was the war for American independence from Great Britain. The second struggle was the American\\\\nCivil War, which succeeded to preserve the union and emancipate the enslaved. The third struggle was\\\\ntaking place during the time Ligutti and Rawe were writing the Great Depression when the American\\\\npeoples faith in their political and economic system was being shaken. The industrial slowdown of the\\\\n1930s was expected by many to continue indefinitely; some policy-makers believed that agriculture needed to be emphasized to pull the country out of its crisis. Some wondered whether the United States would\\\\nremain the land of the free.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Importance of Being Seven (44 Scotland Street Series)\\nDescription: [' Fans of the series (which McCall Smith conducts in daily installments in The Scotsman before book publication) will rejoice at hearing again some of the familiar treads on the fashionable tenements stairs. . . . By following an assemblage of characters on and near 44 Scotland Street, McCall Smith manages sidesplitting send-ups of contemporary pretentiousness and wry and often poignant commentary on the roles of chance, cruelty, and fate in our lives. . . . Delightful. Booklist (starred review)
Life in Scotland Street is a more pleasant, leisurely business than it is for most of the rest of us. . . . Theres plenty of time for idle thoughts, occasional shafts of wit and gentle dissections of absurditysometimes all at the same time. The Scotsman
It is that all-prevailing pleasantness, the unfaltering optimism and the gentle pace of life that holds the key toMcCall Smiths success. Independent Magazine
[McCall Smith] is a pro, and he delivers sharp observation, gentle satire . . . as well as the expected romantic complications. . . . [Readers will] relish McCall Smiths depiction of this place . . . and enjoy his tolerant, good-humored company. The New York Times Book Review
Alexander McCall Smith . . . proves himself a wry but gentle chronicler of humanity and its foibles. The Miami Herald
McCall Smiths plots offer wit, charm and intrigue in equal doses. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Just about perfect. . . . Contains a healthy helping of McCall Smiths patented charm. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
McCall Smiths assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound. . . . [His] depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless. San Francisco Chronicle
Entertaining and witty. . . . A sly send-up of society in Edinburgh. Orlando Sentinel
McCall Smith, a fine writer, paints his hometown of Edinburgh as indelibly as he captures the sunniness of Africa. We can almost feel the mists as we tread the cobblestones. The Dallas Morning News
Alexander McCall Smith is the most genial of writers and the most gentle of satirists. . . . [The] characters are great fun . . . [and] McCall Smith treats all of them with affection. Rocky Mountain News
Irresistible. . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet. Chicago Sun-Times', '', 'Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics.
www.alexandermccallsmith.com
', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hidden In Plain Sight\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Karen Batshaw is an author living in Washington, DC, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Her previous books include Love's Journey, Kate's Journey, and Echoes in the Mist. It was her immersion in Greek culture as part of her research for Echoes in the Mist that led her to the tragic story of Greece during World War II.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (9)\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* A painting by Nicolas Poussin, valued at 3million pounds and slated for donation to Scotlands National Gallery, has been stolen from the stately home of a Scottish country gentleman and held for ransom. After contacting his insurance company, the victim takes the unusual step of reaching out to Isabel Dalhousie, a philosopher who specializes in ethics. Isabel has the reputation for being able to sort through thorny situations and murky motives, a quality that has involved her in other peoples problems in eight previous novels in this series. At first glance, Isabel doesnt seem nearly as quirky and human as McCall Smiths other woman detective, Precious Ramotswe (of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), or as the recurring characters in the Scotland Street or Corduroy Mansions series. Isabel seems to have it all, effortlessly: inherited wealth that allows her to publish the Review of Applied Ethics, a dreamboat of a younger husband, and an adorable little boyall this good fortune housed in a well-appointed Edinburgh home. But Isabels constant awareness of how Nemesis may take notice of her makes her wholly sympathetic. The art theft itself, which expands into a consideration of famous art heists and forgeries, gives readers fascinating glimpses into a mostly hidden crime industry. McCall Smith spikes his heroines seemingly cloistered world with enough close encounters with tragedya neighbor stabbed to death by someone he brought home, for exampleto make both Isabel and the reader aware of the fragility of good fortune. Utterly satisfying for its art-theft puzzle, characterization, and Edinburgh setting. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The Precious Ramotswe novels continue to be McCall Smiths most popular franchise, but the Isabel Dalhousie series, starring the ethicist and crime solver, is sneaking up on the outside. --Connie Fletcher', 'Praise for the Isabel Dalhousie series
McCall Smiths talent for dialogue is matched only by his gift for characterization. Its hard to believe that he could make up a character as complex and unique as Isabel. She is by turns fearless, vulnerable, headstrong and insecure, but always delightful. Chicago Tribune
Readers get to soak up the cozy atmosphere of this Scottish university town and McCall Smiths gentle good will. The Boston Globe
Entertaining and enchanting reading about characters you think you knowand wish you did. Las Vegas Review-Journal
McCall Smiths contemporary cozies have proved that crimes need not be punishable by death to provide a satisfying read . . . A genteel, wisdom-filled entertainment. Los Angeles Times', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The New Structural Social Work: Ideology, Theory, Practice\\nDescription: [' \\\"This book will prove exciting reading for all students, practitioners, and educators concerned with the articulation of a renewed framework for understanding social work practice...a profound contribution to social work theory overall...The New Structural Social Work shows us how social work should, and can, transcend helping clients cope with social problems and include a determined effort to address the source of their problems.\\\"--Research on Social Work Practice', '', '', '', '', 'Bob Mullaly is Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba.', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":273,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":273,"string":"273"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Awaken (Awaken Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Jaime grew up in a small town in Northern California. Having a passion for dance and music, she never would have thought herself to become an author. In late 2008, Jaime found the pieces of her novel beginning to take form and a story was born. Soon she had a full novel in her hands and a writer was developed. Awaken is Jaime's first published novel. With many features still in the works, this debut novel is just a taste of the action-packed romantic thrillers to come from this aspiring new author. Jaime now lives in Nevada with her husband and three boys. Loving life, and living a dream.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Oracle of Delphi\nDescription: ['\"The Oracle of Delphi is a beautifully written mythical love story\" -- Rendezvous
FOUR STARS! -- Romantic Times Magazine', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One) (The Maze Runner Series)\nDescription: ['Praise for the Maze Runner series: A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series A USA Today Bestseller A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick   \"[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost.\"—EW.com   “Wonderful action writing—fast-paced…but smart and well observed.”—Newsday   “[A] nail-biting must-read.”—Seventeen.com   “Breathless, cinematic action.”—Publishers Weekly   “Heart pounding to the very last moment.”—Kirkus Reviews   “Exclamation-worthy.”—Romantic Times   [STAR] “James Dashner’s illuminating prequel [The Kill Order] will thrill fans of this Maze Runner [series] and prove just as exciting for readers new to the series.”—Shelf Awareness, Starred
\"Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book.\"-Deseret News', '', 'James Dashner is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, and The Kill Order, as well as The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts, the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series. Dashner was born and raised in Georgia, but now lives and writes in the Rocky Mountains. To learn more about James and his books, visit JamesDashner.com, follow @jamesdashner on Twitter, and find dashnerjames on Instagram.']","rejected":"Title: Pedal Exercises for Harp\nDescription: ['Jacqueline Pollauf has written a variety of works for the harp, including original works, pedagogical exercises, arrangements, and transcriptions for both solo harp and harp ensemble. A dedicated performer and teacher, Jacqueline resides near Baltimore, Maryland and is on the faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory. More information is available at: jpharp.com', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Maze Runner. Correr o Morir / Maze Runner, Run or die (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: [\"James Dashner was born on November of 1972 in Georgia. He published a series called Jimmy Fincher, with four volumes that attracted thousands of readers. Eager to dedicate his life to children's literature, and wrote and currently his bibliography includes the hit The 13th Reality and this new challenge it took to see the light that had amazon results.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading\nDescription: ['Perhaps as many people set out to be writers now because of things they\\'ve seen--movies and TV--as do because of what they\\'ve read. This is for those in the latter category. A cozy compendium of authors discussing first books they\\'ve loved, letting the mysteries and pleasures of becoming readers--requisite before becoming any kind of writer--envelop them. Editors Michael Dorris and Emilie Buchwald have assembled a range of stories, from Nicholson Baker\\'s shock at a death in The Hobbit, to Mona Simpson\\'s \"ABC\" lessons with alphabet soup, and more. You\\'ll be reaching for old Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books before you know it.', 'Editors Dorris (Cloud Chamber, LJ 11/15/96) and Buchwald, editor and publisher of Milkweed, intend this collection to inspire readers and to serve as \"a love letter and thank-you note to every librarian, English teacher, friend, relative, and parent\" who introduced someone to a book. The collection of short, mostly original essays is lively and personal. In alphabetical order, 57 contributors, some better known than others, describe the first book they remember or how reading, and often writing, began for them. Short story writer Charles D\\'Ambrosio, for instance, describes how he used his first book to beat his sisters over the head, though he also read it with great interest. Other contributors include Sherman Alexie, Nicholson Baker, Gretel Ehrlich, and Robert Pinsky. Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress\\'s Center for the Book and the \"Building a Nation of Readers\" campaign, this is appropriate for all libraries.?Nancy P. Shires, East Carolina Univ. Lib., Greenville, N.C. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Murder Complex\nDescription: ['', 'Welcome to the Murder Complex.', 'You cannot see us. You cannot feel us.', 'But we are here.', 'And we control your every move.', '', '', \"Lindsay Cummings is a book blogger and the author of the teen series the Murder Complex. She lives in Texas with two German shepherds, one wolf cub who isn't very smart, a horse named Dan the Man, and a husband named Josh. She eats too many hot Cheetos and can't stop dyeing her hair crazy colors.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: M.I.T.H.: Operation Smoking Jaguar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Branded (A Sinner Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['
Melissa Kalicicki received her bachelor's degree from Millersville University in 2003. Aside from reading and writing, her interests include running and mixed martial arts. Abi Ketner is a registered nurse with a passion for novels, singing, and running. Best friends since college, they turned a month book review into a joint writing adventure. They both live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
']","rejected":"Title: Memory and Critical Thinking Bundle: Learn how to improve your memory,thinking,decision making and problem solving skills\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Enchantment\nDescription: ['', '', 'Book 1: The Channie Series', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Halfhearted Velleity\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cursed (Cursed Magic Series, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Equine Neonatal Medicine and Surgery\nDescription: ['Richard J Hepburn, The Veterinary Record, March 2005 \"A unique format, with a superb review of perinatal physiology. This is a book best read from cover to cover and should be considered important basic reading for anyone embarking on postgraduate studies in equine internal medicine or critical care. A thouroughly enjoyable read promoting a thorough diagnostic and therapeutic approach to modern equine neonatalogy.\"', 'Derek C. Knottenbelt, BVM&S, DVM&S, MRCVS, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Division of Equine Studies, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Nicola Holdstock, MA, VetMB, PhD CertEM(StudMed), PhD, MRCVS, Lecturer in Large Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; and John Madigan, Professor and Associate Director, Large Animal Clinic, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: IGNITE\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Ghost in the Coal Cellar: True Case Files from a Lone Investigator\nDescription: ['', 'Andrea Mesich (MI) was a skeptic about the paranormal until she had a dramatic encounter with a ghost in 2004. Since then, she has studied the paranormal, practicing new techniques, testing different theories, and researching history, trying to discover why paranormal events happen and what can we learn from them.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pucked\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy\nDescription: ['Societies function on the basis of rules. These rules coordinate the activities of individuals who have a variety of goals and purposes. Whether the rules work well or ill, and how they can be made to work better, is a matter of major concern. Appropriately interpreted, the working of social rules is also the central subject matter of modern political economy.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Thirteen Reasons Why\nDescription: [\"Clay Jensen returns home from school one day to find a mysterious box, with his name on it, lying on the porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she did what she did - and Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list - and it'll change Clay's life forever.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Dirt Road Rider's Trek Epic\nDescription: ['A Couple Excerpts... Part 22 Climbing now towards the ridgeline overlooking Sylmar, stopping at viewpoint, trying to pick out in the checkerboard far below the building wherein at 4:05 a cup of hot chocolate-coffee was consumed in preparation for this Fishday adventure. No pacesetter companion today, no riding partner. Instead, memories of fragments of conversations heard earlier: \"What is that you are. . .\" \". . , saying to me?\" \"Kelvin Siu, extension 333, please. Kelvin Siu, twee twee twee.\" And \"Don\\'t forget my armies!\" This road is below flight path. Airliners arriving from the north descend, cruising easy into the valley. Afternoon sunlight glints. Reward for reaching the summit: sunstruck blue-gold mist filling Santa Clarita valley. A setting for ardent sun. A jewel-laden bed, scattered glimmerings of sunlight on water. See to learning something today. In the steep scary downhill; rocky, sandy turns; outside pedal down, then just 1/8 turn backwards and the front wheel accepts more easily the curve, turns into it as though unbidden. Turnaround point by washout on unmaintained fork of road. Stop for a bite to eat and a bowlful by Monkey Trumpet growing right out of rock, and thistle, and small five-petalled lavender blossoms of name unknown. Under a large rock, a small scorpion, rare and willing to sting, awaits cooling-down of evening. Arthropod scuttling, alien thought patterns. . . *** FINAL System message from root @ freebird *** System going down IMMEDIATELY System shutdown time has arrived syncing disks . . . done Unix Halted <B>Part 23 Hang glider takes a couple of steps off the steep hillside, then is supported on wings of nylon and aluminum held together with steel cabling. Circling above, singing to the crows. Diving, swooping, the harnessed gymnast freed, through technology, like the red-tailed hawk. Below, on technology more akin to the mountain lion, we lope along trails and old roads where wild cucumber \"de vine\" sprouts through November green carpet. Descending from the ridge, through winding switchbacks, under powerline towers; it\\'s so hard to use tactics when everyone has left you behind. \"Hey, wait for me; I dropped my water bottle!\" Descending like crazy, dicing with soul-mate, continually on the outer edge of control; laying life on the line, witholding nothing, neither skill nor recklessness. \"Hey, it\\'s dangerous up ahead. Slow down!\" Scramble across washout that strains agility to the limit. Cross over canyon bottom at the boulders permitting stream-hopping; up the embankment and into the clearing where the old cabin still stands, the ancient pay phone still buzzes its dial tone . . . . . . Car wreck must be pulled out of the canyon, but the tainted money father refused was spent on booze. Now, reaching down into the pocket of poverty and finding not a penny, but a token, which allows for one local call; hoping for some companionship. But \"Suzi\\'s dead\", so there\\'s no running to Arizona this lifetime . . . Up the moist sandstone roadway, climbing the opposite hillside. Sprint \\'til you pop~ Death is certain, life is not. Practicing a non-interference policy toward death: Let the diseased die. Let the suicidal die. Let accident victims die. Not afraid to die. Not afraid to live. Not afraid to kill somebody. Got to think about getting this life together. After this ride, must get off cycling; say \"No!\" to hot tea and a place beside the fire. Just say \"No\" to cycling. Just say \"No!\" to life. ---- from the \"DRRTE\"
An Excerpt... Part 24 Glint of gold in the roadside berm, half-mile south of the old stagecoach road. Thirty feet further down the road, figure: might as well take a look, though it\\'s probably just some junk brass. U-turn, go back plenty beyond, turn again to approach the same way, so the sunlight will glint off it the same way. There, the same glint of gold in the berm. This time, stop straddled, bend down, touch the glint with a fingertip. Move it, eyes scanning minutely, brain analyzing every visible detail, mind and belief system having a wild time, approaching overload. . . . It is a gold coinl Take a close look (glad the magnifying glass is in the pack). . . . 3 dollars, 1891, CC. Well, this is serious! Dismount, throw the bike, derailleur side down, out of the way against the embankment. So many questions: How long has this gold coin been here in the bulldozed berm, how long had half of it been exposed to the sunlight? Who lost a gold coin on this remote dirt road? Kneeling now, carefully brushing the last of the dust from the wreath of tobacco, wheat, corn and cotton. This is in very fine condition. Now, clutching the gold in the left hand, beginning to wonder if this is a singular occurrence. Raking at the sandy dirt with the right hand fingers, mindful to move only enough dust with each scraping to uncover just the surface. Continuing this for some time, a couple of feet up the road satisfied to turn up another two gold coins, and then one more close by. Comparing them all, all the same: 3 dollars, 1891, CC. This means something. Looking around a bit, what is this? Right hand curve in the road, sandstone outcrop up the hillside on the right. Twenty miles from nowhere. Carefully scramble up the embankment, arriving at the top of the cut just above the gold. Start searching in earnest, finding a couple near the edge, a few more upside a large grass clump, others further up; a veritable trail of gold leading up to the sandstone. Up there, still stuck between two parts of a split boulder, a leather pouch, rodent-chewed, spilling out the last of its cache onto the steep, eroding hillside. Gold certainly not lost; more likely hidden there by the outlaw who robbed the stage bringing payroll from Carson City. ---- from the \"DRRTE\"
An Excerpt... Part 25 Leading a life somewhat misshapen, mistaken, misplaced, or unreal. Rabbits dying, funeral pyre in the fireplace. No sign of productivity from any representative of the sisterhood of the egg. Winged beans, supposed to fill the cornucopia of Africa and the world, barely presenting three juvenile leaves to the sun who brought them forth. Bicycle suffering from need of new components and the desire to ride it fading as all of life fades during the dreary winter days. Sky of grey, night of black and cold that requires a steady fire, more energy than burned by one\\'s self during the dreary winter day\\'s ride. Does one deserve the warmth of fire? Pure maple syrup? Palestrina singing of holiness in Latin? Warming ones self by the funeral pyre, gaining warmth and life through the sacrifice of a small furry creature. Memories of old thrashed Huret, which through careful and precise hammering had had most of its usefulness restored, while gaining a well-used patina achievable only on quality merchandise. How many times, the Huret retrieved from the trash barrel? Thrice-purged through ordeal of fire and saved to die death upon death again. There comes a time when one cries out for permission to use that forbidden tool; that one which has the power, but was not designed for, not intended for, this task. Crying out for permission, so that once again the machinery might be restored to its functioning existence. But final verdict: Beyond retrief. ---- from the \"DRRTE\"', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Thirteen Reasons Why\nDescription: ['Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher']","rejected":"Title: The Dragon Who Found a Monster Party: A gorgeous, children's picture, rhyming book perfect for bedtime; for ages 2-8 (Dragon Who Series 3) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (The Mara Dyer Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', '', '\"Haunting and dreamlike, the intrigue and romance of Mara Dyer will inescapably draw you in.\" --Cassandra Clare, author of the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series', '', '\"The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer strikes a rare balance of darkly funny, deliciously creepy and genuinely thoughtful. One minute I was laughing out loud, and the next, I was so scared I wanted to turn on all the lights and hide under the covers. Michelle Hodkins talent and range are obvious, from her chilling descriptions to romantic scenes that almost crackled on the page. Ive never read anything quite like it.\"--Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling author of Divergent', '', '', '\"A clever, captivating thriller, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is perfect for those (like me) who like their heroes dark, their heroines dangerous, and their romances seriously twisted.\"', '--Kirsten Miller, New York Times bestselling author of The Eternal Ones', '', '\"WOW. Michelle Hodkin\\'s debut will keep you guessing until the last page--and long after.\"', '--Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of Across the Unviverse', '', '\"As spooky and twisty as it is lyrical and beautiful, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer grabbed me and wouldn\\'t let go. Read this one with the lights on.\" --Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of Demonglass', '', '', '', \"Michelle Hodkin grew up in South Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan. When she isn't writing, she can usually be found prying strange objects from the jaws of one of her three pets. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyeris her first novel. You can visit her online at michellehodkin.com.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: 2018 Weekly Planner: 8.5\" x 11\" 2018-2019 Dog Cat Monthly Daily Planner Diary Calendar Schedule Journal Organizer Volume 10 (Dog Cat Days Weekly ... Planner Calendar 2018-2019 Planner Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Logan's Story: A Sand & Clay Prequel\nDescription: ['\"This is a great prequel to Her Forbidden Rockstar. It is a great insight into Logan Clay. If you are looking for a quick read, this will definitely be right up your alley.\" -The Boyfriend Bookmark', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Indus Civilization\nDescription: [\"This volume offers the best description and analysis of the nature of [Indus] civilization. Illustrated with an abundance of line drawings, charts, and maps, the volume richly illuminates architecture, material culture, and arts and crafts....Offering thebest available presentation of the Indus civilization, this volume successfully fulfills the needs of both general readers and specialists...Essential...[f]or all those interested in ancient civilizationssss (C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Harvard University CHOICE, June 2003)
Possehl's book is more detailed, and in particular highlights his ability to synthesize information into a coherent whole. In addition he offers a number of hypotheses that will serve as catalysts for academic debate. (London Times Higher Education Supplement)
This book by a well-known anthropologist puts together all that is known about this fascinating culture. He examines the economic, agricultural, religious and artistic aspects of this ancient civilisation and draws some startling conclusions...[The] explosive observations of the author, who...has done extensive research on the Indus civilisation, make this volume valuable for scholars, students and lay readers alike...he makes the riddle of the Indus Age all the more enigmatic. (Jaswant Singh The Sunday Tribune- Spectrum)
...makes an important contribution to the archaeology of South Asia by bringing together a large body of information from an area that has generally been ignored and misunderstood by nonspecialists. (Michael P. Neeley, Montana State University American Antiquity, Vol. 69, No. 1, 2004)
An accessible volume for the nonspecialist...There is a great need for such a book...the work is refreshing: Possehl takes strong stands on a variety of issues, but he presents his perspective clearly and in ways that can contribute to productive classroom discussions...this book will make a valuable launching point for undergraduate and graduate courses on South Asian archaeology or comparative courses on early states and civilizations. (Carla M. Sinopoli, University of Michigan Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 60, 2004)
A succinct but thorough and comprehensive textbook, readable, clearly arranged and invitingly designed, The Indus is a most welcome guide to a topic widely known of but not easy, until now, to learn more about. (Antiquity)
The Indus civilization was one of the most important complex societies in the pre-industrial world. But despite significant archaeological attention over the years, it remains one of the most enigmatic civilizations to both scholars and the general public alike. Professor Possehl's engagingly written and well-illustrated book sheds useful new light on the Indus Age and makes recent scholarly advances readily accessible to a broad range of readers, especially students of the ancient world. (Jeremy A. Sabloff, University of Pennsylvania Museum)
This volume offers the best description and analysis of the nature of [Indus] civilization. Illustrated with an abundance of line drawings, charts, and maps, the volume richly illuminates architecture, material culture, and arts and crafts....Offering the best available presentation of the Indus civilization, this volume successfully fulfills the needs of both general readers and specialists...Essential...[f]or all those interested in ancient civilizations (C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Harvard University CHOICE, June 2003)\", 'GREGORY L. POSSEHL is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Asian Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He has been engaged in archaeological research in Indian and Pakistan since 1964, from Iron Age megaliths to Mesolithic encampments, including directing excavations at Rojdi in Gujarat and Gilund in southern Rajasthan. Possehl has written and edited a number of important books on the Indus Civilization and related topics.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Faerie Prince (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Rachel Morgan was born in South Africa and spent a large portion of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making. After completing a degree in genetics, she decided science wasn't for herafter all, they didn't approve of made-up facts. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Affirmations 101: 101 Days of Developing Self-confidence, Boldness and Courage While Turning Dreams Into Reality\nDescription: ['Jacob Glass is a spiritual teacher, author and coach. He has been teaching for 30 years throughout Southern California and his weekly class recordings go all over the world.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Faerie's Revenge (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['Rachel Morgan spent a good deal of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making, crafting endless stories of make-believe and occasionally writing some of them down. After completing a degree in genetics and discovering she still wasnt grown-up enough for a real job, she decided to return to those story worlds still spinning around her imagination. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults and those young at heart.']","rejected":"Title: Basic Criminal Procedures (3rd Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Recoil (Recoil Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['"Recoil, the first in what looks to be a fascinating take on a dystopian world where the power and pluck of youth raised on virtual gaming may prove to be the greatest weapon on the war on terror, if their consciences can be tamed.
Macgregor is holding nothing back, this is magnetic reading filled with whiplash-quick action, deep soul searching and a cast of characters with the energy and vitality of youth. Macgregor paints a world in chaos with hidden agendas, fighting to survive the devastation of terrorism. These characters burst off the page with life and attitude, as well as the dialogue of youth. Some will live, while others may not, but each will have to decide how far they will go and what direction they will take!
This is not another cookie-cutter read, it is edgy and often dark, a strong start for a new trilogy of adventure and what-ifs!" (Tome Tender Book Blog)', 'When not writing, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist in private practice where she works mainly with victims of crime and trauma.Although she lives in the frenetic adrenaline-rush of the big city, Joanne has always been in love with nature, and escapes into the wilds whenever she can. She's a Harry Potter fanatic, bakes the best choc-chip cookies on the planet, and is addicted to chilies and bulletproof coffee. She started her professional life as a high school English teacher and loves writing about, and for, teens. She is the author of several books for Young Adults, including Scarred (2015).']","rejected":"Title: A-41: Essays on life and ministry abroad\nDescription: ['Jonathan and Elizabeth Trotter www.trotters41.com twitter: @trotters41 facebook: /trotters41', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hushed\nDescription: ['', '', \"When not writing, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist in private practice where she works mainly with victims of crime and trauma. Although she lives in the frenetic adrenaline-rush of the big city, Joanne has always been in love with nature, and escapes into the wilds whenever she can. She's a Harry Potter fanatic, bakes the best choc-chip cookies on the planet, and is addicted to chilies and bulletproof coffee. She started her professional life as a high school English teacher and is the author of several books for Young Adults, including The Law of Tall Girls, Scarred and The Recoil Trilogy.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Making Designer Seed Bead, Stone and Crystal Jewellery\nDescription: ['Rare book', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Awaken (Awaken Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"Jaime grew up in a small town in Northern California. Having a passion for dance and music, she never would have thought herself to become an author. In late 2008, Jaime found the pieces of her novel beginning to take form and a story was born. Soon she had a full novel in her hands and a writer was developed. Awaken is Jaime's first published novel. With many features still in the works, this debut novel is just a taste of the action-packed romantic thrillers to come from this aspiring new author. Jaime now lives in Nevada with her husband and three boys. Loving life, and living a dream.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Oracle of Delphi\\nDescription: ['\\\"The Oracle of Delphi is a beautifully written mythical love story\\\" -- Rendezvous
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Melissa Kalicicki received her bachelor's degree from Millersville University in 2003. Aside from reading and writing, her interests include running and mixed martial arts. Abi Ketner is a registered nurse with a passion for novels, singing, and running. Best friends since college, they turned a month book review into a joint writing adventure. They both live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she did what she did - and Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list - and it'll change Clay's life forever.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Dirt Road Rider's Trek Epic\\nDescription: ['A Couple Excerpts... Part 22 Climbing now towards the ridgeline overlooking Sylmar, stopping at viewpoint, trying to pick out in the checkerboard far below the building wherein at 4:05 a cup of hot chocolate-coffee was consumed in preparation for this Fishday adventure. No pacesetter companion today, no riding partner. Instead, memories of fragments of conversations heard earlier: \\\"What is that you are. . .\\\" \\\". . , saying to me?\\\" \\\"Kelvin Siu, extension 333, please. Kelvin Siu, twee twee twee.\\\" And \\\"Don\\\\'t forget my armies!\\\" This road is below flight path. Airliners arriving from the north descend, cruising easy into the valley. Afternoon sunlight glints. Reward for reaching the summit: sunstruck blue-gold mist filling Santa Clarita valley. A setting for ardent sun. A jewel-laden bed, scattered glimmerings of sunlight on water. See to learning something today. In the steep scary downhill; rocky, sandy turns; outside pedal down, then just 1/8 turn backwards and the front wheel accepts more easily the curve, turns into it as though unbidden. Turnaround point by washout on unmaintained fork of road. Stop for a bite to eat and a bowlful by Monkey Trumpet growing right out of rock, and thistle, and small five-petalled lavender blossoms of name unknown. Under a large rock, a small scorpion, rare and willing to sting, awaits cooling-down of evening. Arthropod scuttling, alien thought patterns. . . *** FINAL System message from root @ freebird *** System going down IMMEDIATELY System shutdown time has arrived syncing disks . . . done Unix Halted <B>Part 23 Hang glider takes a couple of steps off the steep hillside, then is supported on wings of nylon and aluminum held together with steel cabling. Circling above, singing to the crows. Diving, swooping, the harnessed gymnast freed, through technology, like the red-tailed hawk. Below, on technology more akin to the mountain lion, we lope along trails and old roads where wild cucumber \\\"de vine\\\" sprouts through November green carpet. Descending from the ridge, through winding switchbacks, under powerline towers; it\\\\'s so hard to use tactics when everyone has left you behind. \\\"Hey, wait for me; I dropped my water bottle!\\\" Descending like crazy, dicing with soul-mate, continually on the outer edge of control; laying life on the line, witholding nothing, neither skill nor recklessness. \\\"Hey, it\\\\'s dangerous up ahead. Slow down!\\\" Scramble across washout that strains agility to the limit. Cross over canyon bottom at the boulders permitting stream-hopping; up the embankment and into the clearing where the old cabin still stands, the ancient pay phone still buzzes its dial tone . . . . . . Car wreck must be pulled out of the canyon, but the tainted money father refused was spent on booze. Now, reaching down into the pocket of poverty and finding not a penny, but a token, which allows for one local call; hoping for some companionship. But \\\"Suzi\\\\'s dead\\\", so there\\\\'s no running to Arizona this lifetime . . . Up the moist sandstone roadway, climbing the opposite hillside. Sprint \\\\'til you pop~ Death is certain, life is not. Practicing a non-interference policy toward death: Let the diseased die. Let the suicidal die. Let accident victims die. Not afraid to die. Not afraid to live. Not afraid to kill somebody. Got to think about getting this life together. After this ride, must get off cycling; say \\\"No!\\\" to hot tea and a place beside the fire. Just say \\\"No\\\" to cycling. Just say \\\"No!\\\" to life. ---- from the \\\"DRRTE\\\"
An Excerpt... Part 24 Glint of gold in the roadside berm, half-mile south of the old stagecoach road. Thirty feet further down the road, figure: might as well take a look, though it\\\\'s probably just some junk brass. U-turn, go back plenty beyond, turn again to approach the same way, so the sunlight will glint off it the same way. There, the same glint of gold in the berm. This time, stop straddled, bend down, touch the glint with a fingertip. Move it, eyes scanning minutely, brain analyzing every visible detail, mind and belief system having a wild time, approaching overload. . . . It is a gold coinl Take a close look (glad the magnifying glass is in the pack). . . . 3 dollars, 1891, CC. Well, this is serious! Dismount, throw the bike, derailleur side down, out of the way against the embankment. So many questions: How long has this gold coin been here in the bulldozed berm, how long had half of it been exposed to the sunlight? Who lost a gold coin on this remote dirt road? Kneeling now, carefully brushing the last of the dust from the wreath of tobacco, wheat, corn and cotton. This is in very fine condition. Now, clutching the gold in the left hand, beginning to wonder if this is a singular occurrence. Raking at the sandy dirt with the right hand fingers, mindful to move only enough dust with each scraping to uncover just the surface. Continuing this for some time, a couple of feet up the road satisfied to turn up another two gold coins, and then one more close by. Comparing them all, all the same: 3 dollars, 1891, CC. This means something. Looking around a bit, what is this? Right hand curve in the road, sandstone outcrop up the hillside on the right. Twenty miles from nowhere. Carefully scramble up the embankment, arriving at the top of the cut just above the gold. Start searching in earnest, finding a couple near the edge, a few more upside a large grass clump, others further up; a veritable trail of gold leading up to the sandstone. Up there, still stuck between two parts of a split boulder, a leather pouch, rodent-chewed, spilling out the last of its cache onto the steep, eroding hillside. Gold certainly not lost; more likely hidden there by the outlaw who robbed the stage bringing payroll from Carson City. ---- from the \\\"DRRTE\\\"
An Excerpt... Part 25 Leading a life somewhat misshapen, mistaken, misplaced, or unreal. Rabbits dying, funeral pyre in the fireplace. No sign of productivity from any representative of the sisterhood of the egg. Winged beans, supposed to fill the cornucopia of Africa and the world, barely presenting three juvenile leaves to the sun who brought them forth. Bicycle suffering from need of new components and the desire to ride it fading as all of life fades during the dreary winter days. Sky of grey, night of black and cold that requires a steady fire, more energy than burned by one\\\\'s self during the dreary winter day\\\\'s ride. Does one deserve the warmth of fire? Pure maple syrup? Palestrina singing of holiness in Latin? Warming ones self by the funeral pyre, gaining warmth and life through the sacrifice of a small furry creature. Memories of old thrashed Huret, which through careful and precise hammering had had most of its usefulness restored, while gaining a well-used patina achievable only on quality merchandise. How many times, the Huret retrieved from the trash barrel? Thrice-purged through ordeal of fire and saved to die death upon death again. There comes a time when one cries out for permission to use that forbidden tool; that one which has the power, but was not designed for, not intended for, this task. Crying out for permission, so that once again the machinery might be restored to its functioning existence. But final verdict: Beyond retrief. ---- from the \\\"DRRTE\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Thirteen Reasons Why\\nDescription: ['Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Dragon Who Found a Monster Party: A gorgeous, children's picture, rhyming book perfect for bedtime; for ages 2-8 (Dragon Who Series 3) - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (The Mara Dyer Trilogy)\\nDescription: ['', '', '\\\"Haunting and dreamlike, the intrigue and romance of Mara Dyer will inescapably draw you in.\\\" --Cassandra Clare, author of the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series', '', '\\\"The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer strikes a rare balance of darkly funny, deliciously creepy and genuinely thoughtful. One minute I was laughing out loud, and the next, I was so scared I wanted to turn on all the lights and hide under the covers. Michelle Hodkins talent and range are obvious, from her chilling descriptions to romantic scenes that almost crackled on the page. Ive never read anything quite like it.\\\"--Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling author of Divergent', '', '', '\\\"A clever, captivating thriller, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is perfect for those (like me) who like their heroes dark, their heroines dangerous, and their romances seriously twisted.\\\"', '--Kirsten Miller, New York Times bestselling author of The Eternal Ones', '', '\\\"WOW. Michelle Hodkin\\\\'s debut will keep you guessing until the last page--and long after.\\\"', '--Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of Across the Unviverse', '', '\\\"As spooky and twisty as it is lyrical and beautiful, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer grabbed me and wouldn\\\\'t let go. Read this one with the lights on.\\\" --Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of Demonglass', '', '', '', \\\"Michelle Hodkin grew up in South Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan. When she isn't writing, she can usually be found prying strange objects from the jaws of one of her three pets. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyeris her first novel. You can visit her online at michellehodkin.com.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 2018 Weekly Planner: 8.5\\\" x 11\\\" 2018-2019 Dog Cat Monthly Daily Planner Diary Calendar Schedule Journal Organizer Volume 10 (Dog Cat Days Weekly ... Planner Calendar 2018-2019 Planner Series)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Logan's Story: A Sand & Clay Prequel\\nDescription: ['\\\"This is a great prequel to Her Forbidden Rockstar. It is a great insight into Logan Clay. If you are looking for a quick read, this will definitely be right up your alley.\\\" -The Boyfriend Bookmark', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Indus Civilization\\nDescription: [\\\"This volume offers the best description and analysis of the nature of [Indus] civilization. Illustrated with an abundance of line drawings, charts, and maps, the volume richly illuminates architecture, material culture, and arts and crafts....Offering thebest available presentation of the Indus civilization, this volume successfully fulfills the needs of both general readers and specialists...Essential...[f]or all those interested in ancient civilizationssss (C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Harvard University CHOICE, June 2003)
Possehl's book is more detailed, and in particular highlights his ability to synthesize information into a coherent whole. In addition he offers a number of hypotheses that will serve as catalysts for academic debate. (London Times Higher Education Supplement)
This book by a well-known anthropologist puts together all that is known about this fascinating culture. He examines the economic, agricultural, religious and artistic aspects of this ancient civilisation and draws some startling conclusions...[The] explosive observations of the author, who...has done extensive research on the Indus civilisation, make this volume valuable for scholars, students and lay readers alike...he makes the riddle of the Indus Age all the more enigmatic. (Jaswant Singh The Sunday Tribune- Spectrum)
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The Indus civilization was one of the most important complex societies in the pre-industrial world. But despite significant archaeological attention over the years, it remains one of the most enigmatic civilizations to both scholars and the general public alike. Professor Possehl's engagingly written and well-illustrated book sheds useful new light on the Indus Age and makes recent scholarly advances readily accessible to a broad range of readers, especially students of the ancient world. (Jeremy A. Sabloff, University of Pennsylvania Museum)
This volume offers the best description and analysis of the nature of [Indus] civilization. Illustrated with an abundance of line drawings, charts, and maps, the volume richly illuminates architecture, material culture, and arts and crafts....Offering the best available presentation of the Indus civilization, this volume successfully fulfills the needs of both general readers and specialists...Essential...[f]or all those interested in ancient civilizations (C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Harvard University CHOICE, June 2003)\\\", 'GREGORY L. POSSEHL is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Asian Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He has been engaged in archaeological research in Indian and Pakistan since 1964, from Iron Age megaliths to Mesolithic encampments, including directing excavations at Rojdi in Gujarat and Gilund in southern Rajasthan. Possehl has written and edited a number of important books on the Indus Civilization and related topics.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Faerie Prince (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: [\\\"Rachel Morgan was born in South Africa and spent a large portion of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making. After completing a degree in genetics, she decided science wasn't for herafter all, they didn't approve of made-up facts. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Affirmations 101: 101 Days of Developing Self-confidence, Boldness and Courage While Turning Dreams Into Reality\\nDescription: ['Jacob Glass is a spiritual teacher, author and coach. He has been teaching for 30 years throughout Southern California and his weekly class recordings go all over the world.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Faerie's Revenge (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: ['Rachel Morgan spent a good deal of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making, crafting endless stories of make-believe and occasionally writing some of them down. After completing a degree in genetics and discovering she still wasnt grown-up enough for a real job, she decided to return to those story worlds still spinning around her imagination. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults and those young at heart.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Basic Criminal Procedures (3rd Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Recoil (Recoil Trilogy) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['"Recoil, the first in what looks to be a fascinating take on a dystopian world where the power and pluck of youth raised on virtual gaming may prove to be the greatest weapon on the war on terror, if their consciences can be tamed.
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4.5 out of 5 stars! \"...these Dragon Shifters are alpha males you can enjoy. I truly enjoyed them and I highly recommend this book.\" ~ Under the Covers Book Blog
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SHIP\\'S GYMNASIUM, TRIAD HUNTERSHIP VAXXAR
\"Captain, we have a problem.\"
It took a moment for Sass, toweling the sweat off her face, to acknowledge the comment voiced by the tall woman striding down the locker room aisle toward her, her black and tan Alliance uniform partly obscured by a blue lab coat, her shoulder-length blond hair uncharacteristically mussed.
Captain. Gods\\' blessed rumps, after five and a half months of being called \"commander,\" she finally had her rank back. That was the only good news Admiral Branden Kel-Paten gave out during the senior staff meeting earlierthough the definition of \"captain\" on board the Vaxxar was, in Sass\\'s opinion, still up for grabs.
However, Sass had a feeling that the admiral\\'s announcementat that same meetingof the Vaxxar\\'s departure from Lightridge Station within the hour was solely responsible for the grim expression on Doc Eden Fynn\\'s face.
\"You\\'ve given Lightridge some decent leads\"
\"Leads?\" Eden came to a halt in front of her, then flung her arms wide in exasperation, narrowly missing smacking her hand on a metal locker door. \"People are dying of fright in the space lanes, Tasha. No one knows how or why. And now we have eighty-seven more dead bodies exhibiting abnormally high levels of dopamine and serotonin.\"
The deaths on the freighter Degun\\'s Luck were the sixth such incident in Triadian space in the past four months. Lightridge had promptly alerted Alliance HQ, requesting a forensic medical team. The Vaxxar, chasing down reports of an Illithian mother ship in the sector, had been diverted to Lightridge, pending the team\\'s arrival. But only temporarily.
Sass draped the towel around her neck. Three of the dead were Zingarans, Eden\\'s people. That only made the incident worse for the CMO. \"The med team from HQ arrives in ten hours. They\\'re best equipped to handle this. We\\'re a huntership, Eden. We need to be out there stopping the Illithians from breaching our borders, not sitting on station performing autopsies.\"
Eden didn\\'t seem to hear her. \"I\\'m the only empathic doctor to come on scene in the first thirty hours after one of these incidents. There are still emanations. But I need time to work with them. Only now he pulls us off Lightridge. All because some damned pirate-turned-informant decided to go on an unscheduled vacation!\"
\"That damned pirate was gathering intelligence on the Illithians,\" Sass pointed out. \"HQ and the admiral feel it\\'s imperative we locate him.\" Border breaches and a missing undercover operative did not make for a happy Admiral Kel-Paten. Sass figured that was why he denied Eden\\'s request to stay behind on Lightridge. He needed Eden\\'s expertise when they captured Jace Serafino. Sass just wasn\\'t sure if he was referring to Eden\\'s empathic talents in discerning falsehoods or her medical ones in putting Serafino back together after the admiral wiped the floor with him. Their mutual animosity went back years.
It was years as well since Sass had seen Serafino. He was a charming rogue, always hip-deep in some kind of trouble. According to the staff briefing, he had changed little.
But Tasha Sebastianthe woman Serafino knew as Lady Sasshad changed. Though she prayed he wouldn\\'t remember her. She didn\\'t need Admiral Edmonds\\'s warning ringing in her mind to know that there were parts of her past that the Triadand especially Kel-Patenmust never know.
\"Since he won\\'t grant the medical investigation critical-mission status,\" Eden was saying, \"then I\\'m asking for a two-week leave of absence. It would take me only six hours to get back there by shuttle.\"
They were still in the inner-system lanes and at sublight speed. A shuttle launch would slow them down twenty, thirty minutes at most.
If Kel-Paten agreed to it. And he might, if Sass couched it in the proper terms. For all of Kel-Paten\\'s aggravating qualitiesand they were legionhe encouraged her input. Sass enjoyed testing the depths of his cybernetically perfected mind. His cybernetically perfect form wasn\\'t half bad either, she grudgingly admitted. Except for his attitude and that damned perpetual scowl . . .
But she\\'d brave that for Eden, even though she wasn\\'t thrilled with the idea of losing her CMOand closest friendfor two weeks. \"Let me see what I can do.\" Her comm link trilled as if to punctuate her words. It took her a moment to find it under her towel, clipped to the neck of her pink workout shirt. \"Sebastian.\"
\"My office. Five minutes.\" The admiral\\'s familiar deep voice brooked no argument. She wondered what crisis he uncoveredagainto occupy what was left of her free time.
But, hell, she\\'d just agreed to talk to him on Eden\\'s behalf.
\"By your command, sir.\" Sass clicked off the link and caught Eden\\'s wry grin. \"What?\"
\"Good shirt.\"
Sass looked down. My name\\'s No, No, Bad Captain! What\\'s Yours? was clearly visible now that she\\'d removed her towel. She grinned back as she tossed the towel into a nearby hamper, remembering the day her officers on the Regalia gave her the pink T-shirt. Remembering more the wide-eyed expression on Kel-Paten\\'s face the first time he saw her wearing it as she left the Vax\\'s gym. Gods, she so enjoyed rattling his cage.
\"Want to try double-teaming him?\" she asked, heading for the door.
Eden fell into step with her. \"He can dock my pay for the cost of the shuttle fuel if\"
The red-alert sirens erupted as the corridor doors slid open, stopping Eden in mid-sentence.
Damn. What now? Sass flicked on her comm link. \"Sebastian to bridge. Status, Mister Rembert.\"
\"Incoming interstellar thermal wave. Eight-point-two on the Graslan scale. McAbian residue readings\"
\"On my way! Sebastian out.\"
Sass bolted down the wide gray corridor for the lifts, her heart pounding. She didn\\'t have to hear the residue reading figures. An 8.2 Graslan wave was more than enough to tear a huntership the size of the Vaxxar apart.
Oh, gods. Tank. She stepped into the lift, gave the command for the bridge deck, and tapped her comm link again. \"Sebastian to captain\\'s quarters. Tank. Kennel, now!\"
She knew her voice would sound in her quarters. She prayed her black and white fidget wasn\\'t sleeping so deeply he couldn\\'t hear it. No, he\\'d be awake. The sirens would have accomplished that. Chances were good he\\'d clambered into the small safety pod even before she barked out the order. The pod was rigged to dispense one of his favorite treats when it sensed his presence inside. The fidget might not understand emergencies, but he was never one to miss a meal.
\"Bridge,\" the tinny autovoice announced.
She lunged out of the lift, almost colliding with a tall, dark-haired man in a black Triad uniform. Kel-Paten. He slanted her one of his infamous scowls before guiding her through the double sliding doors that led to the upper level of the bridge.
The two-tiered, U-shaped command center of the huntership was already frenzied with activity, black-uniformed senior officers moving efficiently from station to station, specialists glued to their chairs but swiveling quickly as new information downloaded to a nearby screen. Voices were terse, commands clipped. Every screen streamed with data.
Kel-Paten released her arm. \"You\\'re out of uniform.\"
She was also off duty, but the possibility they were at death\\'s door prevented her from reminding him of that fact. She offered him a brief \"noted\" as she headed for the closest scanner station to check incoming data.
What Sass saw on the screens wasn\\'t pretty, but they had time. Five, maybe ten minutes to try some fancy dancing that could either save their lives or send them to their graves in infinitesimal pieces. She glanced over her shoulder. Kel-Paten slid into the left command seat. She watched as, with a practiced familiarity, he thumbed open a small panel covering the dataport in the armrest and linked into the ship\\'s systems through the interface built into his wrist. He frowned slightly, then his eyes flared with that eerie, luminous hue that signaled his cyber systems were at full power. He was spiked in, as much a part of the huge huntership as the drives, scanners, and bulkheads.
Except, unlike the drives, scanners, and bulkheads, he could talk.
She turned back to her console, knowing he could hear her just as well from there as if she were seated next to him.
\"Admiral, my data shows a major energy disturbance at oh-five-seven-point-four.\"
\"Oh-five-seven-point-four-three-two,\" the voice through her comm link stated. \"No damage from preliminary residual shock waves. Ship integrity is sound. Secondary waves\"
\"Damn!\" Sass swore as she was thrust abruptly sideways. She clung to the wide console with both hands and considered sitting down and strapping in.
\"Forward shields down to eighty-five percent,\" a crewmember\\'s voice announced below her.
She opted to remain standing, working at the console. Kel-Paten was no doubt eons ahead of her calculations in his inner journey through the data, but he looked for the known, correlating and synthesizing, while she looked for the unexplainable. Granted, his cybernetically enhanced thought processes were a million times faster than hers, but he was linear, where her analysis tended to do pirouettes and somersaults.
\"Tell me what we don\\'t have, Kel-Paten,\" she said tersely under her breath, forgetting for a moment thatspiked inhe could hear her. The huntership shuddered as another line of shock waves impacted its shields.
\"Energy signature is not indicative of ionic-storm formation,\" he replied. \"No indication of interstellar gas cavity. No known binary-collision region in this sector.\" And no comment as to the inappropriateness of her sarcastic tone.
\"Space-time rift?\" she ventured, her fingers rapidly tapping instructions into the sensor pads.
\"Highly improbable, with no previous black-hole activity recorded in this quadrant.\"
\"We might just be making history, then,\" she quipped, scanning the results of her latest data request. She frowned. \"We have abnormally high levels of McAbian particle residue.\"
The Vax heeled hard to port, and Sass\\'s stomach made a corresponding lurch to starboard. \"Admiral, look at those levels!\"
The few seconds of studious silence from the admiral were filled by the sounds of voices around her: reports of minor hull damage on Deck 7, another fluctuation in shield integrity portside, two crewmembers with broken arms on Deck 10. Down in sick bay, Eden would be up to her eyes in contusions and broken bones. After this, they\\'d both need a pitcher of iced gin.
\"McAbian levels are increasing at the rate of seventeen parts per nanosecond,\" Kel-Paten reported. \"Probability of vortex formation is eighty-seven point six-five percent in the next ten minutes.\"
At his words, a chill surged up Sass\\'s spine. A vortexa hole violently torn in the space-time continuum. It could be anything from the universe farting to the birth of a major black hole as the result of a dark-star implosion perhaps hundreds of thousands of light-years away. But there were always warnings. For a vortex to just suddenly appear was . . . impossible. Yet there it was. And here they were, stuck at the wrong place at the wrong time with nowhere to go but down the galactic shitter.
And no time to figure out the whys and hows.
\"Can you spike out? We have to do some fancy dancing. I need you at the con.\"
\"Agreed. Acknowledged.\"
\"Remy!\" She called to the lanky, amber-skinned manthe Regalia\\'s former science officertwo consoles down. \"Monitor this stationwe\\'ve got a rift coming.\"
She took the seat next to Kel-Paten, raked a safety strap across her chest, then stabbed at the intraship comm link on her seat\\'s armrest.
\"This is the captain. Secure all decks. We\\'re on a rift horizon. Sebastian out.\" She turned to him. \"Shields were down to eighty\"
\"Corrected.\" His pale eyes were losing their eerie luminescence. \"They\\'re back at optimum.\"
\"Well, praise the gods and pass the peanut butter,\" she said, noting the undisguised superiority in his tone. \"Remind me to tell you how much I love you, Kel-Paten. If we live through this.\"
The ship lurched sickeningly again. Alarms wailed. Data on her screen relayed everything she didn\\'t want to know. This was a different kind of reminder, a deadly one.
One that stated that when huntership met vortex, vortex usually won.
CAPTAIN\\'S CABIN
Friend? Friend? Tank hunkered in the rear of the kennel-pod and called out plaintively to the older furzel a few cabins away. The alarmwhat he termed \"Loud High Noise\"blared constantly, making his furry ears twitch. Big Ship shuddered and pitched. He was in Small Safe Place and shouldn\\'t be worried, but worried he was. And it wasn\\'t because of the way Big Ship moved. Friend? Bad Thing here!
Friend. Reilly\\'s mental contact was reassuring to the fidget. See. Smell. Know. Have time. Be safe.
Go Blink now?
No Blink now.
We stop Bad Thing?
A sense of pride filtered through his mind. Our job. We protect.
Big Ship shimmied and Tank bumped against the pod\\'s side. Protect MommySass. He paused. Thirsty.
A mental sigh sounded in his mind, then an image of two small glowing circles. Remember! Blue light, blue light water, Reilly instructed. Blue light, yellow light food.
Tank ducked his head slightly, even though he knew Reilly couldn\\'t see. Remember! So much to remember, and he was only a fidget.
Standing a bit unsteadily, he found two blue lights on the side of Small Safe Place, then recognized the pattern of sticklike markings above it: WATER. There was a small round spot. He nosed it and a slender tube slid down. The tube dripped a cool wetness onto his tongue.
Thirst quenched, he closed his eyes, ignored Loud High Noise, and reached carefully through the neverwhen.
Yes, there it was with its ugly smelly light. Bad Thing. Bad Thing was here.
When Reilly gave the word, Tank would be ready.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: White Moccasins\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Song of the West (Silhouette Romance #143)\nDescription: ['A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author', \"The towering mountains and windswept plains called to her. But she'd never intended to stay forever - until Jake Tanner stirred her emotions like a summer tornado and made it impossible for her to leave. But no man was going to seduce Samantha Evans to give up her dreams. Even a cocky cowboy who made her blood go hot . . .\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Alpha Contracts (The Revelations Cycle) (Volume 10)\nDescription: ['Over the course of the Revelations Cycle, the Four Horsemen Universe has continued to expand and evolve, and the only thing missing that readers continued to clamor for was the origin stories of the Four Horsemen. Ask no more! This book contains the four origin stories, as well as a look at the universe of that time through letters home from one of the other mercenary units, the Avenging Angels. This gives the reader a unique, eye-opening perspective on the universe as seen through the eyes of a unit making its first (and last?) trip to the stars. Chris Kennedy, Virginia Beach, VA', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hope's Folly\nDescription: ['When it comes to futuristic romance, it doesnt get better than Sinclair! Romantic Times ', 'Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair has become a name synonymous for high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclairs novels have the wow-factor in spades, earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. A former news reporter and retired private detective, Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their two thoroughly spoiled cats.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Francis: Man of Prayer\nDescription: ['
Mario Escobar Golderos has written numerous books and articles about the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and religious sects. He is the executive director of an NGO and directs the magazine Nueva historia para el debate. Passionate about history and its mysteries, Escobar specializes in the lives of unorthodox Spaniards and Americans. For more information, see www.marioescobar.es.
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A compelling and fascinating world.Joss Ware, award-winning author of Night Resurrected
Solid world-buildingand a twisty story line. Robin D. Owens, national bestselling author of Enchanted Ever After
In the world of paranormal romancesthis one was unique.All About Romance ', 'Kylie Griffin is a writer and primary school teacher. She lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia, and is involved in a number of volunteer emergency organizations, helping during fires, storms, search and rescue efforts, and road accidents. Visit her website at www.kyliegriffin.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Patient Guide to Unnecessary Knee Surgery\nDescription: [\"Ronald P. Grelsamer, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. With over 70 publications to his name, Dr. Grelsamer has also authored The Patella A Team Approach, along with a number of consumer-oriented books: The Columbia-Presbyterian Osteoarthritis Handbook, What Your Doctor May NOT Tell you About Knee Pain and Surgery (the first edition of this book), and What Your Doctor May NOT Tell you About Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery. Dr. Grelsamer's interests extend beyond orthopedics he has penned Into the Sky with Diamonds, a history of the Beatles and the Race to the Moon.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Alliance Forged (A Novel of the Light Blade)\nDescription: ['Kylie Griffin has me hooked.', 'Kylie Griffins obsession with all things paranormal/fantasy started at an early age, when she used to imagine the jacaranda tree in her front yard was a spaceship used to defend the world from invading enemies. Writing stories seemed a natural extension to her childhood adventures.
Today, shes a primary school teacher sharing her love for the written word with young children. In her spare time, she writes and reads all things paranormal.
Kylie lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia, and is involved in a number of volunteer emergency organizations, helping during fires, storms, search and rescue efforts, and road accidents.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Mirette on the High Wire *Caldecott Award Winner\nDescription: [\"Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: It Happened One Autumn: The Wallflowers, Book 2\nDescription: [\"Though this historical romance kicks off on a corny notewith the heroine, who has a supersensitive sense of smell, buying a seemingly magical perfumethe story quickly evolves into the kind of engrossing, dynamic romance that readers have come to expect from Kleypas. The setup is familiar: strong-willed American heiress Lillian Bowman gets under the skin of straitlaced earl Marcus Westcliff, and soon finds herself sharing the sheets with him. But what distinguishes this book from a multitude of similar stories are Kleypas's characters. One can imagine the mouthy Lillian as a regular on Sex and the City and, with his contemporary sensibilities and hunky good looks, Marcus could easily win the heart of a modern woman. Indeed, while the protagonists are both hardheaded in a typical way and their path toward love is peppered with few surprises, it's no chore to sit back and be amused by their antics and engrossed in their struggles. Even if this romance isn't as fresh as the first book in Kleypas's Wallflowers series, Secrets of a Summer Night, the charismatic charactersincluding Lillian's pert sister and chatty, mischievous friendsensure that it's never boring. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', \"Headstrong American heiress Lillian Bowman has come to England to find an aristocratic husband. Unfortunately, no man is strong enough to tame the stubborn beauty's fierce will. Except, perhaps, the powerful and arrogant Earl of Westcliffa man Lillian despises more than anyone she's ever met.\", \"Marcus, Lord Westcliff, is famous for his icy English reserve and his supreme self-control. But something about the audacious Lillian drives him mad. Whenever they're in the same room, they can't stop themselves from battling furiously to gain the upper hand.\", \"Then one afternoon, a stunningly sensuous encounter changes everything . . . and Lillian discovers that beneath the earl's reserved faade, he is the passionate and tender lover of her dreams. What neither Westcliff nor Lillian suspect, however, is that a sinister conspiracy threatens to destroy any chance of happiness. After a shocking betrayal endangers Lillian's safetyand possibly her lifewill Marcus be able to save her before it's too late?\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Astonishing X-Men: Gifted Prose Novel\nDescription: ['Peter David often abbreviated PAD,[ is a writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning, 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, and Fallen Angel. He currently lives on Long Island', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Heart of Obsidian (Psy/Changelings)\nDescription: ['\"A must-read for all of my fans.\"--Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times bestselling author
\"Scorching hot.\"--Dear Author
\"I don\\'t think there is a single paranormal series as well planned, well written, and downright fantabulous as Ms. Singh\\'s Psy-Changeling series.\"--All About Romance
\"Paranormal romance at its best.\"--Publishers Weekly
\"Sheer genius.\"--The Romance Reviews', \"Nalini Singh is passionate about writing. Though she's traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the Highlands of Scotland, and the temples of Japan, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her most. She's beyond delighted to be able to follow her dream as a writer.
Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pranayama The Breath of Yoga\nDescription: ['\"Once again, Gregor Maehle has provided an invaluable resource for yoga students. I\\'ve read a dozen books on pranayama and taken workshops, all to little benefit in my practice. With this book, the lights came on. As in his previous publications, Mr. Maehle combines his astonishing knowledge of yoga scripture with the most straightforward, most insightful, most eye-opening descriptions and explanations ranging from physiology and bio-mechanics to psychology and spirituality. As I reread this book and ponder it, I am continually astonished by the depth of insight it provides. I have come to believe that this will be the single most important book on yoga in the past century. This is a life-changing contribution, for which I am profoundly grateful.\" - Paul M. Gahlinger, MD, PhD, MPH', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Arrival: Book One of the BirthRight Trilogy (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Nicole MacDonald is a thirty something year old Kiwi who loves to read and moonlights as a novelist. From a young age she fantasized about being the heroine in the books and/or movies she watched and credits the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' for really inspiring her. Writing only occurred to her a few years ago after reading an abysmal tale with silly useless females where upon she decided to write a tale solely for herself where the girls got to kick butt without the usual sob story--betrayed/abused/abandoned etc. That little tale eventuated into the BirthRight Trilogy. Nicole's current daydream is that Joss Whedon (aka the genius of film) will discover the BirthRight Trilogy and demand the film rights to it. Until then, she's working on several other writing projects and aiming to explore the world with her fiance.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Suzuki Violin School, Violin Part - 3 Book Set - Includes Volume 4, Volume 5 and Volume 6\nDescription: ['OUR BOOK 6 IS NEW REVISED EDITION.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: If You Deceive (The MacCarrick Brothers, Book 3)\nDescription: [\"With power and passion Kresley Cole completes her MacCarrick Brothers trilogy with a bang. You'll be held fast in Cole's grip and utterly satisfied with every aspect of her story. -- Romantic Times Magazine, 4 1/2 STARS TOP PICK!\", \"*Sign up for Kresley's email newsletter to receive the latest book release updates, as well as info about contests & giveaways ( kresleycole.com/newsletter/ ) Kresley Cole is the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series, the young adult Arcana Chronicles series, the erotic Gamemakers Series, and five award-winning historical romances. A master's grad and former athlete, she has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings. Her IAD books have been translated into eighteen foreign languages, garnered three RITA awards, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists, in the U.S. and abroad. You can learn more about her and her work at kresleycole.com or facebook.com/KresleyCole\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Planetes Omnibus Volume 2\nDescription: ['Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut in 2000 with the praised Planetes, serialized in Kodansha Weekly Morning mangazine and adapted into a 26 episodes anime series by the studio Sunrise. Before that, he worked as an assistant for Shin Morimura.
He is currently working on Vinland Saga which was first serialized in Weekly Shnen Magazine then moved to the monthly Afternoon magazine due to releases pacing issue. For this work he received the 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the manga category. In 2010, he was a guest of the Angoulme International Comics Festival. The author lives in Yokohama, Japan.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1)\nDescription: ['\"Jax\\'s brutal eloquence will twist your heart when you least expect it.\" -JERI SMITH-READY \"Exciting, evocative and suspenseful science fiction romance...Characters and a world you\\'ll think about long after the book is done.\" -ROBIN D. OWENS ', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Fidel y la Religin: Conversaciones con Frei Betto sobre el Marxismo y la Teologia de Liberacion (Ocean Sur) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the American Revolution)\nDescription: ['Praise for The Rebel Pirate
A fast paced, soundly researched historical intrigue, with vivid characters and sharp writing,The Rebel Pirateis a compelling read.New York Timesbestselling authorMadeline Hunter
Authentic detail, amazing characters, and a dazzlingly broad sweep of action make this a richly romantic adventure thats hard to put down. Truly brilliant. Prepare to be blown away.New York Timesbestselling author Susanna Kearsley
[A] sexy, dangerous gallop through the American Revolution. Swashbuckling high seas adventure crossed with desire-driven romance, all dished up with perfect historical detail from head to heel.Bee Ridgeway, author of The River of No Return
More Praise for Donna Thorland
You wont want to stop reading.New York Times bestselling author William Martin
I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it!New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh
An author I adore.New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston
A stay-up-all-night, swashbuckling, breath-holding adventure of a novelNational bestselling author Lauren Willig', 'Graduating from Yale with a degree in Classics and Art History, Donna Thorland managed architecture and interpretation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, for several years. She then earned an MFA in film production from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She has been a Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellow and a WGA Writers Access Project Honoree, has written for the TV shows Cupid and Tron: Uprising, and is a writer on the WGN dramaSalem.The director of several award-winning short films, her most recent project aired on WNET Channel 13. Her fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine. She is the author of the Renegades of the American Revolution series, including The Turncoat, The Rebel Pirate, Mistress Firebrand, and The Dutch Girl.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Last Shot, a Final Four Mistery, 1st, First Edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Breath of Life\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: FInding favorites (Time to read)\nDescription: ['This book is in good condition. The pages are yellowed, yet still very readible. The binding is in tact. There is a stamped on name inside the book. \\n\\nShop from thousands of books in our Amazon store. St. Vincent DePaul is a non-profit charity that has a mission to help any person in need. The funds we receive are used exclusively to further this mission. The society of St. Vincent DePaul has been offering aid to those in need for 176 years, and was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Award. The total amount of assistance provided in our area in 2007 is $659,689. We have served 64541 people in Snohomish county alone in 2009. We offer the best in customer service and back every sale with that promise! Please help support our efforts with your purchase. We have sold and shipped several hundred books and always take care of our customers. Our objective is to ship fast and satisfy every customer who visits our store. Please help us establish a reputation that assures others of our guarantee of satisfaction. If you have a title for which you have been looking, email us with the request and we will get back to you. Thank You!', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Ophelia Prophecy\nDescription: ['Asha is an archivist from Sanctuarythe last human cityand when she wakes on the reservoir beach, she has no idea how she got there. Or who the man she sees almost immediately is. It turns out, in short order, that hes one of the Manti, and his sister Iris is onboard their ship, the Banshee. The Manti are the reason theres only this one last human settlement: theyre genetically engineered, and they rebelled against their human creators; Asha has been cataloging and studying what little the humans know of the Manti. Pax insists on taking Asha with them, to find out what she knows; then he realizes that he is overwhelmingly attracted to her and orders the ship to keep him from doing something foolish. This turns out to be useful. When they find another Manti ship downed in a bog, they land to help it and find another human settlement, which shakes Ashas knowledge of the world and sets in motion a string of events that will shake the very fabric of their societies. The setting is excellent, the social politics compelling; the romance, though built on predictable tropes, is ultimately sweet. --Regina Schroeder', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Birds, Flowers and Butterflies Stained Glass Pattern Book (Dover Stained Glass Instruction)\nDescription: ['\"Beautiful sketches and patterns....very inspiring!\"']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Collector\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* As a writer, Lila Emerson is fascinated by people. So when her latest house-sitting job provides the opportunity to observe the neighbors in the building across the street, Lila cant resist. It is all innocent fun until late one night when she happens to glance across the street and sees one of the couples she has been watching involved in a violent fight. Before Lila can reach the phone to call for help, the woman falls to her death. The police initially rule the case to be a murder/suicide, but when Lila later crosses paths at the police station with artist Ashton Archer, the brother of the alleged murderer, he tries to convince her that his brother would never kill anyone, much less commit suicide. Much to her surprise, Lila finds Ash makes a good case for his brothers innocence, and that case only becomes stronger once the two find themselves targeted by a ruthless killer determined to tie up any loose ends. Roberts is performing at the top of her literary game, and the novels opening nod toward Rear Window should clue readers in to the fact they are in for an addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With over 200 books that have sold more than 400 million copies around the globe, its easy to do the math: Roberts has another best-seller on her hands. --John Charles', '', 'Roberts is performing at the top of her literary gameAn addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud.Booklist (starred review)
An engrossing tale of love, family, and the lengths some will go to possess that which they desire the most.Wit and Sin
A pair of strong, commitment-averse protagonists, vividly drawn villainsa classy, stunningly beautiful, sociopathic assassin and a soulless recluse, in particularan abundance of Faberg egg history and a plot that keeps readers on edge add up to another classic for Roberts.Library Journal
A juicy, suspenseful tale to snuggle in with and savor.BookPage.com
You wont want to stop until youre finished.Fresh Fiction', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A New Day Dawning\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Windflower\nDescription: ['1ST PRINTING JUNE 1984, 445 \"READING\" PAGES, DELL #19534', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ben and the Bishop\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Bound (Bound Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Growing And Processing Tobacco At Home: A Guide for Gardeners\nDescription: [\"Growing and processing tobacco at home teaches you how to raise your own quality tobacco. Today's commercial tobacco products are loaded with chemicals and fillers and non-tobacco products. Your first all natural cigar or cigarette will be a pleasure you will not forget.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Night's Honor (Elder Races)\nDescription: ['Praise for the Novels of the Elder Races
A dark, compelling world. Im hooked!#1New York Timesbestselling author J. R. Ward
Harrison delivers an epic story of myth, mayhem and love that is sure to keep readers satisfied and breathing fire!Fresh Fiction
Thea Harrison is a master storyteller.#1New York Timesbestselling author Christine Feehan', 'A debut author at the age of nineteen, Thea Harrison had sixteen romances published under another name before she took a break to collect a couple of graduate degrees and a grown child. Shes back with the Novels of the Elder Races, a paranormal romance series. Thea lives in California with her family.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ring of Fear by Anne McCaffrey (1-Dec-1971) Paperback\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sacrificed to the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Gran Diccionario Español Frances/Frances Español / Great French-Spanish Dictionary (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Rare book']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blaze of Secrets (Asylums for Magical Threats) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Punisher Max: The Complete Collection Vol. 7\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Chained By Night (Moonbound Clan)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Songs About Animals and Others (Golden Song Book 'N' Tape)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Chained by Night (Moonbound Clan Vampires)\nDescription: ['Larissa Ione is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the Demonica and connected Lords of Deliverance series, as well as the MoonBound Clan Vampire series and other contemporary novels. An Air Force veteran, she traded in her career in meteorology to pursue her passion for writing. She lives in Wisconsin with her US Coast Guard husband, her teenage son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhound, Hexe. Visit her at LarissaIone.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Alpha's Pet (Dark Hollow Wolf Pack Series 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Bollywood Affair\nDescription: ['Sonali Devs first literary work was a play about mistaken identities performed at her neighborhood Diwali extravaganza in Mumbai. She was eight years old. Despite this early success, Sonali spent the next few decades getting degrees in architecture and written communication, migrating across the globe, and starting a family while writing for magazines and websites. With the advent of her first gray hair her love for telling stories returned full force, and she now combines it with her insights into Indian culture to conjure up stories that make a mad tangle with her life as supermom, domestic goddess, and world traveler. Sonali is an active member of RWA and WFWA. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her very patient and often amused husband and two teens who demand both patience and humor, and the worlds most perfect dog. Visit her on the web at sonalidev.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Other World\nDescription: ['From the author of the modern classic novel THE HEADMASTER\\'S PAPERS comes this masterpiece collection of short fiction, a cycle of stories told by the main character, Jonathan Force. Contemporary boys and the men they become are in an altogether new kind of peril; they are no longer merely adrift as Holden Caulfield once was in mid-twentieth century Manhattan; they are broken and finished, like the authors of our eras schoolyard shootings.\\n\\nThe stories that unfold in THE OTHER WORLD address the inner life of boys in a way that offers a bigger, better vision, charting the formative experiences of a spirited boy who, by an admixture of grace, luck, and indomitable spirit, does not bow finally before the cultural imperatives to forfeit his deep naturealthough he comes very close. \\n\\nAttentive readers are likely to find these stories touching, at times funny, and ultimately inspiring. Blake Bailey, author of CHEEVER: A LIFE, writes:\" Richard Hawley explores, with eloquence and sensitivity, the secret lives of children and the unexpected moments that linger in memory and give shape to our souls. A stunning collection.\" Ann Hood, author of THE OBITUARY WRITER, calls THE OTHER WORLD \"both a tender and harsh coming-of-age story.\" As John Irving writes of the author, \"Richard Hawley has the poise and vision to create an entire world.\"', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Her Dragon's Fire (Dragon Guard Series)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Biblia Plenitud Biblia Plenitud\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Say Yes to the Marquess: Castles Ever After\nDescription: ['“Dare continues her Castles Ever After series with another cleverly crafted love story that hits all the high notes. A sparkling, emotionally lush romance.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
“Inheriting a Castles Ever After title is a life-changing experience, one that comes with surprises, unexpected romance, meddlesome friends and family, a wonderful hero and a strong-willed heroine. There’s also fun, passion and true love delivered in true Dare fashion!” (RT Book Reviews (top pick))
“Dare excels at storytelling, creating a powerful, believable romance that evokes a plethora of emotions.” (Publishers Weekly)
“…my best advice to fans of historical romance is to say yes to the books of Tessa Dare.” (Heroes and Heartbreakers)', '', 'Your presence is requested at romantic Twill Castle for the wedding of Miss Clio Whitmore and . . . and . . . ?', \"After eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. She's inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement.\", 'Not if Rafe Brandon can help it. A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio will marry his brother—even if he has to plan the dratted wedding himself.', \"So how does a hardened fighter cure a reluctant bride's cold feet?\"]","rejected":"Title: Bread of Angels\nDescription: ['\"Afshar has created an unforgettable story of dedication, betrayal, and redemption that culminates in a rich testament to God\\'s mercies and miracles.\"Publishers Weekly', 'Achingly tender from the first flutter of romance to the last sting of betrayal, Bread of Angels is an intensely emotive and satisfying read. (Mesu Andrews, award-winning author of the Treasures of the Nile series)', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fast Track\nDescription: ['Praise for #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood
Whoever thinks romantic suspense is dead should read a Julie Garwood book.USA Today
A trusted brand name in romantic suspense.People
Julie Garwood creates masterpieces every time she writes a book.The Kansas City Star
Undoubtedly Garwood is a pro.Kirkus Reviews
If a book has Julie Garwoods name on it, its guaranteed to be a meticulously written...and thoroughly engaging story.Sun Journal (ME)', 'Julie Garwood is among the most critically acclaimedand popularromance authors around, published in thirty-two languages worldwide with forty million copies of her books in print. She is the #1New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels including Wired, Fast Track, Hotshot, Sweet Talk, The Ideal Man, Sizzle, Fire and Ice, Shadow Music, and Shadow Dance. She lives near Kansas City.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Complete Antislavery Writings of Anthony Benezet, 1754-1783: An Annotated Critical Edition (Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World)\nDescription: ['I first discovered Anthony Benezet in the reading room of the British Museum in 1990. I was there to study Enlightenment rhetoric, a rather dry and forbidding topic. Benezet was there in the pages of a small leather-bound book that looked well-used in the 220 years since its publication in Philadelphia. But the passion of the man, the sheer force of his convictions and his energy in condemning slavery captivated me and made me want to learn much more about him and his urgent project--to end the transatlantic slave trade and free enslaved Africans in the Americas.', '', 'PRAISE FOR THE COMPLETE ANTISLAVERY WRITINGS OF ANTHONY BENEZET, 1754-1783', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Archangel's Storm (A Guild Hunter Novel)\nDescription: ['Praise for the series:
The Guild Hunter world is an awesome place to be.Fiction Vixen
The Guild Hunter series remains a must-read for paranormal romance.Bitten by Books
I loved every wordamazing in every way!New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter
Paranormal romance doesnt get better than this.Love Vampires
Powerful, raw, intense dark--and so intimate.Smexy Books
Steamy and beautifula great novel that makes me want to read everything Nalini Singh has ever written.Fresh Fiction
[A] powerful, riveting novel. I found myself wholly absorbed.Dear Author
Stuns with intensityleft me raw and aching at the end in the best way possible.Romance Junkies
Mesmerizingfascinating world building.Bitten by Books
Stunning, original, beautiful, intriguing, and mesmerizing.Errant Dreams Reviews
I could not put this book down.Night Owl Romance
Completely awe-inspiring.Fallen Angel Reviews
Worldbuilding that blew my socks off.National Bestselling Author Meljean Brook', \"New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nalini Singh lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. She also loves chatting to readers. You can find her on Twitter (@nalinisingh) and Facebook (facebook.com/authornalinisingh), and via her website: nalinisingh.com
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\"Singh once again delivers an epic delight with a large ensemble cast...Romance, family, and loyalty are celebrated even as the dangers of a brave new world without war are explored.\"Publishers Weekly (starred review)
\"As she prepares to initiate the second plot arc in the amazing Psy/Changeling series, Singh makes this 15th book a special gift to her readers as she updates them on the lives of nearly all the previous protagonists, while also launching new mysteries to be solved. The fact that the 15th book in this long-running series will only make readers desperate for more is a testament to Singhs genius for storytelling!\"RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick)
A brilliantly plotted, action-packed, and completely satisfying celebration of the series.Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Nalini Singh and her Psy-Changeling Novels
The alpha author of paranormal romance.Booklist
Nalini Singh is a master storyteller.Maya Banks, #1 New York Times & USA Today bestselling author
Nalini is brilliant.USA Today
Complex psychological changes are balanced by deep love...outstanding.Publishers Weekly
From the Hardcover edition.', \"New York Times and USA Todaybestselling author Nalini Singh lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. She also loves chatting to readers. You can find her on Twitter (@nalinisingh) and Facebook (facebook.com/authornalinisingh), and via her website: nalinisingh.com
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Kleypas will continue to win readers hearts in book four of the Ravenels [...] Kleypas makes you feel every intense moment; each heated kiss and all the thrilling action as you race to the perfect ending. There is nothing quite like a Kleypas romance. (RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars))
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Kleypas elegant, assured prose and attentive characterization adorn every page of Hello Stranger. This is a fabulous love story with a perfectly matched pair at its heart. (BookPage)
Unforgettable, beautifully etched characters; a flawless sense of pacing; and a perfectly executed plot imbued with an abundance of desire and danger are the outstanding literary hallmarks of the latest splendid addition to Kleypas Ravenels series. (Booklist)', '', 'New York Times bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS delivers a scintillating tale of an unconventional beauty who finds passion with the spy who cant resist her', 'A woman who defies her time', 'Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any manwhy not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been tempted to embark on an affair, until now. Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, is as gallant as he is secretive, a rumored assassin whose true loyalties are a mystery. 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He becomes obsessed with the frozen body of a fragile blonde drowning victim: \"They must have rolled her onto the bank. River police. Everyday sort of work for them, people in the water. But not usually so recent. They would have taken one look at her and tried everything-- mouth to mouth, heart massage, volts of electric--everything short of shaking the life back into her.... She was beautiful. Is it all right to say that? That is what she was--beautiful. Her mouth was wide, and despite all those kisses on the river bank, unimpressed. You could trace every vein in her eyelids. There was even a faint hint of color in her cheeks. The river had done no more than wet her and take her breath away. So why not put her back in the river, and maybe the breath will return to her?\" His fascination with the dead girl causes Park to put himself at considerable risk by trying to find out who she was and how she died. And Evans has such a sure grasp on the sadly mundane details of this outwardly bizarre life that we\\'re with him every step of the way. --Dick Adler', \"Evans is a young London writer and lawyer with a distinct knack for macabre chills. Her new book, after The Last Girl (1997), takes as its improbable hero narrator Stewart Park, an abject stutterer of weird appearance who lives in a fantasy world of his own and works as a photographer in a morgue. Into the morgue one cold night comes the body of a lovely young woman drowned in the Thames, and Stewart, obsessed with the image of her frozen beauty, resolves to find out who she is and what happened to her. He has plenty of problems of his own in one of those gothic slum households beloved of contemporary English writers: his aging father is an eccentric who may also be a child molester; his angry sister gravitates to bullying men who mistreat her two appealing small sons; and his only comfort seems to be a computer game he has devised. Stewart's search for the dead girl's identity breaks him out of his fantasy shell but also places him in terrible dangerAand, in a frightful climactic moment, forces him to come to terms with the specter that has haunted his own unhappy family. Evans's grasp of Stewart's macabre world is sure, and his strange workmates at the morgue are wonderfully characterized. It is only in the real-life machinations that led to the drowned girl's death and in the remorseless pursuit of Stewart by some rather dimly motivated thugs that the plot machinery gets a little creaky. Still, for its gripping atmosphere and a truly original protagonist, Evans's book is a winner. 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SHIP\\\\'S GYMNASIUM, TRIAD HUNTERSHIP VAXXAR
\\\"Captain, we have a problem.\\\"
It took a moment for Sass, toweling the sweat off her face, to acknowledge the comment voiced by the tall woman striding down the locker room aisle toward her, her black and tan Alliance uniform partly obscured by a blue lab coat, her shoulder-length blond hair uncharacteristically mussed.
Captain. Gods\\\\' blessed rumps, after five and a half months of being called \\\"commander,\\\" she finally had her rank back. That was the only good news Admiral Branden Kel-Paten gave out during the senior staff meeting earlierthough the definition of \\\"captain\\\" on board the Vaxxar was, in Sass\\\\'s opinion, still up for grabs.
However, Sass had a feeling that the admiral\\\\'s announcementat that same meetingof the Vaxxar\\\\'s departure from Lightridge Station within the hour was solely responsible for the grim expression on Doc Eden Fynn\\\\'s face.
\\\"You\\\\'ve given Lightridge some decent leads\\\"
\\\"Leads?\\\" Eden came to a halt in front of her, then flung her arms wide in exasperation, narrowly missing smacking her hand on a metal locker door. \\\"People are dying of fright in the space lanes, Tasha. No one knows how or why. And now we have eighty-seven more dead bodies exhibiting abnormally high levels of dopamine and serotonin.\\\"
The deaths on the freighter Degun\\\\'s Luck were the sixth such incident in Triadian space in the past four months. Lightridge had promptly alerted Alliance HQ, requesting a forensic medical team. The Vaxxar, chasing down reports of an Illithian mother ship in the sector, had been diverted to Lightridge, pending the team\\\\'s arrival. But only temporarily.
Sass draped the towel around her neck. Three of the dead were Zingarans, Eden\\\\'s people. That only made the incident worse for the CMO. \\\"The med team from HQ arrives in ten hours. They\\\\'re best equipped to handle this. We\\\\'re a huntership, Eden. We need to be out there stopping the Illithians from breaching our borders, not sitting on station performing autopsies.\\\"
Eden didn\\\\'t seem to hear her. \\\"I\\\\'m the only empathic doctor to come on scene in the first thirty hours after one of these incidents. There are still emanations. But I need time to work with them. Only now he pulls us off Lightridge. All because some damned pirate-turned-informant decided to go on an unscheduled vacation!\\\"
\\\"That damned pirate was gathering intelligence on the Illithians,\\\" Sass pointed out. \\\"HQ and the admiral feel it\\\\'s imperative we locate him.\\\" Border breaches and a missing undercover operative did not make for a happy Admiral Kel-Paten. Sass figured that was why he denied Eden\\\\'s request to stay behind on Lightridge. He needed Eden\\\\'s expertise when they captured Jace Serafino. Sass just wasn\\\\'t sure if he was referring to Eden\\\\'s empathic talents in discerning falsehoods or her medical ones in putting Serafino back together after the admiral wiped the floor with him. Their mutual animosity went back years.
It was years as well since Sass had seen Serafino. He was a charming rogue, always hip-deep in some kind of trouble. According to the staff briefing, he had changed little.
But Tasha Sebastianthe woman Serafino knew as Lady Sasshad changed. Though she prayed he wouldn\\\\'t remember her. She didn\\\\'t need Admiral Edmonds\\\\'s warning ringing in her mind to know that there were parts of her past that the Triadand especially Kel-Patenmust never know.
\\\"Since he won\\\\'t grant the medical investigation critical-mission status,\\\" Eden was saying, \\\"then I\\\\'m asking for a two-week leave of absence. It would take me only six hours to get back there by shuttle.\\\"
They were still in the inner-system lanes and at sublight speed. A shuttle launch would slow them down twenty, thirty minutes at most.
If Kel-Paten agreed to it. And he might, if Sass couched it in the proper terms. For all of Kel-Paten\\\\'s aggravating qualitiesand they were legionhe encouraged her input. Sass enjoyed testing the depths of his cybernetically perfected mind. His cybernetically perfect form wasn\\\\'t half bad either, she grudgingly admitted. Except for his attitude and that damned perpetual scowl . . .
But she\\\\'d brave that for Eden, even though she wasn\\\\'t thrilled with the idea of losing her CMOand closest friendfor two weeks. \\\"Let me see what I can do.\\\" Her comm link trilled as if to punctuate her words. It took her a moment to find it under her towel, clipped to the neck of her pink workout shirt. \\\"Sebastian.\\\"
\\\"My office. Five minutes.\\\" The admiral\\\\'s familiar deep voice brooked no argument. She wondered what crisis he uncoveredagainto occupy what was left of her free time.
But, hell, she\\\\'d just agreed to talk to him on Eden\\\\'s behalf.
\\\"By your command, sir.\\\" Sass clicked off the link and caught Eden\\\\'s wry grin. \\\"What?\\\"
\\\"Good shirt.\\\"
Sass looked down. My name\\\\'s No, No, Bad Captain! What\\\\'s Yours? was clearly visible now that she\\\\'d removed her towel. She grinned back as she tossed the towel into a nearby hamper, remembering the day her officers on the Regalia gave her the pink T-shirt. Remembering more the wide-eyed expression on Kel-Paten\\\\'s face the first time he saw her wearing it as she left the Vax\\\\'s gym. Gods, she so enjoyed rattling his cage.
\\\"Want to try double-teaming him?\\\" she asked, heading for the door.
Eden fell into step with her. \\\"He can dock my pay for the cost of the shuttle fuel if\\\"
The red-alert sirens erupted as the corridor doors slid open, stopping Eden in mid-sentence.
Damn. What now? Sass flicked on her comm link. \\\"Sebastian to bridge. Status, Mister Rembert.\\\"
\\\"Incoming interstellar thermal wave. Eight-point-two on the Graslan scale. McAbian residue readings\\\"
\\\"On my way! Sebastian out.\\\"
Sass bolted down the wide gray corridor for the lifts, her heart pounding. She didn\\\\'t have to hear the residue reading figures. An 8.2 Graslan wave was more than enough to tear a huntership the size of the Vaxxar apart.
Oh, gods. Tank. She stepped into the lift, gave the command for the bridge deck, and tapped her comm link again. \\\"Sebastian to captain\\\\'s quarters. Tank. Kennel, now!\\\"
She knew her voice would sound in her quarters. She prayed her black and white fidget wasn\\\\'t sleeping so deeply he couldn\\\\'t hear it. No, he\\\\'d be awake. The sirens would have accomplished that. Chances were good he\\\\'d clambered into the small safety pod even before she barked out the order. The pod was rigged to dispense one of his favorite treats when it sensed his presence inside. The fidget might not understand emergencies, but he was never one to miss a meal.
\\\"Bridge,\\\" the tinny autovoice announced.
She lunged out of the lift, almost colliding with a tall, dark-haired man in a black Triad uniform. Kel-Paten. He slanted her one of his infamous scowls before guiding her through the double sliding doors that led to the upper level of the bridge.
The two-tiered, U-shaped command center of the huntership was already frenzied with activity, black-uniformed senior officers moving efficiently from station to station, specialists glued to their chairs but swiveling quickly as new information downloaded to a nearby screen. Voices were terse, commands clipped. Every screen streamed with data.
Kel-Paten released her arm. \\\"You\\\\'re out of uniform.\\\"
She was also off duty, but the possibility they were at death\\\\'s door prevented her from reminding him of that fact. She offered him a brief \\\"noted\\\" as she headed for the closest scanner station to check incoming data.
What Sass saw on the screens wasn\\\\'t pretty, but they had time. Five, maybe ten minutes to try some fancy dancing that could either save their lives or send them to their graves in infinitesimal pieces. She glanced over her shoulder. Kel-Paten slid into the left command seat. She watched as, with a practiced familiarity, he thumbed open a small panel covering the dataport in the armrest and linked into the ship\\\\'s systems through the interface built into his wrist. He frowned slightly, then his eyes flared with that eerie, luminous hue that signaled his cyber systems were at full power. He was spiked in, as much a part of the huge huntership as the drives, scanners, and bulkheads.
Except, unlike the drives, scanners, and bulkheads, he could talk.
She turned back to her console, knowing he could hear her just as well from there as if she were seated next to him.
\\\"Admiral, my data shows a major energy disturbance at oh-five-seven-point-four.\\\"
\\\"Oh-five-seven-point-four-three-two,\\\" the voice through her comm link stated. \\\"No damage from preliminary residual shock waves. Ship integrity is sound. Secondary waves\\\"
\\\"Damn!\\\" Sass swore as she was thrust abruptly sideways. She clung to the wide console with both hands and considered sitting down and strapping in.
\\\"Forward shields down to eighty-five percent,\\\" a crewmember\\\\'s voice announced below her.
She opted to remain standing, working at the console. Kel-Paten was no doubt eons ahead of her calculations in his inner journey through the data, but he looked for the known, correlating and synthesizing, while she looked for the unexplainable. Granted, his cybernetically enhanced thought processes were a million times faster than hers, but he was linear, where her analysis tended to do pirouettes and somersaults.
\\\"Tell me what we don\\\\'t have, Kel-Paten,\\\" she said tersely under her breath, forgetting for a moment thatspiked inhe could hear her. The huntership shuddered as another line of shock waves impacted its shields.
\\\"Energy signature is not indicative of ionic-storm formation,\\\" he replied. \\\"No indication of interstellar gas cavity. No known binary-collision region in this sector.\\\" And no comment as to the inappropriateness of her sarcastic tone.
\\\"Space-time rift?\\\" she ventured, her fingers rapidly tapping instructions into the sensor pads.
\\\"Highly improbable, with no previous black-hole activity recorded in this quadrant.\\\"
\\\"We might just be making history, then,\\\" she quipped, scanning the results of her latest data request. She frowned. \\\"We have abnormally high levels of McAbian particle residue.\\\"
The Vax heeled hard to port, and Sass\\\\'s stomach made a corresponding lurch to starboard. \\\"Admiral, look at those levels!\\\"
The few seconds of studious silence from the admiral were filled by the sounds of voices around her: reports of minor hull damage on Deck 7, another fluctuation in shield integrity portside, two crewmembers with broken arms on Deck 10. Down in sick bay, Eden would be up to her eyes in contusions and broken bones. After this, they\\\\'d both need a pitcher of iced gin.
\\\"McAbian levels are increasing at the rate of seventeen parts per nanosecond,\\\" Kel-Paten reported. \\\"Probability of vortex formation is eighty-seven point six-five percent in the next ten minutes.\\\"
At his words, a chill surged up Sass\\\\'s spine. A vortexa hole violently torn in the space-time continuum. It could be anything from the universe farting to the birth of a major black hole as the result of a dark-star implosion perhaps hundreds of thousands of light-years away. But there were always warnings. For a vortex to just suddenly appear was . . . impossible. Yet there it was. And here they were, stuck at the wrong place at the wrong time with nowhere to go but down the galactic shitter.
And no time to figure out the whys and hows.
\\\"Can you spike out? We have to do some fancy dancing. I need you at the con.\\\"
\\\"Agreed. Acknowledged.\\\"
\\\"Remy!\\\" She called to the lanky, amber-skinned manthe Regalia\\\\'s former science officertwo consoles down. \\\"Monitor this stationwe\\\\'ve got a rift coming.\\\"
She took the seat next to Kel-Paten, raked a safety strap across her chest, then stabbed at the intraship comm link on her seat\\\\'s armrest.
\\\"This is the captain. Secure all decks. We\\\\'re on a rift horizon. Sebastian out.\\\" She turned to him. \\\"Shields were down to eighty\\\"
\\\"Corrected.\\\" His pale eyes were losing their eerie luminescence. \\\"They\\\\'re back at optimum.\\\"
\\\"Well, praise the gods and pass the peanut butter,\\\" she said, noting the undisguised superiority in his tone. \\\"Remind me to tell you how much I love you, Kel-Paten. If we live through this.\\\"
The ship lurched sickeningly again. Alarms wailed. Data on her screen relayed everything she didn\\\\'t want to know. This was a different kind of reminder, a deadly one.
One that stated that when huntership met vortex, vortex usually won.
CAPTAIN\\\\'S CABIN
Friend? Friend? Tank hunkered in the rear of the kennel-pod and called out plaintively to the older furzel a few cabins away. The alarmwhat he termed \\\"Loud High Noise\\\"blared constantly, making his furry ears twitch. Big Ship shuddered and pitched. He was in Small Safe Place and shouldn\\\\'t be worried, but worried he was. And it wasn\\\\'t because of the way Big Ship moved. Friend? Bad Thing here!
Friend. Reilly\\\\'s mental contact was reassuring to the fidget. See. Smell. Know. Have time. Be safe.
Go Blink now?
No Blink now.
We stop Bad Thing?
A sense of pride filtered through his mind. Our job. We protect.
Big Ship shimmied and Tank bumped against the pod\\\\'s side. Protect MommySass. He paused. Thirsty.
A mental sigh sounded in his mind, then an image of two small glowing circles. Remember! Blue light, blue light water, Reilly instructed. Blue light, yellow light food.
Tank ducked his head slightly, even though he knew Reilly couldn\\\\'t see. Remember! So much to remember, and he was only a fidget.
Standing a bit unsteadily, he found two blue lights on the side of Small Safe Place, then recognized the pattern of sticklike markings above it: WATER. There was a small round spot. He nosed it and a slender tube slid down. The tube dripped a cool wetness onto his tongue.
Thirst quenched, he closed his eyes, ignored Loud High Noise, and reached carefully through the neverwhen.
Yes, there it was with its ugly smelly light. Bad Thing. Bad Thing was here.
When Reilly gave the word, Tank would be ready.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: White Moccasins\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Song of the West (Silhouette Romance #143)\\nDescription: ['A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author', \\\"The towering mountains and windswept plains called to her. But she'd never intended to stay forever - until Jake Tanner stirred her emotions like a summer tornado and made it impossible for her to leave. But no man was going to seduce Samantha Evans to give up her dreams. Even a cocky cowboy who made her blood go hot . . .\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Alpha Contracts (The Revelations Cycle) (Volume 10)\\nDescription: ['Over the course of the Revelations Cycle, the Four Horsemen Universe has continued to expand and evolve, and the only thing missing that readers continued to clamor for was the origin stories of the Four Horsemen. Ask no more! This book contains the four origin stories, as well as a look at the universe of that time through letters home from one of the other mercenary units, the Avenging Angels. This gives the reader a unique, eye-opening perspective on the universe as seen through the eyes of a unit making its first (and last?) trip to the stars. Chris Kennedy, Virginia Beach, VA', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hope's Folly\\nDescription: ['When it comes to futuristic romance, it doesnt get better than Sinclair! Romantic Times ', 'Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair has become a name synonymous for high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclairs novels have the wow-factor in spades, earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. A former news reporter and retired private detective, Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their two thoroughly spoiled cats.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Francis: Man of Prayer\\nDescription: ['
Mario Escobar Golderos has written numerous books and articles about the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and religious sects. He is the executive director of an NGO and directs the magazine Nueva historia para el debate. Passionate about history and its mysteries, Escobar specializes in the lives of unorthodox Spaniards and Americans. For more information, see www.marioescobar.es.
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A compelling and fascinating world.Joss Ware, award-winning author of Night Resurrected
Solid world-buildingand a twisty story line. Robin D. Owens, national bestselling author of Enchanted Ever After
In the world of paranormal romancesthis one was unique.All About Romance ', 'Kylie Griffin is a writer and primary school teacher. She lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia, and is involved in a number of volunteer emergency organizations, helping during fires, storms, search and rescue efforts, and road accidents. Visit her website at www.kyliegriffin.com', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Patient Guide to Unnecessary Knee Surgery\\nDescription: [\\\"Ronald P. Grelsamer, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. With over 70 publications to his name, Dr. Grelsamer has also authored The Patella A Team Approach, along with a number of consumer-oriented books: The Columbia-Presbyterian Osteoarthritis Handbook, What Your Doctor May NOT Tell you About Knee Pain and Surgery (the first edition of this book), and What Your Doctor May NOT Tell you About Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery. Dr. Grelsamer's interests extend beyond orthopedics he has penned Into the Sky with Diamonds, a history of the Beatles and the Race to the Moon.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Alliance Forged (A Novel of the Light Blade)\\nDescription: ['Kylie Griffin has me hooked.', 'Kylie Griffins obsession with all things paranormal/fantasy started at an early age, when she used to imagine the jacaranda tree in her front yard was a spaceship used to defend the world from invading enemies. Writing stories seemed a natural extension to her childhood adventures.
Today, shes a primary school teacher sharing her love for the written word with young children. In her spare time, she writes and reads all things paranormal.
Kylie lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia, and is involved in a number of volunteer emergency organizations, helping during fires, storms, search and rescue efforts, and road accidents.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mirette on the High Wire *Caldecott Award Winner\\nDescription: [\\\"Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: It Happened One Autumn: The Wallflowers, Book 2\\nDescription: [\\\"Though this historical romance kicks off on a corny notewith the heroine, who has a supersensitive sense of smell, buying a seemingly magical perfumethe story quickly evolves into the kind of engrossing, dynamic romance that readers have come to expect from Kleypas. The setup is familiar: strong-willed American heiress Lillian Bowman gets under the skin of straitlaced earl Marcus Westcliff, and soon finds herself sharing the sheets with him. But what distinguishes this book from a multitude of similar stories are Kleypas's characters. One can imagine the mouthy Lillian as a regular on Sex and the City and, with his contemporary sensibilities and hunky good looks, Marcus could easily win the heart of a modern woman. Indeed, while the protagonists are both hardheaded in a typical way and their path toward love is peppered with few surprises, it's no chore to sit back and be amused by their antics and engrossed in their struggles. Even if this romance isn't as fresh as the first book in Kleypas's Wallflowers series, Secrets of a Summer Night, the charismatic charactersincluding Lillian's pert sister and chatty, mischievous friendsensure that it's never boring. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', \\\"Headstrong American heiress Lillian Bowman has come to England to find an aristocratic husband. Unfortunately, no man is strong enough to tame the stubborn beauty's fierce will. Except, perhaps, the powerful and arrogant Earl of Westcliffa man Lillian despises more than anyone she's ever met.\\\", \\\"Marcus, Lord Westcliff, is famous for his icy English reserve and his supreme self-control. But something about the audacious Lillian drives him mad. Whenever they're in the same room, they can't stop themselves from battling furiously to gain the upper hand.\\\", \\\"Then one afternoon, a stunningly sensuous encounter changes everything . . . and Lillian discovers that beneath the earl's reserved faade, he is the passionate and tender lover of her dreams. What neither Westcliff nor Lillian suspect, however, is that a sinister conspiracy threatens to destroy any chance of happiness. After a shocking betrayal endangers Lillian's safetyand possibly her lifewill Marcus be able to save her before it's too late?\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Astonishing X-Men: Gifted Prose Novel\\nDescription: ['Peter David often abbreviated PAD,[ is a writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning, 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, and Fallen Angel. He currently lives on Long Island', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Heart of Obsidian (Psy/Changelings)\\nDescription: ['\\\"A must-read for all of my fans.\\\"--Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times bestselling author
\\\"Scorching hot.\\\"--Dear Author
\\\"I don\\\\'t think there is a single paranormal series as well planned, well written, and downright fantabulous as Ms. Singh\\\\'s Psy-Changeling series.\\\"--All About Romance
\\\"Paranormal romance at its best.\\\"--Publishers Weekly
\\\"Sheer genius.\\\"--The Romance Reviews', \\\"Nalini Singh is passionate about writing. Though she's traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the Highlands of Scotland, and the temples of Japan, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her most. She's beyond delighted to be able to follow her dream as a writer.
Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pranayama The Breath of Yoga\\nDescription: ['\\\"Once again, Gregor Maehle has provided an invaluable resource for yoga students. I\\\\'ve read a dozen books on pranayama and taken workshops, all to little benefit in my practice. With this book, the lights came on. As in his previous publications, Mr. Maehle combines his astonishing knowledge of yoga scripture with the most straightforward, most insightful, most eye-opening descriptions and explanations ranging from physiology and bio-mechanics to psychology and spirituality. As I reread this book and ponder it, I am continually astonished by the depth of insight it provides. I have come to believe that this will be the single most important book on yoga in the past century. This is a life-changing contribution, for which I am profoundly grateful.\\\" - Paul M. Gahlinger, MD, PhD, MPH', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Arrival: Book One of the BirthRight Trilogy (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"Nicole MacDonald is a thirty something year old Kiwi who loves to read and moonlights as a novelist. From a young age she fantasized about being the heroine in the books and/or movies she watched and credits the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' for really inspiring her. Writing only occurred to her a few years ago after reading an abysmal tale with silly useless females where upon she decided to write a tale solely for herself where the girls got to kick butt without the usual sob story--betrayed/abused/abandoned etc. That little tale eventuated into the BirthRight Trilogy. Nicole's current daydream is that Joss Whedon (aka the genius of film) will discover the BirthRight Trilogy and demand the film rights to it. Until then, she's working on several other writing projects and aiming to explore the world with her fiance.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Suzuki Violin School, Violin Part - 3 Book Set - Includes Volume 4, Volume 5 and Volume 6\\nDescription: ['OUR BOOK 6 IS NEW REVISED EDITION.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: If You Deceive (The MacCarrick Brothers, Book 3)\\nDescription: [\\\"With power and passion Kresley Cole completes her MacCarrick Brothers trilogy with a bang. You'll be held fast in Cole's grip and utterly satisfied with every aspect of her story. -- Romantic Times Magazine, 4 1/2 STARS TOP PICK!\\\", \\\"*Sign up for Kresley's email newsletter to receive the latest book release updates, as well as info about contests & giveaways ( kresleycole.com/newsletter/ ) Kresley Cole is the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series, the young adult Arcana Chronicles series, the erotic Gamemakers Series, and five award-winning historical romances. A master's grad and former athlete, she has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings. Her IAD books have been translated into eighteen foreign languages, garnered three RITA awards, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists, in the U.S. and abroad. You can learn more about her and her work at kresleycole.com or facebook.com/KresleyCole\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Planetes Omnibus Volume 2\\nDescription: ['Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut in 2000 with the praised Planetes, serialized in Kodansha Weekly Morning mangazine and adapted into a 26 episodes anime series by the studio Sunrise. Before that, he worked as an assistant for Shin Morimura.
He is currently working on Vinland Saga which was first serialized in Weekly Shnen Magazine then moved to the monthly Afternoon magazine due to releases pacing issue. For this work he received the 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the manga category. In 2010, he was a guest of the Angoulme International Comics Festival. The author lives in Yokohama, Japan.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Jax\\\\'s brutal eloquence will twist your heart when you least expect it.\\\" -JERI SMITH-READY \\\"Exciting, evocative and suspenseful science fiction romance...Characters and a world you\\\\'ll think about long after the book is done.\\\" -ROBIN D. OWENS ', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fidel y la Religin: Conversaciones con Frei Betto sobre el Marxismo y la Teologia de Liberacion (Ocean Sur) (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the American Revolution)\\nDescription: ['Praise for The Rebel Pirate
A fast paced, soundly researched historical intrigue, with vivid characters and sharp writing,The Rebel Pirateis a compelling read.New York Timesbestselling authorMadeline Hunter
Authentic detail, amazing characters, and a dazzlingly broad sweep of action make this a richly romantic adventure thats hard to put down. Truly brilliant. Prepare to be blown away.New York Timesbestselling author Susanna Kearsley
[A] sexy, dangerous gallop through the American Revolution. Swashbuckling high seas adventure crossed with desire-driven romance, all dished up with perfect historical detail from head to heel.Bee Ridgeway, author of The River of No Return
More Praise for Donna Thorland
You wont want to stop reading.New York Times bestselling author William Martin
I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it!New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh
An author I adore.New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston
A stay-up-all-night, swashbuckling, breath-holding adventure of a novelNational bestselling author Lauren Willig', 'Graduating from Yale with a degree in Classics and Art History, Donna Thorland managed architecture and interpretation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, for several years. She then earned an MFA in film production from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She has been a Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellow and a WGA Writers Access Project Honoree, has written for the TV shows Cupid and Tron: Uprising, and is a writer on the WGN dramaSalem.The director of several award-winning short films, her most recent project aired on WNET Channel 13. Her fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine. She is the author of the Renegades of the American Revolution series, including The Turncoat, The Rebel Pirate, Mistress Firebrand, and The Dutch Girl.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Last Shot, a Final Four Mistery, 1st, First Edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Breath of Life\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: FInding favorites (Time to read)\\nDescription: ['This book is in good condition. The pages are yellowed, yet still very readible. The binding is in tact. There is a stamped on name inside the book. \\\\n\\\\nShop from thousands of books in our Amazon store. St. Vincent DePaul is a non-profit charity that has a mission to help any person in need. The funds we receive are used exclusively to further this mission. The society of St. Vincent DePaul has been offering aid to those in need for 176 years, and was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Award. The total amount of assistance provided in our area in 2007 is $659,689. We have served 64541 people in Snohomish county alone in 2009. We offer the best in customer service and back every sale with that promise! Please help support our efforts with your purchase. We have sold and shipped several hundred books and always take care of our customers. Our objective is to ship fast and satisfy every customer who visits our store. Please help us establish a reputation that assures others of our guarantee of satisfaction. If you have a title for which you have been looking, email us with the request and we will get back to you. Thank You!', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Ophelia Prophecy\\nDescription: ['Asha is an archivist from Sanctuarythe last human cityand when she wakes on the reservoir beach, she has no idea how she got there. Or who the man she sees almost immediately is. It turns out, in short order, that hes one of the Manti, and his sister Iris is onboard their ship, the Banshee. The Manti are the reason theres only this one last human settlement: theyre genetically engineered, and they rebelled against their human creators; Asha has been cataloging and studying what little the humans know of the Manti. Pax insists on taking Asha with them, to find out what she knows; then he realizes that he is overwhelmingly attracted to her and orders the ship to keep him from doing something foolish. This turns out to be useful. When they find another Manti ship downed in a bog, they land to help it and find another human settlement, which shakes Ashas knowledge of the world and sets in motion a string of events that will shake the very fabric of their societies. The setting is excellent, the social politics compelling; the romance, though built on predictable tropes, is ultimately sweet. --Regina Schroeder', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Birds, Flowers and Butterflies Stained Glass Pattern Book (Dover Stained Glass Instruction)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Beautiful sketches and patterns....very inspiring!\\\"']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Collector\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* As a writer, Lila Emerson is fascinated by people. So when her latest house-sitting job provides the opportunity to observe the neighbors in the building across the street, Lila cant resist. It is all innocent fun until late one night when she happens to glance across the street and sees one of the couples she has been watching involved in a violent fight. Before Lila can reach the phone to call for help, the woman falls to her death. The police initially rule the case to be a murder/suicide, but when Lila later crosses paths at the police station with artist Ashton Archer, the brother of the alleged murderer, he tries to convince her that his brother would never kill anyone, much less commit suicide. Much to her surprise, Lila finds Ash makes a good case for his brothers innocence, and that case only becomes stronger once the two find themselves targeted by a ruthless killer determined to tie up any loose ends. Roberts is performing at the top of her literary game, and the novels opening nod toward Rear Window should clue readers in to the fact they are in for an addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With over 200 books that have sold more than 400 million copies around the globe, its easy to do the math: Roberts has another best-seller on her hands. --John Charles', '', 'Roberts is performing at the top of her literary gameAn addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud.Booklist (starred review)
An engrossing tale of love, family, and the lengths some will go to possess that which they desire the most.Wit and Sin
A pair of strong, commitment-averse protagonists, vividly drawn villainsa classy, stunningly beautiful, sociopathic assassin and a soulless recluse, in particularan abundance of Faberg egg history and a plot that keeps readers on edge add up to another classic for Roberts.Library Journal
A juicy, suspenseful tale to snuggle in with and savor.BookPage.com
You wont want to stop until youre finished.Fresh Fiction', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A New Day Dawning\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Windflower\\nDescription: ['1ST PRINTING JUNE 1984, 445 \\\"READING\\\" PAGES, DELL #19534', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ben and the Bishop\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Bound (Bound Trilogy) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Growing And Processing Tobacco At Home: A Guide for Gardeners\\nDescription: [\\\"Growing and processing tobacco at home teaches you how to raise your own quality tobacco. Today's commercial tobacco products are loaded with chemicals and fillers and non-tobacco products. Your first all natural cigar or cigarette will be a pleasure you will not forget.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Night's Honor (Elder Races)\\nDescription: ['Praise for the Novels of the Elder Races
A dark, compelling world. Im hooked!#1New York Timesbestselling author J. R. Ward
Harrison delivers an epic story of myth, mayhem and love that is sure to keep readers satisfied and breathing fire!Fresh Fiction
Thea Harrison is a master storyteller.#1New York Timesbestselling author Christine Feehan', 'A debut author at the age of nineteen, Thea Harrison had sixteen romances published under another name before she took a break to collect a couple of graduate degrees and a grown child. Shes back with the Novels of the Elder Races, a paranormal romance series. Thea lives in California with her family.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ring of Fear by Anne McCaffrey (1-Dec-1971) Paperback\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sacrificed to the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gran Diccionario Español Frances/Frances Español / Great French-Spanish Dictionary (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Rare book']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blaze of Secrets (Asylums for Magical Threats) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Punisher Max: The Complete Collection Vol. 7\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Chained By Night (Moonbound Clan)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Songs About Animals and Others (Golden Song Book 'N' Tape)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Chained by Night (Moonbound Clan Vampires)\\nDescription: ['Larissa Ione is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the Demonica and connected Lords of Deliverance series, as well as the MoonBound Clan Vampire series and other contemporary novels. An Air Force veteran, she traded in her career in meteorology to pursue her passion for writing. She lives in Wisconsin with her US Coast Guard husband, her teenage son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhound, Hexe. Visit her at LarissaIone.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Alpha's Pet (Dark Hollow Wolf Pack Series 1) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Bollywood Affair\\nDescription: ['Sonali Devs first literary work was a play about mistaken identities performed at her neighborhood Diwali extravaganza in Mumbai. She was eight years old. Despite this early success, Sonali spent the next few decades getting degrees in architecture and written communication, migrating across the globe, and starting a family while writing for magazines and websites. With the advent of her first gray hair her love for telling stories returned full force, and she now combines it with her insights into Indian culture to conjure up stories that make a mad tangle with her life as supermom, domestic goddess, and world traveler. Sonali is an active member of RWA and WFWA. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her very patient and often amused husband and two teens who demand both patience and humor, and the worlds most perfect dog. Visit her on the web at sonalidev.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Other World\\nDescription: ['From the author of the modern classic novel THE HEADMASTER\\\\'S PAPERS comes this masterpiece collection of short fiction, a cycle of stories told by the main character, Jonathan Force. Contemporary boys and the men they become are in an altogether new kind of peril; they are no longer merely adrift as Holden Caulfield once was in mid-twentieth century Manhattan; they are broken and finished, like the authors of our eras schoolyard shootings.\\\\n\\\\nThe stories that unfold in THE OTHER WORLD address the inner life of boys in a way that offers a bigger, better vision, charting the formative experiences of a spirited boy who, by an admixture of grace, luck, and indomitable spirit, does not bow finally before the cultural imperatives to forfeit his deep naturealthough he comes very close. \\\\n\\\\nAttentive readers are likely to find these stories touching, at times funny, and ultimately inspiring. Blake Bailey, author of CHEEVER: A LIFE, writes:\\\" Richard Hawley explores, with eloquence and sensitivity, the secret lives of children and the unexpected moments that linger in memory and give shape to our souls. A stunning collection.\\\" Ann Hood, author of THE OBITUARY WRITER, calls THE OTHER WORLD \\\"both a tender and harsh coming-of-age story.\\\" As John Irving writes of the author, \\\"Richard Hawley has the poise and vision to create an entire world.\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Her Dragon's Fire (Dragon Guard Series)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Biblia Plenitud Biblia Plenitud\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Say Yes to the Marquess: Castles Ever After\\nDescription: ['“Dare continues her Castles Ever After series with another cleverly crafted love story that hits all the high notes. A sparkling, emotionally lush romance.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
“Inheriting a Castles Ever After title is a life-changing experience, one that comes with surprises, unexpected romance, meddlesome friends and family, a wonderful hero and a strong-willed heroine. There’s also fun, passion and true love delivered in true Dare fashion!” (RT Book Reviews (top pick))
“Dare excels at storytelling, creating a powerful, believable romance that evokes a plethora of emotions.” (Publishers Weekly)
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Steamy and beautifula great novel that makes me want to read everything Nalini Singh has ever written.Fresh Fiction
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Worldbuilding that blew my socks off.National Bestselling Author Meljean Brook', \\\"New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nalini Singh lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. She also loves chatting to readers. You can find her on Twitter (@nalinisingh) and Facebook (facebook.com/authornalinisingh), and via her website: nalinisingh.com
Nalini's Newsletter: Goes out monthly and includes exclusives for subscribers, including free short stories, sneak peeks, deleted scenes and more. To join, just copy and paste this into your address bar and fill in your name and email address: mad.ly/signups/59681/join
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\\\"As she prepares to initiate the second plot arc in the amazing Psy/Changeling series, Singh makes this 15th book a special gift to her readers as she updates them on the lives of nearly all the previous protagonists, while also launching new mysteries to be solved. The fact that the 15th book in this long-running series will only make readers desperate for more is a testament to Singhs genius for storytelling!\\\"RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick)
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Nalini Singh is a master storyteller.Maya Banks, #1 New York Times & USA Today bestselling author
Nalini is brilliant.USA Today
Complex psychological changes are balanced by deep love...outstanding.Publishers Weekly
From the Hardcover edition.', \\\"New York Times and USA Todaybestselling author Nalini Singh lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. She also loves chatting to readers. You can find her on Twitter (@nalinisingh) and Facebook (facebook.com/authornalinisingh), and via her website: nalinisingh.com
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Kleypas elegant, assured prose and attentive characterization adorn every page of Hello Stranger. This is a fabulous love story with a perfectly matched pair at its heart. (BookPage)
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That is what she was--beautiful. Her mouth was wide, and despite all those kisses on the river bank, unimpressed. You could trace every vein in her eyelids. There was even a faint hint of color in her cheeks. The river had done no more than wet her and take her breath away. So why not put her back in the river, and maybe the breath will return to her?\\\" His fascination with the dead girl causes Park to put himself at considerable risk by trying to find out who she was and how she died. And Evans has such a sure grasp on the sadly mundane details of this outwardly bizarre life that we\\\\'re with him every step of the way. --Dick Adler', \\\"Evans is a young London writer and lawyer with a distinct knack for macabre chills. Her new book, after The Last Girl (1997), takes as its improbable hero narrator Stewart Park, an abject stutterer of weird appearance who lives in a fantasy world of his own and works as a photographer in a morgue. Into the morgue one cold night comes the body of a lovely young woman drowned in the Thames, and Stewart, obsessed with the image of her frozen beauty, resolves to find out who she is and what happened to her. He has plenty of problems of his own in one of those gothic slum households beloved of contemporary English writers: his aging father is an eccentric who may also be a child molester; his angry sister gravitates to bullying men who mistreat her two appealing small sons; and his only comfort seems to be a computer game he has devised. Stewart's search for the dead girl's identity breaks him out of his fantasy shell but also places him in terrible dangerAand, in a frightful climactic moment, forces him to come to terms with the specter that has haunted his own unhappy family. Evans's grasp of Stewart's macabre world is sure, and his strange workmates at the morgue are wonderfully characterized. It is only in the real-life machinations that led to the drowned girl's death and in the remorseless pursuit of Stewart by some rather dimly motivated thugs that the plot machinery gets a little creaky. Still, for its gripping atmosphere and a truly original protagonist, Evans's book is a winner. 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A former game designer and editor, he lives in western Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.', 'Chapter One
The starliner swung into orbit around the planet Coruscant, and beyond the observation bubble appeared the glittering expanse of a billion golden lights. Through a thousand centuries of strife, those lights had continued to shine. Nothing had dimmed their brilliance not the Rakatan enslavement, not the tyranny of the Empire, not the chaos of civil war. And they continued to shine now, in this new age of creeping shadow, when enemy impostors ruled the Galactic Alliance and Sith Lords slept in the Jedi Temple itself. But all those gleaming lights made Jaina Solo wonder whether Coruscants trillion residents actually cared who won the coming warwhether it mattered that they were living under Sith rule, so long as those billion lights continued to shine.
The answer came to her almost instantly, in the form of a dark tinge in the Force that could only mean Sith. Jaina shifted her gaze to the interior of the starliner, where a teeming mass of passengers hung floating in their transit harnesses, tethered to the walls of the EconoClass hold. Floating down the central access aisle was a Coruscanti Immigration inspector, his zero-g motility pack emitting small hisses as he twirled in slow-motion cartwheels, demanding identichips and ten- credit expediting fees. Behind him followed a pair of Bothan escorts, their snouts wrinkling in disdain each time their superior solicited another bribe.
Jaina would have liked to believe the inspector was merely a greedy Sith Saber trying to line his pockets, but she knew better. Vestara Khai, newly defected from the Lost Tribe of Sith, had warned the assault teams to take nothing for granted. In her briefings, Vestara had emphasized that the Sith were not stupid. After insinuating themselves in the Galactic Alliance Senate, they would have moved quickly to take control of the Coruscanti Immigration Service and other key bureaucracies. They would expect the Jedi to be coming, and they would be on the lookout for infiltratorsand petty extortion was an ideal cover for someone trying to identify enemy agents.
The inspector stopped near a pair of human siblings in their late twenties. Both were slender and good-looking, with wary eyes and small expressive mouths. The sisters hair was reddish brown, the brothers merely brown. Their fierce loyalty to each other showed in the way they remained shoulder-to-shoulder when they turned to face the immigration team.
The inspector oriented himself to the same attitude as the siblings head-down relative to Jainaand studied the pair without speaking or reaching for their travel documents. The unexpected change of routine sent a cold ripple through Jaina, but she quickly let out a calming breath and forced herself to relax. Allowing her alarm to permeate the Force would only confirm to the inspector that he had found some- thing worth investigating.
The siblings, Jedi Knights Valin and Jysella Horn, continued to hold their documents, doing a good job of looking like ordinary passengers who were a little bit nervous. The inspector narrowed his eyes and waited, giving them a chance to betray themselves by doing some- thing foolish. Jaina would probably never learn exactly what had caught the Siths attention, but she did know that it pointed to the one weakness of the Jedi Masters attack plan. These Sith were both careful and capable, and they outnumbered the Jedi ten to one.
Finally, the inspector said, Documents.
Valin and Jysella extended their hands, each holding a small packet containing a fare receipt, a forged identichip, and the expediting fee. The inspector took Jysellas packet, then slid her chip into a handheld reader and compared it with the point of origin listed on the fare receipt.
You were born on Kalla Seven? the inspector asked. Thats right, Jysella lied. My brother and I both.
The inspector glanced at Valin, then asked him, Is this a family trip?
Valin shook his head. No, my sister and I are traveling alone.
Is that so? The questions were the mundane sort that customs officers all over the galaxy used to probe for story discrepancies. But the real test would be taking place on another level, Jaina knew, with the inspector searching their Force auras for the sour hint of a lie. Then youve come to visit family?
No, Jysella replied confidently. Like every Jedi on the assault
force, she had spent weeks perfecting her ability to lie without betraying herself in the Force. Were tourists.
I see. The inspector glanced at her fare receipt again, then spoke to Valin in a casual voice. Four thousand credits is a lot of money to visit a few monuments and museums. You should have used the HoloNet instead.
And spend our lives stuck in lower management? Valin retorted. I think not.
If you havent been to Coruscant, Jysella added, you go nowhere
at UHI.
UHI? the inspector asked.
Unlimited Horizons Incorporated, she explained, managing to sound just astonished enough to imply that she thought everyone knew what the acronym stood for. You knowthe UHI that controls most of the pallodenite reserves in the Corporate Sector?
Ah . . . that UHI. The inspector had clearly been put off balance by the tacticjust as Vestara had predicted. The Lost Tribes greatest weakness lay in their inexperience with the greater galaxy. Vestara had said that the quickest way to put a Lost Tribe impostor on the defensive would be to play on that ignorance. There are so many. When the inspector pocketed the bribe and returned Jysellas documents, Jaina finally began to breathe easier. She turned her gaze back to the observation bubble and saw that the Plain Lady was crossing the terminator line into Coruscants daylight side. It would not be long now, she knew, before she was on the surface, fighting to save her homeworld . . . again.
Bazel Warv was Jade Masher, a celebrated Ramoan float wrestler. Seff Hellin was his human manager, and Vaala Razelle was Seff s Arcona assistant. The three had just arrived from a series of grudge matches in the Bothan system, and they were passing through the Galactic Center Spaceport on their way to a championship match at the Iblis Globe. All Bazel had to do was remember all thatand believe it. Belief was the key to defeating a Force-users ability to detect lies. As long as Bazel truly felt like Jade Masherthe newest, greatest rising star in the Pan-Galactic Float Wrestling Syndicatehe would have no trouble fooling Coruscants new immigration inspectors. His friend Yaqeel Saavetu had assured him of that.
Bazel glanced across the sea of heads that were in Arrival Lobby
757 and found Yaqeel three lines over. She was already at her inspection station, standing alongside another Bothan Jedi, Yantahar Bwuatu. Wearing the ash-gray tabards of businessbeings, the two Jedi Knights were at the front of a long line of passengers waiting to be formally admitted onto a planet that had once greeted visitors with open arms. So far, the Coruscanti populace seemed willing to believe that these new precautions were due to an influx of spice lords, and Bazel was glad. There was no need for the citizens of Coruscant to get hurtnot when the Jedi were coming to save them.
But first the Jedi had to get past the inspection stations, and that part of the plan wasnt going well for Yaqeel and Yantahar. Their Duros immigration inspector had been joined by his captain, a narrow-eyed blond whom Bazel judged to be fairly beautiful for a human. She was firing questions at the Bothans faster than they could answer. Meanwhile, a squad of body-armored Galactic Alliance Security guards were standing ready at a nearby security post. Clearly, something was wrong.
Bazel cocked an ear in Yaqeels direction, consciously tuning out the general din of the lobby and opening himself to the Force. A cool haze of fear permeated the line a few meters behind him, but he had been sensing that off and on since debarking the starliner. There did not seem to be anything menacing in the aura, so he ignored it and focused on the conversation between his friends and the blond immigration captain. His thick hide began to prickle with the bitter margin of a dark side Force aura. Suddenly he understood why his Bothan friends were having trouble.
Sith.
Ignoring the growing press of the crowd behind him, Bazel ex- tended his Force awareness toward the security post. To his relief, he felt only the weak auras of non-Force-sensitive guards. The immigration captain was the only Sith in the areaprobably just a Saber, as- signed to keep watch on the arrival lobby.
. . . all the way to Coruscant to place an order you could have filled anywhere in the galaxy? the impostor-captain was asking. United Hydrologic Institute is hardly the only Tibanna gas supplier in the Mid Rim.
But it is the only one with access to Hutt space, Yantahar replied in his gravelly Bothan voice. And since Nar Kagga will be the closest inhabited system to our operation, naturally we want to be certain of our supply chain.
And your operation will be . . . what, exactly? the blond impostor asked.
A trade secret, Im afraid. Yaqeel glanced around the inspection
station, then added, There are spies everywhere, Captain. Im sure you understand.
The Siths reply grew inaudible when Bazels human manager grabbed the huge Ramoans wrist and asked, Masher, you awake up there? Seff Hellin started forward, trying to pull Bazel into the gap that had opened in the line ahead of them. Were holding things up. Bazel paid no attention, for over at the station where his friends were being questioned, the impostor-captain was looking over Yaqeels shoulder toward the security post. When the Sith gave a slight nod, the guards drew their stubby Merr-Sonn Urban blaster rifles and started toward the inspection station.
Vaala grabbed Bazel by the other wrist. Mighty Masher, sir. The Arconas voice was soft and bubbly. We really should keep moving. Bazel shook his head, then stepped through the cordon-beams that marked the edge of the queuing area. With matching sighs, Seff and Vaala stepped out of line behind him, each pulling a pair of expensive
Levalug travel cases that were large enough for Vaala to sleep inside.
Masher! Seff growled, putting just enough frustration into his voice to sound like a weary manager at the end of his wits. Theres no time for your temper right now. We have only two hours before the weigh-in.
They wouldnt be making the weigh-in, Bazel rumbled in his native Ramoan. He could speak Basic when necessary, but his large mouth had trouble shaping the common languages delicate vowels and subtle consonants, and he needed to make himself clearly understood. Yaqeel was in trouble, he explained, and he was not going to leave until she was safe.
Seff groaned and carefully avoided looking toward Yaqeel and Yantahar. Drawing attention to ourselves wont help anyone, Masher, he said. Our friends can take care of their own problems.
As Seff spoke, the GAS guards shouldered their blaster rifles and fanned out behind Yaqeel and Yantahar. The two Bothans reluctantly opened their tabards, and the Sith impostor-captain stepped forward to frisk them. Bazel knew the woman wouldnt find a lightsaber or anything else to identify his two friends as Jedi Knights. The assault teams equipment had been shipped ahead, and it would be returned to them later, by an operative from the Club Bwuatu resistance society. But Bazel also knew the impostor wouldnt be searching his friends at all if she hadnt sensed that something was amiss. He had to find a way to distract her before she confirmed her suspicions . . . a way that wouldnt seem like it was a distraction.
Vaala clamped a three-fingered hand around one of Bazels stubby fingers and quietly bent it back against the joint. Mighty Masher, sir, we need to focus on our match. She tried to lead him through the cordon-beams back into the processing line. The, uh, championship is still on, even if a couple of competitors cant make it to the arena. Balling his hand into a fist to stop Vaala from hurting his finger,
Bazel remained where he was. If a pair of clever Bothans couldnt make it past the immigration inspectors, he replied quietly, there was no reason to think he could. Besides, they didnt know how many of their peers had already been captured, and if the Sith caught even two teams of infiltrators trying to sneak onto the planet, the Jedi would find themselves attacking without the advantage of surprise, and the battle would grow very big very fast. A lot of innocent civilians would get caught in the crossfire, maybe a million of them, and Bazel wasnt going to allow that. He was going to find another way.
Seff exhaled in exasperation. What other way?
Bazel wasnt sure. Maybe he could go on a rampage. That would draw attention away from Yaqeel and Yantahar.
Dont you think that would be a bit obvious, Mighty Masher, sir?
asked Vaala.
Bazel nodded. Tactical planning wasnt his strong point, he re- minded them, but he could tell that Seff and Vaala just wanted to follow orders, and that meant he had to develop his own idea. Maybe he could just bull ahead to the front of the line and try to push past the processing station.
And get yourself arrested instead? Seff lowered his voice to a whisper. Do you really think you can outwit an interrogator better than a pair of Bothans?
Bazel had to admit that was unlikely. What he needed was to present the impostor-captain with another reason for the anxiety she seemed to be sensing in Yaqeels and Yantahars Force auras. He thought for a moment, then turned back toward the line he had just left and opened himself to the Force.
Soon he felt the same cool haze of fear he had noticed earlier, a cloud of uncertainty and dismay centered on a small cluster of amphibious Ishi Tib who had clearly not been informed of the new security procedures on Coruscant. The three females were shuffling forward reluctantly, propelled by the pressure of the crowd at their backs, while their male escort was slowly swiveling his eyestalks about, trying to appear casual as he searched for a way to bypass the inspection station. All four carried identical luggagelarge kaadu-hide traveling cases with matching satchels slung over their shouldersand it was obvious by their reluctance to set their baggage on the floor that they were as worried about losing it as they were about being caught with the contents.
Spice.
Bazel stepped back through the cordon-beam. Using the Force, he gently opened a path in front of him, then began to work his way toward the pod of smugglers. Seff and Vaala followed close on his heels, Seff grabbing for his sleeve.
Masher, the inspection station is the other way.
Bazel growled that Seff and Vaala should go on. He had a better plan.
Im not sure changing plans is a good idea at the moment, Vaala objected. The promoters are counting on you.
The promoters were counting on them all, Bazel reminded her, and if he saw a way to save Yaqeel and Yantahar, he was going to try it. He came to an Aqualish couple who had taken advantage of the path he had opened to sneak forward. The pair glared at him defiantly, daring him to object. He merely shouldered them aside and stepped over to the Ishi Tib, who instinctively shied away and looked as though they were going to flee.
Bazel distracted them by raising his stubby-fingered hand in a calming gesture, then spoke in Basic, warning them about the security check ahead.
The male curled his eyestalks forward in confusion. What? he asked. Check your head?
Theres a security check ahead, Vaala clarified, stepping to
Bazels side. She glanced up at him, silently signaling her reluctant acceptance of his new plan. Then she turned back to the smugglers and put a little Force energy into her voice. You should allow our friend to take those packages across for you.
The Ishi Tib let their beaks gape in surprise. Youre with . . . them?
Did you think they would leave a shipment this big to chance?
Seff asked, also joining them. As the line continued to shuffle past, he lowered his voice and pointed at Bazel. You need to hand over the cases now.
The males eyestalks quivered slightly, and he turned to his three companions. We need to hand our cases over. He gave his traveling case to Bazel, then took the satchel off his shoulder and passed it over, as well. Now.
The three females were all too happy to obey, and within moments
Bazel had four satchels slung over his head and four heavy cases tucked beneath his arms. Seff watched as the much-relieved Ishi Tib melted back into the processing line, then looked up at Bazel.
Youre sure about this?
Bazel glanced across the lobby toward Yaqeel and Yantahar. They had already removed their outer tabards, and now they stood with their fingers interlaced behind their heads while the imposter-captain searched their pockets. As soon as the Sith found something to use as an excuse for an arrest, she would turn his friends over to her superiors for questioning. Yaqeel and Yantahar could withstand any kind of normal interrogation, Bazel knew, but nobody could withstand Force torture. Under that kind of pressure, even Yaqeel would start to reveal important details about the Jedi planhow Nek and Eramuth Bwuatu had been running a secret intelligence network, for instance, or how many Jedi Knights had landed on Coruscant. She might even reveal how much the Jedi truly knew about what was happening on the planet.
Bazel nodded. He assured his companions that he would meet them at the original rendezvous point, and then he began to work his way across the lobby toward his friends. Although it was impossible for a being his size to cut across so many processing lines without drawing attention, Bazel attempted to do exactly that, sliding into each line from the side and shooting a menacing glower at anyone who appeared to object. By the time he reached the target line, the impostor- captain and her GA Security guards were frowning in his direction.
Continuing to hold the Ishi Tibs traveling cases beneath his long arms, Bazel looked away and pretended not to notice that he was being watched. Of course, the act didnt fool anyone.
You there! the Sith barked. Step forward.
Bazel continued to look at the ceiling, pretending to study one of the giant sparkle balls that provided illumination for the lobby.
You, the big green one! the Sith called again. Come forward.
Bazel turned his head away, then heard the clatter of two GAS guards shoving through the crowd. He started to move away, the line now parting before him to avoid getting caught in a fight.
A reedy Rodian voice ordered, Halt!
Dont make us use the shock net, big fella, added the second guard, a human male. Theres nowhere for you to go.
Bazel dropped his chin and let out a long, lip-flapping moan, then slowly turned to face the two guards. The human was aiming a big- barreled netgun at him. The Rodian had shouldered his blaster rifle.
You are talking to me? Bazel asked in his rumbling Basic. SorryI didnt know.
The guards scowled at his thick accent, then the Rodian motioned him toward the inspection station. Captain Suhale wants to see you. You are taking me to the front of the line? Bazel forced a nervous
grin. Thank you.
He walked a dozen paces to the front of the line, taking pains to be obvious about trying to avoid the eyes of both the Sith female Captain Suhaleand the two Bothans she was questioning. Suhale let him continue until he was almost past the station, then spoke in a voice so cold it sent a shiver down his back.
I will have them open fire, you know.
Bazel stopped and slowly turned to face her. This close up, the Sith was more intimidating than beautiful, with cold lavender eyes and cheekbones so prominent they looked like stone. He glanced toward Yaqeel and Yantahar, who were doing a good job of concealing any alarm they might be feeling, then looked away so quickly he could al- most feel Yaqeel cringing at his ineptitude.
Perfect.
Thank you, Suhale said. Now, why are you keeping a watch on these two Bothans?
Bothans? Bazel made a point of not looking in Yaqeels direction.
I dont know any Bothans.
Suhales eyes flared. Youre lying, she said. And I want to know why. Shall we have a look inside those traveling cases youre carrying? Bazel shook his head and clamped the cases more tightly beneath
his arms.
I wasnt asking. Suhale nodded at one of the guards, and the Rodian pressed a blaster muzzle into the small of Bazels back. Place them on the table.
Bazel exhaled loudly, then glanced toward Yaqeel as though looking for permission.
Yaqeel frowned in obvious confusion, then demanded, Why are you looking at me, Green Thing?
I was just wondering the same thing, Suhale replied. She crooked a finger and motioned Bazel forward. Come now. Matters will go very hard on you if I am forced to tell you again.
Bazel reluctantly placed the traveling cases on the inspection table, then removed the matching shoulder satchels from around his neck and placed them on the table, as well.
That wasnt so hard, was it? Suhale motioned to the first case. Open it.
Bazel stood the case upright, then leaned over the latch . . . and saw the weakness in his plan.
Locks.
Confident that his thumbprint wasnt going to deactivate the security mechanism, Bazel thought for a moment, trying to recall his lectures on spice smuggling. Finally, he held his huge thumb above the tiny scanning pad and shrugged.
I cant.
Suhale scowled. What do you mean you cant? she demanded. Theyre your cases, arent they?
Bazel turned to Yaqeel. Her narrowed eyes suggested that she had finally begun to understand his plan, but she merely curled her lip and snarled, Like I said, why are you looking at me?
Because the cases are yours, obviously, Suhale said. Open them.
Now.
You open them, Yaqeel retorted. Theyre not mine.
Or mine, Yantahar added before Suhale could look in his direction. Ive never seen them before. Not the big green thing, either.
Very well, Suhale said, pulling a vibroknife from her equipment belt. Ill open them.
Before she could activate the blade, the original inspectors blue hand shot out to catch her by the wrist. Captain, you might want to reconsider that.
Suhale shot the Duros a scowl that suggested she was considering using the tool on him instead. And why would that be, Inspector?
The Duros seemed genuinely surprised. Spice smuggling, maam. The containers may be rigged to keep the couriers from stealing the cargo.
Spice? Suhale turned back to Bazel, the disappointment in her voice a clear suggestion that she was there to catch Jedi, not smugglers. Is that what youre carrying?
Bazel dropped his gaze and tipped his head toward Yaqeel. Ask
her.
Youre dead, Ramoan, Yaqeel rasped, taking her cue from Bazel. You know that, right?
Suhale smirked, though without enthusiasm. I do believe that
sounds like a yes.
She placed her thumbs over the scanning pads. Bazel felt a slight stirring in the Force, and the latches popped. The Duros inspector cringed openlythen drew a look of open disdain from Suhale.
Theres nothing to be afraid of, Inspector Modt, she said. It wasnt locked, after all.
The DurosInspector Modtstepped back anyway. Confident that Suhale had used the Force to disable the explosives before she un- locked the case, Bazel remained next to the inspection table as she spread it open. The interior was filled with clothes in the glistening materials favored by sea speciessleeveless zhoopsuits in teal scalara, shimmersilk blouses in every color beneath the water.
Suhale pulled out a short orange dress and held it up between her
and Yaqeel, then frowned. Not really your style. Do I look Ishi? Yaqeel replied quickly.
Thats hardly relevant, Modt said.
Why not? Suhale asked.
Modt studied her for a long time, his raised chin betraying the con- tempt he felt for a superior who obviously did not have the slightest experience catching smugglers. This ignorance of galactic culture was, Bazel knew, a great part of the reason the Jedi were going to defeat the Lost Tribe.
Finally, Modt said, Its a common technique. He reached over and pulled the Ishi Tib clothes out of the case. Smugglers establish inconsistencies so that if theyre caught carrying contraband, they can claim the luggage belongs to someone else.
Modt ran his long Duros fingers along the inner edge of the case, then tore the lining away from the top, near the latches, and pulled out a detonator wire. He removed a detonite charge large enough to blast the entire inspection area back to protons and electrons, then used a laser scalpel to carefully cut away the travel cases interior panel. Packed into the space between the panel and the outer shell was a thin layer of blue paste, its surface sparkling with millions of microscopic yellow crystals.
The Duros touched the tip of his smallest finger to the paste, then shuddered and jerked his hand away. Neutron pixie, he gasped. Pure!
Pure? Suhale glanced at the other three cases, though she still seemed disappointed at having caught nothing more than a few spice smugglers. It seems we have made quite a haul, then.
You could say that, the Duros confirmed. After its cut, this much pixie would have to be worth ten, maybe twenty million credits. That much? Suhale grew thoughtful, then said, You seem to have caught a team of smugglers. Perhaps you should take them into
custody.
My pleasure, Captain, responded the Duros.
He signaled for the GAS squad to make the arrests, then closed the traveling case and motioned a couple of agents forward to seize the evidence. Bazel was not surprised to see Suhale raise a restraining hand. The security team is going to have their hands full with the prisoners, I think, she said, eyeing Bazels mountainous form. Ill bring
the spice along later.
The Duros eyes narrowed in suspicion, but he did not attempt to object. There was a new order on Coruscant, and it did not like to be questioned.
A pair of GAS agents pulled Bazels arms behind his back and slapped his wrists into a set of oversized stun cuffs. As they spun him toward their security post, Yaqeel caught his eye, then nodded and flashed a barely perceptible smile. Bazel almost winked. They both knew the hard part was behind them. All they had to do now was escape a security detail, and that was not going to be a problem.
* * *
The hologram of a human newscaster was floating above the boarding berth, a huge female face with pouty lips, amber eyes, and a radiant complexion. The few passengers still lingering in the area seemed transfixed by her silken voice, which rolled across the platform in a steady, hypnotic patter that Luke Skywalker recognized as a Force technique designed to lull listeners into a receptive state of mind.
Citizens are advised to avoid confronting members of the Jedi Spice Cartel, the newscaster was saying. Intelligence reports from Eramuth Bwuatu identified her as Kayala Fei, a Sith Saber who had been planted on the staff at the BAMR News Network. All members are known to be trained assassins, and most have a documented history of violence.
Feis image was replaced by one of Luke himself, and her lilting voice continued, In other news, rumors persist that the overlord of the Jedi Spice Cartel, Luke Skywalker, has returned to Coruscant. Citizens are ordered to report all possible sightings of Skywalkereither to the nearest GAS agent, or through normal emergency channels.
The hologram switched again, this time to an image of a dark- haired male. As handsome as Fei was beautiful, he had a coppery complexion, violet eyes, and a thin face with sharp features.
GAS Superintendent Vhool continues to investigate the full scope of the Jedi spicerunning operation, Feis voice said. Vhool believes the Jedi are running spice to finance their own covert operations, including attempts to subvert the abolitionist organization known as Freedom Flight. Senior officers have suggested that their intention is to destabilize the Galactic Alliance by overthrowing legitimate governments along the entire galactic rim.
Luke looked away in disgust. The Jedi were no more attempting to subvert Freedom Flight than they were running spice, but BAMR was such a tool of the Sith that it did not even bother to pretend its propaganda had any basis in fact.
On the opposite side of the half-empty platform, Luke saw two members of his infiltration team, Doran Tainer and Seha Dorvald, trying to catch his eye. Dressed in the festive, rumpled clothes of vacationers returning home from a trip packed with more dancing and gambling than relaxation, the two Jedi Knights were almost indistinguishable from the handful of passengers between them and Luke. The one difference was how alert they seemed, how unaffected they were by the hypnotic lies rolling from Kayala Feis shapely mouth.
Once it grew clear that they had caught Lukes eye, Sehas gaze slid away, as though her attention had shifted. Doran tipped his head toward the back of the platform, where a long pedramp descended from the arrival lobby of the Manarai Heights Spaceport.
For a moment Luke thought they were trying to draw his attention to the tall, broad-shouldered male just stepping onto the top of the pedramp. His face was decorated with a web of dark, awl-shaped lines radiating outward from an angry gaze. At first glance, the fellow appeared to be a member of the Lost Tribe attempting to follow Lukes assault team in full vorshandi face markings. But as the man descended, it grew apparent that his chiseled features were much too weathered and rugged to be those of a Sith from Kesh, and that the face markings were, in fact, permanent tattoos. Still, there was a darkness in the mans Force aura that Luke found troubling, and he continued to think this was the object of Dorans attention until the tattooed man suddenly met Lukes gaze and nodded toward the other side of the pedramp.
Ascending the up-lane was a squad of GAS guards who had arrived on the last levtram. Their ill-fitting uniforms and bellicose demeanor identified them as new recruits, many of whom Chief of State Kem had rushed into service shortly after assuming office. Their sergeant was at the rear of the squad, his handsome face showing in profile as he scrutinized a teenage couple descending the other side of the pedramp.
Luke saw no reason for the scrutiny, no mistakes in disguise or behavior to suggest that Ben Skywalker and Vestara Khai were anything other than the two young lovers they were clearly becoming. Their arms were entwined around each others waists so tightly they seemed joined at the hip, and the affection they felt for each other was a bright heat in the Force. Both were dressed in the latest teenage fashion sparkling capes over black exercise suits. They had even dyed their hair the same shade of yellow, and they wore it in equally outrageous styles, Bens gelled into double head-fins and Vestaras lacquered into a straight fall that just brushed her shoulders.
And yet the GAS sergeant continued to stare as the pedramp carried them closer, his attention locking on Vestara. She did a good job of pretending to be unnerved by the scrutiny, allowing her gaze to continually drift back in his direction to see if he was still watching her. Then, when they had drawn to within a few meters of each other, she finally turned on him with a withering teenage sneer.
The sergeant merely smirked and held her gaze.
She looked away almost instantly, and Luke cursed beneath his breath. The recognition had been as plain to see in Vestaras shock as it had been in the sergeants smirk, and that could only mean they knew each other from her time as an apprentice in the Lost Tribe of the Sith.
Luke glanced back toward the tattoo-faced stranger and found the mans gaze resolutely locked on the BAMR news holo above the plat- form. Whoever he wasperhaps one of Club Bwuatus more sinister operativeshe clearly had no wish to involve himself any deeper than he already had.
And that was fine with Luke. He used his eyes to signal Doran and Seha back onto the pedramp, then began to drift toward the rear of the platform, feeling more frustrated by the turn of events than alarmed. All of the other teams had reported a flawless infiltration, and now an unlikely coincidence threatened to eliminate the advantage of surprise. It reminded him of one of Nek Bwuatus favorite maxims: No battle plan survives the first ten minutes of battle.
As Luke drew near the pedramp, he unleashed a powerful burst of Force energy. The hologram of Kayala Fei dissolved into static, and every comlink on the platform began to chime for attention. In the same instant the Sith sergeant whirled around with narrowed eyes, obviously searching for the source of the tempest he had just felt in the Force. Then the overhead illumination panels began to sizzle out, and the sergeants gaze found Luke just as the entire waiting area was plunged into darkness.
Luke felt the sergeantthe impostor-sergeantreaching for him in the Force. He allowed the Sith to grab holdthen pulled, jerking the man off the pedramp. The sergeant let out a muffled cry of surprise, then activated his lightsaber in mid-flight.
The lightsaber was a big mistake. Totally unaware of their sergeants true identity, one of the GAS recruits cried out in alarm, and another yelled, Jedi!
Blasterfire began to scream out from the pedramp, turning the darkened platform into a blinding storm of color and flashes. The impostor began to bat bolts back toward the GAS recruits, and shrieking passengers raced about in the dark, slamming into walls and one an- other.
Then the impostor landed less than two meters away from Luke. He whirled into a shoulder-high slash, simultaneously batting bolts aside and trying to behead Luke. With his own lightsaber still waiting for him at the rendezvous point, Luke could only drop to a crouch and spin into a sweeping heel kick, which the Sith avoided by leaping back out of range.
A gurgle of pain and astonishment suddenly spilled from the sergeants mouth, then his lightsaber dropped to his side and deactivated. An instant later his body thumped to the platform, and he began to wail in agony.
Everyone okay? Vestara asked, using the wailing of her victim to mask her own voice.
Yep, Ben answered. When he spoke again, his voice was moving closer to Vestara. Are you?
Im fine. Vestaras voice was warm. How about you, old man? Not a scratch, Luke said, more surprised at Vestaras quick reaction than he should have been. How many times had she saved his life?
And Bens? Thanks . . . again. My pleasure, Vestara said.
More blasterfire sounded from high up the pedramp, followed by the snap of breaking bones and the thud of bodies being thrown into walls. In the flashing light, Luke caught a glimpse of two athletic shadowsDoran and Sehaleaping over the separation barrier onto the down side of the pedramp.
A levtram should be arriving any second, Luke said. You two go ahead and board.
You coming? Ben asked out of the darkness.
Right behind you. Luke reached out in the Force and found the boiling cloud of anguish that was the wounded impostors Force aura. He hated the idea of killing any enemy in cold bloodeven a Sith. But he couldnt take Sith prisoners, and leaving the man alive was not an option. He had recognized Vestara Khai, and if he survived to report that to his superiors, the Lost Tribe would realize that the Jedi had arrived. I need to take care of something.
A soft female hand touched his arm. No, you dont, Vestara said. Hes not going to tell anyone what he saw.
The lights of a levtram appeared in the transit lane, and Luke felt Doran and Seha reaching out to him as they scurried past. They were pouring reassurance into the Force, letting him know that the fight had been obscured by darkness. And that meant it would be difficult to confirm that Jedi had been involved. After all, no matter what the GAS recruits thought they had seen, anyone the Sith sent to investigate would quickly realize that the only lightsaber involved belonged to a member of the Lost Tribe.
Luke breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced toward the levtram boarding berth. In the brightening glow of its headlamps, he could al- ready see the silhouettes of dozens of passengers lining up to escape the chaos on the platform. He turned back toward Vestaras voice. The recruits might not have anything useful to tell their superiors, but their wounded leader would.
Go, he ordered her. I wont be a second.
No, Vestara replied. Trust me. He wont live long enough to tell anyone anything.
Something small and glassy shattered on the platform at her feet, and Luke realized why the impostor was still screaming in anguish. Vestara had attacked him with a shikkar, a glass stiletto used by members of the Lost Tribe to express disdain for the victim of the assault. After stabbing an enemy, they would snap off the hilt and leave the blade buried deep in a vital organ, condemning the victim to a death as certain as it was painful.
I had to use his own shikkar against him, so the High Lords will assume this is a vendetta killing. Vestara tried to pull Luke toward the boarding berth. But it wont work if were still standing over the body when the lights come on.
We wont be. Luke pulled his arm free. As much as he admired Vestaras quick thinking, there was a ruthlessness in her casual willingness to prolong the mans anguisha coldnessthat made him wonder if she would ever be capable of becoming a true Jedi Knight. She still didnt seem to understand that the way a person won a battle was far more important than whether she won it. But theres no need to make him suffer. Dead is dead.
Luke reached out in the Force and found the sensation of burning cold that was the shikkar buried inside the Siths torso. It seemed to be only a few millimeters below the throbbing fire of the mans heart, a placement likely to kill him a bit more slowly than Vestara believed. Luke touched the blade in the Force and tipped it upward just a millimeterthen heard the impostor gasp as it sliced into his heart.
Vestaras hand tightened on Lukes arm. What happened? You didnt
It will look like the blade shifted, Luke assured her. Even the
High Lords will never know why. Who was he?
An old friend of my fathers, Vestara said, sounding a bit sad and disappointed. Master Myal.
I see, Luke replied.
The levtram arrived at the boarding berth and opened its doors, and panicked passengers from the platform began to push inside with- out giving anyone on board a chance to debark. Luke took a moment to look around, thenwhen he did not see any trace of the tattooed man from the pedramphe and Vestara pushed into the panicked crowd.
As they entered the glow from the lights inside the car, Luke was surprised to see that there were tears welling in Vestaras eyes.
What did he do to make you hate him so much?
Hate him? Vestara looked up to meet Lukes gaze. I didnt hate him. He was always very kind to me.
Luke frowned. Then you used his own shikkar because . . . Because I didnt have mine, and we have a war to win. Vestara rose onto her tiptoes and whispered into his ear. I did it for the Jedi cause, Master Skywalker.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 500 Mealthy Multipot Recipes: Easy, Healthy and Tasty Mealthy MultiPot Recipes\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Blindsight\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. Canadian author Watts (Starfish) explores the nature of consciousness in this stimulating hard SF novel, which combines riveting action with a fascinating alien environment. In the late 21st century, when something alien is discovered beyond the edge of the solar system, the spaceship Theseus sets out to make contact. 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This book . . . must receive serious consideration by all those who wish to gain an understanding of the Nazi Holocaust and who seek to prevent it and similar occurences. . . . It is written in easily accessible and, indeed, elegant language and yet is thorough in dealing with relevant philosophical works. (Erich H. Loewy, University of California, Davis; Bioethics Program H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online)
Jones is at his best in the profound analysis of self-deception he offers. . . . Recommended for undergraduates reflecting on the ethical implications of the Holocaust. (P. K. Steinfeld,, Buena Vista University CHOICE)
While defending the view that individuals caught up in large-scale historic events like the Holocaust are still responsible for their choices, he provides the philosophical tools needed to assess the responsibility, both negative and positive, of perpetrators, accomplices, bystanders, victims, helpers, and rescuers. (Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies)
As a pedagogical presentation, it is exemplary for its thoroughness and clarity. This book is a serious contribution to current moral philosophy. It should certainly be on the agenda of all pilosophers and teachers who are concerned with deep issues of value where matters of life and death are raised. (Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy)
Lucid, thorough, original. This insightful and sensitive study will be of interest to students, scholars, and anyone concerned with guilt, responsibility, and the Holocaust. (Roger W. Smith, president, Association of Genocide Scholars)
This book is a serious contribtion to current moral philosophy. It should certainly be on the agenda of all pilosophers and teachers who are concerned with deep issues of value where matters of life and death are raised. (David Evans, Staffordshire University)
Bringing ethical theory and history together, Jones admirably shows how Holocaust studies challenge philosophy and also how philosophical reflection can shed important light on a tremendously dark chapter of human experience. (Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy)
Jones does an excellent job of connecting the fundamental ethical ideas about character and responsiblity to specfic situations faced in those grim times. (Frank Fair, Sam Houston State University)
A welcome addition to the growing body of post-Holocaust ethics literature...this rich book highlights central issues in the discussion of ethics and the Holocaust. It should be a bibliographic imperative in this field. (John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M, Ph.D., SHOFAR Holocaust and Genocide Studies)\", 'David H. Jones is professor of philosophy emeritus at The College of William & Mary.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Meal Prep: The Complete Meal Prep Cookbook For Beginners: Your Essential Guide To Losing Weight And Saving Time - Delicious, Simple And Healthy Meals To Prep and Go! (Low Carb Meal Prep)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Handbook of Petrochemicals Production Processes (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)\nDescription: ['Although described as a handbook, this work is more an encyclopedic description of 53 industrial process technologies for producing 18 different petrochemicals. Each process is described in a separate chapter by a different author or authors from one of 18 different companies from North America, Europe, or Japan. The descriptions are mostly brief (averaging 13 pages) and include the following information: general process description, process chemistry, process perspective, process description, product specifications, wastes and emissions, and process economics. The amount of detail varies, but the most common elements are the chemistry and flow diagram of each process, with other details being mostly of a qualitative or descriptive nature. The reader should be aware that there are many other large companies that have patented processes for a number of the chemicals included (notably absent is ICI, one of the largest, so the compilation should be considered representative rather than extensive. This excellent introduction and summary of typical plant operations is recommended as a valuable reference for any technical library that includes industrial chemistry and/or chemical engineering. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; professionals; two-year technical program students. -- \"R. Darby, emeritus, Texas AAndM University\"', 'THE FIRST AND ONLY GUIDE TO REAL WORLD PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING', 'This unique reference is the only one-stop source for details on licensed petrochemical processes for the major organic chemicals, a $200 billion annual market. Prepared by some of the largest petrochemical and petroleum companies in the world, Handbook of Petrochemicals Production Processes provides in-depth process detail for commercial evaluation and covers plastics and polymers such as ethylene and polyethylenes; propylene; ethylbenzene, styrene and polystyrenes; vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride; and many others. 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Stuska saw the need for an introductory riding theory textbook early in her work teaching university riding classes. As she taught students in class, lesson, and clinic settings, this manual was revised and refined.', \"Sue's horse industry career path has nearly always included education, with a concentration on teaching equine curriculum at the college level. She has also worked as a camp riding instructor, veterinary clinic technician, show horse groom, and guest ranch head wrangler. 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Over her life she has had 7 surgeries that came from various health issues and through those times she found that writing and prayer pushed her through each time. Like many she suffered from feelings of rejection at a young age so she understands the power and necessity of prayer. Prayer as an adult is important yet understanding how and what to pray as a child will accompany their growth in communicating. This is evident in Lakeyshuhs book: How Do I Pray to God? A Childrens Prayer Guide. In the Spring 2013 the book will be released for purchase. She has been a member of Love Covenant Church, where Apostle Tommy and Prophet Angela Frederick are Pastors, since March 2007. She serves diligently and faithfully in the multi-media department, housekeeping, and the Kingdom Gospel Choir. She enjoys Shotokan Karate (orange belt), crocheting, and volunteering. Shed like to share with you, When Christ is your strength then your dreams can overtake your circumstances.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Biology: The Ultimate Self Teaching Guide - Introduction to the Wonderful World of Biology\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Down on the Street\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Complete Vegetarian Instant Pot Cookbook: Everyday Vegetarian Recipes You'll Love to Cook with Your Instant Pot Pressure Cooker\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Bauers: Joseph, Franz & Ferdinand: Masters of Botanical Illustration\nDescription: ['\"...Lack has created a compellingly interwoven and valuable resource on the extraordinary life and masterful work of the Bauers, individually and as a family, whose lives and artworks continue to inspire natural history illustrators and researchers.\" ', '-Huntia', 'Choice', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Spiralizer Cookbook: 103 Amazing and Absolutely Delicious Recipes\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Sally Goes to the Mountains\nDescription: ['Sally can\\'t wait. This affable black Lab and her human pal (appearing only occasionally as a partially offstage arm or lap) are going camping in the mountains. She\\'s read all about the animals up there--rabbits, bears, moose, owls, beavers, skunks--and is itching to get to know each and every one. They load up the van with gear and plenty of dog food, and Sally snuggles down to sleep for the long ride, while visions of songbirds and berry-munching bears dance in her head. This irresistible canine is well acquainted with road trips after her earlier trip to the beach (Sally Goes to the Beach). Dog lovers especially will be amused by Sally\\'s innocent ramblings and her dreamy fixation on food. Internationally acclaimed artist Stephen Huneck creates fantastic hand-carved woodblock prints of the stocky Lab (who also starred in his My Dog\\'s Brain) and miscellaneous mountain critters, creating the kind of art that will linger long in a reader\\'s memory. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter', \"The adventurous black lab from Sally Goes to the Beach heads to the range in Sally Goes to the Mountains by Stephen Huneck. Here she discovers an evasive rabbit, has a humorous exchange with an owl and takes a swim, and the final pages offer readers a surprise. Huneck's woodblock prints capture the rolling landscape and incorporate some abstract twists (such as a tree that grows dog food).\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blockchain: A Deep Dive Into Blockchain\nDescription: ['
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\"In this excellent new book Michelle takes us through the science and all the steps and secrets - and ease! - of sous vide cooking. Once she has educated us she offer her recipes - vegetables and fruits, poultry, fish and shellfish, beef, lamb and other red meats, pork, vegan, desserts, cocktails and infusions, stocks, sauces, broth and spice rubs.This is one of the best and most informed food books available. Excellent on every level.\" -- Grady Harp, Top Contributor: HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER
\"I own a lot of cook books that I have accumulated over the years. This is up in at least me top 3 of cook books I have bought or read for sure! Written in a very clear style, one that explains even the fundamentals of cooking in an interesting, scientific manner if you will. Not \"Geeky\" at all, just the facts and why they work when applied correctly. I have only had is a couple weeks and have already made a half dozen of the recipes with excellent results.\" -- Rebecca Whitten, Amazon Reader
\"Excellent cookbook for the beginner or professional. The recipes are well thought out and it even goes into the history of this style cooking as well as why it works. Really like it.\" -- Kindle Customer, Verified Purchase
\"If you are new to Sous Vide Cooking, and you are interested in learning this new skill, this may be the perfect book for you. This book gives a lot of background on Sous Vide Cooking: where it originated from, what it means, how to cook your food Sous Vide, and last but not least it includes mouth-watering recipes and much more. As Sous Vide food is especially flavorful and nutritious, this book will be a good choice for moms and cooks alike. Recommended.\" --Laylah, Reader and Paleo Diet Follower', 'Michelle Dorrance is the founder and culinary director of the Brooklyn Springs Cooking Academy. She is a lifestyle coach & educator, Food for Life instructor, chef instructor in the culinary program at the University of New Mexico-Taos, personal chef, career coach, and a corporate consultant offering wellness training, brand representation, and strategic planning services. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Michelle lives there with her husband and daughter. She loves anchovies, radishes, chicken feet, and lox but not in that order. During her spare time, Michelle loves to visit different places around the world, taking pictures, and spending time in the kitchen creating new recipes.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Thir Franthith Thnake: An Unauthorithed Biography\nDescription: ['Piggy Trotters had a long career in the corporate world at senior levels. He holds six degrees (yes 6) ranging from finance and business administration to counter-terrorism and international security. Piggy is a long time reader of Australian history, military history, terrorism and counter-terrorism. As part of his Masters degree in counter-terrorism at Macquarie University, Piggy wrote an extensive paper on the financing of terrorism. Now retired, the child within Piggy is no longer restrained and has been unleashed with a vengeance. The concept of the book Thir Franthith Thnake (an unauthorithed biography) commenced with an idea from Piggys brother, Porky Trotters, some decades ago. That early idea has been expanded upon in more recent times by Piggy to create this complete story. If nothing else, it represents many hours of fun in putting it together and engaging others to participate in the process. Three cheers for Inma, the illustrator! The story follows the hilarious adventures of our hero, who overcomes childhood adversity to develop into a mature and confident young adult, and ultimately becomes a hero to all. Along the way he meets a new mate, Ralph, who shares the adventures. The book features a puzzle, the Pigs puzzle, which challenges readers to solve the mystery. It also features the curious visions our hero has along the way, the meaning of which is only revealed in the climax to the story. It is a story of overcoming adversity, good triumphs over evil, and there is even an ugly duckling story embedded within it, and its very funny. You should read it.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Costa Rica Travel Guide: Typical costs, visas and entry formalities, health and medical tourism, weather and climate, wildlife, and a guide for each Costa Rican region\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: I, Human\nDescription: ['\"In John Nelson\\'s futuristic and aptly titled spy thriller, I, Human, he explores the boundaries of what it means to be human . ..Intelligence analyst Alan Reynard is sent on a mission to secretly infiltrate a Bornie spiritual community whose leader, Maria Fria seems to be able to heal people and enhance emotion in ways beyond what the brain processors can do. But those who have sent him have not revealed the real purpose of his mission and Reynard and an outcast former, Emma, will find themselves on a dangerous exploration into the truth of self, consciousness and who we are and can be. An intriguing and superb futuristic spy thriller.\" --Andrew Kaplan, author of the Scorpion and Homeland novels.
\"John Nelson, in I, Human, imaginatively gives an apocalyptic scenario about the dark sides of pharmaco genomics and neural implants. He tackles a ticklish question. What exactly is a human being, and is there an invisible line inside that splits the human biocomputer into part man and part machine? And how will governments of the future manipulate it?\" --Henry David Abraham, M.D., author, co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
Alan Reynard starts the novel as a typical Everyman: he has a neuralimplant, making him a transhuman, that has upped his I.Q. and he usesthat ability. However, where he differs is that he works for a company, K industries (\"a private sector think tank for all levels of lawenforcement\") that specializes in finding individuals who are breakingthe law. Reynard specializes in thinking outside of the box, thinking of non-logical ways that a felony was accomplished. Additionally, whenbeing interviewed by the company psychologist Reynard shows he is ableto switch from one mental state to another to another quickly. It\\'s notexplained what he\\'s doing, but it\\'s strongly insinuated that he\\'s ableto essentially switch off his emotions, an ability he\\'s trained himselfto do. This distances him from being human and more like his computerimplant, but makes him the perfect focus for an individual to rediscover what it means to be emotional. Reynard hides nothing from the reader in his narration. He is, rightfully, in a constant state of secondguessing, bordering on paranoia, how anyone\\'s words and actions could be hiding a more sinister purpose. Dr. Klaus weaves in and out of the novel whenever Reynard is mandated to speak with the psychologist.Klaus is an wonderfully enigmatic character, who seems to confideconfidential information to his patient, but ultimately reports to thecompany. Maria Fria is the X factor of this novel, being the next\"borny\" assignment. The government, who has hired Reynard, believes shemay have telepathic abilities because she is causing a community inArizona to grow in their distrust of implants and has, supposedly,caused previous agents to go insane from their contact with her. After a tremendous build up from company characters, Fria turns out to be avery different character, and in doing so Nelson has made her everyappearance an important and excellent one. These characters are alloutstanding, with Reynard being one of the better original sciencefiction protagonists I\\'ve encountered in some time. There are no radical or stereotypical science fiction settings in this book and that works immensely to the story\\'s success. This could be set in New Yorkten to twenty years from now. The explosive setting is in Arizona andthe many road trips that Reynard takes with his companions. After beingexposed to Fria, Reynard begins to see and experience things he hasn\\'tdone before, allowing Nelson to describe sensations that are wonderfulto read. The descriptions of something so simple as food made meimmensely hungry with how each meal is described. This is good writing. The action is psychological in this novel. The threat is what Friaand her ilk could do to one\\'s implant and to one\\'s mind. There is a lotof build up that allows Fria\\'s reveal and actions to have an incrediblyhigh level of tension. Before going on this mission, every scene atReynard\\'s home and work is one of constant distrust, pulling the readerinto the protagonist\\'s mind wonderfully. This paranoia is constant,which had me reading the book in one setting because I could not put itdown. [While] the conclusion was a disappointment--once thecharacters make a key decision, the novel follows a predictablepath--there is much to enjoy in this tale of a too near, too possibleexistence. Alan Reynard is one of the best Everyman characters in recent science fiction. If only the ending hadn\\'t taken a drastic turn. Thequestions this novel addresses go beyond the genre and hammer at modernman\\'s existence. Worth reading. --SciFiPulse - Patrick Hayes
A spy story with an evolutionary twist. Who do you trust? Your name is Alan, and you are the sharpest knife in the drawer. Your combination of surveillance skills, trained intelligence, and honed intuition make you a formidable counter-intelligence agent for your employer, which is ostensibly K Industries, and, is, in reality, though slightly behind the scenes, the government. I, Human is set a few decades in the future, in a society that is reaping the harvest we are sowing now. The partial collapse of the ozone layer and the rise of the oceans have led people to protect themselves in ways they take for granted and we would find horrifying. Politically, a corporate / governmental elite manipulates everything and everybody, including each other. The elite is are all about control, and everyone automatically assumes (correctly) that they are under continuous electronic scrutiny.The natural result is the curtailment--practically the abandonment--of emotionally intimate relationships. But the sharpest arrow in the surveillance state\\'s quiver is the neural processor implant. The NP vastly enhances computational ability, making people smarter and faster. (Alan\\'s IQ is about 200.) But it also deadens feelings, which is fine with the powers that be. The result is a life of almost autistic self-absorption, an almost unbearable loneliness, taken for granted the way the fact that tasteless food is taken for granted. It is a world of deadened feeling, with sex as casual, as mechanical, as anything else,and real relationship rare. And that is life inside the world of the privileged! There is another, the communities called \"borny\"because they prefer to live the way they were born, refusing neural processors. In a society that demands conformity, there is no threat so great as those who go their own way, regardless whether they have any additional agenda. Just the fact that they exist makes them a potential threat. And so, one day Alan is told he is going under cover again. There is a healer out in Arizona whose healings, and the healings performed by those she has trained, threaten to interfere with the functioning of the neural processor. Is she secretly attempting to bring down the government? Is she part of an underground network? He is supposed to go find out. He doesn\\'t know what the real agenda is, so he doesn\\'t know how much room to maneuver he has. And then he meets the healer, as planned, and experiences her energy, as planned--and that\\'s the end of the plan. From this point in, the plan is being re-written on the fly, by Alan, by the healer, by life itself. Alan plays increasingly complicated and delicate mind games with his controller, trying to hide the fact that he isn\\'t really on the team any more. But by that time he has become transformed in ways foreseen by nobody, and he has put vaster changes into motion. In the end,the take-away is that life itself has preferences, and will produce unforeseen developments to support itself--but it needs human cooperation, and only in that cooperation can the products of a distorted society learn what it is to be truly human. Absorbing and thought-provoking. Highly recommended. --New Dawn Magazine - Frank DeMarco
\"In his latest offering I, Human, John Nelson, veteran speculative fiction author, starts off in what seems to be the dystopian tradition of Orwell\\'s 1984 or Huxley\\'s Brave New World. To the previously expounded population control methods, Nelson adds neural implants craftily programmed to boost recipients\\' mental processing powers to genius levels while numbing normal emotions and intuition to almost nil. I, Human is staged in a hostile future permanently disfigured by human science gone amok. Alan Reynard, an intelligence analyst, is sent to the Arizona desert to infiltrate a spiritual community whose charismatic leader, Maria Fria, is known to heal and enhance ability in those with or without neural processors. But Alan\\'s handlers do not reveal the true purpose of the mission. Thus, he and an outcast former operative, Emma, find themselves trapped between the objectives of the implant manufacturer, the government, and their own awakening intuition and love for each other. John Nelson has broad experience in diverse fields that range from neural science to energy medicine to psychology and spirituality. In this visionary fiction work, he adroitly synthesizes these many elements to bring the reader face-to-face with present-day dilemmas that are now leading us to that crux where we have to choose between human annihilation and spiritual evolution. That he does so without leaving the reader unduly depressed or too easily euphoric is masterful. I, Human is not merely a good read; it is food for thought and action.\" --Victor Smith, Visionary Fiction Alliance
Humans have been upgraded to be more efficient. But those upgrades come with a price, less connection to the people around them. This loss of emotional ties makes work hard for some people. Alan Reynard works for a contractor. He shows a level of empathy and intuition rarely found in enhanced humans. This makes him both useful and feared. Those who choose not to become enhanced are referred to as \"borny\". Alan has infiltrated borny communities in the past looking for trouble and signs of unrest. His most recent deep cover involved a pretend marriage to Emma. They had a deeper connection, one that is a concern to the government, but there is a greater problem. Alan is sent to the Southwest to infiltrate a community of spiritual healers. In order to learn about the group, Alan undergoes a healing. The healing creates paths and options which open up the future, a future that some don\\'t want to come about. He must decide whether to help or hinder the makers of the enhancements that allow him access to great insights. This novel is set in an established universe, but does not seem to be a direct sequel to the previous entrants. I was able to follow the story without having read any of the earlier material. Although hinted at, I would have liked to see a little more of borny society and how they view enhanced humans. The story is told from the first person perspective.It follows Alan through his journeys. This is a big switch from the third person multi-POV novels I have been reading recently. The clean prose doesn\\'t get lost in changing perspectives allowing readers to just go with the flow of the story. The thing that drew me to this story was the idea of bio-enhanced humans. This exploration was focused on normal individuals. This in contrast to the military science fiction where I first encountered enhanced brains where most of the enhanced were soldiers. The encounters of soldiers are focused on survival and battle, not humans becoming all they can in noncombat situations. The tech in military SF is often more tech- than bio- based. There was also a little hint of the potential for the future as people reach their full potential. I definitely recommend this novel for people looking to explore the bounds of humanity. I am also likely to go checkout some of the author\\'s earlier works to see how this world developed. --Bill Lawhorn, SFRevu', 'John Nelson is the author ofStarborn, Transformations, Matrix of the Gods, and The Magic Mirror, the COVR winner of best book of the year for 2008. He is the former editorial director of Bear &Company and Inner Oceans Publishing, and the owner of Bookworks Ltd, his freelance editorial umbrella. He has been a cutting-edge thinker on spirituality, consciousness, and self-realization for some forty years. ']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Holocaust: A Jewish Survivor Testimony: The Truth of What Happened in Germany of World War 2\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Academic Writer: A Brief Guide\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: World War 2: Waffen SS Soldiers - Testimonies of German SS Soldiers - 2nd Edition\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Free At Last The Struggle to Be Good Enough\nDescription: ['', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Empath: The Science of Highly Sensitive People - Master Your Personality, Overcome Fears and Nurture Your Gift\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Apocalypse (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi) (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Legends)\\nDescription: ['Troy Denning is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi novels: Abyss, Vortex, and Apocalypse; Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost; Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star; the Star Wars: Dark Nest trilogy: The Joiner King, The Unseen Queen, and The Swarm War; and Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest, Inferno, and Invincibleas well as Pages of Pain, Beyond the High Road, The Summoning, and many other novels. A former game designer and editor, he lives in western Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.', 'Chapter One
The starliner swung into orbit around the planet Coruscant, and beyond the observation bubble appeared the glittering expanse of a billion golden lights. Through a thousand centuries of strife, those lights had continued to shine. Nothing had dimmed their brilliance not the Rakatan enslavement, not the tyranny of the Empire, not the chaos of civil war. And they continued to shine now, in this new age of creeping shadow, when enemy impostors ruled the Galactic Alliance and Sith Lords slept in the Jedi Temple itself. But all those gleaming lights made Jaina Solo wonder whether Coruscants trillion residents actually cared who won the coming warwhether it mattered that they were living under Sith rule, so long as those billion lights continued to shine.
The answer came to her almost instantly, in the form of a dark tinge in the Force that could only mean Sith. Jaina shifted her gaze to the interior of the starliner, where a teeming mass of passengers hung floating in their transit harnesses, tethered to the walls of the EconoClass hold. Floating down the central access aisle was a Coruscanti Immigration inspector, his zero-g motility pack emitting small hisses as he twirled in slow-motion cartwheels, demanding identichips and ten- credit expediting fees. Behind him followed a pair of Bothan escorts, their snouts wrinkling in disdain each time their superior solicited another bribe.
Jaina would have liked to believe the inspector was merely a greedy Sith Saber trying to line his pockets, but she knew better. Vestara Khai, newly defected from the Lost Tribe of Sith, had warned the assault teams to take nothing for granted. In her briefings, Vestara had emphasized that the Sith were not stupid. After insinuating themselves in the Galactic Alliance Senate, they would have moved quickly to take control of the Coruscanti Immigration Service and other key bureaucracies. They would expect the Jedi to be coming, and they would be on the lookout for infiltratorsand petty extortion was an ideal cover for someone trying to identify enemy agents.
The inspector stopped near a pair of human siblings in their late twenties. Both were slender and good-looking, with wary eyes and small expressive mouths. The sisters hair was reddish brown, the brothers merely brown. Their fierce loyalty to each other showed in the way they remained shoulder-to-shoulder when they turned to face the immigration team.
The inspector oriented himself to the same attitude as the siblings head-down relative to Jainaand studied the pair without speaking or reaching for their travel documents. The unexpected change of routine sent a cold ripple through Jaina, but she quickly let out a calming breath and forced herself to relax. Allowing her alarm to permeate the Force would only confirm to the inspector that he had found some- thing worth investigating.
The siblings, Jedi Knights Valin and Jysella Horn, continued to hold their documents, doing a good job of looking like ordinary passengers who were a little bit nervous. The inspector narrowed his eyes and waited, giving them a chance to betray themselves by doing some- thing foolish. Jaina would probably never learn exactly what had caught the Siths attention, but she did know that it pointed to the one weakness of the Jedi Masters attack plan. These Sith were both careful and capable, and they outnumbered the Jedi ten to one.
Finally, the inspector said, Documents.
Valin and Jysella extended their hands, each holding a small packet containing a fare receipt, a forged identichip, and the expediting fee. The inspector took Jysellas packet, then slid her chip into a handheld reader and compared it with the point of origin listed on the fare receipt.
You were born on Kalla Seven? the inspector asked. Thats right, Jysella lied. My brother and I both.
The inspector glanced at Valin, then asked him, Is this a family trip?
Valin shook his head. No, my sister and I are traveling alone.
Is that so? The questions were the mundane sort that customs officers all over the galaxy used to probe for story discrepancies. But the real test would be taking place on another level, Jaina knew, with the inspector searching their Force auras for the sour hint of a lie. Then youve come to visit family?
No, Jysella replied confidently. Like every Jedi on the assault
force, she had spent weeks perfecting her ability to lie without betraying herself in the Force. Were tourists.
I see. The inspector glanced at her fare receipt again, then spoke to Valin in a casual voice. Four thousand credits is a lot of money to visit a few monuments and museums. You should have used the HoloNet instead.
And spend our lives stuck in lower management? Valin retorted. I think not.
If you havent been to Coruscant, Jysella added, you go nowhere
at UHI.
UHI? the inspector asked.
Unlimited Horizons Incorporated, she explained, managing to sound just astonished enough to imply that she thought everyone knew what the acronym stood for. You knowthe UHI that controls most of the pallodenite reserves in the Corporate Sector?
Ah . . . that UHI. The inspector had clearly been put off balance by the tacticjust as Vestara had predicted. The Lost Tribes greatest weakness lay in their inexperience with the greater galaxy. Vestara had said that the quickest way to put a Lost Tribe impostor on the defensive would be to play on that ignorance. There are so many. When the inspector pocketed the bribe and returned Jysellas documents, Jaina finally began to breathe easier. She turned her gaze back to the observation bubble and saw that the Plain Lady was crossing the terminator line into Coruscants daylight side. It would not be long now, she knew, before she was on the surface, fighting to save her homeworld . . . again.
Bazel Warv was Jade Masher, a celebrated Ramoan float wrestler. Seff Hellin was his human manager, and Vaala Razelle was Seff s Arcona assistant. The three had just arrived from a series of grudge matches in the Bothan system, and they were passing through the Galactic Center Spaceport on their way to a championship match at the Iblis Globe. All Bazel had to do was remember all thatand believe it. Belief was the key to defeating a Force-users ability to detect lies. As long as Bazel truly felt like Jade Masherthe newest, greatest rising star in the Pan-Galactic Float Wrestling Syndicatehe would have no trouble fooling Coruscants new immigration inspectors. His friend Yaqeel Saavetu had assured him of that.
Bazel glanced across the sea of heads that were in Arrival Lobby
757 and found Yaqeel three lines over. She was already at her inspection station, standing alongside another Bothan Jedi, Yantahar Bwuatu. Wearing the ash-gray tabards of businessbeings, the two Jedi Knights were at the front of a long line of passengers waiting to be formally admitted onto a planet that had once greeted visitors with open arms. So far, the Coruscanti populace seemed willing to believe that these new precautions were due to an influx of spice lords, and Bazel was glad. There was no need for the citizens of Coruscant to get hurtnot when the Jedi were coming to save them.
But first the Jedi had to get past the inspection stations, and that part of the plan wasnt going well for Yaqeel and Yantahar. Their Duros immigration inspector had been joined by his captain, a narrow-eyed blond whom Bazel judged to be fairly beautiful for a human. She was firing questions at the Bothans faster than they could answer. Meanwhile, a squad of body-armored Galactic Alliance Security guards were standing ready at a nearby security post. Clearly, something was wrong.
Bazel cocked an ear in Yaqeels direction, consciously tuning out the general din of the lobby and opening himself to the Force. A cool haze of fear permeated the line a few meters behind him, but he had been sensing that off and on since debarking the starliner. There did not seem to be anything menacing in the aura, so he ignored it and focused on the conversation between his friends and the blond immigration captain. His thick hide began to prickle with the bitter margin of a dark side Force aura. Suddenly he understood why his Bothan friends were having trouble.
Sith.
Ignoring the growing press of the crowd behind him, Bazel ex- tended his Force awareness toward the security post. To his relief, he felt only the weak auras of non-Force-sensitive guards. The immigration captain was the only Sith in the areaprobably just a Saber, as- signed to keep watch on the arrival lobby.
. . . all the way to Coruscant to place an order you could have filled anywhere in the galaxy? the impostor-captain was asking. United Hydrologic Institute is hardly the only Tibanna gas supplier in the Mid Rim.
But it is the only one with access to Hutt space, Yantahar replied in his gravelly Bothan voice. And since Nar Kagga will be the closest inhabited system to our operation, naturally we want to be certain of our supply chain.
And your operation will be . . . what, exactly? the blond impostor asked.
A trade secret, Im afraid. Yaqeel glanced around the inspection
station, then added, There are spies everywhere, Captain. Im sure you understand.
The Siths reply grew inaudible when Bazels human manager grabbed the huge Ramoans wrist and asked, Masher, you awake up there? Seff Hellin started forward, trying to pull Bazel into the gap that had opened in the line ahead of them. Were holding things up. Bazel paid no attention, for over at the station where his friends were being questioned, the impostor-captain was looking over Yaqeels shoulder toward the security post. When the Sith gave a slight nod, the guards drew their stubby Merr-Sonn Urban blaster rifles and started toward the inspection station.
Vaala grabbed Bazel by the other wrist. Mighty Masher, sir. The Arconas voice was soft and bubbly. We really should keep moving. Bazel shook his head, then stepped through the cordon-beams that marked the edge of the queuing area. With matching sighs, Seff and Vaala stepped out of line behind him, each pulling a pair of expensive
Levalug travel cases that were large enough for Vaala to sleep inside.
Masher! Seff growled, putting just enough frustration into his voice to sound like a weary manager at the end of his wits. Theres no time for your temper right now. We have only two hours before the weigh-in.
They wouldnt be making the weigh-in, Bazel rumbled in his native Ramoan. He could speak Basic when necessary, but his large mouth had trouble shaping the common languages delicate vowels and subtle consonants, and he needed to make himself clearly understood. Yaqeel was in trouble, he explained, and he was not going to leave until she was safe.
Seff groaned and carefully avoided looking toward Yaqeel and Yantahar. Drawing attention to ourselves wont help anyone, Masher, he said. Our friends can take care of their own problems.
As Seff spoke, the GAS guards shouldered their blaster rifles and fanned out behind Yaqeel and Yantahar. The two Bothans reluctantly opened their tabards, and the Sith impostor-captain stepped forward to frisk them. Bazel knew the woman wouldnt find a lightsaber or anything else to identify his two friends as Jedi Knights. The assault teams equipment had been shipped ahead, and it would be returned to them later, by an operative from the Club Bwuatu resistance society. But Bazel also knew the impostor wouldnt be searching his friends at all if she hadnt sensed that something was amiss. He had to find a way to distract her before she confirmed her suspicions . . . a way that wouldnt seem like it was a distraction.
Vaala clamped a three-fingered hand around one of Bazels stubby fingers and quietly bent it back against the joint. Mighty Masher, sir, we need to focus on our match. She tried to lead him through the cordon-beams back into the processing line. The, uh, championship is still on, even if a couple of competitors cant make it to the arena. Balling his hand into a fist to stop Vaala from hurting his finger,
Bazel remained where he was. If a pair of clever Bothans couldnt make it past the immigration inspectors, he replied quietly, there was no reason to think he could. Besides, they didnt know how many of their peers had already been captured, and if the Sith caught even two teams of infiltrators trying to sneak onto the planet, the Jedi would find themselves attacking without the advantage of surprise, and the battle would grow very big very fast. A lot of innocent civilians would get caught in the crossfire, maybe a million of them, and Bazel wasnt going to allow that. He was going to find another way.
Seff exhaled in exasperation. What other way?
Bazel wasnt sure. Maybe he could go on a rampage. That would draw attention away from Yaqeel and Yantahar.
Dont you think that would be a bit obvious, Mighty Masher, sir?
asked Vaala.
Bazel nodded. Tactical planning wasnt his strong point, he re- minded them, but he could tell that Seff and Vaala just wanted to follow orders, and that meant he had to develop his own idea. Maybe he could just bull ahead to the front of the line and try to push past the processing station.
And get yourself arrested instead? Seff lowered his voice to a whisper. Do you really think you can outwit an interrogator better than a pair of Bothans?
Bazel had to admit that was unlikely. What he needed was to present the impostor-captain with another reason for the anxiety she seemed to be sensing in Yaqeels and Yantahars Force auras. He thought for a moment, then turned back toward the line he had just left and opened himself to the Force.
Soon he felt the same cool haze of fear he had noticed earlier, a cloud of uncertainty and dismay centered on a small cluster of amphibious Ishi Tib who had clearly not been informed of the new security procedures on Coruscant. The three females were shuffling forward reluctantly, propelled by the pressure of the crowd at their backs, while their male escort was slowly swiveling his eyestalks about, trying to appear casual as he searched for a way to bypass the inspection station. All four carried identical luggagelarge kaadu-hide traveling cases with matching satchels slung over their shouldersand it was obvious by their reluctance to set their baggage on the floor that they were as worried about losing it as they were about being caught with the contents.
Spice.
Bazel stepped back through the cordon-beam. Using the Force, he gently opened a path in front of him, then began to work his way toward the pod of smugglers. Seff and Vaala followed close on his heels, Seff grabbing for his sleeve.
Masher, the inspection station is the other way.
Bazel growled that Seff and Vaala should go on. He had a better plan.
Im not sure changing plans is a good idea at the moment, Vaala objected. The promoters are counting on you.
The promoters were counting on them all, Bazel reminded her, and if he saw a way to save Yaqeel and Yantahar, he was going to try it. He came to an Aqualish couple who had taken advantage of the path he had opened to sneak forward. The pair glared at him defiantly, daring him to object. He merely shouldered them aside and stepped over to the Ishi Tib, who instinctively shied away and looked as though they were going to flee.
Bazel distracted them by raising his stubby-fingered hand in a calming gesture, then spoke in Basic, warning them about the security check ahead.
The male curled his eyestalks forward in confusion. What? he asked. Check your head?
Theres a security check ahead, Vaala clarified, stepping to
Bazels side. She glanced up at him, silently signaling her reluctant acceptance of his new plan. Then she turned back to the smugglers and put a little Force energy into her voice. You should allow our friend to take those packages across for you.
The Ishi Tib let their beaks gape in surprise. Youre with . . . them?
Did you think they would leave a shipment this big to chance?
Seff asked, also joining them. As the line continued to shuffle past, he lowered his voice and pointed at Bazel. You need to hand over the cases now.
The males eyestalks quivered slightly, and he turned to his three companions. We need to hand our cases over. He gave his traveling case to Bazel, then took the satchel off his shoulder and passed it over, as well. Now.
The three females were all too happy to obey, and within moments
Bazel had four satchels slung over his head and four heavy cases tucked beneath his arms. Seff watched as the much-relieved Ishi Tib melted back into the processing line, then looked up at Bazel.
Youre sure about this?
Bazel glanced across the lobby toward Yaqeel and Yantahar. They had already removed their outer tabards, and now they stood with their fingers interlaced behind their heads while the imposter-captain searched their pockets. As soon as the Sith found something to use as an excuse for an arrest, she would turn his friends over to her superiors for questioning. Yaqeel and Yantahar could withstand any kind of normal interrogation, Bazel knew, but nobody could withstand Force torture. Under that kind of pressure, even Yaqeel would start to reveal important details about the Jedi planhow Nek and Eramuth Bwuatu had been running a secret intelligence network, for instance, or how many Jedi Knights had landed on Coruscant. She might even reveal how much the Jedi truly knew about what was happening on the planet.
Bazel nodded. He assured his companions that he would meet them at the original rendezvous point, and then he began to work his way across the lobby toward his friends. Although it was impossible for a being his size to cut across so many processing lines without drawing attention, Bazel attempted to do exactly that, sliding into each line from the side and shooting a menacing glower at anyone who appeared to object. By the time he reached the target line, the impostor- captain and her GA Security guards were frowning in his direction.
Continuing to hold the Ishi Tibs traveling cases beneath his long arms, Bazel looked away and pretended not to notice that he was being watched. Of course, the act didnt fool anyone.
You there! the Sith barked. Step forward.
Bazel continued to look at the ceiling, pretending to study one of the giant sparkle balls that provided illumination for the lobby.
You, the big green one! the Sith called again. Come forward.
Bazel turned his head away, then heard the clatter of two GAS guards shoving through the crowd. He started to move away, the line now parting before him to avoid getting caught in a fight.
A reedy Rodian voice ordered, Halt!
Dont make us use the shock net, big fella, added the second guard, a human male. Theres nowhere for you to go.
Bazel dropped his chin and let out a long, lip-flapping moan, then slowly turned to face the two guards. The human was aiming a big- barreled netgun at him. The Rodian had shouldered his blaster rifle.
You are talking to me? Bazel asked in his rumbling Basic. SorryI didnt know.
The guards scowled at his thick accent, then the Rodian motioned him toward the inspection station. Captain Suhale wants to see you. You are taking me to the front of the line? Bazel forced a nervous
grin. Thank you.
He walked a dozen paces to the front of the line, taking pains to be obvious about trying to avoid the eyes of both the Sith female Captain Suhaleand the two Bothans she was questioning. Suhale let him continue until he was almost past the station, then spoke in a voice so cold it sent a shiver down his back.
I will have them open fire, you know.
Bazel stopped and slowly turned to face her. This close up, the Sith was more intimidating than beautiful, with cold lavender eyes and cheekbones so prominent they looked like stone. He glanced toward Yaqeel and Yantahar, who were doing a good job of concealing any alarm they might be feeling, then looked away so quickly he could al- most feel Yaqeel cringing at his ineptitude.
Perfect.
Thank you, Suhale said. Now, why are you keeping a watch on these two Bothans?
Bothans? Bazel made a point of not looking in Yaqeels direction.
I dont know any Bothans.
Suhales eyes flared. Youre lying, she said. And I want to know why. Shall we have a look inside those traveling cases youre carrying? Bazel shook his head and clamped the cases more tightly beneath
his arms.
I wasnt asking. Suhale nodded at one of the guards, and the Rodian pressed a blaster muzzle into the small of Bazels back. Place them on the table.
Bazel exhaled loudly, then glanced toward Yaqeel as though looking for permission.
Yaqeel frowned in obvious confusion, then demanded, Why are you looking at me, Green Thing?
I was just wondering the same thing, Suhale replied. She crooked a finger and motioned Bazel forward. Come now. Matters will go very hard on you if I am forced to tell you again.
Bazel reluctantly placed the traveling cases on the inspection table, then removed the matching shoulder satchels from around his neck and placed them on the table, as well.
That wasnt so hard, was it? Suhale motioned to the first case. Open it.
Bazel stood the case upright, then leaned over the latch . . . and saw the weakness in his plan.
Locks.
Confident that his thumbprint wasnt going to deactivate the security mechanism, Bazel thought for a moment, trying to recall his lectures on spice smuggling. Finally, he held his huge thumb above the tiny scanning pad and shrugged.
I cant.
Suhale scowled. What do you mean you cant? she demanded. Theyre your cases, arent they?
Bazel turned to Yaqeel. Her narrowed eyes suggested that she had finally begun to understand his plan, but she merely curled her lip and snarled, Like I said, why are you looking at me?
Because the cases are yours, obviously, Suhale said. Open them.
Now.
You open them, Yaqeel retorted. Theyre not mine.
Or mine, Yantahar added before Suhale could look in his direction. Ive never seen them before. Not the big green thing, either.
Very well, Suhale said, pulling a vibroknife from her equipment belt. Ill open them.
Before she could activate the blade, the original inspectors blue hand shot out to catch her by the wrist. Captain, you might want to reconsider that.
Suhale shot the Duros a scowl that suggested she was considering using the tool on him instead. And why would that be, Inspector?
The Duros seemed genuinely surprised. Spice smuggling, maam. The containers may be rigged to keep the couriers from stealing the cargo.
Spice? Suhale turned back to Bazel, the disappointment in her voice a clear suggestion that she was there to catch Jedi, not smugglers. Is that what youre carrying?
Bazel dropped his gaze and tipped his head toward Yaqeel. Ask
her.
Youre dead, Ramoan, Yaqeel rasped, taking her cue from Bazel. You know that, right?
Suhale smirked, though without enthusiasm. I do believe that
sounds like a yes.
She placed her thumbs over the scanning pads. Bazel felt a slight stirring in the Force, and the latches popped. The Duros inspector cringed openlythen drew a look of open disdain from Suhale.
Theres nothing to be afraid of, Inspector Modt, she said. It wasnt locked, after all.
The DurosInspector Modtstepped back anyway. Confident that Suhale had used the Force to disable the explosives before she un- locked the case, Bazel remained next to the inspection table as she spread it open. The interior was filled with clothes in the glistening materials favored by sea speciessleeveless zhoopsuits in teal scalara, shimmersilk blouses in every color beneath the water.
Suhale pulled out a short orange dress and held it up between her
and Yaqeel, then frowned. Not really your style. Do I look Ishi? Yaqeel replied quickly.
Thats hardly relevant, Modt said.
Why not? Suhale asked.
Modt studied her for a long time, his raised chin betraying the con- tempt he felt for a superior who obviously did not have the slightest experience catching smugglers. This ignorance of galactic culture was, Bazel knew, a great part of the reason the Jedi were going to defeat the Lost Tribe.
Finally, Modt said, Its a common technique. He reached over and pulled the Ishi Tib clothes out of the case. Smugglers establish inconsistencies so that if theyre caught carrying contraband, they can claim the luggage belongs to someone else.
Modt ran his long Duros fingers along the inner edge of the case, then tore the lining away from the top, near the latches, and pulled out a detonator wire. He removed a detonite charge large enough to blast the entire inspection area back to protons and electrons, then used a laser scalpel to carefully cut away the travel cases interior panel. Packed into the space between the panel and the outer shell was a thin layer of blue paste, its surface sparkling with millions of microscopic yellow crystals.
The Duros touched the tip of his smallest finger to the paste, then shuddered and jerked his hand away. Neutron pixie, he gasped. Pure!
Pure? Suhale glanced at the other three cases, though she still seemed disappointed at having caught nothing more than a few spice smugglers. It seems we have made quite a haul, then.
You could say that, the Duros confirmed. After its cut, this much pixie would have to be worth ten, maybe twenty million credits. That much? Suhale grew thoughtful, then said, You seem to have caught a team of smugglers. Perhaps you should take them into
custody.
My pleasure, Captain, responded the Duros.
He signaled for the GAS squad to make the arrests, then closed the traveling case and motioned a couple of agents forward to seize the evidence. Bazel was not surprised to see Suhale raise a restraining hand. The security team is going to have their hands full with the prisoners, I think, she said, eyeing Bazels mountainous form. Ill bring
the spice along later.
The Duros eyes narrowed in suspicion, but he did not attempt to object. There was a new order on Coruscant, and it did not like to be questioned.
A pair of GAS agents pulled Bazels arms behind his back and slapped his wrists into a set of oversized stun cuffs. As they spun him toward their security post, Yaqeel caught his eye, then nodded and flashed a barely perceptible smile. Bazel almost winked. They both knew the hard part was behind them. All they had to do now was escape a security detail, and that was not going to be a problem.
* * *
The hologram of a human newscaster was floating above the boarding berth, a huge female face with pouty lips, amber eyes, and a radiant complexion. The few passengers still lingering in the area seemed transfixed by her silken voice, which rolled across the platform in a steady, hypnotic patter that Luke Skywalker recognized as a Force technique designed to lull listeners into a receptive state of mind.
Citizens are advised to avoid confronting members of the Jedi Spice Cartel, the newscaster was saying. Intelligence reports from Eramuth Bwuatu identified her as Kayala Fei, a Sith Saber who had been planted on the staff at the BAMR News Network. All members are known to be trained assassins, and most have a documented history of violence.
Feis image was replaced by one of Luke himself, and her lilting voice continued, In other news, rumors persist that the overlord of the Jedi Spice Cartel, Luke Skywalker, has returned to Coruscant. Citizens are ordered to report all possible sightings of Skywalkereither to the nearest GAS agent, or through normal emergency channels.
The hologram switched again, this time to an image of a dark- haired male. As handsome as Fei was beautiful, he had a coppery complexion, violet eyes, and a thin face with sharp features.
GAS Superintendent Vhool continues to investigate the full scope of the Jedi spicerunning operation, Feis voice said. Vhool believes the Jedi are running spice to finance their own covert operations, including attempts to subvert the abolitionist organization known as Freedom Flight. Senior officers have suggested that their intention is to destabilize the Galactic Alliance by overthrowing legitimate governments along the entire galactic rim.
Luke looked away in disgust. The Jedi were no more attempting to subvert Freedom Flight than they were running spice, but BAMR was such a tool of the Sith that it did not even bother to pretend its propaganda had any basis in fact.
On the opposite side of the half-empty platform, Luke saw two members of his infiltration team, Doran Tainer and Seha Dorvald, trying to catch his eye. Dressed in the festive, rumpled clothes of vacationers returning home from a trip packed with more dancing and gambling than relaxation, the two Jedi Knights were almost indistinguishable from the handful of passengers between them and Luke. The one difference was how alert they seemed, how unaffected they were by the hypnotic lies rolling from Kayala Feis shapely mouth.
Once it grew clear that they had caught Lukes eye, Sehas gaze slid away, as though her attention had shifted. Doran tipped his head toward the back of the platform, where a long pedramp descended from the arrival lobby of the Manarai Heights Spaceport.
For a moment Luke thought they were trying to draw his attention to the tall, broad-shouldered male just stepping onto the top of the pedramp. His face was decorated with a web of dark, awl-shaped lines radiating outward from an angry gaze. At first glance, the fellow appeared to be a member of the Lost Tribe attempting to follow Lukes assault team in full vorshandi face markings. But as the man descended, it grew apparent that his chiseled features were much too weathered and rugged to be those of a Sith from Kesh, and that the face markings were, in fact, permanent tattoos. Still, there was a darkness in the mans Force aura that Luke found troubling, and he continued to think this was the object of Dorans attention until the tattooed man suddenly met Lukes gaze and nodded toward the other side of the pedramp.
Ascending the up-lane was a squad of GAS guards who had arrived on the last levtram. Their ill-fitting uniforms and bellicose demeanor identified them as new recruits, many of whom Chief of State Kem had rushed into service shortly after assuming office. Their sergeant was at the rear of the squad, his handsome face showing in profile as he scrutinized a teenage couple descending the other side of the pedramp.
Luke saw no reason for the scrutiny, no mistakes in disguise or behavior to suggest that Ben Skywalker and Vestara Khai were anything other than the two young lovers they were clearly becoming. Their arms were entwined around each others waists so tightly they seemed joined at the hip, and the affection they felt for each other was a bright heat in the Force. Both were dressed in the latest teenage fashion sparkling capes over black exercise suits. They had even dyed their hair the same shade of yellow, and they wore it in equally outrageous styles, Bens gelled into double head-fins and Vestaras lacquered into a straight fall that just brushed her shoulders.
And yet the GAS sergeant continued to stare as the pedramp carried them closer, his attention locking on Vestara. She did a good job of pretending to be unnerved by the scrutiny, allowing her gaze to continually drift back in his direction to see if he was still watching her. Then, when they had drawn to within a few meters of each other, she finally turned on him with a withering teenage sneer.
The sergeant merely smirked and held her gaze.
She looked away almost instantly, and Luke cursed beneath his breath. The recognition had been as plain to see in Vestaras shock as it had been in the sergeants smirk, and that could only mean they knew each other from her time as an apprentice in the Lost Tribe of the Sith.
Luke glanced back toward the tattoo-faced stranger and found the mans gaze resolutely locked on the BAMR news holo above the plat- form. Whoever he wasperhaps one of Club Bwuatus more sinister operativeshe clearly had no wish to involve himself any deeper than he already had.
And that was fine with Luke. He used his eyes to signal Doran and Seha back onto the pedramp, then began to drift toward the rear of the platform, feeling more frustrated by the turn of events than alarmed. All of the other teams had reported a flawless infiltration, and now an unlikely coincidence threatened to eliminate the advantage of surprise. It reminded him of one of Nek Bwuatus favorite maxims: No battle plan survives the first ten minutes of battle.
As Luke drew near the pedramp, he unleashed a powerful burst of Force energy. The hologram of Kayala Fei dissolved into static, and every comlink on the platform began to chime for attention. In the same instant the Sith sergeant whirled around with narrowed eyes, obviously searching for the source of the tempest he had just felt in the Force. Then the overhead illumination panels began to sizzle out, and the sergeants gaze found Luke just as the entire waiting area was plunged into darkness.
Luke felt the sergeantthe impostor-sergeantreaching for him in the Force. He allowed the Sith to grab holdthen pulled, jerking the man off the pedramp. The sergeant let out a muffled cry of surprise, then activated his lightsaber in mid-flight.
The lightsaber was a big mistake. Totally unaware of their sergeants true identity, one of the GAS recruits cried out in alarm, and another yelled, Jedi!
Blasterfire began to scream out from the pedramp, turning the darkened platform into a blinding storm of color and flashes. The impostor began to bat bolts back toward the GAS recruits, and shrieking passengers raced about in the dark, slamming into walls and one an- other.
Then the impostor landed less than two meters away from Luke. He whirled into a shoulder-high slash, simultaneously batting bolts aside and trying to behead Luke. With his own lightsaber still waiting for him at the rendezvous point, Luke could only drop to a crouch and spin into a sweeping heel kick, which the Sith avoided by leaping back out of range.
A gurgle of pain and astonishment suddenly spilled from the sergeants mouth, then his lightsaber dropped to his side and deactivated. An instant later his body thumped to the platform, and he began to wail in agony.
Everyone okay? Vestara asked, using the wailing of her victim to mask her own voice.
Yep, Ben answered. When he spoke again, his voice was moving closer to Vestara. Are you?
Im fine. Vestaras voice was warm. How about you, old man? Not a scratch, Luke said, more surprised at Vestaras quick reaction than he should have been. How many times had she saved his life?
And Bens? Thanks . . . again. My pleasure, Vestara said.
More blasterfire sounded from high up the pedramp, followed by the snap of breaking bones and the thud of bodies being thrown into walls. In the flashing light, Luke caught a glimpse of two athletic shadowsDoran and Sehaleaping over the separation barrier onto the down side of the pedramp.
A levtram should be arriving any second, Luke said. You two go ahead and board.
You coming? Ben asked out of the darkness.
Right behind you. Luke reached out in the Force and found the boiling cloud of anguish that was the wounded impostors Force aura. He hated the idea of killing any enemy in cold bloodeven a Sith. But he couldnt take Sith prisoners, and leaving the man alive was not an option. He had recognized Vestara Khai, and if he survived to report that to his superiors, the Lost Tribe would realize that the Jedi had arrived. I need to take care of something.
A soft female hand touched his arm. No, you dont, Vestara said. Hes not going to tell anyone what he saw.
The lights of a levtram appeared in the transit lane, and Luke felt Doran and Seha reaching out to him as they scurried past. They were pouring reassurance into the Force, letting him know that the fight had been obscured by darkness. And that meant it would be difficult to confirm that Jedi had been involved. After all, no matter what the GAS recruits thought they had seen, anyone the Sith sent to investigate would quickly realize that the only lightsaber involved belonged to a member of the Lost Tribe.
Luke breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced toward the levtram boarding berth. In the brightening glow of its headlamps, he could al- ready see the silhouettes of dozens of passengers lining up to escape the chaos on the platform. He turned back toward Vestaras voice. The recruits might not have anything useful to tell their superiors, but their wounded leader would.
Go, he ordered her. I wont be a second.
No, Vestara replied. Trust me. He wont live long enough to tell anyone anything.
Something small and glassy shattered on the platform at her feet, and Luke realized why the impostor was still screaming in anguish. Vestara had attacked him with a shikkar, a glass stiletto used by members of the Lost Tribe to express disdain for the victim of the assault. After stabbing an enemy, they would snap off the hilt and leave the blade buried deep in a vital organ, condemning the victim to a death as certain as it was painful.
I had to use his own shikkar against him, so the High Lords will assume this is a vendetta killing. Vestara tried to pull Luke toward the boarding berth. But it wont work if were still standing over the body when the lights come on.
We wont be. Luke pulled his arm free. As much as he admired Vestaras quick thinking, there was a ruthlessness in her casual willingness to prolong the mans anguisha coldnessthat made him wonder if she would ever be capable of becoming a true Jedi Knight. She still didnt seem to understand that the way a person won a battle was far more important than whether she won it. But theres no need to make him suffer. Dead is dead.
Luke reached out in the Force and found the sensation of burning cold that was the shikkar buried inside the Siths torso. It seemed to be only a few millimeters below the throbbing fire of the mans heart, a placement likely to kill him a bit more slowly than Vestara believed. Luke touched the blade in the Force and tipped it upward just a millimeterthen heard the impostor gasp as it sliced into his heart.
Vestaras hand tightened on Lukes arm. What happened? You didnt
It will look like the blade shifted, Luke assured her. Even the
High Lords will never know why. Who was he?
An old friend of my fathers, Vestara said, sounding a bit sad and disappointed. Master Myal.
I see, Luke replied.
The levtram arrived at the boarding berth and opened its doors, and panicked passengers from the platform began to push inside with- out giving anyone on board a chance to debark. Luke took a moment to look around, thenwhen he did not see any trace of the tattooed man from the pedramphe and Vestara pushed into the panicked crowd.
As they entered the glow from the lights inside the car, Luke was surprised to see that there were tears welling in Vestaras eyes.
What did he do to make you hate him so much?
Hate him? Vestara looked up to meet Lukes gaze. I didnt hate him. He was always very kind to me.
Luke frowned. Then you used his own shikkar because . . . Because I didnt have mine, and we have a war to win. Vestara rose onto her tiptoes and whispered into his ear. I did it for the Jedi cause, Master Skywalker.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 500 Mealthy Multipot Recipes: Easy, Healthy and Tasty Mealthy MultiPot Recipes\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blindsight\\nDescription: [\\\"Starred Review. Canadian author Watts (Starfish) explores the nature of consciousness in this stimulating hard SF novel, which combines riveting action with a fascinating alien environment. In the late 21st century, when something alien is discovered beyond the edge of the solar system, the spaceship Theseus sets out to make contact. Led by an enigmatic AI and a genetically engineered vampire, the crew includes a biologist who's more machine than human, a linguist with surgically induced multiple personality disorder, a professional soldier who's a pacifist, and Siri Keeton, a man with only half a brain. Keeton is virtually incapable of empathy, but he has a savant's ability to model and predict the actions of others without understanding them. Once the Theseus arrives at the gigantic and hideously dangerous alien artifact (which has tellingly self-named itself Rorschach), the crew must deal with beings who speak English fluently but who may, paradoxically, not even be sentient, at least as we understand the term. Watts puts a terrifying and original spin on the familiar alien contact story. (Oct.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 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Jones is at his best in the profound analysis of self-deception he offers. . . . Recommended for undergraduates reflecting on the ethical implications of the Holocaust. (P. K. Steinfeld,, Buena Vista University CHOICE)
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A welcome addition to the growing body of post-Holocaust ethics literature...this rich book highlights central issues in the discussion of ethics and the Holocaust. It should be a bibliographic imperative in this field. (John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M, Ph.D., SHOFAR Holocaust and Genocide Studies)\\\", 'David H. Jones is professor of philosophy emeritus at The College of William & Mary.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Meal Prep: The Complete Meal Prep Cookbook For Beginners: Your Essential Guide To Losing Weight And Saving Time - Delicious, Simple And Healthy Meals To Prep and Go! (Low Carb Meal Prep)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Handbook of Petrochemicals Production Processes (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)\\nDescription: ['Although described as a handbook, this work is more an encyclopedic description of 53 industrial process technologies for producing 18 different petrochemicals. 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Writing has been her safe haven for expression for as long as she can remember. Over her life she has had 7 surgeries that came from various health issues and through those times she found that writing and prayer pushed her through each time. Like many she suffered from feelings of rejection at a young age so she understands the power and necessity of prayer. Prayer as an adult is important yet understanding how and what to pray as a child will accompany their growth in communicating. This is evident in Lakeyshuhs book: How Do I Pray to God? A Childrens Prayer Guide. In the Spring 2013 the book will be released for purchase. She has been a member of Love Covenant Church, where Apostle Tommy and Prophet Angela Frederick are Pastors, since March 2007. She serves diligently and faithfully in the multi-media department, housekeeping, and the Kingdom Gospel Choir. She enjoys Shotokan Karate (orange belt), crocheting, and volunteering. 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\\\"In this excellent new book Michelle takes us through the science and all the steps and secrets - and ease! - of sous vide cooking. Once she has educated us she offer her recipes - vegetables and fruits, poultry, fish and shellfish, beef, lamb and other red meats, pork, vegan, desserts, cocktails and infusions, stocks, sauces, broth and spice rubs.This is one of the best and most informed food books available. Excellent on every level.\\\" -- Grady Harp, Top Contributor: HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER
\\\"I own a lot of cook books that I have accumulated over the years. This is up in at least me top 3 of cook books I have bought or read for sure! Written in a very clear style, one that explains even the fundamentals of cooking in an interesting, scientific manner if you will. Not \\\"Geeky\\\" at all, just the facts and why they work when applied correctly. I have only had is a couple weeks and have already made a half dozen of the recipes with excellent results.\\\" -- Rebecca Whitten, Amazon Reader
\\\"Excellent cookbook for the beginner or professional. The recipes are well thought out and it even goes into the history of this style cooking as well as why it works. Really like it.\\\" -- Kindle Customer, Verified Purchase
\\\"If you are new to Sous Vide Cooking, and you are interested in learning this new skill, this may be the perfect book for you. This book gives a lot of background on Sous Vide Cooking: where it originated from, what it means, how to cook your food Sous Vide, and last but not least it includes mouth-watering recipes and much more. As Sous Vide food is especially flavorful and nutritious, this book will be a good choice for moms and cooks alike. Recommended.\\\" --Laylah, Reader and Paleo Diet Follower', 'Michelle Dorrance is the founder and culinary director of the Brooklyn Springs Cooking Academy. She is a lifestyle coach & educator, Food for Life instructor, chef instructor in the culinary program at the University of New Mexico-Taos, personal chef, career coach, and a corporate consultant offering wellness training, brand representation, and strategic planning services. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Michelle lives there with her husband and daughter. She loves anchovies, radishes, chicken feet, and lox but not in that order. During her spare time, Michelle loves to visit different places around the world, taking pictures, and spending time in the kitchen creating new recipes.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Thir Franthith Thnake: An Unauthorithed Biography\\nDescription: ['Piggy Trotters had a long career in the corporate world at senior levels. He holds six degrees (yes 6) ranging from finance and business administration to counter-terrorism and international security. Piggy is a long time reader of Australian history, military history, terrorism and counter-terrorism. As part of his Masters degree in counter-terrorism at Macquarie University, Piggy wrote an extensive paper on the financing of terrorism. Now retired, the child within Piggy is no longer restrained and has been unleashed with a vengeance. The concept of the book Thir Franthith Thnake (an unauthorithed biography) commenced with an idea from Piggys brother, Porky Trotters, some decades ago. That early idea has been expanded upon in more recent times by Piggy to create this complete story. If nothing else, it represents many hours of fun in putting it together and engaging others to participate in the process. Three cheers for Inma, the illustrator! The story follows the hilarious adventures of our hero, who overcomes childhood adversity to develop into a mature and confident young adult, and ultimately becomes a hero to all. Along the way he meets a new mate, Ralph, who shares the adventures. The book features a puzzle, the Pigs puzzle, which challenges readers to solve the mystery. It also features the curious visions our hero has along the way, the meaning of which is only revealed in the climax to the story. It is a story of overcoming adversity, good triumphs over evil, and there is even an ugly duckling story embedded within it, and its very funny. You should read it.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Costa Rica Travel Guide: Typical costs, visas and entry formalities, health and medical tourism, weather and climate, wildlife, and a guide for each Costa Rican region\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: I, Human\\nDescription: ['\\\"In John Nelson\\\\'s futuristic and aptly titled spy thriller, I, Human, he explores the boundaries of what it means to be human . ..Intelligence analyst Alan Reynard is sent on a mission to secretly infiltrate a Bornie spiritual community whose leader, Maria Fria seems to be able to heal people and enhance emotion in ways beyond what the brain processors can do. But those who have sent him have not revealed the real purpose of his mission and Reynard and an outcast former, Emma, will find themselves on a dangerous exploration into the truth of self, consciousness and who we are and can be. An intriguing and superb futuristic spy thriller.\\\" --Andrew Kaplan, author of the Scorpion and Homeland novels.
\\\"John Nelson, in I, Human, imaginatively gives an apocalyptic scenario about the dark sides of pharmaco genomics and neural implants. He tackles a ticklish question. What exactly is a human being, and is there an invisible line inside that splits the human biocomputer into part man and part machine? And how will governments of the future manipulate it?\\\" --Henry David Abraham, M.D., author, co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
Alan Reynard starts the novel as a typical Everyman: he has a neuralimplant, making him a transhuman, that has upped his I.Q. and he usesthat ability. However, where he differs is that he works for a company, K industries (\\\"a private sector think tank for all levels of lawenforcement\\\") that specializes in finding individuals who are breakingthe law. Reynard specializes in thinking outside of the box, thinking of non-logical ways that a felony was accomplished. Additionally, whenbeing interviewed by the company psychologist Reynard shows he is ableto switch from one mental state to another to another quickly. It\\\\'s notexplained what he\\\\'s doing, but it\\\\'s strongly insinuated that he\\\\'s ableto essentially switch off his emotions, an ability he\\\\'s trained himselfto do. This distances him from being human and more like his computerimplant, but makes him the perfect focus for an individual to rediscover what it means to be emotional. Reynard hides nothing from the reader in his narration. He is, rightfully, in a constant state of secondguessing, bordering on paranoia, how anyone\\\\'s words and actions could be hiding a more sinister purpose. Dr. Klaus weaves in and out of the novel whenever Reynard is mandated to speak with the psychologist.Klaus is an wonderfully enigmatic character, who seems to confideconfidential information to his patient, but ultimately reports to thecompany. Maria Fria is the X factor of this novel, being the next\\\"borny\\\" assignment. The government, who has hired Reynard, believes shemay have telepathic abilities because she is causing a community inArizona to grow in their distrust of implants and has, supposedly,caused previous agents to go insane from their contact with her. After a tremendous build up from company characters, Fria turns out to be avery different character, and in doing so Nelson has made her everyappearance an important and excellent one. These characters are alloutstanding, with Reynard being one of the better original sciencefiction protagonists I\\\\'ve encountered in some time. There are no radical or stereotypical science fiction settings in this book and that works immensely to the story\\\\'s success. This could be set in New Yorkten to twenty years from now. The explosive setting is in Arizona andthe many road trips that Reynard takes with his companions. After beingexposed to Fria, Reynard begins to see and experience things he hasn\\\\'tdone before, allowing Nelson to describe sensations that are wonderfulto read. The descriptions of something so simple as food made meimmensely hungry with how each meal is described. This is good writing. The action is psychological in this novel. The threat is what Friaand her ilk could do to one\\\\'s implant and to one\\\\'s mind. There is a lotof build up that allows Fria\\\\'s reveal and actions to have an incrediblyhigh level of tension. Before going on this mission, every scene atReynard\\\\'s home and work is one of constant distrust, pulling the readerinto the protagonist\\\\'s mind wonderfully. This paranoia is constant,which had me reading the book in one setting because I could not put itdown. [While] the conclusion was a disappointment--once thecharacters make a key decision, the novel follows a predictablepath--there is much to enjoy in this tale of a too near, too possibleexistence. Alan Reynard is one of the best Everyman characters in recent science fiction. If only the ending hadn\\\\'t taken a drastic turn. Thequestions this novel addresses go beyond the genre and hammer at modernman\\\\'s existence. Worth reading. --SciFiPulse - Patrick Hayes
A spy story with an evolutionary twist. Who do you trust? Your name is Alan, and you are the sharpest knife in the drawer. Your combination of surveillance skills, trained intelligence, and honed intuition make you a formidable counter-intelligence agent for your employer, which is ostensibly K Industries, and, is, in reality, though slightly behind the scenes, the government. I, Human is set a few decades in the future, in a society that is reaping the harvest we are sowing now. The partial collapse of the ozone layer and the rise of the oceans have led people to protect themselves in ways they take for granted and we would find horrifying. Politically, a corporate / governmental elite manipulates everything and everybody, including each other. The elite is are all about control, and everyone automatically assumes (correctly) that they are under continuous electronic scrutiny.The natural result is the curtailment--practically the abandonment--of emotionally intimate relationships. But the sharpest arrow in the surveillance state\\\\'s quiver is the neural processor implant. The NP vastly enhances computational ability, making people smarter and faster. (Alan\\\\'s IQ is about 200.) But it also deadens feelings, which is fine with the powers that be. The result is a life of almost autistic self-absorption, an almost unbearable loneliness, taken for granted the way the fact that tasteless food is taken for granted. It is a world of deadened feeling, with sex as casual, as mechanical, as anything else,and real relationship rare. And that is life inside the world of the privileged! There is another, the communities called \\\"borny\\\"because they prefer to live the way they were born, refusing neural processors. In a society that demands conformity, there is no threat so great as those who go their own way, regardless whether they have any additional agenda. Just the fact that they exist makes them a potential threat. And so, one day Alan is told he is going under cover again. There is a healer out in Arizona whose healings, and the healings performed by those she has trained, threaten to interfere with the functioning of the neural processor. Is she secretly attempting to bring down the government? Is she part of an underground network? He is supposed to go find out. He doesn\\\\'t know what the real agenda is, so he doesn\\\\'t know how much room to maneuver he has. And then he meets the healer, as planned, and experiences her energy, as planned--and that\\\\'s the end of the plan. From this point in, the plan is being re-written on the fly, by Alan, by the healer, by life itself. Alan plays increasingly complicated and delicate mind games with his controller, trying to hide the fact that he isn\\\\'t really on the team any more. But by that time he has become transformed in ways foreseen by nobody, and he has put vaster changes into motion. In the end,the take-away is that life itself has preferences, and will produce unforeseen developments to support itself--but it needs human cooperation, and only in that cooperation can the products of a distorted society learn what it is to be truly human. Absorbing and thought-provoking. Highly recommended. --New Dawn Magazine - Frank DeMarco
\\\"In his latest offering I, Human, John Nelson, veteran speculative fiction author, starts off in what seems to be the dystopian tradition of Orwell\\\\'s 1984 or Huxley\\\\'s Brave New World. To the previously expounded population control methods, Nelson adds neural implants craftily programmed to boost recipients\\\\' mental processing powers to genius levels while numbing normal emotions and intuition to almost nil. I, Human is staged in a hostile future permanently disfigured by human science gone amok. Alan Reynard, an intelligence analyst, is sent to the Arizona desert to infiltrate a spiritual community whose charismatic leader, Maria Fria, is known to heal and enhance ability in those with or without neural processors. But Alan\\\\'s handlers do not reveal the true purpose of the mission. Thus, he and an outcast former operative, Emma, find themselves trapped between the objectives of the implant manufacturer, the government, and their own awakening intuition and love for each other. John Nelson has broad experience in diverse fields that range from neural science to energy medicine to psychology and spirituality. In this visionary fiction work, he adroitly synthesizes these many elements to bring the reader face-to-face with present-day dilemmas that are now leading us to that crux where we have to choose between human annihilation and spiritual evolution. That he does so without leaving the reader unduly depressed or too easily euphoric is masterful. I, Human is not merely a good read; it is food for thought and action.\\\" --Victor Smith, Visionary Fiction Alliance
Humans have been upgraded to be more efficient. But those upgrades come with a price, less connection to the people around them. This loss of emotional ties makes work hard for some people. Alan Reynard works for a contractor. He shows a level of empathy and intuition rarely found in enhanced humans. This makes him both useful and feared. Those who choose not to become enhanced are referred to as \\\"borny\\\". Alan has infiltrated borny communities in the past looking for trouble and signs of unrest. His most recent deep cover involved a pretend marriage to Emma. They had a deeper connection, one that is a concern to the government, but there is a greater problem. Alan is sent to the Southwest to infiltrate a community of spiritual healers. In order to learn about the group, Alan undergoes a healing. The healing creates paths and options which open up the future, a future that some don\\\\'t want to come about. He must decide whether to help or hinder the makers of the enhancements that allow him access to great insights. This novel is set in an established universe, but does not seem to be a direct sequel to the previous entrants. I was able to follow the story without having read any of the earlier material. Although hinted at, I would have liked to see a little more of borny society and how they view enhanced humans. The story is told from the first person perspective.It follows Alan through his journeys. This is a big switch from the third person multi-POV novels I have been reading recently. The clean prose doesn\\\\'t get lost in changing perspectives allowing readers to just go with the flow of the story. The thing that drew me to this story was the idea of bio-enhanced humans. This exploration was focused on normal individuals. This in contrast to the military science fiction where I first encountered enhanced brains where most of the enhanced were soldiers. The encounters of soldiers are focused on survival and battle, not humans becoming all they can in noncombat situations. The tech in military SF is often more tech- than bio- based. There was also a little hint of the potential for the future as people reach their full potential. I definitely recommend this novel for people looking to explore the bounds of humanity. I am also likely to go checkout some of the author\\\\'s earlier works to see how this world developed. --Bill Lawhorn, SFRevu', 'John Nelson is the author ofStarborn, Transformations, Matrix of the Gods, and The Magic Mirror, the COVR winner of best book of the year for 2008. He is the former editorial director of Bear &Company and Inner Oceans Publishing, and the owner of Bookworks Ltd, his freelance editorial umbrella. He has been a cutting-edge thinker on spirituality, consciousness, and self-realization for some forty years. ']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Holocaust: A Jewish Survivor Testimony: The Truth of What Happened in Germany of World War 2\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Academic Writer: A Brief Guide\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: World War 2: Waffen SS Soldiers - Testimonies of German SS Soldiers - 2nd Edition\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Free At Last The Struggle to Be Good Enough\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":276,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":276,"string":"276"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Old Ironsides: Eagle of the Sea: The Story of the USS Constitution\nDescription: ['...provides a wonderful journey (Jerry McGovern Press- Republican )
A fascinating and well-documented story of America\\'s most celebrated warship. Fitz-Enz not only does an incredible job of describing the Constitution\\'s battle history, but he also provides readers with a clear insight into the intricacies of early sailing vessels and the strategies of sea power...a superb work. (Russell Bellico, Professor of Economic History, Westfield State College and Author of Sails and Steam in the Mountains: A Maritime and Militar )
It makes you want to walk the deck of the U.S.S. Constitution. And we all should. (Joseph Ryan, Fellow of the Company of Military Historians )
The Constitution has not wanted for chroniclers, but this is a welcome addition because it both adds new information that puts \\'Old Ironsides\\' in context of both American and naval history. A well-written, action-filled narrative. (James C. Bradford, Department of History, Texas A&M University )
I appreciated the historical research that included the background and history of the age of sail, the nuances of the many trades involved and the action of \"Old Ironsides\" woven together with care and love for the subject. The book is a broadside of history, action and the romance of the sea. (Andrew P. O\\'Rourke, Justice of the Supreme Court and Retired Vice Admiral )
Of very great interest to any student of the naval history of the era. (Paddy Griffith, PhD, author and former instructor, Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, England )
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This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger. As much social documentary as riveting crime story, the book is a masterwork of reporting by Cullen and Murphy. I couldnt put it down. - Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Black Box
Whitey committed every crime outside. He lived years in prison and was certain that prison was preferable to the risks and disgrace in his life of South Boston. This book is easily the best story about crime Ive read. - Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight and The Good Rat
This is the Whitey Bulger book by the two expert journalists who know the turf best. An unflinching look at the culture of silence and death fostered by Bulgerand by his friends in high and low placesand an important affirmation for young people growing up in todays neighborhoods of good people besieged by thuggery, corruption, and codes of silence. - Michael Patrick MacDonald, best-selling author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
Whitey Bulger... is as much a social history as a biography or manhunt thriller.... In the same way that J. Anthony Lukass Common Ground is essential to understanding Bostons racial history, Whitey Bulger is an authoritative treatise on the citys late-20th-century underworld. - Sean Flynn, Boston Globe
Solid writing, remarkable details and the addition of Bulgers fairly recent capture make this a worthy addition to the literature of the mob. - Kirkus Reviews\", '', \"Kevin Cullen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the Boston Globe since 1985, was the first to raise questions about Whitey Bulger's relationship with the FBI. A frequent commentator on NPR and the BBC, Cullen has won major journalism prizes including the Goldsmith Prize, the George Polk Award, and the Selden Ring Award.\", 'Shelley Murphy has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the Boston Herald and moving to the Globe in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pumpkin the Raccoon 2018 Calendar\nDescription: [\"Laura Young is the proud owner of Pumpkin, Toffee and Oreo, and when she's not capturing their friendship with her own amazement, she's a children's book writer living and working in the Bahamas.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Riddle of the Sands (Vintage Classics)\nDescription: ['', '', 'Erskine Childers lived a life as adventurous as his onlynovel.A fervent supporter of Irish independence, he ended his life in front of an Irish firing-squad as an IRA rebel in 1922.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Stay with Me: Stories of a Black Bag Doctor\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Total Fishing Manual (Field & Stream): 317 Essential Fishing Skills (Field and Stream)\nDescription: ['Joe Cermele started his career in outdoor journalism in 2004, covering fishing tournaments for a local magazine in his home state of New Jersey. In 2005, while attending Rider University, he became an intern at Salt Water Sportsman magazine, joining the editorial staff full time that same year after graduation. In 2008, he moved to sister publication Field & Stream, where he was named Fishing Editor in 2011. His writing appears monthly in the magazine, he blogs weekly on the magazines website, and also hosts and produces Field & Streams Hook Shots, an award-winning web-based fishing show with a punk-rock edge. Cermele has fished all over the country and abroad, but when hes not traveling on assignment, you can find him on his boat chasing tuna and striped bass off the Jersey coast, pitching tubes to smallmouth bass on the Delaware River, or flyfishing for trout in New Yorks Catskill Mountains.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ultimate Factivity Collection: Sharks, Dolphins, and Other Sea Creatures (DK Ultimate Factivity Collection)\nDescription: [\"DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DKs extensive childrens list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats\nDescription: ['Reviews for The Mathews Men
The valor and contributions of the U.S. Merchant Marines to victory in WWII has seldom been acknowledged . . . Geroux presents an unflinching, inspiring, and long delayed tribute to the sacrifice of these men.Booklist (starred review)
Poignant . . . A deep, compassionate group biography of these unsung heroes of the Merchant Marines.Kirkus
Geroux combines the skills of a newsman and those of a scholar to tell the story of the vital and heroic role played by the U.S. Merchant Marines during WWIIPublishers Weekly
Advance Praise for The Mathews Men
Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping, The Mathews Men shines a light on the mostly forgotten but astonishing role the U.S. Merchant Marine played in winning World War II. It brings back to life a breed of men who repeatedly risk all for their country. It chronicles the sagas of families that stoically endured heartrending losses. It honors a community that pulled together to support its sons as they set outagain and againon deadly seas. And it reminds us how much we owe to the legions of ordinary Americans who quite literally saved the civilized world in the 1940s. Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat
William Geroux has written a classic American tale, a gripping story of courageous everyday heroes facing death in World War II. James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers
William Gerouxs The Mathews Men harkens to the war heroics of Laura Hillenbrands Unbroken and the British detective drama Foyles War. A little-known story about the brutal sacrifices made by Merchant Marinersand the tiny bayside community they left behind in Mathews County, VirginiaGerouxs book is a gripping account of hard-drinking and even harder-working seamen, and a fresh take on World War II history. Loaded with offbeat characters trying to survive against astonishingly impossible odds, Geroux gives these unheralded heroes their belated due in an account that is as meticulously researched as it is even-handed and poignant. Beth Macy, author of Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
When a reporter who writes as elegantly as Geroux unearths such a dramatic and untold story, he must feel as if hes hit the motherlode. With The Mathews Men, Geroux gives us a rollicking read that plunges you into the middle of the ocean and seduces you into caring for the storys heroic seafarers. This is both a terrific and terrifying blow-by-blow of the actions of the sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine as the dodged deadly U-Boats during the course of World War II and who, as Lincoln put it, too often made the ultimate sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, co-authors of Halseys Typhoon and The Heart of Everything That Is
Often overlooked and unsung, the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine risked all against stealthy German U-boats whether within sight of East Coast cities or on the Arctic run to Murmansk. Mr. Geroux has superbly chronicled the gripping and deeply personal story of brothers in blood as well as in mission. Walter R. Borneman, author of The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and KingThe Five-star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
The German U-Boat war against American merchant men was deadly and dramaticin World War II, the U.S. Merchant Marine had twice the fatality rate of the U.S. Navy. William Geroux has unearthed a fascinating tale of one small coastal town caught in the thick of the fight, and he tells it with a sharp reporters eye and a real feel for the heroic men who went down to the sea in ships. Evan Thomas, author of Being Nixon and Sea of Thunder
', 'William Geroux wrote for the Richmond Times-Dispatch for twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Associated Press, and various regional magazines. He also has worked for Maersk, the largest container-shipping company in the world.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Water and the Cell\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kerplunk!: Stories\nDescription: ['Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are The Double-Jack Murders and Avalanche. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.']","rejected":"Title: Karma's a Killer (A Downward Dog Mystery)\nDescription: ['', '\"Weber\\'s clever assemblage of suspects is eliminated one by one in her entertaining novel.\"RT Book Reviews', '\"[Weber\\'s] characters are likeable and amusing, the background is interesting, and the story is ultimately satisfying.\"Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine', '\"A wonderful story for dog lovers, with the other human characters being just as likeable.\"Suspense Magazine', '\"Weber keeps readers guessing and populates the action with plenty of kooky characters.\"Mystery Scene', '\"Karma\\'s a Killer continues Tracy Weber\\'s charming series.\"The Seattle Times', '\"Crazy, quirky critters and their odd, yet utterly relatable human counterparts, make Karma\\'s a Killer an appealing story. But when you add the keep-you-guessing mystery with both laugh out loud one liners and touching moments of pure poignancy the result is a truly great book!\"Laura Morrigan, national bestselling author of the Call of the Wilde mystery series', '\"Tracy\\'s Weber\\'s Karma\\'s a Killer delivers on all frontsa likably feisty protagonist, a great supporting cast, a puzzler of a mystery and, best of all, lots of heart.\"Laura DiSilverio, national bestselling author of The Readaholics Book Club Mysteries, two-time Lefty Finalist for Best Humorous Mystery and Colorado Book Award-finalist', '\"Yogatta love this latest in the series when Kate exercises her brain cells trying to figure out who deactivated an animal rights activist.\"Mary Daheim, author of the Bed-and-Breakfast and Emma Lord Alpine Mysteries', '', '', \"Tracy Weberis author of the award-winning Downward Dog Mystery series. Herfirst book in the series,Murder Strikes a Pose, won the Maxwell Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. A certified yoga therapist, Tracy is the owner of Whole Life Yoga, a Seattle yoga studio, and she loves sharing her passion for yoga and animals in any way possible. Tracy and her husband Marc live in Seattle with their precocious German Shepherd pup Ana. When she's not writing, Tracy spends her time teaching yoga, trying to corral Ana, and sipping Blackthorn cider at her favorite ale house.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing\nDescription: [\"Outdoor Life magazine columnist Patrick McManus has been compared to Mark Twain. Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing demonstrates that he isn't, but McManus will suffice until the next Twain comes along. In this book, the outdoorsman extraordinaire is doing what he does best--telling fish stories, getting into scrapes with buddies, occasionally waxing philosophical, but grousing just as often. Sometimes he even ventures out of the wilderness and into mainstream humor. McManus is easily the equal of Dave Barry or any other contemporary humorist, for that matter:\", '', 'In this collection of tales, McManus, one of America\\'s most prominent humorists, frequently returns both in place (the backcountry Northwest) and time (his childhood) to some of his most fertile ground. There are echoes of Mark Twain as he tells of a boy\\'s pursuit of the dream fish, the perils of growing a beard, and the allure of hunting the wily avid (as in, \"He is an avid hunter\"). Populated by characters such as Retch Sweeney and Rancid Crabtree, this is hardly New Yorker stuff, but to McManus fans the less so the better. Recommended for libraries whose patrons like their humor country fried and well done. -?Jim G. Burns, Ottumwa P.L., Iowa Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: PINHEAD VS MARSHALL LAW: LAW IN HELL # 1-2 complete story (PINHEAD VS MARSHALL LAW: LAW IN HELL (1993 EPIC))\nDescription: [\"LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE !!!\\n\\nDate: November - December 1993\\n\\n*** Contains Issue #'s 1-2 ***\\nCOMPLETE 2-ISSUE SERIES!\\n\\nREAD ALL ABOUT IT!! Pat Mills & KEVIN (League of Extraordinary Gentleman) O NEILL have Marshall Law take on Clive Barker's necroid (?) and extensively demented and deformed lunatic - Pinhead!\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Never Cry \"Arp!\" and Other Great Adventures\nDescription: ['Grade 4-6?Based on the author\\'s memories of his boyhood adventures in the mountains of Idaho, these shaggy-dog tales are told in colorful backwoods dialect. Not many youngsters will understand the references to Bogart, Cagney, and Bob Hope, but after the second page the narrator\\'s strong voice takes over and readers will be able to imagine hearing a favorite relative sharing these reminiscences. The 12 episodes reek of adolescent male humor: \"Cubs\" is a rendition of an unforgettable outing hosted by dim scoutmaster Tiddle and two sadistic older boys, Attila and Lucifer. In \"Show and Tell,\" the poor but creative country kids try to outdo the rich townies and impress their lovely new teacher. The most graphic selection, \"Secret Places,\" is about an \"extracurricular\" science project?the narrator and his friend\\'s collection of urine deposits hidden in the barn rafters. The denouement is not for the squeamish! Although many characters reappear throughout, there is not a sense of continuity. In the 10th story, the characters are in third grade; in the next, they are suddenly sophomores. The last tale about a camp out ends abruptly, providing no sense of closure. Fans of Robert Newton Peck looking for darker humor may appreciate this book; however, for readers who want kindly, grandfatherly tales liberally mixed with humor, a love of nature, a strong dose of fantasy, and poetic prose, try Robin Moore\\'s The Cherry Tree Buck and Other Stories (Knopf, 1995).?Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City Public Library, Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Gr. 6^-9. Young people who love the broad physical comedy of Robert Newton Peck\\'s Soup stories or Gary Paulsen\\'s Harris and Me (1993) are sure to enjoy these 12 stories about growing up in the mountains of Idaho. Although the book is classified as fiction, McManus\\' introductory note assures us the adventures are all true, if \"varnished, stretched, and embroidered. . . somewhat.\" McManus is a natural storyteller, with a voice so strong that readers will be hard-pressed not to believe his tales. They\\'ll also probably be relieved they didn\\'t live in his neighborhood! The tales will be great choices for readers\\' theater or storytelling, as well as good models for a student\\'s own writing or telling. Chris Sherman', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Economies of Recycling: The global transformation of materials, values and social relations\nDescription: ['', 'Catherine Alexander is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. ', ' ', 'Joshua Reno teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\nDescription: ['The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw is a delightful treasury of McManus\\'s favorite (mostly outdoor) adventures with friends. His stories explore the human capacity to laugh in the face of misfortune, such as \"The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\" (Goombaw is Eddie Muldoon\\'s grandmother) and \"The Fried Flies, Please, and Easy on the Garlic,\" a story of dinner-party adversity:', '[CODE] \"Martha starts. \\'I do hope you won\\'t take offense, Mr. McGinnis, but I view hunters as the lowest form of life, not excluding bacteria and algae.\\' \\'No offense taken,\\' I reply, glad for an excuse to ignore my vichyssoise, which I view as the lowest form of food, not excluding lichens and boiled beets.\" [CODE] American humorist Patrick McManus could make being snagged by a fishhook funny, and in fact, he does. In his story \"Getting It in the Ear,\" he writes, \"One of the more interesting things that can happen to an angler is to get a barbed hook sunk into his hide. Such is the horror and fascination of the experience that many an angler has contemplated giving up his regular work and hitting the lecture circuit to entertain audiences around the nation with a dramatic rendering of his ordeal.\" After all, he argues, it\\'s the misery endured that defines the sportsman, not the fish caught or the game shot. McManus\\'s understated, matter-of-fact vignettes--infused with amusing glimpses of life\\'s lesser-known eternal truths-- will make you laugh.', '', 'Patrick McManus is a treasure. The Atlantic', 'Everybody should read Patrick McManus. The New York Times Book Review', 'A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. People', 'The funniest writer around today. Atlanta Journal-Constitution', \"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up, and reading him you can't help recalling similar times and events in your own life. Booklist\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Mrs Honey's Dream (Early Reading S)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories\nDescription: ['Heres McManus latest collection of previously published material, including his first piece of published fiction, a witty short story with an O. Henry ending that most readers will see coming but that probably seemed quite a bit fresher back in 1957, when he wrote it. The nonfiction piecesyou have to use quotation marks when you talk about the authors humorous writinginclude tales about fishing, hunting, birding, and other manly pursuits (yes, bird-watching, according to McManus, is a manly pursuit). McManus friend Retch Sweeney puts in a few appearances, as does his magnificently monikered mentor, Rancid Crabtree, and the authors darling wife, Bun, who, for some reason, expresses doubt that McManus distinctly unathletic appearance hides the rock-hard body of a world-class athlete. (Whose? Bun replies.) Like Garrison Keillor, McManus writes about people and situations that, even if they are made up, are so vividly and entertainingly presented that they might as well be real. For the authors many fans, and for lovers of humorous essays in general, this one is a must-read. --David Pitt', \"Everybody should read Patrick McManus. (The New York Times Book Review)
McManus often works on the far side of memoir, where truth and untruth sometimes blend into fiction. In this delightful region, we meet the ghost b'ar that might have killed Ginger Ann's pig and two boys who intrepidly stalk the woods in the freezing twilight, then hide from wolves that appear where once there was a log pile. Other memorable characters on the far side include the old woodsman Rancid Crabtree and boyhood chums named Retch Sweeny and Barney Wapshut . . . A nice opportunity for nonmagazine readers to catch up with this engaging humorist, who never met a tall tale he didnt like. (Kirkus Review)
McManus writes about people and situations that, even if they are made up, are so vividly and entertainingly presented that they might as well be real. For the authors many fans, and for lovers of humorous essays in general, this one is a must-read. (Booklist)
A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. (People)
Patrick McManus is a treasure. (Atlantic Monthly)\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: 2 B R 0 2 B\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Grasshopper Trap\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Adult Webcam Studio 101 - A Money Making Guide for E-pimps\nDescription: ['Darby Jones first began writing as a teenager, when he quickly displayed an early talent for penning sensuous erotica and hard-core porn. For many years he was a prolific contributor to UK magazines such as Mayfair, Fiesta and Knave, as well as a host of lesser known but equally popular titles. After a short stint at Viz Comics, he left England to become the lead contributor of an infamous but long out-of-print travel opus, entitled Sex Havens for Tax Fiends. This was a strictly limited edition, leather-bound gazetteer commissioned by the now defunct Scope Publications. It was published as a follow up to their extremely popular PT (Perpetual Traveller) titles, including as The Passport Report, The Honorary Consul and The Invisible Investor. Each volume immediately sold out and remains highly collectible to this day. For the last three years, he has been enjoying forced early-retirement after an extremely stressful eighteen months smuggling Chinese-made arms and munitions to the various rebel groups in Eastern and Northern Myanmar. He was forced to spend nearly a year in Malaysia recuperating from a near-fatal gun-shot injury, which was sustained in a shoot-out on the upper reaches of the Mekong. He is currently in an undisclosed Asian location working on his latest book.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Never Sniff a Gift Fish\nDescription: ['Vintage book']","rejected":"Title: Star Wars: Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire (Star Wars - Tales of the Jedi)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Fine and Pleasant Misery\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Storm Stories: A Security Specialists International Book\nDescription: [\"Monette Michaels is the pen name for a multi-published author of suspense/thrillers. She's been married to the love of her life for far longer than she cares to remember. Her home is in Central Indiana. She also writes as Rae Morgan.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dark Noon: The Final Voyage of the Fishing Boat Pelican\nDescription: ['', 'Saturday, Labor Day weekend, 1951, dawned mild and cloudless over Montauk. Hundreds of passengers tumbled from the Long Island Rail Roads weekend express train, the Fishermans Special, when it pulled in from New York City. The weather only confirmed the postwar optimism of the blue-collar workers who had thronged to this fishing village for a holiday of deep-sea angling.', 'In America, in 1951, it was easy to believe that anyone could make money and enjoy the good life, and no place suited that mood better than a fishing town. The Montauk fishing business was booming. The dock the arriving anglers swarmed over had been named, without a trace of self-consciousness, Fishangri-la, and the waiting fishing boat captains could see no obstacle to a record weekend.', 'Maybe it was naive optimism that propelled Captain Eddie Carroll away from the dock that morning with sixty-two passengers aboard his fishing boat Pelican, some thirty more than safe capacity. He was everyones favorite skipper, a handsome World War II veteran with an easy manner, an endless supply of fish and war stories, a sturdy forty-two-foot boat, newly rebuilt engines, and an uncanny ability to find good fishing. In his pocket that day he carried the ring that he would soon slip on the finger of his Swedish bride-to-be.', 'But Eddies luck was about to run out. Even as the Pelican cut its outgoing swath through the sun-spangled Atlantic, a jet-stream trough of Arctic air high overhead, undetected by forecasters, was pressing down on the pool of warm air beneath it like water building behind a dam. The Pelican and forty-five people aboard, including Captain Carroll himself, would never return to shore.', \"Dark Noon is a suspenseful and ultimately heartbreaking sea story. Its also a journey back to the America of the early 1950s, when a laborer could buy a round-trip train ticket from Queens to Montauk and fish all day with Captain Eddie for $8.00. The Pelican's passengers, like postwar America itself, were blinded by hope. They baited their hooks and waited, wondering what they would find in the deep and shining waters of the Atlantic, unaware of the dark storm gathering overhead.\", \"Tom Clavin was editor of the East Hampton Independent and the Southampton Independent, two of the countrys most award-winning weeklies, for ten years. In addition to fifteen years writing for the New York Times, he has authored numerous articles appearing in such periodicals as Reader's Digest, Golf Magazine, Parade, and Family Circle. Mr. Clavin has written and edited hundreds of pieces on fishing and boating.\", 'The Pelican was being pushed once more onto its port side, and Eddie knew with sad certainty that this time it was not stopping . . .', 'When Captain Eddie Carroll put to sea on Labor Day weekend 1951, he didnt know how many passengers were aboard his overloaded boat. He didnt know that an unpredicted storm would descend from a cloudless sky before the morning was over. He didnt know how swiftly, then, his faith in his boat and his own abilities would be overturned.', \"Dark Noon is a taut and suspenseful re-creation of a fateful day at sea. It is also a story of the postwar American dream as experienced in the fishing village of Montauk, Long Island, where fish were money and where optimism and success went hand in hand. And it's a story of the end of an era, when one terrible disaster changed the fishing culture of a prosperous port forever. Every dream has an end. In Dark Noon the end comes in a violent storm. Montauk would never be the same.\", '', 'Tom Clavin is editor of the East Hampton Independent and the South Hampton Independent and a former chief environmental correspondent for the New York Times.']","rejected":"Title: HACKED! High Tech Election Theft in America - 11 Experts Expose the Truth\nDescription: ['\\'HACKED!\" is a stunning expose of stolen elections and election voting manipulation. It is shocking and alarming. The book by Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp is designed to wake up America. I am sure it will! --Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspaper columnist
The dishonestsy that has marked the election practices of this new century is despicable. For the past 200 years we\\'ve improved the voting booth to include all of our citizens. Now that we all have the right to vote, we must ensure that all of our votes are counted. \"HACKED!\" is a must-read! --Liz Carpenter, Author, former Press Secretary & Chief of Staff to Lady Bird Johnson
You get a receipt when you buy a Slurpee, don\\'t you? Why not when you choose a president? \"HACKED!\" cracks open the democracy-in-a-box scam called \"electronic voting\". Can a robot pick a president better than you can? This crew of experts and investigators explains why robo-voting can\\'t be trusted. --Greg Palast, BBC Investigative Journalist, Filmmaker, and Author', \"Editors Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp are two citizens, Realtors, and activists who learned about electronic vote fraud in 2003. They've been speaking, writing, and promoting events on it and now have compiled this book to help educate the public on this crucial issue.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: How I Got This Way\nDescription: ['Narrated by Norman Dietz', '', '']","rejected":"Title: More than Survival: A Post-apocalyptic Love Story - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Real Ponies Don't Go Oink\nDescription: ['McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw ) is the author of a monthly humor column for Outdoor Life ; this volume collects some of those pieces. At his best, McManus is a brilliant humorist, particularly in describing human reactions to the unexpected. Memorable essays include \"A Good Deed Goes Wrong,\" about an old woodsman\\'s misadventure at ok? a toboggan run built by two boys, and a subsequent encounter with a bobcat; \"The Clown,\" in which a terrifying math teacher given to grabbing pupils by their hair confronts a miscreant who has doctored his tresses with bear grease; and \"A Good Night\\'s Sleep,\" which concerns three outdoorsmen who wreak havoc on a hotel and its patrons. Certain pieces will appeal only to hunters and anglers, but other entries are so notable that the book deserves a wide audience. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Best-selling outdoor humorist McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw , LJ 6/15/89) bags another in this collection of yarns featuring irascible woodsman Rancid Crabtree, \"Phantom of the Woods\" Retch Sweeney, boyhood pal Crazy Eddie, and others of McManus\\'s acquaintance. Also meet hunting dog Strange, dog delinquent, whose prey of choice is year-old roadkill. Readers of McManus\\'s humor column in Outdoor Life will enjoy his observations on the joys of pig-back riding, workshop puttering, and Sasquatch ducking. So will those who, like McManus\\'s wife Bun, appreciate nature most from the window of a seven-story luxury hotel. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/91. - Pamela R. Daubenspeck, Warren- Trumbull Cty. P.L., Warren, Ohio Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Programacion De SQL Server 7.0 Con Visual Basic 6.0\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Good Samaritan Strikes Again\nDescription: ['James Thurber, echoing Wordsworth\\'s definition of poetry, defined humor as \"emotional chaos remembered in tranquility,\" a statement McManus ( Real Ponies Don\\'t Go Oink! ) advances in this collection of 24 essays, most of which are reprinted from Outdoor Life . In his seven previous books McManus offered many pieces about hunting and fishing, and here he adds more, although they are the least successful selections. But the articles on his career in public relations and his concomitant desire to make himself invisible will provoke smiles, the one about his winning high school football team will bring laughter, and the title piece, as well as \"Rancid Crabtree and the Demon Bat\" and \" The Fly ,\" will prompt guffaws. In these McManus recalls how he ineptly tried to help a man hurt in an auto accident, the flight of an enormous kite bearing the town drunk during a windstorm, and a practical joke played on the officious head of a college janitorial staff by his oppressed employees. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"Pat McManus (Real Ponies Don't Go Oink, 1991, etc.), the Falstaff of Field and Stream, gathers his fall collection of sporting silliness for his eighth trek down his own well-beaten path. Ever mindful of Mother Nature and always careful of the environment, McManus once again recycles several of his most popular characters (wife Bun, Retch Sweeny, Rancid Crabtree, et al.), who strut their usual stuff along with rotten neighbor-kid Felton and rich guy G. Thomas (Goosey) Smith. The lead is played, of course, by the author, who takes the pratfalls like the old trouper he is. In an autobiographical mood (his favorite mood), he admits to doing public relations for the firm that made the world's supply of bim toggles on zitflangs. Blame him for that classic slogan: ``We toggle your bims!'' There are some pleasantries on being poor and on mean Christmas gifts that ring true, but there's also the feeling that the old domesticated woodsman is coasting just a tad from time to time. There's the hunting and fishing fooling, naturally. This time out, in his angling for laughs, McManus has a few strikes, but he doesn't get his limit. As he says, ``that's the way fishing goes. Sometimes nothing much happens.'' Anyway, the company isn't bad, and fans will be quite satisfied to go along. No masterpiece of comic invention, but at least a workmanlike assemblage, with few springs, bolts, or nuts left out. -- Copyright 1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Jack and the Flumflum Tree\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Double-Jack Murders (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Trinity\nDescription: ['an opportunity to observe in action one of the foremost ancient students of the Bible using both Testaments to reflect on the doctrine of the Trinity. Philosophy and theology always with a close reliance on the Bible and a rootedness in God blend into a single enterprise', 'n/a', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Huckleberry Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery\nDescription: ['\"Patrick McManus is a treasure.\"', '--\"The Atlantic\"
\"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.\"', '--\"People\"
\"What a treat to come across a Patrick McManus tale.\"', '--\"Los Angeles Times\"', '', '\"\"
\"Everybody should read Patrick McManus.\"', '--\"The\"\"New York Times Book Review\"
\"In McManus\\'s amusing, folksy fourth Bo Tully mystery . . . Tully once again proves an unorthodox and effective lawman, while McManus\\'s storytelling, be it about a haunted lake or a modern mountain man, never flags.\"', '\"--Publishers Weekly\"
\"Folksy humorist McManus\\' fourth Bo Tully mystery exudes lots of country charm and humor.\"', '-Kat Cam, \"Booklist\"
\"The funniest writer around today.\"', '--\"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\"
\"\"\"Genial, amusing and sweet, with quirky characters and just enough plot twists to engage.\"', '--\"Kirkus Reviews\"
\"McManus\\'s folksy narrative keeps the reader\\'s interest with plenty of humor, aw-shucks moments, and action. . . . Bo Tully is a treat for readers who like some Western flair and an old-fashioned approach to justice in their mysteries.\"--\"Library Journal\"', \"Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are The Double-Jack Murders and Avalanche. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Art the Arts & the Great Ideas\nDescription: [\"Adler and Robert Hutchins originated the Great Books program at the University of Chicago in the 1940s. Based on readings in classic works of literature and philosophy, Great Books seminars focused on discussions of such ideas as love, war and peace, as well as other concepts outlined by Adler in The Syntopican , an index to what he regarded as the great books of the Western world. Here he offers a defense of the decision to exclude music and painting as additional stimuli for the consideration of enduring ideas. His thesis will be of interest to those who are familiar with Adler's philosophy of liberal education, though it is likely, also, to spur strong disagreement. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Adler (Ten Philosophical Mistakes, LJ 4/1/ 85) provides a clear and compelling explication on the idea content of verbal and nonverbal arts. He moves from a history of the concept of fine art into a lively discourse on the \"invention\" of the \"great ideas,\" an organizational device he developed for Britannica, Inc. in the early 1950s. Whether an art work is nonverbal (e.g., a statue or painting) or verbal (e.g., an epic poem), \"the artist can say what he or she has in mind only by producing the work of art that he or she has in mind.\" This text serves as a useful and involving introduction to aesthetic philosophy, but one chapter is an excerpt from Ten Philosophical Mistakes and another reproduces far too much of the Great Books\\' Synopticon relative to the new content and discussion provided in this slim text. For informed readers. Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Total Outdoorsman Manual (10th Anniversary Edition) (Field & Stream)\nDescription: [\"Field & Stream editor-at-large T. Edward Nickens has paddled, backpacked, hunted, and fished from the rainforest to the Arctic Sea. Winner of more than two dozen national writing awards, he is TV host for the Total Outdoorsman Challenge. In this book, he shares his wisdom and that of Field & Stream's outdoor experts and featured guides.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ellie McDoodle: Most Valuable Player\nDescription: ['', 'RUTH MCNALLY BARSHAW has worked in advertising, and illustrated cartoons for newspapers. She is the author of three previous books about Ellie McDoodle
www.ruthexpress.com']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Tamarack Murders: A Bo Tully Mystery (Bo Tully Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, is tracking the gang who robbed a local bank. Tully thinks the money was handed off during the getaway but doesnt know to whom. It may have been to a charming local hustler named Gridley Shanks, but there are also questions regarding two out-of-state elk hunters. In his fifth adventure, Tully mobilizes a ragtag group of his own deputies and a handful of civilian deputies to help solve the case. McManus is best known as a humorist who writes about the outdoors, and certainly his sly wit is omnipresent in his Tully novels. Readers who enjoy Bill Criders Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries or Steven F. Havills Posadas County novels will find much to enjoy here, as McManus captures the rhythms of small-town life and its citizenry in all their resplendent quirkiness. For readers who like mayhem presented with a smile. --Wes Lukowsky', 'Everybody should read Patrick McManus. (The New York Times Book Review)
A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. (People)
Patrick McManus is a treasure. (Atlantic Monthly)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: College Writing 2 (Houghton Mifflin English for Academic Success) (Bk. 2)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Circles in the Snow: A Bo Tully Mystery (Bo Tully Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Its a lot for a guy thinking about retirement to deal with all at once: someones been killing bald eagles; a widely disliked rancher has been murdered (with an arrow, no less); and mysterious circles, perfectly round, are appearing in the snow. Blight County, Idaho, Sheriff Bo Tully juggles a handful of likely murder suspects with his usual wit and aplomb, while handling his cantankerous, ex-sheriff father with rather less finesse. McManus, whos a humor columnist and nonfiction writer when hes not writing the Tully novels, has a real gift for dialogue and character; the humor in this delightful series comes out of the characters and the situations, not from clever wordplay or comedy set pieces. And its worth mentioning, for those readers who havent yet read a Tully novel (this is the sixth), that the mysteries are well crafted and genuinely suspenseful, not merely an excuse for some lighthearted goings-on, but solid puzzlers in their own right. Warning to McManus: youd better not let Bo retire anytime soon. --David Pitt', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Hole in Our Gospel Special Edition: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World\nDescription: ['', \"Richard Stearns went from success to significance when he left the corporate world behind to become president of World Vision U.S. in 1998. After 20 years as the longest-serving CEO of the Christian relief and development organization, he plans to retire in January 2019. Stearns holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His professional career included leadership roles at Gillette, Parker Brothers Games, The Franklin Mint, and Lenox Inc., where he became president and chief executive officer in 1995. Stearns brought corporate best practices to World Vision, where he inspired a culture of outcome-focused management. His lasting legacy is his leadership in calling on the Church in America to respond to some of the greatest needs of our time, notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic and the global refugee crisis. Stearns and his wife, Reneé, have five children and five grandchildren and live in Bellevue, Washington.\"]"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Old Ironsides: Eagle of the Sea: The Story of the USS Constitution\\nDescription: ['...provides a wonderful journey (Jerry McGovern Press- Republican )
A fascinating and well-documented story of America\\\\'s most celebrated warship. Fitz-Enz not only does an incredible job of describing the Constitution\\\\'s battle history, but he also provides readers with a clear insight into the intricacies of early sailing vessels and the strategies of sea power...a superb work. (Russell Bellico, Professor of Economic History, Westfield State College and Author of Sails and Steam in the Mountains: A Maritime and Militar )
It makes you want to walk the deck of the U.S.S. Constitution. And we all should. (Joseph Ryan, Fellow of the Company of Military Historians )
The Constitution has not wanted for chroniclers, but this is a welcome addition because it both adds new information that puts \\\\'Old Ironsides\\\\' in context of both American and naval history. A well-written, action-filled narrative. (James C. Bradford, Department of History, Texas A&M University )
I appreciated the historical research that included the background and history of the age of sail, the nuances of the many trades involved and the action of \\\"Old Ironsides\\\" woven together with care and love for the subject. The book is a broadside of history, action and the romance of the sea. (Andrew P. O\\\\'Rourke, Justice of the Supreme Court and Retired Vice Admiral )
Of very great interest to any student of the naval history of the era. (Paddy Griffith, PhD, author and former instructor, Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, England )
The Constitution began as just another ship, but it became \\\"Old Ironsides\\\" and then it became a symbol of the United States. How it was designed and built, and how it went on to become such a significant part of America and its history, is the subject of this exhaustively researched and beautifully written work by David Fitz-Enz. A must for all students of American naval history. (Charles H. Cureton, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC retired )', 'This is the story of the oldest war ship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate U.S.S. Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy created by an act of Congress in 1794. Having seen its first action against Barbary pirates in 1803-05, the ship went on to heroics during the War of 1812, during which it acquired the nickname \\\"Old Ironsides\\\" after a British sailor observed a cannon ball bouncing off its side. Later used as a training ship and for good will tours around the globe, the ship was ultimately brought to Boston and restored, where it remains today as a floating museum and enduring symbol of the Age of Sail. In Old Ironsides, Col. David Fitz-Enz tells the complete story of the ship, from its \\\"breeched\\\" birth to the ongoing restoration efforts that keep it active today.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: RAMTHA - El Amor y las Relaciones (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Ramtha deja claro que el mismo es la personificacion, la representacion y la manifestacion vivientes de su pensamiento. Es un ser inmortal, conciencia y energia, que una vez, hace 35,000 anios, vivio como un ser humano en el desaparecido continente de Lemuria. Explica que en esa vida abordo las interrogantes de la existencia humana y el significado de la vida, y que a traves de su propia observacion, reflexion y contemplacion alcanzo la iluminacion y conquisto el mundo fisico y la muerte. Prometio en esa vida a una muy amada hija adoptiva que volveria. Esa hija es hoy JZ Knight. Ramtha comunica sus ensenianzas a traves del fenomeno llamado canalizacion; de hecho, fue el quien hizo el termino conocido. Usa el cuerpo de JZ Knight para canalizarse y dar sus ensenianzas en persona. JZ Knight es el unico canal que el ha escogido y que utiliza para comunicar su mensaje.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice\\nDescription: [\\\"If you locked director Martin Scorsese, screenwriter Nick Pileggi and TV producer David Chase in the same room for a month, I doubt they would come up with anything as rich in scope and details as the real-life tale of Whitey Bulger. - Jeff Greenfield, Washington Post
This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger. As much social documentary as riveting crime story, the book is a masterwork of reporting by Cullen and Murphy. I couldnt put it down. - Michael Connelly, best-selling author of The Black Box
Whitey committed every crime outside. He lived years in prison and was certain that prison was preferable to the risks and disgrace in his life of South Boston. This book is easily the best story about crime Ive read. - Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight and The Good Rat
This is the Whitey Bulger book by the two expert journalists who know the turf best. An unflinching look at the culture of silence and death fostered by Bulgerand by his friends in high and low placesand an important affirmation for young people growing up in todays neighborhoods of good people besieged by thuggery, corruption, and codes of silence. - Michael Patrick MacDonald, best-selling author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
Whitey Bulger... is as much a social history as a biography or manhunt thriller.... In the same way that J. Anthony Lukass Common Ground is essential to understanding Bostons racial history, Whitey Bulger is an authoritative treatise on the citys late-20th-century underworld. - Sean Flynn, Boston Globe
Solid writing, remarkable details and the addition of Bulgers fairly recent capture make this a worthy addition to the literature of the mob. - Kirkus Reviews\\\", '', \\\"Kevin Cullen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the Boston Globe since 1985, was the first to raise questions about Whitey Bulger's relationship with the FBI. A frequent commentator on NPR and the BBC, Cullen has won major journalism prizes including the Goldsmith Prize, the George Polk Award, and the Selden Ring Award.\\\", 'Shelley Murphy has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the Boston Herald and moving to the Globe in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pumpkin the Raccoon 2018 Calendar\\nDescription: [\\\"Laura Young is the proud owner of Pumpkin, Toffee and Oreo, and when she's not capturing their friendship with her own amazement, she's a children's book writer living and working in the Bahamas.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Riddle of the Sands (Vintage Classics)\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Erskine Childers lived a life as adventurous as his onlynovel.A fervent supporter of Irish independence, he ended his life in front of an Irish firing-squad as an IRA rebel in 1922.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Stay with Me: Stories of a Black Bag Doctor\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Total Fishing Manual (Field & Stream): 317 Essential Fishing Skills (Field and Stream)\\nDescription: ['Joe Cermele started his career in outdoor journalism in 2004, covering fishing tournaments for a local magazine in his home state of New Jersey. In 2005, while attending Rider University, he became an intern at Salt Water Sportsman magazine, joining the editorial staff full time that same year after graduation. In 2008, he moved to sister publication Field & Stream, where he was named Fishing Editor in 2011. His writing appears monthly in the magazine, he blogs weekly on the magazines website, and also hosts and produces Field & Streams Hook Shots, an award-winning web-based fishing show with a punk-rock edge. Cermele has fished all over the country and abroad, but when hes not traveling on assignment, you can find him on his boat chasing tuna and striped bass off the Jersey coast, pitching tubes to smallmouth bass on the Delaware River, or flyfishing for trout in New Yorks Catskill Mountains.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ultimate Factivity Collection: Sharks, Dolphins, and Other Sea Creatures (DK Ultimate Factivity Collection)\\nDescription: [\\\"DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DKs extensive childrens list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats\\nDescription: ['Reviews for The Mathews Men
The valor and contributions of the U.S. Merchant Marines to victory in WWII has seldom been acknowledged . . . Geroux presents an unflinching, inspiring, and long delayed tribute to the sacrifice of these men.Booklist (starred review)
Poignant . . . A deep, compassionate group biography of these unsung heroes of the Merchant Marines.Kirkus
Geroux combines the skills of a newsman and those of a scholar to tell the story of the vital and heroic role played by the U.S. Merchant Marines during WWIIPublishers Weekly
Advance Praise for The Mathews Men
Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping, The Mathews Men shines a light on the mostly forgotten but astonishing role the U.S. Merchant Marine played in winning World War II. It brings back to life a breed of men who repeatedly risk all for their country. It chronicles the sagas of families that stoically endured heartrending losses. It honors a community that pulled together to support its sons as they set outagain and againon deadly seas. And it reminds us how much we owe to the legions of ordinary Americans who quite literally saved the civilized world in the 1940s. Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat
William Geroux has written a classic American tale, a gripping story of courageous everyday heroes facing death in World War II. James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers
William Gerouxs The Mathews Men harkens to the war heroics of Laura Hillenbrands Unbroken and the British detective drama Foyles War. A little-known story about the brutal sacrifices made by Merchant Marinersand the tiny bayside community they left behind in Mathews County, VirginiaGerouxs book is a gripping account of hard-drinking and even harder-working seamen, and a fresh take on World War II history. Loaded with offbeat characters trying to survive against astonishingly impossible odds, Geroux gives these unheralded heroes their belated due in an account that is as meticulously researched as it is even-handed and poignant. Beth Macy, author of Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
When a reporter who writes as elegantly as Geroux unearths such a dramatic and untold story, he must feel as if hes hit the motherlode. With The Mathews Men, Geroux gives us a rollicking read that plunges you into the middle of the ocean and seduces you into caring for the storys heroic seafarers. This is both a terrific and terrifying blow-by-blow of the actions of the sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine as the dodged deadly U-Boats during the course of World War II and who, as Lincoln put it, too often made the ultimate sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, co-authors of Halseys Typhoon and The Heart of Everything That Is
Often overlooked and unsung, the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine risked all against stealthy German U-boats whether within sight of East Coast cities or on the Arctic run to Murmansk. Mr. Geroux has superbly chronicled the gripping and deeply personal story of brothers in blood as well as in mission. Walter R. Borneman, author of The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and KingThe Five-star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
The German U-Boat war against American merchant men was deadly and dramaticin World War II, the U.S. Merchant Marine had twice the fatality rate of the U.S. Navy. William Geroux has unearthed a fascinating tale of one small coastal town caught in the thick of the fight, and he tells it with a sharp reporters eye and a real feel for the heroic men who went down to the sea in ships. Evan Thomas, author of Being Nixon and Sea of Thunder
', 'William Geroux wrote for the Richmond Times-Dispatch for twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Associated Press, and various regional magazines. He also has worked for Maersk, the largest container-shipping company in the world.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Water and the Cell\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Kerplunk!: Stories\\nDescription: ['Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are The Double-Jack Murders and Avalanche. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Karma's a Killer (A Downward Dog Mystery)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"Weber\\\\'s clever assemblage of suspects is eliminated one by one in her entertaining novel.\\\"RT Book Reviews', '\\\"[Weber\\\\'s] characters are likeable and amusing, the background is interesting, and the story is ultimately satisfying.\\\"Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine', '\\\"A wonderful story for dog lovers, with the other human characters being just as likeable.\\\"Suspense Magazine', '\\\"Weber keeps readers guessing and populates the action with plenty of kooky characters.\\\"Mystery Scene', '\\\"Karma\\\\'s a Killer continues Tracy Weber\\\\'s charming series.\\\"The Seattle Times', '\\\"Crazy, quirky critters and their odd, yet utterly relatable human counterparts, make Karma\\\\'s a Killer an appealing story. But when you add the keep-you-guessing mystery with both laugh out loud one liners and touching moments of pure poignancy the result is a truly great book!\\\"Laura Morrigan, national bestselling author of the Call of the Wilde mystery series', '\\\"Tracy\\\\'s Weber\\\\'s Karma\\\\'s a Killer delivers on all frontsa likably feisty protagonist, a great supporting cast, a puzzler of a mystery and, best of all, lots of heart.\\\"Laura DiSilverio, national bestselling author of The Readaholics Book Club Mysteries, two-time Lefty Finalist for Best Humorous Mystery and Colorado Book Award-finalist', '\\\"Yogatta love this latest in the series when Kate exercises her brain cells trying to figure out who deactivated an animal rights activist.\\\"Mary Daheim, author of the Bed-and-Breakfast and Emma Lord Alpine Mysteries', '', '', \\\"Tracy Weberis author of the award-winning Downward Dog Mystery series. Herfirst book in the series,Murder Strikes a Pose, won the Maxwell Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. A certified yoga therapist, Tracy is the owner of Whole Life Yoga, a Seattle yoga studio, and she loves sharing her passion for yoga and animals in any way possible. Tracy and her husband Marc live in Seattle with their precocious German Shepherd pup Ana. When she's not writing, Tracy spends her time teaching yoga, trying to corral Ana, and sipping Blackthorn cider at her favorite ale house.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing\\nDescription: [\\\"Outdoor Life magazine columnist Patrick McManus has been compared to Mark Twain. Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing demonstrates that he isn't, but McManus will suffice until the next Twain comes along. In this book, the outdoorsman extraordinaire is doing what he does best--telling fish stories, getting into scrapes with buddies, occasionally waxing philosophical, but grousing just as often. Sometimes he even ventures out of the wilderness and into mainstream humor. McManus is easily the equal of Dave Barry or any other contemporary humorist, for that matter:\\\", '', 'In this collection of tales, McManus, one of America\\\\'s most prominent humorists, frequently returns both in place (the backcountry Northwest) and time (his childhood) to some of his most fertile ground. There are echoes of Mark Twain as he tells of a boy\\\\'s pursuit of the dream fish, the perils of growing a beard, and the allure of hunting the wily avid (as in, \\\"He is an avid hunter\\\"). Populated by characters such as Retch Sweeney and Rancid Crabtree, this is hardly New Yorker stuff, but to McManus fans the less so the better. Recommended for libraries whose patrons like their humor country fried and well done. -?Jim G. Burns, Ottumwa P.L., Iowa Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: PINHEAD VS MARSHALL LAW: LAW IN HELL # 1-2 complete story (PINHEAD VS MARSHALL LAW: LAW IN HELL (1993 EPIC))\\nDescription: [\\\"LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE !!!\\\\n\\\\nDate: November - December 1993\\\\n\\\\n*** Contains Issue #'s 1-2 ***\\\\nCOMPLETE 2-ISSUE SERIES!\\\\n\\\\nREAD ALL ABOUT IT!! Pat Mills & KEVIN (League of Extraordinary Gentleman) O NEILL have Marshall Law take on Clive Barker's necroid (?) and extensively demented and deformed lunatic - Pinhead!\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Never Cry \\\"Arp!\\\" and Other Great Adventures\\nDescription: ['Grade 4-6?Based on the author\\\\'s memories of his boyhood adventures in the mountains of Idaho, these shaggy-dog tales are told in colorful backwoods dialect. Not many youngsters will understand the references to Bogart, Cagney, and Bob Hope, but after the second page the narrator\\\\'s strong voice takes over and readers will be able to imagine hearing a favorite relative sharing these reminiscences. The 12 episodes reek of adolescent male humor: \\\"Cubs\\\" is a rendition of an unforgettable outing hosted by dim scoutmaster Tiddle and two sadistic older boys, Attila and Lucifer. In \\\"Show and Tell,\\\" the poor but creative country kids try to outdo the rich townies and impress their lovely new teacher. The most graphic selection, \\\"Secret Places,\\\" is about an \\\"extracurricular\\\" science project?the narrator and his friend\\\\'s collection of urine deposits hidden in the barn rafters. The denouement is not for the squeamish! Although many characters reappear throughout, there is not a sense of continuity. In the 10th story, the characters are in third grade; in the next, they are suddenly sophomores. The last tale about a camp out ends abruptly, providing no sense of closure. Fans of Robert Newton Peck looking for darker humor may appreciate this book; however, for readers who want kindly, grandfatherly tales liberally mixed with humor, a love of nature, a strong dose of fantasy, and poetic prose, try Robin Moore\\\\'s The Cherry Tree Buck and Other Stories (Knopf, 1995).?Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City Public Library, Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Gr. 6^-9. Young people who love the broad physical comedy of Robert Newton Peck\\\\'s Soup stories or Gary Paulsen\\\\'s Harris and Me (1993) are sure to enjoy these 12 stories about growing up in the mountains of Idaho. Although the book is classified as fiction, McManus\\\\' introductory note assures us the adventures are all true, if \\\"varnished, stretched, and embroidered. . . somewhat.\\\" McManus is a natural storyteller, with a voice so strong that readers will be hard-pressed not to believe his tales. They\\\\'ll also probably be relieved they didn\\\\'t live in his neighborhood! The tales will be great choices for readers\\\\' theater or storytelling, as well as good models for a student\\\\'s own writing or telling. Chris Sherman', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Economies of Recycling: The global transformation of materials, values and social relations\\nDescription: ['', 'Catherine Alexander is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. ', ' ', 'Joshua Reno teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\\nDescription: ['The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw is a delightful treasury of McManus\\\\'s favorite (mostly outdoor) adventures with friends. His stories explore the human capacity to laugh in the face of misfortune, such as \\\"The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\\\" (Goombaw is Eddie Muldoon\\\\'s grandmother) and \\\"The Fried Flies, Please, and Easy on the Garlic,\\\" a story of dinner-party adversity:', '[CODE] \\\"Martha starts. \\\\'I do hope you won\\\\'t take offense, Mr. McGinnis, but I view hunters as the lowest form of life, not excluding bacteria and algae.\\\\' \\\\'No offense taken,\\\\' I reply, glad for an excuse to ignore my vichyssoise, which I view as the lowest form of food, not excluding lichens and boiled beets.\\\" [CODE] American humorist Patrick McManus could make being snagged by a fishhook funny, and in fact, he does. In his story \\\"Getting It in the Ear,\\\" he writes, \\\"One of the more interesting things that can happen to an angler is to get a barbed hook sunk into his hide. Such is the horror and fascination of the experience that many an angler has contemplated giving up his regular work and hitting the lecture circuit to entertain audiences around the nation with a dramatic rendering of his ordeal.\\\" After all, he argues, it\\\\'s the misery endured that defines the sportsman, not the fish caught or the game shot. McManus\\\\'s understated, matter-of-fact vignettes--infused with amusing glimpses of life\\\\'s lesser-known eternal truths-- will make you laugh.', '', 'Patrick McManus is a treasure. The Atlantic', 'Everybody should read Patrick McManus. The New York Times Book Review', 'A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. People', 'The funniest writer around today. Atlanta Journal-Constitution', \\\"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up, and reading him you can't help recalling similar times and events in your own life. Booklist\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mrs Honey's Dream (Early Reading S)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories\\nDescription: ['Heres McManus latest collection of previously published material, including his first piece of published fiction, a witty short story with an O. Henry ending that most readers will see coming but that probably seemed quite a bit fresher back in 1957, when he wrote it. The nonfiction piecesyou have to use quotation marks when you talk about the authors humorous writinginclude tales about fishing, hunting, birding, and other manly pursuits (yes, bird-watching, according to McManus, is a manly pursuit). McManus friend Retch Sweeney puts in a few appearances, as does his magnificently monikered mentor, Rancid Crabtree, and the authors darling wife, Bun, who, for some reason, expresses doubt that McManus distinctly unathletic appearance hides the rock-hard body of a world-class athlete. (Whose? Bun replies.) Like Garrison Keillor, McManus writes about people and situations that, even if they are made up, are so vividly and entertainingly presented that they might as well be real. For the authors many fans, and for lovers of humorous essays in general, this one is a must-read. --David Pitt', \\\"Everybody should read Patrick McManus. (The New York Times Book Review)
McManus often works on the far side of memoir, where truth and untruth sometimes blend into fiction. In this delightful region, we meet the ghost b'ar that might have killed Ginger Ann's pig and two boys who intrepidly stalk the woods in the freezing twilight, then hide from wolves that appear where once there was a log pile. Other memorable characters on the far side include the old woodsman Rancid Crabtree and boyhood chums named Retch Sweeny and Barney Wapshut . . . A nice opportunity for nonmagazine readers to catch up with this engaging humorist, who never met a tall tale he didnt like. (Kirkus Review)
McManus writes about people and situations that, even if they are made up, are so vividly and entertainingly presented that they might as well be real. For the authors many fans, and for lovers of humorous essays in general, this one is a must-read. (Booklist)
A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. (People)
Patrick McManus is a treasure. (Atlantic Monthly)\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 2 B R 0 2 B\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Grasshopper Trap\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Adult Webcam Studio 101 - A Money Making Guide for E-pimps\\nDescription: ['Darby Jones first began writing as a teenager, when he quickly displayed an early talent for penning sensuous erotica and hard-core porn. For many years he was a prolific contributor to UK magazines such as Mayfair, Fiesta and Knave, as well as a host of lesser known but equally popular titles. After a short stint at Viz Comics, he left England to become the lead contributor of an infamous but long out-of-print travel opus, entitled Sex Havens for Tax Fiends. This was a strictly limited edition, leather-bound gazetteer commissioned by the now defunct Scope Publications. It was published as a follow up to their extremely popular PT (Perpetual Traveller) titles, including as The Passport Report, The Honorary Consul and The Invisible Investor. Each volume immediately sold out and remains highly collectible to this day. For the last three years, he has been enjoying forced early-retirement after an extremely stressful eighteen months smuggling Chinese-made arms and munitions to the various rebel groups in Eastern and Northern Myanmar. He was forced to spend nearly a year in Malaysia recuperating from a near-fatal gun-shot injury, which was sustained in a shoot-out on the upper reaches of the Mekong. He is currently in an undisclosed Asian location working on his latest book.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Never Sniff a Gift Fish\\nDescription: ['Vintage book']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Star Wars: Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire (Star Wars - Tales of the Jedi)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Fine and Pleasant Misery\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Storm Stories: A Security Specialists International Book\\nDescription: [\\\"Monette Michaels is the pen name for a multi-published author of suspense/thrillers. She's been married to the love of her life for far longer than she cares to remember. Her home is in Central Indiana. She also writes as Rae Morgan.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dark Noon: The Final Voyage of the Fishing Boat Pelican\\nDescription: ['', 'Saturday, Labor Day weekend, 1951, dawned mild and cloudless over Montauk. Hundreds of passengers tumbled from the Long Island Rail Roads weekend express train, the Fishermans Special, when it pulled in from New York City. The weather only confirmed the postwar optimism of the blue-collar workers who had thronged to this fishing village for a holiday of deep-sea angling.', 'In America, in 1951, it was easy to believe that anyone could make money and enjoy the good life, and no place suited that mood better than a fishing town. The Montauk fishing business was booming. The dock the arriving anglers swarmed over had been named, without a trace of self-consciousness, Fishangri-la, and the waiting fishing boat captains could see no obstacle to a record weekend.', 'Maybe it was naive optimism that propelled Captain Eddie Carroll away from the dock that morning with sixty-two passengers aboard his fishing boat Pelican, some thirty more than safe capacity. He was everyones favorite skipper, a handsome World War II veteran with an easy manner, an endless supply of fish and war stories, a sturdy forty-two-foot boat, newly rebuilt engines, and an uncanny ability to find good fishing. In his pocket that day he carried the ring that he would soon slip on the finger of his Swedish bride-to-be.', 'But Eddies luck was about to run out. Even as the Pelican cut its outgoing swath through the sun-spangled Atlantic, a jet-stream trough of Arctic air high overhead, undetected by forecasters, was pressing down on the pool of warm air beneath it like water building behind a dam. The Pelican and forty-five people aboard, including Captain Carroll himself, would never return to shore.', \\\"Dark Noon is a suspenseful and ultimately heartbreaking sea story. Its also a journey back to the America of the early 1950s, when a laborer could buy a round-trip train ticket from Queens to Montauk and fish all day with Captain Eddie for $8.00. The Pelican's passengers, like postwar America itself, were blinded by hope. They baited their hooks and waited, wondering what they would find in the deep and shining waters of the Atlantic, unaware of the dark storm gathering overhead.\\\", \\\"Tom Clavin was editor of the East Hampton Independent and the Southampton Independent, two of the countrys most award-winning weeklies, for ten years. In addition to fifteen years writing for the New York Times, he has authored numerous articles appearing in such periodicals as Reader's Digest, Golf Magazine, Parade, and Family Circle. Mr. Clavin has written and edited hundreds of pieces on fishing and boating.\\\", 'The Pelican was being pushed once more onto its port side, and Eddie knew with sad certainty that this time it was not stopping . . .', 'When Captain Eddie Carroll put to sea on Labor Day weekend 1951, he didnt know how many passengers were aboard his overloaded boat. He didnt know that an unpredicted storm would descend from a cloudless sky before the morning was over. He didnt know how swiftly, then, his faith in his boat and his own abilities would be overturned.', \\\"Dark Noon is a taut and suspenseful re-creation of a fateful day at sea. It is also a story of the postwar American dream as experienced in the fishing village of Montauk, Long Island, where fish were money and where optimism and success went hand in hand. And it's a story of the end of an era, when one terrible disaster changed the fishing culture of a prosperous port forever. Every dream has an end. In Dark Noon the end comes in a violent storm. Montauk would never be the same.\\\", '', 'Tom Clavin is editor of the East Hampton Independent and the South Hampton Independent and a former chief environmental correspondent for the New York Times.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: HACKED! High Tech Election Theft in America - 11 Experts Expose the Truth\\nDescription: ['\\\\'HACKED!\\\" is a stunning expose of stolen elections and election voting manipulation. It is shocking and alarming. The book by Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp is designed to wake up America. I am sure it will! --Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspaper columnist
The dishonestsy that has marked the election practices of this new century is despicable. For the past 200 years we\\\\'ve improved the voting booth to include all of our citizens. Now that we all have the right to vote, we must ensure that all of our votes are counted. \\\"HACKED!\\\" is a must-read! --Liz Carpenter, Author, former Press Secretary & Chief of Staff to Lady Bird Johnson
You get a receipt when you buy a Slurpee, don\\\\'t you? Why not when you choose a president? \\\"HACKED!\\\" cracks open the democracy-in-a-box scam called \\\"electronic voting\\\". Can a robot pick a president better than you can? This crew of experts and investigators explains why robo-voting can\\\\'t be trusted. --Greg Palast, BBC Investigative Journalist, Filmmaker, and Author', \\\"Editors Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp are two citizens, Realtors, and activists who learned about electronic vote fraud in 2003. They've been speaking, writing, and promoting events on it and now have compiled this book to help educate the public on this crucial issue.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: How I Got This Way\\nDescription: ['Narrated by Norman Dietz', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: More than Survival: A Post-apocalyptic Love Story - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Real Ponies Don't Go Oink\\nDescription: ['McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw ) is the author of a monthly humor column for Outdoor Life ; this volume collects some of those pieces. At his best, McManus is a brilliant humorist, particularly in describing human reactions to the unexpected. Memorable essays include \\\"A Good Deed Goes Wrong,\\\" about an old woodsman\\\\'s misadventure at ok? a toboggan run built by two boys, and a subsequent encounter with a bobcat; \\\"The Clown,\\\" in which a terrifying math teacher given to grabbing pupils by their hair confronts a miscreant who has doctored his tresses with bear grease; and \\\"A Good Night\\\\'s Sleep,\\\" which concerns three outdoorsmen who wreak havoc on a hotel and its patrons. Certain pieces will appeal only to hunters and anglers, but other entries are so notable that the book deserves a wide audience. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Best-selling outdoor humorist McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw , LJ 6/15/89) bags another in this collection of yarns featuring irascible woodsman Rancid Crabtree, \\\"Phantom of the Woods\\\" Retch Sweeney, boyhood pal Crazy Eddie, and others of McManus\\\\'s acquaintance. Also meet hunting dog Strange, dog delinquent, whose prey of choice is year-old roadkill. Readers of McManus\\\\'s humor column in Outdoor Life will enjoy his observations on the joys of pig-back riding, workshop puttering, and Sasquatch ducking. So will those who, like McManus\\\\'s wife Bun, appreciate nature most from the window of a seven-story luxury hotel. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/91. - Pamela R. Daubenspeck, Warren- Trumbull Cty. P.L., Warren, Ohio Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Programacion De SQL Server 7.0 Con Visual Basic 6.0\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Good Samaritan Strikes Again\\nDescription: ['James Thurber, echoing Wordsworth\\\\'s definition of poetry, defined humor as \\\"emotional chaos remembered in tranquility,\\\" a statement McManus ( Real Ponies Don\\\\'t Go Oink! ) advances in this collection of 24 essays, most of which are reprinted from Outdoor Life . In his seven previous books McManus offered many pieces about hunting and fishing, and here he adds more, although they are the least successful selections. But the articles on his career in public relations and his concomitant desire to make himself invisible will provoke smiles, the one about his winning high school football team will bring laughter, and the title piece, as well as \\\"Rancid Crabtree and the Demon Bat\\\" and \\\" The Fly ,\\\" will prompt guffaws. In these McManus recalls how he ineptly tried to help a man hurt in an auto accident, the flight of an enormous kite bearing the town drunk during a windstorm, and a practical joke played on the officious head of a college janitorial staff by his oppressed employees. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \\\"Pat McManus (Real Ponies Don't Go Oink, 1991, etc.), the Falstaff of Field and Stream, gathers his fall collection of sporting silliness for his eighth trek down his own well-beaten path. Ever mindful of Mother Nature and always careful of the environment, McManus once again recycles several of his most popular characters (wife Bun, Retch Sweeny, Rancid Crabtree, et al.), who strut their usual stuff along with rotten neighbor-kid Felton and rich guy G. Thomas (Goosey) Smith. The lead is played, of course, by the author, who takes the pratfalls like the old trouper he is. In an autobiographical mood (his favorite mood), he admits to doing public relations for the firm that made the world's supply of bim toggles on zitflangs. Blame him for that classic slogan: ``We toggle your bims!'' There are some pleasantries on being poor and on mean Christmas gifts that ring true, but there's also the feeling that the old domesticated woodsman is coasting just a tad from time to time. There's the hunting and fishing fooling, naturally. This time out, in his angling for laughs, McManus has a few strikes, but he doesn't get his limit. As he says, ``that's the way fishing goes. Sometimes nothing much happens.'' Anyway, the company isn't bad, and fans will be quite satisfied to go along. No masterpiece of comic invention, but at least a workmanlike assemblage, with few springs, bolts, or nuts left out. -- Copyright 1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jack and the Flumflum Tree\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Double-Jack Murders (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Trinity\\nDescription: ['an opportunity to observe in action one of the foremost ancient students of the Bible using both Testaments to reflect on the doctrine of the Trinity. Philosophy and theology always with a close reliance on the Bible and a rootedness in God blend into a single enterprise', 'n/a', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Huckleberry Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery\\nDescription: ['\\\"Patrick McManus is a treasure.\\\"', '--\\\"The Atlantic\\\"
\\\"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.\\\"', '--\\\"People\\\"
\\\"What a treat to come across a Patrick McManus tale.\\\"', '--\\\"Los Angeles Times\\\"', '', '\\\"\\\"
\\\"Everybody should read Patrick McManus.\\\"', '--\\\"The\\\"\\\"New York Times Book Review\\\"
\\\"In McManus\\\\'s amusing, folksy fourth Bo Tully mystery . . . Tully once again proves an unorthodox and effective lawman, while McManus\\\\'s storytelling, be it about a haunted lake or a modern mountain man, never flags.\\\"', '\\\"--Publishers Weekly\\\"
\\\"Folksy humorist McManus\\\\' fourth Bo Tully mystery exudes lots of country charm and humor.\\\"', '-Kat Cam, \\\"Booklist\\\"
\\\"The funniest writer around today.\\\"', '--\\\"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\\\"
\\\"\\\"\\\"Genial, amusing and sweet, with quirky characters and just enough plot twists to engage.\\\"', '--\\\"Kirkus Reviews\\\"
\\\"McManus\\\\'s folksy narrative keeps the reader\\\\'s interest with plenty of humor, aw-shucks moments, and action. . . . Bo Tully is a treat for readers who like some Western flair and an old-fashioned approach to justice in their mysteries.\\\"--\\\"Library Journal\\\"', \\\"Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are The Double-Jack Murders and Avalanche. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Art the Arts & the Great Ideas\\nDescription: [\\\"Adler and Robert Hutchins originated the Great Books program at the University of Chicago in the 1940s. Based on readings in classic works of literature and philosophy, Great Books seminars focused on discussions of such ideas as love, war and peace, as well as other concepts outlined by Adler in The Syntopican , an index to what he regarded as the great books of the Western world. Here he offers a defense of the decision to exclude music and painting as additional stimuli for the consideration of enduring ideas. His thesis will be of interest to those who are familiar with Adler's philosophy of liberal education, though it is likely, also, to spur strong disagreement. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", 'Adler (Ten Philosophical Mistakes, LJ 4/1/ 85) provides a clear and compelling explication on the idea content of verbal and nonverbal arts. He moves from a history of the concept of fine art into a lively discourse on the \\\"invention\\\" of the \\\"great ideas,\\\" an organizational device he developed for Britannica, Inc. in the early 1950s. Whether an art work is nonverbal (e.g., a statue or painting) or verbal (e.g., an epic poem), \\\"the artist can say what he or she has in mind only by producing the work of art that he or she has in mind.\\\" This text serves as a useful and involving introduction to aesthetic philosophy, but one chapter is an excerpt from Ten Philosophical Mistakes and another reproduces far too much of the Great Books\\\\' Synopticon relative to the new content and discussion provided in this slim text. For informed readers. Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Total Outdoorsman Manual (10th Anniversary Edition) (Field & Stream)\\nDescription: [\\\"Field & Stream editor-at-large T. Edward Nickens has paddled, backpacked, hunted, and fished from the rainforest to the Arctic Sea. Winner of more than two dozen national writing awards, he is TV host for the Total Outdoorsman Challenge. In this book, he shares his wisdom and that of Field & Stream's outdoor experts and featured guides.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ellie McDoodle: Most Valuable Player\\nDescription: ['', 'RUTH MCNALLY BARSHAW has worked in advertising, and illustrated cartoons for newspapers. She is the author of three previous books about Ellie McDoodle
www.ruthexpress.com']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Tamarack Murders: A Bo Tully Mystery (Bo Tully Mysteries)\\nDescription: ['Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, is tracking the gang who robbed a local bank. Tully thinks the money was handed off during the getaway but doesnt know to whom. It may have been to a charming local hustler named Gridley Shanks, but there are also questions regarding two out-of-state elk hunters. In his fifth adventure, Tully mobilizes a ragtag group of his own deputies and a handful of civilian deputies to help solve the case. McManus is best known as a humorist who writes about the outdoors, and certainly his sly wit is omnipresent in his Tully novels. Readers who enjoy Bill Criders Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries or Steven F. Havills Posadas County novels will find much to enjoy here, as McManus captures the rhythms of small-town life and its citizenry in all their resplendent quirkiness. For readers who like mayhem presented with a smile. --Wes Lukowsky', 'Everybody should read Patrick McManus. (The New York Times Book Review)
A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. (People)
Patrick McManus is a treasure. (Atlantic Monthly)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: College Writing 2 (Houghton Mifflin English for Academic Success) (Bk. 2)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Circles in the Snow: A Bo Tully Mystery (Bo Tully Mysteries)\\nDescription: ['Its a lot for a guy thinking about retirement to deal with all at once: someones been killing bald eagles; a widely disliked rancher has been murdered (with an arrow, no less); and mysterious circles, perfectly round, are appearing in the snow. Blight County, Idaho, Sheriff Bo Tully juggles a handful of likely murder suspects with his usual wit and aplomb, while handling his cantankerous, ex-sheriff father with rather less finesse. McManus, whos a humor columnist and nonfiction writer when hes not writing the Tully novels, has a real gift for dialogue and character; the humor in this delightful series comes out of the characters and the situations, not from clever wordplay or comedy set pieces. And its worth mentioning, for those readers who havent yet read a Tully novel (this is the sixth), that the mysteries are well crafted and genuinely suspenseful, not merely an excuse for some lighthearted goings-on, but solid puzzlers in their own right. Warning to McManus: youd better not let Bo retire anytime soon. --David Pitt', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Hole in Our Gospel Special Edition: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Richard Stearns went from success to significance when he left the corporate world behind to become president of World Vision U.S. in 1998. After 20 years as the longest-serving CEO of the Christian relief and development organization, he plans to retire in January 2019. Stearns holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His professional career included leadership roles at Gillette, Parker Brothers Games, The Franklin Mint, and Lenox Inc., where he became president and chief executive officer in 1995. Stearns brought corporate best practices to World Vision, where he inspired a culture of outcome-focused management. His lasting legacy is his leadership in calling on the Church in America to respond to some of the greatest needs of our time, notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic and the global refugee crisis. Stearns and his wife, Reneé, have five children and five grandchildren and live in Bellevue, Washington.\\\"]\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":277,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":277,"string":"277"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Faerie Guardian (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Rachel Morgan was born in South Africa and spent a large portion of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making. After completing a degree in genetics, she decided science wasnt for herafter all, they didnt approve of made-up facts. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Uncle Scrooge #353 (No. 352)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Awaking (The Naturals, Book 1)\nDescription: ['Madeline Freeman lives in the metro-Detroit area with her husband, her cats, her sister, and her sisters cat. In her spare time, she reads, sews, rides her bike, and watches way too much TV on DVD. She also loves anything to do with astronomy, outer space, plate tectonics, and dinosaurs. This is her first published novel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Calculus: Multivariable\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Vampire Gift 1: Wards of Night (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders: An Appalachian Mountain Ecology by George Constantz\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Vampire Gift 2: Kingdom of Ash (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: El arte de morir\nDescription: ['EL ARTE DE MORIR']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 1 - manga\nDescription: ['Kunieda is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
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Little Labors has range. It contemplates both the royalty of infants and the uselessness of babies (compared to other animals). Its rare to find a work of likewise small stature grow so ponderously into such an expansive, magnanimous, and living thing. Like a child if you want or a book with meaning. - Jonathon Sturgeon, Flavorwire
Galchen's implicit proposition that babies can be the subject of serious art, that we may coo and think simultaneously feels surprising, even radical, in a world where motherhood and intellectualism are still placed instinctively at odds. It may be a little book, but it is not a small one. - NPR
To read Rivka Galchen is to enter a wonderland where the bizarre and the mundane march in unlikely lockstep. - Michael Lindgren, The Washington Post
In Little Labors, a highly original book of essays and observations, Rivka Galchen writes, The world seemed ludicrously, suspiciously, adverbially sodden with meaning. The birth of her daughter, she observes, made me again more like a writer ... precisely as she was making me into someone who was, enduringly, not writing. [...] I adore Galchens quiet, and the bravery of this books fragments. You get the sly sense reading this book that you are not seeing the whole writer; there is a sleight of hand something only partially revealed so that the fragments glow more. Her kaleidoscopic subjects leap from the literary to the mundane and back again. In discussing the form of The Pillow Book, an 11th-century miscellany written by a Japanese lady of the court, Galchen writes that she associates the book with the small as opposed to the minor. This is an important distinction, and, I think, a defense of her own form. [...] Galchen writes of children: Their arrival feels supernatural, they seem to come from another world, life near them takes on a certain unaccountable richness, and they are certain, eventually, to leave you. Given the tenderness of that situation (lifes richness or design flaw), how can we as writers, and as people, not pay attention? I am happy that Galchen did, and I am confident that many mothers (and other sleepless readers) will pick up this book and feel that they have found an unexpectedly intimate friend. - The New York Times Book Review
Little Labors offer a glimpse into an unknown future, a chance for women still unsure about children to see how their lives and minds might change. - New Republic
This essay collection from fiction and science writer Rivka Galchen is not your mother's motherhood lit. Brief, gemlike reflections on adjusting to life under the rule of a baby daughter (called 'the puma') are interwoven with literary and historical references. It's a book that will ring both familiar and strange. - Anya Kamenetz, NPR
Galchen is, for my money, one of the most gifted stylists writing in American English today. Her funniness is otherworldly; she is the reigning champion of litotes, or understatement for effect. Preternaturally deft, Galchen can do almost anything with next to nothing. - Los Angeles Review of Books
Little Labors is a short, beguiling book about babies. About babies in art (with wrongly shaped heads), about babies in literature (rare, often monstrous), and about the arrival of a baby in author Rivka Galchens apartment.It is not a novel, nor a memoir, nor exactly is it an essay. It is more a wunderkabinett of baby-related curios. There are anecdotes about the effort of obtaining a passport for the baby, about homeless mens reaction to the baby, about a mean neighbor who repeatedly asks whether the baby is abnormally large. There are lists, of authors with and without kids, and of mother writers which includes Elena Ferrante and Sarah Manguso, and also, two of the most celebrated, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Louie C.K. There are ruminations on class, taste, Godzilla, Rumpelstiltskin, the color orange, screens. It is a peculiar book, and astonishing in its effect. - Boston Globe
As Galchen adeptly demonstrates, the pram in the hall is no longer the sombre enemy of good artignoring it is. - Gavin Tomson, Maisonneuve\", \"RIVKA GALCHEN's 2008 first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, and her 2014 story collection, American Innovations, were both New York Times Best Books of the Year. She has received many awards, as well as an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Galchen lives in New York City.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 4 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Suzuhito Yasuda is the artist most known for his illustrations for the Durarara!! light novel series as well as the hit new light novel series, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Passion for Our Grandchildren: Our Families Need Us ... Now\nDescription: [\"Janet Swain Mort is an award-winning innovator, former primary teacher, principal and Superintendent of Schools. Along with her husband, Michael, she is a grandparent of three. She wrote this book as North America confronted the reality that our kids are in crisis. Janet decided to make her contribution to them through this book which is based on the theory that to save our children we need to ensure that all kids have significant connnected adults in their lives. She proposes that grandparents of the new millenium could take on this challenge and should be a prominent part of the support network for their grandkids... and she tells us the lessons she's learned along the way using sound educational theory as the basis. The Mort family welcomes you into their hearts.\", 'The Book\\'s Framework Lessons: The book has fifty numbered lessons which are either generated by a story or interview or by my family\\'s experiences. These are not intended to be imposed on the reader rather thoughts to reflect and/or act on. We won\\'t be offended if you disagree with some of them. They are intended to generate discussion. Stories and interviews: Every lesson connects to or emerges from the lesson. Approximately fifty adults were interviewed as a part of the research for the book. Most of the stories and interviews appearing in the book are excerpts of longer pieces. Most of the adults interviewed were grandparents already. If they were not, they were asked to reflect on their experience with their own grandparents. The students were in either grade six or seven at Lakehill and Strawberry Vale elementary schools in the Greater Victoria School District. Their contributions were a result of class discussions with the author, their own interviews with their parents about their grandparents or their personal writing. We felt it was important to respect the style of the storyteller so minimal edits were made. Special thanks to all contributors and regrets to those whose stories were not used only because of space limitations. Janet\\'s Postscript: The author\\'s postscript is a reflection on the story or interview based on the author\\'s knowledge of the person, subject or her own personal experience. It provides a link between the story or interview and the suggested \"Try This\" activities. Try This activities: Every lesson has between three and five \"Try This\" activities which are tried and true experiences for grandparents and grandchildren. These activities were chosen for the purpose of generating the experience described in the story or interview, so that the experiences can be recreated and personalized by the reader. They are only \\'starter\\' suggestions. We anticipate that through these initial experiences, the reader will discover spin-offs that take them down their own experiential paths. There are over 200 suggestions for: - being and doing together (Chapter One); - exploring and creating treasures and traditions (Chapter Two); - nurturing self-esteem (Chapter Three); - loving unconditionally (Chapter Four); and - teaching and monitoring the development of new skills (Chapter Five). These five chapters overlap in nature. It is intended that after a scan of the lessons and related parts, the reader will pick and choose a focus for the development of their own special bond and connection with their grandchild. One chapter may provide a focus for a few months, or a variety of random experiences throughout the book may prove to help you find the focus that will be unique to your interests, time and needs as well as those of your grandchild. Conclusion: Each conclusion provides an overview of the intent of the chapter often including previously unused and pertinent quotes from the stories and interviews contained in it. We expect that some readers will be very experienced with child development and would use the book as a source of useful ideas not yet explored while readers with limited experience will use it as a guide until their own path starts to take shape. Finally, although this book is written for grandparents, its content is based on the best research on child development. It is written by an experienced educator, and as such is suitable for any child and adult relationship, including parents. It could have been called: A Passion for Our Children: Our Families Need Us NOW! We are already beginning Volume II and are inviting readers to make contributions. Further details can be found at the end of this book. I wish for you rich and rewarding relationships with all the children in your lives. I hope this book will make a positive contribution to those relationships.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 5 - manga (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon (manga))\nDescription: ['Kunieda is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
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Anexcellent book in a relatively new genre. The story was interesting and offereda fresh perspective on a traditional plot. I very much enjoyed reading thisover my holiday break. I hope to see more from this author in the years tocome! -- Michael Manning --
*Starred Review* FromTerrySchott, Author ofThe Game is Lifeseries I've always loved stories like this where the main character loves to play agame and finds themselves transported into it. Aleron did a great job ofbuilding the world, explaining the rules, and then taking the reader straightinto a fun and exciting adventure. After reading, 'The Land: Founding', youwill either want to call up your friends and re-subscribe to your MMORPG, orrush to create an account and begin playing for the first time! Of course,while you're waiting for it to load up, you will have already downloaded booktwo of this series and started it! Awesome stuff! -- Terry Schott --\", 'Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past year I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \"The Father of American LitRPG\" ', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Mysterious Undersea World (Books for World Explorers)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Land: Forging: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past year I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \"The Father of American LitRPG\" My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. Peace, love and the perfect margarita! If you would like to know more: Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ Website: www.LitRPG.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/AleronKong Forum: tinyurl.com/AleronForum Newsletter: eepurl.com/cns1UH Blog: https://www.litrpg.com/litrpgblog/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LitRPG Street Team: tinyurl.com/LitRPGStreetTeam If you want more LitRPG, this is THE LIST of what\\'s out there! facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ You guys ROCK!!!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Boat People: A Novel\nDescription: ['. . . a warm and involving story. -- The New York Times Book Review']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Land: Alliances: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: BCOM 2 (text only) 2nd(Second) edition by C. M. Lehman by D. D. DuFrene\nDescription: ['BCOM 2 (with Review Cards and Printed Access Card) [Paperback]\\nCarol M. Lehman (Author), Debbie D. DuFrene (Author)']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Land: Catacombs: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past two years I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \"The Father of American LitRPG\" My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. Peace, Love and the Perfect Margarita! You can find Signed Books, Shirts and other Loot here: www.LitRPG.com/store There are also Shirts for sale on Amazon! tinyurl.com/LitRPGAmazon If you would like to know more: Author Page: facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ Website: LitRPG.com Patreon: patreon.com/AleronKong Forum: Forum.litrpg.com Newsletter: litrpg.com/newsletter Blog: litrpg.com/litrpgblog/ Youtube: youtube.com/c/LitRPG Street Team: tinyurl.com/LitRPGStreetTeam If you want more LitRPG, this is THE LIST of all LitRPG authors and their books! litrpg.com/LitRPGbooks And if you want to join a bunch of awesome people like yourself, who LOVE LitRPG, join the FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPGGroup You guys ROCK!!!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Poezii de dragoste: Versuri nemuritoare (Romanian Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Adventures on Terra - Book 1: Beginnings (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Spurgeon's Sermon Illustrations\nDescription: [\"Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. Converted at a young age, Spurgeon delivered his first sermon when he was only sixteen and went on to become a pastor the following year. Within a short time he was preaching to more than ten thousand people at each service/ His long ministry in London resulted in sixty-three volumes of published sermons and the founding of several orphanages, as well as an evangelical pastors' college.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 7 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
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From the Hardcover edition.', 'Chapter 1 ONE
Independence Day
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment to the United States Constitution
People should watch what they say. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, October 2001
We were wearing T-shirts, exercising our free-speech rights in the public square. And we were arrested? If you cede this, theres nothing left. University of Houston law student Jeff Rank, February 2007
Its July 4, 2004. The temperature is in the mid-nineties, the humidity is high, the crowd on the West Virginia capitol grounds numbers three, or four, or six thousand, depending on the media source. George W. Bush is in a tight race with John Kerry. And a growing number of voters have already gone south on Bushs war in Iraq.
After Representative Shelley Moore Capito introduces the president, he thanks her for serving as his state campaign chair. Then takes ten more minutes to make it through the acknowledgments and howdies in his twenty-five-minute speech. He thanks the Boy Scouts. And the Girl Scouts. He thanks Charlestons Republican mayor, Danny Jones. He thanks country and western singer Aaron Tippin. He thanks the minister of Bible Center megachurch, whose service he missed that morning because of a mechanical problem on Air Force One. He thanks no one in particular for the coal found in West Virginia. He thanks the Almighty a few times. He even thanks the West Virginia Coal Association president, whom he describes as my friend, for getting the coal out of the ground and into the nations power plants. He doesnt thank the coal miners, but the president is doubled over with gratitude.
The party dignitaries, Bushs state campaign chair, the planned stop at a big-box evangelical church, the Bush T-shirts worn by enthusiastic supporters, all suggest that the Fourth of July visit to Charleston is a campaign event.
Its not. Its an official visit of the president of the United States, with taxpayers picking up the tab for Air Force One, the presidents security detail, and the weeks of work by the White House Advance Team. But political strategist Karl Rove is in charge, the Iraq war in question, and John Kerry slightly ahead in national polls. So the president delivers his well-rehearsed keep-fear-alive campaign stem-winder, written to drive home the message he hopes will close the deal in November: The terrorists who were plotting to attack us again are hard on the run in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Our immediate task in battlefronts like Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere is to capture or kill the terrorists. Thats our immediate task. We made a decision. You see. We will engage these enemies in these countries around the world so we do not have to face them at home. (Applause) After the attacks of September the eleventh, 2001, the nation resolved to fight terrorists where they dwell. (Applause) You cant talk sense to them. You cant negotiate with them. You cannot hope for the best with these people. We must be relentless and determined to do our duty. (Applause)
But its the Fourth of July, and just as a good country and western song requires the mention of Mama, trains, trucks, prison, and gettin drunk, there are certain de rigueur requirements of a good Fourth of July speech. Bush touched on most of them: the Founders, George Washington (I call him George W.), God, the Troops, abstractions like Democracy and Freedom.
On this Fourth of July, we confirm our love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds, the freedom of people to worship as they so choose. (Applause) Free thought, free expression, thats what we believe. But we also understand that that freedom is not Americas gift to the world. Freedom is the Almighty Gods gift to each man and woman in this world. (Applause) And by serving that ideal, by never forgetting the values and the principles that have made this country so strong 228 years after our countrys founding, we will bring hope to others and at the same time make America more secure. (Applause)
Nicole Rank had moved from Bushs home state to Charleston, West Virginia, to work on a FEMA flood control project. When agency employees were offered tickets to the presidents Fourth of July event, she filled out an online application for herself and her husband, Jeff, who had followed her from their home in Corpus Christi. Neither of them was a George W. Bush supporter. But that question didnt appear on the form the Secret Service required of anyone attending the official presidential visit. Both, in fact, were opponents of the war in Iraq. Both received tickets to the event.
The Ranks showed up for the presidents visit to the capitol, made their way through the security checkpoint and to a place near where Bush was to speak. Then they took off their shirts to uncover homemade T-shirts with the international symbol over the word Bush.
A bold gesture in a rabidly pro-Bush crowd.
Team Bush believes it only takes a few antiwar protesters to muck up a pro-war speech. A sixteen-year-old volunteer spotted the Ranks and ran to warn Tom Hamm that two people were creating a problem. Thomas Donald Hamm was an unemployed thirty-year-old event volunteer who had worked on Shelley Moore Capitos campaign and in her congressional office. Hes young, but hes decisive. He surveyed the situation and summarily suspended the First Amendment, telling the couple the T-shirts had to go or they had to leave.
When Jeff Rank told Hamm he was breaking no law and refused to take off his shirt, Hamm called for backup: Aaron Spork, who actually was working in Capitos D.C. office. Together they made it clear: no First Amendment protections on the Fourth of July in Charleston, West Virginia. Hamm called a capitol police officer and told him the Ranks tickets were revoked.
At which point, the revoking got under way.
Nicole Rank was nimble enough to whip out her disposable camera and photograph everyone who confronted her. Then the Ranks sat on the ground, to indicate they were not leaving. At approximately 11:00 a.m. they were handcuffed and led from the capitol grounds by the capitol police officer who first responded and a state trooper and protective services officer who showed up as an arrest team. Reporters who tried to speak to them were waved off by Hamm, who told them if they followed the couple out, they would not be allowed back in and would miss the presidents speech.
As Jeff Rank recalled, the band on the platform played America the Beautiful as the Ranks were frog-marched to the police van that would take them to the Charleston municipal jail.
President Bush started speaking at exactly 12:57. By the time he got to the constitutional rights properly enshrined in the First Amendmentour love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds. . . . Free thought, free expression, thats what we believeJeff and Nicole Rank already had their handcuffs removed and were sitting in separate cells in Charlestons police department building. It was chickenshit, said Nitro, West Virginia, lawyer Harvey Peyton. I mean these young kids, these twenty-somethings, just told the officers, Their tickets are revoked, get them off the capitol grounds.
It was one of several varieties of chickenshit expressly prohibited by the First Amendment, even if it took the Congress and the courts a while to make that prohibition clear. Law professor Geoffrey Stone begins his book Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime with a description of the first fight over the First Amendment. It occurred less than ten years after the Bill of Rights was ratified, during what Stone refers to as the half war with France, which almost happened in the 1790s after the American government stiffed the French. France had stepped in and salvaged the American Revolution. When the U.S. government refused to support the French in their war against Britain, the government in Paris declared all U.S. sailors pirates and began boarding U.S. ships.
President John Adams responded by putting the nation on war footing, adding eighteen new divisions to the Army, and calling George Washington back from Mount Vernon to take command. Adamss Federalist majority in Congress singled out immigrants, suspending jury trials and allowing indefinite detention of foreigners when the nation was at war. Then they turned their attention to American citizens, passing a sedition act that provided for a two-year sentence and $2,000 fine for anyone who would write, print, utter, or publish scandalous, untrue, or malicious comments against either house of Congress or the president.
Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon was the first person tried under the Sedition Act. He said that under President Adams every consideration of the public law [was] swallowed up in a continual grasp for power, in an unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice.
Lyon got no jail time for that when he said it. But he made the mistake of quoting himself after Adams signed the Sedition Act into law. He was prosecuted by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, fined $1,000 plus $60.96 in court costs, and jailed four months in conditions we today associate with Donald Rumsfelds extraordinary rendition. Lyon described a damp, freezing cell, which included a necessary with the stench equal to the Philadelphia docks in the month of August.
Since Matthew Lyon was locked up in 1798, the notion that a citizen can be arrested for offending the president has given way to free-speech protections that are almost as sacrosanct as high school football in Texas. James Madison declared the Sedition Act unconstitutional because it returned American citizens to the status of subjectsreinstating the exploded doctrine that the administrators of the Government are the masters, and not the servants, of the people. Law professor Leonard Levywho seems to do little else but think and write about the Constitutionsays that seditious speech is an alien concept to American democracy. It only exists where people are subjects rather than sovereigns and their criticism implies contempt of their master.
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K-Gr. 3. With straightforward, succinct texts, these additions to the Starting Life series introduce children to the life cycle of familiar species in a picture-book format. Duck follows mallards from eggs to hatchlings to adults during a 12-month period. tree describes the growth of an apple tree from seed to seedling to sapling to mature tree with fruit over the course of several years. The pages, made from extra-heavy stock, gradually increase in size, allowing for a tabbed effect on the right side of the book. As children flip each page, they'll discover that the picture on the left blends neatly with the illustration on the front end papers, giving the feel of full-page spreads. The brightly colored, photographic-style artwork is appropriately realistic and flexible enough to allow for inside and cut-away views. The pictures are generously captioned, but although obvious effort has been made to place captions on light areas of the art, the printed matter occasionally disappears within the picture. A glossary and a life-cycle summary conclude each of these volumes, which will be welcomed by browsers and report writers alike. Great books to set out alongside titles in the Watch Me Grow series, published by DK. Kay Weisman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved\", \"Claire Llewellyn was an editor of children's non-fiction for more than ten years before becoming a writer. She specializes in books for younger readers. Her My First Book of Time won The Times Educational Supplement Junior Information Book Award in the U.K. She has written more than 50 children's books on a wide range of subjects.
Simon Mendez lives and works as a freelance artist in Yorkshire, England. His degree is in scientific illustration, and he uses a variety of techniques to achieve a high level of detail in his artwork. Simon is also an avid photographer, which helps him in his research. Simon is the winner of a Gold Star award from the Association of Illustrators in the U.K.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Awaken Online: Precipice (Volume 2)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Luxe City Guide Singapore\nDescription: [\"Famous for their ultra short, sharp and snappy reviews and highly personal and selective entries - LUXE City Guides have sold well over one million copies - no padding, no maps, no daft pictures and graphics, just super-curated, highly opinionated quickfire speed reads from resident editors and contributors who REALLY know their city, so you can spend time enjoying the city not head down in a book. Packed from concertina cover to cover with snazz, snark and snap, if it's in LUXE, it's IN - enough said.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Valhalla Online: A LitRPG Saga\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Blood Sugar: the family\nDescription: [\"Moore, Michael. Blood Sugar: Inspiring Recipes for Anyone Facing the Challenge of Diabetes and Maintaining Good Health. New Holland Australia, dist. by Midpoint Trade. Nov. 2011. 240p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781742571546. $35. COOKING Moore, diagnosed with diabetes at age 35, has worked in some of London's best restaurants and was consulting director of food at the Sydney Opera House. This cookbook for controlling blood sugar contains 65 elegant but easy recipes and an abundance of gorgeous full-color photographs. Illustrating that cooking to balance blood sugar doesn't have to be bland, Moore includes mouthwatering recipes for light meals, soups, main dishes, desserts, and snacks. He also shares tips for balancing food types. Measurements are given in both ounces and grams to make the recipes accessible to any cook, anywhere. VERDICT This cookbook will be enjoyed alike by those living with diabetes and by foodies. -- Lisa Felix, Mishawaka-Penn-Harris P.L., IN-- LIBRARY JOURNAL\", '', \"From early and simple beginnings in the UK Michael started out in some of London's best restaurants, including the Caf? Royal and 45 Park Lane. His first job in Australia was in Kables, and from there he moved to head chef at Pruniers in Woollahara, Bonne Femme, Wildfire, Group Director of Food for Sofitel Hotels and Resorts Australasia and consulting Director of Food at the Sydney Opera House. Michael Moore has appeared on television for the last eight years throughout Australia.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Super Sales on Super Heroes\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box\nDescription: [\"Stealing the Network is a book of science fiction. It's a series of short stories about characters who gain unauthorized access to equipment and information, or deny use of those resources to the people who are meant to have access to them. The characters, though sometimes well described, are not the stars of these stories. That honor belongs to the tools that the black-hat hackers use in their attacks, and also to the defensive measures arrayed against them by the hapless sysadmins who, in this volume, always lose. Consider this book, with its plentiful detail, the answer to every pretty but functionally half-baked user interface ever shown in a feature film.\", 'One can read this book for entertainment, though its writing falls well short of cyberpunk classics like Burning Chrome and Snow Crash. Its value is in its explicit references to current technologies--Cisco routers, OpenSSH, Windows 2000--and specific techniques for hacking them (the heroes and heroines of this book are always generous with command-history dumps). The specific detail may open your eyes to weaknesses in your own systems (or give you some ideas for, ahem, looking around on the network). Alternately, you can just enjoy the extra realism that the detail adds to these stories of packetized adventure. --David Wall', '\"Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box is a unique book in the fiction department. It combines stories that are false, with technology that is real. While none of the stories have happened, there is no reason why they could not. You could argue it provides a road map for criminal hackers, but I say it does something else; it provides a glimpse into the creative minds of some of today\\'s best hackers, and even the best hackers will tell you that the game is a mental one.\" - from the foreword by Jeff Moss, President & CEO, BlackHat, Inc.
\"...the reader will find this an informative, instructive and even entertaining book.\" - Managing Risk magazine']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Nova Academy\nDescription: ['Scott is a West Coast native where he lives with his wife, son, and their very cool dog. He grew up moving every few years in an Army family with his brother and two sisters.
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Scott is a part time author, some time gamer, and full time lover of science fiction and fantasy novels that he has been reading since grade school.
Nova Academy ishis first novel. Scott's second novel, Earth Interstellar: Proxy War, isdue outlate 2017. Nova Academy's second novel in the series, Bases & Lairs,is due out mid-2018.
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\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"-Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine ', '', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.
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"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something "extra". That extra punch that drags you in and won't let go. I hope you give it a try. It's THAT good." -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up." -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!"-Margaret Faria, InD'Tale Magazine
"An intriguing story with enthralling characters that shine brightly in their determination and fierce pride." -Michelle Lynn, Young Adult Books Central (YABC)
"This has undoubtedly become one of my favorite YA fantasy series. Hands down, no competition."-Melissa, EverSoMela, top Goodreads reviewer
"Rachel E. Carter has a definite fan in me forever, keep doing what you're doing Rachel because you write an amazing story!"-Emmeline, The Book Herald, top Amazon reviewer
', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.
Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.
Official Site:rachelecarter.com
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\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
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Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.
', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Time And Eternity: The Question Of Time In Church, Science, And Theology\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Super Sales on Super Heroes: Book 2\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Sarah & the Senator,\nDescription: ['Book', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dragon School: First Flight (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Chasing Darkness\nDescription: [\"In this taut psychological thriller, Girard (Ruthless Game) portrays the effects of child abuse with clarity and honesty, demonstrating how some victims turn into victimizers while others choose to guard the innocent. Samantha Chase, a special agent for the Department of Justice and a former homicide detective, spends her time apprehending child abusers and caring for her orphaned twin nephews. At all times she represses her own traumatic childhood experiences and maintains an aloof distance from her colleagues, friends and family. But when a copycat killer begins targeting women who are connected to Sam through her cases, her life starts to unravel. Her colleagues wonder what she's hiding behind her icy veneer could she be a rogue cop? and a single-minded police chief who's convinced of her guilt is determined to put her away. Sam's primary ally is her ex-lover, Detective Nick Thomas, but his lingering affection for her may place her life in jeopardy. As Sam and Nick come nearer to uncovering the killer, disturbing secrets about Sam's past and her nephews' bleak childhood come to light. Girard maintains the novel's swift pacing and high tension, but a too perfect denouement detracts from the stark, realistic canvas she has created. Still, this is a compelling thriller and a skillful treatment of a difficult topic. 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At the age of 15, he discovered the cuatro and began taking lessons with Norton Torres. As a high school student, he joined the schools rondalla (an instrumental group) playing both guitar and cuatro. Samuel holds a BA in music education from Antillean Adventist University in Mayagez, Puerto Rico, with a major in classical guitar. He studied under the tutelage of Dr. Jacques Landre. In 1999, he recorded his first instrumental CD for solo guitar, Meditando en la Cruz (Meditating on the Cross), He joined the faculty of the Juan Morel Campos Performing Arts School in Ponce,as a strings instructor. He later became an assistant professor of guitar at the Inter-American University of San German, Puerto Rico. He also served as a public school music teacher for 6 years in Lajas, Puerto Rico Samuel resides in Winter Haven, Florida with his wife Brenda and two sons, and currently teaches elementary music for the Polk County School of Florida.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pangea Online: Death and Axes: A LitRPG Novel\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Haudenosaunee: Portraits of the Firekeepers, the Onondaga Nation\nDescription: ['Toba Pato Tucker, who has photographed the Navajo in the Southwest, the Shinnecock and Montauk Indians on eastern Long Island, and the Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona, now creates a record of the Onondaga Nation, the Native people who have inhabited the hills of central New York for fifteen thousand years. 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Little Labors has range. It contemplates both the royalty of infants and the uselessness of babies (compared to other animals). Its rare to find a work of likewise small stature grow so ponderously into such an expansive, magnanimous, and living thing. Like a child if you want or a book with meaning. - Jonathon Sturgeon, Flavorwire
Galchen's implicit proposition that babies can be the subject of serious art, that we may coo and think simultaneously feels surprising, even radical, in a world where motherhood and intellectualism are still placed instinctively at odds. It may be a little book, but it is not a small one. - NPR
To read Rivka Galchen is to enter a wonderland where the bizarre and the mundane march in unlikely lockstep. - Michael Lindgren, The Washington Post
In Little Labors, a highly original book of essays and observations, Rivka Galchen writes, The world seemed ludicrously, suspiciously, adverbially sodden with meaning. The birth of her daughter, she observes, made me again more like a writer ... precisely as she was making me into someone who was, enduringly, not writing. [...] I adore Galchens quiet, and the bravery of this books fragments. You get the sly sense reading this book that you are not seeing the whole writer; there is a sleight of hand something only partially revealed so that the fragments glow more. Her kaleidoscopic subjects leap from the literary to the mundane and back again. In discussing the form of The Pillow Book, an 11th-century miscellany written by a Japanese lady of the court, Galchen writes that she associates the book with the small as opposed to the minor. This is an important distinction, and, I think, a defense of her own form. [...] Galchen writes of children: Their arrival feels supernatural, they seem to come from another world, life near them takes on a certain unaccountable richness, and they are certain, eventually, to leave you. Given the tenderness of that situation (lifes richness or design flaw), how can we as writers, and as people, not pay attention? I am happy that Galchen did, and I am confident that many mothers (and other sleepless readers) will pick up this book and feel that they have found an unexpectedly intimate friend. - The New York Times Book Review
Little Labors offer a glimpse into an unknown future, a chance for women still unsure about children to see how their lives and minds might change. - New Republic
This essay collection from fiction and science writer Rivka Galchen is not your mother's motherhood lit. Brief, gemlike reflections on adjusting to life under the rule of a baby daughter (called 'the puma') are interwoven with literary and historical references. It's a book that will ring both familiar and strange. - Anya Kamenetz, NPR
Galchen is, for my money, one of the most gifted stylists writing in American English today. Her funniness is otherworldly; she is the reigning champion of litotes, or understatement for effect. Preternaturally deft, Galchen can do almost anything with next to nothing. - Los Angeles Review of Books
Little Labors is a short, beguiling book about babies. About babies in art (with wrongly shaped heads), about babies in literature (rare, often monstrous), and about the arrival of a baby in author Rivka Galchens apartment.It is not a novel, nor a memoir, nor exactly is it an essay. It is more a wunderkabinett of baby-related curios. There are anecdotes about the effort of obtaining a passport for the baby, about homeless mens reaction to the baby, about a mean neighbor who repeatedly asks whether the baby is abnormally large. There are lists, of authors with and without kids, and of mother writers which includes Elena Ferrante and Sarah Manguso, and also, two of the most celebrated, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Louie C.K. There are ruminations on class, taste, Godzilla, Rumpelstiltskin, the color orange, screens. It is a peculiar book, and astonishing in its effect. - Boston Globe
As Galchen adeptly demonstrates, the pram in the hall is no longer the sombre enemy of good artignoring it is. - Gavin Tomson, Maisonneuve\\\", \\\"RIVKA GALCHEN's 2008 first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, and her 2014 story collection, American Innovations, were both New York Times Best Books of the Year. She has received many awards, as well as an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Galchen lives in New York City.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 4 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Suzuhito Yasuda is the artist most known for his illustrations for the Durarara!! light novel series as well as the hit new light novel series, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Passion for Our Grandchildren: Our Families Need Us ... Now\\nDescription: [\\\"Janet Swain Mort is an award-winning innovator, former primary teacher, principal and Superintendent of Schools. Along with her husband, Michael, she is a grandparent of three. She wrote this book as North America confronted the reality that our kids are in crisis. Janet decided to make her contribution to them through this book which is based on the theory that to save our children we need to ensure that all kids have significant connnected adults in their lives. She proposes that grandparents of the new millenium could take on this challenge and should be a prominent part of the support network for their grandkids... and she tells us the lessons she's learned along the way using sound educational theory as the basis. The Mort family welcomes you into their hearts.\\\", 'The Book\\\\'s Framework Lessons: The book has fifty numbered lessons which are either generated by a story or interview or by my family\\\\'s experiences. These are not intended to be imposed on the reader rather thoughts to reflect and/or act on. We won\\\\'t be offended if you disagree with some of them. They are intended to generate discussion. Stories and interviews: Every lesson connects to or emerges from the lesson. Approximately fifty adults were interviewed as a part of the research for the book. Most of the stories and interviews appearing in the book are excerpts of longer pieces. Most of the adults interviewed were grandparents already. If they were not, they were asked to reflect on their experience with their own grandparents. The students were in either grade six or seven at Lakehill and Strawberry Vale elementary schools in the Greater Victoria School District. Their contributions were a result of class discussions with the author, their own interviews with their parents about their grandparents or their personal writing. We felt it was important to respect the style of the storyteller so minimal edits were made. Special thanks to all contributors and regrets to those whose stories were not used only because of space limitations. Janet\\\\'s Postscript: The author\\\\'s postscript is a reflection on the story or interview based on the author\\\\'s knowledge of the person, subject or her own personal experience. It provides a link between the story or interview and the suggested \\\"Try This\\\" activities. 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It is written by an experienced educator, and as such is suitable for any child and adult relationship, including parents. It could have been called: A Passion for Our Children: Our Families Need Us NOW! We are already beginning Volume II and are inviting readers to make contributions. Further details can be found at the end of this book. I wish for you rich and rewarding relationships with all the children in your lives. I hope this book will make a positive contribution to those relationships.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 5 - manga (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon (manga))\\nDescription: ['Kunieda is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
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*Starred Review* FromTerrySchott, Author ofThe Game is Lifeseries I've always loved stories like this where the main character loves to play agame and finds themselves transported into it. Aleron did a great job ofbuilding the world, explaining the rules, and then taking the reader straightinto a fun and exciting adventure. After reading, 'The Land: Founding', youwill either want to call up your friends and re-subscribe to your MMORPG, orrush to create an account and begin playing for the first time! Of course,while you're waiting for it to load up, you will have already downloaded booktwo of this series and started it! Awesome stuff! -- Terry Schott --\\\", 'Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past year I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \\\"The Father of American LitRPG\\\" ', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Mysterious Undersea World (Books for World Explorers)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Land: Forging: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past year I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \\\"The Father of American LitRPG\\\" My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. Peace, love and the perfect margarita! If you would like to know more: Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ Website: www.LitRPG.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/AleronKong Forum: tinyurl.com/AleronForum Newsletter: eepurl.com/cns1UH Blog: https://www.litrpg.com/litrpgblog/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LitRPG Street Team: tinyurl.com/LitRPGStreetTeam If you want more LitRPG, this is THE LIST of what\\\\'s out there! facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ You guys ROCK!!!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Boat People: A Novel\\nDescription: ['. . . a warm and involving story. -- The New York Times Book Review']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Land: Alliances: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: BCOM 2 (text only) 2nd(Second) edition by C. M. Lehman by D. D. DuFrene\\nDescription: ['BCOM 2 (with Review Cards and Printed Access Card) [Paperback]\\\\nCarol M. Lehman (Author), Debbie D. DuFrene (Author)']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Land: Catacombs: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: ['Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past two years I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \\\"The Father of American LitRPG\\\" My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. Peace, Love and the Perfect Margarita! You can find Signed Books, Shirts and other Loot here: www.LitRPG.com/store There are also Shirts for sale on Amazon! tinyurl.com/LitRPGAmazon If you would like to know more: Author Page: facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ Website: LitRPG.com Patreon: patreon.com/AleronKong Forum: Forum.litrpg.com Newsletter: litrpg.com/newsletter Blog: litrpg.com/litrpgblog/ Youtube: youtube.com/c/LitRPG Street Team: tinyurl.com/LitRPGStreetTeam If you want more LitRPG, this is THE LIST of all LitRPG authors and their books! litrpg.com/LitRPGbooks And if you want to join a bunch of awesome people like yourself, who LOVE LitRPG, join the FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPGGroup You guys ROCK!!!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Poezii de dragoste: Versuri nemuritoare (Romanian Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Adventures on Terra - Book 1: Beginnings (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Spurgeon's Sermon Illustrations\\nDescription: [\\\"Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. Converted at a young age, Spurgeon delivered his first sermon when he was only sixteen and went on to become a pastor the following year. Within a short time he was preaching to more than ten thousand people at each service/ His long ministry in London resulted in sixty-three volumes of published sermons and the founding of several orphanages, as well as an evangelical pastors' college.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 7 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
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From the Hardcover edition.', 'Chapter 1 ONE
Independence Day
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment to the United States Constitution
People should watch what they say. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, October 2001
We were wearing T-shirts, exercising our free-speech rights in the public square. And we were arrested? If you cede this, theres nothing left. University of Houston law student Jeff Rank, February 2007
Its July 4, 2004. The temperature is in the mid-nineties, the humidity is high, the crowd on the West Virginia capitol grounds numbers three, or four, or six thousand, depending on the media source. George W. Bush is in a tight race with John Kerry. And a growing number of voters have already gone south on Bushs war in Iraq.
After Representative Shelley Moore Capito introduces the president, he thanks her for serving as his state campaign chair. Then takes ten more minutes to make it through the acknowledgments and howdies in his twenty-five-minute speech. He thanks the Boy Scouts. And the Girl Scouts. He thanks Charlestons Republican mayor, Danny Jones. He thanks country and western singer Aaron Tippin. He thanks the minister of Bible Center megachurch, whose service he missed that morning because of a mechanical problem on Air Force One. He thanks no one in particular for the coal found in West Virginia. He thanks the Almighty a few times. He even thanks the West Virginia Coal Association president, whom he describes as my friend, for getting the coal out of the ground and into the nations power plants. He doesnt thank the coal miners, but the president is doubled over with gratitude.
The party dignitaries, Bushs state campaign chair, the planned stop at a big-box evangelical church, the Bush T-shirts worn by enthusiastic supporters, all suggest that the Fourth of July visit to Charleston is a campaign event.
Its not. Its an official visit of the president of the United States, with taxpayers picking up the tab for Air Force One, the presidents security detail, and the weeks of work by the White House Advance Team. But political strategist Karl Rove is in charge, the Iraq war in question, and John Kerry slightly ahead in national polls. So the president delivers his well-rehearsed keep-fear-alive campaign stem-winder, written to drive home the message he hopes will close the deal in November: The terrorists who were plotting to attack us again are hard on the run in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Our immediate task in battlefronts like Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere is to capture or kill the terrorists. Thats our immediate task. We made a decision. You see. We will engage these enemies in these countries around the world so we do not have to face them at home. (Applause) After the attacks of September the eleventh, 2001, the nation resolved to fight terrorists where they dwell. (Applause) You cant talk sense to them. You cant negotiate with them. You cannot hope for the best with these people. We must be relentless and determined to do our duty. (Applause)
But its the Fourth of July, and just as a good country and western song requires the mention of Mama, trains, trucks, prison, and gettin drunk, there are certain de rigueur requirements of a good Fourth of July speech. Bush touched on most of them: the Founders, George Washington (I call him George W.), God, the Troops, abstractions like Democracy and Freedom.
On this Fourth of July, we confirm our love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds, the freedom of people to worship as they so choose. (Applause) Free thought, free expression, thats what we believe. But we also understand that that freedom is not Americas gift to the world. Freedom is the Almighty Gods gift to each man and woman in this world. (Applause) And by serving that ideal, by never forgetting the values and the principles that have made this country so strong 228 years after our countrys founding, we will bring hope to others and at the same time make America more secure. (Applause)
Nicole Rank had moved from Bushs home state to Charleston, West Virginia, to work on a FEMA flood control project. When agency employees were offered tickets to the presidents Fourth of July event, she filled out an online application for herself and her husband, Jeff, who had followed her from their home in Corpus Christi. Neither of them was a George W. Bush supporter. But that question didnt appear on the form the Secret Service required of anyone attending the official presidential visit. Both, in fact, were opponents of the war in Iraq. Both received tickets to the event.
The Ranks showed up for the presidents visit to the capitol, made their way through the security checkpoint and to a place near where Bush was to speak. Then they took off their shirts to uncover homemade T-shirts with the international symbol over the word Bush.
A bold gesture in a rabidly pro-Bush crowd.
Team Bush believes it only takes a few antiwar protesters to muck up a pro-war speech. A sixteen-year-old volunteer spotted the Ranks and ran to warn Tom Hamm that two people were creating a problem. Thomas Donald Hamm was an unemployed thirty-year-old event volunteer who had worked on Shelley Moore Capitos campaign and in her congressional office. Hes young, but hes decisive. He surveyed the situation and summarily suspended the First Amendment, telling the couple the T-shirts had to go or they had to leave.
When Jeff Rank told Hamm he was breaking no law and refused to take off his shirt, Hamm called for backup: Aaron Spork, who actually was working in Capitos D.C. office. Together they made it clear: no First Amendment protections on the Fourth of July in Charleston, West Virginia. Hamm called a capitol police officer and told him the Ranks tickets were revoked.
At which point, the revoking got under way.
Nicole Rank was nimble enough to whip out her disposable camera and photograph everyone who confronted her. Then the Ranks sat on the ground, to indicate they were not leaving. At approximately 11:00 a.m. they were handcuffed and led from the capitol grounds by the capitol police officer who first responded and a state trooper and protective services officer who showed up as an arrest team. Reporters who tried to speak to them were waved off by Hamm, who told them if they followed the couple out, they would not be allowed back in and would miss the presidents speech.
As Jeff Rank recalled, the band on the platform played America the Beautiful as the Ranks were frog-marched to the police van that would take them to the Charleston municipal jail.
President Bush started speaking at exactly 12:57. By the time he got to the constitutional rights properly enshrined in the First Amendmentour love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds. . . . Free thought, free expression, thats what we believeJeff and Nicole Rank already had their handcuffs removed and were sitting in separate cells in Charlestons police department building. It was chickenshit, said Nitro, West Virginia, lawyer Harvey Peyton. I mean these young kids, these twenty-somethings, just told the officers, Their tickets are revoked, get them off the capitol grounds.
It was one of several varieties of chickenshit expressly prohibited by the First Amendment, even if it took the Congress and the courts a while to make that prohibition clear. Law professor Geoffrey Stone begins his book Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime with a description of the first fight over the First Amendment. It occurred less than ten years after the Bill of Rights was ratified, during what Stone refers to as the half war with France, which almost happened in the 1790s after the American government stiffed the French. France had stepped in and salvaged the American Revolution. When the U.S. government refused to support the French in their war against Britain, the government in Paris declared all U.S. sailors pirates and began boarding U.S. ships.
President John Adams responded by putting the nation on war footing, adding eighteen new divisions to the Army, and calling George Washington back from Mount Vernon to take command. Adamss Federalist majority in Congress singled out immigrants, suspending jury trials and allowing indefinite detention of foreigners when the nation was at war. Then they turned their attention to American citizens, passing a sedition act that provided for a two-year sentence and $2,000 fine for anyone who would write, print, utter, or publish scandalous, untrue, or malicious comments against either house of Congress or the president.
Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon was the first person tried under the Sedition Act. He said that under President Adams every consideration of the public law [was] swallowed up in a continual grasp for power, in an unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice.
Lyon got no jail time for that when he said it. But he made the mistake of quoting himself after Adams signed the Sedition Act into law. He was prosecuted by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, fined $1,000 plus $60.96 in court costs, and jailed four months in conditions we today associate with Donald Rumsfelds extraordinary rendition. Lyon described a damp, freezing cell, which included a necessary with the stench equal to the Philadelphia docks in the month of August.
Since Matthew Lyon was locked up in 1798, the notion that a citizen can be arrested for offending the president has given way to free-speech protections that are almost as sacrosanct as high school football in Texas. James Madison declared the Sedition Act unconstitutional because it returned American citizens to the status of subjectsreinstating the exploded doctrine that the administrators of the Government are the masters, and not the servants, of the people. Law professor Leonard Levywho seems to do little else but think and write about the Constitutionsays that seditious speech is an alien concept to American democracy. It only exists where people are subjects rather than sovereigns and their criticism implies contempt of their master.
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K-Gr. 3. With straightforward, succinct texts, these additions to the Starting Life series introduce children to the life cycle of familiar species in a picture-book format. Duck follows mallards from eggs to hatchlings to adults during a 12-month period. tree describes the growth of an apple tree from seed to seedling to sapling to mature tree with fruit over the course of several years. The pages, made from extra-heavy stock, gradually increase in size, allowing for a tabbed effect on the right side of the book. As children flip each page, they'll discover that the picture on the left blends neatly with the illustration on the front end papers, giving the feel of full-page spreads. The brightly colored, photographic-style artwork is appropriately realistic and flexible enough to allow for inside and cut-away views. The pictures are generously captioned, but although obvious effort has been made to place captions on light areas of the art, the printed matter occasionally disappears within the picture. A glossary and a life-cycle summary conclude each of these volumes, which will be welcomed by browsers and report writers alike. Great books to set out alongside titles in the Watch Me Grow series, published by DK. Kay Weisman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", \\\"Claire Llewellyn was an editor of children's non-fiction for more than ten years before becoming a writer. She specializes in books for younger readers. Her My First Book of Time won The Times Educational Supplement Junior Information Book Award in the U.K. She has written more than 50 children's books on a wide range of subjects.
Simon Mendez lives and works as a freelance artist in Yorkshire, England. His degree is in scientific illustration, and he uses a variety of techniques to achieve a high level of detail in his artwork. Simon is also an avid photographer, which helps him in his research. Simon is the winner of a Gold Star award from the Association of Illustrators in the U.K.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Awaken Online: Precipice (Volume 2)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Luxe City Guide Singapore\\nDescription: [\\\"Famous for their ultra short, sharp and snappy reviews and highly personal and selective entries - LUXE City Guides have sold well over one million copies - no padding, no maps, no daft pictures and graphics, just super-curated, highly opinionated quickfire speed reads from resident editors and contributors who REALLY know their city, so you can spend time enjoying the city not head down in a book. Packed from concertina cover to cover with snazz, snark and snap, if it's in LUXE, it's IN - enough said.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Valhalla Online: A LitRPG Saga\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blood Sugar: the family\\nDescription: [\\\"Moore, Michael. Blood Sugar: Inspiring Recipes for Anyone Facing the Challenge of Diabetes and Maintaining Good Health. New Holland Australia, dist. by Midpoint Trade. Nov. 2011. 240p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781742571546. $35. COOKING Moore, diagnosed with diabetes at age 35, has worked in some of London's best restaurants and was consulting director of food at the Sydney Opera House. This cookbook for controlling blood sugar contains 65 elegant but easy recipes and an abundance of gorgeous full-color photographs. Illustrating that cooking to balance blood sugar doesn't have to be bland, Moore includes mouthwatering recipes for light meals, soups, main dishes, desserts, and snacks. He also shares tips for balancing food types. Measurements are given in both ounces and grams to make the recipes accessible to any cook, anywhere. VERDICT This cookbook will be enjoyed alike by those living with diabetes and by foodies. -- Lisa Felix, Mishawaka-Penn-Harris P.L., IN-- LIBRARY JOURNAL\\\", '', \\\"From early and simple beginnings in the UK Michael started out in some of London's best restaurants, including the Caf? Royal and 45 Park Lane. His first job in Australia was in Kables, and from there he moved to head chef at Pruniers in Woollahara, Bonne Femme, Wildfire, Group Director of Food for Sofitel Hotels and Resorts Australasia and consulting Director of Food at the Sydney Opera House. Michael Moore has appeared on television for the last eight years throughout Australia.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Super Sales on Super Heroes\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box\\nDescription: [\\\"Stealing the Network is a book of science fiction. It's a series of short stories about characters who gain unauthorized access to equipment and information, or deny use of those resources to the people who are meant to have access to them. The characters, though sometimes well described, are not the stars of these stories. That honor belongs to the tools that the black-hat hackers use in their attacks, and also to the defensive measures arrayed against them by the hapless sysadmins who, in this volume, always lose. Consider this book, with its plentiful detail, the answer to every pretty but functionally half-baked user interface ever shown in a feature film.\\\", 'One can read this book for entertainment, though its writing falls well short of cyberpunk classics like Burning Chrome and Snow Crash. Its value is in its explicit references to current technologies--Cisco routers, OpenSSH, Windows 2000--and specific techniques for hacking them (the heroes and heroines of this book are always generous with command-history dumps). The specific detail may open your eyes to weaknesses in your own systems (or give you some ideas for, ahem, looking around on the network). Alternately, you can just enjoy the extra realism that the detail adds to these stories of packetized adventure. --David Wall', '\\\"Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box is a unique book in the fiction department. It combines stories that are false, with technology that is real. While none of the stories have happened, there is no reason why they could not. You could argue it provides a road map for criminal hackers, but I say it does something else; it provides a glimpse into the creative minds of some of today\\\\'s best hackers, and even the best hackers will tell you that the game is a mental one.\\\" - from the foreword by Jeff Moss, President & CEO, BlackHat, Inc.
\\\"...the reader will find this an informative, instructive and even entertaining book.\\\" - Managing Risk magazine']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Nova Academy\\nDescription: ['Scott is a West Coast native where he lives with his wife, son, and their very cool dog. He grew up moving every few years in an Army family with his brother and two sisters.
After high school, Scott spent five years working in mostly construction and maintenance in central Texas until joining the U.S. Coast Guard where he worked as a Fire Control Technician working on the Close-In-Weapon-System. Scott married and completed his bachelor's degree in Business Administration then began a career in commercial real estate where he today works for a national auction firm as one of the firm's brokers.
Scott is a part time author, some time gamer, and full time lover of science fiction and fantasy novels that he has been reading since grade school.
Nova Academy ishis first novel. Scott's second novel, Earth Interstellar: Proxy War, isdue outlate 2017. Nova Academy's second novel in the series, Bases & Lairs,is due out mid-2018.
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"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something "extra". That extra punch that drags you in and won't let go. I hope you give it a try. It's THAT good." -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up." -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!"-Margaret Faria, InD'Tale Magazine
"An intriguing story with enthralling characters that shine brightly in their determination and fierce pride." -Michelle Lynn, Young Adult Books Central (YABC)
"This has undoubtedly become one of my favorite YA fantasy series. Hands down, no competition."-Melissa, EverSoMela, top Goodreads reviewer
"Rachel E. Carter has a definite fan in me forever, keep doing what you're doing Rachel because you write an amazing story!"-Emmeline, The Book Herald, top Amazon reviewer
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', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Time And Eternity: The Question Of Time In Church, Science, And Theology\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Super Sales on Super Heroes: Book 2\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sarah & the Senator,\\nDescription: ['Book', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dragon School: First Flight (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Chasing Darkness\\nDescription: [\\\"In this taut psychological thriller, Girard (Ruthless Game) portrays the effects of child abuse with clarity and honesty, demonstrating how some victims turn into victimizers while others choose to guard the innocent. Samantha Chase, a special agent for the Department of Justice and a former homicide detective, spends her time apprehending child abusers and caring for her orphaned twin nephews. At all times she represses her own traumatic childhood experiences and maintains an aloof distance from her colleagues, friends and family. But when a copycat killer begins targeting women who are connected to Sam through her cases, her life starts to unravel. Her colleagues wonder what she's hiding behind her icy veneer could she be a rogue cop? and a single-minded police chief who's convinced of her guilt is determined to put her away. Sam's primary ally is her ex-lover, Detective Nick Thomas, but his lingering affection for her may place her life in jeopardy. As Sam and Nick come nearer to uncovering the killer, disturbing secrets about Sam's past and her nephews' bleak childhood come to light. Girard maintains the novel's swift pacing and high tension, but a too perfect denouement detracts from the stark, realistic canvas she has created. Still, this is a compelling thriller and a skillful treatment of a difficult topic. 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Samuel holds a BA in music education from Antillean Adventist University in Mayagez, Puerto Rico, with a major in classical guitar. He studied under the tutelage of Dr. Jacques Landre. In 1999, he recorded his first instrumental CD for solo guitar, Meditando en la Cruz (Meditating on the Cross), He joined the faculty of the Juan Morel Campos Performing Arts School in Ponce,as a strings instructor. He later became an assistant professor of guitar at the Inter-American University of San German, Puerto Rico. 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Kolb actually is connected to international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi by marriage; stories in Indian newspapers confirm that government wants him in connection with a plot against a former premier involving that same holy man. Pretty soon, a reader will believe that Kolb, the son of a Cold War intelligence operative who grew up in post-WWII Japan and Germany, really was recruited by legendary spy Miles Copeland because his jet-setting lifestyle put him in all the right places. Slangily written from a safe house \"on a sunny shore,\" Kolb\\'s recollection of his training in the fundamentals of spycraft is a particularly engrossing section that will leave readers convinced they know enough to run their own clandestine operations. It\\'s the centerpiece around which he weaves a slew of anecdotes stretching back to WWII, producing a cumulative effect that renders the whole story so amazing that readers will conclude that even the wildest bitslike his taking credit for rewriting the blueprints for the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages dealhave got to be true. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"A secret agent's memoir has a built-in credibility problem. But some basic parts of Kolb's remarkable life appear to be true: his father was a senior U.S. intelligence agent, he absorbed the style if not the specifics of the game from Dad (he would eventually work with the CIA), he befriended and represented the retired Muhammad Ali for years, and he became a member of the inner circle of Saudi magnate Adnan Khashoggi. All this became a heady cocktail for Kolb, and it will be for readers, as we are seductively, seamlessly guided through a life of first-class travel and lodging, intimate encounters with the world's movers and shakers, and a peek into the mindset of a spy. It all seems too easy, and it was: Kolb eventually worked the wrong deal, finding himself an apparent target for assassination by Indian secret police and living in a Florida safe house, from where he says he wrote this book. A great read, but consider the source. Alan Moores Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dessert Island\nDescription: ['M. Margaret Neil is the author of the romantic comedies Uncommon Sense and The Dragon Diary, and is a contributing writer for LEQ magazine. 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Kathryn Leigh Scott, author of Dark Passages and star of the classic TV series, \"Dark Shadows\"', \"The witch is dead and Mercy Taylor needs to find out who killed her in Horn's intriguing debutThis tightly paced, entertaining series opener shows great potential. Publishers Weekly\", '', 'J.D. Horn was raised in rural Tennessee, and has since carried a bit of its red clay in him while travelling the world, from Hollywood, to Paris, to Tokyo. He studied comparative literature as an undergrad, focusing on French and Russian in particular. He also holds an MBA in international business and worked as a financial analyst before becoming a novelist. When not writing he is likely running, and he has race bibs from two full marathons and about thirty half marathons. He and his spouse, Rich, and their three pets split their time between Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Be Well, Detroit: Empowering a City Lost to *the Unrest in the 60's, Created by the Racial Inequalities in America *the Busing Experiment in the Name ... *Poverty, a Complex Issue with many Causes *a\nDescription: [\"Dana Coyne taught Art for twenty five years and was a Counselor for eight years in the Detroit Public Schools between 1979 and 2012. She has her Master's Degree in School Counseling from Wayne State University. She has completed Landmark Education's Curriculum for Living and numerous other courses offered by Landmark Education. She lives in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan with her golden retriever Jones and her cat Emmy. Dana is committed to the well being and happiness of all people.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines\nDescription: ['Yoshihito Isogawa is a LEGO luminary with 42 years of building experience. He began writing computer manuals while at the Tokyo University of Science and founded Isogawa Studio, Inc. soon after. He has twice won the grand prize in the Japan Manual Contest held by the Japan Technical Communicators Association and he has won outstanding performance awards many times. He currently lives in Tokyo.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Politics of Division\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Entertaining Mr Stone (Black Lace)\nDescription: ['Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. She is the author of Continuum, Gothic Blue, and The Tutor.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bible for Personal Revival\nDescription: [\"Discover the Presence of Christ--and the Key to Revival Some people attend church each week with a yawn. Others think that reading the Bible is just a ticket to another guilt trip. They haven't yet learned how exciting and energizing the Christian life can be--but they're about to! The Spiritual Adventure Bible is designed to wake up sleepy Christians and help them catch a vision for what God wants to do in their lives. This unique study Bible, based on the successful 50-Day Spiritual Adventure seminars, is a ticket to an exciting and wonderful spiritual adventure. It features the same kind of practical Bible-based teaching that has already helped millions of people experience personal revival. There are many Bibles on the market with varied approaches. But the Spiritual Adventure Bible is different. David Mains says, We don't need more technique. We need the presence of Jesus Christ. This study Bible introduces readers to Jesus as a living person who has a lot to say about their everyday lives. The Spiritual Adventure Bible is a call to renewal and to action that will help both new Christians and seasoned believers respond to the powerful presence of Jesus. It's designed to spark revival--in individuals, in their churches, and in their communities. Features include: New International Version combines ease of reading with accuracy of translation in today's most widely used modern translation. 52 Spiritual Adventures with action steps challenge Christians to recognize Jesus' presence and follow in his footsteps every single day. 250 Profiles show what happens in the lives of people and communities when they experience the power fo God's presence in a dramatic way. Double-column format with center-column, cross references. NIV Concordance.\", \"David R. Mains is a best-selling author who has been holding 50-Day Spiritual Adventures since 1980. Each year more than 500,000 people and 4,500 churches worldwide participate in a 50-Day Spiritual Adventure. His organization, The Chapel Ministries, annually holds over 140 Pastors' Training Conferences with almost 3,000 pastors participating each year. Dr. Mains's passion is to help Christians develop healthy spiritual habits that can last a lifetime. He is committed to helping God's people experience the characteristics of genuine spiritual revival.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: All the Light We Cannot See\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Soul Power: Born into Submission and Defeat she reached for the Stars and found the Light\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Nightingale: A Novel\nDescription: ['', 'The Amazon Spotlight Pick for February 2015: Kristin Hannah is a popular thriller writer with legions of fans, but her latest novel, The Nightingale, soars to new heights (sorry) and will earn her even more ecstatic readers. Both a weeper and a thinker, the book tells the story of two French sisters one in Paris, one in the countryside during WWII; each is crippled by the death of their beloved mother and cavalier abandonment of their father; each plays a part in the French underground; each finds a way to love and forgive. If this sounds sudsy. . . well, it is, a little. . . but a melodrama that combines historical accuracy (Hannah has said her inspiration for Isabelle was the real life story of a woman who led downed Allied soldiers on foot over the Pyrenees) and social/political activism is a hard one to resist. Even better to keep you turning pages: the central conceit works the book is narrated by one of the sisters in the present, though you really dont know until the very end which sister it is. Fast-paced, detailed, and full of romance (both the sexual/interpersonal kind and the larger, trickier romance of history and war), this novel is destined to land (sorry, again) on the top of best sellers lists and night tables everywhere. -- Sara Nelson ', '', '', 'Praise for The Nightingale:', '\"Haunting, action-packed, and compelling.\" Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author', '\"Absolutely riveting!...Read this book.\" Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute', '\"Beautifully written and richly evocative.\" Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author', 'A hauntingly rich WWII novel about courage, brutality, love, survivaland the essence of what makes us human. Family Circle', 'A heart-pounding story. USA Today', '\"An enormous story. Richly satisfying. I loved it.\" Anne Rice', '\"A respectful and absorbing page-turner.\" Kirkus Reviews', '\"Tender, compelling...a satisfying slice of life in Nazi-occupied France.\" Jewish Book Council', 'Expect to devour The Nightingale in as few sittings as possible; the high-stakes plot and lovable characters wont allow any rest until all of their fates are known. Shelf Awareness', '\"I loved The Nightingale.\" Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author', '\"Powerful...an unforgettable portrait of love and war.\" People', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Workbook for Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Volumes 1-7\nDescription: ['Bledsoe is an emergency physician with special interest in prehospital care.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dancing in the Rain (Avalon Historical Romance)\nDescription: ['Determined to prove that there is more to her than her pretty appearance, Carolyn Wentworth leaves her small Texas hometown to volunteer as a nurse\\'s aid in France, where she discovers the terrible costs of World War I. Determined to do her own small part to cheer her patients up, Carolyn begins sharing bits of her \"grandmother\\'s\" wisdom, and her attempts at humor are appreciated by everyone except Dwight Hollins, a gifted but emotionless physician. Even if she is the best nurse he has ever worked with, Dwight has little time for quirky, impulsive Carolyn, but their spirited \"discussions\" gradually blossom into a friendship. They each have someone waiting for them at home, but they are soon tempted by the idea that they could be something more than just friends and coworkers. With its delicately romantic love story and intriguing WWI setting, the first in Harte\\'s new trilogy is an excellent choice for libraries where sweet historicals are popular. John Charles Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '\"A great read with memorable, realistic characters.\" -- Affaire de Coeur
\"The story of Carolyn and Dwight is sweet and tender, and they, too, come alive within the first few pages. Their inner conflicts are well developed and explored with the brutal war as their backdrop, making for a highly entertaining read. Dancing in the Rain is a touching, heartwarming story that could not be any better. I highly recommend this novel.\" - Astrid Kinn -- Romance Reviews Today
\"Two thumbs up! Dancing in the Rain is required reading for those end of summer blues.\" - Brenda Ramsbacher -- Scribblers', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale\nDescription: [\"With a lilting voice and a strongly etched fairy tale hand, writer/artist Yang weaves a riveting true-life tale of ancestral jealousies and familial woes from her father's recollections of growing up in China. Her book begins with Yang in her 20s, recently graduated from college but unable to get herself out into the world, wounded by self-doubt and bad memories of an ex-boyfriend turned stalker. Back living with her immigrant parents in Carmel, Calif., Yang listens to her father's stories about his grandfather, a man of wealth and stature whose many feuding sons left the family dismally ill-prepared for the winds of change that WWII and Mao's revolution sent violently whipping through the land. Betrayal and infighting pockmark these stories of woe, though they're buttressed with an appreciation of an uncle's Buddhist disavowal of material possessions or desires. Yang's story, which balances her own struggles with those of her ancestors without clumsily trying to equate them, echoes both with the tragic darkness of King Lear and the clean austerity of classical Chinese poetry. (May) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Children's book illustrator-author Yang neatly layers family history across several generations in this graphic memoir. Returning to her parents in China in the wake of a stalking ex-boyfriend's threats, she attends to teasing out the details of family stories she has often heard but never deeply asked about. She wants to know how her grandfather's family dynamics during his youth echoed down the generations, the effects of Mao on the family's social as well as economic fortunes, the roles women have played and been denied traditionally, and her own father's progressive and loving attitudes. Rather than approaching this in a linear manner, Yang spins out the story in concentric eddies and whorls, an excellent reverberation of her black-ink style, with its repetitious patterns and unusual angles of vision. This is an excellent book for those intrigued by family stories or by the history of twentieth-century China as well as anyone who likes memoirs made more dynamic by incorporating more than just the writer's perspective on events. --Francisca Goldsmith\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dancing in the Rain eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Infinity + One\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: No Ordinary Billionaire (The Sinclairs)\nDescription: ['', 'Plenty of heat and tenderness...The subplot...meshes perfectly with the romance, making for a well-rounded story. Publishers Weekly', '', '', 'J.S. Jan Scott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author. Shes an avid reader of all types of books and literature, but romance has always been her genre of choice. Writing what she loves to read, she writes both contemporary and paranormal romances. They are almost always steamy, they generally feature an alpha male, and they have a happily-ever-after ending because she just cant seem to write them any other way!', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses\nDescription: ['Bruce Schaffer is Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Florida.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Mother Was Nuts\nDescription: ['', \"Theres as much practical, hard-won advice here as there is Hollywood gossip, and Marshall's boundless energy and no-nonsense attitude make for a fun read. Publishers Weekly\", 'Bold and irrepressibly sassy. Kirkus Reviews', 'Marshalls matter-of-fact memoir is a must-read for one reason its hilarious. Marie Claire', 'According to her revealing new memoir, budding actress Penny Marshall braved the cruelties of a business obsessed with perky, girl-next-door pretty. Of course, that was before Marshall starred in the juggernaut sitcom Laverne & Shirley, then directed movies like A League of Their Own and Big the first Hollywood film with a woman at the helm to gross over $100 million, vaulting her into the elite ranks of Hollywood power players. Beautiful. O Magazine', 'Penny Marshall charmed America in Laverne & Shirley and gave her comedic and directors touch to films such as Big and A League of Their Own. Now she tells all with memoir My Mother Was Nuts. The brutally honest, heartbreaking tale includes her recent struggle with (and victory over) cancer. Above all, the book is funny. USA Weekend', 'This breezy and charming memoir also has many serious things to say about motherhood, the Hollywood pecking order, taking advantage when luck comes ones way, growing up with distant and weird parents, and marrying too young. Publishers Marketplace', 'Penny Marshalls My Mother Was Nuts is absolutely hilarious and dead serious its Pennys raspy, punchline packed voice all the way through. You cannot put My Mother Was Nuts down. Just try. ShowBiz411.com', 'Hollywood aficionados will get a kick out of Marshalls anecdotes about her circle of friends, including Albert Brooks, John Belushi, and Carrie Fisher, all told in a funny, down-to-earth manner. Booklist', 'Penny Marshall is a fascinating woman who has lived a life few of us could survive. Did you know she gave me two of the best jobs Ive ever had? Of course not, because when she talks she is barely comprehensible. Read her memoir and youll come to love her as much as I do. Tom Hanks', \"If I hadnt known Penny for the past 35 years, reading this book would make me want to. Also, I'm so glad she wrote it because it helps me remember things I forgot, which is a lot. Carrie Fisher\", 'My sister Penny is one of the funniest people I know. Im not saying that because shes my sister, although I am partial to nepotism. She made everyone laugh at our family dinner table, and she made everyone laugh on the set of Laverne and Shirley. The fact that she went on to become the first woman director in the history of film, to make not one, but two movies that made over $100 million is no surprise to me. Read this book and you will know why. Garry Marshall', \"A very funny book by a very funny lady. I wouldn't have a career without her! Mark Wahlberg\", '', '', 'Penny Marshall is an actress, producer, and director. From 1976 until 1983, she starred as Laverne DeFazio in the classic TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley. She went on to direct films such as Big (1988), the first movie directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office, Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and A League of Their Own (1992), which also made over $100 million in the U.S. She has directed episodes of United States of Tara (2009) and guest-starred on Portlandia (2011).', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Wearing the Red Bandanna\nDescription: ['\"In looking back with an appreciative eye, this author proves the truth of novelist Tim O\\'Brien\\'s contention that \\'Stories connect the past to the future.\\'\" John Calderazzo, author of Rising Fire, teacher of creative writing at Colorado State University.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Crime of Passion (Joe Dillard Series Book 7) (Volume 7)\nDescription: ['Scott Pratt was born in South Haven, Michigan, in 1956, and grew up in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from East Tennessee State University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and four dogs.']","rejected":"Title: The Soul Weaver: Book Three of the Bridge of D'Arnath\nDescription: [\"In book 3 of the Bridge of D'Arnath, the sorcerer Karon, his wife, Seri, and their son, Gerick, continue resisting the dread lords of Zhev'na. Immolated in his own land, Karon is now in a sorcerous realm, embodied as the prince of the D'Arnath. Still adjusting to not being widowed after all, Seri is in hiding with Gerick. The queen of her land begs Seri's aid, for the king who had Karon burned has been ensorcelled, and the crown princess has vanished. As the lords' former captive, Gerick so fears harming friends that he will do nothing, even when danger threatens; he'll be blamed if anything misfires. After an important D'Arnath inexplicably dies, however, Gerick must flee to a land of outcasts--and the missing princess--who deem him their king. With three kingdoms in turmoil and Zhev'na's attack imminent, personal demons must be suppressed to fight with all their powers. Very good, but read Son of Avonar [BKL F 15 04] and Guardians of the Keep [BKL S 1 04] first. Frieda Murray Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", 'Carol Berg has mastered the balance between mystery and storytelling. -- David Enterprise
Intelligent entertainment. -- Booklist', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Dovekeepers: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Beautiful, harrowing, a major contribution to twenty-first century literature.\"--Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature
\"I am still reeling from \"The Dovekeepers\"--from the history Alice Hoffman illuminates, from the language she uses to bring these women to life. This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.\" --Jodi Picoult, author of \"Sing You Home\"
\"In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women\\'s solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that\\'s quietly present in our day-to-day living. Put \"The Dovekeepers\" at the pinnacle of Hoffman\\'s extraordinary body of work. I was blown away.\" --Wally Lamb, author of \"The Hour I First Believed\"', 'Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, includingThe World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic,The Marriage of Opposites,Practical Magic,The Red Garden, the Oprahs Book Club selectionHere on Earth,The Museum of Extraordinary Things, andThe Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Life Lessons from Slasher Films\nDescription: ['For those smarty-pants who approach their horror entertainment from an academic perspective.Armed with her bushel of horror touchstones, Robinson divides her 200-page treatise into six chapters, each covering a particular lesson, from Listen to Your Elders to Teens Never Learn.much of Life Lessons from Slasher Films is similarly thought-provoking.4 out of 5 Skulls. (Bloody-disgusting.com)', 'Jessica Robinson received her Masters Degree from the University of Wyoming. She is the author of several novels under the pseudonym Pembroke Sinclair.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Color of Secrets\nDescription: ['', 'Lindsay Ashford grew up in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. She was the first woman to graduate from Queens College, Cambridge, in its 550-year history. After earning her degree in criminology, Ashford worked as a reporter for the BBC and a freelance journalist for a number of national magazines and newspapers. She has four children and currently lives in a house overlooking the sea on the west coast of Wales.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Escrow 1\nDescription: ['Walt is a licensed real estate broker, has a Masters Degree in Business, has been a college professor for over 30 years, and is the chair of the Real Estate Department at Glendale Community College.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Last at Bat\nDescription: ['Many said Matt Wolf was the greatest baseball player of all time. One of his rivals for that title was Dylan Michael. Few knew the irony of that comparison in that the two men were one in the same. The world believed Dylan Michael had been killed in a horrific plane crash. But he alone survived. Emerging from the tragedy, Dylan was forced to deal with a new face. He chose to create a new body and had no alternative but to adopt a new identity. If the world knew that Dylan Michael had survived the crash, he would spend years in jail. To achieve his goal of a last at bat in the major leagues, Matt Wolf would need help. He would need accomplices. He would need the entire town of Blossom, South Carolina to do the right thing. To right a wrong even if it meant they were all breaking the law. What the town could not do, was help Matt Wolf forget the dark haired woman who haunted his dreams. On that issue, he was on his own.', 'Mark Donahue grew up in Dayton,OH and graduated from Wright State University. He has lived in Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He and his wife now divide their time between Dayton, Ohio and Boca Raton, Florida.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: the judge and his Hangman\nDescription: ['the judge and his Hangman']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\nDescription: [\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)
“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle)
“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of When We Were the Kennedys)
“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))
“A gem.” (Huffington Post)
“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)
“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)
“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, New York Times-bestselling author of The Painted Girls)\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', 'This is the story of one such child.', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']","rejected":"Title: Nancy Dale, army nurse;: Story (Fighters for freedom series)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: If You've Got It, Haunt It (A Haunted Vintage Mystery)\nDescription: [\"Rose Pressey is a USA Today bestselling author. She enjoys writing quirky and fun novels with a paranormal twist. Her Haunted Vintage mystery series includes If You've Got It, Haunt It; All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt; Haunt Couture and Ghosts Galore; and Haunted Is Always in Fashion. When she's not writing about ghosts and other supernatural creatures, she loves eating cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and listening to oldies from the fifties. Rose lives near Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, son and three sassy Chihuahuas. Visit her on Facebook, at www. rosepressey.com or at www.itsvintageyall.blogspot.com.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: War Cries On Horseback: The Story of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains\nDescription: ['Publisher: Doubleday, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover.']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer )\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800\\nDescription: ['', '[C]hallenging and innovative...thorough and masterful... One hopes that Christopher Ehret has initiated a new trend in the writing of African history textbooks,one that challenges previously accepted chronologies and ideas and presents us with an interpretation that connects social, economic, political, and cultural history.', 'An authoritative and strikingly original overview of African history up to 1800, written at a level that will be accessible to entering college students.', '', '', 'Christopher Ehret is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400 (Virginia).', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Miss Aggie Cries Murder (Misadventure of Miss Aggie Mystery Series, No. 2 / Heartsong Presents Mysteries)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Human Condition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tainted Morals\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Watch Me (Woodland Frolics Series)\\nDescription: ['From dust jacket: This story-picture book has unusual appeal for younger boys and girls, since animal stories are favorites of both. For younger children who cannot read, the pictures carry the story and any child past the primer stage can read the story for he has learned most of the words used, during the first half of the first grade...Filled with charming animals stories of Cubby Bear, Downy, Duck, Rusty Turtle, Frisky Squirrel, Skippy Rabbit and Little Fox. With beautiful color illustrations on every page to please and enchant. Contains a Primer World List at the end of the stories.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Found Wanting\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Overworld: The Life and Times of a Reluctant Spy\\nDescription: ['As Kolb spins a tale of international intrigue in which he does everything from accompany Muhammad Ali on a mission to free American hostages in Beirut to introduce Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega to an Indian holy man, it\\\\'s awfully tempting to consider him a hoaxster la Chuck Barrisbut all it takes is a little online research to produce corroborating details. Kolb actually is connected to international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi by marriage; stories in Indian newspapers confirm that government wants him in connection with a plot against a former premier involving that same holy man. Pretty soon, a reader will believe that Kolb, the son of a Cold War intelligence operative who grew up in post-WWII Japan and Germany, really was recruited by legendary spy Miles Copeland because his jet-setting lifestyle put him in all the right places. Slangily written from a safe house \\\"on a sunny shore,\\\" Kolb\\\\'s recollection of his training in the fundamentals of spycraft is a particularly engrossing section that will leave readers convinced they know enough to run their own clandestine operations. It\\\\'s the centerpiece around which he weaves a slew of anecdotes stretching back to WWII, producing a cumulative effect that renders the whole story so amazing that readers will conclude that even the wildest bitslike his taking credit for rewriting the blueprints for the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages dealhave got to be true. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \\\"A secret agent's memoir has a built-in credibility problem. But some basic parts of Kolb's remarkable life appear to be true: his father was a senior U.S. intelligence agent, he absorbed the style if not the specifics of the game from Dad (he would eventually work with the CIA), he befriended and represented the retired Muhammad Ali for years, and he became a member of the inner circle of Saudi magnate Adnan Khashoggi. All this became a heady cocktail for Kolb, and it will be for readers, as we are seductively, seamlessly guided through a life of first-class travel and lodging, intimate encounters with the world's movers and shakers, and a peek into the mindset of a spy. It all seems too easy, and it was: Kolb eventually worked the wrong deal, finding himself an apparent target for assassination by Indian secret police and living in a Florida safe house, from where he says he wrote this book. A great read, but consider the source. Alan Moores Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dessert Island\\nDescription: ['M. Margaret Neil is the author of the romantic comedies Uncommon Sense and The Dragon Diary, and is a contributing writer for LEQ magazine. She is living her own happy ending in sunny California with her two practically perfect in every way children and the man of her dreams.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Batty Malgoony's Mystic Carnivale\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Skeleton Bayou\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Worthy of a Pirate's Love\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Round Robin\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Susie's Whimsical Christmas Coloring Book For All Ages\\nDescription: [\\\"A self-taught artist, Susie Scott has been drawing and creating ever since she can remember. Over the years she has worked in a variety of media, creating everything from dough ornaments to handmade paper cards, Paper mache, clay and fabric art dolls as well as award winning designs for children's clothing. One of the signature traits of Susie's work are the smiles and grins. She says it's whimsical with a touch of mischievous that captures her and the spirit of her work. I'm all about Happy and joyful, she says. I don't think there is enough of it.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The BOOK THIEF\\nDescription: [\\\"Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Iwe Intro to Business 8e\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Line (Witching Savannah)\\nDescription: ['', 'In this debut contemporary urban mystery, J.D. Horn weaves an intricate, gripping tale of magic and mysticism with the assured grace and lyricism of a seasoned novelist. Kathryn Leigh Scott, author of Dark Passages and star of the classic TV series, \\\"Dark Shadows\\\"', \\\"The witch is dead and Mercy Taylor needs to find out who killed her in Horn's intriguing debutThis tightly paced, entertaining series opener shows great potential. Publishers Weekly\\\", '', 'J.D. Horn was raised in rural Tennessee, and has since carried a bit of its red clay in him while travelling the world, from Hollywood, to Paris, to Tokyo. He studied comparative literature as an undergrad, focusing on French and Russian in particular. He also holds an MBA in international business and worked as a financial analyst before becoming a novelist. When not writing he is likely running, and he has race bibs from two full marathons and about thirty half marathons. He and his spouse, Rich, and their three pets split their time between Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Be Well, Detroit: Empowering a City Lost to *the Unrest in the 60's, Created by the Racial Inequalities in America *the Busing Experiment in the Name ... *Poverty, a Complex Issue with many Causes *a\\nDescription: [\\\"Dana Coyne taught Art for twenty five years and was a Counselor for eight years in the Detroit Public Schools between 1979 and 2012. She has her Master's Degree in School Counseling from Wayne State University. She has completed Landmark Education's Curriculum for Living and numerous other courses offered by Landmark Education. She lives in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan with her golden retriever Jones and her cat Emmy. Dana is committed to the well being and happiness of all people.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines\\nDescription: ['Yoshihito Isogawa is a LEGO luminary with 42 years of building experience. He began writing computer manuals while at the Tokyo University of Science and founded Isogawa Studio, Inc. soon after. He has twice won the grand prize in the Japan Manual Contest held by the Japan Technical Communicators Association and he has won outstanding performance awards many times. He currently lives in Tokyo.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Politics of Division\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Entertaining Mr Stone (Black Lace)\\nDescription: ['Portia Da Costa is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. She is the author of Continuum, Gothic Blue, and The Tutor.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bible for Personal Revival\\nDescription: [\\\"Discover the Presence of Christ--and the Key to Revival Some people attend church each week with a yawn. Others think that reading the Bible is just a ticket to another guilt trip. They haven't yet learned how exciting and energizing the Christian life can be--but they're about to! The Spiritual Adventure Bible is designed to wake up sleepy Christians and help them catch a vision for what God wants to do in their lives. This unique study Bible, based on the successful 50-Day Spiritual Adventure seminars, is a ticket to an exciting and wonderful spiritual adventure. It features the same kind of practical Bible-based teaching that has already helped millions of people experience personal revival. There are many Bibles on the market with varied approaches. But the Spiritual Adventure Bible is different. David Mains says, We don't need more technique. We need the presence of Jesus Christ. This study Bible introduces readers to Jesus as a living person who has a lot to say about their everyday lives. The Spiritual Adventure Bible is a call to renewal and to action that will help both new Christians and seasoned believers respond to the powerful presence of Jesus. It's designed to spark revival--in individuals, in their churches, and in their communities. Features include: New International Version combines ease of reading with accuracy of translation in today's most widely used modern translation. 52 Spiritual Adventures with action steps challenge Christians to recognize Jesus' presence and follow in his footsteps every single day. 250 Profiles show what happens in the lives of people and communities when they experience the power fo God's presence in a dramatic way. Double-column format with center-column, cross references. NIV Concordance.\\\", \\\"David R. Mains is a best-selling author who has been holding 50-Day Spiritual Adventures since 1980. Each year more than 500,000 people and 4,500 churches worldwide participate in a 50-Day Spiritual Adventure. His organization, The Chapel Ministries, annually holds over 140 Pastors' Training Conferences with almost 3,000 pastors participating each year. Dr. Mains's passion is to help Christians develop healthy spiritual habits that can last a lifetime. He is committed to helping God's people experience the characteristics of genuine spiritual revival.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: All the Light We Cannot See\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Soul Power: Born into Submission and Defeat she reached for the Stars and found the Light\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Nightingale: A Novel\\nDescription: ['', 'The Amazon Spotlight Pick for February 2015: Kristin Hannah is a popular thriller writer with legions of fans, but her latest novel, The Nightingale, soars to new heights (sorry) and will earn her even more ecstatic readers. Both a weeper and a thinker, the book tells the story of two French sisters one in Paris, one in the countryside during WWII; each is crippled by the death of their beloved mother and cavalier abandonment of their father; each plays a part in the French underground; each finds a way to love and forgive. If this sounds sudsy. . . well, it is, a little. . . but a melodrama that combines historical accuracy (Hannah has said her inspiration for Isabelle was the real life story of a woman who led downed Allied soldiers on foot over the Pyrenees) and social/political activism is a hard one to resist. Even better to keep you turning pages: the central conceit works the book is narrated by one of the sisters in the present, though you really dont know until the very end which sister it is. Fast-paced, detailed, and full of romance (both the sexual/interpersonal kind and the larger, trickier romance of history and war), this novel is destined to land (sorry, again) on the top of best sellers lists and night tables everywhere. -- Sara Nelson ', '', '', 'Praise for The Nightingale:', '\\\"Haunting, action-packed, and compelling.\\\" Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author', '\\\"Absolutely riveting!...Read this book.\\\" Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute', '\\\"Beautifully written and richly evocative.\\\" Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author', 'A hauntingly rich WWII novel about courage, brutality, love, survivaland the essence of what makes us human. Family Circle', 'A heart-pounding story. USA Today', '\\\"An enormous story. Richly satisfying. I loved it.\\\" Anne Rice', '\\\"A respectful and absorbing page-turner.\\\" Kirkus Reviews', '\\\"Tender, compelling...a satisfying slice of life in Nazi-occupied France.\\\" Jewish Book Council', 'Expect to devour The Nightingale in as few sittings as possible; the high-stakes plot and lovable characters wont allow any rest until all of their fates are known. Shelf Awareness', '\\\"I loved The Nightingale.\\\" Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author', '\\\"Powerful...an unforgettable portrait of love and war.\\\" People', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Workbook for Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Volumes 1-7\\nDescription: ['Bledsoe is an emergency physician with special interest in prehospital care.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dancing in the Rain (Avalon Historical Romance)\\nDescription: ['Determined to prove that there is more to her than her pretty appearance, Carolyn Wentworth leaves her small Texas hometown to volunteer as a nurse\\\\'s aid in France, where she discovers the terrible costs of World War I. Determined to do her own small part to cheer her patients up, Carolyn begins sharing bits of her \\\"grandmother\\\\'s\\\" wisdom, and her attempts at humor are appreciated by everyone except Dwight Hollins, a gifted but emotionless physician. Even if she is the best nurse he has ever worked with, Dwight has little time for quirky, impulsive Carolyn, but their spirited \\\"discussions\\\" gradually blossom into a friendship. They each have someone waiting for them at home, but they are soon tempted by the idea that they could be something more than just friends and coworkers. With its delicately romantic love story and intriguing WWI setting, the first in Harte\\\\'s new trilogy is an excellent choice for libraries where sweet historicals are popular. John Charles Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '\\\"A great read with memorable, realistic characters.\\\" -- Affaire de Coeur
\\\"The story of Carolyn and Dwight is sweet and tender, and they, too, come alive within the first few pages. Their inner conflicts are well developed and explored with the brutal war as their backdrop, making for a highly entertaining read. Dancing in the Rain is a touching, heartwarming story that could not be any better. I highly recommend this novel.\\\" - Astrid Kinn -- Romance Reviews Today
\\\"Two thumbs up! Dancing in the Rain is required reading for those end of summer blues.\\\" - Brenda Ramsbacher -- Scribblers', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale\\nDescription: [\\\"With a lilting voice and a strongly etched fairy tale hand, writer/artist Yang weaves a riveting true-life tale of ancestral jealousies and familial woes from her father's recollections of growing up in China. Her book begins with Yang in her 20s, recently graduated from college but unable to get herself out into the world, wounded by self-doubt and bad memories of an ex-boyfriend turned stalker. Back living with her immigrant parents in Carmel, Calif., Yang listens to her father's stories about his grandfather, a man of wealth and stature whose many feuding sons left the family dismally ill-prepared for the winds of change that WWII and Mao's revolution sent violently whipping through the land. Betrayal and infighting pockmark these stories of woe, though they're buttressed with an appreciation of an uncle's Buddhist disavowal of material possessions or desires. Yang's story, which balances her own struggles with those of her ancestors without clumsily trying to equate them, echoes both with the tragic darkness of King Lear and the clean austerity of classical Chinese poetry. (May) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"Children's book illustrator-author Yang neatly layers family history across several generations in this graphic memoir. Returning to her parents in China in the wake of a stalking ex-boyfriend's threats, she attends to teasing out the details of family stories she has often heard but never deeply asked about. She wants to know how her grandfather's family dynamics during his youth echoed down the generations, the effects of Mao on the family's social as well as economic fortunes, the roles women have played and been denied traditionally, and her own father's progressive and loving attitudes. Rather than approaching this in a linear manner, Yang spins out the story in concentric eddies and whorls, an excellent reverberation of her black-ink style, with its repetitious patterns and unusual angles of vision. This is an excellent book for those intrigued by family stories or by the history of twentieth-century China as well as anyone who likes memoirs made more dynamic by incorporating more than just the writer's perspective on events. --Francisca Goldsmith\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dancing in the Rain eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Infinity + One\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: No Ordinary Billionaire (The Sinclairs)\\nDescription: ['', 'Plenty of heat and tenderness...The subplot...meshes perfectly with the romance, making for a well-rounded story. Publishers Weekly', '', '', 'J.S. Jan Scott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author. Shes an avid reader of all types of books and literature, but romance has always been her genre of choice. Writing what she loves to read, she writes both contemporary and paranormal romances. They are almost always steamy, they generally feature an alpha male, and they have a happily-ever-after ending because she just cant seem to write them any other way!', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses\\nDescription: ['Bruce Schaffer is Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Florida.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: My Mother Was Nuts\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Theres as much practical, hard-won advice here as there is Hollywood gossip, and Marshall's boundless energy and no-nonsense attitude make for a fun read. Publishers Weekly\\\", 'Bold and irrepressibly sassy. Kirkus Reviews', 'Marshalls matter-of-fact memoir is a must-read for one reason its hilarious. Marie Claire', 'According to her revealing new memoir, budding actress Penny Marshall braved the cruelties of a business obsessed with perky, girl-next-door pretty. Of course, that was before Marshall starred in the juggernaut sitcom Laverne & Shirley, then directed movies like A League of Their Own and Big the first Hollywood film with a woman at the helm to gross over $100 million, vaulting her into the elite ranks of Hollywood power players. Beautiful. O Magazine', 'Penny Marshall charmed America in Laverne & Shirley and gave her comedic and directors touch to films such as Big and A League of Their Own. Now she tells all with memoir My Mother Was Nuts. The brutally honest, heartbreaking tale includes her recent struggle with (and victory over) cancer. Above all, the book is funny. USA Weekend', 'This breezy and charming memoir also has many serious things to say about motherhood, the Hollywood pecking order, taking advantage when luck comes ones way, growing up with distant and weird parents, and marrying too young. Publishers Marketplace', 'Penny Marshalls My Mother Was Nuts is absolutely hilarious and dead serious its Pennys raspy, punchline packed voice all the way through. You cannot put My Mother Was Nuts down. Just try. ShowBiz411.com', 'Hollywood aficionados will get a kick out of Marshalls anecdotes about her circle of friends, including Albert Brooks, John Belushi, and Carrie Fisher, all told in a funny, down-to-earth manner. Booklist', 'Penny Marshall is a fascinating woman who has lived a life few of us could survive. Did you know she gave me two of the best jobs Ive ever had? Of course not, because when she talks she is barely comprehensible. Read her memoir and youll come to love her as much as I do. Tom Hanks', \\\"If I hadnt known Penny for the past 35 years, reading this book would make me want to. Also, I'm so glad she wrote it because it helps me remember things I forgot, which is a lot. Carrie Fisher\\\", 'My sister Penny is one of the funniest people I know. Im not saying that because shes my sister, although I am partial to nepotism. She made everyone laugh at our family dinner table, and she made everyone laugh on the set of Laverne and Shirley. The fact that she went on to become the first woman director in the history of film, to make not one, but two movies that made over $100 million is no surprise to me. Read this book and you will know why. Garry Marshall', \\\"A very funny book by a very funny lady. I wouldn't have a career without her! Mark Wahlberg\\\", '', '', 'Penny Marshall is an actress, producer, and director. From 1976 until 1983, she starred as Laverne DeFazio in the classic TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley. She went on to direct films such as Big (1988), the first movie directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office, Awakenings (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and A League of Their Own (1992), which also made over $100 million in the U.S. She has directed episodes of United States of Tara (2009) and guest-starred on Portlandia (2011).', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wearing the Red Bandanna\\nDescription: ['\\\"In looking back with an appreciative eye, this author proves the truth of novelist Tim O\\\\'Brien\\\\'s contention that \\\\'Stories connect the past to the future.\\\\'\\\" John Calderazzo, author of Rising Fire, teacher of creative writing at Colorado State University.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Crime of Passion (Joe Dillard Series Book 7) (Volume 7)\\nDescription: ['Scott Pratt was born in South Haven, Michigan, in 1956, and grew up in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from East Tennessee State University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and four dogs.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Soul Weaver: Book Three of the Bridge of D'Arnath\\nDescription: [\\\"In book 3 of the Bridge of D'Arnath, the sorcerer Karon, his wife, Seri, and their son, Gerick, continue resisting the dread lords of Zhev'na. Immolated in his own land, Karon is now in a sorcerous realm, embodied as the prince of the D'Arnath. Still adjusting to not being widowed after all, Seri is in hiding with Gerick. The queen of her land begs Seri's aid, for the king who had Karon burned has been ensorcelled, and the crown princess has vanished. As the lords' former captive, Gerick so fears harming friends that he will do nothing, even when danger threatens; he'll be blamed if anything misfires. After an important D'Arnath inexplicably dies, however, Gerick must flee to a land of outcasts--and the missing princess--who deem him their king. With three kingdoms in turmoil and Zhev'na's attack imminent, personal demons must be suppressed to fight with all their powers. Very good, but read Son of Avonar [BKL F 15 04] and Guardians of the Keep [BKL S 1 04] first. Frieda Murray Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", 'Carol Berg has mastered the balance between mystery and storytelling. -- David Enterprise
Intelligent entertainment. -- Booklist', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Dovekeepers: A Novel\\nDescription: ['\\\"Beautiful, harrowing, a major contribution to twenty-first century literature.\\\"--Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature
\\\"I am still reeling from \\\"The Dovekeepers\\\"--from the history Alice Hoffman illuminates, from the language she uses to bring these women to life. This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.\\\" --Jodi Picoult, author of \\\"Sing You Home\\\"
\\\"In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women\\\\'s solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that\\\\'s quietly present in our day-to-day living. Put \\\"The Dovekeepers\\\" at the pinnacle of Hoffman\\\\'s extraordinary body of work. I was blown away.\\\" --Wally Lamb, author of \\\"The Hour I First Believed\\\"', 'Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, includingThe World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic,The Marriage of Opposites,Practical Magic,The Red Garden, the Oprahs Book Club selectionHere on Earth,The Museum of Extraordinary Things, andThe Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Life Lessons from Slasher Films\\nDescription: ['For those smarty-pants who approach their horror entertainment from an academic perspective.Armed with her bushel of horror touchstones, Robinson divides her 200-page treatise into six chapters, each covering a particular lesson, from Listen to Your Elders to Teens Never Learn.much of Life Lessons from Slasher Films is similarly thought-provoking.4 out of 5 Skulls. (Bloody-disgusting.com)', 'Jessica Robinson received her Masters Degree from the University of Wyoming. She is the author of several novels under the pseudonym Pembroke Sinclair.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Color of Secrets\\nDescription: ['', 'Lindsay Ashford grew up in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. She was the first woman to graduate from Queens College, Cambridge, in its 550-year history. After earning her degree in criminology, Ashford worked as a reporter for the BBC and a freelance journalist for a number of national magazines and newspapers. She has four children and currently lives in a house overlooking the sea on the west coast of Wales.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Escrow 1\\nDescription: ['Walt is a licensed real estate broker, has a Masters Degree in Business, has been a college professor for over 30 years, and is the chair of the Real Estate Department at Glendale Community College.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Last at Bat\\nDescription: ['Many said Matt Wolf was the greatest baseball player of all time. One of his rivals for that title was Dylan Michael. Few knew the irony of that comparison in that the two men were one in the same. The world believed Dylan Michael had been killed in a horrific plane crash. But he alone survived. Emerging from the tragedy, Dylan was forced to deal with a new face. He chose to create a new body and had no alternative but to adopt a new identity. If the world knew that Dylan Michael had survived the crash, he would spend years in jail. To achieve his goal of a last at bat in the major leagues, Matt Wolf would need help. He would need accomplices. He would need the entire town of Blossom, South Carolina to do the right thing. To right a wrong even if it meant they were all breaking the law. What the town could not do, was help Matt Wolf forget the dark haired woman who haunted his dreams. On that issue, he was on his own.', 'Mark Donahue grew up in Dayton,OH and graduated from Wright State University. He has lived in Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He and his wife now divide their time between Dayton, Ohio and Boca Raton, Florida.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: the judge and his Hangman\\nDescription: ['the judge and his Hangman']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)
“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle)
“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of When We Were the Kennedys)
“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))
“A gem.” (Huffington Post)
“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)
“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)
“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, New York Times-bestselling author of The Painted Girls)\\\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', 'This is the story of one such child.', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \\\"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\\\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Nancy Dale, army nurse;: Story (Fighters for freedom series)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: If You've Got It, Haunt It (A Haunted Vintage Mystery)\\nDescription: [\\\"Rose Pressey is a USA Today bestselling author. She enjoys writing quirky and fun novels with a paranormal twist. Her Haunted Vintage mystery series includes If You've Got It, Haunt It; All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt; Haunt Couture and Ghosts Galore; and Haunted Is Always in Fashion. When she's not writing about ghosts and other supernatural creatures, she loves eating cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and listening to oldies from the fifties. Rose lives near Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, son and three sassy Chihuahuas. Visit her on Facebook, at www. rosepressey.com or at www.itsvintageyall.blogspot.com.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: War Cries On Horseback: The Story of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains\\nDescription: ['Publisher: Doubleday, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover.']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":279,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":279,"string":"279"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cravings\nDescription: ['One need only glance at this anthology\\'s lineup of authors to know that it\\'s bound to be loaded with kinky, creative sex. And indeed, that\\'s exactly what Hamilton delivers in \"Beyond the Ardeur,\" which uses the setting of a wedding to bring back virtually the entire cast of characters from her popular series about necromancer Anita Blake. While Hamilton\\'s fans will enjoy revisiting these night creatures, some may be disappointed to find that this tale is all sex and no slaying; the only mystery is which paranormal hunk(s) will satisfy Anita\\'s ardeur. Far more suspenseful is York\\'s \"Burning Moon,\" which follows a blind tarot reader and a werewolf as they steam up the sheets and try to trap a serial killer. Equally compelling but more inventive is Wilks\\'s \"Originally Human\"; neither the succubus heroine (whose age varies between 19 and 300, with stops at 50 and 35) nor the reader uncovers her amnesiac mystery man\\'s identity till the final pages. Davidson, meanwhile, delivers nonstop, witty repartee and a surprise denouement in \"Dead Girls Don\\'t Dance,\" a delightful romance between a vampiress and her old college classmate. By turns sensual, suspenseful and amusing, this anthology will satisfy almost any craving. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Four novellas focus on feminine desire. Hamilton, the reigning queen of vampiric romance, offers a new Anita Blake tale, \"Beyond the Ardeur.\" Anita is attending a friend\\'s wedding when Nathaniel, her pomme de sang (i.e., the outlet for her intense desire, or \"ardeur\"), makes known in no uncertain terms that he wants to take the relationship to the next level. Anita\\'s subsequent actions take her to a place she has hitherto carefully avoided. In MaryJanice Davidson\\'s \"Dead Girls Don\\'t Dance,\" vampire Andrea Mercer is literally dug up by an old crush, Daniel Harris, and during a trip to Minnesota to see the vampire queen, her desire for him reignites. Succubus Molly Brown discovers a gorgeous, naked man in the woods and decides to help him recover his memory in Eileen Wilks\\' \"Originally Human,\" and in \"Burning Moon,\" Rebecca York brings a werewolf seeking vengeance for his mate\\'s death to a psychic\\'s door. Exciting, spicy tales sure to please fans of steamy supernatural fiction. Kristine Huntley Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Go Away, Crows! (I'm Going to Read, Level 3)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Tower\nDescription: ['Bill Eidson author of Adrenaline and Frames Per SecondThe Tower is a terrific achievement, big-scale psychological thriller that takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride at breakneck speed. -- Review', \"Gregg Andrew Hurwitz is a recent graduate of Harvard University and the recipient of a master's degree from Oxford University. This is his first novel. He lives in Los Angeles.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Mew the New Muse\nDescription: ['An avid animal lover, Naomi Forward was born in Laos, and grew up in Ecuador, Malaysia, and Singapore, where she was able to experience a variety of exotic creatures, from flying lizards to the Slow Loris. After moving to Canada, and with the encouragement of her art instructor, she started her own business doing portraits of people s pets. She also co-owned and managed a Morgan stud farm. Naomi now resides in the beautiful Lakes District of British Columbia with her beloved animals.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mind Game (GhostWalkers, Book 2)\nDescription: [\"In Shadow Game (2003), Feehan introduced the GhostWalkers, a group of men with military training and scientifically enhanced psychic skills. This sultry and suspenseful follow-up focuses on the exploits of GhostWalker Nicolas Trevane, who sets out to rescue Dahlia Le Blanc, a government operative with astonishing telekinetic talents, from her secluded residence in the Louisiana bayou. Nicolas's mission is fraught with danger. Not only is Dahlia emotionally unstable (she can make objects go up in flames when she's particularly upset), she's also been targeted by a traitor who has hired mercenaries to kill her. As Nicolas and Dahlia evade their pursuers and attempt to unmask the traitor, they forge a strong emotional bond. Dahlia fears her psychic powers may rage out of control if she makes love to Nicolas, but their passion culminates in a love scene that, while hot, only involves a handful of harmless flames. Feehan's newest offering is as swift-moving and sexually charged as her best vampire romances (Dark Destiny, etc.), with none of their florid prose. In short, it is an electrifying read, one that should satisfy her fans and cement her reputation as the reigning queen of the paranormal romance. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Praise for Christine Feehan and the New York Times bestselling GhostWalker novels
The queen of paranormal romance! I love everything she does.J. R. Ward, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Romance, suspense, danger, action-packed excitement, hot hot men, and on top of all that, a couple that sizzles all throughout the book...Sexy as hell.The Reading Cafe
I cannot wait to see where Ms. Feehan takes us next.Fresh Fiction
Packed with adventure...Not only is this a thriller, the sensual scenes rival the steaming bayou. A perfect 10.Romance Reviews Today
One of the best storytellers around!RT Book Reviews
Sultry and suspenseful...swift-moving and sexually charged.Publishers Weekly', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Manual de Pintura (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Crawling Back to Patanjali\nDescription: ['Steve Price grew up in Hudson, NY, a town known historically for whaling and prostitution. He now lives in Phoenix where he teaches writing and meditation.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Angels of Darkness\nDescription: [' Ilona Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of Bayou Moon (10/10). Ilona Andrews lives in Oregon. Nalini Singh is the New York Times bestselling author of the Guild Hunter novels, most recently Kiss of Snow (6/11). She lives in New Zealand. Meljean Brook is the author of The Iron Duke (10/10) and Demon Marked (8/11). She lives in Oregon. Sharon Shinn is the author of the Samaria novels, most recently Angel-Seeker (3/05). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Singing and the Gold\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Wool - Omnibus Edition\nDescription: ['', '', 'Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, he turned to his childhood dream of becoming an author. His Molly Fyde series has won praise from reviewers, and now his Wool series has become a #1 bestseller, with Random House publishing in the UK and Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian securing the film rights. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope (Stackpole Military History Series)\nDescription: ['John Manrho lives in England.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Eli, No!\nDescription: ['Katie Kirk is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer. Through her studio, Eight Hour Day (www.eighthourday.com), she does web, print, and illustration work for a large client list, including Target and the Minnesota Orchestra. Kirks real-life Eli inspired this story, which is her first book.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Uncertain Endings: Literature's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories\nDescription: ['Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He is the founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books, and has received an Edgar Award, an Ellery Queen Award, and a Raven Award for his contribution to the mystery field. His anthology The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps was a New York Times Bestseller.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Trance\nDescription: ['A native of the Delaware seashore, Kelly Meding lives in Maryland, with a neurotic cat that occasionally meows at ghosts. After discovering Freddy Krueger at a very young age, Kelly began a lifelong obsession with horror, science fiction, and fantasy, on which she blames her interest in vampires, psychic powers, superheroes, and all things paranormal. When not writing, she can be found crafting jewelry, enjoying a good cup of coffee, or scouring the Internet for gossip on her favorite television shows.', 'Trance ', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Kalisun Initiative\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Changeling\nDescription: ['A native of the Delaware seashore, Kelly Meding lives in Maryland, with a neurotic cat that occasionally meows at ghosts. After discovering Freddy Krueger at a very young age, Kelly began a lifelong obsession with horror, science fiction, and fantasy, on which she blames her interest in vampires, psychic powers, superheroes, and all things paranormal. When not writing, she can be found crafting jewelry, enjoying a good cup of coffee, or scouring the Internet for gossip on her favorite television shows.', '', 'One', '', 'Settling In', '', 'Whos got the friggin fire extinguisher?', '', 'Renees shout echoed all the way down the main staircase, punctuated by a foot stamped down on the ceiling above me. I dropped my paint-soaked roller into its pan a little too hard and splattered eggshell interior latex all over the legs of my jeans, adding to the preexisting splats of burgundy, sage, white, navy blue, and two different wood stains.', '', 'I was downstairs in the foyer of the mansion we were hip deep in renovating, trying to get a second coat onto the walls of the spacious entry. Even after a primer and first coat, the garish blue-green paint job the homes previous owners subjected themselves toin a fit of drunken misguidance, one can only hopecontinued to peek through. The home in mostly deserted Beverly Hills had been on the market for seven years before we bought it; real estate in California anywhere south of Santa Barbara was hard to sell. Everyone was moving north, just as they had been in the twenty years since the outbreak of the Meta War, which had ravaged Los Angeles, among other major cities. With the last four major film studios located in Vancouver, half of the citys population had defected to Canada.', '', 'Several million residents remained, though, including us sixthe last of a defunct group of superheroes once called the Ranger Corps.', '', 'The house we settled onand after much discussion named Hill House, in memory of a fallen friendwas huge. More than twenty rooms, a perimeter fence with a built-in security system, an interior courtyard, outdoor pool and tennis court, and plastic pipes that didnt need replacing. Everything else was superficial and could be fixed with time and patience.', '', 'More foot stamping above. Renee and Ethan had gone upstairs to work on the front room, which was destined to be our common lounge. I darted toward the main staircase on my right and took the steps two at a time, past the first landing and up to the second floor.', '', 'The lounge was on my immediate right. Its floor was bare, stripped of its old carpeting, and sanded smooth of ancient carpet glue. The walls were painted a pleasant lemon yellow and trimmed with walnut molding. It was a large, L-shaped room, and I stood at the entrance to the short end.', '', 'Ethan Tempest Swift sat on the floor by the far wall, next to the open balcony doors. Morning sunlight glinted off his red hair, seeming to set it on fire. He clutched his left hand to his chest and scowled at the far end of the room. I rounded the corner to the longer end of the L and was assaulted by the odor of scorched plastic. Renee Flex Duvall hovered in the center of the room, staring up at the ceiling. A dusty, broken light fixture lay in pieces at her feet. Above her, exposed wires dangled and sparked, and light gray smoke twisted out of the hole in the ceiling.', '', 'Are you two trying to burn us down? I asked. I strode over, accidentally bumping Renee sideways with my hip. She grunted. I extended my hands toward the exposed wires and concentrated. The heat pulled into my body, absorbed through my fingertips to settle deep in my belly. A warm flush filled my cheeks. A few sparks leapt from the hole to melittle caresses of warmthand then the threat passed.', '', 'Yeah, we were hoping to cause a nice fire, Renee said. Her berry-red lips twisted into a wry smile, the only bit of her skin that wasnt ash blue. Because I love burning down the headquarters Ive barely had a chance to live in.', '', 'For a moment, I didnt know if she was serious. Renee and I had an awkward relationship, to say the least. I discovered the awesome extent of my powers during the same fire that killed a good friendpossibly a loverof hers. I hadnt grown up with her and the others, and she often seemed to view me as an annoyance, rather than a teammate.', '', 'My fault, Ethan said, hauling ass to his feet. I should have turned off the circuit breaker before I decided to try some rewiring.', '', 'I blanched. You think?', '', 'Im just trying to be helpful with this whole renovations thing, Dal. I like to think I can do more than just help the paint dry faster.', '', 'Renees mouth twitched. You know, people might line up for that kind of assistance. Blow a lot of wind, dry the paint in ten minutes flat. Contractors would pay good money for you.', '', 'Not contractors who get paid by the hour.', '', 'Ethans particular power was control over the air. His code name, Tempest, fit the ability perfectly. He could concentrate a whirlwind to drill a hole into the ground, and aim a blast of air at an object to knock it loose from a great height. His most impressive (to me) talent was gliding on air currents to simulate flying. He looked so free when he flew, as close to happy as he ever seemed to get. Ethan often played peacemaker among our disparate personalities, but he never seemed to find any peace for himself.', '', 'I blew air out through my nose. Look, guys, I know that Teresa is all gung-ho about us doing as much as possible ourselves, but there are reasons people hire professional electricians. Painting is one thing, but electricity is tricky. Lets just pay someone and get it over with. We can', '', 'If you say we can afford it one more time, Ill gag you, Renee said. She planted her hands on her hips, and I half expected her to stretch her limbs into crazy proportions in order to intimidate me. I admired her power. She could stretch her body like taffy, at least ten times its original length. All I did was absorb heat.', '', 'Well, we can, I snapped. Our decision to break away from government oversight and go freelance had hinged on accessing the trust fund my father left in my name. It was money Id ignored my entire adult life, until I finally found a way to put it to good use. What we cant afford is Ethan constantly electrocuting himself, or us burning this place down around our ears. Hes not an electrician.', '', 'Just a windbag.', '', 'Ethan grunted. Funny.', '', 'Renee blew him a kiss. Look, Dal, bring it up with Teresa again. If she wants to hire out, fine. Great. Go for it. Just dont get your hopes up.', '', 'I just dont understand why shes so averse to using the money, I said.', '', 'Its not about the money.', '', 'I stared. What do you mean, its not about the money?', '', 'They had both known Teresa Trance West longer than I had; they had grown up together, along with Marco Onyx Mendoza and Gage Cipher McAllister. The five of them, elder heroes by all rights, worked together like a single entity. As much as I tried, I never felt like one of them. Yes, I was MetaHuman just like they were, but I wasnt part of their shared history. It made me an outsider.', '', 'They knew what else bothered our venerable leader, and I hadnt a clue.', '', 'Well? I asked. Throw me a bone here, guys.', '', 'Shes being cautious, is all, Ethan said. Any electrician we hire would be a stranger. This is our sanctuary, Dal, and we cant let just anyone inside.', '', 'I understood Teresas reasons for extreme caution, having lived through the events that culminated in our separation from the MetaHuman Control branch of the ATF. Her sense of betrayal over the fail-safe plan. The literal betrayal by Dr. Angus Seward, who was once considered a valuable ally and had, in the end, tried to annihilate all Metas. Knowledge that attack could come from any direction, as it often did when we ventured into the city. Heroes to some, villains to others, but feared by allthis is what we had become to the people of Los Angeles.', '', 'Im not suggesting, I began, picking my words carefully, that we grab contractors off the street and give them a key to the front gate. We check them out, they have escorts while on the property, and no access to certain rooms. Rooms that housed our personal history and, like the War Room, were not for public viewing.', '', 'I could agree to that.', '', 'We all turned toward the door nearest us, at the top of the L. Teresa stood in its frame, arms tight across her chest. Her violet-streaked hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail, the tips frozen with blue paint, and more blue paint decorated her cheeks, forearms, and jeans. It created a palette contrast with the natural violet hues that framed her forehead, jawline, and elbows, and sunk deeply into the wells of her collarbone.', '', 'The coloration made her look like a domestic abuse victima laughable thought to anyone who knew Gage McAllister. They loved each other in a messy, passionate, eyes-wide-open way I thought existed only in the cinema. Few people found that kind of love, and being around them made me alternate between sugar shock and longing for it in my own life. I had low expectations; relationships and I did not go together.', '', 'Teresa smiled at me, brightening up the room with such a simple gesture. She was only three years older than me, and the youngest among the others, but her leadership was unchallenged. She created intense energy orbs that could knock someone senseless, or shatter entire brick walls. Power led, and she possessed great power, tempered by equal amounts of humility. Her gentle approval was worth more to me than a thousand words of encouragement.', '', 'I take it you have someone in mind? Teresa asked.', '', 'Oops. Ill find someone we can trust. The haziest bit of memory poked at my brain without coalescing into something useful. It would come to me.', '', 'She nodded, taking me at my word. Her...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Blue Nile: Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery (Adventure Press)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Steel's Edge (The Edge, Book 4)\nDescription: ['This is Andrews most recent Edge novel. The Edge is a frontier between the Broken, our mundane world without magic, and the Weird, a world where aristocrats and magic rule. Charlotte de Ney is an aristocrat and healer from the Weird. After her marriage breaks up, she flees to the Edge and makes a new home. Richard is a master swordsman from an Edger clan. Hes on a quest to eradicate slavers, who sell humans in the Weird. After he is brought to her for healing, she decides he needs her help, whether he wants it or not. The characters are well drawn, and the plot, though standard, can keep you turning pages because the characters develop through the story. But in the end, the novel is somewhat of a letdown. Readers who enjoyed the previous Edge novels will probably like this one, but it is not recommended as a place to start. --Frieda Murray', 'Praise for the novels of the Edge:
"A fascinating world combined with pulse-pounding action and white-hot romance!"--Jeaniene Frost, New York Times bestselling author
"Engaging."--Publishers Weekly
"A thoroughly entertaining blend of humor, action, misdirection, and romance."--Locus
']","rejected":"Title: Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy\nDescription: ['K. T. (a.k.a. Kuni) Fann, now retired, was formally Professor and Chair of Philosophy Department, Atkinson College, York University, Canada. He is the author of PEIRCE\\'S THEORY OF ABDUCTION (Martinus Nijhoff, 1970) and editor of LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: THE MAN AND HIS PHILOSOPHY\\'\\' (Dell Publishers, 1967) and SYMPOSIUM ON J. L. AUSTIN (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969), and translator of Laozi\\'s TAO TEH CHING. In 1995 he retired to his ancestral village in Taiwan and turned a one hectre abandoned farm into a selfsufficient paradise where he lives a life of simplicity in harmony with nature, and manages a B&B called Thumbup Taoist Retreat.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ball\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Opera Cat: An Urban Fairy Tale for Adults and Children\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 14\nDescription: ['Peter Clines has published several pieces of short fiction and countless articles on the film and television industries. He is the author of the bestselling Ex-Heroes series and the acclaimed standalone thrillers 14 and The Fold. He lives in Southern California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Fierce Are Fading: The Complete Graphic Novel (The Fierce Are Fading (Comic))\nDescription: ['Joshua Howell lives in Nebraska with his wife, Madeline, and their puppy, Oliver. Find more books written by Joshua at joshuadhowell.com', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Invasive Species\nDescription: [\"Wallaces unsettling, mind-bending apocalyptic novel chillingly dives into what happens when the balance of the world is disrupted and an invasive species grabs the reins. Terrifying and, yes, poetic, this is a novel that gets under your skin with an 'it could happen here' kind of chilling grace. Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Is This Tomorrow
Invasive Species cost me a perfectly good nights sleep I hope Wallace carries a screenplay of Invasive Species in his hip pocket; hes going to need it. Bill Ransom, author of Jaguar
If Wellss Martians scared you, or the Body Snatchers, or the Alien films, you might want to read this one under the bed. Brilliant. Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award-winning author of Starhawk
Joseph Wallace re-births an ancient terror with creepy, pulse-pounding plausibility. His tale is just a few mutations away from coming true.David Brin, author of Existence\", 'Joseph Wallace has written articles for Sierra and Audubon magazines, for Newsday, World Book Encyclopedia, and dozens of other publications. He is the author of short stories that have appeared in Baltimore Noir, The Prosecution Rests, and in Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine. Diamond Ruby, Wallaces historical first novel about the girl who struck out Babe Ruth, was published in 2010.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Zombie Cravings: Tales of the Undead\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rising\nDescription: ['Maya and her friends turn and fight in this final volume of the Darkness Rising trilogy. Fans will savor the many cinematic moments. (Booklist)', '', 'The heart-stopping finale to the New York Times bestselling series', 'Things are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by the powerful St. Clouds and now a rival Cabal as well, theyre quickly running out of places to hide.', 'All they have is the name of someone who might be able to give them a few answers. Answers to why theyre so valuable in the first place, and why their supernatural powers are getting increasingly out of control.', 'But Maya is unprepared for the truths that await her. And like it or not, shell have to face down some demons from her past if she ever hopes to move on with her life. Because Maya cant keep running forever.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: If It Ain’t One Thing . . .\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black Arts (Jane Yellowrock)\nDescription: ['Praise for the Jane Yellowrock Novels
Jane Yellowrock is smart, sexy, and ruthless.New York Times Bestselling Author Kim Harrison
Seriously. Best urban fantasy Ive read in years, possibly ever.C. E. Murphy, author of Truthseeker
Jane is the best urban fantasy heroine around.Night Owl Reviews', 'Faith Hunter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock Novels,as well as the Rogue Mage novels. A native of Louisiana,she spent her early years on the bayous and rivers, learning survival skills and the womanly arts. She liked horses, dogs, fishing and crabbing much better than girly skills. She still does. In grade school, she fell in love with fantasy and science fiction, reading five books a week and wishing she could \"write that great stuff.\" Faith now shares her life with her Renaissance Man and their dogs.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Totally Amazing Spiders\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ex-Purgatory (Ex-Heroes)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Faithful Bishop, His Office, Character, and Reward: The Sermon at the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., As Assistant Bishop of ... at Trinity Church, Boston, December 29, 1842\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Shovel Ready (Spademan)\nDescription: ['', 'Kelly Braffet is the author of the novels Save Yourself, Last Seen Leaving and Josie and Jack. Her writing has been published in the Fairy Tale Review, Post Road, and in several anthologies, as well as on Salon.com. Being published on Salon is kind of the writing equivalent of a guest role on Law & Order, but hot damn, she\\'ll take that. She is a graduate of Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, and she currently lives in upstate New York. Although people from Buffalo laugh at her when she says that, so maybe she should more correctly claim that she lives in relatively-upstate New York. Look, it\\'s upstate from Brooklyn, okay? She is married to the tall and immensely talented Owen King, who is also an author. He\\'s dreamy. ', 'You, reader: youre like me. You love a good story. You love slipping into another world, feeling its reality swell under you and carry you off. And youve read it all, right? Youre up on and down with the latest genre-benders, the crime novels and the sci-fi and the cyber-thrillers. You know the first-date thrill of picking up an unread novel for the first time, that sweet frisson of hope. You know the hyperbolic jacket copy, the gorgeous cover. And you know the disappointment. The bitter, bitter disappointment. Nothing new under the sun? Ha. Sometimes, things out there feel downright mummified.', 'Weary traveler on the sun-burnt plains of fiction, I give you Shovel Ready.', 'Its a neo-noir about a garbage-man-turned-hit-man. Its also post-apocalyptic. Not, like, crazy-mohawk-guy, well-accessorized Mad Max apocalyptic: near-future apocalyptic. Entirely-too-plausible apocalyptic. Scary apocalyptic. Its set in a New York City, where the cabs are still kind of running and the mayor is still holding press conferences, but everybody knows things are over. All the rich people have disappeared into a luxurious virtual reality. Not Spademan, though. Not our hero. Before things fell apart he worked in sanitation, and hes still cleaning up other peoples messes. And, yeah, hes got a few messes of his own, and, yeah, eventually hes hired for a job thats a little too complicated to sweep under the rug with the other dirt. But this is a novel of facades over facades. Those plot twists that you think you knowyou dont. Sternberghs prose is razor-sharp and heartfelt and brutal all at the same time, and he twists those facades inside and out and back onto themselves with origami precision.', 'So go ahead. Read that jacket copy. Admire that gorgeous cover.', 'I promise: its safe this time.', '', '*Starred Review* Its been a banner year for debut thrillers. Last February, we were treated to Roger Hobbs Ghostman, about a thief who specializes in making all traces of his capers disappear. Now, not quite a year later, we have another galvanizing thriller boasting an equally unique premise and another compelling, antiheroic protagonist on the wrong side of the lawthough the concepts of right and wrong, law and lawless, have little meaning in the world of Shovel Ready. Yes, the novel falls under the postapocalyptic umbrellaTimes Square has been hit by a dirty bomb, and Manhattan has become an eerie demilitarized zonebut Sternbergh is not merely re-creating The Road or any of the countless other novels that posit what happens after the bomb. Spademan was a garbage man before Manhattan was nuked. Now he has a new job: a hit man for hire (have box cutter, will use it) walking the citys desolate streets. Those streets have become desolate for a very peculiar reason. While Central Park is a twenty-first-century Hooverville, home to the dislocated poor, the rich have taken to their beds but not just any beds: these special contraptions connect their inhabitants to the limnosphere, a new kind of Internet that allows its users to construct their own virtual world and live there permanently. When Spademan agrees to kill the daughter of a famous televangelist but then falls in love with her instead, he attempts to transform himself from hit man to avenging angel, which requires some dexterous jumping from postapocalyptic reality to limnosphere (have box cutter, will time travel). Like Nick Harkaway in Angelmaker (2012), Sternbergh, culture editor for the New York Times Magazine, combines stunning narrative sleight-of-hand with an ability to create flesh-and-blood characters who bring humor and a resilient humanity to their torn-asunder world. Mixing dystopian science fiction and urban noir with a Palahniuk swagger, this could well be the first novel everybody is talking about over the next few months. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Extensive online and social-media promotion will combine with mainstream marketing to set this debut on its way. Oh, and that movie deal with Warner Brothers wont hurt, either. --Bill Ott', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Tessie\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Infected: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. In Sigler's riveting horror thriller, alien seeds from outer space infect a number of unlucky humans, who develop some unusual symptomsitchy, blue triangular growths on their skinthat eventually result in the carriers becoming screaming, homicidal maniacs. CIA agent Dew Phillips must find out why these formerly docile citizens are running amok, aided by Margaret Montoya, a Centers for Disease Control epidemiologist, who reported the first of the strange cases. One of the infected, former football player Perry Dawsey, doesn't take any crap from anybody, not even the aliens residing in his body. Sigler (Ancestor) leads the reader from one startling detail to the nextthe creatures learn to speak (feed us we hungry); they grow little black eyesuntil even hardened genre fans will find themselves whimpering at each new revelation. This terrifying page-turner could be the author's breakout book, fueled by an extensive online podcast campaign. 5-city author tour. (Apr.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"Part Stephen King, part Chuck Palahniuk, Infected blends science fiction and horror into a pulpy masterpiece of action, terror, and suspense. Three recommendations: don\\'t read it at night, or just after you\\'ve eaten a full meal, or if you\\'re weak of heart.You\\'ve been warned!\" James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain and Black Order
Powerfully written . . . an unforgettable central character. Dallas Morning News
Sigler is masterful at grabbing the reader by the throat and refusing to let go. Just when I thought I knew what abyss he was leading me across, he knocked the bridge out from under... I think I screamed the whole way down... Infected is a marvel of gonzo, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute terror. Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm and Death Match
Fraught with tension . . . Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Hot Zone. Rocky Mountain News
Sigler is the Richard Matheson of the 21st Centurysmart and creepy, Infected is a flawless thinking-persons thriller.Bravo to a bold new talent! Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bad Moon Rising and Ghost Road Blues
Riveting . . . even hardened genre fans will find themselves whimpering at each new revelation. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
\"Horror mavens rejoice! Infected is a revelation -- a novel that lives up to its hype. From page one, the story of a mysterious smart-virus that turns its hosts into deadly drooling drones creeps up on a reader like the ratchet of a roller coaster climbing toward its inevitable crest. Sigler brings the folksy character detail of Stephen King, the conceptual panache of Clive Barker, and the oozing, shuddery pathologies of a David Cronenberg movie.Zombies, spies, conspiracies, and gallons of goo make this the fastest read in the west! Highest recommendation!\" Jay Bonansinga, national bestselling author of Shattered, Twisted, Frozen, and The Sinking of the Eastland
\"Sigler has a unique talent for keeping readers on the edge of their seats; I absolutely had to know what was going to happen next. Infected is full of mayhem, action, and gore--and you wont be able to put it down.\" Dave Wellington, author of 13 Bullets and the Monster Island trilogy
\"Scott Sigler\\'s Infected isa bucking pulp pony that throws you this way and that, and just when you think you\\'ve got your balance, that ole pony bucks the other way.All in all, one hell of an exhilarating ride, and highly recommended.\" Joe R. Lansdale, World Horror Convention Grand Master and six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bubba Ho-Tep and Lost Echoes
\"Infected is as unnerving as a scream in a morguea breakout novel that gets under your skin. If the voice in your head is Sigler\\'s, you\\'re locked in for a very scary night.\" E.E. Knight', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Decoy\nDescription: ['Someone was out to get Ben Sherman. First they had used cleverness, building a careful frame-up that would have meant five years in prison. When that missed, they got brutal - first a beating, then bullets. And still they failed, because Phoebe was always there, ready to help Ben with anything she had, be it a gun, a getaway car, or the sweet solace of her body.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Red Rising\nDescription: ['', 'An Amazon Best Book of the Month, February 2014: Look beyond the inevitable comparison to The Hunger Games--Red Rising is the first book of a gritty, complex trilogy that blazes its own trail. On desolate Mars, the protagonist, Darrow, is caught in a class system that thrives on oppression and secrecy. He is a Red, the lowest member of society, born to toil in the bowels of the planet in service to the sovereign Golds. When Darrow suffers a devastating loss and betrayal he becomes a revolutionary, taking on a dangerous role in an attempt to bring about social justice. Questions of fate, duality, and loyalty, evolve in a cruel test of war between the sons and daughters of the ruling elite. By turns brutal and heartfelt, Red Rising is nonstop action with surprising twists and unforgettable characters. --Seira Wilson', '', 'A lot happens in this first installment of a projected trilogy. Darrow, living in a mining colony on Mars, sees his wife executed by the government, nearly dies himself, is rescued by the underground revolutionary group known as Sons of Ares, learns his government has been lying to him (and to everybody else), and is recruited to infiltrate the inner circle of society and help to bring it down from withinand thats all inside the first 100 pages. This is a very ambitious novel, with a fully realized society (class structure is organized by color: Darrow is a Red, a worker, a member of the lower class) and a cast of well-drawn characters. Although it should appeal to all age groups, there is a definite YA hook: despite being a veteran miner and a married man, Darrow is 16 when the novel begins. If told well, stories of oppression and rebellion have a built-in audience, and this one is told very well indeed. A natural for Hunger Games fans of all ages. --David Pitt', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Coppell, Texas: A History (Brief History)\nDescription: [\"Jean Murph first wrote for the Coppell Star before creating the Citizens' Advocate, an independently owned community newspaper in Coppell, in 1984. She is an active member of the Coppell Historical Society and lives with her family in nearby Grapevine, Texas.
Lou Duggan was elected to the Coppell City Council in 1983 and served as the city's sixth mayor from 1985 to 1989. He joined Jean Murph at the Citizens' Advocate newspaper in 1990 as associate publisher/editor until 2010. During the intervening twenty years he and Murph have authored hundreds of articles, columns and feature stories about Coppell, many of which focused on the city's history. Duggan and his wife Judy remain active within the community.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Archetype\nDescription: ['\"The literary equivalent of a big-screen blockbuster with its beautiful but deadly heroine, tragic love triangle and grim futuristic setting. The closest thing in print may be Margaret Atwood\\'s The Handmaid\\'s Tale, but Emma is Offred with mixed martial arts training. Given a chance to flee the male-dominated, baby-obsessed culture in which she has been ensnared, Emma picks up a gun and goes down fighting.Associated Press
A twisty, thought-provoking futuristic tale that unnerves and enthralls.Family Circle
Every now and then a book comes along that is truly unique, unforgettable, and genre-bending. Debut author Waters bursts onto the scene with a stunning first book of a duology. . . . Do not miss out!Romantic Times
\"M.D. Waters has given us that rare and wonderful action heroine who possesses both nerve and emotional depth. That rich characterization combined with an intricately crafted sci-fi mystery made Archetype an enthralling debut that I couldn\\'t put down.\"#1 New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead', 'M.D. Waters lives with her family in Maryland.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960- 1970.\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Postmortal\nDescription: [\"“Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A disturbing portrait of a society convinced it’s close to utopia when a cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t take long for that seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from overpopulation, food and fuel shortages, and general lawlessness-going into systemic failure. . . . The Postmortal is a suitably chilling entry into the ‘it's-the-end-of-the-world’ canon.” —The Austin Chronicle
“Magary’s vision of future technology and science is eerily realistic. . . . By the time you finish, you’ll want to hold your loved ones close and stockpile bottles of water. If all else fails, you could potentially make a living selling them a few decades from now.” —The New York Press
“An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. This is his first novel but he tells the story masterfully. . . . The most frightening thing about The Postmortal is that this could really happen-it’s not a supernatural story, but it’s even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse.” —Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
“The first novel from a popular sports blogger and humorist puts a darkly comic spin on a science fiction premise and hits the sweet spot between Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. . . . [Magary] understands that satire is most effective when it gives the real world a gently absurd nudge, then lets its characters react much as we ourselves might under the same circumstances.” —Ron Hogan, Shelf Awareness
“Immortality has figured in a number of sf novels prior to this one, but never, to my experience, in this way. . . . A very clear-eyed picture, one I don’t think has been drawn before. . . . The Postmortal surprised me in a good way.” —Michelle West, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine
“The Postmortal is a punchy, fast-paced and endearing story. . . . As the novel progresses, it turns from a snappy morality tale, to a noir-ish revenge fable, to an action movie; complete with guns, rogue religious cults and government-sanctioned hit men. The narrative comes to us through John’s blog entries and collections of news bytes and pundit commentary. Through his sixty years as a 29-year-old, he experiences all the love, pain, grief, and terror of a standard lifetime and is still in good enough shape to kick some ass at the end. Like much good dystopian fiction, The Postmortal is an at-times unflattering commentary on human beings, present, past and future, that hits the mark in many ways. . . . For anyone intrigued with Life Extension science, it's a fun examination of our fears and expectations.” —The Nervous Breakdown
“A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population-bomb dystopia in the spirit of Logan’s Run, Soylent Green, and the best episodes of The Twilight Zone.” —Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad and Stretch
“As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague--that of human immortality. Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmortal, he creates an alternate history of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable. Read The Postmortal if you want to find out what happened to the human race in our last violent and absurd few years in New York.” —Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill
“I suppose you could wait for the inevitable Postmortal movie. But then you might miss Magary’s rendering, his word play, his singular sense of humor. A book that is, at once bracingly funny and—get this, Deadspin Nation—unmistakably poignant.” —L. Jon Wertheim, coauthor of Scorecasting
“As someone who is totally freaked out by the thought of dying, The Postmortal really stood on top of me and peed on my face. It’s depiction of the future isn’t filled with crappy robots fighting Will Smith. It’s filled with eerily realistic portrayals of what the future could look like and does it all in an incredibly entertaining story.” —Justin Halpern, author of Sh*t My Dad Says\", 'Drew Magary is a correspondent for GQ and a columnist for Deadspin. He is the author of two novels, The Hike and The Postmortal, and the memoir Someone Could Get Hurt. His writing has appeared in Maxim, New York, The Atlantic, Bon Appétit, The Huffington Post, the Awl, Gawker, Penthouse, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and on Comedy Central, NPR, NBC, Yahoo!, ESPN, and more. He’s been featured on Good Morning America and has been interviewed by the AV Club, the New York Observer, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, and many others. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids, and is a Chopped champion.']","rejected":"Title: Cozy Cubby Collection We're Back.\nDescription: ['Debbie Mitchell is a Texas decorative painter and designer, that has spent many years designing, publishing and teaching to encourage others to attempt their painting with confidence, creativity and practice. They too, will achieve a feeling of expression, self-satisfaction and accomplishment with their painting skills.
With 27 total years of painting experience, in which includes about 13 years of publications and teaching, she is renowned for her cheerful, charming, lovable Cozy Cubby bear characters that have shown such affection to many, even on an International level. These bears are brought to life, with many light, airy layers of stippled fur, well depicted in this fun summertime project!
Travel teaching consumes a large portion of her time, visiting several chapters and shops per year, throughout the states. Showing guidance to others, she teaches in other countries including Japan, Argentina and Canada, which all have been an experience to embrace, savor and to learn from.
She has five books published along with a numerous selection of pattern packets. Many packets depict the Cubby Collection in all seasons, which are available.
Hopefully, these lil Cubbies will inspire or influence each of your lives, through their whimsical antics and life like positions and situations, taking you back in time a bit, with many fond memories of yesteryear, to cherish always. May they bring smiles to the faces of many that should encounter them.
Basically self-taught, with no formal training and countless hours, imparts the sense that everything is possible when you focus and put your best efforts forward. Devotion and the fact that you love to paint, has contributed to develop the talent within. Besides the book and pattern publications, there have been numerous magazine articles,designs produced into other products that appear in other craft medias or have been licensed to manufacture in various markets.
Family is very important and hers is a large part and help with the entire business. As a family, they work closely together in all aspects that make up the profession, including the wood shop now. Her Two kids are growing up; ages 22 and 18.
She has a collection of pocket puppies (Chihuahuas), that keep her entertained, loved and company, at home.
As a result of her perseverance with painting and designing, she has been capable of persuing avenues that are truly of special interest.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Talker 25\nDescription: ['Gr 8 UpIn this debut novel, McCune creates a dystopian fantasy world in which humans are pitted against dragons. The United States military declares the winged creatures their number one enemy, and protagonist Mel finds herself kidnapped by the pro-dragon insurgency group to whichher deceased mother (who was killed by a dragon) once belonged. After spending time bonding with dragons, the military recaptures her, and Mel is kept with other teens to be \"reconditioned\": they must communicate telepathically with dragons in order to lure them to their deaths. At this point in the story, the tone shifts from middle school-appropriate to teen. Alcohol and sex are awkwardly interjected and seem unnecessary to the plot or character development. An amusing website based upon a dragon reality show portrayed in the book shows promise, yet it ultimately falls short of its potential. This is a fast-paced adventure, but the abrupt ending feels rushed. The book\\'s weakness lies in the heavy borrowing from popular trilogies. The emphasis on \"insurgents\" is reminiscent of Veronica Roth\\'s books, as is the mind control and monitoring of thoughts and dreams. Like Suzanne Collins\\'s Katniss, Mel undergoes makeup and costume changes for the cameras (she portrays herself in televised reenactments of dragon battles). Although lacking in originality, Talker 25 may have the familiarity and action-oriented storytelling that ravenous fans of the genre will enjoy.Laura Falli, McNeil High School, Austin, TX', 'Melissa Callahan is Talker 25, a name given her when she is imprisoned for being an Insurgent, a person who has joined the dragons fighting against the U.S. military. Hidden in a frozen Antarctica outpost, Melissa is forced to communicate with the dragons, trying to lure them into dangerous traps. Once captured, Melissa and the other Talkers must torture the gigantic animals while they themselves are enduring equally perverse tortures that force them into submission. Debut author McCune has created a unique world that readers will find both horrifying and compelling: good and evil are relative, and right and wrong are compromised. Are the dragons evil for killing humans to protect their children? Are Melissa and her fellow Talkers evil for participating in the torture of these animals to protect their families and themselves from similar tortures? Has the military manipulated dragons to frighten and control the citizenry? Be preparedTalker 25 will stretch your ability to absorb and endure Melissas disturbingly graphic existence as she defies the soldiers determination to break her will and force her to turn against the dragons that trust her. Grades 9-12. --Frances Bradburn', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Easy Care Native Plants: A Guide to Selecting and Using Beautiful American Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees in Gardens and Landscapes\nDescription: ['This congenial guide from the author of The Weekender\\'s Gardening Manual frames a persuasive argument for gardening with low-maintenance native plant material. For centuries, Taylor points out, domestic gardeners have bypassed a wealth of local beauties in favor of high-maintenance prima donna imports. Ironically, the very gardeners they sought to emulate?namely, the British?have long prized many of these neglected American garden gems. Taylor\\'s briskly informative historical background section also charts the growing appreciation of what she calls \"our floral heritage\" (spurred on by such political champions as Lady Bird Johnson and President Clinton, who required, in a 1994 executive memorandum, that regional plants be used in all federally funded landscaping projects). A section on public and private gardens ranging across the country\\'s gardening zones and climates offers a guided tour, with observations from gardeners specializing in native horticulture and lists of their \"top dozen favorites.\" The final section, \"The Plants,\" delivers detailed descriptions of recommended native trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennials, etc., and is followed by a helpful appendix of suggested nursery sources. Thoroughly researched and written with humor and verve, Taylor\\'s book is both inspiring and practical and should help win converts to the growing native plant movement. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Taylor (The Weekender\\'s Gardening Manual, Holt, 1995) makes a persuasive argument for gardening with native American plants. The hundreds of plants profiled in chapters on trees, shrubs, groundcovers, climbers, bulbs, annuals, ferns, grasses, and perennials range from the familiar (butterfly weed, tulip tree) to the exotic (balloon vine, fringe cups). All were recommended as \"best\" by horticulturalists and amateur gardeners, many of whose gardens are described in a section on public and private gardens. Other chapters discuss design, an excellent historical overview of the development of native plants for American gardens, and the use of natives today (for example, in highway beautification). Carole Ottesen\\'s The Native Plant Primer (Crown, 1995) covers many of the same plants but at $50 may be too pricey for some libraries. Taylor\\'s book is highly recommended as a substitute or companion to Ottesen\\'s in both public and academic libraries.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Praise for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
A novel so readably juicy and surreptitiously smart, it deserves all the attention it can get...[Its] fresh diction and madcap plot bend the tone toward comedy, but it never mislays its solemn raison dtre. Monkeyshines aside, this is a story of Everyfamily in which loss engraves relationships, truth is a soulful stalker and coming-of-age means facing down the mirror, recognizing the shape-shifting notion of self.Barbara Kingsolver, The New York Times Book Review
Fowlers interests here are in what sets humans apart from their fellow primates. Cognitive, language and memory skills all come into playful question. But the heart of the noveland it has a big, warm, loudly beating heart throughoutis in its gradually pieced-together tale of family togetherness, disruption and reconciliation. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is Fowler at her best, mixing cerebral and emotional appeal together in an utterly captivating manner.The Seattle Times
Elegantly and humorously orchestrated...Knitting together Rosemarys at times poignant, at times hilarious scraps of uncovered memories, Fowler creates a fantastical tale of raw, animalistic love.O, The Oprah Magazine
[The novel] lies somewhere between psychological thriller, scientific theory and coming-of-age story, a seemingly untenable combination. But Fowler, through wit and mastery of her craft, handles the complexity effortlessly.USA Today
This brave, bold, shattering novel reminds us what it means to be human, in the best and worst sense.The Miami Herald
Rosemarys voicevulnerable, angry, shockingly honestis so compelling and the cast of characters, including Fern, irresistible. A fantastic novel: technically and intellectually complex, while emotionally gripping.Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
Piquant humor, refulgent language, a canny plot rooted in real-life experiences, an irresistible narrator, threshing insights, and tender emotionsFowler has outdone herself in this deeply inquisitive, cage-rattling novel.Booklist (starred review)
A strong, unsettling novel...Fowler explores the depths of human emotions and delivers a tragic love story that captures our hearts.Library Journal (starred review)
Rosemarys experience [is] a fascinating basis for insight into memory, the mind, and human development.Publishers Weekly
In this curious, wonderfully intelligent novel, Karen Joy Fowler brings to life a most unusual family. Wonderful Fern, wonderful Rosemary! Through them we feel what it means to be a human animal.Andrea Barrett, author of Servants of the Map and Ship Fever
Karen Joy Fowler has written the book she's always had in her to write. With all the quiet strangeness of her amazing Sarah Canary, and all the breezy wit and skill of her beloved Jane Austen Book Club, and a new, urgent gravity, she has told the story of an American family. An unusual familybut aren't all families unusual? A very American, an only-in-America familyand yet an everywhere family, whose children, parents, siblings, love one another very much, and damage one another badly. Does the love survive the damage? Will human beings survive the damage they do to the world they love so much? This is a strong, deep, sweet novel.Ursula K. Le Guin, author of Lavinia, The Unreal and the Real, and the Earthsea Cycle
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is a dark cautionary tale hanging out, incognito-style, in what at first seems a traditional family narrative. It is anything but. This novel is deliciously jaunty in tone and disturbing in material. Karen Joy Fowler tells the story of how one animalthe animal of mancan simultaneously destroy and expand our notion of what is possible.Alice Sebold, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon
You know how people say something is incredible or unbelievable when they mean it's excellent? Well, Karen Joy Fowler's new book is excellent: utterly believable and completely credible - a funny, moving, entertaining novel that is also an important and unblinking review of a shameful chapter in the history of science.Dr. Mary Doria Russell, biological anthropologist and author of The Sparrow and Doc
Its been years since Ive felt so passionate about a book. When I finished at 3 a.m., I wept, then I woke up the next morning, reread the ending, and cried all over again.Ruth Ozeki, author of My Year ofMeats and A Tale for the Time Being
This unforgettable novel is a dark and beautiful journey into the heart of a family, an exploration of the meanings of memory,a study of what it means to be human. In the end the book doesn't just break your heart;it takes your heart and won't give it back.Dan Chaon,author of Await Your Replyand Stay Awake
A funny, stingingly smart, and heartbreaking book. Among other things, it's about love, family, loss, and secrets; the acquisition and the loss of language. It's also about two sisters, Rosemary and Fern, who are unlike any other sisters you've ever met before.Kelly Link, author of Stranger Things Happen and Pretty Monsters\", 'Karen Joy Fowler, a PEN/Faulkner and California Book Award winner, is the author of six novels (two of them New York Times bestsellers) and four short story collections. She has been a Dublin IMPAC nominee, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Czechs in the RAF in Focus\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Superheroes Anonymous\nDescription: ['', \"Lexie Dunne is a woman of many masks, all of them stored neatly in a box under her bed. By day a mild-mannered technical writer and by night a novelist, she keeps life interesting by ignoring it completely and writing instead. She hails from St. Louis, home of the world's largest croquet piece, where she can be found reading comics and spoiling her dog. Supervillains Anonymous is her love letter to the caped evildoers of the world. She does not count herself among their company, no matter how many cliffhangers she writes.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Superfoods for Healthy Kids: More Than 250 Immune-Boosting Foods and Great-Tasting Recipes for Your Children\nDescription: [\"Lucy Burney trained as a nutritionist at the acclaimed Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. She is a nutritional consultant who specializes in children's health and regularly contributes to radio and television interviews on this subject. Lucy is a mother of four, and the author of two other books for parents including Optimum Nutrition for Babies and Young Children (2001). She can be contacted through her website: www.lucyburney.co.uk\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End\nDescription: ['An international bestselling author, Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. After graduation, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Television de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. Apocalypse Z, his first novel, began as a popular blog before its publication, eventually becoming a bestseller in several countries, including Spain, Italy, and Brazil. Called the Spanish Stephen King by the Guardian, Manel has written three novels in the Apocalypse Z series. He currently resides in Pontevedra, Spain, where, in addition to writing, he is still a practicing lawyer.']","rejected":"Title: My Adventures as a Spy\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Autonomous: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '\"Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet.\"Neal Stephenson', '\"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POVand all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling.\"William Gibson', '\"This book is a cyborg. Partly, it\\'s a novel of ideas, about property, the very concept of it, and how our laws and systems about property shape class structure and society, as well as notions of identity, the self, bodies, autonomy at the most fundamental levels, all woven seamlessly into a dense mesh of impressive complexity. Don\\'t let that fool you though. Because wrapped around that is the most badass exoskeleton--a thrilling and sexy story about pirates and their adventures. Newitz has fused these two layers together at the micro- and macro-levels with insight and wit and verbal flair. Moves fast, with frightening intelligence.\" Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe', '\"Annalee Newitz has conjured the rarest, most exciting thing: a future that\\'s truly new ... a terrific novel and a tremendous vision.\" Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra\\'s 24-Hour Bookstore
\"Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable.\" Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of Broken Monsters', '\"Everything you\\'d hope for from the co-founder of io9 ... Combines the gonzo, corporatized future of Neal Stephenson\\'s Snow Crash with the weird sex of Charlie Stross\\'s Saturn\\'s Children; throws in an action hero that\\'s a biohacker version of Bruce Sterling\\'s Leggy Starlitz, and then saturates it with decades of deep involvement with free software hackers, pop culture, and the leading edge of human sexuality.\" Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Walkaway.', 'More praise for Scatter, Adapt, and Remember:', '\"Fascinating.... [Newitz is] an excellent writer, with an effortless style.... The inner science geek in all of us will uncover some really cool stuff.... A terrific book that covers an astounding amount of ground in a manageable 300 pages... You will be smarter for it.\" San Francisco Chronicle', '\"An enormous amount of knowledge is gathered here, and the book accomplishes something almost impossible, being extremely interesting on every single page. A real pleasure to read and think about.\" Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogy', '\"A refreshingly optimistic and well thought out dissection of that perennial worry: the coming apocalypse. While everyone else stridently shouts about the end of days, this book asks and answers a simple question: If its so bad, then why are we still alive?... Newitz inspires us with engaging arguments that our race will keep reaching the end of the world and then keep living through it. Scatter, Adapt, and Remember intimately acquaints the reader with our two-hundred-thousand-year tradition of survivalnothing less than our shared heritage as human beings.\"Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse and Amped', '', \"Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and has written for Popular Science, Wired, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also founded the science fiction website io9 and served as Editor-in-Chief from 20082015, and subsequently edited Gizmodo. As of 2016, she is Tech Culture Editor at the technology site Ars Technica. Autonomous is Annalee's first novel.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Anglo-Saxon magic\nDescription: []"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cravings\\nDescription: ['One need only glance at this anthology\\\\'s lineup of authors to know that it\\\\'s bound to be loaded with kinky, creative sex. And indeed, that\\\\'s exactly what Hamilton delivers in \\\"Beyond the Ardeur,\\\" which uses the setting of a wedding to bring back virtually the entire cast of characters from her popular series about necromancer Anita Blake. While Hamilton\\\\'s fans will enjoy revisiting these night creatures, some may be disappointed to find that this tale is all sex and no slaying; the only mystery is which paranormal hunk(s) will satisfy Anita\\\\'s ardeur. Far more suspenseful is York\\\\'s \\\"Burning Moon,\\\" which follows a blind tarot reader and a werewolf as they steam up the sheets and try to trap a serial killer. Equally compelling but more inventive is Wilks\\\\'s \\\"Originally Human\\\"; neither the succubus heroine (whose age varies between 19 and 300, with stops at 50 and 35) nor the reader uncovers her amnesiac mystery man\\\\'s identity till the final pages. Davidson, meanwhile, delivers nonstop, witty repartee and a surprise denouement in \\\"Dead Girls Don\\\\'t Dance,\\\" a delightful romance between a vampiress and her old college classmate. By turns sensual, suspenseful and amusing, this anthology will satisfy almost any craving. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Four novellas focus on feminine desire. Hamilton, the reigning queen of vampiric romance, offers a new Anita Blake tale, \\\"Beyond the Ardeur.\\\" Anita is attending a friend\\\\'s wedding when Nathaniel, her pomme de sang (i.e., the outlet for her intense desire, or \\\"ardeur\\\"), makes known in no uncertain terms that he wants to take the relationship to the next level. Anita\\\\'s subsequent actions take her to a place she has hitherto carefully avoided. In MaryJanice Davidson\\\\'s \\\"Dead Girls Don\\\\'t Dance,\\\" vampire Andrea Mercer is literally dug up by an old crush, Daniel Harris, and during a trip to Minnesota to see the vampire queen, her desire for him reignites. Succubus Molly Brown discovers a gorgeous, naked man in the woods and decides to help him recover his memory in Eileen Wilks\\\\' \\\"Originally Human,\\\" and in \\\"Burning Moon,\\\" Rebecca York brings a werewolf seeking vengeance for his mate\\\\'s death to a psychic\\\\'s door. Exciting, spicy tales sure to please fans of steamy supernatural fiction. Kristine Huntley Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Go Away, Crows! (I'm Going to Read, Level 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Tower\\nDescription: ['Bill Eidson author of Adrenaline and Frames Per SecondThe Tower is a terrific achievement, big-scale psychological thriller that takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride at breakneck speed. -- Review', \\\"Gregg Andrew Hurwitz is a recent graduate of Harvard University and the recipient of a master's degree from Oxford University. This is his first novel. He lives in Los Angeles.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mew the New Muse\\nDescription: ['An avid animal lover, Naomi Forward was born in Laos, and grew up in Ecuador, Malaysia, and Singapore, where she was able to experience a variety of exotic creatures, from flying lizards to the Slow Loris. After moving to Canada, and with the encouragement of her art instructor, she started her own business doing portraits of people s pets. She also co-owned and managed a Morgan stud farm. Naomi now resides in the beautiful Lakes District of British Columbia with her beloved animals.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Mind Game (GhostWalkers, Book 2)\\nDescription: [\\\"In Shadow Game (2003), Feehan introduced the GhostWalkers, a group of men with military training and scientifically enhanced psychic skills. This sultry and suspenseful follow-up focuses on the exploits of GhostWalker Nicolas Trevane, who sets out to rescue Dahlia Le Blanc, a government operative with astonishing telekinetic talents, from her secluded residence in the Louisiana bayou. Nicolas's mission is fraught with danger. Not only is Dahlia emotionally unstable (she can make objects go up in flames when she's particularly upset), she's also been targeted by a traitor who has hired mercenaries to kill her. As Nicolas and Dahlia evade their pursuers and attempt to unmask the traitor, they forge a strong emotional bond. Dahlia fears her psychic powers may rage out of control if she makes love to Nicolas, but their passion culminates in a love scene that, while hot, only involves a handful of harmless flames. Feehan's newest offering is as swift-moving and sexually charged as her best vampire romances (Dark Destiny, etc.), with none of their florid prose. In short, it is an electrifying read, one that should satisfy her fans and cement her reputation as the reigning queen of the paranormal romance. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Praise for Christine Feehan and the New York Times bestselling GhostWalker novels
The queen of paranormal romance! I love everything she does.J. R. Ward, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Romance, suspense, danger, action-packed excitement, hot hot men, and on top of all that, a couple that sizzles all throughout the book...Sexy as hell.The Reading Cafe
I cannot wait to see where Ms. Feehan takes us next.Fresh Fiction
Packed with adventure...Not only is this a thriller, the sensual scenes rival the steaming bayou. A perfect 10.Romance Reviews Today
One of the best storytellers around!RT Book Reviews
Sultry and suspenseful...swift-moving and sexually charged.Publishers Weekly', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Manual de Pintura (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Crawling Back to Patanjali\\nDescription: ['Steve Price grew up in Hudson, NY, a town known historically for whaling and prostitution. He now lives in Phoenix where he teaches writing and meditation.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Angels of Darkness\\nDescription: [' Ilona Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of Bayou Moon (10/10). Ilona Andrews lives in Oregon. Nalini Singh is the New York Times bestselling author of the Guild Hunter novels, most recently Kiss of Snow (6/11). She lives in New Zealand. Meljean Brook is the author of The Iron Duke (10/10) and Demon Marked (8/11). She lives in Oregon. Sharon Shinn is the author of the Samaria novels, most recently Angel-Seeker (3/05). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Singing and the Gold\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Wool - Omnibus Edition\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, he turned to his childhood dream of becoming an author. His Molly Fyde series has won praise from reviewers, and now his Wool series has become a #1 bestseller, with Random House publishing in the UK and Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian securing the film rights. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope (Stackpole Military History Series)\\nDescription: ['John Manrho lives in England.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Eli, No!\\nDescription: ['Katie Kirk is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer. Through her studio, Eight Hour Day (www.eighthourday.com), she does web, print, and illustration work for a large client list, including Target and the Minnesota Orchestra. Kirks real-life Eli inspired this story, which is her first book.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Uncertain Endings: Literature's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories\\nDescription: ['Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He is the founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books, and has received an Edgar Award, an Ellery Queen Award, and a Raven Award for his contribution to the mystery field. His anthology The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps was a New York Times Bestseller.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Trance\\nDescription: ['A native of the Delaware seashore, Kelly Meding lives in Maryland, with a neurotic cat that occasionally meows at ghosts. After discovering Freddy Krueger at a very young age, Kelly began a lifelong obsession with horror, science fiction, and fantasy, on which she blames her interest in vampires, psychic powers, superheroes, and all things paranormal. When not writing, she can be found crafting jewelry, enjoying a good cup of coffee, or scouring the Internet for gossip on her favorite television shows.', 'Trance ', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Kalisun Initiative\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Changeling\\nDescription: ['A native of the Delaware seashore, Kelly Meding lives in Maryland, with a neurotic cat that occasionally meows at ghosts. After discovering Freddy Krueger at a very young age, Kelly began a lifelong obsession with horror, science fiction, and fantasy, on which she blames her interest in vampires, psychic powers, superheroes, and all things paranormal. When not writing, she can be found crafting jewelry, enjoying a good cup of coffee, or scouring the Internet for gossip on her favorite television shows.', '', 'One', '', 'Settling In', '', 'Whos got the friggin fire extinguisher?', '', 'Renees shout echoed all the way down the main staircase, punctuated by a foot stamped down on the ceiling above me. I dropped my paint-soaked roller into its pan a little too hard and splattered eggshell interior latex all over the legs of my jeans, adding to the preexisting splats of burgundy, sage, white, navy blue, and two different wood stains.', '', 'I was downstairs in the foyer of the mansion we were hip deep in renovating, trying to get a second coat onto the walls of the spacious entry. Even after a primer and first coat, the garish blue-green paint job the homes previous owners subjected themselves toin a fit of drunken misguidance, one can only hopecontinued to peek through. The home in mostly deserted Beverly Hills had been on the market for seven years before we bought it; real estate in California anywhere south of Santa Barbara was hard to sell. Everyone was moving north, just as they had been in the twenty years since the outbreak of the Meta War, which had ravaged Los Angeles, among other major cities. With the last four major film studios located in Vancouver, half of the citys population had defected to Canada.', '', 'Several million residents remained, though, including us sixthe last of a defunct group of superheroes once called the Ranger Corps.', '', 'The house we settled onand after much discussion named Hill House, in memory of a fallen friendwas huge. More than twenty rooms, a perimeter fence with a built-in security system, an interior courtyard, outdoor pool and tennis court, and plastic pipes that didnt need replacing. Everything else was superficial and could be fixed with time and patience.', '', 'More foot stamping above. Renee and Ethan had gone upstairs to work on the front room, which was destined to be our common lounge. I darted toward the main staircase on my right and took the steps two at a time, past the first landing and up to the second floor.', '', 'The lounge was on my immediate right. Its floor was bare, stripped of its old carpeting, and sanded smooth of ancient carpet glue. The walls were painted a pleasant lemon yellow and trimmed with walnut molding. It was a large, L-shaped room, and I stood at the entrance to the short end.', '', 'Ethan Tempest Swift sat on the floor by the far wall, next to the open balcony doors. Morning sunlight glinted off his red hair, seeming to set it on fire. He clutched his left hand to his chest and scowled at the far end of the room. I rounded the corner to the longer end of the L and was assaulted by the odor of scorched plastic. Renee Flex Duvall hovered in the center of the room, staring up at the ceiling. A dusty, broken light fixture lay in pieces at her feet. Above her, exposed wires dangled and sparked, and light gray smoke twisted out of the hole in the ceiling.', '', 'Are you two trying to burn us down? I asked. I strode over, accidentally bumping Renee sideways with my hip. She grunted. I extended my hands toward the exposed wires and concentrated. The heat pulled into my body, absorbed through my fingertips to settle deep in my belly. A warm flush filled my cheeks. A few sparks leapt from the hole to melittle caresses of warmthand then the threat passed.', '', 'Yeah, we were hoping to cause a nice fire, Renee said. Her berry-red lips twisted into a wry smile, the only bit of her skin that wasnt ash blue. Because I love burning down the headquarters Ive barely had a chance to live in.', '', 'For a moment, I didnt know if she was serious. Renee and I had an awkward relationship, to say the least. I discovered the awesome extent of my powers during the same fire that killed a good friendpossibly a loverof hers. I hadnt grown up with her and the others, and she often seemed to view me as an annoyance, rather than a teammate.', '', 'My fault, Ethan said, hauling ass to his feet. I should have turned off the circuit breaker before I decided to try some rewiring.', '', 'I blanched. You think?', '', 'Im just trying to be helpful with this whole renovations thing, Dal. I like to think I can do more than just help the paint dry faster.', '', 'Renees mouth twitched. You know, people might line up for that kind of assistance. Blow a lot of wind, dry the paint in ten minutes flat. Contractors would pay good money for you.', '', 'Not contractors who get paid by the hour.', '', 'Ethans particular power was control over the air. His code name, Tempest, fit the ability perfectly. He could concentrate a whirlwind to drill a hole into the ground, and aim a blast of air at an object to knock it loose from a great height. His most impressive (to me) talent was gliding on air currents to simulate flying. He looked so free when he flew, as close to happy as he ever seemed to get. Ethan often played peacemaker among our disparate personalities, but he never seemed to find any peace for himself.', '', 'I blew air out through my nose. Look, guys, I know that Teresa is all gung-ho about us doing as much as possible ourselves, but there are reasons people hire professional electricians. Painting is one thing, but electricity is tricky. Lets just pay someone and get it over with. We can', '', 'If you say we can afford it one more time, Ill gag you, Renee said. She planted her hands on her hips, and I half expected her to stretch her limbs into crazy proportions in order to intimidate me. I admired her power. She could stretch her body like taffy, at least ten times its original length. All I did was absorb heat.', '', 'Well, we can, I snapped. Our decision to break away from government oversight and go freelance had hinged on accessing the trust fund my father left in my name. It was money Id ignored my entire adult life, until I finally found a way to put it to good use. What we cant afford is Ethan constantly electrocuting himself, or us burning this place down around our ears. Hes not an electrician.', '', 'Just a windbag.', '', 'Ethan grunted. Funny.', '', 'Renee blew him a kiss. Look, Dal, bring it up with Teresa again. If she wants to hire out, fine. Great. Go for it. Just dont get your hopes up.', '', 'I just dont understand why shes so averse to using the money, I said.', '', 'Its not about the money.', '', 'I stared. What do you mean, its not about the money?', '', 'They had both known Teresa Trance West longer than I had; they had grown up together, along with Marco Onyx Mendoza and Gage Cipher McAllister. The five of them, elder heroes by all rights, worked together like a single entity. As much as I tried, I never felt like one of them. Yes, I was MetaHuman just like they were, but I wasnt part of their shared history. It made me an outsider.', '', 'They knew what else bothered our venerable leader, and I hadnt a clue.', '', 'Well? I asked. Throw me a bone here, guys.', '', 'Shes being cautious, is all, Ethan said. Any electrician we hire would be a stranger. This is our sanctuary, Dal, and we cant let just anyone inside.', '', 'I understood Teresas reasons for extreme caution, having lived through the events that culminated in our separation from the MetaHuman Control branch of the ATF. Her sense of betrayal over the fail-safe plan. The literal betrayal by Dr. Angus Seward, who was once considered a valuable ally and had, in the end, tried to annihilate all Metas. Knowledge that attack could come from any direction, as it often did when we ventured into the city. Heroes to some, villains to others, but feared by allthis is what we had become to the people of Los Angeles.', '', 'Im not suggesting, I began, picking my words carefully, that we grab contractors off the street and give them a key to the front gate. We check them out, they have escorts while on the property, and no access to certain rooms. Rooms that housed our personal history and, like the War Room, were not for public viewing.', '', 'I could agree to that.', '', 'We all turned toward the door nearest us, at the top of the L. Teresa stood in its frame, arms tight across her chest. Her violet-streaked hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail, the tips frozen with blue paint, and more blue paint decorated her cheeks, forearms, and jeans. It created a palette contrast with the natural violet hues that framed her forehead, jawline, and elbows, and sunk deeply into the wells of her collarbone.', '', 'The coloration made her look like a domestic abuse victima laughable thought to anyone who knew Gage McAllister. They loved each other in a messy, passionate, eyes-wide-open way I thought existed only in the cinema. Few people found that kind of love, and being around them made me alternate between sugar shock and longing for it in my own life. I had low expectations; relationships and I did not go together.', '', 'Teresa smiled at me, brightening up the room with such a simple gesture. She was only three years older than me, and the youngest among the others, but her leadership was unchallenged. She created intense energy orbs that could knock someone senseless, or shatter entire brick walls. Power led, and she possessed great power, tempered by equal amounts of humility. Her gentle approval was worth more to me than a thousand words of encouragement.', '', 'I take it you have someone in mind? Teresa asked.', '', 'Oops. Ill find someone we can trust. The haziest bit of memory poked at my brain without coalescing into something useful. It would come to me.', '', 'She nodded, taking me at my word. Her...', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blue Nile: Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery (Adventure Press)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Steel's Edge (The Edge, Book 4)\\nDescription: ['This is Andrews most recent Edge novel. The Edge is a frontier between the Broken, our mundane world without magic, and the Weird, a world where aristocrats and magic rule. Charlotte de Ney is an aristocrat and healer from the Weird. After her marriage breaks up, she flees to the Edge and makes a new home. Richard is a master swordsman from an Edger clan. Hes on a quest to eradicate slavers, who sell humans in the Weird. After he is brought to her for healing, she decides he needs her help, whether he wants it or not. The characters are well drawn, and the plot, though standard, can keep you turning pages because the characters develop through the story. But in the end, the novel is somewhat of a letdown. Readers who enjoyed the previous Edge novels will probably like this one, but it is not recommended as a place to start. --Frieda Murray', 'Praise for the novels of the Edge:
"A fascinating world combined with pulse-pounding action and white-hot romance!"--Jeaniene Frost, New York Times bestselling author
"Engaging."--Publishers Weekly
"A thoroughly entertaining blend of humor, action, misdirection, and romance."--Locus
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy\\nDescription: ['K. T. (a.k.a. Kuni) Fann, now retired, was formally Professor and Chair of Philosophy Department, Atkinson College, York University, Canada. He is the author of PEIRCE\\\\'S THEORY OF ABDUCTION (Martinus Nijhoff, 1970) and editor of LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: THE MAN AND HIS PHILOSOPHY\\\\'\\\\' (Dell Publishers, 1967) and SYMPOSIUM ON J. L. AUSTIN (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969), and translator of Laozi\\\\'s TAO TEH CHING. In 1995 he retired to his ancestral village in Taiwan and turned a one hectre abandoned farm into a selfsufficient paradise where he lives a life of simplicity in harmony with nature, and manages a B&B called Thumbup Taoist Retreat.\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ball\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Opera Cat: An Urban Fairy Tale for Adults and Children\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 14\\nDescription: ['Peter Clines has published several pieces of short fiction and countless articles on the film and television industries. He is the author of the bestselling Ex-Heroes series and the acclaimed standalone thrillers 14 and The Fold. He lives in Southern California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Fierce Are Fading: The Complete Graphic Novel (The Fierce Are Fading (Comic))\\nDescription: ['Joshua Howell lives in Nebraska with his wife, Madeline, and their puppy, Oliver. Find more books written by Joshua at joshuadhowell.com', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Invasive Species\\nDescription: [\\\"Wallaces unsettling, mind-bending apocalyptic novel chillingly dives into what happens when the balance of the world is disrupted and an invasive species grabs the reins. Terrifying and, yes, poetic, this is a novel that gets under your skin with an 'it could happen here' kind of chilling grace. Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Is This Tomorrow
Invasive Species cost me a perfectly good nights sleep I hope Wallace carries a screenplay of Invasive Species in his hip pocket; hes going to need it. Bill Ransom, author of Jaguar
If Wellss Martians scared you, or the Body Snatchers, or the Alien films, you might want to read this one under the bed. Brilliant. Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award-winning author of Starhawk
Joseph Wallace re-births an ancient terror with creepy, pulse-pounding plausibility. His tale is just a few mutations away from coming true.David Brin, author of Existence\\\", 'Joseph Wallace has written articles for Sierra and Audubon magazines, for Newsday, World Book Encyclopedia, and dozens of other publications. He is the author of short stories that have appeared in Baltimore Noir, The Prosecution Rests, and in Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine. Diamond Ruby, Wallaces historical first novel about the girl who struck out Babe Ruth, was published in 2010.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Zombie Cravings: Tales of the Undead\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rising\\nDescription: ['Maya and her friends turn and fight in this final volume of the Darkness Rising trilogy. Fans will savor the many cinematic moments. (Booklist)', '', 'The heart-stopping finale to the New York Times bestselling series', 'Things are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by the powerful St. Clouds and now a rival Cabal as well, theyre quickly running out of places to hide.', 'All they have is the name of someone who might be able to give them a few answers. Answers to why theyre so valuable in the first place, and why their supernatural powers are getting increasingly out of control.', 'But Maya is unprepared for the truths that await her. And like it or not, shell have to face down some demons from her past if she ever hopes to move on with her life. Because Maya cant keep running forever.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: If It Ain’t One Thing . . .\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Black Arts (Jane Yellowrock)\\nDescription: ['Praise for the Jane Yellowrock Novels
Jane Yellowrock is smart, sexy, and ruthless.New York Times Bestselling Author Kim Harrison
Seriously. Best urban fantasy Ive read in years, possibly ever.C. E. Murphy, author of Truthseeker
Jane is the best urban fantasy heroine around.Night Owl Reviews', 'Faith Hunter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock Novels,as well as the Rogue Mage novels. A native of Louisiana,she spent her early years on the bayous and rivers, learning survival skills and the womanly arts. She liked horses, dogs, fishing and crabbing much better than girly skills. She still does. In grade school, she fell in love with fantasy and science fiction, reading five books a week and wishing she could \\\"write that great stuff.\\\" Faith now shares her life with her Renaissance Man and their dogs.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Totally Amazing Spiders\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ex-Purgatory (Ex-Heroes)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Faithful Bishop, His Office, Character, and Reward: The Sermon at the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., As Assistant Bishop of ... at Trinity Church, Boston, December 29, 1842\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Shovel Ready (Spademan)\\nDescription: ['', 'Kelly Braffet is the author of the novels Save Yourself, Last Seen Leaving and Josie and Jack. Her writing has been published in the Fairy Tale Review, Post Road, and in several anthologies, as well as on Salon.com. Being published on Salon is kind of the writing equivalent of a guest role on Law & Order, but hot damn, she\\\\'ll take that. She is a graduate of Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, and she currently lives in upstate New York. Although people from Buffalo laugh at her when she says that, so maybe she should more correctly claim that she lives in relatively-upstate New York. Look, it\\\\'s upstate from Brooklyn, okay? She is married to the tall and immensely talented Owen King, who is also an author. He\\\\'s dreamy. ', 'You, reader: youre like me. You love a good story. You love slipping into another world, feeling its reality swell under you and carry you off. And youve read it all, right? Youre up on and down with the latest genre-benders, the crime novels and the sci-fi and the cyber-thrillers. You know the first-date thrill of picking up an unread novel for the first time, that sweet frisson of hope. You know the hyperbolic jacket copy, the gorgeous cover. And you know the disappointment. The bitter, bitter disappointment. Nothing new under the sun? Ha. Sometimes, things out there feel downright mummified.', 'Weary traveler on the sun-burnt plains of fiction, I give you Shovel Ready.', 'Its a neo-noir about a garbage-man-turned-hit-man. Its also post-apocalyptic. Not, like, crazy-mohawk-guy, well-accessorized Mad Max apocalyptic: near-future apocalyptic. Entirely-too-plausible apocalyptic. Scary apocalyptic. Its set in a New York City, where the cabs are still kind of running and the mayor is still holding press conferences, but everybody knows things are over. All the rich people have disappeared into a luxurious virtual reality. Not Spademan, though. Not our hero. Before things fell apart he worked in sanitation, and hes still cleaning up other peoples messes. And, yeah, hes got a few messes of his own, and, yeah, eventually hes hired for a job thats a little too complicated to sweep under the rug with the other dirt. But this is a novel of facades over facades. Those plot twists that you think you knowyou dont. Sternberghs prose is razor-sharp and heartfelt and brutal all at the same time, and he twists those facades inside and out and back onto themselves with origami precision.', 'So go ahead. Read that jacket copy. Admire that gorgeous cover.', 'I promise: its safe this time.', '', '*Starred Review* Its been a banner year for debut thrillers. Last February, we were treated to Roger Hobbs Ghostman, about a thief who specializes in making all traces of his capers disappear. Now, not quite a year later, we have another galvanizing thriller boasting an equally unique premise and another compelling, antiheroic protagonist on the wrong side of the lawthough the concepts of right and wrong, law and lawless, have little meaning in the world of Shovel Ready. Yes, the novel falls under the postapocalyptic umbrellaTimes Square has been hit by a dirty bomb, and Manhattan has become an eerie demilitarized zonebut Sternbergh is not merely re-creating The Road or any of the countless other novels that posit what happens after the bomb. Spademan was a garbage man before Manhattan was nuked. Now he has a new job: a hit man for hire (have box cutter, will use it) walking the citys desolate streets. Those streets have become desolate for a very peculiar reason. While Central Park is a twenty-first-century Hooverville, home to the dislocated poor, the rich have taken to their beds but not just any beds: these special contraptions connect their inhabitants to the limnosphere, a new kind of Internet that allows its users to construct their own virtual world and live there permanently. When Spademan agrees to kill the daughter of a famous televangelist but then falls in love with her instead, he attempts to transform himself from hit man to avenging angel, which requires some dexterous jumping from postapocalyptic reality to limnosphere (have box cutter, will time travel). Like Nick Harkaway in Angelmaker (2012), Sternbergh, culture editor for the New York Times Magazine, combines stunning narrative sleight-of-hand with an ability to create flesh-and-blood characters who bring humor and a resilient humanity to their torn-asunder world. Mixing dystopian science fiction and urban noir with a Palahniuk swagger, this could well be the first novel everybody is talking about over the next few months. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Extensive online and social-media promotion will combine with mainstream marketing to set this debut on its way. Oh, and that movie deal with Warner Brothers wont hurt, either. --Bill Ott', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Tessie\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Infected: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Starred Review. In Sigler's riveting horror thriller, alien seeds from outer space infect a number of unlucky humans, who develop some unusual symptomsitchy, blue triangular growths on their skinthat eventually result in the carriers becoming screaming, homicidal maniacs. CIA agent Dew Phillips must find out why these formerly docile citizens are running amok, aided by Margaret Montoya, a Centers for Disease Control epidemiologist, who reported the first of the strange cases. One of the infected, former football player Perry Dawsey, doesn't take any crap from anybody, not even the aliens residing in his body. Sigler (Ancestor) leads the reader from one startling detail to the nextthe creatures learn to speak (feed us we hungry); they grow little black eyesuntil even hardened genre fans will find themselves whimpering at each new revelation. This terrifying page-turner could be the author's breakout book, fueled by an extensive online podcast campaign. 5-city author tour. (Apr.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '\\\"Part Stephen King, part Chuck Palahniuk, Infected blends science fiction and horror into a pulpy masterpiece of action, terror, and suspense. Three recommendations: don\\\\'t read it at night, or just after you\\\\'ve eaten a full meal, or if you\\\\'re weak of heart.You\\\\'ve been warned!\\\" James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain and Black Order
Powerfully written . . . an unforgettable central character. Dallas Morning News
Sigler is masterful at grabbing the reader by the throat and refusing to let go. Just when I thought I knew what abyss he was leading me across, he knocked the bridge out from under... I think I screamed the whole way down... Infected is a marvel of gonzo, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute terror. Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm and Death Match
Fraught with tension . . . Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Hot Zone. Rocky Mountain News
Sigler is the Richard Matheson of the 21st Centurysmart and creepy, Infected is a flawless thinking-persons thriller.Bravo to a bold new talent! Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bad Moon Rising and Ghost Road Blues
Riveting . . . even hardened genre fans will find themselves whimpering at each new revelation. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
\\\"Horror mavens rejoice! Infected is a revelation -- a novel that lives up to its hype. From page one, the story of a mysterious smart-virus that turns its hosts into deadly drooling drones creeps up on a reader like the ratchet of a roller coaster climbing toward its inevitable crest. Sigler brings the folksy character detail of Stephen King, the conceptual panache of Clive Barker, and the oozing, shuddery pathologies of a David Cronenberg movie.Zombies, spies, conspiracies, and gallons of goo make this the fastest read in the west! Highest recommendation!\\\" Jay Bonansinga, national bestselling author of Shattered, Twisted, Frozen, and The Sinking of the Eastland
\\\"Sigler has a unique talent for keeping readers on the edge of their seats; I absolutely had to know what was going to happen next. Infected is full of mayhem, action, and gore--and you wont be able to put it down.\\\" Dave Wellington, author of 13 Bullets and the Monster Island trilogy
\\\"Scott Sigler\\\\'s Infected isa bucking pulp pony that throws you this way and that, and just when you think you\\\\'ve got your balance, that ole pony bucks the other way.All in all, one hell of an exhilarating ride, and highly recommended.\\\" Joe R. Lansdale, World Horror Convention Grand Master and six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bubba Ho-Tep and Lost Echoes
\\\"Infected is as unnerving as a scream in a morguea breakout novel that gets under your skin. If the voice in your head is Sigler\\\\'s, you\\\\'re locked in for a very scary night.\\\" E.E. Knight', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Decoy\\nDescription: ['Someone was out to get Ben Sherman. First they had used cleverness, building a careful frame-up that would have meant five years in prison. When that missed, they got brutal - first a beating, then bullets. And still they failed, because Phoebe was always there, ready to help Ben with anything she had, be it a gun, a getaway car, or the sweet solace of her body.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Red Rising\\nDescription: ['', 'An Amazon Best Book of the Month, February 2014: Look beyond the inevitable comparison to The Hunger Games--Red Rising is the first book of a gritty, complex trilogy that blazes its own trail. On desolate Mars, the protagonist, Darrow, is caught in a class system that thrives on oppression and secrecy. He is a Red, the lowest member of society, born to toil in the bowels of the planet in service to the sovereign Golds. When Darrow suffers a devastating loss and betrayal he becomes a revolutionary, taking on a dangerous role in an attempt to bring about social justice. Questions of fate, duality, and loyalty, evolve in a cruel test of war between the sons and daughters of the ruling elite. By turns brutal and heartfelt, Red Rising is nonstop action with surprising twists and unforgettable characters. --Seira Wilson', '', 'A lot happens in this first installment of a projected trilogy. Darrow, living in a mining colony on Mars, sees his wife executed by the government, nearly dies himself, is rescued by the underground revolutionary group known as Sons of Ares, learns his government has been lying to him (and to everybody else), and is recruited to infiltrate the inner circle of society and help to bring it down from withinand thats all inside the first 100 pages. This is a very ambitious novel, with a fully realized society (class structure is organized by color: Darrow is a Red, a worker, a member of the lower class) and a cast of well-drawn characters. Although it should appeal to all age groups, there is a definite YA hook: despite being a veteran miner and a married man, Darrow is 16 when the novel begins. If told well, stories of oppression and rebellion have a built-in audience, and this one is told very well indeed. A natural for Hunger Games fans of all ages. --David Pitt', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Coppell, Texas: A History (Brief History)\\nDescription: [\\\"Jean Murph first wrote for the Coppell Star before creating the Citizens' Advocate, an independently owned community newspaper in Coppell, in 1984. She is an active member of the Coppell Historical Society and lives with her family in nearby Grapevine, Texas.
Lou Duggan was elected to the Coppell City Council in 1983 and served as the city's sixth mayor from 1985 to 1989. He joined Jean Murph at the Citizens' Advocate newspaper in 1990 as associate publisher/editor until 2010. During the intervening twenty years he and Murph have authored hundreds of articles, columns and feature stories about Coppell, many of which focused on the city's history. Duggan and his wife Judy remain active within the community.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Archetype\\nDescription: ['\\\"The literary equivalent of a big-screen blockbuster with its beautiful but deadly heroine, tragic love triangle and grim futuristic setting. The closest thing in print may be Margaret Atwood\\\\'s The Handmaid\\\\'s Tale, but Emma is Offred with mixed martial arts training. Given a chance to flee the male-dominated, baby-obsessed culture in which she has been ensnared, Emma picks up a gun and goes down fighting.Associated Press
A twisty, thought-provoking futuristic tale that unnerves and enthralls.Family Circle
Every now and then a book comes along that is truly unique, unforgettable, and genre-bending. Debut author Waters bursts onto the scene with a stunning first book of a duology. . . . Do not miss out!Romantic Times
\\\"M.D. Waters has given us that rare and wonderful action heroine who possesses both nerve and emotional depth. That rich characterization combined with an intricately crafted sci-fi mystery made Archetype an enthralling debut that I couldn\\\\'t put down.\\\"#1 New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead', 'M.D. Waters lives with her family in Maryland.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960- 1970.\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Postmortal\\nDescription: [\\\"“Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A disturbing portrait of a society convinced it’s close to utopia when a cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t take long for that seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from overpopulation, food and fuel shortages, and general lawlessness-going into systemic failure. . . . The Postmortal is a suitably chilling entry into the ‘it's-the-end-of-the-world’ canon.” —The Austin Chronicle
“Magary’s vision of future technology and science is eerily realistic. . . . By the time you finish, you’ll want to hold your loved ones close and stockpile bottles of water. If all else fails, you could potentially make a living selling them a few decades from now.” —The New York Press
“An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. This is his first novel but he tells the story masterfully. . . . The most frightening thing about The Postmortal is that this could really happen-it’s not a supernatural story, but it’s even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse.” —Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
“The first novel from a popular sports blogger and humorist puts a darkly comic spin on a science fiction premise and hits the sweet spot between Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. . . . [Magary] understands that satire is most effective when it gives the real world a gently absurd nudge, then lets its characters react much as we ourselves might under the same circumstances.” —Ron Hogan, Shelf Awareness
“Immortality has figured in a number of sf novels prior to this one, but never, to my experience, in this way. . . . A very clear-eyed picture, one I don’t think has been drawn before. . . . The Postmortal surprised me in a good way.” —Michelle West, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine
“The Postmortal is a punchy, fast-paced and endearing story. . . . As the novel progresses, it turns from a snappy morality tale, to a noir-ish revenge fable, to an action movie; complete with guns, rogue religious cults and government-sanctioned hit men. The narrative comes to us through John’s blog entries and collections of news bytes and pundit commentary. Through his sixty years as a 29-year-old, he experiences all the love, pain, grief, and terror of a standard lifetime and is still in good enough shape to kick some ass at the end. Like much good dystopian fiction, The Postmortal is an at-times unflattering commentary on human beings, present, past and future, that hits the mark in many ways. . . . For anyone intrigued with Life Extension science, it's a fun examination of our fears and expectations.” —The Nervous Breakdown
“A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population-bomb dystopia in the spirit of Logan’s Run, Soylent Green, and the best episodes of The Twilight Zone.” —Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad and Stretch
“As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague--that of human immortality. Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmortal, he creates an alternate history of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable. Read The Postmortal if you want to find out what happened to the human race in our last violent and absurd few years in New York.” —Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill
“I suppose you could wait for the inevitable Postmortal movie. But then you might miss Magary’s rendering, his word play, his singular sense of humor. A book that is, at once bracingly funny and—get this, Deadspin Nation—unmistakably poignant.” —L. Jon Wertheim, coauthor of Scorecasting
“As someone who is totally freaked out by the thought of dying, The Postmortal really stood on top of me and peed on my face. It’s depiction of the future isn’t filled with crappy robots fighting Will Smith. It’s filled with eerily realistic portrayals of what the future could look like and does it all in an incredibly entertaining story.” —Justin Halpern, author of Sh*t My Dad Says\\\", 'Drew Magary is a correspondent for GQ and a columnist for Deadspin. He is the author of two novels, The Hike and The Postmortal, and the memoir Someone Could Get Hurt. His writing has appeared in Maxim, New York, The Atlantic, Bon Appétit, The Huffington Post, the Awl, Gawker, Penthouse, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and on Comedy Central, NPR, NBC, Yahoo!, ESPN, and more. He’s been featured on Good Morning America and has been interviewed by the AV Club, the New York Observer, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, and many others. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids, and is a Chopped champion.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cozy Cubby Collection We're Back.\\nDescription: ['Debbie Mitchell is a Texas decorative painter and designer, that has spent many years designing, publishing and teaching to encourage others to attempt their painting with confidence, creativity and practice. They too, will achieve a feeling of expression, self-satisfaction and accomplishment with their painting skills.
With 27 total years of painting experience, in which includes about 13 years of publications and teaching, she is renowned for her cheerful, charming, lovable Cozy Cubby bear characters that have shown such affection to many, even on an International level. These bears are brought to life, with many light, airy layers of stippled fur, well depicted in this fun summertime project!
Travel teaching consumes a large portion of her time, visiting several chapters and shops per year, throughout the states. Showing guidance to others, she teaches in other countries including Japan, Argentina and Canada, which all have been an experience to embrace, savor and to learn from.
She has five books published along with a numerous selection of pattern packets. Many packets depict the Cubby Collection in all seasons, which are available.
Hopefully, these lil Cubbies will inspire or influence each of your lives, through their whimsical antics and life like positions and situations, taking you back in time a bit, with many fond memories of yesteryear, to cherish always. May they bring smiles to the faces of many that should encounter them.
Basically self-taught, with no formal training and countless hours, imparts the sense that everything is possible when you focus and put your best efforts forward. Devotion and the fact that you love to paint, has contributed to develop the talent within. Besides the book and pattern publications, there have been numerous magazine articles,designs produced into other products that appear in other craft medias or have been licensed to manufacture in various markets.
Family is very important and hers is a large part and help with the entire business. As a family, they work closely together in all aspects that make up the profession, including the wood shop now. Her Two kids are growing up; ages 22 and 18.
She has a collection of pocket puppies (Chihuahuas), that keep her entertained, loved and company, at home.
As a result of her perseverance with painting and designing, she has been capable of persuing avenues that are truly of special interest.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Talker 25\\nDescription: ['Gr 8 UpIn this debut novel, McCune creates a dystopian fantasy world in which humans are pitted against dragons. The United States military declares the winged creatures their number one enemy, and protagonist Mel finds herself kidnapped by the pro-dragon insurgency group to whichher deceased mother (who was killed by a dragon) once belonged. After spending time bonding with dragons, the military recaptures her, and Mel is kept with other teens to be \\\"reconditioned\\\": they must communicate telepathically with dragons in order to lure them to their deaths. At this point in the story, the tone shifts from middle school-appropriate to teen. Alcohol and sex are awkwardly interjected and seem unnecessary to the plot or character development. An amusing website based upon a dragon reality show portrayed in the book shows promise, yet it ultimately falls short of its potential. This is a fast-paced adventure, but the abrupt ending feels rushed. The book\\\\'s weakness lies in the heavy borrowing from popular trilogies. The emphasis on \\\"insurgents\\\" is reminiscent of Veronica Roth\\\\'s books, as is the mind control and monitoring of thoughts and dreams. Like Suzanne Collins\\\\'s Katniss, Mel undergoes makeup and costume changes for the cameras (she portrays herself in televised reenactments of dragon battles). Although lacking in originality, Talker 25 may have the familiarity and action-oriented storytelling that ravenous fans of the genre will enjoy.Laura Falli, McNeil High School, Austin, TX', 'Melissa Callahan is Talker 25, a name given her when she is imprisoned for being an Insurgent, a person who has joined the dragons fighting against the U.S. military. Hidden in a frozen Antarctica outpost, Melissa is forced to communicate with the dragons, trying to lure them into dangerous traps. Once captured, Melissa and the other Talkers must torture the gigantic animals while they themselves are enduring equally perverse tortures that force them into submission. Debut author McCune has created a unique world that readers will find both horrifying and compelling: good and evil are relative, and right and wrong are compromised. Are the dragons evil for killing humans to protect their children? Are Melissa and her fellow Talkers evil for participating in the torture of these animals to protect their families and themselves from similar tortures? Has the military manipulated dragons to frighten and control the citizenry? Be preparedTalker 25 will stretch your ability to absorb and endure Melissas disturbingly graphic existence as she defies the soldiers determination to break her will and force her to turn against the dragons that trust her. Grades 9-12. --Frances Bradburn', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Easy Care Native Plants: A Guide to Selecting and Using Beautiful American Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees in Gardens and Landscapes\\nDescription: ['This congenial guide from the author of The Weekender\\\\'s Gardening Manual frames a persuasive argument for gardening with low-maintenance native plant material. For centuries, Taylor points out, domestic gardeners have bypassed a wealth of local beauties in favor of high-maintenance prima donna imports. Ironically, the very gardeners they sought to emulate?namely, the British?have long prized many of these neglected American garden gems. Taylor\\\\'s briskly informative historical background section also charts the growing appreciation of what she calls \\\"our floral heritage\\\" (spurred on by such political champions as Lady Bird Johnson and President Clinton, who required, in a 1994 executive memorandum, that regional plants be used in all federally funded landscaping projects). A section on public and private gardens ranging across the country\\\\'s gardening zones and climates offers a guided tour, with observations from gardeners specializing in native horticulture and lists of their \\\"top dozen favorites.\\\" The final section, \\\"The Plants,\\\" delivers detailed descriptions of recommended native trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennials, etc., and is followed by a helpful appendix of suggested nursery sources. Thoroughly researched and written with humor and verve, Taylor\\\\'s book is both inspiring and practical and should help win converts to the growing native plant movement. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Taylor (The Weekender\\\\'s Gardening Manual, Holt, 1995) makes a persuasive argument for gardening with native American plants. The hundreds of plants profiled in chapters on trees, shrubs, groundcovers, climbers, bulbs, annuals, ferns, grasses, and perennials range from the familiar (butterfly weed, tulip tree) to the exotic (balloon vine, fringe cups). All were recommended as \\\"best\\\" by horticulturalists and amateur gardeners, many of whose gardens are described in a section on public and private gardens. Other chapters discuss design, an excellent historical overview of the development of native plants for American gardens, and the use of natives today (for example, in highway beautification). Carole Ottesen\\\\'s The Native Plant Primer (Crown, 1995) covers many of the same plants but at $50 may be too pricey for some libraries. Taylor\\\\'s book is highly recommended as a substitute or companion to Ottesen\\\\'s in both public and academic libraries.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Praise for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
A novel so readably juicy and surreptitiously smart, it deserves all the attention it can get...[Its] fresh diction and madcap plot bend the tone toward comedy, but it never mislays its solemn raison dtre. Monkeyshines aside, this is a story of Everyfamily in which loss engraves relationships, truth is a soulful stalker and coming-of-age means facing down the mirror, recognizing the shape-shifting notion of self.Barbara Kingsolver, The New York Times Book Review
Fowlers interests here are in what sets humans apart from their fellow primates. Cognitive, language and memory skills all come into playful question. But the heart of the noveland it has a big, warm, loudly beating heart throughoutis in its gradually pieced-together tale of family togetherness, disruption and reconciliation. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is Fowler at her best, mixing cerebral and emotional appeal together in an utterly captivating manner.The Seattle Times
Elegantly and humorously orchestrated...Knitting together Rosemarys at times poignant, at times hilarious scraps of uncovered memories, Fowler creates a fantastical tale of raw, animalistic love.O, The Oprah Magazine
[The novel] lies somewhere between psychological thriller, scientific theory and coming-of-age story, a seemingly untenable combination. But Fowler, through wit and mastery of her craft, handles the complexity effortlessly.USA Today
This brave, bold, shattering novel reminds us what it means to be human, in the best and worst sense.The Miami Herald
Rosemarys voicevulnerable, angry, shockingly honestis so compelling and the cast of characters, including Fern, irresistible. A fantastic novel: technically and intellectually complex, while emotionally gripping.Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
Piquant humor, refulgent language, a canny plot rooted in real-life experiences, an irresistible narrator, threshing insights, and tender emotionsFowler has outdone herself in this deeply inquisitive, cage-rattling novel.Booklist (starred review)
A strong, unsettling novel...Fowler explores the depths of human emotions and delivers a tragic love story that captures our hearts.Library Journal (starred review)
Rosemarys experience [is] a fascinating basis for insight into memory, the mind, and human development.Publishers Weekly
In this curious, wonderfully intelligent novel, Karen Joy Fowler brings to life a most unusual family. Wonderful Fern, wonderful Rosemary! Through them we feel what it means to be a human animal.Andrea Barrett, author of Servants of the Map and Ship Fever
Karen Joy Fowler has written the book she's always had in her to write. With all the quiet strangeness of her amazing Sarah Canary, and all the breezy wit and skill of her beloved Jane Austen Book Club, and a new, urgent gravity, she has told the story of an American family. An unusual familybut aren't all families unusual? A very American, an only-in-America familyand yet an everywhere family, whose children, parents, siblings, love one another very much, and damage one another badly. Does the love survive the damage? Will human beings survive the damage they do to the world they love so much? This is a strong, deep, sweet novel.Ursula K. Le Guin, author of Lavinia, The Unreal and the Real, and the Earthsea Cycle
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is a dark cautionary tale hanging out, incognito-style, in what at first seems a traditional family narrative. It is anything but. This novel is deliciously jaunty in tone and disturbing in material. Karen Joy Fowler tells the story of how one animalthe animal of mancan simultaneously destroy and expand our notion of what is possible.Alice Sebold, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon
You know how people say something is incredible or unbelievable when they mean it's excellent? Well, Karen Joy Fowler's new book is excellent: utterly believable and completely credible - a funny, moving, entertaining novel that is also an important and unblinking review of a shameful chapter in the history of science.Dr. Mary Doria Russell, biological anthropologist and author of The Sparrow and Doc
Its been years since Ive felt so passionate about a book. When I finished at 3 a.m., I wept, then I woke up the next morning, reread the ending, and cried all over again.Ruth Ozeki, author of My Year ofMeats and A Tale for the Time Being
This unforgettable novel is a dark and beautiful journey into the heart of a family, an exploration of the meanings of memory,a study of what it means to be human. In the end the book doesn't just break your heart;it takes your heart and won't give it back.Dan Chaon,author of Await Your Replyand Stay Awake
A funny, stingingly smart, and heartbreaking book. Among other things, it's about love, family, loss, and secrets; the acquisition and the loss of language. It's also about two sisters, Rosemary and Fern, who are unlike any other sisters you've ever met before.Kelly Link, author of Stranger Things Happen and Pretty Monsters\\\", 'Karen Joy Fowler, a PEN/Faulkner and California Book Award winner, is the author of six novels (two of them New York Times bestsellers) and four short story collections. She has been a Dublin IMPAC nominee, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Czechs in the RAF in Focus\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Superheroes Anonymous\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Lexie Dunne is a woman of many masks, all of them stored neatly in a box under her bed. By day a mild-mannered technical writer and by night a novelist, she keeps life interesting by ignoring it completely and writing instead. She hails from St. Louis, home of the world's largest croquet piece, where she can be found reading comics and spoiling her dog. Supervillains Anonymous is her love letter to the caped evildoers of the world. She does not count herself among their company, no matter how many cliffhangers she writes.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Superfoods for Healthy Kids: More Than 250 Immune-Boosting Foods and Great-Tasting Recipes for Your Children\\nDescription: [\\\"Lucy Burney trained as a nutritionist at the acclaimed Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. She is a nutritional consultant who specializes in children's health and regularly contributes to radio and television interviews on this subject. Lucy is a mother of four, and the author of two other books for parents including Optimum Nutrition for Babies and Young Children (2001). She can be contacted through her website: www.lucyburney.co.uk\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End\\nDescription: ['An international bestselling author, Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. After graduation, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Television de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. Apocalypse Z, his first novel, began as a popular blog before its publication, eventually becoming a bestseller in several countries, including Spain, Italy, and Brazil. Called the Spanish Stephen King by the Guardian, Manel has written three novels in the Apocalypse Z series. He currently resides in Pontevedra, Spain, where, in addition to writing, he is still a practicing lawyer.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Adventures as a Spy\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Autonomous: A Novel\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet.\\\"Neal Stephenson', '\\\"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POVand all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling.\\\"William Gibson', '\\\"This book is a cyborg. Partly, it\\\\'s a novel of ideas, about property, the very concept of it, and how our laws and systems about property shape class structure and society, as well as notions of identity, the self, bodies, autonomy at the most fundamental levels, all woven seamlessly into a dense mesh of impressive complexity. Don\\\\'t let that fool you though. Because wrapped around that is the most badass exoskeleton--a thrilling and sexy story about pirates and their adventures. Newitz has fused these two layers together at the micro- and macro-levels with insight and wit and verbal flair. Moves fast, with frightening intelligence.\\\" Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe', '\\\"Annalee Newitz has conjured the rarest, most exciting thing: a future that\\\\'s truly new ... a terrific novel and a tremendous vision.\\\" Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra\\\\'s 24-Hour Bookstore
\\\"Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable.\\\" Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of Broken Monsters', '\\\"Everything you\\\\'d hope for from the co-founder of io9 ... Combines the gonzo, corporatized future of Neal Stephenson\\\\'s Snow Crash with the weird sex of Charlie Stross\\\\'s Saturn\\\\'s Children; throws in an action hero that\\\\'s a biohacker version of Bruce Sterling\\\\'s Leggy Starlitz, and then saturates it with decades of deep involvement with free software hackers, pop culture, and the leading edge of human sexuality.\\\" Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Walkaway.', 'More praise for Scatter, Adapt, and Remember:', '\\\"Fascinating.... [Newitz is] an excellent writer, with an effortless style.... The inner science geek in all of us will uncover some really cool stuff.... A terrific book that covers an astounding amount of ground in a manageable 300 pages... You will be smarter for it.\\\" San Francisco Chronicle', '\\\"An enormous amount of knowledge is gathered here, and the book accomplishes something almost impossible, being extremely interesting on every single page. A real pleasure to read and think about.\\\" Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogy', '\\\"A refreshingly optimistic and well thought out dissection of that perennial worry: the coming apocalypse. While everyone else stridently shouts about the end of days, this book asks and answers a simple question: If its so bad, then why are we still alive?... Newitz inspires us with engaging arguments that our race will keep reaching the end of the world and then keep living through it. Scatter, Adapt, and Remember intimately acquaints the reader with our two-hundred-thousand-year tradition of survivalnothing less than our shared heritage as human beings.\\\"Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse and Amped', '', \\\"Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and has written for Popular Science, Wired, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also founded the science fiction website io9 and served as Editor-in-Chief from 20082015, and subsequently edited Gizmodo. As of 2016, she is Tech Culture Editor at the technology site Ars Technica. Autonomous is Annalee's first novel.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Anglo-Saxon magic\\nDescription: []\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":280,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":280,"string":"280"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (Random House Large Print)\nDescription: ['A charming, funny recounting of growing up in Des Moines during the sleepy 1950s. Bryson combines nostalgia, sharp wit and a dash of hyperbole to recreate his childhood in the rural Midwest. A great, fun read, especially for Baby Boomers nostalgic for the good old days. Kirkus Reviews *Starred*
While many memoirs convey a bittersweet nostalgia, Bill Brysons loving look at his childhood in The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is genuinely sweet. Framed within young Brysons fantasy of being a superhero, it matches the authors sparkling wit with his vivid, candid memories of 1950s America. Adding a healthy dose of social history, Bryson tells a larger story, with vignettes that reveal the gap between Americas postwar glow and its underlying angst. Bryson also touchingly recalls his fathers career as a sportswriter, his mothers awkward experiments with cooking and the outrageous adventures of his infamous traveling companion, Stephen Katz. Publishers Weekly, Fall Preview
Bill Brysons laugh-out-loud pilgrimage through his Fifties childhood in heartland America is a national treasure. Its full of insights, wit, and wicked adolescent fantasies. Tom Brokaw, NBC News
Bryson recounts the world of his younger self, buried in comic books in the Kiddie Corral at the local supermarket, resisting civil defense drills at school, and fruitlessly trying to unravel the mysteries of sex. His alter ego, the Thunderbolt Kid, born of his love for comic-book superheroes and the need to vaporize irritating people, serves as an astute outside observer of life around him. His familys foibles are humorously presented, from his mothers burnt, bland cooking to his fathers epic cheapness. The larger world of 1950s America emerges through the lens of Billys world, including the dark underbelly of racism, the fight against communism, and the advent of the nuclear age. Library Journal
Travel humorist Bryson took a decisive stand regarding his hometown almost 20 years ago when he published the story Fat Girls in Des Moines in Granta magazine. Now the author delves more deeply into his midwestern roots in a bittersweet laugh-out-loud recollection of his growing-up years. This affectionate portrait wistfully recalls the bygone days of Burns and Allen and downtown department stores but with a good-natured elbow poke to the ribs. Booklist Reviews
\"Takes us on yet another amiable ramble through terrain viewed with his characteristic mixture of bemused wit, acerbic astonishment and sweet benevolencewe come closest to the real Bryson in this, his first true memoirencompasses so much of human experience that you want to smile and sob at onceBrysons evocation of an era is near perfect: tender, hilarious and true. \" The Times (UK)
\"A wittily incisive book about innocence, and its limits, but in no sense an innocent bookLike Alan Bennett, another ironist posing as a sentimentalist, Bryson can play the teddy-bear and then deliver a sudden, grizzly-style swipemight tell us as much about the oddities of the American way as a dozen think-tanks. \" Independent
\"Always witty and sometimes hilariouswonderfully funny and touching.\" Literary Review (UK)
\"A funny, effortlessly readable, quietly enchanted memoirBryson also provides a quirky social history of Americahe always manages to slam on the brakes with a good joke just when things might get sentimental. \" Daily Mail (UK)
\"He can capture the flavour of the past with the lightest of touchesmarvellous set piecesAs a chronicler of the foibles and absurdities of daily life, Bryson has few peers. \" Sunday Telegraph (UK)
\"The beautifully realized elegiac tone of his childhood memoir invites readers to go tumbling down the rabbit hole of memory into the best days of their livesby turns playful affectionate, gently mocking, laugh-out-loud funny and even wistfully sad. His greatest gift is as a humorist, however, so it is the snickers, the guffaws and the undignified belly laughs he delivers on almost every page that make it worth buyingprobably the funniest book youll read this year. No, dammit. It is the funniest book youll find anytime soon. \" Sydney Morning Herald
\"Is this the most cheerful book Ive ever read, or the saddest?...hilariousa lovely, happy book. \" London Evening Standard
\"Bryson [writes] with a whiff of irony and a stronger perfume of affection, but never the stink of sentimentality. Darting between his life and the trajectory of America, he slips in a few key contextualising details, which he deploys with the same deft ease that made his A Short History of Nearly Everything so sneakily edifyingvery few [memoirs] contain a well of happiness this deep, or this complexly rendered.\" Scotland on Sunday', 'Bill Brysons bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here Nor There, In a Sunburned Country, Brysons Dictionary of Troublesome Words, and A Short History of Nearly Everything, the latter of which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize. Bryson lives in England with his wife and children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Knowing Knott: Essays on an American Poet\nDescription: ['Steven Huff is the author of two books of poetry, most recently More Daring Escapes (2008), and a collection of stories, A Pig in Paris (2008). He is a Pushcart Prize winner in fiction and an O.Henry finalist. The former Publisher at BOA Editions, Ltd., he is now Founding Publisher and Editor at Tiger Bark Press. He teaches creative writing at the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Boston.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life\nDescription: ['Judith Kolberg is a professional organizer and the author of Conquering Chronic Disorganization and Organizer for Disaster.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Death Of Money: The Prepper's Guide To Surviving Economic Collapse, The Loss Of Paper Assets And How To Prepare When Money Is Worthless\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Edgar & Susan: The Crow and the Woman He Loved\nDescription: ['Moses enjoys restoring and operating heavy construction equipment. Old cranes are his forte. He is an avid reader of histories and biographies. Moses and his wife, Susan, live in Mobile, Alabama. They have four children and eight grandchildren.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Some Sort of a Life\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (Discovering America)\nDescription: ['--', \"Josh Ozersky (19672015) was a James Beard Awardwinning food writer and cultural historian, the author of The Hamburger: A History. He writes on society and food for Time magazine and has written frequently for New York Magazine, the New York Times, Saveur, and numerous other publications. Among his other books are Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 19681978 and Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to Manhattan.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Adventures of Captain Kaleb: Pirate's Treasure\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us\nDescription: ['\"Pink makes a convincing case that organizations ignore intrinsic motivation at their peril.\" -Scientific American
\"Persuasive . . .Harnessing the power of intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic remuneration can be thoroughly satisfying and infinitely more rewarding.\" -Miami Herald
\"These lessons are worth repeating, and if more companies feel emboldened to follow Mr. Pink\\'s advice, then so much the better.\" -Wall Street Journal
\"Pink is rapidly acquiring international guru status . . . He is an engaging writer, who challenges and provokes.\" -Financial Times
\"Pink\\'s ideas deserve a wide hearing. Corporate boards, in fact, could do well by kicking out their pay consultants for an hour and reading Pink\\'s conclusions instead.\" -Forbes
\"Pink\\'s deft traversal of research at the intersection of psychology and economics make this a worthwhile read-no sticks necessary.\" -SEED
\"[Pink] continues his engaging exploration of how we work.\" -Inc. Magazine
\"Pink\\'s a gifted writer who turns even the heaviest scientific study into something digestible-and often amusing-without losing his intellectual punch.\" -New York Post
\"A worthwhile read. It reminds us that those of us on the right side of the brain are driven furthest and fastest in pursuit of what we love.\" -Minneapolis Star Tribune
\"Pink\\'s analysis--and new model--of motivation offers tremendous insight into our deepest nature.\" -Publishers Weekly
\"Important reading...an integral addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a radical shift in how businesses operate.\" -Kirkus
\"Drive is the rare book that will get you to think and inspire you to act. Pink makes a strong, science-based case for rethinking motivation--and then provides the tools you need to transform your life.\" -Dr. Mehmet Oz, co-author of YOU: The Owners Manual', 'Daniel H. Pink is the New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities in the U.S. and abroad on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry. Daniel H. Pink is the New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities in the U.S. and abroad on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Baby Dragons: An Adult Coloring Book with Adorable Dragon Babies, Cute Fantasy Creatures, and Hilarious Cartoon Scenes for Relaxation\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life\nDescription: ['According to Babauta (Zen to Done), employing the power of less will propel readers from chaos to blissful and productive minimalism. Learning to set limitations, such as penning a three-item Most Important Task list every day and restricting e-mails to five lines, is a cornerstone for the authors plan for increased simplicity and satisfaction. With new boundaries in place, readers can discover flow, become wholly absorbed in tasks and live the paradox of doing less and achieving more. (Jan.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Leo Babauta has been a reporter, editor, speechwriter, and freelance writer for the last 17 years. He founded ZenHabits.net with no funding in January 2007, and one year later it is a top 50 blog with about a million unique visitors per month. Using the methods he shars in THE POWER OF LESS over the last two years, he's trained and successfully completed a marathon, he's doubled his income, he's eliminated his debt, he's quit smoking, and he's written a novel.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Phonics 1 Teacher Guide Semester 2\nDescription: ['Phonics is a teaching method for learning how to spell and say words using sounds and patterns. When you see the letter 'C' and know that it makes a 'k' sound like in the word cat that is using phonics. Just the fact that you can read this article right now means you have experience with phonics, and it will help you when you start to learn much bigger words like 'catastrophe'.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s Diary, only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, from the Foreword
“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Afterword   “For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.” —Ira Berlin, from the Introduction
“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.” —The Daily Beast
“An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting. The movie of it by Steve McQueen might be the most successful adaptation of a book ever undertaken; text and film complement each other wildly.” —Rachel Kushner, The New York Times Book Review
“The best firsthand account of slavery.” —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, in The New York Times Book Review
“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.” —The Hollywood Reporter', 'Solomon Northup (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.
Ira Berlin is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include The Making of African America and Many Thousands Gone, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.']","rejected":"Title: Virus Hunt: The Search for the Origin of HIV\nDescription: [\"Scottish virologist Crawford (Viruses: A Very Short Introduction) celebrates the brilliant evolutionary sleuthing that helped solve the puzzle of the origins of HIV, a virus unlike any other that has now infected over 60 million people. The University of Edinburgh professor explains that those hunting for the source of the virus that causes AIDS collectively scoured the medical literature, hunted for old blood samples to test for HIV, and painstakingly analyzed genomes from around the world to find the answers they were looking for. Researchers discovered that though the scourge didn't make headlines until the early 1980s, its roots stretch back into the west central Africa of the early 20th century. They also found that the natural reservoir of the predecessor of HIV turned out to be a subspecies of chimpanzee whose infection jumped to humanslikely through exposure to infected blood during huntsto arrive in the U.S. around 1969. Crawford's incredible tale of medical detection also offers an absorbing take on African history, politics, and culture, as well as the invasion of European explorers and slave traders. This dense but engrossing history will appeal primarily to scientists, but it has a much broader significance: by understanding where, how, when and why the virus evolved and spread among us, we can surely work to prevent the next one. 21 b&w illus. (Aug.)\", ' \"A wonderful source book for professionals and a highly informative, often engrossing tale for lay readers.\" --Kirkus ', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad: What Fathers Can Do to Make a Lifelong Difference\nDescription: ['', 'Im delighted to see so many inspiring, practical, unexpected ideas for dads in one place. from the foreword by Josh McDowell', 'This is great stuff, worth any dads time. If you cant benefit from this, youre not listening. Ignore it only if you dont want to be a better dad. The first three copies are going to my grown sons. Jerry B. Jenkins, coauthor of the megaselling Left Behind series and author of over 150 other published works', 'Jay Payleitner has given fathers a gifta wise, delightful, practical, and profound book. If youre a father, you will thank him, and if youre not, youll read this book with joy and give it to a father who will rise up and call you blessed. Steve Brown, seminary professor, author of Welcome to the Family and other books, and the voice of Key Life Network', 'The stories will inspire you. The lessons will change you. Jay Payleitner shows twenty-first-century fatherhood for what it is and for what it needs to be. Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, professor and author of more than 50 books, including Man to Man and The Power of Positive Productivity.', 'I have been a wife for 37 years, a mom for 31, and a daughter for...well, lets just say even longer. With those credentials, I highly recommend this book to all dads. It is a good read and, more importantly, a great guide for any man desiring to meet the needs of the children God has entrusted to his care. Kendra Smiley, radio host, conference speaker, and author of Be the Parent and High-Wire Mom', 'Moms of all ages, grab this book for your husbands! Its inspiring, encouraging, and easy to read. Ellen Banks Elwell, author of The Christian Moms Idea Book and When Theres Not Enough of Me to Go Around', '52 Things Kids Need from a Dad reminds all of us of the humbling privilege and exhilarating joy of fatherhood. You wont find any lectures or guilt trips here. Instead, its more like 52 inspiring halftime talks. As your personal fathering coach, Jay will provoke you to think deep, laugh hard, and love more, leaving you with 52 unexpected fathering insights. Carey Casey, CEO of The National Center for Fathering, speaker, radio host, and author of Championship Fathering', \"This book is a must for dads who want to take their fathering to the next level. It's full of real-world advice anyone can take to heart and act upon. It's also fun to read with lots of stories. Formatted in short, easy-to-read chapters, you can pick it up at any time, learn something really useful, and set it down until you have a few more free minutes. I recommend this book. James Read, Creative Director, Grizzard Communications Group \", '', '', \"Jay Payleitner is one of the top freelance Christian radio producers in the United States. He has worked on Josh McDowell Radio, Today's Father, Jesus Freaks Radio for the Voice of the Martyrs, Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson, and many others. Hes also a popular speaker on parenting and marriage and the author of dozen-plus books, including the bestselling 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, 52 Things Wives Need from a Husband, and 52 Things Sons Need from Their Dad; he also created The Dad Manifesto. Jay has also served as an AWANA director, a wrestling coach, and the executive director of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative; he now partners with the National Center for Fathering, whose efforts he fosters and promotes. He and his wife, Rita, live near Chicago, where theyve raised five great kids and loved on ten foster babies.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Every Closed Eye Ain't 'Sleep\nDescription: [\"MaRita Teague is the author of the novel, Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep, The Taste of Good Fruit, and has been a contributing author in various publications. Holding a bachelor's from The Ohio State University and a master's in English from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, MaRita teaches college English composition. She lives in the Washington Metropolitan Area with her husband and three sons. To learn more about MaRita, visit her blog, Abiding in the Vine, Writing to Bear Fruit, at: MaRitaTeague.wordpress.com. Follow her on Twitter @MaRitaTeague\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sticking with Your Teen: How to Keep from Coming Unglued No Matter What\nDescription: ['\"An incredibly relevant and practical guide for parents trying to navigate through the tough years of raising teens.\" -- Greg Stier, CEO of Dare 2 Share Ministries International
\"An invaluable and inspiring resource for anyone parenting an adolescent. I highly recommend it!\" -- Cheri Fuller, Author of When Teens Pray and The Mom Youre Meant to Be: Loving Your Kids While Leaning on God
\"Joe White is todays voice of wisdom for parents of teens. Guaranteed to improve your communication with your teen.\" -- Susan Alexander Yates, Best-selling author of And Then I Had Teenagers and , 31 Days of Prayer for My Teen
\"Joe gives us a game plan that guarantees turning things around and potentially saving your relationship with your teen.\" -- Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg , Cohosts of Americas Family Coaches . . . LIVE! and authors of Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
\"Youre gonna love emboth Joe and this book! Its full of healthy conviction, powerful encouragement, and practical advice.\" -- Stu Weber, Pastor and author', 'Joe White \"knows more about teens than anyone in North America,\" says Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Owner and president of Kanakuk Kamps and several other camps, Joe White is also in demand as a speaker for organizations like Promise Keepers, Focus on the Family, AFTERdark college crusades, and for NFL and professional baseball chapels. He is the author of more than fourteen books, including Fuel, Dare 2B Wise, and Gold Medallion winner Pure Excitement. Joe and his wife, Debbie Jo, are the parents of four grown children and the grandparents of two. The Whites reside in Branson, Missouri.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lucy Loved Me - A Memoir\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey\nDescription: ['Charles K. Cowdery, author of Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey, writes about American Whiskey for The Malt Advocate and WHISKY Magazine. He wrote, produced and directed the public television documentary \"Made and Bottled in Kentucky,\" and is editor and publisher of The Bourbon Country Reader, the only publication dedicated exclusively to American whiskey. As a marketing professional, he has worked in and around the American liquor industry for more than 25 years. His other books include Blues Legends (Gibbs Smith), 20 profiles of notable blues musicians. He is also a marketing copywriter and attorney, and lives in Chicago, Illinois.']","rejected":"Title: The Street Games of 153rd St., Flushing, Queens, Ny\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartender's Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy\nDescription: ['', '', 'Ive imbibed every drink in this book, whether I can recall all the nights spent at PDT is another story. Jim Meehan has written a manifesto for aspiring drunks and bartenders alike. Source: David Chang, chef/owner of Momofuku', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Falling for Zoe: The Camerons of Tide's Way (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"The Camerons are a big, close-knit, often noisy, sometimes pesky, but always loving family. Descendants of hard-working folk who came from Scotland with little more than the clothes on their back and a steadfast faith in God, the Camerons are a patriotic, enterprising clan more apt to spend their spare time volunteering in the service of others than playing golf or checking their investment accounts. They've settled in Tide's Way, a little town that grew up around the Jolee Plantation in Coastal North Carolina, and planted their roots deep.
An orphan at eighteen, Sandy Marshal Cameron always dreamed of having a big family. Then she married Cam, and her dream came true. She loves every moment of it, especially worrying about her grown children when they will let her and fussing over a growing brood of grandchildren. Jake is her baby, and he's made a few mistakes in his life, but she's proud of the man he's become. She can't kiss away his hurts as she did when he was little, but her love and encouragement are always there when he needs it most. So come on down to Tide's Way and meet Jake and his family, and the new neighbor, Zoe Callahan, who challenges everything Jake thought he knew about himself. I hope you enjoy Falling for Zoe as much as I enjoyed writing it.\", 'Skye Taylor began writing during her years as a Peace Corps volunteer. In 2012, her first novel, Whatever It Takes, was published. She is thrilled to join the BelleBooks family and is currently working on a six-book contemporary romance series. Visit her website at Skye-Writer.com or on find her on Facebook.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes\nDescription: ['\"This is a raw and courageous book that turns over some rocks and shows what is crawling underneath.\" -- Thomas Sowell', 'DAVID HOROWITZ is the author of the best-selling autobiography Radical Son and co-author of Destructive Generation. A former leftist, he has nevertheless maintained consistent views on race throughout his polemical career. He is president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and editor of the journal Heterodoxy. Mr. Horowitz lives in Los Angeles.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Jonathan Belcher, Colonial Governor\nDescription: [\"As early as the eighteenth century, New England's ministers were decrying public morality in jeremiads aimed at wayward colonists. Evangelical leaders such as Jonathan Edwards called for rulers to become spiritual as well as political leaders who would renew the people's covenant with God. The prosperous merchant Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) self-consciously strove to become such a leader, an American Nehemiah. As governor of three royal colonies and early patron of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Belcher became an important but controversial figure in colonial America. An insightful blend of social and political history, this biography demands that Belcher be recognized as the embodiment of the Nehemiah, perhaps as important in his own realm as Cotton Mather was in religious circles. Grappling with the contradictions of Belcher's actions, the author explains much about the complexities of the world in which Belcher lived and wielded influence and, by weaving together social, religious, and cultural history, portrays in the career of Jonathan Belcher a richly detailed synthesis of the tumultuous late colonial period.\", 'Michael C. Batinski is associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Jacques Ppin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Meet Me in the Moon Room: Stories\nDescription: ['The same antic spirit that imbued Vukcevich\\'s mystery novel The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces moves playfully through this first collection of fantastic fiction, whose 33 helium-filled stories achieve just the right absurdist lift to escape the gravity of their themes. \"By the Time We Get to Uranus\" offers a peculiarly affecting take on terminal illness: the afflicted grow buoyant spacesuits that force them to leave loved ones behind. The mysteries of parenthood manifest amusingly in \"Poop,\" about a couple who discover that their newborn\\'s diaper fills variously with birds, mice and symphonic music. Though deceptively simple in their pared-down style, the vignettes show meticulous care in the crafting of oddball metaphors to express the moods of their estranged spouses, exasperated lovers, competitive children and disgruntled employees. The willingness with which the author\\'s characters accept the incongruity of their situations often yields profoundly moving insights into the human condition. In the poignant title tale, for example, a man does not find it at all strange that a lover from decades past has summoned him to a simulated moon landscape at a theme park, reflecting that the meaning of life really is \"nothing more than a couple of people huddling close for comfort in a cold universe.\" Inventive and entertaining, these stories yield more emotional truth than much comparatively realistic fiction. (Aug.)Forecast: With blurbs from Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm and Jeffrey Ford, this collection is a quality item that should benefit from good word of mouth.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"A man pulls the sweater his girlfriend made him over his head and nearly gets lost inside it. Rescued from the arctic ice, the dying Victor (Frankenstein) tells a story that leaves little doubt that the monster is James Joyce or Stephen Dedalus or Finn (again). Tim saves the world from a comet by having his family put paper bags over their heads. What? What?! What?!! Calm down. This is just the world according to Ray Vukcevich, sf-ish enough to get him into the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Asimov's but also resembling the fantastic milieus of Gogol, Kafka, and Looney Toons. Whether you cotton to it depends on how you feel about cartoons made of words and prisons made of logic: Are you afraid or amused? Actually, either reaction works for appreciating Vukcevich's outlandish virtuosity. Sf fans with long memories will note Vukcevich's deadpan delivery and jokey-creepy aura, recall the wonder-workings of Fredric Brown (see From These Ashes [BKL Ap 15 01]), and smile. Ray Olson Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World\nDescription: [\"'If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic!' -Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association
'Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair.' -Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church
'An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it!' -Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life\", '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Face to Face\nDescription: ['Tarrance Weaver was born in Aiken, South Carolina. He currently resides in the Englewoodneighborhood within the inner city of Chicago, Illinois where he ministers to youth, works in his church,and has completed his first book titled Face to Face Where Life Meets Reality. Tarrance works forPeople United to Save Urban America, and is employed under Bishop Spencer Jones. Weekly, Tarrancevisits three to four elementary and middle schools to be a positive role model to Chicago\\'s inner-city youth. He also travels to churches throughout the United States with Bishop Jones, and gives histestimony to the ears of hundreds of listeners. Tarrance says that his first book, \"Face to Face WhereLife Meets Reality, is a book that reveals the delivering, healing, and redeeming power of Jesus Christto the broken, the hurting, and the lost. This book talks about our face to face encounters with God,life, the world, and our own personal struggles. \"Tarrance was asked to sum up his life in a few sentences and he replied, \"My life has been an amazing ride from small choppy streams into the ocean of life. It hasn\\'t been an easy ride, but I\\'ve realizedthe true vastness and beauty that this life offers, and I\\'ve learned to embrace all of God\\'s people and creations as they bless me with their presence.\" Tarrance\\'s mission statement for his life is to, \"Live this life to the fullest. Realize that this life is not about me, but it\\'s about others - about saving souls, sharing love, and embracing loved ones.\"', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Carnivore's Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat\nDescription: ['\"One of the best and most succinct arguments for buying sustainable food.\"Corby Kummer, The Atlantic
\"Passionate, thoughtful and more than occasionally amusing.\"Ralph Gardner Jr., The Wall Street Journal
\"The Carnivore\\'s Manifesto is about a lot more than eating meat. It\\'s about living well and having fun while being conscious of what goes into your body.\"Mario Batali
\"Patrick Martins is the shepherd of domesticated animal rights. Tend to them mercifully, then \\'eat \\'em if you want to keep \\'em,\\' he\\'s always said. This manifesto offers a unique perspective in an edgy, guerrilla style. You\\'ll find it impossible to put to pasture.\"Mark Ladner, executive chef at Del Posto, New York
\"Read this book!\"Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International
\"Martins, founder of Slow Foods USA and Heritage Foods USA . . . has created a blueprint for healthy eating, sustainable farming, biodiversity, as well as for protecting culinary traditions and cultural differences. [He] is passionate, preachy, and, above all, practical-he doesn\\'t want you to make your own ketchup or give up pizza, just to buy the best meat and produce that is in season and to chose \"quality\" food over \"commodity\" food.\"Publisher\\'s Weekly', \"Patrick Martins is a distributor of locally raised meat through his company Heritage Foods USA, which sends over 60,000 pounds of meat every week to New York's top restaurants. He is also a founder of Slow Food USA and a founder and on-air personality at Heritage Radio Network, which has over 1 million visitors a month. He lives in Brooklyn.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Coach: A Football Coach's Notebook\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: How to Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business: Unexpected Rules Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know\nDescription: ['Once again, Fox gets his business expressed just right. After equally succinct books on becoming a great boss and a CEO--among other career aspirations--he addresses the more than 25 million small business owners in the U.S with a few homilies, some practicums, and many direct commandments, such as \"selling is job number one\" or \"pick up paper clips . . . but overspend on customers.\" And this one as well, \"work on the business, not just in the business.\" Smart remarks notwithstanding, this prolific, no-nonsense writer gets readers\\' attention with short snappy chapters and down-to-earth advice, covering funding (sources for loans) and sitting on nonprofit boards (\"give, get, or get off\") as well as marketing and running a business. Even seasoned pros can benefit from his words. Barbara Jacobs Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', \"Jeffrey J. Fox is the founder of Fox & Co., Inc., a premier marketing consulting company, serving over sixty companies in sixty industries. Prior to starting Fox & Co., Mr. Fox. was VP of Marketing and Corporate VP of Loctite Corporation. He was also director of marketing for the wine division of Pillsbury, and held various senior marketing posts at Heublein, Inc, including Director of New Products. Fox is the winner of Sales and Marketing Management magazine's Outstanding Marketer Award; and the National Industrial Distributors Award as the Nation's Best Industrial Marketer. He is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study that is rated one of the top 100 case studies, and is thought to be the most widely taught marketing case in the world. Fox has been a guest lecturer at The Harvard Business School (from which he has an MBA), The Amos Tuck School, The Conference Board, and numerous other organizations. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Business Marketing, and numerous other publications, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He works in Avon, CT and lives in New Hampshire.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Butterflies in May\nDescription: [\"Grade 8 UpA rather ordinary tale of teen pregnancy. Ali Parker is a bright, middle-class, suburban girl headed for college. She and her boyfriend are usually careful about birth control, but she ends up pregnant after one lapse. She schedules an abortion but can't go through with it. When she tells her parents, they are disappointed but supportive, as are her friends and teachers. Ali weathers the ups and downs of pregnancy, befriends another expecting teen, and deals with her sometimes loving, sometimes distant boyfriend as she tries to plan for an uncertain future. She meets a perfect couple who want to adopt her child but wonders if she can bring herself to part with the baby. Ali could be almost any young woman struggling with this issue, which gives the story a bland feel, as does the adequate but rarely sparkling prose. Angela Johnson's The First Part Last (2003), Rachel Cohn's Gingerbread (2002, both S & S), and Sarah Dessen's Someone Like You (Viking, 1998) are more notable novels about the subject. Nevertheless, Hart's solid first-person account of a teenager's life-altering experience will draw in readers, who will most likely stick around to find out whether Ali makes the predictable choice.Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"This tale of Ali Parker, a pregnant teen from a good family, is heartbreaking because it is so devastatingly honest. --LIBBY STERNBERG, EDGAR FINALIST FOR UNCOVERING SADIE'S SECRETS
A moving story that explores with sensitivity how one high school student makes a decision thats right for her. --PETER BEARMAN, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO CO-AUTHORED THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY EVER DONE OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND SEXUALITY
An essential springboard for discussion and learning. --CATHARINE FARRELL, LIBRARIAN, MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, SANTA ROSA, CA\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Father You've Always Wanted : How God Heals Your Father Wounds\nDescription: ['No matter what kind of dad you have--or don\\'t have--you can have the Father you\\'ve always wanted.
It is a tragic reality that many of us never experience the solid, positive presence of a loving father. But God promised that He would not leave us orphans, that everyone who believes becomes an adopted son or daughter of a loving Father in heaven.
With deep conviction and strong encouragement, Ed McGlasson invites you to take heart and have hope in your heavenly Father who loves you, blesses you, and will never leave you. Through this healing message, you will find a new sense of the purpose, identity, and value you have been searching for your whole life.
\"There are countless men and women today suffering from the painful effects of growing up without a father in their lives. I understand that pain! But in The Father You\\'ve Always Wanted, Ed helps readers understand the healing and hope found in God, our heavenly Father.\"--Jim Daly, president, Focus on the Family
\"The strongest form of motivation is encouragement. The Father You\\'ve Always Wanted will motivate you to bless, encourage, and rally the people in your life. It is a healing book, full of remedies--a must read.\"--Bill McCartney,founder and chairman emeritus, Promise Keepers
\"I wish I could pass this book out to every dad I know. Ed McGlasson is passionate about helping men become all they were meant to be. This book is a compelling read with very practical insight.\"--Jim Burns, PhD, president, HomeWord; author, Creating an Intimate Marriage and Confident Parenting
\"Unbelievably powerful is an understatement. Its profound truth and penetrating impact has been deeply imbedded into the recesses of my heart, never to be forgotten. Outstanding.\"--Debbie Rasa, owner/partner, Rasa Floors, LLC
Ed Tandy McGlasson is a former lineman in the NFL where he played with the Giants, the Jets, and the Rams. Ed entered the ministry in 1984, and in 1988 he planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim, California, and has been a pastor there since. His first book, The Difference a Father Makes, along with his conference The Blessing of the Father, keeps Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events worldwide.', \"Ed Tandy McGlasson is a former lineman in the National Football League where he played with the Giants, the Jets, and the Rams. Ed's call to ministry began in college after being healed from a career-ending knee injury that led to his conversion while playing for Youngstown State. Ed eventually entered the ministry in 1984 and started traveling and sharing his testimony and doing evangelistic crusades. In 1988 Ed planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim, California, and has been a pastor there since.
Ed has spoken at numerous conferences across the country and around the world, including a number of rallies for Billy Graham crusades. Ed's first book, The Difference a Father Makes--which has over 200,000 copies in print--along with his conference The Blessing of the Father, keeps Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Contemporary Labor Economics (The Mcgraw-hill Series Economics)\nDescription: ['Stanley L. Brue did his undergraduate work at Augustana College (South Dakota) and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from the University of NebraskaLincoln. He is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, where he has been honored as a recipient of the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award. Professor Brue has also received the national Leavey Award for excellence in economic education. He has served as national president and chair of the Board of Trustees of Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honorary. He is coauthor of Economic Scenes, Fifth edition (Prentice-Hall), Contemporary Labor Economics, Seventh edition, Essentials of Economics, First edition (both The McGraw-Hill Companies), and The Evolution of Economic Thought, Seventh edition (South-Western).']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (Random House Large Print)\\nDescription: ['A charming, funny recounting of growing up in Des Moines during the sleepy 1950s. Bryson combines nostalgia, sharp wit and a dash of hyperbole to recreate his childhood in the rural Midwest. A great, fun read, especially for Baby Boomers nostalgic for the good old days. Kirkus Reviews *Starred*
While many memoirs convey a bittersweet nostalgia, Bill Brysons loving look at his childhood in The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is genuinely sweet. Framed within young Brysons fantasy of being a superhero, it matches the authors sparkling wit with his vivid, candid memories of 1950s America. Adding a healthy dose of social history, Bryson tells a larger story, with vignettes that reveal the gap between Americas postwar glow and its underlying angst. Bryson also touchingly recalls his fathers career as a sportswriter, his mothers awkward experiments with cooking and the outrageous adventures of his infamous traveling companion, Stephen Katz. Publishers Weekly, Fall Preview
Bill Brysons laugh-out-loud pilgrimage through his Fifties childhood in heartland America is a national treasure. Its full of insights, wit, and wicked adolescent fantasies. Tom Brokaw, NBC News
Bryson recounts the world of his younger self, buried in comic books in the Kiddie Corral at the local supermarket, resisting civil defense drills at school, and fruitlessly trying to unravel the mysteries of sex. His alter ego, the Thunderbolt Kid, born of his love for comic-book superheroes and the need to vaporize irritating people, serves as an astute outside observer of life around him. His familys foibles are humorously presented, from his mothers burnt, bland cooking to his fathers epic cheapness. The larger world of 1950s America emerges through the lens of Billys world, including the dark underbelly of racism, the fight against communism, and the advent of the nuclear age. Library Journal
Travel humorist Bryson took a decisive stand regarding his hometown almost 20 years ago when he published the story Fat Girls in Des Moines in Granta magazine. Now the author delves more deeply into his midwestern roots in a bittersweet laugh-out-loud recollection of his growing-up years. This affectionate portrait wistfully recalls the bygone days of Burns and Allen and downtown department stores but with a good-natured elbow poke to the ribs. Booklist Reviews
\\\"Takes us on yet another amiable ramble through terrain viewed with his characteristic mixture of bemused wit, acerbic astonishment and sweet benevolencewe come closest to the real Bryson in this, his first true memoirencompasses so much of human experience that you want to smile and sob at onceBrysons evocation of an era is near perfect: tender, hilarious and true. \\\" The Times (UK)
\\\"A wittily incisive book about innocence, and its limits, but in no sense an innocent bookLike Alan Bennett, another ironist posing as a sentimentalist, Bryson can play the teddy-bear and then deliver a sudden, grizzly-style swipemight tell us as much about the oddities of the American way as a dozen think-tanks. \\\" Independent
\\\"Always witty and sometimes hilariouswonderfully funny and touching.\\\" Literary Review (UK)
\\\"A funny, effortlessly readable, quietly enchanted memoirBryson also provides a quirky social history of Americahe always manages to slam on the brakes with a good joke just when things might get sentimental. \\\" Daily Mail (UK)
\\\"He can capture the flavour of the past with the lightest of touchesmarvellous set piecesAs a chronicler of the foibles and absurdities of daily life, Bryson has few peers. \\\" Sunday Telegraph (UK)
\\\"The beautifully realized elegiac tone of his childhood memoir invites readers to go tumbling down the rabbit hole of memory into the best days of their livesby turns playful affectionate, gently mocking, laugh-out-loud funny and even wistfully sad. His greatest gift is as a humorist, however, so it is the snickers, the guffaws and the undignified belly laughs he delivers on almost every page that make it worth buyingprobably the funniest book youll read this year. No, dammit. It is the funniest book youll find anytime soon. \\\" Sydney Morning Herald
\\\"Is this the most cheerful book Ive ever read, or the saddest?...hilariousa lovely, happy book. \\\" London Evening Standard
\\\"Bryson [writes] with a whiff of irony and a stronger perfume of affection, but never the stink of sentimentality. Darting between his life and the trajectory of America, he slips in a few key contextualising details, which he deploys with the same deft ease that made his A Short History of Nearly Everything so sneakily edifyingvery few [memoirs] contain a well of happiness this deep, or this complexly rendered.\\\" Scotland on Sunday', 'Bill Brysons bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here Nor There, In a Sunburned Country, Brysons Dictionary of Troublesome Words, and A Short History of Nearly Everything, the latter of which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize. Bryson lives in England with his wife and children.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Knowing Knott: Essays on an American Poet\\nDescription: ['Steven Huff is the author of two books of poetry, most recently More Daring Escapes (2008), and a collection of stories, A Pig in Paris (2008). He is a Pushcart Prize winner in fiction and an O.Henry finalist. The former Publisher at BOA Editions, Ltd., he is now Founding Publisher and Editor at Tiger Bark Press. He teaches creative writing at the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Boston.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life\\nDescription: ['Judith Kolberg is a professional organizer and the author of Conquering Chronic Disorganization and Organizer for Disaster.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Death Of Money: The Prepper's Guide To Surviving Economic Collapse, The Loss Of Paper Assets And How To Prepare When Money Is Worthless\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Edgar & Susan: The Crow and the Woman He Loved\\nDescription: ['Moses enjoys restoring and operating heavy construction equipment. Old cranes are his forte. He is an avid reader of histories and biographies. Moses and his wife, Susan, live in Mobile, Alabama. They have four children and eight grandchildren.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Some Sort of a Life\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (Discovering America)\\nDescription: ['--', \\\"Josh Ozersky (19672015) was a James Beard Awardwinning food writer and cultural historian, the author of The Hamburger: A History. He writes on society and food for Time magazine and has written frequently for New York Magazine, the New York Times, Saveur, and numerous other publications. Among his other books are Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 19681978 and Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to Manhattan.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Adventures of Captain Kaleb: Pirate's Treasure\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us\\nDescription: ['\\\"Pink makes a convincing case that organizations ignore intrinsic motivation at their peril.\\\" -Scientific American
\\\"Persuasive . . .Harnessing the power of intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic remuneration can be thoroughly satisfying and infinitely more rewarding.\\\" -Miami Herald
\\\"These lessons are worth repeating, and if more companies feel emboldened to follow Mr. Pink\\\\'s advice, then so much the better.\\\" -Wall Street Journal
\\\"Pink is rapidly acquiring international guru status . . . He is an engaging writer, who challenges and provokes.\\\" -Financial Times
\\\"Pink\\\\'s ideas deserve a wide hearing. Corporate boards, in fact, could do well by kicking out their pay consultants for an hour and reading Pink\\\\'s conclusions instead.\\\" -Forbes
\\\"Pink\\\\'s deft traversal of research at the intersection of psychology and economics make this a worthwhile read-no sticks necessary.\\\" -SEED
\\\"[Pink] continues his engaging exploration of how we work.\\\" -Inc. Magazine
\\\"Pink\\\\'s a gifted writer who turns even the heaviest scientific study into something digestible-and often amusing-without losing his intellectual punch.\\\" -New York Post
\\\"A worthwhile read. It reminds us that those of us on the right side of the brain are driven furthest and fastest in pursuit of what we love.\\\" -Minneapolis Star Tribune
\\\"Pink\\\\'s analysis--and new model--of motivation offers tremendous insight into our deepest nature.\\\" -Publishers Weekly
\\\"Important reading...an integral addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a radical shift in how businesses operate.\\\" -Kirkus
\\\"Drive is the rare book that will get you to think and inspire you to act. Pink makes a strong, science-based case for rethinking motivation--and then provides the tools you need to transform your life.\\\" -Dr. Mehmet Oz, co-author of YOU: The Owners Manual', 'Daniel H. Pink is the New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities in the U.S. and abroad on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry. Daniel H. Pink is the New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities in the U.S. and abroad on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Baby Dragons: An Adult Coloring Book with Adorable Dragon Babies, Cute Fantasy Creatures, and Hilarious Cartoon Scenes for Relaxation\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life\\nDescription: ['According to Babauta (Zen to Done), employing the power of less will propel readers from chaos to blissful and productive minimalism. Learning to set limitations, such as penning a three-item Most Important Task list every day and restricting e-mails to five lines, is a cornerstone for the authors plan for increased simplicity and satisfaction. With new boundaries in place, readers can discover flow, become wholly absorbed in tasks and live the paradox of doing less and achieving more. (Jan.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \\\"Leo Babauta has been a reporter, editor, speechwriter, and freelance writer for the last 17 years. He founded ZenHabits.net with no funding in January 2007, and one year later it is a top 50 blog with about a million unique visitors per month. Using the methods he shars in THE POWER OF LESS over the last two years, he's trained and successfully completed a marathon, he's doubled his income, he's eliminated his debt, he's quit smoking, and he's written a novel.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Phonics 1 Teacher Guide Semester 2\\nDescription: ['Phonics is a teaching method for learning how to spell and say words using sounds and patterns. When you see the letter 'C' and know that it makes a 'k' sound like in the word cat that is using phonics. Just the fact that you can read this article right now means you have experience with phonics, and it will help you when you start to learn much bigger words like 'catastrophe'.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)\\nDescription: ['“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s Diary, only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, from the Foreword
“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Afterword   “For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.” —Ira Berlin, from the Introduction
“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.” —The Daily Beast
“An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting. The movie of it by Steve McQueen might be the most successful adaptation of a book ever undertaken; text and film complement each other wildly.” —Rachel Kushner, The New York Times Book Review
“The best firsthand account of slavery.” —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, in The New York Times Book Review
“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after Uncle Tom’s Cabin came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.” —The Hollywood Reporter', 'Solomon Northup (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.
Ira Berlin is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include The Making of African America and Many Thousands Gone, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Virus Hunt: The Search for the Origin of HIV\\nDescription: [\\\"Scottish virologist Crawford (Viruses: A Very Short Introduction) celebrates the brilliant evolutionary sleuthing that helped solve the puzzle of the origins of HIV, a virus unlike any other that has now infected over 60 million people. The University of Edinburgh professor explains that those hunting for the source of the virus that causes AIDS collectively scoured the medical literature, hunted for old blood samples to test for HIV, and painstakingly analyzed genomes from around the world to find the answers they were looking for. Researchers discovered that though the scourge didn't make headlines until the early 1980s, its roots stretch back into the west central Africa of the early 20th century. They also found that the natural reservoir of the predecessor of HIV turned out to be a subspecies of chimpanzee whose infection jumped to humanslikely through exposure to infected blood during huntsto arrive in the U.S. around 1969. Crawford's incredible tale of medical detection also offers an absorbing take on African history, politics, and culture, as well as the invasion of European explorers and slave traders. This dense but engrossing history will appeal primarily to scientists, but it has a much broader significance: by understanding where, how, when and why the virus evolved and spread among us, we can surely work to prevent the next one. 21 b&w illus. (Aug.)\\\", ' \\\"A wonderful source book for professionals and a highly informative, often engrossing tale for lay readers.\\\" --Kirkus ', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad: What Fathers Can Do to Make a Lifelong Difference\\nDescription: ['', 'Im delighted to see so many inspiring, practical, unexpected ideas for dads in one place. from the foreword by Josh McDowell', 'This is great stuff, worth any dads time. If you cant benefit from this, youre not listening. Ignore it only if you dont want to be a better dad. The first three copies are going to my grown sons. Jerry B. Jenkins, coauthor of the megaselling Left Behind series and author of over 150 other published works', 'Jay Payleitner has given fathers a gifta wise, delightful, practical, and profound book. If youre a father, you will thank him, and if youre not, youll read this book with joy and give it to a father who will rise up and call you blessed. Steve Brown, seminary professor, author of Welcome to the Family and other books, and the voice of Key Life Network', 'The stories will inspire you. The lessons will change you. Jay Payleitner shows twenty-first-century fatherhood for what it is and for what it needs to be. Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, professor and author of more than 50 books, including Man to Man and The Power of Positive Productivity.', 'I have been a wife for 37 years, a mom for 31, and a daughter for...well, lets just say even longer. With those credentials, I highly recommend this book to all dads. It is a good read and, more importantly, a great guide for any man desiring to meet the needs of the children God has entrusted to his care. Kendra Smiley, radio host, conference speaker, and author of Be the Parent and High-Wire Mom', 'Moms of all ages, grab this book for your husbands! Its inspiring, encouraging, and easy to read. Ellen Banks Elwell, author of The Christian Moms Idea Book and When Theres Not Enough of Me to Go Around', '52 Things Kids Need from a Dad reminds all of us of the humbling privilege and exhilarating joy of fatherhood. You wont find any lectures or guilt trips here. Instead, its more like 52 inspiring halftime talks. As your personal fathering coach, Jay will provoke you to think deep, laugh hard, and love more, leaving you with 52 unexpected fathering insights. Carey Casey, CEO of The National Center for Fathering, speaker, radio host, and author of Championship Fathering', \\\"This book is a must for dads who want to take their fathering to the next level. It's full of real-world advice anyone can take to heart and act upon. It's also fun to read with lots of stories. Formatted in short, easy-to-read chapters, you can pick it up at any time, learn something really useful, and set it down until you have a few more free minutes. I recommend this book. James Read, Creative Director, Grizzard Communications Group \\\", '', '', \\\"Jay Payleitner is one of the top freelance Christian radio producers in the United States. He has worked on Josh McDowell Radio, Today's Father, Jesus Freaks Radio for the Voice of the Martyrs, Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson, and many others. Hes also a popular speaker on parenting and marriage and the author of dozen-plus books, including the bestselling 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, 52 Things Wives Need from a Husband, and 52 Things Sons Need from Their Dad; he also created The Dad Manifesto. Jay has also served as an AWANA director, a wrestling coach, and the executive director of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative; he now partners with the National Center for Fathering, whose efforts he fosters and promotes. He and his wife, Rita, live near Chicago, where theyve raised five great kids and loved on ten foster babies.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Every Closed Eye Ain't 'Sleep\\nDescription: [\\\"MaRita Teague is the author of the novel, Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep, The Taste of Good Fruit, and has been a contributing author in various publications. Holding a bachelor's from The Ohio State University and a master's in English from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, MaRita teaches college English composition. She lives in the Washington Metropolitan Area with her husband and three sons. To learn more about MaRita, visit her blog, Abiding in the Vine, Writing to Bear Fruit, at: MaRitaTeague.wordpress.com. Follow her on Twitter @MaRitaTeague\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sticking with Your Teen: How to Keep from Coming Unglued No Matter What\\nDescription: ['\\\"An incredibly relevant and practical guide for parents trying to navigate through the tough years of raising teens.\\\" -- Greg Stier, CEO of Dare 2 Share Ministries International
\\\"An invaluable and inspiring resource for anyone parenting an adolescent. I highly recommend it!\\\" -- Cheri Fuller, Author of When Teens Pray and The Mom Youre Meant to Be: Loving Your Kids While Leaning on God
\\\"Joe White is todays voice of wisdom for parents of teens. Guaranteed to improve your communication with your teen.\\\" -- Susan Alexander Yates, Best-selling author of And Then I Had Teenagers and , 31 Days of Prayer for My Teen
\\\"Joe gives us a game plan that guarantees turning things around and potentially saving your relationship with your teen.\\\" -- Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg , Cohosts of Americas Family Coaches . . . LIVE! and authors of Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
\\\"Youre gonna love emboth Joe and this book! Its full of healthy conviction, powerful encouragement, and practical advice.\\\" -- Stu Weber, Pastor and author', 'Joe White \\\"knows more about teens than anyone in North America,\\\" says Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Owner and president of Kanakuk Kamps and several other camps, Joe White is also in demand as a speaker for organizations like Promise Keepers, Focus on the Family, AFTERdark college crusades, and for NFL and professional baseball chapels. He is the author of more than fourteen books, including Fuel, Dare 2B Wise, and Gold Medallion winner Pure Excitement. Joe and his wife, Debbie Jo, are the parents of four grown children and the grandparents of two. The Whites reside in Branson, Missouri.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lucy Loved Me - A Memoir\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey\\nDescription: ['Charles K. Cowdery, author of Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey, writes about American Whiskey for The Malt Advocate and WHISKY Magazine. He wrote, produced and directed the public television documentary \\\"Made and Bottled in Kentucky,\\\" and is editor and publisher of The Bourbon Country Reader, the only publication dedicated exclusively to American whiskey. As a marketing professional, he has worked in and around the American liquor industry for more than 25 years. His other books include Blues Legends (Gibbs Smith), 20 profiles of notable blues musicians. He is also a marketing copywriter and attorney, and lives in Chicago, Illinois.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Street Games of 153rd St., Flushing, Queens, Ny\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartender's Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Ive imbibed every drink in this book, whether I can recall all the nights spent at PDT is another story. Jim Meehan has written a manifesto for aspiring drunks and bartenders alike. Source: David Chang, chef/owner of Momofuku', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Falling for Zoe: The Camerons of Tide's Way (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"The Camerons are a big, close-knit, often noisy, sometimes pesky, but always loving family. Descendants of hard-working folk who came from Scotland with little more than the clothes on their back and a steadfast faith in God, the Camerons are a patriotic, enterprising clan more apt to spend their spare time volunteering in the service of others than playing golf or checking their investment accounts. They've settled in Tide's Way, a little town that grew up around the Jolee Plantation in Coastal North Carolina, and planted their roots deep.
An orphan at eighteen, Sandy Marshal Cameron always dreamed of having a big family. Then she married Cam, and her dream came true. She loves every moment of it, especially worrying about her grown children when they will let her and fussing over a growing brood of grandchildren. Jake is her baby, and he's made a few mistakes in his life, but she's proud of the man he's become. She can't kiss away his hurts as she did when he was little, but her love and encouragement are always there when he needs it most. So come on down to Tide's Way and meet Jake and his family, and the new neighbor, Zoe Callahan, who challenges everything Jake thought he knew about himself. I hope you enjoy Falling for Zoe as much as I enjoyed writing it.\\\", 'Skye Taylor began writing during her years as a Peace Corps volunteer. In 2012, her first novel, Whatever It Takes, was published. She is thrilled to join the BelleBooks family and is currently working on a six-book contemporary romance series. Visit her website at Skye-Writer.com or on find her on Facebook.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes\\nDescription: ['\\\"This is a raw and courageous book that turns over some rocks and shows what is crawling underneath.\\\" -- Thomas Sowell', 'DAVID HOROWITZ is the author of the best-selling autobiography Radical Son and co-author of Destructive Generation. A former leftist, he has nevertheless maintained consistent views on race throughout his polemical career. He is president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and editor of the journal Heterodoxy. Mr. Horowitz lives in Los Angeles.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jonathan Belcher, Colonial Governor\\nDescription: [\\\"As early as the eighteenth century, New England's ministers were decrying public morality in jeremiads aimed at wayward colonists. Evangelical leaders such as Jonathan Edwards called for rulers to become spiritual as well as political leaders who would renew the people's covenant with God. The prosperous merchant Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) self-consciously strove to become such a leader, an American Nehemiah. As governor of three royal colonies and early patron of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Belcher became an important but controversial figure in colonial America. An insightful blend of social and political history, this biography demands that Belcher be recognized as the embodiment of the Nehemiah, perhaps as important in his own realm as Cotton Mather was in religious circles. Grappling with the contradictions of Belcher's actions, the author explains much about the complexities of the world in which Belcher lived and wielded influence and, by weaving together social, religious, and cultural history, portrays in the career of Jonathan Belcher a richly detailed synthesis of the tumultuous late colonial period.\\\", 'Michael C. Batinski is associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Jacques Ppin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Meet Me in the Moon Room: Stories\\nDescription: ['The same antic spirit that imbued Vukcevich\\\\'s mystery novel The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces moves playfully through this first collection of fantastic fiction, whose 33 helium-filled stories achieve just the right absurdist lift to escape the gravity of their themes. \\\"By the Time We Get to Uranus\\\" offers a peculiarly affecting take on terminal illness: the afflicted grow buoyant spacesuits that force them to leave loved ones behind. The mysteries of parenthood manifest amusingly in \\\"Poop,\\\" about a couple who discover that their newborn\\\\'s diaper fills variously with birds, mice and symphonic music. Though deceptively simple in their pared-down style, the vignettes show meticulous care in the crafting of oddball metaphors to express the moods of their estranged spouses, exasperated lovers, competitive children and disgruntled employees. The willingness with which the author\\\\'s characters accept the incongruity of their situations often yields profoundly moving insights into the human condition. In the poignant title tale, for example, a man does not find it at all strange that a lover from decades past has summoned him to a simulated moon landscape at a theme park, reflecting that the meaning of life really is \\\"nothing more than a couple of people huddling close for comfort in a cold universe.\\\" Inventive and entertaining, these stories yield more emotional truth than much comparatively realistic fiction. (Aug.)Forecast: With blurbs from Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm and Jeffrey Ford, this collection is a quality item that should benefit from good word of mouth.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \\\"A man pulls the sweater his girlfriend made him over his head and nearly gets lost inside it. Rescued from the arctic ice, the dying Victor (Frankenstein) tells a story that leaves little doubt that the monster is James Joyce or Stephen Dedalus or Finn (again). Tim saves the world from a comet by having his family put paper bags over their heads. What? What?! What?!! Calm down. This is just the world according to Ray Vukcevich, sf-ish enough to get him into the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Asimov's but also resembling the fantastic milieus of Gogol, Kafka, and Looney Toons. Whether you cotton to it depends on how you feel about cartoons made of words and prisons made of logic: Are you afraid or amused? Actually, either reaction works for appreciating Vukcevich's outlandish virtuosity. Sf fans with long memories will note Vukcevich's deadpan delivery and jokey-creepy aura, recall the wonder-workings of Fredric Brown (see From These Ashes [BKL Ap 15 01]), and smile. Ray Olson Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World\\nDescription: [\\\"'If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic!' -Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association
'Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair.' -Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church
'An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it!' -Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life\\\", '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Face to Face\\nDescription: ['Tarrance Weaver was born in Aiken, South Carolina. He currently resides in the Englewoodneighborhood within the inner city of Chicago, Illinois where he ministers to youth, works in his church,and has completed his first book titled Face to Face Where Life Meets Reality. Tarrance works forPeople United to Save Urban America, and is employed under Bishop Spencer Jones. Weekly, Tarrancevisits three to four elementary and middle schools to be a positive role model to Chicago\\\\'s inner-city youth. He also travels to churches throughout the United States with Bishop Jones, and gives histestimony to the ears of hundreds of listeners. Tarrance says that his first book, \\\"Face to Face WhereLife Meets Reality, is a book that reveals the delivering, healing, and redeeming power of Jesus Christto the broken, the hurting, and the lost. This book talks about our face to face encounters with God,life, the world, and our own personal struggles. \\\"Tarrance was asked to sum up his life in a few sentences and he replied, \\\"My life has been an amazing ride from small choppy streams into the ocean of life. It hasn\\\\'t been an easy ride, but I\\\\'ve realizedthe true vastness and beauty that this life offers, and I\\\\'ve learned to embrace all of God\\\\'s people and creations as they bless me with their presence.\\\" Tarrance\\\\'s mission statement for his life is to, \\\"Live this life to the fullest. Realize that this life is not about me, but it\\\\'s about others - about saving souls, sharing love, and embracing loved ones.\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Carnivore's Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat\\nDescription: ['\\\"One of the best and most succinct arguments for buying sustainable food.\\\"Corby Kummer, The Atlantic
\\\"Passionate, thoughtful and more than occasionally amusing.\\\"Ralph Gardner Jr., The Wall Street Journal
\\\"The Carnivore\\\\'s Manifesto is about a lot more than eating meat. It\\\\'s about living well and having fun while being conscious of what goes into your body.\\\"Mario Batali
\\\"Patrick Martins is the shepherd of domesticated animal rights. Tend to them mercifully, then \\\\'eat \\\\'em if you want to keep \\\\'em,\\\\' he\\\\'s always said. This manifesto offers a unique perspective in an edgy, guerrilla style. You\\\\'ll find it impossible to put to pasture.\\\"Mark Ladner, executive chef at Del Posto, New York
\\\"Read this book!\\\"Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International
\\\"Martins, founder of Slow Foods USA and Heritage Foods USA . . . has created a blueprint for healthy eating, sustainable farming, biodiversity, as well as for protecting culinary traditions and cultural differences. [He] is passionate, preachy, and, above all, practical-he doesn\\\\'t want you to make your own ketchup or give up pizza, just to buy the best meat and produce that is in season and to chose \\\"quality\\\" food over \\\"commodity\\\" food.\\\"Publisher\\\\'s Weekly', \\\"Patrick Martins is a distributor of locally raised meat through his company Heritage Foods USA, which sends over 60,000 pounds of meat every week to New York's top restaurants. He is also a founder of Slow Food USA and a founder and on-air personality at Heritage Radio Network, which has over 1 million visitors a month. He lives in Brooklyn.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Coach: A Football Coach's Notebook\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: How to Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business: Unexpected Rules Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know\\nDescription: ['Once again, Fox gets his business expressed just right. After equally succinct books on becoming a great boss and a CEO--among other career aspirations--he addresses the more than 25 million small business owners in the U.S with a few homilies, some practicums, and many direct commandments, such as \\\"selling is job number one\\\" or \\\"pick up paper clips . . . but overspend on customers.\\\" And this one as well, \\\"work on the business, not just in the business.\\\" Smart remarks notwithstanding, this prolific, no-nonsense writer gets readers\\\\' attention with short snappy chapters and down-to-earth advice, covering funding (sources for loans) and sitting on nonprofit boards (\\\"give, get, or get off\\\") as well as marketing and running a business. Even seasoned pros can benefit from his words. Barbara Jacobs Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', \\\"Jeffrey J. Fox is the founder of Fox & Co., Inc., a premier marketing consulting company, serving over sixty companies in sixty industries. Prior to starting Fox & Co., Mr. Fox. was VP of Marketing and Corporate VP of Loctite Corporation. He was also director of marketing for the wine division of Pillsbury, and held various senior marketing posts at Heublein, Inc, including Director of New Products. Fox is the winner of Sales and Marketing Management magazine's Outstanding Marketer Award; and the National Industrial Distributors Award as the Nation's Best Industrial Marketer. He is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study that is rated one of the top 100 case studies, and is thought to be the most widely taught marketing case in the world. Fox has been a guest lecturer at The Harvard Business School (from which he has an MBA), The Amos Tuck School, The Conference Board, and numerous other organizations. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Business Marketing, and numerous other publications, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He works in Avon, CT and lives in New Hampshire.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Butterflies in May\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 8 UpA rather ordinary tale of teen pregnancy. Ali Parker is a bright, middle-class, suburban girl headed for college. She and her boyfriend are usually careful about birth control, but she ends up pregnant after one lapse. She schedules an abortion but can't go through with it. When she tells her parents, they are disappointed but supportive, as are her friends and teachers. Ali weathers the ups and downs of pregnancy, befriends another expecting teen, and deals with her sometimes loving, sometimes distant boyfriend as she tries to plan for an uncertain future. She meets a perfect couple who want to adopt her child but wonders if she can bring herself to part with the baby. Ali could be almost any young woman struggling with this issue, which gives the story a bland feel, as does the adequate but rarely sparkling prose. Angela Johnson's The First Part Last (2003), Rachel Cohn's Gingerbread (2002, both S & S), and Sarah Dessen's Someone Like You (Viking, 1998) are more notable novels about the subject. Nevertheless, Hart's solid first-person account of a teenager's life-altering experience will draw in readers, who will most likely stick around to find out whether Ali makes the predictable choice.Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"This tale of Ali Parker, a pregnant teen from a good family, is heartbreaking because it is so devastatingly honest. --LIBBY STERNBERG, EDGAR FINALIST FOR UNCOVERING SADIE'S SECRETS
A moving story that explores with sensitivity how one high school student makes a decision thats right for her. --PETER BEARMAN, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO CO-AUTHORED THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY EVER DONE OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND SEXUALITY
An essential springboard for discussion and learning. --CATHARINE FARRELL, LIBRARIAN, MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, SANTA ROSA, CA\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Father You've Always Wanted : How God Heals Your Father Wounds\\nDescription: ['No matter what kind of dad you have--or don\\\\'t have--you can have the Father you\\\\'ve always wanted.
It is a tragic reality that many of us never experience the solid, positive presence of a loving father. But God promised that He would not leave us orphans, that everyone who believes becomes an adopted son or daughter of a loving Father in heaven.
With deep conviction and strong encouragement, Ed McGlasson invites you to take heart and have hope in your heavenly Father who loves you, blesses you, and will never leave you. Through this healing message, you will find a new sense of the purpose, identity, and value you have been searching for your whole life.
\\\"There are countless men and women today suffering from the painful effects of growing up without a father in their lives. I understand that pain! But in The Father You\\\\'ve Always Wanted, Ed helps readers understand the healing and hope found in God, our heavenly Father.\\\"--Jim Daly, president, Focus on the Family
\\\"The strongest form of motivation is encouragement. The Father You\\\\'ve Always Wanted will motivate you to bless, encourage, and rally the people in your life. It is a healing book, full of remedies--a must read.\\\"--Bill McCartney,founder and chairman emeritus, Promise Keepers
\\\"I wish I could pass this book out to every dad I know. Ed McGlasson is passionate about helping men become all they were meant to be. This book is a compelling read with very practical insight.\\\"--Jim Burns, PhD, president, HomeWord; author, Creating an Intimate Marriage and Confident Parenting
\\\"Unbelievably powerful is an understatement. Its profound truth and penetrating impact has been deeply imbedded into the recesses of my heart, never to be forgotten. Outstanding.\\\"--Debbie Rasa, owner/partner, Rasa Floors, LLC
Ed Tandy McGlasson is a former lineman in the NFL where he played with the Giants, the Jets, and the Rams. Ed entered the ministry in 1984, and in 1988 he planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim, California, and has been a pastor there since. His first book, The Difference a Father Makes, along with his conference The Blessing of the Father, keeps Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events worldwide.', \\\"Ed Tandy McGlasson is a former lineman in the National Football League where he played with the Giants, the Jets, and the Rams. Ed's call to ministry began in college after being healed from a career-ending knee injury that led to his conversion while playing for Youngstown State. Ed eventually entered the ministry in 1984 and started traveling and sharing his testimony and doing evangelistic crusades. In 1988 Ed planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim, California, and has been a pastor there since.
Ed has spoken at numerous conferences across the country and around the world, including a number of rallies for Billy Graham crusades. Ed's first book, The Difference a Father Makes--which has over 200,000 copies in print--along with his conference The Blessing of the Father, keeps Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Contemporary Labor Economics (The Mcgraw-hill Series Economics)\\nDescription: ['Stanley L. Brue did his undergraduate work at Augustana College (South Dakota) and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from the University of NebraskaLincoln. He is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, where he has been honored as a recipient of the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award. Professor Brue has also received the national Leavey Award for excellence in economic education. He has served as national president and chair of the Board of Trustees of Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honorary. He is coauthor of Economic Scenes, Fifth edition (Prentice-Hall), Contemporary Labor Economics, Seventh edition, Essentials of Economics, First edition (both The McGraw-Hill Companies), and The Evolution of Economic Thought, Seventh edition (South-Western).']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":281,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":281,"string":"281"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: To Be Seduced\nDescription: ['\"Ms. Stephens is a talented author with a unique writing style that brings romance to life. Rich in passion and intrigue, it is a captivating romantic adventure.\" -- Affaire de Coeur', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Red-Tagged: Dirty Diamonds\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Frederica\nDescription: ['\"Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.\" -- Katie Fforde \"A writer of great wit and style ... I\\'ve read her books to ragged shreds.\" -- Kate Fenton * Daily Telegraph * \"My favourite historical novelist -- stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours.\" -- Margaret Drabble \"Sparkling.\" * Independent *\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.', \"Rich, handsome, darling of the ton, the Marquis of Alverstoke at 37 sees no reason to put himself out for anyone, that is, until the strong-minded Frederica, who seems more concerned with her family's welfare than his attentions, catches his eye.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction\nDescription: ['', 'A testament to an important literary genre, stimulating a new generation of readers to look westward. Library Journal', \"This book proves that theWestern has a future as well as memorable past. Thomas Fleming, The New York Times bestselling author of the Officer's Wives\", '', '', 'John Jakes is the bestselling author of The Kent Family Chronicles, The North and South Trilogy, and The Crown Family Saga. He lives in South Carolina and Connecticut.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Bride's Secret (The Brides of Bath) (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"Cheryl Bolen is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen Regency-set historical romance novels. Her books have placed in several writing contests, including the Daphne du Maurier, and have been translated into 11 languages. She was named Notable New Author in 1999, and in 2006 she won the Holt Medallion (Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) for Best Short Historical Novel. In 2012 she won Best Historical in the International Digital Awards for eBooks published the prior year, and one of her 2011 novellas won Best Historical Novella. Her books have become Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestsellers. A former journalist who admits to a fascination with dead Englishwomen, Cheryl is a regular contributor to The Regency Plume, The Regency Reader, and The Quizzing Glass. Many of her articles can found on her website, www.CherylBolen.com, and more recent ones on her blog, www.CherylsRegencyRamblings.wordpress.com. Readers are welcomed at both places. Cheryl holds a dual degree in English and journalism from the University of Texas, and she earned a master's degree from the University of Houston. She and her professor husband are the parents of two sons, one who is an attorney, and the other a journalist. Her favorite things to do are watching the Longhorns, reading letters and diaries of Georgian Englishmen, and traveling to England.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The $100,000+ Entrepreneur: How to Build a Successful New Business in 90 Days\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Noble Satyr: A Georgian Historical Romance\nDescription: [\"It is the golden age of French aristocratic life in the glittering court of Louis XV. Beneath the posturing and hedonism lies a seething hotbed of intrigue, deceit, and treachery. Ultimately, this is a passionate romance, with added action and adventure, derring-do, and some narrow escapes! I loved it. 5 STARS: Fiona Ingram for Readers' Favorite\", 'When not bumping about Georgian London in my sedan chair or exchanging gossip with perfumed and patched courtiers in the gilded drawing rooms of Versailles, I write bestselling Georgian historical romances and mysteries (crime with lashings of romance). All are set in mid-1700s Georgian England, with occasional crossings to the France of Louis XV. I pull up the reins at the French Revolution where I lost a previous life at the guillotine for my unpardonably hedonistic lifestyle as a layabout aristo!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lego: The Official Annual [With Legos]\nDescription: ['This awesome \"LEGO Official Annual\" is packed with puzzles, comics and games, and there are also 14 brilliant LEGO bricks to use in the activities! Whether you love LEGO City, Atlantis, Power Miners or Hero Factory - this annual has it all! The perfect Christmas present or stocking filler for any LEGO fan.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Midnight Marriage: A Georgian Historical Romance\nDescription: [\"Midnight Marriage carries on the Roxton series tradition with still another wonderful tale. In this engaging story you will once again be reminded why Lucinda Brant's books are such a treasure. 5-STAR Top Pick. I loved it: SWurman for Night Owl Reviews
The love story is tender, and filled with the kind of blunders young people make when setting out on the rocky road of true love. Nice twists and turns, dramatic revelations, and some enjoyable chaos make this a book that keeps the reader turning the pages. Highly recommended! 5 STARS: Fiona Ingram for Readers' Favorite\", \"As an incurable bibliophile I'm especially proud of the print editions of my books. The layout is understated and the print sharp and black on silky-smooth creme stock. It's wonderful!\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Woman's Day Cookbook for Healthy Living\nDescription: [\"Elizabeth Alston was at Woman's Day for 16 years as Food Editor and Executive Food Editor. She is the author of best-selling books The New Woman's Day Cookbook (Filipacchi Publishing, 2005), The Woman's Day Cookbook (Viking, 1995), Biscuits and Scones (Clarkson Potter, 1988) and Muffins (Random House, 1984).\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Slightly Dangerous (Balogh, Mary)\nDescription: [\"The long-awaited conclusion to Balogh's Regency-era romance series, focusing on the eccentric Bedwyn family, possesses the same charm and richness of character as her previous books (Slightly Tempted, etc.), but its plot is slightly more conventional. Balogh's fans have longed to see Wulfric, the imperturbable duke of Bewcastle, fall in love, and Balogh has created the perfect heroine to fell himChristine Derrick, a lively but lowborn young widow who has a habit of getting herself into very improper situations. The two meet at a sedate house party, where Christine accidentally spills lemonade on the duke and then dares to laugh at him. Wulfric disapproves of Christine's working-class background and unladylike manners, but he can't help being enchanted by her effervescent personality. For her part, Christine disdains Wulf's icy, superior attitude, but she's drawn to him physically. As fans of the genre will anticipate, opposites attract no matter how hard the hero and heroine fight against it, and an unplanned sexual encounter complicates their feelings even further. Although the story lacks some of the dramatic tension of its predecessors, particularly Slightly Sinful, this book rings with humor and delightful echoes of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. All in all, it's a memorable conclusion to a charming series. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Slightly Dangerous is the culmination of Balogh's wonderfully entertaining Bedwyn series, in which each sibling in the aristocratic family finds the love of his or her life. Wulfric, the eldest brother, is known for his icy reserve, and, in fact, the formidable duke effectively stopped marriage-minded pursuits and was content with his mistress until she died. Invited to a house party, he unhappily finds himself in the company of Christine Derrick, the klutzy, impoverished widow of a viscount's brother. Two more unsuitable lovers have never been imagined, but Balogh, famous for her believable characters and finely crafted Regency-era settings, forges a relationship that leaps off the page and into the hearts of her readers. The sixth title in a series would seem an unlikely point to begin, but Balogh includes the other five Bedwyn siblings and their loves in such a way as to delight readers familiar with them, and entice readers new to the series to read the previous installments. Diana Tixier Herald Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Skins On The Earth\nDescription: ['Paperback']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Slightly Sinful (Bedwyn Saga)\nDescription: [\"Smart, playful and deliciously satisfying, Balogh's newest Regency-era romance takes a popular romance formula-the marriage of convenience-and gives it a creative twist. In the author's previous Bedwyn family installment, Slightly Tempted, diplomat Alleyne Bedwyn disappeared during the Battle of Waterloo and was presumed dead. As readers soon learn, however, he's merely injured. Alleyne owes his life to Rachel York, a well-bred young woman who's down on her luck-so down that she's taken refuge in a Belgian brothel run by four lively Englishwomen. To make matters worse, Rachel and the women have been cheated out of all their money by a fake clergyman. Alleyne wakes in the brothel where Rachel has been nursing him with no idea who he is, but he nevertheless devises a madcap scheme to help the women regain their fortune: he'll pose as Rachel's husband so that she can claim her inheritance, which is due to her upon her marriage. As the two engage in their merry charade, they fall in love, but they also come to terms with what's important in their lives. Balogh once again delivers a clean, sprightly tale rich in both plot and character. Rachel's colorful brothel companions steal almost every scene, and silver-tongued Alleyne easily charms his way into the reader's heart. With its irrepressible characters and deft plotting, this polished romance is an ideal summer read. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Alleyne, a Bedwyn brother, is shot and thrown from his horse during the Battle of Waterloo. When he first regains consciousness, but not his memory, he finds himself in a brothel surrounded by whores and thinks he must be in heaven. The next time he wakes, angelic Rachel convinces him that she only looks innocent. The women of the house, who were robbed and duped by Rachel's ex-fiance, a purported minister, are dead set on retribution, and wait eagerly for Alleyne and the one-eyed sergeant who brought him to them to heal and assist them. Alleyne, who still does not know who he is, proposes that he pose as Rachel's husband so she can claim the inheritance her uncle will not let her have until she turns 25 or marries. Even though Balogh has already used the device of a pretend fiance or spouse in the Slightly series, it hasn't become stale, and like all her other feel-good romances, this one is so captivating one is loath to reach the last page. Diana Tixier Herald Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Essai De Grammaire Wallonne: Le Verbe Wallon (1892) (French Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Secret Pearl: A Novel\nDescription: [\"In this Regency tale of two tortured souls who find joy together, Fleur, on the verge of starvation after fleeing a lascivious guardian and murder charges, turns to prostitution on the streets of London. Her first customer is a scarred gentleman who pays her triple after discovering that he has taken her virginity. Then, to her great surprise, Fleur finds employment as the governess to Lady Pamela. How? Her sole customer was Adam Kent, the Duke of Ridgeway. Grievously wounded in war years ago and believed dead, Adam lost his estate and his fiancee to his brother. Finally, he was able to reclaim his position as duke and Sybil as his bride, but he never could regain Sybil's affection. Balogh puts two highly honorable characters into a seemingly impossible situation and keeps the reader guessing the entire time as she manages to finally create a -happily-ever-after ending. Diana Tixier Herald Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", 'New York Times bestselling, multi-award-winning author Mary Balogh grew up in Wales, land of sea and mountains, song and legend. She brought music and a vivid imagination with her when she came to Canada to teach. There she began a second career as a writer of books that always end happily and always celebrate the power of love. There are over four million copies of her Regency romances and historical romances in print.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Secret Adoption\nDescription: [\"Tom Liotti is a nationally known civil rights attorney, village justice, and former NCAA All-American. 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One of the best!New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn
\"Balogh is todays superstar heir to the marvelous legacy of Georgette Heyer, (except a lot steamier!)New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
\"With her brilliant, beautiful and emotionally intense writing Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance.\"New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
\"When it comes to historical romance, Mary Balogh is one of my favorites!\"New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James', 'Mary Balogh grew up in Wales and now lives with her husband, Robert, in Saskatchewan, Canada. She has written more than one hundred historical novels and novellas, more than thirty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. They include the Bedwyn saga, the Simply quartet, the Huxtable quintet, the seven-part Survivors Club series, and the Westcott series.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Knitted Coffee cozies eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: As an Earl Desires (Lost Lords)\nDescription: ['', 'USA Today bestselling and Rita Award-winning author Lorraine Heath has created a lush, emotional love story.', 'Camilla Hutchenson, countess, sponsor, darling of the ton, has reached a staggering level of social power. But one man has managed to distract her attention from her schedule of charity endeavours and teasand not just because he holds the deed to her estate.', 'The man in question, Archibald Warner, is the new Earl of Sachse. Though at first meeting he suspects his new ward of being nothing more than a social bit of fluff, the more time passes, the more he finds himself drawn to her. But there is something she is hiding from him, and she hesitates to show him her real heart, even though she wishes she could learn to trust him with it. For somehow she knows . . . if only she can give him the chance, he will teach her everything she could hope to learn about love.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bentley Collection Guide : The Reference Tool for Consultants, Collectors &Enthusiasts of Longaberger Baskets\nDescription: ['This is a very important guide for all of you interested in collecting these great baskets.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girl in the Gatehouse\nDescription: ['It might not be much, but the abandoned gatehouse is Mariah Aubreys new home. After a brush with scandal threatens to tarnish her familys social standing, Mariah is sent away by her father. Fortunately her aunt, Mrs. Francesca Prin-Hallsey, offers the use of the old gatehouse on her late husbands estate. But since Mariah also needs a way of supplementing the meager funds provided by her family, she begins writing novels. Inspiration for her literary efforts is the one thing not in short supply, especially once Captain Matthew Bryant arrives to lease the estate after her aunts death. Both kind-hearted and courageous, Matthew is the stuff from which romantic heroes are made, and he would be perfect for Mariah if only he wasnt so determined to marry another woman! Christy and RITA nominee Klassen creates a wonderful cast of engaging characters while neatly stirring in a generous dash of mystery and danger into the plot of her latest, charmingly romantic inspirational romance. --John Charles', 'Julie Klassen is a fiction editor and novelist. Her first book, Lady of Milkweed Manor, was a Christy Award finalist. The Silent Governess is a finalist for the RITA® Award in Inspirational Romance and the Minnesota Book Awards for Genre Fiction. Julie is a graduate of the University of Illinois. 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This is good news for those who are serious about being prepared, because it boils down to a very simple strategy:\", 'You can succeed on the REM test and become a certified Registered Environmental Manager (REM) by learning critical concepts on the test so that you are prepared for as many questions as possible.', 'Repetition and thorough preparation is a process that rewards those who are serious about being prepared, which means that succeeding on the REM test is within the reach of virtually anyone interested in learning the material.', \"This is great news! 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The slippers were cramping her toes because she had unwisely taken the advice of Lady Elizabeth Munro, the duchesss elder daughter, to buy the smaller of two sizes in footwear when in doubt, as gentlemen did not admire large feet. Coras feet were not extraordinarily large, she had decided, holding them out in front of her, unshod, as she sat on the edge of her bed soon after the advice had been given. And really she did not care much for gentlemens strange preferences in such matters. Did they crawl around on hands and knees examining a ladys feet before going to any other lengths to discover if she was someone with whom they would not mind dreadfully spending the rest of their days on this earth? But there was no escaping the fact that her feet were somewhat larger than Elizabeths and decidedly larger than those of Jane, Elizabeths younger sister. But then Jane was more than usually small and dainty.
And so Cora had bought the slippers in a size smaller than she ought because she had persuaded herself that she was in doubt. She now meekly bore the consequences of her own folly, though she knew she had not really begun to bear them yet. There was a whole ball to live through, a whole evening of dancing if any gentleman could be coerced into dancing with her, that was. Cora would have squirmed with discomfort at the very real danger that none would if her grace had not been still examining her appearance.
Do not let her use her lorgnette, she instructed some unseen power without moving her lips. I shall die of mortification. At the horridly advanced age of one- and twenty she was decked out in virginal white and blushes and was about to make her debut into the beau monde. Jane, who was a mere eighteen years of age, had already made her curtsy to the Queen the year before, though she was still dressed this year in what Cora thought of as the uniform. When one added to the age difference the fact that Cora was larger than Jane in every way, not just in the matter of feet the result was depressing.
Elizabeth, who was nineteen, was dressed in pink and had put on, with her gown, a look of ennui that bespoke the seasoned lady of the ton. She, of course, was already nicely settled indeed, being betrothed to a marquess of enormous wealth and consequence and alarmingly advanced years he was three- and- thirty who happened to be in Vienna this year with the result that the wedding had been postponed indefinitely.
The duchess handed down her judgment at last. She inclined her head once and set her plumes to nodding a dozen times. You will do, my dear Cora, she said.
That was all she said, but it set Elizabeth to smiling graciously in almost comic imitation of her mamas regal manner and Jane to squealing and squeezing her arm and exclaiming in glee.
I told you you looked beautiful, Cora, she said.
Which was a very loose paraphrase indeed of what her mother had said. Cora tried not to look sheepish and giggled instead. It was strange how laughter, which she had always indulged in with unself- conscious spontaneity, had become giggling as soon as the Duchess of Bridgwater had taken her so determinedly under the ducal wing. Giggling, it seemed, was not a ladylike attribute and must be curbed at all costs. The most a lady could allow herself in company by way of displaying amusement was a well- bred titter. On the few occasions when Cora had practiced tittering, she had ended up with her head beneath a cushion, smothering the bellows of unholy mirth it had given rise to.
We will be on our way, then, the duchess said, smiling at all three young ladies who had joined her in the drawing room.
She really looked remarkably beautiful when she smiled and even when she did not, Cora conceded in something like envy. It must be wonderful to have that kind of poise and grace and self- assurance. It was hard to believe that her grace could be the mother of Elizabeth and Jane and of Lord George Munro. It was almost impossible to believe that she was also the mother of the present duke, to whom Cora had been presented for the fi rst time but yesterday. His grace was all elegance and formality and ducal hauteur.
Cora had had the uncomfortable feeling that his grace did not approve of her, even though he had bowed over her hand and even raised it to his lips she had stood rooted to the morning- room floor, stupidly awed by the knowledge that he was a duke, a real live duke and assured her of his pleasure in meeting her. He had even thanked her over the little Henry incident. Little Henry was his nephew, of course, and heir to his graces heir. But even so it had startled her to find that the Duke of Bridgwater had heard about the little Henry incident. He had even called her a heroine and she had resisted only just in time the urge to look over her shoulder to see to whom he was speaking.
But then, of course, he must have wondered why his mother had brought to town a mere Miss Cora Downes, daughter of a Bristol merchant a prosperous merchant, it was true, and one who had recently purchased a considerable property and renovated a grand old abbey that had been falling to ruins on it with the intention of taking her about in society with her own daughters, his own sisters. He would have thought it very strange indeed. And so, of course, the explanation of what had happened with little Henry would have been given.
The truth was at least, it was not quite the truth but what was perceived to be the truth that Cora had saved little Henry from drowning in the shadow of the Pulteney Bridge in Bath and that out of gratitude the duchess, little Henrys grandmama, had taken Cora into her own home to mingle with her daughters and to be elevated to the ranks of gentlewomanhood long enough to be found an eligible gentleman.
The Duchess of Bridgwater was going to fi nd Cora a husband. Not from the ranks of eligible dukes and marquesses and earls, of course, amongst whom she had already plucked a mate for Elizabeth and planned to pluck one for Jane. But nevertheless, a gentleman. A man of fortune and rank and property. A man who had never soiled his hands or enriched his coffers with trade or business. Despite all the wealth of her father, Cora could never have aspired so high if she had not saved little Henry well, sort of saved him, anyway and so been catapulted into the benevolent good graces of the Duchess of Bridgwater.
Her grace and the girls would not even have been in such a questionably fashionable place as Bath at such an unfashionable time as spring if Lady George had not been suffering through a difficult confinement. But her grace was fond of her daughter- in- law and of her grandchildren and had deprived herself and her daughters of all the pleasures of the first half of the Season in London. Perhaps fortunately for them, the incident of little Henry seemed to have precipitated the arrival into this world of his sister, who was delivered a mere two days later. Mother and child were doing remarkably well and were now being coddled with affectionate indulgence by the proud father.
And so at last, when it was already June, her grace had set off for London with two impatient daughters and a rather alarmed protge, who wondered how a usually strong- willed young lady like her could find herself in such a predicament. Over the past few years, she had turned down no fewer than three proposals of marriage from remarkably eligible men merely on the grounds that she felt no more than a passing affection for any of them. As if that had anything to say to anything, her father had commented each time, rolling his eyes at the ceiling and making clucking noises of frustrated disgust.
Her father was rather tickled over the idea of her marrying a gentleman. So was Edgar, her brother, who had pointed out that she must marry someone and it might as well be a gentleman who might awe her into something like meek ladylike submission. She would make a horrid spinster, he had warned her, all stubborn will and bossiness with no domain over which to exercise her tyranny. She was fond of Edgar. It was a pity that some people had concocted the idea that he had behaved with cowardice in the incident of little Henry. How stupid and how totally untrue. But public opinion was remarkably difficult to manipulate, she had found.
Cora frowned and contorted her face until she could bite the flesh of her left cheek. But she was seating herself in the carriage as she did so and the duchess was seated opposite, watching her. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados (Hackett Classics)\nDescription: [\"
"Ligon's True and Exact History is perhaps the most important document regarding English colonization efforts in the 17th-century Caribbean. The book offers a wealth of information about the natural world--Barbados's climate, flora, and fauna--as well as social and economic conditions on the island in the late 1640s. Scholars have long used the text as a source for tracing the development of sugar and slavery, in particular. Although previously available in a facsimile edition, Kupperman's is the first modern, edited version of the text, and it is a most welcome publication. Kupperman, one of the foremost scholars of the 17th-century Atlantic world, has written an excellent introduction that outlines what is known about Ligon and provides context on issues ranging from early modern ideas about the environment, to conditions in Barbados during the tobacco era, to the rise of sugar and the island's place in England's emerging empire. Throughout, Kupperman provides detailed, useful notes that make the text accessible to students and others. . . . This is a first-rate example of historical editing. Highly recommended." --M. Mulcahy, Loyola College in Maryland, in CHOICE
A foundational text for the history and literature of the early Caribbean and the early Americas. Kupperman's expert Introduction and annotations . . . make this important text come alive for scholarly and undergraduate audiences alike. In all aspects, this edition is a model of historical and textual scholarship. --Ralph Robert Bauer, University of Maryland
Scholars, students, and general readers will applaud and greatly appreciate the context Kupperman provides in her highly informative, insightful Introduction and notes. This volume offers readers the opportunity to explore Ligon's world and times, when sugar and black slavery were dramatically and aggressively transforming Caribbean society and contributing to English economic, maritime, and imperial strength. --David Barry Gaspar, Duke University
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Karen Ordahl Kupperman is Silver Professor of History, New York University.
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Ms. Stein has written stories for children's magazines, articles for travel magazines, and periodicals for senior citizens.
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\"4 1/2 stars. HOT. Haymore\\'s characters leap off the pages in her latest installment in the Donovan family saga. Written with gentleness and emotional strength, it\\'s a creative romance readers will not soon forget.\"RT Book Reviews
\"With beautifully rendered characters, lush sensuality, and a riveting story line, this well-told tale puts a refreshing spin on both the hidden identity and classic reunion plots and gets Haymore\\'s new series off to a delightful start.\"Library Journal on CONFESSIONS OF AN IMPROPER BRIDE
\"Jennifer Haymore\\'s books are sophisticated, deeply sensual, and emotionally complex. With a dead sexy hero, a sweetly practical heroine, and a love story that draws together two people from vastly different backgrounds, A TOUCH OF SCANDAL is positively captivating!\"Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL
\"A unique, heart-tugging story with sympathetic, larger-than-life characters, intriguing plot twists, and sensual love scenes make A HINT OF WICKED an impressive romance debut! I was rooting for both Tristan and Garret to win the lovely Sophie\\'s hand for a second time. For jaded romance readers, Jennifer Haymore is an author to watch!\"New York Times best-selling author Nicole Jordan
\"Complex, stirring, and written with a skillful hand, A HINT OF WICKED is an evocative love story that will make a special place for itself in your heart.\"Romance Reviews Today on A HINT OF WICKED
\"Sweep-you-off-your-feet historical romance! Jennifer Haymore sparkles!\"New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Concepts of Genetics\nDescription: ['Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Betrayed\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Manhattan Juice-Therapy . . . is helpfull with the illness of Pyrosis\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pleasures of a Tempted Lady (A Donovan Novel)\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JENNIFER HAYMORE:
\"4.5 stars, HOT! Readers have been eagerly awaiting this sequel to Confessions of an Improper Bride, in order to finally uncover the truth about Meg Donovan\\'s \"death.\" Haymore creates a highly satisfying answer, drawing the reader in with wonderfully realistic characters, adventure, passion and unexpected plot twists while crafting another delightful entry in the Donovan series.\"RT Book Reviews
\"With beautifully rendered characters, lush sensuality, and a riveting story line, this well-told tale puts a refreshing spin on both the hidden identity and classic reunion plots and gets Haymore\\'s new series off to a delightful start.\"Library Journal on CONFESSIONS OF AN IMPROPER BRIDE
\"41/2 Stars! Haymore uses the Christmas season as an enhancing backdrop for a mystery/romance that is both original and fulfilling. Her fresh voice & ability to build sensual tension into lively love stories...makes this tale shine.\"RT Book Reviews on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\"Jennifer Haymore strikes a good balance of strength, sensuality, drama and intrigue in her characters...Becky is an independent, fearless woman except when it comes to opening her heart to another man. And Jack, while strong and passionate, shows great sensitivity under his \\'rogue\\' persona. With enduring characters that exhibit strong chemistry, I very much enjoyed Ms. Haymore\\'s unique, engaging style and look forward to reading the other books that are a part of this series.\"www.fictionvixen.com on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\"Each time Ms. Haymore writes a book in this series I think there is no way to top the one I just finished. I started this latest one and realize she has done just that and has proven to me how fresh this series can remain. The characters of Becky and Jack are so full of life and longing just trying to make the right connection between family, relationship and future happiness while figuring out who to trust with all their secrets. This is a wonderful story and while I recommend reading the 1st two it is not imperative as Jennifer Haymore is a magician at connecting the plot from one book to the next-- but trust me you will have to buy the first two, they are that good.\"The Reading Reviewer (www.marygramlich.com) on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\"Ms. Haymore has penned a fabulous story of seduction, romance, intrigue and betrayal and above all that - love. You don\\'t want to miss it! I\\'m now a big fan of this new author and she is going on my automatic to buy list! I love her writing style and the complex plots that she has weaved so beautifully together....The characters are amazing and the story will tug at your heart strings. So if you love a great read, do go and get this series, you will be glad that you did!\"sapphireromance.blogspot.com on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\"Sweep-you-off-your-feet historical romance! Jennifer Haymore sparkles!\"New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL
\"Jennifer Haymore\\'s books are sophisticated, deeply sensual, and emotionally complex. With a dead sexy hero, a sweetly practical heroine, and a love story that draws together two people from vastly different backgrounds, A TOUCH OF SCANDAL is positively captivating!\"Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL
\"A unique, heart-tugging story with sympathetic, larger-than-life characters, intriguing plot twists, and sensual love scenes make A HINT OF WICKED an impressive romance debut! I was rooting for both Tristan and Garret to win the lovely Sophie\\'s hand for a second time. For jaded romance readers, Jennifer Haymore is an author to watch!\"New York Times best-selling author Nicole Jordan on A HINT OF WICKED
\"Jennifer Haymore is an up-and-coming new writer who displays a skilful touch in her erotic tale of a woman torn between two lovers.\"Shirlee Busbee, New York Times bestselling author on A HINT OF WICKED', 'You can find national bestselling author Jennifer Haymore in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping her three children with homework while brainstorming a new five-minute dinner menu, or crouched in a corner of the local bookstore writing her next novel.
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Collide sucked me in from the very first sentence and didnt let go until the end. Gail McHugh seamlessly takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions that will leave you begging for the next book! (Tara Sivec, USA TODAY bestselling author of the Playing with Fire series)
I asked for something that would make me fall in love, and boy was it delivered (Maryse\\'s Book Blog)
Gail McHugh took me on an emotional, devastating, yet delicious love triangle of a roller coaster ride with Collide. Prepare yourself because you\\'ll rip your hair out, scream, love, and have one of the worst book hangovers of all time. (E. L. Montes, USA TODAY bestselling author of the Disastrous Series)
Collide was easily the best romance I\\'ve read all year. Gavin Blake ignites the pages the moment he steps foot into the story. Once I started, I knew sleep wouldn\\'t be an option until I finished. It was addicting and I loved every minute of it. This novel is one I highly recommend to my readers. (Michelle A. Valentine, New York Times bestselling author of the Black Falcon series)
Collide is a brilliant read that infuses complicated dynamics of heartbreak with an ardent balance of sexual tension and untamed passion. Gail McHugh methodically created a pulse for every womans ultimate book boyfriend when she penned Gavin Blake. (Gretchen de la O, author of the Wilson Mooney Series)', 'Gail McHugh is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Collide and Pulse. She is the mother of three beautiful children and has been married to her husband for fifteen years.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s\nDescription: ['Reviews from the first volume Up from the Vault: \"unique...highly interesting...important piece of history.\" --Monsters from the Vault
\"A great read and a great book.\" --Little Shoppe of Horrors
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Elaine can only wonder why the pious young Morrigan remained a virgin through her first year of marriage to Charles. She desperately needs time alone to find a way back to her own body, but Charles is determined to awaken the passion in his young bride. For Charles, the change in Morrigan is nothing less than a miracle. Convinced he is married to a cold and frigid woman, he is delighted when Morrigan responds to his amorous advances. He dreams of exploring the limits of sensuality with her-- and is not going to let her revert back to her old ways! As he slowly seduces his own wife, Charles begins to forget the torment she has put him through. Perhaps they will finally be man and wife in every sense. Here in the nineteenth century, Elaine finds her own passion being awakened in a way she has only fantasized about in her old life. It may be the Victorian age, but Charles has studied the ways of the Tantric traditions and shows her that true happiness is in the complete fulfillment of all her earthly desires. She is falling in love with him-- in both heart and body. But when the real Morrigan pops up again in a different body and threatens to expose her as a mad woman, Elaine fears for the happiness-- and sensual pleasure-- she is only just beginning to discover with Charles. The sensual nature of Awaken, My Love makes it unique. The language is a little more explicit and the love scenes are more graphic than most romance novels. Robin Schone does an excellent job of weaving eroticism into the story and many readers will be delighted with the result.Tantalizing, passionate, erotic! Awaken, My Love is a bold and memorable story! Robin Schone\\'s debut novel is the beginning of a very promising career! Her explicit love scenes will make you blush! Combining the erotic with the romantic, Robin Schone tests the boundaries of romance fiction in the 90\\'s! Not for the faint-hearted! A well written and imaginative tale of a twentieth century woman and a nineteenth century man exploring the ultimate in carnal pleasures!Kristina Wright -- Copyright 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook\nDescription: ['*A full-color, gift edition seafood cookbook from Seattles Pike Place Public Market, including 50 recipes and 50 vibrant photographs of the markets people, sites, and seafood. *Features information on sustainable fisheries and preservation. *Includes a brief history of the Pike Place Public Market. *Recipe highlights include Broiled Halibut with Sundried Tomato Tapenade; Balsamic Glazed Salmon; Mussels Provenal;Shellfish Risotto;and such simple, tasty sauces as Champagne Sauce, Simple Soy Glaze, and classic Romesco.', 'BRAIDEN REX-JOHNSON is the best-selling author of seven books on Northwest cuisine and wine. 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Then met his third wife and for seven Years lived in central Florida before moving back to Wooster Ohio where she died.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Across the Winds of Time\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Fighting the Bombers (World War II German Debriefs)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Train Through Time\nDescription: ['Five Hearts and a Recommended Read! \"Ms. McBride did a wonderful job of transporting me back and forth through time with Ellie. I loved the characters and the descriptions of the clothes, furniture and people from past times were superb....I would definitely recommend this pleasant time travel story to other readers and this is a definite keeper in my library. -- Night Owl Romance, Diane, July 2008
Bess McBride brings the past to life in her fabulous rendition of a time travel story where love conquers all.... You don\\'t want to miss Bess McBride\\'s perfectly titled, completely engaging, attention grabbing work. She\\'s on a professional roll. --Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fictionhttp://blog.lyndacoker.net/2008/08/30/wrdf-review-of-a-t- rain-through-time-by-bess-mcbride.aspx', 'Fantastic Review! \"Bess McBride brings the past to life in her fabulous rendition of a time travel story where love conquers all.... You don\\'t want to miss Bess McBride\\'s perfectly titled, completely engaging, attention grabbing work. She\\'s on a professional roll.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Paris: Alex & Dana: Year Abroad Trilogy 2 (Love Stories)\nDescription: [\"friend--that's Dana's mission for junior year in Paris. So why does she keep running into boring Alex Turner from home? Okay, he's not exactly boring. But he's not French, either. 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When Vlad and Leila meet, however, passion ignites, threatening to consume them. It will take everything they have to stop an enemy intent on bringing them down in flames.\", '', 'Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to nineteen different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling - by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Simply Raw\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Bridge over Time (Harlequin Superromance No. 592)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles\nDescription: ['
\"Maurois is wonderfully witty about the physical debilitation that results from having one\\'s substance fed upon for the sake of illusory art.\"—Wall Street Journal
\"A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles has been nicely translated by Charlotte de Koch.... a curious little work, part adventure narrative, part cod anthropology...with a little love story thrown in...the book has the easy elegance one associates with Maurois.\"—Times Literary Supplement
\"Maurois is wonderfully witty about the physical debilitation that results from having one\\'s substance fed upon for the sake of illusory art.\"Wall Street Journal
\"A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles has been nicely translated by Charlotte de Koch.... a curious little work, part adventure narrative, part cod anthropology...with a little love story thrown in...the book has the easy elegance one associates with Maurois.\"—Times Literary Supplement
', \"
Andre Maurois: Andre Maurois, (1885-1967),a member of the French Academy, was one of the greatest biographers of the 20th century. In addition he wrote short stories, history, children's books and science fiction. Ariel, his biography of Shelley, was the very first Penguin Paperback.
\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)\nDescription: ['Praise for #1 New York Timesbestselling authorCharlaine HarrissSookie Stackhouse novels
Its the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking youre only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven.Alan Ball, executive producer of True Blood
Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life.Entertainment Weekly
Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu, where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live...Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine.The Denver Post
\"Never Trust a Pirate is in the traditional mold of historical romance ... from the school of tempestuous relationships and dubious consent; not aiming to do anything especially new, but just to deliver on a swoony hero and a heroine that can turn his life upside down ... an adventure between a well-matched pair.\" Heroes and Heartbreakers', '', 'Anne Stuart made her first professional sale at age seven to Jack and Jill magazine. Her first novel was Barretts Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974. Since then, shes written gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, historical romance, mainstream contemporary romance, and more. She is the author of award-winning and best-selling romance series such as the suspenseful Ice books and The House of Rohan, set in historical Venice. Her work has been covered on the television show Entertainment Tonight as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Womens Day, and countless other publications. In addition, she is the recipient of the Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.', 'When shes not traveling, Anne is at home in northern Vermont with her devoted husband of thirty-eight years, an empty nest, two cats, and four sewing machines.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Emeril's There's a Chef in My Family!: Recipes to Get Everybody Cooking\nDescription: [\"Grade 5 UpEmeril's many fans will eat this up. The introduction emphasizes the fun and learning involved in cooking together as a family. The use of fresh ingredients is definitely a plus, but many of the recipes are quite complicated, making this a good book for children and adults to use together. Front matter (the first 25 pages) covers equipment, safety tips, basic skills and terms, and measurements. Seventy-six recipes follow, logically arranged to begin with breakfast and continue through dessert. The step-by-step directions are clearly laid out, and most of the dishes look delicious. The fresh and attractive design includes a mix of simple paintings (for the food) and photos (for the people). Emeril himself is shown throughout, conveying his enthusiasm and sense of play and offering a familiar note for media-savvy cooks. Nutritional information is not included, which may be a good thing, since many of the recipes are sinfully caloric (the hot chocolate recipe calls for whole milk and heavy cream and chocolate chips). For this reason, many of the dishes will be better suited for special occasions than for everyday enjoyment.Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', \"Emeril Lagasse is a chef, restaurateur, and the author of eighteen bestselling cookbooks, including the recent Emeril's Kicked-Up Sandwiches and Sizzling Skillets and Other One Pot Wonders. He is the proprietor of thirteen award-winning restaurants across the country and is the host of The Originals with Emeril and Emeril's Florida, both airing on the Cooking Channel. He has been the food correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America for fourteen years. In 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support children's educational programs that inspire and mentor young people through the culinary arts and promote nutrition and healthy eating.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The King of Threadneedle Street (A Rougemont Novel) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['\"The King of Threadneedle Street isoneof thebesthistoricalnovelsI\\'vereadthisyear. Moriah Densley raised my expectations of the genre.Ican\\'t wait toreadmore!\" - #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rachel Van Dyken
\"Moriah Densley\\'s writing draws you in so close, you feel as if you\\'re standing right next to the characters, seeing through their eyes, feeling theslightbreezeacrossyourskin, experiencing everything that they do.\" - Bestselling Author, Ruth J. Hartman', 'Bestselling author Moriah Densley sees nothing odd at all about keeping both a violin case and a range bag stuffed with pistols in the back seat of her car. They hold up the stack of books in the middle, of course. She enjoys writing about Victorians, assassins, and geeks. Her muses are summoned by the smell of chocolate, usually at odd hours of the night. By day her alter ego is your friendly neighborhood music teacher. She lives in Las Vegas with her husband, four children, and two possibly brain-damaged cats. Moriah has a Masters degree in music, is a 2012 RWA Golden Heart finalist, 2012 National Readers Choice Award winner in historical romance, and 12 NRCA Best First Book finalist.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Noah, Den Lille Smand: Noahs eventyr (Danish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flat-Out Love\nDescription: ['\"Flat-Out Love is the first book in a long, long time that has touched me this deeply.\" ---Book & A Latte
\"It made me feel emotions I thought my black heart wouldn\\'t allow.\"---See K Read
\"This book was so outrageously good. It has surpassed--dare I say it?--my deeply beloved Nicholas Sparks.\" ---Just Another Book Addict
\"...This is The Best Book I Have Ever Read...I have read a lot of books but none like this one. It made me laugh until I nearly cried. It\\'s funny, sad, romantic and just simply fantastic...\" ComaCalm\\'s Corner
\"Within the first chapter, I laughed out loud no less than four times. The characters were well-rounded, and strong while still vulnerable...Flat Out Love is a shining example of romance in the internet age...\"--Random Musings
\"I loved it so much that I\\'m already considering how long to wait before re-reading it. The romance in this one is amazing because it\\'s a slow building, feel-it-in-your-stomach kind of love.\" ---Book Labyrinth', 'Jessica Park is the author of the young adult novel RELATIVELY FAMOUS, five Gourmet Girl mysteries (written as Jessica Conant-Park) and the e-shorts FACEBOOKING RICK SPRINGFIELD and WHAT THE KID SAYS (Parts 1 & 2). She grew up in the Boston area and then went to Macalester College in frigid St. Paul, Minnesota. During her freshman year, there was a blizzard on Halloween, and she decided that she was not cut out for such torture. So she moved back to the east coast where, she\\'d forgotten, it still snows. Oops. She now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, son, bananas dog named Fritzy, and two selfish cats. When not writing, she is probably on Facebook , pining over 80s rock stars, or engaging in \"Glee\" activities. Or some combination of the three. Probably with a coffee in hand.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Man or Monster? (Epic Collection: Incredible Hulk)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Beg Tease Submit - Sequence One (Songs of Submission)\nDescription: ['Beg has over 2400 five star ratings on Goodreads.', '', 'The Submission Series has 7 books 1) Beg 2) Tease 3) Submit 4) Control 5) Burn 6) Resist 7) Sing (includes bonus material)
Eloisa James delights again with a story thats both sophisticated and sweet, featuring layered characters who walk right off the page and into the readers heart. (BookPage)
James twist on Rapunzel sweeps readers away into a fairy tale full of deep emotion while exploring the themes of self-imposed imprisonment, family relations, love, marriage and what is at the heart of any relationship. James wraps big themes in a wonderfully romantic story, beautifully written, intelligent and unforgettable. (RT Book Reviews (top pick) 4 1/2 Stars)
a symphony of delights for romance readers, a lyrically written love story graced with richly nuanced characters and generously seasoned with the authors incandescent wit. (Booklist (starred review))
Eloisa Jamess writing is absolutely exquisite. She is one of the brightest lights in our genre...her writing is truly scrumptious. (Teresa Medeiros)
Eloisa James writes with a captivating blend of charm, style, and grace that never fails to leave the reader sighing and smiling and falling in love. Her style is exquisite, her prose pure magic. Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James. (Julia Quinn)
Eloisa James is extraordinary. With her sensuous and elegant style, inventive plotting and warm, human characters, she makes every book a treasure. A novel by Eloisa is a delicious treat that shouldnt be missed. A wonderfully original voice in romance fiction! (New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleyps)', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cook Eat Live: Spring and Summer\nDescription: ['Tiffani Rozier, is professional chef and culinary coach. As a former marketing and design professional, Tiffani sees food as art, and eating as one of the purest pleasures in life. Her favorite topic is people and their relationship with food. She\\'s the pro you have in your back pocket helping you elevate your food game. She writes, conducts live demonstrations, teaches, produces instructional videos and is a big supporter of community food outreach. \"Food is an everyday conversation; there is a shared spirit in the spaces between plates. Meals do not commence when everyone takes a seat at the table, and we give thanks; a meal starts with a hunger. We all bring our diverse appetites to the table, satisfying them with whatever we fill out plates with. Life is very much the same way, and I have often sought and found answers to some of lifes questions in the act of preparing or serving a meal. The comedy of living is that when we believe we have answered one question, we have only succeeded in unearthing more questions.\"', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lord of The Isles (Zebra Historical Romance)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: October\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Thief of Souls eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Thunder Struck (Thunder on the Mountain Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '', 'Growing up on shorelines, I ached for the sound of crashing waves when I went away to college in Boulder, CO. Coming around a mountain pass one day, my heart sang at the sight of a wide expanse of water, and from that moment on, Nederland became my favorite haunt.
Months later, sitting in a snowstorm in my car, watching angry whitecaps form on the reservoir, I had my first experience with thunder snow, a strange phenomenon of thunder reverberating in the confined space of heavy snow clouds. When I decided to write my first book, I used a profession I knew (Realtor), and a place I loved (Nederland), and the Thunder on the Mountain series was born.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wolfe (De Wolfe Pack) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Kathryn Le Veque is one of Amazon\\'s top selling Historical and Contemporary romance authors, consistently ranked in the top 100 for Historical novels. She has been featured on Kindle Nation, Coastal Conversations, Confessions of Romaholics, Goodreads, and a host of other blogs and websites highlighting her novels. Kathryn is an award-winning author and has legions of dedicated fans all over the world. Kathryn\\'s Medieval Historicals have been called \\'detailed\\', \\'passionate\\', and \\'character-rich\\'. She believes that total immersion in a time period is essential to creating the perfect story. More than that, she writes for both women AND men - an unusual crossover for a romance author - but Kathryn has many male readers who enjoy her stories because of the action and adventure. Kathryn is a strong believer in a true and powerful storyline, full of action and passion, that can stand the test of both sexes. Although Kathryn\\'s passion is her Medievals, she is very proficient at writing her Contemporary Adventure Romances. One of her novels, \"Lady of Heaven\", is currently being adapted into a screenplay. Kathryn has been described as a reader\\'s writer - she knows what readers like and she writes from the heart. Read Kathryn Le Veque\\'s novels and fall in love again... and again... and again.... Kathryn is the author of 36 novels and counting. See Kathryn\\'s fanpage on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kathrynlevequenovels?ref=hl Join her on Twitter @kathrynleveque Visit her website at www.kathrynleveque.com']","rejected":"Title: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform (Aging Medicine)\nDescription: ['', 'From the book reviews:', '', '', 'Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles of palliative care, describes current models of delivering palliative care across care settings, and examines opportunities in the setting of healthcare policy reform for palliative care to improve outcomes for patients, families and healthcare institutions. The United States is currently facing a crisis in health care marked by unsustainable spending and quality that is poor relative to international benchmarks. Yet this is also a critical time of opportunity. Because of its focus on quality of care, the Affordable Care Act is poised to expand access to palliative care services for the sickest, most vulnerable, and therefore most costly, 5% of patients- a small group who nonetheless drive about 50% of all healthcare spending. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illnesswhatever the diagnosis or stage of illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Research has demonstrated palliative cares positive impact on health care value. Patients (and family caregivers) receiving palliative care experience improved quality of life, better symptom management, lower rates of depression and anxiety, and improved survival. Because patient and family needs are met, crises are prevented, thereby directly reducing need for emergency department and hospital use and their associated costs. An epiphenomenon of better quality of care, the lower costs associated with palliative care have been observed in multiple studies.', 'Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform, a roadmap for effective policy and program design, brings together expert clinicians, researchers and policy leaders, who tackle key areas where real-world policy options to improve access to quality palliative care could have a substantial role in improving value.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Four Nights with the Duke (Desperate Duchesses)\nDescription: ['another brilliantly executed historical romance that splendidly showcases her flair for faultless plotting and flawless character development. Much of the novels sparkling wit is associated with the heroines secret life as a best-selling romance novelist (Booklist (starred review))
James proves that wit is sexy and romance is smart. Her latest Desperate Duchesses novel does it again with an unforgetable heroine, a masterful hero and a very wise little boy. This is a wonderful story filled with emotion. A real keeper. (RT Book Reviews (top pick))', '', 'Eloisa James returns with another fabulous romance in her New York Times bestselling Desperate Duchesses series!', 'As a young girl, Emilia Gwendolyn Carrington told the annoying future Duke of Pindar that she would marry any man in the world before himso years later she is horrified to realize that she has nowhere else to turn.', \"Evander Septimus Brody has his own reasons for agreeing to Mia's audacious proposal, but there's one thing he won't give his inconvenient wife: himself.\", \"Instead, he offers Mia a devil's bargain . . . he will spend four nights a year with her. Four nights, and nothing more. And those only when she begs for them.\", 'Which Mia will never do.', \"Now Vander faces the most crucial challenge of his life: he must seduce his own wife in order to win her heartand no matter what it takes, this is the one battle he can't afford to lose.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Communazis: FBI Surveillance of German Emigr Writers\nDescription: ['During the 1930s, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht and scores of other German writers fled the Nazi regime to settle in the United States. Some were awarded posh Hollywood contracts; others just barely made ends meet. Using much archival material, Stephan demonstrates in this remarkable study that J. Edgar Hoover and his henchmen at the FBI spied on virtually all the writers. Why? Because the ?migr?s were suspected of being socialists (largely true), and Hoover, a rabid anti-Communist, was obsessed with flushing out anyone with leftist sympathies. Once WWII broke out, the German writers were faced with the additional burden of living as foreign nationals in an enemy country. The Office of Censorship read all their letters; the FBI kept track of their sexual partners; agents combed their works for hidden anti-American meanings. Stephan, a professor of German history at the University of Florida, jumped through a great many hoops in order to obtain the government files on which his study is based, and he does not avoid sharing these travails with the reader. As a result, parts of his text read like the dryest kind of detective book (\"The INS gave me 30 pages\"; \"A further 90 items were withheld by the FBI\"). But this detective work also dishes up some surprises, such as that Thomas Mann\\'s daughter (also the onetime wife of W.H. Auden) was an informant for the FBI. A feature on the front page of the arts section of the New York Times in early September promises serious media attention for this title and, consequently, brisk early sales, despite the dry, research-report tone. Illus. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '\"Communazis is an important compendium of one aspect of World War II.\" -- Konrad Kellen, Los Angeles Times Book Review', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: For Love of the Duke (Heart of a Duke) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['USA Today Bestselling author, Christi Caldwell blames Judith McNaught\\'s \"Whitney, My Love,\" for luring her into the world of historical romance. While sitting in her graduate school apartment at the University of Connecticut, Christi decided to set aside her notes and try her hand at writing romance. She believes the most perfect heroes and heroines have imperfections and she rather enjoys tormenting them before crafting a well-deserved happily ever after! Christi makes her home in Southern Connecticut where she spends her time writing, chasing around her feisty six-year old son and caring for her twin princesses in training! Christi loves to hear from readers. To learn more about what she is working on, you can find her on Facebook at Christi Caldwell Author, Twitter @ChristiCaldwell, or visit her website www.christicaldwellauthor.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time: The List to End All Lists\nDescription: ['', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Crusader (The Crusader Series)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: A Bright New Boise\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Love, Chloe\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT \"Torre\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\" \"RT Book Reviews\" \"Hollywood Dirt was the real thing pure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\'s not to be missed!!!\" Kim Karr, \"New York Times\" bestselling author PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E \"\"The Girl in 6E\" uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\" \"RT Book Reviews,\" Top Pick! (4.5 stars) \"A.R. Torre\\'s \"The Girl in 6E\" lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\" David Bell, author of \"Never Come Back\" and \"Cemetery Girl\" \"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. \"The Girl in 6E\" deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\" CJ Roberts, \"New York Times\" and \"USA Today\" bestselling author of \"The Dark Duet\" \"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\" Lisa Renee Jones, \"New York Times\" bestselling author of The Inside Out series \"
PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT \"Torre\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\" -- RT Book Reviews', '\"Hollywood Dirt was the real thing--pure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\'s not to be missed!!!\"--Kim Karr, New York Times bestselling author', 'PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E \"The Girl in 6E uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\"RT Book Reviews, Top Pick! (4.5 stars)', '\"A.R. Torre\\'s The Girl in 6E lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\" --David Bell, author of Never Come Back and Cemetery Girl', '\"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. The Girl in 6E deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\" --CJ Roberts, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dark Duet', '\"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\" --Lisa Renee Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Inside Out series', '', 'PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT: \"Torre\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\" RT Book Reviews
\"Hollywood Dirt was the real thingpure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\'s not to be missed!!!\"Kim Karr, New York Times bestselling author
PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E: \"The Girl in 6E uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\"RT Book Reviews, Top Pick! (4.5 stars)
\"A.R. Torre\\'s The Girl in 6E lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\" David Bell, author of Never Come Back and Cemetery Girl
\"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. The Girl in 6E deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\" CJ Roberts, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dark Duet
\"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\" Lisa Renee Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Inside Out series
', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Miss Spider Treasury\nDescription: ['The uncommonly unique imagination of David Kirk has an equally uncommon source. \"I found a small copy of The Gnomes\\' Almanac by a little-known Viennese author Ida Bohtta Morpugo. It was a cutout book simply subtitled: A Book for Children. In it, the pictures and verse about bugs, butterflies, and mice really came to life.\" That got him drawing and writing. Before that he made children\\'s toys by hand. \"I love making stories. The bookmaking process is a liberation for me from the years I toiled to produce handmade items. I think the life of a children\\'s book author is bliss.\" Kirk lives in upstate New York, with his wife and three daughters. For more information about David Kirk, visit: scholastic.com/tradebooks', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Chasing Memories\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Technosystem: The Social Life of Reason\nDescription: ['Feenberg presents a compelling argument about where we might find democratic sources of resistance to the distortions and pathologies arising from the application of various technologies in daily life. In an extremely far-reaching and important conclusion, he shows that there is no such thing as value-neutral technology, even at the simplest level of a tool. This is one of the best attempts known to me to realize Hegels account of philosophy as the attempt to comprehend ones own time in thought.Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago
Feenberg has written his magnum opus. It is as ambitious and broad-ranging as it is carefully argued and lucidly illustrated. He develops a theory of politics of technosystems by combining STS and philosophy and thus making politics thinkable in our technological cultures. Technosystem is obligatory reading for all STS scholars interested in democratization of our techno-scientific societies.Wiebe E. Bijker, Maastricht University
Technology cannot escape the hubris of its agents, who expect to change the world without being changed themselves. Andrew Feenberg has provided us with an engaging critique of sociotechnical rationality, designed to uncover the reified, distorted logic of the whole technosystem, while retrieving the Lukacsian project of a de-reified alternative in line with our historical context. An original, illuminating, and scholarly contribution to the philosophy of technology.Alessandro Ferrara, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Many experts would rank Andrew Feenberg as the best contemporary philosopher of technology coming from the critical theory tradition. After this book, the number of readers so ranking him is bound to increase.Don Ihde, Technology and Culture
An engaging, lucid and illuminating discussion of some of the most urgent questions about the nature of modernity.Alexander Thomas, Theory, Culture & Society
A complex, sophisticated book, bringing the full weight of Feenbergs massive erudition to bear.Richard Westerman, Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy', 'Andrew Feenberg is Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and Directeur de Programme in the Collge International de Philosophie.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Echo: A Dark Billionaire Romance (Bleeding Hearts) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['A. Zavarelli is a romance book junkie, cat lover, and traveler when plagued by intense cases of wanderlust. She likes all things chocolate, books that come with warnings, and pretty much any kind of characters that are dark and gritty. You can find more about her on her website. http://www.azavarelli.com/']","rejected":"Title: The Official SAT Subject Test in Biology Study Guide (College Board Official SAT Study Guide)\nDescription: ['', 'The College Board, a not-for-profit membership association, connects students to college success and opportunity through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT(r), the PSAT/NMSQT(r), and the Advanced Placement Program(r) (AP). Students, parents, educators, and librarians recognize the College Board as a source of expertise on SAT and CLEP(r)test preparation, college admissions, and financial aid. The Board publishes the bestselling \"Official SAT Study Guide,\" the \"College Handbook,\" the \"Book of Majors,\" and other books that help students prepare for college, research their options, and succeed in higher education.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Loving Deviant (Cyborg Seduction) (Volume 9)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, 6th Edition\nDescription: ['Daniel B. Botkin is resident of The Center for the Study of Environment, and Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has been on the faculty since 1978, serving as Chairman of the Environmental Studies Program from 1978 to 1985. For more than three decades, Professor Botkin has been active in the application of ecological science to environmental management. he is the winner of the Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development and the Fernow Prize for International Forestry, and he has been elected to the California Environmental Hall of Fame.', 'Trained in physics and biology, Professor Botkin is a leader in the application of advanced technology to the study of the environment. The originator of widely used forest gap-models, he has conducted research on endangered species, characteristics of natural wilderness areas, the biosphere, and global environmental problems. During his career, Professor Botkin has advised the World Bank about tropical forests, biological diversity, and sustainability; the Rockefeller Foundation about global environmental issues; the government of Taiwan about approaches to solving environmental problems; and the state of California on the environmental problems; and the state of California on the environmental effects of water diversion on Mono Lake. He served as the primary advisor to the national Geographic Society for its centennial edition map on \" The Endangered Earth.\" He directed a study for the states of Oregon and California concerning salmon and their forested habitats.', 'He has published many articles and books about environmental issues. His latest books are Beyond the Stoney Mountains: Nature in the American West from Lewis and Clark to Today (Oxford University Press), Strange Encounters: Adventures of a renegade Naturalist (Penguin/Tarcher), The Blue Planet (Wiley), Our Natural History: The Lessons of Lewis and Clark (Oxford University Press), Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press), and Forest Dynamics: An Ecological Model (Oxford University Press).', 'Professor Botkin was on the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1968-1974) and was a member of the staff of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (1975-1977). He received a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.', 'Edward A. Keller was chair of the Environmental Studies and Hydrologic Sciences Programs from 1993 to 1997 and is Professor of Earth Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he teaches earth surface processes, environmental geology, environmental science, river processes, and engineering geology. Prior to joining the faculty at Santa Barbara, he taught geomorphology, environmental studies, and earth science at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He was the 1982-1983 Hartley Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton, a Visiting Fellow in 2000 at Emmanuel College of Cambridge University, England, and recipient of the Easterbrook Distinguished Scientist award from the Geological Society of America in 2004.', 'Professor Keller has focused his research efforts into three areas: studies of Quaternary Stratigraphy and tectonics as they relate to earthquakes, active folding, and mountain building processes; hydrologic process and wildfire in the chaparral environment of Sothern California; and physical habitat requirements for the endangered Southern California Steelhead trout. he is the recipient of various Water Resources research Center grants to study fluvial processes and U.S. Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center grants to study earthquake hazards.', \"Professor Keller has published numerous papers and is the author of the textbooks Environmental Geology, Introduction to Environmental Geology and (with Nicholas Pinter) Active Tectonics (Prentice-Hall). He holds bachelor's degrees in both geology and mathematics from California State University, Fresno; an M.S. in geology from the University of California; and a Ph.D. in geology from Purdue University.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stranded with the Cyborg (Cy-Ops Cyborg Romance Book 1) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Ainslie's complete guide to Thoroughbred Racing\nDescription: ['Here is the third edition of the most complete, comprehensive and reliable guide to handicapping and understanding thoroughbred racing. Through twenty best-selling years, \"Ainslie\\'s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing\" has taught generations of racing fans how to become expert handicappers and pick winners at the track consistently. Now, in this all-new third edition, Ainslie turns his celebrated wit, clarity and no-nonsense realism to the latest trends and changes in thoroughbred racing.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Someone to Love (Westcott)\nDescription: ['Someone to Love', '', '']","rejected":"Title: elsa and her cubs\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Seventh Bride\nDescription: ['', 'Like any good fairy tale, Seventh Bride accesses a lizard-brain sense of justice, and of what makes a story symmetrical and satisfying. Tasha Robinson, NPR Books', '', '', 'T. Kingfisher is the pen name that Ursula Vernon uses when she writes for grown-ups. In her other life, she writes childrens books and weird comics and has won the Nebula, Hugo, Alfie, Sequoyah, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as a half-dozen Junior Library Guild selections. Kingfisher hails from North Carolina. For more information, please visit www.tkingfisher.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Wild Spirit Horse Coloring Book: The Wild Horses of Assateague\nDescription: ['Lynnette Ewoldt Jones was born in Iowa and with to college at Iowa State University with a BFA in Art. She lives in California with her husband and two daughters. You can see her website at MyArtByLynnette.biz', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Duke's Holiday (The Regency Romp Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', \"Maggie Fenton is an avid reader, reviewer, and writer of romance in between her work as a professional musician. She writes steampunk romance under the name Margaret Foxe and has enjoyed success as a self-published author in that genre. The Duke's Holiday is her first foray into the historical romance genre, one of her personal favorites.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Martha's Nose for News (Martha Speaks)\nDescription: ['', \"Susan Meddaugh was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Wheaton College, where she studied French literature and fine arts. After working briefly with an advertising agency in New York, she moved to Boston and worked at a publishing company for ten years, first as a designer, then art editor, and finally as art director. While there, she did the illustrations for Good Stones (Houghton Mifflin) by Anne Epstein, and then decided to strike out on her own as a freelance illustrator and creator of children's books. Since that time, Susan has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including Martha Speaks, which was chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book for 1992. In 1998 she was awarded the New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to recognize a body of work. Her work also was acknowledged with a New York Times Best Illustrated Award. She lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Shadow's Seduction (Immortals After Dark) (Volume 17)\nDescription: ['', '\"Kresley Cole never ceases to amaze. SWEET RUIN is an absolute standout in a series that just keeps getting better and better.\" --Fiktshun', '\"Sweet Ruin was angsty and thrilling, and the chemistry and sexual tension between these characters was just off the charts WOW! Ms. Cole proves again why she is a drop everything else and must read author for me.\" --Shh Moms Reading', '\"SWEET RUIN is Kresley Cole\\'s best IAD book to date! With tons of power, passion, and seduction, each page was a treat, every chapter a beautiful journey. This is paranormal romance at its finest.\" --Shayna Renee\\'s Spicy Reads', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pattern Sheets of Origamic Architecture\nDescription: [\"Masahiro Chatani was a Japanese architect and professor of Architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology. 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\"This book has been the best I have read by this author, I can not tell you how much I loved it, loved the all consuming deep connection I had with each and every character this book focused on. And like others that have read this book I too can not wait for the next book of this series, this was an epic way to start it off.\" Goodreads Reviewer - Kitty Kat\\'s Crazy About Books
\"Raw, vulnerable, emotions poured out of those scenes in such a subtle way. Huss gave you the obscene but ensured that it felt intimate. You were a voyeur into their deepest sexual fantasies and you kept your eyes glued to the scene, holding your breath, fearful that even a blink would cause you to miss a moment of it.\" - Goodreads Reviewer - Michelle New
\"Taking Turns wasn\\'t at all what I expected. It was so much more. How J.A. Huss is able to write such an erotic, steamy, pantie wetting tale is beyond me. I couldn\\'t get enough. I had to know how the game was going to end and if there really was going to be a winner. Taking Turns is a definite page turner.\" - Goodreads Reviewer SM Harshell
\"The characters are complex and well thought out and unapologetically flawed. They will draw you completely into the story and once they have you, they\\'ll never let you go. I was hooked from the first page and remained riveted to the very last word.\" - Goodreads Reviewer - Jammie Bebout
\"It\\'s a pretty intense read and masterfully told as always by J.A. Huss. She not only writes a romance, she writes the gritty that we tend to gloss over, the dark that we don\\'t want to admit we have, and then tosses in something that is happening EVERY DAY in the world to give you a little reality check. I cannot wait for book two.\" - Goodreads Reviewer - a_tiffyfit
\"I.literally.can\\'t.even. I just read the BEST book!!!! I was so excited about this book and it did not disappoint. The story was dirty, hot, sexy, twisted and dark. It was more then I could have asked for.\" - Goodreads Reviewer - Lauren Lascola-Lesczynski', '', '']","rejected":"Title: England and Its Rulers 1066 - 1307\nDescription: ['\"An excellent treatment of political developments from the Conquest through the death of Edward I that is informed by [Clanchy\\'s] wide knowledge of the written sources for the period.\" (Sixteenth Century Journal, Summer 2009)
', '\"[This] is the third edition of a much admired textbook which has already introduced countless students to the period yet remains fresh and full of imulating insights. For this edition Clanchy has updated the existing chapters and added excellent new ones on the economy, lordship, and Englands position in Britain.\" (Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature, December 2008)', '\"Michael Clanchy is an engaging writer whose work is always notable for its clarity without oversimplifying the key academic debates. The third edition of this excellent survey text is no exception.\" (Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, Volume 4, 2008)', '\"MT Clanchy\\'s supremely well-written account of the nation and its kings during this period retains its excellent introduction to the development of England after the Normans, but the three new chapters make it even more pertinent reading. Given current concerns over Britishness, this is a lively addition to the debate on where Britain\\'s national identity derives from.\" (BBC History Magazine)', '\"A very good introduction to medieval England. The questions Clanchy raises, his frequent challenges to the views of other historians, his thoughtful and learned discussions of major issues in the history of medieval England, and his generous and explicit use of primary sources all combine to offer rich material for reflection and discussion.\" (Medieval Review)', '', '\"MT Clanchy\\'s supremely well-written account of the nation and its kings during this period retains its excellent introduction to the development of England after the Normans, but the three new chapters make it even more pertinent reading. Given current concerns over Britishness, this is a lively addition to the debate on where Britain\\'s national identity derives from.\" BBC History Magazine ', '\"A very good introduction to medieval England. The questions Clanchy raises, his frequent challenges to the views of other historians, his thoughtful and learned discussions of major issues in the history of medieval England, and his generous and explicit use of primary sources all combine to offer rich material for reflection and discussion.\" Medieval Review', '\"The third edition of England and its Rulers is much more than \\'just\\' a textbook. It is, hands down, the liveliest, the most accessible and the most consistently interesting account we have of the multicultural influences that shaped the medieval English polity, and that made medieval England such a distinct and peculiar kingdom within the British Isles. There is a freshness and a breadth of vision and reference in Michael Clanchy\\'s judgments that sets this book apart from all its competitors.\" Robert C. Stacey, University of Washington', '\"Marvellously lucid, often provocative, and always aware that England\\'s history must be discussed in its European context, this remains a superb book to stimulate interest. And the addition of three new chapters, on the creation of wealth, the matter of Britain, and lordship deepens the treatment and adds a further lively treatment of subjects very topical with historians at the moment.\" David Bates, Institute of Historical Research', '\"England and its Rulers wins its third edition on merit, and my students will relish it, as they did the previous ones. It has been the best kind of textbook, the kind that gives the genuinely new reader the material needed to enter an alien world ... .The young will savor these pages and surely ask for more.\" Paul Hyams, Cornell University', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Trust Me (The Last Stand Trilogy, Book 1)\nDescription: [\"The inaugural Skye Kellerman novel from Novak (Dead Right, etc.) generates genuine thrills. Attacked four years ago at home by rapist and murderer Oliver Burke, Skye defended herself and put him behind bars. Inspired by her own struggle, Skye began the Last Standan organization focused on helping survivors and teaching self-defense. She is also wrestling with an attraction to the detective from her case, David Willis. When Burke cuts a deal, the fiend is out on the street, eager for revenge on Skyewho has been the focus of his continued obsession. Novak changes the pace by focusing on the familiesof the victim, of Willis, of Burkeshowing different sides of protective love. Skye's fellow members of the Last Stand get short shrift, but readers will look forward to books in the series devoted to each woman. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Brenda Novakhas penned over 45 novels. A two-time Rita nominee, she'swon The National Reader's Choice, The Bookseller's Best, The Bookbuyer's Bestand many other awards. Sheruns an annual online auction for diabetes research every May at www.brendanovak.com. To date, shes raised over $2 million. Brenda considers herself lucky to be a mother of five and married to the love of her life.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Kun Faya Kun\nDescription: ['Saleem Safdar is an attorney who enjoys writing. 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\"The book, which distills the 1.9 million photographs that Souza took of Obama\\'s eight years in the White House down to about 300 images, it as once warm and nostalgic, worshipful and respectful, sad and wistful-in a sense, not so different from the framed JFK portraits that everyday Americans hung in living rooms, right through the Nixon administration. Less than 12 months since Obama left office (indeed, the very moment he left his office is included), it also reads like a lesson in how fast things can change.\"Chicago Tribune
\"Here are the qualities that radiate from these photos of the former President and his family, all taken by Souza during his eight years as official White House photographer: intelligence, kindness, warmth, integrity. Drink it in.\"People
\"For all its exuberant glimpses of the president at play, the dominant mood of this \\'intimate portrait\\' remains earnest. In conveying both the weight of the office and President Obama\\'s full engagement with its demands, Souza fuels our admiration--and stokes our regret.\"The Chicago Tribune
\"Souza, chief official White House photographer for Obama\\'s two terms, was on hand for history--documenting our first black president, and a pretty photogenic one at that. Souza\\'s book, an instant best seller, includes many iconic images we\\'ve seen before, but its most poignant moments are the least public--like one of the president and his daughters frolicking in the snow at the White House.\"USA Today
\"Mr. Souza has honed an ability to crouch and shrink to capture the details no one else sees...With Mr. Obama giving few public statements since leaving office, Mr. Souza\\'s words and images will have to work as a conduit for now.\"The New York Times
\"Obama: An Intimate Portrait reminds us of how... glamour functioned in the previous Administration... However glamorous, this man has more power than seems human.\"The New Yorker
\"Perfect for gifting... lets readers into Obama\\'s life in the White House, around the world, and into the spirit of his chapter in American history.\"Travel + Leisure
\"This book will appeal to any fan of history.\"ABC7 Eyewitness News
\"The 300 photographs in the book are a remarkable account of President Obama\\'s eight years in the White House, from events of historic significance to quiet moments with his wife and daughters and the family dogs. They feature world leaders, diplomats, celebrities and everyday people. You see the President in times of contemplation, worry and sorrow. You see him, too, in high spirits, joy and playfulness.\"New Orleans Times-Picayune', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Finding My Radical Soul\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Strictly Forbidden\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Judaism and the World's Religions\nDescription: ['Book on Judaism and comparative religions.']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: To Be Seduced\\nDescription: ['\\\"Ms. Stephens is a talented author with a unique writing style that brings romance to life. 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Thomas Fleming, The New York Times bestselling author of the Officer's Wives\\\", '', '', 'John Jakes is the bestselling author of The Kent Family Chronicles, The North and South Trilogy, and The Crown Family Saga. He lives in South Carolina and Connecticut.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Bride's Secret (The Brides of Bath) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: [\\\"Cheryl Bolen is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen Regency-set historical romance novels. Her books have placed in several writing contests, including the Daphne du Maurier, and have been translated into 11 languages. She was named Notable New Author in 1999, and in 2006 she won the Holt Medallion (Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) for Best Short Historical Novel. In 2012 she won Best Historical in the International Digital Awards for eBooks published the prior year, and one of her 2011 novellas won Best Historical Novella. Her books have become Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestsellers. A former journalist who admits to a fascination with dead Englishwomen, Cheryl is a regular contributor to The Regency Plume, The Regency Reader, and The Quizzing Glass. Many of her articles can found on her website, www.CherylBolen.com, and more recent ones on her blog, www.CherylsRegencyRamblings.wordpress.com. Readers are welcomed at both places. Cheryl holds a dual degree in English and journalism from the University of Texas, and she earned a master's degree from the University of Houston. She and her professor husband are the parents of two sons, one who is an attorney, and the other a journalist. 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All are set in mid-1700s Georgian England, with occasional crossings to the France of Louis XV. I pull up the reins at the French Revolution where I lost a previous life at the guillotine for my unpardonably hedonistic lifestyle as a layabout aristo!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lego: The Official Annual [With Legos]\\nDescription: ['This awesome \\\"LEGO Official Annual\\\" is packed with puzzles, comics and games, and there are also 14 brilliant LEGO bricks to use in the activities! Whether you love LEGO City, Atlantis, Power Miners or Hero Factory - this annual has it all! The perfect Christmas present or stocking filler for any LEGO fan.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Midnight Marriage: A Georgian Historical Romance\\nDescription: [\\\"Midnight Marriage carries on the Roxton series tradition with still another wonderful tale. 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The love story is tender, and filled with the kind of blunders young people make when setting out on the rocky road of true love. Nice twists and turns, dramatic revelations, and some enjoyable chaos make this a book that keeps the reader turning the pages. Highly recommended! 5 STARS: Fiona Ingram for Readers' Favorite\\\", \\\"As an incurable bibliophile I'm especially proud of the print editions of my books. The layout is understated and the print sharp and black on silky-smooth creme stock. It's wonderful!\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Woman's Day Cookbook for Healthy Living\\nDescription: [\\\"Elizabeth Alston was at Woman's Day for 16 years as Food Editor and Executive Food Editor. She is the author of best-selling books The New Woman's Day Cookbook (Filipacchi Publishing, 2005), The Woman's Day Cookbook (Viking, 1995), Biscuits and Scones (Clarkson Potter, 1988) and Muffins (Random House, 1984).\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Slightly Dangerous (Balogh, Mary)\\nDescription: [\\\"The long-awaited conclusion to Balogh's Regency-era romance series, focusing on the eccentric Bedwyn family, possesses the same charm and richness of character as her previous books (Slightly Tempted, etc.), but its plot is slightly more conventional. Balogh's fans have longed to see Wulfric, the imperturbable duke of Bewcastle, fall in love, and Balogh has created the perfect heroine to fell himChristine Derrick, a lively but lowborn young widow who has a habit of getting herself into very improper situations. The two meet at a sedate house party, where Christine accidentally spills lemonade on the duke and then dares to laugh at him. Wulfric disapproves of Christine's working-class background and unladylike manners, but he can't help being enchanted by her effervescent personality. For her part, Christine disdains Wulf's icy, superior attitude, but she's drawn to him physically. As fans of the genre will anticipate, opposites attract no matter how hard the hero and heroine fight against it, and an unplanned sexual encounter complicates their feelings even further. Although the story lacks some of the dramatic tension of its predecessors, particularly Slightly Sinful, this book rings with humor and delightful echoes of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. All in all, it's a memorable conclusion to a charming series. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"Slightly Dangerous is the culmination of Balogh's wonderfully entertaining Bedwyn series, in which each sibling in the aristocratic family finds the love of his or her life. Wulfric, the eldest brother, is known for his icy reserve, and, in fact, the formidable duke effectively stopped marriage-minded pursuits and was content with his mistress until she died. Invited to a house party, he unhappily finds himself in the company of Christine Derrick, the klutzy, impoverished widow of a viscount's brother. Two more unsuitable lovers have never been imagined, but Balogh, famous for her believable characters and finely crafted Regency-era settings, forges a relationship that leaps off the page and into the hearts of her readers. The sixth title in a series would seem an unlikely point to begin, but Balogh includes the other five Bedwyn siblings and their loves in such a way as to delight readers familiar with them, and entice readers new to the series to read the previous installments. Diana Tixier Herald Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Skins On The Earth\\nDescription: ['Paperback']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Slightly Sinful (Bedwyn Saga)\\nDescription: [\\\"Smart, playful and deliciously satisfying, Balogh's newest Regency-era romance takes a popular romance formula-the marriage of convenience-and gives it a creative twist. In the author's previous Bedwyn family installment, Slightly Tempted, diplomat Alleyne Bedwyn disappeared during the Battle of Waterloo and was presumed dead. As readers soon learn, however, he's merely injured. Alleyne owes his life to Rachel York, a well-bred young woman who's down on her luck-so down that she's taken refuge in a Belgian brothel run by four lively Englishwomen. To make matters worse, Rachel and the women have been cheated out of all their money by a fake clergyman. Alleyne wakes in the brothel where Rachel has been nursing him with no idea who he is, but he nevertheless devises a madcap scheme to help the women regain their fortune: he'll pose as Rachel's husband so that she can claim her inheritance, which is due to her upon her marriage. As the two engage in their merry charade, they fall in love, but they also come to terms with what's important in their lives. Balogh once again delivers a clean, sprightly tale rich in both plot and character. Rachel's colorful brothel companions steal almost every scene, and silver-tongued Alleyne easily charms his way into the reader's heart. With its irrepressible characters and deft plotting, this polished romance is an ideal summer read. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"Alleyne, a Bedwyn brother, is shot and thrown from his horse during the Battle of Waterloo. When he first regains consciousness, but not his memory, he finds himself in a brothel surrounded by whores and thinks he must be in heaven. The next time he wakes, angelic Rachel convinces him that she only looks innocent. The women of the house, who were robbed and duped by Rachel's ex-fiance, a purported minister, are dead set on retribution, and wait eagerly for Alleyne and the one-eyed sergeant who brought him to them to heal and assist them. Alleyne, who still does not know who he is, proposes that he pose as Rachel's husband so she can claim the inheritance her uncle will not let her have until she turns 25 or marries. Even though Balogh has already used the device of a pretend fiance or spouse in the Slightly series, it hasn't become stale, and like all her other feel-good romances, this one is so captivating one is loath to reach the last page. Diana Tixier Herald Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Essai De Grammaire Wallonne: Le Verbe Wallon (1892) (French Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Secret Pearl: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"In this Regency tale of two tortured souls who find joy together, Fleur, on the verge of starvation after fleeing a lascivious guardian and murder charges, turns to prostitution on the streets of London. Her first customer is a scarred gentleman who pays her triple after discovering that he has taken her virginity. Then, to her great surprise, Fleur finds employment as the governess to Lady Pamela. How? Her sole customer was Adam Kent, the Duke of Ridgeway. Grievously wounded in war years ago and believed dead, Adam lost his estate and his fiancee to his brother. Finally, he was able to reclaim his position as duke and Sybil as his bride, but he never could regain Sybil's affection. Balogh puts two highly honorable characters into a seemingly impossible situation and keeps the reader guessing the entire time as she manages to finally create a -happily-ever-after ending. Diana Tixier Herald Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", 'New York Times bestselling, multi-award-winning author Mary Balogh grew up in Wales, land of sea and mountains, song and legend. She brought music and a vivid imagination with her when she came to Canada to teach. There she began a second career as a writer of books that always end happily and always celebrate the power of love. There are over four million copies of her Regency romances and historical romances in print.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Secret Adoption\\nDescription: [\\\"Tom Liotti is a nationally known civil rights attorney, village justice, and former NCAA All-American. 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One of the best!New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn
\\\"Balogh is todays superstar heir to the marvelous legacy of Georgette Heyer, (except a lot steamier!)New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
\\\"With her brilliant, beautiful and emotionally intense writing Mary Balogh sets the gold standard in historical romance.\\\"New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
\\\"When it comes to historical romance, Mary Balogh is one of my favorites!\\\"New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James', 'Mary Balogh grew up in Wales and now lives with her husband, Robert, in Saskatchewan, Canada. She has written more than one hundred historical novels and novellas, more than thirty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. They include the Bedwyn saga, the Simply quartet, the Huxtable quintet, the seven-part Survivors Club series, and the Westcott series.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Knitted Coffee cozies eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: As an Earl Desires (Lost Lords)\\nDescription: ['', 'USA Today bestselling and Rita Award-winning author Lorraine Heath has created a lush, emotional love story.', 'Camilla Hutchenson, countess, sponsor, darling of the ton, has reached a staggering level of social power. But one man has managed to distract her attention from her schedule of charity endeavours and teasand not just because he holds the deed to her estate.', 'The man in question, Archibald Warner, is the new Earl of Sachse. Though at first meeting he suspects his new ward of being nothing more than a social bit of fluff, the more time passes, the more he finds himself drawn to her. But there is something she is hiding from him, and she hesitates to show him her real heart, even though she wishes she could learn to trust him with it. 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Inspiration for her literary efforts is the one thing not in short supply, especially once Captain Matthew Bryant arrives to lease the estate after her aunts death. Both kind-hearted and courageous, Matthew is the stuff from which romantic heroes are made, and he would be perfect for Mariah if only he wasnt so determined to marry another woman! Christy and RITA nominee Klassen creates a wonderful cast of engaging characters while neatly stirring in a generous dash of mystery and danger into the plot of her latest, charmingly romantic inspirational romance. --John Charles', 'Julie Klassen is a fiction editor and novelist. Her first book, Lady of Milkweed Manor, was a Christy Award finalist. The Silent Governess is a finalist for the RITA® Award in Inspirational Romance and the Minnesota Book Awards for Genre Fiction. Julie is a graduate of the University of Illinois. 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The slippers were cramping her toes because she had unwisely taken the advice of Lady Elizabeth Munro, the duchesss elder daughter, to buy the smaller of two sizes in footwear when in doubt, as gentlemen did not admire large feet. Coras feet were not extraordinarily large, she had decided, holding them out in front of her, unshod, as she sat on the edge of her bed soon after the advice had been given. And really she did not care much for gentlemens strange preferences in such matters. Did they crawl around on hands and knees examining a ladys feet before going to any other lengths to discover if she was someone with whom they would not mind dreadfully spending the rest of their days on this earth? But there was no escaping the fact that her feet were somewhat larger than Elizabeths and decidedly larger than those of Jane, Elizabeths younger sister. But then Jane was more than usually small and dainty.
And so Cora had bought the slippers in a size smaller than she ought because she had persuaded herself that she was in doubt. She now meekly bore the consequences of her own folly, though she knew she had not really begun to bear them yet. There was a whole ball to live through, a whole evening of dancing if any gentleman could be coerced into dancing with her, that was. Cora would have squirmed with discomfort at the very real danger that none would if her grace had not been still examining her appearance.
Do not let her use her lorgnette, she instructed some unseen power without moving her lips. I shall die of mortification. At the horridly advanced age of one- and twenty she was decked out in virginal white and blushes and was about to make her debut into the beau monde. Jane, who was a mere eighteen years of age, had already made her curtsy to the Queen the year before, though she was still dressed this year in what Cora thought of as the uniform. When one added to the age difference the fact that Cora was larger than Jane in every way, not just in the matter of feet the result was depressing.
Elizabeth, who was nineteen, was dressed in pink and had put on, with her gown, a look of ennui that bespoke the seasoned lady of the ton. She, of course, was already nicely settled indeed, being betrothed to a marquess of enormous wealth and consequence and alarmingly advanced years he was three- and- thirty who happened to be in Vienna this year with the result that the wedding had been postponed indefinitely.
The duchess handed down her judgment at last. She inclined her head once and set her plumes to nodding a dozen times. You will do, my dear Cora, she said.
That was all she said, but it set Elizabeth to smiling graciously in almost comic imitation of her mamas regal manner and Jane to squealing and squeezing her arm and exclaiming in glee.
I told you you looked beautiful, Cora, she said.
Which was a very loose paraphrase indeed of what her mother had said. Cora tried not to look sheepish and giggled instead. It was strange how laughter, which she had always indulged in with unself- conscious spontaneity, had become giggling as soon as the Duchess of Bridgwater had taken her so determinedly under the ducal wing. Giggling, it seemed, was not a ladylike attribute and must be curbed at all costs. The most a lady could allow herself in company by way of displaying amusement was a well- bred titter. On the few occasions when Cora had practiced tittering, she had ended up with her head beneath a cushion, smothering the bellows of unholy mirth it had given rise to.
We will be on our way, then, the duchess said, smiling at all three young ladies who had joined her in the drawing room.
She really looked remarkably beautiful when she smiled and even when she did not, Cora conceded in something like envy. It must be wonderful to have that kind of poise and grace and self- assurance. It was hard to believe that her grace could be the mother of Elizabeth and Jane and of Lord George Munro. It was almost impossible to believe that she was also the mother of the present duke, to whom Cora had been presented for the fi rst time but yesterday. His grace was all elegance and formality and ducal hauteur.
Cora had had the uncomfortable feeling that his grace did not approve of her, even though he had bowed over her hand and even raised it to his lips she had stood rooted to the morning- room floor, stupidly awed by the knowledge that he was a duke, a real live duke and assured her of his pleasure in meeting her. He had even thanked her over the little Henry incident. Little Henry was his nephew, of course, and heir to his graces heir. But even so it had startled her to find that the Duke of Bridgwater had heard about the little Henry incident. He had even called her a heroine and she had resisted only just in time the urge to look over her shoulder to see to whom he was speaking.
But then, of course, he must have wondered why his mother had brought to town a mere Miss Cora Downes, daughter of a Bristol merchant a prosperous merchant, it was true, and one who had recently purchased a considerable property and renovated a grand old abbey that had been falling to ruins on it with the intention of taking her about in society with her own daughters, his own sisters. He would have thought it very strange indeed. And so, of course, the explanation of what had happened with little Henry would have been given.
The truth was at least, it was not quite the truth but what was perceived to be the truth that Cora had saved little Henry from drowning in the shadow of the Pulteney Bridge in Bath and that out of gratitude the duchess, little Henrys grandmama, had taken Cora into her own home to mingle with her daughters and to be elevated to the ranks of gentlewomanhood long enough to be found an eligible gentleman.
The Duchess of Bridgwater was going to fi nd Cora a husband. Not from the ranks of eligible dukes and marquesses and earls, of course, amongst whom she had already plucked a mate for Elizabeth and planned to pluck one for Jane. But nevertheless, a gentleman. A man of fortune and rank and property. A man who had never soiled his hands or enriched his coffers with trade or business. Despite all the wealth of her father, Cora could never have aspired so high if she had not saved little Henry well, sort of saved him, anyway and so been catapulted into the benevolent good graces of the Duchess of Bridgwater.
Her grace and the girls would not even have been in such a questionably fashionable place as Bath at such an unfashionable time as spring if Lady George had not been suffering through a difficult confinement. But her grace was fond of her daughter- in- law and of her grandchildren and had deprived herself and her daughters of all the pleasures of the first half of the Season in London. Perhaps fortunately for them, the incident of little Henry seemed to have precipitated the arrival into this world of his sister, who was delivered a mere two days later. Mother and child were doing remarkably well and were now being coddled with affectionate indulgence by the proud father.
And so at last, when it was already June, her grace had set off for London with two impatient daughters and a rather alarmed protge, who wondered how a usually strong- willed young lady like her could find herself in such a predicament. Over the past few years, she had turned down no fewer than three proposals of marriage from remarkably eligible men merely on the grounds that she felt no more than a passing affection for any of them. As if that had anything to say to anything, her father had commented each time, rolling his eyes at the ceiling and making clucking noises of frustrated disgust.
Her father was rather tickled over the idea of her marrying a gentleman. So was Edgar, her brother, who had pointed out that she must marry someone and it might as well be a gentleman who might awe her into something like meek ladylike submission. She would make a horrid spinster, he had warned her, all stubborn will and bossiness with no domain over which to exercise her tyranny. She was fond of Edgar. It was a pity that some people had concocted the idea that he had behaved with cowardice in the incident of little Henry. How stupid and how totally untrue. But public opinion was remarkably difficult to manipulate, she had found.
Cora frowned and contorted her face until she could bite the flesh of her left cheek. But she was seating herself in the carriage as she did so and the duchess was seated opposite, watching her. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados (Hackett Classics)\\nDescription: [\\\"
"Ligon's True and Exact History is perhaps the most important document regarding English colonization efforts in the 17th-century Caribbean. The book offers a wealth of information about the natural world--Barbados's climate, flora, and fauna--as well as social and economic conditions on the island in the late 1640s. Scholars have long used the text as a source for tracing the development of sugar and slavery, in particular. Although previously available in a facsimile edition, Kupperman's is the first modern, edited version of the text, and it is a most welcome publication. Kupperman, one of the foremost scholars of the 17th-century Atlantic world, has written an excellent introduction that outlines what is known about Ligon and provides context on issues ranging from early modern ideas about the environment, to conditions in Barbados during the tobacco era, to the rise of sugar and the island's place in England's emerging empire. Throughout, Kupperman provides detailed, useful notes that make the text accessible to students and others. . . . This is a first-rate example of historical editing. Highly recommended." --M. Mulcahy, Loyola College in Maryland, in CHOICE
A foundational text for the history and literature of the early Caribbean and the early Americas. Kupperman's expert Introduction and annotations . . . make this important text come alive for scholarly and undergraduate audiences alike. In all aspects, this edition is a model of historical and textual scholarship. --Ralph Robert Bauer, University of Maryland
Scholars, students, and general readers will applaud and greatly appreciate the context Kupperman provides in her highly informative, insightful Introduction and notes. This volume offers readers the opportunity to explore Ligon's world and times, when sugar and black slavery were dramatically and aggressively transforming Caribbean society and contributing to English economic, maritime, and imperial strength. --David Barry Gaspar, Duke University
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Karen Ordahl Kupperman is Silver Professor of History, New York University.
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\\\"Jennifer Haymore\\\\'s books are sophisticated, deeply sensual, and emotionally complex. With a dead sexy hero, a sweetly practical heroine, and a love story that draws together two people from vastly different backgrounds, A TOUCH OF SCANDAL is positively captivating!\\\"Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL
\\\"A unique, heart-tugging story with sympathetic, larger-than-life characters, intriguing plot twists, and sensual love scenes make A HINT OF WICKED an impressive romance debut! I was rooting for both Tristan and Garret to win the lovely Sophie\\\\'s hand for a second time. For jaded romance readers, Jennifer Haymore is an author to watch!\\\"New York Times best-selling author Nicole Jordan
\\\"Complex, stirring, and written with a skillful hand, A HINT OF WICKED is an evocative love story that will make a special place for itself in your heart.\\\"Romance Reviews Today on A HINT OF WICKED
\\\"Sweep-you-off-your-feet historical romance! Jennifer Haymore sparkles!\\\"New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Concepts of Genetics\\nDescription: ['Rob Brooker (Ph.D., Yale University) received his B.A. in biology at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1978. At Harvard, he studied lactose permease, the product of the lacY gene of the lac operon. He continues working on transporters at the University of Minnesota, where he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and has an active research laboratory. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brooker teaches undergraduate courses in biology, genetics, and cell biology. In addition to many other publications, he has written two undergraduate genetics texts published by McGraw-Hill: Genetics: Analysis & Principles, 4th edition, copyright 2012, and Concepts of Genetics, copyright 2012.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Betrayed\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Manhattan Juice-Therapy . . . is helpfull with the illness of Pyrosis\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pleasures of a Tempted Lady (A Donovan Novel)\\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JENNIFER HAYMORE:
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\\\"41/2 Stars! Haymore uses the Christmas season as an enhancing backdrop for a mystery/romance that is both original and fulfilling. Her fresh voice & ability to build sensual tension into lively love stories...makes this tale shine.\\\"RT Book Reviews on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\\\"Jennifer Haymore strikes a good balance of strength, sensuality, drama and intrigue in her characters...Becky is an independent, fearless woman except when it comes to opening her heart to another man. And Jack, while strong and passionate, shows great sensitivity under his \\\\'rogue\\\\' persona. With enduring characters that exhibit strong chemistry, I very much enjoyed Ms. Haymore\\\\'s unique, engaging style and look forward to reading the other books that are a part of this series.\\\"www.fictionvixen.com on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\\\"Each time Ms. Haymore writes a book in this series I think there is no way to top the one I just finished. I started this latest one and realize she has done just that and has proven to me how fresh this series can remain. The characters of Becky and Jack are so full of life and longing just trying to make the right connection between family, relationship and future happiness while figuring out who to trust with all their secrets. This is a wonderful story and while I recommend reading the 1st two it is not imperative as Jennifer Haymore is a magician at connecting the plot from one book to the next-- but trust me you will have to buy the first two, they are that good.\\\"The Reading Reviewer (www.marygramlich.com) on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\\\"Ms. Haymore has penned a fabulous story of seduction, romance, intrigue and betrayal and above all that - love. You don\\\\'t want to miss it! I\\\\'m now a big fan of this new author and she is going on my automatic to buy list! I love her writing style and the complex plots that she has weaved so beautifully together....The characters are amazing and the story will tug at your heart strings. So if you love a great read, do go and get this series, you will be glad that you did!\\\"sapphireromance.blogspot.com on A SEASON OF SEDUCTION
\\\"Sweep-you-off-your-feet historical romance! Jennifer Haymore sparkles!\\\"New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL
\\\"Jennifer Haymore\\\\'s books are sophisticated, deeply sensual, and emotionally complex. With a dead sexy hero, a sweetly practical heroine, and a love story that draws together two people from vastly different backgrounds, A TOUCH OF SCANDAL is positively captivating!\\\"Elizabeth Hoyt, New York Times bestselling author on A TOUCH OF SCANDAL
\\\"A unique, heart-tugging story with sympathetic, larger-than-life characters, intriguing plot twists, and sensual love scenes make A HINT OF WICKED an impressive romance debut! I was rooting for both Tristan and Garret to win the lovely Sophie\\\\'s hand for a second time. For jaded romance readers, Jennifer Haymore is an author to watch!\\\"New York Times best-selling author Nicole Jordan on A HINT OF WICKED
\\\"Jennifer Haymore is an up-and-coming new writer who displays a skilful touch in her erotic tale of a woman torn between two lovers.\\\"Shirlee Busbee, New York Times bestselling author on A HINT OF WICKED', 'You can find national bestselling author Jennifer Haymore in Southern California trying to talk her husband into yet another trip to England, helping her three children with homework while brainstorming a new five-minute dinner menu, or crouched in a corner of the local bookstore writing her next novel.
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Collide sucked me in from the very first sentence and didnt let go until the end. Gail McHugh seamlessly takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions that will leave you begging for the next book! (Tara Sivec, USA TODAY bestselling author of the Playing with Fire series)
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Collide is a brilliant read that infuses complicated dynamics of heartbreak with an ardent balance of sexual tension and untamed passion. Gail McHugh methodically created a pulse for every womans ultimate book boyfriend when she penned Gavin Blake. (Gretchen de la O, author of the Wilson Mooney Series)', 'Gail McHugh is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Collide and Pulse. She is the mother of three beautiful children and has been married to her husband for fifteen years.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s\\nDescription: ['Reviews from the first volume Up from the Vault: \\\"unique...highly interesting...important piece of history.\\\" --Monsters from the Vault
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It may be the Victorian age, but Charles has studied the ways of the Tantric traditions and shows her that true happiness is in the complete fulfillment of all her earthly desires. She is falling in love with him-- in both heart and body. But when the real Morrigan pops up again in a different body and threatens to expose her as a mad woman, Elaine fears for the happiness-- and sensual pleasure-- she is only just beginning to discover with Charles. The sensual nature of Awaken, My Love makes it unique. The language is a little more explicit and the love scenes are more graphic than most romance novels. Robin Schone does an excellent job of weaving eroticism into the story and many readers will be delighted with the result.Tantalizing, passionate, erotic! Awaken, My Love is a bold and memorable story! Robin Schone\\\\'s debut novel is the beginning of a very promising career! Her explicit love scenes will make you blush! Combining the erotic with the romantic, Robin Schone tests the boundaries of romance fiction in the 90\\\\'s! Not for the faint-hearted! A well written and imaginative tale of a twentieth century woman and a nineteenth century man exploring the ultimate in carnal pleasures!Kristina Wright -- Copyright 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook\\nDescription: ['*A full-color, gift edition seafood cookbook from Seattles Pike Place Public Market, including 50 recipes and 50 vibrant photographs of the markets people, sites, and seafood. *Features information on sustainable fisheries and preservation. *Includes a brief history of the Pike Place Public Market. *Recipe highlights include Broiled Halibut with Sundried Tomato Tapenade; Balsamic Glazed Salmon; Mussels Provenal;Shellfish Risotto;and such simple, tasty sauces as Champagne Sauce, Simple Soy Glaze, and classic Romesco.', 'BRAIDEN REX-JOHNSON is the best-selling author of seven books on Northwest cuisine and wine. For more than 25 years, she and her husband have lived in Seattle, just a tomato toss from the beloved Pike Place Public Market.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Fallen Star: Fallen Star Series\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dragonfly Blue Six: Privateer And Pirate\\nDescription: ['Kenneth is 73 years a widower. He was born and raised in Greensburg Pennsylvania. In the Air Force first in SAC in B 52 bombers and KC 135s in northern Maine with three months temporary duty in Goose Bay Labrador. Then he was in SM62 Snarks till it was fazed out and ended up in IBMs. He lived about 35 years in Southern California and married to first wife. After first wife died his second wife moved him to Smithville and Wooster Ohio where they divorced. Then met his third wife and for seven Years lived in central Florida before moving back to Wooster Ohio where she died.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Across the Winds of Time\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fighting the Bombers (World War II German Debriefs)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Train Through Time\\nDescription: ['Five Hearts and a Recommended Read! \\\"Ms. McBride did a wonderful job of transporting me back and forth through time with Ellie. I loved the characters and the descriptions of the clothes, furniture and people from past times were superb....I would definitely recommend this pleasant time travel story to other readers and this is a definite keeper in my library. -- Night Owl Romance, Diane, July 2008
Bess McBride brings the past to life in her fabulous rendition of a time travel story where love conquers all.... You don\\\\'t want to miss Bess McBride\\\\'s perfectly titled, completely engaging, attention grabbing work. She\\\\'s on a professional roll. --Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fictionhttp://blog.lyndacoker.net/2008/08/30/wrdf-review-of-a-t- rain-through-time-by-bess-mcbride.aspx', 'Fantastic Review! \\\"Bess McBride brings the past to life in her fabulous rendition of a time travel story where love conquers all.... You don\\\\'t want to miss Bess McBride\\\\'s perfectly titled, completely engaging, attention grabbing work. She\\\\'s on a professional roll.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Paris: Alex & Dana: Year Abroad Trilogy 2 (Love Stories)\\nDescription: [\\\"friend--that's Dana's mission for junior year in Paris. So why does she keep running into boring Alex Turner from home? Okay, he's not exactly boring. But he's not French, either. So she's relieved that he only wants to date a Parisian girl. Really, she is.\\\", 'Rachel Hawthorne is the pseudonym of a prolific writer of both young adult and adult romance fiction.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Love Of My Heart\\nDescription: ['\\\"The best part of this story is that true love endures. The author gives the reader a HEA that ties up all the loose ends, even the supernatural. Interestingly enough, she wrote the course of Louise\\\\'s and William\\\\'s romance in a way that could mirror real life; decisions we make along the way affect our future in surprising ways.', 'I enjoyed reading about how a man and a woman from two diverse families, influenced and manipulated by the ghosts of the past, find love in the future. Ms. McBride has an incredible turn of mind.\\\" -- The Long and Short of It, Michele, July 2007', '\\\"This is a wonderful Faery Rose blending old and new. Bess weaves a tale of a therapist who falls for a client and they soon find out they have a tangled past - not their past but someone else\\\\'s.', 'This book haunts me and I find I\\\\'m thinking of it at the oddest times. When I finished reading it, sighed heavily not only that it was over but it that turned out so well.\\\"', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sophie Taeuber - Arp - Today is Tomorrow\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Beautiful Bastard\\nDescription: ['Christina Lauren is the combined penname of longtime writing partners/best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, theNew York Times,USA TODAY, and #1 International bestselling authors of The Beautiful and Wild Seasons series,Dating You/Hating You, Roomies, Love and Other Words, Josh and Hazels Guide to Not Dating, and the critically acclaimedAutoboyography. You can find them online atChristinaLaurenBooks.com, Facebook.com/ChristinaLaurenBooks, or @ChristinaLauren on Twitter.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Beginner's Guide to Stumpwork (Beginner's Guide to Needlecraft)\\nDescription: ['', '', \\\"Kay Dennis is a professional embroiderer and former Chairman of the Guild of Needlelace. She has been teaching both needlelace and stumpwork for many years and is a member of the Embroiderers' Guild. She has written articles for a leading needlecraft magazine and has lectured and demonstrated widely. Michael Dennis is a professional woodturner. He retired in 2001 and now assists Kay full-time in all aspects of her work. Kay and Michael have been married for 32 years and live in Northwood, Middlesex.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Once Burned (Night Prince, Book 1)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"She's a mortal cursed with dark power...\\\", \\\"After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: a terrifying ability to channel electricity and to see a person's darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude...until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world's most infamous vampire...\\\", \\\"He's the Prince of Night...\\\", \\\"Vlad Tepesh inspired the greatest vampire legend of allbut whatever you do, don't call him Dracula. Vlad's ability to control fire makes him one of the most feared vampires in existence, but his enemies have found a new weapon against hima beautiful mortal with powers to match his own. When Vlad and Leila meet, however, passion ignites, threatening to consume them. It will take everything they have to stop an enemy intent on bringing them down in flames.\\\", '', 'Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to nineteen different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling - by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Simply Raw\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Bridge over Time (Harlequin Superromance No. 592)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles\\nDescription: ['
\\\"Maurois is wonderfully witty about the physical debilitation that results from having one\\\\'s substance fed upon for the sake of illusory art.\\\"—Wall Street Journal
\\\"A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles has been nicely translated by Charlotte de Koch.... a curious little work, part adventure narrative, part cod anthropology...with a little love story thrown in...the book has the easy elegance one associates with Maurois.\\\"—Times Literary Supplement
\\\"Maurois is wonderfully witty about the physical debilitation that results from having one\\\\'s substance fed upon for the sake of illusory art.\\\"Wall Street Journal
\\\"A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles has been nicely translated by Charlotte de Koch.... a curious little work, part adventure narrative, part cod anthropology...with a little love story thrown in...the book has the easy elegance one associates with Maurois.\\\"—Times Literary Supplement
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Andre Maurois: Andre Maurois, (1885-1967),a member of the French Academy, was one of the greatest biographers of the 20th century. In addition he wrote short stories, history, children's books and science fiction. Ariel, his biography of Shelley, was the very first Penguin Paperback.
\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)\\nDescription: ['Praise for #1 New York Timesbestselling authorCharlaine HarrissSookie Stackhouse novels
Its the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking youre only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven.Alan Ball, executive producer of True Blood
Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life.Entertainment Weekly
Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu, where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live...Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine.The Denver Post
\\\"Never Trust a Pirate is in the traditional mold of historical romance ... from the school of tempestuous relationships and dubious consent; not aiming to do anything especially new, but just to deliver on a swoony hero and a heroine that can turn his life upside down ... an adventure between a well-matched pair.\\\" Heroes and Heartbreakers', '', 'Anne Stuart made her first professional sale at age seven to Jack and Jill magazine. Her first novel was Barretts Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974. Since then, shes written gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, historical romance, mainstream contemporary romance, and more. She is the author of award-winning and best-selling romance series such as the suspenseful Ice books and The House of Rohan, set in historical Venice. Her work has been covered on the television show Entertainment Tonight as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Womens Day, and countless other publications. In addition, she is the recipient of the Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.', 'When shes not traveling, Anne is at home in northern Vermont with her devoted husband of thirty-eight years, an empty nest, two cats, and four sewing machines.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Emeril's There's a Chef in My Family!: Recipes to Get Everybody Cooking\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 5 UpEmeril's many fans will eat this up. The introduction emphasizes the fun and learning involved in cooking together as a family. The use of fresh ingredients is definitely a plus, but many of the recipes are quite complicated, making this a good book for children and adults to use together. Front matter (the first 25 pages) covers equipment, safety tips, basic skills and terms, and measurements. Seventy-six recipes follow, logically arranged to begin with breakfast and continue through dessert. The step-by-step directions are clearly laid out, and most of the dishes look delicious. The fresh and attractive design includes a mix of simple paintings (for the food) and photos (for the people). Emeril himself is shown throughout, conveying his enthusiasm and sense of play and offering a familiar note for media-savvy cooks. Nutritional information is not included, which may be a good thing, since many of the recipes are sinfully caloric (the hot chocolate recipe calls for whole milk and heavy cream and chocolate chips). For this reason, many of the dishes will be better suited for special occasions than for everyday enjoyment.Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', \\\"Emeril Lagasse is a chef, restaurateur, and the author of eighteen bestselling cookbooks, including the recent Emeril's Kicked-Up Sandwiches and Sizzling Skillets and Other One Pot Wonders. He is the proprietor of thirteen award-winning restaurants across the country and is the host of The Originals with Emeril and Emeril's Florida, both airing on the Cooking Channel. He has been the food correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America for fourteen years. In 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support children's educational programs that inspire and mentor young people through the culinary arts and promote nutrition and healthy eating.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The King of Threadneedle Street (A Rougemont Novel) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['\\\"The King of Threadneedle Street isoneof thebesthistoricalnovelsI\\\\'vereadthisyear. Moriah Densley raised my expectations of the genre.Ican\\\\'t wait toreadmore!\\\" - #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rachel Van Dyken
\\\"Moriah Densley\\\\'s writing draws you in so close, you feel as if you\\\\'re standing right next to the characters, seeing through their eyes, feeling theslightbreezeacrossyourskin, experiencing everything that they do.\\\" - Bestselling Author, Ruth J. Hartman', 'Bestselling author Moriah Densley sees nothing odd at all about keeping both a violin case and a range bag stuffed with pistols in the back seat of her car. They hold up the stack of books in the middle, of course. She enjoys writing about Victorians, assassins, and geeks. Her muses are summoned by the smell of chocolate, usually at odd hours of the night. By day her alter ego is your friendly neighborhood music teacher. She lives in Las Vegas with her husband, four children, and two possibly brain-damaged cats. Moriah has a Masters degree in music, is a 2012 RWA Golden Heart finalist, 2012 National Readers Choice Award winner in historical romance, and 12 NRCA Best First Book finalist.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Noah, Den Lille Smand: Noahs eventyr (Danish Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flat-Out Love\\nDescription: ['\\\"Flat-Out Love is the first book in a long, long time that has touched me this deeply.\\\" ---Book & A Latte
\\\"It made me feel emotions I thought my black heart wouldn\\\\'t allow.\\\"---See K Read
\\\"This book was so outrageously good. It has surpassed--dare I say it?--my deeply beloved Nicholas Sparks.\\\" ---Just Another Book Addict
\\\"...This is The Best Book I Have Ever Read...I have read a lot of books but none like this one. It made me laugh until I nearly cried. It\\\\'s funny, sad, romantic and just simply fantastic...\\\" ComaCalm\\\\'s Corner
\\\"Within the first chapter, I laughed out loud no less than four times. The characters were well-rounded, and strong while still vulnerable...Flat Out Love is a shining example of romance in the internet age...\\\"--Random Musings
\\\"I loved it so much that I\\\\'m already considering how long to wait before re-reading it. The romance in this one is amazing because it\\\\'s a slow building, feel-it-in-your-stomach kind of love.\\\" ---Book Labyrinth', 'Jessica Park is the author of the young adult novel RELATIVELY FAMOUS, five Gourmet Girl mysteries (written as Jessica Conant-Park) and the e-shorts FACEBOOKING RICK SPRINGFIELD and WHAT THE KID SAYS (Parts 1 & 2). She grew up in the Boston area and then went to Macalester College in frigid St. Paul, Minnesota. During her freshman year, there was a blizzard on Halloween, and she decided that she was not cut out for such torture. So she moved back to the east coast where, she\\\\'d forgotten, it still snows. Oops. She now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, son, bananas dog named Fritzy, and two selfish cats. When not writing, she is probably on Facebook , pining over 80s rock stars, or engaging in \\\"Glee\\\" activities. Or some combination of the three. Probably with a coffee in hand.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Man or Monster? (Epic Collection: Incredible Hulk)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Beg Tease Submit - Sequence One (Songs of Submission)\\nDescription: ['Beg has over 2400 five star ratings on Goodreads.', '', 'The Submission Series has 7 books 1) Beg 2) Tease 3) Submit 4) Control 5) Burn 6) Resist 7) Sing (includes bonus material)
Eloisa James delights again with a story thats both sophisticated and sweet, featuring layered characters who walk right off the page and into the readers heart. (BookPage)
James twist on Rapunzel sweeps readers away into a fairy tale full of deep emotion while exploring the themes of self-imposed imprisonment, family relations, love, marriage and what is at the heart of any relationship. James wraps big themes in a wonderfully romantic story, beautifully written, intelligent and unforgettable. (RT Book Reviews (top pick) 4 1/2 Stars)
a symphony of delights for romance readers, a lyrically written love story graced with richly nuanced characters and generously seasoned with the authors incandescent wit. (Booklist (starred review))
Eloisa Jamess writing is absolutely exquisite. She is one of the brightest lights in our genre...her writing is truly scrumptious. (Teresa Medeiros)
Eloisa James writes with a captivating blend of charm, style, and grace that never fails to leave the reader sighing and smiling and falling in love. Her style is exquisite, her prose pure magic. Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James. (Julia Quinn)
Eloisa James is extraordinary. With her sensuous and elegant style, inventive plotting and warm, human characters, she makes every book a treasure. A novel by Eloisa is a delicious treat that shouldnt be missed. A wonderfully original voice in romance fiction! (New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleyps)', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cook Eat Live: Spring and Summer\\nDescription: ['Tiffani Rozier, is professional chef and culinary coach. As a former marketing and design professional, Tiffani sees food as art, and eating as one of the purest pleasures in life. Her favorite topic is people and their relationship with food. She\\\\'s the pro you have in your back pocket helping you elevate your food game. She writes, conducts live demonstrations, teaches, produces instructional videos and is a big supporter of community food outreach. \\\"Food is an everyday conversation; there is a shared spirit in the spaces between plates. Meals do not commence when everyone takes a seat at the table, and we give thanks; a meal starts with a hunger. We all bring our diverse appetites to the table, satisfying them with whatever we fill out plates with. Life is very much the same way, and I have often sought and found answers to some of lifes questions in the act of preparing or serving a meal. The comedy of living is that when we believe we have answered one question, we have only succeeded in unearthing more questions.\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lord of The Isles (Zebra Historical Romance)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: October\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Thief of Souls eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Thunder Struck (Thunder on the Mountain Series) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Growing up on shorelines, I ached for the sound of crashing waves when I went away to college in Boulder, CO. Coming around a mountain pass one day, my heart sang at the sight of a wide expanse of water, and from that moment on, Nederland became my favorite haunt.
Months later, sitting in a snowstorm in my car, watching angry whitecaps form on the reservoir, I had my first experience with thunder snow, a strange phenomenon of thunder reverberating in the confined space of heavy snow clouds. When I decided to write my first book, I used a profession I knew (Realtor), and a place I loved (Nederland), and the Thunder on the Mountain series was born.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wolfe (De Wolfe Pack) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Kathryn Le Veque is one of Amazon\\\\'s top selling Historical and Contemporary romance authors, consistently ranked in the top 100 for Historical novels. She has been featured on Kindle Nation, Coastal Conversations, Confessions of Romaholics, Goodreads, and a host of other blogs and websites highlighting her novels. Kathryn is an award-winning author and has legions of dedicated fans all over the world. Kathryn\\\\'s Medieval Historicals have been called \\\\'detailed\\\\', \\\\'passionate\\\\', and \\\\'character-rich\\\\'. She believes that total immersion in a time period is essential to creating the perfect story. More than that, she writes for both women AND men - an unusual crossover for a romance author - but Kathryn has many male readers who enjoy her stories because of the action and adventure. Kathryn is a strong believer in a true and powerful storyline, full of action and passion, that can stand the test of both sexes. Although Kathryn\\\\'s passion is her Medievals, she is very proficient at writing her Contemporary Adventure Romances. One of her novels, \\\"Lady of Heaven\\\", is currently being adapted into a screenplay. Kathryn has been described as a reader\\\\'s writer - she knows what readers like and she writes from the heart. Read Kathryn Le Veque\\\\'s novels and fall in love again... and again... and again.... Kathryn is the author of 36 novels and counting. See Kathryn\\\\'s fanpage on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kathrynlevequenovels?ref=hl Join her on Twitter @kathrynleveque Visit her website at www.kathrynleveque.com']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform (Aging Medicine)\\nDescription: ['', 'From the book reviews:', '', '', 'Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles of palliative care, describes current models of delivering palliative care across care settings, and examines opportunities in the setting of healthcare policy reform for palliative care to improve outcomes for patients, families and healthcare institutions. The United States is currently facing a crisis in health care marked by unsustainable spending and quality that is poor relative to international benchmarks. Yet this is also a critical time of opportunity. Because of its focus on quality of care, the Affordable Care Act is poised to expand access to palliative care services for the sickest, most vulnerable, and therefore most costly, 5% of patients- a small group who nonetheless drive about 50% of all healthcare spending. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illnesswhatever the diagnosis or stage of illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Research has demonstrated palliative cares positive impact on health care value. Patients (and family caregivers) receiving palliative care experience improved quality of life, better symptom management, lower rates of depression and anxiety, and improved survival. Because patient and family needs are met, crises are prevented, thereby directly reducing need for emergency department and hospital use and their associated costs. An epiphenomenon of better quality of care, the lower costs associated with palliative care have been observed in multiple studies.', 'Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform, a roadmap for effective policy and program design, brings together expert clinicians, researchers and policy leaders, who tackle key areas where real-world policy options to improve access to quality palliative care could have a substantial role in improving value.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Four Nights with the Duke (Desperate Duchesses)\\nDescription: ['another brilliantly executed historical romance that splendidly showcases her flair for faultless plotting and flawless character development. Much of the novels sparkling wit is associated with the heroines secret life as a best-selling romance novelist (Booklist (starred review))
James proves that wit is sexy and romance is smart. Her latest Desperate Duchesses novel does it again with an unforgetable heroine, a masterful hero and a very wise little boy. This is a wonderful story filled with emotion. A real keeper. (RT Book Reviews (top pick))', '', 'Eloisa James returns with another fabulous romance in her New York Times bestselling Desperate Duchesses series!', 'As a young girl, Emilia Gwendolyn Carrington told the annoying future Duke of Pindar that she would marry any man in the world before himso years later she is horrified to realize that she has nowhere else to turn.', \\\"Evander Septimus Brody has his own reasons for agreeing to Mia's audacious proposal, but there's one thing he won't give his inconvenient wife: himself.\\\", \\\"Instead, he offers Mia a devil's bargain . . . he will spend four nights a year with her. Four nights, and nothing more. And those only when she begs for them.\\\", 'Which Mia will never do.', \\\"Now Vander faces the most crucial challenge of his life: he must seduce his own wife in order to win her heartand no matter what it takes, this is the one battle he can't afford to lose.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Communazis: FBI Surveillance of German Emigr Writers\\nDescription: ['During the 1930s, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht and scores of other German writers fled the Nazi regime to settle in the United States. Some were awarded posh Hollywood contracts; others just barely made ends meet. Using much archival material, Stephan demonstrates in this remarkable study that J. Edgar Hoover and his henchmen at the FBI spied on virtually all the writers. Why? Because the ?migr?s were suspected of being socialists (largely true), and Hoover, a rabid anti-Communist, was obsessed with flushing out anyone with leftist sympathies. Once WWII broke out, the German writers were faced with the additional burden of living as foreign nationals in an enemy country. The Office of Censorship read all their letters; the FBI kept track of their sexual partners; agents combed their works for hidden anti-American meanings. Stephan, a professor of German history at the University of Florida, jumped through a great many hoops in order to obtain the government files on which his study is based, and he does not avoid sharing these travails with the reader. As a result, parts of his text read like the dryest kind of detective book (\\\"The INS gave me 30 pages\\\"; \\\"A further 90 items were withheld by the FBI\\\"). But this detective work also dishes up some surprises, such as that Thomas Mann\\\\'s daughter (also the onetime wife of W.H. Auden) was an informant for the FBI. A feature on the front page of the arts section of the New York Times in early September promises serious media attention for this title and, consequently, brisk early sales, despite the dry, research-report tone. Illus. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '\\\"Communazis is an important compendium of one aspect of World War II.\\\" -- Konrad Kellen, Los Angeles Times Book Review', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: For Love of the Duke (Heart of a Duke) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['USA Today Bestselling author, Christi Caldwell blames Judith McNaught\\\\'s \\\"Whitney, My Love,\\\" for luring her into the world of historical romance. While sitting in her graduate school apartment at the University of Connecticut, Christi decided to set aside her notes and try her hand at writing romance. She believes the most perfect heroes and heroines have imperfections and she rather enjoys tormenting them before crafting a well-deserved happily ever after! Christi makes her home in Southern Connecticut where she spends her time writing, chasing around her feisty six-year old son and caring for her twin princesses in training! Christi loves to hear from readers. To learn more about what she is working on, you can find her on Facebook at Christi Caldwell Author, Twitter @ChristiCaldwell, or visit her website www.christicaldwellauthor.com', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time: The List to End All Lists\\nDescription: ['', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Crusader (The Crusader Series)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Bright New Boise\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Love, Chloe\\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT \\\"Torre\\\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\\\" \\\"RT Book Reviews\\\" \\\"Hollywood Dirt was the real thing pure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\\\'s not to be missed!!!\\\" Kim Karr, \\\"New York Times\\\" bestselling author PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E \\\"\\\"The Girl in 6E\\\" uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\\\" \\\"RT Book Reviews,\\\" Top Pick! (4.5 stars) \\\"A.R. Torre\\\\'s \\\"The Girl in 6E\\\" lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\\\" David Bell, author of \\\"Never Come Back\\\" and \\\"Cemetery Girl\\\" \\\"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. \\\"The Girl in 6E\\\" deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\\\" CJ Roberts, \\\"New York Times\\\" and \\\"USA Today\\\" bestselling author of \\\"The Dark Duet\\\" \\\"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\\\" Lisa Renee Jones, \\\"New York Times\\\" bestselling author of The Inside Out series \\\"
PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT \\\"Torre\\\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\\\" -- RT Book Reviews', '\\\"Hollywood Dirt was the real thing--pure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\\\'s not to be missed!!!\\\"--Kim Karr, New York Times bestselling author', 'PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E \\\"The Girl in 6E uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\\\"RT Book Reviews, Top Pick! (4.5 stars)', '\\\"A.R. Torre\\\\'s The Girl in 6E lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\\\" --David Bell, author of Never Come Back and Cemetery Girl', '\\\"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. The Girl in 6E deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\\\" --CJ Roberts, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dark Duet', '\\\"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\\\" --Lisa Renee Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Inside Out series', '', 'PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT: \\\"Torre\\\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\\\" RT Book Reviews
\\\"Hollywood Dirt was the real thingpure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\\\'s not to be missed!!!\\\"Kim Karr, New York Times bestselling author
PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E: \\\"The Girl in 6E uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\\\"RT Book Reviews, Top Pick! (4.5 stars)
\\\"A.R. Torre\\\\'s The Girl in 6E lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\\\" David Bell, author of Never Come Back and Cemetery Girl
\\\"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. The Girl in 6E deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\\\" CJ Roberts, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Dark Duet
\\\"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\\\" Lisa Renee Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Inside Out series
', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Miss Spider Treasury\\nDescription: ['The uncommonly unique imagination of David Kirk has an equally uncommon source. \\\"I found a small copy of The Gnomes\\\\' Almanac by a little-known Viennese author Ida Bohtta Morpugo. It was a cutout book simply subtitled: A Book for Children. In it, the pictures and verse about bugs, butterflies, and mice really came to life.\\\" That got him drawing and writing. Before that he made children\\\\'s toys by hand. \\\"I love making stories. The bookmaking process is a liberation for me from the years I toiled to produce handmade items. I think the life of a children\\\\'s book author is bliss.\\\" Kirk lives in upstate New York, with his wife and three daughters. For more information about David Kirk, visit: scholastic.com/tradebooks', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Chasing Memories\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Technosystem: The Social Life of Reason\\nDescription: ['Feenberg presents a compelling argument about where we might find democratic sources of resistance to the distortions and pathologies arising from the application of various technologies in daily life. In an extremely far-reaching and important conclusion, he shows that there is no such thing as value-neutral technology, even at the simplest level of a tool. This is one of the best attempts known to me to realize Hegels account of philosophy as the attempt to comprehend ones own time in thought.Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago
Feenberg has written his magnum opus. It is as ambitious and broad-ranging as it is carefully argued and lucidly illustrated. He develops a theory of politics of technosystems by combining STS and philosophy and thus making politics thinkable in our technological cultures. Technosystem is obligatory reading for all STS scholars interested in democratization of our techno-scientific societies.Wiebe E. Bijker, Maastricht University
Technology cannot escape the hubris of its agents, who expect to change the world without being changed themselves. Andrew Feenberg has provided us with an engaging critique of sociotechnical rationality, designed to uncover the reified, distorted logic of the whole technosystem, while retrieving the Lukacsian project of a de-reified alternative in line with our historical context. An original, illuminating, and scholarly contribution to the philosophy of technology.Alessandro Ferrara, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Many experts would rank Andrew Feenberg as the best contemporary philosopher of technology coming from the critical theory tradition. After this book, the number of readers so ranking him is bound to increase.Don Ihde, Technology and Culture
An engaging, lucid and illuminating discussion of some of the most urgent questions about the nature of modernity.Alexander Thomas, Theory, Culture & Society
A complex, sophisticated book, bringing the full weight of Feenbergs massive erudition to bear.Richard Westerman, Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy', 'Andrew Feenberg is Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and Directeur de Programme in the Collge International de Philosophie.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Echo: A Dark Billionaire Romance (Bleeding Hearts) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['A. Zavarelli is a romance book junkie, cat lover, and traveler when plagued by intense cases of wanderlust. She likes all things chocolate, books that come with warnings, and pretty much any kind of characters that are dark and gritty. You can find more about her on her website. http://www.azavarelli.com/']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Official SAT Subject Test in Biology Study Guide (College Board Official SAT Study Guide)\\nDescription: ['', 'The College Board, a not-for-profit membership association, connects students to college success and opportunity through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT(r), the PSAT/NMSQT(r), and the Advanced Placement Program(r) (AP). Students, parents, educators, and librarians recognize the College Board as a source of expertise on SAT and CLEP(r)test preparation, college admissions, and financial aid. The Board publishes the bestselling \\\"Official SAT Study Guide,\\\" the \\\"College Handbook,\\\" the \\\"Book of Majors,\\\" and other books that help students prepare for college, research their options, and succeed in higher education.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Loving Deviant (Cyborg Seduction) (Volume 9)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, 6th Edition\\nDescription: ['Daniel B. Botkin is resident of The Center for the Study of Environment, and Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has been on the faculty since 1978, serving as Chairman of the Environmental Studies Program from 1978 to 1985. For more than three decades, Professor Botkin has been active in the application of ecological science to environmental management. he is the winner of the Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development and the Fernow Prize for International Forestry, and he has been elected to the California Environmental Hall of Fame.', 'Trained in physics and biology, Professor Botkin is a leader in the application of advanced technology to the study of the environment. The originator of widely used forest gap-models, he has conducted research on endangered species, characteristics of natural wilderness areas, the biosphere, and global environmental problems. During his career, Professor Botkin has advised the World Bank about tropical forests, biological diversity, and sustainability; the Rockefeller Foundation about global environmental issues; the government of Taiwan about approaches to solving environmental problems; and the state of California on the environmental problems; and the state of California on the environmental effects of water diversion on Mono Lake. He served as the primary advisor to the national Geographic Society for its centennial edition map on \\\" The Endangered Earth.\\\" He directed a study for the states of Oregon and California concerning salmon and their forested habitats.', 'He has published many articles and books about environmental issues. His latest books are Beyond the Stoney Mountains: Nature in the American West from Lewis and Clark to Today (Oxford University Press), Strange Encounters: Adventures of a renegade Naturalist (Penguin/Tarcher), The Blue Planet (Wiley), Our Natural History: The Lessons of Lewis and Clark (Oxford University Press), Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press), and Forest Dynamics: An Ecological Model (Oxford University Press).', 'Professor Botkin was on the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1968-1974) and was a member of the staff of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (1975-1977). He received a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.', 'Edward A. Keller was chair of the Environmental Studies and Hydrologic Sciences Programs from 1993 to 1997 and is Professor of Earth Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he teaches earth surface processes, environmental geology, environmental science, river processes, and engineering geology. Prior to joining the faculty at Santa Barbara, he taught geomorphology, environmental studies, and earth science at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He was the 1982-1983 Hartley Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton, a Visiting Fellow in 2000 at Emmanuel College of Cambridge University, England, and recipient of the Easterbrook Distinguished Scientist award from the Geological Society of America in 2004.', 'Professor Keller has focused his research efforts into three areas: studies of Quaternary Stratigraphy and tectonics as they relate to earthquakes, active folding, and mountain building processes; hydrologic process and wildfire in the chaparral environment of Sothern California; and physical habitat requirements for the endangered Southern California Steelhead trout. he is the recipient of various Water Resources research Center grants to study fluvial processes and U.S. Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center grants to study earthquake hazards.', \\\"Professor Keller has published numerous papers and is the author of the textbooks Environmental Geology, Introduction to Environmental Geology and (with Nicholas Pinter) Active Tectonics (Prentice-Hall). He holds bachelor's degrees in both geology and mathematics from California State University, Fresno; an M.S. in geology from the University of California; and a Ph.D. in geology from Purdue University.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stranded with the Cyborg (Cy-Ops Cyborg Romance Book 1) - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ainslie's complete guide to Thoroughbred Racing\\nDescription: ['Here is the third edition of the most complete, comprehensive and reliable guide to handicapping and understanding thoroughbred racing. Through twenty best-selling years, \\\"Ainslie\\\\'s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing\\\" has taught generations of racing fans how to become expert handicappers and pick winners at the track consistently. Now, in this all-new third edition, Ainslie turns his celebrated wit, clarity and no-nonsense realism to the latest trends and changes in thoroughbred racing.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Someone to Love (Westcott)\\nDescription: ['Someone to Love', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: elsa and her cubs\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Seventh Bride\\nDescription: ['', 'Like any good fairy tale, Seventh Bride accesses a lizard-brain sense of justice, and of what makes a story symmetrical and satisfying. Tasha Robinson, NPR Books', '', '', 'T. Kingfisher is the pen name that Ursula Vernon uses when she writes for grown-ups. In her other life, she writes childrens books and weird comics and has won the Nebula, Hugo, Alfie, Sequoyah, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as a half-dozen Junior Library Guild selections. Kingfisher hails from North Carolina. For more information, please visit www.tkingfisher.com.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wild Spirit Horse Coloring Book: The Wild Horses of Assateague\\nDescription: ['Lynnette Ewoldt Jones was born in Iowa and with to college at Iowa State University with a BFA in Art. She lives in California with her husband and two daughters. You can see her website at MyArtByLynnette.biz', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Duke's Holiday (The Regency Romp Trilogy)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Maggie Fenton is an avid reader, reviewer, and writer of romance in between her work as a professional musician. She writes steampunk romance under the name Margaret Foxe and has enjoyed success as a self-published author in that genre. The Duke's Holiday is her first foray into the historical romance genre, one of her personal favorites.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Martha's Nose for News (Martha Speaks)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Susan Meddaugh was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Wheaton College, where she studied French literature and fine arts. After working briefly with an advertising agency in New York, she moved to Boston and worked at a publishing company for ten years, first as a designer, then art editor, and finally as art director. While there, she did the illustrations for Good Stones (Houghton Mifflin) by Anne Epstein, and then decided to strike out on her own as a freelance illustrator and creator of children's books. Since that time, Susan has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including Martha Speaks, which was chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book for 1992. In 1998 she was awarded the New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to recognize a body of work. Her work also was acknowledged with a New York Times Best Illustrated Award. She lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Shadow's Seduction (Immortals After Dark) (Volume 17)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"Kresley Cole never ceases to amaze. SWEET RUIN is an absolute standout in a series that just keeps getting better and better.\\\" --Fiktshun', '\\\"Sweet Ruin was angsty and thrilling, and the chemistry and sexual tension between these characters was just off the charts WOW! Ms. Cole proves again why she is a drop everything else and must read author for me.\\\" --Shh Moms Reading', '\\\"SWEET RUIN is Kresley Cole\\\\'s best IAD book to date! With tons of power, passion, and seduction, each page was a treat, every chapter a beautiful journey. This is paranormal romance at its finest.\\\" --Shayna Renee\\\\'s Spicy Reads', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pattern Sheets of Origamic Architecture\\nDescription: [\\\"Masahiro Chatani was a Japanese architect and professor of Architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was considered to be the creator of origamic architecture and, from its development in the early 1980's until his death in 2008, he was widely acknowledged to be the worlds foremost origamic architect. Origamic Architecture is a variation of kirigami, itself a variation of origami where cuts are allowed, where you only need an X-acto knife and a ruler to create complex 3-dimensional structures out of a single sheet of paper. Origamic Architecture sculptures range from relatively simple geometric patterns to more complex building facades. This book includes patterns for 30 different designs of varying complexity. 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\\\"This book has been the best I have read by this author, I can not tell you how much I loved it, loved the all consuming deep connection I had with each and every character this book focused on. And like others that have read this book I too can not wait for the next book of this series, this was an epic way to start it off.\\\" Goodreads Reviewer - Kitty Kat\\\\'s Crazy About Books
\\\"Raw, vulnerable, emotions poured out of those scenes in such a subtle way. Huss gave you the obscene but ensured that it felt intimate. You were a voyeur into their deepest sexual fantasies and you kept your eyes glued to the scene, holding your breath, fearful that even a blink would cause you to miss a moment of it.\\\" - Goodreads Reviewer - Michelle New
\\\"Taking Turns wasn\\\\'t at all what I expected. It was so much more. How J.A. Huss is able to write such an erotic, steamy, pantie wetting tale is beyond me. I couldn\\\\'t get enough. I had to know how the game was going to end and if there really was going to be a winner. Taking Turns is a definite page turner.\\\" - Goodreads Reviewer SM Harshell
\\\"The characters are complex and well thought out and unapologetically flawed. They will draw you completely into the story and once they have you, they\\\\'ll never let you go. I was hooked from the first page and remained riveted to the very last word.\\\" - Goodreads Reviewer - Jammie Bebout
\\\"It\\\\'s a pretty intense read and masterfully told as always by J.A. Huss. She not only writes a romance, she writes the gritty that we tend to gloss over, the dark that we don\\\\'t want to admit we have, and then tosses in something that is happening EVERY DAY in the world to give you a little reality check. I cannot wait for book two.\\\" - Goodreads Reviewer - a_tiffyfit
\\\"I.literally.can\\\\'t.even. I just read the BEST book!!!! I was so excited about this book and it did not disappoint. The story was dirty, hot, sexy, twisted and dark. It was more then I could have asked for.\\\" - Goodreads Reviewer - Lauren Lascola-Lesczynski', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: England and Its Rulers 1066 - 1307\\nDescription: ['\\\"An excellent treatment of political developments from the Conquest through the death of Edward I that is informed by [Clanchy\\\\'s] wide knowledge of the written sources for the period.\\\" (Sixteenth Century Journal, Summer 2009)
', '\\\"[This] is the third edition of a much admired textbook which has already introduced countless students to the period yet remains fresh and full of imulating insights. For this edition Clanchy has updated the existing chapters and added excellent new ones on the economy, lordship, and Englands position in Britain.\\\" (Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature, December 2008)', '\\\"Michael Clanchy is an engaging writer whose work is always notable for its clarity without oversimplifying the key academic debates. The third edition of this excellent survey text is no exception.\\\" (Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, Volume 4, 2008)', '\\\"MT Clanchy\\\\'s supremely well-written account of the nation and its kings during this period retains its excellent introduction to the development of England after the Normans, but the three new chapters make it even more pertinent reading. Given current concerns over Britishness, this is a lively addition to the debate on where Britain\\\\'s national identity derives from.\\\" (BBC History Magazine)', '\\\"A very good introduction to medieval England. The questions Clanchy raises, his frequent challenges to the views of other historians, his thoughtful and learned discussions of major issues in the history of medieval England, and his generous and explicit use of primary sources all combine to offer rich material for reflection and discussion.\\\" (Medieval Review)', '', '\\\"MT Clanchy\\\\'s supremely well-written account of the nation and its kings during this period retains its excellent introduction to the development of England after the Normans, but the three new chapters make it even more pertinent reading. Given current concerns over Britishness, this is a lively addition to the debate on where Britain\\\\'s national identity derives from.\\\" BBC History Magazine ', '\\\"A very good introduction to medieval England. The questions Clanchy raises, his frequent challenges to the views of other historians, his thoughtful and learned discussions of major issues in the history of medieval England, and his generous and explicit use of primary sources all combine to offer rich material for reflection and discussion.\\\" Medieval Review', '\\\"The third edition of England and its Rulers is much more than \\\\'just\\\\' a textbook. It is, hands down, the liveliest, the most accessible and the most consistently interesting account we have of the multicultural influences that shaped the medieval English polity, and that made medieval England such a distinct and peculiar kingdom within the British Isles. There is a freshness and a breadth of vision and reference in Michael Clanchy\\\\'s judgments that sets this book apart from all its competitors.\\\" Robert C. Stacey, University of Washington', '\\\"Marvellously lucid, often provocative, and always aware that England\\\\'s history must be discussed in its European context, this remains a superb book to stimulate interest. And the addition of three new chapters, on the creation of wealth, the matter of Britain, and lordship deepens the treatment and adds a further lively treatment of subjects very topical with historians at the moment.\\\" David Bates, Institute of Historical Research', '\\\"England and its Rulers wins its third edition on merit, and my students will relish it, as they did the previous ones. It has been the best kind of textbook, the kind that gives the genuinely new reader the material needed to enter an alien world ... .The young will savor these pages and surely ask for more.\\\" Paul Hyams, Cornell University', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Trust Me (The Last Stand Trilogy, Book 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"The inaugural Skye Kellerman novel from Novak (Dead Right, etc.) generates genuine thrills. Attacked four years ago at home by rapist and murderer Oliver Burke, Skye defended herself and put him behind bars. Inspired by her own struggle, Skye began the Last Standan organization focused on helping survivors and teaching self-defense. She is also wrestling with an attraction to the detective from her case, David Willis. When Burke cuts a deal, the fiend is out on the street, eager for revenge on Skyewho has been the focus of his continued obsession. Novak changes the pace by focusing on the familiesof the victim, of Willis, of Burkeshowing different sides of protective love. Skye's fellow members of the Last Stand get short shrift, but readers will look forward to books in the series devoted to each woman. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Brenda Novakhas penned over 45 novels. A two-time Rita nominee, she'swon The National Reader's Choice, The Bookseller's Best, The Bookbuyer's Bestand many other awards. Sheruns an annual online auction for diabetes research every May at www.brendanovak.com. To date, shes raised over $2 million. Brenda considers herself lucky to be a mother of five and married to the love of her life.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Kun Faya Kun\\nDescription: ['Saleem Safdar is an attorney who enjoys writing. 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\\\"The book, which distills the 1.9 million photographs that Souza took of Obama\\\\'s eight years in the White House down to about 300 images, it as once warm and nostalgic, worshipful and respectful, sad and wistful-in a sense, not so different from the framed JFK portraits that everyday Americans hung in living rooms, right through the Nixon administration. Less than 12 months since Obama left office (indeed, the very moment he left his office is included), it also reads like a lesson in how fast things can change.\\\"Chicago Tribune
\\\"Here are the qualities that radiate from these photos of the former President and his family, all taken by Souza during his eight years as official White House photographer: intelligence, kindness, warmth, integrity. Drink it in.\\\"People
\\\"For all its exuberant glimpses of the president at play, the dominant mood of this \\\\'intimate portrait\\\\' remains earnest. In conveying both the weight of the office and President Obama\\\\'s full engagement with its demands, Souza fuels our admiration--and stokes our regret.\\\"The Chicago Tribune
\\\"Souza, chief official White House photographer for Obama\\\\'s two terms, was on hand for history--documenting our first black president, and a pretty photogenic one at that. Souza\\\\'s book, an instant best seller, includes many iconic images we\\\\'ve seen before, but its most poignant moments are the least public--like one of the president and his daughters frolicking in the snow at the White House.\\\"USA Today
\\\"Mr. Souza has honed an ability to crouch and shrink to capture the details no one else sees...With Mr. Obama giving few public statements since leaving office, Mr. Souza\\\\'s words and images will have to work as a conduit for now.\\\"The New York Times
\\\"Obama: An Intimate Portrait reminds us of how... glamour functioned in the previous Administration... However glamorous, this man has more power than seems human.\\\"The New Yorker
\\\"Perfect for gifting... lets readers into Obama\\\\'s life in the White House, around the world, and into the spirit of his chapter in American history.\\\"Travel + Leisure
\\\"This book will appeal to any fan of history.\\\"ABC7 Eyewitness News
\\\"The 300 photographs in the book are a remarkable account of President Obama\\\\'s eight years in the White House, from events of historic significance to quiet moments with his wife and daughters and the family dogs. They feature world leaders, diplomats, celebrities and everyday people. You see the President in times of contemplation, worry and sorrow. You see him, too, in high spirits, joy and playfulness.\\\"New Orleans Times-Picayune', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Finding My Radical Soul\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Strictly Forbidden\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Judaism and the World's Religions\\nDescription: ['Book on Judaism and comparative religions.']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":282,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":282,"string":"282"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mermaids, Fairies, & Other Girls of Whimsy Coloring Book: 50 Fan Favs\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Arx\nDescription: [\"Jay Allan Storey has traveled the world, passing through many places in the news today, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Swat valley in Pakistan. He has worked at an amazing variety of jobs, from cab driver to land surveyor to accordion salesman to software developer. Jay is the author of two novels, THE ARX, and ELDORADO, a novella, CHOPPER MUSIC, and a number of short stories. A new novel is due late in 2015, and several other projects are in the works. His stories always skirt close to the edge of believability (but hopefully never cross over). He is attracted to characters who are able to break out of their stereotypes (as Jackson Reilly does in CHOPPER MUSIC) and transform themselves. Jay loves both reading and writing, and both listening to and playing music. He also enjoys cycling, traveling to exotic lands, and working with animals. He's crazy for any sport activity relating to the water, including swimming, surfing, wind-surfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving. Jay is married and lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Enchanted Faces: Mermaids, Fairies & Fantasy Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Disappearance\nDescription: ['The Disappearance Philip Wylie An uncanny and sensational novel.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fairies and Dragons\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The George Reserve Deer Herd: Population Ecology of a K-Selected Species\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wizard of Oz Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Tracks & Sign of Reptiles & Amphibians: A Guide to North American Species\nDescription: ['Filip A. Tkaczyk is a full-time outdoor educator and wildlife tracker. In addition to education, he has also done a variety of wildlife-related field research and has a BS in Wildlife Science from the University of Washington. Filip currently holds the rank of Specialist in Track & Sign from CyberTracker. He lives in Duvall, Washington.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kawaii Girls: An Adult Coloring Book with Adorable Anime Portraits, Cute Fantasy Women, and Fun Fashion Designs (Relaxation Gifts)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Spark Notes A Lesson Before Dying\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Snow White Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Business: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"The Scotsman\" To most of us, the world of international high finance is a mysterious domain, full of grey men in grey suits. But Iain Banks\\'s biting satire cuts through the fog....The Business is human comedy, entertainment with a serious, satirical intent.
\"The Independent\" (London) The Business is written with enormous energy, crunchy wit and more curves than an Alpine road.
\"The Guardian\" One of his most assured performances yet....A highly inventive piece of work, amusing and sinister by turns.
\"The Times\" (London) The Business is a classic Banks invention.
\"Sunday Express\" (London) Imagination, wit and complexity are Banks\\'s hallmarks and The Business is no exception.', 'Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the original publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, recently selected in a British poll as one of the top 100 novels of the century. Since then he has gained enormous popular and critical acclaim with further works of fiction and, as Iain M. Banks, science fiction. He lives in Scotland.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Coloring Books for Adults Relaxation: 100 Magical Swirls Coloring Book with Fun, Easy, and Relaxing Coloring Pages Relaxation Gifts\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Micro Strongs Exhaustive Concordance\nDescription: [\"Here is the MICRO STRONGS EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE of the KING JAMES BIBLE (the best English translation of the perfectly inspired, promised preserved Word of God). With durable Kyvar paper cover, it is 476 pages, measures only 6 by 9 by but is printed in approximately same type size (with magnifying glass in back to help if necessary). If you could only have two books, shouldn't they be the old KING JAMES BIBLE and the STRONGS EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE? The problem has been that the Strongs is too big. Now it can be carried behind your Bible and used dynamically in one hand. This combination is the ultimate study Bible; even if the editor of your Study Bible is a learned and humble man of God, he can only share relatively few insights, just scratching the surface. Here is the Study Bible that enables cross referencing EVERY WORD in the Bible, even in the Hebrew and Greek, usually giving the root meaning which is the understanding of a native speaker. For a revealing comparison of the KING JAMES BIBLE with the NEW KING JAMES (and most of the other major popular versions), please see the book, ENOUGH!! THE NEW KING JAMES BIBLE, DO WE NEED IT? available for free download, or order hard copy from www.armoredsheep.com.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book\nDescription: ['Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who creates intricate and hand-drawn illustrations rooted in the flora and fauna that surrounds her home in rural Scotland.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: No Love Lost\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lacy Sunshine's Rory Sweet Urchin Coloring Book Volume 2: Fun Whimsical Big Eyed Art (Lacy Sunshine Rory Sweet Urchin)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Literary Introductions to the Books of the Bible\nDescription: ['', \"Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly 50 years. He has authored or edited over fifty books, including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meetings and served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fairies Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book with Beautiful Fantasy Women, Cute Magical Animals, and Relaxing Forest Scenes\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus\nDescription: ['
“Opened my eyes to the richness of the genus. [Rukšns] wrote Crocuses in language that can be understood by the everyday gardener.” —Horticulture
“This is the kind of gardening book that makes my garden-geeky heart beat faster.” —Cold Climate Gardening
“This is a botanically-minded gardener’s view of crocuses. . . . Jnis has the advantage over all his predecessors of having seen the vast majority of the plants he describes in the wild. This gives him a unique perspective into variation within the genus, and within species.” —John Grimshaw’s Garden Diary
 
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Janis Ruksans has been growing bulbs since age twelve and since 1991 has operated his own bulb nursery in his native Latvia, specializing in rare and unusual bulbs. He has taken part in several expeditions searching for new bulbs throughout Europe and Central Asia. He worked at the Latvian National Botanical Garden and was the editor-in-chief of a horticultural magazine for nearly twenty years. He is the author of five books about growing bulbs. Janis Ruksans lives in Latvia.
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“Polanski and Perception breathes fresh air into the academic corpus on Polanski’s cinema and presents an engaging discussion of a significantly underrepresented aspect of this director’s filmmaking: the faculty of visual perception. . . . Caputo’s book is successful in its endeavor to explicate the influence of Gregory’s indirect/active perception on Polanski’s filmmaking. It is a novel and informative approach to his cinema delving into many unexplored areas in the director’s depiction of individuals’ perception. It indeed has made a valuable contribution to the existing body of studies done on the cinema of this world-renowned director.”
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a wonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection. Margot Livesey\"
awonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection. Margot Livesey\"
Here is what makes these stories necessary and timeless: Liam Callanan s incisive ability to render not just our desires and the choices we make to fulfill or thwart those desires, but the mysterybehindthose choices . Michael Parker\"
\"Listen to these lovely stories, indeed; each one is memorable, and each one different from the last.\"--ALix Ohlin (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
\"Here is what makes these stories necessary and timeless: Liam Callanan\\'s incisive ability to render not just our desires and the choices we make to fulfill or thwart those desires, but the mystery behind those choices....\"--Michael Parker (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)', '
LIAM CALLANAN is the author of the novels The Cloud Atlas, a finalist for an Edgar Award, and All Saints, a Target Bookmarked Breakout book. A frequent public radio essayist, Liam has taught at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Los Angeles, he now calls Wisconsin home. Hes on the web at liamcallanan.com.
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\\\"The Independent\\\" (London) The Business is written with enormous energy, crunchy wit and more curves than an Alpine road.
\\\"The Guardian\\\" One of his most assured performances yet....A highly inventive piece of work, amusing and sinister by turns.
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\\\"Sunday Express\\\" (London) Imagination, wit and complexity are Banks\\\\'s hallmarks and The Business is no exception.', 'Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the original publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, recently selected in a British poll as one of the top 100 novels of the century. Since then he has gained enormous popular and critical acclaim with further works of fiction and, as Iain M. Banks, science fiction. He lives in Scotland.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Coloring Books for Adults Relaxation: 100 Magical Swirls Coloring Book with Fun, Easy, and Relaxing Coloring Pages Relaxation Gifts\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Micro Strongs Exhaustive Concordance\\nDescription: [\\\"Here is the MICRO STRONGS EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE of the KING JAMES BIBLE (the best English translation of the perfectly inspired, promised preserved Word of God). With durable Kyvar paper cover, it is 476 pages, measures only 6 by 9 by but is printed in approximately same type size (with magnifying glass in back to help if necessary). If you could only have two books, shouldn't they be the old KING JAMES BIBLE and the STRONGS EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE? The problem has been that the Strongs is too big. Now it can be carried behind your Bible and used dynamically in one hand. This combination is the ultimate study Bible; even if the editor of your Study Bible is a learned and humble man of God, he can only share relatively few insights, just scratching the surface. Here is the Study Bible that enables cross referencing EVERY WORD in the Bible, even in the Hebrew and Greek, usually giving the root meaning which is the understanding of a native speaker. For a revealing comparison of the KING JAMES BIBLE with the NEW KING JAMES (and most of the other major popular versions), please see the book, ENOUGH!! THE NEW KING JAMES BIBLE, DO WE NEED IT? available for free download, or order hard copy from www.armoredsheep.com.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book\\nDescription: ['Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who creates intricate and hand-drawn illustrations rooted in the flora and fauna that surrounds her home in rural Scotland.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: No Love Lost\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Lacy Sunshine's Rory Sweet Urchin Coloring Book Volume 2: Fun Whimsical Big Eyed Art (Lacy Sunshine Rory Sweet Urchin)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Literary Introductions to the Books of the Bible\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly 50 years. He has authored or edited over fifty books, including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meetings and served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fairies Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book with Beautiful Fantasy Women, Cute Magical Animals, and Relaxing Forest Scenes\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus\\nDescription: ['
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“This is the kind of gardening book that makes my garden-geeky heart beat faster.” —Cold Climate Gardening
“This is a botanically-minded gardener’s view of crocuses. . . . Jnis has the advantage over all his predecessors of having seen the vast majority of the plants he describes in the wild. This gives him a unique perspective into variation within the genus, and within species.” —John Grimshaw’s Garden Diary
 
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Janis Ruksans has been growing bulbs since age twelve and since 1991 has operated his own bulb nursery in his native Latvia, specializing in rare and unusual bulbs. He has taken part in several expeditions searching for new bulbs throughout Europe and Central Asia. He worked at the Latvian National Botanical Garden and was the editor-in-chief of a horticultural magazine for nearly twenty years. He is the author of five books about growing bulbs. Janis Ruksans lives in Latvia.
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“Polanski and Perception breathes fresh air into the academic corpus on Polanski’s cinema and presents an engaging discussion of a significantly underrepresented aspect of this director’s filmmaking: the faculty of visual perception. . . . Caputo’s book is successful in its endeavor to explicate the influence of Gregory’s indirect/active perception on Polanski’s filmmaking. It is a novel and informative approach to his cinema delving into many unexplored areas in the director’s depiction of individuals’ perception. It indeed has made a valuable contribution to the existing body of studies done on the cinema of this world-renowned director.”
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a wonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection. Margot Livesey\\\"
awonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection. Margot Livesey\\\"
Here is what makes these stories necessary and timeless: Liam Callanan s incisive ability to render not just our desires and the choices we make to fulfill or thwart those desires, but the mysterybehindthose choices . Michael Parker\\\"
\\\"Listen to these lovely stories, indeed; each one is memorable, and each one different from the last.\\\"--ALix Ohlin (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
\\\"Here is what makes these stories necessary and timeless: Liam Callanan\\\\'s incisive ability to render not just our desires and the choices we make to fulfill or thwart those desires, but the mystery behind those choices....\\\"--Michael Parker (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)', '
LIAM CALLANAN is the author of the novels The Cloud Atlas, a finalist for an Edgar Award, and All Saints, a Target Bookmarked Breakout book. A frequent public radio essayist, Liam has taught at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Los Angeles, he now calls Wisconsin home. Hes on the web at liamcallanan.com.
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Family, forgiveness and second chances are the themes in Macombers latest stand-alone novel. No one writes better womens contemporary fiction, and Last One Home is another wonderful example. Always inspiring and heartwarming, this is a read you will cherish.RT Book Reviews Tender, real, and full of hope.Heroes and Heartbreakers Once again, Ms. Macomber has woven a charming tale dealing with facing lifes hard knocks, begging forgiveness, and gaining self-confidence.Reader to Reader Macomber never disappoints me. . . . She always manages to leave me with a warming of the soul and fuzzy feelings that stays for days.Fresh Fiction A very heartwarming novel of healing and reconciliation . . . that touches on lifes more serious moments and will leave readers hoping to revisit these flawed but lovable characters in the future.Book Reviews & More by Kathy', 'Debbie Macomber, the author of Love Letters, Mr. Miracle, Blossom Street Brides, and Rose Harbor in Bloom, is a leading voice in womens fiction. Nine of her novels have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller lists, and three of her beloved Christmas novels have been hit movies on the Hallmark Channel, including Mrs. Miracle and Mr. Miracle. Hallmark also produces the hit original series Debbie Macombers Cedar Cove, based on the authors Cedar Cove books. She has more than 170 million copies of her books in print worldwide.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy\nDescription: ['\"Remarkable and insightful... a fascinating look at the interaction of money and politics in the early years of our Republic, showing that, like much of human nature, issues of greed and corruption are not sudden creations of the modern era.\"New York Journal of Books
\"[A] compelling account.... Cost has written an engrossing and useful book in The Price of Greatness, for it both provides an accessible (short) history of this country\\'s beginnings and illustrates dynamics fundamental to the American model.\"Washington Free Beacon
\"Cost\\'s descriptions of post independence political wrangling and the first decades of the new United States are clear and easily grasped.\"Publishers Weekly
\"Focusing on James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.... Cost offers a revealing look at how their contrastingg political philosophies shaped the new nation\\'s domestic and foreign policies.... A well-argued examination of the nation\\'s founding principles.\"Kirkus Reviews
\"In his lively new book, Jay Cost continues his fascinating inquiry into the sources of American political corruption by examining Alexander Hamilton\\'s and James Madison\\'s divergent understandings of the Constitution and the proper balancing of liberty, republicanism, and national unity and prosperity.\"Bradford Wilson, Executive Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
\"Thoughtful people differ concerning why so many of today\\'s most talented writers on American history practice their craft outside academia. Thoughtful people agree, and this book demonstrates, that Jay Cost is among those writers.\"George F. Will, Washington Post columnist
\"\"Jay Cost has managed to do the unthinkable. He\\'s written an insightful account of the principles and practices of two great founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, without savaging one or the other. This terrific book is destined to reshape our thinking about the key events of the early republic including the tragic break between Hamilton and Madison.... A must-read for those interested in a deeper understanding of two giants whose principles animate America\\'s conflicted soul.\"Stephen F. Knott, author of Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth
\"Jay Cost brings alive the profound dispute between Madison\\'s republicanism and Hamilton\\'s nationalism and helps us see why it still matters. At once a discerning scholar of political theory and a perceptive student of political practice, he is the perfect guide to this rich story.\"Yuval Levin, author of The Fractured Republic and editor of National Affairs', 'Jay Cost is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard and has written for the Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Commentary. He holds a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Chicago. The author of A Republic No More, he lives in Harmony, Pennsylvania.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Substitute (Wedding Pact)\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']","rejected":"Title: Oracle 11i E-Business Suite from the Front Lines\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Amish Nanny (Amish Maids) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"A refreshing and delightful story. It had a good storyline with strong characters and much more. The ending was unexpected.\" Beverly J Corl
\"I enjoyed this book very much.......The Amish have such a simple life style---clean living ....neighbor helping neighbor---a life style that is pleasing to our Lord. The light romance is refreshing and free of torrid moments and disgusting four-letter words. This author rates high in my book!\" L. Wilson
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This novel is a sweet romance with amazing characters who are just trying to get through each day. Stories relating to the Amish are a treasure to read and Fuller has a way with words. (Romantic Times)', '', 'With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at KathleenFuller.com; Instagram: kfstoryteller; Facebook: WriterKathleenFuller; Twitter: @TheKatJam.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Killer Instinct (Bombshell)\nDescription: ['Raised on a horse farm in Michigan, Cindy Dees dropped out of high school at 15 to attend the University of Michigan where she earned a B.A. in Russian and East European Studies. She became a U.S. Air Force Pilot, worked at the White House, and was a part-time spy during her military career. Her first novel was published in 2002, and she has published over forty more since then with HRS and HQN. She is a 5-time RITA finalist and 2-time RITA winner and has won numerous other awards.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Herb of Grace: A Healing Grace Novel\nDescription: ['\"[A] genuine must read for those who love Amish fiction. Readers will not be able to put this book down until finished, it is just that great and filled with rich characterization.... HERB OF GRACE is a five star recommended book.\"AmishReader.blogspot.com
\"Senft is a talented author and her research on various herbs is a welcome surprise to readers....This sweet romance has a believable storyline and a lot of heart.\"RT Book Reviews
\"With a complex mix of both younger and older characters and a complex story line, this book is truly a success.\"Brodart Books & Library Services
\"Senft perfectly captures the Amish setting of the novel, causing me both to long for the simplicity and beauty of the Amish way, but also to ponder with puzzlement some of the decisions made by the Ordnung. Amelia is an endearing character, and there were a few laugh-out-loud moments for me that I wasn\\'t even expecting. Although this is the first book I have read by the author, she has been added to my \"must read\" list. If you are a fan of Amish fiction, then plan on reading The Wounded Heart soon!\"Christian Fiction Addiction on The Wounded Heart
\"With this quaint, gentle read, Senft\\'s promising series is off to a good start and will make a nice alternative for Jerry S. Eicher readers who want to try a new author.\"Library Journal on The Wounded Heart
\"This relatable story, which launches Senft\\'s Amish Quilt series, shows that while waiting to see God\\'s plan can be difficult, remembering to put Jesus first, others next and yourself last (\"JOY\") is necessary.\"Romantic Times on The Wounded Heart
\"I absolutely loved The Hidden Life! Nothing is as enjoyable as feeling the same way the characters do throughout the story and believing that you are mixed into the same world....The Hidden Life is full of conflict, romance, and drama! Overall I felt Adina captured the Amish way of life with fine detail. Be prepared to become an even bigger fan of Adina\\'s after you read this book and you will be eagerly anticipating the next installment The Tempted Soul just like me!\"Destination Amish on The Hidden Life
\"I do declare that Adina has saved the best story for last. I loved this book! Saying that it is a heartfelt story just doesn\\'t seem like it does the book justice.\"Destination Amish on The Tempted Soul', 'After leaving the plain church in which she grew up, Adina Senft earned an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. Between books, Adina enjoys playing the piano and Celtic harp, making historical costumes, and spoiling her flock of rescue chickens.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Detachment (Private Palmer)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Moonbeams\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Backwards: How To Live Forward\nDescription: ['Brett Hayworth is more than an actor, producer, screenwriter and author. He is also a gifted speaker, entrepreneur and family man, currently residing in Jackson, Michigan with his beautiful family.
Recently completing the television pilot, \"Just Brett and Lilly,\" Brett sets out to use his story to empower and inspire audiences. A single father for many years, he found himself on the brink of hopelessness, doing everything he could to raise, protect, and inspire his daughter Lilly. Recently, he married an amazing mother of two, Lisa, and they have begun their journey as a larger family. In February of 2015, Lilly (10 years old) was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and once again, their family took a difficult hit. ', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Christmas in Snow Valley: A Christmas Romance Anthology\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Mirrors\nDescription: [\"...a great story of women's struggles with discovery, love, and career. -- Kelly Peters, Between the Lines
Mirrors is a very fine novel, well worth your time and treasure. -- Deborah Peifer, The Bay Area Reporter\", 'Marianne K. Martin is the author of the best-selling novels Legacy Of Love, Love In The Balance, Dawn Of The Dance, and Never Ending all published by Naiad Press. Among her varied careers, Martin has been a public school teacher, a photojournalist, an MHSAA basketball coach, a collegiate hockey coach, and a photographer. She has been active in athletics since childhood and has played and coached ASA fast-pitch softball for many years. Her other hobbies include building and remodeling, drawing, landscaping, and of course reading. She currently resides in Michigan, with an eye on southern sun.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Comfort & Joy: A Novel\nDescription: [\"It's the last day before Christmas vacation, and Joy Faith Candellaro, a Bakersfield, Calif., high school librarian, is still fretting over finding her husband, Thom, in bed with her sister, Stacey. Although divorced nearly three monthsand urged by everyone to move on with her lifeJoy just isn't joyful. She's trying, though: she buys a Christmas tree and plans to get herself something spectacular to put under it. Too bad that Stacey's waiting in her driveway with a wedding invitation and the news that she's pregnant with Thom's child. Enraged and betrayed, Joy drives offand ends up at the airport, holding a ticket to Hope, Canada. What will she do when she gets there? Who cares? All she knows is that life has to be better elsewhere. What happens next is Hannah's version of a Christmas ghost story, as Joy encounters a father and son whose own misery gives her a new perspective. Hannah (The Things We Do for Love) fans will enjoy this fare, but from the subtle-as-a-50-pound-fruitcake irony of Joy Faith's name to a plot twist that necessitates hanging disbelief on the mantel alongside the Christmas stockings, it may be a bit too much for the more skeptical to swallow. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Happy, hopeful and trs romantique.Hartford Courant
[Kristin Hannahs] best book yet.The Columbus Dispatch
Hannah will touch the deepest corner of your heart.Rendezvous
An engaging holiday tale.Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A heartwarming holiday tale [that] resonates with poignancy and deep emotion.Romantic Times', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Welcome to Alflolol (Valerian & Laureline)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Between Heaven and Ground Zero\nDescription: [\"Leslie Haskin achieved great success at Kemper Insurance Company in New York City. She became the Director of Operations and one of only two African Americans to hold executive title within the corporation's eastern region. But 9/11 changed her priorities. In addition to her career, Leslie is active in outreach ministry, serving with Goodwill Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, New York. She spends her time in the inner city spreading the message of hope to the homeless and otherwise lost. She is the founder and executive director of Safe Hugs, a nonprofit organization designed to provide rehabilitation and healing to women and children who are homeless and victims of domestic violence. Leslie has appeared at several memorials honoring the victims and survivors of 9/11. She has served as keynote speaker at national and regional conferences throughout the United States, including The West Point Women of the Chapel and North American Missions Board--World Changers. She lives in Newburgh, New York.\"]","rejected":"Title: The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead\nDescription: ['Praise for The Book of Resting Places
\"Mira y Lopez . . . is a gifted writer. His ear for language and his ability to take ownership of ideas by finding the poetry in them . . . is the kind of thing that cannot be taught . . . Its refreshing to encounter a young writer whos chosen to do some fieldwork.\" The New York Times Book Review
\"The Book of Resting Places is Mira y Lopezs account of his travels, from a cemetery to a crematorium to a cryonics company . . . Hes looking for the good death, somewhere, anywhere.\" The New Yorker
\"Thomas Mira y Lopezs debut essay collection is a finely wrought exploration of grief, mythology, history, and global death practices . . . Mira y Lopez travels far and wide . . . in search of answers.\" The Guardian
\"A heartfelt and personal exploration of hallowed groundsand the history and mythology surrounding theminspired by the sudden death of Mira y Lopez\\'s father.\" BuzzFeed ,br> \"In this insightful collection of personal essays, Lopez proves a poetic, thoughtful, and at times surprisingly funny narrator in his quest for the most meaningful way to remember the dead . . . Lopezs contemplation of mortality and memory makes for a collection of quietly profound essays.\" Publishers Weekly
\"At one point in this debut, a researcher compares excavation to arranging a tapestryan apt analogy for Mira y Lopezs essay collection itself . . . Each chapter alternatesor weavesbetween his personal experience and history, myth, and societal practice.\" Booklist
\"Mira y Lopezs first book is a thoughtful, intriguing collection of 10 personal essays dealing with the dead and where they end up . . . These are wide-ranging and often tender meditations on death.\" Kirkus Reviews
\"It is a true pleasure to engage with a book like Thomas Mira y Lopezs . . . Coupled with his keen eye for observation and a fascinating breadth of subject matter, The Book of Resting Places becomes a refreshingly honest and critical look at death, grieving, and how burial becomes our means to remembering, and forgetting, those weve lost.\" The East Bay Review
\"Its a surprisingly quirky book; Mira y Lopez is honest about grief and his own imperfections, and this coherent collection of personal essays ranges from sad to downright funny.\" Triangle.com
\"A monumental collection . . . For all the studied excavations bound up in The Book of Resting Places, the people remembered in its pages, those passed and still with us, remain glowing torchbearers for the living.\" Full Stop
\"The Book of Resting Places is admirable for the restlessness and fierceness of its need to work through both its own elegy and the nature of elegies in general. From defunct cemeteries to Canalettos genius for turning presence to absence to those museums of the self assembled by collectors or hoarders to the nature of parallax to cryonics, its wryly deft in its associative deployment of useful metaphors in its attempt to come to terms with loss, and shame: what is the safest way to preserve the dead, and to acknowledge the love we sometimes failed to reciprocate?\" Jim Shepard, author of The World to Come and The Book of Aron
\"Each place in The Book of Resting Places is haunted. But the deeper we go into Thomas Mira y Lopez\\'s MC Escher painting of a collection, the more we realize that perhaps it is us, not the dead, who haunt the past. An excellent meditation on his father\\'s death and his mother\\'s preparations for her own, this book\\'s loneliness is more than matched by its curiosity and its beauty. Ander Monson, author of Vanishing Point
\"Mira y Lopez is a stunning writer and his debut book, a tender and adventurous exploration of the intimate distances we share with the dead, deserves to be widely read. Artful sentences mirror, page after page, his artful mind. With formal intelligence and quiet wit, he has found death to be a spur to reflection and wholehearted embrace of life. This is a book to savor.\" Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit', 'THOMAS MIRA Y LOPEZ is from New York City. He earned an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of Arizona, and his work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review Online, and The Normal School, among other publications. He currently lives in North Carolina, where he is the 20172018 Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Reunion\nDescription: ['\"I just finished reading Dan Walsh\\'s new book THE REUNION.OHMYGOSH!! I have happy tears running down my face and a warm feeling in my heart. I never expected the ending to this amazing heartfelt story. It was off the charts satisfying!\" --Nora St. Laurent, CEO The Book Club Network
The Reunion by Dan Walsh, has taken up residence on my Top Ten of 2012 List, but that\\'s not all. It sparked a new list. My Top Ten All Time Favorites, and it\\'s earned a spot there. -- Ane Mulligan, Sr Editor, Novel Rocket Blog
\"With a gift for pulling the heartstrings and encouraging a slow build of tears within his reader, Dan Walsh is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to storytellers for sweet romance and intricately woven parallel storylines.\" -- USA Today (Serena Chase)\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t', 'Everything lost can be found.
Aaron Miller knows a thing or two about loss. He\\'s lost love. Dignity. Second, and even third, chances. Once honored for his heroism, he now lives in near obscurity, working as a handyman in a humble trailer park.
But God is a master at finding and redeeming the lost things of life. Unbeknownst to Aaron, someone is searching for him.
With deep insight into the human heart, consummate storyteller Dan Walsh gently weaves a tale of a life spent in the shadows but meant for the light. Through tense scenes of war and tender moments of romance, The Reunion will make you believe that everyone can get a second chance at life and love.
Review:
\"This book has a pretty big cast of characters, but Walsh does it well and, as the storylines collide the reader becomes fully invested in each individual HEA. \"Aaron\\'s humility, born of failure and whitewashed by grace, is almost a tangible thing. A flashback to Vietnam is action-packed and tense with a sense of doom, but in the present, it fuels John\\'s desperation to find Aaron. The romance between Karen and Dave is the sort that lets you feel the butterflies of falling in love right along with them, yet your heart breaks when other men\\'s failures threaten to poison Karen\\'s chance at love. \"With a gift for pulling the heartstrings and encouraging a slow build of tears within his reader, Dan Walsh is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to storytellers for sweet romance and intricately woven parallel storylines.\"--USA Today, Happily Ever After
Praise for Dan Walsh
\"Dan\\'s books grab your heart and don\\'t let you go until the last page.\"--Dr. Gary Smalley, bestselling author and speaker
\"Walsh [makes] the reader feel like a dear old friend.\"--RT Book Reviews
\"Dan Walsh\\'s novel-within-a-novel is rich with intrigue, history, and romance. Character-driven and wistful . . . a sublime delight that shouldn\\'t be missed.\"--USA Today on The Discovery
Dan Walsh is the bestselling author of several books, including The Dance and The Promise with Gary Smalley, as well as The Unfinished Gift, The Discovery, and The Reunion. Winner of three Carol Awards, he is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, and served as a pastor for twenty-five years. He lives with his wife in the Daytona Beach area. Visit www.danwalshbooks.com for more.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Deployment with Docker: Apply continuous integration models, deploy applications quicker, and scale at large by putting Docker to work\nDescription: ['', \"Srdjan Grubor is a software engineer who has worked on projects large and small for many years now, with deployment sizes ranging from small to global. Currently, he is working on solving the world's connectivity problems for Endless OS as a cloud engineer and was one of the first people to become a Docker Certified Associate. He enjoys breaking things just to see how they work, tinkering, and solving challenging problems. Srdjan believes that there is always room for philanthropy in technology.\", '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Comfort and Joy\nDescription: ['Kristin Hannah is the bestselling author of many acclaimed novels, including On Mystic Lake, Between Sisters, Comfort and Joy, and The Things We Do for Love. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and on Kauai with her husband and son.']","rejected":"Title: Weight Consciousness: Changing The Beliefs That Prevent Permanent Weight Loss\nDescription: [\"Helen Meader is a life long advocate of human potential. She fundamentally believes that human beings have a far greater capacity than anyone knows. Her book Weight Consciousness is about exploring that capacity through weight issues. A lot of what you will read in her book has been taken from her own personal journey. Helen actively started her personal development journey in 1992 and has been a life coach since 2000 and a Theta Healing Practitioner since 2005. She became increasingly frustrated by the lack of lasting change she saw in people, the number who got stuck along the journey, and how slow many of the accepted change processes were. When she was introduced to the modality of ThetaHealing(tm) in 2005 Helen discovered that when a person is ready, healing and change can be instant - the only thing getting in the way of this is was the individual and their beliefs. Ultimately through the creation of this book Weight Consciousness she has found her passion for working with people to discover their core essence and life purpose through the weight loss journey. Helen sees weight issues as the doorway to connect to one's soul and a way to find inner peace and joy. Helen is from Sydney Australia and works locally and internationally with the Weight Consciousness methodology.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Amish Promises (Neighbors of Lancaster County)\nDescription: ['Journey Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet
When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they\\'re looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time to heal, and the quiet of Lancaster seems just the place. They can\\'t imagine any trouble with their Amish neighbors, the Lehmans, but things get off to a rocky start when their son is involved in an accident that injures one of the Lehman boys.
Eve Lehman has run her brother\\'s household ever since the death of his wife, but Tim\\'s a stern patriarch. Despite his protests, she\\'s drawn to the new neighbor, Shani, and the two begin to form a strong friendship forged on faith and family. Things seem like they\\'ve quieted down until Joel\\'s single and handsome army friend Charlie catches Eve\\'s attention--a man unlike any Eve has ever met. Suddenly life for both families becomes more complicated than any of them could have ever imagined.
\"Shani and Joel\\'s struggling marriage due to PSTD is a very realistic plight faced by soldiers returning home from war. Readers will be sympathetic to the tension Eve feels between doing what others expect and doing what is true to her heart....This heartfelt novel is a fantastic beginning to Gould\\'s Neighbors of Lancaster County series.\" -RT Book Reviews', 'Leslie Gould is the author of the bestselling Courtships of Lancaster County series and coauthor, with Mindy Starns Clark, of the #1 bestselling The Amish Midwife. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University and has taught fiction writing at Multnomah University as an adjunct professor. She resides with her family in Portland, Oregon.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A First Course in Mathematical Modeling\nDescription: ['\"The authors keep a good balance of theory and practice, maintaining fidelity to the ideal of developing experience and skills in the modeling process, rather than overconcentrating on the mathematics of modeling. The revisions are thoughtful and strengthen the text, tying together more effectively the good selection of methods and applications contained in previous editions.\" Charles Landraitis, Boston College.
\"The approach to modeling is very solid, and corresponds with what I have seen as useful in teaching modeling at all levels for 25 years.\" Stephen J. Merrill, Marquette University.
\"The examples, projects, and exercises are excellent. Very varied and interesting, with a good mix of topics. It is great to be able to pick and choose from among the topics and examples. At the same time, there is nothing superfluous about the coverage.\" Libby Krussel, The University of Montana.', 'Frank R. Giordano began his teaching career at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he served for 21 years, including seven years as professor and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He currently is a Professor of Defense Analysis and Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has served as project director for several major National Science Foundation grants devoted to modeling, including one to initiate a high school modeling contest (the HiMCM). For the past 15 years, he has served as the director of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling. Frank R. Giordano began his teaching career at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he served for 21 years, including seven years as professor and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He currently is a Professor of Defense Analysis and Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has served as project director for several major National Science Foundation grants devoted to modeling, including one to initiate a high school modeling contest (the HiMCM). For the past 15 years, he has served as the director of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Healing Ruby: A Novel\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States (Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Management)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Breaking Matthew (Healing Ruby) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Jennifer Westall loves writing Christian fiction as a way of exploring her own faith journey. Breaking Matthew (2015) is the second volume in the Healing Ruby series. The first in the series, Healing Ruby (2014) was inspired by events in the life of her grandmother, and explores the mysteries of faith healing. Shes also the author of Loves Providence (2012), a contemporary Christian romance novel that navigates the minefield of dating and temptation. She resides in Virginia with her husband and two boys, where she homeschools by day and writes by night, thus explaining those pesky bags under her eyes. Readers can connect with her at jenniferhwestall.com or find her on Facebook and Twitter.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Canada 2014 (World Today (Stryker))\nDescription: ['Wayne C. Thompson taught political science at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. He has authored or edited ten books and many articles on European government, history and political theory. ', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Josiah for President: A Novel\nDescription: ['Just in time for all those election-season presidential reads library displays comes this novel about going back to the basics. Former congressman Mark Stedman returns to his home state after failing to secure the presidential nomination. On the way, he is involved in a car accident and is assisted by Amish farmer Josiah Stoltzfus. His simple values and dedication to hard work impress Mark, who talks Josiah into running for president. VERDICT Despite the somewhat ridiculous premise, many readers who long for a simpler way of life will enjoy this character- and plot-driven novel by a former staff writer for comedian Bob Hope and prolific inspirational author. (Library Journal)', \"'Martha Bolton is one fine writer. I don't know much about writing -- normal writing, that is -- but I do know what I enjoy reading. Everything on the page is crisp and pulls you right through the story. It's like wine. I know nothing about wine either except that when I take a sip, I know whether I like it or not. Her writing, to me, is delicious.' -- Gene Perret, Book author and writer for Bob Hope and The Carol Burnett Show
'A great read that challenges you to think outside the box! Josiah comes to life via his interaction with Congressman Mark Stedman in a unique and interesting way. Martha Bolton brings forward a character who is believable and who embodies many of the back to basics traits that Americans crave.' -- Marsha Blackburn, United States House of Representatives
Josiah for President is a compelling tale of an unlikely friendship, and an even more unlikely agreement. Heartwarming and funny, Marthas book will leave you cheering for the underdog, while believing there is still hope for Americas future. -- Michael Catt, Senior Pastor, Sherwood Baptist Church
In the complex political world of positioning ... negotiations ... Strategies and world policies ... The wisdom of a 2000 year old book guides Josiah and rally's a pubic hungry for a simple truth. Martha Bolton has created an inspirational modern day parable that is a reflective example of the things that really matter in our nations condition of political and economic distress. -- Rick Eldridge, Studio Executive/Film Producer
'Martha Bolton and I shared the longest laugh of either of our lives over lunch one day in California. It was one of those laugh fests that kept going--lasting several hours at least, with other patrons even getting in on it, including Dick van Dyke who was dining a few tables away. Martha and I became fast friends and have been ever since. I love Martha's writing style, I love Martha, and I love her new novel, Josiah for President. It's a fresh take on politics and a real twist for Amish fiction. You're going to love it! And her!' -- Lani Netter, Lani Netter Productions (wife of Gil Netter, producer of The Blind Side)
'Martha Bolton's writing never disappoints. Josiah For President demonstrates her ability to get the reader turning each page to discover what happens next. It is a gripping and most timely novel'. -- Lord Taylor of Warwick, House of Lords
'JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT by Martha Bolton is the definitive novel of the 21st Century, seamlessly combining humor and humanity. A long-time writer for my cartoon feature 'The Lockhorns,' as well as for comic legends including Bob Hope, Martha Bolton has maximized her genius for comedy and her brilliant insights on American politics. JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT is both timely and timeless. It describes a perfect storm of event leading to the White House, motivated by real people we grow to love. I was unable to put the book down. For a totally uplifting read, JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT is number one on any list. Thank you, Martha.' -- Bunny Hoest, President and CEO Wm. Hoest Enterprises, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: McCall's Pattern #3278 ***HOME DECORATING*** COVER ESSENTIALS\nDescription: ['Pre-owned, BUT NOT USED....']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder Simply Brewed (An Amish Village Mystery)\nDescription: [\"Chapmans latest is a mix of mystery and romance with vivid characters, a realistic setting and themes of loss, trust and love. The puzzle pieces are revealed slowly so readers can piece the clues together themselves up until the shocking conclusion. A glossary and discussion questions are included. (Romantic Times, four-star review)
'Vannetta Chapman keeps the action suspenseful, and the who-done-it mostly unpredictable as her Amish and English characters work together to solve the mystery. Out of even such dreadful circumstances come moments of grace: between Amber and her Amish employee Hannah and between Amber and Tate, who had each given up on love. (BookPage)\", '', 'Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. She is the author of sixteen novels, including the Pebble Creek Amish series, The Shipshewana Amish Mystery series, and Anna’s Healing, a 2016 Christy Award finalist. Vannetta is a Carol award winner and has also received more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She was a teacher for fifteen years and currently resides in the Texas hill country. Visit Vannetta online: VannettaChapman.com, Twitter: @VannettaChapman, Facebook: VannettaChapmanBooks.']","rejected":"Title: Secrets of the Saints\nDescription: ['Many books and treatises have been written on how to make progress in the spiritual life. This shorter volume attempts to give the substance and precision of these longer works in a less intimidating way for those who want depth and direction in their spiritual lives.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Reluctant Bride (An Amish of Birch Creek Novel)\nDescription: [\"'Fuller writes unapologetically about the darker side of Amish community lifeAden and Sadies life in an unwanted arranged marriage is explored with such gentleness that the reader feels the delicacy of the looks and words passed between themreaders will wait breathlessly for the emotional fulfillment of the story. Frightening, shocking, and redemptive, Fullers inspirational tale portrays complex characters facing real world problems and finding love where they least expected or wanted it to be. --- starred review (Booklist)
Fuller has an amazing capacity for creating damaged characters and giving insights into their brokenness. One of the better voices in the Amish fiction genre. (CBA Retailers Resources)
This promising series debut from Fuller (Middlefield Family series) is edgier than most Amish novels, dealing with difficult and dark issues and featuring well-drawn characters who are tougher than the usual gentle souls found in this genre. Recommended for Amish fiction fans who might like a different flavor. (Library Journal)
Sadie and Adens love is both sweet and hard-won, and Adens patience is touching as he wrestles not only with Sadies dilemma, but his own abusive past. Birch Creek is weighed down by the Troyer familys dark secrets, and readers will be interested to see how secondary characters lives unfold as the series continues.' -4-star review (RT Book Reviews)\", '', 'With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at KathleenFuller.com; Instagram: kfstoryteller; Facebook: WriterKathleenFuller; Twitter: @TheKatJam.']","rejected":"Title: Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now: 90 Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential\nDescription: [\"Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Listed by several sources as America's largest and fastest-growing congregation, Lakewood church has approximately 45,000 adult attendees every week. Millions more watch Joel's messages as they are broadcast on national and international television networks. He resides in Houston with his wife, Victoria, and their children. You can visit his Web site at www.joelosteen.com. \"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: From the Heart (Sandy Cove) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Reach for the Dream: Developing Individual Service Plans for Persons With Disabilities\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Out of a Dream (Sandy Cove Series Book 1)\nDescription: ['see zip file for back of the book image that has the bio', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Doctor Who: Travels in Time Colouring Book\nDescription: ['BBC Booksis the publisher of choice for titles relating to BBC programmes and personalities. One of the UKs leading non-fiction imprints, BBC Books has had particular success in the food and drink, gardening, history, natural history and travel genres. Amongst our authors are some of Britains best-known and best-loved TV personalities including Mary Berry, David Attenborough, Alan Titchmarsh and Rick Stein. We are also the official publisher of some of the BBCs biggest global brands, including Doctor Who, Top Gear, Sherlock, Good Food and Strictly Come Dancing.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Photograph\nDescription: [\"He studied the picture more closely, finding it curious that the young woman looked so boldly into the camera while wearing a white prayer Kapp shaped like a heart--the characteristic head covering for the Lancaster County Old Order Amish. Why would a devout girl have her picture taken?\\t
When her sister Lily disappears only months after their widowed mother's passing, Eva Esch fears she has been wooed away from the People. Yet Lily's disappearance isn't Eva's only concern: She and her sisters must relocate once their older brother takes over the family farmhouse. Then Jed Stutzman, an Amish buggy maker from Ohio, shows up in Eden Valley with a photo of a Plain young woman. Eva feels powerfully drawn to the charming stranger--but the woman in the forbidden photograph is no stranger at all. ...\", \"Beverly Lewis is the New York Times bestselling author of more than ninety books in eleven languages. A keen interest in her mother's Plain heritage has inspired Beverly to write many Amish-related novels, beginning with The Shunning, which has sold more than one million copies and is an Original Hallmark Channel movie. In 2007, The Brethren was honored with a Christy Award. Beverly has been interviewed by both national and international media, including Time magazine, the Associated Press, and the BBC. She lives with her husband, David, in Colorado. Visit her website at www.beverlylewis.com or www.facebook.com/officialbeverlylewis for more information.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Reamker: Painted by Chet Chan\nDescription: []"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Thirty-Two and a Half Complications (Rose Gardner Mystery #5) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: ['The fifth book in the USA Today Bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series.', 'New York Times,Wall Street Journal, andUSA Todaybestselling author Denise Grover Swank has released over thirty novels and novellas and has sold over two million books. She writes mysteries with romance, humorous romance, light-hearted young adult romance, and urban fantasy. She lives in Blue Springs, Missouri with her three naughty dogs and six imaginative children.You can find out more about Denise at denisegroverswank.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Colour and Symbolism in Islamic Architecture: The Islamic Tile-maker's Art\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Cowboy's Christmas Plan: Grass Valley Cowboys\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Shanna Hatfield is a hopeless romantic with a bit of sarcasm thrown in for good measure. In addition to blogging, eating too much chocolate and being smitten with her husband (Captain Cavedweller), she writes clean romantic fiction with a healthy dose of humor. She also dabbles in cooking, baking, and home entertaining. Follow her Savvy Entertaining blog or Savvy Entertaining books for the latest in making entertaining at home simple and fun! To learn more about Shanna or the books she writes, visit her blog http://shannahatfield.com or find out news at her facebook page http://facebook.com/shannahatfield.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 2 Peter and Jude - Concordia Commentary (Concordia Commentary: a Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture)\\nDescription: ['The Reverend Dr. Curtis P. Giese is a professor in the Theology Division at Concordia University Texas in Austin, where he has taught Greek and New Testament since 2004. He was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin and received his education at Concordia University-St. Paul (B.A.), Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (M. Div., S.T.M), Lutherische Theologische Hochschule, Oberursel, Germany, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio (M. Phil., Ph.D.) where his emphasis was Judaism in the Greco-Roman period.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Last One Home: A Novel\\nDescription: ['Fans of bestselling author Macomber will not be disappointed by this compelling stand-alone novel.Library Journal
Family, forgiveness and second chances are the themes in Macombers latest stand-alone novel. No one writes better womens contemporary fiction, and Last One Home is another wonderful example. Always inspiring and heartwarming, this is a read you will cherish.RT Book Reviews Tender, real, and full of hope.Heroes and Heartbreakers Once again, Ms. Macomber has woven a charming tale dealing with facing lifes hard knocks, begging forgiveness, and gaining self-confidence.Reader to Reader Macomber never disappoints me. . . . She always manages to leave me with a warming of the soul and fuzzy feelings that stays for days.Fresh Fiction A very heartwarming novel of healing and reconciliation . . . that touches on lifes more serious moments and will leave readers hoping to revisit these flawed but lovable characters in the future.Book Reviews & More by Kathy', 'Debbie Macomber, the author of Love Letters, Mr. Miracle, Blossom Street Brides, and Rose Harbor in Bloom, is a leading voice in womens fiction. Nine of her novels have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller lists, and three of her beloved Christmas novels have been hit movies on the Hallmark Channel, including Mrs. Miracle and Mr. Miracle. Hallmark also produces the hit original series Debbie Macombers Cedar Cove, based on the authors Cedar Cove books. She has more than 170 million copies of her books in print worldwide.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy\\nDescription: ['\\\"Remarkable and insightful... a fascinating look at the interaction of money and politics in the early years of our Republic, showing that, like much of human nature, issues of greed and corruption are not sudden creations of the modern era.\\\"New York Journal of Books
\\\"[A] compelling account.... Cost has written an engrossing and useful book in The Price of Greatness, for it both provides an accessible (short) history of this country\\\\'s beginnings and illustrates dynamics fundamental to the American model.\\\"Washington Free Beacon
\\\"Cost\\\\'s descriptions of post independence political wrangling and the first decades of the new United States are clear and easily grasped.\\\"Publishers Weekly
\\\"Focusing on James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.... Cost offers a revealing look at how their contrastingg political philosophies shaped the new nation\\\\'s domestic and foreign policies.... A well-argued examination of the nation\\\\'s founding principles.\\\"Kirkus Reviews
\\\"In his lively new book, Jay Cost continues his fascinating inquiry into the sources of American political corruption by examining Alexander Hamilton\\\\'s and James Madison\\\\'s divergent understandings of the Constitution and the proper balancing of liberty, republicanism, and national unity and prosperity.\\\"Bradford Wilson, Executive Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
\\\"Thoughtful people differ concerning why so many of today\\\\'s most talented writers on American history practice their craft outside academia. Thoughtful people agree, and this book demonstrates, that Jay Cost is among those writers.\\\"George F. Will, Washington Post columnist
\\\"\\\"Jay Cost has managed to do the unthinkable. He\\\\'s written an insightful account of the principles and practices of two great founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, without savaging one or the other. This terrific book is destined to reshape our thinking about the key events of the early republic including the tragic break between Hamilton and Madison.... A must-read for those interested in a deeper understanding of two giants whose principles animate America\\\\'s conflicted soul.\\\"Stephen F. Knott, author of Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth
\\\"Jay Cost brings alive the profound dispute between Madison\\\\'s republicanism and Hamilton\\\\'s nationalism and helps us see why it still matters. At once a discerning scholar of political theory and a perceptive student of political practice, he is the perfect guide to this rich story.\\\"Yuval Levin, author of The Fractured Republic and editor of National Affairs', 'Jay Cost is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard and has written for the Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Commentary. He holds a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Chicago. The author of A Republic No More, he lives in Harmony, Pennsylvania.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Substitute (Wedding Pact)\\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Oracle 11i E-Business Suite from the Front Lines\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Amish Nanny (Amish Maids) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['\\\"A refreshing and delightful story. It had a good storyline with strong characters and much more. The ending was unexpected.\\\" Beverly J Corl
\\\"I enjoyed this book very much.......The Amish have such a simple life style---clean living ....neighbor helping neighbor---a life style that is pleasing to our Lord. The light romance is refreshing and free of torrid moments and disgusting four-letter words. This author rates high in my book!\\\" L. Wilson
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This novel is a sweet romance with amazing characters who are just trying to get through each day. Stories relating to the Amish are a treasure to read and Fuller has a way with words. (Romantic Times)', '', 'With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at KathleenFuller.com; Instagram: kfstoryteller; Facebook: WriterKathleenFuller; Twitter: @TheKatJam.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Killer Instinct (Bombshell)\\nDescription: ['Raised on a horse farm in Michigan, Cindy Dees dropped out of high school at 15 to attend the University of Michigan where she earned a B.A. in Russian and East European Studies. She became a U.S. Air Force Pilot, worked at the White House, and was a part-time spy during her military career. Her first novel was published in 2002, and she has published over forty more since then with HRS and HQN. She is a 5-time RITA finalist and 2-time RITA winner and has won numerous other awards.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Herb of Grace: A Healing Grace Novel\\nDescription: ['\\\"[A] genuine must read for those who love Amish fiction. Readers will not be able to put this book down until finished, it is just that great and filled with rich characterization.... HERB OF GRACE is a five star recommended book.\\\"AmishReader.blogspot.com
\\\"Senft is a talented author and her research on various herbs is a welcome surprise to readers....This sweet romance has a believable storyline and a lot of heart.\\\"RT Book Reviews
\\\"With a complex mix of both younger and older characters and a complex story line, this book is truly a success.\\\"Brodart Books & Library Services
\\\"Senft perfectly captures the Amish setting of the novel, causing me both to long for the simplicity and beauty of the Amish way, but also to ponder with puzzlement some of the decisions made by the Ordnung. Amelia is an endearing character, and there were a few laugh-out-loud moments for me that I wasn\\\\'t even expecting. Although this is the first book I have read by the author, she has been added to my \\\"must read\\\" list. If you are a fan of Amish fiction, then plan on reading The Wounded Heart soon!\\\"Christian Fiction Addiction on The Wounded Heart
\\\"With this quaint, gentle read, Senft\\\\'s promising series is off to a good start and will make a nice alternative for Jerry S. Eicher readers who want to try a new author.\\\"Library Journal on The Wounded Heart
\\\"This relatable story, which launches Senft\\\\'s Amish Quilt series, shows that while waiting to see God\\\\'s plan can be difficult, remembering to put Jesus first, others next and yourself last (\\\"JOY\\\") is necessary.\\\"Romantic Times on The Wounded Heart
\\\"I absolutely loved The Hidden Life! Nothing is as enjoyable as feeling the same way the characters do throughout the story and believing that you are mixed into the same world....The Hidden Life is full of conflict, romance, and drama! Overall I felt Adina captured the Amish way of life with fine detail. Be prepared to become an even bigger fan of Adina\\\\'s after you read this book and you will be eagerly anticipating the next installment The Tempted Soul just like me!\\\"Destination Amish on The Hidden Life
\\\"I do declare that Adina has saved the best story for last. I loved this book! Saying that it is a heartfelt story just doesn\\\\'t seem like it does the book justice.\\\"Destination Amish on The Tempted Soul', 'After leaving the plain church in which she grew up, Adina Senft earned an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. Between books, Adina enjoys playing the piano and Celtic harp, making historical costumes, and spoiling her flock of rescue chickens.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Detachment (Private Palmer)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Moonbeams\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Backwards: How To Live Forward\\nDescription: ['Brett Hayworth is more than an actor, producer, screenwriter and author. He is also a gifted speaker, entrepreneur and family man, currently residing in Jackson, Michigan with his beautiful family.
Recently completing the television pilot, \\\"Just Brett and Lilly,\\\" Brett sets out to use his story to empower and inspire audiences. A single father for many years, he found himself on the brink of hopelessness, doing everything he could to raise, protect, and inspire his daughter Lilly. Recently, he married an amazing mother of two, Lisa, and they have begun their journey as a larger family. In February of 2015, Lilly (10 years old) was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and once again, their family took a difficult hit. ', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Christmas in Snow Valley: A Christmas Romance Anthology\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mirrors\\nDescription: [\\\"...a great story of women's struggles with discovery, love, and career. -- Kelly Peters, Between the Lines
Mirrors is a very fine novel, well worth your time and treasure. -- Deborah Peifer, The Bay Area Reporter\\\", 'Marianne K. Martin is the author of the best-selling novels Legacy Of Love, Love In The Balance, Dawn Of The Dance, and Never Ending all published by Naiad Press. Among her varied careers, Martin has been a public school teacher, a photojournalist, an MHSAA basketball coach, a collegiate hockey coach, and a photographer. She has been active in athletics since childhood and has played and coached ASA fast-pitch softball for many years. Her other hobbies include building and remodeling, drawing, landscaping, and of course reading. She currently resides in Michigan, with an eye on southern sun.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Comfort & Joy: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"It's the last day before Christmas vacation, and Joy Faith Candellaro, a Bakersfield, Calif., high school librarian, is still fretting over finding her husband, Thom, in bed with her sister, Stacey. Although divorced nearly three monthsand urged by everyone to move on with her lifeJoy just isn't joyful. She's trying, though: she buys a Christmas tree and plans to get herself something spectacular to put under it. Too bad that Stacey's waiting in her driveway with a wedding invitation and the news that she's pregnant with Thom's child. Enraged and betrayed, Joy drives offand ends up at the airport, holding a ticket to Hope, Canada. What will she do when she gets there? Who cares? All she knows is that life has to be better elsewhere. What happens next is Hannah's version of a Christmas ghost story, as Joy encounters a father and son whose own misery gives her a new perspective. Hannah (The Things We Do for Love) fans will enjoy this fare, but from the subtle-as-a-50-pound-fruitcake irony of Joy Faith's name to a plot twist that necessitates hanging disbelief on the mantel alongside the Christmas stockings, it may be a bit too much for the more skeptical to swallow. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Happy, hopeful and trs romantique.Hartford Courant
[Kristin Hannahs] best book yet.The Columbus Dispatch
Hannah will touch the deepest corner of your heart.Rendezvous
An engaging holiday tale.Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A heartwarming holiday tale [that] resonates with poignancy and deep emotion.Romantic Times', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Welcome to Alflolol (Valerian & Laureline)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Between Heaven and Ground Zero\\nDescription: [\\\"Leslie Haskin achieved great success at Kemper Insurance Company in New York City. She became the Director of Operations and one of only two African Americans to hold executive title within the corporation's eastern region. But 9/11 changed her priorities. In addition to her career, Leslie is active in outreach ministry, serving with Goodwill Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, New York. She spends her time in the inner city spreading the message of hope to the homeless and otherwise lost. She is the founder and executive director of Safe Hugs, a nonprofit organization designed to provide rehabilitation and healing to women and children who are homeless and victims of domestic violence. Leslie has appeared at several memorials honoring the victims and survivors of 9/11. She has served as keynote speaker at national and regional conferences throughout the United States, including The West Point Women of the Chapel and North American Missions Board--World Changers. She lives in Newburgh, New York.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead\\nDescription: ['Praise for The Book of Resting Places
\\\"Mira y Lopez . . . is a gifted writer. His ear for language and his ability to take ownership of ideas by finding the poetry in them . . . is the kind of thing that cannot be taught . . . Its refreshing to encounter a young writer whos chosen to do some fieldwork.\\\" The New York Times Book Review
\\\"The Book of Resting Places is Mira y Lopezs account of his travels, from a cemetery to a crematorium to a cryonics company . . . Hes looking for the good death, somewhere, anywhere.\\\" The New Yorker
\\\"Thomas Mira y Lopezs debut essay collection is a finely wrought exploration of grief, mythology, history, and global death practices . . . Mira y Lopez travels far and wide . . . in search of answers.\\\" The Guardian
\\\"A heartfelt and personal exploration of hallowed groundsand the history and mythology surrounding theminspired by the sudden death of Mira y Lopez\\\\'s father.\\\" BuzzFeed ,br> \\\"In this insightful collection of personal essays, Lopez proves a poetic, thoughtful, and at times surprisingly funny narrator in his quest for the most meaningful way to remember the dead . . . Lopezs contemplation of mortality and memory makes for a collection of quietly profound essays.\\\" Publishers Weekly
\\\"At one point in this debut, a researcher compares excavation to arranging a tapestryan apt analogy for Mira y Lopezs essay collection itself . . . Each chapter alternatesor weavesbetween his personal experience and history, myth, and societal practice.\\\" Booklist
\\\"Mira y Lopezs first book is a thoughtful, intriguing collection of 10 personal essays dealing with the dead and where they end up . . . These are wide-ranging and often tender meditations on death.\\\" Kirkus Reviews
\\\"It is a true pleasure to engage with a book like Thomas Mira y Lopezs . . . Coupled with his keen eye for observation and a fascinating breadth of subject matter, The Book of Resting Places becomes a refreshingly honest and critical look at death, grieving, and how burial becomes our means to remembering, and forgetting, those weve lost.\\\" The East Bay Review
\\\"Its a surprisingly quirky book; Mira y Lopez is honest about grief and his own imperfections, and this coherent collection of personal essays ranges from sad to downright funny.\\\" Triangle.com
\\\"A monumental collection . . . For all the studied excavations bound up in The Book of Resting Places, the people remembered in its pages, those passed and still with us, remain glowing torchbearers for the living.\\\" Full Stop
\\\"The Book of Resting Places is admirable for the restlessness and fierceness of its need to work through both its own elegy and the nature of elegies in general. From defunct cemeteries to Canalettos genius for turning presence to absence to those museums of the self assembled by collectors or hoarders to the nature of parallax to cryonics, its wryly deft in its associative deployment of useful metaphors in its attempt to come to terms with loss, and shame: what is the safest way to preserve the dead, and to acknowledge the love we sometimes failed to reciprocate?\\\" Jim Shepard, author of The World to Come and The Book of Aron
\\\"Each place in The Book of Resting Places is haunted. But the deeper we go into Thomas Mira y Lopez\\\\'s MC Escher painting of a collection, the more we realize that perhaps it is us, not the dead, who haunt the past. An excellent meditation on his father\\\\'s death and his mother\\\\'s preparations for her own, this book\\\\'s loneliness is more than matched by its curiosity and its beauty. Ander Monson, author of Vanishing Point
\\\"Mira y Lopez is a stunning writer and his debut book, a tender and adventurous exploration of the intimate distances we share with the dead, deserves to be widely read. Artful sentences mirror, page after page, his artful mind. With formal intelligence and quiet wit, he has found death to be a spur to reflection and wholehearted embrace of life. This is a book to savor.\\\" Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit', 'THOMAS MIRA Y LOPEZ is from New York City. He earned an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of Arizona, and his work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review Online, and The Normal School, among other publications. He currently lives in North Carolina, where he is the 20172018 Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Reunion\\nDescription: ['\\\"I just finished reading Dan Walsh\\\\'s new book THE REUNION.OHMYGOSH!! I have happy tears running down my face and a warm feeling in my heart. I never expected the ending to this amazing heartfelt story. It was off the charts satisfying!\\\" --Nora St. Laurent, CEO The Book Club Network
The Reunion by Dan Walsh, has taken up residence on my Top Ten of 2012 List, but that\\\\'s not all. It sparked a new list. My Top Ten All Time Favorites, and it\\\\'s earned a spot there. -- Ane Mulligan, Sr Editor, Novel Rocket Blog
\\\"With a gift for pulling the heartstrings and encouraging a slow build of tears within his reader, Dan Walsh is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to storytellers for sweet romance and intricately woven parallel storylines.\\\" -- USA Today (Serena Chase)\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t', 'Everything lost can be found.
Aaron Miller knows a thing or two about loss. He\\\\'s lost love. Dignity. Second, and even third, chances. Once honored for his heroism, he now lives in near obscurity, working as a handyman in a humble trailer park.
But God is a master at finding and redeeming the lost things of life. Unbeknownst to Aaron, someone is searching for him.
With deep insight into the human heart, consummate storyteller Dan Walsh gently weaves a tale of a life spent in the shadows but meant for the light. Through tense scenes of war and tender moments of romance, The Reunion will make you believe that everyone can get a second chance at life and love.
Review:
\\\"This book has a pretty big cast of characters, but Walsh does it well and, as the storylines collide the reader becomes fully invested in each individual HEA. \\\"Aaron\\\\'s humility, born of failure and whitewashed by grace, is almost a tangible thing. A flashback to Vietnam is action-packed and tense with a sense of doom, but in the present, it fuels John\\\\'s desperation to find Aaron. The romance between Karen and Dave is the sort that lets you feel the butterflies of falling in love right along with them, yet your heart breaks when other men\\\\'s failures threaten to poison Karen\\\\'s chance at love. \\\"With a gift for pulling the heartstrings and encouraging a slow build of tears within his reader, Dan Walsh is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to storytellers for sweet romance and intricately woven parallel storylines.\\\"--USA Today, Happily Ever After
Praise for Dan Walsh
\\\"Dan\\\\'s books grab your heart and don\\\\'t let you go until the last page.\\\"--Dr. Gary Smalley, bestselling author and speaker
\\\"Walsh [makes] the reader feel like a dear old friend.\\\"--RT Book Reviews
\\\"Dan Walsh\\\\'s novel-within-a-novel is rich with intrigue, history, and romance. Character-driven and wistful . . . a sublime delight that shouldn\\\\'t be missed.\\\"--USA Today on The Discovery
Dan Walsh is the bestselling author of several books, including The Dance and The Promise with Gary Smalley, as well as The Unfinished Gift, The Discovery, and The Reunion. Winner of three Carol Awards, he is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, and served as a pastor for twenty-five years. He lives with his wife in the Daytona Beach area. Visit www.danwalshbooks.com for more.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Deployment with Docker: Apply continuous integration models, deploy applications quicker, and scale at large by putting Docker to work\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Srdjan Grubor is a software engineer who has worked on projects large and small for many years now, with deployment sizes ranging from small to global. Currently, he is working on solving the world's connectivity problems for Endless OS as a cloud engineer and was one of the first people to become a Docker Certified Associate. He enjoys breaking things just to see how they work, tinkering, and solving challenging problems. Srdjan believes that there is always room for philanthropy in technology.\\\", '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Comfort and Joy\\nDescription: ['Kristin Hannah is the bestselling author of many acclaimed novels, including On Mystic Lake, Between Sisters, Comfort and Joy, and The Things We Do for Love. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and on Kauai with her husband and son.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Weight Consciousness: Changing The Beliefs That Prevent Permanent Weight Loss\\nDescription: [\\\"Helen Meader is a life long advocate of human potential. She fundamentally believes that human beings have a far greater capacity than anyone knows. Her book Weight Consciousness is about exploring that capacity through weight issues. A lot of what you will read in her book has been taken from her own personal journey. Helen actively started her personal development journey in 1992 and has been a life coach since 2000 and a Theta Healing Practitioner since 2005. She became increasingly frustrated by the lack of lasting change she saw in people, the number who got stuck along the journey, and how slow many of the accepted change processes were. When she was introduced to the modality of ThetaHealing(tm) in 2005 Helen discovered that when a person is ready, healing and change can be instant - the only thing getting in the way of this is was the individual and their beliefs. Ultimately through the creation of this book Weight Consciousness she has found her passion for working with people to discover their core essence and life purpose through the weight loss journey. Helen sees weight issues as the doorway to connect to one's soul and a way to find inner peace and joy. Helen is from Sydney Australia and works locally and internationally with the Weight Consciousness methodology.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Amish Promises (Neighbors of Lancaster County)\\nDescription: ['Journey Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet
When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they\\\\'re looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time to heal, and the quiet of Lancaster seems just the place. They can\\\\'t imagine any trouble with their Amish neighbors, the Lehmans, but things get off to a rocky start when their son is involved in an accident that injures one of the Lehman boys.
Eve Lehman has run her brother\\\\'s household ever since the death of his wife, but Tim\\\\'s a stern patriarch. Despite his protests, she\\\\'s drawn to the new neighbor, Shani, and the two begin to form a strong friendship forged on faith and family. Things seem like they\\\\'ve quieted down until Joel\\\\'s single and handsome army friend Charlie catches Eve\\\\'s attention--a man unlike any Eve has ever met. Suddenly life for both families becomes more complicated than any of them could have ever imagined.
\\\"Shani and Joel\\\\'s struggling marriage due to PSTD is a very realistic plight faced by soldiers returning home from war. Readers will be sympathetic to the tension Eve feels between doing what others expect and doing what is true to her heart....This heartfelt novel is a fantastic beginning to Gould\\\\'s Neighbors of Lancaster County series.\\\" -RT Book Reviews', 'Leslie Gould is the author of the bestselling Courtships of Lancaster County series and coauthor, with Mindy Starns Clark, of the #1 bestselling The Amish Midwife. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University and has taught fiction writing at Multnomah University as an adjunct professor. She resides with her family in Portland, Oregon.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A First Course in Mathematical Modeling\\nDescription: ['\\\"The authors keep a good balance of theory and practice, maintaining fidelity to the ideal of developing experience and skills in the modeling process, rather than overconcentrating on the mathematics of modeling. The revisions are thoughtful and strengthen the text, tying together more effectively the good selection of methods and applications contained in previous editions.\\\" Charles Landraitis, Boston College.
\\\"The approach to modeling is very solid, and corresponds with what I have seen as useful in teaching modeling at all levels for 25 years.\\\" Stephen J. Merrill, Marquette University.
\\\"The examples, projects, and exercises are excellent. Very varied and interesting, with a good mix of topics. It is great to be able to pick and choose from among the topics and examples. At the same time, there is nothing superfluous about the coverage.\\\" Libby Krussel, The University of Montana.', 'Frank R. Giordano began his teaching career at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he served for 21 years, including seven years as professor and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He currently is a Professor of Defense Analysis and Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has served as project director for several major National Science Foundation grants devoted to modeling, including one to initiate a high school modeling contest (the HiMCM). For the past 15 years, he has served as the director of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling. Frank R. Giordano began his teaching career at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he served for 21 years, including seven years as professor and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He currently is a Professor of Defense Analysis and Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has served as project director for several major National Science Foundation grants devoted to modeling, including one to initiate a high school modeling contest (the HiMCM). For the past 15 years, he has served as the director of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Healing Ruby: A Novel\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States (Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Management)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Breaking Matthew (Healing Ruby) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Jennifer Westall loves writing Christian fiction as a way of exploring her own faith journey. Breaking Matthew (2015) is the second volume in the Healing Ruby series. The first in the series, Healing Ruby (2014) was inspired by events in the life of her grandmother, and explores the mysteries of faith healing. Shes also the author of Loves Providence (2012), a contemporary Christian romance novel that navigates the minefield of dating and temptation. She resides in Virginia with her husband and two boys, where she homeschools by day and writes by night, thus explaining those pesky bags under her eyes. Readers can connect with her at jenniferhwestall.com or find her on Facebook and Twitter.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Canada 2014 (World Today (Stryker))\\nDescription: ['Wayne C. Thompson taught political science at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. He has authored or edited ten books and many articles on European government, history and political theory. ', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Josiah for President: A Novel\\nDescription: ['Just in time for all those election-season presidential reads library displays comes this novel about going back to the basics. Former congressman Mark Stedman returns to his home state after failing to secure the presidential nomination. On the way, he is involved in a car accident and is assisted by Amish farmer Josiah Stoltzfus. His simple values and dedication to hard work impress Mark, who talks Josiah into running for president. VERDICT Despite the somewhat ridiculous premise, many readers who long for a simpler way of life will enjoy this character- and plot-driven novel by a former staff writer for comedian Bob Hope and prolific inspirational author. (Library Journal)', \\\"'Martha Bolton is one fine writer. I don't know much about writing -- normal writing, that is -- but I do know what I enjoy reading. Everything on the page is crisp and pulls you right through the story. It's like wine. I know nothing about wine either except that when I take a sip, I know whether I like it or not. Her writing, to me, is delicious.' -- Gene Perret, Book author and writer for Bob Hope and The Carol Burnett Show
'A great read that challenges you to think outside the box! Josiah comes to life via his interaction with Congressman Mark Stedman in a unique and interesting way. Martha Bolton brings forward a character who is believable and who embodies many of the back to basics traits that Americans crave.' -- Marsha Blackburn, United States House of Representatives
Josiah for President is a compelling tale of an unlikely friendship, and an even more unlikely agreement. Heartwarming and funny, Marthas book will leave you cheering for the underdog, while believing there is still hope for Americas future. -- Michael Catt, Senior Pastor, Sherwood Baptist Church
In the complex political world of positioning ... negotiations ... Strategies and world policies ... The wisdom of a 2000 year old book guides Josiah and rally's a pubic hungry for a simple truth. Martha Bolton has created an inspirational modern day parable that is a reflective example of the things that really matter in our nations condition of political and economic distress. -- Rick Eldridge, Studio Executive/Film Producer
'Martha Bolton and I shared the longest laugh of either of our lives over lunch one day in California. It was one of those laugh fests that kept going--lasting several hours at least, with other patrons even getting in on it, including Dick van Dyke who was dining a few tables away. Martha and I became fast friends and have been ever since. I love Martha's writing style, I love Martha, and I love her new novel, Josiah for President. It's a fresh take on politics and a real twist for Amish fiction. You're going to love it! And her!' -- Lani Netter, Lani Netter Productions (wife of Gil Netter, producer of The Blind Side)
'Martha Bolton's writing never disappoints. Josiah For President demonstrates her ability to get the reader turning each page to discover what happens next. It is a gripping and most timely novel'. -- Lord Taylor of Warwick, House of Lords
'JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT by Martha Bolton is the definitive novel of the 21st Century, seamlessly combining humor and humanity. A long-time writer for my cartoon feature 'The Lockhorns,' as well as for comic legends including Bob Hope, Martha Bolton has maximized her genius for comedy and her brilliant insights on American politics. JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT is both timely and timeless. It describes a perfect storm of event leading to the White House, motivated by real people we grow to love. I was unable to put the book down. For a totally uplifting read, JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT is number one on any list. Thank you, Martha.' -- Bunny Hoest, President and CEO Wm. Hoest Enterprises, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: McCall's Pattern #3278 ***HOME DECORATING*** COVER ESSENTIALS\\nDescription: ['Pre-owned, BUT NOT USED....']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder Simply Brewed (An Amish Village Mystery)\\nDescription: [\\\"Chapmans latest is a mix of mystery and romance with vivid characters, a realistic setting and themes of loss, trust and love. The puzzle pieces are revealed slowly so readers can piece the clues together themselves up until the shocking conclusion. A glossary and discussion questions are included. (Romantic Times, four-star review)
'Vannetta Chapman keeps the action suspenseful, and the who-done-it mostly unpredictable as her Amish and English characters work together to solve the mystery. Out of even such dreadful circumstances come moments of grace: between Amber and her Amish employee Hannah and between Amber and Tate, who had each given up on love. (BookPage)\\\", '', 'Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. She is the author of sixteen novels, including the Pebble Creek Amish series, The Shipshewana Amish Mystery series, and Anna’s Healing, a 2016 Christy Award finalist. Vannetta is a Carol award winner and has also received more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She was a teacher for fifteen years and currently resides in the Texas hill country. Visit Vannetta online: VannettaChapman.com, Twitter: @VannettaChapman, Facebook: VannettaChapmanBooks.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Secrets of the Saints\\nDescription: ['Many books and treatises have been written on how to make progress in the spiritual life. This shorter volume attempts to give the substance and precision of these longer works in a less intimidating way for those who want depth and direction in their spiritual lives.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Reluctant Bride (An Amish of Birch Creek Novel)\\nDescription: [\\\"'Fuller writes unapologetically about the darker side of Amish community lifeAden and Sadies life in an unwanted arranged marriage is explored with such gentleness that the reader feels the delicacy of the looks and words passed between themreaders will wait breathlessly for the emotional fulfillment of the story. Frightening, shocking, and redemptive, Fullers inspirational tale portrays complex characters facing real world problems and finding love where they least expected or wanted it to be. --- starred review (Booklist)
Fuller has an amazing capacity for creating damaged characters and giving insights into their brokenness. One of the better voices in the Amish fiction genre. (CBA Retailers Resources)
This promising series debut from Fuller (Middlefield Family series) is edgier than most Amish novels, dealing with difficult and dark issues and featuring well-drawn characters who are tougher than the usual gentle souls found in this genre. Recommended for Amish fiction fans who might like a different flavor. (Library Journal)
Sadie and Adens love is both sweet and hard-won, and Adens patience is touching as he wrestles not only with Sadies dilemma, but his own abusive past. Birch Creek is weighed down by the Troyer familys dark secrets, and readers will be interested to see how secondary characters lives unfold as the series continues.' -4-star review (RT Book Reviews)\\\", '', 'With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at KathleenFuller.com; Instagram: kfstoryteller; Facebook: WriterKathleenFuller; Twitter: @TheKatJam.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now: 90 Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential\\nDescription: [\\\"Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Listed by several sources as America's largest and fastest-growing congregation, Lakewood church has approximately 45,000 adult attendees every week. Millions more watch Joel's messages as they are broadcast on national and international television networks. He resides in Houston with his wife, Victoria, and their children. You can visit his Web site at www.joelosteen.com. \\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: From the Heart (Sandy Cove) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Reach for the Dream: Developing Individual Service Plans for Persons With Disabilities\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Out of a Dream (Sandy Cove Series Book 1)\\nDescription: ['see zip file for back of the book image that has the bio', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Doctor Who: Travels in Time Colouring Book\\nDescription: ['BBC Booksis the publisher of choice for titles relating to BBC programmes and personalities. One of the UKs leading non-fiction imprints, BBC Books has had particular success in the food and drink, gardening, history, natural history and travel genres. Amongst our authors are some of Britains best-known and best-loved TV personalities including Mary Berry, David Attenborough, Alan Titchmarsh and Rick Stein. We are also the official publisher of some of the BBCs biggest global brands, including Doctor Who, Top Gear, Sherlock, Good Food and Strictly Come Dancing.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Photograph\\nDescription: [\\\"He studied the picture more closely, finding it curious that the young woman looked so boldly into the camera while wearing a white prayer Kapp shaped like a heart--the characteristic head covering for the Lancaster County Old Order Amish. Why would a devout girl have her picture taken?\\\\t
When her sister Lily disappears only months after their widowed mother's passing, Eva Esch fears she has been wooed away from the People. Yet Lily's disappearance isn't Eva's only concern: She and her sisters must relocate once their older brother takes over the family farmhouse. Then Jed Stutzman, an Amish buggy maker from Ohio, shows up in Eden Valley with a photo of a Plain young woman. Eva feels powerfully drawn to the charming stranger--but the woman in the forbidden photograph is no stranger at all. ...\\\", \\\"Beverly Lewis is the New York Times bestselling author of more than ninety books in eleven languages. A keen interest in her mother's Plain heritage has inspired Beverly to write many Amish-related novels, beginning with The Shunning, which has sold more than one million copies and is an Original Hallmark Channel movie. In 2007, The Brethren was honored with a Christy Award. Beverly has been interviewed by both national and international media, including Time magazine, the Associated Press, and the BBC. She lives with her husband, David, in Colorado. Visit her website at www.beverlylewis.com or www.facebook.com/officialbeverlylewis for more information.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Reamker: Painted by Chet Chan\\nDescription: []\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":284,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":284,"string":"284"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit\nDescription: ['', 'Bill English, MCTS, MVP, MCT, is an author and educator specializing in SharePoint technologies. He runs a leading training and consulting company, has written more than 10 books, and speaks at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference, Comdex, and other events.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Odds Are\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Lady in the Water\nDescription: ['Lullaby and good fright. The creator of the \\'Sixth Sense\\' and \\'Signs\\' wants to tell you a bedtime story.\\nAn apartment manager find an otherworld water nymph named Story in the pool, then sets out to help her return to her home, \"The Blue World\\'. \\'It\\'s about to get very dangerous\\' she warns. And very fascinating. Because fierce Blue World monsters prowl nearby, determined to destroy Story, and anyone who aids her, including the apartment dwellers who come to realize they are players in her tale. Their lives have undiscovered purposes. And how they defy the monsters to fulfill those destinies forms the amazing heart of discovery in \\'Lady In The Water\\'.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Informing the Future: Social Justice in the New Testament\nDescription: ['Joseph A. Grassi, who holds an S.S.L. degree from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, is professor in the department of religious studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of several books and scholarly articles.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Principles of Beautiful Web Design\nDescription: [\"Jason is left-handed creative thinker, and art minded. After graduating from UCF with a degree in Graphic Design he's an artist in his spare time, but also has a tech side. Starting his own BBS in 8th grade, he considered computer science as a possible major, and ended up getting a second degree in digital media from UCF. Fortunately there's an occupation for people like him in web development and he know works full-time as a senior designer for Erickson Marketing Studios.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Fire Of Spring (Silhouette Desire)\nDescription: ['Romance', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks\nDescription: ['', \"Rachel Andrew is the Director of edgeofmyseat.com, a Web solutions company based in the UK. She is a member of the Web Standards project, serving on the Dreamweaver Task Force.
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\"KILLING TOWN has all of the elements that made Spillane and Hammer the multimedia icons of the mid-20th century and beyond. It is strongly recommended as Exhibit A for how the job of writing the hard-boiled detective novel is fittingly and properly done.\" - Book Reporter
\"an electrifying read\" --San Francisco Book Review - 4-star review
\"All the raw power and violence of I, the Jury are on display in Killing Town. This never before published first draft of Mike Hammer takes the reader on high-octane joy ride. My head is still spinning! GRADE: A-\" - George Kelley ', 'Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He was chosen as a 2017 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Star Wars: Red Harvest\nDescription: ['Praise for Joe Schreibers Star Wars: Death Troopers
This is the Star Wars of every horror fans dreamsgory, funny, and brimming with a blood-spattered cast of swashbucklers and space-zombies.Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Brilliant . . . This book combines two of my favorite things on earth: the Star Wars universe and the undead.Tommy Wirkola, director of Dead Snow
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Joe Schreiber is the author of Star Wars: Death Troopers, Chasing the Dead, Eat the Dark, and No Doors, No Windows. He was born in Michigan but spent his formative years in Alaska, Wyoming, and Northern California. He lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife, two young children, and several original Star Wars action figures.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Developers Guide to the Semantic Web\nDescription: ['', 'From the reviews:', 'As the title suggests, this book is about the semantic Web, the standards and technologies that allow computers to understand the meaning of information posted online. this book covers numerous aspects of the semantic Web in significant detail . primarily intended for software developers, researchers, and practicing professionals who want to gain expertise in the fundamentals quickly. It may also be useful for students taking courses on the semantic Web. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (M. B. DuBois, Choice, Vol. 48 (11), August, 2011)', 'This book is a good starting point, especially since finding all of this information on the Web can be difficult. for developers who are interested in establishing a toehold, this is a nice introduction that should serve for now. (Jeffrey Putnam, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2011)', '', '', 'The Semantic Web represents a vision for how to make the huge amount of information on the Web automatically processable by machines on a large scale. For this purpose, a whole suite of standards, technologies and related tools have been specified and developed over the last couple of years, and they have now become the foundation for numerous new applications.', 'A Developers Guide to the Semantic Web helps the reader to learn the core standards, key components, and underlying concepts. It provides in-depth coverage of both the what-is and how-to aspects of the Semantic Web. From Yus presentation, the reader will obtain not only a solid understanding about the Semantic Web, but also learn how to combine all the pieces to build new applications on the Semantic Web.', 'Software developers in industry and students specializing in Web development or Semantic Web technologies will find in this book the most complete guide to this exciting field available today. Based on the step-by-step presentation of real-world projects, where the technologies and standards are applied, they will acquire the knowledge needed to design and implement state-of-the-art applications.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Fatal Alliance\nDescription: ['New York Times bestselling author Sean Williams was born in the dry flatlands of South Australia. He still lives there with his family, forty years later, and has no plans to move anytime soon. Author of more than sixty published short stories and twenty-nine novels for readers of all ages, he has been published around the world in numerous languages, online, and in spoken-word editions. He is a judge for the Writers of the Future contest, which he won in 1993. He is also a multiple winner of Australias speculative fiction awards and recently received both the Ditmar and the Aurealis for The Crooked Letter, marking the first time in the history of the awards that a fantasy novel has won both.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Scattered the Night: A transcript from a gathering of the Tale Teller's Guild, Winter 1923\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kenobi: Star Wars Legends\nDescription: ['Buy this book right now. . . . [This novel] manages to explore the depths of Ben Kenobi but still maintains the aura of mystery around his character.Tosche Station
Addictive, engrossing . . . wildly entertaining . . . There are plenty of twists, turns, and surprises. . . . John Jackson Miller creates a story that reaches new heights.Roqoo Depot
Brilliant . . . This is Star Wars fiction at its absolute best.Examiner
Enthralling . . . almost impossible to put down.Eucantina
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Writer and game designer John Jackson Miller is the author of Star Wars: Knight Errant and Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories,as well as nine Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic graphic novels. His comics work includes writing for Iron Man, Mass Effect, Bart Simpson, and Indiana Jones. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, two children, and far too many comic books.
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\"This book is amazing!\"', '', 'John Lamb is a drummer and music educator based in Portland, OR. He has a B.S. in Music, Biology and Psychology and a Masters in Education. He has also studied with Bernard Purdie. He writes for Drum! Magazine and for Computer Music Magazine. His other titles include Anatomy of Guitar Playing, A Matter of Time: The Science of Rhythm and the Groove and Start Playing Drums: A Method for Adults to Learn to Play the Drums. He has been performing the drums professionally around the U.S. and Asia since he was 15 years old. John proudly endorses Remo drum heads.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: KROM: Messages from the Great Central Sun\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye\nDescription: [\"Taking a well-worn genreflesh-eating zombies overrun the world and the unlucky surviving humans must deal with the gruesome aftermathand approaching it from a purely character-driven point of view propels this series into the spotlight from out of nowhere. This collection of the first six issues of the ongoing series opens with police officer Rick Grimes awakening from a gunshot-induced coma. From here, he's immediately dragged into a world where dangerous revenants are shambling amok without any sort of an explanation. From the moment Grimes comes to, it's a harrowing battle to avoid hordes of decomposing zombies and a hope-against-all-odds search for his missing family. Grimes makes his way to Atlanta, the nearest large city where there may be other living people, and events take several unexpected turns upon his arrival, as he meets up with a rural encampment of survivors. Of course, as in recent hit movies 28 Days Later... and Dawn of the Dead, the last humans may turn out to be as much a danger as the zombies. Forceful scripting that gives the book a strong grounding in reality, crisp b&w artwork, a shocking final sequence and brisk, gory proceedings elevate this book from the trash heap of pedestrian horror comics. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Breaking Pointe: A Ballet Novel\nDescription: ['', '', 'Praise for GIRL IN MOTION by Miriam Wenger-Landis
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\"Excellent... Outstanding... The best job hunting book I have ever read!\" - Les Brown, Author, Speaker, Radio and Television Celebrity -- Les Brown, August 2001', '\"10 Insider Secrets To Job Hunting Success\" was created to help you get a job... fast! There are thousands of books on job hunting, but this is the first book to net out exactly what you need to know to get the job you want... even in today\\'s tough economy!', 'When you are looking for a job, your time and money are valuable. Until now, you had to buy 8 different books to get the information you will find in this one book.', \"And, unlike other books that claim to be similar, you can read and complete the exercises in this book in a matter of hours. Most career books can take you days, if not months to complete. Who has that kind of time in today's economy?\", 'With \"10 Insider Secrets To Job Hunting Success,\" you have all the tools and information you need to get the job you want -- fast and easily! Buy the book today and you\\'ll be on well your way to getting your ideal job...FAST!', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Super Mario 2018 Wall Calendar\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Teatime for the Firefly\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Because she is born under an unlucky star, Layla Roy fully expects to forgo marriage in favor of following in her grandfather Dadamoshais footsteps to help increase educational opportunities for women in India in the 1940s. However, when Layla unexpectedly bumps into Manik Deb, an Anglo-educated Indian who has stopped by her grandfathers home to leave a message, she begins to think there might be more to life than teaching. If only Manik werent betrothed to another woman in the village. When Manik gives up a lucrative civil-service post to take up a job as an assistant manager of a tea plantation in Assam, however, the possibility of a future with Layla suddenly seems within his grasp. Patels remarkable debut effortlessly transports readers back to India on the brink of independence, while intriguing details about the tea industry in Assam, which Patel deftly incorporates into the story, add yet another layer of richness and depth. Fans of romantic womens fiction will be enchanted by Teatime for the Fireflys enthralling characters, exotic setting, and evocative writing style. --John Charles', '\"Patel incorporates so much without weighing down her humane tale. This book excites the palate with its depth and fullness.\"Historical Novel SocietyReview
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\\\"KILLING TOWN has all of the elements that made Spillane and Hammer the multimedia icons of the mid-20th century and beyond. It is strongly recommended as Exhibit A for how the job of writing the hard-boiled detective novel is fittingly and properly done.\\\" - Book Reporter
\\\"an electrifying read\\\" --San Francisco Book Review - 4-star review
\\\"All the raw power and violence of I, the Jury are on display in Killing Town. This never before published first draft of Mike Hammer takes the reader on high-octane joy ride. My head is still spinning! GRADE: A-\\\" - George Kelley ', 'Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He was chosen as a 2017 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Star Wars: Red Harvest\\nDescription: ['Praise for Joe Schreibers Star Wars: Death Troopers
This is the Star Wars of every horror fans dreamsgory, funny, and brimming with a blood-spattered cast of swashbucklers and space-zombies.Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Brilliant . . . This book combines two of my favorite things on earth: the Star Wars universe and the undead.Tommy Wirkola, director of Dead Snow
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Joe Schreiber is the author of Star Wars: Death Troopers, Chasing the Dead, Eat the Dark, and No Doors, No Windows. He was born in Michigan but spent his formative years in Alaska, Wyoming, and Northern California. He lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife, two young children, and several original Star Wars action figures.
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Addictive, engrossing . . . wildly entertaining . . . There are plenty of twists, turns, and surprises. . . . John Jackson Miller creates a story that reaches new heights.Roqoo Depot
Brilliant . . . This is Star Wars fiction at its absolute best.Examiner
Enthralling . . . almost impossible to put down.Eucantina
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Writer and game designer John Jackson Miller is the author of Star Wars: Knight Errant and Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories,as well as nine Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic graphic novels. His comics work includes writing for Iron Man, Mass Effect, Bart Simpson, and Indiana Jones. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, two children, and far too many comic books.
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\\\"This book is amazing!\\\"', '', 'John Lamb is a drummer and music educator based in Portland, OR. He has a B.S. in Music, Biology and Psychology and a Masters in Education. He has also studied with Bernard Purdie. He writes for Drum! Magazine and for Computer Music Magazine. His other titles include Anatomy of Guitar Playing, A Matter of Time: The Science of Rhythm and the Groove and Start Playing Drums: A Method for Adults to Learn to Play the Drums. He has been performing the drums professionally around the U.S. and Asia since he was 15 years old. John proudly endorses Remo drum heads.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: KROM: Messages from the Great Central Sun\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye\\nDescription: [\\\"Taking a well-worn genreflesh-eating zombies overrun the world and the unlucky surviving humans must deal with the gruesome aftermathand approaching it from a purely character-driven point of view propels this series into the spotlight from out of nowhere. This collection of the first six issues of the ongoing series opens with police officer Rick Grimes awakening from a gunshot-induced coma. From here, he's immediately dragged into a world where dangerous revenants are shambling amok without any sort of an explanation. From the moment Grimes comes to, it's a harrowing battle to avoid hordes of decomposing zombies and a hope-against-all-odds search for his missing family. Grimes makes his way to Atlanta, the nearest large city where there may be other living people, and events take several unexpected turns upon his arrival, as he meets up with a rural encampment of survivors. Of course, as in recent hit movies 28 Days Later... and Dawn of the Dead, the last humans may turn out to be as much a danger as the zombies. Forceful scripting that gives the book a strong grounding in reality, crisp b&w artwork, a shocking final sequence and brisk, gory proceedings elevate this book from the trash heap of pedestrian horror comics. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Breaking Pointe: A Ballet Novel\\nDescription: ['', '', 'Praise for GIRL IN MOTION by Miriam Wenger-Landis
\\\"...Offers an inside view of professional dance training.\\\" THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
\\\"A novel about the ups and downs of life in a ballet boarding school. I snapped it up right away, and soon discovered I couldn\\\\'t put it down.\\\" Amanda Brice, author of CODENAME: DANCER
\\\"If you want to know what it feels like to be a dancer in vocational training (from a fictional perspective) then give this one a whirl.\\\" BalletNews.co.uk', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies\\nDescription: ['Just the critical concepts you need to score high inpre-algebra', 'This practical, friendly guide focuses on critical conceptstaught in a typical pre-algebra course, from fractions, decimals,and percents to standard formulas and simple variable equations.Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies is perfect for cramming,homework help, or as a reference for parents helping kids study forexams.', 'Get down to the basics get a handle on the basics ofmath, from adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing toexponents, square roots, and absolute value', 'Conquer with confidence follow easy-to-graspinstructions for working with fractions, decimals, and percents inequations and word problems', 'Take the \\\"problem\\\" out of word problems learn how toturn words into numbers and use \\\"x\\\" in algebraic equations to solveword problems', 'Formulate a plan get the lowdown on the essentialformulas you need to solve for perimeter, area, surface area, andvolume', 'Open the book and find:', 'How to find the greatest common factor and least commonmultiple', 'Tips for adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplyingfractions', 'How to change decimals to fractions (and vice versa)', 'Algebraic expressions and equations', 'Essential formulas', 'How to work with graphs and charts', 'Learn to:', 'Work with and convert fractions, decimals, and percents', 'Solve for variables in algebraic expressions', 'Get the right answer when solving basic math problems', '', 'Mark Zegarelli is a math tutor and author of several books, including Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 10 Insider Secrets To Job Hunting Success! Everything You Need To Get The Job You Want In 24 Hours -- Or Less!\\nDescription: ['\\\"...The most up-to-date tips and techniques you need to get the job you want...!\\\" - Brian Tracy, Author, Speaker -- Brian Tracy, August 2001
\\\"Excellent... Outstanding... The best job hunting book I have ever read!\\\" - Les Brown, Author, Speaker, Radio and Television Celebrity -- Les Brown, August 2001', '\\\"10 Insider Secrets To Job Hunting Success\\\" was created to help you get a job... fast! There are thousands of books on job hunting, but this is the first book to net out exactly what you need to know to get the job you want... even in today\\\\'s tough economy!', 'When you are looking for a job, your time and money are valuable. Until now, you had to buy 8 different books to get the information you will find in this one book.', \\\"And, unlike other books that claim to be similar, you can read and complete the exercises in this book in a matter of hours. Most career books can take you days, if not months to complete. Who has that kind of time in today's economy?\\\", 'With \\\"10 Insider Secrets To Job Hunting Success,\\\" you have all the tools and information you need to get the job you want -- fast and easily! Buy the book today and you\\\\'ll be on well your way to getting your ideal job...FAST!', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Super Mario 2018 Wall Calendar\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Teatime for the Firefly\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Because she is born under an unlucky star, Layla Roy fully expects to forgo marriage in favor of following in her grandfather Dadamoshais footsteps to help increase educational opportunities for women in India in the 1940s. However, when Layla unexpectedly bumps into Manik Deb, an Anglo-educated Indian who has stopped by her grandfathers home to leave a message, she begins to think there might be more to life than teaching. If only Manik werent betrothed to another woman in the village. When Manik gives up a lucrative civil-service post to take up a job as an assistant manager of a tea plantation in Assam, however, the possibility of a future with Layla suddenly seems within his grasp. Patels remarkable debut effortlessly transports readers back to India on the brink of independence, while intriguing details about the tea industry in Assam, which Patel deftly incorporates into the story, add yet another layer of richness and depth. Fans of romantic womens fiction will be enchanted by Teatime for the Fireflys enthralling characters, exotic setting, and evocative writing style. --John Charles', '\\\"Patel incorporates so much without weighing down her humane tale. This book excites the palate with its depth and fullness.\\\"Historical Novel SocietyReview
\\\"This gem of a novel is a perfect read for anyone looking for a deep, engrossing tale.\\\"-All About Romance', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":285,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":285,"string":"285"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Desperately Seeking Snoozin' : The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz\nDescription: ['\"Professional insomniac\" John Wiedman isn\\'t a doctor; he researched and developed this anti-insomnia program in order to overcome his own sleep problems. His recommendation is that people suffering from severe insomnia should actually restrict their sleeping time to the bare minimum they need to function during the day. Some may find this a difficult prescription, but judging from his readers\\' testimonials, it can work. Desperately Seeking Snoozin\\' also includes general information about sleep medications, lifestyle changes that can affect sleep, and how eating late at night can affect the sleep cycle. The book is rounded out with messages from insomnia chat boards on the Internet, which give a sense of the amount of genuine suffering sleep problems can cause. --Ben Kallen', \"First-time authors Jacobs and Wiedman bring two complementary and responsible viewpoints to the topic of insomnia. Both have suffered from insomnia, write extensively about the ineffectiveness and sometime harmful consequences of sleeping pills, and suggest starting treatment by keeping a sleep diary. Jacobs, a professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Behavioral Medicine Insomnia Program, promotes a drug-free program of healthy sleep patterns based on biofeedback, relaxation, positive thinking, and good sleep habits. Wiedman, a mortgage broker by trade, suggests a very simple three-step plan. While the two books offer similar information, Jacobs's scholarly manner will satisfy those looking for an authoritative answer, while Wiedman's more informal approach will appeal to readers seeking something more personal; Wiedman also includes an excellent annotated list of Internet resources. Both titles are highly recommended for growing consumer health collections, but librarians should be aware that other recent works on this topic by Theresa DiGeronimo, Jodi Mindell, and Gary Zammit (LJ 6/1/97) may already be on the shelves.?Kelly Hensley, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Insights into Second Language Reading: A Cross-Linguistic Approach (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)\nDescription: ['The paperback edition describes the complexity of reading and explains how reading differs in a first and second language. The book is broad in scope, covering all major aspects of the reading process and synthesizing all current reading research. The author provides a cross-linguistic orientation, explaining how first and second languages can mutually facilitate one another. This important volume offers strategies for enhancing literary acquisition, second-language learning and bilingual processing, and will serve as a valuable guide for graduate students, professors, researchers and foreign language teachers.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Historian\nDescription: ['If your pulse flutters at the thought of castle ruins and descents into crypts by moonlight, you will savor every creepy page of Elizabeth Kostova\\'s long but beautifully structured thriller The Historian. The story opens in Amsterdam in 1972, when a teenage girl discovers a medieval book and a cache of yellowed letters in her diplomat father\\'s library. The pages of the book are empty except for a woodcut of a dragon. The letters are addressed to: \"My dear and unfortunate successor.\" When the girl confronts her father, he reluctantly confesses an unsettling story: his involvement, twenty years earlier, in a search for his graduate school mentor, who disappeared from his office only moments after confiding to Paul his certainty that Dracula--Vlad the Impaler, an inventively cruel ruler of Wallachia in the mid-15th century--was still alive. The story turns out to concern our narrator directly because Paul\\'s collaborator in the search was a fellow student named Helen Rossi (the unacknowledged daughter of his mentor) and our narrator\\'s long-dead mother, about whom she knows almost nothing. And then her father, leaving just a note, disappears also.', \"As well as numerous settings, both in and out of the East Bloc, Kostova has three basic story lines to keep straight--one from 1930, when Professor Bartolomew Rossi begins his dangerous research into Dracula, one from 1950, when Professor Rossi's student Paul takes up the scent, and the main narrative from 1972. The criss-crossing story lines mirror the political advances, retreats, triumphs, and losses that shaped Dracula's beleaguered homeland--sometimes with the Byzantines on top, sometimes the Ottomans, sometimes the rag-tag local tribes, or the Orthodox church, and sometimes a fresh conqueror like the Soviet Union.\", 'Although the book is appropriately suspenseful and a delight to read--even the minor characters are distinctive and vividly seen--its most powerful moments are those that describe real horrors. Our narrator recalls that after reading descriptions of Vlad burning young boys or impaling \"a large family,\" she tried to forget the words: \"For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history\\'s terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth.\" The reader, although given a satisfying ending, gets a strong enough dose of European history to temper the usual comforts of the closing words. --Regina Marler', 'Starred Review. Considering the recent rush of door-stopping historical novels, first-timer Kostova is getting a big launchfortunately, a lot here lives up to the hype. In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father\\'s library. The book is ancient, blank except for a sinister woodcut of a dragon and the word \"Drakulya,\" but it\\'s the letters tucked inside, dated 1930 and addressed to \"My dear and unfortunate successor,\" that really pique her curiosity. Her widowed father, Paul, reluctantly provides pieces of a chilling story; it seems this ominous little book has a way of forcing itself on its owners, with terrifying results. Paul\\'s former adviser at Oxford, Professor Rossi, became obsessed with researching Dracula and was convinced that he remained alive. When Rossi disappeared, Paul continued his quest with the help of another scholar, Helen, who had her own reasons for seeking the truth. As Paul relates these stories to his daughter, she secretly begins her own research. Kostova builds suspense by revealing the threads of her story as the narrator discovers them: what she\\'s told, what she reads in old letters and, of course, what she discovers directly when the legendary threat of Dracula looms. Along with all the fascinating historical information, there\\'s also a mounting casualty count, and the big showdown amps up the drama by pulling at the heartstrings at the same time it revels in the gruesome. Exotic locales, tantalizing history, a family legacy and a love of the bloodthirsty: it\\'s hard to imagine that readers won\\'t be bitten, too. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (Europa International Who's Who in Popular Music)\nDescription: ['Covering pop, rock, folk, jazz, dance, world and country artists, its about as comprehensive as you can get. Making Music
Will suit libraries that need a quick one-volume resource or contact information.... General readers and lower-division undergraduates. 2003 Choice, September', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Type A+\nDescription: ['Quin Woodward Pu, the Editor-in-Chief of Little Black Blog (LittleBlackBlog.net), is a freelance writer and Washington mondaine, quick to find her niche in pensive yet fast-paced journalism. The Georgia native and Vanderbilt alum covers all things fashionable and political. Her writing support and social panache are used in philanthropic endeavors and she offers charitable publicity and talent to many non-profits and causes.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Survey Sampling\nDescription: ['', 'Leslie Kish, PhD, was a Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. He was President of the American Statistical Association in 1977 and was a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World\nDescription: ['Review from previous edition: \"Vanished Ocean is an ideal book for those who are already widely read in natural science. It should appeal strongly to legions of former science students who, having since made their way in the world as accountants and personnel managers, hanker for the interest ad excitement of a life they once glimpsed but were unable to grasp.\" --Ted Nield, Literary Review 01.07.10
\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal general reader for students and those who are already widely read in natural science.\" --Ted Nield, Geoscientist 01/08/2010 is an ideal general reader
\"A wealth of nourishing knowledge revealed through the history of Tethyan Realm.\" --Ted Nield, Geoscientist 01.08.10
\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal book for those who are already widely read in natural science.\" --Ted Nield, Literary Review 01/07/2010
\"A well argued contribution to one of the great scientific debates of the last 30 years.\" --Jonathan Beard, New Scientist 29/05/2010', ' Dorrik Stow is ECOSSE Chair of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Anticipation-The End Is Where We Start From (English, French and German Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Imajica\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Elementos de aviacion (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Text: Spanish']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Bone Key\nDescription: [\"Writing in the tradition of M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood, Monette reconstructs the traditional English ghost storyinsinuated horror, no gratuitous sex or violencewith a decidedly modern-day approach in this laudable collection of 10 necromantic mystery stories featuring introverted museum archivist Kyle Murchison Booth. Noteworthy selections include Elegy for a Demon Lover, which chronicles Booth's entanglement with a seductive otherworldly entity who teaches him about pleasure and pain and the shadowed places in-between. In the brilliantly Lovecraftian Bringing Helena Back, Booth agrees to help an old college friend bring his wife back from the dead, with horrifying results. Booth also investigates the skeleton of a woman sealed within the basement walls of the museum where he works, a house haunted by the spirit of a young girl and the ghost of a murdered private school student. Cerebral, ethereal and stylishly understated, this entrancing collection will appeal to fans of literary horror, dark fantasy and supernatural mystery. (Jan.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Myrwen of Amaranaca\nDescription: [\"Ashley Frerking grew up overseas in Nairobi, Kenya where her parents were missionaries for more than a decade. After graduating high school, she moved back home to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to begin college. In 2013, she graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a major in English and minor in History. Currently, she is pursuing her Master's in Scriptwriting at Regent University. She lives in Grand Prairie, TX with her husband Devon and their cat Strider.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Something Coming Through\nDescription: [\"The action, slow to get going, builds to a dramatic climax of chases and shoot-outs. Crime-tinged SF at its canniest.The Financial Times
Something Coming Through is science fiction at it's peak, its modern, clever, involving. It's got more ideas than a science fair and more mystery than Miss Marple. Wrap that all up in an original first contact story with some enigmatic aliens, even stranger ancient technology and some great characters and you have one hell of a bookSF Book
Something Coming Through is as tight and relentlessly paced as an Elmore Leonard thriller, and full of McAuley's customary sharp eye for dialogue and action. What's really impressive, though, is that it achieves a seamless fusion of the day-after-tomorrow SF novel - it's as interested in gritty Earthbound near-futurism as William Gibson or Lauren Beukes - with the cosmological themes of McAuley's galaxy-spanning space operas. It's the freshest take on first contact and interstellar exploration in many years, and almost feels like the seed for an entire new subgenreAlistair Reynolds
brilliantly splits the difference between James A. Corey's frenetic science fiction and the more considered catastrophes of McAuley's own Quiet War novels. It's fun; it's fascinating; it's fantasticTor.com
a compelling and realistically imagined piece of speculative fiction anchored be weighty contemporary concernsThe Irish Times
What really lifts the book out of the ordinary though, is the Jackaroo...The Jackaroo are an enduring mystery that will get readers back for the next instalment.The Register
Full of exciting plot twists and an intriguing mix of human and non-human chracters, this murder mystery set up in a dystopian is future history at its very bestStarburst Magazine
Packed with ideas, fantastic world-building and enigmas, and combining elements of first contact, alien artifacts, a touch of dystopia and good old fashioned conspiracy, murder and greed. It's a great combination, all handled with a terrific mix of intelligence and accessibilityFor Winter's Nights
McAuley's latest is smart, it's challenging, and as an exploration of the social consequences of sudden science fictional change, it's very impressive indeedSFX
McAuley writes intelligent hardcore SF, and this should win him countless new readersThe Guardian\", '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Merchant of Dreams\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girl With All the Gifts\nDescription: ['\"Original, thrilling and powerful.\"The Guardian
\"Unique and terrifying.\"Booklist
\"An instant favorite.\"Boing Boing
\"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn\\'t let go.\"John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
\"Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human...as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel.\"Joss Whedon
\"If you only read one novel this year, make sure it\\'s this one, it\\'s amazing.\"Martina Cole
\"One of the more imaginative and ingenious additions to the dystopian canon.\"Kirkus
\"...a brilliant work of science fiction, but even people who never read science fiction should absolutely read this one.\"io9.com', \"M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts was a USA Today bestseller and is a major motion picture based on his BAFTA-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels, two radio plays, and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Basic College Mathematics (5th Edition)\nDescription: ['The Lial/Miller developmental mathematics paperback series has helped thousands of students to succeed in math. In keeping with its proven track record as a market leader, this revision includes an enhanced art program, many new exercises, and three new features: Calculator Tips, Numbers in the Real World, and Mathematical Connections. In addition, its comprehensive support package of materials and supplements has been fully revised and updated and provides support to both students and instructors, including a \"Real to Reel\" video series and a World Wide Web site (www.mathnotes.com), both new to this edition.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Troupe\nDescription: ['\"Bennett\\'s finely crafted novel rises on a wave of suspense to a place of beauty and hope.\" Publishers Weekly
\"This is the kind of book that will find its ways into one\\'s hands again and again over the years.\"Booklist
\"...a melancholy coming-of-age tale with a moody atmosphere... The Troupe is a genuinely powerful piece of work.\"SFX
\"The Troupe is true magic: a gripping tale that reminds the audience why we fell in love with reading. This book enchants, leaving the audience on their feet, yelling for an encore.\"Mat Johnson, author of Pym
\"Thought-provoking, beautifully written, and highly recommended\"Sci Fi Bulletin', 'Robert Jackson Bennett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the Sydney J. Bounds Award, and an Edgar Award, he is the author of the novels Mr. Shivers, The Company Man, The Troupe, and American Elsewhere. Find out more about the author at www.robertjacksonbennett.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow\nDescription: ['C. Peter Wagner, PhD, holds graduate degrees in theology, missiology, and religion from Fuller Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Southern California. He served as a field missionary in Bolivia for 16 years and he taught on the faculty of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary for 30 years. The author of 70 books, Wagner ministers extensively nationally and internationally from his home base in Colorado.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)\nDescription: ['\"Ken Liu\\'s The Grace of Kings a magnificent fantasy epic. Liu is building a dynasty.\" (Amal El-Mohtar NPR Books)
\"The Grace of Kings is an ambitious, astonishing, and sublime work, one that both exemplifies and diverges from what one might think of when it comes to epic fantasy. It should rank amongst the genre\\'s best works.\" (Andrew Liptak io9)
\"Lius combination of elements from China, Polynesia and beyond, told in an epic style, is the kind of Silk Road Fantasy that Ive always wanted to read, and love all the more now that I have.\" (Paul Weimer SF Signal)
\"Told in Lius graceful, intelligent, and literate prose, the novel is a sumptuous Epic feast.\" (Rob Bedford SFF World)
\"The Grace of Kings is a fantasy, with petty meddling gods, odd mechanized inventions, and a sense that mystical powers lurk around the corner. It is nothing if not epic.\" (Justin Landon Tor.com)
\"The epic fantasy genre can only be enriched by more novels drawing from non-Western traditions. Lius ambitious work expertly blends mythology, history, military tactics, and technological innovation (airships and submarines). \" (Kirkus Reviews)
\"The Grace of Kings is grand, mythic and epic, but Lius silk-punk world of trickster gods and giant horned whales is also a delight.\" (Relentless Reading)', 'Ken Liu is one of the most lauded authors in the field of American literature. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus Sidewise, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards, he has also been nominated for the Sturgeon and Locus Awards. His short story, The Paper Menagerie, is the first work of fiction to simultaneously win the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He also translated the 2015 Hugo Awardwinning novel The Three-Body Problem, written by Cixin Liu, which is the first novel to ever win the Hugo award in translation. The Grace of Kings, his debut novel, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series set in a universe he and his wife, artist Lisa Tang Liu, created together. It was a finalist for a Nebula Award and the recipient of the Locus Award for Best First Novel. He lives near Boston with his family.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hello My Name is Nametag\nDescription: ['Among other things Chris Smith is an artist, not a great artist, but to quote Ken Nordine, \"No one ever lives long enough to be anything other than an amateur.\" But the voices roaring in his head need to be heard, so Chris delves into all sorts of medium, and sometimes large; cartoons, Children\\'s book illustration (Check out \"One Mosquito Sandwich, Hold The Pickles!\" on Amazon!) drawing, 3D modeling, 3D printing, mold making, tattooing, and of course, writing. Chris hopes you can relate and enjoy this semi-large rant pamphlet, and perhaps, if you have time, help him stop talking about himself in the third person.....', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Into Everywhere\nDescription: ['the latest novel from Paul McAuley finds him at the top of his gameThe Telegraph
\\'A book infused with energy and confidence\\'.SFX
As usual, McAuley imparts mind-bending SF concepts in prose that is always elegant and preciseCrime Time
Full of exciting plot twists and an intriguing mix of human and non-human chracters, this murder mystery set up in a dystopian is future history at its very bestStarburst Magazine
Highly recommend everybody buy Something Coming Through because it is greatPat Cadigan
It\\'s difficult to find fault with this book - there are a strong cast of characters, enigmatic aliens, a well-woven crime plot and an interesting focusFantasy Book Review
It\\'s instantly gripping and Paul goes a long way to slowly ease new readers into his strange and wonderful Jackaroo... I already know that \"Something Coming Through\" will be one of my favourite books of the year. It finds McAuley at the top of his powers - mind-bending, inspiring and very very excitingUpcoming 4 Me
McAuley writes intelligent hardcore SF, and this should win him countless new readersThe Guardian
McAuley\\'s latest is smart, it\\'s challenging, and as an exploration of the social consequences of sudden science fictional change, it\\'s very impressive indeedSFX
Packed with ideas, fantastic world-building and enigmas, and combining elements of first contact, alien artifacts, a touch of dystopia and good old fashioned conspiracy, murder and greed. It\\'s a great combination, all handled with a terrific mix of intelligence and accessibilityFor Winter\\'s Nights', 'Paul McAuley won the PHILIP K. DICK AWARD for his first novel and has gone on to win the ARTHUR C. CLARKE, SIDEWISE, BRITISH FANTASY and JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARDs. He gave up his position as a research biologist to write full time. He lives in London.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The 1st Cavalry Division and Their 8th Engineers in Korea America's Silent Generation at War\nDescription: ['The Korean conflict was a hard-fought, little appreciated, landwar in Asia. The 3rd Platoon of Company \"A\" made headlines in U. S. newspapers as being the first American unit to cross the 38th Parallel on the ground. The Engineers, weeping for mines, led American tanks across the border. This book is a testament to courage, competence, and the incredible battlefield story of an American combat engineering platoon. \"The attacking NK continued to assault Melvin Brown\\'s position atop the wall. He exhausted his ammunition and grenades. He bandaged his shoulder wound. Now, he calmly drew his entrenching shovel from his pack and waited till they one by one peered over the wall. Then he delivered a crushing blow on each of their heads. His daring action so inspired his platoon that they repelled the attack. \" And this is just one small sample of an incredible series of incidents in the Korean War. The 1st Cavalry Division And Their 8th Engineers Is Korea is easy to pick up, and hard to put down! -- Midwest Book Review', 'Frank Armstrong was an officer with the engineer battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division during the first year of the war. He had also been an officer in World War II - an artillery forward observer. Armstrong has a Ph.D. and taught forestry at the University of Vermont for 25 years after his 28 years in the Army. He is listed in the 13th and later editions of Whose Who in the World and ten similar publications.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 2312\nDescription: ['\"A magnificent achievement...hugely imaginative and beautifully written.\"Booklist (Starred Review) on 2312
\"2312paints an absolutely credible and astonishingly beautiful picture of the centuries to come, of the sort of schism and war, the art and love, the industry and ethics that might emerge from humanity going to space without conquering it and without solving all its problems.\"Boingboing
\"Robinson\\'s extraordinary completeness of vision results in a magnificently realized, meticulously detailed future in which social and biological changes keep pace with technological developments.\"Publishers Weekly
\"Intellectually engaged and intensely humane in a way SF rarely is, exuberantly speculative in a way only the best SF can be, this is the work of a writer at or approaching the top of his game.\"Iain M. Banks
\"2312 is a monumental tour-de-force that re-imagines the solar system in ways no one has envisioned before. Whether comparing the compositions of Beethoven to those of skylarks and warblers, or describing a life-threatening sunrise on Mercury, Robinson fills 2312 with joy and exuberance, danger and fear, and the steadily mounting suspense of a mystery that spans the planets. This is the finest novel yet from the author who gave us the Mars Trilogy and GALILEO\\'S DREAM. An amazing accomplishment.\"Robert Crais
\"Inherently epic stuff... expect interplanetary strife, conspiracies, more big ideas than most SF authors pack into a trilogy... [yet] this is ultimately in so many respects a book about Earth... a wise and wondrous novel\"SFX
\"Beautifully written and with strong mental imagery\"SciFi Now
\"A feast for the imagination and intellect - shockingly clever\"Sun (UK)
\"A brilliant, plausible account of how humans might colonize planets, moons and asteroids, 2312 is also about the future of art and family.\"NPR Books
\"This is a grand tour of an intensely imagined interplanetary future of modified human beings, terraformed planets, experiments in economics and sociology and hundreds of other delights. All of it is in Robinson\\'s eloquent, enthusiastic and inimitable prose\"Morning Star (UK)', 'Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt and 2312. In 2008, he was named a \"Hero of the Environment\" by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Black Dust\nDescription: [\"In this moving and heartfelt contemporary, Charles (Chef's Table) beautifully chronicles the chaos that results from heartbreak and the agonizing efforts one must make to heal after tragedy... Readers will agonize, sympathize, and empathize all the way from the beginning of their journey to the end. --Publishers Weekly
Armed with a sweetness that reaches the heart, Charles' poignant novel aligns two distressed souls. Music bonds them together and gives them strength individually as Toby and Emmett renew their spirits in her compelling story. --RT Book Reviews/Romantic Times\", \"Lynn Charles earned her degree in music education and for many years performed and directed choral music. When she's not writing, she can be found strolling through local farmers markets near her home in Central Ohio in search of ingredients for new recipes. Her novel Chef's Table was published in 2014 by Interlude Press.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Europe in Winter\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Sophia's Destiny\nDescription: ['I am a retired, divorced, determined and self-motivated woman. I am the first born of six children to my parents in 1949. I am the mother of a daughter and a son and the grandmother of four grand daughters and one grand son. I get great joy from spending time with my family, especially spoiling my grandchildren, going to church and singing in the family gospel choir of which I am the founder and president. I spend lots of weekends traveling with the choir to churches on the Eastern and Western Shores of Maryland to sing in concert and to sing at anniversaries. Writing a novel is something I have always wanted to do, but never found the time. I retired seventeen months ago after working as an executive administrative assistant for a university for thirty-five years and eight months. I started writing this novel a month before I retired. It has taken me a long time to complete it but I feel a great sense of pleasure and pride in the fact that I have finally completed something that I have always wanted to do.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker)\nDescription: ['A 2012 Kirkus Reviews Best of YA Book', '', 'Paolo Bacigalupiis the New York Times bestselling author of the highly acclaimed The Drowned Cities and Ship Breaker, a Michael L. Printz Award winner and a National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of the Edgar Awards nominee The Doubt Factory; a novel for younger readers, Zombie Baseball Beatdown; and two bestselling adult novels for adults, The Water Knife and The Windup Girl. His first work of collected short fiction was Pump Six and Other Stories. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, John W. Campbell Memorial, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards, he lives in western Colorado with his wife and son. The author invites you to visit his website at windupstories.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies\nDescription: ['Just the critical concepts you need to score high inpre-algebra', 'This practical, friendly guide focuses on critical conceptstaught in a typical pre-algebra course, from fractions, decimals,and percents to standard formulas and simple variable equations.Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies is perfect for cramming,homework help, or as a reference for parents helping kids study forexams.', 'Get down to the basics get a handle on the basics ofmath, from adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing toexponents, square roots, and absolute value', 'Conquer with confidence follow easy-to-graspinstructions for working with fractions, decimals, and percents inequations and word problems', 'Take the \"problem\" out of word problems learn how toturn words into numbers and use \"x\" in algebraic equations to solveword problems', 'Formulate a plan get the lowdown on the essentialformulas you need to solve for perimeter, area, surface area, andvolume', 'Open the book and find:', 'How to find the greatest common factor and least commonmultiple', 'Tips for adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplyingfractions', 'How to change decimals to fractions (and vice versa)', 'Algebraic expressions and equations', 'Essential formulas', 'How to work with graphs and charts', 'Learn to:', 'Work with and convert fractions, decimals, and percents', 'Solve for variables in algebraic expressions', 'Get the right answer when solving basic math problems', '', 'Mark Zegarelli is a math tutor and author of several books, including Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Windup Girl\nDescription: ['Windup Girl', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Secret World on the Other Side of Mind eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2\nDescription: ['BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Siren's Call\nDescription: ['
Mary Ann Mitchell’s short stories have been published in a number of magazines. She has served as Secretary, Vice-President, and President of the Northern California Chapter of Sisters in Crime and Secretary of the Horror Writers of America Association. Mitchell is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, and the Science Fiction, Fantasy Writers of America.
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Unit\nDescription: ['Book Description One day in early spring, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. She is promised a nicely furnished apartment inside the Unit, where she will make new friends, enjoy the state of the art recreation facilities, and live the few remaining days of her life in comfort with people who are just like her. Here, women over the age of fifty and men over sixtysingle, childless, and without jobs in progressive industriesare sequestered for their final few years; they are considered outsiders. In the Unit they are expected to contribute themselves for drug and psychological testing, and ultimately donate their organs, little by little, until the final donation. Despite the ruthless nature of this practice, the ethos of this near-future society and the Unit is to take care of others, and Dorrit finds herself living under very pleasant conditions: well-housed, well-fed, and well-attended. She is resigned to her fate and discovers her days there to be rather consoling and peaceful. But when she meets a man inside the Unit and falls in love, the extraordinary becomes a reality and life suddenly turns unbearable. Dorrit is faced with compliance or escape, andwell, then what? ', 'The Unit is a gripping exploration of a society in the throes of an experiment, in which the dispensable ones are convinced under gentle coercion of the importance of sacrificing for the necessary ones. Ninni Holmqvist has created a debut novel of humor, sorrow, and rage about love, the close bonds of friendship, and about a cynical, utilitarian way of thinking disguised as care.', '', 'Ninni Holmqvist: The Unit is a dystopia set in a near future. It is about people who dont have any children or anyone else who loves them and need them, and who arent useful to the society in any other way either. These people are called dispensable, and they are picked up at their homes at a certain age (women at 50, men at 60) and taken to special units (reservbanksenhet in Swedish) for biological material, where they are supposed to serve the society through participating in various tests (like animal testing but made on people), but also, eventually, by donating organs to those of the societys needed citizensthe ones who produce and raise children, the loved ones, the ones who contribute to the economic growthwho are afflicted with severe illnesses and need organs from healthy bodies to survive. Dorrit Weger, who just turned 50, is one of those dispensable. She is a writer, childless, quite poor, and lives alone with her dog. The story begins with her arrival at the unit, an establishment/institution she immediately finds a lot more comfortable and human and loving and beautiful than she ever could have expected.', 'Question:The Unit raises a number of complexand sometimes disturbingethical questions. Do you see the novel as having a central moral theme?', 'Ninni Holmqvist: The book is above all written as a critique of society and the way political leaders today see everything in figures and numbers. But my aim was also to raise questions like: What is freedom? What is human dignity? How do we humans value our selves and each other? But The Unit is also very much a story about love (Dorrit meets the love of her life at the unit, a man called Johannes, and she also, miraculously, gets pregnant) and friendship and loyalty.', 'Question: Who did you write The Unit for? Did you have someonepersonally, or in societythat you intended the story for?', 'Ninni Holmqvist: My intention was that it is for everyone. But I guess it might especially appeal to middle-aged single people, childless ones. But also people who are in or are close to other categories of dispensable people: disabled people for instance, long time unemployed persons, culture workers. And people who are critical of capitalism and economism. Perhaps also people who dont mind being provoked.', '', \"Swedish author Holmqvist's unconvincing debut, part of a wave of dystopias hitting this summer, is set in a near future where men and women deemed dispensablethose unattached, childless, employed in nonessential professionsare checked into reserve bank units for biological material and become organ donors and subjects of pharmaceutical and psychological experiments. When Dorrit Weger, who has lived her adult life isolated and on the brink of poverty, is admitted to the unit, she finds, to her surprise, comfort, friendship and love. Though the residents are under constant surveillance, their accommodations are luxurious, and in their shared plight they develop an intimacy rarely enjoyed in the outside world. But an unlikely development forces Dorrit to confront unexpected choices. Unfortunately, Holmqvist fails to fully sell the future she posits, and Dorrit's underdeveloped voice doesn't do much to convey the direness of her situation. Holmqvist's exploration of female desire, human need and the purpose of life has its moments, but the novel suffers in comparison with similar novels such as The Handmaid's Tale and Never Let Me Go. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: PW22CL - Standard of Excellence Book 2 Clarinet\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Punch Escrow\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Muslims in Georgia 1771 - 1965: A Historical View: MUSLIMS IN GEORGIA contains important facts and events related to the presence of Muslims/Islam in ... biographical sketches and research links.\nDescription: ['Wali Akbar Muhammad is a story-teller and historian in the true tradition of the West African Griot. His consummate career and contributions have established him as one of America\\'s quintessential journalists and photographers. For more than forty years, he has researched, documented and creatively captured the struggle of African Americans, and their unique experience in the West. Muhammad\\'s photographs are moving, meaningful memories that personify the phrase, \"a picture is worth a thousand words.\" Equally as dynamic is the rich prose Muhammad has penned for countless publications on a variety of subjects over the past 27 years. Grandson of a slave, and product of D.C. public schools, Muhammad was one of the first twenty students to desegregate public schools following the Supreme Courts historic (1954) Brown v. Board of Education decision. A convert to Islam in the early 1960s; Muhammad began his media career as a photo-journalist in 1968. Since then he has worked with distinction for Muhammad Speaks Newspaper, the Chicago Defender, the Atlanta Voice, and frequently freelanced for the Associated Press and United Press International. He is founder of the Brandon Institute, an organization designed to research, publish and celebrate the contributions of African-Americans in the western hemisphere. Muhammad has filed stories of international significance from the Middle East, Africa, Arabia, Europe and the Caribbean. He is the only photographer granted permission and directed by Elijah Muhammad to travel from temple to temple in the 1970s and document the progress of \"The Nation.\" In fact, Muhammad\\'s professionalism is so highly regarded that during the time of Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1980, he was granted permission to make a photo documentary of that glorious occasion.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Jar City: An Inspector Erlendur Novel (An Inspector Erlendur Series)\nDescription: ['When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmri district of Reykjavk, detective inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in, along with partner Sigurdur li and female colleague Elnborg. Everyone is related to everyone else in Iceland and refer to one another by first name, even formally. Erlendur is about 50, long divorced, with two kids in varying degrees of drug addiction. The victim, a man called Holberg, turns out to have been a nasty piece of work, and Erlendur is disgusted by the series of rapes Holberg apparently committed. The rapes and the deaths of a number of young women may be connected, and the search brings Erlendur to the forensic lab, whose old \"jar city,\" since disbanded, held research organs. Meanwhile, Erlendur\\'s daughter, Eva Lind, is pregnant and still using; she flits in and out of his life angrily, but may be crying out for help. Reykjavk\\'s physicality, and the fact that crimes are relatively rare in Iceland, gives things a defamiliarizing cast. The writing, plot and resolution are nicely done, but remain fully within genre boundaries. (Oct. 11) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'It\\'s hardly surprising that there is a thriving crime-fiction scene in Iceland (insular worlds with forbidding climates breed crime quite nicely); it is surprising, on the other hand, that it\\'s taken until now for any Icelandic mysteries to penetrate the U.S. market. We\\'re off to a fast start with this gripping procedural starring Inspector Erlendur Sveinnson, a veteran detective with the Reykjavik police. Murder is relatively rare in Reykjavik, and it is usually solved easily (crimes of passion are the norm). This time, though, there are no easy answers. The brutal killing of a lonely pensioner seems inexplicable until Erlendur (Icelanders always address one another by first name) begins to track back through the man\\'s life, uncovering not only a plethora of dirty secrets but also a genealogical trail whose tentacles appear to stretch throughout the country (in Iceland, \"everyone seemed related or connected in some way\"). There is a Ross Macdonald element to all this rummaging in familial closets, but the emotional pain Erlendur feels as he gets closer to the truth recalls Madeleine Nabb and Donna Leon. A powerful, psychologically acute procedural drama. Bill Ott Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives)\nDescription: ['\"Warren has produced something unusual in democratic theory: a masterful combination of theory and observation that is original, readable, and important. It deserves a spot on the shelf of every student of democracy.\" (Choice)
\"Warren has done . . . a great service with his careful fieldwork, ample documentation and nicely written reporting . . . A fine introduction to what I , like Warren, believe to be an extremely important and promising social movement.\"---Mary Jo Bane, America
\"Anyone interested in community organizing, grassroots mobilization, or the controversies surrounding faith-based politics should read Mark R. Warren\\'s first book, Dry Bones Rattling. His painstaking book stirs the democratic imagination.\"---Archon Fung, Boston Review
\"Dry Bones Rattling stands as an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about the future of American civil society. All the big issues are here. . . . This is a timely book.\"---Mitchell L. Stevens, Social Forces
\"An excellent political ethnography that offers an engaging analysis of how to build social capital, forge multiracial cooperation, and, above all, revitalize democratic participation and civic engagement in American society. . . . It provides us with a critical understanding as well as a tangible example of the elements that are needed to bring about a more inclusive and viable vision of civic engagement and revitalized democracy in a racially and ethnically diverse American society in the twenty-first century.\"---Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Journal of Politics
\"Mark Warren\\'s comprehensive case study of the Industrial Areas Foundation is a major contribution to the growing literature on coalition politics. Indeed, it is the best empirical study ever written on multiracial collaboration to address social inequality. Featuring careful and systematic analysis of rich data on local organizing, Dry Bones Rattling will be ancinfluential book and is must reading for those committed to revitalizing American democracy through interracial political cooperation.\"William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
\"Dry Bones Rattling is timely, important, and inspiring. Timely, because this study of the most successful faith-based movement for social justice in America appears just as faith-based social initiatives have reached the top of the national political agenda. Important, because it is a deeply grounded contribution to the rapidly growing field of social capital theory. Inspiring, because by showing how civic malaise has been reversed in some of the nation\\'s most impoverished, ethnically divided settings, this book should raise the aspirations of democratic reformers. Must reading for social theorists and civic activists.\"Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of Making Democracy Work
\"Mark Warren has written a comprehensive and insightful analysis of a profoundly important community-based movement. I have seen how the Industrial Areas Foundation organizations this book examines have revitalized communities across America, both physically and spiritually. In San Antonio, the city I know best, I watched Communities Organized for Public Service empower poor neighborhoods and give voice to their concerns. Capable new leaders emerged and the city entered a new era of citizen democracy. Dry Bones Rattling provides a compelling eyewitness account of the transformations these organizations bring, showing us a sacred force rooted in human dignity at work.\"Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of American CityVista
\"Dry Bones Rattling is an important addition to the literature on community organizations, populist politics, andmore than anythingreligion-based politics.\"James Morone, Brown University
\"Original scholarship built on strong ethnographic work, Warren\\'s book is among the best of the outstanding scholarship on the dilemmas of American democracy that has emerged in recent years. As such it will be highly useful to specialists on grassroots movements and on the intersection of religion and politics in American life, as well as broadly useful to political scientists and political sociologists. This is excellent scholarly work on an important political phenomenon that until now has eluded adequate scholarly attention.\"Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico, author of Faith in Action', '', '\"Mark Warren\\'s comprehensive case study of the Industrial Areas Foundation is a major contribution to the growing literature on coalition politics. Indeed, it is the best empirical study ever written on multiracial collaboration to address social inequality. Featuring careful and systematic analysis of rich data on local organizing, Dry Bones Rattling will be ancinfluential book and is must reading for those committed to revitalizing American democracy through interracial political cooperation.\"--William Julius Wilson, Harvard University', '\"Dry Bones Rattling is timely, important, and inspiring. Timely, because this study of the most successful faith-based movement for social justice in America appears just as faith-based social initiatives have reached the top of the national political agenda. Important, because it is a deeply grounded contribution to the rapidly growing field of social capital theory. Inspiring, because by showing how civic malaise has been reversed in some of the nation\\'s most impoverished, ethnically divided settings, this book should raise the aspirations of democratic reformers. Must reading for social theorists and civic activists.\"--Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of Making Democracy Work', '\"Mark Warren has written a comprehensive and insightful analysis of a profoundly important community-based movement. I have seen how the Industrial Areas Foundation organizations this book examines have revitalized communities across America, both physically and spiritually. In San Antonio, the city I know best, I watched Communities Organized for Public Service empower poor neighborhoods and give voice to their concerns. Capable new leaders emerged and the city entered a new era of citizen democracy. Dry Bones Rattling provides a compelling eyewitness account of the transformations these organizations bring, showing us a sacred force rooted in human dignity at work.\"--Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of American CityVista', '\"Dry Bones Rattling is an important addition to the literature on community organizations, populist politics, and--more than anything--religion-based politics.\"--James Morone, Brown University', '\"Original scholarship built on strong ethnographic work, Warren\\'s book is among the best of the outstanding scholarship on the dilemmas of American democracy that has emerged in recent years. As such it will be highly useful to specialists on grassroots movements and on the intersection of religion and politics in American life, as well as broadly useful to political scientists and political sociologists. This is excellent scholarly work on an important political phenomenon that until now has eluded adequate scholarly attention.\"--Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico, author of Faith in Action', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Voices\nDescription: ['If you like your thrillers slow but masterfully written then this one is for you. Irish Times
Morosely, intelligently, Erlendur unravels the mystery. With Voices Indridason proves that his Golden Dagger victory for Silence of the Grave last year was no fluke. The Times', 'Arnaldur Indridason is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli, which are consistent bestsellers in his home country of Iceland, and in Germany. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key (for Tainted Blood and Silence of the Grave), and the CWA Gold Dagger (for Silence of the Grave).
From the Trade Paperback edition.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Camp Lejeune: Webster's Image and Photographic History, 1942 to 2007\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Consider Phlebas\nDescription: ['In the midst of a war between two galactic empires, a shapechanging agent of the Iridans undertakes a clandestine mission to a forbidden planet in search of an intelligent, fugitive machine whose actions could alter the course of the conflict. Banks ( Walking on Glass ) demonstrates a talent for suspense in a new wave sf novel that should appeal to fans of space adventure. For large sf collections. JC Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: This Old Church: The Indispensable Guide for Restoring Church Buildings\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Revelation Space\nDescription: ['Alastair Reynolds\\'s first novel is \"hard\" SF on an epic scale, crammed with technological marvels and immensities. Its events take place over a relatively short period, but have roots a billion years old--when the Dawn War ravaged our galaxy.', 'Sylveste is the only man ever to return alive and sane from a Shroud, an enclave in space protected by awesome gravity-warping defenses: \"a folding a billion times less severe should have required more energy than was stored in the entire rest-mass of the galaxy.\" Now an intuition he doesn\\'t understand makes him explore the dead world Resurgam, whose birdlike natives long ago tripped some booby trap that made their own sun erupt in a deadly flare.', \"Meanwhile, the vast, decaying lightship Nostalgia for Infinity is coming for Sylveste, whose dead father (in AI simulation) could perhaps help the Captain, frozen near absolute zero yet still suffering monstrous transformation by nanotech plague. Most of Infinity's tiny crew have hidden agendas--Khouri the reluctant contract assassin believes she must kill Sylveste to save humanity--and there are two bodiless stowaways, one no longer human and one never human. Shocking truths emerge from bluff, betrayal, and ingenious lies.\", \"The trail leads to a neutron star where an orbiting alien construct has defenses to challenge the Infinity's planet-wrecking superweapons.\", 'At the heart of this artifact, the final revelations detonate--most satisfyingly. Dense with information and incident, this longish novel has no surplus fat and seems almost too short. A sparkling SF debut. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk', \"This distant-past/far-future, hard sci-fi tour de force probes a galaxy-wide enigma: why does spacefaring humanity encounter so few remnants of intelligent life? Excavating the 900,000-year-old Amarantin civilization on its home world, Resurgam, archaeologist Dan Sylveste discovers evidence of a splinter cult that abandoned Resurgam for the stars but returned, only to be swallowed up by a mysterious cataclysm that destroyed all the Amarantins. Aboard the Nostalgia for Infinity, a vast light-hugger ship in interstellar space, the ominous Triumvirate of cyborg starfarers seeks Sylveste to heal its captain, afflicted by the deadly Melding Plague, which turns once-humans into their own semisentient spaceships. In Chasm City on the slum-ridden world of Yellowstone, assassin Ana Khouri joins the Nostalgia's crew intent on killing Sylveste. Clearly intoxicated by cutting-edge scientific research in bioengineering, space physics, cybernetics Reynolds spins a ravishingly inventive tale of intrigue. Hard SF addicts will applaud the author's talent for creating convincing alien beings and the often uneasy merging of human and machine intelligence, depicted here as nearly too frighteningly real for comfort. Others, however, may find these human-cybernetic hybrid characters chilling, dispassionate (except for their built-in drives toward revenge and murder) and foreboding. Reynolds's vision of a future dominated by artificial intelligence trembles with the ultimate cold of the dark between the stars.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design\nDescription: ['Jane Anderson is the field chair for BA Architecture and Interior Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked in Germany and the UK and her built works include a low-energy headquarters building for a software company and a variety of educational building types such as a music school, sports hall and nursery.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Transition\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Banks\\'s latest novel opens with a warning from \"Patient 8262\" stating that he or she is an unreliable narrator, before the epic takes off, plunging the reader into a whirlwind of intricately constructed characters and detailed accounts of their experiences as they \"flit\" across multiple Earths. The cast of characters include Adrian, the greedy city trader, emblematic of the selfishness needed to become a \"traveler\"; the Philosopher, an assassin who despises killing; a catch-me-if-you-can rogue operative named Mrs. Mulverhill; and the imperious Madame d\\'Ortolan, possibly the leader of the Concern, a vast multi-world organization that claims to protect worlds from chaos, but may also hide a greater, darker purpose. Banks\\'s prose is elegant and electric and his story dizzying, but inevitable contradictions are brilliantly tied together-the only way many characters maintain sanity is to question everything, and readers would be well-advised to do the same. Banks manages the neat feat of synthesizing 19th-century style with the cutting edge, the irreverent with the philosophical, and the intellectual with the adventurous.', 'Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Iain Banks lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Find out more about Iain M. Banks at www.iainbanks.net.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Password Book: Internet Password Book - Keep Your Usernames and Password Alphabetical with Tabs Over 100 Pages and 300 User&Pass: Password Book (Web Password Book) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Desperately Seeking Snoozin' : The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz\\nDescription: ['\\\"Professional insomniac\\\" John Wiedman isn\\\\'t a doctor; he researched and developed this anti-insomnia program in order to overcome his own sleep problems. His recommendation is that people suffering from severe insomnia should actually restrict their sleeping time to the bare minimum they need to function during the day. Some may find this a difficult prescription, but judging from his readers\\\\' testimonials, it can work. Desperately Seeking Snoozin\\\\' also includes general information about sleep medications, lifestyle changes that can affect sleep, and how eating late at night can affect the sleep cycle. The book is rounded out with messages from insomnia chat boards on the Internet, which give a sense of the amount of genuine suffering sleep problems can cause. --Ben Kallen', \\\"First-time authors Jacobs and Wiedman bring two complementary and responsible viewpoints to the topic of insomnia. Both have suffered from insomnia, write extensively about the ineffectiveness and sometime harmful consequences of sleeping pills, and suggest starting treatment by keeping a sleep diary. Jacobs, a professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Behavioral Medicine Insomnia Program, promotes a drug-free program of healthy sleep patterns based on biofeedback, relaxation, positive thinking, and good sleep habits. Wiedman, a mortgage broker by trade, suggests a very simple three-step plan. While the two books offer similar information, Jacobs's scholarly manner will satisfy those looking for an authoritative answer, while Wiedman's more informal approach will appeal to readers seeking something more personal; Wiedman also includes an excellent annotated list of Internet resources. Both titles are highly recommended for growing consumer health collections, but librarians should be aware that other recent works on this topic by Theresa DiGeronimo, Jodi Mindell, and Gary Zammit (LJ 6/1/97) may already be on the shelves.?Kelly Hensley, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Insights into Second Language Reading: A Cross-Linguistic Approach (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)\\nDescription: ['The paperback edition describes the complexity of reading and explains how reading differs in a first and second language. The book is broad in scope, covering all major aspects of the reading process and synthesizing all current reading research. The author provides a cross-linguistic orientation, explaining how first and second languages can mutually facilitate one another. This important volume offers strategies for enhancing literary acquisition, second-language learning and bilingual processing, and will serve as a valuable guide for graduate students, professors, researchers and foreign language teachers.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Historian\\nDescription: ['If your pulse flutters at the thought of castle ruins and descents into crypts by moonlight, you will savor every creepy page of Elizabeth Kostova\\\\'s long but beautifully structured thriller The Historian. The story opens in Amsterdam in 1972, when a teenage girl discovers a medieval book and a cache of yellowed letters in her diplomat father\\\\'s library. The pages of the book are empty except for a woodcut of a dragon. The letters are addressed to: \\\"My dear and unfortunate successor.\\\" When the girl confronts her father, he reluctantly confesses an unsettling story: his involvement, twenty years earlier, in a search for his graduate school mentor, who disappeared from his office only moments after confiding to Paul his certainty that Dracula--Vlad the Impaler, an inventively cruel ruler of Wallachia in the mid-15th century--was still alive. The story turns out to concern our narrator directly because Paul\\\\'s collaborator in the search was a fellow student named Helen Rossi (the unacknowledged daughter of his mentor) and our narrator\\\\'s long-dead mother, about whom she knows almost nothing. And then her father, leaving just a note, disappears also.', \\\"As well as numerous settings, both in and out of the East Bloc, Kostova has three basic story lines to keep straight--one from 1930, when Professor Bartolomew Rossi begins his dangerous research into Dracula, one from 1950, when Professor Rossi's student Paul takes up the scent, and the main narrative from 1972. The criss-crossing story lines mirror the political advances, retreats, triumphs, and losses that shaped Dracula's beleaguered homeland--sometimes with the Byzantines on top, sometimes the Ottomans, sometimes the rag-tag local tribes, or the Orthodox church, and sometimes a fresh conqueror like the Soviet Union.\\\", 'Although the book is appropriately suspenseful and a delight to read--even the minor characters are distinctive and vividly seen--its most powerful moments are those that describe real horrors. Our narrator recalls that after reading descriptions of Vlad burning young boys or impaling \\\"a large family,\\\" she tried to forget the words: \\\"For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history\\\\'s terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth.\\\" The reader, although given a satisfying ending, gets a strong enough dose of European history to temper the usual comforts of the closing words. --Regina Marler', 'Starred Review. Considering the recent rush of door-stopping historical novels, first-timer Kostova is getting a big launchfortunately, a lot here lives up to the hype. In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father\\\\'s library. The book is ancient, blank except for a sinister woodcut of a dragon and the word \\\"Drakulya,\\\" but it\\\\'s the letters tucked inside, dated 1930 and addressed to \\\"My dear and unfortunate successor,\\\" that really pique her curiosity. Her widowed father, Paul, reluctantly provides pieces of a chilling story; it seems this ominous little book has a way of forcing itself on its owners, with terrifying results. Paul\\\\'s former adviser at Oxford, Professor Rossi, became obsessed with researching Dracula and was convinced that he remained alive. When Rossi disappeared, Paul continued his quest with the help of another scholar, Helen, who had her own reasons for seeking the truth. As Paul relates these stories to his daughter, she secretly begins her own research. Kostova builds suspense by revealing the threads of her story as the narrator discovers them: what she\\\\'s told, what she reads in old letters and, of course, what she discovers directly when the legendary threat of Dracula looms. Along with all the fascinating historical information, there\\\\'s also a mounting casualty count, and the big showdown amps up the drama by pulling at the heartstrings at the same time it revels in the gruesome. Exotic locales, tantalizing history, a family legacy and a love of the bloodthirsty: it\\\\'s hard to imagine that readers won\\\\'t be bitten, too. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (Europa International Who's Who in Popular Music)\\nDescription: ['Covering pop, rock, folk, jazz, dance, world and country artists, its about as comprehensive as you can get. Making Music
Will suit libraries that need a quick one-volume resource or contact information.... General readers and lower-division undergraduates. 2003 Choice, September', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Type A+\\nDescription: ['Quin Woodward Pu, the Editor-in-Chief of Little Black Blog (LittleBlackBlog.net), is a freelance writer and Washington mondaine, quick to find her niche in pensive yet fast-paced journalism. The Georgia native and Vanderbilt alum covers all things fashionable and political. Her writing support and social panache are used in philanthropic endeavors and she offers charitable publicity and talent to many non-profits and causes.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Survey Sampling\\nDescription: ['', 'Leslie Kish, PhD, was a Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. He was President of the American Statistical Association in 1977 and was a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World\\nDescription: ['Review from previous edition: \\\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal book for those who are already widely read in natural science. It should appeal strongly to legions of former science students who, having since made their way in the world as accountants and personnel managers, hanker for the interest ad excitement of a life they once glimpsed but were unable to grasp.\\\" --Ted Nield, Literary Review 01.07.10
\\\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal general reader for students and those who are already widely read in natural science.\\\" --Ted Nield, Geoscientist 01/08/2010 is an ideal general reader
\\\"A wealth of nourishing knowledge revealed through the history of Tethyan Realm.\\\" --Ted Nield, Geoscientist 01.08.10
\\\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal book for those who are already widely read in natural science.\\\" --Ted Nield, Literary Review 01/07/2010
\\\"A well argued contribution to one of the great scientific debates of the last 30 years.\\\" --Jonathan Beard, New Scientist 29/05/2010', ' Dorrik Stow is ECOSSE Chair of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Anticipation-The End Is Where We Start From (English, French and German Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Imajica\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Elementos de aviacion (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['Text: Spanish']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Bone Key\\nDescription: [\\\"Writing in the tradition of M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood, Monette reconstructs the traditional English ghost storyinsinuated horror, no gratuitous sex or violencewith a decidedly modern-day approach in this laudable collection of 10 necromantic mystery stories featuring introverted museum archivist Kyle Murchison Booth. Noteworthy selections include Elegy for a Demon Lover, which chronicles Booth's entanglement with a seductive otherworldly entity who teaches him about pleasure and pain and the shadowed places in-between. In the brilliantly Lovecraftian Bringing Helena Back, Booth agrees to help an old college friend bring his wife back from the dead, with horrifying results. Booth also investigates the skeleton of a woman sealed within the basement walls of the museum where he works, a house haunted by the spirit of a young girl and the ghost of a murdered private school student. Cerebral, ethereal and stylishly understated, this entrancing collection will appeal to fans of literary horror, dark fantasy and supernatural mystery. (Jan.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Myrwen of Amaranaca\\nDescription: [\\\"Ashley Frerking grew up overseas in Nairobi, Kenya where her parents were missionaries for more than a decade. After graduating high school, she moved back home to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to begin college. In 2013, she graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a major in English and minor in History. Currently, she is pursuing her Master's in Scriptwriting at Regent University. She lives in Grand Prairie, TX with her husband Devon and their cat Strider.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Something Coming Through\\nDescription: [\\\"The action, slow to get going, builds to a dramatic climax of chases and shoot-outs. Crime-tinged SF at its canniest.The Financial Times
Something Coming Through is science fiction at it's peak, its modern, clever, involving. It's got more ideas than a science fair and more mystery than Miss Marple. Wrap that all up in an original first contact story with some enigmatic aliens, even stranger ancient technology and some great characters and you have one hell of a bookSF Book
Something Coming Through is as tight and relentlessly paced as an Elmore Leonard thriller, and full of McAuley's customary sharp eye for dialogue and action. What's really impressive, though, is that it achieves a seamless fusion of the day-after-tomorrow SF novel - it's as interested in gritty Earthbound near-futurism as William Gibson or Lauren Beukes - with the cosmological themes of McAuley's galaxy-spanning space operas. It's the freshest take on first contact and interstellar exploration in many years, and almost feels like the seed for an entire new subgenreAlistair Reynolds
brilliantly splits the difference between James A. Corey's frenetic science fiction and the more considered catastrophes of McAuley's own Quiet War novels. It's fun; it's fascinating; it's fantasticTor.com
a compelling and realistically imagined piece of speculative fiction anchored be weighty contemporary concernsThe Irish Times
What really lifts the book out of the ordinary though, is the Jackaroo...The Jackaroo are an enduring mystery that will get readers back for the next instalment.The Register
Full of exciting plot twists and an intriguing mix of human and non-human chracters, this murder mystery set up in a dystopian is future history at its very bestStarburst Magazine
Packed with ideas, fantastic world-building and enigmas, and combining elements of first contact, alien artifacts, a touch of dystopia and good old fashioned conspiracy, murder and greed. It's a great combination, all handled with a terrific mix of intelligence and accessibilityFor Winter's Nights
McAuley's latest is smart, it's challenging, and as an exploration of the social consequences of sudden science fictional change, it's very impressive indeedSFX
McAuley writes intelligent hardcore SF, and this should win him countless new readersThe Guardian\\\", '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Merchant of Dreams\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girl With All the Gifts\\nDescription: ['\\\"Original, thrilling and powerful.\\\"The Guardian
\\\"Unique and terrifying.\\\"Booklist
\\\"An instant favorite.\\\"Boing Boing
\\\"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn\\\\'t let go.\\\"John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
\\\"Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human...as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel.\\\"Joss Whedon
\\\"If you only read one novel this year, make sure it\\\\'s this one, it\\\\'s amazing.\\\"Martina Cole
\\\"One of the more imaginative and ingenious additions to the dystopian canon.\\\"Kirkus
\\\"...a brilliant work of science fiction, but even people who never read science fiction should absolutely read this one.\\\"io9.com', \\\"M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts was a USA Today bestseller and is a major motion picture based on his BAFTA-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels, two radio plays, and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Basic College Mathematics (5th Edition)\\nDescription: ['The Lial/Miller developmental mathematics paperback series has helped thousands of students to succeed in math. In keeping with its proven track record as a market leader, this revision includes an enhanced art program, many new exercises, and three new features: Calculator Tips, Numbers in the Real World, and Mathematical Connections. In addition, its comprehensive support package of materials and supplements has been fully revised and updated and provides support to both students and instructors, including a \\\"Real to Reel\\\" video series and a World Wide Web site (www.mathnotes.com), both new to this edition.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Troupe\\nDescription: ['\\\"Bennett\\\\'s finely crafted novel rises on a wave of suspense to a place of beauty and hope.\\\" Publishers Weekly
\\\"This is the kind of book that will find its ways into one\\\\'s hands again and again over the years.\\\"Booklist
\\\"...a melancholy coming-of-age tale with a moody atmosphere... The Troupe is a genuinely powerful piece of work.\\\"SFX
\\\"The Troupe is true magic: a gripping tale that reminds the audience why we fell in love with reading. This book enchants, leaving the audience on their feet, yelling for an encore.\\\"Mat Johnson, author of Pym
\\\"Thought-provoking, beautifully written, and highly recommended\\\"Sci Fi Bulletin', 'Robert Jackson Bennett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the Sydney J. Bounds Award, and an Edgar Award, he is the author of the novels Mr. Shivers, The Company Man, The Troupe, and American Elsewhere. Find out more about the author at www.robertjacksonbennett.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow\\nDescription: ['C. Peter Wagner, PhD, holds graduate degrees in theology, missiology, and religion from Fuller Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Southern California. He served as a field missionary in Bolivia for 16 years and he taught on the faculty of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary for 30 years. The author of 70 books, Wagner ministers extensively nationally and internationally from his home base in Colorado.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Ken Liu\\\\'s The Grace of Kings a magnificent fantasy epic. Liu is building a dynasty.\\\" (Amal El-Mohtar NPR Books)
\\\"The Grace of Kings is an ambitious, astonishing, and sublime work, one that both exemplifies and diverges from what one might think of when it comes to epic fantasy. It should rank amongst the genre\\\\'s best works.\\\" (Andrew Liptak io9)
\\\"Lius combination of elements from China, Polynesia and beyond, told in an epic style, is the kind of Silk Road Fantasy that Ive always wanted to read, and love all the more now that I have.\\\" (Paul Weimer SF Signal)
\\\"Told in Lius graceful, intelligent, and literate prose, the novel is a sumptuous Epic feast.\\\" (Rob Bedford SFF World)
\\\"The Grace of Kings is a fantasy, with petty meddling gods, odd mechanized inventions, and a sense that mystical powers lurk around the corner. It is nothing if not epic.\\\" (Justin Landon Tor.com)
\\\"The epic fantasy genre can only be enriched by more novels drawing from non-Western traditions. Lius ambitious work expertly blends mythology, history, military tactics, and technological innovation (airships and submarines). \\\" (Kirkus Reviews)
\\\"The Grace of Kings is grand, mythic and epic, but Lius silk-punk world of trickster gods and giant horned whales is also a delight.\\\" (Relentless Reading)', 'Ken Liu is one of the most lauded authors in the field of American literature. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus Sidewise, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards, he has also been nominated for the Sturgeon and Locus Awards. His short story, The Paper Menagerie, is the first work of fiction to simultaneously win the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He also translated the 2015 Hugo Awardwinning novel The Three-Body Problem, written by Cixin Liu, which is the first novel to ever win the Hugo award in translation. The Grace of Kings, his debut novel, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series set in a universe he and his wife, artist Lisa Tang Liu, created together. It was a finalist for a Nebula Award and the recipient of the Locus Award for Best First Novel. He lives near Boston with his family.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hello My Name is Nametag\\nDescription: ['Among other things Chris Smith is an artist, not a great artist, but to quote Ken Nordine, \\\"No one ever lives long enough to be anything other than an amateur.\\\" But the voices roaring in his head need to be heard, so Chris delves into all sorts of medium, and sometimes large; cartoons, Children\\\\'s book illustration (Check out \\\"One Mosquito Sandwich, Hold The Pickles!\\\" on Amazon!) drawing, 3D modeling, 3D printing, mold making, tattooing, and of course, writing. Chris hopes you can relate and enjoy this semi-large rant pamphlet, and perhaps, if you have time, help him stop talking about himself in the third person.....', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Into Everywhere\\nDescription: ['the latest novel from Paul McAuley finds him at the top of his gameThe Telegraph
\\\\'A book infused with energy and confidence\\\\'.SFX
As usual, McAuley imparts mind-bending SF concepts in prose that is always elegant and preciseCrime Time
Full of exciting plot twists and an intriguing mix of human and non-human chracters, this murder mystery set up in a dystopian is future history at its very bestStarburst Magazine
Highly recommend everybody buy Something Coming Through because it is greatPat Cadigan
It\\\\'s difficult to find fault with this book - there are a strong cast of characters, enigmatic aliens, a well-woven crime plot and an interesting focusFantasy Book Review
It\\\\'s instantly gripping and Paul goes a long way to slowly ease new readers into his strange and wonderful Jackaroo... I already know that \\\"Something Coming Through\\\" will be one of my favourite books of the year. It finds McAuley at the top of his powers - mind-bending, inspiring and very very excitingUpcoming 4 Me
McAuley writes intelligent hardcore SF, and this should win him countless new readersThe Guardian
McAuley\\\\'s latest is smart, it\\\\'s challenging, and as an exploration of the social consequences of sudden science fictional change, it\\\\'s very impressive indeedSFX
Packed with ideas, fantastic world-building and enigmas, and combining elements of first contact, alien artifacts, a touch of dystopia and good old fashioned conspiracy, murder and greed. It\\\\'s a great combination, all handled with a terrific mix of intelligence and accessibilityFor Winter\\\\'s Nights', 'Paul McAuley won the PHILIP K. DICK AWARD for his first novel and has gone on to win the ARTHUR C. CLARKE, SIDEWISE, BRITISH FANTASY and JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARDs. He gave up his position as a research biologist to write full time. He lives in London.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The 1st Cavalry Division and Their 8th Engineers in Korea America's Silent Generation at War\\nDescription: ['The Korean conflict was a hard-fought, little appreciated, landwar in Asia. The 3rd Platoon of Company \\\"A\\\" made headlines in U. S. newspapers as being the first American unit to cross the 38th Parallel on the ground. The Engineers, weeping for mines, led American tanks across the border. This book is a testament to courage, competence, and the incredible battlefield story of an American combat engineering platoon. \\\"The attacking NK continued to assault Melvin Brown\\\\'s position atop the wall. He exhausted his ammunition and grenades. He bandaged his shoulder wound. Now, he calmly drew his entrenching shovel from his pack and waited till they one by one peered over the wall. Then he delivered a crushing blow on each of their heads. His daring action so inspired his platoon that they repelled the attack. \\\" And this is just one small sample of an incredible series of incidents in the Korean War. The 1st Cavalry Division And Their 8th Engineers Is Korea is easy to pick up, and hard to put down! -- Midwest Book Review', 'Frank Armstrong was an officer with the engineer battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division during the first year of the war. He had also been an officer in World War II - an artillery forward observer. Armstrong has a Ph.D. and taught forestry at the University of Vermont for 25 years after his 28 years in the Army. He is listed in the 13th and later editions of Whose Who in the World and ten similar publications.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 2312\\nDescription: ['\\\"A magnificent achievement...hugely imaginative and beautifully written.\\\"Booklist (Starred Review) on 2312
\\\"2312paints an absolutely credible and astonishingly beautiful picture of the centuries to come, of the sort of schism and war, the art and love, the industry and ethics that might emerge from humanity going to space without conquering it and without solving all its problems.\\\"Boingboing
\\\"Robinson\\\\'s extraordinary completeness of vision results in a magnificently realized, meticulously detailed future in which social and biological changes keep pace with technological developments.\\\"Publishers Weekly
\\\"Intellectually engaged and intensely humane in a way SF rarely is, exuberantly speculative in a way only the best SF can be, this is the work of a writer at or approaching the top of his game.\\\"Iain M. Banks
\\\"2312 is a monumental tour-de-force that re-imagines the solar system in ways no one has envisioned before. Whether comparing the compositions of Beethoven to those of skylarks and warblers, or describing a life-threatening sunrise on Mercury, Robinson fills 2312 with joy and exuberance, danger and fear, and the steadily mounting suspense of a mystery that spans the planets. This is the finest novel yet from the author who gave us the Mars Trilogy and GALILEO\\\\'S DREAM. An amazing accomplishment.\\\"Robert Crais
\\\"Inherently epic stuff... expect interplanetary strife, conspiracies, more big ideas than most SF authors pack into a trilogy... [yet] this is ultimately in so many respects a book about Earth... a wise and wondrous novel\\\"SFX
\\\"Beautifully written and with strong mental imagery\\\"SciFi Now
\\\"A feast for the imagination and intellect - shockingly clever\\\"Sun (UK)
\\\"A brilliant, plausible account of how humans might colonize planets, moons and asteroids, 2312 is also about the future of art and family.\\\"NPR Books
\\\"This is a grand tour of an intensely imagined interplanetary future of modified human beings, terraformed planets, experiments in economics and sociology and hundreds of other delights. All of it is in Robinson\\\\'s eloquent, enthusiastic and inimitable prose\\\"Morning Star (UK)', 'Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed Forty Signs of Rain, The Years of Rice and Salt and 2312. In 2008, he was named a \\\"Hero of the Environment\\\" by Time magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Black Dust\\nDescription: [\\\"In this moving and heartfelt contemporary, Charles (Chef's Table) beautifully chronicles the chaos that results from heartbreak and the agonizing efforts one must make to heal after tragedy... Readers will agonize, sympathize, and empathize all the way from the beginning of their journey to the end. --Publishers Weekly
Armed with a sweetness that reaches the heart, Charles' poignant novel aligns two distressed souls. Music bonds them together and gives them strength individually as Toby and Emmett renew their spirits in her compelling story. --RT Book Reviews/Romantic Times\\\", \\\"Lynn Charles earned her degree in music education and for many years performed and directed choral music. When she's not writing, she can be found strolling through local farmers markets near her home in Central Ohio in search of ingredients for new recipes. Her novel Chef's Table was published in 2014 by Interlude Press.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Europe in Winter\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sophia's Destiny\\nDescription: ['I am a retired, divorced, determined and self-motivated woman. I am the first born of six children to my parents in 1949. I am the mother of a daughter and a son and the grandmother of four grand daughters and one grand son. I get great joy from spending time with my family, especially spoiling my grandchildren, going to church and singing in the family gospel choir of which I am the founder and president. I spend lots of weekends traveling with the choir to churches on the Eastern and Western Shores of Maryland to sing in concert and to sing at anniversaries. Writing a novel is something I have always wanted to do, but never found the time. I retired seventeen months ago after working as an executive administrative assistant for a university for thirty-five years and eight months. I started writing this novel a month before I retired. It has taken me a long time to complete it but I feel a great sense of pleasure and pride in the fact that I have finally completed something that I have always wanted to do.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker)\\nDescription: ['A 2012 Kirkus Reviews Best of YA Book', '', 'Paolo Bacigalupiis the New York Times bestselling author of the highly acclaimed The Drowned Cities and Ship Breaker, a Michael L. Printz Award winner and a National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of the Edgar Awards nominee The Doubt Factory; a novel for younger readers, Zombie Baseball Beatdown; and two bestselling adult novels for adults, The Water Knife and The Windup Girl. His first work of collected short fiction was Pump Six and Other Stories. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, John W. Campbell Memorial, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards, he lives in western Colorado with his wife and son. The author invites you to visit his website at windupstories.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies\\nDescription: ['Just the critical concepts you need to score high inpre-algebra', 'This practical, friendly guide focuses on critical conceptstaught in a typical pre-algebra course, from fractions, decimals,and percents to standard formulas and simple variable equations.Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies is perfect for cramming,homework help, or as a reference for parents helping kids study forexams.', 'Get down to the basics get a handle on the basics ofmath, from adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing toexponents, square roots, and absolute value', 'Conquer with confidence follow easy-to-graspinstructions for working with fractions, decimals, and percents inequations and word problems', 'Take the \\\"problem\\\" out of word problems learn how toturn words into numbers and use \\\"x\\\" in algebraic equations to solveword problems', 'Formulate a plan get the lowdown on the essentialformulas you need to solve for perimeter, area, surface area, andvolume', 'Open the book and find:', 'How to find the greatest common factor and least commonmultiple', 'Tips for adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplyingfractions', 'How to change decimals to fractions (and vice versa)', 'Algebraic expressions and equations', 'Essential formulas', 'How to work with graphs and charts', 'Learn to:', 'Work with and convert fractions, decimals, and percents', 'Solve for variables in algebraic expressions', 'Get the right answer when solving basic math problems', '', 'Mark Zegarelli is a math tutor and author of several books, including Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Windup Girl\\nDescription: ['Windup Girl', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Secret World on the Other Side of Mind eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2\\nDescription: ['BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Siren's Call\\nDescription: ['
Mary Ann Mitchell’s short stories have been published in a number of magazines. She has served as Secretary, Vice-President, and President of the Northern California Chapter of Sisters in Crime and Secretary of the Horror Writers of America Association. Mitchell is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, and the Science Fiction, Fantasy Writers of America.
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Despite the ruthless nature of this practice, the ethos of this near-future society and the Unit is to take care of others, and Dorrit finds herself living under very pleasant conditions: well-housed, well-fed, and well-attended. She is resigned to her fate and discovers her days there to be rather consoling and peaceful. But when she meets a man inside the Unit and falls in love, the extraordinary becomes a reality and life suddenly turns unbearable. Dorrit is faced with compliance or escape, andwell, then what? ', 'The Unit is a gripping exploration of a society in the throes of an experiment, in which the dispensable ones are convinced under gentle coercion of the importance of sacrificing for the necessary ones. Ninni Holmqvist has created a debut novel of humor, sorrow, and rage about love, the close bonds of friendship, and about a cynical, utilitarian way of thinking disguised as care.', '', 'Ninni Holmqvist: The Unit is a dystopia set in a near future. It is about people who dont have any children or anyone else who loves them and need them, and who arent useful to the society in any other way either. These people are called dispensable, and they are picked up at their homes at a certain age (women at 50, men at 60) and taken to special units (reservbanksenhet in Swedish) for biological material, where they are supposed to serve the society through participating in various tests (like animal testing but made on people), but also, eventually, by donating organs to those of the societys needed citizensthe ones who produce and raise children, the loved ones, the ones who contribute to the economic growthwho are afflicted with severe illnesses and need organs from healthy bodies to survive. Dorrit Weger, who just turned 50, is one of those dispensable. She is a writer, childless, quite poor, and lives alone with her dog. The story begins with her arrival at the unit, an establishment/institution she immediately finds a lot more comfortable and human and loving and beautiful than she ever could have expected.', 'Question:The Unit raises a number of complexand sometimes disturbingethical questions. Do you see the novel as having a central moral theme?', 'Ninni Holmqvist: The book is above all written as a critique of society and the way political leaders today see everything in figures and numbers. But my aim was also to raise questions like: What is freedom? What is human dignity? How do we humans value our selves and each other? But The Unit is also very much a story about love (Dorrit meets the love of her life at the unit, a man called Johannes, and she also, miraculously, gets pregnant) and friendship and loyalty.', 'Question: Who did you write The Unit for? Did you have someonepersonally, or in societythat you intended the story for?', 'Ninni Holmqvist: My intention was that it is for everyone. But I guess it might especially appeal to middle-aged single people, childless ones. But also people who are in or are close to other categories of dispensable people: disabled people for instance, long time unemployed persons, culture workers. And people who are critical of capitalism and economism. Perhaps also people who dont mind being provoked.', '', \\\"Swedish author Holmqvist's unconvincing debut, part of a wave of dystopias hitting this summer, is set in a near future where men and women deemed dispensablethose unattached, childless, employed in nonessential professionsare checked into reserve bank units for biological material and become organ donors and subjects of pharmaceutical and psychological experiments. When Dorrit Weger, who has lived her adult life isolated and on the brink of poverty, is admitted to the unit, she finds, to her surprise, comfort, friendship and love. Though the residents are under constant surveillance, their accommodations are luxurious, and in their shared plight they develop an intimacy rarely enjoyed in the outside world. But an unlikely development forces Dorrit to confront unexpected choices. Unfortunately, Holmqvist fails to fully sell the future she posits, and Dorrit's underdeveloped voice doesn't do much to convey the direness of her situation. Holmqvist's exploration of female desire, human need and the purpose of life has its moments, but the novel suffers in comparison with similar novels such as The Handmaid's Tale and Never Let Me Go. (June) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: PW22CL - Standard of Excellence Book 2 Clarinet\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Punch Escrow\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Muslims in Georgia 1771 - 1965: A Historical View: MUSLIMS IN GEORGIA contains important facts and events related to the presence of Muslims/Islam in ... biographical sketches and research links.\\nDescription: ['Wali Akbar Muhammad is a story-teller and historian in the true tradition of the West African Griot. His consummate career and contributions have established him as one of America\\\\'s quintessential journalists and photographers. For more than forty years, he has researched, documented and creatively captured the struggle of African Americans, and their unique experience in the West. Muhammad\\\\'s photographs are moving, meaningful memories that personify the phrase, \\\"a picture is worth a thousand words.\\\" Equally as dynamic is the rich prose Muhammad has penned for countless publications on a variety of subjects over the past 27 years. Grandson of a slave, and product of D.C. public schools, Muhammad was one of the first twenty students to desegregate public schools following the Supreme Courts historic (1954) Brown v. Board of Education decision. A convert to Islam in the early 1960s; Muhammad began his media career as a photo-journalist in 1968. Since then he has worked with distinction for Muhammad Speaks Newspaper, the Chicago Defender, the Atlanta Voice, and frequently freelanced for the Associated Press and United Press International. He is founder of the Brandon Institute, an organization designed to research, publish and celebrate the contributions of African-Americans in the western hemisphere. Muhammad has filed stories of international significance from the Middle East, Africa, Arabia, Europe and the Caribbean. He is the only photographer granted permission and directed by Elijah Muhammad to travel from temple to temple in the 1970s and document the progress of \\\"The Nation.\\\" In fact, Muhammad\\\\'s professionalism is so highly regarded that during the time of Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1980, he was granted permission to make a photo documentary of that glorious occasion.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Jar City: An Inspector Erlendur Novel (An Inspector Erlendur Series)\\nDescription: ['When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmri district of Reykjavk, detective inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in, along with partner Sigurdur li and female colleague Elnborg. Everyone is related to everyone else in Iceland and refer to one another by first name, even formally. Erlendur is about 50, long divorced, with two kids in varying degrees of drug addiction. The victim, a man called Holberg, turns out to have been a nasty piece of work, and Erlendur is disgusted by the series of rapes Holberg apparently committed. The rapes and the deaths of a number of young women may be connected, and the search brings Erlendur to the forensic lab, whose old \\\"jar city,\\\" since disbanded, held research organs. Meanwhile, Erlendur\\\\'s daughter, Eva Lind, is pregnant and still using; she flits in and out of his life angrily, but may be crying out for help. Reykjavk\\\\'s physicality, and the fact that crimes are relatively rare in Iceland, gives things a defamiliarizing cast. The writing, plot and resolution are nicely done, but remain fully within genre boundaries. (Oct. 11) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'It\\\\'s hardly surprising that there is a thriving crime-fiction scene in Iceland (insular worlds with forbidding climates breed crime quite nicely); it is surprising, on the other hand, that it\\\\'s taken until now for any Icelandic mysteries to penetrate the U.S. market. We\\\\'re off to a fast start with this gripping procedural starring Inspector Erlendur Sveinnson, a veteran detective with the Reykjavik police. Murder is relatively rare in Reykjavik, and it is usually solved easily (crimes of passion are the norm). This time, though, there are no easy answers. The brutal killing of a lonely pensioner seems inexplicable until Erlendur (Icelanders always address one another by first name) begins to track back through the man\\\\'s life, uncovering not only a plethora of dirty secrets but also a genealogical trail whose tentacles appear to stretch throughout the country (in Iceland, \\\"everyone seemed related or connected in some way\\\"). There is a Ross Macdonald element to all this rummaging in familial closets, but the emotional pain Erlendur feels as he gets closer to the truth recalls Madeleine Nabb and Donna Leon. A powerful, psychologically acute procedural drama. Bill Ott Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Warren has produced something unusual in democratic theory: a masterful combination of theory and observation that is original, readable, and important. It deserves a spot on the shelf of every student of democracy.\\\" (Choice)
\\\"Warren has done . . . a great service with his careful fieldwork, ample documentation and nicely written reporting . . . A fine introduction to what I , like Warren, believe to be an extremely important and promising social movement.\\\"---Mary Jo Bane, America
\\\"Anyone interested in community organizing, grassroots mobilization, or the controversies surrounding faith-based politics should read Mark R. Warren\\\\'s first book, Dry Bones Rattling. His painstaking book stirs the democratic imagination.\\\"---Archon Fung, Boston Review
\\\"Dry Bones Rattling stands as an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about the future of American civil society. All the big issues are here. . . . This is a timely book.\\\"---Mitchell L. Stevens, Social Forces
\\\"An excellent political ethnography that offers an engaging analysis of how to build social capital, forge multiracial cooperation, and, above all, revitalize democratic participation and civic engagement in American society. . . . It provides us with a critical understanding as well as a tangible example of the elements that are needed to bring about a more inclusive and viable vision of civic engagement and revitalized democracy in a racially and ethnically diverse American society in the twenty-first century.\\\"---Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Journal of Politics
\\\"Mark Warren\\\\'s comprehensive case study of the Industrial Areas Foundation is a major contribution to the growing literature on coalition politics. Indeed, it is the best empirical study ever written on multiracial collaboration to address social inequality. Featuring careful and systematic analysis of rich data on local organizing, Dry Bones Rattling will be ancinfluential book and is must reading for those committed to revitalizing American democracy through interracial political cooperation.\\\"William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
\\\"Dry Bones Rattling is timely, important, and inspiring. Timely, because this study of the most successful faith-based movement for social justice in America appears just as faith-based social initiatives have reached the top of the national political agenda. Important, because it is a deeply grounded contribution to the rapidly growing field of social capital theory. Inspiring, because by showing how civic malaise has been reversed in some of the nation\\\\'s most impoverished, ethnically divided settings, this book should raise the aspirations of democratic reformers. Must reading for social theorists and civic activists.\\\"Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of Making Democracy Work
\\\"Mark Warren has written a comprehensive and insightful analysis of a profoundly important community-based movement. I have seen how the Industrial Areas Foundation organizations this book examines have revitalized communities across America, both physically and spiritually. In San Antonio, the city I know best, I watched Communities Organized for Public Service empower poor neighborhoods and give voice to their concerns. Capable new leaders emerged and the city entered a new era of citizen democracy. Dry Bones Rattling provides a compelling eyewitness account of the transformations these organizations bring, showing us a sacred force rooted in human dignity at work.\\\"Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of American CityVista
\\\"Dry Bones Rattling is an important addition to the literature on community organizations, populist politics, andmore than anythingreligion-based politics.\\\"James Morone, Brown University
\\\"Original scholarship built on strong ethnographic work, Warren\\\\'s book is among the best of the outstanding scholarship on the dilemmas of American democracy that has emerged in recent years. As such it will be highly useful to specialists on grassroots movements and on the intersection of religion and politics in American life, as well as broadly useful to political scientists and political sociologists. This is excellent scholarly work on an important political phenomenon that until now has eluded adequate scholarly attention.\\\"Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico, author of Faith in Action', '', '\\\"Mark Warren\\\\'s comprehensive case study of the Industrial Areas Foundation is a major contribution to the growing literature on coalition politics. Indeed, it is the best empirical study ever written on multiracial collaboration to address social inequality. Featuring careful and systematic analysis of rich data on local organizing, Dry Bones Rattling will be ancinfluential book and is must reading for those committed to revitalizing American democracy through interracial political cooperation.\\\"--William Julius Wilson, Harvard University', '\\\"Dry Bones Rattling is timely, important, and inspiring. Timely, because this study of the most successful faith-based movement for social justice in America appears just as faith-based social initiatives have reached the top of the national political agenda. Important, because it is a deeply grounded contribution to the rapidly growing field of social capital theory. Inspiring, because by showing how civic malaise has been reversed in some of the nation\\\\'s most impoverished, ethnically divided settings, this book should raise the aspirations of democratic reformers. Must reading for social theorists and civic activists.\\\"--Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of Making Democracy Work', '\\\"Mark Warren has written a comprehensive and insightful analysis of a profoundly important community-based movement. I have seen how the Industrial Areas Foundation organizations this book examines have revitalized communities across America, both physically and spiritually. In San Antonio, the city I know best, I watched Communities Organized for Public Service empower poor neighborhoods and give voice to their concerns. Capable new leaders emerged and the city entered a new era of citizen democracy. Dry Bones Rattling provides a compelling eyewitness account of the transformations these organizations bring, showing us a sacred force rooted in human dignity at work.\\\"--Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of American CityVista', '\\\"Dry Bones Rattling is an important addition to the literature on community organizations, populist politics, and--more than anything--religion-based politics.\\\"--James Morone, Brown University', '\\\"Original scholarship built on strong ethnographic work, Warren\\\\'s book is among the best of the outstanding scholarship on the dilemmas of American democracy that has emerged in recent years. As such it will be highly useful to specialists on grassroots movements and on the intersection of religion and politics in American life, as well as broadly useful to political scientists and political sociologists. This is excellent scholarly work on an important political phenomenon that until now has eluded adequate scholarly attention.\\\"--Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico, author of Faith in Action', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Voices\\nDescription: ['If you like your thrillers slow but masterfully written then this one is for you. Irish Times
Morosely, intelligently, Erlendur unravels the mystery. With Voices Indridason proves that his Golden Dagger victory for Silence of the Grave last year was no fluke. The Times', 'Arnaldur Indridason is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli, which are consistent bestsellers in his home country of Iceland, and in Germany. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key (for Tainted Blood and Silence of the Grave), and the CWA Gold Dagger (for Silence of the Grave).
From the Trade Paperback edition.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Camp Lejeune: Webster's Image and Photographic History, 1942 to 2007\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Consider Phlebas\\nDescription: ['In the midst of a war between two galactic empires, a shapechanging agent of the Iridans undertakes a clandestine mission to a forbidden planet in search of an intelligent, fugitive machine whose actions could alter the course of the conflict. Banks ( Walking on Glass ) demonstrates a talent for suspense in a new wave sf novel that should appeal to fans of space adventure. For large sf collections. JC Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: This Old Church: The Indispensable Guide for Restoring Church Buildings\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Revelation Space\\nDescription: ['Alastair Reynolds\\\\'s first novel is \\\"hard\\\" SF on an epic scale, crammed with technological marvels and immensities. Its events take place over a relatively short period, but have roots a billion years old--when the Dawn War ravaged our galaxy.', 'Sylveste is the only man ever to return alive and sane from a Shroud, an enclave in space protected by awesome gravity-warping defenses: \\\"a folding a billion times less severe should have required more energy than was stored in the entire rest-mass of the galaxy.\\\" Now an intuition he doesn\\\\'t understand makes him explore the dead world Resurgam, whose birdlike natives long ago tripped some booby trap that made their own sun erupt in a deadly flare.', \\\"Meanwhile, the vast, decaying lightship Nostalgia for Infinity is coming for Sylveste, whose dead father (in AI simulation) could perhaps help the Captain, frozen near absolute zero yet still suffering monstrous transformation by nanotech plague. Most of Infinity's tiny crew have hidden agendas--Khouri the reluctant contract assassin believes she must kill Sylveste to save humanity--and there are two bodiless stowaways, one no longer human and one never human. Shocking truths emerge from bluff, betrayal, and ingenious lies.\\\", \\\"The trail leads to a neutron star where an orbiting alien construct has defenses to challenge the Infinity's planet-wrecking superweapons.\\\", 'At the heart of this artifact, the final revelations detonate--most satisfyingly. Dense with information and incident, this longish novel has no surplus fat and seems almost too short. A sparkling SF debut. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk', \\\"This distant-past/far-future, hard sci-fi tour de force probes a galaxy-wide enigma: why does spacefaring humanity encounter so few remnants of intelligent life? Excavating the 900,000-year-old Amarantin civilization on its home world, Resurgam, archaeologist Dan Sylveste discovers evidence of a splinter cult that abandoned Resurgam for the stars but returned, only to be swallowed up by a mysterious cataclysm that destroyed all the Amarantins. Aboard the Nostalgia for Infinity, a vast light-hugger ship in interstellar space, the ominous Triumvirate of cyborg starfarers seeks Sylveste to heal its captain, afflicted by the deadly Melding Plague, which turns once-humans into their own semisentient spaceships. In Chasm City on the slum-ridden world of Yellowstone, assassin Ana Khouri joins the Nostalgia's crew intent on killing Sylveste. Clearly intoxicated by cutting-edge scientific research in bioengineering, space physics, cybernetics Reynolds spins a ravishingly inventive tale of intrigue. Hard SF addicts will applaud the author's talent for creating convincing alien beings and the often uneasy merging of human and machine intelligence, depicted here as nearly too frighteningly real for comfort. Others, however, may find these human-cybernetic hybrid characters chilling, dispassionate (except for their built-in drives toward revenge and murder) and foreboding. Reynolds's vision of a future dominated by artificial intelligence trembles with the ultimate cold of the dark between the stars.\\\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design\\nDescription: ['Jane Anderson is the field chair for BA Architecture and Interior Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked in Germany and the UK and her built works include a low-energy headquarters building for a software company and a variety of educational building types such as a music school, sports hall and nursery.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Transition\\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Banks\\\\'s latest novel opens with a warning from \\\"Patient 8262\\\" stating that he or she is an unreliable narrator, before the epic takes off, plunging the reader into a whirlwind of intricately constructed characters and detailed accounts of their experiences as they \\\"flit\\\" across multiple Earths. The cast of characters include Adrian, the greedy city trader, emblematic of the selfishness needed to become a \\\"traveler\\\"; the Philosopher, an assassin who despises killing; a catch-me-if-you-can rogue operative named Mrs. Mulverhill; and the imperious Madame d\\\\'Ortolan, possibly the leader of the Concern, a vast multi-world organization that claims to protect worlds from chaos, but may also hide a greater, darker purpose. Banks\\\\'s prose is elegant and electric and his story dizzying, but inevitable contradictions are brilliantly tied together-the only way many characters maintain sanity is to question everything, and readers would be well-advised to do the same. Banks manages the neat feat of synthesizing 19th-century style with the cutting edge, the irreverent with the philosophical, and the intellectual with the adventurous.', 'Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory, in 1984. Consider Phlebas, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Iain Banks lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Find out more about Iain M. Banks at www.iainbanks.net.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Password Book: Internet Password Book - Keep Your Usernames and Password Alphabetical with Tabs Over 100 Pages and 300 User&Pass: Password Book (Web Password Book) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":286,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":286,"string":"286"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: When I See You\nDescription: ['\"...Jordan and Brock have an inordinate amount of bad karma going on...What pulls this story out ofthe hellish mire it could be stuck in, is this amazing thread of almost palpable hope that winds its waythrough the narrative...\" Dana Burness - Let\\'s Book It
\"When I See Youis yet another brilliant romance in which Katherine Owen proves that, not only can she create excellent characters, but she can put them through the wringer and make them come out on the other side as even better characters...\" Ellen Fritz - Books4Tomorrow
\"I love a book that touches my heart and keeps me thinking about the characters long after I haveturned the last page.When I See Youis exactly that kind of book.\" Cheles Bells - A Belle\\'s Tales
\"...I knew going into this book that it wouldn\\'t be a heart and flowers type of story. When I See You is emotionally charged and I felt every single moment.\" The Autumn Review ', ' Onehusband, one boy, one girl, two cats, and the ashes of one goldenretriever who was loved well. Friends and family that are a bit on thedysfunctional side tends to lend to my active imagination quite nicely,providing me with concrete examples for my fiction. I spent a long while in high tech sales and spent money like Evian water and racked upuseless stock options. In pursuit of a long-held dream, I gave up thehigh tech corporate life and now devote myself to writing fictionfull-time. I write love stories that tend to be edgy and dark and#Iwillmakeyoucry. If you're not offended by the gentle sprinkling ofswear words at what are 'necessary junctures', we're bound to be bestfriends. This way to my world: katherineowen(dot)net. xoxo KO
Shorter version:Novelist #Clooney #Cavill #coffee #vodka. The glass is half-empty#contingencyplansinplay. My #novels=$ of latte edgy, angsty #reads?This way:katherineowen.net. xoxo KO
Visit Owen's website at katherineowen.net for more information about the author and her novels. Be sure to sign up for her Readers' Group email list and get a FREE ebook for doing so.']","rejected":"Title: Destinations: A Travel Journal\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Midnight Star (Vampire Girl) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Orphans of the Storm\nDescription: ['Katie Flynn was inspired to write her Liverpool series after hearing the reminiscences of family members. She also writes as Judith Saxton.
From the Hardcover edition.', \"Chapter One
November 1918
Nancy Kerris bent over the young man in the bed and put gentle fingers round his wrist. Odd to feel such a tiny flutter in such a strong brown arm -- odd to see that his lips were purplish blue and that the tanned face looked suddenly yellow -- almost as yellow as his hair. For one heart-stopping moment she did not know what to do; then previous experience, and her training, told her that she must get help -- and quickly. She knew the patient had been badly wounded only a matter of a day or so before the Armistice had been signed and now, with a jolt of horror, she realised he was almost certainly haemorrhaging internally. But the gasp which rose to her lips never left them; if you panicked a patient, Sister Saunders said, he could die from fear. No, what she must do was get help and get it quickly.
She laid his hand down on the bed covers and smiled reassuringly into the bloodless face. 'You'll be fine, soldier, but I think maybe your bandage is loosening,' she said, in her most matter-of-fact voice. 'I'll just fetch Dr Amis . . .'
Nancy moved away from the bed, walking with a gliding, rapid step, which was the next best thing to a run, because Sister did not approve of her nurses running, or not on the wards at any rate. 'If you need help urgently,' she told her staff, 'then run as fast as you like along the corridors but not on the wards themselves; is that understood?'
So now Nancy went out of the tent flap -- this was a makeshift emergency hospital from which the wounded men would presently be transferred to proper hospitals in England -- and, as soon as she was out of sight of the patients, broke into a fast run. A nurse coming towards her turned in her tracks to accompany her, saying as she did so: 'What's up, Nancy? Can I help?'
It was Jess Williams, her best friend, and Nancy spoke rapidly. 'Tent three, fourth bed from the door, haemorrhaging. I'm going to get a doctor; can you lay up a trolley, fetch instruments and so on?'
She did not wait for a reply, knowing Jess was both skilful and competent, but ran on, hearing her friend's hasty footsteps fading in the opposite direction. Seconds later, she was explaining the problem to Dr Amis and turning to accompany him back to the tent she had just left. Obedient to the strictures laid upon them, both doctor and nurse eased their pace to a steady walk as they entered the ward. Already it was clear that Jess had found a blood match between the patient and the young man in the next bed, and had obtained the necessary equipment to do a transfusion. Dr Amis nodded to Jess and spoke softly to the would-be donor, explaining the procedure he was about to carry out, and the young man nodded. Before Dr Amis could ask, Nancy had leaned across the trolley and handed him the appropriate scalpel, then watched as the doctor inserted the tube into the dying man's wrist. Only after that was satisfactorily in place did he make the long incision in the donor's arm. The boy went white but he grinned at Nancy, then switched his gaze to the tubing through which his blood had begun to run steadily into the pint bottle Jess was holding up. Nancy knew that the bottle contained a measured amount of sodium citrate solution to stop the blood from clotting and saw Jess giving the bottle a little shake every few minutes as the blood ran down the other length of tubing into the patient's arm. The donor lay with his forearm supported on a board, and the doctor gently reminded him to keep opening and closing his fist on the piece of rolled-up bandage in his hand in order to facilitate the blood flow.
The young man nodded. Nancy averted her fascinated gaze from the five-inch slit the doctor had cut in his arm and smoothed the damp hair from his forehead. He was only a boy, probably no more than seventeen or eighteen, yet he had volunteered to help another man without a second's hesitation. As she watched, he turned his eyes up towards her and gave her a beaming smile. 'Look at the feller's face,' he whispered. 'He were yellowy-grey two minutes ago, and to tell you the truth I thought he were a goner. But as soon as the blood started to flow, his colour began to come back. Ain't blood a wonderful thing, nurse?'
Nancy, agreeing that it was, caught Jess's eye and they exchanged smiles. To save a life is always sweet and both girls knew that their prompt action had probably done so on this occasion.
Presently the pair were dismissed and made their way towards their sleeping quarters. They were extremely tired, having just worked a double shift, and Nancy guessed that Jess, too, longed to get what rest they could before they went back on duty. Despite her tiredness, however, Nancy could not help remembering that other young man, the one to whom she had been engaged to be married. He had died two years previously, when transfusing blood had been in its infancy; died in her arms, because no one had realised -- until too late -- that he, too, was haemorrhaging internally from a bayonet wound. She, who had loved Graham Peters to distraction, had knelt on the floor by his bed and held him in her arms whilst his life ebbed slowly away. He had looked up at her wonderingly out of tired blue eyes and she knew she would never forget his last words. 'You've grown so tiny, my love,' he whispered. 'So tiny that I could hang you on a chain round my neck; then I would have you with me for always.'
Before she could answer him, Graham's head had slumped forward on to his chest and she had felt the faint flutter of his heartbeat simply cease as though it had never been.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dirty Ugly Toy\nDescription: [\"K Webster is the author of dozens of romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she's active on social media connecting with her readers. Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen. You can easily find K Webster on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads! Website: www.authorkwebster.com Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bllgoP\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Systems Archetype Basics: From Story to Structure\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dragon Marked (Supernatural Prison)\nDescription: ['', 'Jaymin Eve is the USA Today bestselling author of the Walker Saga, a young adult paranormal series, as well as the Supernatural Prison series. She lives on the beautiful Gold Coast of Australia with her family and spends most of her time on the beach. When she isnt trying to wrangle two daughters, a puppy, and her husband, she can be found hiding in a corner writing her stories. Visit her online at www.jaymineve.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Glasow's gloombusters\nDescription: ['Book by Glasow, Arnold H', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Unrequited\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Elihu Washburne: The Diary and Letters of America's Minister to France During the Siege and Commune of Paris\nDescription: ['Elihu Washburne was the eloquent witness to one of the most horrifying sieges of the 19th century. Thanks to the archival and editorial wizardry of Michael Hill, Washburnes long-forgotten account of the Siege and Commune of Paris is available at lasta terrific and mesmerizing read.\" (Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn)
Michael Hill has made superb use of Elihu Washburnes private diaries to bring us an unforgettable story of starvation, conflict, butchery and upheaval in the beleaguered Paris of the 1870sand of the principled, courageous American who survived and recorded it all. (Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989)
Elihu Washburne was the American ambassador to Paris but he might as well have been the ambassador to Hell. As Mike Hill shows us by skillfully editing and commenting on the ambassadors diary and personal letters, Washburne, a brave and sensitive man, was caught up in one of civilizations great disasters: the siege of Paris by the Prussian army in 1870-1871 and the even more awful grip of the Paris Commune that followed. A gripping, well-told tale. (Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945)
Michael Hills engrossing, ground-breaking and fascinating book is both a journey of discoverythe amazing diaries and letters of Elihu Washburne, the American Minister to France during the Siege and the Commune of Parisand a wonderful portrait of the man who discovered Ulysses S. Grant, was one of Lincolns closest collaborators, and set a benchmark for American diplomats in terms of courage and the alleviation of human suffering in a moment of great danger and crisis. It is riveting reading for anyone who loves history. (Michael Korda, author of Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia)
\"A plucky spirit and revolutionary sympathy emerge from these richly detailed dispatches by Americas intrepid minister to France during the Franco-Prussian War. . . . Evocative, immensely readable. . . . A wealth of historical and personal detail builds a suspenseful story.\" (Kirkus Reviews)', 'Michael Hill worked in politics and government before establishing himself as an independent historical researcher. He was a co-producer for Ken Burnss The Civil War series for PBS, a coordinating producer for the Baseball series, and served as a historical consultant for the HBO production of David McCulloughs John Adams. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
David McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a master of the art of narrative history and a matchless writer. He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, twice winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian award.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Raw\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Soil Science\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 27 Truths: Ava's Story (The Truth About Love) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Approaching My Literature, Volume 1: Readings from the Hungarian Exilic Experience\nDescription: ['\"Peter Hargitai is a remarkably versatile and humanely touching poet with a truly distinctive style and voice. These deeply probing intellectual poems exhibit an impressive range and vivacity of genres.\" Laurence Lieberman, Poetry Editor, University of Illinois Press
', '', 'Peter Hargitai is a Senior Lecturer in English at Florida International University. He has been teaching Writing, Rhetoric and Literature for four decades. As a poet, author and translator, he has garnered numerous literary awards including the Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Fust Milan Award from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal from the Republic of Hungary. He is a member of PEN (Writers in Exile).', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 27 Lies: Luke's story (The Truth About Love) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Fifty Years in Chains or the Life of an American Slave\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Deliver\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure (TEAMS Middle English Texts)\nDescription: ['Larry Benson was a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, specializing in Chaucer and Middle English. Edward E. Foster was a Professor at Grinnell College in Iowa. He delighted in teaching classes in the Humanities Core, in Old and Middle English poetry, and in the history of the English language.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Queen Heir (NYC Mecca Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Perfectly Oblivious (The Perfect Series)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dragon's Lair (Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club)\nDescription: ['\"Chantal has a magical way with Alpha males. This book has great chemistry and intrigue. I was swept up in the storyline.\" (-Pepper Winters, NYT & USA Today Best Selling author)
\"The snark and sass between Dex and Faye is hilarious....Fernando’s launch of her Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series is plenty steamy. For fans of Kristin Ashley, Julie Ann Walker, and Joanna Wylde, and those who are heartbroken that television’s Sons of Anarchy has ended.\" (Booklist Online)
\"Chantal Fernando knows how to draw you in and keep you hooked. Dragon’s Lair is a biker book unlike any other, proving a bad ass chick can tame even the wildest of men. A heroine for the strong-willed women and an MC of hot bikers not to be missed.\" (-Angela Graham, New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author)', 'Chantal Fernando is the New York Times bestselling author of the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series, the Cursed Raven Motorcycle Club series, and the Maybe series, along with several other novels. She lives in Western Australia, where she is working on her next book. Find her online at AuthorChantalFernando.com, and on Twitter and Facebook.']","rejected":"Title: Nintendo: The Company and Its Founders (Technology Pioneers)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: ENDOHUMAN: Love Vs Duty: Book 1\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Arachne Rising: The Thirteenth Sign of the Zodiac\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Heat: An alpha male criminal Romance (Hotter Than Hell Novel) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['"A 5* read and I will be on the lookout for more"-AbFab Book Reviews
"What happens when good and bad mix?? EXPLOSIONS!!!"-MichelleLoves to Read
"It was funny, gritty, and sexy as hell. HollyS. Roberts is def on my authors to watch list!"-JJ Book Bangers
"4.5 Stars out of 5"-D.M. Duncan, reviewer', 'Here's a sneak peek: I once asked my mother whatfirst attracted her to my father. She said it was his eyes--the kindness in hiseyes. To understand Moon's eyes you need to see the complete package.
His mind is sharp; he easily reads people. He reads me like he sees inside mymind and plucks out my thoughts.
His skin is smoke; it's the only way to describe it now that I've had some timeto look at him. If I knew nothing about him and saw him on the street, I wouldthink Hawaiian or Samoan.
He's exotic and his eyes grab you. Blue eyes have never been my thing. And theword "kind" can't be used in conjunction with Moon's eyes. They'reintense--treacherous--deadly. Then sometimes, when he looks at me, they gosteamy hot. The kind of hot that says I want to lick you from the bottom to thetop and then eat you slowly. So slowly, you won't stop screaming until you'recompletely undone.
I'm an ex-cop and will always have a cop's heart.
Moon's a criminal and controls a criminal empire. I want him and it's playinghavoc with my soul.']","rejected":"Title: LIKE JUDGMENT DAY, The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood (Movie Tie-In to ROSEWOOD)\nDescription: [\"On New Year's Day 1923, a mob of white men descended on Rosewood, Florida, to avenge an act that was only rumored to be true. The mob burned houses, killed many black men and women, and drove the rest of the small town's inhabitants away forever. This book contains the complete text of Like Judgment Day, Michael D'Orso's historical account of the Rosewood massacre, and An Essay on Rosewood by John Singleton, who directed the film Rosewood. With skillful storytelling and the detailed eye of an historian, D'Orso relates this gripping tale of a dark moment in America's history. Singleton's essay helps underscore the aftermath of this tragedy, which is evidenced in the ruined lives and shattered dreams of the people of Rosewood. It is a powerful story of ruin and redemption that still resonates more than half a century later.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble\nDescription: ['
Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble is a delightful picture book for both parents and children, bringing an element of wonder into the familiar setting of bath time. Children are bound to relate to this imaginative story, in which Tommy seems about to be reprimanded for something he didn't do (or did he?). The story is enhanced by colorful, humorous illustrations that include animated expressions of Tommy and his newfound friends. The illustrator also provides fun details, such as the flowered wallpaper, and dirty footprints and puddles on the bathroom floor... a delightful story--one that adds a whimsical touch to the otherwise routine ritual of bath time. -BlueInk Review (2/8/18)
During a routine bath time, a young boy is joined by a wild bunch of messy and amusing animals in this picture book. "Tommy O'Tom / was taking a bath / when in walked a hippo--and then a giraffe." So begins this comical story; soon, these creatures climb into the tub and a flamingo, zebra, and elephant shortly join them. They whimsically splash around, take note of interesting bathroom features, write on the mirror, and track mud and feathers. When Hippo complains that the water's too cold, they turn on the shower, spraying it onto the wall. When Tommy's mom arrives, she's shocked by the mess. When he attempts to explain, he sees that "the animals had all disappeared!"
Belle (Freeda the Cheetah, 2017,etc.) has perfectly captured the imagination of children in this lively book. The opening lines set a bouncy limerick pattern that makes it very entertaining to read aloud, although in some places the anapestic meter isn't as clear. Thankfully, the author successfully avoids awkward, forced rhymes. Motz's (The Ocean's Power, 2018, etc.) precise illustrations are vivid, offering humorous details, particularly characters' facial expressions. Colored text, corresponding with each character's dialogue, adds interest and will help children follow the story. A delightful read-aloud book with sharp illustrations and energetic text. -Kirkus Reviews
', 'Profits from Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble benefit the World Wildlife Fund. #togetherpossible']","rejected":"Title: Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy (Zeuthen Lectures)\nDescription: ['', 'The field of modern political economics needed this book. We now have an outstanding teaching tool, a splendid reference book, and a coherent treatment of the field. Persson and Tabellini have done a great service to the profession.', 'Analytical models of political institutions frequently neglect the economy. Theories of economic policy making often ignore political institutions altogether. Political Economics, a bold and original enterprise, leads a new wave of more thoroughly synthetic treatments. Reading this superb book is an enriching experience.', 'During the last decade, Persson and Tabellini have done more than advance the frontier of research in political economics; they have elevated to a new level the art of writing survey articles that simultaneously clarify, synthesize, and extend the literature. Here they have combined all these skills in an outstanding book.', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Captive in the Dark: The Dark Duet\nDescription: [\"Captive in the Dark is CJ Roberts' debut novel. Prior to trying her hand at writing, she served ten years as an enlisted person in the United States Air Force. Originally from North Hollywood, California, she currently resides in Rapid City, South Dakota with her husband and daughter.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Atlanta's Real Women\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rogue Queen (The Hundredth Queen)\nDescription: ['', 'King delivers a fiery fantasy-adventure in her fast-paced third installment to the Hundredth Queen series. The Rogue Queen moves the series main action from a tournament to a large-scale war, injecting a feeling of freshness and vitality to the Hundredth Queen booksKalindas crusade to save and unite her empire, regardless of the cost, will leave readers on the edge of their seats. Booklist', 'The Rogue Queen exposes new angles on established ideas and stories that make it a really enjoyable novel. It has the perfect amount of action and strategic planning, as well as a healthy dose of female empowerment. Fans of the series certainly wont be disappointed with this new installment and, by the end of it, will be cheering Bring on The Warrior Queen! Hypable', 'This book is all high-stakes action and magic. The characters come alive even more Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick)', '', '', 'Emily R. King is a writer of fantasy and the author of The Hundredth Queen Series. Born in Canada and raised in the United States, she is a shark advocate, a consumer of gummy bears, and an islander at heart, but her greatest interests are her four children. Emily is a member of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators and an active participant in her local writers community. She lives in Northern Utah with her family and their cantankerous cat. Visit her at www.emilyrking.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beyond Politics\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Seraphina\nDescription: ['A New York Times Bestseller An Indie Bestseller
An Amazon Top 20 Teen Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Library Journal Best Young Adult Literature for Adults Selection
A Booklist Editors\\' Choice
An ABA Top 10 Kids\\' Indie Next List Selection
An ABC New Voices Pick
Nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction
Winner of the Cybil Award for Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction
A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author
An ALA-ALSC Notable Children\\'s Book
An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Books
Winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award
A YALSA Teens Top Ten Nominee
Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon: \"Beautifully written, well-rounded characters, and some of the most interesting dragons I\\'ve read in fantasy for a long while. An impressive debut novel; I can\\'t wait to see what Rachel Hartman writes next.\"
Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of the Temeraire series: \"A book worth hoarding, as glittering and silver-bright as dragon scales, with a heroine who insists on carving herself a place in your mind.\"
Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of the Beka Cooper series: \"Seraphina is strong, complex, talented--she makes mistakes and struggles to trust, with good reason, and she fights to survive in a world that would tear her apart. I love this book!\"
Alison Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of Eon and Eona: \"A wonderful mix of thrilling story, fascinating characters, and unique dragonlore. I loved being in Seraphina\\'s world!\"
Ellen Kushner, World Fantasy Award-winning author: \"Just when you thought there was nothing new to say about dragons, it turns out there is, and plenty! Rachel Hartman\\'s rich invention never fails to impress--and to convince. It\\'s smart and funny and original, and has characters I will follow to the ends of the earth.\" The Washington Post, July 3, 2012: “Full of grace and gravitas. Readers loath to turn the last page of this lush, intricately plotted fantasy will rejoice in the knowledge of next summer’s as-yet-untitled sequel.” Entertainment Weekly.com, June 19, 2012: \"A novel that will appeal to both fans of Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series and Robin McKinley’s The Hero and the Crown.\" io9.com, September 21, 2012: \"Seraphina makes dragons fascinating once again.\"
SheKnows.com, June 19, 2012: \"A beautifully-written fantasy debut about a young girl\\'s journey to gain acceptance of herself.\" Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2012: “In Hartman’s splendid prose debut, humans and dragons—who can take human form but not human feeling—have lived in uneasy peace for 40 years.
The dragons could destroy the humans, but they are too fascinated by them. As musician Seraphina describes it, attempting to educate the princess, humans are like cockroaches to dragons, but interesting. As the anniversary of the treaty approaches, things fall apart: The crown prince has been murdered, anti-dragon sentiment is rising, and in the midst of it all, an awkward, gifted, observant girl unexpectedly becomes central to everything. Hartman has remixed her not-so-uncommon story and pseudo-Renaissance setting into something unexpected, in large part through Seraphina’s voice. By turns pedantic, lonely, scared, drily funny and fierce, Seraphina brings readers into her world and imparts details from the vast (a religion of saints, one of whom is heretical) to the minute (her music, in beautifully rendered detail). The wealth of detail never overwhelms, relayed as it is amid Seraphina’s personal journey; half-human and half-dragon, she is anathema to all and lives in fear. But her growing friendship with the princess and the princess’ betrothed, plus her unusual understanding of both humans and dragons, all lead to a poignant and powerful acceptance of herself.
Dragon books are common enough, but this one is head and talons above the rest.\" Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 6, 2012: \"In this complex, intrigue-laden fantasy, which establishes Hartman as an exciting new talent, readers are introduced to a world in which dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce, with dragons taking human form, dwelling among their former enemies, and abiding by a strict set of protocols. Sixteen-year-old Seraphina, assistant to the court composer, hides a secret that could have her ostracized or even killed: she’s half-dragon, against all rules and social codes. Along with the distinctive scales she keeps hidden, she has a mind filled with misshapen personalities whose nature she doesn’t quite grasp. As Seraphina navigates the complicated politics of a court where human-dragon relations are growing ever more fragile following a royal murder, she has to come to terms with her true nature and powers, the long-dormant memories her mother hid within her, and her growing affection for charming prince Lucian. There’s a lot to enjoy in Hartman’s debut, from the admirably resourceful heroine and intriguing spin on dragons to the intricately described medievalesque setting and emphasis on music and family.\" Starred Review, Shelf Awareness, July 13, 2012: \"Rachel Hartman\\'s captivating debut novel explores the pains 16-year-old Seraphina suffers as an outsider as well as the rewards of excelling in something she loves.
In medieval Lavondaville, an uneasy truce exists between dragons and humans. Narrator Seraphina is the product of a dragon mother and a human father. Dragons can disguise themselves as humans, so everyone believes Seraphina to be entirely human. Only when Seraphina\\'s mother died in childbirth did Seraphina\\'s father learn her true nature. Her mother left Seraphina a gift of \"mind-pearls,\" memories triggered by specific events, and also her talent for music. Dragons are known for their technical skill, and that, together with the empathy Seraphina gained from her human father, makes her one of the finest musicians in the land. She has won a coveted position assisting the court composer.
After the death of Prince Rufus, in a manner suspiciously like a dragon\\'s preferred means (decapitation), tensions run high between humans and dragons. Seraphina\\'s position at court exposes her to aspects of both dragon and human societies. When she decides to trust Prince Lucian with her suspicions about Prince Rufus\\'s killer, they embark on a journey that tests her loyalties and strength, and also awakens Seraphina\\'s feelings for him.
In this first of two planned books, Hartman creates a world simultaneously strange and familiar. Her dragons are as magnetic as her human characters. Teens will readily identify with Seraphina\\'s conflicting desires: to please her family or to make her own future.\" Starred Review, Booklist, May 15, 2012: \"Hartman proves dragons are still fascinating in this impressive high fantasy. Equal parts political thriller, murder mystery, bittersweet romance, and coming-of-age story, this is an uncommonly good fantasy... An exciting new series to watch.\"
Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, July/August 2012: “To the innovative concept and high action, add Seraphina’s tentative romance with Kiggs, rich language lively with humor and sprinkled with an entire psaltery of saints and an orchestra’s worth of medieval instruments, and a political conspiracy aimed at breaking the dragon-human truce, and what you have is an outstanding debut from author-to-watch Hartman.”
Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children\\'s Books, September 2012: \"The medieval-esque world, filled with saints and dragons, is as deftly crafted as the characters themselves; Goredd has a distinct history, fraught with struggle and survival, and its residents reflect the conflicting ideologies and traditions that inform their world. Seraphina’s voice--passionate, wry, and wise--easily conveys her internal battle as a half-breed: the nonchalance of her self-loathing makes her struggle for identity even more heartbreaking. Secondary characters are given just as much nuance, and the romance between Seraphina and a bastard prince proceeds with believable hesitation and wariness, given the complications it will bring to both their lives... Readers will want to plan to return to this richly developed world to see where this intricate fantasy goes next.\"
Starred Review, Voice of Youth Advocates: \"Reading this novel is like falling into Alice\\'s rabbit hole and never wanting to come out. Fans of fantasy will devour this book, and with a little pushing, this novel could appeal to just about anyone who appreciates a fantastic read.\"
Starred Review, School Library Journal, August 1, 2012: “Hartman creates a rich story layered with intriguing characters and descriptive settings. This unique novel will surely appeal to fans of Christopher Paolini\\'s \"Eragon\" books and wherever readers enjoy fantasies.”
Bookpage “[Hartman\\'s] world-building is so detailed and well-integrated, one wonders if they truly exist somewhere. An engaging and innovative fantasy that uses the plights of dragons and humans as an allegory for the real prejudices we all must face.”
From the Hardcover edition.', 'As a child, RACHEL HARTMAN played cello and lip-synched Mozart operas with her sisters. The famous Renaissance song \"Mille Regretz\" first moved Rachel to write a fantasy novel rooted in music, but her inspiration didn\\'t end there. She wrote Seraphina while listening to medieval Italian polyphony, Breton bagpipe-rock, prog metal, Latin American baroque, and Irish sean nós. Rachel Hartman lives with her family in Vancouver BC.']","rejected":"Title: I Can Too!: Cancer Kids Can Too, Asian American Series\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blackstone\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: HISTORY OF THE 15TH THE KING’S HUSSARS 1914-1922: History Of The 15Th The King?S Hussars 1914-1922\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Double Vision\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Earthen vessels\nDescription: ['The copyright from 1942 was transferred to the author before this reprint. NO PRINT DATE LISTED on this REPRINT.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cinder\nDescription: ['', \"Singing mice and glass slippers are replaced with snarky androids and mechanical feet in this richly imagined and darkly subversive retelling of Cinderella.' BCCB\", 'This is one buzzed novel that totally delivers. Stacked Books Blog', 'I absolutely loved Cinder. Marissa took a well known story and created an amazingly fantastic new twist, making this it an all together new story. Between the Covers Blog', \"Cinder is loads of fun--mostly due to seeing a familiar story play out in a new setting, but Cinder herself is also a tough, smart, mouthy, resourceful heroine, so spending almost 400 pages with her is completely enjoyable--and I'm totally, totally looking forward to the next one in the series. Bookshelves of Doom\", 'Terrific. Los Angeles Times', 'Author Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairy tale genre with a sci-fi twist on Cinderella. The Seattle Times', 'Debut author Meyer ingeniously incorporates key elements of the fairy tale into this first series entry. Horn Book Magazine', \"What they [readers] do not know until they begin turning the pages of this fable-turned-dystopian-science-fiction novel, is that Meyer's embellishments create a spellbinding story of their own. VOYA\", \"First in the Lunar Chronicles series, this futuristic twist on Cinderella retains just enough of the original that readers will enjoy spotting the subtle similarities. But debut author Meyer's brilliance is in sending the story into an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension. Publishers Weekly, starred review\", \"Fairy tales are becoming all the rage, with the TV shows Once Upon a Time and Grimm spinning them through a modern filter. The 26-year-old Meyer's debut novel Cinder, though, combines a classic folk tale with hints of The Terminator and Star Wars in the first book of The Lunar Chronicles young-adult series due out Jan. 3. USAToday.com\", \"Cinderella is a cyborg in this futuristic take on the fairy tale, the first book in Ms. Meyer's planned 'Lunar Chronicles' series. Wall Street Journal, in a round-up called After Harry Potter: The Search for the Magic Formula\", 'This series opener and debut offers a high coolness factor by rewriting Cinderella as a kickass mechanic in a plague-ridden future. Kirkus Reviews', \"There's a lot of moving parts in this fresh spin on Cinderella,' the first in a four-book series. Booklist\", '', '', \"Marissa Meyer was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, home of Almond Roca and Stadium High School, which was made famous when Heath Ledger danced down the stadium steps in 10 Things I Hate About You. Marissa didn't actually go to Stadium High School, but she did attend Pacific Lutheran University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. She still lives in Tacoma, now with her husband. Cinder is her YA debut.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Old Time Tunes For Fiddle and Mandolin, Volume 1\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Darkfever\nDescription: [\"Drawing on elements from the paranormal world that bestseller Moning (Spell of the Highlander) created in her earlier romances, this suspense novel takes readers on a darker journey, one dominated by the search for a powerful Faery magic and bereft of the romantic magic Moning's fans have come to expect. When MacKayla Lane, an ordinary young woman, travels to Ireland to track down her sister's murderer, she is sucked into an extraordinary world filled with ancient secrets, vampires, assorted Fae nasties and other tough-to-kill beings. In the process, Mac learns of her own unusual talents and finds an unlikely mentor in the wealthy and mysterious Jericho Barrons. Moning's newest foray contains suspense and plenty of setup. Indeed, this reads like a fragment of a larger story, an introduction to character and place that, while entertaining, skims the surface. But it's a compelling world filled with mystery and vivid characters, and this, combined with the hint of sparks between Jericho and Mac, will stoke readers' fervor for Bloodfever, the next installment. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'MacKayla \"Mac\" Lane is a small-town southern girl living a life of suntans and shopping. All that changes when her sister dies in Ireland and a cryptic message on Mac\\'s cell phone raises disturbing questions about the nature of her sister\\'s death. Mac follows the lead to Dublin and the strange life her sister led, on to the darkly dangerous book-dealer Jericho Barrons, and a burgeoning war with deadly Fae that humankind doesn\\'t even realize has begun. Time-travel-romance maven Moning reshapes her Celtic lore for a radically different and engaging new dark fantasy series. Mac\\'s first-person narrative is more than point of view; it\\'s a true recounting of how a sheltered young girl grows to accept the role fate has dealt her. And while moments of sexual awareness hint that a relationship between Mac and Jericho could complicate matters in the future, wisely there is no full-blown romance here to distract from the complex introduction to Moning\\'s new world. Nina Davis Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']","rejected":"Title: How To Land A Job In The Music Industry: An essential guide for the modern musician\nDescription: ['Tomas Uribe is a Colombian entrepreneur, composer, bassist and developer, co-founder and CEO of Stereotheque, the platform where music students and emerging musicians can connect and network with top industry professionals and advance in their careers. Tomas has been an invited speaker at SXSW, MIT Innovators Under 35, MusicBiz, LakeFX and Colombia 4.0. He holds a BA in Music and Composition from Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and a Master of Arts in Media and Technology from The New School University (New York). With Stereotheque, he has been awarded by MIT Technology Review, the IADB, and IDARTES (Colombia), among other recognitions.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Bloodfever (Fever Series, Book 2)\nDescription: [' A Q&A with Karen Marie Moning', 'What inspired you to launch a new series? And what is the single greatest new twist in the Fever series that fans can expect to enjoy? Inspiration is a kind word. I didnt have a choice. Its the story idea that came and wouldnt go away. I think the single greatest new twist in the Fever series is that Mac is a continuing heroine, on a critical mission, who gets caught in a dangerous love-lust triangle with two of the most seductive men Ive written to date.', 'If you were casting the Fever series for television, who would be the ideal actress to play Mac. Why? Thats a tough one. I dont watch much television and what I do see is after the DVDs have been released, so Im woefully out of date. If backed to a wall I\\'d say Mac is one part George from Dead Like Me, one part Sara Pezzini from Witchblade and one part sweet southern belle who\\'s being forced to discover there\\'s steel under all that magnolia, after all.', 'You write vividly sexy scenes. You write thrilling suspense plots. Do you find any one part of crafting these novels more challenging than another? I find them equally challenging. The suspense plots have to be tightly constructed and seamlessly interwoven through the five books of the Fever series, which makes for a lot to keep up with, what to reveal, what not to reveal, how and when. The sexy scenes are very intimate and I dont shy away from detail, which demands both total immersion and separation of self to write. There are some \"sexy\" scenes in this series that are far more disturbing than seductive and those are among the most difficult to write. I hope if I\\'m squirming, wanting to rescue Mac, so is my reader.', 'Were you surprised at any point in the writing of Bloodfevermeaning did anything come up in the creative process that was not what you anticipated when you began Darkfever, the first novel in the series? In Faefever, the third book of the series, Mac says: \"Sometimes my dreams feel so real it\\'s hard to believe they\\'re just the subconscious\\'s stroll across a whimsical map that has no true north. Sometimes it seems like Dreaming must be a land that really exists out there somewhere, at a concrete latitude and longitude, with its own rules, laws, treacherous terrains and dangerous inhabitants.\" (She later finds out The Dreaming does, indeed, exist.) I feel the same about the Fever world. Its so complete to me, so vividly and exactingly detailed that I think it must really exist out there somewhere. Since the story came to me in toto, there have been very few, minor surprises.', 'If you could stand in a room with your heroesthe men from any of your novelsnot just the Fever novelswho would you most like to interview yourself? Why? What of the women? Men: The Unseelie King. Hes rumored to be a million years old. I want to know if hes sorry. Women: Queen Aoibheal. I want to know if shes really forgotten, or if shes just pretending.', 'Describe your writing routine when composing the Fever novels. The location varies but the schedule is the same. I write best in the morning when my subconscious is still simmering with images and metaphors from dreaming. I wrote Darkfeverin Georgia, and Bloodfever in Key West; all that sunshine was a nice counterpoint to the darkness of the story. I start early in the morning, usually around 4:30 or 5:00 and write until 11, break for a two-hour lunch and go back to it around 1. I use the afternoons to edit and work on other aspects of my business. Before I go to bed I block out the scene(s) I plan to write the next day so my subconscious can mull them over while I sleep.', 'When you arent writing your novels, what are you doing for fun? And what kinds of books or which authors are your favorites? Lately a lot of lying in the sunIm still in Key West and Im afraid Mac has rubbed off on me, or maybe its all the Jimmy Buffet they keep playing down here. Usually, however, Im not so sedentary. I love to work out, hike, bike, rollerblade, shop with my sisters, and travel with my husband and our cat, Moonshadow. I dont get nearly enough time to read. The most recent books I finished were the latest by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Charlaine Harris, and an early Dan Simmons.', 'And can you share a little sneak peek at whats coming after Bloodfever? The darkest hour is before dawn. It isnt dawn yet.
', '', \"Moning's latest feverish Fae dispatch (after Darkfever) finds that in Dublin the walls are coming down between Man and Faery. That means that the Buffy-like services of MacKayla Lanethe 22-year-old Georgia-born sidhe-seer (or one who can see the Fae) and slayerare required. Mac is determined to kick the nasties back to faeryland and to avenge her sister Alina's murder by the Fae's dark Lord Master. She's also seeking the sinister Sinsar Dubh, a book of black magic. Jericho Barrons, Mac's enigmatic protector, is a purveyor of books and antiquities (and of course, is a major hunk). As Mac takes direction from Jericho, she must resist the sexy dangers of V'lane, a death-by-sex Fae, and learn about her true family of Irish sidhe-seers. Moning's delectable Mac is breathlessly appealing, and the wild perils she must endure are peppered with endless conundrums. The results are addictively dark, erotic and even shocking.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hua Mulan - Firefly World Classic Fairy Tales Bilingual Picture Book (Chinese Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden)\nDescription: ['Gr 8 Up-In Kagawa\\'s postapocalyptic dystopia, vampires reign. Allison Sekemoto, 17, and her unregistered gang live in the shabby Fringe of New Covington while vampires rule the Inner City with their human pets, drinking blood donated by their Registered subjects. Unregistered humans roam without meal tickets or the Prince\\'s protection, prone to arbitrary violence and starvation. In an act of desperation, Allie and her friends venture into the rabid-infested ruins surrounding the city in search of ancient, abandoned food hoards. As clouds roll in heavy with rain, the troupe is ambushed by rabids (Red Lung-infected vampires) and all are brutally murdered. Lying ravaged with death fast approaching, Allie accepts an unexpected offer of immortality from Kanin, joining the blood-sucking race that destroyed her family. His guidance and Allie\\'s defiance clash with the vampire\\'s ugly past, leaving her to wander a land swarming with rabids in search of a cure for Rabidism and her own Vampirism. The zealous heroine\\'s characterization as an anarchist and independent thinker resonates along with classic YA themes of identity and belonging. Her ironic romance with a young man named Ezekiel adds a softer tone to a dynamic and perilous quest. Kagawa devotees can expect lots of bloody carnage in the upcoming movie, as \"The Blood of Eden\" series has already been optioned by Palomar Pictures.-Jamie-Lee Schombs, Loyola School, New York City(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Allie is a terrific heroine-tough, pragmatic, yet sympathetic-and readers will be hungry to see where her story goes. Kagawa wraps excellent writing and skillful plotting around a well-developed concept and engaging characters, resulting in a fresh and imaginative thrill-ride that deserves a wide audience.', '-- *Starred* Publishers Weekly review
\"Action packed, rife with drama and moral', 'quandaries, and laced with an impossible romance, this first in the Blood of Eden series will hit the mark', 'with readers who like some supernatural in their dystopias and don\\'t mind a bloody sword fight.\" -- Booklist
\"Allie\\'s a smart, strong and compelling heroine, and readers will gladly join her for this adrenaline-rich ride.\"', '-- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Deep Down Popular: A Wish Novel\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Faefever (Fever, Book 3)\nDescription: [\"Urban Celtic fantasy slides down a dark, depressing slope in bestseller Moning's third Fever thriller (after Bloodfever), centered on a hunt for the Sinsar Dubh, a black magic book more than a million years old. As All Hallow's Eve in Dublin approaches, the walls between the human world and Faery verge on collapse. Can former Georgia peach MacKayla Mac Lane prevent a total invasion of the Unseelie Court? Originally intent on avenging her sister Alina's murder committed by Unseelie Lord Master, Mac's now a power-player in the war between the Seelie (good Fae) and Unseelie (bad Fae), after learning she's a Celtic sidhe-seeker who can sniff out OOPS (Objects of Power). Meanwhile, the attractive V'Lane, a death-by-sex Fae, wants Mac's help in securing the Sinsar Dubh for his Seelie queen, Aoibheal. At the end, erotic shocks await Mac in Dublin's vast Dark Zone, setting up feverishif waryexpectations for the next installment. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'The third installment in Moning\\'s popular Fever series (Darkfever; Bloodfever) finds sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane continuing to adjust to her powers and her new life in Dublin. Though she now knows who killed her sister Alina, she\\'s no closer to the vengeance she craves, and the information she collects about the fae and their relics leads to further questions. Unsure of whom she can trust, Mac further develops her sidhe-seeing skills, taking some unexpected detours into darker territory along the way. Secondary characters from the earlier novels, including sidhe-seer Rowena and \"death-by-sex\" fae V\\'Lane, are prominently featured, and there\\'s plenty of action and sexual tension keeping the battle between good and evil moving forward. An abrupt cliff-hanger ending and a number of unresolved plot points ensure that the series will continue. This series is a good bet for readers of Nora Roberts\\'s paranormal-tinged titles, who will appreciate Mac\\'s tough yet tender character. Recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/08.]Nanette Wargo Donohue, Champaign P.L., IL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Superpower\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dreamfever\nDescription: ['Give yourself a treat and read outside the box.Charlaine Harris, on Darkfever
From the Paperback edition.', 'Karen Marie Moning is the New York Times bestselling author of the Fever series, featuring MacKayla Lane, and the award-winning Highlander series. She has a bachelors degree in society and law from Purdue University and is currently working on a new series set in the Fever world and a graphic novel featuring MacKayla Lane.
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The author captures the emotions and feelings of a seventeen-year-old girl very well and makes her angst, her emotional health, and her rebellious nature tangible to readers. There are some heartrending moments in the story and it captures the emotional and difficult issues faced by a teenager in a real and relatable way. All the characters in the story, however brief some of them are, manage to leave an impact. The subtle message of the importance of having a loving and supportive family runs through the story as we get to see Anna going through her extremely difficult phases.
The narration is detailed and, at certain places, the starkness of the weather and nature blends with the emotions of Anna and her inner turmoil. In many places emotions run high and they are palpable to readers. Whether it is Dr. Ellison, Anna's mother, or the other characters in the book, they all complement the plot to make it effective and the author handles the emotions of every single member of the family with compassion. It is a story about acceptance and love, and is a compelling read.\", \"The inspiration for Anna, the teenaged heroine, came through personal and professional experiences. A teacher for twenty years taught me a lot about the basic emotional needs of children, teens, and adults.Just Like Ziggyis set in the 1980s, but because of the unfortunate stigma that continues to follow mental health issues of today, Anna's journey remains relevant to today's readers.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Magic Bullet\nDescription: ['A medical researcher is stunned to learn that the blood of a 15-year-old boy could contain a miraculous (and near-instantaneous) cure for cancer. But Dr. Allan Parker didnt count on becoming the boys sole protector, or on risking his own life to keep the boy out of the clutches of a ruthless mobster, who will do whatever it takes to save his own, cancer-stricken life. This is a typically fast-paced thriller from genre veteran Neiderman, populated by realistic characters and propelled by a fresh and exciting plot. The two leads are particularly well drawn: Parker, the dedicated medical man caught up in something he is not sure he can handle, and young Taylor Peterson, the resourceful and smart teenager whos forced to grow up a lot quicker than he had anticipated. A very good, very tight thriller that deserves a wide audience. --David Pitt']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Pucked\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Tranquility: Designs to Inspire Your Creative Genius\nDescription: ['At Be Happy Coloring Books we are all about bringing you some of the best artwork from around the world. Our goal is to inspire your creative genius within, and we do this through our many variations of coloring books for adults. We offer stress relieving patterns, relaxing mandalas and mosaics, geometric designs, stained glass, beautiful faces, fancy flowers, inspiring affirmations, amazing animals and so much more. So come and explore the many wonders of coloring books for grownups.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Catching Caden\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: They Call Me Retard\nDescription: ['Charlene Iverson has been writing since she was a teenager. She has published twenty books, over three hundred articles and several poems. She is also an artist who specializes in landscapes and the abstract. She is married to Howard Iverson. They have two daughters, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. They love animals and have three cats.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Folsom (The End of Men) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Garden Renovation: Transform Your Yard Into the Garden of Your Dreams\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: When I See You\\nDescription: ['\\\"...Jordan and Brock have an inordinate amount of bad karma going on...What pulls this story out ofthe hellish mire it could be stuck in, is this amazing thread of almost palpable hope that winds its waythrough the narrative...\\\" Dana Burness - Let\\\\'s Book It
\\\"When I See Youis yet another brilliant romance in which Katherine Owen proves that, not only can she create excellent characters, but she can put them through the wringer and make them come out on the other side as even better characters...\\\" Ellen Fritz - Books4Tomorrow
\\\"I love a book that touches my heart and keeps me thinking about the characters long after I haveturned the last page.When I See Youis exactly that kind of book.\\\" Cheles Bells - A Belle\\\\'s Tales
\\\"...I knew going into this book that it wouldn\\\\'t be a heart and flowers type of story. When I See You is emotionally charged and I felt every single moment.\\\" The Autumn Review ', ' Onehusband, one boy, one girl, two cats, and the ashes of one goldenretriever who was loved well. Friends and family that are a bit on thedysfunctional side tends to lend to my active imagination quite nicely,providing me with concrete examples for my fiction. I spent a long while in high tech sales and spent money like Evian water and racked upuseless stock options. In pursuit of a long-held dream, I gave up thehigh tech corporate life and now devote myself to writing fictionfull-time. I write love stories that tend to be edgy and dark and#Iwillmakeyoucry. If you're not offended by the gentle sprinkling ofswear words at what are 'necessary junctures', we're bound to be bestfriends. This way to my world: katherineowen(dot)net. xoxo KO
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From the Hardcover edition.', \\\"Chapter One
November 1918
Nancy Kerris bent over the young man in the bed and put gentle fingers round his wrist. Odd to feel such a tiny flutter in such a strong brown arm -- odd to see that his lips were purplish blue and that the tanned face looked suddenly yellow -- almost as yellow as his hair. For one heart-stopping moment she did not know what to do; then previous experience, and her training, told her that she must get help -- and quickly. She knew the patient had been badly wounded only a matter of a day or so before the Armistice had been signed and now, with a jolt of horror, she realised he was almost certainly haemorrhaging internally. But the gasp which rose to her lips never left them; if you panicked a patient, Sister Saunders said, he could die from fear. No, what she must do was get help and get it quickly.
She laid his hand down on the bed covers and smiled reassuringly into the bloodless face. 'You'll be fine, soldier, but I think maybe your bandage is loosening,' she said, in her most matter-of-fact voice. 'I'll just fetch Dr Amis . . .'
Nancy moved away from the bed, walking with a gliding, rapid step, which was the next best thing to a run, because Sister did not approve of her nurses running, or not on the wards at any rate. 'If you need help urgently,' she told her staff, 'then run as fast as you like along the corridors but not on the wards themselves; is that understood?'
So now Nancy went out of the tent flap -- this was a makeshift emergency hospital from which the wounded men would presently be transferred to proper hospitals in England -- and, as soon as she was out of sight of the patients, broke into a fast run. A nurse coming towards her turned in her tracks to accompany her, saying as she did so: 'What's up, Nancy? Can I help?'
It was Jess Williams, her best friend, and Nancy spoke rapidly. 'Tent three, fourth bed from the door, haemorrhaging. I'm going to get a doctor; can you lay up a trolley, fetch instruments and so on?'
She did not wait for a reply, knowing Jess was both skilful and competent, but ran on, hearing her friend's hasty footsteps fading in the opposite direction. Seconds later, she was explaining the problem to Dr Amis and turning to accompany him back to the tent she had just left. Obedient to the strictures laid upon them, both doctor and nurse eased their pace to a steady walk as they entered the ward. Already it was clear that Jess had found a blood match between the patient and the young man in the next bed, and had obtained the necessary equipment to do a transfusion. Dr Amis nodded to Jess and spoke softly to the would-be donor, explaining the procedure he was about to carry out, and the young man nodded. Before Dr Amis could ask, Nancy had leaned across the trolley and handed him the appropriate scalpel, then watched as the doctor inserted the tube into the dying man's wrist. Only after that was satisfactorily in place did he make the long incision in the donor's arm. The boy went white but he grinned at Nancy, then switched his gaze to the tubing through which his blood had begun to run steadily into the pint bottle Jess was holding up. Nancy knew that the bottle contained a measured amount of sodium citrate solution to stop the blood from clotting and saw Jess giving the bottle a little shake every few minutes as the blood ran down the other length of tubing into the patient's arm. The donor lay with his forearm supported on a board, and the doctor gently reminded him to keep opening and closing his fist on the piece of rolled-up bandage in his hand in order to facilitate the blood flow.
The young man nodded. Nancy averted her fascinated gaze from the five-inch slit the doctor had cut in his arm and smoothed the damp hair from his forehead. He was only a boy, probably no more than seventeen or eighteen, yet he had volunteered to help another man without a second's hesitation. As she watched, he turned his eyes up towards her and gave her a beaming smile. 'Look at the feller's face,' he whispered. 'He were yellowy-grey two minutes ago, and to tell you the truth I thought he were a goner. But as soon as the blood started to flow, his colour began to come back. Ain't blood a wonderful thing, nurse?'
Nancy, agreeing that it was, caught Jess's eye and they exchanged smiles. To save a life is always sweet and both girls knew that their prompt action had probably done so on this occasion.
Presently the pair were dismissed and made their way towards their sleeping quarters. They were extremely tired, having just worked a double shift, and Nancy guessed that Jess, too, longed to get what rest they could before they went back on duty. Despite her tiredness, however, Nancy could not help remembering that other young man, the one to whom she had been engaged to be married. He had died two years previously, when transfusing blood had been in its infancy; died in her arms, because no one had realised -- until too late -- that he, too, was haemorrhaging internally from a bayonet wound. She, who had loved Graham Peters to distraction, had knelt on the floor by his bed and held him in her arms whilst his life ebbed slowly away. He had looked up at her wonderingly out of tired blue eyes and she knew she would never forget his last words. 'You've grown so tiny, my love,' he whispered. 'So tiny that I could hang you on a chain round my neck; then I would have you with me for always.'
Before she could answer him, Graham's head had slumped forward on to his chest and she had felt the faint flutter of his heartbeat simply cease as though it had never been.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dirty Ugly Toy\\nDescription: [\\\"K Webster is the author of dozens of romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she's active on social media connecting with her readers. Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen. You can easily find K Webster on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads! Website: www.authorkwebster.com Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bllgoP\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Systems Archetype Basics: From Story to Structure\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dragon Marked (Supernatural Prison)\\nDescription: ['', 'Jaymin Eve is the USA Today bestselling author of the Walker Saga, a young adult paranormal series, as well as the Supernatural Prison series. She lives on the beautiful Gold Coast of Australia with her family and spends most of her time on the beach. When she isnt trying to wrangle two daughters, a puppy, and her husband, she can be found hiding in a corner writing her stories. Visit her online at www.jaymineve.com.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Glasow's gloombusters\\nDescription: ['Book by Glasow, Arnold H', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Unrequited\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Elihu Washburne: The Diary and Letters of America's Minister to France During the Siege and Commune of Paris\\nDescription: ['Elihu Washburne was the eloquent witness to one of the most horrifying sieges of the 19th century. Thanks to the archival and editorial wizardry of Michael Hill, Washburnes long-forgotten account of the Siege and Commune of Paris is available at lasta terrific and mesmerizing read.\\\" (Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn)
Michael Hill has made superb use of Elihu Washburnes private diaries to bring us an unforgettable story of starvation, conflict, butchery and upheaval in the beleaguered Paris of the 1870sand of the principled, courageous American who survived and recorded it all. (Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989)
Elihu Washburne was the American ambassador to Paris but he might as well have been the ambassador to Hell. As Mike Hill shows us by skillfully editing and commenting on the ambassadors diary and personal letters, Washburne, a brave and sensitive man, was caught up in one of civilizations great disasters: the siege of Paris by the Prussian army in 1870-1871 and the even more awful grip of the Paris Commune that followed. A gripping, well-told tale. (Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945)
Michael Hills engrossing, ground-breaking and fascinating book is both a journey of discoverythe amazing diaries and letters of Elihu Washburne, the American Minister to France during the Siege and the Commune of Parisand a wonderful portrait of the man who discovered Ulysses S. Grant, was one of Lincolns closest collaborators, and set a benchmark for American diplomats in terms of courage and the alleviation of human suffering in a moment of great danger and crisis. It is riveting reading for anyone who loves history. (Michael Korda, author of Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia)
\\\"A plucky spirit and revolutionary sympathy emerge from these richly detailed dispatches by Americas intrepid minister to France during the Franco-Prussian War. . . . Evocative, immensely readable. . . . A wealth of historical and personal detail builds a suspenseful story.\\\" (Kirkus Reviews)', 'Michael Hill worked in politics and government before establishing himself as an independent historical researcher. He was a co-producer for Ken Burnss The Civil War series for PBS, a coordinating producer for the Baseball series, and served as a historical consultant for the HBO production of David McCulloughs John Adams. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
David McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a master of the art of narrative history and a matchless writer. He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, twice winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian award.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Raw\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Soil Science\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 27 Truths: Ava's Story (The Truth About Love) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Approaching My Literature, Volume 1: Readings from the Hungarian Exilic Experience\\nDescription: ['\\\"Peter Hargitai is a remarkably versatile and humanely touching poet with a truly distinctive style and voice. These deeply probing intellectual poems exhibit an impressive range and vivacity of genres.\\\" Laurence Lieberman, Poetry Editor, University of Illinois Press
', '', 'Peter Hargitai is a Senior Lecturer in English at Florida International University. He has been teaching Writing, Rhetoric and Literature for four decades. As a poet, author and translator, he has garnered numerous literary awards including the Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Fust Milan Award from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal from the Republic of Hungary. He is a member of PEN (Writers in Exile).', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 27 Lies: Luke's story (The Truth About Love) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fifty Years in Chains or the Life of an American Slave\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Deliver\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure (TEAMS Middle English Texts)\\nDescription: ['Larry Benson was a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, specializing in Chaucer and Middle English. Edward E. Foster was a Professor at Grinnell College in Iowa. He delighted in teaching classes in the Humanities Core, in Old and Middle English poetry, and in the history of the English language.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Queen Heir (NYC Mecca Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Perfectly Oblivious (The Perfect Series)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dragon's Lair (Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Chantal has a magical way with Alpha males. This book has great chemistry and intrigue. I was swept up in the storyline.\\\" (-Pepper Winters, NYT & USA Today Best Selling author)
\\\"The snark and sass between Dex and Faye is hilarious....Fernando’s launch of her Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series is plenty steamy. For fans of Kristin Ashley, Julie Ann Walker, and Joanna Wylde, and those who are heartbroken that television’s Sons of Anarchy has ended.\\\" (Booklist Online)
\\\"Chantal Fernando knows how to draw you in and keep you hooked. Dragon’s Lair is a biker book unlike any other, proving a bad ass chick can tame even the wildest of men. A heroine for the strong-willed women and an MC of hot bikers not to be missed.\\\" (-Angela Graham, New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author)', 'Chantal Fernando is the New York Times bestselling author of the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series, the Cursed Raven Motorcycle Club series, and the Maybe series, along with several other novels. She lives in Western Australia, where she is working on her next book. Find her online at AuthorChantalFernando.com, and on Twitter and Facebook.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Nintendo: The Company and Its Founders (Technology Pioneers)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: ENDOHUMAN: Love Vs Duty: Book 1\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Arachne Rising: The Thirteenth Sign of the Zodiac\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Heat: An alpha male criminal Romance (Hotter Than Hell Novel) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['"A 5* read and I will be on the lookout for more"-AbFab Book Reviews
"What happens when good and bad mix?? EXPLOSIONS!!!"-MichelleLoves to Read
"It was funny, gritty, and sexy as hell. HollyS. Roberts is def on my authors to watch list!"-JJ Book Bangers
"4.5 Stars out of 5"-D.M. Duncan, reviewer', 'Here's a sneak peek: I once asked my mother whatfirst attracted her to my father. She said it was his eyes--the kindness in hiseyes. To understand Moon's eyes you need to see the complete package.
His mind is sharp; he easily reads people. He reads me like he sees inside mymind and plucks out my thoughts.
His skin is smoke; it's the only way to describe it now that I've had some timeto look at him. If I knew nothing about him and saw him on the street, I wouldthink Hawaiian or Samoan.
He's exotic and his eyes grab you. Blue eyes have never been my thing. And theword "kind" can't be used in conjunction with Moon's eyes. They'reintense--treacherous--deadly. Then sometimes, when he looks at me, they gosteamy hot. The kind of hot that says I want to lick you from the bottom to thetop and then eat you slowly. So slowly, you won't stop screaming until you'recompletely undone.
I'm an ex-cop and will always have a cop's heart.
Moon's a criminal and controls a criminal empire. I want him and it's playinghavoc with my soul.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: LIKE JUDGMENT DAY, The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood (Movie Tie-In to ROSEWOOD)\\nDescription: [\\\"On New Year's Day 1923, a mob of white men descended on Rosewood, Florida, to avenge an act that was only rumored to be true. The mob burned houses, killed many black men and women, and drove the rest of the small town's inhabitants away forever. This book contains the complete text of Like Judgment Day, Michael D'Orso's historical account of the Rosewood massacre, and An Essay on Rosewood by John Singleton, who directed the film Rosewood. With skillful storytelling and the detailed eye of an historian, D'Orso relates this gripping tale of a dark moment in America's history. Singleton's essay helps underscore the aftermath of this tragedy, which is evidenced in the ruined lives and shattered dreams of the people of Rosewood. It is a powerful story of ruin and redemption that still resonates more than half a century later.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble\\nDescription: ['
Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble is a delightful picture book for both parents and children, bringing an element of wonder into the familiar setting of bath time. Children are bound to relate to this imaginative story, in which Tommy seems about to be reprimanded for something he didn't do (or did he?). The story is enhanced by colorful, humorous illustrations that include animated expressions of Tommy and his newfound friends. The illustrator also provides fun details, such as the flowered wallpaper, and dirty footprints and puddles on the bathroom floor... a delightful story--one that adds a whimsical touch to the otherwise routine ritual of bath time. -BlueInk Review (2/8/18)
During a routine bath time, a young boy is joined by a wild bunch of messy and amusing animals in this picture book. "Tommy O'Tom / was taking a bath / when in walked a hippo--and then a giraffe." So begins this comical story; soon, these creatures climb into the tub and a flamingo, zebra, and elephant shortly join them. They whimsically splash around, take note of interesting bathroom features, write on the mirror, and track mud and feathers. When Hippo complains that the water's too cold, they turn on the shower, spraying it onto the wall. When Tommy's mom arrives, she's shocked by the mess. When he attempts to explain, he sees that "the animals had all disappeared!"
Belle (Freeda the Cheetah, 2017,etc.) has perfectly captured the imagination of children in this lively book. The opening lines set a bouncy limerick pattern that makes it very entertaining to read aloud, although in some places the anapestic meter isn't as clear. Thankfully, the author successfully avoids awkward, forced rhymes. Motz's (The Ocean's Power, 2018, etc.) precise illustrations are vivid, offering humorous details, particularly characters' facial expressions. Colored text, corresponding with each character's dialogue, adds interest and will help children follow the story. A delightful read-aloud book with sharp illustrations and energetic text. -Kirkus Reviews
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Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon: \\\"Beautifully written, well-rounded characters, and some of the most interesting dragons I\\\\'ve read in fantasy for a long while. An impressive debut novel; I can\\\\'t wait to see what Rachel Hartman writes next.\\\"
Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of the Temeraire series: \\\"A book worth hoarding, as glittering and silver-bright as dragon scales, with a heroine who insists on carving herself a place in your mind.\\\"
Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of the Beka Cooper series: \\\"Seraphina is strong, complex, talented--she makes mistakes and struggles to trust, with good reason, and she fights to survive in a world that would tear her apart. I love this book!\\\"
Alison Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of Eon and Eona: \\\"A wonderful mix of thrilling story, fascinating characters, and unique dragonlore. I loved being in Seraphina\\\\'s world!\\\"
Ellen Kushner, World Fantasy Award-winning author: \\\"Just when you thought there was nothing new to say about dragons, it turns out there is, and plenty! Rachel Hartman\\\\'s rich invention never fails to impress--and to convince. It\\\\'s smart and funny and original, and has characters I will follow to the ends of the earth.\\\" The Washington Post, July 3, 2012: “Full of grace and gravitas. Readers loath to turn the last page of this lush, intricately plotted fantasy will rejoice in the knowledge of next summer’s as-yet-untitled sequel.” Entertainment Weekly.com, June 19, 2012: \\\"A novel that will appeal to both fans of Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series and Robin McKinley’s The Hero and the Crown.\\\" io9.com, September 21, 2012: \\\"Seraphina makes dragons fascinating once again.\\\"
SheKnows.com, June 19, 2012: \\\"A beautifully-written fantasy debut about a young girl\\\\'s journey to gain acceptance of herself.\\\" Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2012: “In Hartman’s splendid prose debut, humans and dragons—who can take human form but not human feeling—have lived in uneasy peace for 40 years.
The dragons could destroy the humans, but they are too fascinated by them. As musician Seraphina describes it, attempting to educate the princess, humans are like cockroaches to dragons, but interesting. As the anniversary of the treaty approaches, things fall apart: The crown prince has been murdered, anti-dragon sentiment is rising, and in the midst of it all, an awkward, gifted, observant girl unexpectedly becomes central to everything. Hartman has remixed her not-so-uncommon story and pseudo-Renaissance setting into something unexpected, in large part through Seraphina’s voice. By turns pedantic, lonely, scared, drily funny and fierce, Seraphina brings readers into her world and imparts details from the vast (a religion of saints, one of whom is heretical) to the minute (her music, in beautifully rendered detail). The wealth of detail never overwhelms, relayed as it is amid Seraphina’s personal journey; half-human and half-dragon, she is anathema to all and lives in fear. But her growing friendship with the princess and the princess’ betrothed, plus her unusual understanding of both humans and dragons, all lead to a poignant and powerful acceptance of herself.
Dragon books are common enough, but this one is head and talons above the rest.\\\" Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 6, 2012: \\\"In this complex, intrigue-laden fantasy, which establishes Hartman as an exciting new talent, readers are introduced to a world in which dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce, with dragons taking human form, dwelling among their former enemies, and abiding by a strict set of protocols. Sixteen-year-old Seraphina, assistant to the court composer, hides a secret that could have her ostracized or even killed: she’s half-dragon, against all rules and social codes. Along with the distinctive scales she keeps hidden, she has a mind filled with misshapen personalities whose nature she doesn’t quite grasp. As Seraphina navigates the complicated politics of a court where human-dragon relations are growing ever more fragile following a royal murder, she has to come to terms with her true nature and powers, the long-dormant memories her mother hid within her, and her growing affection for charming prince Lucian. There’s a lot to enjoy in Hartman’s debut, from the admirably resourceful heroine and intriguing spin on dragons to the intricately described medievalesque setting and emphasis on music and family.\\\" Starred Review, Shelf Awareness, July 13, 2012: \\\"Rachel Hartman\\\\'s captivating debut novel explores the pains 16-year-old Seraphina suffers as an outsider as well as the rewards of excelling in something she loves.
In medieval Lavondaville, an uneasy truce exists between dragons and humans. Narrator Seraphina is the product of a dragon mother and a human father. Dragons can disguise themselves as humans, so everyone believes Seraphina to be entirely human. Only when Seraphina\\\\'s mother died in childbirth did Seraphina\\\\'s father learn her true nature. Her mother left Seraphina a gift of \\\"mind-pearls,\\\" memories triggered by specific events, and also her talent for music. Dragons are known for their technical skill, and that, together with the empathy Seraphina gained from her human father, makes her one of the finest musicians in the land. She has won a coveted position assisting the court composer.
After the death of Prince Rufus, in a manner suspiciously like a dragon\\\\'s preferred means (decapitation), tensions run high between humans and dragons. Seraphina\\\\'s position at court exposes her to aspects of both dragon and human societies. When she decides to trust Prince Lucian with her suspicions about Prince Rufus\\\\'s killer, they embark on a journey that tests her loyalties and strength, and also awakens Seraphina\\\\'s feelings for him.
In this first of two planned books, Hartman creates a world simultaneously strange and familiar. Her dragons are as magnetic as her human characters. Teens will readily identify with Seraphina\\\\'s conflicting desires: to please her family or to make her own future.\\\" Starred Review, Booklist, May 15, 2012: \\\"Hartman proves dragons are still fascinating in this impressive high fantasy. Equal parts political thriller, murder mystery, bittersweet romance, and coming-of-age story, this is an uncommonly good fantasy... An exciting new series to watch.\\\"
Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, July/August 2012: “To the innovative concept and high action, add Seraphina’s tentative romance with Kiggs, rich language lively with humor and sprinkled with an entire psaltery of saints and an orchestra’s worth of medieval instruments, and a political conspiracy aimed at breaking the dragon-human truce, and what you have is an outstanding debut from author-to-watch Hartman.”
Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children\\\\'s Books, September 2012: \\\"The medieval-esque world, filled with saints and dragons, is as deftly crafted as the characters themselves; Goredd has a distinct history, fraught with struggle and survival, and its residents reflect the conflicting ideologies and traditions that inform their world. Seraphina’s voice--passionate, wry, and wise--easily conveys her internal battle as a half-breed: the nonchalance of her self-loathing makes her struggle for identity even more heartbreaking. Secondary characters are given just as much nuance, and the romance between Seraphina and a bastard prince proceeds with believable hesitation and wariness, given the complications it will bring to both their lives... Readers will want to plan to return to this richly developed world to see where this intricate fantasy goes next.\\\"
Starred Review, Voice of Youth Advocates: \\\"Reading this novel is like falling into Alice\\\\'s rabbit hole and never wanting to come out. Fans of fantasy will devour this book, and with a little pushing, this novel could appeal to just about anyone who appreciates a fantastic read.\\\"
Starred Review, School Library Journal, August 1, 2012: “Hartman creates a rich story layered with intriguing characters and descriptive settings. This unique novel will surely appeal to fans of Christopher Paolini\\\\'s \\\"Eragon\\\" books and wherever readers enjoy fantasies.”
Bookpage “[Hartman\\\\'s] world-building is so detailed and well-integrated, one wonders if they truly exist somewhere. An engaging and innovative fantasy that uses the plights of dragons and humans as an allegory for the real prejudices we all must face.”
From the Hardcover edition.', 'As a child, RACHEL HARTMAN played cello and lip-synched Mozart operas with her sisters. The famous Renaissance song \\\"Mille Regretz\\\" first moved Rachel to write a fantasy novel rooted in music, but her inspiration didn\\\\'t end there. She wrote Seraphina while listening to medieval Italian polyphony, Breton bagpipe-rock, prog metal, Latin American baroque, and Irish sean nós. 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Stacked Books Blog', 'I absolutely loved Cinder. Marissa took a well known story and created an amazingly fantastic new twist, making this it an all together new story. Between the Covers Blog', \\\"Cinder is loads of fun--mostly due to seeing a familiar story play out in a new setting, but Cinder herself is also a tough, smart, mouthy, resourceful heroine, so spending almost 400 pages with her is completely enjoyable--and I'm totally, totally looking forward to the next one in the series. Bookshelves of Doom\\\", 'Terrific. Los Angeles Times', 'Author Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairy tale genre with a sci-fi twist on Cinderella. The Seattle Times', 'Debut author Meyer ingeniously incorporates key elements of the fairy tale into this first series entry. Horn Book Magazine', \\\"What they [readers] do not know until they begin turning the pages of this fable-turned-dystopian-science-fiction novel, is that Meyer's embellishments create a spellbinding story of their own. VOYA\\\", \\\"First in the Lunar Chronicles series, this futuristic twist on Cinderella retains just enough of the original that readers will enjoy spotting the subtle similarities. But debut author Meyer's brilliance is in sending the story into an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension. Publishers Weekly, starred review\\\", \\\"Fairy tales are becoming all the rage, with the TV shows Once Upon a Time and Grimm spinning them through a modern filter. The 26-year-old Meyer's debut novel Cinder, though, combines a classic folk tale with hints of The Terminator and Star Wars in the first book of The Lunar Chronicles young-adult series due out Jan. 3. USAToday.com\\\", \\\"Cinderella is a cyborg in this futuristic take on the fairy tale, the first book in Ms. Meyer's planned 'Lunar Chronicles' series. Wall Street Journal, in a round-up called After Harry Potter: The Search for the Magic Formula\\\", 'This series opener and debut offers a high coolness factor by rewriting Cinderella as a kickass mechanic in a plague-ridden future. Kirkus Reviews', \\\"There's a lot of moving parts in this fresh spin on Cinderella,' the first in a four-book series. Booklist\\\", '', '', \\\"Marissa Meyer was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, home of Almond Roca and Stadium High School, which was made famous when Heath Ledger danced down the stadium steps in 10 Things I Hate About You. Marissa didn't actually go to Stadium High School, but she did attend Pacific Lutheran University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. She still lives in Tacoma, now with her husband. Cinder is her YA debut.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Old Time Tunes For Fiddle and Mandolin, Volume 1\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Darkfever\\nDescription: [\\\"Drawing on elements from the paranormal world that bestseller Moning (Spell of the Highlander) created in her earlier romances, this suspense novel takes readers on a darker journey, one dominated by the search for a powerful Faery magic and bereft of the romantic magic Moning's fans have come to expect. When MacKayla Lane, an ordinary young woman, travels to Ireland to track down her sister's murderer, she is sucked into an extraordinary world filled with ancient secrets, vampires, assorted Fae nasties and other tough-to-kill beings. In the process, Mac learns of her own unusual talents and finds an unlikely mentor in the wealthy and mysterious Jericho Barrons. Moning's newest foray contains suspense and plenty of setup. Indeed, this reads like a fragment of a larger story, an introduction to character and place that, while entertaining, skims the surface. But it's a compelling world filled with mystery and vivid characters, and this, combined with the hint of sparks between Jericho and Mac, will stoke readers' fervor for Bloodfever, the next installment. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'MacKayla \\\"Mac\\\" Lane is a small-town southern girl living a life of suntans and shopping. All that changes when her sister dies in Ireland and a cryptic message on Mac\\\\'s cell phone raises disturbing questions about the nature of her sister\\\\'s death. Mac follows the lead to Dublin and the strange life her sister led, on to the darkly dangerous book-dealer Jericho Barrons, and a burgeoning war with deadly Fae that humankind doesn\\\\'t even realize has begun. Time-travel-romance maven Moning reshapes her Celtic lore for a radically different and engaging new dark fantasy series. Mac\\\\'s first-person narrative is more than point of view; it\\\\'s a true recounting of how a sheltered young girl grows to accept the role fate has dealt her. And while moments of sexual awareness hint that a relationship between Mac and Jericho could complicate matters in the future, wisely there is no full-blown romance here to distract from the complex introduction to Moning\\\\'s new world. Nina Davis Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How To Land A Job In The Music Industry: An essential guide for the modern musician\\nDescription: ['Tomas Uribe is a Colombian entrepreneur, composer, bassist and developer, co-founder and CEO of Stereotheque, the platform where music students and emerging musicians can connect and network with top industry professionals and advance in their careers. Tomas has been an invited speaker at SXSW, MIT Innovators Under 35, MusicBiz, LakeFX and Colombia 4.0. He holds a BA in Music and Composition from Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and a Master of Arts in Media and Technology from The New School University (New York). With Stereotheque, he has been awarded by MIT Technology Review, the IADB, and IDARTES (Colombia), among other recognitions.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Bloodfever (Fever Series, Book 2)\\nDescription: [' A Q&A with Karen Marie Moning', 'What inspired you to launch a new series? And what is the single greatest new twist in the Fever series that fans can expect to enjoy? Inspiration is a kind word. I didnt have a choice. Its the story idea that came and wouldnt go away. I think the single greatest new twist in the Fever series is that Mac is a continuing heroine, on a critical mission, who gets caught in a dangerous love-lust triangle with two of the most seductive men Ive written to date.', 'If you were casting the Fever series for television, who would be the ideal actress to play Mac. Why? Thats a tough one. I dont watch much television and what I do see is after the DVDs have been released, so Im woefully out of date. If backed to a wall I\\\\'d say Mac is one part George from Dead Like Me, one part Sara Pezzini from Witchblade and one part sweet southern belle who\\\\'s being forced to discover there\\\\'s steel under all that magnolia, after all.', 'You write vividly sexy scenes. You write thrilling suspense plots. Do you find any one part of crafting these novels more challenging than another? I find them equally challenging. The suspense plots have to be tightly constructed and seamlessly interwoven through the five books of the Fever series, which makes for a lot to keep up with, what to reveal, what not to reveal, how and when. The sexy scenes are very intimate and I dont shy away from detail, which demands both total immersion and separation of self to write. There are some \\\"sexy\\\" scenes in this series that are far more disturbing than seductive and those are among the most difficult to write. I hope if I\\\\'m squirming, wanting to rescue Mac, so is my reader.', 'Were you surprised at any point in the writing of Bloodfevermeaning did anything come up in the creative process that was not what you anticipated when you began Darkfever, the first novel in the series? In Faefever, the third book of the series, Mac says: \\\"Sometimes my dreams feel so real it\\\\'s hard to believe they\\\\'re just the subconscious\\\\'s stroll across a whimsical map that has no true north. Sometimes it seems like Dreaming must be a land that really exists out there somewhere, at a concrete latitude and longitude, with its own rules, laws, treacherous terrains and dangerous inhabitants.\\\" (She later finds out The Dreaming does, indeed, exist.) I feel the same about the Fever world. Its so complete to me, so vividly and exactingly detailed that I think it must really exist out there somewhere. Since the story came to me in toto, there have been very few, minor surprises.', 'If you could stand in a room with your heroesthe men from any of your novelsnot just the Fever novelswho would you most like to interview yourself? Why? What of the women? Men: The Unseelie King. Hes rumored to be a million years old. I want to know if hes sorry. Women: Queen Aoibheal. I want to know if shes really forgotten, or if shes just pretending.', 'Describe your writing routine when composing the Fever novels. The location varies but the schedule is the same. I write best in the morning when my subconscious is still simmering with images and metaphors from dreaming. I wrote Darkfeverin Georgia, and Bloodfever in Key West; all that sunshine was a nice counterpoint to the darkness of the story. I start early in the morning, usually around 4:30 or 5:00 and write until 11, break for a two-hour lunch and go back to it around 1. I use the afternoons to edit and work on other aspects of my business. Before I go to bed I block out the scene(s) I plan to write the next day so my subconscious can mull them over while I sleep.', 'When you arent writing your novels, what are you doing for fun? And what kinds of books or which authors are your favorites? Lately a lot of lying in the sunIm still in Key West and Im afraid Mac has rubbed off on me, or maybe its all the Jimmy Buffet they keep playing down here. Usually, however, Im not so sedentary. I love to work out, hike, bike, rollerblade, shop with my sisters, and travel with my husband and our cat, Moonshadow. I dont get nearly enough time to read. The most recent books I finished were the latest by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Charlaine Harris, and an early Dan Simmons.', 'And can you share a little sneak peek at whats coming after Bloodfever? The darkest hour is before dawn. It isnt dawn yet.
', '', \\\"Moning's latest feverish Fae dispatch (after Darkfever) finds that in Dublin the walls are coming down between Man and Faery. That means that the Buffy-like services of MacKayla Lanethe 22-year-old Georgia-born sidhe-seer (or one who can see the Fae) and slayerare required. Mac is determined to kick the nasties back to faeryland and to avenge her sister Alina's murder by the Fae's dark Lord Master. She's also seeking the sinister Sinsar Dubh, a book of black magic. Jericho Barrons, Mac's enigmatic protector, is a purveyor of books and antiquities (and of course, is a major hunk). As Mac takes direction from Jericho, she must resist the sexy dangers of V'lane, a death-by-sex Fae, and learn about her true family of Irish sidhe-seers. Moning's delectable Mac is breathlessly appealing, and the wild perils she must endure are peppered with endless conundrums. The results are addictively dark, erotic and even shocking.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hua Mulan - Firefly World Classic Fairy Tales Bilingual Picture Book (Chinese Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden)\\nDescription: ['Gr 8 Up-In Kagawa\\\\'s postapocalyptic dystopia, vampires reign. Allison Sekemoto, 17, and her unregistered gang live in the shabby Fringe of New Covington while vampires rule the Inner City with their human pets, drinking blood donated by their Registered subjects. Unregistered humans roam without meal tickets or the Prince\\\\'s protection, prone to arbitrary violence and starvation. In an act of desperation, Allie and her friends venture into the rabid-infested ruins surrounding the city in search of ancient, abandoned food hoards. As clouds roll in heavy with rain, the troupe is ambushed by rabids (Red Lung-infected vampires) and all are brutally murdered. Lying ravaged with death fast approaching, Allie accepts an unexpected offer of immortality from Kanin, joining the blood-sucking race that destroyed her family. His guidance and Allie\\\\'s defiance clash with the vampire\\\\'s ugly past, leaving her to wander a land swarming with rabids in search of a cure for Rabidism and her own Vampirism. The zealous heroine\\\\'s characterization as an anarchist and independent thinker resonates along with classic YA themes of identity and belonging. Her ironic romance with a young man named Ezekiel adds a softer tone to a dynamic and perilous quest. Kagawa devotees can expect lots of bloody carnage in the upcoming movie, as \\\"The Blood of Eden\\\" series has already been optioned by Palomar Pictures.-Jamie-Lee Schombs, Loyola School, New York City(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Allie is a terrific heroine-tough, pragmatic, yet sympathetic-and readers will be hungry to see where her story goes. Kagawa wraps excellent writing and skillful plotting around a well-developed concept and engaging characters, resulting in a fresh and imaginative thrill-ride that deserves a wide audience.', '-- *Starred* Publishers Weekly review
\\\"Action packed, rife with drama and moral', 'quandaries, and laced with an impossible romance, this first in the Blood of Eden series will hit the mark', 'with readers who like some supernatural in their dystopias and don\\\\'t mind a bloody sword fight.\\\" -- Booklist
\\\"Allie\\\\'s a smart, strong and compelling heroine, and readers will gladly join her for this adrenaline-rich ride.\\\"', '-- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Deep Down Popular: A Wish Novel\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Faefever (Fever, Book 3)\\nDescription: [\\\"Urban Celtic fantasy slides down a dark, depressing slope in bestseller Moning's third Fever thriller (after Bloodfever), centered on a hunt for the Sinsar Dubh, a black magic book more than a million years old. As All Hallow's Eve in Dublin approaches, the walls between the human world and Faery verge on collapse. Can former Georgia peach MacKayla Mac Lane prevent a total invasion of the Unseelie Court? Originally intent on avenging her sister Alina's murder committed by Unseelie Lord Master, Mac's now a power-player in the war between the Seelie (good Fae) and Unseelie (bad Fae), after learning she's a Celtic sidhe-seeker who can sniff out OOPS (Objects of Power). Meanwhile, the attractive V'Lane, a death-by-sex Fae, wants Mac's help in securing the Sinsar Dubh for his Seelie queen, Aoibheal. At the end, erotic shocks await Mac in Dublin's vast Dark Zone, setting up feverishif waryexpectations for the next installment. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'The third installment in Moning\\\\'s popular Fever series (Darkfever; Bloodfever) finds sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane continuing to adjust to her powers and her new life in Dublin. Though she now knows who killed her sister Alina, she\\\\'s no closer to the vengeance she craves, and the information she collects about the fae and their relics leads to further questions. Unsure of whom she can trust, Mac further develops her sidhe-seeing skills, taking some unexpected detours into darker territory along the way. Secondary characters from the earlier novels, including sidhe-seer Rowena and \\\"death-by-sex\\\" fae V\\\\'Lane, are prominently featured, and there\\\\'s plenty of action and sexual tension keeping the battle between good and evil moving forward. An abrupt cliff-hanger ending and a number of unresolved plot points ensure that the series will continue. This series is a good bet for readers of Nora Roberts\\\\'s paranormal-tinged titles, who will appreciate Mac\\\\'s tough yet tender character. Recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/08.]Nanette Wargo Donohue, Champaign P.L., IL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Superpower\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dreamfever\\nDescription: ['Give yourself a treat and read outside the box.Charlaine Harris, on Darkfever
From the Paperback edition.', 'Karen Marie Moning is the New York Times bestselling author of the Fever series, featuring MacKayla Lane, and the award-winning Highlander series. She has a bachelors degree in society and law from Purdue University and is currently working on a new series set in the Fever world and a graphic novel featuring MacKayla Lane.
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The author captures the emotions and feelings of a seventeen-year-old girl very well and makes her angst, her emotional health, and her rebellious nature tangible to readers. There are some heartrending moments in the story and it captures the emotional and difficult issues faced by a teenager in a real and relatable way. All the characters in the story, however brief some of them are, manage to leave an impact. The subtle message of the importance of having a loving and supportive family runs through the story as we get to see Anna going through her extremely difficult phases.
The narration is detailed and, at certain places, the starkness of the weather and nature blends with the emotions of Anna and her inner turmoil. In many places emotions run high and they are palpable to readers. Whether it is Dr. Ellison, Anna's mother, or the other characters in the book, they all complement the plot to make it effective and the author handles the emotions of every single member of the family with compassion. It is a story about acceptance and love, and is a compelling read.\\\", \\\"The inspiration for Anna, the teenaged heroine, came through personal and professional experiences. A teacher for twenty years taught me a lot about the basic emotional needs of children, teens, and adults.Just Like Ziggyis set in the 1980s, but because of the unfortunate stigma that continues to follow mental health issues of today, Anna's journey remains relevant to today's readers.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Magic Bullet\\nDescription: ['A medical researcher is stunned to learn that the blood of a 15-year-old boy could contain a miraculous (and near-instantaneous) cure for cancer. But Dr. Allan Parker didnt count on becoming the boys sole protector, or on risking his own life to keep the boy out of the clutches of a ruthless mobster, who will do whatever it takes to save his own, cancer-stricken life. This is a typically fast-paced thriller from genre veteran Neiderman, populated by realistic characters and propelled by a fresh and exciting plot. The two leads are particularly well drawn: Parker, the dedicated medical man caught up in something he is not sure he can handle, and young Taylor Peterson, the resourceful and smart teenager whos forced to grow up a lot quicker than he had anticipated. A very good, very tight thriller that deserves a wide audience. --David Pitt']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pucked\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Tranquility: Designs to Inspire Your Creative Genius\\nDescription: ['At Be Happy Coloring Books we are all about bringing you some of the best artwork from around the world. Our goal is to inspire your creative genius within, and we do this through our many variations of coloring books for adults. We offer stress relieving patterns, relaxing mandalas and mosaics, geometric designs, stained glass, beautiful faces, fancy flowers, inspiring affirmations, amazing animals and so much more. So come and explore the many wonders of coloring books for grownups.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Catching Caden\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: They Call Me Retard\\nDescription: ['Charlene Iverson has been writing since she was a teenager. She has published twenty books, over three hundred articles and several poems. She is also an artist who specializes in landscapes and the abstract. She is married to Howard Iverson. They have two daughters, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. They love animals and have three cats.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Folsom (The End of Men) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Garden Renovation: Transform Your Yard Into the Garden of Your Dreams\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":287,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":287,"string":"287"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\nDescription: [\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)
“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle)
“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of When We Were the Kennedys)
“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))
“A gem.” (Huffington Post)
“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)
“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)
“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, New York Times-bestselling author of The Painted Girls)\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', 'This is the story of one such child.', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']","rejected":"Title: Occupational Therapy in Home Health Care\nDescription: ['Occupational Therapy in Home Health Care', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girl on the Train\nDescription: ['', '#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller A New York Times Top Book of 2015 AGlobe and MailBest Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Book of the Year AToronto StarBook of the Year AKirkusReviews Best Book of the Year
\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones
There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. The Globe and Mail
[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. National Post
Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages. Huffington Post [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl . . .liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. Cosmopolitan
Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. NPR
Compulsive reading.Marie Claire
[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. Entertainment Weekly Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. People
A natural fit for fans ofGone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,The Girl on the Trainwill have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com
The Girl on the Trainmarries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.USA Today
Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of the next Gone Girl.Christian Science Monitor
[A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The Boston Globe
Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, New York Timesbestselling author of Now You See Her
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice
Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, New York Timesbestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, New York Timesbestselling author
What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author ofI Am Pilgrim
Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Trains clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\' Colette McBeth, author ofPrecious Thingand the forthcoming The Life I Left Behind
Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. The Bookseller
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE
\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\" Terry Hayes
Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read. S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! Lisa Gardner, author of Fear Nothing
This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close
The Girl on the Trainwas so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of The Times. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Life Lost, Life Found\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Maude\nDescription: ['AA Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna first came to Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girls\\' dressing room into her first novel. Now she is the author of The Alexandra Merritt Mysteries, which include \\'The Last Two Aces in Las Vegas\\', \\'The Las Vegas Desert Flower\\', \\'The Las Vegas Special\\', \\'Rough Ride in Vegas\\', \\'M.I.A. Las Vegas\\' and the recently released \"The Las Vegas Sophisticate\\'. Donna has written several other stand-alone thrillers, \\'Desperate Ambition\\', about a political assassination, \\'The Right Society\\', about a devout Christian family that moves into a religious community and finds it\\'s easier to get in than it is to get out, and The Other Hand, about a famous athlete who leaves his family for a young, virginal girl. Shortly after they divorce, she winds up slaughtered. He is the primary suspect, but not the only one. Donna has a popular series of historical romances, The Manhattan Stories, \\'Jessica\\', \\'Pillsbury Crossing\\', \\'The Cabin\\', \\'Kimimela\\', and \\'D\\'Arcy Curran\\'. A sixth and seventh in this series will be released soon. Her light-hearted work, \\'Conversations With Skip\\', is the story of a shelter dog adopted by a young woman having trouble sleeping after her divorce. With his unusual ability to communicate, he is soon running her life, arranging her romances, and teaching her to laugh again. Her most popular novel, \\'Maude\\', the story of her Grandmother, is a #1 best-seller on Amazon and has spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal\\'s Top-10 list. \\'Maude\\' is now available as an audiobook, was recently released in Italian and is currently being translated into Russian, German and Slovak for upcoming international editions. She has also written three screenplays, a stage play, poetry, short stories, and a children\\'s story. Donna stills takes occasional classes at UNLV and at writer\\'s conferences and is an active member of the Anthem Author\\'s in Henderson, NV.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Culturally Different (The Civilization Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Dale Lawrence McKinnon was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and comes from a family of seven children. As a boy, he moved to Sudbury, Ontario, where he currently resides. In Sudbury, Dale participated in many sports, but most notably he played hockey and basketball and participated in track and field. As a young man, Dale went to McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to study engineering. He was married, but has no children. Dale is an engineer by training and education and has written many reports during his career. He has over 30 peer reviewed technical publications to his name. He has worked internationally with groups including the United Nations, the European Union, agencies of the United States, and Environment Canada, among others. His career started at a research center where he researched a variety of natural resource related topics including air quality, robotics, and automation. He continued his career working in the research and engineering department of an emission controls manufacturing firm. Dale has also had professorial positions at both McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Dale has been to over 25 countries in the world including many in North, South, and Central America, Europe, and Asia. These trips have either been on vacation or for business. After the successful launch of his first book, Rare Endeavors, this is the first book of a trilogy, the Civilization Trilogy.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Thousand Acres\nDescription: ['If Smiley ( Ordinary Love & Good Will ) has previously been hailed for her insight into human nature, the moral complexity of her themes and her lucid and resonant prose, her new novel is her best yet, bringing together her extraordinary talents in a story of stunning insight and impact. \"Our farm and our lives seemed secure and good,\" says narrator Ginny Cook, looking back on the summer before her father capriciously decided to turn over his prosperous 1000-acre Iowa farm to his three daughters and their mates. That was the same summer that Jess Clark, their neighbors\\' prodigal son, returned after a 13-year absence, romance and peril trailing in his wake. Although Ginny\\'s existence as a farmer\\'s wife and caretaker of her irascible, bullying, widower father is not easy, there are compensations in her good marriage, in the close companionship of her indomitable sister Rose, who lives across the road, and in sharing vicariously in the accomplishments of their younger sister, Caroline, a lawyer. Having managed to submerge her grief at being childless, passive Ginny has also hidden a number of darker secrets in her past. These shocking events work their way out of her subconscious in the dreadful aftermath of her father\\'s decision to rescind his legacy, shouting accusations of filial betrayal. Like Lear\\'s daughters, the Cook sisters each reveal their true natures in events that will leave readers gasping with astonishment. Smiley powerfully evokes the unrelenting, insular world of farm life, the symbiotic relationships between a farmer and his land as well as those among the other members of the rural community. She contrasts the stringencies of nature with those of human nature: the sting of sibling rivalry, the tensions of marriage, the psychological burdens of children, the passion of lovers. Her tightly controlled prose propels tension to nearly unbearable extremes--but always within the limits of credibility. In the end, she has raised profound questions about human conduct and moral responsibility, especially about family relationships and the guilt and bitterness they can foster. BOMC selection. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"This important new novel by the author of Ordinary Love and Good Will ( LJ 9/15/89) and The Greenlanders ( LJ 4/15/88) is, first of all, a farm novel. Smiley lovingly creates an idyllic world of family farm life in Iowa in 1979: the neat yard, freshly painted house, clean clothes on the line, and fertile, well-tended fields. The owner of these well-managed acres is Larry Cook, who abruptly decides to turn the farm over to his two eldest daughters and their husbands. Ginny and Ty are hard-working farmers who try to placate her ornery father, while sister Rose and hard-drinking Pete try to stand up to him. Dark secrets surface after the property transfer, and the family's careful world unravels with a grim inevitability reminiscent of Smiley's splendid novella Good Will . Not to be missed. BOMC main selection. - Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\"]","rejected":"Title: Don't Give Up! : A Glorious Account Of Faith's Triumph Over Fear\nDescription: ['.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Day Shift (Midnight, Texas)\nDescription: ['', 'Praise for Charlaine Harris and her Novels of Midnight, Texas
The Mark Twain of things that live under your bedHouston Press
Fun but creepy...A very quirky mystery that reveals more fascinating details about the varied denizens of this little town.Locus
A little magic, a little mystery, and a lot of imagination make for a story that is both fun and edgy.Kirkus Reviews
As intimate and deep as the Stackhouse novels.Library Journal
Move over Bon Temps, Midnight Texas has arrived.Fresh Fiction', '', 'Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBOs True Blood, NBCs Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Islam and the World: The Rise and Decline of the Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind\nDescription: [\"Timeless and judicious, originally written in Arabic, it examines the role Islam played in history and its impact on human progress and the loss that humanity suffered by its decline. It counters the prevailing attitude that Islam is a spent force, that it has outlived its usefulness. The author persuasively argues for the eternal reality of Islam and that it is a programme of life which is always dynamic and can never grow obsolete. This thought-provoking tour de force throws new light on the motives, opportunities and impact of the Islamic and other civilisations, on the material welfare and spiritual progress of humanity. About the author -- Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi (1914 - 1999) was one of the leading Muslim scholars of our time. He hailed from a family which has produced such illustrious figures as Sayyed Ahmad Shahid (1786-1831). He was the Rector of Nadwatul 'Ulama, Lucknow; Chairman, Managing Committee, Darul Musannifin (Shibli Academy); Azamgarh, India, Member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, Damascus, and the Higher Council of the Islamic Universities, Rabat and of the Academy of Arabic Language, Oman. He was a Founder Member of the Constituent Council of the Muslim World League, Makkah and Chairman of the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies, Oxford UK. He received the King Faisal Award and numerous other awards from national and international bodies for his services to the cause of Islam. He was a powerful, eloquent writer and orator, both in Urdu and Arabic. His works in both these languages are numerous; many have been translated into English: among them are Islam and the World; Muslims: Beliefs, Customs and Traditions; Stories of the Prophets; Muhammad the Last Prophet, Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taimiyah (Taymiyyah) Life and Achievements, Studying the Glorious Qur'an; Stories from Islamic History; A Starlight View of Islam's Past and The Minaret Speaks.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Small Indiscretion: A Novel\nDescription: ['', 'Part psychological thriller, part character study . . . I peeled back the pages of this book as fast as I could.The Huffington Post
[Jan] Ellison is a tantalizing storyteller, dropping delicious hints of foreshadowing and shifting back and forth in time, . . . moving her story forward with cinematic verve. . . . [She] masterfully captures the confusing and powerful moment when a young woman realizes her effect on men. Compellingly sympathetic characters bring the London chapter of Annies story to dramatic life. If you are clinging to a stash of letters and ticket stubs from old lovers, Indiscretion may have you rethinking the cost of holding on to the past rather than basking in the virtues of the present.USA Today
Astonishing . . . This voice is alive. It knows something. It will take us somewhere. The magic is accomplished so fast, so subtly, that most readers hardly notice. . . . A Small Indiscretion is rich with suspense. . . . Delectable elements of this terrific first novel abound: Its characters are round and real. . . . Ellison gives us an achingly physical sense of family life. . . . Lovely writing guides us through, driven by a quiet generosity. . . . This voice knows something, and by the end of the novel, so do we.San Francisco Chronicle (Book Club pick)
Delicious, lazy-day reading. Just dont underestimate the writing. Ellison describes her various love triangles in lavish prose. . . . The real strengths of this novel are the foggy, intimate flashbacks that so perfectly capture the sexual and romantic confusion of a young woman in a foreign land.Leigh Newman,O: The Oprah Magazine(Editors Pick)
Rich and detailed . . . The plot explodes delightfully, with suspense and a few twists. Using second-person narration and hypnotic prose, Ellisons debut novel is both juicy and beautifully written. How do I know its juicy? A stranger started reading it over my shoulder on the New York City subway, and told me he was sorry that I was turning the pages too quickly.Flavorwire
Are those wild college days ever really behind you? Happily married Annie finds out.Cosmopolitan
An impressive fiction debut . . . both a psychological mystery and a study of the divide between desire and duty.San Jose Mercury News
A novel to tear through on a plane ride or on the beach . . . I was drawn into a web of secrets, a world of unrequited love and youthful mistakes that feel heightened and more romantic on the cold winter streets of London, Paris, and Ireland.Bustle
Annie Black is a flawed heroine whose impulses we may distrust, but whose voice is compelling, drawing us in with her ruminating self-awareness and lively observations of those around her. . . . Ellison renders the California landscape with stunning clarity. . . . She writes gracefully, with moments of startling insight. . . . Her first novel is an emotional thriller, skillfully plotted in taut, visual scenes. The stakes are high from the start. . . . As Ellison pulls the thread that unravels the past, she weaves a rich tapestry of memory and desire, secrets and omissions, and exposes the knotted wages of love. . . . A Small Indiscretion resolves in an astonishing plot twist that offers both destruction and self-discovery.The Rumpus
To readA Small Indiscretionis to eat fudge before dinner: slightly decadent behavior, highly caloric, and extremely satisfying.. . .An emotional detective story that . . . mirrors real life in ways that surprise and inspire.New York Journal of Books
If you liked Gone Girl for its suspenseful look inside the psychology of a bad marriage, try A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison. . . . It touches many of the same nerves.StyleCaster A great book club selection . . . both suspenseful and literary . . . [with] topics like love, obsession, betrayal, forgiveness, marriage, and second chances that make it interesting to dissect.Booking Mama
How Ellison interweaves the mystery involving Annies younger life in London, events in the recent past and those of the present is astounding.. . .It is so compelling you will want to read more after the book ends. Jan Ellison is here to stay.The Free Lance-Star
Jan Ellison has created a patchwork quiltlike story about a family in turmoil. . . .[An]exploration of love in its many forms . . . an engrossing novel.Kansas City Literature Examiner
In Jan Ellisons terrific debut novel, youthful sexual antics produce an astonishing fallout decades later, said Joan Frank in theSan Francisco Chronicle.. . . As we read on, the story morphsflavorfully, artfullyinto a sexual whodunit.The Week
An emotional thriller . . . Connoisseurs of domestic suspense will finish this book in a few breathless sittings.Kirkus Reviews
Hard to put down . . . O. Henry Prize winner Jan Ellisons debut novel is a puzzle with the outside pieces finished. Reading it is like compulsively fitting all those revealing middle pieces together. . . . Skillfully weaving two plots, Ellison unveils the details of each, piece by tantalizing piece.BookPage
[A] cleverly constructed debut . . . a deftly crafted, absorbing novel that peels back the layers of Annies character as it reveals the secrets of her past and present.Booklist
An engrossing, believable, gracefully written family drama that reveals our pasts bare-knuckle grip on our present.Emma Donoghue,New York Timesbestselling author ofRoom
A stunning debut by Jan Ellison . . . Like the photograph that arrives in the mail and sets in motion the plot of this gorgeous novel,A Small Indiscretionreminds us of the intensity of youthful desire and of the fragile nature of a marriage built on secrecy.Ann Packer,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Dive from Clausens Pier
A Small Indiscretionis that rare thinga literary page turner written with great warmth and humanity, which pulls the reader in emotionally without a hint of sentimentality.Alice LaPlante,New York Timesbestselling author ofTurn of Mind
It might be convenient if our mistakes would fade with time rather than hunt us down complete with consequence, but that wouldnt make for the kind of taut, hypnotic story Jan Ellison tells. The impact of narrator Annie Blacks small indiscretion is anything but, and in a brilliantly paced unraveling, Ellison makes vivid the sometimes tragic interplay of choice and fate, lust and love, youth and adulthoodwhich can bring its own mistakes. Absorbing, chilling, and moving,A Small Indiscretionis the debut of an elegant writer who will be known and admired from the start.Robin Black, author ofLife Drawing', '', 'Jan Ellison is an O. Henry Prize winner and a graduate of Stanford University. She left college for a year at nineteen to travel and work in Europe, taking notes that two decades later became the germ of A Small Indiscretion. Ellison lives in California with her husband of twenty years and their four children.
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You will find it hard to put down. I cried buckets of tears reading itBooks With Wine and Chocolate
With a swift pace, memorable characters and a wonderful conceptual depth, Hughes' novel is one that simply can't be put downBytheletterbookreviews
Very satisfying. Both women's stories were equally developed and interesting. They were also equally heartbreakingMom With a Book
Tugs at the heart strings... A truly gorgeous storyShaz's Book Blog
This moving love story had everyone talking... Get set to be hookedLook
Autumnal Sunday afternoons were invented solely to read heart-tugging novels like thisRed
A wonderful, uplifting storyLesley Pearse
A story which reveals heartbreak, tragedy and loss...will stay with me for a long timejaffareadstoo
A moving story of love, loss and hopeBella\", \"Kathryn Hughes was born in Altrincham, near Manchester. After completing a secretarial course, Kathryn met her husband and they married in Canada. For twenty-nine years they ran a business together, raised two children and travelled when they could to places such as India, Singapore, South Africa and New Zealand. Kathryn and her family now make their home in a village near Manchester. The Letter is Kathryn's first novel, and she is busy working on her second, The Secret.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Travel Diary\nDescription: ['Deborah Schenck likes to take walks with her husband and her golden retrievers, collecting berries and flowers along the way for use in her beautiful photographs. She was drawn several years ago to the process of \"Polaroid transfer\", by which a photographic image is transferred to parchment paper rather than photographic paper. 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The people remain polarized in many ways, and the newly found freedom and the remaining gap between wealth and poverty have bred widespread, and violent, crime. Bell's descriptions of the land and its wildlife are luscious, and his tales of meeting the people are heartwarming, but the reader also gets tremendous insights into the problems of this country in transition. This is an excellent book for travel buffs and for anyone interested in current events, history, government, and human behavior. Melinda Stivers Leach, Precision Editorial Services, Wondervu, CO Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '\"This breezy and informative account captures the best and worst of the new South Africa.\" -- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Bitter Rain\nDescription: ['', 'A Bitter Rain is the best kind of WWII novel, action-packed, populated by complex characters facing deep moral dilemmas, and historically accurate. I loved it. 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Expect to be staying up late at night to find out the fates of heroic Erik and his old friend, Trude. Soraya M. Lane, #1 bestselling author of Wives of War', 'Fast-paced and poignant with a timely message, Shipmans latest novel is a complex portrait of a community torn by war. Libbie Hawker, author of Mercer Girls and The Ragged Edge of Night', 'A harrowing novel of a Nazi soldier fighting for his soul as well as his own survival. The poignant stories of Erik and Trude will resonate with every reader even today. Colin Falconer, author of Isabella and The Unkillable Kitty OKane', 'James Shipmans A Bitter Rain tells a gripping and vital story of what happens when a government turns any expectation of decency in human behavior on its head. 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Together they reckon not only with the elements, but with some bad decisions, born from the stubborn faith that Ernt will somehow be restored to the person he was before the war. Its a testament to Hannahs compassionate storytelling that youll be hard-pressed to call him a villain; Ernt actually shares the same Achilles heel as the rest of the Allbright clan: they do not know how to ask for, or receive, help (so much so, you just want to shake them). Fortunately the cavalry comes anyway, including a homesteader named Large Marge who doesnt suffer fools (or domestic abusers). The muse of The Great Alone is clearly Alaska--in all its untamed, stunningly beautiful, dangerous glory. It provides the perfect backdrop for an equally dramatic tale, one that feels remarkably current for the 1970s setting. But Hannahs latest also harkens to her mega bestselling The Nightingale: it highlights the heroics of everyday people, especially women. And its just a damn good read. --Erin Kodicek, Amazon Book Review', \"Set in 1974 Alaska, this sweeping tale follows a girl coping with the dangers of domestic violence. Though ill-prepared for the extreme and harsh conditions, 13-year-old Leni and her parents, Ernt and Cora, have to learn how to survive in the unforgiving wild of their new home on the Kenai Peninsula. With the help of the small-knit community of endearing fellow homesteaders, the Allbrights manage to just barely stay afloat. But Ernt, who has never recovered from the trauma of fighting in the Vietnam War, struggles with the isolation and the interminably dark days of winter. Leni grows up witnessing her father (who is increasingly unable to control his paranoia and jealousy) abuse her beloved mother. Leni's greatest comfort and escape is her schoolmate and neighbor Matthew. Over the years, their friendship evolves into a forbidden romance. Hannah highlights, with vivid description, the natural dangers of Alaska juxtaposed against incongruous violence. VERDICT Give to teens who loved the author's The Nightingale and to fans of Jodi Picoult.Tara Kehoe, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, NC\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Newbies Guide to the Nexus 10: Everything You Need to Know About the Nexus 10 and the Jelly Bean Operating System\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Liar\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Best Easter Hunt Ever (Read with Me Cartwheel Books)\nDescription: []"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)
“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle)
“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of When We Were the Kennedys)
“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))
“A gem.” (Huffington Post)
“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)
“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)
“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, New York Times-bestselling author of The Painted Girls)\\\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', 'This is the story of one such child.', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \\\"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\\\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Occupational Therapy in Home Health Care\\nDescription: ['Occupational Therapy in Home Health Care', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girl on the Train\\nDescription: ['', '#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller A New York Times Top Book of 2015 AGlobe and MailBest Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Book of the Year AToronto StarBook of the Year AKirkusReviews Best Book of the Year
\\\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\\\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones
There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. The Globe and Mail
[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. National Post
Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages. Huffington Post [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl . . .liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. Cosmopolitan
Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. NPR
Compulsive reading.Marie Claire
[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. Entertainment Weekly Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. People
A natural fit for fans ofGone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,The Girl on the Trainwill have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com
The Girl on the Trainmarries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.USA Today
Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of the next Gone Girl.Christian Science Monitor
[A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The Boston Globe
Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, New York Timesbestselling author of Now You See Her
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice
Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, New York Timesbestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, New York Timesbestselling author
What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author ofI Am Pilgrim
Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Trains clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\\\' Colette McBeth, author ofPrecious Thingand the forthcoming The Life I Left Behind
Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. The Bookseller
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE
\\\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\\\" Terry Hayes
Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read. S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! Lisa Gardner, author of Fear Nothing
This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close
The Girl on the Trainwas so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of The Times. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Life Lost, Life Found\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Maude\\nDescription: ['AA Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna first came to Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girls\\\\' dressing room into her first novel. Now she is the author of The Alexandra Merritt Mysteries, which include \\\\'The Last Two Aces in Las Vegas\\\\', \\\\'The Las Vegas Desert Flower\\\\', \\\\'The Las Vegas Special\\\\', \\\\'Rough Ride in Vegas\\\\', \\\\'M.I.A. Las Vegas\\\\' and the recently released \\\"The Las Vegas Sophisticate\\\\'. Donna has written several other stand-alone thrillers, \\\\'Desperate Ambition\\\\', about a political assassination, \\\\'The Right Society\\\\', about a devout Christian family that moves into a religious community and finds it\\\\'s easier to get in than it is to get out, and The Other Hand, about a famous athlete who leaves his family for a young, virginal girl. Shortly after they divorce, she winds up slaughtered. He is the primary suspect, but not the only one. Donna has a popular series of historical romances, The Manhattan Stories, \\\\'Jessica\\\\', \\\\'Pillsbury Crossing\\\\', \\\\'The Cabin\\\\', \\\\'Kimimela\\\\', and \\\\'D\\\\'Arcy Curran\\\\'. A sixth and seventh in this series will be released soon. Her light-hearted work, \\\\'Conversations With Skip\\\\', is the story of a shelter dog adopted by a young woman having trouble sleeping after her divorce. With his unusual ability to communicate, he is soon running her life, arranging her romances, and teaching her to laugh again. Her most popular novel, \\\\'Maude\\\\', the story of her Grandmother, is a #1 best-seller on Amazon and has spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal\\\\'s Top-10 list. \\\\'Maude\\\\' is now available as an audiobook, was recently released in Italian and is currently being translated into Russian, German and Slovak for upcoming international editions. She has also written three screenplays, a stage play, poetry, short stories, and a children\\\\'s story. Donna stills takes occasional classes at UNLV and at writer\\\\'s conferences and is an active member of the Anthem Author\\\\'s in Henderson, NV.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Culturally Different (The Civilization Trilogy) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['Dale Lawrence McKinnon was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and comes from a family of seven children. As a boy, he moved to Sudbury, Ontario, where he currently resides. In Sudbury, Dale participated in many sports, but most notably he played hockey and basketball and participated in track and field. As a young man, Dale went to McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to study engineering. He was married, but has no children. Dale is an engineer by training and education and has written many reports during his career. He has over 30 peer reviewed technical publications to his name. He has worked internationally with groups including the United Nations, the European Union, agencies of the United States, and Environment Canada, among others. His career started at a research center where he researched a variety of natural resource related topics including air quality, robotics, and automation. He continued his career working in the research and engineering department of an emission controls manufacturing firm. Dale has also had professorial positions at both McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Dale has been to over 25 countries in the world including many in North, South, and Central America, Europe, and Asia. These trips have either been on vacation or for business. After the successful launch of his first book, Rare Endeavors, this is the first book of a trilogy, the Civilization Trilogy.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Thousand Acres\\nDescription: ['If Smiley ( Ordinary Love & Good Will ) has previously been hailed for her insight into human nature, the moral complexity of her themes and her lucid and resonant prose, her new novel is her best yet, bringing together her extraordinary talents in a story of stunning insight and impact. \\\"Our farm and our lives seemed secure and good,\\\" says narrator Ginny Cook, looking back on the summer before her father capriciously decided to turn over his prosperous 1000-acre Iowa farm to his three daughters and their mates. That was the same summer that Jess Clark, their neighbors\\\\' prodigal son, returned after a 13-year absence, romance and peril trailing in his wake. Although Ginny\\\\'s existence as a farmer\\\\'s wife and caretaker of her irascible, bullying, widower father is not easy, there are compensations in her good marriage, in the close companionship of her indomitable sister Rose, who lives across the road, and in sharing vicariously in the accomplishments of their younger sister, Caroline, a lawyer. Having managed to submerge her grief at being childless, passive Ginny has also hidden a number of darker secrets in her past. These shocking events work their way out of her subconscious in the dreadful aftermath of her father\\\\'s decision to rescind his legacy, shouting accusations of filial betrayal. Like Lear\\\\'s daughters, the Cook sisters each reveal their true natures in events that will leave readers gasping with astonishment. Smiley powerfully evokes the unrelenting, insular world of farm life, the symbiotic relationships between a farmer and his land as well as those among the other members of the rural community. She contrasts the stringencies of nature with those of human nature: the sting of sibling rivalry, the tensions of marriage, the psychological burdens of children, the passion of lovers. Her tightly controlled prose propels tension to nearly unbearable extremes--but always within the limits of credibility. In the end, she has raised profound questions about human conduct and moral responsibility, especially about family relationships and the guilt and bitterness they can foster. BOMC selection. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \\\"This important new novel by the author of Ordinary Love and Good Will ( LJ 9/15/89) and The Greenlanders ( LJ 4/15/88) is, first of all, a farm novel. Smiley lovingly creates an idyllic world of family farm life in Iowa in 1979: the neat yard, freshly painted house, clean clothes on the line, and fertile, well-tended fields. The owner of these well-managed acres is Larry Cook, who abruptly decides to turn the farm over to his two eldest daughters and their husbands. Ginny and Ty are hard-working farmers who try to placate her ornery father, while sister Rose and hard-drinking Pete try to stand up to him. Dark secrets surface after the property transfer, and the family's careful world unravels with a grim inevitability reminiscent of Smiley's splendid novella Good Will . Not to be missed. BOMC main selection. - Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Don't Give Up! : A Glorious Account Of Faith's Triumph Over Fear\\nDescription: ['.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Day Shift (Midnight, Texas)\\nDescription: ['', 'Praise for Charlaine Harris and her Novels of Midnight, Texas
The Mark Twain of things that live under your bedHouston Press
Fun but creepy...A very quirky mystery that reveals more fascinating details about the varied denizens of this little town.Locus
A little magic, a little mystery, and a lot of imagination make for a story that is both fun and edgy.Kirkus Reviews
As intimate and deep as the Stackhouse novels.Library Journal
Move over Bon Temps, Midnight Texas has arrived.Fresh Fiction', '', 'Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBOs True Blood, NBCs Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Islam and the World: The Rise and Decline of the Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind\\nDescription: [\\\"Timeless and judicious, originally written in Arabic, it examines the role Islam played in history and its impact on human progress and the loss that humanity suffered by its decline. It counters the prevailing attitude that Islam is a spent force, that it has outlived its usefulness. The author persuasively argues for the eternal reality of Islam and that it is a programme of life which is always dynamic and can never grow obsolete. This thought-provoking tour de force throws new light on the motives, opportunities and impact of the Islamic and other civilisations, on the material welfare and spiritual progress of humanity. About the author -- Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi (1914 - 1999) was one of the leading Muslim scholars of our time. He hailed from a family which has produced such illustrious figures as Sayyed Ahmad Shahid (1786-1831). He was the Rector of Nadwatul 'Ulama, Lucknow; Chairman, Managing Committee, Darul Musannifin (Shibli Academy); Azamgarh, India, Member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, Damascus, and the Higher Council of the Islamic Universities, Rabat and of the Academy of Arabic Language, Oman. He was a Founder Member of the Constituent Council of the Muslim World League, Makkah and Chairman of the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies, Oxford UK. He received the King Faisal Award and numerous other awards from national and international bodies for his services to the cause of Islam. He was a powerful, eloquent writer and orator, both in Urdu and Arabic. His works in both these languages are numerous; many have been translated into English: among them are Islam and the World; Muslims: Beliefs, Customs and Traditions; Stories of the Prophets; Muhammad the Last Prophet, Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taimiyah (Taymiyyah) Life and Achievements, Studying the Glorious Qur'an; Stories from Islamic History; A Starlight View of Islam's Past and The Minaret Speaks.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Small Indiscretion: A Novel\\nDescription: ['', 'Part psychological thriller, part character study . . . I peeled back the pages of this book as fast as I could.The Huffington Post
[Jan] Ellison is a tantalizing storyteller, dropping delicious hints of foreshadowing and shifting back and forth in time, . . . moving her story forward with cinematic verve. . . . [She] masterfully captures the confusing and powerful moment when a young woman realizes her effect on men. Compellingly sympathetic characters bring the London chapter of Annies story to dramatic life. If you are clinging to a stash of letters and ticket stubs from old lovers, Indiscretion may have you rethinking the cost of holding on to the past rather than basking in the virtues of the present.USA Today
Astonishing . . . This voice is alive. It knows something. It will take us somewhere. The magic is accomplished so fast, so subtly, that most readers hardly notice. . . . A Small Indiscretion is rich with suspense. . . . Delectable elements of this terrific first novel abound: Its characters are round and real. . . . Ellison gives us an achingly physical sense of family life. . . . Lovely writing guides us through, driven by a quiet generosity. . . . This voice knows something, and by the end of the novel, so do we.San Francisco Chronicle (Book Club pick)
Delicious, lazy-day reading. Just dont underestimate the writing. Ellison describes her various love triangles in lavish prose. . . . The real strengths of this novel are the foggy, intimate flashbacks that so perfectly capture the sexual and romantic confusion of a young woman in a foreign land.Leigh Newman,O: The Oprah Magazine(Editors Pick)
Rich and detailed . . . The plot explodes delightfully, with suspense and a few twists. Using second-person narration and hypnotic prose, Ellisons debut novel is both juicy and beautifully written. How do I know its juicy? A stranger started reading it over my shoulder on the New York City subway, and told me he was sorry that I was turning the pages too quickly.Flavorwire
Are those wild college days ever really behind you? Happily married Annie finds out.Cosmopolitan
An impressive fiction debut . . . both a psychological mystery and a study of the divide between desire and duty.San Jose Mercury News
A novel to tear through on a plane ride or on the beach . . . I was drawn into a web of secrets, a world of unrequited love and youthful mistakes that feel heightened and more romantic on the cold winter streets of London, Paris, and Ireland.Bustle
Annie Black is a flawed heroine whose impulses we may distrust, but whose voice is compelling, drawing us in with her ruminating self-awareness and lively observations of those around her. . . . Ellison renders the California landscape with stunning clarity. . . . She writes gracefully, with moments of startling insight. . . . Her first novel is an emotional thriller, skillfully plotted in taut, visual scenes. The stakes are high from the start. . . . As Ellison pulls the thread that unravels the past, she weaves a rich tapestry of memory and desire, secrets and omissions, and exposes the knotted wages of love. . . . A Small Indiscretion resolves in an astonishing plot twist that offers both destruction and self-discovery.The Rumpus
To readA Small Indiscretionis to eat fudge before dinner: slightly decadent behavior, highly caloric, and extremely satisfying.. . .An emotional detective story that . . . mirrors real life in ways that surprise and inspire.New York Journal of Books
If you liked Gone Girl for its suspenseful look inside the psychology of a bad marriage, try A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison. . . . It touches many of the same nerves.StyleCaster A great book club selection . . . both suspenseful and literary . . . [with] topics like love, obsession, betrayal, forgiveness, marriage, and second chances that make it interesting to dissect.Booking Mama
How Ellison interweaves the mystery involving Annies younger life in London, events in the recent past and those of the present is astounding.. . .It is so compelling you will want to read more after the book ends. Jan Ellison is here to stay.The Free Lance-Star
Jan Ellison has created a patchwork quiltlike story about a family in turmoil. . . .[An]exploration of love in its many forms . . . an engrossing novel.Kansas City Literature Examiner
In Jan Ellisons terrific debut novel, youthful sexual antics produce an astonishing fallout decades later, said Joan Frank in theSan Francisco Chronicle.. . . As we read on, the story morphsflavorfully, artfullyinto a sexual whodunit.The Week
An emotional thriller . . . Connoisseurs of domestic suspense will finish this book in a few breathless sittings.Kirkus Reviews
Hard to put down . . . O. Henry Prize winner Jan Ellisons debut novel is a puzzle with the outside pieces finished. Reading it is like compulsively fitting all those revealing middle pieces together. . . . Skillfully weaving two plots, Ellison unveils the details of each, piece by tantalizing piece.BookPage
[A] cleverly constructed debut . . . a deftly crafted, absorbing novel that peels back the layers of Annies character as it reveals the secrets of her past and present.Booklist
An engrossing, believable, gracefully written family drama that reveals our pasts bare-knuckle grip on our present.Emma Donoghue,New York Timesbestselling author ofRoom
A stunning debut by Jan Ellison . . . Like the photograph that arrives in the mail and sets in motion the plot of this gorgeous novel,A Small Indiscretionreminds us of the intensity of youthful desire and of the fragile nature of a marriage built on secrecy.Ann Packer,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Dive from Clausens Pier
A Small Indiscretionis that rare thinga literary page turner written with great warmth and humanity, which pulls the reader in emotionally without a hint of sentimentality.Alice LaPlante,New York Timesbestselling author ofTurn of Mind
It might be convenient if our mistakes would fade with time rather than hunt us down complete with consequence, but that wouldnt make for the kind of taut, hypnotic story Jan Ellison tells. The impact of narrator Annie Blacks small indiscretion is anything but, and in a brilliantly paced unraveling, Ellison makes vivid the sometimes tragic interplay of choice and fate, lust and love, youth and adulthoodwhich can bring its own mistakes. Absorbing, chilling, and moving,A Small Indiscretionis the debut of an elegant writer who will be known and admired from the start.Robin Black, author ofLife Drawing', '', 'Jan Ellison is an O. Henry Prize winner and a graduate of Stanford University. She left college for a year at nineteen to travel and work in Europe, taking notes that two decades later became the germ of A Small Indiscretion. Ellison lives in California with her husband of twenty years and their four children.
From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Journey Inside SuperStarPlanet #1: The Wrath of Mogwai\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Escape from Plauen, a True Story\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Kolbrin/ Glenn Kimball Special Edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: To Find a Mountain\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"This engaging story is of courage, love, honor, and the atrocities of war. Thought provoking, as well as deeply emotional, Benedetta\\\\'s story will remain with you long after you reach the end. Her bravery will amaze you. If you read only one historical fiction this year, make it To Find a Mountain. You\\\\'ll be glad you did.\\\" Carol Davis Luce, bestselling author', '\\\"Original...engaging.\\\" Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author', '', '', 'Dan Ames is a crime novelist and winner of the Independent Book Award for Crime Fiction. His books have reached the bestseller lists in the US and abroad. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Western Writers of America. Dan graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in journalism. He currently lives with his family in Detroit, Michigan.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Quick & Legal Will Book\\nDescription: ['\\\"An excellent book for lay people.\\\" BusinessWeek \\\"The most streamlined, yet thorough information available on how to write a valid will quickly and safely without a lawyer.\\\" Long Beach Press-Telegram \\\"Clifford, an estate planning attorney, describes how to create a basic will for simple situations. He explains types of wills and other basic aspects, then how to decide on beneficiaries; give away property; name guardians for children; choose an executor; understand probate, taxes, and other estate planning issues; prepare a draft of the will; prepare and sign the final will; store and copy it; change or revoke it; and hire a lawyer and create other documents, such as durable power of attorney. The book includes sample forms valid in every state except Louisiana. This edition incorporates changes to federal estate tax law.\\\" Eithne O\\\\'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: After Anna\\nDescription: ['', 'A nail-biting psychological thriller maintains high suspense to the very end Publishers Weekly', 'Superbly crafted will keep you up all night LizLovesBooks.com', 'A novel that had me gripped from its opening paragraph It certainly had me wanting more An excellent novel TheWelshLibrarian.blogspot.com', 'A story that will grab your attention from the start It will certainly appeal to any fans of psychological thrillers ByTheLetterBookReviews.co.uk', '', '', 'Alex Lake is a British novelist who was born in the North West of England. After Anna is the first book to be written under the authors pseudonym, and it has been a No.1 bestselling ebook sensation, receiving over 100 5* reviews online. The author now lives in the North East of the US.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lake Tahoe: Scenic Serenity\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Follow the River\\nDescription: ['Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.
From the Paperback edition.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Elly: Cowgirl Bride (Harlequin American Romance) (Codys: First Family of Rodeo)\\nDescription: ['Trish Milburn is a freelance journalist, lives in the South, and is a big fan of the outdoors and U.S. National Parks. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, nature photography, reading, traveling, watching TV or movies, and surfing the Web. She's also a big geek girl, including being a Browncoat and a Whovian, and has been known to cosplay at Dragon*Con.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Follow You Home\\nDescription: ['Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers. He loves stories in which scary things happen to ordinary people and is inspired by writers such as Stephen King, Ira Levin, Ruth Rendell, Ian McEwan, Val McDermid and Donna Tartt. Mark is now a full-time writer. Before that, he once picked broad beans, answered complaint calls for a rail company, taught English in Japan and worked as a marketing director. Mark co-published a series of crime novels with Louise Voss. The Magpies was his first solo venture and topped the UK Kindle charts for three months when it first released. Since its success, the novel has been re-edited and published by Thomas & Mercer on 26th November 2013. Because She Loves Me is his second spine-tingling thriller. He lives in England with his wife, their three children and a ginger cat.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cosfy Cotton Linen Square Throw Pillow Case Decorative Cushion Cover Pillowcase for Sofa Feathers, 18"x 18"(140445)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Wreckage\\nDescription: ['', 'Emily Bleeker is a former educator who discovered her passion for writing after introducing a writers workshop to her students. She soon found a whole world of characters and stories living inside of her mind. It took a battle with a rare form of cancer to give her the courage to share that amazing world with others. Emily lives in suburban Chicago with her husband and four kids. Between writing and being a mom, she attempts to learn guitar, sings along to the radio (loudly), and embraces her newfound addiction to running. Connect with her or request a Skype visit with your book club at emilybleeker.wordpress.com.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Geezers at the Mall\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Letter\\nDescription: [\\\"A captivating and tragic story...beautifully toldAjoobacats Blog
You will find it hard to put down. I cried buckets of tears reading itBooks With Wine and Chocolate
With a swift pace, memorable characters and a wonderful conceptual depth, Hughes' novel is one that simply can't be put downBytheletterbookreviews
Very satisfying. Both women's stories were equally developed and interesting. They were also equally heartbreakingMom With a Book
Tugs at the heart strings... A truly gorgeous storyShaz's Book Blog
This moving love story had everyone talking... Get set to be hookedLook
Autumnal Sunday afternoons were invented solely to read heart-tugging novels like thisRed
A wonderful, uplifting storyLesley Pearse
A story which reveals heartbreak, tragedy and loss...will stay with me for a long timejaffareadstoo
A moving story of love, loss and hopeBella\\\", \\\"Kathryn Hughes was born in Altrincham, near Manchester. After completing a secretarial course, Kathryn met her husband and they married in Canada. For twenty-nine years they ran a business together, raised two children and travelled when they could to places such as India, Singapore, South Africa and New Zealand. Kathryn and her family now make their home in a village near Manchester. The Letter is Kathryn's first novel, and she is busy working on her second, The Secret.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Travel Diary\\nDescription: ['Deborah Schenck likes to take walks with her husband and her golden retrievers, collecting berries and flowers along the way for use in her beautiful photographs. She was drawn several years ago to the process of \\\"Polaroid transfer\\\", by which a photographic image is transferred to parchment paper rather than photographic paper. Originally from England, where she worked as a professional photographer, Deborah Schenck currently resides in Vermont.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Camino Island: A Novel\\nDescription: ['Tasty . . . a fresh, fun departure. . .sheer catnip. . .a most agreeable summer destination. USA Today', 'John Grisham is the author of thirty novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Classic New Hampshire: Preserving the Granite State in Changing Times\\nDescription: ['These [profiles] are full color profiles, replete with people, first-hand experience, lively detail and author commentary. -- Concord Monitor', '6 x 9 trim. 19 illus. 1 map']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Gwendy's Button Box: A Novella\\nDescription: ['Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), the short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, the Bill Hodges trilogy End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and now an AT&T Audience Network original television series), Doctor Sleep, and Under the Dome. His novel 11/22/63—a Hulu original television series event—was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower and It are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis #2 May 1999\\nDescription: ['Love this comic book. Selling The Lady of Pharis #1 too. They really belong together. Great find.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ross Poldark :POLDARK\\nDescription: ['paperback, vg+', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Somewhere Over the Rainbow\\nDescription: [\\\"Bell, an international journalist who worked for many years and in many different places for Reuters and the London Times, was a correspondent in South Africa from 1988 to 1993. He witnessed the country under apartheid and watched apartheid's demise. A few years after he left, he became curious about the country and returned not only to see the many sites he had missed while working there but also to try to get a feel for how the people have adjusted. What Bell found makes for absolutely fascinating reading. The people remain polarized in many ways, and the newly found freedom and the remaining gap between wealth and poverty have bred widespread, and violent, crime. Bell's descriptions of the land and its wildlife are luscious, and his tales of meeting the people are heartwarming, but the reader also gets tremendous insights into the problems of this country in transition. This is an excellent book for travel buffs and for anyone interested in current events, history, government, and human behavior. Melinda Stivers Leach, Precision Editorial Services, Wondervu, CO Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", '\\\"This breezy and informative account captures the best and worst of the new South Africa.\\\" -- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Bitter Rain\\nDescription: ['', 'A Bitter Rain is the best kind of WWII novel, action-packed, populated by complex characters facing deep moral dilemmas, and historically accurate. I loved it. Mark Sullivan, author of #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky', 'Harrowing, intense, and oh so real, this story plunges the reader into the nightmare world of Nazi Germany where good and decent people struggle to survive. Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Royal Spyness Series and In Farleigh Field', 'The writing is clear and sharp, and I was immediately immersed in the time and the tale. I found myself alternately panting and holding my breath as I read. It is exceedingly well executed. Erik, specifically, was very well drawn, and so real and relatable. I loved his humanity and his inner voice, and his plight gave flesh to a German caricature. Amy Harmon, New York Times bestselling author of From Sand and Ash', 'An intense and captivating account of WWII through the eyes of a Nazi soldier. I thoroughly enjoyed this highly moving story, and particularly liked the way the two plotlines were interwoven. Expect to be staying up late at night to find out the fates of heroic Erik and his old friend, Trude. Soraya M. Lane, #1 bestselling author of Wives of War', 'Fast-paced and poignant with a timely message, Shipmans latest novel is a complex portrait of a community torn by war. Libbie Hawker, author of Mercer Girls and The Ragged Edge of Night', 'A harrowing novel of a Nazi soldier fighting for his soul as well as his own survival. The poignant stories of Erik and Trude will resonate with every reader even today. Colin Falconer, author of Isabella and The Unkillable Kitty OKane', 'James Shipmans A Bitter Rain tells a gripping and vital story of what happens when a government turns any expectation of decency in human behavior on its head. Alternating between the perspectives of Trude, a Jewish woman who, along with her daughter, is simply trying to survive, and Erik, an SS officer who battles with conscience, family and government, the novel shines with insight and haunting reminders of the terrifying implications of war. Ella Carey, international bestselling author of The House by the Lake', '', '', 'James D. Shipman is the bestselling author of three historical novels, Constantinopolis, Going Home, and It Is Well. He was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and began publishing short stories and poems while earning a degree in history from the University of Washington and a law degree from Gonzaga University. He opened his own law firm in 2004 and remains a practicing attorney. An avid reader, especially of historical nonfiction, Shipman also enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lynching Photographs (Defining Moments in American Photography)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Great Alone: A Novel\\nDescription: ['An Amazon Best Book of February 2018: In Kristin Hannahs The Great Alone, a damaged vet named Ernt Allbright returns from Vietnam and moves his family to the wilds of Alaska to start their lives anew. Initially it\\\\'s a welcome change, but as winter approaches, and Ernt\\\\'s mental state deteriorates, his wife and daughter find themselves in an increasingly precarious position. Leni and Cora are the heart of what is as much a mother-daughter love story as it is a pressure cooker of a page-turner. Together they reckon not only with the elements, but with some bad decisions, born from the stubborn faith that Ernt will somehow be restored to the person he was before the war. Its a testament to Hannahs compassionate storytelling that youll be hard-pressed to call him a villain; Ernt actually shares the same Achilles heel as the rest of the Allbright clan: they do not know how to ask for, or receive, help (so much so, you just want to shake them). Fortunately the cavalry comes anyway, including a homesteader named Large Marge who doesnt suffer fools (or domestic abusers). The muse of The Great Alone is clearly Alaska--in all its untamed, stunningly beautiful, dangerous glory. It provides the perfect backdrop for an equally dramatic tale, one that feels remarkably current for the 1970s setting. But Hannahs latest also harkens to her mega bestselling The Nightingale: it highlights the heroics of everyday people, especially women. And its just a damn good read. --Erin Kodicek, Amazon Book Review', \\\"Set in 1974 Alaska, this sweeping tale follows a girl coping with the dangers of domestic violence. Though ill-prepared for the extreme and harsh conditions, 13-year-old Leni and her parents, Ernt and Cora, have to learn how to survive in the unforgiving wild of their new home on the Kenai Peninsula. With the help of the small-knit community of endearing fellow homesteaders, the Allbrights manage to just barely stay afloat. But Ernt, who has never recovered from the trauma of fighting in the Vietnam War, struggles with the isolation and the interminably dark days of winter. Leni grows up witnessing her father (who is increasingly unable to control his paranoia and jealousy) abuse her beloved mother. Leni's greatest comfort and escape is her schoolmate and neighbor Matthew. Over the years, their friendship evolves into a forbidden romance. Hannah highlights, with vivid description, the natural dangers of Alaska juxtaposed against incongruous violence. VERDICT Give to teens who loved the author's The Nightingale and to fans of Jodi Picoult.Tara Kehoe, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, NC\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Newbies Guide to the Nexus 10: Everything You Need to Know About the Nexus 10 and the Jelly Bean Operating System\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Liar\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Best Easter Hunt Ever (Read with Me Cartwheel Books)\\nDescription: []\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":288,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":288,"string":"288"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Left to Tell\nDescription: ['As Seen on Public TV. Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Rising Tide\nDescription: [\"Gr. 6-9. This novel continues the involving story of Kate Keely, who survived the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and traveled to Ireland in A Sea So Far (2001). In this sequel Kate returns to California, where she joins forces and savings with her friend Ellen to open a small shop selling Irish linen goods. While Ellen struggles with an unsuitable suitor, her mother's death, and increased family responsibilities, Kate deals with business challenges, a mysterious journal, and a new man in her life. The girls' sympathetic mixture of insecurities and determination comes into focus against the well-drawn background of a city in transition and a society that pressures women to take traditional, domestic roles. With a rather static jacket illustration, this may not attract as many readers as the first book in the series, but those who met Kate previously will want to join her for this rewarding sequel. Carolyn Phelan Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gospel of Damascus\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Savannah Swingsaw (The Executioner /Mack Bolan No. 74)\nDescription: ['Don Pendleton, Mack Bolan: Savannah Swingsaw, paperback', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890\nDescription: ['“Nathaniel Philbrick has written a gem of a book. Away Off Shore is meticulously detailed, filled with fine anecdotes, and a fascinating look at a fascinating place.” —H. G. Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights
“Away Off Shore doesn’t recount more of the same heroic stories we’ve all heard about early Nantucketers . . . Instead the author gives us—finally—a human story of real Nantucketers whose actions reflect the times and the hardships they endured trying to make a life on this island centuries ago.” —Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror', 'Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award; Mayflower, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Bunker Hill, winner of the New England Book Award; Sea of Glory; The Last Stand; Why Read Moby Dick?; and Away Off Shore. He lives in Nantucket. His new book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, will be published in May 2016.']","rejected":"Title: Things I Learned from Roland: A Postcard from Wisconsin\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Twin: A Memoir\nDescription: ['In his previous book Wish I Could Be There, Shawn explored his agoraphobia and claustrophobia. Here, Shawn, whose father is the former New Yorker editor William Shawn and his brother the playwright/actor Wallace Shawn, focuses on his twin sister, Mary, who early on is diagnosed with both mental retardation and autism, and institutionalized by the time she is eight. Shawn knows he cannot really penetrate Mary\\'s world, but writes movingly of the lifelong effects of Mary\\'s absence from his. Mary\\'s \"sudden, virtually noiseless departure\" results in a kind of \"survivor guilt,\" so that \"for , to grow up and flourish would mean leaving Mary irrevocably behind.\" He speculates that his father\\'s inability to face the challenge of caring for her may have been a significant reason for his 37-year affair with colleague Lillian Ross. In addition to his reflections on his own emotional growth and creative evolution, Shawn steps out of the memoir genre to contribute a long informational chapter on how the thinking about autism has changed since it was first identified by Dr. Leo Kanner as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in the 1940s. Whether he\\'s remembering Mary, the deaths of his parents, or his studies with Nadia Boulanger and other great musicians, Shawn writes poetically with honesty and empathy. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.', 'Faced with a continually replenishing wave of memoirs, one can feel lost in the deluge. Which titles stand out, when youve got nine different memoirs on the same subject? Happily, librarians can recommend Twin to all memoir enthusiasts, and, of course, those who read Shawns previous title, Wish I Could Be There (2007), in which he skillfully dissected his phobias and other mental-health issues but left questions in the readers mind about his mentally disabled twin sister. Here he delves deeper into his own psyche and what he refers to as contradictions, piecing together the role of a sister with autism in his lifea twin, with all of the closeness associated with twins, and yet with a stark separation, as she left their home at age eight, permanently, for a residential treatment facility. Shawns moving work brings us closer to understanding a diagnosis that, by its nature, challenges family bonds. --Matthew Tiffany', '', '']","rejected":"Title: When We Say Goodnight\nDescription: ['Please visit the Facebook page \"Cosmo Finds His Forever Home.\"', 'What is it that you wish for? Who is closest to your heart? What happens when we say goodnight?', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wasted Vigil\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. Kiriyama-winner Aslam (Maps for Lost Lovers) takes an ambitious and moving look at the human cost of Afghanistan's war-torn reality. Marcus, a British doctor, lives near Jalalabad and quietly mourns the loss of his Afghan wife, their grown daughter and his hand to the Taliban and tribal warring. His houseguests includes Lara, a Russian woman searching for the truth about her soldier brother's disappearance, and David, a formerly zealous CIA operative whose love for Marcus's murdered daughter binds him to the older man as they search for her missing son. There's a tremendous tension in the first half of the book as the connections between the characters and the country are built up, and Aslam exploits the setup perfectly when a cast of younger charactersa fervent jihadi, a charismatic but arrogant American soldier, a rebellious local schoolteacherarrive at the house and bring danger with them. Lyrical but not overwritten, the novel creates an unflinchingly clear picture of a country whose history of strife is still being written. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Nadeem Aslam's unflinching epic novel spans centuries of civilization and conflict in Afghanistan, shifting back and forth through time while resolutely refusing to side with East or West. While he takes a dim view of terrorism, Aslam dismisses the notion that the Taliban is solely to blame for Afghanistan's plight, pointing instead to the conjunction of multiple cultural, political, and economic forces in a relentless cycle of aggression and retaliation. Some critics took issue with Aslam's prose, and his graphic descriptions of torture, rape, and murder make the book unsuitable for the squeamish. But for those with strong stomachs, Aslam takes readers on a haunting journey into a civilization on the margins of modernity, a world still incomprehensible to most Western eyes. Copyright 2008 Bookmarks Publishing LLC\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: On the End of the World\nDescription: ['', \"Joseph Roth (18941939) was an Austrian novelist best known for his family saga Radetzky March and for his novel of Jewish life, Job. He fought in the Austrian army in World War I, and worked as a novelist and journalist in Frankfurt, becoming a leading Jewish intellectual of the era. With the rise of Nazism, he lived the rest of his life in exile. Will Stone is an award-winning poet andthe translator of Stefan Zweig's Journeys.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: True North: A Memoir\nDescription: ['Conway ( The Road from Coorain ) continues her autobiography with this account covering the period from her departure from Australia for the U.S. to enter graduate school in 1960 through her appointment as Smith College president in 1975. She is delighted by New York City and by Harvard, where she forges enduring friendships with women, finds intellectual stimulation and begins her study of women\\'s history. Harvard\\'s Leverett House Master, John Conway, a Canadian war hero 18 years her senior, becomes her husband. If the author is reticent about the course of this romance, she candidly reflects on her weakening ties to Australia and her \"psychological warrior\" mother, her husband\\'s bouts with depression, their life as academics in Toronto and her coming to grips with infertility. She also recounts her growing reputation as a historian, her pragmatic feminism drawn from her teaching experiences, her fights for pay equity and her appointment as the first woman vice president at the University of Toronto. Hers is an absorbing, charming story of a life lived fully. 60,000 first printing; BOMC and QPB alternates; author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'YA-Following The Road from Coorain (Knopf, 1989), Conway leaves Australia to discover the freedom of open inquiry at Harvard University, and to break away from her mother\\'s oppressive demands. For the first time, she forms true friendships with other women and develops a sense of confidence and happiness that becomes almost complete when she marries Professor John Conway, her \"true north\" (compass point). The Conways face serious challenges as they move to Canada where the author teaches history and later becomes vice president of Toronto University. As the book ends, she is president of Smith College. Conway writes in a clear, brisk, literary style that is readable, engaging, and sometimes lyrical. She details successes and pleasures as well as personal sorrows and disappointments that require background knowledge from the earlier title. The final third of the book is a technical discussion of university-administration issues and of less general appeal, but good for readers interested in academic careers. Mature YAs seeking biography or women\\'s studies will find Conway\\'s continuing journey a fascinating one. Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Take (DI Joe Faraday)\nDescription: ['Quite simply the best police procedural Ive read this year. -- Harlan Coben', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Godforsaken Idaho\nDescription: ['', '', '\"[A] slam-dunk debut.\" O Magazine
\"Not only is each story brilliantly constructed, but the collection as a whole is an architectural masterpieceTheyre written smartlytheres utter brillianceIts terrific fiction. Vestal seems to be a writer we can trust to wake us up gorgeously to a certain angry reason, a certain subversive truth.\" Association for Mormon Letters
\"[A] darkly provocative story collection. Throughout these well-crafted stories, Vestals prose captures the gritty poignancy of western life.\" Seattle Times
\"From lustful country boys who plot against the tiny dogs carried around by beautiful out-of-town women (lapdogs, the narrator explains, are \"wrong\" because they make \"us feel defensive about our whole lives\") to two Mormons out to bring a sinner back into the fold, Vestal cracks open the dry, dusty ground and lets the weirdness spill out. It\\'s savage and apocalyptic and endlessly funny.\" The Stranger
\"Vestal\\'s anti-heroes may be rascals and lost causes, but they have a canny insight, humor and wisdom that I found irresistible.\" The Oregonian
\"I cracked open the collection by Shawn Vestal and found a short story called Winter Elders, which grabbed me from the opening line: They materialized with the first snow.This is a tale of missionary work from the perspective of the target. And it is a dark tale. Its also psychologically astute and elegantly written, like much of Vestals book.David Haglund, Slate', '\"[Godforsaken Idaho] lies somewhere between the classically chiseled narratives of Richard Fords Rock Springs, the satiristic imagination of George Saunders, and the comic stylings of The Book of Mormon. Vestals dark, often very funny, and deeply probing stories have one foot in God-fearing Mormon country and another in godforsaken characters-at-the-end-of-their-rope realism.\"Rebecca Bengal, Vogue', '\"These are smart, ambitious stories that bravely barrel into unwinnable argumentsThoughtful and cleverly crafted.\" Billings Gazette ', '\"Diviner, the closing tale, is as hair-raising a depiction of Mormon founder Joseph Smith as there is.\" Charleston Post and Courier', '\"Brilliant in its world-building.\" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel', '\"Full of believable and complex characters.\" NY1
...We see the world through the eyes of a beautiful stranger and are touched so personally. --Angela Reynolds, teacher and editor from Miami, Florida', 'Daughter of American converts to Islam, Umm Zakiyyah, also known by her birth name Ruby Moore, is the award-winning author of the If I Should Speak trilogy and the novels Realities of Submission, A Friendship Promise, and Muslim Girl. Umm Zakiyyahs books have been used in schools and universities in America and abroad for multicultural and religious studies. She writes about the interfaith struggles of Muslims and Christians, and the intercultural, spiritual, and moral struggles of Muslims in America. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kind of Kin\nDescription: [\"Kind of Kin is a kind of miracle. The character Sweet is an American original, doing her best to hold the family she loves together while trying not to fall apart. A winner. (Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife)
Wonderful . . . Askews unflinching portrait of a family whipsawed from within and without is a story for our time. Its proof of Askews flat-out genius that Kind of Kin is merciless, yet strangely full of mercy. (Ben Fountain, author Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
I loved it!!! I stayed up until 4 in the morning I couldnt stop thinking about it. That is just one of the magical things about Rillas writingA brilliant portrait of the world today. I just felt hopeful when I was finished. (Diane Welsh, Barnes & Noble, Cedar Rapids, IA)
Passionate, solid, and fair. . . Askews characters, whose viewpoints are all over the political map, are well-imagined, thoughtful, and treated with a kindness that is often lacking in the ongoing discussion of this hot button topic. It deserves great applause. (Emily Russo, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY)
Kind of Kin is beautiful, funny, politically alive and savvy. Askew does character like no American writer and her nuanced vision of the relationship between the Big Picture and the lives of regular Americans is unrivaled. (Paul Ingram, Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA)
The nature of this wonderful novel is, like the characters, raucous, messy, uncertain and foolishly brave. Askews story is brilliant and a most timely look at who is welcome into our lives and how we express and share compassion even while times are tough and language is a barrier. (Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA)
Askew writes a very compelling family drama that features a very hot subject these days-immigration, illegal and otherwise. Religion, civil rights, extended families, and the economic struggles of blue collar families all come into play in this multi-layered novel of life in Oklahoma. (Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO)
Bracing, startling, snort-out-loud funny, heart-rending, Kind of Kin addresses family function and dysfunction, religion, immigration. [Rilla Askew] suggests a very subversive thought. Perhaps we are all a kind of kin. No matter your politics, you will not soon forget this generous work of art. (Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Queen of America)
Compelling...this novel is rich, rewarding, and humane. (Publishers Weekly)
Askew deftly weaves together a narrative that foregrounds a number of important contemporary issues: religion, immigration, the economy and the effect of all of these on family life. (Kirkus Reviews)\", '', \"With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an illegal immigrant himself, has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage.\", \"Rilla Askew's brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: La Puissance du discours: Une petite histoire de la rhtorique dans la Grce antique et Rome (Le Miroir Des Humanistes) (French Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook: Featuring the 40 Foods Proven to Promote Heart Health\nDescription: [\"The introduction explains that scientists have identified 40 foods that can help reduce, prevent, and even reverse heart disease. Those 40 foodsamong them chocolate, red wine, tropical fruits, almonds and avocadosare the focus of this health-conscious cookbook. All 175 recipes include one or more of them, and the first section details, food by food, in easily understandable (even occasionally funny) language, why they're good for you. The recipes are accessible and appealing, if not especially original. The superstar ingredients are marked with a heart symbol; key nutritional information accompanies each entry. The full spectrum of basic food genres is covered, from breakfast foods like Broccoli and Cheese Strata (featuring egg whites), Asparagus Frittata (using egg substitute) and Green TeaOatmeal Pancakes to desserts such as Orange Pistachio Cake and an antioxidant-rich but still decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake. In between are plenty of soups, salads (including an elegant Grape and Fennel Salad), vegetable side dishes, grains, beans, pasta and main courses such as Sesame Salmon with Spicy Cucumber Salad, Oven-Fried Fish and Chips, Revamped Chicken Potpie and Make-Over Veal Marsala. The variety and simplicity make this a reliableand lightheartedresource for anyone trying to fight or prevent heart trouble. (Feb.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'The variety and simplicity make this a reliable--and lighthearted--resource for anyone trying to fight or prevent heart trouble. Publishers Weekly
Overall, the book will be useful for those who are interested in a healthier diet... Library Journal Review', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The "Do for Others" Day eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Palace of Desire: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2\nDescription: ['Mahfouz tells the story of Palace of Desire with sensitivity and humor, offering deep insights into the human condition. Philadelphia Inquirer
All the magic, mystery, and suffering of Egypt in the 1920s are conveyed on a human scale. The New York Times Book Review
A grand novel of ideas. . . . A marvelous read. The Washington Post
In Palace of Desire we see the intricate and complex tragedy of patriarchy working itself out through succeeding generations. Chicago Tribune', '', 'Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Theory of Interest by Kellison, Stephen Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3rd (third) edition (2008) Hardcover\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa\nDescription: [\"Armchair explorers, rejoice! Richard Grant has gone where we dare not and brought back the news in all its rich, harrowing and lucid detail. The best book about Africa since Paul Theroux's Dark StarSafari. --T.C. Boyle, author of The Women and When the Killings Done
Heading for Tanzania, intent on exploration- a first descent of the Malagarasi River-, Richard Grant instead finds himself in the shadow of Burton and Speke, Stanley and Livingston on an altogether unexpected frontier of the unknown- the reality of contemporary Africa. The result is a kaleidoscopic romp through chaos, contradiction, madness and wonder. A fierce account, honestly told, and refreshingly frank. Wade Davis, author of One River and Into the Silence\", '
In his last book when he was being chased by killers in Mexico for a couple days I questioned Richard Grants sanity in trying to be the first to travel the length of Tanzanias Malagarasi River. The hippos and crocodiles are the problem, also the dreadful diseases that daily afflict you. This is a truly wonderful book about East Africa. Jim Harrison, author of Returning to Earth', '
Way back when, we crawled out of the Great Rift in Africa. Richard Grant explains that this ancient womb is the theater of our future. This coming world will have a lot of people fighting over dwindling piles of junk. This future will looks a lot like murder. This time we are all going down Crazy River and forget the damn life jackets. They belong to the past we devoured. Let Richard Grant take you to your new home. But let me warn you: we will not get home before dark. Charles Bowden, author of Murder City
As he did in God\\'s Middle Finger, Grant takes us into a world where few willingly venture. His feverish journey from Zanzibar, down an uncharted river and into the broken heart of 21st century Africa is by turns funny, poignant, frightening and deeply disturbing. The future Grant shows us with such lucidity and compassion is one his predecessors, Stanley, Livingstone and Burton could never have envisioned. John Vaillant, author of The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Fear and loathing in East Africa as travel writer Grant traverses the ravaged continent in search of a mysterious river and the source of the Nile...Dyspeptic, disturbing and brilliantly realized, Grants account of Africa is literally unforgettable.\" --Kirkus Reviews
\"A mixture of offbeat characters and travelogue, an entertaining and informative first-person account of a man whos very much out of his element but very keen to learn everything he can.\" --Booklist
\"Grants gift for getting detoured...makes this one of the years most surprising adventure books, taking us well beyond jungle and river..part sociologist, part journalist, and more interested in what happened along the way than achieving goals or reaching destinations. --Men\\'s Journal
\"as detailed in this thoroughly engrossing new book, Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa, Grant\\'s quest for adventure and discovery didn\\'t go unrewarded.\" --Tucson Weekly
\"This is Grants third travel book, and he strikes a wonderful balance between evoking the sepia-toned, blood-stained, imperialist past and the hungry, gritty independent realism of modern East Africa. Never one to focus on his own accomplishments, and slow to judge others, he manages to serve up equal portions of humility and pathos.\" --Lonely Planet', \"Richard Grant is an award-winning travel writer who has published his work in Men's Journal, Esquire, and Details, among others. He is also the author of American Nomads and God's Middle Finger. Grant currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of our Kinship with Animals\nDescription: ['New Awareness Magazine, February - March 2010 (New Awareness Magazine, Feb)', 'Tina Volpe is an author, health researcher, 34-year vegetarian, speaker, educator/consultant, columnist and television guest, appearing all over the U.S. She has also been a host for the top rated show Wake Up America, on Global Talk Radio. Judy Carman is an author and activist for animal rights, environmental protection, and world peace. Over the years she has helped establish justice groups and has also co-founded Animal Outreach of Kansas and the Worldwide Prayer Circle for Animals.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Transforming Church: Bringing Out the Good to Get to Great\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Steelhead Paradise\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Republic of Love\nDescription: ['Love at first sight becomes new, as Shields delights the reader with her carefully polished prose. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '
Carol Diggory-Shields is the author of many works for children including the poetry booksLunch Money, Almost Late to School, andAfter the Bell Rings. She currently works as a childrens librarian and previously worked with children as a recreational therapist. She lives in northern California.
']","rejected":"Title: Building Christian Communities: Strategy for Renewing the Church\nDescription: ['Book by Clark, Stephen B.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Game: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes\nDescription: ['\"May well be the best King has devised yet. The sights, smells and ideas of India make interesting, evocative reading.\"Publishers Weekly, starred review
\"A rousingadventure story made credible by the sheer force of its characters\\'personalities and the sharply realized details of theirsurroundings. Good historical fiction is as close as we\\'ll ever getto time travel, and historical fiction doesn\\'t get any better thanthis.\"The Denver Post
\"A wondrously taut mystery, ticking away like a malevolent clock.\"Booklist (starred review)
\"Splendid...perhaps the rippingest of all Russell\\'s ripping tales.\"Seattle Times ', 'Laurie R. Kingis theNew York Timesbestselling author of thirteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the Stuyvesant & Grey novelsTouchstoneandThe Bones of Paris, and the acclaimedA Darker Place, Folly,andKeeping Watch. She lives in Northern California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Through the Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey and Energy Medicine\nDescription: ['Jan Engels-Smith is a master of transformation. Through decades of experience as a master teacher and shamanic practitioner, she has captured the essence of change and well-being. Jan is an author, a Shamanic Practitioner (Sh.D.), an Usui, Tibetan and Karuna Reiki Master, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Chemical Dependency Specialist, and a Hypnotherapist. Jans mission is to provide excellence in energy healing and education, and to support personal growth for well-being, adapting ancient healing techniques to contemporary life in the 21st century. In 1994, Jan founded LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine and has developed the first energy medicine curriculum of its kind, which provides teaching for those with a curious interest in energy medicine, as well as those that would like to obtain a doctorate in shamanism (Sh.D.). Jans book Becoming Yourself: The Journey from Head to Heart, won the Readers Choice Award from iUniverse. She is a diamond level author with Ezine Articles and writes a monthly article for Sedona Journal of Emergence. Jan also authored two CDs: Take Your Body With You, a shamanic drumming CD, and Awaken~Unburden~Create, a meditation CD package of shamanic principles', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: New Jerusalem Bible: New Testament\nDescription: ['Contains the complete text of the ancient canon of scripture, along with up-to-date and extensive introductions and notes. Eight pages of color maps and indexes, including biblical themes, personal names, and major footnotes.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: By Mrs. Amber L Rinehart Dragon's Tear (The Three Realms) (Volume 1) (1st First Edition) [Paperback]\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Girl Called Problem\nDescription: ['Gr 6-9-Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means \"problem\" in Swahili, has been told all her life by her widowed mother that their family is cursed. When the elders of her village inform the residents of Tanzanian President Nayere\\'s 1967 decree that they should move and share resources with a nearby village, Shida is excited for the change, thinking that she will finally have the opportunity to go to school and study under the village\\'s nurse. Soon after arriving at the new village, however, troubling things begin to happen, and Shida\\'s mother\\'s belief in a curse seems more and more real. When tragedy strikes the family, surprising secrets are revealed, and the people must decide whether to remain in the new village or return to their land. Although the story has a slow start, readers will soon be immersed in the culture of this Sukuma village and will urge Shida on as she works hard to help her difficult mother and as she seeks the education that she will need to become a healer. Quirk strikes a good balance between traditional Sukuma tribal beliefs and more modern ideas about medicine and education. A glossary and help readers better understand the culture and setting in which the story takes place.-Sarah Reid, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton, NY(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'The ancestors dont like girls going to school. Is that why the crop is failing in 13-year-old Shidas rural village in Tanzania in the late 1960s? Shida is thrilled to learn to read in her rough one-room schoolhouse, and her dream is to train with the village nurse. She is encouraged by her wise grandfather, Babu, an ardent follower of the adored new president, Nyerere, who supports womens education and has freed the people from white colonialism. But many villagers, including Shidas widowed, depressed mother and the boys in the classroom, are hostile to girls being educated and leaving the traditional ways. Who released the precious village cattle? Is someone poisoning the collective crops? Quirk spent two years in Tanzania, and this original paperback includes a detailed Swahili glossary with notes and photos. The young girls moving personal story brings close not only the intense battle over education and equality but also the basic struggle for the freedoms that come with running water, electricity, and medicine. Can Shida change her mother? Grades 5-9. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']","rejected":"Title: United Methodist Hymnal Dark Red\nDescription: ['Book by United methodist Church', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Boy in the Boat\nDescription: ['\"From raw and compelling prose, a moving portrait emerges of Brian. From cowed child to fierce rebel and finally to an adult battling his own inner demons. This is a finely crafted memoir.\" Australian Woman\\'s Day.
\"O\\'Raleigh is a convincing writer and this book is good enough to deserve ranking with Angela\\'s Ashes. He mixes dialog, narrative and reflection in a memoir that is always engrossing, often scary and sometimes funny. He deserves great credit.\" The Australian Irish Echo.
\"Brian is no angel. He\\'s an infuriating drunk and an irresponsible brute - which is why this story of ultimate redemption is so powerful. It has its lighter moments too, where innocent humour offers respite from the cynical and wistful mood.\" Australian New Idea.
\"In this searingly honest memoir O\\'Raleigh chronicles the abuse that would leave him scarred for life. The fact that he can now writeabout his tumultuous origins, given over to crime, drugs and alcohol, must mean that he has at last conquered his own inner demons. This is an engrossing read.\" Ballarat Courier, Australia.', 'Brian ORaleigh was born into a chaotic Irish family in 1941 in the English seaside resort town of Blackpool. He attended St Josephs College, until the age of 14 when he was expelled after a fight with a Christian brother. At the age of 18, accused of being involved in an IRA bomb threat on Blackpool Tower, he emigrated to Australia, just a few steps ahead of English justice. Arriving in Sydney he worked at a dozen different occupations, salesman, construction worker, bulldozer operator, factory worker, steel fixer and trade union official. After his first wife left him in 1967 - in a desperate attempt to do something decent with his life - he volunteered for the 6-Day-War in Israel. There he met his second wife, Carol, and for a while, stopped drinking. But on returning to London a year later, he became involved in the notoriously hedonistic life of The Swinging Sixties. Excessive drinking, night clubs, parties, crime and the associated violence. Then, after organizing a gang raid on a London police station, he was forced to flee England once again, and, with police alerts at all airports in the UK, he took a small, French fishing boat to Calais. Carol met him there and together they journeyed through France, Germany, Austria, Belgrade, Bulgaria, Turkey, crossing the Bosphorus at Istanbul, before traveling through Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, through the Khyber Pass to Pakistan, India and eventually, Australia. A year later, Brian began building a deep sea sailing boat hoping that this would set him free from the alcoholism he had despised in his father; but, after 4 years of failure and frustration, he suffered a major collapse and became suicidal. This proved to be the catalyst that began a lasting recovery. Brian began writing in 2005. His latest book: \\'The Storyteller of Inis Mr\\' was reviewed by Frank O\\'Shea, literary critic for The Australian Irish Echo, who said: \"ORaleighs new work: The Storyteller of Inis Mor, reminds one of the great Irish writers such as Sean OFaolain and Benedict Kiely.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Gouge magique La\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: Onward is not a puff piece. In just under 400 brisk pages, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz details the multitude of factors--the recession, new consumer behavior, overexpansion--that led to the company\\'s downturn during 2007-2008. Obviously, Schultz was successful, and his book has plenty of valuable lessons about management and leadership--standard features for most business books. But the most interesting thing about Onward is Schultz\\'s honesty about the whole process, from his determination to make difficult personnel changes to his admission that he considers it a personal failure when he sees someone with a competitor\\'s cup of coffee. Schultz even makes the chapters about his agonies over the company\\'s breakfast sandwiches a fascinating study in the minute decisions that go into running a multibillion-dollar company. Conflicts, raw emotions, high stakes: Onward is a business book that goes beyond feel-good maxims and actually has a story to tell. --Darryl Campbell', \"Starred Review. In 2000, Starbuck's founder and CEO Schultz (Pour Your Heart into It) stepped down from daily oversight of the company and assumed the role of chairman. Eight years later, in the midst of the recession and a period of decline unprecedented in the company's recent history, Schultz-feeling that the soul of his brand was at risk-returned to the CEO post. In this personal, suspenseful, and surprisingly open account, Schultz traces his own journey to help Starbucks reclaim its original customer-centric values and mission while aggressively innovating and embracing the changing landscape of technology. From the famous leaked memo that exposed his criticisms of Starbucks to new product strategies and rollouts, Schultz bares all about the painful yet often exhilarating steps he had to take to turn the company around. Peppered with stories from his childhood in tough Canarsie, N.Y., neighborhoods, his sequel to the founding of Starbucks is grittier, more gripping, and dramatic, and his voice is winning and authentic. This is a must-read for anyone interested in leadership, management, or the quest to connect a brand with the consumer. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.\"]","rejected":"Title: Barron's Dictionary of American Sign Language\nDescription: ['(back cover) BARRONS Dictionary of American Sign Language
', '', 'Geoffrey Poor is Associate Professor of Sign Language and Interpreting Education, National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses\nDescription: ['Starred review. ...Piot helped assure that affordable drugs revolutionizing AIDS treatment would be available to the poorest victims. He leaves a legacy of change and hope in two worlds medicine and politics and an urgent reminder that their cooperation saves lives. \"', 'Peter Piot, MD, PhD, is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, former undersecretary general of the United Nations, and former executive director of UNAIDS. He lives in London.']","rejected":"Title: How Being Broken Saved ME...\nDescription: ['Angelia Vernon Menchan, is woman, wife, mother, grandmother, author, publisher, mentor... child of God.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA\nDescription: ['When Johnson was a teenager living in suburban Detroit after years of living in exotic places around the world, his father revealed the secret that had guided their lives: he was a CIA agent. That revelation gave Johnson license to deceive and cover up as well, joining his father in a double life. Feelings of fear and isolation never left him, even later as he pursued a career as a journalist. As a foreign correspondent, he found astounding parallels between his fathers work and his own, including source development and the sometimes clandestine nature of the work. Johnson traces his life as son and journalist from the U.S. to Mexico to the Middle East and Europe, tracking secrets and wondering about the morality and authenticity of his and his fathers lives together and apart. He ponders the impact of secretiveness on his fathers marriages and on his own failed relationships. An enthralling look at a complicated father-son relationship and a painful investigation of the messiness of truth in journalism, intelligence ops, and life. --Vanessa Bush', 'A beautifully written memoir, and a cautionary tale about double lives. . . . I couldnt put this book down. - Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of See No Evil
Scott Johnson has written a fine book of unusual honesty; he grapples with the nature of his beloved fathers secret life and the profound consequences it has had in his own. This is an extraordinary story, astonishingly well-told. - Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara
A mesmerizing book . . . beautifully written, deeply moving, and compulsively readable. - David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers
Brave and memorable . . . a rare glimpse into the private life of a spy that digs into the love, lies, and ambiguities between father and son. - Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
An aching, lyrical father-son story of the spy world that is dark and intriguing. - Evan Thomas, author of The War Lover
This stunning memoir could be ripped from the pages of a John le Carr novel. . . . A fascinating and important book by one of the great American foreign correspondents of his generation. - Michael Hastings, author of The Operators
[A] searingly honest memoir [Johnson] deftly explores the eerie parallels between these professional worlds: the CIA case officer who labors to recruit sources to provide secret information to assist the United States in its pursuit of foreign policy objectives worldwide, and the journalist who also recruits inside sources, but ones who will speak for publication. - San Francisco Chronicle
Evokes John le Carrs dark autobiographical thriller The Perfect Spy. - Washington Post
An enthralling look at a complicated father-son relationship and a painful investigation of the messiness of truth in journalism, intelligence ops, and life. - Booklist
Johnsons engrossing memoir, through the layers of subterfuge, uncovers many basic truths of familial conflict. - Publishers Weekly']","rejected":"Title: 50 Simple Things to Save Your Life During Residency\nDescription: ['Dr. Ben Brown is an award winning writer, teacher and humanitarian. He is Director of Integrative Medicine, Global Medicine and Career Development at one of the UCSF Residency programs and is Medical Director for Ornish Lifestyle Medicine. In his work and life he is here to serve by remembering to stay aligned, have fun, relax and enjoy the ride.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's\nDescription: ['From the time he was three or four years old, John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people. He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children, and by the time he was a teenager his odd habits - an inclination to blurt out non-sequiturs, obsessively dismantle radios or dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them) - had earned him the label \\'social deviant\\'. It didn\\'t help that his mother conversed with light fixtures and his father spent evenings pickling himself in sherry.\"Look Me in the Eye\" is his story of growing up with Asperger\\'s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis simply didn\\'t exist. Along the way, it also tells the story of two brothers born eight years apart yet devoted to each other: the author and his younger brother Chris, who would grow up to become bestselling author Augusten Burroughs. This book is a rare fusion of inspiration, dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind. For someone who has struggled all his life to connect with other people, Robison proves to be an extraordinary storyteller.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Marcel Pagnol M'a Racconte\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Sea Runners (Contemporary American Fiction)\nDescription: ['
In this timeless survival story, four indentured servants escape their Russian Alaska work camp in a stolen canoe, only to face a harrowing journey down the Pacific Northwest coast. Battling unrelenting high seas and fierce weather from New Archangel, Alaska, to Astoria, Oregon, the men struggle to avoid hostile Tlingit Indians, to fend off starvation and exhaustion, and to endure their own doubt and distrust. Based on an actual incident in 1853, The Sea Runners is a spare and awe-inspiring tale of the human quest for freedom.
']","rejected":"Title: New York City Landmarks\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Keepers of the House\nDescription: ['What happens if a wealthy, white Southern man falls in love, marries, and has children with his black housekeeper after his white wife has died? If he lives in the country and is discreet, if his light-skinned children are sent off to school and he never tells anyone he is actually married, perhaps nothing. But what about his children and grandchildren? Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize, The Keepers of the House attacks the hypocrisy of Southern racism and examines the results of rage and revenge through the members of the Howland family. The narrator is Abigail Howland, white granddaughter of William Howland and his first wife, the only one left to face the wrath of the town after the secret is exposed. Complex and defiant, enmeshed in racism and familial obligations, she is compelled to go back through her family history in order to understand herself, her father, and the South. Shirley Ann Grau is a masterful storyteller; even though we know something shocking is coming, caught up in the emotions of the moment we sometimes forget where the memories and stories are leading until suddenly we are confronted by Abigail\\'s dramatic and electrifying revenge on the town which has risen up against her. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let\\'s Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Movie Location Series Lone Pine\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rosie Project\nDescription: ['Book by Graeme Simsion', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Playboy Magazine, June 1987\nDescription: ['PLAYMATE: Sandra Greenberg COVER: Donna Edmonson PICTORIALS: Donna Edmonson PMOY; Jenilee Harrison INTERVIEW: Whoopi Goldberg 20Q: Michael J. Fox FEATURES: Better Than Birdprofile of Boston Celtics forward Kevin McHale; Condom Etiquette; Little Annie Fanny PAGES: 174']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ordinary Grace (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: This Is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers The Real Presence\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Plover: A Novel\nDescription: ['A jack of all literary trades, Doyle (Leaping: Revelations & Epiphanies, 2013) augments his impressive oeuvre with this whimsical dreamscape of a nautical adventure about desolation and friendship. To escape his haunting loneliness, Declan O Donnell sets out on the high seas with no intention of returning to his Oregon home. In fact, he has no intentions at all, except to wander west and then west to distance himself from his troubling past. With little company besides a copy of conservative orator Edmund Burkes speeches and the occasional gull, Declan drifts into the Pacific void to discover not solitude but unlikely companionship. Reluctantly agreeing to aid his recently widowed friend, Piko, and his disabled daughter, Declan finds himself extemporizing fatherhood and pursuing pirates when Piko gets kidnapped. As the adventure escalates, so does the number of his shipmates, humans and sea creatures alike. In stylized prose with frequent nods to Coleridge, Melville, and Stevenson, Doyles surreal world is alive with vivid characters, mysterious birds, and lyrical philosophy about contentment. A joyous journey of discovery. --Jonathan Fullmer', '', \"The Plover is about beauty, loneliness, the mysteries of the sea, albatrosses, an unforgettable young girl, language, healing, and love. And plenty more. Brian Doyle writes with Melville's humor, Whitman's ecstasy, and Faulkner's run-on sentences; in this book he has somehow unified his considerable talents into an affirming, whimsical, exuberant, and pelagic wonder. Few contemporary novels shimmer like this one. Anthony Doerr, author of The Shell Collector\", 'Brian Doyle has spun a great sea story, filled with apparitions, poetry, thrills, and wisdom. The sweet, buoyant joy under every sentence carried me along and had me cheering. I enjoyed this book enormously. Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia', \"Board this boat! Here's Doyle at his probing, astonishing, wordslinging best. Robin Cody, author of Voyage of a Summer Sun\", 'Conrad, Stevenson and Jack London come to mind, but so does the magical realism of Gabriel Garca Mrquez. The Plover sails delightfully on an imaginative sea of insight, compassion and a kind of mystical grace. The Seattle Times', \"It is Doyle's careful shaping of his characters' internal landscapes that make The Plover so unique. A novel of wondrous ideas worth mulling over. What The Plover has on offer is aplenty: big themes -- the search inner peace, a need to be loved, the destruction of our planet -- flanked by small touches, like the reproductions of ocean-themed woodcuts at the opening of each chapter or the bars of music sprinkled throughout the text (if you have an instrument on hand, give those notes a gander). The Oregonian\", 'The Plover alternately reminded me of The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith by Peter Carey, with its crippled main character and fictional country; The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, for strange adventures at sea; Florence and Giles by John Harding, for made-up words; and the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the elements of magical realism. Booksquawk', 'Doyle has written a novel in the adventurous style of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson but with a gentle mocking of their valorization of the individual as absolute. Readers will enjoy this bracing and euphoric ode to the vastness of the ocean and the unexpectedness of life. Library Journal (starred)', 'A rare and unusual book and a brilliant, mystical exploration of the human spirit. Kirkus Reviews (starred)', 'A novel about the sea. It is a rhythmic read. The cadence of the sea and of on-board conversation creates a mosaic of movement. The ocean serves as both protagonist and antagonist. It holds everyone together as it strives to pull everyone apart. It slides through the novel and lulls us into its great heart. The Portland Book Review', 'The Plover is a fun ride with meaning and heart, lots of it, as well as jokes, scares, storms at sea, surprises, magic, absurdity--and humanity, exuberant joyful humanity. Shelf Awareness (starred review)', \"I don't know how many all-bird novels are out there, but Doyle could rule the canon. The aviary ensemble of The Plover ('those who have heard it say it has a mournful yet eager sound'), separated from the whole of the narrative, deftly and gracefully drives a stand-alone tale. ... But this is a people story -- it's full of them. They are colorfully introduced, down to the detailed fabric of their being and then often released from the tale, only to be intricately woven back in. The Register-Guard\", \"Wisps of other memorable journey books arise as you sail off with the Plover -- The Odyssey, Cold Mountain, Life Of Pi, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Sparrow -- yet this novel defies comparison as it stands out as a purely original, witty, literary, lyrical, philosophical wonder all by itself. Touching, soul-searching and uplifting, while hilariously profane at the same time, Declan's creative epithets are eloquent and frequent. The Plover touches that seeker of truth and redemption that lives within each of us. Bookreporter.com\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: More Than Money More Than Faith; Successfully Raising Missionary Support in the Twenty-first Century\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: NIV, Thinline Bible, Large Print, Imitation Leather, Brown, Red Letter Edition\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Why Great Teachers Quit: And How We Might Stop the Exodus\nDescription: ['\"This book is a must-read for every principal, school board member, and policy maker concerned about teacher turnover. Farber does an excellent job framing the problems. Now the question is: What are we willing to do to stem the exodus of great teachers from our schools?\" Author: Tom Israel, Executive Director Published On: 2009-05-18
This book is for every parent who has had their childs teacher leave in the middle of the year, every administrator who marvels at the difficulty of teacher retention or team spirit, every policy maker ready to walk the walk, and anyone who has invested years in preparation for a career in the classroom only to be faced with the thought of cutting his or her losses. Author: Esm Raji Codell, Author of Educating Esm Published On: 2010-05-06
In this lively and interesting book, Katy Farber makes public the real reasons why inexperienced teachers rarely stay long enough or get the support they need to become good, why good teachers dont become great, and why great teachers quit. Author: Deborah Meier, Educational Reformer, Writer, and Activist Published On: 2010-02-08
\"A timely book about a major crisis affecting our schools and real solutions to keep our best teachers in the classroom.\" Author: Anthony J. Mullen, 2009 National Teacher of the Year Published On: 2010-05-28
\"Finally, a book written by a practicing teacher who really understands what it is like to teach in todays schools: the demands, challenges, and rewards. Joining her are the voices of teachers from all over the country who have come together to share their stories and wisdom. Written with passion and insight, this is an excellent resource for anyone vested in improving education and keeping quality teachers in the classroom. This book should be required reading for every administrator and school board member.\" Author: Julie Smart, Special Educator Published On: 2009-07-01
\"This book can remind those who teach why we do so, not only reconnect us with our core beliefs, but also to motivate us to speak up beyond our individual classrooms on behalf of the well-being of our students and the ultimate success of public schools.\" Author: Kenneth J. Bernstein Published On: 2011-10-12', '', 'Katy Farber is a teacher, author, and founder of the blog, Non-Toxic Kids. She is also the author of two books about education, Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus and Change the World with Service Learning. Katy has written for various news, parenting, non-profit and educational publications, including MomsRising, Moms Clean Air Force, Educational Leadership, CNNs School of Thought Blog, Problogger, Fox News opinion, and many others.
', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: NIV, Thinline Craft Collection Bible, Hardcover, Tan/Purple, Red Letter Edition\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The 35-Plus Diet for Women: The Breakthrough Metabolism Diet Developed at Kaiser Permanente for Women over 35\nDescription: ['This guide to fighting middle-age bulge maintains that \"sugar rather than salt is the bloat-causing culprit for many 35-Plus Women with weight problems.\" Based on nutritionist Spodnik\\'s research at the Kaiser Permanente Clinic in Cleveland, it also advises the elimination of fats and the careful balance of carbohydrates and proteins. Calcium-rich foods and bone-strengthening exercise are advocated to prevent osteoporosis. Dieters will benefit from the wide selection of recipes provided by Gibbons (The Slim Gourmet Cookbook, including soups, meat, fish, potato, pasta, rice and vegetable dishes, sauces and snacks. Vegetarians, however, will be disappointed by the scant offering of vegetarian main dishes and nonmeat salads. The crash course in nutrition is overly simplistic and would have been greatly enriched by diagrams or charts illustrating the relevant physiological principles. 35,000 first printing; $30,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales\nDescription: ['', 'An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2014: Stop trying to pimp me out to all these groupies, a famous author and infamous cad utters in Revenant, one of three cleverly interconnected tales that begin Margaret Atwoods superbly sardonic Stone Mattress. He is referring to an impending visit from an infatuated graduate student who is supposedly writing a thesis about his sonnetswhich arent really sonnets (long story). Naveenaher name, he derisively but accurately points out, sounds like cheese food slices. Or betterlike a hair-removal creamis insufferable enough to be sure. The depiction makes yours truly nervous to be writing this review, but its all part of the fun, and these tales are fun, which is odd considering the sinister current that runs through many of them. But its as if the reader is privy to some sort of inside joke. This is especially evident in The Dead Hand Loves You, when Atwood playfully skewers the horror genre then gleefully indulges in it, and the ominously tongue-in-cheek Torching the Dusties. Fans of Margaret Atwood will certainly delight in this collection. But beware, the Stone Mattress will make groupies of old and new readers alike. Erin Kodicek', '', '', '\"Witty and frequently biting ... this books stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary.\" The New York Times Book Review
\"InStone Mattress[Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!\" Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times
\"These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment.\" OMagazine
\"Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful.\" Boston Globe
\"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwoods novels.\" Minneapolis Star Tribune
\"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind.\" Miami Herald
\"[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun.\" Chicago Tribune
\"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes.\" Publishers Weekly, starred review
\"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ...Atwood has the raptor\\'s penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark.\" Booklist, starred review
\"Clever tales about writers and lovers ... Atwood is a playful, sharp-edged, and politically alert author.\" Kirkus Reviews', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Road Dog\nDescription: [\"Kelley Baker Author & Independent Filmmaker A graduate of USCs film school, Kelley has a BA and an MFA in film production. He is an author, (Road Dog, The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide: Part One & Part Two) and an Independent Filmmaker. He has written and directed three full-length features (Birddog, The Gas Caf, & Kicking Bird), eight short films and quite a few documentaries. His films have aired on PBS, Canadian and Australian television, and have been shown at Film Festivals including London, Sydney, Annecy, Sao Paulo, Sundance, Chicago, Aspen, Mill Valley and Edinburgh. In addition to his own films he was the sound designer on six of Gus Van Sant's feature films including, My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, and Finding Forrester, and Todd Haynes film, Far From Heaven. He also did the sound on Will Vintons, The Adventures of Mark Twain, and three Claymation specials for CBS. Kelley started traveling around the US showing his short films and teaching workshops. Since no distributors wanted to show his feature films he tore a page out of the punk rock handbook and booked his own film tour. He borrowed a pick-up truck and a canopy, burned a thousand DVDs of his films (one at a time on an old computer), and hit the road going to media art centers, art house theaters, colleges, universities, video stores and even bars to show his films and teach workshops. At the end of two months he had sold hundreds of DVDs and actually made a few dollars. Since that first major tour was successful, Kelley purchased a used van and for the next ten years went out on the road twice a year to show his films and teach. His traveling companion was his one hundred twenty pound Chocolate Lab, Moses. Road Dog chronicles some of those adventures. Kelley has appeared in over a hundred cities and hundreds of venues since 2002 and still hasn't lost his sense of humor. To learn more about Kelley and his work we invite you to check out his website, www.angryfilmmaker.com, for more information.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back\nDescription: [\"Beautifully writtenBegins like a fairy taleIn Nimura's deftly interwoven account, the three girls emerge as contrasting types, like Chekhov's Three Sisters. - Christopher Benfey, New York Times Book Review
Janice P. Nimura achieves the elusive dream of the historian, producing a work that will engage and satisfy academic and non-specialist audiences alike. The author offers both sets of readers a magnificently and meticulously detailed account of three women whose lives epitomize key features of the changing landscape of late 19th and early 20th century Japan. - Miriam Kingsberg, Los Angeles Review of Books
This remarkable and beautifully written storyoften as riveting as a page-turning novelis both scholarly and accessible to non-specialists. - Wingate Packard, Seattle Times
Youd be hard-pressed to find a novelist who is as deft at portraying relationships and inner thoughts. [Nimura] skillfully bridges Japanese and American cultures, using the seemingly small story of three young people to tell a much larger tale of another time. - Becky Krystal, Washington Post
Nimura's exhaustively researched historical biography is as immersive as any work of fiction, heartwrenching in its depiction of these cultural orphans turned pioneers. - Julia Pierpont, Oprah.com
Nimura has done an impressive amount of research to tell her story. Most of the time Daughters of the Samurai reads like a novel about the meeting of East and West and how it transformed the lives of three extraordinary young women. - Elizabeth Bennett, Dallas Morning News
You wont welcome intrusions while reading this unprecedented, true storymemorably illuminating. - Terry Hong, Christian Science Monitor
This is feminism for Japanese women in its infancy, and Janice P. Nimura enhances the reality of the entire experience with this superb historical nonfiction account. - Historical Novel Society
Daughters of the Samuraireads like a novel that happens to be true: three girls uprooted by fate, bridging the gulf between the elegant rhythms of Old Japan and the exhilarating opportunities of America. Janice P. Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life. - Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
At a reform-minded moment, Japan dispatched five young girls to be educated in America. Patiently, vividly, Janice P. Nimura reconstructs their Alice in Wonderland adventure. A beautifully crafted narrative, subtle, polished, and poised. - Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Cleopatra\", 'Janice P. Nimura is a book critic, independent scholar, and the American daughter-in-law of a Japanese family. She lives in New York City.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: La Armadura de Dios: Un curso prctico que ayuda a usar nuestras armas espirituales bien y continuamente (Manuales de Estudio Bblico Cruz) (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['El doctor Diego F. Cruz G. es ministro ordenado y Capelln de Servicio Comunitario; estableci Cross Consulting Company en 2005 porque considera que: es tiempo de educar a nuestra generacin en las verdades y principios bblicos que los ayudarn a tomar posesin de la tierra que Dios les ha dado. Todo cristiano debe ser instruido en Biblia y teologa, vida cristiana, liderazgo y en el arte de la administracin, de tal manera que pueda tomar el lugar que Dios le ha reservado a la cabeza de la sociedad. Desde 1990 se ha destacado como maestro de Biblia y Teologa. Tiene ms de 20 aos de experiencia ministerial en diversas reas: Traduccin de textos y conferencias, administracin, establecimiento de centros de estudios, diseo y administracin de proyectos, pastoral, misiones, otros. Su don primario es la enseanza. visite www.thecrossconsulting.net Contacto: vidayvision@gmail.com En Twitter @DiegoFCruzG', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Creative Haven Creative Cats Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)\nDescription: ['
Over 30 Creative Cat Designs to Color Cat fanciers and coloring enthusiasts will be enchanted with this gallery of original designs. More than 30 full-page portraits of pretty pussycats form a rich tapestry of motifs that includes hearts, flowers, and paisleys in various patterns. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Creative Haven® coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Perforated pages printed on one side only for easy removal & display. Find your true colors with Creative Haven® and hundreds of other coloring books: www.doverpublications.com/CreativeHaven
', 'Marjorie Sarnatis aNew York Timesbestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity. She also is an award-winning mixed-media artist whose works are in collections worldwide. Born and raised in Chicago, Marjorie is an alumna of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a BFA degree from Eastern Michigan University. She lives in Granada Hills, California with her husband, daughter, and son, her two dogs, and her extensive antique book collection.']","rejected":"Title: How to Train Your Parents\nDescription: ['a boy who is fed up with his hyper-competitive parents.<br><br>Moving to a new neighbourhood and a new school, Louiss parents become ultra-competitive parents, wanting him and his brother to get straight As at school and join all sorts of after-school clubs and activities like the other kids in the neighbourhood. Suddenly Louiss life is no longer his own. Then he meets Maddy, who claims to have trained her parents to ignore her. But does Louis really want to be ignored?']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stand Up Straight and Sing!\nDescription: ['Raised in Augusta, Georgia, a child of the Jim Crow and civil rights era, Grammy-winning, international opera singer Norman offers a broad and global perspective on life, the arts, and spirituality. Encouraged at an early age, she recalls playing on her grandmothers pedal organ, listening to her mother and grandmother sing spirituals, and taking to heart her mothers admonition to stand up straight while reciting and singing. She recalls a long line of ancestors and the tight-knit community who encouraged her to go beyond the limitations of race and sex. Surrounded by music, from gospel to jazz to classical, and inspired by Marian Anderson, she started singing in church. Her talent was later nurtured at Howard University, and she went on to a career singing at the Berlin Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. Looking back on her life, she marvels at her long journey from the segregated South to a dazzling career in the arts. Norman recalls memorable performances and makes observations on the power of beautiful music to enter the spirit and simply live there. Her inspiring memoir includes lyrics of her favorite songs. --Vanessa Bush', '\"This is aterrific read for anyone who loves opera and classical music, but it is also the story of a compelling and uniquely American journey.\" AARP.org', '', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote): Vocal Score\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: All My Puny Sorrows\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Instant Cantonese! (Chinese Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Creative Haven Creative Cats Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books) by Sarnat, Marjorie (2015) Paperback\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']","rejected":"Title: Taking Sides: Clashing Views in World History, Volume 1: The Ancient World to the Pre-Modern Era , Expanded\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: With a Daughter's Eye: Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, A\nDescription: ['\"[A]n utter absorbing account of Mead and Bateson\\'s relationship...[This] book is clearly a classic.\"-- \"Natural History magazine\"A beautifully written book...Remarkably honest, rich in poetry, yet, at the same time, full of \\'longing and anger.\\'\"-- \"San Francisco Chronicle', 'Mary Catherine Bateson is Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason University. She received an undergraduate degree from Radcliffe and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. She has written and coauthored numerous books on life history, lectures internationally, and is president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York City. She divides her time between New Hampshire and Virginia.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Drawing And Painting Birds, Marine Creatures and Insects: How to create beautiful artworks of birds, fish, beetles and butterflies, with expert ... more than 480 photographs and illustrations\nDescription: [\"Jonathan Truss is a professional artist who specializes in oil and acrylic paintings of wild animals. A leading wildlife artist, he is known all over the world for his wildlife paintings. In 2010 he won the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year's Frozen Planet Category. Sarah Hoggett is a freelance writer and editor who specializes in practical art and craft books. She has worked with many professional artists and has authored instructional books on many aspects of art techniques.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: All Over Creation: A Novel\nDescription: ['Praise for Ruth Ozeki and All Over Creation
Ozeki is one of my favorite novelists . . . bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking, often on the same page. Junot Daz, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of This Is How You Lose Her
In precise and luminous prose, Ozeki captures both the sweep and detail of our shared humanity. The result is gripping, fearless, inspiring and true. Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winner The Song of Achilles
Ozeki is a gifted storyteller. All Over Creation buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy. Los Angeles Time Book Review
Sophisticated . . . a nice blend of humor and strangely affecting optimism. Ozeki has written a book where dread and hope coexist. Neither is given short shrift or magicked away. The New York Times Book Review
Ozeki joins the constellation of such environmentally aware writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx, and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humor, luscious sexiness, and kinetic pizzazz to the table, as well her keen interest in the interface between food, family, science, and corporate greed and the dynamics of spin. . . . Moving neatly between the intimate and the environmental, the familial and the global, Ozeki hones each vivid description, witty conversation and surprising occurrence to illuminate the complex dichotomies between love and responsibility, nature and culture, traditional and corporate agriculture, traditional and corporate agriculture, fact and fabrication. Chicago Tribune
Ruth Ozeki is bent on taking the novel into corners of American culture no one else has thought to lookbut where she finds us in all our technological weirdness. With a combination of humor and pathos that is all her own, Ozeki brings the American pastoral forward into the age of agribusiness and genetic engineering. The result is a smart compelling novel about a world we dont realize we live in. Michael Pollan
All Over Creation opens wider with every plot twist as it moves from tenderness to comedy to sobering truth and the world in the eye of one familys storm. This is Edward Abbeys The Monkey Wrench Gang updated by thirty years, with modern environmental challenges on the map and women in the front seat, driving the story. HoorayOzeki rides again. Barbara Kingsolver
Ozeki deftly and sensitively folds the variegated topics together, whipping up a savory treat. Entertainment Weekly
This winning novel . . . is a feast of humor and wisdom about family and friendship. Glamour
Bewitching . . . Ozekistory splices a bit of Edward Abbey into an Anne Tyler plot. The fruits of this mix are definitely worth tasting. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A feast for mind and heart. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ', 'Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the award-winning author of three novels, My Year of Meats, All Over Creation, and A Tale for the Time Being, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her critically acclaimed independent films, including Halving the Bones, have been screened at Sundance and aired on PBS. She is affiliated with the Brooklyn Zen Center and the Everyday Zen Foundation. She lives in British Columbia and New York City.
Visit www.ruthozeki.com and follow @ozekiland on Twitter.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Joshua 1:9 - Be Strong and of a Good Courage; Be Not Afraid, Neither Be Thou Dismayed: for the Lord Thy God Is with Thee Whithersoever Thou Goest: ... (Composition Book, Journal) (8.5 x 11 Large)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Breakfast with Lucian: The Astounding Life and Outrageous Times of Britain's Great Modern Painter\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Lucian Freud (19222011), the greatest realist figure painter of the twentieth century, went audaciously far beyond nude to shockingly naked and forever changed portraiture. Greig tells the astonishing story behind some of Freuds most disturbing paintings and wryly observes that Freud and Sigmund, his famous grandfather, had a lot in common since it was also Lucians business to get people to sit on beds or couches, and to reveal more about themselves than perhaps they wished to show. Ironically, Lucian was a fiend for privacy, refusing interviews and derailing would-be biographers. Greig, a prominent newspaper editor, managed to get close to Freud during the painters last decade, meeting him regularly for breakfast near his London home and studio. Freud spoke expansively about his tumultuous and maniacal life, from his Jewish German familys escape from the Nazis to his starving-artist years. Impudent, ambitious, and voracious, Freud did have a lot to hide. His prodigious sex life, a dizzying carousel of simultaneous partners, resulted in at least 14 children. Because he often paid his enormous gambling debts with paintings, a bookie owns the worlds largest private Lucian Freud collection. Greigs vivid, swiftly flowing, bracingly candid, alluringly illustrated chronicle of the exploits and accomplishments of this renowned renegade artist is as arresting, discomfiting, and unforgettable as a Freud portrait. --Donna Seaman', '', 'Breakfast with Lucian is a superb, flawlessly crafted portrait of about as messy a life as was ever lived . . . out of which emerged the greatest British painter of the past one hundred years. Tom Wolfe', 'Both tender biography and blunt revelation . . . It is the most important book yet written on Freud. Brian Sewell, The Evening Standard (London)', \"Geordie Greig's book is an unapologetic mixture of intelligent perception and high gossip. It deepens the reader's understanding of Lucian Freud, as both man and artist . . . No person interested in Freud will ignore this book. It is, overall, more revealing than anything about him yet written. Frances Spalding, The Guardian\", \"Lucian Freud was a dedicated artist. I once heard him say, I will paint myself to death.' The artist was also a dedicated social butterfly. In the middle of the art and the women, titled people were never far away. Both aspects of the life would have made for a repetitive story. Geordie Greig has overcome this double hazard to write a gripping and elegant and original book, shapely and full of unexpected matter. It will surely establish him as a master biographer. V. S. Naipaul\", 'Geordie Greig has written an extraordinary, candid book that is at times intensely shocking and at other times even more intensely moving. Antonia Fraser', \"Breakfast with Lucian, Geordie Greig's juicy, eye-popping book about Lucian Freud . . . offers a fond but by no means whitewashed account of how Freud's spectacularly messy life relates to his extraordinary body of work . . . Along with Freud's sexual profligacy and self-destructive passion for gambling, Greig captures the intensity of the artist's ambition and drive, his exacting work ethic and his numerous splintered' friendships, including with fellow artist Francis Bacon. Greig's own friendship with Freud provides access to the chaos and squalor of his home and studio--littered with used brushes, flicked paint splotches and the carcasses of half-eaten dinners. His portrait comes alive with descriptions of Freud's ferret-thin figure,' shabby-chic style,' penchant for silk scarves, nougat candy, wads of cash and hair-raising drives in his brown Bentley . . . Greig's book, a rare case in which the text and illustrations are equally gripping, brings into sharp focus this bold iconoclast who pushed boundaries, artistic as well as sexual.' Even better, it makes us look more closely and deeply--and see more. Heller McAlpin, The Los Angeles Times\", \"Lucian Freud was the greatest figurative painter of the 20th century, says Geordie Greig in his spirited new book, Breakfast with Lucian . . . [a] highly readable life of the artist . . . Mr Greig's is a compelling portrait of a complete amoralist who became a monstre sacr. The Economist\", \"Greig tells the astonishing story behind some of Freud's most disturbing paintings and wryly observes that Freud and Sigmund, his famous grandfather, had a lot in common since it was also Lucian's business to get people to sit on beds or couches, and to reveal more about themselves than perhaps they wished to show.' Ironically, Lucian was a fiend for privacy, refusing interviews and derailing would-be biographers. Greig, a prominent newspaper editor, managed to get close to Freud during the painter's last decade, meeting him regularly for breakfast near his London home and studio. Freud spoke expansively about his tumultuous and maniacal life, from his Jewish German family's escape from the Nazis to his starving-artist years. Impudent, ambitious, and voracious, Freud did have a lot to hide. His prodigious sex life, a dizzying carousel of simultaneous partners, resulted in at least 14 children. Because he often paid his enormous gambling debts with paintings, a bookie owns the world's largest private Lucian Freud collection. Greig's vivid, swiftly flowing, bracingly candid, alluringly illustrated chronicle of the exploits and accomplishments of this renowned renegade artist is as arresting, discomfiting, and unforgettable as a Freud portrait. Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)\", '[An] admiring but acerbic biography of the painter . . . The Freud who emerges in this account is a slippery figure, not only for journalists who tried to explain him but also for his intimates. The New Yorker', \"Greig interviewed Freud . . . and many of his intimates and tells an astonishing story of appetite and accomplishment. He follows the painter from childhood to the grave, fills the book with photographs of the author and his work, and expands our notion of the capabilities of the human male . . . Greig also follows the arc of Freud's career, which took years to flower but bore plenty of fruit once it did. Kirkus\", \"A personal, anecdotal, and utterly charming book that makes you feel you've pulled up a chair and joined [Geordie Greig and Lucian Freud] for a spot of tea. If only. Lucas Wittmann, The Daily Beast\", \"Granted access to colleagues and models and lovers and children who, confronted by an outsider, would have kept schtum, he gains a series of often surprisingly frank interviews, the contents of which he weaves into a compulsively readable life . . . Greig's considerable powers as a tour guide of character, his well-trained eye for the detail along with his insightful study of art . . . [makes for] a riveting anecdotal portrait . . . Here is Freud from many facets: compulsive gambler, the underworld figure, the high-cultural Casanova, the social climber, the devious schemer, the affectionate dad. Even oft-told stories regain a first-person freshness . . . Everywhere there are fascinating nuggest. Some illuminate his paintings . . . Most cast a strong light, and often a harsh one, on his character . . . Breakfast with Lucian is a fond, fair-minded, thankfully non-judgmental and pretty full portrait of a person. Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times (London)\", \"In addition to having conducted some of contemporary art's biggest interviews, Greig had the rare pleasure of becoming one of Freud's few close friends towards the end of the artist's life. The two regularly shared breakfast, and it was from these early morning conversations that Greig drew much of the content in Breakfast with Lucian. Greig provides a personable inside look at an unconventional, much speculated about life. Freud speaks to Greig with varying casualness, revealing personal foibles and interests (he was an avid gambler), thoughts on, of course, his art and that of others' (amongst them Spanish Baroque painter Diego Velzquez) and something more universal: first love. Lending greater depth to this memoir of sorts are thoughts from friends, romantic partners and even some of Freud's children, some who've never publicly spoken about their relationships with the painter. Breakfast with Lucian is the book art biographers have been chasing (Freud had twice denied proposed biographies). Considering their fruitless efforts, what Greig sits on top of, on the cusp of unveiling to the world, is one of the art world's most eagerly anticipated peeks over a spiked electric fence. Art aficionados: Breakfast with Lucian: The Astounding Life and Outrageous Times of Britain's Great Modern Painter is not one to be missed. Leslie Ken Chu, Vancouver Weekly\", \"Breakfast with Lucian brims with quotations from Freud's lovers, children, friends, sitters, dealers and associates, as well as from the artist himself . . . My favourite passages are those in which Greig quotes chunks of his interviews with Freud: in a flash, it feels as though we are chatting with the artist over a cup of tea, privy to his mischievous, witty and unbuttoned recollections . . . Greig also records Freud's destructive idiosyncrasies, while the final chapter, which deals with the artist's death and its aftermath, is heartfelt and upsetting. Alastair Sooke, The Telegraph\", \"Geordie Greig, who knew him well, here reveals more about [Lucian] Freud than has ever been in print before . . . The book is excellent on Freud's extraordinary charisma, which worked its magic equally on women, men, animals and children. An especially charming passage--with accompanying photographs--describes Freud's easy playfulness with Greig's young children. The dark glamour is here, too . . . The best portraits bring their sitters vividly to life, and this book does just that. There can be no greater compliment than to say that Greig makes the reader feel exactly as if they have met Lucian Freud. Cressida Connolly, The Spectator\", \"Geordie Greig's fascinating biography reveals a compelling but chaotic life which, until Freud's death in 2011, was largely kept veiled in secrecy by his family, friends and ex-lovers . . . The bio reveals Freud to have been a series of paradoxes . . . Greig, a former Tatler editor, revels in tracing the web of unlikely, unwieldy relationships that the artist liked to keep highly separate. James Lane, 3 News\", \"We learn about the long and complicated personal life of Freud, as well as the techniques he employed as a painter, as a result of the informal meetings and breakfasts Greig had with him . . . Greig masterfully mixes hard-core biography with snippets of Q & A dialogue he conducts with Freud's lovers and children and Freud himself to create a memorable portrait of a portraitist. And because Greig spent so much time in the company of Freud's paintings and studio, he has earned the right to be psychoanalytical about the grandson of the world's most famous psychoanalyst . . . the reader feels by the time the paint has dried that he has been in the company of the artist. David Masello, The Santa Fe New Mexican\", \"Greig has done a lot of legwork--tracking down lovers and confidantes and subjects of Freud's work, including Raymond Jones, who posed for the . . . painter's first full-length nude. Jones's account of sitting is revealing of the twin obsessions of Freud's life. Tim Adams, The Observer\", \"Greig has drawn on interviews with those who knew Freud intimately--comprising countless girlfriends, models, dealers and bookmakers--to piece together the previously inexplicable existence of a man who compartmentalised all avenues of his life, as well as his anecdotes ranging from sleeping with horses to painting the Queen . . . Thoughtfully, he compares Freud to a cultural Forrest Gump of the 20th century, or an artistic incarnation of influential English rock band The Sex Pistols: Every interesting and extraordinary person of the cultural and social world seemed to pass before him, yet at the same time he was this incredibly hardworking, obsessive painter.' Alex Bellotti, The Hampstead and Highgate Express\", \"Geordie Greig, a journalist and close friend of Freud's during the latter years of his life, provides an unobstructed view into the artist's professional and private in his new memoir, Breakfast with Lucian . . . Greig delves into Freud's rarely-discussed personal life, from his burning temper . . . to his excessive gambling . . . to his close friendship with Bacon. Erin Cunningham, The Daily Beast\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A. E. W. 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\"One of those few mystery writers you unreservedly look forward to reading\" --The Spectator [UK]', 'Originally published in Britain in 1995, Death in the Garden was first published in the United States, by Felony & Mayhem Press, in 2005. It was named one of the Best 12 Books of 2005 by National Public Radio.']","rejected":"Title: Classic Quotes about Love to Color Adult Coloring Book (Coloring Quotes)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Vanessa and Her Sister: A Novel\nDescription: ['Fiction and history merge seamlessly in this dazzling novel.Entertainment Weekly
Being related to Virginia Woolf cant have been easy. In this delightful novel, [Priya] Parmar re-imagines the brilliant, fragile writer and her turn-of-the-century bohemian friends, the famous Bloomsbury set, through the eyes of her painter sister Vanessa. . . . Youll be spellbound.People
Rarely do you encounter a woman who commands as much admiration as does the painter Vanessa Bell in Priya Parmars multilayered, subtly shaded novel. . . . Parmars fabricated journal is an uncanny success. Its entries, plausible and graceful, are imbued with the same voice that can be found in letters by or about Vanessa. . . . Parmar gives truth and definition to the character of a woman whose nature was as elusive as her influence was profound. She has caught the phantom.The New York Times Book Review
In her gossipy, entertaining historical novel about the British bohemians, Priya Parmar conjures a devastating fictional portrait of one of those trianglesthe great writer Virginia Woolf; her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell; and Vanessas husband, art critic Clive Bell. . . . Parmars perceptive and well-informed fill-in-the-blanks approachand her elegant, accessible stylemakes for some tasty, frothy Bloomsbury pie, indeed.USA Today
Captivating . . . echoes of Austens Sense and Sensibility emerge in Parmars portrayal.Newsday
An elegant, entertaining novel that brings new life to the Bloomsbury Groups intrigues.The Dallas Morning News Youll get lost in the worlds of Vanessa Bell and her sister, Virginia Woolf, as they struggle to make it as a painter and an author, respectively, in prewar Londonbut more so than art, this is a story of sisterhood.Glamour
Parmar ambitiously attempts to show us through the eyes of Vanessa Bell, a celebrated painter in her own right, in her inventive, meticulously researched Vanessa and Her Sister. . . . The Bloomsbury Group were famous for their weekly salons, which were fueled by intellectual discourse, banter and booze; in Parmars story, you can almost hear the glasses tinkling. But the authors greatest triumph is giving voice to the steady, loyal, motherly Vanessa, who lived nobly in her sisters shadow only to experience a heartbreaking betrayal.Good Housekeeping
Parmar inhabits the gilded bohemian hinterland of Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa, creating a vibrant fictional homage.O: The Oprah Magazine
This novel about sisters of Bloomsbury is a twofer: Read it for the story; literary history is a bonus.AARP Bulletin Vanessa and Her Sister provides a fascinating take on this literary family, and the affection and exasperation Virginias sister might have felt living with a genius, who was prone to fits of madness. If youre at all interested in Virginia Woolf, or just a fan of a good piece of historical fiction, in the vein of The Paris Wife, this books the one for you.Bustle The pretzeled plot unfolds at a steady pace, in crisp period prose, and rarely feels inevitable.New York Captivating . . . a subtle exploration of the sisters complicated emotional life . . . Through letters and Vanessas journal entries, [Parmar] captures the excitement of social experimentation.BBC
Parmar does a stellar job conveying Virginias complicated, almost incestuous feelings for Vanessa. . . . The author also deftly brings to life the various artists and writers who formed the nascent Bloomsbury group. . . . Parmars narrative is riveting and successfully takes on the task of turning larger-than-life figures into real people. . . . [She] weaves their stories together so effortlessly that nothing seems out of place.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
[A] nuanced account . . . A devoted, emotionally intense portrait of the Bloomsbury group focuses in particular on sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. . . . Vanessa, the artist, emerges as an ocean of majestic calm, almost infinitely tolerant of her sister, the writer, whose capricious, jealous nature, though tempered by intellectual brilliance and immense charm, tips over at times into madness and suicidal thoughts. . . . Not exactly uncharted territory, but Parmar enters it with passion and precision, delivering a sensitive, superior soap opera of celebrated lives.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The books strength lies in the well-written relationship between Vanessa and Virginia, sure to appeal to fans of Michael Cunninghams The Hours.Library Journal Rich with atmospheric detail . . . Readers are in for a treat. Vanessa Bell is the sister of Virginia Woolf, and thus you can imagine why this novel is just wonderful.Bookreporter
Priya Parmar is on a high-wire act all her own in this radiantly original novel about the Bloomsbury Set. Irrepressible, with charm and brio to spare, Vanessa and Her Sister boldly invites us to that moment in history when famous minds sparked and collided. Prepare to be dazzled.Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
With sparkling wit and insight, Priya Parmar sets us down into the legendary Bloomsbury household of the Stephen siblings, where sisters Vanessa and Virginia vie for love and primacy amidst a collection of eccentric guests. Vanessa and Her Sister kidnapped me for a couple of days. I couldnt put it down.Nancy Horan, author of Under the Wide and Starry Sky
I loved this brilliant depiction of the true price of genius. Parmars novel shines a bright light into the empty spaces between the lines of history.Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrews Last Stand
This is the novel I didnt know I was waiting for, and it is, quite simply, astonishing: not just because of Priya Parmars preternatural skill at evoking the moment when the lid was coming off the Victorians, but because of how she has caught the two sisters at the center of that swirl. It is beautiful, wise, and as deft as a stroke upon the canvas.Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress
Priya Parmar is a powerful new voice in historical fiction. This novel explores the anguished relationship between Virginia Woolf and her sister, and provides a new view of the artistic, sensual Bloomsbury world, placing Vanessa Bell at the heart of the story.Philippa Gregory, author of The Kings Curse
Vanessa and Her Sister is an account of my grandmothers early life, told with faith, elegance, and an almost uncanny insight into the subject. But this is also an absorbing work of fictionand Priya Parmar has made Vanessas story her own.Virginia Nicholson, Vanessa Bells granddaughter and author of Among the Bohemians
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Educated at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Oxford, Priya Parmar is the author of one previous novel, Exit the Actress. She divides her time between Hawaii and London.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Being Smart about Gifted Education: A Guidebook for Educators and Parents\nDescription: [\"A highly readable and accessible volume about the development of children with gifts and talents. Both practical and theoretical, it is informed by the most recent research, and it is filled with useful information and insights. It will be valued by teachers, parents, and counselors. --Frances Degen Horowitz, Ph.D., University Professor; President Emerita, The City University of New York Graduate Center<br /><br />Being Smart About Gifted Education - A Guidebook for Educators and Parents is an updated version of the 2004 book, Being Smart About Gifted Children. The authors, Dona Matthews and Joanne Foster, have rewritten the book to include the most recent research on brain development, recent trends in the education system, and new ways of focusing efforts to meet the needs of gifted learners... This is a thoughtful and instructive handbook which will be quite useful to teachers and administrators, as well as parents of gifted children. --Lorel Shea, BellaOnline's Gifted Education Editor<br /><br />By presenting exciting new work on mindsets, as well as recent research findings on expertise and cognitive neuroscience, these authors show the importance of habits of mind in cognitive development. This book will prompt re-examination of many long-held beliefs! --Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University<br /><br />Rich with examples, this book highlights the importance of an optimal match between challenging and engaging school and home experiences and opportunities to develop gifts and talents! A practical, thoughtful contribution by two leading experts! --Sally M. Reis, Ph.D., Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Teaching Fellow, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut <br /><br />Talent is transformed into high performance through a willingness to try, invest time in guided practice, and persist when tasks are difficult. These authors describe ways to do just that. --Dr. Frank C. Worrell, University of California-Berkeley, Discussant, Processes and Issues in Gifted Education: American Education Research Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Talent is transformed into high performance through a willingness to try, invest time in guided practice, and persist when tasks are difficult. These authors describe ways to do just that. --Dr. Frank C. Worrell, University of California-Berkeley, Discussant, Processes and Issues in Gifted Education: American Education Research Association Conference, Montral, Quebec, Canada
A highly readable and accessible volume about the development of children with gifts and talents. Both practical and theoretical, it is informed by the most recent research, and it is filled with useful information and insights. It will be valued by teachers, parents, and counselors. --Frances Degen Horowitz, Ph.D., University Professor; President Emerita, The City University of New York Graduate Center\", 'Dona Matthews holds an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Special Education (Gifted), both from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She has been involved in teaching, writing, counseling, consulting, and conducting research on gifted-related issues since 1985. Dr. Matthews teaches child and adolescent development at the University of Toronto. She was founding director of the Center for Gifted Studies and Education, Hunter College, City University of New York, and has published and presented extensively on gifted education and development. She has worked in many capacities to support high-level development in diverse populations, including doing academic research and publishing; consulting to parent, education, and government organizations; teaching at the University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnic University, the University of British Columbia, and Hunter College; initiating and directing an extracurricular program for academically gifted children at the University of Toronto Schools; and conducting a busy private practice doing psychoeducational assessment and counseling.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: When Breath Becomes Air\nDescription: ['An Amazon Best Book of January 2016: When Breath Becomes Air is a powerful look at a stage IV lung cancer diagnosis through the eyes of a neurosurgeon. When Paul Kalanithi is given his diagnosis he is forced to see this disease, and the process of being sick, as a patient rather than a doctor--the result of his experience is not just a look at what living is and how it works from a scientific perspective, but the ins and outs of what makes life matter. This heart-wrenching book will capture you from page one and still have you thinking long after the final sentence. Penny Mann', '“I guarantee that finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option. . . . Part of this book’s tremendous impact comes from the obvious fact that its author was such a brilliant polymath. And part comes from the way he conveys what happened to him—passionately working and striving, deferring gratification, waiting to live, learning to die—so well. None of it is maudlin. Nothing is exaggerated. As he wrote to a friend: ‘It’s just tragic enough and just imaginable enough.’ And just important enough to be unmissable.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Paul Kalanithi’s memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, written as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis, is inherently sad. But it’s an emotional investment well worth making: a moving and thoughtful memoir of family, medicine and literature. It is, despite its grim undertone, accidentally inspiring.”—The Washington Post
“Paul Kalanithi’s posthumous memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, possesses the gravity and wisdom of an ancient Greek tragedy. . . . [Kalanithi] delivers his chronicle in austere, beautiful prose. The book brims with insightful reflections on mortality that are especially poignant coming from a trained physician familiar with what lies ahead. . . . The narrative voice is so assured and powerful that you almost expect him to survive his own death and carry on describing what happened to his friends and family after he is gone.”—The Boston Globe
“Devastating and spectacular . . . [Kalanithi] is so likeable, so relatable, and so humble, that you become immersed in his world and forget where it’s all heading.”—USA Today
“It’s [Kalanithi’s] unsentimental approach that makes When Breath Becomes Air so original—and so devastating. . . . Its only fault is that the book, like his life, ends much too early.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[When Breath Becomes Air] split my head open with its beauty.”—Cheryl Strayed
“Rattling, heartbreaking, and ultimately beautiful, the too-young Dr. Kalanithi’s memoir is proof that the dying are the ones who have the most to teach us about life.”—Atul Gawande
“Thanks to When Breath Becomes Air, those of us who never met Paul Kalanithi will both mourn his death and benefit from his life. This is one of a handful of books I consider to be a universal donor—I would recommend it to anyone, everyone.”—Ann Patchett
“Dr. Kalanithi describes, clearly and simply, and entirely without self-pity, his journey from innocent medical student to professionally detached and all-powerful neurosurgeon to helpless patient, dying from cancer. Every doctor should read this book—written by a member of our own tribe, it helps us understand and overcome the barriers we all erect between ourselves and our patients as soon as we are out of medical school.”—Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery']","rejected":"Title: Biology and Politics: Recent Explorations.\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Secret River\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Grade 35Rawlings penned what she called a \"child\\'s story\" in 1947 to accompany paintings by Robert Camp. Found in her papers after her death, The Secret River was finally published in 1955; it posthumously received a 1956 Newbery Honor. Originally illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, the 55-page story followed young Calpurnia and her ever-constant puppy, Buggy-horse, on a self-determined expedition to \"turn hard times into soft times.\" Spurred on by Mother Albirtha, a wise woman of the forest, the girl and her dog find a fish-filled river and, with the help of a red boat and the pink paper roses tied to Calpurnia\\'s pigtails, bring in a giant catch and cleverly devise a way to get the fish back home. Now, Rawlings\\'s story, somewhat trimmed to picture-book length, has a whole new aura. Illuminated by the Dillons\\' exquisite artwork, the tale accentuates the enchantment of Calpurnia\\'s journey. Brilliantly composed images, where the young girl\\'s face is at times superimposed over objects in the story or seemingly floats over the magical river, have a lustrous glow. Imagined in striking scenes, Calpurnia and Buggy-horse\\'s encounters with an owl, a bear, and a panther effectively capture the Florida back country that Rawlings famously drew upon in her writings. Characters, well delineated throughout, pulse with life. Overriding the adventure is the determination and spirited effort of the child to help her family in need. The mix of reality and fantasy sits well in the economically troubled world of today and is sure to strike a chord with many young readers and their families.Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Rawlings 1956 Newbery Honor title is newly illustrated here in the Dillons signature style, with glowing, full-page acrylic paintings and small freestanding images that capture the storys magic realism from a childs viewpoint. At the breakfast table, Calpurnias father says hard times have come, especially for poor people. Calpurnia does not feel poor, but her father has no fish to sell in his market. So with the advice of a wise soothsayer, Mother Albirtha, Calpurnia dares to venture out into a dark forest and follows her nose to find a secret river, where she catches fish and brings them home. Filled with pattern and texture, the images occasionally have a static quality. They are at their best in scenes of the brave child on her perilous journey, finding her way back in the dark, past an owl, a big black bear, and a crouching panther, until she returns to her parents loving embrace and feels the joy of saving her community. Preschool-Grade 3. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Italy and Her Invaders Volume I: The Visigothic Invasion\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace\nDescription: ['With wit, humor and exegesis, Capon evokes a bit of C.S. Lewis as he brushes past centuries of dry theologizing on concepts of grace and freedom, law and sin, and actually makes the questions fun. Describing his method as \"theology by way of entertainment,\" he illustrates the radical nature of grace with a \"parable\" about an illicit affair between a promiscuous English professor and a graduate student, both married. Capon, an Episcopal priest, is determined to \"separate the liquor of grace from the mash of mortality,\" and some may accuse him of excessive haste in setting aside the latter. His justification: \"No mistake can hold a candle to the love that draws us home.\" Chiding the \"grace-fearing spoilsport in every one of us,\" Capon argues that organized religion too often encourages us \"to act more like subjects of a police state than fellow citizens of the saints.\"', 'Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"Picture a college town in the mid-1970s. An English professor who has become an expert in extramarital dalliances is smitten by one of his graduate students. They meet for lunch around noon, and before three they make declarations of love. Is it possible that their subsequent affair could ultimately teach us something about true forgiveness and the radical meaning of grace? Only Robert Farrar Capon would have the audacity - and the authorial skill - to fashion such a tale. It has taken well over a decade for Between Noon and Three to appear in this, its original form. First published under two separate titles with significant parts excised and an entire section recast, the real Between Noon and Three is actually a trilogy of intertwined tales, each of which exhibits Capon's persistent insistence on the outrageous nature of grace. The original manuscript is here printed in full, including a new introduction by Capon on the work's unusual history.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Life & Spice: Vita e Spezie\nDescription: ['Helen R. Myers first published in paperback fiction, the suspense and romance genres, as well as, as contributing to a Writers Digest non-fiction book. Fifty-one books later, the USA Today bestselling, and award-winning author fulfilled her goal to shift to writing longer and more realistic novels. Her first collaboration was being part of the Helen Foster Reed teams A FLOCK OF SPARROWS. Now writing as Myers & Reed, she and writing partner M. Gail Reed (also part of the Helen Foster Reed team) have produced LIFE & SPICE (Vita e Spezie). A firm believer in a writers need to live before one can write with control, she spent her early years in the metals business and banking, writing poetry in her free time. She won an honorable mention in one of Writers Digests Poetry Contests in 1993. She and her late husband also built the farmhouse and other structures on Crooked Pine Ranch in East Texas where they lived for twenty-five years. When shes not writing or doing appearances with Gail, she continues to rescue abandoned dogs, garden, and endlessly research material for their next novel. Mary Gail Reed is a native Texas who has had a lifelong passion for writing. She and her veterinarian husband of thirty-eight years raised four children in the Northeast region of the state. In 2011, Gail faced a devastating and life-changing event when her husband, Mike, died unexpectedly and it was her unwavering faith that brought her through that difficult time. In 2015, Gail collaborated with Helen Myers and June Foster to write A FLOCK OF SPARROWS. Following that highly-praised first novel, she and Helen continued with a second book, LIFE & SPICE, this time authored under the name Myers & Reed. Gail is very involved in civic organizations in her community. Her love of history, as well as the arts put her on a path to work closely with Franklin County Historical Association. Additionally, she has co-written and performed in a local theater production to help raise money for the Arts Alliance. Gails faith, children, grandchildren and close friends continue to be her nucleus and navigation system. Growing and learning from such rich experiences serve to cultivate a profound desire to weave personalities into characters and life lessons for future collaborations with friend and writing partner, Helen Myers.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Born in Zimbabwe, New York-based travel writer Rogers moves between two worlds with wit and grace while telling the dire-straits story of his childhood in Zimbabwe and his recent return. Zimbabwe\\'s extremes of beauty and corruption will lure readers into the everyday struggle to preserve property and life against punishing weather, astronomical inflation, and the threat of other people. Angst, humor, beauty and terror mingle freely in his narrative: returning home he finds the family\\'s backpacker lodge has become a brothel, and estates of \"irises and tulips and acres of pruned white roses\" have disappeared. He marvels at the \"untamed roots of blazing flamboyant trees... buckling the city\\'s pavement,\" the metamorphosis of the hardscrabble poor into diamond dealers, and his own parents: \"instead of being crushed by this struggle, beaten down, they had been buoyed by it.\" This rousing memoir should win over anyone with a taste for exotic can\\'t-go-home-again stories.', '\"This vibrant, tragic and surprsingly funny book is the best account yet of ordinary life—for blacks and whites—under Mugabe’s dictatorship.\" —The New York Times Book Review
\"A nuanced, funny, and heartbreaking story.\" —The New Yorker
\"A gorgeous, open-hearted book.  Rogers manages to do the vital work of taking race out of Zimbabwe\\'s story and putting the heart and humanity back into it.  A must read for anyone who really wants to understand the extraordinary decency of ordinary Zimbabweans.\" —Alexandra Fuller, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
\"I read it in one sitting. I loved it.” —Rian Malan, author of My Traitor\\'s Heart
\"Do we really need another memoir by a white Zimbabwean? The surprising answer is yes, if it\\'s as good as Douglas Rogers\\' THE LAST RESORT….A ripping yarn….[moves] beyond memoir to become a chronicle of a nation. There is black and white, yes, but much more in the shades and tones of their mix—and it is in exploring them that Rogers, too, find his art.\" —Time
\"Zimbabwe in vertiginous decline is the backdrop for Douglas Rogers’s corrosively funny THE LAST RESORT, in which Roger’s parents, among the country’s last remaining white farmers, attract everyone from prostitutes and diamond dealers to their backpacker lodge.\" —Vogue, featured in \"The Season\\'s Best Memoirs\"
\"Born in Zimbabwe, New York-based travel writer Rogers moves between two worlds with wit and grace while telling the dire-straits story of his childhood in Zimbabwe and his recent return....Angst, humor, beauty and terror mingle freely in his narrative....This rousing memoir should win over anyone with a taste for exotic can\\'t-go-home-again stories. —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
\"As President Mugabe\\'s regime turns belligerent toward white farmers, journalist Rogers witnesses the struggle of his family and others to hold on to their land....Rogers\\' decision to write about his parents\\' lodge and the people who find refuge there as violence erupts and the economy turns catastrophic brings him close to all kinds of people, black and white, from war veterans and politicians to farmers and squatters. Scrupulous in his documentation, Rogers talks to everybody about the way things were and what might come next....Brilliantly funny and wry.\" —Booklist
\"Pitch-perfect, undeniably real, and, most important, achingly funny, Rogers deftly reminds us that after wiping away tears and even burying the dead, a good antidote to the violent, poignant, and completely absurd place that Zimbabwe has become is to throw arms wide to the undaunted African sky and simply laugh.\" —Wendy Kann, author of Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and sAfrica
\"Travelogue, adventure yarn, political intrigue, tragedy, and high-wire journalism, The Last Resort is a love story about the author and his homeland, Zimbabwe. She is by turns ineffably beautiful, unspeakably hideous, insanely rich, desperately poor, democratic, brutally autocratic, violent, corrupt, and dysfunctional, even though, in person, her people seem to be, one and all, hardscrabble heroes and survivors. Rogers tries to leave her and doesn\\'t even want to write about her, but, in the end, her charms are irresistible. He can\\'t help himself and neither can we.\" —Richard Dooling, author of White Man\\'s Grave
\"With breathtaking talent, wry wit, and abundant heart, Douglas Rogers tells the compulsively readable tale of his parents\\' daily struggles to hold on to their land in the nightmarish landscape of present-day Zimbabwe. With every turn of the page, you fear for the Rogerses\\' survival, as well as the survival of the country they love so much. But even as they face the most difficult of challenges, their indomitable spirit shines through, revealing the ordinary heroism of people in extraordinary circumstances.\" —Anne Landsman, author of The Rowing Lesson']","rejected":"Title: The Case of the Distant Relative - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Loving Eleanor\nDescription: ['\"Albert captures Hick\\'s spirit with energetic prose, painting a colorful picture of her fascinating life together with and apart from Eleanor. Although this memoir is fictional, the author draws upon thousands of personal letters, first-person accounts by others, and further research to present a compelling possible narrative of the relationship between Eleanor and Hick. Albert\\'s illuminating afterword adds important context to her narrative choices, and a comprehensive bibliography will encourage additional research. This warm, extensively researched novel will entrance readers and inspire them to look further into the lives of two extraordinary women.\"- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Susan Wittig Albert has, with imagination and deep knowledge of the historical record, supplied the missing pieces of the love story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Here is everything we wish we knew. I couldn\\'t put it down. -Leila Rupp, Professor of Feminist Studies, UC Santa Barbara, author of A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America', 'Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of over 50 adult novels and works of nonfiction, as well as 60+ novels for young adults. She and her husband Bill Albert live in the Texas Hill Country. She is the founder and president of the Story Circle Network and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. www.susanalbert.com']","rejected":"Title: Speak to the Bones: How to Be a Prophetic People in a Time of Exile\nDescription: [\"Richard Brown is editor and publisher of Isaac's Press, dedicated to producing quality religious curriculum for progressive Christians. He studied in seminary with one of the early proponents of the New Perspective on Paul, Lloyd Gaston, at Vancouver School of Theology. He holds a master's degree in religion from Park University Graduate School of Religion and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri at Columbia. His book, WHAT WAS PAUL THINKING?, was published by Isaac's Press in 2010. A former newspaper reporter, he retired after 23 years as a book and magazine editor for Herald Publishing House and Community of Christ International Headquarters. Rich authored more than a half dozen books published under the Herald House imprint and was a frequent contributor to numerous denominational publications and other journals. At various times he edited the devotional guide, DAILY BREAD, the testimony magazine, RESTORATION WITNESS, and edited and founded the scholarly journal THEOLOGY and the spirituality journal FACE TO FACE. At the time of his early retirement he was managing editor of the HERALD, the denomination's flagship monthly magazine with a circulation of more than 17,000.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Letter of Mary: A Mary Russell Novel\nDescription: [\"Sherlock Holmes and his scholarly companion Mary Russell are caught up in an exciting mystery when an archaeologist leaves them with a treasured find, a papyrus supposedly written by Mary Magdalene. When the archaeoligist winds up dead and someone attempts to make off with the artifact, Holmes and Russel become embroiled in a rollicking story filled with political intrigue and highbrow sleuthing. The level of writing hasn't been higher in this Laurie King series.\", 'King set a new paradigm for Holmesian scholarship with her inspired invention of a retired, still energetic Sherlock Holmes who trained young Mary Russell in The Beekeeper\\'s Apprentice (1994) and then embraced her as a professional partner and wife (A Monstrous Regiment of Women, 1995). This third in the series, set in 1923, involves the suspicious death of Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archeologist recently returned from Palestine, who gave Mary, an academic theologian, a letter dated about A.D. 70 written by \"Mariam the Apostle\" to her sister in Magdala. Mary Magdalene? An Apostle? Holmes and \"Mrs. Sherlock,\" as Lord Peter Wimsey addresses her in a funny cameo, collaborate. Red herrings define the political and cultural climate: a retired colonel\\'s opposition to women\\'s suffrage; Dorothy\\'s interest in Zionism; the British Near East scholar/spy network; the tumultuously upsetting implications of the letter for organized Christianity. The investigation also includes the Ruskin family. King\\'s achievement is her depiction of the complex relationship between two individualists. Almost 40 years apart, they\\'re fondly indulgent of one another\\'s idiosyncrasies and share intellectual camaraderie, companionable humor and sexual attraction. While Sherlock delivers ongoing tutelage in arcane clue analysis, Mary hypnotizes a witness to prod her memory. If you can\\'t imagine the misogynist Sherlock Holmes sharing domestic bliss, this novel will make you a believer. Major ad/promo; author tour; paperback rights: Bantam; audio rights: Durkin Hayes and Recorded Books. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Wisdom from the Couch: Knowing and Growing Yourself from the Inside Out\nDescription: ['A modern day version of M. Scott Peck\\'s now classic work, \"The Road Less Traveled...\" This is good stuff. -David McMillian, Shreveport Times and KEEL Strategies for Living
Kunst\\'s tone is passionate and sensitive, her writing is clear and moving, and her aim is to help people find truth, love, and meaning in their lives.Wisdom from the Couch will appeal to both lay and professional audiences, including psychoanalysts and other mental health professionals, patients, students, and anyone who seeks to live a more meaningful life. -Dr. Ofra Eshel, Book Review Editor, Sihot - Dialogue, Israel Journal of Psychotherapy
Rather than cover the oft-travelled ground of treating disorders and proffering 6-step life hacks, Wisdom from the Couch tackles such common yet complex issues as gratitude, thinking, work, feeling, balance, guilt, and humility. Not just a description, but how can we do it and why is it important? Dr. Kunst\\'s use of metaphor and storytelling keeps you turning pages.You\\'ll find she has a knack for artfully weaving insights from psychoanalysis, theology, and popular culture in a way that is accessible to anyone seeking a deep understanding. - Dr. Ryan Howes, Psychology Today\\'s In Therapy', 'From the Foreword In this impressive book for the general reader, Jennifer Kunst finds wisdom not only from her training and practice as a psychoanalyst, but also from her experience of everyday life, from films and children\\'s books, and from her religious training and experience. Not content with the isolation of the clinical situation, she applies the knowledge acquired there to the tasks of everyday life. In doing so, she allows readers to reflect on the psychoanalytic dynamics that might be at play in their own lives. -John Steiner, MD, British Psychoanalytical Society
Special Praise for Wisdom from the Couch When Freud\\'s ideas were first introduced, they seemed obscure and arcane, and they never became reader--or patient--friendly. In Wisdom from the Couch, Jennifer Kunst artfully presents a number of theoretical ideas, some complex and others simpler, all with such seamless clarity that the work speaks meaningfully to seasoned psychoanalysts, beginning mental health workers, students, parents, and others. -James S. Grotstein, MD, Psychoanalytic Center of California
Dr. Kunst has written a remarkably readable book about what is often a difficult quest for the meaningful life. Despite all our complicated theories and scientific efforts to identify the secrets of a life well lived, I agree with her that it all essentially comes down to one thing, love. Those who read this book will be more equipped to be better lovers of others, themselves and God. -Mark W. Baker, Ph.D., author of Jesus the Greatest Therapist Who Ever Lived In this marvelous book Jennifer Kunst gives us a highly readable primer on the fascinating therapeutic approach of Melanie Klein--making her case with references tothe likes of Shaq O\\'Neal, The Velveteen Rabbit, and St. Benedict. But even more, her \"wisdom from the couch\" is offered in terms of a candid and inspiring account of her own spiritual journey. -Richard J. Mouw, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Fuller Theological Seminary
All those who have been scratching their heads and wondering how to find their way to a more sane and meaningful life will, if they are open to Jennifer\\'s guidance, begin to find an answer. This book beckons us to open its pages and read with care and attention. -Neville Symington, Australian Psychoanalytical Society
', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: West With the Night (Virago Travellers)\nDescription: ['West with the Night is an exceptional autobiography filled with a strong spirit, fascinating events, and beautiful words. Beryl Markham was raised by her father on a large farm in British East Africa in the early twentieth century; as a child she preferred spear hunting with the native Muranis to her school lessons. At seventeen, when her father lost their farm and went to Peru, she chose to stay in Africa and began a highly successful career as a race horse trainer. In her twenties she gave up horses and started flying airplanes, becoming the first woman in East Africa to be granted a commercial pilot\\'s license, then the first woman to fly the Atlantic from east to west. Lyrically and philosophically, West With the Night covers each of these parts of her life. Beryl Markham writes hunting stories filled with danger and tension, then turns and discusses the different qualities of silence or what it is like to fly alone over water for forty hours: \"Being alone in an aeroplane for even so short a time as a night and a day, irrevocably alone, with nothing to observe but your instruments and your own hands in the semi-darkness, nothing to contemplate but your own small courage....such an experience can be as startling as the first awareness of a stranger walking by your side at night. You are the stranger. \" This is the story of an extraordinary woman - and that alone might be enough to recommend it. The fact that it is also extraordinarily well-written makes it a gift. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let\\'s Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister']","rejected":"Title: (THE CARP IN THE BATHTUB ) BY Cohen, Barbara (Author) Paperback Published on (03 , 1987)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Dr. Steve Memoirs II\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Never Enough Flamingos (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['"It is a testament to Diller's authorial strength that, through the despair, she weaves in disarming humor . . . Peopled with some enduring characters and driven by both compassion and sarcasm, this is a vivid, surprising page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews', \"Janelle Diller was born and raised in Kansas. She'll forever have a soft spot in her heart for golden wheatfields, sunflower-filled ditches, and sunsets that explode colors on the horizon. Her Mennonite linage dates back to when the Anabaptist movement first grew out of the Swiss Reformation in the sixteenth century. Janelle is a true mongrel Mennonite, with Swiss, Dutch, German, and Russian Mennonite roots. She remains a member of the Mennonite church today and will forever love a cappella four-part harmony (with an occasional rousing piano accompaniment) and potlucks. Currently, she and her husband divide their time between sailing the Mexican coast in the winter and spending summers in Colorado. In addition, she writes political thrillers for conspiracy lovers and early chapter book mysteries for the award winning Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure series. Someone forgot to tell her to stick with a single genre.\"]","rejected":"Title: Fundamentals of Conservation Biology\nDescription: ['\"Drawing on their experience in teaching and instructive writing,the authors provide an accessible, well-organized and updatedreview suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in variousbiological and environmental sciences. The book will also serve asa reference work for researchers, and the expressive and livelyprose, reflecting the dedication of the authors, will hopefullyinspire not only future conservation biologists but anyone who isinterested in the richness of life surrounding us.\"(coscience, Volume 15, Issue 4, 2008)', '\"One could imagine a whole course being based on this book as ithas so much to offer.\" (Journal of Biological Education)', '', '\"This new edition continues to be an excellent choice forundergraduate courses in conservation biology - notable for itswell-honed organization of concepts and its clearprose.\" Professor Thomas L Fleischner, PrescottCollege ', '\"This is an excellent text that provides a clear, lucid, andcomprehensive summary of approaches used in biologicalconservation. It should inspire a new generation of conservationbiologists.\" Tim Coulson, Imperial College, London ', '\"My goal is to expose the concepts of conservation biology tothe broadest possible student audience. For its combination ofaccessible writing with rigorous, updated content, Fundamentalsof Conservation Biology is matchless.\" Professor Travis Knowles, Francis MarionUniversity ', '\"Hunter and Gibbs have produced an excellent text, one that usesan array of concrete examples, ethical principles, and theory tochallenge and engage students. Fundamentals of ConservationBiology should remain one of the standards in the field foryears to come.\" Dr Christopher Norment, SUNY College atBrockport ', '\"Hunter and Gibbs comprehensively present conservation biologywith both clarity and charm. It includes excellent examples andcase studies, current issues and topics, and recent references thatwill certainly appeal to faculty and students in the conservationsciences.\" Dr Jamie M Kneitel, California State University,Sacramento', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Theologians Under Hitler (Gerhard Kittel, Paul Althaus and Emanuel Hirsch)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Surname as a Cultural Value and an Ethnic Heritage: Tracing Your Polish Roots\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life\nDescription: ['Dr. Bill Thomasis a visionary and internationally recognized expert on aging. He is an Ashoka Fellow and winner of the Heinz Award for the Human Condition. He cocreated The Eden Alternative, an international nonprofit, and The Green House Project, both models to revolutionize nursing home care. In addition to teaching, speaking, and consulting internationally, he is currentlya Senior Fellowat AARPs Life Reimagined Institute. A graduate of the State University of New York and Harvard Medical School, he lives in Ithaca, New York with his family.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Crystal Kids P.L.A.Y.Book\nDescription: ['\"delightful children\\'s coloring book is a wonderful instructional tool that...gently guides the imagination through suggestion and realization...Meditation and color breathing are some of the topics covered in loving detail...encourages the acknowledgment and opening of...subtler senses - a delightful presentation.\" -- Marcel Vogel\\'s Psychic Research Newsletter, Vol 7 No 5<br /><br />\"introduces kids of all ages\" to the basics of visualization, crystal projection, programming, channeling, E.S.P., lucid dreaming and psychic development -in one little primer...Marcia Singer turns every page into a multi-faceted lesson/game/creative experience...activities include coloring, songs, mazes and lots more surprises... Camille Rendal\\'s artwork...is delightfully endearing.\" -- Whle Life Times, Los Angeles June \\'89<br /><br />\"the first book I\\'ve seen to fill an important hole in contemporary literature: New Age books for children...and entertaining, easy to read introduction to crystals and other aspects of alternative philosposy...children will enjoy it, and parents will feel good about the discoveries their children are making.\" --Wabun Wind, successor to Sun Bear, Author of Lightseeds
\"This was my introduction to the world of psychic energy skills --a marrvelous book for adults as well as youth. Very hip.\" --S.P., Psychic at Malibu Shaman', 'Marcia Singer, MSW, CHt, SAG/AFTRA is a nationally recognized love arts educator, creative virtuosa and play meistress. Director of the southern California Foundation For Intimacy, she started P.L.A.Y.House small press in 1989. Credits include thirty years as metaphysician, 15 as former international performer, and 13 years as an intuitive healer and healing artist.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Grandma Gatewood39;s Walk - The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail\nDescription: ['Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next time anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine\\'s Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of \"America, the Beautiful\" and proclaimed, \"I said I\\'ll do it, and I\\'ve done it.\" Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person, man or woman, to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood\\'s own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don\\'t know the full story, a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.She did it - Can you? Find out how..Inspirational story.About the Author - Ben Montgomery is a staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times and cofounder of the Auburn Chautauqua, a Southern writers\\' collective. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has won many other national writing awards. He has worked at newspapers in Arkansas, Texas, New York, and Florida..Author - Ben Montgomery.Binding - Ha...', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lair\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II\nDescription: ['\"In the vein of Schindler\\'s List, A Good Place To Hidecombines solid historical research with the tension of a spy novel ... an inspiring account of the extraordinary courage of ordinary people.\" (Shelf Awareness)
Grose tells this story well. A Good Place To Hide reads like a thriller, but is a well-researched book with a bibliography, notes and an update on what happened to the major participants. An excellent addition to history collections in all libraries and a good selection for book clubs interested in World War II. (J.weekly)', 'It may sound a little odd suggesting that you should enjoy this book, After all, the story takes place amidst the horrors of life in France after defeat and German Occupation. But please don\\'t shy away because you are afraid of yet another relentless tale of misery. My interest in this story has always focussed on the drama of the situation. I write in a conversational style, so you\\'ll find plenty of lighter moments. One reviewer wrote: \"A Good Place To Hidecombines solid historical research with the tension of a spy novel.\" Thank youShelf Awareness, that\\'s exactly what I was aiming for.
The story is largely unknown because the participants got into such a habit of secrecy that they found it difficult to come out into the open after the war, even though the danger had passed. Let me tell you a story. If you read the book, you\\'ll get to know a Protestant schoolgirl Catherine Cambessédès, who ran suitcases full of money and other supplies for the French Resistance. She risked her life doing it. You\\'ll also meet Nelly Trocmé, the oldest daughter of the pacifist pastor André Trocmé, who inspired so much of the rescue operation that is the subject of the book. Catherine and Nelly were best friends at school, and they stayed in touch after the war. They both moved to the United States, they both married, and they both had children. Nelly suggested that I go and talk to Catherine when I was researching the book, which is how I first met her.
Teenage school friendships are pretty close, full of shared secrets. Yet Nelly found out about Catherine\\'s wartime Resistance activitiesonly when she read my book, 70 years later. That\\'s how closely wartime secrets were guarded in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the surrounding villages.
My first two books were set in Australia during World War 2. The first dealt with the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942. The second dealt with the Japanese bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942. Both battles were military fiascos. Australia was unprepared. Her soldiers and sailors were under-trained, poorly equipped and badly led. Very different books fromA Good Place To Hide, you might think. But to me all three books are inspired by the same thought: these are dramaticstories, and my interest has always been in a dramatic narrative.
So if you decide to readA Good Place To Hideand are surprised to find yourself in the midst of an exotic cast list -- a teenage Jewish typewriter repairman who became a master forger; a female American spy with a wooden leg, which she called Cuthbert; the novelist Albert Camus working on the first draft of his masterpieceLa Peste(\"The Plague\"); an unswerving pacifist pastor who was awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette, a rare French military distinction -- then I can only apologise for startling you, and make a plea in mitigation that I find it hard to resist anything that makes for a good story.
']","rejected":"Title: World of the Dead:: Rise and Fall\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Shiurei HaRav: A Conspectus of the Public Lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: Hebrew, Yiddish', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Left to Tell\\nDescription: ['As Seen on Public TV. Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Rising Tide\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr. 6-9. This novel continues the involving story of Kate Keely, who survived the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and traveled to Ireland in A Sea So Far (2001). In this sequel Kate returns to California, where she joins forces and savings with her friend Ellen to open a small shop selling Irish linen goods. While Ellen struggles with an unsuitable suitor, her mother's death, and increased family responsibilities, Kate deals with business challenges, a mysterious journal, and a new man in her life. The girls' sympathetic mixture of insecurities and determination comes into focus against the well-drawn background of a city in transition and a society that pressures women to take traditional, domestic roles. With a rather static jacket illustration, this may not attract as many readers as the first book in the series, but those who met Kate previously will want to join her for this rewarding sequel. Carolyn Phelan Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Gospel of Damascus\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Savannah Swingsaw (The Executioner /Mack Bolan No. 74)\\nDescription: ['Don Pendleton, Mack Bolan: Savannah Swingsaw, paperback', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890\\nDescription: ['“Nathaniel Philbrick has written a gem of a book. Away Off Shore is meticulously detailed, filled with fine anecdotes, and a fascinating look at a fascinating place.” —H. G. Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights
“Away Off Shore doesn’t recount more of the same heroic stories we’ve all heard about early Nantucketers . . . Instead the author gives us—finally—a human story of real Nantucketers whose actions reflect the times and the hardships they endured trying to make a life on this island centuries ago.” —Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror', 'Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award; Mayflower, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Bunker Hill, winner of the New England Book Award; Sea of Glory; The Last Stand; Why Read Moby Dick?; and Away Off Shore. He lives in Nantucket. His new book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, will be published in May 2016.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Things I Learned from Roland: A Postcard from Wisconsin\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Twin: A Memoir\\nDescription: ['In his previous book Wish I Could Be There, Shawn explored his agoraphobia and claustrophobia. Here, Shawn, whose father is the former New Yorker editor William Shawn and his brother the playwright/actor Wallace Shawn, focuses on his twin sister, Mary, who early on is diagnosed with both mental retardation and autism, and institutionalized by the time she is eight. Shawn knows he cannot really penetrate Mary\\\\'s world, but writes movingly of the lifelong effects of Mary\\\\'s absence from his. Mary\\\\'s \\\"sudden, virtually noiseless departure\\\" results in a kind of \\\"survivor guilt,\\\" so that \\\"for , to grow up and flourish would mean leaving Mary irrevocably behind.\\\" He speculates that his father\\\\'s inability to face the challenge of caring for her may have been a significant reason for his 37-year affair with colleague Lillian Ross. In addition to his reflections on his own emotional growth and creative evolution, Shawn steps out of the memoir genre to contribute a long informational chapter on how the thinking about autism has changed since it was first identified by Dr. Leo Kanner as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in the 1940s. Whether he\\\\'s remembering Mary, the deaths of his parents, or his studies with Nadia Boulanger and other great musicians, Shawn writes poetically with honesty and empathy. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.', 'Faced with a continually replenishing wave of memoirs, one can feel lost in the deluge. Which titles stand out, when youve got nine different memoirs on the same subject? Happily, librarians can recommend Twin to all memoir enthusiasts, and, of course, those who read Shawns previous title, Wish I Could Be There (2007), in which he skillfully dissected his phobias and other mental-health issues but left questions in the readers mind about his mentally disabled twin sister. Here he delves deeper into his own psyche and what he refers to as contradictions, piecing together the role of a sister with autism in his lifea twin, with all of the closeness associated with twins, and yet with a stark separation, as she left their home at age eight, permanently, for a residential treatment facility. Shawns moving work brings us closer to understanding a diagnosis that, by its nature, challenges family bonds. --Matthew Tiffany', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: When We Say Goodnight\\nDescription: ['Please visit the Facebook page \\\"Cosmo Finds His Forever Home.\\\"', 'What is it that you wish for? Who is closest to your heart? What happens when we say goodnight?', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wasted Vigil\\nDescription: [\\\"Starred Review. Kiriyama-winner Aslam (Maps for Lost Lovers) takes an ambitious and moving look at the human cost of Afghanistan's war-torn reality. Marcus, a British doctor, lives near Jalalabad and quietly mourns the loss of his Afghan wife, their grown daughter and his hand to the Taliban and tribal warring. His houseguests includes Lara, a Russian woman searching for the truth about her soldier brother's disappearance, and David, a formerly zealous CIA operative whose love for Marcus's murdered daughter binds him to the older man as they search for her missing son. There's a tremendous tension in the first half of the book as the connections between the characters and the country are built up, and Aslam exploits the setup perfectly when a cast of younger charactersa fervent jihadi, a charismatic but arrogant American soldier, a rebellious local schoolteacherarrive at the house and bring danger with them. Lyrical but not overwritten, the novel creates an unflinchingly clear picture of a country whose history of strife is still being written. (Sept.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", \\\"Nadeem Aslam's unflinching epic novel spans centuries of civilization and conflict in Afghanistan, shifting back and forth through time while resolutely refusing to side with East or West. While he takes a dim view of terrorism, Aslam dismisses the notion that the Taliban is solely to blame for Afghanistan's plight, pointing instead to the conjunction of multiple cultural, political, and economic forces in a relentless cycle of aggression and retaliation. Some critics took issue with Aslam's prose, and his graphic descriptions of torture, rape, and murder make the book unsuitable for the squeamish. But for those with strong stomachs, Aslam takes readers on a haunting journey into a civilization on the margins of modernity, a world still incomprehensible to most Western eyes. Copyright 2008 Bookmarks Publishing LLC\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: On the End of the World\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Joseph Roth (18941939) was an Austrian novelist best known for his family saga Radetzky March and for his novel of Jewish life, Job. He fought in the Austrian army in World War I, and worked as a novelist and journalist in Frankfurt, becoming a leading Jewish intellectual of the era. With the rise of Nazism, he lived the rest of his life in exile. Will Stone is an award-winning poet andthe translator of Stefan Zweig's Journeys.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: True North: A Memoir\\nDescription: ['Conway ( The Road from Coorain ) continues her autobiography with this account covering the period from her departure from Australia for the U.S. to enter graduate school in 1960 through her appointment as Smith College president in 1975. She is delighted by New York City and by Harvard, where she forges enduring friendships with women, finds intellectual stimulation and begins her study of women\\\\'s history. Harvard\\\\'s Leverett House Master, John Conway, a Canadian war hero 18 years her senior, becomes her husband. If the author is reticent about the course of this romance, she candidly reflects on her weakening ties to Australia and her \\\"psychological warrior\\\" mother, her husband\\\\'s bouts with depression, their life as academics in Toronto and her coming to grips with infertility. She also recounts her growing reputation as a historian, her pragmatic feminism drawn from her teaching experiences, her fights for pay equity and her appointment as the first woman vice president at the University of Toronto. Hers is an absorbing, charming story of a life lived fully. 60,000 first printing; BOMC and QPB alternates; author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'YA-Following The Road from Coorain (Knopf, 1989), Conway leaves Australia to discover the freedom of open inquiry at Harvard University, and to break away from her mother\\\\'s oppressive demands. For the first time, she forms true friendships with other women and develops a sense of confidence and happiness that becomes almost complete when she marries Professor John Conway, her \\\"true north\\\" (compass point). The Conways face serious challenges as they move to Canada where the author teaches history and later becomes vice president of Toronto University. As the book ends, she is president of Smith College. Conway writes in a clear, brisk, literary style that is readable, engaging, and sometimes lyrical. She details successes and pleasures as well as personal sorrows and disappointments that require background knowledge from the earlier title. The final third of the book is a technical discussion of university-administration issues and of less general appeal, but good for readers interested in academic careers. Mature YAs seeking biography or women\\\\'s studies will find Conway\\\\'s continuing journey a fascinating one. Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Take (DI Joe Faraday)\\nDescription: ['Quite simply the best police procedural Ive read this year. -- Harlan Coben', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Godforsaken Idaho\\nDescription: ['', '', '\\\"[A] slam-dunk debut.\\\" O Magazine
\\\"Not only is each story brilliantly constructed, but the collection as a whole is an architectural masterpieceTheyre written smartlytheres utter brillianceIts terrific fiction. Vestal seems to be a writer we can trust to wake us up gorgeously to a certain angry reason, a certain subversive truth.\\\" Association for Mormon Letters
\\\"[A] darkly provocative story collection. Throughout these well-crafted stories, Vestals prose captures the gritty poignancy of western life.\\\" Seattle Times
\\\"From lustful country boys who plot against the tiny dogs carried around by beautiful out-of-town women (lapdogs, the narrator explains, are \\\"wrong\\\" because they make \\\"us feel defensive about our whole lives\\\") to two Mormons out to bring a sinner back into the fold, Vestal cracks open the dry, dusty ground and lets the weirdness spill out. It\\\\'s savage and apocalyptic and endlessly funny.\\\" The Stranger
\\\"Vestal\\\\'s anti-heroes may be rascals and lost causes, but they have a canny insight, humor and wisdom that I found irresistible.\\\" The Oregonian
\\\"I cracked open the collection by Shawn Vestal and found a short story called Winter Elders, which grabbed me from the opening line: They materialized with the first snow.This is a tale of missionary work from the perspective of the target. And it is a dark tale. Its also psychologically astute and elegantly written, like much of Vestals book.David Haglund, Slate', '\\\"[Godforsaken Idaho] lies somewhere between the classically chiseled narratives of Richard Fords Rock Springs, the satiristic imagination of George Saunders, and the comic stylings of The Book of Mormon. Vestals dark, often very funny, and deeply probing stories have one foot in God-fearing Mormon country and another in godforsaken characters-at-the-end-of-their-rope realism.\\\"Rebecca Bengal, Vogue', '\\\"These are smart, ambitious stories that bravely barrel into unwinnable argumentsThoughtful and cleverly crafted.\\\" Billings Gazette ', '\\\"Diviner, the closing tale, is as hair-raising a depiction of Mormon founder Joseph Smith as there is.\\\" Charleston Post and Courier', '\\\"Brilliant in its world-building.\\\" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel', '\\\"Full of believable and complex characters.\\\" NY1
...We see the world through the eyes of a beautiful stranger and are touched so personally. --Angela Reynolds, teacher and editor from Miami, Florida', 'Daughter of American converts to Islam, Umm Zakiyyah, also known by her birth name Ruby Moore, is the award-winning author of the If I Should Speak trilogy and the novels Realities of Submission, A Friendship Promise, and Muslim Girl. Umm Zakiyyahs books have been used in schools and universities in America and abroad for multicultural and religious studies. She writes about the interfaith struggles of Muslims and Christians, and the intercultural, spiritual, and moral struggles of Muslims in America. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Kind of Kin\\nDescription: [\\\"Kind of Kin is a kind of miracle. The character Sweet is an American original, doing her best to hold the family she loves together while trying not to fall apart. A winner. (Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife)
Wonderful . . . Askews unflinching portrait of a family whipsawed from within and without is a story for our time. Its proof of Askews flat-out genius that Kind of Kin is merciless, yet strangely full of mercy. (Ben Fountain, author Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
I loved it!!! I stayed up until 4 in the morning I couldnt stop thinking about it. That is just one of the magical things about Rillas writingA brilliant portrait of the world today. I just felt hopeful when I was finished. (Diane Welsh, Barnes & Noble, Cedar Rapids, IA)
Passionate, solid, and fair. . . Askews characters, whose viewpoints are all over the political map, are well-imagined, thoughtful, and treated with a kindness that is often lacking in the ongoing discussion of this hot button topic. It deserves great applause. (Emily Russo, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY)
Kind of Kin is beautiful, funny, politically alive and savvy. Askew does character like no American writer and her nuanced vision of the relationship between the Big Picture and the lives of regular Americans is unrivaled. (Paul Ingram, Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA)
The nature of this wonderful novel is, like the characters, raucous, messy, uncertain and foolishly brave. Askews story is brilliant and a most timely look at who is welcome into our lives and how we express and share compassion even while times are tough and language is a barrier. (Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA)
Askew writes a very compelling family drama that features a very hot subject these days-immigration, illegal and otherwise. Religion, civil rights, extended families, and the economic struggles of blue collar families all come into play in this multi-layered novel of life in Oklahoma. (Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO)
Bracing, startling, snort-out-loud funny, heart-rending, Kind of Kin addresses family function and dysfunction, religion, immigration. [Rilla Askew] suggests a very subversive thought. Perhaps we are all a kind of kin. No matter your politics, you will not soon forget this generous work of art. (Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Queen of America)
Compelling...this novel is rich, rewarding, and humane. (Publishers Weekly)
Askew deftly weaves together a narrative that foregrounds a number of important contemporary issues: religion, immigration, the economy and the effect of all of these on family life. (Kirkus Reviews)\\\", '', \\\"With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an illegal immigrant himself, has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage.\\\", \\\"Rilla Askew's brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: La Puissance du discours: Une petite histoire de la rhtorique dans la Grce antique et Rome (Le Miroir Des Humanistes) (French Edition)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook: Featuring the 40 Foods Proven to Promote Heart Health\\nDescription: [\\\"The introduction explains that scientists have identified 40 foods that can help reduce, prevent, and even reverse heart disease. Those 40 foodsamong them chocolate, red wine, tropical fruits, almonds and avocadosare the focus of this health-conscious cookbook. All 175 recipes include one or more of them, and the first section details, food by food, in easily understandable (even occasionally funny) language, why they're good for you. The recipes are accessible and appealing, if not especially original. The superstar ingredients are marked with a heart symbol; key nutritional information accompanies each entry. The full spectrum of basic food genres is covered, from breakfast foods like Broccoli and Cheese Strata (featuring egg whites), Asparagus Frittata (using egg substitute) and Green TeaOatmeal Pancakes to desserts such as Orange Pistachio Cake and an antioxidant-rich but still decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake. In between are plenty of soups, salads (including an elegant Grape and Fennel Salad), vegetable side dishes, grains, beans, pasta and main courses such as Sesame Salmon with Spicy Cucumber Salad, Oven-Fried Fish and Chips, Revamped Chicken Potpie and Make-Over Veal Marsala. The variety and simplicity make this a reliableand lightheartedresource for anyone trying to fight or prevent heart trouble. (Feb.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'The variety and simplicity make this a reliable--and lighthearted--resource for anyone trying to fight or prevent heart trouble. Publishers Weekly
Overall, the book will be useful for those who are interested in a healthier diet... Library Journal Review', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The "Do for Others" Day eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Palace of Desire: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2\\nDescription: ['Mahfouz tells the story of Palace of Desire with sensitivity and humor, offering deep insights into the human condition. Philadelphia Inquirer
All the magic, mystery, and suffering of Egypt in the 1920s are conveyed on a human scale. The New York Times Book Review
A grand novel of ideas. . . . A marvelous read. The Washington Post
In Palace of Desire we see the intricate and complex tragedy of patriarchy working itself out through succeeding generations. Chicago Tribune', '', 'Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Theory of Interest by Kellison, Stephen Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3rd (third) edition (2008) Hardcover\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa\\nDescription: [\\\"Armchair explorers, rejoice! Richard Grant has gone where we dare not and brought back the news in all its rich, harrowing and lucid detail. The best book about Africa since Paul Theroux's Dark StarSafari. --T.C. Boyle, author of The Women and When the Killings Done
Heading for Tanzania, intent on exploration- a first descent of the Malagarasi River-, Richard Grant instead finds himself in the shadow of Burton and Speke, Stanley and Livingston on an altogether unexpected frontier of the unknown- the reality of contemporary Africa. The result is a kaleidoscopic romp through chaos, contradiction, madness and wonder. A fierce account, honestly told, and refreshingly frank. Wade Davis, author of One River and Into the Silence\\\", '
In his last book when he was being chased by killers in Mexico for a couple days I questioned Richard Grants sanity in trying to be the first to travel the length of Tanzanias Malagarasi River. The hippos and crocodiles are the problem, also the dreadful diseases that daily afflict you. This is a truly wonderful book about East Africa. Jim Harrison, author of Returning to Earth', '
Way back when, we crawled out of the Great Rift in Africa. Richard Grant explains that this ancient womb is the theater of our future. This coming world will have a lot of people fighting over dwindling piles of junk. This future will looks a lot like murder. This time we are all going down Crazy River and forget the damn life jackets. They belong to the past we devoured. Let Richard Grant take you to your new home. But let me warn you: we will not get home before dark. Charles Bowden, author of Murder City
As he did in God\\\\'s Middle Finger, Grant takes us into a world where few willingly venture. His feverish journey from Zanzibar, down an uncharted river and into the broken heart of 21st century Africa is by turns funny, poignant, frightening and deeply disturbing. The future Grant shows us with such lucidity and compassion is one his predecessors, Stanley, Livingstone and Burton could never have envisioned. John Vaillant, author of The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Fear and loathing in East Africa as travel writer Grant traverses the ravaged continent in search of a mysterious river and the source of the Nile...Dyspeptic, disturbing and brilliantly realized, Grants account of Africa is literally unforgettable.\\\" --Kirkus Reviews
\\\"A mixture of offbeat characters and travelogue, an entertaining and informative first-person account of a man whos very much out of his element but very keen to learn everything he can.\\\" --Booklist
\\\"Grants gift for getting detoured...makes this one of the years most surprising adventure books, taking us well beyond jungle and river..part sociologist, part journalist, and more interested in what happened along the way than achieving goals or reaching destinations. --Men\\\\'s Journal
\\\"as detailed in this thoroughly engrossing new book, Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa, Grant\\\\'s quest for adventure and discovery didn\\\\'t go unrewarded.\\\" --Tucson Weekly
\\\"This is Grants third travel book, and he strikes a wonderful balance between evoking the sepia-toned, blood-stained, imperialist past and the hungry, gritty independent realism of modern East Africa. Never one to focus on his own accomplishments, and slow to judge others, he manages to serve up equal portions of humility and pathos.\\\" --Lonely Planet', \\\"Richard Grant is an award-winning travel writer who has published his work in Men's Journal, Esquire, and Details, among others. He is also the author of American Nomads and God's Middle Finger. Grant currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of our Kinship with Animals\\nDescription: ['New Awareness Magazine, February - March 2010 (New Awareness Magazine, Feb)', 'Tina Volpe is an author, health researcher, 34-year vegetarian, speaker, educator/consultant, columnist and television guest, appearing all over the U.S. She has also been a host for the top rated show Wake Up America, on Global Talk Radio. Judy Carman is an author and activist for animal rights, environmental protection, and world peace. Over the years she has helped establish justice groups and has also co-founded Animal Outreach of Kansas and the Worldwide Prayer Circle for Animals.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Transforming Church: Bringing Out the Good to Get to Great\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Steelhead Paradise\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Republic of Love\\nDescription: ['Love at first sight becomes new, as Shields delights the reader with her carefully polished prose. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '
Carol Diggory-Shields is the author of many works for children including the poetry booksLunch Money, Almost Late to School, andAfter the Bell Rings. She currently works as a childrens librarian and previously worked with children as a recreational therapist. She lives in northern California.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Building Christian Communities: Strategy for Renewing the Church\\nDescription: ['Book by Clark, Stephen B.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Game: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes\\nDescription: ['\\\"May well be the best King has devised yet. The sights, smells and ideas of India make interesting, evocative reading.\\\"Publishers Weekly, starred review
\\\"A rousingadventure story made credible by the sheer force of its characters\\\\'personalities and the sharply realized details of theirsurroundings. Good historical fiction is as close as we\\\\'ll ever getto time travel, and historical fiction doesn\\\\'t get any better thanthis.\\\"The Denver Post
\\\"A wondrously taut mystery, ticking away like a malevolent clock.\\\"Booklist (starred review)
\\\"Splendid...perhaps the rippingest of all Russell\\\\'s ripping tales.\\\"Seattle Times ', 'Laurie R. Kingis theNew York Timesbestselling author of thirteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the Stuyvesant & Grey novelsTouchstoneandThe Bones of Paris, and the acclaimedA Darker Place, Folly,andKeeping Watch. She lives in Northern California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Through the Rabbit Hole: Explore and Experience the Shamanic Journey and Energy Medicine\\nDescription: ['Jan Engels-Smith is a master of transformation. Through decades of experience as a master teacher and shamanic practitioner, she has captured the essence of change and well-being. Jan is an author, a Shamanic Practitioner (Sh.D.), an Usui, Tibetan and Karuna Reiki Master, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Chemical Dependency Specialist, and a Hypnotherapist. Jans mission is to provide excellence in energy healing and education, and to support personal growth for well-being, adapting ancient healing techniques to contemporary life in the 21st century. In 1994, Jan founded LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine and has developed the first energy medicine curriculum of its kind, which provides teaching for those with a curious interest in energy medicine, as well as those that would like to obtain a doctorate in shamanism (Sh.D.). Jans book Becoming Yourself: The Journey from Head to Heart, won the Readers Choice Award from iUniverse. She is a diamond level author with Ezine Articles and writes a monthly article for Sedona Journal of Emergence. Jan also authored two CDs: Take Your Body With You, a shamanic drumming CD, and Awaken~Unburden~Create, a meditation CD package of shamanic principles', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: New Jerusalem Bible: New Testament\\nDescription: ['Contains the complete text of the ancient canon of scripture, along with up-to-date and extensive introductions and notes. Eight pages of color maps and indexes, including biblical themes, personal names, and major footnotes.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: By Mrs. Amber L Rinehart Dragon's Tear (The Three Realms) (Volume 1) (1st First Edition) [Paperback]\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Girl Called Problem\\nDescription: ['Gr 6-9-Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means \\\"problem\\\" in Swahili, has been told all her life by her widowed mother that their family is cursed. When the elders of her village inform the residents of Tanzanian President Nayere\\\\'s 1967 decree that they should move and share resources with a nearby village, Shida is excited for the change, thinking that she will finally have the opportunity to go to school and study under the village\\\\'s nurse. Soon after arriving at the new village, however, troubling things begin to happen, and Shida\\\\'s mother\\\\'s belief in a curse seems more and more real. When tragedy strikes the family, surprising secrets are revealed, and the people must decide whether to remain in the new village or return to their land. Although the story has a slow start, readers will soon be immersed in the culture of this Sukuma village and will urge Shida on as she works hard to help her difficult mother and as she seeks the education that she will need to become a healer. Quirk strikes a good balance between traditional Sukuma tribal beliefs and more modern ideas about medicine and education. A glossary and help readers better understand the culture and setting in which the story takes place.-Sarah Reid, Broome County Public Library, Binghamton, NY(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'The ancestors dont like girls going to school. Is that why the crop is failing in 13-year-old Shidas rural village in Tanzania in the late 1960s? Shida is thrilled to learn to read in her rough one-room schoolhouse, and her dream is to train with the village nurse. She is encouraged by her wise grandfather, Babu, an ardent follower of the adored new president, Nyerere, who supports womens education and has freed the people from white colonialism. But many villagers, including Shidas widowed, depressed mother and the boys in the classroom, are hostile to girls being educated and leaving the traditional ways. Who released the precious village cattle? Is someone poisoning the collective crops? Quirk spent two years in Tanzania, and this original paperback includes a detailed Swahili glossary with notes and photos. The young girls moving personal story brings close not only the intense battle over education and equality but also the basic struggle for the freedoms that come with running water, electricity, and medicine. Can Shida change her mother? Grades 5-9. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: United Methodist Hymnal Dark Red\\nDescription: ['Book by United methodist Church', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Boy in the Boat\\nDescription: ['\\\"From raw and compelling prose, a moving portrait emerges of Brian. From cowed child to fierce rebel and finally to an adult battling his own inner demons. This is a finely crafted memoir.\\\" Australian Woman\\\\'s Day.
\\\"O\\\\'Raleigh is a convincing writer and this book is good enough to deserve ranking with Angela\\\\'s Ashes. He mixes dialog, narrative and reflection in a memoir that is always engrossing, often scary and sometimes funny. He deserves great credit.\\\" The Australian Irish Echo.
\\\"Brian is no angel. He\\\\'s an infuriating drunk and an irresponsible brute - which is why this story of ultimate redemption is so powerful. It has its lighter moments too, where innocent humour offers respite from the cynical and wistful mood.\\\" Australian New Idea.
\\\"In this searingly honest memoir O\\\\'Raleigh chronicles the abuse that would leave him scarred for life. The fact that he can now writeabout his tumultuous origins, given over to crime, drugs and alcohol, must mean that he has at last conquered his own inner demons. This is an engrossing read.\\\" Ballarat Courier, Australia.', 'Brian ORaleigh was born into a chaotic Irish family in 1941 in the English seaside resort town of Blackpool. He attended St Josephs College, until the age of 14 when he was expelled after a fight with a Christian brother. At the age of 18, accused of being involved in an IRA bomb threat on Blackpool Tower, he emigrated to Australia, just a few steps ahead of English justice. Arriving in Sydney he worked at a dozen different occupations, salesman, construction worker, bulldozer operator, factory worker, steel fixer and trade union official. After his first wife left him in 1967 - in a desperate attempt to do something decent with his life - he volunteered for the 6-Day-War in Israel. There he met his second wife, Carol, and for a while, stopped drinking. But on returning to London a year later, he became involved in the notoriously hedonistic life of The Swinging Sixties. Excessive drinking, night clubs, parties, crime and the associated violence. Then, after organizing a gang raid on a London police station, he was forced to flee England once again, and, with police alerts at all airports in the UK, he took a small, French fishing boat to Calais. Carol met him there and together they journeyed through France, Germany, Austria, Belgrade, Bulgaria, Turkey, crossing the Bosphorus at Istanbul, before traveling through Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, through the Khyber Pass to Pakistan, India and eventually, Australia. A year later, Brian began building a deep sea sailing boat hoping that this would set him free from the alcoholism he had despised in his father; but, after 4 years of failure and frustration, he suffered a major collapse and became suicidal. This proved to be the catalyst that began a lasting recovery. Brian began writing in 2005. His latest book: \\\\'The Storyteller of Inis Mr\\\\' was reviewed by Frank O\\\\'Shea, literary critic for The Australian Irish Echo, who said: \\\"ORaleighs new work: The Storyteller of Inis Mor, reminds one of the great Irish writers such as Sean OFaolain and Benedict Kiely.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Gouge magique La\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul\\nDescription: ['Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: Onward is not a puff piece. In just under 400 brisk pages, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz details the multitude of factors--the recession, new consumer behavior, overexpansion--that led to the company\\\\'s downturn during 2007-2008. Obviously, Schultz was successful, and his book has plenty of valuable lessons about management and leadership--standard features for most business books. But the most interesting thing about Onward is Schultz\\\\'s honesty about the whole process, from his determination to make difficult personnel changes to his admission that he considers it a personal failure when he sees someone with a competitor\\\\'s cup of coffee. Schultz even makes the chapters about his agonies over the company\\\\'s breakfast sandwiches a fascinating study in the minute decisions that go into running a multibillion-dollar company. Conflicts, raw emotions, high stakes: Onward is a business book that goes beyond feel-good maxims and actually has a story to tell. --Darryl Campbell', \\\"Starred Review. In 2000, Starbuck's founder and CEO Schultz (Pour Your Heart into It) stepped down from daily oversight of the company and assumed the role of chairman. Eight years later, in the midst of the recession and a period of decline unprecedented in the company's recent history, Schultz-feeling that the soul of his brand was at risk-returned to the CEO post. In this personal, suspenseful, and surprisingly open account, Schultz traces his own journey to help Starbucks reclaim its original customer-centric values and mission while aggressively innovating and embracing the changing landscape of technology. From the famous leaked memo that exposed his criticisms of Starbucks to new product strategies and rollouts, Schultz bares all about the painful yet often exhilarating steps he had to take to turn the company around. Peppered with stories from his childhood in tough Canarsie, N.Y., neighborhoods, his sequel to the founding of Starbucks is grittier, more gripping, and dramatic, and his voice is winning and authentic. This is a must-read for anyone interested in leadership, management, or the quest to connect a brand with the consumer. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Barron's Dictionary of American Sign Language\\nDescription: ['(back cover) BARRONS Dictionary of American Sign Language
', '', 'Geoffrey Poor is Associate Professor of Sign Language and Interpreting Education, National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses\\nDescription: ['Starred review. ...Piot helped assure that affordable drugs revolutionizing AIDS treatment would be available to the poorest victims. He leaves a legacy of change and hope in two worlds medicine and politics and an urgent reminder that their cooperation saves lives. \\\"', 'Peter Piot, MD, PhD, is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, former undersecretary general of the United Nations, and former executive director of UNAIDS. He lives in London.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How Being Broken Saved ME...\\nDescription: ['Angelia Vernon Menchan, is woman, wife, mother, grandmother, author, publisher, mentor... child of God.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA\\nDescription: ['When Johnson was a teenager living in suburban Detroit after years of living in exotic places around the world, his father revealed the secret that had guided their lives: he was a CIA agent. That revelation gave Johnson license to deceive and cover up as well, joining his father in a double life. Feelings of fear and isolation never left him, even later as he pursued a career as a journalist. As a foreign correspondent, he found astounding parallels between his fathers work and his own, including source development and the sometimes clandestine nature of the work. Johnson traces his life as son and journalist from the U.S. to Mexico to the Middle East and Europe, tracking secrets and wondering about the morality and authenticity of his and his fathers lives together and apart. He ponders the impact of secretiveness on his fathers marriages and on his own failed relationships. An enthralling look at a complicated father-son relationship and a painful investigation of the messiness of truth in journalism, intelligence ops, and life. --Vanessa Bush', 'A beautifully written memoir, and a cautionary tale about double lives. . . . I couldnt put this book down. - Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of See No Evil
Scott Johnson has written a fine book of unusual honesty; he grapples with the nature of his beloved fathers secret life and the profound consequences it has had in his own. This is an extraordinary story, astonishingly well-told. - Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara
A mesmerizing book . . . beautifully written, deeply moving, and compulsively readable. - David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers
Brave and memorable . . . a rare glimpse into the private life of a spy that digs into the love, lies, and ambiguities between father and son. - Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar
An aching, lyrical father-son story of the spy world that is dark and intriguing. - Evan Thomas, author of The War Lover
This stunning memoir could be ripped from the pages of a John le Carr novel. . . . A fascinating and important book by one of the great American foreign correspondents of his generation. - Michael Hastings, author of The Operators
[A] searingly honest memoir [Johnson] deftly explores the eerie parallels between these professional worlds: the CIA case officer who labors to recruit sources to provide secret information to assist the United States in its pursuit of foreign policy objectives worldwide, and the journalist who also recruits inside sources, but ones who will speak for publication. - San Francisco Chronicle
Evokes John le Carrs dark autobiographical thriller The Perfect Spy. - Washington Post
An enthralling look at a complicated father-son relationship and a painful investigation of the messiness of truth in journalism, intelligence ops, and life. - Booklist
Johnsons engrossing memoir, through the layers of subterfuge, uncovers many basic truths of familial conflict. - Publishers Weekly']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 50 Simple Things to Save Your Life During Residency\\nDescription: ['Dr. Ben Brown is an award winning writer, teacher and humanitarian. He is Director of Integrative Medicine, Global Medicine and Career Development at one of the UCSF Residency programs and is Medical Director for Ornish Lifestyle Medicine. In his work and life he is here to serve by remembering to stay aligned, have fun, relax and enjoy the ride.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's\\nDescription: ['From the time he was three or four years old, John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people. He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children, and by the time he was a teenager his odd habits - an inclination to blurt out non-sequiturs, obsessively dismantle radios or dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them) - had earned him the label \\\\'social deviant\\\\'. It didn\\\\'t help that his mother conversed with light fixtures and his father spent evenings pickling himself in sherry.\\\"Look Me in the Eye\\\" is his story of growing up with Asperger\\\\'s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis simply didn\\\\'t exist. Along the way, it also tells the story of two brothers born eight years apart yet devoted to each other: the author and his younger brother Chris, who would grow up to become bestselling author Augusten Burroughs. This book is a rare fusion of inspiration, dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind. For someone who has struggled all his life to connect with other people, Robison proves to be an extraordinary storyteller.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Marcel Pagnol M'a Racconte\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Sea Runners (Contemporary American Fiction)\\nDescription: ['
In this timeless survival story, four indentured servants escape their Russian Alaska work camp in a stolen canoe, only to face a harrowing journey down the Pacific Northwest coast. Battling unrelenting high seas and fierce weather from New Archangel, Alaska, to Astoria, Oregon, the men struggle to avoid hostile Tlingit Indians, to fend off starvation and exhaustion, and to endure their own doubt and distrust. Based on an actual incident in 1853, The Sea Runners is a spare and awe-inspiring tale of the human quest for freedom.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: New York City Landmarks\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Keepers of the House\\nDescription: ['What happens if a wealthy, white Southern man falls in love, marries, and has children with his black housekeeper after his white wife has died? If he lives in the country and is discreet, if his light-skinned children are sent off to school and he never tells anyone he is actually married, perhaps nothing. But what about his children and grandchildren? Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize, The Keepers of the House attacks the hypocrisy of Southern racism and examines the results of rage and revenge through the members of the Howland family. The narrator is Abigail Howland, white granddaughter of William Howland and his first wife, the only one left to face the wrath of the town after the secret is exposed. Complex and defiant, enmeshed in racism and familial obligations, she is compelled to go back through her family history in order to understand herself, her father, and the South. Shirley Ann Grau is a masterful storyteller; even though we know something shocking is coming, caught up in the emotions of the moment we sometimes forget where the memories and stories are leading until suddenly we are confronted by Abigail\\\\'s dramatic and electrifying revenge on the town which has risen up against her. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let\\\\'s Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Movie Location Series Lone Pine\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rosie Project\\nDescription: ['Book by Graeme Simsion', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Playboy Magazine, June 1987\\nDescription: ['PLAYMATE: Sandra Greenberg COVER: Donna Edmonson PICTORIALS: Donna Edmonson PMOY; Jenilee Harrison INTERVIEW: Whoopi Goldberg 20Q: Michael J. Fox FEATURES: Better Than Birdprofile of Boston Celtics forward Kevin McHale; Condom Etiquette; Little Annie Fanny PAGES: 174']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ordinary Grace (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: This Is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers The Real Presence\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Plover: A Novel\\nDescription: ['A jack of all literary trades, Doyle (Leaping: Revelations & Epiphanies, 2013) augments his impressive oeuvre with this whimsical dreamscape of a nautical adventure about desolation and friendship. To escape his haunting loneliness, Declan O Donnell sets out on the high seas with no intention of returning to his Oregon home. In fact, he has no intentions at all, except to wander west and then west to distance himself from his troubling past. With little company besides a copy of conservative orator Edmund Burkes speeches and the occasional gull, Declan drifts into the Pacific void to discover not solitude but unlikely companionship. Reluctantly agreeing to aid his recently widowed friend, Piko, and his disabled daughter, Declan finds himself extemporizing fatherhood and pursuing pirates when Piko gets kidnapped. As the adventure escalates, so does the number of his shipmates, humans and sea creatures alike. In stylized prose with frequent nods to Coleridge, Melville, and Stevenson, Doyles surreal world is alive with vivid characters, mysterious birds, and lyrical philosophy about contentment. A joyous journey of discovery. --Jonathan Fullmer', '', \\\"The Plover is about beauty, loneliness, the mysteries of the sea, albatrosses, an unforgettable young girl, language, healing, and love. And plenty more. Brian Doyle writes with Melville's humor, Whitman's ecstasy, and Faulkner's run-on sentences; in this book he has somehow unified his considerable talents into an affirming, whimsical, exuberant, and pelagic wonder. Few contemporary novels shimmer like this one. Anthony Doerr, author of The Shell Collector\\\", 'Brian Doyle has spun a great sea story, filled with apparitions, poetry, thrills, and wisdom. The sweet, buoyant joy under every sentence carried me along and had me cheering. I enjoyed this book enormously. Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia', \\\"Board this boat! Here's Doyle at his probing, astonishing, wordslinging best. Robin Cody, author of Voyage of a Summer Sun\\\", 'Conrad, Stevenson and Jack London come to mind, but so does the magical realism of Gabriel Garca Mrquez. The Plover sails delightfully on an imaginative sea of insight, compassion and a kind of mystical grace. The Seattle Times', \\\"It is Doyle's careful shaping of his characters' internal landscapes that make The Plover so unique. A novel of wondrous ideas worth mulling over. What The Plover has on offer is aplenty: big themes -- the search inner peace, a need to be loved, the destruction of our planet -- flanked by small touches, like the reproductions of ocean-themed woodcuts at the opening of each chapter or the bars of music sprinkled throughout the text (if you have an instrument on hand, give those notes a gander). The Oregonian\\\", 'The Plover alternately reminded me of The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith by Peter Carey, with its crippled main character and fictional country; The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, for strange adventures at sea; Florence and Giles by John Harding, for made-up words; and the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the elements of magical realism. Booksquawk', 'Doyle has written a novel in the adventurous style of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson but with a gentle mocking of their valorization of the individual as absolute. Readers will enjoy this bracing and euphoric ode to the vastness of the ocean and the unexpectedness of life. Library Journal (starred)', 'A rare and unusual book and a brilliant, mystical exploration of the human spirit. Kirkus Reviews (starred)', 'A novel about the sea. It is a rhythmic read. The cadence of the sea and of on-board conversation creates a mosaic of movement. The ocean serves as both protagonist and antagonist. It holds everyone together as it strives to pull everyone apart. It slides through the novel and lulls us into its great heart. The Portland Book Review', 'The Plover is a fun ride with meaning and heart, lots of it, as well as jokes, scares, storms at sea, surprises, magic, absurdity--and humanity, exuberant joyful humanity. Shelf Awareness (starred review)', \\\"I don't know how many all-bird novels are out there, but Doyle could rule the canon. The aviary ensemble of The Plover ('those who have heard it say it has a mournful yet eager sound'), separated from the whole of the narrative, deftly and gracefully drives a stand-alone tale. ... But this is a people story -- it's full of them. They are colorfully introduced, down to the detailed fabric of their being and then often released from the tale, only to be intricately woven back in. The Register-Guard\\\", \\\"Wisps of other memorable journey books arise as you sail off with the Plover -- The Odyssey, Cold Mountain, Life Of Pi, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Sparrow -- yet this novel defies comparison as it stands out as a purely original, witty, literary, lyrical, philosophical wonder all by itself. Touching, soul-searching and uplifting, while hilariously profane at the same time, Declan's creative epithets are eloquent and frequent. The Plover touches that seeker of truth and redemption that lives within each of us. Bookreporter.com\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: More Than Money More Than Faith; Successfully Raising Missionary Support in the Twenty-first Century\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: NIV, Thinline Bible, Large Print, Imitation Leather, Brown, Red Letter Edition\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Why Great Teachers Quit: And How We Might Stop the Exodus\\nDescription: ['\\\"This book is a must-read for every principal, school board member, and policy maker concerned about teacher turnover. Farber does an excellent job framing the problems. Now the question is: What are we willing to do to stem the exodus of great teachers from our schools?\\\" Author: Tom Israel, Executive Director Published On: 2009-05-18
This book is for every parent who has had their childs teacher leave in the middle of the year, every administrator who marvels at the difficulty of teacher retention or team spirit, every policy maker ready to walk the walk, and anyone who has invested years in preparation for a career in the classroom only to be faced with the thought of cutting his or her losses. Author: Esm Raji Codell, Author of Educating Esm Published On: 2010-05-06
In this lively and interesting book, Katy Farber makes public the real reasons why inexperienced teachers rarely stay long enough or get the support they need to become good, why good teachers dont become great, and why great teachers quit. Author: Deborah Meier, Educational Reformer, Writer, and Activist Published On: 2010-02-08
\\\"A timely book about a major crisis affecting our schools and real solutions to keep our best teachers in the classroom.\\\" Author: Anthony J. Mullen, 2009 National Teacher of the Year Published On: 2010-05-28
\\\"Finally, a book written by a practicing teacher who really understands what it is like to teach in todays schools: the demands, challenges, and rewards. Joining her are the voices of teachers from all over the country who have come together to share their stories and wisdom. Written with passion and insight, this is an excellent resource for anyone vested in improving education and keeping quality teachers in the classroom. This book should be required reading for every administrator and school board member.\\\" Author: Julie Smart, Special Educator Published On: 2009-07-01
\\\"This book can remind those who teach why we do so, not only reconnect us with our core beliefs, but also to motivate us to speak up beyond our individual classrooms on behalf of the well-being of our students and the ultimate success of public schools.\\\" Author: Kenneth J. Bernstein Published On: 2011-10-12', '', 'Katy Farber is a teacher, author, and founder of the blog, Non-Toxic Kids. She is also the author of two books about education, Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus and Change the World with Service Learning. Katy has written for various news, parenting, non-profit and educational publications, including MomsRising, Moms Clean Air Force, Educational Leadership, CNNs School of Thought Blog, Problogger, Fox News opinion, and many others.
', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: NIV, Thinline Craft Collection Bible, Hardcover, Tan/Purple, Red Letter Edition\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The 35-Plus Diet for Women: The Breakthrough Metabolism Diet Developed at Kaiser Permanente for Women over 35\\nDescription: ['This guide to fighting middle-age bulge maintains that \\\"sugar rather than salt is the bloat-causing culprit for many 35-Plus Women with weight problems.\\\" Based on nutritionist Spodnik\\\\'s research at the Kaiser Permanente Clinic in Cleveland, it also advises the elimination of fats and the careful balance of carbohydrates and proteins. Calcium-rich foods and bone-strengthening exercise are advocated to prevent osteoporosis. Dieters will benefit from the wide selection of recipes provided by Gibbons (The Slim Gourmet Cookbook, including soups, meat, fish, potato, pasta, rice and vegetable dishes, sauces and snacks. Vegetarians, however, will be disappointed by the scant offering of vegetarian main dishes and nonmeat salads. The crash course in nutrition is overly simplistic and would have been greatly enriched by diagrams or charts illustrating the relevant physiological principles. 35,000 first printing; $30,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales\\nDescription: ['', 'An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2014: Stop trying to pimp me out to all these groupies, a famous author and infamous cad utters in Revenant, one of three cleverly interconnected tales that begin Margaret Atwoods superbly sardonic Stone Mattress. He is referring to an impending visit from an infatuated graduate student who is supposedly writing a thesis about his sonnetswhich arent really sonnets (long story). Naveenaher name, he derisively but accurately points out, sounds like cheese food slices. Or betterlike a hair-removal creamis insufferable enough to be sure. The depiction makes yours truly nervous to be writing this review, but its all part of the fun, and these tales are fun, which is odd considering the sinister current that runs through many of them. But its as if the reader is privy to some sort of inside joke. This is especially evident in The Dead Hand Loves You, when Atwood playfully skewers the horror genre then gleefully indulges in it, and the ominously tongue-in-cheek Torching the Dusties. Fans of Margaret Atwood will certainly delight in this collection. But beware, the Stone Mattress will make groupies of old and new readers alike. Erin Kodicek', '', '', '\\\"Witty and frequently biting ... this books stories offer characters a chance to put their own understandings of gallantry, courage and revenge to the test, in ways both mundane and extraordinary.\\\" The New York Times Book Review
\\\"InStone Mattress[Atwood is] having a high old time dancing over the dark swamps of Horror on the wings of satirical wit ... Look at these tales as eight icily refreshing arsenic Popsicles followed by a baked Alaska laced with anthrax, all served with impeccable style and aplomb. Enjoy!\\\" Ursula K Le Guin, Financial Times
\\\"These exuberantly told tales are a tour de force of wit, style, and discernment.\\\" OMagazine
\\\"Eclectic, funny, vibrant, terrifying, beautiful, and utterly delightful.\\\" Boston Globe
\\\"[These] stories have the caustic wit and giddy deviance ... along with the probing interiority and flinty insights of Atwoods novels.\\\" Minneapolis Star Tribune
\\\"Stylish, acerbic and wickedly funny... With wit, sympathy and precision, Atwood draws readers into a reflective frame of mind.\\\" Miami Herald
\\\"[This] collection is surprisingly unsettling, gripping and at once laugh-out-loud hilarious. It attains its laudable goal: Myths last over time, and the stories in this book have that very quality. They are timeless, memorable and quite simply fun.\\\" Chicago Tribune
\\\"Stunning ... Atwood brings her biting wit to bear on the battle of the sexes.\\\" Publishers Weekly, starred review
\\\"Shrewdly brilliant, gleefully mischievous, and acerbically hilarious ...Atwood has the raptor\\\\'s penetrating gaze, speed, and agility and never misses her mark.\\\" Booklist, starred review
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Janice P. Nimura achieves the elusive dream of the historian, producing a work that will engage and satisfy academic and non-specialist audiences alike. The author offers both sets of readers a magnificently and meticulously detailed account of three women whose lives epitomize key features of the changing landscape of late 19th and early 20th century Japan. - Miriam Kingsberg, Los Angeles Review of Books
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Nimura's exhaustively researched historical biography is as immersive as any work of fiction, heartwrenching in its depiction of these cultural orphans turned pioneers. - Julia Pierpont, Oprah.com
Nimura has done an impressive amount of research to tell her story. Most of the time Daughters of the Samurai reads like a novel about the meeting of East and West and how it transformed the lives of three extraordinary young women. - Elizabeth Bennett, Dallas Morning News
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This is feminism for Japanese women in its infancy, and Janice P. Nimura enhances the reality of the entire experience with this superb historical nonfiction account. - Historical Novel Society
Daughters of the Samuraireads like a novel that happens to be true: three girls uprooted by fate, bridging the gulf between the elegant rhythms of Old Japan and the exhilarating opportunities of America. Janice P. Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life. - Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
At a reform-minded moment, Japan dispatched five young girls to be educated in America. Patiently, vividly, Janice P. Nimura reconstructs their Alice in Wonderland adventure. A beautifully crafted narrative, subtle, polished, and poised. - Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Cleopatra\\\", 'Janice P. Nimura is a book critic, independent scholar, and the American daughter-in-law of a Japanese family. She lives in New York City.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: La Armadura de Dios: Un curso prctico que ayuda a usar nuestras armas espirituales bien y continuamente (Manuales de Estudio Bblico Cruz) (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition)\\nDescription: ['El doctor Diego F. Cruz G. es ministro ordenado y Capelln de Servicio Comunitario; estableci Cross Consulting Company en 2005 porque considera que: es tiempo de educar a nuestra generacin en las verdades y principios bblicos que los ayudarn a tomar posesin de la tierra que Dios les ha dado. Todo cristiano debe ser instruido en Biblia y teologa, vida cristiana, liderazgo y en el arte de la administracin, de tal manera que pueda tomar el lugar que Dios le ha reservado a la cabeza de la sociedad. Desde 1990 se ha destacado como maestro de Biblia y Teologa. Tiene ms de 20 aos de experiencia ministerial en diversas reas: Traduccin de textos y conferencias, administracin, establecimiento de centros de estudios, diseo y administracin de proyectos, pastoral, misiones, otros. Su don primario es la enseanza. visite www.thecrossconsulting.net Contacto: vidayvision@gmail.com En Twitter @DiegoFCruzG', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Creative Haven Creative Cats Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)\\nDescription: ['
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Ozeki is one of my favorite novelists . . . bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking, often on the same page. Junot Daz, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of This Is How You Lose Her
In precise and luminous prose, Ozeki captures both the sweep and detail of our shared humanity. The result is gripping, fearless, inspiring and true. Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winner The Song of Achilles
Ozeki is a gifted storyteller. All Over Creation buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy. Los Angeles Time Book Review
Sophisticated . . . a nice blend of humor and strangely affecting optimism. Ozeki has written a book where dread and hope coexist. Neither is given short shrift or magicked away. The New York Times Book Review
Ozeki joins the constellation of such environmentally aware writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx, and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humor, luscious sexiness, and kinetic pizzazz to the table, as well her keen interest in the interface between food, family, science, and corporate greed and the dynamics of spin. . . . Moving neatly between the intimate and the environmental, the familial and the global, Ozeki hones each vivid description, witty conversation and surprising occurrence to illuminate the complex dichotomies between love and responsibility, nature and culture, traditional and corporate agriculture, traditional and corporate agriculture, fact and fabrication. Chicago Tribune
Ruth Ozeki is bent on taking the novel into corners of American culture no one else has thought to lookbut where she finds us in all our technological weirdness. With a combination of humor and pathos that is all her own, Ozeki brings the American pastoral forward into the age of agribusiness and genetic engineering. The result is a smart compelling novel about a world we dont realize we live in. Michael Pollan
All Over Creation opens wider with every plot twist as it moves from tenderness to comedy to sobering truth and the world in the eye of one familys storm. This is Edward Abbeys The Monkey Wrench Gang updated by thirty years, with modern environmental challenges on the map and women in the front seat, driving the story. HoorayOzeki rides again. Barbara Kingsolver
Ozeki deftly and sensitively folds the variegated topics together, whipping up a savory treat. Entertainment Weekly
This winning novel . . . is a feast of humor and wisdom about family and friendship. Glamour
Bewitching . . . Ozekistory splices a bit of Edward Abbey into an Anne Tyler plot. The fruits of this mix are definitely worth tasting. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A feast for mind and heart. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ', 'Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the award-winning author of three novels, My Year of Meats, All Over Creation, and A Tale for the Time Being, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her critically acclaimed independent films, including Halving the Bones, have been screened at Sundance and aired on PBS. She is affiliated with the Brooklyn Zen Center and the Everyday Zen Foundation. She lives in British Columbia and New York City.
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Ironically, Lucian was a fiend for privacy, refusing interviews and derailing would-be biographers. Greig, a prominent newspaper editor, managed to get close to Freud during the painters last decade, meeting him regularly for breakfast near his London home and studio. Freud spoke expansively about his tumultuous and maniacal life, from his Jewish German familys escape from the Nazis to his starving-artist years. Impudent, ambitious, and voracious, Freud did have a lot to hide. His prodigious sex life, a dizzying carousel of simultaneous partners, resulted in at least 14 children. Because he often paid his enormous gambling debts with paintings, a bookie owns the worlds largest private Lucian Freud collection. Greigs vivid, swiftly flowing, bracingly candid, alluringly illustrated chronicle of the exploits and accomplishments of this renowned renegade artist is as arresting, discomfiting, and unforgettable as a Freud portrait. --Donna Seaman', '', 'Breakfast with Lucian is a superb, flawlessly crafted portrait of about as messy a life as was ever lived . . . out of which emerged the greatest British painter of the past one hundred years. Tom Wolfe', 'Both tender biography and blunt revelation . . . It is the most important book yet written on Freud. Brian Sewell, The Evening Standard (London)', \\\"Geordie Greig's book is an unapologetic mixture of intelligent perception and high gossip. It deepens the reader's understanding of Lucian Freud, as both man and artist . . . No person interested in Freud will ignore this book. It is, overall, more revealing than anything about him yet written. Frances Spalding, The Guardian\\\", \\\"Lucian Freud was a dedicated artist. I once heard him say, I will paint myself to death.' The artist was also a dedicated social butterfly. In the middle of the art and the women, titled people were never far away. Both aspects of the life would have made for a repetitive story. Geordie Greig has overcome this double hazard to write a gripping and elegant and original book, shapely and full of unexpected matter. It will surely establish him as a master biographer. V. S. Naipaul\\\", 'Geordie Greig has written an extraordinary, candid book that is at times intensely shocking and at other times even more intensely moving. Antonia Fraser', \\\"Breakfast with Lucian, Geordie Greig's juicy, eye-popping book about Lucian Freud . . . offers a fond but by no means whitewashed account of how Freud's spectacularly messy life relates to his extraordinary body of work . . . Along with Freud's sexual profligacy and self-destructive passion for gambling, Greig captures the intensity of the artist's ambition and drive, his exacting work ethic and his numerous splintered' friendships, including with fellow artist Francis Bacon. Greig's own friendship with Freud provides access to the chaos and squalor of his home and studio--littered with used brushes, flicked paint splotches and the carcasses of half-eaten dinners. His portrait comes alive with descriptions of Freud's ferret-thin figure,' shabby-chic style,' penchant for silk scarves, nougat candy, wads of cash and hair-raising drives in his brown Bentley . . . Greig's book, a rare case in which the text and illustrations are equally gripping, brings into sharp focus this bold iconoclast who pushed boundaries, artistic as well as sexual.' Even better, it makes us look more closely and deeply--and see more. Heller McAlpin, The Los Angeles Times\\\", \\\"Lucian Freud was the greatest figurative painter of the 20th century, says Geordie Greig in his spirited new book, Breakfast with Lucian . . . [a] highly readable life of the artist . . . Mr Greig's is a compelling portrait of a complete amoralist who became a monstre sacr. The Economist\\\", \\\"Greig tells the astonishing story behind some of Freud's most disturbing paintings and wryly observes that Freud and Sigmund, his famous grandfather, had a lot in common since it was also Lucian's business to get people to sit on beds or couches, and to reveal more about themselves than perhaps they wished to show.' Ironically, Lucian was a fiend for privacy, refusing interviews and derailing would-be biographers. Greig, a prominent newspaper editor, managed to get close to Freud during the painter's last decade, meeting him regularly for breakfast near his London home and studio. Freud spoke expansively about his tumultuous and maniacal life, from his Jewish German family's escape from the Nazis to his starving-artist years. Impudent, ambitious, and voracious, Freud did have a lot to hide. His prodigious sex life, a dizzying carousel of simultaneous partners, resulted in at least 14 children. Because he often paid his enormous gambling debts with paintings, a bookie owns the world's largest private Lucian Freud collection. Greig's vivid, swiftly flowing, bracingly candid, alluringly illustrated chronicle of the exploits and accomplishments of this renowned renegade artist is as arresting, discomfiting, and unforgettable as a Freud portrait. Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)\\\", '[An] admiring but acerbic biography of the painter . . . The Freud who emerges in this account is a slippery figure, not only for journalists who tried to explain him but also for his intimates. The New Yorker', \\\"Greig interviewed Freud . . . and many of his intimates and tells an astonishing story of appetite and accomplishment. He follows the painter from childhood to the grave, fills the book with photographs of the author and his work, and expands our notion of the capabilities of the human male . . . Greig also follows the arc of Freud's career, which took years to flower but bore plenty of fruit once it did. Kirkus\\\", \\\"A personal, anecdotal, and utterly charming book that makes you feel you've pulled up a chair and joined [Geordie Greig and Lucian Freud] for a spot of tea. If only. Lucas Wittmann, The Daily Beast\\\", \\\"Granted access to colleagues and models and lovers and children who, confronted by an outsider, would have kept schtum, he gains a series of often surprisingly frank interviews, the contents of which he weaves into a compulsively readable life . . . Greig's considerable powers as a tour guide of character, his well-trained eye for the detail along with his insightful study of art . . . [makes for] a riveting anecdotal portrait . . . Here is Freud from many facets: compulsive gambler, the underworld figure, the high-cultural Casanova, the social climber, the devious schemer, the affectionate dad. Even oft-told stories regain a first-person freshness . . . Everywhere there are fascinating nuggest. Some illuminate his paintings . . . Most cast a strong light, and often a harsh one, on his character . . . Breakfast with Lucian is a fond, fair-minded, thankfully non-judgmental and pretty full portrait of a person. Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times (London)\\\", \\\"In addition to having conducted some of contemporary art's biggest interviews, Greig had the rare pleasure of becoming one of Freud's few close friends towards the end of the artist's life. The two regularly shared breakfast, and it was from these early morning conversations that Greig drew much of the content in Breakfast with Lucian. Greig provides a personable inside look at an unconventional, much speculated about life. Freud speaks to Greig with varying casualness, revealing personal foibles and interests (he was an avid gambler), thoughts on, of course, his art and that of others' (amongst them Spanish Baroque painter Diego Velzquez) and something more universal: first love. Lending greater depth to this memoir of sorts are thoughts from friends, romantic partners and even some of Freud's children, some who've never publicly spoken about their relationships with the painter. Breakfast with Lucian is the book art biographers have been chasing (Freud had twice denied proposed biographies). Considering their fruitless efforts, what Greig sits on top of, on the cusp of unveiling to the world, is one of the art world's most eagerly anticipated peeks over a spiked electric fence. Art aficionados: Breakfast with Lucian: The Astounding Life and Outrageous Times of Britain's Great Modern Painter is not one to be missed. Leslie Ken Chu, Vancouver Weekly\\\", \\\"Breakfast with Lucian brims with quotations from Freud's lovers, children, friends, sitters, dealers and associates, as well as from the artist himself . . . My favourite passages are those in which Greig quotes chunks of his interviews with Freud: in a flash, it feels as though we are chatting with the artist over a cup of tea, privy to his mischievous, witty and unbuttoned recollections . . . Greig also records Freud's destructive idiosyncrasies, while the final chapter, which deals with the artist's death and its aftermath, is heartfelt and upsetting. Alastair Sooke, The Telegraph\\\", \\\"Geordie Greig, who knew him well, here reveals more about [Lucian] Freud than has ever been in print before . . . The book is excellent on Freud's extraordinary charisma, which worked its magic equally on women, men, animals and children. An especially charming passage--with accompanying photographs--describes Freud's easy playfulness with Greig's young children. The dark glamour is here, too . . . The best portraits bring their sitters vividly to life, and this book does just that. There can be no greater compliment than to say that Greig makes the reader feel exactly as if they have met Lucian Freud. Cressida Connolly, The Spectator\\\", \\\"Geordie Greig's fascinating biography reveals a compelling but chaotic life which, until Freud's death in 2011, was largely kept veiled in secrecy by his family, friends and ex-lovers . . . The bio reveals Freud to have been a series of paradoxes . . . Greig, a former Tatler editor, revels in tracing the web of unlikely, unwieldy relationships that the artist liked to keep highly separate. James Lane, 3 News\\\", \\\"We learn about the long and complicated personal life of Freud, as well as the techniques he employed as a painter, as a result of the informal meetings and breakfasts Greig had with him . . . Greig masterfully mixes hard-core biography with snippets of Q & A dialogue he conducts with Freud's lovers and children and Freud himself to create a memorable portrait of a portraitist. And because Greig spent so much time in the company of Freud's paintings and studio, he has earned the right to be psychoanalytical about the grandson of the world's most famous psychoanalyst . . . the reader feels by the time the paint has dried that he has been in the company of the artist. David Masello, The Santa Fe New Mexican\\\", \\\"Greig has done a lot of legwork--tracking down lovers and confidantes and subjects of Freud's work, including Raymond Jones, who posed for the . . . painter's first full-length nude. Jones's account of sitting is revealing of the twin obsessions of Freud's life. Tim Adams, The Observer\\\", \\\"Greig has drawn on interviews with those who knew Freud intimately--comprising countless girlfriends, models, dealers and bookmakers--to piece together the previously inexplicable existence of a man who compartmentalised all avenues of his life, as well as his anecdotes ranging from sleeping with horses to painting the Queen . . . Thoughtfully, he compares Freud to a cultural Forrest Gump of the 20th century, or an artistic incarnation of influential English rock band The Sex Pistols: Every interesting and extraordinary person of the cultural and social world seemed to pass before him, yet at the same time he was this incredibly hardworking, obsessive painter.' Alex Bellotti, The Hampstead and Highgate Express\\\", \\\"Geordie Greig, a journalist and close friend of Freud's during the latter years of his life, provides an unobstructed view into the artist's professional and private in his new memoir, Breakfast with Lucian . . . Greig delves into Freud's rarely-discussed personal life, from his burning temper . . . to his excessive gambling . . . to his close friendship with Bacon. Erin Cunningham, The Daily Beast\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A. E. W. 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Being related to Virginia Woolf cant have been easy. In this delightful novel, [Priya] Parmar re-imagines the brilliant, fragile writer and her turn-of-the-century bohemian friends, the famous Bloomsbury set, through the eyes of her painter sister Vanessa. . . . Youll be spellbound.People
Rarely do you encounter a woman who commands as much admiration as does the painter Vanessa Bell in Priya Parmars multilayered, subtly shaded novel. . . . Parmars fabricated journal is an uncanny success. Its entries, plausible and graceful, are imbued with the same voice that can be found in letters by or about Vanessa. . . . Parmar gives truth and definition to the character of a woman whose nature was as elusive as her influence was profound. She has caught the phantom.The New York Times Book Review
In her gossipy, entertaining historical novel about the British bohemians, Priya Parmar conjures a devastating fictional portrait of one of those trianglesthe great writer Virginia Woolf; her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell; and Vanessas husband, art critic Clive Bell. . . . Parmars perceptive and well-informed fill-in-the-blanks approachand her elegant, accessible stylemakes for some tasty, frothy Bloomsbury pie, indeed.USA Today
Captivating . . . echoes of Austens Sense and Sensibility emerge in Parmars portrayal.Newsday
An elegant, entertaining novel that brings new life to the Bloomsbury Groups intrigues.The Dallas Morning News Youll get lost in the worlds of Vanessa Bell and her sister, Virginia Woolf, as they struggle to make it as a painter and an author, respectively, in prewar Londonbut more so than art, this is a story of sisterhood.Glamour
Parmar ambitiously attempts to show us through the eyes of Vanessa Bell, a celebrated painter in her own right, in her inventive, meticulously researched Vanessa and Her Sister. . . . The Bloomsbury Group were famous for their weekly salons, which were fueled by intellectual discourse, banter and booze; in Parmars story, you can almost hear the glasses tinkling. But the authors greatest triumph is giving voice to the steady, loyal, motherly Vanessa, who lived nobly in her sisters shadow only to experience a heartbreaking betrayal.Good Housekeeping
Parmar inhabits the gilded bohemian hinterland of Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa, creating a vibrant fictional homage.O: The Oprah Magazine
This novel about sisters of Bloomsbury is a twofer: Read it for the story; literary history is a bonus.AARP Bulletin Vanessa and Her Sister provides a fascinating take on this literary family, and the affection and exasperation Virginias sister might have felt living with a genius, who was prone to fits of madness. If youre at all interested in Virginia Woolf, or just a fan of a good piece of historical fiction, in the vein of The Paris Wife, this books the one for you.Bustle The pretzeled plot unfolds at a steady pace, in crisp period prose, and rarely feels inevitable.New York Captivating . . . a subtle exploration of the sisters complicated emotional life . . . Through letters and Vanessas journal entries, [Parmar] captures the excitement of social experimentation.BBC
Parmar does a stellar job conveying Virginias complicated, almost incestuous feelings for Vanessa. . . . The author also deftly brings to life the various artists and writers who formed the nascent Bloomsbury group. . . . Parmars narrative is riveting and successfully takes on the task of turning larger-than-life figures into real people. . . . [She] weaves their stories together so effortlessly that nothing seems out of place.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
[A] nuanced account . . . A devoted, emotionally intense portrait of the Bloomsbury group focuses in particular on sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. . . . Vanessa, the artist, emerges as an ocean of majestic calm, almost infinitely tolerant of her sister, the writer, whose capricious, jealous nature, though tempered by intellectual brilliance and immense charm, tips over at times into madness and suicidal thoughts. . . . Not exactly uncharted territory, but Parmar enters it with passion and precision, delivering a sensitive, superior soap opera of celebrated lives.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The books strength lies in the well-written relationship between Vanessa and Virginia, sure to appeal to fans of Michael Cunninghams The Hours.Library Journal Rich with atmospheric detail . . . Readers are in for a treat. Vanessa Bell is the sister of Virginia Woolf, and thus you can imagine why this novel is just wonderful.Bookreporter
Priya Parmar is on a high-wire act all her own in this radiantly original novel about the Bloomsbury Set. Irrepressible, with charm and brio to spare, Vanessa and Her Sister boldly invites us to that moment in history when famous minds sparked and collided. Prepare to be dazzled.Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
With sparkling wit and insight, Priya Parmar sets us down into the legendary Bloomsbury household of the Stephen siblings, where sisters Vanessa and Virginia vie for love and primacy amidst a collection of eccentric guests. Vanessa and Her Sister kidnapped me for a couple of days. I couldnt put it down.Nancy Horan, author of Under the Wide and Starry Sky
I loved this brilliant depiction of the true price of genius. Parmars novel shines a bright light into the empty spaces between the lines of history.Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrews Last Stand
This is the novel I didnt know I was waiting for, and it is, quite simply, astonishing: not just because of Priya Parmars preternatural skill at evoking the moment when the lid was coming off the Victorians, but because of how she has caught the two sisters at the center of that swirl. It is beautiful, wise, and as deft as a stroke upon the canvas.Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress
Priya Parmar is a powerful new voice in historical fiction. This novel explores the anguished relationship between Virginia Woolf and her sister, and provides a new view of the artistic, sensual Bloomsbury world, placing Vanessa Bell at the heart of the story.Philippa Gregory, author of The Kings Curse
Vanessa and Her Sister is an account of my grandmothers early life, told with faith, elegance, and an almost uncanny insight into the subject. But this is also an absorbing work of fictionand Priya Parmar has made Vanessas story her own.Virginia Nicholson, Vanessa Bells granddaughter and author of Among the Bohemians
From the Hardcover edition.', 'Educated at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Oxford, Priya Parmar is the author of one previous novel, Exit the Actress. She divides her time between Hawaii and London.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Being Smart about Gifted Education: A Guidebook for Educators and Parents\\nDescription: [\\\"A highly readable and accessible volume about the development of children with gifts and talents. Both practical and theoretical, it is informed by the most recent research, and it is filled with useful information and insights. It will be valued by teachers, parents, and counselors. --Frances Degen Horowitz, Ph.D., University Professor; President Emerita, The City University of New York Graduate Center<br /><br />Being Smart About Gifted Education - A Guidebook for Educators and Parents is an updated version of the 2004 book, Being Smart About Gifted Children. The authors, Dona Matthews and Joanne Foster, have rewritten the book to include the most recent research on brain development, recent trends in the education system, and new ways of focusing efforts to meet the needs of gifted learners... This is a thoughtful and instructive handbook which will be quite useful to teachers and administrators, as well as parents of gifted children. --Lorel Shea, BellaOnline's Gifted Education Editor<br /><br />By presenting exciting new work on mindsets, as well as recent research findings on expertise and cognitive neuroscience, these authors show the importance of habits of mind in cognitive development. This book will prompt re-examination of many long-held beliefs! --Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University<br /><br />Rich with examples, this book highlights the importance of an optimal match between challenging and engaging school and home experiences and opportunities to develop gifts and talents! A practical, thoughtful contribution by two leading experts! --Sally M. Reis, Ph.D., Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Teaching Fellow, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut <br /><br />Talent is transformed into high performance through a willingness to try, invest time in guided practice, and persist when tasks are difficult. These authors describe ways to do just that. --Dr. Frank C. Worrell, University of California-Berkeley, Discussant, Processes and Issues in Gifted Education: American Education Research Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Talent is transformed into high performance through a willingness to try, invest time in guided practice, and persist when tasks are difficult. These authors describe ways to do just that. --Dr. Frank C. Worrell, University of California-Berkeley, Discussant, Processes and Issues in Gifted Education: American Education Research Association Conference, Montral, Quebec, Canada
A highly readable and accessible volume about the development of children with gifts and talents. Both practical and theoretical, it is informed by the most recent research, and it is filled with useful information and insights. It will be valued by teachers, parents, and counselors. --Frances Degen Horowitz, Ph.D., University Professor; President Emerita, The City University of New York Graduate Center\\\", 'Dona Matthews holds an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Special Education (Gifted), both from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She has been involved in teaching, writing, counseling, consulting, and conducting research on gifted-related issues since 1985. Dr. Matthews teaches child and adolescent development at the University of Toronto. She was founding director of the Center for Gifted Studies and Education, Hunter College, City University of New York, and has published and presented extensively on gifted education and development. She has worked in many capacities to support high-level development in diverse populations, including doing academic research and publishing; consulting to parent, education, and government organizations; teaching at the University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnic University, the University of British Columbia, and Hunter College; initiating and directing an extracurricular program for academically gifted children at the University of Toronto Schools; and conducting a busy private practice doing psychoeducational assessment and counseling.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: When Breath Becomes Air\\nDescription: ['An Amazon Best Book of January 2016: When Breath Becomes Air is a powerful look at a stage IV lung cancer diagnosis through the eyes of a neurosurgeon. When Paul Kalanithi is given his diagnosis he is forced to see this disease, and the process of being sick, as a patient rather than a doctor--the result of his experience is not just a look at what living is and how it works from a scientific perspective, but the ins and outs of what makes life matter. This heart-wrenching book will capture you from page one and still have you thinking long after the final sentence. Penny Mann', '“I guarantee that finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option. . . . Part of this book’s tremendous impact comes from the obvious fact that its author was such a brilliant polymath. And part comes from the way he conveys what happened to him—passionately working and striving, deferring gratification, waiting to live, learning to die—so well. None of it is maudlin. Nothing is exaggerated. As he wrote to a friend: ‘It’s just tragic enough and just imaginable enough.’ And just important enough to be unmissable.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Paul Kalanithi’s memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, written as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis, is inherently sad. But it’s an emotional investment well worth making: a moving and thoughtful memoir of family, medicine and literature. It is, despite its grim undertone, accidentally inspiring.”—The Washington Post
“Paul Kalanithi’s posthumous memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, possesses the gravity and wisdom of an ancient Greek tragedy. . . . [Kalanithi] delivers his chronicle in austere, beautiful prose. The book brims with insightful reflections on mortality that are especially poignant coming from a trained physician familiar with what lies ahead. . . . The narrative voice is so assured and powerful that you almost expect him to survive his own death and carry on describing what happened to his friends and family after he is gone.”—The Boston Globe
“Devastating and spectacular . . . [Kalanithi] is so likeable, so relatable, and so humble, that you become immersed in his world and forget where it’s all heading.”—USA Today
“It’s [Kalanithi’s] unsentimental approach that makes When Breath Becomes Air so original—and so devastating. . . . Its only fault is that the book, like his life, ends much too early.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[When Breath Becomes Air] split my head open with its beauty.”—Cheryl Strayed
“Rattling, heartbreaking, and ultimately beautiful, the too-young Dr. Kalanithi’s memoir is proof that the dying are the ones who have the most to teach us about life.”—Atul Gawande
“Thanks to When Breath Becomes Air, those of us who never met Paul Kalanithi will both mourn his death and benefit from his life. This is one of a handful of books I consider to be a universal donor—I would recommend it to anyone, everyone.”—Ann Patchett
“Dr. Kalanithi describes, clearly and simply, and entirely without self-pity, his journey from innocent medical student to professionally detached and all-powerful neurosurgeon to helpless patient, dying from cancer. Every doctor should read this book—written by a member of our own tribe, it helps us understand and overcome the barriers we all erect between ourselves and our patients as soon as we are out of medical school.”—Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Biology and Politics: Recent Explorations.\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Secret River\\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Grade 35Rawlings penned what she called a \\\"child\\\\'s story\\\" in 1947 to accompany paintings by Robert Camp. Found in her papers after her death, The Secret River was finally published in 1955; it posthumously received a 1956 Newbery Honor. Originally illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, the 55-page story followed young Calpurnia and her ever-constant puppy, Buggy-horse, on a self-determined expedition to \\\"turn hard times into soft times.\\\" Spurred on by Mother Albirtha, a wise woman of the forest, the girl and her dog find a fish-filled river and, with the help of a red boat and the pink paper roses tied to Calpurnia\\\\'s pigtails, bring in a giant catch and cleverly devise a way to get the fish back home. Now, Rawlings\\\\'s story, somewhat trimmed to picture-book length, has a whole new aura. Illuminated by the Dillons\\\\' exquisite artwork, the tale accentuates the enchantment of Calpurnia\\\\'s journey. Brilliantly composed images, where the young girl\\\\'s face is at times superimposed over objects in the story or seemingly floats over the magical river, have a lustrous glow. Imagined in striking scenes, Calpurnia and Buggy-horse\\\\'s encounters with an owl, a bear, and a panther effectively capture the Florida back country that Rawlings famously drew upon in her writings. Characters, well delineated throughout, pulse with life. Overriding the adventure is the determination and spirited effort of the child to help her family in need. The mix of reality and fantasy sits well in the economically troubled world of today and is sure to strike a chord with many young readers and their families.Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Rawlings 1956 Newbery Honor title is newly illustrated here in the Dillons signature style, with glowing, full-page acrylic paintings and small freestanding images that capture the storys magic realism from a childs viewpoint. At the breakfast table, Calpurnias father says hard times have come, especially for poor people. Calpurnia does not feel poor, but her father has no fish to sell in his market. So with the advice of a wise soothsayer, Mother Albirtha, Calpurnia dares to venture out into a dark forest and follows her nose to find a secret river, where she catches fish and brings them home. Filled with pattern and texture, the images occasionally have a static quality. They are at their best in scenes of the brave child on her perilous journey, finding her way back in the dark, past an owl, a big black bear, and a crouching panther, until she returns to her parents loving embrace and feels the joy of saving her community. Preschool-Grade 3. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Italy and Her Invaders Volume I: The Visigothic Invasion\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace\\nDescription: ['With wit, humor and exegesis, Capon evokes a bit of C.S. Lewis as he brushes past centuries of dry theologizing on concepts of grace and freedom, law and sin, and actually makes the questions fun. Describing his method as \\\"theology by way of entertainment,\\\" he illustrates the radical nature of grace with a \\\"parable\\\" about an illicit affair between a promiscuous English professor and a graduate student, both married. Capon, an Episcopal priest, is determined to \\\"separate the liquor of grace from the mash of mortality,\\\" and some may accuse him of excessive haste in setting aside the latter. His justification: \\\"No mistake can hold a candle to the love that draws us home.\\\" Chiding the \\\"grace-fearing spoilsport in every one of us,\\\" Capon argues that organized religion too often encourages us \\\"to act more like subjects of a police state than fellow citizens of the saints.\\\"', 'Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \\\"Picture a college town in the mid-1970s. An English professor who has become an expert in extramarital dalliances is smitten by one of his graduate students. They meet for lunch around noon, and before three they make declarations of love. Is it possible that their subsequent affair could ultimately teach us something about true forgiveness and the radical meaning of grace? Only Robert Farrar Capon would have the audacity - and the authorial skill - to fashion such a tale. It has taken well over a decade for Between Noon and Three to appear in this, its original form. First published under two separate titles with significant parts excised and an entire section recast, the real Between Noon and Three is actually a trilogy of intertwined tales, each of which exhibits Capon's persistent insistence on the outrageous nature of grace. The original manuscript is here printed in full, including a new introduction by Capon on the work's unusual history.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Life & Spice: Vita e Spezie\\nDescription: ['Helen R. Myers first published in paperback fiction, the suspense and romance genres, as well as, as contributing to a Writers Digest non-fiction book. Fifty-one books later, the USA Today bestselling, and award-winning author fulfilled her goal to shift to writing longer and more realistic novels. Her first collaboration was being part of the Helen Foster Reed teams A FLOCK OF SPARROWS. Now writing as Myers & Reed, she and writing partner M. Gail Reed (also part of the Helen Foster Reed team) have produced LIFE & SPICE (Vita e Spezie). A firm believer in a writers need to live before one can write with control, she spent her early years in the metals business and banking, writing poetry in her free time. She won an honorable mention in one of Writers Digests Poetry Contests in 1993. She and her late husband also built the farmhouse and other structures on Crooked Pine Ranch in East Texas where they lived for twenty-five years. When shes not writing or doing appearances with Gail, she continues to rescue abandoned dogs, garden, and endlessly research material for their next novel. Mary Gail Reed is a native Texas who has had a lifelong passion for writing. She and her veterinarian husband of thirty-eight years raised four children in the Northeast region of the state. In 2011, Gail faced a devastating and life-changing event when her husband, Mike, died unexpectedly and it was her unwavering faith that brought her through that difficult time. In 2015, Gail collaborated with Helen Myers and June Foster to write A FLOCK OF SPARROWS. Following that highly-praised first novel, she and Helen continued with a second book, LIFE & SPICE, this time authored under the name Myers & Reed. Gail is very involved in civic organizations in her community. Her love of history, as well as the arts put her on a path to work closely with Franklin County Historical Association. Additionally, she has co-written and performed in a local theater production to help raise money for the Arts Alliance. Gails faith, children, grandchildren and close friends continue to be her nucleus and navigation system. Growing and learning from such rich experiences serve to cultivate a profound desire to weave personalities into characters and life lessons for future collaborations with friend and writing partner, Helen Myers.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe\\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Born in Zimbabwe, New York-based travel writer Rogers moves between two worlds with wit and grace while telling the dire-straits story of his childhood in Zimbabwe and his recent return. Zimbabwe\\\\'s extremes of beauty and corruption will lure readers into the everyday struggle to preserve property and life against punishing weather, astronomical inflation, and the threat of other people. Angst, humor, beauty and terror mingle freely in his narrative: returning home he finds the family\\\\'s backpacker lodge has become a brothel, and estates of \\\"irises and tulips and acres of pruned white roses\\\" have disappeared. He marvels at the \\\"untamed roots of blazing flamboyant trees... buckling the city\\\\'s pavement,\\\" the metamorphosis of the hardscrabble poor into diamond dealers, and his own parents: \\\"instead of being crushed by this struggle, beaten down, they had been buoyed by it.\\\" This rousing memoir should win over anyone with a taste for exotic can\\\\'t-go-home-again stories.', '\\\"This vibrant, tragic and surprsingly funny book is the best account yet of ordinary life—for blacks and whites—under Mugabe’s dictatorship.\\\" —The New York Times Book Review
\\\"A nuanced, funny, and heartbreaking story.\\\" —The New Yorker
\\\"A gorgeous, open-hearted book.  Rogers manages to do the vital work of taking race out of Zimbabwe\\\\'s story and putting the heart and humanity back into it.  A must read for anyone who really wants to understand the extraordinary decency of ordinary Zimbabweans.\\\" —Alexandra Fuller, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
\\\"I read it in one sitting. I loved it.” —Rian Malan, author of My Traitor\\\\'s Heart
\\\"Do we really need another memoir by a white Zimbabwean? The surprising answer is yes, if it\\\\'s as good as Douglas Rogers\\\\' THE LAST RESORT….A ripping yarn….[moves] beyond memoir to become a chronicle of a nation. There is black and white, yes, but much more in the shades and tones of their mix—and it is in exploring them that Rogers, too, find his art.\\\" —Time
\\\"Zimbabwe in vertiginous decline is the backdrop for Douglas Rogers’s corrosively funny THE LAST RESORT, in which Roger’s parents, among the country’s last remaining white farmers, attract everyone from prostitutes and diamond dealers to their backpacker lodge.\\\" —Vogue, featured in \\\"The Season\\\\'s Best Memoirs\\\"
\\\"Born in Zimbabwe, New York-based travel writer Rogers moves between two worlds with wit and grace while telling the dire-straits story of his childhood in Zimbabwe and his recent return....Angst, humor, beauty and terror mingle freely in his narrative....This rousing memoir should win over anyone with a taste for exotic can\\\\'t-go-home-again stories. —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
\\\"As President Mugabe\\\\'s regime turns belligerent toward white farmers, journalist Rogers witnesses the struggle of his family and others to hold on to their land....Rogers\\\\' decision to write about his parents\\\\' lodge and the people who find refuge there as violence erupts and the economy turns catastrophic brings him close to all kinds of people, black and white, from war veterans and politicians to farmers and squatters. Scrupulous in his documentation, Rogers talks to everybody about the way things were and what might come next....Brilliantly funny and wry.\\\" —Booklist
\\\"Pitch-perfect, undeniably real, and, most important, achingly funny, Rogers deftly reminds us that after wiping away tears and even burying the dead, a good antidote to the violent, poignant, and completely absurd place that Zimbabwe has become is to throw arms wide to the undaunted African sky and simply laugh.\\\" —Wendy Kann, author of Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and sAfrica
\\\"Travelogue, adventure yarn, political intrigue, tragedy, and high-wire journalism, The Last Resort is a love story about the author and his homeland, Zimbabwe. She is by turns ineffably beautiful, unspeakably hideous, insanely rich, desperately poor, democratic, brutally autocratic, violent, corrupt, and dysfunctional, even though, in person, her people seem to be, one and all, hardscrabble heroes and survivors. Rogers tries to leave her and doesn\\\\'t even want to write about her, but, in the end, her charms are irresistible. He can\\\\'t help himself and neither can we.\\\" —Richard Dooling, author of White Man\\\\'s Grave
\\\"With breathtaking talent, wry wit, and abundant heart, Douglas Rogers tells the compulsively readable tale of his parents\\\\' daily struggles to hold on to their land in the nightmarish landscape of present-day Zimbabwe. With every turn of the page, you fear for the Rogerses\\\\' survival, as well as the survival of the country they love so much. But even as they face the most difficult of challenges, their indomitable spirit shines through, revealing the ordinary heroism of people in extraordinary circumstances.\\\" —Anne Landsman, author of The Rowing Lesson']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Case of the Distant Relative - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Loving Eleanor\\nDescription: ['\\\"Albert captures Hick\\\\'s spirit with energetic prose, painting a colorful picture of her fascinating life together with and apart from Eleanor. Although this memoir is fictional, the author draws upon thousands of personal letters, first-person accounts by others, and further research to present a compelling possible narrative of the relationship between Eleanor and Hick. Albert\\\\'s illuminating afterword adds important context to her narrative choices, and a comprehensive bibliography will encourage additional research. This warm, extensively researched novel will entrance readers and inspire them to look further into the lives of two extraordinary women.\\\"- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Susan Wittig Albert has, with imagination and deep knowledge of the historical record, supplied the missing pieces of the love story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Here is everything we wish we knew. I couldn\\\\'t put it down. -Leila Rupp, Professor of Feminist Studies, UC Santa Barbara, author of A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America', 'Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of over 50 adult novels and works of nonfiction, as well as 60+ novels for young adults. She and her husband Bill Albert live in the Texas Hill Country. She is the founder and president of the Story Circle Network and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. www.susanalbert.com']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Speak to the Bones: How to Be a Prophetic People in a Time of Exile\\nDescription: [\\\"Richard Brown is editor and publisher of Isaac's Press, dedicated to producing quality religious curriculum for progressive Christians. He studied in seminary with one of the early proponents of the New Perspective on Paul, Lloyd Gaston, at Vancouver School of Theology. He holds a master's degree in religion from Park University Graduate School of Religion and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri at Columbia. His book, WHAT WAS PAUL THINKING?, was published by Isaac's Press in 2010. A former newspaper reporter, he retired after 23 years as a book and magazine editor for Herald Publishing House and Community of Christ International Headquarters. Rich authored more than a half dozen books published under the Herald House imprint and was a frequent contributor to numerous denominational publications and other journals. At various times he edited the devotional guide, DAILY BREAD, the testimony magazine, RESTORATION WITNESS, and edited and founded the scholarly journal THEOLOGY and the spirituality journal FACE TO FACE. At the time of his early retirement he was managing editor of the HERALD, the denomination's flagship monthly magazine with a circulation of more than 17,000.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Letter of Mary: A Mary Russell Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Sherlock Holmes and his scholarly companion Mary Russell are caught up in an exciting mystery when an archaeologist leaves them with a treasured find, a papyrus supposedly written by Mary Magdalene. When the archaeoligist winds up dead and someone attempts to make off with the artifact, Holmes and Russel become embroiled in a rollicking story filled with political intrigue and highbrow sleuthing. The level of writing hasn't been higher in this Laurie King series.\\\", 'King set a new paradigm for Holmesian scholarship with her inspired invention of a retired, still energetic Sherlock Holmes who trained young Mary Russell in The Beekeeper\\\\'s Apprentice (1994) and then embraced her as a professional partner and wife (A Monstrous Regiment of Women, 1995). This third in the series, set in 1923, involves the suspicious death of Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archeologist recently returned from Palestine, who gave Mary, an academic theologian, a letter dated about A.D. 70 written by \\\"Mariam the Apostle\\\" to her sister in Magdala. Mary Magdalene? An Apostle? Holmes and \\\"Mrs. Sherlock,\\\" as Lord Peter Wimsey addresses her in a funny cameo, collaborate. Red herrings define the political and cultural climate: a retired colonel\\\\'s opposition to women\\\\'s suffrage; Dorothy\\\\'s interest in Zionism; the British Near East scholar/spy network; the tumultuously upsetting implications of the letter for organized Christianity. The investigation also includes the Ruskin family. King\\\\'s achievement is her depiction of the complex relationship between two individualists. Almost 40 years apart, they\\\\'re fondly indulgent of one another\\\\'s idiosyncrasies and share intellectual camaraderie, companionable humor and sexual attraction. While Sherlock delivers ongoing tutelage in arcane clue analysis, Mary hypnotizes a witness to prod her memory. If you can\\\\'t imagine the misogynist Sherlock Holmes sharing domestic bliss, this novel will make you a believer. Major ad/promo; author tour; paperback rights: Bantam; audio rights: Durkin Hayes and Recorded Books. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wisdom from the Couch: Knowing and Growing Yourself from the Inside Out\\nDescription: ['A modern day version of M. Scott Peck\\\\'s now classic work, \\\"The Road Less Traveled...\\\" This is good stuff. -David McMillian, Shreveport Times and KEEL Strategies for Living
Kunst\\\\'s tone is passionate and sensitive, her writing is clear and moving, and her aim is to help people find truth, love, and meaning in their lives.Wisdom from the Couch will appeal to both lay and professional audiences, including psychoanalysts and other mental health professionals, patients, students, and anyone who seeks to live a more meaningful life. -Dr. Ofra Eshel, Book Review Editor, Sihot - Dialogue, Israel Journal of Psychotherapy
Rather than cover the oft-travelled ground of treating disorders and proffering 6-step life hacks, Wisdom from the Couch tackles such common yet complex issues as gratitude, thinking, work, feeling, balance, guilt, and humility. Not just a description, but how can we do it and why is it important? Dr. Kunst\\\\'s use of metaphor and storytelling keeps you turning pages.You\\\\'ll find she has a knack for artfully weaving insights from psychoanalysis, theology, and popular culture in a way that is accessible to anyone seeking a deep understanding. - Dr. Ryan Howes, Psychology Today\\\\'s In Therapy', 'From the Foreword In this impressive book for the general reader, Jennifer Kunst finds wisdom not only from her training and practice as a psychoanalyst, but also from her experience of everyday life, from films and children\\\\'s books, and from her religious training and experience. Not content with the isolation of the clinical situation, she applies the knowledge acquired there to the tasks of everyday life. In doing so, she allows readers to reflect on the psychoanalytic dynamics that might be at play in their own lives. -John Steiner, MD, British Psychoanalytical Society
Special Praise for Wisdom from the Couch When Freud\\\\'s ideas were first introduced, they seemed obscure and arcane, and they never became reader--or patient--friendly. In Wisdom from the Couch, Jennifer Kunst artfully presents a number of theoretical ideas, some complex and others simpler, all with such seamless clarity that the work speaks meaningfully to seasoned psychoanalysts, beginning mental health workers, students, parents, and others. -James S. Grotstein, MD, Psychoanalytic Center of California
Dr. Kunst has written a remarkably readable book about what is often a difficult quest for the meaningful life. Despite all our complicated theories and scientific efforts to identify the secrets of a life well lived, I agree with her that it all essentially comes down to one thing, love. Those who read this book will be more equipped to be better lovers of others, themselves and God. -Mark W. Baker, Ph.D., author of Jesus the Greatest Therapist Who Ever Lived In this marvelous book Jennifer Kunst gives us a highly readable primer on the fascinating therapeutic approach of Melanie Klein--making her case with references tothe likes of Shaq O\\\\'Neal, The Velveteen Rabbit, and St. Benedict. But even more, her \\\"wisdom from the couch\\\" is offered in terms of a candid and inspiring account of her own spiritual journey. -Richard J. Mouw, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Fuller Theological Seminary
All those who have been scratching their heads and wondering how to find their way to a more sane and meaningful life will, if they are open to Jennifer\\\\'s guidance, begin to find an answer. This book beckons us to open its pages and read with care and attention. -Neville Symington, Australian Psychoanalytical Society
', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: West With the Night (Virago Travellers)\\nDescription: ['West with the Night is an exceptional autobiography filled with a strong spirit, fascinating events, and beautiful words. Beryl Markham was raised by her father on a large farm in British East Africa in the early twentieth century; as a child she preferred spear hunting with the native Muranis to her school lessons. At seventeen, when her father lost their farm and went to Peru, she chose to stay in Africa and began a highly successful career as a race horse trainer. In her twenties she gave up horses and started flying airplanes, becoming the first woman in East Africa to be granted a commercial pilot\\\\'s license, then the first woman to fly the Atlantic from east to west. Lyrically and philosophically, West With the Night covers each of these parts of her life. Beryl Markham writes hunting stories filled with danger and tension, then turns and discusses the different qualities of silence or what it is like to fly alone over water for forty hours: \\\"Being alone in an aeroplane for even so short a time as a night and a day, irrevocably alone, with nothing to observe but your instruments and your own hands in the semi-darkness, nothing to contemplate but your own small courage....such an experience can be as startling as the first awareness of a stranger walking by your side at night. You are the stranger. \\\" This is the story of an extraordinary woman - and that alone might be enough to recommend it. The fact that it is also extraordinarily well-written makes it a gift. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let\\\\'s Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: (THE CARP IN THE BATHTUB ) BY Cohen, Barbara (Author) Paperback Published on (03 , 1987)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dr. Steve Memoirs II\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Never Enough Flamingos (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['"It is a testament to Diller's authorial strength that, through the despair, she weaves in disarming humor . . . Peopled with some enduring characters and driven by both compassion and sarcasm, this is a vivid, surprising page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews', \\\"Janelle Diller was born and raised in Kansas. She'll forever have a soft spot in her heart for golden wheatfields, sunflower-filled ditches, and sunsets that explode colors on the horizon. Her Mennonite linage dates back to when the Anabaptist movement first grew out of the Swiss Reformation in the sixteenth century. Janelle is a true mongrel Mennonite, with Swiss, Dutch, German, and Russian Mennonite roots. She remains a member of the Mennonite church today and will forever love a cappella four-part harmony (with an occasional rousing piano accompaniment) and potlucks. Currently, she and her husband divide their time between sailing the Mexican coast in the winter and spending summers in Colorado. In addition, she writes political thrillers for conspiracy lovers and early chapter book mysteries for the award winning Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure series. Someone forgot to tell her to stick with a single genre.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fundamentals of Conservation Biology\\nDescription: ['\\\"Drawing on their experience in teaching and instructive writing,the authors provide an accessible, well-organized and updatedreview suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in variousbiological and environmental sciences. The book will also serve asa reference work for researchers, and the expressive and livelyprose, reflecting the dedication of the authors, will hopefullyinspire not only future conservation biologists but anyone who isinterested in the richness of life surrounding us.\\\"(coscience, Volume 15, Issue 4, 2008)', '\\\"One could imagine a whole course being based on this book as ithas so much to offer.\\\" (Journal of Biological Education)', '', '\\\"This new edition continues to be an excellent choice forundergraduate courses in conservation biology - notable for itswell-honed organization of concepts and its clearprose.\\\" Professor Thomas L Fleischner, PrescottCollege ', '\\\"This is an excellent text that provides a clear, lucid, andcomprehensive summary of approaches used in biologicalconservation. It should inspire a new generation of conservationbiologists.\\\" Tim Coulson, Imperial College, London ', '\\\"My goal is to expose the concepts of conservation biology tothe broadest possible student audience. For its combination ofaccessible writing with rigorous, updated content, Fundamentalsof Conservation Biology is matchless.\\\" Professor Travis Knowles, Francis MarionUniversity ', '\\\"Hunter and Gibbs have produced an excellent text, one that usesan array of concrete examples, ethical principles, and theory tochallenge and engage students. Fundamentals of ConservationBiology should remain one of the standards in the field foryears to come.\\\" Dr Christopher Norment, SUNY College atBrockport ', '\\\"Hunter and Gibbs comprehensively present conservation biologywith both clarity and charm. It includes excellent examples andcase studies, current issues and topics, and recent references thatwill certainly appeal to faculty and students in the conservationsciences.\\\" Dr Jamie M Kneitel, California State University,Sacramento', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Theologians Under Hitler (Gerhard Kittel, Paul Althaus and Emanuel Hirsch)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Surname as a Cultural Value and an Ethnic Heritage: Tracing Your Polish Roots\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life\\nDescription: ['Dr. Bill Thomasis a visionary and internationally recognized expert on aging. He is an Ashoka Fellow and winner of the Heinz Award for the Human Condition. He cocreated The Eden Alternative, an international nonprofit, and The Green House Project, both models to revolutionize nursing home care. In addition to teaching, speaking, and consulting internationally, he is currentlya Senior Fellowat AARPs Life Reimagined Institute. A graduate of the State University of New York and Harvard Medical School, he lives in Ithaca, New York with his family.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Crystal Kids P.L.A.Y.Book\\nDescription: ['\\\"delightful children\\\\'s coloring book is a wonderful instructional tool that...gently guides the imagination through suggestion and realization...Meditation and color breathing are some of the topics covered in loving detail...encourages the acknowledgment and opening of...subtler senses - a delightful presentation.\\\" -- Marcel Vogel\\\\'s Psychic Research Newsletter, Vol 7 No 5<br /><br />\\\"introduces kids of all ages\\\" to the basics of visualization, crystal projection, programming, channeling, E.S.P., lucid dreaming and psychic development -in one little primer...Marcia Singer turns every page into a multi-faceted lesson/game/creative experience...activities include coloring, songs, mazes and lots more surprises... Camille Rendal\\\\'s artwork...is delightfully endearing.\\\" -- Whle Life Times, Los Angeles June \\\\'89<br /><br />\\\"the first book I\\\\'ve seen to fill an important hole in contemporary literature: New Age books for children...and entertaining, easy to read introduction to crystals and other aspects of alternative philosposy...children will enjoy it, and parents will feel good about the discoveries their children are making.\\\" --Wabun Wind, successor to Sun Bear, Author of Lightseeds
\\\"This was my introduction to the world of psychic energy skills --a marrvelous book for adults as well as youth. Very hip.\\\" --S.P., Psychic at Malibu Shaman', 'Marcia Singer, MSW, CHt, SAG/AFTRA is a nationally recognized love arts educator, creative virtuosa and play meistress. Director of the southern California Foundation For Intimacy, she started P.L.A.Y.House small press in 1989. Credits include thirty years as metaphysician, 15 as former international performer, and 13 years as an intuitive healer and healing artist.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Grandma Gatewood39;s Walk - The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail\\nDescription: ['Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next time anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine\\\\'s Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of \\\"America, the Beautiful\\\" and proclaimed, \\\"I said I\\\\'ll do it, and I\\\\'ve done it.\\\" Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person, man or woman, to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood\\\\'s own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don\\\\'t know the full story, a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.She did it - Can you? Find out how..Inspirational story.About the Author - Ben Montgomery is a staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times and cofounder of the Auburn Chautauqua, a Southern writers\\\\' collective. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has won many other national writing awards. He has worked at newspapers in Arkansas, Texas, New York, and Florida..Author - Ben Montgomery.Binding - Ha...', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lair\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II\\nDescription: ['\\\"In the vein of Schindler\\\\'s List, A Good Place To Hidecombines solid historical research with the tension of a spy novel ... an inspiring account of the extraordinary courage of ordinary people.\\\" (Shelf Awareness)
Grose tells this story well. A Good Place To Hide reads like a thriller, but is a well-researched book with a bibliography, notes and an update on what happened to the major participants. An excellent addition to history collections in all libraries and a good selection for book clubs interested in World War II. (J.weekly)', 'It may sound a little odd suggesting that you should enjoy this book, After all, the story takes place amidst the horrors of life in France after defeat and German Occupation. But please don\\\\'t shy away because you are afraid of yet another relentless tale of misery. My interest in this story has always focussed on the drama of the situation. I write in a conversational style, so you\\\\'ll find plenty of lighter moments. One reviewer wrote: \\\"A Good Place To Hidecombines solid historical research with the tension of a spy novel.\\\" Thank youShelf Awareness, that\\\\'s exactly what I was aiming for.
The story is largely unknown because the participants got into such a habit of secrecy that they found it difficult to come out into the open after the war, even though the danger had passed. Let me tell you a story. If you read the book, you\\\\'ll get to know a Protestant schoolgirl Catherine Cambessédès, who ran suitcases full of money and other supplies for the French Resistance. She risked her life doing it. You\\\\'ll also meet Nelly Trocmé, the oldest daughter of the pacifist pastor André Trocmé, who inspired so much of the rescue operation that is the subject of the book. Catherine and Nelly were best friends at school, and they stayed in touch after the war. They both moved to the United States, they both married, and they both had children. Nelly suggested that I go and talk to Catherine when I was researching the book, which is how I first met her.
Teenage school friendships are pretty close, full of shared secrets. Yet Nelly found out about Catherine\\\\'s wartime Resistance activitiesonly when she read my book, 70 years later. That\\\\'s how closely wartime secrets were guarded in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the surrounding villages.
My first two books were set in Australia during World War 2. The first dealt with the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942. The second dealt with the Japanese bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942. Both battles were military fiascos. Australia was unprepared. Her soldiers and sailors were under-trained, poorly equipped and badly led. Very different books fromA Good Place To Hide, you might think. But to me all three books are inspired by the same thought: these are dramaticstories, and my interest has always been in a dramatic narrative.
So if you decide to readA Good Place To Hideand are surprised to find yourself in the midst of an exotic cast list -- a teenage Jewish typewriter repairman who became a master forger; a female American spy with a wooden leg, which she called Cuthbert; the novelist Albert Camus working on the first draft of his masterpieceLa Peste(\\\"The Plague\\\"); an unswerving pacifist pastor who was awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette, a rare French military distinction -- then I can only apologise for startling you, and make a plea in mitigation that I find it hard to resist anything that makes for a good story.
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: World of the Dead:: Rise and Fall\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Shiurei HaRav: A Conspectus of the Public Lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik\\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: Hebrew, Yiddish', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":289,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":289,"string":"289"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Love's Winning Plays: A Novel\nDescription: [\"A sardonic, fun take on big-time college football, where booster money plays first-team offense. - Kirkus Reviews
A book that explores the gamut of experiences behind the scenes of collegiate football. Best of all, it's a great read where loyalty still means something in our money talks world. - Jon Gruden, ESPN Monday Night Football Analyst
This rollicking, tongue-in-cheek sports novel from Majors makes for a breezy read worth a few chuckles while it gives a behind-the-scenes peek at the often greedy, arrogant titans who run college football. ...[A] funny, irreverent, and savvy sports novel. - Publishers Weekly
Love's Winning Plays is one great big tailgate party. Inman Majors is Roy Blount Jr. crossed with Dan Jenkins. - Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach
A fast, fun book. Reads like a mixture of Dan Jenkins and Larry McMurtry. - Barry Switzer, former coach of the University of Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys
Not since Lucky Jim has there been as lovable a hapless hero as Raymond Love. Lovable Love. In Inman Majors' romp through big-time college football, love is all fumbles, yet we cheer every play. What a smart, funny novel. - Roger Rosenblatt
A rare football book for both the fanatic and non-worshiper alike. You'll meet those characters who populate every watering hole on the college circuit. Inman Majors' Coach Woody will have you chuckling out loud as Coach Love searches for his best play, yet. A superb read by a fine, young writer who understands football. - Brent Musburger
I cant remember the last time I laughed out loud this much reading a book. - Metropulse
It is a gem of a comedic novel, so laugh-out loud funny that readers might not even notice that if also captures the essence of the sport with humanity and grace. - Chapter 16
Majorss wry and intelligent writing style pulls readers through the bizarre situations surrounding a major college football program Strap yourself inits a wild ride. - Library Journal\", 'Inman Majors teaches fiction writing at James Madison University. He is the author of Wonderdog, Swimming in Sky, and The Millionaires. He lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Fun and Easy Ways to Learn French: Des moyens amusants et faciles pour apprendre le franais\nDescription: ['Tired of classwork that seems to go nowhere and does not seem to help you learn French? Try something different. Combine methods and learn new ways to learn the language.
Most of these methods are the methods that the author used to get fluent in French. His first two years of learning French were okay. After using these methods, his grades greatly improved, and he got inducted into the French Honor Society at the end of his third year of French.
Although the subtitle of this book is in French, the entire book is in English only, except for some explanations of a few French words.', 'Jeremy G. Woods is an author as well as a Francophile (someone who loves the French language andculture). He is from Huntsville, Alabama, USA and has a bachelor degree in marketing with a minor in French. He is fluent in French, partly due to his travels and partly due to the time he spent devoted to the creative ideas listed in this book. This book is the result of study habits, tricks, and ideas he put into practice while he was on a journey to learn the French language. Jeremy has learned several languages. Besides English (his native language) and French (his second language), he has learned Romanian, some Spanish, some Chinese (Mandarin), some Italian, and some Irish (Gaelic). Learning languages is one of his favorite hobbies (on top of writing and acting). If you have success stories in learning languages, you can contact him at the e-mail listed in the book. He looks forward to hearing your stories; however, he will not respond to all the e-mails due to a busy schedule, even though he will read every one that he sees. He has published 4 other books that are also available online. You can preview his works through his website. He lives in Trgu Mure, Romania, and is recently married.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Oh, David! A Diaper David Book\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Eric Church - Chief (Guitar Recorded Versions)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Trashy Town\nDescription: ['Zimmerman and Clemesha, authors of The Cow Buzzed, give a cleaned-up account of sanitation work. Mr. Gilly is a trash collector and has the enviable task of driving a big blue truck. Accompanied by two tidy, pale-gray rats, Mr. Gilly gathers garbage from the school, the park and the pizza parlor. Each stop is followed by the refrain: Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! (the type is set into a neat black side bar at the right of each spread). Theres nary an overfull can or torn garbage bag in sight, and by the end, Mr. Gilly has cleaned up the whole town! He takes his load to the dump, then goes home for a bath. Despite the smelly and slimy aspects of garbage collecting, Zimmerman and Clemesha make Mr. Gillys job seem satisfying. If they oversimplify, they also dignify the works human component. Like the authors, Yaccarino (Circle Dogs) also makes the work look manageable. His rectangular silhouettes of urban buildings and stylized alleys appear in unadulterated shades of sapphire blue and deep red. He pictures items of litterbanana peels, pizza slices, empty bottles and cansas sleek icons, giving no indication of dirt or decay; Mr. Gillys ochre jumpsuit and blue plaid shirt remain unsullied. This overwhelmingly positive day-in-the-life gives an overdue salute to an unsung hero, and transforms Trashy Town into a tidy town. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'PreSchool-K-This jaunty look at garbage collection makes a backbreaking job look like fun. Yaccarino\\'s illustrations are appealingly childlike and have a slightly retro look. They show a brightly colored, if somewhat messy, town-definitely in need of the trash collector\\'s cheerful care. Simple shapes and minimal detail suggest various locations (the school, the park, the pizza parlor) but keep the focus squarely on Mr. Gilly as he goes about his appointed rounds. At the same time, two small rodents appear in each double-page spread, providing continuity as they introduce a playful element to the story. The repetitive, rhythmic text makes it easy for children to chime in. Preschoolers will especially appreciate the refrain, \"Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! Is the trash truck full yet? NO.\" Like the pictures, the type has a solid, almost blocky appearance; it is easy to read and contributes to the book\\'s design. Entertaining enough to be read just for fun, this simple selection will also appeal to teachers looking for stories about community helpers. Lisa Dennis, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Remember my Jo\nDescription: ['REMEMBER MY JO UNABRIDGED 5 CASSETTE SET', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: \"\"Mr. President\"\": George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: How To Use Diamond Abrasives to Cut Gemstones (Gembooks)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rosie Project\nDescription: ['Book by Graeme Simsion', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Middle East Rules of Thumb: Understanding the complexities of the Middle East\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Island of Saints: A Story of the One Principle That Frees the Human Spirit\nDescription: [\"Bestseller Andrews provides another round of light historical fiction, with themes similar to his last book, The Lost Choice. This time the person finding historical artifacts in his yard is Andrews himself. (Fact or fiction? It's tough to tell, and some readers may find that confusing.) While trying to dig out the roots of a dead wax myrtle tree, Andrews's shovel hits a tin containing WWII artifactsbuttons, photos, a badge and medal from a German U-boat officer. Andrews, who lives on a Gulf Coast island, immediately begins researching U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico during the war. Who did these items belong to? How did they end up buried in his yard? What happened to the German officer and the family shown in one of the pictures? The questions lead him to uncover the past: a U-boat officer washed ashore, critically injured; a desperately bitter young war widow; a crazed Nazi; and a cast of characters from a sleepy undeveloped beach town. The underlying theme concerns the necessity and nature of true forgiveness, portrayed through the story and in occasionally didactic dialogue that may grate on some readers. But many are sure to love this sweet tale, simply told. (June 2) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hostage to War: A True Story (Coping)\nDescription: [\"Grade 7 Up. Written in the form of a diary, this memoir relates the struggle of a Russian adolescent to survive during World War II. Wassiljewa was barely 14 and living close to starvation in a small, German-occupied town 60 kilometers from Leningrad when she was sent to do forced labor in Germany. Her story is gripping and a grim reminder of the horrors war imposes on civilian populations. While frankly describing the brutality of the living and working conditions, she does not neglect to note the kindnesses of individuals, including Germans who on occasion alleviated her suffering, sometimes at great personal risk. The greatest irony of her story is the suspicion with which those young people who had struggled so valiantly to survive in the enemy's land were treated when they returned to their homeland. Too young to have a passport before the war, Wassiljewa was denied an identity certificate that would allow her to continue her schooling after her return. Serendipity resolved her situation but not of many others like her who were sent to Soviet prison camps. The book was published in the Soviet Union in 1990, but this edition was done from a German translation published in 1994. This double translation and the use of the German transliteration of Russian names may account for some awkwardness. The writing is not always as engaging as the story itself, and the historical endnote has some errors. Nonetheless, Hostage is a welcome addition to the literature about World War II because of its unique viewpoint.?Elizabeth Talbot, University of Illinois, Champaign Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Gr. 7^-10. The suffering of millions of Russian civilians during World War II is personalized in this diary narrative of one survivor, who was 13 when the Nazis invaded Leningrad in 1941. She tells it quietly. First, there are the German occupation and her experience at home of hunger, cold, disease, brutality. Then she spends years in forced labor camps and factories in Germany. Finally, when the war is over, she records the wrenching homecoming scenes (\"Mama is unrecognizable\") and her determination to go back to school. Always, even in the worst times, there are a few people who help her. The English translation is from a German translation of the original Russian, but it reads smoothly. The diary format is contrived; it is just a way for her to write in the first person and the present tense, but it works fine, and readers will accept that what sustained her in those wartime years was to imagine she was writing personal letters telling her mother what was happening. An afterword fills in the historical background. This is a strong voice to add to the eyewitness accounts of what it was like to be a teenager in wartime. Hazel Rochman', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The FastDiet Cookbook: 150 Delicious, Calorie-Controlled Meals to Make Your Fasting Days Easy\nDescription: ['Mimi Spencer is a feature writer, columnist, and the author of101 Things to Do Before You Diet.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: House Beautiful Decorating with Fabric: Inspiring Sewing Projects for Every Room\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story\nDescription: ['R. J. Palacio is a graphic designer by day and a writer by night. She lives in New York City with her husband, their two sons, and a black dog named Bear. Wonder is her first novel.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Nao of Brown\nDescription: ['Glyn Dillons comics illustrations have appeared in several works from Vertigo, including The Sandman. He has also worked as an artist, animator, and designer in film and television. He lives in London, England.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life on the Mississippi (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: [\"Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot's apprenticeship, a record of Twain's return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river's shores.\", 'Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died at Redding, Connecticut in 1910. In his person and in his pursuits he was a man of extraordinary contrasts. Although he left school at twelve when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher. He made fortunes from his writing but toward the end of his life he had to resort to lecture tours to pay his debts. He was hot-tempered, profane, and sentimentaland also pessimistic, cynical, and tortured by self-doubt. His nostalgia helped produce some of his best books. He lives in American letters as a great artist, the writer whom William Dean Howells called the Lincoln of our literature.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Little Manhattan: The Movie Novel\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Mark Twain (Masters Library)\nDescription: [\"A beautiful bonded leather bound collection of the following five (5) Twain classics: 1) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; 2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; 3) The Prince and the Pauper; 4) Pudd'n Head Wilson; 5) A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court. Gold gilded edges and faux marbled fly pages complete this elegant impression. Non-illustrated.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Top Secret / Majic\nDescription: ['Friedman, a nuclear physicist and noted \"UFOlogist\" (Crash at Corona: The Definitve Study of the Roswell Incident, Marlowe, 1994), examines the documentary evidence for the existence of a clandestine government group called \"Majestic-12\" (sometimes shortened to \"MJ-12\" or \"Majic\"), supposedly formed in 1947 to deal with the remains of a crashed flying saucer near Roswell, New Mexico. The U.S. government has consistently denied there ever was such an incident or group. Friedman attempts to authenticate purported MJ-12 documents that mysteriously appeared in 1984 and 1994. He also refutes arguments by debunkers such as Carl Sagan and Phillip Klass and criticizes the findings in Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt\\'s recent The Truth About the UFO Crash in Roswell (LJ 6/1/94). Included here for the first time is part of a 1984 \"Special Operations Manual\" for the recovery and disposal of extraterrestrial entities and technology. If authenticated, it would lend credence to Friedman\\'s belief in a governmental cover-up he terms a \"cosmic Watergate.\" While this book is speculative to some degree, Friedman operates mostly as a scientist, carefully weighing all evidence before coming to a conclusion. Recommended for public and academic libraries.?Gary D. Barber, SUNY at Fredonia Lib. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'The Majestic-12 documents are controversial adjuncts to the now famous UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Obtained under unusual circumstances, they refer to a top-secret research operation created by President Truman to coordinate the study of debris and alien bodies recovered from the crash site. Although the documents are considered by many historians and ufologists to be hoaxes, Friedman has studied them intensively and answers criticisms in great detail. He reviews the most recently discovered document, an alleged 1954 manual for the recovery and disposal of extraterrestrial entities and technology, as well as the notorious \"alien autopsy\" film that was broadcast on the Fox network in 1995. This book will delight those who can\\'t get enough of crashed saucers and government cover-ups. George Eberhart', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch, Inspiration & Instruction\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Blackball, the Black Sox, and the Babe: Baseball's Crucial 1920 Season\nDescription: [\"This study of professional baseball in 1920 stresses the pivotal nature of the revelations regarding the crooked 1919 World Series. In particular, Cottrell (history and American studies, California State Univ., Chico), the author of a biography of Rube Foster and an LJ reviewer, tells the story by focusing on four prominent figures: Buck Weaver, the one member of the Black Sox punished only for guilty knowledge; Kennesaw Mountain Landis, the flamboyant and morally righteous federal judge who would become baseball's first commissioner; Babe Ruth, who ushered in a new era and style of baseball; and Rube Foster, who founded the first black professional baseball league that same year. Cottrell's approach is scholarly and meticulous, but the writing is very readable. At times, the Foster sections seem artificially inserted, but that reflects the ostracized state of blacks in professional baseball at the time. Cottrell's emphasis on American hero mythology and racial realities works well, though his invocation of class considerations falls a little flat. Recommended for any library where baseball books circulate well. John Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ.Lib., Camden, NJ Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\", '\"meticulous...recommended\"--Library Journal; \"he skillfully weaves his four biographies to chronicle a crucial season that changed baseball\"--Sports Collectors Digest; \"a collective biography of some of the biggest figures in 1920 baseball\"--The SABR Bulletin.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II\nDescription: ['“I love these kinds of books, and this is a great one....It’s a phenomenal story.” (Jon Stewart, The Daily Show)
“Fascinating ... Kiernan has amassed a deep reservoir of intimate details of what life was like for women living in the secret city, gleaned from seven years of interviews and research. ... Rosie, it turns out, did much more than drive rivets.” (The Washington Post)
“Kiernan…brings a unique and personal perspective to this key part of American history.…Instead of the words of top scientists and government officials, Kiernan recounts the experiences of factory workers, secretaries, and low-level chemists in a town that housed at its peak 75,000 people trained not to talk about what they knew or what they did. She combines their stories with detailed reporting that provides a clear and compelling picture of this fascinating time.” (The Boston Globe)
“Kiernan’s focus is on the intimate and often strange details of work and life at Oak Ridge. It’s told in a novelistic style and is an intimate look at the experiences of the young women who worked at Oak Ridge and the local residents whose lives were changed by the presence of the project.” (The San Francisco Book Review)
“Kiernan’s book, the result of seven years of research and interviews with the surviving \\'girls,\\' sparkles with their bright, WWII slang and spirit, and takes readers behind the scenes into the hive-like encampments and cubicles where they spent their days and nights.…The Girls of Atomic City brings to light a forgotten chapter in our history that combines a vivid, novelistic story with often troubling science.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“The image of Rosie the Riveter — women filling in at factories to help the war effort — is well known. But women also assisted on the Manhattan Project, signing up for secret work in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to help build the atomic bomb. Kiernan looks at the lives and contributions of these unsung women who worked in jobs from secretaries to chemists.” (New York Post)
“Kiernan’s accounts ring with authenticity.…The Girls of Atomic City is fascinating.\" (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
\"As most of us are all too aware, the generation who fought in World War II or supported the effort from home are leaving us -- their children, grandchildren, and greats -- to carry on without them. Thanks to author Kiernan, we hear from a group of that generation\\'s women, now in their eighties and nineties, whose wartime experience matched no one else\\'s. Ever. Anywhere.\" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
“A fresh take on the secret city built in the mountains of Tennessee as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II… An inspiring account of how people can respond with their best when called upon.” (Kirkus Reviews)
\"Denise Kiernan recreates, with cinematic vividness and clarity, the surreal Orwell-meets-Margaret Atwood environment of Oak Ridge as experienced by some of the women who were there: secretaries, technicians, a nurse, a statistician, a leak pipe inspector, a chemist, and a janitor.\" (DailyBeast.com)', 'Denise Kiernan’s previous book, The Girls of Atomic City, is a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and NPR bestseller, and was named one of Amazon’s Top 100 Best Books of 2013. Kiernan has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Discover, and many more publications. She has also worked in television, serving as head writer for ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire during its Emmy award–winning first season and producing for media outlets such as ESPN and MSNBC. She has been a featured guest on NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” PBS NewsHour, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.']","rejected":"Title: The Very Lowly: A Meditation on Francis of Assisi\nDescription: ['\"Every once in a while a book comes along that takes your breath away, leaving you dizzy and delirious. Read this book and you\\'ll understand the importance of paying humble attention to humble things. And finally, read this book because it will teach your soul to sing.\"Spirituality and Health
\"A singular contemplative exercise. Christian Bobin has given birth to a music that is his alone. One finds oneself entering into this contemplation, into this human nearness, and sharing its happiness.\"Le Monde
\"This exquisite and moving book not only talks about Saint Francis in a very eloquent way but brings the reader subtly and magically into the very heart of Francis\\'s great mystical love for the world.\"Andrew Harvey, author of Son of Man and The Direct Path', \"Christian Bobin is the author of eighteen books in French, several of them best-sellers, and he is the winner of France's 1993 Grand Prix Catholique de Litterature.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Mag ic of Theater\nDescription: ['Journalist Sokolove pays tribute to drama teacher Lou Volpe, who in the last 40 years has revolutionized the theater program at Harry S. Truman High School. Located in Levittown, Pennsylvania, a blue-collar town that has been on a slow economic downswing since the 1960s, Truman has become known for its drama program, thanks to Volpe, whose productions draw not only critical acclaim but also the attention of famous theater producers. A dedicated teacher who inspires loyalty in students past and present, Volpe often stages productions that are controversial but that he firmly believes his kids will relate to. During the season Sokolove spends at Truman, Volpe and his kids put on the play Good Boys and True and the musical Spring Awakeningsboth of which address teen sexuality, angst, and reckless behavior. Volpe pushes his student actors hard, but for most of them, being in one of his productions is transformative. Many alums go on to pursue careers in theater or the arts. A powerful look at the way a dynamic and dedicated teacher can change lives. --Kristine Huntley', 'Praise for Drama High
\"A good reporter can make almost any story interesting. A great reporter makes it blossom. With the kind of diligent, thorough and imaginative reporting not seen enough these days, Sokolove not only brings a teacher, his students and their community to life, he also opens the story to larger matters.\"The Washington Post
\"Poignant...Captivating...[Sokolove] shines a heartening light on how one of those passionate heros devoted himself...to educating, rather than training, young people.\"The New York Times Book Review
Imagine if all ofGleesustained the level of quality and heart that characterized the story lines between Kurt and his dad, and you\\'ll get a closer approximation of whatDrama HighachievesIt immediately becomes required reading: for young people who can learn more about the challenge and rewards of theatre, for parents who may well need the same background, for anyone who doubts the value of theatre as an educational and character-building activity not only for those who would become professionals, for those who want to spark reveries of their own experiences in high school drama.The Huffington Post
\"Anextraordinary booka viscerally real reminder of the pain and excitement of being a teenager, an honest and compassionate discussion of class in America, awondrous, lightning-in-a-bottle book.\"Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep
\"Part Glee, part Hoop Dreams, Drama High is a bravura performance, the true story of that teacher we all remember or wish we did, the one who pushes us to be better than we thought possible. You\\'ll clap and cry at the end. Sokolove deserves a standing ovation.\"Elizabeth Weil, author of No Cheating, No Dying
\"What makes a great teacherthe kind who truly transforms lives? The answer lies between these covers, in Michael Sokolove\\'s intimate portrait. This book ripples with emotion, with humor, with heart. Like a great performance, Drama High won\\'t just move you. It will inspire you.\"Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx Is Burning
Praise for Michael Sokolove
Sokolove is a natural literary stylist with the gifts of a social historian.The New York Times
A terrific read, made to work by Sokoloves insightful reporting and deft writing . . . a sad, powerful, thoughtful, totally engrossing work.Chicago Tribune
A narrative defined by its compassionate, clear-eyed tone. Entertainment Weekly
A first-class work of sound reporting.Roger Angell, The New Yorker ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dragon and Monster Tales\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Samuel Adams: A Life\nDescription: [\"Thomas Jefferson once declared, For depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equaled, Sam Adams. Yet the American revolutionary from Massachusetts (17221803, cousin of John Adams) has become the forgotten founding father, and Stoll attempts to pull Adams out of this oblivion. Rebellious Americans' passionate vision of themselves as an incarnation of the Israelites freeing themselves from Egyptian slavery was invoked by Adams, one of the most religious American revolutionaries. He called on Americans to fulfill their God-given freedom and was a radical who endured physical danger, poverty and the death at 37 of his only son. But for Stoll, a managing editor of the New York Sun with a long career in newspapers, Adams was also the consummate newspaperman, a pundit dispersing the ideals of freedom. Occasionally apt to settle into litanies of Adams's various tasks and redundant statements on the divine right of American independence, Stoll also sporadically recounts evocative details of the period, such as the lyrics from revolutionary songs. This account might sustain a renewed interest in Adams as the founder of a distinctly American spirit. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Unlike Jefferson, Washington, or other Founding Fathers, Sam Adams could point to few accomplishments before the era of the Revolution began. With the end of benign neglect and the onset of the efforts by Britain to tighten restrictions on the American colonies, Adams true talents emerged. He was, as his cousin John Adams stated, a born rebel. Stoll has written a compact, admiring biography of Adams aimed at general readers. He examines Adams rich but sometimes sad personal life, including his marriages and family tragedies. The strongest part of the narrative, of course, concerns his career as a Revolutionary agitator and statesman. Many of Adams comrades in the struggle were secular deists, but Adams was a devout Christian who sincerely saw the hand of God working in the struggle for his concept of liberty and eventually independence. His fiery rhetoric was infused with biblical allusions. Like many successful Revolutionaries, Adams was single-minded, frequently intolerant of other views, and frighteningly confident of his own righteousness. Stoll effectively conveys both the virtues and defects of a somewhat neglected but very essential figure in our Revolutionary struggle. --Jay Freeman', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Girl on the Fridge: Stories\nDescription: ['Advocates of flash fiction contend you can say a lot with a little. Unfortunately, you can also say a little with a little. Israeli writer Keret (The Nimrod Flipout) confirms both with this hodgepodge of 46 sketches, culled from his first collection. There are whimsical tales like Nothing, about a woman who loved a man who was made of nothing because this love would never betray her, and Freeze! about a guy who can stop the world and uses the power to score with hot girls. Despite an appealing, comic voice, many of these pieces feel insubstantial and leave the reader indifferent. Nevertheless, a haunting theme arises as stories featuring violence accumulate: Not Human Beings, in which an Israeli soldier is beaten by fellow officers when he objects to the cruel treatment of an old Arab man, screams in the face of bloodshed, whereas the irritation of the father in A Bet, when TV news reports on an Arab sentenced to death preempts an episode of Moonlighting, suggests how violence has been normalized. Keret demonstrates how the same short form that produces ineffective trifles can also create moments of startling power. (Apr.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', 'Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation. Salman Rushdie', 'Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat. Stephen Marche, The Forward', \"Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously. Yann Martel\", 'Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages. Kyle Smith, People', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Power and The Glory The Knitting Experience: Book 3: Color (The Knitting Experience)\nDescription: ['
Sally Melville teaches knitting and is the author of Sally Melville Styles: A Unique and Elegant Approach to Your Yarn Collection, The Knitting Experience, Book 1: The Knit Stitch, and The Knitting Experience, Book 2: The Purl Stitch. She lives in Waterloo, Ontario.
']","rejected":"Title: In Need Of A Wife (Presents Plus)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia\nDescription: ['Praise for Dotter of Her Father\\'s Eyes: \"An accomplished and emotionally satisfying work.\" -The Scotsman \"Exquisite and moving.\"-The Guardian', \"Bryan Talbot s a British comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, its sequel Heart of Empire, the award-winning Tale of One Bad Rat, and the anthropromorphic steampunk series, Grandville. He also collaborated with his wife, Mary M. Talbot to produce Dotter of Her Father's Eyes, which won the 2012 Costa biography award. For more please visit http://www.bryan-talbot.com/biog/index.php The author lives in The Lakes Country, England, U.K..\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers\nDescription: ['Before you see the new Coen brothers movie Bridge of Spies, read the book that inspired it. Strangers on a Bridge, the 1964 bestseller, tells a fascinating true story of Cold War espionageAn enthralling inside account. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
\"Unique in the strange history of the Iron Curtain... Enthralling... A truly remarkable account of how the author fulfilled his stewardship as a lawyer and as a negotiator. He has done us a real service in writing this engrossing and forthright book.\" (Allen Dulles, former chief of the CIA, in the New York Times Book Review)
\"Absorbing... A top-notch spy thriller.\" (Time Magazine)
\"As fascinating as it is exciting.\" (The Houston Chronicle)
\"Strangers on a Bridge guides us through the saga with a dry and courtly wisdom.\" (The New Yorker)
\"As compelling as The Spy Who Came In From the Cold--except it happens to be true.\" (Life Magazine)
\"An impressive story of devotion to justice and the national interest.\" (M.C. Miskovsky, CIA)
\"Well written and informative, Strangers on a Bridge is a wonderful firsthand account of the most notable spy swap made during the height of the Cold War. Written by defense attorney James Donovan in 1963, the book gives an accurate overview of the behind the scenes negotiations that resulted in KGB Colonel Rudolph Abel being exchange for my father, CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, in February 1962 on the Bridge of Spies.\" (Francis Gary Powers, Jr., Founder and Chairman Emeritus The Cold War Museum)
This book is much more than the exciting journal of one of historys great espionage cases, its preparation, trial and appeal and its dramatic dnouement at the Glienicker Bridge. Anyone who thrills to spy narratives and brilliant investigative work and skillful courtroom tactics will be sure to enjoy it. (Charles S. Desmond, Former Chief Judge of the State of New York)', 'Born in New York City in 1916, James B. Donovan graduated from Fordham University and Harvard Law School. A commander in the Navy during World War II, he became general counsel of the Office of Strategic Services and was associate prosecutor at the principal Nuremberg trial. Mr. Donovan subsequently acted as chief counsel in major trials and appeals in over thirty states, and was an insurance lawyer and partner at Watters and Donovan. He was Democratic candidate for United States Senator from New York in 1962; served as general counsel for the Cuban Families Committee, obtaining the release of more than 9,700 Cubans and Americans from Castros Cuba; was president of Pratt Institute; and was president of the Board of Education of the City of New York. He died in 1970, and was survived by his wife and four children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Delta-human System: Better than just going organic\nDescription: ['Marcel Ostrow earned his Bachelors Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University with high honors. He has had a profound and un-canny interest in natural nutrition. For a long time, he had not engaged it fully, yet he knew something was wrong with the way most Americans thought and acted on their food choices. He became a Certified Sports Nutritionist by the ASFA, and has, for a long time, dedicated vast amounts of money and time to study and apply the novel nutrition principles to better his own life and that of the people willing to make a change in their life, particularly with food.', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Love's Winning Plays: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"A sardonic, fun take on big-time college football, where booster money plays first-team offense. - Kirkus Reviews
A book that explores the gamut of experiences behind the scenes of collegiate football. Best of all, it's a great read where loyalty still means something in our money talks world. - Jon Gruden, ESPN Monday Night Football Analyst
This rollicking, tongue-in-cheek sports novel from Majors makes for a breezy read worth a few chuckles while it gives a behind-the-scenes peek at the often greedy, arrogant titans who run college football. ...[A] funny, irreverent, and savvy sports novel. - Publishers Weekly
Love's Winning Plays is one great big tailgate party. Inman Majors is Roy Blount Jr. crossed with Dan Jenkins. - Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach
A fast, fun book. Reads like a mixture of Dan Jenkins and Larry McMurtry. - Barry Switzer, former coach of the University of Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys
Not since Lucky Jim has there been as lovable a hapless hero as Raymond Love. Lovable Love. In Inman Majors' romp through big-time college football, love is all fumbles, yet we cheer every play. What a smart, funny novel. - Roger Rosenblatt
A rare football book for both the fanatic and non-worshiper alike. You'll meet those characters who populate every watering hole on the college circuit. Inman Majors' Coach Woody will have you chuckling out loud as Coach Love searches for his best play, yet. A superb read by a fine, young writer who understands football. - Brent Musburger
I cant remember the last time I laughed out loud this much reading a book. - Metropulse
It is a gem of a comedic novel, so laugh-out loud funny that readers might not even notice that if also captures the essence of the sport with humanity and grace. - Chapter 16
Majorss wry and intelligent writing style pulls readers through the bizarre situations surrounding a major college football program Strap yourself inits a wild ride. - Library Journal\\\", 'Inman Majors teaches fiction writing at James Madison University. He is the author of Wonderdog, Swimming in Sky, and The Millionaires. He lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Fun and Easy Ways to Learn French: Des moyens amusants et faciles pour apprendre le franais\\nDescription: ['Tired of classwork that seems to go nowhere and does not seem to help you learn French? Try something different. Combine methods and learn new ways to learn the language.
Most of these methods are the methods that the author used to get fluent in French. His first two years of learning French were okay. After using these methods, his grades greatly improved, and he got inducted into the French Honor Society at the end of his third year of French.
Although the subtitle of this book is in French, the entire book is in English only, except for some explanations of a few French words.', 'Jeremy G. Woods is an author as well as a Francophile (someone who loves the French language andculture). He is from Huntsville, Alabama, USA and has a bachelor degree in marketing with a minor in French. He is fluent in French, partly due to his travels and partly due to the time he spent devoted to the creative ideas listed in this book. This book is the result of study habits, tricks, and ideas he put into practice while he was on a journey to learn the French language. Jeremy has learned several languages. Besides English (his native language) and French (his second language), he has learned Romanian, some Spanish, some Chinese (Mandarin), some Italian, and some Irish (Gaelic). Learning languages is one of his favorite hobbies (on top of writing and acting). If you have success stories in learning languages, you can contact him at the e-mail listed in the book. He looks forward to hearing your stories; however, he will not respond to all the e-mails due to a busy schedule, even though he will read every one that he sees. He has published 4 other books that are also available online. You can preview his works through his website. He lives in Trgu Mure, Romania, and is recently married.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Oh, David! A Diaper David Book\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Eric Church - Chief (Guitar Recorded Versions)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Trashy Town\\nDescription: ['Zimmerman and Clemesha, authors of The Cow Buzzed, give a cleaned-up account of sanitation work. Mr. Gilly is a trash collector and has the enviable task of driving a big blue truck. Accompanied by two tidy, pale-gray rats, Mr. Gilly gathers garbage from the school, the park and the pizza parlor. Each stop is followed by the refrain: Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! (the type is set into a neat black side bar at the right of each spread). Theres nary an overfull can or torn garbage bag in sight, and by the end, Mr. Gilly has cleaned up the whole town! He takes his load to the dump, then goes home for a bath. Despite the smelly and slimy aspects of garbage collecting, Zimmerman and Clemesha make Mr. Gillys job seem satisfying. If they oversimplify, they also dignify the works human component. Like the authors, Yaccarino (Circle Dogs) also makes the work look manageable. His rectangular silhouettes of urban buildings and stylized alleys appear in unadulterated shades of sapphire blue and deep red. He pictures items of litterbanana peels, pizza slices, empty bottles and cansas sleek icons, giving no indication of dirt or decay; Mr. Gillys ochre jumpsuit and blue plaid shirt remain unsullied. This overwhelmingly positive day-in-the-life gives an overdue salute to an unsung hero, and transforms Trashy Town into a tidy town. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'PreSchool-K-This jaunty look at garbage collection makes a backbreaking job look like fun. Yaccarino\\\\'s illustrations are appealingly childlike and have a slightly retro look. They show a brightly colored, if somewhat messy, town-definitely in need of the trash collector\\\\'s cheerful care. Simple shapes and minimal detail suggest various locations (the school, the park, the pizza parlor) but keep the focus squarely on Mr. Gilly as he goes about his appointed rounds. At the same time, two small rodents appear in each double-page spread, providing continuity as they introduce a playful element to the story. The repetitive, rhythmic text makes it easy for children to chime in. Preschoolers will especially appreciate the refrain, \\\"Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! Is the trash truck full yet? NO.\\\" Like the pictures, the type has a solid, almost blocky appearance; it is easy to read and contributes to the book\\\\'s design. Entertaining enough to be read just for fun, this simple selection will also appeal to teachers looking for stories about community helpers. Lisa Dennis, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Remember my Jo\\nDescription: ['REMEMBER MY JO UNABRIDGED 5 CASSETTE SET', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: \\\"\\\"Mr. President\\\"\\\": George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How To Use Diamond Abrasives to Cut Gemstones (Gembooks)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Rosie Project\\nDescription: ['Book by Graeme Simsion', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Middle East Rules of Thumb: Understanding the complexities of the Middle East\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Island of Saints: A Story of the One Principle That Frees the Human Spirit\\nDescription: [\\\"Bestseller Andrews provides another round of light historical fiction, with themes similar to his last book, The Lost Choice. This time the person finding historical artifacts in his yard is Andrews himself. (Fact or fiction? It's tough to tell, and some readers may find that confusing.) While trying to dig out the roots of a dead wax myrtle tree, Andrews's shovel hits a tin containing WWII artifactsbuttons, photos, a badge and medal from a German U-boat officer. Andrews, who lives on a Gulf Coast island, immediately begins researching U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico during the war. Who did these items belong to? How did they end up buried in his yard? What happened to the German officer and the family shown in one of the pictures? The questions lead him to uncover the past: a U-boat officer washed ashore, critically injured; a desperately bitter young war widow; a crazed Nazi; and a cast of characters from a sleepy undeveloped beach town. The underlying theme concerns the necessity and nature of true forgiveness, portrayed through the story and in occasionally didactic dialogue that may grate on some readers. But many are sure to love this sweet tale, simply told. (June 2) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hostage to War: A True Story (Coping)\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 7 Up. Written in the form of a diary, this memoir relates the struggle of a Russian adolescent to survive during World War II. Wassiljewa was barely 14 and living close to starvation in a small, German-occupied town 60 kilometers from Leningrad when she was sent to do forced labor in Germany. Her story is gripping and a grim reminder of the horrors war imposes on civilian populations. While frankly describing the brutality of the living and working conditions, she does not neglect to note the kindnesses of individuals, including Germans who on occasion alleviated her suffering, sometimes at great personal risk. The greatest irony of her story is the suspicion with which those young people who had struggled so valiantly to survive in the enemy's land were treated when they returned to their homeland. Too young to have a passport before the war, Wassiljewa was denied an identity certificate that would allow her to continue her schooling after her return. Serendipity resolved her situation but not of many others like her who were sent to Soviet prison camps. The book was published in the Soviet Union in 1990, but this edition was done from a German translation published in 1994. This double translation and the use of the German transliteration of Russian names may account for some awkwardness. The writing is not always as engaging as the story itself, and the historical endnote has some errors. Nonetheless, Hostage is a welcome addition to the literature about World War II because of its unique viewpoint.?Elizabeth Talbot, University of Illinois, Champaign Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", 'Gr. 7^-10. The suffering of millions of Russian civilians during World War II is personalized in this diary narrative of one survivor, who was 13 when the Nazis invaded Leningrad in 1941. She tells it quietly. First, there are the German occupation and her experience at home of hunger, cold, disease, brutality. Then she spends years in forced labor camps and factories in Germany. Finally, when the war is over, she records the wrenching homecoming scenes (\\\"Mama is unrecognizable\\\") and her determination to go back to school. Always, even in the worst times, there are a few people who help her. The English translation is from a German translation of the original Russian, but it reads smoothly. The diary format is contrived; it is just a way for her to write in the first person and the present tense, but it works fine, and readers will accept that what sustained her in those wartime years was to imagine she was writing personal letters telling her mother what was happening. An afterword fills in the historical background. This is a strong voice to add to the eyewitness accounts of what it was like to be a teenager in wartime. Hazel Rochman', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The FastDiet Cookbook: 150 Delicious, Calorie-Controlled Meals to Make Your Fasting Days Easy\\nDescription: ['Mimi Spencer is a feature writer, columnist, and the author of101 Things to Do Before You Diet.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: House Beautiful Decorating with Fabric: Inspiring Sewing Projects for Every Room\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story\\nDescription: ['R. J. Palacio is a graphic designer by day and a writer by night. She lives in New York City with her husband, their two sons, and a black dog named Bear. Wonder is her first novel.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Nao of Brown\\nDescription: ['Glyn Dillons comics illustrations have appeared in several works from Vertigo, including The Sandman. He has also worked as an artist, animator, and designer in film and television. He lives in London, England.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life on the Mississippi (Penguin Classics)\\nDescription: [\\\"Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot's apprenticeship, a record of Twain's return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river's shores.\\\", 'Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died at Redding, Connecticut in 1910. In his person and in his pursuits he was a man of extraordinary contrasts. Although he left school at twelve when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher. He made fortunes from his writing but toward the end of his life he had to resort to lecture tours to pay his debts. He was hot-tempered, profane, and sentimentaland also pessimistic, cynical, and tortured by self-doubt. His nostalgia helped produce some of his best books. He lives in American letters as a great artist, the writer whom William Dean Howells called the Lincoln of our literature.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Little Manhattan: The Movie Novel\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Mark Twain (Masters Library)\\nDescription: [\\\"A beautiful bonded leather bound collection of the following five (5) Twain classics: 1) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; 2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; 3) The Prince and the Pauper; 4) Pudd'n Head Wilson; 5) A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court. Gold gilded edges and faux marbled fly pages complete this elegant impression. Non-illustrated.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Top Secret / Majic\\nDescription: ['Friedman, a nuclear physicist and noted \\\"UFOlogist\\\" (Crash at Corona: The Definitve Study of the Roswell Incident, Marlowe, 1994), examines the documentary evidence for the existence of a clandestine government group called \\\"Majestic-12\\\" (sometimes shortened to \\\"MJ-12\\\" or \\\"Majic\\\"), supposedly formed in 1947 to deal with the remains of a crashed flying saucer near Roswell, New Mexico. The U.S. government has consistently denied there ever was such an incident or group. Friedman attempts to authenticate purported MJ-12 documents that mysteriously appeared in 1984 and 1994. He also refutes arguments by debunkers such as Carl Sagan and Phillip Klass and criticizes the findings in Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt\\\\'s recent The Truth About the UFO Crash in Roswell (LJ 6/1/94). Included here for the first time is part of a 1984 \\\"Special Operations Manual\\\" for the recovery and disposal of extraterrestrial entities and technology. If authenticated, it would lend credence to Friedman\\\\'s belief in a governmental cover-up he terms a \\\"cosmic Watergate.\\\" While this book is speculative to some degree, Friedman operates mostly as a scientist, carefully weighing all evidence before coming to a conclusion. Recommended for public and academic libraries.?Gary D. Barber, SUNY at Fredonia Lib. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'The Majestic-12 documents are controversial adjuncts to the now famous UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Obtained under unusual circumstances, they refer to a top-secret research operation created by President Truman to coordinate the study of debris and alien bodies recovered from the crash site. Although the documents are considered by many historians and ufologists to be hoaxes, Friedman has studied them intensively and answers criticisms in great detail. He reviews the most recently discovered document, an alleged 1954 manual for the recovery and disposal of extraterrestrial entities and technology, as well as the notorious \\\"alien autopsy\\\" film that was broadcast on the Fox network in 1995. This book will delight those who can\\\\'t get enough of crashed saucers and government cover-ups. George Eberhart', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch, Inspiration & Instruction\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blackball, the Black Sox, and the Babe: Baseball's Crucial 1920 Season\\nDescription: [\\\"This study of professional baseball in 1920 stresses the pivotal nature of the revelations regarding the crooked 1919 World Series. In particular, Cottrell (history and American studies, California State Univ., Chico), the author of a biography of Rube Foster and an LJ reviewer, tells the story by focusing on four prominent figures: Buck Weaver, the one member of the Black Sox punished only for guilty knowledge; Kennesaw Mountain Landis, the flamboyant and morally righteous federal judge who would become baseball's first commissioner; Babe Ruth, who ushered in a new era and style of baseball; and Rube Foster, who founded the first black professional baseball league that same year. Cottrell's approach is scholarly and meticulous, but the writing is very readable. At times, the Foster sections seem artificially inserted, but that reflects the ostracized state of blacks in professional baseball at the time. Cottrell's emphasis on American hero mythology and racial realities works well, though his invocation of class considerations falls a little flat. Recommended for any library where baseball books circulate well. John Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ.Lib., Camden, NJ Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\\\", '\\\"meticulous...recommended\\\"--Library Journal; \\\"he skillfully weaves his four biographies to chronicle a crucial season that changed baseball\\\"--Sports Collectors Digest; \\\"a collective biography of some of the biggest figures in 1920 baseball\\\"--The SABR Bulletin.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II\\nDescription: ['“I love these kinds of books, and this is a great one....It’s a phenomenal story.” (Jon Stewart, The Daily Show)
“Fascinating ... Kiernan has amassed a deep reservoir of intimate details of what life was like for women living in the secret city, gleaned from seven years of interviews and research. ... Rosie, it turns out, did much more than drive rivets.” (The Washington Post)
“Kiernan…brings a unique and personal perspective to this key part of American history.…Instead of the words of top scientists and government officials, Kiernan recounts the experiences of factory workers, secretaries, and low-level chemists in a town that housed at its peak 75,000 people trained not to talk about what they knew or what they did. She combines their stories with detailed reporting that provides a clear and compelling picture of this fascinating time.” (The Boston Globe)
“Kiernan’s focus is on the intimate and often strange details of work and life at Oak Ridge. It’s told in a novelistic style and is an intimate look at the experiences of the young women who worked at Oak Ridge and the local residents whose lives were changed by the presence of the project.” (The San Francisco Book Review)
“Kiernan’s book, the result of seven years of research and interviews with the surviving \\\\'girls,\\\\' sparkles with their bright, WWII slang and spirit, and takes readers behind the scenes into the hive-like encampments and cubicles where they spent their days and nights.…The Girls of Atomic City brings to light a forgotten chapter in our history that combines a vivid, novelistic story with often troubling science.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“The image of Rosie the Riveter — women filling in at factories to help the war effort — is well known. But women also assisted on the Manhattan Project, signing up for secret work in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to help build the atomic bomb. Kiernan looks at the lives and contributions of these unsung women who worked in jobs from secretaries to chemists.” (New York Post)
“Kiernan’s accounts ring with authenticity.…The Girls of Atomic City is fascinating.\\\" (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
\\\"As most of us are all too aware, the generation who fought in World War II or supported the effort from home are leaving us -- their children, grandchildren, and greats -- to carry on without them. Thanks to author Kiernan, we hear from a group of that generation\\\\'s women, now in their eighties and nineties, whose wartime experience matched no one else\\\\'s. Ever. Anywhere.\\\" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
“A fresh take on the secret city built in the mountains of Tennessee as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II… An inspiring account of how people can respond with their best when called upon.” (Kirkus Reviews)
\\\"Denise Kiernan recreates, with cinematic vividness and clarity, the surreal Orwell-meets-Margaret Atwood environment of Oak Ridge as experienced by some of the women who were there: secretaries, technicians, a nurse, a statistician, a leak pipe inspector, a chemist, and a janitor.\\\" (DailyBeast.com)', 'Denise Kiernan’s previous book, The Girls of Atomic City, is a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and NPR bestseller, and was named one of Amazon’s Top 100 Best Books of 2013. Kiernan has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Discover, and many more publications. She has also worked in television, serving as head writer for ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire during its Emmy award–winning first season and producing for media outlets such as ESPN and MSNBC. She has been a featured guest on NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” PBS NewsHour, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Very Lowly: A Meditation on Francis of Assisi\\nDescription: ['\\\"Every once in a while a book comes along that takes your breath away, leaving you dizzy and delirious. Read this book and you\\\\'ll understand the importance of paying humble attention to humble things. And finally, read this book because it will teach your soul to sing.\\\"Spirituality and Health
\\\"A singular contemplative exercise. Christian Bobin has given birth to a music that is his alone. One finds oneself entering into this contemplation, into this human nearness, and sharing its happiness.\\\"Le Monde
\\\"This exquisite and moving book not only talks about Saint Francis in a very eloquent way but brings the reader subtly and magically into the very heart of Francis\\\\'s great mystical love for the world.\\\"Andrew Harvey, author of Son of Man and The Direct Path', \\\"Christian Bobin is the author of eighteen books in French, several of them best-sellers, and he is the winner of France's 1993 Grand Prix Catholique de Litterature.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Mag ic of Theater\\nDescription: ['Journalist Sokolove pays tribute to drama teacher Lou Volpe, who in the last 40 years has revolutionized the theater program at Harry S. Truman High School. Located in Levittown, Pennsylvania, a blue-collar town that has been on a slow economic downswing since the 1960s, Truman has become known for its drama program, thanks to Volpe, whose productions draw not only critical acclaim but also the attention of famous theater producers. A dedicated teacher who inspires loyalty in students past and present, Volpe often stages productions that are controversial but that he firmly believes his kids will relate to. During the season Sokolove spends at Truman, Volpe and his kids put on the play Good Boys and True and the musical Spring Awakeningsboth of which address teen sexuality, angst, and reckless behavior. Volpe pushes his student actors hard, but for most of them, being in one of his productions is transformative. Many alums go on to pursue careers in theater or the arts. A powerful look at the way a dynamic and dedicated teacher can change lives. --Kristine Huntley', 'Praise for Drama High
\\\"A good reporter can make almost any story interesting. A great reporter makes it blossom. With the kind of diligent, thorough and imaginative reporting not seen enough these days, Sokolove not only brings a teacher, his students and their community to life, he also opens the story to larger matters.\\\"The Washington Post
\\\"Poignant...Captivating...[Sokolove] shines a heartening light on how one of those passionate heros devoted himself...to educating, rather than training, young people.\\\"The New York Times Book Review
Imagine if all ofGleesustained the level of quality and heart that characterized the story lines between Kurt and his dad, and you\\\\'ll get a closer approximation of whatDrama HighachievesIt immediately becomes required reading: for young people who can learn more about the challenge and rewards of theatre, for parents who may well need the same background, for anyone who doubts the value of theatre as an educational and character-building activity not only for those who would become professionals, for those who want to spark reveries of their own experiences in high school drama.The Huffington Post
\\\"Anextraordinary booka viscerally real reminder of the pain and excitement of being a teenager, an honest and compassionate discussion of class in America, awondrous, lightning-in-a-bottle book.\\\"Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep
\\\"Part Glee, part Hoop Dreams, Drama High is a bravura performance, the true story of that teacher we all remember or wish we did, the one who pushes us to be better than we thought possible. You\\\\'ll clap and cry at the end. Sokolove deserves a standing ovation.\\\"Elizabeth Weil, author of No Cheating, No Dying
\\\"What makes a great teacherthe kind who truly transforms lives? The answer lies between these covers, in Michael Sokolove\\\\'s intimate portrait. This book ripples with emotion, with humor, with heart. Like a great performance, Drama High won\\\\'t just move you. It will inspire you.\\\"Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx Is Burning
Praise for Michael Sokolove
Sokolove is a natural literary stylist with the gifts of a social historian.The New York Times
A terrific read, made to work by Sokoloves insightful reporting and deft writing . . . a sad, powerful, thoughtful, totally engrossing work.Chicago Tribune
A narrative defined by its compassionate, clear-eyed tone. Entertainment Weekly
A first-class work of sound reporting.Roger Angell, The New Yorker ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dragon and Monster Tales\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Samuel Adams: A Life\\nDescription: [\\\"Thomas Jefferson once declared, For depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equaled, Sam Adams. Yet the American revolutionary from Massachusetts (17221803, cousin of John Adams) has become the forgotten founding father, and Stoll attempts to pull Adams out of this oblivion. Rebellious Americans' passionate vision of themselves as an incarnation of the Israelites freeing themselves from Egyptian slavery was invoked by Adams, one of the most religious American revolutionaries. He called on Americans to fulfill their God-given freedom and was a radical who endured physical danger, poverty and the death at 37 of his only son. But for Stoll, a managing editor of the New York Sun with a long career in newspapers, Adams was also the consummate newspaperman, a pundit dispersing the ideals of freedom. Occasionally apt to settle into litanies of Adams's various tasks and redundant statements on the divine right of American independence, Stoll also sporadically recounts evocative details of the period, such as the lyrics from revolutionary songs. This account might sustain a renewed interest in Adams as the founder of a distinctly American spirit. (Nov.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Unlike Jefferson, Washington, or other Founding Fathers, Sam Adams could point to few accomplishments before the era of the Revolution began. With the end of benign neglect and the onset of the efforts by Britain to tighten restrictions on the American colonies, Adams true talents emerged. He was, as his cousin John Adams stated, a born rebel. Stoll has written a compact, admiring biography of Adams aimed at general readers. He examines Adams rich but sometimes sad personal life, including his marriages and family tragedies. The strongest part of the narrative, of course, concerns his career as a Revolutionary agitator and statesman. Many of Adams comrades in the struggle were secular deists, but Adams was a devout Christian who sincerely saw the hand of God working in the struggle for his concept of liberty and eventually independence. His fiery rhetoric was infused with biblical allusions. Like many successful Revolutionaries, Adams was single-minded, frequently intolerant of other views, and frighteningly confident of his own righteousness. Stoll effectively conveys both the virtues and defects of a somewhat neglected but very essential figure in our Revolutionary struggle. --Jay Freeman', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Girl on the Fridge: Stories\\nDescription: ['Advocates of flash fiction contend you can say a lot with a little. Unfortunately, you can also say a little with a little. Israeli writer Keret (The Nimrod Flipout) confirms both with this hodgepodge of 46 sketches, culled from his first collection. There are whimsical tales like Nothing, about a woman who loved a man who was made of nothing because this love would never betray her, and Freeze! about a guy who can stop the world and uses the power to score with hot girls. Despite an appealing, comic voice, many of these pieces feel insubstantial and leave the reader indifferent. Nevertheless, a haunting theme arises as stories featuring violence accumulate: Not Human Beings, in which an Israeli soldier is beaten by fellow officers when he objects to the cruel treatment of an old Arab man, screams in the face of bloodshed, whereas the irritation of the father in A Bet, when TV news reports on an Arab sentenced to death preempts an episode of Moonlighting, suggests how violence has been normalized. Keret demonstrates how the same short form that produces ineffective trifles can also create moments of startling power. (Apr.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', 'Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation. Salman Rushdie', 'Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat. Stephen Marche, The Forward', \\\"Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously. Yann Martel\\\", 'Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages. Kyle Smith, People', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Power and The Glory The Knitting Experience: Book 3: Color (The Knitting Experience)\\nDescription: ['
Sally Melville teaches knitting and is the author of Sally Melville Styles: A Unique and Elegant Approach to Your Yarn Collection, The Knitting Experience, Book 1: The Knit Stitch, and The Knitting Experience, Book 2: The Purl Stitch. She lives in Waterloo, Ontario.
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\\\"Unique in the strange history of the Iron Curtain... Enthralling... A truly remarkable account of how the author fulfilled his stewardship as a lawyer and as a negotiator. He has done us a real service in writing this engrossing and forthright book.\\\" (Allen Dulles, former chief of the CIA, in the New York Times Book Review)
\\\"Absorbing... A top-notch spy thriller.\\\" (Time Magazine)
\\\"As fascinating as it is exciting.\\\" (The Houston Chronicle)
\\\"Strangers on a Bridge guides us through the saga with a dry and courtly wisdom.\\\" (The New Yorker)
\\\"As compelling as The Spy Who Came In From the Cold--except it happens to be true.\\\" (Life Magazine)
\\\"An impressive story of devotion to justice and the national interest.\\\" (M.C. Miskovsky, CIA)
\\\"Well written and informative, Strangers on a Bridge is a wonderful firsthand account of the most notable spy swap made during the height of the Cold War. Written by defense attorney James Donovan in 1963, the book gives an accurate overview of the behind the scenes negotiations that resulted in KGB Colonel Rudolph Abel being exchange for my father, CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, in February 1962 on the Bridge of Spies.\\\" (Francis Gary Powers, Jr., Founder and Chairman Emeritus The Cold War Museum)
This book is much more than the exciting journal of one of historys great espionage cases, its preparation, trial and appeal and its dramatic dnouement at the Glienicker Bridge. Anyone who thrills to spy narratives and brilliant investigative work and skillful courtroom tactics will be sure to enjoy it. (Charles S. Desmond, Former Chief Judge of the State of New York)', 'Born in New York City in 1916, James B. Donovan graduated from Fordham University and Harvard Law School. A commander in the Navy during World War II, he became general counsel of the Office of Strategic Services and was associate prosecutor at the principal Nuremberg trial. Mr. Donovan subsequently acted as chief counsel in major trials and appeals in over thirty states, and was an insurance lawyer and partner at Watters and Donovan. He was Democratic candidate for United States Senator from New York in 1962; served as general counsel for the Cuban Families Committee, obtaining the release of more than 9,700 Cubans and Americans from Castros Cuba; was president of Pratt Institute; and was president of the Board of Education of the City of New York. He died in 1970, and was survived by his wife and four children.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Delta-human System: Better than just going organic\\nDescription: ['Marcel Ostrow earned his Bachelors Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University with high honors. He has had a profound and un-canny interest in natural nutrition. For a long time, he had not engaged it fully, yet he knew something was wrong with the way most Americans thought and acted on their food choices. He became a Certified Sports Nutritionist by the ASFA, and has, for a long time, dedicated vast amounts of money and time to study and apply the novel nutrition principles to better his own life and that of the people willing to make a change in their life, particularly with food.', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":290,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":290,"string":"290"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen\nDescription: ['Book Description Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the worlds greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. ', 'Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder.', 'With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.', 'Question:Born to Run explores the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos Copper Canyon, arguably the greatest distance runners in the world. What are some of the secrets you learned from them?', 'Christopher McDougall: The key secret hit me like a thunderbolt. It was so simple, yet such a jolt. It was this: everything Id been taught about running was wrong. We treat running in the modern world the same way we treat childbirthits going to hurt, and requires special exercises and equipment, and the best you can hope for is to get it over with quickly with minimal damage.', 'Then I meet the Tarahumara, and theyre having a blast. They remember what its like to love running, and it lets them blaze through the canyons like dolphins rocketing through waves. For them, running isnt work. It isnt a punishment for eating. Its fine art, like it was for our ancestors. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middlebehold, the Running Man.', 'The Tarahumara have a saying: Children run before they can walk. Watch any four-year-oldthey do everything at full speed, and its all about fun. Thats the most important thing I picked up from my time in the Copper Canyons, the understanding that running can be fast and fun and spontaneous, and when it is, you feel like you can go forever. But all of that begins with your feet. Strange as it sounds, the Tarahumara taught me to change my relationship with the ground. Instead of hammering down on my heels, the way Id been taught all my life, I learned to run lightly and gently on the balls of my feet. The day I mastered it was the last day I was ever injured.', 'Q: You trained for your first ultramarathona race organized by the mysterious gringo expat Caballo Blanco between the Tarahumara and some of Americas top ultrarunnerswhile researching and writing this book. What was your training like?', 'CM: It really started as kind of a dare. Just by chance, Id met an adventure-sports coach from Jackson Hole, Wyoming named Eric Orton. Erics specialty is tearing endurance sports down to their basic components and looking for transferable skills. He studies rock climbing to find shoulder techniques for kayakers, and applies Nordic skiings smooth propulsion to mountain biking. What hes looking for are basic engineering principles, because hes convinced that the next big leap forward in fitness wont come from strength or technology, but plain, simple durability. With some 70% of all runners getting hurt every year, the athlete who can stay healthy and avoid injury will leave the competition behind.', 'So naturally, Eric idolized the Tarahumara. Any tribe that has 90-year-old men running across mountaintops obviously has a few training tips up its sleeve. But since Eric had never actually met the Tarahumara, he had to deduce their methods by pure reasoning. His starting point was uncertainty; he assumed that the Tarahumara step into the unknown every time they leave their caves, because they never know how fast theyll have to sprint after a rabbit or how tricky the climbing will be if theyre caught in a storm. They never even know how long a race will be until they step up to the starting linethe distance is only determined in a last-minute bout of negotiating and could stretch anywhere from 50 miles to 200-plus.', 'Eric figured shock and awe was the best way for me to build durability and mimic Tarahumara-style running. Hed throw something new at me every dayhopping drills, lunges, mile intervalsand lots and lots of hills. There was no such thing, really, as long, slow distancehed have me mix lots of hill repeats and short bursts of speed into every mega-long run.', 'I didnt think I could do it without breaking down, and I told Eric that from the start. I basically defied him to turn me into a runner. And by the end of nine months, I was cranking out four hour runs without a problem.', 'Q: Youre a six-foot four-inches tall, 200-plus pound guynot anyones typical vision of a distance runner, yet youve completed ultra marathons and are training for more. Is there a body type for running, as many of us assume, or are all humans built to run?', 'CM: Yeah, Im a bigun. But isnt it sad thats even a reasonable question? I bought into that bull for a loooong time. Why wouldnt I? I was constantly being told by people who should know better that some bodies arent designed for running. One of the best sports medicine physicians in the country told me exactly thatthat the reason I was constantly getting hurt is because I was too big to handle the impact shock from my feet hitting the ground. Just recently, I interviewed a nationally-known sports podiatrist who said, You know, we didnt ALL evolve to run away from saber-toothed tigers. Meaning, what? That anyone who isnt sleek as a Kenyan marathoner should be extinct? Its such illogical blatherall kinds of body types exist today, so obviously they DID evolve to move quickly on their feet. Its really awful that so many doctors are reinforcing this learned helplessness, this idea that you have to be some kind of elite being to handle such a basic, universal movement.', 'Q: If humans are born to run, as you argue, whats your advice for a runner who is looking to make the leap from shorter road races to marathons, or marathons to ultramarathons? Is running really for everyone?', 'CM: I think ultrarunning is Americas hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race. I showed up at the Leadville Trail 100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, Whoah! Get a load of the hotties! Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful andbelieve it or notgood looking. I couldnt figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the daily life of an ultrarunner. Theyre out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes, eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away with the miles. But heres the real key to that kingdom: you have to relax and enjoy the run. No one cares how fast you run 50 miles, so ultrarunners dont really stress about times. Theyre out to enjoy the run and finish strong, not shave a few inconsequential seconds off a personal best. And thats the best way to transition up to big mileage races: as coach Eric told me, If it feels like work, youre working too hard.', 'Q: You write that distance running is the great equalizer of age and gender. Can you explain?', 'CM: Okay, Ill answer that question with a question: Starting at age nineteen, runners get faster every year until they hit their peak at twenty-seven. After twenty-seven, they start to decline. So if it takes you eight years to reach your peak, how many years does it take for you to regress back to the same speed you were running at nineteen?', 'Go ahead, guess all you want. No one Ive asked has ever come close. Its in the book, so I wont give it away, but I guarantee when you hear the answer, youll say, No way. THAT old? Now, factor in this: ultra races are the only sport in the world in which women can go toe-to-toe with men and hand them their heads. Ann Trason and Krissy Moehl often beat every man in the field in some ultraraces, while Emily Baer recently finished in the Top 10 at the Hardrock 100 while stopping to breastfeed her baby at the water stations.', 'So hows that possible? According to a new body of research, its because humans are the greatest distance runners on earth. We may not be fast, but were born with such remarkable natural endurance that humans are fully capable of outrunning horses, cheetahs and antelopes. Thats because we once hunted in packs and on foot; all of us, men and women alike, young and old together.', 'Q: One of the fascinating parts of Born to Run is your report on how the ultrarunners eatsalad for breakfast, wraps with hummus mid-run, or pizza and beer the night before a run. As a runner with a lot of miles behind him, what are your thoughts on nutrition for running?', 'CM: Live every day like youre on the lam. If youve got to be ready to pick up and haul butt at a moments notice, youre not going to be loading up on gut-busting meals. I thought Id have to go on some kind of prison-camp diet to get ready for an ultra, but the best advice I got came from coach Eric, who told me to just worry about the running and the eating would take care of itself. And he was right, sort of. I instinctively began eating smaller, more digestible meals as my miles increased, but then I went behind his back and consulted with the great Dr. Ruth Heidrich, an Ironman triathlete who lives on a vegan diet. Shes the one who gave me the idea of having salad for breakfast, and its a fantastic tip. The truth is, many of the greatest endurance athletes of all time lived on fruits and vegetables. You can get away with garbage for a while, but you pay for it in the long haul. In the book, I describe how Jenn Shelton and Billy Bonehead Barnett like to chow pizza and Mountain Dew in the middle of 100-mile races, but Jenn is also a vegetarian who most days lives on veggie burgers and grapes.', 'Q: In this difficult financial time, were experiencing yet another surge in the popularity of running. Can you explain this?', 'CM: When things look worst, we run the most. Three times, America has seen distance-running skyrocket and its always in the midst of a national crisis. The first boom came during the Great Depression; the next was in the 70s, when we were struggling to recover from a recession, race riots, assassinations, a criminal President and an awful war. And the third boom? One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, trailrunning suddenly became the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the country. I think theres a trigger in the human psyche that activates our first and greatest survival skill whenever we see the shadow of approaching raptors.', '(Photo James Rexroad)', '', 'From the depths of Mexicos Copper Canyon to the heights of the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon in Colorado, from the centuries-old running techniques of Mexicos Tarahumara tribe to a research lab at the University of Utah, author McDougall celebrates, in this engaging and picaresque account, humankinds innate love of running. There are rogues aplenty here, such the deadly narco-traffickers who roam Copper Canyon, but there are many more who inspire, such as the Tarahumara runners, who show the rest of the world the false limitations we place on human endurance. McDougall has served as an Associated Press war correspondent, is a contributing editor to Mens Health, and runs at his home in rural Pennsylvania, and he brings all of these experiences to bear in this slyly important, highly readable account. --Alan Moores', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Heart of Gold\nDescription: ['J.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. 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This mighty epic is a fitting tribute to the wisdom and courage of Ann Rogers Clark, her husband John, and the ten sons and daughters they nurtured and inspired.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>\"]","rejected":"Title: Aunt Mary's Kitchen Cookbook\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants\nDescription: ['', '', 'Samuel Thayer is an internationally recognized authority on edible wild plants who has authored two award-winning books on the topic, Natures Garden and The Foragers Harvest. He has taught foraging and field identification for more than two decades. Besides lecturing and writing, Samuel is an advocate for sustainable food systems who owns a diverse organic orchard and harvests wild rice, acorns, hickory nuts, maple syrup, and other wild products. He lives in rural northern Wisconsin with his wife and three children.', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Taking 1960\nDescription: ['Rosa Sophia is the Editor-in-Chief of the Pagan Writers Community (www.paganwriters.com). She writes in her free time, collects comic books and loves to travel.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Vegetable Gardening For Dummies\nDescription: ['', 'Learn to:
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Combat pests with environmentally' friendly methods
Save money and improve your health
', 'Now updated — your guide to growing fresher, healthier food at home', 'Want to start a vegetable garden but don't have a green thumb? No worries! This practical, hands-on guide gives you the tools to grow and enjoy your own vegetables, from selecting the right spot for your plot to preparing the soil to harvesting and preserving. You'll confidently plant your veggies, give them the care they need, and pick them at the right time!
Go ahead and veg out — from carrots to cabbage and from peppers to potatoes, discover the best varieties of vegetables to grow and the specifics on how to grow them
Enjoy other edibles — grow berries and herbs to add flavor to your garden
Get down and dirty — review the latest techniques for proper watering, mulching, fertilizing, succession planting, interplanting, and container gardening
Say goodbye to pesky pests — keep your plants pest-free and healthy using the newest, safest methods
', 'Open the book and find:
A new 8-page color insert
Updated illustrations
The benefits of growing vegetables
Ideas for different garden themes
A garden-planning guide
Different varieties of vegetables
All you need to know about seeds and transplants
How-tos on techniques for increasing your bounty
The best tools of the trade
Practical tips on harvesting and storing veggies
', '', 'Charlie Nardozzi has worked for more than 20 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through the printed page, the Internet, radio, and television. He is currently a radio show host and a guest expert on many nationally syndicated radio shows such as Martha Stewart Living Radio. He was the host for PBS's Garden Smart and has been a gardening expert on other television shows such as HGTV's Today at Home.']","rejected":"Title: Arundel Burning: The Maryland Oyster Roast Fire of 1956\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Angels in the ER: Inspiring True Stories from an Emergency Room Doctor\nDescription: ['
\"People caring for people. Compassion and lovingkindness in difficult circumstances. This is the medicine we need the most, and it is administered on every page of Angels in the ER, a chronicle of mankind at its best.\" —Richard Thomas, film, television, and stage actor, \"John-Boy\" on The Waltons and host of It\\'s a Miracle
\"Angels in the ER is hard to put down. You are right there with Dr. Lesslie in every circumstance, and each situation shows the spiritual dimension of life and death in a way most of us will never experience on our own. I can only compare the demand for moment-to-moment decision-making with my time on the basketball court. I enjoyed every story.\" —Bobby Jones, co-founder 2XSALT, four-time NBA All-Star, and member of the 1983 World Champion Philadelphia 76ers
\"Intelligent, insightful, professional, honest, compassionate...personal stories that allow the reader to view the patient from the mind and heart of the physician...
\"In an age when patients are viewed as social security numbers, Dr. Lesslie recovers the fading image of a caring doctor for whom the patient is center stage. We are left with the impression that angels belong to our lives, both in and out of emergency rooms. That is a conviction worth holding, and this is a book worth reading and rereading...If I ever land in an emergency room, I hope Dr. Lesslie is there waiting for me.\" —Randall T. Ruble, president, Erskine College and Seminary
\"We meet an amazing cast of characters who come through the doors of a South Carolina hospital emergency room. Professional wrestlers, distraught mothers, gunshot victims, travelers from off the interstate highway...just to name a few. But Robert Lesslie is also there, a faithful, empathetic physician with a heart for compassion and a keen eye for the presence of God in the midst of human need.\" —Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
', '
Bestselling author Dr. Robert Lesslie is a physician with more than 30 years of experience in fast-paced, intense ER environments. He is now the co-owner and medical director of two urgent-care facilities. He has written many books (including  Angels in the ER—over 200,000 copies sold) as well as newspaper and magazine columns and human-interest stories. He and his wife, Barbara, live in South Carolina.
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\"Essential Liberty, by author Rob Olive, tackles our greatest fears: The widespread prohibition and subsequent confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens, and the resulting moral, ethical, and constitutional crises. This isn\\'t just about guns, it\\'s about civil liberties, families, friendships, and abuses of power. I highly recommend Essential Liberty; this one is a \"must read\" for Second Amendment advocates and political fence sitters alike.\"--Keith Wood, Host of the National Rifle Association\\'s \"Bullshooters\" Blog
\"Consider Essential Liberty required reading for anyone who knows how fragile liberty is and how worthy it is of fighting for. It is, indeed, worth dying for and that implies, of course, that it is worth killing for. And that, perhaps, makes this book even more required reading for those who would undermine our liberty. If you liked John Ross\\'s Unintended Consequences and the Matthew Bracken Enemies Foreign and Domestic trilogy, you will no doubt find Essential Liberty impossible to put down.\"--Kurt Hofmann, \"Armed and Safe\" Blog, Columnist - Gun Rights Examiner', 'Rob Olive enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps fresh out of high school and served four years. He holds a bachelors degree in history from Oregon State University and has operated an insurance agency for over two decades. He lives in Oregon with his wife and three sons. Essential Liberty is Robs first novel. The concept grew out of his fascination with the one characteristic that differentiates the United States of America from any other country in historythe importance its Founders placed on individual liberty.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce\nDescription: [\"Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as 'bitter Bierce' and 'the devil's lexicographer.' He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature.\", '
In her foreword, Cathy N. Davidson, author of The Experimental Fictions of Ambrose Bierce, shows that Bierce, in form and mood, left behind the writers of his time and anticipated those of our own.
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Long Gray Line\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Taste of Home Quick Cooking 2016 Annual Recipes\nDescription: ['Dig into 650+ Super Fast Recipes & Tips! The exciting brand-new edition of QUICK COOKING ANNUAL RECIPES gives you page after page of scrumptious but speedy favorites. Shared by busy home cooks, the simply delicious dishes are sure to please all families. Below is a list of a taste of what to find inside the book: > 30-MINUTE DINNERS; > QUICK CASSEROLES; > HOLIDAY TIME-SAVERS; > KID-FRIENDLY FOOD; plus > DECADENT DESSERTS: > MEALS FROM THE SLOW COOKER; > POTLUCK SALADS; > ENTREES OFF THE GRILL; and > APPETIZERS.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, No. 1)\nDescription: [\"When Jack Reacher suddenly decides to ask a Greyhound bus driver to let him off near the town of Margrave, Georgia, he thinks it's because his brother once mentioned that the famed blues guitarist Blind Blake died there. But it doesn't take long for the footloose ex-military policeman to discover that there are plenty of strange--and very dangerous--things going on behind Margrave's manicured lawns and clean streets that demand his attention. This first thriller by a former television writer features some of the best-written scenes of action in recent memory, a crash course in currency and counterfeiting, and a hero who is just begging to be called on for an encore.\", 'The transient Jack Reacher finds himself in tiny Margrave, Georgia, and is almost immediately arrested, if briefly, as a murder suspect. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that one of the victims is his brother, a brilliant U.S. Treasury agent. Reacher himself is no slouch; a former military policeman, he can dispatch villains with an astonishing array of weapons, including various parts of his body. In the company of a straight-arrow detective and a beautiful lady cop, Reacher soon unearths a conspiracy stretching through the little town and beyond. Blood flows freely, terrible threats are made and carried out, and body parts accumulate. First novelist Child, a former television writer, stretches coincidence outrageously in this would-be noir outing, whose hero is creepily amoral, violent, and generally unpleasant. Only large pop fiction collections need consider.?Elsa Pendleton, Boeing Information Svcs., Ridgecrest, Cal. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Black Skyscraper: Architecture and the Perception of Race\nDescription: ['
\"The issues are at once new and familiar: how architecture and race entwine, and how writers contend with those links.\"
(UChicago Magazine)
\"A lucid, engaging look at how race was read in and through the skyscraper in early twentieth-century literature, The Black Skyscraper contributes in a substantial way to the growing body of literature that examines the connections between racial identity and the built environment.\"
(Dianne S. Harris, University of Utah, author of Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America)
\"Especially impressive is Brown\\'s careful attention to the aesthetic questions, including a clear account of how the skyscraper entered a collective imagination and contributed to a changing sensorium. In showing how the many literary and visual works she has assembled for this studynonfiction and fiction, documentary and imaginativeat once register and shape that collective imagination, Brown offers evidence of the importance of humanistic and artistic inquiry that stands to contribute significantly to critical debates on race and the built environment.\"
(Priscilla Wald, Duke University, author of Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative)
\"This exciting study breaks important new ground in the field of race and architecture. Showing incisively not only how ideas about race shaped the emergence of the early skyscraper but also how the skyscraper in turn shaped the perception of race itself, Brown\\'s book offers a fresh understanding of the often profound impact of the built environment on seeing, feeling, and performing racial identity. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersections between buildings, bodies, and books at the turn of the twentieth century.\"
(William Gleason, Princeton University, author of Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature)
\"The Black Skyscraper is Adrienne Brown\\'s magisterial work on the effects of race and racial perception emergent with the rise of the vertiginous symbols of industrial capitalism and modernity that sprouted in America\\'s metropolitan centers in the first half of the twentieth century. Her adept and unparalleled analysis of literature, dime-store novels, architecture, and urbanism offers a bold interdisciplinary model for rethinking the aesthetic and visual coding of racial difference within the built environment.\"
(Mabel Wilson, Columbia University, author of Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture)', '
With the development of the first skyscrapers in the 1880s, urban built environments could expand vertically as well as horizontally. Tall buildings emerged in growing cities to house and manage the large and racially diverse populations of migrants and immigrants flocking to their centers following Reconstruction. Beginning with Chicago\\'s early 10-story towers and concluding with the 1931 erection of the 102-story Empire State Building, Adrienne Brown\\'s The Black Skyscraper provides a detailed account of how scale and proximity shape our understanding of race.
Over the next half-century, as city skylines grew, American writers imagined the new urban backdrop as an obstacle to racial differentiation. Examining works produced by writers, painters, architects, and laborers who grappled with the early skyscraper\\'s outsized and disorienting dimensions, Brown explores this architecture\\'s effects on how race was seen, read, and sensed at the turn of the twentieth century.
In lesser-known works of apocalyptic science fiction, light romance, and Jazz Age melodrama, as well as in more canonical works by W. E. B. Du Bois, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aaron Douglas, and Nella Larsen, the skyscraper mediates the process of seeing and being seen as a racialized subject. From its distancing apexreducing bodies to specksto the shadowy mega-blocks it formed at street level, the skyscraper called attention, Brown argues, to the malleable nature of perception. A highly interdisciplinary work, The Black Skyscraper reclaims the influence of race on modern architectural design as well as the less-well-understood effects these designs had on the experience and perception of race.
\"A lucid, engaging look at how race was read in and through the skyscraper in early twentieth-century literature, The Black Skyscraper contributes in a substantial way to the growing body of literature that examines the connections between racial identity and the built environment.\"Dianne S. Harris, University of Utah, author of Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America
\"Especially impressive is Brown\\'s careful attention to the aesthetic questions, including a clear account of how the skyscraper entered a collective imagination and contributed to a changing sensorium. In showing how the many literary and visual works she has assembled for this studynonfiction and fiction, documentary and imaginativeat once register and shape that collective imagination, Brown offers evidence of the importance of humanistic and artistic inquiry that stands to contribute significantly to critical debates on race and the built environment.\"Priscilla Wald, Duke University, author of Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative
\"This exciting study breaks important new ground in the field of race and architecture. Showing incisively not only how ideas about race shaped the emergence of the early skyscraper but also how the skyscraper in turn shaped the perception of race itself, Brown\\'s book offers a fresh understanding of the often profound impact of the built environment on seeing, feeling, and performing racial identity. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersections between buildings, bodies, and books at the turn of the twentieth century.\"William Gleason, Princeton University, author of Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature
\"The Black Skyscraper is Adrienne Brown\\'s magisterial work on the effects of race and racial perception emergent with the rise of the vertiginous symbols of industrial capitalism and modernity that sprouted in America\\'s metropolitan centers in the first half of the twentieth century. Her adept and unparalleled analysis of literature, dime-store novels, architecture, and urbanism offers a bold interdisciplinary model for rethinking the aesthetic and visual coding of racial difference within the built environment.\"Mabel Wilson, Columbia University, author of Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Glory Riders: A Western Sextet (Center Point Premier Western (Large Print))\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Towards a United Ireland: An Uncompleted Journey\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government\nDescription: ['Philip Howard has been on a lonely crusade for common sense, good government, and other quixotic ideas. Hes done it again with The Rule of Nobody, an utterly compelling and persuasive book that, if followed, could change the way America worksor doesnt work. - Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World
Its so damn hard to fix things when people cantor wontmake new choices. This powerful book shows how Washington is sinking in legal quicksand, literally beyond the power of those supposedly in charge. Perhaps the only solution, as Howard argues, is to prune out these obsolete laws and chop away on the bureaucracy so that citizens of common sense can roll up their sleeves and get to work again as America has always done. Today, leadership is practically illegal. - Alan K. Simpson, U.S. senator, Wyo. (retired)
Philip K Howard has always struck me as an eminently reasonable, articulate advocate for common sense solutions. No wonder no one listens to him. - Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Philip Howard offers a startlingly fresh slant on what is holding America back. No one is free to make choices, including, especially, government officials. Regulatory law has become a nearly impenetrable web of detailed prohibitions and specifications. Everyone is hamstrung. Dense regulation discourages individuals, communities, and companies from taking new initiatives. It also prevents government officials from making the case-by-case judgment needed for effective regulatory oversight. This is an important reason why it is so expensive to start a business, why healthcare costs have gone through the roof, and why innovation has slowed to a crawl. - Professor Edmund S. Phelps, 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics and director, Center on Capitalism and Society
Youll laugh and wince and cry at the ridiculous situation America has gotten itself into. Howard shows us how we manufactured the rope we are now hanging ourselves with. Then he shows us how to untie the noose and put America back on the path to trust, competence, and greatness. - Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind
This book is so deep, appealing, and rousing that it has the potential to actually move politics out of its current stasis. - Christopher DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow, The Hudson Institute
Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, its always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency [This] book drives home some large truths. - Stuart Taylor Jr., The Wall Street Journal
Compelling. - Nick Gillespie, The Wall Street Journal
Howards proposed fix is witty, and intriguing: a follow-up to the Bill of Rights called the Bill of Responsibilities. These would be five new Constitutional amendments aimed at making government work better. - Kyle Smith, New York Post
Philip K. Howards important new book helps to explain why government at all levels not only is on autopilot but on a flight path that can only end in disaster The Rule of Nobody envisions a shift in valuesaway from automatic government and toward a structure that allows humans to make choices needed to adapt to local need and global challenges. Well, heres hoping. - Nick Gillespie, The Daily Beast', 'Philip K. Howard is the founder of Common Good, a nonprofit that advocates for simplifying government. His book, The Rule of Nobody, was a finalist for the Manhattan Institutes Hayek Book Prize. He lives in New York.']","rejected":"Title: Hugo's Les Miserables (Cliffs Notes)\nDescription: [\"Cliffs Test Preparation Guides help students prepare for and improve their performance on standardized tests ACT Preparation Guide CBEST Preparation Guide CLAST Preparation Guide ELM Review GMAT Preparation Guide GRE Preparation Guide LSAT Preparation Guide MAT Preparation Guide MATH Review for Standardized Tests MSAT Preparation Guide Memory Power for Exams Police Officer Examination Preparation Guide Police Sergeant Examination Preparation Guide Police Management Examinations Preparation Guide Postal Examinations Preparation Guide Praxis I: PPST Preparation Guide Praxis II: NTE Core Battery Preparation Guide SAT Preparation Guide SAT II Writing Preparation Guide TASP Preparation Guide TOEFL Preparation Guide with 2 cassettes Advanced Practice for the TOEFL with 2 cassettes Verbal Review for Standardized Tests Writing Proficiency Examinations You Can Pass the GED Cliffs Quick Reviews help students in introductory college courses or Advanced Placement classes Algebra I Algebra II Anatomy & Physiology Basic Math and Pre-Algebra Biology Calculus Chemistry Differential Equations Economics Geometry Linear Algebra Microbiology Physics Statistics Trigonometry Cliffs Advanced Placement Preparation Guides help high school students taking Advanced Placement courses to earn college credit AP Biology AP Calculus AB AP Chemistry AP English Language & Composition AP English Literature & Composition AP United States History Cliffs Complete Study Editions are comprehensive study guides with complete text, running commentary and glossary Chaucer's Prologue Chaucer's Wife of Bath Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV, Part I King Lear Macbeth The Merchant of Venice Othello Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Twelfth Night See inside back cover for listing of Cliffs Notes titles Registered trademarks include: GRE, MSAT, the Praxis Series, and TOEFL (Educational Testing Service): AP, Advanced Placement Program, and SAT (College Entrance Examination Board); GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Council); and LSAT (Law School Admission Council.) Les Miserables\", 'No Bio', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Being Mortal\nDescription: ['Title: Being Mortal( Medicine and What Matters in the End) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: AtulGawande <>Publisher: MetropolitanBooks', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 2007 High School Baseball Rules by Topic\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hope: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Herman Wouk's acclaimed novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Caine Mutiny; Marjorie Morningstar; Don't Stop the Carnival; Youngblood Hawke; The Winds of War; War and Remembrance; Inside, Outside; The Hope; and The Glory.\", 'His nonfiction books include This Is My God and The Will to Live On: This Is Our Heritage.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: An Introduction to the Languages of the World\nDescription: [' \"The author succeeds in covering a broad range of important and interesting information, and I am not aware of any other work that could serve as an all-round textbook for a course on the Languages of the World.\"--Bernard Comrie, University of Southern California, author of The World\\'s MajorLanguages', '', '', '', 'Anatole V. Lyovin is at University of Hawaii at Manoa.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Glory: A Novel\nDescription: [\"In Wouk's newest work, you'll meet Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Henry Kissinger, along with the second generation of the military family in his recent New York Times best seller, The Hope. A Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild alternate selection. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"This is the sequel to The Hope (1993), which dramatized the unlikely course of modern Israel's history, ending with its smashing victory over the Arabs in 1967. As in previous sagas of Woukian dimensions, The Winds of War to name one of a dozen, ordinary people become heroic figures against a turbulent backdrop of war, death, and love. As emotional encapsulations of this century's ghastly and glorious Jewish experience, Wouk's epics have been automatically popular, regardless of their schmaltzy, made-for-TV texture. Here he places a dozen military characters and their families in crucial roles in the post-'67 fighting: the Barak family has a military attach{}e in the Washington embassy and a son on a gunboat; the Luries fly fighters; and the Pasternaks lurk in the Mossad's shadows. From such vantage points, they fight along and over the Suez Canal and fend off disaster in the Yom Kippur War, pull off the exhilarating Entebbe rescue, and bomb Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981, an endpoint that leaves out the less triumphant '80s. Wouk humanizes these intense events with scenes of passage (affairs, weddings, funerals) and mixes in real Israeli leaders such as Golda Meir, Dayan, Sharon, and Rabin, who consult with his characters. While action-minded readers await a possible televised adaptation, this spacious panorama of battle should sustain their interest. Gilbert Taylor\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Oklahoma (Portrait of America)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Guide to Motorcycling Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, and Strategies for Riding Right\nDescription: ['\"A welcome resource for both beginning and experienced riders.\" -- Kansas City Star
\"A welcome resource for both beginning and experienced riders.\" -- Kansas City Star
\"If you have taken a course, this book will help you recall what you learned and refine your mental riding strategies . . . a winner that should benefit motorcyclists for years to come.\" -- BMW Owners News
\"Includes almost everything a truly proficient street rider should understand and master.\" -- Motorcyclist
\"Now all motorcyclists can have instant access to an extensive resource on motorcycling safety, compiled by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). Motorcycle Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, And Strategies for Riding Right is a book that comprises much of what the MSF has learned in the last 21 years.\" -- Motorcycle Shopper, December 1994
\"The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.\" -- Iron Works
\"The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.\" -- Iron Works
\"This book covers everything from beginner to expert; really! It has 176 pages and some really nice photographs; my favorite is on page 18 showing a lovely Connie turning in. If you fell asleep in Physics 101 in high school (maybe it was college for me. . .) this text has lots of theoretical stuff on why the round things at either end of you bike behave the way they do. It is a good reference to lend out to beginning family members or friends to get them started on the right foot.\" -- North East Area Concours Owners Group
\"Though no book is a substitute for taking an approved motorcycle safety class, this one will improve your riding whether you\\'ve been throwing a leg over trusty two-wheelers for decades or are contemplating it for the first time. Even if you only pick up one gem of wisdom (and you\\'ll likely pick up more), that tip could well be the one that saves your hide some day. Remember, the more you know, the better it gets.\" -- Motorcycle Times, Mar/Apr 1995
\"You won\\'t be disappointed [in this] invaluable resource tool that will help any rider become a better rider. -- Street Bike', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Best of Britain's 100 Places to Visit: Great Days Out for All the Family\nDescription: ['In this handy travel series, AAs experts have selected 100 of the top places to visit in Britain so that you can enjoy the finest of British culture and natural beauty. Packed with local knowledge, and complete with detailed descriptions, color photos, and visitors information, these easytouse guides are firstclass travel companions.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People\nDescription: ['Unflinchingly honest (and funny)You don\\'t have to be religious to get something out of this book. -NPRs Best Books of 2015
\"Compulsively readable [Bolz-Weber\\'s] love for God and for humankind shines through on every page. -Publishers Weekly
\"[Bolz-Weber] is one of the most important Christian voices around -- not because she has come up with some catchy, easy new way to do faith, but because when talks about the destructive power of sin, as well as redemption and grace, she knows of what she speaks.\" -Huffington Post
\"Wickedly funny and painfully vulnerable, theologically nuanced and lyrically sonorous. [Bolz-Weber\\'s] voice communicates the scandal of the Christ and the sacraments of his church with more force and vitality than most writers can hope to summon.\" -The Christian Century
Engaging and accessibleBolz-Weber is clear-eyed about the personal travails faced by the marginalized and those without faith. Booklist
\"If Saint Augustine were to return to life and live among us now, he would be Bolz-Weber; and if hisConfessionswere to be written in 21st century rhetoric and style, they would be this book.Accidental Saintsis what every Christian yearns to know is possible.\" -Phyllis Tickle, author ofThe Divine HoursandThe GreatEmergence
\"To say this is a book about God working through imperfect people is to reduce a work of profound, unvarnished truth-telling to the very clich it so masterfully avoids. Accidental Saints is a triumph in faithful storytelling. In just a few lines of description and dialog, Nadia Bolz-Weber manages to capture all that is beautiful and maddening and frightening about our shared humanity, including her own inconsistencies and struggles as a Jesus-loving sinner-saint. This is one of those rare books that will make you simultaneously wince with recognition and sigh with relief. A must read for every screw-up and asshole caught up in Gods grace.\" -Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood and Searching for Sunday Besides the fact that she is an amazing writer, my friend Nadia understands more than most that we are messed up people living in a messed up world with other messed up people. She gets the human condition. She refuses to sugarcoat the depth of her own desperation and need. And thats why she gets graceour dire need for grace. She understands that God meets our messed-up-ness with his mercy over and over and over again. I couldnt put this book down. -Tullian Tchividjian, author of One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World and founder of LIBERATE
\"Nadia Bolz-Weber\\'s new book is even tougher, sharper and sweeter than Pastrix: in painfully honest stories, she pulls back the curtains of religious life to show how churchthe actual, living body of Godis created among us. This is a book for everyone who yearns to be made new.\" -Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread and City of God
\"I always feel narcissistic when I affirm writers who think like I do.But Nadia says it--anddoes it--so much better, with much more humor, moreliving examples, and a conviction that will convict you!\" -Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.,Center for Action and Contemplation
\"This is a collection of stories about how liturgy (who would have imagined?), ritual (what?), church (really?), and a bunch of flawed people (like us?) can catch the light of grace and catch fire with the beauty of God. For so many reasons, you really should read it.\" -Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity and A Generous Orthodoxy
\"This book made me so happy to be a Christian. Honest and funny, deep and insightful, Accidental Saints disarmed me and then, right when I was vulnerable, Nadia\\'s words snuck right in to mess with me.\" - Sarah Bessey, author of \"Jesus Feminist\" and \"Out of Sorts\" ', 'Nadia Bolz-Weberis the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Pastrix. Nadia has been featured on CNN and in the Washington Post, Bitch Magazine, NPRs Morning Edition, More Magazine, and the Daily Beast.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Wisdom of Proverbs:An Essential Guide to Proverbs\nDescription: [\"Bob Beasley is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, but lived most of his life in San Diego, California. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, he served as a US Army officer before beginning his career in the real estate industry. In 1981, he formed COMPS InfoSystems, a firm that published confirmed market data of commercial property sales throughout the major metropolitan areas of the United States. Bob is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary in California, and has three grown daughters and seven grandchildren. In addition to his writing ministry, Bob is an adjunct professor of biblical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Donets'k, Ukraine, and teaches in his home church, Trinity PCA in Asheville, North Carolina. 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', 'Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder.', 'With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.', 'Question:Born to Run explores the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos Copper Canyon, arguably the greatest distance runners in the world. What are some of the secrets you learned from them?', 'Christopher McDougall: The key secret hit me like a thunderbolt. It was so simple, yet such a jolt. It was this: everything Id been taught about running was wrong. We treat running in the modern world the same way we treat childbirthits going to hurt, and requires special exercises and equipment, and the best you can hope for is to get it over with quickly with minimal damage.', 'Then I meet the Tarahumara, and theyre having a blast. They remember what its like to love running, and it lets them blaze through the canyons like dolphins rocketing through waves. For them, running isnt work. It isnt a punishment for eating. Its fine art, like it was for our ancestors. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middlebehold, the Running Man.', 'The Tarahumara have a saying: Children run before they can walk. Watch any four-year-oldthey do everything at full speed, and its all about fun. Thats the most important thing I picked up from my time in the Copper Canyons, the understanding that running can be fast and fun and spontaneous, and when it is, you feel like you can go forever. But all of that begins with your feet. Strange as it sounds, the Tarahumara taught me to change my relationship with the ground. Instead of hammering down on my heels, the way Id been taught all my life, I learned to run lightly and gently on the balls of my feet. The day I mastered it was the last day I was ever injured.', 'Q: You trained for your first ultramarathona race organized by the mysterious gringo expat Caballo Blanco between the Tarahumara and some of Americas top ultrarunnerswhile researching and writing this book. What was your training like?', 'CM: It really started as kind of a dare. Just by chance, Id met an adventure-sports coach from Jackson Hole, Wyoming named Eric Orton. Erics specialty is tearing endurance sports down to their basic components and looking for transferable skills. He studies rock climbing to find shoulder techniques for kayakers, and applies Nordic skiings smooth propulsion to mountain biking. What hes looking for are basic engineering principles, because hes convinced that the next big leap forward in fitness wont come from strength or technology, but plain, simple durability. With some 70% of all runners getting hurt every year, the athlete who can stay healthy and avoid injury will leave the competition behind.', 'So naturally, Eric idolized the Tarahumara. Any tribe that has 90-year-old men running across mountaintops obviously has a few training tips up its sleeve. But since Eric had never actually met the Tarahumara, he had to deduce their methods by pure reasoning. His starting point was uncertainty; he assumed that the Tarahumara step into the unknown every time they leave their caves, because they never know how fast theyll have to sprint after a rabbit or how tricky the climbing will be if theyre caught in a storm. They never even know how long a race will be until they step up to the starting linethe distance is only determined in a last-minute bout of negotiating and could stretch anywhere from 50 miles to 200-plus.', 'Eric figured shock and awe was the best way for me to build durability and mimic Tarahumara-style running. Hed throw something new at me every dayhopping drills, lunges, mile intervalsand lots and lots of hills. There was no such thing, really, as long, slow distancehed have me mix lots of hill repeats and short bursts of speed into every mega-long run.', 'I didnt think I could do it without breaking down, and I told Eric that from the start. I basically defied him to turn me into a runner. And by the end of nine months, I was cranking out four hour runs without a problem.', 'Q: Youre a six-foot four-inches tall, 200-plus pound guynot anyones typical vision of a distance runner, yet youve completed ultra marathons and are training for more. Is there a body type for running, as many of us assume, or are all humans built to run?', 'CM: Yeah, Im a bigun. But isnt it sad thats even a reasonable question? I bought into that bull for a loooong time. Why wouldnt I? I was constantly being told by people who should know better that some bodies arent designed for running. One of the best sports medicine physicians in the country told me exactly thatthat the reason I was constantly getting hurt is because I was too big to handle the impact shock from my feet hitting the ground. Just recently, I interviewed a nationally-known sports podiatrist who said, You know, we didnt ALL evolve to run away from saber-toothed tigers. Meaning, what? That anyone who isnt sleek as a Kenyan marathoner should be extinct? Its such illogical blatherall kinds of body types exist today, so obviously they DID evolve to move quickly on their feet. Its really awful that so many doctors are reinforcing this learned helplessness, this idea that you have to be some kind of elite being to handle such a basic, universal movement.', 'Q: If humans are born to run, as you argue, whats your advice for a runner who is looking to make the leap from shorter road races to marathons, or marathons to ultramarathons? Is running really for everyone?', 'CM: I think ultrarunning is Americas hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race. I showed up at the Leadville Trail 100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, Whoah! Get a load of the hotties! Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful andbelieve it or notgood looking. I couldnt figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the daily life of an ultrarunner. Theyre out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes, eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away with the miles. But heres the real key to that kingdom: you have to relax and enjoy the run. No one cares how fast you run 50 miles, so ultrarunners dont really stress about times. Theyre out to enjoy the run and finish strong, not shave a few inconsequential seconds off a personal best. And thats the best way to transition up to big mileage races: as coach Eric told me, If it feels like work, youre working too hard.', 'Q: You write that distance running is the great equalizer of age and gender. Can you explain?', 'CM: Okay, Ill answer that question with a question: Starting at age nineteen, runners get faster every year until they hit their peak at twenty-seven. After twenty-seven, they start to decline. So if it takes you eight years to reach your peak, how many years does it take for you to regress back to the same speed you were running at nineteen?', 'Go ahead, guess all you want. No one Ive asked has ever come close. Its in the book, so I wont give it away, but I guarantee when you hear the answer, youll say, No way. THAT old? Now, factor in this: ultra races are the only sport in the world in which women can go toe-to-toe with men and hand them their heads. Ann Trason and Krissy Moehl often beat every man in the field in some ultraraces, while Emily Baer recently finished in the Top 10 at the Hardrock 100 while stopping to breastfeed her baby at the water stations.', 'So hows that possible? According to a new body of research, its because humans are the greatest distance runners on earth. We may not be fast, but were born with such remarkable natural endurance that humans are fully capable of outrunning horses, cheetahs and antelopes. Thats because we once hunted in packs and on foot; all of us, men and women alike, young and old together.', 'Q: One of the fascinating parts of Born to Run is your report on how the ultrarunners eatsalad for breakfast, wraps with hummus mid-run, or pizza and beer the night before a run. As a runner with a lot of miles behind him, what are your thoughts on nutrition for running?', 'CM: Live every day like youre on the lam. If youve got to be ready to pick up and haul butt at a moments notice, youre not going to be loading up on gut-busting meals. I thought Id have to go on some kind of prison-camp diet to get ready for an ultra, but the best advice I got came from coach Eric, who told me to just worry about the running and the eating would take care of itself. And he was right, sort of. I instinctively began eating smaller, more digestible meals as my miles increased, but then I went behind his back and consulted with the great Dr. Ruth Heidrich, an Ironman triathlete who lives on a vegan diet. Shes the one who gave me the idea of having salad for breakfast, and its a fantastic tip. The truth is, many of the greatest endurance athletes of all time lived on fruits and vegetables. You can get away with garbage for a while, but you pay for it in the long haul. In the book, I describe how Jenn Shelton and Billy Bonehead Barnett like to chow pizza and Mountain Dew in the middle of 100-mile races, but Jenn is also a vegetarian who most days lives on veggie burgers and grapes.', 'Q: In this difficult financial time, were experiencing yet another surge in the popularity of running. Can you explain this?', 'CM: When things look worst, we run the most. Three times, America has seen distance-running skyrocket and its always in the midst of a national crisis. The first boom came during the Great Depression; the next was in the 70s, when we were struggling to recover from a recession, race riots, assassinations, a criminal President and an awful war. And the third boom? One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, trailrunning suddenly became the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the country. I think theres a trigger in the human psyche that activates our first and greatest survival skill whenever we see the shadow of approaching raptors.', '(Photo James Rexroad)', '', 'From the depths of Mexicos Copper Canyon to the heights of the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon in Colorado, from the centuries-old running techniques of Mexicos Tarahumara tribe to a research lab at the University of Utah, author McDougall celebrates, in this engaging and picaresque account, humankinds innate love of running. There are rogues aplenty here, such the deadly narco-traffickers who roam Copper Canyon, but there are many more who inspire, such as the Tarahumara runners, who show the rest of the world the false limitations we place on human endurance. McDougall has served as an Associated Press war correspondent, is a contributing editor to Mens Health, and runs at his home in rural Pennsylvania, and he brings all of these experiences to bear in this slyly important, highly readable account. --Alan Moores', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Heart of Gold\\nDescription: ['J.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. 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\\\"People caring for people. Compassion and lovingkindness in difficult circumstances. This is the medicine we need the most, and it is administered on every page of Angels in the ER, a chronicle of mankind at its best.\\\" —Richard Thomas, film, television, and stage actor, \\\"John-Boy\\\" on The Waltons and host of It\\\\'s a Miracle
\\\"Angels in the ER is hard to put down. You are right there with Dr. Lesslie in every circumstance, and each situation shows the spiritual dimension of life and death in a way most of us will never experience on our own. I can only compare the demand for moment-to-moment decision-making with my time on the basketball court. I enjoyed every story.\\\" —Bobby Jones, co-founder 2XSALT, four-time NBA All-Star, and member of the 1983 World Champion Philadelphia 76ers
\\\"Intelligent, insightful, professional, honest, compassionate...personal stories that allow the reader to view the patient from the mind and heart of the physician...
\\\"In an age when patients are viewed as social security numbers, Dr. Lesslie recovers the fading image of a caring doctor for whom the patient is center stage. We are left with the impression that angels belong to our lives, both in and out of emergency rooms. That is a conviction worth holding, and this is a book worth reading and rereading...If I ever land in an emergency room, I hope Dr. Lesslie is there waiting for me.\\\" —Randall T. Ruble, president, Erskine College and Seminary
\\\"We meet an amazing cast of characters who come through the doors of a South Carolina hospital emergency room. Professional wrestlers, distraught mothers, gunshot victims, travelers from off the interstate highway...just to name a few. But Robert Lesslie is also there, a faithful, empathetic physician with a heart for compassion and a keen eye for the presence of God in the midst of human need.\\\" —Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
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Bestselling author Dr. Robert Lesslie is a physician with more than 30 years of experience in fast-paced, intense ER environments. He is now the co-owner and medical director of two urgent-care facilities. He has written many books (including  Angels in the ER—over 200,000 copies sold) as well as newspaper and magazine columns and human-interest stories. He and his wife, Barbara, live in South Carolina.
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\\\"Essential Liberty, by author Rob Olive, tackles our greatest fears: The widespread prohibition and subsequent confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens, and the resulting moral, ethical, and constitutional crises. This isn\\\\'t just about guns, it\\\\'s about civil liberties, families, friendships, and abuses of power. I highly recommend Essential Liberty; this one is a \\\"must read\\\" for Second Amendment advocates and political fence sitters alike.\\\"--Keith Wood, Host of the National Rifle Association\\\\'s \\\"Bullshooters\\\" Blog
\\\"Consider Essential Liberty required reading for anyone who knows how fragile liberty is and how worthy it is of fighting for. It is, indeed, worth dying for and that implies, of course, that it is worth killing for. And that, perhaps, makes this book even more required reading for those who would undermine our liberty. If you liked John Ross\\\\'s Unintended Consequences and the Matthew Bracken Enemies Foreign and Domestic trilogy, you will no doubt find Essential Liberty impossible to put down.\\\"--Kurt Hofmann, \\\"Armed and Safe\\\" Blog, Columnist - Gun Rights Examiner', 'Rob Olive enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps fresh out of high school and served four years. He holds a bachelors degree in history from Oregon State University and has operated an insurance agency for over two decades. He lives in Oregon with his wife and three sons. Essential Liberty is Robs first novel. The concept grew out of his fascination with the one characteristic that differentiates the United States of America from any other country in historythe importance its Founders placed on individual liberty.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce\\nDescription: [\\\"Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as 'bitter Bierce' and 'the devil's lexicographer.' He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature.\\\", '
In her foreword, Cathy N. Davidson, author of The Experimental Fictions of Ambrose Bierce, shows that Bierce, in form and mood, left behind the writers of his time and anticipated those of our own.
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\\\"The issues are at once new and familiar: how architecture and race entwine, and how writers contend with those links.\\\"
(UChicago Magazine)
\\\"A lucid, engaging look at how race was read in and through the skyscraper in early twentieth-century literature, The Black Skyscraper contributes in a substantial way to the growing body of literature that examines the connections between racial identity and the built environment.\\\"
(Dianne S. Harris, University of Utah, author of Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America)
\\\"Especially impressive is Brown\\\\'s careful attention to the aesthetic questions, including a clear account of how the skyscraper entered a collective imagination and contributed to a changing sensorium. In showing how the many literary and visual works she has assembled for this studynonfiction and fiction, documentary and imaginativeat once register and shape that collective imagination, Brown offers evidence of the importance of humanistic and artistic inquiry that stands to contribute significantly to critical debates on race and the built environment.\\\"
(Priscilla Wald, Duke University, author of Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative)
\\\"This exciting study breaks important new ground in the field of race and architecture. Showing incisively not only how ideas about race shaped the emergence of the early skyscraper but also how the skyscraper in turn shaped the perception of race itself, Brown\\\\'s book offers a fresh understanding of the often profound impact of the built environment on seeing, feeling, and performing racial identity. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersections between buildings, bodies, and books at the turn of the twentieth century.\\\"
(William Gleason, Princeton University, author of Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature)
\\\"The Black Skyscraper is Adrienne Brown\\\\'s magisterial work on the effects of race and racial perception emergent with the rise of the vertiginous symbols of industrial capitalism and modernity that sprouted in America\\\\'s metropolitan centers in the first half of the twentieth century. Her adept and unparalleled analysis of literature, dime-store novels, architecture, and urbanism offers a bold interdisciplinary model for rethinking the aesthetic and visual coding of racial difference within the built environment.\\\"
(Mabel Wilson, Columbia University, author of Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture)', '
With the development of the first skyscrapers in the 1880s, urban built environments could expand vertically as well as horizontally. Tall buildings emerged in growing cities to house and manage the large and racially diverse populations of migrants and immigrants flocking to their centers following Reconstruction. Beginning with Chicago\\\\'s early 10-story towers and concluding with the 1931 erection of the 102-story Empire State Building, Adrienne Brown\\\\'s The Black Skyscraper provides a detailed account of how scale and proximity shape our understanding of race.
Over the next half-century, as city skylines grew, American writers imagined the new urban backdrop as an obstacle to racial differentiation. Examining works produced by writers, painters, architects, and laborers who grappled with the early skyscraper\\\\'s outsized and disorienting dimensions, Brown explores this architecture\\\\'s effects on how race was seen, read, and sensed at the turn of the twentieth century.
In lesser-known works of apocalyptic science fiction, light romance, and Jazz Age melodrama, as well as in more canonical works by W. E. B. Du Bois, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aaron Douglas, and Nella Larsen, the skyscraper mediates the process of seeing and being seen as a racialized subject. From its distancing apexreducing bodies to specksto the shadowy mega-blocks it formed at street level, the skyscraper called attention, Brown argues, to the malleable nature of perception. A highly interdisciplinary work, The Black Skyscraper reclaims the influence of race on modern architectural design as well as the less-well-understood effects these designs had on the experience and perception of race.
\\\"A lucid, engaging look at how race was read in and through the skyscraper in early twentieth-century literature, The Black Skyscraper contributes in a substantial way to the growing body of literature that examines the connections between racial identity and the built environment.\\\"Dianne S. Harris, University of Utah, author of Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America
\\\"Especially impressive is Brown\\\\'s careful attention to the aesthetic questions, including a clear account of how the skyscraper entered a collective imagination and contributed to a changing sensorium. In showing how the many literary and visual works she has assembled for this studynonfiction and fiction, documentary and imaginativeat once register and shape that collective imagination, Brown offers evidence of the importance of humanistic and artistic inquiry that stands to contribute significantly to critical debates on race and the built environment.\\\"Priscilla Wald, Duke University, author of Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative
\\\"This exciting study breaks important new ground in the field of race and architecture. Showing incisively not only how ideas about race shaped the emergence of the early skyscraper but also how the skyscraper in turn shaped the perception of race itself, Brown\\\\'s book offers a fresh understanding of the often profound impact of the built environment on seeing, feeling, and performing racial identity. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersections between buildings, bodies, and books at the turn of the twentieth century.\\\"William Gleason, Princeton University, author of Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature
\\\"The Black Skyscraper is Adrienne Brown\\\\'s magisterial work on the effects of race and racial perception emergent with the rise of the vertiginous symbols of industrial capitalism and modernity that sprouted in America\\\\'s metropolitan centers in the first half of the twentieth century. Her adept and unparalleled analysis of literature, dime-store novels, architecture, and urbanism offers a bold interdisciplinary model for rethinking the aesthetic and visual coding of racial difference within the built environment.\\\"Mabel Wilson, Columbia University, author of Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Its so damn hard to fix things when people cantor wontmake new choices. This powerful book shows how Washington is sinking in legal quicksand, literally beyond the power of those supposedly in charge. Perhaps the only solution, as Howard argues, is to prune out these obsolete laws and chop away on the bureaucracy so that citizens of common sense can roll up their sleeves and get to work again as America has always done. Today, leadership is practically illegal. - Alan K. Simpson, U.S. senator, Wyo. (retired)
Philip K Howard has always struck me as an eminently reasonable, articulate advocate for common sense solutions. No wonder no one listens to him. - Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Philip Howard offers a startlingly fresh slant on what is holding America back. No one is free to make choices, including, especially, government officials. Regulatory law has become a nearly impenetrable web of detailed prohibitions and specifications. Everyone is hamstrung. Dense regulation discourages individuals, communities, and companies from taking new initiatives. It also prevents government officials from making the case-by-case judgment needed for effective regulatory oversight. This is an important reason why it is so expensive to start a business, why healthcare costs have gone through the roof, and why innovation has slowed to a crawl. - Professor Edmund S. Phelps, 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics and director, Center on Capitalism and Society
Youll laugh and wince and cry at the ridiculous situation America has gotten itself into. Howard shows us how we manufactured the rope we are now hanging ourselves with. Then he shows us how to untie the noose and put America back on the path to trust, competence, and greatness. - Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind
This book is so deep, appealing, and rousing that it has the potential to actually move politics out of its current stasis. - Christopher DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow, The Hudson Institute
Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, its always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency [This] book drives home some large truths. - Stuart Taylor Jr., The Wall Street Journal
Compelling. - Nick Gillespie, The Wall Street Journal
Howards proposed fix is witty, and intriguing: a follow-up to the Bill of Rights called the Bill of Responsibilities. These would be five new Constitutional amendments aimed at making government work better. - Kyle Smith, New York Post
Philip K. Howards important new book helps to explain why government at all levels not only is on autopilot but on a flight path that can only end in disaster The Rule of Nobody envisions a shift in valuesaway from automatic government and toward a structure that allows humans to make choices needed to adapt to local need and global challenges. Well, heres hoping. - Nick Gillespie, The Daily Beast', 'Philip K. Howard is the founder of Common Good, a nonprofit that advocates for simplifying government. His book, The Rule of Nobody, was a finalist for the Manhattan Institutes Hayek Book Prize. 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Les Miserables\\\", 'No Bio', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Being Mortal\\nDescription: ['Title: Being Mortal( Medicine and What Matters in the End) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: AtulGawande <>Publisher: MetropolitanBooks', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 2007 High School Baseball Rules by Topic\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Hope: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Herman Wouk's acclaimed novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Caine Mutiny; Marjorie Morningstar; Don't Stop the Carnival; Youngblood Hawke; The Winds of War; War and Remembrance; Inside, Outside; The Hope; and The Glory.\\\", 'His nonfiction books include This Is My God and The Will to Live On: This Is Our Heritage.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: An Introduction to the Languages of the World\\nDescription: [' \\\"The author succeeds in covering a broad range of important and interesting information, and I am not aware of any other work that could serve as an all-round textbook for a course on the Languages of the World.\\\"--Bernard Comrie, University of Southern California, author of The World\\\\'s MajorLanguages', '', '', '', 'Anatole V. Lyovin is at University of Hawaii at Manoa.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Glory: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"In Wouk's newest work, you'll meet Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Henry Kissinger, along with the second generation of the military family in his recent New York Times best seller, The Hope. A Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild alternate selection. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", \\\"This is the sequel to The Hope (1993), which dramatized the unlikely course of modern Israel's history, ending with its smashing victory over the Arabs in 1967. As in previous sagas of Woukian dimensions, The Winds of War to name one of a dozen, ordinary people become heroic figures against a turbulent backdrop of war, death, and love. As emotional encapsulations of this century's ghastly and glorious Jewish experience, Wouk's epics have been automatically popular, regardless of their schmaltzy, made-for-TV texture. Here he places a dozen military characters and their families in crucial roles in the post-'67 fighting: the Barak family has a military attach{}e in the Washington embassy and a son on a gunboat; the Luries fly fighters; and the Pasternaks lurk in the Mossad's shadows. From such vantage points, they fight along and over the Suez Canal and fend off disaster in the Yom Kippur War, pull off the exhilarating Entebbe rescue, and bomb Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981, an endpoint that leaves out the less triumphant '80s. Wouk humanizes these intense events with scenes of passage (affairs, weddings, funerals) and mixes in real Israeli leaders such as Golda Meir, Dayan, Sharon, and Rabin, who consult with his characters. While action-minded readers await a possible televised adaptation, this spacious panorama of battle should sustain their interest. Gilbert Taylor\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Oklahoma (Portrait of America)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Guide to Motorcycling Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, and Strategies for Riding Right\\nDescription: ['\\\"A welcome resource for both beginning and experienced riders.\\\" -- Kansas City Star
\\\"A welcome resource for both beginning and experienced riders.\\\" -- Kansas City Star
\\\"If you have taken a course, this book will help you recall what you learned and refine your mental riding strategies . . . a winner that should benefit motorcyclists for years to come.\\\" -- BMW Owners News
\\\"Includes almost everything a truly proficient street rider should understand and master.\\\" -- Motorcyclist
\\\"Now all motorcyclists can have instant access to an extensive resource on motorcycling safety, compiled by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). Motorcycle Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, And Strategies for Riding Right is a book that comprises much of what the MSF has learned in the last 21 years.\\\" -- Motorcycle Shopper, December 1994
\\\"The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.\\\" -- Iron Works
\\\"The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.\\\" -- Iron Works
\\\"This book covers everything from beginner to expert; really! It has 176 pages and some really nice photographs; my favorite is on page 18 showing a lovely Connie turning in. If you fell asleep in Physics 101 in high school (maybe it was college for me. . .) this text has lots of theoretical stuff on why the round things at either end of you bike behave the way they do. It is a good reference to lend out to beginning family members or friends to get them started on the right foot.\\\" -- North East Area Concours Owners Group
\\\"Though no book is a substitute for taking an approved motorcycle safety class, this one will improve your riding whether you\\\\'ve been throwing a leg over trusty two-wheelers for decades or are contemplating it for the first time. Even if you only pick up one gem of wisdom (and you\\\\'ll likely pick up more), that tip could well be the one that saves your hide some day. Remember, the more you know, the better it gets.\\\" -- Motorcycle Times, Mar/Apr 1995
\\\"You won\\\\'t be disappointed [in this] invaluable resource tool that will help any rider become a better rider. -- Street Bike', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Best of Britain's 100 Places to Visit: Great Days Out for All the Family\\nDescription: ['In this handy travel series, AAs experts have selected 100 of the top places to visit in Britain so that you can enjoy the finest of British culture and natural beauty. Packed with local knowledge, and complete with detailed descriptions, color photos, and visitors information, these easytouse guides are firstclass travel companions.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People\\nDescription: ['Unflinchingly honest (and funny)You don\\\\'t have to be religious to get something out of this book. -NPRs Best Books of 2015
\\\"Compulsively readable [Bolz-Weber\\\\'s] love for God and for humankind shines through on every page. -Publishers Weekly
\\\"[Bolz-Weber] is one of the most important Christian voices around -- not because she has come up with some catchy, easy new way to do faith, but because when talks about the destructive power of sin, as well as redemption and grace, she knows of what she speaks.\\\" -Huffington Post
\\\"Wickedly funny and painfully vulnerable, theologically nuanced and lyrically sonorous. [Bolz-Weber\\\\'s] voice communicates the scandal of the Christ and the sacraments of his church with more force and vitality than most writers can hope to summon.\\\" -The Christian Century
Engaging and accessibleBolz-Weber is clear-eyed about the personal travails faced by the marginalized and those without faith. Booklist
\\\"If Saint Augustine were to return to life and live among us now, he would be Bolz-Weber; and if hisConfessionswere to be written in 21st century rhetoric and style, they would be this book.Accidental Saintsis what every Christian yearns to know is possible.\\\" -Phyllis Tickle, author ofThe Divine HoursandThe GreatEmergence
\\\"To say this is a book about God working through imperfect people is to reduce a work of profound, unvarnished truth-telling to the very clich it so masterfully avoids. Accidental Saints is a triumph in faithful storytelling. In just a few lines of description and dialog, Nadia Bolz-Weber manages to capture all that is beautiful and maddening and frightening about our shared humanity, including her own inconsistencies and struggles as a Jesus-loving sinner-saint. This is one of those rare books that will make you simultaneously wince with recognition and sigh with relief. A must read for every screw-up and asshole caught up in Gods grace.\\\" -Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood and Searching for Sunday Besides the fact that she is an amazing writer, my friend Nadia understands more than most that we are messed up people living in a messed up world with other messed up people. She gets the human condition. She refuses to sugarcoat the depth of her own desperation and need. And thats why she gets graceour dire need for grace. She understands that God meets our messed-up-ness with his mercy over and over and over again. I couldnt put this book down. -Tullian Tchividjian, author of One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World and founder of LIBERATE
\\\"Nadia Bolz-Weber\\\\'s new book is even tougher, sharper and sweeter than Pastrix: in painfully honest stories, she pulls back the curtains of religious life to show how churchthe actual, living body of Godis created among us. This is a book for everyone who yearns to be made new.\\\" -Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread and City of God
\\\"I always feel narcissistic when I affirm writers who think like I do.But Nadia says it--anddoes it--so much better, with much more humor, moreliving examples, and a conviction that will convict you!\\\" -Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.,Center for Action and Contemplation
\\\"This is a collection of stories about how liturgy (who would have imagined?), ritual (what?), church (really?), and a bunch of flawed people (like us?) can catch the light of grace and catch fire with the beauty of God. For so many reasons, you really should read it.\\\" -Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity and A Generous Orthodoxy
\\\"This book made me so happy to be a Christian. Honest and funny, deep and insightful, Accidental Saints disarmed me and then, right when I was vulnerable, Nadia\\\\'s words snuck right in to mess with me.\\\" - Sarah Bessey, author of \\\"Jesus Feminist\\\" and \\\"Out of Sorts\\\" ', 'Nadia Bolz-Weberis the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Pastrix. Nadia has been featured on CNN and in the Washington Post, Bitch Magazine, NPRs Morning Edition, More Magazine, and the Daily Beast.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wisdom of Proverbs:An Essential Guide to Proverbs\\nDescription: [\\\"Bob Beasley is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, but lived most of his life in San Diego, California. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, he served as a US Army officer before beginning his career in the real estate industry. In 1981, he formed COMPS InfoSystems, a firm that published confirmed market data of commercial property sales throughout the major metropolitan areas of the United States. Bob is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary in California, and has three grown daughters and seven grandchildren. In addition to his writing ministry, Bob is an adjunct professor of biblical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Donets'k, Ukraine, and teaches in his home church, Trinity PCA in Asheville, North Carolina. 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It is the story of privateers, farmers, miners, entrepreneurs, and soldiers all caught up in dramatic events and violent conflicts that will shape the destiny of our galaxy.', 'David Lee Summers is a writer and editor with a background in physics and astronomy. Most notably, he discovered a variable star in 1987 and has developed control systems for robotic telescopes. Currently, he is the editor of Tales of the Talisman and does layout and consulting for El Paso Community College\\'s literary magazine Chrysalis. His novels, The Pirates of Sufiro and Children of the Old Stars available in trade paperback editions from all on-line bookstores. In 2001 and 2002, David was voted \"Best Local Writer\" by the readers of the Las Cruces Bulletin. 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We publish Consumers CHECKBOOK magazine in seven local versions: in the Boston, Chicago, Delaware Valley, Puget Sound, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Twin Cities, and Washington, DC, areas. CHECKBOOK evaluates the quality and prices of local service firms and stores, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, dentists, banks, and insurance companies. CHECKBOOK has won the National Press Club s prestigious First Place Award for Excellence in Consumer Journalism. The Center provides various kinds of help to consumers who want to buy or lease a new car. Check out our CarBargains and LeaseWise services which help consumers get great deals from new car dealers by making them bid competitively for your business. Another of our publications, CarDeals, is a bi-weekly newsletter detailing auto rebates and incentives offered by car manufacturers. 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"I very much recommend this bloody, violent, sweet novella. It's got love. It's got carnage. It's got dinosaurs with guns." - ANITA DALTON, I Read Odd Books
"Kirsten delivers an imaginative tale that's brilliant, bright and bold." -BRUCE TAYLOR, author ofMr. Magic Realism andKafka's Uncle
"Alene makes you feel the wistfulness, the longing, the heart-skipping magic of encountering your true love...as skillfully - MORE skillfully than many writers who work with strictly human characters." - JEFFREY THOMAS, author of Punktown and Deadstock
"Kirsten Alene's fiction is enchanting and classical, yet totally out of this world. She has the gift that all of my favorite writers possess. Namely, the ability to shatter reality as we know it without losing a grasp on humanity." -CAMERON PIERCE, author of The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island and Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
"Guns, kung-fu, and dinosaurs...an absolute hallucinogenic thrill-ride that's pure imagination and pure joy. Bring your own popcorn." -TIM CURRAN, author of Biohazard and Zombie Pulp
"...something completely fresh, weird, exciting, and also comforting and familiar. This is a love story. It's an adventure. It's metaphysical, super cool, and fast-paced while remaining lyrical." - KEVIN SHAMEL, author of Rotten Little Animals
"Monks vs. dinosaurs with guns? Am I tripping and/or wet dreaming? NO, but with Kirsten Alene's debut novel I can probably save myself the loot I was planning to spend on those peyote buttons." - FORREST ARMSTRONG, author of The Deadheart Shelters
"...a world filled with complex politics, spirituality, history and a sense of actual existence in some parallel dimension." - LIVING WITH A NERD
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I found it to be an impressive debut...and recommend it heartily to any fan of action and science fiction. --POD People--podpeep.blogspot.com
It's a good book.--Chris Gerrib, author of The Mars Run --chris-gerrib.livejournal.com\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family\nDescription: ['2018 IPPY Gold Medal Winner in Best Regional E-BookNon-Fiction 2018 International Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir 2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult NonfictionFamily & Relationships
A memoir filled with truth, brutal honesty, poignancy, and heart. It is a love story, a simple love story filled with massive moments; moments that will leave you breathless.
Amy Ferris, author, Marrying George Clooney, Confessions From a Midlife Crisis
Readers will love Filling Her Shoes, a big-hearted memoir. Fasbinder tenderly takes us through years of love and loss constantly weaving tattered threads of a family together into a tapestry of joy, commitment, and, ultimately, renewal.
Linda Schreyer, TV and screenwriter, co-author of Tears and Tequila
Filling Her Shoes is a memoir that will make your heart sing, even if you\\'ve never been a step-mother. You\\'ll feel happier when you read this book, your faith confirmed in the best of our humanity and the power of love.
Linda Joy Myers, President/Founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Author of Dont Call Me Mother and The Journey of Memoir
With breathtaking honesty, Fasbinder chronicles her familys messy and imperfect journey of becoming a family under the most unlikely of circumstances, and dares our cynical selves to believe that hearts shattered by loss can be made whole again.
Hollye Dexter, Activist, author of Fire Season: My Journey from Ruin to Redemption
\"Fasbinder writes with a graceful honesty that is both refreshing and timeless. Hers is a hopeful, heartfelt journey where deep laughs alternate with moments of profound loss. A beautiful and inspiring testament to the resilience and healing power of family.\" Booklist', 'Betsy Graziani Fasbinder became a second wife when she married a widower with a young son. Their family fashioned itself with loss and love as their foundation, and with tenderness and commitment as their guides. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fire & Water and the founder of The Morning Glory Project, which celebrates those who have not only survived tragic loss and trauma but who have turned their heartbreak into heroism and their history into inspiration. Betsy has been a licensed psychotherapist in California since 1992. She lives with her husband in their recently empty nest in Marin County, California. Learn more at www.betsygrazianifasbinder.com.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Columbus: Flight (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['J.C. is a sci-fi and fantasy author. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and three sons. J.C. enjoys a wide variety of hobbies including camping, cars, and computers. His favorite authors include George R.R. Martin, Beth Revis, and John Scalzi.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Broken Bone\nDescription: ['Martin Crabtree, a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, enjoyed a career as a bassoonist, typesetter, and software trainer in Washington, D.C. Fearing for his sanity, he retired to Florida, where he holds a weak grip on reality. His lifelong philosophy is that life makes no sense, so we might as well all develop a strong love of the absurd. Even as an adult, he is haunted by the advice from his fifth grade nun. Martin, she said, a word to the wise is sufficient.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Cold Black Wave\nDescription: ['Born and raised in California, Tim Scott made a move to the east coast to work as a game designer. He packed a single bag and left everything behind to start his dream job. He has been writing from an early age, and found success and community writing short stories online. He is also the author of Dustland. He lives with his wife and two children in Rhode Island.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Ancient near East\nDescription: ['The ancient Near East embraces a vast geographical area, from the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the east to the Levant and Anatolia, and from the Black Sea in the north to Egypt in the south. In this authoritative study, Amelie Kuhrt examines its history from the earliest written documents to the conquest of Alexander the Great, c. 3000-330 B. C. It provides a lucid, up-to-date narrative which takes into account the latest archaeological and textual discoveries and deals with the complex problems of interpretation and methodology.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hal Spacejock\nDescription: [\"... a winner for almost anyone who can read. -- Specusphere Oct 2005
Fast, funny, quirky, enthralling comedy adventure; not just a genre parody but a well-made story in its own right. -- Tom Holt
The quirkiest genre satire to hit bookshelves since Terry Pratchett's Discworld. -- West Australian, 17th Oct 2005\", 'The first book in a series.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Binding Stone (The Dragon Below, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Into the Night Sky: RAF Middleton St George: A Bomber Airfield at War\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Starlight City\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bloody Awful\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Creatures of Man eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Nelson Mandela\nDescription: ['Gr 1-5-This picture-book biography matches Mandela\\'s outsize achievements with large, powerful images, resulting in a presentation that will seize and hold readers\\' attention. The front cover features a portrait of Mandela that fills the space. His pleasant but determined expression immediately projects a sense of strength. The title and author move to the back cover so as not to compete with the opening image. A stark graphic design incorporating black, green, yellow, and red, colors from the South African flag, on the title page helps set the stage for the narrative. Nelson\\'s paintings range from poignant, when Mandela\\'s mother tells him good-bye as he leaves home for more education at the age of nine, to exuberant, when Mandela and 100 men arrested for protesting apartheid respond by dancing and singing, to inspiring, when people organize rallies demanding his release. When freedom finally comes, \"a colorful sea of people\" celebrate. Mandela\\'s heroic struggle might be new to many children today, and Nelson\\'s dynamic treatment provides enough detail to give a sense of the man and to acknowledge his important place inhistory.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher\\'s School, Richmond, VA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Starting with the full-page cover portrait, this glowing picture-book biography offers a celebratory introduction to Nelson Mandelas life for young readers. Clear free verse and handsome, unframed paintings follow the iconic leader from his tribal childhood and his work as a young city lawyer through his political leadership against the brutality of apartheid, his long imprisonment, and then the triumph of his election as president of his country. The story doesnt mention conflicts both political (the splits in the anti-apartheid movement) and personal (the bitter rift with his daughters), as well as the continuing inequality South Africans face. Still, words and images bring close the cruel apartheid segregation in daily life, including one double-page spread of Cape Towns glorious beaches with the sign that reads White Area. Then there is the view of prisoners on Robben Island hammering rocks into dust. In contrast, the final pages show todays nonsegregated beaches and people of all races standing together free at last. A long final note fills in more. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With an internationally beloved leader as its subject and a multi-award-winning artist as its creator, this title is sure to be on every librarys must-purchase list. Preschool-Grade 3. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Leather to the Corinthians\nDescription: ['\"A perceptual Pandora\\'s Box cracks open as one gets a sense of being transported into a surreal, video game-like, sci-fi world where consumption and confusion rule...A cerebral roller coaster ride that keeps readers on their temporal toes!\"-- Between the Lines
\"Hunter S. Thompson meets Monty Python meets the Marx Brothers meets Naked Lunch...A punning pastiche of the verbal kitsch of late twentieth/early twenty-first century America\" -- IndieReader
\"A world of colourful chaos and filth (similar to the one found in Transmetropolitan) with a hint of Lewis Carroll\\'s sense in nonsense (or nonsense in sense) make this book a must read.\" -- Ramblings of an Aspiring Writer
\"A fun read that will appeal to counter-culture enthusiasts.\" -- The Midwest Book Review
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★★★★★\"Wonderfully well written! Dark Space is a thrilling action-adventure set in the far future. It reminded me a little of an exciting episode of BattleStar Galatica.Dark Space 2 comes out July 23rd. I\\'m on board!\"
-Isaac Hooke,Author of Forever Gate
★★★★ \"Dark Space is an excellent addition to your Sci-Fi library.\"
-BookReviewsGuru.com
★★★★ \"The plot moves along quickly but there are moments to savor. I am definitely looking forward to finding out what happens next.\"
-Scott Whitmore, Book Reviewer
', 'Jasper Scott is the USA Today best-selling author of more than 13 novels written across various genres. He was born and raised in Canada bySouth African parents, with a British cultural heritage on his mother'sside and German on his father's, to which he has now added Latin culture with his wonderful wife.
Jasper spent yearsliving as a starving artist before finally quitting his various jobs tobecome a full-time writer. In his spare time he enjoys reading,traveling, going to the gym, and spending time with his family.
Join the author's newsletter to get discounts, participate in contests,sweepstakes, and more: files.jaspertscott.com/mailinglist.html
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This first book of the trilogy written prior to The Seres Agenda, created for the purpose of sharing the benefits of this uniquely transforming and uplifting adventure with his current and future readers, is now here on Earth. Lemriel was originally inspired to write The Emerald Doorway (Book One of The Parallel Time Trilogy truth-based adventure) and The Seres Agenda hidden truth revealing book he first published, for the experiential benefit of his readers. Many awareness-expanding events occurred during his childhood and throughout his adult lifetime that enabled him to bring these books to the public awareness. They involved a series of experiences mostly with benevolent UFO phenomena events, extraterrestrial technology and the kind spiritually advanced beings that wield it, journeys via out-of-body travel into the parallel, and higher dimensional realities, as well as numerous excursions along the past time track. These adventures eventually revealed a hidden history of Earth and our solar system that subsequently helped to confirm the depth of suppressed truth he was uncovering in his own life. In addition, the music compositions and productions he developed throughout his life from his early twenties continue to kindle the fire which drives his ongoing explorations into knowing ever deeper hidden truth by direct experience - in contrast to believing or theorizing. Today, his continuing journeys into our vast multidimensional universe and his unique uplifting music continue to serve as an inner channel of inspiration to further explore and awaken ever so much more about our true nature as knowing eternal beings. Lemriel is genuinely passionate about sharing eye-opening enlightening experiences and unusual encounters he gratefully received while uncovering cleverly hidden truth. For the first time, he discloses how our planet is about to be unexpectedly, benevolently transformed in the near future instead of destroyed because of a recent off-world decision that was finally made concerning changing Earth's current destructive destiny. He takes the reader on their own personal journey to discover the benevolent reality of UFOs or advanced alien spacecraft, extraterrestrials both benevolent and malevolent, the true nature of our everlasting spherical energy being; its non-destructible energy form that people from other worlds call Atma, and the reality of the existence of parallel and higher dimensions. He further reveals to his audience what he discovered about planet Earth's most important missing ancient history, and discloses how he experienced much about the depth of purposefully hidden truth from the guidance of masterful teachers the majority of human beings dwelling on earth today do not know existed at any time.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Black Onyx - A Superhero Thriller (The Black Onyx Chronicles Book 1) eBook\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Wall Tappings: Women's Prison Writings, 200 A.D. to the Present\nDescription: [\"This updated, expanded version of the original collection brings a global perspective to the growing trend of using imprisonment to solve social problems. This edition offers more than 30 selections from women imprisoned in a variety of nations--democratic and totalitarian, rich and poor, including Argentina, Chile, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Iran, the Philippines, South Africa, and the U.S. The collection includes autobiographies, memoirs, letters, diaries, essays, fiction, poetry, and drama. Many of the women are political prisoners, and many are at risk of torture and sexual violence in prison. The collection is organized thematically into six parts--women's efforts to oppose misogyny, their causes and beliefs, views on prison conditions, coping strategies, effects of imprisonment on family relationships, and solidarity among sister prisoners--with selections arranged chronologically. From a woman writing from a Roman prison cell in 203 A.D. to women currently incarcerated in the U.S., this collection profoundly merges women's and prison writing to convey a struggle for self-definition and the survival of human dignity, and how writing helped them nurture their spirits. Vanessa Bush Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Flight of the Intrepid Monkey - Kindle edition\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Weight Watchers PointsPlus® Pocket Guide 2012\nDescription: ['\"Weight Watchers and PointsPlus are registered trademarks of Weight Watchers International, Inc\" - from book detail page']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Return of the Romans: Fascism comes to America\nDescription: ['Gene Skellig is an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. His background as a philosopher (UBC, 1996) and eclectic range of experience as a military pilot (1987 - 2012) are evident in the wide range of subject matter that he explores in six books published to date. Raising four children in the Ottawa area, Gene finds the hobby of writing to be as much fun as watching a blockbuster movie - the characters in his books are alive to Gene, and they take him for an adventure as he discovers their stories through the act of writing!']","rejected":"Title: Midnight Moonrising (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: What the Hand\nDescription: ['Todd Stockwell was born in Torrance, California. He lives and writes in Southern California. He is a U.S. Army Veteran with an MA in Psychology. A self taught expert in eschatology, he has authored the first black comedy concerning biblical end times prophecy.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Aboriginal Australian Art: A Visual Perspective\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Unidentified\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide\nDescription: ['Russian', 'a self-teaching guide', 'Learn Russian at your own pace', \"How do Russian letters differ from English letters? How do you choose the correct form of specific verbs? What are some useful, everyday Russian words? With Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more about this challenging language.\", 'This thorough primer presents an easy-to-follow, proven method for grasping the basics of Russian, complete with helpful tips on writing and pronouncing Cyrillic characters and building your Russian vocabulary. You get lively dialogues and reading exercises, concise lessons on grammar and usage, notes on Russian culture, and a compact Russian-English glossary. The clearly structured format of Russian makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from students to business and leisure travelers to Russian culture mavens.', 'Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Russian allows you to build gradually on what you have learnedat your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic Russian.', 'KATHRYN SZCZEPANSKA is a professor of Russian at Hunter College,New York.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stealthy Steps (Nanostealth | Book 1)\nDescription: ['This book Is Special. Stealthy steps is a science/superhero fiction. The scientific part is so real and thoroughly researched that as a scientist myself I was impressed.It is the first sci-fi book I was comparing to Isaac Asimov while reading. Which brings us to the next thing. The book is not only interesting because is has an awesome and immersing plot but because it poses and answers serious questions. Again, Asimov like. Vikki Kestell has a big writing talent. --Y.
Awesome. Every so often a gem falls into my lap. Stealthy Steps by Vikki Kestell is one such gem and I guarantee you will be hooked, unable to put this one down. --B.M.
Cutting Edge. This is a fantastic book. Riveting. Can't wait to read the sequel. Loved the high tech aspects mixed expertly with the Christian underlying theme. Well done! --P. W.
Kindle Book Review: The author impressed me by backing up the tale with some real science and actual locations. Gemma is one of the most well-developed characters I've seen, certainly not one of those comic-book caricatures that are so common now. She has a real personal history and real flaws that blend in well with the storyline.', 'Vikki Kestells passion for people and their stories is evident in her readers affection for her characters and unusual plotlines. Two often repeated sentiments are, I feel like I know these people, and Im right there, in the book, experiencing what the characters experience.
Vikki holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies. She left a career of twenty-plus years in government, academia, and corporate life to pursue writing full time. Writing is the best job ever, she admits, and the most demanding.
Also an accomplished speaker and teacher, Vikki and her husband Conrad Smith make their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To keep abreast of new book releases, visit her website, http://www.vikkikestell.com/, or find her on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell.']","rejected":"Title: Talking About Jesus Without Sounding Religious (Saltshaker Resources Saltshaker Resources)\nDescription: ['Pippert is an internationally known speaker who regularly lectures on spiritual renewal, evangelism and character formation for church conferences, at schools and colleges and in pastoral training seminars. She has also written several popular books on evangelism and Christian living. Her bestselling book Out of the Saltshaker has sold more than a half-million copies worldwide.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series (Liquid Cool Book 1)\nDescription: [\"5-Star Reviews Praise for Austin Dragon
'In my eyes the author is a genius. And he doesn't use the shock graphic so many others use. Thank you so much for bringing joy excitement and laughter into my life.' Joe
'I love the very cool Cruz character! The tale was tightly constructed, well written and fun to read. I look forward to reading more of Dragon's work!' NDL
'A thoroughly enjoyable SF-ish whodunnit. The only issue I had with this book is that it's so engaging that it's hard to put down.' Fred
'I have been reading sci fit since the 70's and this is one of the best.' Kindle Customer
'Delicious Stew That Is Part SciFi, Part Detective, and Part Humor.' Amazon Customer
'Chill Out with Cruz! Cyber-noir written for this & next generations. I cannot wait for the sequels. Hip, funny, and somehow very understandable, Austin Dragon conjures up a near present world that sorely needs a hero. He gives us one in Cruz. Bravo!' J Ellsworth Weaver III
Praise for Liquid Cool
'Liquid Cool is totally cool. Dragon's world building is stylistic, he captures the rhythm of the people and the streets, the book is filled with wit and humor.' Carole P. Roman
'I really did not like detective novels. Wow!!!!!!!!! I can authoritatively say without out any reservations this is the best detective novel I have ever read. It is funny exciting edge of your pants reading.' Joe
'Super fun read! This book got me in trouble! I literally couldn't put it down. I missed breakfast. I missed lunch. I missed work. And I missed my bedtime! Finally finished it at midnight!' Mark York
'I had to finish it in one sitting! Wacky, weird, offbeat, unique, these all fit the book, but don't really capture the fun, lunacy, and just plain joy of this tale, unless you read it.' Amazon Customer
'Wow, fantastic! Read it from beginning to end in one day. I couldn't put it down. This would make a great movie. Hollywood are you listening?!' A Powers\", '', \"Hello, science fiction and mystery detective fans!
Liquid Cool is my third series, and I have many planned. However, I wanted to create a series that was just, plain fun--action, laughs, and combined two of my favorite genres: science fiction and the private detective thriller. I succeeded with my hero detective, Cruz, and his 'supporting cast of characters'in this hi-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.
In addition to being a genre-blend (which I plan to do in other series), I wanted to reimagine the cyberpunk genre. Liquid Cool from a critical literary standpoint is not cyberpunk; it is what the average reader thinks cyberpunk is which is...Blade Runner, or visibly darker, grittier science fiction. I wanted to keep that gritty, film noir (tech noir, in this case) sensibility, but replace angst with humor. My cyberpunk would have the rainy cityscapes, monolith skyscrapers, hovercars everywhere, and cyborgs--but that would only be scratching the surface of the story. Liquid Cool is about an average guy who changes his life to become a private eye and finds himself solving the biggest (and most dangerous) crime cases in the supercity of Metropolis. You, the reader, get the pleasure of going along for the wild and crazy ride.
I hope you enjoy all the Liquid Cool novels. You can find me at austindragon.com.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cowboy Take Me Away (Rainbow Valley)\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* The son of an alcoholic, abusive father, Luke Dawson has earned himself the title of town bad boy. Now that his father has died, Luke has returned to Rainbow Valley, Texas, to settle what little of the estate is left. A fall through some rotten boards in the decrepit family home puts Lukes career as a champion bull rider in jeopardy and forces him to recuperate in the town he swore hed never see again. Shannon North left Rainbow Valley to pursue a lucrative career in the big city. Although at the top of her game, she longs for a quieter, simpler life and returns to her hometown, taking over the low-paying position as director of the no-kill animal shelter. With no one willing to fill the shelters vacant caretaker position, Shannon does the work of two people. Then Luke applies for the job, and the flame theyve tried so hard to forget is rekindled. Graves, a nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of Americas RITA Award, writes captivating, emotion-filled stories that sparkle with delightfully humorous moments. This charming tale is the first in Graves new Rainbow Valley series. --Shelley Mosley', 'RAVES FOR JANE GRAVES AND COWBOY TAKE ME AWAY:
\"4 1/2 stars! HOT! Graves kicks off her new Rainbow Valley series with a truly heartwarming romance, featuring a wounded hero who needs the heroine\\'s healing power of love. This is definitely a story for animal lovers, set in a delightful fictional town readers will wish they could visit. Anyone who has ever worked with animals will empathize with the heroine.\"RT Book Reviews
\"Graves, a nine-time finalist for Romance Writers of America\\'s RITA Award, writes captivating, emotion-filled stories that sparkle with delightfully humorous moments. This charming tale is the first in Graves\\' new Rainbow valley series.\" --Booklist (starred review)
\"Pet lovers will appreciate this small-town contemporary, the first in a new series set in Rainbow Valley, Texas, home of an annual pet festival.\" --Publishers Weekly
HEARTSTRINGS AND DIAMOND RINGS:
\"One of those rare books in which the author manages to align all the stars...I love, love, love Jane\\'s writing.\" --- USA Today
\"A fun romance.\" --- RT Book Reviews
BLACK TIES AND LULLABIES:
\"Irresistible. Jane Graves writes with charm, wit and heart!\" --Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author
\"Fun, fast-paced and heartwarming\" --Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author
\"Graves\\' words flow on the page with ease and the pages turn effortlessly. Featuring characters that are unique yet very easy to relate to, Black Ties and Lullabies is simply a very well-written story.\" --RT Book Reviews
TALL TALES AND WEDDING VEILS: \"A breath of pure romance, this book is a real charmer. You will laugh...and cheer.\" --RT Book Reviews
\"I can\\'t recommend Tall Tales highly enough...funny, and touching with wonderful characters and great love scenes.\" --All About Romance (a Desert Island Keeper)
HOT WHEELS AND HIGH HEELS: \"Sassy, sexy and fun. Jane Graves will win your heart.\" --Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author
\"A delightful, funny read with a unique twist as a former trophy wife discovers herself, and true love, in the most unexpected place. A total winner!\" --Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author
\"Sassy and Smart!\" --Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Crash Gordon and the Mysteries of Kingsburg\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: God Ain't Through Yet\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Pirates of Sufiro\\nDescription: ['THE PIRATES OF SUFIRO is the story of a planet and its people of Ellison Firebrandt the pirate captain living in exile; of Espedie Raton, the con-man looking to make a fresh start for himself and his wife on a new world; of Peter Stone, the ruthless bank executive who discovers a fortune and will do anything to keep it; and of the lawman, Edmund Ray Swan who travels to Sufiro seeking the quiet life but finds a dark secret. It is the story of privateers, farmers, miners, entrepreneurs, and soldiers all caught up in dramatic events and violent conflicts that will shape the destiny of our galaxy.', 'David Lee Summers is a writer and editor with a background in physics and astronomy. Most notably, he discovered a variable star in 1987 and has developed control systems for robotic telescopes. Currently, he is the editor of Tales of the Talisman and does layout and consulting for El Paso Community College\\\\'s literary magazine Chrysalis. His novels, The Pirates of Sufiro and Children of the Old Stars available in trade paperback editions from all on-line bookstores. In 2001 and 2002, David was voted \\\"Best Local Writer\\\" by the readers of the Las Cruces Bulletin. He lives in Southern New Mexico with his wife Kumie, his daughters Myranda and Verity.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: CHECKBOOK's 2013 Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees\\nDescription: ['Consumers CHECKBOOK/The Center for the Study of Services is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization founded in 1974 with the help of funding from the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. Our purpose is to provide consumers information to help them get high quality services and products at the best possible prices. We are supported entirely by subscription payments and donations from individual consumers who subscribe to our magazines, and by fees for our survey and information services and books. We do not accept donations from businesses and our publications carry no advertising. Our Terms of Use for the CHECKBOOK website are available here. We publish Consumers CHECKBOOK magazine in seven local versions: in the Boston, Chicago, Delaware Valley, Puget Sound, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Twin Cities, and Washington, DC, areas. CHECKBOOK evaluates the quality and prices of local service firms and stores, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, dentists, banks, and insurance companies. CHECKBOOK has won the National Press Club s prestigious First Place Award for Excellence in Consumer Journalism. The Center provides various kinds of help to consumers who want to buy or lease a new car. Check out our CarBargains and LeaseWise services which help consumers get great deals from new car dealers by making them bid competitively for your business. Another of our publications, CarDeals, is a bi-weekly newsletter detailing auto rebates and incentives offered by car manufacturers. In addition, the Center is busy in the health care arena, publishing national guides, including Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, Guide to Top Doctors, and Consumers Guide to Hospitals.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Love in the Time of Dinosaurs\\nDescription: [\\\"
"I very much recommend this bloody, violent, sweet novella. It's got love. It's got carnage. It's got dinosaurs with guns." - ANITA DALTON, I Read Odd Books
"Kirsten delivers an imaginative tale that's brilliant, bright and bold." -BRUCE TAYLOR, author ofMr. Magic Realism andKafka's Uncle
"Alene makes you feel the wistfulness, the longing, the heart-skipping magic of encountering your true love...as skillfully - MORE skillfully than many writers who work with strictly human characters." - JEFFREY THOMAS, author of Punktown and Deadstock
"Kirsten Alene's fiction is enchanting and classical, yet totally out of this world. She has the gift that all of my favorite writers possess. Namely, the ability to shatter reality as we know it without losing a grasp on humanity." -CAMERON PIERCE, author of The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island and Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
"Guns, kung-fu, and dinosaurs...an absolute hallucinogenic thrill-ride that's pure imagination and pure joy. Bring your own popcorn." -TIM CURRAN, author of Biohazard and Zombie Pulp
"...something completely fresh, weird, exciting, and also comforting and familiar. This is a love story. It's an adventure. It's metaphysical, super cool, and fast-paced while remaining lyrical." - KEVIN SHAMEL, author of Rotten Little Animals
"Monks vs. dinosaurs with guns? Am I tripping and/or wet dreaming? NO, but with Kirsten Alene's debut novel I can probably save myself the loot I was planning to spend on those peyote buttons." - FORREST ARMSTRONG, author of The Deadheart Shelters
"...a world filled with complex politics, spirituality, history and a sense of actual existence in some parallel dimension." - LIVING WITH A NERD
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I found it to be an impressive debut...and recommend it heartily to any fan of action and science fiction. --POD People--podpeep.blogspot.com
It's a good book.--Chris Gerrib, author of The Mars Run --chris-gerrib.livejournal.com\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family\\nDescription: ['2018 IPPY Gold Medal Winner in Best Regional E-BookNon-Fiction 2018 International Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir 2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult NonfictionFamily & Relationships
A memoir filled with truth, brutal honesty, poignancy, and heart. It is a love story, a simple love story filled with massive moments; moments that will leave you breathless.
Amy Ferris, author, Marrying George Clooney, Confessions From a Midlife Crisis
Readers will love Filling Her Shoes, a big-hearted memoir. Fasbinder tenderly takes us through years of love and loss constantly weaving tattered threads of a family together into a tapestry of joy, commitment, and, ultimately, renewal.
Linda Schreyer, TV and screenwriter, co-author of Tears and Tequila
Filling Her Shoes is a memoir that will make your heart sing, even if you\\\\'ve never been a step-mother. You\\\\'ll feel happier when you read this book, your faith confirmed in the best of our humanity and the power of love.
Linda Joy Myers, President/Founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Author of Dont Call Me Mother and The Journey of Memoir
With breathtaking honesty, Fasbinder chronicles her familys messy and imperfect journey of becoming a family under the most unlikely of circumstances, and dares our cynical selves to believe that hearts shattered by loss can be made whole again.
Hollye Dexter, Activist, author of Fire Season: My Journey from Ruin to Redemption
\\\"Fasbinder writes with a graceful honesty that is both refreshing and timeless. Hers is a hopeful, heartfelt journey where deep laughs alternate with moments of profound loss. A beautiful and inspiring testament to the resilience and healing power of family.\\\" Booklist', 'Betsy Graziani Fasbinder became a second wife when she married a widower with a young son. Their family fashioned itself with loss and love as their foundation, and with tenderness and commitment as their guides. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fire & Water and the founder of The Morning Glory Project, which celebrates those who have not only survived tragic loss and trauma but who have turned their heartbreak into heroism and their history into inspiration. Betsy has been a licensed psychotherapist in California since 1992. She lives with her husband in their recently empty nest in Marin County, California. Learn more at www.betsygrazianifasbinder.com.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Columbus: Flight (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['J.C. is a sci-fi and fantasy author. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and three sons. J.C. enjoys a wide variety of hobbies including camping, cars, and computers. His favorite authors include George R.R. Martin, Beth Revis, and John Scalzi.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Broken Bone\\nDescription: ['Martin Crabtree, a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, enjoyed a career as a bassoonist, typesetter, and software trainer in Washington, D.C. Fearing for his sanity, he retired to Florida, where he holds a weak grip on reality. His lifelong philosophy is that life makes no sense, so we might as well all develop a strong love of the absurd. Even as an adult, he is haunted by the advice from his fifth grade nun. Martin, she said, a word to the wise is sufficient.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Cold Black Wave\\nDescription: ['Born and raised in California, Tim Scott made a move to the east coast to work as a game designer. He packed a single bag and left everything behind to start his dream job. He has been writing from an early age, and found success and community writing short stories online. He is also the author of Dustland. He lives with his wife and two children in Rhode Island.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Ancient near East\\nDescription: ['The ancient Near East embraces a vast geographical area, from the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the east to the Levant and Anatolia, and from the Black Sea in the north to Egypt in the south. In this authoritative study, Amelie Kuhrt examines its history from the earliest written documents to the conquest of Alexander the Great, c. 3000-330 B. C. It provides a lucid, up-to-date narrative which takes into account the latest archaeological and textual discoveries and deals with the complex problems of interpretation and methodology.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hal Spacejock\\nDescription: [\\\"... a winner for almost anyone who can read. -- Specusphere Oct 2005
Fast, funny, quirky, enthralling comedy adventure; not just a genre parody but a well-made story in its own right. -- Tom Holt
The quirkiest genre satire to hit bookshelves since Terry Pratchett's Discworld. -- West Australian, 17th Oct 2005\\\", 'The first book in a series.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Binding Stone (The Dragon Below, Book 1)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Into the Night Sky: RAF Middleton St George: A Bomber Airfield at War\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Starlight City\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bloody Awful\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Creatures of Man eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Nelson Mandela\\nDescription: ['Gr 1-5-This picture-book biography matches Mandela\\\\'s outsize achievements with large, powerful images, resulting in a presentation that will seize and hold readers\\\\' attention. The front cover features a portrait of Mandela that fills the space. His pleasant but determined expression immediately projects a sense of strength. The title and author move to the back cover so as not to compete with the opening image. A stark graphic design incorporating black, green, yellow, and red, colors from the South African flag, on the title page helps set the stage for the narrative. Nelson\\\\'s paintings range from poignant, when Mandela\\\\'s mother tells him good-bye as he leaves home for more education at the age of nine, to exuberant, when Mandela and 100 men arrested for protesting apartheid respond by dancing and singing, to inspiring, when people organize rallies demanding his release. When freedom finally comes, \\\"a colorful sea of people\\\" celebrate. Mandela\\\\'s heroic struggle might be new to many children today, and Nelson\\\\'s dynamic treatment provides enough detail to give a sense of the man and to acknowledge his important place inhistory.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher\\\\'s School, Richmond, VA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Starting with the full-page cover portrait, this glowing picture-book biography offers a celebratory introduction to Nelson Mandelas life for young readers. Clear free verse and handsome, unframed paintings follow the iconic leader from his tribal childhood and his work as a young city lawyer through his political leadership against the brutality of apartheid, his long imprisonment, and then the triumph of his election as president of his country. The story doesnt mention conflicts both political (the splits in the anti-apartheid movement) and personal (the bitter rift with his daughters), as well as the continuing inequality South Africans face. Still, words and images bring close the cruel apartheid segregation in daily life, including one double-page spread of Cape Towns glorious beaches with the sign that reads White Area. Then there is the view of prisoners on Robben Island hammering rocks into dust. In contrast, the final pages show todays nonsegregated beaches and people of all races standing together free at last. A long final note fills in more. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With an internationally beloved leader as its subject and a multi-award-winning artist as its creator, this title is sure to be on every librarys must-purchase list. Preschool-Grade 3. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Leather to the Corinthians\\nDescription: ['\\\"A perceptual Pandora\\\\'s Box cracks open as one gets a sense of being transported into a surreal, video game-like, sci-fi world where consumption and confusion rule...A cerebral roller coaster ride that keeps readers on their temporal toes!\\\"-- Between the Lines
\\\"Hunter S. Thompson meets Monty Python meets the Marx Brothers meets Naked Lunch...A punning pastiche of the verbal kitsch of late twentieth/early twenty-first century America\\\" -- IndieReader
\\\"A world of colourful chaos and filth (similar to the one found in Transmetropolitan) with a hint of Lewis Carroll\\\\'s sense in nonsense (or nonsense in sense) make this book a must read.\\\" -- Ramblings of an Aspiring Writer
\\\"A fun read that will appeal to counter-culture enthusiasts.\\\" -- The Midwest Book Review
\\\"Lucas holds nothing back in this zany spin on consumerism and the chaos of cultural backstabbing.\\\"-- Bizarro Central', ' I want to burn the palaces down. Join me.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Mark Twain in Washington, D.C: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent\\nDescription: ['John Muller is a librarian at the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library. His first book, Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia, won the DC Public Library\\\\'s 2013 DC Reads award. A former reporter for the Washington Times, Muller is a contributor to Capital Community News, Greater Greater Washington and other media. Ambassador Donald Tiffany Bliss (Retired) spent thirteen years in the federal government and thirty years practicing law in Washington, D.C. The great-grandson and grandson of Mark Twain\\\\'s publishers, he has authored and co-authored books on Mark Twain as well as written a play about Twain\\\\'s last years, The Return of Halley\\\\'s Comet.\\\"Donald A. Ritchie is an associate historian at the US Senate Historical Office and a frequent commentator on C-SPAN and NPR. He is the author of seven other books, including Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents, winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize.\\\"', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Yesterday's Flight\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hammond, Scholastic New Headline World Atlas\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dark Space\\nDescription: ['
★★★★★\\\"Wonderfully well written! Dark Space is a thrilling action-adventure set in the far future. It reminded me a little of an exciting episode of BattleStar Galatica.Dark Space 2 comes out July 23rd. I\\\\'m on board!\\\"
-Isaac Hooke,Author of Forever Gate
★★★★ \\\"Dark Space is an excellent addition to your Sci-Fi library.\\\"
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★★★★ \\\"The plot moves along quickly but there are moments to savor. I am definitely looking forward to finding out what happens next.\\\"
-Scott Whitmore, Book Reviewer
', 'Jasper Scott is the USA Today best-selling author of more than 13 novels written across various genres. He was born and raised in Canada bySouth African parents, with a British cultural heritage on his mother'sside and German on his father's, to which he has now added Latin culture with his wonderful wife.
Jasper spent yearsliving as a starving artist before finally quitting his various jobs tobecome a full-time writer. In his spare time he enjoys reading,traveling, going to the gym, and spending time with his family.
Join the author's newsletter to get discounts, participate in contests,sweepstakes, and more: files.jaspertscott.com/mailinglist.html
']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Emerald Doorway: Three Mystic Crystals (The Parallel Time Trilogy) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"After over forty years of extensive experiential research, R. Scott Lemriel has finally put forth his second book, The Emerald Doorway - the first book of The Parallel Time Trilogy. The three part episodic story is fictional but entirely based upon the author's direct experience exploring the past time track for the last four decades. His experiential research into uncovering a vast depth of deliberately hidden truth regarding the true history of planet Earth and our solar system; and the benevolent and malevolent extraterrestrial beings that have, in one way or another, directly influenced the condition of our world and the direction it is headed today, has revealed a treasure far beyond any expectations. This first book of the trilogy written prior to The Seres Agenda, created for the purpose of sharing the benefits of this uniquely transforming and uplifting adventure with his current and future readers, is now here on Earth. Lemriel was originally inspired to write The Emerald Doorway (Book One of The Parallel Time Trilogy truth-based adventure) and The Seres Agenda hidden truth revealing book he first published, for the experiential benefit of his readers. Many awareness-expanding events occurred during his childhood and throughout his adult lifetime that enabled him to bring these books to the public awareness. They involved a series of experiences mostly with benevolent UFO phenomena events, extraterrestrial technology and the kind spiritually advanced beings that wield it, journeys via out-of-body travel into the parallel, and higher dimensional realities, as well as numerous excursions along the past time track. These adventures eventually revealed a hidden history of Earth and our solar system that subsequently helped to confirm the depth of suppressed truth he was uncovering in his own life. In addition, the music compositions and productions he developed throughout his life from his early twenties continue to kindle the fire which drives his ongoing explorations into knowing ever deeper hidden truth by direct experience - in contrast to believing or theorizing. Today, his continuing journeys into our vast multidimensional universe and his unique uplifting music continue to serve as an inner channel of inspiration to further explore and awaken ever so much more about our true nature as knowing eternal beings. Lemriel is genuinely passionate about sharing eye-opening enlightening experiences and unusual encounters he gratefully received while uncovering cleverly hidden truth. For the first time, he discloses how our planet is about to be unexpectedly, benevolently transformed in the near future instead of destroyed because of a recent off-world decision that was finally made concerning changing Earth's current destructive destiny. He takes the reader on their own personal journey to discover the benevolent reality of UFOs or advanced alien spacecraft, extraterrestrials both benevolent and malevolent, the true nature of our everlasting spherical energy being; its non-destructible energy form that people from other worlds call Atma, and the reality of the existence of parallel and higher dimensions. He further reveals to his audience what he discovered about planet Earth's most important missing ancient history, and discloses how he experienced much about the depth of purposefully hidden truth from the guidance of masterful teachers the majority of human beings dwelling on earth today do not know existed at any time.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Black Onyx - A Superhero Thriller (The Black Onyx Chronicles Book 1) eBook\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wall Tappings: Women's Prison Writings, 200 A.D. to the Present\\nDescription: [\\\"This updated, expanded version of the original collection brings a global perspective to the growing trend of using imprisonment to solve social problems. This edition offers more than 30 selections from women imprisoned in a variety of nations--democratic and totalitarian, rich and poor, including Argentina, Chile, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Iran, the Philippines, South Africa, and the U.S. The collection includes autobiographies, memoirs, letters, diaries, essays, fiction, poetry, and drama. Many of the women are political prisoners, and many are at risk of torture and sexual violence in prison. The collection is organized thematically into six parts--women's efforts to oppose misogyny, their causes and beliefs, views on prison conditions, coping strategies, effects of imprisonment on family relationships, and solidarity among sister prisoners--with selections arranged chronologically. From a woman writing from a Roman prison cell in 203 A.D. to women currently incarcerated in the U.S., this collection profoundly merges women's and prison writing to convey a struggle for self-definition and the survival of human dignity, and how writing helped them nurture their spirits. Vanessa Bush Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Flight of the Intrepid Monkey - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Weight Watchers PointsPlus® Pocket Guide 2012\\nDescription: ['\\\"Weight Watchers and PointsPlus are registered trademarks of Weight Watchers International, Inc\\\" - from book detail page']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Return of the Romans: Fascism comes to America\\nDescription: ['Gene Skellig is an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. His background as a philosopher (UBC, 1996) and eclectic range of experience as a military pilot (1987 - 2012) are evident in the wide range of subject matter that he explores in six books published to date. Raising four children in the Ottawa area, Gene finds the hobby of writing to be as much fun as watching a blockbuster movie - the characters in his books are alive to Gene, and they take him for an adventure as he discovers their stories through the act of writing!']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Midnight Moonrising (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: What the Hand\\nDescription: ['Todd Stockwell was born in Torrance, California. He lives and writes in Southern California. He is a U.S. Army Veteran with an MA in Psychology. A self taught expert in eschatology, he has authored the first black comedy concerning biblical end times prophecy.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Aboriginal Australian Art: A Visual Perspective\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Unidentified\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide\\nDescription: ['Russian', 'a self-teaching guide', 'Learn Russian at your own pace', \\\"How do Russian letters differ from English letters? How do you choose the correct form of specific verbs? What are some useful, everyday Russian words? With Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more about this challenging language.\\\", 'This thorough primer presents an easy-to-follow, proven method for grasping the basics of Russian, complete with helpful tips on writing and pronouncing Cyrillic characters and building your Russian vocabulary. You get lively dialogues and reading exercises, concise lessons on grammar and usage, notes on Russian culture, and a compact Russian-English glossary. The clearly structured format of Russian makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from students to business and leisure travelers to Russian culture mavens.', 'Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Russian allows you to build gradually on what you have learnedat your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic Russian.', 'KATHRYN SZCZEPANSKA is a professor of Russian at Hunter College,New York.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stealthy Steps (Nanostealth | Book 1)\\nDescription: ['This book Is Special. Stealthy steps is a science/superhero fiction. The scientific part is so real and thoroughly researched that as a scientist myself I was impressed.It is the first sci-fi book I was comparing to Isaac Asimov while reading. Which brings us to the next thing. The book is not only interesting because is has an awesome and immersing plot but because it poses and answers serious questions. Again, Asimov like. Vikki Kestell has a big writing talent. --Y.
Awesome. Every so often a gem falls into my lap. Stealthy Steps by Vikki Kestell is one such gem and I guarantee you will be hooked, unable to put this one down. --B.M.
Cutting Edge. This is a fantastic book. Riveting. Can't wait to read the sequel. Loved the high tech aspects mixed expertly with the Christian underlying theme. Well done! --P. W.
Kindle Book Review: The author impressed me by backing up the tale with some real science and actual locations. Gemma is one of the most well-developed characters I've seen, certainly not one of those comic-book caricatures that are so common now. She has a real personal history and real flaws that blend in well with the storyline.', 'Vikki Kestells passion for people and their stories is evident in her readers affection for her characters and unusual plotlines. Two often repeated sentiments are, I feel like I know these people, and Im right there, in the book, experiencing what the characters experience.
Vikki holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies. She left a career of twenty-plus years in government, academia, and corporate life to pursue writing full time. Writing is the best job ever, she admits, and the most demanding.
Also an accomplished speaker and teacher, Vikki and her husband Conrad Smith make their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To keep abreast of new book releases, visit her website, http://www.vikkikestell.com/, or find her on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Talking About Jesus Without Sounding Religious (Saltshaker Resources Saltshaker Resources)\\nDescription: ['Pippert is an internationally known speaker who regularly lectures on spiritual renewal, evangelism and character formation for church conferences, at schools and colleges and in pastoral training seminars. She has also written several popular books on evangelism and Christian living. Her bestselling book Out of the Saltshaker has sold more than a half-million copies worldwide.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series (Liquid Cool Book 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"5-Star Reviews Praise for Austin Dragon
'In my eyes the author is a genius. And he doesn't use the shock graphic so many others use. Thank you so much for bringing joy excitement and laughter into my life.' Joe
'I love the very cool Cruz character! The tale was tightly constructed, well written and fun to read. I look forward to reading more of Dragon's work!' NDL
'A thoroughly enjoyable SF-ish whodunnit. The only issue I had with this book is that it's so engaging that it's hard to put down.' Fred
'I have been reading sci fit since the 70's and this is one of the best.' Kindle Customer
'Delicious Stew That Is Part SciFi, Part Detective, and Part Humor.' Amazon Customer
'Chill Out with Cruz! Cyber-noir written for this & next generations. I cannot wait for the sequels. Hip, funny, and somehow very understandable, Austin Dragon conjures up a near present world that sorely needs a hero. He gives us one in Cruz. Bravo!' J Ellsworth Weaver III
Praise for Liquid Cool
'Liquid Cool is totally cool. Dragon's world building is stylistic, he captures the rhythm of the people and the streets, the book is filled with wit and humor.' Carole P. Roman
'I really did not like detective novels. Wow!!!!!!!!! I can authoritatively say without out any reservations this is the best detective novel I have ever read. It is funny exciting edge of your pants reading.' Joe
'Super fun read! This book got me in trouble! I literally couldn't put it down. I missed breakfast. I missed lunch. I missed work. And I missed my bedtime! Finally finished it at midnight!' Mark York
'I had to finish it in one sitting! Wacky, weird, offbeat, unique, these all fit the book, but don't really capture the fun, lunacy, and just plain joy of this tale, unless you read it.' Amazon Customer
'Wow, fantastic! Read it from beginning to end in one day. I couldn't put it down. This would make a great movie. Hollywood are you listening?!' A Powers\\\", '', \\\"Hello, science fiction and mystery detective fans!
Liquid Cool is my third series, and I have many planned. However, I wanted to create a series that was just, plain fun--action, laughs, and combined two of my favorite genres: science fiction and the private detective thriller. I succeeded with my hero detective, Cruz, and his 'supporting cast of characters'in this hi-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.
In addition to being a genre-blend (which I plan to do in other series), I wanted to reimagine the cyberpunk genre. Liquid Cool from a critical literary standpoint is not cyberpunk; it is what the average reader thinks cyberpunk is which is...Blade Runner, or visibly darker, grittier science fiction. I wanted to keep that gritty, film noir (tech noir, in this case) sensibility, but replace angst with humor. My cyberpunk would have the rainy cityscapes, monolith skyscrapers, hovercars everywhere, and cyborgs--but that would only be scratching the surface of the story. Liquid Cool is about an average guy who changes his life to become a private eye and finds himself solving the biggest (and most dangerous) crime cases in the supercity of Metropolis. You, the reader, get the pleasure of going along for the wild and crazy ride.
I hope you enjoy all the Liquid Cool novels. You can find me at austindragon.com.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cowboy Take Me Away (Rainbow Valley)\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* The son of an alcoholic, abusive father, Luke Dawson has earned himself the title of town bad boy. Now that his father has died, Luke has returned to Rainbow Valley, Texas, to settle what little of the estate is left. A fall through some rotten boards in the decrepit family home puts Lukes career as a champion bull rider in jeopardy and forces him to recuperate in the town he swore hed never see again. Shannon North left Rainbow Valley to pursue a lucrative career in the big city. Although at the top of her game, she longs for a quieter, simpler life and returns to her hometown, taking over the low-paying position as director of the no-kill animal shelter. With no one willing to fill the shelters vacant caretaker position, Shannon does the work of two people. Then Luke applies for the job, and the flame theyve tried so hard to forget is rekindled. Graves, a nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of Americas RITA Award, writes captivating, emotion-filled stories that sparkle with delightfully humorous moments. This charming tale is the first in Graves new Rainbow Valley series. --Shelley Mosley', 'RAVES FOR JANE GRAVES AND COWBOY TAKE ME AWAY:
\\\"4 1/2 stars! HOT! Graves kicks off her new Rainbow Valley series with a truly heartwarming romance, featuring a wounded hero who needs the heroine\\\\'s healing power of love. This is definitely a story for animal lovers, set in a delightful fictional town readers will wish they could visit. Anyone who has ever worked with animals will empathize with the heroine.\\\"RT Book Reviews
\\\"Graves, a nine-time finalist for Romance Writers of America\\\\'s RITA Award, writes captivating, emotion-filled stories that sparkle with delightfully humorous moments. This charming tale is the first in Graves\\\\' new Rainbow valley series.\\\" --Booklist (starred review)
\\\"Pet lovers will appreciate this small-town contemporary, the first in a new series set in Rainbow Valley, Texas, home of an annual pet festival.\\\" --Publishers Weekly
HEARTSTRINGS AND DIAMOND RINGS:
\\\"One of those rare books in which the author manages to align all the stars...I love, love, love Jane\\\\'s writing.\\\" --- USA Today
\\\"A fun romance.\\\" --- RT Book Reviews
BLACK TIES AND LULLABIES:
\\\"Irresistible. Jane Graves writes with charm, wit and heart!\\\" --Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author
\\\"Fun, fast-paced and heartwarming\\\" --Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author
\\\"Graves\\\\' words flow on the page with ease and the pages turn effortlessly. Featuring characters that are unique yet very easy to relate to, Black Ties and Lullabies is simply a very well-written story.\\\" --RT Book Reviews
TALL TALES AND WEDDING VEILS: \\\"A breath of pure romance, this book is a real charmer. You will laugh...and cheer.\\\" --RT Book Reviews
\\\"I can\\\\'t recommend Tall Tales highly enough...funny, and touching with wonderful characters and great love scenes.\\\" --All About Romance (a Desert Island Keeper)
HOT WHEELS AND HIGH HEELS: \\\"Sassy, sexy and fun. Jane Graves will win your heart.\\\" --Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author
\\\"A delightful, funny read with a unique twist as a former trophy wife discovers herself, and true love, in the most unexpected place. A total winner!\\\" --Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author
\\\"Sassy and Smart!\\\" --Susan Andersen, New York Times bestselling author', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":292,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":292,"string":"292"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual\nDescription: ['JAMES GREEN is the founder of Simplers Botanical Company and is a professional founding member of the American Herbalists Guild and United Plant Savers. He conducts workshops on male health and herbal medicine making throughout the United States and Canada. He lives in Ocean Beach, California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Friday Harbor (Images of America)\nDescription: ['Title: \"Images of America - Friday Harbor\"
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: The Island Guardian
Date: 1/8/2009
San Juan Historical Museum Director Kevin Loftus has announced the publication of a new book, authored by Mike and Julia Vouri and The San Juan Historical Museum. The book consists of more than 200 photos that captures 100 years in the life of the community in Friday Harbor.
Many of the photos have never been published or available before now to the public. The photos depict Friday Harbor pioneers, the building of the town, historic buildings, schools, industries and the people who shaped the community.
The foreword of the book is written by Dr. David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Stanford University history professor.
As a companion piece, a series of 15 postcards are being published, featuring photos from the book. The book will sell for $24, and the postcards for $9.00 through The San Juan Historical Museum. Proceeds from the book will go towards restoration and maintenance of the museum\\'s historic structures. Pre-orders are being taken by the museum at 378-3949 or museum_admin@sjmuseum.org
', 'The San Juan Historical Society was founded in 1961 and operates the San Juan Historical Museum, a restored homestead. The images in this volume were selected from the societys collection of nearly 2,000 historic photographs. Historian Mike Vouri has authored three previous works on the Pig War of San Juan Island. Coauthor Julia Vouri has been a writer and editor specializing in travel and health for 30 years.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Transformational Power of Fasting: The Way to Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Rejuvenation\nDescription: ['HEALTH / WELLNESS
For millennia humans have fasted for spiritual, emotional, and physical reasons--as a way to heal their bodies, reconnect to the sacred, regain a sense of lifes purpose, and allow their souls to detoxify. We are evolutionarily designed to fast, and the body knows how to do it very well. Fasting allows the body and all its systems to rest, purify, and heal. During a fast, the body enters the same cleansing and healing cycle it normally enters during sleep. As a fast progresses, the body consumes everything that is not essential to bodily functioning--including bacteria, viruses, fibroid tumors, waste products in the blood, buildup around the joints, and stored fat--and the mind and heart release their toxic buildup as well. As Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals, in order to be truly transformed, you must first empty yourself.
Offering step-by-step guidelines to fully prepare yourself for a deep fast, Buhner explores what to expect during and after spiritual, emotional, and physical fasting and detoxification. He details the necessary dietary and mental preparations leading up to your fast, what you can and cant do during a fast, and how to end your fast. He also explains how to plan the length of your fast and how to choose between a water fast, a juice fast, or a mono-diet fast. Revealing how fasting can help or heal many chronic conditions, such as type II diabetes, childhood seizures, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, psoriasis, insomnia, and fibromyalgia, Buhner shows fasting as a way to truly inhabit the body, to experience its sacredness, and to activate its deep capabilities for self-healing.
STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include Ensouling Language, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.', 'Stephen Harrod Buhner lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include Ensouling Language, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dangerous Curves: Mastering Logotype Design\nDescription: ['This book is a new and still wrapped.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Herbal Antibiotics, 2nd Edition: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-resistant Bacteria\nDescription: ['', 'In this timely book, Buhner reveals that plants are the peoples medicine, possessing attributes that pharmaceuticals never will.', 'Humans have misused antibiotics to the point that these drugs are becoming worthless. In Herbal Antibiotics, Buhner argues that by turning to plants for healing, we would be working with natureand improving our chances of surviving the superbugs.', 'A comprehensive introduction worthy to be on the shelf of any holistic practitioner, herbalist, farmer or parent. The book shows an appreciation for the melding of traditional practices, tools, and wisdom with modern research and insight.', '', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Don't Talk to Strangers: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Campbell (See How They Run) succeeds only partially in the difficult task she sets herself in this romantic suspense: bringing to life a fantasy world on the Internet while building suspense and terror in the characters' real lives. Carrie Blue, a former policewoman, is hired by private detective Hayden Ivanovich to help investigate the disappearance of several young women who had become romantically involved via their computers. Ultimately, Carrie, Hayden and others find themselves in real physical danger, but to land them there requires several implausible developments. These include a terrorist plot and a woman so gullible she gives up everything for her cyberlover even though she knows a murderer is stalking the Internet. Despite these flaws, Campbell offers powerful writing, well-drawn main characters and haunting images of an alternate reality that seems custom-made for predators, sexual manipulators and liars. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'By the nationally bestselling author of See How They Run.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Poverty Prepping: How to Stock Up for Tomorrow When You Can't Afford to Eat Today\nDescription: ['Susan Gregersen lives with her husband in an off-grid, solar-powered log cabin in Montana. When she\\'s not working in the garden or canning and dehydrating the harvest, she likes to go bicycling, kayaking, and hiking. With her children grown and on their own she began to write survival and disaster fiction books. Friends and neighbors asked questions about food storage and preparedness, but often followed that with \"But I don\\'t have the money to get started\". Undaunted, she outlined a plan that almost anyone could afford to follow, and expanded it into this book. She maintains a blog for the book to answer further questions from readers at: http://www.povertyprepping.blogspot.com', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-Century Account of a Journey to the East (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Harvesting H2o: A prepper's guide to the collection, treatment, and storage of drinking water while living off the grid.\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: 40 Days of Direction: Life Lessons from the Talented Ten\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Food Storage: Preserving Meat, Dairy, and Eggs\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: By Nick Bruel Bad Kitty (First Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Life without Refrigeration\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Rhine: Europe's River Highway (Rivers Around the World)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sacred Plant Medicine: The Wisdom in Native American Herbalism\nDescription: ['The first in-depth analysis of the processes used by Native Americans to communicate with the plant world for the purposes of healing human illness. It is a work long overdue by an author who himself talks with plants as Native Americans have always done. (William S. Lyon, author of The Encyclopedia of Native American Healing and Black Elk: The Sacred Way)
Buhner articulates the sacred underpinnings of the herbal world and deep ecology as only a real green man can. (David Hoffman, author of Medical Herbalism)
\"This is an excellent reference book, as well as a wonderful book for beginners who want a true understanding of how to begin working with plants.\" (Bonnie Cehovet, Angelfire.com, April 2006)
\". . . offers not just another herbal, but the first in-depth analysis of how the Native Americans communicated with the plant world to heal human ailments.\" (Diane Donovan, California Bookwatch, June 2006)
\". . . guides the reader through the practical technology of herbalism--which parts of the plant to use, and how to prepare tinctures, salves, and infusions, never letting us forget the underlying precious and holy exchange that is happening.\" (Four Corners, July 2006)
\"Sacred Plant Medicine will guide you into the territory where plants are an expression of the spirit. Through prayer and sacred medicinal songs, Buhner shows how plants reveal their medicinal properties.\" (Lotus Guide, July-Aug 2006)
\"A delightful read in all ways and highly recommended.\" (The Cauldron Brasil, October 2006)
\". . . the first in-depth study that examines the world of Native American medicinal herbalism.\" (Lotus Guide, Feb 2007)
\"Buhner\\'s examination and research brings forth how indigenous peoples are able to communicate with Mother Earth and her properties through spiritual connections. Through this research Buhner is able to present to us healing plants, medicinal uses of the plant, how to prepare the plants for use, and the associated ceremonial fundamentals. . . . This is a book that connects the body to the plants, an energy that is important if healing ourselves and our plant.\" (Irene Watson, Reader Views, August 2010)', 'NATIVE AMERICA / HERBALISM
The first in-depth analysis of the processes used by Native Americans to communicate with the plant world for the purposes of healing human illness. It is a work long overdue by an author who himself talks with plants as Native Americans have always done. --William S Lyon, author of The Encyclopedia of Native American Healing and Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota
Buhner articulates the sacred underpinnings of the herbal world and deep ecology as only a real green man can. --David Hoffmann, author of Medical Herbalism
As humans evolved on Earth they used plants for everything imaginable--food, weapons, baskets, clothes, shelter, and medicine. Indigenous peoples the world over have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with plants and honoring the sacred relationship between themselves and the plant world. Because they locate their consciousness in the heart, they are able to use the intelligence of the heart to merge their consciousness with the consciousness of any living organism.
In Sacred Plant Medicine Stephen Harrod Buhner looks at the long-standing relationship between indigenous peoples and plants and examines the techniques these cultures use to communicate with the plant world. He explores the sacred dimension of plant and human interactions--a territory where humans experience communications from plants as expressions of Spirit. For each healing plant described in the book, he presents medicinal uses, preparatory guidelines, and ceremonial elements such as prayers and medicine songs associated with the use of the plant.
STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER is an Earth Poet and senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies. He lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. He is the author of nine works of nonfiction and one book of poetry, including The Secret Teachings of Plants and the award-winning The Lost Language of Plants.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Covered Fish\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: National Geographic: World Executive Wall Map (36 x 24 inches) (National Geographic Reference Map)\nDescription: [\"Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of National Geographic, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking.Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world's best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world.\"]","rejected":"Title: Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann\nDescription: [\"Independent, prolific and influential, Gustave Baumann stands at the center of the American color woodcut movement in the first half of the twentieth century. Designed and conceived to complement the book Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art (MNMP 1993) which focused on the artist's life and development as a printmaker, Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann concentrates on Baumann's printmaking methods and his remarkable achievement as one of the most masterful American craftsman of his age. Hand of a Craftsman features the unpublished notes and progressives that Baumann compiled in the making of his extraordinary woodcut, Grand Canon. The two gouache studies and thirty-four proofs in this series document the many shifts, false starts, and experiments encountered during the process of creating this six-color woodcut, offering a rare perspective into the artist's meticulous technique. Through the medium of the color woodcut Baumann's prints continue to delight viewers with the constant inspiration he found in nature. The book includes reproductions of fifty color woodcuts, most never before published. His works are vivid, brilliantly colorful, nature-inspired scenes of indigenous American life in the rural Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific Coast. Hand of a Craftsman celebrates this great artist revealing the fascinating process of color woodcut printmaking and reveling in the spirit of his process -- Journal of the Print World, Fall 1996
Much contemporary printmaking is accomplished by a collaboration between an artist, often a painter, and a master printer. Gustave Baumann, however, was both, so reading the present book, a precise and informative discussion of his technique as a woodcut artist, is a doubly rich experience. Acton, curator of prints and drawings at the Worcester Art Museum, has put together drawings and state proofs of several color woodcuts as well as some photos of the actual wood blocks, showing Baumann's meticulous process of image development. Acton's commentary is lucid and thorough, so that both the layperson and the student of printmaking have something to learn. Baumann (1881-1971) was born in Germany but emigrated with his family to the US at the age of ten. He returned to Germany to study art in the 20s, coming under the influence of Jugendstil in Munich. He lived most of his life in New Mexico, and his many color woodcuts pay homage to that landscape. Chronology; excellent reproductions. Recommended for libraries at colleges where printmaking is taught. -- D. Lent, Choice, January 1997\", \"Conceived to complement the immensely well-received Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art, which focuses on the artist's life and development as a printmaker, Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann reveals the technique of a man who is among the most influential and beloved printmakers of the twentieth century. Being fastidious and infinitely patient, Baumann saved many of his preliminary drawings and progressive proofs, leaving behind a fascinating and intricate story of his creative process. Hand of a Craftsman features the heretofore unpublished notes and progressives the artist compiled in the making of his extraordinary woodcut Grand Caon and includes many prints never before reproduced and rarely exhibited. Baumann's work is awash in brilliant, hand-ground pigments and reveals a style that is wholly self-reliant and free. The intriguing technique used by this meticulous master, complex but enthralling, only enhances one's appreciation for this unique color woodcut medium. RMBPA, Runner-up Design Competition, 1997, Art/Photography Book. AAM, Design Competition, Honorable Mention, 1996\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Prepper's Cookbook: 300 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals\nDescription: [\"The Prepper's Cookbookis an excellent resource and foundation that covers many topics of preparation. Especially helpful for the seeker and the new-to-prepping... --Real Food Living Not only is it a must-have for any survival bookshelf - but you can use it daily to create fantastically healthy and great-tasting meals for the whole family! --SHTF Plan The Prepper's Cookbook gets to the heart of a preparedness pantry! --The Organic Prepper The beauty of this cookbook is that basic prep information is contained in one easy-to-read, well-organized book... --Survival Blog
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Lee Morgan is a British ex-pat currently living at the bottom of the world in Van Diemen’s Land, with a partner and two sons. Lee’s writing has been published internationally in the fields of short fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
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That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America s future?
That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy?
That ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America?
That God is sending America a prophetic message of what is yet to come?
Before its destruction as a nation, ancient Israel received nine harbingers, prophetic omens of warning. The same nine harbingers are now manifesting in America with immediate ramifications for end-time prophecy.
Hidden in an ancient biblical prophecy from Isaiah, the mysteries revealed in The Harbinger are so precise that they foretold recent American events down to the exact days. The revelations are so specific that even the most hardened skeptics will find it hard to dismiss or put down. It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller with one exception... IT S REAL.
The prophetic mysteries are revealed through an intriguing and engaging narrative the reader will find hard to put down. The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about America s future. As he tells of his encounters with The Prophet, from a skyscraper in New York City, to a rural mountaintop, to Capitol Hill, to Ground Zero, the mystery behind each seal is revealed. As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes a piece in a greater puzzle the ramifications of which will even alter the course of world history.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Minnie Mouse: Surprise, Surprise!: Play-a-Sound Book\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism\nDescription: [\"“David Hoffmann explores the full range of healing capabilities of herbs.” (Lets Live)
“I guarantee after having this book's knowledge under your belt, turning away opportunities to learn more will be near impossible! . . . I highly recommend The Herbal Handbook by David Hoffmann. You may discover a new passion, one that will benefit you, your family, and your community!” (Diane Kidman, dkMommy Spot, July 2009)
“Is it possible you will want another book with a more extensive list of herbs and their uses? Sure. But I highly recommend this one as an introduction to the concepts of herbalism. I’ve never yet seen another that compares, for that purpose.” (Rachel Ramey, Titus2homemaker.com, May 2013)\", \"David Hoffmann has been a practicing medical herbalist and a member of Britain's National Institute of Medical herbalists since 1979. He has lectured widely and given seminars on this subject and is the author of Herbs for Healthy Aging, An Herbal Guide to Stress Relief, and Medical Herbalism.\"]","rejected":"Title: Manga Impact: The World of Japanese Animation\nDescription: ['Contributions from: Philip Brophy, Carlo Chatrian, Jonathan Clements, Jordi Costa, Luca Della Casa, Stphane Delorme, Daniele Dottorini, Stefano Gariglio, Erwan Higuinen, Fabrizio Liberti, Grazia Paganelli, Luca Raffaelli, Maria Roberta Novielli, Gianni Rondolino, Mario A. Rumor and David Surman.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Food Truck Buyer's Guide - Buy, Build and Customize Your Own Food Truck (Food Truck Startup) (Volume 4)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Large Print Address Book: Blue Pinstripes\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Designing the Doll: From Concept to Construction\nDescription: ['\"Once again, Susanna Oroyan gives us a gift by distilling the spirits found in doll/figure art. She encourages us to try, then explains the fundamentals to pave the way. Best of all are the examples, which provide pure inspiration.\" -- Barbara Campbell, editor, Soft Dolls & Animals!', '\"The doll world has only just recovered from the excitement of having Anatomy of a Doll which showed us what was possible. Now we can learn to get it with this new effort, the fabulous Designing the Doll. Thank you, Susanna, where would we be without you?\"-Elinor Peace Bailey, author, artist', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Final Act of Cruelty\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Start Your Own Food Truck Business: Cart Trailer Kiosk Standard and Gourmet Trucks Mobile Catering Bustaurant (StartUp Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Acadian Tapestry Thank You Notes (Stationery, Note Cards) (Note Card Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Herbs for Healthy Aging: Natural Prescriptions for Vibrant Health\nDescription: ['Medical statistics clearly show that Americans are the most heavily medicated people in the world. In spite of this (or possibly because of this) we rank far below many other first world countries in life expectancy and far above in cancer rates, levels of obesity, and many other chronic degenerative diseases.
As our population ages many more people are realizing that in order to stay healthy into old age we need to become proactive, improving our diets and lifestyle choices, reducing stress, and becoming more knowledgeable about our health and medicine. One way we can help to prevent disease and enhance wellness is the intelligent use of herbs.
Because few Americans grew up using plants as medicine, educating oneself as to their safe and rational use is essential. With so many books, websites, and magazines publishing information on herbs and natural health, how does one discern accurate information from the fraudulent? One answer is David Hoffmanns new book, Herbs for Healthy Aging.
Hoffmann is one of the Western worlds most respected clinical herbalists, and he offers the reader safe, effective, and relevant treatments for many of the ills that come with increasing age. If you want to prevent senior moments, menopausal symptoms, prostatic enlargement, and circulatory problems, some of the answers you are seeking can be found within these pages. (David Winston, RH(AHG), author of Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief)
Herbal medicine can be as simple as brewing a pot of tea. However, knowing which herbs to use and how to use them requires experience, which Hoffmann amply provides. Herbs for Healthy Aging gives authoritative answers to most of the commonly asked questions about when and how to use herbs medicinally. (Natural Health)
Herbs for Healthy Aging is an invaluable resource. (Gail Johnson, Alive Magazine, August 2014)
Herbs for Healthy Aging is an invaluable resource. (Gail Johnson, Alive, August 2014)', 'David Hoffmann, FNIMH, AHG, has been a clinical medical herbalist since 1979. A Fellow of Britains National Institute of Medical Herbalists, he is one of the founding members of the American Herbalists Guild and the author of 17 books, including Medical Herbalism, The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal, and The Herbal Handbook. He teaches herbal medicine throughout the English-speaking world and lives in California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Amazon Fire TV User Guide: The Complete Step-By-Step User Guide To Movies, TV Shows, Games, Apps And Music - Plus Amazing Tips And Tricks! (Amazon Fire TV User Guide, Streaming, Fire TV Manual)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Medicinal Gardening Handbook: A Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing Herbs\nDescription: ['
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Alyssa Holmes is the herbalist and apothecary manager at the Brattleboro Holistic Health Center in southern, Vermont. Her training includes studying with Rosemary Gladstar of Sage Mountain Herbs, Barbara Fahs on the Big Island of Hawaii, and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. Alyssa grows medicinal herbs and makes medicine for her clients and family on her homestead in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: The Island Guardian
Date: 1/8/2009
San Juan Historical Museum Director Kevin Loftus has announced the publication of a new book, authored by Mike and Julia Vouri and The San Juan Historical Museum. The book consists of more than 200 photos that captures 100 years in the life of the community in Friday Harbor.
Many of the photos have never been published or available before now to the public. The photos depict Friday Harbor pioneers, the building of the town, historic buildings, schools, industries and the people who shaped the community.
The foreword of the book is written by Dr. David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Stanford University history professor.
As a companion piece, a series of 15 postcards are being published, featuring photos from the book. The book will sell for $24, and the postcards for $9.00 through The San Juan Historical Museum. Proceeds from the book will go towards restoration and maintenance of the museum\\\\'s historic structures. Pre-orders are being taken by the museum at 378-3949 or museum_admin@sjmuseum.org
', 'The San Juan Historical Society was founded in 1961 and operates the San Juan Historical Museum, a restored homestead. The images in this volume were selected from the societys collection of nearly 2,000 historic photographs. Historian Mike Vouri has authored three previous works on the Pig War of San Juan Island. Coauthor Julia Vouri has been a writer and editor specializing in travel and health for 30 years.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Transformational Power of Fasting: The Way to Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Rejuvenation\\nDescription: ['HEALTH / WELLNESS
For millennia humans have fasted for spiritual, emotional, and physical reasons--as a way to heal their bodies, reconnect to the sacred, regain a sense of lifes purpose, and allow their souls to detoxify. We are evolutionarily designed to fast, and the body knows how to do it very well. Fasting allows the body and all its systems to rest, purify, and heal. During a fast, the body enters the same cleansing and healing cycle it normally enters during sleep. As a fast progresses, the body consumes everything that is not essential to bodily functioning--including bacteria, viruses, fibroid tumors, waste products in the blood, buildup around the joints, and stored fat--and the mind and heart release their toxic buildup as well. As Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals, in order to be truly transformed, you must first empty yourself.
Offering step-by-step guidelines to fully prepare yourself for a deep fast, Buhner explores what to expect during and after spiritual, emotional, and physical fasting and detoxification. He details the necessary dietary and mental preparations leading up to your fast, what you can and cant do during a fast, and how to end your fast. He also explains how to plan the length of your fast and how to choose between a water fast, a juice fast, or a mono-diet fast. Revealing how fasting can help or heal many chronic conditions, such as type II diabetes, childhood seizures, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, psoriasis, insomnia, and fibromyalgia, Buhner shows fasting as a way to truly inhabit the body, to experience its sacredness, and to activate its deep capabilities for self-healing.
STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include Ensouling Language, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.', 'Stephen Harrod Buhner lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include Ensouling Language, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dangerous Curves: Mastering Logotype Design\\nDescription: ['This book is a new and still wrapped.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Herbal Antibiotics, 2nd Edition: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-resistant Bacteria\\nDescription: ['', 'In this timely book, Buhner reveals that plants are the peoples medicine, possessing attributes that pharmaceuticals never will.', 'Humans have misused antibiotics to the point that these drugs are becoming worthless. In Herbal Antibiotics, Buhner argues that by turning to plants for healing, we would be working with natureand improving our chances of surviving the superbugs.', 'A comprehensive introduction worthy to be on the shelf of any holistic practitioner, herbalist, farmer or parent. The book shows an appreciation for the melding of traditional practices, tools, and wisdom with modern research and insight.', '', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Don't Talk to Strangers: A Novel\\nDescription: [\\\"Campbell (See How They Run) succeeds only partially in the difficult task she sets herself in this romantic suspense: bringing to life a fantasy world on the Internet while building suspense and terror in the characters' real lives. Carrie Blue, a former policewoman, is hired by private detective Hayden Ivanovich to help investigate the disappearance of several young women who had become romantically involved via their computers. Ultimately, Carrie, Hayden and others find themselves in real physical danger, but to land them there requires several implausible developments. These include a terrorist plot and a woman so gullible she gives up everything for her cyberlover even though she knows a murderer is stalking the Internet. Despite these flaws, Campbell offers powerful writing, well-drawn main characters and haunting images of an alternate reality that seems custom-made for predators, sexual manipulators and liars. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", 'By the nationally bestselling author of See How They Run.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Poverty Prepping: How to Stock Up for Tomorrow When You Can't Afford to Eat Today\\nDescription: ['Susan Gregersen lives with her husband in an off-grid, solar-powered log cabin in Montana. When she\\\\'s not working in the garden or canning and dehydrating the harvest, she likes to go bicycling, kayaking, and hiking. With her children grown and on their own she began to write survival and disaster fiction books. Friends and neighbors asked questions about food storage and preparedness, but often followed that with \\\"But I don\\\\'t have the money to get started\\\". Undaunted, she outlined a plan that almost anyone could afford to follow, and expanded it into this book. She maintains a blog for the book to answer further questions from readers at: http://www.povertyprepping.blogspot.com', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-Century Account of a Journey to the East (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Harvesting H2o: A prepper's guide to the collection, treatment, and storage of drinking water while living off the grid.\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 40 Days of Direction: Life Lessons from the Talented Ten\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Food Storage: Preserving Meat, Dairy, and Eggs\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: By Nick Bruel Bad Kitty (First Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Life without Refrigeration\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Rhine: Europe's River Highway (Rivers Around the World)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sacred Plant Medicine: The Wisdom in Native American Herbalism\\nDescription: ['The first in-depth analysis of the processes used by Native Americans to communicate with the plant world for the purposes of healing human illness. It is a work long overdue by an author who himself talks with plants as Native Americans have always done. (William S. Lyon, author of The Encyclopedia of Native American Healing and Black Elk: The Sacred Way)
Buhner articulates the sacred underpinnings of the herbal world and deep ecology as only a real green man can. (David Hoffman, author of Medical Herbalism)
\\\"This is an excellent reference book, as well as a wonderful book for beginners who want a true understanding of how to begin working with plants.\\\" (Bonnie Cehovet, Angelfire.com, April 2006)
\\\". . . offers not just another herbal, but the first in-depth analysis of how the Native Americans communicated with the plant world to heal human ailments.\\\" (Diane Donovan, California Bookwatch, June 2006)
\\\". . . guides the reader through the practical technology of herbalism--which parts of the plant to use, and how to prepare tinctures, salves, and infusions, never letting us forget the underlying precious and holy exchange that is happening.\\\" (Four Corners, July 2006)
\\\"Sacred Plant Medicine will guide you into the territory where plants are an expression of the spirit. Through prayer and sacred medicinal songs, Buhner shows how plants reveal their medicinal properties.\\\" (Lotus Guide, July-Aug 2006)
\\\"A delightful read in all ways and highly recommended.\\\" (The Cauldron Brasil, October 2006)
\\\". . . the first in-depth study that examines the world of Native American medicinal herbalism.\\\" (Lotus Guide, Feb 2007)
\\\"Buhner\\\\'s examination and research brings forth how indigenous peoples are able to communicate with Mother Earth and her properties through spiritual connections. Through this research Buhner is able to present to us healing plants, medicinal uses of the plant, how to prepare the plants for use, and the associated ceremonial fundamentals. . . . This is a book that connects the body to the plants, an energy that is important if healing ourselves and our plant.\\\" (Irene Watson, Reader Views, August 2010)', 'NATIVE AMERICA / HERBALISM
The first in-depth analysis of the processes used by Native Americans to communicate with the plant world for the purposes of healing human illness. It is a work long overdue by an author who himself talks with plants as Native Americans have always done. --William S Lyon, author of The Encyclopedia of Native American Healing and Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota
Buhner articulates the sacred underpinnings of the herbal world and deep ecology as only a real green man can. --David Hoffmann, author of Medical Herbalism
As humans evolved on Earth they used plants for everything imaginable--food, weapons, baskets, clothes, shelter, and medicine. Indigenous peoples the world over have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with plants and honoring the sacred relationship between themselves and the plant world. Because they locate their consciousness in the heart, they are able to use the intelligence of the heart to merge their consciousness with the consciousness of any living organism.
In Sacred Plant Medicine Stephen Harrod Buhner looks at the long-standing relationship between indigenous peoples and plants and examines the techniques these cultures use to communicate with the plant world. He explores the sacred dimension of plant and human interactions--a territory where humans experience communications from plants as expressions of Spirit. For each healing plant described in the book, he presents medicinal uses, preparatory guidelines, and ceremonial elements such as prayers and medicine songs associated with the use of the plant.
STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER is an Earth Poet and senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies. He lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. He is the author of nine works of nonfiction and one book of poetry, including The Secret Teachings of Plants and the award-winning The Lost Language of Plants.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Covered Fish\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: National Geographic: World Executive Wall Map (36 x 24 inches) (National Geographic Reference Map)\\nDescription: [\\\"Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of National Geographic, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking.Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world's best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann\\nDescription: [\\\"Independent, prolific and influential, Gustave Baumann stands at the center of the American color woodcut movement in the first half of the twentieth century. Designed and conceived to complement the book Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art (MNMP 1993) which focused on the artist's life and development as a printmaker, Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann concentrates on Baumann's printmaking methods and his remarkable achievement as one of the most masterful American craftsman of his age. Hand of a Craftsman features the unpublished notes and progressives that Baumann compiled in the making of his extraordinary woodcut, Grand Canon. The two gouache studies and thirty-four proofs in this series document the many shifts, false starts, and experiments encountered during the process of creating this six-color woodcut, offering a rare perspective into the artist's meticulous technique. Through the medium of the color woodcut Baumann's prints continue to delight viewers with the constant inspiration he found in nature. The book includes reproductions of fifty color woodcuts, most never before published. His works are vivid, brilliantly colorful, nature-inspired scenes of indigenous American life in the rural Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific Coast. Hand of a Craftsman celebrates this great artist revealing the fascinating process of color woodcut printmaking and reveling in the spirit of his process -- Journal of the Print World, Fall 1996
Much contemporary printmaking is accomplished by a collaboration between an artist, often a painter, and a master printer. Gustave Baumann, however, was both, so reading the present book, a precise and informative discussion of his technique as a woodcut artist, is a doubly rich experience. Acton, curator of prints and drawings at the Worcester Art Museum, has put together drawings and state proofs of several color woodcuts as well as some photos of the actual wood blocks, showing Baumann's meticulous process of image development. Acton's commentary is lucid and thorough, so that both the layperson and the student of printmaking have something to learn. Baumann (1881-1971) was born in Germany but emigrated with his family to the US at the age of ten. He returned to Germany to study art in the 20s, coming under the influence of Jugendstil in Munich. He lived most of his life in New Mexico, and his many color woodcuts pay homage to that landscape. Chronology; excellent reproductions. Recommended for libraries at colleges where printmaking is taught. -- D. Lent, Choice, January 1997\\\", \\\"Conceived to complement the immensely well-received Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art, which focuses on the artist's life and development as a printmaker, Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann reveals the technique of a man who is among the most influential and beloved printmakers of the twentieth century. Being fastidious and infinitely patient, Baumann saved many of his preliminary drawings and progressive proofs, leaving behind a fascinating and intricate story of his creative process. Hand of a Craftsman features the heretofore unpublished notes and progressives the artist compiled in the making of his extraordinary woodcut Grand Caon and includes many prints never before reproduced and rarely exhibited. Baumann's work is awash in brilliant, hand-ground pigments and reveals a style that is wholly self-reliant and free. The intriguing technique used by this meticulous master, complex but enthralling, only enhances one's appreciation for this unique color woodcut medium. RMBPA, Runner-up Design Competition, 1997, Art/Photography Book. AAM, Design Competition, Honorable Mention, 1996\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Prepper's Cookbook: 300 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals\\nDescription: [\\\"The Prepper's Cookbookis an excellent resource and foundation that covers many topics of preparation. Especially helpful for the seeker and the new-to-prepping... --Real Food Living Not only is it a must-have for any survival bookshelf - but you can use it daily to create fantastically healthy and great-tasting meals for the whole family! --SHTF Plan The Prepper's Cookbook gets to the heart of a preparedness pantry! --The Organic Prepper The beauty of this cookbook is that basic prep information is contained in one easy-to-read, well-organized book... --Survival Blog
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Lee Morgan is a British ex-pat currently living at the bottom of the world in Van Diemen’s Land, with a partner and two sons. Lee’s writing has been published internationally in the fields of short fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
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That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America s future?
That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy?
That ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America?
That God is sending America a prophetic message of what is yet to come?
Before its destruction as a nation, ancient Israel received nine harbingers, prophetic omens of warning. The same nine harbingers are now manifesting in America with immediate ramifications for end-time prophecy.
Hidden in an ancient biblical prophecy from Isaiah, the mysteries revealed in The Harbinger are so precise that they foretold recent American events down to the exact days. The revelations are so specific that even the most hardened skeptics will find it hard to dismiss or put down. It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller with one exception... IT S REAL.
The prophetic mysteries are revealed through an intriguing and engaging narrative the reader will find hard to put down. The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about America s future. As he tells of his encounters with The Prophet, from a skyscraper in New York City, to a rural mountaintop, to Capitol Hill, to Ground Zero, the mystery behind each seal is revealed. As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes a piece in a greater puzzle the ramifications of which will even alter the course of world history.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Minnie Mouse: Surprise, Surprise!: Play-a-Sound Book\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism\\nDescription: [\\\"“David Hoffmann explores the full range of healing capabilities of herbs.” (Lets Live)
“I guarantee after having this book's knowledge under your belt, turning away opportunities to learn more will be near impossible! . . . I highly recommend The Herbal Handbook by David Hoffmann. You may discover a new passion, one that will benefit you, your family, and your community!” (Diane Kidman, dkMommy Spot, July 2009)
“Is it possible you will want another book with a more extensive list of herbs and their uses? Sure. But I highly recommend this one as an introduction to the concepts of herbalism. I’ve never yet seen another that compares, for that purpose.” (Rachel Ramey, Titus2homemaker.com, May 2013)\\\", \\\"David Hoffmann has been a practicing medical herbalist and a member of Britain's National Institute of Medical herbalists since 1979. He has lectured widely and given seminars on this subject and is the author of Herbs for Healthy Aging, An Herbal Guide to Stress Relief, and Medical Herbalism.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Manga Impact: The World of Japanese Animation\\nDescription: ['Contributions from: Philip Brophy, Carlo Chatrian, Jonathan Clements, Jordi Costa, Luca Della Casa, Stphane Delorme, Daniele Dottorini, Stefano Gariglio, Erwan Higuinen, Fabrizio Liberti, Grazia Paganelli, Luca Raffaelli, Maria Roberta Novielli, Gianni Rondolino, Mario A. Rumor and David Surman.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Food Truck Buyer's Guide - Buy, Build and Customize Your Own Food Truck (Food Truck Startup) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Large Print Address Book: Blue Pinstripes\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Designing the Doll: From Concept to Construction\\nDescription: ['\\\"Once again, Susanna Oroyan gives us a gift by distilling the spirits found in doll/figure art. She encourages us to try, then explains the fundamentals to pave the way. Best of all are the examples, which provide pure inspiration.\\\" -- Barbara Campbell, editor, Soft Dolls & Animals!', '\\\"The doll world has only just recovered from the excitement of having Anatomy of a Doll which showed us what was possible. Now we can learn to get it with this new effort, the fabulous Designing the Doll. Thank you, Susanna, where would we be without you?\\\"-Elinor Peace Bailey, author, artist', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Final Act of Cruelty\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Start Your Own Food Truck Business: Cart Trailer Kiosk Standard and Gourmet Trucks Mobile Catering Bustaurant (StartUp Series)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Acadian Tapestry Thank You Notes (Stationery, Note Cards) (Note Card Series)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Herbs for Healthy Aging: Natural Prescriptions for Vibrant Health\\nDescription: ['Medical statistics clearly show that Americans are the most heavily medicated people in the world. In spite of this (or possibly because of this) we rank far below many other first world countries in life expectancy and far above in cancer rates, levels of obesity, and many other chronic degenerative diseases.
As our population ages many more people are realizing that in order to stay healthy into old age we need to become proactive, improving our diets and lifestyle choices, reducing stress, and becoming more knowledgeable about our health and medicine. One way we can help to prevent disease and enhance wellness is the intelligent use of herbs.
Because few Americans grew up using plants as medicine, educating oneself as to their safe and rational use is essential. With so many books, websites, and magazines publishing information on herbs and natural health, how does one discern accurate information from the fraudulent? One answer is David Hoffmanns new book, Herbs for Healthy Aging.
Hoffmann is one of the Western worlds most respected clinical herbalists, and he offers the reader safe, effective, and relevant treatments for many of the ills that come with increasing age. If you want to prevent senior moments, menopausal symptoms, prostatic enlargement, and circulatory problems, some of the answers you are seeking can be found within these pages. (David Winston, RH(AHG), author of Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief)
Herbal medicine can be as simple as brewing a pot of tea. However, knowing which herbs to use and how to use them requires experience, which Hoffmann amply provides. Herbs for Healthy Aging gives authoritative answers to most of the commonly asked questions about when and how to use herbs medicinally. (Natural Health)
Herbs for Healthy Aging is an invaluable resource. (Gail Johnson, Alive Magazine, August 2014)
Herbs for Healthy Aging is an invaluable resource. (Gail Johnson, Alive, August 2014)', 'David Hoffmann, FNIMH, AHG, has been a clinical medical herbalist since 1979. A Fellow of Britains National Institute of Medical Herbalists, he is one of the founding members of the American Herbalists Guild and the author of 17 books, including Medical Herbalism, The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal, and The Herbal Handbook. He teaches herbal medicine throughout the English-speaking world and lives in California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Amazon Fire TV User Guide: The Complete Step-By-Step User Guide To Movies, TV Shows, Games, Apps And Music - Plus Amazing Tips And Tricks! (Amazon Fire TV User Guide, Streaming, Fire TV Manual)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Medicinal Gardening Handbook: A Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing Herbs\\nDescription: ['
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\"Terrific romantic suspense... While there are sparks of romantic tension in FIRESTORM,it\\'s the hunt itself that\\'s so consuming.\" --The Daily News(NY)', \"#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen turns up the heat in this explosive new psychological thriller. This time a gifted arson investigator teams up with a mysterious operative to stop a killer raging completely out of control...
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\"A cross between CSI and Medium, only hotter and with a hero that truly has bite!\" -- Jacquelyn Frank, USA Today and NYT Best-selling Author
\"Highly sensual and definitely dangerous.\" -- Shannon McKenna', \"Dr. Emily Drake's patients tend to be a little unusual. Instead of the typical therapist's caseload of midlife crises and mother fixations, Emily treats vampires with blood phobias and sex-demons looking for meaningful relationships. But her gift for recognizing and healing the Other--those creatures of the night that most humans don't even know exist--requires a few house rules. First: Never trust a shifter. Especially not one like Detective Colin Gyth whose gold-flecked eyes and predatory air make Emily realize how much she's been longing to lose control...\", '', \"Colin can't believe the doctor he's been assigned to work with on the Night Butcher murder investigation is the one person who could expose his true identity as a wolf shifter. Smart, sexy, and stubborn as hell, Emily brings out the alpha male in Colin, unleashing a wild, heady desire that takes them both over the edge.\", '', \"But in the shadows, the Night Butcher waits...eager to spill Emily's blood and taste her terror. And he'll use any means to destroy her, including the one person she has grown to trust.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Kwik Sew's Sewing for Baby\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Beware Of Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['The \"Dark Obsession\" series:
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At three years old, Swanzy was kidnapped by village trappers, and after praying diligently on his knees as a toddler, he was returned to his home later as the trappers realized they had stolen a child from a home that was \"marked by God.\" This incident was one of several in his life that challenged his faith, amongst them were shootings, poisonings, and several near-death experiences. In each case, God showed Himself ever-present in the life of His servant, Forson Swanzy. At the age of twenty-one Forson Swanzy felt God calling him to the United States. With a one-way ticket to America, Swanzy left behind all that he knew: his church, family, friends, and homeland in Ghana, West Africa. He arrived in the United States in 2003 with no money or financial support, but the Lord remained faithful and met all of his needs. Today Swanzy uses his God-given gifts to empower the church to get back to a posture of focused, kingdom-directed living. Pastor Swanzy has been a host and guest speaker at many revivals, programs and events around the U.S., and has appeared as a guest on a variety of television and radio shows including; Watchman Broadcasting\\'s Club 36 and Nite Line, TCT-TV\\'s Rejoice, WATC-TV\\'s Atlanta Live and CTN-TV\\'s Herman and Sharron, Talk Culture Radio, God\\'s Learning Channel\\'s Light of the Southwest, CTVN, and more. He holds a bachelor\\'s degree in International Studies and dual masters degrees (Theology and Biblical Psychology) Doctorate of Christian education and awarded Honorary Doctorates of Divinity, Theology and Sacred Theology. Pastor Forson Swanzy is the founder and president of Forerunners Generation International, a non-profit parachurch organization based in Gainesville, Florida. He and his wife, Debra, and their children live in Gainesville, Florida.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Second Ship: Book One\nDescription: ['Born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1956, Richard Phillips graduated from West Point in 1979, trained as an Army Ranger and served for several years as an officer in the United States Army. In 1989, he graduated with a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He then spent three years as a Research Associate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, before completing his tour of duty as an Army Officer. 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Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation\nDescription: [\"The Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation is about the mystery by which there is one God in three Persons. This book breaks down the mysteries of God and the attributes associated with each of the Persons to help students understand its implications for living the Christian life. The Didache Semester Series is a series of high school textbooks, teacher's manuals, and student workbooks published by Midwest Theological Forum. Each title spans one academic semester. These titles have been developed according to the 2007 curriculum framework from the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism to assist in the publication of religious education textbooks for Catholic high schools. This book, The Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation, corresponds to Book II: Who Is Jesus Christ? in the curriculum framework. This textbook is published with ecclesiastical approval from the Archdiocese of Chicago, and it has been granted conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church by the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Sultan's Reluctant Princess: She was unlike any woman he'd ever met. 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Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams. 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Booklist', \"Quirky and surprisingly upbeat, it's Rene's voice laughing at himself and yet taking his needs seriously that will lure readers into his head and into his heart. SLJ\", \"Debut author Matt Blackstone reveals a true talent for creating quirky characters and using humor to tell the story of Rene's battle against OCD and the turmoil of his dysfunctional family. Teen readers will easily relate to Rene's struggles and to the rest of this colorful cast of characters. TeensReadToo.com\", 'Blackstone makes a bold and idiosyncratic debut with this boisterous novel about a 14-year-old boy with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Publishers Weekly', '', '', 'Matt Blackstone joined Teach for America after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, and presently teaches high school English in the South Bronx. 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\"A dynamic and fully vested cast of secondary characters keeps the suspense and intrigue flowing.\" --Smexy Books on AFTER THE DARK by Cynthia Eden
\"Eden shines with this taut romantic thriller, which opens her Killer Instincts series.\" Publishers Weekly on AFTER THE DARK
\"After the Dark didn\\'t disappoint as it kicked the drama into high gear with betrayal, a relentless body count and mind-bending psychoanalysis.\" The Romance Reviews on AFTER THE DARK
\"Suspenseful, sexy fare that keeps you turning pages until you reach the story\\'s conclusion.\" RT Book Reviews: on AFTER THE DARK
\"After the Dark is an action-packed thrill-ride of a tale that starts with an exciting scene and keeps the tension going for the entire book.\" Night Owl Reviews on AFTER THE DARK
\"Eden employs countless red herrings, making it impossible to tell who the real killer is until the book\\'s end. This winning tale is a tightly plotted, expertly characterized adrenaline rush from start to finish.\" -- Publisher\\'s Weekly on Before the Dawn', 'Books in the "Killer Instinct" series published by HQN:
THE GATHERING DUSK - Prequel novella AFTER THE DARK - Book 1 BEFORE THE DAWN - Book 2 INTO THE NIGHT - Book 3
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ABDUCTION - Available in February of 2017 HUNTED - Available in June of 2017']","rejected":"Title: Eve: Rise of the Machines\nDescription: ['Brian Walters is a hardware design engineer at a leading semiconductor company. His most recent work involved designing graphics chips used in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and son.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Burn for You (Slow Burn)\nDescription: ['', 'Burn for You is an entertaining, captivating, and fun romance with an unforgettable beast of a hero. USA Todays Happy Ever After', '', 'Once upon a time, there were three steamy, witty, passionate stories of modern love, each based on a classic fairy tale. In the Slow Burn series, there are no sheltered princesses waiting to be rescued, but therearestrong, funny, relatable heroines and sexy alpha males who meet, clash, and fall head-over-heels in lust--and love.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Stolen\nDescription: ['Annette Lapointe holds a PhD in Contemporary Canadian Literature and teaches literature and gender studies a the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Her first novel, STOLEN (Anvil Press, 2006), was nominated for a Giller Prize and was the winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards (First Book Award and Saskatoon Book Award). She currently resides in Winnipeg.', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Firestorm (Eve Duncan)\\nDescription: ['\\\"[A] rip-roaring thriller... just might increase the sale of fire extinguishers.\\\" --Publishers Weekly
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For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough...
Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence-sniffing dog, Sam. Together they're a great team, but her life is about to change in the time it takes to strike a match. The deadly flames of her past are back, and from out of the ashes a stranger appears. Who is Silver? And why has he chosen her in the desparate race to find a killer determined to ignite hell on earth? Kerry and Silver may not have a chance against a psychopath as coldhearted as his method is red-hot. To save themselves and the innocent lives at stake, Kerry will have to do what she hoped she'd never have to do: fight fire with fire.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yorkshire Terriers\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Golden Valkyrie (Loveswept #31)\\nDescription: ['From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a classic tale of opposites attractingand finding love in the most unexpected places.
When P.I. Honey Winston is hired to steal incriminating letters from visiting dignitary Prince Rubinoff, shes prepared for a dangerous mission that could end her career. But when she blows her cover, she finds that the amused prince is everything the media have made him out to be: part Adonis, part playboyand irresistibly charismatic. The problem is, the feeling is mutual. Intrigued, the prince is determined to keep his gorgeous young trespasser by his side as long as possible.
For hes never met anyone quite as daring, or breathtaking, as Honey. With the tables turned, Prince Rubinoff has Honey appointed his personal bodyguard. The official reason is an assassination plot. The truth is far more dangerous.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Totality of All Being, Volume 1: Lucifer's Experiment\\nDescription: [\\\"Jane Joyce graduated with Honors from the Art Institute of Phoenix, Arizona, earning a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Animation. Born in Oregon, ripened in Phoenix, Jane has Hollywood ambitions. A musician and visual artist, Jane has many surprises in store as she continues to blossom.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Notorious (Loveswept)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Human Trafficking in the Midwest: A Case Study of St. Louis and the Bi-State Area\\nDescription: ['Erin Heil is a professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Andrea Nichols is a lecturer in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Wrath of the King (Royals) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: [\\\"Born and raised in Corona California, Danielle now resides in Texas with her husband and two sons. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, penning works in a number of genres. To date, she has published twenty-one novels and nine short stories. Her interests vary wildly: reading, traveling, photography, graphic art and baking, among others. There is a black cat named Sheba involved who thinks Danielle's laptop is her personal grooming station.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dharma Paths (Dream Flag Series)\\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation) Original Language: Tibetan', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Heir in Exile (The Royals) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: [\\\"Born and raised in Corona California, Danielle now resides in Texas with her husband and two sons. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, penning works in a number of genres. To date, she has published twenty-one novels and nine short stories. Her interests vary wildly: reading, traveling, photography, graphic art and baking, among others. There is a black cat named Sheba involved who thinks Danielle's laptop is her personal grooming station.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes\\nDescription: ['\\\"The most closely related book is the 1938 Manual of Pteridology edited by Frans Verdoorn, so this is a long-overdue summary of the up-to-date understanding of ferns and lycophytes.\\\" L.G. Kavaljian, Choice
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\\\"Highly sensual and definitely dangerous.\\\" -- Shannon McKenna', \\\"Dr. Emily Drake's patients tend to be a little unusual. Instead of the typical therapist's caseload of midlife crises and mother fixations, Emily treats vampires with blood phobias and sex-demons looking for meaningful relationships. But her gift for recognizing and healing the Other--those creatures of the night that most humans don't even know exist--requires a few house rules. First: Never trust a shifter. Especially not one like Detective Colin Gyth whose gold-flecked eyes and predatory air make Emily realize how much she's been longing to lose control...\\\", '', \\\"Colin can't believe the doctor he's been assigned to work with on the Night Butcher murder investigation is the one person who could expose his true identity as a wolf shifter. Smart, sexy, and stubborn as hell, Emily brings out the alpha male in Colin, unleashing a wild, heady desire that takes them both over the edge.\\\", '', \\\"But in the shadows, the Night Butcher waits...eager to spill Emily's blood and taste her terror. And he'll use any means to destroy her, including the one person she has grown to trust.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Kwik Sew's Sewing for Baby\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Beware Of Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: ['The \\\"Dark Obsession\\\" series:
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At three years old, Swanzy was kidnapped by village trappers, and after praying diligently on his knees as a toddler, he was returned to his home later as the trappers realized they had stolen a child from a home that was \\\"marked by God.\\\" This incident was one of several in his life that challenged his faith, amongst them were shootings, poisonings, and several near-death experiences. In each case, God showed Himself ever-present in the life of His servant, Forson Swanzy. At the age of twenty-one Forson Swanzy felt God calling him to the United States. With a one-way ticket to America, Swanzy left behind all that he knew: his church, family, friends, and homeland in Ghana, West Africa. He arrived in the United States in 2003 with no money or financial support, but the Lord remained faithful and met all of his needs. Today Swanzy uses his God-given gifts to empower the church to get back to a posture of focused, kingdom-directed living. 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He and his wife, Debra, and their children live in Gainesville, Florida.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Second Ship: Book One\\nDescription: ['Born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1956, Richard Phillips graduated from West Point in 1979, trained as an Army Ranger and served for several years as an officer in the United States Army. In 1989, he graduated with a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He then spent three years as a Research Associate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, before completing his tour of duty as an Army Officer. 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Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation\\nDescription: [\\\"The Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation is about the mystery by which there is one God in three Persons. This book breaks down the mysteries of God and the attributes associated with each of the Persons to help students understand its implications for living the Christian life. The Didache Semester Series is a series of high school textbooks, teacher's manuals, and student workbooks published by Midwest Theological Forum. Each title spans one academic semester. These titles have been developed according to the 2007 curriculum framework from the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism to assist in the publication of religious education textbooks for Catholic high schools. This book, The Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation, corresponds to Book II: Who Is Jesus Christ? in the curriculum framework. This textbook is published with ecclesiastical approval from the Archdiocese of Chicago, and it has been granted conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church by the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Sultan's Reluctant Princess: She was unlike any woman he'd ever met. 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Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams. 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The photographs in this volume were drawn from the Emery County Archives, special collections at Brigham Young University, Utah State History, and from private collections.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Tormentor Mine\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Horizons: Phonics and Reading, Book 1\\nDescription: ['This Grade 1 student book contains 80 lessons, with a review tests after each ten lessons. Some topics included are: beginning and ending sounds, capitalization and punctuation, vowel pairs, adding suffixes and contractions. Colorful illustrations and simple directions make learning easy and fun during the first year of school. 214 pages, softcover. Pages are perforated & non-reproducible. 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Booklist', \\\"Quirky and surprisingly upbeat, it's Rene's voice laughing at himself and yet taking his needs seriously that will lure readers into his head and into his heart. SLJ\\\", \\\"Debut author Matt Blackstone reveals a true talent for creating quirky characters and using humor to tell the story of Rene's battle against OCD and the turmoil of his dysfunctional family. Teen readers will easily relate to Rene's struggles and to the rest of this colorful cast of characters. TeensReadToo.com\\\", 'Blackstone makes a bold and idiosyncratic debut with this boisterous novel about a 14-year-old boy with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Publishers Weekly', '', '', 'Matt Blackstone joined Teach for America after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, and presently teaches high school English in the South Bronx. He lives in New York City.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Don't Lie to Me: An Alpha Hero Romance (A Bad for You Novel)\\nDescription: ['Since discovering how to turn daydreaming into a job, Amber Bardan now spends her time in a coffee-fueled adrenaline haze, writing romance with a thrilling edge.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The lion's way: A novel\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Before the Dawn: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (Killer Instinct)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Eden expertly twines terror and true love in her second Killer Instinct contemporary romantic thriller.... Eden employs countless red herrings, making it impossible to tell who the real killer is until the book\\\\'s end. This winning tale is a tightly plotted, expertly characterized adrenaline rush from start to finish.\\\" -Publishers WeeklySTARRED REVIEW
\\\"A dynamic and fully vested cast of secondary characters keeps the suspense and intrigue flowing.\\\" --Smexy Books on AFTER THE DARK by Cynthia Eden
\\\"Eden shines with this taut romantic thriller, which opens her Killer Instincts series.\\\" Publishers Weekly on AFTER THE DARK
\\\"After the Dark didn\\\\'t disappoint as it kicked the drama into high gear with betrayal, a relentless body count and mind-bending psychoanalysis.\\\" The Romance Reviews on AFTER THE DARK
\\\"Suspenseful, sexy fare that keeps you turning pages until you reach the story\\\\'s conclusion.\\\" RT Book Reviews: on AFTER THE DARK
\\\"After the Dark is an action-packed thrill-ride of a tale that starts with an exciting scene and keeps the tension going for the entire book.\\\" Night Owl Reviews on AFTER THE DARK
\\\"Eden employs countless red herrings, making it impossible to tell who the real killer is until the book\\\\'s end. This winning tale is a tightly plotted, expertly characterized adrenaline rush from start to finish.\\\" -- Publisher\\\\'s Weekly on Before the Dawn', 'Books in the "Killer Instinct" series published by HQN:
THE GATHERING DUSK - Prequel novella AFTER THE DARK - Book 1 BEFORE THE DAWN - Book 2 INTO THE NIGHT - Book 3
In addition, there are two Harlequin Intrigue novels that are set in the same Killer Instinct "world" for readers:
ABDUCTION - Available in February of 2017 HUNTED - Available in June of 2017']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Eve: Rise of the Machines\\nDescription: ['Brian Walters is a hardware design engineer at a leading semiconductor company. His most recent work involved designing graphics chips used in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and son.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Burn for You (Slow Burn)\\nDescription: ['', 'Burn for You is an entertaining, captivating, and fun romance with an unforgettable beast of a hero. USA Todays Happy Ever After', '', 'Once upon a time, there were three steamy, witty, passionate stories of modern love, each based on a classic fairy tale. In the Slow Burn series, there are no sheltered princesses waiting to be rescued, but therearestrong, funny, relatable heroines and sexy alpha males who meet, clash, and fall head-over-heels in lust--and love.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Stolen\\nDescription: ['Annette Lapointe holds a PhD in Contemporary Canadian Literature and teaches literature and gender studies a the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Her first novel, STOLEN (Anvil Press, 2006), was nominated for a Giller Prize and was the winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards (First Book Award and Saskatoon Book Award). 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Everyone says the romance will last. They raised four daughters, and are now enjoying three grandsons—especially Grandpa, having been outnumbered by women all those years.', \"When their daughters were young, Dori wrote for them. She published three picture books and more than fifty stories in children's magazines. In the 70's, her interest turned to yarn embroidery design and she sold designs to major needlework companies and national magazines.\", 'In 1997, Dori started writing stories again, partly to keep her grandsons from fidgeting or starting poking wars. Her stories reflect the warmth of family life. Dori gives credit to her parents for giving her a strong sense of family, and to her children and grandchildren for keeping it alive.']","rejected":"Title: Stitch'D 2: a Patchwork World (Stitch'D Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Finders Keepers (Cork and Fuzz)\nDescription: ['Dori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938. The second child in a family of seven, Dori fell into the role of storyteller, nursery rhyme singer, and general entertainer for her siblings. She claims she learned about story pacing early. If the story action lagged, her fidgety audience would either scatter or start a poking war.', 'She has been married to Nick, her high school sweetheart, for 44 years. Everyone says the romance will last. They raised four daughters, and are now enjoying three grandsonsespecially Grandpa, having been outnumbered by women all those years.', \"When their daughters were young, Dori wrote for them. She published three picture books and more than fifty stories in children's magazines. In the 70's, her interest turned to yarn embroidery design and she sold designs to major needlework companies and national magazines.\", 'In 1997, Dori started writing stories again, partly to keep her grandsons from fidgeting or starting poking wars. Her stories reflect the warmth of family life. Dori gives credit to her parents for giving her a strong sense of family, and to her children and grandchildren for keeping it alive.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Looking Ahead: The 50 Trends That Matter\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Up, Up, and Away! (Skippyjon Jones)\nDescription: ['Judy Schachner lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Sea Dreams Journal (Diary, Notebook)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The House Where Evil Lurks: A Paranormal Investigator's Most Frightening Encounter\nDescription: ['', '\"[A] stunning piece of paranormal writing.\"Steven LaChance, author of The Uninvited', '', 'Brandon Callahan (Kansas City, MO) grew up with an insatiable desire to learn everything he could about anything mysterious. He has been actively investigating paranormal activity in the field for many years and has developed a method of tracking potential \"hot spot\" locations throughout the world.']","rejected":"Title: ABCs of Relationship Selling\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Haunted Crime Scenes: Paranormal Evidence From Crimes & Criminals Across The USA (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today\nDescription: ['', 'Focusing on the fact of history that women have often been excluded from the serious study of plants, Horwood brings these women into their rightful place in the horticultural spotlight. At more than 400 pages, there is much to be discovered about these pioneering women. The Garden Bench blog', '', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Maple House: The True Story of a Haunting\nDescription: ['THE MAPLE HOUSE was originally under the name Jeanie Dyer, a pen name for author Rebecca Patrick-Howard.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Get Out And Hike!: A Beginners Guide To HIking (Hiking, Backpacking,Trail Adventures,Hiking Guide For Beginners)\nDescription: [\"Michele Gilbert's greatest hope is to inspire others and show them ways to overcome adversity and gracefully accept life's inevitable low points. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York Michele was drawn to literature and writing at a young age. She enrolled at Brooklyn College and majored in English. Today she publishes books-mostly personal development and spiritual in nature. As an avid hiker, Michele and fellow club members often hike the picturesque Jersey Pine Barrens. She is a history buff, voracious reader, baseball fanatic and a foodie. She also proudly supports Trout Unlimited-a national non-profit organization dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring North America's Coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Michele currently resides forty minutes from Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore. She makes her home with a Blue Russian rescue cat named Jersey, though she isn't exactly sure who rescued who. Amazon Kindle Author Page USA amazon.com/author/michelegilbert Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/MicheleGilbert Goodreads Author page http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10793053.Michele_Gilbert Facebook http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10793053.Michele_Gilbert Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/mlg432/ Twitter https://twitter.com/mlg432 Instagram http://instagtam.com/michelegilbert Tags: Essential, Quick Start Guide, Backpacking Light, The Ultimate Guide, Backpacking Trip, Hiking, Backpacking Gear, Trails, Survival Guide, Outdoors Backpack, Backpacking Lite, Backpacking Europe, Backpacking Asia, Expert Tips, Insider Secrets, Backpacker's Start-Up hiking\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder at 40 Below: True Crime Stories from Alaska\nDescription: ['Fiendish deeds in a land known for its extremes. Murder at 40 Below is a collection of stories about ten of Alaska\\'s most notorious murder cases drawn from interviews with investigators, police files, eyewitness reports, and newspaper archives. You will be shocked and fascinated by these grisly, fact-filled accounts of failed dreams, violent schemes, greed, madness, and treachery. Read about: Trusting Manly Hot Springs residents who begin disappearing when a demented drifter arrives in town. The sexually obsessed big game hunter who lures topless dancers to a remote hideaway to rape, torture, and kill them. The Juneau laborer who murders the man who beat his mistress and later gains a national following as the \"Birdman of Alcatraz.\" The distrubing shooting deaths of three Eskimo hunters from Kiana in northwest Alaska that ends in an icy wilderness manhunt. The police appeal for help findinga serial killer that generates 7,000 calls from infomrants in the Fairbanks area. ', 'A native of Massachusetts, Tom Brennan is a newspaper columnist and witty fellow who cut his teeth in journalism on the police beat. He moved to Alaska in 1967. He is a communications consultant, newspaper columnist, former oilman, and self-described \"recovering fly-fisherman.\" He and his wife, Marnie, live in Anchorage.']","rejected":"Title: What You Have Left: The Turner Trilogy (John Turner Series)\nDescription: ['James Sallis is the author of more than two dozen volumes of fiction, poetry, translation, essays, and criticism, including the Lew Griffin cycle and Drive. His biography of the great crime writer Chester Himes is an acknowledged classic. Sallis lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Karyn, and an enormous white cat.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Splat the Cat and the Snowy Day Surprise\nDescription: ['', 'Splat the Cat enjoys a fun-filled snow day in this interactive lift-the-flap book!', 'When Splat wakes up to learn that today is a snow day, he's superexcited about all the fun things he and Seymour are going to do. They go sledding, build a fort, and at the end of the day, the two friends have a great snowy surprise for everyone!', '', 'Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of Russell the Sheep; Russell and the Lost Treasure; Russell’s Christmas Magic; Splat the Cat; Love, Splat; Merry Christmas, Splat; and Scaredy-Cat, Splat! His work can also be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. An honors graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Rob now lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist. You can visit Rob Scotton online at www.robscotton.com.']","rejected":"Title: The Year of You - Yearly Planner/Journal\nDescription: ['The Year of You is so much more than a daily planner! This amazing book helps you set your goals and intentions for the entire year. Once you get clear about what you would like to experience and achieve, The Year of You keeps you focused and accountable for creating the life of your dreams. Complete with monthly, weekly and daily calendar The Year of You helps you discover your strengths in addition to your distractions. Each daily empowerment sheet has a section to help you keep track of self-care so that you maintain the energy and momentum to stay on-track! If you are ready to invest in yourself then you are ready for The Year of You.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Skippyjon Jones Snow What\nDescription: [\"The #1 New York Times bestselling Skippyjon Jones stars in his own playful fairy tale set in a winter snowscape! Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the bravest Chihuahua of them all? Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat who thinks he's a dog! While his sisters listen to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Skippy bounces on his big-boy bed and heads off for the REAL adventure awaiting him in his closet. Once inside, he finds himself in a magical snowy forest of make-believe, where the seven Chimichangos challenge him with his most dangerous task yet: to wake up Nieve Que, the frozen princess, by kissing her! Yuck! Will this hero agree to don a princes pantelones and save his poochitos? With rhymes, rollicking wordplay, and mucho fairy tale fun, this fuzzy tale is sure to end happily ever after.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Moon Stealers and the Everlasting Night (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"At some point in Tim's childhood, he was abducted by aliens and sent on a voyage of knowledge and discovery across the universe. Eventually the aliens realised how pointless this was and, as a failed student, he was returned to Earth and left with a family who brought him up as a human bean. But, the persistent memories of new worlds, dragons and other creatures, continued to knock at his frontal lobe, desperately trying to break out. To avoid making a mess and calm his imagination, Tim began writing as a way to communicate with Earthlings. Fuelled by Chilli and Nachos and a bottle of wine, Tim manages to balance a love of loud rock music and fast cars (preferably red!) with emotional chic flicks, smart leather shoes and a well tailored suit. He has successfully infiltrated the humans and hides behind the faade known as a family. He learns from his children, but is regularly told to stop acting like a child by his wife. Naturally shy and unsociable by nature, he is selective of the human company he keeps, preferring to be around old books, bonsai and art. He cries at 'Its a wonderful life' but sulks if fed evil vegetables disguised as Parsnips or Peas. He is bored by mundane conversation, excited by architecture and castles and fuelled by Caramel Latte Macchiato's. Occasionally, he likes to catch up with old acquaintances on Tatooine, Westeros, and Middle Earth, and stare at fantasy and concept art as if it is a window to his childhood adventures. He is always trying to learn lessons from the masters; Mr Charles Darwin and Mr Lionel Ritchie, about life and love. Tim's galactic mission is to translate his brain activity into a language that inspires and entertains you, transports you to different worlds and grants you an audience with the characters you have dreamt about, but never dared to remember. All of this in an attempt to redeem himself with his childhood alien abductors and travel the stars once more.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Horsefly Chronicles: A Demonic Haunting\nDescription: ['Phil Siracusa is the author of the book entitled, \"The Horsefly Chronicles\". He was born in 1967 in Staten Island, New York. He grew up in a household of eight. Phils adventure with the Mafia began when he became a bouncer at a couple of local bars in his hometown. When they got word of his gift, they asked him for guidance from the other side. Phil ventured into bodybuilding and owned several fitness centers throughout his career. In 1999 he married his wife Julia, has four boys, and resides in Easton, Pennsylvania. He currently works in sales within the telecommunications industry. What makes this story so interesting and unique is that Phil was born with a spiritual attachment that followed him through an open portal. This spiritual entity remains with him to this day.']","rejected":"Title: I'm Worthless And I Know It Vol. 1: Six short stories on the most embarrassing and regretful moments of my life.\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Awesome Autumn: All Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 3-This book holds all kinds of information, from what to wear in the fall, what grows at that time of year, and even migration. Beautiful photos are balanced with relatively short bursts of text that young children will find manageable. The discussion of days getting shorter and nights getting longer is followed by how this change affects the production of chlorophyll and how it ultimately results in leaves falling from trees. There is a strong logic in the presentation of the facts that aids in the understanding of the concepts presented. When the migration of birds is discussed, the author brings in the migration of whales and dolphins, insects, and even elk, as they travel from higher elevations to lower ones. What about the ones who stay behind? They hibernate or grow long coats to keep warm as winter approaches. The format is somewhat busy but the book will do well in the laps of or on the desks of the children who are reading it. Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are covered, which then leads into winter. Consider pairing this title with Lois Ehlert's Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (1991) and Leaf Man (2004, both Harcourt), and Julia Rawlinson's Fletcher and the Falling Leaves (HarperCollins, 2006), all of which explore aspects of fall but in fictional narratives. Awesome Autumn could easily answer any questions that come up when reading them. This is a good reference book for young scholars who will love both the photos and the fun facts.-Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", '\"Goldstone departs from his usual math picture books to deliver one of the most comprehensive books about autumn available for kids....Wonderfully apropos pictures, solid information and sheer breadth are sure to make this an elementary-classroom staple.\"- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
\"This visually and narratively engaging exploration of the season offers the perfect jumpstart for autumnal studies.\" - The Bulletin for the Center for Children\\'s Books
\"A richly varied view of autumn.\" - Booklist', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Bowl of Heaven by Benford, Gregory, Niven, Larry (2012) Hardcover\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Christmas According to Humphrey\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Haiti: A Photo Essay\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Spring According to Humphrey\nDescription: ['\"Fans of Humphrey\\'s previous adventures will surely enjoy this outing.\"--School Library Journal
Awards and Accolades for Humphrey: The World According to Humphrey winner of eight state awards (IA, RI, PA, MD, OK, WA, NE), nominated for 10 others (MA, NV, MN, FL, LA, SC, PA, NC, UT, IN, IL), Children\\'s Crown Award Winner; Friendship According to Humphrey Christopher Award Winner, nominated IA, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner; Trouble According to Humphrey nominated NM, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner; Surprises According to Humphrey Book Sense Pick, nominated TX, IA, IN, KS, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner, Adventure According to Humphrey nominated NM, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner, Summer According to Humphrey SCIBA Book Award Finalist Children\\'s Crown Award Nominee, School Days According to Humphrey Children\\'s Crown Award Nominee.   OSOB According To Humphrey  Several hundred schools have already used The World According to Humphrey and other Humphrey books for One School One Book.  ', \"Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award. Her first Humphrey book, The World According to Humphrey, was chosen for the One Book One School program. In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author of The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs and The Princess and the Peabodys. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street. 
Find fun Humphrey activities and teacher's guides at www.bettygbirney.com.\"]","rejected":"Title: Apple Seed Phonics 2 Flash Cards\nDescription: ['36 Flash Cards', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Littles First Readers #04: The Littles Get Trapped!\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: My First Prayers for My Family.\nDescription: ['For more than twenty years, MaIte Roche has written and illustrated numerous spiritual and religious books for children. Her works are extremely popular in her native France, where she is considered an expert at introducing the Catholic faith to the very young.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (Harriet the Spy Adventures)\nDescription: [\"Grade 5-8Harriet's new neighbor, Annie Smith, has moved to New York City to live with her aunt and uncle. When Harriet befriends her, she discovers that there is more to the girl than meets the eye, including her persona as new classmate Cassandra D'Amore. She also learns that Annie is hiding a lot of secrets. By making her a partner in her spy escapades, Harriet hopes to learn more about this unique person. All she knows is that Annie comes from Boston, is well read, and that she is in love with an older man. Frustrated, Harriet becomes a double agent and spies on her own colleague. She discovers that Annie has been lying about her life, which leads to an explosive climax. The characters lack spark and personality, and the plot is slow and repetitive. Except for the protagonist's familiar name, there's not much to interest readers here.Amanda Conover Le, St. Johns County Public Library System, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Gr. 4-7. Harriet the Spy is back, and Gold does a credible job of maintaining the special character and her crusty charm. Still attending a private Manhattan school, Harriet is fascinated with a new student, Annie, who has a zillion marvelous aliases. Harriet\\'s best friend, Sport, has a tongue-tied crush on Annie, and Harriet herself is rather taken with this mysterious girl, who has secrets that Harriet feels compelled to uncover. Annie turns out to be a natural spy, and as she joins Harriet in her efforts to uncover the mystery of the Korean grocer and a Christmas tree lot, Harriet tries to figure out what Annie herself is hiding. Fans of Fitzhugh\\'s books will be pleased by the continuity of character development, but careful readers will miss the slyness of Fitzhugh\\'s wry prose. Still, those meeting Harriet for the first time may be inspired to pick up the earlier titles. For more about the series, see \"Reflections on Fiction Spin-offs: Should Harriet Spy Again?\" in the December 1, 2002, issue of Booklist.Debbie Carton Copyright American Library Association. 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David lives in Key West and operates Sloans Ghost Hunt.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Private and Public Faith\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Basil of Baker Street (Knight Books)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The secret ways of Al Baker\nDescription: ['', '\"For me, Al Baker has been a source of deep magical inspiration. I consider Al Baker to be one of the giants of twentieth-century magic.\"-Eugene Burger', 'Al Baker was one of the most creative figures in magic, a master of close-up, stage magic and mentalism. 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In 1962, Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, told people for the first time how the overuse of chemical pesticides was poisoning the environment. As a result, she wrote, not only human beings but all other living creatures were in danger. No one had ever heard of anything like this before. Many people believed the book's message and called for change. Many others opposed it - especially powerful chemical companies, farmers, and even many members of Congress. The battle raged on in the newspapers, magazines, television, and in Congress - RAchel even testified before a commission. She won the fight and Congress passed the very first law to protect our environment. Rachel's concern for the environment had been with her all her life. Growing up in the country, she helped care for chickens, rabbits, and pigs, and pet cats and dogs. To her, everything in nature was a miracle to be treasured and studied. Rachel also had a passion for books. She wrote her first one, abut animals, at the age of seven. By ten, she was publishing stories in a children's magazine. These early passions led her to a career first as a biologist, and then as a famous writer of books about the sea, the seashore, and the whole natural world. In Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth, biographer Adele Glimm takes us on an exciting journey that celebrates one of the twentieth century's greatest heroines - a woman who helped make the earth a safer place for every one of us and for every living thing.\", 'The Bank Street College of Education, often called \"America\\'s most trusted name in early childhood education,\" is a private institution with a public mission--to make learning meaningful for all children. 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Exploring California via Road Trip with Moon California Road Trip
Moon Travel Guides recently released an all-new guidebook, Moon California Road Trip. The book, which features routes, travel tips, and suggestions from a collection of Moon authors, is available in stores and at online retailers now. We asked Avalon Travel Acquisitions Director, Grace Fujimoto, to talk a little bit about the book, and to offer her suggestions for what she thinks makes a great California road trip.
1. Moon California Road Trip isn\\'t just about California (or about all of California, for that matter), nor is it a classic road trip like those in Moon\\'s Road Trip USA. What is this book, exactly?
This book covers the six essential destinations in and around California: the \"golden triangle\" cities of San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, and three natural wonders, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Coast between LA and San Francisco. This book is unique in that the information focuses on these six places only, with specific driving directions and estimated driving times for getting from one to the other in almost any combination, and gives enough depth about each destination to have lots of choices for a one- to three-day stay.
2. There are already so many guidebooks for California. Why add another?
I volunteer at the visitor information center in San Francisco, and I was surprised at how many people would tell me they were planning to go to Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and then up the Pacific Coast back to San Francisco, all by car. When they asked for advice about how to do it, I would check to see if Tioga Road (Hwy. 120) in Yosemite was open; show them the Rand McNally California map, which they usually ended up buying since it showed the entire route except for Grand Canyon; and point them to the nearest bookstore so they could peruse the various California, Las Vegas, and Arizona guides for more information. But I knew that they probably wouldn\\'t find everything in one book—the all-California guides would have way more information about the state than they needed, but little to nothing about Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. That\\'s why I thought Moon California Road Trip would be a useful addition to the bookstore shelf.
3. Is this book mainly for international visitors?
International travelers definitely do this trip—I\\'ve helped a lot of Europeans plan out this route, and one of our interns even mentioned that her Norwegian friends came to do this exact trip. But I think that anyone coming to California who wants to see these essential highlights in one trip should have this book. And it\\'s also helpful for people combining any number of these six destinations for different trips, even if they live here.
4. Have you done this trip?
I haven\\'t, but now I really want to! I\\'ve been to all these places separately, and last year, during the production of the book, I traveled the California portions of the route: I did the San Francisco–Yosemite–Los Angeles leg over Labor Day and also the Los Angeles–San Francisco drive up the Pacific Coast Highway after Thanksgiving. My family lives in Orange County, so when I drove down to see them for the holiday weekends, these were great alternatives to my usual slog on I-5.
5. What are some highlights of the trip?
Oh, my. Well, Olmsted Point, which is along Highway 120 in Yosemite, is fantastic. It\\'s not just the view of Half Dome in the distance and the suspended-motion quality of the glacial rocks there—everything around you is so beautiful, including the crisp, clean mountain air. East of Yosemite, the oldest trees in the world (some upwards of 4,000 years old) are in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest off 395. If you\\'re ever feeling old, these gnarled trees will put things in perspective.
After all the driving, the spas in the Las Vegas casinos will be a welcome treat. The opulence can be over-the-top, but that’s part of the Vegas experience.
For the Grand Canyon,just seeing it is amazing—it\\'s not a World Heritage Site for nothing!
In Los Angeles, I love the LA County Museum of Art (LACMA), which is huge, and the new Renzo Piano designed buildings on the western side mean that it\\'s not just the art that\\'s interesting.
For many, the highlight of the entire California loop is the undeniably spectacular Big Sur coast between Cambria and Carmel, although since I\\'m a public transportation nut, the best part of my most recent drive was finding out that you can get to Big Sur by bus, which I will do someday!
Closer to home (meaning, my home), you can\\'t miss the Golden Gate Bridge(best seen from the overlook in the Marin Headlands, just off the north side of the bridge), but my favorite sight in San Francisco is Coit Tower, which has views of the bay and downtown, as well as WPA murals inside that depict life back in the 1930s.
6. Do you have any tips for people making this trip?
If you really want to go to Alcatraz in San Francisco, make reservations two weeks beforehand (two months for night tours in the summer), especially for weekends. You can pick up the tickets when you arrive, and if you change your mind, you can get a refund as long as you cancel a full three days in advance. For Yosemite, try to visit during the week to avoid the crowds—even though I was traveling for Labor Day, I went to Yosemite on a Wednesday and had a lot of breathing room. Also, cell phone coverage will be spotty on all the driving legs of this trip. And this last one is totally obvious and I should have known better, but be sure to fill up on gas before you hit the Big Sur coast—I paid more than $5 a gallon when I decided, near Gorda, that I couldn\\'t take the stress of the needle hovering around E anymore.
7. Are there other classic trips that might lend themselves to this sort of book?
I definitely think that there\\'s one in the Pacific Northwest and possibly a southwest trip between Las Vegas and Denver. We’ll see.
Grace Fujimoto is the Acquisitions Director for Avalon Travel, the publisher of Moon Travel Guides.
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At 42, recently divorced Nell Dysart starts a new life by becoming a secretary for Gabe McKenna, a gruff private investigator la Sam Spade; McKenna runs an old-fashioned family business in German Village, Ohio, with his cousin and partner, Riley. The new job provides distraction for Nell, and with the support of her china-collecting former sisters-in-law, Suze and Margie; her son, Jase; and a stolen dachshund named Marlene, she gets back on her feet. Gabe is less than thrilled with Nell's sassiness, and they clash over her attempts to clean and redecorate his office. But where there is friction, there are also sparks, and as bull-headed as Gabe and Nell are, they finally acknowledge their mutual attraction. To make things more complicated, Gabe's biggest client is the Dysart clan, Nell's former in-laws, and the history between them becomes confused with present investigations of embezzlement and bribery when Nell discovers the title to a Porsche and a bag of diamonds in her boss's office. After more than one character is found stuffed in a freezer, Gabe, Riley, Nell and Suze set out to solve a 20-year-old murder case. Crusie's snappy dialogue and skillful plotting more than make up for some uneven pacing and one-dimensional villains. The novel's provocative title says too little about this entertaining romantic caper, which will satisfy fans and new readers alike. Agent, Meg Ruley. 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In response, Dr. Verma founded The New Way Health Organisation (NOW) in 1986 to spread the message of holistic living, preventive methods for health care and to promote the use of mild medicine and various self-help therapeutic measures. Dr. Verma grew up with a strong familial tradition of Ayurveda with a grandmother who had enormous Ayurvedic wisdom and was a gifted healer. She has studied Ayurveda in the traditional Guru-shishya style with Acharya Priya Vrat Sharma of the Benares Hindu University for 23 years. Dr. Verma is an ardent researcher and is working hard to compile the living tradition of Ayurveda and spread it in the world through her books and other activities. She has published twenty three books on yoga, Ayurveda, Women and Companionship. The books are published in various languages of the world. Besides, she has published numerous scientific articles. Several other books are in preparation. 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Gilreath\\'s frustration, resentment, and anguish resulting from the mistreatment of gays in the United States are palpable in his rhetoric. This anger and hurt may cause discomfort for readers, but his blunt testimony is a useful reminder, in case one needs it, of the genuine damage that is done to members of the disadvantaged groups that American society has marginalized and oppressed. \"Homosexuals remain the only minority against whom it is permissible to discriminate openly\" (p. 48), Gilreath laments. Thus, in the effort to bring about equity and justice in the United States, redress of the mistreatment of gays is a major item of unfinished business. - Barry D. Friedman, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, Georgia -- International Social Science Review, March 22, 2007
In his solid analysis of the contradictory status of \"the gay person\" in the United States at this moment, and the strategies that might advance the cause of social and legal equality, Shannon Gilreath shows himself to be well-armed with both knowledge and political passion, and with a gift for finding the right word. -- Gay and Lesbian Review
The perspective Gilreath brings to bear--the horizon from which he speaks--is quite distinctive. Though the literature of gay and lesbian studies is growing exponentially, I am aware of no other book quite like this one: thoughtful, passionate social commentary with elements of a memoir added for good measure. Gilreath\\'s book should be read by anyone who wants to think about \"the gay person in America today\". -- Michael J. Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Chair in Law, Emory University
This brave and honest book calls gay Americans and Americans generally to resistance to the injustice of American homophobia that blights our religion, our politics, and our constitutionalism. Its moving personal story and compelling analysis call for the importance of a more open gay voice as an urgent imperative of a personal and political life based on the values of justice all Americans share. --David A.J. Richards, author of Women, Gays, and the Constitution', \"Shannon Gilreath teaches courses on sexuality to students in Wake Forest University's women's and gender studies program, divinity school, and law school. Professor Gilreath is also assistant director of the school of law's Master of Laws (LL.M.) in American Law program.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Rodney James Alcala: Occupation: Serial Killer a.k.a. The Dating Game Killer\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Luxury Private Islands\nDescription: ['Vladi Private Islands are the worlds leading brokers of luxury private islands for sale and for rent.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Weird Minnesota: Your Travel Guide to Minnesota's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets\nDescription: ['Eric Dregni is the author of \"In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream, \\'\\' \"Minnesota Marvels: Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes\" and seven other books.
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She also proudly supports Trout Unlimited-a national non-profit organization dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring North America's Coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Michele currently resides forty minutes from Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore. She makes her home with a Blue Russian rescue cat named Jersey, though she isn't exactly sure who rescued who. Amazon Kindle Author Page USA amazon.com/author/michelegilbert Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/MicheleGilbert Goodreads Author page http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10793053.Michele_Gilbert Facebook http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10793053.Michele_Gilbert Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/mlg432/ Twitter https://twitter.com/mlg432 Instagram http://instagtam.com/michelegilbert Tags: Essential, Quick Start Guide, Backpacking Light, The Ultimate Guide, Backpacking Trip, Hiking, Backpacking Gear, Trails, Survival Guide, Outdoors Backpack, Backpacking Lite, Backpacking Europe, Backpacking Asia, Expert Tips, Insider Secrets, Backpacker's Start-Up hiking\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder at 40 Below: True Crime Stories from Alaska\\nDescription: ['Fiendish deeds in a land known for its extremes. Murder at 40 Below is a collection of stories about ten of Alaska\\\\'s most notorious murder cases drawn from interviews with investigators, police files, eyewitness reports, and newspaper archives. You will be shocked and fascinated by these grisly, fact-filled accounts of failed dreams, violent schemes, greed, madness, and treachery. Read about: Trusting Manly Hot Springs residents who begin disappearing when a demented drifter arrives in town. The sexually obsessed big game hunter who lures topless dancers to a remote hideaway to rape, torture, and kill them. The Juneau laborer who murders the man who beat his mistress and later gains a national following as the \\\"Birdman of Alcatraz.\\\" The distrubing shooting deaths of three Eskimo hunters from Kiana in northwest Alaska that ends in an icy wilderness manhunt. The police appeal for help findinga serial killer that generates 7,000 calls from infomrants in the Fairbanks area. ', 'A native of Massachusetts, Tom Brennan is a newspaper columnist and witty fellow who cut his teeth in journalism on the police beat. He moved to Alaska in 1967. He is a communications consultant, newspaper columnist, former oilman, and self-described \\\"recovering fly-fisherman.\\\" He and his wife, Marnie, live in Anchorage.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: What You Have Left: The Turner Trilogy (John Turner Series)\\nDescription: ['James Sallis is the author of more than two dozen volumes of fiction, poetry, translation, essays, and criticism, including the Lew Griffin cycle and Drive. His biography of the great crime writer Chester Himes is an acknowledged classic. Sallis lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Karyn, and an enormous white cat.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Splat the Cat and the Snowy Day Surprise\\nDescription: ['', 'Splat the Cat enjoys a fun-filled snow day in this interactive lift-the-flap book!', 'When Splat wakes up to learn that today is a snow day, he's superexcited about all the fun things he and Seymour are going to do. They go sledding, build a fort, and at the end of the day, the two friends have a great snowy surprise for everyone!', '', 'Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of Russell the Sheep; Russell and the Lost Treasure; Russell’s Christmas Magic; Splat the Cat; Love, Splat; Merry Christmas, Splat; and Scaredy-Cat, Splat! His work can also be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. An honors graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Rob now lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist. You can visit Rob Scotton online at www.robscotton.com.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Year of You - Yearly Planner/Journal\\nDescription: ['The Year of You is so much more than a daily planner! This amazing book helps you set your goals and intentions for the entire year. Once you get clear about what you would like to experience and achieve, The Year of You keeps you focused and accountable for creating the life of your dreams. Complete with monthly, weekly and daily calendar The Year of You helps you discover your strengths in addition to your distractions. Each daily empowerment sheet has a section to help you keep track of self-care so that you maintain the energy and momentum to stay on-track! If you are ready to invest in yourself then you are ready for The Year of You.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Skippyjon Jones Snow What\\nDescription: [\\\"The #1 New York Times bestselling Skippyjon Jones stars in his own playful fairy tale set in a winter snowscape! Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the bravest Chihuahua of them all? Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat who thinks he's a dog! While his sisters listen to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Skippy bounces on his big-boy bed and heads off for the REAL adventure awaiting him in his closet. Once inside, he finds himself in a magical snowy forest of make-believe, where the seven Chimichangos challenge him with his most dangerous task yet: to wake up Nieve Que, the frozen princess, by kissing her! Yuck! Will this hero agree to don a princes pantelones and save his poochitos? With rhymes, rollicking wordplay, and mucho fairy tale fun, this fuzzy tale is sure to end happily ever after.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Moon Stealers and the Everlasting Night (Volume 3)\\nDescription: [\\\"At some point in Tim's childhood, he was abducted by aliens and sent on a voyage of knowledge and discovery across the universe. Eventually the aliens realised how pointless this was and, as a failed student, he was returned to Earth and left with a family who brought him up as a human bean. But, the persistent memories of new worlds, dragons and other creatures, continued to knock at his frontal lobe, desperately trying to break out. To avoid making a mess and calm his imagination, Tim began writing as a way to communicate with Earthlings. Fuelled by Chilli and Nachos and a bottle of wine, Tim manages to balance a love of loud rock music and fast cars (preferably red!) with emotional chic flicks, smart leather shoes and a well tailored suit. He has successfully infiltrated the humans and hides behind the faade known as a family. He learns from his children, but is regularly told to stop acting like a child by his wife. Naturally shy and unsociable by nature, he is selective of the human company he keeps, preferring to be around old books, bonsai and art. He cries at 'Its a wonderful life' but sulks if fed evil vegetables disguised as Parsnips or Peas. He is bored by mundane conversation, excited by architecture and castles and fuelled by Caramel Latte Macchiato's. Occasionally, he likes to catch up with old acquaintances on Tatooine, Westeros, and Middle Earth, and stare at fantasy and concept art as if it is a window to his childhood adventures. He is always trying to learn lessons from the masters; Mr Charles Darwin and Mr Lionel Ritchie, about life and love. Tim's galactic mission is to translate his brain activity into a language that inspires and entertains you, transports you to different worlds and grants you an audience with the characters you have dreamt about, but never dared to remember. All of this in an attempt to redeem himself with his childhood alien abductors and travel the stars once more.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Horsefly Chronicles: A Demonic Haunting\\nDescription: ['Phil Siracusa is the author of the book entitled, \\\"The Horsefly Chronicles\\\". He was born in 1967 in Staten Island, New York. He grew up in a household of eight. Phils adventure with the Mafia began when he became a bouncer at a couple of local bars in his hometown. When they got word of his gift, they asked him for guidance from the other side. Phil ventured into bodybuilding and owned several fitness centers throughout his career. In 1999 he married his wife Julia, has four boys, and resides in Easton, Pennsylvania. He currently works in sales within the telecommunications industry. What makes this story so interesting and unique is that Phil was born with a spiritual attachment that followed him through an open portal. This spiritual entity remains with him to this day.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: I'm Worthless And I Know It Vol. 1: Six short stories on the most embarrassing and regretful moments of my life.\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Awesome Autumn: All Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun\\nDescription: [\\\"PreS-Gr 3-This book holds all kinds of information, from what to wear in the fall, what grows at that time of year, and even migration. Beautiful photos are balanced with relatively short bursts of text that young children will find manageable. The discussion of days getting shorter and nights getting longer is followed by how this change affects the production of chlorophyll and how it ultimately results in leaves falling from trees. There is a strong logic in the presentation of the facts that aids in the understanding of the concepts presented. When the migration of birds is discussed, the author brings in the migration of whales and dolphins, insects, and even elk, as they travel from higher elevations to lower ones. What about the ones who stay behind? They hibernate or grow long coats to keep warm as winter approaches. The format is somewhat busy but the book will do well in the laps of or on the desks of the children who are reading it. Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are covered, which then leads into winter. Consider pairing this title with Lois Ehlert's Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (1991) and Leaf Man (2004, both Harcourt), and Julia Rawlinson's Fletcher and the Falling Leaves (HarperCollins, 2006), all of which explore aspects of fall but in fictional narratives. Awesome Autumn could easily answer any questions that come up when reading them. This is a good reference book for young scholars who will love both the photos and the fun facts.-Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\\\", '\\\"Goldstone departs from his usual math picture books to deliver one of the most comprehensive books about autumn available for kids....Wonderfully apropos pictures, solid information and sheer breadth are sure to make this an elementary-classroom staple.\\\"- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
\\\"This visually and narratively engaging exploration of the season offers the perfect jumpstart for autumnal studies.\\\" - The Bulletin for the Center for Children\\\\'s Books
\\\"A richly varied view of autumn.\\\" - Booklist', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Bowl of Heaven by Benford, Gregory, Niven, Larry (2012) Hardcover\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Christmas According to Humphrey\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Haiti: A Photo Essay\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Spring According to Humphrey\\nDescription: ['\\\"Fans of Humphrey\\\\'s previous adventures will surely enjoy this outing.\\\"--School Library Journal
Awards and Accolades for Humphrey: The World According to Humphrey winner of eight state awards (IA, RI, PA, MD, OK, WA, NE), nominated for 10 others (MA, NV, MN, FL, LA, SC, PA, NC, UT, IN, IL), Children\\\\'s Crown Award Winner; Friendship According to Humphrey Christopher Award Winner, nominated IA, Children\\\\'s Crown Award Winner; Trouble According to Humphrey nominated NM, Children\\\\'s Crown Award Winner; Surprises According to Humphrey Book Sense Pick, nominated TX, IA, IN, KS, Children\\\\'s Crown Award Winner, Adventure According to Humphrey nominated NM, Children\\\\'s Crown Award Winner, Summer According to Humphrey SCIBA Book Award Finalist Children\\\\'s Crown Award Nominee, School Days According to Humphrey Children\\\\'s Crown Award Nominee.   OSOB According To Humphrey  Several hundred schools have already used The World According to Humphrey and other Humphrey books for One School One Book.  ', \\\"Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award. Her first Humphrey book, The World According to Humphrey, was chosen for the One Book One School program. In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author of The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs and The Princess and the Peabodys. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street. 
Find fun Humphrey activities and teacher's guides at www.bettygbirney.com.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Apple Seed Phonics 2 Flash Cards\\nDescription: ['36 Flash Cards', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Littles First Readers #04: The Littles Get Trapped!\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My First Prayers for My Family.\\nDescription: ['For more than twenty years, MaIte Roche has written and illustrated numerous spiritual and religious books for children. Her works are extremely popular in her native France, where she is considered an expert at introducing the Catholic faith to the very young.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (Harriet the Spy Adventures)\\nDescription: [\\\"Grade 5-8Harriet's new neighbor, Annie Smith, has moved to New York City to live with her aunt and uncle. When Harriet befriends her, she discovers that there is more to the girl than meets the eye, including her persona as new classmate Cassandra D'Amore. She also learns that Annie is hiding a lot of secrets. By making her a partner in her spy escapades, Harriet hopes to learn more about this unique person. All she knows is that Annie comes from Boston, is well read, and that she is in love with an older man. Frustrated, Harriet becomes a double agent and spies on her own colleague. She discovers that Annie has been lying about her life, which leads to an explosive climax. The characters lack spark and personality, and the plot is slow and repetitive. Except for the protagonist's familiar name, there's not much to interest readers here.Amanda Conover Le, St. Johns County Public Library System, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Gr. 4-7. Harriet the Spy is back, and Gold does a credible job of maintaining the special character and her crusty charm. Still attending a private Manhattan school, Harriet is fascinated with a new student, Annie, who has a zillion marvelous aliases. Harriet\\\\'s best friend, Sport, has a tongue-tied crush on Annie, and Harriet herself is rather taken with this mysterious girl, who has secrets that Harriet feels compelled to uncover. Annie turns out to be a natural spy, and as she joins Harriet in her efforts to uncover the mystery of the Korean grocer and a Christmas tree lot, Harriet tries to figure out what Annie herself is hiding. Fans of Fitzhugh\\\\'s books will be pleased by the continuity of character development, but careful readers will miss the slyness of Fitzhugh\\\\'s wry prose. Still, those meeting Harriet for the first time may be inspired to pick up the earlier titles. For more about the series, see \\\"Reflections on Fiction Spin-offs: Should Harriet Spy Again?\\\" in the December 1, 2002, issue of Booklist.Debbie Carton Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: V: Monogram Initial V Notebook (8.5 x 11), Floral Heart\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Robert The Doll\\nDescription: ['David L. Sloan launched his paranormal career in in 1996, founding one of North Americas first ghost tours in Key West, Florida. He has South Floridas largest collection of haunted objects, authored a dozen books, studied Santeria and Voodoo, and has dealt first-hand with dark entities and spirit possession. Sloan was instrumental in Robert the Dolls move from museum storage to permanent display and remains the authority on the haunted history of Key West and The Florida Keys. He is frequently featured on national television and is a regular on several paranormal radio programs. David lives in Key West and operates Sloans Ghost Hunt.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Private and Public Faith\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Basil of Baker Street (Knight Books)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The secret ways of Al Baker\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"For me, Al Baker has been a source of deep magical inspiration. I consider Al Baker to be one of the giants of twentieth-century magic.\\\"-Eugene Burger', 'Al Baker was one of the most creative figures in magic, a master of close-up, stage magic and mentalism. Now ALL his legendary works are back in print in this volume, plus unpublished effects and more.', 'This massive work contains 912 large-format, acid-free, satin-finish pages, hardbound with beautiful full-color dustjacket by artist Katlyn\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t\\\\n\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t\\\\t \\\\t', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Basil and the Cave of Cats (The Great Mouse Detective)\\nDescription: ['Eve Titus (19052002) wrote many books for children during her long career, including the Basil of Baker Street books and the Anatole series.', 'Basil and the Cave of Cats ', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Eric and the Enchanted Leaf: The First Adventure\\nDescription: ['Honor book as one of six finalists for the Golden Spur Award in 2005 --Texas State Reading Association', \\\"Deborah K. Frontiera was raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and still spends her summers there. She and her husband have raised four daughters. She has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry since 1985, the same year she began teaching kindergarten in Houston Independent School District. Besides writing and teaching, she does programs on writing for teachers, students and other writers.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Geronimo Stilton Cavemice #8: Surfing for Secrets\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dead Man's Ransom (Brother Cadfael Mysteries)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Humphrey's Mixed-Up Magic Trick (Humphrey's Tiny Tales)\\nDescription: ['Praise for Humphrey\\\\'s Tiny Tales:
\\\"Birney has created the kind of series that first- and second-grade readers will love. Its set in school, the vocabulary is accessible, the font and spacing are generous, and the frequent illustrations tie the story together.New readers will be \\\\'HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY\\\\' to see this promising new series.\\\"--Kirkus Reviewson Humphrey\\\\'s Really Wheely Racing Day
\\\"This title has the same characters, humorous action, and gentle tone of the original, but the large print, short chapters, and numerous cartoon-style illustrations make this one suitable for readers new to chapter books.\\\"--School Library Journalon Humphrey\\\\'s Really Wheely Racing Day', \\\"Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award, and she won the Christopher Award forFriendship According to Humphrey. In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author ofThe Seven Wonders of Sassafrass SpringsandThe Princess and the Peabody's. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street.
PriscillaBurrisgraduated from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Since then, she's illustrated several children's books.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: In the Kitchen With Elinor Donahue: Favorite Memories and Recipes from a Life in Hollywood\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town\\nDescription: ['BOOK OF THE YEAR at Foreword Magazine!
', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book\\nDescription: [\\\"Kindergarten-Grade 3Once again, this team has used the familiar tune as the framework for a cumulative counting verse, this time with winter activities both indoors and out as the focal point. The verses themselves are a good fit for the melody, but they would be unremarkable if not accompanied by the clever and humorous illustrations. Each of the eight children in this busy classroom has a distinct personality, revealed through meticulous and consistent attention to detail on every spread. The child obsessed with horses takes every opportunity to make them, even as snowflake cutouts; another child dances throughout, and in the final spread creates a version of Degas' Little Dancer out of snow. While the book would work well as a read- or sing-aloud, with so much to pore over and absorb in the art, it is best used for one-on-one sharing. A surefire choice to spice up the dreariest winter day.Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", 'Deborah Lee Rose, who is widely recognized by her appearances at schools and speeches at education and library conferences, is an internationally published author whose award-winning books are among the New York Public Librarys 100 Books to Read and Share. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Monster\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Diffyou Women's Loose Hooded Fleece One Piece Onesie Panda Pajama Gray Large\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: In Colder Blood\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth\\nDescription: [\\\"How One Woman's Brave Crusade Resulted in the Beginning of the Environmental Movement. In 1962, Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, told people for the first time how the overuse of chemical pesticides was poisoning the environment. As a result, she wrote, not only human beings but all other living creatures were in danger. No one had ever heard of anything like this before. Many people believed the book's message and called for change. Many others opposed it - especially powerful chemical companies, farmers, and even many members of Congress. The battle raged on in the newspapers, magazines, television, and in Congress - RAchel even testified before a commission. She won the fight and Congress passed the very first law to protect our environment. Rachel's concern for the environment had been with her all her life. Growing up in the country, she helped care for chickens, rabbits, and pigs, and pet cats and dogs. To her, everything in nature was a miracle to be treasured and studied. Rachel also had a passion for books. She wrote her first one, abut animals, at the age of seven. By ten, she was publishing stories in a children's magazine. These early passions led her to a career first as a biologist, and then as a famous writer of books about the sea, the seashore, and the whole natural world. In Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth, biographer Adele Glimm takes us on an exciting journey that celebrates one of the twentieth century's greatest heroines - a woman who helped make the earth a safer place for every one of us and for every living thing.\\\", 'The Bank Street College of Education, often called \\\"America\\\\'s most trusted name in early childhood education,\\\" is a private institution with a public mission--to make learning meaningful for all children. From its origins as the Bureau of Education Experiments to its current configuration as the Bureau of Education Experiments to its current configuration as a multifaceted learning community, Bank Street has been making its mark as a leader for child-centered education since 1916.Adele Glimm lives in New York City. In addition to biographies, she writes short stories and articles. Adele Glimm lives in New York City. In addition to biographies, she writes short stories and articles.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Valentine's Day Disaster (Geronimo Stilton, No. 23)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: BUSTED BOOMERS: Will We Have Any Money, Honey, When We're Old and Wrinkly?\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Fabumouse School Adventure (Geronimo Stilton, No. 38)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Kreiser Affair\\nDescription: ['G. K. Sutton is a graduate of Florida State University College of Law. A writer and composer, she draws on her experiences as a practicing attorney for over 20 years and her past stints as a church musician for even longer than that. She lives with her husband Rick and several cats in the woods of her native Northwest Florida.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: LIFE Wild & Wacky Picture Puzzle\\nDescription: ['', '', 'The inventors of the original picture puzzle books, the editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, journalism and storytelling of and about our country and our world, which began with the founding of LIFE magazine in 1936 by editor and publisher Henry R. Luce. LIFE has published books on a broad range of subjects, including New York Times best-sellers One Nation and The American Journey of Barack Obama and Picture Puzzle. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Somewhere I'll Find You - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Brain Games - Picture Puzzles: Remember When? - How Many Differences Can You Find?\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Moon Handbooks California Road Trip: San Francisco, Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles & the Pacific Coast\\nDescription: ['
Compiled by Avalon Travel.
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Exploring California via Road Trip with Moon California Road Trip
Moon Travel Guides recently released an all-new guidebook, Moon California Road Trip. The book, which features routes, travel tips, and suggestions from a collection of Moon authors, is available in stores and at online retailers now. We asked Avalon Travel Acquisitions Director, Grace Fujimoto, to talk a little bit about the book, and to offer her suggestions for what she thinks makes a great California road trip.
1. Moon California Road Trip isn\\\\'t just about California (or about all of California, for that matter), nor is it a classic road trip like those in Moon\\\\'s Road Trip USA. What is this book, exactly?
This book covers the six essential destinations in and around California: the \\\"golden triangle\\\" cities of San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, and three natural wonders, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Coast between LA and San Francisco. This book is unique in that the information focuses on these six places only, with specific driving directions and estimated driving times for getting from one to the other in almost any combination, and gives enough depth about each destination to have lots of choices for a one- to three-day stay.
2. There are already so many guidebooks for California. Why add another?
I volunteer at the visitor information center in San Francisco, and I was surprised at how many people would tell me they were planning to go to Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and then up the Pacific Coast back to San Francisco, all by car. When they asked for advice about how to do it, I would check to see if Tioga Road (Hwy. 120) in Yosemite was open; show them the Rand McNally California map, which they usually ended up buying since it showed the entire route except for Grand Canyon; and point them to the nearest bookstore so they could peruse the various California, Las Vegas, and Arizona guides for more information. But I knew that they probably wouldn\\\\'t find everything in one book—the all-California guides would have way more information about the state than they needed, but little to nothing about Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. That\\\\'s why I thought Moon California Road Trip would be a useful addition to the bookstore shelf.
3. Is this book mainly for international visitors?
International travelers definitely do this trip—I\\\\'ve helped a lot of Europeans plan out this route, and one of our interns even mentioned that her Norwegian friends came to do this exact trip. But I think that anyone coming to California who wants to see these essential highlights in one trip should have this book. And it\\\\'s also helpful for people combining any number of these six destinations for different trips, even if they live here.
4. Have you done this trip?
I haven\\\\'t, but now I really want to! I\\\\'ve been to all these places separately, and last year, during the production of the book, I traveled the California portions of the route: I did the San Francisco–Yosemite–Los Angeles leg over Labor Day and also the Los Angeles–San Francisco drive up the Pacific Coast Highway after Thanksgiving. My family lives in Orange County, so when I drove down to see them for the holiday weekends, these were great alternatives to my usual slog on I-5.
5. What are some highlights of the trip?
Oh, my. Well, Olmsted Point, which is along Highway 120 in Yosemite, is fantastic. It\\\\'s not just the view of Half Dome in the distance and the suspended-motion quality of the glacial rocks there—everything around you is so beautiful, including the crisp, clean mountain air. East of Yosemite, the oldest trees in the world (some upwards of 4,000 years old) are in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest off 395. If you\\\\'re ever feeling old, these gnarled trees will put things in perspective.
After all the driving, the spas in the Las Vegas casinos will be a welcome treat. The opulence can be over-the-top, but that’s part of the Vegas experience.
For the Grand Canyon,just seeing it is amazing—it\\\\'s not a World Heritage Site for nothing!
In Los Angeles, I love the LA County Museum of Art (LACMA), which is huge, and the new Renzo Piano designed buildings on the western side mean that it\\\\'s not just the art that\\\\'s interesting.
For many, the highlight of the entire California loop is the undeniably spectacular Big Sur coast between Cambria and Carmel, although since I\\\\'m a public transportation nut, the best part of my most recent drive was finding out that you can get to Big Sur by bus, which I will do someday!
Closer to home (meaning, my home), you can\\\\'t miss the Golden Gate Bridge(best seen from the overlook in the Marin Headlands, just off the north side of the bridge), but my favorite sight in San Francisco is Coit Tower, which has views of the bay and downtown, as well as WPA murals inside that depict life back in the 1930s.
6. Do you have any tips for people making this trip?
If you really want to go to Alcatraz in San Francisco, make reservations two weeks beforehand (two months for night tours in the summer), especially for weekends. You can pick up the tickets when you arrive, and if you change your mind, you can get a refund as long as you cancel a full three days in advance. For Yosemite, try to visit during the week to avoid the crowds—even though I was traveling for Labor Day, I went to Yosemite on a Wednesday and had a lot of breathing room. Also, cell phone coverage will be spotty on all the driving legs of this trip. And this last one is totally obvious and I should have known better, but be sure to fill up on gas before you hit the Big Sur coast—I paid more than $5 a gallon when I decided, near Gorda, that I couldn\\\\'t take the stress of the needle hovering around E anymore.
7. Are there other classic trips that might lend themselves to this sort of book?
I definitely think that there\\\\'s one in the Pacific Northwest and possibly a southwest trip between Las Vegas and Denver. We’ll see.
Grace Fujimoto is the Acquisitions Director for Avalon Travel, the publisher of Moon Travel Guides.
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Nell's formerly dull life is suddenly wildly active, for not only is she lusting after Gabe (and vice versa), but there's also a case of embezzlement to uncover, a dog to steal, and bribery to investigate. And, oh yes, there are those very cold, very dead bodies in the freezer.\\\", \\\"Fast Women has well-rounded characters, an interesting mystery to resolve, and author Jennifer Crusie's trademark humor. In addition, Crusie gives readers a little something extra in her exploration of the emotional stages of divorce, the viability of marriage, and the value of self-honesty--all of which add up to an excellent fictional tale layered with a thought-provoking look at contemporary culture. --Lois Faye Dyer\\\", \\\"A detective agency may be a sure setting for mystery and adventure, but in Crusie's latest (after Welcome to Temptation; Crazy for You; Tell Me Lies), a likable cast of characters also find sex, love and empowerment. At 42, recently divorced Nell Dysart starts a new life by becoming a secretary for Gabe McKenna, a gruff private investigator la Sam Spade; McKenna runs an old-fashioned family business in German Village, Ohio, with his cousin and partner, Riley. The new job provides distraction for Nell, and with the support of her china-collecting former sisters-in-law, Suze and Margie; her son, Jase; and a stolen dachshund named Marlene, she gets back on her feet. Gabe is less than thrilled with Nell's sassiness, and they clash over her attempts to clean and redecorate his office. But where there is friction, there are also sparks, and as bull-headed as Gabe and Nell are, they finally acknowledge their mutual attraction. To make things more complicated, Gabe's biggest client is the Dysart clan, Nell's former in-laws, and the history between them becomes confused with present investigations of embezzlement and bribery when Nell discovers the title to a Porsche and a bag of diamonds in her boss's office. After more than one character is found stuffed in a freezer, Gabe, Riley, Nell and Suze set out to solve a 20-year-old murder case. Crusie's snappy dialogue and skillful plotting more than make up for some uneven pacing and one-dimensional villains. The novel's provocative title says too little about this entertaining romantic caper, which will satisfy fans and new readers alike. Agent, Meg Ruley. 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In response, Dr. Verma founded The New Way Health Organisation (NOW) in 1986 to spread the message of holistic living, preventive methods for health care and to promote the use of mild medicine and various self-help therapeutic measures. Dr. Verma grew up with a strong familial tradition of Ayurveda with a grandmother who had enormous Ayurvedic wisdom and was a gifted healer. She has studied Ayurveda in the traditional Guru-shishya style with Acharya Priya Vrat Sharma of the Benares Hindu University for 23 years. Dr. Verma is an ardent researcher and is working hard to compile the living tradition of Ayurveda and spread it in the world through her books and other activities. She has published twenty three books on yoga, Ayurveda, Women and Companionship. The books are published in various languages of the world. Besides, she has published numerous scientific articles. Several other books are in preparation. 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Gilreath\\\\'s frustration, resentment, and anguish resulting from the mistreatment of gays in the United States are palpable in his rhetoric. This anger and hurt may cause discomfort for readers, but his blunt testimony is a useful reminder, in case one needs it, of the genuine damage that is done to members of the disadvantaged groups that American society has marginalized and oppressed. \\\"Homosexuals remain the only minority against whom it is permissible to discriminate openly\\\" (p. 48), Gilreath laments. Thus, in the effort to bring about equity and justice in the United States, redress of the mistreatment of gays is a major item of unfinished business. - Barry D. Friedman, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, Georgia -- International Social Science Review, March 22, 2007
In his solid analysis of the contradictory status of \\\"the gay person\\\" in the United States at this moment, and the strategies that might advance the cause of social and legal equality, Shannon Gilreath shows himself to be well-armed with both knowledge and political passion, and with a gift for finding the right word. -- Gay and Lesbian Review
The perspective Gilreath brings to bear--the horizon from which he speaks--is quite distinctive. Though the literature of gay and lesbian studies is growing exponentially, I am aware of no other book quite like this one: thoughtful, passionate social commentary with elements of a memoir added for good measure. Gilreath\\\\'s book should be read by anyone who wants to think about \\\"the gay person in America today\\\". -- Michael J. Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Chair in Law, Emory University
This brave and honest book calls gay Americans and Americans generally to resistance to the injustice of American homophobia that blights our religion, our politics, and our constitutionalism. Its moving personal story and compelling analysis call for the importance of a more open gay voice as an urgent imperative of a personal and political life based on the values of justice all Americans share. --David A.J. Richards, author of Women, Gays, and the Constitution', \\\"Shannon Gilreath teaches courses on sexuality to students in Wake Forest University's women's and gender studies program, divinity school, and law school. Professor Gilreath is also assistant director of the school of law's Master of Laws (LL.M.) in American Law program.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rodney James Alcala: Occupation: Serial Killer a.k.a. The Dating Game Killer\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Luxury Private Islands\\nDescription: ['Vladi Private Islands are the worlds leading brokers of luxury private islands for sale and for rent.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Weird Minnesota: Your Travel Guide to Minnesota's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets\\nDescription: ['Eric Dregni is the author of \\\"In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream, \\\\'\\\\' \\\"Minnesota Marvels: Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes\\\" and seven other books.
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Then Jordana discovers that her friend Captain Rich O'Brian now works for the Union Pacific. Though the attraction they share can't be denied, a painful past and uncertain future looms between them.
Will competing interests keep Jordana and Rich apart...or bring them together?\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: More Conversations with Pop\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Camellia (Song of the River, No. 2)\nDescription: ['', 'This was an awesome and realistic book -- depicting the horrors of war, but also throwing in episodes of enjoyment and humor so as not to depress the reader. I loved the main AND secondary characters, and this may be read as a stand alone. I loved the fact that there is a strong spiritual thread of forgiveness, redemption, and salvation throughout this book. Very well written, Diane Ashley and Aaron McCarver!', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: I'm a Big Brother\nDescription: [\"Like can't wait to play with the baby, but when will baby be able to play with him?\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Under the Tulip Poplar\nDescription: ['', '', '', 'Diane T. Ashley, a town girl born and raised in Mississippi, has worked more than twenty years for the House of Representatives. She rediscovered a thirst for writing, was led to a class taught by Aaron McCarver, and became a founding member of the Bards of Faith.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Enlightenment: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)\nDescription: ['O\\'Hara provides readers with an introduction to the Enlightenment that is thorough without ever being forbidding and shows a keen appreciation of the dilemmas and controversies that surround the enlightened inheritance --Dan Hind, author of The Threat to Reason: How the Enlightenment Was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim It
This is an engaging and highly readable introduction to one of the most important intellectual developments in the history of western culture. --Matthew Humphrey, Reader in Political Philosophy, University of Nottingham
Lively and erudite. This is an excellent and, for its length remarkably comprehensive, starting place for approaching the Enlightenment. --Penny Fielding, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh
\"O\\'Hara provides readers with an introduction to the Enlightenment that is thorough without ever being forbidding and shows a keen appreciation of the dilemmas and controversies that surround the enlightened inheritance.\" --Dan Hind, author of The Threat to Reason: How the Enlightenment Was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim It, and runs thethreattoreason.blogspot.com
\"Lively and erudite. This is an excellent and, for its length remarkably comprehensive, starting place for approaching the Enlightenment.\" --Penny Fielding, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh
\"This is an engaging and highly readable introduction to one of the most important intellectual developments in the history of western culture.\" --Matthew Humphrey, Reader in Political Philosophy, University of Nottingham', \"Kieron O'Hara is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. He is the author of many books, including After Blair, Trust: From Socrates to Spin, and The Spy in the Coffee Machine (also Oneworld).\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Traces of Mercy: A Novel (Mercy Medallion Series)\nDescription: ['Landon and Kelley, creators of the television film Love Comes Softly, have written another novel (after The Silent Gift) rich in drama, emotion, mystery and romance. The tale opens on a Civil War battlefield, moves to a convent near St. Louis and then to the cottagea well-appointed lakeside homeof the wealthy Prescott family. At the center of this drama is Mercy, a woman who remembers nothing of her past and, clearly, her many secrets. She finds solace with a group of nuns, but when Rand Prescott visits the convent, her life takes another unexpected turn. Questions loom: what is the significance of the medallion Mercy wears? Will she and Rand find happiness? Will the mysterious soldier who seems to recognize Mercy help her finally recover her memory? Romance readers will enjoy the theatrics of this tale and will eagerly await the next book in the Mercy Medallion Trilogy. (Oct.)', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Keep Walking\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Finding Mercy: A Novel (Mercy Medallion Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Rudman's Complete Guide to Cigars\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Whispers of a New Dawn (Snapshots in History)\nDescription: ['
\"Author Murray Pura approaches the Amish culture with a compassionate but realistic eye. This is a solid story that includes the elements of adventure and romance while addressing the horrors of war, the pain of loved ones lost to death and others lost to a difference in belief. Whispers of a New Dawn was read and enjoyed by two people in our home. We then had some intense conversations regarding our own beliefs and convictions. I hope you will be stirred to think about your own spiritual condition and will bloom gloriously.\" --JudyAnn Lorenz, BarJD Communications
\"Whispers of a New Dawn is another superb work of Christian fiction by Murray Pura. Even though we know how the history of Pearl Harbor played out on December 7, 1941, we are still kept in suspense as to how the events of that day played out for each character. Murray also has enough romance in the story to keep his female audience captured, while adding an adequate amount of fast-paced action for the men. He does a fine job of exploring the emotions and thoughts of the Amish who leave their community and culture and embark on a life in the world outside their own without losing their faith in the one true God who holds them no matter where they may go.\" --Russ Friesen
', \"Murray Pura earned his Master of Divinity degree from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and his ThM degree in theology and interdisciplinary studies from Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more than 25 years, in addition to his writing, he has pastored churches in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Alberta. Murray's writings have been shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award, the John Spencer Hill Literary Award, the Paraclete Fiction Award, and Toronto's Kobzar Literary Award. His novels for Harvest House include Face of Heaven, The Wings of Morning, and Ashton Park. Murray pastors and writes in southern Alberta near the Rocky Mountains. He and his wife, Linda, have a son and a daughter.\"]","rejected":"Title: Soulstruck\nDescription: ['', '\"This coming-of-age tale set in Cape Cod includes a touch of mystery for an original take on loneliness, broken families, and teenage romance. . . . Themes of social isolation and identity are addressed with delicacy and poise, the dialogue sparkling with lightly dusted humor. . . . An intriguing story and a creative take on the genre.\" Kirkus Reviews', '\"Heartfelt and original. Readers will identify with Rachel as she searches for love and wonders if she needs to be struck by lightning to find it.\" Kirsten Lopresti, author of Bright Coin Moon', '\"Don\\'t wait for a thunderstorm to read this book; the chemistry in SOULSTRUCK crackles with its own electricity.\" Gina Ciocca, author of A Kiss in the Dark', '\"This realistic contemporary novel is a slice of teenage life that depicts struggles with friendship, attraction, parents, and the ability to communicate. The novels pacing fluctuates at times with occasional bursts of background information that provide enlightenment and has an overall contemplative tone. Characters appear genuine and accurately represented with lifelike imperfections and unique personalities.\" School Library Journal', '\"The teens strong voice and her heartfelt yearning for romance, the authenticity of the surrounding cast of characters, and the high-school social drama will pull in readers despite the startling, somewhat weird lightning issue and Rachels obsession with it. There are plenty of enticing elements to curl up with here.\"Booklist', '\"The books hint of the supernatural is successfully balanced by more down-to-earth insights into the complications of love and fate.\" Publishers Weekly', '', '', 'Natasha Sinel is the author of the young adult novel, The Fix, which received the gold medal for YA Fiction in the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Her short story, \"Moving the Body,\" appears in the adoption-themed anthology Welcome Home. She graduated from Yale University and University of Michigan\\'s Ross School of Business and was a director of business development at Showtime Networks. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., she now lives in Westchester, New York with her husband and three sons.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Princess Charm School (Barbie) (Step into Reading)\nDescription: ['ELISEALLENis a vibrant new voice in teen fiction. \"Populazzi\" is her first book for young adults. She has written for children\\'s television and film and is co-writing Hilary Duff\\'s first novel for teens, \"Elixir. \"She lives with her family in sunny Southern California.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: F-4 Phantom II\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Irish Meadows (Courage to Dream)\nDescription: ['1911, Long Island, New York
Faced With an Uncertain Future, Sometimes All You Have Left Is the Courage to Dream
Brianna and Colleen O\\'Leary know their Irish immigrant father expects them to marry well. Recently he\\'s put even more pressure on them, insinuating that the very future of their Long Island horse farm, Irish Meadows, rests in their ability to land prosperous husbands. Both girls, however, have different visions for their futures.
Brianna, a quiet girl with a quick mind, dreams of attending college. Vivacious Colleen, meanwhile, is happy to marry--as long as her father\\'s choice meets her exacting standards of the ideal groom. When former stable hand Gilbert Whelan returns from business school and distant relative Rylan Montgomery visits Long Island during his seminary training, the two men quickly complicate everyone\\'s plans.
As the farm slips ever closer to ruin, James O\\'Leary grows more desperate. It will take every ounce of courage for both sisters to avoid being pawns in their father\\'s machinations and instead follow their hearts. And even if they do, will they inevitably find their dreams too distant to reach?
\"Mason\\'s Courage to Dream debut about the O\\'Leary sisters\\' love entanglements brings readers early American romance at its finest.\"--RT Book Reviews
\"This engaging debut is part historical romance, part family drama, and all about the power of faith and love to move mountains. The spirited O\\'Leary clan is well drawn and appealing, ready to band together during times of trouble. Mason\\'s enjoyable read lays the groundwork for the next installment, which promises to be just as strong as the first.\"--Library Journal starred review', \"Susan Anne Mason's debut historical novel, Irish Meadows,won the Fiction from the Heartland contest from the Mid-American Romance Authors Chapter of RWA. A member of ACFW, as well, she lives outside of Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and two children. She can be found online at www.susanannemason.net.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Andrew Jackson\nDescription: ['Starred Review. In the latest installment of the American Presidents series edited by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Princeton historian Wilentz shows that our complicated seventh president was a central figure in the development of American democracy. Wilentz gives Jackson\\'s early years their due, discussing his storied military accomplishments, especially in routing the British in the War of 1812, and rehearsing the central crises of Jackson\\'s presidential administrationSouth Carolina\\'s nullification of the protective tariff and his own battle against the Bank of the United States. But Wilentz\\'s most significant interpretations concern Indian policy and slavery. With constitutional and security concerns, Jackson\\'s support for removal of Indians from their lands, says Wilentz, was not \"overtly malevolent,\" but was nonetheless \"ruinous\" for Indians. Even more strongly, Wilentz condemns the \"self-regarding sanctimony of posterity\" in judging Jackson insufficiently antislavery; Jackson\\'s main aim, he says, was not to promote slavery, but to keep the divisive issue out of national politics. Wilentz (The Rise of American Democracy) also astutely reads the Eaton affaira scandal that erupted early in Jackson\\'s presidency, over the wife of one of his cabinet membersas evidence that, then as now, parlor politics and partisan politics often intersected. It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz\\'s deep interpretation and lively narrative. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Best known now for beating the British in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, Jackson is truly, monumentally important, Wilentz argues, as the first great presidential champion of the common man and indivisible union. He fought the plutocratic Bank of the United States' stranglehold on credit for the sake of farmers and small businessmen. His militant expansionism--the rationale for his Indian removal policies, which he felt were better than white settlers exterminating Native Americans, as had happened in New England--aimed to facilitate American settlement and prevent foreign, especially British, encroachment. He became founder-leader of the first modern political party, the Democracy (later called the Democratic Party), to prosecute the interests of ordinary citizens, too, going so far as to advocate direct senatorial and presidential election. Even his anti-states rights and anti-secession positions reflected his social sympathies, for he considered his southern opponents on those issues would-be aristocrats. Factor in his heroic courage, iron will, and remarkable pragmatism, and Jackson's presidential stature, especially as carefully expounded here, seems towering, indeed. Ray Olson Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Love's Faithful Promise (Courage to Dream)\nDescription: [\"If Two Wounded Souls Can Find Healing, Love May Not Be Far Behind
Widower Dr. Matthew Clayborne is devoted to two things: his work with wounded soldiers and his four-year-old daughter, Phoebe. When Deirdre O'Leary, a feisty New Yorker, arrives in Toronto requesting he use his skills to help her stricken mother, he won't abandon either of these priorities to care for one older woman. However, when his daughter suffers a health scare and needs a respite, Deirdre offers a trade--they can escape to the peace of her family's farm, if he will care for Mrs. O'Leary.
Matthew agrees for his daughter's sake, but is intent on staying as short a time as necessary. The sojourn at Irish Meadows does wonders for Phoebe, and as she begins to flourish, Matthew finds himself drawn to the O'Learys, especially to the captivating Deirdre. But since he has no intention of leaving his life up north forever, and Deirdre has sworn off marriage in favor of her career, how will they deal with the undeniable attraction between them?
Praise for the Courage to Dream series
"The spirited O'Leary clan is well drawn and appealing, ready to band together during times of trouble."--Library Journal(starred review) of Irish Meadows
"The audience will be astonished at the new revelations."--RT Book Reviewsof A Worthy Heart
"Fans of the series will enjoy catching up with other O'Leary family members as they make cameos in this latest one. Love's Faithful Promise is a wonderful and heartwarming closeout to the inspiring Irish O'Leary clan who, through ups and downs, rely on family and their faith to see them through."--RT Book Reviews\", 'Susan Anne Mason is the author of A Worthy Heart and Irish Meadows,which won the Fiction from the Heartland contest from the Mid-American Romance Authors Chapter of RWA. A member of ACFW as well, she lives outside of Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and two children. She can be found online at www.susanannemason.net.']","rejected":"Title: No Simple Highway\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Missing (The Nikki Boyd Files)\nDescription: [\""A thrill ride from start to finish." RT Book Reviews, 4½ stars, Top Pick on Vendetta
Nikki Boyd isn't usually called in on homicides; her forte is missing persons. But when a case with two murdered and two missing pops up on a quiet suburban street, she's ready to start the investigation and find missing homeowners Mac and Lucy Hudson. When the first clues lead her to the boat of her friend Tyler Grant--and another dead body--Nikki must untangle what ties Tyler to the Hudsons. The clues pull her into a deadly maze of counterfeit drugs and a killer who will stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens his business--including Nikki.
Christy Award-winning and bestselling author Lisa Harris puts you right into the action in this fast-paced thriller.
Praise for Vendetta
"With this explosive first book in the Nikki Boyd Files, Lisa Harris takes readers on a fast-paced pursuit of justice that will have them holding their breath until the heart-stopping finish."--Christian Retailing
"Harris will take [readers] on a fast-paced search for answers that will last up until the very fearful finish."--Suspense Magazine
"A tight story with unpredictable twists at every turn, Vendetta will leave you looking over your shoulder till the very end."--LifeIsStory.com
Lisa Harris is a bestselling author, a Christy Award winner, and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 from Romantic Times. She is the author of nearly thirty books, including the Southern Crimes series and Vendetta, winner of the Romantic Times Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2015.Harris and her family have spent twelve years living as missionaries in southern Africa. Learn more at www.lisaharriswrites.com.\", 'Lisa Harris is a bestselling author, a Christy Award winner, and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 from Romantic Times. The author of nearly thirty books, including Vendetta and the Southern Crimes series,Harris and her family have spent twelve years living as missionaries in southern Africa. Learn more at www.lisaharriswrites.com.']","rejected":"Title: The Snapper: A Novel (The Barrytown Trilogy)\nDescription: ['This sketchy novel by Doyle ( The Van forthcoming from Viking; starred PW review, May 25), the second in his trilogy about a working-class Irish family, is almost all dialogue, which would be a clever device if the dialogue were not written in transliterated Irish accent (\"yeh\" for \"you,\" \"Jaysis\" for \"Jesus\"). Fortunately, some endearing characters and a number of hysterically funny lines make this an enjoyable read. The narrative focuses on the Rabbitte family\\'s eldest daughter, who has become pregnant after being raped by a friend\\'s father, although she never recognizes the incident as rape. Sharon is determined to bear the child, referred to in Irish slang as a \"snapper,\" and raise it alone. Although her conversations in pubs with her friends and at home with her family illustrate her position in society and often amuse as well, it is clear from the first chapter that her parents accept her choice, so the story lacks conflict. Even her struggle to conceal the identity of the baby\\'s father seems assured to succeed from the start. One of the more touching details is her father\\'s buying a book about women\\'s anatomy and--better late than never--educating himself about pregnancy and female sexuality. In his own clumsy way he growspun intended. sg along with his daughter. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Dublin playwright Doyle\\'s first novel, The Commitments (Vintage, 1989), told the story of Jimmy Rabbitte Jr.\\'s formation of Ireland\\'s first soul band and went on to become a popular film. These two volumes continue the saga of the Rabbitte family in the mythic working-class Dublin neighborhood of Barrytown. The Snapper concerns the unplanned pregnancy of the eldest daughter, delineating nine months of sparring between Sharon, who refuses to reveal the baby\\'s father, and Jimmy Sr., the clan\\'s vulgar, witty patriarch. Among its many other virtues, it offers a sensitive fictional narrative of pregnancy. The Van picks up a year or so later. Jimmy Sr. is now unemployed, his family is growing up, and gloom has set in. Consolation comes when his best friend Bimbo also becomes \"redundant\" and the two go in together on a filthy, used fish-and-chips van. Their riotous adventures give a new spin to the notion of male bonding. Brilliantly constructed from the details of everyday life, both novels are made up almost entirely of dialog: sharp, crackling, relentless vernacular speech that never patronizes the characters. This is great comic writing that makes you laugh for pages yet keeps you aware that you could, instead, be crying. - Brian Kenney, Pace Univ. Lib., Manhattan Campus, New York Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lawman Returns (Wrangler's Corner)\nDescription: [\"Lynette Eason lives in Simpsonville, SC with her husband and two children. She is an award-winning, best-selling author who spends her days writing when she's not traveling around the country teaching at writing conferences. Lynette enjoys visits to the mountains, hanging out with family and brainstorming stories with her fellow writers. You can visit Lynette's website to find out more at www.lynetteeason.com or like her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lynette.eason\", 'Social worker Sabrina Mayfield pressed the phone to her ear as she pushed away from her desk. \"Jordan? What is it?\"
\"I need your help,\" he whispered. \"I think I\\'m in trouble.\"
\"What kind of trouble?\"
Jordan Zellis, one of her kids who\\'d been in the system but was trying to make something of himself, would call only if he truly needed help.
\"II need a ride. Will you come get me?\"
Sabrina tightened her grip on the phone. \"Have you been drinking?\"
\"No, j-just hanging out with friends. Iahstarted taking some pictures ofyou knowthe trees and birds and stuff and theyahleft me here.\"
\"Where?\"
He gave her the address. She heard shuffling and a whisper. Then silence. \"Jordan?\"
\"I\\'m here.\"
Her worry spiked at the new tone in his voice. \"What is it?\"
\"Never mind. I can get home. I\\'m fine. Don\\'t come here. Justjust don\\'t come here, okay?\"
\"Jordan Zellis, what\\'s going on? You tell me right now.\" Sabrina hoped the maternal-sounding order would get him to talk.
Silence. Sabrina wondered if she\\'d pushed too hard. Then she heard him suck in a deep breath. \"Oh, boy. I think I may be in some deep trouble. I just now found something. I didn\\'t know \" His voice shook.
\"Found what, Jordan?\"
An audible gulp. \"I think I might know who killed Steven Starke.\"
Her throat tightened. Steven Starke, her friend and book buddy. And a Wrangler\\'s Corner deputy who\\'d been found dead almost four weeks ago. \"What? Who? Who killed him?\"
\"Don\\'t come here,\" Jordan whispered. \"It\\'s dangerous.\"
\"Which is why you shouldn\\'t be there. Get out now.\"
\"I can\\'t leave. I\\'ve got to get Uh-oh\"
\"Jordan?\"
But he was gone, the line disconnected.
Sabrina punched in the number for the police department and raced to her car, calling over her shoulder to her boss that she\\'d be back soon. \"Jordan\\'s in trouble. I\\'m going to find out what\\'s going on.\"
Rachel came to her door. \"You be careful.\"
Sabrina waved and pushed through the glass doors, her heart pounding. She gave the information to Tara, the dispatcher, who promised she\\'d have someone on the way. \"Sabrina, don\\'t do anything stupid.\"
\"When have I ever done anything stupid?\"
Tara paused. \"Well, true, I can\\'t think of anything, but there\\'s always a first time.\"
Sabrina silently agreed. She knew she\\'d beat the police there. She was only a little over two miles from the address Jordan had given her, but he\\'d sounded so scared on the phone. He needed her.
Within minutes, she pulled into the gravel drive and stopped to stare at the rusted, dilapidated trailer.
Mondays never brought anything good, and today didn\\'t look as if it was going to be the exception.
She couldn\\'t help wondering if she went in, would she come out in one piece.
Wrangler\\'s Corner, Tennessee, population 1,037, had its share of beautyand problems, depending on which side of the mountain one lived on. The most prevalent issues in the small town were unemployment and abject poverty.
Dark blankets covered the windows on the inside of the trailer, and trash littered the outside. Someone had strung a sad little strand of Christmas lights around the door of the trailer as though to attempt to offer a small ray of hope.
It didn\\'t work.
Swallowing her nerves, Sabrina opened the car door, stepped out and tugged her fleece pullover down around her hips. She ignored the late-November wind that whipped her hair across her eyes and sent a chill up her spine.
She approached the ragged wood meant to pass as the front porch. At the bottom of the steps, she assessed it. Would it hold her? She placed one foot on the first step, then the second. It trembled but held.
She reached the top and banged on the door. \"Jordan? Are you in there?\" Nothing but the sound of the dog barking next door. \"Come on, Jordan, you called me!\"
The teen had been on her radar for a while. She\\'d done everything she could to help the kid, even trying to foster his interest in photography and meeting him at the office to tutor him after school. It seemed as if he\\'d been trying so hard lately, going to school and not causing any trouble. Until now.
Although she had to admit, he\\'d sounded truly scared on the phone. She banged on the door again. \"Jordan!\"
A thump sounded from inside. She jerked and stepped back. What was she doing? She shivered. He\\'d warned her not to come, that it was dangerous. When she\\'d put the address in her GPS and realized where she was going, she\\'d almost backed out and let the police handle it.
But Jordan had sounded so scared. And Steven had been her friend. If there was a chance she could find out who killed him, she wasn\\'t going to pass it up.
However, getting killed wouldn\\'t help anyone. She didn\\'t normally worry about that, but in her line of work, she never kidded herself that it couldn\\'t happen. People got real testy when you took their kids away from them. And sometimes she had to go into areas it was best she didn\\'t go.
At least not without backup.
She glanced back at her car, then at her watch. Where was the officer? Scanning the area, she spotted a neighbor directly across from her. The woman caught her eye, then stepped back to close the door.
People around here minded their own business. It was safer that way.
She took another step up and held on to the rickety railing. Her nose twitched. The smell of ammonia hung in the air. A hose ran the length of the trailer to disappear into a cracked window.
She knocked again. \"Jordan? Come on.\"
A clanging sounded to her left. She jerked and turned, slow and easy. Had one of the neighbors dropped something? Kicked a metal can?
Nothing. No, wait. A shadow? Was someone around the corner of the trailer?
Her gaze flitted from one trailer to the next, looking for any sign of life. Deserted was the word that came to mind. Or everyone was in hiding.
A bad feeling gathered in her midsection, and her pulse picked up speed as her adrenaline surged.
She glanced back toward the end of the trailer where she thought she\\'d seen the shadow. Was someone watching her?
Ever since Steven had been murdered four weeks ago, she\\'d felt watched. Spied on. And right now she definitely didn\\'t feel safe. She glanced back at her car, then swiveled to look at the trailer. But what if Jordan was in there and he needed her? What if he was hurt?
She called the Wrangler\\'s Corner dispatch. Tara answered. \"I\\'m at the Prescott trailer. Where\\'s my backup, Tara?\"
\"He\\'s on the way. Should be pulling in any minute.\"
\"Tell him I\\'ll be waiting in my car.\"
\"Will do.\"
She hung up.
A low wail from inside the trailer reached her ears. She gasped. A baby crying? Or at least a young child. Or was it some sort of animal?
Oh, Lord, please tell me what to do.
She lifted her chin. Only one thing to do when no one answered the door and she thought a kid might need help.
She twisted the knob and felt her heart sink.
The door was locked.
She\\'d spun to head back to her car to find out where her backup was when a loud crack sounded, followed by a thud near her left ear.
Sabrina froze for a split second. Had someone just shot at her?
* * *
Sheriff\\'s deputy Clay Starke wheeled to a stop in front of the beat-up trailer. He heard the sharp crack and saw the side of the trailer spit metal.
A shooter.
The woman on the porch careened down the steps and bolted toward him. Terror radiated from her, spiking his adrenaline. He shoved open the door to the passenger side. \"Get in!\"
Breathless, she landed in the passenger seat and slammed the door. Eyes wide, pupils dark black holes in the blue surrounding them, she lifted shaking hands to push her blond hair out of her eyes.
Clay got on his radio and reported shots fired at the Prescott trailer.
He glanced through the back of the squad car. If someone was shooting, they needed to be somewhere else. He cranked the car and started to back out of the drive.
She grabbed his arm. \"No! We can\\'t leave!\"
\"What?\" He stepped on the brakes. \"Lady, if someone\\'s shooting, I\\'m getting you out of here.\"
She whirled to look out the back, then whipped around to stare at the trailer. \"But I think Jordan\\'s in there and I can\\'t leave without him.\"
\"Jordan?\"
\"A boy I work with. He called me for help. He sounded scared. I\\'m worried he might be hurt.\"
Clay put the car back in Park. \"Then stay down and let me check it out.\"
She grabbed his arm. \"But if you get out, he might shoot you.\"
That would definitely ruin his day, but if a kid was in trouble.
He waited. No more shots. \"Stay put. I think he might be gone.\"
\"Or waiting for one of us to get out of the car.\" True. He could feel her gaze on him, studying him, dissecting him. He frowned. \"What is it?\"
\"You.\"
He shot a glance behind them, then let his eyes rove the area until he\\'d gone in a full circle and was once again looking into her pretty face. \"What about me?\"
Red crept into her cheeks. \"You look so much like Steven. Are you his brother?\"
He stilled, focusing in on her. \"I\\'m Clay Starke. You knew my brother?\"
\"Clay? I\\'m Sabrina Mayfield. Steven and I were good friends. He talked about you so often, I feel like I know you well.\"
Sabrina Mayfield. Wow. \"We\\'ll have to catch up later. Can you give me details about what\\'s going on here?\"
\"One of my clients called me. He doesn\\'t actually live here, but this is where he asked me to meet him.\" She met his gaze. \"I don\\'t know what he\\'s doing here, but he said he thought he knew who killed Steven and he needed me to come get him.\"
Shock raced through Clay. Finally. After weeks with nothing, this could be the break he\\'d been looking for. \"Then I want to know what he knows.\"
\"Well, we have to find him first.\" She paused and looked out the window. \"Without getting shot, preferably.\"
Clay checked in with backup. \"What\\'s your ETA?\"
\"Five minutes.\"
Clay stiffened. \"Why so long? I\\'ve got a possible shooter here!\"
\"Car wreck on I-40. Fatalities involved. All units responded. Now I\\'ve got two heading your way as fast as they can. More coming ASAP. Sit tight and don\\'t take any unnecessary risks.\"
Right. He\\'d heard the car-wreck call but hadn\\'t thought about it, since he\\'d already had his assignment.
And there hadn\\'t been any reports of shots when he\\'d gotten it. Great. He had a possible shooter and was on his own with a woman and a possible kid to protect.
\"I didn\\'t realize you were back,\" Sabrina said. Her voice quivered and she clasped her hands together in front of her. \"Steven said you were really busy in Nashville. That you\\'d just passed your detective\\'s exam.\" She seemed to want to talk about anything but what had happened. What might still be happening.
Her way of coping, probably.
\"Yes.\" He forced the word from his tight throat as guilt ate at him. He should have come home when Steven called him. But he hadn\\'t, and his brother had died. Now Clay was home to find out who\\'d killed him. His first week back in Wrangler\\'s Corner he\\'d attended his brother\\'s funeral. The second week had consisted of the sheriff, Ned Anderson, convincing him he needed to take the now-open deputy position. The past two weeks had been spent getting into a routine. And while his main goal was to find his brother\\'s murderer, he\\'d also had to deal with ongoing family stuff.
Clay swallowed hard and pushed Steven out of his mind. For now. He craned his neck and looked through the windows, behind, in front. \"No sign of the shooter.\"
\"No one\\'s answering the door. I think I heard a child crying.\" She gripped the door handle.
\"Any shots from inside the trailer?\"
\"No, but I\\'m afraid for Jordan. He didn\\'t answer the door when I knocked, but I heardsomething. It was a child. I\\'m almost sure of it.\"
\"Stay here.\"
He climbed out of the car. The trailer door opened just as he took a step. A young boy peered out. When he saw Clay, his eyes widened and he slammed the door.
The passenger door opened, and the social worker darted toward the trailer.
\"Hey!\"
\"Sorry,\" she yelled over her shoulder. \"That\\'s Tony, Jordan\\'s little brother.\" Before he could stop her, she was back up the steps and banging on the door.
Clay followed, expecting to hear the bark of a rifle and feel the bite of a bullet.
He leaned around her and tried the door. \"Locked.\"
\"Tony! Open the door, hon!\"
He was close enough to get a whiff of a tangy orange scent that almost covered the ammonia smell. Subtle and spicy. He was also close enough to see the bullet hole in the trailer next to her head.
He made sure he had her covered but squirmed as the middle of his back tingled. A perfect target for a shooter.
A wailing cry split the air. Clay lifted a brow. \"Okay, that\\'s it.\" He moved around Sabrina, leaned his shoulder against the flimsy door and shoved. Hard.
With a pop, the door swung in. Clay stepped inside and came to a stop. In the space of about half a second, he noticed two things. The stench that turned his stomachand two pairs of bright blue eyes that met his. Two children stood at the entrance to the hallway, looking as if they were ready to bolt.
The little girl wrapped her arms around her big brother and buried her face in his stomach, but not before Clay saw the tears on her cheeks, heard her trying to stifle her sobs.
The big brother settled his hands on her shoulders and glared back at Clay, defiance and fear mingling.
Sabrina stepped around him. \"Tony? Maria? What are you guys doing here?\" Her voice was soft and low. Clay decided if he was a kid, he would have trusted her instantly.
\"Where\\'s Jordan?\"
\"He left,\" Tony said.
\"Why would he leave you here?\"
The boy shrugged, trying to be brave and failing miserably. \"He looked out the window and said for us to sneak away as soon as he was out of sight. He said to be careful \\'cause there was a bad man outside. He said he\\'d make sure the bad man followed him while we got away and hid in the woods. Then he\\'d come back and take us home.\"
\"Bad man?\" Clay asked.
\"I saw you when I opened the door. I thought you might be the bad man.\"
\"He\\'s a deputy, hon,\" Sabrina said. \"Didn\\'t you see his uniform?\"
Tony\\'s lower lip trembled, but he managed a manly shrug. \"I don\\'t know. But we weren\\'t scared or nothin\\'.\"
Sabrina moved forward to gather the little girl in her arms and whisper in her ear.
While Sabrina talked to the children, Clay took in the surroundings. Everything around him shouted meth lab. The smell, the hose through the window, the Pyrex bowls on the stove, the blankets and plastic on the windows. He turned and spoke into his radio. \"Got a possible meth lab here. We\\'re going to need someone to clean it up.\"
He wondered who the sheriff would call. Federal law mandated only DEA-certified individuals could dismantle a meth lab. Clay seriously doubted there was anyone qualified in Wrangler\\'s Corner.
He checked the window again. So Jordan had seen a \"bad man\" and left to draw him away from the trailer so the little ones could sneak out.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hope Street\nDescription: [\"It's the good moments that addicts show us--because they're not all bad--that keep us hanging on long after we should say good-bye.
I also was angry because even though Jim is no longer Jim, before this started he had to make a choice, and he chose lies and drugs over his wife and daughter. I would have gone to hell and back for him if only he would have been honest with me. He never was.
He really never was. \", 'Amanda Andruzzi, a health educator, certified health coach and founder of Symptom-Free Wellness and Hamptons SUP, works to educate the public on natural health and wellness alternatives for chronic conditions. She resides with her husband, daughter, and two sons in New York, New York.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances\nDescription: ['', 'Andy Andrews is a bestselling novelist, speaker, and consultant for some of the worlds most successful teams, largest corporations, and fastest-growing organizations. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Noticer, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, and the modern classic The Travelers Gift. For more information, please visit AndyAndrews.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Cordon Bleu Cookbook (Cook's Classic Library)\nDescription: ['Long before Julia Child, the cole Cordon Bleu was established in Paris in 1880 as a school to teach home cooks the finest techniques. Dione Lucas, a star student there in the 1930s, came to the U.S. in 1942 to show Americans how to use the same revered principles of classic French cooking.', 'A reminder of what, before the \"food revolution\" that began in the 1970s, was called haute cuisine, this book by Lucas codifies the Cordon Bleu\\'s recipes, including Filet of Sole Vronique with its peeled white grapes, and Poulet L\\'Estragon, chicken in tarragon sauce. Written when butter and cream were generously used and much enjoyed, The Cordon Bleu Cookbook remains a source of appealing recipes: you will not find elsewhere a better Boeuf Bourguignon, more outstanding Cheese Souffl, or superior Chocolate Jelly Roll Cake with buttery, chocolate filling. (Recognizing its value, the James Beard Foundation has given this book its Hall of Fame Award as one of the most important cookbooks ever.)', 'Each recipe is a model of clarity, as in Potage Cressonire, where you cook the potatoes and cress \"very slowly until mushy.\" And just seven lines of text help you produce this simple yet memorable soup. Beyond the recipes, Lucas covers everything from how to plan an attractive menu, and basic wine selection, to what kitchen equipment is most useful.', 'The 1999 edition of The Cordon Bleu Cookbook is part of the Coo k\\'s Classic Library from Lyons Press. It is delightful as both a record of fine cooking as it was for at least 50 years, and as a current kitchen companion. --Dana Jacobi', \"Classics of food literature, ready and waiting for a whole new audience. -- Bon Appetit
Great cookbooks don't have to die, they can be reissued. The Cook's Classic Library from the Lyons Press is a collection of some of the world's best cookbooks reprinted in paperback with new covers. -- Los Angeles Times\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Amish Widow's Escape (Expectant Amish Widows) (Volume 11)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?\nDescription: ['1st edition 1st print 1971 US Book Club Doubleday fine book in fine dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Quilted Heart Omnibus: Three Novellas in One: Dandelions on the Wind, Bending Toward the Sun, and Ripples Along the Shore\nDescription: ['Praise for The Quilted Heart Series
“Like a warm breeze ripples across a lake, Dandelions on the Wind offers a gentle crossing in this first-in-a-series novel. Mona Hodgson gives readers characters we care about, a bit of intrigue, love, and a satisfying ending that promises more in the second series book. Well done!” —Jane Kirkpatrick, best-selling author of Where Lilacs Still Bloom
“Filled with true-to-life characters and fascinating historical details, Dandelions on the Wind is a heartwarming story of second chances in the turbulent days immediately after the Civil War. Don’t miss this, the first of Mona Hodgson’s The Quilted Heart trilogy. If you’re like me, you’ll be waiting eagerly for the second.” —Amanda Cabot, author of Waiting for Spring
“Dandelions on the Wind is a sweet tale about the merging of two hurting hearts. The characters drew me, and I can’t wait to read more about their lives…and their love!” —Tricia Goyer, best-selling author of thirty-three novels, including The Memory Jar
“In Dandelions on the Wind, Mona Hodgson weaves a tale of broken promises, wounded hearts…and the power of forgiveness—a heartwarming reminder that we walk by faith, not by sight. Maren is a heroine you’ll cheer for!” —Carol Cox, author of Love in Disguise and Trouble in Store
“Mona Hodgson’s Bending Toward the Sun captures Saint Charles following the Civil War so well. Quaid returns home—a man changed by the war. Emilie is a delight—a young woman pursuing her education, who knows her own mind. And even though the war has changed so many things, this story reminds us that some things, like love, never change.” —Dorris Keeven-Franke, archivist, Saint Charles County Historical Society
“Mona Hodgson has written a warm, tender tale of family loyalties and forbidden love. When Emilie’s father objects to her seeing the handsome McFarland boy, recently returned from war, the couple struggles to do the right thing. But they are about to discover that God has another plan. Filled with charming characters and godly themes, this heartwarming story is pure delight.” —Margaret Brownley, New York Times best-selling author of A Rocky Creek Romance Series and the Brides of Last Chance Ranch Series
“With believable characters, an historic setting, and a gripping love story, Mona Hodgson gives the reader an uplifting account of a time when our country was recovering from a dark period and looking forward to a brighter future.” —Martha Rogers, author of the Winds Across the Prairie Series and the best-selling Christmas at Holly Hill', \"Mona Hodgson’s publishing credits have grown to include nearly forty books, including The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek Series, The Quilted Heart novellas, Prairie Song, children's books, and contributions to more than ten books for adults. Mona is a popular speaker for women's groups, schools, and educators’ and writers’ conferences. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two daughters and a gaggle of grandchildren.\"]","rejected":"Title: I Have Today: Find Your Passion, Purpose and Smile...Finally!\nDescription: ['Diane Forster (b. August 4, 1964) is an inventor, author, entrepreneur, visionary, empath, intuitive life strategist who resides in San Diego, CA. Diane was born in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up on Long Island before moving out to Los Angeles, CA, in 1981. In 1991, she moved to Chicago, IL and lived there for 24 years. She raised her son/daughter twins there, and moved to San Diego, CA, in 2015. Diane spent eight years working in advertising in Los Angeles, and then moved into television advertising sales, at Group W, CBS and ABC, for 24 years. While working full time and raising her twins, she invented a kitchen product called \"The SPIFTER,\" which is a decorating tool used with sugars and spices. She has been nominated for innovation awards and has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and on ABC and QVC. She was married for 20 years and divorced in 2013. After her children graduated high school, Diane decided to quit her corporate job, sell their home and all of its contents, and move cross country to start a new chapter of her life. It was then that she founded I HAVE TODAY. She shares her story of the struggles and hurdles she experienced and the path she took to rediscover herself, her spirituality, her power and her purpose. She\\'s a powerful influencer, teacher, mentor and is highly in tune with her manifestation skills. She is creating the life of her dreams...living near the ocean...her sanctuary. I Have Today: Find Your Passion, Purpose and Smile...Finally! is her first book. Diane is committed to seeing that one billion women on the planet who suffer from lack of self worth instead experience their true divinity, power and purpose. It starts with one person at a time. Through the power of influence and example, shifts happen.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Sanctuary (Amish Country Crossroads #3)\nDescription: ['Melissa James has a picture-perfect existence - or so it seems. In reality, she has been looking over her shoulder her entire life. Just as her secrets are about to catch up with her, she seeks a haven in Pennsylvania Amish Country. Will her stay bring her peace, or will it bring danger to the Plain community?', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Textbook of Modern Toxicology\nDescription: ['\"...a good, easy-to-read, and comprehensive reference work for all safety professionals involved in toxicology or those wishing to broaden their knowledge of the field.\" (Chemical Health and Safety, March-April 2005)', '“…a useful introductory text and the new chapters are a valuable addition to the old edition…” (The British Toxicology Society, No 27, Winter 2005)', '\"Students and instructors in courses in environmental, veterinary, pharmacological and medical toxicology will find this an excellent modern textbook that benefits from the current writings of experts in all the key topics of modern toxicology.\" (Vet Human Toxicology, 46 (4) August 2004)', 'A state-of-the-art toxicology textbook—ideal for students and professionals', 'Toxicology is a multifaceted field that encompasses the physical and chemical study of all known poisonous substances. It involves the rigorous analysis of toxicants and their effects on living tissues, forensic toxicology, quality assurance principles, environmental toxicology, and related sciences. As the field of toxicology continues to rapidly evolve, a thorough understanding of its underlying principles remains vital.', 'Now in its third edition, A Textbook of Modern Toxicology is a unique resource that provides both students and practitioners with a wide-ranging, accessible overview of the discipline. Suitable for courses in environmental, pharmacological, medical, and veterinary toxicology, this essential text features chapters written by experts who address a range of key topics.', 'A Textbook of Modern Toxicology is distinguished by up-to-date insights into acute toxicity and chemical carcinogenesis, organ toxicity, in vitro and in vivo toxicity testing, ecological risk assessment, and many other areas of toxicology that help foster a solid comprehension of the field.', 'The new edition reflects the addition of new contributors who offer the latest thinking in their respective areas of specialization and in their examination of emerging topics such as molecular biological aspects of technology. A Textbook of Modern Toxicology, Third Edition emphasizes the biochemical aspects of toxicology, underscoring the belief that progress in toxicology hinges on an understanding of the fundamentals of toxic action at the cellular and molecular levels. To reinforce the text material, the book features chapter-ending suggestions for further reading, a helpful glossary, and a special summary section.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Measure of Katie Calloway: A Novel\nDescription: ['Her heart seeks sanctuary in the deep woods. But will trouble find her even here?
The Civil War has ended, but in Katie Calloway\\'s Georgia home, conflict still rages. To protect herself and her young brother from her violent and unstable husband, she flees north, finding anonymity and sanctuary as the cook in a north woods lumber camp. The camp owner, Robert Foster, wonders if the lovely woman he\\'s hired has the grit to survive the never-ending work and harsh conditions of a remote pine forest in winter. Katie wonders if she can keep her past a secret from a man she is slowly growing to love.
With grace and skill, Serena Miller brings to life a bygone era. From the ethereal, snowy forest and the rowdy shanty boys to the warm cookstove and mouth-watering apple pie, every detail is perfectly rendered, transporting you to a time of danger and romance.
\"With fascinating historical detail and heartfelt characters, The Measure of Katie Calloway captivated me from the very first line. Great storytelling, coupled with a unique north woods setting, will carry your heart from one vivid scene to the next. Miller writes the kind of rich historical fiction I love--with a plethora of romantic twists and turns to keep you reading far into the night. Not to be missed!\"--Laura Frantz, author of The Colonel\\'s Lady
\"Serena Miller\\'s charming characters leap off the pages and straight into your heart, and her setting feels so real you\\'ll wonder why you don\\'t hear trees falling in the forest and bacon sizzling on the woodstove.\"--Emilie Richards, author of Sunset Bridge
\"Fascinating history. Fabulous characters. The Measure of Katie Calloway is a fast-paced story with a generous measure of romance that will have readers cheering on Katie Calloway as she conquers one trial after another. If you like stepping back in time and sharing an adventure with great characters, this is the book for you.\"--Ann H. Gabhart, author of Angel Sister
Serena Miller is the author of Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as Woman\\'s World, Guideposts, Reader\\'s Digest, Focus on the Family, Christian Woman, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.', \"Serena Miller is the author of Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as Woman's World, Guideposts, Reader's Digest, Focus on the Family, Christian Woman, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Doctor Who at the Bbc\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stealth Retribution (Nanostealth | Book 3)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: How to Read Your Way to Heaven\nDescription: ['', '\"If you want to develop a deep knowledge of our Faith, here is a reliable book that shows you how.\" Fr. C. John McCloskey III', '\"We can read all day and read forever, and still feel as if we\\'re not making progress. Vicki Burbach gets us out of the rut and onto a track toward real spiritual and cultural and intellectual progress. This is the kind of book that can make life so much richer by leading to many more books, and all in good order.\" Mike Aquilina', '\"Whether you\\'re a lifelong Catholic or a skeptical inquirer, you\\'ll find How to Read Your Way to Heaven by Vicki Burbach to be an indispensable gift for your intellectual and spiritual life. With this timeless treasure, Vicki has helped solve my \"so many books and so little time\" problem by providing a masterplan that\\'s both exciting and accomplishable.\" Lisa M. Hendey Founder of CatholicMom.com and author of The Grace of Yes', '', '', 'Many of us commit to some form of spiritual reading, but we find that our book choices are sporadic and often based on a whim rather than following a purposeful plan. Designed for individual or group settings, How to Read Your Way to Heaven will guide your quest to delve deeper into a relationship with Christ by meditating on the written word while organizing your reading around the four pillars of the Catholic Faith the Creed, the sacraments, morality, and prayer.', 'How to Read Your Way to Heaven is not merely another book to read. It is designed to be an invaluable tool for guiding and organizing your reading to help you on your journey to become a saint. And best of all, this fully integrated do-it-yourself spiritual reading program that can be easily followed by the busiest of Catholics with the tightest of schedules.', \"By following this plan, you'll meditate daily on Sacred Scripture and read the entirety of the Catechism over the course of the program. You'll be introduced to a treasure-trove of the greatest Catholic books ever written, and you'll learn prayerful reading methods such as lectio divina as well as time-tested advice on where and when to read.\", \"Here you'll also find a list of the favorite books by leading Catholics of our day, including Bishop James Conley, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. C.J. McCloskey, Jennifer Fulwiler, Peter Kreeft, Patrick Coffin, Karl Keating, Lisa Hendey, Fr. Timothy Gallagher, Mike Aquilina, and so many more.\", 'Spiritual reading arms us for battle. We are called to be saints, and yet daily we are bombarded by a culture that drives our minds and hearts away from the supernatural life. Because what we choose to read makes a significant difference in our spiritual growth and understanding, we present this structured reading guide to help you read with a purpose.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Note Yet Unsung (A Belmont Mansion Novel)\nDescription: ['
"This fast-moving work of inspirational historical romance highlights both classical and Appalachian music. Thanks to Alexander's vivid writing, one can almost hear the music resonating off of the page.(Feb.)
"Alexander is an inspirational fiction star. Her novels possess a lyricism that draws the reader in, and keeps them close.As Alexander brings her superb Southern Belmont Mansion series (A Lasting Impression, book 1), A Beauty So Rare, book 2) to an end, readers will remember Alexander's well-crafted, multi-dimensional characters, especially Rebekah and Tate, long after this tale is finished.
~ Booklist STARRED review (Shelley Mosley)
"Featuring a swoon-worthy courtship, this delightful historical also offers a vivid portrait of a lesser-known chapter in the 19th-century classical music scene. This final entry of Alexander's historical romantic trilogy (A Lasting Impression; A Beauty So Rare) will leave devotees on a high note." ~ Library Journal
"Alexander tacklesissues that have been long forgotten about and brings them back to life using historical figures and facts. The characters in this story are never boring and instead are more like treasured friends than fictional people. They are charming, caring and determined to leave their mark on the world."
~ Romantic Times 4 1/2 star TOP PICK!
', \"A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the maestro at the newly formed Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the rigors of an orchestra, and Rebekah's hopes are swiftly dashed because the conductor--determined to leave his mark on the world of classical music--bows to public opinion. To make matters worse, Adelicia Acklen Cheatham, mistress of Belmont Mansion and Rebekah's new employer, agrees with him.
Nationally acclaimed conductor Nathaniel Tate Whitcomb is Nashville's new orchestra leader. And despite a reluctant muse--and a strange buzzing and recurring pain in his head--he must finish composing his symphony before the grand opening of the city's new opera hall. But far more pressing, he must finish it for the one who first inspired his love of music--his father, who is dying. As Tate's ailment worsens, he believes Rebekah can help him finish his symphony. But how do you win back a woman's trust when you've robbed her of her dream?
As music moves us to tears yet makes our hearts soar, A Note Yet Unsung captures the splendor of classical music at a time when women's hard-won strides in cultural issues changed not only world history--but the hearts of men.
"Christy Award-winner Alexander crafts a music-lover's delight in this third Belmont Mansion novel. . . . This fast-moving work of inspirational historical romance highlights both classical and Appalachian music. Thanks to Alexander's vivid writing, one can almost hear the music resonating off of the page." --Publishers Weekly starred review
"Alexander is an inspirational fiction star. Her novels possess a lyricism that draws the reader in, and keeps them close. As Alexander brings her superb Southern Belmont Mansion series to an end, readers will remember Alexander's well-crafted, multi-dimensional characters, especially Rebekah and Tate, long after this tale is finished."--Booklist starred review
"Alexander tackles issues that have been long forgotten about and brings them back to life using historical figures and facts. The characters in this story are never boring and instead are more like treasured friends than fictional people. They are charming, caring and determined to leave their mark on the world."--RT Book Reviews Top Pick
"This final entry of Alexander's historical romantic trilogy will leave devotees on a high note."--Library Journal
"Alexander crafts a moving finale to the Belmont Mansion series. The clash of the main characters as they learn to work in harmony helps change the prevailing opinions of the era and reveals the beauty of love."--Christian Market Praise for the Belmont Mansion Novels
"... a novel rich in storytelling and history, peopled with living, breathing characters who made me laugh, and cry."--Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love
"Alexander's exquisitely written historical tale is filled with unforgettable characters...."--Booklist
"Pure reading pleasure!"--Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author of Mine Is the Night
"Bestseller Alexander will delight fans of gently inspirational historical romance ..."--Publishers Weekly\"]","rejected":"Title: A Man Is Not A Financial Plan!\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Rose Legacy\nDescription: ['Driven by hope and vengeance Carina Maria DeGarcia, an Italian heiress, sets out for a new life in a Colorado mining town. But she soon finds out the \"dream house\" she purchased through the mail is already inhabited and the town called the \"diamond of the Rockies\" is anything but luxurious. Two men vie for her trust, but neither is what he seems. Will Carina learn the truth--and confront the deep secrets hidden in her heart--in time to prevent tragedy?', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lunch Lines\nDescription: [\"Dan Signer is a comedy writer who has written for many television shows, including Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck. He lives with his wife and two sons in Los Angeles.
Davis kicks off the Ladies' Shooting Club series with a romance filled with nonstop adventure, mystery and murder. The characters are charming, down to earth and just trying to live their lives. Davis makes her characters leap off the pages without overdoing the emotions. This is sure to please readers of any age.
(Patsy Glans ROMANTIC TIMES 2009-10-23)
A tender tale about the Old West and what life was life in a fading mining town. It takes a few chapters to learn all the characters, but they're well worth the read.
The Sheriff’s Surrender is a remarkable story. I believe the love that binds Gert and Ethan together is truly extraordinary. I like the bit of shyness Ethan projects, especially when he is around Gert. He reminds me of the timid cowboy like Tom Selleck sometimes plays in his movies when he is around the female gender. Truly magnificent; I liked that part about Ethan. To me it made him appear human in every respect. Susan Page Davis has woven a terrific story touching the heart of this reader. Immediately she pulls the reader into a town with many acquaintances blending together an impressive read.
(Cherokee COFFEE TIME ROMANCE 2010-01-15)\"]","rejected":"Title: The Wonders of Colloidal Silver: Nature's Super Antibiotic\nDescription: ['Dhyana Coburn is the author of inspirational and motivational books Sparks of Wisdom, and Bright Blessings. She is also co-author of the popular book, The Wonders of Colloidal Silver, about the use of silver as a natural antibiotic. Dhyana has been a technical writer, editor, poet, and practical optimist for over forty years. Dhyana lives on the central coast of California with her family, where she writes, paints, and gardens.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Gunsmith's Gallantry (Ladies' Shooting Club)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 300 First Words and Pictures (Board)\nDescription: ['', 'Roger Priddy is the creator of over two hundred best selling books for young children including Wipe Clean ABC, First 100 Words, and Fuzzy Bee.', 'When he was at school he couldnt decide between being a patisserie chef or going to art college. On the advice of his father he chose art college and trained as an illustrator before becoming a designer at Usborne Publishing.', 'Rogers love for childrens early learning has led him to create some of the most successful childrens non-fiction books, first at Dorling Kindersley (My First Word Book, Incredible Cross Sections and My First Cook Book) before he set up Priddy Books with St. Martins Press in New York where several of his books have sold over a million copies each including My Big Animal Book and Happy Baby Words.', 'In total he has sold over 65 million books worldwide and his books have been translated into over 30 languages.', 'He says It is always rewarding to see a child enjoying and learning something from one of our books, especially the babies when you think it could be the first book they have ever seen.', 'I am very lucky to have a career where you get to think up fun ways to teach a kid how to write their letters and learn their first words whilst finding out about Dinosaurs at the same time!', 'Roger lives with his wife Zena in London and Cork, Ireland (when its not raining, which isnt very often!) They have four children Sam, Rose, Alannah and Gabriel (and a dog called Wallace) who have given him most of his best ideas for his books. He still loves baking bread and cakes!', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Long Journey to Jake Palmer\nDescription: [\"'Entwined nicely with Jakes work concerning personal reflection and self-knowledge, the concept quickly takes over the storys momentum. Rubarts (The Five Times I Met Myself) style is candid and unobtrusive, making it easy to visualize the beauty and peace of the lake house. Key themes of forgiveness, rebirth, and emotional healing emerge organically through Jakes struggles. Rubart will leave readers inspired to ponder what the label is on their bottle.' (Publishers Weekly)
4 1/2 stars. 'Rubart has done it again with another uniquely written, stellar novel. The author comes up with the most original, thought-provoking concepts that readers can take lessons from to apply to their own lives. On the surface, the story is engaging. Jake is a fascinating character with many layers and hidden pain. Yet delve deeper and there is a gold mine full of spiritual and personal treasures to uncover. Who wouldn't want to find a mysterious corridor that grants your deepest desires?' (RT Book Reviews)\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Keys to the Kingdom: And the Life You Want\nDescription: ['This book answers the questions, who is God, (and) who am I. . . . In simple, everyday language the author explains how and why life works, and how you can make it work for you. --The Omega Directory, 2002', \"Stephen Hawley Martin spent 25 years in the advertising business as co-founder of The Martin Agency, now the South's largest. Then he left advertising to write books. Since that time he has written or collaborated on more than a dozen. He is the only two-time winner of the Writer's Digest Book Award and the winner of an IPPY from Independent Press.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Mayflower Bride: Daughters of the Mayflower - Book 1\nDescription: ['
“I found the history fascinating and woven into the story such a way that it brought the characters to life and kept me turning the pages. . . .I highly recommend The Mayflower Bride.” —Tracie Peterson, bestselling author of over one hundred books, including the Heart of the Frontier series
A marvelous feat. Through The Mayflower Bride, Kimberley Woodhouse has woven a tender tale of love and endurance through a rich historical tapestry. What an inspiring tribute to the hope that filled those men and women’s sails and to the courage that buoyed them through their storms. —Jocelyn Green, award-winning author of A Refuge Assured
Master story teller Kimberley Woodhouse seamlessly interweaves historical fact, heart-warming fiction, and her signature dash of suspense as she launches the Daughters of the Mayflower Series. The tremendous courage and faith of these characters will stay with you long after the last page is turned.  —Becca Whitham, ECPA best-selling author of The Cowboy's Bride Collection and co-author of The Promise Bride
Rich and rewarding! The Mayflower Bride will captivate you from beginning to end. A must read! —Judith Miller, award-winning author of The Chapel Car Bride
“What happens when legitimate history meets fiction? A story like The Mayflower Bride, that’s what!   Make room on your “keepers shelf” for this one because you’ll want to read it again and again!” —Loree Lough, bestselling author of 115 award-winning novels, including reviewer favorite 50 Hours
A beautiful homage to the passengers of the Mayflower who braved the unknown and endured incredible hardships to settle in the New World. This tale of tragedy and triumph, interlaced with a sweet romance, masterfully illustrates the tenacious faith of our ancestors who sailed to these shores so long ago. —Connilyn Cossette, Christy Award nominated and CBA bestselling author of the Out from Egypt Series
Rich in history and shot through with adventure and faith, The Mayflower Bride is a beautifully woven tale sure to enthrall readers from page one! —Roseanna M. White, bestselling author of the Ladies of the Manor Series
Adventure and espionage feature prominently in this dynamic new historical series, which tracks one family from the inaugural voyage of the Mayflower through the end of World War II. Book clubs and genealogy buffs will delight in seeing how the history rolls out with each succeeding generation.
(Library Journal 2018-02-01)
Kimberley Woodhouse is an amazing author! She has done her research on the 1620s and created a heartwarming novel. There is a glossary on meanings of the old English way of speaking, which is beneficial for the reader.
(Patsy Glans RT Book Reviews 2017-12-01)
What a fabulous story. Historical details, intriguing characters, faith and a touch of romance swirl together to create an emotional read. Author Kimberley Woodhouse's engrossing tale of these two people's journey to the New World and the obstacles they faced along the way will touch your heart. The reader is delighted to witness the evolution of Mary and William throughout the story, and the ending will not disappoint.
(Cheryl The Book Connection 2018-01-26)
With this action-packed tale, Woodhouse properly kicks off this series centered on major events of American history.
(Publishers Weekly 2018-03-12)
The Mayflower Bride is a captivating historical account that carries a well-seated message of faith throughout the read.
(Diane Lunsford Feathered Quill Book Reviews 2018-03-25)', '
Join the adventure through history, romance, and family legacy as the Daughters of the Mayflower series begins with The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse. Mary Elizabeth Chapman and William Lytton embark for the far shores of America on what seems to be a voyage doomed from the start. Can a religious separatist and an opportunistic spy make it in the New World?  
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Then Jordana discovers that her friend Captain Rich O'Brian now works for the Union Pacific. Though the attraction they share can't be denied, a painful past and uncertain future looms between them.
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This is an engaging and highly readable introduction to one of the most important intellectual developments in the history of western culture. --Matthew Humphrey, Reader in Political Philosophy, University of Nottingham
Lively and erudite. This is an excellent and, for its length remarkably comprehensive, starting place for approaching the Enlightenment. --Penny Fielding, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh
\\\"O\\\\'Hara provides readers with an introduction to the Enlightenment that is thorough without ever being forbidding and shows a keen appreciation of the dilemmas and controversies that surround the enlightened inheritance.\\\" --Dan Hind, author of The Threat to Reason: How the Enlightenment Was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim It, and runs thethreattoreason.blogspot.com
\\\"Lively and erudite. This is an excellent and, for its length remarkably comprehensive, starting place for approaching the Enlightenment.\\\" --Penny Fielding, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh
\\\"This is an engaging and highly readable introduction to one of the most important intellectual developments in the history of western culture.\\\" --Matthew Humphrey, Reader in Political Philosophy, University of Nottingham', \\\"Kieron O'Hara is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. He is the author of many books, including After Blair, Trust: From Socrates to Spin, and The Spy in the Coffee Machine (also Oneworld).\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Traces of Mercy: A Novel (Mercy Medallion Series)\\nDescription: ['Landon and Kelley, creators of the television film Love Comes Softly, have written another novel (after The Silent Gift) rich in drama, emotion, mystery and romance. The tale opens on a Civil War battlefield, moves to a convent near St. Louis and then to the cottagea well-appointed lakeside homeof the wealthy Prescott family. At the center of this drama is Mercy, a woman who remembers nothing of her past and, clearly, her many secrets. She finds solace with a group of nuns, but when Rand Prescott visits the convent, her life takes another unexpected turn. Questions loom: what is the significance of the medallion Mercy wears? Will she and Rand find happiness? Will the mysterious soldier who seems to recognize Mercy help her finally recover her memory? Romance readers will enjoy the theatrics of this tale and will eagerly await the next book in the Mercy Medallion Trilogy. (Oct.)', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Keep Walking\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Finding Mercy: A Novel (Mercy Medallion Series)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Rudman's Complete Guide to Cigars\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Whispers of a New Dawn (Snapshots in History)\\nDescription: ['
\\\"Author Murray Pura approaches the Amish culture with a compassionate but realistic eye. This is a solid story that includes the elements of adventure and romance while addressing the horrors of war, the pain of loved ones lost to death and others lost to a difference in belief. Whispers of a New Dawn was read and enjoyed by two people in our home. We then had some intense conversations regarding our own beliefs and convictions. I hope you will be stirred to think about your own spiritual condition and will bloom gloriously.\\\" --JudyAnn Lorenz, BarJD Communications
\\\"Whispers of a New Dawn is another superb work of Christian fiction by Murray Pura. Even though we know how the history of Pearl Harbor played out on December 7, 1941, we are still kept in suspense as to how the events of that day played out for each character. Murray also has enough romance in the story to keep his female audience captured, while adding an adequate amount of fast-paced action for the men. He does a fine job of exploring the emotions and thoughts of the Amish who leave their community and culture and embark on a life in the world outside their own without losing their faith in the one true God who holds them no matter where they may go.\\\" --Russ Friesen
', \\\"Murray Pura earned his Master of Divinity degree from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and his ThM degree in theology and interdisciplinary studies from Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. For more than 25 years, in addition to his writing, he has pastored churches in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Alberta. Murray's writings have been shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award, the John Spencer Hill Literary Award, the Paraclete Fiction Award, and Toronto's Kobzar Literary Award. His novels for Harvest House include Face of Heaven, The Wings of Morning, and Ashton Park. Murray pastors and writes in southern Alberta near the Rocky Mountains. He and his wife, Linda, have a son and a daughter.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Soulstruck\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"This coming-of-age tale set in Cape Cod includes a touch of mystery for an original take on loneliness, broken families, and teenage romance. . . . Themes of social isolation and identity are addressed with delicacy and poise, the dialogue sparkling with lightly dusted humor. . . . An intriguing story and a creative take on the genre.\\\" Kirkus Reviews', '\\\"Heartfelt and original. Readers will identify with Rachel as she searches for love and wonders if she needs to be struck by lightning to find it.\\\" Kirsten Lopresti, author of Bright Coin Moon', '\\\"Don\\\\'t wait for a thunderstorm to read this book; the chemistry in SOULSTRUCK crackles with its own electricity.\\\" Gina Ciocca, author of A Kiss in the Dark', '\\\"This realistic contemporary novel is a slice of teenage life that depicts struggles with friendship, attraction, parents, and the ability to communicate. The novels pacing fluctuates at times with occasional bursts of background information that provide enlightenment and has an overall contemplative tone. Characters appear genuine and accurately represented with lifelike imperfections and unique personalities.\\\" School Library Journal', '\\\"The teens strong voice and her heartfelt yearning for romance, the authenticity of the surrounding cast of characters, and the high-school social drama will pull in readers despite the startling, somewhat weird lightning issue and Rachels obsession with it. There are plenty of enticing elements to curl up with here.\\\"Booklist', '\\\"The books hint of the supernatural is successfully balanced by more down-to-earth insights into the complications of love and fate.\\\" Publishers Weekly', '', '', 'Natasha Sinel is the author of the young adult novel, The Fix, which received the gold medal for YA Fiction in the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Her short story, \\\"Moving the Body,\\\" appears in the adoption-themed anthology Welcome Home. She graduated from Yale University and University of Michigan\\\\'s Ross School of Business and was a director of business development at Showtime Networks. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., she now lives in Westchester, New York with her husband and three sons.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Princess Charm School (Barbie) (Step into Reading)\\nDescription: ['ELISEALLENis a vibrant new voice in teen fiction. \\\"Populazzi\\\" is her first book for young adults. She has written for children\\\\'s television and film and is co-writing Hilary Duff\\\\'s first novel for teens, \\\"Elixir. \\\"She lives with her family in sunny Southern California.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: F-4 Phantom II\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Irish Meadows (Courage to Dream)\\nDescription: ['1911, Long Island, New York
Faced With an Uncertain Future, Sometimes All You Have Left Is the Courage to Dream
Brianna and Colleen O\\\\'Leary know their Irish immigrant father expects them to marry well. Recently he\\\\'s put even more pressure on them, insinuating that the very future of their Long Island horse farm, Irish Meadows, rests in their ability to land prosperous husbands. Both girls, however, have different visions for their futures.
Brianna, a quiet girl with a quick mind, dreams of attending college. Vivacious Colleen, meanwhile, is happy to marry--as long as her father\\\\'s choice meets her exacting standards of the ideal groom. When former stable hand Gilbert Whelan returns from business school and distant relative Rylan Montgomery visits Long Island during his seminary training, the two men quickly complicate everyone\\\\'s plans.
As the farm slips ever closer to ruin, James O\\\\'Leary grows more desperate. It will take every ounce of courage for both sisters to avoid being pawns in their father\\\\'s machinations and instead follow their hearts. And even if they do, will they inevitably find their dreams too distant to reach?
\\\"Mason\\\\'s Courage to Dream debut about the O\\\\'Leary sisters\\\\' love entanglements brings readers early American romance at its finest.\\\"--RT Book Reviews
\\\"This engaging debut is part historical romance, part family drama, and all about the power of faith and love to move mountains. The spirited O\\\\'Leary clan is well drawn and appealing, ready to band together during times of trouble. Mason\\\\'s enjoyable read lays the groundwork for the next installment, which promises to be just as strong as the first.\\\"--Library Journal starred review', \\\"Susan Anne Mason's debut historical novel, Irish Meadows,won the Fiction from the Heartland contest from the Mid-American Romance Authors Chapter of RWA. A member of ACFW, as well, she lives outside of Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and two children. She can be found online at www.susanannemason.net.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Andrew Jackson\\nDescription: ['Starred Review. In the latest installment of the American Presidents series edited by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Princeton historian Wilentz shows that our complicated seventh president was a central figure in the development of American democracy. Wilentz gives Jackson\\\\'s early years their due, discussing his storied military accomplishments, especially in routing the British in the War of 1812, and rehearsing the central crises of Jackson\\\\'s presidential administrationSouth Carolina\\\\'s nullification of the protective tariff and his own battle against the Bank of the United States. But Wilentz\\\\'s most significant interpretations concern Indian policy and slavery. With constitutional and security concerns, Jackson\\\\'s support for removal of Indians from their lands, says Wilentz, was not \\\"overtly malevolent,\\\" but was nonetheless \\\"ruinous\\\" for Indians. Even more strongly, Wilentz condemns the \\\"self-regarding sanctimony of posterity\\\" in judging Jackson insufficiently antislavery; Jackson\\\\'s main aim, he says, was not to promote slavery, but to keep the divisive issue out of national politics. Wilentz (The Rise of American Democracy) also astutely reads the Eaton affaira scandal that erupted early in Jackson\\\\'s presidency, over the wife of one of his cabinet membersas evidence that, then as now, parlor politics and partisan politics often intersected. It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz\\\\'s deep interpretation and lively narrative. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \\\"Best known now for beating the British in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, Jackson is truly, monumentally important, Wilentz argues, as the first great presidential champion of the common man and indivisible union. He fought the plutocratic Bank of the United States' stranglehold on credit for the sake of farmers and small businessmen. His militant expansionism--the rationale for his Indian removal policies, which he felt were better than white settlers exterminating Native Americans, as had happened in New England--aimed to facilitate American settlement and prevent foreign, especially British, encroachment. He became founder-leader of the first modern political party, the Democracy (later called the Democratic Party), to prosecute the interests of ordinary citizens, too, going so far as to advocate direct senatorial and presidential election. Even his anti-states rights and anti-secession positions reflected his social sympathies, for he considered his southern opponents on those issues would-be aristocrats. Factor in his heroic courage, iron will, and remarkable pragmatism, and Jackson's presidential stature, especially as carefully expounded here, seems towering, indeed. Ray Olson Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Love's Faithful Promise (Courage to Dream)\\nDescription: [\\\"If Two Wounded Souls Can Find Healing, Love May Not Be Far Behind
Widower Dr. Matthew Clayborne is devoted to two things: his work with wounded soldiers and his four-year-old daughter, Phoebe. When Deirdre O'Leary, a feisty New Yorker, arrives in Toronto requesting he use his skills to help her stricken mother, he won't abandon either of these priorities to care for one older woman. However, when his daughter suffers a health scare and needs a respite, Deirdre offers a trade--they can escape to the peace of her family's farm, if he will care for Mrs. O'Leary.
Matthew agrees for his daughter's sake, but is intent on staying as short a time as necessary. The sojourn at Irish Meadows does wonders for Phoebe, and as she begins to flourish, Matthew finds himself drawn to the O'Learys, especially to the captivating Deirdre. But since he has no intention of leaving his life up north forever, and Deirdre has sworn off marriage in favor of her career, how will they deal with the undeniable attraction between them?
Praise for the Courage to Dream series
"The spirited O'Leary clan is well drawn and appealing, ready to band together during times of trouble."--Library Journal(starred review) of Irish Meadows
"The audience will be astonished at the new revelations."--RT Book Reviewsof A Worthy Heart
"Fans of the series will enjoy catching up with other O'Leary family members as they make cameos in this latest one. Love's Faithful Promise is a wonderful and heartwarming closeout to the inspiring Irish O'Leary clan who, through ups and downs, rely on family and their faith to see them through."--RT Book Reviews\\\", 'Susan Anne Mason is the author of A Worthy Heart and Irish Meadows,which won the Fiction from the Heartland contest from the Mid-American Romance Authors Chapter of RWA. A member of ACFW as well, she lives outside of Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and two children. She can be found online at www.susanannemason.net.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: No Simple Highway\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Missing (The Nikki Boyd Files)\\nDescription: [\\\""A thrill ride from start to finish." RT Book Reviews, 4½ stars, Top Pick on Vendetta
Nikki Boyd isn't usually called in on homicides; her forte is missing persons. But when a case with two murdered and two missing pops up on a quiet suburban street, she's ready to start the investigation and find missing homeowners Mac and Lucy Hudson. When the first clues lead her to the boat of her friend Tyler Grant--and another dead body--Nikki must untangle what ties Tyler to the Hudsons. The clues pull her into a deadly maze of counterfeit drugs and a killer who will stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens his business--including Nikki.
Christy Award-winning and bestselling author Lisa Harris puts you right into the action in this fast-paced thriller.
Praise for Vendetta
"With this explosive first book in the Nikki Boyd Files, Lisa Harris takes readers on a fast-paced pursuit of justice that will have them holding their breath until the heart-stopping finish."--Christian Retailing
"Harris will take [readers] on a fast-paced search for answers that will last up until the very fearful finish."--Suspense Magazine
"A tight story with unpredictable twists at every turn, Vendetta will leave you looking over your shoulder till the very end."--LifeIsStory.com
Lisa Harris is a bestselling author, a Christy Award winner, and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 from Romantic Times. She is the author of nearly thirty books, including the Southern Crimes series and Vendetta, winner of the Romantic Times Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2015.Harris and her family have spent twelve years living as missionaries in southern Africa. Learn more at www.lisaharriswrites.com.\\\", 'Lisa Harris is a bestselling author, a Christy Award winner, and the winner of the Best Inspirational Suspense Novel for 2011 from Romantic Times. The author of nearly thirty books, including Vendetta and the Southern Crimes series,Harris and her family have spent twelve years living as missionaries in southern Africa. Learn more at www.lisaharriswrites.com.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Snapper: A Novel (The Barrytown Trilogy)\\nDescription: ['This sketchy novel by Doyle ( The Van forthcoming from Viking; starred PW review, May 25), the second in his trilogy about a working-class Irish family, is almost all dialogue, which would be a clever device if the dialogue were not written in transliterated Irish accent (\\\"yeh\\\" for \\\"you,\\\" \\\"Jaysis\\\" for \\\"Jesus\\\"). Fortunately, some endearing characters and a number of hysterically funny lines make this an enjoyable read. The narrative focuses on the Rabbitte family\\\\'s eldest daughter, who has become pregnant after being raped by a friend\\\\'s father, although she never recognizes the incident as rape. Sharon is determined to bear the child, referred to in Irish slang as a \\\"snapper,\\\" and raise it alone. Although her conversations in pubs with her friends and at home with her family illustrate her position in society and often amuse as well, it is clear from the first chapter that her parents accept her choice, so the story lacks conflict. Even her struggle to conceal the identity of the baby\\\\'s father seems assured to succeed from the start. One of the more touching details is her father\\\\'s buying a book about women\\\\'s anatomy and--better late than never--educating himself about pregnancy and female sexuality. In his own clumsy way he growspun intended. sg along with his daughter. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Dublin playwright Doyle\\\\'s first novel, The Commitments (Vintage, 1989), told the story of Jimmy Rabbitte Jr.\\\\'s formation of Ireland\\\\'s first soul band and went on to become a popular film. These two volumes continue the saga of the Rabbitte family in the mythic working-class Dublin neighborhood of Barrytown. The Snapper concerns the unplanned pregnancy of the eldest daughter, delineating nine months of sparring between Sharon, who refuses to reveal the baby\\\\'s father, and Jimmy Sr., the clan\\\\'s vulgar, witty patriarch. Among its many other virtues, it offers a sensitive fictional narrative of pregnancy. The Van picks up a year or so later. Jimmy Sr. is now unemployed, his family is growing up, and gloom has set in. Consolation comes when his best friend Bimbo also becomes \\\"redundant\\\" and the two go in together on a filthy, used fish-and-chips van. Their riotous adventures give a new spin to the notion of male bonding. Brilliantly constructed from the details of everyday life, both novels are made up almost entirely of dialog: sharp, crackling, relentless vernacular speech that never patronizes the characters. This is great comic writing that makes you laugh for pages yet keeps you aware that you could, instead, be crying. - Brian Kenney, Pace Univ. Lib., Manhattan Campus, New York Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lawman Returns (Wrangler's Corner)\\nDescription: [\\\"Lynette Eason lives in Simpsonville, SC with her husband and two children. She is an award-winning, best-selling author who spends her days writing when she's not traveling around the country teaching at writing conferences. Lynette enjoys visits to the mountains, hanging out with family and brainstorming stories with her fellow writers. You can visit Lynette's website to find out more at www.lynetteeason.com or like her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lynette.eason\\\", 'Social worker Sabrina Mayfield pressed the phone to her ear as she pushed away from her desk. \\\"Jordan? What is it?\\\"
\\\"I need your help,\\\" he whispered. \\\"I think I\\\\'m in trouble.\\\"
\\\"What kind of trouble?\\\"
Jordan Zellis, one of her kids who\\\\'d been in the system but was trying to make something of himself, would call only if he truly needed help.
\\\"II need a ride. Will you come get me?\\\"
Sabrina tightened her grip on the phone. \\\"Have you been drinking?\\\"
\\\"No, j-just hanging out with friends. Iahstarted taking some pictures ofyou knowthe trees and birds and stuff and theyahleft me here.\\\"
\\\"Where?\\\"
He gave her the address. She heard shuffling and a whisper. Then silence. \\\"Jordan?\\\"
\\\"I\\\\'m here.\\\"
Her worry spiked at the new tone in his voice. \\\"What is it?\\\"
\\\"Never mind. I can get home. I\\\\'m fine. Don\\\\'t come here. Justjust don\\\\'t come here, okay?\\\"
\\\"Jordan Zellis, what\\\\'s going on? You tell me right now.\\\" Sabrina hoped the maternal-sounding order would get him to talk.
Silence. Sabrina wondered if she\\\\'d pushed too hard. Then she heard him suck in a deep breath. \\\"Oh, boy. I think I may be in some deep trouble. I just now found something. I didn\\\\'t know \\\" His voice shook.
\\\"Found what, Jordan?\\\"
An audible gulp. \\\"I think I might know who killed Steven Starke.\\\"
Her throat tightened. Steven Starke, her friend and book buddy. And a Wrangler\\\\'s Corner deputy who\\\\'d been found dead almost four weeks ago. \\\"What? Who? Who killed him?\\\"
\\\"Don\\\\'t come here,\\\" Jordan whispered. \\\"It\\\\'s dangerous.\\\"
\\\"Which is why you shouldn\\\\'t be there. Get out now.\\\"
\\\"I can\\\\'t leave. I\\\\'ve got to get Uh-oh\\\"
\\\"Jordan?\\\"
But he was gone, the line disconnected.
Sabrina punched in the number for the police department and raced to her car, calling over her shoulder to her boss that she\\\\'d be back soon. \\\"Jordan\\\\'s in trouble. I\\\\'m going to find out what\\\\'s going on.\\\"
Rachel came to her door. \\\"You be careful.\\\"
Sabrina waved and pushed through the glass doors, her heart pounding. She gave the information to Tara, the dispatcher, who promised she\\\\'d have someone on the way. \\\"Sabrina, don\\\\'t do anything stupid.\\\"
\\\"When have I ever done anything stupid?\\\"
Tara paused. \\\"Well, true, I can\\\\'t think of anything, but there\\\\'s always a first time.\\\"
Sabrina silently agreed. She knew she\\\\'d beat the police there. She was only a little over two miles from the address Jordan had given her, but he\\\\'d sounded so scared on the phone. He needed her.
Within minutes, she pulled into the gravel drive and stopped to stare at the rusted, dilapidated trailer.
Mondays never brought anything good, and today didn\\\\'t look as if it was going to be the exception.
She couldn\\\\'t help wondering if she went in, would she come out in one piece.
Wrangler\\\\'s Corner, Tennessee, population 1,037, had its share of beautyand problems, depending on which side of the mountain one lived on. The most prevalent issues in the small town were unemployment and abject poverty.
Dark blankets covered the windows on the inside of the trailer, and trash littered the outside. Someone had strung a sad little strand of Christmas lights around the door of the trailer as though to attempt to offer a small ray of hope.
It didn\\\\'t work.
Swallowing her nerves, Sabrina opened the car door, stepped out and tugged her fleece pullover down around her hips. She ignored the late-November wind that whipped her hair across her eyes and sent a chill up her spine.
She approached the ragged wood meant to pass as the front porch. At the bottom of the steps, she assessed it. Would it hold her? She placed one foot on the first step, then the second. It trembled but held.
She reached the top and banged on the door. \\\"Jordan? Are you in there?\\\" Nothing but the sound of the dog barking next door. \\\"Come on, Jordan, you called me!\\\"
The teen had been on her radar for a while. She\\\\'d done everything she could to help the kid, even trying to foster his interest in photography and meeting him at the office to tutor him after school. It seemed as if he\\\\'d been trying so hard lately, going to school and not causing any trouble. Until now.
Although she had to admit, he\\\\'d sounded truly scared on the phone. She banged on the door again. \\\"Jordan!\\\"
A thump sounded from inside. She jerked and stepped back. What was she doing? She shivered. He\\\\'d warned her not to come, that it was dangerous. When she\\\\'d put the address in her GPS and realized where she was going, she\\\\'d almost backed out and let the police handle it.
But Jordan had sounded so scared. And Steven had been her friend. If there was a chance she could find out who killed him, she wasn\\\\'t going to pass it up.
However, getting killed wouldn\\\\'t help anyone. She didn\\\\'t normally worry about that, but in her line of work, she never kidded herself that it couldn\\\\'t happen. People got real testy when you took their kids away from them. And sometimes she had to go into areas it was best she didn\\\\'t go.
At least not without backup.
She glanced back at her car, then at her watch. Where was the officer? Scanning the area, she spotted a neighbor directly across from her. The woman caught her eye, then stepped back to close the door.
People around here minded their own business. It was safer that way.
She took another step up and held on to the rickety railing. Her nose twitched. The smell of ammonia hung in the air. A hose ran the length of the trailer to disappear into a cracked window.
She knocked again. \\\"Jordan? Come on.\\\"
A clanging sounded to her left. She jerked and turned, slow and easy. Had one of the neighbors dropped something? Kicked a metal can?
Nothing. No, wait. A shadow? Was someone around the corner of the trailer?
Her gaze flitted from one trailer to the next, looking for any sign of life. Deserted was the word that came to mind. Or everyone was in hiding.
A bad feeling gathered in her midsection, and her pulse picked up speed as her adrenaline surged.
She glanced back toward the end of the trailer where she thought she\\\\'d seen the shadow. Was someone watching her?
Ever since Steven had been murdered four weeks ago, she\\\\'d felt watched. Spied on. And right now she definitely didn\\\\'t feel safe. She glanced back at her car, then swiveled to look at the trailer. But what if Jordan was in there and he needed her? What if he was hurt?
She called the Wrangler\\\\'s Corner dispatch. Tara answered. \\\"I\\\\'m at the Prescott trailer. Where\\\\'s my backup, Tara?\\\"
\\\"He\\\\'s on the way. Should be pulling in any minute.\\\"
\\\"Tell him I\\\\'ll be waiting in my car.\\\"
\\\"Will do.\\\"
She hung up.
A low wail from inside the trailer reached her ears. She gasped. A baby crying? Or at least a young child. Or was it some sort of animal?
Oh, Lord, please tell me what to do.
She lifted her chin. Only one thing to do when no one answered the door and she thought a kid might need help.
She twisted the knob and felt her heart sink.
The door was locked.
She\\\\'d spun to head back to her car to find out where her backup was when a loud crack sounded, followed by a thud near her left ear.
Sabrina froze for a split second. Had someone just shot at her?
* * *
Sheriff\\\\'s deputy Clay Starke wheeled to a stop in front of the beat-up trailer. He heard the sharp crack and saw the side of the trailer spit metal.
A shooter.
The woman on the porch careened down the steps and bolted toward him. Terror radiated from her, spiking his adrenaline. He shoved open the door to the passenger side. \\\"Get in!\\\"
Breathless, she landed in the passenger seat and slammed the door. Eyes wide, pupils dark black holes in the blue surrounding them, she lifted shaking hands to push her blond hair out of her eyes.
Clay got on his radio and reported shots fired at the Prescott trailer.
He glanced through the back of the squad car. If someone was shooting, they needed to be somewhere else. He cranked the car and started to back out of the drive.
She grabbed his arm. \\\"No! We can\\\\'t leave!\\\"
\\\"What?\\\" He stepped on the brakes. \\\"Lady, if someone\\\\'s shooting, I\\\\'m getting you out of here.\\\"
She whirled to look out the back, then whipped around to stare at the trailer. \\\"But I think Jordan\\\\'s in there and I can\\\\'t leave without him.\\\"
\\\"Jordan?\\\"
\\\"A boy I work with. He called me for help. He sounded scared. I\\\\'m worried he might be hurt.\\\"
Clay put the car back in Park. \\\"Then stay down and let me check it out.\\\"
She grabbed his arm. \\\"But if you get out, he might shoot you.\\\"
That would definitely ruin his day, but if a kid was in trouble.
He waited. No more shots. \\\"Stay put. I think he might be gone.\\\"
\\\"Or waiting for one of us to get out of the car.\\\" True. He could feel her gaze on him, studying him, dissecting him. He frowned. \\\"What is it?\\\"
\\\"You.\\\"
He shot a glance behind them, then let his eyes rove the area until he\\\\'d gone in a full circle and was once again looking into her pretty face. \\\"What about me?\\\"
Red crept into her cheeks. \\\"You look so much like Steven. Are you his brother?\\\"
He stilled, focusing in on her. \\\"I\\\\'m Clay Starke. You knew my brother?\\\"
\\\"Clay? I\\\\'m Sabrina Mayfield. Steven and I were good friends. He talked about you so often, I feel like I know you well.\\\"
Sabrina Mayfield. Wow. \\\"We\\\\'ll have to catch up later. Can you give me details about what\\\\'s going on here?\\\"
\\\"One of my clients called me. He doesn\\\\'t actually live here, but this is where he asked me to meet him.\\\" She met his gaze. \\\"I don\\\\'t know what he\\\\'s doing here, but he said he thought he knew who killed Steven and he needed me to come get him.\\\"
Shock raced through Clay. Finally. After weeks with nothing, this could be the break he\\\\'d been looking for. \\\"Then I want to know what he knows.\\\"
\\\"Well, we have to find him first.\\\" She paused and looked out the window. \\\"Without getting shot, preferably.\\\"
Clay checked in with backup. \\\"What\\\\'s your ETA?\\\"
\\\"Five minutes.\\\"
Clay stiffened. \\\"Why so long? I\\\\'ve got a possible shooter here!\\\"
\\\"Car wreck on I-40. Fatalities involved. All units responded. Now I\\\\'ve got two heading your way as fast as they can. More coming ASAP. Sit tight and don\\\\'t take any unnecessary risks.\\\"
Right. He\\\\'d heard the car-wreck call but hadn\\\\'t thought about it, since he\\\\'d already had his assignment.
And there hadn\\\\'t been any reports of shots when he\\\\'d gotten it. Great. He had a possible shooter and was on his own with a woman and a possible kid to protect.
\\\"I didn\\\\'t realize you were back,\\\" Sabrina said. Her voice quivered and she clasped her hands together in front of her. \\\"Steven said you were really busy in Nashville. That you\\\\'d just passed your detective\\\\'s exam.\\\" She seemed to want to talk about anything but what had happened. What might still be happening.
Her way of coping, probably.
\\\"Yes.\\\" He forced the word from his tight throat as guilt ate at him. He should have come home when Steven called him. But he hadn\\\\'t, and his brother had died. Now Clay was home to find out who\\\\'d killed him. His first week back in Wrangler\\\\'s Corner he\\\\'d attended his brother\\\\'s funeral. The second week had consisted of the sheriff, Ned Anderson, convincing him he needed to take the now-open deputy position. The past two weeks had been spent getting into a routine. And while his main goal was to find his brother\\\\'s murderer, he\\\\'d also had to deal with ongoing family stuff.
Clay swallowed hard and pushed Steven out of his mind. For now. He craned his neck and looked through the windows, behind, in front. \\\"No sign of the shooter.\\\"
\\\"No one\\\\'s answering the door. I think I heard a child crying.\\\" She gripped the door handle.
\\\"Any shots from inside the trailer?\\\"
\\\"No, but I\\\\'m afraid for Jordan. He didn\\\\'t answer the door when I knocked, but I heardsomething. It was a child. I\\\\'m almost sure of it.\\\"
\\\"Stay here.\\\"
He climbed out of the car. The trailer door opened just as he took a step. A young boy peered out. When he saw Clay, his eyes widened and he slammed the door.
The passenger door opened, and the social worker darted toward the trailer.
\\\"Hey!\\\"
\\\"Sorry,\\\" she yelled over her shoulder. \\\"That\\\\'s Tony, Jordan\\\\'s little brother.\\\" Before he could stop her, she was back up the steps and banging on the door.
Clay followed, expecting to hear the bark of a rifle and feel the bite of a bullet.
He leaned around her and tried the door. \\\"Locked.\\\"
\\\"Tony! Open the door, hon!\\\"
He was close enough to get a whiff of a tangy orange scent that almost covered the ammonia smell. Subtle and spicy. He was also close enough to see the bullet hole in the trailer next to her head.
He made sure he had her covered but squirmed as the middle of his back tingled. A perfect target for a shooter.
A wailing cry split the air. Clay lifted a brow. \\\"Okay, that\\\\'s it.\\\" He moved around Sabrina, leaned his shoulder against the flimsy door and shoved. Hard.
With a pop, the door swung in. Clay stepped inside and came to a stop. In the space of about half a second, he noticed two things. The stench that turned his stomachand two pairs of bright blue eyes that met his. Two children stood at the entrance to the hallway, looking as if they were ready to bolt.
The little girl wrapped her arms around her big brother and buried her face in his stomach, but not before Clay saw the tears on her cheeks, heard her trying to stifle her sobs.
The big brother settled his hands on her shoulders and glared back at Clay, defiance and fear mingling.
Sabrina stepped around him. \\\"Tony? Maria? What are you guys doing here?\\\" Her voice was soft and low. Clay decided if he was a kid, he would have trusted her instantly.
\\\"Where\\\\'s Jordan?\\\"
\\\"He left,\\\" Tony said.
\\\"Why would he leave you here?\\\"
The boy shrugged, trying to be brave and failing miserably. \\\"He looked out the window and said for us to sneak away as soon as he was out of sight. He said to be careful \\\\'cause there was a bad man outside. He said he\\\\'d make sure the bad man followed him while we got away and hid in the woods. Then he\\\\'d come back and take us home.\\\"
\\\"Bad man?\\\" Clay asked.
\\\"I saw you when I opened the door. I thought you might be the bad man.\\\"
\\\"He\\\\'s a deputy, hon,\\\" Sabrina said. \\\"Didn\\\\'t you see his uniform?\\\"
Tony\\\\'s lower lip trembled, but he managed a manly shrug. \\\"I don\\\\'t know. But we weren\\\\'t scared or nothin\\\\'.\\\"
Sabrina moved forward to gather the little girl in her arms and whisper in her ear.
While Sabrina talked to the children, Clay took in the surroundings. Everything around him shouted meth lab. The smell, the hose through the window, the Pyrex bowls on the stove, the blankets and plastic on the windows. He turned and spoke into his radio. \\\"Got a possible meth lab here. We\\\\'re going to need someone to clean it up.\\\"
He wondered who the sheriff would call. Federal law mandated only DEA-certified individuals could dismantle a meth lab. Clay seriously doubted there was anyone qualified in Wrangler\\\\'s Corner.
He checked the window again. So Jordan had seen a \\\"bad man\\\" and left to draw him away from the trailer so the little ones could sneak out.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hope Street\\nDescription: [\\\"It's the good moments that addicts show us--because they're not all bad--that keep us hanging on long after we should say good-bye.
I also was angry because even though Jim is no longer Jim, before this started he had to make a choice, and he chose lies and drugs over his wife and daughter. I would have gone to hell and back for him if only he would have been honest with me. He never was.
He really never was. \\\", 'Amanda Andruzzi, a health educator, certified health coach and founder of Symptom-Free Wellness and Hamptons SUP, works to educate the public on natural health and wellness alternatives for chronic conditions. She resides with her husband, daughter, and two sons in New York, New York.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances\\nDescription: ['', 'Andy Andrews is a bestselling novelist, speaker, and consultant for some of the worlds most successful teams, largest corporations, and fastest-growing organizations. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Noticer, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, and the modern classic The Travelers Gift. For more information, please visit AndyAndrews.com.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Cordon Bleu Cookbook (Cook's Classic Library)\\nDescription: ['Long before Julia Child, the cole Cordon Bleu was established in Paris in 1880 as a school to teach home cooks the finest techniques. Dione Lucas, a star student there in the 1930s, came to the U.S. in 1942 to show Americans how to use the same revered principles of classic French cooking.', 'A reminder of what, before the \\\"food revolution\\\" that began in the 1970s, was called haute cuisine, this book by Lucas codifies the Cordon Bleu\\\\'s recipes, including Filet of Sole Vronique with its peeled white grapes, and Poulet L\\\\'Estragon, chicken in tarragon sauce. Written when butter and cream were generously used and much enjoyed, The Cordon Bleu Cookbook remains a source of appealing recipes: you will not find elsewhere a better Boeuf Bourguignon, more outstanding Cheese Souffl, or superior Chocolate Jelly Roll Cake with buttery, chocolate filling. (Recognizing its value, the James Beard Foundation has given this book its Hall of Fame Award as one of the most important cookbooks ever.)', 'Each recipe is a model of clarity, as in Potage Cressonire, where you cook the potatoes and cress \\\"very slowly until mushy.\\\" And just seven lines of text help you produce this simple yet memorable soup. Beyond the recipes, Lucas covers everything from how to plan an attractive menu, and basic wine selection, to what kitchen equipment is most useful.', 'The 1999 edition of The Cordon Bleu Cookbook is part of the Coo k\\\\'s Classic Library from Lyons Press. It is delightful as both a record of fine cooking as it was for at least 50 years, and as a current kitchen companion. --Dana Jacobi', \\\"Classics of food literature, ready and waiting for a whole new audience. -- Bon Appetit
Great cookbooks don't have to die, they can be reissued. The Cook's Classic Library from the Lyons Press is a collection of some of the world's best cookbooks reprinted in paperback with new covers. -- Los Angeles Times\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Amish Widow's Escape (Expectant Amish Widows) (Volume 11)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?\\nDescription: ['1st edition 1st print 1971 US Book Club Doubleday fine book in fine dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Quilted Heart Omnibus: Three Novellas in One: Dandelions on the Wind, Bending Toward the Sun, and Ripples Along the Shore\\nDescription: ['Praise for The Quilted Heart Series
“Like a warm breeze ripples across a lake, Dandelions on the Wind offers a gentle crossing in this first-in-a-series novel. Mona Hodgson gives readers characters we care about, a bit of intrigue, love, and a satisfying ending that promises more in the second series book. Well done!” —Jane Kirkpatrick, best-selling author of Where Lilacs Still Bloom
“Filled with true-to-life characters and fascinating historical details, Dandelions on the Wind is a heartwarming story of second chances in the turbulent days immediately after the Civil War. Don’t miss this, the first of Mona Hodgson’s The Quilted Heart trilogy. If you’re like me, you’ll be waiting eagerly for the second.” —Amanda Cabot, author of Waiting for Spring
“Dandelions on the Wind is a sweet tale about the merging of two hurting hearts. The characters drew me, and I can’t wait to read more about their lives…and their love!” —Tricia Goyer, best-selling author of thirty-three novels, including The Memory Jar
“In Dandelions on the Wind, Mona Hodgson weaves a tale of broken promises, wounded hearts…and the power of forgiveness—a heartwarming reminder that we walk by faith, not by sight. Maren is a heroine you’ll cheer for!” —Carol Cox, author of Love in Disguise and Trouble in Store
“Mona Hodgson’s Bending Toward the Sun captures Saint Charles following the Civil War so well. Quaid returns home—a man changed by the war. Emilie is a delight—a young woman pursuing her education, who knows her own mind. And even though the war has changed so many things, this story reminds us that some things, like love, never change.” —Dorris Keeven-Franke, archivist, Saint Charles County Historical Society
“Mona Hodgson has written a warm, tender tale of family loyalties and forbidden love. When Emilie’s father objects to her seeing the handsome McFarland boy, recently returned from war, the couple struggles to do the right thing. But they are about to discover that God has another plan. Filled with charming characters and godly themes, this heartwarming story is pure delight.” —Margaret Brownley, New York Times best-selling author of A Rocky Creek Romance Series and the Brides of Last Chance Ranch Series
“With believable characters, an historic setting, and a gripping love story, Mona Hodgson gives the reader an uplifting account of a time when our country was recovering from a dark period and looking forward to a brighter future.” —Martha Rogers, author of the Winds Across the Prairie Series and the best-selling Christmas at Holly Hill', \\\"Mona Hodgson’s publishing credits have grown to include nearly forty books, including The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek Series, The Quilted Heart novellas, Prairie Song, children's books, and contributions to more than ten books for adults. Mona is a popular speaker for women's groups, schools, and educators’ and writers’ conferences. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two daughters and a gaggle of grandchildren.\\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: I Have Today: Find Your Passion, Purpose and Smile...Finally!\\nDescription: ['Diane Forster (b. August 4, 1964) is an inventor, author, entrepreneur, visionary, empath, intuitive life strategist who resides in San Diego, CA. Diane was born in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up on Long Island before moving out to Los Angeles, CA, in 1981. In 1991, she moved to Chicago, IL and lived there for 24 years. She raised her son/daughter twins there, and moved to San Diego, CA, in 2015. Diane spent eight years working in advertising in Los Angeles, and then moved into television advertising sales, at Group W, CBS and ABC, for 24 years. While working full time and raising her twins, she invented a kitchen product called \\\"The SPIFTER,\\\" which is a decorating tool used with sugars and spices. She has been nominated for innovation awards and has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and on ABC and QVC. She was married for 20 years and divorced in 2013. After her children graduated high school, Diane decided to quit her corporate job, sell their home and all of its contents, and move cross country to start a new chapter of her life. It was then that she founded I HAVE TODAY. She shares her story of the struggles and hurdles she experienced and the path she took to rediscover herself, her spirituality, her power and her purpose. She\\\\'s a powerful influencer, teacher, mentor and is highly in tune with her manifestation skills. She is creating the life of her dreams...living near the ocean...her sanctuary. I Have Today: Find Your Passion, Purpose and Smile...Finally! is her first book. Diane is committed to seeing that one billion women on the planet who suffer from lack of self worth instead experience their true divinity, power and purpose. It starts with one person at a time. 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Will her stay bring her peace, or will it bring danger to the Plain community?', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Textbook of Modern Toxicology\\nDescription: ['\\\"...a good, easy-to-read, and comprehensive reference work for all safety professionals involved in toxicology or those wishing to broaden their knowledge of the field.\\\" (Chemical Health and Safety, March-April 2005)', '“…a useful introductory text and the new chapters are a valuable addition to the old edition…” (The British Toxicology Society, No 27, Winter 2005)', '\\\"Students and instructors in courses in environmental, veterinary, pharmacological and medical toxicology will find this an excellent modern textbook that benefits from the current writings of experts in all the key topics of modern toxicology.\\\" (Vet Human Toxicology, 46 (4) August 2004)', 'A state-of-the-art toxicology textbook—ideal for students and professionals', 'Toxicology is a multifaceted field that encompasses the physical and chemical study of all known poisonous substances. It involves the rigorous analysis of toxicants and their effects on living tissues, forensic toxicology, quality assurance principles, environmental toxicology, and related sciences. As the field of toxicology continues to rapidly evolve, a thorough understanding of its underlying principles remains vital.', 'Now in its third edition, A Textbook of Modern Toxicology is a unique resource that provides both students and practitioners with a wide-ranging, accessible overview of the discipline. Suitable for courses in environmental, pharmacological, medical, and veterinary toxicology, this essential text features chapters written by experts who address a range of key topics.', 'A Textbook of Modern Toxicology is distinguished by up-to-date insights into acute toxicity and chemical carcinogenesis, organ toxicity, in vitro and in vivo toxicity testing, ecological risk assessment, and many other areas of toxicology that help foster a solid comprehension of the field.', 'The new edition reflects the addition of new contributors who offer the latest thinking in their respective areas of specialization and in their examination of emerging topics such as molecular biological aspects of technology. A Textbook of Modern Toxicology, Third Edition emphasizes the biochemical aspects of toxicology, underscoring the belief that progress in toxicology hinges on an understanding of the fundamentals of toxic action at the cellular and molecular levels. 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The Civil War has ended, but in Katie Calloway\\\\'s Georgia home, conflict still rages. To protect herself and her young brother from her violent and unstable husband, she flees north, finding anonymity and sanctuary as the cook in a north woods lumber camp. The camp owner, Robert Foster, wonders if the lovely woman he\\\\'s hired has the grit to survive the never-ending work and harsh conditions of a remote pine forest in winter. Katie wonders if she can keep her past a secret from a man she is slowly growing to love.
With grace and skill, Serena Miller brings to life a bygone era. From the ethereal, snowy forest and the rowdy shanty boys to the warm cookstove and mouth-watering apple pie, every detail is perfectly rendered, transporting you to a time of danger and romance.
\\\"With fascinating historical detail and heartfelt characters, The Measure of Katie Calloway captivated me from the very first line. Great storytelling, coupled with a unique north woods setting, will carry your heart from one vivid scene to the next. Miller writes the kind of rich historical fiction I love--with a plethora of romantic twists and turns to keep you reading far into the night. Not to be missed!\\\"--Laura Frantz, author of The Colonel\\\\'s Lady
\\\"Serena Miller\\\\'s charming characters leap off the pages and straight into your heart, and her setting feels so real you\\\\'ll wonder why you don\\\\'t hear trees falling in the forest and bacon sizzling on the woodstove.\\\"--Emilie Richards, author of Sunset Bridge
\\\"Fascinating history. Fabulous characters. The Measure of Katie Calloway is a fast-paced story with a generous measure of romance that will have readers cheering on Katie Calloway as she conquers one trial after another. If you like stepping back in time and sharing an adventure with great characters, this is the book for you.\\\"--Ann H. Gabhart, author of Angel Sister
Serena Miller is the author of Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as Woman\\\\'s World, Guideposts, Reader\\\\'s Digest, Focus on the Family, Christian Woman, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.', \\\"Serena Miller is the author of Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as Woman's World, Guideposts, Reader's Digest, Focus on the Family, Christian Woman, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Doctor Who at the Bbc\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stealth Retribution (Nanostealth | Book 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How to Read Your Way to Heaven\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"If you want to develop a deep knowledge of our Faith, here is a reliable book that shows you how.\\\" Fr. C. John McCloskey III', '\\\"We can read all day and read forever, and still feel as if we\\\\'re not making progress. Vicki Burbach gets us out of the rut and onto a track toward real spiritual and cultural and intellectual progress. This is the kind of book that can make life so much richer by leading to many more books, and all in good order.\\\" Mike Aquilina', '\\\"Whether you\\\\'re a lifelong Catholic or a skeptical inquirer, you\\\\'ll find How to Read Your Way to Heaven by Vicki Burbach to be an indispensable gift for your intellectual and spiritual life. With this timeless treasure, Vicki has helped solve my \\\"so many books and so little time\\\" problem by providing a masterplan that\\\\'s both exciting and accomplishable.\\\" Lisa M. Hendey Founder of CatholicMom.com and author of The Grace of Yes', '', '', 'Many of us commit to some form of spiritual reading, but we find that our book choices are sporadic and often based on a whim rather than following a purposeful plan. Designed for individual or group settings, How to Read Your Way to Heaven will guide your quest to delve deeper into a relationship with Christ by meditating on the written word while organizing your reading around the four pillars of the Catholic Faith the Creed, the sacraments, morality, and prayer.', 'How to Read Your Way to Heaven is not merely another book to read. It is designed to be an invaluable tool for guiding and organizing your reading to help you on your journey to become a saint. And best of all, this fully integrated do-it-yourself spiritual reading program that can be easily followed by the busiest of Catholics with the tightest of schedules.', \\\"By following this plan, you'll meditate daily on Sacred Scripture and read the entirety of the Catechism over the course of the program. You'll be introduced to a treasure-trove of the greatest Catholic books ever written, and you'll learn prayerful reading methods such as lectio divina as well as time-tested advice on where and when to read.\\\", \\\"Here you'll also find a list of the favorite books by leading Catholics of our day, including Bishop James Conley, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. C.J. McCloskey, Jennifer Fulwiler, Peter Kreeft, Patrick Coffin, Karl Keating, Lisa Hendey, Fr. Timothy Gallagher, Mike Aquilina, and so many more.\\\", 'Spiritual reading arms us for battle. We are called to be saints, and yet daily we are bombarded by a culture that drives our minds and hearts away from the supernatural life. Because what we choose to read makes a significant difference in our spiritual growth and understanding, we present this structured reading guide to help you read with a purpose.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Note Yet Unsung (A Belmont Mansion Novel)\\nDescription: ['
"This fast-moving work of inspirational historical romance highlights both classical and Appalachian music. Thanks to Alexander's vivid writing, one can almost hear the music resonating off of the page.(Feb.)
"Alexander is an inspirational fiction star. Her novels possess a lyricism that draws the reader in, and keeps them close.As Alexander brings her superb Southern Belmont Mansion series (A Lasting Impression, book 1), A Beauty So Rare, book 2) to an end, readers will remember Alexander's well-crafted, multi-dimensional characters, especially Rebekah and Tate, long after this tale is finished.
~ Booklist STARRED review (Shelley Mosley)
"Featuring a swoon-worthy courtship, this delightful historical also offers a vivid portrait of a lesser-known chapter in the 19th-century classical music scene. This final entry of Alexander's historical romantic trilogy (A Lasting Impression; A Beauty So Rare) will leave devotees on a high note." ~ Library Journal
"Alexander tacklesissues that have been long forgotten about and brings them back to life using historical figures and facts. The characters in this story are never boring and instead are more like treasured friends than fictional people. They are charming, caring and determined to leave their mark on the world."
~ Romantic Times 4 1/2 star TOP PICK!
', \\\"A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the maestro at the newly formed Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the rigors of an orchestra, and Rebekah's hopes are swiftly dashed because the conductor--determined to leave his mark on the world of classical music--bows to public opinion. To make matters worse, Adelicia Acklen Cheatham, mistress of Belmont Mansion and Rebekah's new employer, agrees with him.
Nationally acclaimed conductor Nathaniel Tate Whitcomb is Nashville's new orchestra leader. And despite a reluctant muse--and a strange buzzing and recurring pain in his head--he must finish composing his symphony before the grand opening of the city's new opera hall. But far more pressing, he must finish it for the one who first inspired his love of music--his father, who is dying. As Tate's ailment worsens, he believes Rebekah can help him finish his symphony. But how do you win back a woman's trust when you've robbed her of her dream?
As music moves us to tears yet makes our hearts soar, A Note Yet Unsung captures the splendor of classical music at a time when women's hard-won strides in cultural issues changed not only world history--but the hearts of men.
"Christy Award-winner Alexander crafts a music-lover's delight in this third Belmont Mansion novel. . . . This fast-moving work of inspirational historical romance highlights both classical and Appalachian music. Thanks to Alexander's vivid writing, one can almost hear the music resonating off of the page." --Publishers Weekly starred review
"Alexander is an inspirational fiction star. Her novels possess a lyricism that draws the reader in, and keeps them close. As Alexander brings her superb Southern Belmont Mansion series to an end, readers will remember Alexander's well-crafted, multi-dimensional characters, especially Rebekah and Tate, long after this tale is finished."--Booklist starred review
"Alexander tackles issues that have been long forgotten about and brings them back to life using historical figures and facts. The characters in this story are never boring and instead are more like treasured friends than fictional people. They are charming, caring and determined to leave their mark on the world."--RT Book Reviews Top Pick
"This final entry of Alexander's historical romantic trilogy will leave devotees on a high note."--Library Journal
"Alexander crafts a moving finale to the Belmont Mansion series. The clash of the main characters as they learn to work in harmony helps change the prevailing opinions of the era and reveals the beauty of love."--Christian Market Praise for the Belmont Mansion Novels
"... a novel rich in storytelling and history, peopled with living, breathing characters who made me laugh, and cry."--Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love
"Alexander's exquisitely written historical tale is filled with unforgettable characters...."--Booklist
"Pure reading pleasure!"--Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author of Mine Is the Night
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Davis kicks off the Ladies' Shooting Club series with a romance filled with nonstop adventure, mystery and murder. The characters are charming, down to earth and just trying to live their lives. Davis makes her characters leap off the pages without overdoing the emotions. This is sure to please readers of any age.
(Patsy Glans ROMANTIC TIMES 2009-10-23)
A tender tale about the Old West and what life was life in a fading mining town. It takes a few chapters to learn all the characters, but they're well worth the read.
The Sheriff’s Surrender is a remarkable story. I believe the love that binds Gert and Ethan together is truly extraordinary. I like the bit of shyness Ethan projects, especially when he is around Gert. He reminds me of the timid cowboy like Tom Selleck sometimes plays in his movies when he is around the female gender. Truly magnificent; I liked that part about Ethan. To me it made him appear human in every respect. Susan Page Davis has woven a terrific story touching the heart of this reader. Immediately she pulls the reader into a town with many acquaintances blending together an impressive read.
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4 1/2 stars. 'Rubart has done it again with another uniquely written, stellar novel. The author comes up with the most original, thought-provoking concepts that readers can take lessons from to apply to their own lives. On the surface, the story is engaging. Jake is a fascinating character with many layers and hidden pain. Yet delve deeper and there is a gold mine full of spiritual and personal treasures to uncover. Who wouldn't want to find a mysterious corridor that grants your deepest desires?' (RT Book Reviews)\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Keys to the Kingdom: And the Life You Want\\nDescription: ['This book answers the questions, who is God, (and) who am I. . . . In simple, everyday language the author explains how and why life works, and how you can make it work for you. --The Omega Directory, 2002', \\\"Stephen Hawley Martin spent 25 years in the advertising business as co-founder of The Martin Agency, now the South's largest. Then he left advertising to write books. Since that time he has written or collaborated on more than a dozen. He is the only two-time winner of the Writer's Digest Book Award and the winner of an IPPY from Independent Press.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Mayflower Bride: Daughters of the Mayflower - Book 1\\nDescription: ['
“I found the history fascinating and woven into the story such a way that it brought the characters to life and kept me turning the pages. . . .I highly recommend The Mayflower Bride.” —Tracie Peterson, bestselling author of over one hundred books, including the Heart of the Frontier series
A marvelous feat. Through The Mayflower Bride, Kimberley Woodhouse has woven a tender tale of love and endurance through a rich historical tapestry. What an inspiring tribute to the hope that filled those men and women’s sails and to the courage that buoyed them through their storms. —Jocelyn Green, award-winning author of A Refuge Assured
Master story teller Kimberley Woodhouse seamlessly interweaves historical fact, heart-warming fiction, and her signature dash of suspense as she launches the Daughters of the Mayflower Series. The tremendous courage and faith of these characters will stay with you long after the last page is turned.  —Becca Whitham, ECPA best-selling author of The Cowboy's Bride Collection and co-author of The Promise Bride
Rich and rewarding! The Mayflower Bride will captivate you from beginning to end. A must read! —Judith Miller, award-winning author of The Chapel Car Bride
“What happens when legitimate history meets fiction? A story like The Mayflower Bride, that’s what!   Make room on your “keepers shelf” for this one because you’ll want to read it again and again!” —Loree Lough, bestselling author of 115 award-winning novels, including reviewer favorite 50 Hours
A beautiful homage to the passengers of the Mayflower who braved the unknown and endured incredible hardships to settle in the New World. This tale of tragedy and triumph, interlaced with a sweet romance, masterfully illustrates the tenacious faith of our ancestors who sailed to these shores so long ago. —Connilyn Cossette, Christy Award nominated and CBA bestselling author of the Out from Egypt Series
Rich in history and shot through with adventure and faith, The Mayflower Bride is a beautifully woven tale sure to enthrall readers from page one! —Roseanna M. White, bestselling author of the Ladies of the Manor Series
Adventure and espionage feature prominently in this dynamic new historical series, which tracks one family from the inaugural voyage of the Mayflower through the end of World War II. Book clubs and genealogy buffs will delight in seeing how the history rolls out with each succeeding generation.
(Library Journal 2018-02-01)
Kimberley Woodhouse is an amazing author! She has done her research on the 1620s and created a heartwarming novel. There is a glossary on meanings of the old English way of speaking, which is beneficial for the reader.
(Patsy Glans RT Book Reviews 2017-12-01)
What a fabulous story. Historical details, intriguing characters, faith and a touch of romance swirl together to create an emotional read. Author Kimberley Woodhouse's engrossing tale of these two people's journey to the New World and the obstacles they faced along the way will touch your heart. The reader is delighted to witness the evolution of Mary and William throughout the story, and the ending will not disappoint.
(Cheryl The Book Connection 2018-01-26)
With this action-packed tale, Woodhouse properly kicks off this series centered on major events of American history.
(Publishers Weekly 2018-03-12)
The Mayflower Bride is a captivating historical account that carries a well-seated message of faith throughout the read.
(Diane Lunsford Feathered Quill Book Reviews 2018-03-25)', '
Join the adventure through history, romance, and family legacy as the Daughters of the Mayflower series begins with The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse. Mary Elizabeth Chapman and William Lytton embark for the far shores of America on what seems to be a voyage doomed from the start. Can a religious separatist and an opportunistic spy make it in the New World?  
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\"Nolan\\'s The Transatlantic Century is a masterful work of synthesis: breathtaking in its scope and precise in its rich detail. It is the foundation from which every effort to understand the place of the United States in the economic and political revolutions of the twentieth century must now proceed.\" Daniel T. Rodgers, Princeton University
\"The Transatlantic Century will become a standard work on the changing relations between the U.S. and Europe in the twentieth century. It is synthetic, wide ranging, and important.\" Ruth Oldenziel, Eindhoven University of Technology
\"A stimulating and readable overview that shows the complexities of the era often stereotyped as the American Century.\" David Reynolds, University of Cambridge
\"Essential.\" Choice
\"With incisive prose and acuity of judgment Nolan offers a more comprehensive overview of European-American transatlantic relations than hitherto available.\" Ian Tyrrell, Journal of American History
\"In [this book], Mary Nolan has drawn on her expertise as an historian of the Atlantic world to produce a work that challenges the belief that the twentieth century was the American Century ... [this] is an excellent resource for any upper-year undergraduate history or political science course that examines the United States, Europe, or the relations between the two regions. By questioning the traditional narrative offered by many textbook-style works and challenging the belief in American exceptionalism, [Nolan] forces readers to question their own views on the relationship between the United States and Europe ... her work stimulates the discussion not only about transatlantic history but also the history of empires and transnational history. [Her] ability to shift seamlessly from a macrocosmic perspective to a microcosmic perspective is impressive and it is also refreshing to see the inclusion of Eastern Europe in her analysis.\" Gregg French, H-Empire
\"In this well-crafted, learned survey of US-European relations in the long twentieth century, Mary Nolan makes a valuable contribution to international history ... Nolan\\'s work is a successful, readable synthesis. It wears its erudition lightly, is well constructed, and manages to integrate cultural and intellectual trends into the broader political-economic narrative, which is no small feat.\" Gabriel Paquette, European History Quarterly', 'The Transatlantic Century is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. 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Tchividjian, grandson of Billy Graham, creates a play-by-play version of this ancient tale to put today's audience at the scene. Drawn from a sermon series, the book employs typical sermon fodder--Scripture, descriptions of artistic representations of Jonah, and extended quotes from authors like Herman Melville (Moby-Dick) who have written on the subject. Through these interpretations, the reader discovers Jonah's characteristics-he is self-righteous, prideful, a work-in-progress-contrasted with the attributes of God, who is unwavering, all-powerful, and merciful. One can almost hear the author's voice rising and falling as he compares Jonah's reticence to contemporary human attitudes. The abrupt ending of the biblical tale may leave the impression that this well-loved character is no hero at all. Yet Tchividjian's animated, heartfelt homily will boost readers with the message that God's heroic grace is perfect. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', 'Tullians masterful retelling of this familiar story will do just as it promises. It will surprise youshock you evenas you hear the story of Jonah as if for the first time. And it will fill you with awe and wonder at Gods startling grace and his tender heart toward us, his lost and rebellious children. I loved it. Sally Lloyd-Jones, author, The Jesus Story-Book Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name', 'The book of Jonah is more than the story of a prophet who ran from God. It is actually the story of the grace of God that overcomes Jonahs stubborn rebellion. In this outstanding book Tullian Tchividjian helps us see that there is something of Jonah in all of us and that we stand in need of the same grace of God every day. I was both convicted and encouraged by this book and highly recommend it to every Christian. Jerry Bridges, author, The Pursuit of Holiness', 'Surprised by Grace is a much-needed reminder that we should never get over the gospel, or try to move beyond it. The grace that saves is the grace that satisfies and empowers. Tullians book is gospel-saturated, Christ-exalting, and soul-refreshing. Randy Alcorn, Founder and Director, Eternal Perspectives Ministries; author, Heaven, If God Is Good and Money, Possessions & Eternity', 'Twenty years ago Tullian was the wild, rebellious black sheep among Billy Grahams grandchildren. Today he follows in his grandfathers steps as a powerful preacher of the cross of Christ. As he retells the Old Testament story of Jonah he shows that while sin reaches far, Gods grace reaches farther. Tullians heart to see rebelsas well as cold-hearted Phariseestransformed by the gospel of grace shines through on every page. Joshua Harris, Senior Pastor, Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg, Maryland; author, Dug Down Deep', 'A well-written, exegetically careful, pastorally sensitive journey through a familiar yet surprising book. Tullian mines the world of literature, art, and theology to bring out the abiding significance of this beloved story. Oh, and he also wonderfully points us to Christ. Kevin DeYoung, Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Michigan', 'In this wonderful book Tullian creatively and clearly does with the story of Jonah what the Bible was designed to do. He helps you see yourself and weep and see your God and rejoice. Read. It will deepen your sense of need and your affection for the God who meets you in the middle of it. Paul David Tripp, President, Paul Tripp Ministries; author, What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage', 'Surprised by Grace fishes the gospel from the storms of Jonahs life and conscience with wonderful images from art history, beautiful words from classic literature, and deep insight from the biblical record. The ways Pastor Tullian shows how the gospel spouts from so ancientand resistanta prophet is truly a surprising grace. Bryan Chapell, President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary;Senior Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois', \"If youve been struggling with the Christian faith because it started with the gospel and moved quickly into the elbow grease of hard work, guilt, and rules, this book will change your life. The gospel isnt just where we begin; its where we Christians live. If we arent surprised by grace, it isnt grace. Read this book, and youll rise up and call me blessed for recommending it to you. Steve Brown,Host, Key Life Radio Program; author, Three Free Sins: God Isn't Mad At You\", 'Tullian has given us a crash course on the outrageous mathematics of Gods mercy and grace. The same God who pursues violent pagan kings also pursues his smug, self-righteous sons and daughters. Indeed, the God who bids us count stars, sand, and dust is actively redeeming a pan-national family of rebels, idolaters, and broken people just like me . . . and you! Thanks, Tullian, for helping me to see that the gospel is always bigger than I realized, or even wanted it to be! Scotty Smith, Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'Surprised by Grace will delight many, and it will disturb some. The gospel does that. Tullian Tchividjian helps us all, as sinners, move the gospel down into our hearts, where we actually change. Thank you, Tullian. I need it. Every one on the face of the earth needs it. Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'As one who is both self-righteously religious and rebelliously irreligious (and sometimes on the same day!), I am repeatedly surprised by Gods relentless pursuit of my heart and his overwhelming grace. Im sure that Tchividjians transparent interaction with a heartless prophet who is nevertheless an instrument of mercy to a wicked, godless nation will both convict and comfort you as it did me. In this wonderful book youll learn that Jonahs story is not so much the story of a runaway prophet, a fish, a vine, and a repenting nation as it is a story of Gods persistent purpose to bless people he chooses to bless no matter the cost. If you need to remember that God is greater than your sin, that his purpose to bless isnt really dependent upon your goodness, and that he will accomplish all his purposes no matter what, this Christ-exalting book will serve you well. Its just splendid. Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, counselor; speaker; author, Found in Him', 'Calvin called Scripture a mirror of the soul. Tullian Tchividjians insightful guidance through the book of Jonah not only clearly explains the meaning of the book but helps us see ourselves in the reluctant prophet, sinners who are the recipients of Gods loving grace. I highly recommend Surprised by Grace for all Christians, young in the faith as well as mature, laypeople as well as pastors. Tremper Longman III, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College', 'Grace is one of those words we use so much in the church that its easy to take for granted. It becomes ordinary. However, in this book grace shines in its biblical luster. Whether a new believer or a lifelong Christian, prepare to be surprised by grace! Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Calvin on the Christian Life', 'The gospel is a surprising message of news seemingly too good to be true. Tullian shocks us with the gospel as he retells the story of Jonah, the story of a God who pursues, rescues, and even uses people who run away from him. What makes this book stand out is how Tullian presents the gospel in story form, carving deep grooves in ones memory. I will not forget this book, and I will recommend it to all the Jonahs in my life, which is most everybody I know. Justin Buzzard,Lead Pastor, Garden City Church, Silicon Valley; author, Date Your Wife and The Big Story', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Man of the Desert (Grace Livingston Hill #63)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: An Integrated Textbook and Computer Simulations\nDescription: ['', 'Scientists working in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK and PD) study the behavior of drugs in the body. This includes how drugs are absorbed into the body, where they go, what they do, and how the body gets rid of them. Models can be applied to help understand these processes. The combined subject of PK/PD is an important component of the education of health professionals and research scientists involved with drugs.', 'Updated with new chapters and topics, the new edition of Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics; presents the essentials of PK / PD in a clear and coordinated manner. Maintaining its clear and straightforward presentation, the text enables you to understand the dose-response relationship and dosing regimen design.', 'Your understanding of the material will be enhanced by guided computer exercises available on a companion website, which makes the book ideal for self-study. Simulations will allow you to visualize drug behaviour, experiment with different dosing regimens, and observe the influence of patient characteristics and model parameters.', 'The second edition updates and strengthens existing chapters and adds new topics to address newer applications of pharmacokinetics in clinical practice and drug development, including physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling and the prediction of drug-drug interactions.', \"Because Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 2nd Edition is an introductory textbook, the material is presented as simply as possible. As a result, you'll find it easy to gain an understanding of all the core principles, apply them to understand drug dosages, drug-drug interactions, and to evaluate the literature on clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.\", '', 'Sara E. Rosenbaum, PhD, is Professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, where she teaches courses in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Her research interests concentrate on the development and application of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic models to better understand the drug dose-response relationship.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission\nDescription: ['', 'This is a great new book on church planting that balances the personal spiritual issues with the theological, cultural, and technical. Church planters should all read this. Timothy J. Keller, Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City; best-selling author, The Reason for God', '\"Church Planter is an incredible tool for pastors and church planters alike that I am confident will fuel church multiplication in countless ways in the days ahead. I highly recommend this gospel-saturated challenge to plant churches led by God-centered men. David Platt, President, International Mission Board; author, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream', 'Now here is a clever ideaask an experienced church-planting pastor how church planting should be done. In Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission by Darrin Patrick, an experienced church planter speaks from deep theological conviction, pastoral experience, and missiological vision. Church planting is one of the most important movements of our eraand one that follows the pattern set by the apostles. This book will be welcomed by all who celebrate the renaissance of church planting in this generation. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President and Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'I like being pushed, and Darrin Patrick is a careful thinker and a hard-working pastor. Here he has written a clear, carefully considered, well-illustrated introduction to the pastor and his ministry. In reading it, Ive been challenged, provoked and encouraged. I disagree with some things, like Darrins correlation between the resurrection of Christ and the transformation of cities, but this book has been exciting and helpful and I appreciate a great deal. I happily commend this book to you, and pray that God will use it to help establish churches that take the gospel of Christ to the end of the world. Mark Dever,Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington DC; President, 9Marks', 'Darrin Patrick has done an amazing job detailing out what we are called to not only as church planters but as pastors and men of God. Whether you are considering planting a church or have been a pastor for decades I couldnt more highly recommend this book to you. Matt Chandler,Lead Pastor, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas; President, Acts 29 Church Planting Network; author, TheMingling of Souls', 'My new friend Darrin Patrick offers an insightful look at the privilege and calling of being a church planter. As one who is passionate about growing Gods church, I recommend this book for every pastor and church planter. If you hope to plant a church for the fame of the name of Jesus Christ, be sure to read this book before you do. James MacDonald, Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, Illinois; author, Vertical Church', 'Darrin Patrick is an excellent thinker with a great heart for the Church. I believe his words in this book are crucial for men in the body of Christ to pay attention to. Dino Rizzo, Pastor, Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge, LA', 'Darrin Patrick is a friend to church planters. He is widely known as a strong leader and good thinker in church planting today. In this book, Darrin brings together his biblical understanding, theological insight, and pastoral wisdom on what it takes to plant a missional church. For those who are planting or thinking about it, this book will help you to see if you are preparedwith the message and for the mission. Ed Stetzer,President, LifeWay Research; author,Subversive Kingdom; www.edstetzer.com', 'We have all read books on church planting, planting churches, and church planting movements. This book is about the church planterhis qualifications, his theology, and his character. Make no mistake about it, Darrin Patrick covers all the bases on what it takes to be a successful church planter in the twenty-first century. Get the right man, going in the right direction, with the right message and you have impactful combination for the kingdom of God. This is a Christ- and gospel-centered approach to launching new churches. Billy Hornsby, President, Association of Related Churches', 'Church Planter: The Man, the Message, and the Mission is a superb work. Darrin Patrick combines the mind of a careful theologian, the heart of a compassionate pastor, and the passion of a missional Christian. As someone heavily invested in training church planters in a seminary, this will be a must-read for those we teach and send out to penetrate lostness in the unreached and underserved cities of our nation and the world. Thank you Darren for this labor of love. You have rendered a valuable service to the body of Christ. Daniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'Church Planter comes from the heart of a real man sharing the real gospel from real experience leading Christs church. Powerful, helpful, hopeful! Bryan Chapell, President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary;Senior Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois', 'If you are called to church planting, Darrin Patrick gets you. More importantly, he understands what it takes to connect you to the gospel, the gospel to the church, and the church to the mission. This book is packed with insight; its a boot-camp-in-print. If God has enlisted you, then read it and let the training begin! Dave Harvey, Pastor of Preaching, Four Oaks Community Church, Tallahassee, Florida; author, When Sinners Say I Doand Am I Called?', 'I love this book because I love church planters and I know this book will help them fulfill their calling. I also love that Darrin writes in such a raw way. This isnt an ivory tower book. Its written by someone who has some battle scars because hes been in the trenches of church planting. Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, DC; author, Wild Goose Chase and Soulprint', \"Darrin slices through the clutter to give us insight on what is most important in launching a new worka clear understanding of a biblically functioning community led by one passionately committed to Jesus. This is a strong, excellent work that goes beyond pragmatic strategies and gives principles that will serve in any context. I'm fired up about a movement of leaders who will live out the core principles of Church Planter and launch churches that honor God and share his fame! Jud Wilhite, author, Eyes Wide Openand Uncensored Grace; senior pastor, Central Christian Church, Las Vegas, Nevada\", 'Darrin Patrick gets ministry. He understands its not a career for those of us trying to do something for God. Its a calling that can only be fulfilled faithfully when built upon the foundation of scriptural norms. This is not only a great book for anyone involved in church plantingits also a great book for anyone involved in pastoral ministry. It will help you (and your team) keep your life, message, and mission aligned with Gods vision and calling. Larry Osborne, Pastor, North Coast Church, Vista, California; author, Sticky Church', 'Church Planter: the Man, the Message and the Mission by Darrin Patrick is a must-read for anyone thinking about planting a church or who works with church planting leaders. While I dont hold to all of Darrins theology of leadership I still highly recommend Church Planter. When it comes to church planting Darrin is a guy that absolutely gets it because he has done it! And you will get it too if you read this book! Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor, Community Christian Church, Naperville, Illinois; Lead Visionary, NewThing', 'If I were beginning the journey of starting a church, and I could only choose two books to take with me. They would be the Bible, and Church Planter by Darrin Patrick. Matt Carter,Pastor of Preaching, The Austin Stone Community Church, Austin, Texas; co-author,The Real Win', 'There is no greater need in the world today than for men who will embody the unchanging message of the gospel in their own lives, and then carry it into the ever-changing communities in which we live. Darrin Patrick clearly articulates a compelling vision of the kind of leader and church we need in the twenty-first century. Every Christian man should read this book, and ask the question what part is God calling ME to play in planting transformational churches? Some may never have considered ministry, but reading this book could be dangerous for your career prospects. Other readers may be in paid church leadership, but will discover that God has been preparing a different, society-changing role for you to play. May God use this book to raise an army of church planting missionaries, some who will lead fantastic churches, others who will incarnate the gospel by being Christ-centered businessmen, caring professionals, or whatever it is that God has designed you to be. This book will convince you that there is hope for the church yet, and that the church is the only hope for this world. Adrian Warnock, author,Hope Rebornand Raised with Christ', \"This book is a weapon. Church Planter is one of the more important pieces of equipment that a church planter (or a man aspiring to any level of church leadership) can own. Darrin Patrick writes out of biblical conviction and proven experience, not preference or pragmatics. I trust Darrin. I trust what he's written here. I hope this book is placed in the hands of men all over the world. Justin Buzzard,Lead Pastor, Garden City Church, Silicon Valley; author, Date Your Wife and The Big Story\", 'Darrin does a great job describing the challenges of planting and directing the planter toward gospel solutions. Whether youre in the midst of planting or thinking about planting page 25 alone is worth the cost of the book. Eric Simmons, Pastor, Redeemer Church of Arlington, Arlington, VA', \"In Church Planter Darrin Patrick gets to the heart of what it means to be a man who loves God and transforms communities. I like the fact that you don't have to agree with all of his theology to benefit from his wisdom. He shows us not just how to have great churches but how to have better cities. I think that reflects the heart of God. I know it captured mine. Greg Surratt, Pastor, Seacoast Church\", 'Darrin Patrick is one of the most important voices in the church plantingcommunity. Every potential church planter should read this book before he decides to plant, and every existing church planter should read this book once every year! Too many people care only about planting more churches. What we need is more healthy churches with healthy pastors. This resource focuses on doing just that! Shawn Lovejoy, Lead Pastor, Mountain Lake Church, Cumming, GA; co-founder, churchplanters.com', 'When Darrin Patrick speaks about church planting people listen. This book cuts to the very core of the life of a church planter. Its biblically based and its solid in content. It is a must read for every man that is considering planting a church. We will require it for every church planter we train through the Launch Network. Brian Bloye, Lead Pastor, West Ridge Church, Dallas, GA; President, Launch Network', '', '', 'DARRIN PATRICKis the vice president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network and the founding pastor of the Journey Church in St. Louis. He has served in ministry for twenty years and speaks regularly at pastors conferences and training events for church planters.', 'Matt Chandler is the lead pastor of The Village Church, a multi-campus church in the Dallas metroplex of over 10,000 people. His sermons are among the topselling (free) podcasts on itunes and he speaks at conferences worldwide. Prior to accepting the pastorate at The Village, Matt had a vibrant itinerant ministry for over ten years where he spoke to hundreds of thousands of people in America and abroad about the glory of God and beauty of Jesus. He lives in Texas with his wife, Lauren, and their three children: Audrey, Reid and Norah.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Swann Dives In (Henry Swann)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lightlings\nDescription: ['Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, an international multimedia ministry based in Lake Mary, Florida, and can be heard teaching around the United States and overseas on his daily radio program Renewing Your Mind. He also serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew s Chapel in Sanford, Florida.
During his distinguished academic career, Dr. Sproul has helped train men for the ministry as a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary and later at Knox Theological Seminary.
He is the author of more than sixty books, including The Holiness of God, Chosen by God, What is Reformed Theology?, The Invisible Hand, Faith Alone, and A Taste of Heaven. He also served as general editor of the Reformation Study Bible.
His impact on evangelical publishing was recognized in 2007 when the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association presented him with its Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Christian publishing industry.
Dr. Sproul and his wife, Vesta, make their home in Longwood, Florida.']","rejected":"Title: Frey, God of the World\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything\nDescription: ['', 'At last, a practical guide to the most fundamental doctrine of them all. Mr Sanders shows us how the Trinity is the essential framework on which our faith is built, the hidden skeleton that gives shape and meaning to the flesh and blood of daily experience. Highly commended! Gerald Bray, Research Professor of Divinity, History, and Doctrine, Beeson Divinity School;author, God Is Love and God Has Spoken', 'Sanders has a gift for making the deep things of theologyin this case, the doctrine of the Trinityclear and compelling rather than shallow and simplistic. This is as good an introduction to the essentially Trinitarian shape of evangelical faith and practice of which Im aware. Every evangelical should be able to explain how the gospel is Trinitarian and the Trinity a summation of the gospel, and Sanders shows us how. He makes a convincing case that there is nothing wrong with the evangelical church in North American that a good dose of Trinitarian theology, if absorbed into the bloodstream of the body of Christ, could not cure. So take, drink, and prepare to be edified. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author, Biblical Authority after Babeland Faith Speaking Understanding', 'Fred Sanders book should be required reading for anyone involved in the work of the Gospel. It will help readers catch a fresh vision of the depths of the message they strive to proclaim and foster a renewed sense of the grandeur of the Christian life they invite people to enjoy. Mark Hopson, President, National School Project', \"The Deep Things of God is at once profound and immediate. God's Triune majesty is brought down to our daily prayers and life as believers. Anyone who wants to know their great God better will be blessed by meditating on the scriptural and practical truth in this book. Any Christian leader who wants to ground his local congregation in the life of the Three-in-One God will find both biblical depth and devotional insight to help him. In The Deep Things of God Fred Sanders makes clear what we tacitly know, that 'the gospel is trinitarian and the Trinity is the gospel.' This book shows the same wisdom Fred has shown in ministering in our church. The Deep Things of God shows that the faith which we held so delicately at our baptism is an expression of our personal relationship with Father, Son and Spirit. We live out The Deep Things of God every time we pray to the Father by the Son and through the Spirit. It is my prayer that the whole church will embrace The Deep Things of God and celebrate our relationship to the Trinity in the life of the church. Scott Carpenter, Elder, Grace Fellowship Church, Costa Mesa, CA\", \"There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe how important and timely this book is. Sanders demonstrates how the Trinity is at the heart of the Gospel and the foundation of the Christian life, and makes his case by bringing forward distinctly evangelical voices. But this is no book of abstract theology: Sanders' work is lively, engaging, and accessible. He brings the Trinity out of the cloistered walls of academia and into the living room, explaining in terms anyone can understand that we are immersed in the reality of the Triune God. There is no better guide I know of to explore the deep things of God than this book, and it deserves a wide and serious hearing by pastors, theologians, and laymen alike. Matthew Lee Anderson, Founder, Mere Orthodoxy; author, The End of Our Exploring: A Book About Questioning and the Confidence of Faith\", \"Deep Things of God is a fascinating exploration of the trinitarian heartbeat of the gospel which underlies the rich (though often ignored) practices of evangelicalism. Fred Sanders wears his considerable learning lightly; this is a book I'm going to buy for my parents and recommend to my fellow doctoral students. Ben Rhodes, PhD candidate in Systematic Theology, Kings College, University of Aberdeen\", '', '', 'Fred Sanders (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology at the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University. Sanders is the author ofThe Deep Things of Godand blogs at ScriptoriumDaily.com.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Beneath the River\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Entrusted with the Gospel: Pastoral Expositions of 2 Timothy by John Piper, Philip Ryken, Mark Driscoll, K. Edward Copeland, Bryan Chapell, J. Ligon Duncan\nDescription: ['', 'These authors delight in the realistic, uncompromising gospel ministry, which beautifully accents every page of this book. Entrusted with the Gospel abounds with ancient, biblical wisdom for every generation. It isnt just a book for pastors but for everyone who needs, knows, loves, and proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ. God has entrusted every Christian with the glorious ministry of his abundant life-giving gospel, but like Timothy, many Christians are timid and lack confidence and wisdom in their efforts to herald the gospel entrusted to them. This book offers a much needed clarion call to gospel-established ministry for the church at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Burk Parsons,Copastor, Saint Andrews Chapel, Sanford, Florida; Editor, Tabletalk magazine', 'Every minister of the gospel would be wise to reflect carefully and prayerfully on 2 Timothy. The esteemed contributors to this volume will help you do just that with insightful biblical exegesis, discernment of pressing contemporary challenges, and love for Christ and his church. Collin Hansen, Editorial Director, the Gospel Coalition; author, Blind Spots', 'There are seasons of pastoral work in which the faithful shepherd faces serious challenges, and at these times he longs for words of refreshment, wisdom, encouragement, power, and endurance. These six expositions of Pauls last charge to his suffering protg provide a shot in the arm to stir both weary and strong shepherds to greater faithfulness in the ministry trust given to them by Christ. They are sober and sound catharses for the overseers soul. Through these sermons you hear the Spirit reminding you with joy, Rely on me so that you can stay in the game with diligence until the end! Eric C. Redmond,Assistant Professor of Bible, Moody Bible Institute; Pastor of Adult Ministries, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois', 'Piper, Ryken, Driscoll, Copeland, Chapell, and Duncan are very different people, but they are all proven champions of the unchanging gospel of Jesus. This book will help all Christians study to be faithful to the task we have been entrusted with to spread that same message. Pauls advice to his young apprentice Timothy is ably explained in these pages. Do your family, friends, and fellow church members a favorread this book and apply it. Adrian Warnock, author,Hope Rebornand Raised with Christ', 'What you hold in your hands is a diversity of approaches to expositional preaching by some of todays most capable expositors who model the unity of the one gospel, applied by one man (Paul), in one context (the church in Ephesus), written to one pastor (Timothy). And because all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable, I am certain that you will profit from these expositions as you apply this one gospel, presented in 2 Timothy, to your own ministry context and your personal life. Juan R. Sanchez, Senior Pastor, High Pointe Baptist Church, Austin, Texas; author, Seven Dangers Facing Your Church', \"For preachers still wrestling with the place biblical exposition should have in ministry, Entrusted with the Gospel speaks with one voicePreach the Word! The proclamation of God's Word is God's way of accomplishing his work in the world. These messages will encourage you to keep God's Word at the center. David R. Helm, Pastor, Holy Trinity Church, Chicago; author, The Big Picture Story Bible\", '', '', 'D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.', 'John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.organd the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God;Dont Waste Your Life;This Momentary Marriage;A Peculiar Glory;andReading the Bible Supernaturally.', 'Philip Graham Ryken (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College. He preached at Philadelphias Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1995 until his appointment at Wheaton in 2010. Ryken has published more than 50 books, including When Trouble Comes and expository commentaries on Exodus, Ecclesiastes, and Jeremiah. He serves as a board member for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Lausanne Movement, and the National Association of Evangelicals.', 'Bryan Chapellis the senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Peoria, Illinois. Heis also the host of a daily half-hour radio Bible teaching program,Unlimited Grace, and the founder and chairman of Unlimited Grace Media (unlimitedgrace.com). Bryanpreviously served as the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the author of a number of books, includingHoliness by Grace.', 'Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the chancellor & CEO and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served as the senior minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, for seventeen years. He is a cofounder of Together for the Gospel, a senior fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and was the president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals from 2004-2012. Duncan has edited, written, or contributed to numerous books. Ligon and his wife, Anne, have two children and live in Jackson, Mississippi.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Paul Tortelier: A Self-Portrait in Conversation with David Blum\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stop Dating the Church!: Fall in Love with the Family of God (LifeChange Books)\nDescription: ['Joshua Harris speaks nationally and has led New Attitude, conferences for college students that aims to spread a love for biblical truth combined with a passion for the presence of God. Joshua lives outside Washington, D.C. , in Gaithersburg , Maryland , where he has been executive pastor at Covenant Life Church since 2001, and will resume role of senior pastor in fall 2004. This role allows him to focus his energy on his young family and the church he feels God has called him to serve. His bestselling books include I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Boy Meets Girl, and Not Even a Hint. Joshua and his wife, Shannon, have two children, Emma Grace and Joshua Quinn.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, 1736-1783: From Neoclassicism to Expressionism\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: ESV Seek and Find Bible\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Buttered Biscuits\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 16, Ezra, Nehemiah\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Rules of Summer\nDescription: ['\"Even if you never plant a Jack Roger-ed foot in the Hamptons, Philbin takes you there.\"USA Today
\"Rules of Summer is a delicious read about two girls from very different worlds sharing one unforgettable summer.\"Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, authors of Spoiled and Messy
\"Friendship, first love, and an unforgettable setting -- Rulesof Summer is the perfect summer read. Read it at the beach (or if you just want to feel like you\\'re at the beach). I loved it!\"Morgan Matson, author of Second Chance Summer and Amy & Roger\\'s Epic Detour', 'Joanna Philbin was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City. She holds a BA from Brown University and a JD and an MFA from the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of the Daughters series, and lives and writes in Los Angeles.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: John (St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary)\nDescription: ['', \"The St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series will be welcomed throughout the world. It promises to have all of R. C. Sproul's hallmarks: clarity and liveliness, humor and pathos, always expressed in application to the mind, will, and affections. Dr. Sproul's ability to focus on the big picture, his genius of never saying too much, leaving his hearers satisfied yet wanting more, never making the Word dull, are all present in these expositions. May they nourish God's people well and serve as models of the kind of ministry for which we continue to hunger.\", 'R.C. Sproul, well-known as a master theologian and extraordinary communicator, now shows that he is a powerful, insightful, helpful expository preacher. This collection of sermons is of great value for churches and Christians everywhere.', \"R.C. Sproul is a legend in our time. His preaching has held us in awe for half a century, and these pages represent the fruit of his latest exposition, coming as they do at the very peak of his abilities and insights. I am ecstatic at the prospect of reading the St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series. It represents Reformed theology on fire, delivered from a pastor's heart in a vibrant congregation of our time. Essential reading.\", '', '', \"Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder, chairman and president of Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian education ministry located near Orlando, Florida. His teaching can be heard on the program Renewing Your Mind, which is broadcast on hundreds of radio outlets in the United States and in 40 countries worldwide. He is the executive editor of Tabletalk magazine and general editor of The Reformation Study Bible, and the author of more than seventy books and scores of articles for national evangelical publications. Dr. Sproul currently serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's in Sanford, FL.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: 50 Hikes in Southern Virginia: From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, First Edition\nDescription: ['Leonard Adkins, a freelance writer and lecturer on long-distance hiking, has walked the length of the Appalachian Trail four times. In all, he has hiked more than 16,000 miles exploring the backcountry areas of the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. The author of numerous books on hiking and the outdoors, he has been awarded the National Outdoor Book Award and the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. He lives in Catawba, Virginia.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God\nDescription: ['', '\"An essential dimension of Christian discipleship is the life of the mind, and this may well be the most neglected Christian responsibility of our times. God has made us intelligible creatures, and he has given us the stewardship of intellectual faculties that should drive us to think in ways that bring him greatest glory. In this new book, John Piper provides brilliant analysis, warm encouragement, and a faithful model of Christian thinking. This book is a primer for Christian thinking that is urgently needed in our time.\" R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', '\"Do you ever wish you could feel more deeply about things you know are true? Has it been a while since you were moved to tears at the thought of Christs death for your sins? Its not mysterious: those who feel deeply about the gospel are those who think deeply about the gospel. In these pages John Piper will convince you that thinking is the sturdy foundation for our easily misguided affections. If you want to feel profoundly, learn to think carefully. And start by reading this book!\" C.J. Mahaney, Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville', '\"Thinkingthe alert, meticulous, probing, logical, critical use of the mindwill be a highway either to godliness or to its opposite, depending on how it is done. Taking leads from Jonathan Edwards, John Piper surefootedly plots the true path here. His book should be, and I hope will be, widely read.\" J. I. Packer, Board of Governors\\' Professor of Theology, Regent College', '\"Piper has done it again. His outstanding book Think promises to shepherd a generation about the Christian commitment to the life of the mind. Deeply biblical and uniquely balanced, Think practices what it preaches: it is an accessible, intellectually rich study that calls the reader to renewed love for God and others.\" J. P. Moreland,Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University; author,The Soul: How We Know Its Real and Why It Matters', '\"John Piper offers much wise advice on the importance of Christian thinking as a way of loving God with our minds and as part of delighting in God above all things.\" George M. Marsden, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame; author, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship', '\"The book provides an excellent, robust biblical foundation for thinking in service of the glory of Christ. It challenges human attitudes and provides sound responses to the temptations either to reject vigorous thinking as unspiritual, to pursue \"neutral\" scholarship, or to take pride in thinking and fall into autonomy.\" Vern S. Poythress,Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary', '\"We cannot feel like Christians or act like Christians if we dont think like Christians. As his writing and preaching attest, John Piper is convinced that the heart cannot embrace that which the mind does not recognize as good, true, and beautiful. This wise book not only makes that point well, but does so by exhibiting in its style and grace the beauty of holy thoughts. This is a timely missive from a seasoned pastor.\" Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Justification (New Studies in Dogmatics)', '\"Those who are skittish when it comes to rigorous study, deep thinking, and theological precision have wanted us to believe that our problem is the mind, when in fact its the flesh. The problem isnt knowledge, its pride. John Piper reminds us in this excellent book that what we need isnt less thinking, but clearer, biblical, and more God-centered thinking. Reading and thinking about Think will set you on your way to the renewal of the mind that the Scriptures insist is the catalyst for heartfelt joy and growth in godliness. I highly recommend it!\" Sam Storms,Senior Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', '\"John Piper has written a wise and passionate book about the importance of loving God with our minds. After all, we are commanded to do so! But as Piper explains, Christians have not always been very attentive to that commandment. With clarity and directness, he reveals the obstacles that prevent us from using our minds as God intendedbut also shows the delights and benefits of doing so. Especially for those who fear intellectualism, this book will be a bracing tonic, and an encouragement besides.\" Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Honors College, Baylor University', '\"Some Christians dont think nearly enough; others are prone to think in the wrong way. I warmly commend John Piper\\'s appeal to all believers to be diligent in engaging our minds and to do so with God-honoring humility and Christ-loving passion.\" Vaughan Roberts,Rector, St Ebbes, Oxford, England; Director, The Proclamation Trust; author, God\\'s Big Picture', '\"No onein speaking, writing, or livingcombines mind, heart, and faith more passionately than John Piper. It is our great good fortune that these are the direct topics of exploration in this book. As always with John, the result is insight, encouragement, and a call to action.\" Daniel Taylor, Professor of English, Bethel University', '\"Think is a bracing gust of fresh air in a stale and musty room that hasnt been aired out in a generation or more. In this book, the love of God and the life of the mind are passionately connected in the way the Scriptures require, and the result is a direct challenge to the intellectual sloppiness and disobedience that is so characteristic of our time.\" Douglas Wilson, Senior Fellow of Theology, New St. Andrews College; Pastor, Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho', '', '', 'John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.organd the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God;Dont Waste Your Life;This Momentary Marriage;A Peculiar Glory;andReading the Bible Supernaturally.', 'Mark A. Noll is Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, including The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Wordly Wise 3000 Grade 6 SET homeschool kit in a bag\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context\nDescription: ['It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this book. The counseling wars of the past half-century have ignited passions often characterized by labels rather than by careful analytic thought. This is the first broadly comprehensive history of these developments. While trying to be open to truth and insight whatever their source, Powlison faithfully argues that the Christian faith must play a constitutive role in building a robust model of Christian counseling. Amen and Amen. --D. A. Carson, Ph.D., Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author of The Gagging of God, Christ and Culture Revisited, and An Introduction to the New Testament
Everyone interested in the modern biblical counseling movement needs to read this well-researched and well-written book. This is a fair and balanced presentation of one of the most important movements in the evangelical church. Readers will be equipped not only with historical insight, but, more importantly, with wisdom for how to speak the truth in love. --Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., Author of Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friends, Beyond the Suffering, and Sacred Friendships
David Powlison has written the definitive account of a biblical counseling movement that arose in the 1960s and continues to influence the field of Christian counseling today. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the rapid and turbulent growth occurring in faith-based counseling in the latter part of the twentieth century. --Ian F. Jones, Ph.D., Director, Baptist Marriage and Family Counseling Center; Professor of Psychology and Counseling, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of The Counsel of Heaven on Earth', 'David Powlison, M.Div., Ph.D., is a faculty member and counselor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) with over thirty years of experience. He has written several books, including Seeing with New Eyes and Speaking Truth in Love; many booklets, including Facing Death with Hope, Healing after Abortion, Recovering from Child Abuse, and Renewing Marital Intimacy; and numerous articles on counseling.']","rejected":"Title: Daily Strengths for Daily Needs\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture\nDescription: ['', 'For those interested in a Reformed two-kingdom model, I can think of no better book to start than Living in Gods Two Kingdoms. Redemptive-historical in scope, heavenly minded in emphasis, and gentle in tone, David VanDrunen has made a great contribution to the ongoing discussion of the relationship of Christianity and culture. Danny E. Olinger, General Secretary, Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church', 'Any Christian perplexed by the Bibles challenge to live as a dual citizen of Gods eternal and temporal kingdoms will find VanDrunens wise and charitable book an indispensable guide in sorting out the confused thinking that entangles the church today. This succinct and timely alternative to neo-Calvinisms transformationist vision lays the groundwork for a wide-ranging and urgently needed discussion about two-kingdom theologys implications for education, the workplace, and politics. Richard M. Gamble, Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Professor of History and Political Science, Hillsdale College', 'For some years now, Ive been asking students to read works by Prof. David VanDrunen of Westminster Seminary California. VanDrunen has a gift for recovering themes from the political theology of the Reformation and demonstrating their continuing relevance. In this book, VanDrunen shows that the Reformations two-kingdoms theology allows Christians to faithfully navigate a course between, on the one hand, investing excessive hope in earthly government or, on the other, retreating from political life into isolationist enclaves. Particularly welcome is his emphasis on the liberty of biblical Christians to reach differing conclusions about how our political engagement might glorify God. Randy Beck, Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law', 'Evangelicals today, including those within the Reformed community, have become annoyed by the competing (and, in a few cases, embarrassingly inadequate) transformationalist programs offered by leading Christian thinkers. With clarity and concision, David VanDrunen has offered an alternative perspective that liberates the Christian conscience to sincerely engage society without relegating the sovereignty of God over every square inch of it. Living in Gods Two Kingdoms will certainly stimulate debate and force Christians to reevaluate the relationship between Christ and culture. Ryan McIlhenny, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Providence Christian College', 'The Apostle Peter writes that Christians are Gods own people, sojourners and exiles in this age. What does this calling mean for the way in which believers work in their jobs, raise their families, educate their children, and vote at the polls? In Living in Gods Two Kingdoms, David VanDrunen addresses these questions and more, offering a robust and reasoned alternative to transformationalist understandings of Christianity and culture. Whether or not readers agree with every argument in Living in Gods Two Kingdoms, they will find themselves engaged and challenged to think constructively and biblically about a critical issue in the life of the church. VanDrunen has done a great service to the church in promoting continued reflection on Christianity and culture, and in offering sound practical counsels to Christians eager to serve God in their pilgrimage heavenward. Guy Prentiss Waters, James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary', 'Over the past century, evangelicals have jumped out of the frying pan of quietism into the fire of worldliness. Taking his cue from Scripture rather than merely responding to cultural trends, David Van Drunen outlines a biblically grounded theology of cultural engagement that reflects both the lordship of Christ over all creation and the special mission and calling of the church. This book, bold and unapologetic, provides some extraordinarily helpful categories for thinking clearly about what it means to live faithfully and wisely in the present age. William S. Brewbaker III, Professor of Law, University of Alabama', '', '', 'David VanDrunen (PhD, Loyola University Chicago) is the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California in Escondido, California.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Charles James\nDescription: ['This book is from my personal fashion library and is in excellent condition...', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Theology of B. B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary\nDescription: ['', 'Serious Christians who have dipped into Warfield find his writings to be a wholly admirable mix of rigorous exegesis, mature theological synthesis, and frank devotion to Christ. Much of his work is known only to specialists, not least because when Warfield first published it, it was scattered over many journals and books. Indeed, a fair bit of it was never published. Zaspels Warfield remedies the problem admirably: one hopes and prays that it will entice a new generation of readers to delve deeply into Warfields contributions. D. A. Carson,Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Cofounder, The Gospel Coalition', 'B. B. Warfields distinguished achievements as a systematic theologian have been obscured by the episodic, ad hoc publication of his major theological statements. But even if Warfield did not think it necessary that he write a single, connected systematic theology, it is nonetheless most welcome that Fred Zaspel has done the job for him! The result is a very useful compendium that gives both admirers and detractors of Warfield a full and coherent account of his theology. All who are in the least interested in Warfield or who care at all about vigorous Calvinist theology will find this a most valuable book. Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame; editor, Protestantism after 500 Years', 'B. B. Warfield does not need an introduction for evangelical Christians. He is well known as a major conservative theologian at the close of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. His scholarship in biblical, historical, and doctrinal fields was often without a match. As a Professor in Didactic and Polemic Theology in Princeton Theological Seminary, he was content to use the three volumes of Charles Hodges Systematic Theology as the textbook and to pour out the fruits of his labor in a flow of searching articles in a number of theological reviews. Many of these have been republished in book form, but they have not been systematically arranged in one text. That is what Dr. Zaspel has done in culling from the great mass of Warfields writings his actual statements in the order they could have followed had Warfield written a one-volume Reformed theology. In this form Warfield may enjoy a renewed effectiveness for our age. With great enthusiasm I highly recommend this volume and hope it will receive a wide reception. Roger Nicole, Cofounder and President Emeritus, Evangelical TheologicalSociety', 'B. B. Warfield was without doubt the greatest of the theological minds of Old Princeton, and he remains a towering influence within both his own confessional Presbyterian tradition and wider conservative evangelicalism. Nevertheless, while his writings are still in print, clearly written, and very accessible, their occasional nature means that there is no convenient way of gaining from them a good grasp of the overall shape of his theology. Until now, that is. In this volume, pastor-theologian and passionate Warfield aficionado Fred Zaspel has produced a work of historical and theological synthesis that sets Warfields thought in context and offers a comprehensive account of his thought on the major loci of theology and the controverted points of his day. In this, Fred has left us allthe veteran Warfield fan and the neophytedeeply in his debt. Carl R. Trueman, Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Grove City College', \"Well before the transdenominational convergence of what we now call the evangelical church, B. B. Warfield spent forty years as the Presbyterian Horatius, holding the bridge that leads into the citadel of the Westminster Standards against those he saw as spoilers from the wastelands of liberalism. A heavyweight academic and a complete player in the fields of systematic, exegetical, historical, and polemical theology, he scattered his wisdom in hundreds of articles, which this book surveys and integrates with great skill. Warfield can now be seen in his full stature as the godly giant that he was, thanks to Fred Zaspels labor of love. Best thanks, and hallelujah! J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College\", \"This work is long overdue. That a theologian of the stature of B.B. Warfield should not have had a comprehensive overview of his entire corpus such as this one by Dr Zaspel says far more about the thinking of Evangelicals and the ranks of the Reformed in the twentieth century than it does about Warfield. This truly excellent and eminently readable work will serve both as a primer to Warfield's thought as well as an outline of the systematic theology he never wrote. Highly recommended. Michael A. G. Haykin, Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\", 'B. B. Warfield was the last towering figure in a long line of Old School Presbyterian intellectuals known for their unshakable faith in the truth of Scripture and their practical, experiential Calvinism. That strain of scholarly conviction had a long history in New England, especially in Princeton. Its seeds were planted by New Englands earliest Puritan ministersmen such as John Cotton and Richard Mather. It gained widespread influence (and set down roots in the soil of Princeton) under the ministry of Jonathan Edwards. It gave birth to Princeton Theological Seminary under the leadership of Archibald Alexander. Charles and A. A. Hodge carried on the legacy at Princeton Seminary, and when the younger Hodge died in 1886, B. B. Warfield became that institutions fourth Principal. He also was its last great conservative theologian. Both profound and prolific, Warfield produced an invaluable body of theological and polemical writings that remain immensely influentialbecause the issues Warfield contended with are virtually the same issues that trouble the church today.', 'Fred Zaspels work is the first detailed, readable digest of Warfields theology, and it is an immensely helpful volume. Dr. Zaspel puts Warfields published writings in clear perspective against the theological issues that dominated that era. He also shows how those same issuesand Warfields clear and persuasive teachingremain relevant to us today. Dr. Zaspel writes with such clarity and simplicity that this volume will be a valuable help and encouragement to lay people and serious theologians as wella highly recommended addition to anyones library. John MacArthur, Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California; President, The Masters University and Seminary', 'The great B. B. Warfield was essentially an occasional writer. His works are largely made up of learned articles, encyclopedia entries, and popular journalism. Fred Zaspel had the great idea of rendering this vast body of material into a compendium, a Warfield systematic theology. He clearly has what it takes to do the job superbly well: a love for his subject, care and attention to detail, and, above all, a thorough knowledge of Warfields writing. The result is a book that does not replace the Warfield volumes, but provides an accurate, thematic entry into them. It will be of inestimable benefit to all students of this outstanding Reformed theologian. Well done! Paul Helm, Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion Emeritus, Kings College, London; author, The Providence of God', 'The Lion of Old Princeton roars and purrs in this helpful survey. The author finely displays the passion and wit as well as intellectual credibility of Warfields remarkable work. Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Justification (New Studies in Dogmatics)', '', '', 'Fred G. Zaspel (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) serves as the pastor at Reformed Baptist Church in Franconia, Pennsylvania, an adjunct professor of systematic theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the executive director of Books At a Glance. He is the coauthor of New Covenant Theology and has published numerous booklets, articles, and book reviews.', 'Sinclair B. Ferguson(PhD, University of Aberdeen)is Chancellors Professor of Systematic TheologyatReformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia,South Carolina.He is the author of several books, the most recent being By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Creative Motion Graphic Titling for Film, Video, and the Web: Dynamic Motion Graphic Title Design\nDescription: ['', '\"In their book Creative Motion Graphic Titling for Film, Video and the Web, Braha and Byrne, both successful motion graphics artists and educators, treat titles as part of the greater story telling process. Their approach to title design is logical and intuitive; by first laying out the role of titles, they explore the history of title design and provide aesthetic context to design choices. This well laid-out text guides the reader in creating graphics according to current trends and professional practice. Creative Motion Graphics Titling for Film, Video and the Web is a must-read for anyone who wants to hone their digital design skills!\" - Andrea Moore Paldy, co-author, Exploring Motion Graphics', '?\"Yael and Bill demystify and bridge the gap of motion graphics for ALL. They bring together a practical blend of the current best practices and techniques, wrap them in a fun and well-told historical context, and give us simple steps that make it easy to comprehend the ever-evolving digital landscape.\" - M W Leifer, CEO & Cultural Anthropologist, guerilla PR', '\"Having been a huge fan of movie titles and graphics since I was very young, this book instantly stirred my imagination, and will now inform the way I see everything that involves fonts, titles, or motion graphic design. The examples and tutorials are extremely useful, and the depth of history provided is a testament to the skill and experience of the book\\'s authors. I\\'m confident this book is destined to become a must-have reference for professional designers, students, and enthusiasts alike. I know my copy will never be far from hand, with lot\\'s of notes in the margins.\" - Spencer Nilsen, President & Creative Director, Ex\\'pression College for Digital Arts', '\"Unequivocal \"ABC\\'s\" of title sequence design. Thorough and detailed, with revealing discussions by industry leading pundits.\" - John Schroeder, Art Director, Comcast Sportsnet California', '\"Easily one of the best books I\\'ve read thus far, Creative Motion Graphic Titling is very informative and, quite simply, a fantastic read. Even if you do not have an interest in title design, as digital artists there is alot that can be gained from this particular book. In fact, I found this book to be quite unique, not only by its very topic, but in what it contains in support of the topic.\"--Renderosity.com', '', '', 'Captivate your audience and enhance your storytelling with this tutorial based 4-color book, featuring dozens of solutions to your titling needs. Case studies and interviews with the pros lend cutting insight and lessons learned that will have you creating inspired title sequences in no time.', 'The book features genre-based tutorial sections, with step by step instructions for creating effective horror, comedy, drama, and suspense titling sequences. Tutorials for creating some of the most popular title sequences in blockbuster movies are included (Se7en, The Sopranos, 24, The Matrix). Other tutorials teach you how to effectively use sound and VFX in your titles, and also included is instruction on editing your title sequence.', \"Chapters on the essentials of typography, history of title sequences, color, lighting and cinematography, teach you to apply these lessons to your title sequence regardless of whether it's for TV, the web, or digital signage. Learn the theories, and then use the tutorials to put them into practice.\", \"Also included is a DVD with sample clips, as well as project files that allow you to refine the techniques you learned in the book. As an added bonus we've included three titling chapters from other Focal Press books, with specific instructions on titling within certain software applications.\", 'Features:', '*Dozens of step-by-step tutorials allow you to produce creative, professional-standard title sequences for video and web media projects *Provides essential lessons on using sound in titles, editing titles, as well as effective use of typography *Included DVD provides project files and sample clips to work with, to master the skills from the book', 'Cover images provided by MK12, from The Alphabet Conspiracy. Learn more at www.MK12.com', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper\nDescription: ['', 'Sam Storms (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) has spent more than four decades in ministry as a pastor, professor, and author. He is currently the senior pastor at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was previously a visiting associate professor of theology at Wheaton College from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries and blogs regularly at SamStorms.com.', 'Justin Taylor (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the executive vice president of book publishing and book publisher at Crossway. He has edited and contributed to several books, including A God-Entranced Vision of All Things and Reclaiming the Center, and he blogs at Between Two Worldshosted by the Gospel Coalition.', 'Randy Alcorn (MA, Multnomah University) is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author of over fifty books. His books have sold over nine million copies and been translated into nearly seventy languages. Alcorn resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci. They have two married daughters and five grandsons.', 'G. K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In recent years he has served as president and member of the executive committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books and articles on biblical studies.', 'D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.', 'Mark Dever (PhD, Cambridge University) is the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and president of 9Marks (9Marks.org). Dever has authored over a dozen books and speaks at conferences nationwide.', 'Wayne Grudem(PhD, University of Cambridge; DD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary, having previously taught for 20 years at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is aformer president of the Evangelical Theological Society, a member of the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible, the general editor of theESV Study Bible, and has published over 20 books.', '', 'John MacArthuris thepastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. He is known around the world for his verse-by-verse expository preaching and his pulpit ministry via his daily radio program, Grace to You.He has also written or edited nearly four hundred books and study guides. MacArthur serves as the president of the Masters Universityand Seminary. He and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four grown children.', \"C. J. Mahaney is the senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville. He has written, edited and contributed to numerous books, including Proclaiming a Cross-Centered Theology; Don't Waste Your Sports; and Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God. C. J. and his wife, Carolyn, are the parents of three married daughters and one son, and the happy grandparents to twelve grandchildren.\", 'R. Albert Mohler Jr. (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the ninth president of Southern Seminary and as the Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology. Considered a leader among American evangelicals by Time and Christianity Today magazines, Dr. Mohler hosts a daily radio program for the Salem Radio Network and also writes a popular daily commentary on moral, cultural, and theological issues.', 'David Powlison(MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary) is a teacher, a counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He is also the senior editor of theJournal of Biblical Counselingand the author ofSeeing with New Eyes,Good &Angry, andSpeaking Truth in Love.', 'Thomas R. Schreiner (MDiv and ThM, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean of the school of theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.', \"Bruce A. Ware (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and has authored God's Lesser Glory, God's Greater Glory, and Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.\", 'Thabiti M. Anyabwile (MS, North Carolina State University) serves as a pastor at Anacostia River Church in Washington, DC, and is the author of numerous books. He serves as a council member of the Gospel Coalition, is a lead writer for 9Marks Ministries, and regularly blogs at The Front Porch and Pure Church. He and his wife, Kristie, have three children.', 'Jon Bloom (BA, Bethel University) is the cofounder and president of desiringGod.org, where he contributes regularly. He is also the author of several books. Bloom and his wife, Pam, live in Minneapolis with their five children.', 'Sinclair B. Ferguson(PhD, University of Aberdeen)is Chancellors Professor of Systematic TheologyatReformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia,South Carolina.He is the author of several books, the most recent being By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.', 'Scott J. Hafemann is currently the Mary F. Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He also taught for nine years at Wheaton College. He has written numerous books and articles.', \"James M. Hamilton Jr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church. He is the author of God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment and the Revelation volume in the Preaching the Word commentary series.\", 'David Mathis serves as the executive editor at desiringGod.org, pastor at Cities Church, and adjunct professor at Bethlehem College & Seminary. He writes regularly at desiringGod.org, and he and his wife, Megan, have four children.', 'William D. Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) is president of BiblicalTraining.org. He is a noted Greek scholar, author of the best-selling textbook Basics of Biblical Greek, and served as the New Testament Chair of the ESV translation team.', 'Stephen J. Nichols (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries. He is an editor of the Theologians on the Christian Life series and also hosts the weekly podcast 5 Minutes in Church History.', 'Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. is the pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including the Preaching the Word commentary on Isaiah, as well as a contributor to the ESV Study Bible. He and his wife, Jani, have four children.', 'TOM STELLER, Pastor for Leadership Development, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dean, Bethlehem College and Seminary', 'Mark Talbot(PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College. He specializes in philosophical psychology and philosophical theology and has written numerous articles and reviews.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hazardous Waste Identification and Classification Manual: Identification of Hazardous Wastes Under Rcra and Classification of Hazardous Wastes Under\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology\nDescription: ['', 'I was riveted. Never do I sit down and read sixty pages of ANY book that I get in the mail. But I could not stopcould not stop reading and could not stop rejoicing over Gods Glory in Salvation through Judgment. It is the kind of overview of redemptive history Edwards wanted to write. Its what I hoped would be written. John Piper, Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, Desiring God', 'As readers of Scripture we long to know the message of the Bible as a whole. We do not want to miss the forest for the trees. Unfortunately, there are few books that help us to be faithful to the whole counsel of God. What a delight, then, to read Jim Hamiltons book where the story line of the Scriptures is unfolded. Hamilton rightly sees that the glory of God is at the center of the scriptural record, demonstrating with careful attention to the biblical text the supremacy of God in both the Old Testament and the New. Scholars, students, and laypeople will all profit from reading this work, which instructs the mind, enlivens the heart, and summons us to obedience. Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'In an era when centers in general no longer hold, Hamilton makes a strong case for the centrality to biblical theology of what C. H. Dodd called the two-beat rhythm of biblical history: salvation through judgment. Hamilton discovers this theme in every book of the Bible and argues that it is the heartbeat of Gods ultimate purpose: the publication of his glory. In seeking to do justice to scriptural unity and diversity alike, Hamiltons work represents biblical theology at its best. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School', 'Centered on the important themes of salvation and judgment, Hamiltons book models well how a thematic approach toward biblical theology might be applied to the whole of Scripture. It is to be warmly welcomed as an invitation to reflect on biblical truth and an opportunity to dialogue on how the unity of the Old and New Testaments may be articulated best. T. Desmond Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Union Theological College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK', 'Who said that the search for a center in biblical theology is a dead end? In this bold and courageous book, which deals with the entire Bible, James Hamilton Jr. dons the mantle of an explorer in search of the holy grail of biblical theology. As he journeys through the Bible, there are many sights in the biblical landscape that will arrest the attention of those who accompany him, including the pivotal revelation of God in Exodus 34:67. Hamiltons thoughtful analysis and reflection provide many insights into the biblical text. While you may not agree with all of his conclusions, you wont come back from your journey with him without a greater sense of Gods majesty and glory. Rather than being a dead end, this is a gateway into a new world. Stephen G. Dempster, Professor of Religious Studies, Crandall University', '', '', \"James M. Hamilton Jr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church. He is the author of God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment and the Revelation volume in the Preaching the Word commentary series.\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Non-Designer's Type Book\nDescription: [\"Williams teaches electronic typography and has written some excellent books on digital design (e.g., The Non-Designer's Design Book, Peachpit, 1994). Anyone who has misplaced a font they just downloaded from a web site or who has witnessed the horrific use of type on many personal web sites knows how badly these books are needed. Clear explanations and good illustrations are the hallmarks of both volumes. There is little overlap, since one deals with managing the electronic fonts and the other with the uses of type. These gems are recommended for most collections. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"This latest addition to Robin Williams' Non-Designers line of books not only defines the principles governing type but explains the logic behind them so readers can understand and see what looks best and why. Armed with this knowledge, and putting into practice the secrets Robin reveals for making type readable and artistic, readers can then go on to create beautiful, sophisticated, professional-looking pages on their computers for output as hard copy or for use on Web pages.\", \"Each short chapter explores a different type secret including use of evocative typography, tailoring typeface to project, working with spacing, punctuation marks, special characters, fonts, justification, and much more. It is written in the lively, engaging style that has made Williams one of the most popular computer authors today. And it uses numerous examples to illustrate the subtle details that make the difference between good and sophisticated use of type. The non-platform specific, non-software specific approach to the book makes this a must-have for any designer's bookshelf - from type novices to more experienced graphic designers and typesetters.\", \"Please note! If you've read Beyond the Mac is not a typewriter then you don't need this book. This book is almost exactly the same as Beyond the Mac is not a typewriter.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Charity and Its Fruits: Living in the Light of God's Love\nDescription: ['', 'I am thrilled that Kyle Strobel has edited this new edition of Edwardss Charity and Its Fruits. This series of sermons holds a special place in my affections for Edwards for three reasons. First, in Munich, Germany, my wife and I read it aloud to each other in 1972. What a way to build a young marriage! Second, Edwardss treatment of Charity seeketh not her own profoundly shaped my emerging Christian Hedonism. Third, the last chapter, Heaven Is a World of Love, is simply unsurpassed in its power to make me want to go there. I am unabashed in my love for Jonathan Edwardsand the grandeur of his God. May God give him an ever-wider voice. John Piper, Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, Desiring God', 'This new edition of Charity and Its Fruits is a most welcomed addition to the growing library of books by and about the great Jonathan Edwards. For those who mistakenly think that Protestant theologians overemphasize faith at the expense of love, these classic sermons by Edwards will be an antidote to a stereotype. But even more important, this deep mining of 1 Corinthians 13 is a pathway into spiritual theology that will draw every believer closer to Christ. Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University; general editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture', \"For Jonathan Edwards, the true Puritan understanding of Christianity as love-life in God through Christ was a lifelong theological-pastoral-devotional focus, and his fullest display of it is found here. Kyle Strobels comments help us appreciate this classic on communion with God. J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College\", 'As best I can tell, this is a first in Edwardsean studies. No one has done with Charity and Its Fruits what Kyle Strobel accomplishes hereproviding us with an enlightening commentary and a readable text of one of Edwardss most important, though highly neglected, treatises. All who love Edwards (and everyone should) will profit immensely from this exceptional volume. Sam Storms,Senior Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', 'Jonathan Edwards is Americas most famous theologian, and he is experiencing a resurrection among some evangelicals today. Not all who clap for Edwards have read him extensively, and for some the applause appears to be little more than groupthink. But this annotation of Edwardss seminal exposition of 1 Corinthians 13, edited by a competent young Edwards specialist who offers an informed introduction to Edwardss moral thought, holds promise for all of us to become more dedicated to the theological vision for the glory of God at work in the theology of Edwards. All who read Edwards aright know they are in for an experience of sensate knowledge, and not simply academic intelligence. Read this book into worship. Scot McKnight, Karl A. Olsson Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, North Park University', '', '', 'JONATHAN EDWARDS (17031758) was a pastor, theologian, and missionary. He is generally considered the greatest American theologian. A prolific writer, Edwards is known for his many sermons, including \"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God\", and his classicTreatise Concerning Religious Affections.Edwards was appointed president of the College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) shortly before his death.', 'Kyle Strobel (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is assistant professor of spiritual theology at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. He has served as a fellow at Yales Jonathan Edwards Center, has published several academic reviews of works related to Edwards, and has taught graduate courses on Edwardss spirituality theology. Kyle lives in Fullerton, California, with his wife, Kelli, and their two children.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Geology of the Medford Quadrangle, Oregon-California (Map GQ-89)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness\nDescription: ['', 'This book is vintage DeYoungruthlessly biblical. John Piper,Founder, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary', 'My heart resonated deeply when I first heard Kevin speak on this subject. His message is a wake-up call to Gods peopletimely, prophetic, and desperately needed in our day. As a gifted theologian and thinker, Kevin tackles many of the biblical intricacies and nuances of true holiness. As a pastor, he evidences sincere compassion and concern for the condition of the flock. As a fellow pilgrim, he gets to the heart of ways of thinking and living that keep us from reflecting our holy God in this dark world. As a servant and lover of Christ, he holds out a vision of the beauty and power of personal holiness. Nancy Leigh DeMoss, author; radio host, Revive Our Hearts', \"Holiness was once a central component of following Christ. But for many today, the Christian life is little more than a celebration of cheap grace and pseudo-liberty, with a high tolerance for sin. In this well-written and much-needed book, Kevin DeYoung thoughtfully points us to an unpopular yet strangely liberating truththat God is holy and expects us to be holy. With no hint of legalism or drudgery, Kevin offers a balanced and engaging view of law and grace. Kevin DeYoung is one of my favorite writers, and this book demonstrates why. I repeatedly said 'Yes! as I turned these pages. Im convinced that Christ-followers desperately need to read, discuss, and live out the timely, God-exalting message of The Hole in Our Holiness! Randy Alcorn, Founder and Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries; author, If God Is Good and Heaven\", 'Grace is too amazing to save us from sins guilt only to leave us under its cruel tyranny. In this book, Kevin DeYoung reminds us that the gospel is the ground of our justification and sanctification. At the same time, he reminds us of the many exhortations in Scripture to pursue godliness as the fruit of our union with Christ in the power of the Spirit. The Hole in Our Holiness offers important reflections on a crucial topic in the ongoing conversation about the joys and struggles of the Christian life. Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Calvin on the Christian Life', 'One might expect a book about holiness to be heavy on finger-pointing, leaning toward legalism, and embarrassingly out-of-touch. But The Hole in Our Holiness is none of those things. Instead, Kevin DeYoung gets specific about what Spirit-infused, gospel-driven effort toward holiness looks like. Going way past try harder and believe better, this book implants in readers not just a longing to be holy but real hope that it could happen. Nancy Guthrie, Bible Teacher; author, Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series', \"J. C. Ryle wrote his classic Holiness out of a concern that practical holiness and entire consecration to God are not sufficiently attended to by modern Christians in this country. It is with the same prescient concern and pastoral insight that my friend Kevin DeYoung has written what I consider to be the modern equivalent, urging a new generation of Christians to obey God's command to be holy, for I am holy. May The Hole in Our Holiness do for our time what Holiness did in a previous age: promote gospel-centered holiness in Christians and churches around the world. C. J. Mahaney, Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky\", \"I have loved being under Kevin's teaching during my college years, specifically on this matter of holiness. This is indispensable reading material for all who desire a life of piety. Though we are fallen people, Kevin points us to our potential for godliness and how our progress in this area is of the utmost importance. Get your highlighter ready! Kirk Cousins, former starting quarterback, Michigan State University; quarterback, Washington Redskins\", 'The strength of this book lies in its biblical understanding that all great renewal is founded upon knowing the goodness and holiness of God. We are commanded to be holy because he is holy, and only in Christ can we be trained accordingly: For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age (Titus 2:11). I pray that Kevins words would be read widely and that the church might be known as a people zealous for good works upon seeing the Fathers holiness and Christs redeeming work. John M. Perkins, President, John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development', '', '', 'Kevin DeYoung (MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He blogs at the Gospel Coalition and has authored or coauthored numerous well-known books such as Just Do Something and The Hole in Our Holiness, as well as the award-winning books Why Were Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church (with Ted Kluck).', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Hidradenitis Suppurativa Medical Guide\nDescription: ['Qontro medical guides are professionally written, designed and published with great care and with the goal of providing desired medical information to readers around the world. These publications are highly recommended for individuals who are looking to further their understanding and knowledge. Each book also includes information on how to access online versions of the materials which can be downloaded and used for those who also enjoy reading books online and portably through laptops and pdas.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Shepherd Leader at Home: Knowing, Leading, Protecting, and Providing for Your Family\nDescription: ['', \"Dr. Witmers The Shepherd Leader has been a huge encouragement to me and to my elders as we seek to be more faithful shepherds to our congregation. Now comes this helpful book: The Shepherd Leader at Home. In it, Witmer provides biblical, complementarian, practical direction for knowing, leading, providing for, and protecting our families. As a pastor, one of the five principle things I aim to do is to 'promote family religion.' That is, perhaps, a quaint way of emphasizing that godliness in the home is vital to the health of the local church. This book is a useful aid to that end. I commend it to you warmly. J. Ligon Duncan III, Chancellor, CEO, and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary\", \"With marriage and the family under present-day pressures, it takes a wise man to think and write well about being a husband and father under God. This book reveals Dr. Witmer as just such a wise man, and makes his wisdom available to us all. Highly recommended. J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College\", \"Another book on marriage and family life? Yes, but this one is different. It is short, but not easy; practical, but also deeply realistic; honest, but also warm. Also, thankfully, for all that Dr. Witmer isseminary professor, preaching pastor, author, father, and husbandhere is one thing he never pretends to be, namely Guru! Perhaps that's why this is such a wonderfully encouraging book. Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellors Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries\", 'I deeply appreciated reading The Shepherd Leader at Home. It provides a great approach for leading a family by practicing the ancient shepherding principles of knowing, leading, providing for, and protecting. I love the biblical foundations, the warm illustrations and the practical suggestions for caring for the flock at home. I highly recommend this book by Dr. Witmer. Scott Thomas, Founder, Gospel Coach; coauthor, Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God', 'Reading Dr. Witmers new book is simultaneously greatly encouraging and deeply convicting. Encouraging, because its saturated with the truth and hope of the gospel. Convicting, because theres no greater measure of a mans success that the way he loves his family. The Shepherd Leader at Home is devoid of clich and filled with practical instruction on how to reveal the servant love of Jesus to our wives and children. Scotty Ward Smith, Pastor Emeritus, Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee; Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'We can be thankful for many books written to help Christians raise godly families. Dr. Witmer takes aim at a specific kind of Christian familythe family of the Shepherd Leader. And his aim is truehe hits the bulls-eye! This is a book that is carefully biblical but also practical and realistic and is based in what Tim has experienced. This is a necessary compliment to Tims earlier book on shepherd leadership in the churchmaybe this one about the home should be read first. Stephen E. Smallman, Assistant Pastor, New Life Presbyterian Church, Glenside, Pennsylvania; Instructor, CityNet Ministries of Philadelphia; author, Spiritual Birthline, Forty Days on the Mountain, and The Walk', 'We are faced with a serious global crisis in the collapse of the biblical familya crisis, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the church and the society. Dr. Witmer, who already introduced the idea of shepherd leadership in the church, now explores shepherd leadership in the home from his ministerial experiences, with the hope of enabling us to overcome our contemporary crisis. His book is profound, coherent, and practical from the biblical perspective. It provides biblical and practical guidelines for the happiness of the family. If you want to keep your family happier, you should read this book. In Whan Kim, Professor Emeritus, Former Professor of Old Testament Studies and President of Chongshin University and Seminary, Seoul, Korea', '', '', 'Timothy Z. Witmer (DMin, Reformed Theological Seminary) is professor of practical theology and coordinator of the practical theology department at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has served as senior minister of Crossroads Community Church since 1986 and is the author of The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dopesick: The American Addiction to Heroin and Profit\nDescription: ['Ryan Homanics was born on September 5th, 1989 in Raleigh, North Carolina to parents Gregg and Valerie. He grew up in Belle Vernon, PA. He played ice hockey as a goalie at a competitive level until college when he was forced to take a medical leave from school due to an ongoing battle with drug addiction. For the next 5 years his war with drugs escalated to devastating levels. Finally, after 4 felony charges, 7 trips to inpatient rehab, and numerous tragedies in between Ryan celebrated 3 years off heroin on October 18th, 2017. He now seeks to take what he has learned through personal experience and education to dissect the core of the heroin epidemic in his first ever book.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Recalling the Hope of Glory\nDescription: ['\"For any significant change to occur in our worship activities,\" writes Allen Ross, \"we have to get behind forms and methods and changes in style and focus on the biblical theology that informs worship.\" Out of his concern for worship to be as glorious as it should be, Ross has provided readers with a methodical, detailed study of all the biblical testimony on the subject of worship.', 'Many \"biblical\" studies of worship explain Scripture only where it is most applicable to the authors own views, but very few, if any, have attempted an inductive study of worship throughout the entire Bible. Beginning not with early Israelite worship but with creation itself, seasoned biblical scholar Allen Ross uncovers the glories and beauty of worship as it is progressively revealed from its beginning in the Garden of Eden to its climax in the new heavens and new earth. Along the way, the historical development of worship is considered from the religious world in antiquity and worship in the early church to modern traditions and liturgy.', 'Neither technical, simplistic, nor specific to one denomination, Recalling the Hope of Glory is designed for all Gods people. Pastors, worship leaders, professors, students, and laypeople will find exposition that challenges, informs, and furthers our understanding of glorious worship. Through this study, readers will see patterns and principles of worship emerge, understand more fully our great heritage and its traditions, and discover ways to improve their worship.', '', 'The publication of Recalling the Hope of Glory is a splendid addition to the growing number of works on biblical worship. Not only is this work a comprehensive theological vision of creation, incarnation, and re-creation, it is also a genuine work of praise.', 'Stunning in scope, Recalling the Hope of Glory provides a historical-theological study of worship from creation to the new creation. The logic of Allen Rosss ranging exposition across the flow of biblical history will challenge every reader and grace every church, regardless of tradition. Here is dazzling substance for recovery of robust worship of our sovereign and holy triune God. Sure to be a standard work.', 'This book deals expertly and thoroughly with worship in the Bible. What is most refreshing: it is not at all ideological. People of all persuasions will find it valuable as a reference work. It also gives us a large perspective on worship that is likely to moderate the current discussion.', 'Allen Ross takes his readers back to the Bible itself to paint a colorful picture of worship that is spiritually vibrant, theologically sound, and focused on Christ. His passion for worship that glorifies God and his thorough knowledge of Scripture are obvious throughout. For the western church, which needs desperately to recover its biblical and theological roots, this book will be an extremely helpful resource.', 'It is remarkable that so many books about worship have so little to say about God. Recalling the Hope of Glory is a welcome exception. Through its patient reflection on specific biblical texts and themes, it evokes a vivid awareness of the God of glory. By developing the theme of glory, this book hones a vision of worship that is at once luminous, transcendent, and inexhaustible.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: All Under Heaven\nDescription: ['In decent condition, has some wear and tear.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: By Faith, Not By Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation (2d. Ed.)\nDescription: [\""Masterful and penetrating survey of Paul’s teaching on the application of redemption. . . . Should be in the hands of ever minister of the Word and student of Scripture." --Guy Prentiss Waters, Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson
"No one can read this book without being struck again by the depth and coherence of the apostle's teaching—and by Gaffin’s skill in expounding it." --Moises Silva, Formerly Professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
"Brings clarity and precision to recent discussions concerning the content of the divinely revealed gospel proclaimed by the apostle Paul." --Dennis E. Johnson, Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Seminary California\", \"Richard B. Gaffin Jr. (ThM and ThD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is also the author of Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul's Soteriology.\"]","rejected":"Title: Mommy's Coming Back (Family Times Board Book)\nDescription: ['', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Transatlantic Century: Europe and America, 1890-2010 (New Approaches to European History)\\nDescription: ['\\\"In a century-long analytical survey blending economics and culture, ideas and diplomacy, Mary Nolan brings enviable breadth of knowledge and depth of thought to the full complexity of the transatlantic exchange. Throughout their varying encounters with modernity, she shows, Europe and the United States could never be disconnected, even as the discords and dissonances have grown.\\\" Geoff Eley, University of Michigan
\\\"Nolan\\\\'s The Transatlantic Century is a masterful work of synthesis: breathtaking in its scope and precise in its rich detail. It is the foundation from which every effort to understand the place of the United States in the economic and political revolutions of the twentieth century must now proceed.\\\" Daniel T. Rodgers, Princeton University
\\\"The Transatlantic Century will become a standard work on the changing relations between the U.S. and Europe in the twentieth century. It is synthetic, wide ranging, and important.\\\" Ruth Oldenziel, Eindhoven University of Technology
\\\"A stimulating and readable overview that shows the complexities of the era often stereotyped as the American Century.\\\" David Reynolds, University of Cambridge
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\\\"With incisive prose and acuity of judgment Nolan offers a more comprehensive overview of European-American transatlantic relations than hitherto available.\\\" Ian Tyrrell, Journal of American History
\\\"In [this book], Mary Nolan has drawn on her expertise as an historian of the Atlantic world to produce a work that challenges the belief that the twentieth century was the American Century ... [this] is an excellent resource for any upper-year undergraduate history or political science course that examines the United States, Europe, or the relations between the two regions. By questioning the traditional narrative offered by many textbook-style works and challenging the belief in American exceptionalism, [Nolan] forces readers to question their own views on the relationship between the United States and Europe ... her work stimulates the discussion not only about transatlantic history but also the history of empires and transnational history. [Her] ability to shift seamlessly from a macrocosmic perspective to a microcosmic perspective is impressive and it is also refreshing to see the inclusion of Eastern Europe in her analysis.\\\" Gregg French, H-Empire
\\\"In this well-crafted, learned survey of US-European relations in the long twentieth century, Mary Nolan makes a valuable contribution to international history ... Nolan\\\\'s work is a successful, readable synthesis. It wears its erudition lightly, is well constructed, and manages to integrate cultural and intellectual trends into the broader political-economic narrative, which is no small feat.\\\" Gabriel Paquette, European History Quarterly', 'The Transatlantic Century is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. Ranging from economics, culture and consumption to war, politics and diplomacy, Mary Nolan charts the stop-start rise of American influence in Europe, its mid-twentieth century triumph and then its gradual erosion since the 1970s.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Epistle of James: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Little Engine That Could Colors\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (New International Commentary on the Old Testament)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pocket Calorie Counter\\nDescription: ['Unusual book']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels\\nDescription: [\\\"A man stuck inside the belly of a fish may sound improbable, even ridiculous. But in this retelling of the biblical story of Jonah, pastor-author Tchividjian (Do I Know God?) means serious business. Tchividjian, grandson of Billy Graham, creates a play-by-play version of this ancient tale to put today's audience at the scene. Drawn from a sermon series, the book employs typical sermon fodder--Scripture, descriptions of artistic representations of Jonah, and extended quotes from authors like Herman Melville (Moby-Dick) who have written on the subject. Through these interpretations, the reader discovers Jonah's characteristics-he is self-righteous, prideful, a work-in-progress-contrasted with the attributes of God, who is unwavering, all-powerful, and merciful. One can almost hear the author's voice rising and falling as he compares Jonah's reticence to contemporary human attitudes. The abrupt ending of the biblical tale may leave the impression that this well-loved character is no hero at all. Yet Tchividjian's animated, heartfelt homily will boost readers with the message that God's heroic grace is perfect. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', 'Tullians masterful retelling of this familiar story will do just as it promises. It will surprise youshock you evenas you hear the story of Jonah as if for the first time. And it will fill you with awe and wonder at Gods startling grace and his tender heart toward us, his lost and rebellious children. I loved it. Sally Lloyd-Jones, author, The Jesus Story-Book Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name', 'The book of Jonah is more than the story of a prophet who ran from God. It is actually the story of the grace of God that overcomes Jonahs stubborn rebellion. In this outstanding book Tullian Tchividjian helps us see that there is something of Jonah in all of us and that we stand in need of the same grace of God every day. I was both convicted and encouraged by this book and highly recommend it to every Christian. Jerry Bridges, author, The Pursuit of Holiness', 'Surprised by Grace is a much-needed reminder that we should never get over the gospel, or try to move beyond it. The grace that saves is the grace that satisfies and empowers. Tullians book is gospel-saturated, Christ-exalting, and soul-refreshing. Randy Alcorn, Founder and Director, Eternal Perspectives Ministries; author, Heaven, If God Is Good and Money, Possessions & Eternity', 'Twenty years ago Tullian was the wild, rebellious black sheep among Billy Grahams grandchildren. Today he follows in his grandfathers steps as a powerful preacher of the cross of Christ. As he retells the Old Testament story of Jonah he shows that while sin reaches far, Gods grace reaches farther. Tullians heart to see rebelsas well as cold-hearted Phariseestransformed by the gospel of grace shines through on every page. Joshua Harris, Senior Pastor, Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg, Maryland; author, Dug Down Deep', 'A well-written, exegetically careful, pastorally sensitive journey through a familiar yet surprising book. Tullian mines the world of literature, art, and theology to bring out the abiding significance of this beloved story. Oh, and he also wonderfully points us to Christ. Kevin DeYoung, Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Michigan', 'In this wonderful book Tullian creatively and clearly does with the story of Jonah what the Bible was designed to do. He helps you see yourself and weep and see your God and rejoice. Read. It will deepen your sense of need and your affection for the God who meets you in the middle of it. Paul David Tripp, President, Paul Tripp Ministries; author, What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage', 'Surprised by Grace fishes the gospel from the storms of Jonahs life and conscience with wonderful images from art history, beautiful words from classic literature, and deep insight from the biblical record. The ways Pastor Tullian shows how the gospel spouts from so ancientand resistanta prophet is truly a surprising grace. Bryan Chapell, President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary;Senior Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois', \\\"If youve been struggling with the Christian faith because it started with the gospel and moved quickly into the elbow grease of hard work, guilt, and rules, this book will change your life. The gospel isnt just where we begin; its where we Christians live. If we arent surprised by grace, it isnt grace. Read this book, and youll rise up and call me blessed for recommending it to you. Steve Brown,Host, Key Life Radio Program; author, Three Free Sins: God Isn't Mad At You\\\", 'Tullian has given us a crash course on the outrageous mathematics of Gods mercy and grace. The same God who pursues violent pagan kings also pursues his smug, self-righteous sons and daughters. Indeed, the God who bids us count stars, sand, and dust is actively redeeming a pan-national family of rebels, idolaters, and broken people just like me . . . and you! Thanks, Tullian, for helping me to see that the gospel is always bigger than I realized, or even wanted it to be! Scotty Smith, Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'Surprised by Grace will delight many, and it will disturb some. The gospel does that. Tullian Tchividjian helps us all, as sinners, move the gospel down into our hearts, where we actually change. Thank you, Tullian. I need it. Every one on the face of the earth needs it. Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'As one who is both self-righteously religious and rebelliously irreligious (and sometimes on the same day!), I am repeatedly surprised by Gods relentless pursuit of my heart and his overwhelming grace. Im sure that Tchividjians transparent interaction with a heartless prophet who is nevertheless an instrument of mercy to a wicked, godless nation will both convict and comfort you as it did me. In this wonderful book youll learn that Jonahs story is not so much the story of a runaway prophet, a fish, a vine, and a repenting nation as it is a story of Gods persistent purpose to bless people he chooses to bless no matter the cost. If you need to remember that God is greater than your sin, that his purpose to bless isnt really dependent upon your goodness, and that he will accomplish all his purposes no matter what, this Christ-exalting book will serve you well. Its just splendid. Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, counselor; speaker; author, Found in Him', 'Calvin called Scripture a mirror of the soul. Tullian Tchividjians insightful guidance through the book of Jonah not only clearly explains the meaning of the book but helps us see ourselves in the reluctant prophet, sinners who are the recipients of Gods loving grace. I highly recommend Surprised by Grace for all Christians, young in the faith as well as mature, laypeople as well as pastors. Tremper Longman III, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College', 'Grace is one of those words we use so much in the church that its easy to take for granted. It becomes ordinary. However, in this book grace shines in its biblical luster. Whether a new believer or a lifelong Christian, prepare to be surprised by grace! Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Calvin on the Christian Life', 'The gospel is a surprising message of news seemingly too good to be true. Tullian shocks us with the gospel as he retells the story of Jonah, the story of a God who pursues, rescues, and even uses people who run away from him. What makes this book stand out is how Tullian presents the gospel in story form, carving deep grooves in ones memory. I will not forget this book, and I will recommend it to all the Jonahs in my life, which is most everybody I know. 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I highly recommend this gospel-saturated challenge to plant churches led by God-centered men. David Platt, President, International Mission Board; author, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream', 'Now here is a clever ideaask an experienced church-planting pastor how church planting should be done. In Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission by Darrin Patrick, an experienced church planter speaks from deep theological conviction, pastoral experience, and missiological vision. Church planting is one of the most important movements of our eraand one that follows the pattern set by the apostles. This book will be welcomed by all who celebrate the renaissance of church planting in this generation. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President and Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'I like being pushed, and Darrin Patrick is a careful thinker and a hard-working pastor. Here he has written a clear, carefully considered, well-illustrated introduction to the pastor and his ministry. In reading it, Ive been challenged, provoked and encouraged. I disagree with some things, like Darrins correlation between the resurrection of Christ and the transformation of cities, but this book has been exciting and helpful and I appreciate a great deal. I happily commend this book to you, and pray that God will use it to help establish churches that take the gospel of Christ to the end of the world. Mark Dever,Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington DC; President, 9Marks', 'Darrin Patrick has done an amazing job detailing out what we are called to not only as church planters but as pastors and men of God. Whether you are considering planting a church or have been a pastor for decades I couldnt more highly recommend this book to you. Matt Chandler,Lead Pastor, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas; President, Acts 29 Church Planting Network; author, TheMingling of Souls', 'My new friend Darrin Patrick offers an insightful look at the privilege and calling of being a church planter. As one who is passionate about growing Gods church, I recommend this book for every pastor and church planter. If you hope to plant a church for the fame of the name of Jesus Christ, be sure to read this book before you do. James MacDonald, Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, Illinois; author, Vertical Church', 'Darrin Patrick is an excellent thinker with a great heart for the Church. I believe his words in this book are crucial for men in the body of Christ to pay attention to. Dino Rizzo, Pastor, Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge, LA', 'Darrin Patrick is a friend to church planters. He is widely known as a strong leader and good thinker in church planting today. In this book, Darrin brings together his biblical understanding, theological insight, and pastoral wisdom on what it takes to plant a missional church. For those who are planting or thinking about it, this book will help you to see if you are preparedwith the message and for the mission. Ed Stetzer,President, LifeWay Research; author,Subversive Kingdom; www.edstetzer.com', 'We have all read books on church planting, planting churches, and church planting movements. This book is about the church planterhis qualifications, his theology, and his character. Make no mistake about it, Darrin Patrick covers all the bases on what it takes to be a successful church planter in the twenty-first century. Get the right man, going in the right direction, with the right message and you have impactful combination for the kingdom of God. This is a Christ- and gospel-centered approach to launching new churches. Billy Hornsby, President, Association of Related Churches', 'Church Planter: The Man, the Message, and the Mission is a superb work. Darrin Patrick combines the mind of a careful theologian, the heart of a compassionate pastor, and the passion of a missional Christian. As someone heavily invested in training church planters in a seminary, this will be a must-read for those we teach and send out to penetrate lostness in the unreached and underserved cities of our nation and the world. Thank you Darren for this labor of love. You have rendered a valuable service to the body of Christ. Daniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'Church Planter comes from the heart of a real man sharing the real gospel from real experience leading Christs church. Powerful, helpful, hopeful! Bryan Chapell, President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary;Senior Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois', 'If you are called to church planting, Darrin Patrick gets you. More importantly, he understands what it takes to connect you to the gospel, the gospel to the church, and the church to the mission. This book is packed with insight; its a boot-camp-in-print. If God has enlisted you, then read it and let the training begin! Dave Harvey, Pastor of Preaching, Four Oaks Community Church, Tallahassee, Florida; author, When Sinners Say I Doand Am I Called?', 'I love this book because I love church planters and I know this book will help them fulfill their calling. I also love that Darrin writes in such a raw way. This isnt an ivory tower book. Its written by someone who has some battle scars because hes been in the trenches of church planting. Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, DC; author, Wild Goose Chase and Soulprint', \\\"Darrin slices through the clutter to give us insight on what is most important in launching a new worka clear understanding of a biblically functioning community led by one passionately committed to Jesus. This is a strong, excellent work that goes beyond pragmatic strategies and gives principles that will serve in any context. I'm fired up about a movement of leaders who will live out the core principles of Church Planter and launch churches that honor God and share his fame! Jud Wilhite, author, Eyes Wide Openand Uncensored Grace; senior pastor, Central Christian Church, Las Vegas, Nevada\\\", 'Darrin Patrick gets ministry. He understands its not a career for those of us trying to do something for God. Its a calling that can only be fulfilled faithfully when built upon the foundation of scriptural norms. This is not only a great book for anyone involved in church plantingits also a great book for anyone involved in pastoral ministry. It will help you (and your team) keep your life, message, and mission aligned with Gods vision and calling. Larry Osborne, Pastor, North Coast Church, Vista, California; author, Sticky Church', 'Church Planter: the Man, the Message and the Mission by Darrin Patrick is a must-read for anyone thinking about planting a church or who works with church planting leaders. While I dont hold to all of Darrins theology of leadership I still highly recommend Church Planter. When it comes to church planting Darrin is a guy that absolutely gets it because he has done it! And you will get it too if you read this book! Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor, Community Christian Church, Naperville, Illinois; Lead Visionary, NewThing', 'If I were beginning the journey of starting a church, and I could only choose two books to take with me. They would be the Bible, and Church Planter by Darrin Patrick. Matt Carter,Pastor of Preaching, The Austin Stone Community Church, Austin, Texas; co-author,The Real Win', 'There is no greater need in the world today than for men who will embody the unchanging message of the gospel in their own lives, and then carry it into the ever-changing communities in which we live. Darrin Patrick clearly articulates a compelling vision of the kind of leader and church we need in the twenty-first century. Every Christian man should read this book, and ask the question what part is God calling ME to play in planting transformational churches? Some may never have considered ministry, but reading this book could be dangerous for your career prospects. Other readers may be in paid church leadership, but will discover that God has been preparing a different, society-changing role for you to play. May God use this book to raise an army of church planting missionaries, some who will lead fantastic churches, others who will incarnate the gospel by being Christ-centered businessmen, caring professionals, or whatever it is that God has designed you to be. This book will convince you that there is hope for the church yet, and that the church is the only hope for this world. Adrian Warnock, author,Hope Rebornand Raised with Christ', \\\"This book is a weapon. Church Planter is one of the more important pieces of equipment that a church planter (or a man aspiring to any level of church leadership) can own. Darrin Patrick writes out of biblical conviction and proven experience, not preference or pragmatics. I trust Darrin. I trust what he's written here. I hope this book is placed in the hands of men all over the world. Justin Buzzard,Lead Pastor, Garden City Church, Silicon Valley; author, Date Your Wife and The Big Story\\\", 'Darrin does a great job describing the challenges of planting and directing the planter toward gospel solutions. Whether youre in the midst of planting or thinking about planting page 25 alone is worth the cost of the book. Eric Simmons, Pastor, Redeemer Church of Arlington, Arlington, VA', \\\"In Church Planter Darrin Patrick gets to the heart of what it means to be a man who loves God and transforms communities. I like the fact that you don't have to agree with all of his theology to benefit from his wisdom. He shows us not just how to have great churches but how to have better cities. I think that reflects the heart of God. I know it captured mine. Greg Surratt, Pastor, Seacoast Church\\\", 'Darrin Patrick is one of the most important voices in the church plantingcommunity. Every potential church planter should read this book before he decides to plant, and every existing church planter should read this book once every year! Too many people care only about planting more churches. What we need is more healthy churches with healthy pastors. This resource focuses on doing just that! Shawn Lovejoy, Lead Pastor, Mountain Lake Church, Cumming, GA; co-founder, churchplanters.com', 'When Darrin Patrick speaks about church planting people listen. This book cuts to the very core of the life of a church planter. Its biblically based and its solid in content. It is a must read for every man that is considering planting a church. We will require it for every church planter we train through the Launch Network. Brian Bloye, Lead Pastor, West Ridge Church, Dallas, GA; President, Launch Network', '', '', 'DARRIN PATRICKis the vice president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network and the founding pastor of the Journey Church in St. Louis. He has served in ministry for twenty years and speaks regularly at pastors conferences and training events for church planters.', 'Matt Chandler is the lead pastor of The Village Church, a multi-campus church in the Dallas metroplex of over 10,000 people. His sermons are among the topselling (free) podcasts on itunes and he speaks at conferences worldwide. Prior to accepting the pastorate at The Village, Matt had a vibrant itinerant ministry for over ten years where he spoke to hundreds of thousands of people in America and abroad about the glory of God and beauty of Jesus. He lives in Texas with his wife, Lauren, and their three children: Audrey, Reid and Norah.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Swann Dives In (Henry Swann)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Lightlings\\nDescription: ['Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, an international multimedia ministry based in Lake Mary, Florida, and can be heard teaching around the United States and overseas on his daily radio program Renewing Your Mind. He also serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew s Chapel in Sanford, Florida.
During his distinguished academic career, Dr. Sproul has helped train men for the ministry as a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary and later at Knox Theological Seminary.
He is the author of more than sixty books, including The Holiness of God, Chosen by God, What is Reformed Theology?, The Invisible Hand, Faith Alone, and A Taste of Heaven. He also served as general editor of the Reformation Study Bible.
His impact on evangelical publishing was recognized in 2007 when the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association presented him with its Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Christian publishing industry.
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Every evangelical should be able to explain how the gospel is Trinitarian and the Trinity a summation of the gospel, and Sanders shows us how. He makes a convincing case that there is nothing wrong with the evangelical church in North American that a good dose of Trinitarian theology, if absorbed into the bloodstream of the body of Christ, could not cure. So take, drink, and prepare to be edified. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author, Biblical Authority after Babeland Faith Speaking Understanding', 'Fred Sanders book should be required reading for anyone involved in the work of the Gospel. It will help readers catch a fresh vision of the depths of the message they strive to proclaim and foster a renewed sense of the grandeur of the Christian life they invite people to enjoy. Mark Hopson, President, National School Project', \\\"The Deep Things of God is at once profound and immediate. God's Triune majesty is brought down to our daily prayers and life as believers. Anyone who wants to know their great God better will be blessed by meditating on the scriptural and practical truth in this book. Any Christian leader who wants to ground his local congregation in the life of the Three-in-One God will find both biblical depth and devotional insight to help him. In The Deep Things of God Fred Sanders makes clear what we tacitly know, that 'the gospel is trinitarian and the Trinity is the gospel.' This book shows the same wisdom Fred has shown in ministering in our church. The Deep Things of God shows that the faith which we held so delicately at our baptism is an expression of our personal relationship with Father, Son and Spirit. We live out The Deep Things of God every time we pray to the Father by the Son and through the Spirit. It is my prayer that the whole church will embrace The Deep Things of God and celebrate our relationship to the Trinity in the life of the church. Scott Carpenter, Elder, Grace Fellowship Church, Costa Mesa, CA\\\", \\\"There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe how important and timely this book is. Sanders demonstrates how the Trinity is at the heart of the Gospel and the foundation of the Christian life, and makes his case by bringing forward distinctly evangelical voices. But this is no book of abstract theology: Sanders' work is lively, engaging, and accessible. He brings the Trinity out of the cloistered walls of academia and into the living room, explaining in terms anyone can understand that we are immersed in the reality of the Triune God. There is no better guide I know of to explore the deep things of God than this book, and it deserves a wide and serious hearing by pastors, theologians, and laymen alike. Matthew Lee Anderson, Founder, Mere Orthodoxy; author, The End of Our Exploring: A Book About Questioning and the Confidence of Faith\\\", \\\"Deep Things of God is a fascinating exploration of the trinitarian heartbeat of the gospel which underlies the rich (though often ignored) practices of evangelicalism. Fred Sanders wears his considerable learning lightly; this is a book I'm going to buy for my parents and recommend to my fellow doctoral students. Ben Rhodes, PhD candidate in Systematic Theology, Kings College, University of Aberdeen\\\", '', '', 'Fred Sanders (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology at the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University. 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This book offers a much needed clarion call to gospel-established ministry for the church at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Burk Parsons,Copastor, Saint Andrews Chapel, Sanford, Florida; Editor, Tabletalk magazine', 'Every minister of the gospel would be wise to reflect carefully and prayerfully on 2 Timothy. The esteemed contributors to this volume will help you do just that with insightful biblical exegesis, discernment of pressing contemporary challenges, and love for Christ and his church. Collin Hansen, Editorial Director, the Gospel Coalition; author, Blind Spots', 'There are seasons of pastoral work in which the faithful shepherd faces serious challenges, and at these times he longs for words of refreshment, wisdom, encouragement, power, and endurance. These six expositions of Pauls last charge to his suffering protg provide a shot in the arm to stir both weary and strong shepherds to greater faithfulness in the ministry trust given to them by Christ. They are sober and sound catharses for the overseers soul. Through these sermons you hear the Spirit reminding you with joy, Rely on me so that you can stay in the game with diligence until the end! Eric C. Redmond,Assistant Professor of Bible, Moody Bible Institute; Pastor of Adult Ministries, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois', 'Piper, Ryken, Driscoll, Copeland, Chapell, and Duncan are very different people, but they are all proven champions of the unchanging gospel of Jesus. This book will help all Christians study to be faithful to the task we have been entrusted with to spread that same message. Pauls advice to his young apprentice Timothy is ably explained in these pages. Do your family, friends, and fellow church members a favorread this book and apply it. Adrian Warnock, author,Hope Rebornand Raised with Christ', 'What you hold in your hands is a diversity of approaches to expositional preaching by some of todays most capable expositors who model the unity of the one gospel, applied by one man (Paul), in one context (the church in Ephesus), written to one pastor (Timothy). And because all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable, I am certain that you will profit from these expositions as you apply this one gospel, presented in 2 Timothy, to your own ministry context and your personal life. Juan R. Sanchez, Senior Pastor, High Pointe Baptist Church, Austin, Texas; author, Seven Dangers Facing Your Church', \\\"For preachers still wrestling with the place biblical exposition should have in ministry, Entrusted with the Gospel speaks with one voicePreach the Word! The proclamation of God's Word is God's way of accomplishing his work in the world. These messages will encourage you to keep God's Word at the center. David R. Helm, Pastor, Holy Trinity Church, Chicago; author, The Big Picture Story Bible\\\", '', '', 'D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.', 'John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.organd the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God;Dont Waste Your Life;This Momentary Marriage;A Peculiar Glory;andReading the Bible Supernaturally.', 'Philip Graham Ryken (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College. He preached at Philadelphias Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1995 until his appointment at Wheaton in 2010. Ryken has published more than 50 books, including When Trouble Comes and expository commentaries on Exodus, Ecclesiastes, and Jeremiah. He serves as a board member for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Lausanne Movement, and the National Association of Evangelicals.', 'Bryan Chapellis the senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Peoria, Illinois. Heis also the host of a daily half-hour radio Bible teaching program,Unlimited Grace, and the founder and chairman of Unlimited Grace Media (unlimitedgrace.com). Bryanpreviously served as the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the author of a number of books, includingHoliness by Grace.', 'Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the chancellor & CEO and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served as the senior minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, for seventeen years. He is a cofounder of Together for the Gospel, a senior fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and was the president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals from 2004-2012. Duncan has edited, written, or contributed to numerous books. Ligon and his wife, Anne, have two children and live in Jackson, Mississippi.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Paul Tortelier: A Self-Portrait in Conversation with David Blum\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stop Dating the Church!: Fall in Love with the Family of God (LifeChange Books)\\nDescription: ['Joshua Harris speaks nationally and has led New Attitude, conferences for college students that aims to spread a love for biblical truth combined with a passion for the presence of God. 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\\\"Rules of Summer is a delicious read about two girls from very different worlds sharing one unforgettable summer.\\\"Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, authors of Spoiled and Messy
\\\"Friendship, first love, and an unforgettable setting -- Rulesof Summer is the perfect summer read. Read it at the beach (or if you just want to feel like you\\\\'re at the beach). I loved it!\\\"Morgan Matson, author of Second Chance Summer and Amy & Roger\\\\'s Epic Detour', 'Joanna Philbin was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City. She holds a BA from Brown University and a JD and an MFA from the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of the Daughters series, and lives and writes in Los Angeles.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: John (St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"The St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series will be welcomed throughout the world. It promises to have all of R. C. Sproul's hallmarks: clarity and liveliness, humor and pathos, always expressed in application to the mind, will, and affections. Dr. Sproul's ability to focus on the big picture, his genius of never saying too much, leaving his hearers satisfied yet wanting more, never making the Word dull, are all present in these expositions. May they nourish God's people well and serve as models of the kind of ministry for which we continue to hunger.\\\", 'R.C. Sproul, well-known as a master theologian and extraordinary communicator, now shows that he is a powerful, insightful, helpful expository preacher. This collection of sermons is of great value for churches and Christians everywhere.', \\\"R.C. Sproul is a legend in our time. His preaching has held us in awe for half a century, and these pages represent the fruit of his latest exposition, coming as they do at the very peak of his abilities and insights. I am ecstatic at the prospect of reading the St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series. It represents Reformed theology on fire, delivered from a pastor's heart in a vibrant congregation of our time. Essential reading.\\\", '', '', \\\"Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder, chairman and president of Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian education ministry located near Orlando, Florida. His teaching can be heard on the program Renewing Your Mind, which is broadcast on hundreds of radio outlets in the United States and in 40 countries worldwide. He is the executive editor of Tabletalk magazine and general editor of The Reformation Study Bible, and the author of more than seventy books and scores of articles for national evangelical publications. Dr. Sproul currently serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's in Sanford, FL.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 50 Hikes in Southern Virginia: From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, First Edition\\nDescription: ['Leonard Adkins, a freelance writer and lecturer on long-distance hiking, has walked the length of the Appalachian Trail four times. In all, he has hiked more than 16,000 miles exploring the backcountry areas of the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. The author of numerous books on hiking and the outdoors, he has been awarded the National Outdoor Book Award and the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. He lives in Catawba, Virginia.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"An essential dimension of Christian discipleship is the life of the mind, and this may well be the most neglected Christian responsibility of our times. God has made us intelligible creatures, and he has given us the stewardship of intellectual faculties that should drive us to think in ways that bring him greatest glory. In this new book, John Piper provides brilliant analysis, warm encouragement, and a faithful model of Christian thinking. This book is a primer for Christian thinking that is urgently needed in our time.\\\" R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', '\\\"Do you ever wish you could feel more deeply about things you know are true? Has it been a while since you were moved to tears at the thought of Christs death for your sins? Its not mysterious: those who feel deeply about the gospel are those who think deeply about the gospel. In these pages John Piper will convince you that thinking is the sturdy foundation for our easily misguided affections. If you want to feel profoundly, learn to think carefully. And start by reading this book!\\\" C.J. Mahaney, Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville', '\\\"Thinkingthe alert, meticulous, probing, logical, critical use of the mindwill be a highway either to godliness or to its opposite, depending on how it is done. Taking leads from Jonathan Edwards, John Piper surefootedly plots the true path here. His book should be, and I hope will be, widely read.\\\" J. I. Packer, Board of Governors\\\\' Professor of Theology, Regent College', '\\\"Piper has done it again. His outstanding book Think promises to shepherd a generation about the Christian commitment to the life of the mind. Deeply biblical and uniquely balanced, Think practices what it preaches: it is an accessible, intellectually rich study that calls the reader to renewed love for God and others.\\\" J. P. Moreland,Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University; author,The Soul: How We Know Its Real and Why It Matters', '\\\"John Piper offers much wise advice on the importance of Christian thinking as a way of loving God with our minds and as part of delighting in God above all things.\\\" George M. Marsden, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame; author, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship', '\\\"The book provides an excellent, robust biblical foundation for thinking in service of the glory of Christ. It challenges human attitudes and provides sound responses to the temptations either to reject vigorous thinking as unspiritual, to pursue \\\"neutral\\\" scholarship, or to take pride in thinking and fall into autonomy.\\\" Vern S. Poythress,Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary', '\\\"We cannot feel like Christians or act like Christians if we dont think like Christians. As his writing and preaching attest, John Piper is convinced that the heart cannot embrace that which the mind does not recognize as good, true, and beautiful. This wise book not only makes that point well, but does so by exhibiting in its style and grace the beauty of holy thoughts. This is a timely missive from a seasoned pastor.\\\" Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Justification (New Studies in Dogmatics)', '\\\"Those who are skittish when it comes to rigorous study, deep thinking, and theological precision have wanted us to believe that our problem is the mind, when in fact its the flesh. The problem isnt knowledge, its pride. John Piper reminds us in this excellent book that what we need isnt less thinking, but clearer, biblical, and more God-centered thinking. Reading and thinking about Think will set you on your way to the renewal of the mind that the Scriptures insist is the catalyst for heartfelt joy and growth in godliness. I highly recommend it!\\\" Sam Storms,Senior Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', '\\\"John Piper has written a wise and passionate book about the importance of loving God with our minds. After all, we are commanded to do so! But as Piper explains, Christians have not always been very attentive to that commandment. With clarity and directness, he reveals the obstacles that prevent us from using our minds as God intendedbut also shows the delights and benefits of doing so. Especially for those who fear intellectualism, this book will be a bracing tonic, and an encouragement besides.\\\" Alan Jacobs, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Honors College, Baylor University', '\\\"Some Christians dont think nearly enough; others are prone to think in the wrong way. I warmly commend John Piper\\\\'s appeal to all believers to be diligent in engaging our minds and to do so with God-honoring humility and Christ-loving passion.\\\" Vaughan Roberts,Rector, St Ebbes, Oxford, England; Director, The Proclamation Trust; author, God\\\\'s Big Picture', '\\\"No onein speaking, writing, or livingcombines mind, heart, and faith more passionately than John Piper. It is our great good fortune that these are the direct topics of exploration in this book. As always with John, the result is insight, encouragement, and a call to action.\\\" Daniel Taylor, Professor of English, Bethel University', '\\\"Think is a bracing gust of fresh air in a stale and musty room that hasnt been aired out in a generation or more. In this book, the love of God and the life of the mind are passionately connected in the way the Scriptures require, and the result is a direct challenge to the intellectual sloppiness and disobedience that is so characteristic of our time.\\\" Douglas Wilson, Senior Fellow of Theology, New St. Andrews College; Pastor, Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho', '', '', 'John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.organd the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God;Dont Waste Your Life;This Momentary Marriage;A Peculiar Glory;andReading the Bible Supernaturally.', 'Mark A. Noll is Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, including The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Wordly Wise 3000 Grade 6 SET homeschool kit in a bag\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context\\nDescription: ['It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this book. The counseling wars of the past half-century have ignited passions often characterized by labels rather than by careful analytic thought. This is the first broadly comprehensive history of these developments. While trying to be open to truth and insight whatever their source, Powlison faithfully argues that the Christian faith must play a constitutive role in building a robust model of Christian counseling. Amen and Amen. --D. A. Carson, Ph.D., Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author of The Gagging of God, Christ and Culture Revisited, and An Introduction to the New Testament
Everyone interested in the modern biblical counseling movement needs to read this well-researched and well-written book. This is a fair and balanced presentation of one of the most important movements in the evangelical church. Readers will be equipped not only with historical insight, but, more importantly, with wisdom for how to speak the truth in love. --Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., Author of Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friends, Beyond the Suffering, and Sacred Friendships
David Powlison has written the definitive account of a biblical counseling movement that arose in the 1960s and continues to influence the field of Christian counseling today. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the rapid and turbulent growth occurring in faith-based counseling in the latter part of the twentieth century. --Ian F. Jones, Ph.D., Director, Baptist Marriage and Family Counseling Center; Professor of Psychology and Counseling, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of The Counsel of Heaven on Earth', 'David Powlison, M.Div., Ph.D., is a faculty member and counselor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) with over thirty years of experience. He has written several books, including Seeing with New Eyes and Speaking Truth in Love; many booklets, including Facing Death with Hope, Healing after Abortion, Recovering from Child Abuse, and Renewing Marital Intimacy; and numerous articles on counseling.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Daily Strengths for Daily Needs\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture\\nDescription: ['', 'For those interested in a Reformed two-kingdom model, I can think of no better book to start than Living in Gods Two Kingdoms. Redemptive-historical in scope, heavenly minded in emphasis, and gentle in tone, David VanDrunen has made a great contribution to the ongoing discussion of the relationship of Christianity and culture. Danny E. Olinger, General Secretary, Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church', 'Any Christian perplexed by the Bibles challenge to live as a dual citizen of Gods eternal and temporal kingdoms will find VanDrunens wise and charitable book an indispensable guide in sorting out the confused thinking that entangles the church today. This succinct and timely alternative to neo-Calvinisms transformationist vision lays the groundwork for a wide-ranging and urgently needed discussion about two-kingdom theologys implications for education, the workplace, and politics. Richard M. Gamble, Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Professor of History and Political Science, Hillsdale College', 'For some years now, Ive been asking students to read works by Prof. David VanDrunen of Westminster Seminary California. VanDrunen has a gift for recovering themes from the political theology of the Reformation and demonstrating their continuing relevance. In this book, VanDrunen shows that the Reformations two-kingdoms theology allows Christians to faithfully navigate a course between, on the one hand, investing excessive hope in earthly government or, on the other, retreating from political life into isolationist enclaves. Particularly welcome is his emphasis on the liberty of biblical Christians to reach differing conclusions about how our political engagement might glorify God. Randy Beck, Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law', 'Evangelicals today, including those within the Reformed community, have become annoyed by the competing (and, in a few cases, embarrassingly inadequate) transformationalist programs offered by leading Christian thinkers. With clarity and concision, David VanDrunen has offered an alternative perspective that liberates the Christian conscience to sincerely engage society without relegating the sovereignty of God over every square inch of it. Living in Gods Two Kingdoms will certainly stimulate debate and force Christians to reevaluate the relationship between Christ and culture. Ryan McIlhenny, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Providence Christian College', 'The Apostle Peter writes that Christians are Gods own people, sojourners and exiles in this age. What does this calling mean for the way in which believers work in their jobs, raise their families, educate their children, and vote at the polls? In Living in Gods Two Kingdoms, David VanDrunen addresses these questions and more, offering a robust and reasoned alternative to transformationalist understandings of Christianity and culture. Whether or not readers agree with every argument in Living in Gods Two Kingdoms, they will find themselves engaged and challenged to think constructively and biblically about a critical issue in the life of the church. VanDrunen has done a great service to the church in promoting continued reflection on Christianity and culture, and in offering sound practical counsels to Christians eager to serve God in their pilgrimage heavenward. Guy Prentiss Waters, James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary', 'Over the past century, evangelicals have jumped out of the frying pan of quietism into the fire of worldliness. Taking his cue from Scripture rather than merely responding to cultural trends, David Van Drunen outlines a biblically grounded theology of cultural engagement that reflects both the lordship of Christ over all creation and the special mission and calling of the church. This book, bold and unapologetic, provides some extraordinarily helpful categories for thinking clearly about what it means to live faithfully and wisely in the present age. William S. Brewbaker III, Professor of Law, University of Alabama', '', '', 'David VanDrunen (PhD, Loyola University Chicago) is the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California in Escondido, California.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Charles James\\nDescription: ['This book is from my personal fashion library and is in excellent condition...', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Theology of B. B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary\\nDescription: ['', 'Serious Christians who have dipped into Warfield find his writings to be a wholly admirable mix of rigorous exegesis, mature theological synthesis, and frank devotion to Christ. Much of his work is known only to specialists, not least because when Warfield first published it, it was scattered over many journals and books. Indeed, a fair bit of it was never published. Zaspels Warfield remedies the problem admirably: one hopes and prays that it will entice a new generation of readers to delve deeply into Warfields contributions. D. A. Carson,Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Cofounder, The Gospel Coalition', 'B. B. Warfields distinguished achievements as a systematic theologian have been obscured by the episodic, ad hoc publication of his major theological statements. But even if Warfield did not think it necessary that he write a single, connected systematic theology, it is nonetheless most welcome that Fred Zaspel has done the job for him! The result is a very useful compendium that gives both admirers and detractors of Warfield a full and coherent account of his theology. All who are in the least interested in Warfield or who care at all about vigorous Calvinist theology will find this a most valuable book. Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame; editor, Protestantism after 500 Years', 'B. B. Warfield does not need an introduction for evangelical Christians. He is well known as a major conservative theologian at the close of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. His scholarship in biblical, historical, and doctrinal fields was often without a match. As a Professor in Didactic and Polemic Theology in Princeton Theological Seminary, he was content to use the three volumes of Charles Hodges Systematic Theology as the textbook and to pour out the fruits of his labor in a flow of searching articles in a number of theological reviews. Many of these have been republished in book form, but they have not been systematically arranged in one text. That is what Dr. Zaspel has done in culling from the great mass of Warfields writings his actual statements in the order they could have followed had Warfield written a one-volume Reformed theology. In this form Warfield may enjoy a renewed effectiveness for our age. With great enthusiasm I highly recommend this volume and hope it will receive a wide reception. Roger Nicole, Cofounder and President Emeritus, Evangelical TheologicalSociety', 'B. B. Warfield was without doubt the greatest of the theological minds of Old Princeton, and he remains a towering influence within both his own confessional Presbyterian tradition and wider conservative evangelicalism. Nevertheless, while his writings are still in print, clearly written, and very accessible, their occasional nature means that there is no convenient way of gaining from them a good grasp of the overall shape of his theology. Until now, that is. In this volume, pastor-theologian and passionate Warfield aficionado Fred Zaspel has produced a work of historical and theological synthesis that sets Warfields thought in context and offers a comprehensive account of his thought on the major loci of theology and the controverted points of his day. In this, Fred has left us allthe veteran Warfield fan and the neophytedeeply in his debt. Carl R. Trueman, Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Grove City College', \\\"Well before the transdenominational convergence of what we now call the evangelical church, B. B. Warfield spent forty years as the Presbyterian Horatius, holding the bridge that leads into the citadel of the Westminster Standards against those he saw as spoilers from the wastelands of liberalism. A heavyweight academic and a complete player in the fields of systematic, exegetical, historical, and polemical theology, he scattered his wisdom in hundreds of articles, which this book surveys and integrates with great skill. Warfield can now be seen in his full stature as the godly giant that he was, thanks to Fred Zaspels labor of love. Best thanks, and hallelujah! J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College\\\", \\\"This work is long overdue. That a theologian of the stature of B.B. Warfield should not have had a comprehensive overview of his entire corpus such as this one by Dr Zaspel says far more about the thinking of Evangelicals and the ranks of the Reformed in the twentieth century than it does about Warfield. This truly excellent and eminently readable work will serve both as a primer to Warfield's thought as well as an outline of the systematic theology he never wrote. Highly recommended. Michael A. G. Haykin, Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\\\", 'B. B. Warfield was the last towering figure in a long line of Old School Presbyterian intellectuals known for their unshakable faith in the truth of Scripture and their practical, experiential Calvinism. That strain of scholarly conviction had a long history in New England, especially in Princeton. Its seeds were planted by New Englands earliest Puritan ministersmen such as John Cotton and Richard Mather. It gained widespread influence (and set down roots in the soil of Princeton) under the ministry of Jonathan Edwards. It gave birth to Princeton Theological Seminary under the leadership of Archibald Alexander. Charles and A. A. Hodge carried on the legacy at Princeton Seminary, and when the younger Hodge died in 1886, B. B. Warfield became that institutions fourth Principal. He also was its last great conservative theologian. Both profound and prolific, Warfield produced an invaluable body of theological and polemical writings that remain immensely influentialbecause the issues Warfield contended with are virtually the same issues that trouble the church today.', 'Fred Zaspels work is the first detailed, readable digest of Warfields theology, and it is an immensely helpful volume. Dr. Zaspel puts Warfields published writings in clear perspective against the theological issues that dominated that era. He also shows how those same issuesand Warfields clear and persuasive teachingremain relevant to us today. Dr. Zaspel writes with such clarity and simplicity that this volume will be a valuable help and encouragement to lay people and serious theologians as wella highly recommended addition to anyones library. John MacArthur, Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California; President, The Masters University and Seminary', 'The great B. B. Warfield was essentially an occasional writer. His works are largely made up of learned articles, encyclopedia entries, and popular journalism. Fred Zaspel had the great idea of rendering this vast body of material into a compendium, a Warfield systematic theology. He clearly has what it takes to do the job superbly well: a love for his subject, care and attention to detail, and, above all, a thorough knowledge of Warfields writing. The result is a book that does not replace the Warfield volumes, but provides an accurate, thematic entry into them. It will be of inestimable benefit to all students of this outstanding Reformed theologian. Well done! Paul Helm, Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion Emeritus, Kings College, London; author, The Providence of God', 'The Lion of Old Princeton roars and purrs in this helpful survey. The author finely displays the passion and wit as well as intellectual credibility of Warfields remarkable work. Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Justification (New Studies in Dogmatics)', '', '', 'Fred G. Zaspel (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) serves as the pastor at Reformed Baptist Church in Franconia, Pennsylvania, an adjunct professor of systematic theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the executive director of Books At a Glance. He is the coauthor of New Covenant Theology and has published numerous booklets, articles, and book reviews.', 'Sinclair B. Ferguson(PhD, University of Aberdeen)is Chancellors Professor of Systematic TheologyatReformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia,South Carolina.He is the author of several books, the most recent being By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Creative Motion Graphic Titling for Film, Video, and the Web: Dynamic Motion Graphic Title Design\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"In their book Creative Motion Graphic Titling for Film, Video and the Web, Braha and Byrne, both successful motion graphics artists and educators, treat titles as part of the greater story telling process. Their approach to title design is logical and intuitive; by first laying out the role of titles, they explore the history of title design and provide aesthetic context to design choices. This well laid-out text guides the reader in creating graphics according to current trends and professional practice. Creative Motion Graphics Titling for Film, Video and the Web is a must-read for anyone who wants to hone their digital design skills!\\\" - Andrea Moore Paldy, co-author, Exploring Motion Graphics', '?\\\"Yael and Bill demystify and bridge the gap of motion graphics for ALL. They bring together a practical blend of the current best practices and techniques, wrap them in a fun and well-told historical context, and give us simple steps that make it easy to comprehend the ever-evolving digital landscape.\\\" - M W Leifer, CEO & Cultural Anthropologist, guerilla PR', '\\\"Having been a huge fan of movie titles and graphics since I was very young, this book instantly stirred my imagination, and will now inform the way I see everything that involves fonts, titles, or motion graphic design. The examples and tutorials are extremely useful, and the depth of history provided is a testament to the skill and experience of the book\\\\'s authors. I\\\\'m confident this book is destined to become a must-have reference for professional designers, students, and enthusiasts alike. I know my copy will never be far from hand, with lot\\\\'s of notes in the margins.\\\" - Spencer Nilsen, President & Creative Director, Ex\\\\'pression College for Digital Arts', '\\\"Unequivocal \\\"ABC\\\\'s\\\" of title sequence design. Thorough and detailed, with revealing discussions by industry leading pundits.\\\" - John Schroeder, Art Director, Comcast Sportsnet California', '\\\"Easily one of the best books I\\\\'ve read thus far, Creative Motion Graphic Titling is very informative and, quite simply, a fantastic read. Even if you do not have an interest in title design, as digital artists there is alot that can be gained from this particular book. In fact, I found this book to be quite unique, not only by its very topic, but in what it contains in support of the topic.\\\"--Renderosity.com', '', '', 'Captivate your audience and enhance your storytelling with this tutorial based 4-color book, featuring dozens of solutions to your titling needs. Case studies and interviews with the pros lend cutting insight and lessons learned that will have you creating inspired title sequences in no time.', 'The book features genre-based tutorial sections, with step by step instructions for creating effective horror, comedy, drama, and suspense titling sequences. Tutorials for creating some of the most popular title sequences in blockbuster movies are included (Se7en, The Sopranos, 24, The Matrix). Other tutorials teach you how to effectively use sound and VFX in your titles, and also included is instruction on editing your title sequence.', \\\"Chapters on the essentials of typography, history of title sequences, color, lighting and cinematography, teach you to apply these lessons to your title sequence regardless of whether it's for TV, the web, or digital signage. Learn the theories, and then use the tutorials to put them into practice.\\\", \\\"Also included is a DVD with sample clips, as well as project files that allow you to refine the techniques you learned in the book. As an added bonus we've included three titling chapters from other Focal Press books, with specific instructions on titling within certain software applications.\\\", 'Features:', '*Dozens of step-by-step tutorials allow you to produce creative, professional-standard title sequences for video and web media projects *Provides essential lessons on using sound in titles, editing titles, as well as effective use of typography *Included DVD provides project files and sample clips to work with, to master the skills from the book', 'Cover images provided by MK12, from The Alphabet Conspiracy. Learn more at www.MK12.com', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper\\nDescription: ['', 'Sam Storms (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) has spent more than four decades in ministry as a pastor, professor, and author. He is currently the senior pastor at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was previously a visiting associate professor of theology at Wheaton College from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries and blogs regularly at SamStorms.com.', 'Justin Taylor (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the executive vice president of book publishing and book publisher at Crossway. He has edited and contributed to several books, including A God-Entranced Vision of All Things and Reclaiming the Center, and he blogs at Between Two Worldshosted by the Gospel Coalition.', 'Randy Alcorn (MA, Multnomah University) is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries and a New York Times best-selling author of over fifty books. His books have sold over nine million copies and been translated into nearly seventy languages. Alcorn resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci. They have two married daughters and five grandsons.', 'G. K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In recent years he has served as president and member of the executive committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books and articles on biblical studies.', 'D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.', 'Mark Dever (PhD, Cambridge University) is the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and president of 9Marks (9Marks.org). Dever has authored over a dozen books and speaks at conferences nationwide.', 'Wayne Grudem(PhD, University of Cambridge; DD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary, having previously taught for 20 years at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is aformer president of the Evangelical Theological Society, a member of the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible, the general editor of theESV Study Bible, and has published over 20 books.', '', 'John MacArthuris thepastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. He is known around the world for his verse-by-verse expository preaching and his pulpit ministry via his daily radio program, Grace to You.He has also written or edited nearly four hundred books and study guides. MacArthur serves as the president of the Masters Universityand Seminary. He and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four grown children.', \\\"C. J. Mahaney is the senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville. He has written, edited and contributed to numerous books, including Proclaiming a Cross-Centered Theology; Don't Waste Your Sports; and Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God. C. J. and his wife, Carolyn, are the parents of three married daughters and one son, and the happy grandparents to twelve grandchildren.\\\", 'R. Albert Mohler Jr. (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the ninth president of Southern Seminary and as the Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology. Considered a leader among American evangelicals by Time and Christianity Today magazines, Dr. Mohler hosts a daily radio program for the Salem Radio Network and also writes a popular daily commentary on moral, cultural, and theological issues.', 'David Powlison(MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary) is a teacher, a counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He is also the senior editor of theJournal of Biblical Counselingand the author ofSeeing with New Eyes,Good &Angry, andSpeaking Truth in Love.', 'Thomas R. Schreiner (MDiv and ThM, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean of the school of theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.', \\\"Bruce A. Ware (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and has authored God's Lesser Glory, God's Greater Glory, and Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.\\\", 'Thabiti M. Anyabwile (MS, North Carolina State University) serves as a pastor at Anacostia River Church in Washington, DC, and is the author of numerous books. He serves as a council member of the Gospel Coalition, is a lead writer for 9Marks Ministries, and regularly blogs at The Front Porch and Pure Church. He and his wife, Kristie, have three children.', 'Jon Bloom (BA, Bethel University) is the cofounder and president of desiringGod.org, where he contributes regularly. He is also the author of several books. Bloom and his wife, Pam, live in Minneapolis with their five children.', 'Sinclair B. Ferguson(PhD, University of Aberdeen)is Chancellors Professor of Systematic TheologyatReformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia,South Carolina.He is the author of several books, the most recent being By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.', 'Scott J. Hafemann is currently the Mary F. Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He also taught for nine years at Wheaton College. He has written numerous books and articles.', \\\"James M. Hamilton Jr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church. He is the author of God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment and the Revelation volume in the Preaching the Word commentary series.\\\", 'David Mathis serves as the executive editor at desiringGod.org, pastor at Cities Church, and adjunct professor at Bethlehem College & Seminary. He writes regularly at desiringGod.org, and he and his wife, Megan, have four children.', 'William D. Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) is president of BiblicalTraining.org. He is a noted Greek scholar, author of the best-selling textbook Basics of Biblical Greek, and served as the New Testament Chair of the ESV translation team.', 'Stephen J. Nichols (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries. He is an editor of the Theologians on the Christian Life series and also hosts the weekly podcast 5 Minutes in Church History.', 'Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. is the pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including the Preaching the Word commentary on Isaiah, as well as a contributor to the ESV Study Bible. He and his wife, Jani, have four children.', 'TOM STELLER, Pastor for Leadership Development, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dean, Bethlehem College and Seminary', 'Mark Talbot(PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College. He specializes in philosophical psychology and philosophical theology and has written numerous articles and reviews.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hazardous Waste Identification and Classification Manual: Identification of Hazardous Wastes Under Rcra and Classification of Hazardous Wastes Under\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology\\nDescription: ['', 'I was riveted. Never do I sit down and read sixty pages of ANY book that I get in the mail. But I could not stopcould not stop reading and could not stop rejoicing over Gods Glory in Salvation through Judgment. It is the kind of overview of redemptive history Edwards wanted to write. Its what I hoped would be written. John Piper, Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, Desiring God', 'As readers of Scripture we long to know the message of the Bible as a whole. We do not want to miss the forest for the trees. Unfortunately, there are few books that help us to be faithful to the whole counsel of God. What a delight, then, to read Jim Hamiltons book where the story line of the Scriptures is unfolded. Hamilton rightly sees that the glory of God is at the center of the scriptural record, demonstrating with careful attention to the biblical text the supremacy of God in both the Old Testament and the New. Scholars, students, and laypeople will all profit from reading this work, which instructs the mind, enlivens the heart, and summons us to obedience. Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'In an era when centers in general no longer hold, Hamilton makes a strong case for the centrality to biblical theology of what C. H. Dodd called the two-beat rhythm of biblical history: salvation through judgment. Hamilton discovers this theme in every book of the Bible and argues that it is the heartbeat of Gods ultimate purpose: the publication of his glory. In seeking to do justice to scriptural unity and diversity alike, Hamiltons work represents biblical theology at its best. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School', 'Centered on the important themes of salvation and judgment, Hamiltons book models well how a thematic approach toward biblical theology might be applied to the whole of Scripture. It is to be warmly welcomed as an invitation to reflect on biblical truth and an opportunity to dialogue on how the unity of the Old and New Testaments may be articulated best. T. Desmond Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Union Theological College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK', 'Who said that the search for a center in biblical theology is a dead end? In this bold and courageous book, which deals with the entire Bible, James Hamilton Jr. dons the mantle of an explorer in search of the holy grail of biblical theology. As he journeys through the Bible, there are many sights in the biblical landscape that will arrest the attention of those who accompany him, including the pivotal revelation of God in Exodus 34:67. Hamiltons thoughtful analysis and reflection provide many insights into the biblical text. While you may not agree with all of his conclusions, you wont come back from your journey with him without a greater sense of Gods majesty and glory. Rather than being a dead end, this is a gateway into a new world. Stephen G. Dempster, Professor of Religious Studies, Crandall University', '', '', \\\"James M. Hamilton Jr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church. He is the author of God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment and the Revelation volume in the Preaching the Word commentary series.\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Non-Designer's Type Book\\nDescription: [\\\"Williams teaches electronic typography and has written some excellent books on digital design (e.g., The Non-Designer's Design Book, Peachpit, 1994). Anyone who has misplaced a font they just downloaded from a web site or who has witnessed the horrific use of type on many personal web sites knows how badly these books are needed. Clear explanations and good illustrations are the hallmarks of both volumes. There is little overlap, since one deals with managing the electronic fonts and the other with the uses of type. These gems are recommended for most collections. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.\\\", \\\"This latest addition to Robin Williams' Non-Designers line of books not only defines the principles governing type but explains the logic behind them so readers can understand and see what looks best and why. Armed with this knowledge, and putting into practice the secrets Robin reveals for making type readable and artistic, readers can then go on to create beautiful, sophisticated, professional-looking pages on their computers for output as hard copy or for use on Web pages.\\\", \\\"Each short chapter explores a different type secret including use of evocative typography, tailoring typeface to project, working with spacing, punctuation marks, special characters, fonts, justification, and much more. It is written in the lively, engaging style that has made Williams one of the most popular computer authors today. And it uses numerous examples to illustrate the subtle details that make the difference between good and sophisticated use of type. The non-platform specific, non-software specific approach to the book makes this a must-have for any designer's bookshelf - from type novices to more experienced graphic designers and typesetters.\\\", \\\"Please note! If you've read Beyond the Mac is not a typewriter then you don't need this book. This book is almost exactly the same as Beyond the Mac is not a typewriter.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Charity and Its Fruits: Living in the Light of God's Love\\nDescription: ['', 'I am thrilled that Kyle Strobel has edited this new edition of Edwardss Charity and Its Fruits. This series of sermons holds a special place in my affections for Edwards for three reasons. First, in Munich, Germany, my wife and I read it aloud to each other in 1972. What a way to build a young marriage! Second, Edwardss treatment of Charity seeketh not her own profoundly shaped my emerging Christian Hedonism. Third, the last chapter, Heaven Is a World of Love, is simply unsurpassed in its power to make me want to go there. I am unabashed in my love for Jonathan Edwardsand the grandeur of his God. May God give him an ever-wider voice. John Piper, Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, Desiring God', 'This new edition of Charity and Its Fruits is a most welcomed addition to the growing library of books by and about the great Jonathan Edwards. For those who mistakenly think that Protestant theologians overemphasize faith at the expense of love, these classic sermons by Edwards will be an antidote to a stereotype. But even more important, this deep mining of 1 Corinthians 13 is a pathway into spiritual theology that will draw every believer closer to Christ. Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University; general editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture', \\\"For Jonathan Edwards, the true Puritan understanding of Christianity as love-life in God through Christ was a lifelong theological-pastoral-devotional focus, and his fullest display of it is found here. Kyle Strobels comments help us appreciate this classic on communion with God. J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College\\\", 'As best I can tell, this is a first in Edwardsean studies. No one has done with Charity and Its Fruits what Kyle Strobel accomplishes hereproviding us with an enlightening commentary and a readable text of one of Edwardss most important, though highly neglected, treatises. All who love Edwards (and everyone should) will profit immensely from this exceptional volume. Sam Storms,Senior Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', 'Jonathan Edwards is Americas most famous theologian, and he is experiencing a resurrection among some evangelicals today. Not all who clap for Edwards have read him extensively, and for some the applause appears to be little more than groupthink. But this annotation of Edwardss seminal exposition of 1 Corinthians 13, edited by a competent young Edwards specialist who offers an informed introduction to Edwardss moral thought, holds promise for all of us to become more dedicated to the theological vision for the glory of God at work in the theology of Edwards. All who read Edwards aright know they are in for an experience of sensate knowledge, and not simply academic intelligence. Read this book into worship. Scot McKnight, Karl A. Olsson Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, North Park University', '', '', 'JONATHAN EDWARDS (17031758) was a pastor, theologian, and missionary. He is generally considered the greatest American theologian. A prolific writer, Edwards is known for his many sermons, including \\\"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God\\\", and his classicTreatise Concerning Religious Affections.Edwards was appointed president of the College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) shortly before his death.', 'Kyle Strobel (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is assistant professor of spiritual theology at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. He has served as a fellow at Yales Jonathan Edwards Center, has published several academic reviews of works related to Edwards, and has taught graduate courses on Edwardss spirituality theology. Kyle lives in Fullerton, California, with his wife, Kelli, and their two children.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Geology of the Medford Quadrangle, Oregon-California (Map GQ-89)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness\\nDescription: ['', 'This book is vintage DeYoungruthlessly biblical. John Piper,Founder, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary', 'My heart resonated deeply when I first heard Kevin speak on this subject. His message is a wake-up call to Gods peopletimely, prophetic, and desperately needed in our day. As a gifted theologian and thinker, Kevin tackles many of the biblical intricacies and nuances of true holiness. As a pastor, he evidences sincere compassion and concern for the condition of the flock. As a fellow pilgrim, he gets to the heart of ways of thinking and living that keep us from reflecting our holy God in this dark world. As a servant and lover of Christ, he holds out a vision of the beauty and power of personal holiness. Nancy Leigh DeMoss, author; radio host, Revive Our Hearts', \\\"Holiness was once a central component of following Christ. But for many today, the Christian life is little more than a celebration of cheap grace and pseudo-liberty, with a high tolerance for sin. In this well-written and much-needed book, Kevin DeYoung thoughtfully points us to an unpopular yet strangely liberating truththat God is holy and expects us to be holy. With no hint of legalism or drudgery, Kevin offers a balanced and engaging view of law and grace. Kevin DeYoung is one of my favorite writers, and this book demonstrates why. I repeatedly said 'Yes! as I turned these pages. Im convinced that Christ-followers desperately need to read, discuss, and live out the timely, God-exalting message of The Hole in Our Holiness! Randy Alcorn, Founder and Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries; author, If God Is Good and Heaven\\\", 'Grace is too amazing to save us from sins guilt only to leave us under its cruel tyranny. In this book, Kevin DeYoung reminds us that the gospel is the ground of our justification and sanctification. At the same time, he reminds us of the many exhortations in Scripture to pursue godliness as the fruit of our union with Christ in the power of the Spirit. The Hole in Our Holiness offers important reflections on a crucial topic in the ongoing conversation about the joys and struggles of the Christian life. Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, Calvin on the Christian Life', 'One might expect a book about holiness to be heavy on finger-pointing, leaning toward legalism, and embarrassingly out-of-touch. But The Hole in Our Holiness is none of those things. Instead, Kevin DeYoung gets specific about what Spirit-infused, gospel-driven effort toward holiness looks like. Going way past try harder and believe better, this book implants in readers not just a longing to be holy but real hope that it could happen. Nancy Guthrie, Bible Teacher; author, Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series', \\\"J. C. Ryle wrote his classic Holiness out of a concern that practical holiness and entire consecration to God are not sufficiently attended to by modern Christians in this country. It is with the same prescient concern and pastoral insight that my friend Kevin DeYoung has written what I consider to be the modern equivalent, urging a new generation of Christians to obey God's command to be holy, for I am holy. May The Hole in Our Holiness do for our time what Holiness did in a previous age: promote gospel-centered holiness in Christians and churches around the world. C. J. Mahaney, Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky\\\", \\\"I have loved being under Kevin's teaching during my college years, specifically on this matter of holiness. This is indispensable reading material for all who desire a life of piety. Though we are fallen people, Kevin points us to our potential for godliness and how our progress in this area is of the utmost importance. Get your highlighter ready! Kirk Cousins, former starting quarterback, Michigan State University; quarterback, Washington Redskins\\\", 'The strength of this book lies in its biblical understanding that all great renewal is founded upon knowing the goodness and holiness of God. We are commanded to be holy because he is holy, and only in Christ can we be trained accordingly: For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age (Titus 2:11). I pray that Kevins words would be read widely and that the church might be known as a people zealous for good works upon seeing the Fathers holiness and Christs redeeming work. John M. Perkins, President, John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development', '', '', 'Kevin DeYoung (MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He blogs at the Gospel Coalition and has authored or coauthored numerous well-known books such as Just Do Something and The Hole in Our Holiness, as well as the award-winning books Why Were Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church (with Ted Kluck).', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hidradenitis Suppurativa Medical Guide\\nDescription: ['Qontro medical guides are professionally written, designed and published with great care and with the goal of providing desired medical information to readers around the world. These publications are highly recommended for individuals who are looking to further their understanding and knowledge. Each book also includes information on how to access online versions of the materials which can be downloaded and used for those who also enjoy reading books online and portably through laptops and pdas.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Shepherd Leader at Home: Knowing, Leading, Protecting, and Providing for Your Family\\nDescription: ['', \\\"Dr. Witmers The Shepherd Leader has been a huge encouragement to me and to my elders as we seek to be more faithful shepherds to our congregation. Now comes this helpful book: The Shepherd Leader at Home. In it, Witmer provides biblical, complementarian, practical direction for knowing, leading, providing for, and protecting our families. As a pastor, one of the five principle things I aim to do is to 'promote family religion.' That is, perhaps, a quaint way of emphasizing that godliness in the home is vital to the health of the local church. This book is a useful aid to that end. I commend it to you warmly. J. Ligon Duncan III, Chancellor, CEO, and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary\\\", \\\"With marriage and the family under present-day pressures, it takes a wise man to think and write well about being a husband and father under God. This book reveals Dr. Witmer as just such a wise man, and makes his wisdom available to us all. Highly recommended. J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College\\\", \\\"Another book on marriage and family life? Yes, but this one is different. It is short, but not easy; practical, but also deeply realistic; honest, but also warm. Also, thankfully, for all that Dr. Witmer isseminary professor, preaching pastor, author, father, and husbandhere is one thing he never pretends to be, namely Guru! Perhaps that's why this is such a wonderfully encouraging book. Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellors Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries\\\", 'I deeply appreciated reading The Shepherd Leader at Home. It provides a great approach for leading a family by practicing the ancient shepherding principles of knowing, leading, providing for, and protecting. I love the biblical foundations, the warm illustrations and the practical suggestions for caring for the flock at home. I highly recommend this book by Dr. Witmer. Scott Thomas, Founder, Gospel Coach; coauthor, Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God', 'Reading Dr. Witmers new book is simultaneously greatly encouraging and deeply convicting. Encouraging, because its saturated with the truth and hope of the gospel. Convicting, because theres no greater measure of a mans success that the way he loves his family. The Shepherd Leader at Home is devoid of clich and filled with practical instruction on how to reveal the servant love of Jesus to our wives and children. Scotty Ward Smith, Pastor Emeritus, Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee; Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'We can be thankful for many books written to help Christians raise godly families. Dr. Witmer takes aim at a specific kind of Christian familythe family of the Shepherd Leader. And his aim is truehe hits the bulls-eye! This is a book that is carefully biblical but also practical and realistic and is based in what Tim has experienced. This is a necessary compliment to Tims earlier book on shepherd leadership in the churchmaybe this one about the home should be read first. Stephen E. Smallman, Assistant Pastor, New Life Presbyterian Church, Glenside, Pennsylvania; Instructor, CityNet Ministries of Philadelphia; author, Spiritual Birthline, Forty Days on the Mountain, and The Walk', 'We are faced with a serious global crisis in the collapse of the biblical familya crisis, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the church and the society. Dr. Witmer, who already introduced the idea of shepherd leadership in the church, now explores shepherd leadership in the home from his ministerial experiences, with the hope of enabling us to overcome our contemporary crisis. His book is profound, coherent, and practical from the biblical perspective. It provides biblical and practical guidelines for the happiness of the family. If you want to keep your family happier, you should read this book. In Whan Kim, Professor Emeritus, Former Professor of Old Testament Studies and President of Chongshin University and Seminary, Seoul, Korea', '', '', 'Timothy Z. Witmer (DMin, Reformed Theological Seminary) is professor of practical theology and coordinator of the practical theology department at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has served as senior minister of Crossroads Community Church since 1986 and is the author of The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dopesick: The American Addiction to Heroin and Profit\\nDescription: ['Ryan Homanics was born on September 5th, 1989 in Raleigh, North Carolina to parents Gregg and Valerie. He grew up in Belle Vernon, PA. He played ice hockey as a goalie at a competitive level until college when he was forced to take a medical leave from school due to an ongoing battle with drug addiction. For the next 5 years his war with drugs escalated to devastating levels. Finally, after 4 felony charges, 7 trips to inpatient rehab, and numerous tragedies in between Ryan celebrated 3 years off heroin on October 18th, 2017. He now seeks to take what he has learned through personal experience and education to dissect the core of the heroin epidemic in his first ever book.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Recalling the Hope of Glory\\nDescription: ['\\\"For any significant change to occur in our worship activities,\\\" writes Allen Ross, \\\"we have to get behind forms and methods and changes in style and focus on the biblical theology that informs worship.\\\" Out of his concern for worship to be as glorious as it should be, Ross has provided readers with a methodical, detailed study of all the biblical testimony on the subject of worship.', 'Many \\\"biblical\\\" studies of worship explain Scripture only where it is most applicable to the authors own views, but very few, if any, have attempted an inductive study of worship throughout the entire Bible. Beginning not with early Israelite worship but with creation itself, seasoned biblical scholar Allen Ross uncovers the glories and beauty of worship as it is progressively revealed from its beginning in the Garden of Eden to its climax in the new heavens and new earth. Along the way, the historical development of worship is considered from the religious world in antiquity and worship in the early church to modern traditions and liturgy.', 'Neither technical, simplistic, nor specific to one denomination, Recalling the Hope of Glory is designed for all Gods people. Pastors, worship leaders, professors, students, and laypeople will find exposition that challenges, informs, and furthers our understanding of glorious worship. Through this study, readers will see patterns and principles of worship emerge, understand more fully our great heritage and its traditions, and discover ways to improve their worship.', '', 'The publication of Recalling the Hope of Glory is a splendid addition to the growing number of works on biblical worship. Not only is this work a comprehensive theological vision of creation, incarnation, and re-creation, it is also a genuine work of praise.', 'Stunning in scope, Recalling the Hope of Glory provides a historical-theological study of worship from creation to the new creation. The logic of Allen Rosss ranging exposition across the flow of biblical history will challenge every reader and grace every church, regardless of tradition. Here is dazzling substance for recovery of robust worship of our sovereign and holy triune God. Sure to be a standard work.', 'This book deals expertly and thoroughly with worship in the Bible. What is most refreshing: it is not at all ideological. People of all persuasions will find it valuable as a reference work. It also gives us a large perspective on worship that is likely to moderate the current discussion.', 'Allen Ross takes his readers back to the Bible itself to paint a colorful picture of worship that is spiritually vibrant, theologically sound, and focused on Christ. His passion for worship that glorifies God and his thorough knowledge of Scripture are obvious throughout. For the western church, which needs desperately to recover its biblical and theological roots, this book will be an extremely helpful resource.', 'It is remarkable that so many books about worship have so little to say about God. Recalling the Hope of Glory is a welcome exception. Through its patient reflection on specific biblical texts and themes, it evokes a vivid awareness of the God of glory. By developing the theme of glory, this book hones a vision of worship that is at once luminous, transcendent, and inexhaustible.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: All Under Heaven\\nDescription: ['In decent condition, has some wear and tear.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: By Faith, Not By Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation (2d. Ed.)\\nDescription: [\\\""Masterful and penetrating survey of Paul’s teaching on the application of redemption. . . . Should be in the hands of ever minister of the Word and student of Scripture." --Guy Prentiss Waters, Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson
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Hard-core romantic suspense loaded with sensuality.USA Today', 'RITA-nominated author Elle Kennedy is the author of the Killer Instincts Novels, including Midnight Captive, Midnight Actions, Midnight Pursuits,and Midnight Games. She grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a BA in English from York University. From an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer and actively began pursuing that dream when she was a teenager. She loves strong heroines, alpha heroes, and just enough heat and danger to keep things interesting!', '', '']","rejected":"Title: A Painted House\nDescription: ['Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Torrian (The Highland Clan) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.']","rejected":"Title: The Medical Marijuana Guidebook: America's First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers\nDescription: [\""The Medical Marijuana Guidebook is the most comprehensive, reliable, unique, step-by-step roadmap to everything you need to know about the most valuable plant on Earth including how to get and stay safe & legal. No journalist on the cannabis beat is better informed than David Downs." --Stephen DeAngelo, founder of Harborside Health Center dispensary in Oakland, star of "Weed Wars", author of The Cannabis Manifesto
"The medical marijuana landscape in the US can be extremely difficult to navigate. The Medical Marijuana Guidebook is essential for those who want to maximize the benefits of the marijuana plant. David Downs provides a comprehensive look at the plant, its use and the laws that surround it." --Amanda Reiman PhD MSW | Manager, Marijuana Law and Policy, Drug Policy Alliance
"The Medical Marijuana Guide Book is a concise, well documented, handbook for people who need practical advice on negotiating access to medical cannabis. It's especially useful because it covers the gamut from state laws to doctors to caregivers and the types of cannabis preparations available in dispensaries, according to various state laws." --Dale Deutsch, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Stony Brook University\", \"My doctor just recommended I try medical marijuana. Now what? Award-winning journalist David Downs gets this question all the time. Thanks to the rapid advance of medical marijuana laws and research, Americans have entered a new era of treatment options for the toughest diseases. They have a lot of questions, and The Medical Marijuana Guidebook has the answers. This book is the first concise, professional, mainstream how-to guide to legally and safely access medical cannabis.
 The Medical Marijuana Guidebook covers:
 The steps to obtaining a doctor's recommendation for cannabis; 
 How to obtain a state medical marijuana ID card; 
 How to find a caregiver or dispensary;
 Popular medical uses for medical marijuana;
 Ways of using medical marijuana, including vaporizers, edibles, and tinctures;
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\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones
There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. The Globe and Mail
[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. National Post
Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages. Huffington Post [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl . . .liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. Cosmopolitan
Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. NPR
Compulsive reading.Marie Claire
[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. Entertainment Weekly Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. People
A natural fit for fans ofGone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,The Girl on the Trainwill have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com
The Girl on the Trainmarries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.USA Today
Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of the next Gone Girl.Christian Science Monitor
[A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The Boston Globe
Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, New York Timesbestselling author of Now You See Her
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice
Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, New York Timesbestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, New York Timesbestselling author
What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author ofI Am Pilgrim
Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Trains clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\' Colette McBeth, author ofPrecious Thingand the forthcoming The Life I Left Behind
Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. The Bookseller
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE
\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\" Terry Hayes
Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read. S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! Lisa Gardner, author of Fear Nothing
This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close
The Girl on the Trainwas so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of The Times. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Discovering Nature's Alphabet\nDescription: ['When Melville wrote about nature\\'s \"cunning alphabet,\" he meant it metaphorically: humans, he argued, see in nature only the lessons they seek. But husband-and-wife team Castella and Boyl have discovered a literal alphabet in the natural world, and they present its examples in 92 lovely full-color photographs. The images span the grand (set against a backdrop of the Grand Canyon, twin branches of a juniper tree form a Y) and the minute (the vein of a yucca leaf curls into a Q), the ancient (the O of petrified wood) and the brand new (the curving G of a mangrove seedling). Leaves, corals, branches and shoots form most of the letters, though there are icicles shaped like an M, a gecko curled like a P and an inlay of quartz that looks like a U. The text is rudimentary and encouragingthe sort of thing that adults should ignore unless they are reading to rapt children: \"Nature holds a secret world filled with hidden letters. The best way to find them is to slow down and explore.\" Though it\\'s sweet and simple, this is also the sort of book that might spur its readers, young or not, off the couch and into the great wide readable world. (May) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Grade 2 Up Castella and Boyl have assembled a portfolio of photographs of natural objects that form individual letters of the alphabet. From beaches to deserts, they discovered letters large and small in vines and flowers, tree trunks and seedpods. The minimal text urges readers to undertake such explorations to find their own hidden patterns. Two to five photos for each letter provide plenty of examples to encourage such discoveries. Information on photo locations follows an explanatory afterword about the project. None of the shots was staged; the photos were not retouched. Obviously the book is not for alphabet novices. However, it would work well to spark interest in a number of subjects, particularly science, art, and design, and could be appreciated by budding naturalists. Stephen T. Johnson's Alphabet City (Viking, 1995) and Joanne Dugan's ABC NYC (Abrams, 2005) record human-made structures. All these books should stimulate readers to explore the world around them and to look more closely at their surroundings. Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Conquered by the Highlander (Conquered Bride Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Anecdotes in Ashes\nDescription: ['The Assembly is a loose collective of authors who deal in dark fiction, Sci-Fi and horror. They are - B.C. Lawson D.G. Collins Dave Taylor E.J. Lada, Jr. Edwin Crowe Kelsey Donald L. Chan MuCalling T.W. Grim']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Knight's Vow\nDescription: ['Set during the misty Middle Ages, when brave knights in shining armor rescued fair maidens and chivalry and honor were prized above all things, this quartet of novellas from some of the genre\\'s best-known writers takes the concept of the vow and spins it into four very different yet thematically linked medieval tales. Kurland leads off with \"The Traveller,\" a humorous time travel piece that tosses a modern-day woman back into the life of a 13th-century knight who needs to reclaim his inheritance. Patricia Potter follows with \"The Minstrel,\" her charming story of a lord who promises his dying mother he will only marry for love and becomes a traveling musician in order to find a woman who can make his own heart sing. \"The Bachelor Knight,\" Deborah Simmons\\'s story of a valiant but lowly born knight who is forced to honor an old vow and marry a lady so that she can retain her holdings, and Glynnis Campbell\\'s \"The Siege,\" a romantic tale of a knight and his reluctant intended, unaware of the other\\'s identity and trapped together during an assault on her family\\'s castle, nicely round out the collection. A worthy collection that should appeal to most medieval romance fans. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"Lynn Kurland is the New York Times bestselling author of Stars In Your Eyes, Dreams of Lilacs, All for You, One Magic Moment, and the Novels of the Nine Kingdoms, as well as numerous other novels and short stories.
Patricia Potteris aUSA Todaybestselling author of more than 50 romance novels. A seven-time RITA Award finalist and three-time Maggie Award winner, she was named Storyteller of the Year byRomantic Timesand received the magazines Career Achievement Award for Western Romance. Potter is a past board member and president of Romance Writers of America. Prior to becoming a fiction author, she was a reporter for theAtlanta Journaland the president of a public relations firm in Atlanta. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Deborah Simmons began her career as a journalist, but left nonfiction for the world of happily ever afters. She's published 28 romances with Avon, Harlequin, and Berkley, along with an indie romantic comedy. Among her works are a USA Todaybestselling anthology and her popular series on the medieval de Burgh family.Two of her titles, A Lady of Distinction and The Gentleman Thief, were finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual RITA competition. Two other releases, The Gentleman's Quest and Glory the Rake, were up for the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence for Mystery/Suspense.Simmons has sold more than 2 million books in North America, and her work has been translated and published in 31 countries, with graphic novel editions available in Japanese.
Glynnis Campbellis a third-generation California girl who, when she isnt writing historical romance, does cartoon voices, is an avid traveler, the wife of a rock star, the mother of two fascinating children, and the beloved master of a pug named Worf.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Jews, the animated encyclopedia .. - .. Al Yahood / The Jewishes` Encyclopedia\nDescription: ['']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Warrior (Knights of de Ware)\nDescription: [\"Trained since she was a young girl in the skills needed to assume leadership of her clan, Cambria Gavin must take control earlier than she expected when her father, the present Laird, is brutally murdered by Englishmen who had sworn to uphold the Gavin clan's rights to their lands. Blaming Holden de Ware, the English knight sent by King Edward to assume control of the Scottish borders, for her father's murder, Cambria vows to avenge her father's death, even if it means fighting Holden herself. Now Holden faces an unfamiliar foe, one he cannot fight on a battlefield but instead must vanquish in a different way. With consummate skill and in realistic detail, Campbell expertly evokes both the richness and the brutality of the medieval world in her latest historical, the second in a trilogy featuring the de Ware brothers. Romance fans who crave action-filled historicals will relish reading about Cambria's and Holden's adventures as they battle their way to true love. John Charles Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\", 'Born in Paradise, California, Glynnis Campbell (also writing as Sarah McKerrigan and Kira Morga) has embraced her inner Gemini by leading an eclectic life. As a teen, she danced with the Sacramento Ballet, worked in her father\\'s graphic arts studio, and composed music for award-winning science films. She sang arias in college, graduating with a degree in Music, then toured with The Pinups, an all-girl rock band on CBS Records. She once played drums for a Tom Jones video and is currently a voice-over actress with credits including \"Star Wars\" audio adventures, JumpStart educational CDs, Diablo and Starcraft video games, and the MTV animated series, \"The Maxx.\"
She now indulges her lifelong love of towering castles, trusty swords, and knights (and damsels) in shining armor by writing historical romances featuring kick-arse heroines. She is married to a rock star, is the proud mom of two grown-up nerds, and lives in a part of L.A. where nobody thinks she\\'s weird.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy and Character and Opinion in the United States (Rethinking the Western Tradition)\nDescription: ['', 'Santayanas comments on American culture include invaluable observations about the pressure to conform in democracies, the vitality and youthful outlook of American society, the importance of humor and the love of quantity in America . . . . A welcome and substantial contribution.John Paul Russo, University of Miami', 'We need to retain Santayana in the intellectual history of the United States, not as a remote figure, but as a key observer of the American mindFor that very reason, this volume promises to serve an important purpose of preservation.Mark Bauerlein, Department of English, Emory University', '', '', 'James Seaton is Professor of English at Michigan State University. His other books include Cultural Conservatism, Political Liberalism: From Criticism to Cultural Studies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1996) and Beyond Cheering and Bashing: New Perspectives on The Closing of the American Mind (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green SU Popular Press, 1992), which he co-edited with William K. Buckley.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Claiming Grace (Ace Security)\nDescription: ['\"High-school sweethearts Grace Mason and Logan Anderson both come from abusive households--not exactly the best training for happily ever after....but readers will root for Grace and Logan from the first.\" -Publishers Weekly', '', 'Susan Stoker is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose series include Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes, SEAL of Protection, and Delta Force Heroes. Married to a retired Army noncommissioned officer, Stoker has lived all over the countryfrom Missouri to California to Coloradoand currently lives under the big skies of Texas. A true believer in happily ever after, Stoker enjoys writing novels in which romance turns to love. To learn more about the author and her work, visit her website, www.stokeraces.com, or find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorsusanstoker.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Write Your Own Adventure Stories\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Black Mage: Apprentice (The Black Mage Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Praise for Rachel E. Carter's USA Today bestsellingThe Black Mageseries:
"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something "extra". That extra punch that drags you in and won't let go. I hope you give it a try. It's THAT good." -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up." -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!"-Margaret Faria, InD'Tale Magazine
"An intriguing story with enthralling characters that shine brightly in their determination and fierce pride." -Michelle Lynn, Young Adult Books Central (YABC)
"This has undoubtedly become one of my favorite YA fantasy series. Hands down, no competition."-Melissa, EverSoMela, top Goodreads reviewer
"Rachel E. Carter has a definite fan in me forever, keep doing what you're doing Rachel because you write an amazing story!"-Emmeline, The Book Herald, top Amazon reviewer
', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.
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']","rejected":"Title: Something Radiant Within: Guidebook Of Spiritual Awakening Meditations\nDescription: ['My early years were spent on a family farm where our seven childrens father and I farmed crops to feed cattle, hogs and chickens. We had a dairy herd and sold milk, meat and eggs. There was always an abundance of fresh, healthy food from our garden. I look back to this now and am grateful for the years of living close to the land. In the 1970s a friend invited me to attend Unity By The Sea in Santa Monica, California. I had left the farm and my church of origin, and was attending many churches as I searched for a greater awareness of Gods Love. During the meditation, led by a soloist who sang, Something Within, my tears flowed and I knew God was that Something Within me. I began studying with Unity and never looked back. I was ordained a Unity Minister in 1982. Unity has published several of my articles and poems in the Unity Magazine and in The Daily Word. Often when I take my morning walk a poem, and sometimes a melody, streams through my mind. I repeat it until I arrive home and grab a pen and paper to catch it before it drifts away. Some of these poems are included in this book for contemplation. Sometimes the words coming through become chants or songs. I enjoy sharing these with the meditation practice which I lead every Saturday. We have been meditating together for more than four years and the loving-kindness of this community of friends has added immensely to the content of this book.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Blaze: A Dragon Romance (Dark Kings)\nDescription: ['', '\"Scorching hot.\" - Booklist on Blaze
\"This series is a must read for paranormal / fantasy readers.\" - Night Owl Reviews Top Pick on Blaze
\"Comes to life and grips you...a hard book to put down.\" - The Genre Mix on Blaze', '\"Grant\\'s dragon-shifters can always be relied upon for steamy, intense romances and fierce battles.\" - RT Book Reviews on Passion Ignites', 'Soul Scorched is a must read. Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick!)', 'Ms. Grant does not disappoint the recesses of the heart with Soul Scorched. Reader to Reader', \"Donna Grant continues to build on the series... there is an attachment to the characters that you don't want to end. San Francisco Book Review on Soul Scorched\", \"Grant's fearless and passionate Dragon Kings...command attention. RT Book Reviews on Soul Scorched\", 'Charming and sizzling. RT Book Reviews on Hot Blooded', '', 'New York Times and USA Today bestselling authorDonna Grant has been praised for her totally addictive and unique and sensual stories. Shes the author of more than thirty novels spanning multiple genres of romance including the bestselling Dark King stories. The acclaimed series features a thrilling combination of dragons, the Fae, and Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her two children, a dog, and four cats in Texas.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Flavia and the Dream Maker\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: From Kiss to Queen\nDescription: ['Praise for the novels of Janet Chapman
Janet Chapman is a keeper.Linda Howard, New York Times bestselling author
Full of intrigue and passionred-hot romance.Publishers Weekly
A perfect 10.Romance Reviews Today', 'Janet Chapman is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance novels, all set in the state of Maine, where she lives with her husband, surrounded by wildlife. Best known for her Highlander series, including Tempting the Highlander and Loving the Highlander, and her Spellbound Falls series, including The Highlander Next Door and Courting Carolina. Janet also has several contemporary series set on the coast and in the mountains.
When shes not writing, Janet and her husband are camping, hunting, fishing, and generally rubbing elbows with nature.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: College Algebra: Graphs and Models (Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen, and Sobecki's Precalculus)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: This is all I ask (de Piaget Family)\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LYNN KURLAND
Both powerful and sensitivea wonderfully rich and rewarding book.#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs
Stepping into one of Lynn Kurlandsnovels is definitely one magic moment in itself.All About Romance
Clearly one of romances finest writers. The Oakland Press
A sweet, tenderhearted time travel romance.Joyfully Reviewed
[A] triumphant romance.Fresh Fiction
Breathtaking in its magnificent scope.Night Owl Romance', 'Lynn Kurland is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels and novellas including the Nine Kingdom series, the de Piaget Family series, and the McLeod Family series.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Immortal\nDescription: ['\"An ingenious medical thriller, suspenseful and cleverly plotted.\" -- BookPage']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: FOOLS QUEST-FITZ & THE FOOL PB\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Divine Way of Life (Cure)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: ASSASSINS FATE_HB\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: The Metropolitan Opera 2017 Wall Calendar\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\nDescription: ['Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.Chicago Tribune
A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesnt hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.The New York Times
\"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.\"Esquire
Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the Worlds Fair.USA Today
As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.San Francisco Chronicle
Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.Entertainment Weekly
A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelists soul.Chicago Sun-Times ', \"Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Journey: The Road to Empowerment\nDescription: ['TaRae D. Peoples, Wife, Mother, Ministry Leader, Organization founder and president are just a few of the titles that this multi-faceted woman carries. Raised in Omaha, Nebraska with her older sister by their mother, who encouraged both TaRae and her sister to sing and faithfully serve the Lord, she was taught the importance of ministry at an early age. After becoming a single mother at the age of 20 the desire to encourage other young single mothers as well as women of all ages from a place of compassion and understanding became a constant driving force in her life. Today, TaRae serves as the Praise and Worship Leader of Eagles Nest Worship Center in Omaha, NE where she leads a congregation of 1500 into intense and impactful praise and worship several times a week. TaRaes personal story of triumph, empowerment and purpose has been shared with many across the country and is continuing to reach new audiences.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Heart of Betrayal: The Remnant Chronicles, Book Two\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpFollowing the dramatic and tragic ending of The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014), Princess Lia finds herself incarcerated in the walled city, Venda, where she is surrounded by her country\\'s enemies. Seduced and betrayed by Kaden, now revealed as the Assassin who was sent to kill her, and tormented by the Komizar, the leader of the city, her only ally appears to be Rafe, the prince she ran away from in order to prevent a wedding neither of them wanted. When her true name, Jezelia, is revealed, the common people of Venda embrace her as the promised savior of their people, and Lia and Rafe begin to formulate a daring escape plan before she is either killed or forced into marriage to the Komizar. Fans of Pearson\\'s first book in \"The Remnant Chronicles\" won\\'t be disappointed in the sequel. The cliff-hanger ending will cause considerable angst as devoted readers will probably have to wait another year to find out whether or not Rafe and Lia survive long enough to make it home. VERDICT A heart-pounding sequel that fantasy fans will appreciate.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK', '', \"It's rare that the second book in a series is as good-or perhaps better-than the first, but that's the case here. . . . Anticipation for the next volume will start as soon as this one is put down. Booklist, starred review\", 'A heart-pounding sequel that fantasy fans will appreciate. School Library Journal', 'Solid and absorbing high fantasy, with a sudden breathless hook to the next installment. Kirkus Reviews', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cooking the South African way\nDescription: ['Fabulous recipes - South African style.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Kiss of Deception: The Remnant Chronicles, Book One\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* She is a princess, and it is her duty to marry into an alliance. But 17-year-old Lia has her own opinion about that obligation, one that she puts into action when she escapes her wedding with her lady-in-waiting, Pauline. Determined, confident Lia thinks that she knows how to cover her tracks, and soon she and Pauline are working as barmaids in Paulines hometown. Now two new voices enter to help tell the story. One belongs to the prince whom Lia was supposed to marry. He is curious about his fled fiance and angry that she thought of a way to get out of the marriage first. The other voice belongs to an assassin who is sent by the Komizar of Venda to make sure that Lia doesnt change her mind and return to initiate an alliance that will harm their country. Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope. She never compromises her charactersespecially the multifaceted Liafor plot; each element motivates the other. There is also a richness to the descriptions that makes readers feel that they can see and even smell the changing landscapes. This has the sweep of an epic tale, told with some twists; its a book that almost doesnt need a sequel, but readers will be thrilled that it continues on. Grades 9-12. --Ilene Cooper', '', 'In The Kiss of Deception, a new realm is masterfully created, featuring court intrigue, feuding nations, breathtaking landscapes, and the gift of sight. Fans of the Game of Thrones series will enjoy the magic and fantasy in this timeless dystopian world. VOYA', 'After her strong Jenna Fox series, Pearson adeptly switches gears here from science fiction to fantasy, but her ability to write a romance featuring complex characters and a strong plot remains constant. The Horn Book', \"The Kiss of Deception has it all--beautiful writing, heart-pounding suspense, a fiery princess, and an epic romance that'll make you swoon. This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year! Alyson Nol, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Immortals\", \"The Kiss of Deception is a deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy where no one--no one--is quite what they seem. Full of lush writing and rich, complex characters, readers will quickly become enmeshed in the intricate web of lies that have been woven into the very fabric of the kingdom itself. A thoroughly engrossing read--I couldn't put it down! Robin LaFevers, New York Timesbestselling author of Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph\", 'This is the kind of story I love--a heart-pounding tale of magic and murder, betrayal and romance set in a richly imagined fantasy landscape. Cinda Williams Chima, New York Timesbestselling author of the Seven Realms and the Heir Chronicles', '*The first in a marvelous new fantasy series that is sure to find an audience with devotees of Suzanne Collins\\'s \"The Hunger Games\" . . . Romance, adventure, mysticism--this book has it all and it just may be the next YA blockbuster. School Library Journal, Starred Review', '*Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope . . . this has the sweep of an epic tale. Booklist, Starred Review', \"*Peppered with excerpts from sacred texts and traditional songs, the novel has a formidable heroine at its core, who is as quick with a knife as she is to laugh or cry. Pearson maintains the mystery of Rafe and Kaden's identities, pulling readers through this masterfully crafted story. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\", \"Pearson's first book in her Remnant Chronicles is thrilling. Readers will be hooked from the first page to the last and will find themselves eagerly anticipating the next installment. Pearson pairs a rich and varied plot with a fiery and headstrong heroine. Romantic Times\", \"Mystery, romance, betrayal, redemption: There's plenty to hook readers in to this installment of Lia's saga and make them impatient for the volumes to come. Chicago Tribune\", \"Pearson's writing is beautiful, and her ability to twist a plot into knots keeps the reader wanting more. BookPage\", \"This thick book is fantastical and interesting (with a bit of mystery thrown in!)....There's a lot of mystery that spices up the book. It's not all about the mystery, but it's on the peripheral always, which makes it that much more interesting. USAToday\", 'Lia herself is a likeable heroine, and the selfishness in her act of leaving a kingdom in shambles for some future love is negated by her obvious naivete about political strategies and romantic relationships . . . Most intriguing are the two love interests, though, partly because of the way Pearson structures their narrating chapters. BCCB', 'Rich and exciting . . . a bold ending whets appetites for the next installment. Kirkus Reviews', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Much a Jew About Nothing - five short plays\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Beauty of Darkness: The Remnant Chronicles, Book Three\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpAfter the cliff-hanger ending in The Heart of Betrayal, Lia wakes to find Rafe, the prince of Dalbreck, stitching up the wounds she suffered in their escape from the Komizar. Fighting for their lives each step of the way, the small group of survivors finally return to Dalbreck only to learn that the king is dead. Pushed by duty, Rafe assumes the crown, but he loses Lia, who is determined to return home to her own kingdom, Morrighan, where she hopes to rally her father\\'s soldiers and repel the Komizar\\'s invasion. Unfortunately, her father is gravely ill, poisoned by his trusted doctor, and she takes on the role of regent. With only a few thousand troops, though, she knows Morrighan has little hope of surviving the upcoming assault. Still, Pearson has created such a dynamic and inspiring heroine that readers will be convinced that she can save her kingdom. This action-filled novel, set in a high fantasy world, has it all: romance, adventure, mysticism, and heroism. Hand this to readers of \"The Hunger Games\" and John Flanagan\\'s \"Ranger\\'s Apprentice\" series. VERDICT Fantasy fans will love this marvelous, high-action conclusion to the trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK', '', '\"Pearson has created such a dynamic and inspiring heroine.... Fantasy fans will love this marvelous, high-action conclusion to the trilogy.\" School Library Journal', '\"Full and rich.\" Booklist', '\"Pearson is an excellent storyteller.... She brings an ambitious trilogy to a rousing conclusion.\" The Horn Book', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Spectrum 2 Workbook\nDescription: ['The series features a carefully sequenced, systematic presentation of grammar and a comprehensive coverage of all four skills. -- Functions, themes, language, and structures are recycled in fully illustrated dialogues, vocabulary, readings, and exercises. -- Listening activities provide practice in hearing, understanding, and responding to spoken English.', \"Additional features of the course: -- Workbooks correspond to Student Book lessons and reinforce functions, structures, vocabulary, and pronunciation activities. -- Teacher's Editions contain teaching instructions interleaved with full-color student pages, along with answer keys (for Student Books and Workbooks) and listening scripts. -- Audiocassette Programs contain realistic recordings of conversations that provide students with listening, pronunciation, and intonation practice. -- A Test Program includes a placement test and two achievement tests for each level. -- Viewer's Guides offer a 4-page unit for each video segment with previewing, viewing, and extension activities. -- Video segments are 2 to 2-1/2 minutes long (50 min. in total). -- Video Teacher's Guides are available for each video level.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Fierce Highlander\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Requiem for a Doll\nDescription: ['In Requiem for a Doll Ellie White guides us through the surreal landscape of girlhood to sexual awakening. These startling poems read like small blood offerings; they swell with visceral candor and fang-sharp awareness assuring us readers that beauty, too, can be inherited from all we have lost.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: A Beautiful Poison\nDescription: ['', 'Full of suspenseJaw-dropping. First for Women', 'Lydia Kanguses her medical background to elegant effect in her historical thriller. She keeps the reader guessing through the final pages and beyond in this most enjoyable tale. Historical Novel Society', 'A Beautiful Poisonwill leave the reader questioning the morality of revenge with its immersive narrative and mortally flawed and intriguing characters. Lincoln Star Journal', 'With an erudite cast and mystery as morbid as 1918 New York in the grip of plague, A Beautiful Poison is as intoxicating as its title. Smart, compelling, and deliciously addicting. Kang is a deadly wit. Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Progeny and Firstborn', 'An absolute gem for murder mystery fans, with a perfect period feel and fascinating forensic detail. Lindsay Jayne Ashford, author of The Color of Secrets and The Woman on the Orient Express', 'An intriguing blend of history and suspense, A Beautiful Poison kept me guessing until the very end. Lydia Kang masterfully conjures up the world of early twentieth-century New York, and her characters are appealingly complex, making for plenty of satisfying plot twists. Ultimately, this is far more than a murder mystery: its a story about friendship, and the intertwined fates of Allene, Jasper, and Birdie will stay with you long after youve finished reading. Elizabeth Blackwell, author of In the Shadow of Lakecrest', 'The perfect blend of mystery, history, and science, Lydia Kangs A Beautiful Poison is an entertaining read from beginning to end. A classic whodunnit with a touch of dark humor, Kangs first adult novel will hopefully not be her last. Jennifer Hillier, author of Creep and The Butcher', '', '', 'Lydia Kang is a physician and author of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and currently lives in the midwest, where she continues to practice internal medicine.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Cook and Get Laid: Secrets to Panty Dropping Recipes\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Rescued by a Highlander (Clan Grant)\nDescription: [\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Siamese Cats 2007 Calendar\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Lady's Protector (Highland Bodyguards, Book 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Highland Bodyguards Series:
The Lady's Protector (Book 1) Heart's Thief (Book 2) A Warrior's Pledge (Book 3) Claimed by the Bounty Hunter (Book 4) A Highland Betrothal (Book 4.5) The Promise of a Highlander (Book 5) The Bastard Laird's Bride (Book 6)\", '', 'Emma Prince is the Amazon All-Star and Bestselling author of steamy historical romances jam-packed with adventure, conflict, and of course love! Emma grew up in drizzly Seattle, but traded her rain boots for sunglasses when she and her husband moved to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Emma spent several years in academia, both as a graduate student and an instructor of college-level English and Humanities courses. She always savored her \"fun books\"--normally historical romances--on breaks or vacations. But as she began looking for the next chapter in her life, she wondered if perhaps her passion could turn into a career. Ever since then, she\\'s been reading and writing books that celebrate happily ever afters! Visit Emma\\'s website, www.EmmaPrinceBooks.com, for updates on books, future projects, newsletter sign-up, inspirations, and more! You can follow Emma on Twitter at: @EmmaPrinceBooks Or join her on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/EmmaPrinceBooks', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Changelings :Twins of Pataybee 1\nDescription: ['Vol 1 Changelings & Vol 2 Maelstrom']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Tavish: A Time Travel Romance (Dunskey Castle) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"I have read time-travel stories before, but this has a new twist to it that had me from page one! The Celtic elements of the story are staggeringly beautiful. I also love the setting! There are secrets, and mysteries, and old friends renewing their bond and restoring their feelings for each other.
I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't need to wade through sex scenes, which these days have become rather boring and predictable.Absolutely delightful, funny characters. The main characters kept me guessing with their love/hate relationship. It was shown that even professionals have human wants and human feelings. Too many people think professional means less approachable.
I couldn't put this book down until I had read the last page, and then I read it all over again. Jane has a talent to keep you focused and engaged in the story, and its well-developed, character-driven pages take you away to another time and place that sweeps you up and doesn't let you go.
Love, mystery, Celtic druids, lost underground cities....lots of fun and adventure in the pages of this book!\", '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: For the Love of Flying: The Story of Laurentian Air Services\nDescription: [\"Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail is a researcher and writer who comes from a family of aviation enthusiasts. She has an M.A. in history from the University of British Columbia and has written articles for several Canadian publications, including The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine. She is an active member of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Faking It: BBW Billionaire Series (Fake Billionaire Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"Love should be something that lasts forever, not is lost forever.\" Visit USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, LEXY TIMMS https://www.facebook.com/SavingForever *Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.* Sign up for news and updates and freebies - I like spoiling my readers! http://eepurl.com/9i0vD Dealing in Antique Jewelry and hanging out with her awesome hubby and three kids, Lexy Timms loves writing in her free time. MANAGING THE BOSSES is a bestselling 10-part series dipping into the lives of Alex Reid and Jamie Connors. Can a secretary really fall for her billionaire boss?', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 1144 Paths to Happiness: The Emerging Science\nDescription: ['FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER w/DUST JACKET', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Candidate (The Black Mage Book 3)\nDescription: ['Praise for Rachel E. Carter\\'s USA Today bestsellingThe Black Mageseries:
\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"-Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine ', '', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.
Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.
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\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"-Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine ', '', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests. Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.
', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Higher Education Bubble (Encounter Broadside)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Kyla (The Highland Clan) (Volume 9)\nDescription: ['"Great book in the series, this story combines adventure, romance and comedy. The hero will make you laugh and cry."-Pauline S., Amazon Reviewer
"Kyla by Keira Montclair is one of those WOW stories.
The reader will find themselves thoughly invested in "Kyla", from the romance to the intense suspense to the fighting and more."-April R., Amazon Reviewer
"Keira Montclair has done it again. I have been hooked on her books since I read the very first one. Usually when an author writes a series they tend to get boring the more they write. Keira is all together a different story. Hers just get better and better. Every book I start I can't put it down." -Brenda O., Goodreads Reviewer
"10 Stars for Kyla and Finlay!!!! I can never get enough of this author's characters." -Ria R., Amazon Reviewer
"I find Keira's writing full of love and feeling between many of the characters as it is a Scottish clan. There is also excitement and suspense to keep you reading."-Roselyn S., Goodreads Reviewer', 'Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.']","rejected":"Title: Vidas Secas\nDescription: ['First published: 1938.\\nLanguage: Portuguese.\\nA novel by twentieth-century Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas (\"Dry Lives\") tells the cyclical story of a family of five: father Fabiano; mother Sinh Vitria; two sons; and dog Baleia in poverty stricken and arid Northeast Brazil.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\nDescription: ['“Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.” — Chicago Tribune
“A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn’t hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.” — The New York Times
\"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.\" — Esquire
“Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World’s Fair.” — USA Today
“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.” — Entertainment Weekly
“A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist’s soul.” — Chicago Sun-Times ', 'Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America\\'s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair\\'s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country\\'s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his \"World\\'s Fair Hotel\" just west of the fairgrounds--a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. Erik Larson\\'s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both. To find out more about this book, go to http: //www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.
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\"Move over Stephanie Plum, Abby Knight has come to town.\"
\"Ms. Collins has a flair for engaging characters and witty dialogue.\"', \"Kate Collins is the New York Times bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mystery series. She grew up in a suburb of Hammond, Indiana, one block from the family home of author Jean Shepherd, whose humorous stories inspired Kate at an early age. After a stint as an elementary school teacher, Kate wrote children's short stories and historical romance novels before turning to her true passion, mystery. She lives in northwest Indiana and Key West, Florida.\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dreams of Stardust\nDescription: ['\"Kurland is clearly one of romance\\'s finest writers--she consistently finest writers--she consistently delivers the kind of stories readers dream about.\"
Kurland out-writes romance fiction\\'s top authors by a mile. (\"Publishers Weekly\") Kurland is clearly one of romance\\'s finest writers-she consistently delivers the kind of stories readers dream about. (\"The Oakland Press\")', 'Lynn Kurland is the USA Today bestselling author of Stardust of Yesterday, A Dance Through Time, This Is All I Ask, The Very Thought of You, Another Chance to Dream, The More I See You, and If I Had You. She is also a contributor to The Christmas Cat, Christmas Spirits, Veils of Time, Opposites Attract, and A Knights Vow anthologies. A full-time writer, she lives in the Pacific Northwest.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 2013 Vasily Kandinsky Wall Calendar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dragonfyre\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning\nDescription: ['', 'About the NSCA', 'The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is the worlds leading organization in the field of sport conditioning. Drawing on the resources and expertise of the most recognized professionals in strength training and conditioning, sport science, performance research, education, and sports medicine, the NSCA is the worlds trusted source of knowledge and training guidelines for coaches, athletes, and tactical operators. The NSCA provides the crucial link between the lab and the field.', 'About the Editors ', 'Brent A. Alvar, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D, FNSCA, is a professor of health science at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction, registered strength and conditioning coach with distinction, and a fellow of the NSCA. Alvar was named the NSCAs Educator of the Year in 2016 and is a past member of the NSCA Board of Directors.', 'At Rocky Mountain University, Alvar served as the director, the associate dean and vice president of university research, the concentration track director for the doctoral program in Human & Sport Performance, and the codirector of the graduate program in health promotion and wellness. Alvar also served as the sport performance director and faculty member at Chandler Gilbert Community College while simultaneously having an appointment as an assistant research professor in the department of exercise and wellness at Arizona State University, where he earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Alvars primary research focus is in the area of physical activity related to human performance and occupational preparedness as well as the muscular strength and health-related benefits from resistance training.', 'Katie Sell, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F, ACSM EP-C, is an associate professor and coordinator of the undergraduate exercise science program in the department of health professions at Hofstra University. Her NSCA certifications include being a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction and a tactical strength and conditioning facilitator. She is also an exercise physiologist certified with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).', 'Sell has been a volunteer assistant coach for the Hofstra womens tennis program, a member of the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning Special Interest Group Executive Council, and a consultant to FireFit, which is an interagency wildland firefighter fitness task group. She serves as a physical fitness standards and programming consultant with various professional firefighting departments in the Salt Lake City, Utah, region.', 'Sells primary research interests are in the areas of physical activity promotion among college students and firefighter health, physical fitness, and exercise programming. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Utah, her masters degree from Southern Illinois University, and her bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin.', 'Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH, CNS, is a professor in the department of military and emergency medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and director of the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), the Defense Center of Excelleence in the area of human performance optimization. A certified nutrition specialist and fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Deuster is a coauthor of The Navy SEAL Nutrition Guide and The Special Operations Forces Nutrition Guide and the editor of The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide.', 'Deuster received the Special Operations Medical Researcher Award in 2014 by the Special Operations Medical Association. She is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and has served the Department of Defense on its Dietary Supplement Subcommittee, Food and Nutrition Subcommittee, Human Performance Optimization Committee, Population Health Working Group, and Operational Supplement Safety Initiative.', 'Deuster received her bachelors and masters degrees from the College of William and Mary, her PhD from the University of Maryland, and her MPH from USU. Among her athletic achievements, she has been a tennis professional, nationally ranked marathoner, and qualifier for the first womens marathon Olympic Trials in 1984.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Hunger (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Prisoners of Fear (True Crime)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Craving (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant has been praised for her \"totally addictive\" and \"unique and sensual\" stories. She\\'s the author of more than twenty novels spanning multiple genres of romance. Her latest acclaimed series, Dark Warriors, features a thrilling combination of Druids, primeval gods, and immortal Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her two children, a dog, and three cats in Texas. 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\"I love Keira Montclair\\'s books. She never disappoints.Lily is a beautiful character and it was fun to follow her carefree innocence.I can\\'t wait till the next book comes out.\"-Cheryl C. Amazon Reviewer
\"Another wonderful sweet read. Keira is a wonder and I can\\'t wait to read all her titles.I\\'m glad to list this author as one of my top.\" -Shema W., Goodreads Reviewer
\"This was fantastic! Keira Montclair did a superb job with Lily Ramsay\\'s story. I have laughed out loud throughout!It was a page turner for me. Again, I laughed from start to finish. This deserves well more than 5 stars.\"-Maria, Goodreads Reviewer', \"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Practical Poetry: A Guide for Teaching the Common Core Text Exemplars for Poetry in Grades 6-8\nDescription: ['Mary Pat Mahoney is a freelance writer and teacher. Her writing has appeared in both print and online publications. Additionally, her teaching experience ranges from early childhood to adult. She currently teaches middle school language arts in Texas. 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The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: How to Host a Killer Party: A Party-Planning Mystery\nDescription: [\"Warner, who has penned both mysteries (the Connor Westphal series) and party and activity books, has a wealth of background to inform the career of her amateur sleuth, San Francisco teacher Presley Parker. Recently laid off, Presley opens her own event coordination business, Killer Parties, and is soon offered the chance to plan the mayor's wedding/fund-raiser on Alcatraz. It seems like a great opportunity until someone murders the original party planner and the mayor's bride-to-be. Presley makes good use of her background in psychology and party planning as she investigates, but her scattershot approach to interrogating suspects and what seems like deliberate avoidance of a significant lead will frustrate mystery aficionados. Tidbits of Bay Area history and classic mystery references are overwhelmed by the frantic pace and vast quantities of suspects and albeit interesting supporting characters. (Feb.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Defending Hearts\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Merciful Lincoln: The President and Military Justice\nDescription: ['Dr. Lowry was born and raised in California and spent summers hiking the high Sierra. After pre-med and med school at Stanford, he received his MD in 1957, followed by internship at the county hospital in Minneapolis. Three years at UC San Francisco completed his psychiatric training; he then served two years at a US Air Force hospital in Texas. During forty years of medical/psychiatric practice he authored four books. In the fifteen years since retirement, he has authored a dozen history books, mostly centered on human behavior rather than on battles or strategy. With his wife Beverly, they created a searchable database of 75,000 Union army courts-martial, 1,150 Union navy courts-martial, and several thousand Confederate trials. One book won a Lewis & Clark award. Two more books are nearing completion. The Lowrys moved from California to Virginia to devote full-time to Civil War research. 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For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at sandrawrites.com.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Laird of Shadows (The MacDougall Legacy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Complete Knifepoint Horror\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Tempted (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Batman (1940-) #9 (Batman (1940-2011) Graphic Novel) eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Moon Struck (LaRue) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: CAL ATHLETIC STORIES: Volume I\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Seduced (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Hartford Mayor Ann Uccello:: A Connecticut Trailblazer\nDescription: ['A native of Italy, Paul Pirrotta holds a BS in business administration and an MBA in international business from Central Connecticut State University. He spent thirty-three years in international banking and served on the boards of business and educational institutions. He has traveled to and done business in over forty countries. He is the author of \"From Sicily to Connecticut\" and executive director of Casa Emigranti Italiani, organized to preserve the history of Italians\\' migration to Hartford.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sorcha (The Highland Clan) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['\"I\\'ve read every single one of the Ramsey and Grant books and they are all fabulous. Keira Montclairhas the ability to take you back in time to bygone days and throw you in the thick of it.\" -Ann, Goodreads Reviewer
\"Keira knocks it out of the park again with this story.Characters grow older, younger ones come up thru the ranks and into their own. Every book is stand-alone but to fully enjoy read in sequence.\"-Annette, Goodreads Reviewer
\"I find myself having a hard time putting her books down. They have brought peace to my hectic life and give me a place in time to retreat to while reading them!\" -Terre, Goodreads Reviewer', \"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Boo Humbug (The Boo Series #4)\nDescription: ['Move over Dickens, theres a new Scrooge in town. Of course, this one may be heading for a straitjacket. With Boo Humbug, Rene Gutteridge serves up a romping good read that alternately had me scratching my head and chuckling. And just when I thought the tale had reached its peak--a surprise ending that delivers the Christmas message with feeling. Tamara Leigh, author of Splitting Harriet
A touch of eccentric, a measure of Dickens, and a generous dollop of love,and you have the perfect recipe for Christmas. Boo Humbug! DiAnn Mills, When the Nile Runs Red
What fun! I enjoyed Boo Humbug from the first page to the last. With characters that come alive and a storyline full of clever turns, it had me chuckling, cheering, and even reaching for a tissue at the end. I think Ill have to start a new Christmas tradition reading Rene Gutteridges Boo Humbug. I loved it! Marlo Schalesky, author of 5 books, including Veil of Fire
Only in Skary, Indiana, would a simple production of The Christmas Carol devolve into a hilarious disaster. With her trademark blend of insight and wit, Rene Gutteridges return to Skary is funny, heartwarming, and an absolute delight to read. Melanie Dobson, author of Together for Good and Going for Broke
In Boo Humbug, Rene Gutteridge and her loveable cast of characterspresent a story of Christmas unlike any other. Charming, witty, and fun, this tale promises to delight readers for years to come. Diann Hunt, author of fourteen novels, including Be Sweet ', 'Rene Gutteridge is the author of several novels including Ghost Writer, the Boo series, and the Occupational Hazard novels. She is a published playwright with a degree in screenwriting and a decade of experience writing, directing, and publishing church comedy sketches. Rene is married to Sean, a musician, and is the mother of two. She is a fulltime novelist who lives and writes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Highland Fires (Druids Glen) (Volume 4)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Why People Don't Heal and How They Can by Caroline Myss\nDescription: ['A great book that remains timeless!']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Savage of the Sea: Pirates of Britannia (Pirates of Britannia: Lords of the Sea) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: What Are You Doing?\nDescription: [\"...captures some of the initial excitement of emergent literacy against a setting too-little seen in North American children's books. (Kirkus Reviews 2011-03-01)
...an inspirational example for emergent readers....Highly recommended. (Natalie Schembri CM Magazine 2011-02-25)
This is learning by chatting, in a society in which strangers are not dangers but fascinating resources and friends. (Sarah Ellis Quill & Quire 2011-04-01)
...a thoughtful offering for soon-to-be literates that just may get them thinking about the power of reading. (H M Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2011-03-28)
...captures the celebration of the printed page as seen through the eyes of a child who has just awakened to its magical possibilities. (Senta Ross Canadian Children's Book News 2011-05-01)
a book that should find a place of importance in school classrooms, home libraries and on your gift list for little ones. (Sal's Fiction Addiction 2011-06-14)
...the perfect book... (James A Cox The Mid West Book Review 2011-08-01)
...simple yet powerful... (Marya Jansen-Gruber Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews 2011-09-01)
... this book charmed me utterly. (Kid Tested, Librarian Approved 2012-07-14)\", '', 'Elisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead / Un barrilete para el Da de los muertos, Cousins (Primas) and Tricycle (El triciclo), which is on the Amricas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She is also the author of Why Are You Doing That?. She lives in Toronto.', 'Manuel Monroy is one of Mexico?s most celebrated illustrators who has exhibited his art in Mexico, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan. He has won the A la Orilla del Viento and the Noma Concours Encouragement Prize, and he has been included on the IBBY Honour List. His illustrations appear in Rooster / Gallo, Be a Baby (Se un beb), When I Was a Boy Neruda Called Me Policarpo and Why Are You Doing That? He lives in Mexico City.', '', '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Midnight's Warrior: A Dark Warrior Novel (Dark Warriors)\\nDescription: ['', \\\"5! Top Pick! An absolutely must read! From beginning to end, it's an incredible ride. Night Owl Romance on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT\\\", '5 Hearts! I definitely recommend Dangerous Highlander, even to skeptics of paranormal romance - you just may fall in love with the MacLeods. The Romance Reader on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT', '5 Angels! Recommended Read!Forbidden Highlander blew me away. Fallen Angel Reviews on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT', '5 Tombstones! Another fantastic series that melds the paranormal with the historical life of the Scottish highlander in this arousing and exciting adventure. The men of MacLeod castle are a delicious combination of devoted brother, loyal highlander Lord and demonic God that ooze sex appeal and inspire some very erotic daydreams as they face their faults and accept their fate. Bitten By Books on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT', '4 Stars! Grant creates a vivid picture of Britain centuries after the Celts and Druids tried to expel the Romans, deftly merging magic and history. The result is a wonderfully dark, delightfully well-written tale. Readers will eagerly await the next Dark Sword book. Romantic Times BOOKreviews on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT', '4 Hoots! These are some of the hottest brothers around in paranormal fiction. Nocturne Romance Reads on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT', 'Totally captivating and entertaining...Cursed by dark magic, the immortal MacLeod brothers are a force to be reckoned with. 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Now, as a tour guide at a remote Highland castle, she hopes to finally escape her pastuntil one impossibly gorgeous man enters her lifeand exposes her wildest secrets.', 'A WARRIOR IN LOVE', 'For centuries, Ramsey MacDonald has concealed his strength and skill as part Warrior, part Druid, for fear of unleashing the full force of his power. 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Hard-core romantic suspense loaded with sensuality.USA Today', 'RITA-nominated author Elle Kennedy is the author of the Killer Instincts Novels, including Midnight Captive, Midnight Actions, Midnight Pursuits,and Midnight Games. She grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a BA in English from York University. From an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer and actively began pursuing that dream when she was a teenager. She loves strong heroines, alpha heroes, and just enough heat and danger to keep things interesting!', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Painted House\\nDescription: ['Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Torrian (The Highland Clan) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Medical Marijuana Guidebook: America's First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers\\nDescription: [\\\""The Medical Marijuana Guidebook is the most comprehensive, reliable, unique, step-by-step roadmap to everything you need to know about the most valuable plant on Earth including how to get and stay safe & legal. No journalist on the cannabis beat is better informed than David Downs." --Stephen DeAngelo, founder of Harborside Health Center dispensary in Oakland, star of "Weed Wars", author of The Cannabis Manifesto
"The medical marijuana landscape in the US can be extremely difficult to navigate. The Medical Marijuana Guidebook is essential for those who want to maximize the benefits of the marijuana plant. David Downs provides a comprehensive look at the plant, its use and the laws that surround it." --Amanda Reiman PhD MSW | Manager, Marijuana Law and Policy, Drug Policy Alliance
"The Medical Marijuana Guide Book is a concise, well documented, handbook for people who need practical advice on negotiating access to medical cannabis. It's especially useful because it covers the gamut from state laws to doctors to caregivers and the types of cannabis preparations available in dispensaries, according to various state laws." --Dale Deutsch, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Stony Brook University\\\", \\\"My doctor just recommended I try medical marijuana. Now what? Award-winning journalist David Downs gets this question all the time. Thanks to the rapid advance of medical marijuana laws and research, Americans have entered a new era of treatment options for the toughest diseases. They have a lot of questions, and The Medical Marijuana Guidebook has the answers. This book is the first concise, professional, mainstream how-to guide to legally and safely access medical cannabis.
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 The steps to obtaining a doctor's recommendation for cannabis; 
 How to obtain a state medical marijuana ID card; 
 How to find a caregiver or dispensary;
 Popular medical uses for medical marijuana;
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 Terms like THC, CBD, indica and sativa, and the science behind the botanical.\\\"]\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Brightest Star in the Highlands: Jennie and Aedan (Clan Grant Series) (Volume 7)\\nDescription: [\\\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Studies in Character Building\\nDescription: ['Book by Ella Easton Kellogg', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Duke and the Dressmaker (The St. James Series)\\nDescription: [\\\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Burda Style Magazine Winter 2014\\nDescription: ['New! Burdastyle Magazine. Winter 2014 Issue. 40 Fashion sewing patterns. 20 full-size inserts and 20 free digital downloads. Evening shine - glamorous dresses and separates for any important occasion. Trends to make right now: bright colors, graphic lines and earthy textures. Expert tips - the perfect buttonhole; 101 guide to Burda patterns; demystifying the serger. A vintage dress gets redone in metallic boucle. The seasons hottest sewing products.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Seducing the Knight (Brotherhood of the Scottish Templars)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: James Blunt - Back to Bedlam (Easy Piano)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Captured by a Celtic Warrior\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Christian Marital Counseling: Eight Approaches to helping Couples\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girl on the Train\\nDescription: ['', '#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller A New York Times Top Book of 2015 AGlobe and MailBest Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Book of the Year AToronto StarBook of the Year AKirkusReviews Best Book of the Year
\\\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\\\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones
There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. The Globe and Mail
[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. National Post
Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages. Huffington Post [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl . . .liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. Cosmopolitan
Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. NPR
Compulsive reading.Marie Claire
[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. Entertainment Weekly Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. People
A natural fit for fans ofGone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,The Girl on the Trainwill have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com
The Girl on the Trainmarries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.USA Today
Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of the next Gone Girl.Christian Science Monitor
[A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The Boston Globe
Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, New York Timesbestselling author of Now You See Her
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice
Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, New York Timesbestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep
The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, New York Timesbestselling author
What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author ofI Am Pilgrim
Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Trains clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
\\\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\\\' Colette McBeth, author ofPrecious Thingand the forthcoming The Life I Left Behind
Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. The Bookseller
The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE
\\\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\\\" Terry Hayes
Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read. S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep
Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! Lisa Gardner, author of Fear Nothing
This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close
The Girl on the Trainwas so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of The Times. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Discovering Nature's Alphabet\\nDescription: ['When Melville wrote about nature\\\\'s \\\"cunning alphabet,\\\" he meant it metaphorically: humans, he argued, see in nature only the lessons they seek. But husband-and-wife team Castella and Boyl have discovered a literal alphabet in the natural world, and they present its examples in 92 lovely full-color photographs. The images span the grand (set against a backdrop of the Grand Canyon, twin branches of a juniper tree form a Y) and the minute (the vein of a yucca leaf curls into a Q), the ancient (the O of petrified wood) and the brand new (the curving G of a mangrove seedling). Leaves, corals, branches and shoots form most of the letters, though there are icicles shaped like an M, a gecko curled like a P and an inlay of quartz that looks like a U. The text is rudimentary and encouragingthe sort of thing that adults should ignore unless they are reading to rapt children: \\\"Nature holds a secret world filled with hidden letters. The best way to find them is to slow down and explore.\\\" Though it\\\\'s sweet and simple, this is also the sort of book that might spur its readers, young or not, off the couch and into the great wide readable world. (May) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \\\"Grade 2 Up Castella and Boyl have assembled a portfolio of photographs of natural objects that form individual letters of the alphabet. From beaches to deserts, they discovered letters large and small in vines and flowers, tree trunks and seedpods. The minimal text urges readers to undertake such explorations to find their own hidden patterns. Two to five photos for each letter provide plenty of examples to encourage such discoveries. Information on photo locations follows an explanatory afterword about the project. None of the shots was staged; the photos were not retouched. Obviously the book is not for alphabet novices. However, it would work well to spark interest in a number of subjects, particularly science, art, and design, and could be appreciated by budding naturalists. Stephen T. Johnson's Alphabet City (Viking, 1995) and Joanne Dugan's ABC NYC (Abrams, 2005) record human-made structures. All these books should stimulate readers to explore the world around them and to look more closely at their surroundings. Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Conquered by the Highlander (Conquered Bride Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Anecdotes in Ashes\\nDescription: ['The Assembly is a loose collective of authors who deal in dark fiction, Sci-Fi and horror. They are - B.C. Lawson D.G. Collins Dave Taylor E.J. Lada, Jr. Edwin Crowe Kelsey Donald L. Chan MuCalling T.W. Grim']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: A Knight's Vow\\nDescription: ['Set during the misty Middle Ages, when brave knights in shining armor rescued fair maidens and chivalry and honor were prized above all things, this quartet of novellas from some of the genre\\\\'s best-known writers takes the concept of the vow and spins it into four very different yet thematically linked medieval tales. Kurland leads off with \\\"The Traveller,\\\" a humorous time travel piece that tosses a modern-day woman back into the life of a 13th-century knight who needs to reclaim his inheritance. Patricia Potter follows with \\\"The Minstrel,\\\" her charming story of a lord who promises his dying mother he will only marry for love and becomes a traveling musician in order to find a woman who can make his own heart sing. \\\"The Bachelor Knight,\\\" Deborah Simmons\\\\'s story of a valiant but lowly born knight who is forced to honor an old vow and marry a lady so that she can retain her holdings, and Glynnis Campbell\\\\'s \\\"The Siege,\\\" a romantic tale of a knight and his reluctant intended, unaware of the other\\\\'s identity and trapped together during an assault on her family\\\\'s castle, nicely round out the collection. A worthy collection that should appeal to most medieval romance fans. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \\\"Lynn Kurland is the New York Times bestselling author of Stars In Your Eyes, Dreams of Lilacs, All for You, One Magic Moment, and the Novels of the Nine Kingdoms, as well as numerous other novels and short stories.
Patricia Potteris aUSA Todaybestselling author of more than 50 romance novels. A seven-time RITA Award finalist and three-time Maggie Award winner, she was named Storyteller of the Year byRomantic Timesand received the magazines Career Achievement Award for Western Romance. Potter is a past board member and president of Romance Writers of America. Prior to becoming a fiction author, she was a reporter for theAtlanta Journaland the president of a public relations firm in Atlanta. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Deborah Simmons began her career as a journalist, but left nonfiction for the world of happily ever afters. She's published 28 romances with Avon, Harlequin, and Berkley, along with an indie romantic comedy. Among her works are a USA Todaybestselling anthology and her popular series on the medieval de Burgh family.Two of her titles, A Lady of Distinction and The Gentleman Thief, were finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual RITA competition. Two other releases, The Gentleman's Quest and Glory the Rake, were up for the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence for Mystery/Suspense.Simmons has sold more than 2 million books in North America, and her work has been translated and published in 31 countries, with graphic novel editions available in Japanese.
Glynnis Campbellis a third-generation California girl who, when she isnt writing historical romance, does cartoon voices, is an avid traveler, the wife of a rock star, the mother of two fascinating children, and the beloved master of a pug named Worf.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Jews, the animated encyclopedia .. - .. Al Yahood / The Jewishes` Encyclopedia\\nDescription: ['']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: My Warrior (Knights of de Ware)\\nDescription: [\\\"Trained since she was a young girl in the skills needed to assume leadership of her clan, Cambria Gavin must take control earlier than she expected when her father, the present Laird, is brutally murdered by Englishmen who had sworn to uphold the Gavin clan's rights to their lands. Blaming Holden de Ware, the English knight sent by King Edward to assume control of the Scottish borders, for her father's murder, Cambria vows to avenge her father's death, even if it means fighting Holden herself. Now Holden faces an unfamiliar foe, one he cannot fight on a battlefield but instead must vanquish in a different way. With consummate skill and in realistic detail, Campbell expertly evokes both the richness and the brutality of the medieval world in her latest historical, the second in a trilogy featuring the de Ware brothers. Romance fans who crave action-filled historicals will relish reading about Cambria's and Holden's adventures as they battle their way to true love. John Charles Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved\\\", 'Born in Paradise, California, Glynnis Campbell (also writing as Sarah McKerrigan and Kira Morga) has embraced her inner Gemini by leading an eclectic life. As a teen, she danced with the Sacramento Ballet, worked in her father\\\\'s graphic arts studio, and composed music for award-winning science films. She sang arias in college, graduating with a degree in Music, then toured with The Pinups, an all-girl rock band on CBS Records. She once played drums for a Tom Jones video and is currently a voice-over actress with credits including \\\"Star Wars\\\" audio adventures, JumpStart educational CDs, Diablo and Starcraft video games, and the MTV animated series, \\\"The Maxx.\\\"
She now indulges her lifelong love of towering castles, trusty swords, and knights (and damsels) in shining armor by writing historical romances featuring kick-arse heroines. She is married to a rock star, is the proud mom of two grown-up nerds, and lives in a part of L.A. where nobody thinks she\\\\'s weird.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy and Character and Opinion in the United States (Rethinking the Western Tradition)\\nDescription: ['', 'Santayanas comments on American culture include invaluable observations about the pressure to conform in democracies, the vitality and youthful outlook of American society, the importance of humor and the love of quantity in America . . . . A welcome and substantial contribution.John Paul Russo, University of Miami', 'We need to retain Santayana in the intellectual history of the United States, not as a remote figure, but as a key observer of the American mindFor that very reason, this volume promises to serve an important purpose of preservation.Mark Bauerlein, Department of English, Emory University', '', '', 'James Seaton is Professor of English at Michigan State University. His other books include Cultural Conservatism, Political Liberalism: From Criticism to Cultural Studies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1996) and Beyond Cheering and Bashing: New Perspectives on The Closing of the American Mind (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green SU Popular Press, 1992), which he co-edited with William K. Buckley.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Claiming Grace (Ace Security)\\nDescription: ['\\\"High-school sweethearts Grace Mason and Logan Anderson both come from abusive households--not exactly the best training for happily ever after....but readers will root for Grace and Logan from the first.\\\" -Publishers Weekly', '', 'Susan Stoker is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose series include Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes, SEAL of Protection, and Delta Force Heroes. Married to a retired Army noncommissioned officer, Stoker has lived all over the countryfrom Missouri to California to Coloradoand currently lives under the big skies of Texas. A true believer in happily ever after, Stoker enjoys writing novels in which romance turns to love. To learn more about the author and her work, visit her website, www.stokeraces.com, or find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorsusanstoker.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Write Your Own Adventure Stories\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Black Mage: Apprentice (The Black Mage Series) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['Praise for Rachel E. Carter's USA Today bestsellingThe Black Mageseries:
"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something "extra". That extra punch that drags you in and won't let go. I hope you give it a try. It's THAT good." -Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore
"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up." -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!"-Margaret Faria, InD'Tale Magazine
"An intriguing story with enthralling characters that shine brightly in their determination and fierce pride." -Michelle Lynn, Young Adult Books Central (YABC)
"This has undoubtedly become one of my favorite YA fantasy series. Hands down, no competition."-Melissa, EverSoMela, top Goodreads reviewer
"Rachel E. Carter has a definite fan in me forever, keep doing what you're doing Rachel because you write an amazing story!"-Emmeline, The Book Herald, top Amazon reviewer
', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.
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']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Something Radiant Within: Guidebook Of Spiritual Awakening Meditations\\nDescription: ['My early years were spent on a family farm where our seven childrens father and I farmed crops to feed cattle, hogs and chickens. We had a dairy herd and sold milk, meat and eggs. There was always an abundance of fresh, healthy food from our garden. I look back to this now and am grateful for the years of living close to the land. In the 1970s a friend invited me to attend Unity By The Sea in Santa Monica, California. I had left the farm and my church of origin, and was attending many churches as I searched for a greater awareness of Gods Love. During the meditation, led by a soloist who sang, Something Within, my tears flowed and I knew God was that Something Within me. I began studying with Unity and never looked back. I was ordained a Unity Minister in 1982. Unity has published several of my articles and poems in the Unity Magazine and in The Daily Word. Often when I take my morning walk a poem, and sometimes a melody, streams through my mind. I repeat it until I arrive home and grab a pen and paper to catch it before it drifts away. Some of these poems are included in this book for contemplation. Sometimes the words coming through become chants or songs. I enjoy sharing these with the meditation practice which I lead every Saturday. We have been meditating together for more than four years and the loving-kindness of this community of friends has added immensely to the content of this book.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Blaze: A Dragon Romance (Dark Kings)\\nDescription: ['', '\\\"Scorching hot.\\\" - Booklist on Blaze
\\\"This series is a must read for paranormal / fantasy readers.\\\" - Night Owl Reviews Top Pick on Blaze
\\\"Comes to life and grips you...a hard book to put down.\\\" - The Genre Mix on Blaze', '\\\"Grant\\\\'s dragon-shifters can always be relied upon for steamy, intense romances and fierce battles.\\\" - RT Book Reviews on Passion Ignites', 'Soul Scorched is a must read. Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick!)', 'Ms. Grant does not disappoint the recesses of the heart with Soul Scorched. Reader to Reader', \\\"Donna Grant continues to build on the series... there is an attachment to the characters that you don't want to end. San Francisco Book Review on Soul Scorched\\\", \\\"Grant's fearless and passionate Dragon Kings...command attention. RT Book Reviews on Soul Scorched\\\", 'Charming and sizzling. RT Book Reviews on Hot Blooded', '', 'New York Times and USA Today bestselling authorDonna Grant has been praised for her totally addictive and unique and sensual stories. Shes the author of more than thirty novels spanning multiple genres of romance including the bestselling Dark King stories. The acclaimed series features a thrilling combination of dragons, the Fae, and Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her two children, a dog, and four cats in Texas.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Flavia and the Dream Maker\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: From Kiss to Queen\\nDescription: ['Praise for the novels of Janet Chapman
Janet Chapman is a keeper.Linda Howard, New York Times bestselling author
Full of intrigue and passionred-hot romance.Publishers Weekly
A perfect 10.Romance Reviews Today', 'Janet Chapman is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance novels, all set in the state of Maine, where she lives with her husband, surrounded by wildlife. Best known for her Highlander series, including Tempting the Highlander and Loving the Highlander, and her Spellbound Falls series, including The Highlander Next Door and Courting Carolina. Janet also has several contemporary series set on the coast and in the mountains.
When shes not writing, Janet and her husband are camping, hunting, fishing, and generally rubbing elbows with nature.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: College Algebra: Graphs and Models (Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen, and Sobecki's Precalculus)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: This is all I ask (de Piaget Family)\\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LYNN KURLAND
Both powerful and sensitivea wonderfully rich and rewarding book.#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs
Stepping into one of Lynn Kurlandsnovels is definitely one magic moment in itself.All About Romance
Clearly one of romances finest writers. The Oakland Press
A sweet, tenderhearted time travel romance.Joyfully Reviewed
[A] triumphant romance.Fresh Fiction
Breathtaking in its magnificent scope.Night Owl Romance', 'Lynn Kurland is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels and novellas including the Nine Kingdom series, the de Piaget Family series, and the McLeod Family series.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Immortal\\nDescription: ['\\\"An ingenious medical thriller, suspenseful and cleverly plotted.\\\" -- BookPage']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: FOOLS QUEST-FITZ & THE FOOL PB\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Divine Way of Life (Cure)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: ASSASSINS FATE_HB\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Metropolitan Opera 2017 Wall Calendar\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\\nDescription: ['Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.Chicago Tribune
A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesnt hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.The New York Times
\\\"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.\\\"Esquire
Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the Worlds Fair.USA Today
As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.San Francisco Chronicle
Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.Entertainment Weekly
A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelists soul.Chicago Sun-Times ', \\\"Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Journey: The Road to Empowerment\\nDescription: ['TaRae D. Peoples, Wife, Mother, Ministry Leader, Organization founder and president are just a few of the titles that this multi-faceted woman carries. Raised in Omaha, Nebraska with her older sister by their mother, who encouraged both TaRae and her sister to sing and faithfully serve the Lord, she was taught the importance of ministry at an early age. After becoming a single mother at the age of 20 the desire to encourage other young single mothers as well as women of all ages from a place of compassion and understanding became a constant driving force in her life. Today, TaRae serves as the Praise and Worship Leader of Eagles Nest Worship Center in Omaha, NE where she leads a congregation of 1500 into intense and impactful praise and worship several times a week. TaRaes personal story of triumph, empowerment and purpose has been shared with many across the country and is continuing to reach new audiences.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Heart of Betrayal: The Remnant Chronicles, Book Two\\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpFollowing the dramatic and tragic ending of The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014), Princess Lia finds herself incarcerated in the walled city, Venda, where she is surrounded by her country\\\\'s enemies. Seduced and betrayed by Kaden, now revealed as the Assassin who was sent to kill her, and tormented by the Komizar, the leader of the city, her only ally appears to be Rafe, the prince she ran away from in order to prevent a wedding neither of them wanted. When her true name, Jezelia, is revealed, the common people of Venda embrace her as the promised savior of their people, and Lia and Rafe begin to formulate a daring escape plan before she is either killed or forced into marriage to the Komizar. Fans of Pearson\\\\'s first book in \\\"The Remnant Chronicles\\\" won\\\\'t be disappointed in the sequel. The cliff-hanger ending will cause considerable angst as devoted readers will probably have to wait another year to find out whether or not Rafe and Lia survive long enough to make it home. VERDICT A heart-pounding sequel that fantasy fans will appreciate.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK', '', \\\"It's rare that the second book in a series is as good-or perhaps better-than the first, but that's the case here. . . . Anticipation for the next volume will start as soon as this one is put down. Booklist, starred review\\\", 'A heart-pounding sequel that fantasy fans will appreciate. School Library Journal', 'Solid and absorbing high fantasy, with a sudden breathless hook to the next installment. Kirkus Reviews', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cooking the South African way\\nDescription: ['Fabulous recipes - South African style.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Kiss of Deception: The Remnant Chronicles, Book One\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* She is a princess, and it is her duty to marry into an alliance. But 17-year-old Lia has her own opinion about that obligation, one that she puts into action when she escapes her wedding with her lady-in-waiting, Pauline. Determined, confident Lia thinks that she knows how to cover her tracks, and soon she and Pauline are working as barmaids in Paulines hometown. Now two new voices enter to help tell the story. One belongs to the prince whom Lia was supposed to marry. He is curious about his fled fiance and angry that she thought of a way to get out of the marriage first. The other voice belongs to an assassin who is sent by the Komizar of Venda to make sure that Lia doesnt change her mind and return to initiate an alliance that will harm their country. Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope. She never compromises her charactersespecially the multifaceted Liafor plot; each element motivates the other. There is also a richness to the descriptions that makes readers feel that they can see and even smell the changing landscapes. This has the sweep of an epic tale, told with some twists; its a book that almost doesnt need a sequel, but readers will be thrilled that it continues on. Grades 9-12. --Ilene Cooper', '', 'In The Kiss of Deception, a new realm is masterfully created, featuring court intrigue, feuding nations, breathtaking landscapes, and the gift of sight. Fans of the Game of Thrones series will enjoy the magic and fantasy in this timeless dystopian world. VOYA', 'After her strong Jenna Fox series, Pearson adeptly switches gears here from science fiction to fantasy, but her ability to write a romance featuring complex characters and a strong plot remains constant. The Horn Book', \\\"The Kiss of Deception has it all--beautiful writing, heart-pounding suspense, a fiery princess, and an epic romance that'll make you swoon. This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year! Alyson Nol, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Immortals\\\", \\\"The Kiss of Deception is a deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy where no one--no one--is quite what they seem. Full of lush writing and rich, complex characters, readers will quickly become enmeshed in the intricate web of lies that have been woven into the very fabric of the kingdom itself. A thoroughly engrossing read--I couldn't put it down! Robin LaFevers, New York Timesbestselling author of Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph\\\", 'This is the kind of story I love--a heart-pounding tale of magic and murder, betrayal and romance set in a richly imagined fantasy landscape. Cinda Williams Chima, New York Timesbestselling author of the Seven Realms and the Heir Chronicles', '*The first in a marvelous new fantasy series that is sure to find an audience with devotees of Suzanne Collins\\\\'s \\\"The Hunger Games\\\" . . . Romance, adventure, mysticism--this book has it all and it just may be the next YA blockbuster. School Library Journal, Starred Review', '*Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope . . . this has the sweep of an epic tale. Booklist, Starred Review', \\\"*Peppered with excerpts from sacred texts and traditional songs, the novel has a formidable heroine at its core, who is as quick with a knife as she is to laugh or cry. Pearson maintains the mystery of Rafe and Kaden's identities, pulling readers through this masterfully crafted story. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\\\", \\\"Pearson's first book in her Remnant Chronicles is thrilling. Readers will be hooked from the first page to the last and will find themselves eagerly anticipating the next installment. Pearson pairs a rich and varied plot with a fiery and headstrong heroine. Romantic Times\\\", \\\"Mystery, romance, betrayal, redemption: There's plenty to hook readers in to this installment of Lia's saga and make them impatient for the volumes to come. Chicago Tribune\\\", \\\"Pearson's writing is beautiful, and her ability to twist a plot into knots keeps the reader wanting more. BookPage\\\", \\\"This thick book is fantastical and interesting (with a bit of mystery thrown in!)....There's a lot of mystery that spices up the book. It's not all about the mystery, but it's on the peripheral always, which makes it that much more interesting. USAToday\\\", 'Lia herself is a likeable heroine, and the selfishness in her act of leaving a kingdom in shambles for some future love is negated by her obvious naivete about political strategies and romantic relationships . . . Most intriguing are the two love interests, though, partly because of the way Pearson structures their narrating chapters. BCCB', 'Rich and exciting . . . a bold ending whets appetites for the next installment. Kirkus Reviews', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Much a Jew About Nothing - five short plays\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Beauty of Darkness: The Remnant Chronicles, Book Three\\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpAfter the cliff-hanger ending in The Heart of Betrayal, Lia wakes to find Rafe, the prince of Dalbreck, stitching up the wounds she suffered in their escape from the Komizar. Fighting for their lives each step of the way, the small group of survivors finally return to Dalbreck only to learn that the king is dead. Pushed by duty, Rafe assumes the crown, but he loses Lia, who is determined to return home to her own kingdom, Morrighan, where she hopes to rally her father\\\\'s soldiers and repel the Komizar\\\\'s invasion. Unfortunately, her father is gravely ill, poisoned by his trusted doctor, and she takes on the role of regent. With only a few thousand troops, though, she knows Morrighan has little hope of surviving the upcoming assault. Still, Pearson has created such a dynamic and inspiring heroine that readers will be convinced that she can save her kingdom. This action-filled novel, set in a high fantasy world, has it all: romance, adventure, mysticism, and heroism. Hand this to readers of \\\"The Hunger Games\\\" and John Flanagan\\\\'s \\\"Ranger\\\\'s Apprentice\\\" series. 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Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Progeny and Firstborn', 'An absolute gem for murder mystery fans, with a perfect period feel and fascinating forensic detail. Lindsay Jayne Ashford, author of The Color of Secrets and The Woman on the Orient Express', 'An intriguing blend of history and suspense, A Beautiful Poison kept me guessing until the very end. Lydia Kang masterfully conjures up the world of early twentieth-century New York, and her characters are appealingly complex, making for plenty of satisfying plot twists. Ultimately, this is far more than a murder mystery: its a story about friendship, and the intertwined fates of Allene, Jasper, and Birdie will stay with you long after youve finished reading. Elizabeth Blackwell, author of In the Shadow of Lakecrest', 'The perfect blend of mystery, history, and science, Lydia Kangs A Beautiful Poison is an entertaining read from beginning to end. A classic whodunnit with a touch of dark humor, Kangs first adult novel will hopefully not be her last. Jennifer Hillier, author of Creep and The Butcher', '', '', 'Lydia Kang is a physician and author of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and currently lives in the midwest, where she continues to practice internal medicine.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Cook and Get Laid: Secrets to Panty Dropping Recipes\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Rescued by a Highlander (Clan Grant)\\nDescription: [\\\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. 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I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't need to wade through sex scenes, which these days have become rather boring and predictable.Absolutely delightful, funny characters. The main characters kept me guessing with their love/hate relationship. It was shown that even professionals have human wants and human feelings. Too many people think professional means less approachable.
I couldn't put this book down until I had read the last page, and then I read it all over again. Jane has a talent to keep you focused and engaged in the story, and its well-developed, character-driven pages take you away to another time and place that sweeps you up and doesn't let you go.
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\\\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\\\" -Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net
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\\\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\\\"-Margaret Faria, InD\\\\'Tale Magazine ', '', 'Rachel E. Carteris the USA Today bestselling author ofThe Black Mage, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests. Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.
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"Kyla by Keira Montclair is one of those WOW stories.
The reader will find themselves thoughly invested in "Kyla", from the romance to the intense suspense to the fighting and more."-April R., Amazon Reviewer
"Keira Montclair has done it again. I have been hooked on her books since I read the very first one. Usually when an author writes a series they tend to get boring the more they write. Keira is all together a different story. Hers just get better and better. Every book I start I can't put it down." -Brenda O., Goodreads Reviewer
"10 Stars for Kyla and Finlay!!!! I can never get enough of this author's characters." -Ria R., Amazon Reviewer
"I find Keira's writing full of love and feeling between many of the characters as it is a Scottish clan. There is also excitement and suspense to keep you reading."-Roselyn S., Goodreads Reviewer', 'Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Vidas Secas\\nDescription: ['First published: 1938.\\\\nLanguage: Portuguese.\\\\nA novel by twentieth-century Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas (\\\"Dry Lives\\\") tells the cyclical story of a family of five: father Fabiano; mother Sinh Vitria; two sons; and dog Baleia in poverty stricken and arid Northeast Brazil.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\\nDescription: ['“Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.” — Chicago Tribune
“A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn’t hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.” — The New York Times
\\\"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.\\\" — Esquire
“Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World’s Fair.” — USA Today
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“A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist’s soul.” — Chicago Sun-Times ', 'Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America\\\\'s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair\\\\'s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country\\\\'s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his \\\"World\\\\'s Fair Hotel\\\" just west of the fairgrounds--a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. Erik Larson\\\\'s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both. To find out more about this book, go to http: //www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.
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Alvar, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D, FNSCA, is a professor of health science at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction, registered strength and conditioning coach with distinction, and a fellow of the NSCA. Alvar was named the NSCAs Educator of the Year in 2016 and is a past member of the NSCA Board of Directors.', 'At Rocky Mountain University, Alvar served as the director, the associate dean and vice president of university research, the concentration track director for the doctoral program in Human & Sport Performance, and the codirector of the graduate program in health promotion and wellness. Alvar also served as the sport performance director and faculty member at Chandler Gilbert Community College while simultaneously having an appointment as an assistant research professor in the department of exercise and wellness at Arizona State University, where he earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Alvars primary research focus is in the area of physical activity related to human performance and occupational preparedness as well as the muscular strength and health-related benefits from resistance training.', 'Katie Sell, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F, ACSM EP-C, is an associate professor and coordinator of the undergraduate exercise science program in the department of health professions at Hofstra University. Her NSCA certifications include being a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction and a tactical strength and conditioning facilitator. She is also an exercise physiologist certified with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).', 'Sell has been a volunteer assistant coach for the Hofstra womens tennis program, a member of the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning Special Interest Group Executive Council, and a consultant to FireFit, which is an interagency wildland firefighter fitness task group. She serves as a physical fitness standards and programming consultant with various professional firefighting departments in the Salt Lake City, Utah, region.', 'Sells primary research interests are in the areas of physical activity promotion among college students and firefighter health, physical fitness, and exercise programming. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Utah, her masters degree from Southern Illinois University, and her bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin.', 'Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH, CNS, is a professor in the department of military and emergency medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and director of the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), the Defense Center of Excelleence in the area of human performance optimization. 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\\\"I love Keira Montclair\\\\'s books. She never disappoints.Lily is a beautiful character and it was fun to follow her carefree innocence.I can\\\\'t wait till the next book comes out.\\\"-Cheryl C. Amazon Reviewer
\\\"Another wonderful sweet read. Keira is a wonder and I can\\\\'t wait to read all her titles.I\\\\'m glad to list this author as one of my top.\\\" -Shema W., Goodreads Reviewer
\\\"This was fantastic! Keira Montclair did a superb job with Lily Ramsay\\\\'s story. I have laughed out loud throughout!It was a page turner for me. Again, I laughed from start to finish. This deserves well more than 5 stars.\\\"-Maria, Goodreads Reviewer', \\\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Practical Poetry: A Guide for Teaching the Common Core Text Exemplars for Poetry in Grades 6-8\\nDescription: ['Mary Pat Mahoney is a freelance writer and teacher. Her writing has appeared in both print and online publications. Additionally, her teaching experience ranges from early childhood to adult. She currently teaches middle school language arts in Texas. 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She also enjoys creating hot, Highland heroes and spirited lasses to drive them mad. She lives with her amazing and supportive husband in the mountains of North Carolina where she is no doubt creating another Scottish story.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Spot Goes to School\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Healing a Highlander's Heart (The Clan Grant Series-Brenna and Quade) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: [\\\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How to Host a Killer Party: A Party-Planning Mystery\\nDescription: [\\\"Warner, who has penned both mysteries (the Connor Westphal series) and party and activity books, has a wealth of background to inform the career of her amateur sleuth, San Francisco teacher Presley Parker. Recently laid off, Presley opens her own event coordination business, Killer Parties, and is soon offered the chance to plan the mayor's wedding/fund-raiser on Alcatraz. It seems like a great opportunity until someone murders the original party planner and the mayor's bride-to-be. Presley makes good use of her background in psychology and party planning as she investigates, but her scattershot approach to interrogating suspects and what seems like deliberate avoidance of a significant lead will frustrate mystery aficionados. Tidbits of Bay Area history and classic mystery references are overwhelmed by the frantic pace and vast quantities of suspects and albeit interesting supporting characters. (Feb.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Defending Hearts\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Merciful Lincoln: The President and Military Justice\\nDescription: ['Dr. Lowry was born and raised in California and spent summers hiking the high Sierra. After pre-med and med school at Stanford, he received his MD in 1957, followed by internship at the county hospital in Minneapolis. Three years at UC San Francisco completed his psychiatric training; he then served two years at a US Air Force hospital in Texas. During forty years of medical/psychiatric practice he authored four books. In the fifteen years since retirement, he has authored a dozen history books, mostly centered on human behavior rather than on battles or strategy. With his wife Beverly, they created a searchable database of 75,000 Union army courts-martial, 1,150 Union navy courts-martial, and several thousand Confederate trials. One book won a Lewis & Clark award. Two more books are nearing completion. The Lowrys moved from California to Virginia to devote full-time to Civil War research. They have four children and eight grandchildren.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The King's Executioner (Pict King Series) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Secondary Targets\\nDescription: ['\\\"Sandra Edwards delivers yet again a well-written book in Secondary Targets that any Mystery/Suspense lover will enjoy and any hopeless romantic will swoon over after reading. Amazing!\\\" ~ 5 Stars from BlackRaven\\\\'s Reviews.', \\\"NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY Bestselling Author Sandra Edwards writes award-winning romance in a variety of subgenres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) with her husband, two kids, four dogs and one very temperamental feline. 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For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at sandrawrites.com.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Laird of Shadows (The MacDougall Legacy) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Complete Knifepoint Horror\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Tempted (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Batman (1940-) #9 (Batman (1940-2011) Graphic Novel) eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Moon Struck (LaRue) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: CAL ATHLETIC STORIES: Volume I\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Seduced (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Hartford Mayor Ann Uccello:: A Connecticut Trailblazer\\nDescription: ['A native of Italy, Paul Pirrotta holds a BS in business administration and an MBA in international business from Central Connecticut State University. He spent thirty-three years in international banking and served on the boards of business and educational institutions. He has traveled to and done business in over forty countries. He is the author of \\\"From Sicily to Connecticut\\\" and executive director of Casa Emigranti Italiani, organized to preserve the history of Italians\\\\' migration to Hartford.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sorcha (The Highland Clan) (Volume 8)\\nDescription: ['\\\"I\\\\'ve read every single one of the Ramsey and Grant books and they are all fabulous. Keira Montclairhas the ability to take you back in time to bygone days and throw you in the thick of it.\\\" -Ann, Goodreads Reviewer
\\\"Keira knocks it out of the park again with this story.Characters grow older, younger ones come up thru the ranks and into their own. Every book is stand-alone but to fully enjoy read in sequence.\\\"-Annette, Goodreads Reviewer
\\\"I find myself having a hard time putting her books down. They have brought peace to my hectic life and give me a place in time to retreat to while reading them!\\\" -Terre, Goodreads Reviewer', \\\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Boo Humbug (The Boo Series #4)\\nDescription: ['Move over Dickens, theres a new Scrooge in town. Of course, this one may be heading for a straitjacket. With Boo Humbug, Rene Gutteridge serves up a romping good read that alternately had me scratching my head and chuckling. And just when I thought the tale had reached its peak--a surprise ending that delivers the Christmas message with feeling. Tamara Leigh, author of Splitting Harriet
A touch of eccentric, a measure of Dickens, and a generous dollop of love,and you have the perfect recipe for Christmas. Boo Humbug! DiAnn Mills, When the Nile Runs Red
What fun! I enjoyed Boo Humbug from the first page to the last. With characters that come alive and a storyline full of clever turns, it had me chuckling, cheering, and even reaching for a tissue at the end. I think Ill have to start a new Christmas tradition reading Rene Gutteridges Boo Humbug. I loved it! Marlo Schalesky, author of 5 books, including Veil of Fire
Only in Skary, Indiana, would a simple production of The Christmas Carol devolve into a hilarious disaster. With her trademark blend of insight and wit, Rene Gutteridges return to Skary is funny, heartwarming, and an absolute delight to read. Melanie Dobson, author of Together for Good and Going for Broke
In Boo Humbug, Rene Gutteridge and her loveable cast of characterspresent a story of Christmas unlike any other. Charming, witty, and fun, this tale promises to delight readers for years to come. Diann Hunt, author of fourteen novels, including Be Sweet ', 'Rene Gutteridge is the author of several novels including Ghost Writer, the Boo series, and the Occupational Hazard novels. She is a published playwright with a degree in screenwriting and a decade of experience writing, directing, and publishing church comedy sketches. Rene is married to Sean, a musician, and is the mother of two. She is a fulltime novelist who lives and writes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Highland Fires (Druids Glen) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Why People Don't Heal and How They Can by Caroline Myss\\nDescription: ['A great book that remains timeless!']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Savage of the Sea: Pirates of Britannia (Pirates of Britannia: Lords of the Sea) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: What Are You Doing?\\nDescription: [\\\"...captures some of the initial excitement of emergent literacy against a setting too-little seen in North American children's books. (Kirkus Reviews 2011-03-01)
...an inspirational example for emergent readers....Highly recommended. (Natalie Schembri CM Magazine 2011-02-25)
This is learning by chatting, in a society in which strangers are not dangers but fascinating resources and friends. (Sarah Ellis Quill & Quire 2011-04-01)
...a thoughtful offering for soon-to-be literates that just may get them thinking about the power of reading. (H M Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2011-03-28)
...captures the celebration of the printed page as seen through the eyes of a child who has just awakened to its magical possibilities. (Senta Ross Canadian Children's Book News 2011-05-01)
a book that should find a place of importance in school classrooms, home libraries and on your gift list for little ones. (Sal's Fiction Addiction 2011-06-14)
...the perfect book... (James A Cox The Mid West Book Review 2011-08-01)
...simple yet powerful... (Marya Jansen-Gruber Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews 2011-09-01)
... this book charmed me utterly. (Kid Tested, Librarian Approved 2012-07-14)\\\", '', 'Elisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead / Un barrilete para el Da de los muertos, Cousins (Primas) and Tricycle (El triciclo), which is on the Amricas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She is also the author of Why Are You Doing That?. She lives in Toronto.', 'Manuel Monroy is one of Mexico?s most celebrated illustrators who has exhibited his art in Mexico, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan. He has won the A la Orilla del Viento and the Noma Concours Encouragement Prize, and he has been included on the IBBY Honour List. His illustrations appear in Rooster / Gallo, Be a Baby (Se un beb), When I Was a Boy Neruda Called Me Policarpo and Why Are You Doing That? He lives in Mexico City.', '', '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":298,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":298,"string":"298"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hopeless\nDescription: ['Colleen Hooveris the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofSlammed,Point of Retreat,This Girl, Hopeless,Losing Hope,Finding Cinderella,Maybe Someday,Maybe Not,Ugly Love,Confess,November 9,It Ends with Us, andWithout Merit. She has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance three years in a rowforConfess(2015),It Ends with Us(2016), andWithout Merit(2017).Confesswas adapted into a seven-episode online series. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly subscription service offering signed novels donated by authors. All profits are given to various charities each month to help those in need. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Visit ColleenHoover.com.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Pushing Frontiers: Volume I\nDescription: ['George Kirby III has been interested in the known and unknown ever since his father and mother can recall.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Field of Prey\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* A couple of high-school lovers conclude an evening of passion in rural Minnesota by noticing a really bad smell. They inform the local cops, who find an underground cistern filled with God knows how many bodies and body parts. Its obviously not a job for local cops, so Lucas Davenport and his Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are called in. There are 15 skulls and counting when Lucas arrives. The early forensic examinations reveal the killings have been going on for years. How did someone not notice? Davenports usual partners are engaged in other investigations, so he teams up with Catrin Mattsson, a detective with the county sheriffs office. They seem a mismatched pair at first. She resents his wealth, and he sees her as a bit of a confrontational smart-ass. They wade through a couple of false leads, one supplied by an eight-year-old beauty pageanteer whose parents view the ensuing publicity as a big break. There are a couple other investigatory sidebars, but when the killer decides Mattsson should be his next victim, the case escalates quickly. Sandford writes best-sellers more often than most of us take vacations. This is as engaging and thrilling as any of them, even with a subplot that feels unnecessary. But thats like whining about Willie Mays striking out once while hitting four home runs in a game. As always, Sandford and Lucas are superb. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: You could say same old, same old, but in Sandfords case, youd mean another top-notch thriller destined for best-seller lists. Thats the good kind of same old, same old. --Wes Lukowsky', 'Praise for Field of Prey
One of [Sandfords] best. His writing and the appeal of his lead character are as fresh as ever. This author is a master writer and he pulls out all the stops to tell the latest adventure . . . For those who think they know everything they need to know about Lucas Davenport, this book proves them wrong. It also shows that Sanford still has some tricks up his sleeve when it comes to writing totally engrossing books. Sanford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers and this latest book shows whyIt is one of his best and that makes it something really special.Huffington Post
Consistently brilliant, Sandford shows the methodical steps inherent in such a case, without sacrificing plot, pacing or character.Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Sandford seems to top himself with each new installment; the latest is no exception to that rule . . . It doesnt get any better than Field of Prey. . . This is a series you must be reading if you are not already.bookreporter.com
As always, Lucas and Sandford are superb . . . Another top-notch thriller destined for best-seller lists.Booklist (starred review)
Suspenseful . . . Sandford has tricks to play to confound readers before the tension rises and leads to a violent and surprising conclusion.Publishers Weekly
Intense.Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Silken Prey
Sandfords Davenport novels are always very good, and this is the best one in a long time. Its suspenseful, witty, and wise in the ways of modern politics. And the conclusion is darkly unforgettable. A superb thriller. Booklist
The perfect summer read, as far as Im concerned. Stephen King on Today
Praise for John Sandford
[A] very skilled and smart writer.E. L. Doctorow, The New York Times Book Review ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Montana (Celebrate the States)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Field Of Prey (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: The Mandukya Upanishad: An Exposition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: No Way To Die\nDescription: ['\"The newest Danny Logan mystery holds up well and suggests a solid series is in store for those enjoying PI stories with personality.\" -Kirkus Reviews', \"M.D. Grayson is the author of the Danny Logan mystery series including Angel Dance, No Way to Die, Isabel's Run, Mona Lisa Eyes, and Blue Molly. He lives on an island near Seattle with his wife Michelle and their three German shepherds.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Mr. Grayson worked in the construction industry, as an accountant for six l-o-n-g weeks (square peg--round hole), and as a piano player on the Las Vegas strip. When he's not writing, he loves zooming about on two wheels-- bicycles and motorcycles alike. In addition, he's a pilot, a boater, and an accomplished musician who's always ready for a jam session!\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Noble Beginnings: A Jack Noble Novel\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Art of Shuriken Jutsu\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cold Fear\nDescription: ['Cold Fear bursts with suspense. The action is so intense, the writing so realistic . . . -- Romantic Times, TOP PICK in Suspense. July, 2001.', 'By Rick Mofina, author of IF ANGELS FALL, nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL, Arthur Ellis Awards.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: When Wood Turns to Stone: The Story of the Arizona National Petrified Forest (Exploring Nature Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Tesla Secret: The Project: Book Five (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['\"Alex Lukeman writes with a cinematic feel! His novels are riveting, meat-and-potatoes storylines, and a blockbuster success!\"~ MCS Film Review Team', 'Empty', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Frank Book, The\nDescription: ['Woodring, a modern master of hallucinatory cartoon fables, specializes in comics that look normal but aren\\'t. Woodring\\'s hallmarks are inventive, often bizarre creatures who inhabit otherworldly landscapes and dreamlike narratives. This book\\'s hero, Frank, is a catlike anthropomorph who lives in a surreal, exotic world. Woodring uses cartoon grammar brilliantly: within a single panel, he captures the round, loose style of classic animated cartoons and conjures the best of early Disney, while simultaneously acting as master engraver, with a quality of line work and elegant shading reminiscent of Gustave Dore. Many of the stories are in b&w, but when color appears, the palette is a cheerful kaleidoscope. For director Coppola, Woodring\\'s work is magical and \"maliciously oblique.\" While innocent Frank is principally defined by his curiosity, he isn\\'t without guile. The mostly wordless vignettes chronicling his misadventures are actually meditations on friendship, fear, consequence and cruelty, with a mixture of pathos, humor and gore that is often disquieting. His escapades also include a recurring parade of characters: Pushpaw, Frank\\'s faithful pet; the repulsive Manhog, perennially unlucky liege of Whim (a sinister figure with a devilish barbed tail); Faux Pa and Real Pa; and the Jerry Chickens, geometrically shaped fowl who play cards. Woodring\\'s talent is finally captured in a definitive collection that lives up to his genius. The production and design make it an outstanding gift for enthusiasts, and it assembles all the Frank material since the 1991 debut, including covers, illustrations, trading cards and ephemera for the completist. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'The total absence of dialogue in Woodring\\'s \"Frank\" is fitting, because words alone fall far short of conveying the ineffable nature of this exquisite comic strip. But here goes: Frank is a vaguely feline anthropoid who inhabits a lush landscape with other, equally peculiar characters, such as the grotesque Manhog, Frank\\'s recurring antagonist; Pupshaw, his satchel-like pet and protector; and Whim, a rail-thin, moonfaced devil. Frank\\'s quietly bizarre adventures generally occur when the none-too-bright creature\\'s curiosity lures him into fraught encounters with the other cast members or with the environment itself. Woodring depicts Frank\\'s disturbingly alluring world in a highly controlled but expressive, cartoony style that evokes early animated films, and which he presents in either stark, bold black-and-white or the brash colors of early Disney cartoons. The overall effect is compellingly enigmatic and completely convincing, comics art of a highly rarefied nature that doesn\\'t appeal to everybody but is as imaginative, daunting, and distinctive as George Herriman\\'s classic strip, \"Krazy Kat.\" Gordon Flagg Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Saving Grace (What Doesn't Kill You, #1): A Katie Romantic Mystery\nDescription: [\"Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses,experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Sarin Mathews Women's High Neck Swimwear Halter Bikini Set Swimsuit(FBA) M\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Leaving Annalise (What Doesn't Kill You, #2): A Katie Romantic Mystery\nDescription: ['Pamela Fagan Hutchinswrites overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).']","rejected":"Title: Why Kill Gayle? eBook\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Finding Harmony (What Doesn't Kill You, #3): A Katie Romantic Mystery\nDescription: [\"Corrupt island police and a Mexican drug cartel make a fast-paced, fun read that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and maybe even say a little prayer for a character or two. I couldn t put it down great read! --Sandy Weaver Carman, radio personality and author of The Original MBA Succeed in Business Using Mom's Best Advice --Corrupt island police and a Mexican drug cartel make a fast-paced, fun read that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and maybe even say a little prayer for a character or two. I couldn t put it down great read! --Sandy Weaver Carman, radio personality
The characters are completely engaging, and the story catapults us into action, adventure and mystery. Hold on to your hats! ----Hanna Dettman, voice actor
Clever, funny, and a page-turner from the very beginning. -- --Rebecca Weiss, attorney
The characters are completely engaging, and the story catapults us into action, adventure and mystery. Hold on to your hats! ----Hanna Dettman, voice actor
Clever, funny, and a page-turner from the very beginning. ----Rebecca Weiss, attorney\", \"Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile.If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Fully Brewed Christian: A Guide to Following Jesus in Our Custom Coffee Culture\nDescription: ['R. T. Moser is an American graphic designer, writer, small group leader, ministry volunteer and follower of Jesus. His heart for the gospel, its life-changing message and his experience serving others fuels his passion for using his writing and graphic design gifts to make a difference in the world. His latest book The Fully Brewed Christian is a small group Bible study centered on the teachings of Jesus and the challenges we face living them out today. The book includes thought-provoking discussion questions and a final exercise where the reader develops their own personal plan to become a more authentic follower of Jesus. R.T.s childrens short stories Pillow Story, Chocolate Story, Lemonade Story and Scarecrow Story teach important character and Christian values that are often hard to find in todays culture. They are perfect for one-on-one bedtime reading or for use in story time group readings in schools or church ministry settings. R.T. and his wife live, work and volunteer in Wheaton, Illinois. Together they have five young adult children. In their free time they enjoy exploring new coffee shops, bicycling, hiking in the mountains, sitting next to waterfalls and kayaking.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: When Dead in Greece (Jack Noble) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: FileMaker Pro 10 Bible\nDescription: ['', 'If you want to learn FileMaker Pro, you need this book', \"Before you start a FileMaker Pro project, make sure you have this detailed how-to from renowned FileMaker expert Ray Cologon. He draws upon years of experience to provide pages of solutions, techniques, and instruction you won't find anywhere else. Discover what's new in FileMaker Pro 10, learn efficient coding, and create industrial-strength databases with automation, scripting, security, and more. From the fundamentals to full-scale development, this is the FileMaker book you need to succeed.\", 'Learn data modeling and examine data arrays', 'Work with tables and SQL data sources, and migrate legacy data', 'Manage lists, calculate summary data, and document your code', 'Master scripting and the FileMaker Scripting Environment', 'Apply security and maintain the integrity of your data', 'Create custom functions and use standards-based approaches', \"Employ third-party tools and plug-ins to extend FileMaker Pro's reach\", '', 'Ray Cologon is a FileMaker Pro consultant, a member of the FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA), and a widely known and respected FileMaker Pro developer and solutions provider. Ray is the founder of NightWing Enterprises, based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been a speaker at FileMaker Developer Conferences in Phoenix, Orlando, and San Francisco over the past four years and is the recipient of an Award for Leadership and Technical Excellence in FileMaker Pro from FileMaker, Inc.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Deadline (A Virgil Flowers Novel)\nDescription: [\"Praise for Deadline
Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers expectations of Sandfords fiction: tense, smart and character-driven. Richmond Times Dispatch
Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sandford's best Flowers book to date. . . . There is a lot of drama and mayhem in this story and readers of traditional Sandford books will be satisfied for sure. Still if you like a little humor in your plots, this book will more than sate that desire. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time.Huffington Post
Theres a lot going on in Deadline . . . The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from the Sandford's Prey novels), the cast of eccentric supporting characters and the humorous dialogue.Shelf Awareness
Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve for the denouement of the dognapping case, and it's a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator that breaks no new ground but will keep the fans happy and add to their number.Kirkus Reviews
Stellar . . . Sandford is an accomplished and amusing storyteller, and he nails both the rural characters and terrain as well as he has skewered urban life in past installments.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Sanford balances straight-talking Virgil Flowers often hilariously folksy tone and Tripptons dark core of methamphetamine manufacturers and sociopaths; the result is pure reading pleasure for thriller fans.Booklist
Praise for Storm Front
John Sandford has the Midas touch. [Storm Front is] exciting, complex and funny all the way through. Virgil is a unique character [and] the beauty of Sandfords writing is that the narrative of the book is told in perfect harmony with Flowers personality . . . Entertaining reading all the way. The Huffington Post\", 'John Sandford is the author of twenty-four Prey novels; the Virgil Flowers novels, most recently Storm Front; and six other books. He lives in New Mexico.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: My Health & Wellness Journal: Keeping Track of My Sickle Cell Medical History\nDescription: ['Ms. Lipscomb, the author of \" Sickle Cell Anemia: A Mother\\'s Perspective What Every Parent Should Know\" created this health and wellness medical journal to help parents of children diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and individuals who have been diagnosed, to document their sickle cell anemia medical history . Ms. Lipscomb is actively pursuing a Doctorate of Education degree with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership and a minor in Adult Education. Ms. Lipscomb currently holds a Master\\'s of Science degree in Curriculum Development & Instructional Technology and a Baccalaureate degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Lipscomb has an extensive background in the field of Human Service, Substance Abuse Counseling, Licensed Childcare and working with children with Special Needs.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Burning Room (A Harry Bosch Novel)\nDescription: ['\"The pleasures of a Connelly tome are many: complex, Easter-egg-strewn plots, terrific minor characters, L.A.\\'s gritty underbelly. These aren\\'t mysteries you\\'ll forget. They\\'ll stay with you, even haunt you.\"Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly
\"You know Harry already. You know what to expect from the storyteller Michael Connelly. Both of them deliver superbly.\"Don Oldenburg, USA Today (3.5 out of 4 stars)
\"As always, Connelly pulls off a fast-paced, well-drawn police procedural. . . . Consistently entertaining . . . The Burning Room will more than satisfy his fans. . . . Bosch may be up for retirement soon, but I doubt anyone would complain if he did his thing for another 20 years.\"Steph Cha, Los Angeles Times
\"Connelly has the magic touch. . . . Connelly is one of the best crime writers in the business, and he continues to tell compelling character-driven tales.\"Jeff Ayers, Associated Press
\"A doozy of a tale . . . As long as Harry always remains patrolling on the margins of this series, its greatness is secure.\"Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post
\"Typically excellent\"Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
\"A searing success . . . The Burning Room is a terrifically satisfying trip.\"Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
\"[Connelly is] a master at construction.\"Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
\"Superb . . . Bosch shows himself once again to be the master and if he follows through on the retirement, his absence would leave an irreplaceable gap in crime fiction.\"Jack Batten, Toronto Star
\"The Burning Room offers a nuanced, nicely-honed performance from Connelly.\"Daneet Steffens, Boston Globe', 'Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-six previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellersThe Gods of Guilt and The Black Box. His books, which include the bestselling Harry Bosch series and Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than fifty-eight million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels and is the executive producer of the forthcoming seriesBosch, starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Dark Night and Brighter Days: 'reflections to Myself''\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite)\nDescription: ['', 'A Goodreads Best Book of the Month', 'One of the best books Ill read this year. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Touch and Go', 'Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact, especially in a climactic scene set in an abandoned mine during a blizzardwhich is melodramatic but nevertheless effective. Publishers Weekly', 'Yes, a conspiracy is revealed, but its an unexpected one, as moving as it is startling...The ending is violent, suspenseful, even touching. A nice surprise for thriller fans. Booklist', 'Starred Review: Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding...Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre. Library Journal', 'Well-written and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans...Though the pace lags at times, the characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans. Kirkus Reviews', 'My Sisters Grave is a chilling portrait shaded in neo-noir, as if someone had taken a knife to a Norman Rockwell painting by casting small town America as the place where bad guys blend into the landscape, establishing Dugoni as a force to be reckoned with outside the courtroom as well as in. Providence Journal', 'What starts out as a sturdy police procedural morphs into a gripping legal thriller...Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines. This Grave is one to get lost in. Boston Globe', 'This story captured my attention, and made me care about Tracy and Sarah and what happened to them. This is a compelling story, difficult to put down, and the ending was not at all what I expected. I loved My Sisters Grave and was drawn in from the beginning, and can easily recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery. Bitten by Books', '', \"Robert Dugoni is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series : My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath (September 2015) and In the Woods (May 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. Connect with him on Facebook @AuthorRobertDugoni and on Twitter @robertdugoni
Dugoni has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction, was a 2015 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year, and the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 20 countries and have been translated into a dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: 37 Utterley Silly Stories\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Castle Cay (Julie O'Hara Mystery)\nDescription: ['Lee Hanson, a Boston native and Florida transplant, is the author of The Julie OHara Mystery Series, including Castle Cay, Swan Song, Mystral Murder and Topaz Trap. Her novels, featuring body language expert, Julie OHara, have been called the answer to a mystery addicts prayer, a line that makes the author smile and keeps her writing.']","rejected":"Title: Christianity and Existentialism (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)\nDescription: ['Book by Earle, William, Edie, James M., Wild, John']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder One (Thorndike Press Large Print Thriller)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: THE POWER OF IDEAS: THE RISING INFLUENCE OF THINKERS AND THINK TANKS IN CHINA\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Every Young Man, God's Man: Confident, Courageous, and Completely His (The Every Man Series)\nDescription: [\"Praise for Every Young Man, Gods Man
Every Young Man, Gods Man pulls no punches in challenging young men to declare their loyalty to Jesus Christ early and not waver in a lifelong pursuit of His ways and plans. All important issues are explored with refreshing candor, from personal holiness to sexual purity to spiritual warfare and more. Every young man eager to make his life count will gain huge benefits from this book. Josh McDowell, author and speaker
EveryYoung Man Gods Man does more than just warn young men of the dangers that lurk in the shadows of adolescence. It gives them hope that they can overcome and conquer their fears. Every chapter is filled with the kind of practical, down-to-earth advice that will arm young men against the assaults of sexual temptation, peer pressure, and isolation.No overly simplistic solutions found here, just solid, scriptural principles that create Godly young men. My sons will read this bookvery soon! Ross Parsley, Associate Pastor, New Life Church
Kenny Luck has a brave and raw style that grabs you by the throat and, at the same time, gently moves you to want to change.He is able to talk about the dark, secret, and tough places that most guys would prefer to keep secret. He says things that others only think of sayingwith the clear intent to help guys experience God's love and power for their lives. Doug Fields, Pastor to Students at Saddleback Church, author, speaker, President of Simply Youth Ministry\", \"Stephen Arterburn is coauthor of the best-selling Every Man series. He isfounder and chairman of New Life Clinics, host of the dailyNew Life Live!national radio program, a nationally known speaker, and the author of more than fifty books.He lives inLaguna Beach, California.
Kenny Luck is president and founder of Every Man Ministries and coauthor of the best-selling Every Man, Gods Man. He is the area leader over men's ministry and a member of the teaching staff ofSaddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. He and his wife, Chrissy, have three children.\", '', '']"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hopeless\\nDescription: ['Colleen Hooveris the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofSlammed,Point of Retreat,This Girl, Hopeless,Losing Hope,Finding Cinderella,Maybe Someday,Maybe Not,Ugly Love,Confess,November 9,It Ends with Us, andWithout Merit. She has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance three years in a rowforConfess(2015),It Ends with Us(2016), andWithout Merit(2017).Confesswas adapted into a seven-episode online series. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly subscription service offering signed novels donated by authors. All profits are given to various charities each month to help those in need. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Visit ColleenHoover.com.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Pushing Frontiers: Volume I\\nDescription: ['George Kirby III has been interested in the known and unknown ever since his father and mother can recall.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Field of Prey\\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* A couple of high-school lovers conclude an evening of passion in rural Minnesota by noticing a really bad smell. They inform the local cops, who find an underground cistern filled with God knows how many bodies and body parts. Its obviously not a job for local cops, so Lucas Davenport and his Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are called in. There are 15 skulls and counting when Lucas arrives. The early forensic examinations reveal the killings have been going on for years. How did someone not notice? Davenports usual partners are engaged in other investigations, so he teams up with Catrin Mattsson, a detective with the county sheriffs office. They seem a mismatched pair at first. She resents his wealth, and he sees her as a bit of a confrontational smart-ass. They wade through a couple of false leads, one supplied by an eight-year-old beauty pageanteer whose parents view the ensuing publicity as a big break. There are a couple other investigatory sidebars, but when the killer decides Mattsson should be his next victim, the case escalates quickly. Sandford writes best-sellers more often than most of us take vacations. This is as engaging and thrilling as any of them, even with a subplot that feels unnecessary. But thats like whining about Willie Mays striking out once while hitting four home runs in a game. As always, Sandford and Lucas are superb. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: You could say same old, same old, but in Sandfords case, youd mean another top-notch thriller destined for best-seller lists. Thats the good kind of same old, same old. --Wes Lukowsky', 'Praise for Field of Prey
One of [Sandfords] best. His writing and the appeal of his lead character are as fresh as ever. This author is a master writer and he pulls out all the stops to tell the latest adventure . . . For those who think they know everything they need to know about Lucas Davenport, this book proves them wrong. It also shows that Sanford still has some tricks up his sleeve when it comes to writing totally engrossing books. Sanford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers and this latest book shows whyIt is one of his best and that makes it something really special.Huffington Post
Consistently brilliant, Sandford shows the methodical steps inherent in such a case, without sacrificing plot, pacing or character.Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Sandford seems to top himself with each new installment; the latest is no exception to that rule . . . It doesnt get any better than Field of Prey. . . This is a series you must be reading if you are not already.bookreporter.com
As always, Lucas and Sandford are superb . . . Another top-notch thriller destined for best-seller lists.Booklist (starred review)
Suspenseful . . . Sandford has tricks to play to confound readers before the tension rises and leads to a violent and surprising conclusion.Publishers Weekly
Intense.Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Silken Prey
Sandfords Davenport novels are always very good, and this is the best one in a long time. Its suspenseful, witty, and wise in the ways of modern politics. And the conclusion is darkly unforgettable. A superb thriller. Booklist
The perfect summer read, as far as Im concerned. Stephen King on Today
Praise for John Sandford
[A] very skilled and smart writer.E. L. Doctorow, The New York Times Book Review ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Montana (Celebrate the States)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Field Of Prey (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Mandukya Upanishad: An Exposition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: No Way To Die\\nDescription: ['\\\"The newest Danny Logan mystery holds up well and suggests a solid series is in store for those enjoying PI stories with personality.\\\" -Kirkus Reviews', \\\"M.D. Grayson is the author of the Danny Logan mystery series including Angel Dance, No Way to Die, Isabel's Run, Mona Lisa Eyes, and Blue Molly. He lives on an island near Seattle with his wife Michelle and their three German shepherds.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Mr. Grayson worked in the construction industry, as an accountant for six l-o-n-g weeks (square peg--round hole), and as a piano player on the Las Vegas strip. When he's not writing, he loves zooming about on two wheels-- bicycles and motorcycles alike. In addition, he's a pilot, a boater, and an accomplished musician who's always ready for a jam session!\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Noble Beginnings: A Jack Noble Novel\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Art of Shuriken Jutsu\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cold Fear\\nDescription: ['Cold Fear bursts with suspense. The action is so intense, the writing so realistic . . . -- Romantic Times, TOP PICK in Suspense. 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Woodring uses cartoon grammar brilliantly: within a single panel, he captures the round, loose style of classic animated cartoons and conjures the best of early Disney, while simultaneously acting as master engraver, with a quality of line work and elegant shading reminiscent of Gustave Dore. Many of the stories are in b&w, but when color appears, the palette is a cheerful kaleidoscope. For director Coppola, Woodring\\\\'s work is magical and \\\"maliciously oblique.\\\" While innocent Frank is principally defined by his curiosity, he isn\\\\'t without guile. The mostly wordless vignettes chronicling his misadventures are actually meditations on friendship, fear, consequence and cruelty, with a mixture of pathos, humor and gore that is often disquieting. His escapades also include a recurring parade of characters: Pushpaw, Frank\\\\'s faithful pet; the repulsive Manhog, perennially unlucky liege of Whim (a sinister figure with a devilish barbed tail); Faux Pa and Real Pa; and the Jerry Chickens, geometrically shaped fowl who play cards. Woodring\\\\'s talent is finally captured in a definitive collection that lives up to his genius. The production and design make it an outstanding gift for enthusiasts, and it assembles all the Frank material since the 1991 debut, including covers, illustrations, trading cards and ephemera for the completist. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'The total absence of dialogue in Woodring\\\\'s \\\"Frank\\\" is fitting, because words alone fall far short of conveying the ineffable nature of this exquisite comic strip. But here goes: Frank is a vaguely feline anthropoid who inhabits a lush landscape with other, equally peculiar characters, such as the grotesque Manhog, Frank\\\\'s recurring antagonist; Pupshaw, his satchel-like pet and protector; and Whim, a rail-thin, moonfaced devil. Frank\\\\'s quietly bizarre adventures generally occur when the none-too-bright creature\\\\'s curiosity lures him into fraught encounters with the other cast members or with the environment itself. Woodring depicts Frank\\\\'s disturbingly alluring world in a highly controlled but expressive, cartoony style that evokes early animated films, and which he presents in either stark, bold black-and-white or the brash colors of early Disney cartoons. The overall effect is compellingly enigmatic and completely convincing, comics art of a highly rarefied nature that doesn\\\\'t appeal to everybody but is as imaginative, daunting, and distinctive as George Herriman\\\\'s classic strip, \\\"Krazy Kat.\\\" Gordon Flagg Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Saving Grace (What Doesn't Kill You, #1): A Katie Romantic Mystery\\nDescription: [\\\"Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses,experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Sarin Mathews Women's High Neck Swimwear Halter Bikini Set Swimsuit(FBA) M\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Leaving Annalise (What Doesn't Kill You, #2): A Katie Romantic Mystery\\nDescription: ['Pamela Fagan Hutchinswrites overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Why Kill Gayle? eBook\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Finding Harmony (What Doesn't Kill You, #3): A Katie Romantic Mystery\\nDescription: [\\\"Corrupt island police and a Mexican drug cartel make a fast-paced, fun read that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and maybe even say a little prayer for a character or two. I couldn t put it down great read! --Sandy Weaver Carman, radio personality and author of The Original MBA Succeed in Business Using Mom's Best Advice --Corrupt island police and a Mexican drug cartel make a fast-paced, fun read that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and maybe even say a little prayer for a character or two. I couldn t put it down great read! --Sandy Weaver Carman, radio personality
The characters are completely engaging, and the story catapults us into action, adventure and mystery. Hold on to your hats! ----Hanna Dettman, voice actor
Clever, funny, and a page-turner from the very beginning. -- --Rebecca Weiss, attorney
The characters are completely engaging, and the story catapults us into action, adventure and mystery. Hold on to your hats! ----Hanna Dettman, voice actor
Clever, funny, and a page-turner from the very beginning. ----Rebecca Weiss, attorney\\\", \\\"Pamela Fagan Hutchins writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile.If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Fully Brewed Christian: A Guide to Following Jesus in Our Custom Coffee Culture\\nDescription: ['R. T. Moser is an American graphic designer, writer, small group leader, ministry volunteer and follower of Jesus. His heart for the gospel, its life-changing message and his experience serving others fuels his passion for using his writing and graphic design gifts to make a difference in the world. His latest book The Fully Brewed Christian is a small group Bible study centered on the teachings of Jesus and the challenges we face living them out today. The book includes thought-provoking discussion questions and a final exercise where the reader develops their own personal plan to become a more authentic follower of Jesus. R.T.s childrens short stories Pillow Story, Chocolate Story, Lemonade Story and Scarecrow Story teach important character and Christian values that are often hard to find in todays culture. They are perfect for one-on-one bedtime reading or for use in story time group readings in schools or church ministry settings. R.T. and his wife live, work and volunteer in Wheaton, Illinois. Together they have five young adult children. In their free time they enjoy exploring new coffee shops, bicycling, hiking in the mountains, sitting next to waterfalls and kayaking.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: When Dead in Greece (Jack Noble) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: FileMaker Pro 10 Bible\\nDescription: ['', 'If you want to learn FileMaker Pro, you need this book', \\\"Before you start a FileMaker Pro project, make sure you have this detailed how-to from renowned FileMaker expert Ray Cologon. He draws upon years of experience to provide pages of solutions, techniques, and instruction you won't find anywhere else. Discover what's new in FileMaker Pro 10, learn efficient coding, and create industrial-strength databases with automation, scripting, security, and more. From the fundamentals to full-scale development, this is the FileMaker book you need to succeed.\\\", 'Learn data modeling and examine data arrays', 'Work with tables and SQL data sources, and migrate legacy data', 'Manage lists, calculate summary data, and document your code', 'Master scripting and the FileMaker Scripting Environment', 'Apply security and maintain the integrity of your data', 'Create custom functions and use standards-based approaches', \\\"Employ third-party tools and plug-ins to extend FileMaker Pro's reach\\\", '', 'Ray Cologon is a FileMaker Pro consultant, a member of the FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA), and a widely known and respected FileMaker Pro developer and solutions provider. Ray is the founder of NightWing Enterprises, based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been a speaker at FileMaker Developer Conferences in Phoenix, Orlando, and San Francisco over the past four years and is the recipient of an Award for Leadership and Technical Excellence in FileMaker Pro from FileMaker, Inc.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Deadline (A Virgil Flowers Novel)\\nDescription: [\\\"Praise for Deadline
Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers expectations of Sandfords fiction: tense, smart and character-driven. Richmond Times Dispatch
Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sandford's best Flowers book to date. . . . There is a lot of drama and mayhem in this story and readers of traditional Sandford books will be satisfied for sure. Still if you like a little humor in your plots, this book will more than sate that desire. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time.Huffington Post
Theres a lot going on in Deadline . . . The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from the Sandford's Prey novels), the cast of eccentric supporting characters and the humorous dialogue.Shelf Awareness
Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve for the denouement of the dognapping case, and it's a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator that breaks no new ground but will keep the fans happy and add to their number.Kirkus Reviews
Stellar . . . Sandford is an accomplished and amusing storyteller, and he nails both the rural characters and terrain as well as he has skewered urban life in past installments.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Sanford balances straight-talking Virgil Flowers often hilariously folksy tone and Tripptons dark core of methamphetamine manufacturers and sociopaths; the result is pure reading pleasure for thriller fans.Booklist
Praise for Storm Front
John Sandford has the Midas touch. [Storm Front is] exciting, complex and funny all the way through. Virgil is a unique character [and] the beauty of Sandfords writing is that the narrative of the book is told in perfect harmony with Flowers personality . . . Entertaining reading all the way. The Huffington Post\\\", 'John Sandford is the author of twenty-four Prey novels; the Virgil Flowers novels, most recently Storm Front; and six other books. He lives in New Mexico.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: My Health & Wellness Journal: Keeping Track of My Sickle Cell Medical History\\nDescription: ['Ms. Lipscomb, the author of \\\" Sickle Cell Anemia: A Mother\\\\'s Perspective What Every Parent Should Know\\\" created this health and wellness medical journal to help parents of children diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and individuals who have been diagnosed, to document their sickle cell anemia medical history . Ms. Lipscomb is actively pursuing a Doctorate of Education degree with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership and a minor in Adult Education. Ms. Lipscomb currently holds a Master\\\\'s of Science degree in Curriculum Development & Instructional Technology and a Baccalaureate degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Lipscomb has an extensive background in the field of Human Service, Substance Abuse Counseling, Licensed Childcare and working with children with Special Needs.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Burning Room (A Harry Bosch Novel)\\nDescription: ['\\\"The pleasures of a Connelly tome are many: complex, Easter-egg-strewn plots, terrific minor characters, L.A.\\\\'s gritty underbelly. These aren\\\\'t mysteries you\\\\'ll forget. They\\\\'ll stay with you, even haunt you.\\\"Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly
\\\"You know Harry already. You know what to expect from the storyteller Michael Connelly. Both of them deliver superbly.\\\"Don Oldenburg, USA Today (3.5 out of 4 stars)
\\\"As always, Connelly pulls off a fast-paced, well-drawn police procedural. . . . Consistently entertaining . . . The Burning Room will more than satisfy his fans. . . . Bosch may be up for retirement soon, but I doubt anyone would complain if he did his thing for another 20 years.\\\"Steph Cha, Los Angeles Times
\\\"Connelly has the magic touch. . . . Connelly is one of the best crime writers in the business, and he continues to tell compelling character-driven tales.\\\"Jeff Ayers, Associated Press
\\\"A doozy of a tale . . . As long as Harry always remains patrolling on the margins of this series, its greatness is secure.\\\"Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post
\\\"Typically excellent\\\"Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
\\\"A searing success . . . The Burning Room is a terrifically satisfying trip.\\\"Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
\\\"[Connelly is] a master at construction.\\\"Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
\\\"Superb . . . Bosch shows himself once again to be the master and if he follows through on the retirement, his absence would leave an irreplaceable gap in crime fiction.\\\"Jack Batten, Toronto Star
\\\"The Burning Room offers a nuanced, nicely-honed performance from Connelly.\\\"Daneet Steffens, Boston Globe', 'Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-six previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellersThe Gods of Guilt and The Black Box. His books, which include the bestselling Harry Bosch series and Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than fifty-eight million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels and is the executive producer of the forthcoming seriesBosch, starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Dark Night and Brighter Days: 'reflections to Myself''\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite)\\nDescription: ['', 'A Goodreads Best Book of the Month', 'One of the best books Ill read this year. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Touch and Go', 'Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact, especially in a climactic scene set in an abandoned mine during a blizzardwhich is melodramatic but nevertheless effective. Publishers Weekly', 'Yes, a conspiracy is revealed, but its an unexpected one, as moving as it is startling...The ending is violent, suspenseful, even touching. A nice surprise for thriller fans. Booklist', 'Starred Review: Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding...Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre. Library Journal', 'Well-written and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans...Though the pace lags at times, the characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans. Kirkus Reviews', 'My Sisters Grave is a chilling portrait shaded in neo-noir, as if someone had taken a knife to a Norman Rockwell painting by casting small town America as the place where bad guys blend into the landscape, establishing Dugoni as a force to be reckoned with outside the courtroom as well as in. Providence Journal', 'What starts out as a sturdy police procedural morphs into a gripping legal thriller...Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines. This Grave is one to get lost in. Boston Globe', 'This story captured my attention, and made me care about Tracy and Sarah and what happened to them. This is a compelling story, difficult to put down, and the ending was not at all what I expected. I loved My Sisters Grave and was drawn in from the beginning, and can easily recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery. Bitten by Books', '', \\\"Robert Dugoni is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series : My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath (September 2015) and In the Woods (May 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. Connect with him on Facebook @AuthorRobertDugoni and on Twitter @robertdugoni
Dugoni has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction, was a 2015 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year, and the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 20 countries and have been translated into a dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 37 Utterley Silly Stories\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Castle Cay (Julie O'Hara Mystery)\\nDescription: ['Lee Hanson, a Boston native and Florida transplant, is the author of The Julie OHara Mystery Series, including Castle Cay, Swan Song, Mystral Murder and Topaz Trap. Her novels, featuring body language expert, Julie OHara, have been called the answer to a mystery addicts prayer, a line that makes the author smile and keeps her writing.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Christianity and Existentialism (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)\\nDescription: ['Book by Earle, William, Edie, James M., Wild, John']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder One (Thorndike Press Large Print Thriller)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: THE POWER OF IDEAS: THE RISING INFLUENCE OF THINKERS AND THINK TANKS IN CHINA\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone)\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Every Young Man, God's Man: Confident, Courageous, and Completely His (The Every Man Series)\\nDescription: [\\\"Praise for Every Young Man, Gods Man
Every Young Man, Gods Man pulls no punches in challenging young men to declare their loyalty to Jesus Christ early and not waver in a lifelong pursuit of His ways and plans. All important issues are explored with refreshing candor, from personal holiness to sexual purity to spiritual warfare and more. Every young man eager to make his life count will gain huge benefits from this book. Josh McDowell, author and speaker
EveryYoung Man Gods Man does more than just warn young men of the dangers that lurk in the shadows of adolescence. It gives them hope that they can overcome and conquer their fears. Every chapter is filled with the kind of practical, down-to-earth advice that will arm young men against the assaults of sexual temptation, peer pressure, and isolation.No overly simplistic solutions found here, just solid, scriptural principles that create Godly young men. My sons will read this bookvery soon! Ross Parsley, Associate Pastor, New Life Church
Kenny Luck has a brave and raw style that grabs you by the throat and, at the same time, gently moves you to want to change.He is able to talk about the dark, secret, and tough places that most guys would prefer to keep secret. He says things that others only think of sayingwith the clear intent to help guys experience God's love and power for their lives. Doug Fields, Pastor to Students at Saddleback Church, author, speaker, President of Simply Youth Ministry\\\", \\\"Stephen Arterburn is coauthor of the best-selling Every Man series. He isfounder and chairman of New Life Clinics, host of the dailyNew Life Live!national radio program, a nationally known speaker, and the author of more than fifty books.He lives inLaguna Beach, California.
Kenny Luck is president and founder of Every Man Ministries and coauthor of the best-selling Every Man, Gods Man. He is the area leader over men's ministry and a member of the teaching staff ofSaddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. He and his wife, Chrissy, have three children.\\\", '', '']\"\n }\n]"},"topic":{"kind":"string","value":"book"}}},{"rowIdx":299,"cells":{"uid":{"kind":"number","value":299,"string":"299"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.\n\n"},"prompt":{"kind":"string","value":"**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**\n\n"},"behaviors":{"kind":"list like","value":[{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: French Twist: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery (BookShots)\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
Richard DiLallo is a former advertising creative director. He has had numerous articles published in major magazines. He lives in Manhattan with his wife.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: New York City Black and White 2001 Calendar\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Deepest Grave: Fiona Griffiths Crime Thriller Series Book 6\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Federal Planning and Historic Places: The Section 106 Process (Heritage Resource Management Series)\nDescription: [\"Unique and valuable... the book for all who deal with Section 106 regulations to read and reread. (Thomas E. Emerson, (Illinois Transportation Archaeology Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Illinois Archaeology)
Thomas F. King, a long-standing leader in the ever-growing and transforming field of Cultural Resource Management (CRM), has done a great service to the historic preservation community by writing this book.... Any archaeologist who works in CRM or who is responsible for teaching students about the realities of practicing archaeology in the U.S. today should own this book. AltaMira Press should be congratulated for publishing books like this one in its Heritage Resource Management Series and filling a publication void. (Michael D. Petraglia American Antiquity)
[King's] analogy between chronic disease and regulatory procedures is funny as well as sharp-edged .... The goal of AltaMira's Heritage series includes producing 'practical guides designed to help those who work in cultural resource management, environmental management, heritage preservation, and related subjects.' This goal has been met by King's contribution. (Susan R. Martin Journal Of The Society For Industrial Archaeology)
If Historical Preservation Departments across the country realize the importance of King's work, it maybe come the essential supplement to those who would assure employment to thousands of archaeologists, historians, and preservationists. And, if this happens, it may turn the tide in preserving what is important to many Americans. This is a valuable work. (J. Christopher Schnell, Southeast Missouri State University Journal of the West, Fall 2002, Vol 41.4)
I would recommend King's book to students in academic programs that serve to train the next generation of historic preservation professionals.... Those of us who are professionally involved with historic preservation planning in the United States (and her trust territories that are also subject to the process) will find many, many sections of King's book to be enlightening, provocative, and interestingand funny to boot! .... King's book, as I have said,is wonderfully insightful. (Edward L. Bell, Massachusetts Historical Commission Northeast Historical Archaeology, Vol 29, 2000)
[Tom King] very nearly manages to bring what can be a complicated and arcane process into lay terms. Laced with humor, thought-provoking (and sometimes controversial) prose, and simplified examples, Federal Planning and Historic Places should assist anyone who wishes to learn about the 106 process. (Bill Callahan, State Historic Preservation Office, NSHS Nebraska History)
What makes this book especially valuable is the author. Thomas F. King has been involved in the Section 106 process since its inception, has taught section 106 classes for years, and has probably thought more about the regulation's evolution than any other person alive. (Darby C. Strapp High Plains Applied Anthropologist)\", \"Thomas F. King has worked in historic preservation since the mid-1960's,as an academic, a contractor and a government official. During 1977-79 he organized historic preservation programs in the islands of Micronesia, and from 1979-88 he oversaw Section 106 review for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology (emphasis archaeology) from the University of California, Riverside.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: iPhone: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box\nDescription: ['', 'David Pogue is the founder of Yahoo Tech, having been groomed for the position by 13 years as the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Hes also a monthly columnist for Scientific American and host of science shows on PBSs NOVA. Hes been a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning since 2002.
With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the worlds bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the for Dummies series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 120 titles.
David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. Hes won two Emmy awards, two Webby awards, a Loeb award for journalism, and an honorary doctorate in music.', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Delicious Lunches\nDescription: ['Hardcover, as pictured (ck)', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Dark Water: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
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The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
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Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
\", 'This is the 15th Matthew Scudder novel in 25 years, and readers of Block\\'s noir series know what to expect. It\\'s all here: a perfect evocation of the sights, sounds, and smells of New York City; trips to AA meetings in church basements; Mick Ballou\\'s bar; and the recurring characters such as Ballou, the streetwise TJ, and Elaine, the civilizing influence. In this latest outing, Matt and Elaine attend a \"Mostly Mozart\" benefit concert at Lincoln Center. At the same concert are a couple who are later murdered in their Upper West Side apartment. Then, the \"murderers\" are themselves killed in Brooklyn. Without anyone really asking him to, and for want of something better to do, Scudder starts to pick at this case until the whole story unravels before him to a startling conclusion. Every so often, the real murderer narrates a chapter, which adds a cat-and-mouse element. But those looking for fast action will not find it here the pace is leisurely, and characters and set pieces are almost as important as plot. Recommended, especially for public libraries, where readers will ask for it. - Fred Gervat, Concordia Coll. Lib., Bronxville, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.']","rejected":"Title: A Bed Of Leaves\nDescription: ['Privately published by the author in 2004.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Ready Player One\nDescription: ['', 'Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Hallidays fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.--Chris Schluep', 'I dare you not to fall in love with Ready Player One. And I mean head over heels in love--the way you fall for someone who is smart, feisty, and who can effortlessly finish your favorite movie lines, music lyrics, or literature quotes before they come out of your mouth.', 'Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future.', 'The story is set in a near-term future in which the new, new form of the Internet is a realistic virtual multi-verse called the OASIS. Most human interaction takes place via goggles and gloves in millions of unique worlds, including the boring (and free) public education world from which our teenage protagonist must escape.', 'Our unlikely hero is an overweight trailer park kid who goes by Wade Watts in real life, and Parzival to his best friends and mortal enemies--all of whom he interacts with virtually. Just like the Arthurian knight that is his namesake, young Wade is on a quest for an incredible treasure guarded by mythical creatures. Specifically, the creator of the OASIS and richest man on the planet, James Halliday, stipulated in his will that his fortune be given to the first person who can find an Easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS. The catch? Every devilishly complex clue on this treasure hunt is rooted in an intimate knowledge of 1980s pop culture.', 'This leaves the people of the future hilariously obsessed with every aspect of the 1980s. The setup is particularly brilliant, because Ernie Cline seems to have a laser-beam knowledge of (and warm, fuzzy love for) every pop song, arcade game, and giant robot produced in the last thirty years. Seriously, this is a guy who owns and regularly drives a 1982 DeLorean that has been mocked up to look exactly like the time-traveling car in Back to the Future, complete with a glowing flux capacitor.', 'But Ready Player One isnt just a fanboys wet dream. Real villains are lurking, threatening our hero with death in their ruthless hunt for the treasure. Worse, these corporate baddies are posers with no love for the game they have movie dialogue piped in via radio earpieces, use bots to cheat at arcade games like JOUST, and dont hesitate to terrorize or murder people in the real world to achieve their aims inside the OASIS.', 'As the book climaxes, a mega-battle unfolds with sobering life-or-death stakes, yet soldiered entirely by exciting and downright fun pop-culture icons. The bad guys are piloting a ferocious Mechagodzilla. Our good guy has to leave his X-Wing fighter aboard his private flotilla so that he can pilot an authentic Ultraman recreation. And how do you not grin when someone dons a pair of virtual Chuck Taylor All Stars that bestow the power of flight?', 'Cline is fearless and he lets his imagination soar, yet this pop scenery could easily come off as so much fluff. Instead, Cline keeps the stakes high throughout, and the epic treasure hunt structure (complete with an evolving high-score list) keeps the action intense. The plot unfolds with constant acceleration, never slowing down or sagging in the middle, to create a thrilling ride with a fulfilling ending.', 'Best of all, the book captures the aura of the manifold worlds it depicts. If Ready Player One were a living room, it would be wood-panelled. If it were shoes, it would be high-tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be Eye of the Tiger.', 'I really, really loved it.', '-- Daniel H. Wilson', 'Questions for Ernest Cline, Author of Ready Player One', 'Q) So it seems youre a bit of a pop-culture buff. In your debut novel Ready Player One you incorporate literally hundreds of pop culture references, many of them in ways that are integral to the books plot. Whats the first thing you remember geeking out over?', 'A)Sesame Street and the Muppets. I thought Jim Henson ruled the universe. I even thought it was pretty cool that I shared my first name with a muppet. Until the first day of kindergarten, when I quickly learned that \"Ernie\" was not a cool name to have. That was about the time I segued into my next childhood obsession, Star Wars.', 'Q) Like the books hero, you possess a horrifyingly deep knowledge of a terrifyingly broad swathe of culture, ranging from John Hughes movies to super-obscure Japanese animation to 8-bit videogames to science-fiction and fantasy literature to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. What the heck is wrong with you?! How do you have so much time on your hands?', 'A) Well, Im raising a toddler now, so I dont have as much time to geek out as I used to. I think I amassed a lot of that knowledge during my youth. Like most geeks, I was a sponge for all kinds of movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games. Then as an adult, I worked at a long series of low paying tech support jobs that allowed me to surf the Internet all day, and I spent a lot of my cubicle time looking up obscure pop culture minutiae from my childhood while I waited for people to reboot their PCs. Of course, I spent most of my off hours geeking out, too. Luckily, all those hours can now be classified as \"research\" for my novel.', 'Q) Youre stranded on an island and you can only take one movie with you. What is it?', 'A) Easy! The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition. (Can I take all of the DVD Extras and Making of Documentaries, too?)', 'Q) Youre given free tickets and back stage passes to one concert (artist can be living or dead)- who is it and why?', 'A) Are we talking about time travel back to a specific concert in the past here? Because it would be pretty cool to stand on the roof of Apple Records and watch the Beatles jam up there. But my favorite rock band thats still together is RUSH, and I just bought tickets to see them this June!', 'Q) Favorite book of all time.', 'A) Thats an impossible question! I could maybe give you three favorites: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.', 'Q) Best failed TV show pilot available on Youtube?', 'A) The unaired Batgirl pilot starring Yvonne Craig.', 'Q) Favorite episode of Cowboy Bebop?', 'A) Ganymede Elegy. Or maybe Boogie Woogie Feng Shui.', 'Q) Whats the first arcade game you ever played? Whats your favorite?', 'A) I was deflowered by Space Invaders. My all time favorite coin-op game was probably Black Tiger.', 'Q) Your idea of the perfect day...', 'A) Play Black Tiger. Then go see Big Trouble in Little China at the Alamo Drafthouse with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter doing a live Q&A afterwards. When I get home that night, I accidentally invent a cheap abundant clean energy source that saves human civilization. I celebrate by staying up late to watch old Ultraman episodes with my daughter (who loves Ultraman even more than I do).', 'Q) True or False. We hear you own a DeLorean and that you plan on tricking it out to be a time-travelling, Ghostbusting, Knight-Rider car.', 'A) False. I actually plan on tricking it out to be a time-traveling Ghostbusting Knight Riding Jet Car. Its going to have both a Flux Capacitor and an Oscillation Overthruster in it, so that my Delorean can travel through time AND solid matter. My personalized plates are ECTO88, just like a DeLorean that appears in my book.', '(Im so glad that you asked this question, because now I can justify buying the car as a \"promotional tool\" for my book. Everyone reading this is a witness! My DeLorean is helping me promote my book! The fact that Ive wanted one since I was ten years old is totally irrelevant!)', 'Q) Speaking of DeLoreans: biggest plot hole in the Back to The Future Films?', 'A) The Back to The Future Trilogy is perfect and contains no plot holes! Except for the plot hole inherent in nearly all time travel films: The planet Earth is moving through space at an immense speed at all times. So if you travel back in time, you are traveling to a time when the Earth was in a different location, and you and your time machine would appear somewhere out in deep space. For a time machine to be useful, it also needs to be able to teleport you to wherever the Earth was/is at your destination time.', 'Q) But there are two DeLoreans in 1885--why doesnt Doc dig out the one he buried in a cave for Marty to find in 1955 and use the gasoline from it to get the other DeLorean up to 88mph?', 'A) Doc would have drained the gas tank before he stored a car for 80 years, so there wouldnt have been any gas. And tampering with the DeLorean in the cave at all could conceivably create a universe-ending paradox, because it has to be in the cave for Marty to get back to 1885 in the first place. Totally not a plot hole!', '', '', 'The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a nerdgasm [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy cultureBut Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Triggers memories and emotions embedded in the psyche of a generation...[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-Entertainment Weekly
A most excellent ridethe conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their questfully satisfying.Boston Globe
EnchantingWilly Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don\\'t have to be a geek to get it.USA Today
Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don\\'t have to remember the Reagan administration to love it[Cline] takes a far-out premise and engages the reader instantlyYou\\'ll wish you could make it go on and on.NPR.org
A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novelThis novel\\'s large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight[but] even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.Cleveland Plain Dealer
The grown-up\\'s \\'Harry Potterthe mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline\\'s world are simply astounding.READY PLAYER ONEhas it all.Huffington Post
Incredibly entertainingDrawing on everything from \"Back to the Future\" to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson\\'s groundbreaking \"Snow Crash,\" Cline has madeREADY PLAYER ONEa geek fantasia, \\'80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.Austin American-Statesman
\"READY PLAYER ONEis the ultimate lottery ticket.\"New York Daily News
\"This non-gamer loved every page of READY PLAYER ONE.\"Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series
A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late 20th century. . . But its also a great read for anyone who likes a good book.Wired.com
Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut.Daily Mail (UK)
A gunshot of fun with a wicked sense of timing and a cast of characters that you\\'re pumping your fist in the air with whenever they succeed. I haven\\'t been this much on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.Chicago Reader
A rollicking, surprise-laden, potboiling, thrilling adventure story. I loved every sentence of this bookMark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
\"A \\'frakking\\' good read [featuring] incredible creative detailI grinned at the sheer audacity of Cline\\'s imagination.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
[A] fantastic page-turner.READY PLAYER ONEmay be science fiction, but it\\'s also written for people who have never picked up an SF novel in their lives\"Annalee Newitz, io9.com
\"Fascinating and imaginativeIt\\'s non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride.\"Terry Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shannara series
I was blown away by this bookA book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-upcall this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generations Neuromancer.Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance
I really, really loved READY PLAYER ONECline expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse
A nerdgasmimagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made hot, sweet love, and their child was raised in Azeroth.John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Old Mans War
Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. I felt like it was written just for me.Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wise Mans Fear
An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Clines imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe.Booklist, starred review
\"This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest through a virtual world, is loaded with enough 1980s nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week ', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Prepare 4 Takeoff!: Overcome Beliefs & Behaviors Blocking Your Best Life\nDescription: ['Antoine K. Garrett, \"Coach AG\", is a fresh new voice in the literary field. Antoine is a Minister, Life Coach and Author. Antoine coaches clients and leads workshops to empower & equip others to understand the power of positive decisions. He was born in Poughkeepsie, NY. He is a proud graduate of Hampton University. Connect with Antoine on Social Media: @TheCoachAG - Antoine K. Garrett', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: NYPD Red\nDescription: ['Acclaim for James Patterson
\"I can\\'t believe how good Patterson is, whether he\\'s doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down.\"Larry King, USA Today,
\"You just can\\'t beat James Patterson when it comes to suspense. He\\'s the king...make that the emperor of contemporary suspense fiction.\"Rebeccareads.com
\"America\\'s #1 storyteller.\"Forbes
\"Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves the plot along. It\\'s what fires off the movie projector in the reader\\'s mind.\"Michael Connelly
\"Patterson knows how to keep the pages turning.\"David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle', \"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Calorie King Food & Exercise Journal (Paperback)\nDescription: ['Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Unlucky 13 (Women's Murder Club)\nDescription: ['FANS LOVE THE WOMEN\\'S MURDER CLUB!
\"Those who haven\\'t read any of the novels in the Women\\'s Murder Club series are cheating themselves.\"BookReporter.com
\"I can\\'t believe how good Patterson is, whether he\\'s doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down.\"Larry King, USA Today
\"Patterson and Paetro are at their best here, weaving a number of plots together to create a novel that dips and flows across genre lines.... A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging.\"BookReporter.com', \"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \"]","rejected":"Title: Write It Right: The Ground Rules for Self-Editing Like the Pros\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder Games\nDescription: ['Praise for Murder Games:', '', 'James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Something Instinctual\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The People vs. Alex Cross\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Stunning Pictures of Cartier Montblanc Parker and Pelikan pens - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Haunted (Michael Bennett)\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four college and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Luther and Luthertum: Ergnzungen - Scholar's Choice Edition\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club)\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Iron Man by Kurt Busiek & Sean Chen Omnibus\nDescription: ['\"A worthy collection ... the mammoth book collects all 25 issues of Kurt & Sean\\'s run along with the 1999 Annual, Iron Man & Captain America Annual, Iron Man: The Iron Age, [and 7 crossover issues]. Other artists represented here is a pretty impressive collection: Patrick Zircher, Andy Kubert, Derec Aucoin, George Perez, Sal Larcocca, Terry Shoemaker, & John Romita, Jr. [Issues #14-25] were co-written by Roger Stern, and the one-offs were handled by Richard Howell, Mark Waid, Chris Claremont, Joe Casey, Dan Jurgens, and Howard Mackie ... a formidable line-up of talent.\" -- Robert Greenberger
\"... tremendous storytelling. Chen\\'s artwork is at its pinnacle, and [Busiek\\'s] writing for Iron Man was sharp and crisp ... Nothing else compares to getting the Iron Man Omnibus.\" -- Adam Chapman
\"Busiek and Chen\\'s run on the book is one of the absolute best ever...there\\'s plenty of revitalization of classic villains like the Mandarin, Firebrand, Whiplash, the Controller, Count Neferia, Ultimo, M.O.D.O.K and Fin Fang Foom! With War Machine awesomeness! Creative appearances from George Prez, John Romita Jr., Andy Kubert, Patrick Zircher, Mark Waid, Chris Claremont, Roger Stern, and many others! And if that\\'s not enough, there are crossovers with Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers! This is literarily heavy metal!\" -- KC Carlson', '\"Iron Man was the Marvel book I always wanted to write, but it wasn\\'t because I was a huge fan of the series. There are runs I like enormously, notably Archie Goodwin\\'s run on the character, but what made me want to write Iron Man was that I saw so much potential in the character, potential that I thought was only partly-realized in the various runs of the past. \"I was very lucky to get to work with Sean [Chen], and with Patrick Zircher as well. Sean\\'s work had an incredible style, a slick, polished look that really served Tony\\'s world well ... Patrick is just a great storyteller, with a lot of power and energy to his work. \"Roger Stern joined me as co-writer when I was over-committed and getting sick. On Avengers Forever, we\\'d co-plot the stories and I\\'d dialogue them, on Iron Man we\\'d co-plot and Roger would dialogue them, and it\\'s always a treat to work with Roger, who has a great depth of knowledge of Marvel history and a great sense of story structure and character.\" \"I\\'m a little surprised at just how much of what I did with Iron Man turned up in the movies. I don\\'t think Jon Favreau was looking to my run as source material, really -- just that we were drawing on the same inspirations for a lot of what we did. I brought back Happy and Pepper after years of disuse, and so did he. I used Whiplash and War Machine, so did he. That\\'s just us having similar tastes in cool Iron Man material. Some of the stuff, I introduced -- the smart house, Stark Tower in Avengers, the flying armor-pod -- and it was nice to see stuff like that turn up onscreen. \"But mainly, I think the guys doing the movies and I were simply appreciating the great strengths of the character and cast, and we drew from a lot of the same stuff. It was fun to see such a familiar-feeling Iron Man, whatever the reason.\" -- Kurt Busiek', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Black Book\nDescription: ['Praise for THE BLACK BOOK:
\"Brilliantly twisty...Many readers will agree with Patterson that this is the \\'best book [he\\'s] written in 25 years.\\'\"Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
\"The mystery is authentic, the lead-up genuinely suspenseful, and the leading characters and situations more memorable than Patterson\\'s managed in quite a while.\"Kirkus
\"It\\'s almost as thrilling to see a writer like James Patterson at the top of his game as it is to read THE BLACK BOOK--a total page-turner that will keep you guessing from start to terrifying finish.\"Karin Slaughter
\"THE BLACK BOOK has more twists than a Formula One race, and the pace is just as fast. Deeply rooted characters, a touch of humor, and a climax nobody can see coming--it\\'s vintage Patterson.\"Brad Taylor ', 'James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most # 1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Weather Wars & Un-Natural Disasters\nDescription: ['Technology will make available, to the leaders of the major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of security forces need be appraised... Techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm.Book is a huge, 8-1/2\" x 11\" with 327 pages, perfect bound, soft cover. Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Tip of the Iceberg Chapter 2: Secret Services Chapter 3: More Cover-Ups Chapter 4: Rain, Snow, and Mud Chapter 5: Nano tech Chapter 6: The Wind and the Waves Chapter 7: Monstrous Acts Chapter 8: The Evil In New York City Chapter 9: Birth Dirth Chapter 10: Tsunamis and Mega Tsunamis Chapter 11: Man made Earth quakes Chapter 12: Changing the Atmosphere Chapter 13: Playing the Devil?s HAARP Conclusion: The Men Who Would Be God Appendix A: Weather Modification Patents Appendix B: ENMOD Treaty Appendix C: Space Preservation Act of 2001Appendix D: Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act Appendix E: National Heritage Areas Appendix F: Motionless Electromagnetic Generator Appendix G: Weather As a Force Multiplier - Owning the Weather in 2025', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper\nDescription: ['Praise for Stalking Jack the Ripper:', '', \"Kerri Maniscalco grew up in a semi-haunted house outside New York City, where her fascination with gothic settings began. In her spare time she reads everything she can get her hands on, cooks all kinds of food with her family and friends, and drinks entirely too much tea while discussing life's finer points with her cats. Stalking Jack the Ripper is her debut novel. It incorporates her love of forensic science and unsolved history.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage Volume 2: Second Lives\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Store\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: TRIMP\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Never Never (Harriet Blue)\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide.
', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Taking Over: Insider Tips from a Third-Generation CEO\nDescription: ['Third-generation CEO Mitchell Kaneff knows that when family businesses create and implement an effective strategy for handing over the reins, they enjoy a much higher success rate. In Taking Over, he introduces a straightforward approach to succession planning that addresses the special, overwhelming challenges family-run companies face.', \"Mitchell Kaneff always wanted to be a rock star. But when the family business faced especially trying times and its future was in jeopardy, he jumped in to help and became a CEO instead.
Like many generational successions, his was fraught with uncertainty, anxiety, and conflict. Confronted with entrenched family politics, emotional fallout, and difficult legal and financial issues, Mitchell was soon convinced there had to be a more effective--and less stressful--way to weather the transition storms that so often derail family businesses.
When Mitchell emerged successful--though not unscathed--the idea of writing about his ordeal took hold. In Taking Over, he presents a fresh perspective and useful advice to help ease leadership transfer and preserve family legacies. Combining Mitchell's expertise with compelling anecdotes, this book is a must-read for anyone involved in a family business today.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Crazy House\nDescription: [\"Gr 8 UpThis first installment in a new dystopian thriller series centers on twin sisters living on their own in a highly regulated farming community. Trying to make it through high school so that they can start their vocations and keep off the radar of the watchful and authoritarian ruling body The United, Cassie and Becca have never been outside their little town, known as a cell. When rebellious Becca goes missing, the narrative splits into twoBecca's harrowing tale of the mysterious and violent prison she is being held in, and Cassie's determined attempts to rescue her. Neither of the sisters' voices rings true, and the farming metaphors both of them use feel clunky and heavy-handed. The book features Patterson's trademark short chapters, violence, teens breaking in and out of prison, and rapidly shifting alliances, but the lengthy stretches of awkward plotting dilute the suspense. The action does get going in the last few chapters, and a welcome reveal sets the story in a promising direction for future volumes. VERDICT This title will be in high demand among fans of suspense/thrillers, and things will hopefully pick up steam as the series progresses.Beth McIntyre, Madison Public Library, WI\", \"Praise for James Patterson's Crazy House:\", '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Personal Paths to Humanism\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cross Justice (Alex Cross)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies, and he has had more #1 bestsellers than any other author. In addition to his novels for adults, he has also written numerous books for young readers, and with initiatives that include ReadKiddoRead.com, he has dedicated himself to improving access to books that will keep kids reading for life. He lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews\nDescription: ['A poignant and highly accessible account of an ongoing story that transcends all telling. (Harold Bloom)
Remarkable . . . It is certainly the best one-volume overview of Jewish history and identity available today. (Sander L. Gilman, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago)', 'Melvin Konner, Ph.D., M.D., the author of nine books, is a Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, where he teaches in the anthropology, human biology, and Jewish studies programs. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story (BookShots)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
Maxine Paetro has collaborated with James Patterson on the bestselling Women's Murder Club and Private series. She lives with her husband in New York State.\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Al-Mawrid Trilingual Student Dictionary: English-Arabic-French (English and French Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fifty Fifty (Harriet Blue)\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
Candice Fox is an award-winning crime writer based in Sydney. She is the author of three novels and with James Patterson co-wrote the thriller Never, Never.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Zhong Yuan Qigong: Forth Stage of Ascent: Wisdom, The Way to Truth (Enter Your Inner World) (Russian Edition)\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper)\nDescription: [\"Gr 9 UpStill struggling with the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper case but determined to continue her medical studies, Audrey Rose Wadsworth travels to Romania to attend Europe's most prominent forensics school, housed in the castle once home to Vlad the Impaler. With her is Thomas Cresswell, former apprentice to Audrey's uncle, who is more than just a colleague but not quite a suitor to Audrey. The duo are prepared for autopsies and examinations, but when a fellow traveler, a villager, and one of the academy's own students die in quick succession, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin a murder investigation. Each death resembles a vampire attack, and locals are certain that the Impaler has returned, but Audrey is determined to prove that the killer is no vampire. As in the previous work, Maniscalco builds a believable and intriguing setting, this time through a blend of history, Romanian folklore, and fiction. Audrey Rose is a smart, fearless, and progressive heroine willing to flout both the rules of the forensics academy and 19th-century societal expectations. As analytical and cheeky as ever, Thomas regards Audrey as his equal in ability as well as intellect, and together, the pair make an investigative team readers will delight in. VERDICT Plenty of red herrings, a conspicuous absence of blood, and a developing romance make this a must-read for fans of Audrey Rose.Maggie Mason Smith, Clemson University, SC\", 'Praise for Hunting Prince Dracula:', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Buster B. Jones: Ballads & Barn Burners (John August, MB98627bcd)\nDescription: ['Alabama Jubilee, Three String Swing, Sir Thomas Letty, Mostly Merle, Ask John, Buster \"B\" Boogie, Frere Jacques, Guitarville, Just Another Rag, Le Minuet, Lefty, Misdirected Energy, Merci Marcel, Skippy', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Detective Cross (Bookshots Thrillers)\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Abandoned New England : Its Hidden Ruins and Where to Find Them\nDescription: ['Book by William F. Robinson']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Circle\nDescription: ['Praise for The Circle
A vivid, roaring dissent to the companies that have coaxed us to disgorge every thought and action onto the Web . . . Carries the potential to change how the world views its addicted, compliant thrall to all things digital. If you work in Silicon Valley, or just care about what goes on there, you need to pay attention. Dennis K. Berman, The Wall Street Journal
Fascinating . . . Eggers appears to run on pure adrenaline, and has as many ideas pouring out of him as the entrepreneurs pitching their inventions in The Circle . . . [A] novel of ideas . . . about the social construction and deconstruction of privacy, and about the increasing corporate ownership of privacy, and about the effects such ownership may have on the nature of Western democracy . . . Like Melvilles Pequod and Stephen Kings Overlook Hotel, the Circle is a combination of physical container, financial system, spiritual state, and dramatis personae, intended to represent America, or at least a powerful segment of it . . . The Circlers social etiquette is as finely calibrated as anything in Jane Austen . . . Eggers treats his material with admirable inventiveness and gusto . . . the language ripples and morphs . . . Its an entertainment, but a challenging one. Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books
A parable about the perils of life in a digital age in which our personal data is increasingly collected, sifted and monetized, an age of surveillance and Big Data, in which privacy is obsolete, and Maoist collectivism is the order of the day. Using his fluent prose and instinctive storytelling gifts, Mr. Eggers does a nimble, and sometimes very funny, job of sending up technophiles navet, self-interest and misguided idealism. As the artist and computer scientist Jaron Lanier has done in several groundbreaking nonfiction books, Mr. Eggers reminds us how digital utopianism can lead to the datafication of our daily lives, how a belief in the wisdom of the crowd can lead to mob rule, how the embrace of the hive mind can lead to a diminution of the individual. The adventures of Mr. Eggerss heroine, Mae Holland, an ambitious new hire at the company, provide an object lesson in the dangers of drinking the Silicon Valley Kool-Aid and becoming a full-time digital ninja . . . Never less than entertaining . . . Eggers is such an engaging, tactile writer that the reader happily follows him wherever hes going . . . A fun and inventive read. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
The particular charm and power of Eggerss book . . . could be described as topical or timely, though those pedestrian words do not nearly capture its imaginative vision . . . Simply a great story, with a fascinating protagonist, sharply drawn supporting characters and an exciting, unpredictable plot . . . As scary as the storys implications will be to some readers, the reading experience is pure pleasure. Hugo Lindgren, The New York Times Magazine
Eggers is a literary polymath . . . The Circle is funny in its skewering of Internet culture. Holland obsessively tallies the reach of her Twitter-like Zings and enthuses about a benefit for needy children that raises not money but 2.3 million smiles (think Facebook likes). The Circle\\'s buildings are named for epochs, so at her first party Holland gets her wine from the Industrial Revolution . . . The ideas behind \"The Circle\" are compelling and deeply contemporary. Holland is an everywoman, a twentysomething believer in Internet culture untroubled by the massive centralization and monetization of information, ubiquitous video surveillance and corporate invasions of privacy. Compare that to A Hologram for the King, in which a middle-aged man thoughtfully but powerlessly observes America\\'s economic decline, realizing that his efforts to participate in globalization led to his own obsolescence. The two books together are saying something foreboding about America\\'s place in the world: We have traded making physical things for a glossy, meaningless online culture that leaves us vulnerable to those who see that information in the form of data, video feeds, or our own consumer desires is power. Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
You cant really write a 1984 for our times, because 1984 is still the 1984 of our times. But one could think of Dave Eggers . . . new novel The Circle as a timely and potent appendix to it. The crux of The Circle is that Big Brother is still haunting us, but in an incarnation thats both more genial and more insidious. We have met Big Brother, and he is us . . . In The CircleEggers has set his style and pace to technothriller: the writing is brisk and spare and efficient . . . When I finished The Circle I felt a heightened awareness of social media and the way its remaking our world into a living hell of constant and universal mutual observation. Lev Grossman, Time
You may find yourself so engrossed in Dave Eggers\\'s futuristic novel, The Circle, that you forget about Facebook entirely. And by the last pages, you may think twice before logging on again. John Freeman, O, The Oprah Magazine
Bravely, audaciously . . . [Eggers] takes on the online world in The Circle, a provocative novel named for the worlds most powerful Internet firm. Set in the not-so-distant future, the novel is part satire, part corporate thriller. But mostly its a cautionary tale about threats to privacy, freedom and democracy. Bob Minsesheimer, USA Today
Page-turning. . . . The social message of the novel is clear, but Eggers expertly weaves it into an elegantly told, compulsively readable parable for the 21st century. . . . What may be the most haunting discovery aboutThe Circle,however,is readers recognition that they share the same technology-driven mentality that brings the novels characters to the brink of dysfunction. We too want toknow everythingby watching, monitoring, commenting, and interacting, and the force of Eggerss richly allusive prose lies in his ability to expose the potential hazards of that impulse. Laura Christensen, Vanity Fair
In this taut, claustrophobic corporate thriller, Eggers comes down hard on the culture of digital over-sharing, creating a very-near-future dystopia in which all that is not forbidden isrequired. . . . Eggers has a keen eye for context, and the great strength of The Circle lies in its observations about the way instant, asynchronous communication has damaged our personal relationships. . . . A speculative morality tale in the vein of George Orwell . . . We go on using the social media platforms that have been used against us; we post geo-tagged photos that could lead potential criminals straight to our private homes and our children\\'s preschools, and we do all of this with full knowledge of the possible consequences. We have closed our eyes and given our consent. Everyone else is doing it. In the digital age, it is better to be unsafe than to be leftout. G. Willow Wilson, San Francisco Chronicle
Eggers surveys our privacy-annihilating, social media-infested world, recoils in horror at the inevitable consequences, and unleashes a primal scream: Enough! Stop! Stop liking and sharing and tweeting and texting! Stop it all! Readers who share Eggers concerns about the Facebook-opticon, the surveillance state that leaves no shred of daily life unscrutinized, this superficial, hollow sense of community spaned by digital connectivity will flock to stand before this brave rallying flag. . . . The world that the Circle is delivering to the online masses is very much our world. This isnt science fiction . . . We need a legion of Dave Eggers in the world today, calling out the dangers. Andrew Leonard, Salon
Eggerss works pulse with life . . . The Circle pushes his art even further . . . Eggerss work, part dark comedy, part sobering glimpse into the near-future, stuns for two reasons: Maes humanity and compassion are apparent even as she helps erode our civil liberties; and two, it doesnt feel like science fiction. It feels like the next horrificbut very plausiblesmall step for mankind. Josh Davis, Time Out New York, five stars
You cant read The Circle, Dave Eggerss novel about a powerful internet company, and not recognize the books dystopian vision in our own obsessions with sharing and social media. The novel, set in the near future, is an engaging mix of social satire and cautionary tale . . . captures the perils of the internet and, in particular, the over-the-top utopianism sometimes espoused by technology executives more than any other novel of recent years . . . both hilarious and foreboding. Allan Hoffman, The New Jersey Star-Ledger
Ripped from recent headlines about privacy, technology and social media . . . A book that begins as a lighthearted cautionary tale grows into a claustrophobic portrait of relentless effort to achieve the culmination of closing the Circle. Richard Galant, CNN
Entertaining . . . A sense of horror finally arrives near the end of the book, coming . . . through the power of Eggerss writing . . . The final scene is chilling. Ellen Ullman, The New York Times Book Review
Gripping . . . Set in the not-too-distant future, Eggers\\' story takes us inside a shiny-happy California-based media corporation called the Circle . . . a compelling exploration of how individuals excitedly opt into a corporately-controlled culture of complete surveillance billed as a community, transforming privacy into a quaint notion possessedonlyby the nostalgic . . . The Circle\\'s brilliance lies in convincingly taking us inside an extreme vision of what is nascent in the 21stcentury cyber-utopianism we all endorse, showing us how the visions of digital media moguls are championed and propagated by an overly-willing society . . . Eggers creates for us a surprisingly contemporary world that seems strangely familiar to regular social media users a world into which all of us excitedly join without much prompting. Rob Williams, PolicyMic
What fuels this novel is its thunderbolt of an idea: digital culture is suffocating us and, whats more, is doing so under the duplicitous guise of widespread human beneficence . . . This is a novel about the silence inside your head . . . a powerful argument for turning off your iPhone and going for a walk. Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek
Dave Eggers is fast becoming one of our fiercest and most compelling writers on the dark side of technology. [The Circle] is a gripping and highly unsettling read. Edmund Gordon, The Sunday Times (UK)
Ithas taken Eggers the 13 years since his breakout memoir to give us a bookthattrulymatchedA Heartbreaking Worksgravitas but withThe Circle, Eggers has given us everything . . . when you put down the book and go to check your email, youmight just realize that we areliving the fiction . . . [The Circle] takes place before a fall that we might really be approaching, and its this compelling sense of impending, unpredictable doom that makes this work of fiction feel very real, and very necessary. Jason Diamond, Flavorwire
Dave Eggers real heartbreaking work of staggering genius might be this one. The Circle is todays version of dystopian classics such as George Orwells 1984 or Aldous Huxleys Brave New World. Eggers novel is terrifying, funny, real, suspenseful and visionary . . . Always keeping the focus on Mae, Eggers brings up all the Big Brother issues of our time: privacy, democracy, memory, history and the quality of how were connecting. Holly Silva, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Eggers has updated Orwells vision by inverting it. In 1984, the members of the Party are watched by Big Brother; in The Circle, it is the people who watch the government . . . Perhaps our need for privacy will erode as technology continues to develop and the world continues to change. Or perhaps humans will still occasionally cling to the need for privacy simply because it is an essential quality of being human. Either way, the fact that these questions linger long after finishing this book is a testament to the multiple layers and potential lasting impact of The Circle. Karl Hendricks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Circleis a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication . . . a work so germane to our times that it may well come to be considered as the most on-the-money satirical commentary on the earlyinternetage . . . The pages are full of clever, plausible, unnerving ideas that I suspect are being developed right now . . . The book is also very funny . . . A prescient, important and enjoyable book, and what I love most aboutTheCircleis that it is telling us so much about the impact of the computer age on human beings in the only form that can do so with the requisite wit, interiority and profundity: the novel. Edward Docx, The Guardian (UK)
Eggerss past work has tackled sociopolitical issues such as the justice system, Sudanese refugees, and the plight of public school educators. The Circle gives him a new soapbox, and if he can convince a mass audience that Google is even a little bit evil, hell have produced some of the most subversive commercial fiction ever written. The novel is a pro-privacy, antitech manifesto masquerading as a Dan Brown thriller. Its Evgeny Morozov dressed in John Grishams clothing. Seth Stevenson, Bloomberg Businessweek
Step away from whatever tweet youre composing for your 484 followers. Dont click like on that Facebook photo of a friends kids. Dave Eggers chilling and enormously absorbing new novelThe Circle, about encroaching tentacles of the worlds most powerful Internet company, demands your thoughtful and committed attention. Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly
A fast-moving conspiracy potboiler . . . a zippy, pulpy read that puts pressing issues into sharp relief. Jessica Winter, Slate
The Circle is Brave New World for our brave new world . . . Now that we all live and move and have our being in the panopticon, Eggerss novel may be just fast enough, witty enough and troubling enough to make us glance away from our twerking Vines and consider how life has been reshaped by a handful of clever marketers . . . There may come a day when we can look back at this novel with incredulity, but for now, the mirror it holds up is too chilling to LOL. Ron Charles, The Washington Post
The Circle may be . . . more fable than novel, but it has all that in common with Brave New World, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Fahrenheit 451. One hopes that it will enjoy pride of place with those books in classrooms, as a reminder that surveillance and transparency were not always judged merely by what they might do for us. Stefan Beck, Daily Beast
Eggers\\'s writing is so fluent, his ventriloquism of tech-world dialect so light, his denouement so enjoyably inevitable\" Alexander Linklater, The Observer
The Circle is intelligent and quirky, engaged and affecting and confirms Eggers place as one of the most interesting novelists currently writing. Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman
Dave Eggers takes the growing inescapabilty of social media and personal technology to clever and chilling places in his new novel. Patrick Condon, Associated Press
Game-changing . . . a fast-paced and suspenseful story . . . Eggers has produced the fable for our wired times. Bethanne Patrick, AARP.org
Most of us imagine totalitarianism as something imposed upon usbut what if were complicit in our own oppression? Thats the scenario in Eggers ambitious, terrifying, and eerily plausible new novel . . . Brave and important and will draw comparisons toBrave New Worldand1984. Eggers brilliantly depicts the Internet binges, torrents of information, and endless loops of feedback that increasingly characterize modern life. But perhaps most chilling of all is his notion that our ultimate undoing could be something so petty as our desperate desire for affirmation. Booklist (Starred)
A stunning work of terrifying plausibility, a cautionary tale of subversive power in the digital age suavely packaged as a Silicon Valley social satire. Set in the near future, it examines the inner workings of the Circle, an internet company that is both spiritual and literal successor to Facebook, Google, Twitter and more, as seen through the eyes of Mae Holland, a new hire who starts in customer service . . . Eggers presents a Swiftian scenario so absurd in its logic and compelling in its motives . . . sneaking up on the reader before delivering its warnings of the future, a worthy and entertaining read. Publishers Weekly (Starred) ', 'Dave Eggers grew up near Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the founder of McSweeneys, an independent publishing house in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeneys Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine, The Believer. McSweeneys publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. In 2002, he cofounded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit youth writing and tutoring center in San Franciscos Mission District. Sister centers have since opened in seven other American cities under the umbrella of 826 National, and like-minded centers have opened in Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Birmingham, Alabama, among other locations. His work has been nominated for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Frances Prix Mdicis,Germanys Albatross Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the American Book Award. Eggers lives in Northern California with his family.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Lucy Waverman's Cooking School Cookbook\nDescription: ['Finally, a cookbook tht goes back to the basics of good food - basics that, once mastered, will allow you to feel truly confident in the kitchen, and inspire you to create your own culinary masterpieces. In a down to earth, reassuring style, food writer and cooking teacher Lucy Waverman will take you through the fundamental techniques of cooking, from the art of boiling the perfect egg, to whipping up the most elegant sauces.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House\nDescription: ['', '#1 New York Times Bestseller', 'Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian,Kirkus Reviews, The Sunday Times, The Observer, and Financial Times
\"What makes Fire and Fury important is that it is not just about Trump, but a product of the same culture that produced Trump: It is \\'reality\\' journalism, in the same way that Trump is a \\'reality\\' character.\" The Atlantic', '\"It is not a book. It is the book. If there is only one book Washington political reporters will read this year...then this is it.... [Wolff] is a wicked stylist and keen observer, with a justly earned reputation for approaching his subjects with fangs bared and talons sharpened.... A perfect karmic delivery system.\"The Weekly Standard', '\"The pages of Wolffs book are littered with insults and intrigue, backstabbing and dysfunction.\"The Washington Post
\"To the many ironies of Donald Trumps presidency can be added the fact that a man who does not read books has helped cause a publishing sensation.... Mr Wolffs muckraking skills, cattiness, cynicism and feel for human weakness, especially among the rich and famous, make him well-qualified for the job.\"The Economist', '\"An undeniably juicy chronicle of a presidential administration that in just one year has been beset by numerous scandals and crises.... [Wolff] gives the reader a you-are-there sense of events without resorting to an unneeded dramatic writing style.\" The San Francisco Chronicle', '\"Wolffs lasting achievement here is not his headline-grabbing revelations but the skillful, enthralling, and utterly terrifying way he depicts the unqualified, unprepared, and downright unusual characters to be found wandering the halls of the White House in the first half of 2017 as well as their near bloodsport-level conflicts.\" Entertainment Weekly', '\"What makes the book significant is its sly, hilarious portrait of a hollow man, into the black hole of whose needy, greedy ego the whole world has virtually vanished.\"The Guardian', '\"The White House has naturally denied and decried Wolff\\'s account, but even if it\\'s only halfway accurate, it presents an appalling view of a frighteningly unqualified and unprepared gang that can\\'t think straight.\"Kirkus Reviews', '', 'Michael Wolff has received numerous awards for his work, including two National Magazine Awards. He has been a regular columnist for Vanity Fair, New York, The Hollywood Reporter, British GQ, USA Today, and The Guardian. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling Burn Rate and The Man Who Owns the News. He lives in Manhattan and has four children.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Social Science Research Design and Statistics: A Practitioner's Guide to Research Methods and SPSS Analysis\nDescription: ['\"Social Science Research Design and Statistics is a well sequenced, well organized introduction to the world of social science research design and statistics. It is a unique gift to students, teachers, researchers, and consultants. This book will be an excellent first choice for any individual wanting to start the journey into the realm of statistics but also a great second choice for the many students out there who have found the journey intimidating. The book is generic enough to be most useful and user-friendly in a variety of disciplines. The authors approach to explaining concepts is far superior to the multitude of textbooks that have appeared on the market.\" - Dr. Franco Gandolfi, Dean, School of Business, California Baptist University', \"Most people are aware of the high tuition costs that come with a college education. However, textbooks are also increasing in price. According to the Twenty Million Minds Foundation, the average amount that college students spend on textbooks has risen from about $900 to almost $1,300 per year in the past three years.
Two colleagues and I got an idea regarding a deeply discounted textbook when we were discussing Clayton Christensen's work on disruptive innovation at the university where I worked. Disruptive innovation is a term coined by Mr. Christensen that describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves upmarket, eventually displacing established competitors. At the meetings we were discussing models to reduce tuition expenses. However, we thought the concept could also be applied to textbooks, since they, like tuition, have become so expensive.
We decided to move forward with our concept. We wrote a textbook for courses on research design and statistics using SPSS (which we have taught in the past). The paperback version is 558 pages long with a $29.95 list price. It is a substantial book with an extraordinary low list price for a math textbook. E-book versions go for $9.99. This one book replaces two textbooks I use in my courses--one lists for $118.60 (on SPSS) and the other $154 (on statistics). The book we wrote covers the content of these two books and more. Replacing the two textbooks with our textbook will save students over $200 for a single course! If this is not a disruptive use of technology, I don't know what is. I hope this concept takes root.
Alfred P. Rovai Chesapeake, Va.\", '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Francis of the Filth\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Seeds\nDescription: ['Kindergarten-Grade 3 - With its interestingly composed, close-up color photos, this book explores a variety of seeds and their methods of dispersal. The text is simple enough for independent reading; however, some of the concepts are not adequately explained. For example, Robbins states: \"From the seeds that farmers sow, in the spring and summer come wonderful fruits - delicious sweet plums and cherries, peaches, apricots, and many others,\" and some youngsters may think that these fruits come from annual plants, not orchard trees. This is a worthy secondary purchase, however, for its pictures and for creating an awareness of the vast variety of seeds and their importance both for plant propagation and as foods for humans and animals. Jean Richards\\'s A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds (Millbrook, 2002) covers the same concepts, but has watercolor pictures rather than photographs and includes two pages of frequently asked questions. - Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'PreS-Gr. 3. Robbins uses a simple text and many crisp, large-scale photos to introduce seeds to young children. A typical double-page spread presents a single plant and its seeds or several plants whose seeds are similar. A few sentences in large type comment on the specific topic, and color photos, often close-ups of plants or seeds, are silhouetted against white pages. The artwork is striking and effective, but the organization and content of the text are weaker. For example, the sentence \"From the seeds that farmers sow, in the spring and summer come wonderful fruits--delicious, sweet plums and cherries, peaches, apricots, and many others\" needs some interpretation from an adult. Fruit trees, even seeds from the fruits named, are usually said to be planted rather than sown, and a hopeful child who plants a peach pit will wait many summers for the fruit. Still, preschool and primary-grade teachers will appreciate this for the clarity and beauty of its illustrations. Carolyn Phelan Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Sleeping Beauties (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)\nDescription: ['Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Doctor Sleep and Under the Dome, now a major TV miniseries on CBS. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: 365 Bedtime Stories (2 kids with dog on cover)\nDescription: ['Stories to read to your children every day of the year before they to sleep at night.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Moores Are Missing (Bookshots)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Slam Dunk, Vol. 28\nDescription: ['Takehiko Inoue is the creator of one of the most popular manga of all time, Slam Dunk, which has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. He followed that series up with two titles lauded by critics and fans alike Vagabond, a fictional account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, and Real, a manga about wheelchair basketball. Inoue is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the Media Arts Festival Award. In addition to his work on manga, Inoue has worked on television commercials, character designs for video games, and is the founder of a scholarship to foster Japanese basketball talent.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Count to Ten: A Private Novel\nDescription: ['\"Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn\\'t forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent--which is what James Patterson has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.\"--Lee Child
\"It\\'s no mystery why James Patterson is the world\\'s most popular thriller writer: his uncanny skill in creating living, breathing characters we truly feel for and seamless, lightning-fast plots. I do this for a living, and he still manages to keep me guessing from the first to last page. Simply put: Nobody does it better.\"--Jeffery Deaver
\"James Patterson is The Boss. End of.\"--Ian Rankin', 'James Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. He is a tireless champion of the power of books and reading, exemplified by his new children\\'s book imprint, JIMMY Patterson, whose mission is simple: We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say: \"PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.\" He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over 400 Teacher Education Scholarships at 24 colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. James will be investing his proceeds from the sales of JIMMY Patterson Books into pro-reading initiatives. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: America's Colony: The Political and Cultural Conflict between the United States and Puerto Rico (Critical America)\nDescription: ['', 'Provides a new and needed approach to understanding the development and current status of Puerto Rico. -Choice', 'In an era increasingly concerned with democracy around the world, Malavet reminds us of the forgotten colony in our own backyard Puerto Rico. Utilizing a Critical Race/Latino Theory perspective, Malavet make the legal case for a post-colonial future in which reparations will be owed. -Adrien K. Wing,University of Iowa College of Law', \"Americas Colony incisively analyzes the legal treatment of Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory and the second class treatment of Puerto Ricans. This important book is sure to become an influential critical analysis of the subordination of Puerto Ricans, who contrary to popular opinion are U.S. citizens by birth. Denied representation in the U.S. Congress and the right to vote for President, it is no surprise that Puerto Ricans on the island are denied the education, public benefits, and basic rights that other U.S. citizens enjoy. Importantly, America's Colony traces the legal justification for such treatment, including the amazing U.S. Supreme Court cases from the early twentieth century decisions that have remained law to this day that the U.S. Constitution simply does not fully apply to the territory of Puerto Rico. For anyone interested in one of the last American colonies, and modern Puerto Rico, including the controversy over bomb testing on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, Malavets book is essential reading. -Kevin R. Johnson,University of California at Davis School of Law\", '', '', 'Pedro A. Malavet is Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.', '', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Home Sweet Murder (James Patterson's Murder Is Forever)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: How to Play the Middlegame in Chess (The club player's library)\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder Beyond the Grave (James Patterson's Murder Is Forever)\nDescription: ['\"Every once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that. Now...with his mission still unfolding, James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.\" Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series
\"Behind all the noise and numbers, we shouldn\\'t forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what James Patterson has, in spades.\" Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series ', 'James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 355 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook\nDescription: ['The ultimate book for any Liza fan!', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Murder, Interrupted (James Patterson's Murder is Forever)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Uncle Remus. His Songs and Sayings... New and Revised Edition, with one hundred and twelve illustrations by A.B. Frost\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cold Blood: A gripping serial killer thriller that will take your breath away (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)']","rejected":"Title: The Return of Mother God: The Feminine Essence of Our Creator\nDescription: ['Tony Scazzero has written several books about topics that seem stranger than fiction. His goal is to help balance the world by helping it to become more spiritual. He believes that peace on earth will come once everyone understands that we are truly brothers and sisters with God as our parent.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Missing Girls: A serial killer thriller with a twist (Detective Robyn Carter crime thriller series) (Volume 3)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Baluka & Friends\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Last Breath: (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 4)\nDescription: [\"Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Out the Summerhill Road: A Novel (Evelyn Oppenheimer Series)\nDescription: ['', ' Praise for Jane Roberts Wood’s Fiction:
“A genuine Texas treasure.”—The Dallas Morning News “Wood handles whatever she touches with delicate precision, and leaves an impression, not of bitterness of life, but of the tenderness of the human soul.”—The New Mexican
', ' Praise for the Lucy Richards Trilogy:
“It’s a winner!—A real down-to-earth story that keeps you spellbound from page to page.”—Liz Carpenter, former White House press secretary “A truly fine tale of the indomitable human spirit, told in the honest voice of a strong young schoolmarm in early day West Texas.”—Larry L. King, author of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas “Wood’s lively, eccentric characters leap off the page and will live in the reader’s heart long after the book is closed.”—Jean Stapleton, actress “Wood has a rare gift for transcending the ordinary and this heartwarming continuation of her earlier novels is no exception. Wood’s narration is seamless and she is especially masterful in creating meaningful characters.”—Publishers Weekly
', ' “In no time at all, you feel comfortable with these women and appreciate the changes they have gone through. That alone is enough to make you want to keep reading.  …  If you want to know Texas better, this is a fine book to read.”', '
', ' JANE ROBERTS WOOD is the award winning author of the Lucy Richards trilogy: The Train to Estelline, A Place Called Sweet Shrub, and Dance a Little Longer, as well as Grace and Roseborough, all published in paperback by UNT Press. Wood is a Fellow of both the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of the Humanities. She and her husband, J. W. “Dub” Wood, live in the horse country of Argyle, Texas, with their two dogs.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Secrets of the Dead: A serial killer thriller that will have you hooked (Detective Robyn Carter crime thriller series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology\nDescription: ['', 'From the reviews:', '', 'Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology is the first book to cover global research on photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the management of skin disease. Although a relatively young procedure, PDT has enjoyed increased popularity during the last ten years. As research has grown, two distinct routes have appeared: the United States model and the European one, each focusing on different uses and photosensitizers. Dr. Gold has assembled the worlds experts on PDT to create a book that concisely covers every use and photosensitizer available around the world and includes comprehensive coverage of both of the FDA-approved photosensitizers in the United States, all the while carefully differentiating between off-label and FDA-approved uses of photodynamic therapy. Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology emphasizes how to integrate PDT into practice. Toward this end, it is organized by disease category, with each chapter providing a systematic discussion of indications, PDT approaches from country to country, common side effects, prognosis as well as the underlying science. The book will be of value to dermatologists seeking a state-of-the-art review of PDT around the world, the latest in its clinical uses, and guidance on how to incorporate PDT into clinical practice.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster crime thriller novel) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)\", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Roxanna and the Quest for the Time Bird: 1. Ramor's Conch\nDescription: [\"Roxanna and the Quest for the Time Bird: 1. Ramor's Conch\"]"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Cross Justice: (Alex Cross 23) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Alaskan Adventures: The Early Years\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Confessions: The Paris Mysteries: (Confessions 3)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Practice in Christianity : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 20\nDescription: ['\"The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume . . . indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard\\'s development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes.\" (Library Journal)', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 11th Hour (Women's Murder Club)\nDescription: ['FANS LOVE THE WOMEN\\'S MURDER CLUB!
\"Those who haven\\'t read any of the novels in the Women\\'s Murder Club series are cheating themselves.\"BookReporter.com
\"I can\\'t believe how good Patterson is, whether he\\'s doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down.\"Larry King, USA Today
\"Patterson and Paetro are at their best here, weaving a number of plots together to create a novel that dips and flows across genre lines.... A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging.\"BookReporter.com', \"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990\nDescription: ['
Vice Admiral G. M. Hiranandani joined the Indian Navy in 1949, which included training with the British navy from 1949 to 1953. On retiring from the UPSC, as its officiating chairman in 1995, naval headquarters asked him to write the official history of the Indian Navy. He authored a trilogy: Transition to Triumph, covering the period 1965 to 1975, Transition to Eminence, covering the period 1976 to 1990, and Transition to Guardianship, covering the last decade of the twentieth century.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: 12th of Never (Women's Murder Club)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \", '', '']","rejected":"Title: Juicing, Smoothies & Blended Drinks\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: French Kiss: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery (BookShots)\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
\"Do you really know \\'how\\' to network? Kristen Eckstein answers that question and more in her latest book, 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business. Not only do I use her easy to implement techniques, but I recommend her to all of my clients.\" ~Linette Daniels, author of Passion Won\\'t Pay the Bills
\"Kristen Eckstein shares the secrets of networking in her latest book - 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business. You no longer need to be afraid of how to approach people in the social scenes, how to dress, where to sit... Kristen shares all that information and more in this little book - definitely a must have in your library!\" ~Lisa Benavidez, Event Planner for MCE OnSite
\"21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business is the best \\'Little Black Book\\' of networking and wonderfully illustrates the importance of building solid relationships. Kristen shares no-nonsense techniques to prepare you for your next event. Pick up your copy today.\" ~Kelli Claypool, President & CEO Small Business and Learning Institute
\"21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business by Kristen Eckstein is an easy-to-read book that is full of practical tips to take your business to the next level. It is a phenomenal way for new business owners to start their businesses off on the right foot and it is also great for seasoned business owners to read to enhance their networking skills. I recommend that this book be given to all of the people you know who are working on establishing a solid plan for meeting customers to grow their businesses.\" ~Stevii Mills, Founder of The Beauty From Head To Toe Tour
\"How can networking get you in trouble with the feds? What is the best thing you can carry with you to a networking event? What should you use for lasting impact instead of a business card? If you don\\'t know the answers, then you must read Kristen Eckstein\\'s book, 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business. Kristen shows you how to be authentic, build relationships, and demonstrate that you care about people. Her brilliant use of QR codes in the Resources section is yet another indication of how elegant and cutting edge she is in her work and in support of her clients. ~Sara Pencil Blumenfeld, Higher Self Enterprises', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Deadly Cargo: BookShots\nDescription: ['Brand New, Free Shipping', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Whistler John Grisham Large Print Hardbound\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Little Girl Lost: A gripping thriller that will have you hooked (DI Robin Carter)\nDescription: ['', '']","rejected":"Title: Treatise on Poisons and Their Antidotes\nDescription: []"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Assassin's Creed Origins: Prima Official Guide\nDescription: ['Prima Games, an imprint of DK and a division of Penguin Random House, is the world’s leading publisher of strategy content for PC and console video games. Prima Games understands what gamers—both casual and hardcore—want and need from strategy guides. Every guide features in-depth content, detailed screen captures, quick-reference tips, and professional strategies. Prima Games is also a leader in the digital strategy realm, offering interactive maps, streaming video, searchable online guides and apps, and a full website at primagames.com.']","rejected":"Title: Murder by the clock,\nDescription: []"}],"string":"[\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: French Twist: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery (BookShots)\\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
Richard DiLallo is a former advertising creative director. He has had numerous articles published in major magazines. He lives in Manhattan with his wife.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: New York City Black and White 2001 Calendar\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Deepest Grave: Fiona Griffiths Crime Thriller Series Book 6\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Federal Planning and Historic Places: The Section 106 Process (Heritage Resource Management Series)\\nDescription: [\\\"Unique and valuable... the book for all who deal with Section 106 regulations to read and reread. (Thomas E. Emerson, (Illinois Transportation Archaeology Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Illinois Archaeology)
Thomas F. King, a long-standing leader in the ever-growing and transforming field of Cultural Resource Management (CRM), has done a great service to the historic preservation community by writing this book.... Any archaeologist who works in CRM or who is responsible for teaching students about the realities of practicing archaeology in the U.S. today should own this book. AltaMira Press should be congratulated for publishing books like this one in its Heritage Resource Management Series and filling a publication void. (Michael D. Petraglia American Antiquity)
[King's] analogy between chronic disease and regulatory procedures is funny as well as sharp-edged .... The goal of AltaMira's Heritage series includes producing 'practical guides designed to help those who work in cultural resource management, environmental management, heritage preservation, and related subjects.' This goal has been met by King's contribution. (Susan R. Martin Journal Of The Society For Industrial Archaeology)
If Historical Preservation Departments across the country realize the importance of King's work, it maybe come the essential supplement to those who would assure employment to thousands of archaeologists, historians, and preservationists. And, if this happens, it may turn the tide in preserving what is important to many Americans. This is a valuable work. (J. Christopher Schnell, Southeast Missouri State University Journal of the West, Fall 2002, Vol 41.4)
I would recommend King's book to students in academic programs that serve to train the next generation of historic preservation professionals.... Those of us who are professionally involved with historic preservation planning in the United States (and her trust territories that are also subject to the process) will find many, many sections of King's book to be enlightening, provocative, and interestingand funny to boot! .... King's book, as I have said,is wonderfully insightful. (Edward L. Bell, Massachusetts Historical Commission Northeast Historical Archaeology, Vol 29, 2000)
[Tom King] very nearly manages to bring what can be a complicated and arcane process into lay terms. Laced with humor, thought-provoking (and sometimes controversial) prose, and simplified examples, Federal Planning and Historic Places should assist anyone who wishes to learn about the 106 process. (Bill Callahan, State Historic Preservation Office, NSHS Nebraska History)
What makes this book especially valuable is the author. Thomas F. King has been involved in the Section 106 process since its inception, has taught section 106 classes for years, and has probably thought more about the regulation's evolution than any other person alive. (Darby C. Strapp High Plains Applied Anthropologist)\\\", \\\"Thomas F. King has worked in historic preservation since the mid-1960's,as an academic, a contractor and a government official. During 1977-79 he organized historic preservation programs in the islands of Micronesia, and from 1979-88 he oversaw Section 106 review for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology (emphasis archaeology) from the University of California, Riverside.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: iPhone: The Missing Manual: The book that should have been in the box\\nDescription: ['', 'David Pogue is the founder of Yahoo Tech, having been groomed for the position by 13 years as the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Hes also a monthly columnist for Scientific American and host of science shows on PBSs NOVA. Hes been a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning since 2002.
With over 3 million books in print, David is one of the worlds bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the for Dummies series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 120 titles.
David graduated summa cum laude from Yale in 1985, with distinction in Music, and he spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. Hes won two Emmy awards, two Webby awards, a Loeb award for journalism, and an honorary doctorate in music.', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Delicious Lunches\\nDescription: ['Hardcover, as pictured (ck)', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Dark Water: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: ['Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Selection Coloring Book\\nDescription: ['', 'Kiera Cass is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series and The Siren. She is a graduate of Radford University and currently lives in Christiansburg, Virginia, with her family. You can learn more about Kiera’s books, videos, and love of cake online at www.kieracass.com.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Night Stalker (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: [\\\"Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Discovering the Beauty of Italy 2012 Wall Calendar #51065\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hope to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)\\nDescription: [\\\"Unlicensed PI Matthew Scudder returns after a three-year absence to investigate the murder of a wealthy couple savagely slain in their Manhattan townhouse. Matt's now 62, and his age shows in this relatively sedate outing. There's less violence than in many cases past, and the urban melancholy that pervaded his earlier tales has dissipated, replaced by a mature reckoning with the unending cycle of life and death. The mystery elements are strong. To the cops, the case is open-and-shut: the perps have been found dead, murder/suicide, in Brooklyn, with loot from the townhouse in their possession. Matt enters the scene when his assistant, TJ, introduces him to the cousin of the dead couple's daughter; the cousin suspects the daughter of having engineered the killings for the inheritance. At loose ends, Matt digs in, quickly rejecting the daughter as a suspect but uncovering evidence pointing to a mastermind behind the murders. Block sounds numerous obligatory notes from Scudder tales past the AA meetings, the tithing of Matt's income, cameo appearances by Matt's love interest, Elaine, and his friend, Irish mobster Mick Ballou and he adds texture with some familial drama involving Matt's sons and ex-wife. His prose is as smooth as aged whiskey, as always, and the story flows across its pages. It lacks the visceral edge and heightened emotion of many previous Scudders, however, and the ending seems patly aimed at a sequel. This is a solid mystery, a fine Block, but less than exceptional. (Nov.)Forecast: All Blocks sell and Scudder's return will do particularly well, especially with the attendant major ad/promo, including a 17-city author tour. Simultaneous Harper Audio and Harper large print edition.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
\\\", 'This is the 15th Matthew Scudder novel in 25 years, and readers of Block\\\\'s noir series know what to expect. It\\\\'s all here: a perfect evocation of the sights, sounds, and smells of New York City; trips to AA meetings in church basements; Mick Ballou\\\\'s bar; and the recurring characters such as Ballou, the streetwise TJ, and Elaine, the civilizing influence. In this latest outing, Matt and Elaine attend a \\\"Mostly Mozart\\\" benefit concert at Lincoln Center. At the same concert are a couple who are later murdered in their Upper West Side apartment. Then, the \\\"murderers\\\" are themselves killed in Brooklyn. Without anyone really asking him to, and for want of something better to do, Scudder starts to pick at this case until the whole story unravels before him to a startling conclusion. Every so often, the real murderer narrates a chapter, which adds a cat-and-mouse element. But those looking for fast action will not find it here the pace is leisurely, and characters and set pieces are almost as important as plot. Recommended, especially for public libraries, where readers will ask for it. - Fred Gervat, Concordia Coll. Lib., Bronxville, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: A Bed Of Leaves\\nDescription: ['Privately published by the author in 2004.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Ready Player One\\nDescription: ['', 'Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Hallidays fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.--Chris Schluep', 'I dare you not to fall in love with Ready Player One. And I mean head over heels in love--the way you fall for someone who is smart, feisty, and who can effortlessly finish your favorite movie lines, music lyrics, or literature quotes before they come out of your mouth.', 'Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future.', 'The story is set in a near-term future in which the new, new form of the Internet is a realistic virtual multi-verse called the OASIS. Most human interaction takes place via goggles and gloves in millions of unique worlds, including the boring (and free) public education world from which our teenage protagonist must escape.', 'Our unlikely hero is an overweight trailer park kid who goes by Wade Watts in real life, and Parzival to his best friends and mortal enemies--all of whom he interacts with virtually. Just like the Arthurian knight that is his namesake, young Wade is on a quest for an incredible treasure guarded by mythical creatures. Specifically, the creator of the OASIS and richest man on the planet, James Halliday, stipulated in his will that his fortune be given to the first person who can find an Easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS. The catch? Every devilishly complex clue on this treasure hunt is rooted in an intimate knowledge of 1980s pop culture.', 'This leaves the people of the future hilariously obsessed with every aspect of the 1980s. The setup is particularly brilliant, because Ernie Cline seems to have a laser-beam knowledge of (and warm, fuzzy love for) every pop song, arcade game, and giant robot produced in the last thirty years. Seriously, this is a guy who owns and regularly drives a 1982 DeLorean that has been mocked up to look exactly like the time-traveling car in Back to the Future, complete with a glowing flux capacitor.', 'But Ready Player One isnt just a fanboys wet dream. Real villains are lurking, threatening our hero with death in their ruthless hunt for the treasure. Worse, these corporate baddies are posers with no love for the game they have movie dialogue piped in via radio earpieces, use bots to cheat at arcade games like JOUST, and dont hesitate to terrorize or murder people in the real world to achieve their aims inside the OASIS.', 'As the book climaxes, a mega-battle unfolds with sobering life-or-death stakes, yet soldiered entirely by exciting and downright fun pop-culture icons. The bad guys are piloting a ferocious Mechagodzilla. Our good guy has to leave his X-Wing fighter aboard his private flotilla so that he can pilot an authentic Ultraman recreation. And how do you not grin when someone dons a pair of virtual Chuck Taylor All Stars that bestow the power of flight?', 'Cline is fearless and he lets his imagination soar, yet this pop scenery could easily come off as so much fluff. Instead, Cline keeps the stakes high throughout, and the epic treasure hunt structure (complete with an evolving high-score list) keeps the action intense. The plot unfolds with constant acceleration, never slowing down or sagging in the middle, to create a thrilling ride with a fulfilling ending.', 'Best of all, the book captures the aura of the manifold worlds it depicts. If Ready Player One were a living room, it would be wood-panelled. If it were shoes, it would be high-tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be Eye of the Tiger.', 'I really, really loved it.', '-- Daniel H. Wilson', 'Questions for Ernest Cline, Author of Ready Player One', 'Q) So it seems youre a bit of a pop-culture buff. In your debut novel Ready Player One you incorporate literally hundreds of pop culture references, many of them in ways that are integral to the books plot. Whats the first thing you remember geeking out over?', 'A)Sesame Street and the Muppets. I thought Jim Henson ruled the universe. I even thought it was pretty cool that I shared my first name with a muppet. Until the first day of kindergarten, when I quickly learned that \\\"Ernie\\\" was not a cool name to have. That was about the time I segued into my next childhood obsession, Star Wars.', 'Q) Like the books hero, you possess a horrifyingly deep knowledge of a terrifyingly broad swathe of culture, ranging from John Hughes movies to super-obscure Japanese animation to 8-bit videogames to science-fiction and fantasy literature to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. What the heck is wrong with you?! How do you have so much time on your hands?', 'A) Well, Im raising a toddler now, so I dont have as much time to geek out as I used to. I think I amassed a lot of that knowledge during my youth. Like most geeks, I was a sponge for all kinds of movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games. Then as an adult, I worked at a long series of low paying tech support jobs that allowed me to surf the Internet all day, and I spent a lot of my cubicle time looking up obscure pop culture minutiae from my childhood while I waited for people to reboot their PCs. Of course, I spent most of my off hours geeking out, too. Luckily, all those hours can now be classified as \\\"research\\\" for my novel.', 'Q) Youre stranded on an island and you can only take one movie with you. What is it?', 'A) Easy! The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition. (Can I take all of the DVD Extras and Making of Documentaries, too?)', 'Q) Youre given free tickets and back stage passes to one concert (artist can be living or dead)- who is it and why?', 'A) Are we talking about time travel back to a specific concert in the past here? Because it would be pretty cool to stand on the roof of Apple Records and watch the Beatles jam up there. But my favorite rock band thats still together is RUSH, and I just bought tickets to see them this June!', 'Q) Favorite book of all time.', 'A) Thats an impossible question! I could maybe give you three favorites: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.', 'Q) Best failed TV show pilot available on Youtube?', 'A) The unaired Batgirl pilot starring Yvonne Craig.', 'Q) Favorite episode of Cowboy Bebop?', 'A) Ganymede Elegy. Or maybe Boogie Woogie Feng Shui.', 'Q) Whats the first arcade game you ever played? Whats your favorite?', 'A) I was deflowered by Space Invaders. My all time favorite coin-op game was probably Black Tiger.', 'Q) Your idea of the perfect day...', 'A) Play Black Tiger. Then go see Big Trouble in Little China at the Alamo Drafthouse with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter doing a live Q&A afterwards. When I get home that night, I accidentally invent a cheap abundant clean energy source that saves human civilization. I celebrate by staying up late to watch old Ultraman episodes with my daughter (who loves Ultraman even more than I do).', 'Q) True or False. We hear you own a DeLorean and that you plan on tricking it out to be a time-travelling, Ghostbusting, Knight-Rider car.', 'A) False. I actually plan on tricking it out to be a time-traveling Ghostbusting Knight Riding Jet Car. Its going to have both a Flux Capacitor and an Oscillation Overthruster in it, so that my Delorean can travel through time AND solid matter. My personalized plates are ECTO88, just like a DeLorean that appears in my book.', '(Im so glad that you asked this question, because now I can justify buying the car as a \\\"promotional tool\\\" for my book. Everyone reading this is a witness! My DeLorean is helping me promote my book! The fact that Ive wanted one since I was ten years old is totally irrelevant!)', 'Q) Speaking of DeLoreans: biggest plot hole in the Back to The Future Films?', 'A) The Back to The Future Trilogy is perfect and contains no plot holes! Except for the plot hole inherent in nearly all time travel films: The planet Earth is moving through space at an immense speed at all times. So if you travel back in time, you are traveling to a time when the Earth was in a different location, and you and your time machine would appear somewhere out in deep space. For a time machine to be useful, it also needs to be able to teleport you to wherever the Earth was/is at your destination time.', 'Q) But there are two DeLoreans in 1885--why doesnt Doc dig out the one he buried in a cave for Marty to find in 1955 and use the gasoline from it to get the other DeLorean up to 88mph?', 'A) Doc would have drained the gas tank before he stored a car for 80 years, so there wouldnt have been any gas. And tampering with the DeLorean in the cave at all could conceivably create a universe-ending paradox, because it has to be in the cave for Marty to get back to 1885 in the first place. Totally not a plot hole!', '', '', 'The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a nerdgasm [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy cultureBut Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Triggers memories and emotions embedded in the psyche of a generation...[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-Entertainment Weekly
A most excellent ridethe conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their questfully satisfying.Boston Globe
EnchantingWilly Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don\\\\'t have to be a geek to get it.USA Today
Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don\\\\'t have to remember the Reagan administration to love it[Cline] takes a far-out premise and engages the reader instantlyYou\\\\'ll wish you could make it go on and on.NPR.org
A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novelThis novel\\\\'s large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight[but] even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.Cleveland Plain Dealer
The grown-up\\\\'s \\\\'Harry Potterthe mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline\\\\'s world are simply astounding.READY PLAYER ONEhas it all.Huffington Post
Incredibly entertainingDrawing on everything from \\\"Back to the Future\\\" to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson\\\\'s groundbreaking \\\"Snow Crash,\\\" Cline has madeREADY PLAYER ONEa geek fantasia, \\\\'80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.Austin American-Statesman
\\\"READY PLAYER ONEis the ultimate lottery ticket.\\\"New York Daily News
\\\"This non-gamer loved every page of READY PLAYER ONE.\\\"Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series
A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late 20th century. . . But its also a great read for anyone who likes a good book.Wired.com
Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut.Daily Mail (UK)
A gunshot of fun with a wicked sense of timing and a cast of characters that you\\\\'re pumping your fist in the air with whenever they succeed. I haven\\\\'t been this much on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.Chicago Reader
A rollicking, surprise-laden, potboiling, thrilling adventure story. I loved every sentence of this bookMark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
\\\"A \\\\'frakking\\\\' good read [featuring] incredible creative detailI grinned at the sheer audacity of Cline\\\\'s imagination.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
[A] fantastic page-turner.READY PLAYER ONEmay be science fiction, but it\\\\'s also written for people who have never picked up an SF novel in their lives\\\"Annalee Newitz, io9.com
\\\"Fascinating and imaginativeIt\\\\'s non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride.\\\"Terry Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shannara series
I was blown away by this bookA book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-upcall this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generations Neuromancer.Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance
I really, really loved READY PLAYER ONECline expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse
A nerdgasmimagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made hot, sweet love, and their child was raised in Azeroth.John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Old Mans War
Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. I felt like it was written just for me.Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wise Mans Fear
An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Clines imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe.Booklist, starred review
\\\"This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest through a virtual world, is loaded with enough 1980s nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week ', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Prepare 4 Takeoff!: Overcome Beliefs & Behaviors Blocking Your Best Life\\nDescription: ['Antoine K. Garrett, \\\"Coach AG\\\", is a fresh new voice in the literary field. Antoine is a Minister, Life Coach and Author. Antoine coaches clients and leads workshops to empower & equip others to understand the power of positive decisions. He was born in Poughkeepsie, NY. He is a proud graduate of Hampton University. Connect with Antoine on Social Media: @TheCoachAG - Antoine K. Garrett', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: NYPD Red\\nDescription: ['Acclaim for James Patterson
\\\"I can\\\\'t believe how good Patterson is, whether he\\\\'s doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down.\\\"Larry King, USA Today,
\\\"You just can\\\\'t beat James Patterson when it comes to suspense. He\\\\'s the king...make that the emperor of contemporary suspense fiction.\\\"Rebeccareads.com
\\\"America\\\\'s #1 storyteller.\\\"Forbes
\\\"Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves the plot along. It\\\\'s what fires off the movie projector in the reader\\\\'s mind.\\\"Michael Connelly
\\\"Patterson knows how to keep the pages turning.\\\"David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle', \\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Calorie King Food & Exercise Journal (Paperback)\\nDescription: ['Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Unlucky 13 (Women's Murder Club)\\nDescription: ['FANS LOVE THE WOMEN\\\\'S MURDER CLUB!
\\\"Those who haven\\\\'t read any of the novels in the Women\\\\'s Murder Club series are cheating themselves.\\\"BookReporter.com
\\\"I can\\\\'t believe how good Patterson is, whether he\\\\'s doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down.\\\"Larry King, USA Today
\\\"Patterson and Paetro are at their best here, weaving a number of plots together to create a novel that dips and flows across genre lines.... A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging.\\\"BookReporter.com', \\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\"]\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Write It Right: The Ground Rules for Self-Editing Like the Pros\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder Games\\nDescription: ['Praise for Murder Games:', '', 'James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Something Instinctual\\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The People vs. Alex Cross\\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Stunning Pictures of Cartier Montblanc Parker and Pelikan pens - Kindle edition\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Haunted (Michael Bennett)\\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four college and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Luther and Luthertum: Ergnzungen - Scholar's Choice Edition\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club)\\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Iron Man by Kurt Busiek & Sean Chen Omnibus\\nDescription: ['\\\"A worthy collection ... the mammoth book collects all 25 issues of Kurt & Sean\\\\'s run along with the 1999 Annual, Iron Man & Captain America Annual, Iron Man: The Iron Age, [and 7 crossover issues]. Other artists represented here is a pretty impressive collection: Patrick Zircher, Andy Kubert, Derec Aucoin, George Perez, Sal Larcocca, Terry Shoemaker, & John Romita, Jr. [Issues #14-25] were co-written by Roger Stern, and the one-offs were handled by Richard Howell, Mark Waid, Chris Claremont, Joe Casey, Dan Jurgens, and Howard Mackie ... a formidable line-up of talent.\\\" -- Robert Greenberger
\\\"... tremendous storytelling. Chen\\\\'s artwork is at its pinnacle, and [Busiek\\\\'s] writing for Iron Man was sharp and crisp ... Nothing else compares to getting the Iron Man Omnibus.\\\" -- Adam Chapman
\\\"Busiek and Chen\\\\'s run on the book is one of the absolute best ever...there\\\\'s plenty of revitalization of classic villains like the Mandarin, Firebrand, Whiplash, the Controller, Count Neferia, Ultimo, M.O.D.O.K and Fin Fang Foom! With War Machine awesomeness! Creative appearances from George Prez, John Romita Jr., Andy Kubert, Patrick Zircher, Mark Waid, Chris Claremont, Roger Stern, and many others! And if that\\\\'s not enough, there are crossovers with Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers! This is literarily heavy metal!\\\" -- KC Carlson', '\\\"Iron Man was the Marvel book I always wanted to write, but it wasn\\\\'t because I was a huge fan of the series. There are runs I like enormously, notably Archie Goodwin\\\\'s run on the character, but what made me want to write Iron Man was that I saw so much potential in the character, potential that I thought was only partly-realized in the various runs of the past. \\\"I was very lucky to get to work with Sean [Chen], and with Patrick Zircher as well. Sean\\\\'s work had an incredible style, a slick, polished look that really served Tony\\\\'s world well ... Patrick is just a great storyteller, with a lot of power and energy to his work. \\\"Roger Stern joined me as co-writer when I was over-committed and getting sick. On Avengers Forever, we\\\\'d co-plot the stories and I\\\\'d dialogue them, on Iron Man we\\\\'d co-plot and Roger would dialogue them, and it\\\\'s always a treat to work with Roger, who has a great depth of knowledge of Marvel history and a great sense of story structure and character.\\\" \\\"I\\\\'m a little surprised at just how much of what I did with Iron Man turned up in the movies. I don\\\\'t think Jon Favreau was looking to my run as source material, really -- just that we were drawing on the same inspirations for a lot of what we did. I brought back Happy and Pepper after years of disuse, and so did he. I used Whiplash and War Machine, so did he. That\\\\'s just us having similar tastes in cool Iron Man material. Some of the stuff, I introduced -- the smart house, Stark Tower in Avengers, the flying armor-pod -- and it was nice to see stuff like that turn up onscreen. \\\"But mainly, I think the guys doing the movies and I were simply appreciating the great strengths of the character and cast, and we drew from a lot of the same stuff. It was fun to see such a familiar-feeling Iron Man, whatever the reason.\\\" -- Kurt Busiek', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Black Book\\nDescription: ['Praise for THE BLACK BOOK:
\\\"Brilliantly twisty...Many readers will agree with Patterson that this is the \\\\'best book [he\\\\'s] written in 25 years.\\\\'\\\"Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
\\\"The mystery is authentic, the lead-up genuinely suspenseful, and the leading characters and situations more memorable than Patterson\\\\'s managed in quite a while.\\\"Kirkus
\\\"It\\\\'s almost as thrilling to see a writer like James Patterson at the top of his game as it is to read THE BLACK BOOK--a total page-turner that will keep you guessing from start to terrifying finish.\\\"Karin Slaughter
\\\"THE BLACK BOOK has more twists than a Formula One race, and the pace is just as fast. Deeply rooted characters, a touch of humor, and a climax nobody can see coming--it\\\\'s vintage Patterson.\\\"Brad Taylor ', 'James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most # 1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Weather Wars & Un-Natural Disasters\\nDescription: ['Technology will make available, to the leaders of the major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of security forces need be appraised... Techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm.Book is a huge, 8-1/2\\\" x 11\\\" with 327 pages, perfect bound, soft cover. Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Tip of the Iceberg Chapter 2: Secret Services Chapter 3: More Cover-Ups Chapter 4: Rain, Snow, and Mud Chapter 5: Nano tech Chapter 6: The Wind and the Waves Chapter 7: Monstrous Acts Chapter 8: The Evil In New York City Chapter 9: Birth Dirth Chapter 10: Tsunamis and Mega Tsunamis Chapter 11: Man made Earth quakes Chapter 12: Changing the Atmosphere Chapter 13: Playing the Devil?s HAARP Conclusion: The Men Who Would Be God Appendix A: Weather Modification Patents Appendix B: ENMOD Treaty Appendix C: Space Preservation Act of 2001Appendix D: Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act Appendix E: National Heritage Areas Appendix F: Motionless Electromagnetic Generator Appendix G: Weather As a Force Multiplier - Owning the Weather in 2025', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper\\nDescription: ['Praise for Stalking Jack the Ripper:', '', \\\"Kerri Maniscalco grew up in a semi-haunted house outside New York City, where her fascination with gothic settings began. In her spare time she reads everything she can get her hands on, cooks all kinds of food with her family and friends, and drinks entirely too much tea while discussing life's finer points with her cats. Stalking Jack the Ripper is her debut novel. It incorporates her love of forensic science and unsolved history.\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage Volume 2: Second Lives\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Store\\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: TRIMP\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Never Never (Harriet Blue)\\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide.
', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Taking Over: Insider Tips from a Third-Generation CEO\\nDescription: ['Third-generation CEO Mitchell Kaneff knows that when family businesses create and implement an effective strategy for handing over the reins, they enjoy a much higher success rate. In Taking Over, he introduces a straightforward approach to succession planning that addresses the special, overwhelming challenges family-run companies face.', \\\"Mitchell Kaneff always wanted to be a rock star. But when the family business faced especially trying times and its future was in jeopardy, he jumped in to help and became a CEO instead.
Like many generational successions, his was fraught with uncertainty, anxiety, and conflict. Confronted with entrenched family politics, emotional fallout, and difficult legal and financial issues, Mitchell was soon convinced there had to be a more effective--and less stressful--way to weather the transition storms that so often derail family businesses.
When Mitchell emerged successful--though not unscathed--the idea of writing about his ordeal took hold. In Taking Over, he presents a fresh perspective and useful advice to help ease leadership transfer and preserve family legacies. Combining Mitchell's expertise with compelling anecdotes, this book is a must-read for anyone involved in a family business today.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Crazy House\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 8 UpThis first installment in a new dystopian thriller series centers on twin sisters living on their own in a highly regulated farming community. Trying to make it through high school so that they can start their vocations and keep off the radar of the watchful and authoritarian ruling body The United, Cassie and Becca have never been outside their little town, known as a cell. When rebellious Becca goes missing, the narrative splits into twoBecca's harrowing tale of the mysterious and violent prison she is being held in, and Cassie's determined attempts to rescue her. Neither of the sisters' voices rings true, and the farming metaphors both of them use feel clunky and heavy-handed. The book features Patterson's trademark short chapters, violence, teens breaking in and out of prison, and rapidly shifting alliances, but the lengthy stretches of awkward plotting dilute the suspense. The action does get going in the last few chapters, and a welcome reveal sets the story in a promising direction for future volumes. VERDICT This title will be in high demand among fans of suspense/thrillers, and things will hopefully pick up steam as the series progresses.Beth McIntyre, Madison Public Library, WI\\\", \\\"Praise for James Patterson's Crazy House:\\\", '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Personal Paths to Humanism\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cross Justice (Alex Cross)\\nDescription: [\\\"James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies, and he has had more #1 bestsellers than any other author. In addition to his novels for adults, he has also written numerous books for young readers, and with initiatives that include ReadKiddoRead.com, he has dedicated himself to improving access to books that will keep kids reading for life. He lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews\\nDescription: ['A poignant and highly accessible account of an ongoing story that transcends all telling. (Harold Bloom)
Remarkable . . . It is certainly the best one-volume overview of Jewish history and identity available today. (Sander L. Gilman, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago)', 'Melvin Konner, Ph.D., M.D., the author of nine books, is a Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, where he teaches in the anthropology, human biology, and Jewish studies programs. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story (BookShots)\\nDescription: [\\\"James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
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Candice Fox is an award-winning crime writer based in Sydney. She is the author of three novels and with James Patterson co-wrote the thriller Never, Never.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Zhong Yuan Qigong: Forth Stage of Ascent: Wisdom, The Way to Truth (Enter Your Inner World) (Russian Edition)\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper)\\nDescription: [\\\"Gr 9 UpStill struggling with the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper case but determined to continue her medical studies, Audrey Rose Wadsworth travels to Romania to attend Europe's most prominent forensics school, housed in the castle once home to Vlad the Impaler. With her is Thomas Cresswell, former apprentice to Audrey's uncle, who is more than just a colleague but not quite a suitor to Audrey. The duo are prepared for autopsies and examinations, but when a fellow traveler, a villager, and one of the academy's own students die in quick succession, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin a murder investigation. Each death resembles a vampire attack, and locals are certain that the Impaler has returned, but Audrey is determined to prove that the killer is no vampire. As in the previous work, Maniscalco builds a believable and intriguing setting, this time through a blend of history, Romanian folklore, and fiction. Audrey Rose is a smart, fearless, and progressive heroine willing to flout both the rules of the forensics academy and 19th-century societal expectations. As analytical and cheeky as ever, Thomas regards Audrey as his equal in ability as well as intellect, and together, the pair make an investigative team readers will delight in. VERDICT Plenty of red herrings, a conspicuous absence of blood, and a developing romance make this a must-read for fans of Audrey Rose.Maggie Mason Smith, Clemson University, SC\\\", 'Praise for Hunting Prince Dracula:', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Buster B. Jones: Ballads & Barn Burners (John August, MB98627bcd)\\nDescription: ['Alabama Jubilee, Three String Swing, Sir Thomas Letty, Mostly Merle, Ask John, Buster \\\"B\\\" Boogie, Frere Jacques, Guitarville, Just Another Rag, Le Minuet, Lefty, Misdirected Energy, Merci Marcel, Skippy', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Detective Cross (Bookshots Thrillers)\\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Abandoned New England : Its Hidden Ruins and Where to Find Them\\nDescription: ['Book by William F. Robinson']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Circle\\nDescription: ['Praise for The Circle
A vivid, roaring dissent to the companies that have coaxed us to disgorge every thought and action onto the Web . . . Carries the potential to change how the world views its addicted, compliant thrall to all things digital. If you work in Silicon Valley, or just care about what goes on there, you need to pay attention. Dennis K. Berman, The Wall Street Journal
Fascinating . . . Eggers appears to run on pure adrenaline, and has as many ideas pouring out of him as the entrepreneurs pitching their inventions in The Circle . . . [A] novel of ideas . . . about the social construction and deconstruction of privacy, and about the increasing corporate ownership of privacy, and about the effects such ownership may have on the nature of Western democracy . . . Like Melvilles Pequod and Stephen Kings Overlook Hotel, the Circle is a combination of physical container, financial system, spiritual state, and dramatis personae, intended to represent America, or at least a powerful segment of it . . . The Circlers social etiquette is as finely calibrated as anything in Jane Austen . . . Eggers treats his material with admirable inventiveness and gusto . . . the language ripples and morphs . . . Its an entertainment, but a challenging one. Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books
A parable about the perils of life in a digital age in which our personal data is increasingly collected, sifted and monetized, an age of surveillance and Big Data, in which privacy is obsolete, and Maoist collectivism is the order of the day. Using his fluent prose and instinctive storytelling gifts, Mr. Eggers does a nimble, and sometimes very funny, job of sending up technophiles navet, self-interest and misguided idealism. As the artist and computer scientist Jaron Lanier has done in several groundbreaking nonfiction books, Mr. Eggers reminds us how digital utopianism can lead to the datafication of our daily lives, how a belief in the wisdom of the crowd can lead to mob rule, how the embrace of the hive mind can lead to a diminution of the individual. The adventures of Mr. Eggerss heroine, Mae Holland, an ambitious new hire at the company, provide an object lesson in the dangers of drinking the Silicon Valley Kool-Aid and becoming a full-time digital ninja . . . Never less than entertaining . . . Eggers is such an engaging, tactile writer that the reader happily follows him wherever hes going . . . A fun and inventive read. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
The particular charm and power of Eggerss book . . . could be described as topical or timely, though those pedestrian words do not nearly capture its imaginative vision . . . Simply a great story, with a fascinating protagonist, sharply drawn supporting characters and an exciting, unpredictable plot . . . As scary as the storys implications will be to some readers, the reading experience is pure pleasure. Hugo Lindgren, The New York Times Magazine
Eggers is a literary polymath . . . The Circle is funny in its skewering of Internet culture. Holland obsessively tallies the reach of her Twitter-like Zings and enthuses about a benefit for needy children that raises not money but 2.3 million smiles (think Facebook likes). The Circle\\\\'s buildings are named for epochs, so at her first party Holland gets her wine from the Industrial Revolution . . . The ideas behind \\\"The Circle\\\" are compelling and deeply contemporary. Holland is an everywoman, a twentysomething believer in Internet culture untroubled by the massive centralization and monetization of information, ubiquitous video surveillance and corporate invasions of privacy. Compare that to A Hologram for the King, in which a middle-aged man thoughtfully but powerlessly observes America\\\\'s economic decline, realizing that his efforts to participate in globalization led to his own obsolescence. The two books together are saying something foreboding about America\\\\'s place in the world: We have traded making physical things for a glossy, meaningless online culture that leaves us vulnerable to those who see that information in the form of data, video feeds, or our own consumer desires is power. Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times
You cant really write a 1984 for our times, because 1984 is still the 1984 of our times. But one could think of Dave Eggers . . . new novel The Circle as a timely and potent appendix to it. The crux of The Circle is that Big Brother is still haunting us, but in an incarnation thats both more genial and more insidious. We have met Big Brother, and he is us . . . In The CircleEggers has set his style and pace to technothriller: the writing is brisk and spare and efficient . . . When I finished The Circle I felt a heightened awareness of social media and the way its remaking our world into a living hell of constant and universal mutual observation. Lev Grossman, Time
You may find yourself so engrossed in Dave Eggers\\\\'s futuristic novel, The Circle, that you forget about Facebook entirely. And by the last pages, you may think twice before logging on again. John Freeman, O, The Oprah Magazine
Bravely, audaciously . . . [Eggers] takes on the online world in The Circle, a provocative novel named for the worlds most powerful Internet firm. Set in the not-so-distant future, the novel is part satire, part corporate thriller. But mostly its a cautionary tale about threats to privacy, freedom and democracy. Bob Minsesheimer, USA Today
Page-turning. . . . The social message of the novel is clear, but Eggers expertly weaves it into an elegantly told, compulsively readable parable for the 21st century. . . . What may be the most haunting discovery aboutThe Circle,however,is readers recognition that they share the same technology-driven mentality that brings the novels characters to the brink of dysfunction. We too want toknow everythingby watching, monitoring, commenting, and interacting, and the force of Eggerss richly allusive prose lies in his ability to expose the potential hazards of that impulse. Laura Christensen, Vanity Fair
In this taut, claustrophobic corporate thriller, Eggers comes down hard on the culture of digital over-sharing, creating a very-near-future dystopia in which all that is not forbidden isrequired. . . . Eggers has a keen eye for context, and the great strength of The Circle lies in its observations about the way instant, asynchronous communication has damaged our personal relationships. . . . A speculative morality tale in the vein of George Orwell . . . We go on using the social media platforms that have been used against us; we post geo-tagged photos that could lead potential criminals straight to our private homes and our children\\\\'s preschools, and we do all of this with full knowledge of the possible consequences. We have closed our eyes and given our consent. Everyone else is doing it. In the digital age, it is better to be unsafe than to be leftout. G. Willow Wilson, San Francisco Chronicle
Eggers surveys our privacy-annihilating, social media-infested world, recoils in horror at the inevitable consequences, and unleashes a primal scream: Enough! Stop! Stop liking and sharing and tweeting and texting! Stop it all! Readers who share Eggers concerns about the Facebook-opticon, the surveillance state that leaves no shred of daily life unscrutinized, this superficial, hollow sense of community spaned by digital connectivity will flock to stand before this brave rallying flag. . . . The world that the Circle is delivering to the online masses is very much our world. This isnt science fiction . . . We need a legion of Dave Eggers in the world today, calling out the dangers. Andrew Leonard, Salon
Eggerss works pulse with life . . . The Circle pushes his art even further . . . Eggerss work, part dark comedy, part sobering glimpse into the near-future, stuns for two reasons: Maes humanity and compassion are apparent even as she helps erode our civil liberties; and two, it doesnt feel like science fiction. It feels like the next horrificbut very plausiblesmall step for mankind. Josh Davis, Time Out New York, five stars
You cant read The Circle, Dave Eggerss novel about a powerful internet company, and not recognize the books dystopian vision in our own obsessions with sharing and social media. The novel, set in the near future, is an engaging mix of social satire and cautionary tale . . . captures the perils of the internet and, in particular, the over-the-top utopianism sometimes espoused by technology executives more than any other novel of recent years . . . both hilarious and foreboding. Allan Hoffman, The New Jersey Star-Ledger
Ripped from recent headlines about privacy, technology and social media . . . A book that begins as a lighthearted cautionary tale grows into a claustrophobic portrait of relentless effort to achieve the culmination of closing the Circle. Richard Galant, CNN
Entertaining . . . A sense of horror finally arrives near the end of the book, coming . . . through the power of Eggerss writing . . . The final scene is chilling. Ellen Ullman, The New York Times Book Review
Gripping . . . Set in the not-too-distant future, Eggers\\\\' story takes us inside a shiny-happy California-based media corporation called the Circle . . . a compelling exploration of how individuals excitedly opt into a corporately-controlled culture of complete surveillance billed as a community, transforming privacy into a quaint notion possessedonlyby the nostalgic . . . The Circle\\\\'s brilliance lies in convincingly taking us inside an extreme vision of what is nascent in the 21stcentury cyber-utopianism we all endorse, showing us how the visions of digital media moguls are championed and propagated by an overly-willing society . . . Eggers creates for us a surprisingly contemporary world that seems strangely familiar to regular social media users a world into which all of us excitedly join without much prompting. Rob Williams, PolicyMic
What fuels this novel is its thunderbolt of an idea: digital culture is suffocating us and, whats more, is doing so under the duplicitous guise of widespread human beneficence . . . This is a novel about the silence inside your head . . . a powerful argument for turning off your iPhone and going for a walk. Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek
Dave Eggers is fast becoming one of our fiercest and most compelling writers on the dark side of technology. [The Circle] is a gripping and highly unsettling read. Edmund Gordon, The Sunday Times (UK)
Ithas taken Eggers the 13 years since his breakout memoir to give us a bookthattrulymatchedA Heartbreaking Worksgravitas but withThe Circle, Eggers has given us everything . . . when you put down the book and go to check your email, youmight just realize that we areliving the fiction . . . [The Circle] takes place before a fall that we might really be approaching, and its this compelling sense of impending, unpredictable doom that makes this work of fiction feel very real, and very necessary. Jason Diamond, Flavorwire
Dave Eggers real heartbreaking work of staggering genius might be this one. The Circle is todays version of dystopian classics such as George Orwells 1984 or Aldous Huxleys Brave New World. Eggers novel is terrifying, funny, real, suspenseful and visionary . . . Always keeping the focus on Mae, Eggers brings up all the Big Brother issues of our time: privacy, democracy, memory, history and the quality of how were connecting. Holly Silva, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Eggers has updated Orwells vision by inverting it. In 1984, the members of the Party are watched by Big Brother; in The Circle, it is the people who watch the government . . . Perhaps our need for privacy will erode as technology continues to develop and the world continues to change. Or perhaps humans will still occasionally cling to the need for privacy simply because it is an essential quality of being human. Either way, the fact that these questions linger long after finishing this book is a testament to the multiple layers and potential lasting impact of The Circle. Karl Hendricks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Circleis a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication . . . a work so germane to our times that it may well come to be considered as the most on-the-money satirical commentary on the earlyinternetage . . . The pages are full of clever, plausible, unnerving ideas that I suspect are being developed right now . . . The book is also very funny . . . A prescient, important and enjoyable book, and what I love most aboutTheCircleis that it is telling us so much about the impact of the computer age on human beings in the only form that can do so with the requisite wit, interiority and profundity: the novel. Edward Docx, The Guardian (UK)
Eggerss past work has tackled sociopolitical issues such as the justice system, Sudanese refugees, and the plight of public school educators. The Circle gives him a new soapbox, and if he can convince a mass audience that Google is even a little bit evil, hell have produced some of the most subversive commercial fiction ever written. The novel is a pro-privacy, antitech manifesto masquerading as a Dan Brown thriller. Its Evgeny Morozov dressed in John Grishams clothing. Seth Stevenson, Bloomberg Businessweek
Step away from whatever tweet youre composing for your 484 followers. Dont click like on that Facebook photo of a friends kids. Dave Eggers chilling and enormously absorbing new novelThe Circle, about encroaching tentacles of the worlds most powerful Internet company, demands your thoughtful and committed attention. Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly
A fast-moving conspiracy potboiler . . . a zippy, pulpy read that puts pressing issues into sharp relief. Jessica Winter, Slate
The Circle is Brave New World for our brave new world . . . Now that we all live and move and have our being in the panopticon, Eggerss novel may be just fast enough, witty enough and troubling enough to make us glance away from our twerking Vines and consider how life has been reshaped by a handful of clever marketers . . . There may come a day when we can look back at this novel with incredulity, but for now, the mirror it holds up is too chilling to LOL. Ron Charles, The Washington Post
The Circle may be . . . more fable than novel, but it has all that in common with Brave New World, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Fahrenheit 451. One hopes that it will enjoy pride of place with those books in classrooms, as a reminder that surveillance and transparency were not always judged merely by what they might do for us. Stefan Beck, Daily Beast
Eggers\\\\'s writing is so fluent, his ventriloquism of tech-world dialect so light, his denouement so enjoyably inevitable\\\" Alexander Linklater, The Observer
The Circle is intelligent and quirky, engaged and affecting and confirms Eggers place as one of the most interesting novelists currently writing. Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman
Dave Eggers takes the growing inescapabilty of social media and personal technology to clever and chilling places in his new novel. Patrick Condon, Associated Press
Game-changing . . . a fast-paced and suspenseful story . . . Eggers has produced the fable for our wired times. Bethanne Patrick, AARP.org
Most of us imagine totalitarianism as something imposed upon usbut what if were complicit in our own oppression? Thats the scenario in Eggers ambitious, terrifying, and eerily plausible new novel . . . Brave and important and will draw comparisons toBrave New Worldand1984. Eggers brilliantly depicts the Internet binges, torrents of information, and endless loops of feedback that increasingly characterize modern life. But perhaps most chilling of all is his notion that our ultimate undoing could be something so petty as our desperate desire for affirmation. Booklist (Starred)
A stunning work of terrifying plausibility, a cautionary tale of subversive power in the digital age suavely packaged as a Silicon Valley social satire. Set in the near future, it examines the inner workings of the Circle, an internet company that is both spiritual and literal successor to Facebook, Google, Twitter and more, as seen through the eyes of Mae Holland, a new hire who starts in customer service . . . Eggers presents a Swiftian scenario so absurd in its logic and compelling in its motives . . . sneaking up on the reader before delivering its warnings of the future, a worthy and entertaining read. Publishers Weekly (Starred) ', 'Dave Eggers grew up near Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the founder of McSweeneys, an independent publishing house in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeneys Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine, The Believer. McSweeneys publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world. In 2002, he cofounded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit youth writing and tutoring center in San Franciscos Mission District. Sister centers have since opened in seven other American cities under the umbrella of 826 National, and like-minded centers have opened in Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Birmingham, Alabama, among other locations. His work has been nominated for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Frances Prix Mdicis,Germanys Albatross Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the American Book Award. Eggers lives in Northern California with his family.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Lucy Waverman's Cooking School Cookbook\\nDescription: ['Finally, a cookbook tht goes back to the basics of good food - basics that, once mastered, will allow you to feel truly confident in the kitchen, and inspire you to create your own culinary masterpieces. In a down to earth, reassuring style, food writer and cooking teacher Lucy Waverman will take you through the fundamental techniques of cooking, from the art of boiling the perfect egg, to whipping up the most elegant sauces.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House\\nDescription: ['', '#1 New York Times Bestseller', 'Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian,Kirkus Reviews, The Sunday Times, The Observer, and Financial Times
\\\"What makes Fire and Fury important is that it is not just about Trump, but a product of the same culture that produced Trump: It is \\\\'reality\\\\' journalism, in the same way that Trump is a \\\\'reality\\\\' character.\\\" The Atlantic', '\\\"It is not a book. It is the book. If there is only one book Washington political reporters will read this year...then this is it.... [Wolff] is a wicked stylist and keen observer, with a justly earned reputation for approaching his subjects with fangs bared and talons sharpened.... A perfect karmic delivery system.\\\"The Weekly Standard', '\\\"The pages of Wolffs book are littered with insults and intrigue, backstabbing and dysfunction.\\\"The Washington Post
\\\"To the many ironies of Donald Trumps presidency can be added the fact that a man who does not read books has helped cause a publishing sensation.... Mr Wolffs muckraking skills, cattiness, cynicism and feel for human weakness, especially among the rich and famous, make him well-qualified for the job.\\\"The Economist', '\\\"An undeniably juicy chronicle of a presidential administration that in just one year has been beset by numerous scandals and crises.... [Wolff] gives the reader a you-are-there sense of events without resorting to an unneeded dramatic writing style.\\\" The San Francisco Chronicle', '\\\"Wolffs lasting achievement here is not his headline-grabbing revelations but the skillful, enthralling, and utterly terrifying way he depicts the unqualified, unprepared, and downright unusual characters to be found wandering the halls of the White House in the first half of 2017 as well as their near bloodsport-level conflicts.\\\" Entertainment Weekly', '\\\"What makes the book significant is its sly, hilarious portrait of a hollow man, into the black hole of whose needy, greedy ego the whole world has virtually vanished.\\\"The Guardian', '\\\"The White House has naturally denied and decried Wolff\\\\'s account, but even if it\\\\'s only halfway accurate, it presents an appalling view of a frighteningly unqualified and unprepared gang that can\\\\'t think straight.\\\"Kirkus Reviews', '', 'Michael Wolff has received numerous awards for his work, including two National Magazine Awards. He has been a regular columnist for Vanity Fair, New York, The Hollywood Reporter, British GQ, USA Today, and The Guardian. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling Burn Rate and The Man Who Owns the News. He lives in Manhattan and has four children.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Social Science Research Design and Statistics: A Practitioner's Guide to Research Methods and SPSS Analysis\\nDescription: ['\\\"Social Science Research Design and Statistics is a well sequenced, well organized introduction to the world of social science research design and statistics. It is a unique gift to students, teachers, researchers, and consultants. This book will be an excellent first choice for any individual wanting to start the journey into the realm of statistics but also a great second choice for the many students out there who have found the journey intimidating. The book is generic enough to be most useful and user-friendly in a variety of disciplines. The authors approach to explaining concepts is far superior to the multitude of textbooks that have appeared on the market.\\\" - Dr. Franco Gandolfi, Dean, School of Business, California Baptist University', \\\"Most people are aware of the high tuition costs that come with a college education. However, textbooks are also increasing in price. According to the Twenty Million Minds Foundation, the average amount that college students spend on textbooks has risen from about $900 to almost $1,300 per year in the past three years.
Two colleagues and I got an idea regarding a deeply discounted textbook when we were discussing Clayton Christensen's work on disruptive innovation at the university where I worked. Disruptive innovation is a term coined by Mr. Christensen that describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves upmarket, eventually displacing established competitors. At the meetings we were discussing models to reduce tuition expenses. However, we thought the concept could also be applied to textbooks, since they, like tuition, have become so expensive.
We decided to move forward with our concept. We wrote a textbook for courses on research design and statistics using SPSS (which we have taught in the past). The paperback version is 558 pages long with a $29.95 list price. It is a substantial book with an extraordinary low list price for a math textbook. E-book versions go for $9.99. This one book replaces two textbooks I use in my courses--one lists for $118.60 (on SPSS) and the other $154 (on statistics). The book we wrote covers the content of these two books and more. Replacing the two textbooks with our textbook will save students over $200 for a single course! If this is not a disruptive use of technology, I don't know what is. I hope this concept takes root.
Alfred P. Rovai Chesapeake, Va.\\\", '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Francis of the Filth\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Seeds\\nDescription: ['Kindergarten-Grade 3 - With its interestingly composed, close-up color photos, this book explores a variety of seeds and their methods of dispersal. The text is simple enough for independent reading; however, some of the concepts are not adequately explained. For example, Robbins states: \\\"From the seeds that farmers sow, in the spring and summer come wonderful fruits - delicious sweet plums and cherries, peaches, apricots, and many others,\\\" and some youngsters may think that these fruits come from annual plants, not orchard trees. This is a worthy secondary purchase, however, for its pictures and for creating an awareness of the vast variety of seeds and their importance both for plant propagation and as foods for humans and animals. Jean Richards\\\\'s A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds (Millbrook, 2002) covers the same concepts, but has watercolor pictures rather than photographs and includes two pages of frequently asked questions. - Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'PreS-Gr. 3. Robbins uses a simple text and many crisp, large-scale photos to introduce seeds to young children. A typical double-page spread presents a single plant and its seeds or several plants whose seeds are similar. A few sentences in large type comment on the specific topic, and color photos, often close-ups of plants or seeds, are silhouetted against white pages. The artwork is striking and effective, but the organization and content of the text are weaker. For example, the sentence \\\"From the seeds that farmers sow, in the spring and summer come wonderful fruits--delicious, sweet plums and cherries, peaches, apricots, and many others\\\" needs some interpretation from an adult. Fruit trees, even seeds from the fruits named, are usually said to be planted rather than sown, and a hopeful child who plants a peach pit will wait many summers for the fruit. Still, preschool and primary-grade teachers will appreciate this for the clarity and beauty of its illustrations. Carolyn Phelan Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Sleeping Beauties (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)\\nDescription: ['Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Doctor Sleep and Under the Dome, now a major TV miniseries on CBS. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: 365 Bedtime Stories (2 kids with dog on cover)\\nDescription: ['Stories to read to your children every day of the year before they to sleep at night.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Moores Are Missing (Bookshots)\\nDescription: [\\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Slam Dunk, Vol. 28\\nDescription: ['Takehiko Inoue is the creator of one of the most popular manga of all time, Slam Dunk, which has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. He followed that series up with two titles lauded by critics and fans alike Vagabond, a fictional account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, and Real, a manga about wheelchair basketball. Inoue is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the Media Arts Festival Award. In addition to his work on manga, Inoue has worked on television commercials, character designs for video games, and is the founder of a scholarship to foster Japanese basketball talent.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Count to Ten: A Private Novel\\nDescription: ['\\\"Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn\\\\'t forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent--which is what James Patterson has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.\\\"--Lee Child
\\\"It\\\\'s no mystery why James Patterson is the world\\\\'s most popular thriller writer: his uncanny skill in creating living, breathing characters we truly feel for and seamless, lightning-fast plots. I do this for a living, and he still manages to keep me guessing from the first to last page. Simply put: Nobody does it better.\\\"--Jeffery Deaver
\\\"James Patterson is The Boss. End of.\\\"--Ian Rankin', 'James Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. He is a tireless champion of the power of books and reading, exemplified by his new children\\\\'s book imprint, JIMMY Patterson, whose mission is simple: We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say: \\\"PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.\\\" He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over 400 Teacher Education Scholarships at 24 colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. James will be investing his proceeds from the sales of JIMMY Patterson Books into pro-reading initiatives. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: America's Colony: The Political and Cultural Conflict between the United States and Puerto Rico (Critical America)\\nDescription: ['', 'Provides a new and needed approach to understanding the development and current status of Puerto Rico. -Choice', 'In an era increasingly concerned with democracy around the world, Malavet reminds us of the forgotten colony in our own backyard Puerto Rico. Utilizing a Critical Race/Latino Theory perspective, Malavet make the legal case for a post-colonial future in which reparations will be owed. -Adrien K. Wing,University of Iowa College of Law', \\\"Americas Colony incisively analyzes the legal treatment of Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory and the second class treatment of Puerto Ricans. This important book is sure to become an influential critical analysis of the subordination of Puerto Ricans, who contrary to popular opinion are U.S. citizens by birth. Denied representation in the U.S. Congress and the right to vote for President, it is no surprise that Puerto Ricans on the island are denied the education, public benefits, and basic rights that other U.S. citizens enjoy. Importantly, America's Colony traces the legal justification for such treatment, including the amazing U.S. Supreme Court cases from the early twentieth century decisions that have remained law to this day that the U.S. Constitution simply does not fully apply to the territory of Puerto Rico. For anyone interested in one of the last American colonies, and modern Puerto Rico, including the controversy over bomb testing on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, Malavets book is essential reading. -Kevin R. Johnson,University of California at Davis School of Law\\\", '', '', 'Pedro A. Malavet is Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.', '', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Home Sweet Murder (James Patterson's Murder Is Forever)\\nDescription: [\\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: How to Play the Middlegame in Chess (The club player's library)\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder Beyond the Grave (James Patterson's Murder Is Forever)\\nDescription: ['\\\"Every once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that. Now...with his mission still unfolding, James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.\\\" Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series
\\\"Behind all the noise and numbers, we shouldn\\\\'t forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what James Patterson has, in spades.\\\" Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series ', 'James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. Patterson holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. His books have sold more than 355 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and has over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. ', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook\\nDescription: ['The ultimate book for any Liza fan!', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Murder, Interrupted (James Patterson's Murder is Forever)\\nDescription: [\\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Uncle Remus. His Songs and Sayings... New and Revised Edition, with one hundred and twelve illustrations by A.B. Frost\\nDescription: []\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Cold Blood: A gripping serial killer thriller that will take your breath away (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 5)\\nDescription: ['Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Return of Mother God: The Feminine Essence of Our Creator\\nDescription: ['Tony Scazzero has written several books about topics that seem stranger than fiction. His goal is to help balance the world by helping it to become more spiritual. He believes that peace on earth will come once everyone understands that we are truly brothers and sisters with God as our parent.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Missing Girls: A serial killer thriller with a twist (Detective Robyn Carter crime thriller series) (Volume 3)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Baluka & Friends\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Last Breath: (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 4)\\nDescription: [\\\"Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
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Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)\\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Out the Summerhill Road: A Novel (Evelyn Oppenheimer Series)\\nDescription: ['', ' Praise for Jane Roberts Wood’s Fiction:
“A genuine Texas treasure.”—The Dallas Morning News “Wood handles whatever she touches with delicate precision, and leaves an impression, not of bitterness of life, but of the tenderness of the human soul.”—The New Mexican
', ' Praise for the Lucy Richards Trilogy:
“It’s a winner!—A real down-to-earth story that keeps you spellbound from page to page.”—Liz Carpenter, former White House press secretary “A truly fine tale of the indomitable human spirit, told in the honest voice of a strong young schoolmarm in early day West Texas.”—Larry L. King, author of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas “Wood’s lively, eccentric characters leap off the page and will live in the reader’s heart long after the book is closed.”—Jean Stapleton, actress “Wood has a rare gift for transcending the ordinary and this heartwarming continuation of her earlier novels is no exception. Wood’s narration is seamless and she is especially masterful in creating meaningful characters.”—Publishers Weekly
', ' “In no time at all, you feel comfortable with these women and appreciate the changes they have gone through. That alone is enough to make you want to keep reading.  …  If you want to know Texas better, this is a fine book to read.”', '
', ' JANE ROBERTS WOOD is the award winning author of the Lucy Richards trilogy: The Train to Estelline, A Place Called Sweet Shrub, and Dance a Little Longer, as well as Grace and Roseborough, all published in paperback by UNT Press. Wood is a Fellow of both the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of the Humanities. She and her husband, J. W. “Dub” Wood, live in the horse country of Argyle, Texas, with their two dogs.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Secrets of the Dead: A serial killer thriller that will have you hooked (Detective Robyn Carter crime thriller series) (Volume 2)\\nDescription: ['', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology\\nDescription: ['', 'From the reviews:', '', 'Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology is the first book to cover global research on photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the management of skin disease. Although a relatively young procedure, PDT has enjoyed increased popularity during the last ten years. As research has grown, two distinct routes have appeared: the United States model and the European one, each focusing on different uses and photosensitizers. Dr. Gold has assembled the worlds experts on PDT to create a book that concisely covers every use and photosensitizer available around the world and includes comprehensive coverage of both of the FDA-approved photosensitizers in the United States, all the while carefully differentiating between off-label and FDA-approved uses of photodynamic therapy. Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology emphasizes how to integrate PDT into practice. Toward this end, it is organized by disease category, with each chapter providing a systematic discussion of indications, PDT approaches from country to country, common side effects, prognosis as well as the underlying science. The book will be of value to dermatologists seeking a state-of-the-art review of PDT around the world, the latest in its clinical uses, and guidance on how to incorporate PDT into clinical practice.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: The Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster crime thriller novel) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: [\\\"Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller The Girl in the Ice, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.
The Night Stalker, Dark Water and Last Breath are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, Cold Blood has just been published.
Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages.
In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.
You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza
Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: eepurl.com/UITxz
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\\\"I can\\\\'t believe how good Patterson is, whether he\\\\'s doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down.\\\"Larry King, USA Today
\\\"Patterson and Paetro are at their best here, weaving a number of plots together to create a novel that dips and flows across genre lines.... A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging.\\\"BookReporter.com', \\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990\\nDescription: ['
Vice Admiral G. M. Hiranandani joined the Indian Navy in 1949, which included training with the British navy from 1949 to 1953. On retiring from the UPSC, as its officiating chairman in 1995, naval headquarters asked him to write the official history of the Indian Navy. He authored a trilogy: Transition to Triumph, covering the period 1965 to 1975, Transition to Eminence, covering the period 1976 to 1990, and Transition to Guardianship, covering the last decade of the twentieth century.']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: 12th of Never (Women's Murder Club)\\nDescription: [\\\"James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family. \\\", '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Juicing, Smoothies & Blended Drinks\\nDescription: ['', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: French Kiss: A Detective Luc Moncrief Mystery (BookShots)\\nDescription: ['James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.
\\\"Do you really know \\\\'how\\\\' to network? Kristen Eckstein answers that question and more in her latest book, 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business. Not only do I use her easy to implement techniques, but I recommend her to all of my clients.\\\" ~Linette Daniels, author of Passion Won\\\\'t Pay the Bills
\\\"Kristen Eckstein shares the secrets of networking in her latest book - 21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business. You no longer need to be afraid of how to approach people in the social scenes, how to dress, where to sit... Kristen shares all that information and more in this little book - definitely a must have in your library!\\\" ~Lisa Benavidez, Event Planner for MCE OnSite
\\\"21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business is the best \\\\'Little Black Book\\\\' of networking and wonderfully illustrates the importance of building solid relationships. Kristen shares no-nonsense techniques to prepare you for your next event. Pick up your copy today.\\\" ~Kelli Claypool, President & CEO Small Business and Learning Institute
\\\"21 Ways to Powerfully Network Your Business by Kristen Eckstein is an easy-to-read book that is full of practical tips to take your business to the next level. It is a phenomenal way for new business owners to start their businesses off on the right foot and it is also great for seasoned business owners to read to enhance their networking skills. I recommend that this book be given to all of the people you know who are working on establishing a solid plan for meeting customers to grow their businesses.\\\" ~Stevii Mills, Founder of The Beauty From Head To Toe Tour
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"chosen": "Title: Mail-Order Brides of the West: Evie (McCutcheon Family Series)\nDescription: [\"<span>People often ask what inspires me. What gets my thought process humming so I can write? The answer is everywhere I go and everything I see. Every conversation seems to have me thinking, <i>that needs to go into a book</i>. I spent my childhood reading such greats as Jack London, Zane Grey, Emily Bront, to name just a few. I always had a novel in my hands. Then, in high school, I discovered Rosemary Rogers and was hooked on romance, particularly western romances. Regular trips to the bookstore netted me wonderful authors such as Lavyrle Spencer, Catherine Anderson, Jodi Thomas, and Dorothy Garlock. Just thinking about all those wonderful books has me giddy. </span><br /> <span><br /> After I married, and before I discovered I had a multitude of western historical romances bubbling inside me just waiting to pop out, I became a professional equine photographer--a career that lasted twenty years. Growing up with horses, and in the West, I found it a natural progression. If any of you have ever been to a horse show, you'll understand when I say that the photographer has a pretty lonely job. Most hours are spent alone in the arena, snapping horses and equestrians as they are put through their paces. During that time, I fleshed out plots in my head, plus developed the charming yet sexy characters of the McCutcheon family and dyed-in-the-wool loner Chase Logan. </span><br /> <span><br /> I'm an easy target for a sweet romance, filled with sexual tension, lively banter, and men and women who will surprise as well as inspire and touch your heart. Writing is a joy when each moment takes me to another place, another time. One filled with wonder, beauty, joy, romance and love!</span><span></span>\", \"USA Today Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her father's career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, Where the Wind Blows, won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in the Pacific Northwest.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy\nDescription: ['USA Today bestselling author, Debra Holland wears several hats when it comes to writing. As a psychotherapist, she writes nonfiction books. The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving is her first nonfiction book. More nonfiction books about grieving, boundary setting with difficult people, and relationships, are forthcoming. Debra also writes fiction--Historial Western Romance, Contemporary Romance, Fantasy Romance, and Science Fiction. Her Montana Sky series, sweet historical Western romances, is published by Amazon Montlake. The first two books of The Gods\\' Dream Trilogy (fantasy romance) are available on Kindle. The common publishing philosophy is that an author should take different pen names for different kinds of book or \"the reader will be confused.\" Debra thinks her readers are smart enough to distinguish between her various books. Thus, she\\'s publishing everything under her own name.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cat Magic\nDescription: ['Barry, a practicing witch, has collaborated with well-known SF and horror writer Strieber in this very uneven novel. In a sense the book is a spokespiece for witchcraftand is most interesting as suchnot black magic witchcraft, but the ancient wisdom of worshipping the earth and the seasons, of living with and respecting nature and the holy in people and animals. The story focuses on young Amanda Walker, who has come to rural Maywell to work with Constance Collier on her latest book. But Constance is really a witch, the spiritual leader of a large coven, and unbeknownst to Amanda she has picked the girl to be her successor. To complicate matters, Amanda\\'s eccentric uncle George, who is involved in research in resuscitating the dead, has finally gone over the edge and is looking for a healthy young woman as his next subject. And Brother Simon Pierce, local fundamentalist preacher, himself quite mad, is determined to enforce the Biblical injunction, \"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.\" The book is burdened with erratic pacing and frequent and jarring mood changes, but almost in spite of its clunky style, it often manages to entertain. <br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Perfect Phrases for Creativity and Innovation: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Break-Through Thinking, Problem Solving, and Inspiring Team Collaboration (Perfect Phrases Series)\nDescription: ['', '<b>Karen Eriksen</b> is president of Eriksen Institute and serves as a trainer and course designer for Hemsley Fraser.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Preacher's Wife (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical)\nDescription: [\"Cheryl's first book, RAIN SHADOW was nominated for RWAs RITA for Best First Book, by Romantic Times for Best Western Historical, and by Affaire de Coeur readers as Best American Historical Romance. Since then her stories have continued to receive awards and high acclaim. In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real life situations.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Marrying the Preacher's Daughter (Love Inspired Historical)\nDescription: [\"Cheryl's first book, RAIN SHADOW was nominated for RWAs RITA for Best First Book, by Romantic Times for Best Western Historical, and by Affaire de Coeur readers as Best American Historical Romance. Since then her stories have continued to receive awards and high acclaim. In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real life situations.\", '<i>Colorado June, 1876</i>', 'loss your guns down now!\" a male voice shouted. \"Hands in the air.\"', \"Elisabeth Hart couldn't see past the layers of netting on a woman's hat in front of her, but sounds of alarm rippled through the passengers who sat in the forward rows. The interior of the railcar was sweltering beneath the midday sun, and she blotted her eyes and forehead with her lace-trimmed handkerchief. What should have been a routine stop along the tracks to take on water had become life-threatening.\", 'Thuds sounded as firearms hit the aisle. A man in a battered hat and wearing a faded bandanna over the lower half of his face came into view. Eyes darting from person to person, he snatched up the guns.', 'Another masked bandit appeared in the wake of the first. Sweat drenched the front of his dusty shirt. \"Turn over all your cash and jewelry. Ladies\\' bags, too, and none of you gets shot.\"', 'Two more thieves held open gunnysacks and gathered the looted items.', 'Fear prickled at Elisabeth, but a maelstrom of rebellious anger made her tremble. How dreadful of these men to point guns and make demands. Every fiber of her being objected to their lack of concern for the safety of the passengers and the downright thievery.', 'She turned to the tall, quiet man who\\'d been sitting beside her on the aisle side of the bench seat since they\\'d left Morning Creek, noting the way his hat brim shaded piercing green eyes. He watched the gunman with intense concentration, but made no move to stop what was happening. \"Aren\\'t you going to <i>do something?</i>\" she whispered.', 'The man cast her a glare that would have scorched a lesser woman. One eyebrow rose and he gave an almost imperceptible shake of his head.', '\"They\\'re going to rob us,\" she insisted. \"You still have your gun. I saw it inside your jacket when you leaned to lower the window earlier.\"', 'He focused on the man wielding the revolver, but spoke to her. \"Can you count, lady? Just give \\'em what they want so nobody gets hurt.\"', '\"But\"', \"Pausing beside them, the masked robber pointed his gun directly at her seat partner's chest. The man gave Elisabeth a pointed glare and calmly raised his hands in the air before looking up.\", '\"Right in here,\" the robber said.', 'The seated man handed him a coin purse and tossed several silver dollars and his pocket watch into the bag.', 'The barrel of the gun swung to Elisabeth. \"Lady?\"', \"Elisabeth's temper and sensibilities flared, but fear kept her silent. Her heart beat so frantically, she thought her chest might burst. She wanted to refuse, but didn't want anyone to get hurt. Begrudgingly, she forfeited her black velvet chatelaine pocket with the silver handle and removed the gold bracelet she'd received for her last birthday, dropping both into the burlap sack.\", 'The robber pointed at her neck. \"You got a chain under there.\"', 'She clapped her hand protectively over the plain gold ring that rested on a chain beneath her damp and wrinkled cotton shirtwaist. \"This was my mother\\'s!\"', '\"Just give it to him,\" the green-eyed stranger cajoled in his maddeningly calm manner.', '\"Now just wait,\" Elisabeth argued with a glare. \"You don\\'t understand. This was my <i>mother\\'s </i>wedding ring.\"', 'The stranger gave her a quelling look that singed her eyelashes. Passengers called out their displeasure and shouted for her to give up her jewelry same as they had.', \"The ring was all she had of her mother. Since she'd drowned, Elisabeth had worn it every dayand tried to fill the woman's shoes. The wedding band symbolized Elisabeth's childhood and her sacrifices. Parting with it would break her heartbut she didn't want to be the cause of anyone getting shot. What would her father have to say in this situation?\", \"She closed her eyes. <i>Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. </i>Her true treasures were in heaven. The ring wasn't as important as the lives at stake.\", \"The robber leaned down close as if he meant to take the ring from her neck. She raised her hand to her throat to prevent him from touching her. She could do this on her own. He grabbed Elisabeth's collar and yanked so hard that she jerked forward and the top button popped off.\", 'In that same second, a grim click sounded. The bandit paused dead still.', 'Elisabeth stared into his shining dark eyes, and the moment stretched into infinity. She could hear her blood pulsing through her veins, her breath panting from between her dry lips. Was this the day she was going to die and meet her Maker?', '\"Take your hands off the lady, or you\\'re dead.\" From beside her, the stranger\\'s low-timbered voice was calm, but laced with lethal intent. The hair on Elisabeth\\'s neck stood up.', \"No one else was privy to the robber's predicament. The green-eyed man's gun was still concealed between the two men, the business end jammed up against the robber's belly. Elisabeth dared a glance and saw the stranger's other hand clamped over the man's wrist, keeping that revolver pointed toward the floor and protectively away from her.\", 'What could only have been seconds, but seemed like an hour, passed with their ragged breaths loud and the tick of a pocket watch encroaching on her consciousness.', '\"We ain\\'t got all day, Hank!\" one of the other thieves shouted.', \"The robber leaning over her attempted to move, and pandemonium broke loose. A shot rang out and Elisabeth's rescuer grunted in pain. The robber tugged at Elisabeth's collar, and the man beside her fired his gun.\", 'The stench of gunpowder stung her nose. Men shouted. Women screamed. Elisabeth watched the events unfold in a haze of fear and disbelief.', \"The man who'd threatened Elisabeth crumpled, slumping sideways over the back of a seat. A horrifying crimson blotch spread across his shirtfront. She covered her mouth with her hand to keep from crying out.\", 'The stranger leaped from his seat with his arm outstretched. \"Get down!\" he bellowed. A rapid succession of shots nearly deafened her. She cupped her hands over her ears, belatedly realizing he\\'d been ordering <i>her </i>to get down. Praying for safety for the other passengers, she folded herself onto the floor and knelt with her heart pounding. The shock of seeing that man shot and bleeding stole her breath.', \"Minutes passed with her thoughts in chaos. Would she see her family again? If the stranger protecting her had been shot, maybe other people were being killed or injured, and all because she'd delayed. She'd been going to give him the ring.\", 'An eerie silence followed in the wake of the previous pandemonium, and it took a few minutes to comprehend what that could mean.', \"The sound of hesitant footsteps and voices told her the battle was over. She opened eyes she hadn't realized were squeezed shut, unfolded her body and peered over the seat in front of her.\", 'One of the male passengers had picked up the gunny-sacks and now doled possessions back to their owners. In numb silence, she accepted her monogrammed velvet pocket and gold bracelet from his outstretched hand while her mind struggled to comprehend what was going on around her. A conductor and several other railroad men stepped over prone bodies on the floor. The sight made her stomach lurch. Elisabeth could only stare in numb disbelief.', 'One of the uniformed men made his way to the stranger who was seated on a bench with his back against the side of the railcar, his hand pressed to his ribs. \"Find something for bandages!\"', 'Spurred out of her frozen state of shock, Elisabeth straightened and stepped into the aisle. She raised her hem and, holding it in her teeth, tore a wide strip from her petticoat. \"Here.\"', 'Others provided handkerchiefs and scarves, and the conductor handed over the wad of material for the fellow to press against the wound. \"Sit tight,\" he said. \"We\\'ll get you to the doctor in Jackson Springs quick as we can.\"', \"Several men dragged the robbers' bodies to the back of the car, the dead men's boot heels painting shiny streaks of blood on the wooden floor. Her stomach roiled and she thought she might be sick.\", '\"Are you all right?\"', 'She swung her gaze to those green eyes, now dark with pain. \"Y-yes, I\\'m fine.\"', 'Had he killed all of those men? He made a halfhearted attempt to sit a little straighter, but grimaced and stayed where he was.', 'He\\'d probably saved her life. Without a doubt he\\'d saved her from losing her precious ring. She perched on the edge of the seat beside his leg, and reached to replace his hand with hers, pressing the cloth against his cream-colored shirt, where it was soaked with blood that flowed from his side. \"I\\'m Elisabeth Hart.\"', '\"Gabe Taggart,\" he replied.', '\"That was a very brave thing you did.\"', 'His expression slid into a scowl. \"Didn\\'t have much choice after the stupid thing you did.\"', \"Taken aback, she was at a loss for words. Before that horrible man had reached for her, she'd been prepared to hand over the ring. Now she felt foolish for ever hesitating.\", 'Steam hissed and the train jerked into motion, picking up speed along the tracks. The stranger winced at the jerking movement. The woman who\\'d been sitting behind them made her way along the aisle in the rocking car. \"Thank you for rescuing us,\" she said to Gabe.', \"Casting a disapproving scowl at Elisabeth, she returned to her seat. Elisabeth glanced at a few of the other occupants of the railcar and noted an assortment of scathing looks directed toward her. None of them understood the value she placed on the ring or the reason for her delay. She hadn't meant to endanger anyone.\", \"Silently, she prayed for his life, asking God to forgive her for putting him at risk because of her selfish attachment to an earthly treasure. Out of habit, she reached into the jacket pocket of her traveling suit and rubbed a smooth flat stone between her fingers. The keepsake was one of several she'd picked up during her family's perilous journey to Colorado. The stones reminded her of the sacri...\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How to Prepare for the AP European History (BARRON'S HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE AP EUROPEAN HISTORY ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION)\nDescription: ['BARRON?S<br /> STUDENTS?<br /> #1<br /> CHOICE<br /><br /> <b>HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE<br /> AP<br /> EUROPEAN HISTORY<br /> ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION<br /></b> 3RD EDITION<br /><br /> <b>In-depth Preparation Includes <br /></b> Two full-length model AP exams<br /> All Questions answered and explained<br /> An extensive subject review covering all major European historical events from the Renaissance to the present day<br /> Study tips and test-taking strategies<br /><br /> <b>Model Exams Simulate<br /></b> the Actual AP European History Exam in length, question types, and degree of difficulty', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Scene of the Crime: Return to Bachelor Moon (Harlequin LP Intrigue)\nDescription: [\"Carla Cassidy is a <em>New York Times </em>bestsellingauthor who has written more than 125 novels for Harlequin Books. She is listed on the Romance Writer's of America Honor Roll and has won numerous awards. Carla believes the only thing better than curling up with a good book to read is sitting down at the computer with a good story to write.\", '\"Tell me again what we\\'re doing checking out the whereabouts of an ex-FBI agent from the Kansas City field office?\" FBI agent Andrew Barkin asked from the backseat of the car.<br /><br />FBI special agent Gabriel Blankenship slowed the car as they approached the city limits of the small town of Bachelor Moon, Louisiana. \"We\\'re doing this as a professional courtesy, because the Kansas City office asked us to.\"<br /><br />\"A little over two years ago Sam Connelly was a respected FBI profiler before he came out here for a two-week vacation and fell in love with Daniella Butler, who owns the Bachelor Moon Bed-and-Breakfast,\" Jackson Revannaugh drawled from the passenger seat. \"Apparently true love won out over career climbing. Sam quit the agency, moved here and he and Daniella got married.\"<br /><br />\"Sam not only became a husband but also stepfather to Daniella\\'s daughter, Macy. And this morning we received a call from the manager of the bed-and-breakfast that all three of them are missing,\" Gabriel said.<br /><br />\"Unusual that we\\'d be sent out, since it hasn\\'t even been twenty-four hours,\" Jackson observed.<br /><br />\"According to the manager, they\\'ve been missing since last night.\" Gabriel kept his gaze focused on the road ahead, knowing that the bed-and-breakfast was ten miles outside of the small town.<br /><br />His gut feeling was that this was all a wild goose chase, some sort of misunderstanding between the manager and the family she worked for. It was an hour and a half drive from their field office in Baton Rouge, and they hadn\\'t been dispatched to leave until past three that afternoon.<br /><br />Hopefully they could get this sorted out and he would be in his own bed, back in his comfortable ranch house in Baton Rouge, before midnight.<br /><br />He\\'d been surprised when Director Jason Miller had assigned two men to travel with him to check out this supposed disappearance, yet he had been grateful for the company of the men, who were not only good agents adept at processing crime scenes and sniffing out bad guys but were friends, as well.<br /><br />\"There.\" Andrew pointed ahead to a sign that indicated to turn right for the Bachelor Moon Bed-and-Breakfast.<br /><br />Gabriel made the turn, squinting against the bright hot sun. He drove on for three more miles and then turned again, following another sign leading into a lane that took them to their destination.<br /><br />\"Nice,\" Jackson said as a huge two-story house with a sweeping veranda surrounded by large trees came into view. On one side of the B and B, a big pond glittered in the overhead sun, and on the other side, a giant carriage house looked inviting with large pots of multicolored flowers along its perimeter.<br /><br />The employees must park in another area, and there must be no guests, Gabriel thought, for the parking lot in front of the house was empty. He pulled the car to a halt and shut off the engine. At the same time, the front door opened and a woman stepped out on the porch.<br /><br />With the sun sparkling off her short, curly blond hair, creating a halo effect, she looked like a slender angel. Her long bare legs exposed by a pair of white shorts and her shoulders by a pink tank top, she looked like a very hot angel.<br /><br />\"Sweet,\" Jackson muttered from the backseat.<br /><br />\"On the job, not on the prowl,\" Gabriel reminded his fellow agent, who had a reputation around the office as a ladies\\' man. Still, he was shocked by the quick, visceral warmth that swept through him at the sight of her. Her eyes had to be blue, he thought.<br /><br />She started down the steps as if unable to wait for them to join her on the porch. As she drew closer, the men exited the vehicle.<br /><br />Two things occurred at the same time: Gabriel flashed his official identification and noted that her eyes weren\\'t blue, as he\\'d expected, but rather an electric green. She was more than pretty with her slender face, wide eyes, straight nose and generous mouth, but at the moment all of her features were radiating an emotion somewhere between panic and unadulterated fear.<br /><br />\"Thank God you\\'re here,\" she said after Gabriel had introduced himself and his two men. \"I\\'m Mar-lena Meyers, the manager here, and I\\'m the one who sounded the alarm this morning. I called the sheriff first, but he was afraid to get involved in what might be federal business, so he said I should contact the FBI. I found Sam\\'s contact list in his bedroom and called his former director with the Kansas City field office.\"<br /><br />\"And Assistant Director Forbes contacted our field office in Baton Rouge and here we are,\" Gabriel replied. Despite the fact that the sun was slowly sinking in the west, the mid-July heat and humidity made it difficult to breathe. \"Can we go inside?\"<br /><br />\"Oh, of course.\" She whirled on the heels of her white sandals to lead them back to the house. Gabriel couldn\\'t help but notice the shapeliness of her butt in the tight shorts as she walked ahead of himand that irritated him.<br /><br />It had been a long time since a woman had attracted his attention in any way, and the last thing he needed was to be distracted by this blonde bombshell. He just wanted to get inside, figure things out and get back home as soon as possible.<br /><br />She led them into a great room, obviously a place decorated for guests to hang out. Besides a couple of couches and chairs, there was a flat-screen television and a bookcase full of paperbacks and puzzles.<br /><br />She paused in the center of the room, and her gaze shot from Andrew to Jackson and then finally landed on Gabriel. \"They\\'re gone.\" Her voice was a tortured whisper as her eyes became shiny with unshed tears. \"When I got up this morning, I knew that something was horribly wrong.\"<br /><br />\"And how did you know that?\" Gabriel asked.<br /><br />Her eyes darkened, and she twisted her ringless hands together. \"You need to see the kitchen.\" Once again she turned and walked out of the room. The three men exchanged curious glances and followed.<br /><br />\"This is the guest dining room,\" she said as they entered a room with a table big enough to seat a dozen. A sideboard held an industrial-size coffee brewer, but no scent of coffee lingered in the air.<br /><br />She paused at the door on the opposite side of the room, her eyes still shiny. \"There,\" she said and pointed into the room. It was obvious she had no intention of going inside.<br /><br />As Gabriel swept past her, he caught a whiff of her scent, a clean floral fragrance he found instantly appealing, but the allure of her perfume immediately died as he walked into the kitchen and saw the table before him.<br /><br />The small round wooden table on the far side of the roomy kitchen held the remnants of what appeared to be an evening snack. Three glasses of milk sat next to three small plates with cookies. Milk was missing from all of the glasses, and there was one cookie on one plate and two each on the other plates. A single chair was overturned on its back on the floor, as if the person seated in it had jumped up so quickly that it had flipped over.<br /><br />\"The back door looks like it\\'s unlocked,\" Jackson said.<br /><br />None of the three men had taken more than two steps into the room. \"Has anyone been inside here besides you?\"<br /><br />She shook her head, her blond curls dancing with the movement. \"No. We don\\'t have any guests right now, and I\\'ve made sure the other help have stayed out of the kitchen all day.\"<br /><br />Gabriel frowned. \"Before we do anything more here, I\\'d like to see their bedrooms.\"<br /><br />\"They live in the two-bedroom suite upstairs.\"<br /><br />\"Are they the type of people to take an impromptu trip somewhere?\" Gabriel asked as they all followed her up the wide staircase.<br /><br />\"Not at all. If they had planned anything, they would have let me know, and they would have never taken off in the middle of the night.\" Her voice was laced with a simmering frantic worry. \"Something bad happened last night. I just know it. Now they\\'re gone, and nobody has seen or heard from them all day.\"<br /><br />Gabriel had known the moment he had stepped into the kitchen that he wasn\\'t going to make it into his own bed tonight. Although his gut told him they\\'d just looked at a crime scene, he didn\\'t have enough information to fully embrace that as a certainty.<br /><br />Upstairs there were guest rooms on either side of the hall. Gabriel paused at each doorway to look inside. The first was decorated in blue and white and held two double beds, a dresser, a small table and chairs next to the window.<br /><br />The second held a king-size bed and was a study in lavender and lace, with the same type of furniture again. There appeared to be nothing amiss in either of the rooms.<br /><br />\"The guest rooms have their own baths, and there are three more rooms in the carriage house,\" she said, flipping on lights, even though night wouldn\\'t encroach for a couple of hours yet.<br /><br />\"Where does this go?\" Gabriel asked, referring to a closed door in the hallway.<br /><br />\"It leads to an old servant\\'s staircase that goes down to the basement and outside. Nobody uses it anymore, and the door is kept locked.\"<br /><br />Gabriel nodded, knowing before the night was over that the door would be unlocked and the basement thoroughly checked.<br /><br />\"These are Sam, Daniella and Macy\\'s rooms.\" The door was already open, and Marlena paused in the hallway and gestured the men in.<br /><br />The initial space was a large bedroom/sitting area. The king-size bed was neatly made with a black-and-white spread. At the foot of the bed was a settee in front of a wall-mounted flat-screen television. A set of bookshelves held games and books, and it was easy for Gabriel to recognize that this was the family getaway from a houseful of paying guests.<br /><br />The bathroom was also neat and clean, with no indication that anyone had been there during the day. The smaller bedroom was an explosion of pink with a single bed covered with stuffed animals and dolls.<br /><br />Gabriel returned to the main room and opened the closet doors as Jackson and Andrew checked the bathroom and Macy\\'s bedroom more carefully.<br /><br />Gabriel noted a set of suitcases were shoved to the left of the closet, and there didn\\'t appear to be any clothing missing from hangers. He moved to the dresser, where two phones resided side by side. He couldn\\'t imagine the Connellys leaving without taking their cells with them. He picked up the phones and noticed that both were turned off, probably shut down for the night before their owners had gone to bed.<br /><br />He then pulled out the top drawer of the dresser, dismayed to find Sam\\'s wallet and his gun. A check in the wallet let Gabriel know that his driver\\'s license, credit cards and bank card were all intact.<br /><br />Gabriel\\'s heart stepped up its rhythm as he tried to imagine any reason a man would take off with his family without his wallet. And an FBI agent would never leave for any extended time without his gun. It just wouldn\\'t happen.<br /><br />He turned to see Marlena still standing in the hallway. \"You\\'d better set us up with rooms for a night or two. It looks like we\\'re going to be here a while. And don\\'t allow anyone into the kitchen. Right now that appears to be a crime scene.\"<br /><br />One hand shot to her mouth in obvious horror. \"You have to find them.\"<br /><br />Gabriel nodded. \"That\\'s the plan, and the first thing I need to do is ask you some questions.\" Marlena Meyers might be pretty, and she appeared genuinely distraught, but he had to figure out if she was truly scared for the people who had been her bosses or a good actress who was somehow responsible for whatever had happened in that kitchen the night before.<br /><br />Of the three FBI agents, Gabriel Blankenship intimidated Marlena the most. Since the moment he\\'d met her, his blue eyes had remained dark and flat, his lips seemingly unable to curve into any semblance of a smile.<br /><br />Within minutes it was established that agents Barkin and Revannaugh would share the blue room and Gabriel would take the lavender room. While the other two men went out to their car to bring in duffel bags and crime-scene kits, Gabriel gestured her into a chair in the common room downstairs and then pulled up one of the other chairs close enough so that their knees practically touched.<br /><br />Marlena wanted to scream at him that he was wasting precious time, that he and his men should be out checking the woods, beating the bushes, knocking on doors in an attempt to find the missing family. Her surrogate family.<br /><br />From the pocket of the white shirt that stretched across impossibly broad shoulders, he pulled out a pen and a small pad. He was definitely a hunk, his black slacks fitting perfectly to his slender waist and long legs. He also wore a shoulder holster and gun that would constantly remind her he wasn\\'t a guest here but rather a man on a mission.<br /><br />His black hair had just enough curl to entice a woman to run her fingers through it, but those eyes of his would stop any impulse a woman might have to touch him in any way.<br /><br />Cold and with a glint of keen intelligence, his ice-blue eyes appeared to be those of a man who had seen too much, who trusted nobody and held not a hint of any kind of invitation.<br /><br />\"How long have you worked here as a manager?\" he asked.<br /><br />\"For the past seventeen months or so. Before that I was living in Chicago, although I\\'m originally from Bachelor Moon. Daniella and I were best friends all through high school. I left here around the time she married Johnny Butler, and when I returned, I found out Johnny had been murdered and she had fallen in love with Sam.\" She knew she was rambling, giving him far more information than he\\'d asked for, but it was nerves. Whenever she was nervous and frightened, she talked too much.<br /><br />\"I was maid of honor at Sam and Daniella\\'s wedding, and for almost the past two years, the two of them and little Macy have been my family.\" New tears burned at her eyes but she quickly blinked them away. \"They took me and Cory in when we had nothing and no place else to go. They embraced us, and my friendship with Daniella picked up where it had left off.\"<br /><br />He stared at her mouth, and she wondered if he was somehow judging the words that fell out of it. Did he believe she\\'d had something to do with the family\\'s disappearance? Did he think she was lying to cover up some sort of heinous crime?<br /><br />He turned his attention to the pad in his hand, made a couple of notes and then gazed up at her again.<br /><br />\"Cory?\"<br /><br />\"My brother. He just turned twenty, and he works as the gardener\\'s assistant here. My mother abandoned us when we were young, and my father Well, he did the best he could, but I basically raised Cory. When I was twenty my father died, and I petitioned the courts to get custody of Cory, and he\\'s been with me ever since.\" Again she realized she was talking too much and firmly chastised herself just to answer his questions as simply, as succinctly as possible.<br /><br />\"And where does Cory stay?\"<br /><br />\"He has a small apartment built onto the back of the carriage house, but he\\'d never do anything to hurt Sam or Daniella, and he thinks of Macy as a little sister. He loves them as much as I do.\"<br /><br />\"Who else works here?\"', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Residue\nDescription: [\"<span>Warren Adler is best known for <i>The War of the Roses</i>, his masterpiece fictionalization of a macabre divorce turned into the Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated dark comedy hit starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. In addition to the success of the stage adaptation of his iconic novel on the perils of divorce, Adler has optioned and sold film rights to more than a dozen of his novels and short stories to Hollywood and major television networks. <i>Random Hears </i>(starring Harrison Ford and Kirsten Scott Thomas), <i>The Sunset Gang </i>(starring Jerry Stiller, Uta Hagen, Harold Gould, and Doris Roberts), <i>Private Lies</i>, <i>Funny Boys</i>, <i>Madeline's Miracles</i>, <i>Trans-Siberian Express</i>, and his Fiona Fitzgerald mystery series are only a few titles that have forever left Adler's mark on contemporary American authorship from page to stage to screen.</span>\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Montana Dawn (Home in the Heartland)\nDescription: [\"<div> <span>Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her father's career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, <i>Where the Wind Blows</i>, won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in Kentucky.</span><br> <i> </i></div>\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Demons Of The Mind: A Psychogenic Thriller\nDescription: ['Tamikio L. Reardon is the award-winning author and self-publisher. She received an honorable recognition as the best indie author of crime for September 2016. She writes fiction of mystery, crime, thriller, and paranormal. The author interviews other authors, writers, and novelists. Visit the author at https://independentautora.wixsite.com/authorspotlight.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Moon Over Montana (McCutcheon Family) (Volume 5)\nDescription: [\"For more small-town Western historical romance, be sure to check out Caroline's other best-selling six-book series, Prairie Hearts, which begins the journey with <i>Where the Wind Blows</i>. Venture back to Logan Meadows, Wyoming Territory, in 1878 for heartfelt frontier romances that will bring on both smiles and tears, and have you wishing you lived back when times were simple and every day was an adventure.carolinefyffe.com\", \"USA Today Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her father's career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, Where the Wind Blows, won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in the Pacific Northwest. Visit Caroline at www.carolinefyffe.com See her photographs at www.carolinefyffephoto.com Facebook Fan Page http://tinyurl.com/ajaog39 Twitter @carolinefyffe Write to her at caroline@carolinefyffe.com. She loves hearing from readers!\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Doctor's Former Fiancee (The Doctors MacDowell)\nDescription: ['<span>\"An absolutely delightful story, THE DOCTOR\\'S FORMER FIANCEE, the second book in author Caro Carson\\'s THE DOCTORS MACDOWELL trilogy, is a heartwarming, contemporary romance that I could not put down.\" - <b>5 Blue Ribbons</b> from <i>Romance Junkies</i></span>', 'Despite a no-nonsense background as a West Point graduate, Army officer, and Fortune 100 sales executive, Caro Carson has always treasured the happily-ever-after of a good romance novel. As a Rita-winning Harlequin author, Caro is delighted to be living her own happily-ever-after with her husband and children in Florida, a location which has saved the coaster-loving theme park fanatic a fortune on plane tickets.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Montana Snowfall (The McCutcheon Family) (Volume 7)\nDescription: [\"USA Today Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her father's career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, Where the Wind Blows, won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in the Pacific Northwest. Visit Caroline at www.carolinefyffe.com See her photographs at www.carolinefyffephoto.com Facebook Fan Page http://tinyurl.com/ajaog39 Twitter @carolinefyffe Write to her at caroline@carolinefyffe.com. She loves hearing from readers!\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Insider's Guide to Beijing 2007\nDescription: [\"The Insider's Guide to Beijing is the definitive guide for anyone planning to stay in the city for a while. It includes information on schools, doctors (of both Western and Chinese medicine) and where to get the best Peking duck, where to buy Italian shoes for kids and how to buy a house in the city. The guide covers everything from transportation to adult education. The 2007 edition also has a section on the Olympics. And since it includes lots of information about daily life in China from a foreigner s perspective, it s also a good read for the armchair traveler. Available from bookstores in major Chinese cities or order now from www.immersionguides.com --Colors Magazine, Winter 2006/2007\", 'An American from Paris, Adam Pillsbury was bitten by the China bug while crisscrossing the country during his honeymoon in \\'94. He and his wife Judy co-founded a business importing Chinese art and antique reproductions to North America before moving to Beijing \"for two years\" in 1998. A former teacher, freelance writer and magazine editor, Adam is the managing editor of the <i>Insider\\'s Guide to Beijing</i> series, which includes such books as the <i>Insider\\'s Guide to Beijing, Kids in Beijing</i> and the <i>Beijing Homebuyer\\'s Guide.</i> In his spare time, Adam dreams of playing the bass like Bootsy Collins and studies the oeuvre of Dr Seuss with his daughter Alexandra.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mail Order Bride - Montana Rescue: Clean Historical Cowboy Romance Novel (Echo Canyon Brides) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Smash Asthma: The Wisdom of Wheezing\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: An Improper Situation (Defiant Hearts)\nDescription: ['Sydney Jane Baily writes historical romance, including the Defiant Hearts series set in late 19th-century America, as well as delving into the medieval world, the Georgian era, and the Regency period. She believes in happily-ever-after stories for an already challenging world. Born and raised in California, she has traveled the world, spending an inordinate amount of time in the U.K. where her extended family resides, eating fish and chips, drinking shandys, and snacking on Maltesers and Cadbury bars. After obtaining degrees in English literature and in history, besides writing novels, she has spent time as a copyeditor, cat snuggler, website designer, production editor, mother of two, and faithful friend to her dog, among other endeavors both literary and not. Sydney currently lives in New England with her family human, canine, and feline. You can learn more about her books, read her blog, and contact her via her website at SydneyJaneBaily.com.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mail Order Bride - Montana Adventure: Clean Historical Cowboy Romance Novel (Echo Canyon Brides) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Deceive Not My Heart\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Haute Dogs: Recipes for Delicious Hot Dogs, Buns, and Condiments\nDescription: [\"As fun to browse through as it is unique to plan menus with,<i>Haute Dogs</i>will prove to be an enduringly popular and much appreciated addition to any personal, family, professional, or community library cookbook collection. <i>Midwest Book Review<br /></i><br />If fashion can have haute couture, food can have haute dogs.<i>The Columbian</i><br /><br />Definitely a book to savor.<i>The Sun News</i><br /> <br /> There's more than one way to cook a dog and this book has more than 100 mouth-watering recipes to show you how.<i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i><br /><br />Not just another pretty novelty item, this is a serious book about taking a household favorite and making it worthy of primetime.<i>Retailing Insight</i>\", 'Born and raised in Texas, <b>Russell van Kraayenburg </b>may sit you down for a stern lecture if<b> </b>you confuse barbecue with grilling. His blog Chasing<b> </b>Delicious was a <i>Saveur </i>finalist for 2012s best baking<b> </b>and desserts blog, and his work has been featured<b> </b>on such sites as Lifehacker, Co. Design, Business<b> </b>Insider, The Kitchn, Live Originally, The DailyWhat, Quipsologies, Neatorama, Explore, and Fine Cooking, among many other personal, cooking, design, and art blogs.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Circle Eight: James (Volume 7)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: From Sea to Shining Sea; A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs\nDescription: ['This sumptuous anthology gathers into its generous embrace a rich mix of cultural heritages, from Native American and African American to Hispanic, Pennsylvania Dutch, Cajun, Jewish, Shaker, Scandinavian and others. The resulting medley of folk songs, folklore, prose and poetry is as lovely as an Appalachian patchwork quilt, with each piece a unique but integral part of the whole. Each of 15 Caldecott artists--including Chris Van Allsburg, Barbara Cooney, Donald Crews, Molly Bang and Ed Young--provides stylish illustrations for an entire unit of the book, which is divided chronologically and thematically. Creation stories, pourquoi tales and a Navajo song conjure up America \"In the Beginning\" (Leo and Diane Dillon illustrate this section); the American revolution, the immigrant experience, slavery, westward expansion, tall tales, ghost stories and baseball all receive their due. The final section, \"In Our Time,\" features numerous 20th-century landmarks (including Martin Luther King Jr.\\'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech) as well as folklore from such latter-day immigrant cultures as Vietnamese, Haitian and Cuban. What better way for children to get acquainted with their country\\'s wealth of diversity than through an all-star collaboration like this? All ages. <br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"A swell compilation (almost as good as the 150,000 first printing, BOMC choice, etc., suggests) of ``the heart and soul of America's story''--folk tales and songs from major ethnic groups, historical vignettes, and more, all arranged in 15 topical sections (with eight to ten entries each) on historical periods, typical genres (tricksters; nonsense; animal stories), and such quintessentially American topics as railroads, tall-tale heroes, and baseball (including Abbott and Costello's ``Who's on First?''--one of several entries not easily available elsewhere). Cohn's selections are informed by conscience as well as diversity (the ten pieces in the section entitled ``Let My People Go'' all represent African-American points of view); her range, representation, and ear for cadence, humor, and appeal are admirable. The best entries are well-honed songs and stories left in the form in which they earned their popularity; the abridgments, retellings, and historical summaries don't have the same energy, but do help tie it all together and make a vehicle for the art that comprises nearly half of this generously huge book. The 14 blue-ribbon artists, most of them Caldecott medalists, aren't always at their best here, nor do they always work in their trademark styles and media (Van Allsburg's humorous ``Frozen Logger'' is in intricate pen and ink), but there's a wealth of splendid images (Ed Young's concluding ``Earth/always/endures''--Native American), and some intriguing matches (Trina Schart Hyman illustrating a Julius Lester tale originally visualized by fellow contributor Jerry Pinkney). Introductory comments for each entry plus interesting endnotes (including ``Read More About It'' sections) and more specific acknowledgements yield a lot (but not always the actual sources for the retold stories, and it's cumbersome to search all three). A treasure-trove for browsing, enlivening the curriculum, reading aloud, devouring whole, or returning to nibble again and again. ``Suggestions for Further Reading''; subject guide; chronology; index. (Anthology. 4-12) -- <i>Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.</i>\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mail Order Bride - Montana Luck: Clean Historical Cowboy Romance Novel (Echo Canyon Brides) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The 1st (US) Infantry Division: North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, The Bulge, Germany (Allied Units of World War Two)\nDescription: ['<span style=\"\">\"Well written, excellent photos, recommended.\"</span> (<i>Scale Military Modeller International</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">\"Superb biopic of the history and Second World War engagements of the First Infantry Division of the US. Encapsulates the entire involvement of the US in the second world war...\"</span> (<i>Books Monthly</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">\"This is a very pleasant way to get a lot of information about a large unit without having to read a novel sized book with a few black and whites buried in the middle. Highly recommended to those interested in the Big Red One and the big crucial stages of the Second World War.\"</span> (<i>Military Modelling</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">for those of you who like to model dioramas or prefer to upgrade your general gaming figures, this will provide some inspiration!</span> (<i>Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy</i>)', 'Philippe Charbonnier, born in 1962, is a journalist and editor of the French Militaria Magazine, and specializes in the United States forces of World War Two.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mail Order Bride - Montana Orphan: Clean Historical Cowboy Western Romance Novel (Echo Canyon Brides) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Spirit Bound (A Sea Haven Novel)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Christine Feehan and her Sisters of the Heart novels</b><br><br>“I love everything she does.”—J. R. Ward<br><br>“The queen of paranormal romance.”—<i>USA Today</i><br><br>“The fiery combination of Prakenskii brothers and elemental sisters has made this series one that never disappoints. Pure Feehan magic!”—<i>RT Book Reviews</i><br><br>“Ms. Feehan is at the top of her game with this magical romance.”—The Romance Readers Connection<br><br>“Feehan brings a sizzling story of seduction and sorcery to her readers.”—Examiner.com<br><br>“The Sisters of the Heart series...gives the reader a thrilling and heartwarming story...I can’t wait to read the next one.”—ParanormalHaven.com', '<b>Christine Feehan</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Carpathian series, the GhostWalker series, the Leopard series, the Shadow Riders series, and the Sea Haven novels, including the Drake Sisters series and the Sisters of the Heart series.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Under a Falling Star (A Prairie Hearts Novel)\nDescription: ['', '<i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, but her fathers career in the US Air Force took her all over. After earning a bachelor of arts in communications from California State University, Chico, she embarked on a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. It was during long days at the show arena that she began to write fiction. Calling on her love of horses and the Wild West, she created the award-winning Prairie Hearts series. The first book in the series, <i>Where the Wind Blows</i>, won the prestigious Golden Heart Award from the Romance Writers of America. She and her husband have two grown sons, and they currently live in the Pacific Northwest.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Stockton / Tracy / Lodi / San Joaquin County, California Street Map\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Mistletoe Mayhem: Clean Historical Western Cowboy Romance Novel (Dawson Chronicles) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Queen Louisa of Prussia\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Fighting Dirty: An MMA Romance (An Ultimate Novel)\nDescription: ['\"A red-hot page-turner.\" --#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole on When You Dare<br /><br />\"Intense, edgy and hot. Lori Foster delivers everything you\\'re looking for in a romance.\" -New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz on Hard to Handle<br /><br />\"A sexy, believable roller coaster of action and romance.\" -Kirkus Reviews on Run the Risk<br /><br />\"Foster rounds out her searing trilogy with a story that tilts toward the sizzling and sexy side of the genre.\" -RT Book Reviews on Savor the Danger<br /><br />\"The fast-paced thriller keeps these well-developed characters moving...Foster\\'s series will continue to garner fans with this exciting installment.\" -Publishers Weekly on Trace of Fever<br /><br />\"Steamy, edgy, and taut.\" -Library Journal on When You Dare<br /><br />\"Bestseller Foster...has an amazing ability to capture a man\\'s emotions and lust with sizzling sex scenes and meld it with a strong woman\\'s point of view.\" -Publishers Weekly on A Perfect Storm<br /><br />\"Lori Foster delivers the goods.\" -Publishers Weekly<br /><br />Foster\\'s writing satisfies all appetites with plenty of searing sexual tension and page-turning action in this steamy, edgy, and surprisingly tender novel.\"<br />-Publishers Weekly on Getting Rowdy<br /><br />\"Foster hits every note (or power chord) of the true alpha male hero...a compelling read from start to finish.\" --Publishers Weekly on Bare It All', \"Lori Foster is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with books from a variety of publishers, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martin's, Harlequin and Silhouette. Lori has been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. For more about Lori, visit her Web site at www.lorifoster.com.\", '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Lawman (Bachelors of the Prairie Book 2) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Kenny G - Easy Solos for Saxophone\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mail Order Mystery: Chance City Series Book One (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Analysis of Electric Machinery (IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering)\nDescription: ['Electrical Engineering/Power Engineering Analysis of Electric Machinery A Volume in the IEEE Power Systems Engineering Series Focusing on the areas of electric power and electric drives, this advanced text and industry reference emphasizes analysis and formulation for control applications and computer simulation. This comprehensive and authoritative resource also:', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Whispers on the Wind (A Prairie Hearts Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'When it come to western romance, there are only a handful of authors that I completely trust, and Caroline Fyffe is right at the top of that list...She manages to create stories that easily capture my imagination from that proverbial first page, all the way to the last. <b><i>Bookworm 2 Bookworm</i></b>', 'Delightful tale of opposites attract. The charming town of Logan Meadows comes to life once again in this latest Prairie Hearts novel. I have grown to love the characters in this town through the earlier books in this series...You dont have to start at the beginning of the series if you have not read the previous books. <b><i>I Am A Reader</i>, 5 Stars</b>', 'Caroline Fyffes Prairie Hearts series has been an absolute pleasure since the first book, <i>Where the Wind Blows</i>...[This is] an enjoyable story, mostly due to Ms. Fyffes talent as a writer. Shes one of the best at transporting the reader to the American Westthe sights, sounds, and smells leaping off the page as her characters draw you into their lives for a few hours. The books in this series stand alone, but I encourage you to start at the beginning for the full effect of Logan Meadows and its residents. I can guarantee youll be happy you did. <b><i>The Good, The Bad, and The Unread</i></b>', '', '', '<i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, though her fathers career in the US Air Force took her all over. After earning a bachelor of arts in communications from California State University, Chico, she embarked on a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. During long days at the show arena, she began to write fiction, blending her love of horses and the Wild West to create the award-winning Prairie Hearts series. <i>Where the Wind Blows</i>, the first book in the series, won the prestigious Golden Heart Award from the Romance Writers of America. Fyffe and her husband have two grown sons. They currently live in the Pacific Northwest.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jane Austen: Her Life, Her Times, Her Novels\nDescription: ['Gr 6 UpThis book for the avid Austen fan presents information on the author\\'s work in the context of her own life. The book examines the relationships between Austen\\'s personal experiences and her profession, covering the author\\'s early life and works and the places and people that influenced her. Chapters include \"Loves,\" \"The Professional Author\" (where readers will find information on Austen\\'s fellow women writers), and \"War and Peace\" (a look at the influence of ongoing British wars). There are also sections on specific examples of Austen\\'s writings interspersed throughout. Fold-out envelopes contain copies of original documents, including Austen\\'s own writings, maps, and other ephemera. Each section is enhanced by drawings, paintings, and photos, some done by Austen\\'s own family, that illuminate significant aspects of her life. The information is interesting and thorough, although the volume\\'s size and format may appeal more to pleasure readers than researchers. The references to movies based on Austen\\'s writing add to the fan appeal. A lovely title that may not satisfy research demands but that will please readers who love her books.Marian McLeod, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT', '<div></div><div>Janet Todd is an authority on literature and culture of the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She was educated at Cambridge University and the University of Florida and is currently the Professor of English Literature at Aberdeen University and the President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She is a well-respected author of many books on women in literature, including <I>Mary Wollstonecraft: A Revolutionary Life</I> (W&N) and <I>Jane Austen: In Context</I> (Cambridge University Press).</div>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Where Wind Meets Wave (A Prairie Hearts Novel) (Volume 6)\nDescription: [\"USA Today Bestselling Author Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her father's career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, Where the Wind Blows, won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in the Pacific Northwest. Visit Caroline at www.carolinefyffe.com See her photographs at www.carolinefyffephoto.com Facebook Fan Page http://tinyurl.com/ajaog39 Twitter @carolinefyffe Write to her at caroline@carolinefyffe.com. She loves hearing from readers!\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New Reality of Wall Street\nDescription: ['\"Don Coxe has provided an excellent survival guide for understanding the financial markets of the 21st century.\"', '', '<b>The internationally acclaimed guidebook for investing in the next decade, now in paperback</b>', '<b>Praise for <u>The New Reality of Wall Street</u>:</b>', '\"<u>The New Reality of Wall Street</u> is a highly literate recap of the events leading to the great U.S. stock market bubble which burst in 2000. It also offers investors a cogent strategy for enduring the aftermath that\\'s still very much with us.\"<br>--Jonathan Chevreau, <u>National Post</u>', '\"Donald Coxe picks an apt model for his superb new book on investing. These snippets aren\\'t just entertaining and useful . . . but also provide insight into surviving the investment wilderness of bulls and brutal bears.\"<br>--<u>Pensions & Investments</u>', '\"The book deals with enough history and timeless investment advice to make it an enduring reference for those with pretensions of managing their own money. [It is] a lively romp through market and economic history aimed at small investors.\"<br>--<u>Toronto Star</u>', '\"Coxe has a flair for analyzing markets, and readers will agree with many of his salient points.\"<br>--<u>Library Journal</u>', '\"Tracing the history of investment from the South Sea Bubble to America\\'s bubble economy of the 1990s, Don Coxe has provided an excellent survival guide for understanding the financial markets of the 21st century.\"<br>--David Hale, Global Economist, Hale Advisors LLC']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Heart of Eden (Colorado Hearts)\nDescription: ['', 'Caroline Fyffe was born in Waco, Texas, the first of many towns she would call home during her fathers career with the US Air Force. A horse aficionado from an early age, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications from California State University-Chico before launching what would become a twenty-year career as an equine photographer. She began writing fiction to pass the time during long days in the show arena, channeling her love of horses and the Old West into a series of Western historicals. Her debut novel, <i>Where the Wind Blows</i>, won the Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Golden Heart Award as well as the Wisconsin RWAs Write Touch Readers Award. She and her husband have two grown sons and live in the Pacific Northwest.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Classical Black Nationalism: From the American Revolution to Marcus Garvey\nDescription: ['', '\"Wilson Moses\\' <i>Classical Black Nationalism</i> with spare and economical brushstrokes, delimits the phenomenon to the quest for national self-determination or autonomy for blacks. <i>Classical Black Nationalism</i> represents the distilled knowledge of many years of sustained research into the intellectual foundations of what is the lengthiest tradition of dissent in American history.\"', '\"A most useful grounding for those interested in gaining a foundation for the study of black nationalism. The selection of sources is judicious and economicalyet, fully adequate to \\'tell the story.\\' Moses\\'s introduction is masterful; rather than being driven by any specific ideological predisposition, his interpretive voice is clearly rendered, yet fair.', '\"This work fills a large void in the scholarship on black nationalism; Moses\\' work is based on a wide reading and its introduction demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the issues involved.', '', 'Classical Black Nationalism traces the evolution of black nationalist thought through several phases, from its \"proto-nationalistic\" phase in the late 1700s through a hiatus in the 1830s, through its flourishing in the 1850s, its eventual eclipse in the 1870s, and its resurgence in the Garvey movement of the 1920s. Moses incorporates a wide range of black nationalist perspectives, including African American capitalists Paul Cuffe and James Forten, Robert Alexander Young from his \"Ethiopian Manifesto\", and more well-known voices such as those of Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and others.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Jessica: The Manhattan Stories (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['A Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna first came to Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girls\\' dressing room into her first novel. Now she is the author of The Alexandra Merritt Mysteries, which include \\'The Last Two Aces in Las Vegas\\', \\'The Las Vegas Desert Flower\\', \\'The Las Vegas Special\\', \\'Rough Ride in Vegas\\', \\'M.I.A. Las Vegas\\' and the recently released \"The Las Vegas Sophisticate\\'.<br />Donna has written several other stand-alone thrillers, \\'Desperate Ambition\\', about a political assassination, \\'The Right Society\\', about a devout Christian family that moves into a religious community and finds it\\'s easier to get in than it is to get out, and The Other Hand, about a famous athlete who leaves his family for a young, virginal girl. Shortly after they divorce, she winds up slaughtered. He is the primary suspect, but not the only one. Donna has a popular series of historical romances, The Manhattan Stories, \\'Jessica\\', \\'Pillsbury Crossing\\', \\'The Cabin\\', and \\'Kimimela\\'. A fifth in this series will be released soon.<br />Her light-hearted work,\\' Conversations With Skip\\', is the story of a shelter dog adopted by a young woman having trouble sleeping after her divorce. With his unusual ability to communicate, he is soon running her life, arranging her romances, and teaching her to laugh again.<br />Her most popular novel, \\'Maude\\', the story of her Grandmother, is a #1 best-seller on Amazon and has spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal\\'s Top-10 list. \\'Maude\\' is now available as an audiobook, was recently released in Italian and is currently being translated into Russian and German for upcoming international editions.<br />She has also written three screenplays, a stage play, poetry, short stories, and a children\\'s story.<br />Donna stills takes occasional classes at UNLV and at writer\\'s conferences and is an active member of the Anthem Author\\'s in Henderson, NV.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Call That Changed My Life\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Bleak House\nDescription: ['<DIV><P>Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation,but also the horror of the infamous debtors’ prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and “slave” factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years’ formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney’s clerk and newspaper reporter until his <B>Sketches by Boz</B> (1836) and <B>The Pickwick Papers</B> (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.</P> </div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Shadows in the Night (Aurelia Marcella Roman Series)\nDescription: ['', '\"\"Aurelia, latest in a long line of capable women who brighten historical fiction, joins forces with a Roman soldier/spy named Quintus to find and expose this high-level traitor. And anyone who--like author Finnis--has ever marveled at how straight and well-built many of the Roman roads of England still are should enjoy this entertaining look back.\"\" Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Neighbors\nDescription: ['Andrew Morrison is at loose ends, fed up with caring for his alcoholic mother and living out his life in a dying Kansas town. His break-out is to the nearby town in which his old friend Mickey lives, offering a chance to do something new. Although its not a big move physically, it is big enough psychologically to keep Andrew second-guessing the wisdom of his decision until he meets his neighbor, Harlow Ward, a woman who looks as if shes the 1950s ideal of the perfect wife. She wears dresses and heels and bakes cookies, welcoming Andrew to the neighborhood. Despite his misgivings about Mickeys sloth and squalor and the relentless chirpiness of Harlows devoted husband, Red, Andrew settles in and finds himself caught in a disturbing tableau. Ahlborn slowly builds suspense in this horror story of seeming suburban bliss. --Vanessa Bush', '“Discovering a new female, horror author is a rare find indeed, especially one who truly understand the subtlety of a good scare. …<em>The Neighbors </em>is a chilling look at what can potentially lie beneath the surface of classic Americana. Under the circumstance, calling Ania Ahlborn a “breath of fresh air” is probably about as appropriate as a fit of giggles at a funeral. So instead let’s just say she’s surprising and skin-crawly and as much fun as getting the snot scared out of you at your local haunted house.”<br />-<em>Black Gate</em><br /><br />\"<em>The Neighbors</em> will have you guessing until the very end. The characters are full of mystery and intrigue that keep you glued to the pages... I love mystery, suspense and thriller and this book delivered it all.\"<br />-<em>Beautybrite</em><br /><br />\"Ahlborn has a keen eye for detail and through her narration, she transports you into Andrew’s world. Reading the novel is reminiscent of a vivid nightmare you wake up from: the imagery is so real, but it’s all in your imagination. The struggle the author addresses, replacing a void with the idea of a quaint and flawless home life, is very much real. The readers can relate to a character like Andrew, but maybe not to the extent of hopelessness that he has experienced.\"<br /><em>-neontommy.com</em> <br /><br />\"...tailor-made for readers who get completely excited about the creepy-crawly ‘Stephen King-y’ world. And…just between us…if you’re still afraid of <em>Nightmare on Elm Street</em> after all these years, wait till you get a load of the evil on Magnolia Lane!\" <br />-<em>Suspense Magazine </em><br /><br />\"<em>Ania Ahlborn’s</em> stunning and terrifying psychological thriller, The Neighbors, is a breathtaking journey into the desperate and gruesome underbelly of the suburban dream...a psychological thriller that will wrap you around its twisted finger in two seconds flat...Lit with equal parts beauty and horror, <em>The Neighbors</em> is an exquisitely terrifying ride through the landscape of the subconcious of evil.\" <br />-<em>SheKnows.com</em>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Bad Games\nDescription: ['<strong>\"If you\\'re a Richard Laymon fan, check out <i>Bad Games...</i>a gritty and very dark read that\\'s rough around the edges in a refreshing way.\" - <i>Bill Braddock, author of BREW</i> <br><br>\"If you like Jonathan Kellerman, you\\'ll love <i>Bad Games</i>. Read on if you dare!\" - <i>indiereader.com</i><br> <br> \"Jeff Menapace is one of the rising stars of the horror thriller genre...he can scare the daylights out of the best of them.\" - <i>J. Chambers, Amazon Hall of Fame, Top 10 Reviewer<span></span></i></strong><span></span>', '<b>New cover for<i>Bad Games</i> designed by elderlemondesign.com</b>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Nick the Owlet's Adventure\nDescription: []",
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"rejected": "Title: The Lonesome Death of Billie Grayson: Killings in Early Day Lincoln County Oklahoma\nDescription: ['p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica}AS POUNDS TELLS US, HIS TALES OF MURDER SERVE AN INTENT TO \"OFFER A SOCIAL HISTORY, ALBEIT IN MINIATURE.\" \"THE LONESOME DEATH OF BILLIE GRAYSON\" IS INDEED SOCIAL HISTORY, BUT IT\\'S MORE: A UNIQUE BLEND OF HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, AND MASTERFUL STORY-TELLING THAT SUSTAINS THE DEEP MORAL CONVICTION THAT \"MERIT\" EXISTS IN THE POOREST THINGS, AND THE POOREST PERSONS. IN POUNDS\\' SKILLFUL HANDS, LITERATURE REGAINS ITS SPIRITUAL POWERS.<br /><br />Prof. Peter Casagrande<br />University of Kansas', 'Wayne Pounds describes himself as a literary scholar by trade (Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1976). In addition to his dissertation on Paul Bowles and the usual three-foot stack of academic essays done over a 40-year career, hes published half a dozen chapbooks of poetry, and in recent years has done three volumes of family/regional history.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Don't Let Me Go\nDescription: [\"Sometimes a child knows better...'Grace': Ten-year-old Grace knows that her mum loves her, but her mum loves drugs too. And there's only so long Grace can fend off the 'woman from the county' who is threatening to put her into care. Her only hope is...'Billy': Grown-man Billy Shine hasn't been out of his apartment for years. People scare him, and the outside world scares him even more. Day in, day out, he lives a perfectly orchestrated silent life within his four walls. Until now...'The Plan': Grace bursts into Billy's life with a loud voice and a brave plan to get her mum clean. And it won't be easy, because they will have to confiscate the one thing her mum holds most dear ...they will have to kidnap Grace.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Finding Emma\nDescription: ['<span>"This is a very moving story that most certainly is worth you time and money!"</span><span>A 2012 B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree.</span>', 'Author of the new bestselling heart wrenching story \"Finding Emma\", Steena is a woman who believes that \\'in the end, everything succumbs...to the passions of your heart\\'. Steena\\'s life revolves around her family, friends and fiction. She took those passions and made them a dream come true by pouring her heart into each of her stories. Coming Soon - Emma\\'s Secret & Dear Jack. ~ Enjoy a bit of romance to your stories? Check out other titles by Steena Holmes that might whet your appetite: ~ Hot for Cowboy ~ Cabin Fever Like Urban Fantasy or Paranormal Suspense? ~ Unknown - part of the Bandit Creek Series ~ Fallen & Sanctuary (Nephilim Arise Series) Like Inspirational Romance? ~ Chocolate Reality']",
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"chosen": "Title: Cold Fear\nDescription: ['Cold Fear bursts with suspense. The action is so intense, the writing so realistic . . . -- <i>Romantic Times, TOP PICK in Suspense. July, 2001.</i>', 'By Rick Mofina, author of IF ANGELS FALL, nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL, Arthur Ellis Awards.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Seduction on the Sand (The Barefoot Bay Series)\nDescription: ['<span>\"Run-don\\'t walk-to download this fun book. I don\\'t typically love the novella format because I really enjoy a book I can sink my teeth into but this story more than captures the reader\\'s attention. This is much longer than typical novella with not a single wasted word or page!\"</span><br /><span>-</span><i>Writer Mom\\'s Blog</i><span></span><br /><br /><span>\"Fun and engaging...a celebration of family and forgiveness!\"</span><br /><span>-</span><i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br /><span>\"Cinderella on the beach!\"</span><br /><span>-</span><i>New York Times</i><span>bestselling author Carly Phillips</span><i></i><br /><br /><span>\"A love story with genuinely flawed yet sympathetic characters filled with raw, real emotion, this will warm your heart as you turn the pages.\"</span><br /><span>-</span><i>RT Book Reviews</i>', \"Published since 2003, Roxanne St. Claire is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than forty romance and suspense novels. She has written several popular series, including Barefoot Bay, the Guardian Angelinos, and the Bullet Catchers.<br /> <br /> In addition to being a six-time nominee and one-time winner of the prestigious RITA Award for the best in romance writing, Roxanne's novels have won the National Reader's Choice Award for best romantic suspense three times, as well as the Daphne du Maurier Award, the HOLT Medallion, the Maggie, Booksellers Best, Book Buyers Best, the Award of Excellence, and many others. <br /> <br /> She lives in Florida with her husband, and still attempts to run the lives of her teenage daughter and 20-something son. She loves dogs, books, chocolate, and wine, but not always in that order. <br /> <br /> roxannestclaire.com<br /> twitter.com/roxannestclaire<br /> facebook.com/roxannestclaire\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wish Me Home\nDescription: ['', '<i>Wish Me Home</i> has all the trademarks of a Kay Bratt novel: a heartwarming story that nourishes the soul, beloved characters, and a plot that kept me turning pages. Without shying away from the harshness of life, Bratt has managed to create a world in which kindness and goodness prevail. My advice to those who havent read this book yet? Find your comfy reading spot, get your beverage of choice, and sink into the world of <i>Wish Me Home</i>. Youll be glad you did. <b>Karen McQuestion, bestselling author of <i>Hello Love</i></b>', 'In this inspiring story of a womans search for the deepest wish of her heart, Bratt paints a realistic portrait of the dark side of the foster care system, while simultaneously reminding us that there is always hope, and that home and family can be found in unexpected places. <b>Kerry Anne King, bestselling author of <i>Closer Home</i> and <i>I Wish You Happy</i></b>', \"With its resilient protagonist, secret that kept me guessing, dog I wish I could adopt in real life, and story that tugged at my heart, Kay Bratts <i>Wish Me Home</i> grabbed me and held me all the way to its heartfelt resolution. Readers who enjoy novels like Vanessa Diffenbaugh's <i>The Language of Flowers</i> will find it a delight! <b>Nancy Star, bestselling author of <i>Sisters One, Two, Three</i></b>\", '', '', 'Kay Bratt is the author of eleven full-length novels and two childrens books. Her writing became her solace and support while she navigated a tumultuous childhood, followed by a decade of abuse as an adult. After working her way through the hard years, Kay came out a survivor and a pursuer of peaceand finally found the courage to share her stories. A wise man once told her to write what you know, which resulted in Kays pet project and her bestselling series, The Tales of the Scavengers Daughters. Learn more about Kay and her writing at www.kaybratt.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Allie and Bea : A Novel\nDescription: ['', 'POPSUGAR Hot New Spring Books Selection', 'Hyde delivers a fast-paced, touching, and humorous journey of an unlikely pair who never knew they needed each other.Through little adventures and hiccups, the two learn eye-opening things about themselves and their outlook on the world. Perfect for anyone looking for an uplifting and lighthearted escape. <b><i>Booklist</i></b>', 'An appealing tale of friendship, family, trust, and faith in humanity. Fans of the authors previous works will enjoy growing and traveling alongside the title characters. <b><i>Library Journal</i></b>', '', 'Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, <i>Pay It Forward</i>, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture, made the American Library Associations Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels <i>Becoming Chloe</i> and <i>Jumpstart the World</i> were included on the ALAs Rainbow List; <i>Jumpstart the World</i> was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. <i>The Language of Hoofbeats</i> won a Rainbow Award. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals, including the <i>Antioch Review</i>, <i>Michigan Quarterly Review</i>, the <i>Virginia Quarterly Review</i>, <i>Ploughshares</i>, <i>Glimmer Train</i>, and the <i>Sun</i>, and in the anthologies <i>Santa Barbara Stories</i> and <i>California Shorts</i>, as well as the bestselling anthology <i>Dog Is My Co-Pilot</i>. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for <i>Best American Short Stories</i>, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in <i>Best American Short Stories</i>.', 'Hyde is the founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker, she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. An avid equestrian, photographer, and traveler, she lives in California.']",
"rejected": "Title: Ideal Dad (Fabulous Fathers) (Silhouette Romance)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Hideout - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Tiny Prisoners\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Hitler's Wave-Breaker Concept: An Analysis of the German End Game in the Baltic\nDescription: ['tackles \"five exceedingly complicated and interrelated subjects to examine and understand Hitler\\'s decision to defend the Baltic States at all costs.\" They are: military strategy; Hitler\\'s strategic thinking; changing conditions affecting opposing forces; Hitler\\'s fascination with Scandinavia and the Baltic Region; and the validity of Hitler\\'s stated reasons for refusing to withdraw from the Baltic. In his short concluding chapter, Lunde addresses and debunks the validity of the reasons put forth by Hitler for his unshakeable attachment to the defense of the Baltic Region and Scandinavia. (<i>Henry Gole, author of Soldiering, The Road to Rainbow, and co-author of Exposing the Third Reich: Colonel Truman Smith in Hitler\\'s Germany</i>)<br /><br />a detailed examination of one of the worst of Hitler\\'s many bad decisions in the later years of the Second World War, and a valuable addition to the literature on the fighting on the Eastern Front. (<i>History of War</i>)<br /><br />\"InHitler\\'s Wave-Breaker Concept, historian and former US Special Forces officer Henrik Lunde undertakes a sober, much-needed corrective evaluation of Hitler\\'s military decisions, with a stress on the defensive actions of Army Group North after the attempt to defeat the Soviet Union had disintegrated. (<i>Michigan War Studies Review</i>)<br /><br />The lessons for political masters and military commanders in this book are numerous and they speak to the challenges of juggling operational and strategic balls concurrently. Lunde has written a very telling book about a region and a campaign that did not adjust to the changing strategic and operational realities on the ground. Casemate has published a high quality book and I would strongly recommend it for those interested in further appreciating the multi-faceted approach required in the interaction between international relations and military operations. (<i>War History Online</i>)', 'Henrik Lunde, US Army (ret.) was born in Norway and came to the United States as a child following World War II. After graduating from the University of California he accepted a US Army commission, and in addition to earning a degree in international relations from the University of Syracuse, he is a graduate of the Armys Airborne, Ranger, and Pathfinder courses as well as the Command and General Staff College and the US Army War College. Much of Colonel Lundes troop assignments were in airborne divisions or in Special Forces. Highly decorated on the battlefield, he served three combat tours in Vietnam, and afterward in the Plans and Policy Branch of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. His last Army assignment was Director of National and International Security Studies at the US Army War College. Lunde currently lives in Florida.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Look Behind You\nDescription: ['', \"'Sibel Hodge has managed to give us a terrific all round read that will keep you on your toes and playing the guessing game. Superbly done and with an extremely readable style. I recommend this highly for fans of psychological thrillers.' <i>Liz Loves Books</i>\", \"'Its a twisty tale, very tense and dramatic. The author skilfully plants doubts and double bluffs at every turn until you're sure you know what's going on, then a niggle of doubt creeps in just like it does with Chloe. A clever and captivating (no pun intended) story I thoroughly enjoyed.' <i>Beady Jans Books</i>\", \"'Hodge keeps the story tightly knit and the suspense ratcheted to a feverish pitch on every page. I found myself rushing through the story to see what would happen next and I could not really ask for more in a thriller novel.' <i>Minneapolis Examiner</i>\", '', '', 'Sibel Hodge has always loved to write. Several years ago she decided to focus fully on her passion.', 'Hodge is at home in a variety of genres and styles and has written an eclectic mix of books for both adults and children.', \"She was awarded Best Children's Book by eFestival of Words 2013, was runner-up in the Best Indie Books of 2012 competition by Indie Book Bargains and was nominated for Best Novel with Romantic Elements in 2010 by The Romance Reviews, to name just a few of her many accolades.\", 'Her novella <i>Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave</i> has been listed as one of the top forty books about human rights by accredited online colleges.', 'Her website is sibelhodge.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Sweetness (Bold as Love)\nDescription: [\"<span>Lindsay Paige is the author of multiple Young Adult, New Adult, and Sports romances. She also enjoys writing books with characters who deal with anxiety and depression, issues which are close to her heart. Lindsay is a North Carolinian who loves watching hockey, sharing puns, having conversations with her miniature Schnauzer, rewatching episodes of M*A*S*H, and living her dream of writing books for a living.</span><br /><br /><span>Lindsay has written the following books/series:</span><br /><span>Bending Under Pressure</span><br /><span>Bold as Love series</span><br /><span>Bracing for Love series</span><br /><span>Carolina Rebels series</span><br /><span>Don't Panic</span><br /><span>Sanity series</span><br /><span>Without A Doubt</span><br /><span>You Before Me</span><br /><br /><span>She has cowritten the following series with Mary Smith:</span><br /><span>The Ninth Inning series</span><br /><span>Oh Captain, My Captain series</span><br /><span>The Penalty Kill trilogy</span>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Heaven Adjacent\nDescription: ['', 'Fans of Kristin Hannah, Lisa Wingate, and Hydes previous work (<i>The Wake Up</i>, 2017) will relish this soul-searching novel, full of high stakes and snappy dialogue. <b><i>Booklist</i></b>', 'There is a little bit of magic in every [Catherine Ryan Hyde] bookPerceptive, heartfelt, and enlightening. <b><i>Novel Gossip</i></b>', '', '', 'Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, <i>Pay It Forward</i>, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture, made the American Library Associations Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels <i>Becoming Chloe</i> and <i>Jumpstart the World</i> were included on the ALAs Rainbow List; <i>Jumpstart the World</i> was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. <i>The Language of Hoofbeats</i> won a Rainbow Award. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals, including the <i>Antioch Review</i>, <i>Michigan Quarterly Review</i>, the <i>Virginia Quarterly Review</i>, <i>Ploughshares</i>, <i>Glimmer Train</i>, and the <i>Sun</i>, and in the anthologies <i>Santa Barbara Stories</i> and <i>California Shorts</i>, as well as the bestselling anthology <i>Dog Is My Co-Pilot</i>. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for <i>Best American Short Stories</i>, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in <i>Best American Short Stories</i>.', 'Hyde is the founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker, she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. An avid equestrian, photographer, and traveler, she lives in California.', '', '', '']",
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Brian, His Granddad & the Cup of Ages\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Memory's Wake (Memory's Wake Trilogy)\nDescription: ['<span>\"With likeable characters, an intriguing plot, and a captivating world, it\\'s hard not to fall in love with \"Memory\\'s Wake\".\" ~<i>YA Book Haven</i></span><br /><br />\"Memory\\'s Wake was such a beautifully written and illustrated novel that I almost have no words to express how much I enjoyed reading this book.\" ~<i>Seeing Night Reviews</i>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Qualitative Research and Case Study Applications in Education: Revised and Expanded from Case Study Research in Education\nDescription: ['\"Those new to qualitative research will find this book an invaluable resource--one that will open up the conceptual world of qualitative research and provide the step-by-step direction needed to translate those concepts into practice.\" (M. Carolyn Clark, Department of Educational Human Resource Development, College of Education, Texas A&M University)<br /> <br /> \"Sharan Merriam has added ten years of experience and scholarship to the new edition and it shows throughout. . . . a comprehensive and useful treatment of educational case study research.\" (Michael Quinn Patton, author of Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods and Utilization-Focused Evaluation)<br /> <br /> \"Whether novice or experienced in qualitative research in education, readers will benefit from the systematic treatment of this arena through grounded practice and superb scholarship.\" (Brian Findsen, senior lecturer in adult education, The University of Auckland)', \"Since Sharan B. Merriam's definitive book Case Study Research in Education first appeared in 1988, significant advances have occured in the field of qualitative research. To meet the demand for a book that reflects these important changes, Merriam has completely revised and updated her classic work.Timely, authoritative, and approachable, Qualitative Research and Case Study Applications in Education is a practical resource that offers teh information and guidance needed to manage all phaes of the qualitiative and case study research process.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Key (The True Reign Series)\nDescription: ['<i> </i>Angelle from The Cajon Book Lover:"This story blew me away!! Jennifer Anne Davis did an amazing job of developing the characters and the story . . .Like the write up says this is no fairytale . . . it's SO much better! This story had many twists and turns. I was completely sucked in from the first chapter." 5/5 Stars<br /><br /><div>Reading Renee:"The tale is rich in descriptions....This journey for Rema is an outstanding example of the author's ability to make you venture to a far away land. I am such a fan of her character. The inner thought she has are some of the best in the book. I have read The Voice and I LOVED it. Jennifer Anne Davis is a promising author with so much to offer. She writes in different genres so this will defiantly appeal to those who like classic books in the med-evil times. An epic fantasy I recommend especially for the young adult population."5/5 Stars</div><br /><br /><i> </i><div>Crystal from Crystal's Many Reviewers: "I am completely IN LOVE with this book and can't wait for the next book!" 4.5/5 Stars</div><br /><br /><div>Amber from The Wonderings of One Person: "I am in awe of this amazing story! It is filled with wondrous beauty and ravishing love that is pitted against depraved cruelty and dark deception....Jennifer Anne Davis is a fantastic writer who has such a captivating ability to draw you into what seems like a stunning fairy tale before unleashing the unyielding evil that tries every way possible to destroy the hope and love that begin to grow. Hold onto your seat for what feels to be the beginning of a heart wrenching and action packed tour de force that you will not want to miss out on!" 5/5 Stars</div><br /><br /><div><span>"From beginning to the heart-wrenching ending moment, the reader will be enraptured by the depth of the characters Ms. Davis has crafted. Like fine jewels, each character shines brightly or glows menacingly, precisely as they should be imagined. Good and evil battle evenly for the spotlight, yet never overshadow each other - a perfect balance in plot and style! The journey from innocence to deep understanding by Rema is beautifully played out with a dramatic flair. Prince Darmik's conflicting emotions and allegiances clearly present themselves. The reader will laugh, smile, cry, and scream as each page passes by, bemoaning the very last sentence . . . True Reign is the most appropriate series title, as it defines the writing style to the letter."5/5 stars <i>InD'tale Magazine</i></span> </div>', \"<span>Jennifer graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in English and a teaching credential. Afterwards, she finally married her best friend and high school sweetheart</span><span><span>. Jennifer is currently a full-time writer and mother of three young children. Her days are spent living in imaginary worlds and fueling her own kids' creativity.</span> </span>\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Bobby Rahal: The Graceful Champion\nDescription: [\"This book reveals the spirit, courage, and determination behind Bobby's winning battle for success from his very first regional competitions to becoming a team owner with David Letterman as his partner.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Red (The True Reign)\nDescription: ['<span>Amber from The Wonderings of One Person:</span> <span>RED is an outstanding sequel to The Key!</span><br /><br /><span>Angelle from The Cajon Book Lover:</span><span> This is an amazing series full of twists, turns, lies, deception, love, and family. The characters are so well written that they come to life while you are reading.</span>', 'Jennifer graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in English and a teaching credential. Afterwards, she finally married her best friend and high school sweetheart. Jennifer is currently a full-time writer and mother of three young children. Her days are spent living in imaginary worlds and fueling her own kids creativity.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Collector's Treasure (A Spellbound Consortium) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Biedermann und die Brandstifter: Ein Lehrstück ohne Lehre mit einem Nachspiel (German Edition)\nDescription: ['Biedermann und die Brandstifter: Ein Lehrstck ohne Lehre mit einem Nachspiel edited by Paul Kurt Ackerman 1958 Softcover 8 x 5 1/4 inches, 198 pages including vocabulary section at the end of the book Houghton Mifflin, Boston']"
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"chosen": "Title: I Ate a Cicada Today\nDescription: ['<i>\"A book of nonsense rhymes for children to enjoy, in the style</i><i>of Lewis Carroll or Roald Dahl with outstandingly beautiful illustrations that are sure to delight both children and adults alike.\" -K.C. Finn for Readers Favorite, 5 stars</i><br /><br />\"This book made me laugh! It is really silly and has a lot of rhymes. I liked listening to this book on the CD, but it was also easy for me to read. The illustrations were really good. They were funny and helped to tell the story. If you enjoy silly things, you will like reading this book.\" - 5/5 star review by Adam, age 7 for <b>San Francisco Book Review</b><br /><br />\"I Ate a Cicada Today is a whimsical children\\'s picturebook-and-CDcombo. Written, illustrated, and sung by Jeff Crossan, the silly rhymes describe a variety of outlandish events involving people and animals. Pure fun to read or sing aloud, I Ate a Cicada Today is excellent for storytime or playtime.\" -<b>Midwest Book Review</b></div>', 'Jeff Crossan is an award-winning, Emmy nominated songwriter. His hits include the number one country tune , "You re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation," which received a BMI Million Air Award. A graduate of the University of Richmond with a degree in journalism, he is a former newspaper reporter/ photographer, music journalist and syndicated radio show writer. For several years, his cartoons appeared in the Presbyterian Voice.']",
"rejected": "Title: Commander X Files\nDescription: ['Author of <i>Underground Alien Bases</i>, <i>Philadelphia Experiment Chronicles</i>, <i>Nikola Tesla</i>, <i>Free Energy and White Dove</i>, <i>Cosmic Patroit Files</i>, <i>Incredible Technologies of New World Order</i>, <i>Time Travel : How to Do It Guide</i>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mini Myths: Be Patient, Pandora!\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: UfSD 71: A School Novel\nDescription: [\"Born in Brooklyn, New York, Joseph E. Scalia taught English and Creative Writing for 33 years in Hicksville, Long Island, to reluctant junior/senior high school students. UFSD 71 is his magnum opus begun on sabbatical in 1971 and completed 46 years later during his 20th year of retirement! Im either very thorough or very slow! he admits. During those in between years he has written and published two novels FREAKs and Pearl, three short story collections No Strings Attached, Brooklyn Family Scenes and Scalia vs. The Universe Or: My Life And Hard Times, three eBooks Different Other Different Stories, Fish Story: A Modern Fable for Grown Ups and a collection of his poems Poetry in Alphabetical Order. In his spare time he talks to his plants, chases kids off his lawn, yells at the neighbor's dog and paints watercolors.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Heroes of the Grand Pacification: Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyuden\nDescription: ['Elena Varshavskaya holds an MA in philology from the Herzen Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia and a Ph.D. in art history and theory from the State Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia. For most her career, Varshavskaya has worked as a researcher and lecturer in Far Eastern Arts at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her recent research focuses on the reflection of late sixteenth-century Japanese history in Kuniyoshis woodblock prints. She currently resides in the USA where s']"
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"chosen": "Title: Furry Logic: A Guide to Life's Little Challenges\nDescription: ['JANE SEABROOK is a designer and illustrator who, in recent years, has focused on paintings of wildlife. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband, two teenage children, and four cats--three adorable seal-point Birmans named Fizz, Bean, and Maisie, and one elderly British blue named Philby.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Yockey: A Fascist Odyssey\nDescription: ['Kerry Bolton holds doctorates in Historical Theology and Theology; Ph.D. (Hist. Th.), Th.D. as well as in other areas. He is a contributing writer for<em>The Foreign Policy Journal</em>,and a Fellow of the Academy of Social and Political Research in Greece. His papers and articles have been published by both scholarly and popular media, including the<em>International Journal of Social Economics</em>; <em>Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies</em>; <em>Geopolitika</em>; <em>World Affairs</em>; <em>India Quarterly</em>; and<em>The Initiate: Journal of Traditional Studies</em>.His work has been translated into Russian, Vietnamese, Italian, Czech, Latvian, Farsi and French. Arktos has also published his book,<em>Revolution from Above: Manufacturing Dissent in the New World Order</em>, which deals with the secret collusion between the forces of Communism and Wall Street during the years when it was supposed that they were bitter rivals.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Yummy Adventures of Celia & Cedric: Little Green Dragon (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['Mother and daughter team Erin Kurt and Laara Exsnar have joined forces to write fun, adventurous stories with their little characters Celia & Cedric. Erin, a former school teacher and mother of two young kiddies and Laara, a retired school teacher and now nutritionist have a passion for families, health and yummy food. Bringing their combined expertise together theyve created a Read & Bake Series they hope will bring families continuous hours of fun and enjoyment.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hymns for the Church on Earth: Being Three Hundred Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Most Part of Modern Date\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Yummy Adventures of Celia & Cedric: Amazing Apples! (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Mother and daughter team Erin Kurt and Laara Exsnar have joined forces to write fun, adventurous stories with their little characters Celia & Cedric. Erin, a former school teacher and mother of two young kiddies and Laara, a retired school teacher and now nutritionist have a passion for families, health and yummy food. Bringing their combined expertise together theyve created a Read & Bake Series they hope will bring families continuous hours of fun and enjoyment.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Yummy Adventures of Celia & Cedric: Eat Dirt Balls! (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Mother and daughter team Erin Kurt and Laara Exsnar have joined forces to write fun, adventurous stories with their little characters Celia & Cedric. Erin, a former school teacher and mother of two young kiddies and Laara, a retired school teacher and now nutritionist have a passion for families, health and yummy food. Bringing their combined expertise together theyve created a Read & Bake Series they hope will bring families continuous hours of fun and enjoyment.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Beating the Powers that Be: Independent Political Movements and Parties of the Upper Midwest and their Relevance for Third Parties of Today\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Flintlock (Cutlass Series)\nDescription: [\"<span>This book was bloody awesome. I really liked Cutlass, but Flintlock was Cutlass on crystal meth. AMPED UP and CRAZY! - DJ, DJ's Book Corner</span><br /><br /><span>If you enjoy YA fantasy, you definitely need this series in your hands right now. Especially if you like Ya fantasy with well-rounded characters, gorgeous writing, some of the best world-building I've read, and an exciting plot. - Ashley at AP Book Club</span><br /><br /><span>The stakes are higher, the stage is wider--indeed, we see the fate of all Mariana is at risk--and the friendships we've known since book 1 are tested in new and difficult ways. In CUTLASS, piracy was the focus (which, of course is always my favorite), but with FLINTLOCK, Nixon balances the ships, sailing and pirate politics with a growing threat of magic and the politics of both the mortal and immortal worlds. - Nicole Singer, Write Me A World</span>\", '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Spanish on Your Own\nDescription: ['Idiot-proof & entertaining steps for learning Spanish fast. Easy methods for learning idioms & slang terms used by native speakers. Valuable cultural tips for travelers & others.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Carnelian (The Chalcedony Chronicles) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<div> <b>Early Reviews</b><br><br>\"Definitely a wow book. I thought after reading the blurb about this book it was going to follow some of the same story lines that come with new adult paranormal books. But it didn\\'t at all. And I FREAKIN LOVE it!!!!!!\" <i>-Kmnh</i><br><br>\"This was one of the best books I have read in a while. It gripped me from the start.\"<i>- Maria Dodd</i><br><br>\"OMG OMG OMG AMAZING is an understatement!! The only bad thing with this book is that it ENDED. I was hooked from the fist page to the very last!\"- <i>Toni</i> </div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Dominican Days\nDescription: [\"<BR> During the 1980s, when the Dominican Republic was largely unheard of, Peter Lane taught there in a school run by one of the largest sugar producers in the world. The company was rich and powerful. It had its own private town with lavish facilities. It had diversified into tourism and built its own luxury resort catering to former US Presidents and the super rich. Outside life was different; in the barrios people existed without the most basic of amenities and in the countryside Haitian cane cutters worked under conditions condemned as akin to slavery. Further afield was the capital, with buildings going back to Columbus himself. In the highlands a mine, British staffed, produced gold at terrible ecological cost. On the coast shards of ancient pottery hinted at a pre-Columbian past. Dominican Days not only describes Peter's experiences but also sets them in the context of Dominican history. He writes about the island's discovery by Columbus and the relentless genocide of the native peoples. He shows how the country developed its distinctive ethnic mix in the centuries that followed, explains the historical animosity towards Haiti and the use of Haitian labour. During the last century there were occupations by the USA, civil war and dictators. Trujillo ruled for over 30 years, massacred Haitians, fed his enemies to the sharks and made himself one of the three richest people in the world. Balaguer, still active in politics into his 90s, was associated with death squads and massive corruption. The last government was inept and corrupt. It wrecked the economy and brought allegations of drug running. Dominican Days is a revealing and personalised account of this beautiful but turbulent Caribbean country.\", '<b> DOMINICAN DAYS</b><br><ul><li>Tropical Heat</li><li>Columbus</li><li>Genocide</li><li>Slavery</li><li>Pirates</li><li>Invasions</li><li>Dictators</li><li>Assassination</li><li>Death Squads</li><li>Boat People</li><li>and one of the largest sugar plantations in the world, its huge refinery, its own private town and the story of an Englishman who lived and taught there.</li></ul>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Prophecy: An Isle of Myst Novella\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Much Ado About Highlanders (The Scottish Relic Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', 'What others say about May McGoldrick:', 'May McGoldrick brings history alive, painting passion and intrigue across a broad, colorful canvas. Patricia Gaffney', 'Enchanting tales. Not to be missed. The Philadelphia Inquirer', 'May McGoldrick writes with warmth, emotion, and an excellent essence of period detail. Heather Graham', '\"Love triumphs in this richly romantic tale.\"--Nora Roberts on <i>The Intended</i>', '\"Wonderful! Just the right blend of historical detail, romance, and intrigue.\"--Jill Marie Landis', 'The classic rebel-in-disguise story has never been more fun, exciting, or romanticfabulous! --Susan Wiggs on <i>The Rebel</i>', '', 'Authors Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick (writing as May McGoldrick) weave emotionally satisfying tales of love and danger. Publishing under the names of May McGoldrick and Jan Coffey, these authors have written several novels and works of nonfiction for Penguin Putnam, Mira, HarperCollins, Entangled, and Heinemann. Nikoo, an engineer, also conducts frequent workshops on writing and publishing and serves as a Resident Author. Jim holds a Ph.D. in Medieval and Renaissance literature and teaches English and Creative Writing in northwestern Connecticut. They are the authors of <i>Much ado about Highlanders</i>, <i>Taming the Highlander</i>, and <i>Tempest in the Highlands</i> with SMP Swerve.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bubbles (Adventures of Bubbles the Frog) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"<span>Ben Woodard's story is short and amusing, but it is also a wonderful tale that teaches children how to deal with embarrassing situations like the bloopy one Bubbles has.</span>\", '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: How to be a Mermaid: A Falling in Deep Collection Novella\nDescription: ['Sci-fi junkie, video game nerd, and wannabe manga artist Erin Hayes writes a lot of things. Sometimes she writes books, like the fantasy mystery novel Death is but a Dream, the sci-fi middle grade book Jacob Smith is Incredibly Average, and the Her Wolf paranormal series. She works as an advertising copywriter during the day, and she moonlights as an author. She has lived in New Zealand, Texas, and now in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, cat, and a growing collection of geek paraphernalia. You can reach her at erinhayesbooks@gmail.com and shell be happy to chat. Especially if you want to debate Star Wars.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Chrysoprase (The Chalcedony Chronicles) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fundamental Neuroscience\nDescription: ['Duane E. Haines, PhD, Professor and Chairman of Anatomy, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Kiss of Deception: The Remnant Chronicles, Book One\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* She is a princess, and it is her duty to marry into an alliance. But 17-year-old Lia has her own opinion about that obligation, one that she puts into action when she escapes her wedding with her lady-in-waiting, Pauline. Determined, confident Lia thinks that she knows how to cover her tracks, and soon she and Pauline are working as barmaids in Paulines hometown. Now two new voices enter to help tell the story. One belongs to the prince whom Lia was supposed to marry. He is curious about his fled fiance and angry that she thought of a way to get out of the marriage first. The other voice belongs to an assassin who is sent by the Komizar of Venda to make sure that Lia doesnt change her mind and return to initiate an alliance that will harm their country. Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope. She never compromises her charactersespecially the multifaceted Liafor plot; each element motivates the other. There is also a richness to the descriptions that makes readers feel that they can see and even smell the changing landscapes. This has the sweep of an epic tale, told with some twists; its a book that almost doesnt need a sequel, but readers will be thrilled that it continues on. Grades 9-12. --Ilene Cooper', '', 'In <i>The Kiss of Deception</i>, a new realm is masterfully created, featuring court intrigue, feuding nations, breathtaking landscapes, and the gift of sight. Fans of the <i>Game of Thrones</i> series will enjoy the magic and fantasy in this timeless dystopian world. <i>VOYA</i>', 'After her strong Jenna Fox series, Pearson adeptly switches gears here from science fiction to fantasy, but her ability to write a romance featuring complex characters and a strong plot remains constant. <i>The Horn Book</i>', \"<i>The Kiss of Deception</i> has it all--beautiful writing, heart-pounding suspense, a fiery princess, and an epic romance that'll make you swoon. This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year! <i>Alyson Nol, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Immortals</i>\", \"<i>The Kiss of Deception</i> is a deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy where no one--no one--is quite what they seem. Full of lush writing and rich, complex characters, readers will quickly become enmeshed in the intricate web of lies that have been woven into the very fabric of the kingdom itself. A thoroughly engrossing read--I couldn't put it down! <i>Robin LaFevers, New York Timesbestselling author of Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph</i>\", 'This is the kind of story I love--a heart-pounding tale of magic and murder, betrayal and romance set in a richly imagined fantasy landscape. <i>Cinda Williams Chima, New York Timesbestselling author of the Seven Realms and the Heir Chronicles</i>', '*The first in a marvelous new fantasy series that is sure to find an audience with devotees of Suzanne Collins\\'s \"<i>The Hunger Games</i>\" . . . Romance, adventure, mysticism--this book has it all and it just may be the next YA blockbuster. <i>School Library Journal, Starred Review</i>', '*Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope . . . this has the sweep of an epic tale. <i>Booklist, Starred Review</i>', \"*Peppered with excerpts from sacred texts and traditional songs, the novel has a formidable heroine at its core, who is as quick with a knife as she is to laugh or cry. Pearson maintains the mystery of Rafe and Kaden's identities, pulling readers through this masterfully crafted story. <i>Publishers Weekly, Starred Review</i>\", \"Pearson's first book in her Remnant Chronicles is thrilling. Readers will be hooked from the first page to the last and will find themselves eagerly anticipating the next installment. Pearson pairs a rich and varied plot with a fiery and headstrong heroine. <i>Romantic Times</i>\", \"Mystery, romance, betrayal, redemption: There's plenty to hook readers in to this installment of Lia's saga and make them impatient for the volumes to come. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>\", \"Pearson's writing is beautiful, and her ability to twist a plot into knots keeps the reader wanting more. <i>BookPage</i>\", \"This thick book is fantastical and interesting (with a bit of mystery thrown in!)....There's a lot of mystery that spices up the book. It's not all about the mystery, but it's on the peripheral always, which makes it that much more interesting. <i>USAToday</i>\", 'Lia herself is a likeable heroine, and the selfishness in her act of leaving a kingdom in shambles for some future love is negated by her obvious naivete about political strategies and romantic relationships . . . Most intriguing are the two love interests, though, partly because of the way Pearson structures their narrating chapters. <i>BCCB</i>', 'Rich and exciting . . . a bold ending whets appetites for the next installment. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Upi Stylebook: The Authoritative Handbook for Writers, Editors & News Directors\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Lumiere: A Steampunk Fantasy (The Illumination Paradox Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"I\\'m a huge fan of steampunk and alternate futures/realities, and with Lumiere, Garlick delivered on both. With a pair of strong-willed main characters (Eyelet and Urlick I equally adore), a fresh and exciting story and solid writing that drew me along, Garlick had me reading long past the time I meant to. Can\\'t wait for book two, Noir!\" Patti Larsen, award-winning middle grade and young adult author</span><br /><br /><span>\"One of the most inventive story worlds I\\'ve read in years...\" Donald Maass, Author of Writing the Breakout Novel, Writing 21st Century Fiction, and The Fire in Fiction</span>', \"I'm Jacqueline Garlick. Author of YA, New Adult, and Women's Fiction. I love strong heroines, despise whiny sidekicks, and adore a good story about a triumphant underdog. I love to read, write, paint (walls and paper) and plan cool writing events for cool writers. (Check out niagarawritersretreatandconference (dot) com.) I have a love/hate relationship with chocolate, grammar, and technology. Im a dog person, not a cat person. I prefer creating things to cleaning things, and baking to cooking. I believe laughter is a one-stop-shop solution to everything, and ELOs Mr. Blue Sky can improve even the foulest day. You will always find a purple wall (or two) in my house (perhaps even a door) and a hidden passageway that leads to a mystery room. (Okay, so you wont find a hidden passageway but a girl can dream, cant she?) Oh, and tea. There will always be tea. I love collecting special kinds of tea...and special teacups from which to drink them. (See website for collection.) <br /> <br /> In my former life, I was a teacher. Now, I am a graduate of Ellen Hopkins Nevada Mentoring Program, and a student of James Scott Bell, Christopher Vogler and Don Maass. An excerpt from Lumire earned me the 2012 Don Maass Break Out Novel Intensive Scholarship. Known for my edgy, rule-breaking, Tim Burton-esque style of writing, Im often affectionately referred to as the Quentin Tarantino of YA, among writing friends. <br /> <br /> LumireA Romantic Steampunk Fantasyis my debut novel, Book One in my young adult The Illumination Paradox Series. <br /> <br /> I look forward to comments and reviews from my readers, and am open to requests for skype visits and interviews! Visit me here: <br /> <br /> www.jacquelinegarlick.com<br /> Facebook: http://bit.ly/jegarlickfb<br /> Goodreads: http://bit.ly/jgarlickgr<br /> Twitter: @jackie_garlick<br />\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Auntie Robbo (Hardback)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Contaminants (New Dakota Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"A</span><span>fast-paced story (that) strikes a good balance between tech-speak and genuine emotion.\" -<i>Foreword Reviews</i></span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Hitler Youth: The Hitlerjugend in War and Peace, 1933 -1945\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Vampire Addiction: the Vampires of Athens, Book One (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Eva Pohler is a USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels for teens and adults. Learn more about her and her books at http://www.evapohler.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin\nDescription: ['\"CONTENTS: Preface; Conflict of the Two Worlds; The Provisional Government; Brest-Litovsk; Unofficial Allied Agents; The North Russian Intervention; Collapse in the North; The Siberian Intervention; The Allies in Siberia; Russia and the Peace Conference I; Russia and the Peace Conference II; Germany and the Founding of the Comintern; 1920 - The Year of Transition; The Approach to Normal Relations; Western Reaction to the Soviet Bid; Rapallo; Britain, the Soviet Target; Stalin as a Statesman; Stalin and China; The Rise of Hitler; The Struggle against Hitler, and the Purges; The Nonaggression Pact; Before Germany Struck; Russia and the West as Allies; Russia and the War in Asia; Keeping a World Intact; Notes; Index.\"']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Witch Song\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lethal Decisions: The Unnecessary Deaths of Women and Children from HIV/AIDS\nDescription: ['\"This is an excellent read for any individual desiring to examine an influential leader whose passion for justice in treatment of this epidemic drove many health promotion successes. Highly recommended.\"<br /><b><i>Choice</i></b><br /><br />\"Arthur Ammann, a veteran in the war against AIDS, has meticulously chronicled the history of pediatric HIV infection. In particular, he has critically examined the causes for the unnecessary delays in implementing best practices to block mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the developing world. This retrospective re-evaluation provides valuable lessons as we prospectively confront public health challenges, now and in the future.\"<br /><b>David D. Ho, MD</b>, Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, was <i>Time</i> magazine Man of the Year, 1996.<br /><br />\"In <i>Lethal Decisions</i>, Arthur Ammann traces the history of the pediatric HIV/AIDS epidemic from the early discoveries and extraordinary successes through the dark period of inexcusable delays in prevention and treatment. . . . He does not hesitate to point out that the large and powerful health organizations must be held accountable for their recommendations to withhold effective prevention and treatment measures from millions until HIV progressed to advanced stages of infection. Injustices and disingenuous attitudes toward women contributed to unequal standards of care, exploitation of research subjects, and the failure to recognize the synergistic relationship between violence against women and HIV. The book is a must-read for those who seek to learn from the HIV/AIDS pandemic how to navigate the intricacies and consequences of working with large bureaucratic organizations, established to protect women and children but too often failing to honor women\\'s dignity and to ensure their equal access to health care.\"<br /><b>Anne Firth Murray</b> teaches international women\\'s health and human rights at Stanford University. She is the Founding President of the Global Fund for Women and the author of <i>From Outrage to Courage: The Unjust and Unhealthy Situation of Women in Poorer Countries and What They Are Doing about It</i>.<br /><br />\"The first reports of AIDS in infants and children were met with disbelief by many who had become convinced that AIDS was only a disease of adults. Dispelling that misconception and mobilizing the resources to understand and react to save the lives of millions of women and their children is the gripping story told in <i>Lethal Decisions</i> by Arthur Ammann, the pioneer in this epic quest. This is a vital contribution to our understanding of what did and didn\\'t work in confronting AIDS in the hope that we can avoid our mistakes in future epidemic outbreaks.\"<br /><b>Paul Volberding, MD</b>, Director, AIDS Research Institute, University of California San Francisco. In 1987 Volberding co-led the first study of successful treatment of HIV-infected individuals with an antiretroviral drug.<br /><br />\"In the aftermath of cataclysmic events a witness often comes forth to tell us how it came about and point to pivotal opportunities that would have minimized its impact. Dr. Arthur Ammann, the doctor who identified the first cases of AIDS in children and the transmission of HIV by blood transfusion, is such a witness. <i>Lethal Decisions</i> is his highly personal account of an ongoing disaster, the global HIV epidemic in children and mothers, and the world\\'s fatally flawed response. . . . In my opinion he is the successor to the late Elizabeth Glaser as the conscience of the pediatric HIV epidemic.\"<br />from the Foreword by <b>Michael Gottlieb, MD</b>, who identified the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease in 1981', 'Arthur J. Ammann, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, is the founder of Global Strategies, an organization dedicated to empowering communities in the most neglected areas of the world to improve the lives of women and children through health care. His pivotal research studies on vaccines resulted in the first FDA approval of a pneumococcal vaccine for infants, children, and the elderly. In 1982 Dr. Ammann described two of the three ways that HIV is transmitted: from mother to infant and from the transfusion of blood. He is the recipient of more than fifty national and international awards.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Air Awakens (Air Awakens Series Book 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"I could not put this book down. I breezed through chapter after chapter without realizing I was doing so.\"</span><br><div>-<b><i>TheFandom.net</i></b></div><br /><br /><span>"I love Air Awakens! It's Phantom of the Opera meets Cinderella in a wonderfully crafted world created by debut author Elise Kova."</span><div>-<i><b>Michelle Madow, Author of the Elementals Series</b></i></div><br /><br /><div>\"For me, I find it really hard to get into fantasy books because sometimes I just can\\'t connect with the world or characters, but this one is now on my favorite fantasy lists because it was absolutely amazing! Not only was the world building vivid and unique, but also the writing style. I loved how the author was descriptive in her writing, but not to the point where it felt forced, or too poetic.\"</div><div>-<b><i>Sassy & Dangerous</i></b></div><br /><br /><div>\"DEAR BOOK GODS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS MASTERPIECE.\"</div><div>-<b><i>Rachel E. Carter, Author of the Black Mage Series</i></b></div>', 'Elise Kova has always had a profound love of fantastical worlds. Somehow, she managed to focus on the real world long enough to graduate with a Master's in Business Administration before crawling back under her favorite writing blanket to conceptualize her next magic system. She currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and when she is not writing can be found playing video games, watching anime, or talking with readers on social media. She is the USA Today bestselling author of the Air Awakens Series as well as the upcoming Loom Saga (Keymaster, 2017).']",
"rejected": "Title: Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing and Writing Successful Proposals\nDescription: ['', \"<b>Tori O'Neal-McElrath</b> is the director of institutionaladvancement at the Center for Community Change, a nationalorganization founded in 1968 to build the power and capacity oflow-income people, especially low-income people of color, to have asignificant impact in improving their communities and the policiesand institutions that affect their lives.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Pipsie, Nature Detective: The Disappearing Caterpillar\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 1Pipsie is a nature-loving girl, who, accompanied by her sidekick Alfred Z. Turtle, befriends a baby caterpillar named Frannie. When Frannie mysteriously disappears, Pipsie zealously relies on her keen detective skills to find her. From a chewed-up milkweed leaf to dangly chrysalis to monarch butterfly, Pipsie and Alfred eventually reunite with their friend, who is now blessed with newfound wings. Due to a job well done, mystery successfully becomes history. While some readers may already know what happens to the missing caterpillar before the story even begins, there's solid information about metamorphosis to be gleaned from the fictional narrative. Additional fun facts are presented at the end of the book. Bishop's bright, cheerful illustrations capture Pipsie's earnest joy in her scientific quest. This is further enhanced by her silly sidekick, Alfred Turtle, who is more interested in gulping down clues for lunch than getting the job done. DeDonato has Pipsie follow some essential steps for scientific inquiry: firsthand inspection for clues followed by consultation with an expert in the field (the zoo man with the badge). The ideal follow-up lesson would be a similar hunt for caterpillars and/or other natural wonders. VERDICT A cute, acceptable choice to pair with nonfiction books on the life cycle of a butterfly.Etta Anton, Yeshiva of Central Queens, NY\", '', 'Rick DeDonato started writing and drawing storybooks for his two kids, Alexis and Matt, when they were little. Theyre grown now, but Rick is still creating stories! When hes not dreaming up adventures for Pipsie, hes an award-winning creative director in advertising. Born in New Jersey, he now lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with Nancy McAleer; their two dogs, Tugger and Nacho; and their turtle, Alfred E. Turtle!', 'Tracy Bishop won an art contest in kindergarten, and shes been creating art ever since. A graduate of San Jose State University, she is also the illustrator of <i>Not the Quitting Kind</i> by Sarra J. Roth. She lives in San Jose, California, where she is inspired on a daily basis by her son, husband, and a hairy dog named Harry.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Seriously, You Have to Eat: Fixed Layout Edition\nDescription: ['K-Gr 2While Mansbach is keenly aware of the common disagreements that occur between parents and children, his point of view is purely adult. Like his earlier picture book about going to sleepa juvenile version of his irreverent adult bookthis mealtime plea is appropriately sanitized for the intended audience. Unfortunately, Mansbach\\'s talents do not shine when the author employs spanking clean language, and in addition to maintaining an obviously grown-up perspective, his rhyming is bland, awkward, and forced. \"Oh, now you\\'re hungry? Tough luck, kitchen\\'s closed./Have some warm milk. For me a drink that smells like peat./Pancakes? Yeah, right. It\\'s bedtime, child,/It\\'s way, way too late now to eat.\" Children of different ethnicities are shown throughout, which does suggest that eating issues are universal, and an array of cute animals are presented to contrast their reliable feeding traits with the habits of the more obstinate kids. The illustrations are humorous, and some children may giggle in recognizing their own mealtime behavior. But the chuckles are more likely to come from those weary parents who face this particular daily struggle. VERDICT Unless serving a mature population, take a pass on this one for the sake of the kids.Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Life as a Beat Up Basketball Backboard (The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle #18)\nDescription: ['<P>Bill Myers (www.Billmyers.com) is a bestselling author and award-winning writer/director whose work has won sixty national and international awards. His books and videos have sold eight million copies and include The Seeing, Eli, The Voice, My Life as, Forbidden Doors, and McGee and Me.</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Snow Globe (The Winterhaven Chronicles)\nDescription: ['\"There are very few times that I can give a debut author a 5 star rating. It takes most authors time, experience, heartache and hundreds of re-writes to get to a solid book. Then you quietly stumble across a born storyteller. That\\'s right, storyteller NOT writer.\" \"I would definitely recommend this book to Harry Potter and GoT fans.\" \" A beautifully written story that will keep the reader engrossed, page after page. You will not be able to put this book down...FANTASTIC!!\" \"This book reads like a true classic. The author does a phenomenal job, presenting a unique and very creative story...with a cliffhanger like this, I will definitely be following the series.. FANTASTIC DEBUT!\" \"There\\'s absolutely NO WAY I can go on with life without reading more. \" \"I really enjoyed The Snow Globe and feel those who love a great fantasy will enjoy it as well. A true five-star read! The cover is beautiful, and captures Winterhaven perfectly.\"']",
"rejected": "Title: Girl Scout Pocket Songbook\nDescription: ['56 pages of girl scout songs with music, lyrics and chords.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Witch Born (Witch Song)\nDescription: [\"<div><div>If you like books like<b><i>The Iron Fey series</i>,<i>Born Wicked</i></b>or<b><i>The Girl of Fire and Thorns</i></b>, I'm sure you'll enjoy this one. ~Deea, Deea's Journal</div><div><br>It was so refreshing to read<b>high fantasy that's still accessible</b>. ~Melanie, Goodreads reviewer</div><div><br>The<b>romance</b>that blooms is so natural and imperfect and frustratingly lifelike, it draws you in and holds you there, right up until the very last word of the very last chapter.~WBurr, Amazon Reviewer<br><br><span>I would recommend this series to people who like </span><b>Shannon Hale and Gail Carson Levine</b><span>.</span><span>~Kristy, Amethyst Bookworm</span></div></div>\", '<span>To receive my starter library for free, simply tell me where to send it:</span><span><span>eepurl.com/l8fl1</span></span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Folksongs: Instrumental Play-Along for Flute\nDescription: ['Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stewie BOOM! Starts School\nDescription: ['<span><span><div><span><span></span></span></div></span></span><span>\"A must-read for any parents sending their children to school for the first or the 10th time.\"</span><div><span></span><span> </span><span><span>-</span><span>Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (Emory University), Stephen Nowicki</span></span></div><div><span><span></span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span></span><span><span></span><br>\"Entertainingly helpful...<span>Practical advice for parents and an entertainingly helpful get-ready book for kids starting school.\"</span></span><span>-Kirkus Book Review</span></div><div><span></span><br><div></div><div>\"An excellent resource\" - SF Book Review</div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><br /><br /><span>"We're thrilled to feature the Stewie BOOM! book series in the GymboreePlay &Music School readiness program! These authentic and relatablestories engage students and help families embrace the different wayschildren approach learning."</span><span>-LeahKidger, Gymboree Play &Music Program Development Director</span><div><br /><br /><span>"TheStewie BOOM!series should be on every pediatrician'srecommended reading list."</span><span>- Dr. Bill Sears, author of over 40bestselling books on child pediatrics and frequent televisionguest host (<i>20/20,<i>Oprah,<em>Dateline</em>, CNN,<em>The Today Show</em>,CBS's<em>The Doctors</em></i><em>, and more)</em></i></span></div>', '<b>Christine Bronstein</b><span>is the founder of both A Band of Women, a social network andinformation website for women and Nothing But The Truth Publishing. She is a graduate of the Columbia/UC-Berkeleyexecutive MBA program. Chris' writing has been published on</span><span>Forbes.com</span><span>, in<i>The San FranciscoChronicle</i>and on Maria Shriver's website. Christine has been featured in</span><span>Elle.com</span><span>,<i>7x7 Magazine</i>, and the<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>.Christine is married to Center For Investigative Reporting Executive Chair PhilBronstein and is mother to three children.</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Fight 4 Us: Conquered\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Ouija Board (Paranormal Adventure Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Squash Boom Beet: An Alphabet for Healthy, Adventurous Eaters\nDescription: ['\"Stomp your feet. Squash the ground. It\\'s time to explore all around. March to the garden. Listen to the beat. Get ready to find something wild to eat!\" .... Tasting new vegetables can be an exciting adventure, especially when trying foods like dragon tongue beans, dinosaur kale, fairy tale eggplant and candy cane beets. Journey from A to Z in this award-winning book and enjoy beautiful photography of exciting farm foodseverything from awesome Asparagus to green tiger Zucchini! This is the book parents have been waiting for. Kids will want to be brave eaters if it means trying these fun veggies.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Stolen Kiss (Stolen Royals) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"A Stolen Kiss is a gripping, fun book about finding confidence and the power within yourself. It is a book that\\'s not only great for young adults, but also for adults who want a quick and enthralling story that will allow them to escape their own lives even for a little bit.\" - Evan Walter Scottt Morgan \"A Stolen Kiss did just that. It\\'s not your typical Fairy Tale. It\\'s fresh and new, easy to slide into, and nothing is what you think it\\'s going to be.\" --S.R. Karfelt, Author \"Read this on Wattpad. Super excited to see it in print. 4/5 stars for a quick escapist fantasy.\" -- Katie Cross, Author', 'Kelsey Keating doesnt know the meaning of the word bored. A student of media, Kelsey considers acting a hobby, critiquing movies a calling, and riding unicorns through rainbows a daily expectation. Driven by her love of Fantasy, Kelseys novels reflect the wonderment imagination can dream up. A Stolen Kiss is her first novel.']",
"rejected": "Title: When I Was a Child: An Autobiographical Novel\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Cinderella Stays Late (Grimmtastic Girls)\nDescription: ['Gr 35The authors of the \"Goddess Girls\" series (S. & S.) take on the leading ladies made famous by the Brothers Grimm. The books feature a diverse cast and give the fairy tales modern makeovers. In Cinderella, new girl Cinda teams up with her friends Red, Snow, and Rapunzel to save Prince Awesome\\'s ball from her stepsisters\\' treachery. In Red Riding Hood, the title character battles stage fright while trying out for the school play but might have to put her acting skills to work when she confronts the possibly villainous Wolfgang in the Neverwood forest.', 'They may feature preening Disneyesque characters on the covers, but the tales within the new Grimmtastic Girls series have plenty of momentum as well as appealing heroines. In the Mean Girls meets Brothers Grimm opener, Cinda spends an action-packed first week at Grimm Academy, which the Grimm brothers established in part to safeguard books and other enchanted artifacts they have collected. Not surprisingly, Cindas stepsisters, who have been going there for years, give Cinda a hard time. However, she soon finds good friends in Red, Snow, and Rapunzel, as well as a worthy romantic interest in Prince Awesome. Although the authors overuse exclamation marks and neologisms (such as grimmiserable and mapestry), they also effectively create a beginners Hogwarts, in which readers figure out, along with Cinda, how the magical school operates and who to trust. The setup is a little strained (why wouldnt suspicious characters like Cindas stepsisters be better monitored?), but the execution is highly diverting. Also available is Red Riding Hood Gets Lost (2014), wherein Red helps her pals understand an evil plot brewing at Grimm Academy. Grades 3-6. --Abby Nolan', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Alpha Males and Data Disasters The Case for Data Governance\nDescription: ['Product Details\\n\\n Paperback\\n Publisher: Brass Cannon Press (2006)\\n ASIN: B001RB5G78\\n Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item\\n Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,915,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Frog Prince\nDescription: ['<span>A \"military brat,\"</span><b>Elle Lothlorien</b><span>was born in Germany and spent her childhood in such far-flung places as Puerto Rico, Charleston, S.C., Italy, and Washington D.C. Sadly, the only language she ever became semi-fluent in is English. She writes romantic comedies that are loose riffs on the popular fairy tales she read as a child--stories she still loves as an adult.Elle\\'s first self-published romantic comedy, The Frog Prince, became an Amazon bestseller in 2010-a distinction it kept through the summer of 2012 when it peaked at #1 on Amazon\\'s Top 100 List for Humor. Her female characters are known for their snarky attitude, intelligence, quick wit, and a near-universallack of interestin designershoesand haute couture.</span><br /><br /><span>Before writing rom-com full-time, Elle worked as an administrator overseeing clinical research studies at the University of Colorado. Her scattershot work history also includes everything fromrunning fire and rescue calls as an EMTtomanaging movie theaterstolocating underground utilitiesto stay-at-home mom, although she readily admits that getting paid tositaround in her PJsall day dreaming uphot, amazing men who are good enough for her novel\\'s heroines is, hands-down,the most rewarding job she\\'s ever had.Elle lives in the Rocky Mountain Foothills, mostly because she\\'s deathly afraid of man-eating sharks and understands that, while they\\'ve successfully infiltrated every ocean on the globe,they\\'venever quite managed to adaptto mountain living.Shekeeps a teenage boy and a miniature dachshundnamedBacon Bourgeois of Legend around the house to provide comic relief.</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Moyse: 24 Little Melodic Studies\nDescription: ['', 'Published in 1928, 24 Little Melodic Studies aims to develop the capacities of interpretation of each flautist, from beginners to advanced level players. Written with almost no guidance on how to interpret each study, Marcel Moyse deliberately left the choice to the flautist to pick their own rhythm / tempo and to write their own annotations on the book. The melodies being simple, 24 Little Melodic Studies can help beginners to improve their techniques as much as it can be beneficial to advanced students to keep improving their skills.', 'Publisher ID: AL18025<br/> Instrumentation: Flute<br/>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sleeping Beauty\nDescription: ['<span>A \"military brat,\"</span><b>Elle Lothlorien</b><span>was born in Germany and spent her childhood in such far-flung places as Puerto Rico, Charleston, S.C., Italy, and Washington D.C. Sadly, the only language she ever became semi-fluent in is English. She writes romantic comedies that are loose riffs on the popular fairy tales she read as a child--stories she still loves as an adult.Elle\\'s first self-published romantic comedy, The Frog Prince, became an Amazon bestseller in 2010-a distinction it kept through the summer of 2012 when it peaked at #1 on Amazon\\'s Top 100 List for Humor. Her female characters are known for their snarky attitude, intelligence, quick wit, and a near-universallack of interestin designershoesand haute couture.</span><br /><br /><span>Before writing rom-com full-time, Elle worked as an administrator overseeing clinical research studies at the University of Colorado. Her scattershot work history also includes everything fromrunning fire and rescue calls as an EMTtomanaging movie theaterstolocating underground utilitiesto stay-at-home mom, although she readily admits that getting paid tositaround in her PJsall day dreaming uphot, amazing men who are good enough for her novel\\'s heroines is, hands-down,the most rewarding job she\\'s ever had.Elle lives in the Rocky Mountain Foothills, mostly because she\\'s deathly afraid of man-eating sharks and understands that, while they\\'ve successfully infiltrated every ocean on the globe,they\\'venever quite managed to adaptto mountain living.Shekeeps a teenage boy and a miniature dachshundnamedBacon Bourgeois of Legend around the house to provide comic relief.</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Rainbow High\nDescription: ['\"A forthright portrayal of growing up gay.\"', '<b>Alex Sanchez</b> spent almost fifteen years working with youth. He is the author of the teen novels <i>Boyfriends with Girlfriends</i>, <i>Bait</i>, <i>The God Box</i>, <i>Getting It</i>, <i>Rainbow Boys</i>, <i>Rainbow High</i>, and <i>Rainbow Road</i>, as well as the Lambda Awardwinning middle-grade novel <i>So Hard to Say</i>. Lambda Literary Foundation honored Alex with an Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists Prize. He lives in Thailand and Hollywood, Florida. Visit him at AlexSanchez.com.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Interiors By Design\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Legal Research And Writing\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: How Should I Live in This World? (Crucial Questions)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mother May I\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Living with Gusto\nDescription: ['Elizabeth Day is an award-winning book editor. As passionate about writing as she is about editing, Elizabeth has a blast with her inspirational website, TheGustoCafe.com. She lives with her husband and two children in Todos Santos, Mexico, and San Clemente, California.']",
"rejected": "Title: Dogs of the Shepherds: A Review of the Pastoral Breeds\nDescription: ['<div>“... an arresting and valuable mosaic of a historically prominent dog-group corridor that is tackled with an adventurous spirit and tough realism. Hancock’s candidness makes it a must read for any fan of pastoral or herding breeds.”  – Seattledogshow.org</div>', \"<div><B>David Hancock </B>has studied dogs for more than half a century in more than 20 countries.  He is the author of 12 previous books on dogs, including <I>Gundogs</I>, <I>Sighthounds</I>,<I> </I>and <I>Sporting Terriers</I>, and more than 750 articles publishing in national and international magazines. In 2009 he won the annual award of the Dog Writers' Association of America.</div>\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance (Knitting in the City #1.5)\nDescription: ['<i>\"I smiled so many times reading this book. It just made me happy.\"</i>', '', '<span>Penny Reid lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, three kids, and an inordinate amount of yarn. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books.</span><br /><span>You can find out more about Penny and sign up to receive exclusive books, stories, and excerpts of upcoming novels here: pennyreid.ninja</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Shocking Velocity\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Essentials Grid-lined Notebook, Large, A5 Size (Journal, Diary)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Shadow: Weird Adventures (Old Time Radio) (Classic Radio Suspense)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Complete Writer: Level Four Workbook for Writing with Ease (The Complete Writer)\nDescription: ['Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.']",
"rejected": "Title: Flaming Floorboards: and Other Joys of Driving Old Cars\nDescription: ['Steve Tom has published many technical articles in engineering journals and is a contributing author to several books on energy and controls. Of more interest to general readers, he has published articles, humor, and short stories in publications such as British Motoring, Stymie, The Steam Car, and A Wee Nip. Many of his stories are available at www.random-writings.com. This is his first non-technical book. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He lives with his wife and three children near Atlanta GA, where he drives old cars, annoys his family by playing ancient records on wind-up phonographs, and flails at golf balls with hickory-shafted clubs.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Worst Day of My Life, So Far\nDescription: ['<DIV>PRAISE FOR <I>THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE, SO FAR</I><BR><BR>\"Readers who think this book will be depressing (and who wouldn\\'t from the title?) will find themselves laughing out loud, and moved to tears.\"--<I>The Times-Picayune</I> (New Orleans)<BR>\"A story of real grace and power.\"--<I>Kirkus Reviews</I><BR>\"An intimate portrait of a mother and a daughter, touching upon sacrifice, forgiveness, frustration, alienation, and understanding.\"--<I>The Advocate</I><BR></DIV>', '<DIV>\"Actually, there were no men in Auletta except the married, the stupid, and the dead. In Auletta this worked out to be basically the same thing.\"<BR><BR>Welcome to Auletta, Louisiana, where the typical bumper sticker reads: <I>God, Guns and Guts Made This Country Great</I>. Unfortunately for Jeanne Roth, a middle-aged woman with no taste for backwater towns, Auletta becomes her home when she makes good on a promise to her father to care for her mother. When Jeanne learns that her mother has Alzheimer\\'s, she must confront a past bursting with memories of her mama, a once vibrant femme fatale. As she watches mama\\'s grace and charm slowly slip away, Jeanne is forced to reflect on her own goals and find a new hero to look up to. And suddenly Jeanne, an expert at analyzing others while neglecting her own troubles, is squaring off directly with the one person she has tried to avoid: herself.<BR><BR>A poignant, often hilarious, story of one woman\\'s journey toward self-discovery and confidence, this is a timely tale that shows there are no dead ends in life-only long roads.<BR></DIV>']",
"rejected": "Title: Lily's Daughter: A Memoir\nDescription: ['Susan Gerstein was born Zsuzsa Osvath in a Europe careening toward the Second World War. In \"Lily\\'s Daughter\" she recounts her early life growing up in Nazi-occupied, war-torn and eventually Communist-dominated Hungary. She introduces a vast array of colorful people whose life was impacted by these traumatic times. We meet Lily and Tibor, her turbulent parents who struggle to maintain some equilibrium in the face of ever-recurring chaos; their family and friends whose fate, reaching around the globe and back in time form the framework of the narrator\\'s growing years. There are her grandparents falling victim to the carnage of the Holocaust; there is her uncle the true-believing Communist; there are actors, writers, and dramatic changes of fortune. There is the arrival of the Revolution in 1956 and her daring escape across a dangerous border into the West. Finally, we get to know her as a child turning into a young woman observing the world around her as well as her own changing self.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Undone: A Story of Making Peace With an Unexpected Life\nDescription: ['\"Michele is a friend that I adore and trust to speak truth over deep places in my life where I need a confidant. If you have ever felt burdened with unanswered questions and prayers, this book is a must-read. God\\'s truths are woven through her many beautiful words and heartbreaking stories. She is wise. She is funny. She helps her reader find God\\'s comfort, love and revelation in the midst of hardship. And best of all, she offers up bouquets of the sweetest grace on every page.\"<br /> <br /> --Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times best-selling author of The Best Yes & President of Proverbs 31 Ministries<br /><br />\"While this looks like a book, it\\'s not. It\\'s actually a life preserver, disguised as a book. Hearing Michele\\'s story helped me understand more clearly my own story--and connect it to the even bigger story of God\\'s fierce, persistent, and gracious love. It made me laugh, cry, and ponder anew the mystery of suffering and the meaning of life.\"<br /> <br /> --Michael Hyatt, New York Times best-selling author, Former CEO, Thomas Nelson Publishers<br /><br />\"Do yourself a massive favor and read this book! I cannot recommend it highly enough. Michele is one of the most gifted communicators I\\'ve ever met, but more than that, she\\'s one of the most Jesus-filled people I\\'ve ever known. Michele\\'s story will inspire you, move you, and leave you feeling empowered that you, too, can face overwhelming odds and unknowns with courage and bravery.\"<br /><br /> <br /> --Crystal Paine, founder of MoneySavingMom.com and New York Times best-selling author of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode<br /><br />\"This is a hopeful, heartfelt memoir about finding the hidden beauty in the midst of life\\'s greatest struggles. In Michele\\'s story, you will see your own story -- and find something beautiful to hold onto.\"<br /> <br /> --Jeff Goins, Author, The Art of Work<br /><br />\"The hardest things in life have a way of showing up unexpectedly, as do the most beautiful and breath taking. Through Michele\\'s story, I found mine. Through her remembering, I was reminded. Reminded how God has shown up when I least expected; how Comfort and Peace have pulled up close when I felt alone. How strength came in the most unexpected ways. If you feel like you\\'re coming undone, read this book and let Michele\\'s words awaken the hope and courage your heart needs today!\"<br /> <br /> --Renee Swope, author of A Confident Heart and Proverbs 31 Co-Host of \"Everyday Life with Lysa & Renee\"', \"If your life is everything you dreamed it to be, this book isn't for you. Just move along; you won't hurt my feelings.<br /> <br /> However, if you've ever known what it's like to have a dream unravel, a hope or desire remain unfulfilled, regardless of how long and hard you've wished and prayed otherwise, then Undone isn't just my story.<br /> <br /> It's your story.<br /> <br /> Life seldom turns out like we imagine. Oh, we try to make it everything we've dreamed it to be. We work oh-so-hard on our marriages. We exercise, eat right and care for our health. We parent with feverish desperation. We read books, go to conferences, take notes and then try a bit harder. But regardless of our efforts, sometimes the unthinkable happens.<br /> <br /> A marriage disintegrates. A child run aways from home. A doctor calls with bad news. A church splits right down the middle. In the span of seconds, ordinary life turns upside down. And everything you thought you knew and loved about your life is gone, evaporated in front of your eyes.<br /> <br /> What you're left with resembles nothing of the life you dreamed. It's messy, uncomfortable, and just plain hard. Painful, even. And no matter what you do, no matter how many times you pick yourself back up again and try to fix it, the life you dream about remains out of reach.<br /> <br /> So if you're at the end of your hope, if you wake up and wonder how in the world you can go on with this unexpected life you've been given, if you're tired of fear and desperate for a drowning of peace, pull up a chair, my friend. You're not alone.<br /> <br /> And, believe it or not, undone is beautiful.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dropping Dead in Delby Rish: A Very British Murder Mystery\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Baby City: An Inside Look into Labor & Delivery\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Underground Labyrinth: The Crowded Kingdom Series Volume II (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['\"What a pleasure it is to see New York\\'s secret magic again, to see the elves again, to see Jada and Jinny drawn into a new journey to save the world as we and the elves know it. I love these two little stalwart girls, their friends and helpers and above all Minicrist, who reminds us all that no good ever gets accomplished without the necessary tools.\"<br /><i><b>- Karen Heuler, O. Henry Award Winning Author of The Inner City and Glorious Plague</b></i><br /><br />\"New friends and foes make <b><i>The Underground Labyrinth an exciting sequel with even more of the fun illustrations that readers loved in Book One.\"<br /><em><strong>- Samantha Coville, sammythebookworm.com</strong></em></i></b><em><strong>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</strong></em>', '\"The Underground Labyrinth\" is the exciting sequel to \"The Crowded Kingdom\"!', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Amy Snow: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"A feisty, appealing heroine; a fast-paced, gorgeously descriptive narrative; and a mystery to be uncovered ... What more could a reader wish for?\" (Lucinda Riley, author of Hothouse Flower)<br /><br />\"This charming character captured my heart, and her compelling adventure kept me turning the pages. A total delight!\" (Kathleen Grissom, author of The Kitchen House and Glory over Everything)<br /><br />\"This is a treasure hunt story of resilience and friendship. Tightly plotted and rich with Victorian detail, we eagerly follow Amy as she unravels the secrets that will lead her to a new life.\" (Priya Parmar, author of Vanessa and Her Sister and Exit the Actress)<br /><br />\"A hugely appealing tale of the endurance of friendship. With the elements of romance, mystery, drama, and history, there\\'s much here to love.\" (<i>Library Journal, starred review</i>)<br /><br />\"Engrossing...fresh...rife with mysterious clues, intriguing people, and varied settings.\" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)', 'Tracy Rees is a Cambridge graduate with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages. After an eight-year career in nonfiction publishing, she worked as a counselor for people with cancer and their families. <i>Amy Snow</i> is her first novel. She lives in Swansea, Wales, and is now writing her second novel.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Writing With Skill, Level 2: Instructor Text (The Complete Writer)\nDescription: ['Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.']",
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"chosen": "Title: 64 DIY natural beauty recipes: How to Make Amazing Homemade Skin Care Recipes, Essential Oils, Body Care Products and More\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The River of God: Blessings from the Throne to the Uttermost Parts of the Earth\nDescription: ['Russell Stendal, a former hostage of Colombian rebels, is a lifelong missionary to that same group in the jungles of Colombia. He is an influential friend to military and government leaders in Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. Russells ministry shares the gospel via twelve radio stations, hundreds of thousands of Bibles, books, and movies distributed through airplane parachute drops, and numerous speaking engagements for groups of leaders, prisoners, and individuals. Russell goes wherever the Lord leads, whether its to speak with a president or go deep into the jungle to help an individual in trouble. He has witnessed thousands commit their lives to Christ.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance (Knitting in the City) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"<i>Penny Reid is really funny! It\\'s a fun book, right up my alley, and I enjoyed it very much</i>.\"<b> <span></span>-NPR, Linda Holmes, Pop Culture Happy Hour</b></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>This book was incredibly well-written, intelligent, funny, and just GOOD. I\\'ve gifted this book to a handful of my personal friends.</i>\" </span><br /><b><span>-Amy Harmon, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><i><span>\"Extremely funny, witty, and masterfully written (romantic comedy)! If you are looking fora smart, intelligently worded love story, pick this one up. It was a\"couldn\\'t put it down\" read for me.</span></i><span>\"</span><br /><b><span>-Tina Reber, New York Times and USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>From page 1 I was hooked by a thoroughly unique heroine. I could not put this book down and finished it sometime around 2am. I plan on reading it again.</i>\" </span><br /><b><span>-Carey Heywood, New York Times and USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>I loved this book so hard! I was in such a big reading funk before I started this. This is a smart, laugh out loud, warm and fuzzy to the tips of my toes romance. I haven\\'t enjoyed a book like this is a LONG time.</i>\"</span><br /><b><span>-A. Meredith Walters, New York Times and USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>Love Love LOVED this book! I will re-read it. Can\\'t wait to get onto the next one!</i>\"</span><br /><b><span>-Belle Aurora, USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>Yes it is a \"smart\"romance but so much more than that. It\\'s smart (for so many reasons, aside from the highly intelligent, yet totally goofy heroine). The writing is delightfully witty, the characters are silly-sweet, the life they lead, quirky yet believable (well... except for *that* crazy thing that happened, but I totally loved it, and how it was described. LOL!!!), and you\\'ll be grinning the whole way through.</i>\"</span><br /><b><span>-Maryse\\'s Book Blog</span></b><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>Best contemporary romance of the year</i><i>!!</i>\" </span><br /><b><span>-Smexy Books</span></b>', '<span>Penny Reid lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, three kids, and an inordinate amount of yarn. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books.</span><br /><span>You can find out more about Penny and sign up to receive exclusive books, stories, and excerpts of upcoming novels here: pennyreid.ninja</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007\nDescription: [\"Goldbarth is that rarest of birds, a graphomaniac who is always interesting. He's like William Carlos Williams and Auden in their <i>Collecteds</i>, or the largely forgotten Robert Penn Warren in his . . . American poetry will never again see a figure quite like Albert Goldbarth. <i>David Wojahn, The Kenyon Review</i>\", '', '<b>Albert Goldbarth</b> is the author of twenty-five books of poetry, including <i>To Be Read in 500 Years</i>. <i>The Kitchen Sink</i> was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Wichita, Kansas.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Friends Without Benefits: An Unrequited Romance (Knitting in the City) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<span>\"<i>I love the way Penny Reid writes. I became a mega fan after the first book in her Knitting in the City series and am just as impressed with Friends Without Benefits.</i>\"</span>', '', '<span>Penny Reid lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, three kids, and an inordinate amount of yarn. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books.</span><br /><span>You can find out more about Penny and sign up to receive exclusive books, stories, and excerpts of upcoming novels here: pennyreid.ninja</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Nouveau Native's No Fee New York With Pets 2007\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beard Science (Winston Brothers Book 3) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Programming Neural Networks with Encog3 in C#, 2nd Edition\nDescription: [\"Jeff Heaton, PhD, is a computer scientist that specializes in data science and artificial intelligence. Specializing in Python, R, Java and C#, he is an open source contributor and author of more than ten books. His areas of expertise include predictive modeling, data mining, big data, business intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Jeff holds a Master's Degree in Information Management from Washington University and a PhD in computer science from Nova Southeastern University in computer science. He is the lead developer for the Encog Machine Learning Framework open source project, a senior member of IEEE, and a fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI).\", '', '']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Family Night\nDescription: ['Tim began writing at a very young age. As a teenager he would write short stories of horror to entertain himself and his friends. Not knowing at the time this would one day lead to his dream of becoming a published author. Tim has studied various religions and psychology as evident in the \"Hand of God\" books and \"Dark Exorcist.\" From there, Tim began to venture into the realm of splatterpunk and extreme horror, which kicks the gore factor into overdrive. With the release of \"Family Night\" Tim has been off to the races. He has released several bestselling titles that are sure to turn your stomach. In addition to writing, Tim is also trying his hand in acting. He has been cast in a TV pilot filming throughout the summer of 2014. You can follow Tim on his website at http://timmiller.org and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TimMiller2011 \"If you are looking for a writer who writes for the extreme horror fan, then you have found your guy in Tim Miller. \" -- Digital Macabre \"Family Night will take you on a horrific rollercoaster ride.\" -- Gadget Girl Reviews', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Teratologist\nDescription: [\"EDWARD LEE has had over twenty-seven books published in the horror and suspense field, including FLESH GOTHIC, MESSENGER and CITY INFERNAL. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee, and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket s HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have recently sold translation rights to Germany and Spain. His movie, HEADER, was filmed in late-2003 and awaits release. Meanwhile, CITY INFERNAL, MESSENGER, and FAMILY TRADITION have been optioned for film. Lee lives on Florida s St. Pete Beach, and is currently working on HOUSE INFERNAL. <br /><br />WRATH JAMES WHITE is a former World Class Heavyweight Kickboxer, a professional Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts trainer, bodybuilder, distance runner, performance artist, and former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most disturbing works of fiction in print. <br /><br />He is the author of SUCCULENT PREY, a novel of extreme erotic horror, the acclaimed short story collection THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND SINS, and the novella HIS PAIN published 2006 by Delirium Books. Wrath is also the co-author of TERATOLOGIST co-written with the king of extreme horror Edward Lee and POISONING EROS co-written with Monica J. O'Rourke.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dark Exorcist\nDescription: ['Tim began writing at a very young age. As a teenager he would write short stories of horror to entertain himself and his friends. Not knowing at the time this would one day lead to his dream of becoming a published author. Tim has studied various religions and psychology as evident in the \"Hand of God\" books and \"Dark Exorcist.\" From there, Tim began to venture into the realm of splatterpunk and extreme horror, which kicks the gore factor into overdrive. With the release of \"Family Night\" Tim has been off to the races. He has released several bestselling titles that are sure to turn your stomach. In addition to writing, Tim is also trying his hand in acting. He has been cast in a TV pilot filming throughout the summer of 2014. You can follow Tim on his website at http://timmiller.org and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TimMiller2011 \"If you are looking for a writer who writes for the extreme horror fan, then you have found your guy in Tim Miller. \" -- Digital Macabre \"Family Night will take you on a horrific rollercoaster ride.\" -- Gadget Girl Reviews', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Phantom Self: (And How to Find the Real One)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Succulent Prey\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Shakespeare lexicon and quotation dictionary : a complete dictionary of all the English words, phrases, and constructions in the works of the poet Volume 1\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Lights Out\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Chilkoot Trail, Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park (National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map)\nDescription: [\"Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of National Geographic, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking.Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world's best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Just Like Hell\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Investigations into Physical Geology: A Lab Manual\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Plebs\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Campbell Soup Company (Images of America)\nDescription: ['Journalists and authors Martha Esposito Shea and Mike Mathis compiled these photographs from the archives of the Campbell Soup Company, the private collection of retired longtime employee Harry Nelson, and Burlington County Times photographer Dennis McDonald.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 400 Days of Oppression\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Behind the Scenes of a Broadway Musical\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Will the Sun Ever Come Out Again?\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Zendalas Mandalas: The Zentangle Way of Creating CIrcles & Squares\nDescription: [\"Having been a decorative painter and illustrator for many years, Jeanne Paglio ventured into the realm of Zentangle art where she applied her knowledge of decorative painting to this art form. After becoming certified in tangling, and the theory behind it, Jeanne's appreciation grew into a line of Zentangle workbooks geared to all artist levels and for people of all ages. As with all forms of art, this one has many health benefits, both mental and physical, one of which is stress relief. With several tangling books published, Jeanne continues to teach Zentangle and decorative painting. Jeanne resides in rural Rhode Island.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Poisoning Eros\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Adversary: An OUTER HELLS Dark Urban Fantasy (OUTER HELLS - The Tome of Testaments) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: No Comebacks\nDescription: ['Divertingshould surprise and delight Forsyth fans.<i>The New York Times Book Review <br /></i><br />SpellbindingTen Forsyths for the price of one. Who could ask for anything more?\"<i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram<br /></i><br />\"Forsyth is a first-class narratorinstantly sketching in characters, tossing off perfect dialogue, creating mood and atmosphereA crisp, solid treat.<i>Kirkus Reviews <br /><br /></i>Few writers do physical action any better than ForsythThese stories are very good value, creating an appetite for moreA warming bedside companion.<i>Los Angeles Times </i>', '<b>Frederick Forsyth </b>is the author of fifteen novels and short story collections. A former Air Force pilot, and print and television reporter for the BBC, he has had four movies and two television miniseries made from his works.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Harvest Night\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Walk in our Shoes\nDescription: ['Helena C. Farrell is a produced playwright, a member of the Dramatist Guild of America, and the Italian American Writer\\'s Association. She is the writer of the original produced Off-Broadway, romantic comedy, Room for Rent. She completed her doctorate studies in Literature with a concentration in Writing. Her latest book, The Longest Goodbye: A Memoir, was published in 2009. She lives in Glen Rock, NJ with her husband, Joseph T. Farrell, MD. Geralyn A. Mancini received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Fairleigh Dickenson University. She is the co-creator and Executive Producer of \"Giselle the Global Girl\" a local children\\'s program that aired on TV34 Montclair, NJ. Currently she is working on creating Giselle into a children\\'s book series. She also donates her time to volunteer work for local and international children\\'s charities. Geralyn resides in her hometown of Hawthorne, NJ.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Devil's Day: A Halloween Tale\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Wreck Driving Manual\nDescription: ['Intended to introduce the sport of wreck diving for beginners and broaden knowledge for those with some experience, this guide features information on locating wrecks and planning for safe, well-organized dives. Special techniques are described alongside information on air-supply and equipment.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wildlife\nDescription: ['<span><span><span><span><span><span>Jeff Menapace is the bestselling author of <i>Wildlife</i>, the <i>Bad Games</i> series, <i>Warped</i>, <i>Side Effects</i>, and <i>Numb</i>. The first three books in the <i>Bad Games</i> series have been optionedfor feature films, and are currently being translated for foreign audiences. </span></span><br /><span><span></span></span><br /><span><span><span>The 2011 winner of the Red Adept Reviews Indie Award for Horror, Jeff lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Kelly and their cats Sammy and Bear.</span></span></span><i></i></span></span></span></span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Autumn Loves\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Torment - A Horror Thriller eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: From Field to Fork: Food Ethics for Everyone\nDescription: ['<br />\"Once in a while somebody writes an important book near the end of a long, distinguished career. Paul B. Thompson, after 40 years in the business, accomplished this in his recent book: <em>From Field to Fork, food ethics for everyone</em>. With the eye of a philosopher and the rigor of an agricultural economist - Thompson is both - he covers big ideas about food ... the book\\'s strength is its broad swath. It leaves deeper coverage to the motivated reader and he cites over 350 references to point the way. If you want to hack your way through the thicket of food ethics, <em>From Field to Fork</em> is a good place to start. Splendid work, Dr. Thompson.\" -- Mark L. Wilson, <em>Agriculture and Human Values</em>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '<br /><strong>Paul B. Thompson</strong> has been a leading scholar in food ethics for over thirty years. He was present at the founding of three professional societies for food ethics and has served in an advisory capacity for the U.S. National Research Council, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Genome Canada, and Wageningen University and Research Institute in the Netherlands , among others. He edited the<em> Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics</em> (Springer) and writes a blog for Thornapple Community Supported Agriculture in Lansing MI.<br />', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Down\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Encyclopedia of Tarot, 4 Volume Set (Volumes I, II, III and IV)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Hair of the Bitch\nDescription: ['<b>Hair of the Bitch contains a few graphic scenes that some may find...graphic. Please take note. </strong><br><strong></strong><br><strong>Thanks </strong><br><strong></strong><br><strong>Jeff</b>', '<span><span>A native of Philadelphia, Jeff Menapace has published multipleworks in both fiction and non-fiction. In 2011, Jeffwas the recipient of the Red Adept Reviews Indie Award for Horror.</span></span><br /><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><br /><span>His terrifying debut novel</span><i>Bad Games</i><span>wasa #1 Kindle bestseller that spawned two acclaimed sequels, and now all three books in the trilogy have been optioned as feature films and arecurrently being translated for foreign audiences.</span><br /><br /><span>Jeff lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Kelly and their cats Sammy and Bear.</span><span><span></span></span>']",
"rejected": "Title: As I Stand Living\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fertile Fields\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Moral Formation according to Paul: The Context and Coherence of Pauline Ethics\nDescription: ['\"This important study locates moral formation squarely at the heart of Paul\\'s letters--not by replacing \\'theology\\' with \\'ethics\\' but by demonstrating that Paul\\'s agenda was in fact the moral transformation of his communities. Thompson traces the roots of Paul\\'s moral teaching in the Old Testament and the story of Christ and exposes his indebtedness more to Hellenistic Judaism than to Greco-Roman moral philosophy. Crucially, he positions Paul\\'s writings in another \\'context,\\' in communities of people who have begun new life in Christ, who await the final day, and for whom the present is about metamorphosis into a moral counterculture. Thompson does not try to answer all of our present-day questions; instead, he marks well the path for anyone wanting to explore the contours and coherence of Paul\\'s moral vision.\"<br />--<b>Joel B. Green</b>, editor of <i>Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics</i>; professor of New Testament interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary<br /><br />\"In his bracing book, Thompson argues that a coherence to Paul\\'s ethical instruction is found in Paul\\'s stress on the corporate nature of Christian morality. He holds that the church, a countercultural community, is demarcated by its adherence to commandments of the Law viewed through the lens of the Love Commandment. Thompson thinks that the topics of Paul\\'s moral instruction, from the earliest catechesis of converts onward, are those of Jewish moral teaching based on the Torah. He is thoroughly conversant with scholarship on Pauline ethics, but his focus is on a close reading of Pauline texts. The book will be useful to pastors and students and provocative to fellow scholars.\"<br />--<b>Abraham J. Malherbe</b>, Buckingham Professor Emeritus of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, Yale University<br /><br />\"Books on the moral life according to Paul are relatively scarce. We can be grateful to Thompson for his lucid and readable survey of moral transformation in Paul. Comparing and contrasting Paul\\'s moral vision with both Greco-Roman and Hellenistic writers provides an illuminating social context in which to interpret Paul.\"<br />--<b>Thomas R. Schreiner</b>, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'James W. Thompson (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is the Robert and Kay Onstead Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies and associate dean of the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. His books include Pastoral Ministry according to Paul and Hebrews in Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Orgy of Souls\nDescription: [\"Samuel and Sampson are brothers. Samuel is a priest with AIDS; Sampson is a successful male model with an excessive hedonist lifestyle. Sampson strikes a deal to save Samuel's life in exchange for 20 souls. The novel details how Sampson claims those souls, and what happens when one of them might already have a lien on it. There's nothing better than gratuitous sexual mutilation that isn't gratuitous at all, served with several courses of introspection. -Greg Lamberson, Fear Zone --Fear Zone, July 2008\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Consumed Volume 2\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Ontario Garlic: The Story from Farm to Festival\nDescription: ['<i>\"Though garlic and garlic festivals are popular, this is a sui generis text, to say the least. McClusky founded the Toronto Garlic Festival and his one-of-a-kind book offers a social history of garlic - along with how to grow it and how to cook it. Recipes are also included</i>.\" - <b>CBC News </b><br /><br /><i>\"Through more than 150 interviews, archival research, and personal anecdotes, the author reveals the cultural clash that characterized Ontario for many decades, drawing class lines between the conservative non-garlic eating British and the so-called Garlic Eaters--a fragrant group of non-British immigrants, most of whom used garlic as a staple ingredient.... \\'Ontario Garlic\\' is a fascinating read that can be enjoyed by food enthusiasts, historians, and anyone who appreciates a good laugh and an interesting story. It\\'s also useful material for classrooms, particularly through its lively discussion of social history.\"</i><br />- <b>Epoch Times</b>', 'I wrote this book to trace the twisting path of garlic throughout Ontario\\'s history, from exotica to pariah to its present-day status as a key part of our cuisine. I start with garlic\\'s discovery by prehistoric humans--as an important food and medicine--in the Tien Shan mountains of central Asia. From there I\\'ll lead you on a trip across the Eurasian continent as garlic spread along the ancient trails known as the Silk Road. I\\'ll give you a peek at King Tut in ancient Egypt and some early settlements in northern Europe. We\\'ll hitch a ride to the New World courtesy of the Vikings, and then I\\'ll take you on a grand journey forward, all the way to present-day Ontario, where legend has it that Toronto\\'s Transit Commission once had a rule making it illegal to ride a streetcar on a Sunday if you had been eating garlic.<br /><br />To explain why it\\'s been both loved and hated, I\\'ll look at garlic as an object of cultural stereotypes and how perception can influence taste. Through stories such as \"Mike Myers and the Garlic French Toast,\" I\\'ll show why cooks used to hide it, lest people knew what they were eating, and I\\'ll show you how to plant it--with a how-to guide for novice garlic gardeners. We\\'ll also review the latest thinking on the medicinal uses of garlic, with hints on how to read between the lines when learning about the latest health benefit. I\\'ll give you a look at the chemistry of garlic--why it tastes the way it does-- with tips that will change forever how you use this versatile plant in your cuisine. Finally, to get you cooking with garlic, I\\'ll offer forty recipes--both historical and contemporary--courtesy of some of Ontario\\'s finest chefs. I\\'ll also explain why you should keep buying local garlic.<br /><br />Unplug your nose and get ready for a ride through the history of garlic as told by ancient travelers, Canadian settlers and early immigrants, farmers, professional chefs and newly converted garlic lovers. You\\'ll never again look at a bulb of garlic the same way.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Valuocity III: Breaking Free from Solo Practice (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"DR. MARC B. COOPER Dr. Cooper is President and CEO of The Mastery Company. He has been a consultant to the health care industry for over 30 yearsat the practice management level as well as corporate and organizational levels. Prior to his consulting career, Dr. Cooper was an academician, basic science researcher and practicing periodontist. The Mastery Company has been in existence since 1984. Dr. Cooper's client experience in dentistry includes solo private practice, small partnered practices, managed group practices and retail corporate enterprises. Dr. Cooper has worked with numbers of health care entities such as insurance companies, clearing houses, bio-technical companies and disease management companies, as well as the senior executives and boards of large hospitals and hospital systems and a number of their related physician groups. Dr. Cooper is currently living on a houseboat in Portland, Oregon. CHRIS CREAMER Chris Creamer has worked as a managing partner of the Mastery Company, a small dental consultancy, for twenty years. Prior to his work with the Mastery Company, Mr. Creamer worked with a company that designed and delivered corporate training events for Fortune 500 companies all across the U.S. Mr. Creamer directs and coordinates technology initiatives, all multimedia development projects, operations, as well as every aspect of branding for The Mastery Company. Mr. Creamer was instrumental in co-developing The Mastery Company's suite of online surveys and assessments used by clients to evaluate all aspects of their business performance. Creamer currently resides in Woodinville, Washington, has been married for twenty-four years and has two children in college.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Princess - A Disturbing Psychological Thriller eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: From Galileo to Newton\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Brutality eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Confession: A Daniel Jacquot Novel\nDescription: [\"After graduating from Hertford College, Oxford, MARTIN O'BRIEN joined Conde Nast and was British <i>Vogue</i>'s travel editor for a number of years. As well as writing for <i>Vogue</i>, he has contributed to a wide range of international publications. He was editor of <b>Sixty Years of Travel in Vogue</b> and is the author of <b>All the Girls</b>.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cannibal Fat Camp\nDescription: ['Mark C. Scioneaux is the author of numerous short stories appearing in various anthologies by Blood Bound Books, Severed Press, Evil Jester Press, and others. He is also the coauthor of INSURGENT Z, and SLIPWAY GREY. HOLLOW SHELL: A ZOMBIE EPIC is an on-going serial of his that is available for download on Kindle. He is the founder of Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology. Teaming up with Cutting Block Press, they will send all proceeds from book sales to amfAR, an international AIDS charity. It features some of the biggest names in horror and several stars on the rise. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University and currently resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his wife, Jessica. David C. Hayes is an award-winning author, editor and filmmaker. Most recently, he has written stories for Dark Moon Books, Strangehouse Books, Evil Jester Press, Blood Bound Books and many more. His first collection,American Guignol, will be available in 2013 and he is a multiple genre anthology editor. He is the author of Muddled Mind: The Complete Works of Ed Wood Jr. and the upcoming Rottentail graphic novel as well as many screenplays, stage plays (his Dial P for Peanuts won an Ethingtony in 2011), articles and more. His films, like The Frankenstein Syndrome, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp, A Man Called Nereus, Dark Places and Back Woods, are available worldwide. He is the co-owner of Cinema Head Cheese (www.cinemaheadcheese.com), a geek culture website, and you can visit him online at www.davidchayes.com. David is a voting member of the Horror Writers Association and the Dramatists Guild. He likes creepy hugs and all kinds of cheese. David is a graduate of Michigan State University, National University, Grand Canyon University and Walden University. He lives in the wilderness of Michigan with his tolerant wife, Sandy.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cloak and Dagger (Star Trek Voyager, No 19, Dark Matters Book One of Three)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Family Tradition\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Continue Your Journey and Let Your Hearts Rejoice\nDescription: []"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Monsters Don't Cry\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Great Irish Voices: Over 400 Years of Irish Oratory\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Rejected For Content 3: Vicious Vengeance (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: CARS and TRUCKS\nDescription: [\"Wonderful pictures of one of children's favorite subjects, cars and trucks.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Friends Like Us eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Rise & Decline British Motor Ind (New Studies in Economic and Social History)\nDescription: ['\"Church\\'s book, like others in this series, is aimed primarily at students and secondarily at their teachers. ...anyone seeking an introduction to the British motor industry and a guide to further reading will find Church\\'s book an excellent place to start.\" Robert Casey, Technology and Culture', \"Placing the industry firmly in a European context, this text assesses the British motor industry's achievements before 1960, and then tests the various explanations that have been offered to explain its decline. It examines the role of government, the trade unions, management and the multinationals.\", '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sugar Daddy - A Horror Thriller eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Betrock's Cultivated Palms of the World\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: All You Can Eat\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Come What May: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional And Non-traditional Treatments for the Autism Spectrum\nDescription: ['Come What May is an invaluable tool that every parent with a child with autism should have at their disposal. -- <i>bookreviews411</i><br /><br />Excellent guide for a new autism diagnosis as well as those already in treatment. -- <i>Ann Brasher grandmother/advocate/autism group moderator/NAA Board Member</i>', \"**When you purchase a copy of Come What May, you are automatically qualified for a membership to the companion Yahoo Group. The group's purpose is disseminating the latest biological information and supporting parents/professionals caring for those on the autism spectrum\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Sadist's Bible\nDescription: ['Cushing delivers a knockout punch that ll leave you reeling and that will stay with you long after you ve read the last word. --Shane Douglas Keene - This Is Horror<br /><br />The Sadist Bible is extremely mature in content, beyond the scope of your monster or slasher horror themes, so even among the average horror connoisseur there is a chance you can t handle it. My hope is that after reading this, your first thought is Challenge Accepted , as was mine. --Piper Steed - Fanboy Nation<br /><br />The Sadist s Bible is something different, something to behold, something remarkable and definitely of note. --Eddie Generous - Unnerving Magazine', 'Nicole Cushing is the Bram Stoker Award winning author of Mr. Suicide. She has also written the Stoker-nominated short story collection The Mirrors and three stand-alone novellas (including the Shirley Jackson Award nominated Children of No One). Various reviewers have described her work as brutal , cerebral , transgressive , taboo , groundbreaking and mind-bending . This Is Horror has said that she is quickly becoming a household name for horror fans . She has also garnered praise from Jack Ketchum, Rue Morgue, Thomas Ligotti, John Skipp, S.T. Joshi, Poppy Z. Brite, Ray Garton, Famous Monsters of Filmland, and Ain t It Cool News. A native of Maryland, she now lives with her husband in Indiana.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Billionaire and The Backpacker\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Family Tree\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Small Moment of Great Illumination: Searching for Valentine Greatrakes, The Master Healer\nDescription: ['Pitt (<i>Walks Through Lost Paris</i>) delves into the life and times of the now obscure but once famous Irish \"healer,\" Valentine Greatrakes, a wealthy member of the gentry who amazed 17th-century contemporaries with his seemingly God-given ability to lay his hands on the afflicted, and cure them of every ailment, from dropsy to cancer. Patients said they felt the pain \"move\" through their body and leave via their fingertips, nose, toes, eyes, mouth or ears, never to return. Pitt, intrigued by a footnote in a history of medicine he happened to read in 1989, describes his years-long journey to discover as much as he could about this enigmatic man: was he a charlatan, a well-meaning quack or an authentic healer? Greatrakes\\'s well-placed friends, such as the great scientist Robert Boyle, were inclined to believe the latter (as does Pitt, one infers), but he was subjected to bitter attacks by his many enemies. In the Middle Ages, Greatrakes might have had an easier ride, but living as he did on the cusp of the Enlightenment and the rise of the scientific method, Greatrakes\\'s claims were intensely scrutinized. Likewise, modern readers may applaud Pitt\\'s sleuthing but err on the side of skepticism. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Theater-school director Pitt found Valentine Greatrakes footnoted in a history-of-medicine article, and his life hasn\\'t been the same since. Greatrakes was a healer who believed himself an instrument of God. Of the gentry, he never demanded payment or barter for his \"treatments\" said to cure everything from blindness and deafness to leprosy and paralysis. He kept good company, such as Robert Boyle, one of the founders of modern science; impressed other fine minds of his generation, including Andrew Marvell; but had enemies, too. The Catholic Church questioned his authority (doctors at the time operated under licenses granted by the church), as did the English monarchy, threatened by Greatrakes\\' encroaching on its practice of healing with the \"royal touch.\" Besides a biography, Pitt\\'s book is a travel memoir of his and colleague Iain Boal\\'s traipsings around the British and Irish countrysides looking for clues about Greatrakes and an original copy of his rare self-defense, <i>A</i> <i>Brief Account</i>(1666). It\\'s all endlessly fascinating and great fun, full of literary intrigue and unexpected pleasures. <i>June Sawyers</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Storberry\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: One Night\nDescription: ['One Night [paperback] Koenig, Norma E.,Illustrated by Robert E. Barry [Jan 01, 1969]']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sour Candy eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Getting Publicity (Self-counsel Business Series)\nDescription: ['...emphasizes low-cost, do-it-yourself promotional strategies...filled with inexpensive and practical tips. -- <i>Pondkeeper, September/October 2001</i><br /><br />...this self-help guide from this pair of published journalists will help you promote your business, association or yourself. -- <i>The Province, November 5, 2000</i>', 'If youd like to know all the inside secrets for attracting publicity to your business, your association, or yourself, you need this book. Step-by-step instructions illustrate just what it takes to attract media attention to any enterprise. The authors, both award-winning journalists, show how you can make the most of every opportunity for free coverage in print, broadcast, and Internet media. From newspaper articles to radio interviews, from television appearances to the World Wide Web, this expanded and updated edition includes all the advice you need to sparkle in the publicity spotlight. <P>Includes: - Becoming your own publicist - Putting together a publicity plan - Finding and creating publicity opportunities - Understanding the media - Preparing publicity materials - Announcing a new product - Mastering the media interview - Writing and public speaking']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Killings\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Ranger Rick Jr Magazine September 2013\nDescription: []"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Family Business\nDescription: ['If you like hardcore, and I mean Hardcore with a capital \"H,\" horror with purpose, and are able to find the value in movies like \"Hostel\" and can appreciate the tenor of stories like American Psycho, then you will absolutely love this book.<br /> - Cheryl Anne Gardner, <i>POD People, on <em>Family Business</em></i><em><br /><br />This was a fun book! Okay, so I know it was horror and I don\\'t know if I\\'m supposed to think it was fun, but it was. It has some twists and turns that are expected, but the author takes these expectations and bends them into something else. Williams really owns them. He does such a wonderful job of allowing the characters to speak for themselves and by the end of the book, the suspension of disbelief is still gnawing at your brain. I would definitely rec it.<br /> - Saranna DeWylde, author of <i>How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days, </i></em><i>on <em>Family Business</em></i><em>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</em>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Nimzo-Indian Defence (Cadogan Chess Books)\nDescription: ['A classic book for intermediate players familiar with algebraic notation, strategy, tactics, tempo and other common openings.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Family Business: Live Bait\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Skeptic in the House of God\nDescription: [\"In 1982, attorney Kelley joined St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Despite his self-proclaimed skepticism about its central religious tenets and his doubts that this club would accept him as a member, he found a home at St. Mark's. His experiences of the church, both exasperating and exhilarating, form here a realistic portrayal of contemporary life inside an important American institution. After 15 years of full participation, Kelley is still an agnostic but is no longer skeptical about church participation. Modern urban life can be sterile and isolating; open-door parishes like St. Mark's offer a place of sanctuary?a vibrant community, honest inquiry, and support through the tough times in life. Kelley has written a challenging, useful guide to life in the modern urban parish church that is recommended for general readers.?John R. Leech, Brooklyn, N.Y.<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"James L. Kelley, a skeptic about religion, writes with insight and humor of his life as a member of St. Mark's, an Episcopal church that welcomes doubters without pressuring them to compromise their intellectual integrity. When Kelley first visited the church, he was well into his forties and searching for a respite from urban malaise. At the same time, he found himself filled with disquieting questions: How could he reconcile his convictions with the central purpose of the church - to worship a God he didn't believe in? Could he say the prayers and sing the hymns while remaining an honest skeptic? After fifteen years of full participation in a church that is open not only to skeptics but also to gay men and lesbians, blacks and Jews, where members are invited to critique Sunday sermons, and where hymns are rewritten to reflect feminist concerns, Kelley found that his agnosticism remained but his skepticism about church participation had disappeared. Modern urban life can be a sterile, isolating experience, yet in St. Mark's Kelley discovered a place of vibrant community, honest inquiry, and support over the hard places in life.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Shadow Fabric: A Supernatural Horror Novel\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gone Missing in New York\nDescription: ['Marianna Boncek is an English teacher who holds a BA from Vermont College and an MA from Goddard College. She enjoys researching and writing about lost and forgotten history.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Shadow Fabric\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Telling Truths\nDescription: []"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Genital Grinder\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Montaigne's Essais (Unwin Critical Library)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Life To Waste\nDescription: ['Having always enjoyed writing, Andrew is now trying to get his stories out to the public and see what they think of them. With influences such as Ryan C Thomas, Stephen King & Jack Ketchum. He is hopefully going to take you on a scary and exciting ride. \"A Life To Waste\" is Andrew\\'s first Novella and is now available in E-Book format and paperback. Andrew enjoys reading, camping, watching tv and spending time with his wife Hazel and their children', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pride and prejudice: Coloring book\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Maldicion\nDescription: ['Daniel Marc Chant is an up-and-coming author of Horror and strange fiction. His passion for H. P. Lovecraft genre and the films of John Carpenter inspired him to produce intense, gripping stories with a sinister edge. Currently based in Bath - a picturesque town in Somerset, UK - Daniel launched his dbut, Burning House, to rave reviews, and swiftly followed with the Lovecraft-inspired Maldicin, the story of a lone survivor of a desert island plane crash fighting for his life with an ancient predator. Daniel continues to hone his craft with a number of dark titles including Mr Robespierre, Devil Kickers, and One Girl Army. He also created The Black Room Manuscripts a charity anthology featuring twenty stories from twenty experienced authors and talented newcomers. Visit his official site www.danielmarcchant.com or follow him on Twitter @danielmarcchant. He doesnt bite. Much.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Self-fulfilment with Dyslexia: A Blueprint for Success\nDescription: [\"This is an interesting and insightful book which has been well researched and includes relevant case studies to illustrate key traits for the successful dyslexic. My own struggle with undiagnosed dyslexia at school certainly made me more determined and this has played an integral role in my achievements and success. Author: Alais Winton, author of The Self Help Guide for Teens with Dyslexia and private tutor for young dyslexics<br /><br />This book provides a 'road map' for the 10% of the world's population who experience some degree of dyslexia, to help them fulfil their true potential. So have courage, be inspired, harness your energies and build positive strategies. The world needs the strengths and talents that dyslexic individuals can bring. Author: Dr. Kate Saunders, C.E.O., British Dyslexia Association<br /><br />An inspiring and really practical book, well written by someone who clearly has the expertise and experience of working with many wonderful people with dyslexia. This book is for anyone wanting examples of how talent, perseverance and commitment can lead to great success. Author: Professor Amanda Kirby, Chair in Developmental Disorders at University of South Wales and author of How to Succeed in employment with specific learning difficulties<br /><br />This book contains fascinating information for people with dyslexia and anyone interested in helping them to achieve. Margaret Malpas makes it clear that high grades at school are not the only route to a fulfilling life, with detail on the significance of determination, rapport, listening skills and creativity. She even explains how procrastination can be useful. There are some truly inspiring nuggets in here to inspire and encourage, plus handy summaries for those not wanting to read it all at once. Author: Margaret Rooke, author of Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories\", 'The ten key steps to success and self-fulfilment for adults with dyslexia']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Full Moon Slaughter\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Jardin Amurallado de La Verdad (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Warm, Dark Places Are Best\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ties of Common Blood: A History of Maine's Northeast Boundary Dispute with Great Britain, 1783-1842\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Immortal Body: The Singularity Cycle (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Grandpa's Store\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Ashley's Tale\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Secret Rooms Secret Compartments\nDescription: ['The author was a profesional magician for many years and that knowledge has been the inspiration for the design ideas in this book.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lucky's Girl\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Safety Zone: Discovering and Establishing Boundaries That De-Stress Your Life\nDescription: ['Overall good shape & condition, used only a few times']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dream Woods\nDescription: ['Patrick Lacey was born and raised in a haunted house. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, his mustached cat, his Pomeranian, and his muse, who is likely trying to kill him.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: To Snare A Wolf: A historical spy novel in 1892 France/Germany bringing the turn of the 20th century Paris to life, journey through parts of the fin de siecle European world.\nDescription: ['To Snare A Wolf is a historical thriller telling the story of two rival spies in France and Germany.Robert Nowaktells a riveting tale of espionage and subterfuge, making To Snare A Wolf a fun and fascinating read. --Midwest Book Review: August 2010<br /><br />The characters in this book are . . . developed so the reader feels and experiences what happens to them in an actual way. Buy this book. Read this book. Keep this book. --Hohn Helman, Allbooks Review', '\"The characters in this book are . . developed so the reader feels and experiences what happens to them in an actual way. This reviewer recommends this book for all readers. It is written in an easy style. . . All in all it\\'s . . written story of the conflicts in which men often find themselves. Buy this book. Read this book. Keep this book.\"', '- John Helman, Allbooks Review \"I have long been appreciative of good, historically rich fiction, with characters that are developed into real people, people who fit the times. Then take a great family story handed down over many generations and combine the two. That\\'s the making of a great read. History buff that I am, I was enthralled by the history within this story and the story within the history!\"', '- Pat McMillan, Vice President, Bank of America \"To Snare A Wolf is a must-read, a fast-paced espionage novel. An enjoyable historical read that allows you to be educated as well as entertained by well-written prose and richly developed characters. The pages will practically turn themselves.\"', '- Chief Operating Officer, Means-Knaus Partners \"A truly wonderful work that captured my attention and imagination and held it from the first page to the last. I experienced the tears, trials, and triumphs of Nowak\\'s wonderfully developed characters. I was consistently impressed with many unexpected twists and turns as the intricate plot unfolded. An excellent and enjoyable book, with psychological complexity I look for in a novel! Wonderful!\"', '- Dr. Denise Hollingsworth, Pennacle Peak Psychology \"I love this book. It was an extraordinary story, totally original. An elegant, eloquent word journey. The author has a gift for storytelling and sharing the lives of the people at that time and place. A potential best seller. I hope there\\'s a movie. Terrific, one of the most fascinating books I have read in a long time.\"', '- Richard Sell, Short Story Author \"An intriguing tale of a boy\\'s journey to manhood in war-torn Europe at the end of the 19th century. A must read. Pure entertainment.\"', '- RoRusto, Playwrite \"Reading the novel, I felt I was actually there, experiencing a kind of time travel to the past. The power and resonance of the novel\\'s historical detail filtered through the characters. The writer vibrantly painted their emotions through authentic words and actions.\"', '- Rob McMillan, Author Journey of Perception \"The portaits of the characters make them truly beyond moving. The author\\'s writing style is captivating, you feel as if you are inside this thoughts. His descriptions are so clear you can picture the scenes in your mind. It is a page-turner. Intense, real...A wonderful book. It\\'s from the heart and told with integrity. I could not put it down.\"', '- Sundance Book Club President, Denver \"The author is a talented new writer. His first work, To Snare A Wolf, is a vividly written spy novel that makes the reader feel as if she were present.\" -Dr. Lynne McFall, Author and University Professor at Syracuse and Harvard.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Boys' Night\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Sex, Secrets, & Happily Ever Afters\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Last Days\nDescription: ['Horror fans will revel in this appropriately chilling tale of modern-day murder and mayhem that stretches back several centuries. When financially strapped documentarian Kyle Freeman is offered a huge fee to make a film about the Temple of the Last Days, a warped, paranoid cult whose members ended their own days in a bloodbath in an abandoned mine in Arizona, he jumps at the opportunity. As he moves about several countries in search of authentic locations, credible interviews, and the appalling truths behind the myth of the cult, he himself begins to experience some shocking, otherworldly events. Becoming a subject of his own research and filming, Freeman sees his nightmarish journey deepen the further he delves into the twisted history of the cult and its participants. This appropriately ghastly tale definitely lives up to its billing as a Blair Witch Projectstyle novel. --Margaret Flanagan', '', 'Fans of films about haunted places, otherworldly beings, and rituals gone terribly wrong will find this homage deliciously chilling. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Obsession and megalomania, sex and power make for a sophisticated, literate and well-crafted paranormal horror. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', 'This exceptional macabre tale stuns in its ability to inspire abject, primal terror. Readers will lose all hope of undisturbed, peaceful sleep. Highly recommended. <i>Library Journal (starred review)</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lying in Wait: A J.P. Beaumont Novel\nDescription: ['', 'J. A. Jance is the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, and five interrelated thrillers about the Walker family, as well as a volume of poetry. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Edging\nDescription: ['\"Strap yourself in for a wild, terror-filled ride rife with mayhem and madness! Intense, unique, and stupefyingly brilliant. Highly recommended and a must-read for all horror fans.\" - <b>Kerry Alan Denney, multiple award-winning author of <i>A Mighty Rolling Thunder</i> and <i>Jagannath</i></b><br /><br />\"Wild book... Fear is the purest emotion. In <i>Edging</i>, Michael Schutz shows you just how bad a trip it can be. Pain and pleasure, reality and perception--sometimes it\\'s the same side of the coin.\"<b>--RichardThomas, author of <i>Breaker</i> and <i>Tribulations</i></b><i></i><br /><br />\"EDGING is a wonderful accomplishment. It evokes the early shadow of King, but Schutz\\'s voice is unmistakably his own.\" <b>--Terry M. West, author of <i>The Night Things</i> series</b><br /><br />\"EDGING is a hallucinatory ride through a nightmarish landscape.If Jim Thompson and William S. Burroughs were to collaborate on a novel about dark psychedelic drugs, murder, and the supernatural, this would be the result. A fantastic and dark read that really does linger in the mind long after having read it.\" <b>--Jason White, author of <i>The Haunted Country</i></b>', \"Michael Schutz was born and raised in the frozen tundra ofWisconsin, where the macabre tales of Ray Bradbury and Stephen King kept himwarm at night. He's seen way too many horror movies to be healthy and blogs andpodcasts about them on Darkness Dwells. He is the author of the novels <i>Edging</i> and <i>Blood Vengeance</i> and the novella <i>Uninoch</i>.His short fiction has been featured most recently in <i>Crossroads in the Dark II: Urban Legends</i>, <i>Dark Moon Digest</i>, <i>Sanitarium</i>,and the anthologies <i>Beasts: Revelations,</i><i>Beyond the Nightlight,</i> and <i>Cranial Leakage: Tales from the GrinningSkull</i>. He lives with his three naughty cat-children in northern California.You can keep tabs on him at:<br /><br /><br />michaelschutzfiction.com\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life\nDescription: [\"This is a first-rate treatment of a complex topic. <b>Fabrizio Amerini</b> carefully and clearly explains how Aquinas deals philosophically with the topic of human generation and how what he says might be connected with certain questions raised today in discussions of bioethics. His treatment of Aquinas is exhaustive and admirably documented. It should serve as an authoritative corrective to ways in which Aquinas has sometimes been invoked in arguments concerning the start of human life. It also amounts to a fine introduction to some of Aquinas's key metaphysical ideas. (Brian Davies, Fordham University)<br /><br /><b>Amerini</b>'s book is a masterful treatment of the much-discussed discrepancy between the teachings of the Catholic Church on abortion and the teachings of its leading theological champion. Combining philosophical insight with scholarly precision, Amerini carefully works through all aspects of Aquinas's view: metaphysical, biological, and ethical. In a field where previous treatments have often been marred by bias and animus, Amerini<b> </b>offers a model of evenhanded analysis. Neither of the entrenched parties to this ongoing dispute will feel completely satisfied by Amerini's conclusions, but all sides will learn a great deal from his meticulous discussion. (Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado)<br /><br /><i>Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life</i> shows how rigorous historical research can be useful in discussing hot topics of current bioethics. Written with great accuracy and attention to historical texts, <b>Amerini</b>'s book stresses the mistakes of many contemporary readings of Aquinas and clarifies implications for the current debate on abortion and euthanasia. This book is one of the best attempts to hold together the accurate historical reconstruction of one of the most influential thinkers of Western philosophy with the theoretical implications for the contemporary bioethical discussion on abortion and euthanasia. (Sergio Filippo Magni, University of Pavia)<br /><br />What makes the book I think a fascinating read, is <b>Amerini</b>'s detailed analysis of texts that Thomas wrote throughout his career, showing how his thoughts on the topic evolved and were refined. In that sense, I think anyone interested in history, especially the history of philosophy and science, would be fascinated at this look inside the world of a medieval philosopher on one very particular topic. (John Farrell <i>Forbes.com</i> 2013-08-04)<br /><br />Because Aquinass teachings are authoritative for Catholic theology, this volume by Amerini explores Aquinass account of lifes beginning and end. The author notes Aquinass inconsistency and changing views. He argues that the Thomistic account does not allow one to claim that an embryo is a human being at the moment of conception, since Aquinas believes humans require faculties of will and reason. Still, scholars need to look at contemporary scientific accounts of growth and development to see how they may or may not harmonize with specific teachings. Students of theology and bioethics will find this study elucidating, especially since it shows the promise and pitfalls of attempting to use classical theological sources to construct positions for contemporary Christian ethics. Students interested in Thomistic thought, theological bioethics, and Catholic moral theology will find this closely argued work worthwhile and illuminating reading. (A. W. Klink <i>Choice</i> 2014-01-01)<br /><br />Erudite, thoughtful, [and] carefully translated<b>Amerini</b> exposes the tensions and vacillations in Aquinass abstruse accounts of human embryogenesis. But their main point is clear: the inseminating male initiates a process that, while it leads to the conception of a pre-human uterine animal, does not actually generate another human being. (Denis J. M. Bradley <i>America</i> 2014-09-22)\", 'Fabrizio Amerini is Professor in the Department of Classics, Languages, Education, and Philosophy at the University of Parma.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lucifer's Children\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: A Sister Speaks. Poems with a Point of View\nDescription: [\"A collection of poems that covers a range of subjects from the Middle Passage to Fort Wagner, to tributes to women ('Ask not why the willow bends, It bows to thee, O, noble queen hued in ebony...') The book is divided into three Parts: Voices from a Woman's World, Voices in the Diaspora, and Other Voices. Poems include food for thought as well as lines for laughter. Bound in gold and black, this volumes is aesthetically satisfying and intellectually stimulating. stimulating. -- <i>From the Publisher</i>\", 'Author began writing poetry at age ten and published first poem at age sixteen. Native of Nashville, Tennessee, she holds degrees from Tennessee State University, Peabody College, and Duke University. Author of several books and articles, she has served as professor and administrator in higher education, and is a community activist and publisher.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Father of Lies: A Supernatural Horror Novel\nDescription: [\"'Wow! What an enthralling, dark and chilling read.' 'Wonderful, intelligent, scary horror' 'Whoa! If you like your books on the dark side, this is one for you.' 'Far more chilling than mainstream horror' 'It's whats left to the imagination that's most horrifying' 'Cracking read. Scary, dark and haunting.' Amazon UK\", \"Sarah England is a UK based fiction writer. Originally a registered nurse, she then worked in medical sales and marketing, specialising in psychiatry. Now a prolific short story and serial writer for magazines, she also has an anthology of thrillers - '3am and Wide Awake' - available. 'Father of Lies' is her first supernatural horror novel, and the sequel, 'Tanners Dell', is due to be released later in 2016.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Plastic Surgery: Volume 2: Aesthetic Surgery (Expert Consult - Online and Print)\nDescription: ['', '\"Each chapter follow an outline that aims to be consistent throughout the volume. This format ensures that the topics are covered in an organized and comprehensive manner... The entire textbook is available in an accompanying online version. Additionally, there are certain parts of the chapters that are only available on-line including the historical perspective section, some figures, the complete references... In summary, <i>Plastic Surgery, 3rd Edition,</i> remains a pillar of any plastic surgeon\\'s library. Volume Two is no exception and is a must have for any practicing plastic surgeon or trainee with an interest in aesthetic plastic surgery.', '<b>Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS), December 2013</b>', '\"This is the latest edition of the multivolume plastic surgery textbook first edited by John M. Converse in 1964. Through the decades, this has remained the gold standard in plastic surgery textbooks. I have always had the most recent edition close to my desk and have used it as an initial reference when I have needed to review a topic. I will continue to use this edition in the same manner.', 'Plastic surgeons at all stages in their careers can benefit from this book. The coverage of plastic surgery topics remains encyclopedic, and all of the authors are recognized experts in their subject areas. This edition demonstrates a number of differences from prior editions. The books themselves are slightly larger, and the majority of the artwork is in color, with a uniform style and is of high quality. This edition incorporates changes consistent with our digital age, while maintaining the excellent content that has been the hallmark of this book throughout the years.\" - Walter Lawrence, MPH, MD (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics) <b>Doody 5 stars!</b>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Salvage\nDescription: ['Duncan Ralston was born in Toronto, and spent his teens in a small town. As a \"grown-up,\" Duncan lives with his girlfriend and their dog in Toronto, where he writes about the things that frighten and disturb him. In addition to his twisted short stories found in GRISTLE & BONE and THE BLACK ROOM MANUSCRIPTS, his debut novel, SALVAGE, is available for preorder now. \"Mr. Ralston writes horror fiction that is unflinching and pulls no punches.\" - Kit Power, The Ginger Nuts of Horror \"Duncan Ralston is writing honest stories about real people, pitched headlong into extraordinary situations. And that is what makes them so horrifying.\" - Ken Preston, Dirge Magazine', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: What Technology Wants\nDescription: ['<span>\"A bold new book ... an engaging journey through the history of \\'the technium,\\' a term [Kelly] uses to describe the \\'global, massively interconnected system of technology vibrating around us.\\'\"</span><br><span>-</span><i>The New York Times Book Review</i><span></span><br><br><span>\"Kevin Kelly \"radically rethinks the relationship between humans and technology ... Kelly\\'s concept of the technium and his description of how it attains autonomy are original and timely.\"</span><br><span>-</span><i>Nature</i><span></span><br><br><span>\"... an exuberant book.\"</span><br><span>-</span><i>The Washington Post</i><span></span><br><br><span>\"...consistently provocative and intriguing.\"</span><br><span>-</span><i>The Economist</i>', '<b>Kevin Kelly</b> is the cofounder of <i>Wired</i> magazine and was its executive editor for its first seven years. He has written for <i>The New York Times, The Economist, Science, Time</i>, and <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. His previous books include the bestselling <i>New Rules for the New Economy</i>.']"
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"rejected": "Title: Michael Aaron Piano Course Technic: Primer\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Unfleshed: Tale of the Autopsic Bride\nDescription: [\"By design, Lisa Vasquez creates horror with vivid, dark, and twisted words and images that not only drags the reader in between the pages, but onto the covers that house them, as well. When she releases her grasp, readers are left alone to sort through the aftermath those images leave behind; each one becoming a seed that roots itself within the soft confines of their psyche. She takes this passion for writing horror and uses it to mentor other authors and volunteers as the Publisher's Liaison for the Horror Writers Association. In January 2016, Lisa took her commitment to the next level and opened an independent publishing house, Stitched Smile Publications. Her work can be found in several anthologies, and her upcoming, full-length novels will be released in 2016. For more information and updates on Lisa's work, you can find her at: www.unsaintly.com or on Facebook (facebook.com/unsaintlyhalo), Twitter (@unsaintly), Instagram (unsaintly)\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Mary of Bethany's Dream: - A Portrait of Young Emmanuel\nDescription: [\"Of British descent, Joan is a preschool teacher who was born and brought up in Africa. She is a follower of Jesus Christ, and has a minister's diploma. Two visits to Israel - for research and to help qualify her writing - helped her to produce this novel.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Hasty for the Dark: Selected Horrors\nDescription: ['', \"Praise for the author's first collection of horror stories, <em>Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors</em>\", '\"Great storytelling, but across a wider palate and range of styles than you might have expected, leading to some delightfully unexpected visions and hellscapes.\" <em>Gingernuts of Horror</em>', '\"There is not one single tale which feels less than the others, none which seem to be mere \\'filler\\'. They are beautifully crafted, original and complete works which nevertheless fit well together as arranged by the author.\" <em>This is Horror</em>', '\"In \\'Some Will Not Sleep\\' nothing is sacred, nothing is safe, and goodness me, if you like horror fiction you\\'re going to absolutely love every damn minute.\" <em>Pop Mythology</em>', \"Praise for Adam Nevill's horror novels:\", '\"Adam Nevill is a spine-chiller in the classic tradition, a writer who draws you in from the world of the familiar, eases you into the world of terror, and then locks the door behind you.\" Michael Koryta, NYT Bestselling author', '\"Modern storytelling ... and old school terror. Very scary, highly recommended\" - Jonathan Maberry, NYT bestselling author', '\"One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice\" - Michael Marshall Smith, NYT Bestselling author)<br /> <br /> \"Chilling, disorienting, and deeply creepy\" - Scott Smith (author of \\'The Ruins\\' on \\'House of Small Shadows\\')<br /> <br /> \"Nevill is fast becoming Britain\\'s answer to Stephen King\" - Guardian', '\"He has the rare ability to craft a nebulous atmosphere of terror, as well as to capture cinematic slasherpunk in the written word. Both are incredibly rare talents.\" <em>Pornokitsch</em>', '\"The sense of dread is immediate, with the reader\\'s sense of foreboding increasing with every new page.\" <em>Irish Examiner</em>', '\"Readers will lose all hope of peaceful, undisturbed sleep. Highly recommended.\" <em>Library Journal</em> - Starred Review', '\"Nevill\\'s talent for horror resonates ominously in every scene, almost as if the theme from Jaws echoes when a page is turned.\" <em>Kirkus</em>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 1000 Yard Stare: A Marine's Eye View of the Vietnam War\nDescription: ['<span><span>Marc Waszkiewicz lives in western Oregon. </span></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bad Vibes eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: First Time Tunisian Crochet: Step-by-Step Basics Plus 5 Projects\nDescription: [\"<P>Margaret Hubert is the author of more than 20 crochet and knitting books, including<I> Plus Size Crochet, Knits for Men, Knit or Crochet--Have It Your Way, The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet, The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting, The Granny Square Book, Lacework for Adventurous Crocheters, Runway Crochet, </I>and<I> Customize Your Knitting</I>. She has enjoyed a lifelong career designing both crochet and knit patterns for yarn companies and book and magazine publishers. Hubert also teaches at yarn shops, retreats, and national gatherings, and rarely misses a national conference in the needle-arts field. A world traveler, Hubert pays close attention to the fashions in Europe and spots trends as they hit New York. In 2012, in fitting tribute to Hubert's lifelong work as a knitting and crochet designer, the Crochet Guild of America inducted her into their Jean Leinhauser Crochet Hall of Fame. Her work and information about the events she attends can be found on her blog: margaretshooksandneedles.blogspot.com. She lives in Pawling, New York.</P>\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Pretty Pretty Princess\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Evolution of Aging : How Darwin's Dilemma is Affecting Your Chance for a Longer and Healthier Life\nDescription: ['Theodore Goldsmith has an MIT education and over 30 years experience in analyzing, designing, and managing complex space systems for NASA science missions. He lives with his wife in Annapolis, Maryland.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Genetic Abomination\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years\nDescription: [\"This is a lavish picture book, designed to celebrate the centenary of New York's celebrated concert hall, and it fills that souvenir function well enough. Schickel, movie critic at Time, previously wrote a much longer book on the hall and has the facts and anecdotes at his fingertips. Walsh, the magazine's music critic, alternates with him in essays that cover the hall's history and hundreds of famous performers, both highbrow and lowbrow, with a smooth blend of social history and critical commentary. But these are only magazine-length contributions to a book that stands or falls by its pictures and lavish production; and here questions must arise. There are far too many large blow-ups and spreads of pictures that simply do not deserve such treatment, and frequent interminable portrait galleries, covering page after page, of musicians and other performers in obvious publicity poses. In the end, the book looks like nothing so much as a glossy scrapbook, of the kind that might be put together by an uncritical fan of the hall. Such a book might be fun to construct, but why would one want to pay a hefty price for it? <br />Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Witch Hunter: Into the Outside (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Blog / Website Reviews:<br />', '', 'Witch Hunter was written for the Urban Fantasy crowd that like a little humor mixed in with their horror.<br /><br />Expect laughs and blood as we watch our hero try to survive the night!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 21 Ways To Bless Even If You're Broke!\nDescription: [\"Sherrie Roberts is an engaging and entertaining writer. She enjoys writing various projects, including stage plays and commercial scripts. In her first published book, 21 Ways to Bless, Even If You're Broke, she shares her take on ways to pay it forward, even in times of financial distress.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sinister Stitches: a collection of short horror stories (Shadow Fabric Mythos)\nDescription: ['Mark Cassell lives in a rural part of the UK where he often dreams of dystopian futures, peculiar creatures, and flitting shadows. Primarily a horror writer, his steampunk, dark fantasy, and SF stories have featured in several anthologies and ezines. His best-selling debut novel, <i>The Shadow Fabric</i>, is closely followed by the popular short story collection, <i>Sinister Stitches</i>, and are both only a fraction of an expanding mythos of demons, devices, and deceit. <br /><br /> The dystopian sci-fi short story collection, <i>Chaos Halo 1.0: Alpha Beta Gamma Kill</i>, is in association with Future Chronicles Photography where he works closely with their models and cosplayers. <br /><br /> His work has been compared with British horror authors such as James Herbert, Clive Barker, Dennis Wheatley, and Brian Lumley. Also, his influences spread over to the US where he admits to having been first inspired by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Dan Simmons, and H P Lovecraft.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Partners\nDescription: [\"From Author Clayton Bye<br /><br />Partners will offer a unique and refreshing read. Visit the Canadian west: you might like it.<br /><br /> --reviews.thedeepening.com/2009/11/23/partners-by-d-m-mcgowan/<br /><br />From the Western Fiction Review<br /><br />Partners is a well told story that entertains and educates. It's a long book too, providing a big read for your money.<br /> --westernfictionreview.blogspot.com/2009/09/partners.html<br /><br />From Marie Burton at the Burton Review<br /><br />This is a story that flows easily between the concept of camaraderie and the intense events that the partners endure<br /> --burtonreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/book-review-partners-by-dm-mcgowan_27.html<br /><br />From Barbara Martin<br /><br />I recommend this book to anyone who wants an entertaining excursion into the past.<br /> --barbaramartin.blogspot.com/2009/10/partners-by-d-m-mcgowan-book-review.html<br /><br />\", '', 'I wanted to put two different characters together and force them together long enough that they would grow to at least put up with each other. One, Tom, is well educated and somewhat elderly for the time and the story, although he is a little better than half my age when I began writing this yarn. Frank is young, looks even younger than he is and has no formal education, although he knows more about the west than Tom. I put them through danger, love, hate, adventure and gave them a variety of others to deal with and took them to one of the larger centers of the time, Barkerville.<br />I also had a chance to write about a variety of coutnry. The Cypress Hills, Crows Nest Pass, the Kootenys and Cariboo.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Skin Deep - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The End Is All We See\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: I'd Kill For That\nDescription: [\"In <i>I'd Kill for That</i>, a dead body is discovered on the sixth hole of the Gryphon's Gate golf course after three people are mysteriously called to the exclusive gated community course one spring evening. Vanessa, a ruthless real-estate developer, quickly figures out that she is a suspect, given her many enemies, one of whom is obviously trying to set her up. Jerry, a down-on-his-luck trader, chalks the crusty academic's death up to bad luck--or so he hopes. And Toni, well, she has so much to live for, what with being a single parent and all; how could she get mixed up in this? But someone has the goods on all three and is playing them like puppets. The 13 contributors to this playful mystery include such popular and talented female mystery writers as Linda Fairstein and Rita Mae Brown. A thoroughly enjoyable tale. <i>Mary Frances Wilkens</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Corporation - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Find the Teddy (Find-Its Board Books)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Wicked Ones: Children of the Lost\nDescription: ['J.Z. Foster is an Urban Fantasy / Horror writer originally from Ohio. He spent several years in South Korea where he met and married his wife and together they opened an English school. Now a first time father, hes returned to the states - and his hometown roots. He received the writing bug from his mother, NYTimes best selling author, Lori Foster. You can follow his writing progress on his Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/JZFosterAuthor/', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Oil Painting: Develop Your Natural Ability\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: If You Died Tomorrow I Would Eat Your Corpse\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: By Clifford W. Brooks - System for Ophthalmic Dispensing: 3rd (third) Edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Disease\nDescription: ['\"Better than The Walking Dead... Disease is the kind of book that I would show to someone when they ask why I like to read horror\" -<b> HORRORADDICTS.NET </b><br /><br />\"It\\'s the few titles that find a perfect balance of gore, characters,setting, and plot... DISEASE is one of those select few.\" - <b>THE GEEKDOM OF GORE</b><br /><br />\"Well written, interesting and paced in a way that will get youwondering what happens next.\" - <b>CASEY DOUGLASS OF DARK DISTRACTIONS</b><br /><br />\"Wahl has created a story that is part<i>Dr. Sleep meets <em>The Walking Dead</em> meets <em>The Following</em></i><em>... this is a story of survival chock full of colorful characters and plenty of brain-splitting action.\" <b>- THE BOOKIE MONSTER</b></em><br /><br />', '', 'As a child M.F. Wahl quickly ate through the local librarys entire sections on the paranormal, true crime, serial killers, magic, and hypnosis. By the age of 11 IT by Stephen King was the reading material of choice, hidden in a school desk (much to the dismay of one math teacher who wrote home that Wahl read too much!). As an adult M.F. Wahl spends as much time writing as possible. Days are spent funneling creative energies into penning dark tales. Nights are spent watching horror movies and TV curled under a blanket with the family. At the end of the day when eyes finally close, other peoples nightmares are fuel for M.F. Wahls dreams.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Six Sigma Project Planner : A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading a Six Sigma Project Through DMAIC\nDescription: ['', '<b>Meet your Six Sigma project goals--on time and on budget</b>', \"Six Sigma demands results. These results are delivered by projects that are tightly linked to customer demands and enterprise strategy. If you're leading a Six Sigma initiative in your organization, this hands-on guide is designed to help you achieve these results<u> </u>quickly and effectively by treating a Six Sigma project like any other project that must be managed and completed on time and within budget.\", \"Written by leading Six Sigma expert Thomas Pyzdek, <i>The Six Sigma Project Planner</i> offers a project management approach to Six Sigma. You'll learn how to rigorously measure and analyze problems, implement solutions, and choose and complete the quality improvement projects that offer the largest payoff. Pyzdek provides dozens of reproducible, downloadable project management tools and worksheets for each step of the DMAIC process (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control). The step-by-step guidelines will help your team:\", '<i>The Six Sigma Project Planner</i> enables all team leaders to identify the \"Critical Path\" to successful project completion--while you stay <i>on time </i>and<i> on budget.</i>', '', '', \"<b>Thomas Pyzdek </b>is among the world's leading experts in Six Sigma and TQM. The recipient of ASQ's prestigious Edwards Medal for outstanding contributions to quality management, he is the author of <i>The Six Sigma Handbook</i>.\", '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Basics of Winning Hold'em Poker\nDescription: [\"<b>Avery Cardoza</b> is the foremost gambling authority in the world and best-selling author of more than 21 gambling books and advanced strategies including the encyclopedic <i>How to Win at Gambling</i>, and the best-selling classics, <i>Winning Casino Blackjack for the Non-Counter</i> and <i>Secrets of Winning Slots</i>. His company, Cardoza Publishing, has sold more than 7,000,000 books on games and gambling. Cardoza is the publisher of the national gambling lifestyle magazine, <i>Avery Cardoza's Player</i>.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mind Wreck: Shadow Games: (A Psychic / Paranormal novel)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Logic Book\nDescription: ['Merrie Bergmann received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto and is currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Smith College. She has published articles in formal semantics and logic, philosophy of language, and computational linguistics.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Quilt: Dark Horror\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Glory of The Cross\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: 7 Myths About Aquaponics: An introduction to growing plants and fish together (Coo Farm Press Pocket Guides) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Michelle Booth was in a bad car wreck and struggled to regain her health. She started by improving her diet, which led her to eat more organic produce. The expense of buying organic produce made her try gardening but she struggled with the digging and weeding. Discovering aquaponics was like coming across a miracle. Having a self-contained system that needs little human intervention, yet grows an abundance of fresh, organic produce; provides gentle, soothing gurgling sounds in the garden; and doesn't cost a lot to run has made her want to tell the world about the wonders of aquaponics.\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: Unauthorized Access\nDescription: ['\"TOP PICK\" <i>- Night Owl Reviews</i><br /> <br /> \"Unauthorized Access will terrify anyone with a bank account. It kept me hooked from beginning to end; I loved it!\"<i> <i>- Norb Vonnegut, bestselling author of The Trust</i></i><br /> <br /> \"Unauthorized Access is an absolutely breathtaking thriller. Buy it and read it immediately; you certainly won\\'t regret it.\"<i> <i>- Bookaholic</i></i><br /> <br /> \"If I could describe my next recommended read in one word, it would be ... PHENOMENAL! This book needs to be catapulted onto the bestseller lists.\"<i> <i>- Reenie\\'s Book Blog</i></i>', 'Andrew McAllister, Ph.D. writes both fiction and non-fiction, including the relationship advice blog To Love, Honor, and Dismay. He has a psychology degree and over twenty-five years of experience in the IT industry as a professor, consultant, and software company executive. In other words he can fix your computer software but only if it really wants to change. He lives with his family in New Brunswick, Canada, where he is busy working on his next book. You can email him at AndrewMcAllisterAuthor@yahoo.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Guitars anthology (Korean edition)\nDescription: ['Guitar book of Korean Folk Song play', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Film School: The True Story of a Midwestern Family Man Who Went to the Worlds Most Famous Film School, Fell Flat on His Face, Had a Stroke, and Sold a Television Series to CBS\nDescription: [\"<span><i>Film School</i></span><span></span><span>is a must-read for anyone who has ever wanted to attend USC (myself included) or any other film program. It's also a greatmotivator for anyone whowants to change careers but worries that it's too late (me again). And have I mentioned how freaking awesome the cover is? -- from <i>Chicks Dig Books</i>.</span><br /><br />His approach is reminiscent of the Harvard student who became an able-bodied seaman in the 1830s and sailed in a tall ship around Cape Horn to write the classic of experiential journalism, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.- From David Howard's foreword to<i> Film School.</i><br /><br /><span>In 'Film School,' what doesn't kill USC graduate student Steve Boman makes for an entertaining book.</span><span><span></span></span>\", '', \"Steve Boman was just your average middle-aged ex-newspaper reporter and stay-at-home dad when he applied to be a student at the University of Southern California's vaunted School of Cinematic Arts.<br /> Boman didn't know what would await him at the world's oldest and most prestigious film school, a place that has trained Hollywood heavyweights George Lucas, John Carpenter, James Ivory, Judd Apatow, Brian Grazer, Shonda Rhimes, John Singleton, Jay Roach, Conrad Hall, and many others.<br /> In this rollicking, thoughtful, and unexpectedly touching tale, Boman shows what life is like behind the scenes at Hollywood's pre-eminent boot camp... and what it's like to do the almost unthinkable--sell a primetime television show while still in school.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Exodus Of The Phoenix: Exodus Series\nDescription: ['Robert Stadnik was born and raised in Southern California but has lived in Phoenix, AZ for the past decade. He has been a contributing writer at helium.com and enjoys extensive traveling in his career within the corporate world. Robert has his website at www.robertstadnik.com that has links to his web blog and fan pages on his published novels.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Where are the Footnotes? A Guide for the Non-traditional Female College Student\nDescription: ['Gail A. Brown lives in Michigan, and is a first-time college student who returned to the classroom after an absence of thirty years. During her academic journey, Gail saw the need and wrote this unique and indispensable book that can help women enroll in, stay in, and succeed in school.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Take the Leap: Do What You Love 15 Minutes a Day and Create the Life of Your Dreams\nDescription: ['\"Heather McCloskey Beck is a spiritual visionary. Read this book and feel your life transform in amazing ways.\" -<b>Pat Benatar</b>, four-time Grammy winner and author of <i>Between a Heart and a Rock Place</i><br /><br />\"As a busy woman (and who isn\\'t?) I rarely make the time to sit down with a book, let alone read it. This book was different; it really spoke to me. Everyone has 15 minutes, right? Within its pages I found deep truths, practical exercises, and an abundance of affirmations to remind us that we were each born with our own unique talents and abilities. If you desire to create a life you truly love, let Heather guide you in discovering and activating the creative genius that resides within you!\" -<b>Sunny Dawn Johnston</b>, author of <i>Invoking the Archangels</i><br /><br />\"Heather McCloskey Beck rocks a great life. She walks it, she talks it--she\\'s the real deal. When I first set eyes on her she absolutely glowed with vibrance, exuberance, and inspiration. If you want to be that kind of person, read this book. Heather will show you how to create a life that will make you feel joyful, inspired, and deeply fulfilled, every single day.\" --<b>Colette Baron-Reid</b>, bestselling author of <i>The Map</i>, CEO and Founder of The Invision Project', 'Heather McCloskey Beck is an inspirational author and speaker, musician and founder of the global peace movement, <i>Peace Flash</i>. Dedicated to creating Dynamic Peace within our world, Heather is a columnist for <i>The Huffington Post</i> and frequently speaks to audiences across the United States, and is now expanding her reach internationally. With a growing following on her Facebook pages that has surpassed One Million fans, Beck offers both virtual and on-site workshops and events to inspire people to create lives they truly love. If you would like to connect with Heather, you can visit her at her Facebook pages. Here are a few: www.facebook.com/HeatherMcCloskeyBeckAuthor, www.facebook.com/PeaceFlash, www.facebook.com/TaketheLeapBook<br /><br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Legends of the Mahasiddhas: Lives of the Tantric Masters\nDescription: ['Robert Beer is a master. His own story of being rescued by Tibetan art is almost as amazing as the stories of the Mahasiddhas. (<i>Frank Olinsky, Tricycle Magazine</i>)<br /><br />A powerful enticement to Eastern thought. (<i>Mensa Bulletin</i>)<br /><br />\"These are extraordinary, riveting tales. . . a book of high merit and high adventure, a marvel of inspired creation. . . stories through whose cosmic transparency shines the illimitable Buddha-nature.\" (<i>Small Press</i>)', 'Keith Dowman is a longtime initiate of Dzogchen and a teacher of radical Dzogchen around the world. He is the author of several Dzogchen translations, most recently <i>Natural Perfection</i> and <i>Dzogchen</i>. He lives in Kathmandu. Robert Beer began studying and practicing Tibetan thangka painting in 1970 while living in India and Nepal and still continues this research from his home in Oxford. He is the author and illustrator of <i>The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs</i> and <i>The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols</i>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm\nDescription: ['In a heart-wrenching, heartwarming, and invigorating memoir, author and farmer Link struggles following her divorce to hold on to the life she had built. Link is not, as her ex-husband had taunted, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, but she is resilient, resourceful, and determined in her efforts to save the farm and make a living for herself and her three sons. Although they are facing distressingly difficult times, they soldier on through calamities of all sizes, often finding unorthodox solutions to such unusual problems as a broken freezer that stores all their winter meat, an overly amorous rooster, and a Christmas tree utterly lacking in the proper equipment. Links pride in her sons and the life they have made shines throughout the book and is obviously well deserved. Neither sugarcoated nor wallowing in self-pity, Links storytelling is as tough, honest, and unyielding as one would expect from a Michigan farmer. Her account, told with humor and panache, of pulling oneself up after disappointment and loss will appeal to the bootstrapper in all of us. --Bridget Thoreson', '<b>Praise for Mardi Jo Links </b><i>Bootstrapper</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Links story possesses that rare, elusive, but much sought-after feeling of authenticity . . . Glints with Links raw, willful energy.<br /> <i>New York Times Book Review</i><br /> <br /> A heroic-comic saga of single motherhood, pure stubbornness, and the loyalty of three young sons. And more than that, an honest account of the working poor, the people who buy day-old bread, patronize libraries, rarely go to movies, and don\\'t need your sympathy. Just a break now and then.<br /> Garrison Keillor<br /> <br /> Hilarious, wrenching and heartwarming, Links poignant memoir chronicles one womans determination to discover meaning and wholeness in the midst of brokenness. Its almost as if Cheryl Strayed had stayed down on the farm instead of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.<br /> <i>BookPage</i><br /> <i></i><br />\"Electric, candid . . . A country song of a memoir, complete with a broken-down truck named Cookie. It\\'s great fun to listen to once, full blast.\"<br /> <i>San Francisco Chronicle </i><br /><br />\"Many memoirs about the trauma of divorce are available today, but none of them is as dynamic as Mardi Jo Link\\'s fittingly titled <i>Bootstrapper</i>.\"<br /> <i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i><br /><br />Youll fall in love with Mardi Jo Links family in this irreverent and heartwarming memoir depicting her heroic fight to hold on to her northern Michigan farm and the simple way of life she wants to preserve for her three young sons. <br /> <i>Parade</i><br /><br />A potent cocktail of ingenuity and humor . . . about a mothers fierce love and the sustaining fabric of family . . . Direct, funny, void of self-pity, and exceedingly humane. <br /> <i>Kirkus Reviews </i><br /> <br /> Tough, honest, and appealing . . . will appeal to the bootstrapper in all of us. <br /> <i>Booklist</i><br /> <br /> Funny . . . honest . . . A tale of grit and determination . . . You cant help but admire the ingenuity of this four-member team, each stepping up during one crisis or another.<br /> <i>New York Journal of Books</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Beautifully written . . . brutally honest . . . crystallizes the love, the struggles and the loneliness of a single mom.<br /> <i> </i>MyNorth.com<br /> <br /> Links hopes, dreams, triumphs, losses, and more are laid bare. But what shone through the brightest was the love for her sons . . . I couldnt put <i>Bootstrapper </i>downI was cheering Mardi Jo on with every chapter . . . These are the memoirs I like to readreal people, real life. And she sounds like the kind of person Id like to visit with on the porch. <br /> <i>A Bookworms World</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Mardi Jo Links fierce love for her three sons oozes from every page of this ode to tenacity, honesty, authenticity, and creative survival skills . . . Shes always doggedly determined and funnyyes, unceasingly funny . . . Shed a tear or two and laugh out loud as you share the ride that is motherhood with this authentic woman who uses much more than just her boots to pull herself out of misery and insolvency into a life well lived. <br /> <i>Hungry for Good Books?</i><br /> <i></i><br />Refreshingly powerful . . . Straight from the heart . . . [Link] speaks to the power of self-reliance, while entertaining readers with her tireless defiance and sheer badassery. <br /> <i> Biographile</i><br /> <br /> Irreverent yet poignant . . . humorous and heartwarming.<br /> <i> Traverse City Record-Eagle</i><br /> <br />Intriguing . . . Hilarious . . . A fascinating look at Links familys ability to persevere and use assorted, often creative innovations to succeed . . . Great summer reading. <br /> <i><i> </i>Lansing State Journal</i> <br /> <br /><i>Bootstrapper </i>does what only a really good book can do . . . Maybe its because of Links faith in the future, the kind of self-reliance that puts most of us to shame, or just the enormity of the courage it took to keep her boys spirits up . . . but I rooted for her all the way through the book . . . Mardi Link is the woman we all hope wed be if ever faced with the same trials, with boys to raise, and a new life to lead.<br /> <i>Northern Express</i><br /> <br /> I love the authors voice. Funny and self-deprecating, but also heartwarming and hopeful.<br /> <i>Baltimore Fishbowl</i><br /> <br /> As a writer and mother, Mardi Jo Link is a true force of nature. This lovely, lyrical memoir of family, farm and faith is as stunningly unforgettable as a Lake Michigan sunset. <br /> Wade Rouse, author of <i>At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream</i> <br /> <br /> In<i>Bootstrapper</i>, memoirist Mardi Jo Linkharvests the fruitful moments from her hardscrabble experiences as a single mother and offers up a near endless bounty of vital humor and vivacious humanity. Just you wait, Dear Reader. This book will make a home inside your heart. <br /> Jon Pineda, author of <i>Sleep in Me</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Murder to Go\nDescription: ['A Poisonous Sabotage plot spells sudden death for a multimillion dollar Fast-Food Chain. Emma Lathen always brings joy unlimited with her tales... MURDER TO GO is one of the greatest of the series. -- The Los Angeles Times', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm\nDescription: ['', \"To ensure food security and restore the health of the planet, we need to move beyond industrial agriculture and return to the practice of small-scale, local farming. The <em>Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm</em> describes the creation of a sustainable food system through a detailed case study of the successful year-round organic market garden and permaculture design at Pennsylvania's Three Sisters Farm.\", \"At the heart of Three Sisters is its bioshelter-a solar greenhouse which integrates growing facilities, poultry housing, a potting room, storage, kitchen facilities, compost bins, a reference library and classroom area. The <em>Bioshelter Market Garden</em> examines how the bioshelter promotes greaterbiodiversity and is an energy efficient method of extending crop production through Pennsylvania's cold winter months.\", 'Both visionary and practical, this fully illustrated book contains a wealth of information on the application of permaculture principles. Some of the topics covered include:', 'Whatever your gardening experience and ambitions, this comprehensive manual is sure to inform and inspire.', '<div><B>Darrell Frey</B> is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse and market garden located in Western Pennsylvania. Frey writes extensively on permaculture design and ecological land use planning and has been a sustainable community development consultant and permaculture teacher for 25 years.</div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Little Dorrit: v. 1\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Women\nDescription: ['', \"TheLi.st is a network and visibility platform for professional women from all industries who are ambitious, accomplished, and committed to helping each other rise. In 2013 it was named to <i>Forbes</i>' 100 Best Websites for Women and <i>Business Insider</i>'s Silicon Alley 100, and has been featured in the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, the<i> Guardian</i>, <i>Fast Company</i>, <i>Elle</i>, <i>Buzzfeed</i>, <i>Refinery 29</i>, and more. Sign up for its regular newsletter at www.TheLi.st\", \"Glynnis MacNicol is a writer and co-founder of The Li.st. Previously she was the media editor at <i>Business Insider</i> and a founding editor of <i>Mediaite</i>. She contributes to <i>Capital New York</i>. During the 2008 election year, she was a regular contributor to Playboy.com. Her work has also appeared in print and online for publications including <i>Marie Claire</i>, <i>The Daily Beast</i>, the<i> Huffington Post</i>, <i>Outside</i>, and <i>Maclean's</i>. She began her media career as an associate editor at the <i>Huffington Post</i> media blog <i>Eat the Press</i> and as the editor of <i>FishbowlNY</i>. Before that, she was a book publishing spy. Glynnis frequently speaks on the intersection of media and politics, and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, CBC, and Al Jazeera.\", \"Rachel Sklar is a writer and co-founder of TheLi.st. A former lawyer who writes about media, politics, culture, and technology, Sklar was a founding editor at the<i> Huffington Post</i> and <i>Mediaite</i> and has contributed to the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Newsweek</i>, <i>The Daily Beast</i>, <i>Hello Giggles</i>, <i>Elle</i>, <i>Glamour</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, <i>Politico</i>, and others. She is the author of <i>A Stroke of Luck: Life, Crisis and Rebirth of a Stroke Survivor</i> and has contributed to several anthologies, including <i>My Parents Were Awesome</i>, <i>Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies</i>, and <i>This Is Why You're Fat</i>. Rachel has been named to <i>Fast Company</i>s League of Extraordinary Women, <i>Forbes</i> Women Changing the World, <i>Marie Claire</i>s New Guard, <i>Business Insider</i>'s SA100, and has earned numerous honors and awards for her writing and her activism. Rachel speaks widely about media, diversity, politics, and culture; has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, and CBC; and was a regular on <i>The Joy Behar Show</i> on HLN and Current.\", 'Cover design by Natalia Surez.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Twelve Disciples Wall Chart-Lam\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Illegal Gardener (Greek Village)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Triumph Over Pain\nDescription: ['Triumph Over Pain']"
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"chosen": "Title: Underdog (A Melanie Travis Mystery)\nDescription: [\"<b>Laurien Berenson</b> is an Agatha and Macavity nominee, winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, and four-time winner of the Maxwell Award, presented by the Dog Writers Association of America. She and her husband live on a farm in Kentucky surrounded by dogs and horses. Readers can visit her website at: www.LaurienBerenson.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: God Is in the Kitchen Too: Experiencing Blessing Where You Never Thought You'd Find It (Are You Looking for God)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Harm None (A Davies & West Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"For lovers of English mysteries with authentic settings and spot-on police procedures, North\\'s Harm None is just the ticket.\" --#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George</span>', '', \"Will North is the fiction pseudonym for an award-winning American nonfiction author. His latest novels include The Long Walk Home; Water, Stone, Heart; and Seasons' End. He lives with his wife and dog on an island in Puget Sound, Washington.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Loose Screw: Dusty Deals Mystery Mystery Series: Book 1 (Dusty Deals Mystery Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Raymond Carver Will Not Raise Our Children\nDescription: ['Dave Newman is the author of the novel Please Dont Shoot Anyone Tonight and four poetry chapbooks, most recently Allen Ginsberg Comes To Pittsburgh. Hes worked as a truck driver, a bookstore manager, an air filter salesman, a house painter, and a college teacher. In 2004, he received the Andre Dubus Novella Award. He lives in Trafford, Pennsylvania with his wife, the writer Lori Jakiela, and their two children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Destiny Risen (Starbright) (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"Hilary used to be such a practical girl. Then she let the stories out. Now she creates worlds, people, and problems that are grounded in real life, if you accept that real life has magic around every turn. Hilary was born to parents who made a habit of taking roads less traveled. But she was also a first child, and an independent, willful child, so she's made a habit of taking a few roads on her own. Now she teaches Creative Writing, English, and AP Literature, writes whenever and wherever she can, and reads as much as her eyes can handle. She plays superheroes and dress up games and reads books in bed with her own independent, willful children, and plays at homesteading and world traveling with her wonderful soulmate of a husband. She tends to ignore laundry and dirty dishes.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hush Hush: A Tess Monaghan Novel\nDescription: ['one of Lippmans finest novels. (Chicago Tribune)', '', '<em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Laura Lippman plunges Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan into a twisted and disturbing case', 'Tess Monaghan has encountered almost every possible criminal motive throughout her career: greed, revenge, jealousy, rage. But there are crimes that defy all attempts at understanding, where a search for motive seems pointless.', \"Melisandre Harris Dawes committed such a crime. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, she fled the country, leaving her two daughters with their father. Twelve years later, she's back in Baltimore, and Tess is asked to provide security detail while Melisandre films a documentary about her attempts to reconcile with her now-teenage children.\", \"Tess, juggling work with caring for her demanding toddler, is uneasy about the case. Still, Melisandre's lawyer is family. And there is something about the woman herselfconfident, beautiful, shrewdly intelligentthat draws Tess in. Is she a master manipulator or someone who was driven to temporary madness? Cold and calculating, or a mother concerned for her daughters' well-being? Someone is leaving Melisandre enigmatic, threatening notes. Soon Tess, insecure about her parenting abilities and receiving cryptic messages of her own, isn't sure whether she should be protecting Melisandre from harmor protecting everyone else from Melisandre.\", 'When Melisandre becomes the prime suspect in a murder, Tess must uncover the truth. Doing so will mean confronting her deepest beliefs about what separates good parents from bad, madness from sanity, and to what lengths even the most rational person will go to protect what they cherish most.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Gamache)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ireland: A book of Photographs to Inspire Longing, Laughter, and Love\nDescription: ['Kevin Rush Locke is a native of Boston and of Irish descent. For the last decade, he has lived in Washington, D.C., where he is developing a business called Curragh Colours Photography. His fascination with the photograph began in the cellar of his boyhood home, where he printed photographs with his two brothers using a light bulb. That process was common then. He has not put down the camera since. Locke has lived in Jamaica, Ireland, and Italy. Those diverse environments inspired him to photograph the natural and built environments, and, of course, the people. While living in Rome, he maintained a darkroom in the Vatican and produced a corpus of black-and-white work entitled Dialogo col Divino or Dialogue with the Divine, by capturing the exciting interplay of light and shadow, landscape and architecture, people and the Divine. Dialogo col Divino went to Florence, Rome, and New York in one-person exhibitions. With an educational background in communications, art history, theology, and philosophy, Kevin is always engaged in seeing more deeply, a powerful process of participating in what is seen and unseen. A website is forthcoming in early 2017, where photographs will be available for purchase, as well as more books on Ireland and Italy. To reach Kevin, please do so at Kevin_Locke@msn.com.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Murder in Malm: The Second Inspector Anita Sundstrom mystery\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Lady Gambles\nDescription: ['Carole Mortimer was born in England, the youngest of three children. She began writing in 1978, and has now written over one hundred and seventy books for Harlequin Mills and Boon. Carole has six sons, Matthew, Joshua, Timothy, Michael, David and Peter. She says, Im happily married to Peter senior; were best friends as well as lovers, which is probably the best recipe for a successful relationship. We live in a lovely part of England.', '<i>London, England</i>', 'Caro moved lightly across the stage on slippered feet before arranging herself carefully upon the red-velvet chaise, checking that the gold-and-jewelled mask covering her face from brow to lips was securely in place, and arranging the long ebony curls of the theatrical wig so that they cascaded over the fullness of her breasts and down the length of her spine, before attending to the draping of her gold-coloured gown so that she was completely covered from her throat to her toes.', 'She could hear the buzz of excitement behind the drawn curtains at the front of the small raised stage, and knew that the male patrons of the gambling club were anticipating the moment when those curtains would be pulled back and her performance began.', \"Caro's heart began to pound, the blood thrumming hotly in her veins as the introductory music began to play, and the room behind the drawn curtains fell into an expectant silence.\", \"Dominic hesitated at the entrance of Nick's, one of London's most fashionable gambling clubs, and one of his favourite haunts even before he had taken possession of it a month ago.\", 'Newly arrived back from Venice that afternoon, he had decided to visit the club at the earliest opportunity, and as he handed his hat and cloak over to the waiting attendant, he could not help but notice that the burly young man who usually guarded the doorway against undesirables was not in his usual place. He also realised that the gambling rooms beyond the red-velvet curtains were unnaturally silent.', 'What on earth was going on?', 'Suddenly that silence was bewitchingly broken by the sultry, sensual sound of a woman singing. Except that Dominic had given strict instructions before his departure for Venice that in future there were to be no women workingin <i>any</i> capacityin the club he now owned.', \"He was frowning heavily as he strolled into the main salon, seeing at once the reason for the doorman's desertion when he spotted Ben Jackson standing transfixed just inside a room crowded with equally mesmerised patrons, all of them apparently hearing only one thing. Seeing only one thing.\", 'A woman, the obvious source of that sensually seductive voice, lay upon a red-velvet <i>chaise</i> on the stage, a tiny little thing with an abundance of ebony hair that cascaded in loose curls over her shoulders and down the length of her slender back. Most of her face was covered by a jewelled mask much like the ones worn in Venice during carnival, but her bared lips were full and sensuous, her throat a pearly white. She wore a gown of shimmering gold, the voluptuousness of her curves hinted at rather than blatantly displayed, and the more seductive because of it.', 'Even masked, she was without a doubt the most sensually seductive creature Dominic had ever beheld!', \"The fact that every other man in the room thought the same thing was evident from the avarice in their gazes and the flush to their cheeks, several visibly licking their lips as they stared at her. A fact that caused Dominic's scowl to deepen as his own gaze returned to that vision of seduction upon the stage.\", 'Caro tried not to reveal her irritation with the man who stood at the back of the salon glowering at her, either by her expression or in her voice, as she brought her first performance of the evening to an end by slowly standing up to move gracefully to the edge of the stage as she sang the last huskily appealing notes.', 'It did not prevent her from being completely aware of that pale and disapproving gaze or of the man that gaze belonged to.', \"He was so extremely tall that even standing at the back of the salon he towered several inches over the other men in the room, his black superfine tailored to widely muscled shoulders, his white linen impeccable and edged with Brussels lace at his throat and wrist. His fashionably styled hair was the colour of a raven's wing, so black it almost seemed to have a blue sheen.\", 'His eyes, those piercingly critical eyes, were the pale colour of a grey silky mist, and appeared almost silver in their intensity. He had a strong, aristocratic face: high cheekbones, a straight slash of a nose, firm sculptured lips, and a square and arrogantly determined jaw. It was a hard and uncompromising face, made more so by the scar that ran down its left side, from just beneath his eye to that stubbornly set jaw.', 'His pale grey eyes were currently staring at Caro with an intensity of dislike that she had never encountered before in all of her twenty years. So unnerved was she by his obvious disdain that she barely managed to maintain her smile as she took her bows to the thunderous round of applause. Applause she knew from experience would last for several minutes after she had returned to her dressing-room at the back of the club.', \"It was impossible not to take one last glance in the scowling man's direction before she disappeared from the stage, slightly alarmed as she saw that he was now in earnest conversation with the manager of the club, Drew Butler.\", \"'What is the meaning of this, Drew?' Dominic asked icily under cover of the applause for the beauty still taking her bows upon the stage.\", \"The grey-haired man looked unperturbed; as the manager of Nick's for the past twenty years, the cynicism in his tired blue eyes stated that he had already seen and done most things in his fifty years, and was no longer disturbed by any of them, least of all by the disapproving tone of the man who had become his employer only a month ago. 'The patrons love her.'\", \"'The patrons have neither drunk nor gambled since that woman began to sing some quarter of an hour ago,' Dominic pointed out.\", \"'Watch them now,' Drew said softly.\", 'Dominic did watch, his brows rising as the champagne began to flow copiously and the patrons placed ridiculously high bets at the tables, the level of conversation rising exponentially as the attributes of the young woman were loudly discussed, along with more bets being placed as to the chances of any of them being privileged enough to see behind the jewelled mask.', \"'You see.' Drew gave an unconcerned shrug as he turned back to Dominic. 'She's really good for business.'\", \"Dominic shook his head impatiently. 'Did I not make it clear when I was here last month that this is to be a gambling club only in future, and not a damned brothel?'\", \"'You did.' Again Drew remained completely unruffled. 'And as per your instructions the bedchambers upstairs have remained locked and unavailable to all.'\", \"A gentleman, an earl no less, owning a London gambling club of Nick's reputation was hardly acceptable to society. But it had been a matter of honour to Dominic, when Nicholas Brown had challenged him to a game of cards the previous month for ownership of Midnight Moon, the prize stallion kept at Dominic's stud at his estate in Kent. In return, Dominic had demanded that Nicholas put up Nick's as his own side of the wager and obviously Dominic had won.\", \"Owning a gambling club was one thing, but the half-a-dozen bedchambers on the first floor, until recently available to any man who had wished for some privacy withwhomever, were totally unacceptable; Dominic drew the line at being considered a pimp! As such, he had ordered a ban on womenall womeninside the club, and the bedrooms upstairs to be immediately closed off. With the exception of the mysterious young woman, who had so recently held the club's patrons enthralledand not just with her singing!those instructions appeared to have been carried out.\", \"Dominic's mouth compressed. 'I believe my instructions were to dispense with the services of all theladies working here?'\", \"'Caro ain'tis not, a whore.' Drew visibly bristled, his shoulders stiffening defensively.\", \"Dominic frowned darkly. 'Then what, pray, is she?'\", \"'Exactly as you saw,' Drew said. 'Twice a night she simply lays on the <i>chaise</i> and sings. And the punters drink and gamble more than ever once she leaves the stage.'\", \"'Does she bring a maid or companion with her?'\", \"The older man looked amused. 'What do you think?'\", \"'What do <i>I</i> think?' Dominic's eyes had narrowed to icy slits. 'I think she is a disaster in the making.' He scowled. 'Which gentleman has the privilege of escorting her home at the end of the evening?'\", \"'I does.' The doorman, Ben Jackson, announced proudly as he passed them on his way back to his vigil at the entrance to the club, his round face looking no less cherubic for all that his nose had obviously been broken more than once. His ham-sized fists did not come amiss in a brawl, either.\", \"Dominic raised sceptical brows. <i>'You</i> do?'\", \"Ben beamed contentedly, showing several broken teeth for his trouble. 'Miss Caro insists on it.' Oh, she did, did she?\", 'Ben Jackson could make grown men quake in their boots just by looking at them, and Drew Butler was a cynic through and through, and yet <i>Miss Caro</i> appeared to have them both eating out of her delicate little hand!', \"'Perhaps we should continue this discussion in your office, Drew?' Dominic turned away, expecting rather than waiting to see if the older man followed him, his impatience barely held in check. Nevertheless, he still managed to greet and smile at several acquaintances as he moved purposefully towards the back of the smoke-filled club to where Drew's office was situated.\", 'He barely noticed the opulence of that office as Drew followed him into the room before closing the door behind him and effectively shutting out the noise from the gaming rooms. Although Dominic did spot a decanter of what he knew to be a first-class brandy, and he swiftly poured himself a glass and took an appreciative sip before offering to pour one for the manager, too.', \"The older man shook his head. 'I never drink during working hours.'\", \"Dominic made himself comfortable as he leant back against the front of the huge mahogany desk. 'Well, who is she, Drew? ...\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Death in Sweden\nDescription: ['', 'This superior espionage thriller has all the moral ambiguity and heart-quickening action scenes you could ask for. <b><i>Sunday Express</i></b>', 'Clever, gripping and precise...Set in the dark Scandinavian forests, this is a tight and elegant novel, focusing on morality and identity. <b><i>Catholic Herald</i></b>', '', '', 'Kevin Wignall is a British writer, born in Brussels in 1967. He spent many years as an army child in different parts of Europe and went on to study politics and international relations at Lancaster University. He became a full-time writer after the publication of his first book, <i>People Die</i> (2001). His other novels are <i>Among the Dead</i> (2002); <i>Who is Conrad Hirst?</i> (2007), shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Barry Award; and <i>Dark Flag</i> (2010). <i>Hunters Prayer</i> was originally titled <i>For the Dogs</i> in the USA. The film <i>Hunters Prayer</i>, directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Sam Worthington and Odeya Rush, will be released worldwide in 2015.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Macmillan Reader\nDescription: ['Successful, and widely praised for its superior instructional apparatus and thought-provoking readings, The Macmillan Reader offers fresh examples of professional essays, separate chapters on reading and writing, detailed introductions to the patterns of development, and \"before\" and \"after\" essays for each pattern. This edition now contains 58 readings, a blend of classics and fresh new selections, chosen for their engaging and inspiring qualities. Two detailed introductory chapters discuss the reading and writing processes and illustrate the integration of these processes. Annotated essays, \"before and after\" versions, and commentaries illustrate the writing and revising process and highlight the kind of thinking necessary for revision. Detailed introductions to the rhetorical patterns, and uniquely thorough coverage of argumentation-persuasion includes sections on logic, refutation strategies, audience analysis, Toulmin logic, Rogerian argument, detecting bias, maintaining objectivity, and establishing common ground. Also new in this edition is coverage of computers in composition, and a documentation guide for online research. For those interested in sharpening their reading, writing and critical thinking skills.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Game Boy World: 1989: A History of Nintendo Game Boy, Vol. I (Unofficial and Unauthorized) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Jeremy Parish is the Editor-in-Chief of USgamer.net, cohost of the Retronauts podcast, and of course the curator for Game Boy World and The Anatomy of Games. During his time with the games press, he has worked for 1UP.com and IGN and has contributed to RETRO Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly, GMR, Official PlayStation Magazine, XBN, and more.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Out of Sorts\nDescription: ['', 'Aurlie Valognes was born and raised close to Paris, France. After business school studies, she began working for American companies and spent the early part of her career as a brand manager, working and traveling across Europe. Only when she and her husband had the opportunity to move from their home country for an international assignment in Italy did Aurlie rekindle her love for writing. <i>Out of Sorts</i> (originally published as <i>Mm dans les orties</i>) became a bestseller in France. It has been translated into many languages. She lives in Milan with her husband and three-year-old son and is working on her second novel.', 'For more information, visit www.aurelie-valognes.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Buckular Dystrophy: A Woods Cop Mystery (Woods Cop Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Praise for Joseph Heywood\\'s Woods Cop Mystery series \"Heywood is a master of his form.\" --Detroit Free Press \"Crisp writing, great scenery, quirky characters and an absorbing plot add to the appeal....\" --Wall Street Journal \"Heywood has crafted an entertaining bunch of characters. An absorbing narrative twists and turns in a setting ripe for corruption.\" --Dallas Morning News \"Top-notch action scenes, engaging characters both major and minor, masterful dialogue, and a passionate sense of place make this a fine series.\" --Publishers Weekly \"Well written, suspenseful, and bleakly humorous while moving as quickly as a wolf cutting through the winter woods. In addition to strong characters and . . . compelling romance, Heywood provides vivid, detailed descriptions of the wilderness and the various procedures and techniques of conservation officers and poachers.... Highly recommended.\" --Booklist \"Joseph Heywood writes with a voice as unique and rugged as Michigan\\'s Upper Peninsula itself.\" --Steve Hamilton, Edgar(R) Award-winning author of The Lock Artist', '<span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Praise for Joseph Heywood’s Woods Cop Mystery series</span><span><br /><br />“Heywood is a master of his form.” <br />—</span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Detroit Free Press</span><span><br /><br />“Crisp writing, great scenery, quirky characters and an absorbing plot add to the appeal….” <br />—</span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Wall Street Journal</span><span><br /><br />“Heywood has crafted an entertaining bunch of characters. An absorbing narrative twists and turns in a setting ripe for corruption.”<br />—</span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Dallas Morning News</span><span><br /><br />“Top-notch action scenes, engaging characters both major and minor, masterful dialogue, and a passionate sense of place make this a fine series.”<br />—</span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Publishers Weekly</span><span><br /><br />“Well written, suspenseful, and bleakly humorous while moving as quickly as a wolf cutting through the winter woods. In addition to strong characters and . . . compelling romance, Heywood provides vivid, detailed descriptions of the wilderness and the various procedures and techniques of conservation officers and poachers…. Highly recommended.”<br />—</span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Booklist</span><span><br /><br />“Joseph Heywood writes with a voice as unique and rugged as Michigan’s Upper Peninsula itself.” <br />—Steve Hamilton, Edgar® Award-winning author of </span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Lock Artist</span></span>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life\nDescription: ['hardly sentimental...[a] savvy contribution...ahead of the curve. (New York Times)<br /><br /> [Rucker] examines his situation with humor and honesty. (PN: Paraplegia News)<br /><br />Much funnier and more uplifting than it might initially seem. (Defamer.com)<br /><br />Both funny and moving...an unpretentious an unapologetic account of learning to live with paralysis. (Welland Tribune (Ontario))<br /><br />Allen Rucker describes his new life with honesty, accessibility, and impudence...very funny. (National Public Radio)<br /><br />This valuable book is full of surprises....Frankly written, the human struggle is most touching. (Sante Fe New Mexican)<br /><br />Very moving, not scary. [Rucker] is a talented man. (David Chase, writer of \"The Sopranos\")<br /><br />Ruckers established penchant for jaded humor, along with his willingness to indulge the readers curiosity, makes The Best Seat in the House...one of the most engaging disability memoirs to date....should be required reading for the disabled and able-bodied alike. (New Mobility)', '', 'An award-winning writer for television, author of nine books of nonfiction and humor, and columnist for <em>Ability Magazine</em>, Allen Rucker has written three books on the HBO series <em>The Sopranos</em>, including the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, <em>The Sopranos Family Cookbook</em>. He lives in Los Angeles.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Great Reckoning: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel)\nDescription: ['', '#1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br />#1 <i>Globe and Mail</i> Bestseller<br /><i>New York Times Book Review </i>10 Best Crime Novels of the Year<br /><i>The Washington Post</i> Best Mystery Books and Thrillers of 2016<br />NPRs Best Books of 2016<br /><i>Seattle Times</i> 10 Best Mysteries of 2016<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews </i>Best Fiction 2016<br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2016<br />Winner of the 2016 BookBrowse Fiction Award<br /><i>LibraryReads</i> \"Favorite of Favorites\" Top 10 Books of 2016<br />Goodreads Best Mystery & Thriller of 2016 finalist<br /><i>BookPage</i> 10 Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2016<br />Audibles Best Mystery/Thriller of 2016<br /><i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i> 5 Favorite Audiobooks of 2016<br />BOLO Books Top Reads of 2016', '\"Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary....Miraculous.\"<br /><i>The Washington Post</i>', 'Artful powerful magical.<br /><i>The New York Times Book Review</i>', 'Suspenseful.<br /><i>O, the Oprah Magazine</i>', '\"Superb.\"<br /><i>People</i>', 'Transcends the mystery genre.<br /><i>AARP, The Magazine </i>', '\"Luminous prose, complex but uncluttered plots, and profound compassion.\"<br /><i>Seattle Times</i>', 'Addictive.<br /><i>Charlotte Observer</i>', 'Satin prose A splendid and moving novel.<br /><i>Richmond Times Dispatch</i>', '<i>A Great Reckoning</i> succeeds on every level.\"<br /><i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>', '\"Louise Penny [is] legendary... The magic of Pennys books lies in the details.\"<br /><i>BookPage</i>', '\"This complex novel deals with universal themes of compassion, weakness in the face of temptation, forgiveness, and the danger of falling into despair and cynicism over apparently insurmountable evils.\"<br /><i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred and boxed)', '\"A compelling mystery and a rich human drama in which no character is either entirely good or evil, and each is capable of inspiring empathy.\"<br /><i>Booklist</i> (starred)', '\"A chilling story that\\'s also filled with hope a beloved Penny trademark.<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews </i>(starred)', '\"Riveting...with characters of incredible depth who only add to the strength of the plot.\"<br /><i>Library Journal</i> (starred)', 'Smart and Satisfying.<br /><i>Salisbury Post </i>', 'Delivers answers to perplexing puzzles[with] engaging characters and richly layered plot.<br /><i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i>', '<b>Additional Praise for Louise Penny and the Armand Gamache Mysteries</b>', 'Penny sustains her high-wire act, creating characters of remarkable depth in an exhilarating whodunit. <br /> <i>People</i><br /><i></i><br />Louise Penny is unsurpassed at building a sense of heart-stopping urgency.\" <br /><i>The Charlotte Observer</i><br /><i></i><br />Penny, who raises the bar with each entry in this superb series, has always mixed murder and corruption with issues of morality...[S]he does so with her accustomed talent for a gripping plot, rich characterizations, arresting prose and thought-provoking questions of mercy, malice and the contradictions of the human race.\" <i>Richmond-Times Dispatch</i><br /><i></i><br />\"This series dominates best-seller lists and award lists for a reason. Penny tells powerful stories of damage and healing in the human heart, leavened with affection, humor and thank goodness redemption.\" <br />Salem Macknee, <i>Charlotte Observer</i><br /><i></i><br />Penny writes with grace and intelligence about complex people struggling with complex emotions. But her great gift is her uncanny ability to describe what might seem indescribable the play of light, the sound of celestial music, a quiet sense of peace. <br /><i>New York Times Book Review</i>', '', '<b>LOUISE PENNY</b> is the author of the #1 <i>New York Times </i>and <i>Globe and Mail</i> bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (six times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. Louise lives in a small village south of Montral.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Bat: Harry Hole 1\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Coming of Globalization: Its Evolution and Contemporary Consequences\nDescription: ['RICHARD LANGHORNE is Professor of Political Science and founding Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance at Rutgers University at Newark, New Jersey. He was previously Director and Chief Executive of Wilton Park, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is co-author, with Keith Hamilton, of <em>The Practice of Diplomacy: Its Evolution, Theory and Administration.</em>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Crow Girl\nDescription: [\"Praise for Erik Axl Sund's <i>The Crow Girl</i><br /><br />Unfolds in kaleidoscopic fashion. . . . Fired up by moral concerns, this books engine never stops humming. <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br />The most disturbing book youll read all year. . . . Theres a fantastic twist in store. <i>The Guardian</i><br /><br />What is it about Sweden that produces such deliciously, darkly off-kilter thrillers, featuring idiosyncratic, complex characters such as Lisbeth Salander and now Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg? As Kihlberg investigates a killer who targets immigrant children, she must deal with xenophobia, extreme right-wing politics, and other hot-button issues that only deepen our morbid fascination.<br /> <i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br /> <br /> You will find [<i>The Crow Girl</i>] to be among the most wide-ranging and forceful Scandinavian crime novels you have encountered. . . . Complex and very dark. <i>Financial Times</i> <br /> <br /> A huge book and a landmark achievement for its authors. . . . A darkly delightful must-read. <i>Crime Fiction Lover</i> <br /><br /> Bold, addictive, and timely. <i>Chicago Review of Books</i><br /><br /> Engrossing. . . . This disturbingly fascinating look at revenge, abuse, and the impact of childhood on adult choices is not for the faint of heart, but it is highly recommended for those [who] appreciate dark, psychological mysteries. <i>Library Journal</i><br /> <br /> A breakneck journey through a plot of labyrinthine complexity. . . . Sund boldly places dissociative identity disorder at the heart of this extremely disturbing novel. <i>The Times</i>(London)<br /> <br /> Probing. . . . Full of chills. . . . A smart, rewarding psychological thriller. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /> <br /> The Swedish crime thriller tipped to make a killing. . . . Follows in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell. <i>The Guardian</i><br /><br /> Horrors abound in the pseudonymous Sunds scathing first book that rips asunder the appearance of Swedens contemporary welfare state. . . . [A] challenging multifaceted descent into the abyss of evil and madness. <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br /> Brutal, upsetting, and brilliantly written, it is the best crime novel of the year so far. . . . The joint authors . . . rage against misogyny and sexism. They decry child abuse and human trafficking. And, perhaps most importantly, they tell a brilliant story. . . . This novel is darkjet-black dark. . . . The authors biggest triumph, however, is to make seven hundred fifty pages whizz past. . . . Terse, direct, and compelling. <i>Metro</i>(London)\", 'ERIK AXL SUNDis the pen name of Swedish author duo Jerker Eriksson and Hkan Axlander Sundquist, recipients of the Special Award from the Swedish Crime Writers Academy. In addition to writing, Eriksson has been a prison librarian and the producer of an electro punk band, andSundquisthas worked as a sound engineer, musician, and artist. They live in Stockholm. <br /><br /> www.erikaxlsund.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: It's Fun to Draw Pirates\nDescription: ['<div><B>Mark Bergin</B> was born in Hastings, England. He has written over twenty books, including <I>It’s Fun to Draw Knights and Castles</I> and <I>It’s Fun to Draw Princesses and Ballerinas</I>. He has done many book designs, layouts, and storyboards in many styles, including cartoons for numerous books, posters, and advertisements. He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea, England.<BR></div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Deadfall (An Alexandra Cooper Novel)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>Deadfall</i></b><br /><br />\"A flat-out terrific crime novel by one of our finest crime writers.\" -- <b><i>Providence Journal<br /></i></b><br />\"Heart-pounding.\" -- <b><i>Parade<br /></i></b><br />Fairstein offers the rich tapestry of setting and the psychology behind the crimeshe brings to her books a level of authenticity like few other authors. <b>-- BookReporter.com<br /><br /><br /><b>More Praise for Linda Fairstein and her novels</b><br /><br /></b>The Queen of Intelligent Suspense.Lee Child<br /><br />A champion teller of detective tales.<i>USA Today<br /></i><br />Alex Cooper is a fascinating heroine...based on the equally fascinating life of her creator.<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br /><br />One of the best crime fiction writers in America today.Nelson DeMille<br /><br />Fairstein is superbly attuned to the sinister vibes of the famous, as well as forgotten, New York City locales.Maureen Corrigan, NPR.org<i><br /></i><br />Riveting....[Fairstein is] as good a writer as any in the genre, and with her latest, has elevated her talent to a level seldom seen in the genre.<i>Providence Journal</i><br /><br />No one is better than Fairstein at meshing research with character and plot.<i>Connecticut Post</i>', \"<b>Linda Fairstein </b>was chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for more than two decades and is America's foremost legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence. She is a regular contributor on criminal justice issues to magazines, journals, and online publications like <i>The Daily Beast</i>, and she does on-air commentary for all the major television network and cable news shows. Her Alexandra Cooper novels are international and<i> New York Times</i> bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She lives in Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite)\nDescription: ['', 'An immenselyalmost compulsivelyreadable taleA crackerjack mystery. <b><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b>', 'In bestseller Dugonis nail-biting fifth Tracy Crosswhite mystery[he] embellishes this clever procedural with well-developed characters and an interesting exploration of Navy criminal justice. <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>', '<i>Close to Home</i> [is] another thrilling addition to Dugonis Crosswhite series. By taking the time to focus on secondary characters, he adds to the depth and scope of the tale while opening up exciting future story lines. <b>Associated Press</b>', 'Dugonis twisted tale is one of conspiracy and culpability richly nuanced and entirely compelling Further amplifying such gravitas is the richly atmospheric sense of place, with Seattles bitter chill serving as a suitable backdrop <b>Criminal Element</b>', '<b>Praise for The Tracy Crosswhite Series and Robert Dugoni:</b>', 'Dugoni has a gift for creating compelling characters and mysteries that seem straightforward, but his stories, like an onion, have many hidden layers. He also is able to capture the spirit and atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest, making the environment come alive. <b>Associated Press</b>', 'Crosswhite is a sympathetic, well-drawn protagonist, and her next adventure cant come fast enough. <b><i>Library Journal</i> (starred review)</b>', 'Dugoni is a superb storyteller <b><i>Boston Globe</i></b>', '[Dugoni is the] master of Seattle menace. <b><i>The Big Thrill</i></b>', 'Dugoni does a masterful job.If you are not already reading his books, you should be! <b>BookReporter</b>', 'Dugoni has become one of the best crime novelists in the business <b>RT Book Reviews</b>', 'Dugoni breathes life into the police procedural like never before. Put the Tracy Crosswhite serieson your must read list! <b><i>Suspense Magazine</i></b>', '', '', 'Robert Dugoni is the #1 Kindle bestselling and #1 <i>Wall Street Journal</i> bestselling author of The Tracy Crosswhite Series, including <i>My Sisters Grave</i>, <i>Her Final Breath</i>, <i>In the Clearing</i>, and <i>The Trapped Girl</i>. His books have twice been nominated for the International Thriller Award. He is also the author of the Edgar Awardnominated <i>The 7th Canon</i>; the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling David Sloane Series, which includes <i>The Jury Master</i>, <i>Wrongful Death</i>, <i>Bodily Harm</i>, <i>Murder One</i>, and <i>The Conviction</i>; the stand-alone novel <i>Damage Control</i>; and the nonfiction expos <i>The Cyanide Canary</i>, a <i>Washington Post</i> Best Book of the Year selection. Dugoni is a two-time nominee for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction and the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for fiction. Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com and follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Soothing Broth\nDescription: ['Good things do indeed come in small packages. Pat Willard\\'s <I>A Soothing Broth</I> is a book barely bigger than a saucer, but it overflows with recipes, personal stories, and a fascinating look at what used to be called \"invalid cooking.\" Willard became intrigued with healing foods while nursing her critically ill husband. Searching for something more fulfilling than canned soup and saltine crackers, she looked to the works of Florence Nightingale, medical doctors, and housewives of the 19th century. Here she found recipes both quaint and useful, plus helpful advice on caring for the ill. Willard balances an appreciation for the virtues of forgotten standbys like nutritious Oyster Broth and gentle Curds and Whey while adding 20th-century common sense to the mix--for example, by cooking eggs to 160 degrees F. Some recipes are included for \"historical relevance only\": Willard reminds us that cocaine was once commonly used for treating nymphomania and other \"female complaints.\"', \"You might serve an invalid on the mend Queen Victoria's Favorite Soup, a restorative blend of broth, chicken breast, cream, hard-cooked egg yolks, and cracker crumbs. Then, soothe yourself with tea made of rosebuds, wine vinegar, and sugar, which was recommended in 1819 for comforting a headache. Although today it is often hard to find time to make these dainties and delicate dishes, Willard still enchants with her collection of jellies, broths, gruels, and tonics.\", 'Through touching personal stories, Willard also offers support for stressed caregivers. These passages, and her healing discoveries, are presented in an earthy, modest, graceful prose that makes <I>A Soothing Broth</I> a petite treasure. <I>--Dana Jacobi</I>', '"The simple lessons I have learned from the pages of old and weathered cookbooks have taught me much about heeding the necessary conditions of life and the humble wisdom that resides in the balm of a soothing broth."<br>--from the introduction to <b>A Soothing Broth</b><br><br>"Buy this book and keep it in your medicine cabinet.  Its simple wisdom will transform the way you treat headaches, stomachaches, colds, coughs, and, in fact, your entire body."     <br>--Judith Benn Hurley, author of <b>The Good Herb</b> and <b>Healing Secrets of the Seasons</b>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Night of the Moths\nDescription: ['', 'Riccardo Bruni is an Italian journalist who writes for newspapers, magazines, webzines, and blogs. <i>The Night of the Moths</i> is his second novel translated into English, following <i>The Lion and the Rose</i>. <i>La stagione del biancospino</i> (<i>The Hawthorne Season</i>) will be his next translated work. He is also the author of the novels <i>La lunga notte dellIguana</i>, <i>Nessun dolore</i>, and <i>Zona dombra</i>. For more information, please visit www.riccardobruni.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Promises: A Timeless Series Novel, Book Two (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<span><i>Lisa is an author that come along few and far between, she breaths into her stories her own passions and desires. She takes her readers on a fierce journey of excitement and adventure that will leave you gasping and begging for more. ~Alchemy of Annes Anomalies</i></span>', \"<i><span>When one is destined to be yours but doesn't love you what can you do? When you love the one who is forbidden what will happen? When love is too much to bear where can you go?</span><span>~CAW</span></i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hotel Guide 2014 (AA Lifestyle Guides)\nDescription: [\"<b>AA Publishing</b> is the UK's biggest travel publisher and one of the top ten worldwide.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tortured (Jason and Azazel)\nDescription: ['V. J. Chambers is fond of snakes, cheesecake, her boyfriend Aaron, Stephen King books, Buffy, and corduroy pants (although not exactly in that order). She lives in Shepherdstown, WV.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Electric Information Age Book: McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback (Inventory Books)\nDescription: ['\"Fascinating....Ultimately, The Electric Information Age Book is about what made this collaborative book innovation - which McLuhan called \"the mosaic of instantaneous communication,\" \"the process rather than the complete product of discovery\"-extraordinary at the time, but also about how it paved the way for the tectonic shifts happening in media today, with our customizable iEverything and highly visual neo-magazines a-la-Flipboard.\" --Brainpickings.org<br /><br />\"In this age of diminished print projections, The Electric Information Age Book (to which I contributed an essay) is a paradoxical manifesto on the future of the book... For those of us who refuse to accept the extinction of ink-on-paper books yet embrace the potential of digital media, Michaels and Schnapp\\'s homage proves the past can guide the future-and just as the vinyl record is enjoying a comeback, the kinetic paperback book may have a future too.\" --Steven Heller<br /><br />\"Thanks to the scholarship of Schnapp and Michaels, it is impossible to dispute that the books produced by Agel and Fiore pushed the printed page to the limit, and in doing so helped bring crucial ideas about twentieth century culture to an audience that might have otherwise remained oblivious. Think of them as precursors to Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart\\'s campaign to inform Americans about super PACs.... <i>The Electric Information Age Book</i> compellingly tells the story of an important, albeit short, era in publishing when the insiders were the ones breaking down the walls and changing the rules as they went.\" --Imprint', 'Jeffrey Schnapp is the faculty director of metaLAB (at) Harvard, where he is Professor of Romance Literatures, teaches at the Graduate School of Design, and serves as faculty codirector of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Covenant\nDescription: ['Maria Rachel Hooley has been featured in numerous publications such as Green Hills Literary Lantern, Westview, and Kimera. She has written over twenty novels in numerous genres. Her first chapbook of poetry, A Different Song, was published by Rose Rock Press in 1999. She is a high school teacher and lives in Oklahoma with husband and three children, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. She is an advocate for education about autism.']",
"rejected": "Title: Speaking History: Oral Histories of the American Past, 1865-Present (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)\nDescription: ['', '\"Speaking History is an invaluable contribution to a distinguished series. It stands alone as a testament to how oral history narratives can complicate and enrich our understanding of the past. It also serves as an ideal companion to surveys of American history, plunging readers into the lives of everyday historical actors and challenging them to see themselves as agents of history as well. The voices are compelling and wonderfully well chosen. The book is ingeniously organized. The text is sweeping in scope and intricate in detail; yet the editors guide us through 150 years of American history with authority and grace.\" - Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Spruill Professor of History, Director of the Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill', '\"This work beautifully bridges the gap between book-driven history and field-driven history. In five chronological sections, covering 1865-2000, compilers Armitage and Mercier adeptly integrate the narrator\\'s personal reflections and experiences with a crucial historical theme, event, or movement. Oral histories are excellent at humanizing specific times, events, incidents, or groups, but one that integrates firsthand, oral, historical observations with conventional history over the broad sweep of the 1865-2000 period is rare. Armitage and Mercier do this masterfully. Covering the major themes of race, labor, immigration, migration, gender, civil rights, leisure, war, and the economy in concise and contextualized sections, these scholars have created a truly exciting, useful book for undergraduates to learn about U.S. history and understand it from the inside out. Essential.\" - CHOICE', '\"Speaking History is a well-organized anthology that will be useful to academics as well as an interesting read for lay historians and the general public.\" - Sound Historian', '<br>SUE ARMITAGEis a Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University, Canadaand Director of the Center for Columbia River History. <br> <br>LAURIE MERCIER is Associate Professor of History at Washington State University, Vancouver, Canada.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Wake-Up Call\nDescription: [\"Jonas is currently the creative director of one of the most successful online gaming groups in the world. He has previously worked as an advertising consultant, copywriter and a journalist. When he's not working he cherishes every moment with his family Lenah and Aiden and whatever time there's left he spends writing, reading and playing tennis. He's passionate about traveling and wine and thinks New York is the greatest city in the world. He lives with his family on the Mediterranean island of Malta.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them\nDescription: ['They are fodder for the giggles--and groans--in every ER: the alarming X-rays of coins, toys, buttons, safety pins, needles, and other nonedibles of both the benign and potentially fatal variety. Award-winning author Cappello (Called Back) brings a poet\\'s sensibility and a journalist\\'s fascination to the modern history of foreign body ingestion through the story of early–20th-century endoscopy pioneer Chevalier Jackson, who meticulously documented his extractions, which along with his tools are on display at Philadelphia\\'s medical Mutter Museum. \"We have entered... a form of literature and not of science, a philosophical treatise... for a theater of the absurd,\" marvels Cappello of the detritus Jackson retrieved from throats and stomachs. Hewing closely to Jackson, Cappello chronicles the odd cases and people--and in one case, an entire family--who built his practice and reputation. Their improbable accidents elicit gasps of astonishment; how did a baby swallow more than two dozen pins, needles, and cigarette butts? Cappello smartly focuses on Jackson\\'s peculiar life, wondrous fine art, and diligent science, transforming an intriguing medical history into a lyrical biography. Medical practitioners and nonprofessionals will be equally fascinated. (Jan.) <BR>(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.', 'As topics of expository writing, objects that people accidentally inhale or swallow may seem like interesting, if somewhat unappetizing, attention-getters for, at most, an in-flight magazine article. Yet Cappello, an award-winning author of three previous works of literary nonfiction, successfully devotes an entire book to the subject by focusing largely on a fascinating, eccentric doctor who collected them. Born and raised in Pennsylvania and trained as a laryngologist in Philadelphia, the colorfully named Chevalier Jackson revolutionized his chosen field by developing safe methods of extracting objects lodged in airways and abdomens. But even more interesting, as Cappello sees it, was Jacksons obsession with painstakingly cataloguing each object, from thumbtacks to watches to miniature opera glasses, and donating the lot to Philadelphias famous Mtter medical museum. As a sideshow to probing Jacksons curious asceticism and fussy, prolific studies, Cappello spends ample time ruminating on the complex mechanics of, and psychology behind, swallowing, ingestion, and appetite. While Cappellos endless digressions and hunger for detail wont appeal to everyones tastes, her prodigious rhetorical gifts are undeniable. --Carl Hays']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Reason to Breathe: The Breathing Series (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Business Is War: 9 Classic Rules of War for Winning Big in Business (Special report / National Institute of Business Management)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Barely Breathing: The Breathing Series (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: La Luz de tus Ojos (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Easy\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Number SENSE: Simple Effective Number Sense Experiences, Grades 1-2\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Deceived (Silhouette Shipping Cycle) (Silhouette Shipping Cycle)\nDescription: ['Unusual book', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The War in Pacific: A Retrospective\nDescription: ['<DIV><B>Leon Cooper<B> was Boat Group Commander of his ship, leading Higgins Boats carrying assault troops in invasions of a number of Japanese-held islands. He has had a varied career in civilian life: inventor, with patented products used throughout the world, including one that tests fire alarm systems aboard all commercial aircraft; CEO of his own computer company; CFO of major corporations; now a successful writer, including co-author of an award-winning screenplay.</DIV>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Tears of the Broken\nDescription: ['Blood and death aside...love is all that should matter. When you love someone, there is nothing you wouldn?t forgive. But what about murder? Ara-Rose will learn that life is fashioned from one tragedy after the next, and that sometimes, the truth people hide from you is nothing you could have imagined. But Ara has secrets of her own, and she?s willing to take the truth to her grave?a place David Knight will fight to keep her from.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A history of the United States\nDescription: ['Workbook two for book 3 & book 4 of the series A History of the United States plus Answer Key From the Civil War to the Present', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Lascivious Transformation\nDescription: [\"Jean Booth was born in the sweltering Vegas desert. She moved about during her childhood until returning to her roots in Northern Nevada. She's happily married with 9 cats as her children. For the entirety of her adult life she's worked in healthcare, battling insurances and poor staffing to provide great care to those who need it. Her greatest escapes are the stories found in books and in her head that she's finally decided to share. She can be found on: www.JeanBooth.com Facebook: facebook.com/AuthorJeanBooth Twitter: @JeanBooth Blog: JeanBooth.Blogspot.com e-mail: kleokatra1@gmail.com or on Goodreads.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: In Honor Bound\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Heart's Ashes (Dark Secrets) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Are You Hungry Tonight?: Elvis' Favorite Recipes\nDescription: [\"More than 50 of Elvis' favorite recipes. Includes his mama's recipes for mashed potatoes and lemon meringue pie, peanut butter and 'nana sandwiches' and Priscilla's magnificent wedding cake (make the whole thing or only a tier). With great pictures of Elvis at work and play as well as full-color food photography. 70 photos, mostly color. 64 pages. 8 1/2 X 11. GRAMERCY.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Blood Approves\nDescription: ['\"There is no denying that Amanda Hocking knows how to tell a good story and keep readers coming back for more. More is exactly what they will be looking for once they\\'ve turned the last page.\" <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Hocking hits all the commercial high notes... She knows how to keep readers turning the pages.\" <i>New York Times Book Review</i>', 'Amanda Hocking is a lifelong Minnesotan obsessed with Batman and Jim Henson. In between watching cooking shows, taking care of her small menagerie of pets, and drinking too much Red Bull Zero, she writes young adult urban fantasy and paranormal romance. <br /><br />She has published over fifteen young adult novels, including the New York Times Bestselling series the Trylle Trilogy and the Kanin Chronicles, along with the Watersong, the My Blood Approves, and the Hollows series. <br /><br />For more info, please visit HockingBooks.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Herb Ellis Jazz Guitar Method: Swing Blues, Book & CD\nDescription: [\"^The Herb Ellis Jazz Guitar Method} is designed to take the mystery out of playing jazz guitar. Each book in the method is based on one of the three pivotal chord progressions in the jazz guitarist's repertoire. Herb teaches single-note improvisation through a system of simple 'shapes' that are derived from chord fingerings.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fate (My Blood Approves, Book 2)\nDescription: ['<span>\"There is no denying that Amanda Hocking knowshow to tell a good story and keep readers coming back for more. More is exactlywhat they will be looking for once they\\'ve turned the last page.\" </span><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><span><br /><br /><span>\"Hockinghits all the commercial high notes... She knows how to keep readers turning thepages.\" <i>New York TimesBook Review</i></span></span>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How to Keep Your Corvair Alive\nDescription: ['Book by Finch, Richard']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Flutter (My Blood Approves, Book 3)\nDescription: ['<span>"There is no denying that Amanda Hocking knowshow to tell a good story and keep readers coming back for more. More is exactlywhat they will be looking for once they've turned the last page." </span><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><span><br /><br /><span>"Hockinghits all the commercial high notes... She knows how to keep readers turning thepages." <i>New York TimesBook Review</i></span></span>', 'Amanda Hocking is a lifelong Minnesotan obsessed with Batman and Jim Henson. In between watching cooking shows, taking care of her small menagerie of pets, and drinking too much Red Bull Zero, she writes young adult urban fantasy and paranormal romance. <br /><br />She has published over fifteen young adult novels, including the New York Times Bestselling series the Trylle Trilogy and the Kanin Chronicles, along with the Watersong series and the Hollows. <br /><br />For more info, please visit HockingBooks.com']",
"rejected": "Title: Brats\nDescription: ['Herself an Army brat--the daughter of a general--Truscott interviewed more than three dozen survivors of that special experience. Because of the constant moving imposed by the military on employees, their children tend to develop few lasting friendships, and so grow unusually close to their siblings, she observes. Their peripatetic lives also bring problems in that some brats have to restudy material they had already covered earlier. Many fathers, the book asserts, are autocratic, exacting a military-style discipline at home which, since they are often separated from their families, is all the harder to accept. But above all, the life of an army child is a very private one, kept apart \\'kept apart\\'? (separated used prev. sent.) from \"alien\" civilian society. Truscott offers no earthshaking revelations, but much interesting reading. Author tour. <br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Few careers have as strong an impact on a family as the military. Truscott, herself the daughter of a general, interviewed over 40 now-grown \"brats.\" They discuss the details of their childhoods: long separations, frequent moves, discipline, and the pervading rhythms of life on a military base. A recurring theme is the inability to get close to anyone outside the family, and the reticence it engendered. This reticence is apparent in the book. The interviewees gloss over personal problems and reveal little about the personalities behind the anecdotes. Truscott draws no conclusions, but lets the memories speak for themselves. Her interviewees remember good things and bad, but most seem to feel that the overall experience was positive. Fascinating for both military and civilian readers.<br /><i>- Susan B . Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio</i><br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Unlovable: Book One of The Port Fare Series\nDescription: ['', '', \"Unlovable was Sherry's debut novel and quickly rose to many top seller lists on Amazon. She is pleased to announce that Unlovable is currently being made into a movie. She has added two more novels to her body of work. Souls in Peril, the poignant story of Max Sanchez who is on a journey to help the struggling JD Miller survive high school, and Pete & Tink, a fun, light-hearted novella of a manga-loving geek and a five-and-a-half inch fairy.<br />Sherry and her husband, along with their children and a couple of crazy dogs, call Upstate New York home. It is where she spends her nights writing instead of sleeping.{:<br />Her Blog is:WordpaintingsUnlimited.com<br />Unlovable Video book trailer:<br />youtube.com/watch?v=AGsz1q_DYZM<br />Souls in Peril book trailer:<br />youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoHO_sfP8c\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Stroke of Magic\nDescription: ['You know how freaky it is, to expect one taste and get another? Imagine picking up a can of tepid ginger ale and taking a swig of delicious, icy cold peppermint tea. Alice Raymond did just that. And though the tea is exactly what she wants, she bought herself a soda.', 'No, Alice\\'s life isn\\'t exactly paint-by-numbers. After breaking things off with her lying, stealing, bum of an ex, she discovered she\\'s pregnant. Motherhood was definitely on her \"someday\" wish list, but a baby means less time for her art and no time for recent hallucinations that include this switcharoo with the tea. She has to impress her new boss, the ridiculously long-lashed, smoky-eyed Ethan Gallagher, and she has to deal with her family, who have started rambling about gypsy curses. Only a soul-deep bond with the right man can save her and her child? As if being single wasn\\'t pressure enough!', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Pulled\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jack Bush: A Retrospective - Exhibition Catalogue\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Honor\nDescription: ['', '', \"<span>I was a Russian spy at the ripe age of thirteen, given my uncanny ability to tell if someone was lying ( I also read fortunes on the weekends). By sixteen I had become too much of a handful for the Lethal Intelligence Ensemble (L.I.E.). I was quickly exiled to the south of France were I worked with wayward elephants in the Circus of Roaming Animals and People (C.R.A.P.). I was able to make ends meet by selling my organs on the black market for pocket change and beer money. At the age of twenty three I decided to expand my horizons and become a blackjack dealer in Ireland. I loved the family atmosphere at Barney's Underground Liquor Lounge (B.U.L.L.). People couldn't resist the allure of Liquor up front and poker in the rear. Eventually I became tired of the rear and headed off to the United States to try my hand at tall tales. That is what brings us hear today. If you have a moment I'd like to tell you a story.</span><br /><span>(This bio is not to be taken seriously under any circumstance.)</span><br /><br /><span>Teresa Mummert is an army wife and mother whose passion in life is writing . Born in Pennsylvania, she lived a small town life before following her husband's military career to Louisiana. She has published the Undying Love Vampire Series, Honor Student and Breaking Sin. She also contribute to SocialSex.Org. Check out her website for samples and updates! TeresaMummert.com</span><br /><br /><br /><span><b>If you would like to see what people are saying around the web or proof of reviews please check out teresamummert.com/proof-of-reviews.html</b></span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Miracle in the Evening: An Autobiography\nDescription: ['William Kelley is renowned as a novelist, screenwriter, and teacher of screenwriting. He won the 1986 Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Witness. He lives in Los Angeles, California.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate <a href=\"/dp/1258097842/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&n=283155\">Hardcover</a> edition.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Gabriel's Inferno\nDescription: ['<b>Sylvain Reynard </b>is a Canadian writer with an interest in Renaissance art and culture and an inordinate attachment to the city of Florence. (Parenthetically, it should be noted that the snarky narrator of <i>Gabriel’s Inferno </i>was contracted to write this biographical description, and he can attest that SR is, in fact, real, and has an enviable collection of argyle socks.)', '', ' ', 'Chapter 1', '“...Miss Mitchell?”', 'Professor Gabriel Emerson’s voice carried across the seminar room to the attractive brown-eyed young woman who was seated at the back. Lost in thought, or lost in translation, her head was down as she scribbled furiously in her notebook.', 'Ten pairs of eyes swung to her, to her pale face and long lashes, her thin white fingers clutching a pen. Then ten pairs of eyes swung back to the professor, who stood perfectly still and began to scowl. His scathing demeanor contrasted sharply with the overall symmetry of his features, his large, expressive eyes, and full mouth. He was ruggedly handsome, but in that moment bitterly severe, which rather ruined the overall pleasing effect of his appearance.', '“Ahem.” A modest cough to her right caught the woman’s attention. She glanced in surprise at the broad-shouldered man sitting next to her. He smiled and flicked his eyes to the front of the room, back to the professor.', 'She followed his gaze slowly, looking up into a pair of angry, peering blue eyes. She swallowed noisily.', '“I expect an answer to my question, Miss Mitchell. If you’d care to join us.” His voice was glacial, like his eyes.', 'The other graduate students shifted in their seats and stole furtive glances at one another. Their expressions said what crawled up his ass? But they said nothing. (For it is commonly known that graduate students are loath to confront their professors with respect to anything, let alone rude behavior.)', 'The young woman opened her mouth minutely and closed it, staring into those unblinking blue eyes, her own eyes wide like a frightened rabbit.', '“Is English your first language?” he mocked her.', 'A raven-haired woman seated at his right hand tried to stifle a laugh, smothering it into an unconvincing cough. All eyes shifted back to the frightened rabbit, whose skin exploded into crimson as she ducked her head, finally escaping the professor’s gaze.', '“Since Miss Mitchell seems to be carrying on a parallel seminar in a different language, perhaps someone else would be kind enough to answer my question?”', 'The beauty to his right was only too eager. She turned to face him and beamed as she answered his question in great detail, making a show of herself by gesturing with her hands as she quoted Dante in his original Italian. When she had finished, she smiled acidly at the back of the room, then proceeded to gaze up at the professor and sigh. All that was lacking from her display was a quick leap to the floor and a rubbing of her back on his leg to show that she would be his pet forever. (Not that he would have appreciated the gesture.)', 'The professor frowned almost imperceptibly at no one in particular and turned his back to write on the board. The frightened rabbit blinked back tears as she continued scribbling, but mercifully she did not cry.', 'A few minutes later, as the professor droned on and on about the conflict between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines, a small square of folded paper appeared on top of the frightened rabbit’s Italian dictionary. At first she didn’t notice it, but once again, a soft ahem drew her attention to the good-looking man beside her. He smiled more widely this time, almost eagerly, and glanced down at the paper.', 'She saw it and blinked. Carefully watching the back of the professor as he drew endless circles around endless Italian words, she brought the paper to her lap where she quietly unfolded it.', 'Emerson is an ass.', 'No one would have noticed because no one was looking at her, except for the man at her side. As soon as she read those words, a different kind of flush appeared on her face, two pink clouds on the curve of her cheeks, and she smiled. Not enough to show teeth or what could be dimples or a laugh line or two, but a smile nonetheless.', 'She raised her large eyes to the man next to her and looked at him shyly. A wide, friendly grin spread across his face.', '“Something funny, Miss Mitchell?”', 'Her brown eyes dilated in terror. Her new friend’s smile quickly disappeared as he turned to look at the professor.', 'She knew better now than to look up at the professor’s cold blue eyes. Instead, she put her head down and worried her plump lower lip between her teeth, back and forth and back and forth.', '“It was my fault, Professor. I was just asking what page we were on,” the friendly man interceded on her behalf.', '“Hardly an appropriate question from a doctoral student, Paul. But since you asked, we began with the first canto. I trust you can find it without Miss Mitchell’s help. Oh, and Miss Mitchell?”', 'The frightened rabbit’s pony tail trembled ever so slightly as she lifted her gaze.', '“See me in my office after class.”']",
"rejected": "Title: Ottawa In Nineteen Hundred. A Souvenir Of The City, Industrial, Commercial, Educational, Professional, Social, Religious, And Scenic\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Gabriel's Rapture (Gabriel's Inferno)\nDescription: ['<b>Sylvain Reynard </b>is a Canadian writer with an interest in Renaissance art and culture and an inordinate attachment to the city of Florence.', '', ' ', 'Chapter 1', 'Professor Gabriel Emerson was sitting in bed, naked, reading La Nazione, the Florentine newspaper. He’d awoken early in the Palazzo Vecchio penthouse of the Gallery Hotel Art and ordered room service, but he couldn’t resist returning to bed to watch the young woman sleep. She was on her side facing him, breathing softly, a diamond sparkling on her ear. Her cheeks were pink from the warmth of the room as their bed was bathed in sunshine from the floor-to-ceiling windows.', 'The bed covers were deliciously rumpled, smelling of sex and sandalwood. His blue eyes glimmered, traveling lazily over her exposed skin and long, dark hair. As he turned back to his newspaper, she shifted slightly and moaned. Concerned, he tossed the paper aside.', 'She brought her knees up to her chest, curling into a ball. Low murmurings came from her lips, and Gabriel leaned closer so he could decipher what she was saying. But he couldn’t.', 'All of a sudden, her body twisted and she let out a heart-wrenching cry. Her arms flailed as she wrestled with the sheet that shrouded her.', '“Julianne?” He placed a gentle hand on her bare shoulder, but she cringed away from him.', 'She began muttering his name, over and over again, her tone growing progressively more panicked.', '“Julia, I’m here,” he raised his voice. Just as he reached for her again, she sat bolt upright, gasping for air.', '“Are you all right?” Gabriel moved closer, resisting the urge to touch her. She was breathing roughly, and under his watchful gaze, she fanned a shaking hand over her eyes.', '“Julia?”', 'After a long, tense minute, she looked at him, eyes wide.', 'He frowned. “What happened?”', 'She swallowed loudly. “A nightmare.”', '“What was it about?”', '“I was in the woods behind your parents’ house, back in Selinsgrove.”', 'Gabriel’s eyebrows knit together behind his dark-rimmed glasses. “Why would you dream about that?”', 'She inhaled, drawing the sheet over her exposed breasts and up to her chin. The linen was full and white, swallowing her petite frame whole before billowing cloudlike over the mattress. She reminded him of an Athenian statue.', 'He ran his fingers gently over her skin. “Julianne, talk to me.”', 'She squirmed under his piercing blue eyes, but he would not let her go. “The dream began beautifully. We made love under the stars, and I fell asleep in your arms. When I woke up you were gone.”', '“You dreamed I made love to you, then abandoned you?” His tone cooled to mask his discomfort.', '“I woke up in the orchard without you once,” she reproached him softly.', 'The fire in his belly was instantly quenched. He thought back to the magical evening six years ago when they first met, when they simply talked and held each other. He’d awoken the following morning and wandered away, leaving a sleeping teenage girl all alone. Surely her anxiety was understandable if not pitiable.', 'He unwound her clenched fingers one by one and kissed them repentantly. “I love you, Beatrice. I’m not going to leave you. You know that, right?”', '“It would hurt so much more to lose you now.”', 'With a frown he wrapped an arm around her shoulder, pressing her cheek to his chest. A myriad of memories crowded his mind as he thought back to what had transpired the evening before. He’d gazed on her naked form for the first time and initiated her into the intimacies of lovemaking. She’d shared her innocence with him, and he thought he’d made her happy. Certainly it had been one of the best evenings of his life. He pondered that fact for a moment.', '“Do you regret last night?”', '“No. I’m glad you were my first. It’s what I wanted since we met.”', 'He placed his hand on her cheek, tracing her skin with his thumb. “I’m honored to have been your first.” He leaned forward, his eyes unblinking. “But I want to be your last.”', 'She smiled and lifted her lips to meet his. Before he could embrace her, the chimes of Big Ben filled the room.', '“Ignore it,” he whispered fiercely, his arm stretching across her body, pushing her to recline beneath him.', 'Her eyes darted over his shoulder to where his iPhone lay on the desk. “I thought she wasn’t going to call you anymore.”', '“I’m not answering, so it doesn’t matter.” He kneeled between her legs and lifted the sheet from her body. “In my bed, there’s only us.”', 'She searched his eyes as he began to bring their naked bodies into closer contact.', 'Gabriel leaned forward to kiss her, but she turned her head. “I haven’t brushed my teeth.”', '“I don’t care.” He lowered his lips to her neck, kissing across her quickening pulse.', '“I’d like to clean up first.”', 'He huffed in frustration, leaning on one elbow. “Don’t let Paulina ruin what we have.”', '“I’m not.” She tried to roll out from under him and take the sheet with her, but he caught hold of it. He gazed over the rims of his glasses, his eyes sparkling with mischief.', '“I need the sheet to make the bed.”', 'Her eyes traveled from the white fabric that was clutched between her fingers, to his face. He looked like a panther waiting to pounce. She glanced over the side of the bed at the pile of clothes on the floor. They were beyond her reach.', '“What’s the problem?” he asked, stifling a grin.', 'Julia blushed and gripped the material more tightly. With a chuckle, he released the sheet and pulled her into his arms.', '“You don’t need to be shy. You’re beautiful. If I had my wish, you’d never wear clothes again.”', 'He pressed his lips to her earlobe, gently touching the diamond stud. He was certain his adoptive mother, Grace, would have been happy that her earrings found their way to Julia. With another brief kiss, he turned away, sliding over to sit on the edge of the bed.', 'She slipped into the washroom but not before Gabriel caught sight of her alluring back as she dropped the sheet just outside the door.', 'While brushing her teeth, she thought about what had transpired. Making love with Gabriel had been a very emotional experience, and even now her heart felt the aftershocks. That wasn’t surprising considering their history. She’d wanted him since she spent a chaste night with him in an orchard when she was seventeen, but he’d been gone when she awoke the next morning. He’d forgotten her in the aftermath of a drunken, drug-induced haze. Six long years passed before she saw him again, and then, he didn’t remember her.', 'When she encountered him again on the first day of his graduate seminar at the University of Toronto, he was attractive but cold, like a distant star. She hadn’t believed then that she’d become his lover. She hadn’t believed it possible that the temperamental and arrogant Professor would reciprocate her affection.', 'There were so many things she hadn’t known. Sex was a kind of knowledge, and now she knew the sting of sexual jealousy in a manner she’d never experienced before. The mere idea of Gabriel doing what they’d done with some other woman, and in his case many other women, made her heart ache.', 'She knew that Gabriel’s trysts were different from what they’d shared—that they were assignations not brought about by love or affection. But he’d undressed them, seen them naked, and entered their bodies. After being with him, how many of those women craved more? Paulina had. She and Gabriel had maintained contact over the years since they conceived and lost a child together.', 'Julia’s new understanding of sex changed her view of his past and made her more sympathetic to Paulina’s plight. And all the more guarded against losing Gabriel to her or to any other woman.', 'Julia gripped the edge of the vanity as a wave of insecurity washed over her. Gabriel loved her; she believed this. But he was also a gentleman and would never reveal that their union had left him wanting. And what of her own behavior? She’d asked questions and talked when she expected that most lovers would have been silent. She’d done very little to please him, and when she tried he’d stopped her.', 'Her ex-boyfriend’s words came screaming back at her, swirling in her mind with condemnation:', 'You’re frigid.', 'You’re going to be a lousy lay.', 'She turned away from the mirror as she contemplated what might happen if Gabriel was dissatisfied with her. The specter of sexual betrayal reared its maleficent head, bringing with it visions of finding Simon in bed with her roommate.', 'She straightened her shoulders. If she could persuade Gabriel to be patient and to teach her, then she was confident she could please him. He loved her. He would give her a chance. She was his as surely as if he’d branded his name on her skin.', 'When she stepped into the bedroom she caught sight of him through the open door to the terrace. On her way, she was distracted by a beautiful vase of dark purple and paler, variegated irises sitting on top of the desk. Some lovers might have purchased long-stemmed red roses, but not Gabriel.', 'She opened the card that was nestled amongst the blossoms.', ' ', 'My Dearest Julianne,<br> Thank you for your immeasurable gift.<br> The only thing I have of value is my heart.<br> It’s yours,<br> Gabriel.', ' ', 'Julia reread the card twice, her heart swelling with love and relief. Gabriel’s words didn’t sound like they were penned by a man who was dissatisfied or frustrated. Whatever Julia’s worries, Gabriel didn’t seem to share them.', 'Gabriel was sunning himself on the futon, his glasses off, his chest gloriously exposed. With his muscular, six-foot-two frame, it was as if Apollo himself had deigned to visit her. Sensing her presence on the terrace, he opened his eyes and patted his lap. She joined him, and his arms enveloped her as he kissed her passionately.', '“Why, hello there,” he murmured, brushing a stray tendril back from her face. He peered at her closely. “What’s wrong?”', '“Nothing. Thank you for the flowers. They’re beautiful.”', 'He brushed his lips against hers. “You’re welcome. But you look troubled. Is it about Paulina?”', '“I’m upset that she’s calling you, but no.” Julia’s expression brightened. “Thank you for your card. It said what I desperately wanted to hear.”', '“I’m glad.” He squeezed her more closely. “Tell me what’s bothering you.”', 'She toyed with the belt to her bathrobe for a moment, until he took her hand in his. She looked at him. “Was last night everything you’d hoped for?”', 'Gabriel exhaled sharply, for her question had taken him by surprise. “That’s a strange question.”', '“I know it had to be different for you. I wasn’t very…active.”', '“Active? What are you talking about?”', '“I didn’t do much to please you.” She blushed.', 'He stroked the flushing skin lightly with the tip of his finger. “You pleased me a great deal. I know you were nervous, but I enjoyed myself tremendously. We belong to one another now—in every way. What else is troubling you?”', '“I demanded that we switch positions when you would have preferred me on top.”', '“You didn’t demand, you asked. Frankly, Julianne, I’d like to hear you demand things of me. I want to know that you want me as desperately as I want you.” His expression relaxed, and he drew a circle or two around her breast. “You dreamed about your first time being a certain way. I wanted to give that to you, but I was worried. What if you were uncomfortable? What if I wasn’t careful enough? Last night was a first for me too.”', 'He released her, pouring coffee and steamed milk from two separate carafes into a latté bowl and spreading the tray of food between them on the banquette. There were pastries and fruit, toast and Nutella, boiled eggs and cheese, and several Baci Perugina Gabriel had bribed a hotel employee to run out and purchase along with the extravagant bouquet of irises from the Giardino dell’Iris.', 'Julia unwrapped one of the Baci and ate it, eyes closed with pure pleasure. “You ordered a feast.”', '“I awoke ravenous this morning. I would have waited for you but…” He shook his head as he picked up a grape and fixed her with a sparkling eye. “Open.”', 'She opened her mouth, and he popped the grape inside, tracing his finger temptingly across her lower lip.', '“And you must drink this, please.” He handed her a wine glass filled with cranberry juice and soda.', 'She rolled her eyes. “You’re overprotective.”', 'He shook his head. “This is how a man behaves when he’s in love and he wants his sweetheart healthy for all the sex he plans on having with her.” He winked smugly.', '“I’m not going to ask how you know about such things. Give me that.” She grabbed the glass from his hand and downed it, her eyes focused on his, as he chuckled.', '“You’re adorable.”', 'She stuck her tongue out at him before fixing herself a breakfast plate.', '“How do you feel this morning?” Gabriel’s face grew concerned.', 'She swallowed a piece of Fontina cheese. “Okay.”', 'He pressed his lips together firmly, as if her answer displeased him.', '“Making love changes things between a man and a woman,” he prompted.', '“Um, aren’t you happy with, uh, what we did?” The pink of her cheeks faded immediately, leaving her pale.', '“Of course I’m happy. I’m trying to find out if you’re happy. And based upon what you’ve said so far, I’m worried that you aren’t.”', 'Julia picked at the fabric of her robe, avoiding Gabriel’s probing gaze. “When I was at college the girls on my floor would sit around and talk about their boyfriends. One night they told stories about their first times.” She nibbled at the tip of one of her fingers.', '“Only a few of the girls had good things to say. The other stories were awful. One girl had been molested as a child. Some of the girls had been forced by a boyfriend or a date. Several of them said that their first times were completely awkward and unfulfilling—a boyfriend grunting and finishing quickly. I thought, if that’s all I can hope for, I’d rather stay a virgin.”', '“That’s horrible.”', 'She fixed her eyes on the breakfast tray.', '“I wanted to be loved. I decided it would be better to have a chaste affair of the heart and mind through letters than a sexual relationship. I had my doubts that I would ever find anyone who could give me both. Certainly, Simon didn’t love me. Now I’m in a relationship with a sex god, and I can’t give him anything like the pleasure he gives me.”', 'Gabriel’s eyebrows shot up. “Sex god? You’ve said that before, but believe me, I’m not—”', 'She interrupted him, looking him straight in the eye. “Teach me. I’m sure last night was not as, um…fulfilling as it usually is for you, but I promise that if you are patient with me, I will improve.”', 'He cursed obliquely. “Come here.” He pulled her around the breakfast tray and into his lap again, wrapping his arms around her. He was quiet for a moment, before sighing deeply.', '“You assume that my previous sexual encounters were completely fulfilling, but you’re wrong. You gave me what I’ve never had—love and sex together. You’re the only one who has ever been my lover in the true sense.”', 'He kissed her gently in solemn confirmation of his words. “The anticipation and the allure of a woman are crucial to the experience. I can safely say that your allurements and my anticipation were like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Add to that the experience of making love for the first time…Words fail me.”', 'She nodded but something about her movement disquieted him.', '“I promise I’m not flattering you.” He paused as if he were pondering his next words carefully. “At the risk of being Neanderthal, I should probably tell you that your innocence is tremendously erotic. The thought that I can be the one to teach you about sex…that someone so modest is also so passionate…” His voice trailed off as he looked at her intently. “You could become more skilled in the art of love by learning new tricks and new positions, but you can’t become more attractive or more sexually fulfilling. Not to me.”', 'Julia leaned over and kissed him. “Thank you for taking such good care of me last night,” she whispered, her cheeks turning pink.', '“As for Paulina, I’ll deal with her. Please put her out of your mind.”', 'Julia turned her attention back to her uneaten breakfast, resisting the urge to argue with him. “Will you tell me about your first time?”', '“I’d rather not.”', 'She busied herself with a pastry as she tried to think of a safer subject. The financial woes of Europe came readily to mind.', 'He rubbed at his eyes with both hands, covering them briefly. It would be far too easy to lie, he knew, but after all she’d given him, she deserved to know his secrets. “You remember Jamie Roberts.”', '“Of course.”', 'Gabriel lowered his hands. “I lost my virginity to her.”', 'Julia’s eyebrows shot up. Jamie and her domineering mother had never been very pleasant to Julia, and she had always disliked them. She had no idea that Officer Roberts, who had investigated Simon’s attack on her a month previous, had been Gabriel’s first.', '“It was not the greatest of experiences,” he said quietly. “In fact, I would say it was scarring. I didn’t love her. There was some attraction, of course, but no true affection. We went to Selinsgrove High School together. She sat next to me in History one year.” He shrugged. “We flirted and messed around after school and eventually…', '“Jamie was a virgin but lied and said she wasn’t. I wasn’t attentive to her at all. I was selfish and stupid.” He cursed. “She said it didn’t hurt much, but there was blood afterward. I felt like an animal and I’ve always regretted it.” Gabriel cringed, and Julia felt the guilt radiating from him. His description made her almost ill, but it also explained a great deal.', '“That’s horrible. I’m so sorry.” She squeezed his hand. “Is that why you were so worried last night?”', 'He nodded.', '“She misled you.”', '“That’s no excuse for my behavior, before or afterward.” He cleared his throat. “She assumed we were in a relationship, but I wasn’t interested. That made it worse, of course. I graduated from being merely an animal to being an animal and an asshole. When I saw her at Thanksgiving, I hadn’t spoken to her in years. I asked her to forgive me. She was remarkably gracious.', '“I’ve always felt guilty for treating her badly. I’ve stayed away from virgins ever since.” He swallowed noisily. “Until last night.', '“First times are supposed to be sweet, but seldom are. While you were worrying about pleasing me, I was worrying about pleasing you. Perhaps I was too careful, too protective, but I couldn’t have borne it if I’d hurt you.”', 'Julia put her breakfast aside and stroked his face. “You were very gentle and very generous. I’ve never known such joy, and that’s because you loved me with more than just your body. Thank you.”', 'As if to prove her point, he kissed her deeply. Julia hummed as his hands tangled through her hair, and she wrapped her arms about his neck. He slid his hands between them to the front of her robe, parting it hesitantly. He lifted his head, his eyes questioning.', 'She nodded.', 'He began whispering kisses against her neck and drew his mouth up to tug at her earlobe. “How do you feel?”', '“Great,” she whispered as his lips skimmed down to her throat.', 'He moved so he could see her face while one of his hands traveled to rest atop her lower abdomen. “Are you sore?”', '“A little.”', '“Then we should wait.”', '“No!”', 'He laughed, his lips curling up into his signature seductive smile. “Did you mean what you said last night about making love out here?”', 'She shivered at the way his voice inflamed her but returned his smile, winding her fingers in his hair, tugging him closer. He opened her robe and began to explore her curves with both hands before dropping his mouth to kiss her breasts.', '“You were shy with me this morning.” He pressed a reverent kiss over her heart “What changed?”', 'Julia brushed against the hint of a dimple in his chin. “I will probably always be a little shy about being naked. But I want you. I want you to look into my eyes and tell me you love me as you move inside me. I will remember that as long as I live.”', '“I’ll keep reminding you,” he breathed.', 'He divested her of her robe and positioned her on her back. “Are you cold?”', '“Not when you’re holding me,” she whispered, smiling. “Wouldn’t you rather have me on top? I’d like to try it.”', 'He threw off his robe and boxer shorts quickly and covered her body with his own, placing a hand on either side of her face. “Someone might see you out here, darling. And I can’t have that. No one gets to see this beautiful body except me.', '“Although the neighbors and passersby might be able to hear you…for the next hour or so…” He chuckled as she inhaled sharply, a tremor of pleasure coursing all the way down to her toes.', 'He kissed her, pushing her hair away from her face. “My goal is to see how many times I can please you before I can’t hold back anymore.”', 'She grinned. “I like the sound of that.”', '“So do I. So let me hear you.”', 'The blue sky blushed to see such passionate lovemaking, while the Florentine sun smiled down, warming the lovers despite the gentle breeze. Beside them, Julia’s coffee and milk grew stone cold and sullen at being ignored.', '* * *', 'After a brief nap, Julia borrowed Gabriel’s MacBook to send an email to her father. She had two important messages in her inbox. The first was from Rachel.', ' ', 'Jules!', 'How are you? Is my brother behaving himself? Have you slept with him yet? Yes, it is COMPLETELY inappropriate for me to ask that question, but come on, if you were dating anyone else you would have told me already.', 'I’m not going to volunteer any advice. I’m trying not to think too much about it. Just let me know you’re happy and he’s treating you properly.', 'Aaron sends his best.', 'Love you,', 'Rachel.', 'PS. Scott has a new girlfriend. He’s been secretive about her so I’m not sure how long they’ve been dating. I keep bugging him to introduce me but he won’t.', 'Maybe she’s a professor.', ' ', 'Julia snickered, glad that Gabriel was showering and not reading over her shoulder. He’d be annoyed at his sister for posing such personal questions. She took a few moments to phrase her response before typing her reply.', ' ', 'Hi Rachel,', 'The hotel is beautiful. Gabriel has been very sweet and gave me your mother’s diamond earrings. Did you know about that?', 'I feel guilty about it, so please let me know if this upsets you.', 'As to your other question, Yes. Gabriel treats me well, and I am VERY happy.', 'Say hi to Aaron for me. Looking forward to Christmas.', 'Love, Julia. XO', 'PS. I hope Scott’s girlfriend is a professor. Gabriel will never let him hear the end of it.', ' ', 'Julia’s second email was from Paul. It could be said that he pined for her, but also he was grateful to have maintained their friendship. He would rather keep his longings to himself than to lose her entirely. And he had to admit that since she’d begun seeing her boyfriend Owen, her very skin glowed.', '(Not that he would have mentioned it.)', ' ', 'Hey Julia,', 'Sorry I didn’t get the chance to say good-bye before you went home. I hope you have a good Christmas. I have a gift for you. Would you give me your address in Pennsylvania so I can send it?', 'I’m back at the farm trying to find time to work on my dissertation in between large family gatherings and getting up early to help my dad. Let’s just say my daily routine involves a lot of manure…', 'Can I bring you something from Vermont?', 'A Holstein of your very own?', 'Merry Christmas,', 'Paul.', 'P.S. Did you hear that Christa Peterson’s dissertation proposal was accepted by Emerson?', 'I guess Advent really is the season of miracles.', ' ', 'Julia stared at the computer screen, reading and re-reading Paul’s postscript. She wasn’t sure what to make of it. It was possible, she thought, that Gabriel accepted Christa’s proposal because she threatened him.', 'Julia didn’t want to bring up such an unpleasant topic during their vacation, but the news troubled her. She typed a short reply to Paul, giving him her address, then she emailed her father, telling him that Gabriel was treating her like a princess. She closed the laptop and sighed.', '“That doesn’t sound like a happy Julianne.” Gabriel’s voice sounded behind her.', '“I think I’m going to ignore my email for the rest of our trip.”', '“Good idea.”', 'She turned to find him standing in front of her, wet from the shower, hair tousled, a white towel wound around his hips.', '“You’re beautiful,” she blurted before thinking.', 'He chuckled and pulled her to her feet so he could embrace her. “Do you have a thing for men in towels, Miss Mitchell?”', '“Maybe for one particular man.”', '“Are you feeling all right?” He raised his eyebrows expectantly, his expression hungry.', '“I’m a little uncomfortable. But it was worth it.”', 'His eyes narrowed. “You need to tell me if I’m hurting you, Julianne. Don’t hide things from me.”', 'She rolled her eyes. “Gabriel, it doesn’t hurt; it’s merely uncomfortable. I didn’t notice it during because there were other things on my mind—several other things. You were very distracting.”', 'He smiled and kissed her neck loudly. “You need to let me start distracting you in the shower. I’m tired of showering alone.”', '“I’d like that. How are you feeling?”', 'He pretended to ponder her question. “Let’s see—loud, hot sex with my beloved inside and outside…Yes, I’d say I’m great.”', 'He hugged her close, and the cotton of her robe absorbed some of the water droplets from his skin. “I promise it won’t always be uncomfortable. In time, your body will recognize me.”', '“It already recognizes you. And misses you,” she whispered.', 'Gabriel moved the top of her robe aside so he could kiss the slope of her shoulder. With a gentle squeeze, he walked to the bed, retrieving a bottle of ibuprofen and handing it to her.', '“I have to run over to the Uffizi for a meeting, then I have to pick up my new suit at the tailor’s.” He appeared concerned. “Would you mind shopping for a dress by yourself? I’d go with you, but my meeting won’t leave me with much time.”', '“Not at all.”', '“If you can be ready in half an hour, we can walk out together.”', 'Julia followed Gabriel into the bathroom, all thoughts of Christa and Paul forgotten.', 'After her shower, she stood in front of one of the vanities, drying her hair while Gabriel stood at the other. She found herself glancing over at him, watching as he carried out his shaving preparations with military precision. Finally, she gave up putting on lipstick and simply leaned against the sink, staring.', 'He was still naked to the waist, the towel now low on his hips, as he painstakingly shaved in the classical style. His brilliant blue eyes narrowed in concentration behind his black glasses, his damp hair impeccably combed.', 'Julia suppressed a laugh at the degree to which his quest for perfection was manifested. Gabriel used a shaving brush with a black wooden handle to mix European shaving soap into a thick lather. After spreading the foam on his face with the brush, he shaved using an antiquated safety razor.', '(For some professors, disposable razors simply aren’t good enough.)', '“What?” He turned, noticing that she was perilously close to ogling him.', '“I love you.”', 'His expression softened. “I love you too, darling.”', '“You’re the only non-British person I’ve ever heard use the term darling.”', '“That isn’t true.”', '“It isn’t?”', '“Richard used to call Grace that.” Gabriel gave her a sad look.', '“Richard is old-fashioned, in the best sense.” She smiled. “I love the fact that you’re old-fashioned too.”', 'Gabriel snorted and continued shaving. “I’m not so old-fashioned, or I wouldn’t be making mad passionate love with you outside. And fantasizing about introducing you to some of my favorite positions from the Kama sutra.” He winked at her. “But I am a pretentious old bastard and a devil to live with. You’ll have to tame me.”', '“And how shall I do that, Professor Emerson?”', '“Never leave.” His voice dropped, and he turned to face her.', '“I’m more worried about losing you.”', 'He leaned over and kissed her forehead. “Then you have nothing to worry about.”']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Gamble (Colorado Mountain)\nDescription: ['\"Ashley delivers a deeply emotional second installment of the Chaos contemporary romance series (after <em>Own the Wind</em>)... Punctuated by blistering-hot sex scenes and fascinating glimpses into the tough world of motorcycle clubs, this romance also delivers true heart and emotion, and a story that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em>, Starred Review, on <em>Fire Inside</em></b></i><br /><br />\"I adore Kristen Ashley\\'s books!\"<b><i>Maya Banks, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</b></i><br /><br />\"Kristen Ashley\\'s books are addicting!\"<b><i>Jill Shalvis, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</b></i><br /><br />\"[Kristen] Ashley captivates.\"<b><i>Publisher\\'s Weekly</b></i><br /><br />\"With Brock\\'s raw side contrasted with Tess\\'s innocence, <i>Wild Man </i>delivers a passionate, opposites-attract romance.\"<b>Patricia Smith</b>, <b><i><em>Booklist</em></b></i><br /><br />\"There is something about them [Ashley\\'s books] that I find crackalicious.\"<b>Kati Brown</b>, <b><i>DearAuthor.com</b></i><br /><br />\"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when her my heart (I mean... <i>her</i> heart) would break.\" (On Motorcycle Man)<br><b>Maryse\\'s Book Blog</b>, <b><i>Maryse.net</b></i>', 'Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana, and has lived in Denver, Colorado, and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.<br><br>Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multigenerational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland, and Kristen grew up listening to the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon, and Whitesnake.<br><br>Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music and love was a good way to grow up. <br><br>And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.<br><br>You can learn more at:<br>KristenAshley.net<br>Twitter @KristenAshley68<br>Facebook.com/kristenashleybooks']",
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"rejected": "Title: Marketing in Travel and Tourism, Fourth Edition\nDescription: ['from the third edition:<br><br>\"Students, lecturers and practitioners alike will welcome the 3rd edition of this classic text. The authors explain the complexities of travel and tourism marketing lucidly and in the context of a logical and effective structure. Each edition gets better. I highly recommend it.\" Prof. Brian King, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Marketing, Victoria University, Australia. <br><br>\"A welcome third edition of this highly readable and hugely informative text that constitutes a \\'classic\\' treatment of the subject area.\" Prof. John Lennon, Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. <br>', '', '<b>Marketing in Travel and Tourism</b> aims to guide and support readers through the complexities of tourism marketing in the 21st C. It sets out clear explanations of marketing principles and concepts adapted from mainstream services marketing, and goes on to illustrate the range of applications currently practised in the modern visitor economy.', 'Now in its fourth edition, and reprinted almost every year since 1988, each chapter of the book has been updated to include current evaluations of all the key developments in marketing, especially <i>consumer centric</i> marketing and the now focal role of the Internet in the <i>marketing mix</i>. The chapters on communicating with cutomers have been extensively rewritten to take account of e-marketing and related marketing developments in tourism that are pulled together in a forward looking Epilogue.', '<b>This fully revised edition includes:</b>', '<b>Marketing in Travel and Tourism </b>provides a truly international and comprehensive guide to marketing in the global travel industry, an indispensible text for all students and lecturers.', '<b>Victor T.C. Middleton</b>, Independent Management Consultant; Visiting Professor, Oxford Brookes Univeristy and University of Central Lancashire, UK', '<b>Alan Fyall</b>, Reader in Tourism Management in the International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research and Deputy Dean Research and Enterprise in the School of Services Management, Bournmouth University, UK.', '<b>Mike Morgan</b>, Senior lecturer in Leisure and Tourism Marketing and program leader for MA European Tourism Management, Bournmouth University, UK.', 'With <b>Ashok Ranchhod</b>, BSc, MBA, PHd., Faculty Research Professor, Southampton Business School, UK, FCIM, Senior Examiner for the Strategic Marketing in Practice module and Visiting Professor at Napier University, Southampton University, University of Angers (France) and MICA (India).']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beyond Eden: Ellora's Cave\nDescription: ['\"<span>This complex love triangle formed between three childhood friends is engrossing. The central focus of the novel is the romance that develops between these unbelievably real characters. It\\'s a singular, poignant romance.\" - RT Book Reviews</span><br /><br /><span>\"Beyond Eden has immediately become one of my favorite books.\"-Night Owl Reviews</span><br /><br /><span>\"The debut by Kele Moon; BEYOND EDEN, is a stunning, poised, intensely sensual story that nourished all I desire from a dark-erotic romance. This author made herself known in the erotica genre with an outstanding debut that any seasoned reader of the genre will be satisfied by!\" -- Leontine\\'s Book Realm</span><br /><br /><span>\"Beyond Eden is author Kele Moon\\'s premier literary foray. And what a debut it is. Ms. Moon seductively weaves an edgy, dark and intense story of three longtime friends who along the way share triumphs, tragedy, love and pain.\" -- Fallen Angel Reviews</span><br /><br /><span>\"The emotional depth and complexity of the characters is amazing. This story stayed with me long after I finished reading it.\" -- Rom Fan Reviews</span>', \"<span>Thank you for taking a moment to stop and take a look at my debut novel,<i>Beyond Eden--an erotic, Garden of Eden themed mnage romance. A rustically beautiful lake house is the setting for three lifelong friends to come together and recreate the original story of Eden in modern-day Tampa. Laced with symbolism, the magic of true love and a taste of the forbidden,<i>Beyond Eden,is a dark, edgy, extremely passionate story.<br /><br />I would have never guessed my first novel would be so daring and risqu, but after attending the RT convention in Orlando in 2009 I left inspired to chase my dreams and write from my soul rather than simply follow trend. It turned out to be very sage advice. I let the characters tell their tale and I'm proud of the story they allowed me to share with you.<br /><br />The birth of<em>Beyond Eden</em>started with a simple idea--What if you wanted the devil to be the good guy? As a writer, temptation was a compelling topic to explore and something I couldn't resist.<br /><br />Despite the darker themes,<em>Beyond Eden</em>is, at its core, a very passionate love story. It's unconventional, but no less potent because of it. Writing Danny, Paul and Eve's journey was amazing. The characters had such strong voices and the writing process was extremely poignant for me. A lot of the feedback from readers has been that of very strong emotions while reading<em>Beyond Eden</em>--laughter, passion, and tears.<br /><br /><br />It's not surprising considering that writing it was a rollercoaster of emotions that literally changed my entire life. There were times when I laughed out loud and times when I sobbed. As for the passion, I found out I was pregnant just as I finalized the first draft. All joking aside (and I've heard a lot) I cannot tell you what an unexpected miracle my new daughter is. At a time when I thought I'd never be able to have another baby, she came into the world just when my dream of finally being a published writer was realized. I actually got my acceptance email from Ellora's Cave while sitting in the doctor's office waiting to find out the day they would schedule my c-section. Needless to say, that was one of the most exciting moments of my life, finding out the exact day my daughter would be born (only a week later) and knowing this story that meant so much to me would be published so others could share the journey--it was amazing.<br /><br />Now, a year later, with a new baby and the story I bled my soul into out in the world, it's been an incredible ride. The feedback has been amazing and I am so enjoying the journey!<br /><br />Thank you again for letting me share my joy with you and for taking the time to read a bit about the novel that has and still is changing my life for the better!<br /><em>- Kele Moon</em></i></i></span><em>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</em>\", '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History\nDescription: ['Mark Kurlansky is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of many books, including <i>The Food of a Younger Land</i>, <i>Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World</i>; <i>Salt: A World History</i>; <i>1968: The Year That Rocked the World</i>; and <i>The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell</i>. He lives in New York City.', \"chapter one<br><br>Gourmets and Gourmands<br><br>Mark Kurlansky on Gourmets<br><br>No one ever knows when he is well-off. Whenever I was called a gourmet, I suspected I was being accused of something at least slightly unpleasant. But that was before I heard the term "foodie." I am still not sure that a gourmet is a good thing to be, but it must be better than a foodie.<br><br>Although I cannot say exactly what a gourmet is, like Justice Stewart said of pornography, I know it when I see it, and I am slipping into contemplation of the meaning of the word "gourmet" because I am clearly in the company of a couple of them. The two gourmets who have invited me to lunch in a rural Basque restaurant in the green mountains of Vizcaya province are a small, red-faced, and energetic author of a popular Spanish food guide and an enormously round and well-fed man of unclear profession whose business card labels him as "gastronomic adviser."<br><br>The enthusiastic author rates all his food from one to ten. He wants all of us to do the same. He gives the lomo, the thinly sliced burgundy-colored prime cut of cured pork, only an eight. The gastronomic adviser had ventured a nine, and so they turned to me, the indecisive Hamlet of the group, who requested clearer definitions of both eight and nine.<br><br>A gourmet, according to Webster's dictionary, is "a judge of choice foods." It comes from an old French word for a wine-tasting servant and is generally confused with the word "gourmand"--an old French word meaning glutton. From this it appears that medieval Frenchmen knew the difference between a judge--someone guided by intellect--and a glutton--someone guided by appetite. But contemporary Americans are somehow getting the two notions confused. In French, by the way, the two words are still distinct. When I wrote for the International Herald Tribune in Paris, the French accountant who processed my expenses used to delight in pointedly calling me "Monsieur Gourmand."<br><br>Is it a lingering Puritanism that causes Americans to suspect the analysis of a physical pleasure? In 1901, Picasso depicted in blue paint a little girl reaching up to a table to scrape a bowl. It is usually labeled by its French title, le gourmet. But at a recent show in New York it was translated into English as The Greedy Child. Is a gourmet greedy? In truth, most people who are labeled gourmets, like my two lunch companions, go beyond the act of judging and analyzing. They are arriving at their judgments by eating a lot of food. Is the discussion an excuse for the real act, which is eating? Picasso's little girl did eat all the contents of the bowl.<br><br>My gourmets are discussing the lobster. The red-faced author has given it a ten and is trying to get me to concede that these tough little clawed creatures shipped from northern Europe are far better than the lobster that come from what he does not realize is my native New England, which in fact they are not.<br><br>Plato would not have thought much of these two. He mistrusted any interest in the preparation or presentation of food. In The Republic he states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain--hunger. To turn it into more than that through culinary skills, to him, was the use of artifice to disguise the true nature of food and eating. In Gorgias he states that cooking "is a form of flattery . . . a mischievous, deceitful, mean and ignoble activity, which cheats us by shapes and colors, by smoothing and draping. . . ." Was Plato right that gourmetism is morally and intellectually suspect or was he simply one of those unfortunates with a rubber palate incapable of appreciating food's pleasures? Or both?<br><br>Gourmet is a word with dangerous boundaries. In itself it may be a worthwhile pursuit. Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture. Shouldn't someone be examining it? But the discipline risks perilous proximity to both physical and intellectual overindulgence. In his 1996 novel The Debt to Pleasure, John Lancaster toys with our suspicion of gourmets. The narrator of the book is a man who, as the character himself puts it, is engaged in "the application of intelligence to pleasure." While telling the story of his life he rambles on about soups, stocks, and curry. Discussion of the perfect vinaigrette leads to analysis of the perfect seven-to-one martini. The perfect everything must be espoused, declared, and examined. By instinct, the reader does not like this rambling dilettante full of unsolicited opinions. The beauty of this novel is that the writer makes the readers doubt themselves. At first we struggle to like him and the book, but we find him pompous, then unbearable. Just as we are growing angry with this book and its smug narrator, we start to realize that he is obsessive. The fault is not with the book nor with the reader. There truly is something "not right" about this man. His gourmetism is not about a universal pleasure, the common human experience of eating, but about setting himself apart, eating special foods, having special pleasures, being answerable only to special laws. Finally we realize that we were right to have suspected this gourmet, that he truly is deranged, in fact, a dangerous psychopath.<br><br>My tablemates don't like the monkfish, and only give it a five.<br><br>What should a gourmet look like? I'm afraid most Chinese would not accept my friend the fat gastronomic adviser as a gourmet. A true gourmet--a judge--has the wisdom to know when to stop eating. From Confucius to Mao, most Chinese philosophy has contended that excess is unnatural, wasteful, and alien to proper dining. Chinese food writing emphasizes the healthiness of gourmets and their choices. Otherwise gourmetism is suspect. The contemporary Chinese writer Lu Wenfu in his novella "The Gourmet" writes: "The word gourmet is pleasing to the ear, perhaps also to the eye. If you explain it in simple everyday language, however, its not so appealing. A gourmet is a person who is totally devoted to eating."<br><br>Karl Friedrich von Rumohr, an early-nineteenth-century gourmet, known in his language as a feinschmecker, literally a fine taster, not only separated gourmands and gourmets but perhaps shed some light on Plato when he wrote in 1822, "Dull witted brooding people love to stuff themselves with quantities of heavy food, just like animals for fattening. Bubbly intellectual people love foods which stimulate the taste buds without overloading the belly. Profound, meditative people prefer neutral foods which do not have an assertive flavor and are not difficult to digest, and therefore do not demand too much attention."<br><br>Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the French lawyer, politician, and self-declared gourmet, also insisted that a true gourmet was health conscious. It is interesting to note that in France, gourmets, like intellectuals, are often self-declared. Curiously Brillat-Savarin rejected any distinction between the words "gourmet" and "gourmand," consistently calling the epicurean judges of food gourmands but denying that it had anything to do with gluttony. He did not have the American awkwardness about celebrating physical pleasure.<br><br>But plump men were of little appeal to Brillat-Savarin and so he denounced overeating by men while stating that women gourmets "are plump, chubby, pretty rather than beautiful, with a slight tendency to fullness of figure." In another work he wrote, "Gourmandism is far from unbecoming to women," and so we have a good idea of how Brillat-Savarin liked his gourmets.<br><br>Having finished and rated a light fruity young Basque Rioja, my well-fed, arithmetical lunch-mates opened a big imposing garnet-colored Rioja just as a thick, rare, salted, and grilled steak, a chuleta, is brought to our table. After giving it a ten, the food guide author placed the bone on my plate. "Take that," he says. "It's the best part, but you have to pick it up with your hands and gnaw on it." And he was right. A gourmet knows that the best part is not always the expensive part, and he will find that part, and then he will share it. A gourmet should want to share. Brillat-Savarin insisted on gourmets sharing.<br><br>I took the bone in my hands.<br><br>Judging foods without regard to price is a rich man's game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one. As though to underscore this point, the steak was followed by an oxtail stew, and this black-sauced peasant dish met with the double-digit rating as well. But not everyone could afford to be so tested. Only the rich can follow a thick, aged, choice steak with a stew from the tail. And so I sometimes wonder if it does not behoove those who have that luxury to talk less about it. It comes back to Plato's point. Fundamentally, gourmetism, unlike judging the fine points of art or<br><br>music, is focused on a biological need designed to ease the pain of hunger, and lifting it above this level implies overlooking the sad fact that some people do not have the means to assuage that pain.<br><br>Dessert arrives, a white mousse with a berry sauce, and my two friends are engaged in lively discourse over whether it contains queso de filadelfia, which further descends into competing eulogies in praise of cream cheese.<br><br>I wonder: Are people who spend all their time meticulously dissecting a physical pleasure far from needing a twelve-step program? In 1997 the American Academy of Neurology announced the discovery of something called gourmet syndrome: "a new eating disorder in which some patients with right anterior brain lesions suddenly become compulsively addicted to thinking about and eating fine foods." In this study of 723 patients with brain lesions, 36 were observed becoming gourmets, and of those, 34 were found to have lesions in the right anterior part of the brain. A businessman who preferred a good tennis match to dinner suffered a brain hemorrhage and afterward "couldn't stop talking or writing about food." One patient had been a political journalist until a brain hemorrhage led him to become a food writer. Maybe I should go to a doctor now for my scan.<br><br>Things are getting worse at the table. Over brandy and Cuban cigars they have turned from the cream cheese debate to the rating of Cuban versus Brazilian woman. I notice by the physical descriptions offered to bolster their arguments that they both like their women pretty much the way Brillat-Savarin did. That must be what gourmets like. Or is it gourmands?<br><br>--based on an article from Food & Wine magazine, October 1999<br><br>Ben Sira Against Gluttony<br><br>In the second century b.c., according to legend, Simeon Ben Sira was born already speaking and with his teeth fully formed. After reaching a more acceptable age he began writing a series of maxims and proverbs. --M.K.<br><br>If you are sitting at a grand table, do not lick your lips and exclaim, "What a spread!"<br><br>Remember, it is a vice to have a greedy eye.<br><br>There is no greater evil in creation than the eye; that is why it must shed tears at every turn.<br><br>Do not reach for everything you see, or jostle your fellow-guest at the dish; judge his feeling by your own and always behave considerately.<br><br>Eat what is set before you like a gentleman; do not munch and make yourself objectionable.<br><br>Be the first to stop for good manners' sake and do not be insatiable, or you will give offense.<br><br>If you are dining in a large company, do not reach out your hand before others.<br><br>A man of good upbringing is content with little, and he is not short of breath when he goes to bed.<br><br>The moderate eater enjoys healthy sleep; he rises early, feeling refreshed.<br><br>But sleeplessness, indigestion, and colic are the lot of the glutton.<br><br>If you cannot avoid overeating at a feast, leave the table and find relief by vomiting.<br><br>--The Wisdom of Ben Sira,<br><br>second century b.c.,<br><br>translated from the Hebrew<br><br>Le Mesnagier de Paris on Gluttony<br><br>This sin of gluttony has two aspects and is divided into five types. The first type is when someone eats sooner than is appropriate, that is to say too early in the morning or before the hour of praying, or before going to church, before having heard the words and commandments of God. Every creature should have the good sense and discretion to know that you shouldn't eat before the hour of tierce, except in cases of sickness, weakness, or some such constraint.<br><br>The second type of gluttony is eating more often than one should or when there is no need to eat. The Scriptures say, "To eat once a day is angelic, eating twice a day is human, eating three, four, or more times a day is living like an animal and not a human being."<br><br>The third type of gluttony is eating and drinking so much during the course of a day that it makes one sick, so ill as to be bedridden.<br><br>The fourth type of gluttony is eating so greedily that one doesn't stop to chew the food but swallows it whole and soon becomes, as the Scriptures say of Esau, the first born of his brothers, that he ate with such haste that he nearly choked.<br><br>The fifth type of gluttony is the search for delicacies, no matter what the price, when one could do with less and thereby afford to help one or a few people who are in need. We read of this sin in the Gospels--the evil rich man, dressed in purple, who ate copiously every day but had nothing to give to poor lepers. It is said that he was damned for having lived too delicately while refusing to share in the name of God as was his duty.<br><br>--from Le Mesnagier de Paris, 1393,<br><br>translated from the French by Mark Kurlansky<br><br>Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin on Gourmets<br><br>I have thumbed every dictionary for the word gourmandism, without ever being satisfied with the definitions I have found. There is a perpetual confusion of gourmandism in its proper connotation with gluttony and voracity: from which I have concluded that lexicographers, no matter how knowing otherwise, are not numbered among those agreeable scholars who can munch pleasurably at a partridge wing au supreme and then top it off, little finger quirked, with a glass of Lafitte or Clos Vougeot.<br><br>They have completely, utterly forgotten that social gourmandism which unites an Attic elegance with Roman luxury and French subtlety, the kind which chooses wisely, asks for an exacting and knowing preparation, savors with vigor, and sums up the whole with profundity: it is a rare quality, which might easily be named a virtue, and which is at least one of our surest sources of pure pleasure.\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: Who Packs Your Presenter's Parachute?\nDescription: ['Celia provides a fresh perspective on how to build and improve presentation skills. Her passion to succeed is evident. --Rick Dobry, President, North America Supply, Diageo, November 28, 2005<br /><br />Your book is filled with solid information and usable strategies. You have priceless insight into you audience. --Raleigh Pinskey, author of 101 Ways to Promote Yourself, November 28, 2005<br /><br />I recommend that you implement the easy to use format she has explained in this book. --Dr. Jack Wolf, author of Powerful Presentation Techniques, November 28, 2005', 'Celia Szelwach, a 2003 Women in Business Winner for the Tampa Bay Area, has been designing and delivering high performance training processes and Organizational Development (OD) initiatives for government, academic, and corporate entities for over 16 years. She earned her B.S. in Spanish from the United States Military Academy at West Point and her M.B.A in International Trade from the University of Sarasota. Celias career began at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where she became a senior paratrooper, earned numerous commendations for her leadership and training programs and achieved the rank of Captain. Upon completion of her military commitment, Celia served as a Production & Logistics Supervisor, OD Facilitator, and HR Manager for world-class beverage manufacturer, Tropicana Products. In 2000, Celia founded her company Creative Collaborations Consulting, specializing in organizational development, change management, leadership coaching, and multicultural business development. Celia frequently partners with large corporations and speaks for professional associations and international conferences. In 2004, she served as the VP Professional Development for ASTD Suncoast Chapter and is a member of the National Society for Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) and the Hispanic Professional Womens Association (HPWA). As a freelance writer, Celia writes the monthly corporate diversity column for Tampa Bays Maddux Business Report and the business column for U Manatee Magazine. In 2006, she published Who Packs Your Presenters Parachute? which features tips and tools for improving salesmanship, personal impact, and presentations to groups. Celia has completed all but her dissertation (ABD) requirements for her doctorate in business administration with Argosy University and plans to focus her dissertation on leadership. She received the 2004 Presidents Merit Award from the Girl Scouts Gulf Coast and recently served as Marketing Chairperson for the Womens Leadership Initiative United Way Manatee County.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stealing Ryder\nDescription: ['Hi! I am V. Murphy and I love everything about reading (some may call me a bibliophile). I am a current graduate from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with my bachelors in psychology and heading out west to live the California dream while pursuing my Masters degree in School Counseling at the University of San Diego. You can find me writing in a Panera, small coffee shop or on campus. When I am not spending my time in school or reading, I love to write, bake and shop. Thank you for taking your time to pick up and read my story. I hope you loved it as much as I have loved writing it for you. If you would like to know more about me and the books in progress, look me up on the net. Facebook: www.facebook.com/VMurphyAuthor Twitter: www.twitter.com/vmurphy16 Email: vmmurphy4@gmail.com Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4336642.V_Murphy', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Night Train: A Beatnik Family Odyssey\nDescription: ['ABOUT THE AUTHOR In 1961, Constance Hood received a diary for Christmas. Her Beatnik mother and uncles were breaking all the rules, and she took notes. Mrs. Hood spent much of her career as an educator and has been published as a contributor in books and periodicals.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Meant for Me (Second Chances)\nDescription: ['L.P. Dover is the author of the Forever Fae series, as well as the Adult contemporary series called Second Chances, and her NA romantic suspense standalone called Love, Lies, and Deception. She lives in the beautiful state of North Carolina with her husband, her two wild girls, and her rambunctious kitten, Katrina. Before she began her career in the literary world, L.P. Dover spent her years going to college and then graduated to cleaning teeth, which she loved doing. At least until the characters in her head called her away. She has never been the same since.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Why Moms Are Weird\nDescription: [\"Twenty-seven-year-old Benny Bernstein struggles with her weight, her insecurities and a sinkhole of family love and dysfunction in Ribon's compassionate follow-up to her debut, Why Girls Are Weird. Three years after her father's death, Benny has shed 50 pounds, built a life for herself in Los Angeles and just begun what might be her first successful relationship with hipster Mickey. But a distraught phone call from her mother, who lost her job and broke her leg in a car accident, brings Benny home to Virginia, since her younger sister, Jami, still living at home, can't be relied on. Back east, Benny discovers her mother's house has become an animal shelter, and she has three secret boyfriends and a red-hot sex life at age 53. As if that weren't overwhelming enough, Jami is dating an abusive ex-con. Benny hires a hot handyman to help clean up the house and finds herself enjoying his teases and flirtations while missing Mickey. Between her mother's eccentricities, her sister's stubbornness and her own self-doubt and confusing love life, Benny isn't sure she'll ever be able to return to L.A. Chick lit fans will identify with this kind, imperfect heroine. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'As in her debut novel, <i>Why Girls Are Weird </i>(2003), Ribon\\'s central character is a bouncy and articulate twentysomething struggling to find her niche in the world. Belinda Bernstein, aka Benny, has an art history degree and works in a travel agency in Los Angeles, where she followed her actor boyfriend, who is now out of the picture. When her mother breaks her leg and loses her job, Benny returns to Virginia to help out, abandoning her current boyfriend in the process. There she finds her widowed mother juggling three suitors and Jami, Benny\\'s younger sister, \"dating another gangbanger.\" Benny adds to this manic mix by carrying on a flirtatious relationship with her mother\\'s yardman, who has a master\\'s degree yet sounds like a hillbilly. Another mystery is why Jami keeps going back to her abusive boyfriend. Although several characters remain sketchy, there are lots of humorous moments as Benny attempts to untangle these entwined relationships. <i>Deborah Donovan</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Raw\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Practice of Ritual Magic: Powerful Aids to Concentration and Visualization\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Rome: A Marked Men Novel\nDescription: ['Deliciously real, raw, and romantic. Jay Crownover is amazing! (Monica Murphy, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author)<br /><br />A wildly addicting read. Youll love Rule, the man and the book! (<b>Cora Carmack, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of LOSING IT</b> on Rule)', '', 'Sometimes the wrong choice can be just right . . .', 'Fun and fearless, Cora Lewis knows how to keep her tattooed \"bad boy\" friends at the Marked in line. But beneath all that flash and sass is a broken heart. Cora won\\'t let herself get burned again. She\\'s waiting to fall in love with the perfect mana baggage-free, drama-free guy ready for commitment. Then she meets Rome Archer.', \"Rome Archer is as far from perfect as a man can be. He's stubborn, rigid, and bossy. And he's returned from his final tour of duty more than a little broken. Rome's used to filling many roles: big brother, doting son, supersoldierbut none of those fit anymore. Now he's just a man trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life while keeping the dark demons of war and loss at bay. He would have been glad to suffer through it alone, until Cora comes sweeping into his life and becomes a blinding flash of color in a sea of gray.Perfect may not be in the cards, but perfectly imperfect could just last forever . . .\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The National Road and the Difficult Path to Sustainable National Investment\nDescription: ['Ted Sky\\'s book on the Historic National Road is an important contribution to the National Road Heritage Corridor\\'s work of preserving the history and heritage of this important transportation artifact. The book\\'s focus on the historical, constitutional, and economic significance of the road\\'s construction and maintenance during the early part of the Nineteenth Century will be exceedingly valuable to students of that period. (Donna Holdorf, Executive Director, National Road Heritage Corridor)<br /><br /><span><span><span>Roads connect people, and a national road can unite a country. The significance of extending and linking an expanding nation, along with the debate surrounding the extent and suitability of public involvement in the planning and financing of such a road in the US, are compelling stories that reveal much about not just literally the path but also the pace of American economic and political development. Sky (law, Catholic Univ.) has written an interesting, thorough history of this significant early national internal improvement--the National Road. Initially authorized in 1806 by Thomas Jefferson, by 1839 it would ultimately stretch more than 600 miles across six states from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois. This systematic, detailed study examines and deconstructs some of the legislative and constitutional debates while also providing insight into the constructive and engineering complexities in the thoroughfare\\'s design and operation. As an instrument of national unity and identity, the National Road had cultural, political, and economic significance. As this history demonstrates, its story remains relevant as the antecedent of the continuing debates around public investment strategies; as such, this study will benefit undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and faculty. </span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Summing Up:</span><span> Recommended. Academic, research, and public library collections. </span></span></span> (<i>CHOICE</i>)', '<span><span style=\"padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Theodore Sky</span><span> is distinguished lecturer at Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America.</span></span></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Enslaved by the Ocean (Criminals of the Ocean)\nDescription: ['', '\"Ms. Jewel can write a steamy love-making scene. You know the kind where you cease to hear all background noise. It\\'s just you and the characters.\" Lisa of Three Chicks and Their Books', '', '', 'Popular romance writer Bella Jewel is the author of the MC Sinners series. An Australian native, Bella calls Far North Queensland home. When not writing, she spends time swimming and having fun with her two daughters. She relishes her career as a writer and is constantly thinking of new book ideas.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dog Helps Those: A Golden Retriever Mystery (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['I grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where the golden retriever mysteries are set, and I began writing these books because I fell in love-- with a dog. My golden retriever, Samwise, was my faithful companion for twelve years, and somewhere in the middle of that love affair I thought about writing a book about a guy and his dog. That evolved into In Dog We Trust, the first of my mysteries. Sam crossed over the rainbow bridge a few years ago, but he lives on in my heart and in these books. Now I am the proud papa of two goldens, Brody and Griffin, and they inspire me every day.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Before Jamaica Lane (On Dublin Street Series)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>On Dublin Street</i>:</b><br /><br />This book had some funny dialogue, some amazingly hot sex scenes, and emotional drama. Did I mention the amazing sex scenes?Dear Author<br /><br />This is a really sexy book and I loved the heroines journey to find herself and grow strong. Highly recommend this one.<i>USA Today </i>Happily Ever After<br /><br />Youngs voice is riveting, and once I opened the book, I wanted to hang a do not disturb sign around my neck until I was finished. This book definitely landed on my 2012 top picks!Fiction Vixen Book Reviews<br /><br />This book is fun. Sexy. A little dark. While the hero is extremely dominant, he also shows his softer side just when she needs it.Smexy Books Romance Reviews<br /><br />Every page sizzles when these two get together, but this book is so much more than a hot romp. This book has heartand lots of it....If you want a book that will lure you in, grab you by the scruff of the neck, and never let you go until you finish reading the last page, then On Dublin Street is the book for you.Totally Booked<br /><br />Brilliantly written with just the right amount of hotness, sexiness, and romance and everything else in between.Once Upon A Twilight<br /><br />The chemistry between Jocelyn and Braden was on fire. The characters were believable and more importantly they were lovableone of the best books I have read in 2012!Rainy Day Reads<br /><br />This book has it allromance, fabulously written heat, family, friendship, heartbreak, longing, hope, and an ending that is completely satisfyingBookish Temptations<br /><br />Lots of heart makes this book an absolute page-turner.<i>RT Book Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Heart-melting romance... exasperation and angst, made for an excellently balanced, all-consuming read.\"<i>Maryse\\'s Book Blog</i>', 'Samantha Young is a Scottish book addict who graduated from the University of Edinburgh. She is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>On Dublin Street</i>and<i>Down London Road</i>.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Instant Pot Cookbook: 10 Ingredients Or Less. Easy & Healthy Recipe for Everyone\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Deadly Captive (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Bianca Sommerland was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. When not reading neurotically or writing as though the fate of the world rests on her keyboard, she is either watching hockey or teaching her daughters the beauty of a classic, steel pony while reminiscing about her days in Auto Body Mechanics. Her time is balanced with utmost care between normal family life, and the internal paranormal realm where her characters reside. For the most part, she succeeds.']",
"rejected": "Title: Text Processing in Python\nDescription: ['', '<b> <i>Text Processing in Python</i> </b> is an example-driven, hands-on tutorial that carefully teaches programmers how to accomplish numerous text processing tasks using the Python language. Filled with concrete examples, this book provides efficient and effective solutions to specific text processing problems and practical strategies for dealing with all types of text processing challenges.', '<b> <i>Text Processing in Python</i> </b> begins with an introduction to text processing and contains a quick Python tutorial to get you up to speed. It then delves into essential text processing subject areas, including string operations, regular expressions, parsers and state machines, and Internet tools and techniques. Appendixes cover such important topics as data compression and Unicode. A comprehensive index and plentiful cross-referencing offer easy access to available information. In addition, exercises throughout the book provide readers with further opportunity to hone their skills either on their own or in the classroom. A companion Web site (http://gnosis.cx/TPiP) contains source code and examples from the book.', 'Here is some of what you will find in thie book:', '', '', '<b>David Mertz</b> came to writing about programming via the unlikely route of first being a humanities professor. Along the way, he was a senior software developer, and now runs his own development company, Gnosis Software (\"We know stuff!\"). David writes regular columns and articles for <i>IBM developerWorks, Intel Developer Network, O\\'Reilly ONLamp,</i> and other publications.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hers\nDescription: ['Dawn Robertson is a two time best selling, twenty-something indie author, and mother. She lives in sunny senior citizen packed Florida, where she wrangles her flock of kids and writes smut. Dawn can normally be found swearing like a sailor, making late night drive-thru appearances, arguing with her kids (or being run over by their power wheels), reading a steamy romance while hiding in her bathroom, writing her little heart out on her laptop (or dragging her Macbook to the Genius bar praying they can save her latest work in progress), shopping for My Little Pony goodies, being the life of the party at a book signing, or sipping on a smoothie. She loves to hear from her fans, readers, and authors alike. Feel free to drop her a message. Dawn rarely takes life seriously, so be sure to expect heavy sarcasm from her. She is also the life of the party, so be sure to meet up with her at one of the many author events she will be attending in the next couple months. Buy her a shot of whiskey, and she will love you for life. Find Dawn Robertson: Facebook : http://facebook.com/authordawnrobertson Twitter : http://twitter.com/eroticadawn Website : http://eroticadawn.com AuthorDawnRobertson@gmail.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Beluga Whales (Worldlife Library)\nDescription: [\"An engaging introduction to this small, charismatic whale, <i>Beluga Whales</i> explores the beluga's evolution, physical characteristics, distribution, migration, behavior, and social structure.\", 'Belugas, or white whales, are particularly familiar to us as exhibits in captive displays around the world. They are capable of a wide range of bodily and facial expressions. Anthony Martin discusses the practical and moral issues raised by keeping belugas in captivity. Whaling, hunting by native Arctic peoples, and pollution of our seas and waterways is also discussed.', 'In addition, Martin acquaints readers with whale-watching, providing details of where, when and how to get close to belugas in their natural environment. Lavishly illustrated throughout with the best available images of this photogenic whale, <i>Beluga Whales</i> will appeal to a wide audience of nature lovers.', 'Also recommended: <i>Humpback Whales, Killer Whales, Blue Whales, Beluga Whales, Sperm Whales, Sharks, Bottlenose Dolphins</i>.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Kiss an Angel\nDescription: [\"Readers who have enjoyed Phillips's writing in the past (Heaven, Texas) will be disappointed by her latest contemporary. In dire straits as a result of her irresponsible lifestyle, Daisy Devreaux is given an ultimatum by her outraged father?jail or an arranged marriage to Alex Markov, a broodingly handsome Russian handpicked by her father to teach Daisy the error of her ways. It's a thin plot that's kept going by a superabundance of sex. In better outings, Phillips's razor sharp wit might keeps things afloat, but there is nothing funny in the mean-spirited and abusive hero. <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '\"Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of the best writers of contemporary women\\'s fiction in the twnntieth century!\"-- \"Affair de Coeur\"', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Stolen\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Inevitable\nDescription: [\"<span>Angela Graham isa New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author of the Harmony Series. Shealso co-writes erotic quickies with friendS.E. Hall.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Angela livesin Tipp City, Ohio with herthreerowdy children and a beautiful feline companion that keepsher company during late night writing binges.<br /><br />Herlove of reading has been life long but it was in early 2012 whenshe was inspired to finally put pen to paper and writeher first story. Since thenshe haven't been able to stop, fueled purely byher passion to write and create characters that readers can connect with. </span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wham! It's a Poetry Jam: Discovering Performance Poetry\nDescription: ['Using over 30 of her own poems as a guide, Sara Holbrook teaches readers how to present poetry with rhythm, movement and a strong voice in Wham! It\\'s a Poetry Jam: Discovering Performance Poetry, with a foreword by Jane Yolen. Much of her advice is geared to teachers; guidelines and advice for organizing a poetry \"wham\" appear midway. <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.', 'Grade 2-5-The author of Walking on the Boundaries of Change (1998) and The Dog Ate My Homework (1997, both Boyds Mills) presents some of her poems along with tips on how to perform them. She explains how to move, how to put emotion behind the words, and how to make rhythm affect the performance in notes at the beginning of each poem, and occasionally in short, chatty captions at the end. Her instructions are easy to follow, although they often feel like lessons (\"Can you think of some achy-breaky movements to put with this poem?\"). She\\'s also not consistent in the way she talks about voice projection-in two places she mentions volume or loudness, while later she explains that it\\'s actually the strength of the voice, not its volume, that carries. The poems themselves vary in appeal, as they range from the goofy (\"The dog ate my homework. You\\'ve heard that before? This one ate the table, then chewed through the door\") to the righteous (\"I\\'m not on your track, and my whistle is fixin\\' to scream. I\\'m warning you, Jack. Peer pressure just makes me get steamed\"). Though not illustrated, the book has an inviting, colorful design with stars and spirals in pastels all over each page and text set on blocks of color, matching the energy in Holbrook\\'s voice. Some readers will find this offering too teacherly and \"for kids,\" but younger poets and adults may enjoy her suggestions on how to produce a poetry jam.<br /><i>Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, CA </i><br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Changing His Game\nDescription: ['<b>10 Books to Read Before Seeing Magic Mike XXL- Bookbub.com</b>']",
"rejected": "Title: Inside the Minds: The Art & Science of Plastic Surgery - Leading Surgeons from NYU, Georgetown University & More on the Keys to Success within this Dynamic Field\nDescription: ['This book is written by:', 'Court Cutting, M.D., Director, Cleft Lip and Palate Program Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center - Practicing the Craft of Plastic Surgery', 'Michael Olding M.D., FACS, Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery & Associate Professor of Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center; Director, Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center -Communicating with the Patient', 'Craig R. Dufresne, M.D., FACS, Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University - The Marriage of Art & Surgery Surgery & Art', 'Lance G. Leithauser, M.D., Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Shady Grove Center for Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery - The Successful Plastic Surgeon', 'Jay M. Pensler, M.D., Associate Professor, Clinical Plastic Surgery Northwestern University Medical School - Plastic Surgery for a New Millennium', 'Franklin D. Richards, M.D., FACS & A. Dean Jabs, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeons Cosmetic Surgery Associates - Focusing on the Patient', 'Khosrow Matini, M.D., FACS, Chief of Plastic Surgery, INOVA Mount Vernon Hospital; Director, Rejuvenation Center for Plastic Surgery - Plastic Surgery and Plastic Surgeons in the 21st Century', 'Mark E. Richards, M.D., Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Ageless Impressions Plastic Surgery Institute - Understanding the Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon', 'Louis P. Bucky, M.D., FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Plastic Surgery University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - The ABCs of Plastic Surgery', 'David T.W. Chiu , M.D. , FACS, FAAP, Director, New York Nerve Center & Clinical Professor of Surgery New York University Medical Center - Envisioning the End Result', 'Barry J. Cohen, M.D., FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Suburban, Sibley, Montgomery General, Shady Grove, and Holy Cross Hospitals & The Washington Hospital Center - The Rewards of Plastic Surgery', 'Amitabha Mitra, M.D., Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery Temple University Health Sciences Center - The Evolution of Plastic Surgery', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Renegade Lady (Renegade Sons MC) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Book of 3: Three Short Stories from the Heart\nDescription: ['Dobie Holland is an author and teacher from Chicago, who has lived in Singapore, Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia. He has worked as a journalist for Chicagos oldest newspaper, the Chicago Defender, as an editor for Johnson Publishing Company, and as the publicist for the Harlem Globetrotters.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Under Locke\nDescription: [\"Mariana Zapata began writing love stories soon after she learned how to spell. She probably shouldn't admit that she started sneaking romance novels from her aunt's bookshelves way before she was old enough to even understand what it meant when a man flipped up a woman's skirt. (Don't tell her mom.) Luckily, she learned to love the process of two people falling in love instead of all the other juicy stuff. Mariana lives in Houston, Texas with her longtime boyfriend and two beloved (and emotionally manipulative) Great Danes, Dorian and Kaiser. When she's not pretending to write, she's reading. You can usually find her burning somewhat edible experiments in the kitchen or cracking jokes at the expense of her family members.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Backstage Pass\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wild\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lessons on Faith\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fierce\nDescription: ['<b>\"WOW .... very emotional. I loved it! What an incredible twist of events, talk about unexpected. FA-BU-LOUS!\"</b> -- Isa Loves Books Blog<br><br> <b>\"A couple with so many problems and flaws than perfection, and exactly because of that, so charismatic.\"</b> -- Vânia N. from Aborboletaquele Blog<br><br><b>\"It is very extremely emotional throughout the story, and you carry those emotions with you through the story ... Would I recommend it to everyone: That would be a definite HELL YES\"</b> -- Trina\\'s Tantilising Tidbits Blog<br /><br /><b>\"I love Clarissa\\'s writing style and looking forward to her next story.\" </b>-- Mary M.<br> <br> <b>\"This is an exciting and emotional story of two young adults trying to survive and make the right decisions as they stand in the brink of adulthood.\"</b><i> </i>-- Gloria H.<br> <br><b>\"I would recommend this book to friends. I love books like this with fighters and feisty girls. Just pulls you in you know? Y\\'all have to read this book. It\\'s steamy, sexy, wild, dirty, fighting it\\'s just whoa!\"</b><i> </i>-- Ninna on Goodreads', \"<b>FREE BOOKS from Clarissa Wild!</b><br><ol><li>Raveled By You</li><li>The Billionaire's Bet #1</li><li>Blissful Vol. 1</li></ol><b>JOIN CLARISSA WILD'S NEWSLETTER AND RECEIVE A FREE STORY!</b><br><ul><li>First Dance With You</li></ul><b>COPY N PASTE TO JOIN NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/FdY71</b><br><br><b>Connect with me!</b><br> Website: clarissawild.blogspot.com<br> Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/ClarissaWildAuthor<br> Twitter: twitter.com/WildClarissa<br> Pinterest: pinterest.com/clarissawild<br> Google+: plus.google.com/u/0/110159060064239089141 <br><br><b>Don't forget to leave a REVIEW!</b><br>Please leave a review! Your opinion counts, as readers and writers rely on them for their purchasing decisions. Thank you!\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Seniors Are People, Too!: Exceptional Ministry With Seniors In A Youth-Focused Culture\nDescription: [\"J. D. Moseley, a native Texan, has called Nashville, Tennessee his home for the past fifteen years. Happily married for 34 years, he is father to three and grandfather to one. Having served in full-time ministry, he is now Executive Director of Sage Ministries, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit dedicated to empowering churches, church leaders, and other believers in developing exceptional ministry with today's seniors.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Broken Fences (TroubleMaker)\nDescription: ['<br>Favorite Places ~ A TroubleMaker Novel Book 2 ~ Release Date: 12/10/2013<br><br>Books in this series do not need to be read in sequence.', '<span>USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Kelly Gendron is the author of the TroubleMaker series, Breaking the Declan Brothers, and a few other romantic suspense novels.</span><br /><br /><span>When she's not writing steamy, blush producing romances, she's out meeting new people while representing a group of reputable nursing facilities. You can find Kelly in a quiet suburb, somewhere between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. If you Google her, she'll pop up there too. And, please do find her. Kelly loves to hear from her readers, and meeting new people.</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Sark's Pure Relaxation 2006 Calendar\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Worth The Chance\nDescription: ['<span>\"I loved this \"unputabledownable\" second chance love story. Vince is absolutely freakin hot and his alpha-caveman attitude was oh so sexy.\"</span><br /><span>~<i>Cheri,</i></span><span><span><i>kindlecrack.net</i></span></span><br /><span></span><span></span><br /><span>\"I think I bit my nail down to the quick at about 85% in the story. It was a bit emotionally intense. All in all,</span><span><span>Worth the Chance</span><span>was just brilliantly done.\"</span></span><br /><span>~<i>Nita, Bookchickwithkick.com</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Beautiful, raw and intense. I loved it!\"</span><br /><span>~<i>Kimberly, Twocrazygirlswithapassionforbooks.blogspot.com</i></span>', \"Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work. She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting <i>New York Times</i> & <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling romance author by night!\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Furniture Finishing and Refinishing\nDescription: [\"Almost any piece of furniture is worth saving. In this book you'll learn: tips for stripping and restoring old furniture, staining and filling for character and camouflage, the most popular finishes - their selection and use, an array of unusual finishing techniques, and much more.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Consequences of Deception\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Kill and Tell\nDescription: ['Linda Howard\\'s romantic suspense <i>Kill and Tell</i> supplies readers with plenty of thrills and chills. As a nurse, Karen Whitlaw has seen more than the average person, but even she isn\\'t prepared to identify the body of the father she hasn\\'t seen since she was 13. The local detective on the case, Marc Chastain, informs Karen that her father, who was homeless, has been murdered. Still grief stricken over the recent death of her mother, Karen isn\\'t prepared to examine her feelings about her father and his absence from her life. She is willing to accept that he was the victim of street crime until her home is burglarized and she becomes the target for some frightening \"accidents.\" Whoever killed her father is after her, and the only hope she has for discovering why must lie in the notebook that Karen\\'s father mailed to her mother shortly before his death.', 'Iris Johansen Author of <I>Long After Midnight</I> A riveting masterpiece of suspense. Linda Howard is a superbly original storyteller -- <i>Review</i><br /><br />Karen Whitlaw\\'s mother had been dead for only a few weeks when Karen received a package from a man she hardly knew- her father. Raw from the pain of her recent loss as well as the years of her father\\'s abandonment, Karen puts the package and its papers away without reading them. Months later, Karen is called to New Orleans to identify the body of her father. He was murdered... and soon it becomes apparent that someone is after Karen as well. Detective Marc Chastain\\'s first impression of Karen is negative. But he quickly discovers her apparent lack of feeling is due to the iron control she has over her emotions. Marc quickly revises his opinion of Karen- it\\'s not that she doesn\\'t care, it\\'s that she cares too much. Marc\\'s investigation of Karen\\'s father\\'s death brings the two together and Marc is determined to get to know the lady better. But first he has to keep her alive, and discover who wants her dead, and why. Linda Howard takes readers on an emotion-packed, suspenseful ride through New Orleans. The city comes alive under this talented author\\'s attention to detail, creating a sensual, dangerous atmosphere. Marc Chastain is a perfect hero, as sensual as New Orleans on a rainy night.Fast paced and intriguing! A delicious read from Linda Howard! Linda Howard pens the most sensual stories... she\\'ll make your heart beat a little faster! Romantic suspense has never been better! Linda Howard proves that romance and danger are a heady combination! Kristina Wright -- <i>Copyright © 1998 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved</i> -- <i>From <a href=\"/exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/literary-times.html/${0}\">Literary Times</a></i>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hero\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: American Artists On Art: From 1940 To 1980 (Icon Editions)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Angels Dawn\nDescription: [\"Komali da Silva, was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is an Island situated just South of India. . She started writing as a teenager but never took it very serious, because at that time her love for basketball and track and field sports was much stronger. At the age of seventeen she moved to Switzerland with her sister to live with their father. Komali has a degree in Insurance but is dreaming of having her own book cafe one day. Komali adores reading. Some of her favorite authors include Lauren Kate, Cassandra Clare, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Cecelia Ahern, J.K. Rowling and Richelle Mead. She started immortalizing her words on paper in June 2012. At that time what she didn't know was, that she was pregnant with her first baby. After her daughter Amlia Ishwari was born, Komali finished her debut novel Angels Dawn. Komali now lives in Bern Switzerland with her husband, daughter and two cats.\", '', '']",
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"query": null,
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"chosen": "Title: Invincible (Trident Code) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Alana Albertson is the former President of Romance Writers of America's Chick Lit and Young Adult chapters. She holds a Masters of Education from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stanford. A recovering professional ballroom dancer, Alana currently writes contemporary romance. She lives in San Diego, California, with her husband, two sons, and four dogs. When she's not spending her time needlepointing, dancing, or saving dogs from high kill shelters through her rescue Pugs N Roses, she can be found watching episodes of House Hunters, Homeland, or Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. Please visit her website at www.alanaalbertson.com\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fighting for Love (A Second Chances standalone) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['USA TODAY Bestselling author, L.P. Dover, is a southern belle residing in North Carolina along with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she even began her literary journey she worked in Periodontics enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries. Not only does she love to write, but she loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes, white water rafting, and you cant forget the passion for singing. Her two number one fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime and those songs usually consist of Christmas carols. Aside from being a wife and mother, L.P. Dover has written over nine novels including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, and her standalone novel, Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre to read is romantic suspense and she also loves writing it. However, if she had to choose a setting to live in it would have to be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Love, in English\nDescription: ['', 'A standalone, contemporary romance....', 'Hes thirty-eight. Im twenty-three.', 'He speaks Spanish. I speak English.', 'He lives in Spain. I live in Canada.', 'He dresses in thousand-dollar suits. Im covered in tattoos.', 'Hes married and has a five-year old daughter.', 'Im single and cant commit to anyone or anything.', 'Until now.Because when they say you cant choose who you fall in love with, boy aint that the damn truth.', '***', 'To a restless dreamer like Vera Miles, it sounded like the experience of a lifetime. Instead of spending her summer interning for her astronomy major, she would fly to Spain where shed spend a few weeks teaching conversational English to businessmen and women, all while enjoying free room and board at an isolated resort. But while Vera expected to get a tan, meet new people and stuff herself with wine and paella, she never expected to fall in love.', 'Mateo Casalles is unlike anyone Vera has ever known, let alone anyone shes usually attracted to. While Vera is a pierced and tatted free spirit with a love for music and freedom, Mateo is a successful businessman from Madrid, all sharp suits and cocky Spanish charm. Yet, as the weeks go on, the two grow increasingly close and their relationship changes from purely platonic to somethingmore.', 'Something that makes Vera feel alive for the first time.', 'Something that can never, ever be.', 'Or so she thinks', '**Reviews**', '\"A three-dimensional love story with depth, hope, and heart-wrenching consequences. This book makes me want to drop everything and fly to Spain.\" - K.A. Tucker, author of Ten Tiny Breaths', '\"I have to say that this is the most emotional and beautiful book Halle has written. She\\'s written great love stories before but there was nothing else to distract you here, no horror, no action. This is all emotions, real and gritty and hard.\" - Ginger Read Reviews', '\"Love, in English is so much more than just boy meets girl. It\\'s a story of two people from opposite sides of the world that find something in each other that makes them question what it is to live and what it is to just be alive. I dare you not to be moved by the story of Vera and Mateo.\" - My Book Muse', '\"I fell in love with this story and all of the characters. Halle created such a passionate, romantic and magical story that it is in a word....Unforgettable. Love, In English is addictive complete with amazing writing and many heartwarming moments that anyone looking for their next brilliant read should look no further.\" - Shhh Mom\\'s Reading', '\"Stormy. Passionate. Gripping. A tumultuous story with ups and downs, with shades of gray and vibrant colors. It\\'s a story about choices and emotions, bravery and fate, of boldly being yourself and fighting for the destiny we choose.\" - Vilma\\'s Book Blog', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Monster in His Eyes\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Amazon Echo: The Beginner's User Guide to Master Amazon Echo (Amazon Echo 2016, user manual, web services, by amazon, Free books, Free Movie, Prime ... Prime, smart devices, internet) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<span>N/A</span><span></span>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beautiful Ink (Forever Inked Novel) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Nicole Reed is the New York Times Bestselling Author of Ruining You. She is a true Southern girl, enjoying life with her husband and three children in the peachy state of Georgia. As a child, she discovered another world between the pages of a book. In 2012, she self-published her first book Ruining Me, and then followed it with Ruining You, Cake, and Wasted Heart. Her books have also been listed on the overall Top 100 Amazon and Barnes & Noble Bestselling list. She is represented by Ginger Clark with Curtis Brown, LTD. You can follow her on Facebook www.facebook.com/authornicolereed, Twitter @nicole1reed, and her website www.nicolereedbooks.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Best Christmas\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: It Ain't Me, Babe\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Farmhouses: Stylish Decorating Ideas for the Classic American Home Country Living\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Alpha\nDescription: ['', 'The first time it happened, it seemed like an impossible miracle. Bills were piling up, adding up to more money than I could ever make. Mom\\'s hospital bills. My baby brother\\'s tuition. My tuition. Rent. Electricity. All of it on my shoulders. And I had just lost my job. There was no hope, no money in my account, no work to be found. And then, just when I thought all hope was lost, I found an envelope in the mail. No return address. My name on the front, my address. Inside was a check, made out to me, in the amount of ten thousand dollars. Enough to pay the bills and leave me some left over to live on until I found a job. Enough to let me focus on classes. There was no name on the check, just \"VRI Inc.,\" and a post office box address for somewhere in the city. No hint of identity or reason for the check or anything. No mention of repayment, interest, nothing...except a single word, on the notes line: \"You.\" Just those three letters.', 'If you receive a mysterious check, for enough money to erase all your worries, would you cash it?', 'I did.', 'The next month, I received another check, again from VRI Incorporated. It too contained a single word: \"belong.\"', 'A third check, the next month. This time, two words. Four letters. \"To me.\"', \"The checks kept coming. The notes stopped. Ten thousand dollars, every month. A girl gets used to that, real quick. It let me pay the bills without going into debt. Let me keep my baby brother in school and Mom's hospice care paid for. How do you turn down what seems like free money, when you're desperate? You don't. I didn't.\", 'And then, after a year, there was a knock on my door. A sleek black limousine sat on the curb in front of my house. A driver stood in front of me, and he spoke six words: \"It\\'s time to pay your debt.\"', 'Would you have gotten in?', 'I did.', \"It turns out $120,000 doesn't come free.\", '<b><i>***This is a sexy, heart-stopping, full-length standalone novel.***']",
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"chosen": "Title: Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons)\nDescription: ['\"A sexy, sweet treasure of a story. I loved every word.\" (Sylvia Day, #1 New York Times bestselling author)<br /><br />\"Christina Lauren is my go-to author when I\\'m looking for sexy and sweet.\" (Jennifer L. Armentrout, #1 New York Times bestselling author)<br /><br /><i>Sweet Filthy Boy</i> lives up to every yummy bit of its title. Each word, each thought, each touch from Ansel is pure, unadulterated SEX. Christina Lauren\\'s assured writing and their ability to create a scorching and witty love story makes them an <i>automatic</i> 1-Click for us. (<i>The Rock Stars of Romance</i>)<br /><br />\"<i>Sweet Filthy Boy</i> had my heart pounding from cover to cover and reminded me of first loves and being young. A must-read!\" (<i>Fangirlish</i>)<br /><br />\"No one is doing hot contemporary romance like Christina Lauren. <i>Sweet Filthy Boy</i> is beyond swoon worthy.Just give me Book Two right now.\" (<i>Bookalicious</i>)<br /><br />Lauren\\'s snappy dialogue, amusing banter, and dual first-person perspectives (with alternating chapters told from London\\'s and Luke\\'s points of view) keep the emotions high, close, and intense. A hyper-sexy sophisticated romance that perfectly captures the hunger, thrill, and doubt of young, modern love. (<i>Kirkus Reviews on Wicked Sexy Liar</i>)<br /><br />\"Full of expertly drawn characters who will grab your heart and never let go, humor that will have you howling, and off-the-charts, toe-curling chemistry, <i>Dark Wild Night</i> is absolutely unforgettable. This is contemporary romance at its best! Beautifully written and remarkably compellingit reminded me why Christina Lauren\\'s books have a place of honor on my bookshelf.\" (Sarah J. Maas, bestselling author of Throne of Glass on Dark Wild Night)<br /><br />Hot . . . if you like your hook-ups early and plentiful...\" (<i>EW.com</i>)<br /><br />A devilishly depraved cross between a hardcore porn and a very special episode of <i>The Office</i>For us fetish-friendly fiends to feast on!! (<i>PerezHilton.com</i>)<br /><br />\"The perfect blend of sex, sass and heart, <i>Beautiful Bastard</i> is a steamy battle of wills that will get your blood pumping!\" (S.C. Stephens, bestselling author of Thoughtless)', 'Christina Lauren is the combined penname of longtime writing partners/best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the<i>New York Times</i>,<i>USA TODAY</i>, and #1 International bestselling authors of The Beautiful and Wild Seasons series,<i>Dating You/Hating You, Roomies, Love and Other Words, Josh and Hazels Guide to Not Dating</i>, and the critically acclaimed<i>Autoboyography</i>. You can find them online atChristinaLaurenBooks.com, Facebook.com/ChristinaLaurenBooks, or @ChristinaLauren on Twitter.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.\nDescription: ['Oliver Wendell Holmes is a major figure not only in American law but also in American letters. Edited by noted judge and legal scholar, Posner, this excellent one-volume anthology offers a mixture of Holmes\\'s letters, speeches, and judicial opinions. Posner\\'s introductory essay provides a fine framework for understanding Holmes\\'s varied attitudes and multiple approaches to judicial issues. Posner sees Holmes\\'s distinctive contribution as a \"writer-philosopher\" who placed literary/rhetorical skills and philosophical insight into legal work, and Holmes\\'s correspondences with major late 19th-and early 20th-century personalities reveals that era\\'s intellectual ferment. Posner\\'s skillful analysis of Holmes\\'s work is a worthwhile contribution to current American political/legal discussions.<br /><i>- Steven Puro, St. Louis Univ.</i><br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cooper (Corps Security)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: bipolar passages\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Come to Me Softly (Closer to You)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for A.L. Jacksons novels</b><br />Exquisite, beautiful, poignantA.L. Jackson is in a league of her own!S.C. Stephens, #1<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>Reckless</i><br /><br />A devastatingly beautiful story of love, grief, and healing. Every emotion on the page will grip at your heart, and leave you stuck in the characters lives for days after.Molly McAdams, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author.', '<br /><i>Come To Me Quietly</i> is a riveting tale of loss, two souls destined to be together and discovering strength in forgiving ones self from regrets keeping them chained to finding true happiness. Simply breathtaking.Gail McHugh, <i>New York Times </i>Bestselling Authors of <i>Collide</i> and <i>Pulse</i><br /><br />A.L. Jackson has written such an emotionally impactful story that grabs you right from the start.Kim Karr, author of <i>Torn</i><br /><br />A.L. Jackson delivered another emotionally driven love story. I was captivated from the first page until the last.<i>RomanceLoversBookBlog</i><br /><br />Oh this book was amazing. I know I gush like a school girl, but I cannot contain myself when I find a story that leaves me clutching its pages to my heart.<i>Tinas Book Reviews</i><br /><br />Can A.L. Jackson write anything but excellence? Not in my eyes!...5 star perfection!<i>Madison Says</i><br /><br /><br /><br />', '', '<b>A. L. Jackson </b>is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Closer to You series. She lives in Southern Arizona with her husband and three beautiful children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hill Country Landowner's Guide (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series)\nDescription: ['', '\". . . Jim\\'s description of the Hill Country brings it alive. . . .\"-Doug Welsh, author, <i>Doug Welsh\\'s Texas Garden Almanac</i>', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Heart Of Light\nDescription: ['T.K. Leigh, otherwise known as Tracy Leigh Kellam, is a USA Today Bestselling author of the Beautiful Mess series, in addition to several other works. Originally from New England, she now resides in sunny Southern California with her husband, dog, and three cats, all of which she has rescued (including the husband). In late 2015, she gave birth to her first (and only) baby. When shes not planted in front of her computer, writing away, she can be found training for her next marathon (of which she has run over fifteen fulls and far too many halfs to recall) or chasing her daughter around the house. T.K. Leigh is represented by Jane Dystel of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. All publishing inquiries, including audio, foreign, and film rights, should be directed to her.']",
"rejected": "Title: Behind the Drive\nDescription: [\"Brilliant ... Beautifully written, simply thrilling ... One of the bravest books I've read in a long time ... Essential for anyone who wants more out of life. - --Pat Williams, Orlando Magic Senior VP, bestselling author<br /><br />A great read! Kenney Moore understands that the business of people is people. - --Jim Hunter, bestselling author of The Servant<br /><br />Kenney Moore is a rebel with a heart of gold -- and with a story our world needs right now. - --Kennan Burch, founder and CEO of Brand Catalyst Partners\", \"Brandon Sneed is an author and freelance journalist based in eastern North Carolina. He has worked with CNN, ESPN, Vox, GQ, and more. His new book, <i>Behind the Drive: A Story of Passion, Dreams, Demons, and Hwy 55</i>, the World's Next Favorite Burger Joint, is out now. You find more Sneed at brandonsneed.com, Twitter (@brandonsneed), and Facebook (facebook.com/sneed).\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Within These Walls\nDescription: [\"J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready Series. She is a California native living in the beautiful state of historic Virginia. Married to her high school sweetheart, they have two beautiful girls that drive them batty on a daily basis. When she's not writing, you will find her with her nose stuck in a romance novel, in a yoga studio or devouring anything chocolate. J.L. Berg is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC.\", '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Pop/Rock: Guitar Play-Along Volume 12\nDescription: ['Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Raine\nDescription: ['<span><i>\"This is the perfect book to read after a book hangover. Simple, sweet, beautiful love. Boy meets girl. Boy and Girl fall in love. Boy and Girl take on the world.\" </i>~ A Love Affair With Books </span><br /><br /> <span><i>\"The way JC was able to make me relate to both our male and female characters is such a great symbol of how great she writes.\"</i> ~ Book Boyfriend Review</span><i><br /><br />\"J.C. Valentine took my heart and squeezed it with this one.\" </i>~ I Love Story Time<br /><br /><span><span><i>\"</i></span></span><i>J.C. Valentine sure knows how to create a male that is not only drool worthy in looks, but a dream come true in every way imaginable\"</i> ~ Deliciously Wicked Books', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ujo Noguchi Complete works (Japanese Edition) eBook\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Seek (Delirious)\nDescription: [\"<span>Clarissa Wild is the USA Today Bestselling author of FIERCE, a college romance series, but she's best known for the dark Romance novel Mr. X. She is also a writer of erotic romance such as the Blissful Series, The Billionaire's Bet series, the Doing It Series and the Enflamed Series. She is an avid reader and writer of sexy stories about hot men and feisty women. Her other loves include her furry cat friend and learning about different cultures. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, reading tons of books and cooking her favorite meals.</span><br /><b></b><br /><b>Want to get an email when my next book is released? </b><br /><b> Sign up here and receive a free short story: eepurl.com/FdY71</b> <br /> <i>Check out my website: clarissawild.blogspot.com/</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Copshock, Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd)\nDescription: ['\"A powerful book! It\\'s well written, fast paced.... I was glued to each story.\" Peter Schweitzer, Law Enforcement Coordinator, Seafield Center.', '\"One of the first to dramatically expose the stresses on some of the most important people in our society: police officers.\" Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D., author of I Can\\'t Get Over It.', '\"Allen Kates has done a real service for cops. His stories are compelling and you won\\'t find a better, more complete listing of support sources anywhere!\" Ellen Kirschman, Ph.D., author of I Love A Cop.', '\"We didn\\'t ask for PTSD, as veterans, police, or victims of any traumatic experience, but we can ask for a copy of this book for better understanding.\" Rod \\'Doc\\' Kane, combat veteran, author of Veteran\\'s Day.', '\"I would recommend this book not only to police officers, but to anyone with PTSD, or anyone at high risk of developing symptoms of PTSD.\" Bennett A. Jennings, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, PTSD Clinical Team, Department of Veterans Affairs. -- <i>Publisher Comments</i>', 'CopShock Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) This book is for active and retired police officers, police recruits, war veterans, corrections officers, paramedics, firefighters, nurses, doctors, security guards, crime victims-anyone suffering from trauma. Nightmares, flashbacks, anger, concentration problems, emotional detachment, avoidance of people and places... These are some of the signs of PTSD. As many as one in three cops may suffer from PTSD, a condition that could lead to depression, suicidal thoughts, addictions, eating disorders as well as job and family conflict. CopShock reveals how to prevent or manage dangerous PTSD symptoms that can destroy a police officer\\'s career and family life. Recommended by trauma experts, this easy-to-read book -Prepares police officers for the aftermath of horrific trauma -Helps families understand PTSD\\'s effect on their loved ones -Tells true stories of officers-men and women-with PTSD -Offers over 200 international support sources \"...a powerful book! It\\'s well written, fast paced... I was glued to each story.\"', '-Peter Schweitzer, Law Enforcement Coordinator, Seafield Center \"...one of the first to dramatically expose the stresses on some of the most important people in our society: police officers.\"', '-Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D., author of I Can\\'t Get Over It \"Allen Kates has done a real service for cops. His stories are compelling and you won\\'t find a better, more complete listing of...support sources anywhere!\"', '-Ellen Kirschman, Ph.D., author of I Love A Cop \"We didn\\'t ask for PTSD, as veterans, police, or victims of any traumatic experience, but we can ask for a copy of this book for better understanding...\"', '-Rod \"Doc\" Kane, combat veteran, author of Veteran\\'s Day This book is a reference for a healthier, happier quality of life. You will refer to it often.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Lover's Secret (No Exceptions) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Quiltmakers\nDescription: [\"Pam Lintott is the co-author of <i>Jelly Roll Quilts</i> and the owner of The Quilt Room, Europe's premiere quilting and patchwork shop. Together with her daughter Nicky, Pam has also written <i>Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts</i>.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Rough Justice: Sinner's Tribe Motorcycle Club (The Sinner's Tribe Motorcycle Club)\nDescription: ['\"<span>Filled with twists and turns, wild sex, fights, and motorcycles, this action-packed story will appeal to</span><span>romantic-suspense readers who prefer bad-boy heroes, saucy heroines, and a touch of erotica in the</span><span>bedroom.\" (<i>Booklist</i>)</span>', '<i>New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the dark, gritty biker romance, Rough Justice, Sarah Castille, worked and travelled abroad before trading her briefcase and stilettos for a handful of magic beans and a home near the Canadian Rockies. She writes contemporary erotic romance and romantic suspense featuring blazingly hot alpha heroes and the women who tame them.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: William Steinitz, Chess Champion: A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar\nDescription: ['\"a really good read\" -- <i><i>Chess Post</i></i><br /><br />\"highly recommended\" -- <i><i>The (Baltimore) Sun</i></i><br /><br />\"outstanding...should be in the library of every serious collector\" -- <i><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></i><br /><br />\"very well researched...a significant contribution\" -- <i><i>Inside Chess</i></i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Last Day of My Life (Freebirds) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Flower Mound (Images of America)\nDescription: ['Jimmy Ruth (J.R.) Hilliard Martin grew up in the shadow of the mound. Her efforts to compile an accurate history of Flower Mound and share stories unknown to most Flower Mound residents became of paramount importance. Images of America: Flower Mound utilizes photographs, oral stories, and facts that have been passed down through generations. It depicts strong pioneers and their love and sacrifices that give credence to the American Dream.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Consume Me (Ravage MC#3) (Volume 3)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Katy Duck, Big Sister\nDescription: ['<b>Alyssa Satin Capucilli</b> is the award-winning creator and author of the Katy Duck and Biscuit series. A dancer as well as a writer, she lives with her family in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Three Sisters (Emily Castles Mysteries)\nDescription: [\"I thought this was a great read from start to finish. <i>Booked Up</i><br /><br />Fast-paced, funny, and mysterious. <i>Socrates' Book Reviews</i><br /><br />Fast-paced and unusual, I highly recommend this one. <i>Eva's Sanctuary</i><br /><br />It grips you from the very beginning. <i>Books Bistro </i>\", \"<i>Sign up to Helen Smith's Book News and receive a FREE Kindle copy of one of Helen Smith's books: helensmithbooks.com/aa</i><br /><br />Emily Castles is a twenty-six-year-old Londoner who lives in Brixton, south London, where I live. The London that you'll find in the <i>Emily Castles Mysteries</i> has familiar locations and landmarks. But it has a village feel that is typical in cozy mystery books (and not very typical of a big city like London): neighbors know each other and help each other out. <br /><br />I started out reading Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh and Arthur Conan Doyle, and I go back to their stories time and again, both on the page and on TV and film. Miss Marple has to be one of my all-time favorite characters in a book! More recently, I have enjoyed mysteries written by Charlaine Harris, Alexander McCall Smith and M C Beaton. <br /><br />With the <i>Emily Castles Mysteries</i>, I wanted to create stories that use some of the enduringly popular ingredients from the golden age of British crime writing. But I have set them in the present day, so there's a little urban grit mixed in with the fun. Emily herself, with her dimples and her dark brown hair, her sweet nature, her good humor and her love of solving mysteries, is partly based on my daughter, who is around the same age. Unlike my daughter, Emily will never get older... only a little wiser, perhaps, and a little more adept at sleuthing as the series develops. <br /><br />Like all my books, the <i>Emily Castles Mysteries</i> feature strong, interesting female characters, and plenty of funny lines. But unlike the other books, there's no profanity. There are no drug references or sexual references. These are clean, comic mysteries that can be enjoyed by readers of any age. They're slightly camp and very British. They're not to be taken too seriously. I hope readers will enjoy them and keep coming back for more.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Circus and Other Stories\nDescription: [\"Four books originally published in the mid-1920s by Marshak and Lebedev are gathered in this collector's edition, which features new English translations. Lebedev's images merge modern graphic design principles with cubist and constructivist art styles. The title story features a series of acts from The famed Tsaniboni's/ Circus: trained ponies,/ Donkeys, bright lights/ And all manner of sights. Themes of labor and communal goals are apparent in a story in which tools come together to create craft a wooden plane; another tale follows a prosperous man who selfishly consumes all of the ice cream available from hand-carts. In a sequence of pictures, he transforms into a snowman: And by now the hand which holds/ His wallet is icy cold. While the primary audience for the collection may be children's literature scholars and design aficionados, mature young readers may recognize the influence of the artwork on some contemporary favorites. All ages. (May)\", \"Gr 1-4The stories in this title are really four poems: The Circus, Ice Cream, Yesterday and Today, and How the Plane Made a Plane. Each one was published separately in the 1920s, the result of a famous collaboration between noted avant-garde artists who contributed to what is known as the golden age of Russian children's books. Both writer and artist were also distinguished for their works for adults. The art of Lebedev is a forerunner of World War II poster art, full of angular, colorful shapes. The text in many places does not scan well, as the translator has tried to do justice to both Marshak's style and content, but this will probably not bother children. Perhaps most appealing to young readers will be the first two poems: the first for its stunning posterlike art of the circuseach page of which could stand by itselfand the second, for its particularly imaginative idea of a greedy man buying up all of the ice cream in the seller's cart and, as he eats it, gradually turning into a snowman, to the children's delight. The book will probably appeal to elementary-school children, but its greater attraction may be to those who are interested in the history of children's picture books and the avant-garde movement of that period in Europe.Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Affordable Homes for Every Stage of Life: 100 Easy-Living Home Plans\nDescription: ['Committed to excellence, Donald A. Gardner Architects, Inc. has won more than 65 awards for house plans, Parade homes and publications, while being members of various industry and business organizations - from the American Institute of Architects to the Better Business Bureau.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hell's Angels Biker Wars: The Rock Machine Massacres (Crimes Canada: True Crimes That Shocked the Nation)\nDescription: [\"<b>RJ Parker, P.Mgr., MCrim</b>, is an award-winning and bestselling true crime author and publisher of RJ Parker Publishing. Inc. He has written 18 true crime books which are available in eBook, paperback and audiobook editions and have sold in over 100 countries. He holds Certifications in Serial Crime and Criminal Profiling. Parker amazes his readers with top notch writing and idealist research. The Canadian writer has a better grasp of criminology and the psyche of a serial killer's mind than most people who spend a lifetime in a professional field chasing criminals and diabolic fiends.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Unsolved Crime Mysteries (Unsolved Mystery Files)\nDescription: [\"Gr 3-6-Cavelike tombs in Ireland, green children found in England, deserted ships, fish falling from the sky, and people poisoned from taking Tylenol are among the world's wide variety of unsolved mysteries. Each volume introduces five to seven mysteries, some well covered in other children's books and others less familiar. These selections include basic overviews of the situation, evidence, the major question or mystery, some of the past search for answers, conclusions, and the remaining unanswered questions. Some descriptions are a bit sketchy or vague. Some photographs, such as the tattooed corpse of the Siberian ice maiden, add a bit of information or intrigue. The discussion of the work of scientists is a bit of a bonus in Archaeological Mysteries. Some of the short bibliographies feature books from this publisher's other series, but others include recent, more informative titles. VERDICT This is a crowded field, but these quick reads are useful additions where more materials are needed.(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Flawless Mistake (The Spencer & Sione Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Grown-Up Fast\nDescription: ['Israel recreates in harrowing detail the listless, drug-saturated ambiance of the Long Island schools of her youth. \"This account of an adolescence of little contentment is impressive with its clear message about the family life that suburbia is allegedly designed to enhance,\" remarked PW. <br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Hello!: And Every Little Thing That Matters\nDescription: ['Edwards, a consultant, provides useful guidelines for customer service. The book emphasizes an understanding of customer service as a conversation. The book is written in a conversational tone with engaging examples. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. (E. G. Ferris, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)', '', '', '\"As a man of details, I found great value in every little bit of this insightful guide. Drawing on her years of service in our profession, Kate demonstrates how the golden rule of restaurants is really the golden rule for everything. Even the smallest matters matter. That\\'s true in the kitchen and the dining room, but it also holds in the world beyond.\" Thomas Keller, Chef/Proprietor, Thomas Keller Restaurant Group', '', '\"Service that is personal and genuine is one of the few differentiators left in business. This book provides you with a detailed roadmap on how you can create a culture of service that will not only differentiate your business but bring customers back again and again.\" Chester Elton, New York Times Best-selling author, All In and What Motivates Me', '', '\"When you roll out the red carpet for your customers, they\\'ll run out and bring you new customers! Kate Edwards understands the link between service and sales. In Hello! And Every Little Thing That Matters, she has given us a manual filled with the actionable steps and the tiny details that create a world class customer experience. Every leader of a service organization should buy this book.\" Donna Cutting, Author, 501 Ways to Roll Out the Red Carpet for Your Customers', '', '\"In Hello! And Every Little Thing That Matters Kate Edwards has done a masterful job of distilling \\'on the job experience\\' into concise and practical information that is useful to anyone in business. This is a great read for those interested in providing the very best service to their customers.\" Philip H. Jones, President and CEO, Jones Dairy Farm', '', '\"Kate Edwards breaks down the essential ingredients for exceptional customer service. Hello! recognizes the importance of attracting people who share your core values and making sure they understand that, above all, \\'service is the engine of sales\\' for successful and profitable companies.\" Robert Spector, author and speaker, The Nordstrom Way to Customer Service Excellence', '', '\"Kate\\'s wonderful book is the one our industry has been waiting for! As Kate amply demonstrates, the best service comes from a deep place of wanting to treat others with warmth, graciousness and skill and she has created a compelling text for how to translate this impulse into a consistently excellent mode of doing business.\" Katy Sparks, Chef/Owner, Katy Sparks Culinary Consulting and Tulley Road Foods', '', '\"Kate is my spirit animal in the hospitality industry. One I aspire to be. She is bright and present in every moment, yet calm and introspective all the same. For years I\\'ve wondered what it is that makes her up into this incredible woman, inspired coach and marvelous manager. Now I realize it\\'s not just a few big things that define her and the secret to it all, it\\'s Every Little Thing That Matters!\" -Christina Tosi, Chef/Owner, Milk Bar', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Paper Princess: A Novel (The Royals)\nDescription: ['Ella, youre wanted in the principals office, Ms. Weir says before I can step inside the Precalculus classroom.<br><br> I check my watch. Im not even late.<br><br> Its one minute before nine and this watch is never wrong. Its probably the most expensive item I own. My mom said that it was my dads. Besides his sperm, its the only thing he left behind.<br><br> No, its not about tardinessthis time. Her normally flinty gaze is soft around the edges, and my gut relays a warning to my sluggish morning brain. Ms. Weir is a hard ass, which is why I like her. She treats her students like were here to learn about actual math instead of some life lesson on loving your neighbor and crap like that. So for her to be giving me sympathetic looks means something bad is cooking down at the principals office.<br><br> She should save her sympathy for Justin Slade, the captain of the football team, who is unironically sticking his tongue between his fingers and waggling the wormlike thing at me. He bragged about his tongue the day wed met, when he cornered me in the hallway, informed me I was hot, and graciously offered to give me the best sex of my life. Id said thanks, but no thanks.<br><br> Since then hes been hounding me to reconsider, but it doesnt matter, because I wont have to deal with him for much longer. Hes going to college next year and will be in for a sore surprise when he realizes the best days of his life were in high school. His pathetic attempt at mocking me doesnt deserve acknowledgement.<br><br> Fine. Its not like I can give any other response. I offer a nod and redirect myself to the school office.<br><br> Ill email you the course assignment, Ms. Weir calls after me.<br><br> Again with the sympathy. I should be worried. The implication behind her statement is that I wont be returning to class, but theres nothing Principal Thompson has to say that could faze me.<br><br> Before enrolling in George Washington High School for my junior year, I had already lost everything of importance. There isnt anything else anyone can take from me.<br><br> Even if Mr. Thompson has somehow found out Im not technically living in the GW school district I can think of some lie to stall for time, and if I have to transfer, which is the worst thing that could happen to me today, then Ill do it.<br><br> If he brings up the fact that my mother is a stripper? Well, Ill call him a liar and remind him that having a stripper for a mother isnt grounds for suspension or dismissal.<br><br> Hows it going, Darlene?<br><br> The mom-haired school secretary barely looks up from her People magazine. Take a seat, Ella. Mr. Thompson will be right with you.<br><br> Yep, were on a first-name basis, me and Darlene. One month at GW High and Ive already spent way too much time in this office, thanks to my ever-growing stack of late slips. But thats what happens when you work nights and dont see the smooth side of the sheets until three a.m. every night.']",
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"rejected": "Title: The One Year Devos for Sports Fans\nDescription: ['\"Ready to win the Game of Life?\" <P> The Bible talks a lot about training for life as an athlete trains for a race. Some days everything gels and you\\'re in the zone, while other times you feel like you\\'re limping along the sideline. Success in life-just like the sports world-requires maximum effort, dedicated discipline, intense concentration, experienced coaching, and a healthy daily diet. That\\'s what \"The One Year(R) Devos for Sports Fans\" brings to you. <P> Each of the 365 \"training sessions\" utilizes the best equipment out there. Hundreds of replays from real-life competitions help you apply winning strategies for following God every day. Your coach? God himself. The playbook? His Word, the Bible. <P> Victory is yours when you train with the ultimate Champion. <P> Runners, take your mark . . .', 'Kathy Hillman and John Hillman, along with their now-grown children, Marshall, Michael, and Holly, have spent most of their family life enjoying athletic events at the youth, high school, college, and professional levels. Working with students ages six through sixteen led the Hillmans to combine their love of sports with their devotion to God through the writing of Devos for Sports Fans as well as two previous books. The Hillmans are currently involved with both the collegiate world and the sports world and live in Waco, Texas.']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Jerry Lewis Films: An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic\nDescription: ['\"The ultimate tribute.\" --The Intelligencer Record<br \\\\><br \\\\>\"A superior tome.\" --Classic Images<br \\\\><br \\\\>\"The best book ever written about Jerry Lewis\\' movie work! Well-researched, smartly organized, and crisply written...essential.\" --Roctober<br /><br />\"Valuable.\" --Video Eyeball<br /><br />\"The best book ever written about Jerry Lewis\\' movie work! Well-researched, smartly organized, and crisply written...essential.\" --Roctober', 'Using interviews with Jerry Lewis and many of his co-stars, this book analyzes his collaborative efforts with Dean Martin, his subsequent solo work, his writing and directorial careers, and later movies such as Hardly Working (1979) and The King of Comedy (1982).', \"Comprehensive data are provided for each of the films, with cast and production credits, studio, release date, and running time. Lewis's own reflections on his work are included for many of the entries.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Buried Secrets\nDescription: ['Brandi resides in Ohio as a devoted wife and mother of three beautiful children. She has many passions in life, writing being one. Unlike a lot of writers, Brandi doesn\\'t see this as a job, but as a passion, and it comes naturally to her. Throughout her life she has played with it, writing quirky poems and short stories bordering on the bizarre, which no doubt reflects her self-proclaimed \"weird\" personality, but only over the last three years has she really focused on finding her voice. Writing is an outlet. It\\'s what offers relief when she is overflowing with creative juices. It is what keeps her company on a quiet night. And, as all writer\\'s can relate, it is what keeps her up far too late when she should be snuggled into her pillow. As of now, Brandi has quite a few projects she is working on, all unique in their own way, but all with an element of fantasy. A perfectionist at heart, she constantly strives to make each work better than the last. Here\\'s to hoping you enjoy her work because there is more to come.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Light of Hidden Flowers\nDescription: ['', \"Handford's third novel (after <i>Acts of Contrition</i> and <i>Daughters for a Time</i>) centers on identity and how the people in our lives shape our choices...Fans of Carrie Brown and Helen Simonson will enjoy this quietly moving tale. <i>Library Journal</i>\", 'Inspiring readers with a feel similar to <i>Eat, Pray, Love</i>, the story weaves a journey of self-growth with a meaningful reminder that the heart always knows which path is right. <i>RT Book Reviews</i>', '<i>The Light of Hidden Flowers</i> is a special book in the realm of self-discovery fiction. Handford has a wonderful set of skills put to use in the novel form, from smart pacing to a delightful knack for metaphors and a great capacity for warmth. None of her characters feel contrived, most especiallyand importantlyour protagonist. Missy is a relatable and deeply genuine character, flawed and humble and human in a particularly endearing way. In a culture that praises its extroverts and admonishes its introverts to put themselves out there more, Missy is a reminder of the admirable bravery it takes to be quiet in a loud world, to be openly scared and vulnerable and to still persevere. <i>Literary Inklings</i>', 'A deftly crafted and deeply engaging story from beginning to end, <i>The Light of Hidden Flowers</i> is another superbly written novel by Jennifer Handford and very highly recommended. <i>Midwest Book Review</i>', \"An epic journey through love, war, family, and fate. An enjoyable, interesting read with deftly drawn characters that leap to life. This book will stay with you long after you've turned the last page. Adele Levine, bestselling author of <i>Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center</i>\", '', '', 'A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Jennifer Handford now lives in the Washington, DC, area with her husband and three children. A first-place finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest in 2010, her first novel, <i>Daughters for a Time</i>, was published in 2012. <i>People</i> magazine hailed it as a wrenching, resonant debut about infertility, cancer, and adoption. Grab your hankies. In 2014, <i>Acts of Contrition</i> was published. <i>The Light of Hidden Flowers</i> is Handfords third novel.', 'Learn more at www.jenniferhandford.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Future of Our Past (The Remembrance Trilogy & Prequel) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['\"Kahlen is one of my favorite authors! I love this series... Ryan is MINE!\"<b> ~Kelly Elliott, USA and NYT BestSelling Author!</b><div></div><div>\"This book is A-mazing with a capital A. I can\\'t stop thinking about it, truly!\" <b>~Bookish Temptations Book Blog</b></div><div></div><div>\"This book was amazing from the beginning to the very last word!\" <b>~ameliaoesmani.wordpress.com</b></div><div></div><div>\"<b>I came across<i>The Future of Our Past</i>when I saw that E.L. James had recommended the second book in this trilogy<i>Don\\'t Forget to Remember Me</i>, on her Facebook page.</strong></div><span><strong>I was swept away with this story from page one.\" ~Margie Longoria, BestsellersandBeststellars of Romance</b></span><br /><br /><b> "<span>Holy moly! This was absolutely a stunningly, beautiful book..."</span></b><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><span><b>Watching these two beautifully created characters was both heartbreaking & beautiful... I literally feel each & every emotion that both Ryan and Julia felt. It tore my heart in two more than once! ...The passion is so evident when these two are together. It was amazing. And the bedroom scenes.....oh la la!</b></span></div><div></div><div><span><b>I definitely recommend that you grab a copy of this beyond 5 Book worthy novel to every romance lover out there. You'll quickly fall in love with Julia and Ryan, and cheer them on from the beginning."</b></span></div><div><span>~ReviewsByMolly.com</span></div><br /><br /><b>"I need to tell everybody, this is the mostheart warminglove</b><b><span>story that I've ever read, this is huge and utter love between best friends, and I really meant it, it was sweet at first, and later so heartbreaking. I enjoyed so much reading those books... YOU NEED TO READ THIS SERIES, it's like a really sweet '50 Shades of Grey'.</span></b><div><b><span></span></b></div><div><b>Ryan and Julia brought to us a beautiful, pure and true love story, oh! There is a WARNING: after reading it, some of us had developed something called: #RyanAddiction, if you want a one word description to the trilogy is: ROMANCE !"</b></div><div><span>~Karlas's Book Blog</span></div>', \"Please enjoy Kahlen's other highly rated books!<div><div></div><div>The Remembrance Trilogy & Prequel</div><div> 1. Before Ryan Was Mine (Prequel)</div><div> 2. The Future of Our Past</div><div> 3. Don't Forget to Remember Me</div><div> 4. A Love Like This</div><div></div><div>The After Dark Series (also on Audio)</div><div> 1. Angel After Dark</div><div> 2. Confessions After Dark</div><div> 3. Promises After Dark</div><div></div><div>The Famous Novel Series</div><div> 1. Famous</div><div> 2. More Than Famous</div><div> 3. Beyond Famous</div></div>\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: After You: A Novel (Me Before You Trilogy)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for AFTER YOU:</b><br><br>\"Jojo Moyes has a hit with AFTER YOU.”<b>—<i>USA Today<br><br></i></b>“The genius of Moyes…[is that she] peers deftly into class issues, social mores and complicated relationships that raise as many questions as they answer. And yet, there is always resolution. It\\'s not always easy, it\\'s not always perfect, it\\'s sometimes messy and not completely satisfying. But sometimes it is.”<b>—Bobbi Dumas, <i>N</i></b><i><b>PR</b></i><b><br></b><br>“Think Elizabeth Bennet after Darcy\\'s eventual death; Alice after Gertrude; Wilbur after Charlotte. The \\'aftermath\\' is a subject most writers understandably avoid, but Moyes has tackled it and given readers an affecting, even entertaining female adventure tale about a broken heroine who ultimately rouses herself and falls in love again, this time with the possibilities in her own future.”<b><i>–</i>Maureen Corrigan, <i>NPR </i></b><br><br>\"Charming.\" <b>—<i>People Magazine</i></b><br><br> “Like its predecessor [Me Before You], After You is a comic and breezy novel that also tackles bigger, more difficult subjects, in this case grief and moving on… We all lose what we love at some point, but in her poignant, funny way, Moyes reminds us that even if it’s not always happy, there is an ever after.”<b><i> –Miami Herald</i><br></b><br><b>Praise for ME BEFORE YOU:</b><br><br> \"A hilarious, heartbreaking, riveting novel . . . I will stake my reputation on this book.\"<b>—Anne Lamott, <i>People</i></b><br><br> “When I finished this novel, I didn’t want to review it: I wanted to reread it. . . . an affair to remember.”<b>—<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br> “An unlikely love story . . . To be devoured like candy, between tears.”<b>—<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i></b><br><br> “Funny and moving but never predictable.”<b>—<i>USA Today</i> (4 stars)</b><br><br>“Masterful . . . a heartbreaker in the best sense . . . <i>Me Before You</i> is achingly hard to read at moments, and yet such a joy.”<b>—<i>New York Daily News</i></b><br><br> “Funny, surprising and heartbreaking, populated with characters who are affecting and amusing . . . This is a thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love.”<b>—</b><i><b>People Magazine</b><br></i><br><b>Praise for STILL ME:</b><i><br><br>“<i>Still Me </i></i>offers a warm conclusion to the<i> <i>Me Before You</i> </i>trilogy<i>. . . </i>resulting in the best entry in the trilogy yet. . . Moyes has crafted a clear-eyed tale of self-discovery and the sacrifice required to live a life honestly in pursuit of the things you love. [It will] keep you sighing with delight to the very last page. A.”<i> <b>—Entertainment Weekly (online)<br></b></i><br>“Louisa is the perfect mix of daffy and brilliant, a sartorial risk-taker with a knack for solving other people’s problems.  It is utterly satisfying to watch her tackle her own. Readers of Sophie Kinsella and Graeme Simsion’s <i>The Rosie Project</i> will want to start at the beginning. … Moyes fans will be clamoring for the return of Louisa Clark.” <b><i>—Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br><br>“Jojo\\'s work never fails to bring a smile to my face with her honesty, humour and empathy about what it is to be human<i>—[Still M</i>e is] a must read!” <b>—Emilia Clarke</b><br><br>“You sobbed through <i>Me Before You</i>. You sped through <i>Me After You</i>. And now, Lou is back in <i>Still Me</i>. . . don’t miss this funny, romantic third installment.” <b>—HelloGiggles</b><br><br>“Moyes’s easy way of making you instantly care for her characters (deeply) prevails.” <b>—goop</b><br><br> <br><b>Praise for ONE PLUS ONE:</b><br><br> “Safety advisory: If you’re planning to read Jojo Moyes’s <i>One Plus One</i> on your summer vacation, slather on plenty of SPF 50. Once you start the book, you probably won’t look up again until you’re the last one left on the beach…[a] wonderful new novel.”<br><b>—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><br> “Jojo Moyes’ new novel <i>One Plus One </i>adds up to a delightful summer read, where the whole is greater than the sum of its charming parts…Moyes’ observations on modern life are dryly hilarious…You don’t need to be a math whiz to figure out this book is one worth adding to your summer reading list.” <br><b>—<i>USA Today</i> (4 stars)</b><br><br> “Bridget Jones meets <i>Little Miss Sunshine</i> in this witty British romp from bestseller Moyes…Wryly romantic and surprisingly suspenseful.” <br><b>—</b><i><b>People</b></i><br><br> “Fans of the 2006 summer sleeper hit <i>Little Miss Sunshine</i> will find a lot to love in British author Jojo Moyes’ latest, about a madcap road trip that’s packed to the boot with familial drama, class clashes, and romance.” <br><b>—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> (A-)<br></b> <br> “No need to worry where this road trip is headed. Just sit back, roll down your window and enjoy being a passenger.” <br><b>—<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i></b>', '<b>Jojo Moyes </b>is the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Still Me,</i> A<i>fter You, Me Before You, The Horse Dancer, Paris for One and Other Stories, One Plus One, The Girl You Left Behind, The Last Letter from Your Lover, Silver Bay, </i>and<i> The Ship of Brides</i>. She lives with her husband and three children in Essex, England.d.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Everything to Live For: The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt\nDescription: ['<P><B>Turia Pitt</B> is a survivor of the 2011 100km Australian outback marathon grassfire ordeal that has left her with burns on over 64 percent of her body.']",
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"rejected": "Title: Celebrate the Sinner\nDescription: ['Steven Merle Scott was raised and educated in Oregon, Alaska, France and Africa. Born in the Willamette Valley, his father, grandfather and great grandfather were Oregon lumbermen. When he was eight, his parents packed up the family and moved their portable sawmill to Anchorage, Alaska where they began cutting homesteader timber in the summers and teaching school each winter. Scott later returned to Oregon to pursue undergraduate studies at Linfield College. Along the way, he has studied economics, biology, French and medicine. He attended medical school in Colorado, undertook surgical training at the University of Utah and completed his cancer training at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He and his family now live in Salt Lake City in the warm company of Saints and sinners. He is a practicing orthopedist and cancer surgeon.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Focus Groups 101: The Brand Marketer's Guide to the 5 Stages of Focus Group Research\nDescription: ['Michele Brenner is the Principal/Moderator for Brenner Brand Marketing LLC, which has been providing marketing consulting and qualitative research to consumer brand marketers since 2005. Micheles natural curiosity about people, classical consumer packaged goods marketing training, and business management background, combine to make her brand of qualitative research insightful and actionable for the end user. Michele completed the Advanced Moderating course at the RIVA training institute in 2009 and she stays on the cutting edge of research with Qualitative Research Consultants Association training sessions. Previously a Director of Marketing at Scotts Miracle-Gro, Michele has over a decade of corporate experience growing branded businesses with Scotts Miracle-Gro, Campbell Soup Company and DMB&B (advertising account management on the Clearasil brand for Procter & Gamble). She is known for being results-oriented and effective, having posted double-digit sales and profitability gains for several businesses including V8 Splash and a number of Scotts TurfBuilder lawn care products. Her career in brand management has given her extensive experience across a broad range of areas, including market research, new product development, project management, team leadership, marketing plan development, brand positioning, advertising development, media planning, package design, customer presentations, pricing, public relations, consumer and trade promotion, P&L management, budgeting, manufacturing, and logistics. Michele earned a Masters Degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona and a Bachelor of Arts in German Area Studies from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. She lives in Dublin, Ohio with her three children and a menagerie of pets.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Melt (Steel Brothers Saga Book 4)\nDescription: ['The chemistry in Melt is explosive!', '', \"<span><i>New York Times</i>and<i>USA Today</i>bestselling author Helen Hardt's passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn't stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, she's a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.</span><br /><br /><span>Visit her here:</span><br /><span>helenhardt.com</span><br /><span>facebook.com/helenhardt</span>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Love, Chloe\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT <br /> \"Torre\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\" \"RT Book Reviews\" <br /> \"Hollywood Dirt was the real thing pure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\'s not to be missed!!!\" Kim Karr, \"New York Times\" bestselling author <br /> PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E <br /> \"\"The Girl in 6E\" uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\" \"RT Book Reviews,\" Top Pick! (4.5 stars) <br /> \"A.R. Torre\\'s \"The Girl in 6E\" lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\" David Bell, author of \"Never Come Back\" and \"Cemetery Girl\" <br /> \"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. \"The Girl in 6E\" deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. 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Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\"<i>RT Book Reviews</i>, Top Pick! (4.5 stars)', '\"A.R. Torre\\'s <i>The Girl in 6E</i> lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\" --David Bell, author of <i>Never Come Back</i> and <i>Cemetery Girl</i>', '\"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. <i>The Girl in 6E</i> deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\'ll be reading more A.R. Torre books in the future. Kudos!\" --CJ Roberts, <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of <i>The Dark Duet</i>', '\"Dark, edgy, and thrilling in a completely unexpected way.\" --Lisa Renee Jones, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of The Inside Out series', '', '<b>PRAISE FOR HOLLYWOOD DIRT</b>:<br /> \"Torre\\'s contemporary romance is a true hit.\" <i>RT Book Reviews</i><br /><br /> \"Hollywood Dirt was the real thingpure contemporary romance at its finest. Effortlessly told, entertaining, and so very swoon-worthy. It\\'s not to be missed!!!\"Kim Karr, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<br /><br /> <b>PRAISE FOR THE GIRL IN 6E</b>:<br /> \"<i>The Girl in 6E</i> uniquely twisted and captivates from the beginning. The premise is entirely original, as are the characters and the pacing. The main character may be a cold killer, but inside is a woman with a soul who sacrifices everything to keep from unleashing herself on the world.... Torre has written a beautifully warped thriller that will be staying with this reviewer for a long time to come.\"<i>RT Book Reviews</i>, Top Pick! (4.5 stars)<br /><br /> \"A.R. Torre\\'s <i>The Girl in 6E</i> lifts the veil on the dark, erotic world of camming, but the book contains so many more surprises than that. At the novel\\'s core, a tender heart beats, and the increasingly suspenseful pages fly by as its deepest secrets are revealed. This is a taut, edgy, thrill ride, powerfully gripping and impossible to turn away from.\" David Bell, author of <i>Never Come Back</i> and <i>Cemetery Girl</i><br /><br /> \"An incredible debut. Gritty, unique, primal, full of angst, oddly feminist, and right up my alley. <i>The Girl in 6E</i> deviates from formulaic romance to deliver something truly special and worthy of praise and attention. A dark soul like me isn\\'t often surprised by controversy or taboo subject matter, but this book delivers and I\\'ll be reading more A.R. 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"chosen": "Title: Burn (Steel Brothers Saga Book 5)\nDescription: ['\"More mystery and answers, more Steel Brothers and more danger. Sign me up!!!\" (Lustful Literature)<br /><br />\"Each book unfolds leaving readers feeling immensely satisfied.\" (Pretty Little Books Blog)', \"#1 <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Helen Hardt's passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn't stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, she's a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.<br /><br />Visit her here:<br />helenhardt.com<br />facebook.com/helenhardt\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Her Royal Husband (Crown And Glory) (Silhouette Romance)\nDescription: ['', 'ONE DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME...BACK!', \"Five years ago, all-American beauty Jordan Ashbury shared a long hot summer with Ben Prince--a handsome European with much to hide. Yet when autumn arrived, Ben returned home, leaving Jordan with only sweet memories and the child he didn't know she carried.\", \"But now, while catering a royal affair in Penwyck, Jordan ran into Ben Prince and discovered that her handsome summer Romeo was actually...Prince Owen of Penwyck! Yet Jordan couldn't imagine herself as a princess--and refused to let their daughter be torn between them. Still, the power and magic in Owen's kiss just might lead to a truly happy ending...\", '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: John Saul Collection 1: Punish the Sinners, Cry for the Strangers, and Comes the Blind Fury\nDescription: ['House of Reckoning is John Sauls thirty-sixth novel. His first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels include In the Dark of the Night, Perfect Nightmare, Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club, The Right Hand of Evil, Guardian, and Faces of Fear. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Hawaii.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: REEL BASEBALL Baseball's Golden Era, The Way America Witnessed It - In The Movie Newsreels\nDescription: ['', '<b>Les Krantz</b> is the head of Facts That Matter, Inc., a publishing company near Chicago. He is the author of <i>Dark Horses and Underdogs</i>, <i>The Worlds Worst</i> and <i>Not Till the Fat Lady Sings</i>, among many other books. In addition to his books, he has written articles on the everyday significance of statistical information for various print media, which have included <i>Readers Digest</i>, <i>Fortune</i>, and the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. <br /><br />An American icon, <b>Yogi Berra </b>has delighted the nation for sixty years with his baseball heroics and insightful humor. The Hall of Fame catcher won three American League MVP Awards and led the Yankees to 10 World Series titles.<br /><br />Baseball hall of famer <b>Joe Garagiola</b> played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and New York Giants before his highly successful career as a baseball broadcaster and Today show host. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Twisted (Steel Brothers Saga Book 8)\nDescription: ['\"This book is filled to the brim with hotness.\" (Under the Pages)<br /><br />\"Helen Hardt has written another nail biting, hot book.\" (Lucy Rivers, romance narrator)<br /><br />\"What makes this series so special isnt just the combination of feelings and emotions that it stirs, its not just the characters that are compelling and endearing, but its a combination of those and the utterly beautiful and unapologetic writing.\" (Mammie Babbie)<br /><br />\"This book was heart pounding, riveting, romantic and brilliant.\" (Spunky N Sassy Book Blog)<br /><br />\"Readers will be on the edge of their seats and flipping the pages erratically in anticipation of what\\'s to come.\" (Pretty Little Books)<br /><br />\"This is hands down the best book Helen has released yet.\" (Bookalicious Babes Blog)', \"#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Helen Hardt's passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasnt stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, shes a mother, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerrys ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers. Visit her here: https://www.facebook.com/HelenHardt\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Teaching Kids The Holy Quran - Surah 20: Ta Ha (Read With Meaning) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Unraveled (Steel Brothers Saga Book 9)\nDescription: ['\"Relentless action, heart-stopping twists and hard-core romance is what you will find on this ride!\" (Under The Pages)<br /><br />\"A suspenseful, scorching and bittersweet ending to the Steel Brothers Saga.\" (Mammie Babbie)', '#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Helen Hardts passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasnt stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, shes a mother, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerrys ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers. Visit her here: https://www.facebook.com/HelenHardt', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Archibald Cox: Conscience Of A Nation\nDescription: ['Although Archibald Cox is best remembered as the special prosecutor whom President Nixon fired in the infamous \"Saturday Night Massacre\" for his investigation into <a href=\"/exec/obidos/Subject=Watergate/${0}\">Watergate</a>, Ken Gormley\\'s biography reveals the full extent of Cox\\'s distinguished career as a public servant. Starting out as a clerk for <a href=\"/exec/obidos/ISBN=0674518802/${0}\">Learned Hand</a>, Cox went on to become a professor at Harvard Law School and an advisor to then-senator John F. Kennedy. When Kennedy became president, he appointed Cox to the position of solicitor general, where he argued before the Supreme Court in some of the vital civil rights cases of the era. And then, of course, there was the Watergate investigation; Gormley recounts in fascinating detail the wrangling between the Justice Department and the Oval Office over Nixon\\'s tapes, drawing upon unpublished documents and interviews with key participants.', \"In an era when special prosecutors have become common fixtures in controversial news stories, Gormley's portrait reveals how one man carried out the responsibilities of that office with such integrity and class as to rally a nation behind him.\", \"The jurist who gave Richard Nixon fits receives his due in a satisfying biography. Gormley (Law/Duquesne Univ.) approaches Cox as an exponent of a particularly tough, independent-minded, Yankee kind of approach to the law. Born in 1912, Cox came of age in a time when the legal profession was nearly universally respected and when whole lineages devoted themselves to the practice of law (Gormley notes that Cox's great-grandfather William Maxwell Evarts defended Andrew Johnson when impeachment proceedings were undertaken against him in 1868). After clerking for the eminent federal judge Learned Hand, Cox became a government labor lawyer, then a Harvard professor, and then entered politics somewhat reluctantly as a speechwriter for presidential candidate John Kennedy. Despite his solid rsum, Cox was seemingly unprepared for the scrutiny that would attach to his work as the government's special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation of 1973. Gormley examines Nixon's charge that Cox was a politically motivated hit man who, with his staff, ``bored like termites through the whole executive branch,'' noting that Cox was in fact something of a legal conservative who criticized such rulings as Roe v. Wade and who found the whole business of turning up evidence against a sitting president personally distasteful. Gormley gives a careful account of the events leading up to Cox's dismissal at Nixon's orders; the man who fired him was a federal judge named Robert Bork, whose role as hatchet man would come back to haunt him more than a decade later as a nominee for the Supreme Court. Students of the Watergate years will find a few other gems in Gormley's pages, including an admission from Nixon's chief of staff Alexander Haig that the president ``could well be guilty.'' Otherwise, this well-written biography will be of most interest to students of law in the public interest. (b&w photos, not seen) -- <i>Copyright 1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.</i>\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Upside to Being Single\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Majority-Minority Relations (5th Edition)\nDescription: ['', '<b><i>Majority-Minority Relations, Fifth Edition,</i></b> helps to develop understanding of the principles and processes that shape the patterns of relations between racial, ethnic, and other groups in society: Organized by topic, this book provides an integrated look at the social forces that affect different racial groups.', '', '', '<b><i>John E. Farley</i></b> is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he has taught a wide range of course, including many years of teaching the race and ethnic relations course. He conducted his undergraduate studies at Michigan State University, where he received a B.A. in political science. He continued his studies at the University of Michigan, where he received an MA. and a Ph.D. in sociology, as well as the master of urban planning degree. He has taught at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since 1977.', \"He is also the author of <i>Sociology,</i> Fifth Edition (Prentice Hall, 2003). He is an active researcher in urban sociology and race and ethnic relations, and his articles have appeared in the <i>American Journal of Sociology,</i> the <i>American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Urban Affairs Review,</i> the <i>Sociological Quarterly,</i> and a number of other journals. He also regularly presents the results of his research at professional meetings, and has addressed such meetings in Canada and Sweden as well as throughout the United States. He headed a research team studying public response to Then Browning's prediction' of an earthquake in the Midwest in 1990, and was editor of a special issue of the <i>International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters</i> on that topic. His book, <i>Earthquake Fears, Predictions, and Preparations in Mid-America,</i> which reports the results of the three-year study, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1998. Dr. Farley has conducted research on racial housing segregation based on each U.S. census from 1980 through 2000. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, and SIUE's Graduate School and Institute for Urban Research.\", \"Professor Farley has received a number of awards for his work, including the SIUE Outstanding Scholar Award for his research on race relations and racial housing segregation, the SIUE Kimmell Community Service Award for his efforts in creating a fair housing organization in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and SIUE's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., University Humanitarian Award for his efforts in the community. He has served as president of the SIUE Faculty Senate, the Illinois Sociological Association, the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council. Dr. Farley enjoys fishing, snow skiing, travel, and nature and weather photography, especially when sharing these activities with his wife, Alice and his daughter, Megan. In 2004, he became a grandfather. with the birth of his grandson, Justin.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: He Loves Me...KNOT\nDescription: ['<ul><li> <b><span>"<i>He Loves Me...KNOT</i> is the kind of compulsive read you can't put down... Sweet and sexy, hilarious and passionate, it's absolutely delightful. And don't get me started on the Heisman-winning best friend. Happy sigh. 5 Stars"--Author Leslie McAdam</span></b></li></ul><b><span></span></b><ul><li><b>"Filled with heat, heart, and humor, <i>He Loves Me...KNOT</i> issecond-chance romance at its best!"--Rachel Lacey, author of RUN TOYOU</b></li></ul><ul><li><b>"Chock-full of heart and heat and just the right amount of Southern charm, He Loves Me...KNOT is hands down one of my top reads of the year."--Author LK Farlow</b></li></ul><ul><li><b><span>"</span><span><span>THIS IS A MUST READ!"--Laid Back Book Bitches</span></span></b></li></ul><div><div><ul><li><b><span><span><span><span><span><span>"Lies, deceit, lost love. A groom left at the altar. Possible second chances? Sign me up!!"--Misty, White Hot Reads</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li></ul><ul><li><b><span>"Brilliantly written, I adored the characters the flow, the hot scenes in the rightplaces and the plot that had you guessing up to the last chapters.<span>"--Best Book Boyfriends Blog</span></span></b></li></ul><ul><li><b><span><span><span><span><span><span>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span>Find me all the stars so I can give them to this book. Every single star there is."--Kathy, Goodreads Reviewer</span></b></li></ul><ul><li><b><span><span>"</span></span><span><span><span>Alll the feels. Loved every second."--Love and Lavender Book <span>Reviews</span></span></span></span></b></li></ul><ul><li><b><span><span><span><b>"</b></span></span></span></b><b><span><span><span><span><span>Once I started this book I couldn't put it down!"--Words We Love By</span></span></span></span></span></b></li></ul><span></span></div></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume\nDescription: []"
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"rejected": "Title: New Testament Origins: The Passover Slaughter of 4 BCE\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jewish Traditions for Classical and Fingerstyle Guitar\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: My Lobotomy: A Memoir\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America\nDescription: ['Formidable and truth-dealingnecessary. <i><b>The New York Times</b></i><br /><br />This eye-opening investigation into our countrys entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant. <i><b>O Magazine</b></i><br /><br />A gritty and sprawling assault onAmerican mythmaking. <b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />An eloquent synthesis of the countrys history of class stratification. <b><i>The Boston Globe </i></b><br /><br />A bracing reminder of the persistent contempt for the white underclass. <b><i>The Atlantic </i></b><br /><br />[<i>White Trash</i>] sheds bright light on a long history of demagogic national politicking, beginning with Jackson. It makes Donald Trump seem far less unprecedented than todays pundits proclaim.<i><b>Slate</b></i><br /><br />Isenberg . . . has written an important call for Americans to treat class with the same care that they now treat raceHer work may well help that focus lead to progress.<b><i>TIME </i></b><br /><br />With her strong academic background and accessible voice, Isenberg takes pains to reveal classisms deep-seated roots.<i><b>Entertainment Weekly</b></i><br /><br />Carefully researcheddeeply relevant. <b><i>Christian Science Monitor </i></b>', 'Nancy Isenberg is the author of <i>Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr,</i> which was a finalist for the <i>LA Times</i> Book Prize in Biography and won the Oklahoma Book Award for best book in Nonfiction. She is the coauthor, with Andrew Burstein, of <i>Madison and Jefferson</i>. She is the T. Harry Williams Professor of American History at LSU, and writes regularly for Salon.com. Isenberg is the winner of the 2016 Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and was #4 on the 2016 Politico 50 list. She lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Charlottesville, Virginia.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Botchki: When Doomsday Was Still Tomorrow\nDescription: ['\"Only in Poland could you meet perfectly decent human beings who pretended to be anti-Semites,\" writes Zagier of his false arrest by Polish authorities in his home shtetl of Botchki during the 1920s. Wielding this ironic humor with style and ingrained moral outrage, Zagier offers a memoir that reads as easily and entertainingly as Sholom Aleichem\\'s Tevye tales, but frequently packs the emotional punch and biting irony of Isaac Bashevis Singer\\'s Eastern European stories. Fleeing his hometown in 1927, Zagier drafted this memoir in London in the late 1930s and completed it just before his death at 90 in 1998. Zagier\\'s life was crowded with experience his prologue tells of his journalism and OSS (later the CIA) days, and his trial under McCarthyism and his reminiscences of shtetl life are amazingly evocative. Whether describing the layout of the village and its use of the eruv a wire strung about an area to define its religious nature or the vivid images of the momentous arrival of a new rabbi, Zagier relies on plain, descriptive language rather than metaphor. He continually seeks humor in incipient tragedy: \"Those were idyllic days for Botchki. It was still good to be a Jew, so good... that it couldn\\'t possibly be expected to last.\" His prologue reveals that Botchki was destroyed in the war, and his parents and younger brother died in Treblinka, but his portrait of his prewar milieu avoids sentimentality and cheap foreshadowing. Standing as a memoir of a now-dead way of life and its practitioners, the emotional and literary strength of this book makes it a unique addition to the ever-growing literature on Jewish life and culture.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', 'It is written with an unsentimental intelligence and considerable narrative flair...[an] affectionate but candid picture of an Orthodox Jewish milieu. -- <i>Eva Hoffman</i><br /><br />[A] beautifully written account of childhood and youth in a Jewish shtetl. -- <i><i>Times Literary Supplement</i></i><br /><br />[A] treasure-trove of striking word pictures....a powerful, clear-sighted testimony told with all the complex perceptions of love. -- <i><i>Jewish Chronicle</i></i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history)\nDescription: ['This cultural history explains the European settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. Families of zealous, literate Puritan yeomen and artisans from urbanized East Anglia established a religious community in Massachusetts (1629-40); royalist cavaliers headed by Sir William Berkeley and young, male indentured servants from the south and west of England built a highly stratified agrarian way of life in Virginia (1640-70); egalitarian Quakers of modest social standing from the North Midlands resettled in the Delaware Valley and promoted a social pluralism (1675-1715); and, in by far the largest migration (1717-75), poor borderland families of English, Scots, and Irish fled a violent environment to seek a better life in a similarly uncertain American backcountry. These four cultures, reflected in regional patterns of language, architecture, literacy, dress, sport, social structure, religious beliefs, and familial ways, persisted in the American settlements. The final chapter shows the significance of these regional cultures for American history up to the present. Insightful, fresh, interesting, and well-written, this synthesis of traditional and more current historical scholarship provides a model for interpretations of the American character. Subsequent volumes of this promised multivolume work will be eagerly awaited. Highly recommended for the general reader and the scholar.<BR><I>- David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle</I><BR>Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '<br>\"Professor Fischer\\'s careful research and analysis opens a much needed discussion of cultural character and origins in North America. The variety and complexity of historical sources will inform the work of other cultural historians and analysts.\"--Nadesan Permaul, UC Berkeley', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Great Googlestein Museum Mystery\nDescription: ['Grade 2-4-After a long winter stuck inside the toy department at Macy\\'s, Marvin needs to get out, so he enlists his friends Fats and Raymond to go exploring. The three mice catch a ride in a shopping bag full of stuffed rabbits and, to their delight, end up in Central Park. Marvin is captivated by Rollerbladers, but Raymond is far more interested in going to the Guggenheim, or as Marvin thinks of it, the Googlestein. Locked in the museum after closing, the trio make themselves at home in the kitchen of the Museum Caf. Marvin\\'s desire to skate down the museum\\'s ramp and Fats\\'s newfound artistic endeavors keep them busy and keep readers entertained. Marvin, Fats, and Raymond are engaging characters and their adventures will appeal to young readers. The fast-paced plot is enjoyable, even though this novel is not a mystery in the classic sense. While the identity of the \"mystery artist\" is unknown to visitors at the Guggenheim, readers know exactly who created the collages. The small, amusing black-and-white drawings scattered throughout further enhance the reading experience.<br /><i>Shara Alpern, The Free Library of Philadelphia</i><br />Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"Gr. 3-6. Marvin, Raymond, and Fats, the mice from Macy's toy department who made their debut in <i>The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper</i> (1975), are back again for a fifth adventure. This time they hitch a ride in a shopping bag and end up spending a week at New York City's Guggenheim Museum. Adventurous Marvin, who is enamored with the roller blades he sees in nearby Central Park, wants desperately to skate all the way down the spiral ramp of the museum. Inventive Raymond is happy to design blades and a helmet for Marvin, as well as to calculate his velocity and safety needs. But the story's true hero is the voracious Fats, who blossoms once his artistic talents are discovered and acknowledged. As always, Van Leeuwen's characters are appealing, both for their mouselike behaviors and their childlike personalities. Alley's black-and-white sketches add to the fun and help to clarify some of the story's details, particularly what common objects look like from a mouse's perspective. Strong local color is an added bonus. This will be a popular pick for reading aloud or alone; pair it with E. L. Konigsburg's <i>From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</i> (1967) for another New York City museum adventure. <i>Kay Weisman</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. W<i>all Street Journal</i> bureau chief Blackmon gives a groundbreaking and disturbing account of a sordid chapter in American historythe lease (essentially the sale) of convicts to commercial interests between the end of the 19th century and well into the 20th. Usually, the criminal offense was loosely defined vagrancy or even changing employers without permission. The initial sentence was brutal enough; the actual penalty, reserved almost exclusively for black men, was a form of slavery in one of hundreds of forced labor camps operated by state and county governments, large corporations, small time entrepreneurs and provincial farmers. Into this history, Blackmon weaves the story of Green Cottenham, who was charged with riding a freight train without a ticket, in 1908 and was sentenced to three months of hard labor for Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. Cottenham's sentence was extended an additional three months and six days because he was unable to pay fines then leveraged on criminals. Blackmon's book reveals in devastating detail the legal and commercial forces that created this neoslavery along with deeply moving and totally appalling personal testimonies of survivors. Every incident in this book is true, he writes; one wishes it were not so. <i>(Mar.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Advance Praise for SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME<br /><br />A powerful and eye-opening account of a crucial but unremembered chapter of American history. Blackmons magnificent research paints a devastating picture of the ugly and outrageous practices that kept tens of thousands of black Americans enslaved until the onset of World War II.<i> Slavery by Another Name</i> is a passionate, highly impressive, and hugely important book.<i><br /></i>David J. Garrow, author of <i>Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, </i>and winner of the 1987 Pulizer Prize for Biography<br /><br />This groundbreaking book illuminates black Americans lingering suspicions of the criminal justice system. The false imprisonment of black men has its history in an ignominious economic system that depended on coerced labor and didnt flinch from savagery toward fellow human beings. Blackmons exhaustive reportage should put an end to the oft-repeated slander that black Americans tend toward lawlessness.<br />Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of the<i> Atlanta Journal-Constitution,</i> and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for commentary<br /><br />For those who think the conversation about race or exploitation in America is over, they should read Douglas Blackmons cautionary tale,<i> Slavery by Another Name</i>. It is at once provocative and thought-provoking, sobering and heart-rending.<br />Jay Winik, author of<i> April 1865: The Month That Saved America</i> and<i> The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World<br /></i><br />Douglas Blackmons<i> Slavery by Another Name</i> is an American holocaust that dare not speak its name, a rivetingly written, terrifying history of six decades of racial degradation in the service of white supremacy and cheap labor. It should be required reading.<br />David Levering Lewis, professor, New York University, and winner of the 1994 and 2001 Pulitzer Prizes for Biography<br /><br />Doug Blackmon has exposed an awful truth about the continued abuse of power and continued post-slavery exploitation of the poor into the twentieth century.<br />Andrew Young, aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations<br /><br />Urgent, definitive, powerful. The most important work of history published in a very long time.<br />Bill Cosby<br /><br />While much has been written about the horrors of slavery, Douglas Blackmons well researched and powerfully written book reminds us of the ugly period of racial subjugation in America<i> after</i> the end of slavery. This book adds a missing chapter in Americas troubled history and should be required reading in every classroom in America.<br />Charles J. Ogletree Jr., executive director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, and author of<i> All Deliberate Speed:Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown v. Board of Education</i><br /><br />To read this book is to cross an intellectual Rubicon: Once opened, you will no longer find it possible to relegate slavery to the distant past. Once opened, this book will change you, and how you perceive race relations in America.<br />Harriet A. Washington author<i> of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present<br /></i><br />Each time you think you know all about black history comes another revelation. And few have come with as much stunning clarity as Douglas Blackmons<i> Slavery by Another Name</i>. Blackmons astonishing research is delivered evenly and concisely.<br />Herb Boyd, author of<i> We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened</i><br /><br />Douglas A. Blackmon unravels the backlash against Emancipation and Reconstruction and reveals the growth of an insidious system of morally corrupt legal wrangling and exploitation. Incisive research underscores a lucid narrative history that is at once eloquent and compelling.<br />Alan Govenar, author of<i> Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and Achievement</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Ida Mae Brandon Gladney, a sharecropper\\'s wife, left Mississippi for Milwaukee in 1937, after her cousin was falsely accused of stealing a white man\\'s turkeys and was almost beaten to death. In 1945, George Swanson Starling, a citrus picker, fled Florida for Harlem after learning of the grove owners\\' plans to give him a \"necktie party\" (a lynching). Robert Joseph Pershing Foster made his trek from Louisiana to California in 1953, embittered by \"the absurdity that he was doing surgery for the United States Army and couldn\\'t operate in his own home town.\" Anchored to these three stories is Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Wilkerson\\'s magnificent, extensively researched study of the \"great migration,\" the exodus of six million black Southerners out of the terror of Jim Crow to an \"uncertain existence\" in the North and Midwest. Wilkerson deftly incorporates sociological and historical studies into the novelistic narratives of Gladney, Starling, and Pershing settling in new lands, building anew, and often finding that they have not left racism behind. The drama, poignancy, and romance of a classic immigrant saga pervade this book, hold the reader in its grasp, and resonate long after the reading is done. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'In <em>The Warmth of Other Suns</em> Wilkerson has composed a masterpiece of narrative journalism on a subject vital to our national identity, as compelling as it is heartbreaking and hopeful. Critics, however, were less certain about whether Wilkerson has written a definitive history of the Great Migration. Several reviewers saw the book as an important corrective to previous scholarship on the Migration that too often grouped African Americans into a voiceless mass, that focused exclusively on the negative consequences of their move to Northern urban centers, and that often emphasized economic and sociological explanations at the expense of the personal. Other critics felt that Wilkerson could have taken advantage of more of this scholarship, even if it was sometimes flawed, and could have taken into account larger structural influences. But <em>The Warmth of Other Suns </em>is an impressive achievement--a fresh, rich look at an important chapter in American history.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Losing Battles\nDescription: [\"Three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at her Mississippi home to celebrate her 90th birthday. Possessed of the true storyteller's gift, the members of this clan cannot resist the temptation to swap tales.\", \"One of America's most admired authors, Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1909. . She was educated locally and at Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. She is the author of, among many other books,<i>One Writer's Beginnings, The Robber Bridegroom, Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles</i>, and<i>The Optimist's Daughter</i>which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. She died in 2001.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross\nDescription: ['\"THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS is an eye-opener. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone brilliantly recount the story of people of African descent in mainland North America across some five centuries with deep knowledge of the evolution of the African American experience and great sensitivity to its complexity. Few accounts better capture the changing texture of black life, as black men and women remade their society on new ground.\"<br /> Ira Berlin, professor, University of Maryland, and the author of Making African America: Four Great Migrations<br /><br />\"THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS is an ambitious and original book and the companion to the documentary film that demonstrates how thoroughly North America, and what became the United States, has been shaped by four centuries of African American experience on these shores, in our fields and cities, and in our legislative halls. Gates and Yacovone provide a distinctive vision and voice that carries a huge and complex story. Our language, our migrations, our music, our art and poetry, the ways we walk and talk, our dreams and nightmares, our social movements, the great pivots and changes in our political and constitutional history, our very imaginations as Americans are forever products of the African American stories flowing through our bloodstreams and moving across our landscapes. We are all the products of the slavery and the freedom that this film series presents. This is everyones American and African American history, whether they know it or not.\"<br /> David W. Blight, professor of American History and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery and Abolition, Yale University; and the author of a forthcoming new biography of Frederick Douglass<br /><br />\"Vibrant, immersive, and irresistibleabounding in rich scholarship and throbbing with the energy of a story waiting too long to be toldthis priceless volume fills a gaping void in the literature: a comprehensive yet compact history of the African American experience. Told with urgency and authority by major scholars who also happen to be gifted craftsmen, here is popular history writing at its best. With no disrespect to its genesis via another of Gatess essential television documentaries, this is no more a companion volume than black history is a companion to American history.\"<br /> Harold Holzer, chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and the author of Emancipating Lincoln<br /><br />\"Everyone who cares about Black History needs this book in their library! The authors deep love of the African American experience has led to a detailed, nuanced, important, and fresh examination of our history.\"<br /> Tour, MSNBC host and the author of Whos Afraid of Post-Blackness and I Would Die 4 U', 'Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and American Research at Harvard University. He is the author of 16 books, including Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 15132008 and Tradition and the Black Atlantic, and has made 12 documentaries, including Finding Your Roots, Black in Latin America, and Looking for Lincoln. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root, a daily online magazine. He is the recipient of 51 honorary degrees and numerous awards. In 1981, he was a member of the first class awarded \"genius grants\" by the MacArthur Foundation, and in 1998, he became the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. He was named to Times 25 Most Influential Americans list in 1997, to Ebonys Power 150 list in 2009, and to Ebonys Power 100 list in 2010 and 2012. The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader, a collection of Professor Gatess essays, was published in 2012. Donald Yacovone, the research manager at Harvard Universitys W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, earned his Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School and has taught at Pitzer College, the University of Arizona, and Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He was an editor at the Black Abolitionist Papers project before becoming the senior associate editor at the Massachusetts Historical Society, where he founded and edited The Massachusetts Historical Review and organized many public history programs in the Boston area. An expert in Victorian manhood, the antislavery movement, and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, he has published six books, including Samuel Joseph May and the Dilemmas of the Liberal Persuasion; A Voice of Thunder: The Civil War Letters of George E. Stephens; and most recently, Lincoln on Race and Slavery, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future\nDescription: ['<b>Book Description</b><br /> Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods that have recently become widely available and which offer tremendous dietary and healing potential. In this lively, illustrated overview, well-known raw-foods guru David Wolfe profiles delicious and incredibly nutritious plant products such as goji berries, hempseed, cacao beans (raw chocolate), maca, spirulina, bee products, and a host of others. As powerful sources of clean protein, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, good fats and oils, essential fatty and amino acids, and other nutrients, they represent a uniquely promising piece of the nutritional puzzle. Each superfood is described in detail, accompanied by easy and delicious recipes. This accessible guide presents persuasive arguments, based on sound science, for the pivotal role of superfoods in promoting nutritional excellence, health and well-being, beauty enhancement, sustainable agriculture, and the transformation of diet, lifestyle, and planet.<br /><br /> <span class=\"h1\"><strong>A Q&A with David Wolfe</strong></span>', '<img align=\"right\" border=\"0\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/randoEMS/David_Wolffe.jpg\" />', '<b>Question:</b> What are superfoods?', '<b> David Wolfe:</b> Superfoods are the greatest foods identified by the greatest civilizations in the history of the world. They are foods that have a whole array of tricks under their sleeve. They are extremely easy to use and agree with a lot of different body types and metabolisms.', '<b>Question:</b> What contributions are you making in the world? What are you here to share with us?', '<b> David Wolfe:</b> My goal is to make raw foods, superfoods, superherbs, and the best chocolate ever an option for everyone on the planet. I want to make becoming healthy simpler, easier, and more fun than ever before.', '<b>Question:</b> Tell us about the goji berry. What is in it? How about the cacao bean? What is in cacao? Isnt this the food that we make chocolate out of?', '<b> David Wolfe:</b> The goji berry is a complete protein source with extraordinary levels of antioxidants, levels of carotenes (according to studies, the more carotenes you eat, the longer you live) which have been shown to be present in primates. The goji berry is easy to eat for people of all ages. It also assists with the digestion of other food. It is considered the number one medicinal herb in Chinese medicine--which has a 5,000 year history of about 8,000 herbs. It improves our ability to secrete HGH naturally and it the only food known to do so.', 'Cacao has a higher concentration of magnesium, chromium, iron, and antioxidants than any food in the world. Cacao is also exceedingly rich in copper, zinc, and manganese. Cacao contains fat-soluble forms of all of these minerals, which is unusual. Research has proven this food is associated with longevity. The cacao bean is chocolate, chocolate is cacao--you cannot have chocolate without cacao. Basically, chocolate is a nut butter made out of cacao beans. Chocolate contains PEAs, chemicals associated with falling in love, anandamide, the bliss chemical, and theobromine, which improves our cardiovascular health. Contrary to some opinions, cacao is very low in caffeine.', '', 'Is there anyone more passionate, dedicated, or knowledgeable about the tremendous benefits of superfoods to our bodies, minds, and planet? Not likely. Wherever you are in terms of what goes in your mouth, David Wolfe presents a compelling claim to add a little more vitality to your plate.<br />Angela Bassett, actress and author<br /><br />A path of visionary nutrition informed by David Wolfes book <i>Superfoods</i> will lift body and soul to a higher evolutionary vibration. Raw food and David Wolfes guidance have had a transformative power in our lives.<br />Alex and Allyson Grey, artists and co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors<br /><br />David Wolfe has written a brilliant, wisdom-filled, illuminating book that is essential reading for everyone interested in reaching optimal health! Superfoods are indeed the food of the future for a healthier world.<br />Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D., author and health crusader<br /><br />David has written the ultimate guidebook to connect us with the superfoods that will transform us into the supernatural beings that we truly all are! David has inspired divine superfood creations beyond my wildest dreamsand more!<br />Roxanne Klein, world-renowned chef and founder, Roxannes Fine Cuisine<br /><br />David Wolfe is a nutritionists nutritionist. His knowledge in the fields of raw foods, superfoods, herbs, and chocolate are unsurpassed in the world.<br />John Gray, Ph.D., author of <i>Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus</i><br /><br />David Wolfe has become a dedicated expert in the field of living and superfoods. Anything he writes, I personally read and support. I consider David Wolfes works on superfoods a must read.<br />Jay Kordich (The Father of Juicing), author and entrepreneur<br /><br />Nutrition author, expert, and orator David Avocado Wolfe continues to be a shining example of Success in America. His knowledge of superfood nutrition will astonish you and give you just that perfect piece of health advice that you have been looking for.<br />Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the <i>Chicken Soup for the Soul</i> series<br /><br />The knowledge David Wolfe brings us is vital for reaching the ultimate level of health, clarity, and understanding about the power of foods to heal ourselves and the planet. I believe that David, with his wealth of information, is hands-down one of the most important people of this century.<br />Justin BUA, artist and author of <i>The Beat of Urban Art</i><br /><br />David Wolfes commitment, not just to humanity but to Mother Earth herself, is second to none. He has discovered the gift of his true purpose and is unabashedly sharing it with the world. The energy of compassion and pure love that he pours into every plant and everyone is the same. I know few people more committed to us all finding our inner joy through the miracle of growing and eating the best food ever and thereby experiencing everyday as The Best Day Ever.<br />Demian Lichtenstein, motion picture producer and director<br /><br />\"Anyone who is ready to experiment with this class of foods can grab this book and get a complete overview of not only what a superfood is, but how one can effectively use them in their personal diet... The information in this book is absolutely complete.\"<br /><i>Raw Food Right Now</i><br /><br />\"Perhaps in this day and age of snippets and sound bytes we have simply lost the art of listening and deep thought. But David Wolfe is what I\\'d call a \\'thinking man\\'... his infectious enthusiasm leaves you with that old line from the movie <i>When Harry Met Sally</i> dancing on your tongue...\\'I\\'ll have what hes having!\\'\"<br /><i>Purely Delicious Magazine</i><br /><br />\"Ive been inspired by and learning from David Wolfe for a few years now, and I love his energy. He is so amped up about superfoods! With good reason. This book will show you the world of raw, living superfoods and how you can add them into your life. If you believe, as David Wolfe does, that what you eat becomes you, youll love this book.\"<br /> Jenny Sansouci,<i> Healthy Crush</i><br /><br />[<i>Superfoods</i>] was like eating a potato chip, I couldn\\'t just stop at one page, or even one chapter! In today\\'s society, trying to eat healthy isn\\'t easy Fortunately, raw-foods guru and world-renowned nutritionist David Wolfe is here to help guide us to the most powerful foods and best health available.<br /><i>Prissy Green</i><br /><br />During these challenging times, we really need food to help us, and we really need to eat food that\\'s going to help the planet. David is one of the Superheroes of the Superfood movement. And this book is an amazing tool for transforming your life.<br />Beth Lapides<br /><br />In addition to excellent information, each section includes mouth watering recipes ranging from basic to advanced <i>Superfoods: The Food and Medicine Of The Future</i> is a must read for anyone interested in nutrition and wellness.<br /><i>Gluten Free Gidget<br /><br /></i>\"<i>Superfoods </i>is David Wolfe\\'s manual on the current state of food of interest to anyone trying to outline their diet plans and choose better natural remedies.<br /> <i>Midwest Book Review</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Rug Hooker's Bible: The Best From 30 Years Of Jane Olson's Rugger's Roundtable\nDescription: ['Using Jane Olson?s 30 years of articles from her Rugger?s Roundtable as a base, The Rug Hooker?s Bible, brought to you by Rug Hooking magazine, is an easy-to-use standard text for beginners and teachers alike. Decades of experience have been edited, expanded, and updated so students can easily study the very best techniques of hooking a rug from beginning to end. See how the same designs can be hooked in four different ways?fine shaded, primitive outline and fill, dip-dyed, and leftover scraps.<BR>The Rug Hooker?s Bible includes answers to questions about what equipment to use, backings to choose, dye recipes and shortcuts, tips on hooking vegetable, animal, and mineral, how to improve one?s hooking, care and cleaning of rugs, what to do with leftover selvages, and more. This comprehensive reference guide is an indispensable tool for all levels of rug hookers.<BR>Complete with how-to instructions and easy to follow directions on every aspect of producing hand-hooked rugs, The Rug Hooker?s Bible includes:<BR>- 30 years of articles from Jane Olson?s Rugger?s Roundtable.<BR>- The best techniques of hooking a rug from beginning to end.<BR>- Detailed step-by-step directions and easy-to-follow text.<BR>- How to hook the same design four different ways.', 'Jane Olson lives in Inglewood, California, where she has been hooking for more than 30 years. Rug Hooking Magazine is published 5 times each year. Within its pages readers find start-to-finish projects, beautiful photographs of fine hand-hooked rugs, and informative articles on a variety of topics, from history to techniques to artist profiles. Find out more at their website: www.rughookingonline.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Anytime, Anywhere: Student-Centered Learning for Schools and Teachers\nDescription: ['This book highlights an important truth: for students to grasp and retain more complex content and concepts, educators need to ensure their students have a much greater stake in their own learning. Just getting kids to comply with adult wishes is not going to be enough anymore. The contributors to this volume represent a wide range of expertise, from the conceptual to the practical, from research to reality. Collectively, they outline the path to new and revolutionary educational models. The book is a must-read for every educator and anyone else interested in getting all students to higher levels of learning. --David T. Conley, professor, University of Oregon, and CEO, Educational Policy Improvement Center<br /><br />Why do some schools and learning models create success for all students--including low-income students and students at risk? This important book offers case studies of places where students are engaged, known, and valued, and impelled to take ownership of their learning and persevere toward success. It offers theory, research, and practical strategies to help educators understand and implement student-centered learning. --Ron Berger, chief program officer, Expeditionary Learning', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Introduction to Rug Hooking: A Beginner's Guide to Tools, Techniques, and Materials\nDescription: ['\"I\\'m so impressed with the patterns included in the book. Each one is designed to teach a specific lesson and builds on the lesson from the previous one....Not sure how to hook points, curves, or lettering? Curious how to transfer a design to the foundation cloth? Want to try your hand at creative hooking techniques and proddy? Need to know how to finish your rug after the hooking is done? Kris\\' photos and descriptions lead you through the entire process.\" (Karen Larsen <i>crowsfootfarmdesigns.com</i> 2015-03-29)', 'Intrigued by rug hooking? Then this is the book for you. Learn the fundamentals and so much more. There is something for everyone, from the beginning rug hooker preparing to pull first loops to the more experienced rug hooker looking brush up on technique. This is the essential resource for everyone interested in this popular textile craft.<br />- How to draw a pattern onto the backing and prepare your materials<br />- Illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to hook a rug<br />- Instructions on finishing and care<br />- 8 charming projects with patterns<br />- Tips and techniques for all rug hookers', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: First Aid for Colleges and Universities (10th Edition)\nDescription: ['<P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Keith J. Karren, </B> <B>Ph.D., EMT-B,</B> is professor of Health Sciences at Brigham Young University, where he teaches First Aid and related courses. He is also the director of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), an educational service that offers continuing education for EMS personnel. He has been active in higher education for over 37 years, is the author of numerous EMS publications, and is an organizer of key EMS conferences.</P> <DIV text-align=\"center\"> <HR align=center width=\"100%\" SIZE=2> </DIV> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B> </B> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Daniel Limmer,</B> <B>NREMT-P,</B> is a faculty member at Eastern Manie Community College in Bangor, Maine. He has been involved in EMS and law enforcement for over 28 years and still practices as a paramedic with Kennebunk Fire Rescue in Kennebunk, Maine. Dan is a frequent lecturer at conferences and colleges nationwide. He is a co-author of several textbooks, including Emergency Care, Essentials of Emergency Care, Advanced Medical Life Support, and First Responder: A Skills Approach.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B> </B> </P> <DIV text-align=\"center\"> <HR align=center width=\"100%\" SIZE=2> </DIV> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B> </B> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Joseph J.Mistovich,</B> <B>M.Ed, NREMT-P, </B>is chair of the Department of Health Professions and a professorat Youngstown State University, Ohio. He has more than 22 years of experience as an educator in emergency medical services and multidisciplinary health care. He received a Master of Education degree from Kent State University, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science degree and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Emergency Medical Services, both from Youngstown State University. He has authored several EMS textbooks and numerous EMS articles. He is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences.</P> <DIV text-align=\"center\"> <HR align=center width=\"100%\" SIZE=2> </DIV> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Randall Benner, M.Ed, NREMT-P,</B> is a contributing author to this edition. He is the director of the Emergency Medical Technology program at Youngstown State University, where he teaches courses in psychoneuroimmunology, behavior change, and health psychology. He has authored and co-authored numerous texts, several with Joe Mistovich, and is a prime organizer of a major EMS annual conference held in Salt Lake City.</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals (The MIT Press)\nDescription: ['<P>The book will appeal to historians or scholars of material culture as well as to the medical personnel, photography lovers, and citizens familiar with the lore and lure of asylums.</P><B>Jane Simonsen</B>, <I>The Annals of Iowa</I><br /><br /><P>Astoundingly beautiful work on a subject that rarely gets the attention.</P><B>Aaron Britt</B>, <I>Dwell</I><br /><br /><P>Beautifully researched, exquisitely photographed and expertly composed and edited...Extraordinary.</P><I>Frieze</I><br /><br /><P>...<I>Asylum</I> is of enormous value, as a record of how such places looked in their final years. More than that, and despite its dismal subject matter, it makes for a remarkable and endlessly fascinating book, one that can be recommended with enthusiasm to both the architectural historian and the general reader.</P><I>Times Literary Supplement</I>', \"<P><I>Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals</I> contains sadly beautiful photographs by Christopher Payne and a masterful essay by Oliver Sacks that reminds us that state hospitals were not always places of neglect and abuse but also of true asylumof refuge from the stresses of life. The book presents us with a world of abandoned buildings, forgotten ashes, and derailed futures. It packs a powerful punch.</P><B>Elyn R. Saks</B>, author of <I>The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness</I>, and Professor, USC Law School<br/><br/><P><I>Asylum</I> is a haunting, beautiful book of lost dreams and lost minds. It is a reminder that society's ideals deteriorate more rapidly than the structures built to facilitate them. Asylums for the insane, which started with high intentions, usually ended in horror and neglect. Oliver Sacks has written a deeply moving elegy for the lives of those who lived, and often died at these asylums and Christopher Payne has captured the soul of the asylums themselves through his extraordinary photographs. I cannot imagine forgetting this book: it has evoked sadness, awe, and shame.</P><B>Kay Redfield Jamison</B>, Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and author of <I>An Unquiet Mind</I><br/><br/><P>Christopher Payne's photographs perfectly match his subjects: they are strong, yet understated and dignifieda fitting tribute to the talented architects who built these asylums and the troubled people they sheltered. It's impossible to look at this wonderful book without imagining the people who lived in these formidable structures, and wondering about their lives and what happened to them.</P><B>Henry Horenstein</B>, photographer\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Kaskaskia: A Political Thriller - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Women of the Asylum: Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840-1945\nDescription: ['Twenty-six firsthand accounts that tell the terrifying history of women placed in psychiatric institutions, most often against their will, revealing the realities of their lives in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Business of Love (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)\nDescription: ['Jill Atkinson has it all: a successful business, good friends and the respect of the Atlanta corporate community. But when the lights go down at night, all she has is loneliness. Jill hasn?t allowed a man to get close to her since her last relationship ended in betrayal. As the New Year dawns, Jill arrives home to find a fire ripping through her high rise. Grabbing her laptop and racing down the stairs, she runs right into the arms of firefighter Darren Alexander. Darren has had his fill of lying women. His ex-wife lied about her fidelity, but in spite of his distrust of women there is something about Jill that appeals to him. Jill wants to love Darren, but her past stands between them. When the truth comes out, she may lose everything they have built together.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Birds And Beasts In Needlepoint\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: GEOLOGY OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA Part II -- Fossil Plates and Explanations\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker\nDescription: ['A remarkable story by a master storyteller, <i>To Free a Family</i> takes us inside the exhilarating and heartbreaking world of those fugitives whose escape from slavery required a separation from family and friends. Nathans brilliantly narrates a neglected area of the black experience. (Ira Berlin, author of <i>Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in Mainland North America</i>)<br /><br /><i>To Free a Family</i> puts names and faces on the historic black struggle to reunite families broken by slavery. Well written and beautifully researched, it is a triumph. (Jean Fagan Yellin, author of <i>Harriet Jacobs: A Life</i>)<br /><br />In this brilliant biography, Nathans offers an incomparable view into the stresses that escaped slaves had to endure, and he provides a wonderful prism through which to view the dilemmas of race and self-fulfillment that accompanied the long march to freedom. (William H. Chafe, author of <i>The Rise and Fall of the American Century</i>)<br /><br />A refreshingly unique portrait not only of a fugitive slave, but also of her complex relations with both her enslavers and with Northern abolitionists who befriended her. Nathans has discovered a remarkable woman, and he has made her as memorable as she was to those who knew and loved her in life. (Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America)<br /><br /><i>To Free a Family</i> is a brilliant book, a poignant and elegantly told story of an ordinary fugitive, Mary Walker, whom Nathans has beautifully, vividly brought to life. A true pleasure to read. (John Stauffer, author of <i>The Black Hearts of Men</i> and <i>Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln</i>)<br /><br />In this rigorously scholarly but totally absorbing narrative, Nathans unfolds a history as spellbinding as a novel, chockfull of fascinating people engaged in a venture both risky and affecting. When the fugitive slave Mary Walker finds refuge with the Lesleys in Pennsylvania, their lives, their families, and their circle of friends become deeply involved in the general cause and the specific mission--to secure the freedom of Walker\\'s mother and her children. Nathans\\'s account is full of twists and turns, as efforts to free the family are thwarted and Mary\\'s son makes his own escape. The intimacy achieved through the use of letters between friends and family is remarkable; here is history lived in an ordinary household. The center, however, is held by Mary Walker\\'s crusade, accompanied as it is by the Lesleys\\' own evolution; Susan finds \"her work in the world,\" and Peter moves from antislavery to abolition. Nathans has transformed the paraphernalia of academia (ploughing through archives, thorough documentation, guarded speculation) into a book that will entrance the general reader, inform the scholar, and engage both. (<i>Publishers Weekly (starred review)</i> 2011-10-24)<br /><br />Prior to the Civil War, thousands of African Americans escaped from slavery, but because few recorded their experiences little is known about their efforts to forge new lives in freedom. Mary Walker, the focus of this study, was a light-skinned fugitive who escaped from a North Carolina planter couple when she accompanied them to Philadelphia in 1848. Her history, though unique in many ways, is illustrative of the hardships and challenges such migrants faced and the support they sometimes received from abolitionist networks. Her efforts to preserve her freedom, gain economic independence, and locate and purchase the freedom of her children still held as slaves is pieced together here by Nathans from the papers of Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholders. The result is an engrossing and readable study, thoroughly researched and well documented, that fills a significant gap in the history of the period. It is recommended for all readers seriously interested in the experience of fugitive slaves in Antebellum America. (Theresa McDevitt <i>Library Journal (starred review)</i> 2012-01-15)<br /><br />A page-turning history. (Pam Kelley <i>Charlotte Observer</i> 2012-02-11)<br /><br />[A] penetrating narrative...[A] captivating book. (Charles Shea LeMone <i>Roanoke Times</i> 2012-02-14)<br /><br />With few exceptions, we know little about the day-to-day lives of female runaways, their families and their relationships with Northern whites. Sydney Nathans\\'s To Free a Family is a minor masterpiece that goes a long way toward filling this gap. [It is] deeply researched and elegantly written...Nathans is brilliant at reconstructing Mary Walker\\'s life and her relationship with Peter and Susan Lesley...Nathans creates a vibrant and subtle portrait of the Lesleys, enabling readers to decide for themselves how trusting Mary Walker\\'s relationship with them became. The result is a remarkable story of an extended biracial family that embarked on a 15-year effort to reunite Walker with her surviving children. (John Stauffer <i>Wall Street Journal</i> 2012-02-24)', 'Sydney Nathans is Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bedford and Its Neighbors (PA) (Images of America)\nDescription: ['Daniel J. Burns, author of Duquesne, is the president of the Homestead and Mifflin Township Historical Society, a police officer, and a freelance writer.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beth Russell's Traditional Needlepoint\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Who Murdered Topsy?\nDescription: ['Pete Geissler is a professional writer and professor who is an outspoken advocate of ethical and dignified behavior as foundations for a humane society. With this book, his twelfth, he has extended his advocacy to animals. He hopes that lawmakers, animal rights activists, and others worldwide notice and act.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Punch Needle Rug Hooking: Techniques And Designs (Schiffer Book for Designers and Rug Hookers)\nDescription: ['Amy Oxford is the founder of Red Clover Rugs, a punch needle rug hooking store and mail order business located in Cheshire, Oregon. She is the inventor of The Oxford Punch Needle, has her work in collections nationwide, and has been licensed by The Shelburne Museum in Vermont to make adaptations of their antique rugs. Amy lives with her family in Cornwall, Vermont.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Amory Wars I #1 A Standard Cover A\nDescription: [\"Coheed Kilgannon's suburban world is turned upside down by General Mayo Deftinwolf, who explains the nightmares of torture that violate Coheed's dreams are real-and that Coheed and his family play a crucial piece in a terrorist plot to destroy all the worlds of the Keywork. To save these worlds, Coheed and his wife, Cambria, must do the unthinkable... From the imagination of Claudio Sanchez, the creative mind behind the music sensation COHEED AND CAMBRIA, comes a science fiction epic in the tradition of Star Wars and The Matrix-a new, star-spanning mythology, rooted in the story of one simple family. Hold on tight. The Amory Wars start here!\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking: Delicious Recipes Using Nutritious Whole Grains (King Arthur Flour Cookbooks)\nDescription: [\"There's only so much room on the kitchen bookshelf for those 600-page baking bibles on the kitchen bookshelf, but this one's worth its weight in whole wheat flour. This fun, easy-to-follow tome is broken down into 11 basic chapters (including Yeast Breads, Cakes, Pastry and Pies), and will satisfy both health conscious bakers (Spelt Pita, Sesame Barley Bread) as well as the more gluttonous (Carmel Blitz Torte, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, and Triple Ginger Pancakes). Methods such as kneading dough and folding pie crust are depicted with easy-to-follow black-and-white illustrations. Sidebar topics, however, are a little haphazardranging from Enjoying Soybeans to Organic Plasticyet recipe headnotes are helpful and worth the ink. Each recipe ends with detailed nutrition information, broken down per serving (including caffeine, calcium and iron amounts). In the end, this is a good buy for more than just the whole-grain enthusiast. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '[W]orth its weight in whole wheat flour. This fun, easy-to-follow tome is broken down into 11 basic chapters....recipe headnotes are helpful and worth the ink.<br /> - <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Southern Queen: New Orleans in the Nineteenth Century\nDescription: ['\"A<span>major contribution to the history of the Queen City.\"</span> --Thomas C. Buchanan, author of <i>Black Life on the Mississippi: Slaves, Free Blacks, and the Western Steamboat World </i><br /><br />\"<span>Scholars and general readers will find Smith\\'s book a valuable and highly accessible addition to studies of this alluring city\"</span> --Anthony Stanonis, author of <i>Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism, 1918-1945 </i><br /><br />\"Ruys Smith deserves credit for this clear-sighted and judicious survey of its most complex and fascinating century.\" - Helen Taylor, <i>Times Higher Education</i>.', '', \"Thomas Ruys Smith is a Lecturer in American Literature and Culture in the School of American Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is the author of Southern Queen: New Orleans in the Nineteenth Century (Continuum, 2011), River of Dreams: Imagining the Mississippi Before Mark Twain (Louisiana State University Press, 2007) and the editor of Blacklegs, Card Sharps and Confidence Men: Nineteenth-Century Mississippi River Gambling Stories (Louisiana State University Press, 2010). He is currently at work on an exploration of Mark Twain's relationship with the Mississippi River.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Ehrman Needlepoint Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Strip Therapy 5\nDescription: ['The strip piecing insanity continues with 6 projects designed for 2-1/2 strips. This collection of quilts is a blend of contemporary and traditional inspired designs that can be pieced in a weekend. Bear Paw Productions']"
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"chosen": "Title: Non-Adhesive Binding: Books without Paste or Glue\nDescription: ['Demonstrates basic as well as very elaborate bindings constructed without adhesives and requiring no pressesor other heavy equipment. A needle, a pair of scissors and a few other minor tools are all that is needed.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Non-Adhesive Binding, Vol. 2: 1- 2- & 3-Section Sewings\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan, #2)\nDescription: [\"Book #2 in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan series.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Non Adhesive Binding, Vol. 3: Exposed Spine Sewings\nDescription: ['Book by Smith, Keith A.']",
"rejected": "Title: John Michell: From Atlantis to Avalon\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Art of Natural Bonsai: Replicating Nature's Beauty\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Nemesis, the Death Star\nDescription: ['In 1984 Dr Muller caused international controversy with his theory that a killer star, christened \"Nemesis\", is orbiting the sun and causing cataclysmic comet storms to batter the earth every 26 million years. Greeted with disbelief and derision, the \"Nemesis\" hypothesis has nonetheless withstood attempts to demolish it and has provided explanations for a variety of phenomena, including the dramatic disappearance 65 million years ago of the earth\\'s dinosaur population. In this book the author examines himself and his motivations as rigorously as the bizarre assumptions of the \"Nemesis\" theory.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Indian Nations of North America\nDescription: ['The most authoritative, comprehensive, compelling and richly illustrated encyclopedia of Native North American. <i>Indian Gaming</i> magazine<br /> <br /> Beautifully designed and copiously illustratedby far the best single-volume reference on Native Americans north of Mexico currently available. <i>Book News</i><br /> <i></i><br />With its extensive coverage of native tribes and outstanding graphics, this new title should appeal to individuals interested in Native American history, anthropology, and ethnic relations. <br /> <i>Library Journal</i>', \"Native American expert and Smithsonian curator emeritus Herman Viola consulted on and wrote the foreword for<i>Indian Nations of North America.</i>The book's eight Native American authors include renowned academics, national leaders, lecturers, and authors. Among them are noted lecturer George Horsecapture;Princeton University graduate, professor, and editor of theonly academic journal of the Ojibwe language, Anton Treuer; Monacan official Karenne Wood; and National Museum of the American Indian training director Jill Norwood.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Rip-Off\nDescription: [\"Thompson throws readers a curve in these two titles. Written in his signature tough-guy style, The Kill-Off (1957) is about a murder before it actually happens as protagonist Luane Devore is waiting to be knocked off by any number of likely assassins from among her friends and relatives. Published posthumously in 1985, The Rip-Off has a comedic tilt as Britt Rainstar's life is turned upside down after meeting the luscious Manuela Aloe. Thompson is always a fun ride. <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '(1906 - 1977) James Meyers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to <i>True Detective</i> when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompsons work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including <b>The Killer Inside Me</b> (1952), <b>After Dark My Sweet</b> (1955), and <b>The Grifters</b> (1963).', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Healthy Smoothie Recipes: Healthy Herbal Smoothies That Are Nutritious, Delicious and Easy to Make\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: L'Oracle de la Triade\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Book Arts: Beautiful Bindings for Handmade Books (Can Do Crafts)\nDescription: [\"People have been making books for centuries using a handful of traditional binding techniques. Mary Kaye Seckler's work combines these time-honored book making traditions with today's materials and tools to create a look that's fresh and new.\", \"Mary Kaye Seckler's introduction to books arts came a number of years ago in a series of classes taught by Gayle Burkins and Pam Sussman that she took on a whim. Her passion for books and the creative arts made her an instant connection as she toiled her way through one new stitch after another. Pam and Gayle revealed a whole new artistic world to Mary that fall week-end in a way that was clear, logical and at the same time great fun. Over the years, Mary has learned many of the basic structures you will see in this book from them, and she is grateful for their creativity, patience and humor. Mary urges you to take a class with them if the opportunity arises. You won't regret it!\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Race of Faith: Achieving Spiritual FITNESS in the Christian Life\nDescription: ['Randy is a real Christian who has experienced real strides and real setbacks in his Race of Faith. His story is not uncommon to most people who are also on the Christian journey. Throughout his 25 years as Bible student, teacher, pastor and preacher, he has sought to take the truth of the Bible and make it understandable and applicable for all fellow believers on their Race of Faith. Randy holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Divinity. He and his family make their home in Charleston, SC.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form (500 Series)\nDescription: ['The book is a perfect union of form and function, and as such has proven to be endlessly adaptable to aesthetic and technological innovation. But now this companionable design marvelthis vessel for literature, entertainment, information, transformation, and transcendenceis facing an uncertain future as texts are digitized and the quest for affordable,reader-friendly e-book devices intensifies. So what better time to take a step back and ponder the thingness of books? Books as objects; books as sculptures. In another entry in the lively 500 series (500 Tiles, 2008), readers will view with no small measure of astonishment 500 variations on the theme of the book. A list of the materials used in these playful, elegant, improbable, and affecting creations includes plastic, wax, cloth, brass, wood, leather, hemp, vintage buttons, prairie grass and pine needles, glass beads and seed pods, ceramics, and found objects. Book artist Steve Miller made the selections and shares his delight in their ingenuity and creativity. Visually dynamic, these are also totemic works of art celebrating the power of words and story. --Donna Seaman', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: SHINE: A 54-card deck of Inspirational Affirmations\nDescription: ['Julie is a former Wall Street Trader turned spiritual catalyst for women who are longing to find something \"more\" in their lives. Drawing from her personal experience and years of deep soul initiation, she guides women to break through their fear, discover their purpose, and awaken to their personal Truth.<br /><br />Julie graduated from John Hopkins University and is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, a Certified Transformational Life Coach, and is a Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She incorporates a variety of modalities including transformational coaching, holistic wellness, yoga, meditation, and spiritual philosophy to guide women on their path to awakening.<br /><br />Julie has helped thousands of women discover their purpose and find more meaning in their lives. She is devoted to creating a world where women feel to let go of who they thought they were supposed to be, so they can become who they truly are.<br /><br />Originally from Louisiana, Julie now lives in the California Bay Area with her husband where you will find her reading, writing, walking through the forest, drinking tea under a blanket, and connecting deeply with the people she loves.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital\nDescription: ['\"Touching, humorous, illuminating--in short, irresistible.\" -- <i><i>Chicago Tribune</i></i><br /><br />\"[Beam] elicits fascinating stories from both residents and staff...[and]...has nicely traced the history of this institution and its inhabitants.\" -- <i><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></i>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Health Promotion and Aging, 4th Edition: Practical Applications for Health Professionals\nDescription: ['\"...[this book] should be on the bookshelf of every student and every professor in any one of the health disciplines...[it] is a resource that pulls together everything that a health provider would need to know about promoting health and quality of life for older adults.\"--From the Foreword by <b>Barbara Resnick, </b>PhD, FAAN', '\"<br>', \"Continuing to advocate for health professionals becoming health educators and a more informed, healthier aging population, David Haber has updated this fourth edition of his respected text with discussion and analysis of major issues and topics in the field, including:<br><br> <ul><li>A Critique of the <i>MyPyramid Food Guide</i></li> <li>How to Change Medical Encounters into Health Encounters</li> <li>Descriptions of Model Health Programs</li> <li>A Review of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report on Second-Hand Smoke</li> <li>Critical Analysis of Medicare Part D</li> <li>The Benefits of Pet Support</li> <li>Life Review and Cognitive Fitness</li> <li>Appraisals of Complementary and Alternative Practices</li></ul><br><br>\", 'Innovative ideas on public policy and aging, examples of stand-out community health advocacy, and a final chapter on the future of the field complete this integrated look at our health, community, and aging.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists' Books\nDescription: ['', \"<b>Dorothy Simpson Krause</b> is a book artist, painter, collage-maker and printmaker who has combined traditional media with digital applications since the late 1960's. She is a Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts College of Art, where she founded the Computer Arts Center. Dorothy is co-author of <i>Digital Art Studio: Techniques for Combining Inkjet Printing with Traditional Art Materials</i>.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History (Disaster)\nDescription: [\"Underwater archaeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski has a bachelor of arts degree in history from Ithaca College (1973), a master of arts in teaching degree in social sciences from Binghamton University (1975) and a master of arts degree in archaeology and heritage from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom (2001). He is co-founder and executive director of Bateaux Below, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that studies historic shipwrecks in Lake George, New York. Mr. Zarzynski has had nearly two hundred articles and professional papers published in newspapers, magazines and professional journals. He is the author of two books on underwater mysteries and also co-author of a young adult book on Lake George's 1758 Land Tortoise radeau shipwreck. He is also an awardwinning documentary film writer and is one of the executive producers for three documentary productions: The Lost Radeau: North America's Oldest Intact Warship (2005, Pepe Productions), Wooden Bones: The Sunken Fleet of 1758 (2010, Pepe Productions and Bateaux Below, Inc.) and Search for the Jefferson Davis: Trader, Slaver, Raider (2011, Pepe Productions). A native of Endicott, New York, Mr. Zarzynski resides with his wife, Pat Meaney, in the Saratoga Springs, New York area. Bob Benway is a native of Glens Falls, New York, and he resides in nearby Queensbury, eight miles from Lake George. Mr. Benway is a trustee of Bateaux Below, Inc., and also is vice-president of the Lake George Historical Association. Mr. Benway has been scuba diving in Lake George for four decades and is an accomplished underwater photographer and videographer. His underwater photographs have appeared in many publications, and Mr. Benway's underwater video has also been featured in two shipwreck documentaries. The co-authors were part of the team that discovered the 1758 Land Tortoise radeau shipwreck in Lake George on June 26, 1990. The Land Tortoise radeau warship has been called North America's oldest intact warship.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Scrappy Hooked Rugs: Making the Most of the Wool in Your Stash\nDescription: ['Finally?a book on how to use up odds and ends in your stash, those pieces of wool left over from other projects. Colorful and contemporary, Scrappy Hooked Rugs guides rug hookers toward color planning and clever designs. It?s time to recognize the potential in your wool stash!<br />- Stash-busting ideas for lively hooked rugs<br />- Contemporary scrappy rugs from an expert teacher and designer<br />- Stash-happy color planning made easy<br />- Tips and techniques for designing successful rugs<br />- Includes five scrappy patterns', 'Bea Brock is a nationally known rug hooking teacher and designer of a sophisticated hooked rug pattern design collection. She is known for her unique contemporary style, her accomplished color sense, and her signature dyed wool. She has published articles in Rug Hooking magazine and Wool Street Journal and is always in demand at rug hooking schools, shows, conferences, and retreats. Her home studio is in Kerrville, TX.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Prize Comics #21: Horror Comics From The Golden Age (Vol. 2 #9)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wide Cut Primitive Rug Hooking\nDescription: ['Everyone loves primitive hooked rugs. Learn the secrets to making your own wide cut rugs a success. Primitive hooked rug expert Wendy Miller shares her tips and techniques in this comprehensive book.<br />- Hooking with wide cut strips<br />- Making new rugs look old<br />- Color planning for primitive rugs<br />- Hooking details and lettering with wide cuts<br />- And much more!', 'Wendy Miller is a nationally known rug hooking artist and teacher. Her distinctive primitive rugs are admired from coast to coast and she travels to rug schools and gatherings to teach her distinctive style. She writes frequently for Rug Hooking Magazine and has an active website where she sells wool and patterns for primitive rug hookers. She works from her home studio in Attica, Indiana.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Basic Homological Algebra (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)\nDescription: ['\"The book is well written. We find here many examples. Each chapter is followed by exercises, and at the end of the book there are outline solutions to some of them. ... I especially appreciated the lively style of the book; compared with some other books on homological algebra, one has here the good feeling that one understands why a notion is defined in this way,that one can easily remember at least the structure of the theory, and that one is quickly able to find necessary details. The prerequisite for this book is a graduate course on algebra, but one get quite far with a modest knowledge of algebra. The book can be strongly recommended as a textbook for a course on homological algebra.\"<br /><i>EMS Newsletter, June 2001</i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Prodded Hooking for a Three-Dimensional Effect\nDescription: ['120+ color photos. Includes an instructional DVD, templates, and full size pattern.', 'Gene Shepherd is well known in the rug hooking world as a teacher, blogger, designer, and author. He is director of Cambria Pines Rug Camp and is a frequent contributor to Rug Hooking magazine. He teaches and blogs from his home studio in Anaheim, California.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Atlantis Legacy: Taking Humanity Through 2012 and Beyond\nDescription: ['Jennifer Hoffman is a celebrated author, intuitive mystic, life and business mastery coach, international speaker,and popular radio host of the Enlightening Life Show. Overcoming physical paralysis and surviving a near fatal car accident taught Jennifer how to transcend fear and master limitations, hallmarks of her teachings, the mastery of life and living to achieve total confidence and personal fulfillment. She is celebrated for her Enlightening Life newsletter, with more than two million weekly readers, and for her transformational work in helping others master their purpose to create joy, passion, success and abundance in life, love, career and business. Jennifers books include the acclaimed Ascending into Miracles and 30 Days to Everyday Miracles. A masterful teacher and transformational speaker, Jennifer leads seminars and workshops around the world and is the founder of Miracle Coaching. Learn more about Jennifers work at www.enlighteninglife.com.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Primitive Hooked Rugs for the 21st Century\nDescription: ['\"Cynthia shares a wealth of information about what makes a rug \\'primitive\\'; what kind of wool to use; how to select the color and value for the background and how to make the background an interesting and exciting part of your rug; and the importance of borders and binding. Her information is in-depth without feeling overwhelming.\" (Karen Larsen <i>The Loop, Crow\\'s Foot Farm Designs</i> 2015-06-15)', 'One of the great voices in primitive rug hooking shares her knowledge with rug hookers. Based on her 35 years of experience, study, and design success, the author gives valuable tips and techniques for all who are interested in the world of primitive hooked rugs.<br />- History of rug hooking<br />- Examples of antique and primitive rugs<br />- Basic hooking techniques for primitive rugs<br />- What makes a good primitive rug<br />- Fabrics and colors, backgrounds and borders<br />- 7 primitive designs', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Prepared to Dye: Dyeing Techniques for Fiber Artists\nDescription: ['\"I feel prepared and inspired! This handbook on dyeing techniques offers a wide range of possibilities for creating color on wool fabric with an emphasis on rug hooking.\" (<i>Brecia Kralovic-Logan, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot</i> 2014-02-28)', 'The ultimate dyeing handbook for fiber artists! You?ll learn many different ways you can use commercial acid dye to produce fantastic effects in fiber of all kinds for hooking, prodding, punchneedle, applique, knitting, crocheting, and more; you?ll also learn to bleed, marbleize, and marry found wool to produce gorgeous colors and patterns without any added dyes. Included are instructions for preparing different kinds of fiber for dyeing, information on setting up and furnishing your dye space, and hundreds of useful tips from a master dyer. With step-by-step demonstrations of 19 different dyeing methods in many variations, this book is bound to have the perfect process to get the results you want.<br />- Solid and mottled dyes for fabric and yarn<br />- Dip dyes<br />- Traditional multivalue swatches<br />- ?Lazy swatch? shortcut<br />- Spot dyes<br />- Dump dyes<br />- Bleeding found wool<br />- Marbleizing<br />- Special techniques for mohair, nylon, and more', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Virtual Realities (Adventures in Odyssey)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Finishing Hooked Rugs: Favorite Techniques from the Experts\nDescription: ['\"Every rug hooker needs a resource for edge finishes. In this comprehensive book, 11 master rug hookers share their secrets and helpful tips for achieving professional-looking edges with eight different techniques. Also included is information on blocking, preserving rugs, and repairing damaged rugs. A must-have for rug hookers everywhere! Learn to create: three kinds of whipped edges, crocheted edges, knitted borders, braided edges, and stretcher bar finishes and more!\" (<i>A Needle Pulling Thread</i> 2014-08-01)', 'Every rug hooker needs a resource for edge finishes. In this comprehensive book, 11 master rug hookers share their secrets and helpful tips for achieving professional-looking edges with eight different techniques. Also included is information on blocking, preserving rugs, and repairing damaged rugs. A must-have for rug hookers everywhere!<BR>Learn to create:<BR>- Three kinds of whipped edges<BR>- Crocheted edges<BR>- Knitted borders<BR>- Braided edges<BR>- Stretcher bar finishes<BR>And more!']",
"rejected": "Title: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Threat: High-Altitude Nuclear Bomb Attack and Its Effects on Infrastructure - Protection, Recovery, and Mitigation (CD-ROM)\nDescription: ['The CD-ROM disc has over 13,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Complete Guide to Growing Cacti & Succulents\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lifehouse\nDescription: ['Book by Pete Townshend', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 500 Cacti: Species and Varieties in Cultivation\nDescription: ['Absolutely stunning.... user-friendly. This handsome book is ideal for both the novice cacti lover as well as the seasoned pro. (<i>Tucson Citizen</i> 2007-06-14)<br /><br />Documents a large selection of cacti, succulents, cadiforms and euphorbs... This book is a handy reference to bring when shopping for your landscape. (<i>Phoenix Home and Garden</i>)<br /><br />Colour photos are so attractive that even the fervent anti-cacti people may be won over. (<i>Grand magazine (Waterloo)</i>)<br /><br />For the serious cactus fancier or a horticultural library... The photographs are magnificent... would be of value to anyone who grows any cacti. (<i>Asbury Park Press</i> 2007-10-18)<br /><br />The author has organized a collection of stunning photographs, most of which are, quite amazingly, given their very short blooming cycles, shown in full blooming splendor... 500 Cacti, an elegant little volume, is highly recommended for public and school libraries, and for academic libraries collecting in botany and horticulture. Because the book is so aesthetically pleasing in its own right, it would also make a wonderful addition to personal libraries. (Linda D. Tietjen <i>American Reference Books Annual 2008</i>)<br /><br />This new book features 500 species representing all cactus groups. The cacti are arranged alphabetically by scientific genus, with an entire page devoted to each species. At-a-glance information includes size, distribution, spination, flower and flowering time, plus varieties and synonyms used. Detailed descriptions reveal the amazing adaptations cacti have made... The author provides professional advice on growing these plants at home. Among the 500 color photographs that appear in the book are stunning shots of cacti in bloom. 500 Cacti is a useful reference for all who admire these long-living and distinctive plants. (<i>icangarden.com</i>)<br /><br />500 Cacti provides an encyclopedic look at this family of succulents... The author chose to use names that are \"most likely to be found in lists of cactus plants or seeds for sale, or on the label on a pot,\" to avoid confusion when trying to acquire these plants. (Vivela Neveln <i>The American Gardener</i> 2008-01-01)', '', '<b>Ken Preston-Mafham</b> is a naturalist, author and photographer. He lives in England, where he has grown cacti for more than 30 years. His previous books include <i>Cacti and Succulents in Habitat</i> and <i>Cacti: The Illustrated Dictionary</i>.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Gardener's Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes\nDescription: ['Calhoun lovingly showcases cactus, some generations old, with informative text and stunning photos. A wholly New World family of 2,500 species, cacti photosynthesize with stems and, unlike 90 percent of plants, do so at night, dramatically reducing water loss. Organized by morphology, the shape of the plants, Calhouns guide shows how cactus can easily be combined with other arid-adapted plants, indoors and out. He shares his passion for the most sought-after landscape cactus in the world, the golden barrel cactus, with its showy golden spines, and cactus with segmented pads and rods, including prickly pears and chollas, which are the most cold-hardy. Columnar varieties, the least cold-tolerant, include the iconic saguaro, Americas largest cactus, a symbol of the Southwest that can soar to 50 feet and branch to 8 feet across. Habitat, growth stats, cultivation, and design suggestions supplement detailed profiles, while back matter covers culinary uses, pest-control tips, and plant hardiness zones, for an outstanding volume that is both beautiful and useful. --Whitney Scott', \"<span><i>The Gardener's Guide to Cactus</i> by Scott Calhoun offers a clear, helpful, well-presented text -- trust me, this is an art form all too often neglected in garden books -- along with reliable design suggestions.</span>\", '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Turnigy Long Shaft 4pc Hex driver set\nDescription: ['High strength and light weight.The 4pc Turnigy screw driver set includes1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0.Made from high strength tool steel, these tools reduce rounding and ensure a secure screw fit each time.']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Military History of World War II. 18 Volume Set\nDescription: ['The set begins with how the war began and ends with the final costs of the war.Author is Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, Col. U.S. Army, Ret. and c. 1962 through 1965 by Franklin Watts, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: She (World's Classics)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Where is the keeper?\nDescription: [\"The zoo animals are worried because they can't find the zoo keeper - where is he?\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction (Major Problems in American History Series)\nDescription: ['Michael Perman is Professor of History and Research Professor in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his B.A. from Oxford University and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where his dissertation adviser was the late John Hope Franklin. He has published three books on the late nineteenth century South: REUNION WITHOUT COMPROMISE: THE SOUTH AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-1868 (1973); THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION: SOUTHERN POLITICS, 1869-1879 (1984), which won three book prizes; and STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY: DISFRANCHISEMENT IN THE SOUTH, 1888-1908 (2001). He has also written EMANCIPATION AND RECONSTRUCTION (2003) and, more recently, PURSUIT OF UNITY: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH (2010). Perman was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979-80 and was appointed the John Adams Distinguished Professor of American History at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 2002-2003. In 2007, he gave the 69th Series of the Fleming Lectures in Southern History, soon to be published by Louisiana State University Press.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Earth's most challenging mysteries\nDescription: ['SAME COVER AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. SCUFFING, EDGE WEAR, SIGNIFICANT CREASING & DINGS ON COVERS & SPINE. BLACKOUT AT TOP OF FIRST 4 PAGES. SOME TAPING ON COVERS. PAGES HAVE AGE TANNING & SOME DISCOLORATION, NOT AFFECTING READABILITY. ROUGH COPY.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life\nDescription: [\"Landsburg demystifies the economics of everyday behavior in these diverting if not always persuasive essays. Why don't promoters of sell-out rock concerts raise the advance ticket price? Because, suggests the author, promoters want the good will of teenage audiences who will buy lots of rock paraphernalia. Why are executives' salaries so high? One reason, opines Landsburg, is that stockholders expect managers to take risks, and well-heeled executives are more likely to do so. Associate professor of economics at the University of Rochester in New York, Landsburg applies his counter-intuitive analyses, with mixed results, to everything from taxes, auctions, baseball and the high price of movie theater popcorn to government inefficiency, the death penalty, environmentalism (which he attacks as a dogmatic, coercive ideology) and NAFTA. <br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"Landsburg (economics, Univ. of Rochester) demonstrates the economist's way of thinking about everyday occurrences. The result is a compilation of questions ranging from why popcorn costs so much at movie theaters and why rock concerts sell out to why laws against polygamy are detrimental to women. Many of the issues raised are controversial and even somewhat humorous, but they are clearly explained only from an economic perspective as opposed to other dynamics of human behavior. There are also clear explanations of the misconceptions about unemployment rates, measures of inflation, and interest rates. The book is not a textbook but shows how one economist solves puzzling questions that occur in daily living. Recommended for general collections.<br /><i>- Jane M. Kathman, Coll. of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.</i><br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Smart Entrepreneur: The book investors don't want you to read.\nDescription: ['<b><i><span>The Smart Entrepreneur</span></i></b><i> </i>is a fundamental guide to the critical nuts and bolts of successful entrepreneurship.<span> </span><span></span>--<span> </span><i>Paul Marotta, founder of The Corporate Law Group.</i><br /><br /><b><i><span>The Smart Entrepreneur</span></i></b><i><span> </span></i><span>i</span>s a must read for any beginning or seasoned entrepreneur.<b><span><span></span></span></b><span></span><i>John Zarganis, formerly VP Industrial Equipment, WaveZero, Inc.</i>', \"<span>Why should an entrepreneur (YOU!) read this book?<span> </span>Would you like to be fully versed in the strategies and tactics that an investor may deploy prior to your investment meetings?<span> </span>Wouldn't you like to perfectly present your ideas, visions, or plans during these meetings?<span> </span>Many good ideas have failed because they did not receive adequate funding and the would-be entrepreneurs never get to realize their dream(s).</span><span><span> </span></span><b><span>This book will empower you, the entrepreneur, to build a solid foundation for your company.<span> </span>The entrepreneur who follows these guidelines will be better prepared to engage with and negotiate with potential investors and thus be able to retain as much equity as possible while securing the necessary funding to succeed. </span></b><br /><b><span></span></b><br /> <span>In <i>The Smart Entrepreneur</i>, Rocky Arnold, entrepreneur, and former CEO of a public company, lays out a systematic approach for aspiring entrepreneurs to follow so they may avoid the many pitfalls associated with technology start-up and early-stage companies.<span> </span>As he explains, investors often have the upper hand when it comes to the company valuation and investment.<span> </span><i>The Smart Entrepreneur</i> provides specific actionable guidance to help entrepreneurs realize their vision, maximize pre-money valuations, secure funding, and preserve founder equity.</span><br /> <span></span>\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Real Estate Principles and Practices\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Story\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Life Story during the 20th Century: An Autobiography with Historical References\nDescription: ['My mother was the daughter of John Clement Wiggins who was the Australian born son of Clement Batstone Wiggins, formerly of London, and his Welsh wife Elizabeth Minton. My mothers mother was Agnes Bertha Hohenhaus an Australian born daughter of German immigrants Friedrich Hohenhaus of Deutsch Krone, West Prussia (now renamed Walcz and located in Poland) and his wife Caroline Arndt of Berlin. When I went to school my mother told me never to mention the name or origin of her mother, No one will speak to us if they know. My father Eric Oxenham Goodman arrived in Australia with his parents from Devonshire, England as a one-year-old. His father Frank Adolphus Goodman had worked as a civil engineer in South Africa before returning to England and marrying Edith Jane Lampshire whose family was of French origin. Several generations earlier their surname Lampere had been Anglicised to Lampshire. My mother skilfully avoided conflicts in a family which by Australian standards then was or mixed origins. My mother spent her early years in the small town of Gatton in the southeast of Queensland where her grandfather Clement owned a grocery store and farm. Her descriptions of life there, before the days of electricity, are of historical interest. On finishing school and college, she started work as a telephonist with the Postal Service after getting high marks in entry examinations and a dictation test. This led to her meeting my father who worked as a postal clerk with the Post Office. After they married, he applied for transfers to remote, undesirable locations in order to gain promotions which provided a meagre increase in salary. When he became Postmaster in the far northern town of Burketown, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, during the 1940s, my mother followed him. Her descriptions of the hardships and loneliness of life in the outback are unique and provide valuable historical insights into the stoic perseverance of Australian women of her generation. John Oxenham Goodman, Sydney, Australia']"
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"chosen": "Title: Priceless: A Rylee Adamson Novel (Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Building Self-Esteem\nDescription: [\"It seems strange to observe that so few people are happy, so few people enjoy life, and so few people know what to do about their situation. So many appear to have given up and to have reconciled themselves to unhappiness, so many live out their lives in quiet desperation, and so very many attempt to lose themselves in various activities and pursuits. But even stranger is the observation made by Schweitzer and others that few people really think - about themselves, their relationships, their life goals, and what it's all about. Much of what passes for thinking in everyday life appears to be rationalization, blaming of one's fate or fortunes, projection, self-pity, or even a cleverly presented tirade of jealousy. To find a way of thinking that will help a person find that type of fulfillment that will yield joy, serenity, wisdom, creativity, and power - that will enable him to resolve his own personal turbulences, achieve a deeper interdependence with his fellow man; and gain a sense of the end for which he was created has been labelled the eternal search. This book is not intended for casual reading. It is actually a workbook for those who are sufficiently unhappy with their present lifestyle to spend the time and effort required to gain peace and happiness.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Divergent\nDescription: ['One choice can transform you. Pass initiation. Do not fail! Thrilling urban dystopian fiction debut from exciting young author. In sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior\\'s world, society is divided into five factions -- Abnegation (the selfless), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent) -- each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue, in the attempt to form a \"perfect society.\" At the age of sixteen, teens must choose the faction to which they will devote their lives. On her Choosing Day, Beatrice renames herself Tris, rejects her family\\'s group, and chooses another faction. After surviving a brutal initiation, Tris finds romance with a super-hot boy, but also discovers unrest and growing conflict in their seemingly \"perfect society.\" To survive and save those they love, they must use their strengths to uncover the truths about their identities, their families, and the order of their society itself.']",
"rejected": "Title: Humility & Pride\nDescription: ['His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion Dorostolski (Dimitar Draganov Tzonev) became vicar of the Patriarch of Bulgaria in 1994. In 2003 he was elected as Metropolitan of the Dorostolski region. In 2009 he was awarded the Cyril and Methodius medal for his contributions to the theological education in Bulgaria. He died October 28, 2009.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Tracker (A Rylee Adamson Novel) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cats, Cats, Cats - 20 Fun Fabric Crafts\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Chennault: Giving Wings to the Tiger\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What The Devil Knows: 2nd in the Landlocked Series (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['JA Sanchez lives in the San Diego area. This is the second suspense novel in the Landlocked series.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Card Making with Cricut\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How Amelia secured the tie that binds with a very loose knot\nDescription: ['hardback']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wounded (A Rylee Adamson Novel) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Born in Finland: Countryside pictures of Finland and about Helsinki\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Cardmaker's Workbook: The Complete Guide to Design, Color, and Construction Techniques for Beautiful Cards\nDescription: [\"Jennifer Mason's scrapbook design and paper art has been published in numerous books and leading art and scrapbook magazines. She worked as co-designer for Anna Griffin's Elegant Scrapbooking and also contributed to Sandi Genovese's Three Dimensional Scrapbooking. Her work has appeared on PBS, QVC, and HSN. She lives in Brookline, MA.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reunion (Al-Qadim RPGA Network Adventure)\nDescription: ['An unusual three-part scenario is set forth in this All-Qadim adventure for up to six characters.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook: Revolutionary Techniques. Groundbreaking Recipes.\nDescription: ['Even ultra-experienced gluten-free cooks and bakers will learn something from this thoroughly researched, thoughtfully presented volume. It begins with an introduction to the science of gluten, strategies for replacing wheat in recipes, troubleshooting suggestions, and helpful evaluations of commercial brands of gluten-free flour blends, sandwich bread, and pasta. The editors advise against using more brands than they recommend. Each entry opens with an explanation of \"why this recipe works\" and many include additional tips and variations. And the recipes cover the dishes gluten-free eaters are most likely to crave. There are breakfast recipes, including lemon ricotta pancakes and buttermilk waffles; entrees, such as spaghetti and meatballs, fried chicken, and cheese quiche; and breads: multigrain sandwich bread, dinner rolls, and English muffins. Of course there are desserts, too, from oatmeal-raisin cookies to deep-dish apple pie. The simplicity of the dishes belie the innovation contained in this book--it\\'s a necessary addition to any gluten-free cookbook collection. --Publishers Weekly', 'Americas Test Kitchen is well-known for its top-rated television shows with more than 4 million weekly public television viewers, bestselling cookbooks, magazines, websites, and cooking school. The highly reputable and recognizable brands of Americas Test Kitchen, Cooks Illustrated, and Cooks Country are the work of over 60 passionate chefs based in Boston, Massachusetts, who put ingredients, cookware, equipment, and recipes through objective, rigorous testing to identify the very best. Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Jack Bishop, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, Tucker Shaw, Bryan Roof, and our fabulous team of test cooks!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Memphis Mystery Requiem For Elvis Part II\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook by Editors at America's Test Kitchen (1 March, 2014) [Paperback]\nDescription: ['The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook']",
"rejected": "Title: 2018 Weekly Planner: Calendar Schedule Organizer Appointment Journal Notebook To do list and Action day, skulls with flowers, 8 x 10 inch Sugar Skull Sweet dead Fantasy Fairies. (Volume 17)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Rising Darkness (A Rylee Adamson Novel) (Volume 9)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Visions\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Recurve (The Elemental Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<i>\"I think Larkspur aka Lark is the new heroine to watch out for . . .\" Coffee Book Mom Reviews<br /><br />\"I love Shannon\\'s Rylee Adamson series . . . and I was wonderfully surprised the I loved \"Recurve\" more!\" Denise Grover Swank USAT NYT Bestselling Author of the \"Chosen Series\"<br /><br />\"I could not put it down and greedily consumed it in one sitting!\" Books In Veins</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mind Wreck: Shadow Games: (A Psychic / Paranormal novel)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Breakwater (The Elemental Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Demon Pope\nDescription: ['Author Frank Lauria was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has written 22 novels and published numerous poems and magazine articles. After years of travel from North Africa to the Middle East, he resides in San Francisco where he teaches creative writing and performs with his rap band Uncle Frank and the Co-Defendants.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Firestorm (The Elemental Series) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Look and Find Book of Bible Stories\nDescription: ['Marion Thomas writes in a traditional storytelling style, evoking the poetry of the Bible story while retaining biblical accuracy. She lives with her family in the south of England.', 'Andrew Everitt-Stewart is a well-established illustrator of children s books and greeting cards. He is based in the United Kingdom.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Gypsy Morph (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 3)\nDescription: ['Praise for Terry Brooks<br /><br />A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you havent read Terry Brooks, you havent read fantasy.<br />Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and Brisingr<br /><br />Terrys place is at the head of the fantasy world. <br />Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass <br /><br />The Elves of Cintra<br /><br />Hair-raising . . . [a] fascinating group of characters tackling harrowing and inspiring life and death issues.<br />Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br /><br />Plenty of thrills.<br />Entertainment Weekly', 'Terry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including the Genesis of Shannara novels Armageddons Children and The Elves of Cintra; The Sword of Shannara; the Voyage of the<i> </i>Jerle Shannara trilogy: Ilse Witch, Antrax, and Morgawr; the High Druid of Shannara trilogy: Jarka Ruus, Tanequil, and Straken; the nonfiction book Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life; and the novel based upon the screenplay and story by George Lucas, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. His novels Running with the Demon and A Knight of the Word were selected by the Rocky Mountain News as two of the best science fiction/fantasy novels of the twentieth century. The author was a practicing attorney for many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest. <br /><br />www.shannara.com<br />www.terrybrooks.net', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Badge of Honor: Blowing the Whistle (The True Story of a Mayor's Bodyguard)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Elves of Cintra (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 2)\nDescription: [\"<i>Starred Review.</i> Extinction or survival? Brooks keeps readers hanging with the hair-raising second installment (after 2006's <i>Armageddon's Children</i>) of a trilogy blending his bestselling Shannara and Void series. A plague-ridden future Earth faces annihilation from Void demons, once-men and other monstrous creatures. What chance do innocent children have? A pretty good chance when Logan Tom and Angel Perez, the last Knights of the Word, have pledged to defend them. Hawk, a child suffused with unpredictable magic, also helps the Seattle street kids called the Ghosts, but when he's whisked away to the magical Gardens of Life to learn of his heroic destiny, the kids come to depend on Logan and Cat, a part-lizard girl. Playing another important role is Kirisin, a Cintra elf hiding in the Oregon woods, who finds the blue Elfstones that can lead him to the powerful, myth-shrouded Loden Stone. Celebrating his 30th year as a professional writer, Brooks provides another fascinating group of characters tackling harrowing and inspiring life and death issues. <i>(Aug.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"In a sequel as riveting as its postapocalyptic predecessor, Brooks meticulously draws out the threads running through Armageddon's Children (2006). Demonkind seems to be winning the war against humans and elves. The principal characters on the side of good are back in action, and when Hawk disappears in a flash of light after being thrown off the wall of one of the compounds, Knight of the Word Logan Tom finds himself caring for the group of street kids that Hawk had led as they fled south from a devastated Seattle. Unbeknownst to them, Hawk has been rescued by the King of the Silver River, who informs the boy that he is the Gypsy Morph, destined to lead thousands of children to the Promised Land. Meanwhile, stalked by a demon that wants to kill her, Knight of the Word Angel Perez teams with the young elf Kirisin and his warrior sister on a treacherous trek through the wilds in search of the long-lost, almost forgotten blue Elfstones needed for the desperate battle with Demonkind. Each of the youngsters matures and grows in power, making this a coming-of-age story as well as a thrilling adventure. As before, the third-person narrative shifts seamlessly from one group to the other as all make their way to the shores of the Columbia River. Estes, Sally\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reign of Silence\nDescription: ['\"An exceptionally well-written piece of fiction.\" - <i>The Writer\\'s Edge</i>', \"I've had a lifelong interest in ghosts and hauntings, which, depending on who you talk to, might be unhealthy. Or simply weird. Where it gets especially convoluted is how, as a Christian, I can reconcile what so many view as balderdash with orthodox Christian theology. Fact is, the phenomena of ghosts and hauntings is almost a universal, spanning different time periods and cultures. And while so much of what comes to us in contemporary accounts can be dismissed as pure hooey, there is a sizeable body of evidence out there that simply can't be explained. So, I've ended up with <i>Reign of Silence, </i>a Christian ghost story. It was scary for me to write, but ultimately a redemptive story ... of course, I don't have any reference points other than what scares me. As a bonus, it was a lot of fun to write, too. The bulk of the manuscript came out of a personal multiday retreat I took, staying alone in an isolated farmhouse some friends allowed me to use. While the book is in no fashion autobiographical, I will admit that some of the sequences came from old oral family traditions, stories that were told as true by my kinfolks. The book has a Southern gothic flavor, and I happen to like that a lot. Hope you do, too.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1)\nDescription: ['Praise for Terry Brooks<br><br>“A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you haven’t read Terry Brooks, you haven’t read fantasy.”<br>–Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and Eldest<br><br>“Terry’s place is at the head of the fantasy world.” <br>–Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '<b>Terry Brooks</b> has thrilled readers for decades with his powers of imagination and storytelling. He is the author of more than thirty books, most of which have been <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.']",
"rejected": "Title: Dios Está Más Cerca De Lo Que Te Imaginas\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen\nDescription: [\"Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes. Published in Poland after the Second World War, these stories constitute a masterwork of world literature.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: All Moms Go To Heaven\nDescription: ['In All Moms Go to Heaven, well-known LDS writer Dean Hughes describes the summer he spent taking care of the kids while his wife, Kathy, worked on her master's degree. After a few weeks of drying tears (sometimes his own), changing diapers, and watching Sesame Street, Dean came to understand what mothers really do and why they're so important. In this thoughtful and often hilarious book, you'll find plenty to ponder and to laugh about.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The First Circle (English and Russian Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Favorite Hikes in and Around Zion National Park\nDescription: ['Favorite Hikes In & Around Zion National Park (full color) This ultimate year-round hiking guide for all ages and skill levels covers 50 spectacular hikes within a 100-mile radius of Zions east side the heart of canyon country.', '', '']"
}
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Love Like a Dog\nDescription: ['', '', '<i>1. What inspired youto write Love Like A Dog (LLAD)?</i><br />(this was a question posed to me by EliottReview - no longer a live site)<br /><br />I wanted to write a love story.. I wanted to know if I could write about hopeand love and responsibility and trust.Then two things happened; first, my daughter wanted to volunteer at ananimal shelter but, being a minor, she couldn\\'t unless I joined her. We started volunteering at C.A.R.E. inEvanston, just north of Chicago. Ourfirst night, a fought pit bull was brought in.Pit bulls? My head began to swirl. I began researching dog fighting. Being a writer, I knew Ihad found a powerful story about the ends to which humans will go against, andfor, this misunderstood breed, but it wasn\\'t a love story - yet.<br /><br />Then a second thing happened; we got our firstdog and all of her ninety pounds. Myson, Lucien, was a lively 6 years old.He wanted a dog more than anything, and we did not realize this dog wasfear-aggressive toward children. I hadso much hubris I ignored the vet\\'s warnings and the private trainer\\'s. Then she attacked Lucien, from behind,splitting his arm open down to the bone; I was there; he had done nothing toprovoke her. Lucien still has a largescar on his arm from her bite. But,right away, that night, all bandaged up, Lucien began begging me, \"She didn\\'tknow. It\\'s not her fault, mommy. Don\\'tget mad at her!\" (I never told him wehad to put her down). His love for herwas greater than his fear or pain; that\\'s what dogs can bring out in us. This became my love story. Dirk\\'s love story.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Diseases: Surgical Management of Craniovertebral Junction Diseases in Children (Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery)\nDescription: ['', 'From the book reviews:', 'The book provides a comprehensive review of the craniovertebral junction from embryology and pathology to surgical management and the latest techniques. The audience includes pediatric neurosurgeons, neurologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists, neuroradiologists, and neuroanesthesiologists. This book represents the latest review of standards and advances in this area, and the authors do an outstanding job of pulling all the essentials together in one volume. (Ramsis Farid Ghaly, Doodys Book Reviews, November, 2014)', '', '', 'Management of congenital and acquired diseases of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ), comprising the occipital bone surrounding the foramen magnum, the atlas, and the axis vertebrae, constitutes one of the more complex areas of neurosurgery. This is particularly true in the pediatric population, in which the neurosurgeon is faced with a wide variety of congenital developmental anomalies and acquired diseases and must take into account the need to avoid significant interference in still growing structures. Pediatric neurosurgeons are increasingly called upon to face this stimulating region, the diseases of which may now be managed with rewarding results even in the first years of life owing to progress in the neurosciences, availability of advanced neuroimaging diagnostic tools, and improved surgical and anesthesiological techniques.', 'This dedicated volume in the series <i>Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery</i> (ATSN) provides a comprehensive approach to CVJ diseases and their management based on the multidisciplinary cooperation of neurosurgeons, anatomists, neuroradiologists, and neuroanesthesiologists. The contributing authors represent the most renowned clinical and surgical experts from Europe and beyond. In accordance with the traditional structure of ATSN, the 12 chapters of the volume are organized into advanced (7) and standard (5) contributions.', 'The main topics highlighted are embryology, normal and abnormal development of the CVJ, including the related vessels, modern radiological contributions to diagnosis, genetic and metabolic factors which may impact on the surgical strategies, the opportunities offered by traditional operative techniques, and the recently introduced minimally invasive and endoscopic surgical modalities. Special emphasis is also placed on the evolution of the principles of surgical treatment as matured during the past decade by experiences in the still open field of pediatric neurosurgery.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption\nDescription: ['<strong>Book Description</strong><br />From <em>Marley and Me</em> to Temple Grandins groundbreaking books to Cesar Millans television show, Americas many millions of pet owners eagerly seek new insights into animal behavior, and one of the most popular sources of compelling stories and practical advice is <em>DogTown,</em> the National Geographic Channels latest hit show.<br /><br />A national rescue organization with more than 200,000 members, DogTown is the area where dogs live at the nations largest companion animal sanctuary run by Best Friends Animal Society. This informative, inspiring book presents representative stories of dogs considered unadoptable by other shelters. They come from many backgrounds: some were abandoned; some prowled the streets as strays; others suffer from mysterious illnesses, serious injuries, or antisocial behaviors that discourage potential adopters. But good fortune led them to Best Friends and the dedicated people devoted to helping them recover and find welcoming homes.<br /><br />These compelling, winningly illustrated true stories, each uniquely moving and inspirational, draw upon the experience of veterinarians, trainers, and volunteers to probe a range of tough, touching cases that evoke both the joy and the occasional but inevitable heartbreak that accompanies this work. Each chapter follows a dog from the first day at Dogtown until he ultimately finds (or doesnt find) a permanent new home, focusing both on the relationship between the dog and the Dogtown staff and on the latest discoveries about animal health and behavior. We learn how dogs process information, how trauma affects their behavior, and how people can help them overcome their problems. In the end, we come to see that there are no \"bad dogs\" and that with patience, care, and compassion, people can help dogs to heal. <span class=\"h1\"><strong><br /><br />A Look Inside <em>DogTown</em></strong></span> <br /> <strong>Click to see larger images</strong>', '', '', 'Utah\\'s Best Friends Animal Society, home of the National Geographic Channel series \"Dogtown,\" is the nation\\'s largest no-kill animal sanctuary, tending to some of the most unwanted, hard-to-rehabilitate dogs in animal rescue services. This collection of stories recounts and follows up on 15 of the most memorable dogs to appear on \"Dogtown,\" including a grieving Weimaraner who needs a new family to love, an elderly Chow Chow with a mysterious neurological condition, and a shy pit bull suffering from popular misconceptions of breed brutality. The stories are told with much contribution from the passionate, patient staffers, and run alongside a charming collection of photos showcasing the dogs at their most expressive. Animal lovers will have a hard time putting this down, though dog lovers in particular should keep the tissues handy. 65 b&w photos. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Destined for the King (Matched Love) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Piper Giannini just graduated with her high school diploma and Associate's Degree. She will continue her education in the fall. She plans to never stop writing.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Seed to Harvest\nDescription: ['OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, often referred to as the \"grand dame of science fiction,\" was the author of several award-winning novels including <i>Parable of the Talents,</i> winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation \"genius\" grant and numerous literary awards, she has been acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. She passed away on February 24, 2006. <br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Schirmmtzen: Imperial German Cavalry Field Service Caps (Schiffer Military History)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: BUSTER'S LAW An Animal Shelter Novel - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: I Refuse: A Novel\nDescription: ['- \"Illuminated by a clear and insightful knowledge of what it means to be human... Petterson is really a masterful depictor of contemporary life. His prose is precise, simple, and yet so magically different that it constantly offers a new insight... Lucky is the reader who has yet to read Petterson.\" --\"Nordjyske, Denmark\"<br /><br />Praise for Per Petterson<br /> <br />\"Reading a Petterson novel is like falling into a northern landscape painting--all shafts of light and clear palpable chill.\" --\"Time<br />\" <br />\"Subtly incisive . . . Clean sentence after clean sentence, Petterson conveys both the melancholy and the demi-pleasurable sensation of being fundamentally untethered.\" --Stacey D\\'Erasmo, \"The New York Times Book Review<br />\" <br />\"Readers will find that they\\'re in the hands of a master whose quiet, unforgettable voice leaves you yearning to hear more.\" --\"The Boston Globe<br />\" <br />\"Per Petterson stands unsurpassed among contemporary writers for existential truth-telling.\" --\"Financial Times\"<br /><br />Praise for Per Petterson <br />\"Reading a Petterson novel is like falling into a northern landscape painting--all shafts of light and clear palpable chill.\" --\"Time<br />\" <br />\"Subtly incisive . . . Clean sentence after clean sentence, Petterson conveys both the melancholy and the demi-pleasurable sensation of being fundamentally untethered.\" --Stacey D\\'Erasmo, \"The New York Times Book Review<br />\" <br />\"Readers will find that they\\'re in the hands of a master whose quiet, unforgettable voice leaves you yearning to hear more.\" --\"The Boston Globe<br />\" <br />\"Per Petterson stands unsurpassed among contemporary writers for existential truth-telling.\" --\"Financial Times\"<br /><br />- \"An extraordinarily humane work... \"I Refuse\" will lodge in the heart and remain there.\" --Eileen Battersby, \"Irish Times\" <br /> - \"A poignant, melancholic novel about the bonds forged and broken between friends and family members.\" --Lucy Scholes, \"Independent \" <br /> - \"Relentless, often shocking, but always satisfying... telling each man\\'s story with brutal honesty and poignantly reinforcing a sense of existential malaise.\" --Matthew Bremner, \"Financial Times \" <br /> - \"Petterson\\'s signature technique lies in drawing the most zigzag line imaginable through narrative chronology but the effect is not of confusion, rather of a dense, layered complexity: it is the realist novel form\\'s mimetic faithfulness to lie itself.\" --Neel Mukherjee, \"Guardian\"<br /><br />\"An extraordinarily humane work... \"I Refuse\" will lodge in the heart and remain there.\" --Eileen Battersby, \"Irish Times\" <br /> \"A poignant, melancholic novel about the bonds forged and broken between friends and family members.\" --Lucy Scholes, \"Independent\" <br /> \"Relentless, often shocking, but always satisfying... telling each man\\'s story with brutal honesty and poignantly reinforcing a sense of existential malaise.\" --Matthew Bremner, \"Financial Times\" <br /> \"Petterson\\'s signature technique lies in drawing the most zigzag line imaginable through narrative chronology but the effect is not of confusion, rather of a dense, layered complexity: it is the realist novel form\\'s mimetic faithfulness to lie itself.\" --Neel Mukherjee, \"Guardian\"\"', '<b>Per Petterson</b> is the author of seven novels, including <i>Out Stealing Horses</i>,<i> </i>which won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and has been translated into fifty languages.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dust (Silo Trilogy) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Mechanical Translation of the Book of Exodus\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: From Here to Eternity\nDescription: ['Vintage TV tie-in paperback', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Peugeot 207 Petrol and Diesel Service and Repair Manual: 2006 to 2009 (Haynes Service and Repair Manuals)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Inverted World\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: A Limitless Policy\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: DOGNAPPERS An Animal Shelter Novel - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Writing With Phonics K4 (Manuscript Writing) A Beka Book\nDescription: ['Colorful pages designed to give students practice in manuscript writing while reviewing phonics sounds, blends, one and two vowel words. Used for second semester independent work.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Book of Riley 4: A Zombie Tale\nDescription: ['Mark Tufo is the author of several books, including the Zombie Fallout series, the Indian Hill series, and Timothy.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss\nDescription: ['Ruth Silver shares her struggles to accept blindness and later hearing loss as she matured into the accomplished woman she is. Ruth and her husband live in Milwaukee, where the nonprofit agency she founded to help others who are deaf-blind still thrives. Her daughter and two grandsons live in California. A portion of the royalties will go to the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons Inc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. www.deaf-blind.org', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Other End of the Leash\nDescription: ['<i>The Other End of the Leash</i> begins with an eloquently simple premise: \"All dogs are brilliant at perceiving the slightest movement that we make, and they assume each tiny movement has meaning.\" With that in mind, all of Dr. Patricia McConnell\\'s recommendations for communicating with your canine make immediate sense. Don\\'t we all automatically bend forward when coaxing a dog to come and play? Break eye contact when we wish to avoid a confrontation? While these instinctive behaviors are right on target, a number of other habits aren\\'t so positive, and McConnell helps us break them with both humor and common sense.', 'Chapters are categorized by senses such as sound, sight, and smell; specific pack behaviors such as dominance and play also merit their own sections. McConnell uses the same humor and patience she recommends with dogs on her readers. Whether she\\'s referring to maggots as \"a value-added commodity in canine economics\" or ruminating on attempts to verbally cue her dogs to exit the house one at a time, her wise and gently self-deprecating book brings training--of both dogs and humans--to new levels. <i>Jill Lightner</i>', 'It matters greatly that people who love dogs understand enough about them to provide a good environment, writes McConnell (Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage Your Multi-dog Household) in her thoughtful exposition on improving human-canine communication. An animal behaviorist and adjunct professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin Madison, McConnell offers sound advice for dog owners: Pay attention to your own behavior. Believe me, your dog is. Drawing on anecdotes from her professional practice (she specializes in canine behavior problems), research into the work of other dog trainers and personal experiences with her beloved Border collies, the author explains how a dog might be misinterpreting signals from its owner. For example, although humans express affection through hugs, a dog may feel threatened by them. McConnell also provides tips on how to play safely with dogs (she recommends games of fetch rather than rough-and-tumble wrestling) and how to get them to do what you want (the best way to get a dog to stop demanding attention is simply to break off visual contact). She has harsh words for trainers who tell owners to establish dominance over dogs by behaving aggressively to them when they are young, and also for owners of puppy mills. These dog factories, she says, create damaged animals and unsuitable pets. This is a helpful guide for pet owners by a specialist who clearly loves her work. B&w photos not seen by PW.<br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Perry Mason: the Case of the Green-Eyed Sister\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: City of Thieves: A Novel\nDescription: ['<div> David Benioff was born and raised in New York City. He adapted his first novel, <i>The 25th Hour</i>, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. With many other screenplays to his credit, he is also the writer of the films, \"Brothers\" and \"X-Men Origins: Wolverine\". Stories from his critically acclaimed collection <i>When the Nines Roll Over</i> appeared in <i>Best New American Voices</i> and <i>The Best Nonrequired American Reading</i>. His latest novel is <i>City of Thieves</i>. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter where he is a co-creator and writer for the HBO hit series \"Game of Thrones.\"  <br>  </div>']",
"rejected": "Title: All My Friends Are Rock Stars, Vol. III: The End is just the Beginning: Hard Rock / Metal / Punk scenes of Chicago, Freeport, Rockford Illinois & Madison, Milwaukee Wisconsin (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['About the author Theron Moore has been freelance writing since 1989 when he became a staff writer for SLAM Magazine (Stateline Area Magazine, Northern IL / Southern WI), and contributor to Jake Wiseleys (Red Decibel Records) Sheet Metal Magazine. Hes also published the following zines -- Louder Than God, The Saint Vitus Press & Poetry Review, For Those About to Rock & Church of the Necronomicon. More has contributed music reviews, movie reviews and artist interviews to websites horrornews.net, Wormwood Chronicles, The Sludgelord, New Noise Magazine and Metal Forces Magazine. His body of work includes: Gangsters, Harlots and Thieves: Down and out at the Hotel Clifton Layout and editing for Rockford Area Music History Part I All My Friends Are Rock Stars: The Music Scenes of Rockford IL, Madison and Milwaukee WI, 80s / 90s, Volume I All My Friends Are Rock Stars: The Music Scenes of Chicago, Freeport and Rockford IL; Madison and Milwaukee WI, 80s to the Present; Volume II, How the (Mid) West Was Won All My Friends Are Rock Stars: The Music Scenes of Chicago, Freeport and Rockford IL; Madison and Milwaukee WI, 80s to the Present; Volume III, The End is just the Beginning road/house and Beyond: The Small Press Revolution, 1975 to Present: An Inside Look at the Writers who Lived and Breathed it All titles available on Amazon.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Survivors #6: Storm of Dogs\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR SURVIVORS: Hunter expertly explores the tensions between responsibility and freedom; risk and safety; and loyalty and acceptance. Viewing the unfolding adventure through Luckys eyes makes even the most mundane or familiar seem alive with magic. Wild and wonderful adventure for middle-graders. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />Well-rounded characters, deep folklore and difficult problems without obvious answers drive the story. These dogs are not just loyal human companions, but warriors, leaders and friends. Perfectly crafted. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />Young readers will find plenty to like here, from the fast-moving plot, to the characterizations of individual dogs. A promising start for the many fans of the Warriors and Seekers adventure series. (Booklist)', '', 'The battle has begunand no dog will escape its fury.', 'Now that their ruthless former Alpha has left the Wild Pack and Sweet has taken his place, the dogs hope they will finally be able to find peace. But Blade and her Fierce Dogs will not rest until the Pack has been destroyed, and Lucky is troubled by visions of a terrifying future. The Storm of Dogs is about to begin. . . .', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy)\nDescription: ['...\"a valuable historical documentary, and I thoroughly recommend it not only to cinema scholars but devotees of the supernatural in film.\"-Fantasy Commentator<br /><br />?...a valuable historical documentary, and I thoroughly recommend it not only to cinema scholars but devotees of the supernatural in film.?-Fantasy Commentator<br /><br />.,.\"a valuable historical documentary, and I thoroughly recommend it not only to cinema scholars but devotees of the supernatural in film.\"-Fantasy Commentator', '', 'JAMES CRAIG HOLTE is Associate Professor of English at East Carolina University. He is the author of <i>The Conversion Experience in America</i> (Greenwood, 1992) and <i>The Ethnic I: A Sourcebook for Ethnic-American Autobiography</i> (Greenwood, 1988).', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Machine World (Undying Mercenaries Series) (Volume 4)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: La vida oculta de la Virgen Mara\nDescription: ['Rare Book', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Written in Fire (The Brilliance Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', 'Beginning with <i>Brilliance</i> and <i>A Better World</i>, and culminating in the pitch-perfect trilogy-finisher, <i>Written in Fire</i>, Marcus Sakey has created an astonishing achievementa portrait of our world five minutes into the future. Its a world exploding with technology and innovation, but imploding with the same fear and paranoia that threatens to destroy our world: fear of those who are different. What message could be more profound? These books are all thriller, with a perfect dusting of science fiction and social commentary, all underpinned with Sakeys trademark gorgeous prose. For my money, this trilogy is one of the great works of commercial fiction ever put to page. Epic, compulsively readable, and thought-provoking to the very last sentence. Blake Crouch, bestselling author of the Wayward Pines Series', 'The searing conclusion to Sakeys Brilliance trilogy...raises important questions about such matters as patriotism, self-sacrifice, conflicting loyalties, and parental devotion. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, Starred Review', 'Sakey brings his cinematic series to a ferocious close, capping off a three-book experiment in futuristic violence, societal catastrophe, and hyperkinetic storytellingA bombastic final entry that combines larger-than-life futurism with convincing ultraviolence to deliver a satisfying, open-ended finale. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', 'Sakey can flat-out write. Don Winslow', 'Sakey transcends the spoon-fed dystopia of young adult epics such as The Hunger Games with thoughtful allusions to such contemporary issues as the mistreatment of minorities, global warming, government corruption and genetic engineeringand just the right undercurrent of satire. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>', '<i>Written in Fire</i> is so wildly imaginative in evoking its own new world order that I feel like those lucky few critics who received advance copies of <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> back in the 1950s. Terrifying in its treatment and relentless in exploring the dark underbelly of society, this is reading entertainment that borders on the classic. <i>Providence Journal</i>', 'Sakey proves himself as a master, once again. This time taking his skills as a mystery writer and weaving them together with themes of evolution and societal tension, creating something all together unique and impossible to put down. When the battle is done, Sakey leaves you satisfied, but still wanting more in the world of the Brilliance trilogy. If thats not the sign of a perfect trio of books, I dont know what is. <i>Crimespree Magazine</i>', 'One of the most satisfying conclusions to a thriller that Ive read in quite some time. <i>Toledo Blade</i>', 'With the three volumes comprising his outstanding series The Brilliance Trilogy, author Marcus Sakey has established himself as a gifted and original storyteller, and a truly exceptionally action/adventure novelist. <i>Midwest Book Review</i>', '<b>Praise for Marcus Sakeys The Brilliance Trilogy</b>', 'At once mystery, thriller, family saga, and romance...The plot takes many unpredictable twists, the characters are multidimensional, the world quite believable and the social/political commentary pointed and often chilling. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>', 'A decidedly adult, disturbingly feasible spin to the dystopian future trend overtaking literature. <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>', 'An astoundingly good writer. <i>San Jose Mercury News</i>', \"It's depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that sets Sakey apart. Lee Child\", 'A tightly plotted thriller with classic questions beating in its geeky heart. NPR', 'An Amazon.com Best Books of the Month: Science Fiction & Fantasy Pick', 'Sakey paints a near future too close for comfort. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Utterly compelling. <i>Booklist</i>, Starred Review', 'Brilliant. <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>', '', '', 'Marcus Sakeys thrillers have been nominated for more than fifteen awards. Theyve been named <i>New York Times</i> Editors Choice picks and have been selected among <i>Esquire</i>s top five books of the year. His novel <i>Good People</i> was made into a movie starring James Franco and Kate Hudson, and <i>Brilliance</i> is currently in development with Legendary Pictures.', 'Sakey lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.', 'For more information, visit www.MarcusSakey.com.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Little Book of Heartbreak\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wheelz\nDescription: [\"Steve Fotheringham has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Weber State University, A Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Counseling, and a Doctorate Degree in Educational Administration from The University of Arizona. But the only credentials he claims for this book is that he was an eyewitness. With family and news videos, text messages, emails, Aaron's written stories, journal entries, magazine and news articles, and DVR recordings that cover much of his life, coupled with the fact that Steve and his wife Kaylene were there most of the time, he was able to write an accurate and inspiring biography.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: P-38 Lightning at War\nDescription: ['this is another book to add to a collection of P-38 books. it covers the PTO, MTO, ETO, as well as alaska. goes into much greater detail of the P-38s performance than most general reference books. lists the speeds and rates of climb higher than those listed by general reference books also. it is an interesting read as well as many photos that I have never seen before. I mean large and clear photos. --By Amateur Bushcrafter']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Home World (Undying Mercenaries Series)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Colour in Peace: A Reflective Journey\nDescription: [\"ames Newman Gray is an exceptionally talented illustrator. He specialised in Illustration at Wolverhampton University and has had a successful career working in greetings cards, where his ability to change styles has been very useful - varying from contemporary designs and characters, to hand lettering, cute characters and detailed line-work. James has now brought his talents to children's book illustration, where his adorable creations really bring the pages to life. He is a self-proclaimed cat person and collects vintage synthesizers.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Harriet the Spy\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Why Twenty Seven?: How Can We Be Sure That We Have the Right Books in the New Testament?\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Miller's Valley: A Novel (Random House Large Print)\nDescription: ['Overwhelmingly moving . . . In this novel, where so much is about what vanishes, there is also a deep beating heart, of what also stays.<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />Stunning . . . The matriarchal theme [is] at the heart of<i>Millers Valley</i>. Miriam pushes her smart daughter to consider college, and other womena teacher, a doctor, a benefactorwill raise Mimi up past the raging waters that swirl in her heart.<b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />Economical and yet elegant . . . [Anna Quindlens] storytelling and descriptive powers make<i>Millers Valley</i>compelling. . . .Millers Valleyhas a geography and fate all its own but its residents, realities, disappointments, joys and cycle of life feel familiar, in the best way possible.<b><i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i></b><br /><br />A family story with humor, surprise, sorrow and mystery . . . Quindlen has created distinctive characters, none of whom seems like anyone youve met before in fiction.<b><i>The Columbus Dispatch</i></b><br /><br />A breathtakingly moving look at a family.<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /><br />[Anna] Quindlens provocative novel will have you flipping through the pages of your own family history and memories even as you cant stop reading about the Millers. . . . a coming-of-age story that reminds us that the past continues to wash over us even as we move away from the places and events that formed us.<b><i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br /><br />Picking up a novel by Anna Quindlen means more than just meeting a new familyits like moving in and pretending they are yours. Its a rare gift for a writer, and Quindlen does it to near perfection.<b><i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i></b><br /><br />Quindlens novel of a childhood examined by someone who literally cant go home again is an incredibly engaging read. . . . Millers Valley takes familiar themes and manages to make them fresh and new.<b><i>Bust<br /></i></b><b><b><br />Praise for the bestselling fiction of</b>Anna Quindlen</b><br /> <b></b><br /> Anna Quindlen knows that all the things we will ever be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family.<b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><i>, </i>about<i> Object Lessons</i><br /><br />There comes a moment in every novelists career when she . . . ventures into new territory, breaking free into a marriage of tone and style, of plot and characterization, thats utterly her own. Anna Quindlens marvelous romantic comedy of manners is just such a book. . . . Quindlen has delivered a novel that will have staying power all its own.<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><i>, </i>about<i> Still Life with Bread Crumbs</i><br /> <br />Anna Quindlen writes about family with all the humanity, wit, and pain of going home.<b>Wendy Wasserstein</b>, about <i>One True Thing</i><br /> <br /> Anna Quindlen is Americas resident Sane Person. She has what Joyce called the common touch, the ability to speak to many people about whats on their minds before they have the vaguest idea whats on their minds.<b><i>The New York Times</i></b><i>, </i>about <i>Blessings</i><br /> <br /> Quindlen knows words, and she knows women.<b><i>More</i></b><i>, </i>about <i>Rise and Shine</i><br /> <br /> Quindlens writing . . . wraps the reader in the warmth and familiarity of domestic life.<b><i>The</i> <i>Seattle Times</i></b><i>, </i>about <i>Every Last One</i>', '<b>Anna Quindlen</b> is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of eight novels: <i>Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One</i>, <i>Still Life with Bread Crumbs, </i>and <i>Millers Valley</i>. Her memoir <i>Lots of Candles,</i> <i>Plenty of Cake, </i>published in 2012, was a number one <i>New York Times</i> bestseller. Her book <i>A Short Guide to a Happy Life</i> has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at <i>The New York Times </i>she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, <i>Living Out Loud</i> and <i>Thinking Out Loud</i>. Her <i>Newsweek</i> columns were collected in <i>Loud and Clear</i>.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Murder Is Binding\nDescription: [\"Stoneham, N.H., the picturesque setting of the pseudonymous Barrett's charming first in a new series, boasts a newly renovated main street devoted to a variety of bookstores. When Tricia Milesmystery bookstore proprietor and city refugeediscovers her unpleasant cookbook store neighbor stabbed to death and a rare book missing, Tricia soon finds herself under the sheriff's surveillance and dubbed the village jinx. Determined to clear her name and track down the stolen cookbook, Tricia enlists a few friendly locals to aid in her investigation. When her difficult older sister, Angelica, arrives unexpectedly, Tricia worries she's in for another headache, but Angelica turns out to be a willing conspirator in Tricia's search for answers. The mix of books, cooking and an engaging whodunit will leave cozy fans eager for the next installment. <i>(Apr.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"Move over Cabot Cove. Lorna Barrett\\'s new cozy creation, <i>Murder Is Binding</i>, has it all: wonderful old books, quirky characters, a clever mystery, and a cat named Miss Marple!\" <b> --Roberta Isleib, author of <i>Preaching to the Corpse</i> and the Advice Column Mysteries <b><b> \"A mystery bookstore in a sleepy New England town, a cat named Miss Marple, a nasty murder and a determined heroine make Barrett\\'s delightful debut mystery everything a cozy lover could want and more. Bravo!\"<b> --Leann Sweeney, author of the Yellow Rose Mystery Series<br /></b></b></b></b>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dead Man's Debt (Poor Man's Fight)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cut Up This Book: Special Occasions: Step-By-Step Instruction for Festive Decorations, Invitations, and More\nDescription: ['', '<b>Emily Hogarth </b>fell in love with papercutting while studying textiles at Edinburgh College of Art. She went on to earn her Masters degree in art and learned to apply and integrate her unique designs into illustrations and graphics. She now runs her own business, EmilyHogarth Designs, and exhibits her work throughout the United Kingdom, where she currently resides. Her work is featured on her website: <b>emilyhogarth.com</b>.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Sgt. Pepper at Fifty: The Mood, the Look, the Sound, the Legacy of the Beatles' Great Masterpiece\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mercy Dogs\nDescription: ['', 'Tyler Dilts received his BA in theater from Cal State Long Beach and performed in more than sixty plays before turning his focus to writing. His work has appeared in the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, the <i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i>, and <i>The Best American Mystery Stories</i>. He is also the author of the Long Beach Homicide series of detective novels: <i>A King of Infinite Space</i>, <i>The Pain Scale</i>, <i>A Cold and Broken Hallelujah</i> (an Amazon #1 bestseller) and, most recently, the Edgar Awardnominated <i>Come Twilight</i>. In 2014, he was the Writer-in-Residence at John Cabot University in Rome, and in 2015 he joined the teaching staff of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. He currently teaches English at his alma mater, where his specialties include creative writing, crime fiction, and literary theory. He lives with his wife in Long Beach, California. Contact Tyler at www.facebook.com/tylerdiltsbooks.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: RL's Dream\nDescription: ['After four increasingly well-received crime novels starring Los Angeles PI Easy Rawlins, Mosley has moved strongly ahead to a more searching and deeply felt style and subject. He writes here of Atwater \"Soupspoon\" Wise, a battered, failing relic of a man who once played backup to legendary Delta jazz guitarist Robert \"RL\" Johnson and who is now barely surviving on New York\\'s Lower East Side. When we meet him, Soupspoon, who has cancer, is being evicted from his tiny apartment. Enter Kiki Waters, a hard-drinking, profane redhead who fled a life of horror and incest in Arkansas and now ekes out an uneasy living at a Wall Street insurance firm. With her tough street smarts, she stops the eviction cold, uses her office know-how to fake lavish health insurance for Soupspoon and moves him in with her. They cling together, these two outcasts from hard times, Soupspoon with a gentleness born of deep resignation, Kiki with a protective desperation fueled by booze and rage. Gradually, Soupspoon\\'s life begins to mend: someone he knew as a kid in the South offers him a gig at his after-hours drinking place; a pretty young girl is drawn to his sweetness. But for Kiki, the only way out is through violence and flight. Mosley has always been a vivid writer, but here his work achieves a constant level of dark poetry: he flawlessly integrates Soupspoon\\'s and Kiki\\'s past harsh lives and memories with the keenly observed contemporary New York slum scene as the bittersweet blues constantly sound somber chords beneath. There is no false sentimental note anywhere in the book, just a deeply moving creation of two extraordinary people who achieve a powerful humanity where it would seem almost impossible it should exist. Author tour. <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Atwater \"Soupspoon\" Wise, an aging bluesman in New York City, is evicted from his apartment. Kiki Waters, a young white woman, takes him in, nursing him back to health and forging the necessary health insurance information to get him treated for cancer. The two form a strange friendship; both are from the South, and both have left behind pasts that demand to be dealt with. Soupspoon knew the legendary Robert \"RL\" Johnson in his youth and is haunted by the desire to learn the secret of Johnson\\'s music; Kiki was abused by her father and ran away in her early teens. Mosley\\'s swirl of characters, locales, and memories is intoxicating, and the plot moves forward relentlessly, taut as the mystery novels (e.g., Black Betty, LJ 5/1/94) for which he is renowned. Highly recommended.<br /><i>-?David Dodd, Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs</i><br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dark World (Undying Mercenaries Series)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Iran: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)\nDescription: [\"<br /><strong>Ali M. Ansari</strong> is Professor of Iranian History & Founding Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews; Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute; Vice President of the British Institute for Persian Studies. He is the author of <em>The Politics of</em> <em>Nationalism in Modern Iran</em> (CUP, 2012) and <em>Crisis of Authority: Iran's 2009 Presidential Election</em> (Chatham House, 2010). In 2013 Ali Ansari was elected President of BIPS.<br />\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Shade Of Vampire 2: A Shade Of Blood\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Professional SharePoint 2007 Records Management Development: Managing Official Records with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)\nDescription: ['<b>Create successful records management solutions from the start</b>', 'Building effective records management solutions on the SharePoint platform requires a comprehensive development strategy that integrates out-of-the-box components (document libraries, content types, and information policy) with more specialized custom components that can be applied at any stage of the content lifecycle. This helpful book introduces content modeling as an integral part of the development process and guides you through the creation of a reusable set of enterprise content management components that are designed specifically for records management.', 'Shows you how to quickly create and manage information policies to control document retention, build custom routers, manage electronic mail records, and more', 'Walks you through creating executable file plans that can be applied to multiple records management scenarios', 'Introduces invaluable techniques for setting up an effective records management development environment', 'Addresses methods for ensuring that incoming records have valid content and metadata', 'Reviews building a custom workflow activity library with built-in support for records management', 'Offers advice for installing and configuring the DoD 5015.2 Addon Pack and demonstrates how to use it to deploy DoD 5015.2 compliant solutions', '<b>Wrox Professional guides</b> are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.', '<b>Programmer Forums</b><br /> Join our Programmer to Programmer forums to ask and answer programming questions about this book, join discussions on the hottest topics in the industry, and connect with fellow programmers from around the world.', '<b>Code Downloads</b><br /> Take advantage of free code samples from this book, as well as code samples from hundreds of other books, all ready to use.', '<b>Read More</b><br /> Find articles, ebooks, sample chapters and tables of contents for hundreds of books, and more reference resources on programming topics that matter to you.', '<b>wrox.com</b>', '', '<b>John Holliday</b> is an independent consultant and Microsoft MVP for Office SharePoint Server 2007 with more than 25 years of professional software development and consulting experience.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Shade of Vampire 2: A Shade of Blood\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Masterpieces of Indian Painting\nDescription: ['Book by Heeramaneck, Alice N.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Obsession (Steel Brothers Saga Book 2)\nDescription: ['\"Helen left my head spinning and my mind racing a mile a minute. I need to know what the secrets are...\" (The Book Fairy Reviews)<br /><br />\"Talon and Jade\\'s chemistry sizzles and the love scenes will melt your heart...\" (The Book Sirens)', '<span><i>New York Times</i>and<i>USA Today</i>bestselling author Helen Hardt's passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn't stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, she's a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.</span><br /><br /><span>Visit her here:</span><br /><span>helenhardt.com</span><br /><span>facebook.com/helenhardt</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Her Private Hell\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Trail of Broken Wings\nDescription: ['', 'Sejal Badani is a former attorney. She currently lives on the West Coast with her family and their two dogs.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Certain Victory: Special Edition (Certain Victory, Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Robert J. Ott sits down with author Bob Olson to share his amazing story of how a will to live and a love for life can overcome unthinkable trauma and deep despair. Robert was a young man struggling to make it on his own when in 1990 someone put a bullet through his brain. Robert tells the amazing story of survival during a time when life shriveled to dark emptiness and his future seemed hopeless. He introduces us to a world normally reserved for those who have been victimized or who battle disabilities: a world of loneliness, depression, denial, anger, embarrassment and despair. The coup de grce which brought Robert to his knees: the loss of his cherished martial arts studio. No income. No job opportunities. No formal education. Instead of breaking boards and flying through the air with high kick precision, Robert's life was now rendered to a bed, encapsulated by doctors, bill collectors and lawyers. Robert reveals how the philosophies and principles of Martial Arts became the tools that allowed him to overcome the terrifying challenges he now faced. Robert discusses his battle with the Social Security Administration and State agencies. He shares with us his lowest moments when exposed to crassness, ignorance, discrimination and prejudice. Robert shares with readers how he turned a horrifying incident into a positive outcome that inspires and helps heal wounds suffered by others. Robert took his anger and turned it into a determination that has brought him success in business, love and purpose in life.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Possession (Steel Brothers Saga Book 3)\nDescription: ['\"Possession brings Talon Steel\\'s story to a conclusion, wrapping up a thrilling mystery intertwined with some amazingly hot sex scenes... the buildup to the protagonists discovery keeps the pages moving at a rapid-fire pace.\" (RT Book Reviews)<br /><br />\"Such a beautiful torment - the waiting, the anticipation, the relief that only comes briefly before more questions arise, and the wait begins again... Check. Mate. Ms. Hardt...\" (Bare Naked Words)', \"<span><i>New York Times</i>and<i>USA Today</i>bestselling author Helen Hardt's passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn't stopped since. In addition to being an award winning author of contemporary and historical romance and erotica, she's a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.</span><br /><br /><span>Visit her here:</span><br /><span>helenhardt.com</span><br /><span>facebook.com/helenhardt</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Chinese Swordsmanship: The Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition\nDescription: ['\"A real contribution to the field.\" --Douglas Wile, Author \" Tai Chi\\'s Ancestors\"<br /><br />\"Scott Rodell\\'s mastery of his subject and his great devotion to it are apparent on every page.\" --Donald J. LaRocca, Curator, Arms & Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art<br /><br />\"Overall, it is a fascinating book.\" --J. Christoph Amberger, author, Secret History of the Sword', 'Scott M. Rodell has studied martial arts since the age of nine. The last two decades he has devoted exclusively to study of Yang Family Taijiquan. Rodell spent many years traveling to find and study with the best teachers in this lineage to full fill a person goal - renovating Yang Family Taijiquan. He sought out teachers known for certain specialties, pulling together elements of the system that have become separated and fragmented. Rodell has been privileged to receive instruction in Push Hands and Free Fighting from William C. C. Chen, Sword and Push Hands from T.T. Liang and the Yang Family Michuan Taijiquan, form, applications, push hands, sword (jian), fan and spear, from Wang Yen-nien. Rodell is the Director of the Great River Taoist Center. The Center was founded in 1984 and now is headquatered in Washington, DC and has branch across Norhern Europe. For more than 1o years, Rodell has been teaching across western Russia and Estonia. He began teaching in the Soviet Union at the request of the Soviet Wushu Federation in 1991. For more information about the Great River Taoist Center, please call 703/846-8222.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Professor Trouble\nDescription: ['Soraya May likes happy endings, expensive whisky, and typography. She has a well-tempered husband, and an ill-tempered cat.']",
"rejected": "Title: Fly Fisherman's Gold: Fly-rods and Fly-Tackle\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Boy Next Door: A Standalone Off-Limits Romance\nDescription: [\"Ella James is the USA Today bestselling author of sixteen teen and adult love stories. She's an angst-a-holic who loves exploring difficult situations and the emotions of the people caught up in them. Also, smut. But always, always romance. Ella's obsessions include vanilla cream soda, hiking, other weird, crunchy things like rock collecting, and the antics of her three little monsters. To find out more about her projects, follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ellajamesbooks, tweet her at author_ellaj or follow her on Instagram (authorellajames). Interested in the foreign rights for one of Ellas books? Contact her agent, Rebecca Friedman, at rebecca@rfliterary.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wrestling with God: Three Mystical Dramas\nDescription: ['Egon H.E. Lass was born in the province of Angeln, Germany in 1938 and immigrated to the United States when he was thirteen years old. In later life he received his MA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and spent close to thirty years in Israel as an archaeologist. Next to numerous scientific articles, he has published works of poetry and prose in various literary journals, including The American Scholar, Epicenter, Passage, Omphalos, and The Kansas Magazine. He is the author of The Seasons of Tulul, an account of life among the Bedouin of the Judean Desert.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Stranded with the SEAL (HERO Force) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Prelude, A Novel & The 1854 Diary of Adeline Elizabeth Hoe\nDescription: ['“Diaries are a tool for history, both for recording events and providing context: showing not only how contemporaries viewed the event but sometimes how opinion began to change. And one such tool for the history of nineteenth-century New York City is The 1854 Diary of Adeline Elizabeth Hoe…. In Prelude, Davidson has written a novella sparked by a hint of romance in the Diary.” (George W. Martin, Historian and Author of CCB: The Life and Century of Charles C. Burlingham, New York’s First Citizen, 1858–1959)', 'HELEN TAYLOR DAVIDSON, a music teacher, choral director, dramatist, and writer, transcribed and annotated the diary with her husband, Richard, through many years of research. DR. RICHARD DAVIDSON is an English professor, former dairy farmer, author, and essayist. He has written for Down East magazine and the Christian Science Monitor. They live in Plainfield, N.H.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Dean's List\nDescription: ['Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping the love alive. Always a romantic, she is inspired by real-time events mixed with a dose of fiction. She encourages her readers to reach the happily ever after but bask in the afterglow of the perfectly imperfect love.<br /><br />Kelly lives in Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountainswith her husband of twenty-five years,their two dogs, and a bird thathates her.<br />In her spare time, sheenjoys walking the trails and visiting the mining towns like CrippleCreek. Could be there is gambling there, but she likes to think it's the ambience that brings her there and not the amazing slot machine in the back of the casino.<br /><br />In the winter, you'll find her tucked into her seat at The World Arena cheering her beloved Colorado College Tigers Hockey Team. After several losing seasons she knows there's a win coming soon. Kelly is no fair weather fan. Tigers to the death.<br /><br />She has three amazing children, and she wonders how they all turned out to be engineers when only the creative side of her brain seems to work. She just chalks it up to the engineering genes her husband contributed to the mix.<br />Creative minds need anoutlet and writing books is where she focuses her excess energy.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Repatriation of Henry Chin\nDescription: ['Tells Chilling Tale of What Might Come.<br /><br />In a near future, amid growing hostilities between the USA and China, the new scifi novel The Repatriation of Henry Chin sees a paranoid president decide that the best course of action to deal with \"potential\" domestic terrorists is to secure Chinese-Americans in specially built facilities for their \"safety.\" Mild-mannered pharmacist Henry Chin finds his life turned upside down as American turns on American.<br /> <br />Unwilling to submit to such a draconian security policy, Chin flees with his teen-age daughter across a nightmare America where neighbor has turned against neighbor. Now doggedly pursued by an ICE agent determined to bring this \"potential future terrorist\" in no matter the cost, Chin struggles to survive in a country where once cherished rights and liberties have been traded for a peace and security that is anything but.<br /> <br />The Repatriation of Henry Chin is the debut novel for Isaac Ho, SF Weekly Black Box Award-winning playwright of Along for the Ride and Stephen N. Gershenson Screenwriting Award-winning writer of 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position, a feature-film starring Amanda Plummer.<br /> <br />The idea for the novel came to Ho after seeing the breathless ease of numerous opinion wielders -- many of them Asian American -- invoke the idea of internment camps to deal with many of the issues of security facing our country.<br /> <br />\"Did we learn nothing from the 1940s,\" says Ho, referring to the camps created to house the Japanese during World War II and the suspicion German-Americans also had to endure. \"We live in a world that is far too complex to be reduced to talking head sound bites and simple solutions to complex problems. Repatriation offers one alternative view of the consequences of sound bite solutions.\"<br /> <br />\"Isaac tells an important story, a cautionary tale we all need to keep in mind,\" says Digital Fabulists\\' co-publisher Jody Wheeler. \"Not only is The Repatriation of Henry Chin an excellent debut novel, it\\'s also a thrilling read and, in the tradition of good science fiction, makes you pause and think as well.\"<br /> <br />Isaac Ho is a graduate of the UCLA MFA Screenwriting program. He is the screenwriter for the indie film 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position, an Orwellian drama starring Amanda Plummer, and the play Along for the Ride. He\\'s won the SF Weekly Black Box Award for Best Play, the Stephen N. Gershenson Screenwriting Award and was a finalist for the CAPE USA New Writers Award for Television. The Repatriation of Henry Chin is his first novel.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys)\nDescription: [\"Clarissa Wild is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author, best known for the dark Romance novel Mr. X. Her novels include the Fierce Series, the Delirious Series, Stalker Duology, Twenty-One (21), Ultimate Sin, VIKTOR, and Bad Teacher. She is also a writer of erotic romance such as the Blissful Series, The Billionaire's Bet series, and the Enflamed Series. She is an avid reader and writer of sexy stories about hot men and feisty women. Her other loves include her furry cat friend and learning about different cultures. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, reading tons of books and cooking her favorite meals.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Forty Years Of Aviation Life: Don't Let Airplane Troubles Keep You Down\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sexy Beast\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #8)\nDescription: [\"Chiaverini, author of the Elm Creek Quilts novels, delivers a rich holiday tale that predates last year's <i>Master Quilter</i>, also set during the Christmas season. Sylvia Compson, ne Bergstrom, 77, is determined to make it the dullest holiday ever at Elm Creek Manor, to which she returned, a year and a half ago, after 50 years of estrangement. Her Bergstrom relatives are gone; her memories of Christmas past are fraught. But young Sarah McClure, Sylvia's partner in the quilting camp that's brought Elm Creek back to life, wants to spend Christmas with Sylviaand she wants it tinsel strewn. Home is here now, not with the mother who dislikes Sarah's husband, Matt. Sylvia reluctantly agrees to visit the trove of ornaments in the attic. As the women discover an unfinished Christmas quilt, a mixed bag of memories spills out along with the feathered star blocks: strudel making in the Depression; tree trimming during World War II, which claimed Sylvia's husband, brother and a baby born too soon because of her shock; memories of a sister, Claudia, who forfeits Sylvia's love until it's too late. Reconciliation and redemption: of course. But it's not won cheaplythere's no saccharine in this sweet story. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the<i> New York Times </i>bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, five collections of quilt projects, and several historical fiction novels. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin. To learn more, visit JenniferChiaverini.com.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Roommates With Benefits\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: No Doubt\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Room Mate\nDescription: ['"With chemistry to burn up the pages and laughs to keep it fun and fast-paced, The Room Mate is <b>the perfect escape</b>" <i>- Vilma's Book Blog</i><br /><br />"Totally <b>freaking amazing</b>"<i> - Kelly Elliott, NY Times bestselling author</i><br /><br />"I laughed, swooned, and even shed a few tears. The emotional and sexualconnection between these two characters made their story <b>unputdownable</b>." <i>- Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads</i><div><br />"Kendall Ryan at her finest. Explosive chemistry, <b>the perfect hero</b>, and filledwith sexual tension that will have you begging for more." <i>- Shelia'sBook Blog</i>"<span><br /><br />A sexy, fun and enjoyable read that allowed me to get lost in a <b>romance that was meant to be</b></span>." - <i>My Girlfriend's Couch</i> </div><br />"If you've never read a Kendall Ryan book then I can't recommend you todo so enough. Her books are <b>absolutely amazing</b>. She's one of my <b>all time favorite authors</b> and I will buy her books without even reading theblurbs knowing that I won't be disappointed." <i>- A Beautiful Book Obsession</i><br /><br />"A<span><span> <b>ridiculously HOT</b> read!" <i>- Dirty South Books</i><br /><br />"... <b>D</b></span></span><span><span><b>eliciously sexy</b>, entertaining read." <i>- BookSmacked </i></span></span>', \"A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 1.5 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world. She's a traditionally published author with Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins UK, as well as an independently published author. Since she first began self-publishing in 2012, she's appeared at #1 on Barnes & Noble and iBooks charts around the world. Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than three dozen times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine. Visit Kendall online at: www.kendallryanbooks.com for more. Or on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/kendallryanbooks\"]",
"rejected": "Title: The Ladies' Home Journal Treasury Selected From The Complete Files\nDescription: ['The editor draws from work published in the magazine since 1883, with selections from Rudyard Kipling, Sarah Orne Jewett, James Whitcomb Riley, Grover Cleveland, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Hardy, A.A. Milne, Lytton Strachey, Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, H.G. Wells, Agatha Christie, John Steinbeck, Roald Dahl, W.H. Auden, James A. Michener, Rebecca West, Isak Dinesen, Marianne Moore, Rumer Godden, Jesse Stuart, Margaret Mead and more.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Letting Go Is an Acquired Taste\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: True: The Autobiography of Martin Kemp\nDescription: ['Writing his own story Martin Kemp talks frankly about his upbringing in working-class Islington, stardom and success with Spandau Ballet and the break up of the band. He writes openly about his film career, the huge success of The Krays, his tremendous fight against brain cancer and on to today with fame again in EastEnders.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Bright Minds Empty Souls\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Sears, Roebuck And Co. Consumer's Guide For 1894\nDescription: ['Facsimile replication of actual Sears catalogue for 1894']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Beautiful Truth\nDescription: ['Mark Anthony is a poet, dreamer & realist, all rolled into one contradiction.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: When it rained cats and dogs,\nDescription: ['WHEN IT RAINED CATS AND DOGS by Nancy Byrd Turner with pictures by Tibor Gergely (1946 Hardcover 28 pages J. B. Lippencott, Co., Stated First Edition)', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Pretty Broken Girl: An Unconventional Love Story (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"Mann\\'s erotic romance is a pleasant surprise in a crowded genre. The strongest elements of the novel are its unusual, multilayered narrative structure and solid character development...Erotic and emotionally charged, the nuanced narrative elevates this office romance.\" --Kirkus Reviews \"An angsty, second chance love story with an old-fashioned category romance feel to it...a well-written and enjoyable read.\" --RT Book Reviews \"This is the first book I\\'ve read by this author and I loved it! I couldn\\'t put it down. It grabbed me within the first chapter and held my attention the whole way through.\" --Kindlebookaddictmom']",
"rejected": "Title: Charged with Grandeur: The Book of Ignatian Inspiration\nDescription: ['<div>', '<B>365 inspirational thoughts from the best and brightest voices in Ignatian spirituality</B>', 'Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ, famously wrote that “the world is charged with the grandeur of God.” This quote, from which <I>Charged with Grandeur</I> takes its name, points toward a key principle of the Ignatian tradition: that God is found in all things, in all places. Yet this is just one of an abundance of inspirational ideas that stem from Ignatian spirituality. To really understand what this unique yet highly practical spirituality is all about, it helps to look at it through many different lenses and to hear about it from many different voices.<BR><BR><I>Charged with Grandeur</I> contains 365 insightful and inspiring Ignatian thoughts presented in a daily-reading format. As such, it is perfect for anyone who desires to learn more about this popular form of spirituality within the context of daily reflection and prayer.<br><BR>The hundreds of short entries, grouped under 12 different Ignatian themes, cover the gamut of the spiritual tradition begun by St. Ignatius Loyola. From James Martin, SJ, to Margaret Silf, from Maureen Conroy to David L. Fleming, SJ, each author’s entry allows us to dip our toes into the deep, rich heritage that is Ignatian spirituality. More importantly, each spiritual reflection encourages us to draw closer to God and to live out the Christian faith in everyday life.<BR> ', '<div><P><B>JIM MANNEY</B> is the author of <I>The Prayer That Changes Everything</I> as well as the co-author of <I>What’s Your Decision?</I> He is a senior editor for Loyola Press. Jim and his wife live in Michigan.</P></div><BR>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Absinthe\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Autoestima para Tus Hijos (Self Esteem for Your Children) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Celebramos la publicacin de este extraordinario libro para los padres y los nios !Bravo ! -- <i>El Da Peridico</i><br /><br />MS IMPORTANTE QUE ALIMENTAR AL BEB !Con eso, se los digo todo ! Qu libro tan inteligente ! -- <i>El Correo del Norte Diario</i><br /><br />Si le enseas al nio a amarse a si mismo amndolo tu, tendrs un adulto MARAVILLOSO ! -- <i>Paideia Revista de Psicologa</i><br /><br />Si los bebs aprendieran auto estima..no habra suicidas ni gente desdichada ! -- <i>Cartelera Mental Columna intelectual</i><br /><br />Slo decimos al nio que lo amamos...pero no le enseamos a AMARSE A SI MISMO ! -- <i>Nosotros: Los padres Revista</i><br /><br />Un nuevo enfoque:Sembrar el amor por si mismos en nuestros hijos...ES VITAL! -- <i>Paideia Revista de Psicologa</i>', 'Cuando las personas somos adultas, sufrimos las consecuencias de nuestra falta de auto estima... Y son tremendas! <P>Esta autora descorre el velo de LA VERDAD ! <P>La autoestima SE ADQUIERE EN LA CUNA ! <P>Es vital darle a tu hijo este alimento emocional, te podra decir que tan importante como darle el bibern y tenerlo limpiecito. <P>Si el nene no crece con la seguridad de que SUS PADRES LO ESTIMAN Y CREEN QUE VALE MUCHO..va a ser muy difcil que lo aprenda en la adolescencia ( que es una poca tan conflictiva ) o en la edad adulta, cuando sus conceptos sobre si mismos ya estn formados.. <P>Es a nosotros, A LOS PADRES, a quienes corresponde sembrar la auto estima y el amor por si mismos en nuestros hijos pequeos... <P>ES EL MEJOR REGALO QUE LES PODEMOS DAR ! Y en este libro, vienen los mejores mtodos !']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Country Nights\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Magic of Rhomm\nDescription: ['Jason Leonard Altshuler is a fifth-grader at the Runkle School in Brookline, Massachusetts. He enjoys reading, writing, music and baseball. This is his first novel, and the first book in the Rhomm Trilogy.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Unbelonging, a New Adult Romance Novel\nDescription: [\"Sabrina Stark writes edgy romances featuring plucky girls and the bad boys who capture their hearts. She's worked as a fortune-teller, game-show contestant, barista,and media writer, and alas, several jobs that required a hairnet. She has a journalism degree from Central Michigan University and is married with one son and two kittens. She currently makes her home in Northern Alabama. Author Website: SabrinaStark.com. Follow her on twitter at: twitter.com/starkwrites\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter Novels)\nDescription: ['', \"[A] publishing phenomenon[Sherrilyn Kenyon is] the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene. . .Just one example of arguably the most in-demand and prolific authors in America these days. <i>Publisher's Weekly</i>\", 'An engaging read. <i>Entertainment Weekly on Devil May Cry</i>', \"Kenyon's writing is brisk, ironic, sexy, and relentlessly imaginative. These are not your mother's vampire novels. <i>The Boston Globe</i>\", '', \"Amanda came awake to an awful throbbing in her head. She felt terrible.<br />What had hap-<br />She tensed as she remembered the unseen man.<br />His words.<br />Terrified, she pushed herself up, and quickly learned she was on a cold concrete floor, in a very small, dust covered room...<br />And handcuffed to an unknown blond man.<br />A scream wedged itself in her throat, but she held it back.<br />Amanda took in her surroundings. There was no furniture or anything else. The only light came from a small bulb in the center of the ceiling.<br />Okay, so she wasn't in immediate danger.<br />Still far from comforted, she looked at the body beside her. He lay with his back to her, and he was either dead or unconscious.<br />Hesitantly, she reached out and placed her hand against his tawny neck to check his pulse. A strong, heavy heartbeat thumped against her fingertips. Relieved he was alive, she tried to shake him.<br />He moaned low in his throat, then slowly blinked his eyes open.<br />With a curse, he grabbed her by the shoulders.<br />Before she could move, he rolled over with her, pinning her against the floor beneath his body as he held her wrists above her head.<br />Those dark, captivating eyes searched hers suspiciously.<br />Every inch of him was pressed intimately against her and she became instantly aware of the fact that his arms weren't the only part of his body that was rock hard and solid.<br />His hips rested dead center between her legs while his hard, taut stomach leaned against her in a way that brought a flush to her cheeks. Made her feel hot and tingly. Breathless.<br />\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Rubaiyat (Greetings Books)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Riding Masterclass\nDescription: ['', '<i>Horse & Rider</i> magazine is one of the most popular equestrian monthlies, attracting high-calibre contributors.', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Checkmate: This is War (Checkmate Duet Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b>\"Four AMAZING characters. Two INCREDIBLE love stories. Two FANTASTIC duets complete. If you haven\\'t started the Checkmate Duet Series, YOU. ARE. MISSING. OUT.\"</b>--<i>Shayna Renee\\'s Spicy Reads</i>on the<i>Checkmate Duet Series</i>', \"Brooke Cumberland & Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the<i>USA Today</i>Bestselling pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of<i>You've Got Mail</i>and<i>The Holiday.</i>When they aren't bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day, they decided to collaborate and have some fun creating new characters that'll make your lady bits tingle and your heart melt. If you enjoy romance stories with sexy, tattooed alpha males and smart, independent women, then a Kennedy Fox book is for you!\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Flawed Justice\nDescription: ['Peter Shiannas fourth novel, Flawed Justice, is a sequel to Imperfect Acts, which launched in 2014. Both are available in paper (Amazon) and on Kindle. Take Off, Petes highly acclaimed first novel, was originally published by a traditional small press and is now available in paper (Amazon) and on Kindle. Love Tag, Petes second novel, also originally published by a traditional small press, won the 2010 Royal Palm Literary Award and is now available on Kindle and in paper from the author. His poetry and award-winning short stories have appeared in the Rockhurst Review, the Kansas City Star, and numerous anthologies. A graduate of Loras College and Northern Illinois University, Pete grew up in the Freeport, Illinois area where he worked on farms, dug graves, pumped gasoline, poured cement, soda jerked, and labored in a wire mill and a slaughter house. He also taught literature at Northern Illinois University and the University of Cincinnati before entering the insurance and investment business where he served in various executive positions, including Vice President, Field Operations. A private pilot, Pete enjoys the arts, travel, golf, pickleball, and poker. He and his wife Lori live in Florida for most of the year.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hot As Puck\nDescription: ['Lili Valente has slept under the stars in Greece, eaten dinner at midnight with French men who couldnt be trusted to keep their mouths on their food, and walked alone through Munichs red light district after dark and lived to tell the tale. These days you can find her writing in a tent beside the sea, drinking coconut water and thinking delightfully dirty thoughts. Visit her at www.lilivalente.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El Hombre Que Susurraba a Los Caballos/ The Horse Whisperer (Best Seller) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['La madre deber recurrir a un hombre muy especial, de quien se dice que posee poderes especiales para comunicarse con los caballos y sanar su espritu... Una historia de profundas connotaciones humanas que recupera los slidos valores que la frentica sociedad actual parece haber olvidado. La solidaridad entre las personas, la armona con la naturaleza y la fuerza de los sentimientos subyacen como motor de esta novela inolvidable, adaptada al cine en una superproduccin dirigida y protagonizada por Robert Redford.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Head in the Game (Game Day) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: FLICKER\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Rumi: A New Translation of Selected Poems\nDescription: [\"East and west, readers are passionate about Rumi. But the poet recently called 'Americas favorite poet,' born in what is now north Afghanistan, is also the jewel of thirteenth-century Persian poetry. Farrukh Dhondy uses the patternings of pre-modernist English to reflect Rumis antiquity and traditional poetics, as well as his lively and often humorous take on life. Like all translations of Rumi, this is a labour of love. (<strong>Ruth Padel, author of The Mara Crossing</strong>)<br /><br />Farrukh Dhondy conveys to us Rumi as a universal poet and thinker and captures in verse the spirit of Rumis philosophy in an authentic fashion often missed by some of the modern interpreters of Rumi. His introduction gives us an overview of the essential message of Sufism and its relevance to the modern world. (<strong>Mahmood Jamal, author of Islamic Mystical Poetry</strong>)<br /><br />Transcendent yet simple, Rumis wordsin this exquisite translation by Farrukh Dhondyforever remain the anchor of the human condition. (<strong>Mira Nair</strong>)\", '<strong>Rumi</strong> was born in 1207 in Vakhsh (now Tajikistan) to a family of learned Persian Muslim theologians. He founded the Malawi Sufi order, a leading mystical brotherhood of Islam. He died in 1273 in Konya in present-day Turkey.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Wrong\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Who Killed Martin Hannett?: The Story of Factory Records' Musical Magician\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Keeper (Harris Brothers)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dark Abigail (The Women of Purgatory) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Award Winning Author, Tish Thawer, writes paranormal romances for all ages. From her first paranormal cartoon, Isis, to the Twilight phenomenon, myth, magic, and superpowers have always held a special place in her heart. Tish is known for her detailed world-building and magic-laced stories. Her work has been compared to Nora Roberts, Sam Cheever, and Charlaine Harris. She has received a RONE Award nomination (Reward of Novel Excellence), as well as nominations for Best Cover, Readers Choice, and Author of the Year (Fantasy, Dystopian, Mystery). Tish has worked as a computer consultant, photographer, and graphic designer, and is a columnist for Gliterary Girl media and has bylines in RT Magazine and Literary Lunes Magazine. She resides in Arizona with her husband and three wonderful children and is represented by Gandolfo, Helin, and Fountain Literary Management.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Silent Waters (The Element)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Kirk's Fire Investigation (6th Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Professed\nDescription: ['\"A smartly-written story that weaves sex, intelligence and forbidden love together effortlessly.\" - <b>#1 Erotica Bestseller Alex Lucian</b>', '', 'Nicola Rendell writes dirty, funny, erotic romance. She likes a stiff drink and a well-frosted cake. She is at an unnamed Ivy and prefers to remain mostly anonymous for professional reasons. She has a PhD in English and an MFA in Creative Writing from schools that shall not be named here. She loves to cook, sew, and play the piano. She realizes that her hobbies might make her sound like an old lady and shes totally okay with that. She lives with her husband and her dogs. She is from Taos, New Mexico.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Nathan Coppedge's Perpetual Motion Machine Designs & Theory\nDescription: ['\"Question: Who is credited with \\'the theory of perpetual motion\\'? Answer: Several scientist [sic] has been credited for their theories of Perpetual Motion such as Isaac Newton, Nathan Coppedge, and Albert Einstein.\" ---<b>KGBANSWERS.CO.UK </b><br /><br />\"Nathan Coppedge, philosophical writer and artist in Hyper-Cubis(m) has impressive work in perpetual motion...\" ---<b>Ramesh Menaria</b>, <b>PhD</b>.', 'Nathan Coppedge. Theoretical inventor of perpetual motion. Nathan Coppedge (b. 1982) is a philosopher, artist, inventor, poet and member of the International Honor Society for Philosophers. His philosophy proposes coherent knowledge and a general solution to paradoxes. On Nov 9 - 10, 2013 he showed a weight could be lifted by the same weight it later lifts. He is a famous quotable on Poemhunter, and lives near Yale.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fair Game (The Rules) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite with her husband and three children. Shes a workaholic who loves her job. When shes not busy writing, she also loves to read and travel with her family. She writes new adult and contemporary romance and is published with Bantam and Avon. She also writes romance as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Tie Died: A Bert Shambles Mystery\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Tainted Black (A Forbidden Romance)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Apple Is My Sign (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)\nDescription: ['', '', 'Mary Riskind is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Company titles including: \"Apple Is My Sign\".', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Force of Gravity: Gravity Series, Book 1\nDescription: ['Kelly Stevenson is the national bestselling author of FORCE OF GRAVITY. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona, where she is currently working on the next installment in the GRAVITY series. When Kelly is not writing, she enjoys dining with her husband, horseback riding, and anything that surrounds her in wilderness.', \"FORCE OF GRAVITY is Kelly's debut novel.\", 'To learn more about the author please visit: KellyStevensonAuthor.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Anlisis Y Caractersticas Del Dibujo Infantil. (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Air\nDescription: ['', \"Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 175 MacBook Air tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on your MacBook Air in no time.\", \"You'll learn to:\", 'Designed for visual learners', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Helen's Garden\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Operation Ivy Bells\nDescription: ['Dr. Robert G. Williscroft served 23 years in the U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He commenced his service as an enlisted nuclear Submarine Sonar Technician in 1961, was selected for the Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program in 1966, and graduated from University of Washington in Marine Physics and Meteorology in 1969. He returned to nuclear submarines as the Navy\\'s first Poseidon Weapons Officer. Subsequently, he served as Navigator and Diving Officer on both catamaran mother vessels for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle. Then he joined the Submarine Development Group One out of San Diego as the Officer-in-Charge of the Test Operations Group, conducting \"deep-ocean surveillance and data acquisition\" - which forms the basis for this novel.<br><br>In NOAA Dr. Williscroft directed diving operations throughout the Pacific and Atlantic. As a certified diving instructor for both the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) and the Multinational Diving Educators Association (MDEA), he taught over 3,000 individuals both basic and advanced SCUBA diving. He authored four diving books, developed the first NAUI drysuit course, developed advanced curricula for mixed gas and other specialized diving modes, and developed and taught a NAUI course on the Math and Physics of Advanced Diving. He also served three shipboard years in the high Arctic conducting scientific baseline studies, and thirteen months at the geographic South Pole in charge of National Science Foundation atmospheric projects.<br><br>Dr. Williscroft has written extensively on terrorism and related subjects. He is the author of a popular book on current events published by Pelican Publishing: <i>The Chicken Little Agenda - Debunking Experts\\' Lies</i>, now in a second edition as an ebook, and a new children\\'s book series, <i>Starman Jones</i>, in collaboration with Dr. Frank Drake, world famous director of the Carl Sagan Institute for the Study of Life in the Universe and the SETI Institute. He also wrote <i>Slingshot</i>, about building the first space launch loop, and <i>The Starchild Compact</i>, that presumes Saturn\\'s moon Iapetus is a derelict starship. He is currently writing <i>The Iapetus Federation</i>, a sequel to <i>The Starchild Compact</i>.<br><br>Dr. Williscroft lives with his wife, Jill, whom he met upon his return from the South Pole in 1982 and finally married in 2011, and their twin college boys in Centennial, Colorado.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hostile Witness\nDescription: ['', '', 'Hostile Witness was inspired by a case my husband presided over, one of the first where a teenager was tried as an adult for murder. This case proved that nothing that happens in fiction can be more chilling than real life.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Expanding Your Heart: Awakening Through Four Stages of a Spiritual Opening\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Courier: Book 1 of Freelancer Series\nDescription: ['<div><div><div>"...fast-paced action that will appeal to Baldacci and Meltzer fans..."</div><div><b>--Publisher's Weekly</b></div><div>"An action-packed tale of murder and political intrigueset in the politically turbulent 1970s...<b>.</b> Irving's story is relentlessly paced, punctuated by bursts of action and violence..."</div><div><b>--Kirkus Reviews.</b></div></div><div><b></b></div><div><span>A riveting read from first page to last, "Courier" documents author Terry Irving as a master of the suspense novel genre.</span><br /><span><b>--Julie Summers, Midwest Book Review</b></span></div><div><span><b></b></span></div><div><b></b></div><div></div><div><div>"The suspense never lets up from the first page to the last."</div><div><span><b>---Kathleen Heady for<i>Suspense Magazine</i></b></span></div></div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><span>Kudos to one of television\\'s best producers for writing the thriller of the year.\"</span><br><span>-</span><b>Sam Donaldson</b><span>, White House Reporter</span><br><br><span>\"If the phrase \\'a crackling good yarn\\' evokes an era before Twitter, Facebook, cell phones, videotape, DVD\\'s or cable television, welcome to Terry Irving\\'s fast-paced thriller.\"</span><br><span>-</span><b>Ted Koppel</b><span>, anchor for NBC Nightline, now senior news analyst for National Public Radio and contributing analyst to BBC World News America, and NBC.</span><br /><br /><b>Awards for Courier</b><div><ul><li><b>First Place, Indie Excellence Award, Political Thrillers 2015</b></li><li>Runner Up, Wild Card Category, New England Book Festival 2014</li><li>Honorable Mention, Fiction Category, Hollywood Book Festival 2014</li><li>Honorable Mention, General Fiction, San Francisco Book Festival 2014</li></ul><div><b></b></div></div>', \"<b>AN INSTANT COLLECTIBLE</b><br><div>When Exhibit A has gone out of business, I was told by the publisher that all remaining Mass Market Paperback copies of the Edition A edition would be mulched and composted after January 1, 2015. <b><i>I sat up on New Year's Eve and signed, dated, numbered and sealed a limited edition of 100 copies of the original Exhibit A edition. They are for sale at $25 each (FREE US Shipping) at bit.ly/lastcourier and here on Amazon under the Ronin Robot Press name.</i></b></div>\"]",
"rejected": "Title: The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist\nDescription: ['', \"<strong><em>Northern Woodlands</em> (<strong>Review)-</strong></strong><br /><br />As anyone who has ever planted a few apple trees knows all too well, growing apples can be a perplexing and frustrating endeavor. The trouble is that apples are very attractive to many of nature's creatures besides humans. And at least one of these creatures, from deer to apple maggot flies, and from the roundheaded apple tree borer to mice (not to mention the long list of diseases that also affect apples), is sure to be working for its share of the fruit (and in some cases the tree) every day of the year. But if you've ever baked a pie made from your own apples, or pressed a batch of cider from them, the trials and tribulations all seem worth it with that first bite or sip.<br /><br /><br /><br />Michael Phillips' revised <em>The Apple Grower</em> has as much help as you'll find anywhere to get you to that first bite of pie or sip of cider. The previous edition, published in 1998, was the bible for many backyard orchardists and commercial organic growers. The new edition, boasting color photos and expanded and better-organized chapters, is a real treat for anyone interested in apples. The new edition's chapter on diseases and pests will be helpful to those left scratching their head about who or what is eating the apples or trees they are trying to grow.<br /><br /><br /><br />Phillips sprinkles tributes to other apple growers throughout the text. These persistent and dedicated souls, along with Phillips, are exploring uncharted territory: they are trying, without the use of traditional pesticides and chemicals, to keep ever-evolving pests and diseases away from trees that are themselves not evolving. All named apple varieties are genetic dead ends. A Macintosh today is genetically identical to a Macintosh from a century ago, but the bugs and diseases have spent that time evolving to break through the trees' defenses.<br /><br /><br /><br />Phillips presents intriguing ideas about orchard soils. Since people started growing apples in orchards, those orchard soils have largely been bacterially based, meaning that fertility has been maintained by the addition of bacteria-laden manure. Sheep and cattle were allowed to graze the grass and eat dropped apples, adding manure to the soils, and often the orchard was formerly pasture or hayfield, where manure was regularly added to maintain fertility. Bacteria-based soils are great for grasses and hay crops, but not necessarily for trees.<br /><br /><br /><br />Phillips argues that apple trees are still, well, trees, and like other trees, they prefer forest soils, which rely mainly on fungi to break down organic matter such as bark, wood, and other plant matter to maintain soil fertility. Phillips believes that this soil is what apple trees naturally want, and that it makes them healthier and better able to deal with pests and diseases. He has been experimenting with using fast-growing comfrey in his orchard, cutting it down to add rotting plant matter and to stifle the growth of grass, which can rob an apple tree's surface feeder roots of nutrients. He advocates adding composted branches, bark, wood chips, and even excess chunks of sheetrock to your orchard to promote the fungi in the soil and deter grasses.<br /><br /><br /><br />Phillips' style is more writerly than reference. His homespun stories about his many years of trying to outwit and outmaneuver the legions of apple-loving creatures are both entertaining and packed with tips. Phillips' extremely handy compendium of orchard tasks has always served as my basic plan of attack for what to do in my orchard, and the revised and expanded edition will be a welcome addition to my library. I have no doubt that over time it will take on the grimy, thumbed-through, and well-used look of my copy of the first edition of <em>The Apple Grower</em>.\", '<strong><em>Northern Woodlands</em>-</strong>', '“Michael Phillips’ revised <em>The Apple Grower</em> has as much help as you’ll find anywhere to get you to that first bite of pie or sip of cider. The previous edition, published in 1998, was the bible for many backyard orchardists and commercial organic growers. The new edition, boasting color photos and expanded and better-organized chapters, is a real treat for anyone interested in apples. The new edition’s chapter on diseases and pests will be helpful to those left scratching their head about who or what is eating the apples or trees they are trying to grow. Phillips’ style is more writerly than reference. His homespun stories about his many years of trying to outwit and outmaneuver the legions of apple-loving creatures are both entertaining and packed with tips. Phillips’ extremely handy compendium of orchard tasks has always served as my basic plan of attack for what to do in my orchard, and the revised and expanded edition will be a welcome addition to my library. I have no doubt that over time it will take on the grimy, thumbed-through, and well-used look of my copy of the first edition of <em>The Apple Grower</em>.”', '\"A must read for anyone who grows apples or is contemplating doing so.\"--<strong>Lee A. Reich, garden author and Associated Press syndicated columnist</strong>', '\"Northern Woodlands\" magazine, Spring 06 issue, pg.64. Book Review written by Carl Demrow <P>The Apple Grower, Revised and Expanded Edition By Michael Phillips. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2005. <P>As anyone who has ever planted a few apple trees knows all too well, growing apples can be a perplexing and frustrating endeavor. The trouble is that apples are very attractive to many of natures creatures besides humans. And at least one of these creatures, from deer to apple maggot flies, and from the roundheaded apple tree borer to mice (not to mention the long list of diseases that also affect apples), is sure to be working for its share of the fruit (and in some cases the tree) every day of the year. But if youve ever baked a pie made from your own apples, or pressed a batch of cider from them, the trials and tribulations all seem worth it with that first bite or sip. <P>Michael Phillips revised The Apple Grower has as much help as youll find anywhere to get you to that first bite of pie or sip of cider. The previous edition, published in 1998, was the bible for many backyard orchardists and commercial organic growers. The new edition, boasting color photos and expanded and better-organized chapters, is a real treat for anyone interested in apples. The new editions chapter on diseases and pests will be helpful to those left scratching their head about who or what is eating the apples or trees they are trying to grow. <P>Phillips sprinkles tributes to other apple growers throughout the text. These persistent and dedicated souls, along with Phillips, are exploring uncharted territory: they are trying, without the use of traditional pesticides and chemicals, to keep ever-evolving pests and diseases away from trees that are themselves not evolving. All named apple varieties are genetic dead ends. A Macintosh today is genetically identical to a Macintosh from a century ago, but the bugs and diseases have spent that time evolving to break through the trees defenses. <P>Phillips presents intriguing ideas about orchard soils. Since people started growing apples in orchards, those orchard soils have largely been bacterially based, meaning that fertility has been maintained by the addition of bacteria-laden manure. Sheep and cattle were allowed to graze the grass and eat dropped apples, adding manure to the soils, and often the orchard was formerly pasture or hayfield, where manure was regularly added to maintain fertility. Bacteria-based soils are great for grasses and hay crops, but not necessarily for trees. <P>Phillips argues that apple trees are still, well, trees, and like other trees, they prefer forest soils, which rely mainly on fungi to break down organic matter such as bark, wood, and other plant matter to maintain soil fertility. Phillips believes that this soil is what apple trees naturally want, and that it makes them healthier and better able to deal with pests and diseases. He has been experimenting with using fast-growing comfrey in his orchard, cutting it down to add rotting plant matter and to stifle the growth of grass, which can rob an apple trees surface feeder roots of nutrients. He advocates adding composted branches, bark, wood chips, and even excess chunks of sheetrock to your orchard to promote the fungi in the soil and deter grasses. <P>Phillips style is more writerly than reference. His homespun stories about his many years of trying to outwit and outmaneuver the legions of apple-loving creatures are both entertaining and packed with tips. Phillips extremely handy compendium of orchard tasks has always served as my basic plan of attack for what to do in my orchard, and the revised and expanded edition will be a welcome addition to my library. I have no doubt that over time it will take on the grimy, thumbed-through, and well-used look of my copy of the first edition of The Apple Grower.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Trouble in Mudbug\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: I Love the Father (2014 edition)\nDescription: ['Rev Geoffrey Bingham (1919-2009) had a rich experience of life as a writer, father, husband, grandfather, great grandfather, minister, solider, missionary.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: If Angels Fall\nDescription: ['\"Compelling!\" -- <i>Point Reyes Light</i><br /><br />\"Guaranteed to keep readers flipping the pages.\" -- <i>Toronto Sun</i><br /><br />\"If you buy it for the flight, you\\'ll be reading it on the escalator.\" -- <i>National Post</i>', 'If Angels Fall was nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL, Arthur Ellis Awards.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Captain Corcoran's Hoyden Bride (Mills & Boon Historical)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Take One With You\nDescription: [\"Oak Anderson is an author, artist, and marketing strategist. His imagination has taken him to places he couldn't help but note down, eventually crafting his ideas into a thought provoking story. After stealing minutes here and there over the last few years, he eventually completed his first fiction novel, Take One With You.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Cocoa Recipes for Mac OS X\nDescription: ['Cocoa Cookbook for Mac OS X takes a practical, no-nonsense, hands-on, step-by-step approach, walking you through the details of building a Cocoa application from start to finish. It explains in detail what the code is doing and why it works, Cocoa Cookbook places a decided emphasis on getting an application to work correctly as quickly as possible. This is a collection of simple, do-it-yourself recipes to guide you through the process of creating classes and subclasses, objects, outlets, and actions.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Kindle Fire User Manual: User Guide for Kindle Fire to Download FREE Kindle eBooks, Use the Web, Email, TV Shows, Music, Movies, Apps, Games, and Master the Kindle Fire\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Psalter\nDescription: ['Galen Watson lives between the Sierra Nevadas and Paris. When hes not writing, hes bistro hopping or tramping the mountains. He admits to being a closet banjo picker. The Psalter is his first novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Man Who Loved Clowns\nDescription: ['Packed with nimble dialog, distinct personality, and powerful emotions. -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '<b>June Rae Wood</b> is a bestselling author of books for young readers. Her best-known novel, <i>The Man Who Loved Clowns</i> (1992), about a man with Down syndrome, was partly based on her much-loved younger brother, Richard, and has done much to further understanding of people with Down syndrome. The book was awarded the 1995 Mark Twain Award in Missouri and the 1995 William Allen White Award in Kansas. Ms. Wood is the 1999 recipient of the Edgar Wolfe Literary Award presented by the Friends of the Library in Kansas City, Kansas.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Angelo's Journey: A Border Collie's Quest for Home\nDescription: [\"<span>Sometimes, all that's needed to avert disaster is the light touch of a Border Collie's paw.<br /><br />Angelo disappeared for five and a half weeks last year. This is the story of his remarkable journey home.<br /><br />Angelo and The Man live with Maggie in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Colorado, in an off-grid house that they built together. Their saga is documented in several books. More information about their adventures and about the other books is available at hermitblog.com.</span>\", \"Leland lives in the middle of a beautiful nowhere that is Colorado's San Luis Valley. Angelo, the world famous Border Collie, and Maggie, his black Lab philosopher mix, allow him to share their off-grid home. All three tolerate The Cat who does a merely adequate job of rodent control. Leland has built the majority of the 1800 square foot all-solar home over almost four years, but is grateful to friends and neighbors who have helped with some of the heavy lifting. His website is www.hermitblog.com. The blog portion of his website is also available on the Kindle (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034KYZ9A) Leland and Angelo have just published their latest collaborative work, Angelo's Journey. Angelo disappeared for five and a half weeks last year, and ever since, Leland has struggled to come up with what might have happened during that time. This book is a fictional account of that very dark time. Leland is currently working on his next two books. One is a fictionalized memoir of his mother, and the other is a mystery set in Colorado's beautiful Sangre de Cristo mountains.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Name and Number: Based on a True Prison Story\nDescription: ['This book should be required reading for all young people. With all the temptations that face them, they must be made aware that taking silly risks can have dire consequences. <br />Former Headmaster - Quinton House School', \"John Hoskison was a successful professional golfer. In 1992 he led Europe against the USA in the PGA Cup matches. However, in 1994 he broke a discipline he had maintained for 20 years and accepted a drink before driving home. On the short journey home he hit and killed a cyclist and received a three year prison sentence. John was able to survive the regret and remorse by the incredible forgiveness of the widow, who knew John's actions were completely out of character. <br /><br />Since John was released from prison, he has spoken at over 300 schools, to over 100,000 pupils, about the need to say 'no' when necessary, whether it is to do with drugs, alcohol or simply speeding in a car. He has also spoken to judges on the Judicial Studies Board and many prison governors. Over the last few years he has spoken in prisons, young offender institutions and secure units. John now spends his time motivating people to turn over a new leaf, writing books, teaching golf and very occasionally competing in tournaments.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Heart of Health: Avoiding Deception\nDescription: ['A health crisis occurs when truth is hidden and people depend on expertly marketed and decidedly deadly lies. Uncovering the greatest deceptions ever perpetrated on the human race. Tired of taking medications that dont fix the problem? Do you think the media, the government, or your doctor is telling you the whole truth when it comes to health care? Want to avoid heart disease, even if your family history says you wont? Do you have the uneasy feeling that youre not being told all you need to know about proper nutrition? Would you like to discover the powerful ways that God is part of the healing process for your sick mind and body?']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Warrior (Warriors series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Prosper!: How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting (Rich Dad Advisors)\nDescription: ['\"How does one thrive--let alone survive--in a world filled with unsustainable debt, overconsumption, and rampant cronyism? The authors of <i>Prosper!</i> put forth the best vision I\\'ve yet seen.\"<b><i>David Stockman, former Director of the U.S. Office of Management & Budget and author of <i>The Great Deformation</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Of those trying to decode the gathering fiasco of finance and economy, Martenson and Taggart get my vote as the smartest guys in the room. Their writing is lucid, wise, funny, and wide-ranging, and this book is indispensible, if you want to come out the other side of this crisis in one piece.\"<b><i>James Howard Kunstler, author of <i>The Long Emergency </i>and the World Made by Hand series</i></b><br /><br />\"I couldn\\'t put <i>Prosper!</i> down. Whether you think things are getting better or getting worse, legacy living is the way to thrive, and this book tells you how to do it. Everyone needs to read <i>Prosper!</i>\"<b><i>Joel Salatin, Plyface Farms</i></b>', '<b>CHRIS MARTENSON </b>and <b>ADAM TAGGART</b> are the co-founders of PeakProsperity.com, where they have been educating millions of readers about the risks in our Economy, Energy and Environment systems since before the 2008 crisis. With degrees from Duke, Cornell, Brown and Stanford between them, both held executive positions in companies such as SAIC and Yahoo! before consciously opting out of the corporate life for a more meaningful purpose: to build awareness of the looming changes the next 20 years will bring, and to help concerned individuals take prudent action in advance.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Slow Cooker 101: Master the Slow Cooker with 101 Great Recipes\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon\nDescription: ['Lennon was famously requested by wife Yoko Ono to have an affair with the couples personal assistant, May Pang, while on sabbatical from the marriage. Apparently, Pang had a camera, but the biggest wonder is that no book of her photos appeared until now. The pictures show Lennon at a time of estrangement and personal excess (drink and drugs). The latter may be inferred from the cheery shot of Lennon with surprisingly fresh-faced Bobby Keys, who played the sax lead on the hit Tequila as a teen and became Keith Richards dedicated imbibing partner. Other photos touch on underappreciated facets of Lennons life: he and son Julian, then about 10, cavort in the water; Julian dresses up in Johns clothesall very homey, as are shots of Lennon and Pang exuding domestic bliss. Not out to foment scandal, Pang comments about Lennons recording activities and personal concerns of the time very gently. Great for fans and desirable if not essential for biographical reference. And finally, how can libraries go wrong acquiring anything about any Beatle? --Mike Tribby', '', 'MAY PANG worked for ABKCO, the Beatles management company, in the early 1970s, and from there was hired as John Lennon and Yoko Onos personal assistant. After her relationship with Lennon ended, Pang worked for Island Records and United Artists. In addition to photography, she designs a line of feng shui jewelry and furniture. She lives in New York with her two children.', '', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs\nDescription: ['', 'A shockingly realistic view of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust', 'This is truly a wonderful book of adversity in the extreme, overcoming adversity, and triumph over perseverance. This nonfiction also examines the depths of humankind. How low can man go?', \"<br /> I'm so glad this man has survived, and persevered through the vagaries of life to write this memoir. All discerning, caring peoples, all those that believe in truth over force, all those that believe in the ultimate good of mankind should read this book and recommend it to all they know!\", 'This book will take the reader through the challenges of family endurance, survival and a walk through the worse time of history. Lives changed by the politics of the day. Again, some parts of this book are upsetting, but it had to be written. Glad I read this book.', 'I would highly recommend this to any history class that deals with this time period and to any book club that wants to touch on a reality we can hardly fathom.', 'The human spirit is much more resilient than we think.', 'I would definitely recommend this as a great reminder of the atrocities of this event lest we ever forget.', 'The will to survive triumphed!', '', '<span>Hersh Mendel (Manny) Steinberg, born in Radom (Poland) on the 25th of May 1925 is a self made man. Although Manny spent his early years in German Camps and never attended school past the 3rd grade, he managed to always support his family while providing a foundation of strength and love. \"Outcry - Holocaust Memoirs\", Manny\\'s life story, has captured the miracle of one man\\'s determined will to survive.</span><span><br /><br />The autobiography was written to fulfil a promise the author made to himself during the first days of freedom. It is an account of human cruelty, but also a testimony to the power of love and hope. By publishing his Holocaust memoirs, the author wants to ensure that the world never forgets what happened during WWII.</span><span><br /><br />\"Not a day goes by that I do not think of my childhood or family, but as long as I\\'m allowed to be here on earth, I will wake up everyday feeling fortunate and blessed.\" </span><span><br /><br />\"When the German soldiers killed everyone I loved, I knew my purpose was to not merely exist but to live.\"</span><br /><br /><span>\"I live for my wife, children, grandchildren and now my great-grandchildren.\" </span><span><br /><br />Manny attributes his tenacity in pursuing his book publication to his wife of over 60 years: </span><span><br /><br />\"Without the support of Mimi, it would have been very difficult to write my story.\"</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Nancy Drew 015 Haunted Showboat\nDescription: []"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hugo: How Two Boys Learned of Life from a Killer Shark\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Love is a Fire (Burning Lovesick) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Lyssa Layne is first, and foremost, the proud momma to her precious daughter, AR. In addition to working full-time and being a mommy to AR, she is also the wife to Matthew, an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, a runner, blogger, and an infertility survivor. Having watched one too many medical dramas and being inspired by author Rachelle Ayala, who introduced her to the world of indie writing, Lyssa decided to try her hand at writing a romance story. Her attempt turned into the Burning Lovesick series. You can find Lyssas own interests throughout her stories although all stories are fictional. You can visit Lyssas writing blog at http://www.lyssalayne.wordpress.com You can also follow her on Twitter @layne_lyssa or check out her Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/lyssalayne Feel free to contact her regarding blog reviews, giveaways, or blog book tours authorlyssalayne@gmail.com Happy reading!']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Free Falling\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Don Juan: His Own Version\nDescription: [\"Don Juan catapults over a garden wall and into the life of an anonymous narrator in this short, frustrating novel. Over the course of a week, the narrator, a lonely French innkeeper, listens to Don Juan relate the adventures that culminate with his arrival at the inn. In the preceding seven days, Don has traveled from Tbilisi to Damascus, Norway, Holland and then to the last country, completely nameless before making his way to the French inn. The reason for his travels is never made clear, nor is his motivation for relating his story to the innkeeper. This sense of mysterious imbalance is compounded by the narrator's recounting of Don Juan's tales, which often deal with seductions and couplings either offstage or with clinical swiftness. The pointedly dry story about a character famous as a connoisseur of pleasures holds interest as a concept, but the novel's entertainment value is quickly buried under a pile of unanswered questions, and the endless deferring of literal and figurative climaxes feels almost like punishment. <i>(Feb.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Over the garden wall of an inn southwest of Paris, whose chef-proprietor is failing as a restaurateur, the legendary seducer leaps one May afternoon, fleeing a black-leather-clad couple on a motorcycle. Given a meal, he remains seven days, on each evening of which he relates his experiences of the corresponding day of the week preceding. He has been through a womantime, encompassing amorous encounters in Tbilisi, Damascus, Ceuta, Holland, Norway, and a completely nameless countrya prodigious itinerary, especially given the horse-drawn carriage in which he has traveled, driven by a servant he has recruited as effortlessly as he has managed to have the proprietor cook for him. He never has any trouble finding servants, it seems, nor amours. Everyone obliges him without his lifting a finger, and yet he feelsand isalways pursued. Handkes perfectly suave novella is a rich tapestry of contradictions about desire and class that, besides its other pleasures, tweaks us with the facts that the chef, not Juan, narrates it and that it provocatively begs the question, Version of what? --Ray Olson', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: After the Fire (Berkley Sensation)\nDescription: [\"The Malvaso family has more than its share of firefighters, and when three of them--Jenn, Mitch, and Zach--almost lose their lives in a disastrous inferno, they change their views of the universe and their places in it. Jenn, a single woman living a platonic existence with Grady, her fellow firefighter and best friend, decides to have a baby. Mitch tries to make a go of his failing marriage and be a better father. Zach, too, has to get past a ruined relationship and fight many demons of his own. This powerful, emotionally realistic book is the first of Shay's new trilogy about the men and women who put their lives on the line every day and how that dedication and commitment affect all those around them. Poignant and compelling, this novel reinforces Shay's well-earned reputation as a first-rate storyteller. <i>Shelley Mosley</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Virginia Title Examiner's Manual Fourth Edition\nDescription: ['Douglass W. Dewing has practiced law in Virginia for over 30 years. His clients in private practice included individuals, private entities and governmental agencies. In 1987, he joined Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, serving as a title attorney, branch counsel, state counsel, and commercial underwriting counsel in offices in Norfolk, Fredericksburg, and then in Richmond, Virginia following the purchase of Lawyers Title by the Fidelity National Title Group. Mr. Dewing has provided continuing education seminars for lawyers, title insurers, lenders, surveyors and real estate agents on a variety of topics. He has written articles for different industry trade publications on matters respecting real estate titles and has been an occasional expert witness on real estate matters. He continues to examine titles.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Valley of Thracians: A Novel of Bulgaria\nDescription: [\"Ellis Shuman was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and immigrated to Israel as a teenager. He completed high school in Jerusalem and served for three years in the Israeli army's Nahal branch. Along with his wife, Jodie, he was a founding member of Kibbutz Yahel in the Arava Valley in Israel's south. On the kibbutz he worked in agriculture, industry, tourism, the dairy barn, and served as the kibbutz's general secretary. After moving with his wife and three young children to Moshav Neve Ilan in the Judean Hills, Ellis received formal training in the hotel industry. He worked in a variety of positions at the Neve Ilan Hotel and later was Food and Beverage Controller at the Jerusalem Hilton. He served as the moshav's general secretary during a period in which the community underwent major social changes. As a hobby, Ellis began writing on the Internet. He wrote extensively about life in Israel in his position as the Israeli Culture Guide at About.com. He designed and maintained websites for the Neve Ilan Hotel and for Indic--Independent Israeli Cinema. For two years he was webmaster for Yazam, an international financial firm that provided support for technological start-ups. Ellis served for three years as Editor in Chief of Israel Insider, an online daily newsmagazine that developed new technologies as it posted the latest news and views, from and about Israel. Starting in 2004, Ellis began working in a marketing company servicing the online gaming industry. In the years 2009 - 2010, his job was relocated to Sofia, Bulgaria. During those years, Ellis and Jodie traveled extensively in Bulgaria as well as in the countries of the region. Today Ellis continues working at this job, based in Ramat Gan. Read about Ellis and Jodie's Bulgarian Adventure at their blog: http://shumansinbulgaria.blogspot.com/ Ellis writes regularly on his blog at: http://ellisshuman.blogspot.com/\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: American Girl Julie Story Collection & Mini Doll\nDescription: ['CONTAINS: 1 STORY COLLECTION BOOK, 1 MINI DOLL, 1 MINI BOOK', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Proximity: A Novel of the Navy's Elite Bomb Squad\nDescription: ['About the author: Stephen Phillips served in the United States Navy as a Special Operations Officer and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician at EOD Mobile Units Six, Ten, and Eight. During his naval career he deployed to Haiti, Somalia, the Arabian Gulf, the Balkans, and the Global War on Terrorism.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Paradores of Spain\nDescription: ['Language:Chinese.PARADORES OF SPAIN (map)', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Journey of Self: Six Months in the Japanese Countryside\nDescription: ['Nate Golon is a writer, actor, and director. He graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in Speech Communications. Nate created and starred in the comedy series \"Workshop,\" the first ever independently produced half-hour comedy to air on Hulu. Other writing and directing credits include the online comedy series \"My Synthesized Life\" and the critically acclaimed short film \"Briefcase. \"']",
"rejected": "Title: Pictorial history of the French Air Force, volume 2 1941-1974\nDescription: []"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Gray Ghost\nDescription: ['<span>This fast paced thriller-mystery by homicide and narcotics investigator, Chris Swinney, hooks the reader on page one (sort of like a bass) and keeps that reader on the line till the very last page. Dix and Petersen are likable guys, two colleagues just trying to enjoy a fishing vacation in a paradise setting, when they happen upon some foul play. How can two top-flight narcotics officers resist a lure like that? Now, they are the ones who are hooked! You will be, too. I love the short chapters-- they keep the action fresh. Never a dull moment.</span>', '', 'Hey folks,', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Standing on Holy Ground: A Triumph over Hate Crime in the Deep South\nDescription: [\"In January 1985, Ammie Murray, a white labor organizer, committed herself to helping rebuild the primarily African-American South Carolina church of her friend Barbara Simmons after it suffered terrible vandalism. Johnson, a columnist for the State, South Carolina's largest newspaper, offers a journalistic account of their 13-year friendship and struggle the church underwent many more attacks including an arson that completely destroyed that is a shocking and ultimately heartening case study of political involvement, social action and religious faith. Johnson spins a far wider web and covers the rise of the Klan in the South; an enormous, seemingly planned, epidemic of vandalism inflicted upon Southern black churches in the 1980s and 1990s; and the complicated racial politics of the Southern law enforcement and legal system. She also draws on the personal stories of Murray, whose daughter nearly died in an automobile accident, and Simmons, whose troubled son is convicted of murder and whose case goes to the Supreme Court. Johnson, who herself got involved with the rebuilding efforts, has a superb sense of storytelling that dovetails with the terrifying facts of her story: Murray's involvement with the church's ongoing troubles generated such enormous hatred in the South Carolina town of Dixiana that she was verbally and physically harassed and her beloved pet dogs brutally murdered. By the end, the book becomes a stimulating whodunit and courtroom drama. <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\", \"This gripping page-turner offers an intricate account of the concerted vandalism of black Southern churches over the last two decades and focuses on the diverse group of volunteers who came together to rebuild the churches and their communities. The heart of this story belongs to Ammie Murray, a white grandmother who spearheaded the rebuilding and clean-up of small St. John Baptist Church in Dixiana, SC, over more than ten years. South Carolina journalist Johnson places the story of St. John in the maelstrom of black church burnings instigated by the Ku Klux Klan. She also covers the successful lawsuit brought against the KKK by two nearby churches. This touching and compelling story of the heinous effect hate crimes can have on a community delivers the uplifting message that people can overcome the hatred and renew a community. The story is compelling and well written enough to compensate for Johnson's occasional heavy-handedness with foreshadowing. This excellent first effort is highly recommended for public and academic libraries. Karen Sandlin Silverman, Ctr. for Applied Research, Philadelphia<br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Semper Cool: One Marine's Fond Memories of Vietnam\nDescription: ['Many Vietnam veterans look back in anger on their wartime experiences, but Fixler, who endured one of the bloodiest battles of the war, isn\\'t one of them. The gruesome 77 days he spent defending an isolated hilltop near the border with North Vietnam forms the core of this nostalgic memoir. Growing up in a predominately middle-class Jewish neighborhood, Fixler was dazzled by his father\\'s stories of WWII and volunteered for Vietnam to earn his respect. As a teen, Fixler got into his fair share of trouble and that cockiness seeps into these pages. Arrival at the Marine Corps\\' Parris Island boot camp is compared to \"being thrown into a Nazi concentration camp.\" He celebrates his sexual escapades and never sugarcoats the nasty business of war; he\\'d do \"everything again in heartbeat.\" Yet as wistful as he is about the \"discipline\" and \"camaraderie\" of the Corps, he\\'s unrelenting in his scorn for the soldiers who return in psychological pieces, suggesting that soldiers should just get used to killing. Nowhere near the league of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, Fixler is nonetheless an intriguing, rare bird: a man who survived \"hell in the raw\" without a trace of trauma-or remorse. <br />(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.', \"This is a powerful and raw book about one man's experience of war in Vietnam. It is unflinching, direct and scary on several different levels. --<b>John D., layersofthought.net</b><br /><br />Your stories of combat are timeless and will resonate with warriors across the generations... I am heartened for our nation that this story will remind everyone of you who answered our nation's call. --<b>General James N. Mattis, USMC, commander in chief, U.S. Central Command</b><br /><br />No book to date covers a Marine's journey before during and after the Vietnam conflict with so much depth, understanding and passion as Barry Fixler's <i>Semper Cool</i>. His book is a page turner. The pride and brotherhood of the Marine Corps is the star of this great human story. Welcome home brothers. --<b> --Captain Dan Lauria, USMC (Ret.), AKA Jack Arnold, <i>The Wonder Years</i></b>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Only Hope (A Regency Romance)\nDescription: ['When young Clarissa Dysart flings herself into the arms of a complete stranger, Miss Amy Standish, crying, \"Aunt Almeria ...You are my only hope!,\" Amy saves her from an unwanted elopement-and ends up as Clarissa\\'s companion, in direct conflict with her charming and autocratic brother, Sir Hugo. Constant (The Beringer Heiress, Fawcett, 1992), an established Scottish author, has produced a typically British Regency with charming dialog and the requisite Regency style.<br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: No Good Deed\nDescription: ['Editorial Review Winner of 2011 Red Adept Reviews Indie Awards for Thriller/Suspense 5 Stars \"The plot to the novel was not only unique, but it was wonderfully executed. Mark Taylor was a deep, complex character. He was a good hero, but had enough flaws to be completely believable.\" ~Red Adept Reviews<br /><br /><span>Imagine suddenly being taken from your everyday life, being thrown into a cell and interrogated-mercilessly-for almost a year...</span><br /><span>Mary McDonald immediately holds us captive along with Mark, we feel his hopelessness, his pain and frustrations. I could not put this book down, my life stopped while I was reading it. Thank you for an amazing read! </span><span>By </span><span>Imogen Rose \"Author of the Portal Chronicles\"</span><span></span>', \"I have always loved a good guy<b>reluctant hero</b>in books, movies, and television. Add a<b>supernatural</b>twist where the hero can see into the future or the past and change it, and I'm hooked! None of it would work for me if there wasn't plenty of action and adventure woven into a suspenseful thriller. With this series, I took all the elements of a story I longed to read, combined with a character I wanted to come alive and meet, and wrote The Mark Taylor Series.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The rap\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Cleaner (John Milton Thrillers)\nDescription: ['Mark Dawson works in the film industry. He lives in the United Kingdom.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Doctor at Nagasaki: My First Assignment was Mercy Killing\nDescription: ['Text: English, Japanese (translation)', '', '', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Project Moses - A Mystery Thriller\nDescription: ['<b>Kirkus Reviews:</b><br /><br /><i>Lowe\\'s taut thriller is fronted by a likable protagonist who retains his sense of humor. The story\\'s long-reaching conspiracy is elaborate but never overwhelming, so readers can appreciate the stockpiling of secrets, elusive characters and murders committed to preserve those secrets. <br /><br /><b>A thriller with an ideal fusion of wile and wit.</b></i><br /><br />The Midwest Book Review:<br /><br />\"Project Moses\" is a fast-paced and hard to put down thriller. Recommended.', \"Robert B. Lowe is a Pulitzer-prize winning author whose fiction is based in San Francisco, his adopted home. His past experiences - a 12-year career in investigative journalism and a Harvard Law School degree - enable him to write gripping mystery thrillers in both the legal and journalistic fields. Lowe draws his inspiration from John Grisham, Dick Francis and Lee Child and adds his own San Francisco twist. Readers will enjoy his references to the city's landmarks such as Chinatown, North Beach and Pacific Heights and the Bay area's foodie culture. When Lowe isn't writing he enjoys a day at the golf course and spending time with his wife and daughters.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New Public Personnel Administration (text only)6th (Sixth) edition by L. G. Nigro by F. A. Nigro by J. E. Kellough\nDescription: ['The New Public Personnel Administration [Hardcover]Lloyd G. Nigro (Author) Felix A. Nigro (Author)J. Edward Kellough (Author)']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Crushed: A Fredrickson Winery Novel\nDescription: ['Barbara is the author of nine novels. She grew up on a small farm in Washington State but now lives in the mean \"burbs\" of Minnesota with her husband and their dogs, Rugby and Willow. With her kids now pushed out of the nest and encouraged to fly, Barbara spends time writing, collecting books, and riding motorcycles with her husband in pursuit of her next story.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Igbo nation: history, challenges of rebirth and development: Volume II\nDescription: ['THE EDITORS Mezu, Dr. S. Okechukwu, MA, LL.B, Ph.D, The Johns Hopkins University, Biafran Ambassador to Ivory Coast, was Professor, the Founder/Director of the African Studies Program at the State University of New York/Buffalo in 1970. A novelist and author of Behind the Rising Sun (Biafra war novel); poet, Tropical Dawn; literary critic, Lopold Sdar Senghor et la dfense et illustration de la civilization noire, and political critic, Dr. Okechukwu Mezu has published several books in Igbo, English and French and his works have been translated into several European languages. He is the publisher of Black Academy Press, Inc. established in 1970 and the very first black owned academic publishing house in the USA. Nwala, Prof. T. Uzodinma is Distinguished Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, Father of Contemporary African Philosophy, Statesman associated with the founding of some major institutions of our society- NYSC, ASUU, G-34, Rotational Presidency, six-geo-political zones in Nigeria, PDP, etc. Former Chairman, United Nations Youth Caucus and Chief Representative of ISMUN at the UN. Author of Igbo Philosophy. Coordinator of International Colloquium on the Igbo Philosophy and President of Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF).']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann\nDescription: ['', '\"Gregor provides an intimate portrayal of the Maria Altmann that only her closest friends and family were privileged to see, and that others could only imagine<strong>.\" -E. Randol Schoenberg, attorney and key character in the film \"Woman in Gold\"</strong><br /><br />\"It is not simply a memoir: it is a stirring testament to the immeasurable legacy of Maria Altmann; Collins\\' magnum opus is nothing less than an enlightened insight to the best of the human soul.\" <strong>-Paul K. DiCostanzo, Managing Editor, TGNR (tgnreview.com)</strong><br /><br />\"In his captivating diary about Maria Altmann\\'s final three years of life, Collins portrays a Golden Lady and the eventful century she survived and lived... a memorable story of suffering, history, art, memories, fun, and love.\" <strong>-Austrian Cultural Forum New York</strong><br /><br />\"Collins\\'s affection for Maria comes out on every page—variously reverent, poignant, awestruck, and romantic.\" <strong>-Publishers Weekly</strong><br /><br />\"Astonishing and self-assured... moments of hilarity alternate with deeply tender scenes... a beautiful memoir not to be missed.\" <strong>–Seattle Post-Intelligencer</strong><br /><br />\"Collins captures the charm, magnetism, flirtatious, funny, acerbic and wise sides of that extraordinary woman for whose affection I vied. Bless him for keeping her memory alive.\"<strong> -Stephen Lash, Chairman Emeritus of Christie\\'s Americas</strong><br /><strong> </strong>', '\"Gregor won\\'t have been the first person to have experienced such a deeply connected relationship with someone thrice his age, but he may well be the first who has documented it as courageously as he has.\"<strong> -Lesley Alomi, high school English teacher, Perth, Australia</strong>', '\"Gregor provides an intimate portrayal of the Maria Altmann that only her closest friends and family were privileged to see, and that others could only imagine<strong>.\" -E. Randol Schoenberg, attorney and key character in the film \"Woman in Gold\"</strong>', 'Gregor is a writer, actor and producer living in New York. He grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and holds a BA in Media Production from Florida State University. Starting his career in Los Angeles producing reality TV, he shifted gears to acting, performing on stage, on television, and in independent feature films. His writing and acting have been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Cinema Editor Magazine, and on Off and Off-Off Broadway stages across New York. The Accidental Caregiver stageplay was performed in New York at the Robert Moss Theater in 2015, and The Austrian Cultural Forum New York in 2016. Gregor travels around the world as a keynote speaker to talk about his book and his three years caring for Altmann, working often with WIZO, the Women's International Zionist Organization.']",
"rejected": "Title: 'A' Level Computing\nDescription: ['This popular standard textbook has been comprehensively revised by experienced teacher and examiner Sylvia Langfield. She has bought the text up to date (espically the objectoriented programming and networking chapters, HTML and ASP, networking (TCP/IP and sun-nets) and coursework. It is arranged in 5 modules corresponding to the AQA specification. Exercises and questions from rect exam papers are given at the end of each chapter. A scheme of work, the answers and a complete set of OHP mesters can be downloaded for our web site.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Those Who Dare (Raiding Forces) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Phil Ward is a decorated combat veteran commissioned at age nineteen. A former instructor at the Army Ranger School, he has had a lifelong interest in small unit tactics and special operations. He lives on a mountain overlooking Lake Austin with his beautiful wife, Lindy, whose father was the lieutenant governor to both Ann Richards and George W. Bush.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Operation Time Search\nDescription: []"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Fourteenth Protocol: A Story of Espionage and Counter-terrorism (The Special Agent Jana Baker Book Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Nathan Goodman is a husband and father of two daughters and lives in the United States.']",
"rejected": "Title: Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Jim Crow South, 1830-1977 (Indians of the Southeast)\nDescription: ['', 'In this extensively researched book, Osburn presents a compelling history of the Mississippi Choctaws and sheds new light on these often forgotten people.Sheri M. Shuck-Hall, author of <i>Journey to the West: The Alabama and Coushatta Indians</i>', '', '<i>Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi</i> rests on extraordinary amounts of newly uncovered sources, with an unusually high degree of originality.Ted Ownby, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi.<br />', '', '', 'Katherine M. B. Osburn is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University. She is the author of <i>Southern Ute Women: Autonomy and Assimilation on the Reservation, 18851934</i> (Nebraska, 2008).', '', '', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail\nDescription: ['William Wright, M.D., currently Medical Director of the Cheyenne Mountain Re-entry Center, is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. A private pilot, he is the holder of three black belts and instructor certifications in Tae Kwon Do and Aikido. He is a commercial artist (www.WilliamWrightArt.com) and plays guitar poorly in his spare time. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Mollie, and a variable number of fur-bearing companions. His first book, Maximum Insecurity, is a memoir of his eight years as the physician in Colorados supermax prison. Jailhouse Doc is a memoir of his time as Medical Director of the El Paso Criminal Justice Center in Colorado Springs.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Aholibamah: In the Beginning (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Teresa Ochs lives in Tacoma, WA with her husband and four girls. After a major car accident that left her disabled, she had to learn new skills to read and write again. Never again will she take for granted the written word. She took the opportunity to accomplish her dream and write this trilogy. Now, she works from home where she is living her dream of being an author. To find out more about her, visit her webpage at teresaochs.com', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Smile Now, Cry Later (Chuck Restic Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"...imagine a guy with a corporate job (think \"Dilbert\") falling into a stint as private investigator (like Columbo, or Magnum PI, with maybe a little Inspector Clousseau of The Pink Panther).\" <br />- Carol Kean (Amazon Vine Voice)</span><br /><br />\"...I found myself laughing at the main character\\'s cynical take on the corporate life. For anyone who has spent time in a corporate setting, it\\'s absolutely true. One of my new favorite detectives--sort of a modern day, passive-aggressive version of Glen Cook\\'s Garrett P.I.\" - Andy Peloquin<br /><br /><span> \"...[Chuck] isn\\'t a macho man with all the charm that makes each female sown to the ground. He isn\\'t a hero with skills in Karate or an expert marksman the likes of a Matrix character. He is a BORING OFFICE WORKER, and you know what that\\'s okay, he gets beaten up, and threatened, but doesn\\'t go back to avenge his manly pride, he feels vulnerable, sad, and motivated to help another human being, his only weapon is his knowledge of psychology and HR skills (which is awesome by the way).\"<br />- AudioBookReviewer.com</span>', 'Paul MacDonald is a 20-year veteran of Corporate America. He has endured countless PowerPoint decks, offsite retreats and visioning sessions, synergies and synergistically-minded cross-functional teams, to bring you the Chuck Restic mystery series. He lives with his wife, son and blind dog in Los Angeles.', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Dogs of Mexico\nDescription: ['\"For fans of the TV show \\'24,\\' this should fit the bill, while readers not as into thrillers may nevertheless be inclined to kill a few hours enjoying the suspense and human drama.\"', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference (Self-Help for Kids Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cold River Rising\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems\nDescription: ['\"A remarkable retrospective of [Gardner\\'s] astonishingly influential career as an expositor extraordinaire.\"', 'Martin Gardner (1914-2010) is regarded as one of the world\\'s leading experts on Lewis Carroll and his work. The author of more than a hundred books, he wrote the \"Mathematical Games\" column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and has been hailed by Douglas Hofstadter as \"one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century.\"', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Woman in the Photograph: The Search for My Mother's Past\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 30 Freezer Meals for Your Slow Cooker: A month of meals from Apron Free Cooking\nDescription: ['Noel Lizotte is the author of Apron Free Cooking - the weekly syndicated newspaper column, the blog, and the cook book. She loves her crock pots! (All five of them!) Since she tends to fill up her schedule with work, school activities, family events and writing projects, the freezer and her crock pots are some of her best friends. Theres something special about coming into the house after a long day working, and smelling the flavors of a meal that is ready to eat!']"
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"chosen": "Title: Poor, poor, Ophelia\nDescription: ['THE BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER THAT BECAME THE HIT TV SERIES \"THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO\" Its the turbulent 1970s, a time of social upheaval. The generation gap has never seemed so wide and perilous, especially for veteran Santa Monica homicide detective Al Krug and his new partner, university-educated ex-surfer Casey Kellog, the youngest detective on the force. A womans corpse is found floating in the bay with a law firms business card, sealed in plastic, strung around her neck. Krug and Kellog have to solve the bizarre and gruesome murder if they dont kill each other first. Be sure to catch the further adventures of Krug & Kellog in the new, contemporary novel, THE LAST GOOD PLACE by ex-cop Robin Burcell, which brings the characters to present-day San Francisco. An expert thriller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Weston writes smoothly and uses a good deal of sharp dialogue, New York Times Hard-hitting and eminently readable, San Francisco Chronicle', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: ReWORKing Retirement: A Practical Guide for Seniors Returning to Work\nDescription: ['Whether to earn supplemental income or pass the time, retirement offers many individuals the opportunity to do a job they want to do - rather than a job they have to do. However, finding a job after retirement takes an entirely new approach. ReWORKing Retirement shows seniors how to re-enter the job market - successfully.', '', '<b>Allyn I. Freeman</b> has been writing professionally for more than thirty years and he has credits for television sitcoms (M*A*S*H, Hart to Hart) and screenplays. He has written, coauthored, or ghostwritten eight business books and has written for numerous business publications and newsletters. He lives in New York City.', 'Robert E. Gorman has more than thirty years of experience in financial planning and as an insurance executive for companies such as John Hancock and Provident Mutual. He does senior outreach programs in his local community and holds financial planning seminars for seniors and pre-retirees. He is certified in financial planning and estate planning. He lives in Bolivia, NC.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Last Airship (Sam Reilly) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Archiving Eden\nDescription: ['Dornith Doherty was born in Houston, Texas and received a B.A. cum laude from Rice University and a MFA in Photography from Yale University. She is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, where she has been on the faculty since 1996. In 2012 she was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Dohertys work has been featured in exhibitions widely in the U.S. and abroad at institutions including: FotoFest, U.S.; The Bluecoat, U.K.; The Centro de Fotografa, Spain; Galerie Lu?nky, Czech Republic; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, U.S.; the Museum Belvdre, The Netherlands; The Museum of Photography, Rafaela, Argentina. Her work is held in numerous permanent collections across the world.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Voyage: A Historical Novel set during the Holocaust, Inspired by real events\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Trouble at the Red Pueblo (A Spider Latham Mystery) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['<span><b>From InD'Tale Magazine:</b></span><b><span></span></b><br /><span>Spider Latham has a new fan! This scrumptious story by Liz Adair is a marvelously easy to read mystery, seasoned with rich descriptions of the red rock area of Arizona and Utah. The author draws in the reader with uniquely realistic story lines involving existing businesses and landmarks in the area. The characters are complex--so fleshed out and genuine,one would expect to see them firmly ensconced at the Museum, the local diner,or patrolling the area in an orange Yugo with flames painted on it. Readers will love the bantering dialogue between Spider and Laurie, and they'll pull for the Stetson wearing cowboy deputy from Nevada. Well written, well researched, and well done, Ms. Adair!</span><div><br /> <div><span></span></div><div><span><b></b></span><br /><span><b>From Meridian Magazine:</b></span><br /><span>Spider is far from the typical Western literary hero.There's an honesty and realism to him that real westerners will recognize and love. He's not a twenty-something quick-draw, but a man who has raised two sons, loves his wife, and values the land his ancestors settled as early pioneers. He's a deputy sheriff who isn't paid too well and has difficulty figuring out modern electronic gadgets like smart phones. He's kind and compassionate to family, friends, strangers, and animals, but struggles to deal with assumptions and jealousy. </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>...Spider's wife, Laurie, is a strong woman in manyways. She has a kind, gentle style that draws people to her, but she also has akeen mind and is in many ways as much of a detective as her husband. She's alsoknowledgeable concerning horses and western culture. Other minor characters arestrong, distinct people who greatly enrich the story.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>The background for this story is the Utah/Arizona border area between Kanab and Fredonia with its red rocks, high temperatures,and Anasazi ruins and artifacts. Adair does a great job of bringing this setting alive as part of the story, making visualizing the magnificent scenery easy yet a natural part of the story. </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>The plot moves at a deceptively relaxed pace, drawing the reader in with interesting tidbits and wonderful dialog, until the reader is surprised to discover how quickly the action is moving. The conclusion is satisfying both as a resolution to the mystery, but as it relates back to a couple of other issues introduced early on.</span></div></div>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Head Shot (A Thriller): A Crime and Suspense Thriller (The Ames Standalone Thrillers Collection Book 1) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Shakedown (Pinnacle Books Fiction)\nDescription: [\"A killer identified via a fleeting facial expression and behavioral cues turns a middle-aged FBI agent dealing with a disruptive disability into an unexpected hero in Goldman's latest terrific thriller (after <i>Deadlocked</i>). After the brutal murder of Marcellus Pearson, a notorious Kansas City drug dealer, the collateral damage includes his cronies; his young son, Jalise; Jalise's mother (and Pearson's girlfriend); and an older woman who witnesses the killer fleeing the crime scene. The shooter is Pearson's mild-mannered neighbor, Latrell Kelly, who harbors more than a few dark secrets behind his soft-spoken ways. FBI Special Agent Jack Davis understands secretshe has seizures he's been able to hide until the Pearson crime scene makes him erupt into visible tremors. Davis must take medical leave, but conducts a private investigation that connects to another chilling puzzler involving his missing daughter, Wendy. Is her significant other, Colby Hudson, an undercover and possibly corrupt FBI agent, responsible? Davis's new girlfriend, jury consultant Kate Scranton, helps him deal with both cases by teaching him how to read faces using the Facial Action Coding System. Goldman's surefooted plotting and Davis's courage under fire make this a fascinating, compelling read. <i>(Apr.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Final Judgment\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Negotiating the Constitution: The Earliest Debates over Original Intent\nDescription: ['', '\"Lynch looks to the first six Congresses to see how those who framed and ratified the Constitution actually understood it in practice; in the process, he provides a rich history of the constitutional tugs-of-war in the early republic... Lynch concludes that, because the founders themselves could not agree on the original intention behind the Constitution\\'s most important provisions, then one need not bother with a search for that intention.\"', '\"Lynch succeeds in painting a vivid picture of the hypocrisy that often reigned among political elites during a crucial period in American history.\"', '\"Throughout his book Lynch ably chops logic and tests positions for their fit with the Constitution\\'s text, the debates over framing and ratification, and the stands that the same men took on other occasions... The book offers a provocative dose of lawyer\\'s history.\"', '\"This book is well-informed and remarkably exhaustive.\"', '\"Lynch\\'s careful attention to the host of constitutional arguments raised in controversies both great and small reveals an interesting,... highly informative, and... deeply engaging story. Anyone interested in the constitutional controversies of the early Republic or in the details of James Madison\\'s career in Congress would do well to read <i>Negotiating the Constitution</i>.\"', '\"Joseph M. Lynch... has made an important scholarly contribution to the debate over the meaning of the Constitution. <i>Negotiating the Constitution</i> is a carefully researched and lively book which argues that the immediate political concerns of the Framers colored their more principled goals of creating and implementing a workable constitution.\"', '\"This book is a carefully crafted, thoroughly researched, engagingly skeptical, and at times quite pugnacious account of what happened to the Constitution in the period between its adoption and the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson in 1801. Lynch convincingly demonstrates that relatively little confidence can be placed in the post-1789 views and actions of the Constitution\\'s framers as guides to the meaning of that document. His work strikes a refreshing note, in welcome contrast to the all-too-common tendency for scholars of the founding era to take for granted the notion that somehow the framers were of a different order of being.\"', '', '\"This book is a carefully crafted, thoroughly researched, engagingly skeptical, and at times quite pugnacious account of what happened to the Constitution in the period between its adoption and the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson in 1801. Lynch convincingly demonstrates that relatively little confidence can be placed in the post-1789 views and actions of the Constitution\\'s framers as guides to the meaning of that document. His work strikes a refreshing note, in welcome contrast to the all-too-common tendency for scholars of the founding era to take for granted the notion that somehow the framers were of a different order of being.\"--Herbert Sloan, Barnard College, Columbia University', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: No Way Out\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The No Nonsense Guide to Diet, Exercise and Disease Prevention\nDescription: ['In this age of conflicting information, many people are looking for a logical and scientific approach to healthy living. Dr. Maffetone is a widely recognized expert and share his thoughts on getting fit and healthy.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cold Lake (David Wolf) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['Born in the northwestern United States and raised on the front range of Colorado, Jeff Carson attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Sciences.<br /><br />Armed with his specialized credentials, Jeff worked at golf courses for the next decade, dreaming of becoming a golf professional one day. After a long stint as an employee that doused his passion for the game, Jeff broke from the golf industry, and then he broke away from a few other career choices, and during an extended trip to Italy discovered a dormant passion for writing.<br /><br />Jeff now writes mystery and thriller books starring his lead character, David Wolf--a cop from the Colorado Rocky Mountains with a good heart and pair of fists to match.<br /><br />Currently there are 8 full-length David Wolf Mystery Thriller series novels and one short story, listed below in chronological order.<br /><br />When not writing, Jeff enjoys golfing, hiking, camping, and whatever his two sons are into at that particular moment. You can keep in touch and learn more at JeffCarson.co (no \"m\"). Be sure to sign up for the early notification newsletter to receive a complimentary copy of Gut Decision and be kept abreast of new releases, which are always discounted for the first 48 hours.<br /><br />Jeff and his wife, Cristina, currently live with their two sons south of Denver, Colorado.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: PgMP Exam Success Series: Flashcards\nDescription: ['Tony Johnson, MBA, PMP, PgMP has over 18 years of experience as a project and program manager in industries spanning retail, defense, telecommunication, financial, consulting, hardware and software development, education, government, and manufacturing. He has been a trainer and curriculum developer in areas such as technology manufacturing, e-commerce, and project management. Mr. Johnson is an award winning member of the PMI Dallas chapter, and has served on the chapter\\'s education committee. He has also been a key presenter at the Dallas chapter\\'s \"PMP Forum\" Mr. Johnson received both his bachelor degree in Business Administration and Finance, and MBA in Operations and Strategic Management from Dallas Baptist University. Mr. Johnson has taught at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Dallas County Community College District, both located in Dallas, Texas. His prior students are represented at prominent organizations such as Anderson Consulting, Accenture, Genuity, Verizon, Carreker, Exe, Perot Systems, Decision Consultants Inc., Electronic Data System (EDS), CompUSA, JCPenney, American Airlines, MCI, KPMG, Excel Communications, Auto One, Citi, Oracle, Ciber, Motorola, IBM, Bank of America, Department of Defense, Sabre, Travelocity, Texas Instruments, and Nortel. The PMP Exam Success Series Products, authored by Mr. Johnson, are used in 45 countries and in various industries worldwide. Tony Johnson is the CEO and Founder of Crosswind Project Management, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Anonymous Source (An Alex Vane Media Thriller) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['A.C. Fuller is the creator and host of the WRITER 2.0 Podcast and an English teacher at Northwest Indian College. He previously taught journalism at New York University and worked as a freelance reporter. He lives with his wife and children in the Pacific Northwest, where he is working on the sequel to The Anonymous Source. Find him at www.acfuller.com, on Facebook at \"A.C. Fuller,\" on Twitter @ACFullerAuthor, and on iTunes to follow his Podcast.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 2011 NEC - National Electrical Code Tabs- 84 tabs (For PB, Spiral & Hndbk)\nDescription: [\"Boost your referencing power with self-adhesive tabs for your 2011 National Electrical Code Paperback, Spiralbound or the Handbook. Tabs make it easy to access the latest electrical safety information and maximize time on the job. Discover why thousands of electrical professionals won't work without Tabs. (For use with NEC Softbound, Looseleaf and Handbook; Set of 84\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Armed and Fabulous (Lexi Graves Mysteries, Book 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Shanna's Connections eBook\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Last Witness\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cosmic mission fulfilled, (Rosicrucian library)\nDescription: ['Ralph M. Lewis, F.R.C.: Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order of the Americas,British Commonwealth,France Germany,Sweden, Switzerland, and Africa', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Last Condo Board of the Apocalypse\nDescription: [\"<b>What inspired you to write this series?</b><br /><br />I was mainly inspired by the condo building I lived in at the time -- the absurd vagaries and power struggles of the board of directors; the travails of the building manager, a master of diplomacy; the mysterious, ninja-like cleaning crew, and the residents. The first book was going to be more Lynchian, but then I thought, 'I'll just throw in this petulant jackal with the lustrous hair of Andy Gibb' and 'the high-rise elevator needs a giant water scorpion attendant who can mix a margarita and shine shoes at the same time.' And there you have it.<br /><br />On top of that, I was seeing a lot of serious angel books coming out, and wanted to do something more fun with the subject matter.<br /><br /><i>To read more of this interview, visit qwillery.blogspot.com/2012/10/interview-with-nina-post-author-of.html</i>\", '<b>Nina Post</b> is the author of seven novels, including <i>Danger Returns in Pairs</i>, <i>Danger in Cat World</i>, <i>Extra Credit Epidemic</i>, <i>The Last Condo Board of the Apocalypse</i>, <i>The Last Donut Shop of the Apocalypse</i>, <i>One Ghost Per Serving</i>, and <i>The Zaanics Deceit</i>. She lives in Seattle.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Skeletal Remains\nDescription: ['There is nothing like the excitement of entering an abandoned building, and exploring the history and secrets of the past that it holds. Each building has its own energy and story to tell. It is a very personal experience. Countless hours of searching, traveling hundreds of miles, skillfully avoiding arrest, walking among ghosts and ruins, this is a glimpse into my world of Urban Exploration.']"
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"chosen": "Title: A View to Die For (Books To Die For) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Richard is working on his third career. His first was as a carpenter and roofer for twenty years while working his way through college. With a BS in Math he spent the next twenty-five years as a successful software engineer by working on the Space Shuttle at both Vandenberg AFB, and Johnson Space Center. He then went on to start Master Mind SofTools where he developed software for fortune 500 companies. After taking early retirement in 2007, he moved to Warsaw, Missouri and built a home on the water with a view to die for. Richard now devotes his time to raising his great-granddaughter and writing. He is currently working on the second novel in the Jacob Martin series.']",
"rejected": "Title: When It's Time\nDescription: ['Shirley Gibbs is a gifted Christian communicator, Bible teacher, and writer. Her message is one of compassion, encouraging us to discover hope in the faithfulness of God. She finds joy in helping others see God s hand in the ordinary, as well as the extraordinary, times of life. <br /><br /> Shirley is a Licensed Professional Counselor who holds an M.S. in Counseling and a B.S. in Education. For twenty years, Shirley has counseled with individuals, families, and children on a variety of issues including depression, grief and loss, trauma, and parenting issues, as well as severe and persistent mental illness. <br /><br /> While maintaining a small private practice, Shirley enjoys speaking at women s retreats and events, applying her experience as a counselor and Bible teacher to the broad range of emotional, relational, and spiritual problems people face today. God has also granted her the honor and privilege of sharing in the most intimate of journeys that of walking alongside parents and their child who is dying, or in the immediacy of the grief process. <br /><br /> The author of <i>When It s Time</i>, Shirley Gibbs is also a contributor to <i>The Art of Helping: What to Say and Do When Someone is Hurting</i> by Lauren Littauer Briggs. <br /><br /> Shirley and her husband live on a working cattle ranch in Texas. They are the parents of two adult sons and a daughter (in-law), and grandparents of two wonderful granddaughters.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Debt Collector\nDescription: ['Jon Mills is originally from England. Jon Mills is the author of the thrilling teen trilogy Undisclosed, The Promise and The Debt Collector Series. He can be reached through his website at jonmills.com. You can also connect with him through Facebook at facebook.com/authorjonmills or on Twitter at twitter.com/Jon_Mills. You can send all email to contact@jonmills.com<br /><br />To be alerted to new books, get subscriber only discounts, or join his ARC team -- click here and sign up to the mailing list and get a free book jonmills.com/sign-up/', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Inky: The Indigo Fairy (Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies, No. 6)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mind Matters\nDescription: ['BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sky: The Blue Fairy (Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies, No. 5)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Likeness\nDescription: ['[Tana French] aces her second novel. The Likeness [is a] nearly pitch-perfect follow-up to her 2007 debut thriller, <i>In the Woods</i>. <br /> --<b><i>Entertainment Weekly**<br /><br /></i></b>Tana French puts a clever twist on every lonely childs fantasy of leading a parallel life when she creates an alternate identity for her detective in THE LIKENESS... Cassie is a character the eternal lost child you can really care about.<i></i><b><i><br />--<b><i>New York Times Book Review</i></b></i></b><br /><br /> The writing is glorious, and the characters and drama so compelling<br /> --<b><i>The Boston Globe*</i></b><br /> <br /> Savor Frenchs turns of phrase and simmering suspense until the prospect of finishing shuts all distractions out.<br /> --<b><i>The Baltimore Sun</i></b><br /><br /> The verve of her writing illuminates the uncanny experience of stepping into someone elses life. [The Likeness is] a sophisticated thriller.<br /> --<b><i>The Dallas Morning News</i></b><br /><br /><b><u>Praise for Tana French</u></b><br /><br />When you read Ms. French and she has become required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting make only one assumption: All of your initial assumptions are wrong<br /><b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /><br />\"Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years.\"<br /><b><i>The Washington Post<br /><br /></i></b>\"[Tana French] inspires cultic devotion in readersmost crime fiction is diverting; French\\'s is consuming.\"<br /><b><i>The New Yorker</i></b><br /><br />To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather shes simply this: a truly great writer.<br /><b>Gillian Flynn</b><br /><br />French is a poet of mood and a master builder of plots. <br /><b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />One of the most distinct and exciting new voices in crime writing.<br /><b><i>The Wall Street Journal<br /></i></b><br />French does something fresh with every novel, each one as powerful as the last but in a very different manner. Perhaps she has superpowers of her own? Whatever the source of her gift, its only growing more miraculous with every book.<br /><b>Salon.com</b>', '<b>Tana French</b>is also the author of<i>In the Woods</i>,<i>The Likeness</i>,<i>Faithful Place</i>,<i>Broken Harbor</i>,<i>The Secret Place,</i>and<i><i>The Trespasser</i></i>. Her books have won awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards, the<i>Los Angeles Times</i>Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Faith-Shaped Life, The\nDescription: [\"Ian Hamilton is the pastor of Cambridge Presbyterian Church, England. He is the author of Let's Study the Letters of John which is also published by the Trust.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss\nDescription: ['\"McKellar... may well have done more to encourage girls to stick with math than any government task force... the wildly enthusiastic response [her books] have received speaks to the effect that can be achieved by reworking the contents of standard math and science problems and countering the perception that boys won\\'t like girls who are smart.\"Eileen Pollack, <b><i>The New York Times<br /><br /></i></b>\"Anew pre-algebra survival guide.\"<b>USNEWS.com</b>', '', '<b>Danica McKellar</b> is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of groundbreaking math books including <i>Kiss My Math,</i> and is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics. She is also well known for her acting roles on <i>The Wonder Years, The West Wing,</i> and multiple Hallmark Channel movies, and as a quarterfinalist on <i>Dancing with the Stars.</i> She lives with her family in Los Angeles.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Demand for Liquid Assets : A Temporal Cross-section Analysis\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Pharmacology\nDescription: ['\"In a word: Mind-blowing....An intriguing fusion of poignant coming-of-age tale and skull crushing social commentary....Powered by a soundtrack featuring Public Enemy, Jeru the Damaga, and Digable Planets,<EM>Pharmacology</EM> is one of those cool full immersion reads.\"--Unabashedly Bookish, BN.com <br /> <br /> \"This gripping novel, written in an eye-catching style that many have already compared to Chuck Palahniuk, will suck readers in and keep them hooked until the very end. The story is unique, the depictions of 90s-era San Francisco are gritty and real, and the main character is a fascinating, multifaceted study of human morality.\"-- San Francisco Book Review <br /> <br /> \"<EM>Pharmacology</EM> is a bold and edgy dive into a world dominated by corporate greed that eventually consumes the person who seeks to expose it.\" -- Neon Tommy, Annenberg Digital News <br /> <br /> \"<EM>Pharmacology</EM> is urban fiction with an edge, it paints a view of the city of San Francisco not usually seen by the tourist or even most of its dwellers. It walks us into a world of characters that do not fit the mold and are accepting of each other\\'s limitations, and shows us the world through their eyes and their motivations. It does not demonize the sub-culture but rather humanizes it - these are multi-layered characters defined by the sum of their parts and not by a single characteristic or trait. <EM>Pharmacology</EM> is a must read.\"--MariaS, Flair <br /> <br /> \"Herz\\'s incisive look into the early days of the internet and his skewering of the fear tactics used by the pharmaceutical conglomerates includes some of the most eccentric supporting characters I have ever encountered.\" --Emily Ruben, Author of <EM>Stalina</EM> <br /> <br /> \"Christopher Herzs gadfly of a novel, <EM>Pharmacology</EM>, rips the gauze from our romantic notions about the dawn of the digital era. Like Sarah Striker, we fall in love with 1990s San Francisco, peopled with heroin-addicted vampires, bicycle messengers on social crusades, and graffiti artists who go legit for six-figure salaries at technology start-ups. But theres always a price to pay, especially when Sarah discovers that the underground drug trade and above-board pharmaceutical industry are selling the same thing: ephemeral, chemical cures for being human. In <EM>Pharmacology,</EM> Philip K. Dicks futures have become our glorified, recent past and ubiquitous present, and Sarah must choose whether to inhale another glass-shard line of clickable pleasure, or to swim against the rising tide of spurious information for a shore that can actually be walked upon barefoot. In the quiet spaces of this brilliant, kinetic narrative, Herz poses a bracing question: what happens to a society that pays this generations subversives handsomely to medicate the next generations subversives out of existence?\" -Harold Taw author of <EM>Adventures of the Karoke King</EM>', '\"Set in 1993 amid the dawning of email technology and America\\'s pharmaceutical revolution, Herz\\'s (<em>The Last Block in Harlem</em> 2010) energetic novel examines the parallels between fringe culture and family devotion....Hip, frenetic narration....Herz\\'s social observations are often keen and apt.\" --Booklist']",
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"chosen": "Title: Longbourn\nDescription: ['<b>A Best Book of the Year Selection: <i>New York Times </i>100 Notable, <i>Seattle Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br /></b>Rich, engrossing, and filled with fascinating observations. . . . If you are a Jane Austen fan . . . you will devour Jo Bakers ingenious <i>Longbourn</i>. <br /><i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br /><br />Original and charming, even gripping, in its own right. <br /><i>The New York Times Book Review<br /></i><br />Masterful. <br /><i>The</i> <i>Miami Herald<br /></i><br />A witty, richly detailed re-imagining. . . . Fans of Austen and <i>Downton Abbey</i> will take particular pleasure in <i>Longbourn</i>, but any reader with a taste for well-researched historical fiction will delight in Bakers involving, informative tale. <br /><i>People</i><br /><br />A bold novel, subversive in ways that prove surprising, and brilliant on every level. <br /><i>USA Today</i><br /><br />Delightful.<br /><i>The New Yorker<br /></i><br />A triumph: a splendid tribute to Austens original but, more importantly, a joy in its own right, a novel that contrives both to provoke the intellect and, ultimately, to stop the heart. <br /><i>The Guardian </i>(London)<br /><br />[A] fitting tribute, inventing a touching love story of its own. <br /><i>The Wall Street Journal<br /></i><br />A freshly egalitarian reimagining. <br /><i>Vogue<br /></i><br />[Bakers] writing style draws admirably from Austens. <br />Minneapolis <i>Star Tribune<br /></i><br />Engaging and rewarding. <br /><i>The</i> <i>Washington Times<br /></i><br /><i>Longbourn</i> is told with glee and great wit. <br /><i>The Daily Beast<br /></i><br />The Bennet familys servants imagined by Baker have richly complicated lives and loyalties. . . . Baker deserves a bouquet. . . . Refreshing. <br /><i>The</i> <i>Seattle Times<br /></i><br />Theres a finale so back-of-the-hand-to-the-forehead romantic, someone should render it in needlepoint. <br /><i>Entertainment Weekly<br /></i><br />Excellent. . . . In Sarah the housemaid, Baker has created a heroine, living in the same house as Elizabeth Bennet, who manages to shine despite Elizabeths long literary shadow. <br /><i>Christian Science Monitor<br /></i><br />Lively. . . . Bakers vivid passages about the natural world, working conditions and even of sorrow are . . . well detailed and articulated. <br /><i>The Plain Dealer<br /></i><br /><i>Longbourn</i> is a really special book, and not only because its author writes like an angel. . . . There are some wildly sad and romantic moments; I was sobbing by the end. . . . Beautiful. Wendy Holden, <i>Daily Mail</i>(London)<br /><br />Inspired. . . . This is a genuinely fresh perspective on the tale of the Bennet household. . . . A lot of fun.<br /><i>Sunday Times</i>(London)<br /><br />This clever glimpse of Austens universe through a window clouded by washday steam is so compelling it leaves you wanting to read the next chapter in the lives below stairs rather than peer at the reflections of any grand party in the mirrors of Netherfield.<br /><i>Daily Express</i>(London)<br /><br />Impressive. . . . An engrossing tale we neither know nor expect.<br /><i>Daily Telegraph</i>(London)', 'Jo Baker was born in Lancashire, England, and educated at Oxford University and Queens University Belfast. She is the author of the novels <i>The Undertow, Offcomer, The Mermaids Child, </i>and <i>The Telling. </i>She lives in Lancaster.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: My Sunshine Away\nDescription: ['', '<strong><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011\">The Amazon Debut Spotlight Selection for February 2015:</a></strong> After only 50 pages <i>My Sunshine Away</i> gave me the same feeling as other Southern novels that have long remained favorites; <i>The Help</i> and <i>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil</i>, to name two. How much of our future self is shaped by our first love, our early mistakes, and trading sweet innocence for the acrid recognition of cruelty? A lot, we discover, as we ride shotgun with a narrator who was fourteen the year that a crime against the girl he loved changed him irrevocably. This coming-of-age story set in a quiet Louisiana neighborhood touched by violence is by turns suspenseful and insightful, peppered with moments like this one that I want to commit to memory: We were all middle-to-upper-class white kids, all the products of our parents success, and when we played with one another at school we played in the mirror. <i>Seira Wilson</i>', '', '', '<b>Praise for <i>My Sunshine Away</i></b><br /><br />Try and restrain yourself from flying through the pages of this wonderful novel. Instead savor this lush Louisiana mystery that takes you back to what life tasted like when you were still somewhat nave to the ways of the world. Not just Southern, but American in its vivid Baton Rouge colors and scents, treetops and grasses, <i>My Sunshine Away</i> is the story of how the events of our youth profoundly affect us as adults. The last page is as satisfying as the first. A mystery you cannot wait to solve.Kathryn Stockett, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Help</i><br /><br />My Sunshine Away is not a thriller; it is not genre fiction; but it\\'s realism at its finest, and it is a page turnera story made memorable in paragraph after paragraph by the brilliance of its author, and by the scope of the questions he asks as to how we live this life to the fullest as loving and moral beings. Its about love, obsession, and pain. Such a beautiful book. Such a remarkable book. I can\\'t praise it enough.Anne Rice, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Prince Lestat</i><br /><br />[A] wrenching and wondrous coming-of-age tale. Walshs debut novel is a mystery, a Louisiana mash note and a deeply compassionate, clear-eyed take on the addled teen-boy mind.<i>People</i><br /><br />ExcellentWalsh has an innate knack for plot and suspense, but the real pleasure here is his prose. This stunning and gracefully written debut novel is a total page-turner until the very end.<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />Capable of making a reader cryand screamAnd yet, youre never exhausted trying to piece together clues to solve the crime. The power of the book lies in its spot-on characters.Oprah.com<br /><br />[A] rich, unexpected, exceptional bookA gripping read thats more than a thriller, more than a traditional Southern tale, <i>My Sunshine Away</i> is a brilliant meditation on the unpredictability and the lifelong effects of childhood events and relationships.<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br /><i>My Sunshine Away</i> is also simply, like Lees [<i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i>], a great work of fiction. Its a page-turning thriller with a heartbreaking crime and an intriguing cast of suspects...[Walshs] haunting, lyrical novel will compel you to look back on your own lifes mysteries, your own childhood fog.<i>The Fort Worth Star Telegram</i> <br /> <br />\"Recalls the best of Pat Conroy: the rich Southern atmosphere, the interplay of darkness and light in adolescence, the combination of brisk narrative suspense with philosophical musings on memory, manhood, and truth....Celebrate, fiction lovers: The gods of Southern gothic storytelling have inducted a junior member.\"<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)<br /><br />Suspenseful, compassionate, and absorbing, Walshs word-perfect rendering of the doubts, insecurities, bravado, and idealism of teens deserves to be placed in the hands of readers of Tom Franklin, Hannah Pittard, and Jeffrey Eugenides.<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)<br /><br />[A] gripping 300-page debut novel that is already one of the years most anticipated books[P]itch perfect on detailsWalsh [is] a master storyteller.<i>The New Orleans TimesPicayune</i><br /><br />\"M.O. Walsh\\'s marvelous debut novel is so thick with searching nostalgia and melancholy, it gives the reader the same sense of authenticity and emotional satisfaction more typically associated with a good memoir. <i>My Sunshine Away</i> is the kind of novel you simply can\\'t put down.\"<i>Dallas Morning News</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Virtual Private Networks For Dummies\nDescription: [\"Shockingly short on implementation details, <i>Virtual Private Networks for Dummies</i> tries to craft a scattershot collection of facts and references into an introduction to virtual private networks (VPNs). That's not to say that this book is insubstantial, because it's not; probably, you'll learn something about networking, cryptography, authentication infrastructures, and other aspects of VPN engineering. Also, it's done a good job of compiling references to VPN resources on the Internet, so you'll have plenty of surfing to do. But it never explains how to build a VPN--or even the simplest laboratory simulation of one--and that's precisely the kind of how-to information that buyers of this book will want.\", \"True enough: every situation that calls for a VPN is different; and, if the book had shown how to implement a VPN with one turnkey solution, users of the others would complain. But even the narrowest example would have been better than some of the stuff that fills these pages. At one point, the reader is walked through the process of encoding and decoding a plain-text message--by hand--by using a shared private key. Spare us, please. The book gives the vital Layer 2 Transport Protocol all of two short paragraphs. Sections on public-key encryption and digital certificates do a good job of unraveling perennially misunderstood processes, but they don't offset the lack of details on VPN. <i>--David Wall</i>\", '<b>Topics covered:</b> Aspects of virtual private networks (VPNs), organized to get potential VPN implementers thinking about security and other design issues. Specifically, Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI); digital certificates; turnkey VPN packages; and a lot of general stuff about what VPNs are good for, and how to design a good one.', 'Includes tips on e-commerce and extranets', 'Packed with real-world Virtual Private Networks case studies', \"Save time and money with the hot new remote networking solutionVirtual private networks let you create a secure business networkover the Internet and avoid the expense of dedicated accesslines. This friendly guide walks you through this complextechnology and leads you to a VPN solution that's just right foryour business.\", 'Discover how to: Make the Internet secure for business Linkremote sites and customers to your network Maximize speed andreliability Understand encryption and authentication issues Choosethe right hardware, software, and partners', 'The Dummies Way<sup></sup> Explanations in plain English\"Get in, get out\" information Icons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun', 'Get smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prizes Browseexclusive articles and excerpts Get a free DummiesDaily<sup></sup> e-mail newsletter Chat with authors andpreview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Girl on the Train\nDescription: ['', '<b>#1 <i>Globe and Mail</i> Bestseller</b><br /><b><b><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Top Book of 2015</b><br />A<i>Globe and Mail</i>Best Book of 2015</b><br /><b>An <i>NPR </i>Best Book of 2015</b> <br /> A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Book of the Year <br /> A <i>Guardian </i>Best Book of the Year <br />A<i>Toronto Star</i>Book of the Year<br /><b>A<i>Kirkus</i>Reviews Best Book of the Year</b></b><br /> <br />\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of <i>A Game of Thrones</i><br /><br />There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as <i>Gone Girl</i>; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. <i>The Globe and Mail<br /><br /></i>[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. <i>National Post</i><br /><br />Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of <i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, <i>The Girl on the Train </i>will have you racing through the pages. <i>Huffington Post</i><br /> [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)<br /> <br /> <b></b><i>The Girl on the Train</i> has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since <i>Gone Girl</i> . . .<i> </i>liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times<b> </b></i><br /> <br /> Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br /> <br /> Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. <i>NPR</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Compulsive reading.<i>Marie Claire</i><br /> <i></i><br /> [A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> [<i>The Girl on the Train</i>] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. <b></b><i>Entertainment Weekly<b> </b></i><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> <i>Gone Girl</i> fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. <i>People </i><br /> <br /> A natural fit for fans of<i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,<i>The Girl on the Train</i>will have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com<br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i>marries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.<b> </b><i>USA Today</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel <i>The Girl on the Train</i> just might have earned the title of the next <i>Gone Girl</i>.<i>Christian Science Monitor</i> <br /> <b></b><br /> [A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. <b></b><i>The Boston Globe</i><b> </b><br /> <br /> Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Now You See Her</i><br /> <br /> The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller <i>The Midwife of Venice</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i> is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author of<i>I Am Pilgrim</i><br /> <br /> Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. <i>The Girl on the Train</i>s clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Reconstructing Amelia</i>[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /><i></i><br />Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /><br />\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\'<br />Colette McBeth, author of<i>Precious Thing</i>and the forthcoming <i>The Life I Left Behind</i><br /><br />Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. <br /><i>The Bookseller<br /></i><br />The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. <br />Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE <br /><br />\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\"<br />Terry Hayes<br /><br />Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.<br />S. J. Watson, author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /><br />Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! <br />Lisa Gardner, author of <i>Fear Nothing</i><br /><br />This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. <br />Paula Daly, author of <i>Keep Your Friends Close<br /></i><br /><i>The Girl on the Train</i>was so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! <br />Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of <i>The Times</i>. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Sparrow: A Novel (The Sparrow Series)\nDescription: ['A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.<b><i>TheNew York Times Book Review</i> </b><br /> <br /> Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. <i>The Sparrow </i>is one of them.<b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /> <br /> Powerful . . . <i>The Sparrow </i>tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b><br /> <br /> Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.<b><i>The Dallas Morning News</i></b><br /> <br /> [Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.<b><i>USA Today</i></b>', \"This is one of my favorite books of all time, EVER!!!! And I'm not just saying that because I work here at Ballantine/Fawcett and I have to. Being in the editorial department, there are always way too many books to read and way too little time to do it in. That's why when I first overheard one of my colleagues raving about this book to someone, I didn't give it a second thought. While it's nice to know at least a little something about the current books on our list (no small feat), this book had never caught my eye as something I'd be interested in. But after the millionth time I'd heard my cohort extolling the virtues of this book to anyone who would listen, I figured I would give it a shot. <br /><br />I started reading it on my vacation, and it's a good thing, because I couldn't put it down to do anything else! I'm not quite sure what I can say about it that will do it justice, because it can be viewed so many different ways by different people----it's beautiful, ugly, sad, optimistic, and intensely compelling all at the same time. Suffice it to say that it's one of those once-in-a-lifetime books that just makes you stop and sit-up and think about things that you've never given second thought to before. <br /><br />-----J. Rendon, Editorial Assistant\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail\nDescription: ['', 'Spectacular. . . . A literary and human triumph. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>', '\"I was on the edge of my seat. . . . It is just a wild ride of a read . . . stimulating, thought-provoking, soul-enhancing.\" Oprah Winfrey, on <i>Wild</i>, first selection of her Book Club 2.0', 'Strayeds language is so vivid, sharp and compelling that you feel the heat of the desert, the frigid ice of the High Sierra, and the breathtaking power of one remarkable woman finding her wayand herselfone brave step at a time. <i>People</i> (4 stars)', '\"An addictive, gorgeous book that not only entertains, but leaves us the better for having read it. . . . Strayed is a formidable talent.\" <i>The Boston Globe<br /></i><br />\"One of the most original, heartbreaking, and beautiful American memoirs in years. . . . Awe-inspiring.\" NPR Books<br /><br />Cinematic. . . . A rich, riveting story. . . . Our verdict: A. <i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />Pretty much obliterated me. I was reduced, during the books final third, to puddle-eyed cretinism. . . . As loose and sexy and dark as an early Lucinda Williams song. Its got a punk spirit and makes an earthy and American sound. . . . The cumulative welling up I experienced during <i>Wild</i> was partly a response to that too infrequent sight: that of a writer finding her voice, and sustaining it, right in front of your eyes. Dwight Garner, <i>The New York Times</i> <br /><br />Brave seems like the right word to sum up this woman and her book. . . . Strayeds journey is exceptional. <i>San Francisco Chronicle<br /></i><br />One of the best books Ive read in the last five or ten years. . . . <i>Wild </i>is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think its destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time. Nick Hornby<br /><br />Devastating and glorious. . . . By laying bare a great unspoken truth of adulthoodthat many things in life dont turn out the way you want them to, and that you can and must live through them anyway<i>Wild</i> feels real in many ways that many books about finding oneself . . . do not. <i>Slate<br /></i><br />Incisive and telling. . . . [Strayed] has the ineffable gift every writer longs for of saying exactly what she means in lines that are both succinct and poetic. . . . an inborn talent for articulating angst and the gratefulness that comes when we overcome it. <i>The Washington Post<br /></i><br />Vivid, touching and ultimately inspiring account of a life unraveling and of the journey that put it back together. <i>The Wall Street Journal<br /></i><br />Strayed . . . catalogs her epic hike . . . with a raw emotional power that makes the book difficult to put down. . . . In walking, and finally, years later, in writing, Strayed finds her way again. And her path is as dazzlingly beautiful as it is tragic. <i>Los Angeles Times<br /></i><br />A fearless story, told in honest prose that is wildly lyrical as often as it is dirtily physical. <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> <br /><br />This isnt Cinderella in hiking boots, its a woman coming out of heartbreak, darkness and bad decisions with a clear view of where she has been. . . . There are adventures and characters aplenty, from heartwarming to dangerous, but Strayed resists the temptation to overplay or sweeten such moments. Her pacing is impeccable as she captures her impressive journey. <i>The Seattle Times<br /></i><br />Strayeds journey was at least as transcendent as it was turbulent. She faced down hunger, thirst, injury, fatigue, boredom, loss, bad weather, and wild animals. Yet she also reached new levels of joy, accomplishment, courage, peace, and found extraordinary companionship. <i>The Christian Science Monitor<br /></i><br />Strayed writes a crisp scene; her sentences hum with energy. She can describe a trail-parched yearning for Snapple like no writer I know. . . . It becomes impossible not to root for her. <i>The Plain Dealer<br /></i><br />Brilliant. . . . Cheryl Strayed emerges from her grief-stricken journey as a practitioner of a rare and vital vocation. She has become an intrepid cartographer of the human heart. <i>Houston Chronicle<br /></i><br />A deeply honest memoir about mother and daughter, solitude and courage, and regaining footing one step at a time. <i>Vogue<br /></i><br />This is abig, brave, break-your-heart-and-put-it-back-together-again kind of book.Cheryl Strayed is a courageous,gritty, and deceptively elegant writer. She walked the PCT to find forgiveness,came back with generosityand now she shares her reward with us.I snorted with laughter, I wept uncontrollably; I dont even want to<i>know</i>the person who isnt going to love<i> Wild.</i>This is a beautifully made, utterly realizedbook. Pam Houston, author of<i>Contents May Have Shifted</i>and<i>Cowboys are My Weakness</i>', '', '', \"CHERYL STRAYED is the author of the #1<i>New York Times</i>best seller<i>Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,</i>which was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0 and became an Oscar-nominated film starring Reese Witherspoon;<i>Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar,</i>a national best seller now the basis of the WBUR podcast<i>Dear Sugar Radio,</i>co-hosted with Steve Almond; and<i>Torch,</i>her debut novel. Her books have been translated into forty languages, and her essays and other writings have appeared in numerous publications.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fruit Curds Make & Bake eBook\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Bird Box\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Krays Not Guilty Your Honour eBook\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Ribs and Thigh Bones of Desire: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Sandra Hutchison writes beautifully transparent and unpretentious prose. She creates complex characters and a vivid sense of place. Most of all, she tells a compelling story full of sorrow and humor with a benign detachment that leaves room for readers to draw their own conclusions. In other words, she\\'s a first-rate writer.\"<br />-- <i>Awesome Indies</i><br /><br />\"Hutchison has been described as a feminist writer, but she is adept at creating characters of either gender. The message her fiction conveys is that life, more often than not, can be difficult but we are in it together, and that makes it bearable.\"', '', 'When I was a teenager, I heard that a man in our neighborhood had married his teenage babysitter after his wife died. I didn\\'t know any of them, but I wondered how that had come about, and whether it was really appropriate, and whether he had married her because he loved her, or just because he needed someone to take care of the house and the kids -- and him.<br /><br />Not long after, I wrote a short story called \"The Physicist and the Housekeeper\" that featured the two main characters of this novel. But I was young and inexperienced and unwilling to deal with the inevitable sexual aspects of the matter. I came back to it years later when I was finally ready to go there. In the meantime I\\'d seen students cope with the devastating impact of rape (at the ironically-named \"Ladies Teas\" at campus frats), and watched how hard it was for them to stay on track. (Sadly, there was never even any question of justice for girls who got drunk back then, not that it\\'s much better today.) I\\'d also read Alice Sebold\\'s compelling memoir <i>Lucky,</i> which gave me a path for my heroine that I might not have been comfortable coming up with all on my own. <br /><br />Compared to my first novel, <i>The Awful Mess: A Love Story,</i> this has more bad language, but less explicit sex. It\\'s not concerned with religious faith in any significant way. It\\'s not a romance in the traditional sense, but there is a loving relationship at its center. You will either root for this relationship, or think it\\'s a disaster, or both. (Feel free to tell me! I seldom respond to reviews, but I do respond to other contacts.)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Encyclopedia of Black Radio in the United States, 1921-1955\nDescription: ['\"Thoroughly researched, lively volume...useful...valuable.\" --Booklist/RBB', 'A public school teacher, Ryan Ellett is the founder and editor of the online publication The Old Radio Times. In 2008 he received the Stone/Waterman Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Preservation of Old Time Radio.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Decent Woman\nDescription: ['Puerto Rican-born novelist, Eleanor Parker Sapia, was raised in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Europe. Eleanors life experiences as a counselor, alternative health practitioner, a Spanish language social worker, and a refugee case worker, inspire her passion for writing. When Eleanor is not writing, she facilitates creativity groups, and is making plans to walk El Camino de Santiago a second time. A Decent Woman is her debut novel. Eleanor is the mother of two adult children, and she lives in West Virginia. For more information please visit Eleanor Parker Sapias website: elliesbookz.wordpress.com. You can also connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, and her blog: thewritinglifeeparker.wordpress.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Loony Coon: Antics of a rollicking raccoon (Forest life series)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: American Gods\nDescription: ['American Gods is sexy, thrilling, dark, funny and poetic.\" (Teller, of Penn & Teller)<br /><br />Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive; a picaresque journey across America where the travelers are even stranger than the roadside attractions. (George R. R. Martin)<br /><br />\"American Gods is like a fast run downhill through a maze -- both exhilarating and twisted.\" (Jane Lindskold, author of Changer and)<br /><br />Gaiman understands the shape of stories. (Patrick Rothfuss, www.tor.com)', '', 'Neil Gaiman is the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of more than twenty books for readers of all ages, and the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the Shirley Jackson Award and the Locus Award for Best Novelette for his story \"The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains.\" Originally from England, he now lives in America.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: If You're Reading This, There's Still Time.\nDescription: ['<div>\"Morley is the antithesis of street artists in Los Angeles. Where traditional taggers obscure their name in scrawled script only readable to their own, Morley prints big messages with his large bold lettering. Where most find it cool to be cryptic, Morley shares his wit in complete sentences. Where many street artists prefer anonymity or an empowered alter-ego, Morley includes a plain drawing of his unglamorous self writing each ironic aphorism. His humor veers from self-deprecating to sly, his insight ranges from soul searching to silly.\"<BR><BR>- The Huffington Post<BR><BR>\"Breaking the mold is exactly what street art needs today, and Morley seems to be that bit of unpretentious breath of fresh air.\"<BR><BR>- Vandalog<BR><BR>\"Morley\\'s piece are much more than slogans. He has something to make you think about, and he does this in a very effective and funny way\"<BR><BR>- Claude Crommelin (from New Street Art)<BR><BR>\"Morley has a unique gift for what he does. When it comes to artists on the streets, nearly everyone uses words, but no one uses them so well. Morley\\'s street poetry is poignant enough to cause a person to think, and packaged short enough to be consumed in a moment. Morley is a poet of the Streets. Those are our words, not his. Morley would probably find a better way to phrase it.\"<BR><BR>- MelroseAndFairax<BR><BR>\"Poetic and insightful, Morley’s art captures truths, hardships, and the quirkiness of the human condition.\"<BR><BR>- G. James Daichendt, Author of Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art</div>', '<div><B>Morley</B> is a Los Angeles-based street artist that specializes in bold, typographic posters which he wheat pastes within the urban landscape. He can hold his breath for over an hour.</div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Art of Fallout 4\nDescription: ['', \"Bethesda Game Studios is the award-winning development team known around the world for their groundbreaking work on the Fallout series and <i>The Elder Scrolls </i>series. Creators of the 2006 'Game of the Year', <i>The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion</i>, the 2008 'Game of the Year', <i>Fallout 3</i>, the 2011 'Game of the Year', <i>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim</i>, and most recently the highly-anticipated upcoming title, <i>Fallout 4</i>, Bethesda Game Studios has earned its reputation as one of the industry's most respected and accomplished game development studios. For more information on Bethesda Game Studios, visit: bgs.bethsoft.com.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Cure for HIV and AIDS\nDescription: ['Dr. Clark is an independent research scientist. Dr. Clark has a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, and the Master of Arts with High Honors from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Then she studied for two years at McGill University before attending the University of Minnesota and obtaining her doctorate degree in physiology in 1958. After doing government sponsored research for almost ten years at Indiana University, she began private consulting in nutrition in 1979. She continued her studies to earn a Naturopathy degree and an amateur radio license. The freedom to follow her most promising observations led to the breakthrough discoveries described in this book.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Bardwell's Folly: A Love Story\nDescription: [\"Born and raised in the Tampa Bay area, Sandra Hutchison survived a transplant to a small, snowy New England town during high school and eventually stopped sulking about it, though it's possible she's still working it out in her fiction, which includes the novels THE AWFUL MESS: A LOVE STORY and THE RIBS AND THIGH BONES OF DESIRE. She currently lives in Troy, New York, where she teaches writing at Hudson Valley Community College.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Randy's Fishmarket Restaurant Cookbook\nDescription: ['When I heard that Randy Essig was writing a cookbook, I was delighted. I ve eaten at Randy s Fishmarket Restaurant on numerous occasions and previously up the road at Rodes, which he helped launch and always enjoyed excellent meals. Finally, I remember thinking after my initial dining experience, I ve found someone in Southwest Florida who knows seafood and how to cook it! As a professional food writer and restaurant reviewer who moved here from the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland a dozen years ago, I quickly become frustrated by the lack of properly prepared treasures from the sea. I was used to the best of the best. But then as now, many local kitchens were into overkill, smothering delicate fish with heavy beurre blanc sauces, even adding oddities such as citrus pesto. And what they frequently do to sweet, tender crab meat is downright criminal. But Randy always gets it right. Try his simple and simply delicious soft shell crab preparation and you ll see what I mean. Randy knows desserts, too. After sampling one of his awesome seafood dinners, be sure to dig into a slice of his Key lime pie, once one of Naples best-kept secrets but now known throughout the nation. In September 2005, Randy made his debut touting those cool, creamy pies on QVC, a home shopping network that boasts approximately 87 million viewers. QVC operators took 810 orders as a result of the eight minute, 23 second spot. As the saying goes, the rest is history. Randy now regularly appears on QVC. In his easy-to-navigate cookbook, you ll see how simple it is to make this stellar Key lime pie yourself. But most of all, you ll learn that you don t need a culinary school degree or fancy ingredients to be a first-rate seafood cook. --Linda Gordon, Naples Daily News Food Critic', 'Besides the incredible food and cool libations, one of the other memorable things you will appreciate at Randy s Fishmarket Restaurant is owner Randy Essig s friendly demeanor and off-beat sense of humor. When I was a kid growing up in Syracuse, my first job was frying fish on Friday nights at a local seafood market. Wow, we sold a lot of fish on Friday! Times were different back then . . . all our Catholic customers believed they had to eat fish on Friday so they wouldn t wake up in hell on Saturday! I knew my future was in the food business from the time I started working in the fish market back in junior high school. Later, I was in the nightclub business for many years. It was fun, but my heart was really in the food business. It wasn t long after a 1978 Florida vacation that Randy and his wife, Georgianna, decided they had had it with New York winters. They moved to Naples, Florida, and Randy began his search for his next opportunity in the food business. In 1989, he and a partner bought a local produce market. A fish market, a restaurant and a gourmet food department were soon added. Randy and his original partner in the produce market parted ways in the late 1990 s. In 1999 he spotted a great location for his current venture. On September 2, 2003, after two-and-a-half years of construction and expert decorating by Randy s wife, Georgianna, Randy s Fishmarket Restaurant finally opened for business. We ve got exactly the type of restaurant I envisioned before we started this venture . . . a casual, laid back, family-oriented Key West-style fish house. It s the type of place where people come in the first time as customers and return again and again as friends. Randy can be found at the restaurant seven days a week . . . except when he s off to make a personal appearance on the QVC television shopping network where Randy regularly sells thousands of his famous Key lime pies in a matter of minutes.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Awful Mess: A Love Story\nDescription: [\"<span>This lovely and humorous love story...[b]rings to vivid life the small New England town ... viewed through the lens of an endearing and intelligent woman.</span><br /><i><b>Publishers Weekly </b></i>(slightly different ABNA 2014 manuscript)<br /><br />What makes this novel hard to put down is the authenticity of the central character.... What redeems her is her self-deprecating humor and her courage to make the best of bad situations.<br /><i><b>The Rock Hill Herald</b></i> (South Carolina) <br /><br />...an intelligent, entertaining novel that faces the truth about life's difficulties without descending into bleakness.<br /><b>Mary Maddox in </b><i><b>Ancient Children</b></i>\", \"<b>SANDRA HUTCHISON's </b>career has long shifted between teaching, writing, editing, marketing, and advertising, all of which she enjoys. She founded Sheer Hubris Press in 2013 so she could try using all these skills at the same time. Born and raised in the Tampa Bay area, she survived a transplant to western Massachusetts in high school and has stayed in cooler climes ever since. She lives in Troy, New York, where she teaches writing at Hudson Valley Community College.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: D: Based on a True Story\nDescription: [\"Theodore Terbolizard, a fifth generation Californian and fourth generation Oakland resident, was born in Mountain View, California, as Theodore Jonathan Hommel. In his adult life, he has primarily been an artist, musician, internet developer and author, also known as Terbo Ted. As an artist, Terbo had three collaborative internet pieces added to the Permanent Collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the early stages of the late 1990s 'dot com' boom. Ted or his work have appeared on- or in- PBS, NBC Europe, NHK Japan, National Geographic, the BBC, O'Reilly Books, Chronicle Books, and many more. Since 1990, he has continually performed, shown paintings or displayed other works in many small art galleries or venues in California and beyond. As a musician, Terbo has DJ'd on four continents, released six CDs of original electronic music and been singer, guitarist and songwriter for a number of unsigned rock and roll bands. His currently playing with the rock group Chief Enablers. He has licensed original songs for TV commercials, and CDrom soundtracks he composed in the early 1990s for software and computer manufacturers were printed in excess of ten million copies. In 1992, he was the first person ever to DJ at the then-unknown Burning Man Festival in Gerlach, Nevada; he played to ten miles of empty desert on a Friday afternoon. In his professional career, Ted has worked with advertising agencies to create digital marketing products for some of the world's leading corporations, generally in the technology and entertainment industries. Terbolizard also has extensive experience creating custom promotional materials for small businesses, startups and home-based entrepreneurs. In 2006 Terbolizard was anchorman and producer of an internet-based world news program in association with D7TV.com.\", '', '']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Nine-Tenths\nDescription: ['<span>Emerging at a time when personal liberties and Internet privacy are slowly eroding, NINE-TENTHS offers a window into a dysfunctional society, while celebrating the resiliency of the human spirit and the natural urge to resist oppression.</span><br /><br /><span><span> <span><em>\"I have read a lot of books about dystopian societies. They can really be hit or miss. This one was a hit.\" </em>- </span><span>Erin, The Ultimate Book Nook</span></span><br /><br /><i><span>\"The book has themes coming from 1984, George Orwell, and Ayn Rand, but it\\'s all done in a way that feels different and refreshing.\"</span></i><span> - Jeffrey C. Meade</span><br /><br /><span><span><span><em>\"Nine-Tenths is more than just a thriller. It\\'s a sobering and all-too-real look at the end of a road we\\'ve already begun to travel, and I applaud the author for a job well done in presenting it. Easily one of the top five independent novels I\\'ve read, and highly recommended.\" </em>- Stephen England</span> </span></span><br /><br /><i><span>\"If I were able to I\\'d give this book 6 stars - it could easily become an American classic!\"</span></i><span>- Jessica Buike</span>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Study Guide for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety\nDescription: ['Julie S. Snyder, MSN, RN-BC']"
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"chosen": "Title: Resurrection Planet\nDescription: ['', '', 'Peace reigns on Earth, but Hell still reigns on the Resurrection Planet.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) being the Life and Teaching of\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: For Love of Mother-Not (Adventures of Pip & Flinx)\nDescription: [\"He was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely campelling stare when Mather Mastiff first saw him an the auctioneer's block. One hundred credits and he was hers.<br /><br />For years the old woman was his only family. She loved him, fed him, taught him everything she knew -- even let him keep the deadly flying snake he called Pip.<br /><br />Then Mother Mastiff mysteriously disappeared and Flinx took Pip to tail her kidnappers. Across the forests and swamps of the winged world called Moth, their only weapons were Pip's venom . . . and Flinx's unusual Talents.\", '<b>Alan Dean Foster</b> has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is the author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller<i> Star Wars: The Approaching Storm</i> and the popular Pip & Flinx novels, as well as novelizations of several films, including <i>Transformers, Star Wars, </i>the first three <i>Alien</i> films, and <i>Alien Nation</i>. His novel <i>Cyber Way</i> won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction, the first science fiction work ever to do so. Foster and his wife, JoAnn Oxley, live in Prescott, Arizona.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook (Global Studies - Asia)\nDescription: ['', '<b>Damon L. Woods</b>, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at California State University, Long Beach, CA.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Once and Future King, Complete Edition\nDescription: ['The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart -- ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlin -- who goes on to become King Arthur.']",
"rejected": "Title: Language and History: Integrationist Perspectives (Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory)\nDescription: ['Nigel Love is the Associate Professor of Linguistics in the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Topics he has published on include Welsh phonology, the work of J. L. Austin, language and cognition, and the linguistic theory implied by procedures of statutory interpretation. He is editor of the journal Language Sciences.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1)\nDescription: ['The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss,Patrick. [2008] Paperback', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Co-Creating: A Feminist Vision of Ministry\nDescription: ['<b>Lynn N. Rhodes</b> is Associate Professor of Ministry and Field Education at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel\nDescription: ['Alloy of Law', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Your Fifth Year: How College Graduates Can Discover and Live Their Dreams\nDescription: ['Bob Azzarito has worked with students as a counselor, spiritual director, program coordinator, and mentor for over twenty-five years. For the past eleven years, he has led a campus program for students from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. He is a marriage and family therapist, a business consultant, an ordained minister, a speaker and author. Bob was born and raised in Southern California. He graduated from California State University of Northridge with a degree in Political Science. He also holds Master\\'s Degrees in History and Theology and received his Doctorate from Regent/Carey College in Vancouver, BC in \"Spiritual Formation of Young Adults.\" The title of his dissertation was: \"There and Back Again, The Power of a Pilgrimage Experience on Young Adult Development.\" He serves as the chairman of the board of directors for Students Helping Honduras, a non-profit, student led organization that works with poor families in El Progreso, Honduras. He and his wife Sue met while they were in high school and were married after college. They have four adult children, Amy, Dorie, Shelley, and Matt. They also have two young grandchildren, Harper and Ethan. His hobbies include sports of all kinds, especially golf, racquetball, bike riding, snowboarding, and frisbee. He enjoys reading novels, building things, playing with Harper and Ethan, good movies, good food, and a good joke. He has lived in Los Angeles, CA, Siloam Springs, AR, San Carlos, CA, Fredericksburg, VA, and most recently, Sacramento, CA.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Bands of Mourning: A Mistborn Novel\nDescription: ['', \"Sanderson is an evil genius. There is simply no other way to describe what he's managed to pull off in this transcendent final volume of his Mistborn trilogy. <i>RT Book Reviews (Gold Medal, Top Pick!) on The Hero of Ages</i>\", \"It's rare for a fiction writer to have much understanding of how leadership works and how love really takes root in the human heart. Sanderson is astonishingly wise. <i>Orson Scott Card</i>\", 'Sanderson is crafting an extremely well-thought out saga with Mistborn, one that looks to stand above the pack of his literary peers. The magic system is perfectly detailed, the world, though not completely revealed, has a great sense of natural logic to it, and the characters are a reflection of both. <i>SFFWorld</i>', 'Intrigue, politics, and conspiracies mesh complexly in a world Sanderson realizes in satisfying depth and peoples with impressive characters. <i>Booklist on Mistborn</i>', 'Highly recommended to anyone hungry for a good read. <i>Robin Hobb on Mistborn</i>', 'Enjoyable, adventurous read. <i>Locus on Mistborn</i>', '', \"<b>Brandon Sanderson</b> grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn trilogy and its sequels, <i>The Alloy of Law</i>, <i>Shadows of Self</i>, and <i>The Bands of Mourning</i>; the Stormlight Archive novels <i>The Way of Kings</i> and <i>Words of Radiance</i>; and other novels, including <i>The Rithmatist</i> and <i>Steelheart</i>. In 2013, he won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for <i>The Emperor's Soul</i>, set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, <i>Elantris</i>. Additionally, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time sequence. For behind-the-scenes information on all of Brandon Sanderson's books, visit brandonsanderson.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What Is Web Analytics And How To Get Started: An Introduction To The Web Analytics Process\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Joyland (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Hcc)\nDescription: ['\"This one\\'s a must for King fans and may also attract YA readers.\" - \"Library Journal\" <BR>..\".period murder mystery with a heart...King brings his usual finesse to this tale\\'s mystery elements\" - \"Publishers Weekly\" <BR>..\".the book...features some of King\\'s most graceful writing...ruminative, amused, digressive, marvelously unaffected, and finally, devastatingly sad.\" - \"Entertainment Weekly\" <BR>\"An amusement park and murder figure into a coming-of-age tale in this miniature thriller with a hint of the supernatural.\" - \"Los Angeles Times\" <BR>\"Undeniable...charm [and] aching nostalgia...[JOYLAND] reads like a heartfelt memoir and might be King\\'s gentlest book, a canny channeling of the inner peace one can find within outer tumult.\" - \"Booklist\" <BR>\"Wrapped in a gloriously pulpy cover, \"Joyland\" is a coming-of-age story set in 1973 at a North Carolina amusement park -- creepy! -- that\\'s haunted by a murderer.\" - \"Time Magazine\" <BR>\"Stephen King\\'s carny-saturated \"Joyland\" evokes the ghosts of summers past -- literally.\" - \"New York Magazine<BR>\"<BR>\"\"Joyland,\" by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime, June). An old-school, pulpy paperback ghost story set in a North Carolina amusement park.\" - \"Departures Magazine<BR>\"<BR>\"King\\'s latest thriller, a PG-13 pulp paperback crime novel takes place at a remote carny park where college kid Devin is desperate to see the ghost of a girl whose murderer might still be<BR> lurking around the hot dog stands.\" - \"Cosmopolitan Magazine\" <BR>\"\"Joyland\" is a joy. A gem whatever its genre.\" - \"Tor.com\" <BR> \"This is a wonderful return to old school King.\" - \"We Love This Book <BR>\"\"\"Joyland\" is a fantastic story. This is a compelling and yet oddly gentle tale of a young man experiencing the ache of heartbreak and the curve-balls life can throw at you.\" -\"Geek Native\" <BR>\"From horror authority Stephen King comes some hard-boiled action, with all the elements of a good crime novel--including the early \\'70s,', 'Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel \"Carrie\" for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world\\'s most successful writers. <BR>Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.']",
"rejected": "Title: Under the Spell of Succulents: A Sampler of the Diversity of Succulents in Cultivation\nDescription: [\"Jeff Moore has owned and operated a retail succulent nursery, Solana Succulents in Solana Beach, since 1992. Succulents became his hobby 7 or 8 years prior to opening the nursery. He sold rare plants and dish gardens at street fairs to test the market. Prior to opening Solana Succulents, Jeff worked in the mortgage business. He lives in Solana Beach with his wife Lori, who is clinical dietician at Rady Children's Hospital, and has two sons currently attending Cal Poly SLO.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Book 1)\nDescription: ['Praise for Tad Williams:<br /><br />Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy.... Its one of<b>my favorite fantasy series</b>.<br />George R. R. Martin,<i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author<br /><br /><b>Groundbreaking</b>.... Changed how people thought of the genre, and paved the way for so much modern fantasy. Including mine. Patrick Rothfuss,<i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of<i>The Name of the Wind</i><br /><br />\"Tad Williams is a master storyteller, and the Osten Ard books are his masterpiece. Williams return to Osten Ard is every bitas<b>compelling, deep, and fully-rendered</b>as the first trilogy, and he continues to write with the experience and polish of an author at the top of his game.\"Brandon Sanderson,<i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of<i>Mistborn</i><br /><br /><i>Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn</i>is one of the<b>great fantasy epics of all time</b>. Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of<i>Eragon</i><br /><br /><b>Readers who delight in losing themselves in long complex tales of epic fantasy</b>will be in their element here, and there is the promise of much more to come in future volumes. <i>Locus</i><br /><br />Panoramic, vigorous, often moving.... Williams adroitly weaves together the tales...heralding a suitably<b>epic and glorious</b>conclusion. <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />Highly Recommended. [Williams] draws on many mythologies for the background of his fantasy epic...story spiced with<b>political intrigue and strong appealing heroes</b>. <i>Library Journal</i><br /><br /><b>A grand fantasy</b>on a scale approaching Tolkien\\'s The Lord of the Rings. <i>Cincinnati Post</i>', '<b>Tad Williams</b> is a California-based fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions worldwide. His works include the worlds of Otherland, Shadowmarch, and Osten Ardincluding the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, and The Last King of Osten Ard seriesas well as standalone novels <i>Tailchasers Song </i>and <i>The War of the Flowers</i>. His considerable output of epic fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, comics, and more have strongly influenced a generation of writers. Tad and his family live in the Santa Cruz mountains in a suitably strange and beautiful house.He can be found at tadwilliams.com or on Twitter at @tadwilliams.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Talking Doctrine: Mormons and Evangelicals in Conversation\nDescription: ['\"The ongoing Mormon-evangelical dialogue has been a model of charitable listening and mutual education, but also of challenging confrontations expressed in just the right way. This book features high-level exchanges growing out of that dialogue, with an unusually compelling mix of exposition, apologetics and evangelism (from both sides to both sides). It is an important landmark on an important journey.\" (Mark Noll, Francis McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, author of Protestantism:A Very Short Introduction)<br /><br />\"Some people wonder why they should engage in conversation with persons of other faiths.Short of conversion, what is to be gained? Here is the answer from Mormons and evangelicals who have been talking to one another for many years. They tell you what they learned and how these conversations changed their lives. One cannot help but wonder if this is not the kind of talk the world needs more of.\" (Richard Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University, author of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling)<br /><br />\"Fifteen years ago, the prospect of evangelicals and Mormons engaged in theological conversation struck some as preposterous and others as hopeful. <em>Talking Doctrine</em> demonstrates that the balance tilts decisively toward the latter rather than the former.\" (Randall Balmer, Dartmouth Professor in the Arts & Sciences, chair of the department of religion, Dartmouth College, author of The Making of Evangelicalism)<br /><br />\"Times are changing. For nearly two centuries, warinessif not hostilityhas marked the relationship between Mormons and evangelicals. But in the past fifteen years a small but courageous band of academics on both sides has met to see what could be done. These thoughtful essays by dialogue participants mark a major contribution to that effort.They describe the history of the project, designate places where bridges might be built and call for honest respect where they cannot.Simply put, the book offers a valuable moment of repose for measuring the past, taking stock of the present and offering hope for the future.\" (Grant Wacker, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian History, Duke University, author of Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture)<br /><br />\"Richard Mouw and Robert Millet have compiled an outstanding collection of essays that place Jesus\\' core message at the center of interfaith dialogue: true disciples interact in love and mutual respect. These pioneers of the evangelical-Mormon conversation have much to teach us all by their words and examples alike.\" (Terryl Givens, Bostwick Professor of English, University of Richmond, author of Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought)<br /><br />\"The book is very readable and speaks to all people, no matter the level of awareness of Christian doctrine, because all readers can benefit by improving how they approach other religions. Whatever pulls readers to engage this book, even if only curiosity, it will be worth their time.\" (Christine Wilkins, BYU Studies Quarterly, 55, no. 2 (2016))', 'Richard J. Mouw (PhD, University of Chicago) now serves as professor of faith and public life after twenty years as president of Fuller Theological Seminary. He has written over twenty books on topics of social ethics, philosophy of culture and interfaith dialogue, including <em>Uncommon Decency, The Challenges of Cultural Discipleship, Praying at Burger King, The God Who Commands, Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport, The Smell of Sawdust</em> and <em>Talking with Mormons: An Invitation to Evangelicals.</em> A leader in interfaith theological conversations, particularly with Mormons and Jewish groups, Mouw served for six years as co-chair of the official Reformed-Catholic Dialogue and as president of the Association of Theological Schools. For seventeen years he was a professor of philosophy at Calvin College and in 2007, Princeton Theological Seminary awarded him the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bloodline (Star Wars)\nDescription: ['“Unmissable . . . <i>Bloodline</i>’s tense politics, vivid new characters, and perfectly characterized Leia make it feel as central to the <i>Star Wars</i> universe as one of the films.”<b>—<i>Tor.com</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> “[Claudia] Gray paints a much more complete galaxy than we often get to see on the big screen. . . . Knowing that Rian Johnson (writer, director of <i>Star Wars: Episode VIII</i>) had some creative input on the novel provides hope that we haven’t seen the last of all of these wonderful characters. . . . <i>Star Wars: Bloodline</i> isn’t just a great <i>Star Wars</i> book, or a great Leia book, or a great book; it’s a great introduction into the larger world of <i>Star Wars</i> in general.”<b>—<i>ComicBook.com</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> “<i>Bloodline</i> is a nonstop page-turner that grabs at heartstrings that you weren’t aware of and yanks down on every one of them. The story is loaded with context for <i>The Force Awakens</i> that plants the seeds for The First Order in perfectly haunting ways, and leaves the reader grasping for more details on newly discovered favorite characters.”<b>—<i>Inverse</i></b>', '<b>Claudia Gray</b> is the author of <i>Star Wars: Lost Star</i>s<i>,</i> as well as <i>A Thousand Pieces of You</i> and the Evernight and Spellcaster series. She has worked as a lawyer, a journalist, a disc jockey, and a particularly ineffective waitress. Her lifelong interests include old houses, classic movies, vintage style, and history. She lives in New Orleans.']",
"rejected": "Title: Mystery, Ink.: Murder Times Two\nDescription: [\"Lawrence and Suella Walsh are freelance writers, writing teachers, consulting editors and publishers. They are frequent contributors to Writers' Journal Magazine and are Consulting Editors for Goldminds Publishing. Lawrence is a former chemist who wrote technical procedures for Bayer Corporation, and Suella is a former school teacher. Both now work as full-time freelance writers and writing teachers. Lawrence and Suella studied writing for five summers, taking part in the Short Courses for Professional Writers, under the tutelage of Jack Bickham and Dwight Swain at the University of Oklahoma. They received an A in the novel class for their mystery novel, The Last ONeil. They also took writing classes at Avila College and were fortunate to learn childrens writing at the hand of Kansas Citys own childrens author, Wilma Yeo. They teach writing classes at Johnson County Community college, Maple Woods College, and for the Kansas City Writers Group. Their book, Creating Fiction That Sells, a compilation of published magazine articles, is used as the text for their classes. They have been hired by the Mid-Continent Public Libraries to present writing programs in their 30 local libraries. They have taught more than 50 writing workshops for elementary schools in Kansas and Missouri and have done presentations for thirteen writers conferences. The Walshes trust that when a writer reaches deep inside and tells the story only he or she can tell, the creativity of that first draft will be there. Its the techniques with which to rewrite, hone and layer the writing that can be learned.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer (Book 1)\nDescription: ['New']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kindness\nDescription: ['', 'Sumptuous. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>', 'Samson, creates a moving portrait of a family torn by the stress of a sick child--and a sensuous, lyrical account of a failed marriage. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'With its sensuous prose and blend of romance, disappointment, amazing sex, and exquisite domestic interiors, the novel hovers somewhere between conventional commercial fiction and something rather more ambitious. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', 'Beautifully written, filled with warmth and humor, <i>The Kindness</i> is a powerful novel exploring the complexities of love and the nature of human relationships. <i>Booklist</i>', 'A haunting story of pleasure, disappointment, and family, one that immerses you into their journey. <i>BlogCritics.org</i>', 'This is elegant, witty writing, informed throughout by generosity and wise perceptiveness. Dealing with many kinds of love, and with misunderstanding, betrayal, grief and forgiveness, the novel dares to posit, ultimately, the possibility of redemption. It is a book to cherish, to recommend, to return to--and not to lend anyone. <i>Financial Times</i>', \"In addition to displaying assured prose, Samson's book is precisely plotted. <i>The Minneapolis Star Tribune</i>\", '\"Haunting . . . A compellingly plotted account of the corrosive power a secret has to destroy the happiest of families.\" - <i>Daily Mail</i> on BEST BOOKS ABOUT FAMILY SECRETS', '\"Addictive, cleverly structured and intriguing relationship story of lies and flawed communication.\" - Summer Book Choice, <i>Sunday Times</i>', '', \"<b>Polly Samson</b> was born in London in 1962. She is the author of two highly acclaimed story collections and a novel, <i>Out of the Picture</i>, which was shortlisted for the Author Club's First Novel Award. Her most recent collection of linked stories, <i>Perfect Lives</i>, was a <i>Sunday Times</i> Fiction Choice of the Year. Samson lives in Sussex.\", '@PollySamson']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wool - Omnibus Edition\nDescription: ['', '', 'Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, he turned to his childhood dream of becoming an author. His Molly Fyde series has won praise from reviewers, and now his Wool series has become a #1 bestseller, with Random House publishing in the UK and Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian securing the film rights. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sharing the Maskmaking Journey: A Faces of Your Soul Teacher's Manual\nDescription: ['Kaleo Ching, M.A. Art, CAMT, CCHT, and Elise Dirlam Ching, RN, M.A., CAMT, CCHT, teach their holistic process integrating Chi Kung, guided imagery, and transformative art and maskmaking as a journey to inner wisdom and discovery of the sacred within. They teach at John F. Kennedy University, Wisdom University, and CIIS Public Programs and workshops in the Bay Area and beyond. Kaleo also teaches Chi Kung and bodywork classes at the Acupressure Institute and has a private bodywork and hypnotherapy practice in Walnut Creek, California. They coauthored \"Faces of Your Soul: Rituals in Art, Maskmaking and Guided Imagery with Ancestors, Spirit Guides, and Totem Animals\", published by North Atlantic Books, 2006, and \"Chi and Creativity: Vital Energy and Your Inner Artist\", published by Blue Snake Books, 2007. They are currently writing \"The Pilgrimage: Your Personal Explorations of Dying and Rebirth\".', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Fireman: A Novel\nDescription: ['<strong><a href=\"//www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011\">An Amazon Best Book of May 2016:</a></strong> I admit, when I hit a saggy part in a story, I do skip ahead to see if the plot will pick up again. At no point in Joe Hills doorstop-weight novel did I have that urge, for each and every page had me entranced. Set in New Hampshire right about now, <em>The Fireman</em> opens with a man spontaneously combusting outside the office of school nurse Harper Grayson. Hes not the first victim of <em>Draco incendia trychophyton</em>, the spore responsible for this transformation, but hes the signal that Dragonscale has spread to Harpers small town. It also spreads to Harper soon after she realizes shes pregnant. Highly contagious and 100 percent fatal, Dragonscale soon plunges the world into chaos. (An oddly affective moment is when Harper logs onto Google and finds, instead of the search engine, the words Goodby.) But Hill smartly focuses on Harper and her attempts at survival, keeping the stakes small but extremely personal as the uninfected hunt down and murder the infected, supposedly to protect the rest of the town but really to indulge in sociopathic tendencies now unleashed. <em>The Fireman</em> starts with a hot burn, simmers as Harper joins a group of infected hiding in a summer camp, and then heats up again as the near-utopian community ruptures. Hill weaves questions about the power of leadership, group-think, love, catastrophe, and family into the plot. His smartest move is to give no clear-cut answers to these questions, making <em>The Fireman</em> more substantial and real than a typical apocalyptic thriller. And his humdinger of an ending provides just the right closure. <em>--Adrian Liang</em>', \"In Hill's superb supernatural thriller, the world is falling apart in a maelstrom of flame and fury. A spore dubbed Dragonscale infects people, draws patterns on their skin, and eventually makes them spontaneously combustand it's rapidly spreading. School nurse Harper Grayson volunteers at a local hospital in Concord, N.H., until it burns down. Soon she discovers that not only is she infected but she's also pregnant. As the beautiful filigreed markings of Dragonscale start to flourish on her body, she vows to do anything to bring her baby safely into the world. Her husband, Jakob, doesn't want the baby and attacks Harper when he realizes she wants to keep it. Harper flees and encounters John Rookwood, a near-mythical figure known as the Fireman. He takes her to Camp Wyndham, where the infected have learned to control and harness what they call the Brightthe flames that smolder just beneath their skin. Harper finds purpose there, but Jakob has found a purpose too: he's joined the Cremation Crews, brutal marauders who kill the infected on sight. When the peace of the camp is threatened, Harper, John, and their friends band together. The good-hearted Harper is a captivating heroine, the peaceful eye in a storm of evil that threatens to harm everyone she holds dear, and it's impossible not to root for her. Hill has followed 2013's NOS4A2 with a tremendous, heartrending epic of bravery and love set in a fully realized and terrifying apocalyptic world, where hope lies in the simplest of gestures and the fullest of hearts. (May)\\\\n\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Saturn Run\nDescription: ['', '<br> “John Sandford is an amazing, protean writer, and <i>Saturn Run</i> is a terrific story of alien first contact. It’s a book Michael Crichton would have enjoyed, but never could have written; he didn’t have Sandford’s gift of good humor and his uncanny ear for dialogue. With the able partnership of Ctein, it’s fast, scientifically believable, and peopled by characters who become good friends. Fans of Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers will eat this up.”<br>— Stephen King <br><br> “Three things to know: First, I’m the world’s biggest John Sandford fan.  Second: I saw this book and thought ... what?  Third: I needn’t have worried.  It’s vintage Sandford all the way, with all his trademark strengths and insights, except set in the future, not the present.  You won’t be disappointed.”<br>  — Lee Child<br><br> Utterly captivating! With the heart of a breakneck thriller and the mind of the best science fiction (Bradbury and Heinlein come to mind), <i>Saturn Run</i> keeps us enthralled from beginning to end. Sandford and Ctein have brilliantly pulled off the difficult task of making a very different world very  familiar, proving that a born storyteller is a storyteller, whether he sets his books on mean streets or in deep space. I, for one, want more. <br>— Jeffery Deaver<br><br>\"My compliments to Ctein and John Sandford for <i>Saturn Run</i>. I enjoyed it greatly. It\\'s a meticulous novel, 100 percent hard science fiction. A space war is the most difficult thing to portray, and the authors have pulled it off. I was reminded of <i>Footfall</i>, my and Jerry Pournelle\\'s own work, and Carl Sagan\\'s <i>Contact</i>.\"<br>  — Larry Niven, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series<br><br> “Sandford and Ctein conjure up some delightful chemistry among these characters, making their journey as harrowing as it is entertaining. Here is a prime example of the principle that in a sci-fi novel about space travel, half the fun is in getting to the destination.”— <i>Washington Post<br></i><br> “The combination of both hard and soft sciences makes this story an excellent read. The central characters are well developed, compelling, and realistic. Highly recommended for the multitudes of Sanford fans and all those who revel in speculative fiction.” —  <i>Library Journal</i> <br><br>  “James Bond meets Tom Swift, with the last word reserved for…international piracy, state secrets, and a spot of satisfyingly underhanded political pressure.” —  <i>Kirkus</i><br><br>“A must-read…Scenes of beauty collide with catastrophes, as technology takes over in this incredible tale [with] a fabulous ending for all Sandford fans to thoroughly enjoy.” — <i>Suspense Magazine</i><br><br>\"Scenes of wonder and beauty are joined with moments of helpless calamity at a pace that leaves the reader no time to look back and consider what just happened. The authors include plenty of fascinating technology and inside jokes for SF fans, and the conclusion is inevitable and satisfying.\"<i>—Publishers Weekly, </i>Starred Review<br><br>“Traveling vicariously with these daring space pioneers makes for a riveting read....And it isn\\'t a spoiler to reveal that it has a perfect ending.” — <i>St. Paul</i> <i>Pioneer Press </i><br><br>“A gripping, futuristic tale. The overall experience of \"Saturn Run\" is like a mixture of Arthur C. Clarke\\'s \"2001: a Space Odyssey\" and \"Rendezvous With Rama.\" Readers looking for a great sci-fi story won\\'t be disappointed. At almost 500 pages, the pace and compelling characters keep things moving and nothing seems padded.” — <i>Associated Press</i><br><br>“ Ambitious and alluring, “Saturn Run” is sci-fi in the Arthur C. Clarke tradition, but stepped-up and updated. It’s still powered by romance—not of the unknown, but of what could—just possibly—be within our reach.” — <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>', '<b>John Sandford</b> is the author of twenty-five Prey novels, most recently <i><i>Gathering Prey</i></i>; eight Virgil Flowers novels, most recently <i><i>Deadline</i>; </i>and eight other books, including the Young Adult novels <i><i>Uncaged</i> </i>and <i><i>Outrage</i></i>, written with Michele Cook. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<br> <br><b>Ctein</b> is an internationally known photographer and expert on photographic printing. The holder of a double degree from Caltech in English and physics, he is the author of more than 500 articles, columns, books, and manuals, and is a well-known member of the science fiction community. He lives in San Francisco.']",
"rejected": "Title: Six Little Ducks - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy)\nDescription: [\"The second volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer series, now reissued in gorgeous new livery. Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village, leaving not a single man, woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well. King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness and King-in-waiting, Verity, spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse and destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. And when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings, Fitz is left alone and friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes and the King's Fool with his cryptic prophesies.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: The Rediscovery of New Mexico, 1580-1594 (Coronado cuarto centennial publications, 1540-1940)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Zeroes: A Novel\nDescription: ['“This taut thriller will reinforce your paranoia about big government, big data, and that big, nerdy barista who just seems to know too much.” (Wall Street Journal)<br /><br />“[A] high-octane blend of nervy characters, dark humor and bristling dialogue... smart, timely, electrifying.” (NPR)<br /><br />“Highly cinematic.” (Library Journal)<br /><br />“With complex characters and feverishly paced action, ZEROES is a sci-fi thriller that won’t stop blowing your mind until the last page. ... It left me rooting for the hackers!” (Daniel H. Wilson, bestselling author of Robopocalypse)<br /><br />“ZERES turns ones and zeroes into pure gold - Wendig hacks the action thriller.” (Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author)<br /><br />“A sci-fi surveillance thriller with a twisted heart of creepy horror. It grabs you by the throat on page one, and never lets go.” (Ramez Naam, author of The Nexus Trilogy)<br /><br />“A Matrix-y bit of old-school cyberpunk updated to meet the frightening technology of the modern age...An ambitious, bleeding-edge piece of speculative fiction that combines hacker lore, wet-wired horror, and contemporary paranoia in a propulsive adventure that’s bound to keep readers on their toes.” (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />“Wendig wields the tools of suspense and tension with skill. His large cast of characters is entertaining, the moments of horror are sharp and chilling, and the story races to a breathless conclusion.” (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />“Wendig’s second novel is a splendidly profane slice of urban fantasy--hard, dark and fast. Slick one-liners and laugh-out-loud descriptions pepper the prose, macking Blackbirds a black comedy that even the Grim Reaper could smile at.” (Financial Times)<br /><br />“Wendig writes hard and fast and this is a slick noirish thriller.” (The Independent, on Blackbirds)', '', 'Five hackers—an Anonymous-style rabble-rouser, an Arab-Spring hacktivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online troll—are detained by the U.S. government, forced to work as white-hat hackers for Uncle Sam in order to avoid federal prison. Calling themselves “the Zeroes,” they must spend the next year working as an elite cyber-espionage team, at a secret complex known only as “the Lodge.”', 'But once the Zeroes begin to work, they uncover secrets that would make even the most dedicated conspiracy theorist’s head spin. And soon they’re not just trying to serve their time, they’re also trying to perform the ultimate hack: burrowing deep into the U.S. government from the inside, and hoping they’ll get out alive.', '“This taut thriller will reinforce your paranoia about big government, big data, and that big, nerdy barista who just seems to know too much.” <em>Wall Street Journal</em>', '“Won’t stop blowing your mind  until the last page.” Daniel H. Wilson, bestselling author of <em>Robopocalypse</em>']",
"rejected": "Title: When Blooms the Rose\nDescription: ['Dan is a playwright based in Kansas City, MO. He studied English and Theatre at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, IA.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Invasive: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Enthralling...Wendig does an impeccable job blending fact and fiction as he describes invasive species and insects being used as biological weapons. This is a propulsive tale that also examines our interaction with and manipulation of the natural world. (Washington Post)<br /><br />Wendig crosses, blurs, and smashes genre boundaries more often and more skillfully than any author working today...INVASIVE is one part locked room mystery, one part 1950s monster movie, and one part cutting-edge scientific thriller. (Crimespree Magazine)<br /><br />Excellent...Follows the path set forth by Michael Crichton (a la Congo or Jurassic Park) in which Wendigs exhaustive research brings a convincing story of humanity tinkering with nature only to have it backfire...Expect to see it on the big screen. (Men's Journal)<br /><br />This roller-coaster survival tale with copious amounts of creepy insects will appeal to fans of Michael Crichton. (Booklist)<br /><br />Fans of Michael Crichton will feel right at home. (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />Chuck Wendig can congratulate himself on a stunning new achievement: becoming the architect of all of my future nightmares...INVASIVE is a terrifying and tightly written thriller. (RT Book Reviews)<br /><br />Think Thomas Harris Will Graham and Clarice Starling rolled into one and pitched on the knifes edge of a scenario that makes Jurassic Park look like a carnival ride. Another rip-roaring, deeply paranoid thriller about the reasons to fear the future. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />[A] rich, darkly funny page-turner with details designed to make those little hairs on the back of your neck stand up with how plausible [it seems]. (Locus)\", '', 'In the middle of the Pacific, on an isolated island known as Kolohe Atoll, a team of scientists is employed by a charismatic billionaire hoping to change the world through cutting-edge research.', 'In a small cabin on a remote lake in the middle of the Adirondacks, FBI futurist Hannah Stander confronts a barely recognizable human bodyone skinned alive by thousands of genetically engineered ants.', 'Hannahs investigation ultimately leads her to Kolohe. Although the scientists there vehemently deny any connection to the body, the more Hannah studies the group the more she suspects their work has sinister applications. And the more it looks like no one is getting off the island alive.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dune (Penguin Galaxy)\nDescription: ['“One of the coolest gifts you can get for your favorite sci-fi geek . . . You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but these new Penguin Galaxy hardcovers make it really hard.” —<i><b>Gizmodo</b></i><br><br>“Serious science fiction and fantasy readers cannot resist the classics. . . . That’s what makes the Penguin Galaxy series so appealing. . . . Each of the novels here has earned their place in the halls of literary history. . . . Their small form factor and minimalist covers call out to readers and make them fun to read all over again.” —<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br><br>“With daily reminders of the intensifying effects of global warming, the specter of a worldwide water shortage, and continued political upheaval in the oil-rich Middle East, it is possible that <i>Dune</i> is even more relevant now than when it was first published.” —<i><b>The New Yorker</b></i><br>  <br> “One of the monuments of modern science fiction.” —<i><b>Chicago Tribune</b></i><br>  <br> “A perfect, self-contained work of science fiction [with] a powerful ecological message and a reminder to its readers that their actions will have profound consequences for generations yet unborn.” —<i><b>The New York Times</b></i><br>  <br> “Unique . . . I know nothing comparable to it except <i>Lord of the Rings.</i>” —<b>Arthur C. Clarke, author of <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i></b>', '<b>Frank Herbert </b>(1920–1986) published more than twenty-five books, including five <i>Dune </i>sequels. Born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle, he worked a wide variety of jobs—including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter, and editor of several West Coast newspapers—before becoming a full-time writer. His son Brian Herbert continues to co-author new books in the <i>Dune </i>saga.<br>  <br> <b>Neil Gaiman</b> (series introduction) is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of more than twenty books for readers of all ages, including <i>American Gods</i>, <i>The Ocean at the End of the Lane</i>, <i>The Graveyard Book</i>, <i>Coraline</i>, and the Sandman series of graphic novels. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.<br><br><b>Brian Herbert</b> (afterword) is the eldest son of Frank Herbert. He has co-authored numerous <i>New York Times </i>bestsellers in the Dune series and has written many critically acclaimed novels of his own. His biography of his father, <i>Dreamer of Dune,</i> was a finalist for the Hugo Award.<br><br><b>Alex Trochut</b> (cover designer) is an award-winning artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and typographer. He has designed for <i>The New York Times, The Guardian,</i> Nike, Adidas, The Rolling Stones, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi and was nominated for a 2016 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. Born in Barcelona, Spain, he lives in Brooklyn.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dune\nDescription: ['Title: Dune, Frank Herbert (Hardcover)\\nBinding: Hardcover\\nClassics of Modern Literature']",
"rejected": "Title: Swampjack Virus\nDescription: ['<span>\"A fast-paced, well-plotted and gripping 21st century espionage thriller...Litchfield paints a pitch perfect portrait of a delightfully offbeat US spy who bucks the trend by coming out of the heat and into the cold. <i>Swampjack Virus</i>, with its ironic undertones, charismatic cast and nail-biting suspense, takes us on a high-speed, rollercoaster journey from the opulent colonial lake houses in New York State to the slate-grey industrial towns and bleak back lanes of England. Don\\'t miss the all-action adventure...\"</span><br> <span>-- Pam Norfolk,<i><span>Lancashire Evening Post</span></i></span><span></span><br /><br /><span>"Bond fans take notice: With </span><i><span>Swampjack Virus</span></i><span>, Nicholas Litchfield has penned a fast-paced spy-guy thriller filled to the brim with suspense and old-school intrigue. </span><i><span>Swampjack Virus</span></i><span> will leave readers shaken, stirred...and thirsty for more."</span><br> <span>--<span> </span>Matthew P. Mayo, Spur Award-winning author of </span><i><span>Tucker\\'s Reckoning</span></i><br /><br /><span>"</span><i><span>Swampjack Virus</span></i><span> possesses all the qualities of a classic thriller. It is taut, intense and engaging from start to finish. Litchfield gives us a tale well worth our time."</span><br> <span>-- Michael C. Keith, acclaimed author of </span><i><span>The Next Better Place</span></i>', '<span>Born in Britain, Nicholas Litchfield has worked in numerous countries as a librarian, journalist and researcher. He lives in Western New York.</span>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dune\nDescription: ['Title: Dune, Frank Herbert (Hardcover)\\nBinding: Hardcover\\nClassics of Modern Literature']",
"rejected": "Title: Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition (with Thomson ONE - Business School Edition) (Available Titles CengageNOW)\nDescription: ['Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. Dr. Brigham received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Brigham has served as president of the Financial Management Association and has written many journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure, and other aspects of financial management. He has authored or co-authored ten textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States and have been translated into 11 languages worldwide. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous electric, gas, and telephone rate cases at both federal and state levels. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, and the RAND Corporation. Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult, and complete research in addition to his academic writing. He spends his spare time on the golf course, enjoying time with his family and dogs, and tackling outdoor adventure activities, such as biking through Alaska.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: New York 2140\nDescription: ['\"New York may be underwater, but it\\'s better than ever.\"<b><i><i>The New Yorker</i></i></b><br /><br /><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #3c3c3c; -webkit-text-stroke: #3c3c3c} span.s1 {font-kerning: none; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"Relevant and essential.\"<b><i><i>Bloomberg Businessweek</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Science fiction is threaded everywhere through culture nowadays, and it would take an act of critical myopia to miss the fact that Robinson is one of the world\\'s finest working novelists, in any genre. <i>New York 214</i>0 is a towering novel about a genuinely grave threat to civilisation.\"<b><i><i>Guardian</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Kim Stanley Robinson envisions a future that\\'s closer than we like to think.\"<b><i><i>NPR Books</i></i></b><br /><br />\"An exploration of human resilience in the face of extreme pressure...starkly beautiful and fundamentally optimistic visions of technological and social change in the face of some of the worst devastation we might bring upon ourselves.\"<b><i><i> The Conversation</i></i></b><br /><br />\"As much a critique of contemporary capitalism, social mores and timeless human foibles, this energetic, multi-layered narrative is also a model of visionary worldbuilding.\"<b><i><i>RT Book Reviews</i> (Top Pick!)</i></b><br /><br /><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #232323; -webkit-text-stroke: #232323} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"The thriller Robinson unspools in that flooded city is gripping on its own merits. But it\\'s the radical imagination of the book that makes it so hard to put down.\"<b><i><i>Business Insider</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Massively enjoyable\"<b><i><i>The Washington Post</i></i></b><br /><br /><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #323333; -webkit-text-stroke: #323333} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"Robinson has established himself as the great humanist of speculative fiction.\"<b><i><i>Village Voice</i></i></b><br /><br />\"A thoroughly enjoyable exercise in worldbuilding, written with a cleareyed love for the city\\'s past, present, and future.\"<b><i><i>Kirkus</i></i></b>', 'Kim Stanley Robinson is a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and <em>Locus</em> awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed <em>Forty Signs of Rain</em>, <em>The Years of Rice and Salt </em>and <i>2312</i>. In 2008, he was named a \"Hero of the Environment\" by <em>Time</em> magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Eyelash\nDescription: [\"Laina Strickland is exceedingly exasperated because her husband, Dan, influenced her to abandon her New York City career and jointly purchase a Victorian Cape May bed and breakfast. In the blink of an eye, Dan develops his job description into one related solely to playing golf with their customers, leaving Laina frazzled and overwhelmed with the responsibility of operating their business almost single handedly. From New York City to Cape May, New Jersey and extending to Las Vegas, Laina's story evolves into far greater challenges than this ultra-conservative woman of faith has ever imagined. Can Laina gracefully tap dance around the advances of her Las Vegas cousin's shameless, womanizing boss, Lawrence, even when their lives are in danger? Discovering that attempting to walk through life on the narrow road does not exempt us from being exposed to a variety of trying situations, Laina must decide quickly how to survive, both physically and spiritually. Curl up with Eyelash for a touch of humor, a bit of mystery, and a sprinkling of inspiration. You will be guided through fascinating family relationships and beyond! Eyelash is the first novel by Mary Anne Benedetto, who lives in the Albany, New York area.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: North American Totem Poles: Secrets and Symbols of North America\nDescription: ['The kit offers hours of fun and learning for children with an interest in art and Native American culture. (<i>Baton Rouge Advocate Sunday Magazine</i> 2000-01-16)<br /><br />Makes a great gift for crafters old enough to be meticulous. (Lee Littlewood <i>Copley News Service</i> 1999-11-17)<br /><br />An excellent book for students and teachers alike. (Joanne de Groot <i>Resource Links</i> 2000-04-01)', '', '<b>Molly Perham</b> has worked for many years as a writer and editor of books for children and young adults, and has written more than 40 books. Her previous titles include <i>King Arthur and the Legends of Camelot</i> and the <i>Mystery and Magic</i> series. She lives in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Don't Let Me Go\nDescription: [\"Sometimes a child knows better...'Grace': Ten-year-old Grace knows that her mum loves her, but her mum loves drugs too. And there's only so long Grace can fend off the 'woman from the county' who is threatening to put her into care. Her only hope is...'Billy': Grown-man Billy Shine hasn't been out of his apartment for years. People scare him, and the outside world scares him even more. Day in, day out, he lives a perfectly orchestrated silent life within his four walls. Until now...'The Plan': Grace bursts into Billy's life with a loud voice and a brave plan to get her mum clean. And it won't be easy, because they will have to confiscate the one thing her mum holds most dear ...they will have to kidnap Grace.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Talion\nDescription: [\"Silence of the Lambs meets The Turn of the Screw . . . . The story is propelled by suspense, and made delicious by Maddox's Ray Bradbury-like gift for deft, deep-shadowed description. --Charleston Times-Courier<br /><br />A gripping and relentless novel about desperate people in a desperate world . . . The impeccable prose of Mary Maddox makes it impossible to turn away from Rad, the brutal serial killer whose insatiable hunger threatens anyone who crosses his path, and Lu, the young teenage girl who is not what she appears to be, who possesses a power that may deliver unto Rad a reckoning beyond his imagination. This dark, but beautifully rendered novel is one you do not want to miss. --Roxane Gay, author of Ayiti<br /><br />I ve worked with enough fiction to spoil much of my reading; unless the author is a spellbinder I become distracted, listening to the writing machinery humming or clanking. In Talion, Mary Maddox pits a sadistic sociopath against two achingly vulnerable potential victims with an effortless narrative control that kept me wide-eyed, as anxious over the outcome as in my early glory days as a reader. Next time through, Mary, I ll figure out how you did it. --Sherwood Kiraly, author of Diminished Capacity and Big Babies\", '\"A gripping and relentless novel about desperate people in a desperate world...The impeccable prose of Mary Maddox makes it impossible to turn away from Rad, the brutal serial killer whose insatiable hunger threatens anyone who crosses his path, and Lu, the young teenage girl who is not what she appears to be, who possesses a power that may deliver unto Rad a reckoning beyond his imagination. This dark, but beautifully rendered novel is one you do not want to miss.\"', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Maya (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['May Hayek Saleeby is a Foreign languages teacher and translator. Her teaching experience was in College and in High schools, in both Lebanon and the U.S. She also composed and produced educational songs and dance for children. She was born in Lebanon where she attended Bi-lingual school. She taught French and Music in the public school system and created composed and produced music for children. She moved to the United States where she taught two foreign languages in College then taught French in High School upon getting her citizenship. She wrote several children books which she is in the process of publishing.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Appalachian Trail - Celebrating America39;s Premier Hiking Trail - Forward by Bill Bryson\nDescription: [\"The Appalachian Trail: Celebrating America's Hiking Path with a Foreword by Bill Bryson, was written to commemorate and to celebrate the Appalachian Trail's seventy-fifth anniversary, this 334-page hard-cover Appalachian Trail Conservancy book documents in text and photos the history, beauty, and significance of America's most iconic hiking trail. With fascinating essays on topics ranging from the trail's history to the day-by-day hiking experience, this book is perfect for anyone interested in conservation, outdoor recreation, or American history, and for all those who have hiked all or part of the A.T. The Appalachian Trail explores the legendary footpath in detail: with a foreword by Bill Bryson and filled with more than 300 spectacular contemporary images, as well as previously unpublished historical photos, documents, and maps from the ATC archives. A pocket inside the back cover contains a full-sized copy of the official National Park Service map of the entire Appalachian Trail.Author - Brian King.Binding - Hard.Pages - 334.Publisher - Rizzoli International Publications Inc..Year - 2012.ISBN - 9780847839032.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Student-Involved Classroom Assessment (3rd Edition)\nDescription: ['', '<b>SPECIAL FEATURES</b>', '', 'Ancillaries that accompany <i>Student-Involved Classroom Assessment, 3rd Edition</i>, include', '', \"Together, the workbook, main text, instructor's guide, and website create an integrated product that provides concepts and practice opportunities, which are ideal for moving educators toward real understanding of classroom assessment for both documenting and enhancing student learning.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Murder In Dordogne (Robbie Cutler Diplomatic Mysteries Book 3) eBook\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: First Nature Encyclopedia (DK First Reference)\nDescription: [\"DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Bashers, Baiters, and Bigots: Homophobia in American Society\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Character Witness\nDescription: [\"When Lionel Brooker was found dead in a bathroom stall at Tyske Industries, his widow, Sarah, his ex-wife, Louise, her lawyer, Gerry O'Doul, and his niece Kathleen Cotter come together to form an unlikely team. Louise needs Gerry and Kathleen to help her collect on Lionel's life insurance. Lionel, it turns out, did not die of a heart attack, but of a heroin overdose?the question is, did he commit suicide? Kathleen's investigation takes her closer to the heart of power in L.A. but also to the realization that Lionel was murdered. The author of Keeping Counsel and Beyond Malice does what one expects of a good writer of legal thrillers, i.e., drives the plot through unexpected twists without overstretching the bounds of credible law. But Forster adds a bonus by transcending the flat stereotypes of the genre and creating, instead, diverse and realistically drawn characters. <br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Transsphenoidal Surgery: Expert Consult - Online and Print\nDescription: ['Edward R. Laws is currently the Director of the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was formerly the President of the American College of Surgeons and has served as President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Editor of Neurosurgery, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and President of the Pituitary Society.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: About Fish: A Guide For Children (The About Series)\nDescription: ['\"A simple, handsome book.\" --School Library Journal', 'A beginners guide to the creepy, crawly, complex world of spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand\nDescription: ['Malcolm McCullough is Associate Professor of Architecture and Design at the University of Michigan.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: About Fish: A Guide for Children\nDescription: ['A simple, handsome book.', 'Cathryn Sill, a graduate of Western Carolina University, was an elementary school teacher for thirty years. She lives in North Carolina.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Breaking Point\nDescription: ['\"In a world where a mother should be her children\\'s best protector, it is hard to conceive of someone like Andrea Yates. Suzy Spencer delves into the mind of a woman whose unspeakable murderous acts defy everything we know about human nature. Breaking Point is a truly spellbinding read.\" Aphrodite Jones, bestselling author of CRUEL SACRIFICE<br /><br /> \"No story is more devastatingly heartbreaking than the Andrea Yates story. In her classic, BREAKING POINT, Suzy Spencer writes with conviction, nuance and understanding. A remarkable achievement by a gifted writer.\"Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />Suzy Spencer weaves the dark threads of mental illness, infanticide, and punishment into a classic true-crime tapestry that is both thorough and gut-wrenching. Ron Franscell, bestselling author of THE DARKEST NIGHT', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: BEYOND MALICE, a Legal Thriller - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom: K-2\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Danger Sector (The Windjammer Mystery Series)\nDescription: ['\"Intelligent and well-written . . . The strong, smart protagonist is homicide detective Brie Beaumont.\" <span>--St. Paul Pioneer Press</span><br> <span> </span><span></span><br> \"A strong sense of place and a fine little closed-room drama make this seafaring read a real pleasure.\" <span>--Library Journal</span><span></span><br> <span> </span><br> \"Recommend this agreeable mixture of adventure and crime <span>to fans of Chris Knopf\\'s nautical mystery series starring Sam Acquillo</span>.\" <span>--Booklist</span>', '<span>If you like mystery novels set in out of the way places that give you a glimpse of a different style of life, you\\'ll love </span><i><span>Rigged For Murder </span></i><span>and</span><i><span> Danger Sector</span></i><span>. Set on fictional islands in the Gulf of Maine, my novels give readers a feel for the maritime culture that governs so much of life in Maine. From the great wooden sailing ships to the daily business of hauling lobster traps, my books are filled with many factual details about sailing, lobstering, and Maine\\'s history. But first and foremost, there\\'s always an intriguing mystery to unravel, complete with all the quirky, interesting characters one would expect to find in such a story.<b> </b></span><br><br><span>Many thanks to those who purchase<b></b></span><i><span>Rigged For Murder and Danger Sector</span></i><span><b>.</b> I hope if you enjoy my work, you will recommend my titles to your friends. I look forward to receiving feedback from all of you on my mystery series</span><i><span>.</span></i><span> Watch for \"Cold Coast,\" Book 3 in the series, coming in July, 2013.</span><span></span><br><br><i><span>-- Jenifer LeClair</span></i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Venice: Flying over \"LA SERENISSIMA\" and the Venetian Countryside (Italy from Above)\nDescription: [\"<b>Antonio Attini's</b> renowned photography has appeared in America from the Air and Chicago from the Air, both published by White Star. <b>Marcello Bertinetti</b> worked for many of the foremost periodicals in Italy before founding White Star Publishers. His photography appears in <i>Egypt Flying High</i> (White Star) among other publications. <b>Alberto Bertolazzi</b> has written for some of Italy's foremost newspapers. He is the author of <i>Lisbona, Portugal, </i>and<i> The Earth</i> (White Star).\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: NIGHT CHILLS\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Unlocking the Mystery of How the Mind Creates Time: An Engineers Analysis\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Construction Trucks Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Vengeance of a Witch\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Finding Grace: A Transformational Journey\nDescription: ['Kathy Gottberg is a published author of four books along with numerous magazine articles, newsletters and her blog SMART Living 365.com. Kathy lives in La Quinta, California with her husband Thom and dog Kloe where they do their best to live SMART 365 with as much grace, love and humor as they can accept.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dr. Kookie, You're Right! (Plume)\nDescription: ['This sixth collection of the syndicated \"Dr. Kookie\" columns satirizes religious fanaticism, crime, politics and the war between the sexes. \"Exuberantly cynical, this is vintage Royko,\" PW remarked. <br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Family for Christmas (Willow Park) (Volume 3)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Silo Country (The Wind Blows Wherever It Pleases)\nDescription: ['Please check the new edition']"
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"chosen": "Title: Give It Back\nDescription: ['\"Give It Back\" will be published in March 2017.', 'Danielle Esplin studied Food Science with Chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch. She had a full-ride scholarship and was one of the top students. After three years of sleepless nights in the library and endless experiments in the laboratory, she realized that something was missing. And that was writing fiction. Without telling anyone, she packed her bags, waved her twin sister good-bye, trudged down the street and got on a bus to leave the country. When she crossed the border and entered Namibia, she switched her phone on and sent her mother a text. \"I dropped out of University,\" she wrote and never looked back. In Namibia, among the countless dunes that appeared like a half-closed girdle nestling the everlasting sea, her desire to write surfaced. Ever since she has been pursuing her dream to become a full-time writer. Danielle also loves to travel, and she writes about her adventures on her blog www.exploringmyplanet.com. Today she lives with her husband in Seattle. In her spare time, she likes to sing, read or spend time with family and friends.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Belisario (LOS PRIMERISIMOS) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Thirty Days: Part One (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Born in Australia, Belle Brooks has always had a passion for books and creative writing. She loves exploring the different ways stories can be told through the use of text and in-depth characters. Since she was a child her strong talent and interest in creative writing was evident, explaining that her favourite class in school was English. Despite her love for all things books, she decided the world of advertising and marketing was where she could put her talents to use in the business realm, well that is until now. Belle enjoys creative writing and creating fictional stories that leave a valued message inside the pages.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Miracle of Belief: The Story of a Six-Year-Old Heart Hero\nDescription: ['Sondra Dubas is mother of two special young girls and is married to her high school sweetheart. She is a passionate woman who cares about helping others transform their lives, live to their full potential, and cope with adversity. Her family is a central theme in her life. She is a successful business woman and entrepreneur. Sondra is the owner and founder of Miracle Heart Books, LLC, an independent publishing company that disseminates books that contribute to the healing of children and families that have been affected by congenital heart defects and stroke or brain trauma. Sondra is also co-founder of Heart Heroes, Inc., a nonprofit organization that sends superhero capes to children born with heart defects. Children in nine countries and forty-five states have been touched by this organization.', '', '*************************************', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Black Regrets (A Kelly Black Affair)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Search Engine Visibility (2nd Edition)\nDescription: [\"<b>Shari Thurow</b> is a sought-after and popular speaker at SEO conferences. She's an experienced practitioner of search engine optimization, marketing, and placement. She knows what it takes to get top positions in the major search engines and--even more importantly--knows what not to do to avoid being blacklisted.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: When the Black Roses Grow\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Readability Revisted: The New Dale-Chall Readability Formula\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking\nDescription: [\"While the phrase artisan bread typically evokes images of labor-intensive sessions and top-notch ingredients, for authors Hertzberg and Franois it means five minutes. An intriguing concepthigh-quality, fresh bread in less time than it takes to boil water. The authors' promises of no kneading, no starter, no proofing yeast and no need for a bread machine is based on the concept of mixed and risen high-moisture dough stored in the fridge for up to two weeks (dough is cut into pieces and popped in the oven for fresh loaves as desired). Note: for those tracking minutes, the five-minutes doesn't include the 20-minute resting time for dough or 30 minutes for baking. After concise, introductory chapters on ingredients, equipment, and tips and techniques, readers are presented with the master recipe, a free-form loaf of French boule that is the model for all breads in the book. Three main chaptersPeasant Loaves, Flatbreads and Pizzas and Enriched Breads and Pastriesare filled with tempting selections and focus on ethnic breads and pastries including Couronne from France; Limpa from Scandinavia; Ksara from Morocco; Broa from Portugal; and Chocolate-Raisin Babka from the Ukraine, but the basics (Oatmeal Bread, Bagels, White Bread) are all here, too. A smattering of companion recipes such as Tuscan White Bean Dip and Portuguese Fish Stew are peppered throughout. While experienced bakers and true gourmands will skip this one, those looking for an innovative approach to making bread just might find it in these recipes. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', \"<b>Jeff Hertzberg</b> is a physician with 20 years of experience in health care as a practitioner, consultant, & faculty member at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is also an ardent amateur baker. Hertzberg developed a love of great bread while growing up in New York City's ethnic patchwork of the 1960s and 70s, and he refined this love with extensive travel throughout France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Britain, and Morocco. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and two daughters.\", '<b>Zo Franois</b> is a pastry chef and baker trained at the Culinary Institute of America. With Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., she is the author of <i>Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day</i>. Passionate about food that is real, healthy and always delicious, Franois teaches baking and pastry courses nationally, is a consultant to the food industry, and creates artful desserts and custom wedding cakes. She also writes the recipe blog Zo Bakes. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband and two sons.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Doctor's Dilemma\nDescription: ['Dr. Richard Mabry is a retired physician, now writing medical suspense with heart. His ten previously published novels have garnered critical acclaim and been recognized by programs including the ACFWs Carol Award, the Romantic Times Inspirational Book of the Year and its Reviewers Choice, the Inspirational Readers Choice, and the Selah Award.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Love Amid the Ashes: A Novel\nDescription: [\"<b>An epic story of love and forgiveness, suffering and restoration<BR></b><BR>When her beloved grandfather Isaac dies, Dinah must follow his final command: travel to Job's household to marry his son. After Job's world comes crashing down, Dinah finds herself drawn to this great man brought low. What will she risk to fight for his survival? <BR><BR>Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of Job and Dinah. <i>Love Amid the Ashes</i> breathes life, romance, and passion into the classic biblical story of suffering and steadfast faith.<BR><BR>"In <i>Love Amid the Ashes</i>, Mesu Andrews takes a biblical tale of great tragedy and skillfully weaves beauty and love amid the loss. Job's story brought vividly to life!"--Jill Eileen Smith, bestselling author of <i>Michal</i> and <i>Abigail<BR></i><BR>"Mesu Andrews has skillfully brought the Old Testament story of Job to life in <i>Love Amid the Ashes</i>. Throughout this book she explains Job's faithful adherence to studying the teachings of El Shaddai. Then she creatively reveals how those principles are demonstrated by his interaction with Dinah. You will be moved to tears as the characters reflect the mysterious role suffering plays in our faith. If you enjoy a story that includes a powerful plot, romantic passion, and biblical truth, read this book!"--Carol Kent, speaker and author of <i>Between a Rock and a Grace Place<BR></i><BR><b>Mesu Andrews</b> is a speaker who has devoted herself to passionate and intense study of Scripture. Harnessing her deep understanding and love for God's Word, Andrews brings the biblical world alive for her readers in this debut novel. She lives in North Carolina.\", \"Mesu Andrews is an active speaker who has devoted herself to passionate and intense study of Scripture. Harnessing her deep understanding and love for God's Word, Andrews brings the biblical world alive for her readers in this debut novel. She lives in North Carolina.\"]",
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"rejected": "Title: Armstrong-Siddeley Motors: The Cars, the company and the people in definitive detail\nDescription: ['', '<b><i>\"</i></b>If the main title doesn\\'t say it all, the subtitle certainly does. This book contains every detail fans of this British marque might be looking for, right down to the serial numbers and abbreviated histories of many of the cars. At nearly 500 pages, this book is truly a labor of love. In fact, author and Armstrong Siddeley owner Bill Smith put 30 years of research into writing this definitive work. Included are stories about the people who built the car, the details of the motor cars they produced for 41 years before the company was absorbed by Rolls-Royce and the lasting impression the car has made, illustrated through car club information and even the author\\'s own passion for the marque. At $139.95 US, this is not a cheap book, but rather a worthy investment.<b>\" - <b><i>Old Cars Weekly</i></b></b>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Killer Cupcakes: A Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mystery (Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mysteries)\nDescription: [\"USA Today bestselling author, Leighann Dobbs, discovered her passion for writing after a twenty year career as a software engineer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband Bruce, their trusty Chihuahua mix Mojo and beautiful rescue cat, Kitty. When she's not reading, gardening, making jewelry or selling antiques, she likes to write cozy mystery and historical romance books.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook: 1400 Best Slow Cooker Recipes!\nDescription: [\"What I like about it is all the recipes are sent in by home cooks. That means its <b>full of recipes from moms like you and me</b> experimenting and coming up with something delicious and easy. <br />Maryann Jacobsen, MS, RD <br /><br />***** <br /><br />PRAISE FOR THE FIX-IT AND FORGET-IT SERIES <br /><br />[Phyllis Good] is basically <b>one of the queens of slow cooker recipes</b>. <br />Booking Mama <br /><br />Compared with recent ethnic and gourmet slow cooker titles, Goods latest is a workhorse. Filled with unintimidating, pantry-friendly dishes, this volume will please busy cooks, new slow cooker owners, and party givers. <b>Highly recommended.</b> <br /><i>Library Journal</i> <br /><br />Fans of Goods best-selling slow-cooker recipe books <b>wont be disappointed</b> with her latest installment. Good provides plenty of practical tips about what she calls a near miracle appliance. For example, take time to get acquainted with a new slow cooker, fill it two-thirds full for best results, and try out recipes for the first time when at home for the day. And she dispels two big myths: that her beloved machine is a winter-time appliance and that its mainly just for beef stew. Fuggedaboutit. True, many of the 250 recipes are for main dishes made with chicken, turkey, pork, or beef. But she gives even more space to pasta, soups, quiches, appetizers, breakfasts, breads, and desserts. Why not wake up to steel-cut oatmeal thats been slow cooking overnight? The slow cooker can even bake peach cobbler or a fudgy chocolate cake. Each recipe comes with a photo, some (such as mashed potatoes) get a quick and easy label, and several get a bonus tip from Good (such as cooking wine is wine with salt added). With <b>good recipes and good vibes</b>, the latest Fix-It and Forget-It cookbook is <b>bound to be a best-seller</b>. <br /><i>Booklist</i> *starred review* <br /><br />Not only was it a help to me to get some meals started, but it also educated me. As I look back on my cooking skills now (10 years removed from being a newlywed), the book <b>has helped me learn</b> how to make a big hunk of meat taste good. And for that, <b>Im eternally grateful</b> Get the book and use it Definitely worth the money, and I dont usually say that about cookbooks! <br />Mostly Sensible <br /><br />The bottom line is that for a list price of $15.95 <b>THE BOOK IS A BARGAIN</b>! Let's face it, most slow cookers come with instructions and a few recipes, but the recipes can't possibly be as good as the ones the Phyllis Pellman Good has included in 10 cookbooks she has penned. She is doing something right; after all over 9.8 million copies have been sold! So, goodcooking.com likes this book and feels that just about anyone who is into slow cookers will have many happy results. The book <b>may certainly spur interest in buying a slow cooker</b> if you haven't cooked with this method before! <br />Good Cooking <br /><br />This cook book is <b>so much fun</b>. I love how the recipes are organized by specific dish. For instance, if you're looking for a beef stew recipe, the book gives you five or six recipe options, all in a row. You can decide what sounds tastiest to you (or what you have on hand). When you open the book, you feel like you've opened your mother's recipe box and it is obvious that these are tried and true household favorites. <b>Bring on the comfort food!</b> <br />Blog Mistress Mandy <br /><br />An assortment of fond kitchen memories from across the country, Good's [<i>Mom and Me in the Kitchen</i>] <b>reads like an extended Mother's Day card</b>. <br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i> <br /><br /><b>The mother of all slow cooker cookbooks!</b> The <b><i>Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook</i></b> has been my go to resource since I first bought my slow cooker as a newlywed back in 2002 This book really gave me a feel for how recipes come together If youre a novice with the slow cooker this is a book that <b>I highly recommend</b>. <br />Frankly Entertaining <br /><br />This book is <b>designed for home cooks who have to cook most everyday</b>. Its packed with relatively simple recipes that can help you get a light and healthy dinner on the table day in and day out. And its <b>Weight Watchers friendly</b> since the recipes include the nutritional information required to calculate PointsPlus values. <br />Simple Nourished Living <br /><br />Wintry weather seems to demand slow-simmered soups and stews, and the bestselling Fix-it and Forget-it series <b>has long been a source for these and other Crock-Pot meals</b>. Good, who edited those homey collections, returns with <b>a useful new diabetic edition</b>. Each of the hundreds of recipes for appetizers, main courses, soups, vegetables, breakfast dishes and snacks comes with a nutritional analysis, and timely health tips are scattered among the recipes. <br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i> <br /><br />At the end of the day this is one of the few books I review that I am actually keeping and cooking from on a regular basis! It is a book I would buy and give as a gift. It is <b>a book worth using time and time again</b>! <br />Mirlandras Kitchen <br /><br />Paging through this book makes you feel as if you are in a wonderful community of seasoned cooks who take pride in serving up sumptuous meals to friends and family while relaxing and enjoying their company <b>I found something on every page that I wanted to make Can I hear a Hallelujah?</b> <br />Pattie Tierney <br /><br />Recipes here are perfect for every season and occasion, and feature more than just the usual soup, stews, and casseroles After looking through the recipe book, which consists of hundreds of recipes contributed by cooks throughout North America, I realized <b>I really underestimated the practicality of a slow cooker</b>. The <b><i>Fix-It and Forget-It Slow Cooker Magic</i></b> recipe book [is] very practical, and I can't wait to try out more recipes! <br />Hawaii Mom Blog <br /><br />The <b><i>Fix-It and Forget-It Kids Cookbook</i></b> is <b>a visual experience</b>: it pops with all the vivid colors of the crayon box; it is printed with youthful, sketchy fonts and inspiration-board style post-it note and paperclip graphics; best yet, it has a beautiful, full-page photo for EVERY SINGLE RECIPE included. Now THAT is not something you see in cookbooks very often. Even just skimming through the <b><i>Fix-It and Forget-It Kids Cookbook</i></b> assured me that my salivation glands were very much intact This cookbook is <b>very well thought out</b>. The recipes give <b>easy, step-by-step instructions</b>, as well as a complete list of ingredientsincluding a list of necessary cooking equipmentconveniently printed in the sidebar of each recipe page. <br />The Pioneer Woman\", '<b>Phyllis Good</b> is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author whose books have sold more than 12 million copies. She is the original author of the Fix-It and Forget-It cookbook series, <i>Lancaster Central Market Cookbook</i>, <i>Favorite Recipes with Herbs</i>, and <i>The Best of Amish Cooking</i>. Her commitment is to make it possible for everyone to cook who would like to, whatever their age. Good spends her time writing, editing books, and cooking new recipes. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: REDEMPTION: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer\nDescription: ['<span>Redemption: The</span><span> Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer  </span><br /><span>Reviewed by Trudi LoPreto for Readers' Favorite</span><br /><br /><span>Redemption: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer by Andrew Joyce is a fantastic book. Most of us have read Mark Twain's stories about two young boys and their life in Hannibal, Missouri by the time we are in the sixth grade. What a rare treat it was for me to meet them again when I am old and gray. Andrew Joyce presented me with the chance of seeing two old friends and sharing their new lives.</span><br /><br /><span>Redemption opens as Tom and Huck are joining the Civil War to fight for the South they so love. It doesn't take long for them to realize the battlefield is not where they want to be and so starts the adult adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. They desert the army and head out West to see San Francisco. When they arrive, Tom makes plans to take a boat to China. Huck decides on wandering around until he finds a place to call home. Tom never makes it to China but does find a life for himself in Hawaii. Huck becomes a sheriff in several different towns before settling down in Redemption. Each have their own exciting activities before they once again meet up and share the life of the Wild West together, twelve years later.  </span><br /><br /><span>Andrew Joyce is a genius in bringing two beloved characters back to life.  Redemption: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer is destined to be a five star top seller. I was thrilled to have the opportunity of reuniting with two well-loved characters from my youth.  I loved Tom and Huck then and I love them even more today as written about by the brilliant Andrew Joyce. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you for a few hours of wonderful reading.</span>', '<span>Andrew Joyce left high school at seventeen to hitchhike throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. He wouldn't return from his journey until decades later when he decided to become a writer. Joyce has written five books, including a two-volume collection of one hundred and forty short stories comprised of his hitching adventures called BEDTIME STORIES FOR GROWN-UPS (as yet unpublished), and his latest novel, YELLOW HAIR. He now lives aboard a boat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his dog, Danny, where he is busy working on his next book, tentatively entitled, 10,000 MILES: An American Story.</span>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Slave Graves\nDescription: ['Thomas Hollyday was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1942. He attended Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Elliott Coleman at The Writing Seminars. After publishing several short stories, poems and drawings, he volunteered for a stint in the Army Counterintelligence Corps which included a year on Vietnam duty. Afterward he entered a business career, but kept writing and doing illustrations. A lifelong member of the Graphic Artists Guild of New York, his illustration work has appeared in such magazines as Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping, where he published the \"Christmas Cat.\" Besides editorial assignments in small newsletters, he has conducted original research in Maryland history which includes \"The China Clipper John Gilpin\" published in The Neptune of the Peabody Institute and \"Readbourne Revisited\" published in the Maryland Historical Magazine. In recent years he has concentrated on completing his novels about an imaginary town in Maryland called River Sunday.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Progressive Dinner Deadly: A Myrtle Clover Mystery (Myrtle Clover Mysteries) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<i>Readers love Myrtle - over 1500 4 and 5 star reviews</i><br /><br /><b>Praise for Myrtle Clover Mysteries:</b><br /><br />Publishers Weekly: \"Myrtle\\'s wacky personality is a delight.\"<br /><br />Mystery News: \"Wonderful cozy mystery: solidly written, well-plotted and funny.\"<br /><br />ForeWord: \"The treat here is Myrtle\\'s eccentricity, brought to life with rich humor and executed ...with breezy skill.\"<br /><br />\"I hope I\\'m half as lively as she is when I reach my 80\\'s..\" Amazon Reviewer<br /><br />\"Sassy and funny as ever\"Amazon Reviewer<br /><br />\"Myrtle is a feisty lady and I enjoy her wit and ability to figure out who done it.\"Amazon Reviewer', 'Elizabeth writes the Southern Quilting mysteries and Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin Random House and the Myrtle Clover series for Midnight Ink and independently. She blogs at ElizabethSpannCraig.com/blog , named by Writers Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. She curates links on Twitter as @elizabethscraig that are later shared in the free search engine WritersKB.com. Elizabeth makes her home in Matthews, North Carolina, with her husband and two teenage children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sea Monkeys: A Memory Book\nDescription: ['The author of four ingeniously original novels, including the acclaimed Reverend America (2012), Saknussemm is in his element here, bending his offbeat prose around his boyhood recollections to create a distinctive autobiography. Growing up in the Bay Area during the post-Eisenhower 1960s, Saknussemm was raised by an eccentric cast of role models, including an aunt with a prosthetic arm, a mirthful minister father, and a resourceful older sister responsible for their dominating their grade schools Halloween contests. An abundance of colorful personalities and captivating details such as those thread through a narrative that is more kaleidoscopic than chronological. Theres Mrs. Maury, a teacher who inappropriately pampered Saknussemm as a substitute for her dead son, his sisters ear-mutilating accident on a Shetland pony, his fathers unwitting joke-telling to a bear while camping. Fans of Saknussemms inventive story lines may be disappointed by this plotless sifting through random memories, but a wealth of quirky anecdotes and descriptions of even quirkier true-life characters keep this memoir as engaging as any of Saknussemms novels. --Carl Hays', '<DIV>Praise for <I>Sea Monkeys</I><BR><BR>\"It\\'s immediately evident that we’re dealing with a poet who’s operating in a sublimely blurred space between poetry and prose…The autobiographical sketches that cover the author’s early adult years are full of the sort of boozing, drugging and sexcapades one would naturally expect from an alcoholic preacher’s son. Highlights from these years include the author’s stint as a soul radio DJ (“Mr. Very Late Night”) and a Henry Miller–esque romp through Saknussemm’s many sexual conquests as a randy college professor. A wonderfully warped grab bag of memories from a wilder and weirder time.\" —<I>Kirkus</I><br><BR>\"[H]is psychological insights are sharp...And a much longer piece, “Mr. Very Late Night,” about being the only white D.J working the graveyard shift at a black radio station, is a superb piece of writing...\"—<I>Publishers Weekly</I><BR><BR>\"Kris Saknussemm\\'s sincerity, wisdom and writing talent make <I>Sea Monkeys</I> something which is half way between a memoir and a Molotov cocktail.\" -Etgar Keret<BR><BR>\"We get old but we stay young. We\\'re all of our selves we\\'ve ever been. Kris Saknussemm knows this. After this book, you will too.\"—Stephen Graham Jones, author of <I>Growing up Dead in Texas</I><BR><BR>\"\\'No one could dream a place like California,\\' Jay Farrar sings, but in <I>Sea Monkeys</I>, Kris Saknussemm dreams growing up on the wild coast in prose with bite, immediacy and pungency commensurate with his capacity for wonder. <I>Sea Monkeys</I> delivers less the specifics of a sentimental education and more intensely the shining contours of a famously diverse ecology that includes father as alcoholic preacher, a flawed loving family shattered by child rape, the hijinks and shenanigans of children whose imaginations yet live, the homemade toys of childhood which refuse to die, the neighborhood kids and gangs of friends waking to marvels, terrors and sadness usually unmentioned by adults. Saknussemm’s prose crackles and rings with tones and registers out of the range of the average and the ordinary, but out of the wreckage of those, he recalls the wild and dew-breathed dreams of childhood gone indelible through the quality of recall.\" —Sesshu Foster, author of <I>Atomik Aztex</I> and <I>World Ball Notebook</I><BR></DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Poison Town (Crittendon Files)\nDescription: ['<span>\"Creston explores the evils of corporate greed and exposes an even more menacing enemy lurking inside all of us. Warning: once you pick this book up, you will not want to put it down.\"</span><b><span>Mark Lee,</span></b><b><span><i>Third Day</i></span></b><br /><b><i><span></span></i></b><br /><span>\"A wild roller coaster ride! I thoroughly enjoyed</span><i>Poison Town.</i><span>\"</span><b><span>Francine Rivers, best-selling author</span></b><br /><b><i><span></span></i></b><br /><span>\"Every time you think the tension can\\'t be more intense, Creston Mapes ramps it up a notch. Be prepared to stay up late (and make sure the doors are locked)</span><span>.\"</span><b><span>Robert Whitlow, best-selling author</span></b><br /><b><i><span></span></i></b><br /><br /><span>\"</span><span>...Reaches towards Grisham-greatness.</span><span>\"</span><b><span>Harry Kraus, best-selling author</span></b><br /><b><i><span></span></i></b><br /><i><span>\"</span></i><span>I was on the edge of my seat and read it in one gulp. Highly recommended!\"</span><b><span>Colleen Coble, best-selling author</span></b><br /><b><span></span></b><br /><span>\"Grab an oxygen tank--you\\'re going to need it!</span><b><span>Ronie Kendig, best-selling author</span></b><br /><b><span></span></b><br /><i><span>\"Erin Brockovich</span></i><span>on steroids!\"</span><b><span>Elizabeth Musser, best-selling author</span></b><br /><b><span></span></b><br /><span>\"Put this on your Book Club reading list!\"</span><b><span>Nora St. Laurent, The Book Club Network</span></b>', '', \"I used to work as a reporter in an Ohio city very similar to Trenton City, Ohio--the setting for <i>Poison Town.</i> This has been one of my favorite books to write, because it's got some humor in it, especially as it relates to Jack's mechanic friends, Galen, Travis and LJ.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Kirkpatrick Signature Series Reader\nDescription: ['Includes the companion to the Kirkpatrick Signature Series \"American Vision and Values\"']"
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"chosen": "Title: When Dead in Greece (Jack Noble) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Dead Roam the Earth: True Stories of the Paranormal from Around the World\nDescription: [\"<b>Alasdair Wickham</b> is the author of four novels. After his parents' death, he went to live in his grandparents' house, which was haunted, and he has been researching the paranormal for the last thirty-five years. He lives in the United Kingdom.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: His Prairie Princess (Prairie Brides, Book One) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Autobiography of a Wanderer in England & Burma\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Soul of a Tiger: A Miraculous True Story of a Family That Survived the Cambodian Genocide\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Jesus Son of God\nDescription: ['Willy Minnix is a multi-instrumentalist, sound man, writer and minister. This is his first book of sermons and lectures originally delivered at various churches in Indiana, Texas and New York. He lives in Indiana with his beautiful wife of 13 years and his four wonderful kids. You can find out more about him, his other books and his music at his blog at: www.willyminnix.com.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Just Deserts (Hetta Coffey Mystery Series)\nDescription: ['Other Books by Jinx Schwartz<br><br>Just Add Water<br>Just Add Salt<br>Just Add Trouble<br>Troubled Sea<br>Land of Mountains<br>The Texicans', 'Award-winning author Jinx Schwartz has spent most of her life traveling the world for work and pleasure. She spends as much time as possible afloat in the Sea of Cortez and pulls adventure from her boating experiences there. When not in Mexico, Jinx finds herself high and dry on the Arizona border.']",
"rejected": "Title: A Present From God\nDescription: ['Book by Bratton, Alice']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Just The Pits (Hetta Coffey Series, Book 5) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Ben-Hur (Oxford World's Classics)\nDescription: ['<br /><strong>David Mayer</strong> has a position in the Department of Drama at the University of Manchester.<br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: All Together Now: Vision, Leadership, and Wellness\nDescription: ['<i>All Together Now</i> is a wonderful read for anyone who is seeking balance and harmony in their life. I highly recommend reading this book if you are on the fast track and want to take a few minutes to step back and reevaluate what is important. (<i>Insidepersonalgrowth.com</i>)', 'It sounds fairly simple: merge three important components to create a winning combination. But as any gourmet chef knows, having the right ingredients on hand is just the beginning. Enter Gail Voisin, who, like a Julia Child of the executive coaching world, whips up beautiful and tasty masterpieces. All Together Now is the only recipe youll need for personal and professional success! (<i>Dr. Marshall Goldsmith</i>)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Prophecies for the Era of Muslim Terror: A Torah Perspective on World Events\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: FX4 Black Cab: An insight into the history and development of the famous London Taxi (Enthusiasts' Manual)\nDescription: ['<DIV>', 'In a taxi-driving career spanning almost 40 years, Bill Munro has driven every version of the FX4. As well as producing Vintage Taxi (the magazine of the London Vintage Taxi Association) and contributing to the London cab trade press, he has written several other taxi-related books.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Winter Garden: Special Edition\nDescription: [\"Female bonding is always good for a good cry, as Hannah (<i>True Colors</i> ) proves in her latest. Pacific Northwest apple country provides a beautiful, chilly setting for this family drama ignited by the death of a loving father whose two daughters have grown apart from each other and from their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother. After assuming responsibility for the family business, 40-year-old empty-nester Meredith finds it difficult to carry out her father's dying wish that she take care of her mother; Meredith's troubled marriage, her troubled relationship with her mother and her mother's increasingly troubled mind get in the way. Nina, Meredith's younger sister, takes a break from her globe-trotting photojournalism career to return home to do her share for their mother. How these three women find each other and themselves with the help of vodka and a trip to Alaska competes for emotional attention with the story within a story of WWII Leningrad. Readers will find it hard not to laugh a little and cry a little more as mother and daughters reach out to each other just in the nick of time. <i>(Feb.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'The Whitson family is rocked by the sudden death of patriarch Evan, a warm, loving man who doted on his two adult daughters, Meredith and Nina, and his reserved Russian wife, Anya. Meredith, who runs the family business, and Nina, a photojournalist whose job takes her to war zones around the world, have never been able to connect with their cold, forbidding mother. When Anya begins to act strangely, Meredith thinks she belongs in a nursing home, but Nina decides to try to fulfill her fathers dying wish and get her mother to tell her and Meredith the elaborate fairy tales she used to share with them. Anya is initially reluctant, but once she begins, Nina realizes these tales are actually the story of Anyas life in Stalinist Leningrad. Meredith and Nina decide to attempt to uncover the truth about their mothers tragic past in the hope of understanding her, and themselves. Though the novel starts off fairly maudlin, it evolves into a gripping read, although its a tearjerker. Hannahs previous books, including Firefly Lane (2008) and True Colors (2009), are tailor-made for book clubs, and her audience should find plenty to discuss in this equally enthralling entry. --Kristine Huntley', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Concept of the Corporation\nDescription: ['', '"<i>Concept of the Corporation</i> is a valuable text for anyone teaching business history (broadly defined) or the history of political economy. Drucker describes one of the most important American companies at the apex of its success and elucidates the context in which it operated: labor relations, politics, regulation, and even the impact of war. At the same time, Drucker is interested in the larger issues affecting company operations, and he discusses them in a clear, often original way, with an appealing mix of pragmatism and optimism."', '—Wyatt Wells, <em>Business History Review</em>', '', 'Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) is known by many as the father of modern management. He was Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate School in California and was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is the author of over thirty-five books, including <em>The Ecological Vision, The Concept of the Corporation, </em>and <em>A Functioning Society.</em>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Muscle and a Shovel: 10th Edition: Includes all original volume content, Randall's Secret, Epilogue, KJV full index, Bibliography\nDescription: ['', '', \"Your beliefs about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Almighty Father in Heaven and your church are beliefs that you hold close to your heart, and rightfully so. However, your beliefs are about to be challenged in a way that you never thought possible.<br /> <br /> The story you are about to read is completely true in every sense. There are no exaggerations or embellishments. What you are about to read happened to me several years ago and I'm sharing it with you for one reason and one reason only. I cannot, however, reveal this reason unless you read this story from beginning to end. If you make it to the end you'll discover the reason... and I promise you that it will be worth your time.<br /> <br /> But let me give you a fair warning: what you are about to read might anger, frustrate and agitate your senses beyond description. This story may force you to examine the beliefs you hold so dear to your heart. This story is not for the weak-minded, nor is it for those who have their sensibilities easily offended.<br /> <br /> Many who begin this story won't make it to the end. Will you have the courage, the heart and the honesty of character to finish this story to its end?\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Unforeseen\nDescription: ['\"Pirog\\'s books are sharply written, evenly paced, and filled with unexpected wit.\"<i> -303 Magazine</i><br /><br />\"Slickly handled with good pacing and suspense.\" -<i>Mysterious Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Pirog will make you laugh, cringe, and keep the pages turning.\" <i>-The Rocky Mountain News</i>', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Deadly Straits\nDescription: [\"<b>An awesome book with a very Clancy feel. Kudos to McDermott. Well done, Sir!<br /><i>D. Bosshardt, Amazon - 5 Stars</i></b><br /><br /><br />A bit of Clancy, a little Ludlum, and best of all, a lot of Mr. McDermott!<i><br />Libby Dunkin, Amazon - 5 Stars</i><b><i><br /></i></b> <b><i></i></b><br /><br /><b>Move over WEB Griffin, Cussler, & Ludlum. Weaving together come-alive characters, McDermott takes us through an all too realistic plot involving oil tankers used to cause havoc to the worlds' shipping ... a page turner.<br /><i>Bob Hopfe, Amazon - 5 Stars</i></b> <b></b><br /><br />In 1994 (Debt of Honor), Tom Clancy used a jumbo jet as a weapon ... it happened on 9/11. In 2011 R.E. McDermott published Deadly Straits where supertankers are used as terror weapons with deadly results. Let's hope we don't look back and say McDermott predicted that. This is a book of action and suspense, well written with multiple plots woven into one coherent whole. I've read several best-sellers that are legends in the genre and this book is as well done as any of them, if not better.<br /><i>Stephen C. Lovely, Amazon - 5 Stars</i> <b><i></i></b><br /><br /><b>McDermott consistently gets it right. The captains, mates and engineers sound like captains, mates and engineers ... like visiting old friends. Tom Dugan - a skilled professional a bit rough around the edges - works well as the protagonist. Smart and educated, he also regularly gets grease under his nails, and moves easily between action and insight. A book even a thriller skeptic and ship geek can love. A gripping read - highly recommended.<br /><i>Rick Spilman, The Old Salt Blog - 5 Stars</i></b> <b><i></i></b><br /><br />In a book that takes no prisoners, McDermott tells a tale of high seas terrorism and tells it well. Go get this one, right now!<br /><i>Nancy, Cheryl's Book Nook - 5 Stars</i><br /><br /><b>In 20 years at sea as mate and captain, I've been through the Panama Canal too many times to count, and through the Bosphorus and Malacca Straits as well. You nailed it. Yours was the first novel to convince me the author had been there too. Well Done!<br /><i>Captain Dave Fath </i></b><br /><br /> <b><i></i> </b>\", \"I'm a merchant seaman by training. After graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, I sailed for several years, and then spent over thirty years as a marine consultant. I traveled widely, saw interesting things, and lived in several countries. I've had the good fortune (and sometime misfortune) of knowing more than a few interesting characters, and bits and pieces of them populate my novels.<br /><br />I write stories of people in extraordinary situations. Not superheroes, just ordinary people who screw up, but who rise to life's challenges when the occasion demands.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: STATELINE: A Dan Reno Novel (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '<span>COMMENTS FROM DAVE STANTON, ON WRITING <i>STATELINE</i></span><br /> <span>It was 2001, and the dot.com bubble was bursting. My timing was bad - a few months previous I left a steady job to work for a \"promising\" startup that offered more money. As a salesman, I quickly realized the product they hired me to sell was doomed. I drew this conclusion despite claims otherwise by some smart (and temporarily wealthy) people. Like many during that time, they had been sucked into an illusion.</span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>I sat at my cubicle in Silicon Valley, regretful, certain I\\'d be unemployed soon. The customers I\\'d been assigned had all considered my proposals and firmly declined. I had nothing to do, and the boredom was killing me. Spontaneously, I started writing.</span><br /> <span>Three months later I was at a new gig, one that involved regular travel to Asia. I sat on a jet over the Pacific Ocean, hunched over my notebook, typing like a mad man. The paragraph I had written while employed at the now defunct company had become a novel, and the first draft was nearly finished.</span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>The characters and situations I write about come from my youth, a time when my companions were irreverent and reckless, and I participated willingly in endeavors that for a few had permanent consequences. These episodes occurred in places like Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Ely, Nevada. Some of my old friends are respectable citizens today, others are in and out of jail, and some didn\\'t make it.</span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>I hope you enjoy STATELINE. Please feel free to e-mail me at D</span><span>ave@DanRenoNovels.com</span><span> </span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Planet Word\nDescription: ['\"The way you speak is who you are and the tones of your voice and the tricks of your emailing and tweeting and letter-writing, can be recognised unmistakably in the minds of those who know and love you\". (Stephen Fry). From feral children to fairy-tale princesses, secrets codes, invented languages - even a language that was eaten - \"Planet Word\" uncovers everything you didn\\'t know you needed to know about how language evolves. Learn the tricks to political propaganda, why we can talk but animals can\\'t, discover 3,000-year-old clay tablets that discussed beer and impotence and test yourself at textese - do you know your RMEs from your LOLs? Meet the 105-year-old man who invented modern-day Chinese and all but eradicated illiteracy, and find out why language caused the go-light in Japan to be blue. From the dusty scrolls of the past to the unknown digital future, and with (heart) the first graphic to enter the OED, are we already well on our way to a language without words? In a round-the-world trip of a lifetime, discover all this and more as J.P. Davidson travels across our gloriously, endlessly intriguing multilingual Planet Word.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: I, Saul (Thorndike Press Large Print Christian Fiction)\nDescription: ['Jerry B. Jenkins is the author of more than 180 books, including the 63,000,000-selling Left Behind series. His non-fiction books include many as-told-to autobiographies, including those of Hank Aaron, Bill Gaither, Orel Hershiser, Luis Palau, Walter Payton, Meadowlark Lemon, Nolan Ryan, and Mike Singletary. Jenkins also assisted Dr. Billy Graham with his memoirs, Just As I Am. He also owns the Jerry Jenkins Writers Guild, which aims to train tomorrow s professional Christian writers.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Lana'i of the Tiger: An Islands of Aloha Mystery\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dark Ghost ('Dark' Carpathian)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Lake: (The Lake Series, Book 1)\nDescription: ['The Lake is the first book in AnnaLisa Grants Lake Trilogy. AnnaLisa earned her Masters degree in Counseling at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. She and her husband Donavan live with their two children and one recently-adopted kitten in Matthews, North Carolina.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Breaking Faith: THE POPE, THE PEOPLE, AND THE FATE OF CATHOLICISM\nDescription: ['After daring to challenge the legacy of Pope Pius XII in Hitler\\'s Pope, Cornwell has taken on another daunting subject: the future of the church he left as a young adult and to which he later returned. This latest work mingles the author\\'s personal memories and feelings with history, statistics and some analysis. Sometimes Cornwell tries to play the role of journalist, merely reporting how both sides view the current state of affairs in the church. But as one who is clearly identified with the liberal Catholic wing, he can hardly mask his displeasure with those who represent the church\\'s conservative element, particularly the present pope. Overall, Cornwell paints a dark picture of contemporary Catholicism and lays much of the blame for it at the feet of John Paul II, a \"master of spin\" who he says has demoralized millions of Catholics by accusing them of sinful sexual conduct. Apart from getting a new pope, though, Cornwell is not particularly clear about what should be done to remedy the church\\'s problems. On one hand, he concedes to conservatives their point that Catholicism can\\'t survive by making itself look like other religions, but on the other he seems to be urging the church to conform to the world by adjusting its teachings on sexuality. Regardless, fellow liberal Catholics will find much here with which to commiserate, and those seeking a provocative viewpoint will not be disappointed. (Oct.)Forecast: Hitler\\'s Pope spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. This title should get a sales boost from an October 1 appearance on the Today show and a four-city author tour.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"In this semiautobiographical work, a committed Catholic assesses the current state of affairs within Catholicism. A British historian, contributor to the international Catholic weekly the Tablet, and noted commentator on decidedly more liberal Catholic issues, Cornwell (Hitler's Pope) takes a respectful yet critical look at the pontificate of John Paul II and the church he has created over the past 25 years. Issues of sexuality, morality, the ordination of women, participation in sacramental and liturgical observances, lack of religious vocations, and the centralization of power in the Roman Curia are addressed with the critical tone of someone who clearly has a passionate love for both the institution and its people. Cornwell discloses his religious journey with great honesty while confronting those who seek to discredit his analysis. He painstakingly measures the divisions and contradictions within Catholicism yet gives credit where appropriate, portraying the church as a vital channel for good despite some glaring flaws of practice and policy. A provocative, deeply personal, and intelligent book; recommended for public and academic libraries. John Leonard Berg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Platteville <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wild Irish Heart (Mystic Cove)\nDescription: [\"<span>New York Times Bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, lives in Milwaukee with her much doted-upon dogs, Briggs and Blue. On a typical day you will find her lost in the worlds of her making or daydreaming about her next trip. Tricia loves fun vacation reads, hates wimpy characters, and hosts a serious addiction to traveling the world. She finds inspiration on the go - and you'll often find her books set in beautiful settings with characters tangled in affairs of the heart...or murder.</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Clemmie Dream Away\nDescription: [\"What a lovely book. Clemmie is absolutely adorable! --A. Humphrey<br /><br />A must have! I can't wait for the next Clemmie book! --W. Hildbold<br /><br />I can't get enough of Clemmie and her adventures. What a lovable character! --J. Lunsford\", \"Writer, illustrator, and international artist, Teresa Scott Woodside, has brought her beloved Clemmie to life with her books that cross borders and touches hearts. Teresa's love of life at its' simplest moments have brought about the creation of her children's books. The books are based upon her beloved Engligh Bulldog, Clemmie.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Blue Sun (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Tracy Abrey has been passionate about writing since stating in her second grade school days book that when she grew up she wanted to write books. Earning a BA in English Literature and French from Houston Baptist University and having taught high school English as she pursued her MA in English Literature at DePaul University, her childhood passion has morphed into a career focused on young adult urban fantasy. Abrey has lived in Canada, France, and England and currently resides in the US with her husband and two children.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Wedding Workbook: A Time Saving Guide for the Busy Bride\nDescription: ['', 'Kimberly Schlegel is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with an Honors degree in Art History. In 1999, Kimberly started a company, RSVP - Soiree Party Rentals, that advises others when planning the most important events in their young adult lives. Kimberly has traveled extensively, visiting such exotic locales as Turkey, Bali, Hong Kong, Italy, and Greece often providing her with inspiration for her events. She currently lives in Dallas, Texas.', '', '', 'Engagement is an exciting time full of lots of celebrating!', 'When I first got engaged, I was so full of enthusiasm to plan, plan, plan I jumped right into making decisions without taking the time to decide how I was going to organize all of my plans. In hindsight, calling what I created a mess would be a huge understatement. Now that I am in the experienced position to pass along advice, the first step I suggest is setting up a system to organize the plans you make for your special day . . . and this workbook is the only tool that you will need to find peace throughout your planning process. Whether or not you are going to hire a wedding planner, you will still find yourself with a tremendous amount of information that you will need to find a place for. This workbook will also help you know that you have asked all the necessary questions and have not overlooked important details. So . . . now that you have your workbook to keep you organized, feel free to jump in! And remember to have fun and enjoy every step along the waY to Planning the perfect weddinG.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Target Israel: Caught in the Crosshairs of the End Times\nDescription: ['', '\"Scripture clearly notes the central importance of Israel in the last days. Though enemies attempt to destroy Israel, and some theologians do not see reasons to support the nation of Israel, God promises to protect His people and fulfill His promises. LaHaye and Hindson offer solid evidence for the unfolding plan of revelation found in the Bible that stands especially relevant in these important days.\"<br /> <b>Dr. John Ankerberg, president and host of <i>The John Ankerberg Show</i></b>', '', '', '<b>Tim LaHaye</b>a renowned prophecy scholar, minister, and educatorconceived the Left Behind series and authored and coauthored more than 80 books, including <i>Charting the End Times</i> and <i>Exploring Bible Prophecy from Genesis to Revelation</i>. He received a DMin from Western Seminary and a LittD from Liberty University.', '<b>Ed Hindson</b>, Dean of the School of Divinity and Distinguished Professor of Religion at Liberty University in Virginia, is the speaker on <i>The King Is Coming</i> telecast and the author and general editor of 40 books. He holds a DMin from Westminster Theological Seminary and PhD from University of South Africa.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Under the Aspens (The Aspen Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Short Course in Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Photography book/ebook\nDescription: [\"For the past three decades Dennis Curtin has been an editor, author, and publisher in photography and computing. His latest books on digital cameras and digital photography have been widely praised for their quality and simplicity. They have been widely used in schools, by most of the armed services, many police departments, and even a number of major camera companies to train specialists in photography. On the publishing side, Dennis was editor-in-chief of one of Time-Warner's educational divisions and also held similar positions in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In those roles, he has worked extensively with Ansel Adams and other leading photographers of our generation. In his roles as publisher, editor, and author Dennis has been fortunate to edit, publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Massenet - Thais Meditation for Violin and Piano\nDescription: [\"Piano/violin sheet music for the meditation from Massenet's Thas. Includes piano score and one-sheet violin part.\\n<br /><br />\\nLike all Polonius editions, this score is printed on ultra-smooth, heavy, cream-colored paper. Musicians will delight in the spiral binding, which allows the score to lie flat when opened to any page.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Forget Me Not: Book One (Mark Kane Mysteries) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Summer of the Midnight Sun (Alaskan Quest #1)\nDescription: ['\"As always, Peterson captures the reader from the first page with a smooth narrative...Another winner for Tracie.\" -- <i>Author\\'s Choice Reviews</i><br /><br />\"As with the best of Christian fiction, I found myself ...rereading passages as they motivated further consideration....a good novel.\" -- <i>Heather Hiestand, Romance Reader at Heart</i><br /><br />\"Ms. Peterson does a fabulous job in researching historical facts, native customs, and hardships of how life was lived...\" -- <i>Inspirational Romance Writers</i><br /><br />\"Mystery, romance and inspirational elements interweave within a vivid picturesque character-driven early-twentieth century tale....\" -- <i>Harriet Klausner, Amazon.com #1 Reviewer</i><br /><br />\"This is Tracie Peterson\\'s second series set in Alaska.There are a lot of exciting twists... a cliffhanger...\" -- <i>Melanie Dickerson, Christian Book Previews.com</i>', 'TRACIE PETERSON is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 60 novels. Tracie also teaches writing workshops at a variety of conferences on subjects such as inspirational romance and historical research. She and her family live in Montana.']",
"rejected": "Title: Employment Personality Tests Decoded\nDescription: ['nne Hart is a popular California behavioral-science journalist, columnist, scriptwriter, and author of 70 books. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Mensa and holds a graduate degree in English/writing. She has designed dozens of tests and assessments.<BR><BR> George Sheldon is a journalist, photographer, author of 22 books, and a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Sheldon writes about business, travel, and history. He is a native of, and still resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Submerged (Alaskan Courage) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"<b>"</b><b><i>Submerged</i></b><b> is romantic suspense that will keep you up at night!"--Bestselling Author Dee Henderson<BR><BR></b>A sabotaged plane. Two dead deep-water divers. <BR><BR>One single clue.<BR><BR>Bailey Craig vowed never to set foot in Yancey, Alaska, again. She has a past, and a reputation--and Yancey's a town that doesn't forget. She's returned only to bury a loved one killed in the plane crash, but then dark evidence emerges and Bailey's own expertise becomes invaluable for the case.<BR><BR>Cole McKenna can face dangerous rescue dives. He can face the fear a murderer may be threatening his town. But facing the reality of Bailey's reappearance is a tougher challenge. She broke his heart...but doesn't seem to be the same girl who left Yancey ten years ago. And he's not the same guy she left behind. <BR><BR>Racing against the clock and a rising body count, Bailey and Cole must move beyond the hurts of their pasts to work together until the truth of what is hidden in the depths finally surfaces.<BR><BR><BR>"An amazing story of faith, suspense, the power of forgiveness and second chances! Dani Pettrey has a gift for developing characters to fall in love with..." --Lynette Eason, bestselling author of THE WOMEN OF JUSTICE series<BR><BR>"Pettrey is a new author to watch. Recommended for fans of Dee Henderson."<i>--Library Journal<BR></i><BR>"A spell binding mystery, full of suspense and a great story that will pull you in."--<i>The Suspense Zone<BR><BR></i>"[A] steadily paced thriller...Pettrey's debut novel is a thoughtful attempt to capture both love and suspense in this intricately plotted mystery."<i>--Publishers Weekly<BR><BR></i>"Combining romance, danger, and a dose of Russian history, the novel proves a rapid and entertaining read."<i>--Booklist <BR><BR></i>"Brimming with romance, suspense, faith, and forgiveness, <i>Submerged</i> is a superbly written debut novel from Dani Pettrey that will satisfy readers of nearly any genre."<i>--Portland Book Review<BR><BR></i>"<i>Submerged </i>is filled with action and mystery, engaging the reader from the first scene. . . . Pettrey sustains a high level of suspense throughout the narrative."<i> -ForeWord Reviews</i>\", \"Dani Pettrey is a wife, homeschooling mom, and author. She feels blessed to write inspirational romantic suspense because it incorporates so many things she loves--the thrill of adventure, nailbiting suspense, the deepening of her characters' faith, and plenty of romance. She and her husband reside in Maryland with their two teenage daughters. Visit her website at www.danipettrey.com.\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: Red Skies: Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters, Book Four (The Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters)\nDescription: ['Kay Bratt is a child advocate and author of the books Train to Nowhere, Chasing China, The Bridge, A Thread Unbroken, and the acclaimed memoir of the years she spent working in Chinese orphanages, Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage. She has actively volunteered for several nonprofit organizations, including An Orphans Wish (AOW) and the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for abused and neglected children. In China, she was honored with the Pride of the City award for humanitarian work. After living in China for several years, Bratt now resides in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in South Carolina, with her husband, daughter, dog, and cat.']",
"rejected": "Title: Modelling WWII Figures (Osprey Modelling Manual Series, 9)\nDescription: ['"I strongly recommend this book to ANY modeler, not just the figure painter alone, for the techniques covered here are priceless…very detailed paint scheme charts for each subject, step by step painting technique, and supporting text is fantastic! This book and a little practice will have you turning out some really amazing pieces in no time. Highly suggest that you buy this one and add it to your library…I don’t think that you will be disappointed." -Mark R Smith, <i>Historicus Forma </i>(January 2005)', 'A perfect combination of easy-to-follow text combined with comprehensive step-by-step photography make Osprey Modelling Manuals indispensable reference guides for modellers of all standards and abilities.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Moonlit Garden\nDescription: ['', 'Bestselling author Corina Bomann was born in Parchim, Germany. She originally trained as a dental nurse, but her love of stories compelled her to follow her passion for writing. Bomann now lives in Berlin.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light\nDescription: ['Perhaps no city has been more lustfully romanticized than Paris, and this cavorting collection of bons mots will do nothing to quell its erotic reputation. Baxter (<i>A Pound of Paper</i>), a cineast and biographer (of Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg and others), is an Australian in love with a French woman. After moving into her Parisian apartment in 1990, he subsequently becomes her baby\\'s father, her husband and eventually, in his own way, French. He loosely arranges his narrative in themed chapters, lobbing little-known facts, references to favorite films, and gossip about the inglorious past of certain addresses into stories about the affairs of the heart of famous Parisians and expats. He peppers tales of his quotidian life with bemused observations of Gallic quirks and offhanded recommendations of tucked-away shops and obscure cafs, resulting in a book that is part guidebook, part memoir. Some chapters are bawdy and some hilarious, such as \"Invaders,\" about uncouth, ingrate houseguests. Anyone who appreciates Paris and its myths, likes the meandering storytelling of good conversation and enjoys the mildly salacious will relish reading this book, curled up with a glass of full-bodied red and a box of chocolates. Photos. <i>(Mar.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Australian-born Baxter moves from Los Angeles to Paris to start a new marriage to a French television newscaster. Searching for a place to live, they find an apartment on the tiny, Seine-bound Ile de la Cite, the veritable heart of Paris, steps from Notre Dame. From there, Baxter leads his readers on a decidedly eccentric tour of Paris. A film critic, Baxter intelligently connects Paris venues to various films, French and American, familiar and obscure. Baxter loves to focus on Paris' erotic history, and he does a particularly stunning job of explicating Josephine Baker's electric effect on the French psyche, attributing to her nude dances a profound restructuring of French attitudes to sexuality. Foodies will revel in Baxter's portrayals of Parisian restaurants' obsession with offal. Baxter's mordant humor is put to good use in his observations on Paris' ubiquitous dogs and their ton-a-day droppings on the capital's chic byways. Baxter also provides lively perspectives on Andre Malraux and on the city's ancient marketplace, Les Halles. <i>Mark Knoblauch</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser)\nDescription: ['Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer and independent filmmaker. Her many books include the Dowser series, the Oracle series, and After the Virus. Meghan lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Alone With the Alone: An Eight-Day Retreat\nDescription: ['Alone With the Alone: An Eight-Day Retreat']"
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"rejected": "Title: [ Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions Friedman, Suzanne B. L. Ac ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2006\nDescription: ['[ Medical Qigong Exercise Prescriptions BY Friedman, Suzanne B. L. Ac ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2006']"
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"chosen": "Title: Reaping the Whirlwind: A Trent Tyson Historical Mystery\nDescription: ['Rosey Dow has a lot to say - writing, speaking and teaching. A best-selling author and vivacious speaker, she addresses churches, women\\'s groups, home schooling organizations, writer\\'s clubs, radio and television. She crafts teaching articles and presents workshops for fiction writers as well. She and her husband, David, have been home schoolers for thirteen years. Rosey\\'s first release, \"Megan\\'s Choice\", was a reader\\'s favorite. That same year she was chosen a favorite new author. Her third release, \"Fireside Christmas\", reached the CBA bestseller\\'s list in December, 1999. Rosey\\'s stories are always historical with a touch of mystery and a hint of romance.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Harvest\nDescription: [\"With the rich threads of Evergreen , The Golden Cup and Tapestry , skillful storyteller Plain continues to weave her eventful saga of the Werners and their extended clan as they reaffirm their Jewish heritage during the stormy 1960s. Dark, sensitive Iris, daughter of the glowing, russet-haired Anna (by urbane banker Paul Werner--unbeknownst to Iris) is married to wealthy, improvident Dr. Theo Stern, whose European glamour excites other women. Iris's jealousy goads her to play at her own romance with a sinister partner. Her four children are growing up, but rebel Steve balks at his bar mitzvah, already anticipating the anarchist/bomb expert he will be at college, radicalized by cynical professor Tim Powers, whom he doesn't know is his distant cousin. When Paul's wife dies and his mistress leaves to fulfill her mission as a doctor in Israel, Paul hovers protectively over Iris's troubled family. A violent quarrel between Iris and Theo erupts into near tragedy, and Paul takes action. Plain's prose is never better than workmanlike, but the narrative moves quickly as her doughty characters surmount their alloted share of adversity. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections; Reader's Digest Condensed Book. <BR>Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Reading Rescue 1-2-3: Raise Your Child's Reading Level 2 Grades with This Easy 3-Step Program\nDescription: ['Turn Your Child into a Great Reader!', \"our Child into a Great Reader!<br />Are you concerned about your child's reading ability? Does your child hate to read? If so, you are not alone. In fact, 38 percent of American fourth graders are unable to read at a basic level. But now you can turn your nonreader child into a reading starin just a few short weeks.<br />Based on research done at Yale, this simple yet revolutionary guide merges the three essential elements of reading instruction: auditory training, phonics, and whole language. Inside, teachers and parents will find easy-to-read cartoons, games, and fun phonic sheets that will help almost any child read at or above grade level. Reading expert <b>Peggy Wilber</b> will show you how to help your child develop better fluency, language skills, and comprehension. You'll learn how to:<br />Determine your child's specific reading needs Help your child develop comprehension strategies Enhance your child's phonic skills Choose great reading selections at the right level fo\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Private Life of Dr. Watson\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Ransom's Mark: A Story Based on the Life of the Pioneer Olive Oatman (Daughters of the Faith Series)\nDescription: ['\"... invigorating blend of historical information and imaginative writing...remarkable facility for conveying contradictory emotions, thoughts, motives of the pioneers.\" -- <i>Publisher\\'s Weekly, June 30, 2003</i>', \"Ransom's Mark is another story of a real girl who made a difference. Author Wendy Lawton grew up fascinated by history. She craved stories about girls like herself, but was disappointed to find that historical accounts of children were rare. When she found a child story it was usually about a courageous boy.\", 'This series for girls in the 8 - 12 year old middle grades offers those rare stories with characters who are real just what girls love. Daughters of the Faith are true-life heroes who range in age from the mature ten-year-old Mary Bunyan to 14-year-old Olive Oatman.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Tao of Don Jitsu Ryu\nDescription: ['The Tao of DON JITSU RYU is a collection of the many lessons taught by Professor Don Jacob, 1978 through 2008 and the artwork of Sensei Albert Andrews inspired by those lessons.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: God of the Fairy Tale: Finding Truth in the Land of Make-Believe\nDescription: ['In a very engaging manner, Ware, staff writer for Focus on the Family and author of several children\\'s books, looks at fairy tales from a Christian perspective (\"with Christ-colored glasses\"). He illustrates how these wonderful old stories contain rich illustrations of many major themes of Christian theology. In \"Cinderella,\" he shows us the classic reversal of positions: \"the last shall be first and the first last.\" From \"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,\" we learn the power of the spoken word. Each chapter begins with a short retelling of part of the story, then moves into a discussion of the theme found therein. His interpretations are most convincing when they cover themes repeated in a multitude of tales. In his discussion of \"Hansel and Gretel,\" for example, he notes that most fairy tales take the presence and power of evil very seriously. In an illuminating look at \"The Little Match Girl,\" Ware paints a picture of Jesus\\' challenging teaching regarding poverty. Readers will probably not agree with all of his assertions-e.g., seeing Mary Poppins as an illustration of God\\'s inscrutability. However, Christian readers who enjoy the world of fantasy and imagination will find this book both a wonderful introduction to many stories they may not have read yet and an engaging lesson in finding God in some unlikely places. <BR>Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"“Jim Ware offers a compelling explanation of not only how literature transforms the soul, but how traditional stories, myths, and fairy tales have 'come true' in Christ! Especially helpful for the 'literature-challenged.'”<br>–Hank Hanegraaff, host of the <i>Bible Answer</i> <i>Man </i>radio broadcast\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Wild Work: The Story Of The Red River Tragedy (1881)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Raising Dragons (Dragons in Our Midst, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hyde Park Pursuit\nDescription: ['<i><b>Foreword Clarion Review</b></i><span>on</span><i>Hyde Park Pursuit</i><span>...</span>', '', \"<b><i>Hyde Park Pursuit</i></b>offers a thrilling tale of murder, intrigue and danger.<br /><br />Navy Vietnam War veteran Jon Macy and real estate broker Allison young never imagined that a run in London's Hyde Park would end with them witnessing a murder. The last words of the victim send the handsome East Coast aristocrat and beautiful broker on a cat and mouse chase involving drug money and real estate fraud. The newly reunited couple must use their wits if they are to survive their pursuers, who want nothing more than to find them and kill them.<br /><br />Clever disguises and connections in that part of the world help the fleeing couple. But their luck cannot hold out forever, and thugs manage to capture Allison. Jon takes desperate chances in an attempt to rescue her, and the story takes one violent turn after another as Jon and his family battle a criminal mastermind's thirst for revenge and vow to silence them once and for all. Author, Oz Erickson, uses his knowledge of the world and its places to create the novel's settings, which include London, Wales and the remote Hebrides and beyond.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Changing Faces (Real TV, 1)\nDescription: ['\"Wendy Lawton rocks! She writes with the get-real savvy of a teen...\" -- <i>Nancy Rue, author of the bestselling Heres Lily series</i>', 'Changing Faces is a contemporary novel for teen girls inspired by the BBC and The Learning Channel (TLC) shows \"Makeover Story\" and \"What Not to Wear,\" and the Style Channels \"Fashion Emergency\" and \"A Second Look.\" It includes plenty of fun and fluffy scenes of makeover magic the duckling to the swan phenomenon that teens love. <P>The concept for the series, Real TV, grows out of the reality television craze that is sweeping the country. Wendy Lawton realized that when she and her 17-year-old daughter took one of their \"mindless girlfriend breaks\" they often tuned in to watch one of The Learning Channel makeover shows modeled after popular BBC shows. These shows like Trading Spaces, What Not to Wear, Makeover Story, Faking It, etc are hot-hot-hot and seem to be changing the face of American TV.']",
"rejected": "Title: The visual and spatial structure of landscapes\nDescription: ['Text: English, Japanese (translation)', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Shadow of His Hand: A Story Based on the Life of Holocaust Survivor Anita Dittman (Daughters of the Faith Series)\nDescription: ['\"A captivating story. . . I couldn\\'t put the book down.\" -- <i>Tricia Goyer, Author of acclaimed W.W.II novels <br />From Dust and Ashes and Night Song.</i>', '', \"<i>A captivating story of a courageous and sensitive Jewish Aryan girl who longs for a father's love and finds it in a faith not her own. I cried both tears of sadness and joy with Anita, and I couldn't put the book down. This is a shining contribution of Christian faith despite hardships during the Holocaust.<br /></i>-Tricia Goyer, Author of acclaimed W.W.II novels <i>From Dust and Ashes </i>and <i>Night Song<br /><br /></i>\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics)\nDescription: ['Resorting to Murder', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: What a Girl Wants (Ashley Stockingdale, Book 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Two-wheel trek: Manchester to Cape Town--by bicycle\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dead as a Scone (The Royal Tunbridge Wells Mystery Series #1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Am I small? Som mal?: Children's Picture Book English-Slovak (Bilingual Edition) (English and Slovak Edition)\nDescription: ['\"<b>Immensely enjoyable</b>\"--<i>ForeWord Clarion Reviews</i><br /><br />\"For children who enjoy lingering over <b>pages full of magical creatures</b> and whimsical details [...] told in simple and engaging words and imaginative pictures.\"--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />\"<b>Enchanting</b>\"--<i>Eselsohr, Fachzeitschrift fr Kinder- und Jugendmedien</i><br /><br />\"<b>Recommended reading</b> for all parents and kindergarten teachers\"--<i>Oesterreichisches Schulportal</i><br /><br />\"<b>Readers will emerge from this book feeling slightly more confident</b> about themselves--whatever their size.\"--<i>ForeWord Clarion Reviews</i>', \"<i>Am I small?</i> is the world's first <b>World Children's Book</b> - available for every country on earth in at least one official language.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Practicing God's Presence: Brother Lawrence for Today's Reader (Quiet Times for the Heart)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Parallel Strokes\nDescription: [\"After cutting his teeth writing music reviews for weeklies in New York and a decade-plus span editing and self-publishing zines in California and Oregon, Ian Lynam jumped ship and opened a multi-disciplinary design studio in Tokyo, Japan. Previously, he had spent years working in print shops learning the intricacies of presswork and logged time as a designer and art director for some of the top design firms and advertising agencies in the U.S. His writing has been published in Font Magazine, Art in America, PingMag, and Plazm. Lynam's work has been featured in numerous graphic design books and magazines including Territory, Grafik, One Hundred at 360, and Ten Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime. His studio focuses on pan-cultural identity design, motion graphics, editorial design, and apparel graphics. The studio client roster includes heavy hitters such as MTV, Nike, NEC, and VH1. He is a graduate of Portland State University (B.S., Graphic Design) and California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A. Graphic Design).\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Reluctant Burglar (Thorndike Press Large Print Christian Fiction: To Catch a Thief)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Omnibus Slipcase\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Waiting for Summer's Return (Waiting for Summer's Return Series #1)\nDescription: ['All alone on the Kansas prairie, Summer Steadman has few options. With her husband and children lost to illness, she has no desire to continue on farther west to where she and her husband planned to build their future. Instead, she seeks employment in a small Mennonite community in order to be near the graves of her family. Widower Peter Ollenburger, the local gristmill owner, needs someone to teach his young son. When he hears of a \"learned woman\" in town, he believes she is the answer to his prayers. He soon discovers, however, that helping this outsider may have troublesome consequences. There is little this father will not do for his son, but as the boy begins to look at Summer as more than a teacher, Peter must make a choice. Does he marry this woman to give his son a new mother, or does he marry only for love? Will Summer\\'s broken heart ever be able to love again?']",
"rejected": "Title: Personal Finance A Lifetime Responsibility\nDescription: ['Unusual book', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Letters from the Enemy (South Dakota Brides Series #1) (Heartsong Presents #576)\nDescription: [\"Satisfy the legions of romance readers hungry for wholesome, Christ-centered stories by carrying Barbour's Heartsong Presents line. Each of these mass market paperback novels is a top-quality romance reflecting Christian values through realistic stories. Available in both contemporary and historic settings, Heartsong Presents novels offer something for every romance reader--at a tremendous value price.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: False Fire (An Abbot Agency Mystery)\nDescription: ['<b><i>\"An enticing read for genre fans\"</i></b> (<i>Booklist</i>)', '<b><i>A dinner party descends into chaos and death in the latest gripping Abbot Agency mystery.</i></b>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lost in Nashvegas\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Prize\nDescription: [\"In the resplendence of William the Conqueror's London court, the lovely Saxon captive Nicholaa was forced to choose a husband from the assembled Norman nobles. She chose Royce, a baron warrior whose fierce demeanor could not conceal his chivalrous and tender heart. Resourceful, rebellious, and utterly naive, Nicholaa vowed to bend Royce to her will, despite the whirlwind of feelings he aroused in her. Ferocious in battle, seasoned in passion, Royce was surprised by the depth of his emotion whenever he caressed his charming bride.\", 'In a climate of utmost treachery, where Saxons still intrigued against their Norman invaders, Royce and Nicholaa reveled in their precious new love...a fervent bond soon to be disrupted by the call of blood, kin, and country!', 'Julie Garwood is the author of numerous <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers, including <i>Fire and Ice</i>, <i>Shadow Music</i>, <i>Shadow Dance</i>, <i>Murder List</i>, <i>Killjoy</i>, <i>Mercy</i>, <i>Heartbreaker</i>, <i>Ransom</i>, and <i>Come the Spring</i>. There are more than thirty-six million copies of her books in print.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Murder, Mayhem & a Fine Man: An Amanda Bell Brown Mystery\nDescription: ['\"Funny, smart, self-deprecating, and strong, Amanda Bell Brown is the best private psychologist-sleuth to emerge in religious fiction in decades.\" -- Phyllis Tickle, compiler of <i>The Divine Hours</i><br /><br />\"A sassy, intelligent, church-girl-whodunit romance! Get out the Godivas, wiggle into your fuzzy slippers, and enjoy this hold-your-breath read! Way cool!\" -- Sharon Ewell Foster, author of <i>Passing by Samaria</i> and <i>Ain\\'t No River</i><br /><br />\"Claudia Mair Burney does a great job of blending mystery, romance, humor, and Christian truth to create a story that is hard to put down. I laughed out loud and I teared up, but I never stopped turning the pages. I\\'m ready for the next book.\" -- Angela Benson, author of <i>The Amen Sisters</i><br /><br />\"<i>Murder, Mayhem & a Fine Man</i> seamlessly combines sass, smarts, and spirituality. Burney draws characters you love, and her page-turning storyline integrates faith beautifully into the plot. I absolutely can\\'t wait for book two in the series. Sign me up for the fan club!\" -- Lisa Samson, author of <i>The Church Ladies</i>, <i>Songbird</i>, and <i>Club Sandwich</i>', 'Claudia Mair Burney<b> </b>is the author of the Amanda Bell Brown Mystery series. The first in the series, <i>Murder, Mayhem, and a Fine Man </i>was released in 2006. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband, five of their seven children, and a hamster.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Make Me Alive Again: death is the beginning\nDescription: ['Kay Zadanieski Although she has never utilized her abilities, career-wise, Kay has been open to the paranormal and to psychic phenomena for as long as she can remember. While her greatest expertise has always been with the Tarot, she is also able to channel energies from beyond this life seeking her assistance in passing over or passing messages. Outside of her spiritual life, Kay is part owner of a consumer electronics corporation and has an educational background in Economics and Business Administration. Marie Segovia Maries fascination with the written word started in early childhood writing poems. Now, as a freelance writer, her non-fiction articles have been published in several national newspapers, and she writes regularly for regional magazines. Her articles cover a wide range of subjects including travel, architecture, food and interior design. She has long been a student of Metaphysics and the life beyond death, so her friendship with Kay is linked with this common bond. Marie graduated college with degrees in Music and Education, and she continues to pursue those interests.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Renovating Becky Miller (Becky Miller, Book 2)\nDescription: ['\"...a humorous snapshot into the drama of a well-meaning, time-starved wife and mother- a character most women can identify with.\" -- <i> Rhonda Sholar, SpiritLed Woman June/July 07</i><br /><br />\"...the perfect mom-lit book for all those haggard, stressed out moms looking to put their disorganized world into order.\" -- <i> Cindy Mealer, ck2skwipsandkritiques.com</i><br /><br />\"Harried Moms and church workers everywhere will find much that is familiar and relatable in Becky\\'s many crises.\" -- <i> Heather Hunt, titletrakk.com</i><br /><br />\"I highly recommend this book. You\\'ll gain a new friend and you\\'ll think about some important issues.\" -- <i> Lynn Worley, faithwebbin.net</i><br /><br />\"Once again, I\\'m impressed by how REAL this family feels.\" -- <i> Tim Frankovich, christianfictionreview.com</i><br /><br />\"Sharon Hinck delivers again, with our heroine\\'s winning ways and unstoppable spirit...a fun story of hope and faith.\" -- <i>Linda Mae Baldwin, roadtoromance.ca</i><br /><br />\"The story is fun, moving, surprising, full of truth and characters that seem as real as you and me.\" -- <i> Rebeccal LuElla Miller, American Christian Fiction Writers</i>', 'SHARON HINCK, the author of The Secret Life of Becky Miller, is a wife and mother of four who holds an M.A. in Communication and spent ten years as the artistic director of a Christian performing arts group. She has been a church youth worker, a choreographer and ballet teacher, a home-school mom, a musician, and manager of a direct sales craft business. She and her family currently reside in Bloomington, Minnesota.']",
"rejected": "Title: Tibetan Medicine Cards: Illustrations and Text from the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705)\nDescription: ['medicine cards', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: When Bobbie Sang the Blues (Christy Castleman Mysteries #2)\nDescription: [\"The second installment of Darty's cozy series (after <i>When the Sandpiper Calls</i>) finds mystery writer and pastor's kid Christy Castleman playing hostess to her kooky, lovable Aunt Bobbie, who's just blown into town for an unexpected visit. Bobbie is being tailed by her estranged husband, Eddie, and his new girlfriend, who are after money Eddie claims Bobbie took from him. When Eddie turns up dead, the cops suspect Bobbie of foul play, and Christy knows she needs to prove her aunt's innocence. But who did kill Eddie? Was it his new sweetie, perhaps aided and abetted by her psychic mama? A racketeer out to collect a gambling debt? Or a local with a long-standing grudge against Eddie? The subplot concerning Christy's relationship with her maybe-beau Dan is less satisfying than the sleuthing. Still, Bobbie is an appealing character, and one hopes she'll make repeat appearances in this lighthearted, entertaining series. <i>(Feb.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '<b>Peggy Darty </b>is a popular speaker and the award-winning author of twenty-seven novels. <i>When Bobbie Sang the Blues </i>returns readers to Summer Breeze, Florida, the setting of the critically acclaimed cozy mystery <i>When the Sandpiper Calls.</i> Peggy and her husband split their time between the Colorado Rockies and the Florida seashore.<i><br /></i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: GRILLING Magazine - 80+ Recipes From The Masters. Summer 2013.\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Restorer (The Sword of Lyric Series #1)\nDescription: ['Susan Mitchell seems like any other depressed housewife and mother of four needy children. But devout novelist Hinck (also a wife and mother) has destined Susan for a life of fantastic adventure: like the Biblical Deborah, she is a \"Restorer,\" a prophet. She is fated to help Kieran, Tristan, their family, and the people of Braide Wood-a town in the parallel universe where Susan mysteriously finds herself. It is her task to bring the heathens of Shamgar and other warring territories \"back to the Verses.\" Basically, Susan must show how Jesus saves-even in parallel fantasy worlds. Why Hinck didn\\'t situate her protagonist within the parallel universe from the very start is mystifying. This could have saved her audience from overcoming the book\\'s unbelievable premise-that a middle-aged, down-and-out soccer mom lands herself in a parallel world (where she must suddenly carry and use a sword) by opening up a cardboard box labeled \"Dress Up\" stored in the attic. Hinck only makes the reader\\'s task more difficult with constant, pedestrian references to the world that Susan left, comparing events to popular television shows like Crime Stoppers, scenery to \"Play-Doh Villages,\" and local food to Cheerios. This disappointing and over-long first installment in the Sword of Lyric series adds little imagination to the growing genre of Christian fantasy. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '\"From the first page to the last you will be sucked into this alternate dimension along with its strong spiritual message...\" -- <i>Armchair Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Hinck combines adventure with humor in this creative story. The reader is treated to impressive sword battles, an alien mind poison and surprises throughout the book.\" -- <i>Romantic Times</i><br /><br />\"The story holds you on the edge of your seat and a number of twists keep you reading.\" -- <i>Blog Critics</i><br /><br />\"A compelling adventure, an engaging heroine, a unique and fascinating other world. The Restorer satisfies on many levels. Skillfully incorporating themes of faith, sacrifice and the power of words to deceive or deliver, Sharon Hinck has crafted a tale that resonates in both soul and spirit. A welcome addition to the expanding genre of Christian fantasy. Don\\'t miss it!\" -- <i>Karen Hancock</i><br /><br />\"Just in time for a great summer read . . . There\\'s no better way for an out-of-this-world vacation.\" -- <i>Novel Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Sharon Hinck has done a remarkable job in writing a fantasy for people who don\\'t normally read fantasies. A soccer mom finds herself in an alternate universe where she has to save her adopted people from vastly more powerful enemies. Loved the swordplay. Loved the spiritual insights. Most of all, loved the main character, Susan Mitchell, a compelling mix of Everymom and Wonder Woman.\" ~ Randy Ingermanson, award-winning author of Retribution -- <i>Randy Ingermanson</i><br /><br />\"This story will keep you panting as you follow its jagged, twisting path, and a constant stream of breathtaking surprises are coiled around every corner.\" -- <i>GoodReads.com</i><br /><br />I knew that Sharon Hinck was a gifted writer, and I knew that her ability to write details was impeccable. What The Restorer showed me is just how big her imagination is! She\\'s taken two concepts that have no right to work in the same story -- a harried housewife and a sprawling fantasy world with its own science, culture, and rules -- and smashed the two together into something altogether fresh and compelling -- even for a red-blooded, testosterone-driven guy like me. She zigged every time I expected her to zag, and the world she created is full of mystery and suspense and the awe of discovery. But it\\'s the characters, especially her soccer-mom-come-prophesied-hero, who keep you coming back for more. -- <i>Robin Parrish</i><br /><br />The Restorer by Sharon Hinck (NavPress) is simply too good a book for me to put up a review on my own blog. I want as many people as possible to know about this fantasy.', \"It's been a long time since I inhaled a book, though of late there have been a couple I've gulped down pretty quickly. One such was Hinck's Renovating Becky Miller.\", 'Fans of the Becky Miller books will also love this first book of The Sword of Lyric trilogy. But so will fantasy lovers.', \"This story is about Susan, a soccer mom turned Restorer. The characters are wonderfully accessible and engaging. They feel like they could be the neighbors next door or the couple in your Bible study. Maybe she teaches your daughter's Sunday school class. Maybe he is a regular on church work days. Or maybe they are you.\", 'On the other hand, the world in which Susan finds herself is a brand new place. It is NOT Middle Earth or another Narnia. It is a place with a surprising mix of technology and primitive devices, and we see it through the eyes of soccer-mom Susan, so we understand it the way she does.', 'The novel is a story for Christians, without a doubt, but Hinck communicates the faith elements in a unique way. She does not use symbolism, and she does not put Christianity in the fantasy world ... not exactly, anyway. The parallel place has people of the Verses and they worship the One, creator of the world. They are looking for a Deliverer.', \"Susan is a Christian and recites Scripture, but she doesn't try to bring Christ to these people. She simply concludes that in her world the Deliverer has already come whereas these people are still waiting for Him. It is as if she is with a group of Old Testament Israelites (though the world bears no resemblance to that of the Promised Land).\", 'The bond she feels with these people is in large part because they both believe in the One who has sent/will send the Deliverer and has made Himself known through Scripture/the Verses.', 'The worlds may be parallel. God is the same. Very powerful!', \"The story is outstanding, too--full of tension, conflict, intrigue, suspense, surprises, danger, sadness, triumph, hope, fear ... I can't begin to capture it all and certainly do not want to spoil the story by telling you specifics. The pace is fast but every step is properly motivated and understandable.\", \"I have to qualify that statement because there is a period when Susan is adjusting to the parallel world and nothing makes sense to her. It all fits, but Hinck doesn't tip her hand and show you prematurely where everything belongs.\", \"I enthusiastically recommend The Restorer as a Must Read for fantasy lovers and for Christian women. I highly recommend it for every other reader. -- <i>Rebecca LuElla Miller</i><br /><br />The Restorer is a great book for the hero - or heroine - in all of us. Sharon Hinck gives us a beautifully-realized world that demands the best that an everyday, run-of-the-mill Mom doesn't even know she has. Hinck's prose engages us in every moment of the struggle as the strength of the One drives the battle of the faithful against unimaginable odds. Excellent characters and an intriguing plot provide readers with great entertainment along with spiritual inspiration and enlightenment. I simply loved this book, hated for it to end, and am grateful that there's another in the Sword of Lyric series coming soon. -- <i>Kathryn Mackel</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wellingtons Hidden Heroes: The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo\nDescription: ['<span style=\"\">This is essential reading for anyone wishing to get an accurate take on what actually happened, and who was actually involved at the infamous battle of Waterloo. Veronica Baker-Smith writes on the premise that we don\\'t realize or don\\'t remember that not all of Wellington\\'s troops were British subjects, and in that she is absolutely right - I would never have given it a thought had this wonderful book not turned up. Surely the time is right for a documentary to set the record straight, based on Veronica\\'s excellent research?</span> (<i>Books Monthly</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">\"Sixteen pages reproducing paintings in full color illustrate this fresh assessment that adds another dimension to the Waterloo campaign of 200 years ago. A reader is left thinking that Wellington failed to adequately acknowledge the debt he owned to the Netherlanders. But the field marshal also once said there should be glory enough for all, something his Dutch-Belgian allies are accorded in this book.\"</span> (<i>Toy Solder & Model Figure</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">An extraordinary and impressively researched, written, organized and presented history that sheds considerable new light on one of the most influential battles of 19th Century Europe, \"Wellington\\'s Hidden Heroes: The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo\" is very highly recommended for the personal reading lists of members of academia and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in Wellington, Napoleon, and their consequential conflict at Waterloo, as well as a core addition to community and academic library 19th Century European History collections in general, and \\'The Battle of Waterloo\\' supplemental studies reading lists in particular.</span> (<i>Midwest Book Review</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">\"Waterloo is widely seen as a victory for Great Britain over France, and without doubt English courage abounded on that harrowing day. Proper credit is also due to the Dutch and Belgium troops who made up a full third of the Allied army at the battle. These troops are often given only passing mention at best, described as second rate soldiers who contributed little if anything to the outcome; however they are increasingly receiving the acknowledgment they more properly deserve, as argued in this new book. The author maintains that these troops commanded by the Prince of Orange, averted disaster for the Allied army at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo thus allowing the British time to recover from setbacks. The author combines extensive research from the Dutch archives with a clear writing style to make this work a fascinating read.\"</span> (<i>Military Heritage</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">\"By perusing Belgian and Dutch archives, memoirs, and histories, she has put together an impressive study of the role of the largely overlooked not to say dismissed and even denigrated Dutch-Belgian troops who made up about a third of Wellingtons army during the campaign. She makes an excellent case that these troops, and the often belittled Prince of Orange who commanded them, made a solid contribution to the Allied victory, on several occasions playing a critical role....a valuable addition to the literature on Waterloo\"</span> (<i>The NYMAS Review</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"\">\"The author is careful to give credit where it is due. She praises Wellington\\'s skillful command of coalition armies, his appreciation of the Prince of Orange\\'s value as a subordinate and ally, and his humane concern to protect his soldiers from the nitpicking accountants in London. She succeeds in capturing the perspective of both the Allied forces (British, Dutch, and Prussian) and the French. That is, she has not simply produced a hatchet job on the Duke of Wellington, something too common in revisionist histories in general....Not only general readers but specialists in the subject will find much to appreciate in Wellington\\'s Hidden Heroes, with its salutary stress on the unsung courage of Dutch and Belgian soldiers who disobeyed Wellington\\'s orders at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo in order to save his position against heavy French assault.\"</span> (<i>Michigan War Studies Review</i>)<br /><br /><span style=\"font-family: \\'Calibri\\';font-size: 11px;color: #000000;\">...an excellent account of the contribution of the newly formed (and short-lived) United Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Allied victory in the Waterloo campaign, and one that brings an often neglected part of Wellington\\'s army into focus. </span> (<i>Historyofwar.org</i>)', 'Veronica Baker-Smith lived in the Netherlands for seventeen years, and her work in the Dutch archives resulted in An Alien Patriot: the Life of Anna van Hannover, for the Thomas Browne Institute of the University of Leiden. She is also the author of Royal Discord a study of the family of George II.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: One Step Over the Border: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Stephen Bly is the author of 95 books and hundreds of articles. The mayor of Winchester, Idaho in his spare time, he pursues the three Rs of ridin', ropin', and rodeo . . . and construction of Broken Arrow Crossing, a false front western village near his home. Visit his Web site at www.blybooks.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sargent to Basquiat: University of Vermont Alumni Collections\nDescription: ['ALEXANDER NEMEROV: Department Chair & Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities, Stanford University. CHARLES RUSSELL: Professor emeritus of English and American Studies at Rutgers University and author of Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self-Taught and Outsider Artists (2011). ANTHONY GRUDIN: Professor of Art History, University of Vermont. ANDREA P. ROSEN: Curator, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont. CLAUDE CERNUSCHI: Professor of Art History and Chairperson of the Fine Arts Department at Boston College. JANIE COHEN: Director, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont. LILY DEJONGH DOWNING: partner at Downing Yudain LLC fine art consulting. PHILIP SPRAYRAGEN: managing principal, Sprayragen Real Estate Advisors. MARTHA RICHARDSON: owner, Martha Richardson Fine Art, Boston.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Death of a Six-Foot Teddy Bear (Bargain Hunters Mysteries, No. 2)\nDescription: ['A quirky who done it, <i>Death of a Six-Foot Teddy Bear</i> is the perfect mystery for women who love bargains and surprise endings. <br />- Melanie Dobson, author of <i>Together for Good</i> and <i>Going for Broke<br /></i><br />If you enjoy whimsy, humor, and fun characters with your mystery, <i>Death of a Six-Foot Teddy Bear</i> is for you! But beware! Under the laughs are buried strong spiritual truths. A delightful, thoughtful read.<br />- Gayle Roper, award-winning author of <i>Fatal Deduction<br /></i><br />The bargain hunter gals are at it again! Dunns riotous romp seamlessly tucks in truth and light and leaves us in stitches. A must-read for those who think living by faith is boring.<br />- Lois Richer, author of <i>Healing Tides<br /></i><br />Sharon Dunns uncanny sense of the hilarious, her gift for creating unusual but deeply human characters, and her ability to get them into (and out of) outrageously believable predicaments make <i>Death of a Six-Foot Teddy Bear</i> a read thats just plain fun.<br />- Kathy Tyers, author of <i>Shivering World</i> and the Firebird trilogy<br /><br /><i>Death of a Six Foot Teddy Bear </i>is an exquisite combination of fun characters, laugh-out-loud weirdness, and a trail of skillfully laid clues that amateur sleuths will love following. A top-notch mystery delivered in Sharon Dunns delightfully snappy style.<br />- Virginia Smith, author of <i>Stuck in the Middle, </i>book one of the Sister-to-Sister Series<br /><br />As an ardent garage saler and reader, I love this series and its lovable quirky characters. Fresh, fun, and outrageous humor with a serious side. Sharon Dunn has dunn it again! <br />- Lyn Cote, author of <i>Blessed Assurance<br /></i>', '<b>Sharon Dunn</b> is the author of <i>Death of a Garage Sale Newbie</i>, book one in the Bargain Hunters Mysteries, and the Ruby Taylor mystery novels including <i>Sassy Cinderella</i>, which was voted Book of the Year by American Christian Fiction Writers. She earned a BA in television production and a masters in history. Sharon lives with her husband of twenty years, three children, two cats, and lots of dust bunnies.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Boo Humbug (The Boo Series #4)\nDescription: ['Move over Dickens, theres a new Scrooge in town. Of course, this one may be heading for a straitjacket. With <i>Boo Humbug, </i>Rene Gutteridge serves up a romping good read that alternately had me scratching my head and chuckling. And just when I thought the tale had reached its peak--a surprise ending that delivers the Christmas message with feeling.<br /><b>Tamara Leigh</b>, author of <i>Splitting Harriet</i><br /><br /><br />A touch of eccentric, a measure of Dickens, and a generous dollop of love,and you have the perfect recipe for Christmas. <i>Boo Humbug!</i><br /><b>DiAnn Mills</b>, <i>When the Nile Runs Red </i><br /><br /><br />What fun! I enjoyed <i>Boo Humbug</i> from the first page to the last. With characters that come alive and a storyline full of clever turns, it had me chuckling, cheering, and even reaching for a tissue at the end. I think Ill have to start a new Christmas tradition reading Rene Gutteridges <i>Boo Humbug</i>. I loved it! <br /><b>Marlo Schalesky</b>, author of 5 books, including <i>Veil of Fire</i><br /><br /><br />Only in Skary, Indiana, would a simple production of The Christmas Carol devolve into a hilarious disaster. With her trademark blend of insight and wit, Rene Gutteridges return to Skary is funny, heartwarming, and an absolute delight to read.<br /><b>Melanie Dobson</b>, author of <i>Together for Good</i> and <i>Going for Broke</i><br /><br /><br />In <i>Boo Humbug</i>, Rene Gutteridge and her loveable cast of characterspresent a story of Christmas unlike any other. Charming, witty, and fun, this tale promises to delight readers for years to come.<br /><b>Diann Hunt</b>, author of fourteen novels, including <i>Be Sweet<br /></i>', '<b>Rene Gutteridge</b> is the author of several novels including <i>Ghost Writer</i>, the Boo series, and the Occupational Hazard novels. She is a published playwright with a degree in screenwriting and a decade of experience writing, directing, and publishing church comedy sketches. Rene is married to Sean, a musician, and is the mother of two. She is a fulltime novelist who lives and writes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Around the World in 80 Dates: Confessions of a Christian Serial Dater (Sydney Alexander Series, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Other Side of Nowhere: Jazz, Improvisation, and Communities in Dialogue (Music / Culture)\nDescription: ['Academic theorizing about jazz has traditionally lagged far behind the inspired playing of it with the field of jazz writing dominated by magazine journalists and social commentators. This has often been a relief, making the literature of jazz unburdened by the obfusacatory language and petty point-scoring of the academic establishment. Since 1990 some excellent jazz academicians have emerged such as Krin Gabbard, Graham Lock, Ingrid Monson, Nathaniel Mackey, Paul Berliner, and George E. Lewis, who incorporate the best of the jazz writing tradition whilst riffing a new discourse using the resources of cultural theory. Some of them are represented here in this excellent comprehensive collection of writings about the politics and aesthetics of improvisation.Alan Rice, <i><b>Journal of American Studies</b></i>', '\"The Other Side of Nowhere is an important and wide-ranging contribution to the growing fields of improvisation studies and cultural theory. It provides a fascinating array of contributions from musicians, artists, scholars, critics and promoters. The book\\'s in-depth treatment of an often marginalized cultural and musical form and its timely interdisciplinary approach to its subject make it extremely significant.\" David Borgo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music, University of California at San Diego<br /><br />\"This innovative and exciting collection, addressing free jazz from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, will consolidate the emerging field of improvisation studies. The experimental figures of free improvised music inform the writing itself, as the authors explore the musical, social and philosophical implications of its creative history.\"Georgina Born, author of Rationalizing Culture and editor of Western Music and Its Others<br /><br />\"This is an impressively wide-ranging collection that is sure to engage and provoke. Fischlin and Heble have elicited some valuable insights about improvisation and its complex relationship with the histories of race, gender and class.\"Graham Lock, author of Blutopia and Forces in Motion', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Whispers of the Bayou\nDescription: ['', '<b><i>Whispers of the Bayou</i></b> is a gripping read. I devoured this book because it was so difficult to put it down. I dont read a great deal of what is considered Christian Fiction but <b><i>Whispers of the Bayou</i></b> isnt heavyhanded as some books in that genre. The characters are so well done that I cared what happened to them. Miranda is a great heroine, her journey not just to Louisiana, but to really know herself makes for a wonderful story. The mystery kept me intrigued and the twists and turns to the solution were most interesting. The history and culture of the Cajun people that is used throughout the book is fascinating and I could tell how much effort the author put into her research. If you want a book that will grab you right from the first page and make you loathe any interruption while reading, then <b><i>Whispers of the Bayou</i></b> is the book for you. Brava Ms. Clark!<br /><b>Kay Martinez</b>', '\"Mindy Starns Clark is a master of mystery and suspense and those unexpected twists that make your spine tingle. In <b><i>Whispers of the Bayou</i></b>, youll be flying through the pages as Miranda Miller uncovers the many secrets in her past. And you wont be able to put down this book until you find out who is trying to steal the treasure guarded by Mirandas family for two hundred years.<br /><b>Melanie Dobson, author of <b><i>The Black Cloister</i></b> and <b><i>Together for Good</i></b></b>', '\"Delightfully entertaining, emotionally heartrending, and immensely suspenseful, Mindy Starns Clarks <b><i>Whispers of the Bayou</i></b> will transport you to the bayous of Louisiana and leave you breathless...There are so many surprising twists and turns in this story that there should be a warning on the cover that reading this book will cause loss of sleep because you will not be able to put it down. Bravo to Ms. Clark for an excellent read.<br /><b>MaryLu Tyndall, author of <i>The Redemption</i>, <i>The Reliance</i>, and <i>The Restitution</i></b>', '', '', '<b>Mindy Starns Clark</b> is the bestselling author of more than 20 books, both fiction and nonfiction, with over a million copies sold. Mindy and her husband, John, have two adult children and live in Pennsylvania.www.mindystarnsclark.com', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Petticoat Ranch (Lassoed in Texas, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Flopsy - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Symphony of Secrets: A Novel\nDescription: [\""...readers may find much with which to identify in this well-crafted human-interest story." -- <i> MyRomanceStory.com</i><br /><br />"A story of love and forgiveness and characters that will live on in your heart..." -- <i> Ane Mulligan, NovelReviews.blogspot.com</i><br /><br />"Mom-lit and music lovers everywhere will want to make sure to grab a copy and prepare to be entertained." -- <i>Jill Hart, RadiantLit.com</i><br /><br />"The mystery pulls readers in and Amy's attempts at amateur sleuthing are hilarious." -- <i> Leslie McKee, BookLoons.com</i><br /><br />"The story not only is thought provoking, but it is also hilarious." -- <i>Jasmine Abraham, TheRomanceReadersConnection.com</i><br /><br />"This lively tune of a tale may just win you over..." -- <i> Violet Nesdoly, blogcritics.org</i>\", 'Sharon Hinck is a wife and mother of four. She holds an MA in Communications from Regent University and spent ten years as the artistic director of a Christian performing arts group. She has played a variety of instruments, including college study of piano and church organ. She has also worked as a professional choreographer and classical ballet teacher. She and her family live in Bloomington, Minnesota.']",
"rejected": "Title: Statesmanship: Six Modern Illustrations of a Modified Ancient Ideal\nDescription: ['Wendell John Coats, Jr. is associate professor of Government at Connecticut College, New London, where he teaches courses in the history of ancient and modern political theory.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Flashpoint: Book One of The Underground (Bk. 1)\nDescription: [\"Flashpoint ought to come with an amusement park warning: exercise extreme caution while reading because it's an edge-of-your-seat, action-packed ride. -- <i>The Guild Review, October 1, 2007</i><br /><br />I haven't had this much fun with a book in a long, long time. Creed is a gusty writer. -- <i>Yellow30 Sci-Fi, June 1, 2007 </i>\", '<DIV><B>Frank Creed</B> has worked for the past 10 years as an auto-worker for Subaru of Indiana Automotive. He had been writing fiction as a hobby for over 20 years, but after a severe head-on collision that left him disabled, suddenly his writing took on a life of its own. Creed has had short stories published in speculative fiction anthologies.</div>']",
"rejected": "Title: For Parents Who Give a Damn: How & Why You Must Be Your Child's Formost Guidance Counselor\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Freedom's Pen: A Story Based on the Life of Freed Slave and Author Phillis Wheatley (Daughters of the Faith Series)\nDescription: ['', 'Freedoms Pen <i>is a tenderly told story brimming with hope and timeless truth. I was captivated by the way Phillis looked past the difficulties of her life circumstances and found a way to use poetry to express her deep gratefulness to God.<br /></i>-Robin Jones Gunn, bestselling author of the Christy Miller, Sierra Jensen and Katie Weldon series', '<i>This moving retelling of Phillis Wheatleys early years and her role in literary and American history moved me to tears. Though written for young adults, it should be read by every American. Dont miss it.<br /></i>-Marilynn Griffith, author of <i>Rhythms of Grace</i>', 'Freedoms Pen <i>is a grippingly told tale. Like Phyllis Wheatleys poetry, this biography is a delight to read.<br /></i>-Eric Wiggin, author of the Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm series', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Art & Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts\nDescription: ['\"Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin have produced an academic but delightfully written book designed to fill a significant need for students who are contemplating a career or some active involvement in the arts. It is addressed to participants in all of the arts--visual, music, theatre, film or any combination of the above--as well as interested observers and consumers of art. . . . \"I have used <em>Art & Soul</em> as a text for a Senior Seminar in the visual arts, and it was enthusiastically received by students. Its usefulness, however, is certainly not limited to the classroom: anyone involved in music, theatre, film or the visual arts will find a wealth of stimulating material for inspiration and discussion on a variety of levels. I have found this book to be the most valuable addition to my library in a long time.\" (Joanne Alberda, Dort College, in Pro Rege)', 'Hilary Brand is a British author and freelance photographer. Her books include the Lent courses, <em>Christ and the Chocolaterie</em> and <em>The Power of Small Choices.</em>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Plot Chickens\nDescription: ['\"Henrietta decides that \\'writing books must be eggshilarating\\'....It\\'s a funny picture book that could be used as a manual on writing.\"', 'Mary Jane and Herm Auch have collaborated on more than ten picture books written by Mary Jane. Both artists used digital techniques to create the illustrations in this book. The Auchs live outside of Rochester, New York, and keep a small flock of chickens.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Chairman of the Boards (No. 1)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Saturdays with Stella: How My Dog Taught Me to Sit, Stay, and Come When God Calls\nDescription: ['“As a dog lover and the owner of a ‘precarious puppy’ named Jake, I fell in love with <i>Saturdays with Stella</i>. I adored the way Allison Pittman took me into her relationship with an insecure dog, reminding me of the importance of accepting God’s love for just who I am. I’m already thinking of a dozen people who will love this book, and I can’t wait to share it!”<br><b>—TRICIA GOYER, author of fifteen books, including <i>Generation NeXt Marriage</i> </b><br><br><br>"Spend a Saturday with Stella, and you’ll have a new friend for life, along with an amazing perspective on what it means to walk with God.”<br><b>—SIGMUND BROUWER, author of <i>Broken Angel </i>and <i>Who Made the Moon?</i></b><i><br><br><br></i>“If only we could all be like Stella—sitting, staying, and coming when our Master calls. Not that Stella is perfect, but though she sometimes regresses (backslides), disobeys (rebels), and wallows in the garbage (don’t we all?), she knows her master and always returns repentant and grateful for grace. Imagine that: a dog for a role model!”<br><b>—TAMARA LEIGH, author of <i>Splitting Harriet </i>and <i>Faking Grace</i></b><i><br><br></i><br>“Humorous examples of Stella’s misconduct and learning lace the pages of Allison Pittman’s book, and each one parallels our relationship with the Heavenly Master. Commands from an<br>Intermediate Obedience canine class filter into scriptural charges whispered by a loving Father. Allison Pittman has woven a funny, touching, inspirational book. A must-read for those who long to walk with God and not strain at the leash.”<br><b>—EILEEN KEY, author of <i>Dog Gone!</i></b><i><br><br><br></i>“Pittman has dug up a backyard treasure in <i>Saturdays with Stella</i>. Her wit, wisdom, and wagging-of-tales will cause you to laugh, sigh, and <i>sit up </i>in anticipation of the next chapter. Stella captures your heart like Pittman captures God’s truth. She reveals the essence of our need for spiritual obedience yet serves it in a way that makes us beg for more. I highly recommend you reserve a spot for this must read.”<br><b>—LINDA GOLDFARB, founder of Triune-Living Ministries, national speaker, syndicated radio talk show host, and columnist<br><br></b><br>“<i>Saturdays with Stella </i>is a delightful book for dog lovers. Allison Pittman uses the commands that she teaches her dog at obedience school to teach us how to ‘sit’ and ‘wait’ on the Lord. And although we may fail, just as Stella did at obedience school, God’s love and grace are sufficient for us all.”<br><b>—SUSAN OSBORN, director of the Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique Service and author of 29 books</b>', '<b>Allison Pittman</b> is the author of the three books in the popular <i>Crossroads of Grace</i> series. Before her life as a novelist, Allison spent sixteen years teaching high school English. A founding member and copresident of the Christian Writer’s Group of the Greater San Antonio area, she devotes her time inspiring other writers to work toward their goals and sharpen their skills. Allison lives in Universal City, Texas with her husband Mike, their three sons, and Stella.']",
"rejected": "Title: Climbing Back: A Journey With Cancer\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Art & Craft of Writing Christian Fiction\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reframing: Looking Back and Leaning In\nDescription: [\"Eric Scott is currently the Care Pastor at Elim Gospel Church in Lima, NY. For more about where he's been and what's he's done read this book as he reframes his story.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Never the Bride: A Novel\nDescription: ['What girl cant identify with <i>Never the Bride</i>? This is a fabulously funny novel with deep truths embedded in its pages. Kristin Billerbeck, author of<i> What a Girl Wants<br /><br /></i>I admire writers who employ words to paint touchable pictures, likable characters, introducing us to instant friends who lead us to unexpected endings. Thats why I love <i>Never The Bride.</i> SQuire Rushnell, author of the <i>When GOD Winks </i>books', \"Rene Gutteridge has published thirteen novels including <i>Ghost Writer, My Life as a Doormat</i>, the Boo Series, the Occupational Hazards Series, and the Storm Series. Together, McKay and Gutteridge are the authors of <i>The Ultimate Gift</i>, a novelization based on the feature film and popular book by the same title. <br /><br />Cheryl McKay wrote the screenplay for the award-winning film, The Ultimate Gift, starring James Garner, Abigail Breslin and Brian Dennehy. She co-authored Frank Peretti's Wild & Wacky Totally True Bible stories series, and the DVD for Sheila Walsh 's Gigi: God's Little Princess.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fostoria Tableware: 1944-1986\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Curse of the Spider King (The Berinfell Prophecies)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Oaks\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Simple Secrets: Can Love Overcome Evil in the Mennonite Town of Harmony, Kansas? (The Harmony Series, Book 1)\nDescription: [\"Cozy mystery author Mehl (<i>In the Dead of Winter</i>) offers fans a new tale turning on the age-old collision of ultraconservative religion and contemporary grace-driven faith. Gracie Temple (city girl) and Sam Goodrich (smalltown fruit farmer) find themselves thrown together after Gracie inherits her deceased uncle's home in a Mennonite community. From the get-go, Gracie has some negative vibes about the whole situation since her uncle shunned her parents years earlier, when they left the community. Still, Gracie travels to her inheritance and soon discovers a cryptic letter from her uncle making a claim that leaves Gracie's mind and heart spinning. In the days that follow, Gracie and Sam become close allies in the search for truth, and this alliance comes with no little cost. As Gracie notes, all around are friendly, nice peopleone of whom is a killer. Mehl's dialogue reads smoothly enough throughout, but even this vital narrative element isn't enough to overcome the all-too-predictable story line. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: TCP/IP - The Ultimate Protocol Guide: Complete 2 Volume Set\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Wedding Kiss\nDescription: ['HANNAH ALEXANDER is the pen name for the husband-and-wife writing team of Mel and Cheryl Hodde, who began collaborating on their first blind date. Cheryl is the wordsmith, and Mel is the medical expert who helps her with the medical plotlines and edits everything she writes.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dreamer and the Mystery of Cozy Cave (Noah's Park)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery\nDescription: [\"M. Louisa Locke is a retired U.S and Women's history professor who has embarked on a new career with the publication of her best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, including Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, and her short stories.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jumbo File Folder Fun: Comes with a Cd-rom - Finch Family Games - 21 Fun Games & Activities, 128 Pages\nDescription: ['This book is full of file folder games which have been designed for families with young children, church workers and leaders in teaching and doing nursery, classroom use, family home evening games, and teaching young children basic educational skills with religious direction. JUMBO File Folder Fun is an activity book and CD-Rom with 21 fun games and activities. This book is the equivalent of 2 Volumes as it has a total of 128 pages in black & white. The CD-Rom consists of the Finch Family Games Project Browser, and the same 21 games in color and black & white ready for you to print them from your computer. The CD-Rom is not Mac Compatible and requires Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, Vista, Win 7. For Mac users you must run Windows XP or Vista using Boot Camp or third-party software. The ideas are clearly outlined and are easy to assemble and use.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Invisible (Ivy Malone Mystery Series #1)\nDescription: ['Book and dustjacket brand new/mint condition.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Love in Disguise\nDescription: [\"Can she solve the crime before they uncover her true identity?<BR><BR>Jobless and down to her last dime, Ellie Moore hears about a position with the Pinkerton Detective Agency and believes it's the perfect chance to put her acting skills and costumes to use. Reluctantly, the agency agrees to give her one assignment, one chance to prove herself. Disguised as Lavinia Stewart, a middle-aged widow, Ellie travels to Arizona to begin her investigation. When the need arises, she also transforms into the dazzling Jessie Monroe, whose vivacious personality encourages people to talk.<BR><BR>Mine owner Steven Pierce is going to lose his business if he can't figure out who's stealing his silver shipments. In his wildest dreams, he never expected to receive help from a gray-haired widow...or to fall in love with her beautiful niece.<BR><BR>Then the thieves come after Lavinia and Jessie. Ellie isn't safe no matter which character she plays! Should she give up and reveal her true identity? What will Steven do when he realizes the woman he's falling in love with doesn't really exist?<BR><BR>Set in 1880s Arizona, <i>Love in Disguise </i>blends romance, humor, and mystery for a can't-put-down read.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"Cox does a wonderful job of combining historical details, romance, and suspense. Though Cox's latest has moments of humor, it will still appeal to fans of Dee Henderson for the suspense aspect." --<i>Library Journal <BR></i><BR>"Cox has fleshed out a fascinating cast of characters that move readers through a novel that dispenses romance and wit in the intriguing context of a Wild West mystery. A most delightful and engaging read." --<i>Publishers Weekly<BR></i><BR>"Carol Cox has once again crafted a delightful story with elements of adventure, romance, and humor...Heartwarming, witty and engaging, this story captured me from the first pages and kept me riveted until the end." --<i>Historical Novels Review<BR><BR></i>"From start to finish, this book had me hooked and I hated having to put it down for any reason. Not only does Love in Disguise contain the perfect blend of character development, mystery and romance, it's also entirely original and unlike anything I've come across in this genre. And although I appreciated the originality of <i>Love in Disguise</i>, I can't help but hope that Carol gets the chance to write another novel about a female detective. If she does, you can be certain that I'll be one of the first to get my hands on it."<i> --Christian Manifesto</i>\", 'Native Arizonan Carol Cox has an abiding love for history, mystery, and romance. The author of more than 25 books, she believes in the power of story to convey spiritual truths. Carol lives with her husband and daughter in northern Arizona, where deer and']",
"rejected": "Title: Call Him Savior Lent 2012 leader: A Lenten Study Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (SFTCS)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View\nDescription: ['Award-winning author and writing teacher, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, writes what she likes to read--tales of adventure seasoned with romance, humor, and faith. Jill is a popular speaker for conferences, writers groups, library associations, and civic and church groups. She delights to bring the \"Ahah! Moment\" to her students as they make new skills their own. Visit Jill on the web at www.jillelizabethnelson.com or look her up on Facebook or Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/JillElizabethNelson.Author or @JillElizNelson.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Secret Pool (The Best of Betty Neels)\nDescription: ['Romance readers around the world were sad to note the passing of Betty Neels in June 2001.Her career spanned thirty years, and she continued to write into her ninetieth year.To her millions of fans, Betty epitomized the romance writer.Betty’s first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam,was published in 1969, and she eventually completed 134 books.Her novels offer a reassuring warmth that was very much a part of her own personality.Her spirit and genuine talent live on in all her stories.', 'The early morning sun of a midsummer's day morning shone with warm cheerfulness on to the quiet countryside, the market town tucked neatly into the Cotswold hills and its numerous windows. These included those of the Cottage Hospital, a symbol of former days, fought for and triumphantly reprieved from the remorseless hand of authority, and proving its worth tenfold by never having an empty bed.<P>Inside the grey stone walls of this Victorian edifice, the day's work was already well advanced. Its thirty beds were divided between surgical and medical patients, with two beds for maternity cases who couldn't make it in time to Bristol or Bath, and one private ward used for any child too ill to move or anyone too ill to nurse in the wards. There was a small outpatients' department, too, and a casualty room where the local GPs could be called to attend any accident. Small it might be, but it did yeoman service, easing the burden of patients on the big Bristol hospitals.<P>It was staffed by the local doctors, ably supported by Miss Hawkins, who still insisted on being called Matron, two ward sisters and their staff nurses, and four pupil nurses, sent from Bristol and Bath to gain experience.<P>There was a night sister, too, and a handful of nursing aides, local ladies, whose kindness of heart and willingness to work hard when everyone else was fast asleep more than made up for their lack of nursing skills. Miss Hawkins was nearing retirement age, an old–fashioned martinet who had no intention of changing her ways. Until six months ago she had had the willing co–operation of Sister Coffin on the medical ward but that lady had retired and her place had been taken by a young staff nurse from the Bristol Royal Infirmary, who had accepted the post of sister in preference to a more prestigious one at her own hospital. It was agreed by everyone, even the grudging Miss Hawkins, that she had proved her ability and was worth her weight in gold. She had a happy knack of getting her patients better, coping with emergencies without fuss, carrying out the various doctors' orders faithfully, and lending a sympathetic ear to the young nurses' requests for a particular day off duty.<P>She sat at the desk in her office now, the sun gilding the mousy hair pinned neatly under her frilled cap, warming her ordinary face, escaping plainness only by virtue of a pair of fine hazel eyes, thickly lashed, and a gentle mouth. The desk was more or less covered by charts and a variety of forms and she had a pen in her hand, although just for the moment she was doing no work at all, her thoughts far away, if rather vague. She was normally a sensible girl, prepared to accept what life had to offer her and not expecting anything very exciting to happen. Indeed, the three elderly aunts with whom she lived had imbued her with this idea from an early age. They prided themselves on their honesty and plain spokenness and had pointed out on a number of occasions her lack of good looks and amusing conversation. They had done their best to dissuade her<P>from training as a nurse, too, but she had been surprisingly stubborn; despite their certainty that she was too quiet, too shy with strangers, and lacking in self–assurance, she had gone to Bristol, done her training, and emerged at the end of it with flying colours: Gold Medallist of her year, the prospect of a ward sister's post in the not too distant future, and a circle of firm friends. The girls liked her because she listened to the details of their complicated love lives with sympathy. The young housemen liked her because she listened to them, too, about their fleeting love affairs and their dreams of being brilliant consultants. She sympathised with them when they failed their exams and rejoiced with them when they passed and, when on night duty, she was always a willing maker of hot cocoa when one or other of them had been hauled out of bed in the small hours.<P>But she had declined the ward offered her and had instead applied for and been appointed to the medical ward of the Cottage Hospital in her home town. All because her youngest aunt, Janet, had had a slight—very slight—heart attack and it had been impressed upon her by Aunt Kate and Aunt Polly that it was her duty to return home.<P>So she had come back to the small town and lived out, going to and fro from her aunts' rambling old house not ten minutes' walk from the hospital. And because she was a good nurse and loved her work, she had taken pride in changing the medical ward, with patience and a good deal of tact, into the more modern methods Sister Coffin had ignored. It had been uphill work but she had managed it so well that Matron considered that she had been the instigator of change in the first place. If she regretted leaving her training school and the splendid opportunities it had offered her, she had never said so, but just now and again<P>she wondered if life would have been different if she had taken the post at Bristol. She would have kept her friends for a start and used her nursing talents to their utmost; and who knew, perhaps one day she might have met someone who would want to marry her.<P>She stifled a sigh and looked up with a smile as her staff nurse came in. Jenny Topps was a big girl, always cheerful and amiable and with no wish to be anything but a staff nurse. She was getting married in a year's time to a rather silent and adoring young farmer and her ambitions lay in being a good wife. She said now,<P>'We're ready, Sister. There's time for a quick cup of tea before Dr Beecham gets here. I've sent the little nurses to coffee; Mrs Wills—the nursing auxilary—is in the ward.'<P>'Good. Yes, let's have tea, then I'll go over to the Women's Medical. It's quiet there and Staff can cope, but I'll just take another look at Miss Prosser. Mr Owen's not responding to his antibiotic, is he? I'll see if Dr Beecham will change it. He might be better off at the Infirmary.' She took the mug of tea Jenny had fetched from the ward kitchen and sipped it.<P>'You must miss the Infirmary,' observed Jenny. 'It's pretty quiet here—bad chests and diabetics and the odd heart case…'<P>She studied Sister Manning's quiet face on the other side of the desk; she liked her and admired her and although she wasn't pretty she had a pretty name—Francesca.<P>'Well, yes, I do, but I do need to be nearby my aunts…' She finished her tea, got to her feet and said, 'I'll be back in five minutes. Get the nurses to start making up that empty bed, will you? There is a diabetic coming in at two o'clock.'<P>The ward was quiet, the men waiting for the bi–weekly<P>round from the consultant. Most of them were on the mend. Mr Owen worried her a little, and the new patient who had come in during the night, a suspected coronary, might spring something on them. She went slowly down the old–fashioned but cheerful ward, stopping for a word here and there and casting an eye on these two, and then went through the door into the women's side.<P>Here she was met by her second staff nurse, a small dark girl who like herself lived out.<P>'All ready for Dr Beecham?' asked Francesca. 'How's Miss Prosser? She was a bit cyanosed when I did the round this morning.'<P>'Still a bit blue. She's had some oxygen and she's quite bright and cheerful.'<P>They stood together and looked along the facing row of beds. It was a small ward with pretty curtains at the windows and round each bed, and plenty of flowers. Half the patients were up, sitting by their beds, knitting or reading or gossiping. Francesca walked slowly to Miss Prosser's bed and made small talk while she studied that lady. They had had her in before and she was by no means an easy patient; she would have to talk to Dr Beecham about her. She smiled and nodded at the other patients and went back to her office, tidied the top of her desk, and with a glance at the clock went back to the men's ward. Dr Beecham would be there at any moment now.<P>He came through the door within moments, a short stout man with a fringe of hair on a bald head and twinkling blue eyes. She had known him ever since she had begun her training; he had been one of the first lecturers she had had and as she became more senior he had occasionally explained some unusual case to her. She liked him and the smile which lighted up her face made it almost pretty.<P>He had someone with him. Not just Dr Stokes, who was the RMO; a tall man with massive shoulders, fair hair with a heavy sprinkling of grey and the good looks to turn any woman's head. Francesca sighed at the sight of him. She knew him, too: Dr van Rijgen, a specialist in tropical diseases who had come to the Infirmary at regular intervals to lecture the students. He lived in Holland and worked there as far as she knew, although he seemed equally at home in England. Years ago when she had begun her training she had had the misfortune to drop off during one of his lectures; even after all these years, she remembered his cold voice, laced with sarcasm, very quietly reducing her to a state bordering on hysteria. They had encountered each other since then, of course, and she had taken care never to allow her feelings to show, and he for his part had never betrayed any recollection of that first unfortunate meeting. He eyed her now with a kind of thoughtful amusement which made her fume inwardly. But she replied suitably to Dr Stokes and Dr Beecham and then bade him a frosty good morning.<P>He had a deep slow voice. 'Good morning, Sister Manning. I see that I must congratulate you since we last met at the Infirmary.' He glanced round the ward, half the size of those in a Bristol hospital. 'Hiding your light under a bushel?'<P>She said in a voice which made his fine mouth twitch, 'If I remember aright, sir, my light was a very small one—a mere glimmer.'<P>He gave a crack of laughter. 'Oh, dear, you have a long memory, Sister.'<P>'A useful thing in ...']",
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"chosen": "Title: Wish With The Candles (The Best Of Betty Neels)\nDescription: ['Romance readers around the world were sad to note the passing of Betty Neels in June 2001.Her career spanned thirty years, and she continued to write into her ninetieth year.To her millions of fans, Betty epitomized the romance writer.Bettys first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam,was published in 1969, and she eventually completed 134 books.Her novels offer a reassuring warmth that was very much a part of her own personality.Her spirit and genuine talent live on in all her stories.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What's Going On?: The Meanderings of a Comic Mind in Confusion\nDescription: ['Rare book', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Catch a Falling Star: A Novel\nDescription: ['Anytime a novel makes me tear up, laugh out loud, or put my hand against my chest because the romance is just <i>that </i>good, I tend to give it a big thumbs up. <i>Catch a Falling Star </i>had me doing all three! It pulled me in, kept me reading well past my bedtime, and left me eager for more from this talented author. Beth Vogt knocked this one out of the park! (Katie Ganshert, author of Wildflowers from Winterand Wishing on Willows)<br /><br />Beth Vogt has once again captured my complete attention.With a slightly different feel to her debut, <i>Wish You Were Here</i>, Vogt\\'s latest, <i>Catch a Falling Star</i>, is rich with true-to-life characters who sitdown beside you and invite you into their lives. The story unfolds with humor,tenderness, and a few poignant moments that will have you savoring eachwell-written word. Vogt points the way toward grace, healing, and hope withoutpreaching, but presents an honest portrayal of real lived-out faith and how itcan impact lives. Another wonderful offering by this very talented author! (Catherine West, award-winning author of Yesterday\\'s Tomorrow and Hidden in the Heart)<br /><br /><i>Catch a Falling Star </i>is one of those books you keep thinking about after The End. Poignant characters, crackling dialogue,and a central theme we can all connect with: What happens when things don\\'t go according to plan? Beth K. Vogt writes from the heart with such an engaging voice . . . and she definitely has a permanent place on my must-read shelf! (Melissa Tagg, author of Made to Last (Bethany House, Fall 2013))<br /><br />\"Beth K. Vogt has accomplished what all debut authors aspire to dowrite a great second book. <i>Catch a Falling Star</i> is fun, quirky, and filled with Vogt\\'s well-crafted prose and signature voice. What a great thingto discover a new author for my favorites list.\" (Rachel Hauck, award-winning author of The Wedding Dress and Once Upon a Prince)<br /><br />This is one of <i>those </i>kind of books: the kind you open thinking youll just read a chapter or two and then, before you know it, youre turning the last page with a smile and sigh. I dont know how she does it, but Beths characters seem to live and breathe. I closed the cover after reading the last page and found myself a little bit sad, wondering where all my new friends had gone. (Siri Mitchell, author of The Cubicle Next Door and Unrivaled)<br /><br />After reading Beth Vogts debut novel, <i>Wish You Were Here</i>, I knew her books would have a permanent place on my bookshelf. <i>Catch a Falling Star</i> is laced with Beths signature humor, well-developed characters, and spiritual truth, but her writing maturity shines. Her stellar ability to craft soul-stirring happily-ever-after romances leaves me craving more of her books. She does what every author desireskeeping readers turning pages way past their bedtimes. (Lisa Jordan, award-winning author of Lakeside Reunion and Lakeside Family)<br /><br /><i>Catch a Falling Star</i>, Beth Vogts sophomore novel, delights with an intriguing cast of characters, a page-turning plot, unexpected twists, and sharp writing. I loved this tender story framed in second chances and heartfelt dreams that proves fairy tale lives come in all shapes and sizes. (Megan DiMaria, author of Searching for Spice and Out of Her Hands)<br /><br />\"I couldnt put the novel down. Could. Not. . . . Beth Vogt has hit her sweet spot. Talk about a great story! . . . Snappy, quick and perfect for every single moment. . . . Themes are clearly evident and excellently woven through the story. Descriptions take you right into the heart of the story while not distracting anything from it. I have a feeling THIS is the voice people are going to love discovering on book shelves.\" (<i>http://enjoyingthewritingcraft.blogspot.com</i>)<br /><br />Beth Vogt is a rising romance star with this amazing second novel. Delightful, sparkling romance and a story that is sure to keep you up all night. Bravo! (Susan May Warren, best-selling, award-winning author of Take a Chance on Me)<br /><br />\"<i>Catch a Falling Star</i> by Beth K. Vogt is a story for every woman who has ever wondered if her prince will arrive. This novel is so much more than just a romance. Its a story about learning to be happy and to rely on God even when life doesnt go according to our plans. . . . Vogt has a way of conveying deep and poignant truths in a light and easy way to digest. . . . I definitely recommend <i>Catch a Falling Star</i> to romance fans looking for more than just another happily-ever-after. The ending wont disappoint, but the journey there is filled with valuable lessons. The sweet tale serves to help the medicine go down easier. Through the characters, readers learn the importance of being content wherever they are in life and understanding Gods plans are higher than ours. Its a book you wont be able to put down!\" (<i>Fictionaddict.com</i>)', 'Beth K. Vogt is a nonfiction writer who said shed never write fiction. After saying shed never marry a doctor or anyone in the military, she is now happily married to a former Air Force family physician. Beth believes Gods best is often behind the door marked never. An established magazine writer and editor, she now writes inspirational contemporary romance because she believes there is more to happily ever after than the fairy tales tell us.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Power Elements Of Story Structure (Power Elements Of Fiction Book 1) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Boss and Cobra Jet Mustangs: 302, 351, 428 and 429 (Muscle Car Color History)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Waiting for Deborah (Betty Neels Large Print Collection)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jesus Forsaken\nDescription: ['Chiara Lubich (1920-2008) was founder of the Focolare Movement (The Work of Mary). In the course of her life, she saw the spirituality of the Focolare, the spirituality of unity grow around the world. She was awarded 15 honorary doctoral degrees, numerous civic awards, the Templeton Prize for Progress of Religion, and the UNESCO Peace Prize. She has published more than 50 books in 29 languages.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Measure of Katie Calloway: A Novel\nDescription: ['<b>Her heart seeks sanctuary in the deep woods. But will trouble find her even here?<br /></b><br />The Civil War has ended, but in Katie Calloway\\'s Georgia home, conflict still rages. To protect herself and her young brother from her violent and unstable husband, she flees north, finding anonymity and sanctuary as the cook in a north woods lumber camp. The camp owner, Robert Foster, wonders if the lovely woman he\\'s hired has the grit to survive the never-ending work and harsh conditions of a remote pine forest in winter. Katie wonders if she can keep her past a secret from a man she is slowly growing to love.<br /><br />With grace and skill, Serena Miller brings to life a bygone era. From the ethereal, snowy forest and the rowdy shanty boys to the warm cookstove and mouth-watering apple pie, every detail is perfectly rendered, transporting you to a time of danger and romance.<br /><br /><br />\"With fascinating historical detail and heartfelt characters, <i>The Measure of Katie Calloway</i> captivated me from the very first line. Great storytelling, coupled with a unique north woods setting, will carry your heart from one vivid scene to the next. Miller writes the kind of rich historical fiction I love--with a plethora of romantic twists and turns to keep you reading far into the night. Not to be missed!\"--<b>Laura Frantz</b>, author of <i>The Colonel\\'s Lady<br /></i><br />\"Serena Miller\\'s charming characters leap off the pages and straight into your heart, and her setting feels so real you\\'ll wonder why you don\\'t hear trees falling in the forest and bacon sizzling on the woodstove.\"--<b>Emilie Richards</b>, author of <i>Sunset Bridge<br /></i><br />\"Fascinating history. Fabulous characters. <i>The Measure of Katie Calloway</i> is a fast-paced story with a generous measure of romance that will have readers cheering on Katie Calloway as she conquers one trial after another. If you like stepping back in time and sharing an adventure with great characters, this is the book for you.\"--<b>Ann H. Gabhart</b>, author of <i>Angel Sister<br /></i><br /><br /><b>Serena Miller</b> is the author of <i>Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio</i>, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as <i>Woman\\'s World</i>, <i>Guideposts</i>, <i>Reader\\'s Digest</i>, <i>Focus on the Family</i>, <i>Christian Woman</i>, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.', \"<b>Serena Miller</b> is the author of <i>Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio</i>, as well as numerous articles for periodicals such as <i>Woman's World</i>, <i>Guideposts</i>, <i>Reader's Digest</i>, <i>Focus on the Family</i>, <i>Christian Woman</i>, and more. She lives on a farm in southern Ohio.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jeep Cherokee Performance Upgrades: 1984-2001 - Revised Edition (Performance How-to)\nDescription: ['\"If you plan on building and XJ, this is the book you need to have in your back pocket.\" (<i>4 Wheel Drive and Sport Utility</i> 2006-07-01)<br /><br />\"Filled with good tech, real-world examples of complete XJ builds, and helpful tidbits about your Jeep, the Jeep Cherokee XJ Builder\\'s Guide is a great addition for the flex-box enthusiast.\" (<i>4 Wheel & Off-Road</i> 2008-03-01)', 'A book solely dedicated to turning a stock Jeep Cherokee XJ into a trail-worthy machine? Yes! Sure, it has four real doors and you cant take the top off (well), but Cherokee owners know that doesnt make it a cute-ute. With two available 4-wheel-drive systems, solid axles front and rear, and a torquey 4.0-liter straight-6, the Cherokee is a very capable machine, especially when its modified the right way. This book is about building a useful, capable Cherokee for mountains, mud, desert, street, and everywhere in between. With the modifications explained on these pages, your Cherokee can take you just about anywhere you want to go, and get you back safely. Author Eric Zappe explains how to upgrade your Cherokees suspension, axles, differentials, engine, transfer case, wheels and tires, skid plates, and more using aftermarket and salvage-yard upgrades. Zappe even has special sections for basic driving and recovery techniques, info on the Comanche pickup, and a number of built-up Jeeps to give you ideas for your own Cherokee.']"
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"rejected": "Title: Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation)<br> Original Language: Chinese']"
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"chosen": "Title: Ghosts Among Men: A Novella (Samantha Davidson Novella)\nDescription: ['\"<span>Ghosts Among Men: A Samantha Davidson Novella, is a classy homage to the noir crime genre that blends hard-boiled detecting and police procedurals with more than a touch of the supernatural...</span><span>Del\\'s plot is clever and unpredictable, and she keeps the story taut and intense...\" <i>- Readers\\' Favorite</i></span>', '', 'Laura Del earned a degree in radio, television, and film from Rowan University.', 'Del is the author of two other books, <i>Graveyard Shifts</i> and <i>Dueling Moons</i>, which are part of the Pat Wyatt series.', 'Del lives in New Jersey, where she runs the blogging website <ahref=\"http: www.thefictionwriters.net\"=\"\">www.thefictionwriters.net.</ahref=\"http:>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Emotional Construction of Morals\nDescription: ['<br />\"Prinz\\'s intellectual enterprise is of truly classical proportions...[his] work is certainly original and deserves all praise for bridging so many gaps between intellectual communities.\"--<em>Metapsychology Online Review</em>', '', '', 'Jesse Prinz is at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.', '', '']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Crashed (The Driven Trilogy)\nDescription: ['New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love. Shes a mixture of most of her female characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn, reserved, outgoing, driven, emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her sleeve. All of which she displays daily with her husband and three children where they live in Southern California. On a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her hand at this writing thing. Since then she has written The Driven Series (Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced, Aced), the standalone Driven Novels (Slow Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, Down Shift), and a short story titled UnRaveled. She is currently working on new projects and a few surprises for her readers. She loves to hear from her readers so make sure you check her out on social media.']",
"rejected": "Title: 12 Money Making Items You Can Crochet - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Promise Me Always (Always Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"I am a wife, mother of 2 amazing kiddos, photographer, graphic designer and cover designer, as well as an avid reader and blogger! I have been married since 2004 to the most amazing man ever and together we have two amazing children. I was born in Aurora, CO and still reside their today with my amazing family. I couldn't imagine living anywhere else in the world. I have become accustom to bi-polar weather living here and I absolutely love getting all four seasons (although winters could be a bit shorter.) I have a small obsession with Starbucks and gummy bears! They make the perfect writing snack! Wine helps a lot too especially with the late night writing sessions. I love the summer and everything that goes along with it, camping, swimming, boating, hiking, etc. I love to travel and Disneyland is one of my family's favorite places to visit together. I have a dream of visiting so many places in the world such as Italy, Greece, Australia, Fiji, Bora Bora and New Zealand (just to name a few.) I have met so many amazing people in this journey so far and I cannot wait to see what the future holds.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Taunting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: This Time I Dance Publisher: Tarcher\nDescription: ['New']"
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"chosen": "Title: Escaping Destiny (The Fae Chronicles) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: An Unrequited Fall (The Past Lives of Lola Ray) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Leslee Horner lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with her husband, two daughters, and dachshund, Lilly. AN UNREQUITED FALL is the second in THE PAST LIVES OF LOLA RAY series, coming after SUMMER OF STARS, Leslee's award-winning debut novel. Find out more at www.lesleehorner.com.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Forever Too Far: A Rosemary Beach Novel (The Rosemary Beach Series)\nDescription: ['Abbi Glines is the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA TODAY</i>, and <i>Wall Street Journal</i>bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Field Party, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, and Existence series. A devoted book lover, Abbi lives with her family in Alabama. She maintains a Twitter addiction at @AbbiGlines and can also be found at Facebook.com/AbbiGlinesAuthor and AbbiGlines.com.']",
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"chosen": "Title: On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street Series)\nDescription: ['This is a really sexy book and I loved the heroines journey to find herself and grow strong. Highly recommend this one.<i>USA Todays Happily Ever After Blog</i>', '<i></i>', \"Youngs voice is riveting and once I opened the book, I wanted to hang a 'do not disturb' sign around my neck until I was finished. This book definitely landed on my 2012 top picks!<i>Fiction Vixen</i>\", '<i></i>', 'This book had some funny dialogue, some amazingly hot sex scenes, and emotional drama. Did I mention the amazing sex scenes?<i>Dear Author</i>', '', 'This book is fun. Sexy. A little dark. While the hero is extremely dominant, he also shows his softer side just when she needs it.<i>Smexy Books</i>', '', 'Every page sizzles when these two get together, but this book is so much more than a hot romp. This book has heart and lots of itIF you want a book that will lure you in, grab you by the scruff of the neck and never let you go until you finish reading the last page, then <i>On Dublin Street</i> is the book for you.totallybookedblog.com', '', 'Brilliantly written with just the right amount of hotness, sexiness and romance and everything else in between.onceuponatwilight.com', '', '<b>Samantha Young is </b>a Scottish book addict who graduated from the University of Edinburgh.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Developing a Dynamic Mission for Your Ministry: Finding Direction and Making an Impact as a Church Leader\nDescription: ['Aubrey Malphurs (Th.M., Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is president of Vision Ministries International and chairman of the Field Education Department at Dallas Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor and church planter and is the author of numerous books in the areas of leadership, vision, and church ministry, including Ministry Nuts and Bolts: What They Dont Teach Pastors in Seminary; Doing Church; and Developing a Dynamic Mission for Your Ministry.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Unbeloved (Undeniable) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: D.I.Y. Roofing And Repair - Do Your Own Roofing And Be Proud! - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wethering the Storm\nDescription: ['\"Jake. Freaking. Wethers. I missed you, you hunk of a rock star! This book was one of my most highly anticipated sequels this year and it was perfect!\" —Vilma’s Book Blog<br /><br />\"<em>Wethering The Storm</em> lived up to my every expectation and was the perfect ending to Jake and Tru’s story. It brought their journey full circle and ended on a beautiful note.\" —Aestas Book Blog', '', 'Samantha Towle began her first novel in 2008 while on maternity leave. She completed the manuscript five months later and hasnt stopped writing since. She is the author of <i>The Mighty Storm</i>, <i>The Bringer</i> and the Alexandra Jones series, all penned to tunes of The Killers, Kings of Leon, Adele, The Doors, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, and more of her favorite musicians. A native of Hull and a graduate of Salford University, she lives with her husband, Craig, in East Yorkshire with their son and daughter.']",
"rejected": "Title: Stressbusting Book of Yoga, Massage & Aromatherapy: A step-by-step guide to spiritual and physical well-being\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Taming the Storm ((The Storm Series)) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fostoria: Serving the American Table 1887-1986 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Tempt My Heart\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: George W. Bush and His Family Paper Dolls (Dover President Paper Dolls)\nDescription: ['', \"One of the leading authorities on fashion history, Tom Tierney created over 150 paper doll books for Dover Publications. With subjects ranging from U.S. Presidents to popular movie stars, Mr. Tierney's books are famous for being carefully researched and meticulously rendered. His releases are prized by fashion professionals, collectors, and paper doll lovers all over the world.\", '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Archer's Voice\nDescription: ['\"Kris Koscheski and Emily Durante captures my feelings all over again just like it was the very first time I\\'ve read it.\" ---Books, Chocolate & Lipgloss Audio Book Blog', \"Mia Sheridan is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of several romance novels, including Archer's Voice, Kyland, and Stinger. Her passion is weaving love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Great Mongolian Bowling League of the United States of America\nDescription: ['', 'Ed Borowsky was inspired to write this debut novella after meeting a Mongolian taxi driver, who told him about the important role bowling has played in forming and sustaining communities of new Mongolian Americans at a time when many were struggling to find their place in a new land.', 'Now retired from a long business career, Borowsky is able to devote all his time to writing. He lives in Winter Park, Florida, with his wife, Michele. They have three adult sons.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lead: A Stage Dive Novel\nDescription: ['', \"The stuff my rock star dreams are made of. A thrill-ride. I felt every stomach-dip in the process. And I want to turn right around and ride it again. Every girl that's ever had a rock-star crush, this would be the ultimate fantasy. <i>Maryse's Book Blog</i>\", 'An engrossing, sexy, and emotional read. <i>Dear Author</i>', 'Scrumptious and delicious. Firmly in my top ten best books this year! <i>The Book Pushers</i>', '', \"New York Times bestselling author of the Stage Dive series, Kylie Scott is a longtime fan of erotic love stories, rock n' roll, and B-grade horror films. She lives in Queensland, Australia.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Dream of the Broken Horses\nDescription: ['<b>Penzler Pick, <a href=\"/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/269909/${0}\">March 2002</a>:</b> Among William Bayer\\'s remarkable novels, many involve the sense of sight--the way in which we see things. Under the pseudonym David Hunt, for example, he wrote <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425164829/${0}\">The Magician\\'s Tale</a></i> and <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425170357/${0}\">Trick of Light</a></i>, both of which feature a colorblind photographer. Now again using his own name, Bayer delves once more into the realm of the senses.', \"David Weiss, like his creator, is a talented courtroom sketch artist. David has returned to his hometown in the Midwest to cover the trial of a performance artist accused of killing her rock-star lover. The national media are there and soon David becomes involved with the female reporter for CNN. As fascinated as he is with the trial and with his new romance, it is an earlier murder in this town that he obsesses about. When David was a boy, the socialite mother of one of his school friends was gunned down in a motel room with her lover. Barbara Fulraine already had known tragedy when her daughter was abducted and murdered several years before. In addition, the young lover gunned down with her was David's tennis teacher. It is the stuff of young boys' fantasies.\", \"But David has an even closer connection: His father, a therapist, was treating Barbara Fulraine for her depression when she was murdered. David's father felt he could help Mrs. Fulraine if only he could unlock her recurring nightmare, a dream about broken horses. But Barbara died before he could do it and, soon afterwards, David's father committed suicide. The gunman, although glimpsed by several people, was never identified.\", \"As an adult, David realizes that he saw all these events through an impressionable boy's eyes. Now he wants to reexamine that case through his adult eyes and discover who gunned down that couple in the motel room. Using his father's notes and taking time out from the trial to interview people who lived in the town at the time, David sketches the memories he digs up until a picture begins to emerge, a picture that may well put David's life in danger if the murderer is still living in the town.\", \"Bayer's talent as a writer and a storyteller is extraordinary. He manages to convey the media circus surrounding the current trial (which has a surprising outcome) with the quiet stillness of a story that has remained buried just beneath the surface of the town's history for many years. <i>--Otto Penzler</i>\", \"The investigation into a 25-year-old double murder of a wealthy socialite and her young lover is renewed with vigor in this sharp and sexy thriller from Edgar award-winning author Bayer (Peregrine; Switch). When Barbara Fulraine and her lover, Tom Jessup, were gunned down in the cheap Flamingo Court motel in the fictional Midwestern city of Calista, David Weiss was just a young boy. Soon after the homicides, David's father, who is also Barbara's therapist, committed suicide. Now, 25 years later, David is a forensic sketch artist who returns to Calista to cover a celebrity murder trial. While there, he becomes obsessed with the unresolved local scandal of the Flamingo murders, convinced Barbara Fulraine's death was the cause of his family's breakup. He interviews a handful of upper-crust locals as well as residents from the seedier side of town, all of whom seem intent on leaving the past alone. Just as the trail of clues grows cold and David's life is endangered, he comes upon Barbara Fulraine's diary from that time. He begins to unravel the history of the mysterious and erotic woman whose sexual prowess may have gotten her killed. Rough play, a nasty custody battle and a kiddie porn ring are just a few of the sordid highlights in this highly charged tale. Some may find the revelation of the killer's identity anticlimactic, yet still be sufficiently satisfied by this classy and compelling psychoerotic suspense tale. 6-city author tour.\", 'Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hanging Pawns (The Fate Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The National Geographic Traveler: New York\nDescription: ['The publishers of National Geographic Traveler add to the ever-growing number of travel guides with this new series; subsequent entries will include Canada, London, Paris, and Great Britain. Modeled closely on entries in DK\\'s \"Eyewitness Travel\" series, each volume is filled with recommended walks and drives, detailed information on the usual tourist attractions, floor plans, color maps, and, of course, plenty of trademark National Geographic photographsAglossy, interesting, and colorful. New York focuses on Manhattan but briefly explores the outer boroughs, the Hudson Valley, and Long Island. France is divided into regions (e.g., the Loire Valley, Corsica). Each book ends with travel advice (when to go, what to take, getting there, getting around) and a short list of recommended hotels and restaurants. As with the DK series, these books are not inexpensive, but they pack a lot of information into a compact format ideal for taking along on a trip. If your library can afford both series, your patrons will be doubly delighted. For all travel collections.ALinda M. Kaufmann, Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts, North Adams <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '...a series of comprehensive guides for sophisticated travellers complete with Geographic\\'s renowned photography, reporting and maps...National Geographic takes readers on tours of the world\\'s most alluring travel destinations, packing more than a century of travel experience into every guide, and pinpointing key sights. -- <i>Canadian Traveller Magazine, August, 1999</i><br /><br />...glossy, dazzling guidebooks...National Geographic ...introduces its new Traveler series...As ever with National Geographic, they are some of the handsomest volumes you\\'ll ever find on a shelf of travel books. -- <i>The Toronto Star, June 19, 1999</i><br /><br />Fodor\\'s and Frommer\\'s, take notice. A formidable competitor has just entered the travel guide arena. The new \"National Geographic Traveler\" series comes with the winning formula of in-depth reporting and breathtaking photography that have long made National Geographic Society\\'s monthly magazine a favorite of armchair adventurers. -- <i>The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, June 13, 1999</i><br /><br />From the pros: National Geographic Society\\'s travel books offer a wealth of information on locations throughout the world. -- <i>Daily Herald, Provo, UT, April 11, 1999</i><br /><br />National Geographic\\'s new series of travel books, \"National Geographic Traveler,\" debuts with well-written volumes...The frequent bold headlines make it easy to find information quickly, and the many quality photographs create an enticing visual tour. -- <i>Washington Times, June 26, 1999</i><br /><br />The National Geographic Traveler paperback guidebook series is rich with photography, maps and historical context. -- <i>Los Angeles Times, May 2, 1999</i><br /><br />There must be some worried guidebook publishers out there. The National Geographic Traveler is producing a series of travel guides sure to push some competing titles off book counters. New York is a winner...Detailed, brightly written chapters skip through New York neighborhoods...And, as one would expect from National Geographic, the photos and maps are superb. -- <i>Portland Oregonian, July 18, 1999</i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sweet Addiction (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Carter's Unfocused, One-Track Mind (A Carter Novel)\nDescription: [\"<strong>Brent Crawford </strong>(www.brent-crawford.com) is the author of the critically-acclaimed<em>Carter Finally Gets It </em>and <em>Carter's Big Break</em>. Born in Kansas, he moved to Los Angeles and then New York to pursue an acting career. He has worked in theater, film, TV, and commercials and has written numerous plays and screenplays. He lives in New York, New York with his wife.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Exception\nDescription: ['Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. The Exception is Adrianas debut novel and will be released on September 18th. Adriana lives in the Midwest with her family. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. Her favorite things include sunshine, candy, and random quotes.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ven Conmigo!: Level II\nDescription: ['Ven conmigo offers you the opportunity to learn the language spoken by millions of people in many Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Let's find out about the countries, the people, and the Spanish language.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sweet Possession (Sweet Addiction) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Manifest Destiny: Lincoln Sneezed\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Beholden (The Belonging Duet #2) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Corinne Michaels is the <i>New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal</i> Bestselling author of Beloved, Beholden, Consolation, Conviction, Defenseless & Say You'll Stay. She's an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness.\", '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Torture to Her Soul (Monster in His Eyes) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wild Card (Elite Ops, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', 'Leigh writestempting, enchanting romance[s] that readers are certain to devour. <i>Romance Reviews Today</i>', \"Leigh's pages explode with a hot mixture of erotic pleasures. <i>Romantic Times BOOKreviews</i>\", 'an evocative, powerful novel of enduring strength, love and redemption. <i>A Romance Review on Wild Card</i>', '', '', '<b>A FATAL ESCAPE</b>', 'It was supposed to be simple. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombia drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. That was before his mission went disastrously wrongand before his wife, Bella, was told that Nathan was never coming home.', '<b>A DANGEROUS DESIRE</b>', \"Bella's mourned her husband's death for three long years. But she has no idea he's still alive. Forced to assume a new identity, the man Nathan <i>was</i> is now dead. If he can get back to his wife, can he keep the secret of who he really iseven as desire threatens to consume them? And as danger threatens to tear Bella from Nathan's arms once more?\", '<b> \"Leigh writestempting, enchanting romance[s] that readers are certain to devour.\"<i>Romance Reviews Today</i></b>', '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Raw\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Keep Talking to Her, Private\nDescription: ['\"In this time of \\'endless war,\\' largely ignored by most of our country-people, this is a short but crucial collection....These heartbreaking poems are without sentimentality or political bent, just boundless compassion and empathy for all victims of all war, whether soldiers or civilians, without borders.\" Barbara Ungar, author of \"Immortal Medusa\" and \"Charlotte Bronte, You Ruined My Life.\" \"No matter how black the fog of war, the stars manage to shine through in this collection. They shower down on us.\" David Elsasser, Poetry Chair of the West Side Arts Coalition 23 pages', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: It Ain't Me, Babe\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: La enzima para rejuvenecer (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['O <b>Dr. Hiromi Shinya</b>, médico de nacionalidade japonesa, é célebre pelos progressos feitos no campo da cirurgia colonoscópica, tendo realizado a primeira cirurgia ao cólon sem incisão abdominal. É médico dos membros da família real e de altos funcionários do governo japonês. Dirige a Unidade de Endoscopia Cirúrgica do prestigiado Centro Médico Beth Israel, em Nova Iorque, é professor de Cirurgia Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina Albert Einstein, na mesma cidade, e é orador em numerosas conferências internacionais. Com 73 anos, depois de quatro décadas de experiência, continua a exercer actividade clínica, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América como no Japão. <br><br>É autor dos bestsellers <i>A enzima prodigiosa</i> (Arena, 2014) e <i>A enzima rejuvenescer</i> (Arena, 2014).']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lost in Translation\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: At Peace (The 'Burg Series)\nDescription: ['Kristen Ashley is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She grew up in Indiana, but has lived in Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus shes been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least), but loopy is good when you want to write. Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched). Needless to say, living in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Al Taller del Maestro (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['With an all-Latin style, Alex Campos presents a group of songs that reveal musical influences from his land in Colombia, plus a mixture of styles from all over the Continent such as ranchero music fused to pop rock. The message throughout the 14 songs in the album is one of intimacy, with reflections on the importance of knowing God in a personal way.<br /> <br /> Songs:<br /> Al taller del Maestro <br /> Si yo te dejo <br /> Te vengo a decir <br /> Que eres para m? <br /> Tan lejos tan cerca <br /> T conoces <br /> La fruta prohibida <br /> Me amas <br /> Amigos <br /> All quiero estar <br /> Vivir con l <br /> Prefiero <br /> Dime <br /> Te vengo a decir (bonus track)', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Heart Recaptured (Hades Hangmen) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Miss Betsey: A Memoir of Marriage\nDescription: [\"<DIV><P>“Gene Genovese’s tribute to his late wife moved me deeply not only because of the touching beauty of his prose but also because he and Betsey are figures who shaped my life. It is impossible for me to read this work without recalling my first meeting with this remarkable couple many decades ago and about how deeply they impressed me even then. Gene’s recollections about Betsey ring true even for someone like me, who was merely her distant admirer. Like her husband, she had many such devotees, all of whom she fully deserved.”—Paul Gottfried, Raffensperger Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College and author</P><P>“Eugene Genovese has written a beautiful memoir of the life of his late wife Betsey Fox-Genovese and has given a compelling portrait of the strong tie of marriage between two renowned historians—the son of a Sicilian American worker and the daughter of a university professor from an old American family.  We see Betsey as a young Marxist professor demanding fair treatment for striking service workers at her university and Betsey as a mature and deeply spiritual Catholic, assisting the priest in administering Communion.   We see her as an influential scholar, a contentious political writer, and devoted teacher, reading a student's doctoral dissertation in the pain of her last days.  Passionate, partisan, humorous, and self-mocking, Eugene Genovese's book is a paean of love for a remarkable woman.”—Natalie Zemon Davis, author of <I>Women on the Margins: Three Seventeenth-Century Lives</I></P><P> “In this beautifully written memoir of a marriage, Eugene Genovese captures his beloved wife for all those who knew her and, as well, those who did not but here discover her for the first time. We see the devoted and witty wife; the brilliant scholar; the dedicated teacher; and, finally, the unbeliever whose spiritual journey led her home to Catholicism. The seriousness of that journey is a wonder to behold as one contrasts it to the superficial features of our age.”—Jean Bethke Elshtain, author of Sovereignty: God, State, and Self</P><P>“Gene Genovese's beautiful evocation of life with his beloved Betsey is the quintessential labor of love. In it and through it, we see what the marriage of true minds looks like. For them, it meant sharing extraordinary joys and griefs, amused forbearance in small things and passionate unity in large ones, always sustained by the sheer irreplaceable pleasure of one another's conversation and company. Their improbable tale will make you laugh and weep, often at the same time. But above all it will remind you that an intense and exhilarating love that lasts a lifetime, and more, is no sentimental myth.”—Wilfred McClay, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga</P></DIV>\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Seducing Destiny (The Fae Chronicles) (Volume 4)\nDescription: [\"Amelia lives in the great Pacific Northwest with her family. When not writing, she can be found on her author page, hanging out with fans, or dreaming up new twisting plots. She's an avid reader of everything paranormal romance.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Letters to Lida: World War II Told Through the Eyes, Heart and Words of a B-29 Tail-Gunner\nDescription: [\"<span><i>Letters to Lida is a bookabout devotion; about a<span></span><span>brave</span><span>airman's memories of war</span><span>and the love of</span><span>a</span><span></span><span>courageous</span><span>daughter determined to honor him</span><span>.</span></i><br><br>​--Kemp Battle, author of<span><i>TheFlame Keepers</i></span></span>\", '<div><span>Serving as a tail-gunner in a B-29 during World War II, <b>Staff Sergeant David J. Lemal</b> fought for his country in the skies of Japan, where every mission was a battle for survival. Those battles remained private memories, until he shared them with his daughter, nearly seventy years after they were fought. In his stories are echoes of footsteps of those who put a cause, country and principle above their own lives.</span></div>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Love Hurts (Caged Love Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Front Page Affair\nDescription: ['Two-time RITA nominee and Golden Quill winner, Jennifer Morey writes her happy endings in Denver, Colorado. Aside from writing great contemporary and page-turning romantic suspense, she has a geology degree and consults compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. She loves movies, her three dogs, and her honey--not necessarily in that order! You may contact her through her website, www.jennifermorey.com', 'Braden McCrae left work in a hurry. Pushing through the front doors of the building, he strode toward the parking lot. There had been a tremor in his dad\\'s voice when he called. He wouldn\\'t talk over the phone, only insisted on meeting him and Mom at his house. What had happened? Had one of his grandparents died? Were his parents all right? Or had his sister gotten herself into more trouble? Whatever it was, it couldn\\'t be good. His dad never asked to meet in person if he didn\\'t have something serious to tell him.<br /><br />Reaching his Subaru, he hesitated before getting inside. A white BMW was parked in the outer lot. A couple of days ago, one just like it was parked down the street from his house. Was it the same SUV? Immediately on the offensive, he took in all the details he could from this distance. Someone was sitting inside, probably a man. He couldn\\'t see the license plate from here.<br /><br />A long-buried instinct emerged, the fighter in him. Life had taught him to be ready for anything. And he was now.<br /><br />Driving out of the parking lot, he turned onto the street and watched his rearview mirror. Sure enough, the BMW pulled out of the lot. Who would follow him and why? Would his ex-wife go to such extremes? She\\'d been angry he\\'d appealed the divorce terms. He was only disputing the credit card balances, but she had thrown a fit. She\\'d never liked being married to a mere engineer. She had high hopes of him soaring to the top, running the company and earning an equally top salary. He wasn\\'t opposed to making lots of money; he just didn\\'t want the job that went along with it. Certain executives he\\'d observed were only as good as their ability to warp the truth. Only one line needed to be on their resumehow many years of experience they had warping the truth.<br /><br />And Serena had expected him to become that. It had led to their demise. Why did some women think they could change a man? What was wrong with the version they married? Braden didn\\'t get it. He didn\\'t get women.<br /><br />Engineering was in his blood. He\\'d spent countless hours taking things apart and putting them back together when he was a kid. He was a natural at math and enjoyed blowing things up. He was happy with his job. But Serena didn\\'t care about that.<br /><br />He checked the mirror again. The BMW was several cars back. Serena was many things, but he didn\\'t think she was the type to hire a thug to scare him into dropping the appeal. And there was only one way to find out who was in that BMW, and why. When he was a teenager, he learned how to avoid bullies and was afraid of defending himself. Now a grown man, he was no longer afraid and knew how to defend himself.<br /><br />Turning a corner, he drove slowly until the SUV appeared, and then went into a parking lot of a small, organic market. Leaning over, he opened his glove box and took out a big flashlight, covertly seeing the BMW park along the street.<br /><br />Braden got out of his Subaru and headed toward the vehicle, careful to keep cars within close proximity in case he needed to take cover. There was a man inside. He was wearing a baseball cap and a dark blue, lightweight jacket. He was a big man. Seeing his approach, long, solid flashlight swinging at his side, the man stared at him a second or two. He hadn\\'t expected his prey to become the predator. He also didn\\'t appear afraid of that. Calmly, the man restarted the BMW engine that he\\'d presumptuously shut off. Then he looked at Braden again, as though making sure he hadn\\'t misinterpreted his approach.<br /><br />Nope. No misinterpretation. Braden fully intended to use this flashlight if he had to. But the man wisely decided not to go up against him. The man steered out into the street.<br /><br />Braden jogged to the sidewalk and read the license plate. After memorizing the number, he headed back toward his Subaru. Whoever the man was hadn\\'t anticipated Braden would notice the tail, much less take action. Not many knew that side of him. To most, he was an average guy. But he was also someone who couldn\\'t be pushed around. Ever since he was a kid, he\\'d worked hard at that.<br /><br />But this was a situation that could go beyond kickboxing and target practice in his free time. Why was someone tailing him?<br /><br />Back inside his car, his father\\'s tone over the phone reclaimed him. Was the reason the man in the BMW had singled him out related to whatever he\\'d go home to find out from his parents?<br /><br />Fifteen minutes were too long. As he turned onto his street, he saw his parents\\' car in the driveway of his middle-class, three-bedroom house. They had a key and must be waiting for him inside. A sense of foreboding kept him on alert.<br /><br />After going through the garage, he stepped into his open kitchen, spotting his parents across the island counter. His mother stood rigidly beside the bulky, round pine table and his dad rose up from a chair, pushing it in and standing behind it. In their late fifties, they looked a decade younger. His dad was tall and fit, wearing jeans and a long-sleeved white, pink and gray finely striped shirt. His hazel eyes were heavy with apprehension and his salt-and-pepper hair uncombed. His mother kept her hair dyed the chocolate brown of her youth and her petite body in shape. As usual, she was put together in big, stylish silver-and-blue earrings, a matching necklace and designer slacks and blouse. The whites around her green eyes were red from crying. Braden had gotten his eyes from his mother and his dark hair from his father, although his dad wore his shorter.<br /><br />It was difficult to see them so shaken.<br /><br />\"We have something to tell you,\" his mother said, her still-beautiful face ravaged with strain.<br /><br />\"It\\'s your sister,\" his dad finished for her.<br /><br />So, it was his sister. Her trouble wasn\\'t over. \"What\\'s wrong?\" he asked.<br /><br />\"She\\'s gone missing.\"<br /><br /><i>Missing</i> might mean dead. She had gone to the British Virgin Islands on vacation last week. Now she was missing.<br /><br />Damn it. What would he do if he never saw her again? He and his sister were close in age and had done a lot together. They lost contact when they went to college, and then he\\'d gotten married. She hadn\\'t married and was the top executive he\\'d never be.<br /><br />\"How long?\"<br /><br />\"She hasn\\'t answered her phone in two days.\" His dad leaned on the back of the chair, his hands gripping the top, pale wood bar.<br /><br />Why hadn\\'t they called him sooner? He subdued his reproach. They probably didn\\'t want to worry him unnecessarily. Now it was necessary. His parents hadn\\'t achieved success by being impulsive. His dad was an architect who\\'d started a log business that provided well for his family. His mother didn\\'t need her psychology degree, but she practiced out of their home.<br /><br />\"Has she called you?\" his mother asked, looping her arm with his dad\\'s.<br /><br />\"No. Not since before she left.\" She\\'d been upset over losing her job. \"Have you talked to the police there?\"<br /><br />His mother began crying softly.<br /><br />Freeing his arm from hers, his dad pulled her closer. \"According to them, she never checked in at the Frenchman\\'s Point Hotel, but the manager there said he saw her get into a taxi.\"<br /><br />That offered a small glimmer of hope. \"Where did the taxi take her?\"<br /><br />\"The detective didn\\'t know. Neither did the hotel manager. He only saw her get into the taxi.\"<br /><br />\"Have they questioned the driver?\"<br /><br />His mother\\'s crying deepened into a wrenching sound.<br /><br />\"He was found shot to death later that night.\"<br /><br />Murdered? The sting of shock bled into deflated hope. Tatum could be in serious trouble.<br /><br />\"The airline confirmed she boarded her plane,\" his dad said unnecessarily. If she was seen getting into a taxi, she must have made it to the island. \"The detective assigned to the case said she didn\\'t rent a car,\" his dad rambled on, a father distraught. \"He couldn\\'t find evidence that she took a cab there. The other taxi drivers there didn\\'t have a record and didn\\'t recognize her picture.\"<br /><br />Frenchman\\'s Cay was an island off the coast of Tortola.<br /><br />\"Who is the detective?\"<br /><br />\"Monty Crawford.\"<br /><br />At least he was intent on searching. \"Did Tatum mention she might meet someone there?\"<br /><br />\"No.\" His dad shook his head, barely hanging on to his composure. \"We\\'ve searched through her things here in Denver. Nothing is missing and nothing is out of place that we can tell.\"<br /><br />Braden contemplated telling them about the BMW and just as quickly decided to hold off. They had enough trauma to deal with right now. He\\'d go search for his sister and keep them informed as much as possible. The detective may seem to be doing that for them, but Braden could not stay here and wait. He had to do something. Finding a missing person wasn\\'t his area of expertise, however. He wasn\\'t proficient in this sort of thing, especially on foreign land, but he did know someone who was.<br /><br />Halfway through their Monopoly game, Arizona Ivy had had enough. \"I\\'m twenty-five. I can make my own decisions.\"<br /><br />At her sharp tone, her brother\\'s blue eyes lifted from the board game. Blond-haired, tall and muscular, he had Viking good looks. All of her brothers and sisters had that Scandinavian appearance. \"You aren\\'t thinking it through. As usual, you\\'re being impulsive.\"<br /><br />She didn\\'t respond. She had a real shot at making a good career for herself and Lincoln was stepping all over her toes. She wrote the latest gossip for a not-so-great entertainment rag. Who was divorcing whom. Who was cheating. Who was gay. She could do better than that. Her dad had helped her get a lead on a job, and Lincoln thought she was setting herself up for failure. She should stick with what she was good at, and that was entertainment.<br /><br />Just because their father was a huge success as a movie producer didn\\'t mean his kids were destined for entertainment careers. She had her own aspirations. And that was a much more serious career than the one she currently had. If only she could find a way to prove she was capable.<br /><br />\"It\\'s still your turn,\" Lincoln said.<br /><br />She didn\\'t feel like playing anymore. \"I have to go now.\"<br /><br />While he protested with a brotherly \"Aww, come on,\" she stood. Tucking her shoulder-blade-length blond hair behind one ear, she grabbed her car keys.<br /><br />\"Don\\'t be a big baby, Arizona. I tell you these things because I don\\'t want to see you get hurt.\"<br /><br />\"Then support me.\" She left his 1950s, newly remodeled kitchen. <i>Big baby.</i> He always treated her like a kid. His little sister. She was tired of that, too.<br /><br />\"I do support you. I wish you would listen to me,\" he called from his seat at the table.<br /><br />\"I do listen to you,\" she called back. \"I wish you would listen to me!\"<br /><br />It wasn\\'t fair. He was her only sibling out of eight that she could talk to. Guess not anymore. He was the oldest and she was the youngest. She was an adult now. She didn\\'t need guidance. She could guide her own way.<br /><br />Through his living room, the lack of feminine touches further sparked her ire. No flowers. No frilly decor. Just furniture and trim. She sure wished he\\'d find himself a woman. Then maybe he\\'d be too preoccupied to stick his nose in her business!<br /><br />With snowballing energy, she swung the door open and came face-to-face with a man standing there, his finger poised over the doorbell. The first things that struck her were his lean, hard biceps and broad chest. Next was his military-short, dark brown hair and sexy stubble that peppered a square jaw. And last were his intense green eyes. Something about them ignited warm embers.<br /><br />As he lowered his hand, his bold gaze went down her body and back up again, brushing her with tingles. She\\'d worn jean shorts and strappy red high heels, which showcased her long legs. A metallic-beaded, sleeveless pink top did the same for her breasts and small waist. Her aim wasn\\'t to be overly sexy, just fun. Some people didn\\'t take it that way. Was he one of them?<br /><br />His pique polo shirt was wrinkle-free and tucked neatly into his jeans. His shoes were leather. He was clean. Smelled that way, too. He appeared a lot more conservative than her. But she\\'d felt what lay underneath. It was in the green fire of his eyes.<br /><br />\"Hi,\" she said.<br /><br />At her flirtatious tone, blinds shut tight over his emotions. Rigid control. Big, giant, thick wall.<br /><br />What had caused his withdrawal? She hadn\\'t mistaken the chemistry.<br /><br />\"I\\'m here to see Lincoln Ivy.\"<br /><br />His deep voice melted through her.<br /><br />\"Braden, is that you?\" Her brother appeared with a big smile on the porch. \"Good to see you.\" Arizona stepped aside as he reached forward and shook his hand.<br /><br />\"It\\'s been a while,\" Braden said.<br /><br />\"Yes. Too long.\"<br /><br />Arizona stuck her hand out. \"I\\'m Arizona. Ivy. Arizona Ivy. Lincoln\\'s sister.\"<br /><br />Braden reluctantly shook her hand. \"Braden McCrae.\" She felt silly for being so awkward. Why was she trying so hard to get his attention? Normally, she was uncontrollably picky when a handsome man crossed her path. She looked for flaws and held back until she either found them and had an excuse to walk away, or didn\\'t and dated them until the threat of more sent her scurrying.<br /><br />\"How do you know my brother?\" He had smooth skin, and yet not. Strong. Slightly calloused.<br /><br />\"We went to college together.\" He let go of her hand.<br /><br />As before, her skin tingled as though he\\'d caressed her intimately.<br /><br />\"What brings you here?\" Lincoln sent her a curious look, obviously having noticed her reaction to his friend.<br /><br />\"I wish I could say it\\'s just to pay a visit. Unfortunately, it\\'s urgent.\"<br /><br />\"What is it?\" Lincoln was perplexed now. His college friend had come for a reason and it wasn\\'t to catch up.<br /><br />\"My sister is missing. She went to the British Virgin Islands on vacation and said she was going to call my parents but never did. The police are saying she was seen getting into a taxi in front of Frenchman\\'s Point Hotel.\"<br /><br />Arizona felt a one-two punch as Braden dropped his news. Missing. In the Virgin Islands. Plummeted back in time, she struggled with sobering memories and the ever-hovering sense of helplessness she could never quite shed.<br /><br />\"Are the police looking for her?\" Lincoln asked.<br /><br />\"Yes. They\\'ve done some investigating, but nothing has turned up so far.\"<br /><br /><i>We \\'re very sorry, but there\\'s nothing more we can do</i><br /><br />The St. Thomas police hadn\\'t known where Trevor\\'s abductors had taken him. They\\'d demanded money, and her father had paid, but they\\'d killed Trevor anyway. To this day, they hadn\\'t been caught. The injustice of that had stayed with her.<br /><br />Arizona was vaguely aware of Braden glancing over her before saying to Lincoln, \"I\\'m going down there to look for her myself.\"<br /><br />\"And you came to me for help?\" Lincoln asked, still perplexed.<br /><br />\"You\\'re a bounty hunter. You know how to find people.\"<br /><br />Lincoln fell into an undecided silence.<br /><br />He hadn\\'t been a bounty hunter when Trevor had been kidnapped. A few years had passed since that traumatic event. It may as well have happened a few months ago. Arizona\\'s heart went out to Braden, and especially to his mother. She well understood what they were going through.<br /><br />Except, all she sensed from him was determination to find his sister. He hadn\\'t experienced the awfulness of losing someone close, knowing how horribly that person must have suffered before dying. She hoped he never would have to. \"What if she decided to go somewhere else?\" she asked. \"Maybe she\\'s having fun and not thinking about calling her mother.\" It\\'s what Arizona would do. Calling home would be the last thing on her mind. \"How old is she?\"<br /><br />\"Twenty-nine. She would have called. And she would have returned my mother\\'s calls. I hope she\\'s only having fun. But I can\\'t wait to find out. If I wait, it might be too late for her.\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Perception\nDescription: ['Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. Adriana lives in the Midwest with her family. She spends copious amounts of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. Her favorite things include sunshine, candy, and random quotes. Her first novel, The Exception, was published in 2014. The Perception follows the same characters, but can be read as a stand-alone novel. Sacrifice, a brand new story, is slated for a Summer 2015 release.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Die Easy (Charlie Fox Thriller)\nDescription: ['Breathlessly compelling and utterly real,Zoe Sharpwill keep you turning pages till dawn.<br /> - <strong>Jeffrey Deaver</strong><br /><br />Zo Sharps Charlie Fox is the real deal. Highly recommended.<br /> - <strong>Lee Child, author of the #1</strong> New York Times bestseller Jack Reacher novels<br /><br />Must reading for fans of action-packed, hard-edged thrillers.<br /> - <strong><em>Booklist, STARRED REVIEW</em></strong>', \"Zo Sharp's novels have been nominated for numerous awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Barry (twice), Benjamin Franklin, and Macavity Awards in the United States, as well as twice for a CWA Dagger Award in England, where she lives.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Consolation: The Salvation Series, Book 3\nDescription: ['The story was honestly just addictive to an extreme. Its the kind of story where you start it and then suddenly realize that youre half way through and feel like youve barely stopped to breathe. Aestas Book Blog<br><br> Beautiful, raw, emotional story that makes you believe that love has the power to heal broken hearts. Claire Contreras, <i>New York Times</i> & <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling Author<br><br> I loved the addictive quality of the story, the ease of reading and the ability to feel everything the story evoked. If youre looking to get lost in a gripping, emotional romance, look no further than this compelling duet. Vilmas Book Blog<br><br> Emotionally gripping, wondrously written, and perfectly paced, Michaels has officially crafted one of my top contemporary romances of 2015! Whitney Gracia Williams, <i>New York Times</i> & <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling Author', \"Corinne Michaels is the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, and <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Bestselling author of Beloved, Beholden, Consolation, Conviction, Defenseless & Say You'll Stay. Shes an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were librarians, which only intensified her love of reading. After years of writing short stories, she couldnt ignore the call to finish her debut novel, Beloved. Her alpha Navy SEALs are broken, beautiful, and will steal your heart.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry (American Society of Missiology)\nDescription: ['Marguerite G. Kraft is Professor of Intercultural Studies at Biola University, La Mirada, California. With advanced degrees in intercultural studies, missiology, and linguistics, she has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary and lectured in the Philippines, Kenya, Thailand, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Revved\nDescription: [\"New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling author Samantha Towle began her first novel in 2008 while on maternity leave. She completed the manuscript five months later and hasn't stopped writing since. She has written contemporary romances, THE MIGHTY STORM, WETHERING THE STORM, TAMING THE STORM and TROUBLE. She has also written paranormal romances, THE BRINGER and the ALEXANDRA JONES SERIES, all penned to tunes of The Killers, Kings of Leon, Adele, The Doors, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, and more of her favourite musicians. A native of Hull and a graduate of Salford University, she lives with her husband, Craig, in East Yorkshire with their son and daughter.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The American Heritage College Dictionary 4th Edition, PLUS Roget's II The New Thesaurus, 3rd Edition\nDescription: ['The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and of other reference titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Bell of Africa with Appendix on Rifles and Shooting\nDescription: ['The greatest elephant hunter of them all. The autobiography of Walter D. M. Bell']"
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"rejected": "Title: Sobs of the Violins: Love and War in the Vercors Mountains\nDescription: ['SOBS OF THE VIOLINS is a historical novel of World War II, with two love stories, that ranges from the Vercors Mountains of Southern France to Grenoble, Lyon, Paris, Stuttgart, Berlin and Ravensbruck. Just prior to D-Day the London BBC broadcasts the code words (in French) from the poet Verlaine \"The Long Sobs of the Violins in the Autumn\" coupled with the phrase \"The Chamois must climb the alps\" as signals ordering the Maquis in secret caves, camps and villages of the Vercors to rise up against the German armies. For two months the Maquis, without the extra arms and munitions promised them, held back from the Normandy coast 20,000 German soldiers. Thousands of French resistance fighters and Vercors villagers were tortured or killed by Klaus Barbie\\'s Gestapo and SS troops. The author visited many of the caves and sites in the Vercors and took the photographs included in the book. The Jews of Lyon and the Jewish children of Izieu become prime victims of Klaus Barbie.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Carter Reed 2: Carter Reed Series\nDescription: ['Tijan writes with such heart and clarity. Debra Anastasia, bestselling author of Poughkeepsie series', \"Tijan didn't start writing till later in life. She's hoping she's doing it right, and if not, she'll continue to keep trying! She is the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i> and <i>Wall Street Journal</i> best selling author of various romances in different genres, which include series and stand alones. She has an English Cocker that she absolutely adores, a man she couldn't be without, and this insatiable need to keep writing the words, all the words!\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Resistance\nDescription: [\"S.L. Scott is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author. She has a degree in Journalism and is the author of the novel, Naturally, Charlie, A Prior Engagement, The Welcome to Paradise Series,and several best selling novellas, including Sleeping with Mr. Sexy and Morning Glory--all currently available on Amazon. Pursuing her passion for telling stories, she spends her days escaping into her characters, letting them lead her on their adventures. She is a Contributor to Huffington Post as well as writes for her own blog along with several other popular sites. Travelling, music festivals, and surfing are a few of her hobbies she loves, but she doesn't get to enjoy on a regular basis. She has an obsession with movies, a varied taste in books, and collects Fitz & Floyd teapots. With a memory full of useless trivia facts, and a Keurig addiction, she loves a fun night in with her family as much as a loud night out with her friends. Scott lives in the lively city of Austin with her husband, two young sons, and two Papillons, enjoying life in the beautiful hill country of Texas.\"]",
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"rejected": "Title: Urban Legends: Book Three (Forbidden Spaces3) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"rejected": "Title: (PATIENCE, PRINCESS CATHERINE) BY Meyer, Carolyn ( AUTHOR )paperback{Patience, Princess Catherine} on 01 Jan, 2009\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Summer Temptation (Hot in the Hamptons)\nDescription: ['Wendy S. Marcus is an award-winning author of contemporary romance. A nurse by trade, Wendy holds a Master of Science in Health Care Administration, a degree that does her absolutely no good as she now spends her days, nights, and weekends mucking around in her characters lives creating conflict, emotion, and, of course, a happily ever after. Wendy lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley region of New York. To learn more visit her website: http://www.WendySMarcus.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Anchorage Street map Rand McNally\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Summer Sins (Hot in the Hamptons) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['Jennifer Probst is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of both sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her novel, The Marriage Bargain, was the #6 Bestselling Book on Amazon for 2012. Her first children\\'s book, Buffy and the Carrot, was co-written with her 12 year old niece, and her short story, \"A Life Worth Living\" chronicles the life of a shelter dog. She makes her home in New York with her sons, husband, two rescue dogs, and a house that never seems to be clean. She loves hearing from all readers! Stop by her website at http://www.jenniferprobst.com for all her upcoming releases, news and street team information.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Occult in Nineteenth-Century America\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wet\nDescription: ['Ruth Clampett, daughter of legendary animation director, Bob Clampett, has spent a lifetime surrounded by art and animation. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, her careers have included graphic design, photography, VP of Design for WB Stores and teaching photography at UCLA. She now runs her own studio as the fine art publisher for Warner Bros. where shes had the opportunity to know and work with many of the greatest artists in the world of animation and comics. Wet is Ruths sixth book, following Animate Me, Mr. 365 and the Work of Art Trilogy. She lives in Los Angeles and is heavily supervised by her teenage daughter, lovingly referred to as Snarky, who loves traveling with her mom with a sketchbook in hand.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The International Party Guide (2nd Ed. : Dude, Where's My Beer?\nDescription: ['A hedonist\\'s road map to global parties. -- <i>Southampton Press, Oct 1999</i><br /><br />Expert and cohesive advice on how to share the best party travel experiences. -- <i>Alternative Press Magazine, Jan , 2000</i><br /><br />Just leafing through \"The International Party Guide\" made our collective liver ache. Colorful observations. -- <i>Arthur Frommer\\'s Budget Travel Magazine, Jan 01</i>', 'We have accepted no renumeration for the recommendations in the International Party Guide. As well, we fully pay our own way for research, so as to get the same experience as you. We could produce a review of coach if we road around in first class.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Storm (The Storm Series) (Volume 4)\nDescription: [\"New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling author Samantha Towle began her first novel in 2008 while on maternity leave. She completed the manuscript five months later and hasn't stopped writing since. She has written contemporary romances, THE STORM SERIES, THE REVVED SERIES, TROUBLE and WHEN I WAS YOURS. She has also written paranormal romances, THE BRINGER and the ALEXANDRA JONES SERIES, all penned to tunes of The Killers, Kings of Leon, Adele, The Doors, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, and more of her favourite musicians. A native of Hull and a graduate of Salford University, she lives with her husband, Craig, in East Yorkshire with their son and daughter.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Uncommon Marriage Bible Study\nDescription: ['<b>A marriage gets stronger when you invite God into it</b><br /> After more than thirty years together, we are still learning about marriage, about each other, and about Gods desires for us as a couple. Weve been through a lot togetherbig victories, devastating losses, and everything in between. But through it all weve experienced Gods faithfulness. Weve witnessed firsthand that His plan for marriage is good, and were eager to share a few of the things Hes taught us along the way.<i>Tony &Lauren Dungy</i><br /><br />A companion study to the Dungys popular book <i>Uncommon Marriage</i>, this 5-week guide for couples or small groups delves into Scripture to explore the blessings and challenges couples face today. Drawing on biblical truths and their own personal experiences, Tony and Lauren share the importance of:', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: RoomHate\nDescription: ['Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor before switching to a more family-friendly career. Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult/contemporary romance genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 9-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life. Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island. She is the author of RoomHate, which hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and #1 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list. Her novel, Stepbrother Dearest, also spent four consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Other works include the New York Times bestseller Cocky Bastard (co-written with Vi Keeland), Sins of Sevin, My Skylar, Jake Undone, Jake Understood and Gemini. Email Penelope at: penelopewardauthor@gmail.com Newsletter Signup: http://bit.ly/1X725rj Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/penelopewardauthor Facebook Fan Group (Request to join!) https://www.facebook.com/groups/715836741773160/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/PenelopeWardAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/PenelopeAuthor Website: www.penelopewardauthor.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New Concise History of the Crusades (Critical Issues in World and International History)\nDescription: [\"Praise for the first edition: Readers will be pleased that Thomas Madden has hit just the right note in his sweeping but concise account of the crusades. While he follows the development of crusading down to the period of the Protestant Reformation, and offers, in an afterword, speculations about the modern impact of the medieval crusade, he never fails to interest and inform. His prose is lucid. And to give the graphic point, he offers the reader fourteen clearly produced maps depicting the Mediterranean world about A.D. 1000, the routes of the main crusades, and the crusade plan of Maximilian I in 1518. The usefulness of these is reinforced by an index, a glossary, mainly of Islamic terms, a list of translated sources, and a select bibliography... (<i>The Catholic Historical Review</i>)<br /><br />Madden's books are the best. (John F. Fink <i>Criterion</i>)<br /><br />Exactly the right amount of information in just enough detail to hold the students' attention without overwhelming them. (Kimberly Rivers)<br /><br />I love this book. It is clearly and artfully written, user-friendly, and well-organized, with excellent maps and an up-to-date suggested readings and sources in translation section. (Paul Cobb)<br /><br />Praise for the first edition: This is a wonderful piece of work that will greatly add to the sum of crusade historiography. . . . It is brilliantly executed. . . . Madden's ability as a writer of gripping narrative shines through. This is a work that students will love, largely because it does not read like a textbook.... (Alfred Andrea)<br /><br />Thomas Madden brings fresh understanding to these blemished, but at heart noble, efforts to defend the core of medieval European culture. (Rev. William H. Scarle <i>Leader Times</i>)<br /><br />Praise for the first edition: This is a wonderful piece of work that will greatly add to the sum of crusade historiography. . . . It is brilliantly executed. . . . Madden's ability as a writer of gripping narrative shines through. This is a work that students will love, largely because it does not read like a textbook. (Alfred Andrea)<br /><br />Praise for the first edition: Professor Madden has written a strong narrative of the crusades, focusing on the crusades to the East and on the major (or numbered) crusades. (James Powell)<br /><br />Praise for the first edition: Much praise is due to the author for giving us such a clear, concise picture of an ever-changing area of scholarship. (Patrick J. Holt <i>H-Net Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Praise for the first edition: A gripping narrative approach of the medieval social, economic, religious, and intellectual environments that gave birth to the Crusades and nurtured them for centuries. (<i>Missiology: An International Review</i>)\", '<b>Thomas F. Madden</b> is professor and chair of the Department of History at Saint Louis University. A widely recognized expert on the Crusades and Christian-Muslim conflict, he has written and spoken widely on the topic in such venues as the <i>New York Times</i>, National Public Radio, and PBS. He is the author of <i>A Concise History of the Crusades</i>, which was a Washington Post Book World Rave selection, <i>Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice</i> and <i>The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople</i>, a History Book Club selection. He is the editor of <i>Crusades: The Illustrated History</i> and <i>The Crusades: The Essential Readings</i>. He resides in St. Louis, Missouri.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Success Secrets - Jack Miller - Real Estate Investor Training\nDescription: ['Success Isn't so much a matter of Winning' as It Is the Result of Not Losing. One of the most successful people in the world is Warren Buffett. His Rule #1 is: Never lose money. His Rule #2 Is : Never forget Rule #I. We may not be able to avoid losing money, but we shouldn't bet more than 10% of net capital on a single venture. This way, if things don't pan out, we've still got a chance to use what we have left to recover what we've lost. Can you think of anyone you know who has been driven out of the real estate business and had to go back to work for wages because he or she didn't understand this? In Success Secrets, Jack Miller shares his 45 years of experience about which things create the most success and which things to avoid. Jack already made the mistakes you so don't have to. Jack Miller's had been teaching seminars to SOLD OUT crowds since the mid-1970's. His training has been responsible for helping tens of thousands of his students achieve financial freedom and success. With his 45 years of "in the trenches" real estate experience many consider Jack Miller to be the most creative and successful real estate investor.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dirty: A Dive Bar Novel\nDescription: ['', '\"Sometimes you just need a book that\\'ll make you laugh, swoon, and escape away into a fun romance and DIRTY was exactly that! With Kylie Scott\\'s signature light-hearted style, this book was the perfect pick-me-up!\" <i>Aestas Book Blog</i>', '\"Scott brings back the sizzling heat, uncontainable energy and outrageous humor that made her Stage Dive series so addicting with the first installment of its spinoff series, Dive Bar.\" <i>RT Book Reviews</i>', '\"There\\'s a Lydia inside each and every female heart. Knowing. Confusion. Understanding. Above all, love. DIRTY is a remarkable book.\" --Abbi Glines, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of The Vincent Boys series', '\"Nobody writes inked-up, sexy-as-sin rockers like Kylie Scott!! I devoured every deliciously dirty page of this hot, witty, surprisingly sweet romance. If you loved the Stage Dive guys, be prepared to fall hard for Dive Bar\\'s Vaughan Hewson.\" Emma Chase, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Tangled</i>', 'Killer writing, laugh-out-loud humor and so heart-warming you will blush all over. Katy Evans, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Real series', 'DIRTY is Kylie Scott on top of her game. K. Bromberg, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of The Driven Series', '\"A great mix of humor, flirtation, and romance.\" <i>Night Owl Reviews</i>', '\"DIRTY is a maelstrom of sexiness with a lot of laughs and a few tears. Kylie Scott transforms the mundane into magnificent with great storytelling.\" <i>Fresh Fiction</i>', '', '<i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the Stage Dive series KYLIE SCOTT is a long time fan of erotic love stories, rock n roll, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia she reads, writes and never wastes time on the internet.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fear Me (Broken Love) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', \"B.B., ALSO KNOWN as Bebe, found her passion for romance when she read her first romance novel by Susan Johnson at a young age. She would sneak into her mother's closet for books and even sometimes the attic. It soon became a hobby, and later an addiction, influencing her life in a positive way.\", 'Bebe is fresh out of undergrad college and has always wondered about the existence of her talent. When she finally decided to pick up a metaphorical pen and start writing, she found a new way to em-brace her passion.', \"She favors a romance that isn't always easy on the eyes or heart, and loves to see characters growcharacters who are seemingly doomed from the start but find love anyway.\", 'Fear Me, her debut novel, is the first of many.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Stoned\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Anger Is A Gift\nDescription: ['Since the age of 12, due to a long family history of police force & military, he emerged his life within the political lifestyle. Starting off as a conspiracy theorist, he began basing his entire ideal based on questioning all that he was told. A few years & two books later he broke away from the conspiracy theorist life & began a much more militant political lifestyle against the corporate world. An activist of democracy & social justice. An activist for a Communist world.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Paper Princess: A Novel (The Royals)\nDescription: ['Ella, youre wanted in the principals office, Ms. Weir says before I can step inside the Precalculus classroom.<br><br> I check my watch. Im not even late.<br><br> Its one minute before nine and this watch is never wrong. Its probably the most expensive item I own. My mom said that it was my dads. Besides his sperm, its the only thing he left behind.<br><br> No, its not about tardinessthis time. Her normally flinty gaze is soft around the edges, and my gut relays a warning to my sluggish morning brain. Ms. Weir is a hard ass, which is why I like her. She treats her students like were here to learn about actual math instead of some life lesson on loving your neighbor and crap like that. So for her to be giving me sympathetic looks means something bad is cooking down at the principals office.<br><br> She should save her sympathy for Justin Slade, the captain of the football team, who is unironically sticking his tongue between his fingers and waggling the wormlike thing at me. He bragged about his tongue the day wed met, when he cornered me in the hallway, informed me I was hot, and graciously offered to give me the best sex of my life. Id said thanks, but no thanks.<br><br> Since then hes been hounding me to reconsider, but it doesnt matter, because I wont have to deal with him for much longer. Hes going to college next year and will be in for a sore surprise when he realizes the best days of his life were in high school. His pathetic attempt at mocking me doesnt deserve acknowledgement.<br><br> Fine. Its not like I can give any other response. I offer a nod and redirect myself to the school office.<br><br> Ill email you the course assignment, Ms. Weir calls after me.<br><br> Again with the sympathy. I should be worried. The implication behind her statement is that I wont be returning to class, but theres nothing Principal Thompson has to say that could faze me.<br><br> Before enrolling in George Washington High School for my junior year, I had already lost everything of importance. There isnt anything else anyone can take from me.<br><br> Even if Mr. Thompson has somehow found out Im not technically living in the GW school district I can think of some lie to stall for time, and if I have to transfer, which is the worst thing that could happen to me today, then Ill do it.<br><br> If he brings up the fact that my mother is a stripper? Well, Ill call him a liar and remind him that having a stripper for a mother isnt grounds for suspension or dismissal.<br><br> Hows it going, Darlene?<br><br> The mom-haired school secretary barely looks up from her People magazine. Take a seat, Ella. Mr. Thompson will be right with you.<br><br> Yep, were on a first-name basis, me and Darlene. One month at GW High and Ive already spent way too much time in this office, thanks to my ever-growing stack of late slips. But thats what happens when you work nights and dont see the smooth side of the sheets until three a.m. every night.']",
"rejected": "Title: Hover & Soar\nDescription: ['Stanley R. Taylor taught for the Toronto Catholic District School Board for 23 years. He retired in 2001 and started doing workshops for students, educators and within the community for Scientists in School. Stan currently gives Science workshops in \"Celestial Sleuths\" (astronomy) with Grade 6 students and \"Structures\" with Grades 5 and 3 students. He has given workshops in \"Air and Flight\" for Grade 6 and \"Fluids\" for Grade 8. Stan sat on the Crucible and Elements Editorial Board and the Program Committee with the Science Teachers Association of Ontario (STAO), and has published 75 science articles with them since 2004. Two of his publications are: \"Caught in the Web: The Spider Girls\" Crucible, December 2013 involving students of Uxbridge Secondary School and \"AstroNut Kids Mission #45. In Elements. He also served as Vice-Chair of the Communications Committee of PWAC. Stan has done workshops for educators at the Space Exploration Educators\\' Conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX and for the Maine Space Day for students in Brunwick, Maine.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Broken Prince: A Novel (The Royals)\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR PAPER PRINCESS</b><br /> \"Intense, haunting & hotI can\\'t stop thinking about <i>Paper Princess</i>!! The intriguing sexy characters draw you in and don\\'t let go. A true must read!\" Emma Chase, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Tangled and Legal Briefs series<br /><br /> \"Wickedly clever writing, deliciously provocative characters, and chilling final pages made <i>Paper Princess</i> impossible to put down! Confidently a 2016 Top Read!\" ROCKSTARS OF ROMANCE<br /><br /> I am aching for the next installment!Kristen Krantz / Hypable <br /><br />', 'Erin Watt is the brainchild of two bestselling authors linked together through their love of great books and an addiction to writing. They share one creative imagination. Their greatest love (after their families and pets, of course)? Coming up with funand sometimes crazyideas. Their greatest fear? Breaking up. You can contact them at their shared inbox: authorerinwatt@gmail.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Doris Ann's Tarot Handbook: How To Interpret The Tarot and a Regular Deck of Playing Cards\nDescription: [\"Doris Ann studied Astrology with Thomas Seers in July 1973. Two years later, he introduced her to Numerology. Her interest in numerology bloomed. She continued her quest for knowledge by incorporating psychic holistic alternatives. She discovered J. Krishnamurti and other well-known philosopher's teachings. From there on, she became a philosopher at heart. Through the yearsat varied establishments throughout New Englandshe has frequented psychic fairs, taught workshops on numerology, astrology, parapsychology, empathic awareness, tarot, and automatic handwriting. In 1995, she was a guest on a cable interconnect television show, and spoke about empathic awareness. Later she was asked to co-host the show and she has been a co-host ever since. In 1993, she began writing A Complete Numerology Guide and Workbook. Last year, she wrote Doris Anns Tarot Handbook. She is currently writing Empathic Awareness: How to Love Yourself and Live a Peaceful Life\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Stuck-Up Suit (Cocky Bastard)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Amar y Sobrevivir (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Rare book', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Say You'll Stay\nDescription: ['\"Corinne Michaels shredded me and put me back together in the best possible way with Say You\\'ll Stay. I fell hard for Zach and Presley and quirky cast of characters that drove their story. Incredible read and a passionate start to what promises to be one of my new favorite series. Meredith Wild, #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author<br /><br /> \"Holy HOT Cowboy! I completely fell in love with <i>Say Youll Stay</i>. Im a HUGE fan of second chance romances, and this one absolutely broke my heart before Corinne Michaels pieced it back together in a spectacular way. This one is not to be missed! AL Jackson, <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author<br /><br /> \"This was the ultimate swoon-fest. It was everything I could ever hope for from a second chance romance.\" Aestas Book Blog<br /><br /> \"Emotional. Angsty. Sexy. Beautifully written. <i>Say You\\'ll Stay</i> is Corinne Michaels at her best. 6 stars!\" Mia Asher, Bestselling Author<br /><br /> \"This second chance romance will own youtumultuous, evocative, sexy and addictive. With emotions running high and intense, Presley and Zach\\'s story will burrow deep into your heart. Vilmas Book Blog<br /><br /> \"I dare you not to fall in love with the world Corinne Michaels has created.\" Meghan March, <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling Author<br /><br /> This second-chance love story gave me ALL THE FEELS. 5 emotional stars!\" Melody Grace, <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author<br /><br /> \"<i>Say You\\'ll Stay</i> is one of the most emotionally explosive novels I\\'ve read. IT HOOKS YOU and doesn\\'t release you until the end. I LIVED each word handed to me, felt every feeling, and the story become MY REALITY. One of the best books I\\'ve ever read, a top favorite for me.\" Angie, Angie & Jessica\\'s Dreamy Reads<br /><br /> \"<i>Say Youll Stay</i> is a romance of epic proportions. An emotionally gripping story of loss, forgiveness and love that you will feel deep down to your bones. The year is only halfway through, but this book just secured its place as a top read of 2016. Michelle, Goodreads Reviewer<br /><br /> \"Corinne Michaels knocked it out of the park. Deeply emotional, riveting - This is Corinne\\'s best work yet! Christine, Shh Moms Reading<br /><br /> \"Corinnes words were so poignant and powerful I didnt want to stop reading when I started. Christy, Book Babes Unite', \"Corinne Michaels is the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, and <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Bestselling author of Beloved, Beholden, Consolation, Conviction, Defenseless & Say You'll Stay. Shes an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were librarians, which only intensified her love of reading. After years of writing short stories, she couldnt ignore the call to finish her debut novel, Beloved. Her alpha Navy SEALs are broken, beautiful, and will steal your heart.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing in the Modern World\nDescription: ['<br>\"For individual sufferers, healing and survival can be both spiritual and physical experiences. Dr. Duffin -- medical practitioner and historian -- boldly delves into a seldom-analyzed relationship between religion and medicine. Medically attested miracles are an unusual topic for research, often featured to praise or ridicule phenomena lacking scientific explanation. The author\\'s meticulous and balanced analysis of past investigations into the miraculous coupled with her keen clinical eye will be widely read and discussed by skeptics and believers alike.\" --<strong>Guenter B. Risse</strong>, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco <br>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', \"<br><strong>Jacalyn Duffin</strong>, physician and historian, holds the Hannah Chair for the History of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario.<br>\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Written in the Scars\nDescription: [\"USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket. Please contact Adriana at www.adrianalocke.com. She loves to hear from readers. Goodreads Group: All Locked Up Twitter: @AuthorALocke IG: @authoradrianalocke Facebook: /authoradrianalocke Pinterest: /authoradrianalo\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Essential Elements Movie Favorites: Tuba (B.C.)\nDescription: ['Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Stone in the Sea (Bleeding Stars) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"<b>Apassionate ride</b> of secrets, surprises, and steaming hot sex.\" ~PenelopeWard, NYT Bestselling Author</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>\"AL Jackson has done it again. A Stone inthe Sea is a <b>perfect example of what ALdoes best.</b> These emotional journeys that will make you feel all thefeels\". ~<b>All Romance Reviews\"</b></span><span></span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>Sexy, heart wrenching and </span><b>amust-read!</b><span>All the feels you\\'ve come to expect from A.L. Jackson, butwith edgier, unexpected plot turns to deepen the experience.\" ~</span><b>Vilma\\'sBook Blog</b><br /><span> </span><br /><b><span>\"***6 STARS***</span></b><span> I\\'ve called her a literarygenius before and it stands true now more than ever. Her writing is lyrical andpoetic.<b>Her words pull emotions from so far deep inside yourself</b>thatyou never knew they even existed. She is one of the best writers that I haveever read.\" ~<b>Two Book Pushers</b></span>', '', \"A.L. Jackson is the New York Timesand USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and new adult romance.<br /> <br /> She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.<br /> <br /> Years later, she shared a short story she'd been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children. <br /> <br /> Connect with A.L. Jackson online:<br /> <br /> aljacksonauthor.com<br /> <span>facebook</span>.com/aljacksonauthor\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of The Metabolic Syndrome\nDescription: ['Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD, is Director, Center for Human Nutrition and Chairman, Department of Clinical Nutrition University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['A.L. Jackson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and new adult romance. She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life. Years later, she shared a short story shed been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children. Connect with A.L. Jackson online: www.aljacksonauthor.com www.facebook.com/aljacksonauthor']",
"rejected": "Title: The Ladykillers\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Swing\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Summer That Changed My Life Forever\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Vicious (Sinners of Saint) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America\nDescription: ['\"Barack Obama is the most radical individual ever to occupy the White House. This excellent book...explains exactly what that means and why its implications are fraught with such dangers.\" ---David Horowitz, author of Radical Son', 'Pamela Geller is the editor and publisher of the Atlas Shrugs Web site and is a former associate publisher of the New York Observer.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Switch\nDescription: [\"USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket. Please contact Adriana at www.adrianalocke.com. She loves to hear from readers. Goodreads Group: All Locked Up Twitter: @AuthorALocke IG: @authoradrianalocke Facebook: /authoradrianalocke Pinterest: /authoradrianalo\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Big Daddy's Zubba Bubba Holiday BBQ\nDescription: ['Book by Marx, Rick', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fake Fiancee\nDescription: ['\"Ilsa Madden-Mills has taken on <b>new heights</b>! Fake Fiance is <b>everything</b>! Get ready to be swamped up by a mouthwatering football player and a witty heroine. An absolute must read.\" <b>The Rock Stars of Romance</b><br /><b></b><br />\"Scars are wings, baby! Passionate.Mysterious. And absolutely satisfying in all the warm fuzzy feels. Max Kent is MINE!\"<b>Aly Martinez, USA Today Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"<b>D</b><b>reamy</b> and<b>gritty</b>at the same time, and who doesn\\'t love a smoking hot football star? A five-star MUST READ!\"<b>Tia Louise, USAToday Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"Fake Fiance is a fun-filled, entertaining ride of a football jock, Max, who is singularly focused on the game until a blond, sassy beauty, Sunny, shows upknocking at his door and ends up knocking him on his ass. I laughed, I cheered, I was <b>engrossed</b> until the very end. The sex was smoking hot and the one-liners were cleverly delivered! 5-Max-is-mine stars!\" <b>KL Kreig, USA Today Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"There is no faking or pretending about it, Ilsa Madden-Mills has the<b>magical touch</b>when it comes to writing love stories with heat, passion and most importantly heart. With her vivid and<b>sexy prose</b>, Ilsa allows her readers to easily fall for her charismatic and lovable characters. And in Fake Fiance, this statement couldn\\'t be more true as readers like myself are sucked into a<b>vortex</b>where we are consumed with an addictive, sweet, and palpable love story as two worlds collide on and off the field.\"<b>Michelle, Four Chicks Flipping Pages</b><br /><br />\"Gah!<span></span>Y\\'all need this one<b>!</b><span>I just finished </span><span>Fake Fiance, </span><span>and I\\'m smiling so hard!! Such a fun,sweet, sexy, mysterious read! I LOVED Max Kent!</span>!\" <b>Adriana Locke, USAToday Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"Swoonworthy. A book about friendship, love and<b>destiny</b>. I didn\\'t want it to end.\"<b>Natasha Madison, Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"I\\'ve been a huge Ilsa Madden-Mills fan for awhile, so it\\'s no surprise that I fellhead over heels in love with Fake Fiance...I mean, she had me dying to get this book in my hands from the moment I read the blurb. Max and Sunny\\'s <b>chemistry</b> is off the chart, and the writing and storytelling is flawless.This book sucked me in from the first page and I\\'ve STILL got a <b>helluva hangover.</b>\" <b>Emily Snow NYT & USA Today Bestseller</b><br /><br />\"<b>From the opening page</b> to the final word this is a book I couldn\\'t put down! The hero is deliciously sexy, the banter fantastic,and the story is one that unfolds at the perfect pace. I adoredFake Fiance!\" <b>Stacey Lynn, Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"Fake Fiance is a <b>must read</b>! You will gasp at one chapter and laugh the next!\" <b>Tijan, New York Times & USA TodayAuthor</b><br /><br />\"Ilsa Madden-Mills has a talent for storytelling where she can grab a reader\\'s attention from the <b>very first paragraph</b>. Smooth writing, witty dialogue, and clever storyline makes Fake Fiance a book you must read by an author you can\\'t help but embrace.\"<b>Lisa N Paul, Bestselling Author</b><br /><br />\"Icouldn\\'t<b></b>put it down! Fake Fiance is the kind of book that will light fires in your heart and body. Steamy, sweet, fun, with a spice of drama.\" <b>The Reading Ruth</b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Guitar for the Absolute Beginner, Bk 2: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!, Book & Enhanced CD (Absolute Beginner Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Flow, The Grip Prequel\nDescription: [\"Kennedy loves to write about herself in third person. She loves Diet Coke...though she's always trying to quit. She adores her husband...who she'll never quit. She loves her son, who is the most special boy on the planet. And she's devoted to supporting and serving families living with Autism. And she writes love stories! For updates, new releases, giveaways and other adventures, subscribe to my newsletter: https://app.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/j9u8i3 You can learn more at: Facebook: facebook.com/KennedyRyanAuthor Book Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/681604768593989/ Twitter: @Kennedyrwrites Instagram: @kennedyryan1 Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/7429243.Kennedy_Ryan Google +: plus.google.com/u/0/+KennedyRyanAuthor/posts Pinterest: pinterest.com/kennedyryan/\", '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cake: A Love Story\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Under Locke\nDescription: [\"Mariana Zapata began writing love stories soon after she learned how to spell. She probably shouldn't admit that she started sneaking romance novels from her aunt's bookshelves way before she was old enough to even understand what it meant when a man flipped up a woman's skirt. (Don't tell her mom.) Luckily, she learned to love the process of two people falling in love instead of all the other juicy stuff. Mariana lives in Houston, Texas with her longtime boyfriend and two beloved (and emotionally manipulative) Great Danes, Dorian and Kaiser. When she's not pretending to write, she's reading. You can usually find her burning somewhat edible experiments in the kitchen or cracking jokes at the expense of her family members.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: World-Mart\nDescription: ['<span>George Irwin remembers a time before the Big Climate Change, back when the airlines were still in business and people still drove their own cars. The world has changed much over his lifetime, but he still believes in the American Dream. When an alleged terrorist act lands his wife in the hospital, however, George stumbles upon a Corporate secret that could mean the end of all civilization.</span><br />', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
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"rejected": "Title: Strange Times, My Dear: The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature\nDescription: ['AUTHORBIO: Nahid Mozaffari earned her Ph.D. in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University. She has taught Middle Eastern history at the New School in New York and at Cabot University in Rome. She lives in New York City.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Kind of Forever (The Beaumont Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>Heidi is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author.</span><br /><br /><span>Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and two daughters. Also renting space in their home is an over-hyper Beagle/Jack Russell, Buttercup and a Highland West/Mini Schnauzer, JiLL and her brother, Racicot.</span><br /><br /><span>When she's isn't writing one of the many stories planned for release, you'll find her sitting court-side during either daughter's basketball games</span><br /><br /><span>Heidi's first novel, Forever My Girl, is currently in production to be a major motion picture.</span><br /><br /><span>To stay connected with Heidi visit facebook.com/authorheidimclaughlin or heidimclaughlin.com</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Pearls Before Swine: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bombshell (Hollywood A-List)\nDescription: ['', 'Reisss delightful, diverting contemporary pits independent Hollywood nanny Cara DuMont against completely incompetent new dad Brad Sinclairtaking all three of her central characters down an enchanting path to a happy ending.<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, Starred Review</b>', 'A heartfelt contemporary romance that shows family is what you make of it.<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>', 'Reiss writes a fantastic tale that takes readers into the world of Hollywoods hottest star. Brad Sinclairs life is turned upside down in more ways than one; in an instant, he goes from party boy to father. His new nanny, Cara, only wants to take care of her charges and not be looked at as a homewrecker/golddigger. Brads transformation is a struggle, with secrets and temptation lurking around every corner. Readers will be rooting for this unlikely couple to beat the odds of Hollywood gossip. <b><i>RT Book Reviews</i>, Top Pick!, 4 Stars</b>', '', '', 'CD Reiss shot up the <i>USA Today</i> bestseller list with sizzling works like <i>Hardball</i> and <i>Shuttergirl</i>, but she still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God, but in the meantime, if you call and she doesnt answer, shes at the well hauling buckets.', 'Born in New York City, Reiss moved to Hollywood to get her masters degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California. Unfortunately, her screenwriting went nowhere, but it did give her enough confidence to write novels.', 'Today shes adoringly referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut, which she thinks is flattering, but it hasnt gotten her out of chopping a single piece of wood.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ceramics Handbook: A Guide to Glaze Calculation, Materials & Processes\nDescription: ['Paperback Publication. HIghly Technical Ceramic Reference and Educational Material. Excellent addition to advanced ceramic/ceramic industry/ceramic engineering educational curriculums.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Swear\nDescription: [\"USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket.\", '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Swink\nDescription: [\"USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket. Stay up-to-date with all things Adriana by joining her newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewsletterAddy Please contact Adriana at www.adrianalocke.com. She loves to hear from readers. Goodreads Group: All Locked Up Twitter: @AuthorALocke IG: @authoradrianalocke Facebook: /authoradrianalocke Pinterest: /authoradrianalo\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Battleship Missouri: The Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Hero\nDescription: [\"<b>PRAISE FOR<i>HERO</i></b><br /><br />Fan-favorite Young's newest offering is full of her trademark emotional intensity and dangerous, sizzling tension.Romantic Times<br /><br />Blazingly hot.Publishers Weekly<br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i>AND <i>USA TODAY</i> BESTSELLING<i>ON DUBLIN STREET </i>SERIES</b><br /><br />Samantha Young is not an author you should miss!Fresh Fiction<br /><br />Really sexy.<i>USA Today</i><br /><br />Riveting.Fiction Vixen<br /><br />Wonderfully written.Under the Covers<br /><br />Ridiculously incendiary chemistry.Dear Author\", '<b>Samantha Young</b> is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series, includingEchoes of Scotland Street,Fall from India Place, andBefore Jamaica Lane. She resides in Scotland.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: No Depression # 77: Instruments of Change (Bookazine (Whatever That Is))\nDescription: ['GRANT ALDEN was a cofounder of No Depression in 1995 in Seattle, Washington, and has been one of its editors ever since.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lucky Number Eleven\nDescription: [\"USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket. Lucky Number Eleven, her latest novel, releases on Kindle Unlimited on September 7th. Stay up-to-date with all things Adriana by joining her newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewsletterAddy Adriana loves chatting with readers! Find her all over social media: Website: www.adrianalocke.com Facebook: /authoradrianalocke Twitter: @AuthorALocke Pinterest: /authoradrianalo Instagram: /authoradrianalocke Goodreads Group: All Locked Up Facebook Group: Books by Adriana Locke\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Economics of Public Issues (18th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics (Paperback))\nDescription: ['<P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Roger LeRoy Miller </B>received his PhD from the University of Chicago. He is currently Director of the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Miller is a legal specialist and author of numerous books on law and the legal environment, including criminal procedure. In addition, Dr. Miller has authored books on the war on drugs, the economics of crime and criminal behavior, and on related topics.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Daniel K. Benjamin </B>- Alumni Distinguished Professor, John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sugar (Wrecked series)\nDescription: ['<span>\"Beck delivered what we\\'ve come to love from her--super sexiness, a filthy hero, and a strong heroine that we love to root for. Her best work yet.\" -Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling Author</span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Mandi Beck has written my favorite book boyfriend of the year. This sweet, sexy, country music singer will steal your heart. I absolutely loved this book!\"-Corinne Michaels New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>\"Country\\'s baddest bad boy has stolen my heart. I loved this book from start to finish. Characters who aren\\'t perfect and who work toward redemption always get me, and that\\'s where Mandi Beck shines!\"- Kim Loraine- bestselling author </span><br /><span></span><br /><br />\"Readers will find<i>Sugar</i>scorching hot, fun and perfectly sweet.\" -Mary Dub-Heroes and Heartbreakers<span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"A take-no-bull heroine and a swoonworthy hero...with just enough heat and grovelling (and tears...don\\'t forget the tears...). Hands down, a favorite of 2017!\"- Mignon Mykel bestselling author</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br />\"hot hot hot... handsome Beau and feisty Addy make for one heck of a love story!!!\"-Monica colleen amazon review', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Change Your Mood by Changing Your Color: Adult Coloring Book\nDescription: ['Tina Lensing grew up on an organic dairy farm in central Minnesota. Her creative spirit began by doodling, playing in the woods with her siblings, wrestling animals on the farm, and canoeing on the Crow River. Early on, she had a sense of playfulness and uniqueness. When her siblings would lovingly tease her about being eccentric, shed say, Id rather be weird than boring. Her parents and siblings encouraged her passions from an early age. She originally went to school for fashion merchandising to explore her creative edge. After falling in love with helping people, she earned her masters degree in social work from the University of Minnesota. Her inspiration to serve others is evident in her 10 years of experience working with children and adults. In 2015, she started her own business, which was a dream come true. Tina Lensing Coaching was developed and she began helping individuals navigate through their lives and businesses. Her childlike sense of adventure and playfulness returned with a fierceness. As a child, the dirt under her fingernails and the muck on her feet symbolized the innocence of play and her love for the outdoors. In middle school, she loved to write poetry in her Precious Moments journal that she hid under her mattress. In high school, she doodled intricate, abstract designs as she talked on the phone for hours. When in college, her love for service and helping others took centerstage as she began working with a child with autism. Tina combines elements of design, creativity, mindfulness, and coaching to empower and inspire women. Her work ethic and tenacity resulted in the creation of her first project: an adult coloring book. Her self-discovery yielded a beautiful space for self-love and continued self-mastery. Now residing in Truckee, CA, she uses drawing as a meditative and spiritual practice.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Forever Our Boys (Beaumont)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El Cid and the Reconquista 1050-1492 (Men-At-Arms, No 200)\nDescription: [\"Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.\", \"David Nicolle PhD was born in 1944 and was educated at Highgate School. For eight years he worked in the BBC Arabic Service. In 1971 he went 'back to school', gaining an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a PhD from Edinburgh University. For some years he taught art and architectural history at Yarmuk University, Jordan. David has written many Osprey titles, including MAA 140 Armies of the Ottoman Turks, MAA 320 Armies of the Caliphates 8621098, and Campaign 43 Fornovo 1495.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Crank (Gibson Boys) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Becoming Violet\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Craft\nDescription: [\"USA Today and Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own. She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather's nice and there's always a piece of candy in her pocket. Stay up-to-date with all things Adriana by joining her newsletter: http://bit.ly/NewsletterAddy Please contact Adriana at www.adrianalocke.com. She loves to hear from readers.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: We Live in a Jungle\nDescription: ['Since 1952, I have taken a variety of college courses in history and psychology that have given me a keen understanding of human nature. This knowledge, plus an awareness of my inner ability to communicate complex ideas and events, provides me with a sound foundation to write We Live in a Jungle and the next four books that will soon follow. (Also I have a good thesaurus) I graduated from San Diego State College in 1958 and then, several years later, I completed my masters in health education and history. Besides teaching high school (1958-1991), I also taught psychology with the San Diego Adult Program from 1977 to 1997. I live in sunny San Diego where it never rains. Well, almost never. Only at night, if it dares. I live alone with a broken TV. This gives me extra time to write, which I am enjoying immensely. Today, writing has become my \"fountain of youth\" I truly enjoy spending time with my youngest son and his family of four, including my two grandchildren. (I also ride my bike daily, spend quality time at the gym, and plan to do some swimming this summer)', '', '']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know about Your Baby from Birth to Age Two. William Sears and Martha Sears with Robert Sears an\nDescription: [\"In this encyclopaedic guide, Dr. William and Martha Sears draw from their vast experience as both medical professionals and parents to provide authoritative and comprehensive information on every aspect of infant care. The Baby Book presents a practical and contemporary approach to parenting that reflects the way we live today. It is a comprehensive guide to baby care, focusing on the essential needs of babies -- eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort -- as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to parents today. The Sears' acknowledge that there is no one best way to parent a baby, and they offer the basic guidance and inspiration you need to develop the parenting style that best suits you and your child. The Baby Book is a rich and invaluable resource that will help you get the most out of parenting -- for your child, for yourself, and for your entire family. The topics covered include: - bonding with your baby and soothing a fussy baby - feeding your baby right - getting your baby to sleep - understanding your baby's development - treating common illnesses - baby proofing your home - toddler behaviour and dealing with tantrums - toilet training - working and parenting\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Delta: Revenge\nDescription: ['<span>\"...underneath the protective tattooed badass exterior is a man who is absolute softie; he really does have a huge heart and quickly steals yours.\" -Nicola, Goodreads reviewer</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"...an entertaining read beyond the danger and threats swirling around.\" - Tammy and Kim\\'s Reviews</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Surprises, twists, and turns that keep the pages flying.\" -Readers Isle</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Revenge, Karma, and Brazilian Heat! This book is the most intense and steamiest yet!\" -Lucky 13</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Another stay-up-all-night page turner from Cristin Harber!\" -Claudia Connor, New York Times Bestselling Author</span>', '<b><span>Delta:Revenge is a full-length steamy romance novel with absolutely no cliffhangerand a guaranteed HEA.</span></b>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Revised Edition)\nDescription: ['“This beautifully written guide to a woman’s fertility signs is packed with knowledge, wisdom and humor—a must for the bookshelf.” (Co-authors of The New Our Bodies, Ourselves)<br /><br />“Taking Charge of Your Fertility has become the Our Bodies, Ourselves for our time. Alternately silly, whimsical, and exhaustingly specific, the book was published fifteen years ago and is ranked higher by customers on Amazon than all other books except the third and fourth Harry Potters.” (New York magazine)<br /><br />“Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a fantastic book, loaded with practical and beautifully presented information that will transform and empower every woman’s relationship with her fertility. I recommend it to women of all ages.” (Christiane Northrup, M.D., Author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause)', '', 'Toni Weschler, MPH, has a master's degree in public health and is a nationally respected women's health educator and speaker. She is also the author of <em>Cycle Savvy</em>, a book for teenage girls about their bodies. A frequent guest on television and radio shows, she lives in Seattle, Washington.']",
"rejected": "Title: Away in Montana\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Secrets of the Baby Whisperer : How to Calm, Connect and Communicate With Your Baby\nDescription: [\"Tracy Hogg knows babies. She can calm even the most distressed or difficult infant, because she understands their language. Hence, her clients call her 'The Baby Whisperer'. Her incredible sensitivity and ability to read infants' cries, coos and assorted baby noises quickly earned Tracy the admiration and gratitude of high-profile couples, including a host of celebrities. In this remarkable book, Tracy demystifies the magic she has performed with some five thousand babies. She teaches parents how to work out what kind of baby they have, what kind of mother and father they are, and what kind of parenting plan will work best for them. Believing that babies need to become part of the family - rather than dominate it - she has developed a practical programme that works with infants as young as a day old. Her methods are also applauded by scientists: 'Tracy's is a voice that should be heard. She appears very knowledgeable about modern infant research and has incorporated this to a level parents can understand. In spite of all the baby how-tos on the market, this one will stand out.'\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Phonic Workbook: Level 1\nDescription: ['An introduction to basic letter-sounds, helping children learn to write letters and simple words. Featuring illustrations, colouring activities and stickers, it supports the Government\\'s Letters and Sounds programme and phonics teaching in schools, and complements the \"Very First Reading\" series of storybooks.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Donde viven los monstruos\nDescription: [\"PreSchool-Grade 3. A carefully translated version of the perennially popular 1964 Caldecott Medal winner. The playful and whimsical style of the original text is maintained from start to finish?from the night mischievous Max dons a wolf's suit to his landing in the place where the wild things roam, from his enthronement as King of these temperamental and pudgy beasts to his renunciation as leader for a steaming bowl of home cooking. Still an engaging fantasy after more than three decades, this extraordinary picture book strikes at the very essence of childhood urges for unlimited freedom without losing the security of home. A timeless beauty of a classic with the most imaginative of monster engravings. Perfect for reading aloud in this finely accomplished Spanish version.?Selene S. Vasquez, New York Public Library<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Las reproducciones mas claras del arte original son vibrantes y luminosas. (<i> H.</i>)<br /><br />Un clasico para todos los tiempos que sigue ganando los corazones de los ninos. El sencillo y ritmico texto y las expresivas ilustraciones son tan atractivos hoy como lo eran cuando yo era nino. (<i>10 Must-Have Books for 2-Year-Olds Brightly.com</i>)<br /><br />Este es uno de esos libros realmente escasos que pueden disfrutar por igual los ninos y los adultos. Si no estas de acuerdo, entonces has pasado demasiado tiempo desde que estuviste en uno de esos salvajes alborotos. Max se pone su traje de lobo para hacer alguna maldad y consigue que lo manden a la cama sin cenar. Por fortuna, crece un bosque en su cuarto, permitiendo que sus locos desmanes continuen sin impedimentos. Las ilustraciones a color de Sendak (tal vez las mejores de las hechas por el) son hermosas y cada vez que se vuelve una pand aacute;gina se descubre una nueva maravilla. Las cosas salvajes, con unos detalles que no encajan y unos ojos gigantes, se las arreglan de alguna manera para tener un aspecto terrible sin nunca causar miedo en realidad; en ocasiones son abiertamente divertidas. Las frases insertadas de manera desafiante por Sendak, una de sus seand ntilde;ales caracterand iacute;sticas, le dan al cuento el toque perfecto de la corriente de consciencia que flota entre la tierra de los sueand ntilde;os y la imaginaciand oacute;n de un niand ntilde;o. Este cland aacute;sico de Sendak es mand aacute;s divertido de lo que habrand iacute;as estado jamand aacute;s con un traje de lobo, y se las arregla para reafirmar la idea de que no hay un lugar como el hogar. (<i>Amazon.com Review</i>)<br /><br />Un clasico de todos los tiempos que sigue conquistando los corazones de los ninos. El texto sencillo, ritmico y expresivo y las ilustraciones son tan cautivadoras hoy como lo eran cuando yo era nino. (<i>10 Must-Have Books for 2-Year-Olds (Brightly.com)</i>)<br /><br />Cada palabra ha sido cuidadosamente elegida. (<i>(SLJ.)</i>)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: From Footmen To Horsemen: The Rise Of Commissioned, Kingdom-Level Leaders\nDescription: [\"Dr. James Brewton is Founder and Senior Pastor of Community Empowerment Ministries, Inc., Estill, S. C. and is a founding father of the Allendale County Transformers (ACT). Dr. Brewton has been a minister of the Gospel of the Kingdom for over 24 years, and has served as Chaplain for the Allendale County (S.C.) Sheriff's Department and advisory member of the Sheriff's Task Force on Gang Violence. Dr. Brewton is a commissioned apostle, ordained bishop, and an apostolic advisor to several leaders, organizations and corporations locally, nationally and internationally. He received a bachelors degree in History and a masters degree in Public Management from Florida A&M University. The Doctor of Divinity degree was conferred upon him in 2013 by Hope Bible Institute and Seminary, South Bend, Ind. He and his wife, Margie, reside in Allendale, S. C.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Silent Gondoliers: A Fable by S. Morgenstern\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Texas Wisewomen Speak\nDescription: [\"PJ Pierce, a freelance writer in Austin, Texas, is the fourth child in a family of ten siblings born and raised in Amarillo. Among her siblings are journalists, photojournalists and authors. Her parents, Pauline and RL Robertson, are well-known historians of the Texas Panhandle. <P>Pierce's career in journalism began at age ten when she edited her neighborhood newspaper for three years. She went on to become editor of her high school and college newspapers. As an exchange student in Germany, she became fluent in the language and proceeded to earn a bachelors in journalism and a masters in German from Texas Tech University. Her professional career includes stints in public relations and teaching high school journalism and German. She served as coordinator for an exchange student program in Texas for several years and as chair of its national board. Today she serves on the board of Story Circle Network, a national nonprofit organization that encourages women to write their own life stories.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: ARTEMIS FOWL - The Eternity Code\nDescription: ['Unusual book']",
"rejected": "Title: The Twentieth Century Performance Reader\nDescription: ['<B> <P>Teresa Brayshaw </B>is Director of Performing Arts at Leeds Metropolitan University. She teaches, directs and performs in a wide range of international performance contexts, and is co-editor of Training Grounds, located within the international journal <EM>Theatre, Dance and Performance Training</EM>. </P><B> <P></P> <P>Noel Witts </B>is Emeritus Professor of Performing Arts at Leeds Metropolitan University, and was the founder and first Director of the Department of Performing Arts at De Montfort University. He has been a commentator on theatre for the BBC, has served as an Arts Council advisor for 20 years and has written widely on theatre, including most recently <EM>Tadeusz Kantor</EM> (Routledge). He was a founding member of the journal <EM>Performance Research</EM>.</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself\nDescription: ['It is clear that all organisms have highly developed mechanisms for self-repair and healing -- but according to Dr. Weil, Western medicine often interferes instead of working with these systems. In the course of his argument, he describes several extraordinary case studies of drastic spontaneous healing. Perhaps the most valuable feature of the book is his more gradual eight-week program of strengthening the ability of your immune, endocrine, circulatory, and nervous systems to provide such spontaneous healing.', '\"DR. ANDREW WEIL IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON.\"<br />--The Washington Post<br /><br />\"MEMORABLE . . . DR. WEIL MAKES HIS CASE CAREFULLY AND CLEARLY.\"<br />--The New York Times Book Review<br /><br />\"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.\"<br />--Library Journal (starred review)<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Whose Gloves Are These?: A Look at Gloves Workers Wear - Leather, Cloth, and Rubber (Whose Is It?: Community Workers)\nDescription: [\"Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 100 books for kids and teens. Her work has received the Minnesota Book Award and other honors, including Bank Street Best Books of the Year, and NCTE Notables. She and her husband live in Minnesota and have two monsters of their own, Maddie and Annabelle. When Laura's not reading or writing, she likes to dance, play games, and work with the Minnesota Brass drum corps (which involves a lot of Counting, following Patterns, and creating Shapes on the field). She tries to eat More vegetables and Less brownies, but that is hard! Learn more about Laura at laursalas.com.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Discipline Book: How to Have a Better-Behaved Child From Birth to Age Ten\nDescription: ['From the bestselling authors of The Baby Book and The Birth Book comes The Discipline Book, the definitive guide to raising happy, well-adjusted, well-behaved children. Seasoned parents of eight, Bill and Martha Sears draw on personal experience and their professional knowledge as childcare experts to provide an authoritative approach to a broad range of disciplinary issues and practices. With a focus on preventing behavior problems as well as managing them when they arise, the Searses offer clear, practical advice on everything parents need to know about disciplining young children. Believing that discipline starts at birth, the Searses discuss baby discipline, disciplining the toddler, mother-father roles in modern parenting, saying no, self-esteem as the foundation of good behavior, helping a child to express feelings, the constructive use of anger, good nutrition for good behavior, and sleep discipline. On handling problem behavior, the Searses cover sibling rivalry, spanking and alternatives to spanking, breaking annoying habits, and eliminating bothersome behaviors like whining and talking back. The Searses strongly advocate teaching children values like apologizing and sharing, and explain how to deal with such issues as lying, stealing, and cheating. In addition, the Searses address building healthy sexuality and discipline in special situations such as after divorce and in the single-parent household.']",
"rejected": "Title: Day and Overnight Hikes: Great Smoky Mountains National Park\nDescription: [\"...all the basic information one needs to prepare for hikes...distance, hiking time, difficulty, other details along with a map. -- <i>Connie Krochmal, BellaOnline</i><br /><br />...find just the right hike and know what to expect...detailed trail maps, elevation profiles, clear directions...user friendly. -- <i>Ed Wall, Sun Journal, New Bern, NC, August 29, 2004</i><br /><br />...perfect for hikers who crave solitude and enjoy nature's wonders...highland meadows, open vistas, mountain streams and pioneer farms. -- <i>The Gaston Gazette, September 3, 2004</i><br /><br />...weatherproof and easily fitting into pack or pocket...experience rich ecological diversity and natural wonders...leaving the crowds behind. -- <i>Wildlife Book Reviews, Fall 2004</i>\", '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Nursing Mother, Working Mother: The Essential Guide for Breastfeeding and Staying Close to Your Baby After You Return to Work\nDescription: [\"New mothers may view the involved parenting that breast-feeding requires as incompatible with commitment to a career rather than as an effective strategy for blending the two sides of their lives into a new whole. In this sensitive, insightful guide that acknowledges the concerns working mothers face, Pryor maintains that breast-feeding provides a way to bond with the baby, nurture a child's healthy growth, and gain confidence as a parent. Pryor supplements the emotional support she provides with practical tips on getting started and coping with setbacks and also with specific tasks facing working mothers, such as choosing a breast pump, integrating pumping sessions into daily work schedules, and maintaining milk supply. <i>Kathryn Carpenter</i>\", 'Full of practical hints on overcoming social and workplace obstacles to breastfeeding, Pryors book may become the bible for the 90s mother. -- <i>Fit Pregnancy</i><br /><br />If you are an expectant mother who is planning to return to work after your babys birth, and you can only read one book on breastfeeding, Nursing Mother, Working Mother is the one to choose. -- <i>Genesee Valley Parent</i><br /><br />Pryor supplements the emotional support she provides with practical tips on getting started and coping with setbacks and also with specific tasks facing working mothers. -- <i>Booklist</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Juba -- Dance from the Suite In the Bottoms: Sheet\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Alison's Zinnia (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Make Room For Mommy (Debut Author)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Mitten: Oversized Board Book\nDescription: ['\"The illustrations are exquisite . . . a charming lap book to be pored over again and again.\" <i>School Library Journal</i><br /><br />\"Readers will sit back and suspend belief and welcome this tall tale from the Ukrainian tradition.\" <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', \"With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.\", 'As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, \"I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I\\'m drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.\"', 'As a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. \"It was overwhelming to see the room-size landscapes and towering stone sculptures, and then moments later to refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain,\" she says. \"I\\'m delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting.\"', 'Travel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband, Joe Hearne, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. \"From cave paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting point for my children\\'s books.\"', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: One Very Best Valentine's Day\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum)\nDescription: [\"In <I>Hard Eight</I>, Stephanie Plum picks up a case a little nastier than anything the wisecracking bounty hunter's seen before. Evelyn Soder and her young daughter have gone on the run, leaving an angry ex-husband who's planning to collect on a child custody bond that will leave Evelyn's grandmother homeless. Stephanie's first clue that there's more to it than that comes in the form of Eddie Abruzzi, a shady local businessman who warns her to butt out of the case. Stephanie doesn't scare easily, but when Abruzzi's henchmen leave a bag of snakes on her doorknob and tarantulas in her car, she has no choice but to call Ranger, the hunky man of mystery whom she already owes too many favors. Steph knows that Ranger will soon be calling in his marker, but with her ex- fianc Joe Morelli out of the picture, that should be OK--shouldn't it? In the meantime, she's got other fugitives to catch, aided by the usual band of misfits, plus a bumbling correspondence-school lawyer who's developed the hots for Stephanie's sister, Valerie. And Steph's in for a surprise from her mother, who proves she's not above wielding a dangerous weapon to save her daughter's life.\", 'Author Janet Evanovich has made a bold move in using a soupon of child jeopardy to pull <a href=\"/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/96/${0}\">this series</a> out of the comfortable but formulaic pattern it was threatening to fall into. It\\'s still funny, and yes, some cars are destroyed, but now there\\'s a real edge of darkness under the humor. Fans needn\\'t fear, though: Jersey girl Stephanie is still full of sass and Tastykakes. <I>--Barrie Trinkle</I>', \"The menace is more personal for Trenton's favorite bounty hunter and the energy more manic in this latest outing than in last year's Seven Up. As a favor to her mother's next-door neighbor, Mabel Markowitz, Stephanie agrees to check up on the lady's granddaughter, Evelyn Soder, who has suddenly taken off with her little girl, Annie, leaving behind a child custody bond against Mabel's house. The son-in-law is a bad guy who lost his bar to Eddie Abruzzi, a very nasty character who owns evelyn's building. Soon someone in a bunny suit is trailing Stephanie, her car is blown up, her apartment infiltrated and a dead body appears on her couch. She calls in her associate, Ranger, the gorgeous and mysterious Cuban bond agent, while her sometime boyfriend, Morelli the cop, also gets on the case - a real doozy for which she's not getting paid. On the home front, ever-raunchy Grandma Mazur is eager to assist. Sister Valerie and kids have moved back in as well, so there's nowhere but the couch for Stephanie and one bathroom for all. Valerie is inexplicably attracted to Evelyn's goofy lawyer, who's been tagging along with Stephanie and the ever-outrageous file clerk and ex-hooker Lula, further complicating this twisted case. Life in the Burg takes on a sinister turn with serious results. Evanovich does it again, delivering an even more suspenseful and more outrageous turn with the unstoppable Stephanie, heroine of all those who have to live on peanut butter until the next check comes through. Waiting for nine will be tough.<BR>Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: $ Fundamentalist Terror Revolts: A Novel Inspired by the Murders of an Australian Nurse in Saudi and of Pricess Diana in Paris\nDescription: ['Book by Braveheart, Mary', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)\nDescription: [\"Grade 4-6-This series chronicles the unfortunate lives of the Baudelaire children: Violet, 14; Klaus, 12; and the infant, Sunny. In Bad Beginning, their parents and possessions perish in a fire, and the orphans must use their talents to survive as their lives move from one disastrous event to another. Surrounded by dim-witted though well-meaning adults, the Baudelaires find themselves in the care of their evil relative, Count Olaf, a disreputable actor whose main concern is getting his hands on the children's fortune. When Olaf holds Sunny hostage to force Violet to marry him, it takes all of the siblings' resourcefulness to outwit him. Violet's inventive genius, Klaus's forte for research, and Sunny's gift for biting the bad guys at opportune moments save the day. However, the evil Count escapes, only to return in The Reptile Room just as the children are settling into a far more pleasant life with their new guardian, Uncle Monty, who is promptly murdered by Olaf and his cohorts. Though the villain escapes again, and beloved Uncle Monty is dead, the children are safe...for now. While the misfortunes hover on the edge of being ridiculous, Snicket's energetic blend of humor, dramatic irony, and literary flair makes it all perfectly believable. The writing, peppered with fairly sophisticated vocabulary and phrases, may seem daunting, but the inclusion of Snicket's perceptive definitions of difficult words makes these books challenging to older readers and excellent for reading aloud.<br /><i>Linda Bindner, formerly at Athens Clarke County Library, GA </i><br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', 'Lemony Snicket claims he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. He is the author of several other unpleasant stories, including those in the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events and <i>The Lump of Coal</i>.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mountain Murders: Homicide in the Rockies\nDescription: []"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Too Big for Diapers (Sesame Street) (Too Big Board Books)\nDescription: [\"Baby Ernie is too big for diapers! He's ready to try out his brand-new potty. It may take a few tries, but soon Ernie learns he can use the potty all by himself!\", 'A portion of the money you pay for this book goes to Children\\'s Television Workshop. It is put right back into \"Sesame Street\" and other CTW educational projects. Thanks for helping!']",
"rejected": "Title: Sweet Valley High Super Thrillers Box Set (Deadly Summer, Double Jeopardy, On the Run, No Place to Hide)\nDescription: ['Sweet Valley High Super Thrillers Box Set (Deadly Summer, Double Jeopardy, On the Run, No Place to Hide', '', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Balloonia (Child's Play Library)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Finding Birds in South Carolina\nDescription: ['Book by Carter, Robin M.']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery\nDescription: ['Anyone who has ever let go of a balloon string and watched the bright object go up and up and out of sight will appreciate this whimsical picture book that ponders the age-old question <em>Where Do Balloons Go?</em> This \"uplifting mystery\"--examined in singsong rhyme by Jamie Lee Curtis and playfully explored with Roz Chast-like illustrations by Laura Cornell--is a new offering from the team behind <em><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060245603/${0}\">Today I Feel Silly</a></em>, <em><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0064434230/${0}\">When I Was Little</a></em>, and <em><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/006024528X/${0}\">Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born</a></em>.', '', '\"Do they tango with airplanes? / Or cha-cha with birds? / Can plain balloons read / balloons printed with words?\" Cornell\\'s splashy colorful spreads (one which folds out to four full pages) pop with plenty of witty details. One balloon, for example, waits nervously with a suitcase outside the Bates Motel. In a balloon-ridden urban scenario, advertisements promote balloon-friendly services such as \"The Detanglers, professionals since 1934.\" This exuberant book will have you half-believing that balloons are people, too. Next time your child\\'s balloon drifts away, it\\'ll be much easier for him or her to imagine it dancing in Bolivia than caught up in phone wires! (Ages 4 to 8) <em>--Karin Snelson</em>', '', 'This far-fetched tale by the creators of Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day may well raise youngsters\\' spirits as verse and art muse fancifully on the possible fates of wayward balloons. Cornell casts the balloons in human roles as the young narrator, a boy who has accidentally let go of his balloon\\'s string, wonders, \"Where do they go when they float far away? Do they ever catch cold and need somewhere to stay?\" The zany accompanying cartoon pictures show a balloon sitting on the couch in a doctor\\'s waiting room and another approaching a hotel, its string attached to a suitcase. In other scenarios, balloons dine in a restaurant, write postcards home and \"cha-cha with birds\" on the wing of an airplane, culminating in a four-page fold-out spread of \"a big balloon dance.\" Bursting with color and balloons of all shapes, sizes and functions (many balloons making encore appearances bear clever messages or advertisements), Cornell\\'s busy art provides ample diversion for young readers. Though not as memorable as some of the collaborators\\' earlier work, this volume, like the high-flying balloon that sets a boy\\'s imagination soaring, is way out thereAin a kid-pleasing way. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sanitarium #017 (Volume 17)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: You Can Go to the Potty (Sears Children Library)\nDescription: ['PreS. Here\\'s an offering from the group that produced 11 books on parenting and child care for adults. This one is directed to potty trainees, though the subtext and the sidebars are for adults. The book begins with a several-page note advising parents that the training can last anywhere from two days to two years and pointing out how to tell when children are ready to begin the process. The text generally hits the mark in terms of packaging its information, but the tone veers between an almost cloying babyishness (\"poo-poo goes bye-bye in the toilet\") to more sophisticated sidebars for the \"very curious\" (\"Why do boys have a penis and girls a vulva and vagina?\"). The cartoon-style artwork is child-friendly, but it may not suit adults who are faint of heart. \"Poo-poo\" is tossed in the toilet, and \"pee-pee\" puddles on the floor. The back matter includes a list of parenting resources in books and on the Web. This is almost two books in one, and there\\'s plenty of encouragement for both children and parents. <i>Ilene Cooper</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', \"William Sears received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He has practiced pediatrics for nearly thirty years and is associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California School of Medicine, Irvine.<br /><br />Martha Sears is a registered nurse and a parenting and breastfeeding consultant. Together the Searses have authored eleven books on parenting, childcare, and nutrition.<br /><br />Christie Watts Kelly has a degree in elementary education from the University of Memphis. Now a freelance writer and editor, she teaches prenatal yoga and is cofounder of the Memphis chapter of Attachment Parenting International.<br /><br />Renee Andriani is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to illustrating the Sears Children's Library series and other books for children, she illustrates magazines and greeting cards.<br />\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Decorating & Craft Ideas November 1977 (8)\nDescription: ['Magazine of crafts for the entire family']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way\nDescription: ['Instead of distracting yourself from the birth process you are fully mindful and wholly engaged during Bradleys method of natural childbirth.<b><i>Natural Life</i></b><br /><br />Robert Bradley put power in patients hands, reducing the number of Caesarean sections and episiotomies he performed and playing up natural ways of making childbirth less painful.<b>Slate</b><br /><br />The Bradley Methods simple objective, through relaxation, breathing, and visualization, is a birth free of the interventions frequently offered to women in the different stages of childbirth: fetal monitors, drug-induced labor, anesthesia, episiotomy, and Caesarean section. [Its] other defining feature, the husbands active participation in the delivery, is critical to this overall goal of an intervention-free birth.<b><i>Mothering</i></b><br /><br />\"I highly recommend not only the Bradley method,butspecifically Susan McCutcheon\\'s book to all my pregnant patients regardless of whether their goal is a natural childbirth. Susan does a great job putting her years ofexperience andresearch intoareadableevidenced basedguide to prepare women and theircoaches forpregnancy, labor, and birth. I am grateful for the way this book expanded myknowledgeand empowered me andmy wifefor our births.\"<b>Dr. Stephen Yip, D.O.</b>', '<b>Susan McCutcheon </b>is an award-winning science educator and Certified Childbirth Educator, having studied directly under Dr. Robert Bradley in his first teacher training. She has taught thousands of couples the Bradley Method over 50 years, and is a conference speaker and instructor at teacher training workshops across the U.S. She has served on the Hawaii State Health Plan Development Committee and the Hawaii State Regionalization of Perinatal Care Committee. She is currently teaching the Bradley Method in Portland, Oregon, and is an active Certified Doula. Shes had three natural births herself, using what she teaches others: the incredibly effective Bradley Method techniques!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Happy Jack\nDescription: ['Little Brown and Co., 1920, 204 pages plus one page of ads. One of the 8 color illustration by Harrison Cady is missing. Description: Book; Green boards with pastedown illustration on the front, black and yellow lettering to cover and spine, plain back board, plain endpapers.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: I Love You, Stinky Face\nDescription: ['Award-winning author LISA MCCOURT has written over thirty books for children. She lives with her family in South Florida with a yard full of palm trees that get wrapped in colourful Christmas lights every winter.']",
"rejected": "Title: Tales from the Kentucky Wildcats Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Wildcat Basketball Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)\nDescription: ['<strong>Denny Trease</strong> was the play-by-play voice of Kentucky basketball on television from 1972 to 1980. He also served as the television voice of the Kansas City Royals for 13 seasons and anchored sportscasts for the CBS television affiliate in Lexington. Trease wrote and produced a documentary of legendary coach Adolph Rupp. In 2002, he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in broadcast writing. Before retiring in 2009, he was an anchor for WKYT-TV. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Plum Girl\nDescription: ['Jill Wintersis currently working on a new novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gabi & Brenda's 50 & Fabulous\nDescription: [\"Graduated from Cal State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts. She is a founder of the Red Chair Children's Production Company and currently teaches acting to children. She is also Vice President of Lights! Action! Company. Gabi resides in West Los Angeles with her husband and her family, including her dog.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy\nDescription: ['<i>Newsweek</i> Leaving the medical domain to the medical professionals, Iovine focuses on the practical, social, emotional, and physiological aspects of pregnancy....Iovine and her gaggle of Girlfriends are ready with reassuring and frequently irreverent advice.<br /><br /><i>USA Today</i> With great humor and frankness, Iovine addresses the topics most women talk about only with their best friends.<br /><br /><i>American Baby</i> A lighthearted, helpful, and brutally honest book from someone who understands. You\\'ll laugh and learn about what to aid (perms, maternity clothing stores), what generally can\\'t avoid be avoided (hemorrhoids, a tendency to worry about everything), and what not to be afraid of (if you\\'re having amniocentesis, that big needle; turning into your mother). And if you feel as though you\\'ve embarked on a nine-month-long ride on a roller coaster, the chapter called \"Pregnancy Insanity\" will reassure you that you\\'re normal.<br /><br /><i>People</i> A laugh-out-loud primer for unseasoned moms-to-be.', \"<b>Vicki Iovine</b> is the mother of four teenage children. Since the success of <i>The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy</i>, she has gone on to write several books in the Girlfriends' Guide series, has lent her expertise in columns for the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> and <i>Child</i> magazine, and has served as a relationships correspondent for <i>Redbook</i>. She has also been a parenting correspondent on the <i>Today</i> show, <i>Oprah</i>, and <i>The View</i>. Vicki lives in Los Angeles with her children and husband, Jimmy Iovine.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pastor, How Did You Get AIDS?\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: M Is for Monster (Monsters, Inc.)\nDescription: ['What goes bump in the night? <br />The monsters of Monsters, Inc., <br />of course! Join all the stars of the latest Disney/Pixar film in this <br />24-page shaped storybook.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Biblia De Jerusalen (Rustica)\nDescription: ['Esta nueva edicin de bolsillo de la Biblia de Jerusaln est especialmente recomendada para colegios por sus ventajas sobre otras ediciones de la Biblia.<br> <ul> <li>Resistencia y durabilidad de su encuadernacin plstica con funda</li> <li>Fidelidad al texto hebreo, griego y arameo</li> <li>Gran homogeneidad del vocabulario entre los diversos libros</li> <li>Incorpora importantes novedades en introducciones y notas gracias a la investigacin bblica de la Escuela Bblica y Arqueolgica de Jerusaln</li> <li>Incluye un prctico ndice bblico impreso en el margen de cada hoja.</li> </ul> Encuadernacin rstica, tapas y funda de plstico flexible, xerigrafiadas a un color.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Original Warm Fuzzy Tale\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Blossom of Bone - Reclaiming the Connections Between Homoeroticism and the Sacred\nDescription: ['The first multi-cultural exploration of the sacred experience, roles, and rituals of gay and gender-bending men, from the ancient priests of the goddess to Oscar Wilde and pop music icon Sylvester--a rich tradition of men who have embodied the interrelationship between androgyny, homoeroticism, and the quest for the sacred. Illustrations and photos.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Crepes: Sweet & Savory Recipes for the Home Cook (Illustrated)\nDescription: [\"Foodies may declare crêpes "in" or "out," but they are a welcome treat for most of us. Lou Seibert Pappas explains that "crêpe" is the French word for pancake, and that the dish originated in Brittany, in northwestern France. Until about 100 years ago, all crêpes were made from buckwheat flour. Pappas departs from that tradition by providing 15 recipes for different kinds of crêpes. Eleven are savory, including ones made with whole wheat flour, with minced herbs, and with chickpea flour, while four are sweetened to use in making desserts. Photos accompanying Pappas's meticulous directions illustrate how to turn out light, delicate crêpes and how to fold them around fillings in 11 ways. She also explains what to do about problems such as small holes or cracking edges.\", '<i>Crêpes</i> also offers novel ways of serving the pancakes, such as the Party Stack with Pesto Fillings; Salad Basket Crêpes with Grapes, Blue Cheese, and Hazelnuts; and Chicken, Corn, and Red Pepper Crêpes. In addition, you will find Wild Mushroom Crêpes and other classics. Cannelloni and Cheese Blintzes are reminders that crêpes are more than a French favorite. <I>--Dana Jacobi</I>', 'Eating crepes is a breeze. But actually making them can intimidate the uninitiated. Never fear: Lou Siebert Pappas, author of Crepes: Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Home Cook, shares her tips for making the perfect crepe. -- <i>Boston Herald</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: No Compass Needed: Travel Tales from Asia and the Pacific\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Baby Name Survey Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Keys to Nursing Success, Revised Edition (3rd Edition)\nDescription: ['<DIV sercontent> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">This is the first Student Success text to use a framework that has been<B> <I>proven to improve student learning and achievement.</I> </B> <I> Keys to Nursing Success,</I> Third Edition<I>,</I> helps students build <B> <I> <B>analytical, creative, and practical</B> </I> </B>thinking skills. According to this theoretical premise, also known as <B> <I> <B>Successful Intelligence</B> </I> </B>, all three skill areas require development to be truly successful.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Katz provides <B> <I> <B>updated statistics on nursing salaries and demo</B> </I>graphics</B>, giving teachers all the latest information in one place. No other book enables professors both to <B> <I>discuss nursing as a career</I> </B> and to <B> <I>help students learn how to learn</I> </B> through study strategies.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Features include:</P> <UL> <LI> <B>NEW Pedagogy</B> – In-chapter and end-of-chapter exercises teach students to think analytically, creatively and practically. <LI> <B>Chapter Opening Q and A</B> – Real-life student questions provide professor response. <LI> <B>Teamwork Exercise</B> – Practical trials allow students to develop the skill of working with others. <LI> <B>Career Portfolio Exercise</B> – Practice session prepares students to demonstrate their skills via resumes and vitas.</LI> </UL> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Additional Support – in and out of the classroom…</B> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B> </B> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <I>Keys to Nursing Success</I> offers instructors an Instructor’s Manual which provides PowerPoint slides, exercises, tests, and rationales that can be used immediately. Additional discipline-specific information can be accessed through the Student Success Supersite (www.prenhall.com/success), where students and faculty will find an array of resources. </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=center>Start strong. Finish stronger.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=center text-align=\"center\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\" align=center text-align=\"center\"> <U>www.MyStudentSuccessLab.com</U> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> </DIV>', '<B>Janet R. Katz </B>has practiced in cardiac rehabilitation, as well as acute and critical cardiac care. Her PhD is in educational leadership. She is an assistant professor for Washington State University’s Intercollegiate College of Nursing. She teaches community health. Janet is the author of articles on nursing and the new book: <I>A CAREER IN NURSING: IS IT Right for Me? </I>Her research is in the area of recruiting and retaining Native American students into nursing, communitybased participatory reserach that is culturally competent, such as on health promotion for Native American teenagers.<I> </I>She is active in advancing the profession of nursing and its mission of disease prevention, health promotion, and health care advocacy for individuals, families, and communities, both locally and globally. She lives in Spokane, WA. <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Carol Carter</B> is founder of LifeBound, a career coaching company that offers individual coaching sessions and seminars for high school students, college students, and career seekers. She has written <I>Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students</I> and <I>Majoring in High School</I>. She has also co-authored <I>Keys to Preparing for College, Keys to College Studying, The Career Tool Kit, Keys to Career Success, Keys to Study Skills, Keys to Thinking and Learning,</I> and <I>Keys to Success</I>. She has taught welfare-to-work classes, team taught in the La Familia Scholars Program at the Community College of Denver, and conducted numerous workshops for students and faculty around the country. Carol is a national college and career expert and is interviewed regularly in print, on the radio, and for television news programs. In addition to working with students of all ages, Carol thrives on foreign travel and culture; she is fortunate enough to have been a guest in more than 40 foreign countries. Please visit her Web site and write her at <B> www.lifebound.com </B> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Joyce Bishop</B> holds a Ph.D. in psychology and has taught for more than 20 years, receiving a number of honors, including Teacher of the Year for 1995 and 2000. For five years she has been voted “favorite teacher” by the student body and Honor Society at Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California, where she has taught since 1987 and is a tenured professor. She worked with a federal grant to establish Learning Communities and Workplace Learning in her district, and she has developed workshops and trained faculty in cooperative learning, active learning, multiple intelligences, workplace relevancy, learning styles, authentic assessment, team building, and the development of learning communities. Joyce is currently teaching on-line and multimedia classes, and she trains other faculty to teach on-line in her district and region of 21 colleges. She co-authored <I>Keys to College Studying, Keys to Success, Keys to Thinking and Learning</I>, and <I>Keys to Study Skills</I>. Joyce is the lead academic of the Keys to Lifelong Learning Telecourse, distributed by Dallas Telelearning.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <B>Sarah Lyman Kravits</B></BOLD> comes from a family of educators and has long cultivated an interest in educational development. She co-authored <I>Keys to College Studying, The Career Tool Kit, Keys to Success, Keys to Thinking and Learning </I>and <I>Keys to Study Skills</I> and has served as Program Director for LifeSkills, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to further the career and personal development of high school students. In that capacity she helped to formulate both curricular and organizational elements of the program, working closely with instructors as well as members of the business community. She has also given faculty workshops in critical thinking. Sarah holds a B.A. in English and drama from the University of Virginia, where she was a Jefferson Scholar, and an M.F.A. from Catholic University.</P> <DIV> </DIV>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Enter The Zone: A Dietary Road map\nDescription: [\"Barry Sears looks at why Americans still have dietary problems in spite of following the advice of experts. Challenging the current recommendations for a high carbohydrate diet, Sears looks into man's history as well as the diets athletes succeed best on, to build a new dietary picture. Anyone looking for better health through an improved relationship to what they eat should put this book on their list.\", 'Ciao pasta, good-bye bread, rice and other \"bad carbohydrates,\" which can include carrots, cranberries and corn. It\\'s time to truck in the proteins. Sears, a biochemist, crowns years\\' worth of research into the effects of food on hormone production and metabolic activity with a program that will lead to \"optimal health,\" peak performance (the zone of the title) and, not incidentally, weight control. Citing the importance of eicosanoids, a class of hormones that figures critically in metabolism, Sears has worked out an approach to eating that reduces one\\'s daily production of insulin and, at the same time, draws on stored body fat for energy. A formula for calculating an individual\\'s Lean Body Mass is tied to an estimated Physical-Activity Factor and used to establish one\\'s daily protein requirement, which can easily be as much as 70 grams for a moderately active, middle-aged woman with 25-35% body fat. Recommending a diet that tightly balances the intake of protein, good (low-glycemic) carbohydrates and a moderate amount of monounsaturated fats, Sears is among those current weight-control specialists (e.g., Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller and Stephen Gullo [see Notes below]) who observe that there are many \"insulin-resistant\" Americans for whom the new food pyramid recommendations, heavily weighted with \"high-density, high-glycemic carbohydrates,\" can be unhealthy. \"Zone-favorable\" recipes and food-count tables are included. BOMC and QPC alternates; author tour. <BR>Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.']",
"rejected": "Title: Before, During, After: A Nurse's Guide to Substance Abuse\nDescription: ['This handbook is for any nurse dealing with substance abuse. It will aid the nurse through all the steps from the precursors to addiction, through investigation and discipline at the state and local levels, treatment, relapse and even assist in the steps to returning to a safe practice. There is even information to better understand the issues surrounding professional addiction. In the appendix the reader can find the poignant tale of Ms. Taylors personal experience with substance abuse and the process and its outcome. Before, During, After provides honest, comprehensive information to the nurse facing addiction. But most importantly, it provides hope and support that will allow the nurse to see it is not the end to an illustrious career, but perhaps just a change in direction.', 'The purpose of this handbook is to provide some answers and be a powerful resource when the situation arises, because no nurse should have to face recovery alone. In fact, one of the best parts of our profession is that nurses have a distinct need to care for people. In turn, when we are ready to reach out for help there may be a surprising number of people who will come to our aid.', 'There is a light at the end of the tunnel, and today you are one step closer to reaching that light than yesterday. Facing discovery and rehabilitation from addiction is a frightening experience for anyone. Unfortunately, there seems to be an additional stigma attached when the addict is part of the health care profession. An excellent first step in gaining a healthy perspective for recovery is realizing that every person facing this situation is human.', 'The most difficult part of starting this process for many nurses is to forgive themselves. There is a common belief that they should have known better; I believed that myself.', 'After my personal discovery, I searched for answers to many questions about my professional and personal future. Although there is general training in nursing school on addiction and recovery, I didnt internalize it until it was actually a part of my life. When I felt as if I was being led through a maze of counselors and meetings, I turned to my fellow recovering nurses to find answers.', 'I asked them what they were facing and I found that my concerns were very common. One of the dilemmas was finding answers to our questions about our profession. The information is out there, but unless you know what you are searching for, it is easy to get lost in an avalanche of data.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth\nDescription: ['\"*The Thinking Woman\\'s Guide to a Better Birth* puts the power of the latest scientific research into the hands of women to help them discern the facts from the myths and make informed decisions about their maternity care.\" -- <i>Maureen P. Corry, M.P.H. Executive Director, Maternity Center Association</i><br /><br />\"In Henci Goer, thinking women have a champion, and maternity caregivers have a challenger. Henci has applied her impressive intellect, wisdom, writing skills, common sense, and wit to produce *The Thinking Woman\\'s Guide to a Better Birth*. She analyzes and makes sense of a prodigious amount of recent obstetric research, boils it down, and summarizes its findings. And, on the basis of these findings, she makes practical recommendations for better births. Not one to pull the wool over anyone\\'s eyes, Henci lets the reader in on her whole thinking process, providing scientific references, summaries of the articles, and logical recommendations--all in a highly readable, user-friendly format.\" -- <i>Penny Simkin, P.T. internationally known speaker, birth educator, doula, doula-trainer co-author of *Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn* and author of *The Birth Partner*</i><br /><br />\"With the help of this book, any intelligent person can obtain the information necessary to make informed choices. This unique book will provide the tools and confidence to have the best possible birth experience.\" -- <i>Don Creevy, M.D., FACOG obstetrician-gynecologist Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University Medical School</i>', '<b>Henci Goer</b> is a certified Lamaze instructor and a doula (professional labor support). She is a founding member of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, a group made up of organizations and individuals involved with maternity care in the US and fighting for a mother-friendly childbirth environment. Her articles on pregnancy and childbirth have appeared in <b>Readers Digest</b> and <b>Childbirth Instructor Magazine</b>. For twenty years, Goer has been a Lamaze-certified childbirth educator and labor support professional (<i>doula</i>).', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Silver Desires\nDescription: [\"QUICKSILVER DESIRE Lovely, copper-haired Camry Parker knew rough-and-ready Virginia City was no place for an unmarried girl. But to Camry's way of thinking, the bridegroom her father selected was worse than the riffraff he was supposed to keep at bay. Nick Trelstad was nothing but a dusty silver miner, with more muscles and arrogance than any one man had a right to possess. His casual assumption that she would soon be begging for his touch enflamed her almost as much as the tantalizing nearness of his hard, bronzed body. Never, she vowed, would he know how she longed to be his wife in every sense of the word.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Your Second Pregnancy: What to Expect This Time\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: ONE HUNDRED POPULAR PIANO SONGS FOR THE WHITE KEYS\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On\nDescription: ['[McCarthys] honesty is disarming, funny, and so boundless that youll feel as if youre at her side every step of the way.<b><i>The Arizona Republic</i></b>', \"<b>Jenny McCarthy</b>is the<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth, Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood, Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On, Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism, Healing and Preventing Autism: A Complete Guide,</i>and<i>Stirring the Pot: My Recipe for Getting What You Want Out of Life</i>.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Mercenary Option\nDescription: ['<i>The New York Times</i> Couch can tell a story! -- <i>Review</i>', '<b>Dick Couch</b> is a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, serving aboard ship and with the Navy UDT and SEAL Teams. While a platoon commander with SEAL Team One in 1970, he led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War. On release from active duty in 1972, he served with the Central Intelligence Agency as a case officer, retiring from the Naval Reserve in 1997 as the senior reserve SEAL officer with the rank of captain. He has written four previous novels, <i>SEAL Team One, Pressure Point, Silent Descent,</i> and <i>Rising Wind,</i> and a nonfiction work, <i>The Warrior Elite.</i> He lives with his wife, Julia, in Ketchum, Idaho.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Eat Healthy, Feel Great\nDescription: [\"William Sears received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He has practiced pediatrics for nearly thirty years and is associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California School of Medicine, Irvine.<br /><br />Martha Sears is a registered nurse and a parenting and breastfeeding consultant. Together the Searses have authored eleven books on parenting, childcare, and nutrition.<br /><br />Christie Watts Kelly has a degree in elementary education from the University of Memphis. Now a freelance writer and editor, she teaches prenatal yoga and is cofounder of the Memphis chapter of Attachment Parenting International.<br /><br />Renee Andriani is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to illustrating the Sears Children's Library series and other books for children, she illustrates magazines and greeting cards.<br />\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Functional Phonetics Workbook, Second Edition\nDescription: ['\"Most helpful are the numerous opportunities readers have to practice transcribing using the IPA, and the two audio CDs that provide sample exercises for transcribing online speech... A valuable addition to the resources available for both teaching and learning the IPA. **** 4 Stars! [Refers to First Edition.]\" --Melissa B. Fitcher, MA (George Washington University), Doody\\'s Review Service, (2008)<br /><br />\"The second edition of the <i>Functional Phonetics Workbook</i> is a pleasing addition to the range of resources available for the teaching and learning of phonetics for communication disorders. The book is user-friendly and provides clear basic information enhanced by the addition of numerous practical exercises incorporating audio CDs. The additions such as exercises on words stress and central vowels, phoneme study cards on CD, study questions and a glossary of terms magnify this book\\'s potential to develop future or existing clinicians\\' ability to transcribe the IPA competently. This has the capacity to translate into improvement of everyday practice in the provision of services to clients with communication disorders.\" --Julie Lewis, in International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 62:3, 348-349 (May 2015)', '', '<b>Mary Lou Marsoun Cancio</b> received her M.A. degree in Speech-Language Pathology from California State University, Fresno in 1987. Since then time she has been employed in a public school setting and as a part-time lecturer. She has taught the introductory phonetics course at CSU-Fresno since 1994. She has also taught introduction to communicative disorders, introduction to language development and diagnostic procedures courses, and provided supervision for clinicians. Ms. Cancio served as advisor to the CSU-Fresno Chapter of NSSLHA from 1998-2003. She has served as secretary to the Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies Chapter of the CSU-Fresno Alumni Association since 1995. In this capacity, she arranged conferences for nationally recognized speakers in Communicative Disorders to provide continuing education to area professionals. In 2003 she was the recipient of the CASHA District 5 Outstanding Achievement Award and in 2005 received the Friends of CDDS Appreciation award for more than 10 years of service to the Department of Communicative Disorders at CSU-Fresno.', '<b>Dr. Sadanand Singh</b> (1934-2010) was a Fellow of the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association (ASHA) and an active member and contributor to the direction of the organization. He was also founder and Chairman of Plural Publishing, Inc. He was a Professor at The Ohio State University, Professor and Department Chair at Howard University, Professor and Director at the University of Texas Health Science program, and Professor and Chairman of the Communicative Disorders Department at San Diego State University. He also served on advisory boards with leading scientists, clinicians, and professors in several areas of key academic and clinical concentration. Dr. Singh authored several undergraduate and graduate texts in phonetics, phonology, measurements, and clinical procedures.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Will the World End in 2012?\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Chrono Code Volume 1\nDescription: ['When the promotional material for the second volume of a manga series begins, \"Wondering just what the heck is going on?\" you know you\\'re in trouble. It\\'s a shame that the first volume of <i>Chrono Code</i> plunges readers into such confusion, because it has real potential. Ji-Soo Chung is an orphaned schoolgirl in search of her missing younger brother in Seoul, Korea, in 1994. But in the 23rd century she may be Yun-hee, a \"chronoid\" with time-traveling capabilities and a colleague of the swash-buckling Blade (who, in 1994, is Ji-Soo\\'s Russian teacher, Professor Nicolai). Blade\\'s search for Yun-hee, who is apparently a powerful time traveler, overlaps with his pursuit of Doctor Joseph, another chronoid who has changed the confidential code for a satellite called Riverside that has the power to stop an apocalyptic 23rd-century war. It\\'s fair to say that <i>Chrono Code </i>is suffering from an overabundance of plot and a dearth of background. But its art is lovely, combining fight scenes with dreamy splash pages, and the story is intriguing, despite a sometimes clunky translation. Manga fans who have the patience to follow the meandering plot should enjoy what they find. <i>(Aug.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Never Let You Go\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Carrie: Ambassador at large\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: What in the World is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore\nDescription: ['', 'David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point, an international ministry committed to providing Christians with sound Bible teaching through radio and television, the Internet, live events, and resource materials and books. He is the author of more than fifty books, including <em>Is This the End?</em>, <em>The Spiritual Warfare Answer Book</em>, <em>David Jeremiah Morning and Evening Devotions</em>, and <em>Airship Genesis Kids Study Bible</em>. Dr. Jeremiah serves as the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego, California, where he resides with his wife, Donna. They have four grown children and twelve grandchildren.', ' ']",
"rejected": "Title: Normal Is Boring: Book Of Affirmations\nDescription: ['What is your why? What is your purpose? These are two questions that Logan Taylor CONSTANTLY asks you to ensure that you are maximizing your full potential. Logan has spoken to thousands upon thousands of people worldwide. Logans ability to motivate audiences allows him to uplift, provide increase to and empower even the toughest audiences. With his engaging and enriching personality, Logan connects with you immediately and delivers content that can be incorporated in your everyday life as soon as you leave the building. Logan is the founder of a non-profit organization known as Y.B.Normal? Logan also has a heart for people who have a difficult time overcoming poverty. He himself is a product of a low-income lifestyle and welfare; he battled through these conditions for most of his early childhood. He was raised by his grandmother most of his life, his father was absent, and his mother was in and out too. People often ask what keeps Logan focused and driven. That is the love, support, and motivation he receives from his loving wife, children, extended family, and local community. Logan has had the privilege of leading several community outreach events. One that he is particularly proud to consistently be a part of is an event entitled Cut the Hate, Share the Love. This is an annual outreach event geared toward impacting the homeless and less fortunate in the community. During this event, local barbers provide haircuts, individuals have access to new or gently used clothing and they are given a hot meal on top of that. In 2017, on New Years Day Logan personally with his wife, children, and friends walked Chattanooga, Tn delivering over 70 pairs of shoes to those in need. Logan lives his life by the proverb of Y.B.Normal?, when you can be extraordinary. He has done his best to live this proverb in all parts of his life. Some of these ways, in addition to the ones listed above, include Hurricane Harvey outreach where he and a friend drove two trucks full of needed goods to Texas, writing his own book, speaking at youth and adult correctional facilities, mentoring and co-hosting several additional community events.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Immanuel's Veins\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The State of Gracie\nDescription: ['Jean is a first time author. She began her writing career several years ago. This project has been a work in progress. This is her first published book. She is an avid reader, writer and volunteer for charity organizations in her area. Jean is the mother of one son and a mentor to many. She is an MBA graduate of American International College Magna Cum Laude 2008.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Promises She Keeps\nDescription: ['Healy has a unique style of writing...[that] is descriptive and will draw you into the action. -- Romantic Times<br /><br />The Promises She Keeps is a book that defies simple description. Complex characters, a plot steeped in imagery and eloquence... -- TheChristianCritic.net']",
"rejected": "Title: Bean Cuisine: A culinary guide for the ecogourmet\nDescription: ['Book by White, Beverly', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Vicious Cycle (Intervention, Book 2)\nDescription: ['The second in Blackstocks Intervention series is a fast-paced thriller . . . the portrayal of the dangers of drug abuse and the effects after rehab are fascinating. (<i>Romantic Times</i>)', \"When fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds an abandoned baby in the backseat of a car, he knows she's the newborn daughter of a meth addict he's been trying to help. But when police arrest him for kidnapping, Lance is thrust into a criminal world of baby trafficking and drug abuse.His mother, Barbara, looks for help from Kent Harlan---the man whom she secretly, reluctantly loves and who once helped rescue her daughter from a mess of her own. Kent flies to her aid and begins the impossible work of getting Lance out of trouble, protecting a baby who has no home, and finding help for a teenage mother hiding behind her lies.In this latest novel of suspense and family loyalty, bestselling author Terri Blackstock offers a harrowing look at drug addiction, human trafficking, and the devastating choices that can change lives forever.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Panic in Paradise: Invasive Species Hysteria and the Hawaiian Coqui Frog War\nDescription: ['\"Singer and Grismaijer have done environmentalism a great service providing a detailed examination of the coqui frog war in Hawaii.\" -- <i>David Theodoropolous, Conservation Biologist, Author, Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience</i><br /><br />\"We are indebted to Singer and Grismaijer for exposing the invasion biologists\\' hidden agenda and brazen conflicts of interest.\" -- <i>Frank Watlington, Ph.D., Professor of Biogeography, University of Puerto Rico</i>', 'The anti-coqui frog campaign in Hawaii has been seriously tainted by fraudulent claims and conflicts of interests. Panic in Paradise exposes this corruption. And it offers a valuable lesson for anyone interested in protecting the environment and its creatures and plants from the environmental extremism of invasion biology. <P>For example, when the \"experts\" claimed that \"nothing will work against the frogs except caffeine\", the public was not told that the University of Hawaii owns the patent on the gene for caffeine, extracted from coffee plants. This patent was issued in 1999, the same year the coqui \"crisis\" was announced. The patented caffeine gene is exclusively licensed to Hawaii\\'s Integrated Coffee Technologies, Inc. (ITCI). The gene could be inserted into bacteria to inexpensively produce caffeine, a process ITCI said it would consider doing if the price for caffeine went up. Getting the EPA to approve caffeine as a pesticide would have effected this increase in price for caffeine. Once the EPA learned of this conflict of interest, it did not renew the Section 18 exemption for the testing of caffeine in Hawaii. At that point, eradicators \"re-discovered\" citric acid, which had been used by the Honolulu Zoo to kill Cuban tree frogs in the mid-1990s. <P>The Federal government had earmarked $9 million for coqui control in Hawaii, but then withdrew this money when it discovered the conflict of interest and fraudulent claims made about the frogs. While the Hawaii DOA considers the coquis a pest of agriculture, the Federal government disagrees, since frogs are considered beneficial to agriculture. Note, as well, that the coqui frog is not considered an invasive species by the Federal Invasive Species Council. Only in Hawaii has it been called invasive, and only by those asking for money to eradicate or control the frogs. And this \"invasive\" designation is based on speculation, not on scientific evidence. <P>Scientists worldwide are critical of the propaganda that has been spread about these frogs. Despite the unsupported, exaggerated, and fraudulent claims made by local eradication concerns, the facts are that coquis do eat mosquitoes, there are predators for coquis in Hawaii, and there are plenty of insects to go around. For your information, coquis eat ants, termites, roaches, mosquitoes, flies, and anything smaller than they are that is not caustic, including other coquis. Their predators in Hawaii include insect-eating birds, rats, bats, cats, and other coquis. And no scientific study has shown a shortage of insects in Hawaii. The frog populations will stabilize, as has been the case with every other introduced species. <P>Claims that the coquis will threaten endangered native insectivorous birds are pure speculation and unscientific. In fact, the coquis are food for insectivorous birds. And the fact that coquis eat mosquitoes can help endangered birds by reducing the incidence of avian malaria, carried by mosquitoes. <P>Eradication of the coquis is impossible, according to local experts. Efforts to control coqui numbers have resulted in habitat destruction, the killing of non-target animals and plants, and have spread the frogs. For example, Lava Tree State Park, where the frogs were attacked by government agencies, still looks like a war zone. Vegetation was removed, the ground was sprayed with herbicide, the frogs were sprayed with citric acid, and trees were cut down. The activity spread the frogs a mile in all directions, and the frogs returned to the Park within 2 weeks, according to the USDA WS. Their kill count was 30 frogs. And they had the audacity to call this a \"success\". <P>The worldwide public image of Hawaii as a paradise is being harmed by this bogus frog war. Many people love the sound of coqui frogs. Many people listen to recordings of coquis to help them sleep. And people worldwide are trying to save frogs from extinction. Demonizing the coqui makes Hawaii seem intolerant, mean-spirited, and corrupted by conflicts of interest. Characterizations of the coqui\\'s nocturnal serenade as a \"shrill shriek\", comparable to the sound of \"lawnmowers\", \"table saws\", or \"leaf blowers\", is propaganda, not unbiased scientific observation. Telling people that the sound can keep them awake at night and reduce tourism is a self-fulfilling prophesy. These inflammatory comments have the potential to turn people off from visiting Hawaii. Who wants to visit an environmental war zone, where it is alleged that \"ear-splitting, shrieking\" frogs are causing \"insomnia and hearing loss\"? This anti-coqui propaganda is making Paradise seem like Hell. <P>Conflict of interest has been the driving force behind the unscientific smear campaign against these frogs. The inability to eradicate the frogs means costly, ongoing control efforts, which will never end. Are we supposed to spend limited resources to spray the environment with acid and lime, bulldoze whenever possible, and then watch the frogs come back so we can do it all over again? Is this a sound environmental policy, particularly for a creature that has not been proven a threat to the environment? Or is it a policy for padding the pockets of local eradicators who have fraudulently promoted an endless, costly, and unwinnable Frog War?']"
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"chosen": "Title: Brink of Death (Hidden Faces Series #1)\nDescription: [\"<span>"...an abundance of real-life faith as well as real-life fear, betrayal and evil. This one kept me gripped from beginning to end." </span><span>-- </span><span>Contemporary Christian Music </span><span>magazine</span><br> <span></span><br> <span>"Collins' deft hand for suspense brings on the shivers." </span><span>-- </span><span>RT BOOKclub</span>\", '<i>Brink of Death, </i>book 1 in my Hidden Faces series,<i></i>carries my Seatbelt Suspense® brand promise: fast-paced, character-driven suspense with myriad twists and an interwoven thread of faith. ~ Brandilyn']",
"rejected": "Title: You Are So Like Me\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Priest's Graveyard\nDescription: ['Praise for THE PRIEST\\'S GRAVEYARD:<br /><br />\"Dekker\\'s new thriller is skillfully written, surprising, and impossible to put down. It might, in fact, be his best novel to date...This is an extremely well-thought-out novel, precisely plotted, and, like a good magic trick, deceptive and startling. Although the story\\'s right-angle plot twist is jolting, it doesn\\'t feel forced or unbelievable, and the book\\'s atmosphere is appropriately dark and unsettling, kind of like the feeling you get from the Saw movies (although this book isn\\'t nearly as graphic or twisted as those). A daring and completely riveting thriller.\"<br /><br /><strong>-- Booklist<br /></strong><br /><i>The Priest\\'s Graveyard</i> by Ted Dekker is an amazing novel, utterly compelling, the story of an abandoned girl and a strange, vengeful priest whose paths eventually cross-with terrifying consequences. Intensely readable, well written, and completely original.<br /><strong> --Douglas Preston, co-creator of the famed Pendergast series of novels</strong><br /><br /><br /><br />', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Go Forward Fearlessly!: A Spiritual Road Map for How to be Happy, Stress-Free, and Confident Despite Massive Change\nDescription: [\"Cornelia Ward has a master's degree in community economic development and certifications with Doreen Virtue, PhD, as an Angel Therapy Practitioner and Angel Card Reader. As an intuitive counselor and spiritual teacher, Ward shows people how she successfully landed on her feet after many major life changes. When people are faced with challenges, she helps them see the way forward. She sees it as her life purpose to build stronger, healthier communities one person at a time. Her website is www.corneliaward.blogspot.com.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: 40: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"In <em>Broken</em>, Travis Trasher improves again on his gifted ability to write severely flawed characters and place them in suspenseful situations that keep readers turning the pages.\"<b><i>May 2010, <em>CBA Retailers and Resources</em></i></b>', 'The author of twelve works of fiction, <strong>Travis Thrasher</strong> creates flawed characters and takes them on harrowing journeys of redemption. He and his wife, Sharon, live with their daughter in Chicago, IL. For more information about Travis, visit www.travisthrasher.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sojourners of the Wilderness: A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Violet Dawn (Kanner Lake Series #1)\nDescription: ['As a shy newcomer in the tiny tourist community of Kanner Lake, Idaho, Paige Williams is already considered reclusive by the gregarious standards of the village. But townspeople don\\'t realize that Paige is fleeing a past so damaging that when she discovers a dead body, she dispenses with the evidence and hides the truth rather than go to the police, whom she mistrusts. With this opener, Collins (<i>Dead of Night</i>) spins a tale of murder in a smalltown with an added twist of Christian faith, which is lightly handled. The writing is competent for the most part, with false notes occurring in some formal and stilted dialogue and Collins\\'s penchant for overusing dramatic similes (\"her heart drummed like the rataplan of rain on a roof\"). One real strength is Collins\\'s skill in handling multiple points of view and time shifts, which flow easily together and advance the plot. Short chapterlets keep the story moving, particularly in the fast-paced final third of the novel, and Collins throws in some interesting details of police procedure and crime scene investigation. Some characters, like the town\\'s tough-but-tender police chief, are beautifully developed, while others, such as the monologues and predictability of the villain, are flat. In all, however, this is a promising and entertaining beginning to the Kanner Lake series. <i>(Sept.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"As a shy newcomer in the tiny tourist community of Kanner Lake, Idaho, Paige Williams is already considered reclusive by the gregarious standards of the village. But townspeople don't realize that Paige is fleeing a past so damaging that when she discovers a dead body, she dispenses with the evidence and hides the truth rather than go to the police, whom she mistrusts. With this opener, Collins (Dead of Night) spins a tale of murder in a small town with an added twist of Christian faith, which is lightly handled. The writing is competent for the most part, with false notes occurring in some formal and stilted dialogue and Collins's penchant for overusing dramatic similes ('her heart drummed like the rataplan of rain on a roof'). One real strength is Collins's skill in handling multiple points of view and time shifts, which flow easily together and advance the plot. Short chapterlets keep the story moving, particularly in the fast-paced final third of the novel, and Collins throws in some interesting details of police procedure and crime scene investigation. Some characters, like the town's tough-but-tender police chief, are beautifully developed, while others, such as the monologues and predictability of the villain, are flat. In all, however, this is a promising and entertaining beginning to the Kanner Lake series. (Sept.) -- Publishers Weekly\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Knock Knock Is That Your Best Work? Sticky Note\nDescription: ['Knock Knock is an award-winning purveyor of witty books and gifts. Our mission is to create products that bring humor, function, organization, and design to everyday life.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Over The Edge\nDescription: [\"Brandilyn Collins is a best-selling novelist known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense--fast-paced, character-driven suspense with myriad twists and an interwoven thread of faith. Her first book, A Question of Innocence, was a true crime published by Avon in 1995. Its promotion landed her on local and national TV and radio, including the Phil Donahue and Leeza talk shows. Brandilyn's awards for her novels include the ACFW Carol Award (three times), Inspirational Readers' Choice, the Inspy, Christian Retailer's Best Award (twice), and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence\nDescription: ['', '<b>Praise for <i>Mind Gym</i></b>', '\"Believing in yourself is paramount to success for any athlete. Gary\\'s lessons and David\\'s writing provide examples of the importance of the mental game.\"<br />--<b>Ben Crenshaw</b>, two-time Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain', '\"<i>Mind Gym</i> hits a home run. If you want to build mental muscle for the major leagues, read this book.\"<br />--<b>Ken Griffey Jr.</b>, Major League Baseball MVP', '\"I read <i>Mind Gym</i> on my way to the Sydney Olympics and really got a lot out of it. Gary has important lessons to teach, and you\\'ll find the exercises fun and beneficial.\"<br />--<b>Jason Kidd</b>, NBA All-Star and Olympic gold-medal winner', 'In <i>Mind Gym</i>, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so. Through forty accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes from prominent athletes--many of whom he has worked with--you will learn the same techniques and exercises Mack uses to help elite athletes build mental \"muscle.\" <i>Mind Gym</i> will give you the \"head edge\" over the competition.', '', '', '<b>Gary Mack</b> is a leading sports psychology consultant and counselor who has worked with athletes in the NBA, NFL, NHL, WNBA, and Major League Baseball. He is president of two consulting firms, Sports Assist and Planning Solutions; the director of sports psychology for Griffey International; and team counselor for the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury.', \"<b>David Casstevens</b> is a senior writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and author of the Charles Barkley biography, <i>Somebody's Gotta Be Me.</i>\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stain of Guilt (Hidden Faces Series #2)\nDescription: [\"'...Collins keeps the reader gasping and guessing as her artistic prose paints vivid pictures on their minds. High marks for original plotting and superb pacing.' (<i>RT Bookclub</i>)\", '<i>Stain of Guilt</i>, book 2 in my Hidden Faces Series, carries my Seatbelt Suspense® brand promise: fast-paced, character-driven suspense with myriad twists and an interwoven thread of faith. ~ Brandilyn']",
"rejected": "Title: Special-Needs Kids Eat Right: Strategies to Help Kids on the Autism Spectrum Focus, Learn, and Thrive\nDescription: ['<b>Judy Converse</b> is a licensed registered dietitian with graduate and undergraduate degrees in nutrition from the University of Vermont and the University of Hawaii. Since 1999 she has operated Nutrition Care For Children LLC, serving children ages 0–21 with autism, allergies, asthma, growth and feeding problems, developmental delays, and mood/learning/behavior concerns. Judy has worked with government programs, nonprofits, industry partners, and families to deliver improved nutrition and functioning for children with special needs. Author of three books, she lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and son.', '', 'Table of Contents', ' <br>', 'Title Page', 'Copyright Page', 'Introduction', ' <br>', 'ONE - Engaging Your Providers', 'TWO - Nutrition Therapy 101', 'THREE - Making Sense of Lab Tests', 'FOUR - Best of All Worlds Special Diet', 'FIVE - Supplements', 'SIX - Shop, Cook, Eat', ' <br>', 'RESOURCES AND FURTHER READING', 'INDEX', 'ABOUT THE AUTHOR', 'A PERIGEE BOOK Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England • Penguin Group Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) • Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) • Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa • Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England', 'While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.', 'Copyright © 2009 by Judy Converse', 'All rights reserved.', 'No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.', 'PERIGEE is a registered trademark of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.', 'The “P” design is a trademark belonging to Penguin Group (USA) Inc.', 'Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data', 'Converse, Judy.', 'Special-needs kids eat right : strategies to help kids on the autism spectrum focus, learn, and thrive / Judy Converse.', 'p. cm. Includes index.', 'eISBN : 978-1-101-02467-6', '1. Autistic children—Nutrition—Popular works. I. Title.', 'RJ506.A9C.92’85882—dc22 2008041405', ' <br>', ' <br>', 'PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering professional advice or services to the individual reader. The ideas, procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician. All matters regarding your health require medical supervision. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestion in this book.', 'The recipes contained in this book are to be followed exactly as written. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The publisher is not responsible for any adverse reactions to the recipes contained in this book.', '<b>Introduction</b>', '<i>A Nutritionist on the Front Lines</i>', '<b>I</b>’m a nutritionist. That’s a fuzzy term that gets thrown around a lot by different health care providers of both strong and weak training and experience in it. What it means in my case is that I am a licensed registered dietitian with graduate and undergraduate degrees in nutrition from two universities. I completed 900 hours of supervised training in acute care settings (hospitals), outpatient clinics, and community public health programs such as WIC (the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children). It also means that per my registration and licensure boards, I must maintain 75 hours of approved continuing education hours every five years, or lose both credentials. No slacking off. I completed my graduate training in 1988, my registration status in 1989, and became licensed in 2001 (which was when my state began licensing nutrition professionals).', 'As fate would have it, I was also drawn into the Defeat Autism Now (DAN) community in 1998 and began provider training as soon as it was available. Soon after, I started something I never ever aspired to do, thought of doing, or wanted to do: I began a private practice, for children. This chose me more than I chose it. My own child, then two, had experienced struggles in infancy with feeding, illness, and developmental concerns that I had never heard of in all my training. I was astounded by how little attention our pediatric providers paid to the role of nutrition in his care, how uncurious they were about this piece, and how devoid of information they were about it. Even though I had already encountered many doctors in my training and my own health care who had not studied nutrition, it had never occurred to me that, of all disciplines, the pediatrician would be so disenfranchised from it. After all, if babies can’t eat, or can’t absorb their feedings normally, they can’t sleep, grow, explore, learn, or develop typically. There is nothing more fundamental or essential to a baby’s health than nutrition.', 'That was when my training really kicked into gear. I worked hard to right the challenges in my own house with infant and toddler feeding, allergy, growth, development, sleep, and behavior. This was in 1996. Not much of an Internet then. I lived in a coastal New England village with minimal library resources. Between cracking old texts and visiting the library at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, which either had or could order some of the scientific journals I needed, I began piecing answers together that worked well for my own child. As I did this, parents began approaching me for the same help. Of course, I wasn’t the only mom in this boat. It simply floored me that, for families like mine, there was almost nowhere to turn for professional guidance on how nutrition matters for children. That is how Nutrition Care for Children came into being, a private practice I created to fill this gap.', 'It’s still a tiny practice, but I am contacted now by families nationwide. The irony is that many parents tell me right up front that their child has no nutrition problems. Besides, they often add, the pediatrician has never mentioned any problem, and there are no bowel symptoms. I have never met a child with sensory processing disorder, autism, Asperger’s, or ADHD with no nutrition problems, so I let parents discover with me what we can put right for their child, and then we watch the improvements unfurl. If they don’t unfurl, then I hope they stay curious with me, and I make referrals to providers who can look at other layers. I would be the first person to tell a family there is no point to special nutrition measures for a child struggling with developmental, behavioral, growth, learning, or allergy problems. But so far, I haven’t encountered a situation where nutrition care didn’t help. We always find at least one lever worth pulling, one nutritional adjustment, and parents are glad to witness their child improve in ways large and small.', 'Whether your child has as grave a situation as autism, or a daunting but less challenging issue such as sensory processing disorder or nonverbal learning disability, nutrition tools can be effective allies. The nutrition care process is essentially the same for the whole gamut of behavioral, neurological, and developmental diagnoses the CDC says now affects one in six children in the United States today. Because we are talking about child nutrition assessment and care, and not psychosocial or educational evaluation tools, there is a reliable standard in place for this that has existed for decades. Blending this with what have become known as “biomedical” treatment tools makes for a powerful method of enhancing health and learning for these children, no matter what their developmental and learning diagnoses may be.', 'For parents of children with other special needs such as cystic fibrosis, diabetes, Crohn’s disease, cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, or global developmental delay, this book might prove a useful read, too. Nutrition care for kids with these diagnoses is easier to access in today’s medical landscape than it is for children with autism, so you may feel you have that base well covered. But there may be useful tidbits on the pages that follow—bits of information that might be overlooked by the staff at a major medical center, such as: Children with diabetes may show improvement in blood sugar control when using gluten-free diets; children with cystic fibrosis may have undetected inflammation from foods that further inhibits growth and gain; seizure disorders may improve with aggressive antifungal therapy or supplemental magnesium and pyridoxine. All children benefit from good nutrition support, but not all children get it. Most mainstream MD providers don’t use it. All too often, it is not the focus of their training or a key aspect of their treatment methods.', 'Parents of children with autism face a bigger challenge in many ways, because the idea that nutrition supports apply to this condition is still bucked by many a doctor. Finding someone to work with your child on this can be difficult. If there is a silver lining to the autism epidemic, it may be that we are hearing the word “recovery” in the same breath as “autism.” As hopeful as that is, many in the autism community bristle at it. While we talk about stroke recovery, cancer cure, diabetes cure, successful treatment for depression, or recovery from traumatic brain injuries, many stumble with “autism recovery,” “cure autism,” or even “autism is treatable.” Some construe the very idea of recovery as a judgment on people with autism who don’t want to change their unique talents or personalities.', 'To the contrary, my years in practice have convinced me that we should shed the view that autism is an inflexible, static affliction. It deserves the same determination for improvement that we fling at challenges such as diabetes, cancer, AIDS, or intractable depression. After years of watching children with autism spectrum or sensory challenges find joyful expression of their true personalities, or move toward higher functioning because of good nutrition care and biomedical tools, it is hard for me to remember that most MD providers and many parents are still out of this loop. Whatever your stance on this point, it works to focus on a goal everyone has: good health, contentment, and reaching one’s potential, no matter what fate has thrown in your path. If a genetic predisposition has brought autism, cancer, stroke, diabetes, or Parkinson’s disease into your life, or whether you view these conditions as entirely triggered by external factors, you are still here to live to the fullest and feel well. This is where therapeutic nutrition strategies really shine. Withholding these strategies from any child is illogical, and it’s downright unethical if the child has signs and symptoms relating to nutrition or gastrointestinal (GI) problems.', 'As you will soon discover while you read this book, children with autism diagnoses, sensory integration disorder, or challenges with attention, focus, learning, mood, or behavior often have plenty of nutrition and GI problems. The science and practice that can repair or lessen nutrition and GI problems in children is not new, not novel, not fringy, and not alternative. The new part is looking at these children through this different lens. <i>Of course</i> children function better when problems found with this lens are fixed. Regardless of where you stand on the complex questions of why the diagnosis rates are exploding, or what causes autism, I hope we can agree that good nutrition is essential for all children—something we owe them and are capable of giving them, and something that can benefit them tremendously in their development and quality of life.', 'So, dive in. This book gives parents practical, straightforward information on approaching and using special diets for children with challenges such as autism, sensory integration disorder, attention problems, and more. The information here is based on everything I have been fortunate to absorb, experience, read, learn, and observe for over a decade in practice and as a parent. I am confident in the science that is already published on nutrition strategies for children with the kinds of problems now being found in autism spectrum disorders. For deeper reading on rationale, research, further biochemistry, or whatever you need to know more about, see the resources section, or visit www.NutritionCare.net for more information and support.', '<b>ONE</b>', '<b>Engaging Your Providers</b>', '<i>Working Together on Nutrition<br>Care and Special Diets</i>', ' <br>', ' <br>', ' <br>', ' <br>', ' <br>', '<b>U</b>sing nutrition therapies for a child with special needs can be complicated. Parents need support, guidance, expertise, resources, and encouragement for it, while providers need information they can work with to help you. It is a potent therapeutic tool that can work very well, or not work at all. Now is a good moment for pediatric providers of all stripes to learn about it. Thankfully, we already have highly applicable, well-pedigreed knowledge on child nutrition, plus constantly emerging new information about nutrition and autism, that we can put to use right now. But first, we have to close the gap between providers and parents, and broaden the base of providers who know what to do. Nutrition science is a century old at least, but how to use it in practice is what families and providers need help understanding. Here’s why that gap exists, and how to be successful in spite of it, with your existing provider team. While some nutrition care measures can be done at home on your own, others require professional guidance and input. Reliable, local resources are a great thing to have, as your child may need refinement of nutrition-related assessment and treatments.', '<b>The Big Gap</b>', 'At the 2006 annual conference for the American Dietetic Association, I attended a lecture called “Nutrition Management in Pediatric Rehabilitation.” It described standards and goals of nutrition care for infants and children with traumatic brain injuries, stroke, or spinal cord injuries. It did not surprise me that these children have a lot of the same problems as children with autism: cognitive and communication impairments, GI concerns, low muscle tone, gross and fine motor problems, sensory processing handicaps, special nutrition needs, seizures, feeding difficulties. What did surprise me was the degree to which brain-injured children are not only cared for, but loved and embraced by our medical culture—a stark contrast to what children with autism receive when seeking GI or nutrition care. Listening to the hospital staff that gave the presentation, I found myself envious of the clinical attention these unfortunate children get without question, not to mention the support parents receive from bereavement counselors, hospital chaplains, or social service staff, all covered by insurance. Most children in my caseload have an autism spectrum diagnosis. They, too, need an entourage of therapists and providers. I would be thrilled to refer the children I meet for just a fraction of these services, which simply do help children recover, and help their families through it. Clinically speaking, these two groups have many similarities, but they have had very different paths to being in a situation that warrants this care. One group had injuries: skateboard crashes, falls off bikes, near drownings, or strokes. They were injured. What about the other group, the ones with autism? That debate is still at a full boil. Were they injured, or were they born this way?', 'It shouldn’t matter. There is a gap in our medical landscape today for children with autism, in terms of the nutrition and GI piece. They usually can’t access this kind of care, even though, clinically speaking, there are valid similarities between children with brain injuries and children with autism spectrum disorders. The lecture I mention here touted supplementation and special nutrition supports for brain-injured children. They benefit from coordinated GI care, physical and occupational therapies, and nutrition care. So do children with autism. This is not to debate whether autism is a brain injury; it is about providing appropriate, ethical treatment for the kinds of problems kids with autism have. The autism epidemic has triggered a deeper search for treatments for neurological conditions and chronic disease. Experience from practice in other areas of conventional medicine—such as pediatric rehabilitation from traumatic brain injuries—and newer pieces from the functional medicine movement, are wending their way into the universe of mainstream providers who help children with autism. Even though this is happening too fast for medical science loyalists and too slow for desperate parents, it is progress.', 'For many professionals who have served the autism community for a long time, these ideas are not exactly welcome. Ideas that shake the bedrock of anything rarely are. Many parents feel uncomfortable, too, when they bring up whether or not to use a special diet measure with doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or neurologists. So far, on balance, pediatricians are not talking much to parents on the use of special diets. They are not recommending them, and not guiding parents who make the decision to use them anyway. This leaves families of affected children in a big gap, a void, which is filled by searching for distant providers who are willing to help, surfing the Net for supplements, protocols, lab tests, and support groups, and bankrupting themselves by paying for all this care out of pocket. Imagine a young snowboarder sustaining a life-changing traumatic brain injury, and the parent then having to search desperately for care, paying for it all, prioritizing all the interventions, discerning which is best, with no input, referral, follow-up, or guidance from a primary care physician, no local services, and no coordination among specialists. This is the common dilemma for families of children with autism spectrum disorders.', 'When a pediatrician is concerned that one of his young patients may have autism or other learning and developmental delays, he does not make a referral for nutrition care. There are many reasons for this, and it is not because the science behind therapeutic nutrition is weak. Knowing these reasons can help you proceed confidently with your conviction to use a special diet for your child, which by the way is well grounded in decades of nutrition science. Knowing why pediatricians and other MDs in the autism landscape are slow to get on board can also help you engage them in your child’s care, which is important for a better outcome. A new dialogue between parent and provider is the offshoot. We are embarking on health care for the most disabled generation of children in U.S. history, so it is time for some serious team-work, and thorough review of what we are doing. Parents are taking a lead role more than ever before as they seek partnerships with inquisitive providers, rather than the paternal style of pediatric care provided for previous generations. Here are explanations for why there is debate about using special diets as therapy for children with autism. As you will see throughout this book, it is not for lack of good science—but more about history, some holes and gaps in the care delivery landscape, and controversy over what tools are best for children.', '<b>Why the Gap Exists: History, Holes, and Controversy</b>', 'For nearly a century, Western medicine has understood a lot about the nutritional biochemistry and physiology that create growth, development, and learning in infants and children. So, knowledge about nutrition as a therapeutic tool is not new. The new part is recognizing that kids with autism and other developmental or learning problems often have undiagnosed malabsorption or bowel problems, inadequate diets, or all of the above. We already know that these will impede learning, growth, behavior, and functioning in all children, not just kids with autism—which means that fixing these problems is all the more crucial for a child with a developmental delay or special challenge. Oddly, this is not much applied in pediatrics nowadays—that’s the gap. How has this gap been able to widen, much less begin growing in the first place, since autism was first described in the 1940s?', 'Three reasons: One, history. Autism was given a peculiar set of assumptions and biases created by the first clinicians who encountered it decades ago. Two, holes. These biases managed to stick for decades in large measure due to holes in the training of physicians. In the latter part of the twentieth century, pediatrics, and medicine in general, moved farther and farther away from nutrition and integrative perspectives. Instead, emphasis grew on using pharmaceuticals for symptomatic treatment, and on practice specializations that splintered patients into separate body parts. This model made it acceptable to compartmentalize autism as a disease of the brain only. Three, controversy. The use of special diets for a condition such as autism has been burned into the public consciousness in part by a controversial figure who dared to raise concerns about the single most sacred cow in modern health sciences: vaccines. Put these three reasons together, and it means that most MD providers practicing today in the realm of autism won’t go near this special diet stuff, unless they’ve made a difficult choice to jump the fence and join thousands of parents who just want help. For a doctor, this can mean losing your job, losing your credibility, losing regular income from health insurers who dictate how you practice or prescribe, and starting up your own practice in which you expect families to pay out of pocket.', 'Physicians are trained to regard autism and other learning or developmental diagnoses as brain problems, not whole body problems. Findings about gut or nutrition problems are too new to be incorporated into anybody’s training. And most MDs don’t study nutrition anyway—their training and practice are focused on pharmaceutical approaches. Lastly, and surely not least, is the mention of vaccines as anything but miraculous. This can clear a room fast (or perhaps fill it fast, depending on which side of the debate you’ve fallen). Let’s take a quick look at these three pitfalls your provider may have hit, in supporting your goals and interest in using a special diet.', '<b>History: The Dark Ages</b>', 'Autism was first described in the 1940s. Regarded as a psychiatric condition, it had no precedent in the medical literature before then.1 Some of the very first cases ever described included comments on extreme feeding and nutrition issues, but these were regarded as meaningless peculiarities. The odd bowel problems, violent or aggressive behavior after eating, and bizarre self-imposed diet restrictions garnered little attention, other than to be assumed just another of autism’s weird psychological features. The children were believed to be incapable of love, communication, connection, or emotion. Hence the now thankfully defunct phrase “refrigerator mothers,” which referred to the belief that some mothers were emotionally so frozen, they could not love and care for their children, and this caused autism.', 'This stunning conclusion held sway as the bedrock of truth under autism. It kept curiosity about the physiology of autism to essentially zero for decades. As incredible as that is, remnants of this thinking linger even today. As recently as 2004, a parent reported to me that the neurologist who diagnosed her toddler at a highly respected children’s medical center in New England gave this news: “Your child has autism. He will never love you, or be capable of loving you. Don’t waste your time loving him, and in fact, you should start now to distance yourself from him. Stop hugging him; he doesn’t understand.”', 'This is so profoundly wrong, hopeless, and devastating that it leaves me speechless. I shared this with an in-house colleague of the neurologist and was assured that corrective action would be taken. I have never encountered a parent who believed this about his or her affected child. All parents relate moments, even if they are precious few, of affection, recognition, and love with their children affected by autism. This is the type of provider to simply drop like a stone, and walk away. Save your energy for those who will support you.', '<b>Holes: The Nutrition Disconnect in Modern Pediatrics</b>', 'In spite of solid science on how child nutrition drives development, learning, and growth, a disconnect prevails in medicine today that goes something like this: Sure, kids need good nutrition to grow. But what does that have to do with the brain? And anyway, if nutrition were a big enough problem to injure the brains of kids with developmental or learning disorders, then surely these kids would not grow normally. Kids have to have adequate diets, and healthy intestines to absorb those diets, in order to grow. They’re growing, so nutrition is not part of the picture, and there is thus no link between diets, absorption, and what is going on in their brains. Right? Wrong.', 'You may have a chorus of providers telling you something along those lines, or that there is no proof that special diets help children with autism, Asperger’s, sensory processing disorder, or other learning and developmental issues. The nutrition piece of the autism puzzle is easy for these providers to miss, and misunderstand. This doesn’t mean it is not valid. This means they missed it, because they don’t study nutrition, don’t do nutrition assessment and monitoring, and don’t implement therapeutic diets. Dietitians and nutritionists do that, not psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, or pediatricians. Without a referral to a dietitian from one of these providers, you’re probably not going to find one. Even if you did, she is probably working in a major medical center with a mixed-nuts caseload of everything under the sun. She does not have the time or freedom to specialize in therapeutic diets for learning and developmental disorders, especially when the physicians above her in her workplace don’t consider it a relevant tool.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beyond the Reflection's Edge (Echoes from the Edge)\nDescription: [\"Sixteen-year-old Nathan Shepherd has a great life traveling where the careers of his father, an investigator, and mother, a renowned violinist, take him until his parents are found murdered. Left with only a mirror and notes from his father's last case, Nathan goes into hiding at the remote country home of Tony, his father's college buddy, and Tony's teenage daughter, Kelly. The mysterious mirror must be a clue to what happened to his parents, and when images appear in it--people and things that don't exist--Nathan and Kelly painstakingly gather evidence. But the killers want the mirror too, and danger threatens the teens at every turn. As it becomes evident that Nathan's father had stumbled upon dark forces at work in the world, several questions arise. Could it be that the mirror is a portal to a parallel world? Could this technology be used for evil purposes? And could his parents still be alive, trapped in another dimension? Nathan and Kelly struggle to solve the mystery before they too become victims. This chilling, hair-raising adventure is jam-packed with action in a fantastical world where nothing is as it seems, and even mirrors tell lies.\", 'Bryan Davis is the author of the bestselling fantasy series Echoes from the Edge, Dragons in Our Midst, and Oracles of Fire. He and his wife, Susie, have seven children and live in western Tennessee, where he continues to cook up his imaginative blend of fantasy and inspiration. SPANISH BIO: Bryan Davis es el autor de la exitosa serie de novelas de fantasia que contiene Echoes from the Edge, Dragons in Our Midst y Oracles of Fire. Bryan y su esposa Susie tienen siete hijos y viven en el oeste de Tennessee, donde continua creando esta imaginativa mezcla de fantasia e inspiracion.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Rapid Graphs with Tableau Software 8: The Original Guide for the Accidental Analyst\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Waking Hours (East Salem)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Irrational Exuberance Reconsidered: The Cross Section of Stock Returns (Springer Finance)\nDescription: ['', 'From the reviews of the second edition:', '\"This book provides a highly stimulating contribution to the controversial discussion on stock return predictability, combining theory, thorough empirical analysis and feedback from security analysts.\" Gnter Franke, Professor of International Finance, Chairman of the Center of Finance and Econometrics, University of Konstanz', '', '\"Irrational Exuberance Reconsidered takes a look at current turmoils in the stock market and provides an up to date discussion of the underlying issues.\" Harris Schlesinger, Professor of Finance and Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance, University of Alabama', '', '\"State of the art analysis and new insights into the interaction between fundamentals and the stock market. Anybody interested in stock market overreaction should have a look.\" Winfried Pohlmeier, Professor of Economics and Econometrics, Research Professor at the Center of European Economic Research (ZEW)', '', '\"Compelling and intriguing: an interesting read for academics and practitioners alike. Current outlook: A strong buy.\" Dieter Hess, Professor of Finance, Hochschule fr Bankwirtschaft, Frankfurt', '', '\"Combining academic research with practical experience, this book offers a new concept of a research monograph.\" Erik Lders, Professor of Finance, Universit Laval, Qubec, and Visiting Scholar, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University', '\"The present monograph investigates the so-called Winner-Loser Effect (WLE) and the questions, whether it may occur in rational pricing theory or is due to irrational behavior . In my view, this book on finance has impact on the modeling . Furthermore, the introductory review is from my understanding nice . each unit within the monograph has an own introduction, outline and summary and can be read independently . In conclusion, an interesting start for further research.\" (Andreas Bartel, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1089 (15), 2006)', '', '', 'Does the stock market overreact? Recent capital market turbulences have cast doubt whether the behaviour of stock markets is in line with rational investor behaviour. This monograph presents a framework to evaluate whether the stock market is in line with underlying fundamentals. This new and revised edition offers an up to date introduction to the controversy between rational asset pricing and behavioural finance. Empirical evidence of stock market overreaction are investigated within the paradigms of rational asset pricing and behavioural finance. Although this monograph will not promise the reader to become a millionaire, it offers a road to obtain a deeper understanding of the forces which drive stock returns. It should be of interest to anyone interested in what drives performance in the stock market.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Vigilante\nDescription: ['Robin Parrish has written for over a decade as a journalist on the cutting edge of Christian culture, from books and music to film. Robin, his wife, and their children live in High Point, North Carolina.']",
"rejected": "Title: Veronica's Veil: Spiritual Companionship for Survivors of Abuse: A Guide for Integrated Faith with Recovery\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Shadow in Serenity\nDescription: ['In a departure from her usual heart-stopping mysteries, Blackstock delves into the world of a con man who meets his match. This fast-paced novel doesnt provide any astounding twists, but the story is incredibly well told and will keep the reader fascinated until the last page. (<i>RT Book Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Shadow in Serenity from New York Times best-selling author Terri Blackstock wont disappoint. It features page-turning suspense, believable characters, a straightforward but non-preachy Christian message of redemption, and just enough romance to satisfy without being sappy. Blackstock is a masterful writer; highly recommend this excellent title to fiction fans. (<i>CBA Retailers + Resources</i>)', '', 'Terri Blackstock has sold over seven million books worldwide and is a <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA TODAY</em> bestselling author. She is the award-winning author of <em>Intervention</em>, <em>Vicious Cycle</em>, and <em>Downfall</em>, as well as such series as Cape Refuge, Newpointe 911, the SunCoast Chronicles, and the Restoration Series. Visit her website at www.terriblackstock.com; Facebook: tblackstock; Twitter: @terriblackstock.', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cuba: 400 Years of Architectural Heritage\nDescription: ['<b>Rachel Carley</b>, the author of <i>A Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture</i>, <i>The Backyard Book</i>, and a former member of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, lives in New York. <b>Andrea Brizzi</b>, who has photographed in more than fifty countries, is based in New York.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Pattern of Wounds (A Roland March Mystery)\nDescription: ['<span>J. Mark Bertrand is the author of BACK ON MURDER (2010) and PATTERN OF WOUNDS (2011), the first two installments in a series featuring Houston Homicide detective Roland March. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. After one hurricane too many, he left Houston and relocated with his wife Laurie to the plains of South Dakota.</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Archives of Icnq-Rgn, Book I: The Heirs of Menonias\nDescription: ['Garrett K. Jones completed a Bachelor of Arts in Human Communication from California State University Monterey Bay with a concentration in Creative Writing and Social Action as well as a Master of Arts in Religion with a focus on Biblical Studies from Liberty University Theological Seminary. He has published a Kindle Exclusive poetry eBook entitled \"The Lover, The Fighter, & The Philosopher\".', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: One Step Away (By the Numbers)\nDescription: ['<DIV>New York Times best selling author of FireproofAuthor of the Field of Blood trilogy for Thomas Nelson.</DIV>']",
"rejected": "Title: Fieldwork: A Geologist's Memoir of the Kalahari\nDescription: ['\"<i>Fieldwork</i> tells a truly engrossing story. It is a great yarn. . . . told with an eye for the interesting detail and a flair for narrative. . . . As Scholz says, \\'Some things in life are worth doing solely for the experience.\\' The same thing could be said about reading this book.\"<b>---James Trefil, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />\"Few earth scientists write anything in the style of their life\\'s memoirs, so this book is doubly welcome. It should appeal to a wide variety of readers, whether fieldworkers or not. The science is accessibly laid out and richly embroidered with tales of the bush.\"<b>---Keith Cox, <i>Nature</i></b><br /><br />\"A gripping account of a small research program directed at understanding how continents rift apart.... A thrilling read.\"<b>---Rob Butler, <i>The New Scientist</i></b><br /><br />\"Had Raymond Chandler written of a geologist searching for a \\'lost\\' African rift valley, [<i>Fieldwork</i>] might have been the result. . . . I read it at one sitting, with an image of the late Robert Mitchum as he might have been in the film version. . . .\"<b>---Anthony Sinclair, <i>Antiquity</i></b><br /><br />\"[T]his book is doubly welcome. It should appeal to a wide variety of readers, whether fieldworkers or not. The science is accessibly laid out and richly embroidered with tales of the bush. . . . Although much of the book is devoted to the sheer joy of life in the bush (and its perils), and is written so that you can almost smell the smoke of the campfire, the descriptions of occasional trips to town are just as evocative of Africa. We meet a rich array of ramshackle bars with ramshackle customers, we play plenty of darts and hear many a comic or curious yarn.\" (<i>Nature</i>)<br /><br />\"A refreshing and easy description of science at the blunter end. . . . You can feel [Scholz\\'s] quiet thrill as he stands on a hillock which, he thinks, lies above the very tip of a continental rift creeping through Botswana.\" (<i>The Economist</i>)<br /><br />\"<i>Fieldwork</i> is delightful. Like Bill Menard\\'s The Ocean of Truth, this book gives an account of how earth science works. However, it also has a story to tell. Often the logistical problems behind a scientific expedition are as captivating as the science itself. Christopher Scholz\\'s primary objective is to spell out the logistical planning and execution that is required to make a scientific discovery.\"<b>Terry Engelder, Pennsylvania State University</b><br /><br />\"In <i>Fieldwork</i>, we learn about aspects of science and about the motivation of a scientist as well as about the problems facing a country emerging from a colonial past. The book makes a bridge between various kinds of human endeavors. It\\'s very well-written, very readable, and hard to put down.\"<b>Alfred G. Fischer, University of Southern California</b>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Chasing Mona Lisa: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"A riveting, well-researched tale that kept me glued to the pages. Absolutely my favorite kind of story: rich in period detail, fast-paced, and loaded with twists. A winner!\"--Christopher Reich, N<i>ew York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Rules of Vengeance</i> and <i>Rules of Betrayal<br /></i><br /><b><br />One enigmatic smile. Two passionate protectors. And a relentlessly ticking clock.<br /></b><br />August 1944. Paris is on the cusp of liberation. As the soldiers of the Third Reich flee the Allied advance, they ravage the country and steal countless pieces of irreplaceable art. In fact, Reichsmarschall Hermann Gring will stop at nothing to claim the most valuable one of all--the Mona Lisa--as a postwar bargaining chip.<br /><br />But the woman with the mysterious smile has some very determined protectors. Can Swiss OSS agents Gabi Mueller and Eric Hofstadler rescue Leonardo da Vinci\\'s masterpiece before it falls into German hands?<br /><br />With nonstop action and intrigue, <i>Chasing Mona Lisa</i> is sure to get your adrenaline pumping as you join the chase to save the most famous painting in the world. From war-ravaged Paris to a posh Swiss chateau, the race is on--and the runners are playing for keeps.<br /><br /><br />\"A ticket to a world of mystery, heroism, and adventure. You\\'ll find yourself sinking into a story that leaves you longing for just one more page.\"--Cara Putman, award-winning author of <i>Stars in the Night</i> and <i>Ohio Brides</i> <br /><br />\"Intriguing and well-written . . . Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey had me at hello!\"--Lynn Vincent, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling writer of <i>Heaven Is for Real</i> and <i>Same Kind of Different as Me<br /></i><br /><br /><b>Tricia Goyer</b> is the coauthor of <i>The Swiss Courier </i>as well as the author of many other books, including <i>Night Song</i> and <i>Dawn of a Thousand Nights</i>, both past winners of the ACFW\\'s Book of the Year Award for Long Historical Romance. Goyer lives with her family in Arkansas.<br /><br /><b>Mike Yorkey</b> is the author or coauthor of dozens of books, including <i>The Swiss Courier</i> and the bestselling Every Man\\'s Battle series. Married to a Swiss native, Yorkey lived in Switzerland for 18 months. He and his family currently reside in California.', \"<b>Tricia Goyer</b> is the coauthor of <i>The Swiss Courier</i> as well as the author of many other books, including <i>Night Song</i> and <i>Dawn of a Thousand Nights</i>, both past winners of the ACFW's Book of the Year Award for Long Historical Romance. Goyer lives with her family in Arkansas.<br /><br /><b>Mike Yorkey</b> is the author or coauthor of dozens of books, including <i>The Swiss Courier</i> and the bestselling Every Man's Battle series. Married to a Swiss native, Yorkey lived in Switzerland for 18 months. He and his family currently reside in California.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: In the Shadow of an Angel\nDescription: ['Lynne Larson is an award-winning teacher and writer with a special interest in western history, particularly as it relates to women. Several of her stories,essays, and articles have appeared in regional magazines, as well as in Latterday Saint publications. Her novel, In the Shadow of an Angel, grew from her great regard for the,pioneers who put the statue of Moroni on the temple long ago, never realizing the changes that would come as the golden figure watched over their Zion for the next one hundred years. Nor could those early builders fully imagine the generations coming after them, for whom the statue would be a beacon and a guide, millions of people, each with a life to live and a story to tell, and all connected by the angel on the spire.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery)\nDescription: ['Roland March, on the verge of being cut loose from the Houston Police Department after suffering a personal tragedy that has affected his job performance, is given one last chance after he notices evidence of a missing female victim at a gang-related multiple-murder scene. March tries to connect the female victim with Hannah Mayhew, a teenager who performed outreach work for her church and who recently disappeared from a local mall; his superiors are unconvinced, but they agree to transfer March to the Hannah Mayhew task force. He continues to investigate the connection, working under the radar, with the help of a youth pastor, to prove his suspicions. In his personal life, March tries to reconnect with his wife, who is also suffering. Carefully drawn details of police work, well-delineated characters, multiple interesting cases, and a vivid Houston setting add to the strong mystery. --Sue OBrien', '\"The narrative energy is relentless. The visual, cinematic style sticks to a single first-person viewpoint, a unity some contemporary thriller writers violate to their detriment. Present-tense narrative annoys some readers (including this one at times), but its sense of urgency and immediacy is effective in the March novels.<b>Bertrand is a major crime-fiction talent--one of the best police procedural writers I\\'ve come upon in years</b> ....\" -- <i>The Weekly Standard</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Fish Scales\nDescription: ['After controlling the cocaine trade and serving 8 1/2 years in a federal prison for conspiring to sell 140 kilograms of fish scale cocaine, Mario Wallace, the ex-kingpin of Memphis, releases the street masterpiece, Fish Scales.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Injustice For All: A Justice Seekers Novel\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder (Screen Classics)\nDescription: ['\"[The story] of a son\\'s quest to understand how his father\\'s life could go so wrong after so much had gone so right.\"<i>LA Weekly</i>', '\"Celebrity watchers and true-crime aficionados will enjoy this candid, unflinching look at what it\\'s like to grow up the child of a celebrity.\"<i>Library Journal</i>', '\"Robert Crane\\'s investigation into the murder of his dad and his own life lived in the shadow of the show-business career of <i>Hogan\\'s Heroes\\'</i> Bob Crane and the fallout from that murder yields a penetrating study in the fundamentally unhealthy, even corrosive impact of celebrityhood. It deserves to sit on book store shelves next to the latest biography of a fatuously famous star.\"Kirk Honeycutt, former chief film critic for <i>The Hollywood Reporter </i>and editor of <i>Honeycuttshollywood.com</i>', '\"Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer\\'s, <i>Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father\\'s Unsolved Murder</i>, is a fascinating tale. First and foremost it\\'s the bittersweet story of Crane\\'s relationship with his popular father, including the period following actor Bob Crane\\'s shocking murder. But <i>Crane</i> is much more than just a son\\'s reminiscence. It\\'s also an insightful account of America in the second half of the twentieth century, spanning the optimism, affluence and westward migration of the postwar era to the solipsism, disillusionment, and self-destruction endemic of the post-Watergate period.\"Andrew Erish, author of <i>Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood</i>', '\"<i>Crane</i> artfully weaves biography and autobiography together in a well-written memoir revolving around the murder of actor, Bob Crane. The narrative seamlessly moves back and forth between the lives of father and son (both connected and apart) as told by the son. It\\'s an intimate, bittersweet look at what children of celebrities truly inherit: moments of privilege in exchange for losing the real parent to their Hollywood persona.\"Kelan O\\' Connell, author of<i> Delta Legend</i>', '\"Listen: Bob chats with Ed Robertson on \"TV Confidential\" (Part 2) Listen to part 2 online here\"', '\"<i>Crane: Sex, Celebrity and My Father\\'s Unsolved Murder</i> is an enthralling, courageous book; at times deeply poignant written with intelligence, humor and fiercely forthright candor[] [and is] a densely layered, unique combination of autobiography, biography and true crime mystery.', '', '', 'A \"must read\" for Bob Crane fans!\"<i>Midwest Book Review</i>', '\"This is the tale of a Hollywood kid who wasn\\'t tainted and came out the other side, a bit sad and beaten down but never out.\"<i>Cinema Sentries</i>', \"<b>Robert Crane</b> is coauthor of<i> My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey through Hollywood, Jack Nicholson: The Early Years, and Bruce Dern: A Memoir</i>, and a contributor to<i> Hal Ashby: Interviews</i>.<br /><br /><b>Christopher Frye</b>r is coauthor of<i> Jack Nicholson: The Early Years</i> and <i>Bruce Dern: A Memoir</i>, and a contributor to <i>Hal Ashby: Interviews</i>.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Day of War (Lion of War Series)\nDescription: ['', 'Cliff Graham is an Army veteran and the author of the Lion of War Series, soon to be a major motion picture franchise from director David L. Cunningham (The Path to 9/11)and producer Grant Curtis (the Spider-Man films). He currently lives in the mountains of Utah with his wife and children.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Treasures from the Book of Mormon Vol. 2\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Downfall (An Intervention Novel)\nDescription: ['In the final novel of the Intervention series, Blackstock keeps the readers attention from the first page until the heart-stopping ending. Its especially meaningful to follow the progress of drug-addicted Emily through her recovery and into a positive future. (<i>RT Book Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Crisp prose, an engaging story, and brisk pacing make this thriller another home run for Blackstock. Recommend it to readers who enjoy material by Lynette Eason and Erin Healy. (<i>Library Journal</i>)', '', 'Terri Blackstock has sold over seven million books worldwide and is a <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA TODAY</em> bestselling author. She is the award-winning author of <em>Intervention</em>, <em>Vicious Cycle</em>, and <em>Downfall</em>, as well as such series as Cape Refuge, Newpointe 911, the SunCoast Chronicles, and the Restoration Series. Visit her website at www.terriblackstock.com; Facebook: tblackstock; Twitter: @terriblackstock.', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Basic Concepts of Algebraic Topology (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The 13th Tribe (Immortal Files)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Justin Bieber 2012 12X12 Square Wall (Trade) Calendar\nDescription: ['Brand new 2012 Calendar. Sealed in shrink wrapping. Includes one bonus image with 4 month planner page.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cuts Like a Knife: A Novel (A Kristen Conner Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['M.K. Gilroy is a veteran publishing executive who has authored, compiled, and ghostwritten numerous books that have landed on various bestseller lists. His first two novels in the Kristen Conner Mystery series became #1 bestsellers. The father of six adult children, he resides with his wife, Amy, in Brentwood, Tennessee.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pokmon Adventures, Vol. 10\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mortal (The Books of Mortals)\nDescription: ['Praise for FORBIDDEN:<br /><br />\"...mammoth twists and head-pounding turns that will have readers and book clubs debating the roles of emotion and logic that drive human existence.\"<br /> --- Publishers Weekly <br /><br />Dekker and Lee have created an intriguing future world...poised on the edge of vast upheaval. [They] draw readers into it and make them eager to read more...\"<br /> --- Booklist<br /><br /> \"With great plot twists, compelling writing, and unanswered questions, this is a must-read for Dekker fans...\"<br /> --- Library Journal <br /><br />\"FORBIDDEN: The Books of Mortals rocks with the same level of intensity and brilliance as Dekker\\'s Circle Series. Riveting, resounding, and a magnificent blend of Dekker\\'s and Lee\\'s styles. I devoured FORBIDDEN.\"<br /> --- James L. Rubart, bestselling author <br />', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Travel Medicine: Expert Consult\nDescription: ['This book is edited by five experts in the field of travel medicine. They have solicited chapters in various specialties from experts around the world, including the UK. This book is very well presented with colour graphs, maps and photographs. The publishers have improved their service to the reader by providing the textbook on line. I found this of immense value, if not for anything else, for the fact that by clicking on the references I was able to access the abstracts. A comprehensive book such as this one is not easily put together. It required the expertise of the five eminent co-editors headed by Jay Keystone, and the collaboration of 83 authors of international standing. Of all the books I have reviewed for Travel Wise, this is the one I will have no hesitation in recommending to all BTHA members. Reader satisfaction is guaranteed. <br /><br /><b>Travel Wise, Autumn 2008</b><br /><br />The book is organized in a logical way: it moves from basic epidemiology to clinic management issues, and onwards through pre-travel consultation to sections on the major threats travelers might face; illustrating how the discipline of travel medicine has matured, there is a full section devoted to the psychological aspects of travel medicine. A number of chapters explain concepts in a very easy to read and basic manner, which many less qualified workers in the travel clinic could find helpful.<br /><br /><b> Travel Medicine, November 2008 </b><br /><br />As expected, the second edition of Travel medicine provides such a resource, being both comprehensive and topical in its coverage of the subject. Several parts of the book, have been revised to reflect new developments, and many of the tables and prevalence maps have been improved. One great advantage of this second edition of Travel medicine is its online availability, making it much more easily accessible. The book continues to live up to expectations as a reputable travel medicine reference resource and one that should at the disposal of every travel health practitioner.<br /><br /><b> Media Watch, Winter 2008 </b><br /><br />The second edition of this valuable textbook highlights a dynamic specialty that integrates many disciplines. This book is a comprehensive reference on travel medicine. It is rich in information, pleasant to read, and practical. It has been updated to recommend current best practices in travel medicine. The editors have assembled an excellent textbook, and I recommend it enthusiastically to<br />health professionals interested in this growing specialty.<br /><br /><b> Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2009 </b>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Nothing to Hide (A Roland March Mystery)\nDescription: [\"A grisly homicide. An international threat.<BR>The stakes have never been higher for<BR>Detective Roland March.<BR><BR>The victim's head is missing, but what intrigues Detective Roland March is the hand. The pointing finger must be a clue--but to what? According to the FBI, the dead man was an undercover asset tracking the flow of illegal arms to the Mexican cartels. To protect the operation, they want March to play along with the cover story. With a little digging, though, he discovers the Feds are lying. And they're not the only ones.<BR>In an upside-down world of paranoia and conspiracy, March finds himself dogged by injury and haunted by a tragic failure. Forced to take justice into his own hands, his twisting investigation leads him into the very heart of darkness, leaving March with nothing to lose--and nothing to hide.<BR><BR>"Plot-driven and suspenseful, with well-developed characters, this should appeal to readers of Terri Blackstock." -- <i>Library Journal</i>\", 'J. Mark Bertrand is the author of<i>Back on Murder,</i><i>Pattern of Wounds, </i>and<i> Nothing to Hide</i>, crime novels featuring Houston homicide detective Roland March. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and now lives in South Dakota. Visit his website at jmarkbertrand.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: BOMBER UNITS OF THE LUFTWAFFE VOL 1 1933-1945\nDescription: ['Doug Stankey and Henry de Zeng IV are both respected aviation historians based in North America. This series of books represents 20 years of research by the authors to produce this comprehensive work of reference.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: House of Mercy\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Managing Snow & Ice\nDescription: [\"John's new book brings expert advice to novice and experienced snow removal contractors who want to take their businesses to the next level. Managing Snow & Ice gives practical advice on all aspects of running a snow removal business. --Snow Magazine\", \"John Allin is the foremost expert in the snow removal industry. He currently shares his expertise with snow contractors through his consulting practice, educational seminars, columns in Snow magazine and the books that he has authored.<br /><br />John's snow removal business career began when he was 16 and flourished as he built his company to serve more than 5,000 sites in 42 states<br /><br />John is credited as being one of the founding members of the Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) and served as SIMA Board President from 1996 to June 2002. In 2010, he was presented with Snow Magazine Pioneer Award for his contributions to the snow industry.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Reason\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Heal Your Body\nDescription: ['Louise Hay was an inspirational teacher who educated millions since the 1984 publication of her bestseller You Can Heal Your Life, which has more than 50 million copies in print worldwide. Renowned for demonstrating the power of affirmations to bring about positive change, Louise was the author of more than 30 books for adults and children, including the bestsellers The Power Is Within You and Heal Your Body. In addition to her books, Louise produced numerous audio and video programs, card decks, online courses, and other resources for leading a healthy, joyous, and fulfilling life. Websites: www.louisehay.com, www.healyourlife.com, and www.facebook.com/louiselhay', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Land Beyond the Portal\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Combat Sports Medicine\nDescription: ['', 'From the reviews:', '', '\"This unique book discusses issues involved in caring for participants in combat sports. Written primarily for those who take an active role in caring for athletes participating in combat sports, the book will be useful for physicians, nurses, athletic trainers, and other practitioners. With the growing popularity of combat sports worldwide, this is a valuable resource for individuals who are charged with the care of these athletes. It does a great job of familiarizing readers with common concerns encountered in these unique sports.\" (Chris A. Klenck, Doodys Review Service, July, 2009)', '', '', 'A significant body of scientific knowledge has been published in sports medicine in the past few decades, but there is huge demand for practical references that address different types of sport. This demand is highest in combat sports which are both highly physical and mentally demanding, and cause challenging issues such as risk of blood borne infections, weight reduction, head injuries, and stress management.', '', 'Combat Sports Medicine has two parts, the first dealing with common topics in many combat sports: nutrition and psychology; ethical and social issues, including doping; injuries and infections; and combat sports in specific groups. The second part of the book covers aspects of sports science and injuries in selected popular combat sports are discussed.', '', 'An international team of contributors have developedthis book to meet the needs of practitioners who work with combat sports athletes. Based on the best available research evidence, this represents a key reference for neurologists, psychologists, orthopedic surgeons and sports injury specialists involved in the management of patients who practice contact sports.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Placebo (The Jevin Banks Experience) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"Fascinating, gripping, and thrilling--I loved this book. The Master Storyteller has woven another spell in<i>Placebo</i>, where the lines of science, reality, and fiction blur into one compelling tale. Intelligent and absolutely unputdownable, you will lose sleep over this one.\"</span><span><span><span><br /> <br /></span><span>--Tosca Lee, NY Times bestselling author of</span><i>Demon: A Memoir</i><span>and the</span><i>Books of Mortals</i><span>series with Ted Dekker.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span>...<i>Placebo</i>is an edgy, multi-layered thriller...</span><span><span><br /> <br /></span><span>--</span><span>RT Reviews</span><span>, 4.5 stars</span></span>', \"All of my life I've been intrigued by magic, by illusions. When the opportunity came up to do a new series, I decided to base it around an illusionist and escape artist. I consulted with some of the country's top magicians while writing this book and <i>Singularity</i> (and yes, you'll find a few secrets revealed in the books--but not too many).\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Arthur's Science Fair Trouble: A Sticker Book [With Sticker(s)] (Step Into Reading Sticker Books (Pb))\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder)\nDescription: ['<style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #444444; -webkit-text-stroke: #444444} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"Skillful worldbuilding and nuanced characters.\"<b><i><i>Library Journal </i>(starred review)</i></b><br /><br />\"Fans of McClellan\\'s Powder Mage trilogy will be happy to return to this fascinating fantasy world, where magic and technology come together in the midst of complicated relationships and unsure alliances . . . . [A] compelling read.\"<b><i><i>RT Book Reviews</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Furious, visceral, and relentlessly thrilling action.\"<b><i><i>Kirkus</i></i></b><br /><br />\"McClellan continues to expand and build on the interesting and engaging world of his previous trilogy while also providing an exciting and fast-paced new story that even those new to the series will enjoy immensely.\"<b><i><i>Booklist</i></i></b><br /><br />\"In<i> Sins of Empire</i>, Brian McClellan returns to the world of his Powder Mage trilogy for a novel that is equal parts military adventure and spy tale, and succeeds wildly on both counts.\"<b><i><i>Barnes and Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog</i></i></b><br /><br />\"This book is just plain awesome. I found myself enjoying every moment of it. Innovative magic, quick-paced plot, interesting world. I had a blast.\"<b><i><i>New York Times </i>bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson on <i>Promise of Blood</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>Promise of Blood</i> is a hugely promising debut. Guns, swords, and magic together? What more could you want? How about tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes, and cool, cool magic? Not only the finest flintlock fantasy I\\'ve read, but also the most fun. Brian McClellan is the real thing.\"<b><i><i>New York Times </i>bestseller Brent Weeks on <i>Promise of Blood</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Brings a welcome breath of gunpowder-tinged air to epic fantasy.\"<b><i>Anthony Ryan on <i>Promise of Blood </i></i></b><br /><br />\"The world of the privileged sorcerers and the strange abilities of the powder mages who can manipulate gunpowder are just as well drawn in this captivating universe.\"<b><i><i>RT Book Reviews </i>(4 1/2 stars) on <i>Promise of Blood</i></i></b><br /><br />\"McClellan\\'s debut packs some serious heat.... A thoroughly satisfying yarn that should keep readers waiting impatiently for further installments.\"<b><i><i>Kirkus</i> (Starred Review) on <i>Promise of Blood</i></i></b>', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Reckless (Thoughtless)\nDescription: ['<b>S.C. Stephens</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the romantic trilogy <i>Thoughtless</i>, <i>Effortless</i>, and <i>Reckless</i>. All three titles are available from Gallery Books.', 'Reckless <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"../styles/9781476718217.css\" /> <br />Chapter 1<br /> <br />Temporary Bliss<br /> <br />I was stirred from sleep by a hand running up my thigh. Smiling, I stretched my tight limbs and placed my palm over the wandering fingers. The hand was warm and soft, and clasped mine, cinching tight. A cool ring of hard metal dug into my skin as he held me in his firm grasp and I smiled wider, fingering the matching band on the ring finger of my hand.<br /> <br />Id gotten married last night . . . in the spiritual sense, at least. A soul-filled pledge of undying devotion was enough for us right now. And really, a formal ceremony and a piece of paper wasnt what made a marriage. It was the feeling bursting apart my chestthe overwhelming sensation that Id been cleaved in two at birth, and, miraculously, Id managed to find my other half. And even more miraculously, he felt the same.<br /> <br />Soft lips touched my shoulder, and I snuggled further into the body seeking my solace. The sheets wrapped around us were the finest linens Id ever slept in, but their luxuriousness paled in comparison to the man beside me. With his warm legs tangled around mine, his broad chest flush against my back, and his arms circled over and under me cradling my body to his, he was far more comfortable than the overpriced bed.<br /> <br />Pulling the fingers laced with mine up to my lips, I kissed the promise ring on his left hand. A low chuckle escaped him, then those sensuous lips of his worked their way up my neck. Warm and content, my skin instantly pricked with goose bumps as small bolts of electricity shot right through me.<br /> <br />When he got to my ear, he whispered, Mornin, Mrs. Kyle.<br /> <br />My heart was instantly thudding in my chest. I twisted in his embrace until I could see him. Eyes the color of a twilight sky stared back at me, and a small smile curved his mouth as he searched my features. His face was perfectthe angle of his jaw, the slope of his nose, the fullness of his lips. At the moment, I couldnt recall anything quite as beautiful as the man whod just given me his name.<br /> <br />Good morning, Mr. Kyle.<br /> <br />A small giggle of disbelief escaped me, and Kellans smile widened. The contentment in his eyes was nearly palpable. It warmed my heart that I made him feel that way. Hed had enough pain in his life; he deserved peace. It was all a little surreal to me, the depth of his love, the fact that I inspired it. Sometimes, I didnt feel worthy of him, but I was grateful for him, every day.<br /> <br />I cant believe we just did that, Kellan.<br /> <br />He cocked an eyebrow, his grin instantly mischievous. What? Have mind-blowing sex? That really shouldnt surprise you. His expression softened into adoration. Every time with you is incredible.<br /> <br />Biting my lip, I forced the flush he was making me feel aside. I wasnt talking about that. Reaching up with my free hand, I stroked his jaw with my finger. I meant getting married.<br /> <br />Kellan propped himself up on his elbow and looked down at me. His gaze slid down to our hands locked together, to the ring encircling his finger. The look of contentment on his face shifted to outright bliss. Id never seen him happier. Til death do us part, he whispered.<br /> <br />Running my fingers down his chest, the hills and valleys of his absurdly defined body starting to ignite mine, I murmured, My parents wont accept you as my husband until you walk me down the aisle, you know.<br /> <br />Remembering that Id left them a vague message on the answering machine at Kellans place, since they were still in town for my graduation yesterday, I frowned. They were going to be so pissed when they woke up and heard that Id run off and gotten married without including them. Honestly, I was a little surprised that my phone hadnt rung yet . . . or that the hotel room door hadnt been beaten down.<br /> <br />Kellan laughed and repositioned our bodies so that he was lying on top of me. Giving him a soft smile, I ran my fingertips down his back. He shuddered. And I will. . . . Leaning down, he placed a kiss on my neck, then my collarbone. My heart sped up. I will give them the ceremony they want. . . . Looking up at me, he let his lips trail from my collarbone to the top of my breast. I struggled to not squirm. Ill give you the wedding of your dreams, Kiera.<br /> <br />His lips closed over my nipple then, and all of last nights passion flooded back to me. As satisfying as our first union as husband and wife had been, I wanted more, I wanted him again. I didnt think Id ever stop wanting him in every way that that implied.<br /> <br />Just as my fingers drifted up to thread through his hair, my breath long past casual, his lips left the erogenous zone that theyd found. I looked down at him right as he looked up at me. Crooking a grin, he kissed between my breasts, then down my belly. Just the thought of him continuing on his southern path had me instantly aching for him. His grin turned cocky, like he knew it.<br /> <br />Ill give you everything, Kiera, but, until I can do it properly . . . His tongue dipped into my belly button before trailing down my abdomen. I groaned and closed my eyes, simultaneously shifting my hips up and pushing his head down. I heard a throaty laugh escape him as his lips traveled down my thigh. His breath hot against my skin, he finally finished his sentence, . . . we may as well enjoy the perks.<br /> <br />Then his tongue brushed over my core and I lost all pretense of control.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />It was several hours later that we were finally dressed and ready to leave our swanky hotel room. A quick inspection of my cell phone showed me that Kellan had turned it off sometime last night. I guess that explains why we hadnt had any interruptions. Smirking at him as he grabbed his jacket from the plush bench in front of the vanitya bench that wed christened last nightI turned my cell phone back on. A new voicemail alert chirped at me; I was sure there were several of them.<br /> <br />Considering the fact that wed be seeing my very unhappy parental units soon, I didnt bother listening to the voice mails. I was pretty sure I knew what they all said anyway. What were you thinking? You cant marry him, Kiera. Get your ass back here so we can fly you home! Etcetera. They were going to take a while to accept this union.<br /> <br />They were going to take even longer to accept the fact that I was soon to be hitting the road with my new husband. Even I was still in shock. Touring around the country with Kellan had been out of the question while I was still enrolled at school, but I was a graduate now, and I was free. I could do whatever I wanted. And I wanted to be with Kellan, wherever that may be.<br /> <br />My dad was kind of old schoolgo to college, graduate, and get a good job. Kellan hadnt even gone to college. Hed run away from home right after high school and fallen into the Los Angeles music scene with Evan, Matt, and Griffin. Hed been playing with them ever since. Dad was mystified by Kellans life choices. And he was going to be furious with mine.<br /> <br />But it was my life to live, and I was going to do what felt right. And being with Kellan felt . . . amazing. There was no place Id rather be than by his side. I wasnt giving up on my dreams to live vicariously through Kellans, though. No, I was going to strive to make my dreams come true too, and it just so happened that my dream job lined up perfectly with his.<br /> <br />I wanted to be a writer, and that gave me a certain amount of freedom since I could do it anywhere so long as I had a bit of privacy. That might be tricky in a tour bus full of rowdy boys, but I was certain I could carve out a few hours every day to put something meaningful down on paper. I was in the middle of writing my first book, which was autobiographical in a sense, since it was based on actual events. It was a detailed, intimate depiction of everything that had happened between Denny, Kellan, and me. The love, the lust, the betrayalit was all in there.<br /> <br />Writing it was torturous, but therapeutic. Taking a step back and looking at the situation through critical eyes, it was easy to see my many mistakes. There were points when I had been whiny, clingy, petty, wishy-washy . . . downright annoying. Seeing all of my flaws laid bare was a humbling experience. The book was so personal, I almost wasnt sure if I could let anyone else read it. Especially Kellan. But hed asked, and Id told him he could. I didnt want to go back on my word, so I would just have to reassure him with each painful page that I wasnt that weak, pathetic girl anymore. I knew what I wanted, and it was him.<br /> <br />Scanning the room to make sure I wasnt forgetting anything, my eyes swept over the messy bed. The rich, red comforter was a jumbled mess, and the creamy, satin sheets beneath it were twisted as well. Kellan and I had made good use of the king-sized space, rolling around over every inch of it as wed explored each other. Our moans and cries of ecstasy were still reverberating through my head, and for the millionth time I was grateful that Kellan had agreed with my idea of renting a hotel room for our honeymoon. I couldnt imagine doing the things wed done last night at our place, with my parents in the next room.<br /> <br />Coming up behind me, Kellan wrapped his arms around my waist. I inhaled deeply, savoring the fresh, invigorating scent that was uniquely his. Kissing my ear he murmured, We should go. I told Gavin I would have breakfast with him today, and were already really late. . . . Its more like brunch now.<br /> <br />Looking over my shoulder at him, I couldnt contain my smile. Gavin Carter was Kellans biological father. Kellan had put off meeting the man for months; hed been terrified to see him. But theyd finally met yesterday, and now Kellan was going to try and have a relationship with the person whod helped create him.<br /> <br />Twisting in his arms, I slung mine around his neck. Running my fingers through the back of his hair, I gave him a soft kiss. Im sure hell understand that your wedding night ran a little long.<br /> <br />Kellan sighed and cinched me tight to him. His body flush to mine was hard and unyielding. My fingers itched to feel the curves of his defined physique, but that always led to him exploring mine, which usually led to a long, drawn-out lovemaking session . . . and we really did have to leave. Practicing as much restraint as I could, I kept my fingers tightly tangled in his hair.<br /> <br />Kellan kissed my head. I still cant believe youre my wife.<br /> <br />Nuzzling my face against his chest, I felt like my heart was going to burst open onto the floor. God, I loved him. Desire for him started building in me as we held each other, and I again had to repress the urge to express my love for him physically. Pulling back, I frowned. Youre right, we should go.<br /> <br />Kellan smirked at my expression. You want to have sex again, dont you?<br /> <br />Flushing, I pushed his chest away from me. I think we broke enough records last night . . . and this morning. I felt the heat in my cheeks and averted my eyes.<br /> <br />Squatting in front of me, Kellan grabbed my chin and made me look at him. Do you want to have sex with me? he asked, not a hint of a tease in his voice.<br /> <br />His question was so direct that I found it difficult to keep my eyes trained on his. I instinctively wanted to look away. I didnt, though. I made myself stare into his dark blue depths as I whispered, Yes.<br /> <br />Kellan gave me a prideful grin. Was that so hard to admit? he asked, a gleam in his eyes.<br /> <br />I started to close my eyes, but stopped myself. He wanted me to not be embarrassed around him. And he wasnt trying to tease me right now; he was trying to help me grow. Locking gazes with him, I nodded again. Actually, yeah, that was a little mortifying.<br /> <br />Pursing his lips, Kellan shifted away from me. I want you to ask me to have sex with you . . . right now.<br /> <br />My mouth dropped open. Kellan . . . Feeling self-conscious, I covered my chest with my arms. As I was still wearing the tight, slinky dress my sister, Anna, had let me borrow for my graduation ceremony, there was a lot of skin to cover up. Ive asked you for sex before. . . . Why are you purposely embarrassing me?<br /> <br />Sighing, he leaned down again to meet my eye. Youve asked me in the heat of the moment, when we were heading in that direction anyway. I want you to feel comfortable enough to ask me anytime, anywhere.<br /> <br />I cocked an eyebrow at him. Anywhere?<br /> <br />Kellan gave me an impish smile. Anywhere.<br /> <br />Knowing he wasnt going to drop this, I huffed out a disgruntled breath. Dropping my hands to my sides, I counted to ten. Really, this wasnt so hard. I should be able to ask him to have sex with me. Ive certainly used my body to ask him on several occasions. Bluntly saying it was different, though. It made me feel a lot more vulnerable.<br /> <br />Lifting my chin, I confidently asked, Kellan, will you have sex with me? Well, I meant to say it confidently, but my voice came out high and squeakyanything but sexy.<br /> <br />But by the look on Kellans face, youd think Id just given him a lap dance. His burning eyes slid down my body, igniting me. They lingered on my lips, my chest, my hips, and even though he wasnt touching me, my body responded like he was. When his bedroom eyes finally returned to mine, he took a step forward. His hip brushed against me and I gasped. Leaning down, his breath hot against my skin, he murmured in my ear, That is the hottest thing Ive ever heard you say.<br /> <br />My eyes fluttered closed. I felt like I was vibrating, waiting for him to touch me. Every sensitive spot on me buzzed with anticipation. All he had to do was touch his lips to mine, brush a thumb over my breast, or cup my backside, and I would explode . . . I was sure.<br /> <br />His lips closed over my earlobe and a low moan escaped me. But we have to go. With those words he grabbed my hand and yanked me forward. Startled at the sudden movement, my eyes flew open. His grin was amused as he backed toward the exit . . . and not the bed.<br /> <br />I frowned at him as he laughed. Im sorry, Kiera, but youll just have to be unsatisfied for a while. Cocking his head, his smile grew wider. Thats sort of . . . karma . . . for all the times youve left me aroused and alone.<br /> <br />Guilt crept toward me, but I pushed it back. Our past wasnt relevant anymore. Youre mean, I muttered.<br /> <br />He kissed my cheek. Hmmm, maybe I am. Stepping into me, he grabbed my backside and pulled my hips into his. Fire swept through me instantly and I groaned a little before I controlled myself. Running his nose along my jaw, he husked out, Because Im really looking forward to teasing you all day.<br /> <br />Irritated at how turned on I was, I pushed him back. You suck.<br /> <br />He laughed as he opened the door. Grabbing my purse, I looked back at the rumpled bed that screamed A passionate romp happened here! Wait, Kellan. Should we make the bed before we go?<br /> <br />Kellan bunched his brows as he looked between my face and the twisted sheets. Shaking his head at me, he murmured, Youre so adorable. His loving grin turned into amusement as he looked back at the bed. No, were leaving the room like it is. I want the world to know what happened here . . . on the night we consummated our marriage, he said, returning his eyes to mine.<br /> <br />I sighed, moved by his words. Then he added, Besides . . . its hot.<br /> <br />Rolling my eyes, I followed him out of our hotel room.<br /> <br />The woman at the front desk kept her eyes on Kellan the entire time he checked us out. I saw her gaze flick down to his wedding ring when he handed her his credit card, but by the sparkle of interest in her eyes, I dont think she much cared that Kellan was married.<br /> <br />Kellan was a breathtaking man, and gorgeous men attracted attention when they walked into a room. I was used to the reaction by now, and it didnt really bother me anymore. Well, at least it didnt bother me as much as it used to.<br /> <br />The eager hotel employee frowned as she handed Kellan his receipt. By the flash of disappointment in her eyes when Kellan thanked her without even looking at her, I think shed been hoping he would ask her to join him upstairs. I refrained from smiling when her eyes finally shifted to me. She may have been hoping for a quick hookup with the hot man about to exit her lobby, but Kellan didnt do hookups anymore.<br /> <br />Snuggling into Kellans side, I politely thanked her for the pleasant stay. I giggled after I said it, still a little high from my wedding night. Kellan kissed my head as he turned us toward the exit. When we get home, Ill call Gavin and have him come over to our house for brunch. Might as well have our two families formally meet, right? he said.<br /> <br />Kellans smile was content and it warmed my heart. Hed referred to his father as family. That was a far cry from when he hadnt wanted anything to do with him. Yeah, sounds great. I cringed. My parents are going to kill me, though. I flashed my ring. And then kill you.<br /> <br />Kellan only shrugged at my comment as he led us to his car in the parking lot. Gallantly opening my door for me, he gave me a peck on the cheek as I slid inside the Chevelle. He sprinted around to the drivers side with a huge grin on his face. He looked so happy to finally have me as his wife, to know that I was his and I wasnt going anywhere. Id always hoped that the man I married would love me beyond reason, but Kellan . . . loved me beyond anything. The depth of his love sometimes overwhelmed me, but my love for him was just as powerful. He was everything to me.<br /> <br />As he stepped into the vehicle, I moved across the bench seat so I could be as close to him as possible. He grinned as he draped his arm over my shoulder. Miss me? he asked, his voice low and husky.<br /> <br />Nodding, I leaned up to kiss him. Kellan eagerly returned my affection, his hand coming up to cup my cheek. I lightly flicked my tongue against his and he groaned, then pushed me back. Hey, Im supposed to be teasing you today, not the other way around.<br /> <br />He had an adorable pout on his face, and I couldnt stop the giggle that escaped me. Sorry, I learned from the master.<br /> <br />Kellan let out a dramatic exhale and removed his arm from around my shoulder so he could start his car. Serves me right, I suppose. The hearty engine growled to life, and Kellans content expression returned.<br /> <br />My face was a mirror image of his as I lay my head on his shoulder. Even though the hotel receptionist had blatantly ogled my husband, even though my dad was going to try and ground me when I saw him again, and even though Kellans newly discovered father was going to be dropping by for a visit this afternoon, today was a perfect day; nothing was going to squelch my happiness.<br /> <br />We turned onto Kellans cramped street, and a feeling of homecoming came over me. I had enjoyed our night away, but I was glad to be back at our place. And I was really glad that I had moved back in a few weeks ago. When Kellan pulled up to his white, two-story home, a car was parked in the driveway. Kellan glanced over at the bright red sporty Jetta and frowned. Curious about who was here, I looked over as well; the car didnt belong to anyone I knew.<br /> <br />Shutting off the Chevelles engine, Kellan muttered, Hmmm, and cracked his door open. I opened mine as well, wondering if maybe Gavin and his kids were here. He was visiting from out of town. Maybe hed rented the car? Although I found it hard to believe that Gavin would show up without asking Kellan if he could come by first. Plus, he would have needed directions to Kellans house. And I really doubted that a rental car would have a bumper sticker on it that read: If youre gonna ride my ass, at least pull my hair.<br /> <br />Knowing the driver was female and probably one of Kellans many, many ex-whatevers, I reluctantly followed Kellan to the front door. God, if some chick had shown up wearing only a long coat while my parents were here . . . I was going to die.<br /> <br />The front door was unlocked and Kellan stepped through. Reaching back for my hand, he escorted me into our entryway. Kellans home wasnt the largest. From the front door you could turn right to go upstairs to the bedrooms, turn left to head into the kitchen, or go straight ahead to the living room. My parents were currently sitting on Kellans lumpy living room couch, a deep scowl fixed on my fathers face. My mother was trying to contain it, but I could tell she wasnt happy either.<br /> <br />I wasnt sure if their disappointment was over my impromptu elopement or if they were irritated by the person lounging on Kellans comfortable chair, a chair that held a large amount of sentimental value for me since Kellan had given it to me when wed broken up. It meant a lot to me that Kellan had cared enough to think of me at a time when I really didnt deserve his kindness. Some strange girl sitting on it sideways, dangling her high heeled legs over the armrest, made my stomach tighten.<br /> <br />Hearing our entrance, the girl tilted her head back so she could see the door. When Kellan got a good look at her, he muttered, Shit, and glanced down at me with a worried expression. The tightness in my stomach shifted to ice as I wondered who this girl was.<br /> <br />Clenching my hand, Kellan walked into the living room so we could greet the new arrival. When we came into her view, she looked up at Kellan and narrowed her eyes. She had long black hair with equally dark eyes. She made them seem even darker by covering her lids with smoky gray eye shadow. Her lips were painted bright red and were pursed in an irritated, but erotic, pout. She was gorgeous, but Id been expecting that. Most of Kellans conquests were.<br /> <br />Her face full of contempt, her voice low and husky, she bit out, Well, fuck me, Kellan Kyle. Amused at herself, she smiled and added, Oh, wait, you already did. As her scowl returned, my expression darkened; I already disliked this person.<br /> <br />Ignoring her comment, Kellan acknowledged my parents first. Martin, Caroline. Then he shifted his gaze back down to the rude girl lounging on my favorite chair. Joey.<br /> <br />My brows shot up my forehead as I stared at the girl glowering at Kellan. Joey? As in, the ex-roommate Joey? The girl who had lived here just a few weeks before Denny and I had moved in . . . over two years ago? I never thought shed come back. What the heck was she doing here now?<br /> <br />Face tight, Kellan echoed my thoughts, What are you doing here?<br /> <br />She hopped to her feet. Crossing her arms over her ample chest, she lifted her chin. Eyes fiery, she snarled, Where the hell is all my stuff, Kellan?<br /> <br />Kellans mouth dropped a little and some anger seeped into his expression. Holding my hand a little tighter, he replied, Youve been gone for two years. I tossed it.<br /> <br />I bit my lip to stop myself from cringing. I had actually tossed her stuff. Joey had run off in a huff after Kellan had slept with her then immediately slept with someone else. He wasnt always the sweet, loyal lover that he was now. Kellan had insisted that Joey didnt care for him, that she was just possessive. Hed offended her by sharing his bed with another woman . . . even though shed been sharing her bed with other men.<br /> <br />Denny and I had used her furniture when wed moved in. After our bad breakup, the furniture had felt tainted to me, like the ghost of my ex-relationship had somehow infused into the dark wood. To purge the home, Id had all of her stuff taken away. Maybe I shouldnt have done that, since it wasnt mine to toss, but Id wanted it gone so Kellan and I could start fresh. I probably should have expected that decision to bite me in the ass.<br /> <br />Her face theatrically outraged, Joey shoved Kellans shoulder back. You what? That wasnt yours to get rid of, asshole!<br /> <br />Face heated, Kellan took a step forward. You ran out. Its not my problem if you left everything behind! Eyes disdainful, he scanned her face. My house isnt your personal storage unit.<br /> <br />She scoffed and raised a hand dismissively. Whatever, Kellan. I dont need your temperamental crap. If you dont have my stuff, then you can just pay me for it. She smirked. Fifteen hundred should cover everything.<br /> <br />I made a strangled noise and Joey twisted her head to glare at me. Who the hell are you? She raised an eyebrow. Kellans flavor of the hour?<br /> <br />My dad rose to his feet, his cheeks flaming bright red. I dont know who you are, missy, but you cannot talk to my daughter that way!<br /> <br />I was worried that my father might have a heart attack, he seemed so angry, but his rage was nothing compared to Kellans. Dropping my hand, he stepped up to Joey and stared her down. Be very careful, Josephine. Thats my wife youre talking to.<br /> <br />Joey looked intimidated by Kellan for a moment and backed up a step. Then his words hit her. Her dark eyes bugged out and she openly gaped at me. Then she started laughing. Oh my God, are you serious? You, the biggest man whore I know, actually got married? What a joke.<br /> <br />Kellan crossed his arms over his chest while my dad sighed and sank back down to the couch. He really wasnt pleased about this whole marriage thing. I thought I heard my mom sniffle, but I was too focused on Joey to look. My own temper was quickly rising, ready for this intrusive little bitch to leave.<br /> <br />Kellan was too. Indicating the door, he told her, Fine. Ill get you fifteen hundred for the furniture. Now get the hell out.<br /> <br />Joey shook her head. Oh, I dont think so . . . not anymore, Kellan.<br /> <br />He cocked his head, not understanding. I didnt either. Hands balled into fists, I stormed up to her. You heard him! Youll get your money. I shooed her off with a hand. Now go back to whatever hole you crawled out of.<br /> <br />Joey drilled daggers into me with her eyes. She kept her gaze on me, but spoke to Kellan. I have something of yours that Im returningshe looked up at himsince I have no use for it. Kellan bunched his brows and Joey smirked at his confused expression. And if you want it back . . . sweetheart . . . then youll double my price.<br /> <br />Youre nuts, lady! I snapped.<br /> <br />Joey ignored me, turning her eyes to Kellan. Then she leaned over and grabbed her bag off the chair, her short skirt exposing almost all of her thigh. Opening the bag, she pulled out a tiny, rectangular media card, the kind that fits into digital cameras, camcorders, and some cell phones. Kellans eyes widened when he saw it. He snapped his eyes to hers, and before I could ask what the hell was going on, he quickly told her, Fine, Ill give you three thousand.<br /> <br />Throwing me a victorious smile, Joey handed Kellan the SD card. My mind was spinning over just what was on that card that Kellan was willing to pay so much money for. The fire in my belly shifted to nausea. Kellan clenched his hand around it, then pointed at the door. Ill get it to you tomorrow.<br /> <br />Joey patted his cheek. You better . . . cause I will make your life a living hell if you dont. She glanced back at me with a wicked grin.<br /> <br />Kellan closed his eyes. Get the hell out of my house, Joey. Reopening them, he added, And dont ever come back here.<br /> <br />Waggling her fingers at my parents, Joey sauntered to the front door. No one moved or spoke as she left the house. When the sound of her car starting filtered in through the door, Kellan finally seemed to relax. Turning to my parents, he discreetly tucked the card he was holding into his pocket.<br /> <br />Im sorry about that. I hope she didnt give you too much trouble while we were gone.<br /> <br />My dads posture turned rigid as he looked up at Kellan. I could have sworn his graying hair was getting grayer by the second. Im more concerned about what the two of you were doing last night than your tawdry friend. Cheeks flushed, he looked between my new husband and me. Whats this about you running off and getting married? He focused his warm brown eyes on me. Have you lost your mind, Kiera?<br /> <br />Mom sniffled again, and Dad patted her hand. I wanted to sit and talk with them about last night, but I was still shell-shocked. What the hell did Kellan have in his pocket? And why was it worth three grand to him?<br /> <br />As Dad patted the couch insistently, Kellan looked back at me. His face was a mixture of amusement, resignation . . . and fear. I wasnt sure if he was doing it purposely, but hed angled his hips in such a way that I couldnt see his card-holding pocket anymore. I still knew that damn thing was in there, though.<br /> <br />Kellan indicated that I should sit in the empty space beside my father, then pointed at the front door. Ill be right back. I want to go check on my car, make sure Joey didnt mess with it. Giving me a tight smile, he added, If she keyed my baby, you may need to restrain me, cause I might kill her. He laughed as he started to move toward the door.<br /> <br />My words stopped him cold. Whats on the SD card?<br /> <br />The amused smile instantly left Kellans face. Swallowing, he shook his head. Its nothing. Dont worry about it, Kiera.<br /> <br />Ignoring my parents for a moment, I stepped close to Kellan. I tried to reach around him, to grab his pocket, but he nimbly stepped away from me. Trying very hard to control the anger roiling my stomach, I repeated, Whats on the card?<br /> <br />Seeing that I wasnt going to back down, Kellan leaned in and whispered, Can we talk about this later . . . in private?<br /> <br />I wanted to nod my head and sit down to explain my symbolic marriage to my worried parents, but I couldnt get the smirk on Joeys face out of my mind. Aware that I sounded like a broken record, but not able to stop myself, I asked again, Whats on the card?<br /> <br />Irritated at me now, Kellan narrowed his eyes and snapped, What do you think it is, Kiera? We filmed ourselves screwing! Instant remorse crossed his face once he realized what hed just crassly told me. Kellan sometimes lost the filter on his mouth when he got annoyed, and Joey confronting him had put him on edge. I guess my incessant questions pushed him over it.<br /> <br />My mouth dropped open and I felt like hed just doused me with ice water. I knew thats what he was going to say, I really did, but hearing him confess it hurt. My whole body felt cracked, torn. Eyes quickly watering, I murmured, You made a sex tape with her?<br /> <br />My mom cleared her throat and shifted on the couch. Thats when I suddenly remembered that Kellan and I werent alone. No, I stupidly hadnt been able to wait until we were in private to start this conversation. I really wished Id been able to squelch my curiosity. Id give anything to not know that my new husband had a documentary of him banging another girl in his pocket. And Id really give anything for my parents to not know that too.<br /> <br />Seeing my pain, Kellan came toward me, arms extended. Kiera, I can explain.<br /> <br />I held my palms up to him as tears dropped to my cheeks. I didnt want an explanation right now. I just wanted to be alone. Turning from him and my parents, I darted up the stairs. I heard Kellan asking me to wait and my mom calling my name, but I ignored them. Slamming the bedroom door behind me, I tossed my shoes across the room, collapsed onto my bed, and let the tears flow freely.<br /> <br />So much for nothing ruining my happiness.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Saving Dallas (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Kim Jones is a writer with big dreams and a creative imagination. Her infatuation with the MC lifestyle inspired her to write a short story about a love affair between a prestigious young woman and a bad-ass biker. After falling in love with her characters, she turned the ten-thousand word short story into a novel. Juggling her full time job as a payroll clerk, her writing, and her role as ollady to her husband, Reggie, the novel was completed in March, 2013. Kim resides in Collins, MS with her husband and two dogs. She plans to write two more books in the Saving Dallas series and release them in 2013. https://twitter.com/authorkimjones https://www.facebook.com/kimjonesbooks www.kimjonesbooks.com', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance (Knitting in the City) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"<i>Penny Reid is really funny! It\\'s a fun book, right up my alley, and I enjoyed it very much</i>.\"<b> <span></span>-NPR, Linda Holmes, Pop Culture Happy Hour</b></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>This book was incredibly well-written, intelligent, funny, and just GOOD. I\\'ve gifted this book to a handful of my personal friends.</i>\" </span><br /><b><span>-Amy Harmon, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><i><span>\"Extremely funny, witty, and masterfully written (romantic comedy)! If you are looking fora smart, intelligently worded love story, pick this one up. It was a\"couldn\\'t put it down\" read for me.</span></i><span>\"</span><br /><b><span>-Tina Reber, New York Times and USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>From page 1 I was hooked by a thoroughly unique heroine. I could not put this book down and finished it sometime around 2am. I plan on reading it again.</i>\" </span><br /><b><span>-Carey Heywood, New York Times and USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>I loved this book so hard! I was in such a big reading funk before I started this. This is a smart, laugh out loud, warm and fuzzy to the tips of my toes romance. I haven\\'t enjoyed a book like this is a LONG time.</i>\"</span><br /><b><span>-A. Meredith Walters, New York Times and USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>Love Love LOVED this book! I will re-read it. Can\\'t wait to get onto the next one!</i>\"</span><br /><b><span>-Belle Aurora, USA Today </span></b><b><span>Bestselling Author</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>Yes it is a \"smart\"romance but so much more than that. It\\'s smart (for so many reasons, aside from the highly intelligent, yet totally goofy heroine). The writing is delightfully witty, the characters are silly-sweet, the life they lead, quirky yet believable (well... except for *that* crazy thing that happened, but I totally loved it, and how it was described. LOL!!!), and you\\'ll be grinning the whole way through.</i>\"</span><br /><b><span>-Maryse\\'s Book Blog</span></b><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<i>Best contemporary romance of the year</i><i>!!</i>\" </span><br /><b><span>-Smexy Books</span></b>', '<span>Penny Reid lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, three kids, and an inordinate amount of yarn. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books.</span><br /><span>You can find out more about Penny and sign up to receive exclusive books, stories, and excerpts of upcoming novels here: pennyreid.ninja</span>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Beautiful Broken Rules\nDescription: ['', '<i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Kimberly Lauren started out life as an avid reader. Inspired to challenge the more traditional relationship roles she came across while reading romances, she decided to write the scintillating and celebrated new adult series Broken. She currently resides in Texas with her husband, their son, and their three dogs.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Trying Not To Love You (Love Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Re-edited, added bonus scene and reformatted on 5/17/15', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Killing My Insomnia\nDescription: ['Igor A Cavalera is an aspiring fiction writer, Killing My Insomnia being his first novel. He lives in Arizona with his wife and family. Currently he is working on a sophomore story.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Promises, Promises\nDescription: [\"Josie Bordeaux is the author of the Alluring Promises series. Her romance novels revolve around friendships, amazing attraction and steamy sex scenes. Lust, passion and love are all entwined with a lot of drama and fun-filled friendships. Josie lives in the sunshine state with her best friend (AKA - husband) and two sweet (and very creative) daughters. When she's not driving her kids around town, she's usually clicking her fingernails on her keyboard or down at the beach where her eyes are glued to her kindle app reading.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Creative Casting\nDescription: ['This is the first book to cover in one volume all the major methods of casting metals that are applicable to many crafts and especially to jewelry making. They include techniques for lost wax, replica, hollow core, sand, cuttlefish bone, and rubber-mold methods of casting. With these, the artist-craftsman can cast his own original creations or he can duplicate (\"mass produce\") works he or a fellow craftsman, beginner or advanced, can reproduce in metal hundreds of items from nature such as flowers, insects, butterflies, leaves. The first part of this book is devoted to casting itself: creating the design to be cast; the tools and materials and how to use them; working with wax models and with objects to be reproduced; spruing; investing; burning-out; then the final casting. The second part of the book deals with finish: basic, then fine finished; soldering; surface treatment and decoration; gemstone mountings and findings; electroplating; enameling. There are complete tables essential to the casting methods, and an extensive bibliography and index. The more than 400 illustrations include how-to drawings and photographs as well as finished jewelry pieces by such artist-craftsmen as Edna Sayre, Jayne Smith, Helen Pegram, Robert Coleman, Henry Rianda, Anne Donnelly, Ruth Noble and Lou Binkley. There are examples of cast silverware by Stanley Lechtzin and Earle Krentzin, and cast sculpture by Henri Matisse, Ernest Mahlke, and Richard O\\'Hanlon. This is an indispensable book for every jewelry craftsman and student who do their own casting.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tangled (The Tangled Series)\nDescription: ['\"Wanna know what guys are thinking? Are you sure? Then laugh and swoon and fall in love with <i>Tangled.</i> Right now! (Alice Clayton, USA Today bestselling author of Wallbanger)<br /><br />Emma Chase is a bold new voice in romance. Her characters are vibrant with so<br /> <br /> much humour and depth that it will keep you enthralled and captivated. You<br /> <br /> will be lured in with her use of wit and charm. A brilliant 5 star read!!!! (Neda <i>the Subclub books</i>)<br /><br /><i>Tangled </i>more than earns a brilliant, out-of-this-world hysterical, swoon-worthy five<br /> <br /> stars. Emma Chase has written a highly recommended story with unforgettable<br /> <br /> characters that are absolutely beyond comparison, and I cannot wait to get my<br /> <br /> hands on more of her work. Its one of the best reads of 2013, hands down. (Tessa <i>BooksWineFood.com</i>)<br /><br /><i>Tangled </i>is by far one of the best books that I have ever read, and Drew Evans is<br /> <br /> hands down my favorite leading man. It was absolutely amazing! 5 Stars Plus! (Liz <i>Romance Addiction</i>)<br /><br /><i>Tangled </i>by Emma Chase is a 5 heart read. Its perfection in a book. RAWR hot,<br /> <br /> hilariously funny, and a romance so good you wont want it to end. Thank Emma<br /> <br /> for your next, unforgettable book boyfriend. (Tamie & Elena <i>Bookish Temptations</i>)<br /><br /><i>Tangled </i>is panty-dropping, outrageously funny, and overwhelmingly lovely. I finished<br /> <br /> it in nearly one sitting because I had to know more of Drew and Kate and their<br /> <br /> tit-for-tat, anti-romance story. <i>Tangled </i>is not a must-read; its a drop-everythingexcept-<br /> <br /> your-spare-batteries and read. (Angie <i>Smut Book Club</i>)<br /><br />I dont remember when was the last time I enjoyed book as much as <i>Tangled </i>by<br /> <br /> Emma Chase. This witty and hilarious insight into mans head is perfect for all<br /> <br /> who like entertaining stories with well-thought-out plotline and sexy hero. I fell<br /> <br /> in love with Drew Evanss playful and cocky attitude and I will never forget him.<br /> <br /> Definitely a must read! 5/5 STARS. (Lucia <i>Reading is My Breathing</i>)<br /><br />Emma Chase has created characters in <i>Tangled </i>that are insanely hilarious! Her<br /> <br /> character, Drew, had my sides splitting and in stitches over his witty and undeniably<br /> <br /> competitive personality! It is hands down the funniest and most creative book<br /> <br /> told by the male point-of-view! You will not be able to put this book down! (Stephanie <i>Romance Addict Boo Blog</i>)', 'By day, Emma Chase is a devoted wife and mother who lives in a small, rural town in New Jersey. By night, she toils away bringing her colorful characters and their endless antics to life. Writing has always been her passion, and the release of her debut romantic comedy <i>Tangled</i> was nothing less than a dream come true. The subsequent books in her delightful, beloved series include <i>Twisted, Tamed, </i>and <i>Tied. </i>She is also the author of <i>Sustained </i>from her sexy new Legal Briefs series.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Cautious (Sequel to Disastrous): Disastrous No. 2\nDescription: ['E.L. Montes lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband, Alex, and their English Bulldog name Butters! She has a Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies. Ms. Montes, works full-time as a paralegal for a mid-size law firm. She had always loved the legal field and found it to be very interesting. She more so \"secretly\" loved to write. Disastrous was her debut novel which was released October 2012.']",
"rejected": "Title: Management A Practical Introduction Sixth Edition Special Edition for Virginia Tech\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Sweet Thing\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Can-Am Racing Cars: Secrets of the Sensational Sixties Sports-Racers (Ludvigsen Library Series)\nDescription: ['', '<b>Karl Ludvigsen</b> is respected as a close and knowledgeable observer of, and participant in, the world motor industry. In addition to his industry activities as an executive with GM, Fiat and Ford and head of a consulting company, he has been active for over 60 years as an author and historian. As an author, co-author or editor he has some five dozen books to his credit, all concerning cars and the motor industry, his life-long passion. Many have been garlanded for their high standard of writing and research. An American, he lives in the UK, in Suffolk.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Safe Word\nDescription: ['<span>\"When you meet Colt he will shock you and intrigue you.\" -<b>Kindlehooked</b></span><span></span><div><b></b></div><div></div><br /><br /><div>\"Teresa Mummert delivered an incredible story of heartbreak, loss, and how two people who are equally broken can help each other stop their suffering by being each others anchor.\" -<b>KassiesThoughts</b></div><div><b></b></div><div></div><br /><br /><div>\"It was hot, steamy, passionate, scary, crazy, total mind f**k and I loved every word on the every page. My final thoughts of Safe Word are WOW!\" -<b>Swoon Worthy Books</b></div><div><b></b></div><div></div><br /><br /><div>\"The journey Teresa Mummert took me on and her wrap up of this story is simply awesome.\" -<b>LiteraryManiaReviews</b></div><div><b></b></div><div></div><br /><br /><span>\"if you are looking for a hot steamy read with a great storyline that is filled with angst, suspense, love, surprises, twist and turns that all lead to a HEA type of an ending, then get Safe Word TODAY\" -</span><b>Reality Bites</b>', 'New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the White Trash Trilogy, The Note, Perfect Lie, Pretty Little Things, Honor series, Safe Word, Rellik & The Good Girls.']",
"rejected": "Title: Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards\nDescription: ['', 'Impeccably reported and often hilarious. <i>The Economist</i>', 'Bridges is a formidable reporter . . . astonishing. <i>Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World</i>', '', '', '<b>Tyler Bridges</b> is a reporter for <i>The Miami Herald</i>, where he was part of a team that won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He covered the legalization of gambling in Louisiana as a reporter for <i>The Times-Picayune</i> of New Orleans. He is the author of <i>The Rise of David Duke</i>.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Chase\nDescription: [\"My name is Chantal Fernando and I'm 26 and a mother of three beautiful little boys. I love to read and write; I'm a dreamer. Chase is my debut novel, written with my friend Dawn :) My name is Dawn Martens. I'm 24 years old. Live in Canada. Mother to two little girls. I love to read. Chase is my debut novel with my friend Chantal :)\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Eating by Faith: A Walk With God. My Eating Disorder From The Inside Out\nDescription: ['', 'In Eating by Faith, Lisabeth invites you into the secret world of her eating disorder, and recovery. And while the illness looks different for every patient, all share a commonality of symptoms physically, emotionally, and spiritually.', 'Eating by Faith will bring you into the mind and heart of someone suffering from the illness in such a brutally honest way, that you will have a greater understanding of the mind and heart of anyone suffering from this illness.', \"Her eating disorder, like most, takes root inside a secret place. This root is often anchored in the lies Satan would have us believe about ourselves. Once established, he will use the eating disorder to separate us from God, robbing us from our joy and our identity in Christ's unconditional love.\", \"Lisabeth's story is one of wrestling with the eating disorder, herself, and God. It is about finding her identity in the love of Christ instead of her illness. Taste and See...\", '', 'In Eating by Faith, Lisabeth invites you into the secret world of her eating disorder, and recovery. And while the illness looks different for every patient, all share a commonality of symptoms physically, emotionally, and spiritually.', 'Eating by Faith will bring you into the mind and heart of someone suffering from the illness in such a brutally honest way, that you will have a greater understanding of the mind and heart of anyone suffering from this illness.', \"Her eating disorder, like most, takes root inside a secret place. This root is often anchored in the lies Satan would have us believe about ourselves. Once established, he will use the eating disorder to separate us from God, robbing us from our joy and our identity in Christ's unconditional love.\", \"Lisabeth's story is one of wrestling with the eating disorder, herself, and God. It is about finding her identity in the love of Christ instead of her illness. Taste and See...\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Jet: A Marked Men Novel\nDescription: ['', \"With his tight leather pants and a sharp edge that makes him dangerous, Jet Keller is every girl's rock and roll fantasy. But Ayden Cross is done walking on the wild side with bad boys. She doesn't want to give in to the heat she sees in Jet's dark, haunted eyes. She's afraid of getting burned from the sparks of their spontaneous combustion, even as his touch sets her on fire.\", \"Jet can't resist the Southern Belle with mile-long legs in cowboy boots who defies his every expectation. Yet the closer he feels to Ayden, the less he seems to know her. While he's tempted to get under her skin and undo her in every way, he knows firsthand what happens to two people with very different ideas about relationships.\", 'Will the blaze burn into an enduring love. . . or will it consume their dreams and turn them to ashes?', \"Don't miss the latest bad boy in Jay Crownover's unforgettable New Adult series.\", '', '', 'Jay Crownover is the <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author of the Marked Men and Welcome to the Point series. Like her characters, she is a big fan of tattoos. She loves music and wishes she could be a rock star, but since she has no aptitude for singing or instrument playing, shell settle for writing stories with interesting characters that make the reader feel something. She lives in Colorado with her three dogs.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: EARTHQUAKE RETROFITTING: The Book\nDescription: ['Takes no prisoners with dimwit bureacrats and local know it all engineers who can not opeate a hammer or have worked a single job from start to finish. --Author', 'Well seasoned Bay Area framing contractor, member of engineering organizations, and long time educator explains the inside path to doing this work. There are excerpts up at the ECS web site.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: My Side\nDescription: [\"<span>Once again Tara has plastered a permanent smile on my face. My Side rocks with it's resident bad boy Lochlan and sweet girl next door Erin. With a leasing fiasco and bear spray in hand, Erin and Lochlan learn about each other whilst trying to balance one another out.</span><br /><span>Tara has weaved an incredibly deep yet humourous tale of finding love and use of bear spray in Boston =)</span><br /><span>Pick up your copy of My Side and prepare to laugh your arse off!</span>\", '', '<span>This is my first romance novel...</span>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Goat of Many Colors\nDescription: ['K-Gr 3Flamingo and Anteater engage in humorous banter as they narrate stories related to the Old Testament. Get Me to the Ark joins a host of other picture books about Noah. This time the giraffes have the starring role. Although the other animals laugh at their long necks and legs, those attributes help them rescue the slow-moving turtles from the impending flood. Their unselfish love for others is rewarded when they have the honor of disembarking first at journey\\'s end. Black uses Jacob\\'s gift to Joseph of a multicolored coat as a jumping-off point for the tale of Gus, an unusual goat that loves to dive and swim. Jacob\\'s elderly servant misunderstands his master\\'s instructions and paints Gus to create a goat of many colors. Frightened by this treatment, Gus flees to a herd of wild goats that designate him as leader because of his unusual markings. He enjoys the privileges that come from being \"top goat\" until his orders almost lead to tragedy. When he dives in a pond to save a small goat, his paint washes away, and the others feel deceived. However, they all soon realize that each has a special, God-given talent. The color cartoon illustrations are pleasant but unexceptional. These picture books could serve as supplemental titles in church libraries open to using humor as a way to convey messages of faith.<i>Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato</i><br /> Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'This action- and wit-packed riff on the biblical story of Josephs coat uses a comics format to painlessly show how being different from ones herd can be a challenge, a potential power, and a disguise. Unlike the other goats, Gus is a risk taker. When he is winnowed from the herd by Jacobs hard-of-hearing servant and painted colorfully, Gus wanders into the desert and discovers a new herd, which worships his difference. The newfound power goes to Gus head and almost leads to disaster, but his quick thinking saves the day and redeems him in the eyes of the desert goats, who feel deceived when his paint washes off. The bright artwork features a storytelling flamingo and a less-than-patient anteater as the visible and verbal audience to this lively and endearing morality tale within a morality tale. There is no heavyweight theology in this one, but lots of opportunity to discuss insightsas well as puns. Preschool-Grade 3. --Francisca Goldsmith', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Forever of Ella and Micha\nDescription: ['\"Romantic, suspenseful and well written---this is a story you won\\'t want to put down.\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em> on <em>The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Sorensen\\'s portrayal of... relationships and long-distance love, as well as the longing to escape one\\'s past, raises her above her new adult peers.\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em> on <em>The Secret of Ella and Micha</em></i></b>', \"The <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author, Jessica Sorensen, lives with her husband and three kids. When she's not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out with her family.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Shih Tzu 2018 12 x 12 Inch Monthly Square Wall Calendar with Foil Stamped Cover, Animals Small Dog Breeds (Multilingual Edition)\nDescription: ['BrownTrout Publishers, Inc. is an independent publishing company founded in 1986 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. Specializing in high-quality printed products utilizing recycled paper and eco-friendly soy-based inks, BrownTrout is the largest creator and distributor of calendars and seasonal products worldwide. Our products are available at the finest retailers. Visit our website, browntrout.com, for more details about our company and the wide and varied range of items we offer.']"
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"rejected": "Title: Houses to Go! Structural Moving from Houses to Train Depots, to Bridges in Northern and Central Illinois\nDescription: ['An intriguing look at the practice of moving buildings in Chicago and suburbs and numerous other venues in Illinois. --Mark Jolicoeur, American Institute of Architects']"
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"rejected": "Title: New Jersey Accident & Health Insurance Producer License Exam Review Questions & Answers 2016/17 Edition: Self-Practice Exercises focusing on the basic principles of insurance and NJ specific rules\nDescription: ['ExamREVIEW is an independent content developer not associated/affiliated with the certification vendor(s) mentioned throughout this book. The name(s), title(s) and award(s) of the certification exam(s) mentioned in this book are the trademark(s) of the respective certification vendor(s). We mention these name(s) and/or the relevant terminologies only for describing the relevant exam process(es) and knowledge. We at ExamREVIEW develop study material entirely on our own without endorsement from the certification vendor(s). Our material is fully copyrighted. Braindump is strictly prohibited. We provide essential knowledge contents, NOT any generalized \"study system\" kind of \"pick-the-right-answer-every time\" techniques or \"visit this link\" referrals. We keep prices low by eliminating all the non-essential study features.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fire Inside: A Chaos Novel\nDescription: ['\"Ashley delivers a deeply emotional second installment of the Chaos contemporary romance series... Punctuated by blistering-hot sex scenes and fascinating glimpses into the tough world of motorcycle clubs, this romance also delivers true heart and emotion, and a story that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em>, Starred Review, on <em>Fire Inside</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Top Pick! This is a phenomenal read that I just couldn\\'t put down. Kristen Ashley is the tops, bar none, and <em>Breathe</em> gets 5 stars from this grateful reader!\"<b><i>Night Owl Reviews on <em>Breathe</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Sizzling sex and a healthy dose of mystery will keep readers enthralled.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em> on <em>Lady Luck</em></i></b><br /><br />\"4 1/2 Stars! Top Pick! Another Ashley winner!\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em> on <em>Sweet Dreams</em></i></b><br /><br />\"I adore Kristen Ashley\\'s books!\"<b><i>Maya Banks, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"Kristen Ashley\\'s books are addicting!\"<b><i>Jill Shalvis, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"[Kristen] Ashley captivates.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />\"There is something about them [Ashley\\'s books] that I find crackalicious.\"<b><i>Kati Brown, Dear Author</i></b><br /><br />\"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when her my heart (I mean... <i>her</i> heart) would break.\" (On Motorcycle Man)<b><i>Maryse\\'s Book blog on <em>Motorcycle Man</em></i></b>', 'Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana, and has lived in Denver, Colorado, and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.<br /><br />Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multigenerational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland, and Kristen grew up listening to the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon, and Whitesnake.<br /><br />Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music and love was a good way to grow up. <br /><br />And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.<br /><br />You can learn more at:<br />KristenAshley.net<br />Twitter @KristenAshley68<br />Facebook.com/kristenashleybooks', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gresham's Law\nDescription: ['\"An often-hilarious, very suspenseful, exceedingly intelligent and unsentimentally touching modern-day retelling of the Book of Job, with a redeeming love story included. Berenbaum is a first-rate storyteller with an engaging voice.\" -Howard Frank Mosher', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Impact of You\nDescription: ['<span></span> \"The Impact of You is another toe-curling, seductively sexy read from the brilliance that is Kendall Ryan. I guarantee this sexy, sometimes angst filled, steamy romance will have an impact on you!\" -Flirty & Dirty Book Blog<br /><br />\"A romantic and hopeful story about letting go of the past and finding yourself, all while falling in love with the most wonderful guy.\" -NYT & USA Today Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely<br /><br />\"The chemistry between Jase and Avery is off the charts. This book has it all. Love the humor. Love the dialogue. Love the plot. Love the skeletons. It\\'s hott.\" -LoveNBooks', \"Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the contemporary romance novels HARD TO LOVE, UNRAVEL ME, MAKE ME YOURS and RESISTING HER. Her latest book, THE IMPACT OF YOU will be released June 11, 2013. She's a sassy, yet polite Midwestern gal with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. Visit her at: www.kendallryanbooks.com for the latest books news.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Off The Record\nDescription: ['<span><i>\"Off The Record is rich with romance, heartache, hot sex, and characters you can root for.\"</i> -- <b>NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely</b></span><b><i></i></b><br><br> <i>\"</i><i>I have to say, Sawyer Bennett wrote the hell out of this book. The Off Series, and Sawyer Bennett have joined my list of favorites.\" - </i><b>The Bookish Babe</b><br><br>\"<i>Full of emotion, heart warming romance and steamy sex, Off The Record is an absolute must read! \" - <b>Globug and Hootie Need a Book</b></i>', 'Below is the reading order for the Off Series, however all books in the series can be read as standalone novels/novellas:<div></div><br><div>Off Sides</div><div>Off Limits</div><div>Off the Record</div><div>Off Course</div><div>Off Chance</div><div>Off Season (accompanying novella)</div><div>Off Duty (accompanying novella)</div>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Redesigned: Off the Subject #2 (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within in two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasnt lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.']",
"rejected": "Title: Banners on Favorite Bible Verses\nDescription: ['Beck is artistic director for Creative Communications. A former freelance illustrator, designer, art teacher adn workshop presenter.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Forever Too Far: A Rosemary Beach Novel (The Rosemary Beach Series)\nDescription: ['Abbi Glines is the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA TODAY</i>, and <i>Wall Street Journal</i>bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Field Party, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, and Existence series. A devoted book lover, Abbi lives with her family in Alabama. She maintains a Twitter addiction at @AbbiGlines and can also be found at Facebook.com/AbbiGlinesAuthor and AbbiGlines.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Scotch Whisky: It's History, Production and Appreciation\nDescription: ['Joseph V. Micallef is a historian, best selling author, keynote speaker and commentator on military and international affairs. He has produced, directed or written dozens of documentary programs on military history and world politics as well as written a a number of books. Mr. Micallef holds a Graduate Degree (M.Sc.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs. He has lectured extensively on military history and world affairs at a variety of venues including the Institute of Strategic Studies (London), the NATO War (Defense) College (Rome), and the Italian Institute of International Affairs (Rome), and at universities around the world, He is a member of the National Speakers Association and has often been called upon to be a key note speaker for a variety of business and professional organizations. He has also appeared on a variety of broadcast venues including Fox News and Fox News radio. Among his recent books are Understanding World War One: A Concise History (2014), Islamic State: Its History, Ideology and Challenge (2015), Scotch Whisky: Its History, Production and Appreciation (2015). A new book, Leadership in Uncertain Times: Management in an Opaque Future is forthcoming He covered Mediterranean and Middle East Politics, including the civil war in Chad, for the International Daily News in Rome (1978-80). Mr. Micallef has also frequently spoken on the history of food, wine and spirits. He holds the Advanced Certificate (with Merit) in Wine and Spirits and the Professional Certificate in Spirits (with Distinction) from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (London). He is currently a candidate for the Diploma in Wine and Spirits. He is fluent in Italian, and English, and has a working knowledge of French, Maltese and Spanish and some proficiency in Arabic and German.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Epilogue (The Dark Duet: Book 3)\nDescription: ['BOOK 3 OF THE DARK DUET', 'Im writing this because you begged. You know how I love the begging. In fact, you probably know too many things and know them far too well.', 'Who am I?', 'Well, thats what Im trying to figure out. I was a whore in my youth, a killer since my adolescence, and a monster as a man. I am the man who kidnapped Livvie. I am the man who held her in a dark room for weeks. But, most importantly, I am the man she loves.', 'She loves me. Its quite sick, isnt it?', 'Of course, theres more to our story than can be surmised in a few short sentences, but Im at a loss for justifying my behavior back then. I assume if youre reading this, I dont need to make those justifications. Youve already made your own.', 'Youre reading this because you want to know about the rest of the story. You want to know what happened that warm summer night in September of 2010, the night I met Livvie at The Paseo. It was the night my life changed all over again.', 'It didnt happen exactly as Livvie said. Shes been very kind to me in the retelling of our story. The truth is far morecomplicated.', 'CJ Roberts is an independent writer. She favors dark and erotic stories with taboo twists and her work has been called both sexy and disturbing in the same sentence. She was born and raised in Southern California. Following high school, she joined the U.S. Air Force in 1998, served ten years and traveled the world. Her favorite part of traveling is seeking out the seedy underbelly of the city. She is married to an amazing and talented man who never stops impressing her; they have one beautiful daughter. Her debut novel, Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, Book 1), is available in ebook and paperback. Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet, Book 2) will be available September of 2012. For sneak peeks and to connect with CJ Roberts (aka Jennifer Roberts), please visit: Website: aboutcjroberts.com Facebook: facebook.com/AuthorCJRoberts Twitter: @AuthorCJRoberts', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Busy, Busy Train (Wonder Wheels)\nDescription: [\"Melinda Melton Crow has been a first grade teacher for 15 years and a Reading Recovery teacher for nine years. She enjoys teaching children to read and getting to know each student and his or her family. When she's not teaching or writing, Melinda enjoys traveling, gardening, and nice summer weather. Melinda has two wonderful boys with her husband, John. They also have two dogs, Buddy and Lucky. She currently lives with in Plymouth, Minnesota.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Different Blue\nDescription: ['<span><b>\"Absolutely brilliant story! Never have I been so captivated and attached to a character until now. Warning- this book will tug and pull the strings of your heart. Grab a box of tissues, take a shot of vodka, and be prepared to sit down for a while because you won\\'t want to put this book down until you finish it!\"</b></span>', '', '<span>Amy Harmon is the</span><em>New York Times</em><span>bestselling author of</span><em>Making Faces</em><span>,</span><em>A Different Blue</em><span>,</span><em>Running Barefoot</em><span>, and the Purgatory series.</span><br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: SelfDesign: Nurturing Genius Through Natural Learning\nDescription: ['<span><span><span>SelfDesign is a landmark book that combines innovative theoretical thinking with sensible practice. It describes the journey of an extraordinarily talented teacher and draws a roadmap for others to follow. It lays the foundations for trusting, empowering, and enfranchising our children.</span></span><br /><span><span style=\"font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;\">--Dr. Pat Montgomery, Founder and Director, Clonlara School </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /></span><br /><br /><span><span><span>SelfDesign is a superbly thought-provoking bookfull of rich scholarship in accessible form. Cameron spices his theory with practical reflections based on insights taken from his own experience as a school founder-director, and as a father. A very special book indeed.</span></span><br /><span><span style=\"font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;\">--John Taylor Gatto, author of Dumbing Us Down</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /></span><br /><br /><span><span><span>Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Magical Child</span></span><br /><span><span>Brent Cameron\\'s Wondertree educational work ranks with Waldorf, Montessori and A.S. Neil\\'s Summerhill, incorporating the best of each and going beyond them at the same time. Childhood is in crisis throughout the United States and Canada, and here in this book lies an invaluable, practical and simple solution. May it be widely read and its wisdom heeded.</span></span><br /><span><span>--</span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Joseph Chilton Pearce</span><span>, author of Magical Child</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /></span>', \"Deeply touched by his daughter's capacity for natural learning, visionary educator Brent Cameron created a teaching model that allowed children to create their own programs, employing their innate enthusiasm for learning. This was the birth of Wondertree Learning Center, and it afforded children 6 through 13 a revolutionary opportunity. Several years later, using this innovative model, Virtual High was developed for teenagers. The inspiring results of these two programs have attracted international acclaim and media attention.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Star Struck\nDescription: ['Holy wow, I loved this book. It hopped right up there in my Top 10 for the whole year.<br> - New York Times and USATodaybestselling author Shelly Crane<br><br>The book flowed very well, the plot moved forward and the story was a page turner. - Bestselling author Cambria Hebert<br><br>Amber did a fantastic job with this! Loved every minute of this romance and would highly recommend it to others! - Bestselling author Megan Squires<br><br>Star Struck is a must read for anyone that loves a good Contemporary Romance Novel. - Julia Hendrix, owner of As You Wish Blogtours']",
"rejected": "Title: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Volume 2\nDescription: ['The end of the story in the hugely popular game The Force Unleashed left the Star Wars galaxy poised at the brink of civil war. But before that can happen, the Emperor and his apprentice, Darth Vader, have another plan already in play.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Girl with Guitar (Kylie Ryans)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Meal Planning for Weight Loss: Superfoods and Vegan Recipes, Your Path to Weight Loss and Good Health\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Game Changer: A Novel\nDescription: ['J. Sterling started writing after getting fired from her last job. Soon after, she realized writing books meant so much more to her than working her butt off for someone who didnt care about anything other than the bottom line. She is the bestselling author of <i>The Perfect Game.</i> Visit J. Sterling at www.j-sterling.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations\nDescription: ['', '\\'This is a beautiful book... to have for quiet moments and to use for teaching.\\'<br />Yoga Scotland\"', '', 'Text: English', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Love Plus One (G-Man Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '', '<span>Andrea Smith is a USA Today Best-Selling Author, writing contemporary romance with an erotic tone. Her other books include the G-Man Series: Diamond Girl, Love Plus One, Night Moves, G-Men Holiday Wrap, and the Limbo Series: Silent Whisper and Clouds in my Coffee.</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wedding Emotions\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Damaged 2 (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"New York Times bestselling author HM Ward continues to reign as the queen of independent publishing. She is swiftly approaching 10 MILLION copies sold, placing her among the literary titans. Articles pertaining to Ward's success have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and Forbes to name a few. This native New Yorker resides in Texas with her family, where she enjoys working on her next book.<br /><br /><span>You can interact with this bestselling author at: facebook.com/AuthorHMWard. Don't want to miss a release date: Text AWESOMEBOOKS to 22828 and get an email reminder on release dates.</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fritz Kaeser: A Life in Photography\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Me, Cinderella?\nDescription: ['<i>\"Me, Cinderella?</i><span>absolutely amazed me! It was like reading a hauntingly beautiful poem that leaves a mark on your soul by the end. This book will most certainly have a place on my favourite list and Aubrey Rose is certainly an author that I am going to read more from...\"</span><br /> <br />', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s (Mediating American History)\nDescription: ['Did you know Ed Murrow once wished aloud that television had never been invented? That was just one of many things I learned from this fine account of the beginning of TV news. Masterful research and a pleasure to read. (Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and moderator of Face the Nation)<br /> Mike Conway skillfully reconstructs a lost chapter in the history of television: how a few creative and dedicated CBS employees invented television news in the 1940s. In the process, Conway upends the widely held view that TV news possessed few virtues until Ed Murrow and Fred Friendly launched See It Now in 1951. This book is essential reading for historians of journalism and broadcasting. (James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin)<br /> This book is a remarkable piece of serious scholarship. Mike Conway has told a fiercely accurate story of the development of the industry. His rich detail [and] his authentic descriptions of events of long ago come to life for me as vividly as if they happened only yesterday. (Chester Burger, CBS Television News, 1946-1954)<br /> Anyone who laments the passing of the old guard in TV news will greatly benefit from reading this superbly-researched, insightful account of the founding of the field at CBS News, by the most respected emerging scholar in the field of journalism history, Mike Conway. While our landscape is littered with memoirs by CBS news pioneers, this book provides a serious, scholarly examination of the mediums early era and its influence. It offers the underlying rationale for broadcast innovations and some indispensable perspective on what passes for news today. The author explains what made TV news tick and how it translates to the modern day. (Mike Murray, University of Missouri-St.Louis, Editor-in-chief, Encyclopedia of Television News)<br /><br />Did you know Ed Murrow once wished aloud that television had never been invented? That was just one of many things I learned from this fine account of the beginning of TV news. Masterful research and a pleasure to read. (Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and moderator of Face the Nation)<br /> Mike Conway skillfully reconstructs a lost chapter in the history of television: how a few creative and dedicated CBS employees invented television news in the 1940s. In the process, Conway upends the widely held view that TV news possessed few virtues until Ed Murrow and Fred Friendly launched See It Now in 1951. This book is essential reading for historians of journalism and broadcasting. (James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin)<br /> This book is a remarkable piece of serious scholarship. Mike Conway has told a fiercely accurate story of the development of the industry. His rich detail (and) his authentic descriptions of events of long ago come to life for me as vividly as if they happened only yesterday. (Chester Burger, CBS Television News, 1946-1954)<br /> Anyone who laments the passing of the old guard in TV news will greatly benefit from reading this superbly-researched, insightful account of the founding of the field at CBS News, by the most respected emerging scholar in the field of journalism history, Mike Conway. While our landscape is littered with memoirs by CBS news pioneers, this book provides a serious, scholarly examination of the mediums early era and its influence. It offers the underlying rationale for broadcast innovations and some indispensable perspective on what passes for news today. The author explains what made TV news tick and how it translates to the modern day. (Mike Murray, University of Missouri-St.Louis, Editor-in-chief, Encyclopedia of Television News)', 'The Author: Mike Conway is an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Journalism. He worked in television and radio journalism for close to twenty years.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lick (A Stage Dive Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'This is a funny and wildly entertaining contemporary romance that will appeal to new adult romance fans. <i>Booklist</i>', '<i>Lick</i> is a breath of fresh air [with] a unique storyline, think <i>Hangover</i> meets Contemporary Romance. <i>The Rock Stars of Romance</i>', \"The stuff my rock star dreams are made of. A thrill-ride. I felt every stomach-dip in the process. And I want to turn right around and ride it again. Every girl that's ever had a rock-star crush, this would be the ultimate fantasy. <i>Maryse's Book Blog</i>\", \"This book rocked my world!! Lick is an addictive blend of heart-warming passion and light-hearted fun. It's a story you can lose yourself in. The perfect rock star romance! <i>Aestas Book Blog</i>\", 'An engrossing, sexy, and emotional read. <i>Dear Author</i>', 'Scrumptious and delicious. Firmly in my top ten best books this year! <i>The Book Pushers</i>', 'Fun with great characters, a rocker storyline, good angst and plenty of sexy times. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone looking for a something sexy and heartwarming. <i>Fiction Vixen</i>', '', '', \"USA Today bestselling author Kylie Scott is a longtime fan of erotic love stories, rock n' roll, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia she reads, writes and never wastes time surfing the internet.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Earthdawn: The Age of Legend (6000)\nDescription: ['Hardcover Earthdawn book', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: This Man Confessed\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hope, Inspiration and Wisdom: A Treasury of Thoughts on Coping with Kidney Disease\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dear Rockstar\nDescription: ['<b>ALSO AVAILABLE FROM EMME ROLLINS</b>', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Alien Interview - Readers Edition\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: How to Resist Prince Charming\nDescription: [\"Linda is a contemporary romance author from the midwestern USA, where she lives with her wonderful husband, daughter, and nine cuckoo clocks. The eighth and final child of dairy farmers, she was forced into having a vivid imagination if she ever wanted to do something one of her siblings hadn't already tried. Feel free to visit her at her website: www.LindaKage.com\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Grammar Can Be Fun. Words and Pictures By Munro Leaf\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Breathless: Jesse Book 1 (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Eve Carter is a true romantic at heart and with a modern contemporary erotic twist to her romance novels, you had better fasten your seat belt, as the ride is always fun, exciting and fiery. Living in Southern California, but a mid-westerner at origin, Eve finds plenty of inspiration for her books in her own exciting life. Eve has always loved the arts and as a young girl, she took dance classes and spent the summers reading books from the local library. Fascinated with the written word and its power to guide the imagination, Eve started writing short stories and later took Creative Writing classes in college. Eve graduated from The University of Iowa with a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Higher Education. Eve hopes you will enjoy Breathless, her latest novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: History of Modern Architecture, Vol. 1: The Tradition of Modern Architecture\nDescription: [\""Benevolo's viewpoint is broad, interpretative, and didactic.... The obvious parallel is S. Giedion's <i>Space, Time, and Architecture...</i> but Benevolo's richer detail suggests H.-R. Hitchcock's <i>Architecture: 19th and 20th Centuries.</i> Yet his particular interpretation of problems and issues makes his work peculiarly his own. Very well illustrated...."<br /> — <i>Choice</i><br /><br />"This is the first English translation of a notable history of modern architecture by one of Italy's foremost teacher-architects.... The details in his narratives are revealing.... Both volumes are lavishly illustrated."<br /> — <i>Saturday Review</i>\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Him\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Historic Syracuse 2015 Calendar\nDescription: ['<div>Historic Pictoric is a brand of Buffalo Media Works, an innovative art and design company offering unique products created to connect you with a sense of place. Specializing in the high quality restoration of historic imagery, this Buffalo, NY based company continues to grow and share their image collections through their available retail items.<br><BR>Providing vintage imagery for modern living.<br></div>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Off Course\nDescription: ['<i>\"Once again, Sawyer Bennett has delivered a ridiculously great story. And once again, she\\'s delivered a story that helps solidify the Off Series as a favorite of mine. There is something different about this series, something I can\\'t quite put my finger on, that simply makes me a happy reader.\"</i> ~ <b>Andrea, The Bookish Babe</b><br /><br /><i>\"Cillian O\\'Bradaigh has stolen my heart and he can stalk me any day! This book is one yummy ride with characters that ring true and music that builds and binds the relationship. Totally loved it!\" </i>~ <b>Valerie @StuckInBooks</b>', 'Below is the reading order for the Off Series, however all books in the series can be read as standalone novels/novellas:', '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fate Book (a New Adult Novel)\nDescription: ['', '', 'New York Times and USA Today, bestselling author of Paranormal and Contemporary Romance. Before taking up a permanent residence in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mimi spent time living near NYC (became a shopaholic), in Mexico City (developed a taste for very spicy food), and Arizona (now hates jumping chollas but pines for sherbet sunsets). Her love of pre-Hispanic culture, big cities, and romance inspires her to write when shes not busy with kids, hubby, work, and lifeor getting sucked into a juicy novel. Or hosting the Man Candy Show on Radioslot.com! (Be very afraid!) She hopes that someday leather pants for men will make a big comeback, and that her writing might make you laugh (or give you a mini-vacay) when you need it most.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pennsylvania Dutch: The Amish and the Me (Perspectives on History)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wethering the Storm\nDescription: ['\"Jake. Freaking. Wethers. I missed you, you hunk of a rock star! This book was one of my most highly anticipated sequels this year and it was perfect!\" —Vilma’s Book Blog<br /><br />\"<em>Wethering The Storm</em> lived up to my every expectation and was the perfect ending to Jake and Tru’s story. It brought their journey full circle and ended on a beautiful note.\" —Aestas Book Blog', '', 'Samantha Towle began her first novel in 2008 while on maternity leave. She completed the manuscript five months later and hasnt stopped writing since. She is the author of <i>The Mighty Storm</i>, <i>The Bringer</i> and the Alexandra Jones series, all penned to tunes of The Killers, Kings of Leon, Adele, The Doors, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, and more of her favorite musicians. A native of Hull and a graduate of Salford University, she lives with her husband, Craig, in East Yorkshire with their son and daughter.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Sword of Truth 3 Box Sets Books 1-9 (Terry Goodkind)\nDescription: [\"The Sword of Truth 3 Box Sets Books 1-9 (Terry Goodkind). Synopsis; The series is set in a world divided into two major regions: the New World and the Old World. The New World consists of three lands with Westland in the west, D'Hara in the east and the Midlands in the center of the two. D'Hara is ruled by a magically gifted member of the Rahl family, while the welfare of the Midlands is decided by a council of representatives led by the Mother Confessor, who is also the leader of the Confessors. The Confessors are a group of women who each have a magical power to force a person to become entirely devoted to them, allowing them to fulfill their purpose to find the truth. Westland, a land of no magic, is also ruled by a council of representatives. The Old World is not introduced until the second book in the series and its geographical features are described in less detail. The main character is a young man named Richard Cypher, a Westland woods guide whose simple life is forever changed after he becomes the Seeker of Truth a position similar to that of a Confessor, requiring him to uphold justice in the world. Over the course of the series, Richard learns about his heritage while seeking to stop the evil that others would unleash upon the world of the living. Because Richard refuses to sacrifice his values and lives his life as a free man, others begin to understand the nobility of man and what it means to be free. Each book is loosely themed around a Wizard's Rule, tenets by which all wizards should abide. The eleventh full-length novel, Confessor, concludes the series' central story arc regarding the invasion of the Imperial Order, an empire in the Old World led by Jagang.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Ruin\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: A parade of lines\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Price of a Kiss\nDescription: [\"Linda grew up on a dairy farm in the Midwest as the youngest of eight children. Now she lives in Kansas with her husband, daughter, and their nine cuckoo clocks. Her life's been blessed with lots of people to learn from and love. Writing's always been a major part her world, and shes so happy to finally share some of her stories with other romance lovers. Please visit her at her website http://www.lindakage.com/\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Glasses\nDescription: ['Published by a company that sells childrens eyewear and related accessories, this board book uses upbeat rhymes and clear full-bleed photographs of bespectacled kids to encourage children who need glasses to wear them and remind them why they are important. Glasses on boys/ Glasses on girls/ With your glasses on you see the world! reads a typical passage, as cheerful children play and show off their brightly colored frames. Parents of children who are resistant to wearing their glasses may find this a helpful teaching tool. All ages. (BookLife)']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: 3:AM Kisses (3:AM Kisses 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '<b><i>More 3:AM Kisses books!</i></b><br /><span><b>3:AM Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 1)</span><br /><span><b>Winter Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 2)</span><br /><span><b>Sugar Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 3)</span><br /><span><b>Whiskey Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 4)</span><br /><span><b>Rock Candy Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 5)</span><br /><span><b>Velvet Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 6)</span><br /><span><b>Wild Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 7)</span><br /><span><b>Country Kisses</b>(3:AM Kisses 8)</span>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Butterflies and Other Insects of the Eastern Caribbean (Caribbean Pocket Natural History Series)\nDescription: ['Text: Creole', 'Peter Stiling is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London. He has worked as a research assoicate at the Florida State University, also as a lecturer in Zoology at the St Augustine, Trinidad, campus of the University of the West Indies.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Promise Me Light (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Reading has always been my first passion and romance novels have always been my obsession. That turned into a love for writing at a young age. I wrote my first book when I was a teenager and haven\\'t stopped since. Many stories later, I decided it was time to take the leap and self-publish. \"Promise Me Darkness\" is my first published novel that instantly became a New York Times and USA Today bestselller. I\\'m a native Texan who still resides in the town where I was born. If I\\'m not reading or writing, I\\'m chasing my two kids around, spending time with my husband, and trying desperately to keep my sanity. Follow me on Twitter @AuthorPWeaver Facebook www.facebook.com/AuthorPaigeWeaver Web: www.authorpaigeweaver.com']",
"rejected": "Title: Lorca & Jimenez: Selected Poems\nDescription: ['The Boy Unable To Speak <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Casida Of Sobbing <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Casida Of The Rose <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Casida Of The Shadowy Pigeons <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> City That Does Not Sleep <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Dance Of Death <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Death <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Ghazal Of The Dark Death <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Ghazal Of The Terrifying Presence <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> The Guitar <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Home From A Walk <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Juan Ramon Jimenez <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Landscape With Two Graves And An Assyrian Hound <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Little Infinite Poem <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Malaguena <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> The Moon Sails Out <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> New York (office And Attack) <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Preciosa And The Wind <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> The Quarrel <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Questions <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Rundown Church <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Song Of The Cuban Blacks <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Song Of The Rider <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Sunrise <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Thamar And Amnon <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> The Unmarried Woman At Mass <i>by Federico Garcia Lorca</i><br /> Adolescence <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> At First She Came To Me Pure <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Author\\'s Club <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Being Awake <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Dawn Outside The City Walls <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Dawns Of Moguer <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Diary Of A Poet Recently Married: Cemetery <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Diary Of A Poet Recently Married: Deep Night <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Diary Of A Poet Recently Married: I Took Off Petal After Petal <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Diary Of A Poet Recently Married: In The Subway <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Diary Of A Poet Recently Married: Night Piece <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Diary Of A Poet Recently Married: Something So Close <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Even Though My Soul <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Full Consciousness <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Full Moon <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> I Am Not I <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> I Pulled On The Reins <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> I Was Sitting <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> An Imitator Of Billy Sunday <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> In New York <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Intelligence, Give Me <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> The Lamb Was Bleating Softly\\' <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Lavender Windowpanes And White Curtains <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> The Lumber Wagons <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> The Memory <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Music <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> The Name Drawn From The Names <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Night Piece <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Oceans <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> A Remembrance Is Moving <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Remorse <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Return For An Instant <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Road <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> The Ship, Solid And Black <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> To Dante <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Walt Whitman <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Whiteness <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Who Knows What Is Going On <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Winter Scene <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> Wrong Time <i>by Juan Ramon Jimenez</i><br /> -- <i>Table of Poems from <a href=\"/exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/poemfinder.html/${0}\">Poem Finder</a></i><br /><br />This collection of poems by two great 20th century poets is presented both in the original Spanish and in English translation, edited by Robert Bly. Enjoy a strong collection which juxtaposes the works of the two best Spanish poets of this century, supplemented by Bly\\'s literary research and insights. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>', 'Text: English, Spanish (translation)<br /> Original Language: Spanish', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Until November (Until Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include The Until Series, Until Him, Until Her, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars. Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Friends Without Benefits: An Unrequited Romance (Knitting in the City) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<span>\"<i>I love the way Penny Reid writes. I became a mega fan after the first book in her Knitting in the City series and am just as impressed with Friends Without Benefits.</i>\"</span>', '', '<span>Penny Reid lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, three kids, and an inordinate amount of yarn. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books.</span><br /><span>You can find out more about Penny and sign up to receive exclusive books, stories, and excerpts of upcoming novels here: pennyreid.ninja</span>', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: A Book of Advent and Christmas Prayers\nDescription: ['William G. Storey is professor emeritus of Liturgy and Church History at the University of Notre Dame. He has compiled, translated, and edited many books of prayer, including<i>A Prayer Book of Catholic Devotions, Novenas</i>and<i>The Complete Rosary</i>(Loyola Press), and<i>Lord, Hear Our Prayer</i>and<i>Hail Mary</i>(Ave Maria Press). He currently resides in South Bend, Indiana.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Willing Captive\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: That's Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith\nDescription: ['\"Beneath the clichs of our culture lie some unsettling questions about God. Paul Copan, with genius and simplicity, uncovers the struggle and constructs his answers on a firm foundation.\" \\t<b>Ravi Zacharias,</b> author and speaker<br /><br />\"It\\'s all relative.\"<br />\"Everything is one with the divine.\"<br />\"Why would a good God send people to hell?\" <br />\"The Gospels contradict each other.\"<br />\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t<br />In our relativistic society, Christians more than ever before are bombarded by skeptical comments such as these. You hear them on college campuses, in the workplace, and from your neighbors and friends. <br /><i><br />That\\'s Just Your Interpretation </i>provides incisive answers to challenges related to truth and reality, worldviews, and Christian doctrine. Similar to his well-received <i>\"True for You, but Not for Me,\" </i>this book by Paul Copan will help you defend your faith, even when you\\'re confronted with the toughest questions. You\\'ll be able to respond with intelligent, powerful answers that direct people toward a personal relationship with God. <br /><br />\"The book is accessible to non-specialists, yet Copan clearly brings to each subject careful research and scholarly reflection.\" <br />\\t<b>J. P. Moreland,</b> Talbot School of Theology<br /><br />\"Paul Copan manifests the conceptual skills of a fine philosopher and theologian as well as the heart of a sincere Christian. This combination is potent indeed, illuminating a wide range of pressing issues about the Christian faith.\"<br />\\t<b>Paul Moser,</b> Loyola University of Chicago<br /><br />\"Paul Copan writes with clarity, force, and insight about the credibility of Christianity.\"<br />\\t<b>Charles Taliaferro,</b> St. Olaf College', 'Paul Copan (Ph.D., Marquette University) is a ministry associate with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. His books include Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? and \"True for You, but Not for Me.\" Copan lives in Suwanee, Georgia.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Phoenix\nDescription: ['Raine Anthony is the pen name of a British-born freelance writer. She is in her late twenties and has a number of successfully published novels under her belt. She likes pictures of birds. She is an avid reader with a love of laughter, a hatred of high heels and an indifference to a lot of things in between. Her romance novel, Phoenix, was written many years ago and almost forgotten. This year she decided to give it life again by publishing it. She hopes that readers will enjoy the tale. Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Raine-Anthony/528954313819835 Twitter: https://twitter.com/raine_anthony Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210496.Raine_Anthony Mailing List: http://raineanthony.blogspot.ie/p/mailing-list.html', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Maybe This Time\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Matching Books to Readers: Using Leveled Books in Guided Reading, K-3\nDescription: ['IRENE C. FOUNTAS, a professor in the School of Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, and consultant in school districts across the nation and abroad. She works extensively in the literacy education field and directs the Literacy Collaborative in the School of Education at Lesley University.GAY SU PINNELL is a professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. She has extensive experience in classroom teaching and field-based research, and in developing comprehensive approaches to literacy education. She has received the International Reading Associations Albert J. Harris Award for research and the Charles A. Dana Foundation Award for her contributions to the field of education. She is also a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Making Faces\nDescription: ['<span>Amy Harmon is the </span><em>New York Times</em><span> bestselling author of </span><em>Making Faces</em><span>, </span><em>A Different Blue</em><span>, </span><em>Running Barefoot</em><span>, and the Purgatory series.</span><br />']",
"rejected": "Title: A Taste of the Far East\nDescription: ['cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey offers her favorite dishes from the Far East in the most diverse and beautiful cookbook ever published on this cuisine. <b>A Taste of the Far East</b> captures the sensual essence of the region with more than 100 color photographs and 150 authentic recipes offer an amazingly wide spectrum of foods and flavors that reflect local customs, history, and produce. <b>Full-color photographs.</b>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sweet Home\nDescription: ['Tillie Cole hails from a small town in the North-East of England. She grew up on a farm with her English mother, Scottish father and older sister and a multitude of rescue animals. As soon as she could, Tillie left her rural roots for the bright lights of the big city. After graduating from Newcastle University, Tillie followed her Professional Rugby player husband around the world for a decade, becoming a teacher in between and thoroughly enjoyed teaching High School students Social Studies for seven years. Tillie has now settled in Calgary, Canada, where she is finally able to sit down, write (without the threat of her husband being transferred), throwing herself into fantasy worlds and the fabulous minds of her characters. Tillie writes both Romantic comedy and New Adult novels and happily shares her love of alpha-male leading men (mostly with muscles and tattoos) and strong female characters with her readers. When she is not writing, Tillie enjoys nothing more than strutting her sparkly stuff on a dance floor (preferably to Lady Gaga), watching films (preferably anything with Tom Hardy or Will Ferrellfor very different reasons!), listening to music or spending time with friends and family.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Idea of America: How Values Shaped Our Republic and Hold the Key to Our Future\nDescription: [\"A superb account of American life through the centuries. ...Readers will come away with a remarkably comprehensive understanding of America and all of its paradoxes. --Gordon S. Wood, author of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815<br /><br />The most difficult decisions in my careers in government, business, and academia have been those where two principles, each held dearly, seem to collide - for example, loyalty to a friend and fiduciary responsibility to an institution. When taken to the scale of our nation, such tensions can become monumental - as well as fascinating, instructive, and consequential. Rarely, if ever, has anything been written that examines the fundamental dilemmas faced by our nation as strkly and readably as does The Idea of America. --Norm Augustine, retire chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin and former Under Secretary of the U.S. Army<br /><br />This book is a remarkable and invaluable civics lesson for all Americans. It views our national history through the prism of four fundamental value tensions that define our character and our culture and shows us how the idea of America emerges from our willingness to meet the challenge of balancing and reconciling these values. This is a must-read for us all. --Carol Berkin, author of a Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution and Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Ride (Bayonet Scars) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes\nDescription: [\"RODERICK TOWNLEY has taught in Chile on a Fulbright Fellowship, worked in New York as a journalist, and now writes from his home in Kansas. His books have received many stars and accolades, including BookSense 76 picks and BBYA selections. You can read more about Roderick Townley and his books at rodericktownley.com.<br><br>MARY GRANDPRÉ is perhaps best known for creating the jackets and illustrations for the Harry Potter books. She has also illustrated many fine picture books including Jack Prelutsky's <i>The Carnival of the Animals</i> on Knopf's Fall 2010 list. You can read more about Mary GrandPré's work at MaryGrandPre.com.\", 'One<br><br><br>Not long ago, in the sunny mountain village of Aplanap, famous for its tilted streets, cuckoo clocks, and Finster cheese, there stood a small shoemaker’s shop. And in the window of that shop was a shoe that fit nobody.<br><br>Of course, since it was only one shoe, it was doubly useless.<br><br>Yet everyone who learned of this shoe was seized with the desire to own it. Curious travelers with hard money winking in their pockets came from as far away as Doubtful Bay. But the shoe was not for sale.<br><br>You’re thinking this must have been a remarkable shoe.<br><br>People lined up outside the shop just to look in the window. Even the town’s mayor (whose name is far too long and important to write out here) felt tempted by it. He was an impressive man, but not an easy man to impress. Passing in his carriage, he’d have the coachman slow down so he could catch another glimpse of the famous object, with its sapphires, opals, and moonstones flashing in the sun.<br><br>Did I mention the shoe was covered with precious stones?<br><br>Precious and semiprecious, and a few (like the beads of Murano glass) merely beautiful. And all of them blue. Blue of every description, from palest aquamarine to clearest azure to dramatic cobalt to assertive navy to deep-thinking indigo.<br><br>A blue shoe.<br><br>The shoemaker--I should say this right away--was a simple man, nothing remarkable about him at all. Every-one called him Grel, which was his name, or as much of it as anyone bothered to remember.<br><br>Grel was neither very short nor very tall. He wasn’t particularly thin, nor exactly fat. Neither ugly nor handsome. He had a beard (now threaded with gray), but most Aplanap men wore beards. He was poor, but not poor enough to be arrested.<br><br>Did I mention that the poor were arrested in Aplanap? They were. Well, beggars were arrested. You could be poor all you wanted and you’d be left alone. But if hunger forced you into the streets to beg for a coin, large men would come and cart you to jail, and from there, they’d ship you to the north side of the next mountain, a peak so tall its top was perpetually covered in snow and surrounded by swirling clouds.<br><br>There were many superstitions about this mountain. It stood in plain sight, and yet you couldn’t see the top of it. At night, it was even more mysterious, because the peak pulsed with a dull orange glow. No doubt the light came from the campfires of the beggars condemned to live there, but you know how people are. They’ll believe anything. Some said the mountain was really a volcano. Others claimed that trolls hopped about among the crags and spent the nights forging weapons over a great fire. Still others believed the ancient myth about Xexnax, the goddess the mountain was named for. The glow, they said, came from her kitchen, where she roasted the poor doomed souls who’d been sent there.<br><br>Whatever the truth, you didn’t want to end up on that mountain.<br>It was a good thing Grel had Hap Barlo, a young boy he’d taken in as an apprentice. A slim thirteen-year-old with nimble hands and likeable eyes, Hap was smart in ways that Grel was not--quick with numbers, sharp at business. More than once he’d saved his absentminded master from ruin.<br><br>They were never far from ruin as it was. Cobblers were always needed but badly paid. Grel and the boy often lived on crusts, although they could usually indulge in a slice of schnitzel on Sundays, sitting at a little table in front of the shop, with Grel’s dog at their feet. The dog’s name was Rauf, since that was the only word the creature knew. Rauf sometimes spoke his word to the passing cats, but he lacked conviction, and the cats paid no attention.<br><br>On summer evenings, Rauf would lie contentedly in the dust, one eye closed, the other watching his master and a few old friends playing a game of Plog after the day’s work was done. There was something reassuring in the clack of wooden pieces on the game board and the smell of pipe smoke spiraling over Grel’s head.<br><br>As far as the rest of Aplanap was concerned, Grel might have been invisible. Even regular customers would have a hard time placing him had they seen him outside his shop, without his work apron, walking the tilted streets. Grel didn’t mind. He had no desire for recognition. He cared about his sleepy dog, his alert young apprentice, and his art. For he was an artist among cobblers. He might seem vague as he pottered about his shop or rummaged around looking for his glasses, but when it came to work, his concentration was unmatched. The idea of tearing the stones off the fabulous shoe and selling them would never occur to him, any more than he’d tear out his own eyes, especially since, long ago, with excruciating care, he had placed the jewels there himself.<br><br> Grel often thought back to that rainy evening when a weirdly tall stranger, his face shadowed in a cowl, had slipped into the shop at closing time. What struck the shoemaker at once were the man’s eyes, which glittered with a cold blue fire. Wherever they alighted, they lowered the temperature by ten degrees.<br><br>“What can I do for you, sir?” Grel said.<br><br>“Ye make shoes, don’t ye?”<br><br>Grel did not understand at first. The man had a strange accent, a nasal tone, and a voice that started with a grumble in his throat.<br><br>“Shoes, you say?”<br><br>“Shoes! Shoes! Ye are deafen?”<br><br>“Shoes! Yes, the finest.”<br><br>“Then make me one!”<br><br>“Make you?.?.?.?one shoe?”<br><br>The stranger ignored him. He pulled out a sketch and laid it on the workbench, smoothing its creases with his skinny hand.<br>One shoe. That’s what he wanted. And he paid in advance. Grel watched the heavy coins clink on the wood.<br><br>“But that’s too much!” he faintly protested.<br><br>The man’s eyes held him. “Ye complain I pay too much?”<br><br>“But it’s only one shoe. I should charge you half as much, not?.?.?.”<br><br>I mentioned, didn’t I, that Grel was not a sharp <br>businessman?<br><br>More coins clinked on the wood.<br><br>“Thinken me,” said the stranger in a dark voice, “ye’ll earn every groat.”<br><br>Grel shook his head. It was ten times what he generally received for his work. And only one shoe! What could be simpler?<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Everything Movie Crosswords Book: 150 A-list Puzzles That Film Fanatics Will Love\nDescription: ['Charles Timmerman is the founder of Funster.com, a word game website that was selected as a Yahoo! Pick of the Year, and the author of more than 100 puzzle books, including <i>The Everything Jumbo Book of Large-Print Bible Word Searches</i>, <i>The Everything Word Search Book</i>, <i>The Everything Giant Book of Word Searches (Volumes 1 to 4)</i>, and <i>The Everything Easy Word Search Book</i>.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mine (The REAL series)\nDescription: ['\"Seductive, wild, and visceral.\" (Christina Lauren)', 'Katy Evans lives with her husband and their two children plus three lazy dogs in south Texas. Some of her favorite pastimes are hiking, reading, baking, and spending time with her friends and family. She is the <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA TODAY</i>bestselling author of <i>Manwhore, Manwhore +1, Ms. Manwhore,</i> and The REAL series: <i>REAL, MINE, REMY, ROGUE, RIPPED, </i>and<i> LEGEND. </i>For more information on Katy Evans visit her website KatyEvans.net, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter, @AuthorKatyEvans.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Putting Your Past in Its Place: Moving Forward in Freedom and Forgiveness\nDescription: ['', 'The Christian counseling world has waited a long time for a book that has substantive help for people who are weighed down with problems from their past. It is finally here! Steve Viars has taken a difficult issue and, aptly and with clarity, applies practical theological answers to it. You cannot read this book without being personally changed. If you are looking for solid biblical answers about your past, this is the book for you.<br /><b>Dr. John D. Street, chair of the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling program, The Masters College and Seminary</b>', 'The gospel promises believers the power to change, but those whove experienced deep pain in their past often struggle with living by faith. Pastor Steve Viars new book, <b><i>Putting Your Past in Its Place</i></b>, offers practical, compassionate, biblical help for those with painful personal histories, and for their pastors and counselors.<br /><b>Dr. Laura Hendrickson, author, biblical counselor, psychiatrist</b>', 'Steve Viars is a pastoral psychologist of the best sort: realistic, practical, and thoroughly Christian. His book really does put the past in its proper place and does so by comforting, challenging, and encouraging those who need to make peace with their past. Whether you are struggling with the past yourself or one who counsels the strugglers, you cannot read this book and not be changed.<br /><b>Sam R. Williams, PhD, associate professor of counseling, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC</b>', 'Many of us remain paralyzed by our past even though freedom from our past was purchased on the cross. In this much-needed book, Steve Viars shows that the Bible teaches us what we need to know about learning from and disarming our past. So read well, see yourself, see Jesus, and receive His liberating grace.<br /><b>Paul Tripp, president, Paul Tripp Ministries and author of <i>What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage</i></b>', 'If you long to get free from your past and into the glorious future God has for you, Steve Viars and his wonderful new book, <b><i>Putting Your Past in Its Place</i></b>, can show you the way. It is insightful, powerful, and immensely practical. Get one for every member of your family so they can join you in this bright new future free from the pain of your past.<br /><b>Dr. James MacDonald, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, Chicago</b>', 'In <b><i>Putting Your Past in its Place</i></b>, experienced biblical counselor and respected Bible scholar Steve Viars seeks to answer the important question, What role does a persons past play in his or her present-day living? Viars bases his answer not on his or any other human beings opinion but on Gods authoritative, infallible Word. This interesting and insightful book will be of great benefit to many people. Counselors will find this book to be very helpful, as will Christians who struggle with discerning a biblical perspective.<br /><b>Wayne Mack, professor of biblical counseling, Grace School of Ministry, Pretoria and Capetown, South Africa</b>', 'As a counselor I know people often get stuck in the past. Some wallow there and others make every effort to deny its effects. While Steve Viars boldly admits the importance of the past, he gives it no mystical power of causality for the redeemed. He is thoroughly biblical, pleasantly practical, and sets the record straight about how to handle your past in a God-honoring way. I challenge you to read this book with your own past in mindthen put your past in its place so you can help others do the same.<br /><b>Garrett Higbee, executive director of Twelve Stones Ministries and team leader of counseling ministry, Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, IL</b>', 'Steve Viars knows the problems we face, but he also knows that the answers to our problems are found in the Bible. In <b><i>Putting Your Past in its Place</i></b>, he takes his wealth of experience in the pulpit and in the counseling room and applies it to the difficulties faced by those who feel shackled to their past. If you want to deal with your past and yes, put it in its proper place, then this book is for you. It is thoroughly biblical, deeply compassionate, and engagingly hopeful. Buy it!<br /><b>Elyse Fitzpatrick, head of Women Helping Women Ministries and author of <i>Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety</i></b>', '', '', '<b>Stephen Viars</b> earned his DMin degree in biblical counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary and has served as a pastor and biblical counselor for more than 20 years at Faith Baptist Church and Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana. He serves as the president of the board of the Biblical Counselors Coalition, the vice president of the board of National Association of Nouthetic Counselors, and is a frequent speaker at conferences, colleges, and seminaries in the United States and abroad.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Foreplay: The Ivy Chronicles\nDescription: ['All Pepper needs is a little experience. Ever since she was a teenager, she has been in love with Hunter, the brother of her best friend, Lila, but he thinks of her as merely a good friend. When Pepper discovers that Hunter has just broken up with his longtime girlfriend, she realizes that if she wants to hook up with Hunter, it is now or never. The problem is that Pepper has kissed exactly one boy in her entire life. Of course her friends have a solution to her problem: Reece, a hottie bartender at Mulvaneys, whose romantic reputation is legendary. All Pepper needs to do is get Reece to give her a few lessons in seduction, and she can apply what she learns to finally land Hunter. At least that is the plan until Pepper discovers that she might be falling for her new teacher. A best-selling author of historical romances and the YA Firelight series, Jordan makes her new-adult romance debut with a sexy love story that perfectly captures both the flirtatiously fun and emotionally tormenting aspects of college romances. --John Charles', '“Sophie Jordan weaves captivating stories of intense yearning, undeniable heat and heaping helpings of swoon… Every. Time.” (Tammara Webber, New York Times Bestselling Author of Easy)<br /><br />“A sexy, sweet love story that lingers with you long after you read that last line.””Sexy and sweet, you will fall in love with Reece right along with Pepper.” (Jennifer L. Armentrout/ J. Lynn, #1 NYT and USA Today Bestseller)<br /><br />“Fun and Flirty-- Foreplay was the perfect read! (Cora Cormack, NYT Bestseller)<br /><br />“Reece is like any good cocktail: strong, tempting and dangerous in large quantities. Having a guy like him behind the bar is sure to lead to a great time. I thought so and I’m sure you will too.” (Jay Crownover, bestselling author of RULE)<br /><br />“A fun and flirty read, let Reece teach you why FOREPLAY is the best part.” (Lisa Desrochers, author of A LITTLE TOO FAR)<br /><br />Jordan makes her new-adult romance debut with a sexy love story that perfectly captures both the flirtatiously fun and emotionally tormenting aspects of college romances. (Booklist)<br /><br />“[A] passionate, compelling story that captures the confusion and giddiness of young-adult romance and sexual experimentation....…[I]n Jordan’s expert hands, [readers] are given a sexy, textured and satisfying ride. An affecting, successful foray into the new-adult genre.” (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />A gratifying story that is also hard to put down, Jordan’s series starter sets a high bar for new adult. (Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong>)']",
"rejected": "Title: Buried in Shades of Night: Contested Voices, Indian Captivity, and the Legacy of King Philip's War\nDescription: ['<span>\"Stratton\\'s book offers not only \"a particularly new history of puritan north America as conceived from a postcolonial vantage point,\" but must from now on become indispensable reading for scholars of early American (women\\'s) literature, as it reveals paradigmatically the pitfalls and complexities of reconstructing the history of marginalized voices.\" -Christina Dokou, <i>European Journal of American Studies</i></span><br /><br />\"Stratton\\'s dissection of the structural and stylistic elements of <i>The Soveraignty and Goodness of God </i>presents a case study that brilliantly illuminates the role of intertextuality in historical sources, and challenges readers to be more \"culturally responsive\" in their interpretations.<i> Buried in Shades of Night</i> serves as a first step in this collective process, and cautions readers against interpreting a work\\'s persistent prominence as an authentication of its factual accuracy.\" -<i>American Indian Culture and Research Journal</i>', '<span>\"Flourishing in the late seventeenth century--and extending into the twenty-first century through accounts of prisoners of war such as Jessica Lynch, a multitude of others taken prisoner in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as hostages taken by Somali pirates--the image of the captive remains an enduring literary figure. Narratives of captivity have proven to be essential instruments of ideology and particularly adaptive vehicles for the dissemination of hegemonic knowledge in the name of historical discourse. Much more than simply representing events as they occurred, Indian captivity narratives became a popular means by which colonial writers (re)presented the \"<i>Horrors of Indian Warfare</i>\"<span>--</span>to use the title of a popular nineteenth-century historical text<span>--to</span> a fervent American public whose desire for Native land seemed insatiable.</span>\" <span>--From the Introduction, <i>Buried In Shades of Night: Contested Voices, Indian Captivity and the Legacy of King Philip\\'s War</i></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Nothing Left to Lose\nDescription: ['<span><span>\"Nothing Left to Lose\" is yet another beautiful and emotional story by Kirsty Moseley.~</span><span>The Hopeless Romantics Book Blog (Goodreads reviewer) </span><br /><br /><span>\"This book is filled with love, drama, heartbreak and all of the above! Def a must read...\"~ </span><span>Jenni (Goodreads reviewer) </span><br /><br /><span>\"Well crafted and definitely an amazing read.\"~</span><span> </span><span>Jessie (Goodreads reviewer) </span><br /><br /><span>\"...</span><span>emotional roller coaster...a captivating story! This legit felt like I was looking into someone\\'s life. I loved it.\"~</span><span> </span><span>A. M Stanisel (Goodreads reviewer) </span><br /><br /><span>\"Watching the love grow between her </span><span>(Anna) </span><span>and Ashton was amazing and truly like being given a gift.\"</span><span> ~</span><span>Rochelle M (Goodreads reviewer) </span><br /><br /><span>\"Nothing Left to Lose is to books as The Princess Bride is to movies. Nothing can get in the way of true love!\"~ </span><span>Amazon Customer</span><span> review </span><br /><br /><span>\"What a beautiful burn. Annabelle\\'s story hooked me from the first few pages and I did not want to be let go. </span><span>Ashton is swoon worthy gold and will have you falling hard for him with every swipe of the page. </span><span>A heart melting, angst filled read that I couldn\\'t get enough of.\" ~ International bestselling author, </span><span>Ker Dukey</span></span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Statistical Strategies For Small Sample Research\nDescription: [\"Rick Hoyle received Ph.D in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently a Research Professor at Duke University for the department of Psychology. Rick's areas of research interest include the foundations of self-esteem, the role of personality in problem behavior, and strategic applications of structural equation modeling, and related techniques for the purpose of modeling complex processes that unfold over time.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Sole: A Blue Novella (The Core Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Teshelle Combs is the award winning YA author of the urban fantasy series, \"CORE\" and action/romance series, \"The System.\" She\\'s one of those crazies who majored in English in college and works as a full-time writer. Teshelle grew up in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and currently lives with her musico hubby, Nate Combs, and their baby boy, Jaxter, in Cape Coral, FL. If you\\'d like to meet Teshelle or find more of her work, visit her at teshellecombs.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lucky Number Four\nDescription: [\"Amanda Jason is the USA Today bestselling author of the romantic comedy, Lucky Number Four. Her real name is Carol Kunz, and she's the C part of the mother and son author duo, C.A. Kunz. The pen name Amanda Jason actually has a special meaning to Carol because it is a tribute to the set of twins she lost many years ago. Carol began her dream of writing when her son, Adam, asked her to write a young adult fantasy novel back in 2011. She couldn't have been happier to embark on this wonderful journey into the literary world with her son because it was #1 on her bucket list. <br /><br />Carol currently lives in sunny Florida with her hubby and her two four-legged fur babies. She takes comfort in the fact that her amazing daughter and son live close by. When she isn't writing, you can find her walking her yellow Lab or reading a good book. Lucky Number four is the debut novel of Amanda Jason, and it's been a long time coming. If you would like to find out more about Amanda Jason, please visit the links below: <br /><br />Author's Twitter Account- @AmandaJason13 <br />Author's Facebook Page- facebook.com/AuthorAmandaJason <br />Author's Email- amandajason13@aol.com\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Before Jamaica Lane (On Dublin Street Series)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>On Dublin Street</i>:</b><br /><br />This book had some funny dialogue, some amazingly hot sex scenes, and emotional drama. Did I mention the amazing sex scenes?Dear Author<br /><br />This is a really sexy book and I loved the heroines journey to find herself and grow strong. Highly recommend this one.<i>USA Today </i>Happily Ever After<br /><br />Youngs voice is riveting, and once I opened the book, I wanted to hang a do not disturb sign around my neck until I was finished. This book definitely landed on my 2012 top picks!Fiction Vixen Book Reviews<br /><br />This book is fun. Sexy. A little dark. While the hero is extremely dominant, he also shows his softer side just when she needs it.Smexy Books Romance Reviews<br /><br />Every page sizzles when these two get together, but this book is so much more than a hot romp. This book has heartand lots of it....If you want a book that will lure you in, grab you by the scruff of the neck, and never let you go until you finish reading the last page, then On Dublin Street is the book for you.Totally Booked<br /><br />Brilliantly written with just the right amount of hotness, sexiness, and romance and everything else in between.Once Upon A Twilight<br /><br />The chemistry between Jocelyn and Braden was on fire. The characters were believable and more importantly they were lovableone of the best books I have read in 2012!Rainy Day Reads<br /><br />This book has it allromance, fabulously written heat, family, friendship, heartbreak, longing, hope, and an ending that is completely satisfyingBookish Temptations<br /><br />Lots of heart makes this book an absolute page-turner.<i>RT Book Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Heart-melting romance... exasperation and angst, made for an excellently balanced, all-consuming read.\"<i>Maryse\\'s Book Blog</i>', 'Samantha Young is a Scottish book addict who graduated from the University of Edinburgh. She is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>On Dublin Street</i>and<i>Down London Road</i>.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bobby Fischer Comes Home: The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions\nDescription: ['<span><span>Olafasson\\'s poignant book delivers the fullest account yet of Bobby Fischer\\'s triumphal and tragic years in Iceland with a thoughtful, thorough, and balanced presentation, including topics that transport us beyond the limits of its place and theme. A personal and heartbreaking account.<br /></span></span> (John D. Warth, This title is destined to be a classic... <i>ChessCafe.com</i>)<br /><br /><span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Bobby Fisher Comes Home</span><span> describes the end of the life of a brilliant chess player with dignity.</span></span> (Richard Vedder, FIDE Master, Netherlands <i>Schakers.info</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Olafsson doesn\\'t apologize for Fisher in the way some of his other biographers have. A charming aspect of the book is how Olafsson weaves his own biographical details into the narrative.<br /><br /></span></span> (Cecil Rosner <i>Winnipeg Free Press</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>A fascinating read, in turns poignant and perplexing, and I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone interested in the second Pride and Sorrow of American Chess.<br /><br /></span></span> (Ken Surratt <i>ChessVille</i>)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Poughkeepsie (The Poughkeepsie Brotherhood Series)\nDescription: [\"Debra Anastasia is busy, just like every other mom. There's dinner, the dogs, the two kids, and her violent IBS--which is under control thanks to medication except for occasional multi-tonal farts. Her first love and crowning achievement is her thriving career as the weirdest mom on the block. Her writing started a decent handful of years ago when--along with the animals and humans in her house--the voices of characters started whispering stories in Debra's ear. Insomnia was the gateway to plots that wouldn't give up, wouldn't let go. Now they stalk her everywhere. Halfway through making lunches, a twist takes hold and--fingers full of peanut butter--she finds somewhere, anywhere to write it down. Debra lives in Maryland with her family. You can find her at DebraAnastasia.com and on Twitter @Debra_Anastasia. But be prepared...\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Volunteer Management for Non-Profit Organizations: The Art of People Management\nDescription: [\"Bryan has been engaged in volunteer management for the majority of his adult life. In the 1990's he worked with Promise Keepers as the National Director of Volunteers and later on as the National Director of Events. While there he oversaw the volunteer management of over sixty large events that filled the largest stadiums in our country. He also led the volunteer recruitment and management of over thirty-thousand volunteers that assisted in the successful 1.2 million man gathering in Washington DC in 1997. Bryan is currently the COO of Samaritan Aviation, has traveled in over 30 countries, has spoken in conferences in the United States, Mexico, Holland, England, Ireland, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Zaire, Singapore, Cambodia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines and has authored three books. Bryan and his wife Mary live in Mesa, Arizona and have three children and four grandchildren.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Loving Cara (Love Under the Big Sky)\nDescription: ['\"Sizzling...Kristen Probys enthralling novel is filled to the brim with one hardworking familys triumphs and challenges, all the wild adventure of the modern West, and a whole lot of titillating fun.\" (<i>Bookreporter.com</i>)<br /><br />\"Absolutely captivating...a delightfully entertaining romance packed with passion and emotion. <br />LOVING CARA is romantic realism at its best, and Kristen Proby makes you want to believe. - See more at: http://singletitles.com/?p=9568#sthash.4VB5CwQH.dpuf<br /> LOVING CARA is romantic realism at its best, and Kristen Proby makes you want to believe.\" (<i>Single Titles</i>)<br /><br />The debut of Probys Love Under the Big Sky series is a searing, multilayered and utterly charming novel that is sure to win a number of new fans for her growing legions. (RT)', 'Kristen Proby is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Love Under the Big Sky trilogy and the self-published With Me in Seattleand Boudreaux series. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 2)\nDescription: [\"Second of the Sevenwaters trilogy of novels about the last days of heroic Ireland, <i>Son of the Shadows</i> takes up the story of the children of Sorcha, who saved her enchanted brothers, and Hugh, the Briton she married. Sorcha's daughter Liadan is a gifted seer and healer who thinks, in spite of her visions, that she knows what the future has in store for her--caring for her dying mother and then an alliance marriage to Eamonn. A chance meeting on the road carries her off to care for a dying man--one of the mercenaries of the sinister Painted Man, Eamonn's archenemy and a killer for hire. Liadan discovers that she cannot choose whom she loves and that she and the Painted Man are as bound up in destiny as her mother and father were before her.\", \"This is an intelligent historical romance in which the supernatural is a part of the character's everyday lives to an extent that makes it hard to think of the book as specifically a fantasy--these are people to whom the beings of forest speak on a regular basis and to whom sorcery is real. <i>--Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk</i>\", 'Druidic Erin (Ireland) is a place teeming with fairies and earth magic. But this compelling story is not a tale of the fey it is a tale of one who lives in the world of humans and yet has contact with the otherworld. Liadan of Sevenwaters is the child of Iubdan and Sorcha (whose story was told in Daughter of the Forest) and she is granted the power to hear and see what others cannot. She is a healer of mind, body and spirit. It is Liadan\\'s gift of healing that brings about a meeting with a mercenary considered to be the enemy of her family. Liadan names this man without a name or history \"Bran\" and soon realizes that the information she has been told about him (and the world in general) is not what it appears to be. In too short a time, Liadan comes to love Bran with a fierceness that she never imagined possible, and yet their love cannot be fulfilled. Bran\\'s life is not her life, nor is her life his. They must travel down different paths (at least for a while), knowing in their hearts that the bond between them is stronger than the things that pull them apart. This is the story of a powerful love, which might change the course of history for Liadan\\'s people and the island of Erin. Beautifully written, the second in the Sevenwaters trilogy continues a sparkling saga of a family whose destiny is to help free Erin from British tyranny. The story, though a bit light on the magic and heavy on the romantic, is reminiscent of Jennifer Roberson\\'s Chesuli series. Fantasy addicts should love it.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Chasing Olivia (Trace + Olivia) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Possible World\nDescription: ['Koch passed away this summer at 77 after a battle with leukemia, having recently produced some of the strongest work of his career: 2000\\'s New Addresses (an NBA finalist). These two volumes-one of new work and one of poems that preceded his 1960 debut Ko, or A Season on Earth-show Koch at his various best. Sun Out catches Koch assembling the dictions (and plentiful exclamation points) he would later synthesize into his distinctive hall of linguistic mirrors, yet these \\'50s poems, like those of Koch\\'s New York School brethren Ashbery and O\\'Hara, speak remarkably directly to our own \"circumstances the Afghanistan flowers/ The feet under the hue of/ The mid-Atlantic.\" The long poem \"When the Sun Tries to Go On\" looks back to Stevens\\'s \"The Comedian as the Letter C,\" and forward to O\\'Hara\\'s \"Second Avenue.\" A Possible World\\'s one-act verse plays, one-line poems, autobiographical reminiscences and long, mock-Byronic narratives display Koch\\'s verve and light touch, but are unmistakably colored by requiem. The opening \"Bel Canto\" gives thanks \"For love itself, and friendship its co-agent\" in the ottava rima of Koch\\'s long poem Ko, while \"Variations on Home and Abroad\" returns to Ko\\'s thoughts about national origins. \"To Buddhism\" harks back to last year\\'s New Addresses, and introduces the short poems about European and Asian travel that comprise much of the book. Those poems combine autobiographical nostalgia with a trademark whimsy: \"The Acropolis has a uniform/ That no schoolboy can wear because it is invisible./ \\'It goes to the Periclean School!\\' \" The title poem\\'s typographical festival pays Mallarm an homage to \"Mondo universal collectivity/ Mondo aggrandizement/ Mondo nothing left to teach,\" while the concluding \"A Memoir,\" finds, wryly, \"Someone is singing/ On the landing below/ The arc strike of a pen on paper/ Doesn\\'t put one in the show.\" Koch, as these two books amply demonstrate, most definitely remains in our collective performance. (Oct. 19) <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Given Koch\\'s recent death at the age of 77, it is entirely fitting that his last collection, A Possible World, ends with a poem titled \"A Memoir\" that explores the entire concept of revisiting one\\'s life (as poets so often do). \"What shall I put in my memoir/ Kansas City/ Got off bus to get a haircut there, \" muses the poet in lines that typify his style: off the cuff, vernacular, a bit tongue in cheek. That style has been evident throughout his distinguished career (he\\'s won a host of awards, including the first Phi Beta Kappa Award for poetry, and was a National Book Award finalist in 2000 for New Addresses), and it\\'s a pleasure to see him in good fighting form here. Though these poems were written near the end of Koch\\'s life, they aren\\'t terribly overcast or elegiac, and despite the final poem, he seems less interested in exploring his own life than in chronicling a whole array of \"possible worlds.\" It is particularly instructive to read this book in conjunction with Sun Out, a collection of early poems that Koch observed \"are in such a different style that they never seemed to fit into my books.\" Koch was hanging out with a lot of painters at the time, and these poems do have more concrete imagery and perhaps tamer lines than his other works, but Koch\\'s classic snap, crackle, and pop are still there. These books serve as fine testimonials to an important American poet and should be considered by most libraries.<br /><i>Barbara Hoffert, \"Library Journal\"</i><br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Private North\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Baby Cocoon And Owl Hat Crochet Pattern eBook\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Under Locke\nDescription: [\"Mariana Zapata began writing love stories soon after she learned how to spell. She probably shouldn't admit that she started sneaking romance novels from her aunt's bookshelves way before she was old enough to even understand what it meant when a man flipped up a woman's skirt. (Don't tell her mom.) Luckily, she learned to love the process of two people falling in love instead of all the other juicy stuff. Mariana lives in Houston, Texas with her longtime boyfriend and two beloved (and emotionally manipulative) Great Danes, Dorian and Kaiser. When she's not pretending to write, she's reading. You can usually find her burning somewhat edible experiments in the kitchen or cracking jokes at the expense of her family members.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump\nDescription: ['<br />\"<em>The Reactionary Mind</em> has emerged as one of the more influential political works of the last decade.\" <br />--<em>Washington Monthly</em> <br />', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', \"<br /><strong>Corey Robin </strong>teaches political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. His writings have appeared in the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Harper's</em>, and the <em>London Review of Books</em>.<br />\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Archer's Voice\nDescription: ['\"Kris Koscheski and Emily Durante captures my feelings all over again just like it was the very first time I\\'ve read it.\" ---Books, Chocolate & Lipgloss Audio Book Blog', \"Mia Sheridan is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of several romance novels, including Archer's Voice, Kyland, and Stinger. Her passion is weaving love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Something Worth Fighting For\nDescription: [\"Ashley McNiel is a Mom of two and general chaos manager by day. She lives her little life in the big, beautiful state of Texas where she daydreams of cooler climates. When she's not reading or writing she is chasing toddlers and consuming more caffeine than any human being ever should. You can find her feeding her Twitter addiction, ranting and raving about Sons of Anarchy, or whatever music she's listening to: Ashley_McNiel As well as Facebook, Goodreads, and Google+\", '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Longest Ride\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Spooky Sweets Coloring Book\nDescription: ['Karla Magana is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Southern California. Her work depicts diverse subject matter from teacups to cemeteries, glamorous retro pinup girls to vampy goth vixens - all with her distinct twist. She spends much of her time drawing and drinking copious amounts of tea in her studio while listening to big band records.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Transcendence\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: IMAGINARY GROUPS\nDescription: ['Clive Hazell has a private practice in counseling and consulting in Chicago, Illinois, where he has lived for over thirty years. He also teaches at The Illinois School for Professional Psychology, The School of Art Institute of Chicago and DeVry University. He has published several articles on developmental psychology and a book entitled, \"The Experience of Emptiness\".', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Four Years Later: A Novel (One Week Girlfriend Quartet)\nDescription: ['Another great entry into the series and a perfect way to close out what started with <i>One Week Girlfriend</i>. As always, Monica Murphy gives us such great characters, giving them such depth and emotions that its hard not to love them from the minute you meet them on the page.<b><i>Cocktails and Books</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> An engaging, heavily character-driven new adult [novel] that brings us the story of a much beloved character. Seamless writing flows effortlessly as Murphy sets up the plot elements and begins her story of love, loss, redemption, and forgiveness. . . . <i>Four Years Later</i> was a delight to read.<b><i>Smexy Books</i></b><br /> <br /> Monica Murphy has created an unforgettable series. Her writing is honest, gritty, romantic and entertaining. Her characters are very real people that readers can relate to. We embrace them in our hearts. Their lives and stories will stay with [us] long after the book is finished. It is no wonder that this series is an all-time favorite. . . . The <i>One Week Girlfriend</i> series has been an amazing reading journey that has touched my heart.<b><i>Hesperia Loves Books</i></b><br /> <br /> Emotional and gratifying . . . This romance was full of tension and longing! . . . Monica Murphy has another win with <i>Four Years Later</i>. Owen and Chelseas story was touching and passionate, and is sure to make you sigh in contentment by the end.<b><i>Waves of Fiction</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> What a fantastic ending to an amazing series! . . . It took my emotions on a roller coaster ride but hey, all the good books do! . . . Four books and I still want more! Im not quite sure I could ever get enough of these characters. Theyre all complex, and beautifully broken in their own ways. Combine that with Monica Murphys fantastic writing skills and you always have a winner.<b><i>Down the Rabbit Hole</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Its official! When it comes to NA romances and inner monologues, Monica Murphy is a queen! . . . I highly recommend <i>Four Years Later</i>! If you read the earlier books then you just have to get this one too. It was wonderful to see how the earlier couples are faring . . . but Monica Murphy had truly made this Owens book. I love it!<b><i>In My Room Reading</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Owens story was everything that I had hoped it would be! . . . I give <i>Four Years Later,</i> by Monica Murphy, five sizzling hot, romantic, poetic, and hope-filled stars! This was a great ending to an amazing series! I am so sad to say goodbye to these characters that have come to mean so much to me, but they will always have a special place in my heart!<b><i>A Bookish Escape</i></b>', '<b>Monica Murphy </b>is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>One Week Girlfriend, Second Chance Boyfriend, Three Broken Promises, Four Years Later, </i>and the eBook novella <i>Drew + Fable Forever</i>. A native Californian, she lives in the foothills of Yosemite with her husband and three children.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Maybe Someday\nDescription: ['\"I\\'ve read everything Colleen Hoover has ever written, and each new book becomes my instant favorite. Her pacing is perfect and her characters leap off the page. I devour her words like candy.\" (Tracey Garvis Graves <i>New York Times bestselling author of On the Island and Covet</i>)<br /><br />\"Hoover is one of the freshest voices in new-adult fiction, and [<i>Maybe Someday</i>] resonates with true emotion, unforgettable characters and just the right amount of sexual tension.\" (Kirkus)<br /><br />How can I even begin to discuss a book that has shot to the top of my list of favorite books everanother magical, perfect story that will grab your heartstrings and will not let go until the very end<i>Maybe Someday </i>is SO much more than just a book[it] is an unforgettable reading and listening experience. (The Book Bellas, blog review)<br /><br />Colleen has really taken this book to a whole new level. Its also fair to say BEST COLLEEN HOOVER BOOK!!! (Emily-Janes Book Corner, blog review)<br /><br />Maybe Someday couldn\\'t have been any more agonizing , beautiful, and INSPIRING! It was pure perfection. Every time I read a book by Colleen, her words and characters steal a little piece of my heart. But with Maybe Someday, I think a part of my soul was taken as well. (Bookworm Betties, blog review)<br /><br />I actually went and pre-ordered the audio book as soon as I finished reading, because to hear two narrators tell me the story and sing the songs for me will make the experience even better! (Unconventional Book Views, blog review)<br /><br />The whole experiencethe words, the musicspoke to me in ways that no other book has. (Schmexy Girl Book Blog, blog review)<br /><br /><i>Maybe Someday</i> is new adult gold, destined to become a classic in the genre. (Addicted 2 Heroines, blog review)<br /><br />Every now and then a book comes along that just leaves me breathless. (USA TODAY, Happy Ever After, blog review)<br /><br />If one can be in love with a book then <i>Maybe Someday</i> has done that for me. I fell head over heels in love with this novel and I know who ever else reads it will be just as affected as I was. (Once Upon a Twilight, blog review)', \"Maybe Someday is more than just a story. It's more than just a book. It's an experience, and one that we are excited and grateful to share with you.\", '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dominic (Slater Brothers) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"L.A. Casey is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author who juggles her time between her mini-me and writing. She was born,raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Sheenjoys chatting with her readers, who love her humour andIrish accent as much as her books. Casey's first book, DOMINIC, was independently published in 2014 and became an instant success on Amazon. She is both traditionally and independently published and is represented by Mark Gottlieb from Trident Media Group. To learn more about this author, visit her website at www.lacaseyauthor.com\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dragon's Lair (Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club)\nDescription: ['\"Chantal has a magical way with Alpha males. This book has great chemistry and intrigue. I was swept up in the storyline.\" (-Pepper Winters, NYT & USA Today Best Selling author)<br /><br />\"The snark and sass between Dex and Faye is hilarious....Fernando’s launch of her Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series is plenty steamy. For fans of Kristin Ashley, Julie Ann Walker, and Joanna Wylde, and those who are heartbroken that television’s <i>Sons of Anarchy</i> has ended.\" (<i>Booklist Online</i>)<br /><br />\"Chantal Fernando knows how to draw you in and keep you hooked. Dragon’s Lair is a biker book unlike any other, proving a bad ass chick can tame even the wildest of men. A heroine for the strong-willed women and an MC of hot bikers not to be missed.\" (-Angela Graham, New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author)', 'Chantal Fernando is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series, the Cursed Raven Motorcycle Club series, and the Maybe series, along with several other novels. She lives in Western Australia, where she is working on her next book. Find her online at AuthorChantalFernando.com, and on Twitter and Facebook.']",
"rejected": "Title: Love Me Madly - A Memoir\nDescription: ['*Love Me Madly* hits home on all fronts relationships, family, addiction, powerlessness and hope. Resas writing is vivid, clever and most of all, *real*.<br /><br /><i>-Wendell Collins, Princeton Online & author, *Widows Walk and Other Stories*<br /><br /></i>*Love Me Madly* is a brutally honest, raw, and wonderfully optimistic memoir. Resa Goldberg takes us on a heartfelt adventure as she searches for meaning in both life and, more importantly, in love.<br /><br /><i>-Samantha Verant, author of* Seven Letters from Paris: A Memoir*</i><br /><br />I found *Love Me Madly* to be a deeply important book, and a must-read for women, but also for teens who have endured trauma, and parents of daughters. Let Resa Goldbergs story be a cautionary tale, but also a story full of hope.\"<br /><br /><i>-Karsen Price, Editor of *Todays Charlotte** Woman* magazine<br /><br /></i>\"A ripped from real life story detailing a women\\'s journey from early sexual abuse to an adult slowly but surely developing self awareness that created change in positive new directions. A compelling read!\"<br /><br /><i>-Lauren Wilkinson-Barnes, author of *Smashed To Pieces* and *Piece By Piece*</i><br /><br />\"The pain, fear, low self-esteem and the desired to be loved are behaviors that many experience after horrific sexual assault and domestic violence at such a young age, but Resa shows us that happiness and peace are obtainable.\"<br /><br /><i>-Jennifer C. Foxworthy, Founder & CEO Inspirationally Speaking, LLC and the Unstoppable You Women\\'s Conference and Retired U.S. Navy Veteran.</i><br /><br />*Love Me Madly* is the touching story of how one woman\\'s love of adventure branches from a desire to survive after events from her childhood left her feeling broken. Its a relatable story about how our pasts can mold us and teach us but neither have to define nor hinder us. Goldberg searches for love and meaning in many places before finding it within. At times tear-inducing, at times laugh-out-loud funny, you wont want to put this engrossing memoir down until you learn how it ends.\"<br /><br /><i>-Adrienne Rhodes, author of *Match.bomb: A Twenty-Somethings Exploits with (mostly) Online Dating*</i><br /><br />\"Both devastating and hopeful, *Love Me Madly * is filled with laughter, unimaginable heartache, and dogged determination, Goldberg encourages women to never give up in their quest to find a compassionate love for themselves and a mad love between one another.<br /><br /><i>--Christopher McCarthy, PhD, LPC </i>', \"<span>Resa has more than 20 years experience as a reporter, writer and editor for radio, television, newspapers and magazines and a master's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Georgia. Her work has been published in both local and national publications including <i>Pro</i>, <i>Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal</i>, <i>Winston Cup Scene</i> and <i>Winston Cup Illustrated</i>. She has helped launch three magazines in Charlotte, including <i>My School Rocks!</i> magazine, where she served as Editor-in-Chief. Most recently she was contributing editor at <i>Charlotte Parent</i> magazine.</span>\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Pocket Guide for Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery\nDescription: ['\"Side-effects and prescribing information for commonly used antifungals, toxicity levels of anesthetics, listing of common syndromes, etc., are available in a handy outline format in a reasonably priced book for the novice.\" <br/>Doody\\'s Review Service®', 'This book covers a wide range of dermatologic diseases including concise clinical information on diagnostic features, lab findings and practical management, as well as key surgical anatomy and pearls on lasers, basic science and pharmacology. Also included is a comprehensive quick reference of cutaneous disease and syndrome associations. A novel approach for the dermatologist with an easily accessible comprehensive collection of dermatology and dermatopathology signs and concise guidance on their significance, associated clinical and laboratory findings as well as an extensive compilation of board review essentials. This book is intended for dermatology residents and clerkship students.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Until Nico (Until Series) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include The Until Series, Until Him, Until Her, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars. Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: MacKenzie Fire: A Sequel to Shine Not Burn\nDescription: ['', 'Elle Casey, a former attorney and teacher, is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling American author who lives in southern France with her husband, three kids, and a number of furry friends. She has written books in several genres and publishes an average of one full-length novel per month.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Flat-Out Celeste (Flat-Out Love) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['Jessica Park is the author of FLAT-OUT CELESTE, LEFT DROWNING, FLAT-OUT LOVE, the FOL companion novella, FLAT-OUT MATT, and RELATIVELY FAMOUS. Jessica grew up in the Boston area and attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. After spending four years in the frigid north, including suffering through one memorable Halloween blizzard, Jessica hightailed it back to the east coast. She now lives in (relatively balmy) New Hampshire with her husband, son, bananas dogs named Fritzy and Finn, and a selfish cat. When not writing, Jessica indulges her healthy obsessions with Facebook and complicated coffee beverages.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life\nDescription: ['A well-written, wise, insightful book on creativity and Zen, a subject made all the more intriguing and persuasive by Daido Looris long experience as a student and teacher in both. The text is enhanced by fine Zen dialogues and stories, poems, koan, photographs, and illustrations as well as apt, stimulating quotations from many writers and Zen teachers. An altogether excellent book.<br />PETER MATTHIESSEN (Muryo Roshi) <br /><br />Zen is the immediate suchness and spontaneity of life, a creativity that is art itself. John Daido Loori, one of the truly great American Zen masters, has given us a simple yet profound guide to art, creativity, and life itselffor they all spring from the same source, the same ordinary magic of this and every moment. <i>The Zen of Creativity</i> is a rare, elegant, beautiful book, highly recommended.<br />KEN WILBER, author of <i>A Brief History of Everything <br /></i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', 'For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there is a specific area of this ancient tradition that hasn\\'t been fully explored in the West. Now, in \"The \"Zen of Creativity, American Zen master John Daido Loori presents a book that taps the principles of the Zen arts and aesthetic as a means to unlock creativity and find freedom in the various dimensions of our existence. Loori dissolves the barriers between art and spirituality, opening up the possibility of meeting life with spontaneity, grace, and peace. <br />Zen Buddhism is steeped in the arts. In spiritual ways, calligraphy, poetry, painting, the tea ceremony, and flower arranging can point us toward our essential, boundless nature. Brilliantly interpreting the teachings of the artless arts, Loori illuminates various elements that awaken our creativity, among them \"still point, the center of each moment that focuses on the tranquility within; \"simplicity, in which the creative process is uncluttered and unlimited, like a cloudless sky; \"spontaneity, a way to navigate through life without preconceptions, with a freshness in which everything becomes new; \" mystery, a sense of trust in the unknown; \" creative feedback, the systematic use of an audience to receive noncritical input about our art; \" art koans, exercises based on paradoxical questions that can be resolved only through artistic expression. Loori shows how these elements interpenetrate and function not only in art, but in all ourendeavors. <br />Beautifully illustrated and punctuated with poems and reflections from Loori\\'s own spiritual journey, \"The \"Zen of Creativity presents a multilayered, bottomless source of insight into our creativity. Appealing equally to spiritual seekers, artists, and veteran Buddhist practitioners, this book is perfect for those wishing to discover new means of self-awareness and expression--and to restore equanimity and freedom amid the vicissitudes of our lives.', '\"From the Hardcover edition.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tempting Tatum\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Credit Card Log Book: Credit Card Log\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Vixen & the Vet\nDescription: ['<i>~ </i><b>\"With Southern charm and a deeply romantic plot, readers will fall in love with this modern day fairy tale.\"</b><i> --RT Book Reviews<br /><br />~ </i>\"<b>Re</b><span><b>gnery is in a class of her own--a romance all-star. This book is perfection</b>.\" --<i>Mama Kitty Reviews</i></span><br /><br /><i>~</i>\"<b>Like Amy Harmon\\'s<i>Making Faces</i>or Mia Sheridan\\'s<i>Archer\\'s Voice</i></b><i>, The Vixen and the Vet</i>tells the story of a forgotten hero who has given up on life and love... until the right woman comes along<i>.\" --Goodreads review</i><br /><br />~ \"<b><i>The Vixen and the Vet</i> is an unbelievably powerful and beautiful novel</b>. This story has truly and deeply touched my soul.<b>\"<span> </span></b>--<i><span>The Book Enthusiast</span></i><i></i><span><span></span></span>', \"<span> <span>I wrote this book in 23 days. It only took me 23 days because Asher and Savannah jumped off the pages for me fully-formed and 100% ready to fall in love. I think their story is really hot, really fun and really moving. I hope you do too.<br /><br />I have never written a book as a fundraiser before, so this book is very special to me. I hope that Savannah and Asher's story will inspire, delight and move readers to remember that our returning wounded deserve every possible honor for their courage, bravery and sacrifice.</span><br /><br /></span>Please be advised that 50% of all profits made from THE VIXEN AND THE VET will benefit Operation Mend, an organization at the UCLA Medical Center that offers comprehensive medical services to our returning wounded warriors, for all sales in June & July 2014.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Life at the Market\nDescription: [\"This is Wendy Allen's first novel written at a time in her life when she could hardly walk. Healing from an injury, Wendy details the characters, scenarios, and relationships that make up life at the market.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lead: A Stage Dive Novel\nDescription: ['', \"The stuff my rock star dreams are made of. A thrill-ride. I felt every stomach-dip in the process. And I want to turn right around and ride it again. Every girl that's ever had a rock-star crush, this would be the ultimate fantasy. <i>Maryse's Book Blog</i>\", 'An engrossing, sexy, and emotional read. <i>Dear Author</i>', 'Scrumptious and delicious. Firmly in my top ten best books this year! <i>The Book Pushers</i>', '', \"New York Times bestselling author of the Stage Dive series, Kylie Scott is a longtime fan of erotic love stories, rock n' roll, and B-grade horror films. She lives in Queensland, Australia.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Taken by Tuesday (Weekday Brides)\nDescription: ['', '\"[Bybee] knows exactly how to get bookworms sucked into the perfect storyline; then she casts her spell upon them so they don\\'t escape until they reach the \\'Holy Cow!\\' ending.\" <i>RT Book Reviews</i>, 4 1/2 Stars, Top Pick', '', '', '<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Catherine Bybee was raised in Washington State, but after graduating from high school, she moved to Southern California with hopes of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full-time and has penned the Not Quite series as well as the Weekday Brides series. She lives with her husband and two teenage sons in Southern California.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lab Notebook : Laboratory Record Graph Note Book Diary (Biology) 8.5\" x 11\": Primary record of research, hypotheses, experiments and initial analysis ... Specialist Scientific) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Alec (Slater Brothers) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Morning Coffee Thoughts: A book of poems about my love of coffee\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Assumption: Underground Kings\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Programming FPGAs: Getting Started with Verilog\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rival (The Fall Away Series)\nDescription: ['\"As gripping as it was sexy!Witty dialogue, great chemistry and a great plot make Rival a book you don\\'t want to end.\" #1New York TimesBestselling Author Colleen Hoover<br /><br />A gritty, racy new adult tale peppered with raw emotions. This smoking-hot, action-packed story is a powerful addition to the edgy side of the genre, and readers will eagerly anticipate the next installment. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /><br />Bully, the first book in Douglas new adult romance Fall Away series, was a self-published sensation, and<i>Rival</i>, the latest installment, is bound to capture even more readers with its intensely emotional writing,angst-driven plot, and abundance of steamy sex scenes. <i>Booklist</i>', '<br /><b>Praise for <i>Bully:</i></b><br /><br />\"Bully was a wonderfully addictive read that kept my heart racing from start to finish. I could not put it down! 5 stars!!\"<i>Aesta\\'s Book Blog</i><br /><br />\"A heated and passionate novel, full of feeling and intensity that will appeal to the reader seeking an emotional rush.<i>IndieReader.com</i>', '', \"<b>Penelope Douglas </b>is a writer and teacher in Las Vegas. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, then a Masters of Science in Education at Loyola University in New Orleans. She and her husband have one daughter. She is the author of<i>Bully</i>and<i>Until You.</i>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Ugly Love: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Only Colleen Hoover can pack that much brilliance into one novel.\" (Jamie McGuire <i>#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Beautiful Disaster</i>)<br /><br />Hoover builds a terrific new-adult world here with two people growing in their careers and discovering mature love. (Booklist (starred review))<br /><br />\"A must-read book of the year! I loved every word, I felt every moment, and I will never forget this story. I dont give out a lot of 6 star ratings (in fact this will be the first one Ive given this year) but the truth is that this book went above and beyond. The story was powerful, the writing was stunning, and the way every single piece of it was woven together was simply breathtaking. (Aestas, blog review)<br /><br />By the end of this book, my heart was aching and rejoicing at the same time from the countless emotions it had been exposed to. This is the sexiest, most heart-wrenching Colleen Hoover book to datea book that shows us a brand new side of this authors writing genius, and it is in my humble opinion, her best work thus far. (Natasha is a Book Junkie, blog review)<br /><br />Colleen Hoover once again proves shes a master storyteller in her best and boldest work to date. (Vilmas Book Blog)<br /><br />She\\'s done it again, my friends. And to be honest I didn\\'t think she was ever going to write something I loved more than MAYBE SOMEDAY, but I was book hung over for 2 full days after UGLY LOVE. (Me, My Shelf, & I, blog review)<br /><br />I fell in love with this book from the very first chapter. (Owl Always be Reading, blog review)<br /><br />\"<i>Ugly Love</i> is another hit from Colleen Hoover that will leave your heart open and exposed to the myriad of emotions Tate and Miles\\' story will inflict upon it. (Lovin Los Libros, blog review)<br /><br /> Colleen Hoover has given us a story that is full of emotion.... she stayed true to her reputation of writing characters that are real and a story that is both compelling and powerful. (A Literary Perusal, blog review)<br /><br />\"Colleen Hoover just <b><i>demolished </i></b>me. Completely and 100% blew me awaynot that Im surprised or anything because she never ceases to amaze me.... I was pulled in from the beginningand I <b>loved</b> every second of it! (True Story Book Blog, blog tour review)', \"Colleen Hoover is the author of five New York Times bestselling novels. Her first series was published in 2012 and includes SLAMMED, POINT OF RETREAT and the companion novel THIS GIRL. Her second series, published in 2013, includes the #1 NYT's bestseller HOPELESS and the companion novel, LOSING HOPE. She has released a free novella, FINDING CINDERELLA, as a thank you to her readers for their continued support. The novella is a companion to her Hopeless series, but can be read as a standalone. <br /><br />You can follow Colleen on Instagram @colleenhoover if you want to watch her pointless, random videos. You can also follow her on TWITTER, but she rarely tweets anything worth following. You can also find her on her blog at colleenhoover.com or on her very active Facebook page at facebook.com/authorcolleenhoover where she loves to give away free stuff when her husband isn't looking.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Wilderness\nDescription: [' <br>“Closer to Virginia Woolf’s meditative novels than anything else I can think of. . . . This is . . . <i>Mrs. Dalloway </i>prose.” —Carolyn See, <i>The Washington Post Book World </i><br><br>“[A] brave imagining of [Alzheimer’s]…. There are moments of clarity; there is the persistence of desire; there are enduring long-term memories that remain after there is no capacity to recall what was for breakfast or if there was breakfast or what the thing called breakfast is.” —<i>The New York Times </i><br> <br>“Harvey infuses the text with compassion. [<i>The Wilderness</i>] conveys the importance of dignity and respect for those we love, no matter what their affliction.” <i>—Las Vegas Review-Journal</i><br><i> </i><br>“A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity.” —<i>The Guardian </i>(London) <br><br>“<i>The Wilderness</i> is Samantha Harvey’s first novel, but it feels like a mature work, as well crafted and as cryptic . . . as an ancient boat found preserved in the peat of the northern-England moors where the book is mostly set.” <i>—Bookforum</i><br> <br>“A really exciting debut is as rare as it ever was. Samantha Harvey’s first novel is an extraordinary dramatization of a mind in the process of disintegration. . . . Brilliant.” —<i>The Times </i>(London) <br> <br>“Very moving. . . . Touches a resounding chord of melancholy. . . . [Harvey] makes you realize that memory can never quite be trusted.” —<i>The Scotsman</i><br> <br>“A haunting, intelligent novel, crowded with powerful characters, told in a language that is never ordinary, but always clear and elegant.” <i>—</i>Tessa Hadley, author of<i> The Master Bedroom and Sunstroke and Other Stories</i><br><i> </i><br>“Raises intriguing queries about the nature of memory—why we remember what we do, and why we forget.” —<i>Ottawa Citizen </i><br><i> </i><br>“A brave and intelligent crafting of narrative . . . . A mesmerizing work of patient compassion, bearing Jake deep into the vortex.” —<i>The Independent (London)</i>', 'Born in Kent, England, in 1975, Samantha Harvey has an M.A. in philosophy and an M.A., with distinction, from the Bath Spa Creative Writing course in 2005. In addition to writing, she has traveled extensively and taught in Japan and lived in Ireland and New Zealand. She recently cofounded an environmental charity. She lives in Bath, England.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Unlit Star\nDescription: ['<span>"This book is beautiful, emotional, introspective, and delicate." <i>- The Book Bar</i></span><br /><br /><span>"Unlit Star takes the reader on a roller coaster of emotions." <i>- Latte Nights Reviews</i></span><br /><br /><span>"This is truly an amazing book. Very heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time." <i>- LSK Sweetheart Reviews</i></span><br /><br /><span><span>"Unlit Star brought out the most raw emotions in me." <i>- The LiteraryConnoisseur</i></span></span><br /><br /><span>"There are some authors I admire for their clarity. They seem to think deeply at all times and make it seem so effortless. They are the authors I go to when I need clarity in my own life. Paulo Coelho has always been that author for me, but I just added Lindy Zart to that list!" <i>- Magic Within the Pages</i></span>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Spirit of the Great Auk\nDescription: ['\"..the most moving performance I have every heard about the sea.\" -- <i>Director, New England Aquarium May, 1999</i>', \"Jay O'Callahan is a performance artist of international renown. He has performed his dramatic works at Lincoln Center, The Abbey Theatre for the Yeats International Festival in Dublin, The Fine Arts Complex in London and at festivals in New Zealand, UNESCO, Scotland, and throughout the United States. He was awarded a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship for Solo Performance Excellence. His work is heard on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Bright Side\nDescription: [\"Kim Holden lives in the greatest city in the world: Denver, Colorado. Some of her favorite things: reading, writing, the two coolest guys on the planet (her husband and son), her bicycle, Facebook, iced coffee, and music. She also loves dreaming. And speaking of dreaming, she has a bit of advice for anyone reading this ... follow your dreams. It's never too late. Get started today ... heck get started RIGHT NOW! Make your dreams reality.\", '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: How to Repair Your Credit Score Now: Simple No Cost Methods You Can Put to Use Today\nDescription: ['Jamaine Burrell is a mathematician, analyst, and freelance writer who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Her combined talents have led to the authorship of this book as well as other small business and real estate books under the Atlantic Publishing Group.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Outside Magazine's Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Outside Guides)\nDescription: ['After buying hoards of guidebooks to help him ferret out the best places to try out his latest Northwest outdoor pursuit (mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, etc.), author Karl Samson kept wishing for one complete outdoor adventure guide. That\\'s exactly what he\\'s attempted to pull together in <i>Outside Magazine\\'s Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest</i>, featuring hundreds of trips, trails, and little-known wild places in Washington and Oregon--from the Cascades to the coast. It would take a committed adventurer years just to get through Samson\\'s listings of his favorites (swimming holes, whale watching sites, day hikes, snowshoeing trails, salt water kayak spots, and such)--a good indication that this book is well stocked. Each chapter covers an area within the region, gets you oriented in \"Lay of the Land,\" covers \"Parks and Other Hot Spots,\" \"Campgrounds and Other Accommodations,\" and \"What to Do and Where to Do It.\" There is decidedly plenty to do, and those looking for in-depth coverage may find the brevity of the listings off-putting. However, Samson does an excellent job of packing a surprisingly readable amount of information into every one of the 478 pages. Sidebar features offer everything from Internet resources to the hibernation habits of marmots. If you\\'re heading to the Northwest, check it out. <i>--Kathryn True</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stay with Me: A Novel (Wait for You Saga)\nDescription: ['There is a reason J. Lynn will always be one of my go-to authors. She never disappoints. (Jay Crownover, New York Times bestselling author)', '', \"The #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Wait for You</em> and <em>Be with Me</em> returns with a daring tale that pushes boundaries . . . in which a young woman learns that you can't run from your pastno matter how far you go\", \"At twenty-one, Calla hasn't done a lot of things. She's never been kissed, never seen the ocean, never gone to an amusement park. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should. She still carries the physical and emotional scars of living with a strung-out mother, Monasecrets she keeps from everyone, including her close circle of college friends.\", \"But the safe cocoon Calla has carefully built is shattered when she discovers her mom has stolen her college money and run up a huge credit card debt in her name. Now Calla has to go back to the small town she thought she'd left behind and clean up her mom's mess again. Of course, when she arrives at her mother's bar, Mona is nowhere to be found. Instead, six feet of hotness named Jackson James is pouring drinks and keeping the place humming.\", \"Sexy and intense, Jax is in Calla's business from the moment they meet, giving her a job and helping her search for Mona. And the way he looks at her makes it clear he wants to get horizontal . . . and maybe something more. Before Calla can let him get close, though, she's got to deal with the pain of the pastand some very bad guys out to mess her up if she doesn't give them her mom.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Barry the Fish with Fingers\nDescription: [\"Kindergarten-Grade 2 Slug enjoys lying on the ocean floor observing the different fish as they swim by. He takes note of their diverse sizes, shapes, and colors and figures he has seen everything until Barry arrives. Barry has fingers at the ends of his fins. He claims that his new appendages are the answer to every fish's problem. The problem, it turns out, is boredom. Barry demonstrates all of the wonderful things he can do with his fingers, such as count, knit, type, paint, and play the piano. He even saves the others' lives when he points out a heavy object that is plummeting to the sea floor, and they can scatter before it lands on them. The box, it turns out, is filled with Pirate Jack's Tasty Fish Sticks, which enable the other fish to obtain fingers like Barry's. The book's pages are filled with bright, cartoonish, gouache illustrations. Children who enjoyed Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish books (NorthSouth) will enjoy Barry. <i>Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '<b><u>Review, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, August 15, 2010:<br /></u></b>\"Hendras bright and cheerful undersea characters make the ocean seem like a great place to be.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Mothman's Shadow (Jason Strange)\nDescription: [\"Phil Parks is a Michigan native who has been illustrating books for more than twenty years. With subjects ranging from adult mystery and dark fantasy to whimsical children's literature, he has had the opportunity to work with authors such as Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Lawrence Block, and many others.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Game Plan (Neighbor from Hell) (Volume 5)\nDescription: [\"R.L. Mathewson (1979-Present) was born and raised in Massachusetts. She is known for her humor, quick wit and ability to write realistic characters that readers can easily relate to. She currently has several paranormal and contemporary romance series published including A Neighbor From Hell series. Growing up, R.L. Mathewson was painfully shy and was known to hide behind a book or two. After high school she attended college, worked as a bellhop, fast food cook, and a museum worker until she decided to take an EMT course. Working as an EMT helped her get over her shyness as well as left her with some fond memories and some rather disturbing ones that from time to time show up in one of her books. When a back injury left her unable to work as an EMT any longer she began working in Residential homes only to discover that she just didn't have the stomach for the job. Today, R.L. Mathewson is the single mother of two young children that keep her on her toes and enjoy scaring the heck out of her with their antics. She has a bit of a romance novel addiction as well as a major hot chocolate addiction and on a perfect day she combines the two. When she's not writing she's playing online Scrabble, coloring with her kids, or trying to figure out how one of her kids managed to get a chocolate pudding footprint on the ceiling.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood: Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press\nDescription: [\"Shortly after Kathan Brown founded Crown Point Press in 1963, she began inviting painters and sculptors from around the world to join her in her studio to experiment with the art of printmaking. This book is a loving tribute to 56 of these artists, most of whom had no previous printmaking experience. <I>Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood</I> is broken up into 21 chapters that discuss various printmaking procedures, each of which is illustrated with the work of these world-renowned artists and includes Brown's recollections of their experiences. Produced by Chronicle Books, the book has an elegant, airy design and is handsomely bound in paper over board.\", \"Founded by Brown in 1962, Crown Point Press of San Francisco has served as a printmaking workshop for many well-known contemporary painters and sculptors. This informal scrapbook, splicing interviews and commentaries with 165 color and 50 black-and-white plates, showcases an impressive body of work by 56 artists including Helen Frankenthaler, Wayne Thiebaud, Eric Fischl, Chuck Close, Francesco Clemente, Al Held, Ed Ruscha, Judy Pfaff, Sol LeWitt, Alex Katz, Sylvia Mangold, Richard Diebenkorn and Christian Boltanski. Notable are Elaine de Kooning's Torchlight Cave Drawings No. 1, April Gornik's romantic, verdant silhouette landscape Charente, John Cage's color etchings based on the I Ching and evoking Zen, Pat Steir's conceptualist rummagings through history. The text is filled with knowledgeable firsthand observations on printmaking, and print quality and authenticity. <BR>Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Hero\nDescription: [\"<b>PRAISE FOR<i>HERO</i></b><br /><br />Fan-favorite Young's newest offering is full of her trademark emotional intensity and dangerous, sizzling tension.Romantic Times<br /><br />Blazingly hot.Publishers Weekly<br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i>AND <i>USA TODAY</i> BESTSELLING<i>ON DUBLIN STREET </i>SERIES</b><br /><br />Samantha Young is not an author you should miss!Fresh Fiction<br /><br />Really sexy.<i>USA Today</i><br /><br />Riveting.Fiction Vixen<br /><br />Wonderfully written.Under the Covers<br /><br />Ridiculously incendiary chemistry.Dear Author\", '<b>Samantha Young</b> is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series, includingEchoes of Scotland Street,Fall from India Place, andBefore Jamaica Lane. She resides in Scotland.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Book of Beer Pong: The Official Guide to the Sport of Champions\nDescription: ['Dan DiSorbo is a principal at PB&J Design, Inc., and co-founder of GetBombed.com. He practices his laser shots in Connecticut.']"
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"rejected": "Title: Assassination of a Saint: The Plot to Murder scar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killers to Justice\nDescription: ['', '\"For persons familiar with El Salvadors painful modern-day history, Matt Eisenbrandts <i>Assassination of a Saint: The Plot to Murder Oscar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killers to Justice</i> connects dots, fills in holes and provides a frontline account of the battle to bring accountability to those who plotted and carried out Blessed Archbishop Oscar Romeros murder. For those who know the martyr mostly by name and reputation, the 250 pages are a primer on the man and his ministry, as well as a remarkable synthesis of the passions, politics and players at work in El Salvadors brutal last half century.\"', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Shoemaker's Wife: A Novel\nDescription: ['<span class=\"h1\"><strong> Kathryn Stockett Interviews Adriana Trigiani</strong></span><br /><span class=\"h1\"><strong> </strong></span> <img height=\"210\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/harper/images/Stockett_Web._V138805386_.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"152\" />', '<strong> Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and Creative Writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. <em>The Help</em> is her first novel.</strong>', '<strong> Kathryn Stockett:</strong> This is by far your most epic novel to date. How long did it take you to write <em>The Shoemaker’s Wife</em>?', '<strong> Adriana Trigiani:</strong> I worked on this story for over 20 years as I wrote scripts and novels and had my own family. There are scraps of paper, dinner napkins, and bills with timelines and notes scrawled across them. There are old notebooks filled with my grandmother’s musings from 1985. I collected train tickets, copies of ships’ manifests, and a silk tag with my grandmother’s name from garments she had created. I traveled as far as the Italian Alps and as close as the few blocks it takes me to walk to Little Italy in New York City to capture the historical aspects of the story. All of this went into the novel. It was a delicious gestation period.', '<strong>Stockett:</strong> This is a novel, but it is inspired by a true story—a family story, right?', '<strong>Trigiani:</strong> Yes—my grandparents, Lucia and Carlo. Their love was a dance with fate. It is riddled with near misses against a landscape of such massive world events that it’s a wonder they got together at <em>all</em>. My challenge was to present their world to the reader so it might feel it was happening in the moment. I wanted the reader to have the experience I had when stories were told to me by the woman who lived them.', '<strong>Stockett:</strong> The novel takes place during the first half of the twentieth century--what is so compelling about this period of time to you?', '<strong>Trigiani:</strong> The cusp of the twentieth century was a time everything was new—cars, phones, planes, electricity, even sportswear, and in each innovation was a kind of explosive potential. No one could predict where all the inventions would lead, people only knew that change was unavoidable.', 'My grandparents were delighted every time America presented them with something they had never seen before. And my grandparents’ sense of wonder never left them, so I tried not to let it leave the page, be it a cross-country train ride or the first snap of the bobbin on an electric Singer sewing machine.<img height=\"189\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/harper/images/Trigiani_Web._V138805386_.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"153\" />', '<strong>Stockett:</strong> Through the remarkable story of Enza and Ciro, your novel tells the larger story of the immigrant experience in America.', '<strong>Trigiani:</strong> What a gift immigrants were and are to this country! They bring their talents and loyalty and make our country even greater. My grandparents were proud to be new Americans. Assimilation was not about copying an American ideal, but aspiring to their own version of it. The highest compliment you could pay a fellow immigrant was: he (or she) was a <em>hard worker</em>. I hear the phrase <em>work like an immigrant</em> said, but really, it’s bigger than that—we must also <em>dream like immigrants</em>.', '<strong>Stockett:</strong> <em>The Shoemaker’s Wife</em> seamlessly brings together fictional characters and historical figures—how did the wonderful Caruso enter the novel?', '<strong>Trigiani:</strong> It started with a three-foot stack of vinyl records—my grandmother Lucia’s collection of Caruso. Her absolute devotion to The Great Voice lasted her whole life long. I knew, in order to write this novel, I had to fall in love with Caruso too, because he sang the score of my grandparents’ love affair.', 'When Lucia passed, I went to my first opera, seeking understanding and comfort. As the music washed over me, I began to understand why my grandmother was such a fan. The words were Italian, and the emotions were big; nothing was left unexpressed in the music. If only life were that way.', '“Within the pages of this novel, Trigiani’s 10th, is a gloriously romantic yet sensible world that seamlessly blends practicality and beauty…built around the staggering cultural and social changes the war years swept in…. Trigiani’s very best…exquisite writing and a story enriched by the power of abiding love.” (<b><i>USA Today</i></b>)<br /><br />“I’ve always loved reading Trigiani, but [this] is something totally new and completely wonderful: a rich, sweeping epic which tells the story of the women and men who built America dream by dream. If you’re meeting her work for the first time, get ready for a lifelong love affair. Splendid.” (<b>Kathryn Stockett, #1 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author of <I>The Help</I></b>)<br /><br />“The breathtaking… historical novel sparkles in exquisite details and vivid descriptions.” (<b><i>Huffington Post</i></b>)<br /><br />“[A] great read….Bella.” (<b><i>People</i></b>)<br /><br />“Pure pleasure . . . full-bodied and elegantly written.” (<b><i>Washington Post Book World</i></b>)<br /><br />“You’ll have trouble putting this novel down.” (<b><i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i></b>)<br /><br />“The novel is a sweeping epic, but at its heart, it’s a love story. It speaks to an era of possibilities.” (<b><i>Providence Journal</i></b>)<br /><br />“Trigiani’s page-turning newest… is a sweeping saga… More than an epic romance, Trigiani’s work pays homage to the tribulations of the immigrant experience, and the love that makes the journey and hardships worthwhile.” (<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>)<br /><br />“This expansive epic, which seems tailor-made for a miniseries, manages to feel both old-fashioned and thoroughly contemporary…[an] irresistible love story.” (<b><i>Booklist</i></b>)<br /><br />“Trigiani’s gift for using vivid details to create a strong sense of place and her warm affection for her characters will make this a satisfying read for her many fans.” (<b><i>Library Journal</i></b>)']",
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"chosen": "Title: Until July (Until Her)\nDescription: ['Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include The Until series, Until Him, Until Her, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars. Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.']",
"rejected": "Title: Macromedia Director 7: Creating Powerful Multimedia\nDescription: ['<P> \"I have been pleased with the progression of the books. Leading smoothly from one subject to another within one book as well as the smooth transition between courses.\"—Andreen Hull, Electronic Imaging Trainer, Hanley Graphic Products Co.</P> <BR> <BR> <P> \"The Against the Clock textbooks have been used in our Graphic Communications Technology program for several years and they have worked very well. They relate to the \\'real world\\' focus was the determining factor for the adoption of the series for our program.\"—Doris Anton, Wichita Area Technical College</P> <BR> <BR> <P> \"During the past few years, I have plowed through several tutorials designed to teach difficult and complex graphics programs. The Against the Clock series is the clearest, most comprehensive, and easiest way to learn difficult, high-end graphics program.\"—Lori Lorion, Reedley College</P>', 'PREFACE PURPOSE <P> The Against The Clock series has been developed specifically for those involved in the field of graphic arts and now—video and multimedia production. Many of our readers are already involved in the industry in advertising and television production companies, in multimedia, and in the world of Internet web design. Others are just now preparing themselves for a career somewhere in these professions. <P> This series of courses will provide you with the skills necessary to work in this fast-paced, exciting, and rapidly expanding business. Many people feel that they can simply purchase a computer, the appropriate software, a video camera, and a video capture board, and begin designing and producing high-quality video materials. While this might suffice for a friend\\'s wedding or a vacation video scrapbook, the real world of multimedia production and professional communications requires a far more serious commitment. THE SERIES <P> The applications presented in the Against The Clock series stand out as the programs of choice in professional multimedia and video environments. We\\'ve used a modular design for the Against The Clock series, allowing you to mix and match the multimedia concepts, special effects ideas, and graphics applications that exactly suit your specific needs. <P> Titles available in the Against The Clock series include: <P> Macintosh: Basic Operations<BR> Windows: Basic Operations<BR> Adobe Illustrator: Introduction and Advanced Digital Illustration<BR> Macromedia FreeHand: Introduction and Advanced Digital Illustration<BR> Adobe PageMaker: Introduction and Advanced Electronic Mechanicals<BR> QuarkXPress: Introduction and Advanced Electronic Mechanicals<BR> Microsoft Publisher: Creating Electronic Mechanicals<BR> Microsoft PowerPoint. Presentation Graphics with Impact<BR> MetaCreations Painter: A Digital Approach to Natural Art Media<BR> Adobe Photoshop: Introduction and Advanced Digital Images<BR> Adobe Premiere: Digital Video Editing<BR> Macromedia Director: Creating Powerful Multimedia<BR> File Preparation: The Responsible Electronic Page<BR> Preflight: An Introduction to File Analysis and Repair<BR> TrapWise: Digital Trapping<BR> PressWise: Digital Imposition<P>ICONS AND VISUALS <P> Pencil icon indicates a comment from an experienced operator. Whenever you see the pencil icon, you\\'ll find corresponding sidebar text that augments or builds upon the subject being discussed at the time. <P> Bomb icon indicates a potential problem or difficulty. For instance, a certain technique might lead to pages that prove difficult to output. In other cases, there might be something that a program cannot easily accomplish, so we might present a workaround. <P> Pointing Finger indicates a hands-on activity—whether a short exercise or a complete project. This will be the icon you\\'ll see the most throughout the course. <P> Key icon is used to point out that there is a keyboard equivalent to a menu or dialog-box option. Key commands are often faster than using the mouse to select a menu option. Experienced operators often mix the use of keyboard equivalents and menu/dialog box selections to arrive at their optimum speed. BOOK WALKTHROUGH CHAPTER OPENINGS provide the reader with specific objectives. SIDEBARS and HANDS-ONACTIVITIES supplement concepts presented in the material. CONTENT REVIEWS are provided halfway through the course, with a final review at the end. SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS offer practice opportunities in addition to the exercises. THE PROJECTS YOU WILL WORK ON <P> The Against The Clock course materials have been constructed with two primary building blocks: exercises and projects. Projects always result in a finished piece of work—built from the ground up, with you creating all the elements within the scope of the specific job. This course, Macromedia Director: Creating Powerful Multimedia, makes use of several projects that you will work on during your learning sessions. You will find the projects that you will complete by the end of the course displayed on the inside front and back covers of the book.<P>PROJECT A: MAGIC CARPET TOURS:—Designed to provide a \"tour\" through a typical Director production, this project was specifically created to familiarize you with a working Director file. This particular production makes use of sound and various graphics and transitions. Although you will not be doing much to \"create\" this file, it is important to browse around and become familiar with the parts and pieces that were used to make it all come together. PROJECT B: REDI BASE:—This project assumes that the student has been hired by their client to create a presentation that could be used by sales representatives to market the Redi-Base product. Redi-Base will be featured and sampled at an upcoming food festival. During the creation of the production the student will work with Keyframes using Director\\'s timeline. Additionally they will practice moving and extending Sprites. PROJECT C: DIGITAL PORTFOLIO:—One of the most important aspects of a student\\'s career path is the creation or compilation of a dramatic and compelling portfolio of work. This portfolio kiosk, developed by Elizabeth Beecher, a student from Allentown Business School, displays some of her work and certainly portrays Elizabeth as a competent and professional artist. Students may wish to substitute their own work to develop their personal portfolio. PROJECT D: EMILY\\'S PHOTO ALBUM:—An interactive photo album is the basis for this project. Although we have provided images, video, and sound files for the creation, students may wish to use their own components to complete the production. The specifications for the project call for various screens that display photographs of the first three years of Emily\\'s life. The final production will have an introductory screen followed by imagery that shows Emily as she is maturing. PROJECT E: ABC\\'S:—The ABC presentation is an example of using multimedia for educational purposes. This project is designed to provide practice assembling an animation and turning the pieces into Film Loops. SUPPORT MATERIALS <P> FOR THE STUDENT<BR> On the CD-ROM you will find a complete set of Against The Clock (ATC) fonts, as well as a collection of data files used to construct the various exercises and projects. <P> The ATC fonts are solely for use while you are working with the Against The Clock materials. These fonts will be used throughout both the exercises and projects. <P> A variety of student files have been included. These files are necessary to complete both the exercises and projects. <P> FOR THE INSTRUCTOR<BR> The Instructor Kit consists of an Instructor\\'s Manual and an Instructor\\'s CDROM. It includes various testing and presentation materials in addition to the files that come standard with the student books.<P>Overhead Presentation Materials are provided and follow along with the course. These presentations are prepared using Microsoft PowerPoint and are provided in both \"native\" PowerPoint format as well as Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). Extra Projects are provided along with the data files required for completion. These projects maybe used to extend the course, or maybe used to test the student. Finished artwork (in PDF format) for all projects that the students complete is supplied on the CD-ROM. A Test Bank of Questions is included on the instructor CD-ROM. These questions maybe modified, reorganized, and administered throughout the delivery of the course. Halfway through the course is a Review of material covered to that point, with a Final Review at the end. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS <P> I would like to thank the writers, illustrators, editors, and others who have worked long and hard to complete the Against The Clock series. Foremost among them are Dean Bagley, Bob Bardell, and Katherine Stark. <P> I would like to give a special thanks to the Allentown Business School students including Elizabeth Beecher, Jill Hantz, Sally Behler, Jeanie Dietrich, and Nick Gathagan who created projects and exercises used in this book. And to the students who tested the content in the classroom including Chris Arcelli, John Hill, Jen Mills, Valerie Galdieri, Jhovanny Ortiz, Richie Perez and Joe Caparelli. <P> Thanks to the dedicated teaching professionals whose comments and expertise contributed to the success of this book, including Lori Lorion of Reedley College, and Rob Martin of Penn State University. And a big thanks to Bruce Fackenthal, Paul Pelak, Greg Wieder, Mark Swartz, and Steph Zinggeler, and the whole gang at the South Campus of Allentown Business School. <P> Thank you to my family: Jo Ann, Jason, Michele, Mike, Ted and Emily Lyn—the coolest and most understanding three-year old I know. And a special thanks to Jill Clayman, my best friend in the whole world. <P> A big thanks to Judy Casillo, Developmental Editor, and Denise Brown, Production Editor, for their guidance, patience, and attention to detail. <P> A final thanks to Frank Romano—who taught me everything I know. <P> — Tara Holod, December, 1999']"
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"rejected": "Title: I made these drawings for you\nDescription: [\"Marc Johns grew up in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, in the small town of North Hatley, where he had plenty of time to draw. He received his Bachelors of Arts with Honours in Fine Arts from Bishop's University. He draws almost daily, and has been for as long as he can remember. In October of 2006, Johns began sharing his artwork online, posting new work on a regular basis. His humorous, witty, and thought-provoking drawings were quickly embraced, and earned him a fast-growing community of fans around the world. The rapidly expanding exposure has led to appearances in books and gallery exhibitions, features in magazines, commissions for the likes of National Geographic, Newsweek, Wired, and Tommy Hilfiger, and a generous amount of attention on blogs. Johns continues to share his prolific output online. He lives in Victoria, Canada with his wife, two boys, and a drawer full of pens.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: All You Who Sleep Tonight\nDescription: [\"This collection fails because Seth's lockstep meter and corny rhymes keep his poetry stylistically on the level of that awful stuff many of us wrote in junior high school. This would be excusable if he had anything to say. But his poems are utterly devoid of subtext; what little meaning exists is all on the surface. Even this would be excusable if the surface were beautiful. It isn't. The surface meanings, and the forms that express them, are hackneyed and dull. This collection should not have seen the light of day. It certainly should not be seen in your library.<br /><i>- Steven Hupp, Chicago</i><br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '\"Certainly not since Byron has anyone been more elegantly and literally amusing in verse.\" <br />-- <i>Philadelphia DailyNews</i><br /><br />\"Clear as a glacial pool, often as deep, Vikram Seth\\'s new poems shine with unfashionable virtues. Seth gives joy by writing brilliantly well, unafraid to feel and to start us feeling.\" <br />-- X. J. Kennedy<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Consequence of Loving Colton\nDescription: ['<em>The Consequence of Loving Colton</em> is a must read friends-to-lovers story thats as passionate and sexy as it is hilarious! Melissa Foster, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author<br /><br />Just when you think Van Dyken cant possibly get any better, she goes and delivers <em>The Consequence of Loving Colton</em>. Full of longing and breathless moments, this is what romance is about. Lauren Layne, <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author<br /><br />Absolutely brilliant! Laugh out loud funny, with the perfect amount of tenderness and heat to keep me captivated to the very end.\" J.L. Berg, <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author<br /><br />The tension between Milo and Colton made this story impossible to put down. Quick, sexy, wittyeasily one of my favorite books from Rachel Van Dyken.\" R. S. Grey, <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author<br /><br />\"From the very first page you will be hooked! Milo and Colton\\'s story had me laughing out loud, swooning, then back to laughing. It was an amazing ride that I didn\\'t want to end. Rachel Van Dyken out did herself with this one!\" Kelly Elliott, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author', '', 'Rachel Van Dyken is a <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of several Regency and contemporary romance series and stand-alone novels. When shes not writing, you can find her keeping Starbucks in business or plotting her next book while watching <i>The Bachelor</i>. She currently resides in Idaho with her husband and two boxers. Readers can follow her writing journey at rachelvandykenauthor.com.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Horsieman: Memoirs of a Traveller 1928-58\nDescription: [\"With over ten books to his name, <b>Duncan Williamson</b> is one of the last, best-known of Scotland's traveler storytellers. His autobiography tells for the first time his own story of his life as a traveler, hawking his wares, collecting stories, and traveling through Scotland. He now lives in Fife.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Substitute (Wedding Pact)\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Panda Chronicles Book 3: Nobody Expects the Panda Kindergarten (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['Anne Belov has been drawing and painting since she could hold a crayon. After achieving a BFA from The Philadelphia College of Art, she moved west and went to art school yet again, receiving an MFA in painting from the University of Washington. Now living on Whidbey Island, the artist has more than one side to her creative activities. Five years ago, pandas came knocking on her door, and ever since then, she has been drawing panda cartoons in addition to her fine art pursuits. Her blog, The Panda Chronicles, has received positive notice (as opposed to death threats) from organizations like Pandas International and panda fans around the world. She completed two successful Kickstarter projects in 2012, funding both fine art and panda satire projects. She shows at The Rob Schouten Gallery in Greenbank WA and Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes. Her main regret in life is that there is no MacArthur Genius grant awarded in the field of Panda Satire.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Ride Steady (Chaos)\nDescription: ['\"Ashley delivers a deeply emotional second installment of the Chaos contemporary romance series... Punctuated by blistering-hot sex scenes and fascinating glimpses into the tough world of motorcycle clubs, this romance also delivers true heart and emotion, and a story that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em>, Starred Review, on <em>Fire Inside</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Top Pick! This is a phenomenal read that I just couldn\\'t put down. Kristen Ashley is the tops, bar none, and <em>Breathe</em> gets 5 stars from this grateful reader!\"<b><i>Night Owl Reviews on <em>Breathe</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Sizzling sex and a healthy dose of mystery will keep readers enthralled.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em> on <em>Lady Luck</em></i></b><br /><br />\"4 1/2 Stars! Top Pick! Another Ashley winner!\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em> on <em>Sweet Dreams</em></i></b><br /><br />\"I adore Kristen Ashley\\'s books!\"<b><i>Maya Banks, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"Kristen Ashley\\'s books are addicting!\"<b><i>Jill Shalvis, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"[Kristen] Ashley captivates.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />\"There is something about them [Ashley\\'s books] that I find crackalicious.\"<b><i>Kati Brown, Dear Author</i></b><br /><br />\"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when her my heart (I mean... <i>her</i> heart) would break.\" (On Motorcycle Man)<b><i>Maryse\\'s Book blog on <em>Motorcycle Man</em></i></b>', 'Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana, and has lived in Denver, Colorado, and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.<br /><br />Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multigenerational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland, and Kristen grew up listening to the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon, and Whitesnake.<br /><br />Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music and love was a good way to grow up. <br /><br />And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.<br /><br />You can learn more at:<br />KristenAshley.net<br />Twitter @KristenAshley68<br />Facebook.com/kristenashleybooks', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gospel Incense: A Practical Treatise on Prayer\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Not You It's Me\nDescription: [\"Julie Johnson is a twenty-something Boston native suffering from an extreme case of Peter Pan Syndrome and an obsession with fictional characters. When she's not writing, Julie can most often be found daydreaming, drinking too much coffee, striving to conquer her Netflix queue, or stalking Goodreads for new books to add to her ever-growing TBR list. You can find Julie on Facebook or contact her on her website www.juliejohnsonbooks.com. Sometimes, when she can figure out how Twitter works, she tweets from @AuthorJulie. For major book news and updates, subscribe to Julie's newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bnWtHH\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Black Clover, Vol. 6\nDescription: ['Yuki Tabata was born in Fukuoka prefecture and got his big break in the 2011 Shonen Jump Golden Future Cup with his winning entry, <i>Hungry Joker</i>. He started the magical fantasy series <i>Black Clover</i> in 2015.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Allure of Julian Lefray\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What I Didn't Learn in Seminary\nDescription: ['MICHAEL TUCKER is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M) and Denver Seminary (D.Min). He has pastored churches in Colorado and Arizona. His current pastorate is Faith Community Church in Chandler, AZ. (www.faithchandler.org) Mike also ministers through his church consulting and counseling firm, 21ST Century Ministries. (www.21stcenturyministries.org) He is the author of THE CHURCH THAT DARED TO CHANGE, LIVE CONFIDENTLY and THE CHURCH: CHANGE OR DECAY. Mike and Nancy have two children and five grandchildren.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '<span>Penny Reid lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, three kids, and an inordinate amount of yarn. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books.</span><br /><span>You can find out more about Penny and sign up to receive exclusive books, stories, and excerpts of upcoming novels here: pennyreid.ninja</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Grace Kelly: A Life From Beginning to End\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hold On (The 'Burg Series) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['Kristen Ashley is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She grew up in Indiana, but has lived in Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus shes been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least), but loopy is good when you want to write. Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched). Needless to say, living in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Day of Feasting\nDescription: ['Jon Courson is the founding pastor of Applegate Christian Fellowship and a well-known speaker and author. Jon has a passion for sharing the blessing of an intimate walk with Jesus and the wonder of His grace.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Finding Eden (A Sign of Love)\nDescription: ['Mia Sheridan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author. Her passion is weaving true love stories about people destined to be together. Mia lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband. They have four children here on earth and one in heaven. Mia can be found online at www.miasheridan.com or www.facebook.com/miasheridanauthor.']",
"rejected": "Title: Feature Extraction and Image Processing\nDescription: ['Focusing on feature extraction while also covering issues and techniques such as image acquisition, sampling theory, point operations and low-level feature extraction, the authors have a clear and coherent approach that will appeal to a wide range of students and professionals.', '*Ideal module text for courses in artificial intelligence, image processing and computer vision<br />*Essential reading for engineers and academics working in this cutting-edge field<br />*Supported by free software on a companion website<br /><br />Image processing and computer vision are currently hot topics with undergraduates and professionals alike. Feature Extraction and Image Processing is the first book to provide a discussion of how techniques in this field can be implemented together, coupled with a deeper presentation of the analytical material. This text is supported with working Matlab and Mathcad files on the web, which not only allow readers to see the techniques described in the book in use, but also lets them explore areas that they are unfamiliar with.<br /><br />Focusing on feature extraction while also covering issues and techniques such as image acquisition, sampling theory, point operations and low-level feature extraction, the authors have a clear and coherent approach that will appeal to a wide range of students and professionals.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hollywood Dirt\nDescription: ['Alessandra Torre is an award-winning <i> New York Times</i> bestselling author of ten novels. Her books focus on romance and suspense, all with a strong undercurrent of sexuality. Torre has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK, co-hosted Dirty Sexy Funny with Jenny McCarthy, as well as guest blogged for the Huffington Post and RT Book Reviews. She is also the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.com. <br><br>Learn more about Alessandra on her website at www.alessandratorre.com, or you can find her on Twitter (@ReadAlessandra) or her Facebook fanpage.']",
"rejected": "Title: Wrangled\nDescription: ['New York Timesand USA Today bestselling author B.J. Daniels lives in Montana with her husband, Parker, and three springer spaniels. When not writing, she quilts, boats and plays tennis. Contact her at www.bjdaniels.com or on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/pages/BJ-Daniels/127936587217837 or on twitter at bjdanielsauthor.<br /><br /><br /><br />', \"The knock at the door surprised Zane Chisholm. He'd just spent the warm summer day in the saddle rounding up cattle. All he wanted to do was kick off his boots and hit the hay early. The last thing he wanted was company.\", \"But whoever was knocking didn't sound as if they were planning to go away anytime soon. Living at the end of a dirt road, he didn't get uninvited companyother than one of his five brothers. <i>So that narrows it down,</i> he thought as he went to the window and peered out through the curtains.\", 'The car parked outside was a compact, lime-green with Montana State University plates. Definitely not one of his brothers, he thought with a grin. Chisholm men wouldn\\'t be caught dead driving such a \"girlie\" car. Especially a lime-green one.', 'Even more odd was the young, willowy blonde pounding on his door. She must be lost and needing directions. Or she was selling something.', 'His curiosity piqued, he went to answer her persistent knock. As the door swung open, he saw that her eyes were blue and set wide in a classically gorgeous face. She wore a slinky red dress that fell over her body like water. The woman was a stunner. She smiled warmly. \"Hi.\"', '\"Hi.\" He waited, wondering what she wanted, and enjoying the view in the meantime.', 'Her smile slipped a little as she took in his worn jeans, his even more worn cowboy boots and the dirty Western shirt with a torn sleeve and a missing button.', '\"I wasn\\'t expecting company,\" he said when he saw her apparent disappointment in his attire.', '\"Oh?\" She looked confused now. \"Did I get the night wrong? You\\'re Zane Chisholm and this is Friday, right?\"', '\"Right.\" He frowned. \"Did we have a date or something?\" He knew he\\'d never seen this woman before. No red-blooded American male would forget a woman like this.', 'She reached into her sparkly shoulder bag and pulled out a folded sheet of paper. \"Your last email,\" she said, handing it to him.', 'He took the paper, unfolded it and saw his email address. It appeared he had been corresponding with this woman for the past two days.', '\"If you forgot\"', '\"No,\" he said quickly. \"Please, come in and let\\'s see if we can sort this out.\"', 'She stepped in but looked tentative, as if not so sure about him.', '\"Why don\\'t you start with how we met,\" he said as he offered her a seat.', 'She sat on the edge of the couch. \"The Evans rural internet dating service.\"', '\"Arlene\\'s matchmaking business?\" he asked in surprise. Arlene Evans, who was now Arlene Monroe, had started the business a few years ago to bring rural couples together.', '\"We\\'ve been visiting by email until you\"', '\"Asked you out,\" he finished for her.', '\"Are you saying someone else has been using your email?\"', '\"It sure looks that way, since I never signed up with Arlene\\'s matchmaking service. But,\" he added quickly when he saw how upset she was, \"I wouldn\\'t be surprised if Arlene is behind this. It wouldn\\'t be the first time she took it upon herself to play matchmaker.\" Either that or his brothers were behind it as a joke, though that seemed unlikely. This beautiful woman was no joke.', 'She looked down at her hands in her lap. \"I\\'m so embarrassed.\" She quickly rose to her feet. \"I should go.\"', '\"No, wait,\" he said, unable to shake the feeling that maybe this had been fate and that he would be making the biggest mistake of his life if he let this woman walk out now.', '\"You know, it wouldn\\'t take me long to jump in the shower and change if you\\'re still up for a date,\" he said with a grin.', 'She hesitated. \"Really? I mean, you don\\'t have to\"', '\"I <i>want</i> to. But you have the advantage over me. I don\\'t know your name.\"', 'She smiled shyly. \"Courtney Baxter.\" She held out her hand. As he shook it, Zane thought, <i>This night could change my life.</i>', 'He had no idea how true that was going to be.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Song of David (Law of Moses)\nDescription: ['\"[B]oth of these narrators do a great job of bringing Tag and Moses to life\" ---Jenuine Cupcakes Blog', 'Amy Harmon is the New York Times bestselling author of A Different Blue, Making Faces, and the Purgatory series. Amy has been a motivational speaker, a teacher, a home school mom, and a member of the Grammy Award-winning Saints Unified Voices Choir. Visit her at authoramyharmon.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Art of Self: An Interpretation of Traditional Taekwon-Do\nDescription: ['<DIV><B>David Ippen</B> is a fifth-degree black belt, a Grandmaster in taekwon-do, and a licensed physical therapist. In 2009, he opened the Traditional Taekwon-Do Center in Honolulu.</DIV>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wrong Number, Right Guy (The Bourbon Street Boys)\nDescription: ['', 'I recommend this story for anyone wanting a cute read. <i>Harlequin Junkie</i>', 'If you want a RomCom that is totally adorable with realistic, relatable characters and a female lead with a hilarious inner voice, this is the one for you. <i>52 Book Minimum</i>', '<i>Wrong Number, Right Guy</i> is an easy read; an entertaining storyline where two people from different walks of life find happiness and love all because of a wrong number and a few misdirected texts. The Reading Caf', '', 'Elle Casey, a former attorney and teacher, is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling American author who lives in southern France with her husband, three kids, and a number of furry friends. She has written books in several genres and publishes an average of one full-length novel per month.']",
"rejected": "Title: Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lev: a Shot Callers novel (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Ohio State Football Coloring Book\nDescription: ['To commemorate the Ohio State University Football Teams 2015 National Championship, Biblio Publishing is offering artist Tony Powells new coloring book for children and adults alike. With more than 30 images of the Ohio State Football team mascot, band members, and Buckeye football players in action. Color them in your own unique way, post them on your favorite social network sites, and show your friends your artistic skills.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Elude (Eagle Elite) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['\"I LOVED Elude! It\\'s a rare book that can take me from laughing hysterically one second to teaching me a profound lesson the next, but Rachel achieved it time and time again.\" - NYT Bestselling Author AL Jackson<br />', '', '', \"<b>Rachel Van Dyken</b> is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing, you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching <i>The Bachelor</i>. She keeps her home in Idaho with her husband and their snoring boxer, Sir Winston Churchill.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: U-188: A German Submariners Account of the War at Sea 1941-1945\nDescription: [\"ANTON STALLEN, a trained organ builder, came from a family with strong pacifist, socialist and anti-Hitler sentiments, but in September 1941 at age 17 he surprised everybody by volunteering for the German Navy. He wanted to serve aboard a surface ship but was sent to the U-boat Arm. His principal duties aboard U-188 were as bridge lookout and hydroplane operator. He served aboard U-188 from the initial familiarization with the boat on the stocks until she was scuttled at the war's end. Klaus Willmann (b.1934) agreed that he would write Stallers memoirs and, after long hours of collaboration and reflection, Das Boot U-188 emerged in its first edition in 2008. This English translation, by Geoffrey Brooks, is of the second edition which appeared the same year.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Walk Through Fire (Chaos)\nDescription: ['\"I have never cried so many times and so desperately as I did while reading this breathtaking story, every aspect of it touching everything that I am, everything that I dream of... Whether you\\'re a fan of MC romances or not, it does not matter in this case-this is a story that first and foremost celebrates women for their resilience, for their selflessness, for their ability to love without limits, all the while underlining the meaning of true love.\"<b><i>Natasha is a Book Junkie</i></b><br /><br />\"Ashley delivers a deeply emotional second installment of the Chaos contemporary romance series... Punctuated by blistering-hot sex scenes and fascinating glimpses into the tough world of motorcycle clubs, this romance also delivers true heart and emotion, and a story that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em> (starred review) on <em>Fire Inside</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Top Pick! This is a phenomenal read that I just couldn\\'t put down. Kristen Ashley is the tops, bar none, and <em>Breathe</em> gets 5 stars from this grateful reader!\"<b><i>Night Owl Reviews</i></b><br /><br />\"4 1/2 Stars! Top Pick! Another Ashley winner!\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em> on <em>Sweet Dreams</em></i></b><br /><br />\"I adore Kristen Ashley\\'s books!\"<b><i>Maya Banks, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"Kristen Ashley\\'s books are addicting!\"<b><i>Jill Shalvis, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"[Kristen] Ashley captivates.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />\"There is something about them [Ashley\\'s books] that I find crackalicious.\"<b><i>Kati Brown, Dear Author</i></b><br /><br />\"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when her my heart (I mean... <i>her</i> heart) would break.\"<b><i>Maryse\\'s Book blog on <em>Motorcycle Man</em></i></b>', 'Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana, and has lived in Denver, Colorado, and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.<br /><br />Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multigenerational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland, and Kristen grew up listening to the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon, and Whitesnake.<br /><br />Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music and love was a good way to grow up. <br /><br />And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.<br /><br />You can learn more at:<br />KristenAshley.net<br />Twitter @KristenAshley68<br />Facebook.com/kristenashleybooks', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Circus Comes Home\nDescription: [\"Grade 4-6-Using black-and-white period photographs taken by her father, Duncan gives readers an inside look at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey railroad circus of the 1940s. Coverage includes famous performers such as the Wallendas and Cristianis; elephant, horse, cat, acrobat, and clown acts; accidents and disasters; and intriguing details of circus life. Quite a bit of space is given to describing the winter quarters in Sarasota, Florida, where the author and her family lived. Steinmetz's photos range from good to excellent and are placed appropriately; many are full page. Even if you have other titles on the subject, make room for this attractive and informative book.<br /><i>Rosie Peasley, Empire Union School District, Modesto, CA</i><br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Gr. 4-6. Duncan, best known for her fiction, takes a nostalgic look back at the days when the circus was king. She comes by her story naturally because she grew up in Sarasota, Florida, the winter home of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Her father, Joseph Steinmetz, was a professional photographer and later a social historian. His favorite pictures were those depicting \"The Golden Age of Circus,\" which he took throughout the 1940s. Using her father\\'s pictures as a starting place, Duncan returns to a time when people waited all year for the circus to come to town. The black-and-white photos have a <i>Life</i> magazine look (a magazine for which Steinmetz worked) and feature the circus greats: the Wallendas and Emmett Kelly as well as the lions, tigers, elephants, and roustabouts, and even the fat lady and the midget family. Although the book might have more meaning for adults who actually remember the heyday of the circus, these pictures are so special and Duncan\\'s text so attentive to the nuances of circus life that kids can\\'t help but be fascinated by this glimpse of a bygone era. <i>Ilene Cooper</i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Something About Lorelei\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Carl Fischer Twelve Celebrated Fantasies And Airs Varies\nDescription: ['Twelve Celebrated Fantasies And Airs Varies', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Some Sort of Crazy (Natalie and Miles): A Happy Crazy Love Novel (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A House of Many Blessings: A Guide to Christian Hospitality\nDescription: ['All proceeds are donated to the United Methodist Nicaragua Covenant.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sweet Soul (Sweet Home) (Volume 5)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Splendor of Heart: Walter Jackson Bate and the Teaching of Literature\nDescription: ['This slim, small book packs a sweet wallop, both emotionally and intellectually. Nearly everyone recalls an influential teacher, but the professor Richardson recallsin such emphatic detail and confiding proseis Walter Jackson Bate (191899). Bate initially taught a sophomore-survey English class at Harvard in the 1950s, and in brief, anecdotal chapters, Richardson remembers him then and in later years, quoting from works Bate loved and rounding out his memories with interludes of walks, visits to Bates farm, or trips through a forest in an old jeep. The books first half is chapbooklikequoting many treasured poems and ideasand Richardson also recalls Bates verbal mannerisms so readers can nearly hear his enthusiasm. The book concludes with a wide-ranging interview with Bate by John Paul Russo; the discussion moves from Coleridge to Freud and further limns Bates ideas on education and educating. Bate won two Pulitzers (John Keats, 1963; Samuel Johnson, 1977), among other awards; this little gem shows he is still much remembered, and literary readers will find themselves also being taught by Bate. --Eloise Kinney', \"What better book is there about the example of one person teaching literature or the humanities at large? I don't know of one, this is it.<br><br>It's also a lovely book in production and appearance. I've read many tributes to teachers; this homage is unparalleled, the bibliography of Jack's work an unexpected bonus. --James Engell, Harvard University\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Christmas From Hell: A Neighbor from Hell (Volume 7)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Anatomy (Mosby's Crash Course Series)\nDescription: ['Crash Course 2e has arrived! Building the success of the first editions, the new edition has been written by students for students, giving a first hand perspective of what it takes to make the grade.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Legend (The REAL series)\nDescription: ['<br /><span>\"Loved every word, every moment. Already reread - LOVED IT!!!!\"</span><br /><span>- Emma Chase, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Tangled and Legal Briefs series.</span><br /><br /><span>\"LEGEND is the perfect ending to the REAL series. I love and adore Maverick and I know readers will love him too!\" </span><br /><span>- Monica Murphy, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author</span><br /><br /><span>\"Prepare to have your lives forever changed!! Katy Evans hits it out of the park with this one!\"</span><br /><span>- Kim Jones, author Clubwhore</span><br /><br /><span>\"INCREDIBLE!!! Katy Evans brings it, giving you an ending that is heart pounding and absolutely beautiful. Mav will steal your heart and own it. I LOVED this book so much.\"</span><br /><span>- Angie from Angie and Jessica\\'s Dreamy Reads on LEGEND</span><br /><br /><span>\"Katy Evans has a way of weaving stories that encapsulates your heart that leaves you craving and wanting for more. Legend is an epic ending for the Real series.\"</span><br /><span>- Gel from Bookish Temptations</span><br /><br /><span>\"This beautiful story consumed me from the very first page to the last! Don\\'t miss the epic conclusion to the fantastic Real Series!\"</span><br /><span>- Kim Karr, New York Times Bestselling Author</span>', 'Katy Evans lives with her husband and their two children plus three lazy dogs in south Texas. Some of her favorite pastimes are hiking, reading, baking, and spending time with her friends and family. She is the <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA TODAY</i>bestselling author of <i>Manwhore, Manwhore +1, Ms. Manwhore,</i> and The REAL series: <i>REAL, MINE, REMY, ROGUE, RIPPED, </i>and<i> LEGEND. </i>For more information on Katy Evans visit her website KatyEvans.net, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter, @AuthorKatyEvans.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: No School for Eze\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: That Baby (That Boy) (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"<span></span><br /><span><b>Join Jillian Dodd's Newsletter to Receive:</b></span><br /><span>* New releases</span><br /><span>* Exclusive cover reveals and exclusive sneak peeks</span><br /><span>* Giveaways</span><br /><span>* Free series starters</span><br /><span>* And other exciting info!</span><br /><span>To signup, copy and paste this into your browser's address bar: smarturl.it/JDNotifications</span><br /><span></span><br /><span><b>You can also connect with Jillian at:</b></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Website: jilliandodd.net</span><br /><span>Facebook: Facebook.com/jilliandodd1</span><br /><span>Twitter: twitter.com/jilliandodd</span><br /><span>Instagram: <span>instagram.com/jilliandodd</span></span>\", \"<span>Jillian is a <i>USA TODAY </i>bestselling author who writes fun romances with characters her readers fall in love with, from the boy next door in the <i>That Boy</i> trilogy to the daughter of a famous actress in <i>The Keatyn Chronicles</i> to a kick-ass young assassin in the <i>Spy Girl </i>series.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>She lives in a small Florida beach town, is married to her college sweetheart, has two grown children, and two Labrador Retrievers named Cali and Camber. When she's not working, she likes to travel, paint, shop for shoes, watch football, and go to the beach.</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gripped by the Culture: Canvassing Common Cultural Influences in the Church\nDescription: ['Ericka Joy McCrutcheon Woman, Wife, Pastor, Administrator, Conference Speaker, Community Leader Pastor Ericka is a native of West Palm Beach, Florida. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Florida (Gators) in Gainesville where she majored in Computer Science. Pastor Ericka is a graduate from RHEMA Bible Training Center (1986-1988) and is licensed and ordained through RHEMA Ministerial Association International (RMAI). While attending RHEMA, she met and married John T. McCrutcheon. Ericka currently serves the ministry as Co-Pastor, Teacher, Worship Leader and Church Administrator. Her teaching ministry reaches out beyond the walls of her church into her Community where she serves as the President of the Kirkwood Civic Organization. She has served as Chaplin of the Daughters of Liberty Political Action Council. Her tentacles also touch the students at the University of Houston where she frequently ministers at various campus events and sorority meetings. She also outreaches to women on a one-to-one basis, teaching and encouraging women to walk confidently in the grace of God. She loves teaching bible studies and effective evangelism. Erickas frank and sometimes hilarious, practical teaching style of ministry has captured audiences at various Churches, Women Conferences, Seminars and Banquets in many cities in the U.S. Ericka is committed to teaching the Word of God and inspiring others to become MATURE disciples of Jesus Christ (John 8:31-32).', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fall Into Temptation (Blue Moon) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Word Smart for the GRE: A Guide to Perfect Usage\nDescription: ['Anne Curtis is an avid fan of food and nutrition. She is well aware of the impact of food on eating issues, weight loss, body image concerns, and mindfulness. And thus puts her specialties in these concerns. She spent a great deal of time learning the proper treatment of eating disorders and with the help of her doctors, she was able to help others in the community through her motivational speeches. As a writer by heart, she puts her knowledge into and hopes that it reaches out to as many people as it can. Anne Curtis is at the same time an artist and a theatrical performer.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: To Hate Adam Connor\nDescription: [\"I love nothing more than to escape real life to find those very few magical moments in a book. I love how it has the power of stealing your worries away, putting a smile on your face, and of course sometimes making you crush on fictional characters. If I can manage to do even one of those things for a reader, I will be a happy writer. Ella Maise, an avid reader and a big dreamer, is the author of To Love Jason Thorn, I'm Yours, and the Alexander & Maya series. Visit her at ellamaise.com\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: They Signed for Us\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Unexpected Reality\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hard Heads, Soft Hearts: Tough-minded Economics For A Just Society\nDescription: ['<div><B>Alan S. Blinder</B> is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics at Princeton University and a regular columnist for <I>Business Week</I>.</div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bossman\nDescription: ['<div>"We were treated to a stack of grin inducing witty banter between two fabulous characters, teased mercilessly with some<b>sizzling sexual chemistry</b>, treated to some steamy sex as well as finding ourselves welling up a few times with emotion as Vi Keeland delivered a romance we quite simply devoured." - Totally Booked Blog</div><div></div><div></div><div><br />"I loved this book. I<b>devoured</b>it. I couldn't put it down. It was a perfect mix of everything you could ever wish for in a sexy,<b>addictive</b>romance! It'll make you blush, and even break your heart at times, but then made you swoon and laugh out loud again. I highly recommend it as a new favorite of the year!!" - Aestas Book Blog</div><div></div><div></div><br />"EVERYthing about Bossman is romance<b>perfection</b>! We have absolutely no doubt readers will fall effortlessly in love with Chase and Reese's smoldering, honest, and unforgettable love story. Confidently a<b>2016 TOP Read</b>! #Teampiercednipple #YESpleaseMrParker Warning: Chase Parker will ruin ALL future boss bookboyfriends for you."- The Rockstars of Romance<br /><br />"If I was NASA's next choice to go up in space, they would have to<b>hold up that launch</b>until I was finished reading a book if it was by Vi Keeland."-Lisa, Three Chicks<br /><br />"The dynamic between Chase and Reese is utter<b>perfection</b>! They are electric. I'm pretty sure their connection is one of the strongest I've read, I felt EVERY little ping of want, need and<b>lust.</b>I felt every burn of tension and love."-Sophie, Bookalicious Babes<br /><br />"My face hurts from smiling. I<b>swooned</b>(I am not a swooner mind you). This book heated up my kindle screen and<b>melted my heart</b>." -Cheri, Kindle Crack Book Reviews<br /><br />"This book made me<b>feel</b>EVERYTHING! I was a goner from the very first page."-Shayna,<br /><br />"Bottom line if you are going to read just<b>one book</b>this year, make it Bossman." -Diane, Winchester Book Reviews', 'Vi Keeland is a <b>#1 <i>New York Times,</i></b> <b>#1 <i>Wall Street Journal,</i></b> and <b><i>USA Today </i></b>Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over ninety Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Until Harry\nDescription: ['', 'I wish I could read this again. Such a beautiful story about loss and growth. Intense and gripping! <b>Penelope Douglas, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b>', 'My favorite five-star read of the year. A story that perfectly shows that love does last the test of time, and that first love will always hold the tightest strings of your heart. <b>Terri Anne Browning, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author</b>', 'An emotional story about love and second chances in life. Casey will have you laughing, crying and swooning! <b>Nina Levine, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author</b>', 'L.A. Casey delivers a hauntingly beautiful novel that will break your heart, mend it and have you praying for a happily ever after. I quite simply, couldnt put it down. <b>R.J. Prescott, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author</b>', '', '', 'L.A. Casey is the <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the Slater Brothers series. She juggles her time between her mini-me and her writing. She was born, raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. She enjoys chatting with her readers, who love her humour and Irish accent as much as they love her books. You can visit her website at www.lacaseyauthor.com, find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LACaseyAuthor and on Twitter at @authorlacasey.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Cake: A Love Story\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: The Matchmaker's Replacement (Wingmen Inc.)\nDescription: ['', \"<b>Praise for <i>The Matchmaker's Playbook</i></b>\", 'Rachel Van Dykens signature wit is out in full force in <i>The Matchmakers Playbook</i>. Proof that love can be found anywhere, Ian and Blake are a match made in hilarious, heart-warming Heaven. <b>Emma Hart, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b>', '<i>The Matchmakers Playbook</i> is a refreshingly witty, fun, and sexy read. A cocky playboy, a sassy heroine, and an electric chemistry that cant be denied, this book is full of laughs, heat, and heart! <b>The Christian Grey Fan Page</b>', 'Oh my word, this book! I went in hoping to get some much-needed Rachel Van Dyken humor, and ended up with a six-star read! <i>The Matchmakers Playbook</i> has it all. When a book can make you feel like youre falling in love right along with the characters, and when you can feel the chemistry that perfectly, you know its special! <b>Molly McAdams, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b>', '<i>The Matchmakers Playbook</i> is Rachel Van Dyken at her finest...Heat, heart, and pure funreaders are going to fall in love with this well written, addicting read. This is definitely a top favorite of 2016! <b><i>Shh Moms Reading</i></b>', 'Funny, realistic, and entertaining to the very last page. Rachel Van Dyken puts an enchanting twist on a matchmaking player who ultimately learns the true meaning of a match made in heaven. <b>Audrey Carlan, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b>', '', 'A master of lighthearted love stories, bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken has seen her books appear on national bestseller lists including the <i>New York Times</i>, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, and <i>USA Today</i>. A devoted lover of Starbucks, Swedish Fish, and <i>The Bachelor</i>, Rachel lives in Idaho with her husband, son, and two boxers. Follow her writing journey at www.rachelvandykenauthor.com.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Neighbor Dearest\nDescription: ['Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor before switching to a more family-friendly career. Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult/contemporary romance genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 12-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 10-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life. Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island. She is the author of RoomHate which hit #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and #1 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. Other New York Times bestsellers include Stepbrother Dearest, Cocky Bastard and Stuck-Up Suit (the latter two co-written with Vi Keeland). She is also the author of Sins of Sevin, My Skylar, Jake Undone, Jake Understood and Gemini. Email Penelope at: penelopewardauthor@gmail.com Newsletter Signup: http://bit.ly/1X725rj Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/penelopewardauthor Facebook Fan Group (Request to join!) https://www.facebook.com/groups/PenelopesPeeps/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/PenelopeWardAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/PenelopeAuthor Website: www.penelopewardauthor.com', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The First Time I Said Goodbye\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: That's the Way Love Goes: The Matrimony\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Bachelor\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Critical Reflections on the Paranormal (SUNY Series in Religious Studies)\nDescription: ['\"This book deals with a topic often mistakenly dismissed by scholars as magic or superstition due to our dominant materialistic-rational-empirical worldview. Stoeber and Meynell\\'s book, by contrast, approaches the topic as one deserving of serious scholarly study and carries out its analysis with academic rigor. It engages several of North America\\'s best philosophical minds in the process and produces a very readable result.\" -- Harold Coward, University of Victoria', 'Critical Reflections on the Paranormal discusses various aspects of paranormal phenomena such as telepathy, psychokinesis, trance-mediumship, near-death experiences, and past-life memories. It reflects on what is reasonable to believe about them, and why; and it suggests what changes they might demand in our worldview, if these phenomena are accepted as genuine. The collection includes essays written by Susan Armstrong, Heather Botting, Stephen Braude, Don Evans, David Ray Griffin, James Horne, Terence Penelhum, and the editors.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beard Science (Winston Brothers Book 3) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Alaskan Quest\nDescription: [\"Summer of the Midnight Sun<BR>The unexpected arrival of Jayce Kincaid, the man who spurned her ten years before, awakens feelings that Leah Barringer would much prefer to leave buried. As Jayce sets out to prove he's a changed man, the appearance of a young investigator casts a cloud over Jayce's past...and over Leah's dreams for the future.<BR><BR>Under the Northern Lights<BR>A devastating loss changed Helaina Beecham's life forever, and it is her quest for justice that draws her to the Alaskan Territory. But when Helaina's obsession with capturing Chase Kincaid dulls her judgment, the hunter becomes the prey. Now her only hope is that Jacob Barringer will find her before it's too late. <BR><BR>Whispers of Winter<BR>The unforgiving descent of Alaskan winter has Jayce Kincaid and Jacob Barringer struggling for survival after their ship is trapped in the ice floes of the Arctic. Back at Last Chance Creek, Leah and Helaina endure the long separation--will they find the strength to trust in God's faithfulness?\", \"BETRAYAL, PAIN, LOVE, AND FORGIVENESS WILL REFINE THEM<BR>IN THIS LAND THAT CLAIMS THEIR HEARTS...<BR> <BR>The true pioneer spirit resonates in the lives of siblings Leah and Jacob Barringer, for their home is the rugged, unforgiving landscape of Last Chance Creek, Alaska. Though remote, there is much beauty to be found in the territory and its people--and room enough for Leah to put aside the burden of the past and the love her heart can't forget. But then Jayce Kincaid returns....<BR><BR>Helaina Beecham comes to Alaska Territory seeking a fugitive. But it is Jacob who rattles her understanding of herself and her purpose in life. As she recklessly pursues justice, her actions draw others into her plight, bringing about the unexpected....<BR><BR>IN A LAND FRAUGHT WITH DANGER, LEAH AND HELAINA WILL EXPERIENCE BOTH THE TRAGEDY OF LOSS AND THE OVERWHELMING POWER OF LOVE.<BR><BR>Three Complete Novels Included:<BR>Summer of the Midnight Sun<BR>Under the Northern Lights<BR>Whispers of Winter\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: The Usborne Horse and Pony Treasury\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Until Ashlyn: Until Her\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What You Do Matters: What Do You Do With a Chance?, What Do You Do With a Problem?, What Do You Do With an Idea?\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Stone Promises: A Stone Brothers Novel\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics\nDescription: ['\"...an interesting book which has fully accomplished its objectives. The text is well written and clearly illustrated. The exercises at the end of each chapter provide a good teaching tool. This book can be recommended as a textbook for advanced courses in geomechanics. As well, it will be very useful as a reference for practicing geotechnical engineers and as a guide for researchers in soil mechanics.\" Aleksandra M. Vinogradov, Applied Mechanics Review<br /><br />\"A good book for graduate students and faculty interested in learning about the applicability and limitations of critical state soil mechanics in research and in engineering practice.\" Choice', 'One of the major objectives of this book is to describe the basic ingredients of a family of simple-plastic models of soil behavior and to demonstrate how such models can be used in numerical analyses.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mister Moneybags\nDescription: [\"A <b>slow burn</b> you can feel down to the tip of your toes, MISTER MONEYBAGS is another PERFECT ROMANCE to add to the long list of favorites from these two incredibly talented authors. <b>Characters you will FEEL</b> for...characters you will ROOT for...characters you will FALL HARD for, MISTER MONEYBAGS is a definite MUST READ for me! Shayna Renees Spicy Reads<br /><br />I need to fangirl for a minute after reading this book, but. I love Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward collaborations so much!!!! And this one was the best so far! I laughed, I cried, I may even have snorted a bit. But in the end, <b>I didnt want to leave Dex Truitt.</b> - Guilty Pleasures Book Blog<br /><br />I found the <b>chemistry</b> between first Jay and Bianca and then Dex and Bianca off the charts, you could feel their <b>sizzling magnetism</b> jumping off the pages of their story. - Reflections of a Book Geek<br /><br />I loved every moment from the very beginning until the end. Dex and Bianca are fantastic, and more importantly, this <b>plot line wasn't what I was expecting!!</b> It is a must read!! - Musings of the Modern Belle<br /><br />Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland have hit another home run with this book!! It was everything a romance reader could wish for <b>FUN, SEXY, ANGSTY</b> and HEART-WARMING! The banter made me laugh out loud, the romance was swooooooony and passionate, and the twists took me by surprise and kept my <b>heart racing</b> as I madly flipped the pages as fast as I could!! - Aestas Book Blog\", 'Vi Keeland is a #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling author. With more than a million books sold, her titles have appeared in over fifty Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twelve languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Baby's Goodnight Book: Bedtime Stories & Lullaby (Lap Library)\nDescription: ['Random House Lap Library combines classic nursery collections with sturdy board pages. Each book is a treasure trove tough enough to withstand a whole childhood of reading! This sturdy sleepy-time Lap Library book includes favorite lullabies, classic nighttime poems, and beautifully illustrated bedtime stories guaranteed to give babies sweet dreams.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Rowdy: The Sheltie\nDescription: ['Brenda Tatro was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she later taught school. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a BS Degree in Elementary Education. Her careers have also included working as an executive in the education field and as an Executive Director for a nonprofit organization for children. She is a published and recorded poet and has published articles for numerous \"children\\'s causes\". She is included in the 1987/1988 edition of the Marquis Who\\'s Who in American Women. She believes that children need to be able to smile and laugh everyday of their lives. Her beloved sheltie Rowdy was the inspiration for this book. The support of her husband, Steve, has made her dream a reality. This is her first children\\'s book.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 180 Seconds\nDescription: ['', 'Jessica Park is the bestselling author of more than fifteen novels, including <i>Flat-Out Love</i> and <i>Left Drowning</i>. She grew up in the Boston area and attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. After spending four years in the frigid north, including suffering through one memorable Halloween blizzard, she decided to set out for warmer climes. She now lives in the relatively balmy state of New Hampshire with her husband, son, two dogs, and a cat. She admits to spending an obscene amount time thinking about rocker boys and their guitars, complex caffeinated beverages, and tropical vacations.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dating-ish (Knitting in the City) (Volume 6)\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: We Own Tonight\nDescription: ['<i> \"It was not just a book, it was more than that four letter word. <b>It was perfection.</b>\" -Book Lit Love</i><br /><br /><i><b>\"</b>We Own Tonight is <b>sweet, sexy goodness. </b>By the end of the book, I felt like I knew the characters personally and had a hard time letting them go<b>.\" </b>~ Mia Sheridan - New York Times Bestselling Author</i><br /><br /><i>\"A roller coaster of a romance, We Own Tonight twists, turns, and tears at the heart in a riveting ride of smolder, swoon, and sorrow. This ALL-STAR story of fate and feels is <b>SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE!</b>\" -Bookalicious Babes Blog</i><br /><br /><i>\"Corinne takes us on a <b>true emotional journey </b>with We Own Tonight. This book is <b>heartfelt and unputdownable</b>, it brought out my inner fangirl and I enjoyed every word.\" -Inked in Chapters</i><br /><br /><i><b>\"</b>If you\\'ve ever fantasized about a certain member of a certain band falling in love with you, you have to read this book! If you like sweet, sexy, funny, romantic stories, you have to read this book! In short<b>...YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK! </b>Brava, Corinne, you really nailed it with this one...as usual.<b>\"</b>~ Jasinda Wilder - New York Times Bestselling Author</i><br /><br /><i>\"A <b>soul defying read</b>! Which I guarantee to steal your ever loving heart! With a blissful <b>mix of humor</b> and that is oh so Corinne! Plus a soulful, yet <b>emotional tug a war storyline</b> that will steal a piece of you!! Leaving you forever changed! \"- QueenZany Blog</i><br /><br /><i>\"I never had a crush on a boy band singer, but Eli Walsh has totally converted me! InWe Own Tonight, Corinne Michaels masterfully weaves <b>a sensual and emotional story</b> that gave me all the feels. <b>Loved it!</b>\" - J. Kenner - NYT Bestselling Author</i><br /><br /><i><b>\"</b>What an incredible ride!<b> It\\'s real, it\\'s swoony, and it\\'s 100% Corinne Michaels. </b>It has heart and heat from the first page to the last, and I <b>loved it every minute</b> of it!!<b>\" </b>- M. Leighton - New York Times Bestselling Author</i><br /><br /><i>\"<b>A story bringing back nostalgia and longing, </b>We Own Tonight plays at your heartstrings with just the right beat. Fall in love with Eli and Heather, so perfect for each other, a match made in heaven. <b>Corinne Michaels delivers in this beautifully written novel!\"</b> ~ Anissa Garcia - Bestselling Author</i><br /><br /><i>\"We Own Tonight is a romp for the ages...seriously, if you were ever a young girl with a Walkman and a crush, <b>this book is your dream come true</b>. I got sucked in on page one and <b>didn\\'t want this real-life fairy tale to end</b>.\" ~ Jessica Hawkins - Bestselling Author</i>', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: We're very good friends, my brother and I (P. K. Books Values for Life) by Hallinan, P. K (January 1, 1973) Hardcover\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Racer\nDescription: ['Katy Evans grew up with books and book-boyfriends until she found a real sexy boyfriend to love. They married and are now hard at work on their own happily ever after. Katy loves her family and friends, and she also loves reading, walking, baking, and being consumed by her characters until she reaches The End. Which is, hopefully, only the beginning', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Beautiful Tempest: A Novel (Malory-Anderson Family)\nDescription: ['Johanna Lindsey is world-renowned for her mastery of historical romance (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>), with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. She is the author of fifty-five previous national bestselling novels, many of which reached the #1 spot on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list. Lindsey lives in New Hampshire with her family.', 'Beautiful Tempest <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"../styles/9781501162206.css\" /> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"../styles/SS_global.css\" />', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Marriage of Inconvenience (Knitting in the City)\nDescription: ['<i>\"Individuals looking for an introspective and thought provoking romance should pick up Dating-ish. This slow burn romance is worth the wait!\"</i> --<b>Heroes & Heartbreakers</b><br /><br /><br /><i>\"This perfectly plotted, beautifully complex, utterly charming, slow-burn romance will remind you why a meticulously built love story can be more satisfying than any instantaneous affair. Desert Island Keeper!\"</i> --<b>All About Romance Reviews</b><br /><br /><br /><i>\"Penny Reid is really funny! It\\'s a fun book, right up my alley, and I enjoyed it very much.\"</i> --<b>NPR, Linda Holmes, Pop Culture Happy Hour</b><br /><br /><br /><i>\"THIS BOOK HAS COMPLETELY TAKEN ME BY STORM! I\\'m way past in love with these two. The most heartfelt read of the year!\"</i> --<b>Angie\\'s Dreamy Reads</b><br /><br /><br /><i>\"Yes it is a \"smart\"romance but so much more than that. It\\'s smart (for so many reasons, aside from the highly intelligent, yet totally goofy heroine). The writing is delightfully witty, the characters are silly-sweet, the life they lead, quirky yet believable (well... except for *that* crazy thing that happened, but I totally loved it, and how it was described. LOL!!!), and you\\'ll be grinning the whole way through.\"</i> --<b>Maryse\\'s Book Blog</b><br />', '<i>Individuals looking for an introspective and thought provoking romance should pick up Dating-ish. This slow burn romance is worth the wait!</i> <b>Heroes & Heartbreakers</b><br /><br /><br /><i>This perfectly plotted, beautifully complex, utterly charming, slow-burn romance will remind you why a meticulously built love story can be more satisfying than any instantaneous affair. Desert Island Keeper!</i> <b>All About Romance Reviews</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Penny Reid is really funny! It\\'s a fun book, right up my alley, and I enjoyed it very much.</i> <b>NPR, Linda Holmes, Pop Culture Happy Hour</b><br /><br /><br /><i>THIS BOOK HAS COMPLETELY TAKEN ME BY STORM! I\\'m way past in love with these two. The most heartfelt read of the year!</i> <b>Angie\\'s Dreamy Reads</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Yes it is a \"smart\"romance but so much more than that. It\\'s smart (for so many reasons, aside from the highly intelligent, yet totally goofy heroine). The writing is delightfully witty, the characters are silly-sweet, the life they lead, quirky yet believable (well... except for *that* crazy thing that happened, but I totally loved it, and how it was described. LOL!!!), and you\\'ll be grinning the whole way through.</i> <b>Maryse\\'s Book Blog</b><br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Anything is Possible: Thought-Provoking Quotes to Inspire Your Mind\nDescription: [\"<span>I am Lorenzo Victory- I wrote this book simply to inspire and encourage people of all ages that anything is possible in their life. I have alot of what happened to me in this book. In fact, it's all about me. However, the reason I wrote about me wasn't to show the world how brave or strong I could be or How unafraid I could be. It was to encourage and inspire anyone facing adversity and obstacle that nothing could prevent them from living. Nothing could stop them from fulfilling a dream. The road to success may be paved with obstacles but they are only there if we allow them to be there. Some may hinder us(as in medical) but still not stop us completely in most cases. Live your dream. It's up to us. My book has many original quotes written by me as well as my story to Inspire. Thank You</span>\", 'Lorenzo Victory, born into a family of four, attended high school and college in Syracuse, New York. He was a banker for twenty-seven years, retiring in August of 2012 as an assistant vice president at Keybank NA. He currently lives in central New York, near Syracuse seeking to become a motivational speaker. He currently writes quotes on social media under the name of lorenzovictory', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: With This Man (A This Man Novel)\nDescription: ['Malpas\\' writing is..spot-on with emotions.\"<br /><b><i><i>RT Book Reviews </i><br /></i></b><br /><br />', '', 'Jodi Ellen Malpas was born and raised in the Midlands town of Northampton, UK, where she lives with her family. Working for the family construction business fulltime and with the prospect of taking it over once her father retired, she tried to ignore the lingering idea of writing a novel until it became impossible. She finally found the time and courage to release her creative streak and in October 2012 self-published This Man as an e-book. She took a chance on a story with some intense characters, notably Mr. Jesse Ward, the Lord of the Manor, and sparked incredible reactions from women all over the world. Two months later, Jodi made the decision to give up her day job to concentrate on her new and very unexpected career in writing.<br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sermons on the Song of Songs Volume 1\nDescription: ['<DIV>No serious library of spirituality should be lacking the four-part classic gem. Bernard of Clairvaux was a brilliant preacher and polished writer, but above all a profound mystic who sought to bring all his hearers to the experience of God. <I>The Sermons on the Song of Songs</I> are among the most famous and beautiful examples of medieval scriptural exegesis.</DIV><DIV>Review for Religious</DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: One Train Later: A Memoir\nDescription: ['Summersa musician best known for playing guitar in the seminal 1980s band the Policerecounts the details of his time in the spotlight and his circuitous and fantastic journey toward fame in a memoir that is just as generous (and sometimes meticulous) in providing details as it is in exploring the human toll of living out the \"collective fantasy\" of being a \"rock god.\" There are many great rock moments that dazzlehanging with Clapton, jamming with Hendrix, hallucinating with John Belushibut the less extraordinary memories make for a more compelling narrative: he recalls his childhood in England, where, after an \"immediate bond\" with the guitar, \"the spiritual side of life slowly fills with music.\" Narrated in the present tense and with occasionally vivid language (Summers recounts \"the familiar backstage\" as \"the taste of Jack stuck on a Wheat Thin\"), every rock clich is described (drugs, sex, ego), but, refreshingly, little is romanticized. This is a stage-side account of the birth, rise and dissipation of the Policeand fans of the band will not be disappointedbut it is also an honest travelogue of a British kid who, subsisting \"on a diet of music and hope,\" traversed the most coveted landscapes of pop culture and lived to write about it. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"The guitarist of the Police begins his entertaining, highly readable memoir of superstardom near the end, on August 18, 1983, at Shea Stadium, when the band became the first to play there since the Beatles. It was one of the band's last concerts. Thereafter, Summers discusses, quite eloquently, the Faustian pact fame seemingly involves, which in his case entailed divorce and estrangement from his daughter. He also spends a good portion of the book on his earlier life: his English seaside childhood in Bournemouth, his parents' difficult marriage (he and his younger brother were placed in an orphanage for six months), the first inklings of musical talent. He reports years of struggle, later moderate success in nationally known bands, and stints in the internationally known Soft Machine and the Animals before the Police. By his lights, life on the road with the Police was one hotel room in a strange city after another. A candid appraisal of the cost of celebrity. <i>June Sawyers</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sandhog the Way of Life of Tunnel Builders\nDescription: ['Sandhog the Way of Life of Tunnel Builders']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Sixth Form\nDescription: [\"Dolby (<i>The Trouble Boy</i>) puts his own prep school experience to fine use in his second novel, which chronicles the travails of Ethan Whitley, the smart but insecure 17-year-old son of Stanford professors, who spends his senior (or sixth form) year at Berkley Academy, an elite co-ed boarding school in Massachusetts. Todd Eldon, a classmate who befriends Ethan, introduces him to a world of wealth and privilege. Such moments as the awestruck Ethan's reaction to Todd's family's Manhattan apartment (was that really a Mir, he wondered, in the living room?) and how Todd's nouveau riche mother, an author of popular fiction, decorates the place for Christmas are beautifully observed. Hannah McClellan, a progressive English teacher with a mysterious past, also cultivates Ethan. As the story darkens, the reader expects the axe to fall at any moment. That it never does may annoy some, but most will be gratified that kind fate alone saves the principal characters from their own foolishness. This isn't a novel for people who want to know what a prep school is like; rather, it's a reminderhow close disaster always is when you're 17. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Too Much Information: Did I Really Say That? (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Lois Swagerty is a humorist from Carlsbad, California. Her writing has appeared in Today's Local News, Carlsbad Magazine, Costo Connection, Good News, Etc., Leadership Network publications, and sometimes on the shower wall.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Saints of Augustine\nDescription: [\"*Starred Review* Teens Charlie and Sam were best friends, until Sam stopped speaking to Charlie. In his first book for young people, Ryan (Send Me, 2006) slowly reveals the cause of the rift in chapters that alternate between the two boys' viewpoints. Over a Florida summer, each boy wrestles alone with problems. Following his mother's death, Charlie worries about his shut-in dad, who drinks too much. He escapes by smoking pot, a habit that's put him into deep debt to a threatening dealer. Sam's dad lives with his male lover, and Sam, who has been hiding his own male attractions, worries if he is gay, too. When each boy reaches a crisis point, he finally turns to the other. In a less-gifted author's hands, this novel could have felt crowded. But Ryan offers complex views of family lives, realistic language (including some anti-gay slurs), and convincing characters in Sam and Charlie. Sam's new romance with another guy is a buoyant subplot; just as welcome is the sensitive story of two teen boys forging a close, honest friendship. Engberg, Gillian\", '\"P.E. Ryan has created not one, but two complex, genuine main characters. One of the best books of the year.\" -- <i>Young Adult Books Central</i><br /><br />\"Poignant. An exploration of a deep friendship where friends truly support and encourage one another to do the right things.\" -- <i>KLIATT</i><br /><br />\"Ryan offers complex views of family lives, realistic language and convincing characters in Sam and Charlie.\" -- <i>Booklist (starred review)</i><br /><br />\"Teens will find both boys storylines thoroughly compelling right through to the end, which leaves many ends rightfully untied, underscoring the lingering effects of lifes messier moments.\" -- <i>Publishers Weekly (starred review)</i><br /><br />\"[This] tightly wrought YA debut moves fast, and each boys voice is ragged, distinct and desperate enough to wrangle the hearts of most teen readers, both guys and girls.\" -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Home Buyers' Road Map\nDescription: [\"A useful, easy-to-read guide that helps you make good decisions and understand the home buying process from start to finish, with numerous examples of pitfalls to avoid, a glossary of terms, and information on a wide range of topics: \\n- What type of property is right for you.\\n- What a real estate agent can do, and how commissions are paid.\\n- How to choose a lender, the documentation lenders require, and different types of loans.\\n- How to protect yourself during and after the purchase.\\n- What's in an offer, how to negotiate, and an explanation of closing costs and home inspections.\\n- What a home inspection is, why it's important, and what happens if the property needs more work than you thought. \\n- What to expect at the closing, what you need to bring, who's there, what documents are signed, and why.\\n- Making improvements: renovation do's and don'ts.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Boston Boys Club\nDescription: ['\"Boston Boys Club is racy, funny, and smart. With his unforgettable trio of narrators, Johnny Diaz ushers the reader through the sex-filled, weirdly skewed world of contemporary gay Boston. You\\'re going to love this book.\" -- <i>Scott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear</i><br /><br />\"Johnny Diaz brings to palpable life the ins, out, ups and downs of gay city life and its most dangerous pastime: dating. In chronicling the love lives - or lack thereof - of three good friends who meet weekly at the local watering hole, Johnny Diaz gives us situations, hopes, fears, and especially characters that all readers will identify with, and may even recognize as themselves. At turns comic, touching, and tragic, Boston Boys Club is sure to serve as a testament of American gay life in the new millennium, and the timeless search for Mister Right - or Mister Right Now. An addictive read.\\'\\' -- <i>J.G. Hayes, author of A Map of The Harbor Islands</i>', '\"Make way for the boys of summer! Johnny Diaz has written a sexy beach-read romp you won\\'t be able to put down.\" --William J. Mann, author of Where the Boys Are and All American Boy', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: NAKED DEPARTURE (Death Watch Book 1) eBook\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: A Secret Edge\nDescription: ['Robin Reardon is an inveterate observer of human nature, and her primary writing goal is to create stories about all kinds of people, some of whom happen to be gay or transgender--people whose destinies are not determined solely by their sexual orientation or identity.<br /><br />Interests outside of writing include singing, nature photography, and the study of comparative religion. Robin writes in a butter yellow study with a view of the Boston, Massachusetts skyline.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Tangled Up in Alaska: A Woodland Coloring Adventure\nDescription: ['Rebecca is a beach born and raised Floridian who migrated to the last frontier of Alaska in 2010. She is a wife, mother, artist, homeschool mom, and veteran. She spends her spare moments drawing, painting, writing, and doodling on paper, canvas, walls, and wood. Tangled Up in Alaska is Rebeccas first coloring book. You can follow her artwork pursuits on Facebook at Sorrelwood Studio or her website at www.sorrelwoodstudio.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: My Side of the Story\nDescription: ['A troubled gay British teenager navigates the barbarity of adolescence in Davis\\'s middling debut. It begins when 16-year-old Jazz\\'s sister, \"the nun,\" rats on him for sneaking out and going to gay bars. His overbearing mother freaks out, and family therapy soon follows, providing plenty of material for the quick-witted, self-hating narrator. Jazz, of course, continues carousing and eventually runs away. The escape is short-lived, and troubles at home and with bullies at school worsen, though it appears most of Jazz\\'s problems aren\\'t rooted in his sexuality but in his misanthropic attitude, which, though clearly an emotional feint, lacks nuance. The narration-rendered in a snotty teen argot (expect the abuse of \"like\")-will alienate as many readers as it hooks, and though much happens, little is resolved by novel\\'s end. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.', 'The best thing about British author Davis\\' first novel is the chatty, self-deprecating, ultraironic voice he has created for his 16-year-old gay narrator, whose full name is (shudder) Jarold. \"But,\" J. tells readers in one of many asides, \"everyone calls me Jaz, which is a damn sight cooler I think you\\'ll agree.\" Poor Jaz: all he wants is a little fun at the local gay pub, where he hangs with his best friend Al (short for Alice), but the two kids keep encountering their sobersided teacher Mr. Fallows and--in an effort to get him off their backs--launch a campaign they call \"Finding a fellah for Fallows.\" But there are complications: Jaz inadvertently outs himself at school, his grandma has a stroke, his parents\\' marriage starts to disintegrate, and the chief object of his affection, an older man (he\\'s 22), refuses to be involved with a teenager. These customary coming-of-age elements are saved from staleness by the freshness, humor, and honesty of Jaz\\'s always-engaging voice. <i>Michael Cart</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Experiencing Forgiveness (The Life Principles Study Series)\nDescription: ['a bible study from Charles Stanley on forgiveness', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Silent Ones (Father Anselm Novels)\nDescription: ['Silent-Ones', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Call Me by Your Name: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '\"The book is incredible. My wife [Elizabeth Chambers] calls it the sexiest book shes ever read. It humanises love in a really powerful, beautiful way.<b>Armie Hammer, <i>Time Out</i> (London)</b><br /><b></b><br />I loved the movieand the book completely blew me away!<b>Marc Jacobs on Instagram </b>', 'I finally read Andr Acimans deeply moving novel <i>Call Me by Your Name</i>, racing to do so before I saw Luca Guadagninos (sublime) movie adaptation with its sensitive screenplay by James Ivoryand I adored it.<b>Hamish Bowles, <i>Vogue.com </i>(Best Books We Read All Year) </b>', \"Superb...The beauty of Aciman's writing and the purity of his passions should place this extraordinary first novel within the canon of great romantic love stories for everyone.<b>Charles Kaiser,<i> The Washington Post Book World</i></b>\", \"An extraordinary examination of longing and the complicated ways in which we negotiate the experience of attraction....It's startling that a novel so bracingly unsentimentalalert to the ways we manipulate, second-guess, forestall, and finally reach stumblingly toward one anotherconcludes with such emotional depths.<b>Mark Doty<i>, O, The Oprah Magazine</i></b>\", \"This novel is hot...a love letter, an invocation, and something of an epitaph....An exceptionally beautiful book.<b>Stacey D'Erasmo,<i> The New York Times Book Review</i></b>\", \"If you are prepared to take a hard punch in your gut, and like brave, acute, elated, naked, brutal, tender, humane, and beautiful prose, then you've come to the right place.<b>Nicole Krauss, author of <i>The History of Love</i></b><br /><b></b><br />A great love story...every phrase, every ache, every giddy rush of sensation in this beautiful novel rings true.<b>Michael Upchurch,<i> The Seattle Times</i></b><br /><b></b><br />The novel is richly, sensuously detailed...luminous....Aciman deftly charts a burgeoning relationship that both parties want and fear.<b>Karen Campbell,<i> The Boston Globe</i></b>\", '', '<b>Andr Aciman</b> is the author of <i>Eight White Nights</i>, <i>Out of Egypt</i>, <i>False Papers</i>, <i>Alibis</i>, and <i>Harvard Square</i>, and the editor of <i>The Proust Project</i> (all published by FSG). He teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and lives with his wife in Manhattan.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Canon EOS 50D Digital Field Guide\nDescription: ['<b>Grasp all that your EOS 50D can offer, including fun</b>', \"Speedy, responsive, and feature-rich, your Canon EOS 50D offers high resolution and limitless creative opportunity. This practical, portable guide gives you the technical know-how to master all the buttons, dials, and menus but more than that, it's full of suggestions and ideas that nurture your creativity. Learn to set up your camera in the way that suits your style and your subject, taking full advantage of all the 50D can do. Open your mind, open this book, and open yourself to the possibilities.\", 'Manage focus controls, use shooting modes creatively, and control color', 'Learn to use Live View shooting and when and where it works best', 'Find out how to get accurate color in any shooting situation', 'Explore using Speedlites and lighting accessories', 'Get professional tips for great landscape and nature photos, portraits, and action shots', '', '<b>Charlotte K. Lowrie</b> is a professional photographer and award-winning writer. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and on the Canon Digital Learning Center. Along with the bestselling <i>Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi Digital Field Guide</i> and other <i>Canon Digital Field Guides</i>, she cowrote <i>Exposure and Lighting For Digital Photographers Only</i>. Charlotte teaches photography at BetterPhoto.com and is featured on www.takegreatpictures.com. Visit her Web site at wordsandphotos.org.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tale of Two Summers\nDescription: ['Grade 9 UpFor the first time in their history as best friends, Hal and Chuck will be spending the summer apart: Chuck to attend a summer theater camp and Hal to stay in their hometown of Wheaton, MD, and learn to drive. To ensure contact throughout their separation, Chuck sets up a private blog where the boys can post daily messages about their adventures (or lack thereof), the text of which constitutes this witty novel. Sloan succeeds at the dual voicing of the characters; from the first entries, the teens distinct voices are clear. Much of their virtual conversation revolves around their summer romantic prospects and their pursuit of emotionally as well as physically meaningful relationships. This somewhat typical premise is complicated by the fact that Hal is gay and has newly outed himself to Chuck. As they compare their experiences, the boys are also working together to define what Hals sexual identity means in the context of their friendship. Many of their entries involve discussions of the physiological dimensions of intimacy, such as when Chuck asks, Not to be crude or anything, but exactly how does a gay guy lose his virginityis that actually possible? Hals answer is frank, explicit, and endearing. Compared to Melvin Burgesss <i>Doing It</i> (Holt, 2004), this novel is less deliberately bawdy and more realistic, earthy, and even sweet. Like David Levithan and Julie Ann Peters, Sloan is breaking ground among the greats of gay-themed young adult fiction.<i>Amy S. Pattee, Simmons College, Boston</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Chuck is straight, and Hal is gay. They have been best friends since the age of 5. Now, at 15, they must spend their first summer apart; Chuck has the lead in a musical show. They talk online through a blog, often several times a day, and they share every intimate detail of their lives, including romance and sex (\"OMG . . . we friggin\\' made out!!\"). Hal hooks up with and has sex with Henri, a French foreign exchange student, but Henri\\'s pot habit gets out of control. Chuck is caught between two young women, but what involves him the most are rehearsals for the show and the build-up to opening night. As with any blog, the talk is often repetitive and trivial, and readers will race through the rambling interchanges, maybe even skip some. But the two contemporary voices are right-on: informal without being cute; supportive, irritable, funny, and angry; intense about love, sex, drugs, family--and especially about friendship. <i>Hazel Rochman</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Clay's Way: A Novel\nDescription: [\"A wannabe punk rocker who writes bad haiku poetry, 15-year-old Sam is fed up with his middleclass parents, his geeky best friend, and his inability to do the raddest skateboard tricks. Then he meets Clay. Mistaking lust for fate, Sam becomes obsessed with the 17-year-old surferboy, whose island cool masks an internal conflict even darker than Sam's. Directing his furious energy toward winning Clay's heart, Sam goes on a reckless odyssey to become everything Clay seems to be. Through hurricanes, car accidents, teenage parties, and monster waves they ricochet off each other until, on a remote beach, in the flickering light of torches and campfires, the violence and tumult of Clay and Sams dynamic propels them both through the hardest decisions and obstacles of their young lives.\", \"Set against the dazzling backdrop of Hawaii's Oahu and Kauai islands, <i>Clay's Way</i> seethes with the energy and the hormonally charged nihilism of its characters. Twenty-four-year-old first-time novelist Blair Mastbaum has written a startlingly authentic account of 21st-century teens, careening toward adulthood, devoid of guidance, fueled by alcohol, drugs, and rage.\", '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: His Eternal Kiss: More Tales of Vampire Love\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rainbow Boys\nDescription: ['Sanchez\\'s debut novel chronicles the senior year of three gay teens struggling with issues ranging from coming out to first love to an HIV scare. The story lines communicate a hint of an educational agenda (Sanchez sprinkles in the names of support groups like Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays into the novel, and lists contact information for organizations at the end), but the characters\\' complicated feelings are well drawn, and readers will find themselves interested in each of the protagonists\\' lives. Sanchez creates modern situations that speak to contemporary teens: Nelson and Kyle stand up to their principal for the right to form a gay-straight alliance at their school, and Nelson has unprotected sex with a stranger he meets online. The relationship between Kyle and closeted jock Jason also develops realistically, and the awkward triangle among the three males builds subtly and convincingly. Readers will learn and understand both boys\\' perspectives, from Jason\\'s fear that he will be found out to Kyle\\'s growing agitation at his mixed messages. Some of the writing is stilted (\"You would\\'ve thought the prodigal son had come home,\" Sanchez writes when Kyle finally connects with his father), and some of the language and sexual situations may be too mature for some readers, but overall there\\'s enough conflict, humor and tenderness to make this story believable--and touching. Ages 12-up. (Oct).', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', 'Gr 9 Up-Nelson, \"out\" to the world, is secretly in love with his best friend Kyle. Kyle doesn\\'t look gay or advertise it, but since he hangs out with Nelson, he\\'s subject to the same harassment at school. Kyle is secretly in love with Jason, a popular jock who has a popular girlfriend but who can\\'t stop dreaming of sex with boys. When Jason, trying to sort out his confusion, shows up at a Rainbow Youth meeting, he is greeted by both \"Nelly\" and Kyle, who are as shocked to see him as he is to be seen. This uncomfortable confrontation starts the ball rolling down a path of deception, denial, revelation, and acceptance not only for the three young men, but also for their friends, family, and all concerned. This gutsy, in-your-face debut novel speaks the language of real life for gay teens, that of the ecstasy, heartache, and humor of first love (and sex), that of daily harassment and fear, that of having what it takes to stand up and be proud of who you are. There will no doubt be challenges to Rainbow Boys, much like the challenges of Judy Blume\\'s Forever (Turtleback, 1975) when it was published in the 1970s. But please, have the courage to make it available to those who need it-it can open eyes and change lives.', '<i>Betty S. Evans, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield</i>', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett 1st (first) Edition (2013)\nDescription: ['Great, like new condition. Hardly used. Smoke free home.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rainbow High\nDescription: ['\"A forthright portrayal of growing up gay.\"', '<b>Alex Sanchez</b> spent almost fifteen years working with youth. He is the author of the teen novels <i>Boyfriends with Girlfriends</i>, <i>Bait</i>, <i>The God Box</i>, <i>Getting It</i>, <i>Rainbow Boys</i>, <i>Rainbow High</i>, and <i>Rainbow Road</i>, as well as the Lambda Awardwinning middle-grade novel <i>So Hard to Say</i>. Lambda Literary Foundation honored Alex with an Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists Prize. He lives in Thailand and Hollywood, Florida. Visit him at AlexSanchez.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Angel Island & Alcatraz Isl. Trail Map (Tom Harrison Maps)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rainbow Road\nDescription: [\"Grade 9 UpThe final installment of this trilogy is a true winner. Even though coming out publicly resulted in Virginia high school basketball star Jason Carrillo's losing his college athletic scholarship, it turned him into an important role model for gay and lesbian teens. And so, when a new GLBT high school in Los Angeles is searching for a keynote speaker for its opening ceremony, it is not surprising that Jason is given an all-expenses-paid invitation. His boyfriend, Kyle, definitely wants to be there, too. And Kyle's best friendpink-haired, boy-hungry Nelsonhas a car and thinks that this would be the perfect opportunity for a post-senior-year road trip. Virginia to L.A. by car: 3000 miles and plenty of time to gain an understanding of what being gay in America is all about. These boys are distinct personalities and genuine teens, searching for clarity and identity and acceptance, trying to make sense of themselves and a world that can be equally bright and dark. Sanchez writes with humor and compassion. Some mature romance scenes, occasional frank language, and an inclusion of transgender/transsexual/bisexual story lines translate into a tender book that will likely be appreciated and embraced by young adult readers.<i>Jeff Katz, Queens Borough Public Library, NY</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Gr. 9-12. The third and final novel about gay teen friends Jason, Kyle, and Nelson finds the boys on a road trip, driving across country from their D.C. homes to Los Angeles, where Jason has been invited to speak at the opening of an alternative high school. Along the way, the young men encounter a variety of people and situations that occasionally seem clearly designed to educate the reader--for example, a transgender boy who looks like Britney Spears; an enclave of Radical Faeries who live off the land in rural Tennessee; a devoted gay couple who have been partners for 20 years; and, of course, the usual homophobes. In short, there's plenty of expected stuff. About halfway through the cross-country journey, however, Kyle begins questioning his relationship with bisexual Jason, and the story becomes more involving as characterization finally takes the driver's seat. Flamboyant Nelson remains annoyingly predictable, alas, but the other two boys are sympathetic charmers, and fans of Sanchez's first two Rainbow novels will certainly want to read this one. <i>Michael Cart</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Moving Within the Circle: Contemporary Native American Music and Dance\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story\nDescription: ['\"If I had read something like this as a teenager, I\\'d have had a much easier time.\"<br /><br />\"Read navigates his adolescent minefield of snap queens, rednecks, love, sex, family, booze, and punk rock with an astute eye for detail and a stunning capacity for compassion.\"', 'Kirk Read is a nationally syndicated journalist and performer whose work has appeared in more than one hundred publications, including <b>Out</b>, <b>Genre</b>, and <b>Christopher Street</b>.']",
"rejected": "Title: Empty Suitors: A womans caffeinated journey through a year of dates and self-discovery\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Brutal Uncut\nDescription: ['<div><B>Aiden Shaw</B>, an adult-film superstar, is the author of the bestselling memoir, <I>My Undoing</I>. He has appeared in more than 50 films and has won numerous honors for his work. (HBO's <I>Sex and the City</I> named their Aiden Shaw character after him!) He lives in London, England.</div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Modern Longbow Design & Toxophilus Longbow Design Refined By Ascham: A voice from the past\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Band Fags!\nDescription: ['\"Polito captures perfectly the acne and the angst of teen boys...with the agonies of raging hormones, lunchroom cliques...cute boys who keep their distance, and the heartbreak of adoring a female TV soap star too much.\" --Book Marks, Richard Labonte<br /><br />\"Band Fags!\" is one of those rare books you may want to read not once but, like, totally a bijillion times. --H/X Magazine<br /><br /><i>Band Fags!</i> explores the difficulties of growing up gay in the 1980s, all told with a sense of humor and affection for its characters. As you would expect from a playwright, <i>Band Fags!</i> shines with its clever dialogue and witty comments. --AfterElton<br /><br />\"If the words <i>Dallas</i>, <i>Dynasty </i>and the Go-Go\\'s resonate with you, get this book.\" --IN Los Angeles<br /><br />\"The book jacket alone is enough to make anyone who loves a man in a white uniform with red trim quiver with glee...\" --The Advocate', 'If you enjoyed <i>Band Fags! </i>be sure to check out the official sequel <i>\"A Christmas to Remember\"</i>as featured in the collection<i>Remembering Christmas.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Entertainment Weekly (July 19, 2013) Spiderman 2 - Comic Con Special\nDescription: ['Entertainment Weekly, July 19 2013']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Geography Club\nDescription: ['Provocative, insightful. (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />Lively and compelling... theres heart-palpitating romance... and theres plenty of humor in the witty writing. (Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books)<br /><br />Hartingers novel is geared toward young adults but should also speak volumes to youth allies. (Out Magazine)<br /><br />Pitch-perfect. Artful and authentic. (Horn Book Magazine)', '', \"Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School.\", \"Then his online gay chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Soon Russel meets other gay students, too. There's his best friend Min, who reveals that she is bisexual, and her soccerplaying girlfriend Terese. Then there's Terese's politically active friend, Ike.\", 'But how can kids this diverse get together without drawing attention to themselves?', '\"We just choose a club that\\'s so boring, nobody in their right mind would ever in a million years join it. We could call it Geography Club!\"', \"Brent Hartinger's debut novel, what became first of a series about Russel Middlebrook, is a fastpaced, funny, and trenchant portrait of contemporary teenagers who may not learn any actual geography in their latest club, but who learn plenty about the treacherous social terrain of high school and the even more dangerous landscape of the human heart.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Claude Monet \"Nympheas\" Notebook (8.5\" x 11\"-104 Pages): (Decorative Notebook, Appreciation Journal, Personal Diary) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Under The Big Sky: What Heaven Hath Joined Together . . . Let No Man Cut Asunder.\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: BreakFree Medicine: A Systematic and Integrative Guide to Balancing Your Body\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Miami Manhunt\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: So Long, Marianne: A Love Story includes rare material by Leonard Cohen\nDescription: ['As any Leonard Cohen fan knows, So Long, Marianne is one of his best songs, and it is about a real person. Cohen met Marianne Ihlen (then Marianne Jensen) in 1960 on the Greek island of Hydra, where her husband had abandoned her and her infant son for another woman. The coming together of Marianne and Leonard was like a slow waltz, writes Hesthamar. Ultimately, Cohen invited both mother and son to live with him back in Montreal. She accepted and became one of his literary muses. But this is also Mariannes story, from her youth in Oslo, her marriage, her life on Hydra and with Cohen in Montreal. Later, she visited the restless Cohen when he was living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, only to be told by him that his bohemian world was no place for a young mother. Hesthamar reports that Marianne moved back to Norway in the early 1970s to follow her own path. A quirky and unusual addition to the Cohen files, with previously unpublished poems, letters, and photographs. --June Sawyers', '', '', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Tin Star\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: X-15 Extending the Frontiers of Flight\nDescription: ['A history of the design and achievements of the high-speed, 1950s-era X-15 airplane is presented. The following chapters are included: A New Science; A Hypersonic Research Airplane; Conflict and Innovation; The Million-Horsepower Engine; High Range and Dry Lakes; Preparations; The Flight Program; and the Research Program. Selected biographies, flight logs and physical characteristics of the X-15 Airplane are included in the appendices.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dancing in the Arms of Orion\nDescription: ['Steve is a lifelong resident of southern New Jersey where he has worked in the Atlantic City Casino industry for the past ten years. This is Steve?s debut novel and he is in the process of writing his next literary contribution. For more information about Steve, visit www.stephenrmoore.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Marguerite Bourgeoys\nDescription: []"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Home Sweet Home\nDescription: ['Stephen R. Moore is a lifelong resident of southern New Jersey where he has worked in the Atlantic City casino industry for the past thirteen years. Home Sweet Home is his second novel. Visit www.stephenrmoore.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Stay Away From Lions\nDescription: []"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Forgotten Song\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Oregon III: Register-Guard Columns 2010-2015 (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['Bob Welch was a longtime columnist for The (Eugene, Ore.) Register-Guard, where his essays twice were recognized as the country\\'s best by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He is the author of more than 20 books, including the Oregon Book Award-finalist \"American Nightingale,\" which was featured on ABC\\'s \"Good Morning America.\" Welch is the founder/director of the Beachside Writers Workshop in Yachats, Ore., an inspirational speaker and a former adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Oregon. He lives in Eugene with his wife Sally.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood, Book 1)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling authorCharlaine HarrissSookie Stackhouse novels</b><br /><br />Its the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking youre only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven.Alan Ball, executive producer of <i>True Blood</i><br /><br />Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life.<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu, where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live...Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances.<i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i><br /><br />The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine.<i>The Denver Post</i><br /><br />Blending action, romance, and comedy, Harris has created a fully functioning world so very close to our own, except, of course, for the vamps and other supernatural creatures.<i>The Toronto Star</i>', '<b>Charlaine Harris</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBOs <i>True Blood</i>, NBCs <i>Midnight, Texas</i>, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Say What You Really Mean!: How Women Can Learn to Speak Up\nDescription: ['<span><span>Johanyak covers well-trod ground in this earnest career guide. Seeking to convey stronger and more effective ways of communicating to improve romantic, familial, and professional relationships, Johanyak pinpoints 10 distinct verbal pitfalls and gives each its own chapter of analysis and discussion. Academic studies research, magazine and news articles, anecdotal information, all are presented . . . Johanyak . . . end[s] each chapter with suggested strategies for positive change that are worth reviewing.</span></span> (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)', '<span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Debra Johanyak </span><span>is Professor of English at The University of Akron Wayne College. She is a frequent writer and speaker on how women talk to people in their lives. She has published three previous books.</span></span>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Out of the Pocket\nDescription: [\"Grade 9 UpSenior quarterback Bobby Framingham is gay and tired of keeping it a secret. He confides in a close friend who promises not to tell, and then does. Suddenly Bobby is in the spotlight, and raw emotions come into play. His best girl friend is hurt and disgusted. His coach insists that he's not really gay. His teammates' reactions range from supportive to freaked out to furious. In the meantime, his father undergoes treatment for cancer, and the football team comes together to prepare for a championship game. The sports-action sequences are well drawn and engaging, and the bond among teammates is strong. Character interactions are believable and often surprising, and Bobby is a likable narrator. A few repetitive scenes are a small price to pay for a thought-provoking, funny, and ultimately uplifting story of self-actualization that masterfully defies stereotypes about both coming out and team sports.<i>Megan Honig, New York Public Library</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Bobby Framingham is one of the top high-school quarterback prospects in California. Hes troubled, though, byhis growing realization that he is gaynot easy in the homophobic world of school sports. He confidesin his coach, a teacher, and a few friends before he isouted by an unscrupulous reporter for the school newspaper. This sets off a firestorm of national media attention, which Bobby faces bravely.At the same time, healsocomes to terms withhis fathers cancer, andhe meets a young man, whom he starts to date. At the end, Bobby finds acceptance at home, at school, and with hisfriends.Most ofthe elements in this story, told inBobbysauthentic first-person voice, ring true, from Bobbys initial struggle with his sexual identity to the sometimes hostile reaction of his teammates.Bobby's fathersillness adds an unnecessary element of melodrama, but this is a minor quibble with a thoughtful, powerful novel. Grades 9-12. --Todd Morning\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Whose Voice the Waters Heard: A WWII Novel\nDescription: ['Robert Vaughan is the author of more than 250 published works including The Valkyrie Mandate, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Andersonville, which was made into the popular TNT television mini-series. He has written westerns, romances, historicals, and adventures. A retired military officer with tours in Vietnam, Korea, and Germany, Vaughan has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Vaughan and his wife, Ruth, live in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where he is actively involved as a lay minister at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Push and a Shove: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Texas journalist Kelly delivers a pitch-perfect combination of revenge and coming-of-age story in his searing debut. Ben Reilly teaches high school English in Staten Island, N.Y., and remains scarred from the emotional and physical bullying he suffered in high school at the hands of Terrence O'Connell, a popular jock. At home, Ben's family is still reeling from the unexpected death of Ben's older sister, Mary, from a brain tumor several years earlier. Tormented by Terrence for being gay, the semi-closeted Ben is now resigned to his unfulfilling life until an unexpected act of violence at his school triggers a desire to put his demons to rest. After he tracks down Terrence, who's now a successful but unsatisfied writer in Manhattan, the two men form an unlikely and dangerous friendship as they both search for their identities. Kelly moves effortlessly through time, giving the reader firsthand glimpses into Ben's high school years as the victim of constant homophobic abuse at school, as well as his current desire to settle the score with Terrence. Equally about discovering who you are and who you're not, Kelly's novel is not to be missed. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Transvaginal Sonography\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Someone is Watching\nDescription: ['Someone Is Watching is the second novel in the Gay Youth Chronicles, written by Mark A. Roeder. Information on his current and upcoming books can be found at markroeder.com. Those wishing to contact him may reach him at markaroeder@yahoo.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: When the Meaning is Lost: The journey through the grief, the void and the choice to live fully once again after a loss\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Changing Jamie\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit\nDescription: ['<b>\"Winner of the 2006 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers\"</b><br /><br />\"Mr. Dienstag aims to rescue pessimism from the philosophical sidelines, where it has been shunted by optimists of all ideologies. The book is seductive, because pessimists are generally more engaging and entertaining than optimists, and because, as the author notes, \\'the world keeps delivering bad news.\\' It is almost tempting to throw up one\\'s hands and sign on with Schopenhauer.\"<b>---Adam Cohen, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br /><br />\"The pessimism that Joshua Foa Dienstag seeks to celebrate in his engaging book can be joyful. . . . Philosophical pessimism is an ethic that offers practices to tackle a mistaken belief in human progress. . . . His version of pessimism is of the best sort because it leads to activity.\"<b>---Mark Vernon, <i>Times Literary Supplement</i></b><br /><br />\"[An] absorbing study. . . . <i>Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit</i> examines the pessimistic tradition in all its variants--cultural, metaphysical and existential--and analyzes the works of some of its chief practitioners. . . . When at his best in making his case for the vitality and pertinence of pessimism, Mr. Dienstag may well cause readers to wonder whether they should take up pessimism as their own philosophy.\"<b>---Joseph Epstein, <i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />\"A necessary corrective to the unfettered optimism or faith in progress seen in recent world history. . . . [C]omprehensive, readable, and thought provoking.\" (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />\"Joshua Foa Dienstag\\'s rich and subtle book blows away . . . facile and narrow-minded understandings of pessimism, which invariably reduce it to little more than a mood or a character trait. Dienstag . . . holds that pessimism is a serious and coherent philosophical perspective. . . . <i>Pessimistm: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit</i> is a work of exact scholarship. . . . [T]he value of the book comes from its brilliant nuances.\"<b>---Scott McLemee, <i>Newsday</i></b><br /><br />\"Dienstag\\'s gallery of incompatibles proves that pessimists can\\'t be made to march in step, even as a coherent philosophical tradition. And the other thing that this densely argued, but always lively and engaging, book successfully proves is that pessimism works best when it drops the arguments in its favor and settles for bitter laughter.\"<b>---Lawrence Klepp, <i>Weekly Standard</i></b><br /><br />\"These studies are quite insightful. A critic might object that, in attempting to discern the limits of meliorism, pessimism fails to recognize that those limits themselves may be discerned only in hindsight. <i>Pessimism</i> might respond that this is itself another instance of those limits. . . . Highly recommended.\" (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />\"Dienstag manages to make Nietzschean pessimism seem attractive--even to optimists.\"<b>---Raymond B. Marcin, <i>Review of Politics</i></b><br /><br />\"Dienstag\\'s . . . book is not just a study in political theory but a challenge to its contemporary practice, and for this he deserves our gratitude. . . . [B]old, original and admirable.\"<b>---Ryan Patrick Hanley, <i>American Political Science Review</i></b>', '', '\"It seems that with each passing day the faith in progress becomes less sustainable, less believable, whether one consults environmental, social, or political data. The pessimistic tradition, having confronted the human situation without relying upon this faith, affords us a diverse wealth of resources for going on and even for doing worthy things. Dienstag justifies his dramatic claim that we have been ignoring the pessimistic tradition to our own impoverishment. But his articulation of this tradition, as befits the pessimistic spirit, is provisional and an invitation to others to join in its exploration. There is no other book quite like Dienstag\\'s.\"--<b>Melissa A. Orlie, University of Illinois</b>', '\"I think this book is successful in what it sets out to do. It is extremely ambitious: it seeks to recast European political thought over the last 300 years and to make that recasting appealing to contemporary readers. I concur with most of the analyses and in all cases they are creative and enlightening.\"--<b>Tracy Strong, University of California, San Diego</b>', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Something Like Winter (Volume 3)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Facing Mortality\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: I am Not Gay\nDescription: [\"Jay Argent is a novelist in his thirties who lives a peaceful life with his husband. His favorite hobbies are music, movies, and romantic novels. He obtained a degree in engineering in 2001 and built a successful career in a management consulting firm. Using his own high school and college experiences as inspiration, he is now pursuing his true passion of writing.<br /><br />For the convenience of readers, all Jay Argent's novels are copy-edited and proofread by a team of professionals before they are published. If you have any feedback, you can contact him by email at <i>jay.argent@outlook.com</i>. He very much looks forward to hearing from you.<br /><br />jayargent.com<br />facebook.com/JayArgentBooks<br />twitter.com/JayArgentBooks\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Big Wet Balloon: TOON Level 2\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 2These books explore the ups and downs of family life. In Peas, four chapters show Patrick and his parents in humorous conflict over vegetables, chores, baths, and bedtime. Patrick's imaginative naughtiness comes alive in Hayes's detailed colored pencil drawings, and the young bear's antics may remind readers of Calvin, Dennis the Menace, and other comic scamps. In Balloon, an older sister exuberantly bosses her younger sister in a series of rainy-day escapades, whileLiniers's ink and watercolor illustrations convey each of the sisters' emotions, from enthusiasm to trepidation and even gleeful disgust at mucky worms. These easy readers feature familiar environments, a limited number of characters, and vocabulary that will gently challenge young readers with words like beautiful and sound effects like burble burble. While the expressive thought bubbles, dynamic panel layouts, and perfect pacing make both titles enjoyable first comics, they may be even more successful in beginning-reader collections serving younger children.Sarah Stone, San Francisco Public Library(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", 'In its continuing effort to expand the boundaries of American comics, TOON Books brings Argentine cartoonist Liniers into its stable of accomplished creators. Liniers draws on the gentle humor of his experimental Spanish-language strip Macanudo in this story of an older sister initiating her younger sister into the joys of a rainy Saturday. Little Clemmie can only express herself by repeating older Matildas words, but it is clear that shes dubious about charging into the pouring rain and running beneath thundering clouds. Finally lured out and approaching a rainbow, Clemmie loses her beloved red balloon, thanks to Matildas enthusiasm, but all is well by the end in a conclusion that seems plucked out of parental fantasy. Liniers tells a quiet story that taps into moments of childhood life in a way that few comics manage (or bother to try), augmented by a color palette that creates a deep sense of mood, warm line work, and characters visually reminiscent of Bill Keanes classic Family Circus. An uncommonly family-friendly tale, great for parents to share with their kids. Grades K-2. --Jesse Karp']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Swimmer Boy\nDescription: [\"Jay Argent is a novelist in his thirties who lives a peaceful life with his husband. His favorite hobbies are music, movies, and romantic novels. He obtained a degree in engineering in 2001 and built a successful career in a management consulting firm. Using his own high school and college experiences as inspiration, he is now pursuing his true passion of writing.<br /><br />For the convenience of readers, all Jay Argent's novels are copy-edited and proofread by a team of professionals before they are published. If you have any feedback, you can contact him by email at <i>jay.argent@outlook.com</i>. He very much looks forward to hearing from you.<br /><br />jayargent.com<br />facebook.com/JayArgentBooks<br />twitter.com/JayArgentBooks\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lena Glckskind\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Being True\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: You Are Invisible\nDescription: ['This book contains the following 11 essays and lectures: I\"The Leaves Must Fall\"; II\"Your Success Mechanism\"; III \"You Are A Potential\"; IV \"Discover Yourself\"; V \"Your Inherent Wisdom\"; VI \"Profitable Thinking\"; VII \"Let Nothing Deter You\"; VIII \"Why, What, And Where Are You?\"; IX \"Questions Have Answers\"; X \"What Is Truth?\"; and, XI \"Immeasurable Mind\". From book\\'s back cover: \"Dr. Barker took his ministerial training at the Unity School of Christianity, Lee\\'s Summit, Missouri, where he was ordained in 1940. He later affiliated with Religious Science, and at the request of Dr. Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, opened The First Church of Religious Science in New York City in 1946. Dr. Barker served as President of the International New Thought Alliance from 1943 to 1946. Later he served as President of Religious Science International from 1954 to 1957, and again from 1959 to 1962. Well known throughout the New Thought movement for his writings and lectures, Dr. Barker has spoken in every major city in the United States, as well as in Europe and South Africa. His many books and pamphlets, which have enjoyed steady sales through the years, have touched the lives of thousands of readers in all walks of life.\"', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Beautiful\nDescription: ['Mark A. Roeder is the author of over fifty novels, as well as numerous other works. He currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Washcloth Stinks: Silly Comics\nDescription: [\"Lonnie Millsap's number one love has always been drawing cartoons that could make people laugh. In 2009 he founded Rollyhead Publishing and published his first book of cartoons called My Washcloth Stinks!-an accumulation of some of the cartoons that he's drawn through the years. While Lonnie calls his book <quote>the self-proclaimed funniest cartoon book in cartoon book history and a runaway success,<quote> he still toils daily in mid-management and draws cartoons in the borders of his paperwork on a daily basis. He is currently working on his second book of cartoons due at the end of 2010.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</quote></quote>\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Strings Attached (Tales from Ballena Beach)\nDescription: ['<strong>Book Description:</strong> Closeted teenager Jeremy is sent to live with wealthy relatives after his mother enters rehab. Struggling to fit into the posh world of Ballena Beach, Jeremy joins the high school swim team, dates a popular girl, and begins to think he may have landed in paradiseuntil his great aunt Katharine starts to dictate his every move and a late-night phone call insinuates that his fathers accidental death was not so accidental after all. <br /><br />As Jeremy grows accustomed to the veneer of a fabulous life, so grows his need for answersas well as the danger of immeasurable harm. Weaving together a murder mystery, sexual ambiguity, and characters with hidden identities and agendas , Nick Nolan offers readers a deliciously witty page-turner about the puppet who wishes only to be a real boy. Strings Attached is also a surprisingly heartfelt story about coming-of-age and coming outnot necessarily in that order.<br />', '', '<strong>Nick Nolan:</strong> I set out to create someone with a dazzling character arc; someone that people--gay or straight--could relate to and root for. And I\\'ve always loved the sort of conflict that arises with a \"fish out of water\" storyline--watching how someone adapts to a cataclysmic life change is fascinating. And one\\'s teen years are inherently cataclysmic, so poor Jeremy is nearly overwhelmed. He goes from being poor and fatherless and hopeless to rich and fabulous and sought-after--but still miserable because he isn\\'t being himself. I believe that he\\'s a protagonist that most people will sympathize with.', '<strong>Question:</strong> <em>Strings Attached</em> touches on themes of betrayal, greed, wealth, lust, beauty, love, and temptation. That is a lot for a young man to deal with. Would you explain how you weave these into the plot?', '<strong>Nick Nolan:</strong> Lust is desire mixed with obsession, and many of the characters in this story can\\'t separate the two--sometimes to their great detriment. Each of these elements is related: those in possession of beauty and wealth can tempt those without to lust and temptation and greed, but seldom to love. These are all tied-up inside the human experience of \"wanting.\" In the book, Jeremy\\'s father tells him--in a dream--that one needs to be selfish with respect to what one needs, but to pursue judiciously that which one wants--it\\'s a paradox that few ever take the time to understand.', \"<strong>Question:</strong> Your book is a loose reinvention of the classic Pinocchio story. Would you tell us a little more about your connection with the Pinocchio tale, and your decision to work it into your story? Who is struggling with 'strings attached'?\", \"<strong>Nick Nolan:</strong> Pinocchio is a great tale, which is why everyone remembers it; I think it reflects the pan-human desire to become a better version of ourselves--the wish to become our ideal. So I studied the original story, written by Carlo Collodi many years before that famous cartoon movie. His book seems like a fairy tale, but scholars will tell you that it is steeped in social commentary--and so is my book. Jeremy really is a puppet of the adults around him--with the exception of Arthur, who plays the Blue Fairy; Arthur anticipates his every need, and at the end of the book when we find-out his true identity we learn how important his contact with Jeremy truly is. I have a villain who echoes the original antagonist in Collodi's book, and I've made more plausible that wishing on a star business--I draw a parallel between that and the old Greek and Roman belief that the constellations were the gods, to whom they prayed for protection and guidance. And finally, there is a very believable twist on the original puppet's nose-growing; something similar happens when Jeremy lies...but that's a bit graphic for this interview.\", 'Suffice to say that the Pinocchio parallels are there, but the similarities are subtle--and the story stands on its own without revealing them. And as for who is struggling with \"strings attached\"... at first one thinks that these bind Jeremy only, and then it becomes clear later on that everyone, except Arthur, in the story struggles against them, because every major theme in the story--beauty, wealth, love, betrayal, lust, greed and temptation--has consequences, or \"strings,\" attached to it.', '<strong>Question:</strong> Nick, who is your target audience? Who would enjoy reading your book?', \"<strong>Nick Nolan:</strong> Initially my target audience was youngish gay men, but I've been pleasantly surprised that the appeal of <em>Strings Attached</em> crosses boundaries of age and gender and sexual preference... probably because it's a coming-of-age story; this particular genre endures because those years are burned into every adult's psyche. And who doesn't relate to struggle, and misfortune, and learning to stand up for yourself? Enjoying a good read has little to do with how old you are or whom you sleep with--everyone loves a page-turner when the hero stands victorious at the end.\", '', '<b>WINNER</b>: <i>ForeWord Magazine</i> 2006 <b>Book of the Year for Gay/Lesbian Fiction, 1st Place</b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Probability Tutoring Book Revised Printing\nDescription: ['Mathematics/Statistics and Probability The Probability TutoringBook Revised Printing An Intuitive Course for Engineers andScientists (and everyone else!) Thousands of engineers and studentshave used and praised The Calculus Tutoring Book by Bob and CarolAsh. In fact, it is the most successful IEEE Press Book publishedin the last ten years. Now, Carol Ash lends the intuitive approachand practical examples of The Calculus Tutoring Book to the appliedmathematics course most commonly taught within engineeringdepartments! Key Features Include:<br />* Carefully chosen, engineer-sensitive problems that give studentsimmediate practice on the rules presented<br />* Worked-out solutions that let students know exactly how they getthe answer<br />* Important topics from calculus are covered - providing just theright amount of review material students may need to continue<br />* Warnings that prevent students from making the various commonmistakes collected by the author over the years<br />Also Available from IEEE Press ... The Calculus Tutoring Book byCarol Ash and Robert B. Ash, University of Illinois \"...succeedsnicely as a supplement to standard textbooks and a vehicle forself-study: the text is clear and easy to read, topics aremotivated by their applications, and examples are worked indetail.\" -Science Books and Films This book fills an educationalvoid by adapting unique classroom-tested techniques that studentsfind most congenial...that strip the shroud of mystery from an\"esoteric\" subject...that prepare students for applications ofcalculus in later courses. 1986 544 pp hardcover IEEE order no.PC0177-6 ISBN 0-87942-183-5 softcover IEEE order no. PP0177-6 ISBN0-7803-1044-6 Real Variables With Basic Metric Space Topology byRobert B. Ash, University of Illinois Designed specifically as afirst course in real analysis, this book covers all standardmaterial needed for successful work in measure theory, differentialequations, functional analysis, and probability. The bookemphasizes learning fundamentals through concrete, understandablelanguage and exercises that stress key concepts. In addition, RealVariables features detailed calculations involving algebraicmanipulation, definitions that can be easily applied to explicitexamples, and solutions to all exercises. 1993 232 pp hardcoverIEEE order no. PC0304-6 ISBN 0-7803-0408-X', '', 'Carol Ash is the author of The Probability Tutoring Book: An Intuitive Course for Engineers and Scientists - and Everyone Else! - , Revised Printing, published by Wiley.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Draw the Line\nDescription: ['Gr 9 Up-Gay, geeky, artistic: all traits that Adrian feels he has to hide to make it through the day in his Texas high school. His sanctuary is his graphic novel, published anonymously online, which he hasn\\'t even shared fully with his closest friends. When he steps up to aid a boy who can\\'t help but attract the kind of attention Adrian is trying so hard to avoid, all his secrets start coming out. Enlivened with expressive art, this debut novel beautifully captures the voice of a teen walking the line of being out to his friends but not anyone else. Adrian is intensely likable, and the exploration of the \"gay but not that kind of gay\" place many people inhabit respects the reasoning and punctures the internalized homophobia in naturalistic, nonpreachy ways. The swoony romance is a delightful lightener of the story. There is also a nuanced dive into the complexities of being honest online. How Adrian speaks his truth affects the people he depicts, a consideration that we all must make in the confessional digital age. Unfortunately, while Adrian and his white male classmates are quite richly drawn (even the bullies), his friend Audrey is painted in broad sassy-black-sidekick strokes. VERDICT A welcome addition to collections depicting LGBTQ youth, but not an essential text.-L. Lee Butler, Hart Middle School, Washington, DC(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '<i>Draw the Line</i> is a mind-blowing riot of a good time. A perfect book for fans of 21st century sci-fi and superheroes that needs to be a movie right now! (Jonathan Maberry, Multiple Bram Stoker Award Winner and New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin)<br /><br />* A powerful debut . . . A diverse cast and an emotionally rich plot make this a gripping journey of self-discovery, romance, art making, and justice. (<i>Publishers Weekly, starred review</i>)<br /><br />* A diverse landscape . . . is robust rather than a flat reaction to pleads for diversity. A definite draw for comic-book fans, it will resonate with anyone struggling with a concealed or revealed identity. . . . Bravo. (<i>Kirkus Reviews, starred review</i>)<br /><br />* While its ingeniously plotted, its best aspect is its characterization, especially its multidimensional treatment of Adrian and his friends; they come alive and drive the narrative to its satisfying conclusion. (<i>Booklist, starred review</i>)<br /><br />Enlivened with expressive art, this debut novel beautifully captures the voice of a teen. (<i>School Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />Laurent Linn had me at gay superheroand kept me glued to the page with his thoughtful storytelling and genre-defying art. Its not a graphic novel. Its not a <i>novel</i>-novel. Its <i>Draw the Line</i>, and its unmissable. (Tim Federle, author of The Great American Whatever)<br /><br />This groundbreaking book will make the world a better place for all readers. It is a magnificent work of art! (Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Chains, Speak, and Wintergirls)<br /><br />* Laurent Linn\\'s debut YA novel combines graphic novel and prose formats for a funny, sexy and moving experience. (<i>Shelf Awareness, starred review</i>)<br /><br />\"This novel is at times both laugh-out-loud funny and very touching.LGBT readers will find affirmation and support here.Other readers will find a good story, relatable characters, and insight into the trials and tribulations of LGBT students.\" (<i>School Library Connection</i>)', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: True Letters from a Fictional Life\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpSeventeen-year-old James reveals his true self only in letters he keeps locked away and never intends to send. As far as everyone knows, popular athlete James is happy with his sort-of girlfriend, Theresa. But James\\'s letters tell a different story: James is pretty sure he is gay. The only problem is that he is surrounded by people who seem like they might not react well to that news. His friends frequently use homophobic slurs, and his parents say things like they are glad he is \"normal,\" not like his gay classmate who had his skull cracked recently. James meets Topher, whom he secretly starts dating, and considers coming out to his friends and family. But before he can, someone steals some of his letters and starts the process for him. Logan shines at creating strong, nuanced characters who behave realistically and unpredictably. Despite their tendency to trash-talk and their reliance on horrible slurs, James and his friends have deep, meaningful, complex bonds. The protagonist\\'s story is about struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. While he knows who he really is, he is uncomfortable with facing this. In a letter to God, James asks him for \"a cure for boys who like other boys.\" Though readers may be turned off by the near-constant homophobia that permeates the story, Logan\\'s look at a boy reconciling his private and public selves is well written and affecting. VERDICT A solid addition to the LGBTQIA+ field.Amanda MacGregor, Great River Regional Library, Saint Cloud, MN', 'A funny and realistic coming-out tale The rounded characters deal with betrayal and honesty and love and near tragedy in ways teen readers, gay or straight, will recognize. Just the right touch of humor, mystery, drama, and romance should earn this a place on every teen bookshelf. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />We need stories that give courage to kids struggling to be honest with themselves and others about who they are. Logan tells one that will give you hope and make you laugh. (Robbie Rogers, LA Galaxy midfielder, former midfielder for the US National Soccer Team)<br /><br />James and his friends have deep, meaningful, complex bonds... Logans look at a boy reconciling his private and public selves is well written and affecting. (School Library Journal)<br /><br />Logan handles his material exceptionally well, building suspense as he dramatizes both the downside of being in the closet and the realistic complications of coming out, while creating, in James, an unusually thoughtful and sympathetic character... [a] satisfying debut. (Booklist)<br /><br />A wonderful book that will encourage young readers to seek authenticity and stand up for their true selves LGBT teens, as well as straight, will recognize much of their lives in this story. Highly recommended. (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))<br /><br />Logan tackles the complexities of coming out thoughtfully, presenting realistic (and not always fully supportive) responses to Jamess revelation. (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />[James] painful, funny experiences with family, love, and friends will resonate with many teens. (Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books)', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Whatever.: or how junior year became totally f$@cked\nDescription: ['', '<b>Goslees portrayal of this existential crisis is as humorous as it is grounding.</b> All the feelings of disbelief and anxiety that one might expect are delivered in the way only a 16-year-old boy could articulate... Recommended for young adults who enjoy realistic fiction such as Bryan Lee OMalleys Scott Pilgrim series or books by John Green, Adam Silvera, or John Corey Whaley. <i>School Library Journal</i>, <b>starred review</b>', 'Lets face it, dudes and dudettes: Goslees debut is seriously cool... Everything is just right: the tone, the style, the right-on dialogue, the characterization, the apposite amount of angsty drama, the pace of the genuinely sweet-spirited story. Fans of David Levithans <i>Boy Meets Boy</i> (2003) and Becky Albertallis <i>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</i> (2015) wont be disappointed. <i>Booklist</i>, <b>starred review </b>', 'Goslees Mike is a typical teenage boy, and she captures his voice effortlessly... <b>This is a delightful story that many young people need to hear</b>that it is okay to be different and it is even better to be yourself. <i>VOYA </i>', 'The third-person narrative moves quickly with plenty of realistic teen banter... A humorous account of a teens reluctant and awkward journey to acceptance of his emerging bisexuality. <i>Kirkus Reviews </i>', '', \"<b>S. J. Goslee</b> graduated from West Chester University with a BA in Literature and a minor in Creative Writing. She's been writing fan fiction in multiple fandoms for over a decade, amounting to more than 140 stories and a million words. <i>Whatever.</i> is her debut novel. She lives in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, with her husband, two young sons, three cats, and two dogs (one giant, one tiny).\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fortresses of Savannah Georgia: Images of America\nDescription: ['John Walker Guss, a graduate of the University of Georgia and a standing member in the Directors Guild of America, is currently the site assistant manager at Fort James Jackson, National Historic Landmark. Through extensive research and interviews with local historians he has rediscovered many forts which are quickly disappearing into the grounds from which they arose. His deep passion for military history has drawn him to publishing the first collective pictorial history of all the fortifications around Savannah, including those that stand today and those that once stood over 200 years ago. Fortresses of Savannah is a must-have for military history enthusiasts and Savannahians of all ages.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Been Here All Along: He's in Love with the Boy Next Door\nDescription: [\"Gr 9 UpAn endearing and heartwarming narrative that is realistic and reflective. Kyle and Gideon have happily been best friends and next-door neighbors for much of their lives. However, Gideon unexpectedly develops romantic feelings for Kyle but is unsure as to how to proceed because Kyle is currently in a long-term relationship with Ruby. Told from each character's first-person perspective, the novel presents the complicated process of self-discovery, social acceptance, and, ultimately, love. Readers follow Kyle, Gideon, and Ruby as they attempt to navigate unfamiliar terrain that could jeopardize their current relationships. Those who appreciate strong male protagonists who are quirky, queer, or questioning will enjoy this stand-alone title with broad appeal. Hall expertly captures the nuances of LGBTQ life in an authentic and positive manner. Themes such as honesty, trust, logic, and love are explored throughout. The characters are likable, and their emotions are sure to resonate with readers. Read-alikes include Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, David Levithan and John Green's Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and Jaye Robin Brown's Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit. VERDICT This coming-of-age drama of discovering love in unlikely places is tender, accessible, and recommended for most library collections.Katie Flynn, Williston Northampton School Library, MA\", '', '\"It really was everything I had hoped it would be. . . If you need a <b>cute romance</b> to end your summer with, read this. <b>Its sweet. Its adorable. Its full of emotions. Its one of the best romances Ive ever read,</b> and Ill be reading this one again multiple times.\" <i>Here\\'s to Happy Endings</i>', '\"This book is <b>sweet and fun and all sorts of adorable</b>. It was a typical, simple high school romance, but it was kind of nice to see one of those with LGBT characterswithout a lot of angsty complications. . . <b>If youre a fan of cute YA romance, this book will hit the spot</b>.\" <i>Feed Your Fiction Addiction</i>', '\"Such <b>a fun, adorable read</b> . . . another fun addition to Halls repertoire of swoonworthy reads.\" <i>Good Books & Good Wine</i>', '\"<b>Atmospheric and heart-warming</b> . . . [Kyle and Gideon] have the kind of friendship we all wish we had. They know one another to the core of their beings. I have some real friendship goals right now, because of the two of them.\" <i>Hit Or Miss Books</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Charlotte Lives!: Because He Lives I Can Face Tomorrow\nDescription: ['Lucy Karen Clay is the author of Charlotte Lives! ~ Because He Lives I Can Face Tomorrow as told by Rachel Rivers. She also authored Simplicity ~ Stories of His Love as written by Simplicity Moore. Lucy lives in a small cottage in Nashville, Tennessee, received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior when she was five years old, and is a graduate of Baylor University. Since 1988 she has dedicated her work to literacy and education for children and adults who learn differently. She loves to paint and spend time at Radnor Lake. When she met the love of her life who was a Jewish follower of Messiah, he did not know if he would have two good months or years, but the Lord gave them five, the number of GRACE. Now that he has entered heaven, she is embracing LIFE and is also an advocate for those who are facing end of life decisions. She is available for speaking engagements related to education and pro life initiatives. You may write to her at: Lucy Karen Clay PO Box 150752 Nashville, TN 37215 For more information about these issues and for paintings, note cards and gifts, please visit www.TheSimplicityProject.org', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe\nDescription: ['\"Benjamin Alire Saenz is a writer with a sidewinder punch. Spare sentences connect resonant moments, and then he knocks you down with emotional truth. The story of Ari and Dante\\'s friendship widens and twists like a river, revealing truths about how hard love is, how family supports us, and how painfully deep you have to go to uncover an authentic self.\"--Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of \"What I Saw and How I Lied\"<br /><br />\"Primarily a character- and relationship-driven novel, written with patient and lyrical prose that explores the boys\\' emotional lives with butterfly-wing delicacy.\"--\"Bulletin of the Center for Children\\'s Books\"<br /><br />* \"A tender, honest exploration of identity and sexuality, and a passionate reminder that love--whether romantic or familial--should be open, free, and without shame.\"--Publishers Weekly, starred review<br /><br />* \"Authentic teen and Latino dialogue should make it a popular choice.\"--School Library Journal, starred review<br /><br />* \"Meticulous pacing and finely nuanced characters underpin the author\\'s gift for affecting prose that illuminates the struggles within relationships.\"--Kirkus Reviews, starred review<br /><br />\"Saenez writes toward the end of the novel that \"to be careful with people and words was a rare and beautiful thing.\" And that\\'s exactly what Saenez does--he treats his characters carefully, giving them space and time to find their place in the world, and to find each other...those struggling with their own sexuality may find it to be a thought-provoking read.\"--Booklist<br /><br />\"Saenz has written the greater love story, for his is the story of loving one\\'s self, of love between parents and children, and of the love that builds communities, in addition to the deepening love between two friends.\"--VOYA<br /><br />\"Ari\\'s first-person narrative--poetic, philosophical, honest--skillfully develops the relationship between the two boys from friendship to romance.\"--The Horn Book<br /><br />\"Saenz is a master at capturing the conversation of teens with each other and with the adults in their lives.\"--Library Media Connection, Recommended<br /><br />\"This book took my breath away. What gorgeous writing, and what a story! I loved both these boys. And their parents! Don\\'t we all wish we had parents like theirs? The ending - and the way it unfolded - was so satisfying. I could go on and on...suffice it to say I will be highly recommending it to one and all. I\\'m sure I\\'ll reread it myself at some point. I hated having it end.\"--James Howe, Author of Addie on the Inside', 'Benjamin Alire Senz is an author of poetry and prose for adults and teens. He is the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Book Award for his books for adults. <i>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</i> was a Printz Honor Book, the Stonewall Award winner, the Pura Belpre Award winner, the Lambda Literary Award winner, and a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. His first novel for teens, <i>Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood</i>, was an ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book for teens, <i>He Forgot to Say Goodbye</i>, won the Toms Rivera Mexican American Childrens Book Award, the Southwest Book Award, and was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. He teaches creative writing at the University of Texas, El Paso.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Dream Book: Discover What Your Dreams Reveal about You and Your Life (Book Cover May Vary)\nDescription: ['Gillian Holloway has a Ph.D. in psychology and has been working with dream analysis for more than 20 years. She has compiled a comprehensive database of over 28,000 dreams through her website. She teaches college courses in dream psychology and intuition at Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon. She lives in Vancouver, Washington.', 'Excerpt from Chapter 1<br /><br />The Dream You Can\\'t Forget<br />The dreams in this chapter include themes that are reported to me most often and answer questions that many have asked. Although there are individual variations of these themes, I\\'ve included and commented on the general interpretations that are most often meaningful. You will probably recognize several of these dreams as identical to or very similar to your own. This doesn\\'t guarantee that you are going through identical experiences as the dreamers in my practice and database; however, it is likely that some of the same stresses are impacting you or that your own high standards or particular set of coping strategies may be accentuating certain aspects of your experience.<br /><br />With respect to these modern dreams, folkloric interpretations tend to present confusing explanations that don\\'t hold true for large numbers of people. (Many people have heard, for example, that dreams of losing teeth mean that a member of your family is about to die.) Psychological interpretations borrowed from early psychotherapists tend to focus on potential symptoms of illness or dysfunction. The approach offered in this book is different in that we start with commonly reported themes; the life situations of the dreamers who reported them; and the stresses, feelings, and hopes they experienced. Where certain factors are consistent, I\\'ve formulated interpretations that have been widely endorsed by students, clients, and research participants.<br /><br />Each dream in this chapter is like a road sign with a somewhat universal meaning. Some of those signs say, \"Slow down, you\\'re working too hard,\" while others say, \"Draw the line and stand your ground.\" Understanding your dreams is often a matter of reading these signs and considering what they imply in your situation. By recognizing what parts of our lives and feelings are reflected in our dreams, we become better able to cope with challenges and use opportunities to greater advantage.<br /><br />Each of these classic dreams is described as it is most often reported, followed by an explanation of what it means. Don\\'t be disturbed if your dream is slightly different. After you read the information on the dream, the significance of any differences you notice between the dream described and your dream will make intuitive sense to you. Try on this information as you would a hat: decide how it looks and feels to you and don\\'t let it obscure your point of view.<br /><br />It is important that you maintain your authority to gauge how well any interpretation matches your situation and feelings. While the most probable meaning of each dream is given, you remain the ultimate authority on your own life-your case may be different. Most people have no trouble discerning when an interpretation makes sense to them because they feel astonished, excited, or relieved when an explanation is accurate. By keeping an open mind and trusting your common sense and gut reactions, you will get the most from these descriptions.<br /><br />Unprepared for the Exam <br />It\\'s a familiar theme for many people. You go into an examination room for a test, such as a high school or college final. Upon opening the test materials, you realize that through some crazy mix-up you registered for this class but completely forgot to attend any of the lectures. It\\'s too late to do anything about it and explaining what happened is out of the question. Who would believe this kind of oversight?<br /><br />Strangely enough, people who dream of being unprepared for an exam are actually the folks least likely to go into any arena unprepared to excel. For that reason, I sometimes refer to this as \"the overachiever\\'s nightmare.\" It is common for both men and women, usually between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-five. People who have carved out high-profile careers and those who have high standards of excellence in what they do are those most likely to have this dream sporadically throughout adulthood. This theme often arises when an individual moves forward into a higher level of performance or takes on responsibilities that increase what he expects of himself.<br /><br />Since this person rarely fails at what he does, the dreams are not warnings of impending mistakes. Instead, they illustrate how accountable the dreamer feels for the success or failure of the projects around him. This theme dramatizes the individual\\'s belief that performance is crucial to achievement and preparation is necessary in order to perform well in situations that test your knowledge and judgment.<br /><br />This perspective is realistic and works well in life; however, there can be an edge of anxiety present beneath the high performance. Sometimes this person expects too much of himself, for instance, feeling he should know the answers to material he has never studied. Although real-life situations bear little resemblance to the examination chamber of these dreams, positions of responsibility, promotions, and other spotlight situations tend to catalyze this dream.<br /><br />This dream can act as a barometer of internal pressure. As someone who handles numerous tasks well, you may not always know when to say \"enough already.\" The no-win scenario of the test can let you know when you feel you\\'ve signed up for too many things at once. Since you set yourself up for dramatic high-pressure situations, you also have the option of taking a more moderate approach to your accomplishments. You are probably so far ahead of the pack that no one will even notice the difference if you set your sights on being a happy mortal instead of a frazzled superhero.<br /><br />Not Enough Credits to Graduate <br />You are called back to high school or college because it\\'s been discovered you missed a particular course and have to make it up immediately. This discovery places your status as a graduate in jeopardy and could also nullify your other credentials. Ultimately, your job and entire lifestyle could be at risk. Feeling a keen sense of frustration and embarrassment, you plunge into school again, wondering how things like this happen and hoping you can clean it all up before anyone finds out.<br /><br />Men and women both have this dream; however, it is most common among people between the ages of thirty-five and fifty who have a definite career focus. This is a dream about progress and the factors that make it tougher to get into the arena where you really want to operate. The graduation represents crossing a mental threshold into another level in your career, a different sort of relationship, or a more satisfying lifestyle. The thing that really blocks the progress is a lack of credit, which translates into lack of awareness of past accomplishments. This dream is particularly common to highly creative people who secretly feel their gifts are flukes and fail to realize they have earned and are entitled to the results of their efforts.<br /><br />Maybe you do not truly give yourself credit for significant accomplishments and knowledge. There may even be some area in which you hold yourself back by doing tasks or staying with experiences you have already outgrown. Although you are likely a risk-taker who can summon the enthusiasm to meet a challenge, it\\'s possible that you come across as much more confident than you really feel.<br /><br />When we are striving toward a goal, there is often a particular thing that we would prefer not to address or some aspect of our lives that we resist changing. It is almost as if you would do anything but that one thing in order to fulfill your goals. This is a time to open up and become willing to do the things you\\'ve avoided so far. Use this dream as a checkpoint, like a thirty-thousand-mile tune up, to realistically update your position and options. It\\'s time to dwell not only on your accomplishments, but also on the purpose, passion, and desire that motivate you to graduate to bigger and better things.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Iraq in a Nutshell\nDescription: [\"As entertaining as it is informative. --David Pecchia, Freelance Reviewer<br /><br />Ms. Roraback's Iraq in a Nutshell as well as her entire Nutshell Note series should be required reading in our Public Schools. Ms. Rorabacks' written work will open the eyes of readers wishing to learn and experience the present Middle East including information regarding its origin, social and cultural way of life. The Iraq in a Nutshell book is extremely organized, professional and informative. Ms. Roraback has a profound way of sharing information while being completely objective both politically and religiously . Our present perceptions of the Middle East are generally based on both myth and stereotype. Ms. Roraback has managed to show us a new a clear image of a people and land we know little about. I highly recommended this reading. --Danny Burke, Palisades Book Club\", 'Amanda Roraback is the author of the Nutshell Notes book series that includes Afghanistan in a Nutshell, Iraq in a Nutshell, (both LA Times Bestsellers), Islam in a Nutshell, Pakistan in a Nutshell, Israel-Palestine in a Nutshell, Iran in a Nutshell, and China in a Nutshell. Roraback currently teaches Middle East and World History at Santa Monica College and has acted as a technical reviewer for books on Middle East history (such as The Everything Middle East Book). Amanda, has traveled to more than 40 countries and has worked as a public speaker and media specialist on a number of international topics.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Caught Inside\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: All You Need for a Snowman\nDescription: ['While this deceptively simple book starring children building a snowman is ultimately about community-how human beings, no matter how small, can help each other create something bigger than themselves-youngsters will find the lilting language and action-filled illustrations to be just plain fun. Schertle\\'s (How Now, Brown Cow?) text deftly describes what goes into making a snowman: \"Billions of snowflakes/ piled in a mound,/ pat them/ and pack them/ and roll them/ around/ into one big ball.\" Her refrain-\"That\\'s all you need for a snowman. Except...\"-encourages readers to turn the page for each new component. The watercolors, meanwhile, feature children in padded winter jackets who work together. As in childhood, the snowman looms larger than life. As they roll that \"one big ball,\" for example, the children appear to be hugging the edge of a snow-white planet. They place saucer-size bottle caps on the snowman\\'s face-\"Surprise!/ Snowman\\'s eyes!\"-and add a broom taller than a house. The completed snowman is so huge that the book needs to be turned sideways to view it. Lavallee\\'s illustrations, in the style of her work in Mama, Do You Love Me?, emphasize the children\\'s profiles, shadowing one half of each face as if each character possessed both light and dark skin. A wintertime treat. Ages 2-5.<br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'PreSchool-Working cooperatively, the children of this snow-clad chalet village build two huge snowmen. In colorful winter clothing, these plump and squat kids, with their two-toned faces, swarm the white pages as step-by-step they create a snowman so big that readers must turn the page sideways for a full view. The text is bouncy and light, and rolls along like hand-packed snow. A heavy use of the word \"except\" entices children on to the next page. Finally, they see two snowmen of Paul Bunyan proportions. The skill of both the author and the artist gives this book energy. Toddlers will be thoroughly satisfied.<br /><i>Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI</i><br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Under the Stars\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives (Asia in the New Millennium)\nDescription: ['\"There is a sore need for a work which introduces the diverse strands of contemporary Chinese political thinking to an anglophone audience, and this book is the best I\\'ve seen so far. <I>Contemporary Chinese Political Thought</I> shows that there are lively and intellectually rigorous debates in Chinese political theory.\"<I>Daniel A. Bell, Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University</I><P>\"A splendid example of the need now to go beyond merely learning about the Chinese to appreciating that we may well have much to learn from them. As we all struggle to re-think political ideas of liberty, democracy, international relations and social justice, the intellectually sophisticated essays gathered here offer a multiplicity of differing interpretations of these ideasoften against a Confucian backgroundthat are not found in most contemporary Western writings on them, thus providing us with a far richer perspective from which to analyze and evaluate differing solutions proposed for the manifold political problems facing our increasingly fragile economic, political and social worlds in the age of globalization. All of the essays are accessible to the non-initiate, aided by an excellent introduction by Dallmayr.\"<I>Henry Rosemont Jr., Brown University</I><P>\"This intelligent anthology is a most welcome intervention at a time when Chinese power and influence has increased exponentially to reconfigure the economic, political, and indeed, cultural order of the world. The editorspolitical philosophers Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyanghave drawn upon the most timely work of a distinguished assembly of scholars from different corners of the globe to engage one of the defining questions of our time: Whither China? And the answer is a complex and heterogonous set of arguments that the Chinese future, true to its own enduring tradition, will be a confluence of some kindand there is a rich difference of opinion here on what kindbetween the currents flowing from its past as they encounter the strong eddies of a Western modernity that continue to play along the Chinese shore.\"<I>Roger T. Ames, University of Hawai\\'i</I><P>\"This book provides one of the first platforms for a more balanced view on China and serious academic communication between Chinese and US scholars. Stella Xu, Roanoke College\"<I>Pacific Affairs</I><P>\"Dallmayr and Zhao are to be congratulated for having assembled such a thought-provoking set of essays...By collecting in one place the work of scholars located in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, and the United States, and by presenting their scholarship in English, the editors help to enable a still-more-inclusive and global debate about what is distinctive about Chinese poltical thinking todayand about what we can all learn from these efforts to \"rethink China.\"Stephen C. Angle, <I>Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy</I><P>\"Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives, presents a vital new source that promises to help untie some of these knots complicating China\\'s ties with its immediate neighbors and other major powers.\"<I>Swaran Singh, The Hindu</I><P>\"This anthology,<I> </I>edited by Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang, contains deep analyses by academics in Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Australia, and the United States.\"Walter C. Clements, author of <I>North Korea and the World: Human Rights, Arms Control, and Strategies for Negotiation</I>', '<B>Fred Dallmayr</B>, Emeritus Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including <I>Return to Nature? An Ecological Counterhistory</I>.<br><br><B>Zhao Tingyang</B>, researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and professor at Capital Normal University, is the author of <I>Studies of a Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy</I>.']"
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"chosen": "Title: That One Kid Who Freaked Out, Or Whatever\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Nelvana of the Northern Lights\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: 151 Days\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: I Am Famous\nDescription: [\"PreS-KKiely, a curly haired, dark-skinned preschooler, is certain that she is famous. She sings, dances, and acts for her adoring fans (her parents). They take pictures and videos and post them on social media. Her father plays make-believe with her; he is her loyal subject. Her mother is her chef, chauffeur, and housekeeper. Even Grandma plays a role in Kiely's presumed diva status by sending her granddaughter letters, obviously fan mail. Kiely's fame culminates with a performance at Grandpa's birthday party. When things don't go quite as planned, Kiely learns that family and friends are fans no matter what. Kiely is clearly an adored only child. Bright digital illustrations depict her posing in various self-chosen outfits while her loving family encourages and in some cases, humors her. VERDICT A fun read for fans of dress up and readers with a flair for the dramatic.Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA\", '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: When Love Comes to Town\nDescription: ['Gr 8 Up-On the cusp of his 18th birthday, Neil Byrne nears graduation, wants to study liberal arts instead of engineering as his father expects, and suffers through all the apprehension and agony of being a closeted gay teen. As readers accompany him on his journey of slowly coming out, they are immersed in his struggle amid homophobia and the culture of Dublin, Ireland, in the early 1990s. Neil\\'s pub visits with his \"rhyming couplets\" of friends evolve into solo trips to local gay bars and clubs where he meets new friends and his eventual first boyfriend. As he draws closer to telling his friends, the tension builds; when Neil comes out to his parents, the intensity of the experience and their initial rejection is palpable. Lennon tells a mostly dark and serious story that is pre-Internet and -mobile phones, offering none of the extended, globalized support of today. Neil is jumped leaving a pub late one night, struggles through a friend\\'s losing battle with AIDS, and is rejected by some of his family and friends. Lennon does well to lighten the story through tender and uplifting moments, and his use of song lyrics and music add to the book\\'s sweet complexity. The near-tragic ending and realistic portrayal of what it would be like to face some of the darker forms of bigotry and rejection make this title a worthwhile addition to most libraries.-Adrienne L. Strock, Maricopa County Library District, AZ(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'The year is 1992, and 17-year-old Dubliner Neil Byrne, star rugby player and Sinead OConnor fanatic, is finishing up Catholic high school. With his eighteenth birthday on the horizon, Neils looking to confide his secrethe is gayto a carefully selected few and take steps to revealing his true self. This means clandestine trips to the one gay club in town, befriending other gay men, and crushing on T-shirt-wearing Sean and schoolmate Ian. As a foreword written by James Klise reminds readers, the novel, first published in Dublin in 1993, paints a picture of coming out in the 1990s, in a time before gay-straight alliances and it gets better campaigns. Over the course of the novel, Neil is beaten up because of his sexuality and watches a friend succumb to AIDS. In spite of all Neil faces, and the 20-year gap between him and todays teens, this story feels relevant. The plot is somewhat crammed towards the end, but Lennons honest portrayal of coming out, available for the first time in the U.S., makes for a worthy addition to library collections. Grades 9-12. --Ann Kelley', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Operas Of Puccini (A Da Capo paperback)\nDescription: [\"While Puccini wrote only twelve operas during a long life--three of them one-acters designed to be performed together--he has to be ranked today as the world's most popular composer of opera. For the legions of Puccini lovers everywhere, this guide to his life and work can serve as an ideal reference source and opera companion.\", '<div><B>Charles Osborne,</B> well-known British musicologist, critic, and broadcaster, is the author of <I>The Concert Companion, Richard Wagner and His World, The Complete Operas of Verdi, The Complete Operas of Mozart,</I> and other works.</div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: One Man Guy\nDescription: [\"Gr 610Fourteen-year-old Alek Khederian is horrified when his parents announce that he will be going to summer school in order to get him on the Honors track. This change of plans means no relaxation, no time with friends, no tennis camp, and no family vacation. He starts summer school grudgingly, only to have his spirits lifted when he meets Ethan, who is different from anyone Alek has ever known, and Alek is shocked when Ethan wants to be friends. Before long, their friendship deepens into a romance Alek definitely didn't see coming. The events in this coming-of-age novel move a little too quickly to be fully realized, and some of the secondary characters are two-dimensional. However, Alek's character is well developed. He's a likable teen who remains true to himself throughout; he stands up for what he believes in, even if it means upsetting the people he cares about. The story will appeal to both young people who are just discovering their own sexuality and readers who enjoy a good budding romance.Sarah Allen, Judson High School, Converse, TX\", 'When it appears that Alek is going to fall off the Honor Track at school, the 14-year-olds strict Armenian parents, for whom education is of paramount importance, insist he go to summer school. Little do theyor heknow that it will be a life-changing experience. For it is there that he meets Ethan, who epitomizes cool. To Aleks amazement, the two become friends and then fall in love. But when Aleks parents predictably find the two making out, they ground him and forbid him to see Ethan again. Surely, this cant end well. Or can it? Barakivas first novel is at once a sweet-spirited love story and a sometimes didactic primer on Armenian life and culture in America. The reader learns, for example, that if youre Armenian, you only go to an Armenian Orthodox Church, you must love chess and classical music, and the kitchen and ethnic cuisine are the pride of every Armenian household. More serious is the attention given to the early-twentieth-century Armenian Holocaust and the visceral memories it stirs. The Armenian content adds flavor and texture to what would otherwise be a fairly typical gay love story. Grades 7-10. --Michael Cart', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hat Trick\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hat Trick 2: Playing the Rebound\nDescription: ['<span>Jeff lives in rural Northern California with his husband of twenty years, Will. Some of his favorite things include the musicals \"Rent\" and \"[title of show],\" the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburg Penguins hockey teams, and the reality TV competition \"So You Think You Can Dance.\" If forced to pick his favorite book it would be a tie between Michael Chabon\\'s \"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay\" and David Levithan\\'s \"Every Day.\"</span><br /><br /><span>He\\'s the co-host of \"Jeff & Will\\'s Big Gay Fiction Podcast,\" which airs new episodes every Monday via podcast streaming sites and YouTube. You can get all the details at BigGayFictionPodcast.com</span><br /><br /><span>All the latest news on Jeff\\'s books, including signing up for email updates, are at his website: jeffadamswrites.com</span>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: [ A Heartbeat Away [ A HEARTBEAT AWAY ] By Kraus, Harry ( Author )Sep-01-2012 Paperback\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Hat Trick 3: Penalty Shot\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fan Art\nDescription: [\"Gr 9 UpJamie has problems on top of problems. He's not out at school, he's just realized he's in love with his best friend, and everyone seems to know it. Will coming out and coming clean ruin not only the tail end of senior year, but the college future he's planned? This title provides gay teen readers with the sympathetic ache of romance that they may not find with run-of-the-mill heterosexual romantic fiction, and for that reason alone it should be included in collections that are trying to build their LGBQT content. However, as a novel on its own merits, this one falls flat. Outside of the central romantic longing, the relationships are poorly fleshed out and seem stilted and unrealistic. The main character's conflict around acceptance is strange considering all the concrete support demonstrated around him, especially juxtaposed with the challenges his closeted lesbian friend faces. The pacing and plotting are also odd, with events seeming to take place over months instead of days and then days instead of weeks. If a collection of YA LGBQT titles is well developed, there is no need for this uneven book.L. Lee Butler, Stoughton High School, MA\", 'Jamie is perfectly happy to stay closeted at school, particularly when it comes to his best friend, Mason. If Mason found out he was gaylet alone probably in love with himJamie is sure that Mason would never speak to him again. So Jamie focuses on editing his schools literary magazine, which is the perfect distractionuntil someone submits a short comic (included) about two boys falling in love, and the lit-mag staff are divided over the homosexual content. As Jamie becomes more embroiled in the controversy and closer to new friends in the Gay-Straight Alliance, he feels mounting pressure to come out and admit his true feelings for Mason. In a light and earnest first-person narrative, Jamie reveals his insecurities and the walls he constructs to protect himself, and its gratifying to watch him gain confidence and choose to not hide anymore. Tregay handles homophobia gently, which, along with the happy ending and refreshingly supportive community, makes this a breezy romance with just enough light drama to keep its feet on the ground. Grades 8-11. --Sarah Hunter']",
"rejected": "Title: Keen for Learning: Why Some Kids Don't Succeed in the Classroom-and What We Can Do About It\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: It Looks Like This\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpHigh school freshman Mike deals with homophobia and heartbreak in this throwback coming-out story. Recently transplanted from Wisconsin to Virginia, shy Mike is mostly a loner at school and feels uncomfortable in his \"old-fashioned\" family. His conservative, religious father wishes Mike were into sports instead of art and always seems mildly disappointed in his son. When Mike meets Sean, unspoken attraction eventually blooms into something more. A school bully films the two kissing and alerts the boys\\' parents to their relationship, setting into motion horrific yet inevitable events. Mike is shipped off to a conversion therapy program, while Sean meets the same fate as so many gay teens from young adult novels of the past. Unlike in those older offerings, however, a few characters provide acceptance, including Mike\\'s fantastically loving and outspoken younger sister, Toby. Mittlefehldt manages to make the tragedies that befall Mike and Sean not seem like punishments for being gay. Instead, they are shown for what they are: things that happened because of people failing to support and love the boys. The work is told through factual, detached narration and is devoid of quotation marks, and it can be difficult to feel a connection to Mike, who has his guard up for good reasons. It\\'s only after tragedy strikes that characters begin to drop their defenses and show real emotion and the capacity for change. VERDICT A moving but dated-feeling examination of the costs of homophobia; an additional purchase for LGBTQ collections.Amanda MacGregor, formerly at Great River Regional Library, Saint Cloud, MN', \"<i>It Looks Like This </i>looks to be the debut novel of the season. Mike and Seans discovery of their love for each other is told with such exquisite tenderness, I could not put the book down, even when I knew that something dreadful was going to happen. Despite many obstacles, Mike comes into his own with the help of understanding friends, a few kind adults, a faithful dog, and Toby, the greatest little sister since Phoebe Caulfield. This is an extremely powerful book.<br />Lesla Newman, author of October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard<br /><br /><i>It Looks Like This</i> perfectly captures the buzzing static that hits your brain the second you realize youre not the person your parents expect you to be. A painful, poignant story about choosing compassion over anger.<br />Maggie Thrash, author-illustrator of Honor Girl, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist<br /><br />The first-person narrative is easy, casual, and calm and indicative of Mike, whose quiet perceptiveness can be misconstrued by outsiders as passivity (no speech marks make the dialogue feel direct and intimate)...A haven of understanding for readers who have felt the foolish hand of ignorance trying to prevent them from knowing, being, and loving who they are.<br />Kirkus Reviews<br /><br />There is a grace in the slow reconciliation of Mike with his family; hard-won connections feel authentic as Mikes dad slowly thaws long after his mother has adjusted. Mikes wry, wise-beyond-her-years sister, Toby, is a contemporary Phoebe Caulfield, and she bears a lot of social risk to protect her big brother. There are plenty of sunny coming-out stories; this stark reminder that being gay can also still mean getting prayed over at straight camp or being shunned is also, unfortunately, part of the lived experience. Its handled with beauty and care here, and the concluding muted hopefulness is perfectly aligned with the novels arc.<br />Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br /><br />Debut author Mittlefehldts direct style of writing cuts to the heart of Mikes struggle to embrace his true self and to take control of his life, bringing freshness to a familiar plot. The story is propelled in small, quiet moments that steadily build toward much-deserved hope and acceptance.<br />Publishers Weekly<br /><br />It Looks Like This tackles first love, bullying, religion, finding yourself, and forgiveness...Mittlefehldt pens a coming-out story that does not have a happy ending, but gives hope towards a more tolerant future for Mike and his family.<br />VOYA<br /><br />A moving...examination of the costs of homophobia.<br />School Library Journal<br /><br />This first novel is a powerful, sympathetic, and insightful look at what goes through the mind of gay kids when the understanding of their identity hits. The confusion of adolescence is written about with empathy and compassion.<br />School Library Connection\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Macanudo 6 (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Liniers es el segundo nombre de Ricardo Siri (nacido en buenos aires el 15 de noviembre de 1973). Empezo su carrera haciendo fanzines. Sus trabajos aparecieron en la revista Rolling Stone, Spirou, Virginia Quarterly Review, Playboy, La Mano y otras. Publica su tira MACANUDO en varios paises (Brasil, Canada, Francia, Italia, entre otros). Tienen mas de 10 libros publicados en Argentina, Peru Brasil, Espana. Canada, Francia e Italia. Esta haciendo una gira por Latinoamerica y Europa en la que pinta en vivo durante los shows de Kevin Johansen.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Honesty\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Escape from Mount Moriah: Memoirs of a Refugee Child's Triumph\nDescription: ['\"A must readinga revelation indeed.\" -- <em>Jewish Herald (Miami)</em><br /><br />Be careful when you pick this book up. You won\\'t put it down until all the stories are read. -- <em>The Western Jewish Bulletin</em><br /><br />Illustrates powerfully how the Holocaust really didn\\'t end in May 1945, but continued to reverberate, even until the present day. -- <em>Denver Jewish News</em><br /><br />The refugee stories Engelhard preserves are boyhood memories of an almost Tom Sawyer character adventurous, humorous, sometimes wonderfully strange. -- <em>Jewish News (Denver)</em><br /><br />The voice is familiar and colloquial, giving the feeling of an oral tale. --<em>Foreword Magazine</em>', 'I was just an infant when all those exploits transpired and I would have had to undertake much research in order to get the stories rightand I simply could not get up the gumption for such an effort, perhaps because so many writers had already beaten me to the task.', 'The only road still unmarked was this: the life of a child refugee.', 'This was terrain not well traveled, and so sketch by sketch I went ahead with this collection, motivated by no greater ambition than to its being a keepsake for my children. And once I got started I couldnt stop. It all came flooding back.', 'Yes, the children. Its so important for them (and their whole generation) to knowand to never forget.', 'The children must be made aware that the freedom they enjoy today in Americaand too easily take for grantedcomes with a responsibility to appreciate and respect the past.', 'Then comes the matter of anti-Semitism. To put it bluntly: Its still as pervasive as ever. Ive spoken at enough college campuses to know that there are too many ministers of hate who have cleverly targeted the impressionable young and have gained a new world of adherentsamong them blacks, whites, and even young Jews.', 'Thanks to them, I am convinced that for each Jewish kid growing up today, theres an anti-Semite to match. With some watering, they sprout like weeds.', 'Andwho would have thoughtthat the greatest calculated massacre of all-time would produce, barely a generation later, an obscene legion of Holocaust denierspeople who say it didnt happenjust as there once were those who claimed that the earth was flat.', 'It was mostly for these reasonsthat is, to wage against forgetfulness and the terrorism of liesthat the books publisher, Rob Hubermanalso a lover of wordsencouraged the publication of this work, persuaded, as he was, that it possesses a universal message.', 'Maybe hes right.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Bottled Up Secret\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Professional Pattern Grading for Women's, Men's, and Children's Apparel\nDescription: [\"This classic text offers students and industry professionals detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations for grading pattern pieces for women's, men's and children's wear.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sweaters & Cigarettes\nDescription: ['<br>Mika is a young author who loves to write about love, in all its shapes and colors, and who can\\'t quite seem to settle on one genre. Among her works are contemporary relationship dramas with queer protagonists, as well as fantasy-esque romance adventures, along with upcoming novels that fall in closer to science-fiction and action categories.</br> <br></br> <br>She lives in a tiny apartment with her spoiled cat, while trying to make sense of the adult world. She also has a weakness for chocolate, movies, and superheroes.</br> <br><em>Sweaters & Cigarettes</em> is her first published novel, <em>Just Stay</em> is her second, and her third, <em>Branded</em>, is a fantasy-esque romance adventure.</br> <br>You can find Mika at <a href=\"http://mika-fox.com\">her website</a>, on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/authormikafox\">Facebook</a>, as well as <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mikafox_\">Twitter</a> and <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7926459.Mika_Fox\">Goodreads</a>. You can contact her at authormikafox@gmail.com.</br>']",
"rejected": "Title: Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight\nDescription: ['', 'Much of Barbree\\'s writing has a \"you are there\" immediacy, because he was present for many of the book\\'s key events. During his more than half-century as space correspondent for NBC News, Barbree witnessed and reported on each and every launch of the U.S. human space program. He is at his best when describing the visceral thrill of rocket flight, the lifeless majesty of the moon, and the visual splendor of Earth from space. These poetic passages are made all the more poignant by his close brush with becoming an astronaut, as a finalist in NASA\\'s failed-to-launch \"Journalist in Space\" program. <i>The Washington Post</i>', \"Barbree's book reminds readers of all that led up to that first step. <i>Associated Press</i>\", \"Sit back, put up your feet, and spend some time with Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight, by Jay Barbree, NBC's longtime space correspondent, who has covered the US manned spaceflight program for more than half a century. To be sure, this is not the definitive, footnote-packed Armstrong biography. Instead, this book has the feel of sitting down with Barbree at a barbeque for an extended conversation. <i>Christian Science Monitor: 1of the 10 Best Books of July</i>\", \"NBC News space reporter Jay Barbree spent 50 years getting to know astronaut Neil Armstrong. In this biography, Barbree recalls Armstrong's historic moon landing in gripping detail. <i>Parade: included in Summer Books round-up</i>\", \"His richly detailed profile of Armstrongcovers Armstrong's life and career with intimacy, humor and heart, from his days as a U.S. Navy pilot through his training for the NASA space program, and ultimately into the commander's seat of Apollo 11. Space hounds and history buffs will dig it, for sure, but even casual readers will be riveted by its comprehensive portrait of a real-life cosmic cowboy who broke the bonds of Earth and put the first American footprint where it had never been before. <i>American Profile</i>\", 'With a foreword by John Glenn NBC News space correspondent Barbree got very up-close to the former Navy combat pilot and astronaut, who died in 2012. Notoriously private, Armstrong opened up to the author to reveal his innermost thoughts, telling \"what he really felt when he took that first step on the moon, and what life in NASA was like. <i>VFW Magazine</i>', \"Barbree's tone is warm, and he has a boyish enthusiasm for both tricky missions carried out deftly and for near misses barely avoided, both of which figure heavily in Armstrong's professional life. <i>The Columbus Dispatch</i>\", \"...intimate and definitive...a celebration of Armstrong's life and times. <i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</i>\", 'An eye-opening and entertaining tale of the race to the moon. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Veteran news correspondent Barbree offers an intimate view into the life of Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), his friend as well as a national hero and very private person. The author paints a detailed and colorful picture of his subject and an unbiased depiction of the period in which he lived, while also demonstrating reverence for Armstrong as confidant. <i>Library Journal, starred review</i>', 'A wholly admiring assessment of Armstrong the aviator and Armstrong the man. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', \"Emerging clearly in Barbree's narrative are Armstrong's humility and integrity - bedrock values that remained with him throughout his life. <i>Aerospace America</i>\", \"This is a great book and does much to preserve Neil's legacy. Jim Lovell, NASA astronaut and commander of Apollo 13 mission\", \"You'll find the Neil Armstrong I knew in these pages. Gene Cernan, NASA astronaut and the last man on the moon\", '', '', \"JAY BARBREE is in his 55th year with NBC News. He is the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings, and the only reporter to be awarded NASA's highest medal for public service. He received an Emmy for his coverage of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon, broke the cause of the Challenger accident on Tom Brokaw's Nightly News, and he's still on the job covering space for NBC's five television networks while writing space stories for NBCnews.com. Barbree was also the lead writer for the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller MOON SHOT with astronauts Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, and Neil Armstrong.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: You're Always in the Last Place You Look\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Greyhawk Adventures (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Rulebook)\nDescription: [\"Become part of the oldest continuous fantasy campaign as you explore parts of Oerth never seen before. Learn about Greyhawk's deities, heroes, monsters, arcane items, magical spells, and much, much more. A book for lovers of Greyhawk and players of all fantasy role-playing games.\"]"
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"query": null,
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"rejected": "Title: The Imaginary Garden\nDescription: [\"Kindergarten-Grade 2Theo's Poppa's new apartment has no garden, and the windy balcony does not promise to be a good growing spot. But Theo proposes an imaginary garden, and she and her grandfather begin to fill a large blank canvas with a stone wall for the vines to climb on, early springtime flowers, and a visiting robin. When Poppa goes off on a trip, the painting project becomes Theo's; the garden bursts into bloom as she employs her memory, imagination, and a palette of vibrant colors. She even remembers to paint herself into the scene. The lively artwork is rendered in pen and ink and multimedia collage. The warmth of the grandparent/grandchild relationship is evident but, unfortunately, readers never witness Poppa's return and see his joy at Theo's creation. A book that more successfully shows a child as both gardener and healer is Sarah Stewart's <i>The Gardener</i> (Farrar, 1997). Nonetheless, this is a sweet and visually appealing addition for seasonal and gardening units.<i>Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '*Starred Review* Theodora loved sitting with her grandfather, Poppa, in the big garden of his old house, and she feels sad that his new apartment has no yard, just a tiny balcony that Poppa says is too windy for flowers. Then Theo thinks of a solution: We could have an imaginary garden! Poppa rests a broad canvas against a protected wall of the balcony, and after donning gardening boots and hats, he and Theo take up paint and brushes and create a glorious landscape of grass and flowers, beginning with the first buds of the season. When Poppa goes away on holiday, Theo is charged with caring for the garden, and she takes her responsibility seriously, adding more blooms and, in a final gentle image, two chairs, just like the ones she and Poppa enjoyed at his old house. As in Crockett Johnsons classic Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955), this title, written in appealingly simple, polished language, picks up on a common picture-book subject: the power of a childs imagination to transform a drawn world into one that feels magically real. Luxbachers multimedia collage artwork has an unusual charm, with its winsome, loving characters; interesting perspectives; and riotously colored gardens, which are a moving metaphor for the characters fertile imaginations as well as the special relationship they share. As fresh and vibrant as a spring bouquet, this joyous offering will delight children, particularly young artists,throughout the year. Preschool-Grade 1. --Gillian Engberg', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Vast Fields of Ordinary\nDescription: ['\"A fascinating and dreamy first novel.\" -<i>New York Times</i><br><br> \"Bold. Engaging. Heartbreaking.\" -Ellen Hopkins, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Crank</i><br><br> \"A brilliant account of alienation and angst in the heartland.\" -<i>Quest Magazine</i><br><br> \"Nick Burd reaps a bounty from <i>The Vast Fields of Ordinary</i>.\" -<i>Vanity Fair</i><br><br> \"Burd is a terrific writer+he is a new talent to watch.\" -<i>Booklist</i>, starred review', 'Nick Burd attended the University of Iowa and received his MFA from The New School. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. <i>The Vast Fields of Ordinary</i> is his first novel.']",
"rejected": "Title: National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia: The Most Complete Dinosaur Reference Ever\nDescription: ['The subtitle, The Most Complete Dinosaur Reference Ever, sets its sights high, but this impressive, oversize volume lives up to the claim. Lessem has written more than 40 books on dinosaurs, and in the opening chapter here, he presents broad basics on their behavior and habitats as well as a look at major discoveries in paleontology. However, its the later chapters, which devote two pages each to specific dinosaurs, that will hook hard-core dino lovers. The etymology of each dinosaur name is explained, and each is written phonetically so that readers can share their newly acquired knowledge with perfect pronunciation. Tempestas full-page illustrations appear on every spread and jump off the page, and the dynamic layout, with fact boxes, captions, and a main text, is immensely appealing. A concluding 40-page Dino-Dictionary keys each dinosaur to its family group and provides additional fodder for dinosaur trivia. Books on this topic are certainly nothing new, but Lessems comprehensive overview will satisfy the interested browser as much as the ardent dinosaur enthusiast. Grades 3-6. --Erin Anderson', '<b>Don Lessem</b> has written more than 50 books on dinosaurs and other animals for children and adults. He led the construction of the largest dinosaur skeleton, Argentinosaurus, and the largest meat-eating dinosaur, Gigantosaurus. Lessem was an adviser on the movie <i>Jurassic Park</i>, has hosted and written television documentaries, creates museum exhibitions on dinosaurs, and founded the two largest charities for dinosaur research.<br /><br /><b>Franco Tempesta</b>is an illustrator who specializes in the depiction of dinosaurs and other primitive mammals. A member of the Italian Illustrators Association, he has worked with National Geographic Childrens Books, Random House, and the Smithsonian Institution. His work can be seen in titles such as <i>Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs</i>. Tempesta lives in Verona, Italy. To learn more, visit francotempesta.eu.<br /><br /><b>Rodolfo Coria</b> is a paleontologist who works with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina. He is renowned for studying and naming some of the largest known dinosaurs, including the Argentinosaurus and Giganotosaurus. A member of the Paleontological Society and the Explorers Club, he specializes in dinosaurs from Patagonia.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Perfect Ten\nDescription: [\"Gr 10 UpHigh school senior Sam Raines is desperate for a relationship after two years without a date. He's willing to do just about anything for true love, including participate in a Wiccan ceremony at his friend's insistence. The problem is, it seems to work. When eligible boys begin coming out of the woodwork, Sam struggles to make sense of his sudden and seemingly endless set of options on his quest for love. Phillips gets off to a clunky and unpolished start, with prose that sometimes feels forced and characters who validate stereotypes even as they make efforts to combat them. The conversation also occasionally veers into vernacular that doesn't quite feel genuine. However, once past the setup and initial mysticism, the story sheds these issues and finds its footing. Despite the fading presence of ambiguously supernatural elements throughout, this surprisingly tender rom-com explores relationships with an authenticity that's full of heart and poetic splendor. The novel bravely examines some of the pitfalls of young love in a manner that neither makes Sam unlikable nor lets him off the hook for his behavior. His decisions and actions aren't always admirable as he navigates his way through his mistakes and inexperience, yet they will be sure to elicit sympathy from those who have had their own misadventures in love. Realistic recreational drug use and nongraphic discussions of sex are included. VERDICT Once past the first few chapters, fans of Stephanie Perkins or David Levithan will discover much to love about this sweet confection of a tale.Alea Perez, Westmont Public Library, IL\", '- A <i>Seventeen</i>Best Book of 2017<br /><br />\"A fun, swoony, and romantic novel that honestly expresses the trials and tribulations of finding the right one.\"BuzzFeed<br /><br />\"A sweet summer read about a boy looking for love and the lengths he will go to find it.\"<i>Teen Vogue</i><br /><br />\"Philips tale will resonate with readers who are looking for love<i>and</i>a light, breezy summer read.\"<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />\"If you like a solid YA read that makes you shamelessly squee,<i>Perfect Ten</i>will deliver.\"HelloGiggles<br /><br />You can count on <i>Perfect Ten</i> to make you laugh, think, and, ultimately growwhat more can we ask from a coming-of-age love story? L. Philips treats her characters and her characters\\' love with the respect and heart they deserve. An absolute delight to read. John Corey Whaley, Printz Awardwinning author of <i>Where Things Come Back</i><br /><br />\"<i>Perfect Ten</i> is a smart, messy, complicated romance, full of swoony kisses and lie-on-the-floor heartbreak and unexpected twists of fatejust like love itself.\" Katie Cotugno, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>How to Love</i> and <i>99 Days</i><br /><br />\"<i>Perfect Ten</i> is a perfect ten. Romantic, sweet, and far wiser than expected. A breezy romcom that is as smart as it is fun, with characters that leap off the page.\"Bill Konigsberg, award-winning author of <i>Honestly Ben</i> and <i>Openly Straight</i><br /><br />\"The most fantastic, hopeful, aspirational story of gay teens in a red state since David Levithan\\'s<i>Boy Meets Boy</i>.\" Aaron Hartzler, author of Lambda Literary Award finalist <i>Rapture Practice</i><br /><br /><i>Perfect Ten </i>is: 1. Adorable 2. Heartbreaking 3. Funny 4. Delightful 5. Unexpected 6. Queer 7. Moving 8. Honest 9. Unapologetic 10. A must-read. Michael Barakiva, author of <i>One Man Guy<br /><br /></i>\"<i>Perfect Ten </i>is as charming as it is relevant. A stunning, twenty-first-century teen romance that will have readers begging for more. In a word, it\\'s Magick.\" J. H. Trumble, author of Lambda Literary Award finalist <i>Don\\'t Let Me Go</i><br /><br />\"Cute and catchy . . . An engaging read.\"<i>Romantic Times</i><br /><br />\"This surprisingly tender rom-com explores relationships with an authenticity thats full of heart and poetic splendor. The novel bravely examines some of the pitfalls of young love in a manner that neither makes Sam unlikable nor lets him off the hook for his behavior. His decisions and actions arent always admirable as he navigates his way through his mistakes and inexperience, yet they will be sure to elicit sympathy from those who have had their own misadventures in love . . . Fans of Stephanie Perkins or David Levithan will discover much to love about this sweet confection of a tale.\"<i>School Library Journal<br /></i><br />\"Were not gonna lie, the unicorn dude on the cover sold us. But inside is an equally funny and sweet story.\"PureWow<br /><br />\"Like its literary godparent<i>Boy Meets Boy</i>byDavid Levithan, the point of L. Philips lighthearted story isnt to reflect reality so much as to enhance it. 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"rejected": "Title: The Queen's Opal: A Stone Bearers Novel (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span><b>Prologue</b></span><br /><span>Falberain was calling.</span><br /><span>The pull of her ancestral home was so strong, Saylee could see its glittering mist surrounding her. The fairy realm of Falberain seemed just as her parents had described--a place so full of magic one could see it, breathe it in.</span><span> A place where illness and death were so foreign that when her parents entered the human world and her father cut his finger, he exclaimed that he was "leaking," and her mother called the blood "pretty." </span><br /><span>Saylee laughed at the thought. Her own pretty, gorgeous blood stained the white rocks under her. Hilarious.</span><span></span><br /><span>But <span>Alester</span> wasn't laughing. The human wizard pressed the green stone into her hand again, shaking her arm in a desperate attempt to rouse her from her fevered dreams. His violet eyes hovered over her like fresh berries in spring. They were gorgeous, too. Her hand brushed his cheek, feeling the stubble of his shaven face. A human face. Oh, how Marryll hated it. Did that make her love it more? She had always been such a spiteful little thing. </span><span></span><br /><span>Another giggle bubbled from her throat, coating her tongue with the tang of blood. </span><span></span><br /><span>That made <span>Alester</span> more upset. "Saylee, you have to heal yourself."</span><span></span><br /><span>"Keet!" The <span>phoenix</span>, currently the size of a sparrow, squawked his agreement beside them. </span><span></span><br /><span>Saylee shook her head. She couldn't heal herself, not here. Her brother had stabbed her after luring them into one of the only places where her magic wouldn't work. Besides, her magic didn't heal, it restored things to a former existence--what would that do to the life growing within her?</span><span></span><br /><span>The baby. Her focus sharpened at the thought. <span>Mouikki</span>, the seer, had promised her a strong son, but Saylee hadn't felt the baby stir since the sword had pierced her through. Darkness and nonsense visions clouded her recent memory, detaching her from the pain. </span><br /><span>What if he . . . ?</span><br /><span>Her breath hitched. The chill of the wind and frozen ground swept through her veins. "Where is he?"</span><span></span><br /><span>"Who?" <span>Alester</span> glanced behind him before understanding dawned in his eyes. "The baby? He's fine." The wizard shifted so she could see the answer for herself. "<span>Mouikki</span> has him. We brought you both outside. You can heal yourself now."</span><span></span><br /><span>"Oh." Saylee settled back on the rock, watching the <span>seer</span> cradle her son a few yards away. The blue sky surrounding them and the green stone glowing in her hand confirmed <span>Alester's</span> words, but she still didn't try to heal herself. "It won't do any good. I failed. I can't kill my brother. Marryll will never let me near him again." The demons he had summoned would destroy everything.</span><span></span><br /><span>The wind moaned and broke against the rocks. <span>Alester</span> hesitated long enough to confirm her words. "We'll worry about that later. Right now--"</span><span></span><br /><span>"Right now, we need to protect our people." They couldn't waste time coming up with another plan. She looked at <span>Alester</span> through her amber hair, long curls matted with blood and sweat. "Will you do it?"</span><span></span><br /><span>Alester</span><span> pulled away. His cloak fell around him, blocking him off like a wall.</span><span></span><br /><span>The <span>phoenix</span> also shook his head, but arguing with the bird would be useless. Saylee focused solely on her human companion. "<span>Alester</span>, even if I wanted to heal myself, I'm not sure <span>Atriea</span> would let me." Or rather, Saylee couldn't bring herself to ask after all she had done to fail her goddess. Even Garrad, Alester's cousin and the current leader of the Bearer <span>Council</span>, had seen things better than she. He had told her that Marryll could no longer be reasoned with. Just like she saw the past and <span>Mouikki</span> saw the future, Garrad had the irritating habit of being right about these kinds of things. "We must do this before my death means nothing," she said. "<span>Alester</span>?"</span><span></span><br /><span>He nodded without looking at her.</span><span></span><br /><span>Saylee turned her head. "<span>Mouikki</span>?" </span><span></span><br /><span>"Right here." The dark-skinned <span>islander</span> stepped up the rocks with the swaddled baby in his arms. A sleeping sea snake draped his shoulders and the <span>bracer</span> fastened to his left forearm holding a red stone marked him as the Bearer of Destiny. Bearers showed few signs of aging--his hair had thinned, but the rest of him was the same as the day she met him in the temple to their gods so many years ago. "The baby is fine and the drow <span>have</span> retreated. For now."</span><span></span><br /><span>Saylee tried not to look at the child. Then she might lose her nerve entirely. Others would have to raise her son, perhaps be called mother in her place. She only needed to know one thing.</span><br /><span>"Will it last long enough? Long enough for our people to unite and face him when I could not?" The words caught in a sharp tremor of pain, but there was no reason to explain more. </span><br /><span>They had discussed the spell already, a final resort if their other efforts to contain the threat failed. </span><br /><span>And failed, they had.</span><span></span><br /><span>Mouikki's</span><span> brown eyes flashed red to match the stone in his bracer, and he dropped his head with a shudder. Whatever he saw in the future, it wasn't all pleasant. But he nodded. "Yes. If you do this, the magic will be held by your bloodline until your <span>heir</span> leaves the forest, ready to face him again."</span><span></span><br /><span>That was a mercy, then. One last chance for redemption. "I'm ready." </span><span></span><br /><span>And, strangely, she was. Her parents had longed to leave the peace of the fairy realm, have a grand adventure. That decision--reckless and nave--brought them more pain than they could have possibly imagined, but also more joy. Saylee also enjoyed much of the human world in which she had been born, but as the mist of Falberain drew nearer, she felt almost excited. </span><br /><span>Who wouldn't want to go to a place of fairies where things were called into being by a simple thought? A place where her father, the first of her family to die, was already waiting? And where she wouldn't have to deal with the blood and death around her, confident she had done her part to bring it to an end. </span><br /><span>Really, her coming fate seemed an easier choice than others she had borne. </span><span></span><br /><span>Falberain was calling. </span><span></span><br /><span>Saylee reached for Alester, ready to embrace it all.</span><span></span>', '<div> <div> <span>Jacque Stevens wrote herfirst novel as a stress relief activity during nursing school. Now as afulltime nurse working in mental and developmental health, she continues to write stories filled with elves, fairies, and all things awesome.She lives in Utah so yes, she does have a huge extended family andoccasionally eats green jello, but she does not yet own a minivan.</span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>New friends, enemies, and other visitors from cyberspace can reach Jacque at <span>sjacquebooks@gmail.com</span> and sjacquebooks.com. Sign up for the newsletter to get a free short story and other extras.</span> </div> </div>']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Fall (Chronicles of Red Dread)\nDescription: ['Amelia is a dreamer of the new world. She sees the good news all around the world bringing consciousness to the thirsty masses. Once she was a lost soul wandering the barren wilderness of Babyls sleepy streets. One day, she woke up, and decided she did not have to live in the dark anymore. She faced each of the Terrors, shedding old dead skin, to bring forth this book as a light upon the world. She offers the tools she uses each day to transform her life to you, in story format to absorb with out study, and utilize naturally to create more ease and joy in your life and those you encounter. Amelia lives, loves, and laughs in Portland Oregon with her partner, two dogs, and kitty. She runs an urban Permaculture farm called Food of the Future out of her Portland home and assists Americans to navigate the complications of the insurance industry. She enjoys facilitating other healers and humanoids to overcome their blocks to wealth and riches so the benevolent can take over the world.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen\nDescription: [\"Gr 9 UpChris is a high school senior caught in a Cinderella-like role at home and afraid to reveal his sexual orientation there or anywhere else. He narrates the story of the winter when he found love, self-respect, his stepsiblings' esteem, and a true friend in fashionista drag queen Duane/Coco Chanel Jones. Clawson deftly walks a thin line between realism and wish fulfillment, and readers will happily suspend disbelief. Chris is complex, admirable, and wholly likable, while the equally sharp and more acid-tongued Duane/Coco leavens the plot with enough humor and meddling to keep Chris buoyed up even when the rich, politically poised guy of Chris's dreamswho also happens to be the designated escort of his vapid stepsisterseems to choose the closet over true love and honesty. In this endearingly reconceived version of the fairy tale, the stepmother isn't cruel but rather a thoughtless drunk, the shoe is thrown more often than simply lost, and the fairy godmother spends more time helping stepfamily members apply makeup than dolling up Chris himself. In short, it's a spot-on modern version for contemporary teens, with an artful balance of serious insights about being true to oneself and riffs on pop culture. VERDICT A fun, lighthearted YA retelling that's an especially strong choice for collections in need of LGBTQ romances.Francisca Goldsmith, Worcester, MA\", '', \"Clawson clearly loves all of his characters, as they are eloquently drawn, with just as many reasons for readers to love them as faults. <b>What ensues is a fast-paced, riotous, laugh-out-loud yet insightful story of secret love between two closeted gay teens, with Kimberly unknowingly serving as J.J.'s beard.</b> <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>\", 'A classic coming-of-age tale with a twist, My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen is <b>funny, touching, and timely.</b> Clawson explores issues like first love and fitting in with the ease and wit of a seasoned pro. I hesitate to say that this is the most inventive retelling of Cinderella of our time, but if the slipper fitsAaron Karo, author of <i>Me You Us</i> and <i>Lexapros and Cons</i>', '. . . <b>a spot-on modern version for contemporary teens, with an artful balance of serious insights about being true to oneself and riffs on pop culture</b>. . . A fun, lighthearted YA retelling thats an especially strong choice for collections in need of LGBTQ romances.<i>School Library Journal</i>', '. . . Clawson has lots of clever, inventive fun with fairy-tale conventions. . . Chris, who tells the story in his own agreeable first-person voice, is a thoroughly likeable character, as is J.J. <i>Booklist</i>', 'Ingeniously plotted with a spectacular cast, <i>My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen is magical excellence.<i>Shelf Awareness, <b>Starred Review</b></i>']",
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"rejected": "Title: Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate\nDescription: ['\"While Sorens and Hwang may not answer all your questions about the correct response to current immigration policies and, indeed, may even raise more complex questions, they do show us that, if we are to act justly, we will have to consider all its complexities.\" (Jim Miller, The Daily Sentinel, July 31, 2010)<br /><br />\"<em>Welcoming the Stranger</em> offers an introduction to the many aspects of immigration and the controversies surrounding it.\" (Elizabeth Pearson, The Christian Librarian, vol. 53, no. 1)<br /><br />\"<em>Welcoming the Stranger</em> lays the groundwork for and practically equips Christians to continue practicing what it means to follow Christ\\'s commandment to love God and love neighbor in a fallen world.\" (Kyle Navis, Latin American Theology, vol. 4, no. 2)<br /><br />\"Soerens and Hwang argue persuasively that immigration has been and is valuable to the United States.\" (Marvin Olasky, WORLD, August 15, 2009)<br /><br />\"Soerens and Hwang advocate a generous, biblically based invitation to all immigrants to take part in America. This book will not persuade all Christians to support liberalized immigration laws, but even the skeptical should find the authors\\' approach useful.\" (Tony Carnes, Christianity Today, May 2009)<br /><br />\"Soerens and Hwang have injected justice, compassion, and truth into what needs to become a new conversation on immigration--values that are often in short supply in this debate.\" (Glen Peterson, Sojourners, June 2009)<br /><br />\"Soerens and Hwang do an impressive job making a complex and charged issue accessible for the average reader.\" (Ben L., Book Bargains and Previews (bookbargainsandpreviews.com), April 2009)<br /><br />\"In this highly engaging, well researched and documented book, Soerens and Hwang team up to survey and analyze the history of immigration in the United States and attempt to solve many of the problems that immigration faces through well-reasoned argumentation and personal experience. Most importantly, they do all of this not through the eyes of partisan politics, but rather through the lens of the Christian worldview. <em>Welcoming the Stranger</em> is a timely and important book at a point in America\\'s history where the immigrant population is considerably growing and many Americans seek to \\'do something about it.\\'\" (Daniel Seatvet, Christianity in Culture Examiner (examiner.com), March 20, 2009)<br /><br />\"The authors have done a masterful job pulling together the most compelling data and information on immigration and explaining it. This is the only book a Bible-believing person needs to read to understand the importance of immigration reform.\" (Richard Land, president, The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)<br /><br />\"A fresh, compelling call from Scripture to live out the gospel with boldness and courage in the twenty-first century. A significant pivotal guide for the church in these times.\" (Jo Anne Lyon, general superintendent, The Wesleyan Church)', \""Thinking of immigration policy requires that we think first about the kingdom of God--God's rule and reign; his plan, will, agenda and story. Only then will we be able to think well through the secondary lenses of nation-states, tribes and ethnicities. The parable of the good Samaritan, while easy to understand, has fallen victim to global, political and economic complexities. Welcoming the Stranger, without being simplistic, clears our thoughts and lights a way forward to love and serve twelve million undocumented neighbors."\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Claiming His Fire\nDescription: ['CHF is definitely a page turner. It's light and emotional, filled with action and a touch of mystery, and will take any supernatural loving reader into the magical world of Ellis Leigh's shifters. I need the next book like I need my next breath.<i>~The Book Hammock</i><br /><br />Just when you think Ellis Leigh has written the ultimate Feral Breed story, she raises the bar again! <i>~Feliciaon Amazon</i><br /><br />An addictive, engaging, steamy book (and series). An addiction that you don't want to be cured of! <i>~Crystal's Quirky Reviews</i><br /><br />Claiming His Fire will end with you screaming for more! <i>~Pamela T on Amazon</i>', '<span>This book is part of the Feral Breed Motorcycle Club series. The wolf shifters of the Feral Breed are the protectors of the secret--the judges, jury, and executioners of the North American shifter community. These books are their stories as they ride, fight, and find their mates.</span><br /><br /><b>Feral Breed Motorcycle Club Order</b><br /><span>#1 - Claiming His Fate (series prequel)</span><br /><span>#2 - Claiming His Need</span><br /><span>#3 - Claiming His Witch</span><div>#3.5 - Claiming Their Forever: A Feral Breed Anthology<br /><div>#4 - Claiming His Beauty</div><div>#5 - Claiming His Fire</div><div>#6 - Claiming His Desire</div><br /><div><b>Feral Breed Followings Order</b><br />#1 - Claiming His Chance</div><div>#2 - Claiming His Prize</div><div>#3 - Claiming His Grace (Coming 2016)</div><div>#4 - Claiming Her Heart (Coming 2016)</div></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Do With Me What You Will\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fatal Jeopardy (The Fatal Series)\nDescription: [\"With more than 3.5 million books sold, <strong>Marie Force </strong>is the <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of the Fatal Series from Harlequin's Carina Press, as well as the Gansett Island Series, Treading Water Series, Green Mountain Series and new erotic Quantum Trilogy. Contact Marie at <u>marie@marieforce.com</u>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Claiming His Desire (Feral Breed Motorcycle Club)\nDescription: ['This series came in with a ROAR and went out with an EXPLOSION! <i>~Crystal's Quirky Reviews</i><br /><br />There are few really good shifters books out there, even fewer series and only one Ellis Leigh. Add to that Jameson, and I'm a goner. Seriously, how can one author write her men better and more attractive with each progressing book? It's just not fair. <i>~The Book Hammock</i><br /><br />Yes, the writing is exceptional, the story is compelling, the plot is intriguing but it's the characters that literally explode from the page, grab your attention, capture your heart and hold you prisoner from beginning to end. <i>~jlswainsboroon Amazon</i>', '<span>This book is part of the Feral Breed Motorcycle Club series. The wolf shifters of the Feral Breed are the protectors of the secret--the judges, jury, and executioners of the North American shifter community. These books are their stories as they ride, fight, and find their mates.</span><br /><br /><b>Feral Breed Motorcycle Club Order</b><br /><span>#1 - Claiming His Fate (series prequel)</span><br /><span>#2 - Claiming His Need</span><br /><span>#3 - Claiming His Witch</span><div>#3.5 - Claiming Their Forever: A Feral Breed Anthology<br /><div>#4 - Claiming His Beauty</div><div>#5 - Claiming His Fire</div><div>#6 - Claiming His Desire</div><br /><div><b>Feral Breed Followings Order</b><br />#1 - Claiming His Chance</div><div>#2 - Claiming His Prize</div><div>#3 - Claiming His Grace (Coming 2016)</div><div>#4 - Claiming Her Heart (Coming 2016)</div></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Passport to Paris\nDescription: ['', '\"A true delight ... A surprising frankness about sex, whether accompanied by affection or deeper feelings, provides a welcome contrast to the American monogamy of that era, from which departures are invariably accompanied by guilt or shame. A moving memoir of the long ago Paris of our dreams.\" --Jane Delynn, author of <em>In Thrall</em>', '', '\"Memoir at its best. Hiller\\'s ear for dialogue is finely tuned and her quiet compassion for her former husband (and herself) is never cloying ... A brief memoir, with a capacious heart.\" --M. J. Moore, <em>Neworld Review</em>', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fatal Frenzy (The Fatal Series)\nDescription: [\"<span><b>Marie Force</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series, which has sold more than 2.3 million books, and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books, which has sold more than 1.2 million books. In addition, she is the author of the Green Mountain Series as well as the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the slightly modified name of M.S. Force. All together, her books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Her goals in life are simple--to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.</span><br /><br /><br />Join Marie's mailing list on her website at marieforce.com for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on Facebook at Facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor, on Twitter @marieforce and on Instagram at instagram.com/marieforceauthor/. Contact Marie at marie@marieforce.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Vegan on the Go: Fast, easy, affordable anytime, anywhere\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Claiming His Chance (Feral Breed Followings)\nDescription: [\"If you love shifter romance this is definitely a fabulous choice for your TBR list. <i>~Yvonne on Amazon</i><br /><br />FIVE SUPER SEXY STARS***** <i>~Judy on Amazon</i><br /><br />This longish novella has had me back in Leigh's shifters world in a blink of an eye and it was an incredible feeling to have again. I loved Cahill... <i>~The Book Hammock</i>\", \"The Feral Breed Followings series features side characters from the bestselling Feral Breed Motorcycle Club series. From fighters to dragons, second chances to young love...you'll find it in the pages of the Followings.<br /><br /><b>Feral Breed Followings Order</b><br />#1 - Claiming His Chance<br />#2 - Claiming His Prize<br />#3 - Claiming His Grace (Coming 2016)<br />#4 - Claiming Her Heart (Coming 2016)<br /><br />This book is a spin-off of the Feral Breed Motorcycle Club series. The wolf shifters of the Feral Breed are the protectors of the secret--the judges, jury, and executioners of the North American shifter community. These books are their stories as they ride, fight, and find their mates.<br /><br /><b>Feral Breed Motorcycle Club Order</b><br />#1 - Claiming His Fate (series prequel)<br />#2 - Claiming His Need<br />#3 - Claiming His Witch<br />#3.5 - Claiming Their Forever: A Feral Breed Anthology<br />#4 - Claiming His Beauty <br />#5 - Claiming His Fire<br />#6 - Claiming His Desire\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Origin of Mattole: Through the Eyes of a Salmon\nDescription: [\"<span></span><span></span> Thank you for purchasing my first book. As you delve into these pages, don't expect the usual dull and boring accounts which most history books contain.<div></div><div><span></span><span></span> As a lad, I dozed during most history lessons. I decided that if I were ever to write about history, I would attempt to enliven the past with humorous anecdotal tales that could be enjoyed, page by page, while encountering historical facts.</div><div></div><div><span></span><span></span> My ancestors came west in 1868, bringing the first covered wagons into the Mattole Valley of Northern California. I have lived in the middle Mattole for more than seventy years, and still believe there is no finer place on this planet to hang your hat.</div><div></div><div><span></span><span></span> My acknowledgments are simple. If I were to follow the format of the average manuscript, I would list each person who contributed to this work. Fearing that I may leave someone out, I left you all out! Seriously though, I do appreciate each and every one of the several hundred contributors who welcomed me into their homes or talked with me on the phone or by letter. So many of these helpful people, believing that I was making a social call, soon found that I was rooting through the dusty back shelves of their memories.</div><div></div><div><span></span><span></span> I approached Martha Roscoe (Mattole's premiere historian) with the idea for this book in the seventies, and she was delighted. She contributed much to these pages. My sincere wish is that in a century or two, when new entrants come to dwell here in the Mattole watershed, and wonder about the origin of particular names for landmarks, they can pull this book from some dusty shelf and have that curiosity satisfied.</div><div></div><div><span></span><span></span> If you find I have overlooked your pet name for some ridge, creek or gully, I have a forgivable reason for the omission. I probably never had the opportunity to visit with you. I have dealt mainly with the standard maps of the area, but I have also included memorabilia never documented on any maps. You can refer to your map provided in this book for general orientation and locations of most of the creeks and ridges mentioned.</div><div></div><div><span></span><span></span> I've striven to make this an affordable manuscript and my sincere hope is that I have provided something worthwhile for posterity. Now it's time to move along to Chapter One.</div>\", 'The Origin of Mattole - Through the Eyes of a Salmon<div></div><div>George \"Buck\" Miner</div><div></div><div>Copyright 1996 by George \"Buck\" Miner</div><div></div><div>All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in articles or reviews.</div><div></div><div>Published by George \"Buck\" Miner</div><div></div><div>Edited by Randy Stemler</div><div></div><div>Cover Designed and Ilustrated by Laura Walker</div><div>ISBN 0-9653673-0-4</div>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Child of the State (An Elizabeth McClaine Thriller) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['\"Lea delivers a compelling, fast-paced tale of what happens when the very system we depend on to keep us safe becomes the very thing that endangers us.\" - Robin Burcell, Bestselling author of THE KILL ORDER', \"Catherine Lea lives in New Zealand with a dog that thinks he owns the house. The bestselling author of THE CANDIDATE'S DAUGHTER, Catherine also writes gritty crime fiction under her pen name, C.J. Lea.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Memories of You\nDescription: [\"The one man she can never forget. Problem is, he can't remember her.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Shifters in the Spring: Sixteen New Paranormal Romances of Secret Babies, Frisky Shifters, and Fertile Surprises\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Kholm Vesny: Russkiye korni Israilya (Russian Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Savage Surrender: A Dire Wolves Mission (Devil's Dires)\nDescription: [\"<span>This book is part of the Devil's Dires series.Long thought to be extinct, the Dire Wolf shifters have been hiding in plain sight--hunting, tracking, and killing those who threaten their beloved Omegas. Each book within the series is one complete, stand-alone romance novel.</span><br /><br /><b>The Devil's Dires Order</b><br /><span>#1 - Savage Surrender</span>\", '', \"<span>A storyteller from the time she could talk,</span><i>USA Today</i><span>bestselling author Ellis Leigh grew up among family legends of hauntings, psychics, and love spanning decades. Those stories didn't always have the happiest of endings, so they inspired her to write about real life, real love, and the difficulties therein. From farmers to werewolves, store clerks to witches--if there's love to be found, she'll write about it. Ellis lives in the Chicago area with her husband, daughters, and two tiny fish who take up way too much of her time.</span><br /><br /><span>Never miss a release! Sign up for Ellis Leigh's mailing list at ellisleigh.com/newsletter today!</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Printing Practice Handwriting Workbook for Kids\nDescription: ['<b>JULIE HARPER WORKBOOKS</b><br /><br />Which workbook is right for you?<br />', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Deathwish: Broslin Creek Book 6 (Volume 6)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Demonkin (Tales of the Five Provinces Book 2) eBook\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Savage Sanctuary: A Dire Wolves Mission (Devil's Dires)\nDescription: [\"This book is part of the Devil's Dires series.Long thought to be extinct, the Dire Wolf shifters have been hiding in plain sight--hunting, tracking, and killing those who threaten their beloved Omegas. Each book within the series is one complete, stand-alone romance novel.<br /><br /><b>The Devil's Dires Order</b>\", '', \"<span>A storyteller from the time she could talk,</span><i>USA Today</i><span>bestselling author Ellis Leigh grew up among family legends of hauntings, psychics, and love spanning decades. Those stories didn't always have the happiest of endings, so they inspired her to write about real life, real love, and the difficulties therein. From farmers to werewolves, store clerks to witches--if there's love to be found, she'll write about it. Ellis lives in the Chicago area with her husband, daughters, and two tiny fish who take up way too much of her time.</span><br /><br /><span>Never miss a release! Sign up for Ellis Leigh's mailing list at ellisleigh.com/newsletter today!</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Born victim\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Big: A Bad Boy Stepbrother Romance\nDescription: ['Emme Rollins is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of New Adult/Mature Young Adult fiction. Shes been writing since she could hold a crayon and still chews her pen caps to a mangled plastic mess. She did not, however, eat paste as a kid.', 'She has two degrees, a bachelors and a masters, one of which shes still paying for, but neither of which she uses out in the real world, because when she isnt writing, she spends her time growing an organic garden to feed her husband and children (and far too many rabbits and deer!) where they live on twenty gorgeous forested acres in rural Michigan.', 'She loves tending her beehives, keeping up with her daily yoga practice and going for long walks in the woods with her boxer dog, who loves chasing squirrels almost as much as Emme loves writing!', 'Emme loves hearing from fans, so feel free to use the contact page on her site (emmerollins.com) to connect with her.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Art, Science, and Application of Kundalini Yoga\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Too Far Gone (Adirondack Pack) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['K.C. Stewart is the self published author of the Hailey Holloway series and most recently, the Adirondack Pack series. All her life she had fantasized and day dreamed on a regular basis but it wasnt until she began writing flash fiction and that she made those fantasies a reality. Now she has graduated to novels but still dabbles in the occasional flash fiction and short story. Because of her love for reading and the written word, K.C. is currently continuing her education at Clarion University for Library Science. When she isnt taking photographs, studying or writing, she is supporting a very real gummy bear habit. Currently, she lives with her boyfriend, german shepherd and cats in central Pennsylvania.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fallout (Wessex Papers, No. 2)\nDescription: ['Reviewed with other titles in the Wessex Papers series.<P>Gr. 8-12. Unlike many paperback teen series titles that feature a self-contained story in each volume, the Wessex Papers series uses three volumes to tell one long, involved mystery. The first volume, <i>Trust Falls,</i> uses a lot of pages to introduce the main characters, including Sunday Winthrop (old-money rebel) and Fred Wright (middle-class rebel), and the complex social world of the ultrasnobbish Wessex Academy. Things pick up in <i>Fallout</i>, in which Sunday and Fred reveal their feelings for one another and discover an extortion scheme that reaches to the upper levels of the school administration. In the final volume, Sunday and Fred unmask the blackmailers and make their school more fair and just. Of course, most mysteries are fewer than 750 pages, and the story gets rather messy and convoluted in places. Yet many young readers will find a thrill in the vicarious plunge into the world of Wessex Academy, where the students indulge in all sorts of teenage vices (including some nonexplicit sex and drug and alcohol use) and sneak around the campus at night in their underwear and J. Crew pajamas. <i>Todd Morning</i><br><i>Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', 'Quick and enjoyable reads. (KLIATT)']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Now You See Her... (Psychic Visions) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hiroshige 2007 Diary\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Savage Seduction: A Dire Wolves Mission - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Beating the Sicilian II: A Complete New Repertoire for White\nDescription: [\"The Sicilian Defence is Black's most popular reply to 1e4 and players of the white pieces need to know how to win against it. The author provides a complete armoury of aggressive lines that take into account recent developments and which will defeat the antidotes that Black developed recently.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Shattered (Psychic Visions) (Volume 9)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Barbie: My First Telephone\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Shattered: A Psychic Visions Novel - Kindle edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: NKJV Large Print Personal Size Reference Bible, Brown/Pink LeatherTouch with Magnetic Flap Indexed\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Scars of Her Dragon (Dragon Guard Series) (Volume 14)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bliss of the Unwind: My life beyond the board\nDescription: [\"Chances are you've seen Doug Brown on NBC's Good Co.Today show, at the Gravity Games, AST Dew Tour, Vans Warped Tour, or even on a stick of X-Air Deodorant, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Doug is a motivational speaker, published author of Bliss of the Unwind, Beyond the Board and Looking Glass Self. Brown is founder of his highly acclaimed Skate Straight Program. From touring arenas with the band The Newsboys to visiting patients in hospitals as an all star member of Athletes for Hope, Doug has proven to be more than just a pro athlete. Hidden behind his contagious smile and charisma is a wide range of talents and a strong sense of determination. Doug's love for the world of skateboarding began in 1986 after seeing Back to the Future for the first time. While the skateboarding trend has waxed and waned in popularity, Doug's commitment to the sport remained constant. Dougs professional skating career began by chance at the 2002 Gravity Games, when he caught the eye of his first paying sponsors. He quickly realized his hobby became his living after a whirlwind of extensive traveling, industry events, demos, contests, and personal appearances. While he maintains a strong commitment to his career Brown has shifted his primary focus and energies towards his Skate Straight foundation entering schools, libraries, detention centers and being a keynote speaker for conferences. Brown wholeheartedly believes in positive change and the importance of hope and optimism. Notable causes and philanthropy include involvement with Athletes For Hope, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, American Red Cross, St.Baldrick's Foundation, SADD, and his own Skate Straight Foundation. Television appearances on NBC's Good Co.Today Show, Much Music Television, 54321, Fuel TV, ABC Sports, ESPN, Fox Sports, Planet X, Xcorps TV, and Sports Talk.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Gone Too Deep (Search and Rescue)\nDescription: ['\"Anticipation for the next reveal is growing.\" - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews</em></strong>', 'A graduate of the Police Academy, Katie received her ice-rescue certification and can attest that the reservoirs in the Colorado mountains really are that cold. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a bad-ass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing and gymnastics, has lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, rides horses, shoots guns, cross-country skis and travels to warm places to scuba dive. Connect with Katie at http://katieruggle.com/, https://www.facebook.com/katierugglebooks, or on Twitter @KatieRuggle<br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Tales In The Headlights: A Switchback Stories Collection\nDescription: ['Iain Edward Henn is the author of the novels The Delta Chain, Disappear, and Jagged Night and the short fiction collections, Switchback Stories, and Tales In The Headlights.<br />The books have appeared on Amazon Top 10 lists internationally.<br />Disappear, and The Delta Chain, were on UK lists for over twenty four consecutive months, both reaching #1 in their genre.<br />The Delta Chain was a Quarterfinalist in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.<br />His short fiction has been published by magazines in seven countries, including Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and one of the stories, Secret Day was also published by the Scandinavian University Press.<br />Iain (a.k.a. Ian) has a background in newspaper and magazine publishing and lives on the outskirts of Sydney with his wife, Jan.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Her Mad Dragon (Dragon Guard) (Volume 15)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Different Croaks for Different Folks: All About Children with Special Learning Needs\nDescription: [\"Ochiai aims to use the book to help children who are 'a bit different' to identify their differences in themselves in order to help them more easily figure out how to get by in the world. She also clearly states that it is all right to be different or unique. Author: Children, Young People & Families<br /><br />This engaging color illustrated book explores the difficulties faced by 'frogs with a different croak'. Aimed at children with autism and related spectrum conditions, Teacher Toad's lessons pick up on social and physical difficulties and the kind of behaviors that can get young frogs into trouble. Each lessons gives practical advice on issues covering everything from hard-to-break habits to physical coordination difficulties. Author: Link, Autism-Europe, December 2006<br /><br />A delightful book that discusses how to allow children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome to be different and how to explain their differences to them. As well as being helpful to parents of children with pervasive developmental disorders, the book would also be suitable for parents and siblings of children with special needs, such as dyslexia or hyperactivity, for example. It could also be a useful resource aid for teachers at pre-school/nursery as well as those in mainstream primary schools. The book is nicely illustrated, sensitive and full of humor. Examples are given of how to do things and there are explanatory notes with more detail. All in all, this is a lovely little book that would make learning about autism fun and could be used as a bedtime story. Author: www.youthinmind.net<br /><br />This colourful illustrated book, by Midori Ochiai, is populated by frogs, toads and tadpoles, and is aimed at children with autism and related spectrum disorders. It explores the difficulties faced by 'frogs with a different croak', as Teacher toad takes readers through lessons that pick up on social and physical difficulties and gives practical advice. Author: Children Now<br /><br />This is an excellent resource for professionals with limited experience of ASD, parents of children with ASD, who are becoming increasingly confused with social interaction and for increasing awareness in peers/siblings. My colleague concluded that, 'She clearly understands how children with ASD think and feel and comes up with simple ideas to help'. The book helps to address the balance between altering our environments/attitudes and the need to equip these children with skills to survive happily in our socially complex world. Author: Naplic Newsletter<br /><br />Ochiai's method of using storytelling to teach lessons harks back to the traditional parable but with a modern twist. Author: Foster Care<br /><br />My son Scott (8yrs) couldn't wait to get his hands on this book! He was very pleased to be asked for his opinion and said 'I liked everything about this book, because it is interesting and easy to read. I liked the pictures because they are brightly coloured and they show how I can be sometimes. I really like frogs so I liked this book also. Author: Dyspraxia News<br /><br />This book would be good for all those involved with children and parents/carers. It would suit any setting especially where there is a child with special learning needs. Having said that I think that all of us have our differences and so it could be a useful tool to promote diversity and individuality in any setting. Author: National Childmind Association<br /><br />Different Croaks is a beautifully written and clearly illustrated book that makes children who may often have low self esteem feel much better about their difficulties. It uses clear but not over-simplified language, which it makes it useful for the gifted child who does not want to be patronized. It would be a great resource to use in schools and at home, helping other children, friends and siblings, to understand both the child with difficulties and also themselves a little better. As a basis for personal, social and health education lessons (PSHE) teachers could use it to help explain a great deal about valuing difference and supporting each other. Author: The National Association for Gifted Children<br /><br />Aimed at children, this book provides a way of tackling some common difficulties experienced by children with autism and related spectrum conditions. It is fun and beautifully illustrated and uses characters such as Teacher Toad to give the messages. One message is that if we try a different approach to something difficult, we can find our own way to make it easier. The book focuses on social and physical difficulties, and provides practical advice on everything from breaking habits to problems with physical coordination. Author: Learning Disability Practice\", \"A frog's guide to understanding, accepting and accommodating difference\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Savage Silence: A Dire Wolves Mission (Devil's Dires)\nDescription: [\"This book is part of the Devil's Dires series.Long thought to be extinct, the Dire Wolf shifters have been hiding in plain sight--hunting, tracking, and killing those who threaten their beloved Omegas. Each book within the series is one complete, stand-alone romance novel.<br /><br /><b>The Devil's Dires Order</b><br />#1 - Savage Surrender\", '', \"<span>A storyteller from the time she could talk,</span><i>USA Today</i><span>bestselling author Ellis Leigh grew up among family legends of hauntings, psychics, and love spanning decades. Those stories didn't always have the happiest of endings, so they inspired her to write about real life, real love, and the difficulties therein. From farmers to werewolves, store clerks to witches--if there's love to be found, she'll write about it. Ellis lives in the Chicago area with her husband, daughters, and two tiny fish who take up way too much of her time.</span><br /><br /><span>Never miss a release! Sign up for Ellis Leigh's mailing list at ellisleigh.com/newsletter today!</span>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fatal Identity: A Romantic Suspense novel (The Fatal Series)\nDescription: ['<span>\"Marie Force is an awesome storyteller and her Fatal series is one that will just suck you right in. It doesn\\'t matter if you start at the first book or the latest, each has a unique story that you can enjoy.\"--5-star TOP PICK of</span><b>FATAL IDENTITY</b><span>from</span>Night Owl Reviews<br /><br />\"<b>FATAL IDENTITY</b>keeps the Sam and Nick train rolling with another fantastic story involving kidnapped children, the FBI and Nick proving why he\\'s my freaking alpha male book husband.\"--4.5 star review fromCocktails and Books<br /><br /><span>\"I devoured<span><b>FATAL IDENTITY</b></span>! If you are a fan of the Fatal series, you will devour this one as well.\"--5 star review fromMy Girlfriend\\'s Couch Blog</span><br /><br />\"I loved Sam from page one. Stubborn, feisty, totally in love with her husband and son, their dynamic and chemistry is really great. I love it when an author takes a couple on in a series and shows us what their life is like after that initial HEA.\"--B+ review of <b>FATAL IDENTITY</b> from <span>Smexy Books</span><br /><br />\"This book is full of suspense, twists and turns, lies, murder and of course romance. Ms. Force writes a great story with wonderful characters.\"--4 star review of <b>FATAL IDENTITY</b> from <span>Alpha Book Club</span><br /><br />\"<b>FATAL IDENTITY</b>is the first book I\\'m reading from the Fatal series by Marie Force and I want more. There is nothing I like better than a good mystery and Marie Force Deliveries with a capital \"D\".--5 stamps review from <span>Badass Blogettes</span><br /><br />\"I adore this couple. Their relationship is not only incredibly hot, it\\'s sweet and devoted. And, it\\'s not perfect. The world doesn\\'t stop with \"happily ever after,\" life goes on and it\\'s messy and full of ups and downs. But, they handle the situations beautifully.\"--5 star review of <b>FATAL IDENTITY</b> from <span>Elle Christensen/Books Need TLC</span><br /><br />\"I am a total Fatal Series fan! I am like a crazy person when I get my hands on each one of the books in this series.\"--5 star review of<b>FATAL IDENTITY </b><span>from Books Photos and a Little Bit of Everything Else</span><br /><br />\"<b>FATAL IDENTITY</b>was everything a mystery should be to me: an action-packed, heart pounding, sexy ride full of ups and downs and twists and turns. I just couldn\\'t get enough of this book and I can\\'t wait for the next crazy case to come Sam\\'s way.\"--5 star review from <span>A Hopeless Romantic\\'s Booklandia</span><br /><br />\"I\\'ve been a lover of the Fatal Series since its inception like 10 books ago, and not a single one has disappointed me. They all follow Nick and Sam\\'s life together and I am still just as interested in them...\"--5 star review of <b>FATAL IDENTITY</b> from <span>Alphas Do It Better Book Blog</span>', \"<span><b>Marie Force</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series, which has sold more than 2.3 million books, and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books, which has sold more than 1.2 million books. In addition, she is the author of the Green Mountain Series as well as the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the slightly modified name of M.S. Force. All together, her books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Her goals in life are simple--to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.</span><br /><br />Join Marie's mailing list on her website at marieforce.com for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on Facebook at Facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor, on Twitter @marieforce and on Instagram at instagram.com/marieforceauthor/. Contact Marie at marie@marieforce.com.\", '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Scandal Between The Sheets (Dynasties: The Danforths)\nDescription: ['Brenda Jackson is a <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of more than one hundred romance titles. Brenda lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and divides her time between family, writing and traveling. Email Brenda at authorbrendajackson@gmail.com or visit her on her website at brendajackson.net.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America (For Young People Series)\nDescription: ['Gr 6 Up-This established adult classic of multiculturalism has been pared down for a younger audience. Stefoff, who previously adapted Howard Zinn\\'s A People\\'s History of the United States (Longman, 1980), takes a crack at Takaki\\'s look at America and its people. Focusing on a variety of groups-Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Irish, Mexicans, Afghans, Vietnamese, and more-this volume tells America\\'s story through the millions of people who came here seeking the Land of Opportunity only to find low wages, pitiable living conditions, and bigotry at every turn. Yet Takaki keeps bitterness at bay, writing with hope and conviction about the many opportunities for young Americans to make change in a country where, soon enough, \"we all will be minorities.\" Stefoff adds a few nice touches-the short stories of individuals ending each chapter definitely make the content more relatable-but many young people would be better off sticking with Takaki\\'s original text.-Sam Bloom, Blue Ash Library, Cincinnati, OH(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '“This 375-page book would be an excellent way to include multi-ethnic materials in the classroom as a way to ensure that your students see their unique identities reflected in their coursework.”<br>— <i>Skipping Stones</i><br><br>“This is a great introduction to Takaki’s path-breaking scholarship.”<br>— <i>Good </i>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Heat: An alpha male criminal Romance (Hotter Than Hell Novel) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b><span>"A 5* read and I will be on the lookout for more"</span></b><span>-<i>AbFab Book Reviews</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>"What happens when good and bad mix?? EXPLOSIONS!!!"</span></b><i><span>-MichelleLoves to Read</span></i><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>"It was funny, gritty, and sexy as hell. HollyS. Roberts is def on my authors to watch list!"</span></b><span><i>-JJ Book Bangers</i></span><span></span><br /><br /><b><span>"4.5 Stars out of 5"</span></b><i><span>-D.M. Duncan, reviewer</span></i>', '<span>Here's a sneak peek:</span><span></span><br /><span>I once asked my mother whatfirst attracted her to my father. She said it was his eyes--the kindness in hiseyes. To understand Moon's eyes you need to see the complete package.<br /><br />His mind is sharp; he easily reads people. He reads me like he sees inside mymind and plucks out my thoughts.<br /><br />His skin is smoke; it's the only way to describe it now that I've had some timeto look at him. If I knew nothing about him and saw him on the street, I wouldthink Hawaiian or Samoan.<br /><br />He's exotic and his eyes grab you. Blue eyes have never been my thing. And theword "kind" can't be used in conjunction with Moon's eyes. They'reintense--treacherous--deadly. Then sometimes, when he looks at me, they gosteamy hot. The kind of hot that says I want to lick you from the bottom to thetop and then eat you slowly. So slowly, you won't stop screaming until you'recompletely undone.<br /><br />I'm an ex-cop and will always have a cop's heart.<br /><br />Moon's a criminal and controls a criminal empire. I want him and it's playinghavoc with my soul.</span>']",
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"rejected": "Title: Amy Carmichael: Can brown eyes be made blue? (Little Lights)\nDescription: ['\"My own nieces and nephews love books and being read to. The older ones are now wanting to read books for themselves. Fiction is all very well but I love it when children catch the thrill from real life. That\\'s what people like Amy Carmichael do - they show you how what happens in our day to day can change a life and change a world. To start a life that honours God in meaningful way, try introducing that life to those believers who have been there and done that.\" (Catherine MacKenzie ~ Author and CF4K Editor)', 'Catherine MacKenzie has written several biographies for young teens in the Trailblazers series as well as other titles for younger children. She lives in Scotland and has several nieces and nephews - a perfect practice audience!', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Magic Fire (Shifting Magic) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<i>"<span>Love love love!! It had everything I long for in a good book: action, adventure, romance, with a dash of mystery. I loved trying to figure out what would happen next and the surprise twists in the story. I can't wait for the next one!" - Amanda</span></i>', '<span>If you enjoy paranormal romance mixed with urban fantasy, my</span><i><b>Shifting Magic</b></i><span>series is for you. Featuring power couple, Kaye, the independent fae and Darius, the sexy dragon, this series will take you on a wild adventure into the magical world of Alfheim, and beyond.</span>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Heartsridge Shifters: Cade (South-One Bears) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Olivia Arran is a USA Today bestselling author. She has been an avid reader since childhood, forgoing sleep to devour page after page by torchlight. As an adult she still reads voraciously, but also enjoys penning her own tales of romance. Steamy paranormal romance with strong alpha heroes and feisty heroines - Olivia writes what she likes to read and hopes you like it too!', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: In Safe Hands (Search and Rescue)\nDescription: ['\"As this series draws to a close, the most fascinating of the heroines is introduced. Her story is both heartbreaking and uplifting, at the same time. She\\'s a sympathetic sweetheart who carries the reader along on her journey to emotional healing. 4 Stars.\" - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews</em></strong>', \"A graduate of the Police Academy, Katie Ruggle is a self-proclaimed forensics nerd. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a bad-ass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing, and gymnastics, has lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, rides horses, shoots guns, trains her three dogs, and travels to warm places to scuba dive. She has received 4 Amazon Best Books of the Month and an Amazon Best Book of the Year. Run to Ground, the first book in her Rocky Mountain K9 Unit series, is a 2017 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award nominee. Connect with Katie at http://katieruggle.com/, https://www.facebook.com/katierugglebooks, or on Twitter and Instagram @KatieRuggle<br />\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Nicole Graimes: The Top 100 Low-Carb Recipes : Quick and Nutritious Dishes for Easy Low-Carb Eating (Paperback); 2016 Edition\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Broken Magic (Worlds of Magic) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling Canadian author Catherine Vale writes urban fantasy stories of magic and mayhem, and paranormal romance featuring girls with curves and guys with growl. Looking to connect with Catherine? She would love to hear from you! Visit her @ CatherineVale.com or on twitter @valeromance', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: VBScript Sourcebook (Sourcebooks)\nDescription: [\"From the basics to advanced programming techniques, a complete tutorial on using VBScript to build cutting-edge Web sites.<br /> <br /> No matter what your level of programming expertise, with the VBScript Sourcebook you'll quickly master Microsoft's powerful new Web page scripting extension language. You'll learn to:<br /> * Use VBScript with advanced HTML and Dynamic HTML<br /> * Create self-validating forms, interactive games, and local databases using DHTML data binding<br /> * Enliven your Web pages with state-of-the-art multimedia using embedded objects.<br /> <br /> Combining a structured approach to understanding and using VBScript with hands-on practical advice, Mary Jane Mara takes you step-by-step from VBScript basics to advanced programming techniques. Get acquainted with all the new VBScript objects, properties, methods, events, and other extensions in the new DHTML object model while receiving beginner- to intermediate-level tutorials on how to use VBScript to enhance your Web pages. Then sharpen your skills as you learn advanced techniques for using the full power of VBScript and DHTML to build cutting-edge Web applications. Also included is a complete guide to VBScript's objects, properties, methods, functions, and other language elements for easy and convenient reference while you script.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE WEB SITE<br /> <br /> Visit the companion Web site, www.wiley.com/compbooks/mara, to find fully executable example scripts from the book, which you can download and use to develop your own scripts.\", 'Mary Jane Mara is a senior consultant for Complete Data Solutions in Austin, Texas. She previously owned and operated a custom software development company for ten years. Her articles have appeared in major industry magazines; and she is the author of five other computer books, including three on scripting languages and two on the World Wide Web.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Seeds of Malice (Psychic Visions) (Volume 11)\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fatal Threat: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (The Fatal Series)\nDescription: ['\"The eleventh book in Force\\'s Fatal series is a nail-biter with plenty of twists, a surprising bad guy and a conclusion that will leave fans anxiously awaiting the next book. Readers will love that Force brings back so many different characters from the previous books so that it feels like a reunion of sorts. There are strong hints offered at the end that she might be taking the series in a new possible direction that will blow fans\\' minds. It feels as if Force is trying to keep things fresh in her latest, but fans can still count on plenty of suspense, romance and the wonderful characters they\\'ve come to love and root for.\" -- RT Book Reviews 4 STARS<br /><br />\"Force\\'s 11th Fatal romantic thriller continues her trend of writing likable, relatable characters who are entirely capable of handling the inevitably dire situations that occur in their high-risk jobs.\" -Publishers Weekly<br /><br />\"A delightful almost-political but-not-quite story of murder, intrigue and yummie romance.\" - MysterySequels.com<br /><br />\"This compelling romantic suspense novel has all the right elements to keep the reader turning pages, whether engaged in the seamy details of the case or the steamy elements of Sam\\'s relationship with her hot green-eyed husband. Marie Force, a New York Times bestselling author, excels at creating living, breathing characters and tangling them up in a believable, compelling plot. Fatal Threat is the eleventh book in Force\\'s Fatal series of romantic thrillers, and Force shows no signs of slowing down. \" -BookPage', \"<span><b>Marie Force</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books. In addition, she is the author of the Butler, Vermont Series, the Green Mountain Series and the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the name of M.S. Force.All together, her books have sold 6 million copies worldwide!</span><br /><span></span><br /><br /><span>Her goals in life are simple--to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br />Join Marie's mailing list on her website at marieforce.com for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on Facebook at Facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor, on Twitter @marieforce and on Instagram at instagram.com/marieforceauthor/. Contact Marie at marie@marieforce.com.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Lure of the Fox (Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['<b>Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart</b><br />Book 1 - Lure of the Dragon<br />Book 2 - Lure of the Wolf<br />Book 3 - Lure of the Bear<br />Book 4 - Lure of the Tiger<br />Book 5 - Love of the Dragon<br />Book 6 - Lure of the Fox<br />LURE OF THE ALPHA, Volume 1 - a <b>boxed set </b>of Books 1, 2, and 3 (+4 bonus scenes)<br />LURE OF THE ALPHA, Volume 2 - a <b>boxed set </b>of Books 4, 5, and 6 (+3 bonus scenes)<br /><br /><b>A great new paranormal romance you don\\'t want to miss! Available in ebook, paperback, and AUDIO! </b><br /><br /><b>Excerpt:</b><br /><br />Jake blinked a couple of times then stood without thinking, making the chair screech. \"Ella. Wait.\"<br /><br />But she didn\\'t wait. She took two shaky steps away, muttering something about the meeting later that night.<br /><br />\"What is it?\" he demanded, suddenly tired of messing around. \"What is it with us, I mean?\"<br /><br />A tic set in on her right cheek, and she averted her eyes. \"What us?\"<br /><br />He took a step closer. \"Us, <i>us</i><span>. That night. That one time we-\"</span><br /><span></span><br />Her cheeks went red. \"That didn\\'t happen.\"<br /><br />She might as well have stuck a knife in his gut and twisted a few times. \"It didn\\'t happen?\"<br /><br />Ella whirled to walk away, but he followed, feeling his face heat.<br /><br />\"It didn\\'t happen?\" His voice rose, but he couldn\\'t help it, and he grabbed her hand to stop her. \"That night was one of the only good things that happened in that whole mess of a war. And you\\'re saying it didn\\'t happen?\"<br /><br />Ella\\'s eyes flashed as she backed toward the wall. \"We said we\\'d keep it to just that one night.\"<br /><br />He followed, not wanting to cage her in but determined not to let her run this time.<br /><br />\"I\\'ve tried, Ella. You\\'ve tried. But it\\'s still there.\" He waved in the few inches between their bodies. \"It\\'s like something else is driving this, and I have no idea what that is.\"<br /><br />Her eyes flashed with emotions he couldn\\'t read, and a single word fell from her lips. \"Destiny.\"<br /><br />It sounded strangely ominous, matching Ella\\'s stricken expression.<br /><br />\"<span>Whatever it is, I\\'m sick of fighting it. Don\\'t you think we ought to give </span><i>us</i><span> another chance?\"</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>The flash in her eyes said </span><i>yes</i><span>, so he kept pressing forward with careful steps until Ella was nearly backed against the outer wall of the house, leaving her enough space to slide away if she insisted. But she didn\\'t. She just glared at him. Or rather, glared </span><i>through </i><span>him as if to blame someone - or something - else for what had happened back then.</span><br /><span></span><br />He touched her arm. \"Say something. Say anything. Just don\\'t say it never happened. Say you regret it if you have to-\"<br /><br />She shook her head immediately. \"I never said I regretted it.\"<br /><br />He gulped, staring at her. \"Then what? What is it that\\'s holding us back?\"<br /><br />Ella grimaced. \"Things you can\\'t understand.\"<br /><br />\"So, explain.\"<br /><br />She shook her head again. \"I can\\'t.\"<br /><br /><span>Jake tilted his head, studying her. He\\'d never seen Ella look so stuck or helpless. Ella didn\\'t do helpless. She didn\\'t know the meaning of </span><i>I can\\'t.</i><br /><i></i><br />He leaned closer until his lips were an inch away from hers. Less than an inch, maybe.<br /><br />\"Please tell me, Ella,\" he whispered. \"Tell me you\\'re not interested. Tell me you don\\'t want me.\"<br /><br />\"I do want you.\"<br /><br />It was ridiculous what a few words could do to a man\\'s heart, no matter how hard he tried to keep it locked away.<br /><br />\"Then why do you keep pushing me away?\"', 'USA Today and Amazon best selling author Anna Lowe loves putting the hero back into heroine and letting location ignite a passionate romance. She loves dogs, sports, and travel and letting those inspire her fiction. On any given weekend, you might find her hiking in the mountains or hunched over her laptop, working on her latest story be that travel romance, adventure romance, or paranormal romance. Either way, the day will end with a chunk of dark chocolate and a good read.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Survive the Night (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit)\nDescription: ['\"Ruggle will delight her readers with the third Rocky Mountain K9 Unit romantic thriller \" - <strong><em> Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br />\"Readers will swoon over how protective Otto is!\" - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />\"The juxtaposition of violence, the Mob, and crooked cops with a tender love story between Sarah and Otto makes for an<br />exciting read, complete with an ending that hints of more to come.\" - <strong><em> Booklist</em></strong>', \"A graduate of the Police Academy, Katie is a self-proclaimed forensics nerd. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a bad-ass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing, and gymnastics, has lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, rides horses, trains her three dogs, and travels to warm places to scuba dive. She has received 4 Amazon Best Books of the Month and an Amazon Best Book of the Year. Run to Ground, the first book in her Rocky Mountain K9 Unit series, is a 2017 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award nominee. Connect with Katie at http://katieruggle.com/, https://www.facebook.com/katierugglebooks, or on Twitter and Instagram @KatieRuggle\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Atlas of Ancient America\nDescription: ['While beginning with the European conquest and ending with Native American survivals, this atlas mostly concerns the prehistoric archaeology of North, Middle, and South America. Interspersed with shaded relief maps showing site locations, style zones, and cultural boundaries are sections on special topics and major sites. An extensive, well-researched text unites the maps, illustrations, and feature sections so successfully that this book can be recommended as the best available introduction to Native American prehistory. It is the first such atlas for the New World, and most libraries should have it.William S. Dancey, Anthropology Dept., Ohio State Univ., Columbus<BR>Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fatal Chaos (The Fatal Series)\nDescription: ['\"The fast-paced 12th installment in Force\\'s Fatal Series is a testament to her talent for blending romance with politics and suspense with sex.\" --Publisher\\'s Weekly<br /><br />\"With intrigue, mystery, action, a touch of humor and a hot romance, this story has it all.\" --4 Stars from RT Book Reviews<br /><br />\"From the first page until the last this story is action packed and absolutely has your attention... This is a book that I not only couldn\\'t put down, I didn\\'t want it to end.\" --5/5 Reviewer Top Pick from Night Owl Romance<br /><br />\"Marie Force always seems to keep this series on the pulse of the current political and social climate. Her writing and these characters make it impossible to put the book down until the very end.\" --Cocktails and Books<br /><br />\"This series keeps getting better and better. In Marie Force\\'s unique style, we become part of the Holland/Cappuano gang. This family and the members of the homicide division become our friends as we follow their struggles and joys. I love this series!\" --4.5 stars from As You Wish Reviews<br /><br />\"I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves crime thrillers, mysteries, and certainly romance.\" --4.5 star review from Bewitched Bookworms', \"<span><b>Marie Force</b>is the<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of contemporary romance, including the indie-published Gansett Island Series and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books. In addition, she is the author of the Butler, Vermont Series, the Green Mountain Series and the erotic romance Quantum Series. In 2019, her new historical Gilded series from Kensington Books will debut with<i>Duchess By Deception</i>.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>All together, her books have sold close to 7 million copies worldwide, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have appeared on the<i>New York Times</i>bestseller list many times. She is also a<i>USA Today</i>and<i>Wall Street Journal</i>bestseller, a</span><span>Speigel</span><span>bestseller in Germany, a frequent speaker and publishing workshop presenter as well as a publisher through her Jack's House Publishing romance imprint. She is a two-time nominee for the Romance Writers of America's RITA award for romance fiction.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Her goals in life are simple--to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.</span><br /><span></span><br />Join<span>Marie's mailing list</span>for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area.<span>Follow her on<span>Facebook</span>,<span>Twitter @marieforce</span>and on<span>Instagram</span>.</span>Join one of Marie's many<span>reader groups</span>.Contact Marie at<span>marie@marieforce.com</span>.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Unconditionally: Finding Jesus in the Eucharist\nDescription: ['Greg Wasinski is a full time Catholic Christian Inspirational Speaker and Au-thor. Gregs message of faith and real life is delivered in a genuine and attainable way. His easy to understand style helps people desire a deeper relationship with God while finding the real life application of their Catholic faith to encounter the person of Jesus Christ in the world. As a presenter, he offers family workshops, intergenerational parish missions, mens conference keynotes, staff/volunteer team building development and Confirmation retreats across the country. Greg is also heard as a regular radio contributor and guest on many shows across the country including his own featured segments on The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM Radio. Ultimately, its his passion to meet his audience where they are on their faith journey and provide support to Pastors, parish staff and ministry leaders as they continue to deepen faith formation for their communities. He exemplifies a true care for our churchs future by opening up dialogue that re-minds us why we believe what we believe. Prior to answering his call into ministry and founding \"Let Me Be...\" Ministries, Greg successfully held a career as a corpo-rate executive. His ministry is identified nationally by its sig-nature \"bee\" logo as a reminder to \"Be nothing more than God created you to be.\" Greg holds a certificate of Scriptural The-ology from John Paul the Great Catholic University, in Escon-dido, CA. He is married to Aimee and they reside in Chagrin Falls, OH with their two children and two German Shepherds. For more information, visit: www.FaithandRealLife.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Justify: A Vigilante Justice Novel\nDescription: ['<b>VIGILANTE JUSTICE HAS COME TO COLORADO</b><br /><br />In Justice, Colorado, the Kennards run everything, including the only big business in the area. Their sawmill employs most of the town, and the Kennard brothers live up to a long family history of keeping their neighbors and coworkers safe--until a motorcycle club comes to town and starts causing trouble. Big trouble. The kind that ends in funerals. The kind no law enforcement can help them with.<br /><br /> Payback<br /> Retaliate<br /> Justify', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality (Penguin Press Science)\nDescription: [\"'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: it is highly recommended' the Independent '(Greene) send(s) the reader's imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride. As a popularizer of exquisitely abstract science, he is both a skilled and kindly explicator' the New York Times 'Greene is as elegant as ever, cutting through the fog of complexity with insight and clarity; space and time become putty in his hands' Los Angeles Times Book Review\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Red Sky in Morning: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Lynch\\'s language, which is musical, close, and alive, evokes something that seems quintessentially Irish....His combination of nightmarish poetry and heart-racing plot is what makes <i>Red Sky in Morning </i>so compelling, like a gorgeous, terrifying ghost story. You\\'ll want to close your eyes and cover your ears, but find you can\\'t turn away.\" ---Damaris Colhoun, <i>Daily Beast</i><br /><br />\"Sumptuous and poetic....Lynch\\'s sense of the period, and the huge disruptions in society which affected every single character, is clever and well informed, but he has taken a real and fascinating risk with the style.\" ---Colm Tobn, <i>The Guardian</i><br /><br />\"A novel of great beauty and violence from Irish writer Lynch....Lynch\\'s poetic prose is gorgeous. He lovingly crafts every sentence.\" <br /><i>---Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Rendered in startlingly beautiful prose, not unlike the themes and style of Cormac McCarthy....This is strong stuff by a promising young author.\" <br />---Mark Levine, <i>Booklist</i><br /><br />\"If Dublin-based Lynch\\'s taut, absorbing, acerbically lyrical prose weren\\'t enough, there\\'s the intense and revelatory plot....Get it for all smart readers.\"<br />---Barbara Hoffert, <i>Library Journal</i><br /><br />\"Paul Lynch has a sensational gift for a sentence, inherited from the likes of Cormac McCarthy, Sebastian Barry, and Daniel Woodrell. He is a writer to watch out for, staking a bid for a territory all his own.\"<br />---Colum McCann, author of <em>Let the Great World Spin</em><br /><br />\"This book makes the literary synapses spark and burn -- forged in his own new and wonderful language, Paul Lynch reaches to the root, branch and bole of things, and unfurls a signal masterpiece.\"<br />---Sebastian Barry, author of <em>The Secret Scripture</em><br /><br />\"Paul Lynch takes a giant first step with his debut, <em>Red Sky in Morning.</em> It is classic storytelling, rough and haunted people and the times that made them, powerfully conjured, written in language that demands attention. Lynch is bardic, given to sly and inspired word selections, with his own sprung rhythms and angled, stark musicality.\"<br />---Daniel Woodrell, author of <em>Winter\\'s Bone</em> and <em>The Outlaw Album</em><br /><br />\"Paul Lynch\\'s writing is full of dark invention and brutal beauty. A raw and audacious talent which grips Irish writing by the neck.\"<br />---Hugo Hamilton, author of <i>The Speckled People</i><br /><br />\"A textured thriller straight from the torment of Ireland\\'s 19th century. Paul Lynch delivers a raw ancient world that Dickens would have recognized, and Roberto Bolao too.\" <br />---Peter Behrens, author of <i>The Law of Dreams </i>and <i>The O\\'Briens</i>', \"Paul Lynch is an Irish novelist and critic. He has written for Ireland's <em>Sunday Tribune, </em>the<em> London Sunday Times,</em> the<em> Irish Times,</em> the <em>Sunday Business Post,</em> the <em>Irish Daily Mail,</em> and <em>Film Ireland.</em> He lives in Dublin.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Aliens in the Bible\nDescription: ['This book is available as a FREE electronic DOWNLOAD on my website, AliensInTheBible.com. It can also be purchased directly from Xlibris.com BRAND NEW,for less than $20.00 - just call 1-800-795-4274.', 'While Milor has distinguished himself with two Associate degrees, a Bachelor, a Master, and is currently working on a second Master degree. He is currently employed by the Air National Guard as a Cyber Operations Superintendent. He has a devout interest in the ancient texts known as the Bible. The enigma of prophesy, and other metaphysical phenomenon contained within the Bible, inspire this author in his quest for truth.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son\nDescription: ['', \"<i>The Death of Santini</i> instantly reminded me of the decadent pleasures of [Conroy's] language, of his promiscuous gift for metaphor and of his ability, in the finest passages of his fiction, to make the love, hurt or terror a protagonist feels seem to be the only emotion the world could possibly have room for, the rightful center of the trembling universe....Conroys conviction pulls you fleetly through the book, as does the potency of his bond with his family, no matter their sins, their discord, their shortcomings. <b>Frank Bruni, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />In several of his 12 previous books, bestseller Conroy mined his brutal South Carolina childhoodmost directly in the book that became a 1979 hit movie, <i>The Great Santini</i>, about a violent fighter pilot and his defiant son. In this memoir, the 68-year-old sheds the fictional veil, taking one more night flight into the immortal darkness to study that house of pain a final time. The result is a painful, lyrical, addictive read that his fans wont want to miss. <b><i>People</i>, 3 out of 4 stars</b><br /><br />Despite the inherently bleak nature of so much of this material, Conroy has fashioned a memoir that is vital, large-hearted and often raucously funny. The result is an act of hard-won forgiveness, a deeply considered meditation on the impossibly complex nature of families and a valuable contribution to the literature of fathers and sons. <b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><i><br /></i><br />Conroy remains a brilliant storyteller, a master of sarcasm, and a hallucinatory stylist whose obsession with the impress of the past on the present binds him to Southern literary tradition. <b><i>The Boston Globe</i></b><br /><br />Conroy has the reflective ability that comes only with age. He has a deeper understanding of his father and the havoc he brought to his family.But against the backdrop of ugliness and pain, Conroy also describes a certain kind of love, even forgiveness. <b>Associated Press</b><br /><br />Conroy writes athletically and beautifully, slicing through painful memories like a point guard splitting the defense.It is a fast but wrenching read, filled with madness and abuse, big-hearted description and snarky sibling dialogue all as Conroy comes to terms with what he calls the weird-ass ruffled strangeness of the Conroy family. <b><i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i></b><br /><br />A heady, irresistible confusion of love and hate, one more night flight into the immortal darkness to study that house of pain one more time, to prove how low his princes and princesses of Tides can sink and how high they can soar. True Conroy fans wouldnt have it any other way. <b><i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i></b><br /><br />An emotionally difficult journey that should lend fans of Conroys fiction an insightful back story to his richly imagined characters. The moving true story of an unforgiveable father and his unlikely redemption. <b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review</b>\", '', 'Pat Conroy is the author of ten previous books: <i>The Boo</i>, <i>The Water Is Wide</i>, <i>The Great Santini</i>, <i>The Lords of Discipline</i>, <i>The Prince of Tides</i>, <i>Beach Music</i>, <i>My Losing Season</i>, <i>The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life</i>, <i>South of Broad</i>, and <i>My Reading Life</i>. He lives in Beaufort, South Carolina.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Luxury World: The Past, Present and Future of Luxury Brands\nDescription: ['\"A tour de force on the evolution of luxury, from logo-driven excess to the rediscovered treasures of discretion and taste. In his scrutiny of many different brands, Mark Tungate shows that savoir faire, not flash, is what counts. A beautiful and compelling book for readers who have moved beyond bling to a luxury that lasts.\" <b>--Stuart McCullough, Head of Sales and Marketing, Bentley</b><br /><br />', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Andalucian Friend: A Novel\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Get ready for another round of hype in which one more heavily promoted Scandinavian thriller will be touted as the next Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Its a shame, really, because this gripping crime novel, the first in a trilogy, deserves to stand completely on its own. Yes, its set largely in Stockholm, and, yes, it stars a woman of remarkable strength and resiliency, but Sderberg, a veteran screenwriter, is a very different kind of writer than investigative journalist Larsson; this novel is much faster paced than Dragon Tattoo, and while the multiple characters are richly complex, the narrative rumbles ever forward without Larssons emphasis on backstory and research techniques. When we first meet Sophie Brinkman, an unassuming nurse and single mother, she seems the polar opposite of Lisbeth Salander. That changes slowly but inexorably after Sophie gets to know one of her patients, the suave Hector Guzman, a charming family man but alsoas Sophie eventually discoversthe head of an international crime ring. (Comparisons to the Corleone family are also inevitable and not entirely unjustified.) Soon enough, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a gang war as Guzmans family battles a rival Russian contingent. Throw in a gaggle of rogue cops and Sophies old boyfriend, who turns up out of nowhere with a history of his own, and you have a multistranded plot that holds together as exquisitely as finely wound silk. But, as with the Larsson trilogy, its the woman at the center who sparks the engine. By novels end, Sophie has realized that she was bigger than she had dared to see. We see it, too, and are ready to follow her anywhere. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Sderbergs novel was the smash of the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, and movie rights have already been sold. Promotion plans for the novels release will take full advantage of the books international success. --Bill Ott', '“Epic... <i>The Andalucian Friend</i> is a crime novel that mixes familial drama — the Guzman crime family is drawing comparisons to Mario Puzo\\'s Corleones — gang wars, the illegal gun trade, break-the-rules cops and unspeakable violence…The scope of this novel is sometimes astounding and always fascinating.”—<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br><br>“Scandinavian crime fiction finds a new voice in Alexander Söderberg. . . .[a] dark, intricate debut novel.”—<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br><br>“[A] tense, accomplished debut. . . . Complex but swift, well-written and often grisly. . . . There are enough aspects left unresolved to look forward to at least two more books of deadly peril, with new danger at every turn.”<b> —<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br><b> </b><br>“Takes up Stieg Larsson’s mantle in icy, brutal style. . . . This adrenalized debut leads you into a European drug ring and introduces an unlikely heroine who’s caught in the crossfire.”<b> —<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br><br>“An enjoyably offbeat thriller about rival gangs fighting over an international drug-smuggling route. . . . [Söderberg] writes with feeling about the crushing psychological stress felt by both cops and criminals.”—<i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>“A timely thriller [that] adds some gritty saturated color to the minimal black-and-white palette of Nordic noir. . . . Intriguing.” —<i><b>Mystery Scene<br></b></i><br>“Imagine <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i> meets <i>The Sopranos</i>, then crank up the intrigue and rip off the knob.  Alexander Söderberg has penned an awesome thriller you won\\'t want to miss.” —<b>Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of <i>Black List</i></b><br><br>“One of the many wonderful things about Alexander Söderberg\\'s novel, <i>The Andalucian Friend</i>, is how it upsets our expectations.  His cops act like gangsters, while his gangsters (some of them) attain a startling sort of nobility.  Söderberg has created an entertaining, engaging, and wonderfully bloody-minded world.  He’s a <i>great</i> storyteller.  It’s that simple.”<b> —Scott Smith, author of <i>The Ruins</i></b><br><br>“The international cast is packed with compelling bad guys, the plot is intricate and urgent, and the dialogue is tense and true and sometimes even funny. A joy-ride of a read.” —<b>Chris Pavone, author of <i>The Expats</i></b> <br><br>\"Get ready for another round of hype in which one more heavily promoted Scandinavian thriller will be touted as \\'the next <i>Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i>.\\' It’s a shame, really, because <i><b>this gripping crime novel, the first in a trilogy, deserves to stand completely on its own.</b></i> Yes, it’s set largely in Stockholm, and, yes, it stars a woman of remarkable strength and resiliency, but Soderberg, a veteran screenwriter, is a very different kind of writer than investigative journalist Larsson; this novel is much faster paced than <i>Dragon Tattoo</i>, and while the multiple characters are richly complex,<i><b> the narrative rumbles ever forward</b></i> without Larsson’s emphasis on backstory and research techniques. When we first meet Sophie Brinkman, an unassuming nurse and single mother, she seems the polar opposite of Lisbeth Salander. That changes slowly but inexorably after Sophie gets to know one of her patients, the suave Hector Guzman, a charming family man but also—as Sophie eventually discovers—the head of an international crime ring. (Comparisons to the Corleone family are also inevitable and not entirely unjustified.) Soon enough, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a gang war as Guzman’s family battles a rival Russian contingent. Throw in a gaggle of rogue cops and Sophie’s old boyfriend, who turns up out of nowhere with a history of his own, and you have <i><b>a multistranded plot that holds together as exquisitely as finely wound silk.</b></i> But, as with the Larsson trilogy, it’s the woman at the center who sparks the engine.<i><b> </b></i>By novel’s end, Sophie has realized that \\'she was bigger than she had dared to see.\\' We see it, too, and are ready to follow her anywhere.\"<b> —<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br> <br>“A tale of cutthroat mob bosses. . . . Söderberg writes exceptionally well-drawn and sympathetic characters . . . and has the chops to move a story along with the best of them.”—<b><i>BookPage </i></b><br><br>“Excellent. . . . [A] jam-packed plot.” —<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br><br></b>“Söderberg is masterful.” <b>—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>']",
"rejected": "Title: Three Books of Fenton Glass : The First Twenty-Five Years , The Second Twenty-Five Years , The Third Twenty-Five Years\nDescription: ['All three books by the same author. All are 8.5 x 11 inches. 1978, 1980, 1989. The three books together have hundreds and hundreds of items pictured.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Gone Girl\nDescription: [\"Product Description\\n'What are you thinking, Amy? The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?' Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? And what was left in that half-wrapped box left so casually on their marital bed? In this novel, marriage truly is the art of war...\\n\\nAbout the Author\\nGillian Flynn's first novel SHARP OBJECTS was the winner of two CWA DAGGERS, and was shortlisted for the GOLD DAGGER, and also for an EDGAR. She lives in Chicago with her husband.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dark Places\nDescription: ['<b><b><b>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<br><br>Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by <i>Publishers Weekly</i> <br></b></b><br>A <i>Weekend TODAY</i> “Top Summer Read”<br></b><br><b><i>The New Yorker</i>\\'s Reviewers\\' Favorite from 2009<br><br>A 2009 Favorite Fiction Pick by <i>The Chicago Tribune <br></i></b><br>“[A] nerve-fraying thriller.” <br>—<b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>“Flynn’s well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma.” <br><b>—</b><i><b>The New Yorker</b><br></i><br>“Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice in <i>Sharp Objects</i>, her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In DARK PLACES, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn…has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females….[A] propulsive and twisty mystery.” <br>—<b><i>Entertainment Weekly<br><br></i></b>“Flynn follows her deliciously creepy <i>Sharp Objects</i> with another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it’s so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming.”<br><b>—<i>People</i> (4 stars)</b><br><br>“Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit.” <br><b>—<i>Dallas Morning News</i></b><br><br>“A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off.” <br><b>—</b><i><b>Chicago Tribune</b><br></i><br>\"In her first psychological thriller, <i>Sharp Objects,</i> Flynn created a world unsparingly grim and nasty (the heroine carves words into her own flesh) written with irresistibly mordant humor. The sleuth in her equally disturbing and original second novel is Libby Day....It\\'s Flynn\\'s gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for.” <br><b>—<i>New York Magazine</i><br><br></b>“[A] gripping thriller.”<br>—<b><i>Cosmopolitan<br><br></i></b>\"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre.”<br><b>–Stephen King<br></b><br>“Another winner!”<br><b><b>—</b>Harlan Coben<br><br></b>“Gillian Flynn’s writing is compulsively good. I would rather read her than just about any other crime writer.”<br><b><b>—</b>Kate Atkinson<br><br></b>“Dark Places grips you from the first page and doesn\\'t let go.”<br><b><b>—</b>Karin Slaughter<br></b><br>“With her blistering debut Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn hit the ground running. Dark Places demonstrates that was no fluke.”<br><b><b>—</b>Val McDermid<br><br></b>“<i>Dark Places\\'</i> Libby Day may seem unpleasant company at first–she\\'s humoring those with morbid curiosities about her family\\'s murders in order to get money out of them–but her steely nature and sharp tongue are compelling. \\'I have a meanness inside me,\\'she says, \\'real as an organ.\\'Yes she does, and by the end of this pitch-black novel, after we\\'ve loosened our grip on its cover and started breathing deeply again, we\\'re glad Flynn decided to share it.” <br><b><b>—</b>Jessa Crispin, NPR.org<br></b><br>“Flynn returns to the front ranks of emerging thriller writers with her aptly titled new novel . . . Those who prefer their literary bones with a little bloody meat will be riveted.” <br>—<b><i>Portland Oregonian</i></b><br><br>“Gillian Flynn may turn out to be a more gothic John Irving for the 21st century, a writer who uses both a surgeon\\'s scalpel and a set of rusty harrow discs to rip the pretty face off middle America.” <br><b>—<i>San Jose Mercury News</i></b><br><b><i><br></i></b>“The world of this novel is all underside, all hard flinch, and Flynn’s razor-sharp prose intensifies this effect as she knuckles in on every sentence. . . . The slick plotting in DARK PLACES will gratify the lover of a good thriller–but so, too, will Flynn’s prose, which is ferocious and unrelenting and pure pleasure from word one.” <br><b>—<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i></b><br><br>“Gillian Flynn’s second novel, DARK PLACES<i>,</i> proves that her first –<i> Sharp Objects </i>– was no fluke. . . . tough, surprising crime fiction that dips its toes in the deeper waters of literary fiction.” <br><b>—<i>Chicago Sun-Times<br></i><br></b>\"Flynn fully inhabits Libby—a damaged woman whose world has resided entirely in her own head for the majority of her life and who is prone to dark metaphors: \\'Draw a picture of my soul, and it’d be a scribble with fangs.\\' Half the fun of DARK PLACES is Libby’s swampy psychology, which Flynn leads us through without the benefit of hip waders.”<br><b>—<i>Time Out Chicago<br></i><br></b>“Clever, engrossing and disturbing….[DARK PLACES] should cement [Flynn’s] place in the great authors of crime fiction.” <br>—<b><i>Crimespree</i></b><br><b><i><br></i></b>“[D]eliciously creepy...Flynn follows 250-some pages of masterful plotting and character development with a speedway pileup of pulse-pounding revelations.” <b><br></b>—<b><i>Chicago Reader</i></b><br><br>“A genuinely shocking denouement.” <br><b>—<i>Romantic Times</i></b><br><br>“Sardonic, riveting . . . Like Kate Atkinson, Flynn has figured out how to fuse the believable characters, silken prose and complex moral vision of literary fiction to the structure of a crime story. . . . You can sense trouble coming like a storm moving over the prairie, but can\\'t quite detect its shape.” <br><b><b>—</b>Laura Miller, Salon.com</b><br><br>“These characters are fully realized—so true they could step off the page….hints of what truly happened to the Day family feel painfully, teasingly paced as they forge an irresistible trail to the truth….Could. Not. Stop. Reading.”<br>—<b>Bookreporter.com<br></b><br>“Libby’s voice is a pitch-perfect blend of surliness and emotionally charged imagery. . . . The Kansas in these pages is a bleak, deterministic place where bad blood and lies generate horrifically unintended consequences. Though there’s little redemption here, Flynn manages to unearth the humanity buried beneath the squalor.”<br><b><b>—</b>Bloomberg.com</b><br><br>“Set in the bleak Midwest of America, this evocation of small-town life and dysfunctional people is every bit as horribly fascinating as Capote’s journalistic retelling of a real family massacre, In Cold Blood, which it eerily resembles. This is only Flynn’ s second crime novel–her debut was the award-winning <i>Sharp Objects</i>–and demonstrates even more forcibly her precocious writing ability and talent for the macabre.” <br><b><i><b>—</b>Daily Mail </i>(UK)<br><br></b>“Flynn’s second novel is a wonderful evocation of drab small-town life. The time-split narrative works superbly and the atmosphere is eerily macabre—<i>Dark Places</i> is even better than the author’s award-winning <i>Sharp Objects</i>.”<br><b>—<i>The Guardian</i> (UK)<br></b><br>“A gritty, riveting thriller with a one-of-a-kind, tart-tongued heroine.” <br><b>—<i>Booklist</i>, starred review</b><br><br>“Flynn’s second crime thriller tops her impressive debut, <i>Sharp Objects</i>…When the truth emerges, it’s so twisted that even the most astute readers won’t have predicted it.”<br>—<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br></b><br>“The sole survivor of a family massacre is pushed into revisiting a past she’d much rather leave alone, in Flynn’s scorching follow-up to <i>Sharp Objects</i> . . . Flynn intercuts Libby’s venomous detective work with flashbacks to the fatal day 24 years ago so expertly that as they both hurtle toward unspeakable revelations, you won’t know which one you’re more impatient to finish. . . . every sentence crackles with enough baleful energy to fuel a whole town through the coldest Kansas winter.”<br><b>—<i>Kirkus Reviews<br></i></b><br>“Once in a while a book comes along that puts a new spin on an old idea. More than 40 years ago, Truman Capote took readers inside the Clutter farmhouse in Holcomb, KS, to show them what it was like to walk in a killer\\'s shoes. Flynn takes modern readers back to Kansas to explore the fictional 1985 Day family massacre from the perspective of a survivor as well as the suspects. . . . tight plotting and engaging characters.” <br>—<b><i>Library Journal</i></b>', '<b>GILLIAN FLYNN</b> is the author of the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Gone Girl</i>, and the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>Dark Places</i> and <i>Sharp Objects</i>. A former writer and critic for <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, she lives in Chicago with her husband and son.']",
"rejected": "Title: Understanding Cemetery Symbols: A Field Guide for Historic Graveyards (Messages from the Dead)\nDescription: ['Tui Snider (TuiSnider.com) is a writer, speaker & photographer specializing in offbeat sites, overlooked history, cemetery symbolism & haunted lore. Her award-winning books include: \"Unexpected Texas,\" \"Paranormal Texas,\" and \"The Lynching of the Santa Claus Bank Robber.\" She is currently working on several books, including one about quirky and unusual burial sites.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Prisoner of Heaven: A Novel\nDescription: ['“[A novel] with the blissful narrative drive of a high-class mystery… Ruiz Zafn is a splendidly solicitous craftsman, careful to give the reader at least as much pleasure as he is evidently having.” (The Guardian)<br /><br />“The story has heart, menace torture, kindness, cruelty, sacrifice, and a deep devotion to what makes humans tick.” (New York Journal of Books)<br /><br />“Perhaps his wittiest [novel] and the darkest to date, a stylistic feat that Ruiz Zafon handles deftly…Savor this book.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)<br /><br />“Gripping…suspenseful…The magic of the novel is in the wonderfully constructed creepy and otherworldly setting, the likable characters, and the near-perfect dialogue.” (Booklist)<br /><br />“Invoking the atmosphere of Dumas, Dickens, Poe and Garcia Marquez, Carlos Ruiz Zafon retains his originality and will hold his rightful place among the storytelling masters of literature.” (Book Reporter)<br /><br />“Zafon’s storytelling is deft and well-paced, and his vivid prose brings the cultural riches and political strife of Franco-era Spain to life.” (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />“There is an air of magical realism to Zafn’s tales. The prose is robust and the dialogue rich with smart irony. But mostly, reading Zafn is great fun.” (Miami Herald)<br /><br />“A deep and mysterious novel full of people that feel real…This is an enthralling read and a must-have for your library. Zafn focusses on the emotion of the reader and doesn’t let go.” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)', '', 'Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julián, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past.', 'His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s and the early days of Franco's dictatorship. The terrifying events of that time launch them on a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love, and will ultimately transform their lives.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Redeemer\nDescription: [\"THE NEXT STIEG LARSSON' INDEPENDENT. OVER 9 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN. TO KILL...It is a freezing December night and Christmas shoppers have gathered to listen to a Salvation Army carol concert. Then a shot rings out and one of the singers falls to the floor, dead. Detective Harry Hole and his team are called in to investigate but have little to work with - there is no immediate suspect, no weapon and no motive. But when the assassin discovers he's shot the wrong man, Harry finds his troubles have only just begun.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance\nDescription: [\"THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD. 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. 'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Frances Wilson, Sunday Times. 'The most brilliant book I've read for years...A rich tale of the pleasure and pains of what it is to be human' Bettany Hughes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year. 'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: How Few Remain\nDescription: [\"A generation after the South won the first American civil War, America writhes once more in the bloody throes of battle. Furious over the annexation of key Mexican territory, the United States declares total war against the Confederate States. And so, in 1881, the frgile peace is shattered. But this is a new kind of war, fought on a lawless frontier where the Blue and the Grey battle not only each other but the Apache, the outlaw - and evne the British Redcoat. For along with France, britain enters the fray on the Confederate side. 'The wizard of If.' Chicago Sun-Times 'The standard-bearer for alternate history.' USA Today\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China\nDescription: [\"“This is a good murder story, well told, with all the additional pleasures that a knowledgeable tour guide to old China can provide. Grateful readers could scarcely ask for more.”  – Joseph Kanon, author of <i>Istanbul Passage</i>, in <i>The Washington Post</i><br><br>“Never less than fascinating… one of the best portraits of between-the-wars China that has yet been written.” – <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>“Midnight in Peking is both a detective story and a social history, and therefore – as it should – always keeps the hunt for Pamela’s killers somewhere near the center of the narrative. [Paul French] is a wonderfully dexterous guide” – Jonathan Spence in <i>The New York Review of Books</i><br><br>“A crime story set among sweeping events is reminiscent of Graham Greene, particularly The Third Man, while French's terse, tightly-focussed style has rightly been compared to Chandler. Midnight in Peking deserves a place alongside both these masters.” – <i>The Independent</i><br><br>“A page-turning and fascinating true crime book. This is a genre-breaker that captures the atmosphere of 1930s Peking.” – <i>The Bookseller </i>[selected as One to Watch]<br><br>“…the most talked-about read in town this year.” – <i>The New Yorker’s</i> Page-Turner Blog<br><br>“Midnight in Peking is true-crime writing at its best, full of vivid characters, an exotic locale, secrets galore, and a truly bewildering mystery.” – <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i><br><br>“…A compulsively readable true crime work in the tradition of Devil in the White City.” – The Atlantic.com<br><br>“Not only does Mr. French succeed in solving the crime, he resurrects a period that was filled with glitter as well as evil, but was never, as readers will appreciate, known for being dull.” – <i>The Economist</i><br><br>“An engrossing read” – Oprah.com<br><br>“In today’s Beijing, French’s portrait feels surprisingly germane.” – <i>The Los Angeles Times</i><br><br>“Part historical docudrama, part tragic opera… [French] tells this sorry tale with the skill of an Agatha Christie.” – <i>The Financial Times</i>\", 'Paul French lives in Shanghai, where he is a business advisor and analyst. He frequently comments on China for the English-speaking press around the world. French studied history, economics, and Mandarin at university and has an M.Phil. in economics from the University of Glasgow.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition\nDescription: ['<b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i>BESTSELLER</b><br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>Why Priests? </i>by Garry Wills</b>:<br /><br />Wills draws on his expertise in classical languages and his wide reading in ecclesiastical history to argue that the Catholic/Orthodox priesthood has been one long mistake.<br /><b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />Wills sets out to persuade his fellow-Catholics that the priesthood is both unnecessary and un-Christian. . . . Wills is not attempting to break with the Church or to dismantle it. Rather, he wants to assure the faithful that they can get by without priests. If we need fellowship in belief, he writes, we have each other.<br /><b><i>The New Yorker</i></b><br /><br />How. . .did priests become dominant and then essential in Catholic Christianity? And why, Wills asks, in this provocative [and] historically rich . . . book, does the Vatican continue to sustain such falsehoods? . . . Willss demolition of the many myths surrounding the origins of priestly status and function is in itself crucially informative and enlightening.<br /><b><i>The New Republic</i></b><br /><br />Pulitzer Prize winner Wills, a venerable voice on church history, thought and practice, provides a stunning critique of the Roman Catholic priesthood.<br /><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> (starred)<br /><br />Using his linguistic skills and his impressive command of both secondary literature and patristic sources, Wills raises doubts aplenty about the Melchizedek myth, and the priestly claims for Jesus in the idiosyncratic Epistle to the Hebrews His final chapter is a model of elegant simplicity, a contrast (intended or not) to the flummery often associated with his own church There is one God, and Jesus is one of his prophets, Wills concludes, and I am one of his millions of followers. For those millions, scattered across time and space, thats an affirmation worthy of celebration.<br /><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br /><br />Do we really need Catholic Priests? Wills, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of<i>Why I Am a Catholic,</i>dares to pose this controversial question[.] . . . One cannot help but be impressed with this brilliant work written by a scholar whose love for the Church compels him to make it better.<br /><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />Clearly a thought-provoker destined to inspire debate.<br /><b><i>Library Journal</i></b><br /><br />Willss . . . position is . . . original and insightful . . . [and his] task is a worthy one, namely to bring the institution of the priesthood under the gaze of historical and theological scrutiny. . . . Through his erudite scholarship and his compelling argumentation Wills has made an important contribution to this field of study and, in the process, has written a book that is thoroughly absorbing and engaging.<br /><b><i>Irish Times</i></b><br /><br />[Wills] combin[es] historical and literary analysis with journalistic observations on the present Catholic church. . . . <i>Why Priests? </i>should be required of all seminarians.<br /><b><i>National Catholic Reporter</i></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />', '<b>Garry Wills</b> has written many acclaimed and bestselling works, including <i>What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, </i>and <i>Why I Am a Catholic</i>. His books have received many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. A professor of history emeritus at Northwestern University, Wills is a frequent contributor to <i>The New York Review of Books </i>and other publications.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West\nDescription: ['\"Harden’s book, besides being a gripping story, unsparingly told, carries a freight of intelligence about this black hole of a country.\" —Bill Keller, <i>The New York Times </i><br>', '“The central character in Blaine Harden\\'s extraordinary new book <i>Escape from Camp 14</i> reveals more in 200 pages about human darkness in the ghastliest corner of the world\\'s cruelest dictatorship than a thousand textbooks ever could . . . <i>Escape from Camp 14</i>, the story of Shin\\'s awakening, escape and new beginning, is a riveting, remarkable book that should be required reading in every high-school or college-civics class. Like \"The Diary of Anne Frank\" or Dith Pran\\'s account of his flight from Pol Pot\\'s genocide in Cambodia, it\\'s impossible to read this excruciatingly personal account of systemic monstrosities without fearing you might just swallow your own heart . . . Harden\\'s wisdom as a writer shines on every page.” —<i>The Seattle Times</i>', \"<b>Blaine Harden</b> is a reporter for PBS's <i>FRONTLINE</i> and a contributor to the <i>Economist</i>, and has served as <i>The Washington Post</i>'s bureau chief in East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. He is the author of <i>Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent</i> and <i>A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia</i>. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: PRESIDENT TRUMP and the 2nd AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Book 2: RAW MILK Uncensored Edition (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Joe Pelech is a Canadian living in Japan. His only chance to get real news in English is from the internet. Joe, then, values freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Because Joe graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Canadian History Major, he believes human history must be recorded and verified by many independent sources. According to Joe Pelech, \"Without freedom of speech, what do we have? Our words become forfeit, and tyranny rules the world. But our words are important! Yours and mine!\"']"
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"rejected": "Title: Photography Reinvented: The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker\nDescription: ['\"<i>Photography Reinvented</i> assembles exemplary pictures by artists who defined the rise of monumental color photography in art museums and the art market alike, and in so doing redefined the role of photography in contemporary art.\"<b>Mitra Abbaspour, coeditor of <i>Object:Photo: Modern Photographs: The Thomas Walther Collection, 1909-1949</i></b>', '', '\"<i>Photography Reinvented</i> assembles exemplary pictures by artists who defined the rise of monumental color photography in art museums and the art market alike, and in so doing redefined the role of photography in contemporary art.\"<b>--Mitra Abbaspour, coeditor of <i>Object:Photo: Modern Photographs: The Thomas Walther Collection, 1909-1949</i></b>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Museum of Innocence\nDescription: ['<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000445161\"><b>Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2009</b></a>: The story of Kemal, the half-hearted industrialist who is the hero of <i>The Museum of Innocence</i>, Orhan Pamuk\\'s first novel since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a deeply private one, built around an often inexplicable obsession that he attempts to justify to the reader. In honor of Fsun, the poor, beautiful cousin he had a short affair with when he was 30 and engaged to another, he has hoarded a museum of relics, both of their time together and of the much longer time when, like Gatsby drawn by the green light on Daisy\\'s dock, he hovered at the edge of her life, held in check (but yet held nearby) by the proprieties of Turkish society. From Kemal\\'s passion Pamuk constructs a masterful meditation on time, desire, and possession, saturated with the details of the city of Pamuk\\'s youth: the brand names, the film stars, the streets, the intricate social relations between classes and between modernity and tradition. It\\'s as if the museum of the title was built in honor not of Fsun but of Istanbul, circa 1975. <i>--Tom Nissley</i>', \"Starred Review. Nobel laureate Pamuk's latest is a soaring, detailed and laborious mausoleum of love. During Istanbul's tumultuous 1970s, Kemal Bey, 30-year-old son of an upper-class family, walks readers through a lengthy catalogue of trivial objects, which, though seeming mundane, hold memories of his life's most intimate, irretrievable moments. The main focus of Kemal's peculiar collection of earrings, ticket stubs and drinking glasses is beloved Fsun, his onetime paramour and longtime unrequited love. An 18-year-old virginal beauty, modest shopgirl and poor distant relation, Fsun enters Kemal's successful life just as he is engaged to Sibel, a very special, very charming, very lovely girl. Though levelheaded Sibel provides Kemal compassionate relief from their social strata's rising tensions, it is the fleeting moments with fiery, childlike Fsun that grant conflicted Kemal his deepest peace. The poignant truth behind Kemal's obsession is that his museum provides a closeness with Fsun he'll never regain. Though its incantatory middle suffers from too many indistinguishable quotidian encounters, this is a masterful work. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence\nDescription: ['An <i>Independent</i> Best Book on Religion and a <i>New York Times Book Review</i> Editors\\' Choice. <br /><br />Praise for <i>Fields of Blood</i>: <br />\"I generally end up judging books in two ways: by whether I can remember them and whether they change the way I think about the world. It\\'s too soon to know about the first test, but on the basis of the second I recommend <i>Fields of Blood</i>.\" <i>--The New York Times<br /></i><br /><b>\"Could not have come at a better time.\" <i>--Winnipeg Free Press</i></b>', 'KAREN ARMSTRONG is the author of numerous other books on religious affairs, including <i>The Case for God</i>, <i>A History of God</i>, <i>The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha</i> and <i>The Great Transformation</i>--and a memoir, <i>The Spiral Staircase</i>. Her work has been translated into 45 languages. In February 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on The Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as in Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. She is currently an ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations. The author lives in London, UK.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Silent House\nDescription: ['Praise for Silent House:<br /><br /><br />\"Inspired and impassionedA microcosm of a country on the verge of a coupPamuk has a flattering faith in his reader\\' intelligenceThe book [is] threaded through with ideas of history, religion, memory class and politics. But it never seems didactic because the reader comes to realize that these reflections are aspects of the inner life: plausible components of the characters\\' psyches. I was glad to be transported to a seaside town in Turkey, to meet this odd family and their neighbors, all of whom seem to be living in several places at once: in the present and the past, in history, in everyday reality and in the simultaneously limitless and constricted worlds of their own mindsThe reading experience is so very pleasurable.\"<br /> Francine Prose, <i>New York Times Book Review<br /></i><br />Luminous and stylistically inventiveenergetic and exuberant<i>Silent House</i> is a kind of literary time machine, allowing us to glimpse both the writer and his country at this crucial turning pointthe novel brilliantly captures the disorder, nostalgia and hope of a society struggling with violence and self-definition.<br /> Michael David Lukas,<i> San Francisco Chronicle<br /></i><br />Propulsivein this quiet unassuming way does a wrenching story unfold, until an unexpected and hair-raising turnthe authors most accessible novel to datethe work of a great engineer.<br /> Marie Arana, <i>Washington Post<br /></i><br />Gripping family sagaarresting and unforgettable...[Pamuk] speaks with great prescience, subtlety and sophistication. <i>Silent House</i> is both a highly readable fiction and an unsparing portrait of the Turkish intellectual class.<br /> Alev Adil, <i>The Independent </i>(UK)<br /><br />Spellbindingluminousrich in brooding memories of a bygone era but the experience is elevating rather than oppressive. The events and characters in this novel may belong to a particular region and time, but their angst is universalThat is a measure of the greatness of his craft, something one finds in Anton Chekov.<br /> Shreekant Sambrani, <i>Business Standard</i> (India)<br /><br /><br />The beginnings of a great writer<i> Silent House</i> illuminates the recent historical pressures, and 30 years on, the novel feels doubly prescient A novelist prescient enough to publish [this] in 1983 proved himself fully deserving of the call from the Swedish Academy in 2006.<br /> Mark Lawson,<i> The Guardian</i> (UK)<br /><br /><br />ImpressiveIt proves once and for all that Pamuk is truly one of the worlds most versatile fiction writers, no matter the language in which he is readDespite the specificity of the novels setting, the characters respective struggles are universal; they could be any family, anywhere, at any time.<br /> Jason Diamond, <i>New York Observer</i><br /><br />Pamuk builds a multi-faceted panorama distinguished by his customary intellectual richness and breadth.<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br />', 'Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. His novel <i>My Name Is Red</i> won the 2003 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His work has been translated into more than sixty languages.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel\nDescription: ['', 'An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.<b> Pulitzer Prize citation</b><br /><br />All of these elementsstylistic panache, technical daring, moral weight and an uncanny sense of the current momentcombine in Adam Johnson\\'s <i>The Orphan Master\\'s Son</i>, the single best work of fiction published in 2012. . . . The book\\'s cunning, flair and pathos are testaments to the still-formidable power of the written word. <b><i>The Wall Street Journal<br /></i></b><br /><i>The Orphan Masters Son</i> performs an unusual form of sorcery, taking a frankly cruel and absurd reality and somehow converting it into a humane and believable fiction. Its an epic feat of story-telling. Its thrillingly written, and it\\'s just thrilling period. <b>Zadie Smith, <i>Los Angeles Times<br /></i></b><br />A great novel can take implausible fact and turn it into entirely believable fiction. Thats the genius of <i>The Orphan Masters Son. </i>Adam Johnson has taken the papier-mch creation that is North Korea and turned it into a real and riveting place that readers will find unforgettable. This is a novel worth getting excited about, one which more than delivers on its pre-publication buzz I havent liked a new novel this much in years, and I want to share the simple pleasure of reading the book. But I also think its an instructive lesson in how to paint a fictional world against a background of fact: The secret is researchIts this process of re-imagination that makes the fictional locale so real and gives the novel an impact you could never achieve with a thousand newspaper stories. Johnson has painted in indelible colors the nightmare of Kims North Korea. When English readers want to understand what it was about how people lived and died inside a cult of personality that committed unspeakable crimes against its citizens I hope they will turn to this carefully documented story. The happy surprise is that they will find it such a page turner. <b></b><i><b>The Washington Post<br /></b></i><br />Adam Johnson\\'s remarkable novel <i>The Orphan Masters Son</i> is set in North Korea, an entire nation that has conformed to the fictions spun by a dictator and his inner circleMr. Johnson is a wonderfully flexible writer who can pivot in a matter of lines from absurdity to atrocityWe don\\'t know what\\'s really going on in that strange place, but a disquieting glimpse suggesting what it must be like can be found in this brilliant and timely novel. <b><i>Wall Street Journal<br /></i></b><br />\"A harrowing, clever, incomparable riff on life in Kim Jong Il\\'s NorthKorea <b><i>San Francisco Chronicle<br /></i></b><br />Magnificently accomplishedPart thriller, part coming-of-age novel, part romance,<i> The Orphan Masters Son</i> is made sturdy by researchbut what makes it so absorbing isnt its documentary realism but the dark flight of the author\\'s imaginationrich with a sense of discoveryThe year is young, but <i>The Orphan Masters Son </i>has an early lead on novel of 2012 <b></b><i><b>The Daily Beast<br /></b></i><br />\"Providing a rare glimpse into one of the worlds least known countries, Adam Johnson weaves a tale of hardship, romance, and redemption in North Korea in <i>The Orphan Masters Son</i>.\" <b><i>National Geographic Traveler<br /></i></b><br />An incredibly vivid page-turner of a novelRomance, coming-of-age tale, adventure and thriller all in one, this book is singular and not to be missed. <b><i>The Huffington Post</i>, 10 Best January Must-Reads<br /></b><br />\"The death of Kim Jong Il couldn\\'t have come at a better time for novelist Adam Johnson. <i>The Orphan Masters Son</i> is a richly textured political thriller about the hidden world of North Korea with all of its misery, violence and defiant acts of love under impossible circumstances. Stunning and evocative imagery abounds on every page. <b><i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<br /></i></b><br />StartlingJohnson\\'s carefully layered story feels authentic...[He] writes light-footed prose, barely allowing harrowing glimpses of atrocity to register before accelerating onward. He resists the temptation to turn his subject matter into comic fodder, but never ignores the absurdity, provoking laughter with jagged edges that tends to die in your throat. <b></b><i><b>Newsday<br /></b></i><br />Johnsons novel accomplishes the seemingly impossible: an American writer has masterfully rendered the mysterious world of North Korea with the soul and savvy of a native, from its orphanages and its fishing boats to the kitchens of its high-ranking commanders. While oppressive propaganda echoes throughout, the tone never slides into caricature; if anything, the story unfolds with astounding empathy for those living in constant fear of imprisonmentor worsebut who manage to maintain their humanity against all odds. . . . Johnson juxtaposes the vicious atrocities of the regime with the tenderness of beauty, love, and hope. <b><i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)<br /></b><br />[A] fantastical, careening taleInformed by extensive research and travel to perhaps the most secretive nation on earth, Johnson has created a remarkable novel that encourages the willing suspension of disbelief.Johnson winningly employs different voices, with the propagandizing national radio station serving as a mad Greek chorus. Part adventure, part coming-of-age tale, and part romance, <i>The Orphan Master\\'s Son</i> is a triumph on every level. <b><i>Booklist </i>(<b>starred review</b>)<br /></b><br />Readers who enjoy a fast-paced political thriller will welcome this wild ride through the amazingly conflicted world that exists within the heavily guarded confines of North Korea. Highly recommended. <b><i>Library Journal </i>(<b>starred review</b>)<br /></b><br />[A] vivid, violent portrait of a nation[a] macabrely realistic, politically savvy, satirically spot-on saga. Johnsons metathriller, spiked with gory intrigues and romantic subplots, is a ripping piece of fiction that is also an astute commentary on the nature of freedom, sacrifice, and glory in a world where everyones a survivor who has nothing to live for. <b></b><i><b>Elle<br /></b></i><br />Ambitious, violent, audaciousand stunningly good.<b><i>O Magazine<br /></i></b><br />Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy, first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters whose lives unfold at breakneck speed. I was engrossed right to the amazing conclusion. The result is pure gold, a terrific novel. <b>AbrahamVerghese<br /></b><br />An addictive novel of daring ingenuity; a study of sacrifice and freedom in a citizen-eating dynasty; and a timely reminder that anonymous victims of oppression are also human beings who love. A brave and impressive book.<b>David Mitchell<br /></b><br />I\\'ve never read anything like it. This is truly an amazing reading experience, a tremendous accomplishment. I could spend days talking about how much I love this book. It sounds like overstatement, but no. <i>The Orphan Master\\'s Son</i> is a masterpiece. <b>CharlesBock</b>', '', '<b>Adam Johnson</b> is the author of <i>Fortune Smiles, </i>winner of the National Book Award and the Story Prize and a finalist for the <i>Los Angeles Times </i>Book Prize, and <i>The Orphan Masters Son, </i>winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the California Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Johnsons other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Stegner Fellowship; he was also a finalist for the New York Public Librarys Young Lions Award. His previous books are <i>Emporium,</i> a short story collection, and the novel <i>Parasites Like Us</i>. Johnson teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives in San Francisco with his wife and children.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Witch's Daughter\nDescription: [\"This pleasantly romantic historical fantasy debut flips lightly between the past experiences of ageless witch Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith and her present-day life in Matravers, England. After a plague kills young Elizabeth's father and siblings in 1627 Wessex, her mother, a gifted healer, seeks help from ruthless warlock Gideon Masters. He exacts a high price, and Bess survives only to be accused of witchery along with her mother, who is captured and hanged while Bess escapes and begins her new life of immortal solitude. Fast-forward to 2007, when Elizabeth trains teenage Tegan to be a hedge witch and shares stories about Gideon, meeting Jack the Ripper while ministering to the Whitehall prostitutes in 1888, and serving as a nurse in 1917 Flanders. Bess's past adventures are fascinating, but there's a sketchy quality to the contemporary sections that diminishes the effect of the grand finale. (Jan.) (c) <br />(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.\", 'After nearly four centuries of life on earth, Elizabeth Hardwick settles in a small English village where, always wary of danger, she befriends lonely teenager Tegan and gradually tells the story of her life. Left alone in 1628 after her father, brother, and sister die of the plague, and her mother is hanged for witchcraft, 15-year-old Bess seeks shelter from warlock Gideon Masters, who trains her in magic and wants her for his eternal soul mate. Bess escapes both the witch finders noose and Gideon, but he continues to search for her when shes Dr. Eliza Hardwick in London in 1888 and Nurse Elise Hardwick in Flanders in 1917. Each time, Gideon takes human form and another anagrammatic name to lure her as she works only to heal, and he leaves the bodies of innocents in his wake. In 2007 Gideon reappears, predictably finding a chink in Elizabeths defenses as she makes Tegan her disciple. Brackstons first novel offers well-crafted characters in an absorbing plot and an altogether delicious blend of historical fiction and fantasy. --Michele Leber', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)\nDescription: [\"<strong>An Amazon Best Book of the Month, October 2013:</strong> It's hard to articulate just how much--and why--<em>The Goldfinch</em> held such power for me as a reader. Always a sucker for a good boy-and-his-mom story, I probably was taken in at first by the cruelly beautiful passages in which 13-year-old Theo Decker tells of the accident that killed his beloved mother and set his fate. But even when the scene shifts--first Theo goes to live with his schoolmates picture-perfect (except it isnt) family on Park Avenue, then to Las Vegas with his father and his trashy wife, then back to a New York antiques shop--I remained mesmerized. Along with Boris, Theos Ukrainian high school sidekick, and Hobie, one of the most wonderfully eccentric characters in modern literature,Theo--strange, grieving, effete, alcoholic and often not close to honorable Theo--had taken root in my heart. Still, <em>The Goldfinch</em> is more than a 700-plus page turner about a tragic loss:its also a globe-spanning mystery about a painting that has gone missing, an examination of friendship, and a rumination on the nature of art and appearances.Most of all, it is a sometimes operatic, often unnerving and always moving chronicle of a certain kind of life.Things would have turned out better if she had lived, Theo said of his mother, fourteen years after she died.An understatement if ever there was one, but one that makes the selfish reader cry out:Oh, but then we wouldnt have had this brilliant book! <em>--Sara Nelson</em>\", \"Donna Tartt's latest novel clocks in at an unwieldy 784 pages. The story begins with an explosion at the Metropolitan Museum that kills narrator Theo Decker's beloved mother and results in his unlikely possession of a Dutch masterwork called The Goldfinch. Shootouts, gangsters, pillowcases, storage lockers, and the black market for art all play parts in the ensuing life of the painting in Theo's care. With the same flair for suspense that made The Secret History (1992) such a masterpiece, The Goldfinch features the pulp of a typical bildungsromanTheo's dissolution into teenage delinquency and climb back out, his passionate friendship with the very funny Boris, his obsession with Pippa (a girl he first encounters minutes before the explosion)but the painting is the novel's secret heart. Theo's fate hinges on the painting, and both take on depth as it steers Theo's life. Some sentences are clunky (suddenly and meanwhile abound), metaphors are repetitive (Theo's mother is compared to birds three times in 10 pages), and plot points are overly coincidental (as if inspired by TV), but there's a bewitching urgency to the narration that's impossible to resist. Theo is magnetic, perhaps because of his well-meaning criminality. The Goldfinch is a pleasure to read; with more economy to the brushstrokes, it might have been great. Agent: Amanda Urban, ICM. (Oct. 22)\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt: Recipes for Every Season\nDescription: ['\"I got this beautiful--no, make that <i>gorgeous-</i>- cookbook with the most spectacular photographs Ive seen in ages....I long to be her dinner guest. So, I think, would you.\" ~<i>Headbutler.com<br /><br /></i>\"The book is organized by season, and many of May\\'s more than 100 dishes were inspired by the bounty of her own gardens. All of them are surprisingly light and healthful, such as butternut squash stew, zucchini tartlets, and lentil-and-tomato soup.\" <i>~Veranda Magazine</i><br /><br />Already widely known within the fields of art and design, this cookbook may put them on the map for their recipes as well. <i>Cultured</i>', 'May Vervoordt oversees various interior design endeavors at the family firm. A renowned hostess, she applies the same eye for detail in her selection of table decorations as she does to her light, clean menus. Axel Vervoordt is an internationally renowned interior designer and antiques and art dealer. Chef Patrick Vermeulen has collaborated with the Vervoordts since 2001, and previously worked in several Michelin-starred restaurants. Writer Michael Gardners work has appeared in various American literary journals; he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Journalist and photographer Jean-Pierre Gabriel has written many books and articles.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Luminaries: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)\nDescription: ['\"<em>The Luminaries </em>is a true achievement. Catton has built a lively parody of a 19th-century novel, and in so doing created a novel for the 21st, something utterly new. The pages fly.\" -- Bill Roorbach, <i>New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />\"A finely wrought fun house of a novel. Enjoy the ride.\"- Chris Bohjalian, <i>The Washington Post</i><br /><br />\"An 848-page dish so fresh that one continues to gorge, long past being crammed full of goodness. Nearly impossible to put down, it\\'s easily the best novel I\\'ve read this year.\" - Mike Fischer, <i>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i><br /><br /><br /><br />\"Go ahead and call Eleanor Catton a prodigy. At 28, she\\'s the youngest author ever to win Britain\\'s prestigious Man Booker Prize for THE LUMINAIRES, which warrants every one of its imposing - yet surprisingly breezy - 848 pages.\" Stephan Lee, <i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />\"The type of novel that you will devour only to discover that you can\\'t find anything of equal scope and excitement to read once you have finished...Do yourself a favour and read <i>The Luminaries</i>.\" --<i>The Independent</i><br /><br />\"Irresistible, masterful, compelling...<i>The Luminaries</i> has a gripping plot that is cleverly unravelled to its satisfying conclusion, a narrative that from the first page asserts that it is firmly in control of where it is taking us...[Catton is] a mistress of plot and pacing.\"<br />-<i>The Telegraph</i> (5-star review)<br /><br />\"Every sentence of this intriguing tale set on the wild west coast of southern New Zealand during the time of its goldrush is expertly written, every cliffhanger chapter-ending making us beg for the next to begin.\" <br />-<i>The Guardian</i><br /><br />\"Note-perfect... [Catton\\'s] authority and verve are so impressive that she can seemingly take us anywhere; each time, we trust her to lead us back...A remarkable accomplishment.\"<br />-<i>Globe and Mail</i> <br /><i> </i><br /><br />\"Beautifully rendered...Momentous. An exquisite world unto itself.\"<br />-<i>Maclean\\'s</i><br /><br />\"A remarkable achievement...Intricate, painstakingly detailed and deliciously readable...A novel that can be enjoyed for its engrossing entirety, as well as for the literary gems bestowed on virtually every page.\"<br />-<i>Quill & Quire</i> (starred review)', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life After Death\nDescription: ['', \"This is a hugely needed book. It addresses profound questions that are too seldom answered from a naturalistic point of view and answers them authoritatively yet surprisingly accessibly. In view ofits scope and comprehensiveness - and especially because critical books on the afterlife have been so rare - the release of The Myth of an Afterlife is a noteworthy publishing event.<br /> Free Inquiry<br /> <br />The book is impressively clear, thorough and detailed. It is also forcefully argued. . . .[T]his is an important book, and can be read with profit by believers, if only to remind themselves how formidable the arguments against survival of consciousness can seem to be. It will reinforce the atheistic convictions of its natural audience, and will doubtless encourage young Americans, especially, to disregard the God-talk they hear spouted all around them.<br /> Journal of the Society for Psychical Research<br /> <br />Martin and Augustine deserve credit for assembling this wide-ranging group of papers in opposition to belief in an afterlife. For those who agree with them, the collection offers a virtual armory of ready-made weapons. For others, it comprises an impressive assemblage of obstacles that must be overcome or circumvented.<br /> Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews<br /> <br />Ultimately, the value of <em>The Myth of an Afterlife</em> lies in its comprehensiveness. It recognizes that 'a volume that focuses on arguments against an afterlife is essential for revealing the full force of the case against life after death,' and in this capacity, it delivers. For the novice, it serves as an advanced but approachable introduction to the facets and literature of the survivalist-mortalist debate across a wide variety of disciplines, with especially helpful introductions and overviews provided by the editors. For the more advanced scholar, it serves as a reference work, providing convenient summaries and surveys of the literature and studies in addition to the proffered arguments. Lastly, for any intellectually honest survivalist, it is a catalog of the myriad challenges against his or her view that must be neutralized in order to render the view defensible.<br /> Metapsychology Online Reviews<br /> <br />[P]hilosophers Keith Augustine and the late Michael Martin took it upon themselves to assemble a team of 29 valiant contributors to attack the afterlife myth. The result is an impressive volume composed of 30 essays, spanning 675 pages and organized in 4 parts. The Myth of an Afterlife, rather, stays focused on its main mission of dismantling the survival hypothesis, regardless of why humans tend to accept it. Its rigor, relentless argumentation, and careful attention to the evidence and possible objections make it a major and unique contribution to a topic long neglected by scientists. Its main virtue, in fact, is simply to take the idea of the afterlife and its consequences seriously, and see where this leads.Given the current success of neuroscience in establishing the neural basis of consciousness and thought, is it still honest to claim that we simply dont know what comes after?If so, then, one might wonder what exactly the cognitive and brain sciences have been discovering and teaching us all along about the nature of the mind.<br /> Skeptic Magazine<br /> <br />As the editors point out, there are plenty of books arguing the case for an afterlife but few that examine the case against. This collection of thirty articles in over 650 pages does just that. [The articles] hammer home the conclusion that there is absolutely no evidence from neurology that mental functions have any independence from the physical brain, and indeed such an idea when critically examined makes no sense.<br /> Magonia Review of Books<br /> <br /><em>The Myth of the Afterlife</em> is a massive tome explicitly making the case against life after death with 30 chapters in four parts: empirical arguments for annihilation, conceptual and empirical difficulties for survival, problematic models of the afterlife, and dubious evidence for survival.... [T]he volume ... provide[s] readers with a sophisticated analysis of many arguments related to survival.<br /> Network Review<br /><br />Understandings from this text, particularly on cognition, could ... further the critical examination of thought processes that accompany discourse on mortality.<br /> Mortality\", '', '<span><span>Michael Martin</span><span> is professor of philosophy emeritus at Boston University. In addition to more than 150 articles and reviews, he is the author or editor of several books, including </span><span>The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, Atheism, Moralit</span><span>y, and </span><span>Meaning, and Atheism: A Philosophical Justification.</span><span></span><span>Keith Augustine</span><span> is executive director and scholarly paper editor of Internet Infidels (infidels.org), which hosts the popular Secular Web. He is well known as a skeptic on the question of survival after death. He has published in </span><span>Skeptic</span><span> magazine and his work has been the object of discussion in multiple issues of the </span><span>Journal of Near-Death Studies</span><span>.</span></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996\nDescription: ['For Seamus Heaney, \"opened ground\" is a necessity--a way of getting to the root of things. The book bearing that name spans three decades, beginning with \"Digging,\" his exhilarating portrait of the artist as a young revolutionary. \"Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun,\" Heaney boasts (although by the end of the poem, his weapon has metamorphosed into something closer to the spade his grandfather and father once relied upon). The last entry, the sonnet \"Postscript,\" appears some 400 pages later, which makes <i>Opened Ground</i> a capacious selection of his work. But at this point Heaney requires the largest of hold-alls. There are beautiful, pastoral lyrics here, sequences such as \"Glanmore Sonnets\" and \"Clearances,\" and a multitude of love poems, not solely to his wife but to his parents and children. And in Heaney\\'s hands, small domestic moments and objects--a scrabble board, a swing, a kite, a bed sawn in half to get it downstairs--invariably become both reality and soaring myth.', 'At the same time, his Ireland is the site of \"neighborly murders,\" and the past and larger world he confronts is one threatened by history and brutal sectarianism. Heaney has declared, \"Fear is the emotion that the muse thrives on. That\\'s always there\"--and terror is pervasive in his \"land of password, handgrip, wink and nod, / Of open minds as open as a trap.\" Many of his poems that explore the Troubles reflect his own considerable concern that he has long \"confused evasion and artistic tact.\" Others might be termed self-reflexive, since Heaney uses them to unearth his own role. \"Kinship\" features a simple, brilliant (not to mention canine!) simile:', '', 'For those few readers of poetry unfamiliar with the Nobel laureate\\'s work, and for others who wish for up-to-date representative samplings from a prolific career, this new volume from Heaney will be just the ticket, perhaps the poetry stocking-stuffer of the year. Although we already have a selected from Heaney, running through 1987, and nearly all of his previous 12 books of poems are in print (including an even earlier selected), the post-\\'87 material collected here is very generous: most of 1996\\'s Spirit Level, as well as Heaney\\'s Nobel Lecture. Looking at the entire arc of his work, one is reminded of the heavy lifting in the earlier books Death of a Naturalist, Wintering Out and North, in which Heaney struggles heroically to find purchase as a poet in a minefield of sectarian contentions. As Heaney finds his voice, that peculiarly wistful and earthy mixture of rural reverie and high public speech (Kavanagh meets Yeats), his interests broaden, and in the middle and later volumes the poet seeks out Greek myths, Irish epics and Scandinavian digs, looking for correlatives apt to his meditations. Throughout, the visceral impact of Heaney\\'s speech is his signature-\"All year the flax-dam festered in the heart/ Of the townland; green and heavy-headed/ Flax had rotted there, weighted down by huge sods\"-and not written to be tromped through speedily. Better, then, to take short walks in Opened Ground. Although it is not a critically important time for this compilation to appear, the effort to keep the shape of Heaney\\'s continuing body of work in view is a worthy one. He is a major figure, working at full-bore still. <br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Caye Boy: Barefoot Adventures of an Island Child (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal\nDescription: ['<b><b><i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br /><br /><i>New York Times Book Review </i>Notable Book<br /><br />An Amazon Best Book of the Year<br /><br /><i>Washington Post </i>Notable Book<br /></b><br /><b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i>\\'s Best Spy Book of 2014</b><br /><br />Macintyre has produced more than just a spy story. He has written a narrative about that most complex of topics, friendship...When devouring this thriller, I had to keep reminding myself it was not a novel. It reads like a story by Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, or John Le Carr, leavened with a dollop of P.G. Wodehouse...[Macintyre] takes a fresh look at the grandest espionage drama of our era.<b>Walter Isaacson<i>, New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />Superb Riveting reading. <b>Malcolm Gladwell, <i>The New Yorker</i></b><br /><br />Macintyre does here what he does best tell a heck of a good story. <i>A Spy Among Friends</i> is hands down the most entertaining book Ive reviewed this year. <b><i>Boston Globe</i></b><br /><br />Macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelists<i>A Spy Among Friends</i>is as suspenseful as any novel, too, as the clues tighten around Philbys guilt.<b><i>Dallas Morning News</i></b><br /><br />By now, the story of British double agent Harold Kim Philby may be the most familiar spy yarn ever, fodder for whole libraries of histories, personal memoirs and novels. But Ben Macintyre manages to retell it in a way that makes Philbys destructive genius fresh and horridly fascinating.<b>David Ignatius, <i>Washington Post</i><br /></b><br /><i>A Spy Among Friends</i> is a rollicking book. Mr. Macintyre is full of pep and never falters in the headlong rush of his narrative.<b><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />Vivid and fascinating...[Macintyre] succeeds admirably.<b><i>Newsday</i></b><br /><br />A crisply written tale of a classic intelligence case that remains relevant more than 50 years later.<b><i>USA Today<br /></i></b><br />Excellent...I was thoroughly engrossed in this book, beginning to end. It has all the suspense of a good spy novel, and its characters are a complex mix of charm, eccentricity, intelligence and wit. And it offers a great--and mostly troublinginsight into the behind-the-scenes workings of those we entrust with the most important of our political and military secrets.<b><i>The Huffington Post</i></b><br /><br />Working with colorful characters and an anything-can-happen attitude, Macintyre builds up a picture of an intelligence community chock-full of intrigue and betrayal, in which Philby was the undisputed king of liesEntertaining and lively, Macintyres account makes the best fictional thrillers seem tame. <b><i>Publishers Weekly [starred]</i></b><br /><br />Gripping and as well-crafted as an episode of <i>Smileys People</i>, full of cynical inevitability, secrets, lashings of whiskey and corpses. <b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> [starred]</b><br /><br />Ben Macintyre (<i>Double Cross</i>) offers a fresh look at master double agent Kim PhilbyFans of James Bond will enjoy this look into the era that inspired Ian Fleming\\'s novels, but any suspense-loving student of human nature will be shocked and thrilled by this true narrative of deceit.<b><i>Shelf Awareness</i> [starred]</b><br /><br />Ben Macintyre has a knack for finding the most fascinating storylines in history. He has done it again, with this spellbinding tale of espionage, friendship, and betrayal. Written with an historians fidelity to fact and a novelists eye for character, <i>A Spy Among Friends</i> is one terrific book. <b>David Grann, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Lost City of Z</i></b><br /><br />Ben Macintyre is one of the most gifted espionage writers around. In<i>A Spy Among Friends</i>he weaves an absorbing tale of deceit and duplicity, of treason and betrayal. With exquisite detail and masterful control, Macintyre unveils the dark and treacherous interior worlds in which spies live.<b> Annie Jacobsen, author of <i>Area 51 </i>and <i>Operation Paperclip</i><br /></b><br />In this spellbinding account of friendship and betrayal, Ben Macintyre masterfully describes how the Cambridge-educated Kim Philby evaded justice by exploiting the incestuous snobbery of the British old-boy network, which refused to believe that one of its own could be a major Soviet spy. As riveting as Macintyres earlier books were, this searing portrait of Britain\\'s ruling class is even better. <b>Lynne Olson, bestselling author of <i>Citizens of London</i> and <i>Those Angry Days</i></b><br /><br />Ben Macintyre has written a truly fabulous book about the \"fabulous\" Kim Philbythe suave, dedicated, and most intriguing spy of the entire Cold War era. Philby and his colorful Cambridge comrades are endlessly fascinating. But Macintyre tells the devastating story in an entirely new fashion, with new sources and an astonishing intimacy. <br /><b>Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and author of <i>The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames</i></b><br /><br />I have seldom had a better read than <i>A Spy Among Friends. </i>It reads like a thriller, a thriller of a peculiarly intricate and at times frightening sort, but you just cant stop reading it. <b>Lady Antonia Fraser, author of <i>Marie Antoinette: The Journey</i></b><br /><br />The Philby story has been told many times, but never with such sensitivity. Almost inadvertently, Ben Macintyre, a<i>Times</i>columnist, provides a devastating critique of the British class system and the disasters that result when people assume they know people<i> A Spy Among Friends</i>is an extraordinary book about a sordid profession in which the most important attribute is the ability to lie. Macintyres focus on friendship brings an intimacy to this book that is missing from the cardboard stereotypes that populate spy novels and conventional espionage historiesIm not a lover of spy novels, yet I adored this book.<b> <i>The Times of London</i></b><br /><br /><i></i>Macintyre writes withthe diligence and insight of a journalist, and the panache of a born storyteller, concentrating on Philby\\'s friendship with and betrayal of Elliott and of Angleton, his pathetically dedicated admirer at the top of the CIA. Macintyre\\'s account of the verbal duel between Elliott and Philby in their final confrontation in Beirut in 1963 isworthy ofJohn le Carrat his best.<b><i>The Guardian</i></b><br /><br /><i>A Spy Among Friends</i>, a classic spookfest, is also a brilliant reconciliation of history and entertainmentAn unputdownable postwar thriller whose every incredible detail is fact not fiction[a] spellbinding narrativePart of the archetypal grip this story holds for the reader is as a case study in the existential truth that, in human relations, the Other is never really knowable. For both, the mask became indistinguishable from reality<i>A Spy Among Friends</i>is not just an elegy, it is an unforgettable requiem.<b> <i>TheObserver</i></b><br /><br />Ben Macintyres bottomlessly fascinating new book is an exploration of Kim Philbys friendships, particularly with Nicholas Elliott Other books on Philby may have left one with a feeling of grudging respect, but <i>A Spy Among Friends</i> draws out his icy cold heartThis book consists of 300 pages; I would have been happy had it been three times as long. <b><i>The Mail on Sunday</i></b><br /><b></b><br />Such a summary does no justice to Macintyre\\'s marvellously shrewd and detailed account of Philby\\'s nefarious career. It is both authoritative and enthralling... The book is all the more intriguing because it carries an afterward by John le Carr. <b></b><i><b>The New</b> <b>Statesman</b></i><br /><br />No one writes about deceit and subterfuge so dramatically, authoritatively or perceptively [as Ben Macintyre]. To read <i>A Spy Among Friends</i> is a bit like climbing aboard a runaway train in terms of speed and excitement<b></b>except that Macintyre knows exactly where he is going and is in total control of his material.<b> <i>The Daily Mail</i></b><br /><br />Philby\\'s story has been told many times before<b></b>both in biography and most notably in John le Carre\\'s fictional masterpiece <i>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</i><b></b>but never in such exhaustive detail and with such panache as in Ben MacIntyre\\'s brilliant, compulsive <i>A Spy Among Friends</i> Reads like fiction, which is testament to the extraordinary power of the story itself but also to the skills of the storytellerOne of the best real-life spy stories one is ever likely to read. <b><i>The Express</i></b><br /><br /><b></b>Ben Macintyre has written an engaging book on a tantalising and ultimately tragic subject. If it starts as a study of friendship, it ends as an indictment.<b> <i>The Spectator</i></b><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', 'BEN MACINTYRE is a writer-at-large for <i>The Times</i> of London and the bestselling author of <i>Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat</i>, <i>Agent Zigzag</i>, <i>The Napoleon of Crime</i>, and <i>Forgotten Fatherland</i>, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of the wartime espionage trilogy.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Edge of Maine (Directions)\nDescription: ['Novelist and biographer Wolff is ultimately apologetic about this patchy little travelogue, confessing that, really, he covers only part of one edge of a state with at least three. He ignores Maine\\'s borders with New Hampshire and two Canadian provinces, writing about only the middle of Maine\\'s famously rock-bound seaboard, which is what he knows from years of coasting along it. No apology is necessary. Sure, he skips from history to memoir to reportage so abruptly that it nearly causes whiplash. On the other hand, this is all good stuff: the story of Maine\\'s first, failed colony, founded in 1607; Wolff and his young family\\'s frightening night at sea in deep fog; the ways of Maine\\'s best boat restorer and proprietor of its most fabulous boatyard; the legends of the greatest potential environmental disasters averted in Maine since 1970; the seemingly perennial clashes between poor year-round Mainers and wealthy, often officious \"rusticators\" (e.g., the Cabots, John Travolta) from elsewhere. One wishes only that the book were even more chock-full of interest. <i>Ray Olson</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', 'Geoffrey Wolff is the author of the acclaimed biography <i>Black Sun, The Duke of Deception, </i>and <i>The Art of Burning Bridges. </i>His novels include <i>Providence </i>and <i>The Age of Consent.</i>Currently he is the director of the graduate fiction program at the University of California at Irvine and splits his time between Los Angeles, California and Maine.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Trent: What Happened at the Council\nDescription: ['In <i>Trent: What Happened at the Council</i>, distinguished author John O\\'Malley disentangles for us the complicated history of one of the most important ecumenical councils ever held, extracting for us the essential issues from the often animated discussions and the technically formulated decrees on doctrine and reform. Written in a lively literary style without recondite terminology, this compendious account of the Council of Trent will be useful not only to students of church history, theology, and canon law, but also to anyone interested in the religious and cultural developments of the early modern Western world.<b><i></i></b><b>Robert Trisco, Catholic University of America</b><br /><br />Jesuit historian O\\'Malley goes beyond the myths to study what actually happened at the Council of Trent (1545-63), at which the Catholic Church codified its teachings. In clear, crisp prose, he clears up misconceptions about the Church at the time (e.g., that Catholics did not read the Bible and priests did not give sermons), shows that many ideas widely considered \"Tridentine\" actually arose after Trent, and corrects misconceptions: that the council mandated the Mass be in Latin, and that it established a \"Tridentine\" liturgy. Using the Acts of the council as his source, O\\'Malley gives an almost day-by-day account, putting the council\\'s debates in political and religious context of the issues of the day, especially the counter-Reformation and the battle between Pope and princes...Making use of telling details about the very human men who made up the council, O\\'Malley deftly weaves the story of reformers and traditionalists, to offer an enlightening view of this most influential Church council that will appeal to those interested in church history or in the history of modern Europe.<b><i></i></b><b>Augustine J. Curley</b><b>, </b><b><i>Library Journal</i></b><br /><br />Despite my diligent efforts, the Council of Trent has always been something of mystery to me. Thanks to John O\\'Malley, I now know the principal characters and the doctrinal and political issues about which they were so passionately concerned. And O\\'Malley\\'s narrative skills make us see the scene, the weather, even the problems of stabling and feeding the hordes of horses necessary to bring the carriages of the participants to a smallish town. A major contribution to the history of the Church.<b><i></i></b><b>Jill Ker Conway, President Emerita, Smith College</b><br /><br />At last, a contemporary history of the Council that made the modern church. And what a history: learned, lucid, and rich in historical insight.<b><i></i></b><b>Anthony Grafton, Princeton University</b><br /><br /><b>O\\'Malley</b>\\'s lively narrative shows how so much was accomplished despite the chaos and difficulties: Trent, even when it didn\\'t enact legislation itself, set Catholicism on the road to reforming its late medieval abuses.<b><i></i></b><b>Brian Bethune</b><b>, </b><b><i>Macleans</i></b><br /><br /><i>Trent: What Happened at the Council</i> is written with the clarity and learning one expects of a Jesuit scholar. Its introduction and epilogue are especially cogent expositions of the basic accomplishments of Trent...The bulk of the book, however, comes across as both fascinating and somewhat disillusioning, as we observe the constant tug of earthly powers in the formulation of spiritual doctrine. There are no angelic doctors, as Thomas Aquinas was called, among the council\\'s deeply savvy leaders. The dark ascendancy of party politics must, I suspect, be counted one further consequence of Original Sin.<b><i></i></b><b>Michael Dirda</b><b>, </b><b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />[<b>O\\'Malley</b>] has written what is, amazingly, the first one-volume, scholarly narrative history of the council in English...This is a history that is engaged and committed as well as being criticalsometimes searingly so...It is important to remember what actually happened at the council. And that is why this little book, this readable masterpiece of compression, is going to be so indispensable.<b><i></i></b><b>Alec Ryrie</b><b>, </b><b><i>Times Higher Education</i></b><br /><br /><b>John O\\'Malley</b> has done it again. In 2008, he published his splendid <i>What Happened at Vatican II, </i>the best one-volume history of the Second Vatican Council, at least in English. In producing the best one-volume history of the Council of Trent (1545-63), he has rendered equal service to the history of Catholicism...O\\'Malley\\'s new history of Trent will be just as influential as his history of Vatican II...Readers of <i>What Happened at Vatican II </i>will enjoy this new conciliar history...In exposing the myths about and elucidating the realities of Trent, O\\'Malley reconstructs a dramatic event in the history of Catholicism...Anyone interested in the development of the Church\\'s modern history can now readily engage O\\'Malley as a guide to what happened not only at Vatican II but also at the Council of Trent.<b><i></i></b><b>Hilmar Pabel</b><b>, </b><b><i>The Tablet</i></b><br /><br />The very considerable achievement of <b>John O\\'Malley</b>, an immensely learned American Jesuit and academic, is twofold: he strips away these accumulated layers of myth to provide a balanced and convincing account of the Council in its proper historical context; and, more impressively still, he manages to conjure a compelling narrative out of potentially dry-as-dust procedural deliberations and abstruse doctrinal formulations. What emerges most strongly from this account is the sheer unlikeliness of the Council ever having been convened in 1545, and the yet more unlikely circumstance of its successful conclusion 18 years later... O\\'Malley\\'s beautifully crafted short account gives readers as much as most of them will need to know about the course and conduct of the Council, while somehow managing to fit in sensitive evaluations of key achievements (the decree on justification and the reform of marriage law) and lively pen portraits of unlikely heroes, such as the can-do papal legate Giovanni Morone, and Charles de Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine, the debonair aristocrat who was also a serious-minded reformer. The abiding impression is of a more rounded, nuanced and less monolithic Catholicism than the brisk syllable \\'Trent\\' usually manages to convey.<b><i></i></b><b>Peter Marshall</b><b>, </b><b><i>Literary Review</i></b><br /><br />Every historian of early modern Christianity that I know would agree: in 1993 J<b>ohn O\\'Malley</b>, S.J., put us all in his debt with the publication of <i>The First Jesuits</i>. This year he moves us deeper into the red with his new book <i>Trent: What Happened at the Council</i>...It is quite simply the most engaging book on the council that I have read.<b><i></i></b><b>Denis R. Janz</b><b>, </b><b><i>America</i></b>', 'John W. OMalley is University Professor at Georgetown University.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Looking For A Place In The Sun\nDescription: [\"Terry G. Gooding is the fifth of his parent's 10 children and first who was born in Lima, Ohio, where his parents migrated from Alabama. He is the first and only child in the family to obtain a college degree and the first to enter the ministry.\", 'Terry holds a B.A degree in Communications from Central State University, Wilberforce, OH; and a M.A. degree in Journalism from Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.', \"He currently is Communications Manager for International Paper's Decorative Products Division, head quartered in Hanover, MD. He has worked over five years with International in communications management positions at three locations. Prior to that he held a number of management and professional positions of increasing responsibility for the 13 years he worked with Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He also has worked as a production supervisor and newspaper reporter.\", 'He has served in a variety of ministerial capacities in churches in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. He has published Christian-oriented newsletters in three states and has written poetry. He is a popular motivational speaker who has spoken to thousands of young people throughout the southeast and northern regions of the country, espousing the principles of his \"You Gotta Be SMART\" (Single-Minded, Alert, Resolute, Tenacious) program.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: C. S. Lewis -- A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Medievalist, Christian apologist, and fantasist C. S. Lewis (18981963) has had exponentially more readers since his death than he enjoyed in his lifetime. Biographies and studies of his work are legion. Despite that copious documentation, Oxford theologian McGrath discovered a major inaccuracy in all previous accounts of Lewis, including his glowing spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy (1955). Diligent combing of Lewis correspondence disclosed that his conversion to Christianitythe catalyst for virtually all his creative workoccurred in 1930, not 1929. Well, Lewis admitted he wasnt good with dates, and a plethora of anxiety-inducing deadlines involved in the major developments in his life rather justify his confusion. McGrath doesnt speculate about how Lewis chronic achronology may have affected his work. Instead, he limns Lewis major experiencesearly loss of his mother, horrifying schooling, WWI service (about which he never spoke), long Oxford fellowship, BBC-fostered celebrity in the 1940s, creation of Narnia, late-career move to Cambridge, and brief marriage to Joy Davidman (191560)his great friendships (especially with J. R. R. Tolkien), and his books. McGrath does this so limpidly, so intelligently, and so sympathetically that this biography is the one Lewis admirersespecially those who, like him, believe that books are to be read and enjoyedshould prefer to all others. --Ray Olson', 'An excellent scholarly read encompassing new ideas for Lewis devotees or those interested in religious argument. (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />To the question of whether the world really needs another biography of C.S. Lewis, McGraths lucid and unsentimental portrait of the Christian champion responds with a resounding yes. The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Lewiss death, and times have changed and evangelical sentiments have matured. McGrath offers a new and at times shocking look into the complicated life of this complex figure, in a deeply researched biography. The author takes us headlong into the heart of a Lewis weve known little about: his unconventional affair with Mrs. Jane Moore; his hostile and deceptive relationship with his father; his curiosity about the sensuality of cruelty. McGrath navigates the reader through these messy themes, ultimately landing us onto the solid ground of Lewiss postconversion legacy. He shows with skill, sympathy, dispassion, and engaging prose that Lewis, like the rest of us, did the best he could with the hand he was dealt. But he got over it, as must all those who would prefer a Lewis without shadows. (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />McGrath does this so limpidly, so intelligently, and so sympathetically that this biography is the one Lewis admirersespecially those who, like him, believe that books are to be read and enjoyedshould prefer to all others. (Booklist)<br /><br />A thoroughly researched yet very readable, chronological account of C.S. Lewis life, his literature, and his journey from atheism to Christianity. Fifty years after his death, the words of Lewis continue to inspire many, and McGraths biography may help to unravel some of the mystery behind his eccentric mind. <b>Staff Pick</b> (ForeWord Reviews)<br /><br />Rather than canonizing Lewis, McGraths meticulously detailed book succeeds in humanizing him. (Patheos.com)<br /><br />On the 50th anniversary of his death, this new C. S. Lewis biography succeeds in deepening the appeal of his worksThe most abiding gift of <i>C. S. Lewis: A Life</i> is its fierce curiosity about the novels, letters, and books of popular philosophy that are Lewis most substantial legacy. McGraths biography promises to introduce new readers to those worksand inspire veteran C. S. Lewis fans to visit them again. (Christian Science Monitor)<br /><br />If youre looking for a lively, general introduction to this multitalented thinker and writer, Alister McGraths new biography is a good place to start. (Washington Post Book World)<br /><br />Alister McGraths <i>C. S. Lewis: A Life</i> now supplies a welcome balance, along with some significant discoveries. Mr. McGrath is well placed, culturally speaking, to understand and sympathize with Lewis. . . . One comes away with a renewed sympathy for a provocative, perceptive, contrarian and somewhat tormented soul (Wall Street Journal)<br /><br />McGrath is not intimidated by Lewis nor overly reverential of him; but he shows him a professional respect that ought to silence those who dismiss Lewis as a theological amateur. He points out that under its clothing of reasoned argument, Lewis theology is always founded on a profoundly aesthetic effort: to draw us a picture of the Christian universe and our place in it that moves, attracts and persuades us, so that we say: yes, this is what life is really like, and how much more real it is than we ever imagined. <b>A powerful achievement.</b> (The Tablet)<br /><br />While readers of C. S. Lewis might assume a biography would cover his literature, this account comes from an eminent theologian and focuses on Lewis spiritual life and conversionand therefore is a definitive survey of Lewis conversion and faith, recommended for spirituality holdings above all else. Dr. McGrath is the only scholar to analyze the entire collection of Lewis letters and archives: <b>his survey is a powerful biography combining elements of spiritual and literary analysis, and is a special pick for any Christian collection</b>. (Midwest Book Review)', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Brotherhood: America's Next Great Enemy\nDescription: ['\"Erick exposes the Muslim Brotherhood, how they operate, and how our government is aiding and abetting this threat. Genius.\" ---Glenn Beck', \"Erick Stakelbeck is a terrorism analyst for CBN News and the host of the weekly CBN program The Watchman with Erick Stakelbeck. Erick has made hundreds of appearances as a commentator on leading national television and radio programs, including The O'Reilly Factor. He is also the author of The Brotherhood and The Terrorist Next Door.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: One Good Dish\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. Tanis (A Platter of Figs) turns his focus to an eclectic array of simple, casual meals that satisfy and are appropriate to be eaten at any time of day. Tanis's whimsy runs from bread, snacks, and condiments to vegetables, griddled foods, desserts, and more. Waffle-iron grilled cheese, gorgonzola and walnut crostini; and ham and gruyere bread pudding are highlights among the rustic offering of bread entries. Snack options are diverse and wholly appetizing, including smaller nibbles such as quail eggs with flavored salt and cucumber spears with dill, along with more substantial dishes such as potato salad with peppers and olives, polenta pizza with crumbled sage, and cold chicken with spicy scallion oil. His chapter titled Eating with a Spoon centers on pleasures in a bowl and contains a full-bodied, save-your-life garlic soup, rice porridge with salted egg, yellow risotto with saffron and lemon, and clams in the shell with fennel and parsley. Recipes based on vegetables are robust and inventively appealing, including long-cooked kale, which incorporates Spanish chorizo and red pepper flakes; well-charred endives with anchovy butter; and braised lettuce, sweet peas, and ham. Accompanied by numerous full-color photographs, the recipes in this collection are suitable for solo dining or entertaining guests and are certain to please. (Nov.)\", '<DIV>', '<strong>Top 10 Cookbooks of the Year, <i>Washington Post</i></strong>', '<strong></strong>', '<strong>Top 10 Cookbooks of the Year,<i> Entertainment Weekly</i></strong>', '<strong></strong>', '<strong>Best Books of 2013, <i>NPR</i></strong>', '<strong></strong>', '<strong>Best of the Year in Cookbooks, Amazon</strong>', '<strong></strong>', '<strong>Top 10 Cookbooks for Fall 2013, <i>Publishers Weekly</i></strong>', '', '', 'Trust David Tanis to keep it real.. . . The oeuvre [of <i>One Good Dish</i>] is modern and American, unfussy and charming.<i> Washington Post</i>', '<strong><i></i></strong>', 'Simple, casual meals that satisfy. . . . Robust and inventively appealing.<i> </i><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review', '<strong><i></i></strong>', 'This is the book that I will pick up when Im hungry but not quite sure for what, for these dishes are inspiring yet can be made without a lot of fuss. . . . Who would enjoy this book?<strong></strong>People who enjoy simple, delicious, no-fuss cooking and who appreciate well-written recipes.<i> TheKitchn</i>', '<i></i>', 'Fresh, with a focus on flavor.<i> Charleston Post & Courier</i>', '<strong><i></i></strong>', 'Elegant but uncomplicated recipes.<i> Charlotte Observer</i>', '', '<i>One Good Dish</i> focuses on simplicity and vibrant flavor by introducing just a few inspired twists to turn relatively simple dishes into dazzlers. <i>New York Daily News</i>', '', 'This eclectic mix from a<i>New York Times</i>writer comprises mainly one-dish recipes for, he writes the way I cook and eat day-to-day. Stale bread becomes spaghetti with bread crumbs and pepper. Warm French lentil salad can feed a crowd on a cool day. Tanis also includes desserts (espresso-hazelnut bark, tangerine granita) with pleasingly short ingredient lists.<i> People</i>', '', 'Global comfort food.<i> RealSimple.com</i>', '<strong><i></i></strong>', 'A book to browse when youre in need of new inspiration and want some insight from a wise, seasoned and opinionated cook.<i> FoodandWine.com</i>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dregs\nDescription: [\"Well founded and filled with suspense Yes indeed, Jrn Lier Horst has once more written a well-founded and tense crime novel, with space for both the expected and the downright surprising. 'At his best, the author is both a sociologist and a philosopher.' --Terje Stemland, AftenPosten <br /><br /> Many have known it for a long time, but now it ought to be acknowledged as a truth for all Norwegian readers of crime fiction: William Wisting is one of the great investigators in Norwegian crime novels. He can bear comparison with Thygesen, Sejer and Isaksen (in the best-selling novels of Jon Michelet, Karin Fossum and Unni Lindell). --Marius Aronsen, Norwegian Book Club <br /><br /> Horst is an intelligent and often poetic writer. His storytelling is as measured and precise as his main character. So we hope to see more of William Wisting in the English language soon, and it would be great to see Dregs on Kindle as well. --Crime Fiction Lover <br /><br /> Once more the Larvik region is the arena for murder and dark deeds, and once again Wisting, now somewhat burned out, uninspired and overworked, confronts a seemingly insoluble criminal mystery. --Svend E. Hansen, Ostlands, Posten --Ostlands Post\", 'Jorn Lier Horst was born in 1970, in Bamble, Telemark, Norway. He has worked as a policeman in Larvik since 1995. His debut novel in 2004, Key Witness, was based on a true murder story. The William Wisting novel series has been extremely successful in his native Norway as well as Germany and the Netherlands. Dregs is his first book published in English.']",
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"chosen": "Title: God's Spy: A Novel\nDescription: ['A work with devilishly cinematic pacing. (\"Faro de Vigo,\" Vigo, Spain)<br /><br />Juan G?mez-Jurado is the new pope of Vatican intrigue. (\"Qu? Leer\" magazine, Spain)<br /><br />Action-packed and spooky, a fabulous novel. (\"El Correo Gallego,\" Santiago de Compostela, Spain)<br /><br />G?mez-Jurado pulls all the stops in vertiginous narration. The reader will feel absolutely terrified of this novel\\'s unspeakable villain. (\"La Vanguardia,\" Barcelona, Spain)<br /><br />Juan G?mez-Jurado writes with the mastery of a hardened professional: his delineation of character is perfect, as is his sense of timing, making the reader fly through the pages until the novel\\'s shocking denouement. An unadulterated thriller, impeccably researched. (\"La Voz de Galicia,\" A Coru?a, Spain)<br /><br />Juan Gmez-Jurado is the new pope of Vatican intrigue. (\"Qu Leer\" magazine, Spain)<br /><br />Gmez-Jurado pulls all the stops in vertiginous narration. The reader will feel absolutely terrified of this novels unspeakable villain. (\"La Vanguardia,\" Barcelona, Spain)<br /><br />Electrifying action, mystery, compelling protagonists in pursuit of a twisted, cold- blooded psychopath . . . plus a heart-pounding finale. \"Gods Spy\" has all the ingredients to become a bestseller and share the bookstore windows with Thomas Harris and Dan Brown. (\"ABC,\" Madrid and Sevile, Spain)<br /><br />Juan Gmez-Jurado writes with the mastery of a hardened professional: his delineation of character is perfect, as is his sense of timing, making the reader fly through the pages until the novels shocking denouement. An unadulterated thriller, impeccably researched. (\"La Voz de Galicia,\" A Corua, Spain)<br /><br />A dark and riveting murder thriller, crafted with great cunning and flair. A classy and hugely satisfying piece of writing.<br /> Raymond Khoury, \"New York Times\" bestselling author of \"The Last Templar\" <br /> Juan Gmez-Jurado has deftly managed to convey a sinister side of not just the Vatican. His \"Gods Spy\" in reality offers a stunning literary portrait of the darkness that lies within us all. And recognizing that darkness is essential to combating it.<br /> Javier Sierra, \"New York Times\" bestselling author of \"The Secret Supper\" <br /> [A] riveting debut . . . first-rate thriller. Thomas Harris meets Dan Brown.<br /> \"Booklist\" <br /> Electrifying. . . . A wild, compelling ride.<br /> Bookreporter.com <br /> Juan Gmez-Jurado is the new pope of Vatican intrigue.<br /> \"Qu Leer\" (Spain)', '<b>Juan Gomez-Jurado</b> is an award-winning journalist who has worked in radio and television. Published in more than 35 countries worldwide, his novels include<i>Gods Spy,</i> <i>The Moses Expedition</i>, and <i>The Traitors</i> <i>Emblem</i>. He lives with his family in Spain.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Moses Expedition: A Novel\nDescription: ['<span class=\"h1\"><strong>Amazon Exclusive: Steve Berry Reviews <em>The Moses Expedition</em></strong></span><br /><br /> <strong> <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Berry/e/B001H6W6DU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1269580956&sr=1-1\" target=\"new\"><img src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/SS.EMS/Steve_Berry.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Berry/e/B001H6W6DU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1269580956&sr=1-1\">Steve Berry</a> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345505476/\"><em>The Paris Vendetta</em></a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345485807/\"><em>The Charlemagne Pursuit</em></a>, and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345504410/\"><em>The Templar Legacy</em></a>. His books have been translated into 37 languages and sold in 50 countries. He lives on the Georgia coast and is currently at work on his next novel. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of <em>The Moses Expedition</em>:</strong>', '', 'My kind of story has history, secrets, conspiracies, international settings, action and adventure. And that\\'s exactly what Juan Gmez-Jurado likes too. Yes, <i>The Moses Expedition</i> involves a search for the Ark of the Covenant, something that Indiana Jones became famous for. But just because that tale was once told doesn\\'t mean it isn\\'t due for a major upgrade. And that\\'s exactly what <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Juan-G%C3%B3mez-Jurado/e/B001IXQ71E/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1269580282&sr=1-1\">Juan Gmez-Jurado</a> provides. There\\'s sophisticated technology, advanced satellite communications, modern weaponry--things that may or may not make this new search any easier. In fact, they complicate things in ways that Indiana Jones could have never imagined. For aficionados of the genre there are also the usual players: spies, mercenaries, powerful businessmen, Nazis, archeologists, the Mossad, fanatics, and a journalist who has exclusive rights to a story of monumental proportions. There\\'s also the age old conflict among Jews, Muslims, and Christians told in a fresh and unique way. <i>The Moses Expedition</i> is beguiling sophisticated. There\\'s food for thought on nearly every page. If you like your intrigue, your action and your history delivered at mach-speed, by a writer who knows what he\\'s doing, then this is the book for you. Maybe Cotton Malone and Father Anthony Fowler might cross paths one day. If they did, they\\'d both have their hands full. Check out <i>The Moses Expedition</i> and, if you like it, savor <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Juan-G%C3%B3mez-Jurado/e/B001IXQ71E/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1269580282&sr=1-1\">Juan Gmez-Jurado</a>\\'s first novel, <a href=\" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0452289122\"><em>God\\'s Spy</em></a>. You won\\'t regret either read.', '', '<em>--Steve Berry</em>', '', '', \"In Gmez-Jurado's unoriginal, intermittently exciting religious thriller, two characters from the Spanish author's internationally bestselling first novel, <i>God's Spy</i>Fr. Anthony Fowler, who works for both the CIA and the Vatican secret service, and Andrea Otero, a plucky <i>El Globo</i> journalistbecome involved in a secret archeology expedition to Jordan. Raymond Kahn, the eccentric and reclusive chief of Kayn Industries, hopes the team will recover that elusive treasure beloved by many school-of-Dan-Brown writers, the Ark of the Covenant. Several terrorist groups are targeting the expedition, and one by one people turn up dead. U.S. readers who just can't get enough of the Ark would be better off watching yet again the first Indiana Jones flick, <i>The Raiders of the Lost Ark</i>. <i>(Mar.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill\nDescription: ['Customarily a biographer of literary figures (Mark Twain, Man in White, 2010), Shelden now turns to a politician. Averring his discovery of facts about his famous subject missed or muted by prior writers, he twins Churchills search for a wife and his reach for the political heights. Unfolding from 1901, when Churchill entered Parliament, to 1915, when he was dismissed as chief of the British Navy because of the Gallipoli defeat, Sheldens narrative spryly captures Churchills romantic impulses and vaulting political ambition to become prime minister. As many histories recount the ascent up the political ladder, Shelden sites his claim to newness in Churchill annals in Churchills courting of potential spouses. Churchill reached as socially high for a wife as he did in politics, receiving three ladies rejections of his wooing before acceptance by Clementine Hozier in 1908, news he had to break awkwardly to another woman he had strung along. Including the cast of Churchills friends and enemies, Sheldens well-judged account taps the inexhaustible interest in Churchill. --Gilbert Taylor', 'Perceptive and entertaining. (<i>Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post</i>)<br /><br />\"A vivid portrait of a young man on the make, as ambitious as he was gifted. . . Enthralling.\" (DailyBeast.com [Newsweek digital edition])<br /><br />Entertaining and erudite. Shelden is full of sharp literary insights about Churchill, as one would expect from a literary biographer of his rank. (<i>Wall Street Journal</i>)<br /><br />[As this] glowing portrait makes clear, the young Churchill was as beloved as he was despised: his intelligence, industry, and wit made him a darling of the press, and he was often seen as a future Prime Minister. (The New Yorker)<br /><br />Much has been written about Winston Churchill, but there is still much to learn, especially about those early years when he seemed destined for greatness. Michael Shelden now thoughtfully explores those years in <i>Young Titan</i>.An engaging as well as perceptive take on the man who believed that while we are all worms he was a glowworm a belief history would splendidly vindicate. (<i>Richmond Times Dispatch</i>)<br /><br />Just when you think there can be nothing fresh to be said about the long life of Winston Churchill, along comes biographer Michael Shelden\\'s page-turner about Churchill from age 26 to 40.Churchill\\'s life is the gift that keeps on giving, and many readers who assume they\\'ve read it all will find Mr. Shelden\\'s lively account a must-add for their groaning shelves. (<i>Washington Times</i>)<br /><br />Swiftly narrated. Shelden, a noted biographer whose 1992 Orwell was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, explores the young titan in entertaining depth, with deep regard for Churchill\\'s achievements and no end of colorful detail. (<i>USA Today</i>)<br /><br />Michael Shelden has done the nigh-impossible: he has found original things to say about the man Isaiah Berlin called the largest human being of our timeWinston Churchill. In this entertaining and deeply researched book, Shelden paints a memorable portrait of the young Churchills life and loves. (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion)<br /><br /><i>Young Titan</i> gives us an exciting, needed look at Winston Churchill in his years as a Liberal. Breaking with the Conservatives, he battled for better working conditions, for unemployment insurance, for improvements in education. He waged a two-front war: against the Tories on the right, the socialists on the left. It is the young Churchill at his best, a great foretelling of what was to come when Britain and the world needed him most. (Chris Matthews, author of Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero and anchor of MSNBCs Hardball)<br /><br />For history buffs, Winston Churchill is the gift that keeps on giving, and in <i>Young Titan</i> Michael Shelden has given us the gift of Churchills fascinating formative years. Its all herethe boy wonder, adventurer, romantic, orator, and eloquent man in the arena. I didn\\'t want it to end. (Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation)', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Buried Giant: A novel\nDescription: [\"“If forced at knife-point to choose my favourite Ishiguro novel, I’d opt for <i>The Buried Giant.</i> It uses the tropes of fantasy to set up a smoke-screen which the book then, by twists and turns, dispels. This reveal gives the book a shadow-plot, and layers of mystery . . . An ideas-enabler, a metaphor-animator.”<br>—David Mitchell, author of <i>Cloud Atlas </i>and <i>The Bone Clocks</i><br> <br>“Completely astonishing. I can't think of another writer who keeps finding such new and radically unexpected ways of exploring—and deepening—his lifelong concerns. Which is a way of saying that I can't think of another writer who's so unswervingly serious, as well as impeccable, stripping away every distraction to get to the core of things, as a Beckett might, and attaining in the end an almost unbearable intensity of emotional directness.”<br> —Pico Iyer, author of <i>The Art of Stillness </i>and <i>The Lady and the Monk</i><br> <br>“The Buried Giant does what important books do: It remains in the mind long after it has been read, refusing to leave, forcing one to turn it over and over . . . Ishiguro is not afraid to tackle huge, personal themes, nor to use myths, history and the fantastic as the tools to do it. <i>The Buried Giant</i> is an exceptional novel.”<br>—Neil Gaiman, <i>The New York Times Book Review </i><br><i> </i><br>“Ishiguro is a brilliant novelist, a born novelist. . . . Inside his work, you feel it, that thrilling thing: a writer doing something actually different, something actually new. . . . [<i>The Buried Giant</i>] creates an entire field of unspoken meaning, illuminating the kind of elusive truths about love, time, death and memory that other novelists have to strain even to brush. . . . That’s the magic of true art. . . . When one day we send some unmanned capsule into the nameless depths of space to give and account of ourselves, it’s [Ishiguro’s] books I would include on our behalf.”<br> —Charles Finch, <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><br> “Ishiguro is one of Britain’s best living novelists . . . Magnificent and heartbreaking . . . Of all writers working in the early 21st century, he will turn out to be the one who persisted—who went on asking questions about what binds people to one another; who said something profound about history, and something unsentimental about love.”<br> —Gaby Wood, <i>The Telegraph</i> (London)<br><br>“The weirdest, riskiest and most ambitious thing he’s published in his celebrated 33-year career.”<br>—Alexandra Alter, <i>The New York Times</i><br><i> </i> <br>“Ishiguro works this fantastical material with the tools of a master realist. . . . [He] makes us feel its sheer grotesque monstrosity with a force and freshness that have been leached away by legions of computer-generated orcs. . . . He keeps a straight face, but Ishiguro has fun with the swords and sorcery: he’s a lifelong fan of samurai manga and westerns, and some of the action has the feel of a classic showdown scored by Ennio Morricone.”<br>  —Lev Grossman, <i>Time </i>magazine<br><br>“Ishiguro is in full genre-occupying mode here, settling an imaginative region, capturing its tropes and conditions, and establishing within it his own peculiar sovereignty. . . . For all that <i>The Buried Giant </i>clothes itself in the armor of chivalric romance and fantasy, it is also subtly using these formal structures to subvert from within the kinds of national mythologies that are so often built around them. . . . Devastating . . . as emotionally ruinous an ending as any I’ve read in a very long time, and it made me circle back to the opening pages, to re-enter the strange mist of this sad and remarkable book.”<br> —Mark O’Connell, Slate<br><br>“[<i>The Buried Giant is</i>] a profound examination of memory and guilt, of the way we recall past trauma en masse. It is also an extraordinarily atmospheric and compulsively readable tale, to be devoured in a single gulp. <i>The Buried Giant</i> is <i>Game of Thrones</i> with a conscience, <i>The Sword in the Stone</i> for the age of the trauma industry, a beautiful, heartbreaking book about the duty to remember and the urge to forget.”<br> —Alex Preston, <i>The Guardian </i>(London)<br><br>“Lifetimes of myth, allegory, and epic discoveries are contained within . . . In this as with Ishiguro’s previous fiction, the mesmerizing prose ensures that the pages will turn swiftly. Without a doubt, <i>Giant</i> is Ishiguro’s most complex book thus far, managing to combine elements of Edenic epic, Roman myth, Arthurian quest, Tolkien fantasy, philosophical ruminations, religious dialectics, literary experimentation, and more to create an exquisitely rendered, albeit disturbing love story set against the unresolved threat of war—past and future both. . . . Ishiguro’s 10-year investment comes to eloquent fruition here. The result is a provocative, multilayered mosaic.”<br> —Terry Hong, <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i><br>  <br> “Ishiguro is a master of the uncanny. . . . Few write about the mysteries of the human experience with such grace as Ishiguro, and his prodigious gifts are evident throughout the novel. . . . <i>The Buried Giant</i> transcends the boundaries of a conventional fantasy novel. At its core, it is a tender story about marriage, memory and forgiveness, the tale of an elderly couple who set off to find a half-remembered son. And the questions that emerge in the course of their journey—as they contend with pixies and Saxon warriors, devious boatmen and duplicitous monks, as they begin to recall a past they might be better off forgetting—cut to the heart of the life’s mystery.”<br> —Michael David Lukas, <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br> <i> </i><br> “A spectacular, rousing departure from anything Ishiguro has ever written, and yet a classic Ishiguro story . . . <i>The Buried Giant</i> has the clear ring of legend, as graceful, original and humane as anything Ishiguro has written. . . . All the same, I’ll wager you won’t soon forget this book after turning its last pages. The close, in particular, will haunt.”<br> —Marie Arana, <i>The Washington Post<br><br></i>“Yet for all its flights of fantasy and supernatural happenings . . . <i>The Buried Giant</i> is absolutely characteristic, moving and unsettling, in the way of all Ishiguro’s fiction. . . . A novel of imaginative daring that, in its subtleties of tone, mood and reflection, could be the work of no other writer. . . . In the manner of Cormac McCarthy’s <i>The Road, </i>Ishiguro has created a fantastical alternate reality in which, in spite of the extremity of its setting and because of its integrity and emotional truth, you believe unhesitatingly. . . . Even after you have finished the book, many days later, you find you can’t stop thinking about it.”<br> —Jason Cowley, <i>Financial Times</i><br>  <br> “Mr. Ishiguro’s work is never simple. He has always been a trickster, a shape-changer, courageously exploring the novel’s form, and this new book is no exception. His language is plain and clear. But the stories he tells with his clean words are powerful and disturbing. . . . No doubt this book will divide opinion powerfully: but it provokes strong emotions—and lingers long in the mind.”<br>—<i>The Economist</i><br> <br>“The story sweeps us in not through the imagination of its monsters and magic mists, but by a prose style so distinctive that everything it touches, however airy . . . becomes earthly, solid, with an emotional purchase usually reserved for the ‘real.’ . . . This is a novel that does not answer every question it raises about war, love, memory; but it doesn’t have to. It takes us on a journey that is as deep as it is mesmerizing, ogres an’ all.”<br>—Arifa Akbar, <i>The Independent</i> (London)<br><br>“Hallucinatory . . . subtle and complex . . . At the heart of <i>The Buried Giant</i>, luminous amid all the dragons and warring knights, is a deeply affecting portrait of marital love. . . . A power and a strangeness that are, in the Shakespearean sense of the word, weird . . . For all the deconstruction <i>The Buried Giant</i> performs on its manifold sources and inspirations, the ultimate measure of Ishiguro’s achievement is that his novel is more than worthy to take its place alongside them. The quest undertaken by Axl and Beatrice is not merely a search for their son, but one that follows in the footsteps of Sir Gawain, and Tennyson’s King Arthur, and Frodo.”<br> —Tom Holland, <i>The Guardian </i>(London)<br> <br>“The prose, as in many of Ishiguro’s novels, is lapidary and beguiling, suggestive of secrets to be disclosed. . . . For Ishiguro, our poet laureate of loss, the mercies of forgetfulness hold the greater fascination . . . <i>The Buried Giant</i> is ultimately a story about long love and making terms with oblivion. It is an eerie hybrid: a children’s fable about old age. In Ishiguro’s novel, as in life, love conquers all—all, that is, but death.”<br> —Nathaniel Rich, <i>The Atlantic </i><br>  <br> “Ishiguro is, as ever, very readable . . . the novel is moving and strangely resonant. I suspect him of being wise, of having a vision that subtly and politely exceeds that of ordinary people . . . Ultimately the novel achieves a tragic synthesis between its various parts that . . . that reverberates powerfully in the mind.”<br> —Theo Tait, <i>Sunday Times </i>(London)<br>  <br> “What Ishiguro has delivered, after much labour, is a beautiful fable with a hard message at its core . . . there won’t, I suspect, be a more important work of fiction published this year than <i>The Buried Giant</i>. And take note, Peter Jackson. Ishiguro’s fiction makes wonderful films.”<br> —John Sutherland, <i>The Times</i> (London)<br>  <br> “Kazuo Ishiguro has written his riskiest novel yet. . . . <i>The Buried Giant </i>actually feels very modern—despite all its talk of ogres, warriors, and dragons. It reprises the same themes Ishiguro has dealt with his entire career: deeply flawed people grappling with dueling impulses and loyalties—to their ideals, identities, and nations. . . . These questions of identity and conflict lie at the heart of <i>The Buried Giant, </i>and they are gripping, tangled, and well worth the attention of so talented a novelist. . . . Lush and thrilling, rolling the gothic, fantastical, political, and philosophical into one. In its best moments, the fantasy elements blend with the exploration of memory, identity, and power to significant effect. <i>The Buried Giant</i> may feel very different from Ishiguro’s previous works, but the concerns that lie at its heart have preoccupied him his entire career.”<br> —Elaine Teng, <i>The New Republic<br><br></i>“Ishiguro is a deft gut-renovator of genres, bringing fresh life and feeling to hollowed-out conventions. . . . It’s a bold departure: highly stylized, alternately stiff and swashbuckling. But the love story at its center shimmers with a mythic and melancholy grace.”<br> —Boris Kachka, Vulture<br><br>“A literary event . . . A story that’s both one couple’s on-the-road tale, and a mystery for a great civilization.”<br> —NPR<br><br>“Ishiguro may be a master of his craft, but, more than that, he’s a master of quiet subversion. . . . What you see is rarely, if ever, what you get: the writer expects you to dig deeper for the truth.”<br> —Caroline Goldstein, Bustle<br>  <br> “Just as in <i>Never Let Me Go</i>, Ishiguro takes us into a disconcertingly different world without ever making that world the main focus of attention . . . <i>The Buried Giant</i> tells us that for nations, just as for individuals, there may be some memories so painful and damaging that they are dangerous to face, that some forgetfulness may be necessary . . . He has located this novel so dreamily far away. The storytelling is formal and subtly archaic, the dialogue elaborate and courteous, clearly paying homage to Malory and <i>Le Morte d’Arthur.</i> Yet it is a far more sophisticated narrative than it at first appears, progressively switching its point of view away from Axl with whom we began, to give us two ‘reveries of Gawain’, for example, and then, in a sorrowful final chapter, reaching into the heart of the pair’s own story, revealing their own failings, showing us Axl and Beatrice from the perspective of the failed boatman . . . <i>The Buried Giant</i> . . .  reveal itself as a work not just of great originality but peculiar, even hypnotic, beauty: such a late, great extension to Arthurian literature.”<br> —David Sexton, <i>Evening Standard<br><br></i>“Axl and Beatrice’s adventures . . . grow in urgency yet never sacrifice the mood of quiet, elegiac pessimism that has always characterized Mr. Ishiguro’s writing—and that makes his novels strangely both melancholic and soothing. . . . For all its fantastical trappings, <i>The Buried Giant</i> is a simple and powerful tale of love, aging and loss—no radical departure for this splendid writer but another excellent novel all the same.”<br> —Sam Sacks, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br>  <br>  “A lyrical, allusive (and elusive) voyage into the mists of British folklore by renowned novelist Ishiguro. . . . The premise of a nation made up of amnesiac people longing for meaning is beguiling . . . Ishiguro is a master of subtlety; as with <i>Never Let Me Go </i>he allows a detail to slip out here, another there, until we are finally aware of the facts of the matter, horrible though they may be. . . . Lovely: a fairy tale for grown-ups, both partaking in and departing from a rich literary tradition.”<br> —<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)<br>  <br> “It’s a sad, elegiac story . . . A dreamy journey . . . Easy to read but difficult to forget.”<br> —Lydia Millet, <i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)<br>  <br> “Ishiguro was described as ‘a master craftsman’ by Margaret Atwood, and he is every inch that throughout this book, from the self-confidence and certainty of the slow start, through to the final, profound and very moving, pages’.<br> —Emily Hourican, <i>Irish Independent </i><br>  <br> “Ishiguro’s story is a deceptively simple one, for enfolded within its elemental structure are many profound truths, including its beautiful and memorable portrait of a long-term marriage and its subtle commentary on the eternity of war, all conveyed in the author’s mesmerizing prose.”<br> —Joanne Wilkinson, <i>Booklist</i><br>  <br> “Tangled and satisfying . . . [Ishiguro’s] novels have for the last two decades frustrated expectations, and his decision to venture into the realm of legend this time is of a piece with the risks he’s been taking all along. . . . Ishiguro’s novels dramatize quests for self-knowledge, and though <i>The Buried Giant </i> . . . may be his most exotic work . . . it may also be his most direct assault on the question.”<br> —Christian Lorentzen, <i>Bookforum</i><br>  <br> “Part of the brilliance of this novel is that it can be read at face value and enjoyed . . . or it can be read deep, deeper, and deeper still, until the reader begins scrutinizing the words not on the pages as intensely as each description and every scrap of dialog.”<br> —Betty Scott, <i>Books & Whatnot</i><br>  <br> “The world’s greatest living novelist, Kazuo Ishiguro, has a new book out. It is a masterpiece.”<br> —David Walliams <br>  <br> “A novelist of unparalleled distinction. The style is elegant, sparse, non-archaic and, as with Ishiguro’s other works, it accumulates as you progress, until you are mesmerised by the agony of his characters. It is a bold, sorrowful, brilliant and unyielding book. The journey might be imaginary, yet it is existentially real, and that is its great beauty and strength.”<br> —Joanna Kavenna, <i>Prospect </i><br>  <br> “A new novel from Ishiguro, his first in 10 years, is quite possibly the literary event of 2015. . . . <i>The Buried Giant </i>is another thought-provoking literary masterpiece.”<br> —Alice O’Keeffe, <i>The Bookseller<br><br></i>“This book is a love story, an adventure story, a mystery tale and an allegory. It’s also an unforgettable book about forgetting. . . . Once you have read this book you will want to read it again.”<br> —Erich Mayer, Publishing ArtsHub (Australia)\", \"KAZUO ISHIGURO's seven previous books have won him wide renown and numerous honors. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. Both <i>The Remains of the Day</i> and <i>Never Let Me Go </i>have sold more than one million copies, and both were adapted into highly acclaimed films.\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: An Artist of the Floating World (Penguin Drop Caps)\nDescription: ['Winner of the 2012 Fifty Books/Fifty Covers show, organized by Design Observer in association with AIGA and Designers & Books<br><br>Winner of the 2014 Type Directors Club Communication Design Award<br><br><b>Praise for Penguin Drop Caps:</b><br><br>\"[Penguin Drop Caps] convey a sense of nostalgia for the tactility and aesthetic power of a physical book and for a centuries-old tradition of beautiful lettering.\"<br>—<i>Fast Company</i><br><br>“Vibrant, minimalist new typographic covers…. Bonus points for the heartening gender balance of the initial selections.”<br>—Maria Popova, <i>Brain Pickings</i><br><br>\"The Penguin Drop Caps series is a great example of the power of design. Why buy these particular classics when there are less expensive, even free editions of <i>Great Expectations</i>? Because they’re beautiful objects. Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische’s fresh approach to the literary classics reduces the design down to typography and color. Each cover is foil-stamped with a cleverly illustrated letterform that reveals an element of the story. Jane Austen’s A (<i>Pride and Prejudice</i>) is formed by opulent peacock feathers and Charlotte Bronte’s B (<i>Jane Eyre</i>) is surrounded by flames. The complete set forms a rainbow spectrum prettier than anything else on your bookshelf.\"<br>—Rex Bonomelli, <i>The New York Times</i><br><br>\"Drool-inducing.\"<br>—<i>Flavorwire</i><br><br>\"Classic reads in stunning covers—your book club will be dying.\"<br>—<i>Redbook</i>', '<b>Kazuo Ishiguro</b> was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954. His family moved to England in 1960. He attended the University of Kent at Canterbury and the University of East Anglia. His novels have been nominated four times for the Man Booker Prize, which <i>Remains of the Day</i> won in 1989. <i>A Pale View of Hills</i>, his first novel, won the Winifred Holtby Prize of the Royal Society of Literature and has been translated into thirteen languages. <i>An Artist of the Floating World</i> won the 1986 Whitbread of the Year Award and has been translated into fourteen languages. His most recent novel is <i>Never Let Me Go</i>. He currently lives in London.<br> <br><b>Jessica Hische</b> is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a <i>Forbes Magazine</i> \"30 under 30\" in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of <i>Print Magazine</i>’s \"New Visual Artists\". She has designed for Wes Anderson, <i>McSweeney\\'s</i>, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books and many others. She resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn.']",
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"chosen": "Title: When We Were Orphans\nDescription: ['When 9-year-old Christopher Banks\\'s father--a British businessman involved in the opium trade--disappears from the family home in Shanghai, the boy and his friend Akira play at being detectives: \"Until in the end, after the chases, fist-fights and gun-battles around the warren-like alleys of the Chinese districts, whatever our variations and elaborations, our narratives would always conclude with a magnificent ceremony held in Jessfield Park, a ceremony that would see us, one after another, step out onto a specially erected stage ... to greet the vast cheering crowds.\"', 'But Christopher\\'s mother also disappears, and he is sent to live in England, where he grows up in the years between the world wars to become, he claims, a famous detective. His family\\'s fate continues to haunt him, however, and he sifts through his memories to try to make sense of his loss. Finally, in the late 1930s, he returns to Shanghai to solve the most important case of his life. But as Christopher pursues his investigation, the boundaries between fact and fantasy begin to evaporate. Is the Japanese soldier he meets really Akira? Are his parents really being held in a house in the Chinese district? And who is Mr. Grayson, the British official who seems to be planning an important celebration? \"My first question, sir, before anything else, is if you\\'re happy with the choice of Jessfield Park for the ceremony? We will, you see, require substantial space.\"', \"In <i>When We Were Orphans</i> Kazuo Ishiguro uses the conventions of crime fiction to create a moving portrait of a troubled mind, and of a man who cannot escape the long shadows cast by childhood trauma. Sherlock Holmes needed only fragments--a muddy shoe, cigarette ash on a sleeve--to make his deductions, but all Christopher has are fading recollections of long-ago events, and for him the truth is much harder to grasp. Ishiguro writes in the first person, but from the beginning there are cracks in Christopher's carefully restrained prose, suggestions that his version of the world may not be the most reliable. Faced with such a narrator, the reader is forced to become a detective too, chasing crumbs of truth through the labyrinth of Christopher's memory.\", 'Ishiguro has never been one for verbal pyrotechnics, but the unruffled surface of this haunting novel only adds to its emotional power. <i>When We Were Orphans</i> is an extraordinary feat of sustained, perfectly controlled imagination, and in Christopher Banks the author has created one of his most memorable characters. <i>--Simon Leake</i>', 'Despite some contrived events and a tendency to rework the characterizations and themes of his previous books, Ishiguro\\'s latest novel triumphs with the seductiveness of his prose and his ability to invigorate shadowy events with sinister implications. Like all of Ishiguro\\'s protagonists, the narrator, here a recent Cambridge graduate named Christopher Banks, is an emotionally detached man who hides his real feelings from himself and who passively endures being trapped in nightmarish settings that give him \"a grave foreboding.\" Like the hero of The Unconsoled, Christopher is bewildered by \"the assumption shared by everyone... that it was somehow my sole responsibility to resolve the crisis.\" The crisis here is nothing less than averting WWII, which shares priority in Christopher\\'s mind with the disappearance of his parents in Shanghai in the early 1900s, when he was nine years old. Christopher is sent to school in England, where he first formulates his dream of becoming a famous detective, an objective he achieves at a young age. Though he is convinced that his parents are still alive and that he can find them, he doesn\\'t return to Shanghai until 1937, when he is in his mid 30s. It\\'s obvious to the reader that Christopher deludes himself about many things, such as his conviction that when he \"roots out evil,\" he is \"cleansing the world of wickedness.\" This inclination toward grandiosity is a direct result of Christopher\\'s sense of powerlessness as an orphan. While he is unaware of the connection, he is drawn to mercurial Sarah Hemmings, also orphaned in childhood. Ishiguro again conjures time and place with precise detail, evoking both the exotic atmosphere of prewar Shanghai, festering with the contrast between the arrogant residents of the International Settlement and the Chinese living in squalid slums and supplied with opium by foreign merchants, and class-conscious England, in which one\\'s \"connections\" depend on family lineage. While the novel is mainly an introspective account of the protagonist\\'s emotional dislocation, Ishiguro shows a new mastery of narrative tension, notably with Christopher\\'s Kafkaesque experience during the Japanese invasion. In the end, Christopher understands that his vision of reality was distorted, and that his lifelong mission, \"chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents,\" was the inescapable fate of one caught in the toils of historical turbulence. 75,000 first printing. (Sept.) <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Tin Drum\nDescription: ['The publication of The Tin Drum in 1959 launched Gunter Grass as an author of international repute. Bitter and impassioned, it delivers a scathing dissection of the years from 1925 to 1955 through the eyes of Oskar Matzerath, the dwarf whose manic beating on the toy of his retarded childhood fantastically counterpoints the accumulating horrors of Germany and Poland under the Nazis.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Book of Speculation: A Novel\nDescription: ['', \"In this dazzling novel, the immensely talented Erika Swyler sweeps seamlessly through generations and centuries, moving deftly back and forth and weaving the strands into an exquisite tapestry. I was immediately swept up in this quirky, raucous, and bewitching family saga. Swyler's prose is so polished and elegant it reads effortlessly, even as her distinct voice shines through--her rendering of the sea and its savage appetite rivals that of Annie Proulx's in THE SHIPPING NEWS. I absolutely loved this book, and consumed it whole. My only complaint is that I am already on the edge of my seat waiting for her next. <br />Sara Gruen, author of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS and AT THE WATER'S EDGE\", 'Swyler has a tale to spin, and she does so with directness and wit. <br />NPR.org', 'THE BOOK OF SPECULATION is a luscious experience--dark, sweet, and wild. <br />Katherine Dunn, author of GEEK LOVE', \"A good book is magical. A piece of our heart stays tucked inside its lines when we return the book to its place on our shelf. Good novels about good books can be even more special, doubling the fun with two tomes to love. And when the book within the book is actually magical, as it is - or may be - in Erika Swyler's <i>The Book of Speculation</i>, well, let the wild read start. <br /><i>Star-Telegram</i>\", 'A wonderful novel, full of mystery through the centuries [with] great details about carnival life, similar to <i>The Night Circus</i> by Erin Morgenstern. <br /><i>The Daily American</i>', \"Debut author Swyler creates a melancholy world with hints of magic at the edges. . . Fans of. . . Erin Morgenstern's THE NIGHT CIRCUS, Katherine Dunn's GEEK LOVE, or Katherine Howe's THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE, won't want to leave this festival. <br /><i>Library Journal</i>\", 'Illustrations by the author add even more atmosphere to her prose. <br /><i>Booklist</i>', '<i>The Book of Speculation</i> is one of the best books Ive had the privilege to read. While this is partly due to a weakness on my part for circus stories, it is mostly due to Erika Swylers striking writing style and intricately woven narrative. Erika Swyler writes with a whimsical, romantic prose that is beautiful to read, yet her story is grounded in the hard realities of life. Her characters are likeable, yet realistically flawed and their relationships with each other are complex and interesting. A subtle theme throughout the book features characters who, despite their best intentions, end up hurting the very people they love and are trying to protect. I would recommend <i>The Book of Speculation</i> to anyone who likes to read and even a few people who dont. <br /><i>San Diego Book Review</i>', '\"As Simon, a lonely research librarian, searches frantically for the key to a curse that might be killing the women in his family, he learns strange and fascinating secrets about their past. A tale full of magic and family mystery, The Book of Speculation will keep you up all night reading.\"<br />Isaac Fitzgerald, BuzzFeed', 'Mermaids, tarot card readers, a wild man and other carnival characters work their literary magic in this debut novelpacked with fresh, unexpected marvels. <br />Oprah.com', 'With its puzzling story, circus sideshow and romantic plot lines, <i>The Book of Speculation</i> has plenty of attractions and will appeal to many. And if youre a lover of books about books, youve got another fun tome to add to your to-be-read list. <br /><i>Toronto Star</i>', \"While a book whose narrative hinges on drowning might not seem like a great beach read, Swyler's debut effort, redolent of salty ocean air, is just that...Its clever plot-fueled by a musty book and a powerful set of tarot cards-and Swyler's wonderful descriptions keep the pages swimming along. <br /><i>Entertainment Weekly</i>\", 'A strikingly written debut,<b> The Book of Speculation</b> is reminiscent of <i>The Night Circus, </i>but with more grit and darkness.[Swyler] proves her storytelling skills here, as generations and lifetimes are seamlessly woven together, and a beautiful narrative of magic, love, death and loss unfolds with every page. <br /><i>BookPage, Top Pick</i>', 'A wonderful novel, full of mystery through the centuries [with] great details about carnival life, similar to <i>The Night Circus</i> by Erin Morgenstern. <br /><i>The Daily American</i>', 'Whimsically darka fully formed mythos chock full of curses, omens, and coincidences. <i>Publishers Weekly </i>', 'Part sideshow and part thriller, the smart story follows Simon as he races to discover the secret behind his familys curse with only days before his troubled, beloved sister could become its next victim. <br /><i>Dujour Magazine</i>', 'A strikingly written debut, THE BOOK OF SPECULATION is reminiscent of The Night Circus, but with more grit and darkness[Swyler] proves her storytelling skills here, as generations and lifetimes are seamlessly woven together, and a beautiful narrative of magic, love, death and loss unfolds with every page. <br />Haley Herfurth, BookPage', 'Quirky and big-hearted, this novel creates an indelible portrait of two siblings who are each determined to save the other. <br />FamilyFun', '', \"ERIKA SWYLER is a graduate of New York University. Her short fiction has appeared in <i>WomenArts Quarterly Journal</i>, <i>Litro</i>, Anderbo.com, and elsewhere. Her writing is featured in the anthology Colonial Comics, and her work as a playwright has received note from the Jane Chambers Award. Born and raised on Long Island's North Shore, Erika learned to swim before she could walk, and happily spent all her money at traveling carnivals. She blogs and has a baking Tumblr with a following of 60,000. Erika recently moved from Brooklyn back to her hometown, which inspired the setting of the book. <i>The Book of Speculation </i>is her debut novel.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Marriage of Opposites\nDescription: ['Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including<i>The World That We Knew</i>, <i>The Rules of Magic</i>,<i>The Marriage of Opposites</i>,<i>Practical Magic</i>,<i>The Red Garden</i>, the Oprahs Book Club selection<i>Here on Earth</i>,<i>The Museum of Extraordinary Things</i>, and<i>The Dovekeepers</i>. She lives near Boston.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Dovekeepers: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Beautiful, harrowing, a major contribution to twenty-first century literature.\"--Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature<br /><br />\"I am still reeling from \"The Dovekeepers\"--from the history Alice Hoffman illuminates, from the language she uses to bring these women to life. This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.\" --Jodi Picoult, author of \"Sing You Home\"<br /><br />\"In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women\\'s solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that\\'s quietly present in our day-to-day living. Put \"The Dovekeepers\" at the pinnacle of Hoffman\\'s extraordinary body of work. I was blown away.\" --Wally Lamb, author of \"The Hour I First Believed\"', 'Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including<i>The World That We Knew</i>, <i>The Rules of Magic</i>,<i>The Marriage of Opposites</i>,<i>Practical Magic</i>,<i>The Red Garden</i>, the Oprahs Book Club selection<i>Here on Earth</i>,<i>The Museum of Extraordinary Things</i>, and<i>The Dovekeepers</i>. She lives near Boston.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Failures of Imagination: The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland--and How to Thwart Them\nDescription: ['Congressman Mike McCaul has become one of our nations leading experts on homeland security. This excellent book gives us a very us a very useful analysis of dangers we face and the things we must do to prepare ourselves for the challenges presented to us.<br /> <b>Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City</b><br /> <br /> \"A critically important book that every American should read. Congressman McCaul has captured the very real threats facing our Homeland, the factors that have contributed to them, and, most important, what we should do about them. A work of non-fiction, the book reads like a spy thriller. A reader will not be able to put it down. <br /> <b>Michael Morell, Former Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and author of <i>The Great War of Our Time</i></b><br /> <br /> Threats to the homeland didnt end with 9/11. To stop future threats, you have first to envision them. Chairman McCaul does that vividly. <br /> <b> Richard Clarke, Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism</b><br /> <br /> Chairman Michael McCaul shows in careful detail how the evil that still exists in the world can quickly and stealthily visit destruction on the United States, its people and its friends. With its eight frightening (but very plausible) scenarios, <i>Failures of Imagination</i> should be must reading for anyone responsible for or just concerned about American security in a turbulent time. <br /> <b>Michael Hayden, General, USAF (retired), Former Director of CIA and NSA<br /></b><br /> Wow! Scaredstraightis a phrase I would use to describe <i>Failures of Imagination</i>. If lack of imagination failed us on 9/11, 2001, this book, <i>Failures of Imagination</i>, should make all of us sit upstraightand take stock in what we are failing to do against, what Ipersonally know is aviciousassault on our way of life. Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCauls book fills an important gap in the threats to our homeland betterthan all of our intelligence agencies and law enforcement services combined. The threats and scenarios presented are real and they are here in our country. Take notice, danger ahead. <br /> <b> Michael T. Flynn, Lieutenant General, United States Army (Retired), Chairman & CEO of Flynn Intel Group, Inc.</b>', \"CongressmanMICHAELMCCAULrepresents the state of Texas as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born in 1962 and raised in Dallas, he served in the U.S. Department of Justice for over a decade and was the Chief of Counterterrorism and National Security in the U.S. Attorney's office in Texas. He was elected to Congress in 2005, and then appointed the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security in 2013. He currently lives with wife Linda and five children in Austin, Texas.\", '', '']",
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to your facilitation resource library!\", '', '<b>Michael Wilkinson</b> is founder and managing director forLeadership Strategies–The Facilitation Company, whichspecializes in facilitation training and in providing facilitatorsto lead executive retreats and task forces. 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"chosen": "Title: A Darkness Descending: A Mystery in Florence\nDescription: [\"A stunning development at a Florence political rally, witnessed by PI-in-training Giuli Sarto, sets the stage for dark-hued suspense in Kent's fourth Sandro Cellini novel (after 2012's The Dead Season). Niccolò Rosselli, the head of a party whose members are disillusioned with mainstream politics, is the hope of the disenfranchised, some of whom compare him to Gandhi. In the middle of a speech, Rosselli collapses, shocking his followers. The politician is treated and released from the hospital, but soon after, Cellini, the former cop turned private eye, learns that Rosselli's long-term partner, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind their infant son without explanation or clue as to her whereabouts. Sarto, a particularly memorable character, has overcome great struggles to be in a position to help Cellini as the investigation builds to its tragic end. Kent does a fine job setting a mournful tone for this sad book and in conveying the average person's frustrations in the face of endemic government corruption. Agent: Nathaniel Jacks, Inkwell Management. (Sept.)\", 'Unrelenting gloom, in setting and spirit, fills Kents Florentine noir mysteries. Her hero, Sandro Cellini, formerly a cop but now a private investigator (the noir CV), has a bleak professional and home life. Florence itself is dingy and oppressive in his eyes; even when the plot takes readers to the Piazza della Signoria, for example, its the piazza rendered as a bleak backdrop. Too much noir can verge on the ridiculous, and it often does here. However, if the setting doesnt fit noir, Kents take on contemporary politics and her character-driven plot do. A young woman disappearsshe is the mother of a six-week-old baby and the wife of a charismatic leader of a political movement that protests mainstream politics. Her body is discovered in the bathtub of a (suitably) depressing seaside town. Both Cellini and his wife, whose loss of a child years earlier still haunts the couple, need to find out what happened to this promising woman. Most interesting are the glimpses of lost souls given through Cellinis assistant, a woman whom he rescued from addiction and the streets. The tone is overdone, but the plotline is engrossing. --Connie Fletcher']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days\nDescription: ['Healthy foods in moderation equal weight loss? No, says nutrition and fitness expert Virgin, whose claims include losing seven pounds in seven days by eliminatingforget moderationseven food groups, including gluten, lactose, and others known to trigger true food intolerance, food sensitivities, and food reactions. Time-honored correctly balanced eating may be holding you back because of physical chemical responses causing digestive problems, inflammation and other immune reactions, and weight gain. This science experiment that puts a halt to calorie counting and isolates food intolerances can, Virgin attests, help us regain a healthy systemic balance before we reintegrate appropriate foods from certain food groups. The authors straightforward, comprehensive approach provides a detailed guide to restaurant eating and meal assemblies structured in three cycles: elimination, gradual reintroduction of certain foods, and a diet for life. She also includes a Virgin Diet shopping list, a metrics conversion table, source listings, additional resources, and a list of the authors favorite books. --Whitney Scott', '\"Eliminates the \\'healthy\\' foods that are actually holding your health hostage, so you can lose weight quickly and permanently.\"-Mark Hyman, MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Blood Sugar Solution<br /><br />\"A foolproof, science-based plan to lose weight, boost your metabolism and reclaim your health, for life.\" -Daniel G. Amen, MD, author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Body<br /><br />\"You must read this book if you think you\\'re doing everything right and still struggling to lose weight!\"-Suzanne Somers, bestselling author of 23 books, including Bombshell<br /><br />\"In this book, JJ reveals one of the primary reasons why people are doing everything \\'right\\' but still not losing weight. Her tell-it-like-it-is attitude is refreshing, clear and informative. I highly recommend The Virgin Diet for anyone who has ever struggled with their weight and knows there has to be a better way. That way is illuminated in this book!\" -Cynthia Pasquella, CCN, creator of SoCal Cleanse and bestselling author of PINK Method<br /><br />\"Food sensitivity is a hidden epidemic-this eye-opening book will change the way you think of food so you can lose weight for good.\" -Frank Lipman, MD, author of Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Start Living Again<br /><br />\"The Virgin Diet demystifies food sensitivities while offering the reader a fantastic plan that will help them to lose weight and feel great.\"-Mike Dow, PhD, author of Diet Rehab<br /><br />\"JJ\\'s Virgin Diet offers the ultimate plan to slim down, boost energy and feel your very best, whether you\\'re vegan, vegetarian or omnivore!\" -Alex Jamieson, author of The Great American Detox Diet<br /><br />\"JJ Virgin is the real deal! She debunks the diet myths and gives you a program that really works!\" -Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS, aka \"The Rogue Nutritionist,\" bestselling author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth and The Great Cholesterol Myth<br /><br />\"The Virgin Diet provides the exact game plan you need to finally beat the exhausting game of weight-loss resistance. This book is sure to shake up the diet world and put soy, wheat and dairy (and a few others) on notice! Well-researched and filled with case studies of people who have lived this diet, my prediction is The Virgin Diet will become a classic.\" -Leanne Ely, ONC, New York Times bestselling author from SavingDinner.com', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Making of Donald Trump\nDescription: [\"<b>David Cay Johnston</b>, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has been called the ''de facto chief tax enforcer of the United States.'' He is the author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>Perfectly Legal</i> and <i>Free Lunch</i>. Johnston was a reporter for the <i>New York Times</i> for thirteen years and now teaches at Syracuse University College of Law.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Round House\nDescription: ['Likely to be dubbed the Native American <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i>, Louise Erdrichs moving, complex, and surprisingly uplifting new novel tells of a boys coming of age in the wake of a brutal, racist attack on his mother. Drawn from real-life statistics about racially inspired attacks on our countrys reservations, this tale is forceful but never preachy, thanks in large part to Erdrichs understated but glorious prose and her apparent belief in the redemptive power of storytelling. --<i>Sara Nelson</i>', \"Wise and suspensefulErdrichs voice as well as her powers of insight and imagination fully infuse this novelShe writes so perceptively and brilliantly about the adolescent passion for justice that one is transported northward to her home territory. (Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago Tribune)<br /><br />Erdrich has given us a multitude of narrative voices and stories. Never before has she given us a novel with a single narrative voice so smart, rich and full of surprises as she has in The Round Houseand, I would argue, her best so far. (NPR/All Thing's Considered)<br /><br />THE ROUND HOUSE is filled with stunning language that recalls shades of Faulkner, Garca Mrquez and Toni Morrison. Deeply moving, this novel ranks among Erdrichs best work, and it is impossible to forget. (USA Today)<br /><br />Emotionally compellingJoe is an incredibly endearing narrator, full of urgency and radiant candorthe story he tells transforms a sad, isolated crime into a revelation about how maturity alters our relationship with our parents, delivering us into new kinds of love and pain. (Ron Charles, Washington Post)<br /><br />The novel showcases her [Erdrichs] extraordinary ability to delineate the ties of love, resentment, need, duty and sympathy that bind families together[a] powerful novel. (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)<br /><br />A gripping mystery with a moral twist: Revenge might be the harshest punishment, but only for the victims. A- (Entertainment Weekly)<br /><br />Moving, complex, and surprisingly upliftinglikely to be dubbed the Native American TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Parade, Fall's Best Books)<br /><br />Erdrich never shields the reader or Joe from the truthShe writes simply, without flourish. (Philadelphia Inquirer)<br /><br />An artfully balanced mystery, thriller and coming-of-age storythis novel will have you reading at warp speed to see what happens next. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)<br /><br />Erdrichs bittersweet contemplation of love and friendship, morality and generativityresult in a tender, tough coming-of-age tale. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Life and Death in Shanghai\nDescription: [\"This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were met by a steadfast and fearless refusal to accept the terms offered by her interrogators. When she was released from prison she was told that her daughter had committed suicide. In fact Meiping had been beaten to death by Maoist revolutionaries.\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies\nDescription: ['<br />\"I highly recommend this book\" <strong>--Bill Gates</strong>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '<br>Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Program on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009). He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.<br>']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Swans of Fifth Avenue: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Exceptional storytelling . . . teeming with scandal, gossip and excitement.<b><i>Harpers Bazaar</i></b><br /><br />This moving fictionalization brings the whole cast of characters back to vivid life. Gossipy and fun, its also a nuanced look at the beauty and cruelty of a rarefied, bygone world.<b><i>People</i></b><br /><br />The era and the sordid details come back to life in this jewel of a novel.<b><i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Shamelessly gossipy . . . a catty, juicy read thats like a three-martini lunch.<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> [Captures] the mesmerizing sparkle and scandal of New York high society in the 1950s.<b><i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br /> <b><i><br /></i></b>Tantalizing . . . Readers will fall into a world of glitz, glamour and the exciting life of the rich and famous. The details and conversations are so rich, you may forget you're reading a novel.<b>Associated Press</b><br /> <b></b><br /> Highly entertaining.<b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /><br /> Take <i>Gossip Girl </i>and move it to the 50s.<b><i>theSkimm</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> [Melanie] Benjamin has given us a compelling look at an American icon, a talented yet vulnerable man, and the complex woman he loved in his own distinctive way.<b><i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b><br /><br />The strange and fascinating relationship between Truman Capote and his swans is wonderfully reimagined in this engrossing novel. Its a credit to Benjamin that we end up caring so much for these women of power, grace, and beautyand for Capote, too.<b>Sara Gruen,<i> New York Time</i>s bestselling author of<i> Water for Elephants</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> A delicious tale . . . Melanie Benjamin has turned Truman Capotes greatest scandal into your next must-read book-club selection.<b>Jamie Ford, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet</i></b><br /> <br /> Reading<i> The Swans of Fifth Avenue</i> is like being ushered into a party where youre offered champagne and fed the sumptuous secrets of New Yorks elitewithout having to pay the price afterward. The swans are outmatched only by the elegance of Melanie Benjamins prosecaptivatingly earnest and sophisticated.<b>Vanessa Diffenbaugh<i>, New York Times</i> bestselling author of<i> The Language of Flowers</i></b><br /> <br /> Benjamin convincingly portrays a large cast of colorful historical figures while crafting a compelling, gossipy narrative with rich emotional depth.<b></b><i>Library Journal</i><br /><br />The beautiful people of the fifties and sixties glitter in this riveting tale of betrayal and greed. . . . Irresistible, astonishing, and told with verve . . . not to be missed.<b>Lynn Cullen, bestselling author<i></i>of<i>Mrs.</i><i>Poe</i></b>\", '<b>Melanie Benjamin</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Aviators Wife, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, </i>and<i> Alice I Have Been</i>. Benjamin lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?\nDescription: [\"A good book. Read it instead of watching TV or playing video games. The whole world will be better as a result.<br /> - <strong>Maria Rodale, <em>Daily Beast</em></strong><br /><br />When I was growing up, aspiring naturalists or behavioral scientists would be given a copy of Konrad Lorenzs zoological investigation <em>King Solomons Ring</em> to inspire them. With its wide-ranging and thought-provoking content, <em>Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?</em> is an appropriate 21st-century replacement. If you are at all interested in what it is to be an animal, human or otherwise, you should read this book.<br /> - <strong>Matthew Cobb, <em>The Guardian</em></strong><br /><br />An entertaining, convincing case for assessing each speciess intelligence on its own terms.not only full of information and thought-provoking, its also a lot of fun to read.<br /> - <strong>Nancy Szokan, <em>The Washington Post</em></strong><br /><br />Astonishing...has the makings of a classic--and one fantastic read.<br /> - <strong><em>People</em></strong><br /><br />A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds.<br /> - <strong>Alison Gopnik, <em>The Atlantic</em></strong><br /><br />A thoughtful and easy read, packed with information stemming from detailed empirical research, and one of de Waal's most comparative works that goes well beyond the world of nonhuman primates with whom he's most familiar.<br /> - <strong>Marc Bekoff, <em>Psychology Today</em></strong><br /><br />Engaging and informative.<br /> - <strong><em>The New York Times</em></strong><br /><br />A beautifully written and delightfully conceived popular science book, written by an eminent researcher who has dedicated his career to making the general public aware of just how smart animals are.<br /> - <strong>Nicola Clayton, <em>Science</em></strong><br /><br />Walks us through research revealing what a ride range of animal species are actually capable of....it all deals a pretty fierce wallop to our sense of specialness.<br /> - <strong>Jon Mooallem, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br /><br />A fascinating history of the study of animal behavior and cognition.<br /> - <strong><em>Bark</em></strong>\", 'Frans de Waal has been named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People. The author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, among many other works, he is the C. H. Candler Professor in Emory Universitys Psychology Department and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Explore The Bible Fall 2013 (John's Gospel Personal Study Guide)\nDescription: ['Leaders guide published by Life Way for Adults in 2013. The study of John 1-11. The gospel of John holds a beloved place in the hearts of all Christians. John 3:16 is the 1st bible verse many new believers memorize. The gospel of John plumbs the depths of theology and scales the hights of praise. Unit 1: The Word from Eternity- emphasizes the eternal nature of Jesus. These lessons will help adults strengthen their understanding of Jesus. Unit 2: The Word with Power- focuses on the supernatural power of Jesus. These lessons are designed to help adults respond to people's needs on the basis of Jesus' power. Unit 3: The Word for Challenging Situations- focuses on questions we may have about life's challenging situations. These lessons will hep adults display their trust in Jesus when facing difficult situations.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\nDescription: ['\"The best book of the year so far.\"<br /><b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /><br />A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve.<br /><b><i>Financial Times</i></b><br /><br />A shocking whodunitWhat more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?<br /><b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /><br />A master of the detective form<i>Killers </i>is something rather deep and not easily forgotten.<br /><b><i>Wall St. Journal</i></b><br /><br />Extraordinary<br /><b><i>Time Magazine</i></b>', 'Chapter 1<br /><br /> The Vanishing<br /><br />In April, millions of tiny flowers spread over the blackjack hills and vast prairies in the Osage territory of Oklahoma. There are Johnny-jump-ups and spring beauties and little bluets. The Osage writer John Joseph Mathews observed that the galaxy of petals makes it look as if the gods had left confetti. In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water. The necks of the smaller flowers break and their petals flutter away, and before long they are buried underground. This is why the Osage Indians refer to May as the time of the flower-killing moon.<br /><br />On May 24, 1921, Mollie Burkhart, a resident of the Osage settlement town of Gray Horse, Oklahoma, began to fear that something had happened to one of her three sisters, Anna Brown. Thirty-four, and less than a year older than Mollie, Anna had disappeared three days earlier. She had often gone on sprees, as her family disparagingly called them: dancing and drinking with friends until dawn. But this time one night had passed, and then another, and Anna had not shown up on Mollies front stoop as she usually did, with her long black hair slightly frayed and her dark eyes shining like glass. When Anna came inside, she liked to slip off her shoes, and Mollie missed the comforting sound of her moving, unhurried, through the house. Instead, there was a silence as still as the plains.<br /><br />Mollie had already lost her sister Minnie nearly three years earlier. Her death had come with shocking speed, and though doctors had attributed it to a peculiar wasting illness, Mollie harbored doubts: Minnie had been only twenty-seven and had always been in perfect health.<br /><br />Like their parents, Mollie and her sisters had their names inscribed on the Osage Roll, which meant that they were among the registered members of the tribe. It also meant that they possessed a fortune. In the early 1870s, the Osage had been driven from their lands in Kansas onto a rocky, presumably worthless reservation in northeastern Oklahoma, only to discover, decades later, that this land was sitting above some of the largest oil deposits in the United States. To obtain that oil, prospectors had to pay the Osage for leases and royalties. In the early twentieth century, each person on the tribal roll began receiving a quarterly check. The amount was initially for only a few dollars, but over time, as more oil was tapped, the dividends grew into the hundreds, then the thousands. And virtually every year the payments increased, like the prairie creeks that joined to form the wide, muddy Cimarron, until the tribe members had collectively accumulated millions and millions of dollars. (In 1923 alone, the tribe took in more than $30 million, the equivalent today of more than $400 million.) The Osage were considered the wealthiest people per capita in the world. Lo and behold! the New York weekly Outlook exclaimed. The Indian, instead of starving to death...enjoys a steady income that turns bankers green with envy.<br /><br />The public had become transfixed by the tribes prosperity, which belied the images of American Indians that could be traced back to the brutal first contact with whitesthe original sin from which the country was born. Reporters tantalized their readers with stories about the plutocratic Osage and the red millionaires, with their brick-and-terra-cotta mansions and chandeliers, with their diamond rings and fur coats and chauffeured cars. One writer marveled at Osage girls who attended the best boarding schools and wore sumptuous French clothing, as if une trs jolie demoiselle of the Paris boulevards had inadvertently strayed into this little reservation town.<br /><br />At the same time, reporters seized upon any signs of the traditional Osage way of life, which seemed to stir in the publics mind visions of wild Indians. One article noted a circle of expensive automobiles surrounding an open campfire, where the bronzed and brightly blanketed owners are cooking meat in the primitive style. Another documented a party of Osage arriving at a ceremony for their dances in a private airplanea scene that outrivals the ability of the fictionist to portray. Summing up the publics attitude toward the Osage, the Washington Star said, That lament, Lo the poor Indian, might appropriately be revised to, Ho, the rich redskin.<br /><br />Gray Horse was one of the reservations older settlements. These outpostsincluding Fairfax, a larger, neighboring town of nearly fifteen hundred people, and Pawhuska, the Osage capital, with a population of more than six thousandseemed like fevered visions. The streets clamored with cowboys, fortune seekers, bootleggers, soothsayers, medicine men, outlaws, U.S. marshals, New York financiers, and oil magnates. Automobiles sped along paved horse trails, the smell of fuel overwhelming the scent of the prairies. Juries of crows peered down from telephone wires. There were restaurants, advertised as cafs, and opera houses and polo grounds.<br /><br />Although Mollie didnt spend as lavishly as some of her neighbors did, she had built a beautiful, rambling wooden house in Gray Horse near her familys old lodge of lashed poles, woven mats, and bark. She owned several cars and had a staff of servantsthe Indians pot-lickers, as many settlers derided these migrant workers. The servants were often black or Mexican, and in the early 1920s a visitor to the reservation expressed contempt at the sight of even whites performing all the menial tasks about the house to which no Osage will stoop.<br /><br />Mollie was one of the last people to see Anna before she vanished. That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth. Unlike many of her friends, who shunned Osage clothing, Mollie wrapped an Indian blanket around her shoulders. She also didnt style her hair in a flapper bob, and instead let her long, black hair flow over her back, revealing her striking face, with its high cheekbones and big brown eyes.<br /><br />Her husband, Ernest Burkhart, rose with her. A twenty-eight-year-old white man, he had the stock handsomeness of an extra in a Western picture show: short brown hair, slate-blue eyes, square chin. Only his nose disturbed the portrait; it looked as if it had taken a barroom punch or two. Growing up in Texas, the son of a poor cotton farmer, hed been enchanted by tales of the Osage Hillsthat vestige of the American frontier where cowboys and Indians were said to still roam. In 1912, at nineteen, hed packed a bag, like Huck Finn lighting out for the Territory, and gone to live with his uncle, a domineering cattleman named William K. Hale, in Fairfax. He was not the kind of a man to ask you to do somethinghe told you, Ernest once said of Hale, who became his surrogate father. Though Ernest mostly ran errands for Hale, he sometimes worked as a livery driver, which is how he met Mollie, chauffeuring her around town.<br /><br />Ernest had a tendency to drink moonshine and play Indian stud poker with men of ill repute, but beneath his roughness there seemed to be a tenderness and a trace of insecurity, and Mollie fell in love with him. Born a speaker of Osage, Mollie had learned some English in school; nevertheless, Ernest studied her native language until he could talk with her in it. She suffered from diabetes, and he cared for her when her joints ached and her stomach burned with hunger. After he heard that another man had affections for her, he muttered that he couldnt live without her. <br /><br />It wasnt easy for them to marry. Ernests roughneck friends ridiculed him for being a squaw man. And though Mollies three sisters had wed white men, she felt a responsibility to have an arranged Osage marriage, the way her parents had. Still, Mollie, whose family practiced a mixture of Osage and Catholic beliefs, couldnt understand why God would let her find love, only to then take it away from her. So, in 1917, she and Ernest exchanged rings, vowing to love each other till eternity.<br /><br />By 1921, they had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was two years old, and a son, James, who was eight months old and nicknamed Cowboy. Mollie also tended to her aging mother, Lizzie, who had moved in to the house after Mollies father passed away. Because of Mollies diabetes, Lizzie once feared that she would die young, and beseeched her other children to take care of her. In truth, Mollie was the one who looked after all of them.<br /><br />May 21 was supposed to be a delightful day for Mollie. She liked to entertain guests and was hosting a small luncheon. After getting dressed, she fed the children. Cowboy often had terrible earaches, and shed blow in his ears until he stopped crying. Mollie kept her home in meticulous order, and she issued instructions to her servants as the house stirred, everyone bustling aboutexcept Lizzie, whod fallen ill and stayed in bed. Mollie asked Ernest to ring Anna and see if, for a change, shed come over to help tend to Lizzie. Anna, as the oldest child in the family, held a special status in their mothers eyes, and even though Mollie took care of Lizzie, Anna, in spite of her tempestuousness, was the one her mother spoiled.<br /><br />When Ernest told Anna that her mama needed her, she promised to take a taxi straight there, and she arrived shortly afterward, dressed in bright red shoes, a skirt, and a matching Indian blanket; in her hand was an alligator purse. Before entering, shed hastily combed her windblown hair and powdered her face. Mollie noticed, however, that her gait was unsteady, her words slurred. Anna was drunk.<br /><br />Mollie couldnt hide her displeasure. Some of the guests had already arrived. Among them were two of Ernests brothers, Bryan and Horace Burkhart, who, lured by black gold, had moved to Osage County, often assisting Hale on his ranch. One of Ernests aunts, who spewed racist notions about Indians, was also visiting, and the last thing Mollie needed was for Anna to stir up the old goat.<br /><br />Anna slipped off her shoes and began to make a scene. She took a flask from her bag and opened it, releasing the pungent smell of bootleg whiskey. Insisting that she needed to drain the flask before the authorities caught herit was a year into nationwide Prohibitionshe offered the guests a swig of what she called the best white mule.<br /><br />Mollie knew that Anna had been very troubled of late. Shed recently divorced her husband, a settler named Oda Brown, who owned a livery business. Since then, shed spent more and more time in the reservations tumultuous boomtowns, which had sprung up to house and entertain oil workerstowns like Whizbang, where, it was said, people whizzed all day and banged all night. All the forces of dissipation and evil are here found, a U.S. government official reported. Gambling, drinking, adultery, lying, thieving, murdering. Anna had become entranced by the places at the dark ends of the streets: the establishments that seemed proper on the exterior but contained hidden rooms filled with glittering bottles of moonshine. One of Annas servants later told the authorities that Anna was someone who drank a lot of whiskey and had very loose morals with white men.<br /><br />At Mollies house, Anna began to flirt with Ernests younger brother, Bryan, whom shed sometimes dated. He was more brooding than Ernest and had inscrutable yellow-flecked eyes and thinning hair that he wore slicked back. A lawman who knew him described him as a little roustabout. When Bryan asked one of the servants at the luncheon if shed go to a dance with him that night, Anna said that if he fooled around with another woman, shed kill him.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Ernests aunt was muttering, loud enough for all to hear, about how mortified she was that her nephew had married a redskin. It was easy for Mollie to subtly strike back because as one of the servants attending to the aunt was whitea blunt reminder of the towns social order.<br /><br />Anna continued raising Cain. She fought with the guests, fought with her mother, fought with Mollie. She was drinking and quarreling, a servant later told authorities. I couldnt understand her language, but they were quarreling. The servant added, They had an awful time with Anna, and I was afraid.<br /><br />That evening, Mollie planned to look after her mother, while Ernest took the guests into Fairfax, five miles to the northwest, to meet Hale and see Bringing Up Father, a touring musical about a poor Irish immigrant who wins a million-dollar sweepstakes and struggles to assimilate into high society. Bryan, whod put on a cowboy hat, his catlike eyes peering out from under the brim, offered to drop Anna off at her house.<br /><br />Before they left, Mollie washed Annas clothes, gave her some food to eat, and made sure that shed sobered up enough that Mollie could glimpse her sister as her usual self, bright and charming. They lingered together, sharing a moment of calm and reconciliation. Then Anna said good-bye, a gold filling flashing through her smile.<br /><br />With each passing night, Mollie grew more anxious. Bryan insisted that hed taken Anna straight home and dropped her off before heading to the show. After the third night, Mollie, in her quiet but forceful way, pressed everyone into action. She dispatched Ernest to check on Annas house. Ernest jiggled the knob to her front doorit was locked. From the window, the rooms inside appeared dark and deserted.<br /><br />Ernest stood there alone in the heat. A few days earlier, a cool rain shower had dusted the earth, but afterward the suns rays beat down mercilessly through the blackjack trees. This time of year, heat blurred the prairies and made the tall grass creak underfoot. In the distance, through the shimmering light, one could see the skeletal frames of derricks.<br /><br />Annas head servant, who lived next door, came out, and Ernest asked her, Do you know where Anna is?<br /><br />Before the shower, the servant said, shed stopped by Annas house to close any open windows. I thought the rain would blow in, she explained. But the door was locked, and there was no sign of Anna. She was gone.<br /><br />News of her absence coursed through the boomtowns, traveling from porch to porch, from store to store. Fueling the unease were reports that another Osage, Charles Whitehorn, had vanished a week before Anna had. Genial and witty, the thirty-year-old Whitehorn was married to a woman who was part white, part Cheyenne. A local newspaper noted that he was popular among both the whites and the members of his own tribe. On May 14, hed left his home, in the southwestern part of the reservation, for Pawhuska. He never returned.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: The Boys of'62: transcending the racial divide\nDescription: ['<b>A championship baseball team that wrote the book on breaking the color barrier<b/>; by Joel Jacobson <br /> Half the guys were black, half of them were white, but I don\\'t think they ever realized the differences, although the society in the early 1960s certainly did. There was no divide among them; they accepted each other simply for who they were ... a good story for our society today ... it tells the story of who they were as individuals, not just baseball players.... The reconstituted team, now mostly 66, will compete at the Roy Hobbs World series next month in Ft Myers, Florida. --Chronicle- Herald, Nov. 3,2008<br /><br /><b>;You\\'re never too old to play ball. <b/>; by Joel Jacobson <br />Frank Mitchell, author of The Boys of \\'62, played against the Furriers team through the late fifties into the sixties, but the former teacher and senior administrator is helping organize the team for the Roy Hobbs\\' World Series and will be a playing coach/field manager next month .... The book, a fascinating 200 page history, follows the team which was 11-1 in championship play, as well as the lives of all 23 players and coaches ... Gary Furlotte throws curves with a snap - his easy motion and sharp ball movement fool the decades younger batters in an exhibition game at the Mainland Commons.... the hearts are willing, but the intensity and desire are still strong.\"This sure puts the kid back in you\", says, Dave Duffy, and jim McDonald complains his \"knees and legs are different, but I\\'m excited about this.\" Coach and former flame throwing lefty Gord MacInnis says \"the players enthusiasm is unparalleled ... age will not dull our competitive drive.\" --Chronicle-Herald \"Bright Spot\" Oct. 31, 2008<br /><br /><b>Vaughan Furriers: a history of their own <b/> by Tom Moore, Roy Hobbs Baseball <br /> \"What began in the 1950s when a guy by the name of Graham Downey assembled a youth baseball team that broke the color barrier in Nova Scotia has resulted in a reunion of old friends in Ft. Myers 46 years later. They brought their own biographer with them- Frank Mitchell player coach- who is planning a second book in June/09 chronicling the teams adventures from 1957 to 2009, including the Roy Hobbs and the Lt Governor\\'s reception upon returning home. Other players included outfielder Dave Downey, who held the Canadian middleweight boxing title for over 11 years, while Wayne Maxner, former shortstop for the team played in the old six team NHL for the Boston Bruins and later coached the Detroit Red Wings. But this was about baseball, the game everyone loved ... including retired RCMP \"Mountie\" Wayne Ross who travelled all the way from the British Columbia mountains for the tournament. The team was honored in 2007 \"not only for their baseball achievements but for their contribution to youth and to their communities for four decades\". <b>It is an inspirational story.<b/> --RHWS Inside Pitch (also on website) Nov.17, 2008\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</b></b></b></b>', 'Born Francis Gordon Mitchell on October 18th, 1942, he is a typical Libra, quite balanced and able to see more than one side of any question. Politically and philosophically, he has always been an independent, and credits his ability with language to his grandmother, who lived with him as a child and taught him to read before entering school. School always seemed easy, but in high school his interests turned to sport - playing baseball, soccer and hockey - becoming a goaltender in the latter two sports. He was also a sprinter, running 10 sec in the 100 yards, a skill that would serve him well as an outfielder and base-stealer in baseball. Like so many other young men in this book, he began his minor hockey and baseball years with Dick Burns, playing with the Bruins and Cardinals. In total, Frank played with seven city championship teams in three sports, with all the winning teams in minor hockey coming in juvenile and junior. He played in seven Nova Scotia title series, winning two and losing two - in sudden death in hockey and extra-innings in baseball; he played for the Maritime title twice, without winning. In 1962-3 he was awarded the MVP for the Twin City Junior Hockey League, with the award being presented personally by <b> Rocket Richard <b/>; he also played varsity and senior sports, as well as umpiring. He suggests competing - winning and losing - insport has helped him remain balanced and focussed in life. Today he plays golf. Francis holds B.Sc. (Chemistry) and graduate degrees in Education from St. Mary s University, as well as graduate degrees in Education and Administration from the University of Toronto. Most of his classroom teaching career was at St. Pat s High School, although he also taught part-time in university. In 1977 he was appointed as the Coordinator of Senior Schools in Halifax City, a position he held until being appointed Assistant Director of Education in 1988, retiring in 1996. That same year he formed a small publishing company (New World) that has produced over 30 books and audio titles, including two <b>Canadian and one International best-seller.<b/> Frank is known for his tenacity and tireless work ethic.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</b></b>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy\nDescription: ['A concise, powerful reflection on the 50th anniversary of the landmark case.<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />A timely and illuminating account of a struggle that lies at the heart of the American story.<br />Jill Lepore, author of <i>The Secret History of Wonder Woman</i><br /><br />In this sweeping history of what was formerly known as miscegenation, Sheryll Cashin beautifully unfolds the history of interracial intimacy from the earliest days of the colonies until the current reemergence of the white supremacy movement. At the center of this narrative, Cashin places the <i>Loving v. Virginia</i> Supreme Court case of 1967 which finally overturned all statutes penalizing interracial marriages. Through a wonderfully readable set of stories, including references to popular culture, Cashin provides an accessible, essential, and ultimately hopeful view of racial relationships in America.<br />Henry Louis Gates Jr.<br /><br />White supremacy has long foiled love, and love has long foiled white supremacy. Sheryll Cashin offers us this essential historical revelation in <i>Loving</i>. This fascinating and accessible story puts the fifty-year-old <i>Loving v. Virginia</i> decision in much-needed historical perspective and shares its unknown post-history. In the end, <i>Loving</i> offers an optimistic showpiece of the possibilities of an antiracist America divorced from white supremacy where dexterous acceptors of difference can marry, can befriend, can love the identical hearts under our different-looking skins. <i>Loving</i> gives us the historical tools and urges us to renew our old fight for the human right to love.<br />Ibram X. Kendi, author of <i>Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America</i><br /><br />Cashin makes a compelling argument that interracial intimacy, though in and of itself inadequate for eradicating white supremacy, contributes to a racial dexterity the likes of which will be crucial to that task in years to come. With rich historicity and sharp analysis, she explores the ways in which interracial romance has long served as a bogeyman for racists but is now helping to create a critical mass of whites who may, finally, see fit to join with their black and brown partners, lovers, friends, and colleagues to forge a new and better nation.<br />Tim Wise, author of <i>White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son</i> and <i>Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority</i><br /><br />Sheryll Cashin tells a historical story that is at times chilling, at times heartening, and always astonishing. But its her vision of the future, embodied in Cashins term cultural dexterity, that makes <i>Loving</i> something even greater: a road map to a bright American future.<br />Daniel Okrent, author of <i>Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition</i>', '<b>Sheryll Cashin</b>, professor of law at Georgetown University, is author of <i>The Agitators Daughter</i>, <i>The Failures of Integration</i>, and <i>Place, Not Race</i>. She is a frequent commentator on law and race relations, appearing on NPR, CNN, ABC News, and MSNBC. Cashin was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and served in the Clinton White House as an advisor on urban and economic policy.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Man Who Died Twice\nDescription: ['A great poem by an American treasure.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas\nDescription: ['In <em>Sargents Women</em> . . . [Lucey] does . . . what she does best, creating a rollicking snow globe version of an almost unimaginable world of wealth, crackpot notions of self-improvement and high-flying self-indulgence.<br /> - <strong>Amy Bloom, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br /><br />[A] lyrical meditation on life, love, and art in the Gilded Age. . . . <em>Sargents Women</em> abounds with dazzling characters in atmospheric settings. . . . As rich as [Sargents] portraits are, the textural evidence in which Ms. Lucey ensnares them is finer still.<br /> - <strong>Jane Kamensky, <em>Wall Street Journal</em></strong><br /><br />[Lucey] delivers the goods, disclosing the unhappy or colorful lives that Sargent sometimes hinted at but didnt spell out. . . . <em>Sargents Women</em> is a good read . . . [and its] chatty pleasures are considerable.<br /> - <strong>Michael Upchurch, <em>Boston Globe</em></strong><br /><br /><em>Sargents Women</em> has a distinct elegance and potencyLuceys writing propels you forward, straight to the heart of the story, along the vibrant ties that linked this fascinating artist to the women he made infamous.<br /> - <strong>Christene Barberich, global editor-in-chief and cofounder, Refinery29</strong><br /><br />Like characters from the writings of Edith Wharton, [the women in this book] were smart, passionate, willful, adventurous and striking-lookingparticularly when immortalized by John Singer Sargent. . . . Luceys prose is invitingly conversational and quick-flowing. Her character sketches are colorful and she is not, thank goodness, above conveying some wonderfully catty gossip.<br /> - <strong>Alexander C. Kafka, <em>Washington Post</em></strong><br /><br />Ingenious.<br /> - <strong>Frances Wilson, <em>Times Literary Supplement</em></strong><br /><br />Choosing four striking Sargent portraits of wealthy, cosmopolitan American women, Lucey vividly reveals the hidden truths of their tumultuous lives, while also succinctly telling the artists own intriguing story. . . . Luceys superlative group portrait, rendered in crystal-clear prose, is spring-fed by . . . her keen insights into what drove these women to break out of their gilded cages.<br /> - <strong><em>Booklist, starred review</em></strong><br /><br />[Luceys] narrative is engaging and elegant, set in a rich cultural and social framework that insightfully reflects the era.<br /> - <strong><em>Library Journal, starred review</em></strong>', 'Donna M. Luceyis the author of the New York Times best-sellingArchie and Amlieand other books, the recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities grants, and a 2017 writer-in-residence at Edith Whartons The Mount. The media editor at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, she lives in Charlottesville.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bro-Kin Branch\nDescription: ['A desire at a young age to write and understand human behavior, brought James to seek a major in Behavorial Science and a minor in English Literature. He began his professional career in 1962 with T.R.W. Systems, an aerospace corporation. This involved processing data on various missile firings at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and preparing reports for engineers. His tenure of eight years ended with the landing of astronauts on the moon in 1969. His layoff due to government cutbacks, resulted in his seeking and obtaining employment with the California Department of Corrections in 1972. His assignment to death row, where the notorious Charlie Manson followers were housed, as well as an assignment to the phychiatric ward, gave him the opportunity to utilize his writing skills. This included incident and disciplinary reports, as well as directives, policies and procedures. Upon retiring after twenty five years of service, he had reached the level of Supervising Counselor. James is currently employed at a private institution for mentally challenged minors. His continued desire to express himself through his literary talents, has resulted in many short stories and this, his second book. He truly feels that his desire and ease of expression is a gift from above, that he deeply appreciates.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: In the Woods: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"[An] ambitious and extraordinary first novel...rank it high.\"<br /><b><i><b></b>The Washington Post <br /><br /></i></b>Part whodunit, part psychological thriller, and wholly successful...Frenchs plot twists and turns will bamboozle even the most astute reader...A well-written, expertly plotted thriller.<br /><b><b></b>NPR</b> <br /><br /> <i>In the Woods</i>is as creepily imaginative as it gets.<br /><b><i><b></b>USA Today</i></b><br /> <br /> Drawn by the grim nature of her plot and the lyrical ferocity of her writing, even smart people who should know better will be able to lose themselves in these dark woods.<br /><b><b></b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /> <br /><b><u>Praise for Tana French</u></b> <br /><br />When you read Ms. French and she has become required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting make only one assumption: All of your initial assumptions are wrong<br /> <b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /><br />\"Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years.\"<br /> <b><i>The Washington Post<br /><br /> </i></b>\"[Tana French] inspires cultic devotion in readersmost crime fiction is diverting; French\\'s is consuming.\"<br /> <b><i>The New Yorker</i></b><br /><br /> To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather shes simply this: a truly great writer.<br /><b>Gillian Flynn</b><br /><br /> French is a poet of mood and a master builder of plots. <br /><b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /> <br /> One of the most distinct and exciting new voices in crime writing.<br /><b><i>The Wall Street Journal<br /> </i></b><br /> French does something fresh with every novel, each one as powerful as the last but in a very different manner. Perhaps she has superpowers of her own? Whatever the source of her gift, its only growing more miraculous with every book.<br /><b>Salon.com</b>', '<b>It has become increasingly clear that American-born, Dublin-based Tana French is the most interesting, most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years.\" (<i>The Washington Post)</i></b>Tana isthe author of the bestselling<i>In the Woods</i>,<i>The Likeness</i>,<i>Faithful Place</i>,<i>Broken Harbor</i>,<i>The Secret Place</i>and<i><i>The Trespasser</i></i>. Her books have won awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards, the<i>Los Angeles Times</i>Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)\nDescription: ['\"More than fulfilling the promise of The Golden Compass, this second volume starts off at a heart-thumping pace and never slows down....The grandly exuberant storytelling is sure to enthrall.\"--Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br /><br />\"The intricacy of the plot is staggering...There is no doubt that the work is stunningly ambitious, original, and fascinating.\"--The Horn Book (starred review)<br /><br />\"The character development as well as the relentless pace...make this a resoundingly successful sequel...it will leave readers desperate for the next installment.\"--Booklist (starred review)<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>', 'Here is the highly anticipated second installment of Philip Pullman\\'s epic fantasy trilogy, begun with the critically acclaimed <i>The Golden Compass</i>. Lyra and Will, her newfound friend, tumble separately into the strange tropical otherworld of Cittgazze, \"the city of magpies,\" where adults are curiously absent and children run wild. Here their lives become inextricably entwined when Lyra\\'s alethiometer gives her a simple command:find Will\\'s father. Their search is plagued with obstacles--some familiar and some horribly new and unfathomable--but it eventually brings them closer to Will\\'s father and to the Subtle Knife, a deadly, magical, ancient tool that cuts windows between worlds. Through it all, Will and Lyra find themselves hurtling toward the center of a fierce battle against a force so awesome that leagues of mortals, witches, beasts, and spirits from every world are uniting in fear and anger against it. This breathtaking sequel will leave readers eager for the third and final volume of <i>His Dark Materials</i>.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Woke: A Poetic Journey\nDescription: ['I am a Writer, a Poet, a Spoken Word Artist, a Blogger and Self-Publishing Author. I also consider myself to be a socially aware Black Woman, and my work is mostly a reflection of who I am and my experiences. I truly love being able to write and share my work, and I have been drawn to the art of writing since I was a child. Although I did not always give writing the attention it deserved, writing has become my chosen form of self-expression. And the writing style of poetry has been such a blessing for me because it has allowed me to connect with people on a deeper level.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Amber Spyglass\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Dirt Diary\nDescription: ['Gr 5-8-Fourteen-year-old Rachel\\'s parents separated, her father moved to Florida, and she stole from her college fund to pay for a plane ticket to visit him. She hopes to win the hundred dollar award at the Spring Dance bake sale, but as another way to earn back the money she volunteers to help her mother with her new business, cleaning houses. When Rachel realizes that their first client is Briana, the most popular girl in her class and Rachel\\'s enemy, things feel as if they can\\'t get much worse. Writing notes in her diary about \"the dirt\" she learns about her classmates while cleaning their homes makes her feel better, as do baking and creating new recipes. Despite Briana\\'s weekly creative cleaning tortures, Rachel finds herself developing a relationship with the girl\\'s twin brother, Evan. Her friend Marisol, a fashion whiz, provides much-needed emotional support, but when they have a fight and rumors start flying that could only have come from the diary, she has to figure out how to stand up to Briana and come to terms with some unhappy truths about her family. Although Rachel\\'s situation and feelings ring true, she often comes across as selfish and whiny. Her character is redeemed when she finally faces the truth about her parents, makes amends with Marisol, and finds a way to face Briana. This realistic read is likely to appeal to middle schoolers and reluctant readers.-Kefira Phillipe, Nichols Middle School, Evanston, IL(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journal. LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Rachel, 14, has a secret. She has taken money from her college savings to buy a plane ticket to Florida, where she hopes to convince her dad to return home. To cover up the expense, Rachel begins accompanying her mother to clean houses, many of which turn out to belong to her classmates families. As Rachel learns that everyone has secrets, she starts keeping The Dirt Diary. Rachel is a naive, likable girl who loves to bake and is prone to startling exclamations such as, Oh my goldfish! Her story teeters on the outlandish while covering some truly painful events. As Rachel stubbornly ignores the signs that her father has gone for good, she comes to realize that none of her friends has a perfect life. The secondary characters are nicely developed, as is Rachels natural emergence from simplistic, wishful thinking to a more nuanced understanding of life. Staniszewski, the author of the My Very UnFairy Tale Life books, begins another appealing series that promises more goofball humor blended with the real issues of early adolescence. Grades 5-8. --Diane Colson', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Darkest Light\nDescription: ['Ashley Earley is an 18-year-old author who lives in Georgia, where shes working on her next book. When shes not writing, shes posting on her blog, reading, spending time with her friends, or obsessing over a book character. Her obsession with books started at the age of twelve, before developing a love for writing at the age of fourteen, when she wrote her first novel. Visit her online at www.ashleyearley.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: How Democracies Die\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump\nDescription: ['<style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial} </style> \"Two of the best and most accomplished investigative reporters of their generation, two of the best investigative reporters we have in this country...[A] superpower reporting team.\"<b><i>Rachel Maddow</i></b><br /><br />\"RUSSIAN ROULETTE is...the most thorough and riveting account.\"<b><i><i>The New York Times</i></i></b><br /><br /><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 18.0px Georgia; color: #111111; -webkit-text-stroke: #111111} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"RUSSIAN ROULETTE performs an important service in tracing how establishment Washington...came to understand that what Russia was (and reportedly is still) up to was not routine espionage...[RUSSIAN ROULETTE] is engaging, smart.\"<b><i><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 21.0px; font: 18.0px Georgia; color: #111111; -webkit-text-stroke: #111111} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> <i>The Washington Post </i></i></b><br /><br />\"[RUSSIAN ROULETTE] does an outstanding job of putting the Russia-Trump story into context, separating rumor from fact and adding new information...A smart, solid, even-handed book that future historians will use as a starting point.\"<b><i><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</i></b><br /><br />\"Riveting.\"<b><i><i>Newsweek</i></i></b>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: GACE Science 024, 025 Teacher Certification Test Prep Study Guide (XAM GACE)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Faithful Place\nDescription: ['', '', '', '<strong>Stef Penney:</strong> You have created a tapestry of interlocking characters who all work in law enforcement in Dublin, and so far youve turned the spotlight on three different police officers. . . Do you have a favorite? Have you found some harder to inhabit than others?', '<strong>Tana French:</strong> Frank Mackey in <i>Faithful Place</i> was by far the most fun to write because hes got that dark, abrasive Dublin sense of humor that surfaces even--or especially--at lifes worst moments. The hardest to get into was Scorcher Kennedy, in my new book, <i>Broken Harbour</i>--Ive just finished the edits. I think its to do with the gap between the way Frank saw him in <i>Faithful Place</i>, where he was a supporting character, and the way he sees himself. Frank sees a rule-bound, up-himself, irritating git; but from Scorchers point of view, hes a man struggling desperately to do the right thing in a world where you have to trust in the rules because your own mind is too fragile and slippery to trust. Theres a huge gap between the two perspectives, and it wasnt easy to switch. That perspective shift is one of the things I enjoy most about writing a series of books, where a secondary character in one book becomes the narrator in the next--it lets me explore the way truth can be mutable and subjective, shaped by peoples own needs as much as by objective reality--but its also the toughest part of it.', '<strong>Penney:</strong> Youre known for writing about Dublin. Can you see yourself going anywhere else as the setting for a book?', '<strong>French:</strong> Ill be sticking with Dublin--for the foreseeable future, anyway. Its the only city where I know all the little details--the sense of humor, the connotations of the accents, where to get a good pint and where not to go after dark. Setting a book in a place I didnt know this intimately would feel very dislocated. I think crime is very deeply rooted in its setting--it happens everywhere but the form it takes is shaped by the fears and desires of the society where it happens--and so crime novels are rooted in setting, too. Both <i>In the Woods</i> and <i>The Likeness</i> deal with the relationship between past and present--how to balance the two without destroying either--and thats a question that Irelands been struggling (and often failing) to deal with over the past twenty years. It wasnt a deliberate choice to make the books relevant; its just that since the issue was a central part of the world I lived in while I was coming up with the books, it soaked into them. If I set a book anywhere else, that connection wouldnt be there. Plus, I love Dublin. I care about its fears and desires with a passion that I dont feel for any other place. <i>Faithful Place</i>, especially, is a love song to Dublin, its bad side as well as its good. I cant imagine writing about somewhere I dont care about so strongly.', '<strong>Penney:</strong> The Mackeys in <i>Faithful Place</i> are extraordinarily vivid, but its a terrifying, bleak portrait of family life. Does this relate to anything in your life? Or, if not, what made you interested in writing about such a family?', '<strong>French:</strong> Thank God, my familys nothing like the Mackeys! I had an unfashionably happy childhood. But Ive always been most interested in writing about things I dont know about. Thats at the heart of <i>Faithful Place</i>, in a lot of ways. Its about a big family, and a viciously dysfunctional one, neither of which Ive experienced. And its also about a family thats very deeply rooted in Dublin, and specifically in the centuries-old community of <i>Faithful Place</i>. Those roots have shaped everything the Mackeys are. Ive always been fascinated by that kind of rooted life because its something Ill never have--my parents have a handful of nationalities between them, I grew up in several continents, Im an international brat. . . Writing about something so far from my own life is the closest Ill ever come to understanding it.', '<strong>Penney:</strong> Down to nuts and bolts: How do you write? Are you very disciplined? I imagine you must be since youre quite prolific!', '<strong>French:</strong> Hah, I wish. Im not one of natures disciplined types. Back in college, I had a reputation for going into the library only to convince other people to come out for coffee, and I havent changed that much. Every morning, I fight the urge to call my friends and see if I can persuade anyone to come out and play. These days, though, my disciplined side almost always wins. I work six days a week, about seven hours a day. What makes the difference is that I love what I do and I feel ridiculously lucky to be doing it. After years of acting, where youre dependent on other people to decide whether youre allowed to work or not, being able to work every day feels like a massive gift. That considerably lessens the urge to goof off.', '<strong>Penney:</strong> Any TV or film adaptations in the works? Because there should be! If yes, how did you find the experience?', '<strong>French:</strong> Paramount has optioned <i>The Likeness</i> and <i>In the Woods</i>, and Ive just heard that <i>Likeness</i> is in development. Im not totally clear on exactly what that means, but it sounds very cool but slightly intimidating. Im dying to see what comes out at the other end, but I deliberately didnt even try to ask for any role in the adaptation process because anything I know about writing fiction is probably worthless when it comes to writing film. Theyre such utterly different genres that the books going to have to change in ways I cant begin to picture.', '<strong>Penney:</strong> I loved the mythic quality of the backstory in <i>In the Woods</i>--and the fact that in the end you refused to answer the question. Did you encounter any resistance from publishers over the ending?', '<strong>French:</strong> No resistance from publishers. I was expecting it, because the ending does break genre convention--I was all ready to argue my case that this was the only ending with integrity and anything else would be forced and artificial, sacrificing character truth for cheap closure. But none of the editors ever suggested changing it. I do get e-mails from readers who hate the ending. Fair enough; the genre comes with expectation of closure and the book doesnt provide it, and some people have real trouble with that. But I also get e-mails from readers who love the ending and who would have been furious if Id sacrificed that integrity in order to stick to the rules. There was no way I could have written something that would make both types of readers happy. All I could do was write the best book I could and hope there were enough people out there who like the same kind of thing that I do.', '', \"Tana Frenchs mysteries are like big old trees: the deeper their roots, the more luxurious the foliage they wave in your face.<br /> --<b>Marilyn Stasio, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /> <br /> French does something fresh with every novel, each one as powerful as the last but in a very different manner. Perhaps she has superpowers of her own? Whatever the source of her gift, its only growing more miraculous with every book.<br /> --<b>Laura Miller, Salon.com</b><br /> <br /> An expertly rendered, gripping new novel<br /> --Janet Maslin, <b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /> <br /> Irish writer Tana French hit the big time with her stunning cop-drama debut, <i>In the Woods</i>, and followed it with an equally brilliant book, The Likeness. Both demonstrated Frenchs gift for merging the best traits of the crime genre with the compassionate insights and nimble prose associated with serious literature. A third dazzler, <i>Faithful Place</i>, puts Detective Frank Mackey, a supporting actor from The Likeness, front and center.<br /> --<b><i>The Seattle Times</i></b><br /> <br /> Frenchs emotionally searing third novel of the Dublin Murder Squad (after <i>The Likeness</i>) shows the Irish author getting better with each book.<br /> --<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b><br /> <br /> [French] revisits, evocatively and lyrically, themes she's used before: love, loss, memory, murder, and life in modern Ireland. French's writing remains brilliant, and her dialogue is sharp, often lacerating, and sometimes mordantly funny. <i>Faithful Place</i> is her best book yet.<br /> --<b><i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br /> <br /> The charming narrative will leave readers begging for a sequel. <br /> --<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br /> <br /> Powerful...An authentic Irish heartbreaker<br /> --<b><i>The Star-Ledger</i> (Newark)</b><br />\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fiestas Judas o Fiestas de Yahweh? Libro 1: Justificacin de las Celebraciones Bblicas (Fiestas Judias o Fiestas de Yahweh) (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['ngel A. Candelaria Coln es profesor de msica y msico nacido en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Se desempea como anciano, msico y coordinador de colaboradores en AYIN. A pesar de su rol en la asamblea, no se considera as mismo un maestro de la Escritura, sino un simple creyente que comparte lo poco que sabe con otros, utilizando las herramientas tecnolgicas y habilidades que Yahweh ha puesto en sus manos.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes\nDescription: [\"Nancie McDermott is a food writer and cooking teacher specializing in the cuisine of Thailand, where she spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer. Her food articles have appeared in numerous magazines, and she is the author of the perennially popular cookbook, Real Thai.<br /><br />Alison Miksch's photographs have been featured in many magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, Country Home, and Shape. She lives in Pennsylvania.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story\nDescription: ['\"Preston builds a compelling case for the scientific significance of what the expedition unearthed....The year may still be young, but I would wager a small fortune that Douglas Preston has already written the best snake-decapitation scene of 2017....The book\\'s most affecting moments [center] on the otherworldly nature of the jungle itself....Memoirs of jungle adventures too often devolve into lurid catalogs of hardships [but] Preston proves too thoughtful an observer and too skilled a storyteller to settle for churning out danger porn. He has instead created something nuanced and sublime: a warm and geeky paean to the revelatory power of archaeology....Few other writers possess such heartfelt appreciation for the ways in which artifacts can yield the stories of who we are.\"<b><i><em>The New York Times Book Review</em></i></b><br /><br />\"A well-documented and engaging read...The author\\'s narrative is rife with jungle derring-do and the myriad dangers of the chase.\"<b><i><em>USA Today</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Deadly snakes, flesh-eating parasites, and some of the most forbidding jungle terrain on earth were not enough to deter Douglas Preston from a great story.\"<b><i><em>The Boston Globe</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Breezy, colloquial and sometimes very funny...A very entertaining book.\"<b><i><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></i></b><br /><br />\"This modern-day archeological adventure and medical mystery reads as rapidly as a well-paced novel, but is a heart-pounding true story.\"<b><i><em>Shelf Awareness</em>, Starred Review</i></b><br /><br />\"A captivating real-life adventure tale... Preston deftly explains the science behind this work and makes it exciting.\"<b><i><em>Science News</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Be prepared to turn the pages furiously as the heart of every adventurer is opened wide by the thrilling journey outlined in THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD.\"<b><i>The Bookreporter</i></b><br /><br />\"A swift and often hair-raising account... Preston pushes \"The Lost City of the Monkey God\" well beyond the standard adventure narrative.\"<b><i><em>The Chicago Tribune</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Packed with the power of realism and history unfolding.\"<b><i><em>The Star Ledger</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Admirers of David Grann\\'s <em>The Lost City of Z</em> will find their thirst for armchair jungle adventuring quenched here... Irresistibly gripping.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly, </em>starred review</i></b>', \"DOUGLAS PRESTON worked as a writer and editor for the American Museum of Natural History and taught writing at Princeton University. He has written for <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>Natural History</i>, <i>National Geographic</i>, <i>Harper's</i>, <i>Smithsonian</i>, and <i>The Atlantic</i>. The author of several acclaimed nonfiction books--including the bestseller <i>The Monster of Florence</i>--Preston is also the co-author with Lincoln Child of the bestselling series of novels featuring FBI agent Pendergast.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: War and Remembrance\nDescription: ['War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in 1978, which is the sequel to The Winds of War. It continues the story of the extended Henry family and the Jastrow family starting on 15 December 1941 and ending on 6 August 1945. This novel was adapted into a mini-series presented on American television in 1988. Wouk was the screenwriter as well as the author of the original book.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Curious Affair\nDescription: ['When the widowed Jillian Marsh is struck by lightning, she begins hearing the impossiblethe local cats are telling her of an unsolved murder, and to beware of the towns new sheriff, who, handsome and charming as CA be, is threatening to steal her heart.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Chasing the Ripper\nDescription: ['Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the worlds top bestselling crime authors, with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Prix du Roman dAventure. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and two more fiction series, among others. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jews in the Legal Sources of the Early Middle Ages\nDescription: ['This volume presents a comprehensive collection of the legal texts bearing specifically on the Jews during the early Middle Ages.', 'Text: English, Greek, Latin (translation)<br> Original Language: Greek, Latin']"
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"rejected": "Title: LakeLife 2017 Wall Calendar\nDescription: [\"Our location in the Wisconsin northwoods helps keep Willow Creek Press off the publishing world's radar. Around here, we're more accustomed to landing walleyes and muskies than big books and authors - events hardly worthy of note in Publisher's Weekly. But, a few years ago we did get noticed with the release of Just Labs, a unique and colorful tribute to Labrador retrievers. The book quickly became a bestseller (now with 400,000 copies in print) and frankly startled us with its success. We were not surprised for long, however, and now an entire line of popular Willow Creek Press titles evokes the myriad joys of dog and cat ownership. Today we are known for high-quality, light-hearted books and the best Just breed calendars in the country.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Only The Innocent\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jew Boy: A Memoir\nDescription: []"
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"rejected": "Title: Jalostotitlan: Padrones Parroquiales Volumen 2: 1672, 1673 y 1679 (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Sergio Gutirrez es ingeniero de profesin y aficionado a la historia y genealoga de la regin de Los Altos de Jalisco, Mxico. Naci en la ciudad de Jalostotitln, Jalisco. Lleva ms de una dcada investigando y paleografiando antiguos manuscritos y expedientes relacionados con dichos temas. Es autor de la obra \"LosGutirrez del Rancho El Molino\", un ensayo histrico y genealgico de una familia altea, y el cual est disponible en Amazon.com.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II\nDescription: ['I have to confessmy love of elephants made me apprehensive to review a book about their role in World War II. But as soon as I began to read <i>Elephant Company, </i>I realized that not only was my heart safe, but that this book is about far more than just the war, or even elephants. This is the story of friendship, loyalty and breathtaking bravery that transcends species. . . . [Vicki] Croke is a natural storyteller. . . . <i>Elephant Company</i> is nothing less than a sweeping tale, masterfully written.<b>Sara Gruen, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />Splendid . . . Blending biography, history, and wildlife biology, [Vicki Constantine] Crokes story is an often moving account of [Billy] Williams, who earned the sobriquet Elephant Bill, and his unusual bond with the largest land mammals on earth.<b><i>The Boston Globe</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> Some of the biggest heroes of World War II were even bigger than you thought. . . . You may never call the lion the king of the jungle again.<b><i>New York Post</i></b><br /><br /><i>Elephant Company</i> is as powerful and big-hearted as the animals of its title. Billy Williams is an extraordinary character, a real-life reverse Tarzan raised in civilization who finds wisdom and his true self living among jungle beasts. Vicki Constantine Croke delivers an exciting tale of this elephant whisperercumwar hero, while beautifully reminding us of the enduring bonds between animals and humans.<b>Mitchell Zuckoff, author of <i>Lost in Shangri-La </i>and<i> Frozen in Time</i></b><br /> <br /> The true-life heroics of Elephant Company during World War II highlight how animals and humans together can achieve extraordinary things. Crokes evocative writing and deep understanding of the animal-human bond bring vividly to life Elephant Bills great passion and almost mystical connection with his magnificent beasts. This is a wonderful read.<b>Elizabeth Letts, author of <i>The Eighty-Dollar Champion</i></b><br /> <br /> A spellbinding, true story of elephantine and human courage, set in one of the Earths most exotic jungles during the Second World War, <i>Elephant Company</i> is a triumph that will make you cheer!<b>Sy Montgomery, author of <i>The Good Good Pig </i>and<i> Journey of the Pink Dolphins</i></b><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '<b>Vicki Constantine Croke</b> has been chronicling animal life for more than two decadestracking polar bears, Tasmanian devils, and Madagascars top predator, the fossa. She now covers animal issues for WBUR-FM, Bostons NPR news station, on air (<i>Here and Now</i>) and on WBURs The Wild Life online.Her work there earned a 2013 regional Edward R. Murrow Award. She is the author of <i>The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back Chinas Most Exotic Animal,</i>and<i> The Modern Ark: The Story of ZoosPast, Present and Future. </i>Croke has worked on nature documentaries for Disney and for the A&E channel and anchored <i>The Secret Life of Animals</i> on NECN-TV. She also wrote <i>The Boston Globe</i>s Animal Beat column for thirteen years, and has contributed to <i>The New York Times, The Washington Post, The London Sunday Telegraph, Time, Popular Science, O: The Oprah Magazine, Gourmet, National Wildlife,</i> and <i>Discover</i> magazine, among others. She lives in the Boston area.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New York Times Almanac 2008: The Almanac of Record\nDescription: ['<B>John W. Wright</B> is a book packager as well as an author of reference books.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wanderlust: Book Two of the Edgewood Series (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Flesh and Blood CD: A Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta Series)\nDescription: ['', '<strong>#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpettaa complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.</strong>', 'Its Dr. Kay Scarpettas birthday, and shes about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her theres been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. No one has heard or seen a thing.', 'In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible, yet they are so perfect they cause instant death. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. And it is there that she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpettas own flesh and blood.', '', '', 'Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the worlds top bestselling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Prix du Roman dAventure. Beyond the Scarpetta series, she has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and two more fiction series. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.', 'Web: patriciacornwell.com', 'Facebook: patricia.cornwell<br /><br />Twitter: @1pcornwell', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World\nDescription: ['In 1856, while trying to synthesize artificial quinine, 18-year-old chemistry student William Perkin instead produced a murky residue. Fifty years later, he described the event: he \"was about to throw a certain residue away when I thought it might be interesting. The solution of it resulted in a strangely beautiful color.\" Perkin had stumbled across the world\\'s first aniline dye, a color that became known as mauve.', '\"So what?\" you might say. \"A teenager invented a new color.\" As Simon Garfield admirably points out in <i>Mauve</i>, the color really <i>did</i> change the world. Before Perkin\\'s discovery all the dyes and paints were colored by roots, leaves, insects, or, in the case of purple, mollusks. As a result, colors were inconsistent and unpredictably strong, often fading or washing out. Perkin found a dye that would always produce a uniform shade--and he pointed the way to other synthetic colors, thus revolutionizing the world of both dyemaking and fashion. Mauve became all the rage. Queen Victoria wore it to her daughter\\'s wedding in 1858, and the highly influential Empress Eugnie decided the color matched her eyes. Soon, the streets of London erupted in what one wag called the \"mauve measles.\"', 'Mauve had a much wider impact as well. By finding a commercial use for his discovery--much to the dismay of his teacher, the great August Hofmann, who believed there needed to be a separation between \"pure\" and \"applied\" science--Perkin inspired others to follow in his footsteps: \"Ten years after Perkin\\'s discovery of mauve, organic chemistry was perceived as being exciting, profitable, and of great practical use.\" The influx of bright young men all hoping to earn their fortunes through industrial applications of chemistry later brought significant advances in the fields of medicine, perfume, photography, and even explosives. Through it all, Garfield tells his story in clever, witty prose, turning this odd little tale into a very entertaining read. <i>--Sunny Delaney</i>', \"Since his discovery of the first synthetic dye in 1856, interest in William Perkin has undergone a resurgence approximately every 50 years. Garfield's (The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS) biography follows in the footsteps of A Jubilee Proceedings (1906) and a centenary supplement to the organic chemistry journal Tetrahedron (1956). It focuses on Perkin as a pioneer, taking research from the burgeoning field of academic chemistry and applying it to industry. The creation of a popular dye from coal-tar (a plentiful industrial waste) when the field of dyeing was beholden to natural dyes, such as indigo and madder, made Perkin very rich and fleetingly famous. The book also chronicles the influence of this discovery throughout the industry and into other fields. That the use of stains and dyes eventually transformed biochemistry and medicine is ironic, given that Perkin was originally seeking a cure for malaria when he stumbled onto the mauve dye. Recommended for science collections in academic and large public libraries. Wade M. Lee, Univ. of Toledo Lib. <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Martian\nDescription: ['<b>Brilliant</b>a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many yearsUtterly compelling.--<i><b>Wall Street Journal</b></i><br /><br /><b>Terrific stuff, a crackling good read</b>that devotees of space travel will devour like candysucceeds on several levels and for a variety of reasons, not least of which is its surprising plausibility.<i><b>USA Today </b></i><br /><br /><b>An impressively geeky debut</b>the technical details keep the story relentlessly precise and the suspense ramped up. And really, how can anyone not root for a regular dude to prove the U-S-A still has the Right Stuff?<b>--</b><i><b>Entertainment Weekly</b><br /></i><br /><b>Gripping[features] a hero who can solve almost every problem while still being hilarious.</b> Its hard not to be swept up in [Weirs] vision and root for every one of these characters. <b>Grade: A</b>.<b>AVClub.com</b><br /><br /><b>Andy Weir delivers with </b><i><b>The Martian</b>...a</i><b></b>story for readers who enjoy thrillers, science fiction, non-fiction, or flat-out adventure [and] an authentic portrayal of the future of space travel.<i><b>--Associated Press<br /></b></i><br />\"<b>Agripping tale of survival in space</b> [that] harkens back to the early days of science fiction by masters such as Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.\"--<i>San Jose Mercury News</i><br /><br /><b>One of the best thrillers Ive read in a long time. </b>It feels so real it could almost be nonfiction, and yet it has the narrative drive and power of a rocket launch. This is Apollo 13 times ten.<br /><b>--Douglas Preston, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Impact</i> and<i> Blasphemy</i></b><br /><b></b><br /><b>A book I just couldnt put down!</b> It has the very rare combination of a good, original story, interestingly real characters and fascinating technical accuracyreads like MacGyver meets Mysterious Island.<br /><b>--Astronaut Chris Hadfield, Commander of the International Space Station and author of <i>An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth</i></b><br /><br />\"<b>The best book I\\'ve read in ages. </b>Clear your schedule before you crack the seal. This story will take your breath away faster than a hull breech. <b>Smart, funny, and white-knuckle intense, <i>The Martian </i>is everything you want from a novel.</b>\"<br /><b>--Hugh Howey, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Wool</i></b><br /><br /><b><i>The Martian </i>kicked my ass! </b>Weir has crafted a relentlessly entertaining and inventive survival thriller, <b>a MacGyver-trapped-on-Mars tale that feels just as real and harrowing as the true story of Apollo 13.</b><br /><b>Ernest Cline, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Ready Player One</i></b><br /><b></b><br /><b>Gripping</b>shapes up like Defoes <i>Robinson Crusoe </i>as written by someone brighter.<b></b><br /><b>--Larry Niven, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the <i>Ringworld </i>series and <i>Lucifers Hammer<br /></i></b><br />Humankind is only as strong as the challenges it faces, and <i>The Martian</i> pits human ingenuity (laced with more humor than youd expect) against the greatest endeavor of our time survival on Mars. <b>A great read with an inspiring attention to technical detail and surprising emotional depth. Loved it!</b>\"<br />--<b>Daniel H. Wilson,<i> New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Robopocalypse</i></b><br /><br /><b>The tension simply never lets up, from the first page to the last, and at no point does the believability falter for even a second. </b>You can\\'t shake the feeling that this could all really happen.<b></b><br /><b>Patrick Lee, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Breach </i>and <i>Ghost Country </i></b><br /><i></i><br /><b><i>\"</i></b>Strong, resilent, and gutsy. It\\'s <i>Robinson Crusoe</i> on Mars, 21st century style.<b> Set aside a chunk of free time when you start this one. You\\'re going to need it because you won\\'t want to put it down.</b>\"<br /><b>Steve Berry, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Kings Deception</i> and <i>The Columbus Affair</i><br /></b><br /><b>An excellent first novel</b>Weir laces the technical details with enough keen wit to satisfy hard science fiction fan and general reader alike [and] <b>keeps the story escalating to a riveting conclusion</b>.<b><i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred)<br /></b><br />\"<b>Riveting</b>...a tightly constructed and completely believable story of a man\\'s ingenuity and strength in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.\"<b>--<i>Booklist<br /></i><br />Sharp, funny and thrilling, with just the right amount of geekery</b>Weir displays a virtuosic ability to write about highly technical situations without leaving readers far behind. The result is<b> a story that is as plausible as it is compelling.<i>Kirkus <br /><br />\"</i>Weir combines the heart-stopping with the humorous in this brilliant debut novel...</b>by placing a nail-biting life-and-death situation on Mars and adding a snarky and wise-cracking nerdy hero, Weir has created <b>the perfect mix of action and space adventure<i>.\"--Library Journal </i>(starred)<i></i><br /><i></i><br /> A perfect novel in almost every way, <i>The Martian</i> may already have my vote for best book of 2014.<b><i>Crimespree Magazine<br /></i> <br /> </b>A page-turning thrillerthis survival tale with a high-tech twist will pull you right in.<b><i>Suspense Magazine</i></b><i><br /></i> <br /><i></i></b>', 'ANDY WEIR was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has been working as a software engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. <i>The Martian</i> is his first novel.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: When a Pet Dies\nDescription: ['Producer, magician, writer, puppeteer, minister, husband, father, Fred Rogers started out in children\\'s television thirty years ago. The direction he trailblazed was the \"creation of television programming that spoke, with respect, to the concerns of early childhood, not as adults see it but as children feel it.\"', 'He has received virtually every major award in the television industry for work in his field, and dozens of others from special-interest groups.', 'Fred Rogers lives in Pennsylvania.', '', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Taylor's Musculoskeletal Problems and Injuries: A Handbook\nDescription: ['', \"This handbook is an essential guide to diagnosing and managing musculoskeletal problems and injuries in the primary care setting. Derived from Dr. Robert B. Taylor's widely acclaimed <em>Family Medicine: Principles and Practice, Sixth Edition</em>, this convenient, pocket-sized book examines problems of the skeleton and related muscles and joints. Expert contributors provide essential information on musculoskeletal injuries and illnesses geared to the needs of the busy clinician. In addition to common problems such as sprains, strains, and fractures, chapters also cover athletic injuries, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and complex regional pain syndrome. This handy reference is an ideal tool for family physicians and others who provide primary care.<br />\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\nDescription: [\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)<br /><br />“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of <i>The Knitting Circle</i>)<br /><br />“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of <i>When We Were the Kennedys</i>)<br /><br />“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))<br /><br />“A gem.” (Huffington Post)<br /><br />“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)<br /><br />“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)<br /><br />“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>The Painted Girls</i>)\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', '<em>This is the story of one such child.</em>', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, <em>Orphan Train</em> is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']",
"rejected": "Title: Man and His Enemies: Essays on Carl Schmitt\nDescription: [\"Svetozar Minkov is assistant professor of philosophy at Roosevelt University in Chicago. In the spring of 2009, he is a visiting professor at MIT. He has published several pieces on Francis Bacon. He is the author of Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner. Together with Gabriel Bartlett, he is translating from German, for the University of Chicago Press, Strauss's Hobbes's Critique of Religion. Piotr Nowak, deputy editor-in-chief of the philosophical quarterly Kronos and senior lecturer at Bialystok University, is the author of several books, including one on Alexandre Kojeve and a forthcoming one on Hannah Arendt. He has given several invited public lectures, including at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought and at Roosevelt University. Together with Mieczyslaw Godyn, he is translating from English, for the Proszynski Press, Arendt's Jewish Writings.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Saturn Run\nDescription: ['', '<br> “John Sandford is an amazing, protean writer, and <i>Saturn Run</i> is a terrific story of alien first contact. It’s a book Michael Crichton would have enjoyed, but never could have written; he didn’t have Sandford’s gift of good humor and his uncanny ear for dialogue. With the able partnership of Ctein, it’s fast, scientifically believable, and peopled by characters who become good friends. Fans of Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers will eat this up.”<br>— Stephen King <br><br> “Three things to know: First, I’m the world’s biggest John Sandford fan.  Second: I saw this book and thought ... what?  Third: I needn’t have worried.  It’s vintage Sandford all the way, with all his trademark strengths and insights, except set in the future, not the present.  You won’t be disappointed.”<br>  — Lee Child<br><br> Utterly captivating! With the heart of a breakneck thriller and the mind of the best science fiction (Bradbury and Heinlein come to mind), <i>Saturn Run</i> keeps us enthralled from beginning to end. Sandford and Ctein have brilliantly pulled off the difficult task of making a very different world very  familiar, proving that a born storyteller is a storyteller, whether he sets his books on mean streets or in deep space. I, for one, want more. <br>— Jeffery Deaver<br><br>\"My compliments to Ctein and John Sandford for <i>Saturn Run</i>. I enjoyed it greatly. It\\'s a meticulous novel, 100 percent hard science fiction. A space war is the most difficult thing to portray, and the authors have pulled it off. I was reminded of <i>Footfall</i>, my and Jerry Pournelle\\'s own work, and Carl Sagan\\'s <i>Contact</i>.\"<br>  — Larry Niven, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series<br><br> “Sandford and Ctein conjure up some delightful chemistry among these characters, making their journey as harrowing as it is entertaining. Here is a prime example of the principle that in a sci-fi novel about space travel, half the fun is in getting to the destination.”— <i>Washington Post<br></i><br> “The combination of both hard and soft sciences makes this story an excellent read. The central characters are well developed, compelling, and realistic. Highly recommended for the multitudes of Sanford fans and all those who revel in speculative fiction.” —  <i>Library Journal</i> <br><br>  “James Bond meets Tom Swift, with the last word reserved for…international piracy, state secrets, and a spot of satisfyingly underhanded political pressure.” —  <i>Kirkus</i><br><br>“A must-read…Scenes of beauty collide with catastrophes, as technology takes over in this incredible tale [with] a fabulous ending for all Sandford fans to thoroughly enjoy.” — <i>Suspense Magazine</i><br><br>\"Scenes of wonder and beauty are joined with moments of helpless calamity at a pace that leaves the reader no time to look back and consider what just happened. The authors include plenty of fascinating technology and inside jokes for SF fans, and the conclusion is inevitable and satisfying.\"<i>—Publishers Weekly, </i>Starred Review<br><br>“Traveling vicariously with these daring space pioneers makes for a riveting read....And it isn\\'t a spoiler to reveal that it has a perfect ending.” — <i>St. Paul</i> <i>Pioneer Press </i><br><br>“A gripping, futuristic tale. The overall experience of \"Saturn Run\" is like a mixture of Arthur C. Clarke\\'s \"2001: a Space Odyssey\" and \"Rendezvous With Rama.\" Readers looking for a great sci-fi story won\\'t be disappointed. At almost 500 pages, the pace and compelling characters keep things moving and nothing seems padded.” — <i>Associated Press</i><br><br>“ Ambitious and alluring, “Saturn Run” is sci-fi in the Arthur C. Clarke tradition, but stepped-up and updated. It’s still powered by romance—not of the unknown, but of what could—just possibly—be within our reach.” — <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>', '<b>John Sandford</b> is the author of twenty-five Prey novels, most recently <i><i>Gathering Prey</i></i>; eight Virgil Flowers novels, most recently <i><i>Deadline</i>; </i>and eight other books, including the Young Adult novels <i><i>Uncaged</i> </i>and <i><i>Outrage</i></i>, written with Michele Cook. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<br> <br><b>Ctein</b> is an internationally known photographer and expert on photographic printing. The holder of a double degree from Caltech in English and physics, he is the author of more than 500 articles, columns, books, and manuals, and is a well-known member of the science fiction community. He lives in San Francisco.']",
"rejected": "Title: Coraline and Other Stories: The Bloomsbury Phantastics\nDescription: ['Coraline and Other Stories', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cold Moon (The Huntress/FBI Thrillers)\nDescription: ['', 'Alexandra Sokoloff has received the Thriller Award and been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the Anthony Award, and the Black Quill Award for her supernatural thrillers <i>The Harrowing</i>, <i>The Price</i>, <i>The Unseen</i>, <i>Book of Shadows</i>, <i>The Shifters</i>, <i>Keeper of the Shadows</i>, and <i>The Space Between</i>. Her Huntress/FBI seriesfeaturing the books <i>Huntress Moon</i>, <i>Blood Moon</i>, and <i>Cold Moon</i>has been nominated for a Thriller Award. The <i>New York Times Book Review</i> has called her a daughter of Mary Shelley and referred to her books as some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre. As a screenwriter, she has sold original horror and thriller scripts and adapted novels for numerous Hollywood studios. She is also the author of two nonfiction workbooks based on her internationally acclaimed workshops and blog: <i>Screenwriting Tricks for Authors</i> and <i>Writing Love</i>.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Book of Undoing: Direct Pointing to Nondual Awareness\nDescription: ['<b>\"I SEE THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN MAGIC</b> <b>TO YOUR WORDSMITHING</b> - it comes directly <i>from</i> reality and points powerfully <i>to</i> reality... it seems to move like a flood tide that raises a heavy form off the rocks and gently settles it in a peaceful ebb-tide of being...\"<br /><b> ~James Waite,</b> <b>Creator and Editor, Nonduality Living</b><br /><b><br />\"AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR WRITING IS AMAZING.</b> It\\'s very engaging, personable, and smooth. When a book on non-duality feels like a page-turner, that\\'s quite an accomplishment!\"<br /><b> ~Shanti Einolander, Creator and Editor, ONE: The Magazine</b><br /><br /><b>\"LESS IS MORE AND I FEEL YOU\\'VE HIT THE MARK IN THIS DEFINITIVE BOOK. </b> This is the simplicity on the subject of Non-duality that I\\'ve been anticipating for quite some time now and here it is.\"<br /> <b>~Anthony Wedge, </b>Mt. Pleasant, MI<br /><br /><b>\"FINISHED BEYOND RECOVERY, AND IMMEDIATELY DOVE INTO THIS ONE.</b> I can\\'t say enough about the energy and vividness that Mr. Davis brings to Inquiry. I would read anything he wrote.\"<br /> <b> ~Wallace Chapman, </b>Portland, Oregon<br /><br /><b><b>\"FOR THE EXHAUSTED </b>SPIRITUAL SEEKER</b> this book is dynamite. It literally blows your mind. If you have any knots, kinks, or walls, any resistance to what is, this book, if you are open, intent, and sincere, will undo, unravel, any remaining doubts you may have as to who you are.\"<b><br /><b> ~William C. Wright, North Pomfret, VT</b></b><br /><br /><b>\"SO MANY BOOKS </b>leave the reader lost in the words, but this one actually takes you beyond the words and shows you how to \"find it\", what the experience of \"it\" is, and what happens to \"it\" when imagination starts to dance again. One cannot help but discover the real nature of what we are. These are the same goals of many similar books, but this one actually succeeds in taking the reader there.\"<br /><b> ~K. A. Popko, Wisconsin</b><br /><br />', '', '<i><b>The Book of Undoing</b></i> is essentially a group of inquiries, investigation, and dialoguing that I\\'ve had with people around the world. For the sake of anonymity and literary convenience, I\\'ve invented a composite client, but make no mistake about it, these conversations are <i>real.</i> These are many of the questions I ask, along with the answers that are commonly given in actual Direct Pointing sessions. These intense private meetings have resulted in awakenings time and time again.<br /><br />I have come to see that the reason most people don\\'t awaken is because they fiercely defend their beliefs in duality while <i>appearing to</i> search for authentic Nonduality. It\\'s simple self-deception that allows most seekers to go unrealized for an entire lifetime. The \"method\" that has arisen here, along with an unrelenting presentation of it, <i>consistently</i> breaks through that secret defense, thus allowing clients to <i>at last</i> recognize their true nature. I think this book alone will be freeing for some, and I think it\\'ll move virtually everyone else\\'s dial considerably.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster crime thriller novel) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestseller <i>The Girl in the Ice</i>, whichis the first in his Detective Erika Foster series.<br /> <br /><i>The Night Stalker</i>, <i>Dark Water</i> and <i>Last Breath</i> are the second, third, and fourth books in the series, and the fifth book, <i>Cold Blood</i> has just been published. <br /> <br />Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages. <br /> <br />In addition to writing crime fiction, Robert has published a bestselling series of romantic comedy novels. He is British and lives in Slovakia.<br /> <br /> You can find out more about the author at robertbryndza.com and on Twitter and Instagram @RobertBryndza<br /> <br /> Sign up to Robert Bryndza's New Release Mailing List here: <b>eepurl.com/UITxz</b><br /> <br />(Simply cut-and-paste that address into your browser. Your email will never be shared and you will only be contacted when a new book is out.)\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: AN Innocent Client (Joe Dillard)\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. Former attorney Pratt delves into rural Tennessee law and politics in this brilliantly executed debut. When a preacher is murdered after visiting an infamous strip club, the club's owner hires jaded attorney Joe Dillard to defend Angel Christian, a beautiful waitress accused of the crime. Dillard, savvy but cynical, wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he can't resist the chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent. His drug-addicted sister has just been released from prison and his mother is succumbing to Alzheimer's, but Dillard's commitment to the case never wavers despite the personal troubles and professional demands that threaten to destroy him. Pratt's richly developed characters are vivid and believable, especially the strong Southern women who fight their male-dominated culture from behind a facade of vulnerability. Readers will eagerly anticipate Dillard's further adventures. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes\nDescription: ['', '\"Citizens should read Taxing Ourselves before casting their votes in local, state, and national elections. Politicians should read Taxing Ourselves before taxing us.\" Robert C. Schiming Business Library Review', '\"The newest edition of Taxing Ourselves provides a comprehensive treatment of the issues and a fresh look at recent developments in US tax policy. Using the clear language that has been a hallmark of earlier editions, Slemrod and Bakija lead the citizen taxpayer through the jungle of tax provisions and jargon to an understanding of how the tax system affects our lives, how we might do better, and what roadblocks stand in the way.\"--Alan J. Auerbach, Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, and Director, Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley', '\"A major impediment to rational tax reform is that most politicians, journalists, and citizens fail to grasp the key issues. Even those who understand much about taxes may be nave about tax policy. With Taxing Ourselves, all can stop making excuses and start making sense.\"--Louis Kaplow, Finn M.W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard', '\"This book is a most timely and thoughtful discussion of the federal tax system and current proposals for its reform. Thorough, objective, and up-to-date in its analysis and set in the historical/political context, this book is a must-read for every citizen and student who wishes enlightenment on one of the most vital and controversial issues of the day.\"--Peggy B. Musgrave, University of California, Santa Cruz', '\"A major impediment to rational tax reform is that most politicians, journalists, and citizens fail to grasp the key issues. Even those who understand much about taxes may be nave about tax policy. With <i>Taxing Ourselves,</i> all can stop making excuses and start making sense.\" <b>Louis Kaplow </b>, Finn M.W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard', '\\'A major impediment to rational tax reform is that most politicians, journalists, and citizens fail to grasp the key issues. Even those who understand much about taxes may be nave about tax policy. With Taxing Ourselves, all can stop making excuses and start making sense.\" <b>Louis Kaplow</b>, Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard University', 'Praise for earlier editions: \"A fair-minded exposition of a politically loaded subject.\" <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', 'Praise for earlier editions: \"An excellent book.\" <b>Jeff Madrick </b> <i>New York Times</i>', 'Praise for earlier editions: \"This truly splendid book effectively outlines most issues related to a major topic of concern today. Tax policy and options for badly needed tax reform are thoroughly and engagingly dealt with by mixing serious debate with supporting anecdotes. The book is well written and carefully argued.\" E. D. Craig <i>Choice</i>', '\"The newest edition of <i>Taxing Ourselves</i> provides a comprehensive treatment of the issues and a fresh look at recent developments in US tax policy. Using the clear language that has been a hallmark of earlier editions, Slemrod and Bakija lead the citizen taxpayer through the jungle of tax provisions and jargon to an understanding of how the tax system affects our lives, how we might do better, and what roadblocks stand in the way.\" <b>Alan J. Auerbach </b>, Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, and Director, Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley', '', 'Joel Slemrod is Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Ross School of Business, Professor of Economics, and Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Michigan. He is the coauthor, with Jon Bakija, of <i>Taxing Ourselves</i>, now in its fourth edition from the MIT Press.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: In Good Faith (Joe Dillard)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: No Visible Wounds: Identifying Non-Physical Abuse of Women by Their Men\nDescription: ['DOES YOUR PARTNER . . .<BR>* have sudden outbursts of anger or rage?<BR>* become jealous without reason?<BR>* prevent you from seeing friends and family?<BR>* deny you access to family assets such as bank accounts, credit cards, or the car?<BR>* control all finances and force you to account for what you spend?<BR>* insult you or call you derogatory names?<BR>* humiliate you in front of your children?<BR>* turn minor incidents into major arguments?<BR>If you or someone you know can answer \"yes\" to the questions above, chances are you are suffering from nonphysical battering--controlling, tyrannical behavior that is just as damaging to a woman\\'s self-esteem as a broken bone or a black eye. An experienced counselor who works with abused women, Mary Susan Miller breaks the silence that surrounds this devastating form of domestic violence. She identifies the many types of nonphysical abuse verbal, emotional, psychological, social, and economic--and explores why this outrageous treatment of women continues unabated in our society. <BR>Dr. Miller also shares the stories of many survivors who have escaped their abusive relationships. Their experiences--with law enforcement, the legal system, and the community itself--can help prepare any woman for the decision of whether to stay or leave the relationship. And if she decides to go, Dr. Miller offers sound guidelines on how to protect herself and her children, since a woman\\'s decision to leave is usually the time she is in the most danger from her abuser.<BR>Finally, Dr. Miller inspires hope: You can break free of the nightmare of nonphysical battering and heal, once again engaging in a life of integrity, dignity, and peace.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Russo's Gold\nDescription: ['Scott Pratt is the acclaimed author of the Joe Dillard legal thriller/mystery series. He lives in Northeast Tennessee with his wife and four dogs.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day\nDescription: [\"The premise here is that people all have many demands on their time and that by setting boundaries they may protect their time and energy for the things that matter most. Being in complete agreement with this idea, the first thing this reviewer should say is that she doesn't have the time to read a whole book about setting boundaries. Although important, this topic could have been adequately covered as a couple of chapters in a larger book on life management. Mental health counselor Katherine (Boundaries) discusses setting boundaries with friends, relatives, lovers, and exes. Other reasonable topics include anger, intimacy, sex, and divorce. Among the more frivolous chapters are those covering tidiness, food, Internet, and therapist boundaries. The author does give helpful examples of each type of boundary, with advice on where to draw the line. The topics seem so specialized, though, that audience appeal is limited. Purchase is warranted only for extensive self-help collections.AKathy Ingels Helmond, Indianapolis-Marion Cty. P.L. <BR>Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '<B>Anne Katherine, M.A.</B>, is a certified mental health counselor, speaker, and the author of <I>Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin</I> and <I>Anatomy of a Food Addiction</I>. She lives near Seattle, Washington, where she leads programs for recovery and healing.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Judgment Cometh: and That Right Soon (Joe Dillard Series) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['Scott Pratt was born in South Haven, Michigan, and grew up in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from East Tennessee State University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Johnson City, Tennessee, with his wife and two dogs.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Double Trouble In Walla Walla\nDescription: [\"Grade 1-3?Adults may find this book fun to read aloud. The simple plot revolves around a young girl who is sent to the principal's office when she can't stop speaking in hyphenated slang words; e.g., higgledy-piggledy, mish-mash, nit-wit, etc. As it turns out, her teacher, the school nurse, and the principal seem to come down with the same affliction and, before finding a solution, run through a veritable compendium of hyphenated words and nonsense phrases, most of which rhyme. Those reading aloud should prepare themselves for the inevitable outpouring of similar words from the audience. Murdocca's bled double-page, lively watercolors on oversized pages are chockablock with cartoon characters and details to pore over, adding even more humor to the amusing story. Side-splitting fun.?Barbara McGinn, Oak Hill Elementary School, Severna Park, MD<br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', 'Andrew Clements is the author of picture books and novels for young readers, including <i>Because Your Daddy Loves You</i> and the perennial bestseller <i>Frindle. </i>He lives in Baldwin, Maine, and can also be found at www.andrewclements.com.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Elements of Style, Third Edition\nDescription: ['A masterpiece in the art of clear and concise writing, and an exemplar of the principles it explains.', \"Buy it, study it, enjoy it. It's as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility. -- <i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />The work remains a nonpareil: direct, correct, and delightful. -- <i>The New Yorker</i>\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Kill or Be Killed: Thrillers (BookShots)\nDescription: [\"James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.<br /><br />Maxine Paetro has collaborated with James Patterson on the bestselling Women's Murder Club and Private series. She lives with her husband in New York State.<br /><br />Emily Raymond worked with James Patterson on <i>First Love</i> and <i>The Lost</i>, and is the ghostwriter of six young adult novels, one of which was a #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestseller. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: On Writing\nDescription: [\"Find out what books and films influenced the young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie. For the first time, here's an intimate autobiographical portrait of his home life, his family and his traumatic recent accident. Citing examples of his work and those of his contemporaries, King gives an excellent masterclass on writing - how to use the tools of the trade from building characters to pace and plotting as well as practical advice on presentation. And King tells readers how he got to be a No. 1 bestseller for a quarter of a century with fascinating descriptions of his own process, the origins and development of, e.g. Carrie and Misery.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Large Print Coloring Books Adults: Large Print Animals Of The Jungle\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions\nDescription: ['\"When Allan and Barbara Pease write, I read. And underline. And learn. And laugh. And steal. <b>The Definitive Book of Body Language </b>is a marvel of a book!\"Tom Peters, author of<i> In Search of Excellence and Re-Imagine!</i>', 'Allan Pease has written eleven other bestselling books on the subject of human communication and body language, including, with Barbara Pease, <i>Why Men Dont Listen</i> and<i> Women Cant Read Maps </i>and <i>Why Men Dont Have a Clue </i>and <i>Women Always Need New Shoes. </i><br /><br />Barbara Pease is CEO of Pease Training International and the author of the international bestseller <i>Memory Language</i>. She divides her time between England and Australia, trying to find her way home from the airport.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Children (Looking Up)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Pocket Rider Waite Tarot\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: John Ransom's Diary Andersonville\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Writing the Cozy Mystery\nDescription: ['\"A useful guide and ready reference, this book offers a good set of tools to demystify the making of a mystery.\" Roy T. James, <i>Readers\\' Favorite</i><br /><br />\"This book is well organized and cuts right to the chase. Throughout are exercises to help you create the cast of characters and make decisions about the clues and setting. When I\\'m ready to write my cozy, this will be a terrific tool set to use.\" Ronda Del Boccio, <i>Write on Purpose </i><br /><br /><span>\"Easy to read and chock full of useful information.\" <i>Muddy Rose Reviews</i></span><br /><br /><span>\"With <em>Writing the Cozy Mystery</em>, Nancy presents an easy-to-follow and engaging framework to developing your own cozy mystery, stand-alone or series. Her expertise in the area lends credence to the useful tips throughout the book.\" DL Fernandez, <i>DLF Writing</i></span><br /><br />\"Writing the Cozy Mystery is one of the most helpful books on writing I have ever read. This will be one reference book that will keep you coming back again and again. If you are a new author looking to try your hand at writing a cozy, or if you\\'ve already written a cozy and need help to polish it up, Writing the Cozy Mystery is a must.\" 5 Out of 5 Spy Glasses! <i>Crazy Cozy Stories</i>', \"Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring South Florida hairstylist Marla Shore. Titles in this series have made the IMBA bestseller list, been selected by <i>Suspense Magazine</i> as best cozy mystery, won a Readers' Favorite Gold Medal, and earned third place in the Arizona Literary Awards. Nancy is also the author of the instructional guide, <i>Writing the Cozy Mystery</i>. Her imaginative romances have proven popular with fans as well. Her first book in this genre won the HOLT Medallion Award. A featured speaker at libraries, conferences, and community events, Nancy is listed in <i>Contemporary Authors, Poets & Writers</i>,and <i>Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors, & Poets</i><span>.</span> <br /><br />Get a FREE book sampler when you sign up for her newsletter at NancyJCohen.com/newsletter\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: "No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar": Sherman's Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro, March 1865\nDescription: ['Now in a completely revised and updated edition, \"No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar\": Sherman\\'s Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro, March 1865 details an aspect of General William T. Sherman\\'s service to the Union during the Civil War that has received minimal attention from historians. Yet the Carolinas campaign was undoubtedly a crucial blow... Expertly researched, yet accessible to readers of all backgrounds, \"No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar\" meticulously reconstructs the entire campaign, enriched with a handful of black-and-white maps and photographs, appendices, and an index for quick and easy reference. Highly recommended, especially for public and college library Civil War collections. (<i>Midwest Book Review</i>)<br /><br />\"Important addition to the library of material on American Civil War battles. Like the Vietnam War, the American Civil War is something I\\'ve never paid much attention to. Smith and Sokolosky are military historians with a particular interest in what happened in the Carolina States. What they bring to the table regarding Sherman and Johnston is remarkable, a revelation.\" (<i>Books Monthly</i>)', 'Major (Ret) Mark A. Smith, who holds a Masters in Military Studies, is a U.S. Army veteran with 21 years of service. He served in various positions including Scout Platoon Leader, Three Company Commands, Battalion Executive Officer, Brigade and Battalion S-4, and was an Army ROTC Instructor at Virginia Tech. Smith is the co-author (with Wade Sokolosky) of No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar: Shermans Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Rishi Coffins and the Funerary Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt (GHP Egyptology)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 4 in 24 Hours: Updated for Service Pack 2 - HTML5, CSS 3, JQuery (2nd Edition)\nDescription: ['<b>Morten Rand-Hendriksen</b> is the owner and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media, a boutique-style design company providing digital media consulting and creations for individuals, businesses, and broadcast television. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Award for his work with Microsoft Expression in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.<br /> <br />In addition to Microsoft Expression Web, Morten is considered an expert on the publishing platform WordPress and he has published numerous articles and videos and done public speaking engagements on both topics.<br /> <br /> <i>Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 4 in 24 Hours</i> is Mortens fourth published book. He is a regular contributor to the official Microsoft Expression newsletter and has been published in international design magazines. You can find more tutorials, articles, and other design-related musings on Mortens blog at www.designisphilosophy.com, and you can follow his rants on Twitter under the name @mor10. Also, you might run into him in different forums and newsgroups throughout the Web, usually using the same handle. <br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dimensional Selling: Using the Breakthrough Q4 Approach to Close More Sales\nDescription: ['', '<b>A powerful, behavioral-science-based approach to closing sales and building customer loyalty</b>', \"In today's super-competitive selling environment, trust is often the key to making a sale. But earning your customers' trust and building long-term relationships with them requires a unique set of selling skills based on sound psychological principles. Written by psychologists Victor Buzzotta and Robert Lefton, this book arms you with those skills and much more.\", \"At the core of <i>Dimensional Selling </i>is a proven, behavioral-science-centered approach based on tested research into customer motivation and buying trends. This method uses sophisticated, yet easy-to-learn techniques for evaluating customers and tailoring presentations to their specific behavior patterns, letting you forge strong bonds of trust and loyalty with them. You'll learn how to:\", \"You may not be born with the knack for quickly earning customers' trust--but you can learn it. <i>Dimensional Selling </i>shows you how, for every sales setting and situation.\", '', '<b>Victor R. Buzzotta, Ph.D., </b>and <b>Robert E. Lefton, Ph.D. </b>(St. Louis, MO) are the chairman of the board, and president and CEO respectively, of Psychological Associates, a sales and management consultancy to the Fortune 100.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons (Howdunit Series)\nDescription: [\""... you will simply have to make your peace with guns. Case closed." No, these are not the words of an NRA apologist attacking some common-sense legislation, rather they're found in the introduction of Michael Newton's authoritative guidebook on guns, bombs, and all manner of things that go "boom"--and alter events in stories. If you're one of those scribes who believes that killing machines are better left on the printed page, this entry in Writer's Digest's Howdunit series will prove invaluable in giving your Glocks, dum-dum rounds, and spookily-named Hotchkiss guns the unmistakable ring of authority. Bang bang.\", 'YA-- For budding writers, particularly those who have ambitions in the mys- tery genre, these two books will be useful starting points. Armed and Dangerous aids in avoiding those embarassing historical and descriptive gaffes regarding firearms and explosives. It will be a frustration, however, for writers who need information on a specific gun and its associated effects, although the appendixes on ballistics information and rifle trajectories are some help. Deadly Doses , on the other hand, is a paradise for domestic, impulsive criminals and manipulative writers. The index leads quickly to a specific poison and the entry gives all its names, toxicity, the forms in which it is found, information on how to administer it, the effects and symptoms, reaction time, and some notes. Two quibbles are the lack of a distinctive typeset to indicate the beginnings of entries (they all tend to run together) and a lack of cross-references in the index. Using the wonderful appendixes will allow writers to match plot restrictions in \"Methods of Administration,\" \"Form,\" \"Symptoms,\" \"Time in Which They React,\" or \"Toxicity.\" It\\'s enough to give anyone that Agatha Christie urge. --Cathy Chauvette, Fairfax County Public Library, VA<BR>Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.']",
"rejected": "Title: Christmas with the Bomb Girls\nDescription: [\"Daisy Styles grew up in Lancashire surrounded by a family and community of strong women whose tales she loved to listen to. It was from these women, particularly her vibrant mother and Irish grandmother, that Daisy learned the art of storytelling. There was also the landscape of her childhood - wide, sweeping, empty moors and hills that ran as far as the eye could see - which was a perfect backdrop for a saga, a space big enough and wild enough to stage a drama, one about women's lives during the Second World War.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Private Eyes: A Writer's Guide to Private Investigating (Howdunit Series)\nDescription: ['Bintliff, who has worked with the Arkansas State Police, the criminal investigations division of the Army, and the CIA, brings together an incredible amount of information on how police and other law enforcement agencies work. This latest addition to the \"Howdunit\" series from Writer\\'s Digest Books gives writers authenic and detailed information to sift through and use in their work. Readers learn how police are trained, how they move through the ranks, what kind of equipment they use, and how they prepare for court. This is not a how-to-write-police-fiction book; rather, it is for writers who want help in making their police and law enforcement characters realistic. It also has possibilities as a reference source, providing such information as what the groups of numbers mean in a social security number. A good choice for most libraries. Blythe\\'s book for writers of detective fiction gives detailed information about how real private investigators work. Some of the areas covered are how detectives get their licenses, acquire cases, gather evidence, and lead their personal lives. Included are many examples from real-life PIs. Scattered throughout the text are addresses, sample forms, and telephone numbers that writers can pursue for authentic detail in their writing. Each chapter ends with hints to help make the writer\\'s detective credible. Both this book and its companion volume would be valuable additions to writing collections.<br /><i>- Lisa J. Cochenet, Rhinelander Dist. Lib., Wis.</i><br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Secrets of the Viet Cong\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America\nDescription: [\"Like many Writer's Digest publications, this work serves as an excellent resource for the published and the would-be author. Editor Grafton, herself the successful author of the Kinsey Milhone series, orchestrates the contributions of many distinguished detective/mystery writers, including Tony Hillerman, Lawrence Block, and Ed Hock. This how-to book differs from other Writer's Digest books in that the articles move sequentially through the process from preparation to publication. The specialties section focuses on mysteries for young people and short story mysteries. A good choice for both public libraries' and writers' book shelves.<BR><I>- Martin J. Hudacs, Solanco H.S., Quarryville, Pa .</I><BR>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Los Angeles Datebook 2017\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases (Howdunit)\nDescription: ['Did you ever want your protagonist to make a citizen\\'s arrest, but you didn\\'t know the process? If the answer is yes, then turn to this volume from the Writer\\'s Digest Howdunit series. It has all the information your sleuth needs for busting open the big case, including an overview on Internet hacking and descriptions of how real crime victims have solved their own cases. This book is recommended for mystery fans as well as scribes. I wish I had this back when I was reading those <a href=\"/exec/obidos/title-word=Encyclopedia%20Brown/${0}\">Encyclopedia Brown</a> stories!', \"Amateur Detectives is a professional writer's guide to how private citizens solve criminal cases. Amateur Detectives covers all the information needed to write an exciting chase, keep the amateur-crime-solver novels and stories factually accurate and completely convincing. Amateur Detectives investigates why high-tech policing hasn't run off the low-tech amateur; jobs that fit neatly with amateur sleuthing; intuition, gossip and other information-gathering methods; how to find out all about anyone; how the Internet can speed an amateur sleuth to answers; how today's technological wonders can help the amateur detective; the law as it applies to amateur detectives; state-by-state gun laws; state-by-state citizens' arrest powers; the Freedom of Information Act; and how real amateurs solved real crimes. Amateur Detectives is a valuable reference book for any writer seeking to make their mystery fiction credible. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Lobster Pot cookbook: Recipes from Cape Cod's renowned seafood restaurant in Provincetown\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Malicious Intent : A Writer's Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists and Other Criminals Think (The Howdunit)\nDescription: ['In the same vein as Keith D. Wilson\\'s <i>Cause of Death</i> (1992) and Anne Wingate\\'s <i>Scene of the Crime</i> (1992), this matter-of-fact book about the criminal mind will be of interest to true-crime aficionados as well as writers. Mactire\\'s \"roadmap to the shadow world of the criminal mind\" starts off with ancient history (from 1500 B.C.) and moves on to present-day serial and \"nonserial\" killers and wise guys. The author offers a fascinating discussion on how the creation of a police force changed criminal activity from open assault to cunning and secret operations. He examines the psychology of criminals and the development of profiling (psychological mug shots). In discussing the various types of and motives for crime, Mactire draws examples from the careers of actual criminals. All this fact and history will provide great fodder for writers of fiction and nonfiction. <i>Denise Perry Donavin</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Divine Reason of the Cross; A Study of the Atonement as the Rationale of Our Universe\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Rip-Off: A Writer's Guide to Crimes of Deception (Howdunit)\nDescription: ['Something tells us we would be nave to believe this book would appeal solely to mystery writers. Detective Fay Faron, syndicated newspaper columnist (\"Ask Rat Dog\") and author of <I><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/089879790X/${0}\">Missing Persons</a></I>, has written a primer sure to turn any novice (writer, of course) into a scam expert. <I>Rip-Off</I> removes the mystery from such cons as the pigeon drop, Latin lotto, Gypsy-sweetheart scams, guaranteed-prize mailers, charity scams, bait-and-switches, biz-op scams, the Texas twist, identity theft, carny cons, chain letters, psychic hotlines, three-card monte, Ponzi schemes, 809 phone numbers, and gambling stings. Faron\\'s writing advice focuses on identifying the basic traits of perps and pigeons (60 percent of pigeons are seniors, but we\\'re all susceptible), defining the lingo (drag broad, shaky mom, mish roll, etc.), and counseling writers to \"tell the story from the point of view of the victim.\" <I>--Jane Steinberg</I>']",
"rejected": "Title: CALMS A Guide to Soothing Your Baby\nDescription: [\"This book is the first in a series of Parenting Books flowing from the legacy of an important video which captured wide attention, What Babies Want, directed by Debby Takikawa. Innocently small and a cinch to read, this little book is a gem! Wherever you dip into it you get helpful information, a profoundly true point of view about babies, and yes, wise counsel on every page. All of it is tailor-made for new parents. The title CALMS is an acronym standing for an indispensable 5-step process which parents can use to maintain composure during the inevitable stresses and strains encountered in the first weeks of parenting after the birth. The secret method is disclosed in Part One. These steps make good sense and good psychology. The novelty and simplicity of CALMS may startle you. Part Two presents infant development information from the expanded view made possible by prenatal psychology over the last 25 years. This view brings new depth to the challenge of bonding and opens the door wider than ever to unlimited communication between babies and parents. In a series of 13 very brief messages-which are the heart of the book-the authors have packed essential information about the real nature of babies. In Part Three, three couples illustrate how they used the CALMS method to deal with the situations they faced in real life trying to soothe their babies at the outset of breastfeeding, nighttime sleep problems, and their teamwork with each other. Additional tips and resources are given in Part Four including how to cope with feelings of guilt, how to read the baby's body language, a helpful guide to rapid development early in gestation, and a list of reliable internet sites where more information for parents is available. --Wendy Anne McCarty PhD, Author of Being With Babies: What Babies are Teaching Us and Welcoming Consciousness<br /><br />CALMS is a simple approach to soothing infants, but an essential one in a stressed world where parents are often advised to ignore their baby's emotions and need for contact. Completely aligned with modern neuroscience, CALMS also channels the accumulated traditional parenting wisdom of humankind. --Gabor Mat M.D. Co-author of Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers<br /><br />This book is user-friendly and a little life-saver for Moms and Dads as they embark upon the grand journey of caring for their child. It will help you inject peace, harmony and pleasure into your relationship with your child. The beautiful and heart-warming family photos sprinkled throughout will keep you connected to our larger human family. --Robin Grille Author of Parenting for a Peaceful World\", 'Carrie Contey, PhD, is a nationally recognized coach, consultant, speaker, educator and the co-founder of Slow Family Living. Her background offers a unique perspective on children, parenting, family life and what it means to be a healthy, happy, whole human being. Carrie guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with a wide-open and courageous heart so that they can approach parenting, and life, with both skill and spaciousness. Carrie lives, works and plays in Austin, TX. Debby Takikawa, DC, A doctor of chiropractic by formal education, Debby Takikawa trained in the field of prenatal and infant psychology with Ray Castellino at the BEBA Clinic in Santa Barbara California. She then went on to form the nonprofit organization, Beginnings, Inc. A Resource Center for Children and Families. The mission of the clinic was to serve babies, children and their families challenged by attachment issues, birth trauma, and other health concerns. The clinic was also a teaching facility and had a mandate for public outreach and education. It was through this arm of the nonprofit that Debby made the documentary film, What Babies. CALMS is the result of Debby and Carrie Contey joining forces to address questions parents asked after watching the film. Reducing Infant Mortality is Debby s most recent film and can be seen and downloaded for free under the creative commons license at the website reducinginfantmortality. Debby lives on an organic flower and vegetable farm in Los Olivos California with her husband and her extended family.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series)\nDescription: ['<I>Murder One</I> is not written with the verve of some of the other books in Writer\\'s Digest\\'s Howdunit series, but if you need to know what kind of car serial killers prefer to drive (Volkswagens) or what happens to the contents of a human skull when subjected to intense heat (they \"boil and explode much like a hard-boiling egg that is left unattended\"), this is the place to turn. Mauro V. Corvasce and Joseph R. Paglino, investigators for the Monmouth County, New Jersey, prosecutor\\'s office, provide the inside scoop on murders involving narcotics, gangs, organized crime, families, strangers, crimes of passion, lust, sex, and more. <I>--Jane Steinberg</I>']",
"rejected": "Title: Mauricio Lasansky: A Retrospective Exhibition of His Prints and Drawings- An Exhibition at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, September 24- November 28, 1976\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Police Procedural: A Writer's Guide to the Police and How They Work (Howdunit)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Simplified: 500 Questions, Answers, & Tips\nDescription: ['Of use to both technical and non-technical business systems professionals, this volume on business intelligence and data management principles provides an overview of important topics in the field with an eye towards foundational principles and universal structures rather than tool-specific functions. Arranged in a question and answer format, the work discusses five hundred basic, intermediate, and advanced topics, including practical technical questions as well as advice on best practices and use cases. Khan is a data warehousing consultant and the author of several books on related subjects.', 'Targets business and IT professionals who need an introduction to business intelligence and data warehousing through a simple question/answer format.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Writer's Guide to Investigators and Investigation Techniques (Howdunit)\nDescription: [\"With practical information and extensive detail, former PI Fallis uses real-life scenarios to show writers how investigative professionals gather evidence, interview witnesses, determine motives and find the answers they seek.'\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work (Howdunit)\nDescription: ['If you set out to write a crime novel, you better get the facts right. Armchair detectives may not commit many crimes, but they can spot the holes in a plot quicker than you can say, \"Dick Francis.\" The authors of this unique writer\\'s guide are New Jersey police detectives, and they provide an overview of virtually every type of crime that readers are likely to encounter in mystery fiction. Care to get a feel for counterfeiting and forgery? It\\'s all here. Want to get the details of a murder right? These guys will tell you how knife wounds bleed and what investigators notice when looking at a gunshot victim. Toss in the nuts and bolts of the prostitution game, bank robbery do\\'s and don\\'ts, current drug prices, and much more. It\\'s all well organized and concise but not so detailed that budding lawbreakers could use it as an instructional. Even if you don\\'t aspire to be the next Dick Francis, this is fascinating reading. If you do see your name on the title page of a crime novel, it\\'s essential. <i>Wes Lukowsky</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Common Ground on Common Core: Voices from Across the Political Spectrum Expose the Realities of the Common Core State Standards\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Body Trauma: A Writer's Guide to Wounds and Injuries (Howdunit Series)\nDescription: [\"This reference book has much to offer many. Indispensable for the novelist, with gore-filled chapters and multiple car crashes spewing limbs and guts, Dr. David Page's opus will also be treasured by medical enthusiasts, hypochondriacs, and those who like lively bathroom reading. From trench foot to crunched legs, massive hemothorax to flail chests, <b>Body Trauma</b> is educational, comprehensive, and a jolly good time.\", \"David W. Page, M.D. is an associate clinical professor of surgery at Tufts University's Baystate Medical Center. He is also Director of Student Programs in Surgery at Baystate Medical Center.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 2012 San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants (ZAGAT Restaurant Guides)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons (Howdunit Series)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hiking Waterfalls in New England: A Guide to the Region's Best Waterfall Hikes\nDescription: ['<span><span>Eli Burakian is an outdoor enthusiast, writer, and photographer based in Vermont. He photographed a number of books in the Knack series, including </span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Knack Hiking and Backpacking</span><span>. His other books include </span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Moosilauke: A Portrait of a Mountain</span><span> and </span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Best Easy Day Hikes Green Mountains</span><span>. In addition to his writing and photography pursuits, he is the college photographer at Dartmouth College. Visit him at BurakianPhotography.com.</span></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Missing Persons: A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost, the Abducted and the Escaped (Howdunit Series)\nDescription: ['Fay Faron first discovered her proclivity for detective work when the houseboat she\\'d just bought sank in Sausalito\\'s Richardson Bay and it behooved her to track down the boat\\'s elusive previous resident. She is the founder of the Rat Dog Dick Detective Agency (seriously!) in San Francisco, and a regular guest on <i>Oprah!</i>. She has written an informative, entertaining, nay, hilarious guide for anyone writing about detectives and missing persons (MPs). <i>Missing Persons</i> tells us who is most likely to become a private investigator (PI), who is likely to go missing (or merely misplaced), and who would want to find them (hint: \"the working PI\\'s motto often is \\'The client is not always right and often is not even sane.\\'\"). We learn how and why people hide their whereabouts, and how to go about locating them. While 95 percent of a PI\\'s work is done sitting at a desk, says Faron, \"sooner or later your detective has to actually get off his duff and go out into the real world and burn up some calories.\" This is called \"gumshoeing,\" and includes such scintillating activities as surveillance (\"newspaper reading, coffee drinking and bladder rending\") and dumpster-diving (\"although I\\'d sooner admit to wearing Tan- In-A-Bottle to my high school reunion, I will concede there are lots of treasures to be found in day-to-day debris\"). The appendices list PI licensing requirements by state and state laws regarding taping telephone conversations and such, so you don\\'t make a fool of yourself. Faron works in fabulous, unbelievable examples from her 15 years in the business and lines such as this, about one MP who was discovered to be alive, not dead: \"Dr. Mort had not, in fact, taken a dirt nap.\"', \"With Missing Persons in hand you'll find the types that commonly become PIs - ex-cops, macho criminal wannabes, reporters; the easiest people to find (men, property owners and professionals) and the hardest (women, scoundrels and those with common names); profiles of the missing and profiles of those searching; how and why people hide; what can be gleaned from public record; secret and not-so-secret databases; and the lowdown on interviewing, surveillance and the benefits of a good scam. Missing Persons goes beyond the basic search, and details the process of looking for someone, typical clients and the reaction once the missing is found. There's more than a presentation of facts here. Faron backs up her clues with anecdotes from Rat Dog case files. As with any good whodunit, Faron's engaging style and true-life adventures will have you turning pages. In short, every gumshoe's search should begin here.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Game: Dating from the Millennial Male Perspective\nDescription: ['PROSPER MUNA Evoking the spirit of some of music\\'s greatest storytellers, P. Muna proves that he\\'s a millennial force to be wreckin with. The pop star first made waves when he emerged on MTV\\'s hit show, Are You The One, but this New York native\\'s truest victory comes from the microphone. Raised by a single mother of 6 in upstate NY, P. Muna born (Prosper Mbongue- Muna) lived through poverty and many hardships, but through it all he was able to remain hopeful and determined; qualities evident in his past and present projects. His smooth and soulful voice, paired with his impeccable flow have landed him on stage with some of the biggest artists in music including Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Juicy J, 2 Chainz, Mac Miller and Steve Aoki. DENNIS VANASSE Author Dennis Vanasse is an accomplished literary writer with books ranging from children\\'s short stories to celebrity authorized auto-biographies. Starting his career in the field of education, Dennis has devoted his time to develop a literary voice that is both honest and empathetic. Many in the business veer his work as a successor to the literary movement amply titled \"Neo Paperback\". His pending projects with hip hop icons Parrish Smith of EPMD and Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill have already begun to spark industry buzz. Dennis currently resides in Worcester, Massachusetts with his devoted wife Kerri, four children and two dogs. In his spare time he pledges his support to Autism awareness as the Co-founder and Vice President of The Foundation for Autism Acceptance Worldwide.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Photoshop Elements 13 All-in-One For Dummies\nDescription: ['', '<b>9 BOOKS IN 1</b>', '<b>With this guide by your side, youll be an Elementsexpert in no time!</b>', 'Want to edit, enhance, and organize your photos, and even turnthem into works of art? You can do it with Photoshop Elements, andthis colorful reference shows you how. From getting started andlearning to use all the tools to working with layers and masks,retouching, adding effects, and creating photo cards and calendars,its all here!', '<b>Open the book and find:</b>', '', '', '<b>Barbara Obermeier</b> is principal of Obermeier Design, aCalifornia-based design studio, and a faculty member at BrooksInstitute. <b>Ted Padova</b> is an internationally recognizedauthority on Adobe Acrobat, PDF, and digital imaging.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cat in a Box\nDescription: [\"Mari Priscilla Hanson has topped best seller lists with her children's books. She is the author of Sleepy Sun, a bedtime story, and One Baby Elephant, a counting book. Her newest book, Cat in a Box, is a level one beginning reader.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Writer's Guide to Psychology: How to Write Accurately About Psychological Disorders, Clinical Treatment and Human Behavior\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Consuming Angels: Advertising and Victorian Women\nDescription: ['<br>\"The subject of this wonderfully illustrated book goes to the heart of modern life, the establishment of the ethos of consumption (in England) and the necessary role played in it by women. Loeb shows how the home, already transformed by mid-Victorian evangelicalism into a \\'domestic temple\\' presided over by feminine virtue, was easily altered by advertisers into the locus of gracious middle-class consumption managed by an equivalent feminine presence.\"--<em>The Boston Sunday Globe</em>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'Timid and retiring, the Victorian housewife was an \"angel in the house\", or so says the stereotype. But when this angel picked up a popular magazine she saw in its advertisements images of Grecian goddesses, women warriors, queens, actresses, adventurers. Stylishly written and featuring a wealth of illustrations, Consuming Angels demonstrates how advertisements picked up hedonistic patterns in Victorian culture, glorified the culture\\'s consumerism, and mythologized a middle-class life which offered prosperity for all. Since advertisements appealed to female as well as male consumers, Lori Anne Loeb argues that on some level these advertising images must have touched on the Victorian woman\\'s perception of herself as a powerful force in the home. And she finds in the Victorian conception of heroism democratic aspirations that reveal the origins of the twentieth-century\\'s democracy of consumption, a society held together by a shared culture of consumerism. This richly researched book will appeal to historians, students, and anyone interested in examining the prominent role advertising played in reflecting and shaping Victorian social values and ideals.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Expression Web 4 Quick Reference Guide (Cheat Sheet of Instructions, Tips & Shortcuts - Laminated Card)\nDescription: ['Beezix has been publishing quick reference computer guides for trainers, training companies, corporations, and individuals across the US and Canada for over 15 years. Founded by trainers, and with a strong focus on the learner, extensive industry experience made us aware of the need for a line of high-quality, trainer-produced courseware, and led to the creation of Beezix Quick Reference guides in 1994. Our cards are designed for casual computer users right through to trainers and trouble-shooters.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hot and Bothered (Hot in the Kitchen)\nDescription: ['\"Truly one of the best books I have read in a while - LOVED IT!\" on Feel the Heat<b>My Book Addiction Reviews</b><br /><br />\" I loved everything about this book and look forward to the next installment of this wonderful new series. RUN to your nearest book store or download a copy to your eReader! You will be sharing this story with all of your friends it is that good!\"<b>Harlequin Junkie</b><br /><br />\"If you like a storyline with heat both in and out of the kitchen, FEEL THE HEAT is a quick read for the romantic heart in all of us.\"<br /><br /><b>The Reading Cafe</b>', \"<span>Kate writes sexy contemporary romance with alpha heroes and strong heroines who can match their men quip for quip. Her latest series, Hot in Chicago, featuring smokin' firefighters debuted in October 2014 with a novella in the Winter anthology, BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE. Look out for the first full-length novel, FLIRTING WITH FIRE in March 2015.</span> <br /><br />Visit her website at katemeader.com and follow her on Twitter @kittymeader\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jazz Warm Ups for Guitar (Qwikguide)\nDescription: ['These 30 warm-ups are challenging for the intermediate to advance player (even professional) and intended to improve both right and left hand facility. They are jazz oriented making use of arpeggios, scales and patterns applicable for improvisation.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Special Kind Of Love\nDescription: ['My best friend calls me her Fairy Godmother, but I feel more like Cinderella. After over twenty-five years of living a typical life, I now live my dreams and I create them too. Nothing is better than creating a brand new world from a blank piece of paper. Breathing life into characters and watching their stories unfoldI am truly blessed. I live in on eight acres in middle Tennessee with my husband, my dad, one of my three children, two dogs and three cats. I am privileged to have two precious grandsons. When Im not on my computer or reading my kindle, youll usually find me in the kitchen. I love to cook! If Im not there, Im on the fields, watching my grandsons soccer or baseball games. Its never too late to chase your dreams. Im proof you can catch them, even if arthritis slows you down. Who knows, your own Fairy Godmother may be just a dream away.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cisco CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide (With CD-ROM)\nDescription: ['', 'The official self-study test preparation guide for the CCNP Support exam', \"Coverage of all CCNP Support exam topics enables you to identify and improve your knowledge gaps before the exam date. You'll learn to:<br />\", '<br />* Utilize various support resources, including network media test equipment, network monitors, protocol analyzers, CiscoWorks software, simulation and modeling tools, and Cisco<br />* Identify data link layer troubleshooting targets, analyze show command output, and examine connection sequences for TCP/IP, IPX, and AppleTalk environments<br />* Apply troubleshooting tools such as Debug and Logging, and understand internal router operations, reachability testing, and troubleshooting commands appropriate for performance degradation and crash cases<br />* Isolate and correct network failures in TCP/IP, IPX, and AppleTalk environments<br />* Troubleshoot Catalyst 5000 switches by understanding Catalyst LEDs, Trunking, VTP, Catalyst show commands, and common router problems in interVLAN routing environments<br />* Manage Frame Relay and ISDN BRI connections with special sets of show and debug commands<br />', \"CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide is a comprehensive self-study tool for the CCNP Support exam, which tests your ability to diagnose, isolate, and correct network failures and performance problems. Written by a certified Cisco Systems(r) instructor who teaches the Cisco(r) Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT) course on a regular basis, this book covers all the major topics on the CCNP Support exam, allowing you to master the exam concepts. In this comprehensive overview of network troubleshooting, you'll learn how to identify troubleshooting targets, use troubleshooting tools, and manage IP, IPX, AppleTalk, Catalyst(r), Frame Relay, and ISDN BRI connections.\", 'Each chapter of CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide focuses your study and tests your knowledge of the subjects through specially designed assessment and study features. \"Do I Know This Already?\" quizzes assess your knowledge and help you decide how much time you need to spend on each section within a chapter. The well-organized Foundation Topics sections detail all the exam topics you need to master. Each chapter includes a Foundation Summary section that highlights essential concepts for quick reference. Challenging chapter-ending review questions and exercises test your knowledge of the subject matter, reinforce key concepts, and provide you with the opportunity to apply what you\\'ve learned in the chapter. In addition, a final chapter of scenarios pulls together concepts from all the chapters to ensure you can apply your knowledge in a real-world environment. Finally, the companion CD-ROM\\'s robust testing engine enables you to take practice exams that mimic the real testing environment, focus on particular topic areas, randomize answers for reusability, track your progress, and refer to electronic text for review.', 'CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners, please visit cisco/go/authorizedtraining.', 'Companion CD-ROM<br />This companion CD-ROM contains a test bank with over 200 practice questions.', '', \"Amir S. Ranjbar is an instructor and senior network architect for Global Knowledge, the largest Cisco training partner. He is a certified Cisco Systems instructor who teaches the CIT course as well as the ICND, BSCN, BCRAN, OSPF, and BGP courses. Amir has a bachelor's degree in computing and information science and a master's degree in knowledge-based systems from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He currently holds the CCNP designation and is preparing for the CCIE(r) examinations.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dark Surrender (Passion & Promises)\nDescription: ['Visit EricaRidley.com for freebies, exclusive content, and 99 specials!', \"Erica Ridley is a <i>USA Today</i> and <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of historical romance novels.<br /><br />In the new <b>Rogues to Riches</b> historical romance series, Cinderella stories aren't just for princesses... Sigh-worthy Regency rogues sweep strong-willed young ladies into whirlwind rags-to-riches romance with rollicking adventure.<br /><br />The popular <b>Dukes of War</b> series features roguish peers and dashing war heroes who return from battle only to be thrust into the splendor and madness of Regency England.<br /><br />When not reading or writing romances, Erica can be found riding camels in Africa, zip-lining through rainforests in Costa Rica, or getting hopelessly lost in the middle of Budapest.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mad Love\nDescription: ['\"If you don\\'t already have one, you will crave a mad love after reading this book. I can\\'t wait for the next installment!\"--Giuliana Rancic, TV Personality & Journalist (Co-anchor on E! News and Co-host of E!’s Fashion Police <DIV>\"<I>Mad Love</I> is the epitome of sexual delight. In a world which tends to suppress the woman\\'s innate animal desires for the opposite sex, conversation starters like <I>Mad Love</I> can serve more purpose than just being a delectable (in its lightly-put darkness) read. And a delectable and naughty read it is indeed. Also, it doesn\\'t hurt that the destination location set for this story of intrigue beckons you to head to the airport, book in hand, and jump the next overseas flight to your favorite exotic beach locale. Because, who knows... Maybe you\\'ll meet your very own dark stranger there, too!\"--Annalynne McCord, Actress (Nip/Tuck, 90210, The O.C.) <BR> <BR><I>\"Mad Love\\'s p</I>owerful story not only comes to life through Colet\\'s writing but LITERALLY shifts your soul and makes you reflect on your own journey of love and life! \"--Nicky Whelan, Model & Actress (Scrubs, Workaholics and films, Hollywood & Wine and Hall Pass)<BR></div>', 'Colet Abedi has been an entertainment industry executive for over ten years. In addition to working on many television programs for NBC, ABC, FOX, and most cable networks, she is best known for her work as head writer for the telenovela serials American Heiress and Fashion House, the latter of which starred Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild, on the FOX-owned MyNetworkTV. Abedi currently has two television series in syndication, Unsealed: Alien Files and Unsealed: Conspiracy Files, and has completed Five Souls, her first feature film. She is also the co-author of young adult fiction novel, FAE. Book one was released July 2013 by Diversion Publishing Group and was an instant online bestseller. The Dark King, the second in the planned FAE trilogy, will be released May 2014. FAE was recently optioned by Ridley Scott. Colet is a native of California, graduated with a B.A. in English literature from the University of California at Irvine, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three dogs.']",
"rejected": "Title: Crystal Play: Fun & Fabulous Designs for Stitched Jewelry\nDescription: ['<DIV><B>Anna Elizabeth Draeger</B> is a well-known jewelry designer and the author of <I>Crystal Brilliance</I> and <I>Great Designs for Shaped Beads</I>. Since 2009, Anna has been an ambassador for the CREATE YOUR STYLE with CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements program, a handpicked worldwide network of designers who are known for their unusually creative use of these Austrian crystal beauties.<BR></DIV>']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Real Book - Volume VI: Bb Instruments\nDescription: ['Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hello From the Gillespies\nDescription: ['\"Travel and family often provoke enough anxiety, each on their own; combined, they can drive you over the edge. Monica McInerney\\'s laugh-inducingand refreshingly honestnovel is the perfect antidote to both.Oprah.com<br /><br />\"In this perfect book-club read, a confessional letter (think: an affair exposed, kid problems) accidentally gets emailed to a womans entire contact list.\"<i>Redbook</i><br /><br />Witty novelYoull laugh, cringe and be so happy this wasnt you.<i>Self</i><br /><br />Readers who enjoy multicharacter, drama-laden family stories like those of Susan Wiggs or Maeve Binchy will find this episodic tale engaging.<i>Library Journal</i><br /><br />With deeply developed characters who capture the heart, a plot that knows just when to twist and a cathartic marriage between the two protagonists, McInerneys novel is worth every page.<i>RT Book Reviews</i>', \"<b>Monica McInerney</b> is the award-winning, international bestselling author of ten previous novels: <i>The House of Memories</i>, <i>Lola's Secret</i>, <i>At Home with the Templetons</i>, <i>Those Faraday Girls</i>, <i>Odd One Out</i>, <i>Family Baggage</i>, <i>The Alphabet Sisters</i>, <i>Spin the Bottle</i>, <i>Upside Down Inside Out</i>, and <i>A Taste for It</i>. She grew up in Australia and has split her time between Australia andIreland for twenty years.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: George Rogers Clark: American General (Revolutionary War Leaders)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Young And The Submissive (The Doms Of Her Life - Book 2)\nDescription: ['<b><span>Doms Of Her Life: Raine Falling reading order:</span></b><br /><b><span>(Complete Collection)</span></b><br /><span>Book 1: One Dom To Love</span><br /><span>Book 2: The Young And TheSubmissive</span><i><span></span></i><br /><span>Book 3: The Bold and The Dominant</span><br /><span>Book 4: The Edge of Dominance </span><br />', '', 'Shayla Black (aka Shelley Bradley) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 60 sizzling contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances for multiple print, electronic, and audio publishers. She lives in Texas with her husband, munchkin, and one very spoiled cat. In her \"free\" time, she enjoys reality TV, reading and listening to an eclectic blend of music. Shayla\\'s work has been translated in about a dozen languages. She has also received or been nominated for The Passionate Plume, The Holt Medallion, Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, and the National Reader\\'s Choice Awards. RT Bookclub has twice nominated her for Best Erotic Romance of the year, as well as awarded her several Top Picks, and a KISS Hero Award. A writing risk-taker, Shayla enjoys tackling writing challenges with every book. Jenna Jacob is married and lives in Kansas. A lover of music, cooking, camping, and riding Harleys on the open country roads. When she was thirteen she began writing--and not on a stone tablet, as her youngest son often teases. There is always a plot bubbling inside her head that has to be written. With four grown children, she finally has time to the paint pictures of her twisted mind with words. Outgoing with a sassy sense of humor, she\\'s never once been accused of being shy. With nearly twenty years of experience in the dynamics of the BDSM lifestyle, she strives to portray Dominance and submission with a passionate and comprehensive voice. Isabella LaPearl was born and raised in New Zealand and living in America, Isabella LaPearl is a pseudonym for a disgustingly happy housewife and mother of three. A word painter and artist, she wrestles daily with the people who live inside her head, demanding to be spread on the pages of the tales she weaves. Then--and only then--can she find peace.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Shahid Reads His Own Palm\nDescription: ['', \"Gripping and terrifying, eloquent and heartwrenching, this debut collection delves into hellish territory: prison life. Soulful poems somberly capture time-bending experiences and the survivalist mentality needed to live a contradiction, confronting both daily torment and one's illogical fear of freedom.\", '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Theory and Practice of Investment Management: Asset Allocation, Valuation, Portfolio Construction, and Strategies\nDescription: ['', 'The Second Edition of <i>The Theory and Practice of Investment Management</i> is the ultimate guide to understanding the various theoretical and practical aspects of investment management as well as the essential vehicles held in investment portfolios. Created with both practitioners and students in mind, this reliable resource ties together theoretical advances in investment management with actual applications--and prepares you to use proven investment management techniques to control risk while enhancing performance.', 'Led by financial experts Frank Fabozzi and Harry Markowitz, the contributors to this book--successful practitioners with hands-on expertise as well as application-oriented academics--combine their real-world financial knowledge with investment management theory to provide the practical guidance you need to succeed.', 'Divided into three informative parts--with key points and challenging questions found in each chapter--this edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management contains insights on every aspect of the investment management process, addressing:', 'Asset allocation and portfolio construction', 'Equity analysis and equity portfolio management strategies--with discussions of common stock valuation, long-short equity portfolios, equity derivatives, and more', 'Bond analysis and bond portfolio management strategies--with coverage of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, yield measures, multifactor risk models, interest rate derivatives, and more', 'Many finance books focus on the theory of investment management and leave the details of the implementation up to you. This edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management takes a more comprehensive approach to this discipline by illustrating how theory is applied in practice while also stressing the importance of the portfolio construction process.', '', '', '<b>THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT</b>', 'SECOND EDITION', 'In the challenging postfinancial crisis environment, investment managers require an understanding of a multitude of different issues, from how investment objectives are determined to the best way to construct a portfolio given an investment strategy. The <i>Second Edition</i> of<i> The Theory and Practice of Investment Management</i> recognizes these needs and addresses them with innovative insights from some of the most respected experts in the field of investment management.', \"Led by financial experts Frank Fabozzi and Harry Markowitz, the contributors to this booksuccessful practitioners with hands-on expertisecombine real-world financial knowledge with investment management theory to provide you with the practical guidance needed to succeed within today's investment management arena.\", 'Divided into three comprehensive parts(I) Instruments, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Selection, and Asset Pricing; (II) Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management; (III) Bond Analysis and Portfolio Managementthis comprehensive investment management resource offers valuable insights and analysis of all pertinent investment products while exploring a wide range of investment strategies.', \"Engaging and informative, the <i>Second Edition</i> of <i>The Theory and Practice of Investment Management</i> skillfully covers some of the most important aspects of this discipline along with the investment vehicles associated with it. Essential reading for practitioners and students alike, this valuable guidewhich contains key points and challenging questions in each chapterwill help you use proven investment management techniques to protect and grow a portfolio within today's dynamic financial environment.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dissident: Part One in the Bellator Saga\nDescription: ['<div><span>"I highly recommend <i>Dissident </i>to any reader that loves a fast-paced,intriguing work of fiction with a <b>hefty dose of sexiness and steam</b>, a reader who enjoys thrills and political intrigue, or anyone just looking for a highly engaging and fun read." - <b><i>Readers' Favorite (2015 Silver Medal Winner for Fiction-Dystopia)</i></b><br /> <br />"Real. Unexpected. An undeniable page turner..." - <b>Award Winning Author J.R. Barrett (<i>Captured</i>)</b></span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>"<i>Dissident</i> is an intelligent novel told through the lens of a love story and dystopian parable. Both are <b>expertly woven together</b> to craft a tale of politics, intrigue, and a darker future where all is not as it seems. <b>I loved it!</b>" - <b>Author Celia Aaron</b> <br /> <br />"With equal parts <b>political thriller and captivating romance</b>, Cecilia London has crafted a novel that's hard to put down and kept me wanting more! I'm looking forward to the next book in the series!" - <b>Author Melissa Brown</b></span><span></span><br /><span><br />"I am hooked on this series!" - <b>Romance Novel News</b><br /> <br />"<b>Smart, suspenseful, sexy, and exquisitely written</b>, I dare you not to fall in love with <i>Dissident</i>!" - <b>Irene, The Literary Gossip</b><br /> <br />"London has one <b>powerful and chaotic</b> series breaking out of the gates at full speed! At no point could I see where this would end up and I must say, the ride to the finish and balancing on the edge of this cliffhanger is well worth the ticket to ride!" - <b>TomeTender</b><br />  <br />"I <b>highly recommend</b> this series. It's so well written with witty, sexy and smart characters and dialogue, and a plot that will leave you guessing and wanting more."<b> </b>- <b>Suzanne, Tied Up In Romance</b><br /> <br />"Cecilia London <b>blew me away</b>...If you like serials with a different flare to them - some thriller, some politics, a lot of romance - <i>Dissident </i>is definitely the book to get you <b>hooked </b>on a new series!" - <b>TeriLyn Reviews</b></span></div>', '<span>Cecilia London is the pen name of a native Illinoisan currently living in San Antonio, Texas. She's filled several roles over the course of her adult life - licensed attorney, wrangler of small children, and obsessed baseball fan, among others. An extroverted introvert with a serious social media addiction, she is the author of The Bellator Saga, an epic, genre-crossing romance series. You can catch all of her quirky updates on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or at her website.</span>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Ride Steady (Chaos)\nDescription: ['\"Ashley delivers a deeply emotional second installment of the Chaos contemporary romance series... Punctuated by blistering-hot sex scenes and fascinating glimpses into the tough world of motorcycle clubs, this romance also delivers true heart and emotion, and a story that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em>, Starred Review, on <em>Fire Inside</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Top Pick! This is a phenomenal read that I just couldn\\'t put down. Kristen Ashley is the tops, bar none, and <em>Breathe</em> gets 5 stars from this grateful reader!\"<b><i>Night Owl Reviews on <em>Breathe</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Sizzling sex and a healthy dose of mystery will keep readers enthralled.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em> on <em>Lady Luck</em></i></b><br /><br />\"4 1/2 Stars! Top Pick! Another Ashley winner!\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em> on <em>Sweet Dreams</em></i></b><br /><br />\"I adore Kristen Ashley\\'s books!\"<b><i>Maya Banks, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"Kristen Ashley\\'s books are addicting!\"<b><i>Jill Shalvis, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</i></b><br /><br />\"[Kristen] Ashley captivates.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />\"There is something about them [Ashley\\'s books] that I find crackalicious.\"<b><i>Kati Brown, Dear Author</i></b><br /><br />\"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when her my heart (I mean... <i>her</i> heart) would break.\" (On Motorcycle Man)<b><i>Maryse\\'s Book blog on <em>Motorcycle Man</em></i></b>', 'Kristen Ashley grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana, and has lived in Denver, Colorado, and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.<br /><br />Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multigenerational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland, and Kristen grew up listening to the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon, and Whitesnake.<br /><br />Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music and love was a good way to grow up. <br /><br />And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.<br /><br />You can learn more at:<br />KristenAshley.net<br />Twitter @KristenAshley68<br />Facebook.com/kristenashleybooks', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Brick Yard (What's His Passion?)\nDescription: ['An avid reader for years, one day Carol Lynne decided to write her own brand of erotic romance. Carol juggles between being a full-time mother and a full-time writer. These days, you can usually find Carol either cleaning jelly out of the carpet or nestled in her favourite chair writing steamy love scenes.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: I Followed The Rules\nDescription: ['\"A fast-paced and very funny read, told in diary format as Phoebe spends a year seeking pleasure and ends up finding out more about herself than she ever expected to.\"<br /><b>Rebecca Vnuk</b>, <b><i><i>Booklist</i>, on <i>The List</i><br /></i></b>', \"<b>Joanna Bolouri </b>worked in sales before she began writing professionally at the age of thirty. Winning a BBC comedy script competition allowed her to work and write with stand-up comedians, comedy scriptwriters and actors from across the UK. She is the author of <i>The List</i> and she's had articles and reviews published in <i>The Skinny, the Scottish Sun, the Huffington Post,</i> and <i>HecklerSpray</i>. She lives in Glasgow with her daughter.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rusty Knob (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Erica Chilson does not write in the 3rd person, wanting her readers to be her characters. Therefore, writing a bio about herself, is uncomfortable in the extreme. Born, raised, and here to stay, the Wicked Writer is a stump-jumper, a ridge-runner. Hailing from North Central Pennsylvania, directly on the New York State border; she loves the changes in seasons, the humid air, all the mountainous forest, and the gloomy atmosphere. Introverted, but not socially awkward, Erica prides herself on thinking first and filtering her speech. There are days she doesnt speak at all. If it wasnt for the fact that she lives with her parents, giving her a sense of reality, she would be a hermit, where the delivery man finds her months after expiration. Reading was an escape, a way to leave a not-so pleasant reality behind. Reading lent Erica the courage she gathered from the characters between the pages to long for a different life. Writing was an instrument of change, evolving Erica into the woman she is today- a better, more mature, more at peace thinker. Erica has a wicked mind, one she pours out into her creations. Her filter doesnt allow all of it to erupt, much to her relief. Sarcastic, with a very dark, perverse sense of humor, Erica puts a bit of herself into every character she writes.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: And All Their Glory Past: Fort Erie, Plattsburgh and the Final Battles in the North, 1814\nDescription: ['', \"Donald E. Graves, one of Canada's best known military historians, is the -author or editor of 20 books primarily on the War of 1812 and the Second World War. His studies on the battles of Lundy's Lane (Where Right and Glory Lead!) and Crysler's Farm (Field of Glory) are established classics of musket-period warfare.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Haunting of Hunter eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating\nDescription: ['Kindergarten-Grade 2Marbled endpapers paired with sepia-tinted illustrations help to create an old-fashioned setting for this timeless tale that is set in the days when people wore greatcoats and hats and traveled on ocean liners. A girl is traveling alone to visit her grandmother in Scotland. Trouble arises when she tosses her dreaded morning oatmeal overboard, only to attract the attention of a tiny sea worm that gobbles it up and immediately quadruples in size. With endless meals of oatmeal tossed overboard, the creature grows larger and larger as does its friendship with the child. Once the ship arrives in Scotland, it proceeds up the River Ness. This pourquoi tale about how the Loch Ness Monster came to be has a lot of imagination and wonderful storytelling techniques. Dark, cartoonlike watercolors exhibit an excellent use of perspective. The simple, yet quirky narrative is nicely paired with a clever and creative layout. A folksy tale that should enjoy broad appeal.<i>Judy Chichinski, Skyline Elementary School, Tacoma, WA</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cape Cod Promises (Love on Rockwell Island, Book 2) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['BELLA ANDRE is the<i>New York Times,</i><i>USA Today</i>and<i>Publishers Weekly</i>bestselling author of \"The Sullivans\" and \"The Morrisons\" series. Having sold more than 4 million books, Bella Andre\\'s novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world and have appeared on the<i>New York Times</i>and<i>USA Today</i>bestseller lists 28 times. She has been the #1 Ranked Author at Amazon (on a top 10 list that included Nora Roberts, JK Rowling, James Patterson and Steven King), and<i>Publishers Weekly</i>named Oak Press (the publishing company she created to publish her own books) the Fastest-Growing Independent Publisher in the US. Known for \"sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance\" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>), her books have been<i>Cosmopolitan Magazine</i>\"Red Hot Reads\" twice and have been translated into ten languages. Bella also writes the New York Times bestselling Four Weddings and a Fiasco series as Lucy Kevin.<br /><br />MELISSA FOSTER is a<i>New York Times</i>&<i>USA Today</i>bestselling and award-winning author of the \"Snow Sisters\", \"The Bradens\", \"The Remingtons\" and \"Seaside Summers\" series. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by<i>USA Today</i>\\'s book blog,<i>Hagerstown Magazine</i>,<i>The Patriot</i>, and<i>MENSA Bulletin</i>. Melissa is the founder of the World Literary Caf and Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in<i>Calgary\\'s Child Magazine</i>, the<i>Huffington Post</i>, and<i>Women Business Owners</i>magazine. Melissa is also the author of the<i>New York Times</i>and award-winning historical fiction novel \"Have No Shame\". Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bike Shorts: Your Complete Guide to Indoor Cycling\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas (Smokin' Hot Cowboys)\nDescription: ['\"The attraction between Trey and Misty is instant, scorching, and flavored with just a hint of sweet innocence. Add in the distilled essence of a perfect small town, and this tale will melt even the iciest heart. STARRED Review.\" - <strong><em> Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br />\"Redford\\'s novel is a fun, sexy read, one that is perfect for the upcoming holiday season. \" - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />\"With its vividly written firefighting scenes, rich cast of characters and folksy charm, A <i>Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas</i> will keep you warm and toasty and entertained in a big - and I mean Texas big - way.\" - <strong><em> USA Today Happily Ever After</em></strong><br /><br />\"A <i>Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas</i> is a highly entertaining read. I found myself invested in both the main characters, as well as the entire town. This was a great first book for a new series and I am looking forward to seeing who is next up to find romance. \" - <strong><em> Sharon the Librarian</em></strong><br /><br />\"A COWBOY FIREFIGHTER FOR CHRISTMAS is the first book in the Smokin\\' Hot Cowboys series by the talented storyteller, Kim Redford. This very hot and passionate love story has everything: excitement, hot sex and suspense involving a sassy and sexy woman and a proud half-Cherokee rancher. It doesn\\'t take these two long to figure out \"this time is different\" for both of them. I found myself riveted to each page, waiting for the next \"outbreak of fire\" to hit the county. This is a very entertaining and emotional tale that is sure to delight the reader\" - <strong><em> Fresh Fiction</em></strong><br /><br />\"...A <i>Cowboy Firefighter for Christmas</i> was sweet and heartwarming. A charming town full of Christmas spirit and all the good things in life. I\\'d totally live there and hang out with these people. And have a damn good time doing so :D\" - <strong><em> Herding Cats and Burning Soup</em></strong>', \"Kim Redford is an acclaimed author of Western romance novels. She grew up in Texas with cowboys, cowgirls, horses, cattle, and rodeos for inspiration. She divides her time between homes in Texas and Oklahoma, where she's a rescue cat wrangler and horseback rider-when she takes a break from her keyboard. Visit her at kimredford.com.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Selections From West Side Story: Simplified Piano Arrangments\nDescription: [\"Selections from West Side Story Simplified Piano Arrangements by William Stickles. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondhein. Published by Schirmer and Chappell Ed 2401 1960s Vintage Piece featuring Natalie Wood on the Cover. Contents: America. I Feel Pretty. Maria. One Hand, One Heart. and Tonight. 16 Pages. Good pre-owned condition former owner's name on cover upper light age appropriate wear to cover, interior excellent unmarked 16-03\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: His Every Need (Beauty and the Brit)\nDescription: ['\"Austin\\'s first Beauty and the Brit book takes an all-too-familiar trope and turns it into something remarkable... an engaging work on a number of levels and the sum total is a novel that is unique, erotic, and passionate.\" - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 Stars, August Top Pick</em></strong><br /><br />\"Austin infuses her characters with relatable problems and hot chemistry that will keep readers turning pages.\" - <strong><em> Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br />\"The writing sizzles... a book that\\'s a little off the beaten path and loaded with heat.\" - <strong><em> Long and Short Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />\"I thought that this story was a beautiful read... The characters were well fleshed out and the plot had the right amount of depth to it.\" - <strong><em> Bits of Books</em></strong><br /><br />\"Terri L Austin\\'s writing has the story flowing beautifully throughout the entire book... a great start to a new series.<br />\" - <strong><em> Fresh Fiction</em></strong><br /><br />\"I was so into it... I read it all in one night - so I think that means it\\'s a winner.\" - <strong><em> Diary of an Eager Reader</em></strong><br /><br />\"A fun and emotional book \" - <strong><em> Hines and Bigham</em></strong><br /><br />\"I loved this book.. I couldn\\'t stop reading, I needed to know if or when they would finally find their happy ever after... Thank you Terri!\" - <strong><em> BJ\\'s Book Blog</em></strong><br /><br />\"...So much fun, so hot, and a fabulous summer read.\" - <strong><em> Vox Libris</em></strong><br /><br />\"The sex was hot, and there was a begrudging sweetness to it all... Strongly recommended for fans of erotica and erotic romance.\" - <strong><em> To Each Their Own Reviews</em></strong>', \"As a girl, Terri L. Austin thought she'd outgrow dreaming up stories and creating imaginary friends. Instead, she's made a career of it. Now she writes steamy contemporary romance and mysteries. She met her own Prince Charming and together they live in Independence, Missouri.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Salon of Madame Necker (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)\nDescription: [\"Suzanne Curchod (1737-94) married Jacques Necker (1732-1804), later the finance minister of Louis XVI, in 1764; their daughter was Madame de Stal. This biography, written by a descendant, the comte d'Haussonville, and published in 1882, describes her life and her brilliant salon in pre-Revolutionary France.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Triple Play (Homeruns) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Seized by Love (Love in Bloom: The Ryders) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b>"Contemporary romance at its hottest. Each Braden sibling left me craving the next. Sensual, sexy, and satisfying, the Braden series is a captivating blend of the dance between lust, love, and life."</b>--Bestselling author Keri Nola<div>.</div><div><b>"[The Bradens] A sinfully sexy and heartwarming series,"</b>-- Bestselling author Amy Manemann</div><div>.</div><div><div><i><b>"</b></i><b>Contemporary romance has found its new breakout author. Melissa Foster does not disappoint! Steamy scenes interlaced with strong family values. I have found my newest poolside favorite author."</b>A Gluten Free Mom, reader review (on<i>Sisters in White</i>)</div><div>.</div><div></div></div><br /><br /><b>\"...love, loss, lies, grief, finding happiness in the face of adversity, romance, humor, bravery, hot hot hot sex scenes, marriages, births and totally awesome characters.\"</b>--Supportive Business Moms, UK<br /><br /><b>\"</b><span><b>Seized by Love is part of a massive universe created by Melissa Foster, Love in Bloom. The Ryders are just a small part of that universe...everything is connected and everything fits together perfectly, it doesn\\'t matter if you have read all of them or not.\"</b> Hannah\\'s Words</span>', '<b>PRAISE FOR MELISSA FOSTER:</b> <br> \"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that\\'s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won\\'t want to stop reading. Every book\\'s a winner!\" <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author Brenda Novak<br><br> \"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!\" <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller Julie Kenner<br><br> \"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!\" <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller Lauren Blakely <b>PRAISE FOR CATCHING CASSIDY:</b><br> \"<i>Catching Cassidy</i> is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, sexy, and hands down one of my favorite reads so far this year!\" #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Bet</i>, Rachel Van Dyken<br><br> <b>PRAISE FOR SISTERS IN WHITE:</b><br> \"Steamy sex scenes and heartfelt confessions...a satisfying addition to the \\'Love in Bloom\\' series.\" <i>Midwest Book Review</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Rabboni ... which is to say Master\nDescription: ['This classic devotional from the best-selling author of \"A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23\" surveys the ministry of Jesus Christ through both the Old and New Testaments. Keller begins with the Lord\\'s role in creation and ends with His return as the conquering King.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Sins That Bind Us\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gatewood: Webster's Timeline History, 1850 - 2007\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sojourn (The Bellator Saga) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mind Power (Quest for the Unknown)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Drive (Hot Rides)\nDescription: ['Drive', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How to Write Fiction Sales Copy (WMG Writer's Guide) (Volume 12)\nDescription: ['Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith published far more than a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. At the moment he produces novels in several major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the Old West, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, a superhero series starring Poker Boy, and a mystery series featuring the retired detectives of the Cold Poker Gang. His monthly magazine, Smiths Monthly, which consists of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and offers readers more than 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month. During his career, Dean also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds. Writing with his wife Kristine Kathryn Rusch under the name Kathryn Wesley, he wrote the novel for the NBC miniseries The Tenth Kingdom and other books for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies. He wrote novels under dozens of pen names in the worlds of comic books and movies, including novelizations of almost a dozen films, from The Final Fantasy to Steel to Rundown. Dean also worked as a fiction editor off and on, starting at Pulphouse Publishing, then at VB Tech Journal, then Pocket Books, and now at WMG Publishing, where he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch serve as series editors for the acclaimed Fiction River anthology series. For more information about Deans books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Let Me: An O'Brien Family Novel (The O'Brien Family) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '', 'CECY ROBSON is the new adult and contemporary romance author of the Shattered Past series, the OBrien Family novels and upcoming Carolina Beach novels, as well as the award-winning author of the Weird Girls urban fantasy romance series. A 2016 double nominated RITA finalist for Once Pure and Once Kissed, Cecy is a recovering Jersey girl living in the South who enjoys carbs way too much, and exercise way too little. Gifted and cursed with an overactive imagination, you can typically find her on her laptop silencing the yappy characters in her head by telling their stories.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Green Living Tips - Remove Mildew, Stink Bugs, and Mosquitoes Naturally - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Line Brawl (The Dartmouth Cobras) (Volume 8)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Book of Enoch : From the Ethiopic\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Touched by Love (Love in Bloom: The Remingtons) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['PRAISE FOR MELISSA FOSTER: <br />\"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that\\'s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won\\'t want to stop reading. Every book\\'s a winner!\" \"New York Times\" bestselling author Brenda Novak <br /> \" With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!\" \"New York Times\" Bestseller Julie Kenner <br /> \"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!\" \"New York Times\" Bestseller Lauren Blakely PRAISE FOR CATCHING CASSIDY: <br />\"\"Catching Cassidy\" is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, sexy, and hands down one of my favorite reads so far this year!\" #1 \"New York Times\" bestselling author of \"The Bet,\" Rachel Van Dyken <br /> PRAISE FOR SISTERS IN WHITE: <br /> \"Steamy sex scenes and heartfelt confessions...a satisfying addition to the \\'Love in Bloom\\' series.\" \"Midwest Book Review\"\"<br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR MELISSA FOSTER: </b><br />\"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that\\'s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won\\'t want to stop reading. Every book\\'s a winner!\" --<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Brenda Novak', '\"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!\" -<i>New York Times</i> Bestseller Julie Kenner', '\"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!\" -<i>New York Times</i> Bestseller Lauren Blakely <b>PRAISE FOR CATCHING CASSIDY: </b><br />\"<i>Catching Cassidy</i> is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, sexy, and hands down one of my favorite reads so far this year!\" --#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Bet</i>, Rachel Van Dyken', '<b>PRAISE FOR SISTERS IN WHITE: </b> <br /> \"Steamy sex scenes and heartfelt confessions...a satisfying addition to the \\'Love in Bloom\\' series.\" --<i>Midwest Book Review</i>', '<b>PRAISE FOR MELISSA FOSTER:</b><br />\"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that\\'s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won\\'t want to stop reading. Every book\\'s a winner!\" <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Brenda Novak<br /><br /> \"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!\" <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller Julie Kenner<br /><br /> \"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!\" <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller Lauren Blakely <b>PRAISE FOR CATCHING CASSIDY:</b><br />\"<i>Catching Cassidy</i> is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, sexy, and hands down one of my favorite reads so far this year!\" #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Bet</i>, Rachel Van Dyken<br /><br /> <b>PRAISE FOR SISTERS IN WHITE:</b> <br /> \"Steamy sex scenes and heartfelt confessions...a satisfying addition to the \\'Love in Bloom\\' series.\" <i>Midwest Book Review</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference\nDescription: [\"As an independent nurse consultant and educator, Barbara Acello, MS, RN, has worked in long-term care for more than thirty-three years. In addition to owning and operating a school for nursing assistants, she helped to write and develop mandatory state curricula for nurse aides and EMTs. She has also written and/or contributed to approximately 60 textbooks, instructor guides, quick reference guides, and supplemental instructional material for healthcare personnel. During her nursing career, Ms. Acello has worked in eight states as a director of nursing, long-term care facility consultant, and educator. Presently, she is consults, lectures, and writes on long-term care issues. She is a member of the Texas Nurses Association (TNA), American College of HealthCare Administrators (ACHCA), and National Association of Directors of Nursing in Long Term Care (NADONA). She actively mentors certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and their instructors. With a particular interest and expertise in the clinical geriatrics, Ms. Acello's subspecialties include resident safety, pain assessment and management, restraints, pressure ulcers, and infection control. She is committed to improving working conditions, education, and professionalism for personnel in the long-term care industry.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Desire After Dark (Gansett Island Series) (Volume 15)\nDescription: ['<span>\"DESIRE AFTER DARK gives readers everything they\\'ve come to expect from author Marie Force: fun, laughter, tears, love and a whole lot of sexy times.\"--4.5 star review from Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews</span><br /><br /><span>\"DESIRE AFTER DARK is emotional, heartwarming, and sexy. Marie Force created two characters that just fit together.\"--4 star review from Harlequin Junkies<span>\"DESIRE AFTER DARKwas a sweet, fun read with a bit of pulling on your heartstrings. I enjoyed how well matched Slim and Erin were for each other.\"--review from Love Affair with Fiction</span><br /><br /><span>\"The banter, the desire, the fun wonderful community and the great writing by Marie Force has turned me on to this series...now I have a TON of catching up to do. What a way to spend the summer!\"--review of DESIRE AFTER DARK by Bound by Books</span><br /><br /><span>\"Force fills her stories with family, love and laughter, sadness and secrets uncovered. She vividly describes the scenery, as well as some burning-up-the-sheets moments that add so much to the story.\"--4.5 blue ribbon rating for DESIRE AFTER DARK from Romance Junkies</span><br /><br /><span>\"That\\'s one thing I love about these books, there is always something or somebody to look forward to! Ms. Force builds the interest slowly and then gives you a fully developed love story. I love the humor, heart and passion she infuses into every book.\"--4 star review of DESIRE AFTER DARK from Straight Shootin\\' Book Reviews</span><br /><br /><span>\"It took me no time at all to fall completely, absolutely, head-over-heels in love with Slim, Erin, and all of the McCarthys, and to pick up the gist of the various stories from previous books.\"--5 star review of DESIRE AFTER DARK from Smut Book Junkie</span><br /><br /><span>\"Delightful, humorous, steamy but most of all a wonderful love story.\"--5 star review of DESIRE AFTER DARK fromRusty Reading</span><br /><br /><span>\"It is always great to read a new story about Gansett Island, it\\'s like coming home to your family as you get to catch up with what is going on in their lives.\"--4.5 star review of DESIRE AFTER DARK from MI Bookshelf</span></span>', \"<span><b>Marie Force</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series, which has sold more than 2.3 million books, and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books, which has sold more than 1.2 million books. In addition, she is the author of the Green Mountain Series as well as the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the slightly modified name of M.S. Force. All together, her books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Her goals in life are simple--to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.</span><br /><br />Join Marie's mailing list on her website at marieforce.com for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on Facebook at Facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor, on Twitter @marieforce and on Instagram at instagram.com/marieforceauthor/. Contact Marie at marie@marieforce.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jacko, His Rise and Fall: The Social and Sexual History of Michael Jackson\nDescription: ['You\\'ve heard scattered segments of the MICHAEL JACKSON saga, but never in a smooth chronological progression that bonded all the elements together, and managed, en route, to include many of the entertainment industry s most intriguing celebrities: Jackie-O, the Reagans, the Bushes, the Windsors, the aristocracy of America s pop culture, and many of the movie stars of Hollywood\\'s Golden Age. They all opened their doors and sometimes their arms to MICHAEL, the Gloved One, the Thriller. From humble beginnings as a bubblegum star in Gary, Indiana, to his unenviable role as the most famous, and most maligned, celebrity in the world, this comprehensive biography reveals the good, the bad, the ugly, and in some cases, carefully documented interludes so bizarre as to be virtually unbelievable. It\\'s the publishing industry\\'s first comprehensive overview of a career that could only have happened in America. In March of 2006, The Sunday Times of London referred to Darwin Porter\\'s biography of Marlon Brando as \"Lurid, raunchy, perceptive, and definitely worth reading,\" and Australia s Women s Weekly referred to it as being as X-rated as Brando himself. WAIT TILL THEY SEE WHAT HE\\'S DONE WITH MICHAEL JACKSON! NO ONE, until now, has ever published a full journalistic overview of a superstar whose fame equals, (and possibly exceeds) that of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, the Queen of England, and the Pope. But here it is, at last: MICHAEL, The Gloved One, the Thriller, the pop star whose antics onstage and off have generated more ink, episodically, than any other living entertainer. Jacko, His Rise and Fall: The Social and Sexual History of Michael Jackson. By Darwin Porter. Hardcover. 542 pages. with approximately 100 photographs and a detailed index listing references to the names of hundreds of celebrities and wannabes who interacted with or reacted to Michael in ways which, at the very least, were highly eccentric. In addition to the names cited a']"
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"chosen": "Title: Life After Juliet\nDescription: [\"Gr 7 Up-In this highly readable companion to Love and Other Unknown Variables, shy bookworm Becca Hanson would rather sink into the trials and tribulations of the characters in her books than deal with her own life. It's been over a year since her best and only friend died, and Becca cannot move beyond her grief. Inadvertently thrust into the limelight of her school's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Becca slowly takes notice of the world around her, especially after cute, artistic Max begins to notice her. The plot is fast-paced and mostly character driven, and it is Becca's frenemy and the star of the drama club, Darby, who is responsible for the majority of twists, tension, resolution, and character development. Still, the budding relationship between Max and Becca is a well-realized depiction of a shy teen romance. VERDICT A life-affirming read that will appeal to bookworms, theater nerds, and hopeful romantics alike.-Leighanne Law, Scriber Lake High School, WA\", '<span>\"<b>Readers will fall in love with Becca, Max,Darby, and other characters as their soft, awkward moments of adolescenceresonate throughout the prose.</b>A successful story of a young woman\\'sjourney through grief.\"</span><span>-<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></span><br /><br /><b><span>5 stars: </span></b><span>\"<b><span>This book is more than a love story, and the love storyis more than epic!</span></b>\" </span><span>-Liza Tabita</span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>5 stars: </span></b><span>\"<b><span>I absolutely loved this... The story, the characters, themessage... Just perfection!</span></b><span> And I dareanyone reading to try not to fall for Max!!</span>\" </span><span>-</span><span>JamieArkin, Fiction Fare</span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>5 stars: </span></b><span>\"<b>Great read for abook lover</b>... Epic love at it\\'s best!!!\" </span><span>-</span><span>SociallyAwkward Book Nerd</span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>5 stars: </span></b><span>\"<b>Whata great read! I devoured it in a couple of hours, and I dare you not to do thesame. </b>Becca\\'s voice is so real and easy to connect with, especially forthose of us with introverted, nose-in-book tendencies. I haven\\'t suffered aloss like Becca\\'s, but I certainly fight every day to make myself put the bookdown and do some living of my own, and that is really what this story is about.She conquers fears, but in a way that is still true to herself in the end, andI adored her for it.\" -NicoleBledsoe, Educator at Mena High School</span><span></span><br /><br /><span>\"I hated putting this book down. It was ajourney I thoroughly enjoyed taking, and I\\'m now looking forward to picking up <i>Loveand Other Unknown Variables</i>. C<b>ontemporary might not be my usual\"thing,\" but I think I just found a new author I\\'m for sure going tobe looking out for in the future</b>.\" -Jacquie Atamanuk, Rattle theStars</span><span></span><br /><br /><span>\"</span><span>VERDICT</span><span>A life-affirming read that will appeal to bookworms, theater nerds, and hopeful romantics alike.\"</span><span><b>-<i>School Library Journal</i></b></span>', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Drew Wants it Blue, But it's Red Instead\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: On the Edge of a Country: Memoir of a young girl under Nazi fascism\nDescription: ['\"With the present day rise of anti-semitism in Europe it is important seventy years after the Holocaust to make Europeans aware that Jews were not the only victims of Hitler. Slavic people, such as the Slovenes, political opponents of the Nazis, the handicapped, the Church, Gypsies, homosexuals and many other groups were singled out for persecution. Milena\\'s dramatic story reveals the struggle of her family of eleven, each in his own way, to fight first the Italians, and then the Germans, some in the resistance, others by surviving the death camps. A timely story.\" - Ina R. Friedman, author of The Other Victims: First Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted by the Nazis (Houghton Mifflin) \"One cannot truly begin to imagine the horrors of the time . . . but walk in the shoes of a girl named Milena and you will get a clearer idea of what she, her brave family and her oppressed people were forced to endure. Hollenbaugh\\'s lovingly-told story adds pertinence and meaning to the historical events of a very dark time in history. A well-researched and thought-provoking work, this story serves the important service of filling the gaps in our understanding of the time; it is a significant gift to this and future generations.\" - Mary Beth Egeling Author of Tell Me What You CAN Do', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dollars (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Autographed Shut up and Give Me the Mic\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Whisper of Love (The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor, Book 5) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['\"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that\\'s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won\\'t want to stop reading. Every book\\'s a winner!\" NYT Bestselling Author Brenda Novak', '\"With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!\" New York Times Bestseller Julie Kenner', '\"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!\" New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blakely', '', \"Melissa Foster is a <i>New York Times</i> & <i>USA Today</i> bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa's emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented--perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kindness of Strangers (Stargate Atlantis)\nDescription: ['Stargate Atlantis original audio story - #2.4 in the series.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mercy\nDescription: ['Debra Anastasia writes the story you least expect. Shes considered the Daredevil of Romance because your imagination will go on a roller coaster ride throughout any novel by her. Shes topped humor bestseller lists and has a cult following as one of the very early Indie romance writers. Debra lives in Maryland with her two kids, husband of twenty years and two dogs. The king of the house is clearly the tuxedo cat that is the size of a small donkey. Find about her latest adventures on DebraAnastasia.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What It Means to Be Born Again\nDescription: ['\"Born Agian.\" What is it? How does it happen? What does it mean?', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sleeper (Hunter: A Thieves Series) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Be Your Customer's Hero: Real-World Tips & Techniques for the Service Front Lines\nDescription: ['\"...presents a powerful worldview of how we should view and treat our customers. Be Your Customer\\'s Hero is a must-read for every person in a customer-facing role.\" <b>-</b><b> Jack Canfield, </b><b><span>Author of The Success Principles and co-creator of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series</span></b><br /><br /><i>\"getAbstract</i> recommends his comprehensive, practical advice to HR personnel, store supervisors, customer-service managers and front-line employees and owners.\" <b>- GetAbstract </b><br /><br />\"Required Reading\" <b>- SupportIndustry.com</b><br /><br />\"The value of the book lies in explaining and exploring the human side of managing transactions that result in satisfaction for both parties. The chapters are practical, concise and action friendly.\" <b>- Vancouver Business Journal</b><br /><br />\"...provides real-world tips and techniques for serving today\\'s customers\\' minds, mastering difficult and unclear situations, and handling difficult customers.\" <b>- Kansas City Leadership Examiner</b>', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Perfectly Imperfect Match\nDescription: ['<span>\"The PerfectlyImperfect Match was<b><span>a delightfully sweet read, fullof crushing and budding love, and it put a smile on my face.</span></b>\"~Erica C., Goodreads<br /><br />\"This is<b><span>a wonderful wholesome YA read</span></b>.It\\'s a light, fun read with very little angst and some really greatcharacters.\" ~Bette H., Goodreads<br /><br />\"The Perfectly Imperfect Match has such a sweet story. [...]<b><span>A great summer read.</span></b>I can\\'twait to read the rest of Kendra C. Highley\\'s books. I am hooked!\" ~DominiP., Goodreads<br /><br />\"I love an opposite attracts romance and this author didn\\'t disappoint!Lucy and Dylan are like night and day, but their chemistry makes therelationship shine--sparks fly off the pages!!<b><span>*swoon* I read this book in one day--hard to put down. I loved it.</span></b>\"~Victoria B., NetGalley<br /><br />\"<b><span>If you want an oppositesattract, The Perfectly Imperfect Match is just for you.</span></b>I hadsuch a good time reading this book seriously. It\\'s so fun and light and aperfect read for summer!\" ~The Book Voyagers<br /><br />\"A fun romance, and<b><span>a perfect read for when you arerelaxing by the pool this summer</span></b>.\" ~Josie, Goodreads</span>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Change of Address (Hartsbridge Island)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Earring Chic: 35 Hand-Selected Projects\nDescription: ['', \"<b>Jennifer Claydon</b>'s passion for the fiber arts began at age six when she picked up her first pair of knitting needles. While she is currently focused on spinning and knitting, her diverse experiences in the fiber arts also include dying, weaving, quilting, felting, embroidery and embellishment, crochet and lace-making. Jennifer works as an editor for the Krause Publications craft team where she finds unending inspiration for her work.\", '', '', '']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide\nDescription: ['', 'Miles Van Pelt (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, where he also serves as Academic Dean. Miles lives in Madison, Mississippi, with his wife, Laurie, and their four children.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Race of Grace Study Guide\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: How to Think Theologically, 2nd Edition\nDescription: ['\"This book is not intended only for people beginning formal theological studies. Rather, Stone and Duke argue that all believers are theologians because they all have to interpret their own lives in the light of biblical other norms.... The authors always take great pains to explain everything, Simplicity is their goal, and they reach it.\" The Christian Century', '\"Stone and Duke have produced a readable and useful primer on theological reflection. Their clear, comprehensive method is illustrated by plenty of vignettes, examples, case studies, and diagnostic exercises. A successful introduction to the practice of theology!\" Don R. Browning, University of Chicago, Divinity School', 'James O. Duke is Professor of History of Christianity and Historical Theology at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.', 'Howard W. Stone is Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Counseling at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. Among his many influential books are Brief Pastoral Counseling, Crisis Counseling, and (with James O. Duke) How to Think Theologically, all from Fortress Press. He is also the editor of the Fortress Press series Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cheney's War Crimes: The Reign of a De Facto President\nDescription: [\"Holcomb B. Noble shared in two Pulitzer Prizes in leading two back-to-back, year-long investigations about the U.S. space program for The New York Times. He directed The Times coverage in discovering fatal flaws in President Ronald Reagan's massive program, known colloquially as Star Wars, to build a anti-missile missile shield around the globe, and in disclosing the cause of space shuttle Challenger. After a six-part series on Star Wars had run, the trillion-dollar program was scraped. After he retired from The Times, he wrote this book on Dick Cheney, published by AuthorHouse, a division of Penguin. Noble joined The New York Times as an editor of its Sunday Magazine, where he served ten years editing such writers as John Kenneth Galbraith, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. James Clavel, Anthony Burgess and Seymour Hersh. Other special investigations he lead included fraud in the for-profit mental-health industry for committing teenagers to mental institutions who skipped school, warning the parents that the child was suicidal and then pronouncing them cured when their parents insurance ran out. That investigation led to a $350,000, then the largest health-care fine in the nation's history.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Something to Hide: Life of Sheila Wingfield, Viscountess Powerscourt\nDescription: ['\"A riveting portrait of a gifted poet--a contentious woman and the gilded worlds she moved in, yet never beloged to.\"']"
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"chosen": "Title: The New Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Hebrew-English Lexicon: With an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic (English, Hebrew and Aramaic Edition)\nDescription: ['A trio of eminent Old Testament scholarsFrancis Brown, R. Driver, and Charles Briggsspent over twenty years researching, writing, and preparing <i>The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon.</i> Since it first appeared in the early part of the twentieth century, BDB has been considered the finest and most comprehensive Hebrew lexicon available to the English-speaking student. Based upon the classic work of Wilhelm Gesenius, the \"father of modern Hebrew lexicography,\" BDB gives not only dictionary definitions for each word, but relates each word to its Old Testament usage and categorizes its nuances of meaning. BDB\\'s exhaustive coverage of Old Testament Hebrew words, as well as its unparalleled usage of cognate languages and the wealth of background sources consulted and quoted, render BDB and invaluable resource for all students of the Bible.<br />From the publisher\\'s preface', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wealth Kryptonite (Discover your Avatar and Superpowers of The New Rich)\nDescription: [\"Wealth Kryptonite sets you on the path to discovering your Wealthy Avatar and paves the way for your journey to wealth. Let's face the harsh reality. Most people will never fit into the group that make up the top 3% in terms of financial means, what we call Three Percenters. It takes time, requires commitment and demands perseverance. When you understand your Avatar and can incorporate the three-pillar approach of blending emotional, financial and tax intelligence, you move from being an Average Avatar to a Wealthy Avatar. Authors David Miller, CFP and Ridgely Goldsborough, ESQ. deliver one of the most compelling messages on building family wealth and provide a path to get it done. Discovering your Avatar is challenging and highly emotional. Are you ready to begin the journey?\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Hebrew Edition)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Helen Keller\nDescription: ['\"Her liberal views and wide sympathies ought to shame those who have physical eyes, yet do not open them to the sorrows that encompass the mass of men.\"', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The HarperCollins Bible Pronunciation Guide\nDescription: ['The most authoritative and easy-to-use <i>Bible</i> pronunciation guide available--for use with any version of the <i>Bible</i> in English.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reigniting Hope: Spark The Fire To Grow Hope In Your Life. (Warrior Series) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['Tricia Andreassen has a fire within her heart that started when she was a youth camp counselor. My mission is to bring teachings and life strategies to help break through struggles and obstacles that may arise. We all have a purpose and calling for our lives and I want as many people as possible to discover what their heart calls them to do. Tricias unique combination of walking this path allows her to help others fulfill their life dreams. As an entrepreneur herself, Tricia bought her first real estate investment property at age 19. Her passion for growing leaders led her to be a National Speaker and Trainer for Realtor.com, the official internet site of the National Association of REALTORS (NAR). After seeing a deeper need to help real estate agents and teams develop their business plans, brands, websites and marketing messages, she started Pro Step Marketing from the bonus room of her house with her toddler son literally on her hip. She grew Pro Step Marketing into a leading marketing, web development, coaching and strategic planning company in the real estate niche; creating strategies and plans for more than 50% of the top REALTORS listed in production for the Wall Street Journal. After almost 15 years as CEO, she sold her company. In 2007 another life shift happened within Tricias soul, and she began writing songs. Her heart yearned to help others through life challenges due to her own discoveries within herself. Th e unlocking of this spiritual and creative heartbeat in her opened her dreams of recording her own CD, singing at a national conference with over 7,000 in attendance and writing her first business book which has led to writing for magazines, news organizations, personal development and fiction. As her journey progresses, she evangelizes the message of persistence, resilience, faith and other life strategies with the spiritual gifts of soul healing work. Her passion is to deliver Gods word and inspiration through writing books, speaking, teaching, singing and songwriting that speak resilience and life transformation. To inquire about Tricia speaking at your next event email Warrior@MsUnstoppable.com or visit www.MsUnstoppable.com. If you have a story or message inside of you that could bring positive changes to others or a desire to be an author or speaker please reach out to Tricia today for a confidential conversation.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry\nDescription: ['A comprehensive guide to the joys and challenges of pastoral ministry by one of today\\'s foremost preachers. \"For anyone who is working out \\'with fear and trembling\\' what it means to be in ministry, this book is a gift. Will Willimon\\'s book is solid theology with a profound understanding of Scripture for this ministerial calling.\" --Tony Campolo, Eastern College \"Pastors are a battered breed these days. Images and impressions range from cheap to glittering to dogged. Will Willimon will have none of it; he counters with an enormous infusion of dignity, but it is dignity without a trace of pomposity. By articulating our baptismal, biblical, and theological foundations, he trumps a demeaning culture and a trivializing church, and restores honor to our vocations.\" --Eugene H. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College. \"There is great confusion these days about the role and function of a Protestant pastor. Writing out of his deep knowledge of Scripture and church history, and out of his long experience in the pastorate, Willimon furnishes some clear and compelling answers. I would recommend that every pastor and seminarian read, study, and reflect on this book.\" Elizabeth Achtemeier, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia \"Pastor is the crowning achievement of Willimon\\'s years of experience and research. It covers everything, from one\\'s calling to ministry to every facet of personal and pastoral work with thoroughness and evangelical passion. Anyone who follows this theologically grounded, deeply practical guide will experience a rebirth of their calling and evolution of their ministry.\" Robert Webber, Northern Seminary', 'Feeling most at home behind a pulpit, Will Willimons deepest calling is to be a preacher and truth-teller of Jesus Christ. He is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke University Divinity School and retired Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church, after serving for 20 years as faculty member and Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.<br /><br />Will Willimon has published many books, including his preaching subscription service on MinistryMatters.com, Pulpit Resource, and Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love, both published by Abingdon Press.<br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Irish War Cry (Order of the Black Swan D.I.T.) (Volume 3)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Bk 1\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bernat Classics For Women, Bernat Handicrafter Book No 96\nDescription: ['Bernat Classics For Women, Bernat Handicrafter Book No 96 [spiral_bound] Carleen Goldsmith,Dirone [Jan 01, 1961]']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hebrew Alphabet Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)\nDescription: ['', 'Here\\'s a fun way to introduce boys and girls to the Hebrew alphabet. Twenty-two brightly colored stickers, each representing a different letter, contain an illustration of a word beginning with that letter: inside the clearly outlined letter \"dalet\" (\"d\") is a \"dahg\" (fish); the letter \"zayin\" (\"z\") contains a \"zuh-AYV\" (wolf). Ideal for use in the classroom or at home, these stickers will educate as well as entertain.', '', '', \"Jill Dubin grew up in Yonkers, New York and received her BFA from Pratt Institute. Her delightful illustrations have appeared in numerous children's books. She uses cut paper to create the whimsical illustrations in this book. The collage approach combines her unique sense of color, texture and pattern.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David A. Kessler (2010) Paperback\nDescription: ['In excellent condition']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon\nDescription: ['Brand New', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Here If You Need Me: A True Story\nDescription: ['Award Winner - Discover Great New Writers', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays: Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency & Keep Your Class Chuckling With Lots of Read-Aloud Fun!\nDescription: ['<div>Justin Martin is a journalist and author. He wrote the newly released Marvelous Month-by-Month Writing Prompts and the bestseller150 Totally Terrific Writing Prompts .</div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fashion Me a People\nDescription: ['<b>Maria Harris</b> was an internationally acclaimed religious educator. She has held prestigious lectureships and was the recipient of numerous awards. Her book <i>Fashion Me A People</i>, first published in 1989, remains a popular text in seminaries and theological schools.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Biblical Hebrew Laminated Sheet (Zondervan Get an A! Study Guides)\nDescription: [\"Students of biblical Greek and Hebrew may not know everything they need to know, but they do know there's a lot they need to know! Whether studying for exams or translating passages of Scripture, students need critical information at their fingertips. Instead, it's usually scattered throughout textbooks, self-made crib sheets, and sticky-notes on their computer monitor. Now there's a better way! The Zondervan Get an A! Study Guides to Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew are handy, at-a-glance study aids ideal for last minute review, a quick overview of grammar, or as an aid in translation or sermon preparation. Each set contains four information-packed sheets that are laminated and three-hole-punched, making them both durable and portable. The study guides are tied to Zondervan's Basics of Biblical Greek and Basics of Biblical Hebrew.\", '', 'Gary D. Pratico (ThD, Harvard Divinity School) is senior professor of Old Testament and Hebrew language at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has been teaching Hebrew for more than thirty years and is coauthor with Miles V. Van Pelt of Basics of <em>Basics of Biblical Hebrew </em>(grammar and workbook) and <em>The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew</em>.<strong></strong>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Call on Me: A Prayer Book for Young People\nDescription: ['<span>Call on Mebelongs on the bookshelf of every youth, parent, youth minister and clergy of the Church. It is a rich resource for personal devotion, corporate worship and formation purposes. Praying does shape believing. This book will be instrumental in deepening the faith of all who use it<i>.<i>The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior, Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota</i></i></span>', '', 'Jenifer Gamber is a life-long Episcopalian and author of My Faith, My Life and Your Faith Your Life. She serves on the board of Forma (a network of Episcopal Christian educators) and speaks across the United States on topics related to teenagers and faith. She is a Companion in the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross, a society committed to a life of simplicity, intercession and thanksgiving.', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: How Not to Lose Your Teen -- Raising Kids who Love God and You Too\nDescription: ['From a sea of parenting advice emerges How Not to Lose Your Teen, a breakthrough, intelligent look at parents and teens. Intimate and relatable, Susan shows parents how to decrease their teens dependence on them and increase their dependence on Christ. You will be relieved and encouraged as you walk this entertaining and heart-rending journey with Susan.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Prayer Book for the Armed Services: 2008 Edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems (Phoenix Poetry)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version\nDescription: ['<br><strong>Michael Coogan</strong> is Lecturer on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Harvard Divinity School and Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. He has also taught at Harvard University, Boston College, Wellesley College, Fordham University, and the University of Waterloo (Ontario), and has participated in and directed archaeological excavations in Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, and Egypt. He is the author of Old Testament text books and <em>The Old Testament VSI.</em><br><strong>Marc Z. Brettler</strong> is Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies and chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University.<br><strong>Carol Newsom</strong> is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.<br><strong>Pheme Perkins</strong> is Professor of Theology at Boston College.<br>']",
"rejected": "Title: Working-Class Network Society: Communication Technology and the Information Have-Less in Urban China (Information Revolution and Global Politics)\nDescription: ['<P>[A] fascinating picture of a hitherto almost unknown phenomenon.</P><B>Jens Damm</B>, <I>The China Journal</I>', \"<P>Contrary to many Information Age pundits and prognosticators, the working class continues to exist; indeed, in contemporary China, it is being reinvented on a gigantic scale and in a new historical form. ICTs, as Jack Linchuan Qiu shows, constitute a vital and fascinating component of this crucial process. Those who assert that class realities have nothing to do with cellphones and Internet servicesand vice versawill have to think again.</P><B>Dan Schiller</B>, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana<br/><br/><P>Jack Linchuan Qiu has written the most insightful, empirically-grounded account to-date of the social role that the Internet and related information and communication technologies have played in the course of China's rapid economic development. Anyone with an interest in the social and economic implications of the Internet in developing economieswhose citizens make up half of today's Internet usersshould read this book.</P><B>William Dutton</B>, Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Gone Girl\nDescription: [\"Product Description\\n'What are you thinking, Amy? The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?' Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? And what was left in that half-wrapped box left so casually on their marital bed? In this novel, marriage truly is the art of war...\\n\\nAbout the Author\\nGillian Flynn's first novel SHARP OBJECTS was the winner of two CWA DAGGERS, and was shortlisted for the GOLD DAGGER, and also for an EDGAR. She lives in Chicago with her husband.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook, Fourth Edition\nDescription: ['', '\"Enables the stranger to hold fast to the integrity of their own tradition while stepping onto someone else\\'s holy ground....Concise, informative, and eminently practical.\"<br /> <strong>Rev. Christopher Leighton</strong>, executive director, Institute for Christian-Jewish Studies', '\"Highly recommended....We encourage all people of faith to read it, refer to it often and use it as their guide when visiting other communities of faith.\"<br /> <strong>Rev. Ken Brookner Langston</strong>, director of education, The Interfaith Alliance', '\"Enables strangers to be better neighbors in a global community.\"<br /> <strong>Prof. John L. Esposito</strong>, director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University', '\"Youll never again feel uncomfortable attending services of a religion not your own, after reading this wonderful book.\"<br /> <strong>Rabbi Jack Bemporad</strong>, director, Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut', 'This easy-to-use fourth edition is updated and revised with the latest membership statistics on the various faith traditions, an expanded glossary of religious terms and an all new section on popular religious symbols. It also includes the \"Everything You Need to Know Before You Go\" checklist. <P> In today\\'s diverse North American society we often are invited--through family, friends or business contacts--to religious ceremonies or services that are not of our own tradition or faith. Entering this unfamiliar atmosphere can be awkward.... <BR>What will happen? <BR>What do I do? <BR>What do I wear? <BR>What do I say? <BR>What should I avoid doing, wearing, saying? <BR>What are their basic beliefs? <BR>Should I bring a gift? <BR>When is it okay to leave? <P><P>These are just a few of the basic, very practical questions answered in How to Be a Perfect Stranger. Based on information obtained directly from each of the religions and denominations, this indispensable handbook helps the well-meaning guest of any other faith to feel comfortable, participate to the fullest extent possible and avoid violating anyone\\'s religious principles or hurting their feelings. <P> This book helps turn the \"strange\" into the less confusing (but not the ordinary). Most of all, it enables the invited \"stranger\" to truly appreciate the experience, and enrich their own spiritual understanding.']",
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"rejected": "Title: Black Ice (Star Wars RPG)\nDescription: ['\"Black Ice. 7,800 meters long - five times the length of an Imperial-ciass Star Destroyer. The pride of the Imperial Replenishment Fleet. Black Ice. It carries nearly one billion tons of starship-grade fuel cells - more than a year\\'s worth of power for an entire Imperial Main Battle Fleet. Black Ice. If she remains in the Empire\\'s hands, the Imperial Navy will cut a swath of destruction across the sector - and beyond. Black Ice. The Empire will do everything in its power to protect her, Black Ice. The Rebels must take her - or die in the attempt. 40-page booklet features; ? Maps of the Imperial cargo ship Black Ice. ? Detailed information about Black Ice, including deck plans, descriptions, and crew and Droid statistics. ? Pullout section full of more maps and non-player character templates. ? Action-packed script with parts for every player, plunging them directly into the action! Also includes; ? Star Warriors mini-campaign, featuring multiple battles and ship repair and replacement rules. ? Counters for use with Star Warriors. ? Lots of gamemaster guidelines to help run this exciting adventure.\"']"
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"chosen": "Title: Good Night Moon: Hebrew Edition\nDescription: [\"Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died over 45 years ago, her books still sell very well. Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading. She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them. She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper. Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Building Models for Conservation and Wildlife Management\nDescription: ['Book by Starfield, Anthony, Bleloch, A. L.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised\nDescription: [\"<b>Sarah Corbin Robert</b> was the daughter-in-law of the original author and the trustee of <i>Robert's Rules of Order, Revised</i>. She headed the authorship team that produced the most extensive general revision of the work. <b>Henry M. Robert III</b> is the grandson of General Henry M. Robert and has served as president of the Maryland Association of Parliamentarians and as parliamentarian for the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP). <b>William J. Evans</b>, a retired attorney, was president of NAP from 1979 to 1981 and has also served as its parliamentarian. <b>Daniel H. Honemann</b> is an attorney in Maryland and a past president of the Maryland Association of Parliamentarians. <b>Thomas J. Balch</b> is a lobbyist and legislative analyst based in Washington, DC, who also served as parliamentarian for NAP.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: For the Birds: A Month-by-Month Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Backyard\nDescription: ['Anne Schmauss, Mary Schmauss, and Geni Krolick are sisters and bird experts. Originally from Northern Illinois, where their interest in backyard birds began, the sisters have honed their backyard birding skills in Minnesota, Missouri, and New Mexico. They now live in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they own and manage Wild Birds Unlimited stores.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: THIRST: God and the Alchoholic Experience\nDescription: ['<b>James B. Nelson</b> is Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in New Brighton, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including <i>Body Theology</i> and <i>The Intimate Connection: Male Sexuality, Masculine Spirituality</i>, both published by WJK.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards\nDescription: ['\"Governance as Leadership remains necessary reading for its intended audience as well as for the academic audience at large.\" (<i>The Journal of Higher Education</i>; Nov/Dec 2007)', '', '<b>Governance <i>as</i> Leadership</b>', '<i>Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards</i>', \"<i>Governance as Leadership</i> offers trustees and executives a new and practical framework to govern nonprofit organizations more effectively. The book provides ideas, tactics, and examples that enrich the work of trustees and enhance a board's value to the organization it governs.\", \"The authors reframe the purpose and practice of nonprofit governance by drawing on theories that have reshaped the concept and practice of leadership. In contrast to conventional advice that unwittingly urges trustees to think and govern like managers, the authors' new approach invites boards to think and govern like leaders.\", '<i>Governance as Leadership</i> describes three modes of governancefiduciary, strategic, and generativethat together enable effective trusteeship. While the first two are more familiar to most boards, trustees often overlook opportunities to be a source of leadership as well as a source of advice, expertise, and fundraising. Most important, the book explains the power and payoff to organizations and boards when trustees govern in the <i>generative</i> modethe most neglected yet most consequential type of work a board can do.', 'When trustees gain proficiency in all three modes, the board practices governance as leadership. The trustees discover and do meaningful work, and the organization derives maximum benefit from a previously underutilized resource.', 'Written by noted researchers and consultants, <i>Governance as Leadership</i> introduces a fresh way to think about governance with sensible guidance to turn these ideas into concrete actions. It will be particularly valuable to trustees and senior staff of professionally managed nonprofit organizations, as well as many others, including foundation officers, donors, consultants, and students of nonprofit organizations who are interested in improving nonprofit governance.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Apocalypse Unleashed: The Earth's Last Days: The Battle Rages On (Left Behind: Apocalypse)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The World Needs More Love Letters All-in-One Stationery and Envelopes\nDescription: ['HANNAH BRENCHER is the creator of The World Needs More Love Letters (moreloveletters.com), which has been responsible for over 20,000 letters written by volunteers. Hannah has given a popular TED talk and has been featured in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Glamour</i>, TODAY.com, Oprah.com, HelloGiggles.com, the White House\\'s \"Women Working to Do Good,\" and on <i>CNN World News</i>. She has worked with the U.S. Postal Service and was honored by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.']",
"rejected": "Title: Wife to Charles II\nDescription: [\"Politics, sex, lies, religion and misunderstanding meant that their marriage was never going to be what she hoped. A wonderful story making you feel for Catherine, but understand Charles. A really good read if you're into Restoration history, and even if you're not.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: That's Not My Plane...;Usborne Touchy-Feely Board Books\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: ESCAPADES Awakenings: A Novel From The Kingdom Of Happiness BHUTAN …the last Shangri la on Earth\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual\nDescription: ['\"In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called <i>Food Rules: An Eaters Manual</i>, by Michael Pollan.\" --Jane Brody, <i>The New York Times</i> <br /><br />\"The most sensible diet plan ever? We think it\\'s the one that Michael Pollan outlined a few years ago: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. So we\\'re happy that in his little new book, <i>Food Rules</i>, Pollan offers more common-sense rules for eating: 64 of them, in fact, all thought-provoking and some laugh-out-loud funny.\" --<i>The HoustonChronicle</i><br /><br />\" It doesn\\'t get much easier than this. Each page has a simple rule, sometimes with a short explanation, sometimes without, that promotes Pollan\\'s back-to-the-basics-of-food (and-food-enjoyment) philosophy.\" --<i>The Los Angeles Times</i><br /><br />\"A useful and funny purse-sized manual that could easily replace all the diet books on your bookshelf.\" --Tara Parker-Pope, <i>The New York Times</i>', '', '<b>Michael Pollan</b>, recently featured on Netflix in the four-part series<i>Cooked</i>,is the author of seven previous books, including<i>Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivores Dilemma</i>, and<i>The Botany of Desire</i>, all<i>New York Times</i>bestsellers. A longtime contributor to<i>The New York Times</i>, he is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at Berkeley. In 2010,<i>Time</i>magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.<br /><br /><b>www.michaelpollan.com</b>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church\nDescription: ['\"Honest and moving, this memoir is both theologically astute and beautifully written.\" -<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /><br />\"In Searching for Sunday, Rachel\\'s honest and hopeful wrestling tore through my cynicism about the perils of organized religion and touched my heart, reminding me why this broken but beautiful Bride is worth the fight.\" -<i>Michael Gungor</i><br /><br />\"Evans has written a zinger of a book. Grounded in the deep things of faith, she writes in a vivid style and transposes the claims of faith into compelling concrete narrative. Her book is a forceful invitation to reconsider that faith has been misunderstood as a package of certitudes rather than a relationship of fidelity.\" -<i>Walter Brueggemann</i><br /><br />\"As I tore through the pages in this book, I realized I\\'d been waiting my whole life for <i>Searching for Sunday</i>.\"<i>-Glennon Doyle Melton</i>', \"Rachel Held Evans is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author who has been featured by many national media outlets including NPR, Slate, BBC, The Washington Post, NBC's Today show, People, and The Atlantic. Her official website is rachelheldevans.com\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Art of War (Bridgeford Classics)\nDescription: ['A <i>Washington Post </i> best-seller <br /><br />\"Absorb this book, and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership.\" <i>Newsweek</i> <br /><br />\"A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines.\" <i>Christian Science Monitor </i> <br /><br />\"<i>The Art of War </i> soon could join Machiavelli\\'s <i>The Prince </i> as required reading in the executive suite.\" <i>USA Today </i> --Online', 'The warrior-philosopher and master strategist Sun Tzu, about whom little is known, compiled <i>The Art of War </i> more than two thousand years ago. Legend has it that he was known for the brilliant campaigns he led around the time of Confucius. His work was memorized and passed down orally, before eventually being copied onto bamboo strips and passed around.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life\nDescription: [\"My company gets the chance to hear from some of the countrys best speakers, and my friend John OLeary is one of the best weve ever had. His incredible story of persistence, passion, and intense focus left a mark on my team that we we're still talking about more than a year later. Dont miss Johns messagehe will change your life! (Dave Ramsey, New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio show host)<br /><br />On Fire, by John OLeary, celebrates the beauty of LIFE! Through courageously sharing his own pain and devastating loss, OLeary reveals how crucial it is for us to keep moving forward after a setback or trialstill hope, still dream, still see the possibilities before us. Eventually we must all make the choice to truly live or just exist. A magnificent and inspiring read! (Sean Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and The 6 Most Important Decisions Youll Ever Make)<br /><br />I can count on one hand the number of books Ive read that created an urgency to push away my fears and past mistakes to step fully into life. Drawn in by Johns incredible story and conversational writing style, On Fire helped me see lifes trials as steppingstones to an enhanced version of me. Johns powerful truths enabled me to stop seeing what I cant do and see the opportunities still available. On Fire offers a redemptive invitation to all, leading us to believe that no matter how many times weve fall down, no matter how dismal the current situation, the best is yet to come. (Rachel Macy Stafford, New York Times bestselling author of Hands Free Life)<br /><br />John OLeary is truly one of the most amazing humans on theplanet. His story will not only inspire you but give you practical ideas forhow to enjoy your life more, appreciate all that you have, and push you toachieve all that you are capable of doing. (Rory Vaden, Cofounder of Southwestern Consulting and New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs)<br /><br />There a rare handful of people in the world whose life story will change you forever. John O'Leary is one of these people. The powerful life lessons in this book will forever inspire you to live, lead and love differently. (Tommy Spaudling, New York Times bestselling author of The Heart-Led Leader and Its Not Just Who You Know)<br /><br />John is the embodiment of someone who made a powerful choice to not be defined by his challenges. This book is a reminder to us all that no matter what happens in life, we deserve and are capable of discovering our passion, pursuing our dreams and making a meaningful impact on the world. (Christine Hassler, author of Expectation Hangover)<br /><br />Fast-paced, emotional and surprisingly funny, <i>On Fire</i> is an amazing reminder that we might not be able to choose the path we walk in life, but we can always choose the manner in which we walk it. (Joe Buck, Fox Sports)<br /><br />This is a book about coming alive -- about practicing courage and fully showing up at home, work, and with the people we love. John is a storyteller, change-maker, and cage-rattler. Reading this book is like having a good friend look you square in the eye and say, 'The time to be brave is now.' (Bren Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and Rising Strong)<br /><br />If you havent heard John OLeary speak from the platform of a sold out arena, youre missing out on an incredible message. But youre in luck! John has put his inspirational and life-changing message into this brilliant book. His story and words of wisdom will not only encourage you, they will ignite a passion to live your life to the fullest. (Les Parrott, Ph.D. #1 New York Times best-selling author of You're Stronger Than You Think)\", 'John OLeary shares his expertise on overcoming adversity and how to live inspired with more than 50,000 people at more than 120 live events each year around the world. In 2006, he was inducted into the Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame. He was selected as Saint Louis University young alumni of the year in 2008, was voted Speaker of the Year for Vistage International, and was recently chosen as one of the Top Ten Most Interesting People in Saint Louis, Missouri. He is also a lifestyle contributor for ParadeMagazine.com. He considers his greatest success to be his marriage to Beth, their four young children, and his relationships with friends and family.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America (National Geographic Field Guide to Birds)\nDescription: ['Jonathan Alderfer is a widely published author and field guide illustrator. He is co-author, with Jon L. Dunn, of <i>National Geographic Birding Essentials,</i> co-editor of <i>National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 5th edition,</i> and editor of <i>National Geographic Complete Birds of North America.</i> He is also chief consultant for the National Geographic Birding program.<br /><br />Jon L. Dunn is an expert on the identification and distribution of North American birds. Dunn is a co-author of <i>National Geographic Birding Essentials</i>. He served as chief consultant for four previous editions of <i>National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America,</i> and as editor of the fifth.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink (Oxford Companions)\nDescription: ['<br />\"Nearly 700 pages of Americana on the table, this reference work is the gift for the culinary student, chef or Food Network groupie on your list. It\\'s fun to flip through - \\'the mimosa is one of America\\'s first designer cocktails\\' - or burrow into (the \\'pies and tarts\\' entry goes on for three pages).\"--<em>The Denver Post</em>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', \"<br /><strong>Andrew F. Smith</strong> teaches culinary history and professional food writing at The New School University in Manhattan. He serves as a consultant to several food television productions (airing on the History Channel and the Food Network), and is the General Editor for the University of Illinois Press' Food Series. He also edited the highly acclaimed 2-volume Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America and has written several books on food, including <em>The Tomato in America</em>, <em>Pure Ketchup</em>, <em>Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America</em>.<br />\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Kitchen: Casual Home Cooking\nDescription: [\"<b>Pete Evans</b> has built a reputation as a chef, restaurateur, television presenter and (his personal favorite) fisherman. He hosts a hit cooking show in Australia, My Kitchen Rules. His television work has also included daily food show Fresh, the series Fish, sixty episodes of Home for the LifeStyle Channel and a documentary, Cooking for our Princess Mary. Pete's award-winning restaurants include Hugo's Manly, Hugo's Bar Pizza and Hugo's Lounge in Sydney, as well as The Pantry in Brighton, Victoria.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: How To Use Photoshop Elements 11 To Make The People In Your Photos Look Their Best eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Snowdon: A Life in View\nDescription: ['“<i>Snowdon: A Life in View</i> is a total love letter from his colleagues and children, an intimate retelling of an extraordinary life that still continues. There really are not enough superlatives to do justice to this monograph…wonderfully precise and well-written text…that renders the reader breathless. Having not really been terribly familiar with his body of work, <b>this reviewer was awed and stunned by its breadth</b>. It is a rare moment when a reader has no trouble realizing exactly what these people rave about. This is a coffee table book that<b> must be read and reread time and again.</b> Antony Armstrong Jones is and was a true renaissance man who quite possibly changed our vision regarding all aspects of photography.” –<i>New York Journal of Books</i><br>  <br> “Curated by Snowdon himself, the photographs speak to a different world and a different time in that world. It is a beautiful book with fascinating text sections and interesting photographs that need to be studies for their technique.” –<i>Apogee.com<br></i> <br> “In addition to iconic portraits, and legendary fashion images, archival material in the book includes previously unpublished Polaroids, private scrapbooks, and letters.” –<i>The Style Saloniste<br><br></i>“I absolutely love the work of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, so it was a real joy to take a look at his new publication…<i>A Life in View</i> looks back on an exceptional life through a selection of 175 iconic full-color and black-and-white fashion photographs and portraits taken throughout his expansive and influential career.” –<i>PoliticalStyle.com</i>', 'Antony Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, is an English photographer and filmmaker. Graydon Carter is a Canadian-born American journalist and editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. Patrick Kinmonth is an Anglo-Irish opera director, designer, and writer.']"
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"chosen": "Title: David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Canon EOS Rebel T3i/600D (David Busch's Digital Photography Guides)\nDescription: ['With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world\\'s #1 selling digital camera guide author, and the originator of popular digital photography series like David Busch\\'s Pro Secrets and David Busch\\'s Quick Snap Guides. He has written more than a dozen hugely successful guidebooks for Canon and Canon digital SLR models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition, and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than twenty years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He\\'s operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos and articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He has also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his advice has been featured in National Public Radio\\'s \"All Tech Considered.\" When About.com named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch\\'s Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. During the past year, he\\'s had as many as five of his books listed in the Top 20 of Amazon.com\\'s Digital Photography Bestseller list--simultaneously! Busch\\'s 120-plus other books published since 1983 include bestsellers like David Busch\\'s Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Lenses. Visit his website at http://www.dslrguides.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Touch Ten Souls in Ten Minutes: Ten-Minute Sketches Invoking Spiritural Growth in Youth Ministry\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T3i/600D Guide to Digital SLR Photography (David Busch's Digital Photography Guides)\nDescription: [\"<b>In depth, yet accessible, for beginners and Canon veterans</b><br><br>Rather than rush to be first on the shelves with a cursory overview of the Canon EOS Rebel T3i, I decided to take some extra time putting together this comprehensive, 400-page guide that answers all the questions that both beginners and more experienced amateurs will have about this sophisticated camera. If you're serious about photography, you need:<br><ul><li><b>Detailed coverage of the T3i's autofocus features.</b> Are you confused by all the T3i's autofocus options? Learn how to choose focus modes and zone selection methods to snap into sharp focus every time. You'll find explanations of exactly how phase detection and contrast detection work, and step-by-step instructions for using techniques like stack focus. </li><li><b>Essential advice on settings options.</b> You need more than just a rehash of menu options and settings. You want advice on when you should use (or not use) each option. I've included two full chapters (more than 100 pages) of tips so you can set up your camera with confidence.</li><li><b>A full chapter on shooting movies and Live View.</b> My tips go beyond just the camera controls to show you how to get better movies and audio using storyboards, establishing shots, close-ups, two-shots, and more. Get the most from your T3i's full HD video capabilities.</li><li><b>First-hand experience with the full array of Canon lenses for the T3i.</b> I own and use virtually every lens in the Canon line, and have summarized my recommendations on a full chapter that evaluates the available lenses.</li><li><b>The latest technology. </b>I'm always looking at new stuff, like Eye-Fi cards, GPS, and smartphone/tablet apps, and provide the latest news in my books, including coverage of Canon's newest 270EX II and 320EX flash units.</li><li><b>Entire chapters on exposure and histograms, flash and other topics.</b> Improve your photography skills as you learn to use your T3i.</li></ul>I know you'll enjoy using your new T3i as much as I have. Sit down with me and let me show you how to get the most from your camera. And if you need a camera-bag-friendly guide to take with you everywhere, I have written a Compact Field Guide for this camera, too.\", 'With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world\\'s #1 selling digital camera guide author, and the originator of popular digital photography series like David Busch\\'s Pro Secrets and David Busch\\'s Quick Snap Guides. He has written more than a dozen hugely successful guidebooks for Canon and Canon digital SLR models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition, and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than twenty years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He\\'s operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos and articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He has also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his advice has been featured in National Public Radio\\'s \"All Tech Considered.\" When About.com named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch\\'s Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. During the past year, he\\'s had as many as five of his books listed in the Top 20 of Amazon.com\\'s Digital Photography Bestseller list--simultaneously! Busch\\'s 120-plus other books published since 1983 include bestsellers like David Busch\\'s Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Lenses. Visit his website at http://www.dslrguides.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Infographic Guide to Sports (Infographic Guides)\nDescription: ['<br />Daniel Tatarsky is a writer and actor. He has written on a wide variety of topics from table sports (<i>Flick to Kick: The Official History of Subbuteo</i>, Orion) to <i>Cool Science</i> (Portico), taking in a biography of Dan Dare and three Eagle Annuals (all Orion) and the all-encompassing <i>Everything You Need to Know About Everything You Need to Know About</i> (Portico). His work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch and Portuguese for the Brazilian market.<br /><br />As an actor he has appeared in, among others, Eastenders, The Bill and Black Mirror.<br /><br />', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Photoshop Elements 11 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)\nDescription: ['Scott Kelby is the #1 bestselling photography book author in the world. He is Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine, President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and is technical chair of Photoshop World, the largest Photoshop gathering in the industry. Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and (along with Scott Kelby) co-host of Photoshop User TV, the popular video podcast.<br /> <br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Tom's Tree\nDescription: ['Tom plants a seed that he envisions will grow into a tree with strong green branches and golden leaves and red fruit and peacocks singing. Through the seasons Tom nurtures his little tree, but he eventually outgrows it and goes away to have grown-up dreams. Tom returns as an adult with his own son who is able to experience the magic of the tree that Tom could only envision. This is told in a straightforward manner featuring spare illustrations of Tom nurturing the tiny tree juxtaposed with his visions of a large tree filled with fanciful creatures. Since Toms wishes are not realized while he is a child, the message about patience might be lost on children. However, audiences will appreciate that Toms dream does come to fruition and will enjoy the vision that Toms son experiences. For a book about patience, pair with The Carrot Seed (1944) by Ruth Krauss, and Fletcher and the Falling Leaves (2006) by Julia Rawlinson, whichfeatures another relationship with a tree. Preschool-Grade 2. --Randall Enos', 'Gillian Shields is a Good Books author.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Complete Digital Photography\nDescription: ['Ben Long is a San Francisco-based photographer, writer, and teacher. The author of more than two dozen books on digital photography and digital video, he is also a senior contributing editor to Macworld magazine, a contributing editor at CreativePro.com, and the author of several best-selling Lynda.com photography courses. His photography clients have included 20th Century Fox, Blue Note Records, Global Business Network, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Pickle Family Circus, and Grammy-nominated jazz musicians Don Byron and Dafnis Prieto. He has taught and lectured on photography around the world, including workshops at the Santa Reparata International School of the Arts in Florence and a class for imaging engineers at Apple, Inc. He occasionally dabbles in computer programming and has written image editing utilities that are used by National Geographic, the British Museum, and the White House.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fantastic Machines: A Coloring Book of Amazing Devices Real and Imagined\nDescription: ['\"Satisfy your inner geek (and steampunk enthusiast) with these renderings of machines, steam locomotives, and distilleries. McDonald has even designed mandalas of some of the pieces for those who seek more of a traditional adult-coloring experience.\"<br />-<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: South of Normal: My Year in Paradise\nDescription: ['<i>Norm Schriever</i>is an author, humorist,<span>cultural mad scientist, and enemy of the comfort zone. He just released "South of Normal," a gonzo blast of laughter and adventure about a year living in the tropical paradise of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. His first book, \"Pushups in the Prayer Room,\" is a wild, irreverent account of a year spent backpacking around the world.</span><div><br><span></span>Norm grew up in Connecticut and graduated from the University of Connecticut, where he was never accused of over-studying, and went on to live in North Carolina, Colorado and most recently in Northern California.<br><br><span></span>Dissatisfied with a conventional existence, Norm sold or donated all of his possessions and moved down to Costa Rica in 2011. In the sleepy surf town of Tamarindo he pursued his passion of writing, armed with his secret weapons: fresh ocean air and Baileys in his morning coffee. He then migrated just a chicken bus ride north to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, where he settled into a local barrio and wrote "South of Normal" with his puppy, Panda, curled up at his feet.<br><span></span><br><span></span>He sees his words as a way to illuminate the commonalities of human existence, and thereby hopes to leave this planet a little better than how he found it. <br><span></span><br>You can find him on Twitter@NormSchriever</div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Isaiah 1-39 (T&T Clark Study Guides)\nDescription: ['John Barton is Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. His previous publications include What is the Bible?, People of the Book?, Love Unknown, The Oxford Bible Commentary and The Biblical World.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Adobe Lightroom 5: Library Module (Photographer's Guide to Lightroom 5) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lust=Death, Kiddies!\nDescription: ['Clayton Greiman lists his literary influences as Angela Carter, Lord Alfred Douglas, and James Purdy. His works tend to be darker-themed and illustrate the savagery of the human race.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Photographer's Guide to Lightroom 5: Develop Module (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Oklahoma!\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Photographer's Guide to Lightroom 5: Everything Else\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Flugzeuge der Pharaonen\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mastering Photoshop Layers: A Photographer's Guide\nDescription: ['<div>', 'Juergen Gulbins has extensive experience in writing, technology, desktop publishing, designing high-end document archival systems, and digital photography. He is a prolific author who has written and translated books on topics such as CAD, Unix, DTP, typography, Internet, document management, Linux, and various aspects of digital photography. He has been a passionate photographer most of his life.']",
"rejected": "Title: Make It Fun To Make It Last\nDescription: [\"When a potential client asked me to punch him in the stomach before he would work with me, I thought he was kidding, He wasn't.<br /><br /> When the economy tanked in late 2008, most of my business friends suggested I let go of most of my staff or merge with another business, I didn't do either.<br /><br /> Learn how my four years working at Dairy Queen for a summer job taught me more about establishing a winning company culture than did my four years at a prestigious university.<br /><br /> These stories and dozens more make up a DIFFERENT kind of business book. A book that you'll find both funny and inspiring. And the best thing about Make It Fun to Make It Last is that the stories are all true.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Spain\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reformation and the Visual Arts: The Protestant Image Question in Western and Eastern Europe (Christianity and Society in the Modern World)\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: Polish', '<b>Sergiusz Michalski</b> is affiliated with the University of Hamburg.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mexico Dreams: Sinners, Saints and Gringos\nDescription: ['Annie Nicholson was born in and raised in downtown Toronto and currently divides her time between Mxico and Canada. She is 60 years old. She hates small talk. She loves Ishtar. And red cars. Shes an INTJ. Shes married to Charlie (happily, for almost a quarter century) and hopes to be exploring Mxico for a good many years to come.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Rembrandt Takes a Walk\nDescription: ['This elegantly illustrated book is a marvelous place through which to take a leisurely visual walk. Of lesser interest is Strand\\'s story of Tommy, a boy who visits his art collector uncle and discovers a magical ability to make Old Masters come to life. Tommy eats some apples from a Cezanne and a juicy Zurbaran orange or two. Then he frees Rembrandt from a late self-portrait and the two stroll through town, the artist sketching away with zeal. Unfortunately, the text is a bit precious and at times goes beyond the sophistication of young children. An example is an episode in which Rembrandt exclaims, \"What flesh!\" as he excitedly draws a portrait of a housewife in her yard, and is mistaken for a dirty old man. Thankfully, Grooms\\'s strikingly original pictures, the artist\\'s first for children, minimize the intrusion of the text. <br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"Grade 2-4 This book somewhat resembles a Pinkwater fling and has some of his humor, but Strand doesn't develop any of his characters or situations. It seems like the first draft of an interesting idea that is not fully developed. A young boy goes to visit his tightwad uncle, whose sole passion is collecting art. He gives poor Tom only half of a hamburger for supper. The following morning, a hungry Tom discovers that he can pluck the fruit from the Cezanne and Zurbaran paintings and eat it. Unable to remember which fruit goes where, and afraid that his uncle will notice, Tom is delighted when Rembrandt steps out of a self-portrait and offers to help. But Rembrandt wants to look around this modern world. He and Tom take a turn around town before Rembrandt steps back into his painting. The ideas are beyond the grasp of preschool and primary grade audiences, and the story isn't developed enough for the third and fourth graders who might enjoy it. Red Grooms' vividly-colored artwork, reflecting the personal vision of the world that his fine art exhibits, has a wild, slapdash feeling of immediacy, but the layout has a thrown-together quality. Text is inserted willy nilly around the picture, sometimes in white type on a dark background, sometimes in black type over color washes where it is hard to read; on other pages white swatches are patched in to accomodate the text. Tacking the bibliographic data at the bottom of the last page also detracts from the presentation of the book.Judith Gloyer, Milwaukee Public Library<br />Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: David Buschs Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i/760D/750D Guide to Digital SLR Photography\nDescription: ['<b>Note:</b> This book covers <i>both </i>the T6s and T6i. It clearly explains the differences between them, and includes photos of both cameras in the Quick Start and Roadmap chapters to show you the location of the buttons and controls on each. Throughout the book, all differences in features and operation of the two cameras is explained in the relevant sections.', 'With more than two million books in print, David D. Busch is the worlds #1 best-selling camera guide author, with more than 100 guidebooks for Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, and Panasonic cameras, and many popular books devoted to digital photography and imaging techniques. His best-sellers include Digital SLR Cameras and Photography for Dummies, which has sold more than 300,000 copies in five editions, and Mastering Digital SLR Photography, now in its Fourth Edition. The graduate of Kent State University is a former newspaper reporter/photographer, and operated his own commercial photo studio, shooting sports, weddings, portraits, fashion, architecture, product photography, and travel images. For 22 years he was a principal in CCS/PR, Inc., one of the largest public relations/marketing firms based in San Diego, working on press conferences, press kits, media tours, and sponsored photo trade magazine articles for Eastman Kodak Company and other imaging companies. His 2500 articles and accompanying photos have appeared inside and on the covers of hundreds of magazines, including Popular Photography, Rangefinder, and Professional Photographer. For the last decade, Busch has devoted much of his time to sharing his photographic expertise, both in publications, and in seminar/workshops he hosts at the Cleveland Photographic Society School of Photography. He has been a call-in guest for 21 different radio shows nationally and in major markets, including WTOP-AM (Washington), KYW-AM (Philadelphia), USA Network (Daybreak USA), WPHM-AM (Detroit), KMJE-FM (Sacramento), CJAD-AM (Montreal), WBIX-AM (Boston), ABC Radio Network (Jonathan & Mary Show). Hes also been a call-in guest for one Canadian television show, and appeared live on Breakfast Television in Toronto, the Today Show of the Great White North. With a total of more than 200 books to his credit, Busch has had as many as five books appear simultaneously in the Amazon.com Top 25 Digital Photography Books, and when Michael Carr of About.com named the top five digital photography books for beginners, the initial #1 and #2 choices were Buschs Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. His work has been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Bulgarian, German, Italian, French, and other languages. Buschs Web portal is www.dslrguides.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Writing Road to Reading : The Spalding Method of Phonics for Teaching Speech, Writing and Reading\nDescription: [\"Romalda Bishop Spalding, a graduate of Columbia University, developed her method using principles learned from the eminent neurologist Dr. Samuel T. Orton and her experiences teaching children with language problems at Harvard Children's Hospital and public and private schools.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Little Humans\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 2Stanton is a street photographer and creator of the New York Times best seller Humans of New York (St. Martin's, 2013). That book consists of an array of photos of a spectrum of people Stanton encountered on the street, accompanied by impromptu interviews. Here, his photographic eye is once again masterly, but in this book his subjects are children, and the interviews have been replaced by a simple free-verse poem that celebrates childhood. These kids are definitely free spirits, dressed in the quirkiest of outfits. They all seem to shout personality and individuality, and again, the quality of the photography will draw in readers. While not an essential purchase, it will be a browser's delight.Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ\", '', 'The creator of the popular Humans of New York blog focuses his camera lens on the diverse children of New York City . . . These humans may be little, but their photos bring large delight. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', 'This vivid collection underscores both the diversity and commonality among children, and may well inspire readers to imagine the lives of and stories behind each child. <i>Publishers Weekly starred review</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Birth of Tragedy and The Genealogy of Morals\nDescription: ['Excellent Book']"
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"rejected": "Title: Blood Ties: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel\nDescription: ['<br />A tautly written adventure . . . one of the best in the series.<br />Fresh Fiction', '<br />Kay Hooper<b> </b>is the award-winning author of <b>Blood Dreams, Blood Sins, Sleeping with Fear, Hunting Fear, Chill of Fear, Touching Evil, Whisper of Evil, Sense of Evil, Once a Thief, Always a Thief,</b> the Shadows trilogy, and other novels. She lives in North Carolina, where she is at work on her next book.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: David Busch’s Guide to Canon Flash Photography (David Busch's Digital Photography Guides)\nDescription: ['With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world\\'s #1 selling digital camera guide author, and the originator of popular digital photography series like David Busch\\'s Pro Secrets and David Busch\\'s Quick Snap Guides. He has written more than a dozen hugely successful guidebooks for Canon and Canon digital SLR models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition, and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than twenty years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He\\'s operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos and articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He has also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his advice has been featured in National Public Radio\\'s \"All Tech Considered.\" When About.com named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch\\'s Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. During the past year, he\\'s had as many as five of his books listed in the Top 20 of Amazon.com\\'s Digital Photography Bestseller list--simultaneously! Busch\\'s 120-plus other books published since 1983 include bestsellers like David Busch\\'s Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Lenses. Visit his website at http://www.dslrguides.com.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mastering Your Camera\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: David Soman Three Bears in a Boat (Hardback) - Common\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Warriors: Secrets of the Clans (Warriors Field Guide)\nDescription: ['', 'Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of animals and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich, mythical explanations for animal behavior. She is the author of the Warriors, Seekers, Survivors, and Bravelands series. She lives in the UK. Visit her online at www.warriorcats.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Goozler I'm HERE for Muggle Studies Wizard Magic - Mens Pullover Hoodie, 2XL, Ash\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Warriors: Omen of the Stars #4: Sign of the Moon\nDescription: ['', 'Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of animals and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich, mythical explanations for animal behavior. She is the author of the Warriors, Seekers, Survivors, and Bravelands series. She lives in the UK. Visit her online at www.warriorcats.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: A New Day\nDescription: ['Monsignor Chester P. Michael, a Roman Catholic priest since 1942, has a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from St Marys University, Baltimore, Maryland. He directed the Spiritual Renewal Center of the Richmond Diocese, VA; gives retreats, workshops, and spiritual direction; and runs the Spiritual Direction Institute in Charlottesville, VA. In addition to A New Day, Monsignor Michael has authored The Human Side of Jesus (2015) A Christian Worldview (2012) Arise: Jungian Insights for the Christian Journey (2012) An Introduction to Spiritual Direction (2004) Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types (1991) For more information visit www . ChesterMichael . org']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: How to Do Everything Microsoft SharePoint 2010\nDescription: ['<b>About the Author</b><br />', '<b>Stephen Cawood</b> is a former Microsoft SharePoint Program Manager who wrote specifications for SharePoint. He is currently the Director of Community and Support Services at Metalogix Software. Stephen blogs about SharePoint at http://geeklit.blogspot.com/.', '<b>About the Technical Editor</b><br /> <b>Sean Wallbridge, CISSP, MCSE, MCT, MCSA</b>, is a SharePoint MVP and Evangelist. He is president and Principal Consultant of itgroove Professional Services Ltd.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bowie Knives and Bayonets of the Ben Palmer Collection, 2nd edition\nDescription: ['Book by Palmer, Ben et al.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable\nDescription: ['What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great\\'s lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they\\'re impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the \\'experts\\', \"The Black Swan\" shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.']",
"rejected": "Title: 26 Vintage Shawl Knitting Patterns from the 1940's -1960's - Knit Shawls, Knit Stoles, Knit Scarf, Vintage Knitted Shawl Patterns - Ebook Download eBook\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor\nDescription: ['', 'Zombie-apocalypse stories are perfect for miserable winter weather regardless, but for those obsessed with <i>The Walking Dead </i>(such as yours truly), this is essential reading. This is the epitome of a page-turner, and makes subway rides just breeze by. And, that end woof. <i>REFINERY29</i>', \"An excellent companion to the <i>The Walking Dead</i> comic books. The story is enriched by the novel format, and the characterization of the series' most hated villain is something no fan will want to miss. <i>Examiner.com</i>\", 'This book stands alone and is a compelling read for fans of the series or just fans of zombies. Watch out though, because once you get a taste of the particular Kirkman brand of zombie mayhem, catching up on past issues is just around the corner. <i>The Ossuary</i>', \"The story makes a great novel. You'll get sucked in and can easily visualize everything that is happening. It's simply a great read. <i>Comicvine.com</i>\", 'It takes great advantage of the literary medium in a way that most tie-in books would not. <i>TVOverMind.com</i>', 'Not for the faint of heart, this book runs on pressure-cooker suspense, graphically described bloodshed, and dark acts of brutality...This riveting character study adds a new dimension to the oeuvre by fleshing out established characters and plot lines. <i>School Library Journal</i>', '', '', \"Robert Kirkman is best known for his work on <i>The Walking Dead</i> and <i>Invincible</i> for Image Comics and SKYBOUND. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics and is an executive producer and writer on AMC's critically acclaimed television series <i>The Walking Dead</i>.\", 'Jay Bonansinga is a critically acclaimed horror novelist whose works include <i>Perfect Victim, Shattered, Twisted, </i>and <i>Frozen</i>. His debut novel, <i>The Black Mariah,</i> was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Teaching Everyone: An Introduction to Inclusive Education\nDescription: ['', '', '', \"Dr. Whitney H. Rapp is an Associate Professor of Inclusive Education at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, where she teaches courses on inclusive education pedagogy, assessment, classroom management, and diversity issues. She is currently serving as Associate Dean of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., School of Education. Dr. Rapp holds a B.A. in elementary education and psychology from the State University of New York at Potsdam and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in special education from Michigan State University. Prior to her 14 years of experience in teacher education programs, Whitney taught many different grade levels in a variety of settings, from fully inclusive classrooms to residential special education schools. All of these experiences reinforced her belief that all children can learn and that all children should learn together in inclusive settings. Whitney's current research interests include universal design for learningparticularly strategies to support executive functioning abilities. She presents often at local, state, and national conferences on differentiation of instruction and teacher education. Whitney's spare time is spent with her husband and three children, riding bikes, hiking, gardening, reading, watching movies, and enjoying Owasco Lake.\", 'Dr. Katrina L. Arndt is an Associate Professor of Inclusive Education at St. John Fisher College. She teaches courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs in inclusive pedagogy, collaboration, assessment, classroom management, and diversity issues, and has supervised student teachers and graduate-fi eld placements. Before entering higher education, she was a preschool teacher, paraprofessional, and special education teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for 10 years. She then worked as secondary English coteacher in the Rochester, New York, area.', 'Dr. Arndt holds a B.A. in philosophy from Grinnell College and an M.A. in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her Ph.D. in special education and her Certifi cate of Advanced Study in disability studies are from Syracuse University. She joined the faculty of St. John Fisher College in 2005, and was a part of the group of faculty who voted to merge the Special Education, Adolescence Education, and Childhood Education Departments to become a single inclusive education department in 2010. Her research interests focus broadly on inclusive practices in schooling and narrowly on sharing the perspectives of children, youth, and adults who are visually impaired, blind, and deafblind. Katrina spends her free time enjoying the outdoors with her partner Lauren, visiting her many nieces and nephews, and hiking in the Adirondacks.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury (The Walking Dead Series)\nDescription: ['', 'An entertaining read. <i>ComicBookMovie.com</i>', \"The novel fleshes out . . . backstories and connects them, giving depth to people who remained largely mysteries in the comic books. For comic book readers, the novel is full of easter eggs and surprise connections, making it not only entertaining, but necessarily for filling in the gaps left by the comic books . . . The Road to Woodbury' is an essential read for any fan of The Walking Dead'. <i>Examiner.com</i>\", 'Zombie-apocalypse stories are perfect for miserable winter weather regardless, but for those obsessed with <i>The Walking Dead </i>(such as yours truly), this is essential reading. This is the epitome of a page-turner, and makes subway rides just breeze by. And, that end -woof. <i>REFINERY29 on The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor</i>', \"An excellent companion to the <i>The Walking Dead</i> comic books. The story is enriched by the novel format, and the characterization of the series' most hated villain is something no fan will want to miss. <i>Examiner.com on The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor</i>\", 'This book stands alone and is a compelling read for fans of the series or just fans of zombies. Watch out though, because once you get a taste of the particular Kirkman brand of zombie mayhem, catching up on past issues is just around the corner. <i>The Ossuary on The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor</i>', \"The story makes a great novel. You'll get sucked in and can easily visualize everything that is happening. It's simply a great read. <i>Comicvine.com on The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor</i>\", 'It takes great advantage of the literary medium in a way that most tie-in books would not. <i>TVOverMind.com on The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor</i>', 'Not for the faint of heart, this book runs on pressure-cooker suspense, graphically described bloodshed, and dark acts of brutality...This riveting character study adds a new dimension to the oeuvre by fleshing out established characters and plot lines. <i>School Library Journal on The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor</i>', '', '', \"ROBERT KIRKMAN is best known for his work on <i>The Walking Dead</i> and <i>Invincible</i> for Image Comics and SKYBOUND. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics and is an executive producer and writer on AMC's critically acclaimed television series <i>The Walking Dead</i>.\", 'JAY BONANSINGA is a critically acclaimed horror novelist whose works include <i>Perfect Victim, Shattered, Twisted, </i>and <i>Frozen</i>. His debut novel, <i>The Black Mariah,</i> was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Viking Myths - Stories of the Norse Gods and Goddesses\nDescription: ['\"An incredibly refreshing and quite reinvigorating retelling\" - Rebecca Wilson, The Fantasy Guide']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries, 2nd Edition\nDescription: ['<P><STRONG><U>Reviews for the First Edition</U></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>\"The authors have done an amazing job in presenting the cultures of contemporary China, integrating the skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, providing extensive and various linguistic input, and consolidating learning through systematic review this book is useful not only as an advanced textbook for achieving language competence but also as reading material for courses with a cultural emphasis The most outstanding components within each lesson are the grammar explanations and the Chinese character analysis exercises. The grammar explanation component explains each sentence pattern in great detail and with extraordinary accuracy. More important, simple, focused, and clear exercises follow each detailed explanation of a sentence pattern, immediately enabling learners to digest and reinforce the mastery of a grammar point quickly. The Chinese character analysis exercises provide a systematic review of frequently occurring phonetic sets of Chinese characters, helping learners decipher Chinese characters and synthesize the Chinese characters they have learned.</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>The unique feature of this book lies in its emphasis on the link between cultural literacy and language competenceThe tremendous amount of online audio and visual supporting materials constitutes a second outstanding feature of the book, which provides learners with extensive and authentic exposure to the Chinese language and culture. Another valuable feature comes from the books emphasis on the transition from spoken language to written or formal languageIn conclusion, this is an excellent textbook for advanced CSL/CFL learners...Due to its special emphasis on culture and formal language, this book could also be a good choice for Chinese courses designed for Chinese heritage learners.\"- </STRONG><EM>The Modern Language Journal 97 (2013)</EM></P> <P> <STRONG><U>Reviews for the Second Edition</U></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>\"The second edition <I>of The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries</I> is an excellent textbook for advanced learners of Chinese, which successfully integrates development of linguistic competence and cultural literacy. The online supporting materials accompanied with this book are impressively rich, practical, and innovative.\"</STRONG> <I>Han Luo, Northwestern University, USA.</P> <P></I><STRONG>\"This textbook provides a rich resource for expanding advanced vocabulary, studying complex sentence patterns and learning about formal writing style. It is a dynamic textbook that generates great activities in class. While learning linguistic items, students gain an understanding of Chinese society, culture and history. My students enjoy the book very much.\"</STRONG><I> William Zhou, Yale University</I>, <EM>USA.</EM></P>', '<P><STRONG>Kunshan Carolyn Lee</STRONG> is Associate Professor of the Practice and the Director of the Chinese language program in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University.</P> <P><STRONG>Hsin-hsin Liang</STRONG> is Associate Professor of Chinese and the Director of Chinese Language Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Virginia.</P> <P><STRONG>Liwei Jiao</STRONG> is Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania.</P> <P><STRONG>Julian K. Wheatley</STRONG> is currently Adjunct Associate Professor at Tulane University. He has directed Chinese language programs at Cornell University (11 years) and at MIT (9 years). More recently, he held visiting positions in Chinese language at Singapores National Institute of Education and at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step\nDescription: ['', 'Darvish Shadravan has been employed at Microsoft for 13 years, spending most of that time in the role of a Technology Specialist working with Enterprise customer to help them understand and leverage the SharePoint and Office platforms. He has spoken at SharePoint events worldwide representing the InfoPath Product Group. His ongoing work with the InfoPath and SharePoint products has made him a trusted advisor to the product groups, and he is called upon regularly to present sessions at conferences and help vet content and demos.', 'Laura Rogers, Microsoft MVP, MCSE, MCTS, is a Senior SharePoint Consultant. Her background is in server administration, working in SharePoint and InfoPath since 2004. She is enthusiastic about building business solutions in SharePoint by using the out-of-box capabilities without writing code. She specializes and trains others in SharePoint workflows, data view web parts, and InfoPath. Laura is a regular speaker at several different SharePoint conferences, loves sharing ideas on her SharePoint blog.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Plain & Simple\nDescription: ['Your easy, colorful, SEE-HOW guide to SharePoint!', '', 'Johnathan Lightfoot is the President/CEO of TechForce, Inc., a Microsoft Partner company, who has been involved with IT for over 15 years. He has worked in various roles including Help Desk, Level II and III Desktop Support, Windows and AS-400 Server Administration and Development. Companies he is fortunate to have worked for in the past include Electronic Data Systems, Hawaiian Telcom and Norwegian Cruise Line (yes he actually worked on the ships). However the best experiences he says he has had were his nine years serving in the United States Navy.<br /><br /> He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer who specializes in MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0 and Office 2007 technologies along with providing Soft Skills training for organizations. Due to his background he is often called upon during the rollout phase of projects to provide training (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced) and to assist End-Users, Power Users and Site Administrators with User Acceptance; as well as serving as the translator between customers and IT Departments. He is certified as an MCT, MCDST, MCAS 2007, and MCPS (Microsoft Online Services). He is currently preparing a package to gain MCLC certification. <br /><br /> He is from Miami, FL (originally) and has lived and worked literally around the world he currently lives outside of Washington, DC in Columbia, Maryland with his super terrific wife Genevievette.', 'Chris Beckett is a Microsoft Certified SharePoint Master, with 20 years of business solutions expertise, six years of dedicated SharePoint solutions consulting experience, thousands of hours of knowledge acquisition, training and professional development, and a deep expertise with SharePoint technologies. He is an active SharePoint community participant, and writes a SharePoint-focused blog. He is also a frequent speaker at user group and industry events.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Leg Sex - Busty Adult Magazine - "Natalie" - December 2002\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Contract Law For Dummies\nDescription: ['', '<b><i>Learn to:</i></b>', '<b>Take the mumbo jumbo out of contract law and ace your contracts course</b>', \"Confused by contract law? This hands-on guide gives you plain-English explanations of terminology and language used in contracts, showing you how to read and analyze cases and statutes with ease. You'll quickly and painlessly get up to speed on contract formation; contract theory and legality; agreement, consideration, restitution, and promissory estoppel; fraud and remedies; performance and breach; the parol evidence rule; and more.\", '<b>Open the book and find:</b>', '', '', '<b>Scott J. Burnham</b> is the Curley Professor of Commercial Law at Gonzaga University School of Law. For 30 years he has taught Contracts at law schools internationally and throughout the U.S. He is also a prolific writer on legal topics and a consultant on contract drafting for numerous businesses.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight\nDescription: ['', 'Drawing from a remarkable range of real-life stories, Mnookin offers his thoughtful guidance in disputes of all sorts where the temptation is to demonize:', 'The CEO of a small high-tech company learns that his joint-venture partner, a big foreign corporation, has been secretly cheating him under a license agreement; IBM discovers that Fujitsu, its largest competitor, has copied its software; the San Francisco Symphony is torn apart by poisoned labor-management relations; divorcing spouses, each feeling wounded and betrayed, disagree about custody and support; three siblings are in conflict about what to do with a jointly inherited vacation property.', \"Mnookin also examines decisions made in conflicts with evil regimes, where lives and liberty were at stake. He analyzes Winston Churchill's fateful choice in May 1940--Britain's darkest hour--to reject negotiations with Adolf Hitler and to carry on the fight. He compares Nelson Mandela's decision to initiate negotiations with the South Africa apartheid government that had imprisoned him for life with the imprisoned Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky's decision not to negotiate with the KGB for his freedom. And Mnookin evaluates with sensitivity the Hungarian Jew Rudolf Kasztner's still controversial decision to negotiate with Adolf Eichmann in the hope of saving lives.\", 'This lively, informative, indispensable book identifies the tools one needs to make wise decisions about life\\'s most challenging conflicts.<br /><br /> Read an <a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/SS.EMS/BargainingwiththeDevilExcerpt.pdf\">excerpt</a> for <i>Bargaining with the Devil</i>.', 'Mnookin, head of Harvard\\'s Program on Negotiation, combines business, history, philosophy and psychology to present a complete set of tools for confronting \"Devils,\" defined as any individual perceived as a harmful adversary. Examining eight conflicts, including Winston Churchill\\'s decision to reject negotiations with Adolf Hitler, Nelson Mandela\\'s decision to initiate discussions with South Africa\\'s apartheid government, IBM\\'s discovery that its largest competitor copied its software, poisoned labor-management issues in the San Francisco Symphony, and examples from his professional experience, Mnookin (Beyond Winning) provides a straightforward account of the deliberative options when facing a \"Faustian tension between pragmatism and principle.\" Along with cogent analysis, Mnookin suggests four general guidelines for determining the best course of action: systematically compare the cost-benefit ratios of negotiating or fighting, collect advice from others, tip the scales in favor of negotiation before fully committing, and don\\'t allow moral intuition to override pragmatic assessment. While Mnookin admits his suggestions are \"hardly the last word,\" they will help decision-makers focus their thoughts in challenging situations. END', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Life-Shaping Prayer: 52 Meditations in the Wesleyan Spirit\nDescription: ['Paul W. Chilcote is professor of the Practice of Evangelism at Duke University Divinity School. Chilcote previously served as Nippert Professor of Church History and Wesleyan Studies at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and, more recently, helped to launch the new campus of Asbury Theological Seminary in Florida. Chilcote is the author of eight books. He is the president of The Charles Wesley Society, and enjoys a special relationship with Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon as a Benedictine oblate. Chilcote is a frequent speaker and workshop leader in applied Wesleyan studies, particularly in the areas of spirituality, worship, discipleship, and evangelism.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage\nDescription: ['<b>The Brown Family</b>husband Kody, wives Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn, and their seventeen childrenare open polygamists, and the stars of the popular TLC reality program <i>Sister Wives</i>.', 'Becoming Sister Wives <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"../styles/9781451661224.css\" /> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"application/vnd.adobe-page-template+xml\" href=\"../styles/page-template.xpgt\" />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Visual Culture\nDescription: ['\"This second edition is a comprehensive, sophisticated, eminently readable analysis of what everyone sees but almost no one notices.\"<br /><b>John Stilgoe, Harvard University</b>', '\"Generous, wide-ranging, always helpful and clear, this second edition of Richard Howells\\' <i>Visual Culture</i> is a succinct and versatile guide to the different languages that images speak. For the literature student in particular, this is, I believe, the best general introduction available to the key ideas, the key questions and the key texts of visual culture.\"<br /><b>John Harvey, University of Cambridge</b>', '\"As a guide for the study of visual culture, this volume stands out for breadth, accessibility, and usefulness. The authors examine writers who have changed the way we think and see, the nature and experience of visual media, and leading conceptual tools on which the study of visual culture has relied. The result is a highly readable, deeply informed and richly illuminating book.\"<br /><b>David Morgan, Duke University</b>', '\"<i>Visual Culture</i> ranges across diverse disciplines and entertains multiple-sometimes opposing-perspectives on its subject. It provides a comprehensive introduction to media theory and a practical grounding in the analysis of multiple media, from fine arts to television, and from photography to new media.\"<br /><b>Paul K Eiss, Director of the Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University</b>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Walking Dead Deluxe Volume 1 (Walking Dead) (Omnibus) (v. 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Color Your World\nDescription: ['Book by Don, Frank']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Walking Dead 2: Miles Behind Us (v. 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Definitive Guide to Getting a Teaching Job: An Insider's Guide to Finding the Right Job, Writing the Perfect Resume, and Nailing the Interview\nDescription: [\"Mary C. Clement has truly written the definitive guide for becoming a teacher and getting the job. Her book covers the process soup-to-nuts and is a valuable resource for high school students, college students, and even mid-career changers. Those who read her book will have an advantage in the job search process and will increase their chances of landing their dream job! (Brent Spodak, CEO, Teachers-Teachers.com)<br /><br />This book is another excellent example of the Mary Clement approach to writing. It is easy to read because the flow of the information is logical and well presented. It is almost like Mary Clement is having a one-on one conversation with the reader. In this day of highly technical books using lots of education jargon, it is refreshing to read a book that is so simple and useful. I thoroughly enjoyed Mary's latest edition to educational literature. She is always finding ways to help students find insights and meaning in their learning. This book has the appropriate length, it is presented logically, and it is written in a style that can be digested by the target audience. Candidates looking for work in the education field will benefit greatly by reading and using this book. (Michael P. Wolfe, executive director emeritus, Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education)<br /><br />Quite exhaustive is the best way to explain this book that would be very valuable for any teacher looking for a job. The subjects even include jobs for substitute teachers, teaching in a community college, and in a private school. The book is very practical and the author does not pull any punches including telling you want to say and not to say and what to wear and not wear. (Dr. Harry K. Wong, Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc., nationally renowned educational speaker and consultant)\", 'Mary C. Clement, a former high school foreign language teacher, is a professor of teacher education at Berry College, northwest of Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to undergraduate courses in curriculum, methods, and management, she teaches courses for future principals on the hiring, supervision, and induction of new teachers.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tongue Twisters for Kids\nDescription: [\"<b><i>Riley Weber is an author and artist who would rather write books than eat candy.</i></b> He holds an Associates Degree in Fine Art and a Bachelors in Business, but his true passion lies in writing and illustrating picture books. On the weekends, you will find Riley composing music on Pro Tools, singing the wrong words to popular songs, strumming the guitar, pounding on the piano, or building Legos with his two young boys. He and his wife recently welcomed a daughter into the family, who is a little princess. Now, a lot of Riley's free time is spent holding his daughter and trying to calm her when she cries, which is truly one of the best joys in life. Riley loves to draw caricatures of friends, paint abstract art on canvas with acrylics, and doodle on a notebook during church on Sunday's. To learn more about Riley visit RileyWeberArt.com\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dracula (Collins Drama)\nDescription: [\"Jan Needle is a well known children's writer. His novels include The Bully, My Mate Shofiq, Albeson and The Germans and A Game of Soldiers. Other plays by him include The Thief, A Game of Soldiers and The Rebels of Gas Street.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Hollow Woods: Storytelling Card Game (Magical Myrioramas)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survival\nDescription: ['<blockquote>', \"Twenty years ago, one man's murderous rampage destroyed his own family . . . and devastated a community. Now the only survivor—his daughter—tells her story at last.\", 'On April 14, 1989, for reasons still debated today, Mexican immigrant Ramón Salcido went on a violent rampage in the idyllic Sonoma Valley wine country where he lived and worked. In the course of just two hours, he killed his wife, Angela, her two younger sisters, his mother-in-law, and the man with whom he suspected Angela was having an affair. He then slashed the throats of his three young daughters—four-year-old Sophia, three-year-old Carmina, and twenty-two-month-old Teresa—leaving them for dead in the county dump. A little more than a day later, the bodies of his daughters were discovered. Miraculously, tiny Carmina was still alive and able to tell her rescuers, \"My daddy cut me.\"', \"In <em>Not Lost Forever</em>, Carmina Salcido explores the events surrounding these headline-making murders with extraordinary clarity and composure. Reaching back to understand the events that traumatized her in childhood—and weaving them together with the recollections of detectives and witnesses—she reconstructs the story of her father's crimes, and their aftermath, in sobering detail.\", \"Yet Carmina's story doesn't end there. Those who remember her as the tiny victim of these murders will also be shocked by what followed: how she was adopted by a Catholic extremist family who tried to change her name and bury her past; how she tried to escape their sheltering influence by joining a Carmelite convent and then a ranch for troubled girls; and how the psychological trials she endured along the way nearly broke her spirit—until, at last, she found peace by turning to the one relative still alive to share her grief: her grandfather.\", \"As a young woman, Carmina returned to California to share her experiences and discover the family that was brutally taken from her. The devout Catholic also returned to look into her father's eyes on death row and confront the man who took away her entire family. With clear-eyed candor, courage, and grace, this brave young woman takes readers along on her miraculous journey of survival, discovery, and hope.\", '', 'Carmina Salcido lives and works in Northern California.']",
"rejected": "Title: Geological Essays, Or, an Inquiry Into Some of the Geological Phenomena to Be Found in Various Parts\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Reckless: Reckless, Book 1 (Mirrorworld Series)\nDescription: ['<b>CORNELIA FUNKE</b> is an internationally bestselling, multiple-award-winning author, best known for writing the Inkworld trilogy, <i>Dragon Rider</i>, and <i>The Thief Lord</i>. Deeming her a unique talent, <i>Time</i> magazine included Cornelia on its Time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world. Look for The Inkworld trilogy and more available on audio from Listening Library.', \"Twenty-something Jacob Reckless, the hero of Funke's latest fairy tale-inspired adventure, is on his greatest quest ever--saving his brother from turning into a goyl, a man made of stone. Narrating newcomer Elliot Hill provides a strong reading that is well suited to the characters of Mirrorworld, the alternate universe Reckless finds himself in after he puts his hand into the magical mirror in his father's study. Hill's acting expertise is clearly demonstrated as he gives voice to the characters of the fairy-tale world--from the oily voice of a double-crossing dwarf to the hushed tones of the fairies as they try to lull the listener into their spell. Hill's soothing cadence makes the adventure seem even more real. An enticing start to this new series. E.N. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Main Trail\nDescription: [\"Ralph J. Hall, a native of the West Texas cattle country, dropped out of school because of eye trouble. Even though he had not attended college or seminary, he was commissioned a Sunday School missionary by the Presbytery of Boulder. Then, in 1916, after private instruction and determined study, he was ordained to the gospel ministry. In 1941, the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on his by the Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He has been the subject of many write-ups in church publications and also in Time and The Saturday Evening Post. Three motion pictures have been made about his missionary work: The Vanishing Frontier, a silent picture made in 1920; Cowboy's Hitching Post, filmed in color in the late forties with narration added; Altars of God, photographed in color and also with dialog in 1955. He is now retires and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. --- from book's back cover\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Being Your Self\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Diary of a Young Girl: Definitive Edition\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Children Most of All (Jakob's Star Trilogy)\nDescription: ['Book by Barnard, Richard Hertogs, Sam; Keely, John Field, Barbara', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Haters Gonna Hate: A Snarky Mandala Coloring Book: Mandalas? Again?!? SMH: Midnight Edition (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Australia by Rail\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Chicktionary: A Survival Guide To Dating Men: An Adult Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Amazon River (Rivers and Lakes)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Mom Life: A Snarky Adult Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Meet the Natives: A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs: Bridging the Gap Between Trail and Garden\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Progradior and the Beast. Frank Bennett & Aleister Crowley\nDescription: [\"Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. 316pp. Blue cloth, gilt titling, full colour dust jacket, and black and white illustrations. Bibliography and Index. Progradior and the Beast recounts the story of Lancashire-born Frank Bennett (1868-1930), one of Aleister Crowley's more successful, if little-known followers. While still a youth Bennett embarked on a spiritual odyssey which eventually led him to the study of ceremonial magic, and into contact with Crowley. Bennett, also known by his magical name, Frater Progradior, migrated to Australia in 1911 where he founded A .*. A.*. and O.T.O. groups, and sought to promote Crowley's law of Thelema. In 1921 Bennett traveled to Crowley's Abbey of Thelema at Cefalu, where he rapidly became one of the Beast's star pupils. Progradior and the Beast is largely drawn from previously unpublished sources - letters, journals, and other documents - and provides rare insight into the private and public worlds of these two twentieth century magicians. It is illustrated with a number of previously unseen pictures of Crowley and Bennett, and the dustwrapper and endpapers include striking colour reproductions of two paintings by Crowley: one a portrait of Frank Bennett, and the other a Cefalu landscape. The book is uniform in format with its companion volume: 'The Magical Record of Frater Progradior.'\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: F@#k The Chicken Soup: Swear Word Adult Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Financial Nutrition for Young Women: How (and Why) to Teach Girls about Money\nDescription: ['\"It is time for all of us to stop buying into the myth that women are less financially capable than men. In this book, Melissa Donohue eloquently discusses the complex reasons behind this myth and offers a solution for empowering the next generation of women to be more financially savvy and self-assured. This is a must read for anyone with a young girl in her life.\" (Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, Author of <i>Breaking Money Silence: How to Shatter Money Taboos, Talk More Openly about Finances, and Live a Richer Life</i>)<br /><br />\"Anyone familiar with the research knows that girls learn differently than boys and that as women they will face unique financial challenges. <i>Financial Nutrition for Young Women</i> equips girls (and their parents) for a financial world that is still inhospitable to women throughout their lives. Melissa Donohue shows that overcoming socialization, modifying behavior, increasing entrepreneurship, and embracing investments are uniquely necessary to help girls find their financial voices and make the life choices that are best for them. Donohue\\'s chapter on managing your income and tips about handling mortgages are especially important.\" (Andrew O. Smith, Author of Financial Literacy for Millennials)<br /><br />\"Financial responsibility and knowledge are intertwined, and women often have too little of the former and, for that reason, not enough opportunities to learn about the financial realm. This puts them at a disadvantage in their interactions with employers, partners, and with others who provide services ranging from health care to home repair. The cure lies in educating young women and girls, and <i>Financial Nutrition for Young Women</i> teaches readers both money management skills and confidence-building negotiating skills, ensuring that the next generation of women start with a level playing field in dealing with money matters.\" (Linda Babcock, James M. Walton Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University and Coauthor of <i>Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want</i>)<br /><br />\"Closing the gender gap in financial capability is important for us as a country economically and socially. And it\\'s important for us as parents, educators, and members of civil society to foster a broader and deeper understanding of what it takes to be financially healthy. <i>Financial Nutrition for Young Women: How (and Why) to Teach Girls about Money</i> is a step in the right direction toward helping women of all ages build and maintain their financial health and security.\" (Jeanne M. Hogarth, Vice President, Center for Financial Services Innovation)<br /><br />\"<i>Financial Nutrition for Young Women</i> sparkes in serving up the financial info that every girl deserves to know! Encouraging and practical, this smart book offers a clear recipe for how you can provide your girlor yourself!the means to create a life of financial security and freedom. I recommend this book as a must-read for mother-daughter groups. Get this book today!\" (SuEllen Hamkins, MD, Coauthor, <i>The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds and Thrive Through Adolescence</i>; Cofounder, The Mother-Daughter Project)', '', \"<b>Melissa Donohue</b>, EdD, is president and founder of Financial Nutrition, a nonprofit organization focused on girls' financial literacy and economic empowerment, and has more than 20 years of experience in finance, financial journalism, and financial education.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Verses For Men: Inspired To Grace: Christian Coloring Books: A Scripture Coloring Book for Adults & Teens (Bible Verse Coloring) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking\nDescription: ['Betty Crocker\\'s Indian Home Cooking Namaste! Vannakam! With this welcome in two of India\\'s many languages, Betty Crocker and culinary expert Raghavan Iyer invite you to join them in exploring the wonders of Indian food. If you enjoy a good food adventure, you\\'ll love Indian cooking! With Betty and Raghavan as your guides, you\\'ll savor the seductive aromas and flavors of Indian food in your own kitchen. Your tour of India\\'s foods begins with a \"pantry\" guide to the ingredients that can get you started with a quick visit to the supermarket. The \"magic\" of Indian cooking is awakening your senses to all the wonderful spices that transform everyday ingredients into the truly exceptional. You can experience all the exotic flavors of India with eleven basic spices and a few choice lentils and beans that are widely available. You\\'ll find that many staples of the Indian kitchenspinach, potatoes, shrimp, yogurt and riceare your favorites too. Turn to complete glossaries on spices and seasonings; fresh produce; and lentils and grains for in-depth explanations and photographs. Raghavan\\'s lyrical memories, amusing stories and insightful descriptions of India, which accompany the recipes, give each one a context in the culture of this vast land. Now you\\'re ready to cook! With over 180 recipes to choose from, there are dishes for every occasionfrom an easy side to add pizzazz to weeknight dinners, like Spicy Potato Fry, to a great center-piece for a party, like Seafood Pilaf with Saffron. Find classic favorites that you\\'ve probably enjoyed at Indian restaurants, like crispy potato samosas, grilled chicken tandoori and home-baked naan breads. Always wanted to make Chai, the spiced tea that\\'s so popular in coffee bars? The authentic and easy recipe that everyone drinks in India is here. Whatever you\\'re in the mood for, you\\'ll find it here. If you like to cook meatless meals once in awhile, you\\'ll get lots of ideas and inspiration. Turn to the chapter on lentils for warming options like North Indian Chili. Crazy for breads? Serve Spiced Puffed Breads or Onion-filled Tandoori Breads to make any meal extra-special. Check out the desserts chapter for irresistible sweets like Banana-Coffee Ice Cream and Fresh Fruit with Cooling Spices. Or when you want an unforgettable dinner party or a fun picnic, just glance at the Indian menus section for great suggestions. Filled with beautiful food photography as well as gorgeous photographs of the people of India, her monuments and places of natural beauty, this book will transport you to a far-off land of enticing flavors. Visit Hungry Minds on-line at www.hungryminds.com', \"Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking Betty Crocker and Ragahavan Iyer unlock the magic of Indian food with more than 180 authentic recipes. The Flavors of Indian Food are so alluringfragrant and fluffy rice, tender morsels of meat and chicken, creamy and aromatic sauces, hot baked breads studded with spices, mouth-tingling chutneys and pickles. These authentic flavors are yours to be discovered and enjoyed. Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking takes you on a tour of India's food and landscape with captivating photos. And the savory recipes allow you to capture the aromas of India in your own kitchen. Traditional Indian Favorites: Pastry Shells with Spiced Potatoes Punjabi Samosas Almond-Lamb Curry Roghan Josh Marinated Grilled Chicken Tandoori Murghi Darjeeling Tea with Cardamom Chai Authentic Regional Specialties: Grilled Fish with Garlic and Cream Malai Maach Pork in Cashew-Pepper Curry Sorpotel Mixed Vegetable Stew with Coconut Avial Rice-Lentil Pancakes Uttapam Versatile Vegetarian Options: Homemade Cheese with Spinach Saag Paneer Grilled Eggplant Pt Baingan Bhurta North Indian Chili Rajmah Layered Rice-Potato Pilaf Aloo Biryani For more great ideas visit www.bettycrocker.com and Hungry Minds on-line at www.hungryminds.com\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Color The Proverbs: Inspired To Grace: Christian Coloring Books: A Scripture Coloring Book for Adults & Teens (Bible Verse Coloring) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Danny's Main: A Charistown Novel\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Nurse Life: A Snarky Adult Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Whispering Wally\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Master Mandalas: A Mandala Coloring Book\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Penny & Drew's Penciltips, Volumes 1-4\nDescription: [\"There are so many things to like about Penny and Drew's Penciltips. The 5x7 inch drawing books contain 40 pages each with a drawing prompt typed discreetly at the bottom of the page. Penny and Drew are the hip hosts of this drawing adventure. They appear in a small pen and ink sketch on the side or along the bottom of each page as a sort of cheerleader and companion through the drawing adventures. The drawing books are a nice size for holding in a lap, sticking in a purse or fitting on the table while waiting for one's order at a restaurant. The books are bound as notepads so children can detach the page that interests them at the moment and hand another page to a friend. They accomplish exactly what the creator hoped; they prompt kids, both young artists and those who have no artistic aspirations but have a few minutes to fill, with sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary suggestions.\", 'Open the first book and you are encouraged to try drawing \"reading by the light of the moon\" and \"a jungle of candy cane trees\". Subsequent volumes give drawing suggestions around the themes of transportation, animal alliteration and idioms. While the first volume is fun, the alliteration and idiom prompts are painless but important language learning tools. Teachers will find many uses for these small books. A child who draws \"frogs fishing for fruit\" will understand alliteration and be able to find examples of it in Jack Prelutsky\\'s poetry. An English language learner who is encouraged to draw both a literal and figurative drawing for the expression \"in a pickle\" will have an easier time understanding her classmates on the playground.', \"Drawing asks us to look closely at the world. Written language asks us to translate words into ideas. Penny and Drew's Penciltips ask the child to close that loop, to make a connection between pictures, words, and the world around us. --Maeve Visser Knoth\", \"Laura Sebastiani has spent over five years developing activities and games to keep her kids happy and busy on-the-go. She always has conveniently sized activities on hand to keep boredom at bay and her kids' creativity in full bloom. Prior to launching ThoughtRockets, Inc. Laura spent 18 years as a finance professional.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Teacher Life: A Snarky Chalkboard Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sky Trucks (Osprey Colour Series)\nDescription: ['1st edition Osprey trade 1990 fine book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse']"
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"chosen": "Title: Inspired To Grace Word Search Puzzles: Volume 1 (Christian Word Search)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Greens!: Tips and Techniques for Growing Your Own Vegetables\nDescription: ['<strong>Karin Eliasson</strong>is a Swedish gardener with extensive experience. Her first book, Feeling for the Earth, came out in 2006 and was warmly received. Together with her husband Lars Jederlund, she runs a garden and guesthouse in southern Spain. She gives lectures and courses on gardening and farming, and writes a column for the Swedish newspaper <em>Tradgardsilv</em>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Inspired To Grace Word Search Puzzles: Volume 2 (Christian Word Search)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Living With Childhood Cancer\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Southern Sayins' & Sass: A Chalkboard Coloring Book: Well Bless Your Heart: Southern Charm & Southern Sayings Funny Coloring Books For Grownups & ... Spiritual Coloring Book & Zen Coloring Book)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Where Trust Lies (Return to the Canadian West)\nDescription: [\"She loves her friends and students in the West, but family obligations have called her home. Where does she truly belong?<b><BR><BR></b>After a year of teaching in the Canadian West, Beth Thatcher returns home to her family. She barely has time to settle in before her mother announces plans for a family holiday--a luxurious steamship tour along the eastern coast of Canada and the United States. Hoping to reconnect with her mother and her sisters, Beth agrees to join them, but she quickly realizes that things have changed since she went away, and renewing their close bond is going to be more challenging than she expected. <BR><BR>There's one special thing to look forward to--letters and telephone calls from Jarrick, the Mountie who has stolen her heart. The distance between them is almost too much to bear. But can she give her heart to Jarrick when it will mean saying good-bye to her family once again--and possibly forever? And will she still want to live in the western wilds after the steamship tour opens up a world of people and places she never imagined?<BR><BR>Then comes a great test of Beth's faith. Someone in her family has trusted the wrong person, and suddenly everything Beth knows and loves is toppled. Torn between her family and her dreams, will Beth finally discover where her heart truly belongs?<BR><b><BR></b>A companion story to Hallmark Channel's <i>When Calls the Heart</i> TV series!<BR><BR>"This mother/daughter team is a powerhouse...they have written a wonderful series with caring and fully formed characters and a storyline that flows evenly throughout the book." - <i>RT Book Reviews</i>\", \"Bestselling author <b>Janette Oke</b> is celebrated for her significant contribution to the Christian book industry. Her novels have sold more than 30 million copies, and she is the recipient of the ECPA President's Award, the CBA Life Impact Award, the Gold Medallion, and the Christy Award. Janette and her husband, Edward, live in <b>Alberta, Canada</b>.<BR><b><BR>Laurel Oke Logan</b>, daughter of Edward and Janette Oke, is the author of <i>Janette Oke: A Heart for the Prairie</i>, as well as the novels <i>Dana's Valley </i>and<i> Where Courage Calls</i>, cowritten with her mom. Laurel and her husband have six children and live near <b>Indianapolis, Indiana</b>.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Sweary Skulls: A Spanish Swear Word Coloring Book\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Cutiefox Women's Funnel Neck Zip Up Soft Long Sleeve Tunic Hoodie Jacket(Black,XXL)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Color The Psalms: Inspired To Grace: Christian Coloring Books: A Scripture Coloring Book for Adults & Teens (Bible Verse Coloring) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Life Principles for Praying God's Way: Leaders Guide (Following God Discipleship Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Variety Puzzles and Games Puzzle Book-Volume 46\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Zora Hurston And The Strange Case Of Ruby McCollum\nDescription: [\"Dr. Ellis was a featured guest speaker at the Miami Book Fair International in 2004 and a guest on L A Theatre Works. He also filmed for the episode, The Shot Doctor, premiering November 18, 2014 on The Discovery ID Channel. Unfortunately his narration of Ruby McCollum's testifying during her trial was edited out in favor of narrators who were not familiar with the trial and declared that McCollum did not testify.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: I Fucking Quit! Color Your Resignation: A Swear Word Coloring Book\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Wittgenstein and Merleau-Ponty (Routledge Research in Phenomenology)\nDescription: ['<P><STRONG>\"Few would dispute that two of the great philosophers of the twentieth century were Ludwig Wittgenstein and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. In this new edited collection, we are presented with eight quality papers that grapple with their philosophical relations, touching indirectly on issues relating to the analytic and continental/phenomenological movements that they have both been associated with ... </STRONG><STRONG>The essays are written by some of the best scholars in the field ... </STRONG><STRONG>All papers are of high-quality and make important contributions to their fields.\" -- </STRONG><EM>Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews</EM></P>', '<P><STRONG>Komarine Romdenh-Romluc</STRONG> is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is author of <EM>The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Merleau-Ponty and Phenomenology of Perception</EM> (2010). </P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel\nDescription: ['James Lee Burke is a<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. Hes authored thirty-six novels and two short story collections.He lives in Missoula, Montana.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bonsai Ways\nDescription: ['Rare book']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden\nDescription: ['Book by Bowden, Mark', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Back to Blood: A Novel\nDescription: ['<strong>PRAISE FOR TOM WOLFE:<br /><br /></strong><em>Bonfire of the Vanities</em> (1987):<br /><br />\"A big, bitter, funny, craftily plotted book that grabs you by the lapels and won\\'t let go.\"<b><i><em>New York Times Book Review</em></i></b><br /><br />\"A superb human comedy and the first novel ever to get contemporary New York, in all its arrogance and shame and heterogeneity and insularity, exactly right.\"<b><i><em>Washington Post Book World</em></i></b><br /><br /><em>A Man in Full</em> (1998):<br /><br />\"The novel contains passages as powerful and as beautiful as anything written--not merely by contemporary American novelists but by any American novelist....The book is as funny as anything Wolfe has ever written; at the same time it is also deeply, strangely affecting.\"<b><i><em>New York Times Book Review</em></i></b><br /><br /><em>I Am Charlotte Simmons</em> (2004):<br /><br />\"Wolfe is one of the greatest literary stylists and social observers of our much observed postmodern era....A rich, wise, absorbing, and irresistible novel.\"<b>Lev Grossman</b>, <b><i><em>Time</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Wolfe\\'s dialogue is some of the finest in literature, not just fast but deep. He hears the cacophony of our modern lives.\"<b><i><em>Los Angeles Times</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Brilliant...I couldn\\'t stop reading it....Tom Wolfe can make words dance and sing and perform circus tricks, he can make the reader sigh with pleasure.\"<b>Michael Dirda</b>, <b><i><em>Washington Post</em></i></b>', \"Tom Wolfe is the author of more than a dozen books, among them such bestselling contemporary classics as <em>The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, </em>and <em>I Am Charlotte Simmons. </em>A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University and a Ph.D. in American studies at Yale. He received the National Book Foundation's 2010 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in New York City.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dk Millennium Classics: Story of Philosophy (DK Millennium M)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Back Story (Spenser Mystery)\nDescription: ['In this 30th entry in one of mystery fiction\\'s longest-running and best-loved <a href=\"/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/121/${0}\">series</a>, Spenser--the tough yet sensitive Boston private eye with no first name--takes on an unsolved murder nearly three decades old. The client, an actress, is a friend of Paul Giacomin, Spenser\\'s surrogate son (who first appeared in 1981\\'s <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440122147/${0}\">Early Autumn</a></i>). Her mother was slain by leftist radicals at a bank holdup in 1974, and now she wants to know who fired the shot. As Spenser digs into the past, he soon learns that powerful people on both sides of the law want the case left alone--badly enough to kill.', 'These death threats provide a fine excuse for Hawk, Spenser\\'s extremely scary (yet sensitive) bad-guy pal, to tag along in nearly every scene as bodyguard. The interaction of the two friends is one of this series\\'s familiar pleasures, as is the presence of Susan Silverman, Spenser\\'s longtime love interest. Another pleasure is Parker\\'s stripped-down prose, a marvel of craftsmanship as smooth as 18-year-old Scotch. (Plus we get the first meeting between Spenser and Jesse Stone, hero of <a href=\"/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/582/${0}\">another Parker series</a>.) Alas, the whole enterprise feels a little tired. The plot never generates much sustained suspense, and the author\\'s adoration for his central characters renders them at times almost cartoonesque. Still, <i>Back Story</i> is excellently prepared comfort food, even if it isn\\'t five-star cuisine. <i>--Nicholas H. Allison</i>', \"Spenser's respectable 30th outing (he debuted 30 years ago in The Godwulf Manuscript) finds the veteran Boston PI teaming briefly with Jesse Stone, the cop hero of a newer Parker series (Death in Paradise, etc.). The move works because Parker plays it low-key, presenting Stone as just one of many characters who cross Spenser's path as the PI-hired by a friend of his adoptive son, Paul, for the princely sum of six Krispy Kremes-digs into the 28-year-old murder of a woman during a bank robbery; the friend is the slain woman's daughter and wants closure. Before Spenser bumps into Stone, the top cop in Paradise, Mass., he connects the killing to the daughter of big time Boston mobster Sonny Karnofsky, an old foe. When Spenser won't back off, Karnofsky threatens Spenser's girlfriend, Susan, then orders a hit on the PI. Enter as protection longtime sidekick Hawk; other series vets make appearances too on Spenser's behalf, including cops Belsen and Quirk and shooter Vinnie Morris. An interesting new character, a Jewish FBI agent, also helps out. The repartee between Spenser and Hawk is fast and funny; the sentiment between Spenser and Susan and the musings about Spenser's code are only occasionally cloying; and there's a scattering of remarkable action scenes including a tense shootout in Harvard Stadium. Series fans will enjoy this mix of old and new, but the title kind of says it all: this series, probably the finest and most influential PI series since Chandler, could use some forward momentum. <br />Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor: Warrior Stars of Xena\nDescription: ['<DIV><b>Nikki Stafford</b> is the editor of <i>Trekkers</i> and <i>How Xena Changed Our Lives</i> and the author of <i>BITE ME! Sarah Michelle Gellar and Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.<br></div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Empire and Honor (Honor Bound)\nDescription: ['October 1945. Germany and Japan have both surrendered, bringing the war to an end. But for Cletus Frade and his band of brave brothers at the OSS, the war is far from over. Unbeknownst to most of the world, the U.S. government, in the closing days of the war, made a deal with Germany, one that involved getting certain German officials to Argentina in exchange for valuable information concerning Soviet intelligence activities within the American military program. Empire and Honor continues on from 2011s Victory and Honor, jumping forward about half a year but continuing the story pretty much seamlessly. The disbanding of the OSS has begun; KGB spies inside the Manhattan Project are still posing a major risk to national security; emerging global political conflict makes the chances of a postwar peace look slim. Lively and exciting, the book should please the authors many fans. --David Pitt', '<b>W.E.B. Griffin</b> is the author of six bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, and Presidential Agent. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Michael of the Army Aviation Association of America, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the American Legion, China Post #1 in Exile; the Police Chiefs Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and the State of Delaware; the National Rifle Association; the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society; and the Flat Earth Society (Pensacola, Florida, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, chapters). He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter-Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association. Griffin lives in Alabama and Argentina.<br /><br /><b>William E. Butterworth IV </b>has been an editor and writer for more than twenty-five years, and has worked closely with his father for almost a decade on the editing and writing of the Griffin books. He is coauthor of the bestselling novels The Saboteurs, The Double Agents, Death and Honor, The Traffickers, The Honor of Spies, The Vigilantes, The Outlaws, Victory and Honor, and Covert Warriors. He is a member of the Sons of the American Legion, China Post #1 in Exile; the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society; and a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Texas Rifle Association. He lives in Texas.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia\nDescription: [\"In this arresting hybrid of journalism and memoir Leech relates his experiences investigating political, economic, and drug-related stories throughout Latin America. The narrative is organized into 11 chapters, which parallel the 11 hours Leech was detained by the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla group, in 2006. Each chapter begins with details of Leech's captivity, which serve as introductions to broader stories, including the civil unrest and massacres in 1980s El Salvador; his meetings with government officials and paramilitary and guerrilla groups vying for power in Panama, Colombia, and other nearby countries; and the wavering effectiveness of the U.S. war on drugs. Along the way, Leech highlights the rampant human-rights violations in the region, the fumigation of cocaine plants, which also destroys other crops, and the large displaced civilian populations often caught in the cross fire. This enlightening book, which mixes a readable level of detail and background with personal narrative, should be in every library, public and academic.Sarah Statz Cords, Reader's Advisor Online <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'In this remarkable saga, Garry Leech conveys brilliantly and with vivid insight the magical qualities of this rich and tortured land, and the struggles and torment of its people . . . inspiring in their courage and dedication in the face of terror from within and from outside. Leech shows how our insatiable greed and easy resort to violence play no small part.Noam Chomsky<br /><br />\"Garry Leech belongs in the company of a handful of war correspondentsPatrick Cockburn, Robert Fisk, Christian Parentiwho have been risking life and limb to bring to light the catastrophic human and environmental consequences of U.S. foreign policy. In prose that is clear, calm, and vivid, Leech relates the harrowing experience of being kidnapped by the largest rebel group in America\\'s forgotten war in Colombia. <i>Beyond Bogot</i> is thus an extraordinary portrait of grace under pressure-not only of the author himself, but of ordinary Colombians fighting for social justice and a negotiated peace to total war. Leech\\'s unforgettable story is part of their story, and part of ours as well.\"Forrest Hylton, author of <i>Evil Hour in Colombia</i><br /><br />\"If you really want to know what life is like for rural Colombians who are living through the horrors of the country\\'s brutal-and under-reported-internal conflict, read this book. Having reported from Colombia myself, I can vouch for Garry Leech\\'s honesty-and bravery. This no-frills book grips you from first page to the last.\" Sue Branford, journalist, former Latin American analyst for BCC World Service and co-author of <i>Chemical Warfare in Colombia: The Costs of Coca Fumigation</i><br /><br />\"Leech\\'s <i>Beyond Bogot</i> is critical to understanding the so-called \\'War on Drugs\\' waged by the U.S. government in Colombia. To hear the government line about U.S. involvement in Colombia, stay tuned to the establishment media. If you want the truth about the reality on the ground there, read this book.\"Dahr Jamail, author of <i>Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq</i><br /><br />\"Garry Leech has seen more of Colombia than almost anyone, often at great personal risk. In <i>Beyond Bogot</i>, a gripping and inspired book, he tells us what he saw and heard. Leech has created an essential volume for anyone who wants to understand Colombia\\'s conflict, or indeed the U.S. role in Latin America.\"Adam Isacson, Director of Programs, Center for International Policy (Washington DC)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Copper Scroll\nDescription: ['<b>Joel C. Rosenberg</b> is the New York Times best-selling author with more than one million copies in print. A communications strategist based in Washington, D.C., for over fifteen years, he has worked with some of the world\\'s most influential and provocative leaders, including Steve Forbes, Rush Limbaugh, former Israeli deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky, and former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He now writes commentaries for National Review as well as a weekly e-mail update known as \"Flash Traffic\" for business and political leaders. He has also been profiled by the Washington Times and the Jerusalem Post and has been interviewed on ABCs Nightline, CNN Headline News, Fox News Channel, The History Channel, MSNBC, The Rush Limbaugh Show, and The Sean Hannity Show.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Known Dead\nDescription: ['Donald Harstad was an Iowa deputy sheriff for 26 years, and only retired so that he could pursue his passion for writing. His first book was a well-received police mystery, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553581481/${0}\">Eleven Days</a></i>. The same solid foundation of experience anchors Harstad\\'s second mystery about Iowa deputy sheriff Carl Houseman, a sharp and likable 50-year-old with weight and blood pressure problems and strong opinions on every aspect of policing.', \"<i>Known Dead</i> begins with the murder of a state narcotics agent killed on Houseman's Nation County turf while staking out a marijuana patch. Blasts of gunfire from a band of mysterious shooters take out the agent and one local smalltime dealer. Then, while various federal and state agencies wrestle for control of the case, two more Nation County cops are shot down at the farm of a local extremist with links to a large militant group. As the resourceful Houseman tries to connect the shootings and keep some of the investigation in his own office, we learn all sorts of information about guns, bullets, trajectories, stakeouts, interagency rivalries, and the eating habits of cops of all kinds--taken no doubt from the author's lively memory and imagination. <i>--Dick Adler</i>\", 'There\\'s a solid core of experience and acquired wisdom in this second mystery (after the well-received Eleven Days) from Harstad, a 26-year veteran of the Clayton County Sheriff\\'s Department in northeastern Iowa. There are also some shortcomings, most notably narrative padding and a tendency toward cuteness. Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman is a sharp, likable 50-year-old Iowan with weight and blood-pressure problems (which get mentioned too often), and strong opinions on every aspect of policingAincluding a hatred for the special prayer called \"The Lord Is My Shepherd, He Rides in My Patrol Car\" that is recited at cop funerals. Readers first encounter the prayer at the services for an Iowa narcotics agent killed on Houseman\\'s Nation County turf while staking out a marijuana patch in a state park. Blasts of gunfire from mysterious shooters take out the agent and a smalltime dealer. While various federal and state agencies wrestle for control of the case and Harstad overwhelms readers with reams of ballistic evidence, two more Nation County cops are shot down at the farm of a local extremist with links to a large militant group. Between seemingly endless sessions of drinking coffeeAdescribed sip-by-sipAand eating everything from doughnuts to fat-free wieners, Houseman tries to connect the shootings and keep some of the glory for his own office, even as the author provides welcome information on how surveillance helicopters can tell the good guys from the bad guys in the dark (the good guys wear little chemical badges that give off heat). Overall, the novel\\'s a good one and Houseman\\'s an appealing hero, but both book and cop carry excess fat. (July) <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Third Bullet (Bob Lee Swagger)\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* For nearly 50 years, the world has been obsessing over the assassination of JFK, from grassy knolls to magic bullets. Finally, though, theres somebody on the case who likes to act more than talk: Bob Lee Swagger, former Vietnam sniper and the man you want on your side when it comes down to straight killing time. When the wife of a murdered thriller writer (with a bio very like Hunters own) asks Bob Lee to find her husbands killerand mentions that the writer was working on a book about the assassination (a book very like this one)its no surprise that Swagger, who has no interest in who killed JFK, says no thanks. But then the widow tells him that an overcoat that her husband found in a building across the way from the Texas Book Depository had a peculiar stain on the back, as if a bicycle had run over it, and suddenly Bob Lee is very interested indeed. It takes nearly 500 pages before Hunter explains what it all meanswith the narrative jumping between 1963 and the presentand while assassination fanatics will likely find all kinds of problems with the scenario he constructs (naturally, it hinges on ballistics, Bob Lees area of expertise), the rest of us will have no problem willingly suspending disbelief. Best of all, though, the novel isnt just about what happened in Dallas 50 years ago; connected to the unraveling of the JFK story is a contemporary manhunt that takes Bob Lee first to Russia and then to the Connecticut countryside, where, finally, its straight killing time yet again. Who knows (or cares, really) if Hunters hypothesis is accurate, but, like Stephen King in 11/22/63 (2011), he has used the assassination to forge a terrific thriller. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Bob Lee Swagger wipes the floor with all the usual suspects connected to the death of JFKnow theres a premise for the ages! Hunter does his subject proud, and the marketing campaign to support the launch will do the book just as proud. --Bill Ott', \"The Swagger novel we've all been waiting for, and the Swagger novel Stephen Hunter was born to write . . . a magnificent thrillerand it might even be true. (Lee Child <i>#1 New York Times bestselling author of A Wanted Man and The Affair</i>)<br /><br />Like an elite sniper, Stephen Hunter zeroes in on one of the most infamous shots ever fired and delivers a mind-bending thriller that answers the question What if? in astonishingly plausible detail. <i>The Third Bullet</i> is his best Bob Lee Swagger thriller yet. (Vince Flynn <i>#1 New York Times bestselling author of Kill Shot</i>)<br /><br />Former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger tackles the granddaddy of all conspiracy theoriesthe 1963 Kennedy assassinationin his latest adventure. . . . The authors obsessive attention to the events of Nov. 22 yields a stunningly plausible theory that will have readers holding the book in one hand and Googling satellite photos of Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository with the other. (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>)<br /><br />Hunter is extremely well-versed on guns and ballistics, and Swagger is nothing short of a legend. . . . itll be catnip to conspiracy-minded readers . . . The whole thing ends with a shootout in rural Connecticut that's so tense you'll burn your dinner rather than stop reading. (<i>Washington Post</i>)<br /><br />Hunters action-packed new thriller, <i>The</i> <i>Third Bullet</i> . . . introduces a shockingly plausible alternative to the Lee Harvey Oswald-lone gunman explanation. (<i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</i>)<br /><br />For nearly 50 years, the world has been obsessing over the assassination of JFK, from grassy knolls to magic bullets. Finally, though, theres somebody on the case who likes to act more than talk: Bob Lee Swagger. . . . like Stephen King in <i>11/22/63</i>, Hunter has used the assassination to forge a terrific thriller. (<i>Booklist (starred review)</i>)<br /><br />Bestseller Hunters solid eighth thriller featuring master sniper Bob Lee Swagger . . . plunges into the byzantine world of conspiracy theory. Hunter develops some new angles on the JFK assassination. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />Some of Hunters best writing can be found here, along with new revelations about Swagger . . . . Then, of course, there is the investigation into Kennedys death on that fateful day in Dallas and its conclusions. Hunter raises some thought-provoking questions, and while the who in the equation may still be in doubt, the answers to the what and how may be contained in this work, which is labeled as fiction but could be much more. (<i>Bookreporter.com</i>)<br /><br /><i>The Third Bullet</i> is as riveting as it is ambitious. It's Stephen Hunter's best so far. (Michael Connelly <i>#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Drop and The Black Box</i>)<br /><br />Stephen Hunter is the bullseye ace of the modern thriller, a cerebral mix of mystery, blood, brutality, treachery and suspense. <i>The Third Bullet</i> is Hunter at the absolute apex of his art. Come onit's time to hunt! (Stephen Coonts <i>New York Times bestselling author of The Disciple</i>)\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Angel Defined (Lauren Drake) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Kelly Harrel resides in Southern California with her adoring husband and two remarkable children. As well as writing Christian romance and inspirational fiction, she leads online Bible studies and speaks to women/teens on various topics. For a list of events, to join a Bible study, or to contact her about speaking to your group or church, visit her website (www.kellyharrel.com).']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Twelfth Imam\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Writers' Anarchy II: The End of the World as We Wrote It\nDescription: ['Writers Anarchy traces its humble beginnings to the timelines of the Fiction Writers group on Facebook. A rapidly growing community, Fiction Writers is a discussion-based forum regarding all things writing. The group prides itself on its diverse, international member base and the camaraderie experienced therein. In the latter part of 2012, an idea was proposed by a FWG member to create an anthology of short fiction, which would only accept submissions from writers within the group. The idea quickly gained traction amongst members, and Writers Anarchy was born. The first volume of Writers Anarchy was a community-wide experiment. Fiction was accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis, from any genre or theme and any type of writer. The first volume was, for many members, their first opportunity to be published. Volunteers from within FWG helped with the editing, graphic design, layout, beta reading and critiques throughout the process, but the authors were ultimately the ones who had full control over the final version that was put into print. Writers Anarchy I features twenty-two members from all across the globe, each with their own story to tell.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: With the Old Breed: The World War Two Pacific Classic\nDescription: ['This is the inspiration behind the HBO series \"The Pacific.\" This was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands...Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. At Peleliu and Okinawa - two of the fiercest and filthiest Pacific battles of WWII - he witnesses the dehumanising brutality displayed by both sides and the animal hatred that each soldier has for his enemy. During temporary lapses in the fighting, conditions on the islands mean that the Marines often can\\'t wash, stay dry, dig latrines, or even find time to eat. Suffering from constant fear, fatigue, and filth, the struggle of simply living in a combat zone is utterly debilitating. Yet despite horrendous conditions Sledge finds time to keep notes that he would later turn into a book. Described as one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war, \"With The Old Breed\" tells with compassion and honesty of the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. \"Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, \"With The Old Breed\". He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific - the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary - into terms we mortals can grasp.\" (Tom Hanks).', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pearson custom sociology (Harold washington college kPearson custom sociology introduction to social science college)\nDescription: ['Introduction Social Science 101 of Harold Washington College', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Delicate Truth: A Novel\nDescription: ['“At the moment a new generation is stumbling upon his work, le Carré is still writing at something close to the top of his game…. [<i>A Delicate Truth</i>] is an elegant yet embittered indictment of extraordinary rendition, American right-wing evangelical excess and the corporatization of warfare. It has a gently flickering love story and jangling ending. And le Carré has not lost his ability to sketch, in a line or two, an entire character.”—Dwight Garner, <i>The New York Times Magazine</i> (front page)<br><br> “The narrative dominoes fall with masterly precision....As ever, le Carré’s prose is fluid, carrying the reader toward an inevitable yet nail-biting climax.”—Olen Steinhauer, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br> “Timelier than ever.”—<i>The New York Times</i><br>  <br> “Well-wrought….A sharply sketched gallery of characters.”—<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br>  <br> “Le Carré is fiercely modern…a confluence of styles, voices, approaches….A novel that beckons us beyond any and all expectations.”—<i>Washington Post</i><br><br> “[L]e Carré is...at full power with a book that draws on a career’s worth of literary skill and international analysis. No other writer has charted—pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers—the public and secret histories of his times.”—<i>The Guardian </i>(UK)<br>  <br> “Gorgeous writing. It’s sophisticated storytelling at its very best.”—<i>USA Today</i><br>  <br> “A ripping, fun yarn.”—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br>  <br> “Loyalty to the crown is tested; consciences are checked; and nothing is more terrifying than, as this novel’s protagonist puts it, ‘a solitary decider’ asking himself how on earth he talked himself into this mess.”—<i>The Daily Beast</i><br>  <br> “A remarkably assured touch…. [Le Carré] has maintained full control of his prodigious literary talents.”—<i>SF Gate</i><br><br> “The dirty deeds are brutal and crude. And so is the cover-up.”—<i>The Huffington Post</i><br>  <br> “Heady and absorbing....John le Carré remains in full command of both the craft of writing and the art of espionage.”—<i>Christian Science Monitor</i><br>  <br> “Le Carré further establishes himself as a master of a new, shockingly realistic kind of noir.”—<i>Booklist</i> (Starred)<br><br> “This is a guaranteed hair-raising cerebral fright, especially for anyone who enjoyed Robert Harris’s <i>The Ghost</i> or who just knows his or her email account has been hacked.”—<i>Library Journal </i>(Starred)<br><br> “Le Carré focuses on the moral rot and creeping terror barely concealed by the affable old-boy blather that marks the pillars of the intelligence community.”—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (Starred)<br><br> “A great story in sterling prose.”—<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br> “Le Carré proves himself a master of character development.”—<i>The Millions</i><br>  <br> “Another breathtakingly good work…. [the] story hurtles along with the speed of light.”—<i>Newsday</i><br><br> “The upper register of a great writer’s oeuvre. Knowledge is not power in the novel: John le Carré believes that truth, difficult and generous on its own, can also kill you.”—<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i><br>  <br> “Characteristically clever.”—<i>The Kansas City Star</i><br><br> “Stylish, taut storytelling….One of our finest writers.”—<i>Tampa Bay Times</i><br>  <br> “Witty as it is insightful….<i>A Delicate Truth</i> is a delightful read that unnerves as it entertains.”—<i>The Columbus Dispatch</i><br>  <br> “The master storyteller, le Carré, is still at war. His foes now are legion. But his battles, and his novels, are flooded with light and hope. He pins his faith, and that of his readers, on the fundamental decency of those most vulnerable and quirky of warriors – the average joes.”—OregonLive.com<br><br> “Vintage le Carré.”—<i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i><br>  <br> “A career’s worth of literary skill and international analysis…..No other writer has chartered…the public and secret history of his times.”—<i>The Guardian</i> (UK)<br><br> “Remarkable….[<i>A Delicate Truth</i>] displays the mastery of the early and the passion of late Le Carré.”—Robert McCrum, <i>The Observer</i> (UK)<br><br> “Writing of such quality that…it will be read in one hundred years….[Le Carré] found his canvas in espionage, as Dickens did in other worlds. The two men deserve comparison.”—<i>Daily Mail </i>(UK)<br><br> “The tension ratchets up superbly as revelation follows on revelation….[Le Carré] is a writer of towering gifts, whose fiction appeals to a reading public both popular and serious….A talent to provoke as well as unsettle.”—<i>The Independent </i>(UK)', '<b>John le Carré</b> was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall.']",
"rejected": "Title: Divine Feminine in Asatru: Spiritual Balance of the Norse\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity\nDescription: ['Ex-newspaperman Strobel\\'s Christian apologetics read like feature interviews in the religion pages rather than a theological treatise. To knock down what he calls \"the Big Eight\" roadblocks to faith, he questions experts about them rather than logically bulldozing his way to solutions. He grills Catholic lay philosopher Peter Kreeft about the problem of evil, Indian-born evangelist Ravi Zacharias about Christian exclusivism, historian John Woodbridge about oppression in the name of Christ, and other authorities about the truth of miracles, God\\'s callousness in the Hebrew Bible, the justice of Hell, the challenge of evolution, and the struggle with persistent doubt. Each conversation is pointed and engaging, so much so that Strobel\\'s occasional melodramatic note (did he really speak \"in a voice laden with sarcasm\" to any of these, his fellow believers?) seems ridiculous. Kreeft and Woodbridge are Strobel\\'s least doctrinaire interlocutors. The others, staunch evangelicals all, may interest fewer readers, though Zacharias on the exclusivisms of the other major religions touches on matters Americans too rarely hear discussed. <i>Ray Olson</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', \"'Strobel's appraoch is hard-hitting, clear, and persuasive.' -- Christian Research Journal <br><br> (<i>Christian Research Journal</i>)<br /><br />'Despite the rather heavy matters discussed, this book is easy to read. The analogies and anecdotes are very helpful in explaining a deep subject on an understandable level.' -- The Conservative Theological Journal <br><br> (<i>The Conservative Theological Journal</i>)<br /><br />'...the book incorporates Strobel's journalistic skills to tackle several of the most persistent objections to belief in Christ....'The Case for Faith' is for readers who may be attracted to Jesus, but still have formidable intellectual barriers with emotional undertow inhibiting them from fully committing their lives to Christ....As one who was a spiritual skeptic for many years, Strobel relates well to those who object to the faith on emotional and intellectual grounds....' -- Christian Retailing <br><br> (<i>Christian Retailing</i>)<br /><br />'When Strobel interviews his subjects, he approaches the questions just as a non-believer would, and he's not afraid to press until he gets a satisfactory answer....'The Case for Faith' will provide the tools you need to remove...obstacles from a non-believers path to faith in Christ.' -- Singing News <br><br> (<i>Singing News</i>)<br /><br />'Lee Strobel takes a hard look at the toughest objections to Christianity....The result is an intellectual and captivating book that will change the way many think about God.' -- Christian Herald <br><br> (<i>Christian Herald</i>)<br /><br />'[This] is for anyone who is looking for satisfying and life-changing answers.' -- Giftware News <br><br> (<i>Giftware News</i>)<br /><br />'It will help you understand how God can meet our needs even in the midst of great suffering.' -- Home Times <br><br> (<i>Home Times</i>)<br /><br />'Strobel...confronts in head-on fashion some of the thorniest issues that prove a hinderance to people coming to faith in this thought-provoking volume.' -- Capital Journal <br><br> (<i>Capital Journal</i>)\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: I've Been Working on the Railroad (Rising Readers)\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Minotaur\nDescription: ['Coonts\\'s third novel is a clever and unlikely paradox--a techno-thriller with a low-tech bias, at its best when indicting \"techno-junk.\" Here he brings back Navy Captain Jake Grafton from what seemed certain death in Final Flight to take charge of developing a new tactical aircraft, the Minotaur, that depends on a variant of Stealth technology. Not only must Grafton tackle a prevailing mind-set equating elaborate gadgetry with combat performance, he must also cope with an information leak at the highest levels of the Defense Department labyrinth. Coonts is most compelling when he focuses on the politics of design and procurement; his comparisons of Navy and Air Force procedures are admirably sharp-edged. The parallel plot involving the Minotaur\\'s exposure is also effective despite some sacrifice of clarity for suspense. Since neither the living room nor the bedroom is his metier, however, domestic descriptions slow the narrative. But Coonts retains the ability to write standout techno-thrillers, making this a winter-season favorite in its category. First serial to Playboy; BOMC selection; author tour. <br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Full Moon Shining\nDescription: ['Thomas A. Parmalee is a professional journalist who was raised in Connecticut near the Indian casinos. He currently lives in Ewing, N.J., just outside the state capitol of Trenton.', \"He has earned a bachelor's degree from The College of New Jersey in journalism/professional writing and remains in college to pursue a degree in history. In his spare time, he entertains the thought of going to graduate school.\", \"His articles have appeared in The YB News.His creative writing has appeared in The Lion's Eye, Fire II and The Siren.\", 'He has received several honors, including a scholarship from the New Jersey Press Association. Mr. Parmalee is currently a police reporter at The Times of Trenton, a daily newspaper where he is earning money for his college education.', '', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943) (The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b>Rick Atkinson</b> is a former staff writer and assistant managing editor at <i>The Washington Post,</i> and the bestselling author of <i>The Long Gray Line</i> and <i>Crusade.</i> His many awards include the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Washington, DC.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Adoption: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice? Reflections by an American adoptive mother on infant adoption, birth and reunion\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Killing Jesus (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)\nDescription: ['', \"<b>Bill O'Reilly</b>'s success in broadcasting and publishing is unmatched. The iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor led the program to the status of the highest rated cable news broadcast in the nation for sixteen consecutive years. His website BillOReilly.com is followed by millions all over the world.\", 'In addition, he has authored an astonishing 12 number one ranked non-fiction books including the historical \"Killing\" series. Mr. O\\'Reilly currently has 17 million books in print.', \"Bill O'Reilly has been a broadcaster for 42 years. He has been awarded three Emmys and a number of other journalism accolades. He was a national correspondent for CBS News and ABC News as well as a reporter-anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City among other high profile jobs.\", 'Mr. O\\'Reilly received two other Emmy nominations for the movies \"Killing Kennedy\" and \"Killing Jesus.\"', \"He holds a history degree from Marist College, a masters degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University, and another masters degree from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.\", \"Bill O'Reilly lives on Long Island where he was raised. His philanthropic enterprises have raised tens of millions for people in need and wounded American veterans.\", '<b>Martin Dugard</b> is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of several books of history. He and his wife live in Southern California with their three sons.']",
"rejected": "Title: Investing in Latin America: Best Stocks, Best Funds\nDescription: ['\"Everything you need to know about investing in the region, clearly explained without jargon. ...Although written in an especially turbulent time for Latin America, the markets are already proving Molinski prescient in his argument that an informed investor can outperform the U.S. market by allocating some capital south of the border.\" -- <i>James Barrineau, VP, Emerging Markets, Alliance Capital Management LP</i><br /><br />...<I>Investing in Latin America</I> is a much needed book in an increasingly important, and still largely unknown market in global finance. It provides an in-depth review of the major markets and instruments... It\\'s a self-contained primer about investing in Latin America the right way. This book will be the standard reference and helpful companion to check on what the experts are doing with our money -- <i>Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Senior Vice President & Senior Latin American Economist, Lehman Brothers Inc.</i><br /><br />Michael Molinski brings great writing skills and an understanding to Latin America investing that can only come from on-the-spot experience. The book is insightful and thorough. Without sacrificing accuracy, it helps the reader understand some of the investment world\\'s most complex subjects easily and enjoyably -- <i>Mark Mobius, Director, Templeton Emerging and Developing Funds and Author of Mobius on Emerging Markets</i><br /><br />With U.S. markets trading at nose-bleed levels, wise investors will consider diversifying their portfolios with securities from the battered-down emerging markets. Molinski makes a good case for including Latin America in the mix -- <i>Burton G. Malkiel, author of \"A Random Walk Down Wall Street\"</i>', '<DIV>Molinski has been writing about Latin America for 9 years. He is a former Brazil bureau chief for Bloomberg News. He is now emerging markets reporter for Bloomberg News in New York. He has a MBA in business economics at Columbia University.</DIV>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Day of Battle\nDescription: ['Unusual book', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Experiences in Movement: Birth to Age Eight\nDescription: ['Rae Pica is the founder and director of Moving & Learning (www.movingandlearning.com) and has been a children\\'s physical activity specialist since 1980. A former adjunct instructor with the University of New Hampshire, she is the author of 18 books, including the award-winning GREAT GAMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN and JUMP INTO LITERACY. Rae is known for her lively and informative workshop and keynote presentations and has shared her expertise with such groups as the Sesame Street Research Department, the Head Start Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, the President\\'s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Nickelodeon\\'s Blue\\'s Clues, Gymboree, and state health departments throughout the country. Rae also served on the task force of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) that created national guidelines for early childhood physical activity, and is a member of several advisory boards. In addition, Rae is cofounder of the BAM Radio Network (www.bamradionetwork.com) and host of an Internet radio program called \"Body, Mind and Child,\" for which she interviews experts in education, child development, play research, the neurosciences, and more. She also co-hosts, along with Jerlean Daniel, executive director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, NAEYC Radio.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sniper's Honor: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* Time is taking its toll on Bob Lee Swagger: He was an old man in a dry month . . . hard, stoic, isolated, unmelted. The former sniper has been out of the game a long time, and, sadly, nothing has ever replaced what hes appalled to call the killing fever. Then his friend Kathy Reilly, Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post, sends Bob an e-mail asking for his help in researching a story about legendary WWII Russian sniper Ludmilla Milli Petrova, whose name mysteriously disappeared from the historical record around 1945. Why was she expunged from both German and Russian records? Will Swagger help Reilly track the story? Of course he will, and so begins a remarkably textured novel that jumps between the war and the present, slowly unraveling Millis past while Swagger and Reilly discover that, even 70 years after the fact, there are still people who dont want the story told. Hunter does a wonderful job of moving between and ultimately connecting his multiple story lines, and he peoples the stage with at least a dozen memorable characters, from Milli and her cohorts through the Nazis who hunt them, and, of course, to Swagger himself, an ever-more-complex character as he ages. Perhaps most memorable of all, though, is Hunters vivid re-creation of the carnage on the Eastern Front, where, as Milli notes, the Russians only advantage over the Germans was numbers: If they kill us five to one, we bring six to one . . . we shall prevail because, all things being equal, we can outbleed them. --Bill Ott', 'Absorbing . . . You dont have to be a fan of military action fiction to enjoy this. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />Hunter knows his hero like a brother: righteous character firmly set, crafty intelligence thoroughly hidden, stone-cold willing to take the shot if a bad actor must die. . . . Swagger displays mighty tradecraft [and] Hunter loads up a whole magazine of action, double-dealing and gun porn. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />A remarkably textured novel. . . . Hunter does a wonderful job of jumping between and connecting his multiple story lines, and he peoples the stage with at least a dozen memorable characters, from Mili and her cohorts through the Nazis that hunt them, and, of course, to Swagger himself, an ever-more-complex character as he ages. Perhaps most memorable of all, though, is Hunters vivid re-creation of the carnage on the Eastern Front, where, as Mili notes, the Russians only advantage over the Germans was numbers: If they kill us five to one, we bring six to one . . . we shall prevail because, all things being equal, we can outbleed them. (<i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br />Given the return of the Russians to bad-guy status, this book couldnt be more timely. But any Swagger tale is a treat, especially one as layered and nuanced as this one. Hunter remains the absolute master of the action thriller and this is a terrific tale from a wondrous storyteller. (<i>Providence Sunday Journal</i>)<br /><br />My favorite thriller author [] fun to read. (<i>The Herald-Dispatch</i>)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El Libro de las Preguntas Book Questions Coleccion Estrella De Los Andes Nivel 2\nDescription: ['BOOKS IN SPANISH', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR JEFF SHAARAS ACCLAIMED WORLD WAR II NOVELS<br /> <br /> The Rising Tide</b><br /> <br /> Wonderful . . . Shaara evokes the agony of desert warfare and the utter chaos of an airborne assault. . . . [A] sprawling, masterful opening act.<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /> <br /> Shaaras research is finely woven into his narrative. . . . Shaara is apparently giving the people what they wantand what they need.<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br /> <br /><b> The Steel Wave</b><br /> <br /> Magnificent . . . Intense, compelling, and thoroughly researched, this is much more than just an excellent historical novel.<i>Library Journal <br /> </i><br /> Pounding with fierce action and human drama, and packed with accurately rendered history, <i>The Steel Wave</i> is an eye-opening reminder of the bitterly high price that combat soldiers have always been called upon to pay.<i>St. Petersburg Times</i><br /> <br /><b> No Less Than Victory</b><br /> <br /> [An] incisive portrait of war . . . Shaara [is] one of the grand masters of military fiction.<i>BookPage</i><br /> <br /> Powerful . . . impossible to put down until the very end.Huntington News Network<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '<b>Jeff Shaara</b>is the<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>A Chain of Thunder,</i><i>A Blaze of Glory,</i><i>The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion,</i>and<i>Gone for Soldiers,</i>as well as<i>Gods and Generals</i>and<i>The Last Full Measure</i>two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his fathers Pulitzer Prizewinning classic,<i>The Killer Angels</i>. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Seveneves\nDescription: ['', '<strong><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011\"> An Amazon Best Book of May 2015:</a></strong> Stephenson is not afraid of writing big booksbig in page count, big in concept, and big in their long-lingering effect on the readers mind. Newcomers to Stephenson should reject any trepidation. This science-fueled saga spans millennia, but make no mistake: The heart of this story is its all-too-human heroes and how their choices, good and ill, forge the future of our species. <em>Seveneves</em> launches into action with the disintegration of the moon. Initially considered only a cosmetic, not cosmic, change to the skies, the moons breakup is soon identified as the spawning ground of a meteor shower dubbed the Hard Rain that will bombard Earth for thousands of years, extinguishing all life from the surface of the planet. Now humanity has only two years to get off-world and into the Cloud Ark, a swarm of small, hastily built spaceships that will house millions of Earth species (recorded as digital DNA) and hundreds of people until they can return home again. But who goes, and who stays? And once the lucky few have joined the Cloud Ark, how will the remaining seeds of humankind survive not only the perils of day-to-day of life in space but also the lethal quicksand of internal politics? Slingshot pacing propels the reader through the intricacies of orbit liberation points, the physics of moving chains, and bot swarms, leaving an intellectual afterglow and a restless need to know more. An epic story of humanity and survival that is ultimately optimistic, <em>Seveneves </em> will keep you thinking long past the final page. <em>--Adrian Liang</em>', '“No slim fables or nerdy novellas for Stephenson: his visions are epic, and he requires whole worlds-and, in this case, solar systems-to accommodate them....Wise, witty, utterly well-crafted science fiction.” (Kirkus Reviews)\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour\nDescription: ['\"One of the finest WWII naval action narratives in recent years, this book follows in the footsteps of <b>Flags of Our Fathers</b>.... exalting American sailors and pilots as they richly deserve.... Reads like a very good action novel.\"<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />\"Reads as fresh as tomorrow\\'s headlines.... Hornfischer\\'s captivating narrative uses previously classified documents to reconstruct the epic battle and eyewitness accounts to bring the officers and sailors to life.\"<i>Texas Monthly</i><br /><br />\"Hornfischer is a powerful stylist whose explanations are clear as well as memorable.... a dire survival-at-sea saga.\"<i>Denver Post<br /><br /></i>\"In <b>The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors</b><i>,</i> James Hornfischer drops you right into the middle of this raging battle, with 5-inch guns blazing, torpedoes detonating and Navy fliers dive-bombing.... The overall story of the battle is one of American guts, glory and heroic sacrifice.\"<i>Omaha World Herald</i>', '<b>James D. Hornfischer</b> is a writer, literary agent, and former book editor. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University, he has graduate business and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History\nDescription: ['\"Paul Hutton is one the great scholars of Western Americana, but he\\'s also a natural born storyteller, with a rare gift for locating the deep ironies that suffuse history. Hutton has brought this sere landscapeand this classic clash of the borderlandsto pungent life on the page.\"<b>Hampton Sides, author of <i>Blood and Thunder </i>and<i> In the Kingdom of Ice<br /><br /></i></b><i>A fast-paced, well-written page-turner. Hutton gives an excellent account of individuals, both Native American and White, who contested for control of the Southwest in the 19th Century. </i><b><i></i><b>R. David Edmunds</b>, Watson Professor of American History, University of Texas at Dallas<i><br /> <br /> </i></b>Hutton captures the intensity and drama of the history of both sides in this vibrant segment of western history. <b><b>Robert M. Utley</b>, author of <i>Geronimo</i> and <i>The Lance and the Shield</i> <i><br /> <br /> </i></b>After reading this masterfully researched and written book I thanked my lucky stars for Paul Hutton. It took an author and historian of his caliber to at long last deliver the definitive explanation of the longest war in the nation\\'s history. The wait was worth it. By using the legendary Apache scout and manhunter Mickey Free as a vehicle to tell the story, Hutton cuts through layers of myth exposing one of the most exciting and pivotal episodes in the annals of the American West. <b>Michael Wallis, author of <i>The Wild West: 365 Days<br /></i></b><br />\"Humane, insightful, and vivid,<i>The Apache Wars</i>immerses readers in the rugged landscape of Apacheria, the meeting ground and battlefield of nations. In telling the gripping story of the Apaches\\' long fight against Mexico and the United States, Hutton proves once again why he is a great writer as well as a great historian.\"<b>T.J. Stiles, Pulitzer-prize winning author of<i>Custer\\'s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America</i></b><br /><br />[A] sprawling, fascinating tale of conflict in the late 19th-century American southwest...Hutton moves beyond standard descriptions of battles between Apache warriors and American troops (though there are plenty of those) to paint a larger, more detailed picture of Southwestern life... Hutton provides an unexpected twist that keeps the story fresh until the end. <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />\"His prose is equal to the vastness of his landscape and the clash of so many era-defining personalities...Mr. Hutton is also terrier-like in his persistence in tracking and deconstructing every significant skirmish in the conflict, and there are plenty of them. In terms of colorful characters, there is an embarrassment of riches...Where <i>The Apache Wars</i> really shines is in the richness of its details, well researched and deeply understood.<b><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />\"The accounts of armed conflict are stirringly told and often read like a Western thriller [T]horoughly researched.<b><i>Kirkus Reviews<br /><br /></i></b>\"An outstanding, comprehensive overview of the Apache Wars of Arizona and New Mexico...This recounting of the Southwestern battles for Apacheria will be valued by general readers and researchers alike for its colorful personalities and strong representation of the cultural context of historical events.<b><i>Library Journal<br /><br /></i></b>\"[A] major work of history on a much-neglected subject... <i>The Apache Wars</i> is an epic tale filled with Homeric scenes and unforgettable characters. It\\'s a quintessential American story that too few Americans know.<b><i>Chicago Tribune<br /><br /></i></b>\"\"A comprehensive narrative, as encompassing as the American West itself.\"<b><i>Denver Post<br /><br /></i></b>\"Sharply and unflinchingly explores the many years of bloody, thunderous conflicts between soldiers based in camps and forts and elusive Apaches in New Mexico and Arizona.<b><i>Albuquerque Journal</i></b>', '<b>PAUL ANDREW HUTTON </b>is an American cultural historian, author, documentary writer, and television personality. He is also a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, a former executive director of the Western History Association and former president of the Western Writers of America.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order\nDescription: ['<BR>\"Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand a new component of modern warfare. The prevalence of privatized military forces raises serious political, economic, and moral questions. In The Modern Mercenary, Sean McFate applies his years of experience as a US army paratrooper and private military contractor to explore these questions through invaluable case studies and penetrating analysis.\" --General Stanley A. McChrystal, co-founder, McChrystal Group <BR><P><BR>\"The Modern Mercenary is an adrenalin-fueled jaunt through today\\'s battlefields, where we find not just the armies of the state, but \\'security professionals\\' whose considerable skills are available for hire. Writing from first-hand experience as a contractor in the field, Sean McFate helps us understand this complex world beyond the cartoon criticisms and film-inspired lore to see both the obvious dangers and the potential benefits provided by a shadowy industry.\" --Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret), Former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University <BR><P><BR>\"The Iraq War and Blackwater may seem like yesterday\\'s headlines, but the private military industry is still going strong. In The Modern Mercenary, a book powered by deep research and filled with fascinating details, Sean McFate deftly explores both the historic parallels of today\\'s trade in military services for hire, and its likely future.\" --P.W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry and Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know <BR><P><BR>\"McFate understands his subject from the inside. His excellent book shows convincingly the urgent need for our governments, and those who work for them, to grasp the consequences of their frequent use of private military companies before they lose control of them.\" --General Sir Rupert Smith KCB DSO OBE QGM <BR><P><BR>\"Private Military Companies are now part of the security landscape. Sean McFate\\'s thoughtful study of who they are, what they do and how governments interact with them will benefit all engaged in foreign policy, military activities and humanitarian efforts.\" --General Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Retired. Former Commander, U.S. Africa Command <BR><P><BR>\"At last we have a serious academic study of the role of military contractors in the execution of modern warfare. The analysis of neo-medievalism and the privatization of conflict is especially thought-provoking--a must read for political leaders who are drawn into having to fight today\\'s wars.\" --Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE, Master, Pembroke College and former head of MI6<P><BR>\"McFate\\'s persuasive, unsettling, and nonpolemical account describes the way PMSCs are changing the face of war.\" --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review<P><BR>\"A fascinating and disturbing book . . . Mr. McFate writes with an insider\\'s knowledge . . . the worrying trends he describes make this book a powerful call to arms to those who do not want a world awash with mercenaries.\"--The Economist <BR><P><BR>\"While making the case that contractors are a here-to-stay force, McFate points out that this has deep implications, both positive and negative, for modern warfare and international relations, and believes it\\'s important to consider both sides.\"--The New York Post<P><BR>\"The Modern Mercenary is filled with fascinating stuff, and its bottom line is that there is no stopping the continuing development of the market for force.\"--Strategy and Business<P><BR>\"What McFate does best in this book is to add structure and sobriety to the discussion by classifying different types of mercenary services and firms, and to carefully and dispassionately lay out the arguments for and against a \\'free market for force.\\' \" --Scholars and Rogues<P><BR>\"The Modern Mercenary will reward anyone looking for a deeper understanding of market-driven contemporary conflict.\" --War on the Rocks<P><BR>\"A thoughtful, interesting read that may turn out to be scarily prescient in the years to come.\"--io9<P><BR>\"Thought-provoking . . . Some of [McFate\\'s] stories have never been told before, which makes the book particularly valuable.\" --Foreign Affairs<P><BR>\"[The Modern Mercenary] is a highly provocative and enriching addition to the literature on the private military industry and stands apart from much contemporary scholarship on the subject . . . McFate does a good job interweaving a rich and easy-to-read historical analysis with his overall thesis, drawing fascinating parallels between our medieval past-complete with mercenaries, military entrepreneurs and privatized warfare-and their post-modern contemporaries in an emerging neo-medieval present.\" --International Affairs <BR><P><BR><br /><br /><br>\"Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand a new component of modern warfare. The prevalence of privatized military forces raises serious political, economic, and moral questions. In <em>The Modern Mercenary</em>, Sean McFate applies his years of experience as a US army paratrooper and private military contractor to explore these questions through invaluable case studies and penetrating analysis.\" --General Stanley A. McChrystal, co-founder, McChrystal Group <br>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', \"<br><strong>Sean McFate </strong>is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, an Associate Professor at the National Defense University, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. Previously, he lived and worked in Africa for DynCorp International, a company that provides international security services. He was also an officer and paratrooper in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division.<br>\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: Appaloosa\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. It's been years since Parker has won a major literary award for a novel (he did collect a Grand Master trophy from MWA in 2002), but that may change with this stunning western, a serious contender for a Spur. This is only Parker's second western, after the Wyatt Earp story <i>Gunman's Rhapsody</i> (or third if you count the Spenser PI quasi-western <i>Potshot</i>), but he takes command of the genre, telling an indelible story of two Old West lawmen. The chief one is Virgil Cole, new marshal of the mining/ranching town of Appaloosa (probably in Colorado); his deputy is Everett Hitch, and it's Hitch who tells the tale, playing Watson to Cole's Holmes. The novel's outline is classic western: Cole and Hitch take on the corrupt rancher, Randall Bragg, who ordered the killing of the previous marshal and his deputy. Bragg is arrested, tried and sentenced to be hung, but hired guns bust him out, leading to a long chase through Indian territory, a traditional high noon (albeit at 2:41 p.m.) shootout between Cole's men and Bragg's, a further escape and, at book's end, a final showdown. Along the way, Cole falls for a piano-playing beauty with a malevolent heart, whose manipulations lead to that final, fatal confrontation. With such familiar elements, Parker breaks no new ground. What he does, and to a magnificent degree, is to invest classic tropes with vigor, through depth of character revealed by a glance, a gesture or even silence. A consummate pro, Parker never tells, always shows, through writing that's bone clean and through a superb transferal of the moral issues of his acclaimed mysteries (e.g., the importance of honor) to the western. This is one of Parker's finest.<i> Agent, Helen Brann. (June)</i>\", 'Taking a break from his long-running series of Spenser novels, Parker moseys back to the Old West. Hes eyed this back-acre before in <i>Gunmans Rhapsody</i>, a fictionalization of the Wyatt Earp story, but critics feel <i>Appaloosa</i>s original plot allows him more room to develop his trademark themes of personal honor and masculine camaraderie. With sharp dialogue and a plot that \"gallops to a perfect, almost mythical ending,\" its clear that Parker can swap genres and not lose a step (<i>St. Petersburg Times</i>). In fact, a few critics even note that he seems refreshed by the change of scenery.', '<i>Copyright 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Cuban Affair\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR <i>THE CUBAN AFFAIR </i>BY NELSON DEMILLE: </b>', '\"[An] action-packed, relentlessly paced thriller... A line from the novel perfectly describes this page-turner: \\'Sex, money, and adventure. Does it get any better than that?\\'\"<br /> --<b><i>Publishers Weekly (starred review) </i></b>', '\"DeMille\\'s latest is a timely stay-up-all-night, nail-biting page-turner featuring his iconic tongue-in-cheek, articulate, rhythmic narrative. His affably irreverent protagonist, fantastic believable supporting characters, and tense, realistic Cuba-set scenes including some jaw-dropping revelations make this a must-read for his many fans.\"<br /> --<b><i>Library Journal (starred review)</i></b>', '\"The thriller charts a satisfying course. A good day\\'s work from an old pro.\"<br /> <i>--<b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i>', '\"This is powerful, mythic stuff, like Confederate gold and Nazi treasure...As the true nature of the charter-boat owner\\'s job becomes clear and the betrayals begin, DeMille mounts a long, magnificent sequence with boat chases, helicopter rescues, and tracer fire. They\\'re all described in that visceral style the author has mastered.\"<br /> <i>--<b>Booklist</b></i>', '\"This book has that incredible wit that Nelson DeMille has, and nobody writes characters like Nelson does.\"<br /> <i>--<b>Tampa Bay Times</b></i>', '\"Nelson DeMille has outdone himself. I thought that Plum Island was one of my favorite thrillers of all time, but I was wrong--DeMille is always going up a gear and The Cuban Affair is going to be one of the top ten thrillers of the year.\"<br /> <i>--<b>Strand Magazine</b></i>', '', '', '--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.', 'Nelson DeMille is the<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of twenty novels, six of which were #1<i>New York Times</i>bestsellers. His novels include<i>The Cuban Affair</i>, <i>Radiant Angel, Plum Island, The Charm School</i>,<i>The Gold Coast</i>, and<i>The Generals Daughter</i>, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and a member and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. He lives on Long Island with his family.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History (Random House Large Print)\nDescription: ['<b>Josh Dean</b> is a correspondent for <i>Outside</i>;a regular contributor to many national magazines, including <i>GQ, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, </i>and<i> Popular Science</i>;and the author of <i>Show Dog</i> and <i>The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang</i>.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945\nDescription: ['This is a masterful account of the barbaric last year of the Pacific War, combining original scholarship, engaging prose, excellent historical judgment, and empathy for the soldier, to explain why defeating the Japanese proved so costlyand how American military forces performed so effectively and, in the end, humanely. <i>The Fleet at Flood Tide</i> is, quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best.<b>Victor Davis Hanson, author of<i>Carnage and Culture,</i>senior fellow in classics and military history, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University<br /></b><br />Hornfischer is the dean of World War II naval history . . . [and] has a crafted an impressive and fast-paced narrative. . . . In his capable hands, the story races along like an intense thriller . . . with the powerful prose of a poet. . . .<i>The Fleet at Flood Tide</i>is narrative nonfiction at its finesta book simply not to be missed.<b>James M. Scott, Charleston<i>Post and Courier</i></b><br /><br />An impressively lucid account . . . Mr. Hornfischer crisply and satisfyingly sketches all these figures, and his big<i>Iliad</i>contains a hundred smaller ones, as he propels his complex story forward with supple transitions that never leave the reader behind in the details. . . . At the end of his admirable, fascinating book, Mr. Hornfischer makes a strong case that Americas failing to use the most terrible weapon yet born would have meant many hundreds of thousands more deaths, theirs and ours alike.<b><i>The</i><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br /><i>The Fleet at Flood Tide</i>is the definitive work on the latter days of the war in the Pacific, diving deeper and with more passion and eloquence than anything written to date on this crucial and defining moment in the history of the U.S. Navy. Hornfischer brings the brutality of total war to full-throated life, from the trenches and amphibious assaults to the mass suicides of frightened Japanese civilians to the horrific but necessary decision to use the atomic bomb. This book is a ticket to watch hell in full session, and serves at once as an extraordinary memorial to the courageousand a cautionary note to a world that remains unstable and turbulent today.<b>Adm. James Stavridis, USN (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, and Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University</b><br /><br />In his latest masterpiece on the Pacific War, historian James D. Hornfischer explores how the shocking lessons of the 1944 Mariana Islands campaign helped compel the United States to unleash atomic weaponry as the necessary means to quell the Japanese Empire. . . . Rich and scholarly military history with fresh critical analysis . . .<i>The Fleet at Flood Tide</i>is a masterful, fresh account of the latter days of the war in the Pacific that ably expands on the prior offerings of such classic naval historians as Samuel Eliot Morison. In his analysis, Hornfischer offers perspective on world conflict and cautions for humanity that can be pondered far beyond the conclusion of World War II.<b><i>The</i><i>Dallas Morning News</i></b>', \"<b><span>James D. Hornfischer </span></b>is the author of<i>The Fleet at Flood Tide,Neptune's Inferno, Ship of Ghosts,</i> and <i>The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors,</i><span>all of which have been</span><i>New York Times</i><span>bestsellers and selections of the U.S. Navy Professional Reading Program, maintained by the Chief of Naval Operations</span>. He is the coauthor with Marcus Luttrell of <i>Service: A Navy SEAL at War. </i>Hornfischer has written for the<i> Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Naval History</i> and <i>Naval Institute Proceedings.</i>A native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas School of Law, he lives in Austin, Texas.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Report On Myself Pa\nDescription: [\"Reminiscing about his loves and losses, writer Bouillier (<i>The Mystery Guest</i>) probes the murky shallows of his life in search of himself. Born in Algiers, he soon moves with his family to Aubervilliers, in France, where he almost dies from a staph infection that robs him of his sense of smell. Moving back and forth in time, Bouillier recalls his great loves, including his early crush on the sister of a friend. He experiences his first sexual stirrings when he glimpses his friend's mother rinsing herself at the bidet. The desire for sex then so consumes him that he engages in a pathetic episode with a prostitute and French kisses his mother (who responds eagerly) as his hand cups her buttocks. Along the way, Bouillier recounts his love of Frank Zappa, his feelings of alienation from the world, his parents' bohemian lifestyle and his use of the<i> Odyssey</i> as a code for understanding life. While his first book was a lyrical self-exploration, Bouillier here comes across as little more than self-indulgent. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Oath of Swords\nDescription: [\"The creator of sf series heroine Honor Harrington turns successfully to fantasy. Bahzell is a prince of the Hradni, an outsize humanoid race prone to berserk rages. Due to a variety of circumstances, he becomes obliged to flee into regular humans' lands where Hradni are understandably unpopular. He and his companion survive a series of briskly paced adventures in a world Weber builds with a nice eye for detail, above-average knowledge of history, and a pleasing amount of wit. Moreover, the book's ending neither requires nor precludes a sequel. At the moment, Weber is not on a course to high honors or academic reputation but rather is emerging as a consistent producer of highly entertaining and intelligent action tales. <i>Roland Green</i>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Northworld Trilogy\nDescription: ['\"Northworld is that rare work -- a novel that works on more than one level. A stunning tapestry ... highly recommended!\"', '-- The SFRA Newsletter', 'The inhuman Rulers of the galaxy sent three fleets to learn what had happened to the world located by Captain North and the Survey Team he led. Neither a soul nor a message returned. The fourth time, the Rulers sent a single man: Nils Hansen.', \"Commissioner Hansen had a mind that saw the shortest path to each task's completion and a ruthless determination to do what the task required. The cost -- to himself and whoever happened to be in the way -- didn't matter. Hanson's Special Units had kept his planet safe from the most sophisticated and violent criminals in the galaxy. Now Hansen was being sent to penetrate a spacetime enigma which had made gods or demons of the first humans to discover it. He would succeed or die.\", 'Northworld: a place of slashing violence and mystic transformation', 'Northworld: a place of treachery and dazzling beauty', 'Northworld: a place of honor, of faith, and of love.', \"Hansen's iron will and strong arm confront godlike power and godlike cunning while a galaxy trembles for the outcome. And if Hansen dies -- he will not die alone!\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Dead of Winter: A John Madden Mystery\nDescription: ['Rennie Airth was born in South Africa and worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters before becoming a novelist. He is the author of two other John Madden mysteries, <i>River of Darkness</i>, a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and a Macavity Award for Best Mystery, and a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book, and <i>The Blood-Dimmed Tide</i>. He lives in Cortona, Italy.', '', '', '<b>PROLOGUE</b>', '<i>Paris, May 1940</i>', '', 'DUSK WAS FALLING by the time Maurice Sobel reached Neuilly, and he walked the short distance from the Metro to his house in the cold, not quite earthly light of the blue-painted street lamps which were the citys sole concession to the war that was about to engulf it. His pace was brisk, and twice he glanced over his shoulder to assure himself that the street behind him was empty. The creak of the garden gate when he opened it was a welcome sound.', 'Only then did he relax his grip on the handle of the attachcase he was carrying. Since leaving Eyskenss office hed been holding it tightly, and he felt the prickle of pins and needles in his fingers now as he shifted the case to his left hand and fumbled in his pocket for his house key.', 'Normally he would have been brought home by car, but that morning hed paid off the last of the household staff, including his chauffeur, a blunt Breton by the name of Dugarry. Maurice had found the farewells upsetting and the sight of the darkened house as he walked up the gravel path to the front door was a reminder of the loss suffered by all parties. Florence, their cook, and a family retainer for the better part of a quarter of a century, had clung to his hand when theyd said goodbye. Thered been tears in her eyes.', 'Tell Madame . . . She had begun to speak three or four times, but been unable to continue. Ah, but youll be back . . . It was all she could say.', 'Maurice had pressed her hand in return. Of course, of course . . . Not knowing if it was true. Not knowing if they would ever meet again.', 'With a sigh he unlocked the door and switched on the lights in the hall. The emptiness around him seemed unnatural - he was used to the house being filled with people, loud with the voices of family and friends - and he regretted, not for the first time, his decision to postpone his departure, when he could have taken passage on the same ship that had carried his wife and their two sons across the Atlantic to New York a month earlier. Unwisely, deceived by the slow march of events in Europe following the occupation of Poland, hed chosen to remain in Paris for a little while longer, taking time to dispose of his business and to attend to the many other details, such as the leasing of his house, which had required his attention. The delay had proved costly. He had not yet wound up his affairs when the long-threatened German invasion had been launched a week earlier, and with their armoured units advancing now with giant strides across the Low Countries and - according to as yet unconfirmed reports - about to encircle the French army entrenched on the Somme, he had been forced to take emergency measures, selling off the last of his stock at rock-bottom prices and, even worse, engaging in the kind of transaction he would normally have shunned in an attempt to salvage at least a portion of these assets.', 'On that last day - the last for him, at any rate - the city had worn an air of exhaustion. The soft breeze with its promise of spring had expired, like the hopes of so many, and it was the stifling heat of summer that hung in the air now and seemed poised to descend on streets already starting to empty as cars made their slow exit bumper to bumper from the capital in anticipation of the threat that daily drew closer. Although government spokesmen had said that every inch of French soil would be defended, Maurice knew from other sources - from the rumours that sped from mouth to mouth - that the German panzers were already moving south from the coast. He had glimpsed military lorries drawn up in lines outside ministries, prepared to cart away files and other vital equipment. And although no refugees had yet appeared in Paris, travellers arriving from the north-east spoke of roads clogged by those trying to escape the fighting; of whole families on the move pushing handcarts loaded with their possessions. More ominously still, there were even reports that French soldiers without their arms had joined the fleeing columns.', 'Although his appointment with Eyskens was not until the afternoon, Maurice had gone into the city earlier and after calling at his bank had paid a final visit to what had been until recently the store that bore his familys name: Sobel Freres. Furriers of distinction, the shop was located off the rue St Honor, and although Maurice had relinquished the lease on the property he still had a key to the street door. Wandering about the deserted rooms, he had felt a deep sadness. It had taken his family years to build up the business - the company had been founded by his grandfather - and its loss felt like an amputation. He could think of no sight more desolate that day than the rows of empty hangers where only a few weeks before the finest furs had been on display, no sign more indicative of abandonment and flight than the thin patina of dust already starting to gather on the glass-topped counters.', 'Seeking an antidote to his depression, hed chosen to lunch for the last time at a favourite restaurant in the rue Cambon, one he had patronized regularly over the years, where his face and name were known not only to the patron and waiters but also to some of the other clients, successful businessmen like himself, with whom he was accustomed to exchanging nods. No doubt some of them had heard of his decision to leave: he thought he detected sympathy in the glances cast his way. But for the most part they seemed preoccupied with their own affairs. (How could they not be?) They were taking stock of the new reality. And while there was little they could do to alter it, Maurice had nevertheless been distressed to observe the all too familiar hint of a shrug in their manner; that lift of the shoulders so peculiar to the French, signifying acceptance of a situation, however disagreeable.', 'Catching sight of his own image in a gold-framed mirror on the other side of the restaurant - wryly noting the elegance of his appearance, his silvered hair barbered to a millimetre, the distinction of his dark suit, one of several hed had tailored in London, its sombre hue set off by a splash of red silk spilling from his breast pocket - hed reflected on how little he differed from these pillars of the bourgeoisie, at least on the surface. How even now, he might have been pondering his countrys future in the light of the fate that was about to overtake it: assessing what impact occupation by a foreign power would have on himself and his family, how best to protect his interests. In all probability the course of his life had not differed much from theirs. As a youth he had run up debts and made a fool of himself over women - to the despair of his father - but later redeemed himself by volunteering to serve in the war which only a generation earlier had bled his country white, and being twice decorated for gallantry. He had married well and raised a family.', 'But none of that mattered any longer, he knew, none of it counted. The future lay with the jackbooted conquerors whose armoured units even now were beating a path to the citys gates, and they would not be deceived.', 'A Jew was a Jew.', '', '', 'Willem Eyskenss office, or rather his place of business, since buying and selling were very much part of his day-to-day operations, was located off the rue de Rivoli. The brass plate beside the locked door bore his name, but gave no further information. Indeed, if you were not expected there in all likelihood you were not welcome, and beyond the door, which was only opened after the caller had adequately identified himself, access was further barred by a guard, presumably armed, who sat at a table in the small entrance hall with an alarm button close at hand. Maurice had been given Eyskenss name by a business associate, a dealer in costume jewellery and other fashion accessories with whom he did business from time to time.', 'Hes a diamond broker with connections in Amsterdam. Dutch originally, but hes been settled here a long time. He only deals in good-quality stones, Ive been told, and hes discreet. He can certainly provide what you need - at a price, of course.', 'The price, as it turned out, had been high. Eyskens had outlined the cruel economics of it at their first meeting. Its always the same in dangerous times. People try to save what they have. You cant take a factory with you, a business. So you turn it into something you know has value. Gold, if you can carry enough of it; otherwise stones. Diamonds. Theres no need to explain what effect this demand has on the market.', 'A thin-faced man with red cheeks and fair hair brushed back from his forehead, Eyskens had kept his gaze on the surface of his rosewood desk while he spoke. It was as though he was embarrassed to meet Maurices gaze.', 'Sufficient to say you are not the first to come to me with a request of this kind, Monsieur Sobel. These are, as I say, terrible times. Let us be businesslike. Your need is urgent, I see that. The short notice makes for difficulties, but I can provide what you want. However, I would prefer if this were a cash transaction.', 'You dont want a cheque? Maurice hadnt been altogether surprised.', 'Its not a matter of trust, I assure you. Your reputation is beyond question. Eyskens had shown small signs of discomfort. But I will be forced to cut corners, if I can put it like that. And later on questions may be asked - I dont mean by the French authorities. Paris may soon be under new rulers, men who might wish to enquire into favours done for . . . for . . .', 'Jews? Maurice had furnished the word he was trying not to utter.', 'I am sorry . . . Eyskens had spread his hands on the desk.', 'Their first meeting had taken place the previous week, and that afternoon, having earlier withdrawn the cash from his bank - Maurice had given Eyskens a round figure to work with - he had proceeded to their final appointment. Once again hed been shown upstairs to the diamond brokers office, a small, windowless room, bare of decoration, where Eyskens was waiting. Before him on the desk was a black velvet bag tied with a drawstring. It lay on a piece of felt which had been spread across the desk. Beside the bag was a jewellers loupe.', 'I will leave you now. Eyskens rose. You will want to examine the stones. Please take your time. I have made a list - he took a piece of paper from his jacket pocket and handed it to Maurice. The stones are marked by weight, but you will be able to tell by the size and the shape which is which. Taken together they match the sum we agreed on. Of course, if any of them doesnt meet with your approval, it can be discarded and we will make the necessary adjustment to the total. He bowed and left the room.', 'Maurice had wasted no time. Uncomfortable though the transaction made him feel, he had taken a decision and meant to stick to it. With the start of the war, the movement of funds by more orthodox means had become increasingly difficult and the German invasion had brought even those to a halt. True, in the past few months he had managed to shift a good portion of his assets abroad, but he was reluctant to leave anything he possessed to the new masters of Europe, these brutal despoilers of his people.', 'Emptying the velvet bag on to the felt, he had examined the glittering contents. Though no expert, his experience as a furrier had made him familiar with all aspects of the fashion trade, including its most luxurious and costly items, and a few minutes study with the loupe were enough to reassure him of the quality of the goods he was purchasing. The bag contained a score of diamonds - cut stones, as hed requested - the biggest the size of his thumbnail, all of the finest water.', 'By the time the broker returned ten minutes later, Maurice had emptied the attach case, which had been resting on the floor at his feet, and laid out the stacks of banknotes he had brought in a neat pile alongside the diamonds.', 'You are satisfied, then? Eyskens resumed his position across the desk.', 'Perfectly.', 'Maurice was relieved that their business was over. For some reason - its hole-in-the-wall nature, perhaps - hed found it distasteful. Nor had he warmed to the man who sat facing him. The Dutchmans pale blue eyes were unreadable.', 'Would you like to count the money, Monsieur Eyskens?', 'Given who I am dealing with, that will not be necessary. The broker had accompanied these words with a polite bow. They both rose.', 'Goodbye, Monsieur Sobel. I wish you good fortune.', '', '', 'There was nothing more he could do. Everything was set now for his departure the following morning, and as he wandered about the house switching on lights, Maurice went over the plans hed made, plans which had grown in complication as the situation around him became more unstable. With sailings from Le Havre suspended, hed been obliged to look further afield and had managed to book passage on a liner leaving Lisbon for New York in a weeks time. This had still left him with the problem of getting to the Portuguese capital, and having considered - and discarded - the idea of trying to find a seat on the by now overcrowded trains heading south from the city daily, he had decided instead to make the long journey by motor car.', 'Dugarrys last job before departing to join his wife and children in Rennes had been to service the Sobels Citron cabriolet and to ensure that the tyres were in good condition and reserve supplies of fuel stowed aboard. Even so, Maurice might have felt daunted by the thought of the drive ahead - apart from the odd Sunday outing it was some years since he had driven a car - had it not been for a stroke of good fortune that had come his way a few days earlier. An acquaintance of his, a Polish art dealer called Kinski, long settled in France, had rung him out of the blue to ask, if it was not prying, if it was not an indelicate question, whether what he had heard was true - that Sobel was intending to quit Paris and would be travelling to Spain in his car? Before Maurice had time to get over his surprise - he had discussed his plans with only one or two people - Kinski had revealed the reason for his enquiry.', 'Ive been asked if I can help a young man whom the Nazis would like to get their hands on. A Polish officer. Jan Belkas his name. He joined the resistance soon after the Germans occupied Warsaw, but unfortunately his group was betrayed and he had to get out in a hurry. Hes been in Paris for some time, without papers, of course, and now hes in danger again. Hed like to get to London, but Spain would be a start. I was wondering . . . would it be possible . . . ?', 'While Kinski was speaking, Maurice had had time to reflect on the fact that it was not so surprising after all that his help should have been sought in the matter. The Sobels were Polish by extraction. They made no secret of it.', 'You want me to take this man with me?', 'If possible. And his companion, a young woman, also Polish. Kinski had hesitated. He said delicately, I understand she is Jewish.', 'Ignoring the momentary prick of anger he felt just then - as if the fact that the girl was Jewish might sway him, as if he might be less inclined to help a mere gentile - Maurice had responded without hesitation.', 'Of course, my dear fellow. Id be happy to take them. Hed spoken honestly. In fact, youre doing me a favour. Id rather not make this trip alone.', 'I cant thank you enough. Kinskis relief had been plain.', 'Give them my address. Tell them well be leaving two days from now, on Thursday. I want to make an early start, so I suggest they spend Wednesday night with me. The house will be empty during the day - Im paying off the staff - but Ill be home by six. Ill expect them then.', 'He looked at his watch now. It was a few minutes after the hour. He reminded himself he must check the bedrooms on the floor above to make sure that the maids had prepared them as instructed before departing. Maurice had no idea whether his guests were a couple or not and had decided to offer them a room each and then leave it to them to settle their sleeping arrangements. For his own part he would be glad to have them as company on this last evening. The house was full of ghosts for him; full of memories. Although some of the furniture had already been dispatched across the Atlantic and other pieces put in storage, there were enough reminders of the life he and his family had shared here to weigh on his spirits and fill him with a sense of loss.', 'But he knew these were thoughts he must put behind him. The future was what concerned him now, the <i>immediate</i> future. Pausing by his desk to gaze dreamily at a photograph of his wife, which hed not yet packed, Maurice delivered a silent reproof to himself. Lonie Sobel was a woman of character and her dark, emphatic features showed a strength he had come to rely on over the years. He knew very well if she were here now she would tell him to leave off wool-gathering. To focus his mind on the business in hand. In particular, there was the problem of the diamonds, which hed taken out of the attach case and placed on the desk beside his wifes photograph, to be resolved. How best to transport them? Hed be crossing two borders in the coming days, and quite possibly his luggage would be searched. It might be as well to remove temptation from the gaze of customs officers whod be only too well aware of his predicament: of the threat that had driven him, and others like him, to take flight.', 'Even as he considered the question, weighing the velvet bag in his hand, he felt the beginnings of despair take hold of him, a feeling of hopelessness not rooted in the moment - he knew he could deal with the immediate problems facing him - but rather in the sense of destiny as a curse from which there was no escape. Despite the years of prosperity, his family had not forgotten their past. Dealers in furs for generations, the Sobels had fled the Pale of Settlement before the turn of the century, leaving behind them the bloody pogroms that had racked the western borders of the Tsars empire. How many times, Maurice wondered, had he heard his grandfather, dead now these twenty years, tell of the night he had seen his parents neighbour, a watchmaker, beaten to death in the street before a watching crowd while their own house went up in flames? Now, once again, the blood was flowing. Was there no end to it?', 'With a growl, he broke the spell. Enough! The dark street his thoughts had wandered down led nowhere. Frowning, he stared at the soft velvet bag resting in the palm of his hand, and as he did so an idea came to him. It concerned his street coat, which hed taken off and hung up in the hall when he came in. Another Savile Row creation, its elegant folds contained an ample expanse of silk lining, and it had occurred to him that this might be put to some practical use as a place of concealment. It would require some skill in sewing, he saw that, but surely this young woman who was about to arrive could help him there. He didnt doubt he could trust her, she and her companion both, these brave young people, who even if they were fleeing with him now, surely meant to continue the fight against the loathed enemy. London, Caspar Kinski had said. That was where they meant to go, and Maurice wondered if he might not be able to help them achieve their aim. With money, certainly, but perhaps in other ways, too, once they had reached Spain. He had business contacts in many capitals.', 'Cheered by the thought - he was relieved to have shrugged off his dark mood - Maurice went out into the entrance hall where his coat was hanging. As he reached for it, he heard the creak of the garden gate followed by the sound of footsteps on the gravel path. Smiling a greeting, he opened the door to what he thought were his guests and received instead a blow to the jaw that sent him staggering backwards and then, before he had time to react, a second to the side of his head that knocked him to the paved floor. Crouched on his hands and knees, spitting out blood from a cut lip, he was aware only of a pair of trousered legs which moved swiftly around him and out of his blurred vision. Next moment his throat was encircled by something so thin it seemed to have no substance, but which burned like fire as it cut its way into his flesh, deeper and deeper. The pain was intense, but it lasted for only a few moments. Then sight and consciousness faded and his agony ceased.', '<b>PART ONE</b>', '<b>1</b>', '<i>London, November 1944</i>', '', 'HANDS IN POCKETS, Bert huddled deeper in the doorway. Crikey, it was cold!', 'The wind that had got up earlier was still blowing, but not in gusts like before; now it was steady. It had force, and the power of it cut clean through his coat and overalls, and the jersey he was wearing underneath that, and went straight to his bones. And though his tin helmet, with the W for air-raid warden painted on the front, was safely settled on his head and hardly likely to fly away, even in the gale that was blowing, he clutched at it automatically.', 'Youll catch your death, Bert Cotter, going out on a night like this, Vi had warned him earlier when hed been preparing to set off from the small flat in St Pancras where they lived. Shed insisted he put on an extra vest. And whats the use anyway? Its no good telling people to put their lights out. It dont make no difference to a buzz bomb.', 'The advice was wasted on Bert. Hadnt he been saying the same thing himself for weeks? There hadnt been a proper raid on London since the summer. The Luftwaffe - the bloomin Luftwaffe to Vi - had finally shot its bolt, or so they were assured. Now there were only the flying bombs to worry about. Those and these new V-2 rockets, which the government had finally admitted were falling on the city, though most people had already guessed it. After all, how many times could mysterious explosions be put down to gas leaks before people started asking questions?', 'What do they take us for? Vi had enquired of him in all seriousness. As though she thought he might actually know the answer. Bloomin idiots?', 'Fishing out a packet of fags from his coat pocket, Bert chuckled. She was right about the blackout, though. The whole of London could be lit up and it wouldnt change a thing. The bombs and rockets fell where they fell, and all you could hope was it wasnt your head they came down on.', 'He lit his cigarette and then used the flickering flame of the match to check his wristwatch. He was close to the end of his three-hour tour of duty and anxious to get home. Too old to enlist - hed done his bit in France in the last shindig - Bert had opted to serve part time in civil defence, and since he worked in the area, being employed as a carpenter and general handyman at the British Museum, hed joined a squad of wardens assigned to the Bloomsbury district. Thered been a time, back in 40, during the Blitz, when Jerry bombers had come over night after night, turning whole areas of the city into cauldrons of fire, when the job had been one to be proud of.', 'But now Bert wasnt so sure. The excitement hed felt at the start of the conflict had long since faded. Truth to tell he was sick of patrolling the night-time streets, fed up with blowing his whistle and bawling up at people to put that bloody light out. It was a feeling shared by many, and not least by his fellow wardens, if that evenings performance was anything to go by. When Bert had turned up at their rendezvous point a little earlier - it was a pub in the Tottenham Court Road - hed discovered that no fewer than four of the dozen-strong squad had rung in to excuse themselves. Two had bad colds (they said), one had twisted his ankle (a likely story) and the fourth had referred to some unspecified family crisis that prevented him from leaving home. Vi was right. Only a muggins like yours truly would venture out on a night like this.', 'His thoughts were interrupted by the wail of a siren. It sounded close by, coming from the area of Covent Garden, he guessed, and instinctively he glanced upwards, searching for the telltale finger of flame that would signal the approach of a flying bomb. During the summer they arrived day and night from across the Channel, and Londoners had learned to recognize the sinister drone of their engines and to dread the moment when the noise ceased and the craft, loaded with explosives, plunged to earth. Fewer fell now, it was true: the advance of the Allied armies in France and Holland had forced the Jerries to move their launching sites. But the threat was far from over. Only a few weeks before, returning home from work, crossing Tavistock Square, Bert had seen one pass overhead and heard its engine cut out. The tremendous explosion that followed had made the windows in the square rattle, and seconds later a huge buff plume of smoke had risen from the vicinity of Kings Cross like a pillar into the grey October sky. Ears pricked, he waited now, but after a minute or so the noise stopped and the silence of the night was restored. A false alarm.', 'Bert put out his cigarette. It was time to get moving. The doorway where hed taken refuge was in Little Russell Street, near the corner of Museum Street, and he needed only to walk over to Tottenham Court Road to reach the boundary of his allotted territory, a patchwork of narrow roads bounded to the north by Great Russell Street and to the south by Bloomsbury Way. The wardens usually patrolled in pairs, but because of the absentees that evening he was on his own and had already decided to shorten his route. Not two minutes from where he stood now, at the top of Museum Street, his place of employment loomed large and lightless, and although it seemed deserted he knew very well that the museums doors would be unlocked and a squad of volunteer firemen would be on duty inside. (Theyd been posted there as a precaution ever since a night back in 1941 when dozens of incendiary bombs had come through the roof during a Jerry raid and several of the rooms had been burned out.) What he planned to do was pop in there for a cup of tea, get the cold out of his bones, and then leg it home to St Pancras. (And two nights from now when he was next on duty he might just come down with a cold himself.)', 'As Bert slipped out of the doorway he heard footsteps, and next moment a dark figure came swinging round the corner from Museum Street.', 'Whoops . . . ! Sorry, miss.', 'If it hadnt been for the cry the figure let out as they collided Bert might not have known it was a young woman. She was wearing a coat which had a hood attached to it and was walking with her head down.', 'Its this blinkin blackout. Seeing her shrink back, he tried to reassure her. You never see anything until its too late.', 'I am sorry. It was my fault. Breathless from haste, she spoke with a foreign accent. I should have looked where I was going.', 'The face beneath the hood was a white blur. Bert noticed she had a bag in each hand.', 'Bitter night, he remarked, drawing his own coat closer about him, resettling the helmet on his head.', 'Yes, isnt it? The relief in her voice made him wonder if shed felt nervous walking through the blackout on her own. Shed put down one of her bags for a moment, and he saw now that in fact it was a basket, heavily laden, its contents covered by a cloth. He tested its weight and then held it ready for her while she wiggled her fingers to get the circulation back.', 'Thank you so much. She took the basket from him.', 'I hope you havent far to go with those. He nodded at her burdens.', 'No, its only a short walk.', 'Ill give you a hand if you like.', 'She looked over her shoulder. No, really. Its not necessary. He caught a glimpse of her smile in the shadow cast by the hood. Goodnight, and thank you for your help.', 'She plodded on, and as he watched her figure disappearing into the darkness Bert wondered if he shouldnt have insisted. She seemed like a nice girl. But his bones ached from the cold and whatever faint impulse he felt to follow her faded at the thought of the hot cup of tea awaiting him.', 'She would manage, he told himself as her figure grew faint and then vanished in the darkness.', 'She hadnt far to go.', '', '', 'Feeling a lot better after his break - the firemen were a friendly lot - Bert hurried down the museum steps into the buffeting wind and then tacked his way across the great forecourt like a ship under sail. The sirens hed heard earlier hadnt sounded again. He was ready to call it a night. But while sitting in the warmth inside hed felt the prick of conscience, and instead of going home directly as hed planned hed decided to return to where hed interrupted his round earlier and make a final inspection of his area.', 'Pausing only to adjust his shoulder bag, he set off briskly down Museum Street, using the road itself, rather than the pavement. Although the blackout restrictions had been relaxed in recent weeks - in some districts of the capital, street lamps were now permitted to show a glimmer of light, creating what was called a moonlight effect - inky darkness continued to prevail in many areas, and if you wanted to avoid barking your shins on unseen obstacles, or, even worse, collecting a black eye from walking into a lamp-post, it was best to keep to the middle of the street.', 'Bert had barely turned the corner and started down Little Russell Street, however, when he heard the sound of a car behind him. Looking back he saw its reduced headlights approaching, and moved off the roadway to give it passage. It went by slowly, the driver steering his vehicle carefully down the dark canyon created by the buildings on either side of the narrow street. Bert continued to walk along the pavement. He was keeping an eye on the car, ready to move back on to the road at the first opportunity, but before he had a chance to do so his foot caught on something and he tripped and fell headlong.', 'Bloody ell! Half-winded by the fall, he lay where he was for a moment, collecting his wits. What in the name of . . . ?', 'Lifting himself up on one elbow he peered behind him. The darkness seemed impenetrable. But there was something there all right. He could feel it when he pushed his foot back; an obstruction of some kind. Bert levered himself into a sitting position. His shoulder bag had come off, but he quickly located it by feeling around in the dark, and having got the straps unbuckled his questing fingers found the torch which he carried inside it. He switched on the light.', 'Christ Almighty!', 'The whispered exclamation was involuntary. Revealed by the wavering beam, a pair of legs was protruding on to the pavement. They belonged to a woman, there was no doubt of that. Bert could see a knee-length skirt beneath the coat which the sprawled figure was wearing. He shifted the light. His hand was shaking.', 'Ah, no . . . !', 'He recognized the figure: it was the young girl hed bumped into earlier. Her pale face was clearly visible now that the hood shed been wearing had been dragged clear of her head. Bert could see the basket shed been carrying lying beside her. It had tipped over and he caught a glimpse of some strewn apples and the remains of what looked like broken eggs. Although he knew instinctively that she was dead, he stirred himself to scramble to his knees and reach for her wrist, which lay close to him, the hand beneath it clenched. He found no pulse.', 'Poor lass . . .', 'Fumbling in the pocket of his overalls, Bert got hold of his police whistle, and as the wind gathered in strength, ascending to a high keening note not unlike a howl of grief, he blew a long blast on it. Then another . . . and another, piercing the enveloping blackness around him with its urgent summons.', '<b>2</b>', 'SHE WAS MURDERED all right, sir. Theres no doubt of that. A possible strangulation. It seems an air-raid warden stumbled on the body. The first officer on the scene was a woman police constable. She was passing by and heard him blow his whistle. Bow Street has some men examining the site now. Because of the blackout, they werent able to do it properly last night.', 'Chief Inspector Angus Sinclair shifted uncomfortably in his chair. Hed spent a sleepless night, disturbed by the buffeting wind and also by an attack of gout, a malady that had begun to plague him in recent years. As Bennett watched he lifted one foot off the floor and set it down gently. Aware that the subject was a sensitive one so far as his colleague was concerned, the assistant commissioner kept a tactful silence.', 'Sinclair squinted at the page he was reading from. We dont have a name as yet, he said. But she appears to be in her early twenties and . . . er . . . respectable. He frowned at his own choice of word.', 'Not a prostitute, then. Bennett nodded. Thanks to the blackout, assaults after dark had become commonplace in London. Streetwalkers, in particular, had suffered in the upsurge of violence which the war years had brought to the capital. Do we know why she was killed?', 'Not as yet, sir. Bow Street rang in with this information overnight. Theyre sending other details over by hand. I expect to hear from them quite soon.', 'Bennett grunted. What else? He gestured towards the typed sheets held together by a paper clip which Sinclair had laid on his knee. A summary of all crimes reported in the Metropolitan area during the preceding twenty-four hours, it was delivered to the chief inspectors desk each day in time for their morning conference, which took place in Bennetts office overlooking the Thames embankment.', 'Just the usual. Balham organized a raid on a premises in Brixton last night. Two printing presses were seized. They were being used to turn out fake identity cards and ration documents. No arrests as yet. The chief inspector paused. And weve had another report of looting in Stepney. They took a pounding over the weekend. Two V-2s came down in the district. The police are trying to keep an eye on damaged houses, but the looters slip in at night.', 'I want them caught. Bennetts face darkened. Put the word out. If more men are needed, well find them. In common with most policemen, he regarded looting as a particularly loathsome crime. It was taking advantage of others misfortunes in the worst possible way and offenders could look for no mercy from the courts.', 'One bright spot, if you can call it that. Sinclair glanced up. The Stockwell police stopped a lorry they thought was suspicious in the early hours. It turned out to be filled with frozen carcasses of beef. Fresh from the Argentine, Ive no doubt. The chief inspector lifted a grizzled eyebrow. Two men were arrested. Theyre still being questioned.', 'It could be that hijacking gang weve been after. The assistant commissioner tried to sound optimistic. Perhaps theyll lead us to the rest.', 'We can always hope, Sinclair agreed, though without much conviction. So far all theyve said is they were offered a tenner each by a man theyd never met before to drive the lorry to London. I doubt theyll change their story.', 'He brooded on his words. Five years of war had brought a new dimension to lawbreaking, one which had stretched police resources to their limits. The thicket of regulations designed to control the distribution of food and other scarce resources issued by the government at the start of the conflict had opened fresh avenues for the criminal world, and it gave the chief inspector little satisfaction to know that several of the capitals most dangerous gangs, formerly employed in the business of extortion and notorious before the war for their violent conduct at race meetings, had long since moved into new spheres of activity linked to the flourishing black market. Even worse, the virus had spread to the general population. Prompted by shortages and driven beyond endurance by the tendency of authority to poke its nose into every corner of life, ordinarily decent citizens now broke laws they no longer respected without compunction, taxing the police still further.', 'The telephone on Bennetts desk rang and the assistant commissioner picked it up. While he was speaking, Sinclair allowed his gaze to stray to the windows, where a sky the colour of dishwater could be glimpsed through panes criss crossed with tape to minimize bomb blast. Try as he might, he could no longer bring the same passion to his work he had once felt. In truth, he found it only a burden now, a duty he accepted as necessary for the good of the force he had served for half a century, but one he could hardly wait to relinquish. The mortal struggle which his country had been engaged in these past five years had demanded sacrifices from all, and Sinclairs own contribution had been to defer his plans for retirement, already in place when war had broken out, and answer the appeal which had come from Bennetts own lips.', 'Angus, I need you. This war will be fought to the death, and it wont be over by Christmas. This had been in late 1939, following the German invasion of Poland and before its assault on France, when peace had still seemed a possibility to some. The Metropolitan Police will suffer along with everyone else. Were already losing men to the forces and no fresh recruiting will be allowed until the fightings over. It wont be long before we feel the pinch.', 'Unable to refuse the request, or deny the necessity behind it, Sinclair had agreed to stay on, but with a sinking heart. By refusing several offers of promotion and clinging to his rank as chief inspector he had managed to prolong his career as an investigator beyond its normal span. His name was associated with some of Scotland Yards most famous cases and his reputation, particularly among the younger detectives at the Yard, was close to legendary. But as he well knew, those days were over: he had turned seventy; it was time to retire gracefully and leave the world to others to bustle in.', 'The post he held now as special assistant to Bennett gave him supervisory authority over all criminal investigations, but no active role in them. With it had come yet another offer of promotion, to the rank of superintendent. As the assistant commissioner himself had pointed out, it might seem anomalous for a mere chief inspector to give direction to officers senior to himself. But at that point Sinclair had dug in his heels. Before the Mets plainclothes staff had been expanded in the years leading up to the war he had been one of only four chief inspectors on the Yards strength, men who had been seen as an elite group, specialists assigned to handle only the most difficult cases. He had been proud of the distinction hed earned, and the fact that there were now a round dozen men holding the same rank was neither here nor there to Angus Sinclair.', 'I prefer to remain as I am, sir. And since Ill be speaking in your name, I dont imagine Ill encounter any problems.', 'Left unsaid by him was the fact that many of those promoted above him had learned their trade at his hands and it had become commonplace at the Yard to refer to him simply as the chief inspector without further identification.', 'Beached at last, a slave to paperwork, to somehow making ends meet, Sinclair had quickly discovered the truth of the assistant commissioners prophetic words. If the Yard had felt the pinch of war at the outset, it was now close to being trapped in a straitjacket of diminished resources. The Mets prewar strength of 19,500 had shrunk to a mere 12,000, and while the situation had been alleviated somewhat by the use of auxiliaries known as Specials, it had coincided with a sharp rise in crime. As though in response to some Malthusian principle, lawbreaking had increased in proportion to the number of laws added to the statute book. (Issued under the all-embracing Defence Regulations, thered been no end of them.) Far too many policemen were engaged in pursuing petty offences, wasting both their own and the courts time, adding to the store of national irritation and impatience with authority. It had been the chief inspectors aim throughout the war to counter this trend towards the trivial, to keep the plainclothes branch insulated from it as much as possible and engaged in the fight against genuine crime. But it was a battle he could never win entirely and the effort had exhausted him.', 'Nor was he alone in his suffering, Sinclair reflected, as he watched Bennett, who was saying little but still had the receiver pressed to his ear, stifle a yawn. As assistant commissioner, crime, Sir Wilfred was responsible for all CID operations in the Metropolitan area, a position he had held for many years and one that now hung like an albatross around his neck. Indeed, if the chief inspector sometimes mourned his own decline into bureaucratic impotence, he was able to spare more than a thought for his superior, who had nursed the ambition, even the hope, that he might one day ascend to the commissionership. The summons had never come. Throughout Bennetts career the government had continued its tradition of appointing a senior member of the armed forces to the post. (The present incumbent was an air vice-marshal.) And now that he, too, was preparing to retire - hed already made it known that he was only waiting, like others, for the war to end before offering his resignation - hed been forced to swallow a final irony. Word had come down from on high that the authorities had decided to make a break with the past: once hostilities were ended a new commissioner would be named, a civilian appointee.', 'The call over at last, Bennett replaced the telephone receiver in its cradle. He removed his reading glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. A slight, vital figure in his younger days, he had begun to put on weight lately and his dark hair, never abundant, was thinning to the point where what little of it remained barely covered his pale scalp.', 'Well, Angus? Is there anything else?', 'Not for the moment, sir. With an effort Sinclair brought his mind back to the business in hand. Apart from this murdered girl, of course.', 'What do you plan to do? The assistant commissioner frowned. Will you make it a Yard investigation? He was referring to a state of affairs relatively new in the capital, where in the past most serious crimes had been assigned as a matter of course to detectives stationed at the Yard, but where now, thanks to staff shortages, more cases were being farmed out to the various divisions.', 'No, I dont think so, sir. The chief inspector began to gather his papers. It sounds straightforward enough. Of course, it depends . . .', 'He was interrupted by a knock on the door, which opened. Bennetts secretary put her head in. Excuse me, sir. Ive just had a call from registry. Theyve received some information from Bow Street which Mr Sinclair is waiting for. She glanced at the chief inspector. Its a womans name and address.', 'Come in, Miss Ellis. Bennett gestured her forward and took the sheet of paper she was carrying from her hand. Slipping a pair of spectacles on, he studied it for a few moments.', 'Shes a land girl, I see. A Polish refugee. He slid the piece of paper across the desk to Sinclair. You can bring in my letters now, Miss Ellis. And a cup of tea, if you would . . . Bennett went on speaking to his secretary, but stopped when he saw the look of astonishment on the chief inspectors face.', 'Angus . . . ?', 'Sinclair seemed not to have heard. He was staring at the piece of paper in his hand.', 'What is it, man?', 'Im sorry, sir. The chief inspector collected himself. Its this young woman who was murdered. I know her. Or of her, rather . . .', 'Are you sure? A <i>land</i> girl? Bennett seemed unconvinced. Couldnt it be someone with the same name? What was it again? Rosa . . . Rosa something . . . ?', 'Rosa Nowak. No theres no mistake. The chief inspector glanced across at his superior. You didnt notice her address, sir? The farm where she was working? The name of her employer . . . ?', 'Wordlessly he passed the message back to Bennett, who peered at it through his spectacles for a moment, then shook his head in amazement.', 'Well, Ill be damned, he said.', '<b>3</b>', '<i>JOHN MADDEN</i>? Lofty Cook looked sceptical. I saw the name, of course, but it didnt ring a bell. Are you sure its the same bloke?', 'Its him all right.', 'Your old guvnor?', 'Billy Styles chuckled. Hed just had a flash of memory: himself as a callow young detective-constable, pink-cheeked, and with a waistline that was now only a memory. And of the man hed been assigned to then. All of twenty years ago it was now.', 'Id hardly call him that, he said. We only worked together the one time and I was wet behind the ears.', 'Still, he gave you your chance, didnt he? Melling Lodge! What a case to kick off with. But then you always were a lucky devil. Cook glanced down at his colleague, grinning. Recently promoted to detective-inspector, he stood a couple of inches over six feet and was called Lofty by his pals, of whom Billy was one. They had joined the force at the same time, right after the last war, but though Billy had advanced more quickly - hed been an inspector for half a dozen years now - it hadnt affected their friendship, and Billy had been pleased to see his old chums familiar hatchet face split by a grin when hed climbed out of the radio car that had brought him from the Embankment up to Bloomsbury.', 'Although the gale had abated overnight, its icy claws could still be felt gusting down the narrow street and the pair of them had taken refuge in the doorway of a stationers shop. Across the road from where they were standing, two detectives from Bow Street were busy searching the spot where the young womans body had been found. The area, marked with tape, lay at the edge of a small unfenced yard that backed on to a bomb site, a building that had taken a direct hit at some time in the past and was now, like countless other tracts of ground all over London, a gutted ruin. An assortment of debris had been piled up in the cramped, cobbled space - bricks, mortar, sections of plastered wall - and the corpse had apparently been left on the fringe of this refuse, with the legs protruding on to the pavement.', 'What happened to Madden, then? Cook asked. He offered Billy a cigarette from his packet of Woodbines. After Melling Lodge, I mean? After he quit the force?', 'He got married to a lady he met while he was on the case. She was the village doctor.', 'Must have been something special, Lofty observed. Cupping his hand, he struck a match and lit their cigarettes.', 'Special . . . ? Billy considered the remark, drawing on his fag. Yes, I reckon you could say that. He smiled to himself. Anyway, he bought a farm down there, Madden did. Same farm where this girl was working. Which explains why Im here. The chief inspector wants the full story. He and Madden are old friends.', 'Fair enough. Cook pursed his lips, exhaling a plume of tobacco smoke into the frosty air. But theres not that much to tell. A case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, if you ask me.', 'It was an opinion Billy had already heard voiced, and by the chief inspector himself when hed been summoned to his office not half an hour earlier.', 'Odds on it was a casual assault, a crime of chance. Sinclair had shown him the initial Bow Street report. Ive just spoken to John. The girl had only been with them for two months. Shed been given the weekend off and come up to London to see her aunt. Find out what you can. But dont spend too much time on it. Just determine the facts and report back.', 'The chief inspector had not thought it necessary to refer to the case Billy had been working on, a tortuous investigation into the sale by a black-market ring of petrol and heating fuels stolen from military depots, which had ended only the week before in a successful prosecution; nor the few days leave hed been promised. With the shortage of staff that had prevailed for several years now, detectives were expected to put aside their personal lives as and when occasion demanded it.', 'And just so youre clear in your mind, Im not looking for an excuse to take this off Bow Streets hands. Weve enough on our plate as it is. Just see to it there are no loose ends.', 'These last words had been spoken with a scowl, as though his listener was known to be contemplating just such an outrage, from which Billy, armed with his sleuths intuition, had deduced that the old boys gout must be playing up. In spite of his awesome reputation, the chief inspector had his critics at the Yard and the suggestion had been made in more than one quarter that it was time he was put out to pasture. Billy, though, would have none of it. Having come under Sinclairs eye early in his career, and in circumstances where his inexperience might have cost him dear, he had never forgotten how the chief inspector, for all the sharpness of his tongue, had forgiven him his mistakes. And allowed him to profit from them.', 'Hed been more than content, too, with the orders hed been given, particularly when hed found out who was in charge at Little Russell Street. The Yards habit of interfering in other divisions business, of keeping plum cases for themselves, was often a sore point and he was glad he could tell Lofty that the investigation was still his to conduct. Given the rawness of the morning, neither of them had been disposed to dally and Cook had quickly shepherded him to the shelter of the stationers doorway, where Billy learned that the body of Rosa Nowak had been removed to the mortuary at Paddington overnight after the pathologist called to the scene had examined it by torchlight.', 'Who was the sawbones? he asked.', 'Ransom, from St Marys. He thought it most likely she was strangled but said hed give us a definite opinion later today after hes had her on the slab. Cook stamped his feet to keep warm. It took us a while to discover who she was. We didnt find her wallet until it was light. He nodded towards the two plainclothes men who were busy searching the rubble. She must have been carrying it in that basket. He pointed to the object which was lying tipped over beside the white silhouette formed by the tape. Billy could see some apples lying loose there, mingled with the remains of broken eggshells. The wallet ended up under a piece of corrugated iron. It had her identity card inside.', 'Whats your opinion, Lofty? Do you think it was a sexual assault?', 'Looks that way to me. The Bow Street inspector nodded. She was lying on her back when we found her. Mind you, I dont think he got very far. Her coat was still buttoned up when we found her. It occurred to me he might have killed her by mistake.', 'Oh . . . ? Billy lifted an eyebrow.', 'Squeezed too hard, maybe. Then run off when he realized hed topped her. Cook shrugged. But thats only a guess.', 'I read it was a WPC who got here first.', 'Thats right. Name of Poole. Lily Poole. Cook grinned. Shes stationed at Bow Street. Keen as mustard. She was walking back to the station after her shift when she heard the warden blowing his whistle and came over here to see what all the fuss was about. Didnt waste any time, either. Went straight up to Great Russell Street - theres a police call box there - and rang the station. By the time I got here she was already knocking on doors. But it didnt do any good. This isnt a residential street. Just shops and businesses. We spoke to one or two people whod heard the wardens whistle, but nobody who saw anything.', 'Do we know when she was killed?', 'Almost to the minute. It was a little after ten oclock. Thats thanks to the warden. Name of Cotter. Hed bumped into her earlier. They had a chat. The last he saw of her she was walking down the street from that corner. Cook pointed to his right. Twenty minutes later he came back - he was on his way home - and he tripped over the body.', 'Billy nodded, taking it all in. He waited while a group of women dressed in dun-coloured overalls under their coats, and with their hair tied up in scarves or handkerchiefs, went by. They were trailed by a pair of WAAFs, who craned their necks to look at the two detectives bent double in the yard and at the uniformed constable who was standing guard there.', 'Maybe all he meant to do was rob her? he suggested.', 'I thought of that. But it doesnt seem likely. Cook blew on his fingers. Her wallet may have disappeared when she dropped her basket. But he didnt go through her things. He gestured at a suitcase bound with cord that was lying on the pavement beside the yard.', 'I understand she was on her way to visit her aunt. Does she live nearby?', 'Just round the corner, in Montague Street. A Mrs Laski. Shes a widow, quite an elderly lady. Naturalized. Been living here since the Twenties. Shed sat up all night waiting for her niece to arrive, then rang the station this morning. By that time wed found the girls wallet, so I had to take her over to Paddington to identify the body. Poor woman. Rosa was her only family. She got here soon after war broke out, but her parents were still in Poland, and theyre gone now most likely, or so Mrs Laski reckons.', 'Gone?', 'Theyre Jewish, Cook explained. He caught Billys eye.', 'Anyway, she worked for a couple of years in the Polish community, Rosa did. Looking after refugee families, that kind of thing. But she wanted to be in the country - she grew up in a village - so she joined the Land Army. Her first job was on a farm in Norfolk, but that packed up earlier this year when men invalided out of the services came home looking for work. Thats when she was sent to Surrey. To Mr Maddens place. This was the first time shed come up to London. She was planning to spend the weekend with her aunt and then go back on Monday.', 'The inspectors face split in a yawn, and Billy wondered how much sleep hed been getting. It was a problem everyone faced these days, a sort of national disease. After five years of war, five years of rationing and restrictions, a deep fatigue had settled like snow on the whole population. It could be dangerous, particularly in a job like theirs, his and Loftys. It was easy to miss things.', 'What about men friends? he asked.', 'None, according to the aunt. When she came here from France at the start of the war she travelled with a Polish boy, but he was just a friend, and anyway he joined up and was killed in North Africa. She was shy with men, Mrs Laski says. Old-fashioned when it came to the opposite sex. Cook shrugged.', 'In other words, she wasnt the sort of girl who would have picked up a man, say. Or let herself be picked up.', 'Out of the question. Or so her aunt reckons. I put it to her myself. Had to. Anyway, the girl was alone when the warden ran into her. Thats for certain.', 'Billy grunted. He trod on his cigarette. Are you done then? he called out to the two men whod been busy in the yard. One was named Hoskins, the other Grace. With more than twenty years on the force, Billy had made the acquaintance of just about every plainclothes man in London at one time or another, and worked with a good many of them.', 'Finished, sir. It was Hoskins who replied. Plump, and purple in the face despite the gelid air, hed been making heavy weather of all the bending required by their task and stood breathing heavily beside the taped barrier that he and his partner had just erected at the edge of the yard with the help of a pair of iron stakes salvaged from the rubble. They were busy decorating it with a police notice on which the words KEEP OUT were printed in large capitals.', 'Lets see what youve got.', 'Trailed by Cook, Billy crossed the street and went down on his haunches to examine the objects the pair had retrieved and laid on a strip of cardboard. Besides the apples spilled from the basket theyd found two brown paper parcels, each containing a plucked chicken, three jars of homemade jam and a crock of honey.', 'She must have brought those up from the country, Joe Grace remarked. A thin, hard-faced man with the rank of detective-sergeant, hed been one of a team of which Billy had been a part that the Yard had set up before the war to deal with the smash-and-grab gangs active in the capital at that time. There are two loaves of bread and a round of cheese jammed in at the bottom. We left em there. He nodded at the basket which still lay beside the taped outline of the body. We also found these. He indicated three matched buttons lying separate from the larger items, one of them still with a curl of thread attached to it. They were on the ground, near where her head was. Must have come from her coat.', 'No, they couldnt have. Cook intervened. The buttons were all done up when we found her. There were none missing.', 'Wheres it now? Billy asked.', 'At the mortuary. She was still wearing it when they took her away. He turned to Grace. Is that all? he asked.', 'Pretty much. The detective shrugged. The rest was just odds and ends. He pointed to a handful of items deposited near the edge of the piece of cardboard which included an empty bottle of lemon rum, a broken comb, two hairpins and the chewed stub of a lead pencil, all coated with dust. Completing the haul were four charred matchsticks, which Billy examined with interest. He noticed that although their tops were blackened the stems beneath had hardly been touched by the flame.', 'Looks like someone was trying to strike a match in the wind, he remarked. And lately. The woods still fresh. Theres no sign of weathering. He rose, stretching his cramped leg muscles.', 'Cook spoke to the two plainclothes men. You can put all this stuff back in the basket and take it to the station. Her suitcase, too. Ill deal with them later. Well have to put up posters in the area. We need to know if anyone saw the girl earlier. Other than the warden, I mean. Yawning, he glanced at Billy. Well, what do you think?', 'Billy reflected. So far hed heard nothing to suggest that Lofty wasnt right in his assessment. It seemed likely the girl had encountered her killer by accident in the darkness of the blackout. If so, it was a crime of chance, just as the chief inspector had supposed. But he wasnt ready to make his report quite yet. Sinclairs caution about leaving no loose ends was still fresh in his ears.', 'What about slipping over to Paddington? he suggested. Id like a word with Ransom. He should be done by now.', '', '', 'The corpse lay on a steel-topped table, hidden from sight except for the head and shoulders, which the orderly on duty in the mortuary had exposed by drawing back the white cloth covering it. Looking down at the lifeless face, so pale it seemed drained of blood, Billy recalled the photograph Lofty had shown him in the car coming over, a snapshot of Rosa Nowak which hed obtained from her aunt. The dark-haired girl pictured in the snapshot had faced the camera with a remote and sorrowful expression, no trace of which remained now.', 'Well, there she is, poor lass.', 'An elderly man, one whod either been retained like many past retirement age, or volunteered to do what amounted to war work, the orderly offered his opinion unprompted.', 'Hardly looks dead, does she?', 'It was true enough, Billy thought. Apart from a swelling on one side of her neck and a faint, livid mark in the same area the girl might have been asleep. As though it only needed a touch to awaken her. Glancing sideways at Cook, he saw the Bow Street inspector bending lower to peer at the white throat.', 'Cant see that she was choked, he remarked.', 'The two detectives had arrived at the hospital only to discover that the man theyd come to see wasnt immediately available.', 'Dr Ransoms busy with another autopsy, the receptionist informed them. A buzz bomb came down in Wandsworth last night, but they only dug out the bodies this morning.', 'Left to their own devices, they had found their way downstairs to the mortuary, a grisly sanctum whose green-painted walls exuded a clammy cold unaffected by the change of seasons, where the orderly, at their request, had brought out Rosa Nowaks remains from one of the refrigerators built into the walls of the echoing chamber.', 'You can wait if you like, he told them. The doctor should be here any time now.', 'Billy had been looking around. Are those her clothes? he asked, pointing to a pile of womens garments on a table in the corner.', 'The orderly nodded. Dr Ransom said you might want to see them.', 'Billy led his colleague over to the table and together they quickly solved the mystery of the loose buttons found at the scene of the murder. Examining the girls coat, which was made of dark blue wool and might have had a naval past, they found it was fitted with a removable hood of the same material attached by buttons sewn on to the collar. Only two of these were still in place. Loose cotton threads showed where three others had in all probability been ripped off.', 'Id forgotten about the hood, Cook admitted. We didnt see it at first. It was hidden beneath her body. I only noticed it when the ambulance men picked her up.', 'Other signs of deft needlework were visible on the young womans underclothes, which were undamaged but had obviously been darned and patched more than once. The embroidered blouse shed been wearing, on the other hand, looked new, and to both detectives surprise proved to be made of silk.', 'Whats that? Billys eye had been caught by a saucer standing on a shelf above the table. He took it down.', 'Looks like a matchstick. Cook peered at the charred fragment of wood which was all the saucer contained.', 'Wonder what its doing there. Billy was still examining his find when the swing doors behind them opened and Ransom strode in, thrusting an arm into the sleeve of a white physicians coat.', 'Sorry to keep you, gentlemen. Were like the Windmill Theatre here. We never close. Im afraid theres another cadaver awaiting my attention, so thisll have to be brief. Hello, Inspector. He nodded to Billy. I didnt know you were on the case.', 'Im not, strictly speaking, sir. Billy put down the saucer and went over to shake hands with the pathologist. Mr Cooks in charge. But the chief inspector has an interest in it. Im to report back to him.', 'Sinclair, eh? Then wed best be on our toes.', 'Ransom blew out his cheeks. A heavy-set man with jutting eyebrows, he had a reputation in the Met as a joker, famous for his <i>bons mots</i>.', 'Youve seen the corpus delicti, I take it. He moved over to where the wheeled table stood. The two detectives followed. There was little in the way of injuries to record. I dare say you noted the lividity on her neck and the swelling - he pointed to the slight disfigurement on the slender column of the throat. The only real bruises I found were on her knees. She must have gone down when he grabbed her. See . . .', 'He pulled the cloth off the girls legs, showing the purple marks on her bare kneecaps.', 'But thats all, really. There was no evidence of a struggle. She didnt get a chance to fight back. There was no skin under her nails, nothing of that sort. It was quick and clean.', 'Billy glanced at Cook, thinking he might want to handle the questioning, but found that his colleague had chosen that moment to fall into a doze. Loftys lack of sleep had finally caught up with him; he was swaying on his feet, his eyelids fluttering.', 'No evidence of a struggle, you say?', 'Thats right, Inspector.', 'He didnt sexually assault her, then?', 'Good heavens, no. Ransom frowned. Why on earth . . . ? Oh, yes, of course. He clicked his tongue. It did look that way last night when we found her. The inspector and I discussed the possibility. He nodded at Cook, whod come awake with a start. I checked for it, of course, when I made my examination, even though her underclothes werent disturbed. But she wasnt touched. Not there, at any rate. In fact, she was virgo intacta. Not that it makes any difference now, I suppose. He shrugged.', 'But if he strangled her . . .', 'Strangled? Ransoms bushy eyebrows rose in exaggerated amazement. Did I say that?', 'Yes, sir, you did. Angry with himself for having drifted off, Cook spoke sharply. Last night, at the murder scene.', 'Then I apologize. It was a hasty judgement. Ransom spread his hands in a gesture of appeasement. Put not your trust in pathologists. Particularly those called out in the blackout and made to examine bodies by torchlight. No, she wasnt choked. Her neck was broken. Its clear from the evidence. Let me show you. He removed the cloth from the girls head and shoulders again. Do you see the swelling on her neck and that mark on the side? It shows that the killer grabbed her from behind, slipped his right arm around her neck and snapped her spinal column. And to anticipate your question, yes, he was a strong man, but it wouldnt have required any special skill, particularly if she wasnt expecting it. Just a good wrench of the head. The whole business would have been over in a second.', 'He covered the girls head and shoulders again and then waited to see if the two detectives had any questions. A frown had appeared on Cooks face as hed listened and he caught Billys eye.', 'So what youre saying is, he must have meant to kill her.', 'It would seem so. Ransom shrugged. Its hard to see what other purpose he could have had in mind.', 'But . . . but that doesnt make sense. Cook spoke before he could stop himself.', 'Possibly. The pathologist looked owlish. But thats your department, Inspector, not mine. Now, if youve no more questions . . . He stood poised to leave.', 'One moment, sir. Billy spoke up. That matchstick on the shelf over there. The one in the saucer. Where does it come from?', 'What matchstick where? Ransoms eyes swivelled in the direction of his pointing finger. Oh, <i>that</i>. Yes, I found it tangled in her hair. Blown there by the wind, I dare say. Shed been lying on the ground for some time. Why do you ask?', 'We found others at the scene. It looked like somebody had been trying to light one.', 'The killer, do you mean? Ransom showed renewed interest.', 'Perhaps. But we cant be sure. Billy glanced at Cook. His jerk of the head suggested it was time they too departed.', 'Yes, but . . . but why would he have done that? The pathologist was clearly intrigued by the notion. If it <i>was</i> him, I mean.', 'Ive no idea. Billys shrug was noncommittal. But he may have been looking for something - something he thought she had on her.', '<b>4</b>', 'SHE WAS A DEAR GIRL, very likeable. But so hard to get to know. Still grieving, I fear.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: A Desert Called Peace\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Corruption and Misuse of Public Office\nDescription: [\"This is an unusual text-book, in that it does not merely set out the law. Behind the text, one can discern the authors' passionate personal dedication to the fight against corruption an essential addition to your library. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers\", '<br />Colin Nicholls QC of 3 Raymond Buildings, is a leading criminal barrister specialising in complex commercial crime cases, corruption, and extradition. He has been a part-time judge and is presently President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Professor John Hatchard is a professor at the Open University Business School and has written widely on constitutional law matters. Martin Polaine is currently seconded to the Independent Police Complaints Commission where the focus of his work is on the formation and implementation of policy relating to corruption involving police officers. He was called to the bar in 1986 and until 1994 practised from 4 Brick Court. Prior to his secondment, he was Senior Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service. During his time with the CPS, he was involved in setting up a specialist unit dedicated to the prosecution of sensitive corruption cases. Timothy Daniel is a Partner at Kendall Freeman Solicitors, where he specialises in corruption within the public international law context. He has extensive experience of major civil cases concerned with fraud and corruption, and has written and spoken widely on this subject. He is currently acting for the Federal Government of Nigeria in the recovery of assets in excess of 2 billion.<br />', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 1632 (Ring Of Fire)\nDescription: ['\"...convincing historical detail ... entertaining ... it\\'s hard not to cheer\". -- Starlog', \"FREEDOM AND JUSTICE -- AMERICAN STYLE<P>1632 And in northern Germany things couldn't get much worse. Famine. Disease. Religious war laying waste the cities. Only the aristocrats remained relatively unscathed; for the peasants, death was a mercy.<P>2000 Things are going OK in Grantville, West Virginia, and everybody attending the wedding of Mike Stearn's sister (including the entire local chapter of the United Mine Workers of America, which Mike leads) is having a good time.<P>THEN, EVERYTHING CHANGED....<P>When the dust settles, Mike leads a group of armed miners to find out what happened and finds the road into town is cut, as with a sword. On the other side, a scene out of Hell: a man nailed to a farmhouse door, his wife and daughter attacked by men in steel vests. Faced with this, Mike and his friends don't have to ask who to shoot. At that moment Freedom and Justice, American style, are introduced to the middle of the Thirty Years' War.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Drug Names Decoded\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Blood Song: Book 1 of Raven's Shadow\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth\nDescription: ['<DIV>Praise for OCEAN SUNLIGHT: HOW TINY PLANTS FEED THE SEAS:<BR>A BOOKLIST Editor\\'s Choice & Top 10 Book for Youth<BR>A Cooperative Children\\'s Book Center Choice Title<BR>A Kirkus Best Children\\'s Book Title<BR>* \"This ambitious, beautifully illustrated book offers information seldom covered in science books for young children.\"--BOOKLIST, starred review<BR>* \"Bang creates dimension and visual drama with her use of gold, blues, and black, forming an ethereal habitat for phytoplankton, jellyfish, and bioluminescent creatures.\"--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review<BR>* \"An awe-inspiring lesson in photosynthesis goes under the sea. . . . Readers will want to visit more than once to capture both the science and the abundant sense of celebration here.\"--KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review<BR><BR>Praise for LIVING SUNLIGHT: HOW PLANTS BRING THE EARTH TO LIFE:<BR>* \"If a good picture book does what it sets out to do, a great one sets out to do something huge and succeeds. . . . An outstanding book to read and absorb.\"--BOOKLIST, starred review <BR>- \"Chisholm, a professor of ecology, expands on the theme [photosynthesis], while the intense greens of Bang\\'s gouaches bring it vibrantly to life.\"--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW<BR>- \"LIVING SUNLIGHT is less a tutorial on photosynthesis than a magnificent celebration of life.\"--NATURAL HISTORY<BR><BR>Praise for MY LIGHT:<BR>* \"A lovely and illuminating book that presents sound science while expressing the wonder of flipping a switch and flooding a room with light.\"--BOOKLIST, starred review<BR>- \"Bang\\'s imagery and word choice provide a vivid text for her readers. And then there are the illustrations: phenomenal only begins to explain Bang\\'s choices in her use of color and composition. . . . This is a picture book that should be found in all libraries.\"--CHILDREN\\'S LITERATURE</DIV><br /><br /><DIV>*"Combining an amiable voice with unusual breadth of vision, depth of knowledge, and subtlety of presentation, this is a masterful book in a highly original science series"- <I>Booklist, </I>starred review</DIV><br /><br /><DIV>*"The sun gets stern as it turns to modern-day fossil fuel consumption, explaining human contributions to global warming: “Will you humans keep burning more and more fossil fuels…or will you work together?” Extensive end notes provide a deeper explanation of the science of climate change"- THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review</DIV>', '<DIV>Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY--REALLY, REALLY ANGRY...; TEN, NINE, EIGHT; and THE GREY LADY AND THE STRAWBERRY SNATCHER, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California.<BR><BR>Penny Chisholm has been a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013.</DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Legon Awakening: Book One in the Legon Series\nDescription: ['<span>\"Ripping good fantasy with a wicked bite!\"<br /><i>- Bestselling Author Brian Rathbone</i><br /><br />\"Taylor is a brilliant writer in his use of structure and traditional elements of story telling. The arc of the story proceeds well and the plot is articulated and clear. The characters, however, are the strong part of this book. You love some and you hate others. You laugh, you cry and their trials affect you while you are reading.\"<br /><i>-</i></span><i>Bestselling Author</i><span><i>Collin Earl</i></span>', \"Hello I'm Nicholas Taylor. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about why I wrote the<i>Legon Series</i>. With the Legon books I wanted to pull readers into another world with Elves, Dragons and a race that no one has seen before, the Iumenta. I want people to see the Legon world, and it's characters the way I see them. I also wanted to write a book that everyone could enjoy, from the person who has been reading fantasy their whole life, to someone who maybe is just getting into the genre. So it's with that in mind that I hope you enjoy reading<i>Legon Awakening</i>as much as I enjoyed writing it.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Death in Delhi (Planet Stories)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Valley of Death; Zombie Trailer Park (Keck) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Welcome to Cobblestone Square (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Virginia Elizabeth Rose is an author, storyteller, and gardener. Virginia Elizabeth lives in a 200-year-old home on thirty-acres of country outside a small town in Upstate New York with her husband James. They are the second generation to live in the home, where they raised their two children and welcomed their now six-year-old granddaughter. They currently share their home with Bailey, a nine-year-old Cocker Spaniel with an attitude. Bailey will be familiar to Virginia\\'s readers as he graces some of the pages in her children\\'s book, Welcome to Cobblestone Square. Bailey was rescued from a shelter at the age of five months when the book was still in illustration. Several of the characters in Welcome to Cobblestone Square are named for family members of Virginia Elizabeth and close friend, collaborator and illustrator, Eileen Whitt. Virginia Elizabeth started what she calls her Victory Garden when recovering from a serious illness. \"It was when I was facing a health crisis and feeling a sense of loss and anguish that I realized that many important experiences described in the Bible took place in a garden. I realized that gardens are a sacred space and I wanted to hone such a place where I could experience nature\\'s beauty, and contemplate and celebrate the gifts God makes available to each and every one of us.\" For her children\\'s books and full-length fiction, she draws from the world around her to create characters that seem to step off a small town Main Street and into stories that everyone can relate to, celebrate and enjoy. Virginia Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Science in Communication/Journalism and a Master of Liberal Studies. Illustrator Eileen Whitt has enjoyed working side-by-side with Virginia Elizabeth, bringing to life the images of the characters in Welcome to Cobblestone Square. She lives outside of Fort Myers, Florida with her husband Billy, is the mother of three children and grandmother to four cherished grandchildren. Eileen\\'s rescue pup, Mandy Sue, also graces the pages of Welcome to Cobblestone Square. Virginia Elizabeth and Eileen are currently working on two more children\\'s books--The Christmas Carousel, soon to be published, and the Cobblestone Square sequel, Bumble, Rumble, Tumble and Kate in Cobblestone Square, about four kittens who come to live with Miss Merriweather Periwinkle, based on a real-life litter of adorable kittens delivered on Virginia Elizabeth\\'s doorstep by a neighbor\\'s cat.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer)\nDescription: ['\"Brent Weeks is so good it\\'s starting to tick me off.\"<b><i>Peter V. Brett, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Desert Spear</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>The Blinding Knife</i> by Brent Weeks was even better than <i>The Black Prism</i> (and that\\'s saying something!)\"<b><i>B&N.com</i></b><br /><br />\"One of the best epic fantasies I\\'ve ever read.\"<b><i><i>Staffer\\'s Book Review </i>on<i> The Blinding Knife</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>The Blinding Knife</i> is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.\"<b><i><i>The Ranting Dragon</i></i></b><br /><br />\"One of the best Fantasy books of 2012.\"<b><i><i>A Dribble of Ink </i>on<i> The Blinding Knife</i></i></b><br /><br />\"...A solid, entertaining yarn.\"<b><i>The Onion A.V. Club on <em>The Black Prism</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Weeks has written an epic fantasy unlike any of its contemporaries. It is a truly visionary and original work, and has set the bar high for others in its subgenre.\"<b><i>graspingforthewind.com</i></b><br /><br />\"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em> on <em>The Black Prism</em></i></b>', 'Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He wrote on bar napkins and lesson plans before landing his dream job years and thousands of pages later. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their daughters. Find out more about the author at www.brentweeks.com or on twitter @brentweeks.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Runs Like The Wind\nDescription: ['Tamzen Whelan currently lives in Stuart, Florida with her life-partner, teenage daughter, two adopted dogs, and cat. She grew up in Seattle and has lived in New York City, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, rescuing many homeless pets along the way. After being a college English instructor for 15 years, she is now focusing on her life long love of writing.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Black Prism (Lightbringer)\nDescription: [\"With this complicated fantasy about family politics, bestseller Weeks (The Way of Shadows) moves into familiar territory. An unloved, orphaned boy is the offspring of someone important; twins assume each other's identities; an aged ruler clings to power. Weeks manages to ring new tunes on these old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way. Gavin Guile is facing his final five years as leader of a magical college whose members turn colors of light into various materials. Seeking to rectify the lingering wrongs from the war against his twin, Dazen, he is instead forced to acknowledge a bastard son, face down a corrupt governor, and stop a challenge to the state religion. Frequent perspective shifts keep the reader guessing as to who is heretic and who is hero. Author tour. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"Brent Weeks is so good it\\'s starting to tick me off.\"<b><i>Peter V. Brett, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Desert Spear</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.\"<b><i><i>Publishers Weekly </i>on<i> The Black Prism</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>The Blinding Knife</i> is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.\"<b><i><i>The Ranting Dragon</i></i></b><br /><br />\"One of the best fantasies I\\'ve ever read.\"<b><i><i>Staffer\\'s Book Review </i>on<i> The Blinding Knife </i></i></b>', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Numb\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Someone There for Me: Everyday Heroes Through the Eyes of Teens in Foster Care\nDescription: ['Someone There for Me by National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The White Tree: The Cycle of Arawn: Book I\nDescription: [\"Ed writes science fiction and fantasy, including the epic Cycle of Arawn and the post-apocalyptic Breakers series. He's lived places and had jobs.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Most Amazing Thing * La cosa ms asombrosa (English and Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Gurukarta is a published poet, award-winning lyricist, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has been a yoga teacher since 1976 and an ordained minister since 1980. She takes inspiration from nature, animals, and spiritual teachings. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her family and happy rescued dogs.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Darkslayer: Wrath of the Royals (Book 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b>5 out of5 Stars!</b><br /><br />\"From the causal fantasy subscriber, to the die-hard Tolkienist, everyone will find something to enjoy in the ever expanding world of Bish.\"<br /><br />See full review below. <br /><br />--Sacramento/San Francisco Book Review<br /><br /><b>5out of5 Stars!</b><br /><br />\"...this author has written an extremely cool book.\"<br /><br />\"...makes me believe that these characters should also appear in a video game or up on a movie screen very, very soon. Enjoy! <br /><br />--Feathered Quill Book Review<br /><br /><span><span>\"Seriously this is a great action fantasy.\" - Amazon Reviewer<br /></span><br /><span><span></span>\"Buy it! Read it! But strap on a helmet first.\" - Amazon Reviewer <br /></span><br /><span>\"Overall a very intriguing story with colorful characters and deadly situations.\" - Amazon Reviewer<br /></span><br /><span>\"... couldn\\'t put it down once I started.\" - Amazon Reviewer </span></span><br /><br /><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"... couldn\\'t put it down once I started.\" - Amazon Reviewer </span><br /><br /><span>\"The Darkslayer had my attention by the end of the first page and the action never stopped.\" - Amazon Reviewer </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"This book had just about everything one would want in a fantasy novel.\" - Amazon Reviewer</span><br /><br /><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"This was a fun and entertaining read.\" - Amazon Reviewer </span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><span>\"An excellent action fantasy story.\" - Amazon Reviewer </span><br /><span></span><span></span><br /><span>\"The nonstop action is out of this world.\" - Amazon Reviewer</span><br /><span></span><span></span><br /><span>\"... a pretty awesome ride.\" - Amazon Reviewer</span><br /><span></span><span></span><br /><span>\"Wow, this book was a great read.\" <span></span>- Amazon Reviewer</span>', 'see Author Page', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hypervenom Phelon Men Turf (7.5)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Everflame\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Notes: Gold on Blue Green: Notebook, Journal & Diary (Volume 7)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Prince of Thorns\nDescription: ['From the publisher that brought you game of thrones. Prince of thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me i had but one brother, and i loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mothers tomb. Now i have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All thats true enough, but theres something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse. From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, jorg ancrath has become the prince of thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his fathers castle jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him. Mark lawrences debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.']",
"rejected": "Title: Si aceptas perdonarte, perdonars\nDescription: [\"Madrid. 21 cm. 140 p. Encuadernacin en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Coleccin '[Coleccin Espiritualidad]'. Grn, Anselm 1945-. Traduccin, Guillermo Gutirrez. Traduccin de: Vergib dir selbst. Perdn. Iglesia Catlica. Penitencia .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y seales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 84-277-1358-4\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: King of Thorns (The Broken Empire)\nDescription: [\"The second book in the broken empire series, lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition. To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. Ive walked from pawn to player and ill win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in bloodthe land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the broken empire. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown prince honorous jorg ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them. A six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. Every omen says he will. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. But king jorg is not a good king. Faced by an enemy many times his strength jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. But playing fair was never part of jorgs game plan.\"]",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire)\nDescription: ['Drop whatever else youre reading and start the Broken Empire trilogy...[<i>Emperor of Thorns</i>] is told in a vivid prose filled with profound reflection and brilliant metaphor. Every sentence is carefully crafted, a work of art and a pleasure to read.Peter V. Brett, international bestselling author<br /><br />Simply said, The Broken Empire is a brilliantly written series. Every sentence is just a pure joy to read and carefully crafted. Numerous words like wordsmith and modern fantasy poet spring to mind but you should just find it out for yourself. A perfect ending to a brilliant trilogy and an unpredictable, ruthless and poetic literary masterwork of a great mind.Fantasy Book Review<br /><br />Aconclusion that is not only emotional and satisfying, but clever and unexpected, a fascinating twist within the concept of the narrative...Mark Lawrence has written a brilliant and enthralling talea trilogy that has gripped from the first scene to the very last.Starburst Magazine<br /><br /> Lawrence ends his majestically epic and magical post-apocalyptic trilogy like it started: with bloody yet beautiful prose. He unwraps more clues to the past with dialogue that chills and characters youd not want to meet in nightmares, where heroes are dark and evil fiends darkest of all. This book will go down as one of the best ever. Bravo!<i>RT Book Reviews</i>', '<b>Mark Lawrence</b> is a research scientist working on artificial intelligence. He is a dual national with both British and American citizenship, and has held secret-level clearance with both governments. At one point, he was qualified to say, This isnt rocket scienceoh wait, it actually is. He is the author of the Broken Empire trilogy (<i>Prince of Thorns</i>, <i>King of Thorns</i>, and <i>Emperor of Thorns</i>), the Red Queens War trilogy (<i>Prince of Fools</i>, <i>The Liars Key</i>, and <i>The Wheel of Osheim</i>) and the Book of the Ancestor series (<i>Red Sister</i>).', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Writer's Eye: Field Notes and Watercolors\nDescription: [\"The 60 watercolor sketches and eight line drawings, published here for the first time, were made during Horgan's research trips for three of his books on the history of the American SouthwestGreat River, Conquistadors in North American History and Lamy of Santa Fe. In these sketches he recorded his impressions of the places he visited, and later, while he was writing the books, the material served to remind him of his feelings about what he had seen. The watercolors, beautifully reproduced and accompanied by brief descriptions as well as passages from the books, evoke with delicacy and spontaneity the limpid light and sparkling colors of the Southwestern landscape. In his introduction, McCullough traces Horgan's career as one of this country's most distinguished writers. It is a pleasure to discover that Horgan is also a gifted artist. <br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Technomancer (Unspeakable Things)\nDescription: ['Written with a healthy sense of humorbut by no means a comic novelthe book should appeal to fans of supernatural fiction and also to readers of private-eye fiction who dont mind if the mysteries get a little fantastic. Larson, author of several previous novels in the SF or fantasy genres, turns in a winner here.', '\"...a wild, complex plot that was fast-paced and full of adventure.\" -<em>Angela at Scifichick.com</em>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Islander (Stormlands, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Rushed\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Say That (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)\nDescription: ['', \"Caton Garcia's poems layer sound and image to offer a tangible point of access into the complex and often contradictory ideas contained within the work.\", '', '', '<strong>Felecia Caton Garcia</strong> is the author of a chapbook, <em>Pos orale!</em>, and currently teaches writing and cultural studies at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards)\nDescription: ['Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.<b>George R. R. Martin</b><br /> <br />Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i> is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.<b>Patrick Rothfuss, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Name of the Wind</i></b><br /><br />Remarkable . . . Scott Lynchs first novel, <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora, </i>exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.<b><i>The Times </i>(London)</b><br /> <br /> A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters . . . Lockes wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders alike.<b><i>The Seattle Times</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf . . . Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not to mention David Liss and even Dickens.<b><i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br /> <br /> High-octane fantasy . . . a great swashbuckling yarn of a novel.<b>Richard Morgan</b><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '<b>Scott Lynch</b> is the author of <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i>, <i>Red Seas Under Red Skies, </i>and<i> The Republic of Thieves</i>. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, science fiction writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastards)\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH</b><br /> <b></b><br /> A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.<b>George R. R. Martin</b><br /> <br /><b><i>Red Seas Under Red Skies</i></b><br /> <br /> Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paperthe smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.<b><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b><br /> <br /> <i>Red Seas Under Red Skies</i> firmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.<b><i>Fantasy Book Critic</i></b><br /> <br /> Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.<b><i>Locus</i></b><br /> <br /> The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.<b><i>SFX</i></b><br /><br /><b><i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i> is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.<b>Patrick Rothfuss, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Name of the Wind</i></b>', 'Scott Lynch was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1978 and currently lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a game designer and volunteer firefighter. This is his second novel.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Under the Dome\nDescription: ['First printing.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Things in the Air\nDescription: ['PreS-Gr 3Carefree smiles, sweet kisses, imaginative stories, flying riddles, and silly words. These are all the \"things in the air,\" beloved by the elves who live in the Forest of Light. The witches hate these thingsand the Sparkling Elves, who, in their eyes, do nothing more than waste time. In order to suck the joy out of the little creatures and make them work, the ugly hags devise a plan to capture all the things in the air. Their plan does not work, since everything refuses to be buried or hidden. The story seeks to celebrate the imagination of children and their lively spirits while chiding adults for their focus on work and accomplishment, but it isn\\'t convincing, even though the language is quite nice (\"a gust of wind made of hugs carrying the aromas of Spring; a handful of winks that sparkled like stars; a pile of words made out of sweets\"). The illustrations fail to capture the beauty of the intangible things in life. Finally, the amount of text per page is overly long, slowing down the story\\'s momentum and preventing the book from being a successful read aloud.Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, Hillsborough, CA', '<div><b>Carmen Gl</b> is an award-winning author of more then 80 books. She lives and works in Spain, and been incuded in the <b>White Raven</b> list in 2009.<br><br><b>Omar Figueroa Turcios</b> was born in Corozal, Sucre, Colombia in 1968. He is a caricaturist, graphic humorist and illustrator. He has won more than 60 international awards for caricature, illustration and graphic humor. Since 1998 he lives in Spain, where he currently publishes his work.</div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Promise of Blood (The Powder Mage Trilogy)\nDescription: ['\"<i>Promise of Blood</i> is a hugely promising debut. Guns, swords, and magic together? What more could you want? How about tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes, and cool, cool magic? Not only the finest flintlock fantasy I\\'ve read, but also the most fun. Brian McClellan is the real thing.\"<b><i><i>New York Times </i>bestseller Brent Weeks</i></b><br /><br />\"This book is just plain awesome. I found myself enjoying every moment of it. Innovative magic, quick-paced plot, interesting world. I had a blast.\"<b><i><i>New York Times </i>bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson</i></b><br /><br />\"Brian McClellan is an explosive powder keg of imagination with an expertly-plotted fuse. The stories he tells are the stories we\\'ll be reading for years to come.\"<b><i>Sam Sykes on <i>Promise of Blood</i></i></b><br /><br />\"The world of the privileged sorcerers and the strange abilities of the powder mages who can manipulate gunpowder are just as well drawn in this captivating universe.\"<b><i><i>RT Book Reviews </i>(4 1/2 stars)</i></b><br /><br />\"McClellan\\'s debut packs some serious heat...A thoroughly satisfying yarn that should keep readers waiting impatiently for further installments.\"<b><i><i>Kirkus </i>(Starred Review)</i></b><br /><br />\"McClellan\\'s debut is a lot of fun --- a historically influenced fantastical romp filled with machismo, intrigue and magic.\"<b><i><i>SciFi Now </i>(UK)</i></b><br /><br />\"McClellan neatly mixes intrigue and action...in a society where new forces like labor unions, gunpowder-armed soldiers, and explosion-causing \\'powder mages\\' clash with traditional magics, more, and beliefs.\"<b><i><i>Publishers Weekly</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Gunpowder and magic. An explosive combination. <i>Promise of Blood </i>is the best debut I\\'ve read in ages.\"<b><i>Peter V. Brett</i></b><br /><br />\"I love the world Brian McClellan builds, Powder Mages with flintlock pistols against white-gloved Privileged for the fate of a nation and more. <i>Promise of Blood </i>feels like the start of something amazing.\"<b><i>Django Wexler</i></b><br /><br />\"Brings a welcome breath of gunpowder-tinged air to epic fantasy.\"<b><i>Anthony Ryan</i></b>', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastards)\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH</b><br /> <b></b><br /> A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.<b>George R. R. Martin</b><br /><br /><b><i>The Republic of Thieves</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> Fast paced, fun, and impossible to put down . . . Locke and company remain among the most engaging protagonists in fantasy.<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b><br /> <b></b><br /> <i>The Republic of Thieves</i> has all the colorful action, witty repartee, and devious scheming that fans of the series have come to expect.<b><i>Wired</i></b><br /> <br /> A fantasy world unique among its peers . . . If youre looking for a great new fantasy series this is one you wont want to miss. . . . In a word: AWESOME!<b><i>SF Revu</i></b><br /><br /><i><b>Red Seas Under Red Skies</b><br /></i><br />Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paperthe smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.<b><i>Booklist</i>(starred review)</b><br /><br /><i>Red Seas Under Red Skies</i>firmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.<b><i>Fantasy Book Critic</i></b><br /><br />Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.<b><i>Locus</i></b><br /><br />The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.<b><i>SFX</i></b><br /><br /><b><i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i> is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.<b>Patrick Rothfuss, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Name of the Wind</i></b><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '<b>Scott Lynch</b> is the author of <i>The Lies of Locke Lamora</i> and <i>Red Seas Under Red Skies</i>. He lives in Wisconsin and frequently visits Massachusetts, the home of his partner, SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear. He moonlights as a volunteer firefighter.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Animal Aromatics Workbook\nDescription: [\"Caroline Ingraham has been studying aromatic plant extracts and their relationship to animals for over twenty years. Caroline's work with animals and aromatics is internationally acknowledged and she has demonstrated her work on many television documentaries including on National Geographic. Her work is constantly evolving as she researches the use of essential oils, macerates and other natural substances. The Animal Aromatics Workbook is a unique resource - and instruction manual - for how to help the animals in your life self-select natural products for healing. Whether you are an animal enthusiast, owner, breeder or therapist, this book provides fascinating detail and inspiration as to how to radically enhance the health and well being of your animal companion(s). This book is a remarkable distillation of many years of experience and committed research on the part of the author and Animal Aromatics practitioners around the world.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Dance of Cloaks (Shadowdance 1)\nDescription: [\"The first volume of Dalglish&'s Shadowdance trilogy, a frenetic masterpiece with growing pains (to quote the author&'s modest afterword) that achieved self-published success, has been substantially revised for this edition, but its core remains a winning combination of A Game of Thrones, sword-and-sorcery RPGs, and vivid description. Aaron, the son of master thief Thren Felhorn, is an unprepossessing introvert who catches his father&'s attention by stabbing an intruderat age eight. Five years later, Aaron is learning the thieving trade in Veldaren, a city defined by internal war between the thieves&' guilds and the merchants&' guilds, with the weak, paranoid king a pawn on the board. The point of view shifts continually, encompassing bit players and major characters from every angle of the struggle, and Dalglish handles his cast of thousands with aplomb. Despite the inevitable quasi-medieval setting, saucy dagger-wielding maidens, and very convenient magic, this is a fun read. Dalglish puts familiar pieces together with a freshness and pleasure that are contagious. Agent: Michael Carr, Veritas Literary Agency. (Oct.)\", '\"Dalglish concocts a heady cocktail of energy, breakneck pace and excitement.\"<b><i>Sam Sykes, author of <i>Tome of the Undergates</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Fast, furious, and fabulous.\"<b><i>Michael J. Sullivan, author of <i>Theft of Swords</i></i></b><br /><br />\"[A] winning combination of <i>A Game of Thrones,</i> sword-and-sorcery RPGs, and vivid description...Dalglish puts familiar pieces together with a freshness and pleasure that are contagious.\"<b><i><i>Publishers Weekly</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Strong characterization as well as detailed action...a believable tale of a young man\\'s coming-of-age and the difficult decisions he must make. His saga should appeal to fans of R.A. Salvatore and Richard Lee Byers.\"<b><i><i>Library Journal</i></i></b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Beyond the Arab Spring by Brynen, Rex, Moore, Pete W., Salloukh, Bassel F., Zahar, Mar. (Lynne Rienner Pub,2012) [Paperback]\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hard Luck Hank: Screw the Galaxy (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Antarctic Adventures (Adventure Series)\nDescription: ['Learn about the Antarctic', \"Bartha Hill is a long term journalist and author, writing for both children and adults. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, and participates in the 'Writers in Schools' programme. As a journalist her work has appeared in the <em>Otago Daily Times, DayStar, sPanz, NZ Woman's Weekly, Harvest Field & Reality</em>. Her stories for children are in the <em>School Journal</em>, <em>Choices</em> and the Children's Christian magazine <em>Discovery</em>.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Noble Intentions: Season One (Jack Noble)\nDescription: ['Lee \"L.T.\" Ryan lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA with his wife, three daughters, and one psychologically unbalanced but lovable dog. He enjoys writing fast paced suspense thrillers. When not writing, he enjoys reading, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and spending time with the ladies in his life.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Gateway to Nifleheim: Harbinger of Doom -- Volume 1\nDescription: [\"<span>I've done lots of things. I've gotten degrees and taken advanced courses in various fields: physics, engineering, religious studies, history. I've taught college courses, been a physicist, a licensed professional engineer, and I've investigated some of the most complex and high profile engineering disasters of the last twenty years. I've even testified as a forensic engineering expert before the supreme court of the State of New York. After reading the battle scenes in my books, some of my readers have asked me whether I also used to be a spy or a Special Forces operative. I can't comment on that, I tell them. My non-fiction work has been read around the world. I write some of that every day, and I still enjoy it. But all my life, for fun, I've written fantasy stories. I started writing them before I did any of the things I mentioned above, and I'll probably keep writing them for as long as I'm around. A few years ago, I decided to make a business out of it and get them published so others can read them too. I hope that you'll give my books a read.</span>\", 'In <i>Gateway to Nifleheim</i>, Glenn G. Thater transports us to an age of high adventure where knights battle supernatural horrors, magic is real, but hidden, and the line between good and evil is all too thin. This first volume in the epic Harbinger of Doom saga is certain to delight fantasy fans everywhere.<br><br><div></div><div><b>GATEWAY TO NIFLEHEIM</div><div>When mad sorcerers open a gateway to the very pits of hell, releasing demons of darkest nightmare upon the world, only the intrepid knights of House Eotrus stand in their way. Claradon Eotrus takes up the mantle of his noble house to avenge his father and hold back the tide of chaos that threatens to engulf the world and destroy mankind. Claradon recruits Angle Theta and Gabriel Garn, mysterious knights of mystical power, to stand with him. Theta and Garn take up their swords one last time against the coming darkness -- a darkness from which only one will emerge.</div><div></div><div></div>']",
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"rejected": "Title: Tap Into Your Juice: Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears, Build Your Dreams\nDescription: [\"TAP INTO YOUR JUICE points people on the path to their true, authentic self. Amy's 'Power Ps' can help anyone turn on the light that's already within, and sharing your light with others always positively impacts our world. --Michelle Obama, coporate vice predisent, attorney, and wife of Senator Barack Obama<br /><br />TAP has been a favorite, a real hot seller for Books & Books at the Office Depot Businesswomen s Convention. --Michael Karpus, Store Manager Books & Books<br /><br />I've been reading and re-reading the Tap Into Your Juice book which has helped me get through many challenging moments at work and at home. --Manager, PepsiCo.\", \"The founder and CEO of ComfortCake, Amy S. Hilliard knows what it takes to make dreams come true. She's done it for herself, and now she offers her advice during speaking engagements and in this special selection of her inspirational insights.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Barkeep\nDescription: ['<em><strong>Praise for New York Times bestselling author William Lashner</strong></em>:<br /><br />“[In] the upper reaches of the hardboiled universe...\" —<em>Booklist </em><br /><br />“William Lashner is remarkable.” —Nelson DeMille <br /><br />“Lashner keeps the reader spellbound.” —Harlan Coben <br /><br />“Lashner… could be considered an East Coast version of Michael Connelly…” —<em>Library Journal</em><P><I>The Barkeep</I> is one of those books that you start reading and cannot put down, even as you almost wish you never reach the ending. William Lashner is primarily known for his series of legal thrillers featuring Philadelphia attorney Victor Carl, but this stand-alone work cements his deserved place in the constellation of master thriller authors. Book Reporter', '<span>William Lashner is the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling creator of Victor Carl, a character <em>Booklist</em> called “one of the mystery novel’s most compelling, most morally ambiguous characters.” The eight Victor Carl novels, which include <em>A Killer’s Kiss, Marked Man, Falls the Shadow, Past Due, Fatal Flaw, Bitter Truth, </em>and <em>Hostile Witness</em>, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and are sold all over the world. He is also the author of the bestselling thrillers <em>The Accounting </em>and<em> Blood and Bone</em>, as well as the novel <em>Kockroach, </em>which he published under the pseudonym Tyler Knox. Before leaving his job to write full-time, Lashner was a criminal prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of NYU’s School of Law and the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and three children and his dog, Chase Muttley.</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Change of Edict (The Change Series)\nDescription: ['\"Book 2 in the Change of Chaos series throws Siray into an ever-expanding landscape, full of surprising new foes, romances, and shocking turns I didn\\'t see coming...I had to remind myself to slow down...instead of devouring it quickly to find out what would happen next.\"<i>(Michelle Hope, Professional editor to top-tier authors, including George R. R. Martin, Blake Crouch, and romance great Connie Brockway.)</i>', '', \"<span>Jacinta Jade is the author of the fantasy coming of age series, Change of Chaos. She loves a strong female lead, a good fight scene and surprising endings. Jacinta likes to make friends of strangers in local hangouts, enjoys competing in tower climbs and has held national titles in martial arts (with not too many injuries). When she isn't writing, Jacinta splits her time between counting down until the next Star Wars movie, playing games like Far Cry and Tomb Raider and creating costumes for ComicCon. Jacinta does her best writing in beautiful, mysterious and random locations, but preferably the ones where a good cup of coffee might be close by. Currently, that location is MELBOURNE. To see when Jacinta's next book will come out, visit her website at jacintajadebooks.com.</span>\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lilith\nDescription: ['<b>\"Lilith is a strong addition to horror fiction collections. Recommended!\"<b> </b></b><i>-Midwest Book Review</i><br><br><b>\"If you are looking for a break from tropes, heavy handed or depressing horror novels and are ready to read something which only requires you to sit back and have some fun, then I can\\'t recommend Lilith enough.</b>\" -<i>Cemetery Dance</i><br><br><b>\"...a non-stop read, a thriller/horror/speculative science/paranormal all rolled into one, with great characterizations and an unbelievably fascinating plot.\"</b> -<i>Mallory Heart Reviews</i>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mind's Eye\nDescription: ['Douglas E. Richards is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of WIRED and more than a dozenother novels (see list below).<span>His books have been translated intoeight languages and published by major publishers in numerous foreigncountries. <br /><br />A former biotech executive, Richards earned a BS in microbiology from the Ohio State University, a master's degree in genetic engineering from the University of Wisconsin (where he engineered mutant viruses now named after him), and an MBA from the University of Chicago. <br /><br />In recognition of his work, Richards was selected to be a "special guest" at San Diego Comic-Con International, along with such icons as Stan Lee and Ray Bradbury. His essays have been featured inNational Geographic,the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Earth & Sky, Today's Parent, and many others. <br /><br />The author currently lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and two dogs.<br /><br />You can friend Richards on Facebook at Douglas E. Richards Author, visit his website at douglaserichards.com, andwrite to him at douglaserichards1@gmail.com<br /><br />Note: If you would like to be notified of future releases, please send an e-mail to douglaserichards1@gmail.com with the e-mail address to which you would like the notification to be sent.<br /><br /><b>Near Future Science Fiction Thrillers by Douglas E. Richards</b><br />WIRED (Wired 1), AMPED (Wired 2)<br />MIND'S EYE (Nick Hall 1), BRAINWEB (Nick Hall 2), MIND WAR (Nick Hall 3)<br />SPLIT SECOND (Split Second 1), TIME FRAME (Split Second 2)<br />QUANTUM LENS GAME CHANGER INFINITY BORN<br /><br /><b>Kids Science Fiction Thrillers</b> (9 and up, enjoyed by kids and adults alike)<br />TRAPPED (Prometheus Project 1), CAPTURED (Prometheus Project 2), STRANDED (Prometheus Project 3) <br />OUT OF THIS WORLDTHE DEVIL'S SWORD<b></b> </span>']",
"rejected": "Title: In The Pursuit of Wisdom:The Principal Thing\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: WCS 1 Samuel: Dawn of a Kingdom (Welwyn commentaries)\nDescription: ['Gordon J. Keddie trained at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia USA, and is at present pastor of New Covenant Reformed Fellowship, State College, Pennsylvania. He has written several titles in the Welwyn Commentary Series.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Supreme Justice (Reeder and Rogers Thriller)\nDescription: ['', 'In the near future, the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade, strengthened the Patriot Act, and dismissed the Fourth Amendment. Devlin Harrison, the second African American president, is a liberal, but the courts conservatives plan to outlast him. Then conservative justice Henry Venter is shot and killed in a D.C. restaurant. Enter former Secret Service Agent Joe Reeder, who took a bullet while guarding a president. Hailed as a hero, he made the mistake of expressing his opposition to that presidents neocon politics and quickly became a pariah. His only remaining federal-cop friend is FBI Agent Gabe Sloan, and Sloan, valuing Reeders insight, adds Reeder as a consultant to the multiagency task force investigating Venters murder. Soon a second conservative justice is killed, and the mastermind behind the crimes may be just getting started. Collins (<i>Ask Not</i>, 2013), perhaps best known for his Nathan Heller novels, has crafted a spiky thriller with a fine inside-the-Beltway sensibility. His politics are transparent enough to cost him conservative readers, but the sense is that Collins is probably OK with that. Thomas Gaughan', '', 'Settle back in your airplane seat, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready for a great ride in <i>Supreme Justice</i>, Max Allan Collinss latest novel...Written in a smooth style, the suspense builds relentlessly throughout the story. <i>Suspense Magazine</i>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Prince of Fools (Red Queen's War)\nDescription: ['BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Darkest Minds (Bonus Content) (A Darkest Minds Novel)\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR DARKEST MINDS SERIES</b><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);\">\"Haunting. . . Bracken creates a gripping and terrifying dystopian world.\"</span><b><i><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></i></b><br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR DARKEST MINDS SERIES</b><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);\">\"The story\\'s quick-paced action leads to a heartbreaking cliffhanger that will have readers eager for the next book.\"</span><b><i><i>Publishers Weekly</i></i></b><br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR DARKEST MINDS SERIES</b><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);\">\"Bracken\\'s latest maintains constant tension A new twist on dystopia, this is one not to miss.\"</span><b><i><i>Romantic Times</i></i></b><br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR DARKEST MINDS SERIES</b><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);\">\"A riveting, emotional read that kept me on the edge!\"</span><b><i><em style=\"font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);\">New York Times</em><span style=\"font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);\"> best-selling author Melissa Marr</span></i></b>', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: NOS4A2: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Hills imagination is...far-ranging.... <em>NOS4A2</em> is full of chills and cliffhangers. (<em>New York Times</em>)<br /><br />Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is for certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again. (<em>Library Journal</em> (starred review))<br /><br />Hill is omnivorous in his appetite for story and character, and here he has created his best. (<em>Booklist</em> (starred review))<br /><br />Quite simply the best horror writer of our generation, Joe Hills masterful storytelling is on full display in NOS4A2. It is by turns terrifying and hilarious, horrifying and full of heart, and relentlessly compelling. (Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of The Prophet on NOS4A2)<br /><br />[A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended. (The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia))<br /><br />[A] lovely, earnest collection of short fiction. (Village Voice)<br /><br />[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute. (New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice))<br /><br />[A]stounding . . . .Though most of the stories have elements of horror, the overall mood of the collection is one of heartbreaking wonderment . . . Highly recommended . (Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />NOS4A2 is a brilliant exploration of classic and modern monsters and dark fantasties, all cut up, restitched and retooled...With this novel, riveting from beginning to end, Joe Hill has become a master of his craft. (Publishers Weekly on NOS4A2)<br /><br />Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again. (Library Journal (starred review) on NOS4A2)\", '', 'Joe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers <em>Heart-Shaped Box</em> and <em>Horns</em>, plunges you into the dark side of the imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense . . .', 'Victoria \"Vic\" McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn\\'t tell anyone about her unusual ability.', \"Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.\", \"And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble . . . and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie. Now the only kid ever to escape Charlie's twisted imagination is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Vic McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. . . .\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Beyond the Mailbox\nDescription: ['The author resides in West Texas, and has been employed as a letter carrier for the past 18 years. During this time she has come to realize the enormous need that exists within our communities, the loneliness, the physical, emotional and financial struggles that cripple so many. She delivers the mail, but is aware that the job puts her in the position of being able to assist people, be it with simply a kind word, or listening and observing the stories that lie beyond the mailbox.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Raber Murder, ...ing a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Murder of Joseph Raber, By Drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., ... his Life. With Illustrations and Results.\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Super\nDescription: ['<b>Additional praise for the work of Ernie Lindsey</b><br /><br />For <i><b>Skynoise</b></i><br /><br />\"With Skynoise, Ernie Lindsey shows why he is one of the most compelling and dynamic indie writers out there. Earlier this year, I found \"Super,\" which turned the superhero genre on its ear, and in \"Skynoise,\" Lindsey takes the sci-fi trope of time travel and twists a good yarn through years of mysteries and bread crumbs.\" --<b>Will Swardstrom, author of <i>Dead Sleep</i></b><br /><br />\"Ernie Lindsey weaves a fantastic Time Travel thriller that\\'s part X-Files and all fun. It\\'s tense, taut and reads like you\\'re trying to catch your breath as he piles mystery on top of intrigue and serves with a perfect slice of humor. This year\\'s best time travel story and a fun escapist read that has you rooting for the good guys. This book is why Lindsey is a solid master in the making.\" --<b>Nick Cole, author of <i>Soda Pop Soldier</i></b><br /><br />\"If you love [time travel science fiction], filled with action and bone-jarring twist and turns, you won\\'t want to miss Skynoise.\" --<b>Josh Hayes, author of <i>Second Star: Breaking Through</i></b><br /><br />For <i><b>How White People Die</b></i><br /><br />\"[<i>How White People Die</i>] is both literary and accessible at the same time. An intense and sometimes funny southern cop drama that dares you to figure out what is going on. However you classify it, it\\'s terrific.\" --<b>Michael Bunker, author of <i>Pennsylvania</i></b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Visions of Kerouac: Satori Magic Edition\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wool - Omnibus Edition\nDescription: ['', '', 'Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, he turned to his childhood dream of becoming an author. His Molly Fyde series has won praise from reviewers, and now his Wool series has become a #1 bestseller, with Random House publishing in the UK and Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian securing the film rights. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Manning Up: In the Face of Death\nDescription: [\"Gregg Manning was born in 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Andy and Frances Manning. From the earliest age, he was introduced to sports, enjoying success in baseball, basketball, football, and golf. The family was relocated to Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, in 1966. He is a graduate of J.J. Pearce High School. Gregg experienced tennis for the first time in 1968. Ultimately, tennis took him on a great ride, achieving national and international acclaim including being a collegiate All-American at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and a former world-ranked ATP touring professional. Gregg has been a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1981, having directed tennis operations at various tennis clubs around the DFW metroplex. In addition, the United States Tennis Association chose Gregg as one of America's best coaches in 1997. He still trains a select few today. Gregg currently resides in Prosper, Texas, a small community on the north side of Dallas.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Shift (Wool Trilogy)\nDescription: [\"The much anticipated prequel to bestseller wool that takes us back to the beginnings of the silo. The full novel which brings together first, second and third shift. 'the next hunger games' the sunday times 'an epic feat of imagination. You will live in this world. ' justin cronin in a future less than fifty years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is about to be written. Our future is about to begin.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Man Behind Badge # 711\nDescription: ['About the Author: Thomas Cooney was born in New York City in 1934. He was a member of the NYC Fire Department for 20 years and also worked as a New Jersey State corrections officer.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Seer: Volume One of The 'O' Manuscript, The Scandinavian Bestseller\nDescription: ['Made me reassess my story and life .compelling Al Jardine, The Beach Boys', '', '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Learning the new Personal ancestral file 5.0 with quick and easy instructions\nDescription: ['Book by Reschke, Elaine M', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Fire Seekers (The Babel Trilogy)\nDescription: ['[An] erudite thriller <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>', '', 'Richard Farr is the author of the award-winning <i>Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 191013</i>. He lives in Seattle with his wife and children, where he is currently working on the sequel to <i>The Fire Seekers</i>. Find him online at www.richardfarr.net.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Diagnostic Picture Tests In Sexually Transmitted Diseases\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: George RR Martin's Wild Cards: The Hard Call\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Starfish\nDescription: ['Peg Gregory is a former paralegal counselor to victims of sexual assault. She is a social worker and registered nurse, recently retired from hospice nursing. She lives in Key West and Chattanooga, Tennessee.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Litigators\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR <i>THE CONFESSION </i></b><br /><br /> <b>Brilliant . . . Superb . . . the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. <i>Washington Post </i></b><br /><br /> <b>One of Grishams best efforts in many seasons . . . a rousing return to his dexterous good-guy-faces-corrupt-system storytelling. <i>People </i>magazine </b><br /><br /> <b>Packed with tension, legal roadblocks, and shocking revelations. <i>USA Today </i></b>', '<b>JOHN GRISHAM </b>is the author of twenty-three novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and two novels for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.<br /><br />www.jgrisham.com', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Portrait of a Spy\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Blind Innocence\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Truman\nDescription: ['This warm biography of Harry Truman is both an historical evaluation of his presidency and a paean to the man\\'s rock-solid American values. Truman was a compromise candidate for vice president, almost an accidental president after Roosevelt\\'s death 12 weeks into his fourth term. Truman\\'s stunning come-from-behind victory in the 1948 election showed how his personal qualities of integrity and straightforwardness were appreciated by ordinary Americans, perhaps, as McCullough notes, because he was one himself. His presidency was dominated by enormously controversial issues: he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, established anti-Communism as the bedrock of American foreign policy, and sent U.S. troops into the Korean War. In this winner of the 1993 <a href=\"/exec/obidos/subst/lists/awards/pulitzer.html/${0}\">Pulitzer Prize</a>, McCullough argues that history has validated most of Truman\\'s war-time and Cold War decisions.', 'Cracker-barrel plain in speech and looks, this seemingly ordinary man turned out to be one of our most dynamic presidents. It was Harry S. Truman who ordered the atomic bomb dropped, halted Communists in Turkey and Greece, initiated the Marshall Plan, NATO and the Berlin Airlift, ordered desegregation of the armed forces, established the CIA and the Defense Department, committed U.S. forces to Korea and upheld the principle of civilian control over the military by firing Gen. Douglas MacArthur. McCullough ( Mornings on Horseback ) has written a surefooted, highly satisfying biography of the 33rd president, one that not only conveys in rich detail Truman\\'s accomplishments as a politician and statesman, but also reveals the character and personality of this constantly-surprising man--as schoolboy, farmer, soldier, merchant, county judge, senator, vice president and chief executive. The book relates how Truman (1884-1972) overcame the stigma of business failure and debt (as well as the accusation that he was \"bellboy\" to Kansas City\\'s Pendergast machine) and acquired a reputation for honesty, reliability and common sense. McCullough pays considerable attention to Truman\\'s family, especially his fervent and touching courtship of Bess Wallace, the idolized love of his life. Her mother never felt Truman was good enough for her daughter, even after he became president. The book\\'s re-creation of the 1948 presidential campaign, during which Newsweek \\'s poll of 50 political writers predicted that the incumbent would lose the election to Thomas Dewey, is the most complete account of that surprise victory to date. The book is an impressive tribute to a man whose brisk cheerfulness and self-confidence were combined with a God-fearing humility; a great and good man who, in McCullough\\'s opinion, was a great president. Photos not seen by PW. BOMC main selection; History Book Club and QPB alternatives; author tour. <br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: La Tierra Es Plana / The World Is Flat: Breve Historia del Mundo Globalizado del Siglo XXI / A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Theodore Boone: The Accused\nDescription: ['-“John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we’ve got.” --<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i><br>-\"Another swift Grisham thrillerette.\" --<i>The New York Times </i>on <i>The Abduction<br></i><br>-\"Theo is a terrific character, an everyman kind of kid. . . . There are many positive messages wrapped in this entertaining story that appeals to the kid in all of us.\" --<i>USA Today</i>, on <i>The Abduction<br><br></i>Added praise for the Theodore Boone series<i><br></i><br>\"Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist.\"<i> -<i>The New York Times</i><br></i><br>\"Classic Grisham.\" <i>-<i>The Los Angeles Times</i><br><br></i>\"Smartly written.\" <i>--<i> USA Today<br></i></i><br>\"Grisham is an absolute master.\"<i><i>--Washington Post<br></i></i><br>\"Edge-of-your-seat drama, sophisticated plotting, and plenty of spunk.\"<i>--<i>Chicago Sun-Times<br></i></i><br>\"Gripping . . . I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery.<i>\"--<i>Scholastic News </i></i>', \"John Grisham is the author of a collection of stories, a work of nonfiction, three sports novels, four kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Hegemony And Socialist Strategy: Towards A Radical Democratic Politics (Radical Thinkers)\nDescription: ['A brilliant tour de force of scholarship and argument.<i>Marxism Today</i>', '<b>Ernesto Laclau</b> is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, <i>Hegemony and Socialist Strategy</i> (with Chantal Mouffe), <i>New Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time</i>, <i>The Populist Reason</i>, <i>Contingency, Hegemony, Universality</i> (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and <i>Emancipation(s)</i>.<br /><br /><b>Chantal Mouffe</b> is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include <i>The Return of the Political</i>; <i>Hegemony and Socialist Strategy</i> (with Ernesto Laclau); <i>The Dimensions of Radical Democracy</i>; <i>Gramsci and Marxist Theory</i>; <i>Deconstruction and Pragmatism</i>; <i>The Democratic Paradox</i>; and <i>The Challenge of Carl Schmitt</i>, all from Verso.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People\nDescription: ['<br />\"... for the specialist and anyone touched by the enduring debate over Jewish identity, this book is indispensable.\" - <em>The Jewish Daily Forward</em> <br /> <br />', '', '', '', '', '', '', '<br /><strong>Harry Ostrer, MD</strong> is Professor of Pathology and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of Genetic and Genomic Laboratories at Montefiore Medical Center. In October 2010, he was named to the Forward 50 list of \"people who have made an imprint in the past year on the ways in which American Jews view the world and relate to each other.\"<br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Intimate Relationships: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Racketeer\nDescription: ['Critical Acclaim for the Undisputed Master of the Legal Thriller<br /><br />With every new book I appreciate John Grisham a little more, for his feisty critiques of the legal system, his compassion for the underdog, and his willingness to strike out in new directions.<i>Entertainment Weekly<br /></i><br />John Grisham is exceptionally good at what he doesindeed, right now in this country, nobody does it better . . . Grishams books are also smart, imaginative, and funny, populated by complex interesting people, written by a man who is driven not merely by the desire to entertain but also by genuine (if understated) outrage at human cupidity and venality.Jonathan Yardley, <i>The Washington Post<br /></i><br />The secrets of Grishams success are no secret at all. There are two of them: his pacing, which ranges from fast to breakneck, and his themelittle guy takes on big conspiracy with the little guy getting the win in the end. <i>Time<br /></i><br />The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of an entertainment. Los Angeles Times<br /><br />John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as weve got in the United States these days.<i>The New York Times Book Review<br /></i><br />Grisham is a marvelous storyteller who works readers the way a good trial lawyer works a jury.<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <br /><br />John Grisham owns the legal thriller.<i>The Denver Post</i> <br /><br />John Grisham is not just popular, he is one of the most popular novelists of our time. He is a craftsman and he writes good stories, engaging characters, and clever plots.<i>The Seattle Times<br /></i><br />A mighty narrative talent and an unerring eye for hot-button issues.Chicago Sun-Times <br /><br />A legal literary legend.<i>USA Today</i>', '<b>JOHN GRISHAM </b>is the author of twenty-five novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and two novels for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation\nDescription: ['\"Captivating. A strong amalgam of nostalgia, feminist history, astute insight, beautiful music and irresistible gossip. Weller\\'s grand ambition winds up fulfilled.\" -- Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />\"Let\\'s get one thing clear right from the start -- this is a fabulous book...<i>Girls like Us</i> unfolds with drama and panoramic detail. Written with a keen journalistic and, more importantly, female eye, [it] works as a healthy, long overdue counterweight to the endlessly repeated, male-sided version of rock \\'n roll. Before these women broke the cultural sod during the rock \\'n roll years, there were no girls like us. Now there are millions.\" -- Caitlin Moran, <i>London Sunday Times</i><br /><br />\"Even at 500-plus pages, the book goes down as easy as a Grisham yarn on a vacation flight... The only flaw to <i>Girls Like Us</i> is that it comes to an end. Few people lead lives as action-packed and spiritually opulent as Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon did during such intensely interesting times. And few writers are able to impart so much freight with such vigor. The towering triumvirate got what it deserves.\" -- <i>The Toronto Sun</i><br /><br />\"A page-turner of the first order....a must read.\" -- <i>The Boston Globe</i><br /><br />\"As an avid music reader, sometime reviewer, and teen of the \\'60s myself, I was sure I knew just about everything there was to know about Carole, Joni, and Carly.... But <i>Girls Like Us</i>, an ambitious collective biography by six-time author and magazine journalist Sheila Weller, showed me exactly how much I didn\\'t know. This absorbing, well-reported book chronicles a time when women in all walks of life were exercising new-found freedom. And as icons of that era, nobody did it better.\" -- <i>Christian Science Monitor </i><br /><br />\"Both scholarly and dishy. A superb journalist, Weller has managed to uncover a trove of unreported facts on her subjects.\" -- <i>People</i> **** (Pick of the Week)<br /><br />\"When we were little, and someone said, `I love chocolate pudding,\" there was always some nutball who\\'d ask, \"Do you want to marry it?\\' Well, I love Sheila Weller\\'s <i>Girls Like Us</i> so much that I would marry it. This lush, beautifully-researched and lyrically written biography of the three women whose music was emblematic of the generation who pioneered the way for me and so many others is literate, bold, charming and ... cuddly....[E]very page brought a fresh surprise. Weller raised the bar for this book above even a classy celebrity bio... This book probably gave me more pure enjoyment than any but a handful I\\'ve read in years. If you\\'re passionate about music -- and about passion -- you\\'ll have to hand it to Sheila Weller for a bravura composition of her own.\" --Jacquelyn Mitchard the bestselling author of <i>Still Summer, Cage of Stars</i>, and the first Oprah Book Club selection, <i>The Deep End of the Ocean, </i>on WritersAsReaders.com<br /><br />\"Incisive, painstakingly researched...Any woman who grew up during the late 1960s and \\'70s will fall head over heels for Sheila Weller\\'s <i>Girls Like Us</i>.\" --<i> Ladies Home Journal</i><br /><br />\"A sharp-eyed vision of the worlds which nourished these ambitious, determined and singular artists...Weller digs deep into [Joni Mitchell\\'s] complex psychology and provides as close to an understanding of this difficult figure as anyone is likely to ever offer. An unfailingly entertaining read...a riveting story.\" -- <i>Mojo</i><br /><br />\"Juicy... I doubt I\\'ll listen to Mitchell\\'s songs again without considering the child she gave up for adoption... and her subsequent bouts with depression or hear the oft-married King\\'s music without thinking of her tumultuous relationships. As for Simon, Weller captures fully both the richness and glamour of her romantic life and the profound sensitivity that made her especially vulnerable to ex-husband James Taylor\\'s drug abuse and the cavalier charm of Warren Beatty.\" - <i>USA Today </i>', '<b>Sheila Weller</b> is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of five previous books, most recently her 2003 family memoir, <i>Dancing at Ciro\\'s</i>, which <i>The Washington Post</i> called \"a substantial contribution to American social history.\" She is the senior contributing editor at <i>Glamour</i>, a contributor to <i>Vanity Fair</i>, and a former contributing editor of <i>New York</i>. To learn more, visit www.girlslikeusthebook.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Color of His Own\nDescription: ['Every animal has a color of its own. \"Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink.\" But chameleons change color wherever they go. \"On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple.\" One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, \"If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own.\" Of course, what he doesn\\'t take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. It isn\\'t until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again.', 'Leo Lionni, children\\'s book creator extraordinaire, author of such beloved picture books as <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394826140/${0}\">Frederick</a></i>, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394829115/${0}\">Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse</a></i>, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394826205/${0}\">Swimmy</a></i>, and <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688132839/${0}\">Inch by Inch</a></i>, all Caldecott Honor winners, introduces color concepts in an exquisite and touching story. This small board book edition of the classic tale of self-acceptance and friendship will be a favorite for toddlers and parents alike. (Baby to preschool) <i>--Emilie Coulter</i>', '\"Lionni\\'s signature watercolors span the rainbow in this story of a chameleon who, while searching for his identity, finds a friend with whom he can share his changeable nature.\" <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />\"As captivating now as it was when first published in 1975.\" <i>Children\\'s Literature</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Inferno\nDescription: ['', 'As Langdon continued on toward the elbow of the square, he could<br />see, directly ahead in the distance, the shimmering blue glass dial of the<br />St. Marks Clock Towerthe same astronomical clock through which<br />James Bond had thrown a villain in the film <em>Moonraker</em>.', 'The Tetrarchs statue was well known for its missing foot, broken<br />off while it was being plundered from Constantinople in the thirteenth<br />century. Miraculously, in the 1960s, the foot was unearthed in Istanbul.<br />Venice petitioned for the missing piece of statue, but the Turkish authorities<br />replied with a simple message: <em>You stole the statuewere keeping our<br />foot</em>.', 'Amid a contour of spires and domes, a single illuminated facade dominated<br />Langdons field of view. The building was an imposing stone fortress<br />with a notched parapet and a three-hundred-foot tower that swelled<br />near the top, bulging outward into a massive machicolated battlement.', 'Langdon found himself standing before a familiar facethat of Dante Alighieri.<br />Depicted in the legendary fresco by Michelino, the great poet stood before<br />Mount Purgatory and held forth in his hands, as if in humble offering,<br />his masterpiece The Divine Comedy.', '<strong>Q. Inferno refers to Dante Alighieris The Divine Comedy. What is Dantes significance? What features of his work or life inspired you?</strong>', 'A. <em>The Divine Comedy</em>like <em>The Mona Lisa</em>is one of those rare artistic achievements that transcends its moment in history and becomes an enduring cultural touchstone. Like Beethovens Ninth Symphony, <em>The Divine Comedy</em> speaks to us centuries after its creation and is considered an example of one of the finest works ever produced in its artistic field. For me, the most captivating quality of Dante Alighieri is his staggering influence on culture, religion, history, and the arts. In addition to codifying the early Christian vision of Hell, Dantes work has inspired some of historys greatest luminariesLongfellow, Chaucer, Borges, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Monteverdi, Michelangelo, Blake, Daland even a few modern video game designers. Despite Dantes enduring influence on the arts, however, most of us today have only a vague notion of what his work actually saysboth literally and symbolically (which, of course, is of great interest to Robert Langdon). A few years ago, I became very excited about the prospect of writing a contemporary thriller that incorporated the philosophy, history, and text of Dantes timeless descent into <em>The Inferno</em>.', '<strong>Q. Where did do your research for Inferno? How long did you spend on it?</strong>', 'A. Researching <em>Inferno</em> began with six months of reading, including several translations of <em>The Divine Comedy</em>, various annotations by Dante scholars, historical texts about Dantes life and philosophies, as well as a lot of background reading on Florence itself. At the same time, I was poring over all the new scientific information that I could find on a cutting edge technology that I had decided to incorporate into the novel. Once I had enough understanding of these topics to proceed, I traveled to Florence and Venice, where I was fortunate to meet with some wonderful art historians, librarians, and other scholars who helped me enormously.', 'Once this initial phase of research was complete, I began outlining and writing the novel. As is always the case, when a book begins to take shape, I am drawn in unexpected directions that require additional research. This was also the case with <em>Inferno</em>, which took about 3 years from conception to publication.', 'With respect to the process, the success of these novels has been a bit of a Catch-22. On one hand, I now have wonderful access to specialists, authorities, and even secret archives from which to draw information and inspiration. On the other hand, because there is increased speculation about my works in progress, I need to be increasingly discreet about the places I go and the specialists with whom I speak. Even so, there is one aspect of my research that will never changemaking personal visits to the locations about which Im writing. When it comes to capturing the feel of a novels setting, I find there is no substitute for being there in the flesh...even if sometimes I need to do it incognito.', '<strong>Q. What kind of adventure will Robert Langdon face this time? Can you give us any sneak peak at the new novel?</strong>', 'A. <em>Inferno</em> is very much a Robert Langdon thriller. Its filled with codes, symbols, art, and the exotic locations that my readers love to explore. In this novel, Dante Alighieris ancient literary masterpiece<em>The Divine Comedy</em>becomes a catalyst that inspires a macabre genius to unleash a scientific creation of enormous destructive potential. Robert Langdon must battle this dark adversary by deciphering a Dante-related riddle, which leads him to Florence, where he finds himself in a desperate race through a landscape of classical art, secret passageways, and futuristic technology.', '<strong>Q. What made Florence the ideal location for Inferno?</strong>', 'A. No city on earth is more closely tied to Dante Alighieri. Dante grew up in Florence, fell in love in Florence, and began writing in Florence. Later in life, when he was exiled for political reasons, the longing he felt for his beloved Florence became a catalyst for The Divine Comedy. Through his enduring poem, Dante enjoyed the last word over his political enemies, banishing them to various rings of Inferno where they suffered terrible tortures.', '', \"The threat of world overpopulation is the latest assignment for Brown's art historian and accidental sleuth Robert Langdon. Awakening in a Florence hospital with no memory of the preceding 36 hours, Langdon and an attractive attending physician with an oversized intellect are immediately pursued by an ominous underground organization and the Italian police. Detailed tours of Florence, Venice, and Istanbul mean to establish setting, but instead bog down the story and border on showoffmanship. Relying on a deceased villain's trail of clues threaded through the text of Dante's The Divine Comedy, the duo attempt to unravel the events leading up to Langdon's amnesia and thwart a global genocide scheme. Suspension of disbelief is required as miraculous coincidences pile upon pure luck. Near the three-quarters point everything established gets upended and Brown, hoping to draw us in deeper, nearly drives us out. Though the prose is fast-paced and sharp, the burdensome dialogue only serves plot and back story, and is interspersed with unfortunate attempts at folksy humor. It's hard not to appreciate a present day mega-selling thriller that attempts a refresher course in Italian literature and European history. But the real mystery is in the book's denouement and how Brown can possibly bring his hero back for more. Agent: Heide Lange, Sanford J. Greenberger Associates. (May)\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The English Girl\nDescription: ['This is thriller writing at the highest level, offering up a tight plot, believable characters, and an ending that even the most jaded of readers probably wont see coming. (<em>Denver Post</em>)<br /><br />As usual, Silva takes the reader hostage from page one with his canny mix of spy craft and suspense.Silvas ongoing ability to combine le Carr-like texture with high energy plotting has produced a string of commercial and critical successes. Chalk up another one. (<em>Booklist</em>)<br /><br />Fast-paced intrigue and provocative characters make this a fine addition to an outstanding series. (<em>People</em> Magazine, 4 stars)<br /><br />Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer. That is what makes THE ENGLISH GIRL a must read. (HuffingtonPost.com)<br /><br />Although Gabriels adventures are set in the real world of greedy politicians and grabs for control of a diminishing supply of natural resources, Israels avenging angel has the superhuman abilities that make for a satisfying fantasy. (<em>Columbus Dispatch</em>)<br /><br />Someone once said that their favorite books are ones that entertain and inform at the same time. <em>The English Girl</em> is one of those novels.A top-notch, old-fashioned East-meets-West, cloak-and-dagger thriller. (Bookreporter.com)<br /><br />[Silvas] 13 Gabriel Allon novels have both entertained and informed tens of millions of readers about the realities of world in which we live more than any other writer over the past decade. You will read the book in at most a couple of sittings. (<em>The National Examiner</em>)<br /><br />[A] roller coaster ride.Silva is an excellent storyteller. (Judith Reveal, <em>New York Journal of Books</em>)<br /><br />Top-notch action. (<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>)<br /><br />One of the more unusual literary spies is Gabriel Allon, an Israeli intelligence officer who wants to retire so he can continue as an artist restoring damaged master artworks. But life interferes, and thank goodness, because otherwise we wouldnt have such great novels from Daniel Silva. (<em>Lincoln Journal Star</em>)', '', 'One girl', 'Seven days', 'No second chances', \"Madeline Hart is a rising star in British government: beautiful, intelligent, driven to succeed by an impoverished childhood. But she also has a dark secret: she is the lover of Prime Minister Jonathan Lancaster. When she disappears on the island of Corsica, it's clear her kidnappers know about the affair and intend to make the PM pay dearly for his sins. Fearful of a scandal that could destroy his career, Lancaster decides to handle the matter privately, and not involve the police.\", 'Enter Gabriel Allonassassin, art restorer, and spywho must find Madeline within seven days before she is executed. With the clock ticking, Allon is thrust into a deadly game of shadows in which nothing is what it seemsand where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies is the truth. . . .', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV\nDescription: ['', 'Brilliant . . . Important . . . Remarkable . . . In sparkling detail, Caro shows Johnsons genius for getting to peoplefriends, foes, and everyone in betweenand how he used it to achieve his goals . . .With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service.<br />President Bill Clinton,<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>(front cover)<br /><br /><br />By writingthe best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think, and read, American history . . . Although the amount of research Caro has done for these books is staggering, its his immense talent as a writer that has made his biography of Johnson one of Americas most amazing literary achievements . . . Caros chronicle isas absorbing as a political thriller. . . Theres not a wasted word, not a needless anecdote . . . Most impressively, Caro comes closer than any other historian could to explaining the famously complex LBJ . . . Caros portrayal of the president is as scrupulously fair as it is passionate and deeply felt . . . The series isa masterpiece, unlike any other work of American history published in the past. Its true that there will never be another Lyndon B. Johnson, but there will never be another Robert A. Caro, either. Michael Schaub, NPR<br /><br />A breathtakingly dramatic storyabout a pivotal moment in United States history [told] with consummate artistry and ardor. . .It showcases Mr. Caros masterly gifts as a writer: his propulsive sense of narrative, his talent for enabling readers to see and feel history in the making and his ability to situate hissubjects actions within the context of their times. . . Caro manages to lend even much-chronicled events a punch of tactile immediacy .. . Johnson emerges as both a larger-than-life, Shakespearean personagewith epic ambition and epic flawsand a more human-scale puzzle . . . Mr. Caro uses his storytelling gifts to turn seemingly arcane legislative maneuvers intoaction-movie suspense, and he gives us unparalleled understanding of how Johnson used a crisis and his ownpolitical acumen to implement his agenda with stunning speed. Taken togetherthe installments of Mr. Caros monumental life of Johnson form arevealing prism by which to view the better part of a century in American life and politics.<br />Michiko Kakutani,<i>The New York Times</i><br /><i></i><br />A great work of history . . . A great biography . . . Caro has summoned Lyndon Johnson to vivid, intimate life. <i>Newsweek</i><br /><br />Making ordinary politics and policymaking riveting and revealing is what makes Caro a genius.Combined with his penetrating insight and fanatical research, Caros Churchill-like prose elevates the life of a fairly influential president to stuff worthy of Shakespeare . . . Reading Caros books can feel like encountering the life of an American president for the first time . . . Caros judgment is solid, his prose inspiring, and his research breathtaking . . . Robert Caro stands alone as the unquestioned master of the contemporary American political biography.<br />Jordan Michael Smith,<i>The Boston Globe</i><br /><i></i><br />A meditation on power as profound as Machiavellis. Lara Marlowe,<i>Irish Times</i><br /><br />One of the most compelling political narratives of the past half-century . . . A vivid picture of how political power worked in the US during the middle of the 20th century at local, state and national level. . . This extraordinary work will remain essential reading for decades to come. Richard Lambert,<i>Financial Times</i><br /><br />Unrivaled . . . Caro does not merely recount. He beckons. Single sentences turn into winding, brimming paragraphs, clauses upon clauses tugging at the reader, layering the scenery with character intrigue and the plot with historical import. The result is irresistible . . .<i>Passage</i>covers with all the artistry and intrigue of a great novel events that are seared in the nations memory. In an era defined by fragmented media markets, instantaneous communication, gadflies and chattering suits, Caro stands not merely apart, but alone.<br />William Howell,<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br /><br />The greatest political biography ever written . . . The most sweeping historical tour de force since Gibbonss<i>Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</i>. . . Caro has imprinted himself into history. His work is now the benchmark of political biography. Paul Sheehan,<i>Sydney Morning Herald</i><br /><i></i><br />Riveting . . . Masterful . . . An insightful account of what it means and what it takes to occupy the Oval Office. Steve Paul,<i>The Kansas City Star</i><br /><i></i><br />Robert Caro is the essential chronicler of these times: And these times should never be forgotten. Joel Connelly,<i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i><br /><i></i><br />Caros masterpiece of biography . . . His strength as a biographer is his ability to probe Johnsons mind and motivations . . . Riveting . . . A roller-coaster tale.<br /><i>The Economist</i><br /><i></i><br />The latest in what is almost without question the greatest political biography in modern times . . . Nobody goes deeper, works harder or produces more penetrating insights than [Caro]. Patrick Beach,<i>Austin</i><i>American-Statesman</i><br /><br />The politicians political book of choice . . . An encyclopedia of dirty tricks that would make Machiavelli seem nave. Michael Burleigh<i>, London Literary Review</i><br /><i></i><br />Majestic . . . The reporting is copious, the writing elegant and energetic, the sentences frequently rushing forward themselves like mighty rivers. Four books, and nearly four decades, into this vast project, Caros commitment to excellence has not wavered or even slackened; the reader can feel the sheer force of his effort on every page. Ronald Brownstein<i>, Democracy</i><br /><i></i><br />By dramatizing the capacities and limitations of the most talented politician of the postwar era, Caro aims to make readers shrewder citizens . . . As a student of power, Caro is a Machiavelli for democrats, who instead of addressing the prince, addresses the people. Thomas Meaney,<i>The Nation</i><br /><br />Astonishing and unprecedented . . . a work of real literature, among the best nonfiction works ever . . . His books . . . argue that things happen because certain people with power want them to happen . . . It is not inconceivable to think that, without the presence of LBJ and the influence on him of his character and his experiences, none [of the civil rights bills] would have won Congressional approval . . . More than operatic, Caros Johnson books deserve another adjective, one that matches his genius, his sensitivity and his ambition: Shakespearean.<br />Patrick T. Reardon<i></i><br /><br />The best biography Ive ever read . . . Incredibly well-written, with the tension and drama of a compulsive thriller, and the style of an elegant novel. Caros books arent just about politics, or just about Lyndon Johnson. His books are about America, its culture, its history, and its society. Above all, Caros books are about power, how to achieve it and make it multiply; how to use power and how to lose it. Michael Crick, UK Channel 4 News<br /><br />My book of the year, by a landslide majority, was<i>The Passage of Power.</i>The adjective Shakespearean is overused and mostly undeserved but not in this case. LBJ emerges from this biography as a fully rounded tragic hero: cowardly and brave, petty and magnificent, vindictive and noble, a man of vaunting ambition and profound insecurities. Caro marries profound psychological insight with a brilliant eye for the drama of the times. Robert Harris,<i>The Guardian</i>(London)<br /><br />Caro is a genius at delineating character, and not just that of the deliciously complicated LBJ. He investigates, among other larger-than-life figures, the Kennedy brothers, the powerful and unbending Harry Byrd of Virginia, and the clownlike but devoted Bobby Baker . . . Caros use of strong image and repetition, almost hypnotic in combination, is breathtakingly effective. Caro is a great historian, but if the purpose of art is to stimulate thought and arouse emotion, he is also a great artist. Rosemary Michaud,<i>Charleston Post and Courier</i><br /><i></i><br />A portrait of executive leadership so evocative as to be tactile.<br />Robert Draper<i>, Wall Street Journal</i><br /><i></i><br />The only superstar biographer in the world . . . Caros [books] transform biography into something new, a tour de force of structured political opinion writing . . . A single theme emerges: the insidious ways that clever politicians can gather and abuse powersometimes for good, sometimes for evilin a modern democratic society. Levi Asher, Literary Kicks<br /><br />One of the greatest biographies in the history of American letters.<br />Bob Hoover,<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i><br /><br />As riveting as a thriller . . . The next book will crown an achievement in presidential biography unmatched among presidential histories.<br />David Hendricks,<i>Houston Chronicle</i><br /><i></i><br />Every page [of The Years of Lyndon Johnson] is compelling. For many politicians it is the finest book on politics . . . The ultimate political story.<br />Daniel Finkelstein,<i>London Times</i><br /><br />Long live Robert Caro . . . Truly epic political history and character study . . . Riveting . . . It elevates Caros tale to Shakespearean drama, as the coldhearted, Machiavellian maneuvering and hot-blooded rivalries of supremely ambitious men play out with the fate of the free world at stake.<br />Dan DeLuca,<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i><br /><i></i><br />Brilliant . . . A masterclass in political management . . . Caro not only re-creates one of the giants of modern politics, he tells a giant tale about power and about life itself.Andrew Adonis,<i>New Statesman</i><br /><br />A masterly how-to manual, showing Johnsons knowledge of governing, his peerless congressional maneuvering and effective deal-making.<i>The Years of</i><i>Lyndon Johnson</i>is a compact library: brilliant biography, gripping history, searing political drama and an incomparable study of power. Its also a great read . . . And, after thousands of pages spent with Lyndon Johnson, one of Caros singular achievements is that you want more. Peter Gianotti,<i>Newsday</i><br /><i></i><br /><i>The Years of Lyndon Johnson</i>, when completed, will rank as Americas most ambitiously conceived, assiduously researched and compulsively readable political biography . . . When Caros fifth volume arrives, readers gratitude will be exceeded only by their regret that there will not be a sixth. George F. Will<br /><br />This book shows the mastery of Johnson in politics, and also the mastery of Caro in biography.David M. Shribman,<i>Bloomberg BusinessWeek</i><br /><br />Epic . . . A searing account of ambition derailed by personal demons . . . a triumphant drama of political genius in action . . . Caro combines the skills of a historian, an investigative reporter and a novelist in this searching study of the transformative effect of power. Wendy Smith,<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br /><br /><br />An addictive read, written in glorious prose that suggests the worlds most diligent beat reporter channeling William Faulkner.<i>Passage</i>is an essential document of a turning point in American history.Its also an incisive portrait of one great, terrible, fascinating man suddenly given the chance to reinvent the country in his image. Darren Franich,<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />Riveting . . . Shakespearean . . . Its a roller-coaster narrative as Johnson plummets from the powerful Senate majority leader post to vice-presidential irrelevance, hated and humiliated by the Kennedy brothers, then surges to presidential authority with the crack of Lee Harvey Oswalds rifle and forces a revolutionary civil rights act through a recalcitrant Congress . . . Caros tormented, heroic Johnson makes an apt embodiment of an America struggling toward epochal change, one with a fascinating resonance in our era of gridlocked government. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>(Boxed, Starred)<br /><br /><br />The fourth volume of one of the most anticipated English-language biographies of the past 30 years . . . A compelling narrative . . . that will thrill those who care about American politics, the foundations of power, or both . . . Before beginning the Johnson biography, Caro published a life of Robert Moses,<i>The Power Broker</i>(1974), a book many scholars consider a watershed in contemporary biography. The Johnson project deserves equal praise. <i>KirkusReviews</i>(Starred)<br /><br />A major event in biography, history, even publishing itself . . . Caro has once more combined prodigious research and a literary gift to mount a stage for his Shakespearean figures: LBJ, JFK, and LBJs nemesis Robert F. Kennedy.<br /><i>Library Journal</i>(Starred)<br /><i></i><br />Brilliant . . . Riveting reading from beginning to end . . . The real tour de force in this stunning mix of political and psychological analysis comes in the account of the transition between administrations, from November 23, 1963 to January 8, 1964 . . . An utterly fascinating character study, brimming with delicious insider stories . . . Political wonks, of course, will dive into this book with unbridled passion, but its focus on a larger-than-life, flawed but fascinating individualthe kind of character who drives epic fictionshould extend its reach much, much further. Unquestionably, one of the truly big books of the year. <i>Booklist</i>(Starred)', '', '', 'For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, has three times won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has also won virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book Award, the Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Francis Parkman Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that best exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist. In 2010 President Barack Obama awarded Caro the National Humanities Medal, stating at the time: I think about Robert Caro and reading<i>The Power Broker</i>back when I was twenty-two years old and just being mesmerized, and Im sure it helped to shape how I think about politics. In 2016 he received the National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. The London<i>Sunday Times</i>has said that Caro is The greatest political biographer of our times.<br /><br />Caros first book,<i>The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York,</i>everywhere acclaimed as a modern classic, was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century.It is, according to David Halberstam, Surely the greatest book ever written about a city. And<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>said: In the future, the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the twentieth century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort.<br /><br />The first volume of<i>The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Path to Power</i>, was cited by<i>The Washington Post</i>as proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caros evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnsons unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually work, arelet it be said flat outat the summit of American historical writing. Professor Henry F. Graff of Columbia University called the second volume,<i>Means of Ascent</i>, brilliant. No review does justice to the drama of the story Caro is telling, which is nothing less than how present-day politics was born. The London<i>Times</i>hailed volume three,<i>Master of the Senate</i>, as a masterpiece . . . Robert Caro has written one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age.<i>The Passage of Power,</i>volume four, has been called Shakespearean . . . A breathtakingly dramatic story [told] with consummate artistry and ardor (<i>The New York Times</i>) and as absorbing as a political thriller . . . By writing the best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think about, and read, American history (NPR). On the cover of<i>The New York Times Book Review,</i>President Bill Clinton praised it as Brilliant . . . Important . . . Remarkable. With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service.<br /><br />Caro has a unique place among American political biographers,<i>The Boston Globe</i>said . . . He has become, in many ways, the standard by which his fellows are measured. And Nicholas von Hoffman wrote: Caro has changed the art of political biography.<br /><br />Born and raised in New York City, Caro graduated from Princeton University, was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and worked for six years as an investigative reporter for<i>Newsday</i>. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ina, the historian and writer.<br /><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Enemy Inside: A Paul Madriani Novel\nDescription: ['Martini expertly pulls all the threads together as Madriani navigates an assortment of physical and professional challenges. (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br /><b>Praise for Steve Martini:</b> Action-packed fun. (Oklahoma City Oklahoman)<br /><br />You like Law & Order? Or, even a John Grisham novel? Well, Steve Martini is one of the best of the best when it comes to crime thrillers. (Asbury Park Press)<br /><br />A terrific series. . . . Steve Martini is an expert at good old-fashioned, gimmick-free storytelling. (Steve Berry)<br /><br />Martinis proven formula for best-seller success combines the appeal of the legal thriller (Martini is a former prosecutor) with the high-concept adventure of, say, Vince Flynn and James Rollins. (Booklist)<br /><br />Entertaining... Intriguing premise... Compelling courtroom scenes display a sophisticated knowledge of legal trench warfare. (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />One of the most charismatic defense attorneys in thriller fiction. Madriani is a guy who wont quit. . . . Best of all, hes got the heart of a lion: protective, humane, courageous-that makes him such great fun to watch. (Linda Fairstein)<br /><br />Steve Martini writes first-rate legal thrillers. His plotting is expert, his characters vivid and alive. His courtroom scenes are rich and credible, and so are his villains. . . . Paul Madriani makes a likable and convincing David among the goliaths of crime, corporations and government. (Lisa Ko, author of <em>The Leavers</em>)', '', 'Paul Madriani must come to the aid of young Alex Ives, who was implicated in a deadly motor collision on a deserted Southern California highway. Though Alex swears he had only one drink, all he remembers is that he was supposed to meet a sexy, mysterious woman at a house party. The next morning he woke up in the hospital in police custody, charged with drunk driving and manslaughter. When he discovers that Alex knew the deceased, a connected Washington, D.C., lawyer named Olinda Serna, Madriani realizes his client could face a murder charge.', \"Washington, D.C., attorney Cletus Proffit knows that Serna protected dangerous secrets involving players moving in the highest reaches of national politics. Now he must ensure that knowledge has died with her. Senator Maya Grimes also hears of the fatal crash and crafts her own web of deceit to suffocate anything that might come back to bite her. Then there's the vicious mercenary who panics when she learns of Serna's death and the manner in which it occurred.\", \"Now Madriani must uncover the corruption and dark deeds that surround Serna's friends and find her killerbefore he or she can strike again.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia\nDescription: ['Mehru Jaffer was born and brought up in Lucknow. She teaches Islam in South Asia at the Webster University and the University of Vienna, Austria. She is the author of The Book of Muhammad and The Book of Muinuddin Chishti. This is her third book.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Compelling Evidence\nDescription: [\"YA-- Ben Potter, successful lawyer and possible U. S. Supreme Court nominee, is found dead in his office--suicide or murder? All of the police evidence points to foul play, and his beautiful young wife, Talia, stands trial for a crime she claims she didn't commit--or did she? Paul Madriani defends Talia, but, in doing so, exposes a part of his own life that he would like to forget. This gripping, fast-paced novel will hold YAs' attention from beginning to startling conclusion.<br /><i>- Robert Lisker, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA</i><br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"A year after he's fired from the California law firm of Potter, Skarpellos by Ben Potter, who's found out he's having an affair with Ben's wife Talia, corporate-turned-criminal lawyer Paul Madriani is asked to join Talia's defense--on a charge of murdering Ben on the eve of his nomination to the Supreme Court. It's the other partner, Tony (``the Greek'') Skarpellos, who inveigles Madriani to put aside two other investigations--helping county medical examiner George Cooper figure out who abandoned his daughter to burn to death after a car crash, and defending high- profile hooker Susan Hawley, who doesn't want to implicate her well- placed clients in ``boinkgate'' even if she's granted immunity--and to sign on as assisting counsel to nitwit glamourpuss Gibert Cheetam, who promptly runs Talia's defense into the ground and jumps ship after the grand jury indicts her. So Madriani, his affair with Talia making him painfully vulnerable, takes over as chief counsel, infuriating his estranged wife Nikki even before he realizes that Skarpellos, who stands to inherit the hugely profitable firm if Talia takes the rap, has set him up. Martini (The Simeon Chamber, 1988), whose early scenes could have used some advice from assisting counsel too (the obligatory between-the-sheets flashback is introduced by noting ``the cold wetness of my own passions, a small portion of which had pooled in the creases of the sheets beneath where her loins had rested''), rouses himself for the well-paced trial scenes, which heat up even further when news of the Talia/Madriani affair reaches the ears of the presiding judge, determined that no mistrial's going to stand in the way of his reelection--and when Madriani decides to pin his hopes on an all-out assault on Skarpellos. The final surprise, though, is eminently guessable. Martini is no Scott Turow--his characters are thinner, his prose flabbier--but his legal intrigue will probably keep you up just as late. (Book-of-the-Month Dual Selection for Spring) -- <i>Copyright 1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.</i>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Blood Flag: A Paul Madriani Novel\nDescription: ['Martini knows how to craft suspenseful and twist-filled legal thrillersMartini knows how to craft suspenseful and twist-filled legal thrillers. . . . The tight and personal stories are so juicy. . . . One of the better mysteries in the Madriani series. (Lisa Ko, author of <em>The Leavers</em>)<br /><br />The novel boasts the sure-handed, suspenseful storytelling that Martinis fans have come to expect. Martini holds serve with his 14th Paul Madriani thriller, in which Hitlers evil legacy continues to haunt survivors of World War II. (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />Get ready for a great read. If 10 stars could be given, Martini rates them all. (Suspense Magazine)<br /><br />Steve Martinis writing is smooth, clear and easy to become immersed in. The integrity he writes into his characters feels as fresh as a Pacific Ocean breeze. A rewarding read with strong characters and an outstanding sense of realism. (Mystery Scene)<br /><br />With plenty of surprises waiting just around each corner, Blood Flag is a fast-paced thriller that picks up steam on its way to a shocking, climactic ending that most readers will not see coming. (Therealbookspy.com)<br /><br />The spooky, conspiratorial tone and nature of Blood Flag harks to those great Robert Ludlum international romps. . . . A slam-bang tale with as many twists as pages. A perfect summer read. (Providence Journal on <i>Blood Flag</i>)', '', 'When Emma Brauer is blamed in the mercy killing of her father, Paul Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, step in to defend her. Insisting shes innocent, Emma tells Madriani about a package sent to her father. Bequeathed to him by a fellow soldier from World War II, the box contains only a key and a slip of paper.', 'Madriani uncovers a trail leading to a mysterious talismana feared Nazi relic known as the Blood Flag. Soaked in the blood of a fallen Nazi follower, it went missing at the end of the war, turning it into a historic prize sought by collectors and others with darker motives. Racing to locate the artifact before it falls into the wrong hands, Madriani is in for the fight of his life.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Rise to Rebellion\nDescription: [\"Once more breathing vigor and passion into the dusty annals of our nation's history, the author of the bestselling Civil War trilogy (Gods and Generals; The Last Full Measure; Gone for Soldiers) demonstrates an ever-growing level of literary competence in the first installment of his projected two-volume saga of the American Revolution. Spanning the crucible years beginning with the Boston Massacre in March 1770 and continuing through the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July, 4, 1776, the story is told from the perspective of a handful of characters well known from our history books. In Boston, the Sons of Liberty activist Samuel Adams and his younger, more intellectual and oratorical second cousin, John Adams, speak out against King George III. In London there's aging Philadelphian Benjamin Franklin, who has resided for a number of years abroad, an agent for home colony Pennsylvania (and others). In New York, Gen. Thomas Gage is the ranking British officer on American soil. And heroic colonial planter George Washington has risen to full colonel in the Virginia militia fighting for George III during the French and Indian War. This masterful dramatization of the fateful escalation of the rebellion following the Boston Massacre moves from the battles of 1775 at Lexington, Concord, Fort Ticonderoga, Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston, through the convening in 1776 of the Continental Congress and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Richly embroidered with portraits of such heroes as Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Thomas Jefferson, the tapestry chronicles America's plunge toward liberty. (July; on-sale June 12)Forecast: Ballantine is bringing out the big guns for this one: major advertising, a Boston launch, a 13-city author tour and Fourth of July Gettysburg media appearances. Simultaneous BDD Audio. Expect patriotic sales.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"The first of two projected novels on the American Revolution, Rebellion takes the reader from the Boston Massacre to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Shaara's (Gone for Soldiers) sympathies are evident on every page: the Adamses, Washington, and Franklin are his heroes, as is Abigail Adams, who, though she chafes at the restrictions imposed on her gender, supports her family as husband John travels to and from the Continental Congress. Their adversaries are harsh but wavering (General Gage), venal (Governor Hutchinson), and uncomprehending (the monstrous George III). These are not cardboard figures, however, but complicated human beings making difficult decisions in the midst of a crisis for which old wisdom holds no workable answers. Ultimately, what raises this fine novel above jingoism is the author's ability to make our national myths sing and our country's history come to vibrant life. Recommended.<br /><i>- David Keymer, California State Univ., Stanislaus </i><br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: O Ye Jigs & Juleps!: A humorous slice of Americana by a turn-of-the-century pixie, aged ten\nDescription: [\"An adult's guide to the child's world of 1904 written by a turn-of-the-century pixie who's like everybody's kid sister. She's as precocious as Eloise combined with the innocence of Dennis the Menace. She's charming, sincere, devilish and irresistible. And she's real! Virginia Carey Hudson was ten when she wrote these essays for a very understanding teacher in her Episcopal boarding school. The distinctive early American flavor adds to the entertainment as Virgina expresses herself while naively trouncing the concepts of school, the sacraments, church etiquette, everlasting life, spring, the library, personal appearance, strolling and the religions of China. It's a child's collection of impressions and an adult's come-uppance.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In\nDescription: ['BERNIE SANDERS ran as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 2015 and 2016. He served as mayor of Burlington, Vermonts largest city, for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991. He was elected to the Senate in 2007 and is now in his second term, making him the longest-serving independent in the history of the Congress. He lives in Burlington, Vermont, with his wife, Jane, and has four children and seven grandchildren.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Camino Island: A Novel\nDescription: ['Tasty . . . a fresh, fun departure. . .sheer catnip. . .a most agreeable summer destination. <i>USA Today</i>', 'John Grisham is the author of thirty novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Striker Assist (Jake Maddox Sports Stories)\nDescription: [\"Sean Tiffany has worked as an illustrator for more than twenty-five years. He has illustrated more than sixty children's books for Capstone and has been an instructor at the famed Joe Kubert School in northern New Jersey. He mixes his love of comics, art, and rock and roll in the multimedia project OilCan Drive. Raised on a small island off the coast of Maine, Sean now resides in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Monika, their son, James, and a house full of entirely too many guitars.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: What It Is Like to Go to War\nDescription: ['<a href=\" http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000713941\"><strong>Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011</strong></a>: With unflinching honesty, bestselling author Karl Marlantes captures <i>What It Is Like to Go to War</i> in his compassionate, powerful narrative on Vietnam. By recounting experiences that, outside the arena of war, are horrifying or embarrassing for the soldiers who lived them, Marlantes exposes veterans\\' self-destructive code of silence as the price for re-entering our society. American pop culture celebrates the warrior spirit, winning the battle, but the reality for soldiers is that reconciling the moral conduct we are taughtwith the brutal acts we do in war has been a problem for warriors of good conscience for centuries. Marlantes tempers the brutal truths of fear, power games, and courage with a thoughtful prescription for our soldiers well-being; caring for our soldiers and their families differently will benefit society as a whole. In <i>What It Is Like to Go to War</i>, Marlantes sets a new standard for understanding the experience of war. --<i>Seira Wilson</i>', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Origin: A Novel (Robert Langdon)\nDescription: ['\"Fans of <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> rejoice! Professor Robert Langdon is again solving the mysteries of the universe.\" <br /><b>--<i>People Magazine</i></b><br /> <br />\"A brisk new book that pits creationism against science, and is liable to stir up as much controversy as<i>The Da Vinci Code</i>did. In <i>Origin</i>, the brash futurist Edmond Kirsch comes up with a theory so bold, so daring that, as he modestly thinks to himself in Browns beloved italics, <i>It will not shake your foundations. It will shatter them.</i> Kirsch is of course addressing The World, because thats the scale on which Brown writes. Brown and serious ideas: they do fit together, never more than they have in <i>Origin</i>.\"<br /><b>-Janet Maslin,</b><b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br />\"<i>Origin</i>asks the questions<i>Where do we come from? Where are we going?</i>They are questions about humanity--but they could just as easily be questions about Robert Langdon. The Mickey Mouse watch-wearing, claustrophobic, always-near-trouble symbology professor is back in Dan Browns latest book. And just like he was in his original exploits (<i>Angels & Demons</i>and<i>The Da Vinci Code</i>), Dr. Langdon is once again wrapped up in a global-scale event that could have massive ramifications on the worlds religions.As he does in all his novels, Brown[s] extensive research on art, architecture, and history informs every page.\" <br />--<b><i>Entertainment Weekly<br /></i></b><br /> \"Entertaining . . . Loyal fans of his globetrotting symbologist Robert Langdon will no doubt be thrilled with the fifth book in the series.\"<br />--<b><i>USA Today<br /></i></b><br /> <b>\"</b>Dan Brown is once again taking on the big questions: God and science and the future of the world. <i>Origin</i> is a familiar blend of travelogue, history, conspiracies and whodunit, with asides on everything from the poetry of William Blake to the rise and fall of fascism in Spain.\"<br /><b>--<i>Associated Press</i></b><br /><br />\"The bestselling author of <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> is back with a new book that looks to the future. <i>Origin</i>features many of Browns signature themes. An evil, Catholic-adjacent cult, in this case the Palmarian Church, is behind some murders. Gems from art history are the key to solving the mystery. [And] if the reader is in it for the thrill and the twist, the faithful will be glad to hear that theres a<i>Da Vinci Code</i>-esque background to Robert Langdons mission.\" <br /><i><b>--The New Republic</b></i>', 'Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including <i>The Da Vinci Code, Inferno</i>, <i>The Lost Symbol</i>, <i>Angels & Demons</i>, <i>Deception Point,</i> and <i>Digital Fortress</i>.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Compact Disc edition.</i>', '', '']",
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Just As I Am: The Life of David Ring\nDescription: [\"<b>DAVID RING</b> was born in an impoverished town in Arkansas, the youngest of eight children. When he was fourteen, his mother died, and he was passed from family member to family member, never again to feel the love of his mother. David, a graduate of William Jewel College, is a staff evangelist for First Baptist College, Orlando. He speaks in more than 200 churches a year, and has been a guest on <i>The Old Time Gospel Hour </i>and <i>The 700 Club.<br /></i>c.1996<br /><br /><b>LELA GILBERT</b> is the author or co-author of more than 30 books. Her love of the arts is apparent through her dedication to writing fiction, nonfiction, children's books, poetry, and music.<br />c.1996<br />\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Rogue Warrior: Seize the Day\nDescription: [\"Marcinko and DeFelice keep up a withering fusillade of wisecracks as Marcinko's fictional alter ego, Dick Marcinko, tangles with an aging Fidel Castro in the loosely plotted 13th outing for the former Navy SEAL (after <i>Rogue Warrior: Dictator's Ransom</i>). Dick (aka the Rogue Warrior) and his Red Cell International cohorts must prevent a deadly attack on the U.S. to be triggered by the demise of the Cuban dictator. The action hinges on the central joke that Dick, with some age-related makeup, actually looks so much like Fidel that he can imitate the leader well enough to trick the authorities and general citizenry of Cuba into doing what Dick and the CIA want done to free the island from the yoke of tyranny. Series fans will cheer as Dick and company run all over Cuba, killing people and causing trouble. <i>(Dec.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Marcinkos latest exploits as the Rogue Warrior, aka Demo Dick, take him and his team to Cuba. Initially, they are hired to make a DVD with Dick impersonating Fidel Castro, since he looks a lot like the Cuban dictator. To the teams dismay, they must travel south to make a switch of real footage of Castro with their phony film in enemy territory. Of course, everything doesnt go as planned. As a result, they stumble upon a terrifying plot by Castro to release a deadly virus in the U.S. after he dies. Can the Rogue Warrior and his team save the day? The appeal of this series lies in Marcinkos sense of humor mixed with traditional thriller elements, creating a laugh-out-loud read that somehow melds the wackiness of Janet Evanovich with a military thriller a la Clancy. In addition, this time the writers spotlight other members of the team, creating a more well-rounded and intriguing story line. Both fans and newcomersproviding the latter have a taste for this sort of thingwill enjoy the show. --Jeff Ayers', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Rogue Warrior: Domino Theory\nDescription: ['Marcinko is the real McCoy, a warrior who has lived it. (Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassin)<br /><br />The most colorful, hell-raising, bomb-throwing ex-SEAL commander of them all. (<i>Playboy</i>)', '', \"RICHARD MARCINKO is a living, breathing hero--he was honored with the silver star and four bronze stars for valor, along with two Navy Commendation medals. After serving in Vietnam, he started and commanded SEAL Team 6, the Navy's anti-terrorist group, and Red Cell, a high-level anti-terrorist unit whose exploits, fictionalized for security and legal reasons, have formed the basis of his novels. Besides an active speaking and consulting calendar, Marcinko keeps his hand in the field as the president of a private international security company. He lives in Warrington, Virginia.\", \"JIM DeFELICE is the author of many military based thriller novels and is a frequent collaborator with Stephen Coonts, Larry Bond, and Richard Marcinko, among other New York Times bestselling authors. His solo novels include <i>Leopards Kill,</i> <i>Threat Level Black</i>, <i>Coyote Bird</i>, <i>War Breaker</i>, and <i>My Brother's Keeper</i>. He lives in New York.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Anatomy & Physiology\nDescription: ['Gary A. Thibodeau, PhD, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI; and Kevin T. Patton, PhD, Professor of Life Science, St. Charles Community College, St. Peters, MO, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physiology, Saint Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist: Plus 100 Tips to Ensure Your Success, Revised Edition\nDescription: ['A Must Have for Aspiring Genealogists - This fascinating expose reveals what makes a great \"Ancestor Hound\" and how you can become one or hire one!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Southern Roots PORTRAIT IN OCHRE From Original Watercolors By Mary Ann Reames (Cross Stitch) (661)\nDescription: ['folded cross stitch craft pamphlet that folds out to a 17 x 22\" sheet']"
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"rejected": "Title: The $500 Savings Coloring Book: Color All Ten Pictures To Reach Your $500 Savings Goal\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Home Invasion (Black Ops)\nDescription: ['<b>William W. Johnstone</b> is the<i>USA Today</i>and<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of over 300 books, including<i>Preacher, The Last Mountain Man, Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man; The Family Jensen, Sidewinders,</i>and<i>Shawn O\\'Brien Town Tamer</i>. His thrillers include<i>Phoenix Rising, Home Invasion, The Blood of Patriots, The Bleeding Edge</i>, and<i>Suicide Mission</i>. Visit his website at www.williamjohnstone.net or by email at dogcia2006@aol.com.<br /><br />Being the all-around assistant, typist, researcher,and fact checker to one of the most popular westernauthorsof all time, <b>J.A. Johnstone</b> learned fromthe master, Uncle William W. Johnstone. <br /><br />He began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts orresearching his massive American Western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts.J.A. worked hardand learned. <br /><br />\"Every day with Billwas an adventure story in itself. Bill taught meallhe couldabout the art of storytelling. <i>Keep the historical facts accurate,\\'</i>he would say. <i>Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, I am telling you now: be the best J.A. Johnstone you can be.\\'\"</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Band-Aid Chicken: A Program about Resisting Peer Pressure\nDescription: ['THE BAND-AID CHICKEN is a story with accompanying questions and activities about kindness and the acceptance of others.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Golden Crystal\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sales Fundamentals for Technical Specialists\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Exodus Lost\nDescription: ['<i>\"</i><i>Exodus Lost</i> is a first-rate intellectual adventure. Its fresh perspective and new revelations make for a thoughtful and captivating journey into the roots of Mesoamerican and Western civilizations. I highly recommend this thought-provoking new book.\"<br /> -Dr. Jonathan Fanton, eminent historian, leading human rights advocate, former President of the New School for Social Research, and retired President of the MacArthur Foundation <br /><br />\"<i>Exodus Lost</i> is a page-turner... I highly recommend this fascinating, educational read by a scholar refreshingly willing to think \"out of the box.\"<br /> -Dr. David Kaufman, Linguistic Anthropologist<br /><br />\"My husband took this manuscript on our yearly vacation to Padre Island... All I can tell you is that neither of us could put the manuscript down until it was finished. Only later did the irony of the situation appear: the scholarly documentation of the Pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica articulated in such an engaging spell-binding manner that neither of us could stop reading it. Guaranteed to be a real page-turner.\"<br /> -Dr. Vienna Schwartz', \"S. C. Compton has been fascinated with ancient civilizations since childhood adventures living in the rainforests of Peru with his grandparents and exploring Incan ruins in the nearby Andes. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities cum laude from Shimer College, a Master of Liberal Arts from the University of Chicago, a Master of Arts in Literature from Northwestern University, and studied at Oxford University and in Switzerland at L'Abri. Compton dedicated 14 years to the research and writing of Exodus Lost, including travels to archaeological sites in Egypt, Mexico, Greece, Israel, and Turkey and to relevant museum and library holdings across Mexico, Europe, and America. He currently edits academic journals in the fields of history and literature for Oxford University Press.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lady Cannibal\nDescription: ['<b>Tim is clearly one of the best horror/splatterpunk authors. -- Dread Central</b>', '<span>Tim Miller has dedicated his life to writing stories that will both scare readers and make them cringe.</span><br /><br /><span>Over the years, Tim's writings have evolved into darker realms. He released his first horror novel, "The Hand of God" in 2011. Since then his books have become progressively more violent and gory. With the release of "Family Night" in 2013, Tim had moved into the world of extreme horror where he continues to push the boundaries of human suffering.</span><br /><br /><span>Tim is now an international best seller as well. His books, "Hell, Texas" and "Family Night" have recently ranked high on Amazon sales charts since their release in Germany under German publisher, Festa-Verlag.</span><br /><br /><span>He continues to climb the sales charts with his April Almighty series, as well as his recent hits, "Hacked" and "Lady Cannibal."</span><br /><br /><span>Tim is very active on social media and loves interacting with his readers. You can find him at his website at timmiller.org.</span>']"
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"chosen": "Title: From The Ashes: America Reborn\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Evangelizing Parish: Theologies and Strategies for Renewal, a Resource for Parish Staffs and Leaders\nDescription: ['Book by Brennan, Partick J.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Planters of Colonial Virginia eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Driving Excellence: How The Aggregate System Turned Microchip Technology from a Failing Company to a Market Leader\nDescription: [\"When Steve Sanghi took over as CEO of Microchip Technology in 1990,the com?pany was in dire straits. It was hemorrhaging money, itstechnology was outmoded, its factories were inefficient, and itsemployees lacked morale. So many things were wrong with the companythat Sanghi didn't know where to start. <br /><br />\", \"A parade of consultants marched through the Microchip officesoffering every kind of cure, from cycle time reduction to processcontrols to outsourcing. All those suggestions were valid, butthere was no single cure for what ailed Microchip. Sanghirecognized that Microchip required an approach that would improveall aspects of the enterprise and involve every employee in thequest for improvement. But since no one could offer such anapproach, it was up to Sanghi and Michael Jones, the company's VicePresident of Human Resources, to develop their own model forreform.\", \"Together, Sanghi and Jones designed and, with the help of anoutstanding management team, implemented the Aggregate System. Asthe name implies, the Aggregate System is designed tosimultaneously improve all of a company's business processes byaligning and uniting the processes and elements that lead tosuccess. Rather than focusing solely on manufacturing processes,business strategies, or workforces, the Aggregate System is abig-picture approach that creates an exceptional business cultureand a management model that institutionalizes and perpetuatesimprovement across the entire business.\", 'Today, Microchip is a leader in the semiconductor industry. TheAggregate System worked for Microchip and it can work for you too.Now, in this practical and prescriptive guide, Sanghi and Jonesexplain the origin and proper implementation of the AggregateSystem so that business leaders can apply it to their ownstruggling organizations. In four sections, they explain the storyof Microchip and its rebirth; how the Aggregate System works andthe ten key elements of it; the foundations of a true values-basedcorporate culture; and, finally, how you can put it to work in yourown organization.', \"Based on hard-earned experience, the Aggregate System is areal-world solution for real-world business problems. It's no magicbullet and it won't change your business overnight. What it will dois show you how to create a business culture that improves, andsucceeds, at every endeavor.\", '', 'Praise for DRIVING EXCELLENCE<br /><br />', '\"A well-organized compendium of immense common sense. [Theauthors\\'] values-based, walk-the-talk approach recognizes thefast-changing environment we live in. It shows the importance ofaggregating and integrating knowledge and experience on acontinuing basis. Finally, it demonstrates the significance ofcreating a culture that reinforces those values and takes pride inthriving on the complexity.\"<br />John E. Abele, founder and Director, Boston ScientificCorporation', '\"The Aggregate System is a powerful blend of strategic formula,exceptional culture, and human systems combined into a completeself-perpetuating system to produce exceptional performance. Anyoneinterested in improving the performance of his or her companyshould read this book.\"<br />Jerry Colangelo, CEO and Chairman, Phoenix Suns', '\"This is not another \\'silver bullet\\' piece of academic advice onhow to do a quick fix to some imaginary business. DrivingExcellence is a serious and detailed insight into how a real CEO,Steve Sanghi, has transformed a real company, Microchip, into aworld-class enterprise. Anyone interested in understanding therealities of implementing and sustaining an enterprise-wideconstant improvement plan should read this book.\"<br />Dean Kamen, founder and President, DEKA Research &Development Corporation, inventor of the Segway HT, NationalInventors Hall of Fame inductee', '\"Driving Excellence is the first book to deal with theintegration of all the core elements that are essential to runninga business. It should be required reading for all executives andventure firms looking to boost return on invested capital and addsome consistency to their growth. High praise is due to MichaelJones and Steve Sanghi for developing a blueprint that works in thereal world.\"<br />Ed Sperling, Editor in Chief, Electronic News', '\"This book provides a nicely developed framework to understandorganizational effectiveness and performance, drawing upon Sanghi\\'smanagerial skills, perfected in his significant turnaroundperformance at Microchip. Importantly, the reader benefits frominsight and experience about building an organizational cultureproductive to performance and competitiveness.\"<br />Steven Stralser, PhD, author of MBA in a Day', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Collapse Depth\nDescription: [\"Todd Tucker attended the University of Notre Dame on a full scholarship, graduating with a degree in history in 1990. He then volunteered for the United States Navy's demanding nuclear power program, eventually making six patrols onboard a Trident submarine.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Blueprint Reading for Construction: Residential and Commercial : Write-In Text\nDescription: ['Book by Brown, Walter Charles']"
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"chosen": "Title: The United States of Vinland: The Landing (The Markland Trilogy)\nDescription: [\"Colin Taber was born in Australia in 1970 and announced his intention to be a writer at the innocent age of 6. His father, an accountant, provided some cautious advice, suggesting that life might be easier if his son pursued a more predictable vocation. Colin didn't listen. Over the past twenty years Colin's had over a hundred magazine articles published, notably in Australian Realms Magazine. In 2009 his first novel, The Fall of Ossard, was released to open his coming of age dark fantasy series, The Ossard Trilogy. The second installment, Ossard's Hope, followed in 2011 and was supported by a national book signing tour. Currently, Colin is working on the final book in that trilogy, Lae Ossard, and the second book in his new series, The United States of Vinland. Loki's Rage will follow the release of The Landing also in 2013. Colin has done many things over the years, from working in bookshops to event management, small press publishing, landscape design and even tree farming. All he really wants to do, though, is to get back to his oak grove and be left to write. Thankfully, with an enthusiastic and growing readership, that day is coming. He currently haunts the west coast city of Perth.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Reapers: Breakers, Book 4\nDescription: ['The Complete <b>BREAKERS</b> Series:<br><br> Outcome (A Breakers Novella) - amazon.com/dp/B00B1I5GA4/<br> Breakers (Breakers, Book 1) - amazon.com/dp/B007712HM4/<br> Melt Down (Breakers, Book 2) - amazon.com/dp/B009S17UG4/<br> Knifepoint (Breakers, Book 3) - amazon.com/dp/B00BH07V54/<br> Reapers (Breakers, Book 4) -amazon.com/dp/B00EBZHH2E/<br> Cut Off (Breakers, Book 5) - amazon.com/dp/B00JJVYTCQ/ <br><br> Launched in 2012, the post apocalyptic Breakers novels have sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide.']",
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"chosen": "Title: WHITE SEED: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke\nDescription: [\"<span>White Seed... hews closely to...Raleigh's second doomed attempt to plant the British flag in Virginia...</span><span>Readers will find this saga, which... achieves page-turner velocity, to bea dandy diversion and an entertaining education. </span><br /> --Publishers Weekly\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hearts, Minds, and Coffee: A Vietnam Peace Odyssey\nDescription: ['<span>The army didn\\'t like Slater\\'s</span><b>opposition to the Vietnam war</b><span>so assigned him with three other dissidents to Viet Cong territory to support a nearby regiment and</span><b>expected him to die</b><span>. To survive, Slater followed his own rules and waged peace with the village of Phan Lac. He</span><b>overcame their hostility and forged a friendship</b><span>.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Months later, he spotted North Vietnamese scouts and knew the enemy planned an</span><b>attack against the American base</b><span>. The village chief feared that once the offensive began, the firing of mortars and artillery from both sides would destroy his rural community. Slater\\'s team of four set up an ambush which temporarily succeeded. The TVA unexpectedly ignored its other targets and sent more soldiers toward Slater\\'s position.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Against a</span><b>fired up enemy</b><span>that deployed more infantry and mortar squads, an outmanned Slater with few weapons and a radio</span><b>had to improvise</b><span>to save the villagers, a U.S. army platoon, and their own lives.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"It\\'s amazing to think that someone can come up with new material about Vietnam that makes the story seem fresh, when so much has been published about it.\"</span><br /><span>---</span><i>Dr. Rick Farley, Psychologist, Combat decorated Vietnam veteran U.S. Navy, Commander, retired</i><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Entirely credible, complex, brilliant in his own way, and constantly surprising.\"</span><br /><span>---</span><i>Marty Kuehnert, Vice President/Professor, Sendai University, Japan</i>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Research Strategies for Advanced Practice Nurses\nDescription: ['This guide offers presentation and utilization strategies that help make the nursing research process more \"do-able\" and exciting. More emphasis is placed on implementing research in a variety of settings than on undertaking original research. Incorporates current research and guidelines for writing and conveying research results throughout. Devotes each chapter to subsequent phases in the research process. Provides a succinct overview of material in each chapter. Provides a wealth of clinically based examples to illustrate content. Offers excerpts from actual studies by APNs. Alerts APN researchers to challenges in clerical research and how to overcome them. Features a guide to Internet resources in the Appendix. Ideal for nurse practitioners preparing to function in advanced practice roles.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Countenance of War: Book II of the Black Douglas Trilogy\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Ultimate Witch\nDescription: [\"This collection of witch stories runs the gamut form tedious to thought-provoking to haunting. The best stories deal with contemporary witchcraft and mystical experiences. In an amusing account of mischievous modern witches, Kathryn Ptacek presents two sisters-in-law who discover a common interest in spells as they conspire to silence an annoying relative. When Nancy Holder's protagonist initiates contact with a representative of the Church of Satan, and then two friends die in a horrific car crash minutes later, Holder calls into serious question the idea of innocent coincidence. S. P. Somtow merges the old with the new by setting the traditional tale of Hansel and Gretel in Hollywood. Deserted by their parents, the two children are taken in by a psychic reader. Overwhelmed in a new world of drugs and prostitution, they finally escape and leave the suspected witch to burn in a bake-shop oven. From bedtime fairy tales (with witches living on the moon) to complex adult themes (a transvestite prostitute sodomized by a horned man), Preiss ( Where's Lulu ) and Betancourt ( Rememory ) have gathered an odd but often entertaining range of storylines. <br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"Generous collections of horror stories, nearly all original, that comprise the fourth and fifth volumes of the publisher's Ultimate series (previous volumes, not reviewed, covered Dracula, Frankenstein, and werewolves). What makes these two ``ultimate'' is unclear--certainly not Philip Jos Farmer's querulous introduction to The Ultimate Witch, in which he decries the ``moronicity of anti-Satanists'' (Dennis Etchison does a far more sensible job of introducing the companion volume, displaying a tight grasp on zombie literature and films). It's not quite the authors either, although they're an impressive lot, emphasizing youthful talent: new stories from Kathryn Ptacek, Lois Tilton, Jonathan Bond, Nancy Holder, Tanith Lee, and others on witches, and from Rick Hautala, Geoffrey A. Landis, Brian Hodge, Alan Rodgers, and others on zombies. There are new stories by some bigger, older names, too (S.P. Somtow, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karl Edward Wagner on witches; Robert Silverberg, John Brunner on zombies), but, not surprisingly, the biggest draws--Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury--are represented by old stories (with the Rice zombie-piece being, ironically, a reprint from The Witching Hour) (It's also interesting to note that stories by women--a fast-growing minority in the horror field--make up only five of the 23 zombie tales, but ten of the 25 witch tales.) Perhaps not the ultimate, then (The Book of the Dead, ed. by John Skipp and Craig Spector, 1989, outclasses this zombie collection)--but, still, two strong bets for horror fans. -- <i>Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.</i>\", '', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Man Skills\nDescription: ['Joshua Piven is coauthor, with David Borgenicht, of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks. He lives in Philadelphia.<br /><br />David Borgenicht is the creator and coauthor of all the Worst-Case Scenario books. He lives in Philadelphia.<br /><br />Ben H. Winters is a journalist, author, and playwright. He lives in Brooklyn.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Beginner's Guide to Working Trials (Beginner's Guides (TFH Publications))\nDescription: ['Book by Beasley, Wendy', '', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hell Ship: A Dane and Bones Origins Story (Dane Maddock Origins) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['David Wood is the author of the popular action-adventure series, The Dane Maddock Adventures, as well as several stand-alone works and two series for young adults. Under his David Debord pen name he is the author of the Absent Gods fantasy series. When not writing, he co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. David and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit him online at www.davidwoodweb.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Underneath The Ash: An Alzheimer's Story\nDescription: ['Kate serves as a national Alzheimers advocate and speaker and is the Communications and Public Policy Coordinator for the Alzheimers Association Oregon Chapter. She works with her state and local representatives on Alzheimers research, care, and funding issues and is also a member of the speakers bureau for the Alzheimers Association. In February of 2008, she was the keynote speaker at the Associations Western Regional Conference. In May, she traveled to Washington, DC, to share this story with members of Congress.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cave Dweller\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi\nDescription: ['An absorbing analysis of a 1936 case that exonerated three black sharecroppers tortured into confessing a murder they did not commit', '', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Different Alchemy (The Great De-evolution)\nDescription: ['<b>\"A powerful story that will keep you thinking about how we treat others and why people do the things they do.\"</b> - Fran Lewis; <i>Just Reviews </i><br /><br /><b>\"</b><span><span><b>The imagery, the concept, the writing - all excellent. You won\\'t be disappointed.\"</b> - Three Cats and a Girl</span></span><br /><br /><b>\"A highly addictive book... A must read for everyone.\"</b> - The Reading Room<br /><br /><b>\"A humanistic tale of a man at a cross roads... both hopeless and fearless.\" Highest possible rating.</b> -- OnlineBookClub.org', \"Chris graduated from Western Maryland College (McDaniel College). He currently lives outside Washington D.C. His short stories have appeared in Temenos, Foliate Oak, and Down in the Dirt. His first novel, THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE WORLD END, was featured on The Science Fiction Spotlight and was voted as one of GoodReads Top 10 'Most Interesting Books of 2013.'\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Van Fleet Alphabet Heads: Alphabet; Heads\nDescription: ['Matthew Van Fleets innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years.His uniquely designed board booksinvite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift, and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites, and more. His<i>New York Times</i>bestselling titles include<i>Cat</i>,<i>Heads</i>,<i>Alphabet</i>, and <i>Moo</i>, as well as the #1<i>New York Times</i>bestsellers<i>Tails</i>and<i>Dog</i>. His books have sold more than eight million copies and have been translated around the world. He lives with his family in New York. Visit him online at VanFleetBooks.com.', '', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Walls of Lemuria: A Purge of Babylon Novel\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Eleanor Lambert: Still Here\nDescription: ['', '']"
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{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Extinction Point\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mr. Darcy's Daughter: The acclaimed Pride and Prejudice sequel series (The Pemberley Chronicles)\nDescription: [\"The new installment of the Pemberley Chronicles follows the story of Cassandra Gardiner, daughter of <i>Pride & Prejudice</i>'s Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. When Cassandra's brother, Julian, is faced with personal tragedy, he abdicates his role as Pemberley's heir to his young son, Anthony, retreating into his work and leaving it up to Cassandra to raise Anthony for the station. Meanwhile, Cassandra has a family of her own, including her daughter Lizzie, enamored of a newly arrived American. Add a mysterious death in the village, and it's a sure bet that things at Pemberley will be lively. Collins is clearly well practiced at this series and has a superb grasp of character (particularly the ones she's contributed to Austen's world). This time, however, she's bitten off slightly more than a reader can chew: three generations of several interconnected families will challenge even adept historical readers. Those expecting Austen-caliber prose will be disappointed, but this should please as a Victorian family story with familiar characters. Longtime readers will find more of the same; new ones would be better off with the original. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"I would recommend this book for anyone who likes Jane Austen sequels, romance novels, or books that have endings with no loose ends.\" - <strong><em> At Home With Books</em></strong><br /><br />\"After reading <i>Mr. Darcy\\'s Daughter</i> there is no doubt in my mind that author Rebecca Ann Collins is an ardent admirer of Jane Austen, proficient at historical research and has a very creative imagination. \" - <strong><em> Austeprose</em></strong><br /><br />\"This series is hands down the best Pride and Prejudice sequel I have found. \" - <strong><em> My Reading Spot</em></strong>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Templar's Relic: A James Acton Thriller Book #4 (James Acton Thrillers) (Volume 4)\nDescription: [\"<span>USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy has written over twenty international bestsellers including the smash hit James Acton Thrillers series, the first installment of which, The Protocol, has been on the bestsellers list since its release, including a three month run at number one. In addition to the other novels from this series including The Templar's Relic, a USA Today bestseller and #1 overall bestseller on Barnes & Noble, he writes the bestselling Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers, the Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers, and the Detective Shakespeare Mysteries. Robert lives with his wife and daughter and writes full-time.</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Grilled Pizza the Right Way: The Best Technique for Cooking Incredible Tasting Pizza & Flatbread on Your Barbecue Perfectly Chewy & Crispy Every Time\nDescription: [\"John Delpha is the partner and chef of the Rosebud American Kitchen & Bar in Somerville, MA. He has worked at some of the East Coast's favorite restaurants, including Mistral, Clio, Harvest and Sorellina. He and his barbecue team, IQUE, have more than ten awards from the Jack Daniel's International BBQ Championship. John lives in Littleton, MA.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Life II\nDescription: ['<span><span>KIRKUS REVIEW</span></span>', '', 'Scott Spotson creates a wide variety of fiction, but what his works have in common is a sense of wonderment - about the relationships we value in our lives; about the world we live in. He has written \"Life II,\" a time travel novel that follows a man\\'s new path through life when, in the year 2013, he returns to 1987 as his 16-year-old self; \"Bridge Through Time,\" which is the time travel sequel to \"Life II,\" with a good dose of science fiction; \"Seeking Dr. Magic,\" a novel that imagines what happens when a powerful wizard comes of age as a contemporary, charismatic young man and wreaks his havoc upon the world, which is yet unaware of his existence; \"Delusional,\" in which a woman in love suddenly experiences hallucinations and resolve to track down her tormentor before it\\'s too late; \"The Deadly Wizard Games,\" in which four arrogant wizards take over governing present-day North America; \"Alia Tero: The Many Lives of Darren Datita,\" in which a young man finds himself bewildered as he navigates the strange rules of an alternate society cloned from Earth; \"The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers,\" where after a bioweapons explosion on an army base claims the lives of his parents, he experiences hallucinations that may be clues as to what really happened; and \"You Know You\\'re Thin When...,\" a humour book using large single panel cartoons, for ages 12 and up.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 54-40 or Fight eBook\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Rift\nDescription: ['Rock & roll takes on new meaning in <i>The Rift</i>, Walter Jon Williams\\'s huge book about a magnitude 8.9 earthquake centered under the southeastern United States. This is a major departure from the intricate science fiction tales Williams usually writes (<i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061054429/${0}\">City on Fire</a></i>, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312851723/${0}\">Aristoi</a></i>), but he applies the same thoroughness, complexity, and great character development to this disaster yarn. Some readers might balk at the book\\'s size (it\\'s a doorstopper), but consider the subject: the biggest earthquake in recorded history, a monstrous disaster that lays waste to entire cities from Chicago to New Orleans, flings one of the world\\'s largest rivers out of its banks, and within 10 minutes obliterates countless lives. But the earthquake is only the beginning of this horror story--fire, flood, and chaos follow, and ordinary people are pushed to the limits of ability and sanity as they are transformed into <i>survivors</i>:', '', \"Williams follows the fates of nine people in the earthquake's aftermath. Among the most compelling, considering the racial and political tension characteristic of the American southeast, are the stories of sheriff Omar Paxton, a card-carrying KKK member from a small parish in Louisiana; the Reverend Noble Frankland, a fundamentalist preacher with well-stocked bunkers and fanatic followers; and General Jessica Frazetta of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the woman in charge of somehow repairing the damage. Each character's story would make a terrifying disaster novel on its own, and Williams handles them all deftly, weaving their threads through the apocalyptic postquake landscape. <i>The Rift</i> is a magnitude 9 novel--you'll walk gingerly on the quiet earth when you're done reading. <i>--Therese Littleton</i>\", 'A devastating earthquake strikes the American heartland along the New Madrid faultline, destroying homes, severing communications, and changing the course of the Mississippi River. As the inhabitants of cities from Missouri to Louisiana seek to recover from the catastrophe, the earth continues to shudder, and with it comes a breakdown in the lives of the survivors. With the same vigorous eloquence he brings to cutting-edge sf, the author of Voice of the Whirlwind depicts a continent divided not only by the forces of nature but by the all-too-human rifts that separate individuals from each other. Part social commentary, part disaster novel, this near-future drama should appeal to fans of cataclysmic fiction. Highly recommended for general and sf collections. <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kiss Album Focus, Fourth Edition, Volume II: Hell or High Water 1983 - 1996\nDescription: [\"After moving to America in 1978, Julian Gill quickly discovered that Bonny M, the Osmands, and Meat Loaf weren't the only music around. That fact was illustrated at a school talent show where he witnessed fellow students dressed up in tin-foil and makeup miming to the extravaganza that is the Hottest Band in the World!\", '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons\nDescription: ['\"A stirring tale of forgotten heroes, splendidly told by a master narrator.\"', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Santana -- Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (Authentic Guitar TAB) (Authentic Guitar-Tab Editions)\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Red Baron\nDescription: ['After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Richard Fox served in the Army as a Field Artillery and Military Intelligence officer for almost a decade. During two two fifteen-month long tours in Iraq, he earned the Combat Action Badge, the Bronze Star, and received a Presidential Unit Citation.<br><br>He lives and works in southern Arizona with his incredible wife and two boys, amazing children bent on anarchy.']",
"rejected": "Title: Turtle Island: A Dream of Peace\nDescription: ['Jack Ramey is a poet, author, performer, and English professor at Indiana University Southeast. His poetry books include \"Eavesdropping in Plato\\'s Caf,\" \"The Future Past,\" \"Death Sings in the Choir of Light,\" and \"Burnt Almonds.\" His documentary on William Blake won an Aegis award for best educational film. His article, \"The Coffee Planter of St. Domingo: A Technical Manual for the Caribbean Slave Owner,\" examines the rhetoric of racism in the Spring 2014 issue of Technical Communication Quarterly. As a student of anthropology at Kent State, he wrote a paper on Lewis H. Morgan\\'s \"League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee or Iroquois.\" Since then he has continued his lifelong fascination with the People of the Longhouse, which led to the creation of \"Turtle Island.\" His scholarly expertise in rhetoric and creative writing, his poetic insight, and his lifelong interest in history, anthropology, and native Americans give him a unique perspective for bringing to life the inspirational story of the founding of the Iroquois Nation. In his early years, he studied to be a priest at the Passionist Fathers Seminary, then became a member of the counterculture and read his poetry in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Eugene OR, Victoria BC, and Kent OH. His one-person show \"Dark Is a Long Way: An Evening with Dylan Thomas\" ran for two years at the 13th Street Theater in NYC, at the Odyssey Theater in LA, and toured the country. He taught in Stockholm for several years. On his return to America, he performed in medieval plays with the Chicago Medieval Players and often read his poetry at the Green Mill, where he was a finalist in the Chicago Slam. He frequently posts poems, videos, and reviews at springwoodpress.org.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Siberian Treasure\nDescription: ['C. M. Gleason is the pen name of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made : Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy\nDescription: ['This extensive group-portrait by two Time news editors trumpets the role of six policymakersDean Acheson, Averell Harriman, George Kennan, John McCloy Jr., Charles Bohlen, Robert Lovettin taking postWW II America from isolationism to a recognition that the U.S. \"would have to assume the burden of a global role.\" The irony is that, as elder statesmen, they sometimes warned against the interventionist momentum they had helped create, as this behind-the-scenes account makes clear. The authors\\' portrayal of the six as the hidden architects behind the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and Cold War containment will certainly provoke debate. Based on prodigious research, including interviews with four of the six, the tome often sounds like an official biography (\"Kennan had tortuously conflicted feelings about being tapped to be part of the American elite\") and the prose echoes Time\\'s style (Dean Rusk, \"the round-faced Georgian\"). History buffs will follow with interest the minor revelations that spill forth as the six advise presidents from F. D. R. to L. B. J. Major ad/promo. <br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"The authors, Time editors, chronicle the activities of six gifted friendsDean Acheson, Charles E. Bohlen, W. Averell Harriman, George Kennan, Robert Lovett, and John J. McCloywho were instrumental in developing U.S. diplomacy from the 1930s to the Vietnam War. Nurtured in the innocent internationalism of Woodrow Wilson, they applied their Ivy League educations to a variety of crises. Their successes outweighed their failures, and their service promoted the values of free trade, democratic capitalism, international cooperation, and pragmatism. Their lives provide a history of America's policy-making elite. But elitism breeds insularity, and the shift away from great wars between industrialized nations and toward small unit actions in wars of national liberation was not recognized by these men. Though superbly written, this book's primary value is anecdotal. James L . Jablonowski, History Dept., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee<br />Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Seventh Angel\nDescription: ['<i>\"The Seventh Angel blends page-turning action and compellingcharacters with an informative history on the development of rockets,intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the challenges of ballistic missiledefense.\"</i> <b>-- NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW</b><br /><br /><i>\"This novel is many things, but above all, it is acelebration of the modern surface navy. The author is proud of his career as a SurfaceWarrior, and that pride comes through on every page.\"</i> <b>-- SURFACE WARFAREMAGAZINE</b>', \"<span>Jeff Edwards is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and an Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialist.<span> </span>Trained extensively in mainframe computers,weapons systems, and naval combat tactics, he brings an experience-based edge of authenticity to his writing.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Collectively, his novelshave won the Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction, the Reader'sChoice Award, the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Award for Adventure Writing, theMilitary Writer's Society of America Gold Medal for Navy Fiction, and theAmerican Author Medal.<span> </span>His novel, TheSeventh Angel, was selected for the 2012 Chief of Naval Operations ProfessionalReading Program.<span> </span>He lives in San Diego,where he consults for the Department of Defense.</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Creative Corporate Writer\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Purge of Babylon: A Novel of Survival (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: ABWUN: The Prayer Of Jesus (CD)\nDescription: []"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Last Survivors: A Dystopian Society in a Post Apocalyptic World (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: P.A.T.H. wellness manual\nDescription: ['New condition - NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ACCEPTED ON THIS ITEM', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: How to Succeed in Evil (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan (Book 2)\nDescription: ['Gr 46Roan Novachez is back for a second year at Jedi Academya typical middle school with a Star Wars twist. Students communicate via messages posted to holobook and endure disgusting cafeteria food served by the new Gamorrean chef, Gammy. Roan spends his days training to be a Jedi while navigating problematic situations with friends, embarrassing moments, bullies, and the worries of report cards. Classes are taught by Librarian Lackbar, Master Yoda, and other characters from the films. Yoda is an exception, but other familiar characters have slightly different names, like T-P30 and RW-22. The full-color cover is a bit misleading, since all graphics inside are rendered in black-and-white; however, the content makes up for any disappointment. This series of diary-format graphic novels is sure to be popular with elementary and middle-grade readers. Recommended for all public and school libraries.Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, WA', 'Roan Novachez has high hopes for his second year at Jedi Academy, since he finally gets to start his pilot training. Because his dad is a pilot, Roan feels confident that hell be great, but when he finally gets to class, he realizes he has a lot to learn. He also has a lot to learn about being a good friend: a few misunderstandings with his closest buddies lead to a lot of hurt feelings, and Roan falls in with the mean-kid crowd for a while. The contrasts between Roans journal entries and the panels depicting his days at school demonstrate Roans still-burgeoning sense of emotional maturity and make the growth of his self-awareness and confidence that much more gratifying. Roans comics for the school paper, as well as class schedules and cafeteria menus stuffed with Star Wars jokes, are delightful interludes. Best-selling Browns naive, sketchy black-and-white illustrations are the perfect match for this journal-style comics hybrid, sure to appeal to fans of Jeff Kinneys Wimpy Kid series. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The runaway success of Browns Star Warsthemed graphic novels will likely keep growing, thanks to a sizable first printing. Grades 3-7. --Sarah Hunter', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Long Walk To The Sun\nDescription: ['A lifelong student of history and lover of alternative historical fiction, William Peter Grassos novels explore the concept of change one thing...and watch what happens. The results are works of fiction in which the actual people and historical events are weaved into a seamless and entertaining narrative with the imagined. Retired from the aircraft maintenance industry, William Peter Grasso is a veteran of the US Army and served in Operation Desert Storm as a flight crew member with the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). These days, he confines his aviation activities to building and flying radio-controlled model aircraft.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Little Girl\nDescription: [\"My Little Girl is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book has been honored by this distinguished award. --Mom's Choice Awards\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The War Planners\nDescription: ['<i>\"Difficult to put down. Terrific action. Believable. Frightening to imagine something like this could possibly happen. Andrew Watts has a new follower...Highly recommended reading.\" -Amazon Reviewer</i><br /><br /><i>\"I am hooked.\" - Amazon Reviewer<br /><i></i><em><br /><br /><i>\"From the first page of this book to the last one, I was sitting on the edge of my seat. I kept thinking that this scenario is realistic and could happen so easily that it really is a scary one.\" -Amazon Top 500 Reviewer</i></em></i>', \"Hello readers,<br /><br />I spent 10 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, and began my first novel while deployed on an aircraft carrier. I hope you find my books enjoyable. If you like to read authors like Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, Nelson Demille, Lee Child, Daniel Silva, or Brad Thor, there is a good chance that you'll like the type of books I write.<br /><br />Find out about me and my books at andrewwattsauthor.com<br /><br />-Andrew\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Weaving In the Arts: Widening the Learning Circle\nDescription: ['Sharon Blecher has been teaching for more than twenty years at Eastwood School in Oberlin, Ohio. For the last eleven years she has taught in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom with Kathy Jaffee. In 1990, their classroom was named a Center of Excellence for Teaching Children at Risk by the NCTE. In 1994, they were awarded a NCTE Teacher-Researcher Grant to study the ways students are empowered in their literacy learning when the fine arts are woven into the curriculum. Kathy Jaffee has been teaching for more than twenty years at Eastwood School in Oberlin, Ohio. For the last eleven years she has taught in a multiage first- and second-grade classroom with Sharon Blecher. In 1990, their classroom was named a Center of Excellence for Teaching Children at Risk by the NCTE. In 1994, they were awarded a NCTE Teacher-Researcher Grant to study the ways students are empowered in their literacy learning when the fine arts are woven into the curriculum.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Extinction Horizon(The Extinction Cycle Book 1)\nDescription: ['\"With <i>Extinction Horizon</i>, Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers unrelenting, unmerciful action to his readers, and he weaves it seamlessly with just enough scientific know-how that after each chapter you\\'re left looking around and wondering not IF this is going to happen, but WHEN.\"<br /><b><i>D. J. Molles, author of <i>The Remaining</i><br /></i></b><br /><br /><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"Nicholas Sansbury Smith combines plausible science with fast-paced military action in an epic juggernaut that races along at supersonic speed. Fans of the genre are sure to love it!\"<b><i>Russell Blake,<i> </i>bestselling author of <i>The Day After Never</i><br /></i></b><br /><br />\"Smith has realized that the way to rekindle interest in zombie apocalypse fiction is to make it louder, longer, and bloodier. ... Smith intensifies the disaster efficiently as the pages flip by, and readers who enjoy juicy blood-and-guts action will find a lot of it here.\"<b><i><i>Publishers Weekly</i></i></b><br /><br /><style type=\"text/css\"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> \"A blistering, high octane thrill ride to the brink of humanity\\'s extinction. Nicholas Sansbury Smith plunges the reader right into the middle of the action, alongside a cast of unforgettable characters, as they fight tooth and nail to survive one impossible mission after another-to stop an extinction level virus. The Extinction Cycle series is post-apocalyptic, military science fiction at its best. Highly addictive!\"<b><i>Steven Konkoly, <i>USA Today </i>bestselling author of <i>The Jakarta Pandemic</i><br /></i></b><br /><br />\"Fast-paced military action meets cool, cutting-edge science. Extinction is no longer a Darwinian battle of the fittest. It\\'s a race for survival.\"<br /><b><i>E. E. Giorgi, author of <i>Chimeras</i> on <i>The Extinction Cycle</i><br /></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>Extinction Horizon </i>is a roller coaster ride of fear and adrenaline that you will not want to put down. Nicholas Sansbury Smith once again separates himself from the masses with a brilliantly entertaining post-apocalyptic thriller.\"<br /><b><i>W. J. Lundy, author of <i>Only the Dead Live Forever</i> on <i>The Extinction Cycle</i><br /></i></b>', \"Nicholas Sansbury Smith is the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of <i>Hell Divers</i>, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion-writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his fiance, their dogs, and a house full of books. <br />\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Guns, Freedom & The American Dream: The Story of Tim Schmidt & The USCCA\nDescription: [\"184 pages of challenges and controversy that ignited a movement This isn't your run-of-the-mill autobiography. Inside you'll discover the REAL truth behind how the United States Concealed Carry Association came to be. You won't find a simple story of triumph and glory, but one of controversy and overwhelming struggle. You'll learn how through perseverance and faith one man defied all odds and ultimately changed the way America views responsibly armed citizens. This is a book about faith, and what happens when you believe in something so unconditionally that the only way to go is up. It was written to inspire you, to help you see things differently in your own life, and give you hope. Hope in our country, hope in the cause of the American gun owner, and ultimately hope in you and your family.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Franklin Horton lives and writes in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. He attended Virginia Intermont College and Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds a B.A. in English from Virginia Commonwealth. In his spare time he pursues outdoor adventures with his wife and children, including camping, kayaking, backpacking, mountain biking, and shooting.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Sleeping Giants: Themis Files Book 1\nDescription: ['Deadwood USA A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike Suddenly the ground disappears beneath her Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit she sees an emergency rescue team above her The people looking down see something far stranger We always look forward We never look back That girl grows up to be Dr Rose Franklin a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered An enormous ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal which predates all human civilisation on the continent But this thing its different It challenges us It rewrites history', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Ocean Dark: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"<b>The Ocean Dark</b> by Jack Rogan is gale-force-ten of a thriller, blending furious suspense with brilliantly speculative science to create a riveting story of violence and mayhem on the high seas. Wow.\"Douglas Preston, co-author of Relic and Cemetery Dance<br /><br />\"A masterful thriller. Rogan\\'s <b>The Ocean Dark</b> is a big, sprawling tale filled with smart plotting and flesh-and-blood characters. It races from start to finish like an unstoppable vessel steaming full speed ahead.\"Jeffery Deaver, author of <i>The Bone Collector</i> and <i>Roadside Crosses</i><br /><br />\"Jack Rogan\\'s <b>The Ocean Dark </b>demands to be devoured in one sitting. A bloody, brilliant thriller centered on a horror rising from the darkest myths and legends. Read it with all the lights on in the house. You\\'ve been warned!\"James Rollins, author of <i>The Last Oracle</i>', 'Jack Rogan teaches English and theatre arts at a small private school in New England. In previous lives he has been a travel writer, a housepainter, and an amateur treasure hunter. <b>The Ocean Dark</b> is his first novel.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hell Divers (Hell Divers Series, Book 1)\nDescription: [\"''Relentless action and danger in a gritty postapocalyptic world where survival depends on a few brave men and women.<i> Hell Divers</i> is one hell of a page-turner!'' --Bob Mayer, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author<br /><br /> ''Literally skydiving into the apocalypse, <i>Hell Divers</i> delivers more of Smith's trademark breakneck action and suspense. Amazing settings, great characters, the end of the world shouldn't be this much fun!'' --Matthew Mather, bestselling author of <i>CyberStorm</i><br /><br /> ''An action-packed page-turner. All humanity's hope for survival rests on the shoulders of a handful of daring men and women. The odds are stacked against them, but they have no choice but to try. You won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page. 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A must for fans of smart postapocalyptic storytelling.'' --Sam Sisavath, bestselling author of the Purge of Babylon series<br /><br /> ''Hugh Howey meets Michael Crichton in Nicholas Smith's latest postapocalyptic thriller...Once again, Nicholas Smith dominates the postapocalyptic genre with this riveting, nail-biting adventure that will grip you from the first chapter.'' --E. E. Giorgi, bestselling author of <i>Gene Cards</i><br /><br /> ''<i>Hell Divers </i>is an engaging story that holds one s attention from start to finish and will certainly satisfy the readers' need for adventure in a postapocalyptic scenario. The kind of book that can keep you awake till the small hours.'' --<i>Space and Sorcery</i><br /><br /> ''I have to confess: Hell Divers is my favorite series Smith has written thus far...<i>Hell Divers</i> is written well, and the whole book flows at a nice pace...If you're any kind of fan of science fiction or postapocalyptic fiction, then this is a book you have to check out. Smith once again raises the bar for himself, and I'm eager to see what he does next.'' --<i>Shattered Ravings</i><br /><br /> ''<i>Hell Divers </i>is an adrenaline rush with plenty of bullets, life-threatening situations, and exceptional world building to make a story that is easily immersive. Plus, the Sirens are seriously creepy.'' --<i>Silk & Serif</i><br /><br />''<i>Hell Divers</i> is action-packed, gritty, and wholly original. A rare combination of a high premise, solid storytelling, and heart.'' --Daniel Arenson, <i>USA Today </i>bestselling author<br /><br /> ''This book for me is a solid six stars as Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers yet again. <i>Hell Divers</i> unbelievably takes it another notch above his excellent Extinction Cycle series...The author has crafted yet another engrossing apocalyptic world in which we are plunged...If <i>Hell Divers</i> is anything to go by then this (series) is destined to become a classic.'' --<i>The Lazy Book Reviewer</i><br /><br /> ''The intensity level of this book is off the charts!...The world was so solid, I swear I could see it when I closed my eyes at night...Together with the characters and the plot, Sansbury Smith has created a full-bodied sci-fi novel, and by far, one of the most entertaining reads of the year for me.'' --<i>Contagious Reads</i><br /><br /> ''Original, riveting, and exceptionally well written from first page to last, <i>Hell Divers</i> showcases author Nicholas Sansbury Smith as an impressively skilled storyteller and a master of the science fiction genre...Enthusiastically recommended.'' --<i>Midwest Book Review</i><br /><br /> ''<i>Hell Divers</i> offers genre fans everything they could ask for, from fresh takes on the post-apocalypse to social commentary reminiscent of <i>Snowpiercer</i>, and plenty of action.'' --<i>Shelf Awareness</i><br /><br /> ''The action writing is very good. It's always clear what s going on, even though the weapons, the enemies, and the settings are all unfamiliar...[and] Smith manages to keep it fresh and alive... '' --Orson Scott Card, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author\", \"<b>Nicholas Sansbury Smith</b> is the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the Hell Divers series, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion -- writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his fiance, their dogs, and a house full of books.<br /><br />\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Last Ship: A Novel\nDescription: [\"<b>Praise for <i>The Last Ship</i></b><br /><br />Nevil Shute wrote a moving book,<i>On the Beach</i>, about the aftermath of a nuclear war...Now William Brinkley has used the same premise to tell and even more fascinating tale.<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br /><br />An extraoridincary novel of men at war, a superb portrtait of naval command,<i>The Last Ship</i>is a powerful and exciting novel you will not want to miss.<i>The Washington Post<br /><br /></i>Beautifully written...as if the narrator has set himself the task of preserving the language, of writing it down lest it be lost forever...Brinkley's plot contains a series of unexpected reversals and the tale's conclusion is unforgettably intense...A magnificent book.<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer<br /><br /></i>William Brinkley writes in expert detail about life on the sea...Readers will be engaged by this ambitious tale, which draws on the legacies of Melville and Conrad but is full of its own nuclear-age quandaries and horrors.<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />Brinkleys tale has humanity, thoughtfulness and one inspired complication: women.<i>Time</i>\", '<b>William Brinkley</b>graduated from the University of Oklahoma and went on to become a commissioned officer in the US Navy during WWII. He was a reporter for <i>The Washington Post</i> and wrote for <i>Life</i> magazine. He was the bestselling author of <i>The Last Ship</i>, the inspiration for the TNT television series, and<i>Dont Go Near the Water</i>. He died in 1993.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Outage (Powerless Nation)\nDescription: ['', 'Ellisa Barr grew up in a small town in Idaho, even smaller than the fictitious town of Lookout Falls. In the summer, almost entirely cut off from friends and other entertainment, she became a voracious reader. When she misbehaved as a tween, her parents despaired of finding a suitable punishment, because the only thing she wanted to do was read. Finally, they resorted to grounding her from books. Her friends thought she had the best parents ever. Ellisa agrees.', 'She lives with her husband, two children, a dog, and a cat in Southern California, where she homeschools her kids and knows just enough about prepping to prolong her agony in the event of the apocalypse.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Atlantic Island (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>Fredric Shernoff is the author of the \"Atlantic Island\" series (#1 Best-selling Teen/YA Romance Sci-Fi), the Amazon best-selling time travel novel \"The Traveler,\" and the Silo Saga story \"Angels of the Earth\" (the first story accepted into Kindle Worlds). Atlantic Island III is coming at the end of 2017!</span><br /><br /><span>Fredric lives in Wellington, Florida with his two amazing children.</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dorothy Einon's Learning Early\nDescription: ['Learning Early is the ideal guide for parents who want to understand the development of their childand discover how they can help. -- <i>Island Family, April 2000</i>', 'Dorothy Einon is a lecturer in psychology at University College, London, with a particular interest in child development. She has researched the psychology of learning at Columbia University in New York and has studied and taught child development in different educational cultures from Japan to Canada. She has worked as an adviser to Fisher-Price Toys and appears regularly on radio and television.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life\nDescription: ['Patrick Van Horne is a former captain in the United States Marine Corps and the founder of The CP Journal, a behavioral analysis training company. His firm provides training support to the U.S. military, federal and local law enforcement agencies, and the private security industry. Patrick lives in Boulder, Colorado.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Music: INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN SOUND (Inquire and Investigate)\nDescription: ['<P><I>School Library Journal</I><BR>\"This overview is a STEAM advocate\\'s delight. ...an admirable synopsis of the multicultural history of American music.\"<BR><BR>Marla Conn, educational consultant<BR>“<I>Music</I> is highly motivating and well written. The activities are thought provoking, engaging and entertaining, allowing students to connect the text to self, the world, and other texts! I love this book! It hits EVERY standard for reading informational text, history, and science.”<BR><BR>Cecil Adderley, Ph.D., Chair, Music Education Department, Berklee College of Music<BR>“Provides the young reader with a glimpse into the evolution of American music with outlines of historical events that encourage further discovery. Diverse musical styles provide a broad scope of all things American.”<BR><BR> Dr. Deborah Check Reeves, Curator of Education and Woodwinds, Associate Professor of Music, National Music Museum, The University of South Dakota<br>“Surveys the blending of cultures and styles that produces a unique American sound. Not only does it explore music as an art, it introduces music as a science. Students and teachers will especially like the ‘Inquire and Investigate’ sections at the end of every chapter.”<BR></P>', '<P>The United States boasts a rich musical diversity. Colonial Americans integrated European traditions with new cultural influences to compose a unique musical identity. African traditions influenced hymns and folk songs that connected people to religion and to the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Patriotic tunes created unity in wartime. America’s jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop continue to evolve from their African-American origins.<br><BR><I>Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound</I> invites kids ages 12 and up to explore the roots of American music genres as they investigate the social, political, and religious influences that inspire musicians. Activities encourage readers to inquire into the art and science of music. Readers can engage in a hands-on exploration of the physics of sound vibrations, decibel levels, and acoustics, or use vocal styling to improvise and discover the rhythm of their bodies to create a beatbox. <I>Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound</I> encourages readers to analyze lyrics, their meanings, and rhythms, and then use that analysis to write their own songs. This title meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hell Divers II: Ghosts (Hell Divers Series, Book 2)\nDescription: [\"''A well-told, action-packed taleThis story has something for even those who don't favor military science fiction and Mr. Smith is to be applauded for a strong comeback in this second book in the Hell Divers series.'' --<i>SFRevu</i><br /><br />''Amazing settings, great characters, the end of the world shouldn't be this much fun!'' --Matthew Mather, bestselling author, on <i>Hell Divers</i><BR><BR> ''Relentless action and danger <i>Hell Divers</i> is one hell of a page-turner!'' --Bob Mayer, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<BR><BR> ''An action-packed page-turnerYou won't be able to put this book down until the last searing page.'' --Mike Shepherd, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author, on <i>Hell Divers</i>\", \"<b>Nicholas Sansbury Smith</b> is the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the Hell Divers series, the Orbs trilogy, and the Extinction Cycle series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion -- writing. When he isn't writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his fiance, their dogs, and a house full of books.<BR><BR>\"]",
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"rejected": "Title: Divine Macroverse\nDescription: ['Rainey Marie Highley is a published author. Her books include Divine Macroverse, The Water Code, and The Long Lost Tale of The Dragon and The Whale.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Gospel of Pilate (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Paul Creasy was born in Radford, Virginia, the only child of Victor (Gene) and Marla Creasy. He grew up in the small town of Bluefield, West Virginia before moving to Richmond, Virginia where he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University. He continues to reside in Richmond today, with his lovely wife Mary and their rambunctious puppy Truffle. He and his wife run The Memory Tree, a bereavement services company his late parents founded over twenty years ago. Apart from writing, Paul enjoys reading fiction as well as history and Christian apologetics. He also enjoys ballroom dancing with his wife and traveling extensively.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Learning Statistics Using R\nDescription: ['', '<b><span>Dr. Randall E. Schumacker</span></b><span> is professor of educational research at the University of Alabama. He has written and co-edited several books, including <i>A Beginners Guide to Structural Equation Modeling, Third Edition</i>, <i>Advanced Structural Equation Modeling: Issues and Techniques</i>, <i>Interaction and Non-Linear Effects in Structural Equation Modeling</i>, <i>New Developments and Techniques in Structural Equation Modeling</i>, <i>Understanding Statistical Concepts Using S-PLUS</i>, <i>Understanding Statistics Using R</i>, and <i>Learning Statistics Using R</i>. Dr. Schumacker was the founder and is now emeritus editor of <i>Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal</i>, and has established the Structural Equation Modeling Special Interest Group within the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He is also the emeritus editor of <i>Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints</i>, the oldest journal sponsored by AERA (Multiple Linear Regression: General Linear Model Special Interest Group). Dr. Schumacker has conducted international and national workshops, has served on the editorial board of several journals, and currently pursues his research interests in statistics and structural equation modeling. He was the 1996 recipient of the Outstanding Scholar Award and the 1998 recipient of the Charn Oswachoke International Award. In 2010, he launched the DecisionKit App for the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch, which can assist researchers in making decisions about which measurement, research design, or statistic to use in their research projects. In 2011, he received the Apple iPad Award. In, 2012, he received the CIT Faculty Technology Award. In 2013, he received the McCrory Faculty Excellence in Research Award from the College of Education at the University of Alabama. In 2014, Dr. Schumacker was the recipient of the Structural Equation Modeling Service Award at AERA.</span>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Jesus: A Pilgrimage\nDescription: ['James Martins riveting new meditation on Jesus is one of the best books Ive read in yearson any subject. <i>Jesus</i> is a love letter to the first-century Jewish radical Martin has devoted his life to following. Bravo, Father Martin, for writing a must-read. (<b>Mary Karr</b>, author of <i>Lit</i>)<br /><br />Do we <i>really</i> need yet another book about Jesus? If the book is this one, the answer is yes, we do. Jim Martins approach to a well pickedover subject is unique and original, and it will net the reader a glimpse into the Nazarene not available elsewhere. (<b>Harvey Cox,</b>, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School)<br /><br />Fr. James Martin, S.J. is refreshingly innovative in his <i>Jesus: A Pilgrimage</i>. He has a knack for giving a new perspective to the familiar, making the reader exclaim, Ah, yes! A superb gift. (<b>Archbishop Desmond Tutu</b>)<br /><br />One of the best religion writers today, Fr. Martin has produced a remarkable combination of modern scholarship on the Gospels, his experiences on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, his own creative imagination and sense of humor, and wise advice pertaining to Christian life. (<b>Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.</b>, Professor of New Testament, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, editor of <i>New Testament Abstracts</i>)<br /><br />Martin communicates a joyful faith in Gods healing and the ultimate hope offered by the Resurrection. Throughout, vivid details of his search in blistering heat for holy sites both authentic and dubious anchor this complex, compelling spiritual testimony. (<b>Publishers Weekly,</b> Starred Review)<br /><br />What can be said about Jesus thats never been said before? Martin helps answer that question through an insightful, balanced, intelligent, widely-embracing, and faith-filled account of his own journey in search of Jesus. A book for everyone, regardless of creed or background. James Martin at his best! (<b>Ronald Rolheiser,</b> OMI, author of <i>The Holy Longing</i>)<br /><br />This is a sensitive, hearfelt inquiry into the person of Jesus. James Martin encounters Jesus again and again on a pilgrimage through Israel. In his book the great texts of the Gospels come to live and are transformed for the reader into an encounter with Jesus as he really was. (<b>Rev. Gerhard Lohfink</b>, author of <i>Jesus of Nazareth</i>)<br /><br />James Martin does something remarkable in this book. He invites you to accompany him on a pilgrimage through the Holy Land. New Testament scholarship opens up the life of Jesus so that the Gospels can speak to each of us personally and transform us as they did their first hearers. (<b>John W. Martens, PhD</b>, Associate Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota)<br /><br />Jim Martins book on Jesus is a gem. Learned yet highly accessible, he weaves together a number of insights gleaned from the Gospels, a recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Ignatian spirituality, and his personal and pastoral experience. This is a Jesus book I highly recommend. (<b>Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.</b>, Associate Professor of New Testament, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry)<br /><br />James Martin has a gift for captivating both the readers head and heart. What a joy to take this personal and fascinating pilgrimage with Fr. Martin, one that leads to a refreshing awareness and understanding of the beloved Carpenter from Nazareth. This book not only informs, it inspires. (<b>Joyce Rupp</b>, author of <i>Praying Our Goodbyes</i> and <i>Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self</i>)', '', 'A gifted storyteller and spiritual director, Father James Martin, SJ, invites readers to experience the stories of the Gospels in a completely new, vivid, and exciting way to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus. Moving sequentially through the Gospels, considering not only familiar passages but also the \"hidden life\" of Jesus, the book offers a bold retelling of the life of Christ, faithful to the Christian tradition, while meditating on parts of the narrative that have often escaped notice.', 'Martin provides personal stories from his own life, the most up-to-date biblical scholarship, and powerful anecdotes from beloved spiritual teachers, and brings the reader along on his own real-life travels through the Holy Land.', \"Combining the fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound spiritual reflections about the Christ of faith, Martin re-creates the world of first-century Galilee and Judea to usher us into Jesus's life and times and reveal how Jesus speaks to us today. <em>Jesus: A Pilgrimage</em> is an invitation to know Jesus as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as well as friend and brother.\", '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. In this artful, disquieting, yet surprisingly jubilant memoir, Jesuit priest Boyle recounts his two decades of working with homies in Los Angeles County, which contains 1,100 gangs with nearly 86,000 members. Boyle's Homeboy Industries is the largest gang intervention program in the country, offering job training, tattoo removal, and employment to members of enemy gangs. Effectively straddling the debate regarding where the responsibility for urban violence lies, Boyle both recounts the despair of watching the kids you love cooperate in their own demise and levels the challenge to readers to stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it. From moving vignettes about gangsters breaking into tears or finding themselves worthy of love and affirmation, to moments of spiritual reflection and sidesplittingly funny banter between him and the homies, Boyle creates a convincing and even joyful treatise on the sacredness of every life. Considering that he has buried more than 150 young people from gang-related violence, the joyful tenor of the book remains an astounding literary and spiritual feat. <i>(Mar.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality.<br /> <i>The Los Angeles Times<br /> </i><br /><br />\"An astonishing book . . . about suffering and dignity, death and resurrection, one of my favorite books in years. It is lovely and tough and tender beyond my ability to describe and left me in tears of both sorrow and laughter.\"ANNE LAMOTT, AUTHOR OF GRACE (EVENTUALLY)<br /><br />\"One of the bravest, most humane, heartbreaking, brilliant, and hopeful stories Ive read in ages. Father Greg, the Gandhi of the Gangs, fills Tattoos with unquenchable soul force and down-to-earth love.\" JACK KORNFIELD, AUTHOR OF A PATH WITH HEART<br /><br />\"Father Boyle reminds us all that every single child and youth is a part of Gods jurisdictionand when they know that we are seeing them as God does, they are capable of great things. Father Boyle is a national treasure.\"<br /> MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, PRESIDENT, CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND<br /><br />\"Sometimes we are allowed to see in our own lifetimes what we were supposed to see in the life and ministry of Jesus. Read, and let your life be changed!\"<br /> FATHER RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M., CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO<br /><br />\"Tattoos on the Heart is an astounding book and a remarkable testament. No one brings more triumph and tragedy to the street gang story than Greg Boyle. No one brings more conviction and compassion than Greg Boyle. And no one writes the gang story more beautifully.\"<br /> MALCOLM KLEIN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA<br /><br />\"A spiritual masterpiece touching the innermost sanctum of the human soul. Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone, inspires. I laughed, wept, and underlined on virtually every page.\"<br /> KERRY KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE RFK CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS<br /><br />\"An extraordinary reflection of a life totally committed to reshaping and redirecting the lives of countless young gang members (from L.A.s gang culture), Greg Boyles Tattoos on the Heart proves one man with courage is a majority.\" MARTIN SHEEN<br /><br />\"Tattoos on the Heart is an honest, raw, and compelling collection from Father Greg Boyles life and work with gang-involved youth. His commitment should teach us all a lesson in compromise, sharing, learning, loving, and, most important, living life to the fullest.\" ANJELICA HUSTON<br /><br />\"Incandescent, always hope-filled and often hilarious. Boyle somehow maintains an exuberant voice that celebrates the strength, compassion and humanity of people often demonized. He simply highlights charity and goodness wherever they are found. Boyle intersperses his narratives about gang members and his work with them with theological and spiritual reflections from a variety of theologians, poets and other writers. By introducing book-buying, highly educated readers to people we may never otherwise encounter, Boyle aspires to \"broaden the parameters of our kinship.\\'\"--<i>The Christian Century</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Tricky Twenty-Two: A Stephanie Plum Novel\nDescription: ['<b>Janet Evanovich </b>is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and <i>How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author</i>.', 'ONE<br /><br />GINNY Scoot was standing on a third-floor ledge, threatening to jump, and it was more or less my fault. My name is Stephanie Plum and I work as a bounty hunter for my bail bondsman cousin Vinnie.<br /><br />Ginny had failed to show for a court appearance and it was my job to find her and return her to the authorities. If I dont succeed my cousin is out his bond money, and I dont get paid. On the other hand, theres Ginny, who would prefer not to go back to jail.<br /><br />My colleague Lula and I were on the sidewalk, looking up at Ginny, along with a bunch of other people who were taking video with their smartphones.<br /><br />This heres not a good angle for her, Lula said to me. Everybody could look up her skirt and see her hoo-ha. I guess technically you could see her thong, but we all know her lady parts are lurkin in there behind that little piece of red material and ass floss.<br /><br />Lula was originally a respectable ho. A couple years ago shed decided to relinquish her corner and take a job as file clerk for the bonds office. Since almost all the files are digital these days, Lula mostly works as my wheelman. Shes four inches too short for her weight, her clothes are three sizes too small for her generously proportioned body, her hair color changes weekly, her skin is a robust dark chocolate.<br /><br />I feel invisible when I stand next to Lula because no one notices me. I inherited a lot of unruly curly brown hair from the Italian side of my family, and I have a cute nose that my grandma says is a gift from God. My blue eyes and pale skin are the results of my mothers Hungarian heritage. Not sure where my 34B boobs came from, but Im happy with them, and I think they look okay with the rest of me.<br /><br />Just ten minutes ago Id almost had the cuffs on Ginny. Lula and I were at her door, and I was giving her the usual bounty hunter baloney.<br /><br />We need to take you downtown so you can reschedule your court date, Id said to Ginny. It wont take long.<br /><br />This was partly true. The rescheduling went quickly. Whether she would make bail again was a whole other issue. If she didnt make bail shed be a guest of the penal system until she came up to trial.<br /><br />Screw you, Ginny said, and she flicked her Big Gulp at me, slammed her door shut, and locked it.<br /><br />By the time Lula and I got the door unlocked Ginny had climbed out her bedroom window and was standing on a two-foot-wide ledge. So here I was, in a soaking wet shirt, trying to talk Ginny off the ledge.<br /><br />Okay, I yelled at her. Im out of your apartment. Thats what you wanted, right? Go back inside.<br /><br />I dont want to go to jail.<br /><br />Its not that bad, Lula told her. They let you watch television in the dayroom, and youll make new friends.<br /><br />Id rather die, Ginny said. Im going to jump.<br /><br />Yeah, but youre only on the third floor, Lula said. Youll just break a bunch of bones. And anyways you never know about these court cases. Sometimes they get dismissed.<br /><br />She cut off her boyfriends penis, I whispered to Lula.<br /><br />It could have been justified, Lula said.<br /><br />It was his penis!<br /><br />So probably chances of him dismissing the charges arent so good, Lula said. Men dont like when you cut their dick off. I hear its real hard to sew a dick back on.<br /><br />If you want to die you have to make sure you land on your head, Lula yelled up to Ginny. That probably would do it.<br /><br />Two Trenton PD squad cars drove up and parked at an angle to the curb. They were followed by a fire truck and an EMS truck.<br /><br />One of the uniforms from the squad car came over to talk to me.<br /><br />Whats going on?<br /><br />Shes FTA, I told him. I went to cuff her, and she managed to get away and get out on the ledge.<br /><br />A satellite truck from the local television station pulled up behind the fire truck.<br /><br />Can you get someone to talk to her? A relative or her boyfriend? the cop asked me.<br /><br />Probably not the boyfriend, I said.<br /><br />The fire department put a bounce bag on the sidewalk under the window, and a cameraman from the SAT truck started to set up.<br /><br />Youre not gonna look photogenic when you hit that bounce bag, what with your short skirt and all, Lula yelled at Ginny. You might want to rethink this.<br /><br />Joe Morelli sidled up to me. Hes a homicide detective with the Trenton PD. Hes six foot tall with a lot of lean, hard muscle, wavy black hair, and a smile that makes a girl want to take her clothes off. Ive known Morelli all my life, and lately hes been my boyfriend.<br /><br />Looks like youve got a jumper, Morelli said.<br /><br />Vinnie bonded her out, and she went FTA, I told him. I was about to cuff her, and she ran for the ledge.<br /><br />Whats her charge?<br /><br />She cut off her boyfriends pecker, Lula said.<br /><br />This got a grimace out of Morelli and the uniform.<br /><br />Maybe you can talk to her, I said to Morelli.<br /><br />Morelli had gone from a bad kid to a petty officer in the Navy, and had become a really great cop. Hes smart. Hes compassionate. He believes in the law, the American dream, and the inherent goodness of human beings. If you break the law or step on the American dream, hell root you out like a wolverine going after a ground squirrel. He has a house, a dog, a toaster, and a level of maturity I suspect I havent yet obtained. The men in his family are drunks and womanizers and abusive. Morelli is none of those. Hes movie star handsome in a Jersey Italian kind of way, and he oozes testosterone. And from the first time he was able to put a sentence together hes had a reputation for being able to talk a woman into doing anything. He got to peek at my cotton Tinker Bell underpants when I was a little kid, and he relieved me of the burden of my virginity when I was in high school. It seemed to me that sending Morelli up to the third floor to talk a woman off a ledge was a no-brainer.<br /><br />Is she armed? Morelli asked me.<br /><br />I dont think so.<br /><br />No butcher knives? Paring knives? Box cutters?<br /><br />Didnt see any.<br /><br />He disappeared into the building, and a couple minutes later I saw him at the window. Ginny inched away from him, beyond his grasp. The fire guys moved the bounce bag over to accommodate her. I couldnt hear what he was saying, but I saw her smile. They talked a little longer, she nodded agreement, and inched back toward him. He reached out for her, and when she tried to take his hand she lost her balance, slipped off the ledge, and plummeted to the ground. She hit the bounce bag with a solid thud and didnt move. The EMTs immediately converged on her.<br /><br />Everyone watching took a sharp intake of air and went silent, focused on the EMTs. I felt Morelli move in behind me, his hand on my shoulder. And suddenly Ginny sat up.<br /><br />Im okay! Ginny said. Wow, that was a rush. I bet I could be a stunt girl in the movies.<br /><br />Morelli motioned an EMT over to us.<br /><br />Is she going to be okay? Morelli asked.<br /><br />She just had the air knocked out of her. Well transport her to St. Francis Hospital to get checked out and then shell be released.<br /><br />Shes going to need a police escort, Morelli said to the uniform who was still with us. When shes done at St. Francis she gets booked downtown.<br /><br />Boy, for a minute there that was a heart stopper, Lula said. I dont even want to hear anything go thud like that again. That made my stomach feel sick. I need a burger and fries. And then Im going home on account of my favorite television shows are coming on. Lula looked over at Morelli and looked back at me. Do you need me to take you home or are you going with Officer Hottie?<br /><br />Ill take her home, Morelli said.<br /><br />Lula left, and I followed Morelli to his car. How did you happen to turn up here?', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Portraits of Pretence (The Sam Plank Mysteries)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Prayer: Our Deepest Longing\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristallnacht to Liberation (Studies in German-Jewish Cultural History and Literature, Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)\nDescription: ['', 'Beate Meyer, Hermann Simon, and Chana Schtz have envisioned and edited a remarkable book. <i>Jews in Nazi Berlin, 19331945</i> explores Jewish life in that city during that erawhile at the same time depicting patterns that held elsewhere. The editors deft touch reflects their keen historical imagination and utterly human approach. Focusing on individuals and families, the essays tell a multi-faceted story of both ruin and resourcefulness. Richly illustrated and ably translated, <i>Jews in Nazi Berlin</i> is a treasure: <i>the</i> book about Jewish life at the very heart of the Nazi kingdom to read and to assign to classes.', 'Berlin, home to a third of German Jewry; Berlin, where Jews constituted a large part of the cultural, medical, legal, and business communities; Berlin, where the Nazis sought very publicly to humiliate Jews and destroy their community. Berlin and its Jews stand at the center of this erudite and moving essay collection that weaves Nazi policy, social reactions, and Jewish perceptions into a highly illuminating and deeply depressing account. The authors focus on Jewish views and voices, those Jews left in Berlin after the mass emigration, those who worked for Jewish organizations, those who hid, and those who were deported. One feels the menacing cloud of deportations as one reads extraordinarily poignant individual and family stories of courage and despair, survival and death.<Marion Kaplan, author of <i>Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany></i>', 'The authors succeed in bridging the gap between the broad issues, such as the process of illegal immigration or hiding, and the experience of individuals. The volume is, therefore, extremely useful for both teachers and students.', 'A lavishly illustrated book of essays. . . . [A] fine and comprehensive volume.--<i>CanadianJewishNews</i>', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Prayer: Our Deepest Longing by Rolheiser, Ronald (2013) Paperback\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Swords and Scoundrels (The Duelists Trilogy)\nDescription: ['\"Roguish highwaymen and all the intrigue of a bloody revolution... will keep you guessing until the end. I can\\'t wait to read the sequel!\"<b><i>Anne Lyle, author of <i>The Alchemist of Souls </i>on<i> Swords and Scoundrels</i></i></b><br /><br />\"A tangled web of lies, deceit and twisted loyalties....beautifully crafted action scenes blend intimately with strong emotion and realistic characters.\"<b><i><i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review) on<i> Swords and Scoundrels</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Will hold readers in suspense and eager for the next two books.\"<b><i><i>Booklist </i>on<i> Swords and Scoundrels</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Knight brings an unusual and satisfying level of psychological depth to her protagonists... compelling.\"<b><i><i>RT Book Reviews </i>(4.5 stars) on <i>Swords and Scoundrels</i></i></b>', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Abbey: A Story of Discovery\nDescription: ['With wit, wisdom and elegant prose, Martin has written a powerfully moving novel about (among other things) how an unbeliever can journey from suffering into spiritual practice. How it happens in an eyeblink. Another triumph from one of our best writers working like a master in a new form. (<b>Mary Karr</b>, author of <i>Lit</i>)<br /><br />A sheer delightfunny, engaging, deep and moving. (<b>Ron Hansen</b>, author of <i>Mariette in Ecstasy</i>)<br /><br />More than a vivid portrait of a grieving mother; this tender novel shows us how, with simple words and acts, we ordinary, flawed human beings can help each other find our way to God. (<b>Kathleen Norris</b>, author of <i>The Cloister Walk</i>)<br /><br />With this beautiful, touching and utterly believable novel, seekers will be gently invited to encounter the divine and believers be encouraged to deepen their relationships with God. I loved this book and loved the characters! (<b>Richard Rohr</b>, author of <i>Everything Belongs</i>)<br /><br />[A] warmly comforting tale...[Father Martins] real strength is his pastoral sensibility-his compassion shines through the character of Father Paul. Like his fellow Jesuit Pope Francis, Martin is a persuasive evangelizer for a God, and church, of mercy. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />Touching, funny and beautiful. A top pick! (<i>RT Book Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Compassionate, engagingwith tender wit and wisdom, Martin offers an in-depth glimpse into committed religious life and how lay people can practice a devout faith amid doubt, anger and questioning. (Shelf Awareness)<br /><br />Martins debut novel might be compared to Paulo Coehlos popular fictionMartins great achievement here is that the shows how [his characters are] able to have a mystical experience of God as a result of imaginative contemplation, and he succeeds in making it seem entirely natural. (The Tablet)<br /><br />Father Martins richly written tale gives us insight into the workings of a modern monastery and shows how God uses our worries, anger and doubts to help bring us to Him. (<i>Simple Grace</i> Magazine)<br /><br />Martin brings his characteristic ease of personality into both the characters and the prose, quickly bringing readers comfortably into the story. He handles the most delicate and painful themes with a pastoral compassion that invites readers to find hope in their own struggles. (The Huffington Post)', '', 'A novel about how God works in our lives.', 'A divorced single mother, Anne struggles to make sense of her sons death. A former architect, Mark works as a handyman and wonders how his life got off track. The abbot of the Abbey of Sts. Philip and James, Father Paul sometimes questions how to live a life that secludes him from the world. At a Pennsylvania abbey, this unlikely trio will discover the answers they seeka miracle of hope and healing that bears witness to the surprising power of God to bring healing and wholeness to our lives.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Treasured Recipes: From Generation to Generation\nDescription: ['Fill this retro cookbook with your own recipes!', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Infidel\nDescription: ['\"One November morning in 2004, Theo van Gogh got up to go to work at his film production company in Amsterdam. He took out his old black bicycle and headed down a main road. Waiting in a doorway was a Moroccan man with a handgun and two butcher knives. \"As Theo cycled down the Linneausstraat, Mohammad Bouyeri approached. He pulled out his gun and shot Theo several times. Theo fell off his bike and lurched across the road, then collapsed. Bouyeri followed. Theo begged, \"Can\\'t we talk about this?\" but Bouyeri shot him four more times. Then he took out one of his butcher knives and sawed into Theo\\'s throat. With the other knife, he stabbed a five-page letter onto Theo\\'s chest. \"The letter was addressed to me.\" Thus begins \"Infidel\", the autobiography of activist, film-maker, politician, and atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. In her book, Ayaan chronicles the remarkable saga of her childhood in Somalia, her fall away from Islamic beliefs, her emigration to Europe and then to the United States, and her entry into the dangerous business of speaking out against the extremist elements within Islam. Not for the squeamish, this book is an authentic rendition of a truly authentic life--a life on the cutting edge of the social, economic, and geopolitical issues of our times.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America\nDescription: ['', '<b>A National True Crime Bestseller<br /></b><br />\"At a moment ripe for a new kind of media-savvy preacher, in a place where parsons wielded guns as confidently as they toted their Bibles, radio minister and mega-church pastor J. Frank Norris emerged as the archetype of his day. In his riveting tale of Norriss 1927 trial for murder, David Stokes explains just how it is that this Texas Tornado became such a starand lightening rod for controversy. Through rich and compelling narrative, a sharp eye for the quirky as well as the profound, rigorous research, and a commanding sense of the big picture, Stokes offers his reader a rare, exhilarating look at this notorious individual. In the process, he opens up fresh ways of understanding the local culture that vaulted Norris and his Texas-style fundamentalism onto a national stage.\" - <b>Darren Dochuk, author of </b><i><b>From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism</b><br /><br /></i>\"This excellent book chronicles [a] court case that captivated the nation- even if it\\'s barely remembered today- and makes its central player, Norris, as compelling and multilayered as any character from fiction. . . . The book is engagingly written, in an immediate, you-are-there style, and the story is as compelling and surprising as any Grisham thriller. Top of the line.\" -<b><i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b><br /><br />Readers will enjoy this oversize talea snapshot of a fascinating time in American and Texas historythat reads like fiction. It will appeal to those interested in true crime, the history of fundamentalism, and the early days of Texas <i><b>Library Journal</b></i><br /><br />J. Frank Norris was the pastor of a mega-church before the name itself existed. He was famous, and to many he was a righteous and inspiring hero. By others, however, he was thoroughly hated. His endless crusades frustrated both businessman and politicians in Fort Worth, TX. Norris was also a publicity hound who was brash and abrasive. His enemies knew that he was a formidable foe. On July 17, 1926, Norris shot and killed an unarmed man in the church office. David Stokes\\'s <i>The Shooting Salvationist </i>offers the complete story of the shooting, the criminal trial, and their aftermath Eighty-five years ago, this event captured the attention of the entire nation. Modern readers will likewise be enthralled by David Stokes\\'s skillful presentation of this shocking crime. The story is simply incredible, yet every word is true. And you won\\'t put this book down until reach the end! -- <b>Chris Rose, Andover Bookstore</b><br /><br /><br />For all the colorful characters who became part of Fort Worths history, surely none surpassed J. Frank Norris, the fiery fundamentalist preacher at Fort Worths First Baptist Church in pure outlandishness. His oratory and penchant for publicity brought thousands into his congregation and at one point, First Baptist was among the largest churches in the world, a mega church before the phrase was coined. Unfortunately, for all his oratorical skills, Norris horizons were limited by several criminal indictments brought on by his tendency for violence.<br />In this book David Stokes tells the J. Frank Norris story.<br />If I hadnt grown up in Fort Worth, I would have thought someone made all this up but no one did.<br />It really happened. -<b>from the foreword by Bob Schieffer (CBS News)</b>', 'Everyone loves a good story, and David Stokes has unearthed one from historys archives and served it up with style and verve. - <b>David Pietruzsa, author of </b><i><b>1920: The Year of Six Presidents</b><br /></i><br />David Stokes has written a book that both entertaining and informative. - <b>Jim Pinkerton, <i>Newsday</i> Columnist and <i>FOX News</i> Contributor</b><br /><br />David Stokes combines his meticulous research with a writing style which makes you feel as though you are that fly-on-the-wall witnessing history as it unfolds.-<b>Bob Hamer, Author of <i>Enemies Among Us</i></b><br /><br />Thank you for sharing this fascinating story!- <b>Former President George W. Bush</b><br /><br />Reads like a page-turning novel, but is built and based on fact and not fiction. I became more and more enthralled with each passing page.-<b>O. S. Hawkins, Southern Baptist Convention</b><br /><br />Like J. Frank Norris himself, this book moves briskly from one controversy to another. A fascinating read about a fascinating man.-<b>Barry Hankins, Professor of History, Baylor University and author of <i>Jesus and GinEvangelicalism, The Roaring Twenties, and Todays Culture Wars</i></b>', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mornings in Jenin (Center Point Platinum Reader's Circle (Large Print))\nDescription: ['', \"1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who, in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause, will become his enemy. Amal's own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension, eventually taking her into exile in Pensylvania.\", \"In the first commercial literary work ever to inhabit a Palestinian voice, Susan Abulhawa's is a story of love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood. Richly told and and full of humanity, Mornings in Jenin forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining political conflicts of our lifetime.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Brhat Samhita of Varahamihira ( Vol. 1): with english translation, exhaustive notes and literary comments\nDescription: ['The brhat sarhhitii of varahamihira is an encyclopaedia of astrological and other subjects of human interest whatever subject the author takes up for delineation, whether it is eclipse, planetary movements rainfall, cloud, architecture, water divination or some other topic, he discusses the same with thoroughness and mastery based on the knowledge of ancient sastras wherever he differs from ancients he gives reasons for it section i describes the movement of planets from the astronomical and astrological points of view section 2 discusses the allotment of countries to the nine regions on the basis of constellations section 3 treats of the effects of years, months and days presided over by different planets section 4 expounds subjects like cloud formation, wind and rainfall while section 5 discusses flowers and creepers section 6 deals with portents section 7 treats growth of crops, commodities, prices and trades and section 8 describes ritual for the improvement of royal powers section 9 explains signs of men and women, section 10 deals with architecture, town-planning, water divination, etc section 11 treats of trees section 12 expounds the manufacture of perfumes section 13 describes animals, cows, dogs, etc section 14 relates to domestic felicity, erotic remedies, etc section 15 describes gems and their value section 16 deals with cleansing of teeth, section 17 delineate omens through birds and beasts section 18 is devoted to the functions of asterisms, lunar days, etc and an exhaustive introduction discussing all the relevant topics in detail']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dimestore: A Writer's Life\nDescription: ['<strong><a href=\"//www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011\">An Amazon Best Book of March 2016:</a></strong> What is it about Appalachia that so captures the mind, echoes in the ear, and lodges in the heart? Lee Smiths memoir metes out the answer to that question, touching on the elusive substance of Southern culture which so fascinates those of us outside of it and has inspired an entire subgenre of writing. Some of her essays ring with the raucous sounds of bluegrass, others with the sweet smells of home cooking passed down through generations--but Smith also bucks small town propriety by exposing the mental illness that plagued her family and by describing her sometimes fraught journey to becoming a beloved novelist. <em>Dimestore</em> is a love letter to the people and places that made a writer out of a small town Southern girl, and to the love, heartbreak, and power of creating her own stories that came after. <em>--Seira Wilson</em>', '<DIV><DIV><DIV>“With restrained prose and charming humor, [Smith] illuminated a way of life that has all but disappeared and explores the impulse to bear witness that underpins the storyteller in all of us.”<BR /> —<B><I>People </I>(Book of the Week)</B><BR />  <BR /> “Smith delivers a memoir that shines with a bright spirit, a generous heart and an entertaining knack for celebrating absurdity. Although <I>Dimestore </I>is constructed as a series of personal essays, it presents as full a sense of a life as any traditional narrative.”<BR /> —<B><I>The New York Times Book Review</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “…heartwarming… <I>Dimestore </I>shares the habits that may have saved Smith from her own tendency to get too “wrought up,” one of which was to approach storytelling “the way other people write in their journals,” in order to make it through the night. Fiction became her lifelong outlet, a means of sustaining and reaffirming the connection to her work, as well as a way to preserve the rich mountain culture she so loved as a child.”<BR /> —<B><I>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “<I>Dimestore</I> may prove to be a work that connects wildly with readers. Because truth is often more powerful than fiction, and because the tale she has actually lived so far to tell is rendered keenly, irrepressibly and without self-pity. Lee Smith, the person, emerges as one of nonfiction’s great protagonists.”<BR /> —<B><I>Raleigh News & Observer</I></B><BR /><BR /> “Now, at last, we have <I>Dimestore: A Writer’s Life</I>, a seasoned, open-hearted memoir, taking us from her youth in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Va., through her education at private schools in Richmond and Roanoke, Va., to her life since 1974, first in Chapel Hill married to the poet James Seay, and since 1985, to columnist and literary critic Hal Crowther. Throughout, the memoir shows Smith’s spunk and spirit….  Yes, Lee Smith is a writer, and without that, we probably would not have this engrossing memoir. But at heart, Lee Smith is a woman – openhearted, spirited, humble – and it is those qualities especially that inspire and make us glad as we read.”<BR /> —<B><I>Charlotte Observer</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “…profoundly readable… Like her novels, Smith’s memoir is intimate, as though writer and reader are sitting together on a front-porch swing. She writes in the rich vernacular of her youth. Smith’s details are so piercingly remembered, so vividly set on the page, that I felt wrapped in a great blanket of familiarity. Her memoir is a warm, poignant read about a lost time and place, a love of books and a celebration of the quirks and oddities of home.”<BR /> —<B><I>Minneapolis Star Tribune</I></B><BR /><BR /> “Lee Smith’s memoir, <I>Dimestore</I>, is both a gorgeous remembrance of an Appalachian girlhood and an engrossing look at the makings of a writer. Her recollections Saturday-evening bluegrass, molded pink salad, small-town community before the age of Wi-Fi and the electrifying childhood thrill of finding a good book invite us to revisit our vanishing past.”<BR /> —<B><I>MORE </I>Magazine</B><BR /><BR /> “This memoir is Smith at her finest. There is not one false note in the book. This wonderful memoir—filled with tenderness, compassion, love, and humor—is highly recommended for fans of Smith’s fiction, lovers of Southern writing, and readers who are interested in the changes in small-town America.”<BR /> —<B><I>Library Journal</I>, starred</B><BR />  <BR /> “Candid and unsentimental, Smith's book sheds light on her beginnings as writer while revealing her resilience and personal transformations over the course of a remarkable lifetime. A warm, poignant memoir from a reliably smooth voice.”<BR /> —<B><I>Kirkus Reviews</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “<I>Dimestore…</I>is a testament to the power of place. The author of thirteen novels and multiple short story collections, Smith has long brought Appalachia to life for readers, and the book chronicles her own childhood in the coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, where she worked as a young girl in her father’s five-and dime, and her path to becoming a writer.”<BR /> —<B><I>Garden & Gun</I></B><BR /><BR /> “Reading <I>Dimestore: A Writer’s Life</I> is like sitting a spell on the front porch swing with novelist Lee Smith, hearing all about the kinfolk who nurtured her in the mountain “holler” town of Grundy, Virginia. In this collection of 14 essays, Smith’s voice sings out like the mountain music she was raised on, skillfully weaving together nostalgic melodies with modern insight.”<BR /> —<B><I>BookPage</I></B><BR /><BR /> “Smith is a world-class storyteller, so it’s no surprise that she packs this book with a gracious plenty. Her distinctive voice sounds out from every page. Her fans will not be disappointed. In fact, they’ll be thrilled to discover how she learned to tell stories…[a] wonderful book.”<BR /> —<B><I>Richmond Times Dispatch</I></B><BR /><BR /> “It is fair to say Virginians and North Carolinians will want to read this book. …I am going to venture the notion – with absolute conviction – that everybody else who has grown up in America – or beyond it – will recognize something crucial of themselves here, and that tough, intense universality of spirit will touch men and women alike.”<BR /> —<B><I>Virginia Pilot</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “This memoir is so rich in insights, both hard-won and instant, that it might be handy to take it along to whatever waiting rooms we might be stranded in. This little book also evokes a little fruitcake a Southern gentleman gave us a few years ago that sat in the fridge forever. When I finally tasted it, it revealed the multiple times said Southern gent had basted it with rum, making the cake an outstanding holiday accompaniment. <I>Dimestore</I> is on the short side, but as rich as any rum-drenched confection could be. And no hangover, either.”<BR /> —<B><I>Buffalo News</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, this short read is satisfying for the soul. It’s highly recommended for adult and mature readers and all book clubs. Anyone who loves small-town America, the South and Appalachia will love this book.”<BR /> —<B><I>El Paso Times</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “Trust Lee Smith to write a memoir in essays that’s as entertaining, original, quirky, fun to read and wise as any of her works of fiction. For nearly 50 years now…Smith has been blessing readers with glimpses into her life, heart and soul through her stories about other people — people she created with her lively imagination. Now she gives us a fuller picture of her most fascinating character of all, Lee Smith, and she tells us some of the ways her life influenced and plays out in her fiction. With refreshing and understated honesty, she also tells us how writing has helped her make it through some rough times in her own life. In <I>Dimestore</I>, she gives us a delightful and insightful look at what she’s learned about writing, reading and, most of all, life.”<BR /> —<B><I>Greensboro News & Record</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “With a shelf of distinguished novels…Hillsborough resident Lee Smith has established herself as one of North Carolina's most talented and best-loved writers. Like her best fiction, [<I>Dimestore</I>] is fresh, funny, often heartbreaking, with a pitch-perfect ear for human speech.”<BR /> —<B><I>Wilmington Star News</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “…a revue of memorable episodes, enlivened with sensory details, curious characters, evocative scenes and lurking insights.”<BR /> —<B><I>Asheville Citizen Times</I></B><BR /><BR /> “Why hadn’t I heard about this incredible writer? Seventeen works of fiction make her the best kept secret of the literate South. This memoir is a masterpiece of stories and remembrances.”<BR /> —<B><I>Manhattan Book Review</I></B><BR /><BR /> “You know how in Lee Smith’s fiction there’s always something so fresh, crazy, and loving? In <I>Dimestore</I> is the essence of Lee.”<BR /> —<B>Roy Blount Jr., author of <I>Alphabetter Juice: or, The Joy of Text</I></B><BR />  <BR />  "We have Eudora Welty’s <I>One Writer’s Beginnings</I>, and now we have Lee Smith’s <I>Dimestore. </I>These two great American writers have in common an immense gift for characterization, a humorous sense of the absurd in daily life, and a precise, evocative prose style.  In both their memoirs, I relish their restrained and perfectly rendered stories of their own lives. Lee Smith is, of course, a national treasure, and this subtle and moving memoir enlarges my sense of the origins of her deep, wide work. Thousands have fallen in love with every word Lee Smith writes, and <I>Dimestore </I>will bring them new joy."<BR /> —<B>Frances Mayes, author of the bestselling<I> Under the Tuscan Sun</I> and <I>Under Magnolia</I></B><BR />  <BR /> "Here's Lee Smith at her best.  <I>Dimestore</I> is personal nonfiction, where her brilliance shines.  Her wide warmth blesses everything funny about life and--here especially--everything moving and deep."<BR /><B>—Annie Dillard</B><BR /><BR /> “In her first work of nonfiction, novelist Smith explores how deep her Appalachian roots go, in this entertaining and poignant collection of Southern memories.”<BR /> —<B><I>Publishers Weekly</I></B><BR />  <BR /> “In this candid, wistful, appreciative, and beguiling memoir, Smith offers a distinctive and intimate look at one writer’s beginnings.”<BR /> —<B><I>Booklist</I></B><BR /><BR />  “In Lee Smith’s memoir, <I>Dimestore</I>, readers will gladly join her, finding her writing with the same lively spirit that has always informed her fiction. She never turns away from her Appalachian roots, revealing that remote region with discerning affection.”<BR /> —<B>Elizabeth Spencer, author of <I>Starting Over</I></B><BR /><BR /> “Lee Smith is an American master. In <I>Dimestore</I>, she continues to grow and shapeshift, bringing her massive fictional gifts to a memoir-in-essays that reads like a novel, with a deeply realized sense of place and character development--the central character here, a deeply winning one, is Smith herself. She has her finger on the social pulse of an America uneasily transitioning from the 20th into the 21st century. Once I began, I couldn’t put it down.”<BR /> —<B>David Payne, author of <I>Barefoot to Avalon</I></B><I>    </I><BR /><BR /> “<I>Dimestore</I> is the memoir fans of Lee Smith’s fiction have been waiting decades for. It’s a pitch-perfect mining of the memories, desires, and imagination fueling one of the South’s — no, one of <I>America’s</I> — master storytellers. Smith gives us a dappled reality where little girls spy the world from behind a one-way piece of glass, parents are ‘kindly nervous,’ and eccentric aging poets deal with wintertime rejection by shedding their clothes and rolling in the snow.<I> Dimestore</I> leaves you seeing the world a little bit Smith-skewed — by which I mean through a cleverer, more grounded, and ultimately more open-hearted lens.”<BR /> —<B>Beth Macy, author of the bestselling <I>Factory Man </I></B><BR />  </DIV></DIV></DIV>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History\nDescription: ['“Thomas Jefferson. Pirates. And national security. This is how you make history exciting. I dare you to put this book down.” <br><b><i>—BRAD MELTZER, </i></b>bestselling author of <i>The President’s Shadow</i><br> <br>“Reads like a fast-paced thriller but is actually a thoughtful account of America’s first foray into what has become a complex part of the world.” <br><b><i>—GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL (Ret.), </i></b>author of <i>Team of Teams</i><br> <br>“This is a well-told tale, and there are lessons aplenty about both diplomacy and warfare—with useful application to the challenges the United States faces in our own time.” <br><b><i>—PROFESSOR LARRY J. SABATO, </i></b>director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics; author of <i>The Kennedy Half-Century</i><br><br>“A fascinating story of extraordinary courage and resolve, and a brilliant reminder of an early chapter of our country’s remarkable history.” <br><b><i>—DONALD RUMSFELD</i></b>', '<b>BRIAN KILMEADE </b>and <b>DON YAEGER </b>are the coauthors of <i>George Washington’s Secret Six</i>, a <i>New York Times </i>bestseller for more than five months. Kilmeade cohosts Fox News Channel’s morning show <i>Fox & Friends </i>and hosts the daily national radio show <i>The Brian Kilmeade Show</i>. He lives on Long Island. This is his fourth book. Yaeger has written or cowritten twenty-four books and lives in Florida.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe\nDescription: ['“Remarkable.” (New Yorker)<br /><br />“[A] transporting, enlightening book. . . <i>The Dressmaker of Khair Khana</i> is a fascinating window on Afghan life under the Taliban and a celebration of women the world over who support their loved ones with tenacity, inventiveness and sheer guts.” (People)<br /><br />“<i>The Dressmaker of Khair Khana</i> is pure inspiration. . . it reveals in acute detail the anxiety of ordinary people trying to fold their lives around the whims and laws of abusive regimes.” (Los Angeles Times)<br /><br />“<i>The Dressmaker of Khair Khana</i> gives voice to many of our world’s unsung heroines. Against all odds, these young women created hope and community, and they never gave up. This book is guaranteed to move you—and to show you a side of Afghanistan few ever see.” (Angelina Jolie)<br /><br />“An Afghan family finds a way to survive in Kabul under Taliban rule in this awe-inspiring true story. Fans of <i>Three Cups of Tea</i> are sure to embrace this powerful and humbling book.” (Parade)<br /><br />“Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells a true, inspiring story of courageous women and quiet heroism at work in Taliban-era Afghanistan.” (Christian Science Monitor)<br /><br />“Gayle Tzemach Lemmon embroiders the life of <i>The Dressmaker of Khair Khana</i>, the remarkable story of an ingenious young Afghan woman who, under the Taliban’s rule, created jobs for 100 women.” (Vanity Fair)<br /><br />“A riveting and important book.” (Fast Company)<br /><br />“A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story.” (O, The Oprah Magazine)<br /><br />“Gayle Lemmon’s riveting portrait of Kamila, told with grace, elegance and passion, captures the extraordinary tenacity and ingenuity of one woman. A powerful read that serves as a reminder that Afghanistan can never thrive until it embraces the active involvement of women in its leadership and future.” (Tina Brown)', '', \"Kamila Sidiqi's life changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. After her father and brother were forced to flee, she became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Banned from school, confined to her home, and armed only with determination, she picked up a needle and thread to create a thriving business that saved their lives.\", \"<em>The Dressmaker of Khair Khana</em> tells the incredible true story of this unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban. A story of war, it is also a story of family, faith, and resilience in the face of despair. These women are not victims—they are the glue that holds families together; they are the backbone and the heart of their nation. Kamila Sidiqi's journey will inspire you, but it will also change the way you think about one of the most important political and humanitarian issues of our time.\"]",
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"chosen": "Title: The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)\nDescription: ['In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, \"the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.\" Their voyage was in quest of one of the world\\'s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.', 'Published in 1978, <i>The Snow Leopard</i> is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, <i>The Snow Leopard</i> evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, \"We\\'ve seen so much, maybe it\\'s better if there are some things that we don\\'t see.\"', \"That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world's beauty that pervades Matthiessen's book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. <i>--Gregory McNamee</i>\", \"Peter Matthiessen is a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations have resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them Birds of Heaven, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. In November 2008, at age 81, he received his second National Book Award for Shadow Country, an 890-page revision of a trilogy of novels he released in the 1990s.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: [\"[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante . . . whose huge commercial success suggests there is a market for series in translation about fierce, complicated women navigating their culturally conservative European milieu. . . . If HBO is looking for its next miniseries, it should give<i>Kristin Lavransdatter</i>the proper adaptation it deserves. Rereading the trilogy this fall, I kept thinking of<i>Olive Kitteridge,</i>another powerful novel about a prickly mother turned into a worthyHBO miniseries. This trilogy includes illicit sex, affairs, a church fire, an attempted rape, ocean voyages, rebellious virgins cooped up in a convent, predatory priests, an attempted human sacrifice, floods, fights, murders, violent suicide, a gay king, drunken revelry, the Bubonic Plague, deathbed confessions, and sex that makes its heroine ache with astonishmentthat this was the iniquity that all the songs were about. <b>Ruth Graham,</b><i><b>Slate</b></i><br /><i></i><br />[My favorite fictional hero or heroine is] probably Sigrid Undsets strong-willed, sensual, self-destructive and ultimately rock-solid Kristin Lavransdatter. . . . Kristins eponymous trilogy bears many rereadings. Right away one somehow identifies with this daughter of medieval Norway; soon one compassionates her in her sufferings. . . . For all her faults [she] inspires love in many around her, including this reader. Her faith and loyalty make her quite beautiful to me. Like Murasaki and Dos Passos, Undset tells the story of a whole life. <b>William T. Vollman,</b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br /><br />We consider it the best book our judges have ever selected and it has been better received by our subscribers than any other book.<b>Book-of-the-Month Club</b><br /><br />The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years. <i><b>Contemporary Movements in European Literature</b></i><br /><br />As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today. <i><b>Montreal Star</b></i><br /><br />Sigrid Undsets trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously . . . than any novel since Dostoevsky's<i>Brothers Karamazov.</i>It is also very probably the noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life. <i><b>Commonweal</b></i><br /><br />The first great story founded upon the normal events of a normal womans existence. It is as great and as rich, as simple and as profound, as such a story should be. <i><b>Des Moines Register</b></i><br /><br />No other novelist, past or present, has bodied forth the medieval world with such richness and fullness of indisputable genius. . . . One of the finest minds in European literature. <b><i>New York Herald Tribune</i></b><br /><br />A master . . . writing in a prose as vigorous, articulate and naturalistic as the novel it re-creates, Tiina Nunnally brilliantly captures a world both remote and strangely familiar.<b>Judges citation, PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize</b>\", 'Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: Norwegian', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Misadventures of the Magician's Dog\nDescription: [\"Gr 4-6Because he is afraid of dogs, Peter is shocked when he hears himself asking for one for his 12th birthday. Later, after bringing one home from a shelter, he is stunned to learn that his new pet actually talks. The Dog tells Peter that he needs help in releasing his previous owner, a magician, from a terrible spell. The Dog will, in return, teach Peter magic, which could help bring his father home from deployment in the Middle East. As Peter's practice of magic improves and deepens, he realizes that he is a better wizard when he is angry, and he has to confront his feelings about his father's absence. Peter's siblings also become involved with the attempts to free the magician. Peter's relationships are realistic. The resolution to the psychological pain of missing his father rings true and the magical plot presents adventure and an exciting climax. Fantasy fans will enjoy this story, and the fast-moving plot will engage reluctant readers.Tina Martin, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, IL(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", 'When his twelfth birthday rolls around, even Peter is surprised to hear himself asking for a dog. He doesnt even like dogs. After selecting the scruffiest mutt at the shelter, he learns that The Dog actually chose himto become a magician in order to free his former owner (another magician) from a malevolent life. Peter, still dealing with his fathers recent deployment overseas, learns his anger can powerfully boost his magic, but at a terrible cost. His only hope is to find another source of strength within himself. The family relationships, particularly among Peter and his two younger sisters, are well drawn, and The Dog is an appealing, original character. Though some sections of the writing seem more studied than organic, Sackett creates sympathetic characters and rousing action scenes. The fantasy, which includes magical elements from flying at night to dinosaur attacks, is grounded by the realistic setting. The eye-catching jacket features the three kids, The Dog, and a T. rex. Grades 4-6. --Carolyn Phelan']"
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"chosen": "Title: Turbo Twenty-Three: A Stephanie Plum Novel\nDescription: ['<b>Janet Evanovich</b>is the #1<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Knight and Moon series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and<i>How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author</i>.', '<b>One</b><br /><br /><b> Monday</b><br /><br /> Larry Virgil is a lanky, grease--stained guy in his forties. He lives alone in the back room of his auto body shop on Baker Street in north Trenton, and he hasnt cut his hair in at least ten years. For all I know that was also the last time he washed it. He has a reputation for drinking too much and abusing women, and he has a hotdog with testicles tattooed on his forehead. I suppose it might be a penis, but its not a very good tattoo, and I prefer to think its a hotdog.<br /> None of this would be any of my business, but a couple months ago Trentons finest caught Virgil hijacking an eighteen--wheeler filled with cases of premium bourbon. Virgil was arrested and subsequently bonded out by my bail bondsman cousin and employer, Vincent Plum. Virgil failed to appear for his court appearance a week ago, and Vinnie isnt happy. If Virgil isnt brought back into the system in a timely fashion, Vinnie will lose his bond money.<br /> My name is Stephanie Plum. Im a college graduate with virtually no marketable skills, so for the past several years Ive been tracking down Vinnies skips. What I lack in expertise I make up for with desperation and tenacity, because I only get paid when I catch someone.<br /> It was ten oclock at night in mid--September, and cool enough for me to need a sweatshirt over my T--shirt. I was currently pulling surveillance on Larry Virgils three--bay garage, hoping to catch him entering or exiting. I was with my wheelman, Lula. Wed been sitting across from the garage for over two hours and my eyes were crossing out of boredom.<br /> This isnt going anywhere, I said to Lula. He isnt answering his phone, and there arent any lights on in the building.<br /> Lula is a former ho who Vinnie hired as a file clerk a while back. When files went digital he didnt have the guts to fire her, so now Lula shows up every day for work and pretty much does whatever she wants. Mostly she hangs with me. Shes shorter than I am. She packs a lot more bodacious voluptuousness into her clothes than I do. Her hair is currently pink. Her skin is always brown. Her attitude is Say what?<br /> Im pale in comparison to Lula. I have shoulder--length mostly unmanageable curly brown hair thats usually pulled into a ponytail, and Ive been told I look a little like Julia Roberts when she played a hooker in Pretty Woman. I think this is mostly a compliment, right?<br /> My personal opinion is that this loser skipped town, Lula said. Its not like he got family here. And were not lookin at someone with a active social life. Only time this man goes out is to hijack a truck, and he got a crimp put in that activity.<br /> Lights flashed at the cross street and an eighteen--wheeler chugged toward us and parked in front of the lot attached to the garage. The lot was enclosed by a six--foot--high chain link fence topped with razor wire. A man swung down from the cab of the truck and walked to the gate. He fiddled with the lock and the gate swung open.<br /> Its him, Lula said, sticking her hand into her big bedazzled purse and rooting around in it looking for her gun. Its that punk--ass Larry Virgil. I told you hed be back. I got a gun in here somewhere. Hold on while I get my gun.<br /> We dont need guns, I said. Hes not known for being armed. All we have to do is wait for him to get inside and then well sneak in and slap the cuffs on him.<br /> I got it, Lula said. I got my gun. Lets go!<br /> Not yet, I said.<br /> Too late. Lula was out from behind the wheel of her Firebird, running across the road, waving her gun and yelling, Bond enforcement!<br /> Virgil went deer in the headlights for a moment, then bolted for the corner with Lula in pursuit. Even in the dark of night I could see that Lula was running flat--out in her spike--heeled Via Spigas. Her spandex miniskirt was up around her waist, and one of her basketball--sized boobs had popped out of her tank top.<br /> Stop or Ill shoot you dead, Lula yelled at Virgil.<br /> I was running behind Lula, trying to close in on her. Dont you dare shoot him, I shouted. No shooting!<br /> Virgil crossed the street and ran back toward the garage. He reached Lulas red Firebird, wrenched the door open, jumped in, and took off.<br /> He got my Firebird! Lula shrieked. He got my baby! And my purse is in there too. I personally bedazzled that purse. It was one of a kind. And it got all my makeup in there.<br /> Guess you left the key in the ignition, I said, gasping for air, coming alongside Lula.<br /> And you told me not to shoot him, Lula said. This is all your fault. If I put some holes in him this would never have happened.<br /> Ill call it in to the police, I said.<br /> Im not waiting for no police, Lula said. Im going after that punk--ass.<br /> You wont catch him on foot.<br /> Im not going on foot. Im taking his truck.<br /> Do you know how to drive a truck?<br /> Sure I know how to drive a truck, Lula said. Whats to know?<br /> She got a foot onto the first step up to the cab but couldnt get any lift.<br /> This here stupid thing is too high, Lula said. Get your hand under my ass and give me a shove up.<br /> Not for all the tea in China, I said.<br /> Then go around and pull me in.<br /> I climbed into the cab from the passenger side, crawled over, and gave Lula a hand up.<br /> This is a bad idea, I said. You havent a clue where hes headed. Hes disappeared, and on top of that he probably stole this truck.<br /> I know where hes going, Lula said. Hes going to the chop shop on Stark. Hes gonna sell my Firebird off for pieces. Thats what these creeps do. They got no respect for peoples personal vehicles.<br /> I took my cellphone out of my pocket. Im calling it in.<br /> Lula stared at the dash. Theres a awful lot of doohickeys here.<br /> I thought you said you knew how to drive one of these.<br /> Im just sayin this heres a fancy rig. It got a cup holder and everything. She looked down at the floor. It got a lot of pedals down there. What the heck is that big one?<br /> Thats the clutch pedal.<br /> Yeah, its all coming back to me. I used to drive my Uncle Jimmys dump truck before I got established as a ho.<br /> She planted a Via Spiga on the clutch pedal and shifted. Here goes nothing.<br /> The truck lurched forward and ground through a gear.<br /> That didnt sound good, I said.<br /> No problem, Lula said. It dont matter if we lose a gear or two on account of this baby got a lot of them.<br /> We slowly drove down the street.<br /> This heres a piece of cake, Lula said.<br /> She turned a corner and took out a trash receptacle.<br /> Uh, you might have cut that corner a little tight, I said.<br /> Yeah, but did you see how smooth this beauty rolled over that garbage can? Its like driving a tank.<br /> Theres a red light at the cross street, I said. You know how to stop, right?<br /> I step on the brake.<br /> Yeah, but will the big trailer behind us stop at the same time?<br /> Lula looked down at the floor. I guess its all hooked together being that I only see one brake pedal.<br /> The light! The road! I yelled.<br /> Lula sailed through the intersection.<br /> You just ran the light! I said.<br /> Oops, Lula said. My bad. Good thing there werent any cars there.<br /> I caught flashing strobes in my side mirror. I think we have a cop behind us, I said. You should pull over.<br /> No way, Lula said. Itll waste my time and I gotta get to the chop shop before they start on my Firebird. Ill outmaneuver the guy behind me.<br /> Youre driving a truck! You cant even turn a corner, much less outmaneuver someone.<br /> Boy, youre getting cranky. Anyways, this could be a good thing. What we got here is a police escort. Hell come in handy when we get to Stark Street and we confront Larry Virgil. This is our lucky day.<br /> The cop car zipped past us and came to a stop just before the next intersection, blocking our way. Two patrolmen got out, guns drawn.<br /> Hit the brakes, I said to Lula. Hit the brakes!<br /> Lula stomped on the brake pedal, and the rig slowed down but didnt stop. The patrolmen jumped out of the way, and Lula punted the patrol car halfway down the block before bringing the semi to a stop.<br /> It dont exactly stop on a dime, Lula said.<br /> One of the cops approached. I rolled the window down and grimaced. It was Eddie Gazarra. We went to school together, and now he was married to my cousin Shirley the Whiner.<br /> Hey, Eddie, I said. Hows it going?<br /> Oh crap, Eddie said.<br /> Lula leaned over and looked past me to Eddie. We gotta get going. That moron Larry Virgil stole my car and I gotta get to Stark Street before my babys nothing but spare parts. So Id appreciate it if you could get your patrol car out of my way.<br /> Eddie and I looked down the street at what was left of the patrol car. It wasnt going anywhere anytime soon.<br /> Sorry about your car, I said to Eddie. Lula didnt totally have the hang of driving this thing.<br /> Eddies partner, Jimmy, was standing alongside him. Our paths had crossed on a couple occasions, but I didnt actually know him. He was hands on hips looking like he thought this was funny but was trying not to laugh out loud.<br /> Youre supposed to ask to see her license and registration, Jimmy said.<br /> My license is in my purse which is in my car which has been stolen, Lula said. And what youre doing here is impeding the progress of justice.<br /> You know this truck was hijacked, right? Eddie asked me.<br /> Not exactly, I said. Lula and I were staking out Virgils garage, and he pulled up in this truck. One thing led to another and here we are.<br /> Are we going to arrest them? Jimmy asked, still grinning.<br /> No, we arent going to arrest them, Eddie said. Her grandmother would make my life a living hell.<br /> What do you want to do about the car? Jimmy asked Eddie.<br /> Get a tow truck out here. And report the Firebird to dispatch.<br /> Its red, Lula told Jimmy. And its got a one--of--a--kind bedazzled purse in it.<br /> I swung down out of the cab. If its okay with you Ill call for a ride.<br /> You calling Morelli? Eddie asked.<br /> Joe Morelli is a Trenton cop working crimes against persons. Hes also my boyfriend.<br /> No, I said to Eddie. Ill grab a ride in one of Rangers patrol cars. And I can get him to check with the chop shop to make sure they dont take Lulas car apart.<br /> Ranger is a former Special Forces operative turned businessman and security expert. Hes six feet of perfectly toned muscle. Hes my age, but hes ages beyond me in life experience and street smarts. His coloring and heritage are Latino. Hes single and intends to stay that way. He owns Rangeman, an exclusive security firm housed in a stealth building in downtown Trenton.<br /> Sounds like a plan, Eddie said. He hitched a thumb in Lulas direction. Youre taking her with you?<br /> I guess.<br /> Shes going to have to come in and file an accident report tomorrow. I imagine by then youll have come up with an explanation.<br /> Yeah. I owe you.<br /> Good, Eddie said, because I need a babysitter next Saturday.<br /> I squelched a grimace. Eddies kids were monsters. Ill be there, I told him.<br /> I made a short call to Ranger and joined Lula and Eddie at the side of the truck.<br /> This is a freezer truck, Lula said. What do you suppose Larry Virgil was gonna do with it? You think he has a big--ass freezer in his garage? How was he gonna store all the frozen stuff until he could turn it around?<br /> Maybe its empty, I said. Maybe he already offloaded the ice cream somewhere.<br /> This was reported stolen by Bogart Ice Cream, Eddie said. The compressor is running, so its probably still full of ice cream. He walked to the back door. No security seal. Its just padlocked.<br /> I could shoot the padlock off, Lula said, and then we could see what we got in here.<br /> Eddie cut his eyes to Lula.<br /> That would be if I had a gun, Lula said, thinking twice about her offer since she didnt have a permit to carry concealed.<br /> Hey, Jimmy, Eddie yelled. Look in the cab and see if you can find the key to the padlock for the back door.<br /> Jimmy climbed into the cab and swung down with the key. Eddie took the key, opened the door to the freezer truck, and a body fell out. We all jumped back.<br /> What the hell? Jimmy said.<br /> It was a chocolate--covered man, sprinkled with chopped pecans, totally frozen. Hard to tell if it was a real corpse or a solid chocolate novelty item.<br /> We all looked down at it.<br /> That better not be a dead person, Lula said. On account of you know how I feel about dead people. Im not in favor of them.<br /> Could just be a big popsicle, Jimmy said, toeing the chocolate guy.<br /> I dont think so, Lula said. It dont got no stick up its hoo--hoo.<br /> Call it in, Eddie said to Jimmy. And tell them to get CSI out here before he melts.<br /> Maybe we should put him back in the freezer truck, I said to Eddie.<br /> Yeah, Eddie said. I guess we could do that.<br /> No one made a move to pick up the chocolate guy.<br /> Or we could leave him here, I said.<br /> That got my vote, Lula said. Im not touching him, in case he got the dead cooties.<br /> Keep your eye on him, Eddie said to me. Im going to see if I can get the trunk open on the squad car so I can get some crime scene tape and rubber gloves.<br /> Lula looked into the trailer. They had him jammed up next to the back door, Lula said. The rest of the truck is filled with cartons of Bogart <br /> ice cream. Somebodys gonna be real disappointed in the morning if they dont get their ice cream delivery. Personally Im a Mo Morris ice cream person as opposed to a Bogart ice cream person. Not that Id turn my nose up at a carton of this here ice cream if it accidentally fell out of the truck.<br /> That would be tampering with evidence, Jimmy said. <br /> Just sayin.<br /> Eddie returned with some yellow tape and a box of disposable gloves.<br /> Id be willing to help, Lula said, but those gloves are the wrong size for me.<br /> Theyre one--size--fits--all, Eddie said.<br /> Nuh--uh, Lula said. They wouldnt look good on me, and theyd ruin my nail varnish.<br /> A shiny black Porsche Cayenne drove up and eased to a stop, and Ranger got out. He was dressed in Rangeman black fatigues. Hes the boss, but he still works alongside his men if the threat level is high or if theyre short--handed. He walked over to me and looked down at the chocolate man.<br /> Nice touch with the chopped nuts, Ranger said. Who is he?<br /> Dont know, Eddie said. I dont want to go through his pockets and ruin the chocolate.<br /> Eddie and Ranger pulled on rubber gloves, crammed the stiff back into the truck, and closed the door on him.<br /> I got into the front of the Porsche with Ranger, and Lula got into the back. We drove to Stark Street in silence, and Ranger parked in front of the chop shop. A shiny black Rangeman Ford Explorer idled in the driveway. Lulas red Firebird was parked next to the Explorer. A Rangeman guy who looked like the Hulk except for the part about being green got out of the Explorer and walked over to us.<br /> The Firebird was just dropped off, he said to Ranger, handing him the car keys. It seems to be undamaged. Theres a purse in the backseat.<br /> Any sign of Larry Virgil? Ranger asked.<br /> No. I guess he left the car here and took off.<br /> Ranger handed the keys over to Lula.<br /> I got my baby back, Lula said, taking the keys, exiting the Porsche. Anything I can ever do for you, just let me know, she said to Ranger. She looked the Hulk over. You too, big, black, and bad--ass. Anything you need, you just ask Lula.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Ranger drove away, leaving his man grinning at Lula.<br /> Shell take him apart and wont put him back together again, Ranger said to me. Is your car at the office?<br /> No. Lula picked me up at home.<br /> Babe, Ranger said.<br /> Babe covers a lot of ground for Ranger, depending upon the inflection. Tonight it was said softly with an undertone of desire, as if he might take me home and stay awhile. It gave me an instant rush, and heat curled through a bunch of my internal organs. I did my best to squash the heat and ignore the rush, but in the process of ignoring the rush I inadvertently gave up a sigh.<br /> What? Ranger asked.<br /> Morelli.<br /> Morelli and I have had an on again, off again relationship since I was five years old. Lately when were off again, Ranger swoops in. At first glance it might appear that Im lacking in moral character to be bouncing around between men like this, but its only two men. I mean, its not like Im dating a football team. And lets be honest about this. These guys are both twelve on a scale of one to ten. And I might only be a six. So how lucky am I? A couple weeks ago, in a moment of euphoria, Morelli and I agreed to become engaged to be engaged. It was a good moment, but I think its a little like planning on winning the lottery or contemplating losing five pounds. I mean, what are the chances of it actually happening?<br /> Unfortunate, Ranger said, but the night wasnt a complete loss. I got to see a dead guy dressed up like a Bogart Bar. What were you doing with the freezer truck?<br /> Lula and I were staking out Larry Virgil, and he drove up in the semi. One thing led to another. Blah blah blah. And Lula crashed the truck into Eddie Gazarras squad car.<br /> And the deceased?<br /> We opened the door to look inside and the guy fell out.<br /> As it turns out, Ranger said, Ive been hired by Harry Bogart. He wants increased security in his factory. For years hes been engaged in an ice cream war with Mo Morris. In the past its been confined to competitive pricing, ripping off recipes, ads that pushed the boundaries of libel, and occasionally a shouting match at a family function.<br /> Theyre related?<br /> Cousins.<br /> And I guess they dont like each other.<br /> Not even a little. Lately bad things have been happening to Harry Bogart. Salmonella in the double chocolate. A bomb hoax that shut down production for an entire day. One of the freezers was down for the night and literally a ton of ice cream melted. Bogart is sure its Mo Morris out to ruin him, but he cant prove anything.<br /> So hes hired you.<br /> His factory is old--school. No security cameras. No instant alerts when equipment goes down. Locks that can be opened with a nail file. I guess hes never needed more. Its not like hes doing nuclear research.<br /> Youre fixing all that.<br /> Yes, but it takes time. Its a big job. He needs new wiring. He has to approve the system design. Id like to give him a couple men on foot patrol until we get everything up and running, but he refuses. He says ice cream is happiness and comfort and his customers would turn to birthday cake and mac and cheese if they thought his ice cream was under siege.<br /> He sounds like a nice man.<br /> Hes ruthless and miserly. So far I havent seen evidence of nice.<br /> He makes good ice cream.<br /> Ranger nodded. So Ive been told.<br /> Do you think the dead guy could be Harry Bogart?<br /> No. Wrong body type. Bogart is a big man.<br /> Eats a lot of ice cream?<br /> Eats a lot of everything. Ranger turned in to my parking lot. I need someone to go inside the two ice cream factories and look around. Do you have time to moonlight for me?<br /> What would I do?<br /> Most of the line workers are women, so you would blend in. Id put you on the line to start. All youd have to do is keep your ears open and look around. Im told that everyone gets to take a pint of ice cream home with them at the end of the shift in Mo Morriss plant.<br /> Hard to pass that up.<br /> Ranger stopped in front of my apartment buildings back door. I made a move to get out of the car, and he pulled me to him and kissed me. The kiss was light but lingering, sending a clear message of checked passion. He released me and relaxed back into his seat.<br /> Ill make the arrangements for you to start work at Bogarts plant and be back in touch, Ranger said.<br /> It took me a couple beats to get myself together. Okay then, I said. Be careful driving home.<br /> Babe, Ranger said.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Morelli was on my couch watching television as I walked in. His big mostly golden retriever, Bob, was on the couch with him. There was a takeout pizza box on the coffee table.<br /> Morelli looked up at me and grinned. Have a good night?<br /> Eddie Gazarra called you, didnt he?<br /> Cupcake, everyone called me, including your mother and the Trenton Times.<br /> News travels fast.<br /> Not every day someone gets dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with nuts. Usually people in Trenton just get stabbed and shot.<br /> I squeezed between Morelli and Bob, flipped the lid up on the pizza box, and took a piece. I thought you might have gotten the call on this one.<br /> I just came off a double shift so I was low in the rotation. Butch Zajak pulled it.<br /> I cant stop thinking about the dead man.<br /> Yeah, me too. Eddie said he was dressed up like a Bogart Bar. I dont suppose you have any.<br /> No, but the freezer truck was filled with cartons of them. It was like the man in the truck was <br /> part of the Bogart Bar run.<br /> All this talk about Bogart Bars is making me feel romantic, Morelli said.<br /> Heres the deal with Morelli. Everything makes him feel romantic.<br /> Morelli wrapped an arm around me and nibbled at my neck. Im thinking after the pizza what I need is dessert. Like a Bogart Bar.<br /> I dont have good feelings about Bogart Bars right now.<br /> Okay, how about a hot fudge sundae?<br /> I guess that would be okay.<br /> Do you have ice cream? Chocolate sauce? Morelli asked.<br /> No.<br /> Some of that whipped cream in a can?<br /> No.<br /> No problem. I can use my imagination.<br /> I was warming to the idea.<br /> And then you know what comes next, Morelli said.<br /> What?<br /> I get to be the sundae.<br /> Damn! I knew thered be a catch.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: The Rise and Fall of the Mind\nDescription: ['Michael Cook grew up in New York City. He attended Northwestern University where he studied theatre and film. After a brief stint movie-making in Hollywood he came back to New York, and turned to the study of mathematics. After receiving his doctorate, he studied philosophy and theology for a year at seminary before going to Rockefeller University to do post-doctoral research. He has co-authored four musicals, two of which have been produced: Le Shotgun Marriage (in summer stock) and The Lysistrata Affair (in an Equity Showcase). He works on Wall Street in New York City, where he lives with his wife and best friend, Melissa.']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Buoyancy of It All\nDescription: [\"Poetry is so immediate and confessional that the best of it sounds like an intimate conversation with your best friend. Even if you don't know the poet personally, by the time you finish a slim volume of his, you sometimes feel as if you know him better than you know yourself. Such is the case with Robert Walker's debut collection, <i>The Buoyancy of It All.</i>\", \"<br /> Walker's gay-basher, straight-acting, molested, bullied, boogeyman-nightmared past comes rushing at you in a short 80 pages. But as serious as that sounds, his wry, knowing voice sugars it enough to make it not only palatable, but downright addictive. His pop culture references range from 90's teen heartthrobs to <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, but they're never too obscure or far out. His sense of humor is evident in many of the titles: ''Sacred Cows Make Fine Cheeseburgers,'' ''Mrs. Potatohead's Uterus,'' ''5 Viable Routes of Explaining Your Role in a Pornographic Film'' and ''Question # 26 On The Red Cross Donation Questionnaire'' are some of my favorites. But the work that follows the cute titles is intricate and the kind of funny that makes you wonder why you laughed in the first place.\", \"<br /> Walker's wordplay leaves me breathless and jealous, as does his honesty and directness in such frank poems as the powerful ''The Rapee Remembers,'' the self-loathing of ''A Joke I Used to Tell'' and the painful regret of ''My History of Violence.'' Yet nothing can quite prepare you for ''The Boogeyman and I Seek Couple's Counseling (A Poem in One Act).'' This brief play/poem--one, again, of a series dealing with the boogeyman--embodies Walker's work. It's simultaneously funny, scary and heartbreaking, cutting close to some essential relationship truths. Brilliant stuff. --Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews\", \"Robert Walker began writing poetry while playing bass in the cover-band ManHole (an all-male group that played songs originally recorded by Courtney Love's mid-90s band Hole). After ManHole split, Walker enjoyed a brief solo career opening for Ru Paul. After a scandal involving George Michael and a public restroom forced him out of the music business, he became a high school teacher in rural Florida. Robert is currently a Knobler fellow in the MFA program at Virginia Tech, and his poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from <i>Ashe: The Journal of Experimental Spirituality, Knockout, Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Mipoesias,</i> and <i>Pearl</i>.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: From the First Bite: A Complete Guide to Recovery from Food Addiction\nDescription: [\"KAY SHEPPARD, M.A., is a recovering food addict and the bestselling author of Food Addiction: The Body Knows. Since its publication in 1993, the book has become a primary resource for food addicts, bulimics and compulsive overeaters. It is currently on the conference-approved literature list of two Twelve-Step programs for food addicts. Sheppard is a licensed mental health counselor and a certified eating disorders specialist. She conducts five-day intensive stabilization and weekend workshops for food addicts worldwide. She is a charter member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals and the host of the Food Addiction Conference for America Online's Addictions and Recovery Forum. She manages a message board and handles hundreds of e-mails every week from food addicts looking for solutions. Her personal recovery began in 1967. She lives in Florida.\", \"<center><font size=5><b>Chapter One<br><br></font>Kay's StoryThe Author's Experience</b></center><br><br>\", '\"Do you know you talk a lot about food and weight?\" My recovery from active food addiction started with those words from a friend. Since I wasn\\'t aware, I answered, \"No, I didn\\'t realize that.\" Then Janet asked another question: \"Do you know there is a Twelve-Step program for that problem?\" I didn\\'t know that, either. She invited me to attend.', \"Well, it was November, and no food addict in her right mind would consider going into a recovery program before the holidays. No, indeed, I would wait until January to start anew. I was no dummy; I had lots of holiday eating to do! I don't recall the holiday festivities that year, but I do remember that I purchased a box of candy for my father for Christmasthen ate five of them before the gift got wrapped and delivered to him.\", 'As I was walking from the bedroom, where I had hidden the fifth box of candy in my bottom dresser drawer, to the bathroom where I planned to eat it, I had a thought. Why didn\\'t I put this box of candy out on the coffee table and share it with my family? That was my moment of truth. There was something very wrong with bedroom storage, bathroom eating. And I felt so selfish that I had not shared. This behavior was not new. Oh, no. I had spent my whole life buying treats for others and then secretly eating them all. Why, I was so good at hiding my eating that my husband commented, \"I don\\'t know why you have a weight problem, you eat like a bird.\"', 'My secret eating of sweets started at a fairly young age. As a small child, locked in the pantry to avoid detection, I would squeeze chocolate chips out of a tiny slit in the corner of the bag. Quietly opening the refrigerator, I would run my finger around the edge of the cake, collecting as much frosting as possible. All my nickels and dimes traveled to the corner store with me for sweet purchases. We had two corner stores, and when I got old enough to cross the street, I could get to the second one and buy ice cream cones dipped in chocolate sprinkles. What an innovation! When I found a dime at our vacation cottage, I talked my sister into rowing our boat miles to a concession stand to buy candy. I wonder if I shared with her.', 'Holidays were heaven! We got huge baskets filled with treats at Easter. We baked special family recipes at Christmastime. We decorated cakes for every occasion. I was obsessed with food. By the time I was in eighth grade, I was fat. We had to shop in the \"chubby\" clothes department. My mother dressed us beautifully, and she really had to search to find appropriate clothes for me. I started cooking about that time, too, making meals for the family. I just loved to be around food. By the time I was in high school, I was a talented pastry chef. I planned to be a dietitian when I grew up. I didn\\'t really know what a dietitian was, but I figured it was about food and that would be great. I never did follow through on that idea.', \"At age fifteen, I went on my first diet and managed to lose twenty-two pounds by eliminating sweets and starches. This was the first of many attempts to lose weight. Around that age I started smoking my dad's cigarettes. Within a few years, I started to drink alcohol. None of these addictive substances seemed to be out of control, but I had three of them operating: food, nicotine and alcohol. Everything appeared to be manageable. I had no idea about the progression of addiction; I was in the early stages and poly-addicted.\", 'Alcohol was the first to become unmanageable. Not that I noticed. Denial took care of that. I was a binge drinker with a pattern of disruptive incidents followed by long periods of abstinence from alcohol. I would smoke and eat through the dry times as I got my life back together. My losses from alcohol mounted: my college education, a marriage, several jobs. By the time I found recovery, I had been institutionalized and separated from my young son.', 'In 1967, I got sober and began working a recovery program. My son and I were living with my parents. My mother asked me if I realized that I ate the whole pan of brownies every Sunday. It must have been noticeable that I was an automatic eater without awareness of my actions.', 'For the next ten years, I would rely on food and nicotine as my major addictive substances. During that time, my mother died of the complications of her own food addiction. She said to me the year before she died, \"For the rest of my life I am going to eat the way I want to.\" She was surrendering to the disease. She told me that she had \"given up.\" Mom died at age sixty-five. I had always been aware of her struggle with food. We began dieting together when I was fifteen. We tried lots of diets, drugs and programs. Nothing had worked for us.', 'In 1977 Janet introduced me to a recovery plan for compulsive eaters. I just loved it. Although I threw myself into the program, it would take several years in recovery before I realized the extremely serious nature of this disease. At first for me, it was mostly a weight-loss program and fellowship with people I really liked. My sponsor guided me for the first nine months of my recovery while I completed the first Three Steps. Then she got busy in graduate school, and I neglected to find a new sponsor. We moved to the country and I was no longer as connected with my recovering friends. Fewer meetings, fewer phone calls, one too many resentments, and I was back into the foodfor one binge! That was enough to show me that I was as crazy on food as I had ever been on alcohol. It was time to get serious about recovery. I began to attend many meetings and moved forward in my Step work. It was no longer a weight-loss issue, it was a question of sanity.', 'After attending graduate school, I went to work as an addictions counselor in a treatment center where there was a food addiction unit. In the therapeutic community, the intense pain caused by food addiction was more apparent than in the meeting rooms. My eyes were further opened to the serious nature of this disease. I learned a lot about food plans and addictive foods there, too. Two years later, I went on to open several food addiction programs in hospital settings for another company. It was difficult to find support for abstinence in my new location. Because the major recovery program had stopped using food plans and effective guidelines for abstinence, members were not in stable physical recovery. It was frustrating, and sometimes I left meetings feeling defeated. Eventually, abstinence-based recovery took root in the community.', 'Over the years I collected a lot of information about food plans and addictive foods. Most of it came from recovering people. Many professionals offered good ideas, too. Developing an effective food plan has been a work in progress. Scientific research is catching up with us, but our best information comes from realizing what substances or situations trigger our craving. The body knows. What the body knows is this: It is sensitive to addictive substances and will always, without exception, react in an addictive manner to them. A great gift of recovery is relief from craving and obsession triggered by food substances.', 'In 1988 I quit smoking, and I spent the next two years suffering from acute and post-acute withdrawal. I relied on my sponsor and the God of my understanding to get through it. Others who had agonized during nicotine withdrawal assured me, \"This too shall pass.\" I didn\\'t believe it, but I didn\\'t think they would lie, either. One day at a time, I did not pick up any addictive substances.', 'Nicotine was the last of my addictive substances. Without it, I had to watch my food carefully. I learned about discipline, obedience, commitment, vigilance and resolve. Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine were never in my home. However, I still had to prepare and eat food. Over the years the food processors introduced sugar and refined starches into foods that didn\\'t need them. One food distributor told me there was a \"conspiracy to get as much sugar as possible into food so that people would buy more.\" It became even more important to check labels. My recovery was strengthened. It was important to trust God, keep my side of the street clean, help others and work the steps. Food was a greater challenge than it had ever been before.', 'Today, I continue to weigh and measure my food, plan it daily and report it often to my sponsor. When attending a social event that includes eating, I eat beforehand, take my food with me or call ahead to arrange for abstinent food. Planning is the key to physical abstinence, and for that I am responsible. I do not just \"show up\" and expect others to have abstinent food waiting for me. For example, recently I did a workshop in south Florida. I took my food for the two meals I would need on the day of the program and spoke in advance with my host to arrange dinner for the evening before the workshop. I was served acceptable protein and starch but had to request another vegetable. The salad served contained cheese and bacon, neither of which is on my food plan. Assertive, not aggressive, requests usually result in great cooperation from servers, friends and relatives.', 'My relatives are familiar with my abstinence, and they are so cooperative. My sisters always have my kind of food available when I visit. My brother picks me up at the airport and pulls into the grocery store before we get to his home. \"Get the food you need,\" he says. In restaurants I order dry, broiled protein, a dry baked potato, a large salad (no cheese, bacon, croutons) with oil and vinegar on the side, and water to drink. I don\\'t use balsamic vinegar because it contains sugar. I don\\'t use table salt because iodized salt contains sugar, too. When traveling I have all the food I will need on hand until I can get to a grocery store (every city, foreign or domestic, has one) or restaurant. I plan my travels meal by meal. I carry my scale and some condiments in my purse.', 'I seek objective feedback from my sponsor when I get into personality conflicts. I am willing to follow directions. Being openminded is so much easier than suffering. I have learned that whenever I judge, criticize, blame or put expectations on others, I become a helpless, hopeless, powerless victim of my own creation. I create my own pain, my own victimhood. When I want out of it, I do my workwhich is to suspend judgment, give up expectations, stop blaming and get back to a place of love and acceptance. I call my sponsor occasionally, and I sponsor others. I attend meetings, usually daily. My goal is to do Steps Ten, Eleven and Twelve every day, always remembering the First Stepthat I am powerless over certain foods. The literature is important to me. In the morning I meditate, pray and read. In the evening I inventory, journal, resolve personality conflicts and do a gratitude list. When I am wrong I admit it, not always promptly, but it is always a relief when I do it. It takes so much energy and causes so much anguish to be \"right.\" I understand the false idea that \"I am right, you are wrong, you had better change!\" causes all the fights, war and conflict in the world. By giving it up, I can resign from the conflict and enjoy peace. I would rather be happy than \"right.\" In the world of the spirit there is no right/wrong, good/bad, could/should, only love and acceptance. That is where peace is found.', \"You can't keep it unless you give it away. Love and service are the recovery principles embodied in Step Twelve. I sponsor others, make phone calls, share at meetings and carry the key to the meeting room to ensure that the door will be open to every food addict seeking recovery. E-mail, chat rooms and our recovery loop provide opportunities to share on the Internet.\", \"God's grace pours down upon me. All I have to do is say yes to all that he provides. He sent me countless people to help me; some told me about recovery, others taught me to meditate, still others showed me that I am the author of my own life. God's grace is always available to me, as I seek this day's reprieve from addiction. Coasting does not work. I cannot stay abstinent, clean and sober by putting anything before spiritual growth. Pain sends me scurrying for help. A very spiritual man taught me how to use pain as a spiritual path, but pain is not the only way to grow spiritually. The Twelve Steps show me how to bring my will into alignment with God's will. That is the direction in which I move. As my recovery progresses there is more of God, less of me. God is my home, and I have been moving homeward for years.\", '<font size=-1>(c)2000. All rights reserved. Reprinted from <i>From the First Bite</i> by Kay Sheppard. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.</font>']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel\nDescription: ['Be very, very afraid. When you step through your door for an innocent excursion, grave danger awaits. You might be mugged; tied up; attacked by scorpions, piranhas, or tarantulas; trapped in a falling plane or elevator, a runaway train, a car on a cliff, a sandstorm, a riptide, or a riot. But now it\\'s safe to take that vacation anyway. Just pack <I>The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel</I>, and you\\'ll know what to do when you find yourself, say, leaping between rooftops: \"Because you will not be moving fast, it is safe to roll head over heels, unlike jumping from a moving vehicle.\" Now you\\'ll also know what <I>not</I> to do: never pick up a tarantula, as the spines on their abdomens are like little harpoons, and don\\'t yank the reins of a runaway camel (\"Pulling on the nose reins can tear the camel\\'s nose--or break the reins\"). You may have the sense, if a leech invades your air passage, to gargle with a 50 percent solution of 80-proof alcohol--but without this book, would you remember not to inhale?', 'In short, this is the most delightfully terrifying, all-true, laugh-out-loud hilarious book since the original <I><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811825558/${0}\">Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook</a></I>, which covers such horrors as alligators and quicksand. Don\\'t leave home without it! <I>--Tim Appelo</I>', 'Just in time for summer travel, the hyperimaginative and slightly paranoid authors of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, 1999\\'s favorite gift book, deliver what will no doubt become popular airport reading for stranded passengers in 2001. Starting with the cheery statistic that \"more than 50 percent of all travelers run into problems,\" and the basic advisory to \"always be ready for the worst,\" the book presents concise and extremely knowledgeable \"how-to\" assistance on a range of topics: e.g., stopping a runaway train, surviving a hostage situation, escaping from a car hanging over the edge of a cliff, surviving in a plummeting elevator, navigating a minefield, crossing a piranha-infested river, treating a severed limb, removing a leech and even foiling a UFO abduction. Like their earlier handbook, the success of each entry is based on the authors\\' ability to provide detailed and truly helpful advice on even the most outlandish or horrific situation and make the reader think, \"Sure, I could successfully crash-land a small propeller plane on water, or easily climb out of a deep well, or locate and treat individual bleeding arteries on the stump of a severed arm. Nothing to it!\" Their delivery evinces a calm precision that even the most worried traveler will find reassuring if faced with one or more of these eventualities, such as trying to escape when tied up (\"When your captives start binding you, expand your body as much as possible\") or encountering an extraterrestrial biological entity (EBE), unlikely as that might be: \"Firmly tell the EBE to leave you alone... Go for the EBE\\'s eyes (if they have any) you will not know what its other, more sensitive, areas are.\" Although some appendixes on strategies for packing, etc., seem boilerplate, overall this is another eminently practical, enjoyable survival guide. Watch out for those tsunamis! Illus. (May)Forecast: The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook was a runaway bestseller. This will be, too.</P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Gatehouse: A Book About Business, a Story About Life\nDescription: [\"<b>Craig Elkins</b> has worked for U.S. Intelligence, been a professional bowler, wrote comedy scripts, been a Director of Quality Assurance at The Boeing Company, and founded The Applied Thinking and Creativity Team at that same company. Still searching for the unique contribution he could make to the world, he visited Ireland on his fortieth birthday and had an epiphany. The next day he began <i>The Gatehouse: A Book about Business, A Story about Life.</i> Once he was ''on his path''; the doors and windows flew open. Writers such as Martin Rutte and Maida Rogerson of <i>Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work</i> fame; Patricia Aburdene - <i>Megatrends 2000</i>; and Diane Dreher - <i>The Tao of Inner Peace, The Tao of Womanhood, and The Tao of Personal Leadership</i>, all offered their help in getting <i>The Gatehouse: A Book about Business, A Story about Life</i> off the ground. <P>Craig does motivational and inspirational speaking focused on purpose and passion in work and life. He also speaks and consults on Spirit in the Workplace, Leadership, Communication, and Intellectual Capital and offers workshops and trainings in those areas through the company he heads, The Gatehouse. Craig is currently working on the second book of <i>The Gatehouse</i> trilogy.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Tumbling Turner Sisters: A Book Club Recommendation!\nDescription: ['This novel of love, dreams, and the everlasting strength of family perfectly encapsulates the social mores and pressures of the early twentieth century. The Turner sisters dare to dream big--dont miss this page turner! (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants)<br /><br />Filled with energetic prose and colorful charactersyou wont soon forget the Turner girls! (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train)<br /><br />Book clubs are sure to fall for <i>The Tumbling Turner Sisters</i>. Through this band of charming young womenand their stage mother, of courseJuliette Fay delivers the history, mystery, and prejudice of vaudeville in a story that is ultimately about the possibility of practice making something perfect (or perfect enough, anyway), the benefits of humor and ambition, and the redemptive power of love.\" (Meg Waite Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Race for Paris)<br /><br />\"Lovable, memorable characters propel this heartwarming story, whichmakes you laugh while it makes you think, then sticks with you long after the last vibrant page is savored.\"<br /> <br /> (Lynn Cullen, bestselling author of Twain\\'s End and Mrs. Poe)<br /><br />\"The Turner sisters come tumbling out of this terrific story, full of life,passion and trouble. Forced into a life in vaudeville, the four younggirls and their mother push the boundaries of propriety to achieve theirdreams in a world that doesnt often allow women to have dreams. Gert andWinnie shine as each, in her own way, fights for her right to be who sheis. A great piece of historical fiction that rings true one hundred yearslater.\" (B.A. Shapiro, NYT bestselling author of The Muralist and The Art Forger)<br /><br />\"Evoking the entrepreneurial, madcap era of vaudeville, Juliette Fay immerses us in the trials, joys, and dangers of three young women, whose bid for success is as uproarious and heartbreaking as the time in which they lived.\" (C.W. Gortner, bestselling author of Mademoiselle Chanel)<br /><br /><i>The</i><i>Tumbling Turner Sisters</i>explores vaudeville with stunning humanity and sharp humor. Juliette Fays novel of sisters forced by their ultimate stage mother into this show business world of fanciful facade hiding cutthroat innards reveals Americafrom Jim Crow laws to skirting prohibition. Like<i>Little Women,</i>these four sisters,facing loss and poverty, reveal a family with an unbreakable core of fortitude and love. (Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Accidents of Marriage)<br /><br />\"As colorful as its vaudeville setting, <i>The Tumbling Turner Sisters</i> made me laugh, cry, and clap my hands with delight as I cheered on these four lovable and spunky sisters. A big-hearted tale of adventure.\"<br /> <br /> (Ann Mah, author of Mastering the Art of French Eating)<br /><br />\"Packed with lively characters and charming detail, Juliette Fay\\'s thoughtful prose sheds light on an almost forgotten part of entertainment history.\" (Allie Larkin, bestselling author of Stay and Why I Can\\'t Be You)<br /><br /><i>The Tumbling Turner Sisters</i>takes you on a wild ride through the glory days of vaudeville, following Winnie and Gert as they hit the gritty floorboards of backwater theaters, pick themselves up, and strive again toward laughter-filled heights. The prose is riveting as the sisters carry their family out of poverty in a time of racially charged political turmoil. Through Juliette Fays multilayered characters, I feel the sistersentanglements and passions as if they were my own. (E. B. Moore, author of An Unseemly Wife and Stones in the Road)', 'Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of <i>City of Flickering Light</i>, <i>The Tumbling Turner Sisters</i>, <i>The Shortest Way Home</i>,<i> Deep Down True</i>, and <i>Shelter Me</i>. She received a bachelors degree from Boston College and a masters degree from Harvard University. Juliette lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children. Her website is JulietteFay.com.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America's Forgotten Military Disaster\nDescription: ['\"Author Michael M. Greenburg offers both an insightful biography of Revere and a colorful description of the \\'worst American naval disaster prior to Pearl Harbor\\' in this well-crafted history of a dark episode of the American Revolution.\"-- \"Military Officer\"<br /><br />\"It is fair to say that Revere\\'s military and legal troubles are not secrets; if you know to look at Revere\\'s biography beyond his midnight ride, you can find them. Greenburg\\'s book, however, is possibly the best documented account, giving us a fuller picture of a human, not saintly, patriot.\"-- \"The Dispatch (Columbus, MS)\"<br /><br />Four years after the ride that has defined Paul Revere for well over two centuries, he faced a bruising ordeal in the court of public opinion. It arose from the failure of the Penobscot Expedition to force the British from the coast of Maine. America\\'s entire naval fleet of 40 vessels was lost and at least 150 American men were killed or wounded during the battle. Michael M. Greenburg tells the story of this little-known chapter of US history in The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America\\'s Forgotten Military Disaster.-- \"Boston Globe\"<br /><br />Readers interested in a realist school of history will find Greenburg\\'s effort enlightening.\"-- \"Publishers Weekly\"', '“The Court-Martial of Paul Revere is the most fascinating book that I have read in a long while. This is not the Paul Revere that you thought you knew. This Revere is pugnacious, snarky, maybe underhanded, and despite the verdict in his court-martial a poor military officer. I heartily recommend this engagingly written book to anyone who wishes to know more about Revere and the War of Independence.” (John Ferling, author of Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry that Forged a Nation)<br/><br/>“Michael M. Greenburg’s deeply researched, riveting account of the Battle of Penobscot Bay is hard to put down. It sheds important new light on a little understood episode of the American Revolution, and on the character of Paul Revere, one of America’s more complex, iconic heroes.” (George C. Daughan, author of 1812: The Navy’s War and The Shining Sea)<br/><br/>“A fascinating look into the life of an American legend, and a good reminder that even the greatest among us are subject to human foibles and failings.” (Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., chief of staff of the United States Army (ret.))<br/><br/>“Michael Greenburg’s account of Paul Revere’s entanglement with the Penobscot Expedition is brilliant! Beautifully written, exhaustively researched, and judiciously fair, the book is an impressive and indispensable addition to literature on the American Revolution.” (Bernard Cornwell, author of The Fort)']",
"rejected": "Title: Blake's Agitation: Criticism and the Emotions\nDescription: ['', '\"A fresh and bracing assessment of the role of affect in some of the most important cultural criticism of the last century, by no means limited to the field of affect studies. I found myself productively provoked by the books arguments about the power we critics habitually attribute to critical reading and to literatures appeal to a non-rational dimension of experience.\"', '\"Goldsmith\\'s subtle, complicated and counterintuitive study, flows out of what he calls a \\'sustained interdisciplinary \"surge\" in the theoretical, historical and cognitive study of emotion.\\'\"', '\"An imaginative, deeply learned, and passionately argued book. The thinking and writing are sustained throughout at exceptionally high levels... The book makes an original and important contribution to Blake studies.\"', '\"A major reading of Blake, a significant contribution to affect studies, and a provocative meditation on the state of the profession... Seeing critical reading s the interaction of agitation with slow time could offer a healing message for a divided profession, but there will always be those who are impatient to make a positive difference. Thanks to Steven Goldsmith\\'s outstanding book, both sides can now find sustenance in the work of William Blake.\"', '', '', '<b>Steven Goldsmith</b> is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of <i>Unbuilding Jerusalem: Apocalypse and Romantic Representation</i>.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plum Novel\nDescription: ['<b>Janet Evanovich </b>is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and OHare series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Troublemaker graphic novel, and <i>How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author</i>.', 'Simon Diggery and Ethel, his pet boa constrictor, were up a tree about fifty feet from Simons rust bucket doublewide. Ethel looked comfy draped over a branch halfway up the tree. Simon looked like death warmed over. He was scrunched into a crook a couple feet below Ethel. He was barefoot, wearing striped pajamas, and his grey hair was even more of a mess than usual.<br /><br />My name is Stephanie Plum. I work as a bond enforcement officer in Trenton, New Jersey, and Simon was in violation of his bond.<br /><br />Simon is a professional grave robber. When he gets caught robbing a grave my cousin Vinnie is his bail bondsman of choice. Vinnie posts a cash bond guaranteeing the court that if Simon is released he will return when scheduled. If Simon doesnt show up on time, Im sent out to fetch him.<br /><br />I was presently standing a respectable distance from the tree, looking up at Simon, keeping a watch on Ethel. I was with my sidekick, Lula.<br /><br />If Lula was a pastry shed be a big chocolate cupcake with a lot of frosting. Id be more of a croissant with a ponytail. I have curly shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes, and some people think I look like Julia Roberts on her day off.<br /><br />Simon, Lula yelled. What the heck are you and Ethel doing in the tree?<br /><br />I been up here since last night, Simon said. Im afraid to come down on account of the zombies.<br /><br />You gotta stop drinking that home-made grain liquor, Lula said.<br /><br />I wasnt drinking, Simon said. I was working my trade at that cemetery on Morley Street last night, and I accidentally dug into a zombie portal.<br /><br />Say what? Lula said. I never heard of no zombie portal.<br /><br />Its not widely publicized that they exist. Mostly people in my profession know about it. Its an occupational hazard. I only dug into a portal once before, and I was able to beat the zombies back with my shovel, but this time was a whole other deal. There was too many of them, so I ran for my truck and took off. Only thing is they tracked me down. They got a real good sense of smell. Theyre like raggedy bloodhounds. They come at me when I was sleeping. They wanted my brain. Thats what they kept saying.<i>Brains, brains, brains.</i>Id be a goner if it wasnt for Ethel. She dont like getting woke up, and I guess zombies dont like snakes. Anyways I was able to get away, and Ethel and me climbed this tree.<br /><br />Because zombies cant climb trees? I asked Simon.<br /><br />You got it, Simon said. Zombies only walk straight ahead. They cant back up neither.<br /><br />You were supposed to be in court first thing this morning, I told him.<br /><br />Well excuse me, Simon said, but I had bigger problems. Suppose I was able to get to court, and the zombies followed me there, and they ate all the peoples brains who were in the court?<br /><br />This is Trenton, Lula said. You might not notice.<br /><br />I cut my eyes to Lula. There are<i>no</i><i>zombies</i>.<br /><br />How can you be sure? Lula said.<br /><br />I blew out a sigh and looked back at Simon. Heres the deal. You come down, and well protect you from the zombies.<br /><br />You gotta either chop off their head or shoot them in the brain, Simon said. Thats the only way.<br /><br />I got a gun, Lula said, shoving her hand into her over-sized imitation Jimmy Choo bag. Its in here somewhere.<br /><br />What about Ethel? Simon said. If I stay in jail awhile until the zombies forget about me, whos gonna take care of Ethel?<br /><br />Youll have to make arrangements, I said.<br /><br />I dont got no one, Simon said. My cousin Snacker is in West Virginia, and my neighbors would chop her up and fry her in bacon fat. You gotta promise to take care of Ethel.<br /><br />No way, I said.<br /><br />Me neither, Lula said.<br /><br />Shes no bother, Simon said. You just gotta feed her once a week. Just come in and leave her a groundhog or something.<br /><br />They dont usually sell groundhog in the supermarket, Lula said.<br /><br />I get them from the side of the road, Simon said. Ethel dont care if theyre swelled up or anything. She likes fried chicken too. And she wouldnt stick her nose up at a pizza. And if worse comes to worse I keep a bag of rats in the freezer.<br /><br />You got electric? Lula asked.<br /><br />Course I got electric, Simon said. This heres a civilized neighborhood.<br /><br />How are you going to get Ethel out of the tree?<br /><br />I got some hotdogs, Simon said. Ill leave a trail of hotdogs that goes straight to the kitchen. And then once shes inside well lock the door.<br /><br />Ten minutes later Simon had the hotdogs all laid out.<br /><br />She dont look interested, Lula said, staring up at Ethel.<br /><br />It could take a while, Simon said. She dont move so fast. I guess we could just leave the door open for her.<br /><br />You could get robbed if you do that, Lula said.<br /><br />I got a fifty-pound snake for a pet, Simon said. Nobody comes near here excepting the zombies.<br /><br />I cuffed Simon, loaded him into my SUV, and drove him to the police station. I handed Simon over to the cop in charge, and Simon explained that should a zombie show up, the cop needed to shoot the zombie in the brain. The cop assured Simon it was a done deal.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Last Letter (The Letter Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Kathleen Shoop, PhD, is a language arts coach in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Last Letter (2011 IPPY Gold Award Winner--Best Regional Fiction, Midwest) is her debut novel. She is published in four Chicken Soup for the Soul books and regularly places articles and essays in local magazines and newspapers. Kathleen is also married and the mother of two children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New Cambridge History of Islam 6 Volume Set\nDescription: ['\"The appearance of this multi-volume work really is a landmark event, deserving all the public attention and acclamation it can get...this is not a work for academic libraries alone. Every good public library should have it.\" -- Noel Malcolm, The Telegraph', 'A comprehensive history of Islamic civilization, tracing its development from its beginnings in seventh-century Arabia to its wide and varied presence in the globalised world of today. The six volumes reflect the geographical distribution and the cultural, social and religious diversity of the peoples of the Muslim world.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Lion's Lair\nDescription: ['This novel was professionally edited.', 'Lynne Marie grew up in South Carolina and has lived and worked in the coastal region with her husband for over 30 years. She started writing in the mid-1990s and states that she was inspired to write these novels. And while, at most times, inspiration is a small tickle in the back of your conscious or unconscious mind as you go about your daily life, hers was not like that at all. It was a wake you up from a vivid dream in the middle of the night demand. Lynne said, I ask youhow do you say NO to that? So came into being the opening scene of Lions Lair. But with no formal training in creative writing and a family to raise, the learning curve and the uncounted hours of research took years. She soon discovered that she loved what she refers to as spike historya brief time span, usually five years or less, in a very localized setting. In Lynnes spare time, she enjoys working on large and small projects in a type of faux stained glass. She also loves to cook, especially Southern comfort foods, and has recently started collecting orchids. Some bloom, some havent yet, but they all like the muggy summer heat a lot more than she does! If you wish to learn more about Lynne Marie, please visit her website at: LynneMarieAuthor.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Secret Fighting Arts of the World\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Neon Lawyer\nDescription: ['', 'Victor Methos was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lived in Pakistan and Iran before permanently settling in the United States. A fluent speaker of several Middle Eastern languages, he studied science, philosophy, and religion at the University of Utah before attending law school. Hes worked as a prosecutor specializing in violent crime and is currently a criminal defense attorney. He divides his time between San Diego, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Naughty Girls\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Destination: Mystery!\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ice - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Dove Season (Jimmy Veeder Fiasco)\nDescription: ['<hr size=\"1\" /> <span class=\"h1\"><strong>A Q&A with Johnny Shaw</strong></span> <br /> <img align=\"right\" border=\"0\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/apub/doveseason/Johnny_Shaw_200._V165742836_.jpg\" /> <br /> <strong>Question:</strong> You were born and raised in the Imperial Valley. Yet in your 20-year writing career, <em>Dove Season</em> is the first work of yours fully set there. Why the long wait?', '', \"<strong>Johnny Shaw:</strong> I don't think I consciously avoided writing about the Mexican border. It can just be difficult to see a place as familiar as one's hometown as a subject that would be interesting to anyone else. All those cool, unique details hide themselves in plain sight. But I'm glad I waited--it gave me a chance to do it right, with the proper amount of distance, objectivity, and experience.\", '<strong>Q:</strong> <em>Dove Season</em> continues a proud tradition of books and movies set in rural California. What was your approach to creating such a strong sense of place?', \"<strong>JS:</strong> In the case of <em>Dove Season</em>, the Imperial Valley did all the heavy lifting for me. It's a unique place to grow up and an amazing backdrop for a crime novel. Usually the only time my hometown is mentioned in the news is for something lamentable: worst unemployment, air pollution, earthquakes, immigration issues, and so on. While all those things may be true, I figured, why not show the other side of the story? The story I know; the human story.\", '<strong>Q:</strong> The subtitle of <em>Dove Season</em> is \"A Jimmy Veeder Fiasco,\" which implies we\\'ll be seeing more of this protagonist in your work. What are your plans for his future?', \"<strong>JS:</strong> About halfway through writing <em>Dove Season</em>, I knew that Jimmy Veeder and Bobby Maves were characters I wanted to revisit. Not only are they a blast to write, but there is a lot of complexity to their friendship that has yet to be explored. As I write this, I'm hard at work on <em>Plaster City</em>, the next Jimmy Veeder Fiasco. At minimum, I have two more fiascoes in my head, stories that stand on their own but are part of a bigger arc. After that, we’ll see.\", '<strong>Q:</strong> Jimmy and Bobby get into some crazy situations on both sides of the Mexican border in <em>Dove Season</em>. How much of the novel is autobiographical? Are any of his misadventures based on your life?', \"<strong>JS:</strong> Write what you know, right? Without getting myself into too much trouble, let’s just say that the bars and strips joint of Mexicali are not a world that is foreign to me. And like Jimmy, I did grow up on a farm in the middle of nowhere with a field-worker bar across the street. But if you want to know if I've ever used a shovel to fend off someone with a baseball bat, you’ll have to ask my wife. Just kidding, honey. Put the bat down.\", \"<strong>Q:</strong> You've written extensively for the stage and screen. How are these processes similar to and different from creating plot and characters in a novel?\", \"<strong>JS:</strong> Whether I'm writing a screenplay, graphic novel, stage play, or novel, I try to treat each one with the proper amount of respect, emphasizing the given medium's strengths. I've always been of the mind that if you can make the characters breathe and the setting real, then you've gone a long way toward drawing the reader in. The individual medium doesn't matter--it's all about the story and the people who inhabit it.\", 'Think of this title as a coming-of-age novel writ noir. Turning 30 hasn’t meant much more for Jimmy Veeder than moving from one low-paying job to another. “I didn’t have a dream. I just was,” is how he describes himself. Then he gets a call from his dad. Big Jack has cancer, the bad kind. He’s dying. Would Jimmy come and stay with him for a few months? So Jimmy returns to Holtville, the hick town where he grew up, deep in the Imperial Valley in Southern California, next to the Mexican border. His dad’s got one request: find him a whore he knew in Mexicali, Yolanda, and bring her to see him. Jimmy does. His father dies..... Jimmy and his old buddies soon find themselves butting heads with the Mexican underworld. But as his troubles continue, Jimmy learns something about himself. At the end, he’s on his way to growing up—maybe. VERDICT This is Shaw’s first novel, and it’s a good one. (It was a finalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.) Aficionados of crime stories will enjoy it thoroughly.—David Keymer, Modesto, CA']",
"rejected": "Title: Le dernier des Camondo (French Edition)\nDescription: ['Text: French', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Orchardist: A Novel\nDescription: ['Many contemporary novelists have revisited the question of what constitutes a family, but few have responded in a voice as resolute and fiercely poetic. (New York Times Book Review)<br /><br />Amanda Coplins somber, majestic debut arrives like an urgent missive from another century. You can only be thrilled by a 31-year-old writer with this depth of understandingthe final epiphany equals in stark grandeur similar scenes in Emily Brontes WUTHERING HEIGHTS and Pat Barkers ANOTHER WORLD... (Washington Post)<br /><br />[A] beautiful, powerful novelTHE ORCHARDIST has the sweep and scope of a big historical novelyet Coplin is exquisitely attuned to small, interior revolutions as well. Its language as rooted and plain as the apple trees Talmadge nurtures, this is a gorgeous first book. (Boston Globe)<br /><br />There are echoes of John Steinbeck in this beautiful and haunting debut novel set in early-20th -century Washington State...Coplin depicts the frontier landscape and the plainspoken characters who inhabit it with dazzling clarity. (Entertainment Weekly)<br /><br />A stunning debutTHE ORCHARDIST is a poetic book, but its strength doesnt lie solely in its language. Coplins understanding of abuse and the lasting effects of fear and loss on the individual psyche are deeply resonant. As a debut novel, THE ORCHARDIST stands on par with Charles Fraziers COLD MOUNTAIN. (The Oregonian (Portland))<br /><br />Coplins prose is fresh and compellingWhile the ending of this striking debut may not make every reader happy, it is, undoubtedly, the right one for both the book and for Talmadge, an unlikely hero wholike the bookis true to life and sweetly honest from beginning to end. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)<br /><br />THE ORCHARDIST is engaging and enthralling. The reader wants to turn each page quickly as the story develops, and wants at the same time to dwell on the lyrical moments of sunshine, soil and love. (Seattle Times)<br /><br />Amanda Coplin has depicted her northwestern landscape with such fidelity that readers will know its every sight, smell, and sound. Within this world are compelling characters and their equally compelling stories. THE ORCHARDIST is an outstanding debut. (Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of SERENA and THE COVE)<br /><br />To read this mysterious, compelling, elemental novel is to immerse yourself in the world of an old folk song, in which the passions and sorrows of plain people rage unseen and then blossom as madly (and quietly) as apricot trees. In THE ORCHARDIST, Amanda Coplin shows us whats unknowable. (Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of National Book Award and NBCC Award Finalist for Fiction, AMERICAN SALVAGE)<br /><br />THE ORCHARDIST is a stunning accomplishment, hypnotic in its storytelling power, by turns lyrical and gritty, and filled with marvels. Coplin displays a dazzling sense of craftsmanship, and a talent for creating characters vivid and true. (Jane Ciabattari, NPR)', '', 'A Best Book of the Year', '<em>Washington Post</em> <em>Seattle Times</em> <em>The Oregonian</em> National Public Radio Amazon <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> <em>Publishers Weekly</em> <em>The Daily Beast</em>', 'An Indie Next Pick', 'Barnes & Noble Discover Award Winner', \"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit at the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase.\", \"Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion. Just as the girls begin to trust him, men arrive in the orchard with guns, and the shattering tragedy that follows will set Talmadge on an irrevocable course not only to save and protect them but also to reconcile the ghosts of his own troubled past.\", 'Transcribing America as it once was before railways and roads connected its corners, Amanda Coplin weaves a tapestry of solitary souls who come together in the wake of unspeakable cruelty and misfortune. She writes with breathtaking precision and empathy, and in <em>The Orchardist</em> she crafts an astonishing debut novel about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of an ordered life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Teaching Writing as a Second Language (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)\nDescription: ['\"The primary contribution of \"Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons \"is to bring together the generations. Moreover, while the discipline seems to be entering into a period of greater attention to pedagogy, part two of this timely collection of stellar contributors and landmark essays brings a new understanding between theory and practice.\"--Pat Belanoff, coeditor of \"Nothing Begins with \"N\" New Investigations of Freewriting\"<br /><br />\"By its arrangement and its contents, this collection of essays performs at least two important functions for teachers of writing: it demonstrates that the work of our recent past is still valuable, and it contributes to the efforts of recent years to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Such a new vision of our history and a new level of understanding between practitioners and theorists could provide the foundation for a more productive, enlightened disciplinary future.\"--Gary Tate, from the Foreword', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Behind the Mask\nDescription: ['<span>\"A vivid, suspenseful story about a torn agent on a complex covert mission.\" -- Kirkus Reviews</span>', '', \"<span>I wrote<i>Behind The Mask</i>after reading through several of my journals that I kept while working as an undercover FBI agent. My mother had encouraged me to keep the journals to document my career.</span><br /><br /><span><i>Behind The Mask</i>is a work of fiction, but the characters are based on many of my experiences as an undercover agent. I hope you enjoy the novel.</span><br /><br /><span>I'm currently writing the second Lexie Montgomery novel.</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: T.W. Lawrence's Cowboy Collection\nDescription: ['T.W. grew up in San Antonio and loves to share his Texas Stories.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Prisoner Moon\nDescription: ['Prisoner Moon is John Van Roekels second book, succeeding his epic historical novel, Braver Deeds. He lives in sunny San Diego with his wife, Pam.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: $500 Room Makeovers\nDescription: ['Lisa Quinn is an interior designer, a set designer, and a segment host of CBS-5 San Franciscos <i>Evening Magazine</i>, as well as a spokesperson for IKEA, Kelly-Moore Paints, World Market, and Mercedes-Benz. In spring 2006, Spiegel catalog will feature her as a contributing designer, and will launch her line of bedroom furnishings. Quinn, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children. For more information about the author, visit lisaquinninc.com.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Lower River\nDescription: ['', '\"Its a particular kind of frightening fun to watch evil flexing and spreading its leathery wings, and really feel it. <i>The Lower River</i> gives the reader just that.\" -- <i>The New York Review of Books</i> \"<i>The Lower River</i> is <b>riveting in its storytelling and provocative in its depiction</b> of this African backwater, infusing both with undertones of slavery and cannibalism, savagery and disease. Theroux exposes paternalism in Hocks Peace Corps nostalgia, his sense of responsibility, almost a conceit of ownership. That sense of responsibility, and Hocks modest contribution to the welfare of a people he was once genuinely fond of, has been replaced by a harsher mode of operation, run by coldhearted contractors living apart in impregnable compounds. I have to leave, Hock pleads. Im going home. To which the village headman replies, with chilling menace, This is your home, father. \" -- <i>New York Times Book Review</i>', '', '[Hock] knows he is ensorcelled by exoticism, but he can t help himself. And, as things go from bad to worse and the pages start to turn faster, neither can we. A. Entertainment Weekly <br />When he was a young man, Ellis Hock spent four of the best years of his life with the Peace Corps in Malawi. So when his wife of forty-two years leaves him, he decides to return to the village where he was stationed in search of the happiness he d been missing since he left. But what he finds is not what he expected. The school he built is a ruin, the church and clinic are gone, and poverty and apathy have set in among the people. <br />They remember Ellis and welcome him with open arms. Soon, however, their overtures turn menacing; they demand money and refuse to let him leave the village. Is his new life an escape or a trap? <br /> Theroux s bravely unsentimental novel about a region where he began his own grand career should become part of anybody s education in the continent. Washington Post <br /> The Lower River is riveting in its storytelling and provocative in its depiction of this African backwater, infusing both with undertones of slavery and cannibalism, savagery and disease. New York Times Book Review <br />[AU PHOTO] PAUL THEROUX s highly acclaimed novels include Hotel Honolulu and The Mosquito Coast. His travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, and The Happy Isles of Oceania. <br />\"', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Craps Alert: For Craps Roll Pattern Tracking\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Wrapped in Rain\nDescription: ['In his second novel, Martin (<i>The Dead Don\\'t Dance</i>) introduces Tucker Mason, the motherless son of a wealthy, abusive alcoholic in a small Alabama town. While Dad spends most of his time in an Atlanta high-rise, Tucker grows up in an enormous manse--complete with a \"chandelier made from elk horns\"--tutored by an African-American widow in common courtesy, love and the gospel. After a few years, an illegitimate son turns up at the Mason compound, Tucker\\'s half-brother, Mutt. Although Tucker eventually overcomes his gothic childhood and becomes an acclaimed international photographer, he can\\'t escape the home place. The story picks up with Tucker\\'s adulthood, when he makes peace with several individuals from his past, including the schizophrenic Mutt and an ex-girlfriend who\\'s on the run from a nasty husband. This group of Southern grotesques manages to make Christmas together and, readers sense, forge a kind of family. Martin spins an engaging story about healing and the triumph of love. The novel is filled with delightful local color--at Clark\\'s Fish Camp, you can order shrimp or catfish, and you can have them fried or fried. While the evil characters are too caricaturish and one-dimensional, and the prose is clean but hardly luminous, this is a welcome cut above run-of-the-mill inspirational fiction. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Life: The Classic Collection\nDescription: [\"This sleek anthology of iconic images is a nostalgic delight for photography and history buffs. By leaving the book virtually free of text, the editors allow the images to speak for themselves. Classic moments are beautifully reproduced: Margaret Bourke-White's portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the <i>Apollo 11</i> launch, the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, various Kennedy campaign trails, Princess Diana's weddingas well as whimsical snapshots of Americana and stunning photographs of painters Pollock, Dal and Picasso. Removable prints allow readers to enjoy even better the collection's vivid, high-quality pictures. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Perfect Imposter eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Blending Time\nDescription: ['Set in a dystopian future in which young heroes and heroines are pursued and harassed by corrupt government officials, Kinchs first novel calls to mind Suzanne Collins and Cory Doctorow. Its 2054, and plagues, devastating pollution, and predetermined (and deadly) jobs are the norm. Seventeen-year-olds Reya, DShay, and Jaym meet during a sea voyage to Africa, where they are to become blenders, creating offspring with native Africans (who can no longer reproduce with each other). Each blender encounters horrific experiences, including rape and attempted murder, but all find sympathetic allies and make their way to the underground resistance movement. While this debut title lacks the tight construction of Collins Hunger Games series, Kinchs depiction of the many different landscapes is a nice distinction. Determinedly multi-ethnic, fast-paced, and with plentiful gore and violence, the book will draw reluctant readers who enjoy action and adventure. Sequels are definitely in order, as the protagonists are left hanging on several cliffs. Grades 8-12. --Debbie Carton', '\"Full of action, this is a compelling, realistic, and exciting thriller for more mature young readers.\" --<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br /><br />\"Determinedly multi-ethnic, fast-paced, and with plentiful gore and violence, the book will draw reluctant readers who enjoy action and adventure.\" --<em>Booklist</em><br /><br />\"Entertaining, credible, scary, and memorable.\" --<em>VOYA</em><br /><br />\"Shocking and unrelenting--Kinch delivers a blistering, no-holds-barred tale of a dystopian future that feels all too real.\" --Arthur Slade, Governor General Award-winning author of <em>The Hunchback Assignments</em>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Norwegian by Night\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Storie Italiane Volume 2 - Italian Stories Volume 2: A Parallel Text Easy Reader (Italian Edition)\nDescription: ['<b>\"Author Anastacia Hawkin\\'s storylines and characters are interesting and the dialogue is actually great fun to read aloud. I like how each story teaches a bit about Italian geography, culture, and history.\" </b>', '<div>Anastacia (Stacey) Hawkins grew up as a California girl in the suburbs of L.A. County. Her father was a dancer, her mother a beautiful artist, but Anastacia could neither dance nor draw. Instead, she found her passion in writing. In college, she majored in English and Communications. She had always dreamed of being a writer, but ended up in banking in order to pay the bills.<br>Many years later, now a wife and mother, Stacey came across an ad for the Institute of Children\\'s Literature. The ad said, \"We\\'re looking for people to write children\\'s books!\" She was intrigued. She signed up for their course \"Writing for Children and Teenagers\".<br>In April, 2008, Anastacia sold her first story to Shine Brightly Magazine. She was hooked! Today, she is a participating author for a Christian reading program and the One Story a Day series published by DC Canada Education Publishing. She is the author of 5 engaging and delightful stories found in Storie Italiane, an Italian/English parallel text book which can be purchased here on Amazon; and Return to Larkspur, the anticipated sequel to her first middle grade novel, Larkspur, is now available!<br>Anastacia now resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota, with her husband, Shayne, and their daughter, Sierra.<br>\"Being a children\\'s author is the most gratifying job I have ever had! As a parent, I feel that I have so much more to share than I had when I first graduated from college all those years ago. I encourage all who have a passion for writing to pursue it; don\\'t give up on your dream!\"</div>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Tucker's Way\nDescription: ['', 'David Johnson has worked in the helping professions for over thirty-five years. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a masters degree in social work and over a decade of experience as a minister. In addition to the four novels comprising the Tucker series, he has authored several nonfiction books, including <i>Navigating the Passages of Marriage</i> and <i>Real People, Real Problems</i>, and has published numerous articles in national and local media. David also maintains an active blog at www.thefrontwindow.wordpress.com. When hes not writing, he is likely making music as the conductor of the David Johnson Chorus.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Runaway\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Greyhound\nDescription: ['', '', '<strong>Steffan Piper:</strong> <em>Greyhound</em> is the story of an 11-year-old boy named Sebastien Ranes who is abandoned by his mother. As the book opens, we find her dropping him off in the Stockton, California Greyhound bus station to travel across the country, unaccompanied, to live with his grandmother in Altoona, Pennsylvania--over 2,500 miles away.', 'Most of the experiences that are in the book are events that actually have taken place in my life. Ive been working on <em>Greyhound</em>, both in my head and on paper, for about 25 years. I have boxes of journals in my garage detailing many of the stories that are in the book, thoughts I had back then when I was travelling back and forth by bus, and other small details.', 'Writing about my experiences within the confines of 300 pages wasnt so easy, but I felt compelled to write about those days. Those years were a very difficult time for me, and pulling a lot of those feelings forward again brought out a lot of emotions that I had buried.', '<strong>Question:</strong> Is the Marcus Franklin character based on a real person?', '<a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-1_lg.jpg\"> <img align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"183\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-1_sm.jpg\" style=\"float: left; border: 0; margin: 5px;\" width=\"121\" /> </a><strong>Steffan Piper:</strong> Marcus was a real person that I met on the bus. Ive thought quite a bit about my encounter with him and the conversations that we had into the middle of the night. When youre young, its the simplest and kindest of gestures that have the most effect and create the most lasting memories. A bag of pretzels can be the equivalent of much more over the passage of time. Not having good role models growing up, I often found myself reaching outward for a guide. Those are often the most dangerous because they have a limit as to what they can give back to you. Those limits are not always visible, especially when youre young.', '<strong>Question:</strong> Why did you set the book in 1981?', '<strong>Steffan Piper:</strong> I set the book in 1981 because it was a period where life was very different than it is today, and is different in more ways than can be imagined in books or through culture. Some people may not remember it that well, or may not have lived through it, but many have. The most important facet of that time was that it was the beginning of the modern world as we now know it.<a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\"> <img align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"202\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_sm.jpg\" style=\"float: right; border: 0; margin: 5px;\" width=\"135\" /></a>', 'The eighties was an era of \"analog communication\" versus what we have today, which is digital. From telephones to records, everything was analog. People were<a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\"></a>forced<a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\"></a>to make more direct links with each other; to reach out, touch and feel the world around them. There was a need to verify the space in front of them. Todays world seems to ask us repeatedly to do the opposite and not verify our world at all.', '<strong>Question:</strong> Some of the material in the book is pretty heady for an 11-year-old boy turning 12. Got anything to say about that?<a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\"></a><a href=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\"> </a>', '<strong>Steffan Piper:</strong> I grew up in England and Im the product of the British educational system, so that will always have an influence on everything that I write.', 'When I was ten, Sherlock Holmes was my all-time hero. Maybe it was the ease in how he held himself that I found appealing. I think it was the same for Dickens\\'s <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Twist-Charles-Dickens/dp/0486424537\">Twist</a> as well. These were themes I very quickly recognized and latched onto at that age. Shortly after that, when I was 12, reading <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Castaneda/e/B000APXVFG\">Carlos Castaneda</a>\\'s books definitely changed my life. The idea of releasing and letting go of your self-image, during a period of my life where I was supposed to be finding that out, was alluring. I gripped onto Castaneda for dear life for about four or five years. I read those books so many times, I probably scared a few counselors at school.', 'I think when we start thinking as adults that we need to limit material to what we believe young people are capable of, or is normal to them, we immediately have done them a disservice, because most of them would probably shame us in regards to what we know, or think we know.', '', 'This extraordinary and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a child put on a bus by his neglectful mother to go live with his grandparents on the other side of the country. The boy is named Sebastien Ranes, and his 1981 cross-country ride is enlivened by a hijacking, a passengers death, and an engine fire. On his voyage he encounters two potential pedophiles, as well as a number of kind strangers who help him along his way. Sebastien befriends an ex-con named Marcus who helps protect him and introduces him to the poetry of Langston Hughes. Through their friendship, Sebastien begins to cut through his own naivet and to learn how the world works. The author creates people who seem recognizable and lifelike without resorting to stereotypes and clichs, and the story unfolds at a brisk pace. Unlike the typical cross-country bus ride, this remarkable trip is one readers will not want to see end. <i>--This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Birth and Adventures of Lil Smokey\nDescription: ['I was born in Pueblo, Colorado in the forty s and have loved animals my whole life. They love you back when treated right and I have waited for this colt my whole life and for someone to believe in me and my stories about my animals, and now I have my chance to prove to the world that loving animals is not wrong or bad, but can give you so much more back loving them than people can. Because sometimes, it just don t work out and you are left alone. So animals will love you forever no matter what or how you look or act as long you give them that they give it back sometimes a lot more, because I believe in them.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Eat, Pray, Die (An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Airedale Terrier Training | Dog Training with the No BRAINER Dog TRAINER ~ We make it THAT Easy!: How to EASILY TRAIN Your Airedale Terrier\nDescription: ['Paul Allen Pearce is the author of many breed dog-training books. When his family duties allow, he spends his spare time outdoors with his two dogs Buck and Samson. <br /> <br /> Pauls family are dog lovers and often took in strays. Paul and his siblings were taught how to care and train the family pets and dogs. Both his parents grew up with many animals and had generational knowledge to pass forth to their offspring. <br /> <br /> Being raised around all sorts of animals, his curiosity to work with animals grew. Upon returning back to the U.S. and purchasing his own dog he realized he didnt know as much as he could, thus began his journey into owning and full time dog training. <br /> <br /> Paul States - \"Dog training is my passion. I love dogs, animals, and the wonders of nature. It is easy to write about your passion and share what you have learned and discovered. <br /> <br /> I hope that my readers enjoy and learn from what I have learned and improve their dog relationships. My past explorations throughout twenty countries and states helped me to broaden my perspective regarding animal behavior and treatment. Let us all be kind to animals, not only dogs. <br /> <br /> When I am not working, I spend my time outdoors with my dogs, exploring nature and expanding my knowledge of life, dogs and dog training.\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Judgment of Richard Richter\nDescription: ['', 'Sarajevo, mon amour. Fast-paced with lot of adventure and well-developed characters. [<i>The Judgment of Richard Richter</i>] is a reminder of how this martyr country has been abandoned by the West and continues to be so. <b>Anne Dastakian, <i>MARIANNE</i>, France</b>', '[This] personal and geopolitical tragedy, [set] in besieged 1992 Sarajevo, follows the footsteps of Richard Richter, hero and Oedipal detective <b>Vronique Rossignol, <i>Livres Hebdo</i>, France</b>', 'The idea that happiness and love are simply masking a truth that is revealed too late, after irreparable damage had been committed, is certainly a very psychoanalytic inspiration, but in the words of Igor tiks, it is detailed in a poignant and terribly convincing text. <b>Yves Le Gall, <i>Le Matricule des Anges</i>, France</b>', 'tiks, who juggles literary allusions as masterfully as he does time periods and narrative perspectives, has succeeded in producing a mature and impressive novel. <b>Hendrik Werner, <i>Die Welt</i>, Germany</b>', '[<i>The Judgment of Richard Richter</i>] is an adventurous, daring, and powerful march through our eraa bridge between the European catastrophes of the past century. [tiks] has succeeded in nothing less than an all-European historical romance. <b>Thomas Hummitzsch, <i>Die Berliner Literaturkritik</i>, Germany</b>', '', 'Igor tiks was born in Sarajevo in 1977 and has lived in Zagreb, Paris, Chicago, Edinburgh, and Belgrade. His first novel, <i>A Castle in Romagna</i>, won the Slavi prize for best first novel in Croatia and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for 2006. Earning his PhD at the Institut dtudes Politiques de Paris and Northwestern University, tiks later published a monograph, <i>Nations and Citizens in Yugoslavia and the Post-Yugoslav States: One Hundred Years of Citizenship</i>. His novel <i>The Judgment of Richard Richter</i>, originally published as <i>Elijahs Chair</i>, won the Gjalski and Kiklop Awards for the best novel in Croatia and has been translated into fifteen languages. In addition to winning the Grand Prix of the 2011 Belgrade International Theatre Festival for his stage adaptation of <i>Elijahs Chair</i>, tiks was honored with the prestigious <i>Chevalier des arts et des lettres</i> for his literary and intellectual achievements.', \"Ellen Elias-Bursac has been translating novels and nonfiction by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian writers for thirty years. She is the recipient of the 2006 ALTA National Translation Award, an American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages award, and the Mary Zirin Prize for her book <i>Translating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working in a Tug-of-War</i>. A contributing editor to the online literary journal <i>Asymptote</i>, Elias-Bursac spent more than six years at the exYugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague as a translator/reviser in the English Translation Unit. Her translation of Daa Drndi's novel <i>Trieste</i> was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2013.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN\nDescription: ['\"This lively, readable, and carefully researched book fills in an intriguing and little-known corner of Congo history. Lieutenant Taunt\\'s life gives us a revealing glimpse of the gold rush mood of the early days of the Scramble for Africa.\" --<em><strong>Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold\\'s Ghost, Bury the Chains, and other books.<br /><br /></strong></em>\"This meticulously researched volume rescues from obscurity a fascinating episode in the history of U.S. relations with Africa: Americas first, tentative efforts at military, diplomatic, and commercial engagement with ... the Congo in the person of Lieutenant Emory Taunt, USN. The narrative ... is moreover enriched by Jampolers own intrepid effort to retrace his protagonists epic journey down the Congo River Highly recommended.\" --<strong><em>J. Peter Pham<br />Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council<br />Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Middle East and Africa</em></strong><br /><br />\"Anyone wanting to know more about the early history of Leopold II\\'s notorious Congo Free State will find much intriguing new information in Andrew Jampoler\\'s scholarly account of the tragi-comical life and death of Lieutenant Emory Taunt USN, and of the deeds of a surprising cast of associated diplomats, colonial officials, engineers, ivory traders and whistle-blowers.\" --<i><b>Tim Jeal, author of Stanley and Explorers of the Nile</b></i>', 'Andrew C. A. Jampoler spent nearly twenty-five years as an active duty naval aviator including a year on the ground in Vietnam, command of a squadron and a naval air station, and service on several high level staffs. He is the author of six other Naval Institute Press books, beginning with <i>Adak</i> in 2003 and most recently <i>Congo</i>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beyond the Cabin\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The City Beneath the Bermuda Triangle\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)\nDescription: ['<DIV>', \"The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi, but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own.<BR><br> In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends — even her freedom — for this dangerous friendship. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Jade Cabinet (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))\nDescription: ['Made speechless by her eccentric father, the beautiful Etheria is traded for a piece of precious jade. Memory, her sister, tells her story, that of a childhood enlivened by Lewis Carroll and an orangutan named Dr. Johnson and envenomed by the pernicious courtship of Radulph Tubbs, Queen Victoria\\'s own Dragon of Industry. The novel travels from Oxford to Egypt where one million ibis mummies wait to be transformed into fertilizer, where Baconfield the architect will cause a pyramid to collapse, and where a scorned and bloated hunger artist who speaks in tongues will plot a bloody revenge. The fourth element in a tetralogy of novels - Earth (The Stain), Fire (Entering Fire), Water (The Fountains of Neptune) and Air - The Jade Cabinet is both a riveting novel and a reflection on the nature of memory and desire, language and power. Following the novel is an afterword, \"Waking to Eden\", in which Ducornet reflects on the sources for her writing and on the quartet of novels completed by The Jade Cabinet.', 'Rikki Ducornet was born in New York and has lived in North Africa, South America, Canada and France. Her work as an illustrator first came to the attention of the Canadian book trade in 1974 with the publication of Susan Musgrave\\'s \"Gullband\". In 1983, the Porcupine\\'s Quill commissioned Rikki to illustrate an edition of Jorge Luis Borges\\' \"Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius\".', 'Rikki is the author of three short-story collections, seven books of poetry, and seven novels, including \"The Fan-Maker\\'s Inquisition\" and \"The Jade Cabinet\". She is also a painter whose work has been exhibited widely. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sweetgrass (Mira Hardbacks)\nDescription: [\"When his domineering father, Preston, suffers a stroke, environmentalist Morgan reluctantly returns to help run Sweeetgrass, the aging family plantation, even though he said he'd never go back to South Carolina after guilt over his older brother's death made him flee to Montana. Mary June, Morgan's mother, has grown estranged from her husband, but his stroke causes her to take a hard look at their past. Amid all this emotional chaos, Morgan's Aunt Adele is trying to force them to sell Sweetgrass to developers. Once again, Monroe, author of <i>Skyward </i>(2003), makes expert use of metaphors as she weaves the story of the region's Sweetgrass baskets into the story, and subtly addresses the urgent need to protect the environment. Monroe makes her characters so believable, the reader can almost hear them breathing. The lush details in this prodigal-son tale bring the low-country setting to life, and flashbacks tell the story of a young love rediscovered. Readers who enjoy such fine southern voices as Pat Conroy will add the talented Monroe to their list of favorites. <i>Shelley Mosley</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '\"<i>Skyward</i> is a soaring, passionate story of loneliness and pain and the simple ability of love to heal and transcend . . .\" -- <i>Anne Rivers Siddons</i><br /><br />\"<i>The Book Club</i> skillfully weaves the individual story threads into a warm, unified whole that will appeal to readers . . .\" -- <i>Library Journal</i><br /><br />\"Mary Alice Monroe writes from her heart to the hearts of her readers. It is a quality of emotional honesty . . .\" -- <i>Charleston Post & Courier</i><br /><br />\"With its evocative, often beautiful prose and keen insights into family relationships, Monroe\\'s latest is an exceptional and heartwarming work.\" -- <i>Publishers Weekly starred review on The Beach House</i><br /><br />\"With novels like this one and <i>The Book Club</i>, Mary Alice Monroe continues to be one of the leaders . . .\" -- <i>Midwest Book Review on The Four Seasons</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)\nDescription: [\"The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs...\"]",
"rejected": "Title: One of Us Is Lying\nDescription: ['<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br /><b>An EW.com Best YA Book of the Year Selection</b><br /> <b>A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year Selection<br />A New York Public Library\\'s Best Book for Teens Selection</b></b><br /> <b><b><b><b><b>A Popcrush Best Young Adult Book of the Year Selection<br /></b>A CBC Teen Choice Book Award Nominee<br /></b></b></b>A Bustle.com Best Young Adult Book of May 2017</b><br /><b><b>A Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year Nominee<br /></b>A YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction Book Nominee<br />A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers<br /><br /></b> <b><i>Pretty Little Liars </i>meets<i> The Breakfast Club</i>....</b>so make room for <i>One of Us Is Lying</i> in your bags, because this is one carry-on you wont want to put down.\" EW.com<br /><br />Youll tear through this <b>juicy, super-fun</b> (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller.\"Bustle.com<br /><br />\"<b>A whodunit with a <i>Breakfast Club</i> twist</b>...following four unique voices <b>on a chase to find the killer, this one will keep you guessing</b> until the very, very end.\"Popcrush<br /><br />\"Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing andintriguing characterisation add upto <b>an exciting, single-sitting thrillerish treat.</b>\"<i>The Guardian</i><br /><br />\"This is <b>no ordinary whodunit</b>surprising and relevant.\"<i>USA Today<br /><br /></i>\"Readers will have a hard time putting this <b>clever page-turner</b> down.\"-BookPage.com<br /><br /><b>An addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller</b> with so many twists and turns you\\'ll be wondering until the very end: <i>Who really killed Simon</i>?Kara Thomas, author of <i>The Darkest Corners</i> and<i> Little Monsters<br /></i><br /><b></b>\"[As] McManus\\'s intense mystery unfolds...<b>each character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense.</b>\" <i>VOYA</i>, Starred Review<br /><br />\"This <b>fast-paced blend of <i>Gossip Girl</i>, <i>Pretty Little Liars</i>, and classic John Hughes</b> will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own.\"<i><i>Kirkus Reviews<br /><br />\"One of Us Is Lying </i></i>is <b>flat-out addictive</b>...[McManus] weaves an authentic, suspenseful mystery that readers can imagine taking place at their very own high school.<i><i>RT Book Reviews<br /><br /></i></i>\"A<b> smart, twisted, and unpredictable </b>YA mystery that will have readers guessing until the very end.\"<i><i><i>SLJ<br /><br /> </i></i></i>\"<b>An engaging, enticing look at the pressures of high school</b> and the things that cause a person to lose control.\"<i><i><i>Booklist</i></i></i>', 'Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Northeastern University. When she isnt working or writing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, McManus loves to travel with her son. The <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>One of Us Is Lying</i> is her debut novel. To learn more about her, go to her website, karenmcmanus.com, or follow @writerkmc on Twitter.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice\nDescription: ['“<i>An American Family</i> is a small but lovely immigrant’s journey, full of carefully observed details from the order in which Ghazala served tea at a university event, to the schedule of the police patrols in the Boston Public Garden where Khan briefly slept while he was in between apartments, to the description of Humayun’s headstone as a ‘slab of white marble with soft streaks the color of wood smoke.’. . . Most importantly, the book is an effective argument for the depth of Khan’s love for and knowledge of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the amendments to it. He emerges as such an eloquent advocate for both documents, and for American values, that I finished <i>An American Family</i> with my own sense of patriotism and sense of civic obligation revitalized.”<b>—Alyssa Rosenberg, <i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><br> “[A] moving memoir . . . a story about family and faith, told with a poet’s sensibility . . . The book is a wonderful refutation of Trump’s nativism and bigotry, but it is no partisan polemic. . . . Khizr Khan’s book can teach all of us what real American patriotism looks like.”<b>—<i>The</i> <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br> “[A] wide-eyed and eloquent memoir . . . A sense of wonder about America’s promise peppers the entire narrative, even as [Khan] recounts his early struggles in the country while supporting his wife and three boys. . . . The account is especially resonant now.”<b>—<i>Booklist</i></b><br><br> “Sometimes it takes a newcomer to point out the beauty that old-timers take for granted. America, more than any other country, was founded upon ideals: individual freedoms, equal protection and due process of law. Khan reminds us that these ideals are worth fighting—and even dying—for. The Khans truly are the most American of families.”<b><i>—BookPage</i></b><br><br> <i>“An American Family</i> holds its own alongside other fine memoirs of immigration and would be an inspired addition to any college or high school syllabus. The Gold Star father who spoke so movingly at the 2016 Democratic National Convention is just as affecting on the page.”<b>—<i>Shelf Awareness</i> (starred review)</b><br><br>“Self-effacing, the author writes movingly . . . Khan’s aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands.”<b>—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>', '<b>Khizr Khan,</b> the eldest of ten children, was born in rural Pakistan in 1950. He moved to the United States with his wife, Ghazala, in 1980. The couple became American citizens and raised their three sons in Silver Spring, Maryland. Their middle son, U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan, a graduate of the University of Virginia and its Army ROTC program, was killed in 2004 while stopping a suicide attack near Baqubah, Iraq, and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Khizr Khan holds a B.A. degree from the University of the Punjab, an LL.B. from Punjab University Law College, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the District of Columbia Bar, the New York State Bar, and the American Bar Association. Khan’s law practice includes complex civil litigation, electronic discovery, health privacy compliance law, and civil rights and veterans’ rights advocacy. He and Ghazala live in Charlottesville, Virginia.']",
"rejected": "Title: An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science\nDescription: ['<div>“<i>An Empire of Ice</i> reflects exhaustive digging and reaches well beyond the standard source materials. . . . Larson provides enough fresh perspective that even devotees of polar literature will learn things.”—Jennifer Kingson, <i>New York Times Book Review</i></div> (Jennifer Kingson <i>New York Times Book Review</i>)<br /><br /><div>Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2011 National Outdoor Book Awards</div> (National Outdoor Book Award Honorable Mention <i>National Outdoor Book Foundation</i>)<br /><br /><div>“A far more interesting and richer account than we have had thus far. . . . Larson has written a fascinating book, one sure to force a rethinking of the Scott-Amundsen race as well as reconsiderations that will include science as a driving force in Antarctic and indeed polar exploration.” —Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, <i>Science</i> Magazine</div> (Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis <i>Science Magazine</i>)<br /><br /><div>\"The author provides an undeniably exciting account without overpowering the reader with too much detail. Fans of these explorers, science heads, and armchair travelers will find this a worthwhile and thrilling read.\"—Mike Rogers, <i>Library Journal</i></div> (Mike Rogers <i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br /><div>“Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Larson sheds new light on the famous three-way race to the South Pole....A satisfying tale of adventure and exploration.”—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></div> (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br /><div>“Larson succeeds in this approach to the popular subject of polar exploration by wrapping the science in plenty of dangerous drama to keep readers engaged.\"—<i>Booklist </i></div> (<i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br /><div>\"<i>Empire of Ice</i> is a new take on polar exploration of the early 20th century.  It puts expeditions by Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton et al. into a wider scientific, social and geopolitical context.\"—<i>Travel Book Seller</i></div> (<i>Travel Book Seller</i>)<br /><br />“…… [An] enlightening and entertaining new book, <i>An Empire of Ice</i>, seeks to rescue the exploits of Edwardian derring-do from the condescension of posterity by showing us how much more there was to what his subtitle refers to as the heroic age of Antarctic science.”—Robert J.Mayhew, <i>Times Higher Education</i><div></div> (Robert J. Mayhew <i>Times Higher Education</i> 2011-06-23)<br /><br /><div>“In this fascinating book…..Larson’s intriguing accounts begin to reveal the bigger picture of early scientific research in Antarctica and its place in European geopolitics of the time.”—Michael Bravo, <i>New Scientist</i></div> (Michael Bravo <i>New Scientist</i> 2011-07-02)<br /><br /><div>“This is a great and needed book, highly worth reading whether your Antarctic focus is history or science.”—<i>The Antarctican Society Newsletter</i></div> (<i>The Antarctican Society Newsletter</i>)', \"<div><B>Edward J. Larson</B> is University Professor of History and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. His numerous books include <I>Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion</I>, for which he received a Pulitzer Prize in History. Larson splits his time between Georgia and California.</div>\"]"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Seabird\nDescription: ['\"Narenta is a tangible world--mysterious, inviting, frightening. Cara completes a visible character arc, (as she becomes) a champion. A must-read for CS Lewis fans.\" -- <i>Asgard, BlogCritics Magazine, April 16 2008.</i>', 'Seabird is volume one in my epic fantasy series, the Narenta Tumults.', 'In each book, someone from Earth is transported to Narenta, to serve their people in a unique way during a time of peril. Cara, the woman on the \"Seabird\" cover, is the first and she\\'s convinced some Narentan magician made a pretty bizarre mistake. <br /> Even if it is a mistake and Cara\\'s not the one who was supposed to come, the daemagos have decided to kill her. <br /> I am currently revising the first draft of \"Earthbow\" the sequel, for Gryphonwood. I hope to post extracts on my blog beginning in the next few weeks.', '<br /> I plan at least two more books in the Narentan Tumult series. One is \"Marooned\". The other is an untitled book that wants to be its own trilogy. Fifty plus chapters for The Behemoth are filed on my computer under \"The Gryphon and The Basilisk\".', \"<br /> Other interests are meditation with or without walking a labyrinth, my faith, filk music, folk music, world music especially Putumayo recordings, my two cats (Khiva & Vartha). Uh, yeah. I confess, a few television shows-- CSI, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs and Without a Trace. And Bones! <br /> Dark chocolate isn't bad either.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Mathematical Education of Teachers II (Cbms Issues in Mathematics Education)\nDescription: ['MET II is a book that I would like to see every professor of mathematics and statistics read. I did not have enough post-it notes to mark all of the thought-provoking passages, and intriguing research citations. ... There is something in this book for everyone connected to the teaching and learning of mathematics, including parents of school-aged children, K-12 administrators, and elementary math coaches. I highly recommend it. --MAA Reviews', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dourado\nDescription: ['A fast-paced adventure with action to spare. Dane Maddock is a hero cut from the Dirk Pitt mold, and \"Bones\" Bonebrake is the best sidekick around. If you like your thrillers with a touch mystery and Biblical archaeology, <i>Dourado</i> is the book for you. -- <i>Megalith Book Reviews</i>', \"This revised edition of Dourado includes added material and a preview chapter of David Wood's forthcoming second novel- <i>Cibola</i>.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Cibola\nDescription: [\"With the thoroughly enjoyable way Mr. Wood has mixed speculative history with our modern day pursuit of truth, he has created a story that thrills and makes one think beyond the boundaries of mere fiction and enter the world of 'why not'? Cibola is a worthy tale!" --David Lynn Golemon, Author of Ancients, Event, Legend, and Leviathan<br /><br />"Ancient cave paintings? Cities of gold? Secret scrolls? Sign me up! Cibola is a twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!" --Robert Masello, author of Bestiary and Blood and Ice\", \""Ancient cave paintings? Cities of gold? Secret scrolls? Sign me up! Cibola is a twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!"<br /><br />"With the thoroughly enjoyable way David Wood has mixed speculative history with our modern day pursuit of truth, he has created a story that thrills and makes one think beyond the boundaries of mere fiction and enter the world of 'why not'? Cibola is a worthy tale!"\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Yoga in the Jungle\nDescription: ['<div><b>Ramiro Calle</b> is an award-winning author and has been a pioneer of yoga in Spain. In 1971 he founded the Shadak Yoga Center where more than half a million persons have visited.<br><br>llustrator with a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science. Her illustrations have featured in more of a dozen childrens picture books published in English, Spanish, Catalan and Swahili. She has won several international awards: First Prize of Illustration of the Institut dEstudis Balerics, 2007. Winner of the Silver medal to the Best illustrator at the Moonbeam Children Book Awards 2013. First Prize in Living Now Awards, 2014 or Best illustrated Picture Book at the International Latino Book Awards 2015 among others.</div>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Scroll: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '<b>Dr. Grant Jeffrey</b> is internationally known as a leading teacher on Bible prophecy. His twenty best-selling books have been enjoyed by more than five million readers.<br /><br /><b>Alton L. Gansky</b> has written or collaborated on more than thirty novels and nine nonfiction works. He has been a Christy Award finalist for <i>A Ship Possessed</i> and an Angel Award winner for <i>Terminal Justice</i>. He lives in central California with his wife.', '', '<b>Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 30, 2013<br /></b><br />It was a good wall, a wall anyone would be proud of. Situated in such a way that someone entering the condominium would see the items hanging on its pale blue surface before noticing the rest of Dr. David Chamberss large, sixth-floor residence overlooking the Charles River in the south part of Cambridge. The condo was close enough to Harvard to make commuting tolerable, and just far enough away for Chambers to feel free of the worlds most prestigious university.<br />The condo was well above his professors pay grade, but his last two books had done well enough for him to be free of money concerns. <i>Beneath Hostile Sands</i> sat at number six on the <i>New York Times</i> nonfiction best-seller list. It had been nine months since the announced discovery of Herods tunnel. His publishers pressed him to include it as the final chapter in the book, then rushed to press. Then came the countless interviews. The academic papers he penned caused a furor in the tight-knit community of archaeologists, a community that never felt more alive than when being critical of one of its own. No one raised an accusing finger at his discovery. They couldnt. His scholarship was beyond criticism.<br />Chambers stood before the wall and gazed at the items hanging there. Together they summarized a twelve-year history of his spotless career. Someone in the Harvard PR department dubbed him the most interviewed scientist in the world. That was probably true. Society could only tolerate a few scientific golden boys. The astronomer Carl Sagan had taken the art of popularizing science to rare heights. Others followed: the physicist Michio Kaku, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others were frequent guests on talk shows. The public had a hunger for news from the world of science news most couldnt understand. The contemporary faces of science were those rare individuals who knew how to talk to the camera and do so in plain language. It was something at which Chambers excelled.<br />Chambers set a cardboard box on a narrow, art decostyle table. All the furniture in his condo centered on the 1920s style. Someone once asked why he chose art deco. He had no answer. His interior designer had suggested it, and it sounded good to him. He was a smart man, more intelligent and insightful than most, but he excelled in only a few things. In everything else, he was blissfully dense. Perhaps if his range of interests had been wider, perhaps if he had honed his other instincts to the same edge as those that guided his career, he wouldnt be doing this today.<br />He eyed the plaques, photos, and framed articles hanging against the smooth surface. He took the closest in hand and lifted it from its hanger. Like all its companions, the object had been professionally framed. Inside a silver frame rested the cover of his latest book. Chambers waited for a sense of pride to wash over him, but it never came. He put the frame in the cardboard box.<br />Next he pulled down the framed cover of <i>The Fingerprints of God</i>, his first book. That work had been far more religious in nature as he guided the reader through the greatest discoveries in biblical archaeology. To Chambers, however, it was also a scholarly nod to William Foxwell Albright, the founder of the biblical archaeology movement. It had been Dr. Albrights book <i>The Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra</i> that had birthed his interest in archaeology; that and the work of his father.<br />The thought of his dad soured Chamberss stomach. Those who knew Chambers knew of his father and assumed Chambers had chosen to follow in his old mans footsteps. Chambers never corrected the impression, nor did he encourage it. The only thing his father did to kindle the archaeological spark in his son was leave Albrights book on the shelf. Chambers found it, and it set the course of his life.<br />Dr. Albright died in September 1971, two years before Chamberss birth. That didnt matter. Time meant less to an archaeologist than to others.<br />Albright, while hailed among biblical scholars, was not as orthodox as most thought. He believed the religion of the Israelites moved from polytheism to monotheism, an idea rejected by conservative Bible scholars. Chambers had wanted to honor Albright while correcting his more liberal interpretations.<br />The last thought amused him: how far he had come. Perhaps bemused was a better term. If Albright were alive today, hed take Chambers to task for his newfound disbelief.<br />He set the framed cover in the box and followed that with plaques, awards, and articles about himself carried in <i>Newsweek, Time, Biblical Archaeology Review</i>, and a dozen other such publications. He removed photos taken of him with Larry King, John Anderson, Ted Koppel, and Jay Leno. He had other such publicity photos that never made it to the wall.<br />He paused before removing the last photograph. He studied it. The time: two years ago; the place: outside Tel Aviv; the woman: his fiance. <i>His former fiance</i>. Amber wore jeans, a dirt-caked, formerly white T-shirt, and a pair of gloves that seemed a size too large for her petite hands. The sun shone on her brown hair and sparkled in her blue eyes. The David Chambers in the photo smiled as well. In fact, he beamed. No man had better reasons to smile.<br />That smile would disappear a month later.<br />He snatched the photo from the wall and tossed it into the box. He heard glass break. He didnt bother to look at the damage. He opened the single drawer in the table and removed a well-worn book. He pushed back the black leather cover and saw an inscription bearing his name. Gently, he touched his mothers signature, then his eyes fell to his fathers scribbling.<br />Chambers pursed his lips and threw the Bible in the box. Moments later, he sealed the box with packing tape and buried it in his closet: a cardboard ossuary holding the bones of his past.<br />He closed the closet door on his history and turned to face his future.<br /><br />Dr. David Chambers sat in his new ergonomic office chair with his feet on the wide mahogany desk. By executive standards, the office was small, but it was still larger than the closets most professors were forced to use. Chambers was still young, so he would have to wait for older profs to retire or die before he could expect more elbow room. Unlike his home, the office was Spartan. A bookshelf lined one wall and needed dusting. Stacks of journals, scholarly white papers, and files stood precariously on the floor. One of his students, perhaps trying to impress his teacher, said, It looks like the salt pillars along the Dead Sea. Chambers had laughed and pointed to the tallest pile. Thats Lots wife. It was the kind of joke that only archaeologists would appreciate.<br />His eyes scanned a scientific journal that reported on grants given for scientific exploration. Any that mentioned Israel or Palestine he skipped. He was done with that phase of his studies but had yet to settle on a new discipline. His interest in biblical fieldwork had departed with his faith.<br />He had a friend who worked in pre-Columbian archaeology, specializing in the mysterious Olmecs in the lowlands of south-central Mexico. The people group flourished from 1500 BCE to roughly 400 BCE, a time period with which Chambers was familiar. Still, his academic focus had been on the other side of the world. He had deep doubts about his ability to raise money to fund a dig in an area about which he had never written; hence the need for a friend with a credible reputation in ancient pre-Columbian history.<br />Perhaps he could call in a few favors and sign on as dig director, share a byline or two on some academic papers, and then fund his own dig. All that might take as little as five yearsif he were lucky.<br />He decided to make the call. After all, any civilizations that sculpted three-meter-high human heads deserved a little attention. The recent attention and media coverage of all things related to the Mayan culture and calendar were certain to raise interest in Central American archaeology.<br />He reached for the phone. As he touched the hand piece, it rang.<br />Yeow. Chambers snapped his hand back, then chuckled. What are the odds He answered. David Chambers.<br /><i>Shalom</i>, Dr. Chambers.<br />Chambers had no trouble recognizing the voice of his old friend Abram Ben-Judah.<br />Maintaining a running inside joke, Chambers answered Ben-Judahs Hebrew greeting with the Greek word for peace. Eirene. Old Testament versus New Testament.<br />It has been much too long since last we talked, my friend.<br />The image of Ben-Judah flashed in Chamberss mind: tall, slightly stooped, white-and-black beard, kind gray-blue eyes, and a face that looked a decade older than his seventy-plus years. It has, Abram, it has. How is little Miriam?<br />My granddaughter is well and not so little anymore. She turns thirteen next month.<br />In my country, thats the age fathers begin loading their shotguns.<br />Shotguns?<br />To keep the boys away.<br />Ah. Ben-Judah laughed, but Chambers recognized a courtesy chuckle when he heard one.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Corruptible: A Ray Quinn Mystery\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>The Corruptible<br /><br /></i></b>A violent crimes investigator and author of the Christy-nominated <i>The Night Watchman</i> offers up the second Ray Quinn mystery. When an alcoholic private detective investigates the theft of a high profile companys sensitive documents, things get complicated when the perpetrator is found dead. Quinn has a burly -- but green -- sidekick Crevis, who learns things the hard way.Mynheir cooks up a number of satisfying subplots and backstories: Crevis gets into police academy despite family and personal adversity; Quinn has a personal life, and loves, and even success in luring and nabbing an e-mail con by posing as a rich elderly woman. Funny exchanges between partners ( I said look angry and crazy, not deranged.), impeccable action writing, and smooth pacing propel the narrative. The author knows the cop-and-investigation gig, but offers more, managing to be witty, insightful, and introspective. Throw away the cane, Mr. Quinn: youve got more cases to solve and a new audience that will knock you over to get to the next one. <br /><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />Mark Mynheir is one of my new favorite authors. As a homicide detective, he knows his stuff and his characters reflect it. Ill be one of the first in line for his next book! <br /><b>Terri Blackstock, author of <i>Vicious Cycle</i> and </b><i><b>Predator<br /></b></i><br />Because of the Night Watchman series, Mynheir has joined my short list of detective novelists I anxiously await new releases from, along with Connelly, Riordan, and Landsdale. After a great start with <i>The Night Watchman,</i> <i>The Corruptible</i> takes things up a notch. If you demand both great plots and great characters from your thrillers, you need to spend some time with Ray Quinn and The Night Watchman Detective Agency. Its like opening a bag of potato chipsyou cant stop with just one chapter. I read the whole thing in twenty-four hours, through lunch, dinner, and breakfast. Be forewarned.<br /><b>Brad Whittington, award-wining author of <i>Welcome to Fred, Living with Fred,</i> and </b><i><b>Escape from Fred<br /></b></i><br />In <i>The Corruptible</i> we find Mynheir at his best, providing a true insider view on the gritty world of the private investigator. Mynheirs made up world first whispers, then scratches its way to life with great characters. He mixes delicious evil and the slap of addiction with an even rarer ingredient in the world of crime fiction: the hope of redemption. I want more.<br /><b>Harry Kraus, MD, best-selling author of </b><i><b>The Six-Liter Club<br /></b></i><br />Mark Mynheir knows how to deliver crime fiction with a puncha terrific setup, strong characters, sparkling wit, crisp dialogue, and viable suspects that keep you guessing right up to the arrest. Im thrilled that Mark has followed up <i>The Night Watchman</i> with another action-packed Quinn novel. Put this one at the top of your must read list.<br /><b>Wanda Dyson, best-selling author of <i>Judgment Day</i> and </b><i><b>Shepherds Fall<br /></b></i><br />With <i>The Corruptible,</i> Mark Mynheir scores a home run. This book is the perfect package of a broken hero to root for, a murder that spirals into so much more, and a tangled web of suspects and motives that literally kept me guessing to the bitter end a rarity! A perfect follow-up to <i>The Night Watchman</i> that stands fully on its own. I loved it!<br /><b>Cara Putman, author of <i>Stars in the Night<br /></i><br /></b>Rich with realism and wit, Ray Quinn grips the crime scene and doesnt let you go until the murder is solved. Hold onto your seat!<br /><b>DiAnn Mills, author of </b><i><b>Pursuit of Justice<br /></b></i><br />Ive fallen in love with Ray Quinn. Im even fond of his sidekick, Crevis. With <i>The Corruptible,</i> Mark Mynheir has written another winning Ray Quinn Mystery. I love Mynheirs authentic police-crime details and complex, compelling characters. And the plot never makes a false step or lags behind. Do yourself a favor and get a copy of <i>The Corruptible </i>ASAP and enjoy!<br /><b>Lyn Cote, author of </b><i><b>Her Abundant Joy<br /></b></i><br />With the return of beloved character Ray Quinn, <i>The Corruptible</i> is a prime example of a book that grabs you from the beginning and wont let you go. Mark Mynheir has created another flip-the-pages and stay-up-late-to-finish-the-novel story with characters so real they become your friends and a plot that will make your heart hammer. Dont miss this fantastic read!<br /><b>Robin Caroll, author of <i>Deliver Us from Evil</i> and <i>Fear No Evil<br /></i><br /></b>A first rate detective novel from a real detective. Mynheir tells a fast-paced, gritty tale of murder and money in Orlando, Florida. His characters are flawed, funny, and deeply human. Youll find yourself rooting for themespecially main character Ray Quinneven when theyre making mistakes. <i>The Corruptible</i> is a winner!<br /><b>Rick Acker, author of <i>When the Devil Whistles</i> and </b><i><b>Dead Mans Rule<br /></b></i><br /><i>The Corruptible</i> raises the stakes, intensity, and storytelling of crime fiction to a whole new level of amazing! The insider details immerse you in a dangerous world of high-adrenaline suspense and raise soul-stirring questions youll wrestle with right alongside Ray Quinn. As you fly through the pages, take time to laugh, cheer, and say a prayer or two for Ray.<br /><b>Amy Wallace, author of <i>Enduring Justice</i> <br /></b>', '<b>Mark Mynheir</b> is the author of the Christy Award nominated <i>The Night Watchman</i>, the first Ray Quinn mystery. He has worked undercover as a narcotics agent, as a SWAT team member, and now investigates violent crimes as a detective with the Criminal Investigations Unit in central Florida, where he lives with his wife and three children.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: First Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Sovran's Pawn (The Black Wing Chronicles)\nDescription: [\"JC Cassels, a native of Tampa, Florida, traces her lifelong fascination with SF/Adventure to watching Star Trek on a tiny black and white portable television aboard the family boat as a child. The Space Opera trend that followed the release of Star Wars fed an obsessive need for swashbuckling adventure set in deep space. Today, JC feeds that need by writing her own adventures, heavily inspired by 1960's television shows like Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Wild Wild West and fueled by Firefly reruns. When not writing in her haunted hospital, JC lives with her husband, three children, five dogs, twenty chickens and a horse in a century-old house in a tiny rural community, and enjoys spending her free time sewing, camping, and heckling theoretical physicists on the Science Channel.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Humble Orthodoxy: Holding the Truth High Without Putting People Down\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>Humble Orthodoxy<br /></i></b><br />I suppose the opposite of humble orthodoxy is arrogant orthodoxya rather ugly pairing of words since orthodoxy takes us to King Jesus, who is gentle and humble in heart. Defending orthodoxy, a perennially urgent responsibility, so easily degenerates into our defending ourselves and our opinions, a perennially deceptive form of idolatry. May this short book by Joshua Harris encourage many to love and articulate the truth with the same tears of compassion that Jesus shed over the city. <br /><b><i>D. A. Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL, and author of The Intolerance of Tolerance <br /></i></b><br />When many years ago I first heard my good friend Josh Harris talk about the need for humble orthodoxy, the phrase resonated with me immediately. Because, as Calvin said, the heart is an idol-making factory, we often take a good thing and make it an ultimate thing. We take something that is meant to help people, and we use it in hurtful ways. Sadly, many thinking Christians do this with doctrine. We argue for the glory of God in an unglorious manner. Josh knows this and is on a mission to change the tone of our theological conversations and put doctrine in its rightful placeas a servant to all but a master to none. He understands that if we dot all our doctrinal is and cross all our doctrinal ts but have not love, we will be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Thanks for this, Josh. A much-needed message for our time.<br /><b><i>Tullian Tchividjian, pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and author of Jesus + Nothing = Everything<br /><br /></i></b>When I think of the words humble orthodoxy, I think immediately of Josh Harris. In this book you will find not merely an expert calling us to an abstract idea. You will find the heart of a man who demonstrates humility and conviction, mostly in ways that he doesnt see himself (or he wouldnt be qualified to write this book). <i>Humble Orthodoxy</i> will show you, with authenticity and vulnerability, what it means to realize that, left to ourselves, we are all arrogant heretics. But the Spirit of God can crucify our pride and our unfaithfulness. I heartily commend this good, practical book.<br /><b><i>Russell D. Moore, dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, and author of Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ<br /><br /></i></b>I love the message of <i>Humble Orthodoxy.</i> It further fueled the fire within me for a passionate commitment to truth that would put me on my knees instead of puffing me up. God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble. I pray that God will use the message of this book to topple tall towers of pride that are so out of place in the church of Jesus Christ. May pure worship flow from humble orthodoxy!<br /><b><i>Jason Meyer, pastor of preaching and vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN</i></b><br />', '<b>Joshua Harris</b> is a bestselling author and the lead pastor at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. He and his wife, Shannon, have three children.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: You Suck: A Dunn Kelly Mystery\nDescription: [\"David Wood began writing when he was twelve years old, then took a break of some twenty years before returning to the craft. His debut novel, Dourado, was originally published in 2004. His diverse body of work includes action-adventure, historical fiction, fantasy, and young adult paranormal. His literary inspirations include Clive Cussler, James Rollins, Robert Jordan, and David Eddings. David enjoys history, archaeology, mythology, and cryptozoology, and his Dane Maddock Adventures reflect all of these interests. When it's vacation time, he generally passes on the exotic locales, preferring ruins, caves, Indian mounds, mountains, and sites of historical interest. On his way to figuring out what he wanted to be when he grew up, David attended six colleges, earned four degrees, and worked as a landscaper, injection molding technician, recreation director, minister, teacher, and, his favorite, pizza delivery guy. He is a Second Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo and founded the largest chapter of the NPS Taekwondo organization. David is a proud member of International Thriller Writers. When not writing, he watches the Atlanta Braves and tries not to shout at the television, coaches youth sports, and co-hosts ThrillerCast, a podcast devoted to reading and writing in the thriller genre. A Georgia native, he and his family now live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\", '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Glass Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences\nDescription: ['\"The book is a substantial work of scholarship rather than a casual read, and it offers much for historians of science as well as students of popular writing.\" -- Jon Turney \"Times Higher Education Supplement\" (03/26/2008)<br /><br />The book is a substantial work of scholarship rather than a casual read, and it offers much for historians of science as well as students of popular writing.Jon Turney, Times Higher Education Supplement -- Jon Turney \"Times Higher Education Supplement\" (03/26/2008)<br /><br />\"Victorian Popularizers is not just a history of science from below, although it effectively capitalizes on that literature. Rather, it is an important story of how some Victorians rebelled against the claim that only scientists should have authority over science. Lightman deftly shows how questions of authority were bound up in matters of publishing, church reform, professionalization, gender dynamics, visual spectacle and social change, and he makes substantial contributions to understanding the relationship between those matters and science. Historians interested in any of these issues will find this book enriching and thought provoking. The authors insights into the world of Victorian science publishing offer important lessons for our own eras continuing struggle with the question of scientific authority.\"Matthew Stanley, Endeavour -- Matthew Stanley \"Endeavour\" (04/28/2009)', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Atlantis: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 6)\nDescription: ['David Wood is the author of the popular action-adventure series, The Dane Maddock Adventures, as well as several stand-alone works and two series for young adults. Under his David Debord pen name he is the author of the Absent Gods fantasy series. When not writing, he co-hosts the ThrillerCast podcast. David and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit him online at www.davidwoodweb.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: Living History: A Memoir\nDescription: ['Chaim Herzog, former UN ambassador for Israel and President of the Jewish state from 1983 to 1993, who was born and raised in Ireland, where his father was Chief Rabbi, was present at the birth of the state of Israel. He served in the British Army during the Second World War, and helped liberate the Nazi concentration camps, a profoundly moving experience for a Jewish officer. Afterwards he fought in Israel\\'s war of independence. In the UN Herzog made eloquent speeches in defense of Israel at a time when his country was increasingly isolated. His presidency saw the beginning of the Intifada, the missions to rescue Ethiopia\\'s Falasha Jews, and the opening up of the Soviet Union. In this extensive memoir Herzog offers his memories and reflections, including comments on the assassination of <a href=\"/exec/obidos/Author=Rabin%2C%20Yitzhak/${0}\">Yitzhak Rabin</a>.', 'Herzog, twice president of Israel (1983-93), has written an exhilarating autobiography, at once a stirring personal and political testament to some of this century\\'s major events. Born in Belfast in 1918 to a Latvian mother and a Polish father who was chief rabbi of Ireland, he moved with his family to Palestine in 1935 and at 16 joined the Haganah, the underground resistance led by David Ben-Gurion. Receiving his higher education in London, Herzog, then a young barrister, joined the British army as soon as Britain declared war on Hitler, and he was part of the first Allied formation to cross into Germany, where he subsequently witnessed the horrors of the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He fought in Israel\\'s war for independence, and as director of Israel\\'s military intelligence molded it into one of the best organizations of its kind. As Israel\\'s ambassador to the UN, he valiantly fought against the 1974 resolution sponsored by what he calls \"those three great bulwarks of democracy,\" Cuba, Somalia and Benin, equating Zionism with racism (a resolution revoked by a large majority in 1991). As Israeli president Herzog maneuvered behind the scenes to forge a coalition government and helped shape Israel\\'s response to growing unemployment and drug use, the intifada, the Gulf War and Iraqi Scud missile attacks. Sprinkled with his brutally candid assessments of Golda Meir, Shimon Peres, Moshe Dayan, Kurt Waldheim, Reagan, Arafat and others, his memoir ends on an optimistic note, envisaging a genuine Middle East peace that could facilitate joint Israel-Arab economic and technical cooperation. Photos. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Christina Cooks: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods But Were Afraid to Ask\nDescription: ['Pirello (Cooking the Whole Foods Way) offers this happy, almostsingsong primer for those who are intrigued by-but still unfamiliarwith-a whole foods diet. An in-depth introductory section, withinformation on everything from the dangers of dairy to the basics ofbeans and tips for getting started in an all-around healthy lifestyle,can help readers understand what they\\'re getting into. Recipes arefairly simple, comforting and sensual-Caramelized Shallot and RoastedPepper Linguine, Sauted Cucumbers with Peaches and Blood Orange Tartwith Caramel Sauce are examples of the tempting entrieswithin. Amusing \"Did you Know?\" sidebars with quick tidbits about thebenefits of whole foods and herbs such as basil are good reminders ofwhy someone might want to eat whole foods, and the recipes in thisbook make that seem like an enjoyable goal to attain. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'In 1983, Christina Pirello was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. With little prospect of help from conventional therapies, she turned to a nutritional program using a whole foods approach. Now, after more than 15 years cancer-free, Christina Pirello is the Emmy award-winning host of <i>Christina Cooks! </i>on National Public Television, teaching whole foods cooking classes and lecturing nationwide. Christina is the author of <i>Cooking the Whole Foods Way</i>, <i>Christina Cooks</i>, and, most recently, <i>This Crazy Vegan Life</i>. She and her husband publish a natural foods magazine, <i>Macrochef</i>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: NKJV Evidence Bible\nDescription: ['Ray is the Founder and CEO of Living Waters and the bestselling author of more than 80 books, including, Hell\\'s Best Kept Secret, Scientific Facts in the Bible, and The Evidence Bible. He cohosts (with actor Kirk Cameron) the awardwinning television program \"The Way of the Master,\" seen in 200 countries. He is also the Executive Producer on the movies \"Audacity,\" \"180,\" \"Evolution vs. God,\" and others, which have been seen by millions. He and his wife, Sue, live in Bellflower, California, where they have three grown children.<br /><br />', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles, Volume I)\nDescription: ['Think of it as <i>A New Hope</i> for the world of Dragonlance: Sure, maybe it\\'s a little rough around the edges, maybe it\\'s got one clich too many, but this baby is pure magic. The first volume in the Dragonlance Chronicles series, this classic from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman started it all for Krynn, eventually spawning a bestselling 90-plus book series. (And, frankly, you\\'d do well to stick to the Weis-Hickman titles.) All the heroes that you\\'ve likely heard of already--the creepy, hourglass-eyed Raistlin, the noble half-elf Tanis, the comic relief Tasselhoff Burrfoot, the curmudgeonly dwarf Flint Fireforge--they\\'re all here, starting the good fight against the Dark Queen Takhisis as the War of the Lance begins. Pick up <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786916095/${0}\">Dragons of Winter Night</a></i> when you\\'re done. <i>--Paul Hughes</i>', 'Margaret Weis is the author of numerous<b>Dragonlance</b>novels, many of them co-written with Tracy Hickman, including the<i>New York Times</i>bestselling War of Souls trilogy. She is also the author of the Star of the Guardian novels and the designer of many<b>Dragonlance</b>roleplaying products.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Shattered Frost (Frost Series) (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico. She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 2012), Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, July 2013), Morgan (Indie Gypsy, July 2014) and The Laurel (Musa Publishing, November 2014). Her work has also appeared in Night Gypsy: Journey Into Darkness (Indie Gypsy, October 2012) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Liz is currently working on a new novel and a comic book series titled Zombie Ever After (Emerald Star Comics, Fall 2014).\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pay Yourself First\nDescription: ['Lynn High has over forty-five years of experience in personal investing. He learned three secrets when he was twenty-nine years old after he had returned from the Vietnam War. He attended a seminar that changed his life; and he now shares what he learned as he made good on those secrets. He also made some mistakes and shares those too. He simply found that for the average individual the concept of paying yourself first is the only way to attain financial success. But you have to be smart. You have to use tax-advantages and have a systematic method to keep yourself on course. That is what he shares with you in this book.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Ark: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 7)\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces\nDescription: ['Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi are bestselling authors, writing coaches, and international speakers. Their books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. Angela and Becca also co-founded their popular Writers Helping Writers site, a hub where authors can hone their craft, as well as One Stop for Writers, an innovative online library built to help writers elevate their storytelling.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Places\nDescription: ['Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi are bestselling authors, writing coaches, and international speakers. Their books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. Angela and Becca also co-founded their popular Writers Helping Writers site, a hub where authors can hone their craft, as well as One Stop for Writers, an innovative online library built to help writers elevate their storytelling.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles)\nDescription: ['inter Night re turns listeners to the mystical world of Krynn, where the memorable band of characters from Dragons of Autumn Twilight continue their fantastical adventures.<br><br>The land has grown even more dangerous, and now the heroes -- Tanis Half-Elven, Sturm Brightblade, Raistlin and Caramon Majere, Flint Fireforge and Tasselhoff Burrfoot -- have been separated. And Raistlin, his strange, hourglass eyes gleaming, has warned, \"Farewell, my friends...And a long farewell it will be. Some of us are not destined to meet again in this world.\" This ominous prediction, along with sinister dreams, will haunt this group of long-time friends as they search for the mysterious dragon orbe and the legendary dragonlance with the hope of stopping the advance of the Dark Queen!<br><br>Here, is a compelling fantasy tale in which the true value of love and friendship is measured against the backdrop of a catastrophic war between good and evil.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Northern New England: Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)\nDescription: ['y photographed guide showcases one of the most beautiful regions in the country--Northern New England, an area of pristine wildernesses and extraordinary landscapes. Over 150 color photos and maps throughout.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Home\nDescription: ['Carson Buckingham knew from childhood that she wanted to be a writer and began, at age six, by writing books of her own, hand-drawing covers, and selling them to any family member who would pay (usually a dime) for what she referred to as classic literature. When she ran out of relatives, she came to the conclusion that there was no real money to be made in self-publishing, so she studied writing and read voraciously for the next eighteen years, while simultaneously collecting enough rejection slips to re-paper her living roomtwice. When her landlord chucked her out for, in his words, making the apartment into one hell of a downer, she redoubled her efforts, and collected four times the rejection slips in half the time, single-handedly causing the first paper shortage in U.S. history. She persevered, improved greatly over the years, and here we are. Carson Buckingham has been/is a professional proofreader, editor, anthologist, newspaper reporter, copywriter, technical writer, novelist, short story writer, and comedy writer. She loves reading and gardening; but not at the same time. Though born and grew up in Connecticut, she lives in Arizona nowand Connecticut is glad to be rid of her! Check out her blog at carsonbuckingham.blogspot.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Fresh Look at Fear: Encountering Jesus in Our Weakness (Discipleship Essentials)\nDescription: ['"Fear is a profound force -- it paralyzes people, controls communities, and shapes nations. But it does not have to be that way! My close friend Dan Baumann knows what it means to look fear in the face and to follow Jesus instead. Let him show you how." --Trent Sheppard, author of God on Campus<br /><br />"Dan Baumann, a friend of many years having worked in some of the most difficult places in the world, really does understand fear and how to overcome it. As one who has walked through imprisonment and war and treks over treacherous territory, he has much to teach us. This book will be important to you during troublesome times. If you are called to adventure, this book is a must for you." --Loren Cunningham, cofounder, Youth With A Mission']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Xibalba: A Dane Maddock Adventure (Dane Maddock Adventures) (Volume 8)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria 2003 (Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria)\nDescription: ['Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommers, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommers. Your guide to a world of travel experience.', 'Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:', '', 'A native of California and resident by turns of Ottawa, Amsterdam, Moscow, and (for nearly the past decade) Vancouver, <b>Shawn Blore</b> is a newspaper journalist, award-winning magazine writer, and author of the best-selling <i>Vancouver: Secrets of the City</i>. He is also a coauthor of <i>Frommers Canada, Frommers Brazil,</i> and <i>Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.</i>', '<b>Alexandra de Vries</b> took her first intercontinental flight at 6 weeks and developed a taste for travel early on. A resident by turns of Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro, she now lives in Vancouver and reports on West Coast culture and places for Frommers readers. She is also the co-author of Frommers Brazil and Frommers Portable Rio de Janeiro.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Christian in Complete Armour (2 Volumes)\nDescription: [\"'If I might read only one book beside the Bible, I would choose <i>The Christian in Complete Armour</i>.' --<strong><i>John Newton</i></strong><br /><br />'Gurnall's work is peerless and priceless; every line is full of wisdom; every sentence is suggestive. I have often resorted to it when my own fire has been burning low, and I have seldom failed to find a glowing coal upon Gurnall's hearth.' --<strong><i>Charles H. Spurgeon</i></strong><br /><br />'A beautiful feature in Gurnall's book is its richness in pithy, pointed, and epigrammatical sayings. You will often find in a line and a half some great truth, put so concisely, and yet so fully, that you really marvel how so much thought could be got into so few words. Solid scriptural theology, like that contained in these pages, should be valued and studied in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice books in which Christ and the Holy Ghost have their rightful office books in which justification, and sanctification, and regeneration, and faith, and grace, and holiness are clearly, distinctly, and accurately delineated and exhibited these are the only books which do real good. Few things need reviving more than a taste for such books as these among readers.' <br /><strong><i>--J.C. Ryle</i></strong><br />'I believe <i>The Christian in Complete Armour</i>, should be in the library of every man and woman of God. No Christian leader, teacher, pastor, evangelist, or Christian worker should be without it.'<br /> <strong><i>-David Wilkerson</i></strong><br />'You could not buy a better work, nor get better value for your money.' --<strong><i>Free Presbyterian Magazine</i></strong>\", \"William Gurnall (1616-1679) was born in the coastal town of Lynn, Norfolk, about a hundred miles north of London. His father was first an alderman (town council member), then mayor of Lynn, a chief town of the most thoroughly Protestant district of England in the seventeenth century. The inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk counties were famous for their deep attachment to the doctrines of the Reformation. <br /> An excellent scholar, Gurnall was awarded a scholarship from the city of Lynn to attend Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He began his formal training there in his 16th year, shortly after his father's death. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1635 and a master s degree in 1639.<br /> At the age of 28, William Gurnall was appointed curate and then rector on the death of the incumbent of the church at Lavenham, Suffolk, then a town of about 1,800 inhabitants, half of whom were his parishioners. A year later he married a minister's daughter, Sarah Mott, who bore him at least fourteen children, eight of whom survived him. Gurnall spent the rest of his life, dogged by ill-health, in this pastorate. <br /> The years during which Gurnall served the parish at Lavenham were filled with momentous events in English history: a civil war, the beheading of King Charles I, the declaring of a protectorate under Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, then the death of Cromwell, and the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II. But the most significant event for Gurnall was the passing of the Act of Uniformity in 1662. He chose to remain in the Church, signed the declaration required by the Act, and was ordained a priest by the evangelical Bishop Reynolds of Norwich. His reputation amongst the Puritans consequently suffered and is probably the reason so little has been written about William Gurnall in the annals of church history.<br /> It was during this time of civil and religious strife and controversy that Gurnall preached to his parishioners his messages on spiritual warfare. With the help of a benefactor, Gurnall published his material in three volumes between 1655 and 1662 The Christian in Complete Armour. He dedicated the first volume to the inhabitants of Lavenham.<br />Gurnall died on October 12, 1679, in the 63rd year of his life. The fact that a sixth edition of his work was published in the year he died is enough to show that its merits were early recognized.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Teach Yourself Haitian Creole\nDescription: ['Writing <b>Teach Yourself Haitian Creole</b> has been an adventure for me. I first started giving private lessons to organizations and individuals, who wanted to find the <b>best to way learn Haitian Creole</b>; because their organizations or church activities were in the Haitian community.<br /><br />They just came to me saying, \"<b>I want to learn Haitian Creole</b>\", After teaching <i><b>Haitian Creole</b></i> for several years, my students started asking me for the materials in a book format, and that is where this incredible adventure began.<br /><br />It took me approximately 16 months to come up with an <i>easy way to learn Haitian Creole</i> for <i>self-taught</i> people. I had an incredible crew of Haitian brothers working hand in hand with me and we spent countless hours at the recording studio, creating the voices, editing and finalizing the MP3 Voice recording for all the sections in the book.<br /><br />We were all very excited with the book and hoped for good results, because while there were many books out there, these methods were only <b>to learn Basic Haitian Creole</b> words and phrases. Students were not taught to actually <i>speak Haitian Creole</i>.<br /><br />We finally finished the recording and the revision of the book, after several months of work, sometimes working until 2 am at the recording studio, but we made it.<br /><br />The book was released first in the Dominican Republic and soon all our Haitian teachers started to use the book for their personal and private lessons. Christian and non-Christian organizations were looking for the book to train their staff.<br /><br />These organizations started asking for an English version of the book, because most of their staff were English-speaking people, so we came up with the English version. It was not an easy process, but you can finally say that you have a good tool <i>to learn Haitian Creole language</i>, not just a few phrases or words; you can really <b>learn how to speak Haitian Creole</b> with this method.<br /><br />Thank you very much for taking the time to learn using <b>Teach Yourself Haitian Creole</b>, if at any part of your learning experience, you feel that you need a friendly hand, do not hesitate to reach me, I would be more than glad to assist you.', '<br /><span><b>Are you ready</b> to discover your learning potential with our very special technique for <i>Teaching Yourself</i> a new language?<br /></span><span></span><br /> <span>Have you been working with Haitian people, or do you feel the need to reach the Haitian community with your message?</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>Have you had trouble when communicating and understanding the <b>Creole language</b>?</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>Have you purchased phrase books and flash cards to <b>Learn Haitian Creole</b>?</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>Do you have a Creole speaking friend, relative, or co-worker who you would love to communicate?</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>Have you tried endless efforts to master <b>Haitian Creole</b> but still find yourself struggling with it?</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /> <span>If your answer is <b>YES</b>, to any of the above questions, then <b>Teach Yourself Haitian Creole</b> is the right tool for you.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /> <span><b>Learn Haitian Creole</b> in less than 3 MONTHS with our proven technique for <i>Self Learning</i>. Audio download included.</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Have Fun with the Presidents: Activities, Projects, and Fascinating Facts\nDescription: ['<b>Fascinating Facts and Fun Projects</b>', \"It's important to learn about the U.S. presidents, but it'sevenbetter to have fun while doing it. <i>Have Fun with thePresidents</i> is filled with activities, recipes, games, puzzles,profiles, quotes, andfascinating facts about all of the Americanpresidents, fromGeorge Washington to George W. Bush.\", \"You will learn all kinds of interesting things about thepresidents,their families, and the times in which they lived, butthis ismuch more than just a book of facts. The games andactivities in <i>Have Fun with the Presidents</i> will give you abetter understandingof each president's important contributions,interesting hobbies,and unique personality.\", 'While you are learning about the eventful lives of theAmericanpresidents, you will also discover how to:', '', \"<b>David C. King</b> is a former history teacher and an award-winning author who haswritten more than thirty books for children and young adults, including the books in <i>Wiley's American Kids in History and American Heritage</i>, <i>American Voices</i> series.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Write and Revise Your Novel Without an Outline\nDescription: ['', 'Heres what I love about Annalisa. Yes, she is hilarious; and yes, her book is brimming over with invaluable practical writerly wisdom. (An example among a thousand: when she talks about the monsters under your bed. Oh, you think there arent any?) But what I love is that her sheer love of great writingin other words, her love of lifepours out of every paragraph. Read her book. It will infuse joy into your days and make you a better writer.', '<strong>John David Mann,</strong>coauthor of the New York Times bestseller<em>The Red Circle</em>and the bestselling classic<em>The Go-Giver</em>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: All Kinds of Families!\nDescription: ['PreSchool-Grade 3Hoberman has tackled the elusive question of what makes a family a family in this sometimes silly, sometimes serious book of rhymes. She likens families to numerous items that share a relationship and are inherently the same. Her refrain says it all, \"Bottle caps, gingersnaps, buttons, or rings/You can make families from all sorts of things!\" Other families include tools, balloons, thimbles, and marbles, but the verses make it clear that human families are much more than a conglomeration of like, easily categorized, things; they share a human history and the promise of many more families to come. No matter what, making a family is about seeing the likenesses, not the differences. Boutavant provides colorful illustrations that vary from page to page, but as a group, complement the rhymes. Pair this with Jusin Richardson and Peter Parnell\\'s <i>And Tango Makes Three</i> (S & S, 2005), Arnold Adoff\\'s <i>Black Is Brown Is Tan</i> (HarperCollins, 2002); Nancy Coffelt\\'s <i>Fred Stays with Me!</i> (Little, Brown, 2007), and Remy Charlip\\'s <i>A Perfect Day</i> (HarperCollins, 2007) to introduce the idea that, indeed, there are all kinds of families.<i>Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman is the author of more than thirty-five books for children, including the critically acclaimed <em>A House Is a House for Me</em>, which won a National Book Award, the New <em>York Times</em> bestselling <em>You Read to Me, I'll Read to You</em>, and the Sing-Along Stories series.<br /><br />Marc Boutavant has created picture books in English, French, and Japanese. He also does editorial illustration and comics. Mr. Boutavant lives in Paris.\", '', '']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Shiny Garage\nDescription: ['Visit the Shiny Garage and find out<BR> where Little Red Fire Engine, <BR> Little Orange Digger, Little Yellow Bus<BR> and Little Blue Car are going! <BR><BR> Four shiny board books to push along<BR> on moveable wheels! <BR><BR> Illustrated by Bettina Paterson<BR><BR> Contains small parts. Not suitable for children under 36 months. <BR>']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Jack's Magic Beans\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Vittum Folks (Classic Reprint)\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: EarthBound (Boss Fight Books)\nDescription: [\"Ken Baumann acted for ten years in feature films and TV. He is the author of the novels Solip and Say, Cut, Map. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and currently attends St. John's College.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Presenting the Philippines\nDescription: ['Nigel Hicks Devon-born, Nigel has lived for many years in South-East Asia and is a frequent visitor to The Philippines. Now working as a free-lance writer and photographer, his work has appeared in numerous magazines and publications around the world and he has written and photographed a number of books about the country, including Enchanting Philippines, This is the Philippines and The National Parks of The Philippines.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Morals and Dogma: Part 1 of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: All About Love (Cynster Novels)\nDescription: ['Setting: Regency England', 'Sensuality: 8', \"Regency rake Alasdair Reginald Cynster, better known as Lucifer, is determined to avoid the epidemic of marriage that has claimed the rest of his male relatives. He leaves London for the Devon countryside and a quiet visit with an elderly friend, but gets the shock of his life when he stumbles on his friend's body, is coshed on the head by an unknown assailant, and wakes to find himself being tended by the lovely Phyllida Tallent. Entranced by the beautiful lady and her quick mind, Lucifer soon finds himself conspiring with Phyllida to solve the murder even as he grows daily more involved in the lives of the residents of Colyton. For her part, Phyllida had resigned herself to choosing a suitor from the unprepossessing noblemen living in and about Colyton. The sophisticated, handsome Lucifer takes her by surprise and shakes the foundations of her world. Neither Lucifer nor the willful Phyllida had planned to fall in love, but destiny clearly intends otherwise. If the unknown murderer has his way, however, neither of the two will live to enjoy a happy ending to their tale.\", 'Stephanie Laurens deftly combines a strong mystery plot with a breathtaking love story in this, the latest Bar Cynster story. Lucifer has the charm, character, and powerful personality that readers adore in the Cynster men, while Phyllida perfectly balances him with quick wit, courage, and a strong will of her own. <i>All About Love</i> is sure to be a hit with devoted fans and new readers alike.<i>--Lois Faye Dyer</i>', 'In the sixth installment of Laurens\\'s series of Regency-set romances involving the devilish men of the Cynster family (A Secret Love, etc.), the familiar \"curse\" that causes the Cynster men to fall in love with and marry independent women comes into play once again. Alasdair Reginald Cynster, widely known as Lucifer, arrives at the country home of his mentor, Horatio Welham, only to discover he\\'s been murdered. Knocked unconscious himself, the last thing Lucifer feels before he blacks out is a woman\\'s touch. When he awakens, he is at the family home of Phyllida Tallent, his angel of mercy. Although Phyllida and Lucifer join forces to solve Horatio\\'s murder, Phyllida conceals a secret that she is unwilling to reveal despite a growing attraction to her handsome new companion. As for Lucifer, once he\\'s recovered from his initial distaste at being in love, he sets about wooing Phyllida, and only her determination to remain independent keeps them apart. Phyllida and Lucifer are rich, engaging characters, and Laurens\\'s writing shines. Loyal fans of the series will also be pleased to note that Devil and Demon, protagonists from the previous novels, make an appearance as well. (Feb. 6)Forecast: Laurens is quickly building a name with this exceptional series, and her growing number of fans will eagerly pluck this one off the shelves. With her skill at depicting strong female leads, she also is likely to attract a number of contemporary romance readers.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Rising: Deliverance\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Favorite Recipes of Texas Desserts Including Party Beverages-Contains 900 Recipes From Women's Club Leaders in Texas\nDescription: ['Texas Desserts']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Winter's Kisses\nDescription: ['I am a native of Jamaica and graduated from Fayetteville Technical Community College, Daytona State College and Campbell University. I currently reside in Atlanta, GA with my husband and two girls. I am an achiever, a learner, a relater, passionate for excellence, confident and disciplined. I love to read and listen to music on my Ipod; however my passion is writing. You will always see me with my laptop or some type of writing implement.', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Entombed\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Sexuality, Gender and the Law, 3d (University Casebook Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Colony Z: Beginning and End (Vol. 4)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gorbachev, Yeltsin and the Last Days of the Soviet Empire\nDescription: ['One wonders why Felshman chose not to write about theater in Moscow, presumably his area of greatest expertise as he works on joint projects there, and concentrated instead on politics, with which he seems to have little more familiarity than does an attentive newspaper reader. In a 288-page overview, he devotes just 18 pages to Russian history, and going back to 600 A.D., plus offering a two-and-a-half pages to a chronology cle of dates, which, for example, that omits such major figures as Peter the Great\\'s daughter, the Empress Elizabeth. who ruled from 1741 to 1762. He has nothing new to say about the backgrounds of either Gorbachev or Yeltsin; his recap of pre-perestroika governance from Stalin to Chernenko omits analysis. Felshman is informative, however, when he presents his eyewitness account of Moscovites\\' stunned reactions as Gorbachev surrounded the city with 50,000 troops to stem the March 28, 1991, Yeltsin rally, noting, but perhaps only from hindsight, that on that day \"the balance of power changed . . . and was from then on irreversible.\" Photos not seen by PW . <BR>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'This rambling, unfocused work presents a brief description of the August 1991 coup events, biographies of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, a survey of Russian history from 1000 B.C. to 1931, an economic history of the Soviet period, and descriptions of both perestroika and glasnost. All are unconnected to one another. Felshman, who works on cultural exchanges with a Moscow theater, was in Moscow twice in 1991, once in the spring and again in August. His descriptions of the events he witnessed are superficial and spark no interest in the reader. Half of the background material included is irrelevant to the coup. Felshman appears to have no clear picture of his intended audience. Not recommended.<BR><I>- Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York</I><BR>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Kill Whitey\nDescription: [\"Stoker-winner Keene (<i>Ghoul</i>) delivers a lot of gore but little else that's memorable in this horror novel set in central Pennsylvania. Larry Gibson, a package-loader for Globe Package System, becomes fascinated with Sondra Belov, a dancer at the Odessa, a strip joint owned by Zakhar Putin, a mysterious Russian known as Whitey. After one visit to the club, Gibson is surprised to find Sondra hiding under his car. When he helps her escape from Whitey, he discovers he's made an enemy of an apparent immortal, who bounces back after being shot, eviscerated and otherwise mortally injured. Sandra explains that Whitey, a descendant of Rasputin, has inherited remarkable regenerative powers. Readers may find Gibson's transformation from an average guy to a master fighter who can hold his own against the monstrous Whitey less than convincing. <i>(Dec.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: To Disco, with Love: The Records That Defined an Era\nDescription: ['David Hamsley is a photographer living in New York City.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Tequila's Sunrise\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: McGraw-Hill's MAT Miller Analogies Test, Second Edition\nDescription: ['<b>Kathy A. Zahler, M.S.</b>, has authored or contributed to elementary and high school textbooks in language arts, literature, and mathematics, for many major el-high publishers, including McGraw-Hill, Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, and Pearson. She is also the author of the bestselling <i>Test Your Cultural Literacy</i>, originally published by Arco/PH Press and now in its fourth edition.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Forever eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: ABC (A Slide-and-Seek Book)\nDescription: ['ABC (A Slide-and-Seek Book)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Clickers\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: William Morris: Artist, Craftsman, Pioneer\nDescription: ['Product Details\\n\\n * Pub. Date: August 2010\\n * Publisher: Sterling Publishing\\n * Format: Hardcover, 192pp\\n * Sales Rank: 140\\n\\n * ISBN-13: 9781435127005\\n * ISBN: 1435127005', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Last of the Albatwitches\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mushrooms of Northeastern North America\nDescription: ['Alan E. Bessette is professor of biology at Utica College of Syracuse University.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Clickers II: The Next Wave\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Star Wars : Underworld- The Yavin Vassilika# 3 ( of 5) Photo Cover\nDescription: ['Part 3 of 5']"
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"chosen": "Title: Take the Long Way Home\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: A Solid Core of Alpha\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Shades eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Forgotten House\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Ready Player One\nDescription: ['', '<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000706551\"><strong>Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:</strong></a> <em>Ready Player One</em> takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Hallidays fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline.<em>--Chris Schluep</em>', 'I dare you not to fall in love with <em>Ready Player One</em>. And I mean <em>head over heels</em> in love--the way you fall for someone who is smart, feisty, and who can effortlessly finish your favorite movie lines, music lyrics, or literature quotes before they come out of your mouth.', '<em>Ready Player One</em> expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future.', 'The story is set in a near-term future in which the new, new form of the Internet is a realistic virtual multi-verse called the OASIS. Most human interaction takes place via goggles and gloves in millions of unique worlds, including the boring (and free) public education world from which our teenage protagonist must escape.', 'Our unlikely hero is an overweight trailer park kid who goes by Wade Watts in real life, and Parzival to his best friends and mortal enemies--all of whom he interacts with virtually. Just like the Arthurian knight that is his namesake, young Wade is on a quest for an incredible treasure guarded by mythical creatures. Specifically, the creator of the OASIS and richest man on the planet, James Halliday, stipulated in his will that his fortune be given to the first person who can find an Easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS. The catch? Every devilishly complex clue on this treasure hunt is rooted in an intimate knowledge of 1980s pop culture.', 'This leaves the people of the future hilariously <em>obsessed</em> with every aspect of the 1980s. The setup is particularly brilliant, because Ernie Cline seems to have a laser-beam knowledge of (and warm, fuzzy love for) every pop song, arcade game, and giant robot produced in the last thirty years. Seriously, this is a guy who owns and regularly drives a 1982 DeLorean that has been mocked up to look exactly like the time-traveling car in <em>Back to the Future</em>, complete with a glowing flux capacitor.', 'But <em>Ready Player One</em> isnt just a fanboys wet dream. Real villains are lurking, threatening our hero with death in their ruthless hunt for the treasure. Worse, these corporate baddies are posers with no love for the game they have movie dialogue piped in via radio earpieces, use bots to cheat at arcade games like JOUST, and dont hesitate to terrorize or murder people in the real world to achieve their aims inside the OASIS.', 'As the book climaxes, a mega-battle unfolds with sobering life-or-death stakes, yet soldiered entirely by exciting and downright fun pop-culture icons. The bad guys are piloting a ferocious Mechagodzilla. Our good guy has to leave his X-Wing fighter aboard his private flotilla so that he can pilot an authentic Ultraman recreation. And how do you not grin when someone dons a pair of virtual Chuck Taylor All Stars that bestow the power of flight?', 'Cline is fearless and he lets his imagination soar, yet this pop scenery could easily come off as so much fluff. Instead, Cline keeps the stakes high throughout, and the epic treasure hunt structure (complete with an evolving high-score list) keeps the action intense. The plot unfolds with constant acceleration, never slowing down or sagging in the middle, to create a thrilling ride with a fulfilling ending.', 'Best of all, the book captures the aura of the manifold worlds it depicts. If <em>Ready Player One</em> were a living room, it would be wood-panelled. If it were shoes, it would be high-tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be <em>Eye of the Tiger</em>.', 'I really, really loved it.', '<em>-- Daniel H. Wilson</em>', '<span class=\"h1\"><strong>Questions for Ernest Cline, Author of <em>Ready Player One</em></strong></span>', '<strong>Q)</strong> So it seems youre a bit of a pop-culture buff. In your debut novel <em>Ready Player One</em> you incorporate literally hundreds of pop culture references, many of them in ways that are integral to the books plot. Whats the first thing you remember geeking out over?', '<strong>A)</strong> <em>Sesame Street</em> and the Muppets. I thought Jim Henson ruled the universe. I even thought it was pretty cool that I shared my first name with a muppet. Until the first day of kindergarten, when I quickly learned that \"Ernie\" was not a cool name to have. That was about the time I segued into my next childhood obsession, <em>Star Wars</em>.', '<strong>Q)</strong> Like the books hero, you possess a horrifyingly deep knowledge of a terrifyingly broad swathe of culture, ranging from John Hughes movies to super-obscure Japanese animation to 8-bit videogames to science-fiction and fantasy literature to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. What the heck is wrong with you?! How do you have so much time on your hands?', '<strong>A)</strong> Well, Im raising a toddler now, so I dont have as much time to geek out as I used to. I think I amassed a lot of that knowledge during my youth. Like most geeks, I was a sponge for all kinds of movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games. Then as an adult, I worked at a long series of low paying tech support jobs that allowed me to surf the Internet all day, and I spent a lot of my cubicle time looking up obscure pop culture minutiae from my childhood while I waited for people to reboot their PCs. Of course, I spent most of my off hours geeking out, too. Luckily, all those hours can now be classified as \"research\" for my novel.', '<strong>Q)</strong> Youre stranded on an island and you can only take one movie with you. What is it?', '<strong>A)</strong> Easy! <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026L7H20/\"><em>The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition</em></a>. (Can I take all of the DVD Extras and Making of Documentaries, too?)', '<strong>Q)</strong> Youre given free tickets and back stage passes to one concert (artist can be living or dead)- who is it and why?', '<strong>A)</strong> Are we talking about time travel back to a specific concert in the past here? Because it would be pretty cool to stand on the roof of Apple Records and watch the Beatles jam up there. But my favorite rock band thats still together is RUSH, and I just bought tickets to see them this June!', '<strong>Q)</strong> Favorite book of all time.', '<strong>A)</strong> Thats an impossible question! I could maybe give you three favorites: <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553380958/\"><em>Snow Crash</em></a> by Neal Stephenson, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385333870/\"><em>Galapagos</em></a> by Kurt Vonnegut, and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345453743/\"><em>The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy</em></a> by Douglas Adams.', '<strong>Q)</strong> Best failed TV show pilot available on Youtube?', '<strong>A)</strong> The unaired Batgirl pilot starring Yvonne Craig.', '<strong>Q)</strong> Favorite episode of Cowboy Bebop?', '<strong>A)</strong> Ganymede Elegy. Or maybe Boogie Woogie Feng Shui.', '<strong>Q)</strong> Whats the first arcade game you ever played? Whats your favorite?', '<strong>A)</strong> I was deflowered by <em>Space Invaders</em>. My all time favorite coin-op game was probably <em>Black Tiger</em>.', '<strong>Q)</strong> Your idea of the perfect day...', '<strong>A)</strong> Play Black Tiger. Then go see <em>Big Trouble in Little China</em> at the Alamo Drafthouse with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter doing a live Q&A afterwards. When I get home that night, I accidentally invent a cheap abundant clean energy source that saves human civilization. I celebrate by staying up late to watch old <em>Ultraman</em> episodes with my daughter (who loves <em>Ultraman</em> even more than I do).', '<strong>Q)</strong> True or False. We hear you own a DeLorean and that you plan on tricking it out to be a time-travelling, Ghostbusting, Knight-Rider car.', '<strong>A)</strong> False. I actually plan on tricking it out to be a time-traveling Ghostbusting Knight Riding Jet Car. Its going to have both a Flux Capacitor and an Oscillation Overthruster in it, so that my Delorean can travel through time AND solid matter. My personalized plates are ECTO88, just like a DeLorean that appears in my book.', '(Im so glad that you asked this question, because now I can justify buying the car as a \"promotional tool\" for my book. Everyone reading this is a witness! My DeLorean is helping me promote my book! The fact that Ive wanted one since I was ten years old is totally irrelevant!)', '<strong>Q)</strong> Speaking of DeLoreans: biggest plot hole in the <em>Back to The Future</em> Films?', '<strong>A)</strong> The <em>Back to The Future</em> Trilogy is perfect and contains no plot holes! Except for the plot hole inherent in nearly all time travel films: The planet Earth is moving through space at an immense speed at all times. So if you travel back in time, you are traveling to a time when the Earth was in a different location, and you and your time machine would appear somewhere out in deep space. For a time machine to be useful, it also needs to be able to teleport you to wherever the Earth was/is at your destination time.', '<strong>Q)</strong> But there are two DeLoreans in 1885--why doesnt Doc dig out the one he buried in a cave for Marty to find in 1955 and use the gasoline from it to get the other DeLorean up to 88mph?', '<strong>A)</strong> Doc would have drained the gas tank before he stored a car for 80 years, so there wouldnt have been any gas. And tampering with the DeLorean in the cave at all could conceivably create a universe-ending paradox, because it has to be in the cave for Marty to get back to 1885 in the first place. Totally not a plot hole!', '', '', 'The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a nerdgasm [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy cultureBut Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times</i> <br /><br />Triggers memories and emotions embedded in the psyche of a generation...[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. <i>A-Entertainment Weekly<br /><br /></i>A most excellent ridethe conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their questfully satisfying.<i>Boston Globe</i><br /><br />Enchanting<i>Willy Wonka</i> meets the <i>Matrix</i>. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don\\'t have to be a geek to get it.<i>USA Today </i><br /><br /><b></b>Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don\\'t have to remember the Reagan administration to love it[Cline] takes a far-out premise and engages the reader instantlyYou\\'ll wish you could make it go on and on.NPR.org<br /><br />A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novelThis novel\\'s large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight[but] even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer<br /></i><br />The grown-up\\'s \\'Harry Potterthe mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline\\'s world are simply astounding.READY PLAYER ONEhas it all.<i>Huffington Post</i><br /><br />Incredibly entertainingDrawing on everything from \"Back to the Future\" to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson\\'s groundbreaking \"Snow Crash,\" Cline has madeREADY PLAYER ONEa geek fantasia, \\'80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.<i>Austin American-Statesman <br /></i><br />\"READY PLAYER ONEis the ultimate lottery ticket.\"<i>New York Daily News</i><br /><br />\"This non-gamer loved every page of READY PLAYER ONE.\"Charlaine Harris, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series<br /><br />A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late 20th century. . . But its also a great read for anyone who likes a good book.Wired.com <br /><br />Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut.<i>Daily Mail</i> (UK)<br /><br />A gunshot of fun with a wicked sense of timing and a cast of characters that you\\'re pumping your fist in the air with whenever they succeed. I haven\\'t been this much on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.<i>Chicago Reader</i><br /><br />A rollicking, surprise-laden, potboiling, thrilling adventure story. I loved every sentence of this bookMark Frauenfelder, <i>BoingBoing</i><br /><br />\"A \\'frakking\\' good read [featuring] incredible creative detail<b></b>I grinned at the sheer audacity of Cline\\'s imagination.<i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<br /></i><br /><i></i>[A] fantastic page-turner.READY PLAYER ONEmay be science fiction, but it\\'s also written for people who have never picked up an SF novel in their lives\"Annalee Newitz, io9.com <br /><br />\"Fascinating and imaginativeIt\\'s non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride.\"Terry Brooks, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Shannara series<br /><br />I was blown away by this bookA book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-upcall this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generations Neuromancer.Will Lavender, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Dominance</i><br /><br />I really, really loved READY PLAYER ONECline expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. Daniel H. Wilson, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Robopocalypse</i><br /><br />A nerdgasmimagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made hot, sweet love, and their child was raised in Azeroth.John Scalzi, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Old Mans War<br /></i><br />Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. I felt like it was written just for me.Patrick Rothfuss, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Wise Mans Fear<br /><br /></i>An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Clines imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe.<i>Booklist,</i> starred review<br /><br />\"This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest through a virtual world, is loaded with enough 1980s nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.<i>Publishers Weekly,</i> Pick of the Week<br /><b></b>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: King of the Bastards\nDescription: ['', 'BRIAN KEENE is the Bram Stoker and Grand Master award-winning, bestselling author of over forty books, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Take the Long Way Home, Urban Gothic, Castaways, Kill Whitey, Dark Hollow, Dead Sea, and The Rising trilogy. Hes also written comic books such as The Last Zombie, Doom Patrol, and <i>Dead of Night: Devil Slayer. His work has been translated into many foreign languages. Several of his novels and stories have been developed for film, including <i>Ghoul</i> and <i>The Ties That Bind</i>. In addition to writing, Keene also oversees Maelstrom, his own small press publishing imprint specializing in collectible limited editions via Thunderstorm Books. Keenes work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publishers Weekly, Media Bistro,Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine. Keene lives in Pennsylvania. You can communicate with him online at www.briankeene.com or on Twitter at @BrianKeene.</i>', 'STEVEN L. SHREWSBURY lives, works, and writes one day at a time. Over 365 of his short stories have been published in print or digital media since the late 80s along with over 100 of his poems. He writes in the realms of horror and sword & sorcery. His novels include Within, Philistine, Overkill, Hell Billy, Blood & Steel, Thrall, Stronger than Death, Hawg, Thoroughbred, Tormentor, Godforsaken, and the just released Born of Swords.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jah Kingdom: Rastafarians, Tanzania, and Pan-Africanism in the Age of Decolonization\nDescription: ['Monique Bedasse has done an amazing thing: she has taken what is presumed to be primarily a cultural phenomenon and shown its real-world, trans-spatial dimensions. Beautifully and movingly written, this is a refreshingly candid appraisal of the relationship between Jamaica and Tanzania through Rastafarian ideology, and the ways in which diasporic and continental African actors come together in a context of anticolonial struggle.\"Michael A. Gomez, New York University<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Jah Kingdom</i> is the work of a talented, imaginative historian whose innovative approach to Rastafari and black internationalism captures a neglected stream in the long history ofPan-Africanpolitical aspirations and anticolonialstruggles. Through prodigious research, oral interviews, and a conceptually rich historiographical engagement, Monique Bedasserevealsa wide range of alternative political imaginaries that ultimately facilitated Tanzania assuming a central place in African diasporic politics and Rastafarian decolonial aspirations.\"Minkah Makalani, University of Texas atAustin<br /><br />', 'Monique A. Bedasse is assistant professor of history and African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: All Dark, All The Time: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 2\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Chimes of a Lost Cathedral (Revolution of Marina M.)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Lost Level (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['BRIAN KEENE is the Bram Stoker and Grand Master award-winning, bestselling author of over forty books, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Take the Long Way Home, Urban Gothic, Castaways, Kill Whitey, Dark Hollow, Dead Sea, and The Rising trilogy. Hes also written comic books such as The Last Zombie, Doom Patrol, and Dead of Night: Devil Slayer. His work has been translated into many foreign languages. Several of his novels and stories have been developed for film, including Ghoul and The Ties That Bind. In addition to writing, Keene also oversees Maelstrom, his own small press publishing imprint specializing in collectible limited editions via Thunderstorm Books. Keenes work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publishers Weekly, Media Bistro, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine. Keene lives in Pennsylvania. You can communicate with him online at www.briankeene.com or on Twitter at @BrianKeene.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Homeward Winds the River\nDescription: ['Southern Romance', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Complex\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sesame Street Storybook Collection\nDescription: ['', '<strong>Sesame Street Storybook Collection (Board Book)</strong>', '0', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Apeshit\nDescription: ['<div> <i>Praise for Apeshit</i><br><br>\"The new gold standard in unstoppable fetus-fucking killfreakomania, Mellick\\'s APESHIT both earns and transcends its awesome title. Genuine all-meat hardcore horror meets unadulterated Bizarro brainwarp strangeness. The results are beyond jaw-dropping, and fill me with pure, unforgivable joy.\"<br> -- <b>JOHN SKIPP</b>, <i>New York Times Bestselling author and splatterpunk superstar</i> <br><br>\"Hilarious, insightful and absolutely over-the-fucking-top, Apeshit will appeal to both traditional slasher fans and readers who want something a bit heavier.\"<br> --<b>BRIAN KEENE</b>, author of <i>The Rising</i> <br><br>\"An electrifying read, Apeshit successfully combines an exciting, blood-splattering slasher story with unexpected social commentary.\"<br> -- <b>THE DREAM PEOPLE</b> <br><br>\"With undead necrophilia, monster-rape sodomy, abortion porn, more spilled guts than your average Fulci film, and so many more grotesqueries you\\'d need a notebook to remember them all, APESHIT just may be the extreme gorehound\\'s dream come true.\"<br> -- <b>THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW</b> <br><br>\"Apeshit begins with a typical dead teenager setup. Three cheerleaders and three football players head out to a cabin in the woods. Yawn. But, this is a Carlton Mellick book. Each of the characters is funny and scary in their own way, a far cry from the cannon fodder Freddy and Jason types usually encounter. There\\'s Desdemona the punk cheerleader who wants to cover herself completely with tattoos, her former best friend Crystal who has an extremely disturbing fetish, dysfunctional Stephanie with her vagina dentata and horrible past and Rick and Kevin who are both with Desdemona, but would rather be with one another. The six are pitted against a horrific urban legend with crab claws and a particularly hideous mutation, and from there it all goes...well, look at the title. Gorehounds who like the scatology of South Park, the weirdness of Peter Jackson gore flicks and the confrontational brutality of Last House on the Left will all relish this loving homage to a genre that once looked this sick and exciting to Americans.\"<br> -- <b>DOC FAUSTUS</b></div>', '<div> <span></span><div> <div> <span></span> <div> <div> <div><div> <div> <i><span>Praise for Carlton Mellick III</span></i><span></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Easily the craziest, weirdest, strangest, funniest, most obscene writer in America.\" -- <b><i>GOTHIC MAGAZINE</i></b></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Carlton is an acquired taste, but he hooks you like a drug.\" --<b>HUNTER SHEA</b>, author of <i>Forest of Shadows</i></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"The most original novelist working today? The most outrageous? The most unpredictable? These aren\\'t easy superlatives to make; however, Carlton Mellick may well be all of those things, behind a canon of books that all irreverently depart from the form and concepts of traditional novels, and adventure the reader into a howling, dark fantasyland of the most bizarre, over-the-top, and mind-warping inventiveness.\" --<b>EDWARD LEE</b>, author of <i>Header</i> </span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Carlton Mellick III is a genius with an insanely beautiful imagination.\" --<b>JOE AUGUSTYN</b>, writer of <i>Night of the Demons</i></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Carlton Mellick III has the craziest book titles... and the kinkiest fans!\" --<b>CHRISTOPHER MOORE</b>, author of <i>The Stupidest Angel</i><br> <br> \"If you haven\\'t read Mellick you\\'re not nearly perverse enough for the twenty first century.\"<b> --JACK KETCHUM</b>, author of <i>The Woman</i> and <i>The Girl Next Door</i><br> <br> \"Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction\\'s most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale.\" --<b>CORY DOCTOROW</b>, author of <i>Little Brother</i></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Mellick\\'s career is impressive because, despite the fact that he puts out a few books a year, he has managed to bring something new to the table every time... Every Mellick novel is packed with more wildly original concepts than you could find in the current top ten <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers put together.\" --<b><i>VERBICIDE</i></b> </span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Mellick\\'s guerrilla incursions combine total geekboy fandom and love with genuine, unbridled outsider madness. As such, it borders on genius, in the way only true outsider art can.\" --<b><i>FANGORIA</i></b></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Bizarre, twisted, and emotionally raw--Carlton Mellick\\'s fiction is the literary equivalent of putting your brain in a blender.\" --<b>BRIAN KEENE</b>, author of <i>The Rising</i> and <i>Dead Sea</i></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"I\\'m a huuuuge Bizarro fan. This new strain of cheerfully transgressive weird fiction is to me the most vibrant, exciting, genre-mangling scene in all of strange literature today. And no one holds dominion over this blossoming underground phenomenon like the godfather of Bizarro, Carlton Mellick III. With the most impressive sideburns in imaginative lit since Isaac Asimov, and a brain that squirts out more shamelessly playful originality in any given chapter than most artists will accomplish in their entire lives, he\\'s the poster boy. The Elvis. As well he should be.\" --<b>JOHN SKIPP</b>, co-author of <i>The Bridge</i></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"It\\'s not unusual to blow through a Mellick book in one sitting. They\\'re fast-paced with an endless number of surprises, making it tough not to keep turning pages. When the end comes, I\\'m left with that done-too-soon feeling that I always love experiencing.\" --<b><i>RAZORCAKE</i></b> </span><br> <i><span></span></i><span></span><br> <span>\"A wormhole of disturbing surrealism and absurd satire.\" --<b><i>VICE MAGAZINE</i></b> </span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Carlton Mellick III exemplifies the intelligence and wit that lurks between its lurid covers. In a genre where crude titles are an art in themselves, Mellick is a true artist.\" --<b><i>THE GUARDIAN</i></b><br> <br> \"His fiction blends bizarre scenarios mixed with horror, action, and even more bizarre actions to create fiction that toes the line between the absurd and the dark places of the mind... Shocking yet entertaining\" --<b><i>THE EXAMINER</i></b></span><br> <span><br> \"I imagine Mellick as a Willy Wonka-type character, someone with personal access to another world, a world of his own creation, but due to its mind-bending energy, he\\'s lost control of it, and it continues to thrive even without him there to pull the strings. And I like the idea of that.\" --<b><i>BOOKIE MONSTER</i></b></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"The imp of the perverse.\" --<b><i>3AM MAGAZINE</i></b> </span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Just as Pop had Andy Warhol and Dada Tristan Tzara, the Bizarro movement has its very own P. T. Barnum-type practitioner. He\\'s the mutton-chopped author of such books as <i>Electric Jesus Corpse</i> and <i>The Menstruating Mall</i>, the illustrator, editor, and instructor of all things Bizarro, and his name is Carlton Mellick III.\" --<b><i>DETAILS MAGAZINE</i></b></span><br> <span></span><br> <span>\"Discussing Bizarro literature without mentioning Mellick is like discussing weird-ass muttonchopped authors without mentioning Mellick.\" --<b><i>CRACKED.COM</i></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: La practica del diseno grafico/ The Practice of Graphic Design: Una metodologia creativa/ a Creative Methodology (Paidos Diseno/ Paidos Desing) (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['El buen diseo no tiene otro propsito que la eficacia. Sin embargo, muchos confunden todava los mtodos con las tcnicas, cuando en realidad los mtodos sirven para pensar y planear, y las tcnicas sirven para hacer. En esta confusin influye la creencia de que la creatividad es u']"
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"chosen": "Title: Slowly We Rot\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Dark Embrace (Masters of Time, Book 3)\nDescription: ['This third installment in the Masters of Time series focuses on the brawny Highlander Aiden of Awe, in sixteenth-century Scotland, and the unassuming Brianna Rose, of twenty-first-century New York. After Aidens son is killed by evil-incarnate Moray, Aiden forsakes his vows of protecting Innocence throughout time and instead becomes a conscienceless mercenary with a force of thousands. When Brie, an empath who fights villians through her computer, experiences Aidens grief and pain, she tries to find him.Realizing that Brie is in danger, Aidenleaps through time to save her, much to his own surprise.Magical and sensual, Joyces latest tale about howthe power of loveovercomes tremendous odds is another captivating hit. --Maria Hatton', 'Brenda Joyce is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 novels and novellas, including the popular and critically acclaimed de Warenne Dynasty Saga, a series of novels set in Regency and Victorian England. She lives on a ranch in Arizona with her dogs, broodmares and the years current crop of foals. If she isnt on the back of a reining horse, she can be found madly at work in her office, penning her latest romance novel.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Zombies and Shit\nDescription: ['<i>Praise for Zombies and Shit</i> <br /><br /> \"It\\'s fucking exhilarating--a tight, breakneck narrative and lots of awesome ultra-violence and quirky, distinct characters.\" <br /><b>- BRIAN KEENE, </b>author of <i>The Rising</i> and <i>Dead Sea</i><br /><br /> \"Unlike any zombie apocalypse novel you\\'ve ever read, Zombies and Shit takes the zombie mythology and reimagines it in a brutal reality game show like no other. Filled with sentient zombies, zombie smart cars, mechanized zombie dogs, and a cybernetic Mr. T, Zombies and Shit is part Running Man, part Battle Royale, part Lost, and all Carlton Mellick III.\" <b><br />- S. G. BROWNE, </b>author of <i>Breathers</i><br /> <br /> \"For fans of zombie fiction, this is an absolute MUST FUCKING READ!\"<br /><b>- JEFF BURK</b>, author of <i>Shatnerquake</i><br /><br /> \"Crazy and delightful.\"<b> <br />- JACK KETCHUM</b>, author of <i>The Woman</i> and <i>The Girl Next Door</i>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural, Vol. 1\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* At the dawn of the 1990s, Nintendo was the Goliath of the video-game industry. The companys strictures on third-party development and its policy of understocking retailers contributed to the stranglehold on the market. But Tom Kalinske, who had rejuvenated Barbie and created He-Man for Mattel, was about to change that as the president and CEO of Sega. Like the pixels that together create a larger picture, Harris presents the various elements of the business in vivid color, from research and development to marketing, to show how Sega went from a joke to a market leader in just a few years. Along the way, Harris reveals the forces behind such decisions as Nintendo changing red blood to gray sweat in Mortal Kombat; the origin story of the nickname for Sonics sidekick, Tails; and even how Mario was supposed to be a certain spinach-guzzling sailor, in a manner that will engage both Gen X gamers and business-minded readers. Harris defines the players immediately, honing in on their most notable characteristics, and puts the reader in the thick of the meetings and deal-making with a confidence stemming from hundreds of interviews. Pegged for both documentary and feature-film adaptations, Console Wars is remarkably detailed and fast paced, pitting speedy Sonic against more-of-the-same Mario in a blow-by-blow account of the battle for supremacy in the burgeoning video-game industry. --Bridget Thoreson', 'A riveting story full of colorful characters a fascinating, illuminating history an essential read. (Publishers Weekly <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />A highly entertaining behind-the-scenes thriller. (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />Its far and away one of the best non-fiction books Ive ever read. (Forbes)<br /><br />Like the pixels that together create a larger picture, Harris presents the various elements of the business in vivid color...remarkably detailed and fast paced. (Booklist)<br /><br />Fast, fluid, and startingly accessible. (Entertainment Weekly)<br /><br />A fast-paced page-turner...its exciting to finally get a no-holds-barred account of a history that has largely been kept secret from the public eye. (Wired)<br /><br />A must-read. Period. (IGN)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Masterwork Classics: Level 9, Book & CD\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Pressure\nDescription: ['', 'Compelling, crowd-pleasingKeenes winning formula of pairing a cast of strong characters with fastpaced, detailed action scenes (which include some of the best descriptions of the dismemberment of bodies in all fiction) is on full view here. Dont just suggest to horror readersalthough Keene does include a few fun insider references for genre fans. This is a perfect beach read for fans of Michael Crichton, Mira Grant, or Preston and Childif you dare to take this book anywhere near an open body of water. <i>Booklist, </i>starred review', 'Keene brings fear to the oceans depths with a brand new story of a monster so petrifying that it makes <i>Jaws</i> look like a goldfish This frenetically paced, gory novel is filled with action and a protagonist to uphold. Pulp horror of the highest caliber. <i>Library Journal</i>', 'Brian Keene writes like a force of nature. F. Paul Wilson, bestselling creator of the Repairman Jack series', \"Brian Keenes writing is human, honest, and terrifying. If you haven't read his work, you're missing out! Christopher Golden, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Snowblind </i>and <i>Dead Ringers</i><br /><i></i><br /><i></i>Scientists discover a widening abyss in the sea bottom. Free diving specialists discover a massive horror welling up from the depths. Biological horror and technological terror collide in Brian Keene's pulse-pounding <i>Pressure</i>, a monstrous mystery of pure imagination and chilling science on the verge of swallowing the world. My kind of thriller! <i>Warren Fahy, international bestselling author of Fragment and Pandemonium</i><br /><i></i><br /><i></i>If you thought <i>Jaws </i>dove hard into the fears of the deep, think again. <i>Pressure </i>will take you to depths you never imagined and not just beneath the ocean. This is a nonstop thrill ride of subterfuge and salty terror. Bring your lifejacket; youre going to need it! Youre in for the dive of your life! <i>John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Violet Eyes</i><br /><i></i><br /><i></i>Few things get me more excited than an action-packed story featuring likable characters and original monsters, and <i>Pressure </i>delivers on all fronts. Brian Keene has refueled my fear of swimming in the ocean. <i>Jeremy Robinson, international bestselling author of Island 731</i>\", '', \"BRIAN KEENE is the author of over forty books. His novel, <i>The Rising</i>, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture's current interest in zombies. Keene has also written for media properties such as <i>Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy,</i> and <i>Masters of the Universe</i>. Several of Keene's works have been developed for film. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the World Horror Grand Master award, two Bram Stoker awards, and a recognition from Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) for his outreach to U.S. troops serving both overseas and abroad. He lives in rural Pennsylvania.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Baby's First Christmas\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dracula vs. Hitler\nDescription: ['\"[A] lively and entertaining mash-up...\" <b><i>Booklist</i></b> <br /><br /> \"A novel worthy of being called the true sequel to Bram Stoker\\'s <i>Dracula</i>, and Patrick Sheane Duncan a writer rightfully deserving to be considered that author\\'s successor.\"<b> <i>New York Journal of Books</i></b><br /><br />\"One glorious badass story that will keep you wanting more.\" <b>Dread Central</b><br /><br />\"Smart and engrossing... Duncan adroitly takes a preposterous theme to giddy heights, and tells a damn good story in the process.\" <b><i>Diabolique Magazine</i></b><br /><br />\"A thrilling action adventure with brilliant literary homages to Bram Stoker\\'s original. You never wanted to root for Dracula more!\" <b>Felicia Day, founder of Geek & Sundry and <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>You\\'re Never Weird on the Internet</i></b><br /><br />\"A magnificent, flawless, delightful mashup of historical fiction and gothic horror.\" <b>Wil Wheaton</b><br /><br />\"<i>Dracula vs. Hitler</i> shows you a side to two stories you thought you knew, and breathes bold, poetic new life in them. You will be swept away.\" <b>Mark Alan Miller, Writer of <i>Hellraiser</i>, <i>Next Testament</i>, and <i>The Steam Man</i></b><br /><br />\"That rare kind of book you cant put down.\" <b>Brad C. Hodson, Horror Writers Association</b><br /><br />\"Furst meets Stoker in the best possible way.\" <b>Jason M. Hough, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Dire Earth Cycle</i> and <i>Zero World</i></b><br /><br />', 'Patrick Sheane Duncan is the writer and director of critically acclaimed feature film <i>84 Charlie Mopic</i> and wrote the screenplays for <i>Mr. Hollands Opus, Courage Under Fire,</i> and <i>Nick of Time</i>. He is the producer of the HBO series <i>Vietnam War Story</i> and cowriter/director of the documentary series <i>Medal of Honor</i>. He lives in Los Angeles. <i>Dracula vs. Hitler</i> is his third novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education\nDescription: ['Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Rising\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett: Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, ... Dictionary of Actors & Actresses, 1660-1800)\nDescription: ['', 'With the arrival from Southern Illinois University Press of Volume 5 (Eagan to Garrett) and Volume 6<b></b>(Garrick to Gyngell) the showbiz readers wonderment is bound to accelerate.<i>Variety</i>', 'A masterful collection of information for which we must be grateful.', '<i>Philological Quarterly</i>', 'Undoubtedly will rank as an absolutely first-class achievement in theatre scholarship.<i>Educational Theatre Journal</i><i></i>', '', '', '<b>Philip H. Highfill, Jr.</b>, is a professor emeritus of English at George Washington University.', '<b>Kalman A. Burnim</b> is emeritus Fletcher Professor of Drama at Tufts University.', '', '<b>Edward A. Langhans</b> is an emeritus professor of drama and theatre at the University of Hawaii.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Haunted Forest Tour\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Treasury, Postal Service, and general government appropriations for fiscal year 1994: Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on ... on ATF actions during Waco, Texas, raid\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Throne of the Bastards\nDescription: ['', 'STEVEN L. SHREWSBURY lives, works, and writes in rural Illinois. Over three hundred and sixty of his short stories have been published in print or electronically, along with over one hundred poems. His novels include Godforsaken, Overkill, Thrall, Bedlam Unleashed, Hawg, Tormentor, Stronger Than Death, Hell Billy, Bag Magick, and many more all running the gamut from sword and sorcery to historical fantasy to horror. A husband and father, he loves books, British television programs, guns, movies, politics, sports, and hanging out with his family. He looks for brightness wherever it may hide.', 'BRIAN KEENE writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over fifty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited with inspiring pop culture s current interest in zombies. He has won numerous awards and honors, including the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award, 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction, 2003 Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, 2004 Shocker Award for Book of the Year, and Honors from United States Army International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and Whiteman A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) 509th Logistics Fuels Flight. The father of two sons, Keene lives in rural Pennsylvania.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Gift of Angels (MINIATURE EDITION)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Louise Fishman\nDescription: ['\"The book\\'s text...sheds new light on [Louise Fishman\\'s] work and worldview.\"', '—<i>Bookforum</i>', '—<i>Women in the Arts</i>', '<i>Interview Magazine</i>', 'Helaine Posner is Chief Curator of Contemporary Art at the Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase.']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Knuffle Bunny\nDescription: ['Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: WALKER BOOKS (July 7, 2005) ISBN-10: 0439801982', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Service Changes\nDescription: ['Timothy Carroll received his MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College in 2010. Some of the poems in Service Changes were first published in Penny-Ante Feud, Clockwise Cat, and The Brooklyn Review. Along with his wife and son, Timothy currently lives in Minneapolis where he works as an advocate for the poor and disabled.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!\nDescription: [\"PreSchool-Grade 2-The star of <i>Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!</i> (Hyperion, 2003) returns in another irresistible tale. Hurrying away to brush his teeth, the pajama-clad bus driver implores readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Youngsters are thrust into the role of caregiver as the puerile pigeon attempts to talk his way out of the inevitable, coming up with requests that range from manipulative (I hear there's a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational) to cajoling (Y'know, we never get to talk anymore. Tell me about your day-) to classic (Can I have a glass of water?). Meanwhile, the fowl fights yawns and tries to keep his wide eye open, despite a drooping lid. Defying drowsiness to the last, he finally falls asleep, clutching his stuffed bunny tightly under his wing. Set against comfortably faded pastel backgrounds, the cartoon artwork focuses tightly on the main character, with his comments presented in dialogue balloons. The black-crayon lines speak volumes, as the pigeon's body language and the positioning of his ever-expressive eye humorously convey each nuance of the text. Children will be charmed by this bedtime treat, which will have them laughing out loud at the pigeon-and at themselves.<i>-Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'PreS. In look and premise, this follows previous books about that persnickety pigeon whose actions resemble those of young children. Kids are invited to make sure that the pigeon doesn\\'t stay up late. But the pigeon has his own ideas on the matter: \"First of all, I\\'m not even tired,\" he proclaims. On each successive page, a balloon of text comes up with ever more reasons why the pigeon shouldn\\'t be coerced into bed (\"I hear there\\'s a good show about birds on TV tonight. Should be very educational\"). Then come the familiar questions: \"Can I have a glass of water?\" At one point he drags out his stuffed rabbit (looking suspiciously like Knuffle Bunny), who, the pigeon insists, wants to stay up. But then a yawn overtakes the bird, even though he insists he is just stretching--and, well, you know the rest. Fans of the pigeon will welcome him back and wait with anticipation to see what he can\\'t do next. <i>Ilene Cooper</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Student Solution Manual for Mathematical Statistics With Application\nDescription: ['Richard L. Scheaffer, Professor Emeritus of Statistics, University of Florida, received his Ph.D. in statistics from Florida State University. Accompanying a career of teaching, research and administration, Dr. Scheaffer has led efforts on the improvement of statistics education throughout the school and college curriculum. Co-author of five textbooks, he was one of the developers of the Quantitative Literacy Project that formed the basis of the data analysis strand in the curriculum standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He also led the task force that developed the AP Statistics Program, for which he served as Chief Faculty Consultant. Dr. Scheaffer is a Fellow and past president of the American Statistical Association, a past chair of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, and an advisor on numerous statistics education projects.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape\nDescription: ['<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1001006001\"><strong>Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2013</strong></a><strong>:</strong> No one would ever accuse Jenna Miscavige Hill of being an \"objective reporter\" about Scientology, the religion in which she was raised and from which she escaped in 2005. But unlike other books about the controversial sect, this one offers up personal daily details--sometimes maybe a few more than we want to know--about what it was like to be a seven-, eight-, nine-year-old separated from family (even though her uncle, David Miscavige, is the church\\'s leader, and her parents were, for a time, high up in the organization) and forced to spend days scrubbing bathrooms and pondering \"misunderstood words.\" --<i>Sara Nelson</i>', '', \"Jenna Miscavige Hill was raised to obey. As the niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, she grew up at the center of this highly controversial and powerful organization. But at twenty-one, Jenna made a daring break, risking everything she had ever known and loved to leave Scientology once and for all. Now she speaks out about her life, the Church, and her dramatic escape, going deep inside a religion that, for decades, has been the subject of fierce debate and speculation worldwide.\", \"Piercing the veil of secrecy that has long shrouded the world of Scientology, this insider reveals unprecedented firsthand knowledge of the religion, its obscure rituals, and its mysterious leaderDavid Miscavige. From her prolonged separation from her parents as a small child to being indoctrinated to serve the greater good of the Church, from her lack of personal freedoms to the organization's emphasis on celebrity recruitment, Jenna goes behind the scenes of Scientology's oppressive and alienating culture, detailing an environment rooted in control in which the most devoted followers often face the harshest punishments when they fall out of line. Addressing some of the Church's most notorious practices in startling detail, she also describes a childhood of isolation and neglecta childhood that, painful as it was, prepared her for a tough life in the Church's most devoted order, the Sea Org.\", 'Despite this hardship, it is only when her family approaches dissolution and her world begins to unravel that she is finally able to see the patterns of stifling conformity and psychological control that have ruled her life. Faced with a heartbreaking choice, she mounts a courageous escape, but not before being put through the ultimate test of family, faith, and love. At once captivating and disturbing, <em>Beyond Belief</em> is an eye-opening exploration of the limits of religion and the lengths to which one woman went to break free.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike)\nDescription: ['\"One of the books of the year.\"<b><i><i>USA Today</i></b></i><br /><br />\"Robert Galbraith has written a highly entertaining book... Even better, he has introduced an appealing protagonist in Strike, who\\'s sure to be the star of many sequels to come.... its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a team--a team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting.\"<b>Michiko Kakutani</b>, <b><i><i>New York Times</i></b></i><br /><br />\"Rowling switches genres seamlessly...a gritty, absorbing tale.\"<b><i><i>People</i> (3.5 out of 4 stars)</b></i><br /><br />\"[Rowling\\'s] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that I\\'ll admit I was surprised by. . . . A fun read, with a main character you can care about and one you\\'ll want to see again in other adventures.\"<b><i><i>Washington Post</i></b></i><br /><br />\"An extravagant, alien, fascinating world for its characters to explore...great pleasures.\"<b><i>Slate.com</b></i>', 'Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter<i> </i>series and <i>The Casual Vacancy.</i>']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Wolf of Wall Street: How Money Destroyed a Wall Street Superman\nDescription: ['Belfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went to jail for fraud and money-laundering, delivers a memoir that reads like fiction. It covers his decade of success with straightforward accounts of how he worked with managers of obscure companies to acquire large amounts of stock with minimal public disclosure, then pumped up the price and sold it, so he and the insiders made large profits while public investors usually lost. Profits were laundered through purchase of legitimate businesses and cash deposits in Swiss banks. There is only brief mention of Belfort\\'s life before Wall Street or events since 1997. The book\\'s main topic is the vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. As might be expected in the autobiography of a veteran con man with movie rights already sold, it\\'s hard to know how much to believe. The story is told mostly in dialogue, with allegedly contemporaneous mental asides by the author, reported verbatim. But it reports only surface events, never revealing what motivates Belfort or any of the other characters<i>. (Oct. 2)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate <a href=\"/dp/0340953748/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&n=283155\">Paperback</a> edition.', 'Raw and frequently hilarious.<b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /><br />A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belforts] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont . . . proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives.<b><i>Forbes</i></b><br /><br />A cross between Tom Wolfes<i>The Bonfire of the Vanities</i>and Scorseses<i>GoodFellas</i>. . . Belfort has the Midas touch.<b><i>The Sunday Times</i>(London)</b><br /><br />Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read.<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate <a href=\"/dp/0340953748/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&n=283155\">Paperback</a> edition.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Programming in Visual Basic. NET: Update Edition for VB. NET 2003 w/ 5-CD VB. Net 2003 Software Set\nDescription: ['Julia Case Bradley is professor emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College. From 1978 until her retirement, she taught courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office in the department of Computer Information Systems. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation\nDescription: ['In large part because it sold newspapers, exceptionally lurid reporting of murders often shook the nation, especially in post-Depression America. The tabloids sold well if they got the scoop, and if they invented much of it, few cared. So the case of the Mad Sculptor was one in a string of read-all-about-it crimes, this one made more newsworthy because the primary victim, Veronica Gedeon, had modeled for several true-crime pulps, so in addition to the details the newsmen and -women whipped up, they also published photos of her posing, cowering and scantily clad, a half-naked beauty in mortal distress. The murderer, Robert Irwin, was not only a burgeoning sculptor but also under the psychological wing of Fredric Wertham, most notorious today, perhaps, for his best-seller, Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which fingered comic books for making criminals of children. To top off the case, Irwins attorney was Samuel Leibowitz, who later won great renown for freeing the Scottsboro Boys. Schechter (Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of, 2012) adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. --Eloise Kinney', 'The Mad Sculptor is as gripping as the cleverest Golden Age mystery.Mr. Schechter outdoes himself.<em><strong> Wall Street Journal</strong></em><br /><br />Ambitious, bold, and evocative, Schechters storytelling grabs the reader in a similar manner to Capotes searing <em>In Cold Blood</em>. <strong>Publishers Weekly</strong>', '', 'GrislyThe novelist Raymond Chandler listed it as No. 3 on his compilation of the 10 greatest crimes of the century.<em><strong> </strong></em><em><strong><em><strong></strong></em>New York Times <br /></strong></em><br />This fascinating tale of a charismatic and savvy madman will thrill historical true crime fans.<em><strong> Library Journal </strong></em><br /><br />Schechter adds another page-turner to his stable of atmospheric, highly readable true-crime works. <strong><em>Booklist</em></strong><br /><br />Harold Schechter, arguably Americas foremost historian of the macabre, has unearthed one of the most fascinatingand terrifyinghorrors of the Depression era. Youve probably never heard of the artist Robert Irwin or the beautiful model Veronica Gedeon. After reading Schechters visceral telling of their story, youll never be able to forget them. <strong>Douglas Perry, author of <em>Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero</em></strong><em><br /></em><br />A righteously disturbing chronicle of a madman/artist and his deviant life, Schechter again produces a heavyweight. Meticulously researched and eloquently delivered, <em>The Mad Sculptor</em> is a wild ride into a savage crime in 1930s New York.<strong> </strong><strong>Steve Miller, author of </strong><em><strong>Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock n Roll in Americas Loudest City<br /></strong></em><br />Harold Schechter has unveiled another sensational murder with a cast of characters that might have stepped from a novel by Dostoyevsky. Schechters absorbing narrative will fascinate everyone with an interest in New York in the twentieth century. <strong>Simon Baatz, author of <em>For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago</em></strong>', \"A lurid summer read[<i>The Mad Sculptor</i>] is more than a mere real-life thriller; it's a gritty glimpse at American dreams descending into nightmare. <b><i>The Times Picayune </i></b>\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Callie's Christmas Wish (Three Coins in the Fountain)\nDescription: [\"As an Air Force officer, Merline Lovelace served at bases all over the world. When she hung up her uniform for the last time, she combined her love of adventure with a flare for storytelling. She's now produced more than 95 action-packed novels. Over twelve million copies of her works are in print in 30 countries. Named Oklahomas Writer of the Year and Female Veteran of the Year, Merline is also a recipient of Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Rita Award.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Planet Kindergarten\nDescription: ['<strong>Publishers Weekly--05/26/2014</strong><br /><br />For one brave boy, kindergarten isnt just a gradeits a destination. He gets to school via rocket (one that looks suspiciously like his fathers hatchback), and considers his classmates to be aliens, including two that could be relatives of Cousin It. The boy adjusts to zero gravity (We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot), discovers that he likes space food, and freaks out during naptime: Is the room running out of oxygen? Prigmores manic digital art gives a nod to Jetsons-era cartoons, while Ganz-Schmitts metaphor will ring true with intrepid readers. Ages 35. Authors agent: Jennifer Unter, the Unter Agency. (May)\"<br /><br />A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten.\"<br /><strong>--Kirkus Reviews, starred review</strong><br /><br />\"Kindergarten isn\\'t just a grade-it\\'s a destination.\"<br /><strong>--Publishers Weekly</strong><br /><br />\"Both kids and parents will delight in the cheerful exuberance of Prigmore\\'s style!\" <br /><strong>--Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA</strong><br /><br /><strong>Kirkus Reviews 2014-05-14</strong><br /><br />A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten.In an imaginative ruse that\\'s maintained through the whole book, a young astronaut prepares for his mission to Planet Kindergarten. On liftoff day (a space shuttle-themed calendar counts down the days; a stopwatch, the minutes), the small family boards their rocket ship (depicted in the illustrations as the family car), and \"the boosters fire.\" They orbit base camp while looking for a docking place. \"I am assigned to my commander, capsule, and crewmates.\" Though he\\'s afraid, he stands tall and is brave (not just once, eitherthe escape hatch beckons, but NASA\\'s saying gets him through: \"FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION\"). Parents will certainly chuckle along with this one, but kindergarten teachers\\' stomach muscles will ache: \"[G]ravity works differently here. We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot.\" Prigmore\\'s digital illustrations are the perfect complement to the tongue-in-cheek text. Bold colors, sharp lines and a retro-space style play up the theme. The intrepid explorer\\'s crewmates are a motley assortment of \"aliens\"among them are a kid in a hoodie with the laces pulled so tight that only a nose and mouth are visible; a plump kid with a bluish cast to his skin; and a pinkish girl with a toothpick-thin neck and huge bug eyes.Sure to assuage the fears of all astronauts bound for similar missions. <strong>(Picture book. 3-7)</strong><br /><br /><strong>School Library Journal--07/01/2014</strong><br /><br />PreS-K A child bids farewell to his parents (who are sent back to their own planets) and begins his first mission on Planet Kindergarten. He is joined by intergalactic aliens, all reporting to a commander whose desk is littered with apples. The gravitational field is different: \"We have to try hard to stay in our seats. And our hands go up a lot.\" Projects include exploration outside the capsule, keeping logs, and, most challenging of all, extended rest time. \"Abort mission,\" the homesick space traveler thinks. Then he remembers what\\'s said at NASA: \"Failure is not an option.\" Before he knows it, he\\'s in splashdownback home and training for his next mission. Ganz-Schmitt exhibits a fine mix of sensitivity and pizzazz in approaching the challenges that children face. With the help of Prigmore\\'s superpowered animation-style illustrations, she offers a story that will help readers understand that kindergarten really is out of this world.<br /><strong>--Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY</strong>', \"Sue Ganz-Schmitt produces children's musical theater and is passionate about helping children and families globally. She lives in a rural mountain community near Los Angeles.<br /><br />Shane Prigmore is an accomplished professional in the animation, film, and children's book industries. A two-time Annie Award winner for his design of LAIKA's <em>Coraline</em>, and Dreamworks' <em>The Croods</em>, Shane has also contributed his talents to such projects as: <em>The LEGO Movie</em>, <em>The Boxtrolls</em>, <em>How to Train Your Dragon</em>, <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</em>, <em>Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends</em>, <em>The Iron Giant</em>, and the Spaceheadz book series. Shane currently acts as the Vice President of Creative Affairs at Disney Television Animation, and resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Restoring Texas: Raiford Stripling's Life and Architecture\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Social Media Monsters: Internet Killers\nDescription: ['\"Both educational and horrific....A real eye-opener!\" --<b>(National Crime Prevention Council)</b><br /> <br />\"[An] exceptional book covering a range of sections, including; internet serial criminals, Law Enforcement and how they snag these criminals, and social media safety. This book will certainly make you more vigilantin your internet activities.\" --<b>(Crime Magazine)</b><br /><br />-------------------------------------<br /><br />', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Explore the Solar System!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments (Explore Your World)\nDescription: ['', '', '', \"<i>Explore the Solar System! 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments</i> introduces kids ages 6-9 to the planets, moons, and other celestial bodies that surround our star, the sun, as well as the universe beyond. Combining a hands-on element with history and science, kids investigate solar eclipses, phases of the moon, Jupiter's rings, and what astronauts wear. Who named the stars? What is the Milky Way? Why is there night? By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids <i>Explore the Solar System!</i>, and have a blast along the way.<br /><br />This book meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Grandma Gatewood39;s Walk - The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail\nDescription: ['Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next time anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine\\'s Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of \"America, the Beautiful\" and proclaimed, \"I said I\\'ll do it, and I\\'ve done it.\" Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person, man or woman, to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood\\'s own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don\\'t know the full story, a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.She did it - Can you? Find out how..Inspirational story.About the Author - Ben Montgomery is a staff writer at the Tampa Bay Times and cofounder of the Auburn Chautauqua, a Southern writers\\' collective. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and has won many other national writing awards. He has worked at newspapers in Arkansas, Texas, New York, and Florida..Author - Ben Montgomery.Binding - Ha...', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Graph Paper Math\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders\nDescription: ['K. Scot Macdonald is the author of the novels, The Shakespeare Drug, In Justice Found, and Mouses Dream, as well as two non-fiction books. Writing as Liam Shay, he also wrote The Grizzly Extinction Plot. He has also contributed to The Writers Journal, Funds for Writers, Animal Wellness, The Marine Corps Gazette, US Naval Institute Proceedings and several other magazines and journals. He lives in California with his wife, daughter, and two Scottish terriers. To find out more about him, visit KScotMacdonald.com. Patrick MontesDeOca is an actor, writer and producer. He helped bring the story behind the motion picture Rudy to the big screen and has appeared in dozens of television shows and motion pictures including The Shield, Walker, Texas Ranger, Melrose Place and Dead Again.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Heiner Mller After Shakespeare: Macbeth and Anatomy of Titus Fall Of Rome\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: No, Daddy, Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Official Barcelona 2014 Calendar\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Purpose Driven Life\nDescription: ['The spiritual premise in <i>The Purpose-Driven Life</i> is that there are no accidents---God planned everything and everyone. Therefore, every human has a divine purpose, according to God\\'s master plan. Like a twist on John F. Kennedy\\'s famous inaugural address, this book could be summed up like this: \"So my fellow Christians, ask not what God can do for your life plan, ask what your life can do for God\\'s plan.\" Those who are looking for advice on finding one\\'s calling through career choice, creative expression, or any form of self-discovery should go elsewhere. This is not about self-exploration; it is about purposeful devotion to a Christian God. The book is set up to be a 40-day immersion plan, recognizing that the Bible favors the number 40 as a \"spiritually significant time,\" according to author Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, touted as one of the nation largest congregations. Warren\\'s hope is that readers will \"interact\" with the 40 chapters, reading them one day at a time, with extensive underlining and writing in the margins. As an inspirational manifesto for creating a more worshipful, church-driven life, this book delivers. Every page is laden with references to scripture or dogma. But it does not do much to address the challenges of modern Christian living, with its competing material, professional, and financial distractions. Nonetheless, this is probably an excellent resource for devout Christians who crave a jumpstart back to worshipfulness. --<i>Gail Hudson</i>', 'Pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in southern California with weekly attendance of more than 15,000, Warren now applies his highly successful \"purpose-driven\" framework, developed in the best-seller The Purpose-Driven Church, to individual experience. The same principles Warren has taught to thousands of pastors to help churches be healthy and effective can also drive lives, he says. The book argues that discerning and living five God-ordained purposes-worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism-is key to effective living. His 40 short chapters are intended to be read over 40 days\\' time, giving readers small pieces of his purpose-discovering program to chew on. Warren certainly knows his Bible. Of 800-plus footnotes, only 18 don\\'t refer to Christian Scripture. He deliberately works with 15 different Bible translations, leaning heavily on contemporary translations and paraphrases, as an interesting way of plumbing biblical text. The almost exclusively biblical frame of reference stakes out the audience niche for this manual for Christian living. It\\'s practical yet paradoxically abstract, lacking the kind of real-life examples and stories that life-application books usually provide in abundance. The book has flaws editing might have fixed. People are quoted without being identified, and subheads simply repeat lines of text, which tends to make the prose sound too simple. This book is not for all, but for those needing a certain kind of scriptural rock, it is solid.<br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dog Training for Law Enforcement\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Vampire Next Door: The True Story of the Vampire Rapist\nDescription: ['\"[An] impressive and riveting debut biography of one of the most prolific serial rapist/killer.\" -- <b>(The Boston Globe)</b><br /> <br />\"Compelling and well-written\" -- (<b>True Crime Book Reviews)</b> <br /> <br />\"The disintegration of a seemingly normal, brilliant man into a psychopath so evil, so methodical in his killings, that makes one wonder if he was at all human\" -- (<b>Crime Magazine)</b><br /><br />', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Miracle, the Message, the Story: Jean Vanier And L'arche\nDescription: ['Kathryn Spink is the biographer of Mother Teresa, Little Sister Magdeleine, and Brother Roger of Taize, among others. Her books have been translated into more than 15 languages and have been awarded a number of prizes.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Purpose-driven Life [Paperback] by Warren , Rick\nDescription: ['Brand new!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Parrilla. Nuestra cocina a las brasas\nDescription: ['Este libro aporta respuestas a las preguntas y dudas ms frecuentes alrededor de la preparacin de carnes y vegetales a la parrilla. Cunto carbn o cunta lea se debe usar? Cules son los mejores cortes de carne para parrilla? Cundo se adoba la carne? Cunto tiempo se asa una pieza para alcanzar el trmino medio? Qu utensilios debo adquirir? Cul es la mejor parrillera para mi? Con qu se puede acompaar la carne a la parrilla? Imgenes excelente y libro de formato muy practico. El libro para los amantes de las Parrillas y para los que quieren entrar en esa onda.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)\nDescription: ['Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois. (New York magazine)<br /><br />Youll laugh, youll cry...youre gonna love it. (Denver Post)<br /><br />The kind of book you read in one sitting, then rush about annoying your coworkers by declaiming whole passages. (USA Today)<br /><br />Bourdain captures the world of restaurants and professionally cooked food in all its theatrical, demented glory. (USA Today)<br /><br />A gonzo memoir of whats really going on behind those swinging doors.... <em>Kitchen Confidential</em> by Anthony Bourdain is unique. (Newsweek)<br /><br />Bourdains prose is utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and a precise ear for kitchen patois. (New York magazine)<br /><br />Hysterical.... Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors. (New York Times Book Review)', '', 'A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisinenow with all-new, never-before-published material', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Only One Who Saves Me - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Pigeon Needs a Bath\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Comus\nDescription: ['Milton\\'s \"A Mask. Presented at Ludlow Castle,\" itself based on the ancient English folktale \"Childe Roland,\" makes an odd choice for adaptation into a picture book, even on the heels of Hodges\\'s and Hyman\\'s collaborations St. George and the Dragon and The Kitchen Knight. In masques, after all, the characters stand around and declaim, briefly act or more likely dance, and then declaim again-the charms of which don\\'t translate in this stiffly paced retelling. The protagonists, at least, are children, here named Alice, John and Thomas. Separated from her brothers in a dark wood, Alice is ensnared by Comus, a sorcerer who is the offspring of Circe and Bacchus. She resists his proffered drink-which would turn her into a half-beast like all his followers-and is rescued by her brothers, with the magic aid of a Good Spirit and the local river nymph. This deus ex machina plot, typical of masques, is cleansed of Milton\\'s thematic obsession with Alice\\'s virginity and possible loss of it, although a few of Hyman\\'s paintings suggest the sexual undertones. Hyman compensates in part for the brittle narration by cleverly suggesting a stage with curtain-opening imps, also furnishing a deeply gloomy and haunted wood, a horrifically comic mob of monsters and the bright dawn of a happy ending. This volume may give a taste of 17th-century English pageantry and appeal to parents seeking adaptations of classic works, but it is probably too mannered to kindle much enthusiasm in young readers. Ages 5-8. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Grade 3 Up-John Milton\\'s 1634 masque, originally written in blank verse and based on the ancient English folktale, \"Childe Roland,\" has been recast as a picture book. Goblins pull aside a curtain on the title and dedication pages, suggesting that the events that follow happen on stage. Milton\\'s plot is the template as two brothers rescue their lost sister from the clutches of an evil magician, Comus. Supernatural help comes from a Good Spirit disguised as a shepherd and from a gentle nymph of the River Severn. Comus captures humans with a drink that turns them into beasts. The wild scene showing these debauched monsters feasting recalls Puritan Milton\\'s distrust of aristocratic excess. Hyman\\'s illustrations are compelling, from the dark opening scenes in the forest, where children will enjoy spotting nasty creatures lurking among the trees, to the climactic fight between the brothers and Comus. The last page, with its note explaining the story\\'s provenance, shows the actors taking a curtain call. Unfortunately, the conventions of the masque hobble plot development. The denouement comes too quickly and without preparation. \"Childe Roland\" works better as a story; adults may want to invite children to compare the two. With its dramatic illustrations, this book could serve as an introduction to Milton and his times for older students, while entertaining younger readers with its tale of elemental conflict between vulnerable children and powerful evil.?Margaret A. Chang, North Adams State College, MA<br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Damage\nDescription: ['Arrow 1st paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Journey Through My Journal\nDescription: ['I think my love for poetry began with my love for hip-hop. It was about 1986 and I was listening to these rappers like, KRS-ONE, and Public Enemy let these words of love, and hope for change flow. Then in 1988 I started to understand some things that I didn\\'t understand before. By that time my Dad had moved away, my neighborhood in Gary, Indiana went from bad to worst, and Children that I grew up with were being killed, and even raped. I was just trying to fit in, so I started fighting in school, getting suspended, and at that point my Mother didn\\'t know what to do with me. So some teachers at my school suggested that I meet Dr. Rebera Foston. She was a counselor, and a poet that helped me use the very craft that I heard KRS, and P.E use to get into the heart of the matter of what I was really feeling. That summer that I spent writing poetry brought about a change in me that turned me from a problem child, to an honor roll student. That summer I also made the most important step in my life, I gave my life to Jesus Christ, and took my love for poetry, and hip-hop to a gospel group called New Testament. We began to take gospel hip-hop, poetry, and dance to different girls, and boy\\'s homes, high schools, and churches. By the time I turned 21 my life was going in a downward spiral. I was going through a failed marriage, I was going through a job loss, and my love for God, and the love I had for poetry was suffering too. By the time I was 23 after failed suicide attempts, evictions, homelessness, and just down-right depression God reached down and grabbed me, and called me to get up, and use everything that I had gone through as a testimony for him. By the time I was 25 I had a new love in my life, I had a new job, a new church home, and God had given me a renewed spirit, and vision. 25 I started writing \" Journey Through My Journal \", and at the same time I was writing a play entitled \" Praise Over Pride \" ( coming soon ), and now three years later the book that God has given me is no longer a dream it is a reality. The purpose of this book is to help some brother, or sister that maybe going through a hard time in life, and don\\'t know why, or don\\'t think that nobody understands to know that God cares, and he understands, and that they are not alone in what they are going through. Take it from me, there is no problem that God won\\'t handle, but first we have to admit to the problem, and let him solve it.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lethal Guardian\nDescription: ['\"A compelling narrative . . . entertaining and instructive.\" -- <i>Columbia Daily Tribune</i><br /><br />\"Phelps is a first-rate investigator.\" -- <i>Dr. Michael Baden, forensic pathologist and author of Dead Reckoning</i><br /><br />\"Phelps is the future of true crime writing . . . the best new crime author to come along in years.\" -- <i>Gregg Olsen, New York Times best-selling author of Abandoned Prayers</i><br /><br />\"Phelps\\'s writing [is] rare in today\\'s true crime genre . . . [he] unmasks the psychopath with facts, insight and journalistic leg work.\" -- <i>Lowell Cauffiell, New York Times best-selling author of House of Secrets, and Eye of the Beholder</i>', '\"The female murderer, from a literary standpoint, has always interested me,\" says M. William Phelps. \"She is a rare breed. Beth Ann Carpenteryoung, beautiful, professionalpresented me with several intriguing and complicated issues to deal with: She was a woman who, from the outside, one would never suspect of being involved in such a heinous crime. She had everything going for her. Underneath the faade, however, I found a sullen, yet sobering portrait of a manipulative woman who lied to everyone around her . . . a woman who used her charm and obvious sexual appeal to convince men to do whatever she wanted. . . . I wrote this book like an episode of CBSs \"CSI\" with this dynamic in mind. I wanted readers to walk with law enforcement on their six-year journey and find the truth through the evidencejust as I did.\"', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Think Smart, Hazel Green!\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and its Astonishing Aftermath\nDescription: ['', '', 'Check out theinnocentkiller.com to find out more about Michael Griesbach and his critically acclaimed new true crime novel, <i><span>The Innocent Killer.</span></i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Regina Silsby's Phantom Militia\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Salt of the Earth: One Family's Journey Through the Violent American Landscape\nDescription: [\"In September 1985, 12-year-old Brenda Gere was taken from her family's home in Clearview, Washington. What followed was a search for the girl and her abductor, and a family's pain. Jack Olsen, whose previous books explored some of this country's most heinous crimes, now gives us an inside look at a simple family thrust into grief and the spotlight by a senseless act. A fine reporter, Olsen traces the Gere's background, the seven-year crime drama and the effects of tragedy on a family.\", \"Anyone who doubts that women are the stronger sex would be well advised to read this tale of Elaine Mayzsak Gere, who not only endured but triumphed over two violent tragedies in her family. Raised in California and trained to work hard even as a child, she married Joe Gere, a local boy who served in Korea, became a police officer and was badly hurt in a confrontation with two drugged arsonists. After many moves up and down the West Coast, they settled in a town near Seattle, where in 1985 their daughter, Brenda, was abducted and murdered. Her body was found six years later. Joe came from a drinking family and turned into an alcoholic after Brenda's disappearance. In 1988, he committed suicide, shooting himself in the presence of his wife and two young sons. In 1993, the man who everyone was almost certain had abducted Brenda was finally tried, convicted and sentenced to life. Thus Elaine, who had struggled to hold the family together after the kidnapping, now had to help her sons recuperate from the twin traumas. Her firm religious faith and strong work ethic sustained her, and the story of her indomitability gives Olsen (Doc) the material for one of his most penetrating books. True Crime Club featured selection; Literary Guild, Mystery Guild, Doubleday Book Club featured alternates; author tour. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Out of Appalachia\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Find Your Power: A Toolkit for Resilience and Positive Change, 2nd Edition\nDescription: ['', 'With a background in medicine, psychology and groupwork, Dr. Chris Johnstone is a specialist in the psychology of positive change. After working for many years as an addictions specialist in the UK health service, he now focuses on teaching, training and writing. Chris has been active in the Transition movement, contributing to a chapter on the psychology of change in <em>The Transition Handbook</em> by Rob Hopkins. He has pioneered the application of the positive psychology approach in health-care, within organisations and in adult education. He edits the online newsletter <em>The Great Turning Times</em>. For more information, see www.chrisjohnstone.info.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Girl on the Train\nDescription: ['', '<b>#1 <i>Globe and Mail</i> Bestseller</b><br /><b><b><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Top Book of 2015</b><br />A<i>Globe and Mail</i>Best Book of 2015</b><br /><b>An <i>NPR </i>Best Book of 2015</b> <br /> A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Book of the Year <br /> A <i>Guardian </i>Best Book of the Year <br />A<i>Toronto Star</i>Book of the Year<br /><b>A<i>Kirkus</i>Reviews Best Book of the Year</b></b><br /> <br />\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of <i>A Game of Thrones</i><br /><br />There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as <i>Gone Girl</i>; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. <i>The Globe and Mail<br /><br /></i>[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. <i>National Post</i><br /><br />Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of <i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, <i>The Girl on the Train </i>will have you racing through the pages. <i>Huffington Post</i><br /> [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)<br /> <br /> <b></b><i>The Girl on the Train</i> has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since <i>Gone Girl</i> . . .<i> </i>liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times<b> </b></i><br /> <br /> Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br /> <br /> Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. <i>NPR</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Compulsive reading.<i>Marie Claire</i><br /> <i></i><br /> [A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> [<i>The Girl on the Train</i>] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. <b></b><i>Entertainment Weekly<b> </b></i><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> <i>Gone Girl</i> fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. <i>People </i><br /> <br /> A natural fit for fans of<i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,<i>The Girl on the Train</i>will have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com<br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i>marries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.<b> </b><i>USA Today</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel <i>The Girl on the Train</i> just might have earned the title of the next <i>Gone Girl</i>.<i>Christian Science Monitor</i> <br /> <b></b><br /> [A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. <b></b><i>The Boston Globe</i><b> </b><br /> <br /> Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Now You See Her</i><br /> <br /> The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller <i>The Midwife of Venice</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i> is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author of<i>I Am Pilgrim</i><br /> <br /> Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. <i>The Girl on the Train</i>s clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Reconstructing Amelia</i>[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /><i></i><br />Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /><br />\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\'<br />Colette McBeth, author of<i>Precious Thing</i>and the forthcoming <i>The Life I Left Behind</i><br /><br />Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. <br /><i>The Bookseller<br /></i><br />The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. <br />Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE <br /><br />\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\"<br />Terry Hayes<br /><br />Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.<br />S. J. Watson, author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /><br />Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! <br />Lisa Gardner, author of <i>Fear Nothing</i><br /><br />This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. <br />Paula Daly, author of <i>Keep Your Friends Close<br /></i><br /><i>The Girl on the Train</i>was so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! <br />Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of <i>The Times</i>. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America (Wanderlearn)\nDescription: ['Francis Tapon\\'s book worth reading, for anyone and everyone unsure of their current path . . . . The 351-page book has helped bring focus to my own journey. I\\'m confident it\\'ll help you, too. <br /><br />The lesson here is to hike the trail the way you want - live the life you want.<br /> The author challenges himself with Lisa, his hiking partner, physically through this backpacking trip, and intellectually by pondering the meaning of it all, what we can do to find more meaning and how to go about reaching this meaning. \"Most people lead a life of quiet desperation,\" Henry David Thoreau said. Mr. Tapon thinks we should not settle for comfort, not \"stay put and cling\". We should get up and out - \"soar\". Comfort is not magic. And isn\\'t magic what we\\'re striving for? Well, yes! Passion, joy from passion, both leading to this magic.', \"You guessed it. This book is a guide, a self help, a how-to read that happens to take place while on a journey, and that's how it landed on my desk. <br /> Hike your own Hike has a textbook appearance - headings, sub headings, charts, bullets, quotes interspersed throughout, photographs, maps, an index, endnotes, even quizzes. It is also personal and honest.\", \"Comparisons will be made to Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Bryson's A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail). It is neither and a little bit of both. As such, it is a beneficial guide to improving the quality of one's life. Hardly new, rather another reminder and nudge to get back on the track of optimization. From that perspective, it's a worthwhile read.\", 'The travel portion is valuable for newbies; disappointing for seasoned hikers of the Appalachian Trail and those well read about it.', \"It is hoped the book becomes a catalyst for a new trend in the reader's life. Mr. Tapon has done his part well. He has provided numerous tools. The value lies in what the reader chooses to take from it. ----Thom Gabrukiewicz, Redding.com<br /><br />By hiking the Appalachian Trail, Francis gave himself 4 months to find out if he could get more out of life. This became his inflection point, where he let himself pursue a radically different direction in life. In doing so, Francis discovered his true passion is to be a travel writer, book author, and backpacker.\", 'Understandably, Francis\\' new, itinerant lifestyle is not for everyone, and hiking the AT might not be your inflection point. Francis gets that. But what Hike Your Own Hike is about, is giving yourself permission to take a break from the everyday groove that you\\'ve worked yourself into, to try something different that might make you a lot more happy. It\\'s about reducing the level of fear we all experience when we question our life-course and consider alternative options. ----BootsnAll.com review<br /><br />Hike Your Own Hike is a wonderful self development and self help book that shows you why walking is so powerful for your mind, body and soul, as well as covering life lessons that will change our life with increased self empowerment, emotional health and emotional wealth.\" --BellaOnline.com', 'Francis Tapon knew he had a good life--he had a great career, fantastic friends, a nice home, and a cool electric shaver. However, something was missing. His life was good, but not great. It was quite predictable and safe, but thoroughly uninspiring. He wondered how to take his life to the next level. He thought it would be smart to do what the sages do: hang out in the woods for several months and get some wisdom.<br /><br />Although he ultimately found wisdom, finding it wasn\\'t as easy or as romantic as all those spiritual books say it is. They neglect to mention that during the hot humid summer months there\\'s no air conditioning in the woods.<br /><br /><i>Hike Your Own Hike</i> balances the story of an adventurous and insightful trip across the Appalachian Mountains with practical advice on how to squeeze the most out of life both on and off the trail. It\\'s enlightening, educational, and entertaining. It\\'s a serious book that doesn\\'t take itself so seriously.<br /><br />Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in one season has soared in popularity over the last 20 years.Compared to 1985, there are eight times more people trying to \"thru-hike\" it! What accounts for this phenomenon? <br /><br />Today people are overly stressed and need a break to return to the fundamentals. Feeling disconnected from the rhythms of life, hikers go on these multi-month trails to recalibrate their perspective.<i>Hike Your Own Hike</i> is about this incredible pilgrimage, what we can learn from it, and how to enrich our lives without getting too muddy.<br /><br />\"Francis Tapon\\'s book is a marvelous addition to the very best outdoor and personal development books available. Against the backdrop of a rich and unique journey along the Appalachian Trail, <i>Hike Your Own Hike</i> offers the reader a wealth of practical how-tos blended masterfully with the wisdom of the ages. This isn\\'t another boring hiking guidebook, it\\'s a wonderful guidebook for life.\" -- Kim and Demetri Coupounas, Co-Founders, GoLite', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Informant: A True Story\nDescription: ['\"The Informant is epic in scope, a tale of human foibles--of greed, deceit, and arrogance--and also of the search for truth. Eichenwald has told it masterfully, with the narrative drive of a novel. I guarantee it\\'ll keep you reading late into the night.\"<br />-- Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action<br /><br />\"The Informant is superb reporting in the service of a great story, one with the drama and suspense of a Le Carr novel. Set squarely in the American heartland, delving into the inner sanctum of a global corporation, it explores the shifting boundaries of truth and deception, loyalty and betrayal. It is a remarkable achievement.\"<br />-- James B. Stewart, Den of Thieves and Blind Eye<br /><br />\"The twists and turns of this nonfiction work leave many thrillers in the dust. Eichenwald\\'s spare prose and journalistic eye for detail make the pages fly.\"<br />-- David Baldacci, Absolute Power and Saving Faith<br /><br />\"I would say The Informant reads like Grisham, only nobody ever could have invented these characters. A tale this riveting and this strange could only have been built from truth.\"<br />-- Sherry Sontag, coauthor, Blind Man\\'s Bluff<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', \"d-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracywhich left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man . . .<br /><br />It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a senior executive with America's most politically powerful corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, had become a confidential government witness, secretly recording a vast criminal conspiracy spanning five continents. Mark Whitacre, the promising golden boy of ADM, had put his career and family at risk to wear a wire and deceive his friends and colleagues. Using Whitacre and a small team of agents to tap into the secrets at ADM, the FBI discovered the company's scheme to steal millions of dollars from its own customers. <br /><br />But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps, and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared. At the same\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Multistate Bar Exam Flash Cards (Law in a Flash)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Life After Breath: After Her Husband Takes His Last Breath, and After She Tries to Catch Hers (Morgan James Faith)\nDescription: ['Susan VandePol founded Families of the Fallen for Fire Departments and churches after the duty-related death of her husband in 2005. The protocol is now being used in departments across the country and is endorsed by experts in the fields of Grief, Crisis, Trauma, Suicide Prevention, CIR, PTSD and CISM. Susan is certified in Grief, Crisis and Trauma Counseling, Grief Coaching, Master Life Coaching, Individual Crisis Intervention, Victim Response and Basic and Family Mediation. Her speaking engagements include womens retreats and conferences, a Keynote at the ICISF World Congress and addressing the Honor Guard at the International Association of Firefighters Memorial. She homeschooled her 3 children without ever succumbing to pressure to wear Birkenstocks and now lives with her husband whom she shamelessly manipulated into falling in love with her. He obliged by sweeping her off her feet with a large broom. They now reside in Michigan.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Heart of Fire\nDescription: ['For more information on release dates of new books.<div>Visit</div><div>dawncarterbooks.com</div>', 'Originally from England, Dawn now lives in Texas with her wife, and two children. Dawn finds the relaxed atmosphere a wonderful place to pursue her love of writing. When she is not working or writing, she is gardening, cooking, reading, and volunteering her time as a Paralegal for Legal Aid. Her interests in writing include poetry, short stories, novels and journalistic feature writing.']"
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"chosen": "Title: I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain\nDescription: ['', 'She was the villain <em>The Bachelor</em> fans loved to hate. Now Courtney Robertson takes us along on her journey to find love and reveals that \"happily ever after\" isn\\'t always what it seems . . .', 'Courtney Robertson joined season 16 of <em>The Bachelor</em> looking for love. She fit the casting call: She was young, single, a working model, and a natural in front of the cameras. Although she may have been there for all the right reasons, as the season unfolded and sparks began to fly something else was clear: She was not there to make friends.', \"Courtney quickly became one of the biggest villains in <em>Bachelor</em> franchise history. She unapologetically pursued her man, steamrolled her competition, and broke the rulesincluding partaking in an illicit skinny-dip that sealed her proposal. Now, Courtney tells her own storyfrom her first loves to her first moments in the infamous Malibu mansion. She dishes on life before, during, and after <em>The Bachelor</em>, including the tabloid frenzy that continued after the cameras stopped rolling. Complete with tips, tricks, and advice from your favorite <em>Bachelor</em> alumni, <em>I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends</em> is packed with all of the outrageous stories and details Courtney fans and foes alike want to know.\", '', '', 'A model and actress, Courtney Robertson has appeared in numerous print, runway, and television campaigns and in the pages of <em>Vogue</em>, <em>Self</em>, <em>InStyle</em>, and <em>Fitness</em> magazines. She lives in Santa Monica, California.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Shadows of God (The Age of Unreason, Book 4)\nDescription: ['In the fourth and final volume in his Age of Unreason series (Newton\\'s Cannon, etc.), Keyes brings his multi-threaded yarn to a thrilling conclusion. Based on the premise that Sir Isaac Newton devised a theory of alchemy that led to the industrial use of demons, the book builds to a climactic confrontation to see who will reshape the universe. Chief among Newton\\'s apprentices are wizard/scientist Benjamin Franklin, South Carolina\\'s ambassador to the court of New Paris (Mobile), and Adrienne de Montchevreuil, sorceress and heir to a secret tradition. Against them is Adrienne\\'s son, Nicolas (aka the Sun Boy), with his army of Russians, Mongols and Coweta natives that sweeps over the Great Plains. Such imaginative devices as demon-levitated airships and aetherschreibers (wireless sets) lend interest to the author\\'s alternate 18th-century world, as do revelations behind certain historical events, like the identity of who helped Louis XIV drop a comet on London. Keyes entertains both with details of everyday life and with the conversations of people who may not have met but should have. He produces a fine pastiche of the formal writing of Voltaire (who appears as Franklin\\'s friend and rival), marred only by a more modern \"crash cut\" narrative, which occasionally jumps mid-scene or reverses chronology, diffusing the suspense. Still, with the unfolding of secrets and past deeds, Keyes brings a welcome level of character uncertainty to the deterministic Newtonian novel.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"The universe lies on the verge of destruction as demons and angels use mortal wizards and scientists as their agents in a war that pits the forces of a devastated Europe against a handful of American colonists struggling for freedom and survival. In Keyes's heady conclusion to his epic sf tetralogy (which includes Newton's Cannon, A Calculus of Angels, and Empire of Unreason) alchemical wizard Benjamin Franklin uses magic and diplomacy to unite warring factions in a grand alliance to save humanity. Spicing his alternate historical fantasy with Swedenborgian metaphysics and Newtonian physics, Keyes peoples his story with a cast of unforgettable fictional and historical characters. Though dependent on the earlier books, this vivid story of a world in the throes of revolution is highly recommended for all collections. <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Keri\nDescription: [\"Kat Ward is fifty something and lives in the United Kingdom in an ex-coal-mining village on the border of England and Wales which is beautiful and whilst rural, close enough to nearby towns so as not to be too isolated. Stress, anxiety and trauma have been so much part of Kat's life, right from the beginning that she has continued to survive everything life has thrown at her as if surviving has become a habit she absolutely cannot break. Kat gave birth to 7 children but, having been set up to fail, it would surprise no-one to learn that she only managed to parent three of them. The three boys, the youngest of which is just about eighteen at the time of writing, and Kat is enormously proud of them all. Nine cats and two dogs share Kat's home and are probably spoiled rotten, although being fur-babies, they don't realise this. Kat has a great many tattoos, none of which she regretted until she became old and then only because they've faded somewhat and the wrinkles rather spoil the effect! Given to rambling somewhat to anyone patient enough to listen, Kat has unlimited interests, opinions and complex views on very nearly every subject under the sun but thinks, in general, most of the human race is pretty nasty.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Mydas Touch\nDescription: ['Robert Lay is a Pittsburgh native who was born with an affinity for the arts. From mastering playing the piano at age 6 he later moved to writing music, and then drawing before falling in love with writing poetry at age 13. This love continued to grow while in High School when one of his best friends and him started their own poetry club. However, his love didnt blossom till leaving home to pursue a college degree at one of the first Historical Black Colleges and Universities, Cheyney University. While he was there he decided to take his writing to the next level and leverage his experiences and poetry to create the realistic novel, The Mydas Touch.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)\nDescription: ['Gambit Publications specialises in chess and has an unrivalled reputation for originality and editorial excellence. The company is owned and staffed entirely by leading chess masters and grandmasters.', 'Grandmaster Murray Chandler finished second in the World Cadet Championship in 1976, ahead of Garry Kasparov, whom he defeated in their individual game. He remains to this day one of the few players in the world with a 100% score against Kasparov. He was a key member of the England team that won the silver medals in Chess Olympiads three times during the 1980s, and went on to captain the team in 1994. He is proprietor and Editor-in-Chief of the British Chess Magazine and the author of several successful chess books.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Echoes of Savanna (Parent Generation)\nDescription: ['Amazing story that will stay with you long after you finish the book. --Aaron Patterson-Bestselling author of the WJA series.', \"Lucinda Moebius grew up in the mountains of Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Her mother taught her to read when she was four years old and since that time books have been her constant companions. She has a Bachelor's Degree in English Teaching a Master's in Educational Leadership and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Education. Lucinda supports her writing habit by teaching High School and College. She currently lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband, stepson and their dog and cat. Lucinda is the author of Echoes of Savanna: The Parent Generation, the first in a series of novels. She is currently working on the second novel in the series.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bound To Die: The Shocking True Story of Bobby Joe Long, America's Most Savage Serial Killer\nDescription: ['Describes the life and crimes of Bobby Joe Long, a man convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murders of at least nine women in 1984 in the area of Tampa, Florida. Original.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: My Grandfather's Masbaha\nDescription: [\"My Grandfather's Masbaha is a recipient of the prestigious Mom s Choice Award. The Mom s Choice Awards (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Using a rigorous evaluation process, entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media trust the MCA Honoring Excellence seal when selecting quality products and services for families and children --Mom's Choice Awards\", 'Susan Daniel Fayad is a Lebanese American, who was born and raised in the U.S. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Special Education at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. After graduating, she taught primary grades at an international charter school. Her teaching experience led her to delve into educational programs on an international level, working with N.G.Os. and U.N. affiliated organizations. This field of work compelled her to pursue her studies in International Affairs from the Lebanese American University, culminating in a career as a state department sponsored educational adviser with A.M.I.D.E.A.S.T./Lebanon. After relocating to the U.S. where she had her greatest labor of love, her two children, Susan continued working as a college adviser. Summer vacations often include a trip back to Lebanon to connect with family and friends. A vacation to Lebanon would not be the same without spending time with tata (grandmother) and jidoo (grandfather). This book is dedicated to the precious memories her son and his grandfather shared together, before jidoo passed away. Susan lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and two children.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Deal Breaker: The First Myron Bolitar Novel\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Harlan Coben</b><br /> <b></b><br /> Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist.Dan Brown<br /> <br /> Dont let Cobens wry observations fool you: They gift wrap keen insights into our society.<i>The</i> <i>Washington Post Book World</i>', '<b>Harlan Coben </b>is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (<i>Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me,</i> <i>Long Lost, Live Wire, Miracle Cure, </i>and <i>Play Dead</i>), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including <i>Shelter </i>and <i>Seconds Away</i>, and of <i>Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods,</i> <i>Hold Tight</i>, <i>Caught</i>, and <i>Stay Close</i>.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dancing on Her Grave: The Murder of a Las Vegas Showgirl\nDescription: ['<b>Diana Montan </b>is a reporter, editor, and published author. She was Arts & Entertainment writer, as well as art theatre and film critic for <i>The Miami News. </i>She has co-written six true crime books, including<i> I Would Find a Girl Walking</i>. She holds a B.A., M.A., and M.F.A. in Theatre and Communications, from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.<br /><br /><b>Carolina Sarassa</b> is an anchor/correspondent for MundoFOX National Network News in Los Angeles. She has been nominated for thirteen Emmys and has won three, including \"Best Crime Reporter. She has also been awarded four Gabriel Awards for excellence in television and a Los Angeles Press Club Award for excellence as a talk show host. She is a former member of the Board of Governors as well as an active member of the National Television Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and a board member for the Los Angeles Press Club.', '', '', 'FOREWORD', 'As an Emmy Awardwinning journalist for more than thirty years with Univision, the Spanish-language television network, and its respected news magazine show,<i> Aqu y Ahora</i>, Ive seen my share of horrific crimes and covered more than Id like to remember. One assignment in particular became a ten-year labor of love and a bestselling book I cowrote with Diana Montan, <i>The Daughters of Jurez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border</i>, in which I investigated and exposed how poor young women and girls in the Mexican border town of Jurez were being abducted and murdered, their bodies left to rot in the barren desert that surrounds the city. Despite the hundreds of cases that were never resolved or bodies that were never found, I remember the most difficult aspect of reporting these stories was talking to the families. I spoke to the mothers who kept their daughters bedrooms as theyd left them when they disappeared, and who, years later, were still waiting for their daughters to return. Those assignments allowed me to report dozens of human rights violations including political and police corruption. Covering so many crimes in Mexico made me realize how little a life could be worth if one happened to be poor and a female. At this point, I thought there were few crimes that could leave me dumbfounded and shocked. That was until I saw Debora Flores-Narvaezs story. It was 2010 and the Christmas holidays were around the corner when this beautiful, educated young woman disappeared in Las Vegas. She was at the pinnacle of her career and moments away from starring in her dream role in a very popular show. Perhaps it was the time of year that her story made headlines, or perhaps it was the gruesome facts that emerged shortly thereafter, that haunted me.', 'Carolina Sarassa, the reporter who filed the story for our show, was no stranger to me. She was a talented, hardworking, inquisitive young woman whod trained with us before she joined our Las Vegas affiliate. I remember the times she would come into my office and ask me about the stories we were working on and, in particular, about the art of interviewing and the importance of credibility and impartiality.', 'She was a woman on a mission, and I had no doubt she was blossoming into an accomplished reporter. To see her investigation on the air made me proud, especially when I found out how persistent she had been in staying in touch with those connected to Deboras case.', 'Ive always been one to believe that there are no coincidences in life, and when Diana Montan, the coauthor of my book, who also happened to be the cowriter of this book with Carolina, approached me to write the foreword, I knew that for some reason, I had to be a part, albeit small, of this story. Fate had once again knocked on my door to write about a Latina whose life ended all too soon and in the cruelest and most barbaric manner possible. This time, however, unlike the dozens of cases documented in my book, justice had been done; there was an accused murderer who would pay for his crime.', 'Carolinas dedication not only in pursuing this story until the perpetrator was brought to justice but also in making sure that it didnt just become another number in a growing log of cold cases was key. By securing interviews with Deboras family and close friends, she kept the case very much alive. It was her ability to develop a trust with those closest to Debora in life that would unveil the facts behind those closest to her in death.', 'Like any young woman pursuing her dream away from home, Deboras story of love and death could unfortunately happen to anyones child. This was not a young lady whose parents were absent in her life; she wasnt a dropout, an alcoholic, a junkie, or a fanatic. She was a well-educated woman with a caring and nurturing family, and she had left the nest in order to succeed but inadvertently fell prey to a chain of events that no one ever suspected could end so tragically and morbidly.', '', '', 'PREFACE', 'The story of Debbie Flores-Narvaez needs to be told. Its very simple: no woman deserves to be killed the way she was. She was a young woman full of life, love, accomplishments, and health. Yes, she was an extremist; yes, she had a temper; yes, she got involved with the wrong person; yes, she was a Vegas showgirl. But she was also highly educated, a loving daughter, sister, and aunt, and all she wanted to do was dance.', 'Ever since I was a child Ive noticed that nothing happens to me merely by coincidence or luck. I have always lived by the motto My life is written. Countless times I have noticed, as a situation unfolds, that I was given a sign about it beforehand. It can be anything from a simple coincidence to a life-changing circumstance.', 'On April 29, 2014, I received a very interesting e-mail to my personal account from Diana Montan.', 'The content of the e-mail was intense, an overview of a book she and her writing partner, MundoFox anchor Carolina Sarassa, were writing, titled <i>Dancing on Her Grave</i>. I read the e-mail many times, appreciating the kind words from Diana regarding my work as an actress and becoming rapidly obsessed with the case at hand. The case immediately grabbed me for many reasons. I love dancing, and in this case, just like me, the girl from the book was also Puerto Rican. Im a girl with a dream of becoming a successful performer as well. I also left what I had in Puerto Rico to pursue a dream that my parents thought was out of reach. I also moved to a new city with great ambition to become somebody and be really good at my craft.', 'While I continue to work as an actress, which is my passion, I have wanted to find projects I could produce. I envision and pray every night for God to guide my steps both in my personal life as well as in my career. The possibility of helping to share Debbie Flores-Narvaezs tragic story with the world by bringing this outstanding womans life to the screen and having the world see her kind soul truly melts my heart.', 'I believe one can have a connection with the souls of those who have passed away. I would love to think that Debbie chose me to represent her life. My immediate interest as soon as I read Dianas e-mail and the way everything is falling into place makes me believe I have Debbies blessing to portray her life in a television movie. I promise to take this responsibility seriously and give her the tribute she deserves.', 'I know in my heart I was meant to get close to Debbie. I also know for a fact my life story has one more dancing chapter. What a privilege to do it while somebody is guiding me from heaven.', 'Rest in peace once and for all, Debbie. Your killer was found guilty, justice has been served, and now the world will know and remember your name.', '', '', 'AUTHORS NOTE', 'by Diana Montan', 'Crime writers pursue stories as relentlessly as detectives pursue killers, and the chase is very similar.', 'It was sort of serendipitous, how I came across this story. Carolina Sarassas and my investigation into Debora Flores-Narvaezs murder ran almost parallel to the real thing. She was then a reporter for the Univision Network in Las Vegas. I had previously worked with a young man, Diego Arias, at Telemundo in Miami. Diego shared on Facebook a story being covered by another colleague, Carolina Sarassa, about the search for a beautiful dancer in Las Vegas. Her name was Debora Flores-Narvaez, and she had gone missing on the evening an important rehearsal had been scheduled at the Luxor Hotel. Her sister, Celeste, had flown to Vegas from Atlanta in a fruitless effort to find her. It was a story that I, as a true crime writer and advocate for victims, could not resist.', 'I was instantly drawn to the story and messaged Diego: Would Carolina Sarassa be interested in writing a book with me about that case? What were my chances of getting a reply? Diego was not a close friend; he was someone with whom I had worked. And here I was, messaging him out of left field, to relay a request to someone I didnt know.', 'I waited and waited, and supposed Carolina was either busy or simply not interested. But my fishing expedition paid off, and I reeled in my story, <i>our story</i>. Diego came back and said, very enthusiastically, that Carolina would love to.', 'Carolina was in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I reside in Daytona Beach, Florida, so Caro (as she is known to friends and colleagues) and I began to e-mail, and then talk on the phone. We felt like old friends and talked long into the night. I found her delightful, hardworking, and curious. We shared the same intensity and curiosity about cases; this would be a match made in crime-writing heaven. But frivolity aside, we both deeply cared about the victims in all of our cases. And there had been quite a few throughout the course of our careers.', 'In this instance, it all started out with the victims sister, Celeste Flores-Narvaez, and her first visits to the station where Carolina worked. Caro described her anguish to me, and I, in turn, tried to capture it in words. We both really felt for her. Celeste had been relentless in the pursuit of an answer, anything that might lead to information on her little sisters whereabouts. So we both began talking with Celeste.', 'I had had experience in this area. The long, arduous road along the obstacle-ridden path of investigative reporting had been paved for me by firsthand experience. A nineteen-year-old college student from Miami named Shannon Melendi had vanished from the Atlanta softball field where she worked part-time as a scorekeeper on March 26, 1994. Shannon was an exemplary student, and had received a four-year grant to Emory University in Atlanta. I was then the entertainment editor for a weekly published by the Fort Lauderdale <i>Sun-Sentinel</i> and the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, covering television among many other assignments. I was covering the television coverage of the Melendi case. <i>What a roundabout way of covering a case</i>, I thought, <i>covering the coverage!</i> So I decided to do my own coverage. I became friends with Shannons desperate parents, Luis and Yvonne, and her beloved and lovable grandparents, Luis Sr. and Delia.', 'For fourteen anguished years, the Melendis did not know what had happened to their daughter, until the umpire at the softball country club confessed to kidnapping and murdering her on the very same day shed vanished from the softball field. He had invited her out to lunch, and she felt comfortable with him because she knew him. They were in her car, and he then pulled out a knife and told her to drive to his house. There, he tied her up, raped her repeatedly, and finally strangled her.', 'Even after they were made privy to their daughters premature and violent demise, I remained close friends with the Melendis; they lived quite near me. Yvonne, Shannons mother, could be very funny, and sometimes she bravely tried to put on a face of normalcy. One night she called me up to ask if I wanted to come over. I did, and the two of us sat out by the swimming pool and had a glass of wine. Then we went inside, where Yvonne showed me a printer I was considering buying from them. She turned it on, and out came one of Shannons college essays, one calling for stricter criminal laws, since she aspired to become an attorney and eventually hoped to sit on the Supreme Court. Yvonne began to read her daughters essay out loud, sobbing softly and once in a while wailing, Oh my baby girl, oh my baby girl. It was a guttural sound, from deep inside, and I didnt know what to say to her, so I just hugged her. And that was my first and not last encounter with a mothers, or a sisters, or a family members grief.', 'Both Carolina and I felt anguish for Celeste Flores-Narvaez after she flew to Las Vegas from Atlanta to look for her little sister, just like the Melendis flew from Miami to Atlanta after Shannon was first reported missing. Carolina and I could not feel what Celeste felt, of course, but we had been through the process of interviewing bereaved families. I knew how Yvonne Melendis body had felt, shaken and racked with unbearable grief, when I had hugged her that day.', 'Caro, too, had been through her share of heartaches and reporting at gruesome crime sites as a rookie reporter. She was a seasoned reporter and television anchor now, and she knew how to conduct an interview. For that matter, so did I, and so we set out together on the chase, to assemble the bits and pieces of Debora Flores-Narvaezs murder at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.', 'First came Celeste, of course, and her input was invaluable, but then we sorted through a long cast of characters of investigators, friends, and, eventually, prosecutors and defense attorneys. Some wanted to talk and were most helpful. A few were reticent and others were unwilling to talk, and yet we had to wait patiently for everyone to return our calls, to set a time to talk, and then write down what they told us.', 'Some people might think writing a true crime book is a much swifter and easier process than it is. We sort of churn it out in one sitting, they might believe, like they solve complex crimes within an hour television slot. But in fact this process took us three long years while the trial of Jason Griffith kept getting postponed time and time again, and during which a lot happened both in our personal and professional lives; and, of course, in everyone elses lives as well. Even Celeste had to move on, as she has two children to care for. And Jason Griffith languished in jail awaiting his day in court that never seemed to come.', 'As the case wore on for weeks, then months, then years, through a series of events I would hesitate to call mere coincidence, I was able to connect with the actress Roselyn Sanchez, who played Detective Elena Delgado on the TV show <i>Without a Trace</i>. A friend of mine told me that one of her daughters had been pals with Roselyn at university. Caro and I had always thought Roselynwho bore a striking resemblance to Debbiewould be perfect to play the part if Debbies story was ever made into a movie, but that was sort of a castle in the air idea. But after another friend and cowriter of mine, psychic Gale St. John, told me about this project that there is a woman by the name of Rosalie or Rosalind, who is involved in it, I knew I had to pursue the actress. I tracked down Roselyns personal e-mail address and wrote to her about Debbies story. Roselynand her husband, Eric Winterimmediately connected with the story and came on board as producers.', 'Carolina calls Roselyn our angel. I think she is Debbies angel.', 'When the trial finally took place, it was all a matter of covering it every step of the way, and obtaining court records, as well as additional testimonies from people who testified. There were also the attorneys, and we interviewed both the prosecution and the defense. Fortunately, they were all very forthcoming, albeit sometimes hard to reach. This goes with the territory, and they were already busy with other cases.', 'So at the end of our thorough investigation, there only remained one thing, one question: Why? <i>Why</i> had Jason Griffith murdered and dismembered his beautiful ex-lover, Debora Flores-Narvaez?', 'I often wonder at some mens sense of entitlement that leads them to think of women as property, as something to do with, and then dispose of, as they wish. Fortunately, detectives and prosecutors feel the same sense of entitlement when such crimes become their own property.', 'Now that we are finally finished writing this book, we are hoping not only that it will honor Debbie Flores-Narvaez, and a promising life that ended all too soon, but that it will serve as a cautionary tale to other young women.', '', '', 'INTRODUCTION', 'Debora Flores-Narvaez was a thirty-one-year-old Hispanic woman who had moved to Las Vegas in search of a dream.', 'I, Carolina Sarassa, grew up in Miami, but I was born in Medelln, Colombia. My parents relocated to the United States so that we could live in peace, away from the war-torn city and the guerrillas threatening our family, and gave me the opportunity to pursue the career I have always wanted in journalism. Just like Debbie, my life has been full of dreams.', 'If you want to make it in this career, youve got to move to a very small city. I can still hear the echo of Professor Dan Sneeds words during one of my Journalism classes at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami.', 'He was right, as I would find out.', 'When we first got to the United States from Colombia, my parents decided to make Miami, Florida, our new home. It seemed like the perfect choice, since most people spoke Spanish and the Latino community is predominant. I guess it was easier to assimilate after such a drastic change. Wed had to escape Colombia with only a few hundred dollars in our pockets, but Miami welcomed us and became our home.', 'As an immigrant you always hear the clich that America is the land of opportunity. Well, the clich was true for me; America has been the land of many opportunities, in fact. Still, while many people back in our countries might think, You move to the U.S. and you can have it all, nothing comes for free. Yes, you can have it all and everything else you dream about, but only if you work hard, study hard, and do not forget to pay your taxes.', 'After graduating from high school, I was able to get scholarships from the <i>Miami Herald</i> newspaper, the FIU Honors College, and the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana to continue my higher education.', 'As I learned more and more about Deboras passion for school, it reminded me of my years in college. I am not embarrassed to admit that I was a nerd. I was a straight A student, always making it to the deans list. Since English is not my first language, I still have a slight Colombian accent when I speak, and it was more pronounced in college. It used to embarrass me, but now I dont care. I actually think it makes me who I am.', 'I always knew I wanted to be a journalist. I enjoy reading, writing, and especially hearing and telling stories. When it finally came time to pick a major, I chose Mass Communications and Journalism with an emphasis in Print, meaning I wanted to become a writer for a newspaper or a magazine. I never imagined myself in front of a TV camera.', 'It was not until I met Professor Ana Ponte, a funny, smart, well-educated, and persuasive woman who convinced me to switch my emphasis to broadcasting, that I changed my mind. She also repeated similar words to those Professor Sneed had said: You will need to move to a small market.', 'After knocking on many doors, and after completing internships, I was able to get a job as an associate producer for <i>Aqu y Ahora</i>, an investigative news magazine show based in Miami and the Spanish-language equivalent to <i>60 Minutes</i>. Thats where I got to meet the talented, professional, and generous Teresa Rodrguez, one of the hosts (who also generously wrote the foreword for this book).', 'I worked behind the camera for about two years, then applied for a job in a smaller market, but within the company, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The news director, Angel Covarrubias, believed in me, and he gave me a chance to fulfill my dreams. He guided me, and he also became one of my mentors.', 'So, thats how I ended up in Texas after living in Miami for eight years. Miami is a huge market for Spanish TV, but just as my professors had anticipated, the TV stations in Miami were not going to hire a young recent grad to be an on-air reporter. I had better luck in a smaller market.', 'Every time I had to move to a new city, it was difficult to leave friends, homes, and a whole life behind. But I had it very clear in my mind that I wanted to grow as a journalist, and that meant moving. That meant going to a bigger market. The bigger the city, the bigger the audience, and the bigger the market for TV. Many years had to pass for this to happen.', 'I still remember my first assignment as a local TV reporter in Corpus Christi.', 'A four-year-old child had fallen from the balcony of a fifth-floor apartment. His mother did not realize one of the bedrooms sliding doors to a balcony was semi-open. In a matter of seconds, so she said afterward, she realized her baby was no longer safe. When she couldnt find her son, she saw the door open. She was hoping she wouldnt see what she felt had happened: it was already too late.', 'The four-year-old boy was smashed against the concrete.', 'As a local TV reporter, the assignment desk is always in contact with you and your photographer. Mary, our assignment desk editor at the time, called us and gave us some minor details of the 911 call she had heard through the stations scanner. She sent us to the apartment complex where the child had been found minutes earlier.', 'Corpus Christi is a small city, so wethe photographer and Iarrived pretty fast. I will never forget the face of the horrified mother, the neighbors, and especially the victim. His small body, covered in blood, was still on the ground.', 'I was only twenty years old. Im a very sensitive woman, and back then, it was even more difficult to hold back the tears and hide my emotions.', 'It was a very poor neighborhood. The mother was in shock, while all of us had to try and do our jobs. We had to get videos and interviews and hope to obtain a statement from her; yes, from the mother who had just lost her child.', 'I remember telling my photographer how distressed I was by what I had just witnessed. It even made me question whether I really wanted to spend my career on horrible stories such as the ones I was covering every day. I went to the car, trying to hide from the rest of the media, and I cried. I finally was able to gain my composure and went back to the scene wearing my sunglasses, so no one could see how my mascara and makeup had smeared all over my face from the tears.', 'It all made sense a couple of days later when I realized there was a reason why I was sent there to cover that assignment. I had given my business card to one of the neighbors, and she called me. The mother of the child whod died needed money to bury her son. We, and most of the other local media outlets, were able to do a story, and the woman received the funds she needed for the burial expenses.', 'I felt as if I somehow needed to be there, so I could help her.', 'Many journalists enter the industry for different reasons. I didnt look forward to becoming a war correspondent in the line of fire, or the reporter who broke the next political scandal. I wanted to help my community. I wanted to be the voice for the ones who cannot speak, or who are afraid to do so.', 'My next move would be to Las Vegas, Nevada.', 'After nearly three years in Corpus Christi, an opportunity opened up at a local TV station in Las Vegas. I could not resist it, so I did it again. I packed all my stuff and drove for nearly twenty-three hours to Sin City.', 'One of the things that soon struck me about Las Vegas was the high rate of domestic violence cases, especially murders. One would imagine most of the stories happen in or around the Strip, the large street strewn with hotels and casinos, but this is not true. Most of the stories, at least the ones we covered, happened in residential areas.', 'I covered the most horrific stories in that city. I still remember Maria, a woman whose boyfriend threatened that he was going to come back with a machete to kill her if she called the police and accused him of domestic violence. She did... and he did.', 'Maria was walking out of her job at a gasoline station when the man, as he had promised, was waiting for her outside with a corroded machete. He cut her fingers and her hands and struck her many times on her head.', 'She was still alive when the paramedics arrived, and the boyfriend was still standing there looking at the pond of blood he had created. He was arrested on the spot, but although she fought valiantly, she never recovered from her injuries and died a few months later.', 'Maria was only one of the many gut-wrenching cases I got to cover in the city.', 'But despite sad stories like Marias and Debbies, I actually enjoyed my five years working in Nevada, and it was very gratifying to be recognized for my work during those years with three Emmy Awards.', 'My first Emmy was for best crime coverage, for a story I did about an undocumented mother whose husband had abused her, kidnapped their child, and took him to Mexico. Our efforts at the station were able to help this mother with a humanitarian visa, and her child was returned safely to the United States.', 'My second Emmy was for a story that really touched some personal fibers. It was a series about the elderly who are abandoned by their loved ones at so-called homes. It was about people who are in the last stages of their lives and who rarely even get a phone call from a relative. Fortunately, in some of these places, the elderly are able to find a new family, sometimes even get married and begin a new phase of their lives. This series won the Best Historical/Cultural Program or Special.', 'My third Emmy was for a story I did about one of my passions: saving animals. When the Las Vegas economy started to fall, a lot of people simply abandoned their homes after losing them for a lack of payment. To this day, I cannot believe what these people were also doingthey would abandon their pets as well, simply leaving them inside their abandoned homes without food or water. Many animals died, and others were taken to local shelters where, sadly, due to overpopulation, many had to be euthanized. I tried to do my part, so I rescued four of them: Pippa, Coco, Mocha, and Marley (two cats, a pit bull, and a cocker spaniel, respectively). Mocha the pit bull recently ate all our sprinklers, but hey, she is a sweetheart; even the cats walk all over her!', 'The Las Vegas community is very welcoming to their news anchors and reporters. Its a community where people watch the news every day, and depend on us, and I think I was able to gain their trust. This was how I found out about Deboras disappearancethrough a Facebook message from one of her friends who apparently trusted me, too.', 'From the beginning, reporting on Deboras murder felt different. It did not feel like the other cases I had covered, and to this day I dont know why.', 'But I knew hers was a story that I had to tell.', '', '', 'ONE', 'Showgirl, Interrupted', 'Her name was Debora. She was a showgirl.', 'When I first heard about the case of the missing Las Vegas dancer, the old Barry Manilow song from the seventies, Copacabana, kept playing in my head. The tune tells the tale of Lola, a showgirl, whose lover, Tony, a bartender, is murdered by a gangster out of jealousy.', 'Would the story of Debora Flores-Narvaezs missing case turn out to be as ill-fated as the one in those lyrics? I wondered. After all, this was Sin City, and Deboras friend had sure sounded desperate.', 'Mia Guerrero, a friend of Debbies, had reached out to me on Facebook. I had met the young dancer more than a year ago at a station event where she was modeling. Mia had come up to introduce herself and to tell me she was also from Colombia, like me. I was then the anchor for the Univision Network in Las Vegas. I covered the beat. Id seen, and knew, the seedier side of the Strip.', 'Mias message had arrived on December 16, 2010, at 8:59 P.M. She told me a friend of hers, another dancer by the name of Debbie Flores-Narvaez, had disappeared. Mia mentioned that her friends were also very worried about Debbies whereabouts. She wanted my help as a very special favor to please try to air news about her disappearance in our newscast. Her message was kind, and ended with a God bless you.', 'I was not going to sit on this story, and Mia did not have to wait long.', 'Debora had gone missing four days earlier, on December 12. It was sudden and unexpected, and, like most disappearances, her absence was what her family and friends referred to as oddly out of character for Debora Flores-Narvaez, whom everyone called Debbie. We began to cover her disappearance, even though the police were still treating it as a missing persons case.', 'Her name was Debora. She was a showgirl. But she also had a bachelors degree in international business, a masters degree in international finance, and a degree in law. Her diplomas were hung proudly on one of the walls in her condo, in a building located across the street from the famed Luxor Hotel, the one with the Sphinx in front. It was called the Onyx Apartments.', 'But despite her academic degrees, Debora wanted to be a dancer. It was her passion. And shed moved from Baltimore to Las Vegas in order to pursue that passion.', 'On the day just after her disappearance, her dream wouldve become a reality. Debora Flores-Narvaez had been only one day short of realizing her lifelong dream of becoming the lead dancer in a Las Vegas show, when she disappeared without a trace.', 'She had been slated to star as the lead in what was dubbed by the shows producers as the Strips most seductive, sensual show, the spectacle <i>FANTASY</i> at the Luxor. There had been two rehearsals scheduled on Sunday, December 12, 2010, one in the morning and one in the evening. Debora had attended the first one, in the morning, but she was surprisingly, conspicuously absent from the evening rehearsal.', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mother's Day\nDescription: ['\"Theresa Cross was a toxic mother, but the maternity myth blinded, deafened, and silenced those that might have stopped her.\" Dennis McDougal, with his flair for storytelling and his eye for vivid detail, is one of the best of true crime writers. In this book he profiles a very dark character indeed: a woman for whom neither her life nor her fantasies ever got beyond her sad, narrow world of severe men, twisted religious ideas, beatings, sexual jealousy, horror fiction and movies, and obsessive housecleaning. She had several husbands, one of whom she killed, until she ended up as a single mother with two boys and three girls. Then she began to torture and kill the girls, one after another, as they became old enough that their beauty made her angry. Prepare to enter a closed-off realm of nightmare, when you read this one.', \"A MODERN MURDEROUS MEDEA...<br />In June of l985, while her teenage sons held their half-sister down, Theresa Cross beat her l9-year-old daughter Sheila unconscious and then stuffed her into a 2' X 2' storage locker. After three days, the knocking, kicking, and cries stopped. Theresa and her sons dumped the girl's body in the desolate High Sierras....<br />The summer before, Theresa had dug a bullet out of her daughter Suesan's chest with a paring knife. When Suesan failed to recover (without benefit of doctors or hospital), Theresa and her two sons drove the delirious girl to the mountains , doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire....<br />For nearly nine years, Theresa Cross Knorr got away with murder, until her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, finally found a cop who believed the incredible story of her two murdered sisters.<br />That story is all here, the shocking life of a woman whose violence, jealousy, rage, and domination led to a brutally heinous crime of ruthless ferocity.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border\nDescription: ['<b>Teresa Rodrguez</b> es una periodista ganadora de once premios Emmy que trabaja para <i>Univision,</i> donde es co-presentadora y corresponsal de la galardonada revista noticiosa <i>Aqu y Ahora.</i> Ha investigado los asesinatos de Jurez durante ms de diez aos.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach\nDescription: ['\"Realizing that counseling theory is not the easiest subject for students to grasp, nor the most fun for most students, I have searched for years for a textbook that communicates excitement for theory and also for the value of each theoretical approach for its time in the history of counseling and psychotherapy...In 2011, I found Elsie Jones-Smiths (2011) <em>Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach</em>, and in using it with my students, it has really help bring counseling theories alive for my students. Jones-Smith has revised her textbook with a second edition, and I am even more excited by it than I was by the first edition. The text is both historical in helping students envision the evolution of counseling and psychotherapy, and foundational, for it grounds the reader in each of the recognized approaches to the subject matter...I believe that Jones-Smiths (2014) <em>Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach</em> is the most exciting and engaging counseling theories text available today. It is comprehensive in its coverage of the theories that masters and doctoral level counselors, psychotherapists, and clinical and counseling psychologists should know and understand. It is well written and easily read and assimilated by students. It contains the powerful and engaging tool entitled Theoretical Orientation Scale by Jones-Smith that, if used at the beginning of the theories course, moves students from apprehensive to excited and eager to learn about the theoretical orientations that seem to fit them and those that seem to fit their classmates.\" Author: Charles Timothy (Tim) Dickel, Ed.D.', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka (Crimes Canada: True Crimes That Shocked The Nation) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['\"Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka are two sick individuals, and Peter Vronsky pulled no punches describing their terrible crimes in this latest installment in the Crimes Canada series. This book is not for the faint-hearted but hardcore true grue crime fans will get their fill with this one.\"<div>-- <b>Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author</b> of <i>BOGEYMAN</i> and <i>MONSTER</i></div><div><i></i></div><br /><br /><div><span>\"A</span><span>powerful, hard-hitting, compelling, and graphic read by Dr. Vronsky. This is the real \\'grime\\' crime.\"</span></div><div><span>--<b>Serial Killers Magazine</b></span></div><div><span><b></b></span></div><br /><br /><div>\"<span>Blown away and extremely impressed with this account of the case that is no doubt one of the most notorious crimes in Canada.</span><span>Vronsky is a master of his craft and a first rate author.\"</span></div><div><span>--<b>The Crime Cove Reviews</b>(<i>TheCrimeCove.com</i>)</span></div><div><span></span></div>', '<div><div><b></b></div><div></div><div></div><div><b>REVIEWS FROM READERS</b><div></div><div>\"<span>Explicit language and graphic details but that is the only way to truly tell the story of these two monsters. Hard to put down once you start reading this.\" --<b>Darlene H</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>An excellent book, has its strong language but that makes the book so real.\" --<b>Marlene F</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>It\\'s a book written for true crime fans who want the story without the window-dressing.\" --<b>Bettye M</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>Very Intense And Graphic Book But A Really Good Read. I Couldn\\'t Put It Down.\" --<b>Connie F</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>This was a real and true to life account of a criminal couple who\\'s crimes were really hard to believe and involve rape, torture and all of that videotaped.\" --<b>Jenny K</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>Truly grizzly and difficult to read at times, the fact that they had no remorse was especially hard to comprehend. Well explained and elaborated. Worth the read.\" --<b>Marie E</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>The author did not mince words in this book. Two truly evil monsters who had no remorse for their crimes. Peter Vronsky did an excellent job on this book.\" --<b>Sherry P</b></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>\"</span><span>This is a very well researched and well written book about a very evil, sick couple....</span><span>This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.\" --<b>June D</b></span></div></div><div></div><div></div> </div>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Lethal Embrace\nDescription: ['Michael Benson, who has partied with the Hells Angels on both coasts, is the author of 41 books. His most recent works include <b>Betrayal in Blood: The Murder of Tabatha Bryant</b>, and <b>Inside</b> <b>Secret Societies: What They Dont Want You to Know</b>.<b><b>Russ Austin,</b> a nationally recognized expert on choppers, is the owner and head designer of Precious Metal Custom, a custom chopper shop where he builds 40 choppers a year for private customers.</b>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar, Book 2)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Harlan Coben and his Myron Bolitar novels</b><br /> <b></b><br /> A gifted storyteller . . . Mystery just comes along for the ride.<i>Denver Post</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Like fellow wisecracking P.I.s Spenser and Elvis Cole, Myron Bolitar is great fun in the best hard-boiled tradition.<i>Houston Chronicle</i>', '', '<b>Harlan Coben</b> is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (<i>Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me, Long Lost,</i> and <i>Live Wire</i>), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including <i>Shelter</i> and Seconds Away, and of <i>Miracle Cure, Play Dead, Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods, Hold Tight, Caught, </i>and <i>Stay Close</i>.<br /><br />', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Final Detail: A Myron Bolitar Novel (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Myron Bolitar is a fascinating character--a guy in his 30s who just moved into his own New York apartment, and who still looks forward to dinner with his parents in New Jersey. A former pro-basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, he now runs his own sports agency, and also dabbles in the private investigation business. He is helped (and sometimes hindered) by his rich, blond, preppy friend Windsor Horne Lockwood III. Win has some awesome lethal powers hidden under his Brooks Brothers suits!', 'In <i>The Final Detail</i> Win and Myron are looking into the murder of a client--a troubled New York Yankees baseball player called Clu Haid. Clu was apparently shot to death by Esperanza Diaz, who just happens to be Myron\\'s best friend and partner in the sport\\'s agency. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn\\'t sure if it has to do with her job, or with her private life. His search for the truth takes him back to a shabby incident from his own past, and to times he would rather forget. Author <a href=\"/exec/obidos/exact-author=coben%2C%20harlan/${0}\">Harlan Coben</a> casually drops in dozens of poignant moments of humanity that keep us--and Myron--firmly grounded in reality.', 'Other books in this excellent series include <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440222702/${0}\">Backspin</a></i>, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440220440/${0}\">Deal Breaker</a></i>, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440220459/${0}\">Drop Shot</a></i>, and <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440225442/${0}\">One False Move</a></i>. <i>--Dick Adler</i>', 'You know things are getting tough for Myron Bolitar when the crime-solving sports agent finds that his favorite tippleAthe chocolate drink Yoo-HooAhas lost its kick. At a particularly harrowing point in his latest Bolitar book (after One False Move), Coben reveals that his hero actually \"craved a venti-size skim iced latte with a splash of vanilla.\" Despite being a former pro basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, Myron remains a touching everyman, a guy who still looks forward to dinner with his parents and can even cry in the bathroom after his father admits to some recent chest pains. In this case, Myron probes the murder of one of his clients, a troubled baseball player named Clu Haid, who was apparently shot by Myron\\'s sports-agency partner, Esperanza Diaz. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn\\'t sure if it has to do with business or with her bisexuality. His search for the truth takes him to a bar called Take a Guess (\"It\\'s About Ambiguity, Not Androgyny\"), where he falls for a Julie Newmar/Catwoman look-alike who may or may not be female, and to the front offices at Yankee Stadium. Ultimately, the trail leads him to revisit a 12-year-old mystery about a missing girl as well as a shabby incident in his own past. Along the way, Coben works in poignant scenes, such as an interview with a mother who wallpapers her house with family photographs. Myron relies less on the lethal powers of his rich, blond, preppy friend Win (Windsor Horne Lockwood III) than in previous adventures. The change makes for the strongest entry yet in a series that deftly balances realism with excitement, while refusing to fall back on genre clich?s. Major ad/promo; author tour. <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: ESPERANZA: A Love And Rockets Book TP\nDescription: ['...[I]f theres one thingJ aimes Locas stories in general, and this volume in particular, tell us, its that sometimes you have to be a grownup for a long time before you grow up. Its worth the work, and the wait.<br /> - <strong>Sean T. Collins, <em>The Comics Journal</em></strong><br /><br />I dont really understand why the material of Love and Rockets isnt widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it is.<br /> - <strong>Neal Gaiman</strong>', 'Jaime Hernandez is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning cartoonist and a lifelong Los Angelean.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Darkest Fear : A Myron Bolitar Novel\nDescription: [\"Myron Bolitar's father's recent heart attack brings Myron smack into a midlife encounter with issues of adulthood and mortality. And if that's not enough to turn his life upside down, the reappearance of his first serious girlfriend is. The basketball star turned sports agent, who does a little detecting when business is slow, is saddened by the news that Emily Downing's 13-year-old son is dying and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant; even if she did leave him for the man who destroyed his basketball career, he wouldn't wish tsuris like that on anyone. And he's not at all interested in getting involved with Emily again, not even to track down the one mysterious donor who may be able to save the boy. But when Myron learns that Jeremy Downing is his <i>own</i> son, conceived the night before Emily and Greg Downing married, he embarks on a search for someone who disappeared a lifetime ago. And what he finds leads him to a powerful family determined to keep an old secret, a disgraced reporter who may have plagiarized a novel to create a serial killer, a very interested FBI agent, and a missing child.\", 'This is the seventh outing in a series that\\'s been gaining in popularity since Bolitar\\'s first appearance, in Harlan Coben\\'s <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/0440220440/${0}\">Deal Breaker</a></i>. Myron\\'s a bit of a baby, but he\\'s not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it, he\\'s eminently likable, and his heart\\'s in the right place. The fireworks are supplied by his friend and partner, Win, who really deserves a series of his own, and Esperanza, the lesbian wrestler-lawyer who has finally talked Myron into making her a partner in the business. Like Coben\\'s other Bolitar novels, she\\'s worth every penny. <i>--Jane Adams</i>', 'Book seven in Coben\\'s wonderfully rich series (after 1999\\'s The Final Detail), which features sports agent Myron Bolitar, former basketball player and totally believable human being, is all about fathers, sons and the intricate and often painful chains that link them together. Myron, who has just moved out of his parents\\' house at the age of 34, is worried about his father\\'s health after a heart attack, but it\\'s hard for either of them to talk about the older man\\'s condition. Myron tends to have long relationships with women that end in tears. (\"You\\'re in your mid-thirties, single, sensitive, and you like show tunes,\" says his current lover, a troubled television star. \"If you were a better dresser, I\\'d say you were gay.\") Emily, his college girlfriend from Duke who dumped him for a more successful basketball rival, re-enters the picture to tell him that her critically ill 13-year-old son needs a bone marrow transplant, but the only suitable registered donor has disappeared. Can Myron find him? And, by the way--Myron is the boy\\'s real father. The search takes Myron deep into some decades-old unsolved crimes involving another father and son--a sadistic deranged killer and a conflicted newspaper columnist. Myron\\'s deadly preppy friend, Win, is on hand to supply his own frightening brand of violence, and the gorgeous Esperanza Diaz, the former wrestler who\\'s now a full partner in MB SportsReps, supplies wisdom as well as glamour. But the heart of the novel is, as always, the fallible but infinitely appealing, accessible figure of Myron Bolitar--a modern Don Quixote complete with knee brace and cell phone, ready to take on the world\\'s problems. (June) <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Just Enough CRM (Yourdon Press Computing Series)\nDescription: ['', \"<b>The decision-maker's guide to competitive advantage with CRM</b>\", '<i>Just Enough CRM</i> gives decision-makers practical insight for planning, designing, and deploying CRM systems that deliver on their promises--and for avoiding the pitfalls that cause so many CRM implementations to fail. Leading CRM consultant Francoise Tourniaire shows how to streamline and improve every phase of the project lifecycle, from needs assessment and vendor selection through metrics, and beyond.', \"Tourniaire offers realistic guidelines and checklists for making sense of vendors' pitches, customizing CRM to your own organization's needs, and guiding the entire implementation process. These techniques apply to any CRM implementation, especially projects at mid-sized companies with $10 to $500 million in revenues--projects all too often neglected in other books.\", \"Whether you're a senior executive, line-of-business manager, CRM project manager, or project participant, this book will help you transform the promise of CRM into a quantifiable, sustainable, competitive advantage.\", '', '', \"FRANCOISE TOURNIAIRE owns FT Works, a consultancy that helps technology companies create and improve their support operations through targeted consulting, training, and coaching engagements. Prior to founding FT Works, she was VP of Worldwide Service for Scopus (now Siebel Systems), responsible for technical support, training, documentation, and operations worldwide. She has close to 20 years' experience in post-sales support and services, including stints at Sybase and Ingres. Tourniaire is lead author of <i>The Art of Software Support</i> (Prentice Hall).\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tell No One\nDescription: [\"David Beck has rebuilt his life since his wife's murder eight years ago, finishing medical school and establishing himself as a pediatrician, but he's never forgotten the woman he fell in love with in second grade. And when a mysterious e-mail arrives on the anniversary of their first kiss, with a message and an image that leads him to wonder whether Elizabeth might still be alive, Beck will stop at nothing to find the truth that's eluded him for so many years. A powerful billionaire is equally determined to make sure his role in her disappearance never comes to light, even if it means destroying an innocent man.\", 'In David Beck, Harlan Coben, the author of the popular series starring sports agent Myron Bolitar (<i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385334338/${0}\">Darkest Fear</a></i> et al.) has created a protagonist who shares many of Bolitar\\'s best qualities--he\\'s a decent, generous, gentle guy whose loyalty to those he loves is unquestionable. So when he discovers that people he was close to may be responsible not only for Elizabeth\\'s murder but also the \"accidental\" death of his father, Beck\\'s sense of betrayal is as understandable to the reader as his uncharacteristically violent reaction. Coben is a skillful storyteller with a gift for creating likable characters caught up in circumstances that illuminate their complex emotional lives and deep humanity. This should be the thriller that breaks this talented writer out of the mystery genre and earns him the recognition he deserves. <i>--Jane Adams</i>', \"Every writer likes to stretch his legs, and here Coben, author of seven acclaimed Myron Bolitar mysteries (Darkest Fear, etc.), stretches his. He doesn't quite kick his reputation aside in the process. This thriller, Coben's first non-Bolitar novel, is a breezy enough read, but it's not up to snuff. It's got a nifty setup, though. David Beck and Elizabeth Parker, just-married childhood sweethearts, are vacationing at the Beck family retreat when Beck is knocked unconscious and Elizabeth is kidnapped. Cut to eight years later: Beck is a young physician working with ghetto kids in Manhattan, and Elizabeth, we learn, is dead, victim of a serial killer known as KillRoy. Or is she? For immediately after two bodies eight years old are uncovered on the Beck land, Beck receives a series of e-mails apparently from Elizabeth. His frantic search to find out if she lives dovetails with the equally frenzied efforts of cops to pin Elizabeth's murder on Beck, as well as the antic moves of a mysterious billionaire an old friend of the Beck family and his two hired thugs to frame Beck for that murder. Beck finds himself a man on the run from the cops his only ally a black drug dealer whose child he's treating for hemophilia caught in an overcomplicated tangle of lies and vengeance. Coben knows how to move pages, and he generates considerable suspense, but there's little new here. The narrative style is cloned from James Patterson, alternating first-person with third. The villains, particularly the billionaire and a Chinese martial artist, are as old as mid-Elmore Leonard or even Chandler. The black drug dealer isn't a character, he's a plot device, and the climax packs the emotional wallop of a strong episode of The Rockford Files. (June 19)Forecast: Heavy-hitting blurbs from Jeffery Deaver and Phillip Margolin, among others, indicate more about the solidarity of the mystery community than about this book's excellence, but should attract browsers. The publisher will pitch this as a summer beach read, and it's not a bad one. In fact, it may outsell Coben's mysteries, despite its flaws.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Maximum Fitness : The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Cross Training\nDescription: ['<b>Stewart \"Stew\" Smith</b> is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a former Navy SEAL, and author of several fitness books such as <i>The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness, The Special Ops Workout</i>, and <i>S.W.A.T. Fitness</i>. Stew has trained thousands of students for Navy SEAL, Special Forces, SWAT, FBI, ERT, and many other military, law enforcement, and fire fighter professions. He is currently the Special Ops Team Coach at the US Naval Academy that prepares future candidates for SEAL, EOD, and MARSOC training and runs a non-profit called Heroes of Tomorrow where he trains people seeking tactical professions for free. He has recently appeared on National Geographic\\'s Fight Science - Special Ops where he was subjected to a hypothermic test and combat shooting course.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fade Away (Myron Bolitar, Book 3)\nDescription: ['"Brilliant! Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton, Robert B. Parker, and everyone else!"—Nancy Pickard, author of <i>I.O.U.</i><br><br>"Fast action, snappy dialogue...[An] enjoyable read."—<i>Toronto Star</i><br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in thirty-three languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (<b>Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear</b>, and the upcoming <i>Promise Me</i>), he is also the author of <b>Tell No One, Gone for Good, </b><i>The Innocent, The Woods,</i> and <i>Hold Tight.</i><br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Back Spin: A Classic Myron Bolitar Novel\nDescription: ['\"Another winner...Pungent observations, indelibly drawn characters and a twisting, surprise-laden plot.\"<i>Atlanta Journal and Constitution</i><br /><br />\"Sharp plotting and emotional density, as well as nonstop wisecracks.\"<i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in thirty-seven languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (<b>Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, </b><i>Promise Me, </i>and <i>Long Lost</i>), he is also the author of <b>Tell No One, Gone for Good, </b><i>No Second Chance</i><b>, </b><i>Just One Look</i><b>, </b><i>The Innocent,</i><b> </b><i>The Woods</i>, and <i>Hold Tight</i><b>. <br /></b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond\nDescription: ['', 'Julius Bailey is a grand prophetic intellectual with deep roots in the Black freedom struggle and genuine routes to new radical democratic possibilities. <em>Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams</em> is a courageous and powerful text, indispensable for any serious reflection about the future of America and the world! <strong>Cornel West, author of <em>Race Matters</em> and <em>Democracy Matters</em></strong>', 'Julius Bailey has written our generations <em>Race Matters</em>. There are many books in the canon of Obama, but Bailey seeks to answer questions around moral reasoning and provides a clarion call for change. <strong>Duchess Harris, Professor and Chair of American Studies, Macalester College</strong>', 'This is Julius Baileys most important work to date. The book provides a critical, urgent, and courageous meditation on the current American racial landscape. Drawing from Western philosophy, prophetic criticism, and Black arts and culture, Bailey spotlights the political, economic, and existential challenges confronted by the American body politic. Equally important, he offers a pathway for creating a more humane, loving, safe, and just world. <strong>Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Morehouse College, and CNN Political Commentator</strong>', 'Dr. Bailey hits the nail on the head as he perspicaciously confronts and reverses the flawed discourse of success specific to racism in America. As only he can, he sharpens the readers thinking with a much-needed cultural candor unique to his profound intellect. Dr. Bailey is masterful here in calling out cowardice and calling for courage. <strong>Dr. Chandra Gill, CEO, Blackademically Speaking Enterprises</strong>', '', '', '<strong>Silver medalist for the IPPY award for Current Events in 2016!</strong>', '<em>Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams</em> is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and his critics, racism, income inequality, poverty, and xenophobia, guided by a prophetic thread that calls like-minded visionaries and progressives to action. The book is an honest look at the current state of our professed city on a hill and the destruction left on the darker sides of town.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World\nDescription: ['\"Robbins, author of the classic <i>Diet for a New America</i>, believes that plantbased nutrition and particularly vegan diets (free of meat, milk, and eggs) lead to long life and good health. Citing statistics, research studies, and selected quotes that extol the benefits of such diets, he also argues that animal products are responsible for such diseases as obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and cancer. Robbins deplores the inadequate sanitation and inspection in meatprocessing plants and argues that many of the illnesses and stomach ailments that people complain about result from animal agriculture and the pathogens it introduces into our bodies. He also raises concerns about the dangers of fad diets that advocate high carbohydrates, high protein, or high fat. Robbins\\'s zealous advocacy of plantbased nutrition and his refusal to consider the need for animal products in human nutrition throws his book off balance. Nevertheless, those who want to know more about vegan diets will gain many insights from his provocative book. Recommended for large nutrition collections with a diversity of viewpoints.\" -Library Journal, Irwin Weintraub, Brooklyn College Lib., New York. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc--Reviews<br /><br />\"Carefully researched, eminently readable, and starkly accurate, <i>The Food Revolution</i> will change your life. If every patient in every doctor\\'s office read this book, it would revolutionize the health of America. -Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians\\' Committee for Responsible Medicine--Reviews<br /><br />\"John Robbins has done it again! Another brilliant, mindaltering, paradigmshifting, lifestylechanging, heartexpanding book from the most powerfully sane man I know. <i>The Food Revolution</i> will change your life and the lives of those you love. Thoughtful, penetrating, impeccably researched, it will make you laugh, then cry, then pass it on to your loved ones.\" -Marianne Williamson, author of <i>A Return to Love</i>--Reviews<br /><br />\"John Robbins is the leading voice in the world for restoring humanity to its proper relationship with food, the Earth, and health. Read <i>The Food Revolution</i> and get active.\" -Paul Hawken, author of <i>Natural Capitalism</i>--Reviews<br /><br />\"In what promises to be the publishing event of the decade, John Robbins provides both the information and the encouragement we need in order to reclaim the health of our bodies and our planet. Packed with political dynamite, this book will change your life. Forthright and fearless, thoroughly researched and engagingly presented, this is must reading for everyone who eats.\" -Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life--Reviews', 'John Robbins is also the author of <i>Diet for a New America</i>, and the widely acclaimed <i>Reclaiming Our Health</i>. His life and work have been featured on the PBS special, <i>Diet for a New America</i>. Groomed to follow in the footsteps of his father, founder of the Baskin-Robbins empire, he chose a different more authentic path for himself. He lives with his family in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Author website: www.foodrevolution.org']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Supreme Macaroni Company: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Trigiani (The Shoemaker's Wife) explores the delicate balance (and unbalance) between work, family, and love. Valentine Roncalli, a shoemaker at her family's business, Angelini Shoe Company, is going to marry her tanner, Gianluca Vechiarelli. Gianluca wants to return to his native Italy; Valentine is committed to keeping the family concern running in Greenwich Village. Further complicating things is a difficult moment between Valentine and an old friend, which threatens the marriage. The way the couple juggle their jobs and their complicated families with understanding, sympathy, and love is often hilarious, in spite of the frustration it brings to both of them. A twist near the end of the book is not unexpected, but tense shifts get a little dizzying and it's easy to get ahead of the story. The pages detailing how Valentine practices her craft of shoemaking are superb. Trigiani's ability to bring the large, warm, envelopingif somewhat dysfunctionalfamily to life will keep any reader engrossed and entertained. (Nov.)\", 'The final novel in Trigianis Valentine trilogy (Very Valentine, 2009; Brava, Valentine, 2010) finds shoemaker Valentine Roncalli planning her wedding to Gianluca Vechiarelli, a handsome Italian nearly 20 years her senior and the son of her grandmothers new husband. As Gianluca adjusts to life amid the boisterous, extended Roncalli clan, the fiercely independent Valentine, an ambitious and talented shoe designer, struggles to balance work and home life, with her marriage often taking a backseat to her career. Cultural differences between the pair widen as her plans to open a factory as she becomes a first-time mother clash with his vision for the couples future, which includes a home in Tuscany. Though the conflict is plausible, it comes across as vaguely overplotted. For those who have followed Valentines ups and downs from the start, Trigianis send-off is bound to feel bittersweet in more ways than one. For readers new to the series, missing the occasional insider reference has its advantagesthey still have two books ahead of them and the chance to meet Valentine where she began. --Patty Wetli', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Lucia, Lucia: A Novel\nDescription: ['“This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love.”<br>—<i>Cosmopolitan<br><br></i>“FAST-MOVING, FUNNY, VISUAL, AND MOVING . . . A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place. Every page is engrossing and begs us to read the next.”<br>—<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch<br><br></i> “TRIGIANI’S WRITING IS AS DAZZLING AS LUCIA’S DRESSES.”<br>—<i>USA Today<br><br></i>“COMPELLING . . . A BREEZY READ.”<br>—<i>Entertainment Weekly<br><br></i>“[Trigiani] writes with commanding authenticity about Italian-American life, the landscape of Italy, and New York City. . . . Lucia, her Italian family, her ambitious girlfriends, her colorful boss, and her mysterious lover are colorful, poignant characters, representative of another time, yet as real as today. . . . Trigiani has proved she is a multi-faceted writer whose name and stories will be celebrated for years to come.”<br>—<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch<br><br></i>“Adriana Trigiani’s enchanting new novel will find a warm welcome from every reader who has encountered a fork in the road to love and taken the more perilous path. . . . A testament to the power of familial love and friendship . . . Perhaps [this] is Trigiani’s greatest gift to her reader: the recognition that devotion, loyalty, and forgiveness will ultimately win the day.”<br>—<i>BookPage<br><br></i>“Trigiani creates a compelling story, artfully uniting a snapshot of the past with the present. This bittersweet novel should have broad appeal.”<br>—<i>Library Journal<br><br></i>“Filled to bursting with gorgeous clothes, sumptuous meals, beautiful weather, and the rhapsody of New York City.”<br>—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>“You’ll find yourself lost in an Audrey Hepburn movie that was never made.”<br>—CNNMoney.com<br><br>“Delightful . . . Trigiani has artfully woven a wonderful, engaging story that blends the past with the present. Her characters are richly appealing, from her four overprotective brothers to her quick-witted best friend.”<br>—<i>Review Appeal</i> (Franklin, TN)<br><br>“[A] heartfelt depiction of homespun characters whose emotions are always very close to the surface . . . Trigiani offers an inviting picture of Italian life as well as a finely detailed appreciation of Old World craftsmanship.”<br>—<i>Booklist<br><br></i>“[A] bustling, sparkling 1950s New York City . . . Trigiani does a wonderful job evoking Lucia’s beloved, homey Greenwich Village and the couture-clad Upper East Side. Vivid, too, are the descriptions of Italian cooking and feasting, and the Sartoris’ storybook hometown in the old country.”<br>—<i>Boston Herald<br><br></i>“This is your perfect summer read. Trust us. Put a good reading light on in your backyard . . . and read your little heart out, deep into the night.”<br>—Millbrook <i>Voice Ledger</i> (NY)<br><br>“Poignant and feeling . . . Readers will laugh with and weep for Lucia and her lost dreams.”<br>—<i>Publishers Weekly<br><br><br></i><br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>', 'Adriana Trigiani grew up in Virginia and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Trigiani is the author of the bestselling novels Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, and Milk Glass Moon, and has written the screenplay for the movie Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct. She can be reached at www.adrianatrigiani.com.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: The New American House 2: Innovations in Residential Design and Construction: 30 Case Studies (New American Architecture) (v. 2)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Interference\nDescription: ['', \"Amlie Antoine lives in northern France with her husband and two children. She has always loved writing, particularly stories. In 2011, she published an autobiography titled <i>Combien de temps</i>. <i>Interference</i> is her first novel and was an immediate success when it was released in France, winning the <i>Premire Laurate du Prix Amazon de l'Auto-dition</i> (Amazon France Self-Publishing Prize) for best self-published e-book. She has since written two other novels.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How to Train Your Husband to become an Adult: (A Humorous Frog Tale to Enable Women To Overcome Controlling Partners)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Terrible Estate Agent Photos: A Book of the Most Baffling Property Photographs Ever Taken\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Exodus: Learning to Trust God (Lifeguide Bible Studies)\nDescription: ['James W. Reapsome is a retired pastor who also formerly served as editor of <em>Evangelical Missions Quarterly</em> and the <em>World Pulse</em> newsletter. He was also executive director of Evangelical Missions Information Service in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the co-editor of <em>Innovation in Mission</em> and the author of LifeGuide studies such as <em>Exodus</em>, <em>Hebrews</em>, <em>Grief</em> and <em>Marriage</em>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Filthy Rich: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal that Undid Him, and All the Justice that Money Can Buy - The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein\nDescription: ['James Patterson received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestsellers, and his books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and funds over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. <br>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel\nDescription: ['', '<b><i>Huffington Post</i>, 3/23/12<br /></b>Fans of the <i>On the Road</i> author will be fascinated by the glimpse into Kerouacs early writing mind.', '<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><b>, 2/1/12<br /></b>A Jack Londonesque yarn.', '<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, 1/30/12<br /></b>While it may not be the Rosetta Stone of the beat movement, the publication of this flawed manuscript will be an event for [Kerouacs] admirers.', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Extraordinary Chickens\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Woman's Asia: True Stories (Travelers' Tales)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Fatal Dosage\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: D-Day [Sound Recording]: The Battle for Normandy\nDescription: ['The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, \"D-Day\" is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy. As with Stalingrad and Berlin, Antony Beevor\\'s gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war. This title is unabridged. Its running time is approximately 20 hours, on 3 x MP3-CDs.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The China Study, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health\nDescription: ['', '<b>Dr. T. Colin Campbell </b>has been at the forefront of nutrition research for more than forty years. His legacy, the China Project, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. He is a professor emeritus at Cornell University and is most well-known for coauthoring the bestselling book <i>The China Study</i> with his son, Thomas Campbell, MD. In addition to his long and outstanding career as an author, scientific researcher, and Cornell professor, he has been featured in several documentary films. He is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and the online internationally recognized plant-based nutrition certificate offered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies in partnership with eCornell. He currently serves as the chairman of the board.', '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Tunnel Vision: A True Story of Multiple Murder and Justice in Chaos at America's Biggest Marine Base\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Most Famous Illegal Goose Creek Parade (Tales from the Goose Creek B&B)\nDescription: ['Approaching retirement, Al and Millie Richardson are at oddsabout what they want to do with their golden years. For Al, it\\'s all aboutrelaxation and travel. Millie, however, wants to open a bed-and-breakfast intheir quiet Kentucky town. Meanwhile the locals are boycotting the new andyoung female veterinarian after her predecessor\\'s retirement. More trouble isbrewing over who will paint the town\\'s water tower after the son of a long time\"Creeker\" resident with questionable color choices is again up for a vote torefurbish it. VERDICT: Smith (<i>DangerousImpostor; </i>co-author with Lori Copeland of the \"Seattle Brides\" books)launches a charming small-town series that introduces the quirky residents ofGoose Creek. With an engaging storyline that is at times laugh-out-loud funnyand unforgettable characters, this feel-good novel is a sure bet for readersseeking an uplifting and humorous tale.<br /><b><i>-- Library Journal </i>starredreview, Pick of the Month for September 2015</b><br /><br /><b><span>This book is so much fun to read! The entertaining characters make one laugh out loud because of their antics, but also touch a spot in one\\'s heart. If the others in the series are anything like this installment, they are sure to be hits.</span></b><br /><b><span></span></b><br /><span>Al and Millie Richardson have lived in Goose Creek their entire lives. But Al is looking forward to retirement and the day he can get behind the wheel of an RV. Millie, however, has other plans. When the Updyke home becomes available, Millie feels her prayers have been answered. Opening a bed and breakfast in Goose Creek is exactly what she and the town need. Goose Creek is changing. A new veterinarian receives a less than lukewarm welcome. Also,who knew that painting the town\\'s water tower would lead to such an uproar?Sides are being chosen, and it all culminates in an illegal parade. What could possibly happen next? (HARVEST HOUSE, Sep., 224 pp., $9.99)</span><br /><span><b>-- RT RATING: ****1/2, <i>RT Book Reviews</i>, Reviewed by Michele Hagenlock</b></span><span></span>', '', '<b>Virginia Smith</b> is the bestselling author of more than 30 inspirational novels and 50 articles and short stories. Her books have received many awards, including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit. Meet her online at www.VirginiaSmith.org.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fly Has A Hundred Eyes A\nDescription: ['Baron adeptly resurrects the uncertainty and the intrigue that characterized pre-World War II Jerusalem. As Arabs and Jews vie for power and position, the British in Palestine are threatened from within by both communities. Amidst this turmoil, scholars and archaeologists continue to conduct research and digs in the disputed lands of the Middle East. Though war looms in Europe and terrorists and riots are becoming commonplace in the Holy Land, Lily Sampson, a young American graduate student, continues to labor on an excavation supervised by celebrated British archaeologist Geoffrey Eastbourne. When Eastbourne is murdered and an artifact Lily recovered is stolen from the excavation site, she resolves to find out why. Naively plunging headfirst into a morally ambiguous morass, Lily becomes a pawn in an ever-escalating international game of double cross and deceit. This atmospheric adventure will effortlessly transport lovers of historical mysteries to another time and place. <i>Margaret Flanagan</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '<b>Aileen Baron </b>is a retired professor of archaeology who taught in the anthropology department at California State University Fullerton for twenty years. She has a Ph.D and her experiences in archeology has led to international field work, including a stay at the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem as an NEH scholar and a stint as the director of the overseas campus of California State Universities at the Hebrew University Campus. <i>A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes</i> is her first novel.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Play Dead\nDescription: ['Frasier (<i>Sleep Tight</i>, etc.) has perfected the art of making a reader\\'s skin crawl, which is evident from this book\\'s very first scene, in which a medical examiner discovers in the midst of an autopsy that the cadaver he\\'s working on is really a live person. Set in Savannah, Ga., this exceptional thriller follows the hunt for the deranged person who\\'s drugging people so that their minds remain wide awake even as their bodies resemble death. The creepiness factor increases when Frasier introduces homicide detective Elise Sandburg, who was abandoned in a cemetery as a baby and who knows Gullah spells and culture. Elise\\'s partner, anti-social David Gould, is equally strange; his past holds secrets so dark he should be under psychiatric care. Formerly with the FBI, Gould currently lives in a rundown, foul-smelling apartment and sleeps with a prostitute who works for a voodoo priestess. As the two detectives follow leads to the priestess and the former college professor who researched the drug, they forge a tentative bond and come to terms with their own troubled pasts. Frasier\\'s characters are not only fully realized, but fascinating to boot, and she evokes the dark, mystical side of Savannah with precision and skill. Appropriately, this unsettling tale closes with a grim children\\'s rhyme and a spell for \"Elise\\'s Follow-Me-Boy Mojo.\" <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR<br />USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR<br />RITA AWARD AUTHOR<br /><br />~~<br />Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Heraward-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller,romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romanticsuspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Herthrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in MysteryGuild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, TheOrchard, was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, OneCommunity read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians'Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Aphrodesia: A Novel of Suspense\nDescription: ['This modern day mystery has it all -- deceit, murder, revenge sexual frenzy --Publishers Weekly', 'A sensually evocative thriller that satisfies and arouses. Oehler is marvelously versed in the intricacies of perfume manufacturing and history; luckily for the reader, hes also a compelling writer. In particular, the convincing sex scenes flow with the right balance of graphic language and tastefulness. A brilliant, engaging twist on the traditional crime novel. -- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gothic Ghost Stories\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Pale Immortal\nDescription: ['Anne Frasier delivers thoroughly engrossing, completely riveting suspense. -- <i>Lisa Gardner</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Chameleon: Fun and Fascinating Facts and Photos about These Amazing & Unique Animals for Kids\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Garden of Darkness\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Dollmaker's Ghost (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Pretty Dead (Elise Sandburg)\nDescription: ['Anne Frasier is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her award-winning books span the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. She won a RITA for romantic suspense, and the Daphne du Maurier Award for paranormal romance. Her thrillers have hit the USA Today list and have been featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. Her memoir, The Orchard, was an O, The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick; a One Book, One Community read; a B+ review in Entertainment Weekly; and a Librarians Best Books of 2011. She divides her time between the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her writing studio in rural Wisconsin.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Red Knight Falling (Harmony Black)\nDescription: ['', 'Craig Schaefers books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow through the Daniel Faust series; to a world torn by war, poison, and witchcraft by way of the Revanche Cycle series; and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies in the new Harmony Black series. Despite this, people say hes strangely normal. He lives in Illinois with a small retinue of cats, all of whom try to interrupt his writing schedule and/or kill him on a regular basis. He practices sleight of hand in his spare time, although hes not very good at it.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Enchantress (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, <i>Enchantress</i>, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy\nDescription: ['\"Frankly this is the most well researched book on the subject of aromatherapy I have ever seen. On every page I find interesting information I had not come across before, from the very practical to the very esoteric. It is also a real feast for the eyes. I think every massage therapist would invest well getting this goldmine of information. Thank you KG for this very beautiful gift to our profession.\"<br /><i><b>-Frank Coppieters, Ph.D., L.M.T. and author of Handbook for the Evolving Heart </b></i><br /><br />\"<span></span><span>KG Stiles book, <i>The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy</i>, is truly an encyclopedia of essential oils, with information on almost every aspect of these truly remarkable substances.</span><span></span><span>KG writes from years of experience and investigation into essential oils. This well may be the most comprehensive book yet written on this subject.</span><span></span><span>Highly recommended!</span>\"<br /><i><b>-Jonathan Goldman, award winning and best-selling author and Grammy nominee </b></i><br /><br /><span>\"</span><i>I\\'ve known KG Stiles for many years and she\\'s always shown especial care for the safe and best practices when using essential oils. I highly recommend her book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, for the novice, as well as long time aromatherapist.</i><span>\"</span><br /><span><i><b>-Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, LMT, Founder and Director Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy</b></i></span><br /><br /><span>\"I</span><i><span>can think of no one better to teach aromatherapy than KG Stiles. Her 30 years of experience combined with her passion as a teacher to assist the personal growth and wellness of all is unsurpassed! It is without hesitation that I recommend KG\\'s book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy</span></i><span>.\"</span><br /><span><i><b>-Eldon Taylor, PhD, FAPA, NY Times bestselling author of Choices and Illusions</b></i></span><br /><br />\"<i>KG Stiles book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy, takes olfaction to a deeper level of understanding and effectively teaches us how we may heal using aroma. KG\\'s instruction in aromatherapy formulations and health and wellness treatments are well worth any price. I<em> highly recommend well-known author and Certified Aromatherapist KG Stiles and her books</em><em> to all who are interested in holistic curing and the way that aromatherapy can be applied as an effective Mind Body technique.</em><em>\"<br /><b><em>-John L. Turner, M.D., neuro-surgeon and author Medicine, Miracles & Manifestations</em></b></em></i><em><br /><br />\"KG offers a detailed, fascinating exploration of aromatherapy and the effects these subtle yet powerful substances have on our physiology and emotions. I highly recommend anyone interested in aromatherapy and holistic healing to check out her book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\" - <b>Dr. Steven Farmer, Well-known Shamanic Healing Practitioner and Best-selling author, Animal Spirit Guides & Earth Magic</b><br /><br />\"I highly recommend to anyone that has an interest in aromatherapy and exploring the energetic and vibrational aspects of essential oils that they add this book to their aromatic library.\"<br />-<b>Kelly Holland Azarro, RA, CCAP, CBFP, LMT-Registered Aromatherapist, Aromatherapy Educator and Past President National Association Holistic Aromatherapy</b><br /><br />\"KG Stiles has so much knowledge about Essential Oils, Aromatherapy and Holistic Healing. Her passion shines through in everything she does and every book she writes and course she presents. I highly recommend her newest book, The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy.\"- <b>Don Fischer, Fischer Creative Media</b><br /><br />\"I\\'ve used and enjoyed KG\\'s essential oil blends for many years - they are stunningly effective. An amazing book!\"<br />-<b>Yasmin Boland, best-selling author Angel Astrology 101</b></em>', '<b>KG STILES, BA, CBT, CBP, LMT</b> is a metaphysician, holistic health educator, certified clinical aromatherapist and consultant providing expert essential oil services since 1980. A true visionary KG has pioneered pure and natural living and holistic healing for more than 3 decades. Her advice and services have included internationally famous celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, top executives, hospitals and individuals. KG is the founder of PurePlant Essentials<span></span>aromatherapy company. She launched her store and online community in 2005 which is now the #1 resource for artisan aromatherapy education on the internet today. KG has published hundreds of articles, which have appeared in <i>Massage Therapy Journal, Massage Today, Breast Cancer Wellness magazine, Aromatherapy Today (Australia)</i> and <i>NAHA Aromatherapy Journal. </i>Her newest awarding winning book, <i>\"The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy,</i>\" won a \\'Living Now\\' Gold Medal Award and was winner of \\'Nautilus\\' and \\'Indie Next Generation\\' book awards. KG lives in Ashland, Oregon and is the NAHA Oregon (South) Director.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Hidden Relic (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, <i>Enchantress</i>, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El Midrash/ the Midrash: La Sabiduria Del Judaismo/ the Wisdom of Judaism\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Path of the Storm (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, <i>Enchantress</i>, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Lore of the Evermen (The Evermen Saga)\nDescription: ['', 'James Maxwell grew up in the scenic Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and was educated in Australia. Devouring fantasy and science-fiction classics from an early age, his love for books translated to a passion for writing, which he began at the age of eleven.', 'Inspired by the natural beauty around him but also by a strong interest in history, he decided in his twenties to see the world. He relocated to London and then to Thailand, Mexico, Austria, and Malta, developing a lifelong obsession with travel. It was while living in Thailand that he seriously took up writing again, producing his first full-length novel, <i>Enchantress</i>, the first of four titles in his internationally bestselling Evermen Saga.', \"When he isn't writing or traveling, James enjoys sailing, snowboarding, classical guitar, and French cooking.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Best of Lost Souls\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Resurrection Maker\nDescription: ['Glenn Cooper has a background in archaeology from Harvard and practiced medicine as an infectious diseases specialist. He was the CEO of a biotechnology company for almost twenty years, has written numerous screenplays and has produced three independent feature films. His novels have sold over six million copies in thirty-one languages. He lives in Gilford, New Hampshire.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: When the Snow Comes\nDescription: ['PreSLittle Yak senses something in the air and his mom tells him that Snow is coming. The youngster sets out to tell his animal friends and find out what they do to prepare for the coming of winter. He speaks to Pika, Blue Thrush, and Brown Bear, but their answersgather grass, fly to a warmer home, head off for a long sleepdo not satisfy him. Only when flurries begin and Mother Yak tells him to snuggle close does Little Yak finally learn what to do. He feels lucky because, While all the other animals are sleeping, or hiding, or have gone away, yaks get to see the beautiful snow. There is little to recommend in this slight story with static illustrations.Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax\nDescription: [\"Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie's Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.<b></b><i><b>Toronto Star</b><br /></i><br />Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress.<b><i>The New York Times</i></b>\", \"My grandmother is a big fan of the MRS. POLLIFAX mysteries by Dorothy Gilman. I was at first hesitant<br />to try the books, because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to relate to mysteries featuring a suburban grandmother<br />working for the CIA. But because my grandmother's taste in literature has always been impeccable,<br />I decided to delve into Mrs. Pollifax's adventures. I began with THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX, the first<br />in the series, and immediately found them delightful. Mrs. Pollifax is just the kind of grandmother I'd<br />love to have: resourceful, intelligent, somewhat sly, and, of course, a secret CIA operative. Her<br />adventures take her to all corners of the globe: from an authentically described communist China <br />(MRS. POLLIFAX ON THE CHINA STATION) to an exhilarating safari across Africa (MRS. POLLIFAX ON <br />SAFARI). I've thoroughly enjoyed joining her on her adventures, and intend to read them all. I recommend them<br />to everyone who's interested in learning about different countries and cultures--and, obviously, espionage!<br /><br />--Malinda Lo, Editorial Assistant\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Blight of Muirwood\nDescription: ['Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Scourge of Muirwood\nDescription: ['Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The dairyman's daughter: An authentic narrative\nDescription: ['Used - Very Good']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Wretched of Muirwood\nDescription: ['\"Fantasy readers looking for a world that both entertains and engages are urged to read this series. The Wretched of Muirwood is a finely crafted beginning to what promises to be an epic fantasy.\" - <i>Foreword Reviews</i>', 'Jeff Wheeler is a writer from 7-10PM on Wednesday nights. The rest of the time, he works for Intel Corporation, is a husband and the father of five kids, and a leader in his local church. He lives in Rocklin, California. When he isnt listening to books during his commute, he is dreaming up new stories to write.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: St. Ambrose: His Life, Times, and Teaching (Classic Reprint)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Thief's Daughter (Kingfountain)\nDescription: ['', '<i>Wall Street Journal</i> bestselling author Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is, most importantly, a husband and father, and a devout member of his church. He is occasionally spotted roaming among the oak trees and granite boulders in the hills of California or in any number of the states majestic redwood groves. He is the author of The Covenant of Muirwood Trilogy, The Legends of Muirwood Trilogy, The Whispers from Mirrowen Trilogy, The Landmoor Series, and <i>The Queens Poisoner</i>, book one of The Kingfountain Series.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain)\nDescription: ['', '<i>Richard III</i> is near-obligatory context for reading about King Severn Argentine; readers less fond of the Bard can refer to Kylo Ren instead. Argentine is the black-garbed, duplicitous, enraged, self-absorbed usurper of the throne of Ceredigion in Wheelers well-wrought fantasy setting. He has taken hostage eight-year-old Owen, youngest child of the Duke of Kiskaddon, as surety for the dukes good conduct. None doubt that the boy is marked for death, but Owen has well-wishers in the labyrinthine palace of Kingfountain, as well as preternatural gifts of focus and analysis. His allies include Ankarette Tryneowy, the titular poisoner in the service of the dowager queen. Wheeler (the Covenant of Muirwood series) develops Owen slowly, taking a long, deep look into a young character and his circumscribed worldan unusual move for a first book in a series. Though Wheeler works very much according to the typical blueprint for high fantasy, the emotional range and insight he convincingly portrays in his child hero make for a political drama that can entice adult and teen audiences alike.', '', '', 'This is the first title in Wheelers projected Kingfountain series, about Owen Kiskaddon, initially the eight-year-old son of a traitorous duke being held hostage at the royal court of Ceredigion. Wheelers Ceredigion is a close analogue of War of the Roses-era England, with the central differences being that this universes Richard III, Severn Argentine, did not fail at his own version of Bosworth and that a mystical fountain is the central religious fixture as well as the source of magical powers for people known as the Fountainblessed. Owen tries to learn the truth about Severn as well as survive at court, relying heavily on the help of a mysterious Fountainblessed woman, the poisoner of the title. While the similar historical sources may make some readers think of Kingfountain as a kinder and gentler <i>Game of Thrones</i>, the novel handles moral ambiguity fairly well and creates a fairly nuanced and sympathetic character in its Richard III analogue. Overall, an enjoyableif conventionalentry in its genre.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Borodino 1812: Napoleon’s great gamble (Campaign)\nDescription: ['', 'The author provides historical context, profiles the opposing commanders and their armies, and then zeroes in on details of Borodino, including providing a complete order of battle...the highlight is dramatic artwork delivered by Peter Dennis, who brilliantly evokes the desperation of both the bloody battle and the doomed French retreat. <i>Toy Soldier & Model Figure</i>', \"Tells of the most important battle of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, and covers the entire campaign from his inital entry into Russia through his retreat. The battle of Borodino is the focal point and is covered in its entirety, including illustrations throughout and packing in fine detail for any student of the times. <i>James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review</i>\", 'Philip Haythornthwaite is an internationally respected author and historical consultant specializing in the military history, uniforms and equipment of the 18th and 19th centuries. His main area of research covers the Napoleonic Wars. He has written some 40 books, including more than 20 Osprey titles, and numerous articles and papers on military history - but still finds time to indulge in his other great passion, cricket.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Ciphers of Muirwood (Covenant of Muirwood)\nDescription: ['', 'Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to become a full-time author. He is, most importantly, a husband and father as well as a devout member of his church. He is occasionally spotted roaming hills with oak trees and granite boulders in California or in any number of the states majestic redwood groves. <i>The Ciphers of Muirwood</i> is the second book in his Covenant of Muirwood Trilogy.', '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Witch of Napoli\nDescription: ['This debut historical fantasy chronicles the life and times of a famous psychic medium during the late Victorian era. Its 1918 in Italy, and the incomparable psychic Alessandra Poverelli has died. Tomaso Labella, editor of the newspaper Messaggero, is one of the people who knew her best. He fondly remembers meeting her in 1899, when he was a young photographer and she was an up-and-coming medium. She did more than talk to the dead, howevershe could also levitate tables (with a poorly understood telekinesis), which brought her attention from scientific circles. She and Tomaso eventually toured Europe alongside the evolutionist and spiritualism skeptic Camillo Lombardi. This helped Alessandra escape her abusive husband, Pigotti, to whom she never planned to return. Yet, as her reputation soared, she became the target of those who aggressively tried to discredit her. Soon the pace of touring and nightly seances started to ruin Alessandras healthand she could only perform when in high spirits, surrounded by positive onlookers. When the church learned of her abilities, they endeavored to expose a tragic secret from her past. Little did her enemies know that the psychic could also channel a demonic presence that didnt suffer fools lightly. Author Schmicker (The Listener, 2010) delivers <strong>an enchanting, graceful narrative that will absorb readers from the first page.</strong> Historical elements help ground the story and highlight psychic events when they do happen; we learn, for example, that there were a lot of dead for [Alessandra] to talk to. Cholera swept through Naples all the time, and every family had lost a child...and hoped to make contact one last time. The novel is bittersweet as the teen Tomaso pines for a love twice his age. He tells us she was the first woman in my life. Also impressive is how Schmicker captures the tone of the era: The English rarely bother to learn any other language...why should they, they run the world. In a tale this robust, readers shouldnt take offense at the few slurs used in context. A fully transporting debut that should whet appetites for a follow-up. <strong>(Featured Review)</strong>', '', '\"A wonderful story. Alessandra is a great character magnetic, powerful, all woman. Shes raw, wild, beautiful, a survivor. <strong>Hollywood Actress Sofia Milos (Italian Mafia boss Annalisa Zucca, The Sopranos (HBO)</strong><br /><br />\"...science and the supernatural collide in a burst of passion you won\\'t soon forget.\"<strong>-- Huffington Post Books (Featured Review)</strong><br /><br />\"Lyrical,authentic...Highly recommended.\"<strong>-- Bookmuse UK (Recommended Read Award)</strong><br /><br />\"...an extraordinary evocation of the Italian spirit.\" <strong>-- Discover New Historical Fiction</strong><br /><br />Meticulously researched...a riveting tale of19thcentury Europe and its obsession with the occult.\" <strong>-- Literary Fiction Book Review</strong><br /><br />\"One of a kind...a deeply moving novel you can\\'t put down.\" <strong>-- San Diego Book Review</strong><br /><br />\"Utterly absorbing...Very highly recommended.\"-- <strong>Historical Novel Society</strong><br /><br />\"...cinematic writing...all the ingredients for a great mini-TV series\" <strong>-- Screenwriter/novelist James Dalessandro (1906, Citizen Jane, TheDamnedest, Finest Ruins)</strong><br /><br /><strong>2015 BRAG Medallion Award for Historical Fiction </strong><br /><br /><strong>2015 Chanticleer Award (Supernatural Fiction)</strong><br /><br /><strong>2015 USA Best Books Award (Fiction)</strong>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Nuclear Age Saviors: Flying Saucers And The Subterranean World (1960)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Egyptian (Dominic Grey)\nDescription: ['<span></span><span></span> <span></span><span></span>', '', 'Layton Green is the author of the Dominic Grey series. Please visit him at www.laytongreen.com for additional information on Layton, his works, and more. You might find him in the corner of a dark and smoky caf in Bogot, researching the next Dominic Grey novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: National Geographic Special Edition Sacred Journeys\nDescription: [\"Pilgrimage Sites From Stonehedge to Galilee. Earth's Holiest PLaces. Includes FREE map: World Faiths.\"]"
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"query": null,
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"query": null,
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"rejected": "Title: Fractured: An Ellie MacIntosh Thriller (Detective Ellie MacIntosh)\nDescription: ['', '\"Engrossing.\"<i>Publisher\\'s Weekly</i>', '<i>\"</i>Kate Watterson delivers again in her fifth book of the Detective Ellie MacIntosh series. Grisly, dark, dreary, frigid<i>Fractured</i> is everything weve come to expect from Watterson.\"<i>San Francisco Book Review</i>', '', 'KATE WATTERSON grew up on a steady diet of mystery/suspense novels. If it involves murder and intrigue, she is bound to be hooked. Kate also writes award-winning historical novels as Emma Wildes. She lives in rural Indiana with her husband, three children, and a temperamental cat named Poot. She is the author of the Ellie Macintosh series, including <i>Frozen, Buried, Charred </i>and <i>Fractured. </i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Reaper's Game (A Dominic Grey Novella) (The Dominic Grey Series Book 5) eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Yiddish Writers in America\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Boundary Crossed (Boundary Magic)\nDescription: ['', 'A bold new heroine makes her action-packed debut in this exciting new paranormal series. A fun, fast, and furious read! J.D. Horn, author of the Witching Savannah series', 'Fun and interesting characters, a brilliant new heroine, and a plot that will have you gripped until the very end. The start of an excellent series. Steve McHugh, author of the Hellequin Chronicles', '', '', 'Melissa F. Olson was raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and studied film and literature at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After a brief stint in the Hollywood studio system, Melissa moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where she eventually acquired a masters degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a husband, a mortgage, a teaching gig, two kids, and two comically oversized dogs, not at all in that order. Learn more about Melissa, her work, and her dog at www.MelissaFOlson.com.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Matt Helm: The Vanishers\nDescription: ['<b>Donald Hamilton </b>is the creator of secret agent Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide - a new Matt Helm movie is currently in pre-production at Steven Spielbergs Dreamworks studio. In addition to the Matt Helm novels, Hamilton wrote a number of outstanding stand-alone thrillers and westerns, including The Big Country.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Boundary Crossed: An Old World Novel, Book 1\nDescription: []",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Shadow Cartel (Dominic Grey)\nDescription: ['', '', '', 'Layton Green is the author of the Dominic Grey serieswhich includes <i>The Summoner</i>, <i>The Egyptian</i>, <i>The Diabolist</i>, and <i>The Shadow Cartel</i>as well as other works of fiction. His novels have reached #1 on numerous genre lists and have cracked the Amazon Top 50 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Visit him on Facebook, Goodreads, LibraryThing, or his website at www.laytongreen.com.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Building Powerful Numeracy: Facilitator's Guide\nDescription: ['Praise for Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students<br /><br />\"This book is an outstanding and welcome contribution to the field of mathematics education. It simultaneously addresses the development of numeracy and the extensions to the mathematical ideas taught on the secondary level and does so in a wonderfully engaging, coherent, and thoughtful way. Any secondary teacher reading this book will come away with a far deeper understanding of how to develop numeracy and fluent computation while integrating the more advanced topics that they are required to teach.\" -Catherine Twomey Fosnot, from the back cover of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle & High School Students<br /><br />\"In today\\'s world, a person who performs only meaningless computation can be replaced by a calculator that costs only a few dollars. At the same time, the person who can use the language and symbolism of mathematics to design and control the technology needed to solve complex problems is highly valued. In this book, Pam Harris provides teachers of grades 6-12 with detailed instructional scenarios that include suggested questioning to help their students build the mathematical flexibility and fluency needed to be more valuable than a cheap calculator in a problem-solving situation.\" -Jane F. Schielack, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University<br /><br />\"As the Common Core Standards for School Mathematics usher in a renewed national focus on school mathematics, it is important for teachers to recognized that students need to have opportunities to make sense of mathematics. Pam Harris provides an abundance of such opportunities...\" -David Webb, University of Colorado at Boulder, Executive Director, Freudenthal Institute USA, from the Foreword of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle & High School Students', 'Pamela Weber Harris is the author of Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students. Pam, a former secondary mathematics teacher, is a K-12 mathematics education consultant, a T3 (Teachers Teaching with Technology) National Instructor, and a nationally known speaker She presents at conferences and workshops throughout the U.S. on numeracy, assessment, and using technology appropriately in the mathematic classroom.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Diabolist (Dominic Grey)\nDescription: ['Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek arent your typical private eyes. They specialize in mysteries involving religious cults. Here, Interpol comes calling with a case: in Paris and San Francisco, leaders of satanic cults have been murdered. Grey and Radek soon zero in on Simon Azar, leader of the Order of New Enlightenment, a new and increasingly influential cult supposedly based in London, but Azar seems to be keeping a lot of details about the cult secret (including the location of its new headquarters), and its difficult to nail Azar for the murderseven when Greys and Radeks own lives become seriously in jeopardy. This, the third Grey-Radek novel, is a well-crafted and exciting thriller with a pair of interesting protagonists (Grey, the ex-Marine and juju master; Radek, the expert in cults and religious phenomenology) and a charismatic villain who makes our skin crawl.', '\"Part international thriller, part theology text, part philosophic treatise on good and evil, part intricate, unforgettable nightmare-inducing fever dream, <em>The Diabolist</em> has everything you want from a thriller. Layton Green is a master of intellectual suspense. This ones a killer.\"- JT Ellison, bestselling author of <em>Edge of Black</em><br /><br /> Layton Green kicks things up a notch and delivers a novel that should, if there\\'s any justice to be found upon the shelves, make him a household name. <em>The Diabolist</em> is a dark, intelligent, spellbinding novel . . . I cannot recommend this one highly enough. Beauty in Ruins Reviews<br /><br />Greens The Summoner proved his great talent. <em>The Diabolist</em> ensures his place at the top of crime fiction: his number 1 place. Unbelievably good, unbelievably intricate, unbelievably Green. The Review Broads <br /><br /><em>The Diabolist</em> by Layton Green brings together ancient religions, New Age cults and heroes with dark pasts in a top-shelf novel . . . It was hard for me to put this book down at night simply to sleep. Night Owl Reviews <br /><br />Dan Brown is pretty good at what he does and I don\\'t begrudge him his success, but when it comes to interesting characters embarking on a thrilling exploration into the dark world of cults, religions and magic Layton Green does it SO much better. Nylon Admiral Reviews <br /><br />[A] story that will move you to the edge of your seat. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: NJ ASK Practice Tests and Online Workbooks: Grade 6 Language Arts and Literacy, Second Edition: 2013 Common Core State Standards Aligned\nDescription: ['Collective work of Expert Teachers. Please visit http://www.lumoslearning.com to learn more.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Red Gold (A Gabe McKenna Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['After an early fling in the motion picture industry and a long and successful career in Academia, Robert Kidera retired in 2010. With his desire to play major league baseball no longer a realistic dream, he chose to fulfill his other lifelong ambition and became a writer. He is a member of Southwest Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers organizations. Red Gold is his debut novel, the first installment in the McKenna Mystery series. He is currently working on its sequel, Get Lost, with a third book to follow. Robert lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife and Otis the cat. He has two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Golfing with the Master: Inspiring Stories to Keep You on Course\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Get Lost (A Gabe McKenna Mystery) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Robert D Kideras debut novel, Red Gold received the Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction of 2015, and won Best Mystery of 2015, and Best eBook at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Red Gold is the first novel in the Gabe McKenna Mystery series from Suspense Publishing. Its sequel, Get Lost, will be released on March 8, 2016. A third volume, Cut.Print.Kill. will follow. After an early fling in the motion picture industry and a long and successful career in academia, Kidera retired in 2010. With his desire to play major league baseball no longer a realistic dream, he chose to fulfill his other lifelong ambition and became a writer. He is a member of Southwest Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers organizations. The author lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife Annette and two cats, Otis and Woody. He has two daughters, a grandson, and granddaughter.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: KidUSA: United States Activity Book\nDescription: [\"Packed with state activity pages, fascinating facts, flash cards, maps and more, our 152-page KidUSA Activity Book is a great resource. Designed to help children memorize their states and capitals in a fun, hands-on way, this book is a great addition to your home or classroom library! And, it's reproducible - the CD packaged with the book makes printing extra activity pages and sets of flash cards a snap!.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries)\nDescription: ['', 'Charlton handles the historical detail with a finely trimmed quill, never burdening us with too much extraneous detail, yet were pulled along slap-bang into the smelly, dirty, crime-ridden streets of early nineteenth-century London. Sandra Mangan, crimefictionlover.com', 'Charlton creates characters so believable it was easy to forget I was reading a work of fiction. Combined with her attention to detail and meticulous research, the Regency period is brought to life in such a way that I felt I was there with Detective Lavender and Constable Woods, solving the mystery alongside themand what a duo they are proving to be. Gawds teeth! as Constable woods might say. This is a series I hope to enjoy for many years to come. Steve Robinson, author of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mysteries', '', '', 'Karen Charlton writes historical mystery and is also the author of a non-fiction genealogy book, <i>Seeking Our Eagle</i>. She has published short stories and numerous articles and reviews in newspapers and magazines. An English graduate and former teacher, Karen has led writing workshops and has spoken at a number of literary events across the north of England, where she lives. Karen now writes full-time and is currently working on the third Detective Lavender mystery for Thomas & Mercer.', 'A stalwart of the village pub quiz and a member of a winning team on the BBC quiz show <i>Eggheads</i>, Karen also enjoys the theatre and won a Yorkshire Tourist Board award for her Murder Mystery Weekends.', \"Find out more about Karen's work at www.karencharlton.com.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Print the Legend: Photography and the American West\nDescription: [\"More a scholarly tome than the usual Ansel Adams, like coffee-table fixture, this study sets its dual focus on a new pictorial medium and the new distinctively American region of the 19th century. As the title suggests, it is no more about how the West really was than it is a simple compendium of lovely images. Sandweiss, a professor of history and American Studies at Amherst College, attempts a difficult balance of art and history, where photographs and social studies complement each other rather than compete for intellectual space. Time is on Sandweiss's side: as she shows, America's frontier narrative and the new art form did more or less rise up together. The book stakes its labors on the assumption that, even if the confluence is sheer chance, the influence can't help running both ways: photos helped make the West, and the art form was in turn shaped by the new needs of a newly shaped nation. Sandweiss is richly informative and thoughtful in recounting and reconsidering the times, no surprise for an editor of the excellent Oxford History of the American West. Her account of the cultural impact of the Spanish-American War is probing; the Native American history here is inclusive, surprising and subtle. It would be quite difficult to handle the photography with equal Elan, especially given the author's commitment to the significance of public photographs, in large part, fairly repetitive portraiture and Sandweiss's readings of pictures are rarely insightful, if sometimes usefully direct. As a result, the careful and thoughtful book will appeal less to students of photography than to those interested in the place and time, and how our image of it came together.<br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '\"Scholarly and enlightening.\" -- <i>Betsy Friauf, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram</i><br /><br />. . . Sandweiss has written splendidly about the American West and an American craft and how the two evolved together. -- <i>Elliot West, University of Arkansas</i><br /><br />. . . [A] fascinating glimpse into the way photography helped shape our understanding of the American West. . . -- <i>David L. Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma and former United States Senator</i><br /><br />. . . [R]emarkable, compelling. . . No one writes about western photography with more grace and skill than Martha Sandweiss. -- <i>James P. Ronda, Barnard Professor of Western American History, University of Tulsa</i><br /><br />. . . [S]tunning. . . [A] major new history of photography that also provides. . . a richer, more insightful history of. . . the American West. -- <i>Howard R. Lamar, Yale University</i><br /><br />A sophisticated and engaging exploration of photography and the West...A really handsome work. -- <i>James McWilliams, Austin (TX) Chronicle</i><br /><br />An engrossing account. . . [of] the visual imagery of the West. . . A pioneering study and a readable story. -- <i>Robert M. Utley, author of Lone Star Legend: The First Century of Texas Rangers</i><br /><br />Engaging, insightful, . . . impressive. . . [T]his landmark book expands. . . our understanding of the American West and its visual representation. . . [A] superb accomplishment. -- <i>Clyde A. Milner II, Executive Editor, Western Historical Quarterly</i><br /><br />Lucidly written and extremely readableThis invaluable booktackles the relatively new field of photographically illustrated booksEngaging. -- <i>(Melissa Renn, In the Loupe)</i><br /><br />Panoramic in its. . . . scope, narrative sequencing, and clarity of vision. . . . [A] truly remarkable book, written with. . . . grace. . . . [S]uperbly illustrated. . . . -- <i>Michael Kammen, Reviews in American History</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Vesuvius Isotope (The Katrina Stone Novels) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<i>\"Elise takes us into historic, cultural, medical, and scientific arcana likely to surprise you at every turn... in this brainier-than-Dan-Brown mystery journey.\"</i><br /><i>-Dan Burstein, mega-best-selling co-author of Secrets of the Code</i><br /><br /><i>\"Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013\\'s top thriller!\"</i><br /><i>-Carolyn Hart, mega-best-selling author of Escape from Paris</i>', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ragnarok Rising: The Awakening (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Death Row Complex (The Katrina Stone Novels) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['An anonymous warning is sent to the White House, and a genetically engineered biological weapon is released in a California prison. The unpublished data of biologist Katrina Stone may hold the key to harnessing the lethal bacterium--and to its creation within the desperate world from which biotechnology is born.', \"Kristen Elise, Ph.D. is the author of best-selling medical and historical thrillers The Vesuvius Isotope and The Death Row Complex. A professional drug discovery biologist and life-long travel addict, Elise takes the inspiration for her novels from real-life mysteries and discoveries made both in and out of the laboratory.<br /><br />Many years ago, while in the lab hunting for inhibitors of a biological weapon, Elise stumbled upon a powerful activator instead. From this discovery, this molecular grenade with the pin still attached, The Death Row Complex was born. A fast-paced science and medical thriller, The Death Row Complex explores an all-too-plausible strain of anthrax and the desperate world of bioengineering that created it. Fans of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton will love The Death Row Complex.<br /><br />Elise' work as a drug hunter converged with a trip through the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy to spark The Vesuvius Isotope. Likened to the works of Dan Brown including Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code, The Vesuvius Isotope is a treasure hunt through Italy and Egypt, investigating several non-fictional mysteries that have endured for more than two thousand years. More historical mystery/thriller than science thriller, The Vesuvius Isotope traces the tragically misunderstood life of the last pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, and blurs the lines between fact and fiction, medicine and magic, science and superstition, history and legend.<br /><br />The novels of Kristen Elise - the Katrina Stone novels - explore historical and scientific mysteries across the centuries and reveal the little-known underworld of today's pharmaceutical industry. These revelations bring the reader through international adventures that remind us of one truth: the Ph.D. is bound by no Hippocratic Oath.<br /><br />Kristen Elise lives in San Diego, California with her husband, stepson, and canine children. When not investigating historical mysteries, she continues to hunt for drugs and the stories they tell.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Solution 186-195: Dubai Democracy\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Black City (Ulysses Vidal Adventure Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Fernando Gamboa (Barcelona, Spain, 1970) has devoted most of his adult life to traveling through Africa and Latin America. He has lived in several countries, and worked as a diver, Spanish teacher, entrepreneur, poker player and adventure guide, among many other jobs. In 2014 he published in English his first novel: THE LAST CRYPT. An adventure story in which he presents a discovery of the Americas by the Templars, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. The book has sold more than 200,000 copies all over the world and the Kindle version in Spanish headed the list of bestsellers for seven months on Amazon Spain. In February 2016, Amazon Publishing will release the translation of his last #1 Bestseller novel, titled CAPTAIN RILEY', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Certifying Surgical First Assistant Review\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Last Crypt (Ulysses Vidal Adventure Series)\nDescription: ['Fernando Gamboa (Barcelona, Spain, 1970) has devoted most of his adult life to traveling through Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has lived in several countries and worked as a scuba diver, Spanish teacher, entrepreneur, poker player and adventure guide. At present, hes the #1 bestseller indie author in Spain. His books have been translated from Spanish to Russian, Greek and Italian', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mom & Dad - I Promise I'll Get Into College: Perspectives from a High School Student and Her Dad\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Her Final Breath (The Tracy Crosswhite Series)\nDescription: ['Robert Dugoni is the #1 Amazon and New York Times bestselling author of My Sisters Grave. Dugoni is also the author of the critically acclaimed David Sloane seriesThe Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Convictionas well as the bestselling standalone novel Damage Control and the nonfiction expos The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year selection. Dugonis books have been likened to those of Scott Turow and Nelson DeMille, and he has been hailed as the undisputed king of the legal thriller by the Providence Journal. Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com. Follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and at Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Northeast Gardening: The Diverse Art and Special Considerations of Gardening in the Northeast\nDescription: ['McDonald, director of special projects at the Brooklyn Botanicstet Garden in New York and author of a syndicated column on houseplants, here attempts \"no more than to share the ways we are gardening today in the Northeast.\" The book\\'s scope comprises the mid-Atlantic states, New England and Eastern Canada, while the author\\'s gardening experience appears to have been concentrated in Brooklyn and Long Island. So although he presents much trenchant information to neophyte gardeners on urban, seaside and container gardening, McDonald tends to gloss over topics pertinent to non-New Yorkers: how to control slugs, repel deer or cope with late-spring frosts, for example. The prose is less highly polished than the elegantly produced photographs in the volume; McDonald is no stylist, and the studiously neutral tone he employs in opening chapters becomes dull. Lovely as they are, the many photos of sumptuous private gardens tend to belie his assertion that gardening is a calling open to folks of all classes. But McDonald offers many practical gardening tips and techniques, as well as imaginative planting suggestions and extensive lists of nurseries, garden suppliers, public gardens and garden societies. <BR>Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite)\nDescription: ['', 'A Goodreads Best Book of the Month', 'One of the best books Ill read this year. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of <i>Touch and Go</i>', 'Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact, especially in a climactic scene set in an abandoned mine during a blizzardwhich is melodramatic but nevertheless effective. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Yes, a conspiracy is revealed, but its an unexpected one, as moving as it is startling...The ending is violent, suspenseful, even touching. A nice surprise for thriller fans. <i>Booklist</i>', 'Starred Review: Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding...Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre. <i>Library Journal</i>', 'Well-written and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans...Though the pace lags at times, the characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '<i>My Sisters Grave</i> is a chilling portrait shaded in neo-noir, as if someone had taken a knife to a Norman Rockwell painting by casting small town America as the place where bad guys blend into the landscape, establishing Dugoni as a force to be reckoned with outside the courtroom as well as in. <i>Providence Journal</i>', 'What starts out as a sturdy police procedural morphs into a gripping legal thriller...Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines. This Grave is one to get lost in. <i>Boston Globe</i>', 'This story captured my attention, and made me care about Tracy and Sarah and what happened to them. This is a compelling story, difficult to put down, and the ending was not at all what I expected. I loved <i>My Sisters Grave</i> and was drawn in from the beginning, and can easily recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery. Bitten by Books', '', \"Robert Dugoni is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series : My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath (September 2015) and In the Woods (May 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. Connect with him on Facebook @AuthorRobertDugoni and on Twitter @robertdugoni<br /><br />Dugoni has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction, was a 2015 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year, and the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 20 countries and have been translated into a dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Gaston Goes to the Kentucky Derby (Gaston Series)\nDescription: ['Author/illustrator James Rice (1934-2004) produced sixty books, including the illustrations for Pelicans treasured <b><i>The Night Before Christmas Series.</i></b> Rices first book, the well-loved classic <b><i>Cajun Night Before Christmas,</i></b> has more than 750,000 copies in print. Young readers can enjoy more of Gastons adventures in <b><i>Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras</i></b> and sample Rices other childrens stories with favorites such as <b><i>Texas Jack at the Alamo.</i></b> With more than 1.5 million copies of his books in print, Rice ranks among the nations best-selling creators of childrens books, receiving awards from Printer Industries of America and the Childrens Book Council, among others. Years after his death, Rices family found the art and text <b><i>Gaston Joins the Circus,</i></b> and this discovery has brought Gaston back for one more adventure!', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Obsidian Son: A Nate Temple Supernatural Thriller (The Temple Chronicles) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"<b>Kevin Hearne</b>, <b>Jim Butcher</b>, <b>K.F. Breene</b> and now <b>Shayne Silvers</b> has been added to my <b>favorite Urban Fantasy</b> Authors list.\" - Michael Anderle, Amazon Bestselling Author<br /><span></span><br />\"<b>Best books I\\'ve read</b> in thirty years.\"<br /><br />\"His <b>intense actions</b> scenes let you <b>see</b> the <b>fangs and claws</b>, <b>hear</b> the <b>gunshots</b>, <b>feel</b> the <b>magic</b>, and <b>smell</b> the <b>fear</b>.\"<br /><br />\"Shayne could write a <b>grocery list</b> on a <b>dirty napkin</b> and make it an <b>international bestseller</b>.\"<br /><br />\"All the <b>humor of Deadpool</b>, all the <b>magic of Harry Potter</b>.\"<br /><br />\"I went from <b>crying my eyes out</b> to <b>laughing uncontrollably</b>, repeatedly.\"<br /><br />\"This <b>HAS</b> to be picked up by <b>Netflix</b>.\"<br /><br />\"<b>Publishers</b> who didn\\'t snap up this series are <b>missing out</b> on a <b>gold mine</b>.\"<span></span><br /><br />\"Everything you thought you knew about <b>vampires</b>, <b>shifters</b>, <b>dragons</b>, <b>wizards</b>, <b>fairies</b> and <b>gods</b> is flat wrong.\"<br /><br />\"I usually see <b>plot twists</b> a mile away. Shayne has <b>proven me wrong</b>. Every time.\"<br /><br />\"I am <b>astounded</b> as to how the author keeps the story <b>fresh</b> and <b>exciting</b>.\"<br /><br />\"It\\'s like the <b>characters walked off the page</b>, joined me at the bar, and bought me a drink.\"<br /><br />\"Shayne deals <b>literary crack</b>, and I\\'m not ashamed to admit <b>I\\'m addicted</b>.\"', '<b><i>TEMPLE SHARED UNIVERSE</i></b>:<br /><br /><b>Feathers and Fire Series - Ongoing</b><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Easy Way to Write Short Stories That Sell (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Rob Parnell has been writing fiction since he was five years old. Born in Winchester in the UK, he lived for a long time in London, pursuing a music career until, suitably chastised for his impertinence, he moved to Adelaide, Australia, where he now teaches writing and success strategies to his many thousands of subscribers. His preferred genre is the thriller - sometimes with a supernatural edge - in which he writes short stories, graphic novels, YA novels and adult thrillers. Rob has written over fifty non-fiction self-help titles and been published all over the world for the last fifteen years. Also a composer, singer, music producer and budding movie maker, Rob is ecstatically happy to be married to Robyn Opie Parnell, his savior and the popular bestselling children's author.\", '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Blood Debts (The Temple Chronicles) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['\"<b>Kevin Hearne</b>, <b>Jim Butcher</b>, <b>K.F. Breene</b> and now <b>Shayne Silvers</b> has been added to my <b>favorite Urban Fantasy</b> Authors list.\" - Michael Anderle, Amazon Bestselling Author<br /><span></span><br />\"<b>Best books I\\'ve read</b> in thirty years.\"<br /><br />\"His <b>intense actions</b> scenes let you <b>see</b> the <b>fangs and claws</b>, <b>hear</b> the <b>gunshots</b>, <b>feel</b> the <b>magic</b>, and <b>smell</b> the <b>fear</b>.\"<br /><br />\"Shayne could write a <b>grocery list</b> on a <b>dirty napkin</b> and make it an <b>international bestseller</b>.\"<br /><br />\"All the <b>humor of Deadpool</b>, all the <b>magic of Harry Potter</b>.\"<br /><br />\"I went from <b>crying my eyes out</b> to <b>laughing uncontrollably</b>, repeatedly.\"<br /><br />\"This <b>HAS</b> to be picked up by <b>Netflix</b>.\"<br /><br />\"<b>Publishers</b> who didn\\'t snap up this series are <b>missing out</b> on a <b>gold mine</b>.\"<span></span><br /><br />\"Everything you thought you knew about <b>vampires</b>, <b>shifters</b>, <b>dragons</b>, <b>wizards</b>, <b>fairies</b> and <b>gods</b> is flat wrong.\"<br /><br />\"I usually see <b>plot twists</b> a mile away. Shayne has <b>proven me wrong</b>. Every time.\"<br /><br />\"I am <b>astounded</b> as to how the author keeps the story <b>fresh</b> and <b>exciting</b>.\"<br /><br />\"It\\'s like the <b>characters walked off the page</b>, joined me at the bar, and bought me a drink.\"<br /><br />\"Shayne deals <b>literary crack</b>, and I\\'m not ashamed to admit <b>I\\'m addicted</b>.\"', '<b><i>TEMPLE SHARED UNIVERSE</i></b>:<br /><br /><b>Feathers and Fire Series - Ongoing</b><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Had He Worn A Different Body? and 20 Other Unexpected Tales\nDescription: ['<span>Brad Ashmore is a career Silicon Valley engineer who enjoys tinkering with new technology, e.g., Internet of Things. His interests also include space, science, history, and the random fun that abounds on the hundred YouTube channels he follows. He lives with his wife and a bad cat.<br /><br />Brad loves to write short fiction and has written hundreds of pages over many years. The stories cover a diverse range of themes in various genres: soft sci-fi, humor, absurd, or literary fiction. He prefers \"soft\" to \"hard\" sci-fi to take a break from the quantitative rigor of engineering.<br /><br />\"Had He Worn a Different Body? and 20 Other Unexpected Tales\" is his first published anthology.<br /><br />Find out more at UnexpectedBooks.com.</span><span></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Red Hill (Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Monster's Game: A Poetic Look Into the Child Behind the Mask of a Survivor\nDescription: ['To All Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse,', '', 'Littlegirl413 chooses to remain anonymous due to the pressures of society and family to hide the shame of being sexually abused from age 4 to about 16. Her goal is not to gain sympathy for her pain, but to generate support for those who are less fortunate than she. It is her dream to shed a spotlight on this terrible silent epidemic throughout the world and end child sexual abuse forever. Maybe one day no child will have to remain anonymous and hide behind a mask of shame.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Reign of Madness (King's Dark Tidings Book 2) eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Islamic Teachings Series: Spiritual and Moral Excellence\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Dark Territory: Benjamin Ashwood Book 3\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack Adventures)\nDescription: ['Gr 7 UpThe final book in the \"Bloody Jack\" series is as full of adventure, and misadventure, as the last 11 tales of the life of Jacky Faber. When the British naval officer, businesswoman, and former pirate is accused of being a traitor to the United States, Jacky is forced to flee for her life. She disguises herself as a governess and a Russian tightrope walker, all with the help of the many acquaintances she has made during her far-flung travels and her diverse talents and skills. Jacky\\'s on-off relationship with Jaimy Fletcher is finally resolved and all loose ends are tied up by the end, with a few twists along the way. Fans of the \"Bloody Jack\" books will enjoy Jacky\\'s finale, although its dangers and locations are less exotic and extreme than previous adventures. Now 19, she is as popular with men as ever, so references to compromising situations and nudity are frequent, though not explicit. The humor, outrageous situations, and lovable characters keep the protagonist\\'s stories fun and engrossing and are a great recommendation for readers looking for strong female characters and fun historical fiction.Marian McLeod, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes\nDescription: ['125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt is an absolute goldmine of fabulous recipes for making all sorts of gluten free goodies in your bread machine. Before receiving my own copy of this book, I\\'d read reviews on Amazon.com which stated that the authors actually wrote this book for the zojirushi bread machine. This is not the case. In fact, this book has a lot of guidance for using any 1.5 to 2 pound bread machine for baking.Each recipe is written with a typical wheat setting in mind, but a gluten free setting is recommended. I have been using a Cuisinart bread machine with a gluten free setting for baking recipes from this book and I could not be more pleased with the results. You do not need to have the most expensive bread machine on the market in order to be successful making gluten free breads. Each recipe I\\'ve tried from this book (and I\\'ve tried most of them) has come out beautifully. My family\\'s favorite gluten free breads are the Henk\\'s<br /> Flax Bread and the Cinnamon Raison Bread, which turns out better than any bakery loaf, bar none! We all refer lovingly to Henk\\'s Flax Bread as \"Uncle Henk\\'s Bread\", as we feel a true bond with this \"Henk\" and his wondrous bread. We used to purchase healthy grain breads from the grocery store each week. However, since receiving this cookbook back in February, we have not bought one single loaf of bread. I\\'ve been making ALL of our bread from scratch, using no other book than this one. Because of this, we\\'ve saved money, lost weight, and we\\'re eating so much more nutritiously now. Honestly, if you plan on making gluten free breads in your bread machine, this is the book you need. Store-bought gluten free breads can be dry and tasteless, but the breads you\\'ll make from recipes in this book will most definately amaze you. I give this book 5 spatulas! This is a must have book for anyone with a bread machine. I would recommend trying the cinnamon raison bread and henk\\'s flax bread for anyone<br /> who is using a bread machine and would like a healthy alternative to ordinary breads. These are sooooooooo good. (<i>Top Cook Books topcookbooks.com</i> 2011-05-12)', '', '<b>Donna Washburn</b> and <b>Heather Butt</b> are best-selling authors, food stylists and recipe developers. There are 150,000 copies of their previous gluten-free cookbooks in print and more than 300,000 copies of their bread machine cookbooks in print.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Byzantium (I): The Early Centuries\nDescription: ['Several works dealing with Byzantine history have recently appeared (see Nicolas Cheetham\\'s Medieval Greece, LJ 3/15/81 and Antony Bridge\\'s Theodora, LJ 6/15/84), but this is probably the most comprehensive survey for the general reader and tourist. The first of a projected three-volume study, this elegantly written tribute to the Western debt to Byzantium traces the history of the city from the birth of Constantine c.274 to the coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800. While slight attention is given to ordinary people, and the approach is very Eurocentric, all the great figures of early Byzantine history are here; the architectural monuments, theological controversies, the notorious sexual tastes of many emperors, and the proverbially \"Byzantine\" court intrigues are lucidly described. For general collections.<br /><i>- Bennett D. Hill, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.</i><br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'the series. Includes 32 pages of illustrations, and 11 maps and tables.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Gluten-Free Baking Classics for the Bread Machine\nDescription: [\"<span><span>My philosophy about gluten-free baking is that it should be simple. Most gf bakers I know don't want to reach for six different flours every time they bake- and neither do I.</span><span><span></span></span><span>Wheat bakers use only two flours- all purpose for cakes, pies, muffins and cookies, and bread flour for bread. I do the same: I have an all-purpose brown rice flour mix (extra finely ground brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch) for my all purpose flour and the bread flour mix<span>(millet, sorghum, potato starch, tapioca starch and corn starch)</span>in this book for my breads.</span><span><span></span></span><span>It is easy- and it increases your learning curve. If you use a different combination of flours each time you bake, how will you know what goes wrong- or right? Baking pros don't do this; that is how they become skilled in their craft.</span><span><span></span></span><span><br>Moreover, wheat bakers enhance the taste and texture of their breads with other added flours (whole wheat, rye, etc.) and so do I. I recommend using whole grain teff and ground oatmeal (my favorites), Montina, amaranth, or quinoa. I give recommendations as to how to do this in the book.</span></span> --From the Author\", '<span>Annalise Roberts co-writes for the website foodphilosopher.com. She gives talks and demos to a variety of celiac support groups in the New York metropolitan area, including the Westchester Celiac Sprue Support Group. She is a resource contact for the Celiac Sprue Association in Bergen County, New Jersey (CSA is the largest celiac organization in America and has more than 10,000 members.) She teaches gluten-free baking and cooking at The Kings Cooking Studio in Short Hills, New Jersey and at local community adult schools in New Jersey.</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Records of the Veterans from The Town Of ISLIP, Suffolk Co, NY Those who served in World War I,World War II, Korea and Vietnam CD 3 Volumes\nDescription: [\"Records of the Veterans from The Town Of ISLIP, Suffolk County, New York - Those who served in World War I,World War II, Korea and Vietnam. CONTAINS THREE TEXT: 1. WORLD WAR I RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ISLIP, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, 1917-1918 - WORLD WAR 1917-1918 Perry S. Wicks,Compiler: Personal stories, facts, figures, and photos of most of the men who fought in the Great War, WW I, 194+ pgs. 2. WORLD WAR II RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ISLIP, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK - Islip, Suffolk County, New York: Compiled and edited by Nathaniel R. Howell, Town Historian, A tribute to the men and women of the Islip/Suffolk County area who served in World War II. Individual servicemen's photos with biographical descriptions of all those from Islip town that served their country in World War II, Printed by Buys Bros., 1948, 769 pgs. 3. THE JOURNAL OF ISLIP'S KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETERAN: Dedicated and authorized by the town board to the veterans of Vietnam and Korea. Service portraits, B/W Photos, and details are listed, Jeane M. Podhany, Islip, New York, Town of Islip/Amityville Offset Printing, 975 pgs., 1987\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Magnesium Solution for High Blood Pressure (The Square One Health Guides)\nDescription: ['', '\"A timely rebuttal to the pill-first argument.\"', '', '', '<i>Jay S. Cohen, MD,</i> is an Associate Professor (Voluntary) of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cohen is a widely recognized expert on prescription drugs and their natural alternatives. He has published scientific papers in leading medical journals and has written articles for <i>Newsweek,</i> <i>Bottom Line Health,</i> and <i>Life Extension Magazine</i>. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Cohen is also the founder of the Center for the Prevention of Medication Side Effects, which offers commentary on current issues in medical care.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Jesus Chronicles: A Chronological Study Through the Gospels\nDescription: ['Jesus 3 year public ministry comes alive in this vibrant, illuminating retelling by Pastor Jack Abeelen, a uniquely gifted Bible teacher. In The Jesus Chronicles, the Messiahs sermons, healings, confrontations with Roman and religious authorities, and interactions with His disciples and the common people unfold chronologically, drawing the reader into the ancient world as if it were today.Insightful cultural and historical details will enlarge your understanding of the Passion of Christ.', 'Though raised Catholic and educated in parochial schools, Pastor Jack Abeelen heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ at age 18 and gave his life to God. Founding pastor of Morningstar Christian Chapel, a Calvary Chapel affiliate, Pastor Jack is known as a gifted communicator and teacher. His daily radio program Growing thru Grace airs on over 450 stations. Jack and his wife Debbie have two sons, Jacob and David, two daughter-in-laws, Christy and Cheri, and five grandchildren.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hypertension High Blood Pressure: How To Lower Blood Pressure Permanently In 8 Weeks Or Less The Hypertension Treatment Diet and Solution\nDescription: [\"Hypertension or High Blood pressure as it is also called is certainly a serious and life threatening condition. The problem is that too many people don't even know they have high blood pressure while the undue pressure in the arteries slowly erodes the arteries and organs and increases the risk of stroke, congestive heart failure, kidney failure and heart attack.. <br> <br> Did you know that with high blood pressure you have an increased risk of: <br> Strokes <br><ul><li> Heart attacks </li><li> Hypertensive cardiomyopathy (heart failure due to chronically high blood pressure)</li><li> Hypertensive retinopathy - (damage to the retina caused by high blood pressure)</li><li> Hypertensive nephropathy - (damage to the kidneys due to chronic high blood pressure)</li><li> Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (also referred to as Peripheral artery disease (PAD) or Peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD)</li></ul> <br> High blood pressure (hypertension) is a silent killer. It is causing havoc. But the good news is that there is more than enough evidence to show that the condition can be treated, reversed and permanently cured with a natural and lifestyle change approach. The approach is discussed at length in my book and you will find that in some cases you can get yourself out of the danger zone within just a few weeks. <br> <br> I want to encourage you to read this book and apply what you learn. You will find it an easy read with no medical jargon.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Dog Walker (Orca Currents)\nDescription: ['\"Easy to present to reluctant readers.\" (<i>VOYA</i> 2006-08-01)<br /><br />\"An amusing and clever book. Excellent.\" (<i>Resource Links</i> 2006-06-01)<br /><br />\"While this fast-paced, dialogue-filled romp is a delight for all dog lovers, any reader will enjoy Turk\\'s quick-thinking solution that has him racing to keep the girl and the dog.\" (<i>Blogcritics.org</i> 2006-09-26)<br /><br />\"A quick read with believable characters. Recommended for reluctant readers.\" (<i>KLIATT</i> 2006-11-01)<br /><br />\"A good choice for any reluctant reader...A fun and interesting story.\" (<i>Washington State Revew Group</i> 2007-04-01)<br /><br />\"A fun read...This book should appeal to both boys and girls. Recommended.\" (<i>Canadian Book Review Annual</i> 2008-06-15)', \"Turk's moneymaking scheme gets out of control.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: One Surrendered Life\nDescription: ['Bob Coy is one of the most exciting young ministers in the United States today. It has been a thrill to watch the way God has used him to inspire so many people to a renewed hope and trust in Jesus Christ...']",
"rejected": "Title: Elon Musk: Life Story and Life Lesson of Future, Business, Success and Entrepreneurship (Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance, Tesla, Entrepreneurship, Successful,Bill Gates, Mark Cuban) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The DASH Diet for Hypertension\nDescription: ['Thomas Pickering, M.D. Director, Integrative and Behavioral Cardiac Health Program and Hypertension Section, Mount Sinai School of Medicine This is not just another fad diet, but one that is scientifically proven to be the best for people who are concerned about their blood pressure. The DASH studies were a major breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of hypertension, and the diet is now described in a practical and straightforward manner.<br /><br />Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H. Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine This book is amazingly clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly. There is a lot of \"what to do\" and \"how to do it.\" And also \"why\" for the consumer who wants to understand why to choose DASH over the other diets that are out there. This book will even convince the skeptics who don\\'t believe that ordinary foods can make a big difference. There is no trick here.<br /><br />Dr. Ronald Krauss Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Chair, American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism An excellent, user-friendly resource for people with high blood pressure, as well as anyone who wants to improve their heart health.<br /><br />Dr. Patricia Elmer Senior Nutrition Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Member, Nutrition Committee, American Heart Association Excellent! A medication-free alternative to help millions of Americans lower their high blood pressure and live healthier, longer lives.<br /><br />Aram V. Chobanian, M.D. Dean, Boston University Medical School The DASH diet is an exciting, new nutritional approach to the management of hypertension, and its effectiveness has been well documented by carefully controlled scientific studies. I recommend it not only for hypertensive patients but also for nutritionists, medical practitioners, and anyone interested in adopting a healthier lifestyle.<br /><br />Norman K. Hollenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Harvard Medical School This book fills an unmet need, providing clear and simple guidelines supported by solid data obtained from outstanding studies. I have no doubt that it will work.', 'Mark Jenkins is a journalist and the author of several health books, including the <i>Sports Medicine Bible</i>, and is a consultant to the Harvard Medical School system.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Exploring with GPS: For hunters, rescue teams, hikers, mountain bikers, anglers, geocachers, backpackers, cross-country skiers, snowshoers, boaters, ... who uses recreational GPS in the outdoors\nDescription: ['<b>Updated March 2012</b><div><ul><li>Website links checked and updated</li><li>Improved maps</li><li>What to Buy updated</li></ul></div>', \"The author has a serious problem- he doesn't know what he wants to do when he grows up. Meanwhile, he's done such things as wildland fire fighting, running a mountain shop, flying airplanes, shooting photos, and writing books. He's a backcountry skier, climber, figure skater, mountain biker, amateur radio operator, river runner, and sea kayaker- but the thing that really floats his boat is hiking and backpacking. No matter what else he tries, the author always come back to hiking- especially long, rough, cross-country trips in places like the Grand Canyon. Some people never learn. But what little he has learned, he's willing share with you- via his books, of course, but also via his websites, blogs, and whatever works.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread : More Than 200 Wheat Free Recipes\nDescription: ['Anyone suffering from an allergy to wheat will find Hagman\\'s newest book a godsend. The author of three earlier gluten-free cookbooks (e.g., The Gluten-Free Gourmet), she tested and retested recipes to come up with dozens of yeast breads and quick breads, rolls and muffins, crackers, and more for those who would otherwise be deprived of their \"daily bread.\" Most of these recipes can be made either in a bread machine or by hand, and many are suitable for those with other allergies or dietary needs as well. Strongly recommended. <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'For people with genetically induced celiac disease, finding breads safe to eat presents significant challenges, since the very gluten that holds most breads together is precisely the source of the sufferers\\' gastrointestinal distress. Hagman, who has already produced one book of general recipes for the celiac affected, turns her full attention to bread. She overcomes the gluten obstacle through use of nonwheat flours, most of which are made from beans of different sorts. To reproduce the \"spring\" of yeast-leavened wheat flour breads, Hagman recommends the addition of xanthan gum. Each recipe has two sets of directions, one for hand mixing, the other for the easy-to-use bread machine. Along the way, Hagman offers tips for producing breads that will make the celiac feel very little deprived. A useful addition to public library nutrition collections. <i>Mark Knoblauch</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Vengeance At Port Royal\nDescription: ['Brett Licciardello has retired from a career in law enforcement. For the next chapter of his life he has combined his vivid imagination and a life long passion for history and the sea to create stories of adventure.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cultured Food for Life: How to Make and Serve Delicious Probiotic Foods for Better Health and Wellness\nDescription: ['\"Cultured Food for Life is just what the doctor should be ordering! This book is loaded with health wisdom that can change your life!\"<br /> Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause<br /><br />\"Donna Schwenk has taken lacto-fermentation to a whole new level with this attractive and creative book. She provides plenty of new ideas and some old favorites for the alchemy of fermented foods. Cultured Food for Life is a great contribution to the growing movement in natural pickling and healthy, digestible grains.\"<br /> Sally Fallon Morell, author of Nourishing Traditions and president of The Weston A. Price Foundation<br /><br />\"More and more, the research is clear that the true secret to health, vitality, and weight loss lies in the quality of our intestinal flora. Cultured Food for Life is an invaluable resource for creating that healthy flora in a simple, fun, sustainable, and delicious way. Read the book, follow the suggestions, enjoy the recipes, and watch how you and your family experience energy and a vibrancy youve never thought possible.\"<br /> Jon Gabriel, international best-selling author and creator of The Gabriel Method<br /><br />\"Donnas passion and experience, along with her easy-to-follow recipes, make this book a must-have for anyone interested in fermented foods.\"<br /> Stepfanie Romine, co-author of The SparkPeople Cookbook and The Spark Solution', 'Donna Schwenk is the Kansas City Chapter leader for Weston Price Foundation, a worldwide organization comprised of people dedicated to restoring nutrient dense food to the human diet through education, research, and activism. She is teaches classes in the Kansas City area to open peoples eyes to the power of cultured foods, which dramatically changed her health and the health of her family when she been making and eating them in 2002. She is the founder of www.culturedfoodlife.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Standing Flower\nDescription: ['<DIV>', 'Robert Black is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley.<BR>']"
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"chosen": "Title: 925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire A Millionaire: So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Gluten-Free Baking Classics\nDescription: [\"<div><BR>“<I>Gluten-Free Baking Classics </I>contains a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that Gourmet magazine claimed were ‘perfect’ and ‘dared anyone to detect that they weren’t made with traditional wheat flour.’ I took the challenge and tried a test recipe on chocolate chip cookie-lovers…only to find that Gourmet was right and I didn’t have enough taste samples to keep up with their enthusiastic appetites.”<BR>—Sue Ade, <I>Morris News Service</I><BR><BR>“[Roberts’s] kitchen tested recipes make her baked goods lighter, and fluffier than the rest.”<BR>—Donna Gray, <I>Calgary Herald</I><BR><BR>“We were captivated by these perfect chocolate chip cookies, [with their] crisp yet yielding texture, and we dare anyone to detect they weren’t made with traditional wheat flour…[the] rich but light…cake loses nothing from the absence of white flour.”<br>—<I>Gourmet </I><BR><br>“This remarkable cookbook contains mouthwatering recipes, the directions are easy to follow and the hints are a welcome extra bonus.”<br>— Elaine Monarch, Executive Director, Celiac Disease Foundation<br><br>“This wonderful book by Annalise Roberts is very readable, and the recipes taste great!”<br>—Peter H.R. Green, M.D. and Anne R. Lee, R.D., Celiac Disease Center, Columbia<br><br>“An excellent cookbook. This is rare. I've seen some absolutely dreadful gluten-free<br>cookbooks....As far as the dishes, YUM! Not a single flop so far and that's saying a lot.” <br> —C. Allison, CookingHelpWeb<br><BR></div>\", \"<span><span>My philosophy about gluten-free baking is that it should be simple. Most gf bakers I know don't want to reach for six different flours every time they bake- and neither do I.</span><span><span></span></span><span>Wheat bakers use only two flours- all purpose for cakes, pies, muffins and cookies, and bread flour for bread. I do the same: I have an all-purpose brown rice flour mix (extra finely ground brown rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch) for my all purpose flour and the bread flour mix<span>(millet, sorghum, potato starch, tapioca starch and corn starch)</span>in this book for my breads.</span><span><span></span></span><span>It is easy- and it increases your learning curve. If you use a different combination of flours each time you bake, how will you know what goes wrong- or right? Baking pros don't do this; that is how they become skilled in their craft.</span><span><span></span></span><span></span></span><div><span><span></span></span></div><div><span><span>Moreover, wheat bakers enhance the taste and texture of their breads with other added flours (whole wheat, rye, etc.) and so do I. I recommend using whole grain teff and ground oatmeal (my favorites), Montina, amaranth, or quinoa. I give recommendations as to how to do this in the book.</span></span></div>\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Jesus Killed My Church\nDescription: ['Randy Bohlender lives in Kansas City, MO with his wife, Kelsey and their nine children. In addition to writing books, blogging and a weekly radio show, he is on staff at the International House of Prayer and an advocate in the area of adoption. Find out more at RandyBohlender.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: HUNGER USA A REPORT BY THE CITIZENS BOARD OF INQUIRY INTO HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION IN THE UNITED STATES\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best [Hardcover]\nDescription: ['Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best [Hardcover]', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: The Working Life - A Renaissance Painter's Studio\nDescription: ['\"The Series reflects a variety of occupations, time periods, and global perspectives. The table of contents and index make it easy to locate what you want. There is enough detail for a student to compare workers of today with those in history. Recommended.\"<br />--<i>Library Media Connection</i>, October 2005 (<i>Library Media Connection</i> 20051001)<br /><br />\"Each book combines authoritative, easy-to-understand text, average-quality black-and-white photographs, and primary-source quotations to tell what life was like for a painter or factory worker during his respective era...Frequent boxed excerpts from newspaper articles and quotes add authenticity. Students will find plenty of research material in these titles.\" <br /> -- <i>School Library Journal</i> (May 2003) (<i>School Library Journal</i> 20030501)', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: ...then just stay fat.\nDescription: [\"Shannon Sorrels was born and raised in Little Rock, AR (the accent still surfaces). Her education and career paths have taken her through science, corporate America, and most recently fitness - from Little Rock to the DC Metro area, Seattle, and Phoenix. She lives with her husband, Mike, and owns/operates her studio gym, Physix. Writing has been her antidote for insanity. It's worked most days.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Raw Food Made Easy: For 1 or 2 People\nDescription: [\"A chef for Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, Cornbleet has been finessing her hand in the raw food kitchen for quite some time, so it might come as a surprise that her premiere book, <em>Raw Food Made Easy For 1 or 2 People</em>, reduces the craft to the bare minimum. Simple as it may seem, this book accomplishes quite a complex feat: it truly makes raw food easy. After spending ten minutes whipping up your own almond butter, you'll never pay outrageous prices for it again, and the Not Meat Balls will ban cravings for the processed faux-meat varieties. Innovative techniques such as replacing eggs with avocado in mousse and marinating broccoli so that it tastes cooked testify to her understated expertise. -VegNews Magazine\", \"The All-New Revised Edition of Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People is available in July, 2012.<br /><br />My name is Jennifer Cornbleet and I'm the author of Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People. I'm here to help you satisfy your appetite at any time of the day or night with recipes that are easy, good for your body, and really delicious.<br /><br />When you're stressed out, running behind schedule, and hungry...or company's coming...or the kids are clamoring for a snack...raw food recipes are the perfect answer. All you need are all-natural ingredients from Mother Nature's pantry to quickly create satisfying meals and treats, without turning to processed food that's so often high in cost, but low in taste and nutrition:<br />\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Have You Met Nora?\nDescription: ['This is definitely a page-turner worth reading again and again.<br /> <b>RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars </b><br /> <br /> \"Blades (<i>The Thunder beneath Us</i>, 2016) blends mystery, scandal, and intrigue. Readers are encouraged to stick with the story for an unsuspected and somewhat uncharacteristic twist at the end.\"<br /> <b>Booklist</b>', '<b>Nicole Blades </b>is a novelist and journalist. Her articles and essays have appeared in <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Cosmopolitan</i>, <i>Womens Health</i>, WashingtonPost.com, MarieClaire.com, <i>SELF</i>, <i>Health</i>, and BuzzFeed. Born and raised in Montreal, Nicole now lives in Connecticut with her husband and their son. Follow her on Twitter @NicoleBlades. And visit her online at NicoleBlades.com.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening (Vegetable Gardening Guides)\nDescription: ['<DIV>Robert Gough is a professor of horticulture at Montana State University. Bob has authored ten gardening books, and has written extensively for gardening magazines such as Fine Gardening & National Gardening in addition to more than 500 extension publications. He is the founder and former host of Northern Gardening Tips radio show and is known throughout Montana as” Dr. Bob.” </div>']",
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"chosen": "Title: No-Cook Paleo! - On the Go Recipes: Ultimate Caveman cookbook series, perfect companion for a low carb lifestyle, and raw diet food lifestyle\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Berlin: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"A far from ordinary thriller. Berlin uses history with a breadth and detail that is startling and convincing. Now that the mass murder has stopped, murder is once again a matter of individuals.\"<br /><br />\"In the end it is Berlin itself, the city and its inhabitants, meticulously observed and depicted, that emerges as the true star of the story, flawed, cruel, seductively engaging and all too human. This is its best evocation since Len Deighton\\'s Winter.\"<br /><br />\"Winding and gripping...intricately woven and fantastically plotted...engrossing, addictive.\"<br /><br />\"In this winning mix of mystery and history set in 1945 Berlin, Frei personalizes the horrors of war....Frei maintains the suspense of whether the killer will claim another victim to the final pages....Fine storytelling.\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Privilege - Paperback\nDescription: ['Kay Smith is the widow of Pastor Chuck Smith, the founding pastor of the Calvary Chapel Movement. Kay had taught Bible studies to women at Calvary Chapel for over three decades. Her influence has reached far beyond Calvary, touching the lives of countless women who have been inspired by both her example and godly exhortation.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Danielle Walker's Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Paleo Recipes to Make Anytime\nDescription: ['Meals Made Simple brings culinary excitement to the health enhancing world of low-carb and gluten-free. For anyone who embraces the notion that food matters in terms of health and longevity, this book is a treasure. (David Perlmutter MD, - Author, #1 New York Times Bestseller: <i>Grain Brain, The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain\\'s Silent Killers</i>)<br /><br />Some of her popularity might have to do with her easy-to-follow and relatable approachand the fact that her dairy-free, gluten-free, and Paleo recipes appeal to so many different types of people and dietary concerns... (Molly Gallagher, <i>Well+Good</i>)<br /><br />Beautifully presented and clearly explained, Meals Made Simple is a delight for Paleo newbies and longterm Paleo-ites alike. The recipes are straightforward and easy to follow, and I like that there are often tips for using leftovers from other recipes in the book. While many cookbooks leave a trail of half-used jars of obscure ingredients scattered across your kitchen, Danielle actually makes it seem easy to stock your kitchen with versatile Paleo staples, all of which can be used in countless ways.... (<i>The Kitchn</i>)<br /><br />Whats healthy, uncomplicated and definitely not boring? Well, practically any of self-trained chef Danielle Walkers recipes in her newest cookbook, Meals Made Simple. In fact, all of the Against All Grain bloggers meals are gluten and dairy-free meaning you can finally enjoy dinner without feeling too bad about going for that second helping of dessert. (Rachel Sylvester <i>The Nest</i>)<br /><br />Danielle Walkers first book --was (and still is) a gangbuster hit, so trust me when I tell you that her second book, Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple, is just as exciting and eye-opening when it comes to eating a gluten free and/or paleo diet. I was looking to try out a recipe or two from the book but while reading it everything looked so amazing I ended up putting tabs on more than half of the pages. (<i>Weelicious</i>)<br /><br />Danielle Walker, whose cookbook \"Against All Grain\" made her a celebrity with the paleo diet and gluten-free crowd, offers conscientious recipes for celebrations and holidays in her new cookbook, \"Meals Made Simple.\" (How conscientious? Her pumpkin spice latte includes real pumpkin.) (<i>Denver Post</i>)<br /><br />After her debut paleo recipe title Against All Grain soared to the New York Times Bestseller list in 2013, she nails it again with inspiring, beautifully photographed recipes that sound incredibleand are all made sans dairy or grains. This time around, you also get 8 weeks of meal plans and shopping lists. (<i>Self Magazine</i>)', 'Food blogger and author of the New York Times best-selling cookbook, <b><i>Against All Grain </i></b>(www.againstallgrain.com), Danielle Walker, is the new face of grain-free cooking. A self-trained chef, Danielle tempts a range of appetites with her innovative, accessible Paleo-influenced recipes that are not only healthy and delicious, but are also credited for saving her life. Paying homage to the dishes she loved from her pre-Paleo days, she imaginatively recreates all of her favorites without grains, gluten and most times, dairy.<br /> <br /> <b>A Diagnosis and Decision</b><br /> For months, Danielle suffered from drastic weight loss, joint pain and malnutrition. After countless doctor visits, she was diagnosed with a severe form of Ulcerative Colitis at age 22, just two months after getting married. Despite her expansive array of medications and prednisone steroids, Danielle found herself hospitalized numerous times each year, admitted repeatedly for multiple blood transfusions due to morbidly low hemoglobin levels.<br /> <br /> Left with a choice between surgery or a life-long weekly treatment with harsh side effects, Danielle began her own research to explore other options. A friends success on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) led Danielle to give it a try, only eating grain-free, sugar-free, starch-free, and unprocessed foods. Although no doctor would support a dietary change as a part of her treatment, Danielle realized that she could take things into her own hands to achieve real results.<br /> <br /> <b>Cooking by Necessity</b><br /> Danielle noticed improvement, but committing to a new, drastically different diet was not easy. When her son was just 9 months old, she had an extreme setback which caused her to be hospitalized yet again and required multiple blood transfusions. She began eliminating more food groups including grains, lactose and legumes, following a plan that closely mimicked the Paleo diet. Seeing drastic progress after just 48 hours, Danielle began dedicating her free time to creating delicious comfort foods that could be enjoyed on a restricted diet. She focuses on flavors and textures, refusing to feel deprived despite her limited food choices.<br /> <br /> <b>Sharing her Success</b><br /> Danielle started her blog, Against All Grain, to help others suffering from similar ailments continue to enjoy food. Her recipes are all entirely grain-free, and consequently gluten-free, free of refined sugars, and minimal to no dairy. Most are appropriate for those following the Paleo, Primal, SCD, GAPS, and gluten-free lifestyles, and more. With her acquired culinary skills, love for food, and an equal love for journalism, she has become a source of hope for others suffering from similar allergies and autoimmune diseases.<br /> <br /> Coveting a large, but loyal following on her blog, Danielle expanded beyond the internet and released her first cookbook, <b><i>Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great</i></b>, in July 2013. With a large social media and blog following, Danielle has become a beacon of hope in the food community.<br /> <br /> Danielle lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Whatever the Cost: Facing Your Fears, Dying to Your Dreams, and Living Powerfully\nDescription: ['<em>\"David and Jason showyou how to achieve incredible success by making God andfamily the cornerstones of your life.\"</em><br /> <b>- Dave Ramsey, New York Times best-selling author</b> <br /><br /> <em>\"The Benham Boys have got it down straight! True worship to the Almighty is living it out loud every single day!\"</em><br /> <b>- Phil Robertson, The Duck Commander</b> <br /><br /> <em>\"I am proud to call them friends and encourage you to read their story because there are many important lessons you can pull from their experience.\"</em><br /> <b>- Glenn Beck, Founder of TheBlaze</b>', \"<span> </span>DAVID AND JASON BENHAM, former professional baseball players, are also nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs. The twin broth-ers' business success earned them a reality show with HGTV, set to air during the 2014 fall season. Due to their commitment to traditional and biblical values, however, the show was abruptly canceled. The Benhams immediately found themselves in the midst of a cultural fire-storm, but they refused to back down and decided to stand and fight for what they believe.<br /><span> </span><br />The brothers' first company was recognized as one of Inc. magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies, and they've been awarded Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists, Wall Street Journal's Top Real Estate Professionals, and Business Leader Media's Top 50 Entrepreneurs. They were also named Franchise 500's Top New Franchise.<br /><span> </span><br />Appearing on CNN, Fox News, TheBlaze, ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, and others, the Benhams continue to stand up for what they believe. After their show was canceled the Benhams trended nation-ally on social media, and more than 51 million tweets about the Benham brands have been delivered to Twitter streams.<br /><span> </span><br />David and Jason are happily married, and their families live on the same street in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their wives, Lori and Tori, homeschool their combined nine children and are passionate about serving in their community.<br /><span> </span><br />Follow David and Jason on Twitter:<br /><span> </span>@DavidDBenham<br /><span> </span>@JasonBBenham<br />Visit their website: BenhamBrothers.com\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up\nDescription: ['When author LaGrow heard her grandmother Minka\\'s story of her first daughter--conceived as a result of rape nearly 80 years earlier, when her grandmother was 16; born in secret; and then placed for adoption--she could hardly imagine that it was all true. Yet the adoption file contained indisputable evidence: decades worth of Minka\\'s letters asking for news of this baby she had named Betty Jane. Unbelievably, that same baby, now also a grandmother and named Ruth, was seeking her biological mother and had obtained the previously sealed adoption record. Through many cross-country meeting between the women and their families, LaGrow came to know the stories of both women\\'s lives through the decades during which they had been separated and their ultimate and utter joy when reunited. While the presence of some historical details distracts from the rhythm of the story, LaGrow tells Minka\\'s story with candor that makes the characters come alive. It is a stunning story of forgiveness, faithfulness, and persistent hope.--Publishers Weekly<br /><br />\"The Waiting\" offers up the poignant and true story of a lost child and a mother who never gave up searching for her, and gathers decades of secret letters from a mother reflecting her perpetual agony wondering how her daughter is doing in life. As her reflection turns to an all-out search, readers follow her progress, begun when she was raped by a stranger in the woods and following her search for God\\'s insights along the way. The result is a title that blends biography with spiritual reflection and a vivid, true search that readers will find engrossing.--Midwest Book Review', '<b>Decades of secret letters from a mother longing for her daughter . . .</b><br />1929: I sure hated to give her up. But I know it was for the best. I miss her so every night . . .<br />1933: I would like to know how my big baby girl is getting along. . . . Sometimes the hills are hard to climb, and if I could only hear of her once in awhile it means so much.<br />1939: Bless her little heart, I hope she shall be happy always. . . . I would so appreciate just a line or two about her.<br />1944: Im wondering how my little Betty is. I know I should be very proud of her now. She must be a young lady, nearly sixteen. I think of her so often. . . .<br />1945: Betty Jane will be seventeen yrs old . . . it hardly seems possible . . . please write me if youve any news . . . she is at such a tender age now.<br />1947: Please write me if you have word . . . will make my Xmas happier just to know she is fine and happy. . . .', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The 7-Minute Back Pain Solution: 7 Simple Exercises to Heal Your Back Without Drugs or Surgery in Just Minutes a Day\nDescription: ['<br /><br />Louise was sitting in my office, looking anxious. A forty-four-year-old working mother of two, she spent her weekdays at an office and her weekends driving the kids around to a variety of activities. Her back had started aching one bright Sunday, over ten days earlier, after she helped a group of kids clamber up into her minivan after soccer practice.<br /><br />\"When I lifted the soccer bag, I felt a big sort of bad twinge in my back,\" she told me. \"So when I got home, I went right to the medicine cabinet and took some of my leftover pain meds from my recent dental surgery. I stayed in bed the rest of the day, but the pills didn\\'t really help. The next day the pain was so bad, I couldn\\'t go to work. I was lucky my mom was able to come and take care of the kids after school, but I missed a whole week of work, and now my boss is mad at me, because he thinks I\\'m faking, and my kids are mad at me because I was hurt too bad to pay any attention to them, and my husband is mad because I couldn\\'t do what I usually do around the house.\" She burst into tears. \"And the pain just won\\'t go away. I can\\'t take it anymore.\"<br /><br />Louise was a typical patient with low back pain. And like most of my typical patients, she unwittingly made things worse after she felt that initial twinge:<br /><br /> She didn\\'t know how to treat the pain, so she took prescription meds that were not prescribed for this problem (something no one should <em>ever</em> do!).<br /><br /> She stayed in bed.<br /><br /> She hoped the pain would go away by itself.<br /><br />After I examined Louise and ruled out anything serious, I told her that her pain was due to back strain-and that what had happened to her was not her fault. In fact, it was incredibly common. And I told her that I was giving her permission to <em>move</em> so she could get back to her normal activities.<br /><br />Like most patients who hear this information, she looked at me in shock. \"But I\\'m afraid to move. It hurts too much!\" she said. \"Won\\'t that make things worse?\"<br /><br />\"No, it won\\'t,\" I told her. \"It will help you heal.\" Then I sent her home with instructions on how to do <em>the y-Minute Back Pain Solution</em> stretches and told her that if she didn\\'t get better after doing them for several weeks, only then might she be a candidate for a more intense workup.<br /><br />Louise was very relieved, especially when I told her that she didn\\'t need to see me again if her back got betterbut to expect that to take several weeks, at the very least.<br /><br /><strong>WHY IS BACK PAIN SO COMMON?</strong><br /><br />Louise was glad to know that her back pain wasn\\'t unique, and I explained to her that there are many reasons why our backs hurt so much. Here are the most common:<br /><br /> You sit all day long. And guess what? The worst possible position for your back is a seated position. Yet most workers spend 90 percent of their time in a chair in a nonergonomic workplace. And they drive a car to and from work. Add to the mix that 90 percent of adults over twenty-one years of age have a job. You do the math! We\\'re talking hundreds of millions of people.<br /><br /> You don\\'t think or care about taking optimal care of your back until it hurts, and yet when it hurts, you\\'re too afraid to move (which inadvertently makes things worse).<br /><br /> You aren\\'t in good physical shape.<br /><br /> You\\'re trying to get in shape, but you can sometimes be a weekend warrior and you can\\'t help but overdo it. This sets up a cycle where you work out too hard, have pain, stop working out, then go right back to the gym or your favorite sport and start hurting again . . . and so on!<br /><br /> You do work out regularly, but you often push yourself too hard, sometimes working out or playing sports even when you\\'re in pain.<br /><br /> You rarely, if ever, do the kind of exercises that strengthen all your core muscles properly.<br /><br /> You rarely, if ever, stretch your muscles before or after a workout, and even if you know you should, you don\\'t, because you don\\'t have the time.<br /><br /> You love your high heels or shoes that look fabulous but don\\'t quite fit properly.<br /><br /> You\\'re always on the go, carrying heavy bags or children or both, and then cleaning the house and doing the daily chores for your family.<br /><br /> You know you aren\\'t in shape, but as soon as there\\'s snow in the driveway, you\\'re out there shoveling.<br /><br /> It happens!<br /><br />The good news, of course, is that once you add a regular stretching routine to your daily life, and once you strengthen the core muscles that support your spine, you will not only alleviate your low back pain but also help prevent recurring bouts of it. Like all good machines, you need to warm up your spine and condition your muscles before becoming a champion at what you do, whether it\\'s swimming at the Y, taking care of the garden, running after your kids or playing eighteen holes of golf as a weekend warrior.<br /><br />So why are backs so prone to bouts of debilitating pain, and how can stretching really help? In order to understand why stretching is so beneficial for back-pain sufferers, you first need to understand a bit about the unique anatomy of your spine and the muscles that surround it. What, precisely, does your \"back\" entail? What are the normal structures found within, and what can go wrong, and where? Why is the pain so terrible, and what triggers it in the first place?<br /><br />In the next section, I\\'ll first discuss the basics of your spine\\'s anatomy, showing you how it works in terms of its different components, such as the discs, and in conjunction with the muscles that surround it and comprise your core. Once you see how all these components fit together and work synergistically, it\\'s much easier to visualize what can go wrong, and then figure out how to manage it with the seven-minute stretches you\\'ll learn about in Chapter 2.<br /><br /><strong>UNDERSTANDING YOUR BACK</strong><br /><br />The unique anatomy of our spines enables us to bend, sit, twist, dance, run, hop, swim, make love, and lean over the crib railing to kiss our babies good night. But we pay for this amazing flexibility, as it also makes it incredibly easy for low back pain to strike.<br /><br /><strong>The Three Sections of Your Spine</strong><br /><br />Your spinal column is strong and flexible, yet fragile at the same time. How\\'s that for paradoxical?<br /><br />The spine is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, joints, nerves, discs and the spinal cord. There are twenty-four vertebrae in your spine, which are in place to house and protect the nerves of your spinal cord found within, and they\\'re cushioned by spongy discs that provide support and spacing for the nerves. Your lower body and your spine are supported by large muscle groups called the paraspinal muscles or erecti muscles of the back. These muscles encase the vertebrae and aid in the range of motion of your spine.<br /><br /><strong>There are three sections </strong><strong>or </strong><strong>your spine:</strong><br /><br /> The cervical spine is located in the area of your neck that connects your skull to your shoulder area. There are seven cervical vertebrae, aligned in a reverse C shape to give you neck the proper contour.<br /><br /> The thoracic spine anchors your rib cage and is fairly immobile. There are twelve thoracic vertebrae.<br /><br /> The lumbar spine forms your lower back and is aligned with the same contour as the cervical spine to give that nice shape to the small of your back. There are five lumbar vertebrae, numbered L1-L5. The L5 vertebra connects to the top of the sacrum, which is composed of five bones fused together.<br /><br />As you know, this book is all about what happens only to the lumbar region and its five vertebrae. There can be pain in and problems with the cervical spine and the thoracic spine, of course, but these problems are much less common and are beyond the scope of this book. It goes without saying that if you have pain in those areas of your body, you should see your physician or orthopedic specialist for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.<br /><br />Lumbar pain, or low back pain, on the other hand, is overwhelmingly common. This small area is what\\'s responsible for the vast majority of back problemsthe kind that can leave you in too much agony to go to work or to function properly.<br /><br />', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: 5 Steps to a 5 AP Chemistry, 2012-2013 Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series)\nDescription: ['McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Brainrecovery.Com: Powerful Therapy for Challenging Brain Disorders\nDescription: ['\"...Beautifully written and fully referenced, an outstanding resource for those who have felt discouraged about the limitations of previous therapies....\" -- <i>Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Author, Eat Right - Live Longer</i><br /><br />\"...Should be available to everyone so true integrative therapy can become the normal method of treatment in the neurology field.\" -- <i>Bernie Siegel, M.D.</i><br /><br />\"Dr. Perlmutter provides sound advice, supported by the latest and most well respected medical research.\" -- <i>Russell B. Roth, M.D. Past President, American Medical Association</i>', 'David Perlmutter M.D., a Board-Certified Neurologist, has achieved international recognition as a leader in the field of complementary medicine. His scientific publications have appeared in the most well-respected medical journals including: The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Journal of Neurosurgery, and The Southern Medical Journal.', 'In addition to founding the Perlmutter Health Center, Dr. Perlmutter is the author of \"Life Guide, Your Guide to a Longer and Healthier Life\", \"BrainRecovery.com\", The Perlmutter Letter, and many scientific papers appearing in the world medical literature. He is also host of a popular prime-time medical television series \"LifeGuide with David Perlmutter, M.D.\".', 'Dr. Perlmutter is an active member in many health-related organizations including the American Medical Association, The American Academy of Neurology, The American College of Nutrition, The American College for Advancement in Medicine, The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, and The American Holistic Medical Association.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mrs. Quigley's Kidnapping\nDescription: ['Jean Sheldon began writing mysteries in her 50s. Her historical mystery \"The Woman in the Wing\" features women pilots (WASP) and factory workers (Rosie the Riveter) during WWII. \"Seven Cities of Greed\" involves a group of women of a \\'certain age\\' on a quest for adventure and the mythical \\'Seven Cities of Gold\\' in New Mexico. \"Mrs. Quigley\\'s Kidnapping\" introduces Mattie Draper, a female detective in Chicago circa 1968, and \"Flowers for Her Grave\" is an old-fashioned whodunit in which two amateur sleuths in their early sixties, a gossip columnist and a gardener, solve a 20-year-old crime. The mystery \"An Uncluttered Palette\" is filled with art history, oil painting, forgery, and fun! \"She Overheard Murder,\" introduced the characters of the \\'Nic & Nora Mystery\\' seriesmysteries solved by lesbian amateur detectives in post-World War II Chicago. The second book of the series, \"Puzzled by the Clues,\" follows both the blossoming relationship of Nic and Nora and that of Anna and Allen. Characters at the heart of the Owen gang and those on the perimeter, offer humor, wisdom, and the belief that there is always hope. In 2015, Jean returned to her first love, and published a collection of poetry called \"Persistent.\"']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy\nDescription: [\"There are plenty of good books on herbs, and some of them devote a chapter to essential oils, but there's nothing comparable to Worwood's work. Her premise is different from other herbalists--she believes that the most effective way to use herbs medicinally is by external application or inhalation. Both methods allow the essential oil to enter the bloodstream without passing through the digestive tract. Her grasp of basic physiology is somewhat confused, but there's nothing dangerous in her suggestions. (Worwood runs an aromatherapy clinic in England and conducts research on aromatherapy.) Her book prescribes oils for everything from basic first aid and treating common ailments to natural cosmetics and body care, fragrance for the home and office, and cooking with essential oils. A good addition to alternative medicine collections.See also Susanne Fischer-Rizzi's Complete Aromatherapy Handbook , LJ 7/91.--Ed.<br /><i>- Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.</i><br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Coming Economic Armageddon: What Bible Prophecy Warns about the New Global Economy\nDescription: ['\"A clear, compelling primer on God\\'s heart for Israel and the dramatic Bible prophecies that will unfold in these last days. What I loved most is that David Jeremiah unashamedly examines and explains the biggest global trends of our day through the Third Lens of Scripture. And his description of Jesus\\' unconditional love and compassion for Jews and Muslims is alone worth the read!\"<b><i>Joel C. Rosenberg,<em> New York Times</em> best-selling author, <i>The Last Jihad </i>and <em>Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your World</em> on <em>What in the World Is Going On?</em></i></b>', 'Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point Ministries, a nonprofit organization devoted to \"delivering the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world.\" A pastor\\'s son born in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary and received his doctorate from Cedarville College. David and his wife, Donna, have four children and ten grandchildren, and live in San Diego.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres (Critical Literacy Teaching: Challenging Authors and Genre)\nDescription: [\"<span>Young Adult literature, from <i>The Outsiders </i>to Harry Potter, has helped shape the cultural landscape for adolescents perhaps more than any other form of consumable media in the twentieth and twenty-first century. With the rise of mega blockbuster films based on these books in recent years, the young adult genre is being co-opted by curious adult readers and by Hollywood producers. However, while the genre may be getting more readers than ever before, Young Adult literature remains exclusionary and problematic: few titles feature historically marginalized individuals, the books present heteronormative perspectives, and gender stereotypes continue to persist.</span><br> <span>Taking a critical approach, <i>Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres </i>offers educators, youth librarians, and students a set of strategies for unpacking, challenging, and transforming the assumptions of some of the genre's most popular titles. Pushing the genre forward, Antero Garcia builds on his experiences as a former high school teacher to offer strategies for integrating Young Adult literature in a contemporary critical pedagogy through the use of participatory media.</span>\", '<b>Antero Garcia</b> is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University. Prior to moving to Colorado, Antero was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles. Antero completed his Ph.D. in the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Anteros research focuses on developing critical literacies and civic identity through the use of participatory media and gameplay in formal learning environments. Anteros research has appeared in numerous journals including <i>The Harvard Educational Review</i>, <i>English Journal</i>, and <i>Rethinking School</i>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cain's Redemption: A Story of Hope and Transformation in America's Bloodiest Prison\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God. A Broken Mother's Search for Hope.\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>Out of a Far Country <br /></i></b><br />Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan have told the story of their miraculous journey from broken lives, relationships, and dreams to a place of hope and healing. <i>Out of a Far Country </i>brings home the living truth that in the midst of a broken and hurting world, God is at work to redeem, renew, and reconcile his beloved. Im particularly happy to endorse this book because Christopher, like myself, was broken in prison and redeemed by Christ.<br /><b>Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview</b><br /><br /><i>Out of a Far Country </i>reads like a modern rendition of the prodigal son parable, only it is more gripping. The journey taken by Christopher Yuan is rarely documented. Be prepared, for the raw emotions of both mother and son authentically mark every page. The spiritual lessons to be gained from this book are many. May it gain a vast audience!<br /><b>J. Paul Nyquist, PhD, president of Moody Bible Institute</b><br /><br />This is a moving account of how an Asian mothers fragile love turns into a prayerful, patient, and tenacious force of forgiveness. It is also a gripping narrative of a sons search for belonging and meaning. <i>Out of a Far Country </i>breeds hope in every despairing heart.<br /><b>Lisa Espineli Chinn, director of International Student Ministries for InterVarsity/USA</b><br /><br />The Good Shepherd knows his sheep and calls them by name. Christopher Yuan, trapped in a life of drugs and sexual addiction, heard that call and rose to follow Jesus. His and his mothers account of that rising is a profound story of redemption that all of us in this broken generation need to hear.<br /><b>Duane Litfin, president emeritus of Wheaton College in Illinois</b><br /><br />Relevant, courageous, fascinating, and much more. I have known the Yuans for many years, and their walk is in line with their talk. This important and needed story goes against the wind, but it is one hundred percent in the right direction.<br /><b>Dr. George Verwer, founder and former international director of Operation Mobilisation<br /></b><br /><i>Out of a Far Country </i>is a true-life parable of saving grace for a prodigal mother and a wayward son who needed Gods forgiveness. Their story will warm the heart and lift the spirit of every parent who prays for a wandering child and every believer who needs to be reminded why the gospel is good news.<br /><b>Dr. Philip G. Ryken, president of Wheaton College in Illinois<br /></b><br />At one point, Angela and Christopher were living worlds apart. I have heard their story countless times, and it never grows old. I know you will be amazed by the God who did the impossible to bring this mother and son back together.<br /><b>Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International</b><br /><br />This is the story of Gods persistent chase of a wayward son through the prayers and love of a determined mother. But even more, it is a testimony to the fact that loving God is a far more satisfying pursuit than following our own desires. I am thankful that Christopher and Angela are willing to be so transparent about their journey. Christophers desire to follow Christ regardless of the struggle stands as a model for all who desire to love God with all their heart.<br /><b>Dr. Joseph M. Stowell, president of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan</b><br /><br />God snatched Christopher Yuan from a desperately empty life and offered him the hope of Jesus Christ. This is a story of Gods redemption, love, and mercy in the midst of overwhelming sin and a heart that was far from God. Get two copies of this bookyou will want to give one to a friend who needs Jesus.<br /><b>Dr. James MacDonald, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois</b><br /><br />The story of Angela Yuan and Christopher Yuan, <i>Out of a Far Country</i>, will minister rich grace and hope to mothers who are praying for the return of a prodigal, to the prodigals they love, and to anyone battling a sinful addiction that seems impossible to overcome. This is a deeply moving account of Gods amazing power and love.<br /><b>Nancy Leigh DeMoss, best-selling author, host of the Revive Our Hearts radio program</b>', \"<b>Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan</b> travel nationally and internationally to speak at churches, conferences, youth conventions, and colleges about Gods desire for prodigals of all types to return to him. Angela is a businesswoman and advocate for Chinese-American cultural causes. Christopher teaches at Moody Bible Institute (MBI). He holds abachelor's degreefrom MBI, a master's degreein biblical exegesis from Wheaton College Graduate School and a doctorate of ministry from Bethel Seminary. Visit christopheryuan.com for more information.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Absolutely Positively Not\nDescription: ['DAVID LAROCHELLE, a former elementary school teacher, is author and illustrator of numerous middle-grade readers and picture books, including The End, which received four starred reviews. David lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Through the Eyes of a Lion: Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power\nDescription: [\"_<br /><br />'...he has this story. And he has told it well. With candor. With honesty. With hope.' <br /><em>-Max Lucado Pastor and New York Times bestselling author </em><br /><br /><br />'This is one of the most powerfully transparent books I have ever read.' <br /><em>-Sheila Walsh, Speaker, Bible teacher, and bestselling author </em><br /><br /><br />'This is a book that will help everybody, in every walk of life.' <br /><em>-Carl Lentz, Pastor, Hillsong NYC </em><br /><br />'Levi has framed up some practical thoughts and shares some experiences that can help us not only to cope with the pain of loss but to... thrive as a result.' <br /><em>- Bob Hurley, Chairman and founder, Hurley LLC </em><br />\", \"Levi Lusko is the pastor of Fresh Life Church, a multisite church in Montana, and the founder of Skull Church and the O2 Experience. He serves as host for Greg Laurie's Harvest Crusades and travels internationally to speak at churches and conferences. He takes pleasure in small things like: black coffee, new shoes, and fast internet. He and his wife, Jennie, have four daughters, Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment\nDescription: ['', \"[Mr. Spier] is worth listening to. A graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Business School, he runs the Aquamarine Fund ...that has beaten the S&P 500 by an average of 4.9 percentage points annually. He believes that most investors pay attention to the wrong things and allow their minds to get hijacked by bad ideas. Individual investors are constantly being exhorted to try beating Wall Street at its own game of trading like crazy to chase whatever is hot. But why should you bother trying to play a game that even most professional players can't win? Instead, take a page from Mr. Spier's book and play by your own rules. The faster Wall Street runs, the more you should slow down and step back from that madness. <i>Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal</i>\", \"It is rare to find as readable a book on value investing as this one. It is even rarer to find these investing insights wrapped in a set of life lessons that you will find thought provoking, challenging and useful. Pick this book up and you won't put it down...you'll likely be a better person for it! <i>Len Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School</i>\", '<i>The Education of a Value Investor</i> offers a remarkably cost-effective education for any type of investor. And, oh, the lessons--of the forms of self-transformation, self-transcendence, and self-understanding that lead to investing success--stand to profit any reader, non-investors included. <i>Robert B. Cialdini, Bestselling Author of Influence</i>', \"Our industry is extraordinarily competitive, and knowing oneself if a huge advantage. In this wonderful book, Guy allows us to understand his journey of discovering his way. This narrative gives us each the gift of helping us understand ourselves better-- helping us become better investors. I am both inspired and impressed by his example. <i>Lisa O'Dell Rapuano, founder, Lane Five Capital Management</i>\", 'Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it takes to succeed in investing and life. A must read! <i>John Mihaljevic, CFA, Managing Editor, The Manual of Ideas</i>', \"<i>The Education of a Value</i> Investor is full of pearls of wisdom that can make you a better investor, and its honesty will inspire and surprise you. It's the best book I've read that shares both highly valuable investing lessons and a fascinating description of the journey from novice to master investor. <i>Ken Shubin Stein, MD CFA, Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing, Columbia Business School</i>\", 'Highly readableoffers practical tools for everyone <i>James Mackintosh, Financial Times</i>', 'The most interesting investment book this year. <i>Phil Demuth, Forbes.com</i>', '', \"<b>Guy Spier</b>has run the Aquamarine Fund for the last 17 years. An ardent disciple of Warren Buffett, Guy launched the fund with $15 million in assets, closely replicating the structure and approach of Buffett's original partnerships. Guy received his education at Oxford University, where he was a tutorial partner of the current British Prime Minister David Cameron and came top of his class in economics. After a stint in management consulting, he attended Harvard Business School, then worked as an investment banker before starting his own fund. He is a regular commentator in the media, having appeared on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox Business News.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Renewing of the Mind Project: Going to God for Help with Your Habits, Goals, and Emotions\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals\nDescription: ['', '\"There has been a lot of commentary about \"Instant Pot\" books lately, about the many unauthorized uses of the name, and the many free e-books...and some resulting food waste...There have been a couple of books published with permission, and there are some high quality print cookbooks soon to be available, after many long months/years in development. Here is one!\" <strong>Donna Haney, Social Media and Affiliate Coordinator, Instant Pot</strong>', '\"The Instant Pot intimidated me. For this busy mom, it was like learning to cook all over again and I didnt really have the time. So in the garage it satuntil I got this cookbook. Here I found approachable Instant Pot recipes that the whole family could enjoy. Whether you are new to the Instant Pot or if you are a pressure-cooker pro looking for fresh inspiration, <em>The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals</em> needs to be in your kitchen!\"<strong>-Julie Clark, <em>Tastes of Lizzy T</em> blog</strong>', '\"<em>The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook</em> is packed with 100+ recipes all exclusively designed for the Instant Pot. I get some of my best recipe ideas from traditional cookbooks like this one. I like that the pressure cooking times are all set out for me-figuring that out can be the trickiest part!\"<strong>-Megan Gilmore, <em>Detoxinista</em> blog</strong>', '', 'Laurel Randolph is a Los Angeles-based food writer and recipe developer who has contributed food articles to Paste Magazine, Wise Bread, and Serious Eats. In her free time, you can usually find her browsing a farmers market, eating tacos or Vietnamese food, or cooking up a storm at home.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Jolly Rogers: The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17\nDescription: ['Blackburn is not self-effacing about his World War II service, referring to \"my fantastically successful tour\" as pilot and commanding officer. Retired Admiral James Stockdale\\'s introduction and the text itself leave no doubt that modesty in this case would be practically impossible. Blackburn was an exceptionally talented, resourceful, inspiring leader who imparted to his men a fierce warrior ethic. Equipped with F4U Corsair fighter planes, his squadron downed at least 154 Japanese planes during the 76 days they were in combat in the South Pacific. Thirteen of the \"Jolly Rogers,\" including the author, became air aces. The book is a seemingly complete history of the squadron from its commissioning in January 1943 to its disbandment in April 1944, and what makes it especially noteworthy is the author\\'s straight-forward description of the methods he used organizing, training, leading his pilots in combat, and developing air tactics. Clearly Blackburn knew what he wanted and how to obtain results. Photos. <br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: He Won't Know It's Paleo: 100+ Autoimmune Protocol recipes to create with love and share with pride\nDescription: ['<span>\"Proper nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress management are the foundations of well-being. But what do we do when the foods we eat make us sick? Where do we look for answers? And what do we do when traditional medicine fails us? Bre\\'anna Emmitt is a brave soul who took matters into her own hands to find help for herself. What she discovered is the healing power of food.\"</span><br /><span>- Simone Norris, MD</span><br /><br /><span>\"He Won\\'t It\\'s Paleo\" is one of the most creative Autoimmune Protocol cookbooks I\\'ve seen yet! Bre\\'anna has adapted all your familiar favorites to elimination diet-friendly versions. The recipes and mouth-watering photography cover everything from apple pie to enchiladas. Tricking her hubby into making a dietary transition is what inspired Bre\\'anna\\'s inventive creations and with her help, you can keep the secret from your family too. Shhh!\" </span><br /><span>-Angie Alt, author of \"The Alternative Autoimmune Cookbook\"</span><br /><br /><span>\"Bre\\'anna Emmitt is the Paula Deen of the AIP community, providing the comfort food we love, with one big difference: these recipes are good for our health.\" Eileen Laird, author of the popular AIP blog \"Phoenix Helix\"</span>', \"It's not often that gluten-free, grain-free and allergen-free food is delicious enough to sneak past a gluten-loving, All-American eater. But in<i>He Won't Know It's Paleo,</i>Bre'anna Emmitt takes you right into her kitchen where she prepared only paleo autoimmune protocol meals for six months before she finally came clean with her husband, Chris. In that time, she noticed drastic improvement in her two autoimmune diseases and began her popular blog,<i>He Won't Know It's Paleo</i>.Each recipe in this book was created with love, shared with sneakiness, and enjoyed with gusto. Her guideline to publishing is always this:If a recipe doesn't meet her non-paleo husband's approval, it doesn't get published.<br /><br />Following the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol does not have to mean compromising great taste. Bre'anna's hope is that these recipes become your new family favorites - ones that not only improve your health, but that bring good food and great joy around your dinner table.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Summertime Learning: Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten\nDescription: ['Summertime Learning Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten, Grade K by Teacher Created Resources Staff. Published by Teacher Created Resources,2010, Binding: Paperback', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Wiersbe Bible Commentary 2 Vol Set w/CD Rom (Wiersbe Bible Commentaries)\nDescription: ['<DIV><B>Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe</B> is an internationally known Bible teacher and the former pastor of three churches, including the Moody Church in Chicago. For ten years he served as general director and Bible teacher for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast. Dr. Wiersbe has written more than 150 books, including the popular \"Be\" series of expositional Bible studies, which has sold more than four million copies. In 2002, he was awarded the Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He and his wife, Betty, live in Lincoln, Nebraska.</DIV>']",
"rejected": "Title: 7 Secrets to Mastering Stress for Unstoppable Success: The Divine Journey to Healing the Body and Creating Your Joy\nDescription: ['Lisa has a deep appreciation of God and His Creation. She is inclined to enjoy nature by walking and driving throughout the country just to experience the wonder of such beauty.<br /><br /> Her education includes a Doctor of Pharmacy, Real Estate Broker, Masters in Business Administration, Doctor of Ministry and Certified Professional Coach.<br /><br /> She is a speaker, author, singer, songwriter, and producer of musical productions, business owner, pharmacist and minister. She believes her mission is to share the teachings and reality of God through biblical understanding.<br /><br /> Lisa is a proponent of lifestyle and health that has a significant foundation in faith for vibrant wellbeing. She thrives in the grace and joy of our Creator daily.<br /><br /> How thoughts manifest reality and managing judgment are her pillars for building a life of gratitude and thanksgiving. She believes these are the tools for creating your joy.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Cars Read-Along Storybook and CD\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: MH2: Metalheart is Movement\nDescription: [\"The Metal Heart book contains exclusive computer-generated hardcore visuals, numerous experimental artworks by Anders F. Ronnblom and Andreas Lindholm, as well as contributions from renowned digital artists. The Metal Heart project started in 1998 when Swedish designers Anders F. Ronnblom and Andrea Lindholm release the emBox/Brainreactor prototype DVD with fonts and 3D typefaces for people to experiment with. The book is a compilation of digital images and design samples of this project. All the images are identified with title, the name of the artist, description and the software which was used to make it. The accompanying DVD includes postscript fonts, 3D typeface images with alpha-channels and paths, samples from Metal Heart background royalty-free collections, 100 MB high-res images, animations, video clips and graphic libraries. The Metal Heart project has been regularly promoted in Ronnblom's worldwide publication EFX Art & Design magazine, as well as on several websites, resulting in high expectations and a large amount of pre-orders.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance\nDescription: ['I believe with my whole heart that Swipe Right is going to inspire and challenge you, and not only that, but could redirect the course of your life and relationships. You might not be in a relationship, or maybe youve had many, but no matter who you are, my husband wrote this book for you. The truth, hope, and humor that drip from these pages are incredible. Its a book that needed to be written, my husband poured his heart into it, and Im excited for all that God has for you as you read it. Buckle up. (<i>Jennie Lusko</i>)<br /><br />My friend Levi is an expert at presenting the raw truth in a relevant way. In Swipe Right he provides a refreshingly real approach to the new challenges our culture is facing concerning sex and intimacy. Its a perspective I believe we need now more than ever. (<i>Steven Furtick Pastor, Elevation Church, and New York Times bestselling author</i>)<br /><br />One day, someday, there will be a day where you will need the down-to-earth wisdom in this book like you will oxygen. Because as Levi so aptly appropriates, our approach to sex and romance is of life-and-death importance---at least if you care at all about your soul, that hidden thing at the core of who we are that filters the way we experience everything we do in life and death, for better or for worse. And at the core of this book is a soul-watering desire to see yours be better, in a world that increasingly seems to be settling for worse. Levi makes the taboo seem candid, the old-school the new-school, and the difficult more than just possible but altogether life-saving. (<i>Joel Houston Songwriter, Hillsong United, and pastor, Hillsong NYC</i>)<br /><br />I love that Levi is bringing to light the life-and-death power of sex and romance for such a time as this. I have two daughters, and there is a new level of crazy lately in the world. You should thank God that this book is in your hands. Swipe Right is a timely, wonderful, prophetic, and needed message for our generation. (<i>Christine Caine Founder of the A21 Campaign and bestselling author of Unashamed</i>)<br /><br />Helpful. Timely. Needed. Swipe Right does what few dating books can: it calls us to a life of purity, fidelity, and honor, not in hopes of earning the perfect mate, but because we already have the hope of heaven and perfection of Jesus in our hearts. I am so grateful God has raised up Levi Lusko to be a voice of truth and grace-covered conviction for this generation. If you are wondering what Gods plans are for your love life, or leading those in search of his plan for theirs, you need this book. (<i>Louie Giglio Pastor of Passion City Church, founder of Passion Conferences, and author of The Comeback</i>)<br /><br />Sex is wonderful. Sex is powerful. According to Levi, while sex is the source of great pleasure, it has the potential to cause great pain. In Swipe Right Levi leverages his past as well as principles from the New Testament to help readers make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. (<i>Andy Stanley Pastor, North Point Community Church, and author of Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend</i>)<br /><br />When it comes to sex, dating, and marriage, most of us would agree things arent going well. We want something different, something better. Levi Lusko has written a game-changing book on pursuing the relationship God truly wants you to have. His book Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance is funny and engaging, while simultaneously practical and hard-hitting. Its full of in-your-face truth that will empower you to love your future spouse in a healthy and God-honoring way. (<i>Craig Groeschel Pastor of Life.Church and author of From This Day Forward: Five Commitments to Fail Proof Your Marriage</i>)<br /><br />I wish this book had been around in 1970. I wish someone had handed it to a fifteen-year-old kid in West Texas. I wish someone had said to him, Lucado, quit listening to the locker room lectures on sex. Listen to what God says. The book wasnt around back then, but it is here today. And Levi Lusko has a good word, not just for fifteen-year-old boys but for all of us to suffer the consequences of a sex-saturated society. This is a good book. Study it, ponder it, and, if you know a fifteen-year-old, tell them to read it. (<i>Max Lucado New York Times bestselling author</i>)<br /><br />In a cultural climate that attempts to treat the sacred nature of relationship and sexual intimacy as casual, Levi Lusko has yielded his pen to Gods hand to share what is paramount on Gods heart. Swipe Right is the clarion call this generation needs in order to understand that God is not keeping you from a thing; hes keeping you for a thing. The lie of the enemy is that we can easily recover from premature sexual intimacy without incident. A loving God knows otherwise. With love, balance, wit, and humor, Levi has crafted a book that will inform generations to come. This book isnt about ceasing external behaviors that dont honor God. Its about living for God and loving God in a way where we honor his word---even regarding sex---when it is not convenient. And we do so because we love him! (<i>John Gray Associate teaching pastor, Lakewood Church, and author of I Am Number 8</i>)<br /><br />Thank God for people like Levi Lusko who are dedicated to bringing light to the issues that we all face. Swipe Right is an inspirational look at love, sex, and romance and highlights what our generation so often misses. I believe this resource will help many to understand the true power and true beauty God intends for us in these important areas of life. (<i>Ben Houston Pastor, Hillsong LA</i>)', '', 'Levi Lusko, author of the bestselling books <em>Through the Eyes of a Lion</em> and <em>Swipe Right,</em> is the lead pastor of Fresh Life Church in Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, and Utah. He and his wife, Jennie, have one son, Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven. Levi travels around the world speaking about Jesus. ']",
"rejected": "Title: The Peaceful Warrior Collection\nDescription: ['Book in very good condition, it only misses the dust cover. Fast Amazon shipping, delivery tracking number, no hassle, return policy - your satisfaction is guaranteed.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Revelation 8-22 Exegetical Commentary (Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary)\nDescription: ['This is a commentary on the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible, not on an English translation. This commentary stresses the development of the argument of Revelation and its central theme. An attempt has been made to show how each section of a book fits together with the preceding and following sections.', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Tatlin: New Art for a New World, International Symposium\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Big Red Tractor and the Little Village\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Organic Chemistry (with CengageNOW 2-Semester Printed Access Card) (Available Titles CengageNOW)\nDescription: ['\"McMurry\\'s greatest strength to this reviewer is the level of presentation, the emphasis on physical principles. I think the questions in McMurry both in text and end of chapter are excellent.\"<br /><br />\"The material has a far greater biological focus, which is done successfully. This is a big plus in my mind. . . . the chemistry is presented with a high degree of accuracy. There are certainly no major problems.\"<br /><br />\"The chapter problems are excellent and challenge students at many levels. Chapter summaries are well written. The \\'Why This Chapter\\' lead-ins are superb.\"<br /><br />\"The author has always produced a well written book that is easy to read. That is a comment I have heard from both other colleagues and students alike. This has always been a general strength of the text. I was happy to see the inclusion of the \\'Focus On\\' topics as supplements to the chapter\\'s material to excite the students about other topics in organic chemistry related to the chapter material. I think these are quite informative for the students.\"<br /><br />\"We have been using McMurry\\'s text for the past several years here at UA, and I am, therefore, quite familiar with it. The general strengths include the readability and a wealth of good problems.\"', 'John E. McMurry received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellow. He has received several awards, which include the National Institutes of Health Career Development Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, and the Max Planck Research Award. In addition to ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, he is also the author or coauthor of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH, FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Francis Chan - Forgotten God Full Set - Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (Book + Workbook + DVD)\nDescription: ['Brand New: Book, DVD, & Study Guide!!!']",
"rejected": "Title: 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga\nDescription: ['', '\"...David weaves an engrossing and unforgettable story with the precision of a historan and the color of a true Indigenous storyteller.\"<br />- Rosanna Deerchild, author, <i>This Is a Small Northern Town</i>', '<br />\"...a masterpiece of traditional knowledge; a powerful gift to share!\"<br /> - Betty Ross, Elder, Cross Lake First Nation', 'Healing lies in knowing our past, not just of our lives, but also the distant past of our ancestors. The interweaving movements from present to past and past to present are like waves of cleasing waters waching in to the present, and back out to that distant past. It\\'s mesmerizing.\"<br /> - Beatrice Mosionier, author, <i>In Search of April Raintree</i>', '\"...a powerful message through image and work [that] will engage readers in an historical and insightful story....\"<br />- David Booth, author and educator', '\"...Reconciliatrion is about respect...and self-respect is where it starts. A good story is worth tellin, and when told well is worth reading. Especially this one.\"<br />- Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair, <i>Truth and Reconciliation Commision of Canada<br /></i>', '', 'A brave story told in graphic-novel format that will engage young adults.', '', '']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Ancient Egyptian Magic\nDescription: ['\"[A] dazzling array of age-old mysteries.\" -- <i>Dallas Morning News</i>', '', 'Bob Brier is a world-famous Egyptologist who has conducted research on pyramids and tombs in fifteen countries. A senior research fellow at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, he is the author of seven books, including <em>The Murder of Tutankhamen</em>, and hosted the <em>Great Egyptian</em> series for the Learning Channel.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The case of the Beryl G\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Unleashing the Word of God\nDescription: [\"Going thru the maze? Time for clarity!<br /><br />Posted by Roger R. on Mar 20th 2012<br /><br />I tore apart my NT in about '82, did my best to put it into Acts and started to understand a wider picture of what happened and why. The book, Revolutionary Bible Study; greatly increased the vision of what took place. Thanks, Gene. I appreciate your time that it took to research and compile such a simple help! I watched on youtube the 5-part series on the chaotic order we are faced with and was deeply encouraged! <br /><br />Got saved in 1976, bored in 1979, stayed home after that, began wondering why the NT didn't make sense when reading it from Matthew to Revelation... too many gaps that I could not follow, so I decided to re-arrange what I had. Found a LOT of the missing pieces..where was Paul? Why did Peter and Paul write similar letters to the believers? What was happening in Rome and Jerusalem that made them write that? How did they keep in touch? And what the heck was going on with them both writing to ordain elders when there was no need to?? And why on earth do we still have this curse upon us (elder mentality??) <br /><br />In '82, I did not find anyone who was willing to touch their book, to tear it apart and reconstruct it in order to better come to grips with what happened, and what is going on today...I met Him in'76 and knew something was amiss..wanted clarity and help to balance what I was being taught (ex-baptist, ex-Plymouth brethren, now evangelical free pastor's teaching) sorry, I just didn't get it .. lost a lot of friends, but met some wonderful sisters and brothers during the process! <br /><br />One last thing... once in the maze - being free is A-mazing! --on SeedSowers website\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Faeries and Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Pacts With the Devil: A Chronicle of Sex, Blasphemy and Liberation\nDescription: ['\"Extremely disturbing.\" -- David Carrico, Christian Broadcasting Network', '\"This volume is dangerous.\" --The Black Flame', 'S. Jason Black was a professional writer and artist, and a life-long student and practitioner of Magick and Tantra. He worked as a professional Psychic, much sought after for his accuracy.', 'Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D., was trained in both psycho-physiology and clinical psychology, and he practiced as a Psychotherapist for many years. He published many articles in peer-reviewed, professional journals. Today he is known as the world-famous author of a wide variety of books on Psychology, Sex Magick, Tantra, Tarot, Self-transformation and Western Magic.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Classroom Preparation, Readiness, + Strategies\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Necronomicon\nDescription: ['', 'Simon is a student of magic, occultism, and religion since the mid-1960s and the editor of the <em>Necronomicon</em>, Simon was a frequent lecturer for the famed Warlock Shop in Brooklyn and the Magickal Childe Bookstore in Manhattan for more than ten years before his sudden disappearance in 1984, speaking on topics as diverse as religion and politics, occultism and fascism, ceremonial magic, demonolatry, the Tarot, the Qabala, and Asian occult systems. He also conducted private classes for the New York City OTO during this period, with a focus on Enochian magic, \"Owandering bishops,\" and Afro-Caribbean occult beliefs. An ordained priest of an Eastern Orthodox church, Simon has appeared on television and radio discussing such topics as exorcism, satanism, and Nazism. The media events he organized in the 1970s and 1980s -- with rock bands, ritual performances, and celebrity appearances -- helped to promote the \"occult renaissance\" in New York City. After decades of study in European, Asian, and Latin American cult centers, this book marks his first public appearance in more than twenty years.']",
"rejected": "Title: Vampires at the Opera\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Complete Picatrix: The Occult Classic of Astrological Magic Liber Atratus Edition\nDescription: ['I was first introduced to Picatrix in 1998 by my magical teacher, Robert Zoller. At that time it was only available in Latin. What Latin I now have, I learned from working with Picatrix. John Greer and I worked together for over two years on this translation, and now finally, a complete and usable English translation of Picatrix is available.<br /><br />This translation is indeed complete, including all four books of Picatrix, the most famous grimoire of astrological magic. We used the Pingree\\'s Latin critical edition, so this translation is authoritative, relying on multiple manuscripts, rather than on a single variant. Why translate from the Latin? Well, firstly John Greer, my co-translator, is an excellent Latinist, but neither of us has a sufficient grasp of medieval Arabic. However, what I do have is a mastery of traditional astrology. Picatrix is so heavily astrological that the non-expert is completely lost when it comes to making an intelligible translation. Some other translations, despite ostensibly being from Arabic, have suffered greatly from an almost complete lack of astrological knowledge, leaving large sections incoherent and incomprehensible.<br /><br />By contrast, our translation of the Picatrix reveals its true sweep and splendor as Picatrix is both an exhaustive manual of practical astrological magic as well as an expansive treatise on the Hermetic philosophy of astrology, alchemy and magic. This translation includes an extensive introduction and copious annotations, over 450 footnotes for 309 pages of text!<br /><br />Like Agrippa\\'s Three Books of Occult Philosophy which relies heavily on it, Picatrix represents the distillation of many earlier works. Written circa AD 1000 in Moorish Spain and translated into Latin in 1256 at the court of the Castilian king Alphonso the Wise, Picatrix is an authentic ancient work. The author says he consulted over 200 books of magic, astrology and alchemy. Picatrix was and still remains the premier grimoire of astrological magic, the highest of high magic, combining, as it does, ceremonial magic with the precise timing of traditional astrology. Picatrix explains how to create hundreds of different types of astrological talismans, including planetary, Mansions of the Moon, decan/face and house based talismans. Picatrix includes extensive planetary invocations and ritual from the pagan Sabians of Harran, renowned medieval magicians and astrologers. Sublime Neoplatonic and Hermetic philosophy bumps shoulders with \"confections\" of the brain of a black dove or blood sacrifice.<br /><br />We have been very careful to produce an authoritative translation of the Latin Picatrix, which will satisfy both scholarly interest as well as be of use to the contemporary practitioner. The various editions of the Picatrix, for example, this edition, the Liber Atratus, available through Amazon, or other editions, including the Liber Rubeus and Liber Viridis Green Magic edition, available through the Renaissance Astrology website, all have the same authoritative, complete translation of Picatrix, newly revised from our earlier versions. The separate editions have different formatting and fonts, and add to the complete translation, additional useful and interesting material.<br /><br />Despite its popularity among mages, Picatrix was never published until the modern era. Finally, a complete, lucid and clear English translation is available!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: FLOSO Unisex Mens/Womens Thinsulate Polar Fleece Ski/Winter Thermal Hat (3M 40g) (22.8 inches) (Grey)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur\nDescription: ['Part adventure tale and part <I>grimoire</I>, <I>The Lost Books of Merlyn</I> remains true to the Druids\\' method of wrapping important knowledge in a story. Monroe\\'s tale of the British Celts, their conflict with the Romans, and the last days of King Arthur, recounts the demise of the Druids but reveals the hope of their resurrection today. Coupled with an abundance of spells, charms, and sacred rites, this is more than just a well-written fantasy, more than just a well-stocked spell book. <I>The Lost Books of Merlyn</I> is both teacher and course. Whether you read it as a work of fiction or dig for a deeper meaning, you will hear a voice in these pages speaking to you as Merlyn speaks to the author: \"Now, at last, it is your turn to understand what has already been lived, and what may come of it.\" <I>--Brian Patterson</I>', 'In ancient Britain, the natives followed a religion based on the Goddess of the Moon. When the ancient Druids came with the Celts to the British Isles, they brought with them solar worship of a Sun God. Rather than force their beliefs onto the people, they combined the two, becoming the Priests of this all-encompassing faith. Today, what we base on these ancient traditions is called Celtic Wicca or Witchcraft. <p/>There are many books written by scholars about the Druids. <i>The Lost Books of Merlyn</i> is also written by a scholar of the ancient teachings, but with one difference: Douglas Monroe presents the information so that you can use it today, for personal transformation and growth. <p/>There are three sections or \"books\" here which are derived from an ancient manuscript called \"The Book of Pheryllt.\" He uses the ancient texts to recreate the lore and legends of the ancient Celts. But this is not just a book of stories. Within each story is the wisdom of the Druids. <p/>When the Druids roamed the Celtic lands, people knew the meanings within their stories. Today, much of that knowledge has been forgotten. So at the end of each section Douglas includes explicit instructions you can use to transform your life. He includes oracles and protection rituals, healing herbs, and musical secrets, how to tap into the energy of the earth, your own energy and even how to work with your dreams and astral project. He also reveals the ancient ways of evocation and the secrets of plants, herbs, and the sources of the Charms of Making (popularized in a movie). <p/>Isn\\'t it time you went back to the source? If you\\'re involved or interested in any form of Celtic Wicca, I think you\\'re going to love this book. <p/> <br>']",
"rejected": "Title: True Justice-- a Croft Mob Family/FBI Crossover (Croft Family Mob Justice) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Vampyre Magick: The Grimoire of the Living Vampire\nDescription: ['\"A compelling and elegant presentation of the history, rituals, and customs of a specific spiritual movement. It has the quality of permanence, and it will likely make an enduring contribution to sanguinary lore.\" -<b>Dr. Katherine Ramsland</b>, author of <i>The Science of Vampires</i> and <i>Piercing the Darkness</i>', 'Father Sebastiaan is an avid student of chaos magick and esoteric studies, and is the founder of Sabretooth, a fangsmithing company, and the event coordination company, Endless Night Productions. Visit him at: www.sabretooth.com and www.fathersebastiaan.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers by Burns, Cherie [Hardcover(2011/9/13)]\nDescription: ['Excellent Book']"
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"chosen": "Title: Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampire\nDescription: ['\"Vampire fads come and go, emerging each decade in some new form, but for those for whom the vampiric mystique is a calling, the choices inspired become a life path. <i>Vampyre Sanguinomicon</i> offers a compelling and elegant presentation of the history, rituals, and customs of a specific spiritual movement. It has the quality of permanence, and it will likely make an enduring contribution to sanguinary lore.\" -<b>Dr. Katherine Ramsland</b>, author of <i>The Science of Vampires</i> and <i>Piercing the Darkness</i><br /><br />\"<i>The Sanguinomicon</i> provides a unique and valid look at one of the oldest Vampyre traditions in the modern living vampire subculture. Full of rich descriptions and details of the past, it delves deep into the many aspects long whispered about in the shadows. Highly recommended.\" -Corvis Nocturnum, author of <i>Allure of the Vampire</i>', 'Father Sebastiaan has been at the center of the Vampyre/vampire subculture since 1992. He is an avid student of chaos magick and esoteric studies, and is the founder of SABRETOOTH, a fansgsmithing company, as well as the event coordination company Endless Night Productions. Author websites: www.sabretooth.com and www.fathersebastiaan.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: LearnSmart Standalone Access Card for Deutsch: Na klar!\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Book of Smokeless Fire\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and Its Black Physicians: The Early Years\nDescription: ['\"Kaplan\\'s book goes far beyond a history of the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital and its black physicians. Kaplan weaves a narrative of the struggle of blacks, racism in the military, institutional racism, and the civil rights movement. Highly recommended\" --<i>Choice</i><br /><br />\"Worthwhile...interesting illustrations and is well referenced. A valuable addition to our understanding of the struggles of African-American physicians\" --<i>Watermark</i>', '<b>Mary Kaplan</b>, a clinical social worker, taught in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida and is the author of four books. She lives in New Port Richey, Florida.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Thorns of the Blood Rose\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Poems 4 A.M.\nDescription: ['In these poems, we come to know a different side of the acclaimed novelist Susan Minot. We find her awake in the middle of the night, contemplating love and heartbreak in all their exhilarating and anguished specifics. With astonishing openness, in language both passionate and enchanting, she offers us an intimate map of a troubled and far-flung heart: ?Can you believe I thought that?? she asks, ?That we would always go/roaming brave and dangerous/on wild unlit roads??<br><br>At once witty and tender, with Dorothy Parker?like turns of the knife and memorable partings from lovers in New York, London, Rome and beyond, these poems capture a restless movement through loves and locales, and charm us at every turn with their forthrightness.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', \"Susan Minot's first novel, <b>Monkeys</b>, was published in a dozen countries and received the Prix Femina Étranger in France. She is the author of <b>Lust & Other Stories, Folly, Evening</b>, and <b>Poems 4 A.M.</b>, and wrote the screenplay for Bernardo Bertolucci's <i>Stealing Beauty</i>. She lives on an island in Maine.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Witch's Eight Paths of Power: A Complete Course in Magick and Witchcraft\nDescription: ['\"Lady Sable Aradia has provided a succinct, applicable and integrative guide for \\'walking the 8-fold path with practical feet\\'. In this book, this much beloved and respected core Wiccan teaching is fleshed out and given muscle; so that all witches can hone their intent and refine their magic.\" --<b>Orion Foxwood</b>, author of <i>The Candle and the Crossroads</i> and <i>The Tree of Enchantment</i><br /><br />\"Lady Sable demystifies the Eightfold path of Witchcraft, providing powerful doorways to magical awareness using time-honored methods adapted for today\\'s modern Witch. Witches have long used the Eight paths of power to part the veil between the worlds and, through this book, Lady Sable has opened those paths anew that we may draw wisdom from the well-trod path.\" --<b>Christian Day</b>, author of <i>The Witches\\' Book of the Dead</i>', '<b>Lady Sable Aradia</b> is an initiated Third Degree High Priestess in the Star Sapphire and Pagans for Peace traditions and a licensed Wiccan minister. She has been teaching and advocating Witchcraft and magick for nearly twenty years. She is also a fantasy writer and a National Novel Writing Month winner. She lives in Vernon, BC, Canada. <i>www.sablearadia.webs.com</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World (science.culture)\nDescription: ['', \"Just as the body of knowledge evolves over time, so does the way scientists view the world they are explaining. This interplay between knowledge and mental model is the subject of Peter Dear's book. He shows how mechanistic explanations in physics and chemistry became ever more frequent after the industrial revolution, only to be supplanted by the nihilism of quantum theory in the social turmoil that followed the first world war. It is full of insights into how society, culture and people's perception interweave across biology, chemistry and physics.\", 'Scientists who wish to reflect on their vocation will gain valuable insights from this beautifully contrived book, and all readers will be prompted to think more carefully about the nature and ethos of science.', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series) (Cunningham's Encyclopedia Series)\nDescription: ['Some time ago I started to get into programming computers. There are books that teach programming languages. There are others that simply tell you what the commands are. They don\\'t teach you how to program, but you can use the information to make your programs work. In a sense, programming books don\\'t teach programming. <br>In a similar way, <i>Cunningham\\'s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs </i>doesn\\'t teach you how to do spells (although it does give a brief outline so you can use this without any other book). What it does do is give you all the information you need to make your spells, talismans, amulets, and rituals work better. <br>This book has become a classic in its field. Every time I visit an occult shop that sells herbs, I look to see what books they use as resources. Inevitably, this book is there, usually quite beaten up from constant use. The pros use it and so do over 200,000 people like you. <br>The cross-referenced index of folk names could be a book by itself. Did you know that if a magical spell calls for \"bats\\' wings\" you should use holly? Or did you know that if a magical recipe called for \"lapstones\" you should use potato? If you had this book you would know all that and more. You\\'d also learn that ragweed can be used for courage; lily of the valley can enhance mental powers and happiness; and chrysanthemums can be used for protection. <br>This book by Scott Cunningham is truly encyclopedic. It gives information on over 400 herbs in an easy-to-use format that makes working with the book clear and simple. If you do any sort of magic with herbs, or if you are interested in folklore, this is a book you must have. <p/>', 'Some time ago I started to get into programming computers. There are books that teach programming languages. There are others that simply tell you what the commands are. They don\\'t teach you how to program, but you can use the information to make your programs work. In a sense, programming books don\\'t teach programming. <br>In a similar way, <i>Cunningham\\'s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs </i>doesn\\'t teach you how to do spells (although it does give a brief outline so you can use this without any other book). What it does do is give you all the information you need to make your spells, talismans, amulets, and rituals work better. <br>This book has become a classic in its field. Every time I visit an occult shop that sells herbs, I look to see what books they use as resources. Inevitably, this book is there, usually quite beaten up from constant use. The pros use it and so do over 200,000 people like you. <br>The cross-referenced index of folk names could be a book by itself. Did you know that if a magical spell calls for \"bats\\' wings\" you should use holly? Or did you know that if a magical recipe called for \"lapstones\" you should use potato? If you had this book you would know all that and more. You\\'d also learn that ragweed can be used for courage; lily of the valley can enhance mental powers and happiness; and chrysanthemums can be used for protection. <br>This book by Scott Cunningham is truly encyclopedic. It gives information on over 400 herbs in an easy-to-use format that makes working with the book clear and simple. If you do any sort of magic with herbs, or if you are interested in folklore, this is a book you must have. <br> <br>']",
"rejected": "Title: Dealing with Success Killers\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: ABANDONADOS, LOS\nDescription: ['La vida es como un marido golpeador: cada tanto trae flores para renovar la licencia de los golpes. Asi piensa y asi vive Maxi el musico tan joven y tan viejo protagonista de Los abandonados. Adorable y aborrecible Maxi conoce el exito a la manera de Andy Warhol: en una rafaga. Mientras tanto consigue algo de dinero obtiene mujeres su perro sigue vivo. Tanta suerte tiene que ser puesta a prueba: hay que averiguar hasta donde se puede ser afortunado pero sabiendo como sabe Maxi que nada tiene demasiado sentido. El humor y el sexo se cruzan en esta primera novela de Luis Mey. El sexo como venganza tambien como forma de esquivar al amor y a la vez amar al menos un poco. El humor como una forma de tolerar las carencias y la ausencia de comunicacion que rodean al personaje y tal vez esgrimido como principio. Ambientada a comienzos del siglo veintiuno Los abandonados explaya los vacios de la epoca. Los pone de manifiesto sin tabues y los presenta como advertencia. Lo peor que se puede hacer es cruzar un precipicio en dos saltos. No por nada la novela comienza con esta cita: Maxi lo intenta todo el tiempo hasta de algun modo lograrlo.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch's Gramarye\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Pipes Are Calling\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Celebrate the Earth: A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition\nDescription: ['Published to coincide with the Pagan holiday Samhain on October 31st, this new title by a renowned author and Witch will appeal to spiritualists and environmentalists alike as it celebrates the eight holidays in the Pagan tradition. The Pagan origins of many of our everyday traditions, including the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, are celebrated here as holidays that spring from the seasons of the earth. Wit its practical suggestions for enjoying seasonal renewal, <i>Celebrate The Earth</i> blends all the richness and ancient lore of Witchcraft with how-to advice to create a modern-day celebration of nature. For each holiday, it offers instructions on: Earth magic--sample rituals, preparation, garb, herbcraft, spellcraft, and magical stones, for promoting love, romance, and healing. Holiday fare--recipes and menus to prepare. Ancient activities--crafts and games passed down through generations. Also included is a list of sources--an extensive bibliography, plus lists of specialty shops and mail order catalogs.', 'coincide with the Pagan holiday Samhain on October 31st, this new title by a renowned author and Witch will appeal to spiritualists and environmentalists alike as it celebrates the eight holidays in the Pagan tradition.The Pagan origins of many of our everyday traditions, including the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, are celebrated here as holidays that spring from the seasons of the earth. Wit its practical suggestions for enjoying seasonal renewal, <i>Celebrate The Earth</i> blends all the richness and ancient lore of Witchcraft with how-to advice to create a modern-day celebration of nature.For each holiday, it offers instructions on: Earth magic--sample rituals, preparation, garb, herbcraft, spellcraft, and magical stones, for promoting love, romance, and healing. Holiday fare--recipes and menus to prepare. Ancient activities--crafts and games passed down through generations. Also included is a list of sources--an extensive bibliography, plus lists of specialty s', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Allies & Adversaries: Equinox Trilogy Volume One\nDescription: ['D.J. Stearns graduated from Grand Valley State University with a BS in Communications. He has been reading Sci/fi fantasy books his whole life and finally decided to write his first novel. He currently lives in Michigan with his wife and two children.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bonded By Battle: The Powerful Friendships of Military Dogs and Soldiers, from the Civil War to Operation Iraqi Freedom\nDescription: ['Gr 5 UpStudents of military history and dog lovers rejoice. Pimm presents a brief but informative examination of canines\\' role in the military, going back as far as 4,000 BCE. The author briefly mentions dogs in the Napoleonic Wars before moving on to 19th- and 20th-century conflicts in which the United States has been involved. Pimm points out that animals associated with military units were usually mascots (e.g., Old Abe). The Great War\\'s Sergeant Stubby started out as a mascot but became a decorated military working dog. A chapter on \"war refugee\" Rin Tin Tin is also included. The author explores the U.S. Military Working Dog program by focusing on how different dog/handler pairs participated in various wars. An interesting discussion on whether animals should receive service awards and medals is featured. The text reads well, and footnotes are plentiful. An author\\'s note and back matter conclude the work. Pair this with Rebecca Frankel\\'s War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love or Ace Collins\\'s Man\\'s Best Hero: True Stories of Great American Dogs. VERDICT A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular.Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS', \"With machine-gun precision, Nancy Roe Pimm delivers colorful bursts of U.S. war history for all ages. Each chapter is a punchy profile in canine courage and a celebration of the bonds of hard work and sacrifice shared by all those who serve in uniform, whether on two legs or on four. --Randy Brown, author, <i>Welcome to FOB Haiku: War Poems from Inside the Wire</i><br /><br />Outstanding book! Nancy has captured what it's like for both the dog and handler. It is difficult for a dog handler to express just what transpires between him (or her) and the dog to someone who has never experienced that. Nancy gets it these are dog TEAMS. The dog and soldier read each other and respond to a situation accordingly. This short book is an easy read and can help anyone from 12 to 90 to also get it. --Darrell Trent, Vietnam sentry dog handler<br /><br />Students of military history and dog lovers rejoice. Pimm presents a brief but informative examination of canines' role in the military, going back as far as 4,000 BCE. The author briefly mentions dogs in the Napoleonic Wars before moving on to 19th- and 20th-century conflicts in which the United States has been involved. Pimm points out that animals associated with military units were usually mascots (e.g., Old Abe). The Great War's Sergeant Stubby started out as a mascot but became a decorated military working dog. A chapter on 'war refugee' Rin Tin Tin is also included. The author explores the U.S. Military Working Dog program by focusing on how different dog/handler pairs participated in various wars. An interesting discussion on whether animals should receive service awards and medals is featured. The text reads well, and footnotes are plentiful. An author's note and back matter conclude the work. VERDICT A sure bet wherever military and canine titles are popular. --Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life\nDescription: [\"<i>Wheel of the Year</i> has a down-home flavor reminiscent of visiting close friends or family on a winter evening. Campanelli's poetic style evokes the emotions of the different seasons as she shares how her family celebrates with rituals, recipes, and crafts, from the midsummer festivals of June to the kindling of the yule log in December. Within these pages, you will find enough ideas to fill your entire year with magic. <i>--Brian Patterson</i>\", \"Have you ever used a Ouija board? It's a variation on an older technique where you placed small cards, each with a letter of the alphabet, in a circle on top of a smooth, polished table. Then, you inverted a stemmed wineglass in the center of the circle. People around the table placed their fingertips on the base of the glass and it would start moving to the letters, spelling out words. It was quite the rage during the middle 1800s.\", 'You will discover further information on how to use the wineglass for divination and spirit contact, within the chapter on the month of October, in <i>Wheel of the Year</i> by Pauline Campanelli. You\\'ll also learn about apple traditions, hazel symbolism, the Samhain circle and feast of the dead, a Wassailing ritual, the \"Witching Hour,\" and much more.', \"That's only for October. Each of the other months is covered, sharing magical techniques, spiritual wisdom, rituals, lore, and Pagan traditions that will help make every day special.\", '<i>Wheel of the Year</i> is filled with the kind of ideas that are traditional and even ancient, but can make your life more fulfilling today and tomorrow. Get <i>Wheel of the Year</i> and enjoy life more. <br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Clausewitz and Contemporary War\nDescription: ['<br>Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1981, and the U.S. Army War College in 2002, and has served in a variety of military assignments. He received his doctorate in history from Princeton University in 1994, and is the author of several books and articles on military thinking and contemporary war. He is the Director of Research at the U.S. Army War College. <br><br>']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Iris and the Dragonflies\nDescription: ['Rosemary Danielis grew up in a part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada that no longer exists. The creek in the woods behind her small apartment is now an industrial development. Rosemary pursued her passion for literature and obtained a degree in English and Communications from McGill University. Rosemary has also written numerous online articles which can be found on her website: www.RosemaryDanielis.com. \"Iris and the Dragonflies\" was written for her children who rekindled her love for books and fantastical stories. Rosemary still lives in Montreal, the woods and the creek live on in her heart while the bugs and the flowers thrive in her beautiful garden. www.IrisAndTheDragonflies.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Light and Shadow- Monochromatic and Value Based Approaches in Charcoal, Oil and Ink\nDescription: ['This book details my approach to monochromatic and value based works in a variety of mediums. 120 full color pages. 6 Full tutorials. Several progress tutorials. Galleries featuring over 90 paintings and artwork made using the methods explained in the book.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Blaze of Glory (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"<i>Blaze of Glory</i> is one of those books that you just can\\'t put down. Think <i>Twilight</i> crossed with <i>The Horse Whisperer</i>.\" - <i>HorseJunkiesUnited.com</i><br /><br /><br />\"A well-written and enthralling novel - I can\\'t wait to see what rising star M. Garzon has in store next!\" - <i>Wendy Hines, MindingSpot</i><br /><br /><span>\"An addicting guilty pleasure of a novel with a level of steam an scandal that is way over the top - and oh so enjoyable to read.\" - <i>Erin Gilmore, Sidelines Magazine</i></span><i></i><br /><br />\"The characters are very well-written and complex. To me, <i>Blaze of Glory</i> is not just a \"horse\" book, it is a wonderful, romantic, intriguing story taking place in a horse setting.\" - <i>Kristen Bobbitt, Baby Giveaways Galore</i><br /><br />\"...you start reading a book by a new author and instantly know that you have stumbled upon greatness. That is exactly what happened when I picked up <i>Blaze of Glory</i>. Much like Sara Gruen in <i>Water for Elephants</i>, Garzon hooks the reader from the very beginning and doesn\\'t let go until the last page.\" - <i>Emily Browning, SheWhoLovesDogs</i><br /><br />\"Garzon has a gift for developing likeable characters.\" - <i>Chronicle of the Horse</i><br /><br />\"The story and characters are addictive.\" - <i>Horsemen\\'s Yankee Pedlar</i>', 'M. Garzon rode horses professionally for ten years, until an injury prompted a career change. She returned to school and completed a BSc; then, for good measure, an MBA. After several years of toiling as a business consultant, she turned to writing in a desperate bid to regain her sanity. A mom of two fabulous children, she lives in St-Lazare, QC and is currently working on the third book in the <i>Blaze of Glory</i> series.<br />Her website is mgarzon.ca', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Seventh Trumpet and the Seven Thunders: God's Prophetic Plan Revealed\nDescription: ['Russell Stendal, a former hostage of the Colombian rebels, is a lifelong missionary to that same group in the jungles of Colombia. He is an influential friend to military and government leaders in Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States. Russells ministry shares the gospel via twelve radio stations, hundreds of thousands of Bibles, books, and movies distributed through airplane parachute drops, and numerous speaking engagements for groups of leaders, prisoners, and individuals. Russell goes wherever the Lord leads, whether its to speak with a president or to go deep into the jungle to help an individual in trouble. He has witnessed thousands commit their lives to Christ.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Taste of Snow\nDescription: ['THE TASTE OF SNOW (reviewed on December 1, 2011) <br />Through trials and small miracles, a young girl gains a true appreciation for the magic of the holiday season in Masse s children s novel.', 'When 11-year-old Nicole Kinders receives a magic candy cane from a local shopkeeper on her way to school at the beginning of the holiday season, she pockets it gingerly but skeptically. However, immediately following the exchange, strange events occur and Nicole can t get the idea of magic out of her head during a fight on the school bus, when she goes skiing with her sister and the neighbor boys pelt them with golf balls and when she gets so sick that she s forced to miss an Advent church service. While she stays home in bed and her family is away, an accidental fire burns part of the house. Luckily she manages to escape, but all the close calls inspire her to return to the shopkeeper and demand he take back the candy cane because it isn t magic after all. He then helps her realize that although bad things have happened, good things have happened as well; her grandparents, uncle and new aunt have come to visit for the holidays and their presence is a kind of magic, too. But Nicole s greatest test is yet to come, when she ventures out on the snowy slopes by herself one afternoon and is stranded by nightfall. Will the magic of the candy cane be enough to protect her against the elements? The story s setting, a small village in the Alpine region of Austria, lends itself fabulously to this story in terms of sensory atmosphere and culture. Masse deftly describes the winter chill and the sights and smells of the holiday, while also weaving inspiring tales that demonstrate a deep appreciation for the triumph of the human spirit in a region where people have suffered hardships in the past century. Nicole grows as a character and readers will root for her as she learns to appreciate the blessings in her life and to confront her problems head on. Masse balances realistic harrowing experiences with festive holiday cheer and the result is a satisfying Christmastime novel.', 'A fresh Christmas story interspersed with joyful, age-old holiday traditions. --Kirkus Review', 'Stephen V. Masse was born in Boston. He wrote his first practice novel at age 13, handwritten into a composition book. His children s books are Shadow Stealer (Dillon Press, 1988) and Short Circus (Good Harbor Press, 2010) and The Taste of Snow (Good Harbor Press, 2011) The Taste of Snow was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2011 New England Book Festival for best books of the holiday season, as well as Honorable Mention in the 2012 New York Book Festival. In addition, Masse wrote A Jolly Good Fellow, winner of the Silver Medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as Honorable Mention in the 2008 New England Book Festival for best books of the holiday season.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Confessions: A New Translation\nDescription: ['', \"<strong>Peter Constantine</strong>'s most recent translations are Sophocles <em>Theban Trilogy</em>, <em>The Essential Writings of Machiavell</em>i, and <em>The Bird is a Raven</em> by Benjamin Lebert, which was awarded the Helen und Kurt Wolff Translation Prize. He was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for <em>Six Early Stories by Thomas Mann</em>, and the National Translation Award for <em>The Undiscovered Chekhov: Thirty-Eight New Stories</em>. His translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel received the Koret Jewish Literature Award and a National Jewish Book Award citation. He has recently translated Gogols <em>Taras Bulba</em>, Tolstoys <em>The Cossacks</em>, and Voltaires <em>Candide</em> for Modern Library. He was one of the editors for <em>A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000</em>, and is a senior editor at <em>Conjunctions</em>.\", '<strong>Jack Miles</strong> (Ph.D. Harvard) is Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies with the University of California at Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy. He spent 196070 as a Jesuit seminarian, studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before enrolling at Harvard University, where he completed a Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages in 1971. His book <em>GOD: A Biography</em> won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, and <em>Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God</em> led to his being named a MacArthur Fellow for 2003-07.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation (Reflections of America)\nDescription: ['', '\"These brilliantly written pieces stimulated the board into a lively discussion of language, point of view, and politics, and resulted in a<br /> resounding \\'yes\\' from everyone on the importance of using these two pieces together, as point-counterpoint on the themes of violence against women and the nuanced and challenging process of surviving that violence.\" <br /> --Minnie Bruce Pratt Creative Writing Editor for the <em>Feminist Studies Editorial Board</em><br /> <br /> \"Stark\\'s writing achieves something altogether new. It allows us a glimpse into the perceptive, multidimensional, and startlingly rich<br /> dissociative mind, in which the past can suddenly seem more real than the present and even the smallest detail can trigger overpowering memories, so that the impossibly hopeful conclusion feels all the more earned and satisfying.\"<br /> --Katie Hae Leo, playwright of <em>Four Destinies</em>', '\"Christine Stark\\'s novel <em>Nickels </em>is, in a word, stunning. It\\'s a tough read on many levels, not for the squeamish or lazy reader. But for the reader who is willing to work a bit, reading the novel is an amazing experience. ...It is a singular book that merits every reader it can get, not only because of the subject of the book worthwhile in itself but because of Stark\\'s artistry in writing it. When readers put the finished book down, they\\'ll never look at nickels again in quite the same way.\"<br /> --Michael Northen, Editor-in-Chief, <em>Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry</em>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Bunnicula Collection: Books 1-3: #1: Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery; #2: Howliday Inn; #3: The Celery Stalks at Midnight (The Bunnicula Series)\nDescription: [\"Each story in the popular and critically acclaimed series has been read by the talented actor, Victor Garber. Now fans who can't get enough of the vampire bunny, Bunnicula, will have something new to add to their collection.\", \"JAMES HOWE wrote <i>Bunnicula</i> with his late wife Deborah. Besides <i>Bunnicula</i>, they wrote <i>Teddy Bear's Scrapbook</i> together. James has since written more than fifty books for children, including <i>Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Nighty-Nightmare</i>, and <i>Return to Howliday Inn</i>.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Lightning-fast Spanish for Kids and Families: Learn Spanish, Speak Spanish, Teach Kids Spanish- Quick as a Flash, Even if You Don't Speak a Word Now! (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['I have read that children who are multi-lingual have an edge in life, and since I wanted the best for my crew I decided to teach them a second language. We tried many different systems, but never made much progress.<br /><br />I found the biggest obstacle to teaching my children a foreign language was time. I don\\'t speak the language, so in order to teach I would have to first research and memorize. Somehow that just never happened.<br /><br />I remember saying to my kids, \"If we can just get to the point where we can speak to each other in another language, I think it will all start to come together for us! We can practice around the house, and then get comfortable enough to try it with outsiders\".<br /><br />And then, the light bulb finally came on. Instead of waiting for us to gain the ability to talk to each other, perhaps I could pay attention to the things we talk about and have them professionally translated into another language - and we could start talking to each other in another language right away!<br /><br />This book is the result of that idea.I wrote down conversations from our daily activities, and then had them translated.We were able to use the new language immediately - and without setting aside any time from our busy schedule; we just incorporate them into our regular routine.<br /><br />We have had a lot of fun putting these together and using them, and have actually learned along the way.<br /><br />Now it\\'s your turn! Jump in and try it!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Indomitable Miss Harris\nDescription: ['', \"The author of over 40 romance novels and the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award, Amanda Scott lives in California, outside Sacramento. She is a fourth-generation Californian.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 77 Days in September: A Novel of Survival, Dedication, and Love (The Kyle Tait Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Ray Gorham lives in the small, farming community of Shepherd, Montana with his wife and five children. He runs his log home business by day and writes in the evenings, on weekends, and whenever the weather keeps him inside.']",
"rejected": "Title: Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Flash Cards: Microbiology (Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak about Addiction and Dependency (Reflections of America)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Toronto 2018 Wall Calendar\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps®\nDescription: [\"Maureen Stearns obviously has experience working with students. In her book, Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps, she shares her clear and simple system for multiplying that I plan to use with my students from here on out. As a teacher and administrator, I have seen many methods attempted to help students gain understanding of multiplication. An important aspect to Ms. Stearns' Sticks and Steps Method is that she shows concretely what multiplication is, instead of just having students memorize the times tables. With a better understanding of why multiplication is used, it's much easier for students to make sense of the process. Without that understanding, true learning is not taking place. I am grateful to Ms. Stearns for creating a book that teaches us all how to help students understand several math concepts with better clarity. She not only teaches multiplication, but also shows how the method works with division, least common multiples, and square roots. She also uses bigger numbers to show how the process works correctly every time. The book is simple to read and understand, and then teach to students. Students could even read this book and understand it themselves. There are step-by-step instructions as well as sample problems showing how the process works. There is a natural flow throughout the book as concepts get more difficult and problems can still be solved using her method. I highly recommend Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps to any teacher looking to find a concrete way to teach multiplication and division that literally shows students on paper what is happening during the process. This is a must-have for math teachers with struggling students. I will be passing this book along to all of my teachers. --Christine Watson for ReaderViews.com ----------------------------------------- Using clear illustrations of sticks and steps, the author employs a multi-sensory system of teaching and learning that is superior to the rote memory so often expected of children learning to multiply and divide. With touching, auditory, and verbal prompts, students are learning concepts with a concrete rather than an abstract model. Plus this new system of learning multiplication and division is fun! Confidence soars with success and each set of problems ends with a boxed inset of concept reinforcer, plus an inspiring quotation or proverb about learning and living each day. Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps is a teaching text intended for adults and educators and older students. --Midwest Book Review<br /><br />I can honestly say that I have never seen such an effective method for teaching multiplication and division. I myself struggled with a learning disability while growing up. If this had been available to me, my struggles would have been quickly resolved. --Rachel R. Godfrey, St. Petersburg<br /><br />Sticks and Steps is a concrete method for teaching students of all ages how to multiply and divide. It is quick and fun! Math concepts can seem very abstract, but in just a short time not only will Sticks and Steps help students achieve a better understanding of math, it will boost math confidence as well. --Cheryl Woodwell, Elementary Educator, Gifted Certified\", \"All kids want to recall their multiplication facts automatically. But if they can't Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps is for them. If they can count, they can multiply and get the RIGHT answer every time!\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Song For A Princess\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 1Happiness abounds in the bright, cheerful palace garden in which the princess and her friend share stories. A little brown bird gathers their words and weaves them into his nest. He prefers words over worms, since words can bring happiness over and over again, whereas worms are gone in two beakfuls. But then the friend has to go away, and the princess's resulting loneliness brings rain and gloom to the garden. Following the traditional fairy-tale pattern, all the people of the land try to cheer the princess, but only the most unlikely hero succeeds. The flashier palace birds give it their best shot but fail. Instead it is the plain brown bird who brings her solace, using the words he has collected to sing a lullaby about friendship. The illustrations use collage elements to add texture and incorporate words into the hills, the trees, and the bird's nest. Bright colors create a cheerful book, even during the princess's lonely period. Little girls with a princess fixation will enjoy this one and relate to the universal theme of missing a friend. Adult readers will appreciate a princess option about the sustaining power of words and story, with nary a prince anywhere.Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, OR(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", \"<b>Rachael Mortimer</b> is the author of <i>Sammy's Surprise Deliveries</i>, <i>Snoring Beauty</i>, and <i>The Three Billy Goats Fluff</i>. She lives in London with her husband and their two daughters.\", \"<b>Maddy McClellan</b> is the illustrator of <i>The Princess and the Pets</i>, <i>Kit the Cat, Dig the Dog and Other Stories</i>, <i>T'wit T'woo</i>, and many other picture books. She lives with her husband and their two sons in South Downs, England, where she works in an old flint barn, visited daily by the odd chicken or duck.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Out of the Woods: Healing Lyme Disease--Body, Mind & Spirit\nDescription: ['Katina I. Makris, CCH, CIH, has been a Classical Homeopath for 26 years and a popular health columnist. She sat on the Board of the Council for Homeopathic Certification and currently works as a Lyme disease consultant and Intuitive Healer. She is a graduate of the Stillpoint Institute of Life Healing and holds a BA from Duke University.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan: Volume Two Martial Arts Application\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Journey to Virginland: Catena\nDescription: [\"''Shatters perceptions, satirizes religion...''--Cynthia Collins, <i>The US Review of Books</i>\", \"''The reader will be deeply tested.'' --<i>L'idea Magazine</i>\", \"''A novel completely different than anything I have ever read before.''--Paige Lovitt, <i>Reader Views</i>\", \"''An engrossing, brilliantly crafted read. A searing commentary on the earth and its inhabitants... A controversial, Kafkaesque narrative of life. Melikian is an astonishing writer who teaches his reader about life and the human condition through tragedy and humor.'' --Leia Menlove, <i>ForeWord Reviews</i>\", \"''The author has moved ahead of the zeitgeist. The self-confident writing is of high quality. The novel is ambitious and certainly breaks new ground.''--<i>Writer's Digest</i>\", \"''A book unlike any other... A very intelligently written, original work of fiction... A book quite out of the ordinary.''--Kam Aures, <i>Rebecca's Reads</i>\", \"''Melikian's writing will shake the very fabric of literature, enticing readers to take notice.''--Angela Kinder, <i>Edge of Insane</i>\", \"''What a cosmology it is! Equal parts <i>Animal Farm</i> and <i>Finnigan's Wake</i>! ...sets off every moral compass and hypocrisy like a stick of dynamite. Sometimes a work of literature holds up a mirror and forces us to look. I believe <i>Catena</i> is one of those works.''--Curt Finch, Author\", \"''...is of unquestionable merit in its cynicism, non-conformity, and linguistic fireworks.''--Literary Journal <i>KRITIIKKI</i> (Finland)\", \"''Could be the next bestseller. Give it a try, it's certainly different.''--<i>Bookpleasures</i>\", \"''Everything we know on religion, war, economy, and social mores are up for grabs in a satirical and nihilistic sojourn. Melikian is definitely a much-needed voice in the ever-diversifying world of literature.'' --Monique Muro, <i>Long Beach Book Examiner</i>\", \"''A fun and enlightening read and is quite the recommendation.'' ----<i>Midwest Book Review</i>\", '<b>Armen Melikian</b> is the winner of eleven awards in General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Visionary Fiction, First Fiction, Humor, and Comedy.', \"Melikian has earned a Master's in international relations from American University in Washington, DC. He has also studied mathematics at Harvard, and was admitted by the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University to pursue graduate studies. However, he abandoned both politics and mathematics in favor of literature and dedicated his life to writing. Melikian lives in Los Angeles.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pick Your Potion (Witch's Brew Cozy Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Train Station Bride\nDescription: ['Holly Bush was born in western Pennsylvania to two avid readers. There was not a room in her home that did not hold a full bookcase. Holly has been a marketing consultant to start-up businesses and has done public speaking on the subject. Holly has been writing all of her life and is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, particularly political and historical works. She writes historical romance set on the American Prairie and in Victorian England. She frequently attends writing conferences, and has always been a member of a writers group. Holly is a gardener, a news junkie, has been an active member of her local library board, and loves to spend time near the ocean. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the wife of a man more than a few years her junior.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Moods (American Women Writers)\nDescription: ['\"Like her later works for children, Alcott\\'s first novel is well and imaginatively written, highly moralistic, unlikely, and moving.\" -- <i>The Antioch Review</i>', 'Moods, Louisa May Alcott\\'s first novel, was published in 1864, four years before the best-selling Little Women. The novel unconventionally presents a \"little woman\" a true-hearted abolitionist spinster, and a fallen Cuban beauty, their lives intersecting in Alcott\\'s first major depiction of the \"woman problem.\" Sylvia Yule, the heroine of Moods, is a passionate tomboy who yearns for adventure, The novel opens as she embarks on a river camping trip with her brother and his two friends, both of whom fall in love with her. These rival suitors, close friends, are modeled on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Aroused, but still \"moody\" and inexperienced, Sylvia marries the wrong man. In the rest of the novel, Alcott attempts to resolve the dilemma she has created and leaves her readers asking whether, in fact, there is a place for a woman such as Sylvia in a man\\'s world. In 1882, eighteen years after the original publication, Alcott revised and republished the novel. Her own literary success and the changes she helped forge in women\\'s lives now allowed her heroine to meet, as Alcott said, \"a wiser if less romantic fate than in the former edition.\" This new volume contains the complete text of the 1864 Moods and Alcott\\'s revisions for the 1882 version, along with explanatory notes by the editor.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get the Best Medical Care\nDescription: ['<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG /> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]-->', '', 'The Take-Charge Patient Puts the Expertise of 200 Medical Professionals in Your Hands', \"Frustrated or confused about how to get good medical care? In her newest book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, (Lemon Grove Press, on sale May 15, 2012) award-winning author and patient advocate, Martine Ehrenclou, empowers patients to become proactive, well informed participants in their own care. With advice and personal stories from over 200 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health psychologists, patients and more, The Take-Charge Patient reveals insider information on how to cut through the red tape and navigate today's complex health care system with confidence.\", 'Ehrenclou empowers readers with vital information on how to find the right doctor, how to communicate effectively with doctors, how to prepare for medical appointments, prevent medical errors and medication mistakes, obtain discounted medication, manage your health insurance, and much more. The Take-Charge Patient will forever change how you act as a patient and thereby vastly improve the quality of the medical care you receive.', 'Six months into her research for The Take-Charge Patient, Martine Ehrenclou developed debilitating, chronic pain and used every strategy in her new book. She went from author and advocate for others to an advocate for herself and became a take-charge patient. After eleven doctors failed to diagnose her correctly, Martine found her own diagnosis and the correct surgeon to treat her. She is now pain free.', 'According to Ehrenclou, your health care is a team sport. The Take-Charge Patient shows you how to take charge of what you can and become an effective player.', 'Martine Ehrenclou has also written the multiple award-winning Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital. Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive (Lemon Grove Press).', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Little Suzy's Zoo - Rainy Day Friends\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Justice Wanted: The Kid in the University Stairwell\nDescription: ['\"Five stars...a page-turning mystery that almost demands you join the author as she pursues justice for a family that has encountered so many wrongs...you won\\'t be able to resist asking yourself how such a thing could occur. If you\\'re a fan of true crime or mystery stories, you need to give \"Justice Wanted\" a try. -- Reader Views<br /><br />Truth doesn\\'t always come so easily... \"Justice Wanted\" is a fine read that offers much to think about in the modern pursuit of justice. -- The Midwest Book Review', 'I wrote the book and put it away for five years. When I took the manuscript out and read it after all those years, it felt like someone else wrote it. Reliving those incredible 15 years all over again was painful. And even though I actually lived this heart-wrenching story, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief several times I still have a hard time believing what happened to this 20-year-old student and his family--who only wants to know the truth.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Islam for Beginners: What you wanted to ask but didn't\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man: A Philosophy of History and Civilizational Triumph\nDescription: ['', 'Dr. Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan challenges us to grapple with the meaning of history and how it could lead to the improvement of the human condition. This book presents his views on how a sustainable history based on human dignity could be achieved. In his opinion, this requires good governance, based on reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation and inclusiveness. I agree, and I hope that the path laid out in this book attracts many followers. -- <strong>President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States</strong><strong></strong>', '\"No-one seeking to understand the modern condition can afford to ignore Dr. Al-Rodhan\\'s inspiring book, a profound analysis of the core values around which effective global governance can be built and sustained.\" -- <strong>Lord Anthony Giddens, House of Lords, Former President of the London School of Economics, UK</strong>', 'This book is an exceptionally wide-ranging examination of past and present approaches to the securing of a qualitatively adequate social life on the planet. The need for intercultural dialogue is pressing and stated as a matter of urgency in the text. That argument is well-presented and it is helpfully accompanied by a large amount of empirical evidence. The book is also a strong and ethically attractive humanist statement about the value of human interaction that incorporates a vision of mutual respect based on a mixture of scientific arguments and normative aspirations. Those features are very impressive. -- <strong>Professor Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.</strong>', '', \"NAYEF R.F. AL-RODHAN is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also <span><span>Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland</span></span>. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published 21 books proposing many innovative concepts and theories in global politics and security. He was educated at Yale University, the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University. He is best known for several philosophical and analytic books on global politics that include: <i>The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West; Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man</i>; <i>Emotional Amoral Egoism</i>; <i>Neo-Statecraft and Meta-Geopolitics</i>; <i>The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies and Symbiotic Realism</i>.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hiking Arizona's Cactus Country: Includes Saguaro National Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, The Santa Catalina Mountains, And More (Regional Hiking Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Emotional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophical Theory of Human Nature and its Universal Security Implications\nDescription: ['', '"This ambitious and wide-ranging book offers both a synthesis of philosophical and scientific approaches to human nature and a strong plea for a set of universal human values. Its attraction lies in its forceful argument that the emotional aspects of human nature should be taken seriously if we are to design effective systems of political and moral cooperation, and that our political thinking needs to be inspired by the neuro-psychological consequences of our brain chemistry." -- <strong>Professor Michael Freeden, Professor of Politics, Director of the Centre for Political Ideologies, Professorial Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom</strong>', \"NAYEF R.F. AL-RODHAN is Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also <span><span>Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Geopolitics of Globalization and Transnational Security at the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland</span></span>. He is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and geostrategist. A prize-winning scholar, he has published 21 books proposing many innovative concepts and theories in global politics and security. He was educated at Yale University, the Mayo Clinic and Harvard University. He is best known for several philosophical and analytic books on global politics that include: <i>The Role of the Arab-Islamic World in the Rise of the West; Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space; Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man</i>; <i>Emotional Amoral Egoism</i>; <i>Neo-Statecraft and Meta-Geopolitics</i>; <i>The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies and Symbiotic Realism</i>.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Sigrit\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Super Born: Seduction of Being\nDescription: ['<DIV>Keith Kornell has been writing fiction since he was twelve. Super Born is his third book, the first with Audacious Press. In addition to writing, he owns a green company involved in recycling and alternative energy.</DIV>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Scot's Vow (The McDougall Family) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Dawn of Saudi: In Search for Freedom\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bittersweet Murder (Hawg Heaven Cozy Mysteries) (Volume 7)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sleeper's Run\nDescription: ['<span>\"Right off the bat, <i>Sleeper\\'s Run</i></span><span> had me on the edge of my seat. The plot is extremely dynamic, full of energy, at times surprising, and adamant that the reader continue reading.\" </span><span>- Scriptshark</span><br /><br /><span></span>\"... [Sleeper\\'s Run] plot is phenomenal. The constant threats and reveals left me furiously flipping the pages, reading for hours on end because I \"had\" to know how it all turns out. If you like spy thrillers at all, you should pick this book up, but I recommend you only start reading if you have lots of time on your hands. This is one that you will not be able to put down.\" - San Francisco Book Review<span></span><br /><br />\"Mosquera weaves a tale of suspense through a clandestine world, crafting an engaging read that\\'s not easily put down.\" - Kirkus Indie<br /><br />5-star review: \"Henry Mosquera has written one of the most fast-paced books I have ever read. You will be enthralled with the action and adventure.\" - Readers Favorite<br /><br />\"Mr. Mosquera has an eye for detail and a deep knowledge of politics, security, IT, weapons, PTSD, and seemingly every other subject that makes up a great thriller of this type. The characters were fully developed and they felt so alive that you felt they were right next to you.\" <br />- The Bibliophilic Book Blog<br /><br /><i>\"</i>In addition to a compelling protagonist, the intriguing, well-developed plot filled with international politics, conspiracy theories and modern science, together with a crisp narrative make for a suspense-filled, fast-paced thriller.\" - IndieReader', 'Henry Mosquera is a writer and artist born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning political thriller, Sleepers Run. He attended the University of Miami, Florida, where he obtained a double major in Graphic Design and Film. Henry currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and dog.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences\nDescription: ['', '\"A must read! Here is an excellent guide to understanding the role debt overload and the stagnation of the real economy played in the recent crisis, in the tradition of Sweezy and Magdoff.\"<br />-Michael Perelman,California State University, Chico, and author of <i>Railroading Economics</i>, <i>The Invention of Capitalism</i>, and <i>The Confiscation of American Prosperity</i>', '', '', '<b>John Bellamy Foster</b> is editor of <i>Monthly Review</i>. He is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of <i>The Ecological Revolution</i>, <i>The Great Financial Crisis</i> (with Fred Magdoff), <i>Critique of Intelligent Design</i> (with Brett Clark and Richard York), <i>Ecology Against Capitalism</i>, <i>Marxs Ecology</i>, and <i>The Vulnerable Planet</i>.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Reel Life: Two sisters on the verge escape to the movies\nDescription: ['\"A realistic, moving chronicle of the evolving relationship between sisters.\" - <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />\"Surprising twists add to the drama, as infidelity and betrayal re-occur like a generational curse. But, that\\'s real life, and ultimately, <i>Reel Life</i> turns out to be interesting, just like in the movies.\" - <i>San Francisco Book Review</i><br /><br /><span>\"This novel took me a while to finish, not because it was slow or boring in the least, but the subtle nuancing made me really want to take my time and make sure I didn\\'t miss anything. The characters were fascinating enigmas throughout...Reel Life was a thoroughly compelling tale.\" - <i>Bellas Novella</i></span><br /><br />\"Movie buffs, sisters, daughters, mothers, the grown children of sisters--all will hungrily ingest Jackie Townsend\\'s first novel, <i>Reel Life</i>.\" <i>Curled Up With a Good Book</i> <i>Blog</i>', \"I got the idea for <i>Reel Life: A Novel</i> upon leaving a theater with my sister one evening years ago. Something was different, as if the universe had been slightly altered. Perhaps we disagreed about the film later, over drinks, or laughed about it, I don't remember. Just the thought, leaving the bar, that if you could piece together all the movies you'd ever seen with someone, you could write the story of their lives.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How Beautiful\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Starkissed\nDescription: ['\"...a fast paced, on the edge, futuristic romance...\" -- <i>Jan Springer, <i>Road to Romance</i></i><br /><br />\"...leaving you longing for the stars and begging for more...\" -- <i>Sally G. Laturi, <i>Ivy Quill Reviews</i></i><br /><br />\"Lanette Curington truly leaves her audience starkissed.\" -- <i>J. Anne Mauck, <i>Inscriptions Magazine</i></i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques\nDescription: [\"<b>Vicky Perry</b> has exhibited her paintings at La Mama's Gallery and Beulah Land in New York City's East Village and at many galleries and colleges throughout the U.S. She has won many awards for her work in national competitions. Perry lives in Red Hook, New York.<br /><br /><b>Barry Schwabsky</b>, the noted art historian, critic, and poet, wrote the preface. He lives in London and New York.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Here Be Sexist Vampires (The Deep In Your Veins Series)\nDescription: [\"Suzanne Wright lives in England with her husband, two children and her bulldog. When she's not spending time with her family, she's writing, reading, or doing her version of housework - sweeping the house with a look.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: ?Avancemos!: Heritage Learners Assessment Level 2 (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Includes: Heritage Learners Diagnostic Test, lesson tests, unit tests, midterm exams, and final exams.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Celtic Moon (A Celtic Wolves Novel)\nDescription: ['Sophie was four months pregnant when she fled the compound where her sons father was leader. At the time, she believed hiding was the only way to keep her son safe, and since that fateful night Sophie has proven that she will do anything to ensure the best for her son. After 15 years on the run, Sophie must do something she never imagined. She must return to the compound to save her sons life. Joshua is changing in ways she never predicted. He has a supernatural power she has seen in only one other person, her sons father, Dylan, who revealed his human to wolf shape-shifting abilities on the night Sophie ran away. Once back in the embrace of the compound, Sophie realizes Dylans clan is on the verge of civil war and that the fire she once felt for Dylan has never died. Jan DeLimas debut is a romantic, suspenseful, and rich story about survival and loyalty to those who matter most. --Alison Downs', '<b>Jan DeLima </b>lives in central Maine with her husband of twenty years and two English bulldogs. Unlike many authors, she didnt pen stories at an early age, but she has always been a dedicated reader. She loves stories and storytelling. It wasnt until after her children entered school that she began writing. Raised in a military family, she lived in different countries such as Thailand and Germany, but home base has always been Maine. She brings a mixture of all her experiences to <i>Celtic Moon</i>, her first published novel, blending castles and Celtic lore with the wild nature of her home.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Student Study Guide for Ancient Mexico Tenth Edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Mad Love\nDescription: ['<span>\"Quirky characters and over-the-top humor.\"<br /><b>-- Booklist</b><br /><b><b><b></b></b></b></span><b><b><b><span></span></b> </b> </b><br /><br /><span><b></b>\"A truly fun read.\"<br /> <b>-- Seattle\\'s Child Magazine</b></span>', '', \"Suzanne Selfors is the author of Coffeehouse Angel and Saving Juliet. She held a number of jobs before becoming a writer, including children's photographer, video producer, organic flower grower, and marketing director. She lives in Washington.<b>www.suzanneselfors.com</b>\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sudoku-zilla: 100x100 Sudoku puzzle\nDescription: ['William \"Ike\" Eisenhauer is a professor of Systems Engineering at Portland State University and a puzzle enthusiast. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Dawn, and two boys, Zander and Quinlon, all of which continue to challenge him in games and puzzles.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dire Straits (Bo Blackman) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Happy Coloring: Flower Patterns - Coloring Pages for Adults (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Duke's Holiday (The Regency Romp Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', \"Maggie Fenton is an avid reader, reviewer, and writer of romance in between her work as a professional musician. She writes steampunk romance under the name Margaret Foxe and has enjoyed success as a self-published author in that genre. <i>The Duke's Holiday</i> is her first foray into the historical romance genre, one of her personal favorites.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Adult Coloring Book: Animal Best Sellers: Animals & Nature Designs and Patterns\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: More than a Mistress\nDescription: [\"In her assured hardcover debut, Balogh (One Night for Love) serves up two Regency-era characters determined not to fall in love with each other, despite their shared aesthetic sensibilities, uncontrollable physical attraction and increasingly intimate friendship. The predictability of their predicamentAthey come from different social classesAis compensated for by an authentic London high society setting and the smart, sexy dialogue between Jocelyn Dudley, duke of Tresham, and Jane Ingleby, the two attractive, headstrong protagonists. Jocelyn is an avowed bachelor, rake and accomplished duelist. While preparing to fire his pistol during a duel, he is interrupted by a woman's scream urging him to stop. Jocelyn hesitates and is shot in the leg. Furious, he confronts the disruptive woman, milliner's assistant Jane, who is impudent beyond her station in accusing him of foolishly risking his life. As punishment, he insists she be his nurse for the three weeks he is recuperating. Jane is proud and feisty because, actually, she's not really a common serving girl. She's the orphan Lady Sara Illingsworth, who mistakenly believes she killed a man who was attempting to rape her. She fled her home in Cornwall for London, but without money or protection, her future seems bleak. When Tresham recovers his health, Jane agrees to stay on as his mistress, partly in order to remain hidden, but also because she is falling in love with him. Although some intrigue surfaces when Tresham's previous romantic entanglements make him the target of a husband's vengeance, the real story is the dynamic love-hate relationship between Jane and Tresham, their many obstacles to happiness parried with fiery wit and spirit. (Sept.) <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"When Jane Ingleby tries to stop a duel, Jocelyn Dudley, Duke of Tresham, is wounded. So it's surprising that she ends up employed as his nurseDand ultimately his mistress as well. But as their relationship blossoms, Jocelyn commits the unpardonable sin of falling in love. In this refreshingly unconventional romance, which boasts an outspoken, memorable heroine, the author again pushes the edges of the genre. Her fans will be waiting. Balogh (One Night for Love) is a well-respected writer of historical romance who lives in Canada. <br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Homoeopathic Sketches of Children's Types\nDescription: ['\"...Ms. Coulter is a master psychologist who writes enchantingly.\" -- <i>The Independent of London</i>', 'Catherine R. Coulter, a well-known authority on homoeopathic \"Materia Medica,\" has been a major influence in introducing the homoeopathic archetypes to the general public. Her three-volume \"Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines: Psychophysical Analyses and Selected Constitutional Types, an in-depth analysis of the principal homoeopathic personality types, was twice chosen as one of the \"the best books of the year\" in the category of non-fiction in <I>The Independent</i> of London (Vol. 1 in 1986 and Vol. 2 in 1988). Her books have been translated into several languages and are internationally hailed as classics.']"
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"chosen": "Title: With This Curse\nDescription: ['\"As with any DeWees book, you are treated to <b>beautifully written prose, excellent plotting and great characterization</b>. . . . There\\'s a curse at work here, all right. The kind that makes a book impossible to put down.<span>\" --Miss Ruby Jones, Sweet Rocket</span><span><span></span><br /><br />\"<span>Ms. DeWees has woven her words with <b>such beauty as to almost seem poetic at times</b>. The characters are developed with a depth and understanding that allows readers to become a part of the very story themselves. . . . [A]</span><span> feast for the eye and a joy to devour!\"</span> --Ruth Lynn Ritter, InD\\'Tale magazine (InDTale.com)', 'I grew up loving the traditional gothic romances of Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier, as well as the Victorian romantic suspense novels of Barbara Michaels... and of course their prototype, Charlotte Bronte\\'s <i>Jane Eyre.</i> The combination of romance, mystery, sinister atmosphere, and (often) a fascinating historical setting addicted me. At the same time, there\\'s a kind of innocence to them, perhaps a throwback to the \"Beauty and the Beast\" fairy tale, which seems to echo through the classic gothic romance plot. If you enjoy the suspense and romantic sweep of gothic novels--or if you\\'re looking for a sweet historical romance that you won\\'t have to hide when your kids (or parents) walk into the room--<i>With This Curse</i> may be just the book you\\'ll enjoy curling up with on a rainy afternoon or chilly evening!']",
"rejected": "Title: Journey of the Jupiter\nDescription: ['Well illustrated softcover edition', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Storm Force\nDescription: ['', 'Susannah Sandlin is a native of Winfield, Alabama, and has worked as a writer and editor in educational publishing in Alabama, Illinois, Texas, California, and Louisiana. She currently lives in Auburn, Alabama, with two rescue dogs named after professional wrestlers (it was a phase). She has a no-longer-secret passion for Cajun and French-Canadian music and reality TV, and is on the hunt for a long- haul ice road trucker who also saves nuisance gators. Susannah is also the author of the Penton Legacy paranormal romance series: <i>Redemption, Absolution,</i> and <i>Omega.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Student Planner: Weekly Academic Organizer: Gold, Coral & Cool Mint Accent Chevron (Planners & Organizers for High School, College & University Students) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Conjuring Darkness\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fright (Hard Case Crime Novels)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Passage (The Wonderland Series: Book 1)\nDescription: [\"Every time I read a book by Irina Shapiro it amazes me how she never stops evolving as an author. When I read her last book I thought there is no way it could get better and yet she completely took me by surprise with The Passage, it was EXCELLENT!!!!. She managed to portray life in the 17th century so realistically that you felt as if you were right there side by side with the characters. I totally fell in love with Hugo, he is my most favorite to date. A lot of novels with historical details can be quite boring and tedious, Irina Shapiro managed to accurately and in the most interesting way describes historical details. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what adventures Hugo and Neve would embark on next. This book was a total page turner. I am very excited for book 2 to come out. If you love romance, history, intrigue, then this captivating time travel novel is something you will enjoy!! --Amazon customer<br /><br />I've been waiting for the next book from this author, and she certainly did not disappoint. What a fantastic story! I love the historical fiction genre, and the time travel component brings an extra level of excitement and depth to this book. I have read all of Irina's books, and have enjoyed each and every one of them, but I felt like The Passage showcased the author's abilities in a new way. I found the historical element of the book to be quite accurate and the portrayal of life in the 17th century was so realistic. The pacing was perfect as I was expertly drawn into the turmoil and plot twists experiencing the struggle, fear, and intrigue right alongside the characters. Many times I held my breath anticipating what would happen next as the unpredictability of the story kept me totally engrossed. Although I've read many time travel books, I found The Passage to be fresh and the writing to be well developed and rich. I think this book is a treat for lovers of historical fiction or anyone looking for a captivating tale that will stay with you long after you've finished the last page. Looking forward to more gems from Irina Shapiro. --Amazon customer<br /><br />Don't expect an insipid bodice-buster here. Ms Shapiro builds relationships and characters in a dignified manner. She deftly handles historical details, politics and mores with believable accuracy. I enjoyed this first book of her Wonderland time travel series. Putting my pennies aside to purchase the other books in the set. --Amazon customer\", 'Irina Shapiro was born in Moscow, Russia. In 1982 her family immigrated to the United States and settled in New York. After graduating from Bernard M. Baruch College, Irina first worked in advertising, and then in Import/Export as a Logistics Manager. She left her job in 2007 to focus on her autistic son, and began to write. Since then Irina has written more than twenty novels. Irina Shapiro lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings\nDescription: ['Grade 58Jade, 13, has enough problems. Her mom drowned a year ago, she\\'s overweight, and her crush can\\'t even remember her name. Then, she gets her period for the first time while trying on bathing suits for her best friend\\'s pool party. At home, a relaxing bath in Epsom salts turns into a nightmare. She nods off in the tub and, upon waking, finds that her legs have been replaced by a scaly mermaid\\'s tail. Her father doesn\\'t seem surprised, only sad, and he reveals that she inherited this trait from her mother, a \"Pesco-sapien,\" part fish, part human. The combination of salt water and the onset of puberty apparently triggered the change. Luckily Jade is able to return to her human state after some time out of the water. During a walk by the pier, she discovers that her mother is actually still alive and trapped in the lake by some not-so-nice mer-people. This leads to a frenetic, sometimes confusing, attempt to save her. Jade\\'s father, who never seems to be able to get to his cell phone, is well-meaning but bumbling, leaving Jade mostly responsible for her mother\\'s rescue. Flat characters and cheesy moments require the suspension of disbelief. Readers looking for an entertaining mermaid tale will be better served by Tera Lynn Child\\'s <i>Forgive My Fins</i> (HarperCollins, 2010).<i>Mandy Lawrence, Fowler Middle School, Frisco, TX</i> <br />(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Jades fourteenth birthday means more than just an extra candle: a soak in a warm Epsom-salted tub of water exposes a mermaids taleattached to her! She also discovers that her mother wasnt drowned after all but is a mermaid who is being held hostage by rogue merfolk intent on discovering the secret of changing into human form. Can Jade get the right kind of help to bring her mom back home? What begins as a coming-of-age story becomes a mildly suspenseful chase-and-rescue mission. There are subplots involving classic adolescent moments like Jades first serious crush, a semi-serious third-wheel threat to a long-standing best friendship, and a single dad coping with his daughters first period. The first-person narrative brings Jades experiences up close and personal for readers who know what its like to have secrets and feel like a fish out of water. A quick read, at times a little flat, with touches of humor; give this to girls not quite ready for snogging. Grades 6-9. --Cindy Welch', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bow Porcelain\nDescription: ['270 objects are described and illustrated in black and white with some of the objects illustrated on 10 color plates.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Darkling, I Listen\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Short Course in Sony A700 Photography book/ebook\nDescription: [\"For the past three decades Dennis Curtin has been an editor, author, and publisher in photography and computing. His latest books on digital cameras and digital photography have been widely praised for their quality and simplicity. They have been widely used in schools, by most of the armed services, many police departments, and even a number of camera companies to train specialists in photography. On the publishing side, Dennis was editor-in-chief of one of Time-Warner's educational divisions and also held similar positions in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In those roles, he has worked extensively with Ansel Adams and other leading photographers of our generation. In his roles as publisher, editor, and author Dennis has been fortunate to edit, publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Rumours & Recklessness: A Pride and Prejudice Variation\nDescription: [\"Nicole Clarkston is the pen name of a very bashful writer who will not allow any of her family or friends to read what she writes. She grew up in Idaho on horseback, and if she could have figured out how to read a book at the same time, she would have. She initially pursued a degree in foreign languages and education, and then lost patience with it, switched her major, and changed schools. She now resides in Oregon with her husband of 14 years, 3 homeschooled kids, and a very worthless degree in Poultry Science (don't ask). Nicole discovered Jane Austen rather by guilt in her early thirties- how does any book worm really live that long without a little P&P? She has never looked back. A year or so later, during a major house renovation project (undertaken when her husband unsuspectingly left town for a few days) she discovered Elizabeth Gaskell and fell completely in love. Nicole's first two published books are her pitiful homage to two authors who have so deeply inspired her.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship In American Politics, 3rd Brief Edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: DARK STRANGER The Dream (The Children Of The Gods) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"I.T. Lucas\\'s talent for the written word certainly deserves its own unambiguous round of applause. If not for the aforementioned, then certainly for the accolade due to a read engrained with a flawless buildup and execution of developments.<br /> If you are a reader with one foot planted firmly in E.L. James\\'s <i>Fifty Shades Trilogy</i>, and the other in novels similar to Stephenie Meyer\\'s<i> Twilight Series</i>, then this one is for you.\"<br /> - OnlineBookClub.org', 'Myths as persistent and as prevailing as those of the vampire, the shapeshifter, the phoenix, and other mythical creatures, as well as modern day UFO and alien sightings, may not be purely the product of overactive imaginations.Could they possibly originate from realistic hallucinations induced by members of an advanced species who exhibit some of the characteristics of those mythical creatures?Hmm...', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: War in Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (Social Issues in Literature)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: All Access (The Fangirl Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Culinary Delights: & Words of Wisdom\nDescription: ['Terrie Biggs has been writing creative non-fiction for years. Terrie resides in La Grande, Oregon, with her husband Dan. Their children are adults and they love to cook and enjoy good food, which resulted in their family cookbook. She has a lifetime passion for kitchen design, and owns her own business, Kitchens by Terrie. Check out her books at http://www.novelsbyterrie.com or visit her Terrie Biggs page on Amazon and see progress and updates on her Novels by Terrie Facebook page.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Land of Silence\nDescription: ['Afshars elegant evocation of biblical life will keep [readers] spellbound. An excellent choice for fans of Francine Riverss historical fiction, and those who read for character. (Library Journal)<br /><br />Heartache and healing blend beautifully in this gem among Christian fiction. (CBA Retailers + Resources)<br /><br />An impressively crafted, inherently appealing, consistently engaging, and compelling read from first page to last. (Midwest Book Reviews)<br /><br /><b>Top Pick review</b> In perhaps her best novel to date, Afshar . . . grants a familiar character not only a name, but also a poignant history to which many modern readers can relate. The wit, the romance, and the humanity make [this] uplifting as well as soul-touching. (Romantic Times)<br /><br />Fans of Biblical fiction will enjoy an absorbing and well-researched chariot ride. (Publishers Weekly)', 'No one brings the Bible to life like Tessa Afshar. (Debbie Macomber, NYT bestselling author)<br /><br />Tessa Afshars captivating and emotive story is about one first-century womans pain and struggle. But the hope she describes is real and for you and me today. (Chris Fabry, Bestselling author of War Room and Dogwood)<br /><br /><i>Land of Silence</i> is a biblical novel in a category all its own. Moving, believable . . . This inspir-ing, uplifting story encouraged me at a heart level. A wonderful storynot to be missed! (Jill Eileen Smith, bestselling author of The Crimson Cord)<br /><br />Tessa Afshars novels draw you in so that youre both captivated and changed by the power of story. <i>Land of Silence</i> is no exception. Youre in for a treat with this oneenjoy! (Susie Larson, National speaker, radio host, and author of Your Beautiful Purpose)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Financial and Managerial Accounting, 1-23 & MyAccountingLab with Full E-Book Student Access Code (2nd Edition)\nDescription: ['For Principle of Accounting Courses Students understand (or \"get it\") right after you do a problem in class. However, as soon as they leave class, their ability to do the problems and complete their homework diminishes with each passing hour. Often times this results in students struggling to complete their homework on their own. Even worse, the frustration can lead to students quitting on the material altogether and falling behind in the course. As a result, an entire class can fall behind as instructors attempt to keep everyone on the same page. With the \"Financial and Managerial Accounting\"\" 2e\" Student Learning System, all features of the student textbook, study resources and online homework system are designed to work together to provide students with more \"I Get It!\" moments. The consistency, repetition and strong details throughout the entire student learning system allow students to achieve success both inside and outside the classroom while keeping both instructors and students on track.', '<DIV sercontent> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"><U>Charles Horngren</U></P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at Stanford University. A graduate of Marquette University, he received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is also the recipient of honorary doctorates from Marquette University and DePaul University.A Certified Public Accountant, Horngren served on the Accounting Principles Board for six years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council for five years, and the Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for three years. For six years, he served as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board. Horngren is a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame. A member of the American Accounting Association, Horngren has been its President and its Director of Research. He received its first annual Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. The California Certified Public Accountants Foundation gave Horngren its Faculty Excellence Award and its Distinguished Professor Award. He is the first person</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">to have received both awards. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants presented its first Outstanding Educator Award to Horngren. Horngren was named Accountant of the Year, Education, by the national professional accounting fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi. Professor Horngren is also a member of the Institute of Management Accountants, from whom he has received its Distinguished Service Award. He was a member of the Institute’s Board of Regents, which administers the Certified Management Accountant examinations.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"><B> </B></P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> <U>Tom Harrison</U></P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. He received his B.B.A. degree from Baylor University, his M.S. from Oklahoma State University, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Professor Harrison, recipient of numerous teaching awards from student groups as well as from university administrators, has also taught at Cleveland State Community College, Michigan State University, the University of Texas, and Stanford University. A member of the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Professor Harrison has served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the American Accounting Association, on the Teaching/Curriculum Development Award Committee, on the Program Advisory Committee for Accounting Education and Teaching, and on the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Committee. Professor Harrison has lectured in several foreign countries and published articles in numerous journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Economic Consequences of Financial AccountingStandards, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, and Journal of Lawand Commerce. Professor Harrison has received scholarships, fellowships, and research grants or awards from PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte & Touche, the Ernst & Young Foundation, and the KPMG Foundation</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"> </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\"><U>M Suzanne Oliver</U></P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">M. Suzanne Oliver is an assistant professor of accounting at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida. She received her B.A in Accounting Information Systems and her Masters in Accountancy from the University of West Florida.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Professor Oliver began her career in accounting in the tax department of a regional accounting firm, specializing in benefit plan administration. She has served as a software analyst for a national software development firm (CPASoftware) and as the Oracle Fixed Assets Analyst for Spirit Energy, formerly part of Union Oil of California.(Unocal). A Certified Public Accountant, Oliver is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.</P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Professor Oliver has taught Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Tax Accounting, Accounting Software Applications, Payroll Accounting, Auditing, Accounting Systems, Advanced Accounting, Managerial Finance, Business Math, and Supervision. She has also taught Pension continuing education classes for CPAs and has developed and instructed online courses using myaccountinglab.com, WebCT, and other proprietary software. </P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0px\">Professor Oliver lives in Niceville where she is a member if the First United Methodist Church with her husband Greg and son C.J.. </P></DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Married To Laughter\nDescription: [\"Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara began performing together in coffehouses in Greenwich Village in the 1960's, and then as frequent guests on <i>The Ed Sullivan Show.</i> They based their standup characters on exaggerated vrsions of themselves, especially in the irrepressible commercials for Blue Nun wine. Offstage they raised two children, Amy and Ben.<br /><br />After years of memorable work on stage and in radio, television, and films, Jerry Stiller found himself wondering what had happened to his once-flourishing career. Then a call came from <i>Seinfeld</i>, a television show he'd never watched. On <i>Seinfeld</i> he created the unforgettable character of Frank Costanza, which won him an Emmy nomination and an American Comedy Award. Meanwhile, Anne Meara became an acclaimed Off-Broadway playwright.<br /><br />MARRIED TO LAUGHTER is a love story about two showbiz-minded people who fell in love, discovered that they fell in love, discovered that they were their own greatest roles, enjoyed thriving careers that diverged and converged many times, and who take complete satisfaction form their individual accomplishments while maintaining a dedicated marriage. With a wealth of anecdotes about other famous actors and comedians, this is a funny and tender narrative, told as only Jerry Stiller could.\", '<b>Jerry Stiller</b> was born in New York City in 1927 and began his award-winning career as part of the famed improvisational group The Compass. He and his wife, Anne Meara, played every major nightclub in the country and appeared on <i>The Ed Sullivan Show</i> more than thirty-five times. His many stage credits include the Broadway productions of <i>Hurlyburly</i> and <i>The Ritz</i>; he has appeared in many films, notable among them is <i>Hairspray, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,</i> and <i>Seize the Day.</i> He currently appears on the hit television series, <i>The King of Queens.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey Into the Feline Heart\nDescription: ['Non-cat people frequently describe cats as selfish, unfriendly, and frustratingly independent, while a true cat lover can see these same traits and wax poetic. <i>The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats</i> is truly an ode to the wonderful and mysterious behavior of our furry friends--even when the behavior at hand is narcissism or jealousy. Author Jeffery Moussaieff Masson (<i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609802011/${0}\">Dogs Never Lie About Love</a></i>) explores the lives of his five cats as they relate to his family, each other, and the world around them, filled as it is with such interesting creatures as butterflies, automobiles, and visiting humans.', 'Each chapter is devoted to a study of a particular emotion, ranging from love to playfulness to anger. While there are interesting tidbits of animal science, such as \"cats look away or blink when feeling friendly,\" the majority of the book revolves around the author\\'s observations of his own pets. When he suggests answers for mysterious behavior like the grooming that instantly turns into a bloodthirsty brawl, he is never absolute, but merely offers one among many possible explanations. Kind and thoughtful, Masson\\'s entertaining tales and wise musings will be appreciated by any cat fancier. <i>--Jill Lightner</i>', 'Prevailing wisdom holds that cats are aloof, smug, quintessentially distant-especially when compared to dogs-but Masson, in his latest exploration of feelings in the animal world, argues otherwise: \"cats,\" he says, \"are almost pure emotion.\" He establishes nine basics (narcissism, love, contentment, attachment, jealousy, fear, anger, curiosity and playfulness) and, in nine casual and sometimes digressive chapters, suggests when and why cats feel each of them and how we humans might better understand our pets as a result. In the tradition of his bestselling Dogs Never Lie About Love, Masson\\'s exploration is a warm fuzzy to the feline world: in observing the antics of his five cats (Miki, Moko, Yossie, Megalamandira and Minnalouche), Masson\\'s tone never fails to convey his wonder for \"these perfect beings who briefly and softly grace my life.\" He draws desultorily on history, scientific research and correspondence with cat experts and owners, but most of his book is dedicated to a highly subjective study of his beloved five, who live with him in a New Zealand paradise. Though Masson strains to establish evidence for cats\\' sophisticated emotional landscape (and in doing so exposes himself to accusations of anthropomorphism), cats are still mysterious creatures, and even a former psychoanalyst such as he must occasionally admit (though with a certain kind of glee) that he cannot entirely figure them out. One thing\\'s for sure: because cats, unlike humans and dogs, have never been pack animals, much of what comes naturally to us-guilt, apology, even rage-is absent in cats. In the end, this appealing book seems as much a portrait of Masson as it is of his enchanting cats. <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Cat and the Curmudgeon\nDescription: [\"Polar Bear the Christmas cat is back, continuing to thwart Amory, his keeper. Featured in the bestselling The Cat Who Came for Christmas , Polar Bear became a celebrity, but refused to act like one. Amory tries to improve the cat's socialization with cat videos (Mews and Feather Report), but Polar Bear is more interested in his fan mail with its gifts of catnip. Amory tries to train himself to train the cat, without result. Visiting Black Beauty Ranch in Texas--the refuge operated by the Fund for Animals--the author recalls the Fund's rescue of the Grand Canyon burros, wild goats of San Clemente Island and wild horses from the Nevada desert. Polar Bear, somehow, behaves when meeting the refugees, including Nim, the chimpanzee trained in sign language. On a later visit to Martha's Vineyard, Amory finds an orphaned white kitten, Polar Star. Pet owners and animal lovers will enjoy these lighthearted tales. BOMC selection. <br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"YA-- In the 12 years since Amory rescued Polar Bear in The Cat Who Came for Christmas (Little, 1987), he has been thoroughly trained by his feline owner. Amory pokes great fun at himself while heaping praise upon his beloved cat. Although most of the anecdotes are humorous, light reading, the section on cruelty to animals by individuals and institutions is serious. Students would find this chapter, which includes Amory's stance on medical research, useful for debates or reports, while the further adventures of this entertaining duo will please animal lovers.<br /><i>- Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA</i><br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Spirit, Mind and Money: A New Conversation About Service and Success for Holistic Business Owners\nDescription: ['Dawn DelVecchio is a professional writer, marketing consultant and entrepreneurial business coach. Shes also been a luxury travel writer, a magazine editor, professional kick boxer, kick boxing coach, herbalist, ceremonialist and astrologer. Until recently, these diverse career paths shared one common denominator they kept her close to broke. After having a child as a young single mother, Dawn spent most of her adult life developing herself through spiritual study and practice while simultaneously living in chronic in financial struggle. She attributes the transformational change in her financial life to a change in her mindset around money. Dawn understands firsthand the painful disconnect that happens when heart-centered helpers dont address their relationship to money, and shes on a mission of sorts, to open up a conversation on this sometimes taboo subject. Her goal is to support people who are called to have a greater impact with their work, so they dont get stymied by subconscious blocks, faulty vows of poverty and what she calls Unexamined Money Mantras. Spirit, Mind & Money shares Dawns story and the stories of others who have wrangled with these issues. More than that, it opens up this conversation and reveals a way out for those who feel called on a deep level to turn their soul work into a business that serves others and feeds them abundantly.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul\nDescription: ['Living simply is only an ideal until someone like Bruno gets particular. The way he got particular should make everyone think--hard, which is a very good thing. (Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame)<br /><br />In a loving, wise, sometimes hilarious manner, Dave Bruno holds a mirror up to us and says to take a closer look at how were living. Reading this will lead you to a better life. (Dean Nelson, Author of God Hides in Plain Sight and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University)<br /><br />[Brunos] musings about his slow and steady purge have developed a cult following online, inspiring others [toward] clutter-free living. (Time magazine)', '', \"An ordinary man's inspiring journey toward a simpler, more meaningful life.\", 'In 2008, average American family man Dave Bruno decided to unhook himself from the intravenous drip of consumerism that fueled his life by winnowing all his personal possessions down to just 100 things. Little did he realize that he would be igniting a grassroots movementsoon after Dave embarked on his journey, media around the world took notice and others started to follow his lead.', 'A cause for pause, <em>The 100 Thing Challenge</em> is a response to the culture of materialism in America, one that has filled our lives with the constant and unsatisfactory desire for \"more.\" Dave Bruno offers compelling anecdotes and practical advice to help readers live more meaningfully, simply by casting off the unnecessary \"stuff\" that clutters their lives. <em>The 100 Thing Challenge</em> is a golden opportunity to experience the positive changes that occur as you defiantly hop off the treadmill of consumerism.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: US: Transforming Ourselves and the Relationships that Matter Most\nDescription: ['LISA Oz is a housewife living in New Jersey. She also moonlights as a writer, producer and entrepreneur. With her husband, Dr. Mehmet Oz, she has raised four children, coauthored five <i>New York Times</i> best-selling books, including <i>YOU: The Owners Manual</i> series, and cohosted a daily radio show on Sirius/XM, yet is somehow unable to organize her closet or stick to a diet.', '<b></b>', 'This is not actually a book about relationships. You wont find any tips on dating or rules for attracting the opposite sex here. This is instead a book about being <i>in relationship</i> . Whats the difference? Well, the former is a thing and the latter is a state, and a state is part of what defines us at any given moment rather than something outside ourselves that we have or dont have. We all exist in relationship; we cant not. Its like magnetic force. Every object, by its very nature, exerts a pull on every other object. And whether we are aware of it or not, we are in relationship with all other things in this universe (and possibly other universes as well, but thats another book).', 'So, why is this relevant and who am I to expound on the significance of our place in the cosmos? Well, in answer to the first part of the question, understanding the nature of our interactions is important because the quality of our existence is determined by the quality of our relationships. What we believe, who we are, and who we can become are all manifest through our dealings with others. It is here that thoughts and emotions become actualized and our true self revealed. Our behavior is the only real measure of our character, and 90 percent of the time our behavior involves someone else.', 'And who am I? Trick question, right? Most of you probably know me as the wife of the great and powerful (Dr.) Oz. But the wife of a wizard is not necessarily a witchor a doctor. I am not one of those educated professionals who are qualified to tell you how you should be living your life. Rather, like you, I am a seeker. Sticking with the Oz paradigm for a moment, I am like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Lion all wrapped into one, striving for compassion and wisdom while I struggle to remain brave. You get to be Dorothy, joining me for a skip down a winding road. I will warn you up front: there will be flying monkeys, but I will try to keep the soporific flowers to a minimum.', 'At the end of this book we will have gotten to where we are going, which will be where we have always been. The difference is that we will know ourselves a little better. We will have caught a glimpse of <i>who</i> we are by becoming more aware of <i>how</i> we are in each of our relationships.', 'And I hope we will be friends. The title <i>US</i> in one sense refers to you, the reader, and me, the writer. We too exist in relationship. My intention is that you will see aspects of your own life reflected in my personal stories. My ramblings and musings are supposed to entertain but also lead to a place of connection. I have a hunch we are not that dissimilar, you and I.', 'So, now that we are going to be friends, I need to make a confession. This is an amazingly difficult book for me to write. See, theres this little secret among self-help writers that I feel compelled to reveal. Most of us are giving advice about the things we need to learn in our own lives. The wounded healer is one of those infuriating and delightful ironies of the universe. And while I never thought of myself as a self-help writer, you know where you found this bookright next to <i>Be Your Own Shrink</i> and <i>Why You Think Your Mother Doesnt Love You</i> so you know what that makes it, and me.', 'In the interest of full disclosure, let me state for the record that I am not the perfect wife, mother, child, or friend. Bearing that in mind, it is precisely because of the mistakes Ive made and the lessons Im learning that I feel I can share my insights. My wish is that they may prove helpful for you in your own journey.', 'This book is an attempt to offer the things Ive come across that work for me (or at least that Im working on). Please keep in mind that life is a process. I wouldnt for a minute pretend that I have it all figured out. I struggle in my relationships every day. So if you see me in the supermarket yelling at one of my kids, please give me a nudge and remind me to reread chapter 7. The important thing for me is to be <i>aware</i> and keep moving. The progress may be painfully slow at times. As Franciscan Father Richard Rohr says, Its always three steps forward, two steps back. In reality, its sometimes four steps back.', 'The ideas discussed in the following chapters are a compilation of what I have learned about being in relationship over the years as a daughter, wife, mother, actress, producer, and writer. In each area, I noticed that the lessons were frequently the same and that they would reveal themselves as long as I was willing to do three thingsshow up, do the work, and be honest with myself and others. Its a seemingly simple listbut not always easy to put into practice.', 'I have avoided, procrastinated, and fabricated enough for ten people, but I have also, on occasion, made a concerted attempt to commit myself to genuine presence. (Admittedly, even now this has not become a continuous state. Sadly, I am often looking at my BlackBerry instead of into my husbands eyes during a conversation.) But while I would hardly claim enlightenment, or even conversion, I believe I have grown. The concepts presented here are what I learned when I was <i>really doing</i> what I was doing.', 'Much of what Ive ascertained is the direct result of the choices I made, but Im not suggesting that you run out and make those same choices for yourself. You can discover similar lessons and more exactly where you are right now. The fundamental ideas are everywhere, in every part of lifesometimes glaring at us like big neon signs, other times hidden beneath a surface of seeming insignificance. The truth of the matter is that we are learning about and living in relationship whether were driving a cab or serving on the Supreme Court. The purpose of this book is to provide a mirror for your experiences through mine and to share insights that can be applied to your own personal journey of relationship.', 'One thing about life is that it often takes a <i>long time</i> to really get even the simplest truths. We can be sent the same message over and over and fail to see it. The problem is that we play out identical patterns with different peoplerepeat our mistakes because we live by roteand then wonder what went wrong. To break this cycle, we often need input from a teacher, mentor, or friend who can shed light on our situation and show us what we need to do, where we can go deeper, and how we can change.', 'For me, those teachers took many forms. Some, like Father Richard Rohr and Reverend George Dole, came as real people; others were revealed through great books such as the Zohar and the Bhagavad Gita. After my parents, the most influential by far was and is Emanuel Swedenborg, an eighteenth-century scientist and theologian who saw the Bible as a divinely inspired metaphor, illustrating our spiritual journey. He described the path of regeneration, or rebirth, as consisting of a life of charitywhich is essentially loving relationships. His writings on the nature of God, humanity, and marriage not only shaped my views on life but fundamentally shaped who I am. For this reason you will find his doctrine, widely and wildly interpreted, as the foundation for just about every chapter of this book.', 'Just to be really clear: none of the truly big ideas here originated with me. I merely applied the wisdom of my teachers to my own experience. In doing so, I came to the conclusion that all the important things in life are actually about existing in relationship. Of course there are other things, like brushing your teeth and fly-fishing, but my feeling is that ultimately these come back to relationship too.', 'So what, exactly, is the big secret about living in relationship? Simply what the great spiritual traditions have been teaching for millennia. Boiled down, its essentially love God, love yourself, love everybody else. Why am I saying it again? Because I dont think we can ever hear it enough. I think we need to hear it, read it, feel it, teach it, taste it, speak it, smell it, breathe it, until one day . . . we finally start to live it. This book is my attempt to share the encounters and epiphanies that brought me back to that truth.', 'Ive also included exercises at the end of each chapter. Reading about something is easy. Putting it into practice is another thing altogetherespecially when the first time we try it is in the heat of a highly charged emotional situation. These tools are designed to help condition our reactions, so that we can respond in a more conscious way when we are engaged with others. I will admit right here that I am not a good tool person. I usually try them once, or at least think about trying themokay, sometimes I just avoid them altogether because tools/exercises are usually work. These are not. They are supposed to be effortless and fun while creating a shift in perception. I want you to see what each chapters key concept feels like when its put into action. But please dont feel compelled to do them. Just use whatever you like.', 'The book explores the three areas in which we live in relationship. The first is our relationship with ourself. The chapters that focus on this topic are intended to help uncover who we are at our core and demonstrate ways we can integrate our inner being with the outer projection. Understanding our true identity is essential for any relationship, since without actually knowing our authentic self, we can never be genuinely intimate with another person. In these chapters, well also examine different ways of optimizing well-being so that we can bring our best self to all our relationships.', 'In the second section we look at relationships in a more traditional sense. Well cover everything from our most intimate connections with lovers to the way we treat the homeless, paying special attention...', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell\nDescription: ['', \"Coston follows up 2009's <i>Ask the Animals</i> with an engaging second memoir of his Virginia veterinary practice aimed directly at the hearts and minds of pet owners and animal lovers. Unlike the first volume, the book only occasionally touches on Coston's home life, instead concentrating on portraits of his various clients and their pets, alternating between detailed accounts of the medical issues involved and reflections on the emotional bond between people and animals. To balance the poignancy of owners confronting their pets' serious, sometimes untreatable illnesses and injuries, Coston humorously depicts unusual pets, like the dog that, according to his owner, prefers eating rocks to gnawing toys out of machismo, and eccentric owners, such as the bullmastiff owner who invents his own language and medical terminology. He also describes the awkward start of his medical career and introduces us to clinic staff members like his practical jokeprone receptionist, Rachel, and veterinary technician, Lisa. Lisa's sad but inspirational story provides the otherwise episodic book with its strongest throughline. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>\", \"<i>The Gift of Pets</i> shines a bright light on Dr. Coston's love for animals and our profession. He's a terrific storyteller too. I'm a fan of books written by veterinarians, and this is one of the best--honest, accurate and thoroughly enjoyable. <i>Robert T. Sharp, D.V.M., author of No Dogs in Heaven? and contributing editor and monthly columnist for Country Living</i>\", '', '', '<b>Bruce R. Coston, D.V.M</b>., earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Minnesota. He currently resides in Virginia with his wife, their three cats (Webster, Phelps, and Kimi), and their dog (Starr). While not practicing in his hospital, he enjoys writing, golf, scuba diving, and any time spent on the lake.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hemingway's Cats: An Illustrated Biography\nDescription: [\"Carlene Fredericka Brennen, long a newspaper editor and publisher in southwest Florida, spent over 30 years researching Hemingway's life in Key West, Bimini, and Cuba. She co-wrote <i>Hemingway in Cuba</i> with Hilary Hemingway and worked on the award-winning documentary film by the same name<i>.</i> She coordinated the International Hemingway Festival on Sanibel Island and the First Annual Hemingway Flats Fishing Tournament on Captiva Island in 1997. He has also recently co-written two books with Randy Wayne White, a Gulf Coast cookbook and a book about tarpon fishing. She lives in Fort Myers, Florida, with her husband and a good many cats. Hilary Hemingway is the niece of Ernest Hemingway.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Collection of Poetry\nDescription: ['Timothy C. Dendy is a native of Phoenix and works for the U.S. Postal Service in finance. He is married with two daughters and is a third-generation Arizonan from a long line of men who worked to tame the West. In his spare time, he writes, plays softball, exercises, and travels the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. He enjoys his work with International Students at his alma mater, Thunderbird - the Garvin School of International Management, serves on the board of the Marketplace Foundation, and is active in his church.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Story of Fester Cat: How One Remarkable Cat Changed Two Men's Lives\nDescription: ['A story about love and home and friends, and the construction of an invented family . . . At once hopeful and nostalgic.Jo Baker, national bestselling author of <i>Longbourn</i><br /><br />A moving story that reminds us love comes in many formsCleo Coyle, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries', '<b>Paul Magrs</b> is the author of many books,written for all ages and in many different genres, including the Adventures of Brenda and Effie and numerous<i>Doctor Who</i>novels, radio plays, and short stories. However, this is his first foray into memoir. He taught novel writing in the MA program in Creative Writing at UEA, and then at Manchester Metropolitan. Paul lives in Manchester, England, with his partner, Jeremy, and is now a full-time writer.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant\nDescription: ['If you have a passion, pursue it. And if you then share the results of that passion, its energy will transfer on the recipients of your work: Any true labor of love WILL find those who have eyes to see and hearts to feel that love. Tim Glazner followed the call of the Tiki to show and tell the story of one of America's most extraordinary Tiki temples, and the results will boggle the minds and widen the eyes of the readers, irrevocably casting the spell of America's mid-century god of recreation over them. <br />-<b>Sven Kirsten, author <i>Book of Tiki, <i>Tiki Modern, <i>Tiki Pop</i></i></i></b><br /><br />The Mai-Kai is the quintessential Tiki bar. It encompasses every element of classic Polynesian Pop from a dramatic public opening to family ownership to celebrity history to longstanding traditions. It now stands as the lone preserved testament to the golden era of the Tiki restaurant and bar. Whether it's mixing a perfect tropical drink while wearing a cabana outfit or overseeing the precise production of replica Mai-Kai mugs, Swanky is a stylish fixture of the Tiki scene. He stands as the expert archivist of Mai-Kai history. His knowledge of details of Mai-Kai artifacts, personnel, and architectural elements is unmatched - even by the owners of the Mai-Kai! <br />-<b>Otto Von Stroheim, Event producer</b><br /><br /><span>Swanky's book, "Mai-Kai: History and Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant," is an outstanding and detailed exploration. It's a heavy, hardcover treasure, 174 large, full-color pages, packed with incredible images you've never seen before. He worked closely with the restaurant, diving into their archives, and interviewed scores of people who were there from the very earliest days of the Mai-Kai, especially original general manager Bob Van Dorpe.</span><br />-<b>Critiki</b><br /><br />Glazner's book is also a love letter to the Mai-Kai, a time capsule of Polynesian culture, which opened on Dec. 28, 1956, in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant hosts Polynesian shows, and its Molokai Bar boasts an exhaustive menu of rummy creations.<br />- <b>South Florida weekly.</b><br /><br /><span>What was it like inside the midcentury </span>Tiki<span> splendor of the famed </span>Mai-Kai<span> restaurant in Fort Lauderdale? A new book, </span><i>Mai-Kai: History & Mystery of the Iconic Tiki Restaurant</i><span>, paints a vivid picture through photos, memorabilia and stories from insiders.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>The book is written by someone who knows the restaurant intimately: author Tim "Swanky" Glazner, the co-founder of annual Tiki extravaganza </span>The Hukilau<span>, has been hosting the event at the Mai-Kai since 2003. He spent more than a decade researching the book.</span><br /><span><b>-Liquor.com</b></span>', 'I have been learning about the Mai-Kai and collecting its ephemera for over a decade. As co-creator of the Hukilau event, I had complete access to the people and their stories and the trust to tell them. This began as me simply being a huge fan. As it became a more serious project, it was my quest to tell the world about the amazing people in and around this remarkable place. This book represents many hours spent in back rooms and basements scanning images, countless hours tracking down old timers and interviewing them, and a ridiculous number of hours turning all these disparate stories into a book. I am excited to share what I have learned. As the Mai-Kai's biggest fan, I can tell you, no matter how much you love it, your wonder and admiration will be greatly increased after reading this book.']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Kid Who Saved Superman\nDescription: ['Stone Arch Books sponsored a contest where students wrote an entry about someone they felt was a hero at their school. Hakeem Bennett won the contest by submitting a touching story about his visually impaired teacher, Mr. Brown. The two are now featured in the Stone Arch DC Chapter Book, The Kid Who Saved Superman, available for purchase on July 15th.<br />Our contest winner and The Kid Who Saved Superman book have received much excitement and publicity! The New York Daily News article, which appeared recently, was just the beginning as the story was picked up by AP and UPI, sending it to media outlets everywhere: Good Day New York/My Fox5 live interview broadcast, New York Daily News article, MSNBC article, USA Today, Washington Post, Forbes, AOL News, Salon.com, New York Times, L.A. Times, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Miami Herald, Seattle Times.', 'Paul Kupperberg has written many books for kids, like Wishbone: The Sirian Conspiracy, Powerpuff Girls: Buttercups Terrible Temper Tantrums, and Hey, Sophie! Paul has also written over 600 comic book stories starring Superman, the Justice League, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Simpsons, Archie and Jughead, Scooby Doo, and many, many others Pauls own character creations include Arion: Lord of Atlantis, Checkmate, and Takion. He has also been an editor for DC Comics, Weekly World News, and World Wrestling Entertainment.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Plan Bea (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<i><b></b></i>"Plan Bea is an emotional roller coaster that had me crying, laughing, and feeling pain and sorrow. It is a very real story with very identifiable characters that we all have known. Hilary Grossman is a talented author who has written a story of family conflict, family love, and friendship in a perfect combination with many twists and turns and a joyful surprise ending. I do not believe there is a mother or daughter who would not enjoy reading Plan Bea." <b><i>- Readers Favorite</i></b><br /> <br />"Although a light read, the subject matter was very sad at times and I found myself choking back tears, but in a good way! It was so authentically heartwrenching yet often very funny too. The characters were so well fleshed out and three dimensional - no one was perfect and no one was fatally flawed - like real life. I thought the twist was genius!"<b> <i>- Meredith Schorr Best Selling Author</i></b><br /> <br />"Plan Bea has so much depth to the story lines hat it's easy to get carried away into the book and into Annabel's life, and the OH MY GOD I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING twist at the end! Plan Bea is a must-read novel about the unique relationship between mothers and daughters, and I suggest you don't wait to snap this oneup!" <i><b>- Chick Lit Plus</b></i><br /><br />"Plan Bea" was an amazing book, one I will never forget. With all the twists and turns in this book, it wasn'tpredictable, but rather a quick page-turner."<i><b> - Chick Lit Goddess</b></i><br /> <br />"This was a fantastic read that had me glued to my Kindle from beginning to the end."<i><b> - Chrissy - Every Free Chance</b></i>', '<span>By day, Hilary Grossman works in the booze biz. By night she hangs out with her "characters." She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She's been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on Long Island.</span><br /><br /><span>To find out more of what Hilary is up to check out her Facebook page facebook.com/HilaryGrossmanAuthor or find her on Twitter twitter.com/feelingbeachie</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: Sponsored Life: The Ultimate Guide To Skateboarding Sponsorship\nDescription: ['Matt Dawson is a former sponsored athlete and now owns a company within the action sports industry. His company deals with amateur athletes, professional athletes, team managers, marketing managers, contest directors, videographers, photographers, and TV/video distribution companies. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the industry and discussions with the top pros and team managers, Matt has created a guide that will help you chart your course on the road to sponsorship.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cats on the Job: 50 Fabulous Felines Who Purr, Mouse, and Even Sing for Their Supper\nDescription: ['', '\"No matter what these whiskered workers do for a living, they definitely make every day at the office a little better.\" -C<i>atster</i>', '\"In the purr-fect book for feline fans feeling that dogs are hogging the limelight, Rogak shows us that cats do a lot more than scratch at posts and arch their backs.\" <i>The New York Post</i>', '\"<i>Cats on the Job</i> will make any cat lover purr\" <i>The Recorder</i>', 'Each chapter features at least one beautiful full-color image, and the stories of the cats are fascinating. ... I had a big smile on my face the entire time I read this book. This book is a celebration of cats and their unique personalities, and is sure to delight cat lovers of all ages. <i>Conscious Cat on Cats on the Job</i>', \"This book sells' itself. It gathers 50 stories of animals of one species mothering (or, in several cases, fathering) babies from an entirely foreign species. The instinct to nurture young is almost universal, and, as these stories demonstrate, that instinct can sometimes trump the instinct to stay within one's own kind. Illustrated with irresistible color photos, this one is a charmer. <i>Booklist on One Big Happy Family</i>\", 'Lisa Rogak in <i>One Big Happy Family</i> treats us to short but sweet stories of animals caring for animals of other species. <i>Animal People on One Big Happy Family</i>', \"Every page is an Awww!' moment, with surprising stories of interspecies adoption and friendships (the Dalmatian and her spotted sheep, the Labrador and her bunnies, a kitty and baby chicks - you get the idea) and accompanying photos Truly a book to make you happy, happy, happy. <i>TheDenverChannel.com on One Big Happy Family</i>\", \"This collection of tender stories and photos describes surprising interspecies relationships, many involving an adult predator suppressing its instinct to kill and taking on a parental role when exposed to an orphaned or abandoned baby animal that would ordinarily be its prey. Rogak's prose is buttressed by adorable pictures of the animals from different species snuggling or cuddling with each other. Impressively, the animals actively sought out the younger creatures in need. The stories exemplify the maxim that truth is stranger than fiction, and even if these incidents mark the exception rather than the rule, animal lovers of all ages will enjoy the book. <i>Publishers Weekly on One Big Happy Family</i>\", \"A celebration of the many ways service dogs help humans. . . . Will give dog enthusiasts plenty of reinforcement for the assertion that dogs are man's best friend. <i>Kirkus Reviews on Dogs of Courage</i>\", \"Lisa Rogak delivers another excellent book! . . . If you're looking for a book full of feel-good stories look no further. Rogak will warm your heart with her numerous tails' of canine heroism. <i>The Examiner on Dogs of Courage</i>\", 'An engrossing series of portraits of survival captured in a rich context of hope and heart that will leave you smiling and feeling richly nourished. <i>Seattle Kennel Club on Dogs of Courage</i>', 'This is the perfect stocking-stuffer for the dog lover on your list. <i>Hudson Valley News on Dogs of Courage</i>', \"<i>The Dogs of War</i> documents the real-life valor of canine warriors. Rogak is to be commended for the book's encyclopedic scope and rich historical detail. <i>The Washington Post on The Dogs of War</i>\", \"Canine heroism is eloquently celebrated in Lisa Rogak's <i>The Dogs of War</i>. <i>Hudson Valley News on The Dogs of War</i>\", \"Lisa Rogak's <i>The Dogs of War</i> sheds light on why the dog, more than any other animal, holds a special place in our history, and our hearts. The most comprehensive book I have ever read on the subject of military dogs, it exemplifies the indomitable spirit of the dog itself, ever selfless, loyal to a fault. <i>Steve Duno, author of Last Dog on the Hill on The Dogs of War</i>\", \"A book that will fascinate dog lovers and lovers of the military...It's inspiring and beautifully written. <i>The Examiner on The Dogs of War</i>\", '', 'LISA ROGAK is author of numerous books, most recently <i>One Big Happy Family: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another. </i>She lives in New Hampshire.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Red Claw: Book 1 of the Sea Purrtector Files (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at:www.jeannefoguth.com.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Star Bridge: Book 1 of the Chaterre Trilogy (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at: www.jeannefoguth.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The master grimoire of magickal rites & ceremonies\nDescription: ['Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. A good, clean & sound copy.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World\nDescription: ['', 'Book and cat lovers will adore this book and it will get everybody turned on to reading and the importance of libraries. Temple Grandin, author of <i>Animals in Translation</i>', '\"Finally, the charming backstory of the small-town cats who touched so many. This engaging, emotional, and funny read highlights the inclusive nature of the library community.\" Gina Sheridan, author of <i>I Work at a Public Library</i>', \"This valentine to two small-town library cats who accidentally became famous as book-world mascots and the librarian who loved them will be catnip to everyone who loves books and those perfect readers' companions, cats. Baker and Taylor's sensitively written saga also portrays the unstoppable growth of a woman's life, a library, a town, an industry, and an era, ours. Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Midnight Louie mysteries\", '\"I love, in no particular order, cats, books, and the literary life in general. I particularly love Scottish Fold cats. (I\\'ve had three, one of whom was a genius and achieved his own literary fame). So to find a book that covers all the bases - or all the paws, as the case may be - was a sheer delight. I only wish Norton was still around so I could read this to him. Or so he could read it to me.\" Peter Gethers, author of the bestselling Norton Trilogy (<i>The Cat Who Went to Paris</i>, <i>A Cat Abroad</i>, and <i>The Cat Wholl Live Forever</i>)', 'Not since George Bailey in <i>Its a Wonderful Life</i> has someone so lifted the spirits of an entire community. That the someone in this case is in fact two library cats makes this true tale of the love of literature combined with a fondness for nose licking all the more magical. This book, like a purring kitten who may also be a genie, should be welcomed into any home. Francesco Marciuliano, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats</i>', '\"These cats paved the way for the current wave of celebrity cats and ahead of the curve for super popular Scottish Fold breed. Had social media been invented at the height of their fame, they may have knocked Grumpy Cat off her primo perch.\" Cat Wisdom 101', '\"This heart-warming treasure of a book should appeal to readers of all ages.\" <i>Library Journal</i>', '', '', 'JAN LOUCH worked as Assistant County Librarian/Reference for the Minden branch of the Douglas County Library in Nevada for eighteen years before her retirement in 1997. Her previous jobs have included restaurant chef, nurses aide, chamber of commerce manager, and 4-H Club coordinator. She grew up in the Bay Area during the Depression and has lived in Great Britain, Ohio, and New York State. She has lived in the Carson Valley of Nevada since 1969.', 'Lisa Rogak is the bestselling author of numerous books, including <i>Cats on the Job</i>. She lives in New Hampshire.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Weeds\nDescription: ['\"Aging, betrayal, inner reflection, a dismal view from a street cornersomething in this collection will speak to nearly everyone. As they make their way through the emotional journey, some readers will connect to the poems that travel through darkness to find the sparks of light that remind us to keep going. <br /><br />Morris offers warm respite from the storm, like a friend with whom to compare visions of dark clouds.\"* <br /><br />A worthy read, especially for the disillusioned.\"', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Call of the Cats: What I Learned about Life and Love from a Feral Colony\nDescription: ['With humor and wit, <i>Call of the Cats</i> illustrates the perils and rewards of rescuing animals that live at the margins of human society. If you have ever cared for an animal, this book will resonate with you.<br /> <b>Marty Becker, DVM, Americas Veterinarian and author of <i>Your Cat: The Owners Manual</i></b><i><br /></i><br />Andrew Bloomfields heartfelt memoir is not just about his unconditional love for the feral-cat colony that he came to know and adopt. Its also a much larger portrait of how we can live with, and gently support, animals, who are all at our mercy.<br /> <b>Patrick McDonnell, creator of MUTTS and illustrator of <i>Guardians of Being</i></b><i><br /></i><br />Great writing is great storytelling, and Andrew Bloomfield is a great storyteller. This book is, in a word, stunning!...Buy it for every cat lover you know, as well as every not yet cat lover. If this book doesnt win them over, I dont know what will.<br /> <b>Amelia Kinkade, author of <i>Straight from the Horses Mouth</i></b><i> <br /></i><br /><i>Call of the Cats</i> is like <i>Born Free</i> in an urban backyard, full of remarkable detail about the wild life around us and the extraordinary emotional attachments that can exist between human beings and the untamed animals that occasionally share our lives.<br /> <b>Bruce Joel Rubin, Academy Awardwinning screenwriter of <i>Ghost<br /><br /></i></b>While claiming not to be a cat person, Bloomfield nevertheless is a deeply compassionate man in his interventions on behalf of the feral felines....This isnt a superficial work, and the author provides many pages of references, as well as resource websites for organizations that deal with feral animals. All in all, a very engaging and highly recommended book.<b><i><br /></i></b> <b><i>Library Journal</i></b>', \"Andrew lived the better part of two years in Nepal where he followed a 17th century pilgrim's guidebook to research spiritual sites around the lower Himalayas. He has worked as assistant manager and book buyer for East West Books in Manhattan, and for Snow Lion Publications in Ithaca, NY. He wrote<i> Learning Practical Tibetan</i>(with MP3s) for Snow Lion. In Seattle, he opened his own bookstore, Infinity Books, in Pioneer Square, where he hosted many public events, including appearances by renowned Tibetan lamas, Hindu saints, and Zen masters. He moved to Los Angeles and wrote <i>How to Practice Vedic Astrology</i> (with CD-ROM) for HarperCollins, subsequently published by Inner Traditions.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Plan Cee (Secrets, Lies, and Second Chances) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['"With each swipe of the page, there were great twists, which, thankfully, turned out for the best. This is a must-read book would be perfect for a day at the beach!"-<b>Chick Lit Goddess</b><br /><br />"Abeautiful story that captures both the destruction that can be causedfromlies and secrets, but also the strength of love and friendship."-<b>A Novel Thought</b><br /><b></b><br /><br />"I just love Hilary Grossman's books. She's a great writer, and her stories are addictive.You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll have a love-hate relationship with SO many of the characters!" -<b>For The Love Of Chick Lit</b>', 'By day, Hilary Grossman works in the booze biz. By night she hangs out with her \"characters.\" She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She\\'s been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on Long Island. To find out more of what Hilary is up to check out her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HilaryGrossmanAuthor or find her on Twitter https://twitter.com/feelingbeachie']",
"rejected": "Title: The Lead Her Challenge: 365 Devotionals To Encourage And Inspire Women In Their Calling From God.\nDescription: ['The LeadHer Team is made up of women from coast to coast who God has drawn together from all walks of life and united them in their passion for pouring the love of God and the knowledge of his plans for each of them into the women of today.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Utah Story\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep\nDescription: ['<span>\"</span><span> </span><span>To say that cats are high maintenance is anunderstatement. We all know that they run our lives. Rosa perfectly capturesthis reality in this hilarious little book.\"<br /><b>--</b></span><b><span> </span><span>True Book Addict</span></b><br /><br /><span>\"Most cat owners know how difficult it can beto sleep with a cat around (...) If you can\\'t sleep, you might as well laugh andthis book will make you laugh.\" <br /><b>--15 and Meowing</b></span>', 'Rosa Silva is the author of \"I\\'m Not Sorry: Poems by Cats\" and \"Stop Meowing and Go the F*ck to Sleep\". When she\\'s not working on her next book, you can find her reading, travelling, or writing the next post for her blog Cat Lady Confidential. She shares her home with (surprisingly) just one cat.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Makin' Biscuits: Weird Cat Habits and the Even Weirder Habits of the Humans Who Love Them\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Engage: Why ALL Christians Must Get Off Their Duff To Wage Political War For Religious Liberty\nDescription: ['Dr. Troy Clark\\'s writings have crisscrossed North America, and stretched around the globe, on a variety of successful business, personal growth, theological, and recovery topics. Those who hear him speak say that Dr.Clark is a motivator who will pick you up and take you farther than you ever dreamed. He\\'s a balanced man of faith, vision, and integrity, with a passion to see others succeed. Dr.Clark possess a rare talent, while building his successful career, he builds \"successful people\", who become winners in life themselves. Proceeds from his book sales go to financially assist homeless shelters, crisis pregnancy centers, and treatment programs for victims of abuse, as well as faith-based organizations and charities. Utilized in Fortune 500 corporations, college level curriculum, national newspaper and magazine articles, churches, start-up businesses, TV and Radio program content, consumed by sales professionals, as well as circulated among military officers and troops overseas, Dr. Clark\\'s success life-principles outstretch with joyous leap and rush into the fabric of US and international society. INVITE Dr. Troy to inspire your event, church, or organization at Troy Clark.net!', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work\nDescription: ['“If you, like me, are a fan of a certain kind of self-improvement book—the kind, like <i>The Happiness Project </i>or<i> 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think </i>or<i> Getting Things Done,</i> that offers up strategies for making certain areas of life work better without requiring that you embrace a new belief system—then I have a new book for you . . . <i>The Sweet Spot</i>.”<b>—KJ Dell’Antonia, <i>The New York Times </i>(Motherlode blog)</b><br> <b> </b><br>“With all the agonizing about ‘having it all,’ UC Berkeley sociologist Christine Carter, PhD, blows us a breath of fresh air with her five-step, common-sense primer <i>The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work</i>. Based on personal experiments with living life in what she calls the ‘pressure cooker,’ Dr. Carter offers advice in easily digestible nuggets.”<b>—<i>Working Mother</i></b><br><br>“Carter gives actionable ways to balance your life, your health, and your career. This book is packed with smart advice and hard-earned wisdom.”<b>—<i>Inc.</i></b><br><br>“Learn more about escaping the ‘busyness trap’ and uncovering a happier, less stressed you.”<b>—<i>Shape</i></b><br>  <br>“A highly readable, diligently researched advice book that offers concrete tips on how to get off the treadmill of busyness.”<b>—<i>Greater Good</i></b><br><br>“Carter’s transformation from overwhelmed working mom to productive and relaxed human being will inspire you. [<i>The Sweet Spot</i>] is chock-full of concrete tips on how to sharpen your focus, improve your efficiency, and use technology to your advantage.”<b>—<i>The Week</i></b><br><br>“Carter translates her knowledge of the psychology and neuroscience of happiness into practical advice for navigating the demands of modern life.”<b>—<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br>“Illuminates the simple and sustainable path toward a precious and happy balance.”<b>—Deepak Chopra</b><br>  <br> “A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.”<b>—Brigid Schulte, author of <i>Overwhelmed</i></b><br>  <br> “This book did something I thought was impossible: It seemed to <i>give me more time.”</i><b>—Martha Beck, author of <i>Finding Your Way in a Wild New World</i></b><br>  <br> “A page-turning thriller full of proven ways to have the life you want.”<b>—Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of <i>Hardwiring Happiness</i></b><br>  <br> “Timely, lively, and vital, <i>The Sweet Spot</i> is an immediately useful must-read.”<b>—Shawn Achor, author of <i>The Happiness Advantage</i></b><br>  <br> “<i>The Sweet Spot</i> inspired me to make immediate changes that have increased my productivity and lowered my stress.”<b>—Dan Mulhern, president, Granholm Mulhern Associates</b><br>  <br> “Refreshing, timely, and inspiring, <i>The Sweet Spot</i> will help you focus on what really matters most.”<b>—Renée Peterson Trudeau, author of <i>The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal</i></b><br>  <br> “The Sweet Spot is worth finding, and Christine Carter teaches us how.”<b>—Lucy Danziger, co-author of <i>The Nine Rooms of Happiness</i></b><br>  <br> “A must-read for every overworked executive, overwrought parent, or overscheduled human being.”<b>—Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan, 2003–11</b><br>  <br> “Compelling and practical . . . You will learn exactly how to create a much sweeter life!”<b>—Christiane Northrup, M.D.</b>', '<b>Christine Carter, Ph.D.,</b> is a sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, an interdisciplinary research center that “translates” the study of happiness, resilience, and emotional intelligence for the public. The author of the bestselling <i>Raising Happiness</i>, Dr. Carter blogs regularly for <i>Greater Good, The Huffington Post, </i>and <i>Psychology Today</i>. She has appeared on <i>The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Rachael Ray, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Today, </i>and NPR, and has helped thousands of people lead happier and more productive lives through her lectures and online classes. Her e-newsletters have more than fifty thousand subscribers. She lives with her husband, children, and stepchildren in Berkeley, California.']",
"rejected": "Title: Fancy Nancy's Perfectly Pink Playtime Purse\nDescription: ['', 'Make Fancy Nancy's fancy world come to life with 80 fabulous sticker activities!', '', 'Jane O’Connor is an editor at a major publishing house who has written more than seventy books for children, including the <em>New York Times </em>bestselling Fancy Nancy series. She resides (that’s fancy for lives) with her family in New York City.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Black Cats Tell All: True Tales And Inspiring Images\nDescription: ['', '<em>\"The heartfelt, beautiful tales in this collection speak eloquently to the great good fortune of those of us lucky enough to be owned by a house panther. Read and rejoice!\"</em>', '~Gwen Cooper, NY Times best-selling author of Homers Odyssey', '<em>Black cats have long suffered due to superstitions and been overlooked in shelters, so Im very excited that this book showcases what wonderful, loving companions black kitties can be.</em>', '~Laura J. Moss, founder of AdventureCats.org and author of Adventure Cats: Living Nine Lives To The Fullest.', '<em>\"...you will find page after page of the most adorable, affable, intelligent, inquisitive, bright-eyed cats ever to light up your life and somehow claim both your sofa and home office chair at the same time.\"</em>', '~Francesco Marciuliano, New York Times bestselling author of <em>I Could Pee On This And Other Poems By Cats</em>', '<em>\"Layla Morgan Wilde had produced a long overdue volume of remarkable stories to ally centuries of prejudice towards black cats.The message is profoundly simple. Every cat deserves adoration and adoption regardless of outworn superstitions!\"</em>', \"~ Oskar The Blind Cat, children's book author, special needs advocate and celebrity cat.\", '<em>Theres something about a black cat that sets my soul on fireebony magic dipped in starlight! That they are often passed by in shelters is a great loss to families looking to bring home a loving feline companion. Thank you, Layla, for sharing their stories and images so that others can see their beauty.</em>', '~Christine Davis, award-winning author and illustrator of For Every Cat An Angel, Forever Paws and other inspirational titles from Light-Hearted Press', \"<em>Congratulations to Layla for helping redress centuries of discrimination, not to mention Pope Gregory IX's infamous Papal Bull. Thanks for all you do in the world on behalf of other sentient beings!</em>\", \"~ David Michie, author of The Dalai Lama's Cat series and The Queen's Corgi.\", '\"<em>Black Cats Tell Alli</em>s a feast for the eyes. Whoever said that black cats do not photograph well needs to receive a copy of this book with its full-colorEXQUISITEphotos!', '~ Caren Gittleman, blogger at Cat Chat With Caren And Cody', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: The House of Glory: Prophecies and Allied Messages of the Holy Bible and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh 1948\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Return of Caine O'Halloran: A 2-in-1 Collection\nDescription: [\"New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author JoAnn Ross has been published in twenty-seven countries. A member of Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of bestselling authors, JoAnn lives with her husband and three rescued dogs who pretty much rule the house in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her on the web at www.joannross.com.\", '<br /><br />He could have driven home blindfolded.<br /><br />The two-lane road twisted like a snarled fishing line, unreeling through the sawtooth-forested mountains in sharp zigzags that defied compass reckoning. To make matters worse, the spring thaw had pitted the asphalt, creating a new season of dangerous dips and washouts. The low-slung black Ferrari, not built for back-country roads, thumped roughly over the scarred pavement.<br /><br />Unfazed by the danger, Caine O\\'Halloran coaxed the hell-on-wheels beast around the deadly narrow switchbacks with practiced skill.<br /><br />The engine behind his head whined as the revs rose and fell; blaring from the four amplified stereo speakers, Bruce Springsteen was advising \"no surrender.\" Caine\\'s fingers tapped out the driving rhythm of drums and acoustic guitar on the top of the steering wheel.<br /><br />Towering treesPacific silver fir, Western hemlock and the majestic Douglas firscreened both sides of the roadway, making it seem as if he were racing through a narrow green alley.<br /><br />Those same trees were reflected in the lenses of Caine\\'s dark glasses. Although the sky overhead was the hue of tarnished silver, a few sunbeams managed to slant through the curtain of trees, laying shimmering stripes of light across the pavement.<br /><br />The sound of moving water was everywhere as streams born in melting glaciers fed the rivers running to the sea. The scent of freshly cut fir rode the brisk spring wind.<br /><br />When The Boss started singing about missing Bobby Jean, Caine leaned forward and punched a button to skip the song. He damn well wasn\\'t in any mood to reminisce about lost loves.<br /><br />\"\\'Glory Days\\',\" he said approvingly when the speaker blared the familiar lyrics of the next song.<br /><br />One night a few years ago, after he\\'d played it three times on the jukebox in a Minneapolis bar, a winsome coed from the University of Minnesota had informed him that it was really a song about faded dreams and lost opportunities.<br /><br />Caine hadn\\'t believed that then, and he sure as hell didn\\'t now. To him it would always be The Boss\\'s tribute to athletes who possessed blazing speedballs that made other guys look like fools. Guys like Caine O\\'Halloran.<br /><br />He sped past a runaway-truck escape ramp that looked like a ski jump, downshifted as he approached yet another twist in the road, then punched the gas pedal. The Ferrari rocketed out of the turn like a moon shot.<br /><br />Cornering in a Ferrari going top speed wasn\\'t for the faint of heart. The speedometer shot upward and the tachometer approached the red line as the speed of the car blurred the trees. The force of over five hundred horses fully opened up pushed him back against the onyx leather seats. The engine\\'s shriek rivaled that of a fighter jet.<br /><br />When he reached one of the few straight stretches on the highway, Caine floored the accelerator; straddling the white centerline, the car streaked toward an enormous truck loaded with logs.<br /><br />The Peterbilt log truck was the same green as the fir trees flashing by the Ferrari\\'s tinted windows. Tall chrome stacks emitted billowy puffs of diesel exhaust, like smoke signals.<br /><br />The strident warning of the air horn shattered the mountain stillness.<br /><br />Once.<br /><br />Twice.<br /><br />A third time.<br /><br />Smiling with grim determination, Caine refused to budge. The asphalt stretched between car and truck like a shiny black ribbon. All the time he remained as cool as if he were out for a leisurely Sunday-afternoon drive in the country, instead of barreling hell-bent-for-leather straight to his death. <em>No retreat; no surrender.</em> The rock refrain pounded in his head; adrenaline raced through his blood like a drug.<br /><br />The air horn, now a steady, impatient bleat, split the air.<br /><br />Time took on the strange feel of an instant slow-motion replay as Caine became vividly aware of the staccato flash of white lines disappearing beneath the Ferrari\\'s wide radial tires, of the sun glancing off the chrome stack of the truck, of the driver\\'s red-and-black plaid shirt, of his orange-billed cap, of his grizzled gray beard and finally, as the truck came even closer, of the man\\'s expression: first disbelief, then fright, finally fury.<br /><br /><em>No retreat. No surrender.</em><br /><br />Caine waited fatalistically for the bearded man to make his move.<br /><br />At the last possible second, the truck veered; its right wheels went off the road, scattering gravel. Caine got a fleeting glimpse of a stocky, raised middle finger.<br /><br />A moment later, a pickup that had been following the Peterbilt passed Caine, as well. The driver stared at the Ferrari in obvious disbelief.<br /><br />Caine watched the trucks disappear in his rearview mirror. When he\\'d been seventeen, speeding around these hairpin curves in a fireengine-red Mustang convertible, emerging victorious from a game of chicken with the ubiquitous log trucks had always left him feeling vividly alive.<br /><br />But after today\\'s near-death encounter, he felt strangely let down. And disappointed. As Springsteen\\'s gravelly voice began singing about \"working on the highway,\" a hangover Caine had nearly forgotten after crossing the Oregon-Washington State border and entering the Olympic Peninsula came crashing back.<br /><br />The news spread through the town of Tribulation like wildfire. Caine O\\'Halloran was back.<br /><br />Dr. Nora Anderson was on duty in her clinic when she received the unexpected bulletin from her eight-year-old nephew, who\\'d become airborne after turning a corner too fast on his skateboard. The landing, not soft, had been on a gravel driveway.<br /><br />\"Did you hear the sick news?\" Eric Anderson asked, trying with youthful bravado not to flinch as Nora picked pieces of cinder from his palm with a pair of surgical tweezers.<br /><br />\"Eric,\" his mother chided, \"your aunt is trying to concentrate.\"<br /><br />Karin Anderson\\'s voice was edged with a stern warning tone that made Nora look up. \"What news?\"<br /><br />\"Caine got cut from the Yankees,\" Eric told her. \"But Jimmy Olson told me that his dad told him that Caine was comin\\' home to live here while he gets his arm back in shape.<br /><br />\"We saw his car parked outside The Log Cabin,\" he said. \"You should see it, Aunt Nora! It looks just like the Batmobile!\"<br /><br />A ratmobile was more like it. And to be hanging around a bar in the middle of the afternoon! Obviously, Caine hadn\\'t changed. \"It\\'s true,\" Karin said, her blue eyes offering sympathy.<br /><br />\"Well, I hope things work out for him,\" Nora said calmly. She\\'d sealed any feelings concerning Caine O\\'Halloran inside her, years ago. It was easier. Safer.<br /><br />\"Do you think he\\'ll give me a ride in his car, huh, Aunt Nora?\" Eric asked hopefully. \"After all, we are kinda related.\"<br /><br />Nora knew that Eric used his aunt\\'s former marriage to the baseball star to gain points on the playground. Understanding a small boy\\'s obsession with heroeseven ones undeserving of such loyaltyEric\\'s behavior had never bothered her.<br /><br />But then again, Caine hadn\\'t been living in Tribulation, either.<br /><br />\"I don\\'t know,\" she answered. Never having been able to predict her ex-husband\\'s behavior, she certainly wasn\\'t going to start trying to guess what was going through his adolescent mind now. \"You\\'ll have to ask him that yourself.\" She tackled another piece of gravel.<br /><br />\"Ouch!\" Eric yanked his hand back.<br /><br />\"Sorry.\" She\\'d used more force than necessary. Damn Caine, anyway.<br /><br />Although she\\'d been in her first year of medical school during their brief and stormy marriage, he hadn\\'t believed her when she\\'d insisted that she didn\\'t intend to let marriage or motherhood interfere with her plans to be a doctor.<br /><br />No, Nora corrected now. It wasn\\'t that Caine hadn\\'t believed her; it was more that he hadn\\'t listened. By the time she\\'d been married a week, Nora had realized that her husband possessed the unique ability to hear only what he wanted to hear.<br /><br />\"Well, I think that\\'s all of it,\" she said, giving her nephew\\'s hand one last antiseptic wash. Nora turned to her sister-in-law. \"If I were you, I\\'d hide that skateboard.\"<br /><br />\"I\\'m turning it into kindling the minute we get home.\"<br /><br />\"Mom!\" Color returned to Eric\\'s cheeks, staining them as red as the raspberries that grew wild in the forest surrounding the mountain town.<br /><br />\"We\\'ll discuss this later,\" Karin said firmly. \"At home. With your father.\"<br /><br />His shoulders slumped disconsolately. \"Dad\\'ll side with you. He always does.\"<br /><br />Although she agreed with Karin\\'s decision to deny Eric further skateboard privileges, Nora\\'s heart went out to her nephew. \"Hey, Eric..\"<br /><br />His bottom lip was thrust out over his top one.<br /><br />\"What?\"<br /><br />She tossed him a couple of the silver gambling tokens Karl Mahlstrom had paid his bill with earlier that morning. The retired mill worker had returned from Reno, Nevada, with paper cups filled with coins and a stiff shoulder from eighteen hours at the slot machines.<br /><br />\"Why don\\'t you take your mom out for some ice cream?\"<br /><br />The pout wavered, a reluctant smile played at the corners of his lips. \"Okay,\" he agreed with an outward lack of enthusiasm that Nora knew was mostly feigned. Then, remembering his manners, he said, \"Thanks, Aunt Nora.\"<br /><br />\"You\\'re welcome.\" Nora exchanged another long look with her sister-in-law. <em>We \\'ll talk about Caine later,</em> Karin\\'s look said.<br /><br /><em>Not on a bet,</em> Nora\\'s answered.<br /><br />It was Monday, the day of the week when a steady stream of patients always showed up at the clinic, showing the effects of a weekend of recreational abuse.<br /><br />On top of that, her nurse, Kirstin Lundstrom, was still on maternity leave. Nora had to serve as nurse, doctor and office clerk, which meant that she barely had time to catch her breath all day.<br /><br />Not that Nora minded the hectic pace; she was grateful that she didn\\'t have time to think about Caine O\\'Halloran\\'s return. And what, if anything, that would mean to her life.<br /><br />Returning to Washington\\'s Olympic Peninsula to practice family medicine in her hometown of two hundred and fifty residents meant that Nora saw her patients at the grocery store, or weeding their flower gardens, or over potato salad at a church potluck social.<br /><br />It also meant that she was more likely to be intimately involved with a patient, so that a serious illness or a death touched her more than it had at the big-city hospitals where she\\'d worked before returning home to Tribulation.<br /><br />Many of her patients had lost their health insurance, along with their jobs. They were people too poor to pay for visits to the doctor, but too proud to ask for government assistance. Although the condition of the Northwest\\'s logging and fishing industries had not been struck a fatal blow, recovery was a long time coming to this isolated forest community. In order to finance her new clinic, which she\\'d set up in the hundred-year-old house she\\'d inherited from her grandmother, Nora also made the thirty-five-mile round trip to Port Angeles to work in the hospital emergency room.<br /><br />Her clinic was open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; she worked at the emergency room on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Although sleep was as rare as it had been during the grueling thirty-six-hour shifts of her internship, not once had she regretted her decision.<br /><br />Her work in the emergency room, while fulfilling in its own way, paid the bills and put food on the table. Her work at the cliniccaring for family, friends and neighborsfed her soul.<br /><br />The complaints today were relatively minor and she wasn\\'t surprised that every one of her patients wanted to talk about Caine\\'s return to Tribulation.<br /><br />\"Caine\\'ll be back on the mound by the All-Star break,\" Johnny Duggan informed her after she\\'d given him a sample package of antihistamine to soothe some yellow-jacket stings that hadn\\'t responded to calamine lotion. \"That boy always was a pistol.\"<br /><br />Since Johnny was Caine\\'s third cousin on his mother\\'s side, Nora could understand the man\\'s loyalty.<br /><br />The next member of the Caine O\\'Halloran fan club was Ingrid Johansson, who\\'d run the Timberline Cafe since long before Nora was born. The elderly woman had strained a back muscle getting a box of steak sauce down from a too-high shelf.<br /><br />\"If the boy could come back from that torn rotor cuff three years ago, this new injury won\\'t be any problem,\" Ingrid predicted as she paid her bill. The worn, rumpled bills, smelling faintly of chain-saw gasoline, were evidence of a clientele consisting mainly of loggers.<br /><br />\"Oh, I brought you something,\" Ingrid said. \"For giving my Lars that cough medicine last week for no charge.\"<br /><br />She handed Nora a brown paper bag from which rose an enticing scent of warm apples and brown sugar. \"It\\'s a strudel,\" she added unnecessarily.<br /><br />\"Thanks.\" Nora could envision the cellulite leaping to her thighs from the aroma alone. \"It smells delicious.\"<br /><br />She\\'d already gained ten pounds since returning to Tribulation, mostly from her patients\\' peach cobblers, berry pies, fresh-caughtand thankfully cleanedfish, corn muffins and numerous other local delicacies.<br /><br />It was as if everyone realized she was undercharging them for their visits, and although they were grateful, pride insisted that they augment the reduced fee with whatever they could spare.<br /><br />\"I figured you could use a little fattening up.\" In-grid\\'s bright eyes swept judiciously over Nora\\'s slender frame. \"You\\'re not gonna get yourself a man unless you put a little more meat on those bones.\"<br /><br />\"Actually, I\\'ve been too busy to even think about men.\"<br /><br />\"Well, I expect that\\'ll change, now that Caine\\'s back in town,\" the older woman declared.<br /><br />\"My marriage to Caine ended a long time ago,\" Nora replied, reluctant to be discussing something so personal, but feeling that her disinterest in Caine O\\'Halloran needed to be put on record.<br /><br />And who better to start with than Ingrid? Nora doubted that there was a person in Tribulation who didn\\'t pop into the eatery sometime during the week. Especially on Wednesdays, for Ingrid\\'s pot-roast special.<br /><br />\"Legally,\" Ingrid agreed, closing her pocketbook with a snap. \"My experience has been that feelings are quite another kettle of fish.\"<br /><br />Determined to get the last word in, she left the office without giving Nora an opportunity to respond.<br /><br />For the rest of the day, Nora continued to smile and nod and write prescriptions and listen to yet another story depicting the life and times of Tribulation\\'s local hero.<br /><br />Twenty-one years ago, Tribulation, a timber town founded a century earlier by a Swedish logger and an Irishman who\\'d been laying railroad tracks up the coast, had gone through hard times.<br /><br />People who could trace their roots back to those original settlers had been forced to leave their homes and seek what they hoped would be temporary employment in the Puget Sound cities of Seattle, Olym-pia and Tacoma.<br /><br />Storefronts had been boarded up; the school established by the founding fathers had been in danger of closing, which would have forced the students to be bused to Port Angeles. Morale had been at an all-time low.<br /><br />Until a cocky fourteen-year-old took the pitcher\\'s mound during a state high school championship game between the Tribulation Loggers and the Richland Bombers and threw what Washington sportswriters the next morning were calling \"the pitch heard \\'round the state.\"<br /><br />From that day on, Caine O\\'Halloran was known as the Golden Boy with the golden arm. His natural ability to throw a ball gained him fame and admirers and his hometown was eager to bask in the reflected glow of his popularity.<br /><br />He went to college on an athletic scholarship, then on to play professional baseball. He spent some time in the minors because although his fastball flew at ballistic speed, no one, including Caine, ever had any idea exactly where it was going.<br /><br />A sportswriter for the <em>Seattle Times</em> once remarked that O\\'Halloran, then playing for the Tacoma Athletics, didn\\'t throw to spots, he threw to continents.<br /><br />However, with time, he\\'d garnered control and began making headlines for his energetic play both on and off the baseball diamond as he moved from team to team, league to league, barreling into every new town like a hired gun, paid to win championships. Which he did, with almost monotonous regularity.<br /><br />', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Something to Prove (A Magnolia Beach Novel)\nDescription: ['<b>Kimberly Lang</b>is a<i>USA Today</i>bestselling author as well asa Southern belle with a troublemaking streak. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid.', '', '', '<b>SOMETHING TO PROVE</b>', '', '', 'Chapter 1', '<i>If Id known I was going to attract this much attention, Id have worn lipstick.</i>', 'Forcing herself to smile, Helena Wheeler waved at the elderly couple frowning down at her from their porch swing. Mr. and Mrs. Riley had been ancient twelve years ago, and though she assumed theyd been long dead by now, she realized they might be living proof that time really did stand still in Magnolia Beach, Alabama.', 'The Rileys werent the only ones staring and muttering. Grannies house sat three blocks off Magnolia Beachs main drag, and at least a dozen people had done shocked double takes as shed passed. In a way, it was almost gratifying. She must not have changed all that much, which was heartening for someone staring down her thirty-second birthday and beginning to pay a bit more attention to those commercials talking about fine lines and wrinkles. The flip side, of course, was the hushed whispers that came after those double takes. She didnt have to hear them to realize that folks rather expected her not to have changed at all.', 'As Grannie would say, though, she was merely reaping what shed sown. She couldnt really expect anything else.', '<i>They probably have the high school on lockdown already</i>. She snorted. Like she even knew where to find a pig these days.', 'Well, she certainly couldnt terrorize the town on the weak cup of instant decaf shed gulped this morning in an effort to fool herself into waking up. Her first stop would be the diner for coffee. Then, and only then, would she have the strength to tackle the mile-long to-do list that was tucked into her purse.', 'Magnolia Beach was just a small coastal Alabama town, with the geographyHeron Bayou on the west, Heron Bay on the south, and Mobile Bay on the eastforcing pretty much everything into one central location. That was part of its charm, the communitys easy accessibility and friendly layout as much of a tourist attraction as the white sugar-sand beaches of the Mobile Bay side and the marina of the Heron Bay shore. Helena was immune to that charm, but it did make todays errands much easier because she wouldnt have to drive and park.', 'Turning right onto Front Street from Lister Streetofficially the place where Magnolia Beachs residential area became the so-called business districtHelena stopped and took a deep breath to ready herself for the next leg of this gauntlet. Then she smiled to herself. Shed forgotten how pretty Magnolia Beach was from this exact point. From here, it was a straight shot to Heron Bay, an unobstructed, perfect view all the way to where the Gulfs green water met blue sky at the horizon.', 'To her left, Grace Baptist still squared off with First Methodista name both hopeful and ridiculous at the same time since it was still the only Methodist church in Magnolia Beach. Grace Baptist had the Bible verse of the week up on its sign, and out of habit, Helena began trying to mentally rearrange the letters into something else. When nothing came to her, she realized that particular skill had gone rusty from disuse. <i>Pity</i>. <i>I used to be really good at that.</i>', 'The Frosty Freeze was shuttered, its picnic tables empty, but that would change once school let out for the day. There were more people on Front Street than carsmothers with babies in strollers and toddlers following behind, old women doing their grocery shopping, men with rods on their shoulders heading to fish off the jetty, and the occasional tourist with camera in hand, taking pictures of the small-town goodness of a modern Mayberry.', 'In other words, Front Street looked much the same as it always had. Sure, there were a few new stores and fresh coats of paint on some of the buildings, but otherwise... Helena was certain shed still be able to get through town blindfolded.', 'She reached for her sunglasses. It was truly a beautiful daysunny and warm, with just a hint of cool in the breeze to remind her it was actually September. It was exactly the kind of weather that Yankee snowbirds came south to the Gulf to experience.', 'And Magnolia Beach... Those blue skies, the occasional white puffy cloud overhead, the tidy main street with American flags hanging off the buildings... If she were designing the travel brochure for the town, <i>this</i> would be the picture.', 'In a way, shed missed it. Not Magnolia Beach, of course, but shed missed the water, the smell of salty air, and breezes off the ocean. As much as she loved Atlanta, she was still a beach girl at heart. Maybe one day, shed relocate back to the coastnot to Magnolia Beach, but maybe someplace down along the Florida panhandle.', 'But those were plans for a different day.', 'The bells dinged as she pushed through the front door of Marges Diner, triggering a Pavlovian-like craving for Ms. Marges three-berry pie. Habit nearly sent her to the big booth in the back cornerassigned seating so Ms. Marge could keep an eye on her from the kitchenbut she angled to the shiny, stainless-steel counter instead. The breakfast rush was over, and only a few tables with their classic red-and-white checkered tablecloths still had customers seated at them. She kept her sunglasses on and her head low. Fortunately, Magnolia Beachs beaches and the marina attracted enough tourists that one lone woman wouldnt draw much attentionuntil someone recognized her <i>and </i>decided to speak to her at least. And she <i>really</i> needed coffee before that happened.', 'The bored-looking young woman behind the counter barely seemed old enough to be out of high school, and she glanced at Helena without a glimmer of recognition.', '<i>Perfect.</i>', 'What can I get ya?', 'Helena thought longingly of the fabulous coffee shop right across the street from her place in Little Five Points, and the craving for one of their special double espresso hazelnut lattes nearly brought her to her knees. She pushed the thought aside. This was Magnolia Beach. Just coffee, please. Black.', 'The coffee wasnt the best, but it was hot and strong, and her brain perked up the minute it hit her tongue.', 'Helena?', '<i>And so it begins.</i>', 'Swiveling on the stool, she located the voice and found herself looking at a tall, lanky man who was staring back at her with surprisenot judgment. There was something so familiarthe shock of dark hair, the bright blue eyes.... Tate!', 'Tate Harris caught her as she launched herself off the stool and lifted her off her feet in a hug that squeezed the breath out of her.', 'It really <i>is</i> you. The blue eyes narrowed into a scold. I cant believe youd come to town and not let me know.', 'I just got in last night. You were definitely on my list of folks to find as soon as I got settled in.', 'Tate grinned. I should hope so. He gave her another squeeze. God, Ive missed you.', 'Helenas heart contracted a little. Although he was a year younger, Tate had always been her friend, defender, and partner in crimethe Boy Wonder to her Batman. But that awkward teenager was gone, and the intervening years had been <i>very </i>good to him. Look at you. All grown-up.', 'And youre as beautiful as ever. Welcome home. Then the smile faded, and concern took its place. Ms. Louise didnt take a turn for the worse, did she?', 'Grannie is fine, she assured him. The doc says shes healing well and should be able to come home in a couple of weeks.', 'Tate guided her back to her stool and ordered a cup of coffee for himself. The waitress suddenly didnt look so bored as she poured Tates coffee. He grinned at her, and she blushed before she went back to filling saltshakers and casting the occasional glance Tates way. Thats good news. She gave us all quite a scare.', 'And me. Guilt settled on her shoulders. Grannie had lain at the foot of the stairs for nearly two days with a broken hip, a broken ankle, three cracked ribs, and a concussion before her neighbor, Mrs. Wilson, had found her.', 'So thats why youre here.', 'Yeah. I wanted her to come to Atlanta for a while after shes out of the convalescent home, but she pitched a holy fit at the idea. And since theres no way shell be able to handle everything herself once they <i>do</i> release her, I had to come here. She shrugged.', 'He patted her arm. Youre a good granddaughter.', 'Im trying. Ive got a lot to make up for.', 'Tate snorted but didnt say anything. He knew what she was up against.', 'The Rileys and a few other folks have already given me the hairy eyeball today. Im just hoping they dont break out the pitchforks and torches.', 'It wont be that bad.', 'A spark of hope lit in her chest, surprising her. You think folks are willing to She stopped as Tate shook his head.', 'Jesus may forgive, but people dont forget. You, Miss Hell-on-Wheels, are half local legend, half cautionary tale told to keep kids on the straight and narrow path.', 'I wasnt <i>that</i> bad, she muttered into her coffee.', 'Uh, yeah. You were.', 'She lifted her chin. Those were merely youthful indiscretions. And it was a long time ago. People do grow up and change, you know.', 'Tate nodded sagely. That sounds like an excellent story. You should stick to it.', 'She returned the nod as regally as she could. I shall. Tate grinned, and she leaned forward eagerly. So tell me all about you. Howve you been? Job? Wife? Kids?', 'Fine, yes, no, and no. He checked his watch and drained the last of his coffee. All the other details will have to wait because Im about to be very late for work. But we should go to dinner or something and catch up.', 'Id like that. And she meant it. The fact shed missed Tate landed on her chest with a thud that surprised her with its weight.', 'Everythings pretty much where you left it, but if you need anything while youre getting settled back in, just let me know. He scribbled a phone number onto the back of a business card and pushed it her way.', 'Helena did the same. But I do have one thing you could help me with now.', 'Tate paused.', 'You know what Grannies house is likeall those stairsand my first project is to get someone in to do some renovations before Grannie comes home. Shes adamant that I call that Tanner boy and get him to do it, but she didnt mention <i>which</i> Tanner boy, and theres so damn many of them.', 'Tate nodded. You want Ryan.', '<i>Figures. </i>Not that there was a Tanner in Magnolia Beach that she did have fond memories of, but why did it have to be Ryan? Oh yay, she grumbled into her cup.', 'Tate laughed. What happened to growing up and changing?', 'I certainly hope thats true in Ryans case.', 'The grin got bigger. Oh, this is going to be interesting. I dont have his number on me, but if you run down to the mayors office, the secretary, Julie, can get it for you.', 'Throwing a couple of dollars onto the counter, she followed Tate outside. Why would the mayors secretary be keeping up with Ryan Tanner? Magnolia Beach was a small town where everyone pretty much knew everyone elseand all their businessbut even Magnolia Beach had limits.', 'Because Ryans the mayor, sweetcheeks.', 'It was a little hard to picture someone she went to high school with as the <i>mayor</i>, but she wasnt really that shocked. Ryan certainly wasnt the first Tanner to hold the office, and if his election to student body president was any indication, hed probably swept into office in a landslide vote. Hed always been goldennot that it was hard for a Tanner to be popular in Magnolia Beach. They were <i>the </i>local family, with doctors, lawyers, business owners, and even a county sheriff hanging off the branches of the family tree.', 'I gotta go, Tate said, squeezing her hand, but Ill give you a call later. And, by the way, he said, leaning in close, Id never say this within earshot of Ms. Marge, but if you want a good cup of coffee, head over to Latte Dah on Williams Street. Its where the old yarn store used to be. Their coffee could fuel rockets to Mars.', 'Morning, Dr. Harris. A lady Helena didnt recognize spoke as she passed, and Tate nodded politely in reply.', 'Bye, Helena. Welcome home. Then, with a quick wave, he was gone.', 'Helena stood still for a moment, trying to process this new information. <i>Tate Harris is a doctor?</i> She fished the business card out of her pocket, and sure enough, Tate J. Harris had DVM after his name.', 'Grannie had told her Tate was working at the vets office, but shed made it sound like he was a vet tech or somethingnot the vet himself. <i>Good for him</i>. Hed always talked about vet school, but the cost alone had made it seem like a pipe dream, at best. She didnt know if she should be proud <i>of </i>him or <i>for </i>him, but it made her smile either way.', 'And Magnolia Beach had a coffee shop now? Wow<i>.</i> <i>That </i>was big news. She couldnt quite wrap her head around the idea.', 'Grannie liked to give updates on life in Magnolia Beachhell, Helena knew all about Mrs. Potters roses and that new high school teacher with the tattoobut maybe she should start steering those conversations in more <i>practical</i> directions.', '<i>I wonder what else I dont know.</i>', 'The short walk to the squat brick building that doubled as the city hall and police station told her the answer to her question was a hell of a lot. There was a yoga studio tucked in between the barbershop and the post office now, and a day spa next door to Brysons Shoe Store with a menu of services that rivaled most Atlanta spas, only the prices were much more affordable.', 'Helena felt like a tourist in her own hometown.', 'The glass doors on the front of the city hall building displayed the Magnolia Beach seal and all twenty of their weekly office hours. Helena paused with her hand on the door.', 'Shed never been in through this entrance before. Now, the side entrance into the police station was a different story.... She felt oddly grown-up. At the same time, she felt seventeen again.', 'One of the problems with coming back to Magnolia Beach was all the people who never left, many of them people she didnt really want to see. While that list was certainly a long one, Ryan Tanner sat firmly in the top ten. While they hadnt been archenemies, they certainly hadnt been friends. Popular football players from good families didnt exactly hang with delinquents and those from the wrong side of the tracksnot that Magnolia Beach was big enough to really have a right and wrong side of the tracks, but the idea was the same.', '<i>Im not going to him for a favor. </i>This was a business transaction, and she was an adult now. They didnt need to be friends or anything else for her to hire him.', 'With one last deep breath, she pulled the door open.', 'A petite blonde sat behind a desk, her fingers clattering over the keyboard. She looked up as Helena entered, a big smile on her face. Hi. Can I help...', 'The words trailed off as the smile disappeared and her eyes widened. The woman visibly pulled back as her eyes darted side to side.', '<i>Good Lord. Youd think Id walked in here with a snake wrapped around my neck.</i> The nameplate on the desk said JULIE SWENSON, but Julie <i>Lane</i> probably had a laundry list of grievances against Helena dating back to kindergarten. The Swenson told Helena that Julie had married her high school boyfriend, Mike, and the rumors about Mike and Helena at homecomingshe repressed a shudder at the thoughtprobably fueled part of Julies reaction as well. <i>Oh, honey, Ive never been </i>that<i> drunk.</i>', 'She tried for a neutral, friendly tone. Hi, Julie. You look great.', 'This is a surprise, Helena. In town for a short visit?', 'There was such hope in the question that Helena took a little pleasure in squashing it. She might have been horrible to Julie, but thinking back, she remembered that Julie had deserved much of it. Not too short. Grannie will be well enough to come home soon, and Im going to be looking after her. Im not really sure how long Ill be staying.', 'Julie looked like she had something nasty-tasting in her mouth. Thats very kind of you. I hope Ms. Louise heals quickly.', 'She hadnt planned on rekindling old animosities on this trip, but it seemed inevitable. You and me both. She forced a cool smile. And that brings me to why Im here. I need to get in touch with Ryan Tanner about some work to be done to Grannies house before she comes home. Tate Harris said you could get me the number?', 'Well, well, well, the rumors <i>are</i> true. If it isnt Hell-on-Wheels.', 'Helena spun toward the amused baritone. She was getting much quicker at putting names to faces, but she wouldnt have needed any help matching the twenty-year-old Ryan Tanner with the version standing in front of her now. Sun-streaked blond hair, strong jaw, green eyes with cute little crinkles from being outside... There was something just so damn <i>wholesome</i> about him that he could be the centerfold for<i> Cute Boys Next Door </i>magazine. In jeans, a black polo shirt, and work boots, he certainly didnt look like he belonged in the mayors office, but it did give him an almost edgy sex appealnot hurt at all by the way the sleeves of his shirt strained against his biceps.', 'Under different circumstances... hummina<i>.</i> But that mocking Hell-on-Wheels comment had her hackles up. Its just Helena these days.', 'Im sure the chief will be glad to hear it. Hes new and all, but hes very committed to keeping Magnolia Beach orderly and peaceful.', '<i>And there it was. </i>Shed rather hoped that Ryan had outgrown his holier-than-Helena attitude. <i>Be an adult. Let it go. </i>I doubt Ill have time to make his acquaintance, but please pass along my regards.', 'Ryan walked around Julies desk and pulled some papers out of an in-box. What brings you to the mayors office? I dont think even <i>youve</i> been in town long enough to cause any trouble.', '<i>Dont take the bait. </i>Im looking for you, actually.', 'Ryans eyebrows went up in surprise. Then maybe we should step into my office.', 'Its not official Magnolia Beach business. I need to talk to you about my grandmother.', 'His attitude changed. It was subtle, but it was there all the same. Ryan indicated she should go into his office anyway. Somehow, shed been expecting it to be dated and stuck in time, but it was modern, with nice but not-too-expensive-looking furniture. Ryans eyes were concerned as he asked, How is Ms. Louise?', 'There was something very heartening about how much everyone seemed to care about Grannie. Her hospital room had remained full of fresh flowers, and shed had a steady stream of visitors at the convalescent center. That knowledge had helped mitigate her own guilt at not being able to be there every day.', 'Growing up, Helena never understood why Grannie loved living in Magnolia Beach, but then again, Grannie had never done anything to irritate the people. Well, besides having a hellion for a grandchild, of course. But even then, everyone had considered Helena to be Louises personal cross to bear and kept Grannie as a permanent fixture on the churchs prayer list for her patience and attempts to rein Helena in.', 'Shes chomping at the bit to be released.', 'Im not surprised. When will she be coming home?', 'Two, maybe three, weeks. Thats why Im here.', 'So youll be staying awhile? Ryans eyebrows went up again, as if he were calculating the cost of adding an additional officer or the possible property damage. Helena reminded herself not to be annoyed.', 'A little while. She sat in the guest chair in front of his desk. Grannie is going to need a lot of help when she comes home. Which brings me back to you. She cant come home until the house is ready for her. I need ramps built and one of those walk-in bathtubs installed downstairs. We need some grab bars, stuff like that throughout the house, because I dont want her falling again. Just the thought put a sick feeling in her stomach. Grannie wants you, specifically, to do the work.', 'Ryan leaned against his desk. Tell Ms. Louise that Im flattered.', 'But...? she prompted.', 'No but. Ill be happy to do it.', 'Great. Thats a big relief. And it was. The construction on the house was the biggest weight on her shoulders right now. And since she really didnt have the time to vet a parade of contractors, shed go with Grannies assurance that he was the best in Magnolia Beach. I have some errands to run this morning, but Ill be home after that. You can come by anytime this afternoon or tonight to take a look and give me some estimates.', 'Ryan pulled out his phone and checked something. Sometime after five okay?', 'Thatll be great. She started to offer the address, but caught herself. I think you know how to get to the house.', 'That I do. There was that smirk again.', 'Helena was desperate to ask him what was so damn funny, but she restrained herself. Then Ill see you this evening, Mayor Tanner. She stood and hitched her bag over her shoulder.', 'He nodded, and Helena showed herself to the door. Welcome back to Magnolia Beach, Hell-on-Wheels, Ryan called from behind her. Stay out of trouble, okay?', 'She had to bite her tongue to keep from taking the bait this time. With a nod to Julie on her way out, she pushed through the glass doors and into the sunshine.', '<i>Lord have mercy.</i> If this morning was the baseline for what life was going to be like for her the next few weeks...', 'Magnolia Beach had a lot of new businesses. She sincerely hoped one of them was a liquor store.', '***', 'Ryan watched as Helena left in what could best be called a mild huff. Maybe he shouldnt have needled her like that. It wasnt his best move, but since the other choice had been to drop his tongue to his toes, hed probably made the <i>better</i> choice out of self-preservation.', 'Helena had been the stuff of teenage fantasy: pretty, but not unapproachably beautiful, wild and possibly dangerous, inspiring fear and envy and disdain at the same time. She ran with a crowd of mostly older boysmany of them delinquents themselvesgiving her a scary-sharp edge and a mouth that could cut you down to size without missing a beat.', 'The combination had been both alluring and detracting, much talked about in locker rooms and over illicit beers on the beach. So while Helena might have inspired the fantasies and starred in the dreams of many Magnolia Beach boys, very few had had the courage to act. They all knew she was way out of their league. Hitting on Helena seemed like a good way to have your head handed back to you.', 'Hed managed to stay out of her direct line of firemost of the timemainly because theyd run in different social circles. And though those circles didnt overlap, they did grate against each other pretty regularly with the expected antagonistic results. He knew Helena hadnt cared for him back then, but any chance he might have ever had to change her mind had ended when she up and left with a deckhand from one of the charter boats.', 'She never came back. Until now.', 'That allure should have faded over time, so the fresh rush of temptation had rocked him back on his heels. Shed certainly grown up prettythe big brown eyes and dark hair were just as he remembered, but there was something... <i>softer</i> about her. More approachable.', 'Shed been casually dressedjeans, a V-neck tee that just hinted at cleavage, minimal makeupbut that didnt have a girl-next-door effect. And the spike in his blood pressure wasnt adolescent at all.', '<i>Damn.</i>', 'Julie stuck her head around the door. Well, shes back. Can you believe it?', 'You thought she wouldnt come home?', 'Im just surprised. Lord knows, she hasnt set foot in town for anything else. Not that Im complaining, mind you, she added, but it seems like she just fell off the face of the earth.', 'That was somewhat true. Helenas legendary status had only grown in her absencemainly because it was a <i>complete</i> absence. Ms. Louise was always quick to mention a gift sent by Helena, and her neighbors had given her rides to the Mobile airport for what she called her girl trips, but for the most part, even Ms. Louise had stayed silent about Helenas life after Magnolia Beach. I think an injured grandmother who needs care trumps everything else.', 'Ms. Louise has friends and neighbors who would be happy to help.', 'Its not the same thing as family.', 'Julie shook her head sadly. And even there the poor woman hasnt had much luck, has she?', 'In a town the size of Magnolia Beach, where everything was everyones business and fence-row gossip was the local pastime, it was considered a real shame that someone as well-liked and good as Ms. Louise had been dealt a rather poor hand: widowed young, then left to raise Helena on her own after her son died and Helenas mother ran off. Not that anyone would say that to her face, though. People shook their heads over Helena but maintained that Ms. Louise had done the best she could, considering the circumstances. I dont think Helena is a bad grandchild, only one who lives far away.', 'It wasnt uncommon or anything; Magnolia Beach was a small town, and many of its young people left, never to return. As mayor, though, he was working hard to make Magnolia Beach a place theyd want to come back to.', 'Julie merely shrugged.', 'Well, Helenas here now, when it counts, so give her credit for that much.', 'Julies mouth twisted, and Ryan bit back a smile. Old grudges died hard, it seemed. Everyone knew about Mike and Helena at homecoming, and Julie obviously wasnt ready to let that go just yet.', 'No one ever accused her of lacking nervethats for sure. <i>Anyway</i>, Julie said, her tone changing the subject rather nicely as she put a folder on his desk, theres not much happening here today. Just a few things you need to sign. She left, leaving the door open behind her.', 'A few moments later, he heard the clatter of her fingers flying over her keyboard and figured e-mails were pinging into in-boxes all over town, heralding Helenas return.', 'Shaking his head, he flipped open the file. A couple of permits, the winners certificates for the schools spelling bee, the minutes from the last council meeting. An average day and the reason this job was only part-time at best. Magnolia Beach was a good place, with good people, and it pretty much rolled along without much hassle or drama.', 'That was part of its charm.', 'And since he sincerely doubted Helena would find time to set fire to the football equipment shed again, he could enjoy the minor shake-up shed cause by being here.', 'His mayoral duties completed for the day, he had a full half hour before he needed to be anywhere else, so he logged on to check his e-mail. With nothing important awaiting him there, either, he went online to Google Helenas name.', 'Seconds before he could, though, Julie stuck her head around the door. Your brother just called', 'Adam or Eli? he asked without looking up.', 'Adam. He said to let you know that your uncle Dave just left his office and will be here in about one minute.', '<i>Damn it. </i>He quickly closed the search window and stood. Thats not much warning.', 'He said it would give you enough time to prepare yourself but not enough time to escape, she said with a smirk.', 'Hard on her words, he heard the front door open. Julie shrugged a halfhearted apology and stepped aside as his uncle Daves burly frame filled the doorway.', 'I was just out for my walk and thought Id stop in to say hello. Without waiting for an invitation, Uncle Dave came in and sat.', 'Ryan believed in an open-door policy, and there was a high level of casualness to the position of mayor of Magnolia Beach, but this was no spur-of-the-moment drive-by visit. His uncle had been mayor for too many years and had never quite let the job go. He was just lucky Uncle Dave deigned to sit in the guest chair instead of behind the desk. These casual just stopped in to say hello visits had led to the last two mayors severely limiting their terms.', 'It hadnt taken Ryan long to understand why, but he had it worse than his predecessors. It was different when it was family. As his uncle liked to remind him when he protested, someone whod changed his diapers was not going to be put off easily. And that basically included an entire generation of Magnolia Beach residents.', 'At least Uncle Dave didnt beat around the bush. Word has it youre going to sign off on that new cell tower.', '<i>Not again</i>. I am aware of your objections, but it has to be done. Were trying to attract people to Magnolia Beach, and folks just dont like to go places where they cant get a good cell signal. They dont like to be disconnected from the world.', 'I think it would be a selling point. To really get away from it all. That is the purpose of vacations.', 'You said the same thing when we put in the town Wi-Fi, and its proven itself a good investment.', 'Itll be an eyesore.', 'So are many necessities of modern life. But youll be glad to know that the council chose a site specifically not to mar the view. The cell tower itself wasnt the problem, and Ryan knew it. The real problem was that the new cell tower was another step in his larger plan to improve Magnolia Beach, and <i>that </i>made some people nervous.', 'Uncle Dave began mumbling about how it would give them all brain cancer, and Ryan crossed that topic off his mental list. They could now move on to the prospects of the football team, people flying flags improperly, and, his perennial favorite, the length of his hair. Ryan furrowed his brow and pointedly gave his watch a worried look, hoping he would take the hint.', 'No such luck. Uncle Dave sat back in the chair and got comfortable. I hear Hell-on-Wheels rolled back into town today. And that she was looking for you.', 'He hadnt been expecting <i>that </i>particular topic. <i>Good to know the Magnolia Beach grapevine is in full working order, though. </i>I hear she prefers to just go by Helena these days. And, yes, she found me. Theres some work that needs to be done on Ms. Louises house, and Ive agreed to do it. Hopefully Ms. Louise will get to come home soon.', 'Glad to hear it. Itll be good to have her back. Im looking forward to seeing how she turned out.', 'Ryan had only been half listening, nodding along, pretending to be busy, but that last bit had his head snapping up. He thought Uncle Dave had been talking about Ms. Louise. How who turned out? Helena?', 'Of course Helena. I remember when the sheriff hauled her and that Paul Chatham in, both of them soaked to the bone, covered in mud, and madder than wet hens.... He trailed off into chuckles. He knew theyd been up to something, but he just couldnt prove what. The man was half-crazed for weeks trying to find a crime to fit the suspects. The chuckles morphed into full-belly laughs that had tears rolling down his cheeks. Definitely a pistol, that girl. Always loaded and no safety. She kept everyone on their toes.', 'Ryan thought he was doing an admirable job of keeping his jaw from dropping open. Yet youre the one who hauled her in front of the town council over the water tower incident. Uncle Dave certainly hadnt found <i>that </i>quite so amusing at the time.', 'Uncle Dave shrugged. It had to be done. I thought it might put the fear of God in her before she got into some kind of real trouble.', '<i>Who is this man, and what has he done with my uncle? </i><i>Real </i>trouble? Defacing town property wasnt <i>real</i> trouble?', 'Uncle Dave waved him off. It was just teenage mischief, and not even maliciously done. And, anyway, Id been trying to get the council to approve the funds to repaint that tower for months. Helena helped me along. Once she painted over her artwork, the rest of the thing looked so bad, the council had to release the money. He raised an eyebrow. Speaking of which... its looking like it could use a fresh coat again.', 'Ryan was still stuck at the dismissal of Helenas petty-crime spree as teenage mischief, so it took him a second to catch up to the conversation. Ill add it to the list, he managed.', 'Good. Uncle Dave pushed himself to his feet. Now that he had said his piece, his visit was over. And when you see Helena again, you tell her I said welcome home. With a wave, he was gone.', 'Ryan sat back in his chair and scrubbed a hand across his face. This had been the oddest morning.', 'But he didnt have time to mull it over, as his phone was buzzing and he had to stop for supplies before meeting his crew at the Jones place. And he didnt have the time now to look up Helena, either, as curious as he was, and that annoyed him more than he expected.', 'He stopped by Julies desk to return the signed papers, but Julie merely nodded and waved, her attention more focused on whoever was on the other end of the phone balanced between her ear and shoulder. Her voice was low, but he still heard Helena and unbelievable.', 'He smiled. He could get supplies, go to the Jones place for a while, and then stop by the post office in a couple of hours. By then, the grapevine would have done its job and Anna Grace would have all the available information on Helena Wheeler, down to her shoe size, ready to share.', 'Living in a small town had its perks.', '', '', 'Chapter 2', 'Helena cursed as the download failed again and reached for her beer. Grannie might be able to function with a dial-up modem that dated from 1996, but Helena was going to have to get the cable guys out here with some technology from <i>this </i>century. She always bragged about how she was fortunate enough to be able to work from anywhereassuming that anywhere had high-speed Internet access. But that wasnt Grannies.', 'Frustrated, she shut down the laptop. Tomorrow, shed go in search of somewhere with free Wi-Fi. Maybe that coffee shop Tate mentioned would have it.', 'Leaving the laptop on the table, she took her beer to the front porch. Pretty much all the houses looked the same here, all built in the mid to late sixties after Hurricane Betsy flooded the area in 1965. The beach-style clapboard bungalows had wide porches and postage-stamp-sized yards, and only the paint colors and different flowers in the beds made it possible to tell them apart. There were children playing ball in the street while parents washed their cars in the driveways, and she could smell hamburgers grilling not far away. <i>Idyllic</i>. <i>Charming. Monotonous.</i>', '<i>I miss my life already.</i> Shed only been away from it for a day, but the long weeks shed spend here, in Magnolia Beach, stretched ahead of her like a desolate desert highway.', 'Oh, there were other things she could be doingshe had a nice, long listbut she closed her eyes and set the swing in motion instead. It was hard to dredge up a real sense of urgency when she was still pitying herself for having to be here at all.', 'Misha, the friend who was keeping her plants alive in Atlanta, had taken on the role of life coach, earnestly encouraging her to use this time to both reconnect with her past and discover something new about herself. It had been all she could do not to laugh in Mishas face. She didnt <i>want</i> to reconnect with her past. Hell, that Helena felt like a completely different person, a strangerself-centered, selfish, and really angry at the whole world. That wasnt someone shed like to get to know again. A lot of it had been relatively harmless adolescent trouble, the consequence of the dangerous mix of small-town boredom and a still-developing frontal lobe, but there was a line, and shed been dancing right along it. No one wanted to be the one to send Ms. Louises granddaughter off to juvie, thoughand shed been smart enough not to do anything too damn dumb or feloniousso shed done a hell of a lot of community service. So much of it that it was practically her first job. She could still remember that horrid orange safety vest shed been forced to wearand the mocking attitude of the deputy when hed written Hell-on-Wheels across the back in black permanent marker.', 'She vaguely wondered if that vest was still around someplace. She snorted at the thought. Theyd probably tucked it inside her permanent record.', 'Hence her avoidance of Magnolia Beach, a small town with an ability to carry a big grudge. The cards had been stacked against her from the get-go: Her mother had been an unknown entity, some wild thing her father found and knocked up on a trip to Jacksonville, and most people worried that even the influence of a God-fearing, good woman like Louise Wheeler might not be able to counteract Helenas questionable DNA. Her mother hadnt lasted long in Magnolia Beach after her father died, leaving when Helena was just a couple of months old, but those few months had made an impression on the local populationand not in a good way. The first time Helena stepped out of line, all her mothers sins had been remembered and reexamined. And since everyone claimed apples didnt fall far from their trees, most people assumed Helena was on the exact same path of trouble and bad news. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.', 'Shed been lucky, though, getting it under control before her life became a cautionary tale suitable for an after-school special, but there was no pride or triumph in her story. She just wanted to forget it.', 'As for discovering something new about herself... That was a laugh. Shed been on that journey, <i>thankyouverymuch</i>. There was only so much introspection a person could do. Parental rejection leading to anger issues and attention-seeking behavior, blah, blah, blahshed done the therapy <i>and</i> had a shelf full of self-help books. She owned a business, paid her taxes, and donated to charities. She might not be <i>respectable</i>, but she was about as close as she was going to get. And that would just have to be enough for these people.', 'So, at best, she was going to discover how long she could survive being back in a town where the traffic lights went blinky at eleven oclockall three of them.', 'With a sigh and a strong mental shake, she drained the last of her drink. She could sit here and feel sorry for herself, or she could just deal. Since hosting a pity party wasnt going to change things, shed deal.', 'Just like shed always done.', 'But one look around Grannies house, full of fifty-some-odd years worth of stuff, was almost enough to send her back for another drink or a hide under the covers. Clean out the sunroom seemed like a manageable-enough task on paper, but in reality...', 'The knock at the door seemed like a small gift from God. She could postpone without feeling like she was procrastinating. Getting estimates from Ryan Tanner would also count as being productive.', 'But it was Tate at the door, not Ryan, and he greeted her with another hug that lifted her off her feet.', 'Someones been working out, she teased. Come on in.', 'Tate looked around and smiled. I havent been in here in so long. It looks exactly the same, though.', 'She nodded. Grannies not one for change. Can I get you a beer? Can you stay awhile? She sounded desperate, but perhaps she was. Just being back here was messing with her head. Plus, it was too quiet: The sound of children playing in the streets was actually a little creepy for someone more used to the city and traffic noise of her neighborhood.', 'I was actually going to see if you wanted to go get that dinner I promised you.', 'That sounded divine, but... I cant. Im waiting on Ryan Tanner to come by to give me some estimates.', 'When?', 'Sometime after five. She looked at the clock, saw it was five forty-five, shrugged, and went to the fridge. Tate shook his head when she offered him a beer, so she poured him a glass of tea instead. Hes worse than the cable company.', 'Well, hes got football practice, so theres no telling what time hell get here.', 'She leaned against the counter. Isnt he a little old for that?', 'Ryans one of the coaches now.', 'Somehow, that doesnt surprise me. <i>He probably runs a scout troop, too. Wonder what the adult equivalent of teachers pet is?</i> It was a little scary how quickly shed reverted to her seventeen-year-old self. She took a long swallow of her beer.', 'Hey, now, weve been to the state championships twice since he started coachingsomething that hasnt happened since... well, since Ryan was still playing, probably.', 'Go, Pirates, she deadpanned.', 'Still not a football fan, huh?', 'I could not care less if I tried.', 'Tate gasped, hand to his chest in fake horror. Thats unnatural.', 'She made a face at him. I actually want to hear about you, and what youve been up to, <i>Dr. </i>Harris.', 'Thats really all Ive been up to. I was in school forever, then came back here and took over Doc Masterss practice when he retired last year.', 'Im so proud. He gave her a look, so she clarified, No, I really am proud of you. Thats great.', 'He accepted that with a nod. And you?', 'I do graphic design. An online one-woman thing.', 'I knew youd end up doing something artsy.', 'Ive got pretty steady work, so Im lucky. I love it <i>and </i>it pays the bills.', 'Perfect combo. He tapped his glass against her bottle.', 'Exactly. She stared him down. But you... no wife, no kids? Whats up with that?', 'He nearly choked on his drink. I could ask the same of you, he said, deflecting the question.', 'She shook her head in mock sadness. Alas, the state of Georgia wont let me have a wife.', 'Tate laughed. Then well just call that a topic neither of us wishes to discuss.', 'Good call. What about Ellie and Sam? She was suddenly hungry for news, which was strange. She hadnt even thought about most of these people in ages, and now that made her sad. And a little ashamed.', 'Ellies in Mobilemarried, two kids, happy. Sam got divorced last year and moved back here. Im sure shed love to see you.', 'Tate had practically raised his sisters, and she could hear in his voice that he still adored them. Thats great, and Id love to catch up with Sam if theres time. Carefully, she asked, What about your parents?', 'Moms still in the same place. The old man died about eight years ago, he said flatly.', '<i>Glad to hear it,</i> she thought, but said, I didnt know, instead. She wouldnt offer sympathy, and she knew Tate didnt expect it. Mr. Harris had been an evil, hateful man who only got worse when he drank. And it was a well-known secret how he took it out on his kids. She wasnt the least bit sorry the man was dead, and she wouldnt mouth platitudes she knew Tate didnt need or want to hear.', 'Tate quickly changed the subject. So when are you going to let me take you to dinner and show you the sights of Magnolia Beach?', 'Magnolia Beach has sights? she teased.', 'A few. Youve probably seen most of them, but we do have some nice restaurants now and a bar with live music three nights a week.', 'Goodness, when will we have time to fit it all in? At Tates shrug, she added, Well, my dance card isnt exactly full these days, so pretty much whenever is good for you. I should probably wait to make any concrete plans until I hear what Ryans going to do and when hes going to do it.... On cue, she heard Ryan call her name from the porch. Speak of the devil. Come on in, she shouted as she headed back that way.', 'Ryan already had one foot in the door. Another difference between life here and in Atlanta. Shed already quit locking her door, and the only thing strange about a man letting himself into her house was that it actually wasnt strange at all. That, and the fact shed reverted back to old habits so quickly. Hell, that was downright disturbing.', 'Sorry Im running late, Ryan said with an apologetic grin. The boys were acting up, and there were laps that had to be run.... He trailed off and cocked his head sideways. Tate. I didnt expect to see you here.', 'Tates nod was brief and quick. Ryan.', 'There was an odd moment of tension Helena didnt quite understand. What? Surprised theres at least one person whos glad Im back?', 'Oh, there are several, Im sure, Ryan said wryly. Some might even surprise you.', 'She laughed. Well, that would be a pleasant surprise, indeed. Setting down her beer, she turned to Tate. Its my turn to cut things short. Sorry.', 'No problem. Thanks for the tea. Tate set his glass on the table next to hers, then leaned in to plant a kiss on her cheek. Ill call you tomorrow about that dinner.', 'Youd better.', 'With another of those brisk nods in Ryans direction, Tate was gone. Ryan watched him leave.', 'Helena picked up the list of work for Ryan shed started earlier. Okay, lets start with the', 'That was fast.', 'Excuse me?', 'Youre back less than twenty-four hours and you already have a date with Tate Harris?', 'That was so far out of left field that she laughed. Whatare you jealous or something?', 'Ryans head snapped around. Huh?', 'Unless <i>you</i> have a thing for Tate, why would you even care? she asked.', 'Tate Harris is considered quite the eligible bachelor in Magnolia Beach. Youll make a whole <i>new</i> set of enemies if you poach him.', 'It hadnt occurred to her that Tate would be an eligible bachelor, but it did make sense now that Ryan mentioned it. Hed grown up to be downright adorable <i>and </i>successful. Im not poaching anyone. And even if I wanted to poach, Magnolia Beachs womenfolk could have him back in just a few weeks.', 'An eyebrow went up. Just a few weeks, huh?', 'Believe me when I say I do not intend to stay a second longer than absolutely necessary. I have a life in Atlanta, thank you very much, and I cant wait to get back to it as soon as humanly possible.', 'Ah, well, <i>thats</i> the spirit.', 'The sarcasm grated. She held the list in his direction. Shall we?', 'He nodded at the bottle in her other hand. Are you not going to offer me a beer first? Tsk, tsk, whats happened to your manners?', 'The rest of the world doesnt normally offer alcoholic beverages to random tradesmen, you know. But even as she said it, she was already heading to the fridge.', 'Ryan accepted the bottle with a nod of thanks, and she held the list in his direction again.', 'This time, he took it, but he didnt bother to look at it. Lets start at the front of the house.', 'She followed him out the front door onto the porch, but before he could start talking, he was interrupted by a high-pitched yapping bark. A small black smudge jumped out of the open window of Ryans truck and ran to sit at his feet, growling a warning at her. She jumped back a step. What the hell?', 'Ryan inclined his head toward it. And thats Tank.', 'Tank was quite possibly the strangest-looking dog shed ever seen. He was one of those hairless breeds, which gave him a rather ratlike appearance. He had a bit of an overbite and the little-dog antsiness that made his toenails click against the wooden planks as he danced around Ryans ankles. He was tiny, maybe five or six pounds, tops, and he alternated between shooting her dirty looks and staring adoringly up at Ryan. Tank?', 'Tank doesnt let his size affect his ego. He thinks hes bigger than he is.', 'Tank couldnt do her any real damage, but those teeth looked sharp nonetheless and would probably hurt if he got ahold of her. He belongs to you?', 'I think I belong to him, actually. He just showed up on my porch one day, and when I opened the door, he wandered in like he owned the place.', 'Thats sweet. Especially since Ryan seemed more like a yellow Lab kind of guy. Hysterical, but sweet.', 'He comes with me to work sometimes, but hes happy hanging under the truck in the shade. He wont bother you. So, youll need a ramp....', 'Over the next half hour, Helena developed a grudging admiration for Ryan. He obviously knew his stuffpointing out missing items on her list and coming up with different ways to solve the most obvious problemsand some of the not so obvious ones, too. For what seemed like the fiftieth time, she said, I hadnt thought about that.', 'This isnt my first rodeo, you know. We have a lot of retirees down here, not to mention the snowbirds who arrive every October. Adaptations to accommodate an aging population are a booming business. He looked at his notes. Do you have a budget in mind?', 'Of course.', 'After a moments pause, Ryan added, And that number would be...?', 'His attitude gave her great pleasure to be able to say, Something well discuss after Ive seen your bid.', 'You think Ill inflate the numbers? Insult was stamped across his face.', 'She shrugged. I think its unwise to tell anyone how much youre willing to pay until youve seen how much they want to charge.', 'Wow. Theres some trust issues for you.', 'It has nothing to do with trust or the lack thereof. Its just good business. Or didnt they teach you that up at Auburns business school? It was all she could do not to laugh at the look on his face. I made a trip to the post office for some stamps. The new girlAnna Grace?is a true font of information.', 'Ryan looked a little exasperated. She takes after her aunt.', 'Although she didnt know why she cared, she still asked, When did Mrs. Trunbill finally retire?', 'Just a few years ago.', 'Lord, she must have been eighty or something.', 'Ryan shook his head. Sixty-five.', 'Really? That didnt seem possible.', 'People just look older when youre younger.', 'I guess. Old gossip popped back into her mind. Is it true that Mrs. Trunbill sent letters to every male in town who had a <i>Playboy</i> subscription, threatening to tell their mothers about it?', 'She could have gotten fired for doing something like that, he said, looking distinctly uncomfortable.', 'That wasnt my ques <i>Oooh</i>, not only is it true, but you got one, didnt you?', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Calamity Janes: Cassie & Karen\nDescription: ['\"Sherryl Woods writes emotionally satisfying novels about family, friendship and home. Truly feel-great reads!\" -#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber<Br><Br>\"Woods\\' readers will eagerly anticipate her trademark small-town setting, loyal friendships, and honorable mentors as they meet new characters and reconnect with familiar ones in this heartwarming tale.\" -Booklist on Home in Carolina<Br><Br>\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\"<Br>-Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn<Br><Br>\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\"<Br>-Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn<Br><Br>\"In this sweet, sometimes funny and often touching story, the characters are beautifully depicted, and readers...will...want to wish themselves away to Seaview Key.\"<Br>-RT Book Reviews on Seaview Inn<Br><Br>\"Woods...is noted for appealing character-driven stories that are often infused with the flavor and fragrance of the South.\"<Br>-Library Journal<Br><Br>\"A reunion story punctuated by family drama, Woods\\'s first novel in her new Ocean Breeze series is touching, tense and tantalizing.\"<Br>-RT Book Reviews on Sand Castle Bay<Br><Br>\"A whimsical, sweet scenario...the digressions have their own charm, and Woods never fails to come back to the romantic point.\"<Br>-Publishers Weekly on Sweet Tea at Sunrise<Br><Br>\"Skillfully introducing readers to The Devaneys, Sherryl Woods scores another winner.\"<Br>-RT Book Reviews on Sean\\'s Reckoning', 'With her roots firmly planted in the South, Sherryl Woods has written many of her more than 100 books in that distinctive setting, whether in her home state of Virginia, her adopted state, Florida, or her much-adored South Carolina. Sherryl is best known for her ability to creating endearing small town communities and families. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 75 romances for Silhouette Desire and Special Edition.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Calamity Janes: Lauren\nDescription: ['\"Sherryl Woods writes emotionally satisfying novels about family, friendship and home. Truly feel-great reads!\" -#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber<br /><br />\"Woods\\' readers will eagerly anticipate her trademark small-town setting, loyal friendships, and honorable mentors as they meet new characters and reconnect with familiar ones in this heartwarming tale.\" -Booklist on Home in Carolina<br /><br />\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\"<br />-Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn<br /><br />\"Woods is a master heartstring puller.\"<br />-Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn<br /><br />\"In this sweet, sometimes funny and often touching story, the characters are beautifully depicted, and readers...will...want to wish themselves away to Seaview Key.\"<br />-RT Book Reviews on Seaview Inn<br /><br />\"Woods...is noted for appealing character-driven stories that are often infused with the flavor and fragrance of the South.\"<br />-Library Journal<br /><br />\"A reunion story punctuated by family drama, Woods\\'s first novel in her new Ocean Breeze series is touching, tense and tantalizing.\"<br />-RT Book Reviews on Sand Castle Bay<br /><br />\"A whimsical, sweet scenario...the digressions have their own charm, and Woods never fails to come back to the romantic point.\"<br />-Publishers Weekly on Sweet Tea at Sunrise<br /><br />\"Skillfully introducing readers to The Devaneys, Sherryl Woods scores another winner.\"<br />-RT Book Reviews on Sean\\'s Reckoning', 'With her roots firmly planted in the South, Sherryl Woods has written many of her more than 100 books in that distinctive setting, whether in her home state of Virginia, her adopted state, Florida, or her much-adored South Carolina. Sherryl is best known for her ability to creating endearing small town communities and families. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 75 romances for Silhouette Desire and Special Edition.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance - Testimonies of the Last Survivors\nDescription: ['', '<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3ae13be5-1857-e52a-9209-c4fcc2b033d6\"><span>`Features veteran interviews and letters, which bring the Dunkirk landings alive.\\' </span></span>', \"'McKay has done an excellent job of educating. A thoroughly enjoyable, yet exhausting and tragic, read. Sitting on the beach will never be the same again.'\", \"`Moving testimonies of the last survivors.'\", \"`Enthralling book brings home the importance of Dunkirk to the British people.'\", '`Sinclair McKay has uncovered the spirit of the indefatigable little ships. A powerful story of a mass mood, human nature and, above all showing how the expression \"Dunkirk spirit\" came into the English language.\\'', '<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-72177e58-4e34-1817-05ff-d797d592e27a\"><span>`McKay\\'s novel way of analysing the crisis makes for interesting reading. This is a worthy addition to the Dunkirk literature. Indeed, McKay\\'s approach may well play an influential role in how more conventional history books are written in future.\\'</span></span>', '<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-72177e58-4e34-1817-05ff-d797d592e27a\"><span>McKays novel way of analysing the crisis makes for interesting reading. This is a worthy addition to the Dunkirk literature. Indeed, McKays approach may well play an influential role in how more conventional history books are written in future.</span></span>', '<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3ae13be5-1857-e52a-9209-c4fcc2b033d6\"><span>Features veteran interviews and letters, which bring the Dunkirk landings alive. </span></span>', \"'McKay has done an excellent job of educating. A thoroughly enjoyable, yet exhausting and tragic, read. Sitting on the beach will never be the same again.\", '', 'Sinclair McKay writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph and The Secret Listeners and has written books about James Bond and Hammer horror for Aurum. His next book, about the wartime \"Y\" Service during World War II, is due to be published by Aurum in 2012. He lives in London.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Last Groom Standing (The Wedding Season)\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'Marnie Price took a deep breath to assess the situation and her options. This was not the time to react thoughtlessly. After a moment to think, she did what any rational, reasonable, adult woman would do in a situation like this.<br /><br />She pulled the wine bottle from the ice bucket and filled her glass right up to the rim.<br /><br />Despite the fact she\\'d had several already tonight, she remained frustratingly sober. It was a happy occasionCassie was married and bridges she\\'d thought burnt beyond repair were slowly being mended. She <i>should</i> be happyand she <i>was,</i> by God, she really was.<br /><br />Except, at the same time, she wasn\\'t. She\\'d started the day by cleaning out her desk at work and ended it with finding out her friends had been lying to her for years <i>and</i> that years of estrangement had been all her fault. In the middle, she\\'d gone to a wedding and found out her brother was sleeping with Gina<i>again.</i><br /><br />Mercy, when losing your job wasn\\'t the worst thing that had happened to you, the day officially sucked.<br /><br />Hence the need for more wine. <i>Lots</i> more wine.<br /><br />Her mother was probably spinning in her graveladies didn\\'t overimbibe, much less in publicbut this was New York City, not Savannah, and Marnie had intentionally given up the quest to be a \"lady\" years ago.<br /><br />Old habits were hard to break, but she could drown the Southern guilt in another glass of Chardonnay.<br /><br />The large table in the corner of the trendy Tribeca Terrace held the remains of Cassie and Tuck\\'s small wedding reception, and Tuck had pulled Cassie to the dance floor a little while ago. It didn\\'t take a genius IQ like Cassie\\'s to see that they would be off to their wedding night very soon. Carter and Gina and Mason and Reese were also on the dance floor, doing that slow sway that said both couples would be leaving soon as well to a happy night themselves.<br /><br />Marnie sighed into her glass. None of her friends had walked the easy path to happiness, but that was what made their stories so wonderful. The passion. Passion might be messy and difficult, but the proof it was worth it was right in front of her. And <i>that\\'s</i> what she wanted. If she\\'d wanted a predictable and staid and unremarkable life, she\\'d have stayed in Savannah.<br /><br />But the pairing off of the others had left her alone at the table with Dylan Brookes. Their party of eight had really been three parties of two and two parties of one, but that hadn\\'t been too obvious or strange until everyone else coupled up. Being an extra wheel was awkward enough, but this situation took awkward to a new place.<br /><br />Dylan had stood as Tuck\\'s witness today, but it was just plain weird to have him around. Tuck was Dylan\\'s best friend, but he was also Reese\\'s cousin, and he\\'d met Cassie at what would have been Reese and Dylan\\'s weddingexcept that Reese had practically jilted Dylan at the altar in favor of Mason. It had been quite a mess. Reese and Dylan seemed okay with it now, but everyone elseincluding herfound the situation awkward at best.<br /><br />Watching your ex-fiance canoodle with the guy she threw you over for had to be uncomfortable, but if Dylan had a problem with that, he\\'d done a good job of hiding it.<br /><br />He was currently typing something on his phone, and if he was feeling like an extra wheel, it didn\\'t show.<br /><br />Either he was a very good actor, or he simply didn\\'t care. Marnie wasn\\'t sure if she should envy him or pity him.<br /><br />The music wasn\\'t overly loud, but it was thankfully loud enough to not make the conversational silence at the table too noticeable. Not that she was in the mood for small talk, anyway. There was just way too much circling in her mind. She needed to process it all.<br /><br />No one wanted to ruin Cassie\\'s celebration, so conversations had been hushed and behind bathroom doors, everyone trying to bring her up to speed without involving the entire party or casting a pall over it. The result was information and emotional overload, <i>and</i> the beginnings of a massive headache.<br /><br />By the time she finished this glass, she could head on home without anyone thinking it was odd. There was wine in her fridge, and drinking herself into oblivion seemed the best way to finish out this horrid day. Tomorrow would be soon enough to try to make sense of it all.<br /><br />\"I think I\\'m supposed to ask you to dance.\"<br /><br />The comment caught her by surprise, as Dylan hadn\\'t said much to her all night, choosing to talk to Tuck and oddly Carter mostly. \"Excuse me?\"<br /><br />Dylan half pointed in the direction of the dance floor, where Reese was making gestures over Mason\\'s shoulder that did seem to translate into: \"You two, dance.\"<br /><br />The last thing she needed was a pity dance from him. \"Thanks, but no.\"<br /><br />\"No, thank <i>you.\"</i><br /><br />Marnie had a brief flash of irritation at the relieved sigh in his voice as Dylan turned back to Reese and shrugged. Reese\\'s lips pressed together in annoyance before she peeled herself off Mason and stalked over to the table.<br /><br />\"You need to dance, Marnie.\"<br /><br />\"Why?\"<br /><br />Reese seemed to think for a second. \"Because it\\'s bad luck for the bride and groom if the guests don\\'t dance.\"<br /><br />Reese should really know better than to try that. In three years at Simmons College, fourteen of her sorority sisters had walked down the aisle. There wasn\\'t a wedding tradition or superstition she didn\\'t know inside and out. \"You made that up.\"<br /><br />She shrugged. \"Doesn\\'t matter. <i>I</i> think it\\'s bad luck.\"<br /><br />\"Well, <i>I</i> don\\'t think Dylan really wants to dance,\" she countered. \"And it\\'s bad luck to dance with an unwilling partner.\"<br /><br />She could tell Reese was trying to decide if that was an actual superstition or not. Finally, Reese cut her eyes in Dylan\\'s direction. \"But he will be willing if you just say yes. This is a celebration, and you two are sitting it out. I think that\\'s a little rude, don\\'t you?\"<br /><br />Reese knew right where to hit. The desire not to be rude was ingrained into her very soul and hard to ignore. Marnie weighed her options. Once Reese got an idea, it was nearly impossible to change her mind. She was a peacekeeper, a smoother-outer, the perfect hostess who wanted everyone to participate and have a good time. Reese had been born on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line; for a Yankee, she could channel a Southern matriarch with the best of them. Marnie could give in gracefully now or be politely and lovingly badgered to death.<br /><br />\"Fine.\" She took a long swallow from her glass and stood. Dylan, wearing a look that might have been boredom or annoyanceit was really hard to tell whichpushed to his feet, as well. <i>Talk about rude</i><br /><br />\"Excellent.\" Reese smiled as Mason pulled her back into his arms.<br /><br />Marnie let Dylan lead her to the dance floor, his hand at the small of her back, and she caught at least one or two jealous looks being shot her way by other women. She totally understood why. Dylan Brookes was smart, successful and handsome, and the news he was back on the \"eligible bachelor\" list had brought a cheer to the lips of nearly every unmarried woman in the city looking to marry well.<br /><br />Dylan looked every inch the Park Avenue aristocrat he waswhich seemed a ridiculous contrast to the all-American frat-boy good looks of his best friend, Tuck. He radiated a suaveness, like he belonged in a tuxedo drinking dirty martinis at swanky events. Even tonight, with his dark hair slightly mussed, collar open and shirtsleeves rolled up over tanned forearms, the adjective that sprang to mind was \"debonair.\"<br /><br />Her departed mother might be mollified now, as Dylan Brookesthe smart, rich, well-connected and respected attorney and philanthropistwas exactly the kind of man Miss Marnie Suellen Price, the only daughter of Marshall and Alma PriceGod rest their soulsof Savannah, Georgia, was <i>supposed</i> to dance with.<br /><br />And she hadn\\'t danced with that kind of man<i>intentionally</i>in over five years.<br /><br />She knew Dylan\\'s typeshe\\'d grown up surrounded by men just like him. Well-bred, well-read, and well-groomed, raised with every perk money could provide and trained to step right into their daddies\\' shoes and run the world. Bloodless, boring, and usually arrogant, but disguised under a thousand-dollar suit.<br /><br />But she\\'d suck it up for one dance.<br /><br />Dylan took her right hand in his, placed his other at her waist, and they moved gently to the music, both of them staring off into the distance.<br /><br /><i>God, this was worse than junior prom.</i> A good foot of space separated their bodies. She bit her lip to hold back the snicker as the memory flooded back. Peter Stevenson, son of Savannah\\'s mayor and the young man lucky enough to win the Price family seal of approval as a proper escort, had had sweaty palms. Looking back, it may have been the first time he\\'d ever actually laid hands on a girl. They\\'d kept that respectable distance between them all nightup to and including the chaste and proper good-night handshake on her front porch. And she\\'d been both satisfied and pleased, convinced it was proof Peter respected her.<br /><br />Even now, she could still hear Gina\\'s bark of laughter at the recounting of that story, and her sincere judgment of \"How very pathetic.\" Even after everything that happened, Marnie had always been thankful to Gina for opening her naive eighteen-year-old eyes to the real world.<br /><br />\"What\\'s so funny?\" Dylan\\'s question caused her to jump and brought her back to the present.<br /><br />Her cotillion instructor would be horrified to know that she was neglecting the most basic rules of etiquette by ignoring her dance partner. But since she doubted Dylan would be happy to hear himself compared to her nervous seventeen-year-old prom date, she rapidly searched her mind for something appropriate to say.<br /><br />She\\'d met Dylan a few times in social situations after he and Reese moved from coworkers to cou-pletheir engagement party, that Thanksgiving she\\'d had lunch at Reese\\'s parents\\' housebut she\\'d never really spent much time talking to him. She knew all about his career achievements, giving her a specific picture of Dylan, and she\\'d always been a little sad Reese had engaged herself to someone so dry, staid, and frankly unexciting. And if there was more to hima hidden fire, exciting depthsReese had never shared that information. Reese was just so private about things that there hadn\\'t been much girl talk deconstructing their relationship during their infrequent lunches in the city.<br /><br />So while she kind of knew Dylan, she couldn\\'t say that she knew him <i>well.</i> And what she did know wasn\\'t all that helpful at the moment.<br /><br />The obvious seemed the safest conversational course. \"Just thinking what an odd couple Cassie and Tuck are, but yet they\\'re so happy together.\"<br /><br />Dylan nodded. \"You ladies did a good job with this party. I know they both appreciate it.\"<br /><br />She grabbed the conversational rope gratefully. \"Tuckyes, and Cassie wouldn\\'t care unless Tuck did. We just couldn\\'t let her get married without <i>some</i> kind of celebration. It just seems wrong not to. It\\'s one thing not to have the big white wedding, but just a run to the courthouse wasn\\'t nearly enough.\"<br /><br />Dylan nodded, and that topic was finished. <i>How long is this song?</i><br /><br />She laughed. \"It just seems like I\\'ve been neck-deep in weddings since June\"<br /><br />\"I know the feeling. I\\'m rather tired of them myself.\"<br /><br /><i>Damn it. I shouldn\\'t have brought that up.</i> \"My apologies. That must be a sore topic.\"<br /><br />Dylan shrugged. \"Not really.\"<br /><br />Her curiosity got the better of her manners. \"Does it not bother you?\"<br /><br />\"Does what bother me?\"<br /><br />\"Being around Reese. Seeing her with someone else like that.\" Seeing Reese so openly cuddly with Mason made Marnie realize that she\\'d never really seen Reese act openly affectionate toward Dylan when they were engagednor vice versa. Reese and Dylan had made a good-looking <i>pair,</i> but it would be a stretch to call them a \"couple\" based on their behavior.<br /><br />\"I\\'m not a huge fan of witnessing large amounts of PDA from anyone, but beyond that, no.\"<br /><br />Maybe that explained the lack of showy affection between them when they were together. \"Well, you\\'ve been very understanding and decent about it.\"<br /><br />His eyebrows went up. \"There was another option?\"<br /><br />She tried to picture Dylan in a jealous rage or even a mopey lovelorn depression. Neither image worked. \"I guess not.\"<br /><br />\"We\\'re friends and I wish her well. I just hope she\\'s not making the same mistake twice\"<br /><br />It was rude to interrupt, but \"You think Reese and Mason are a mistake?\"<br /><br />\"For her sake, I hope not. But the odds aren\\'t good.\"<br /><br />She rushed to defend Reese. \"I\\'d say that after all they\\'ve been through, their odds are pretty damn good. They love each other\"<br /><br />Dylan actually snorted.<br /><br />\"What? It\\'s true.\"<br /><br />\"Yes, and love is probably the worst reason there is to get married.\"<br /><br />That threw her off her game. \"What other reason is there?\"<br /><br />\"You\\'re a romantic.\" His tone clearly said he saw that as a fault.<br /><br />That wasn\\'t entirely true. She had no starry-eyed misconceptions about the realities of relationships, but to just dismiss love outright? \"For thinking love is a good reason to get married?\"<br /><br />\"Love is ephemeral. Good marriages need a stronger foundation than that for a solid and successful partnership.\"<br /><br /><i>Ugh.</i> She\\'d heard variations of that before. But even being taught that marriage was about creating a strong family foundationusually with the wife playing the helpmate to her husbandlove was still at least given lip service in the equation. \"So you think that Mason and Reese won\\'t have a solid and successful partnership? Simply because they\\'re in <i>love?\"</i><br /><br />\"Would you marry someone just because he was good in bed?\"<br /><br />The bluntness of that question quite literally caused her to stumble. Dylan\\'s hand tightened against her back as she regained her balance, and she wondered if Dylan had tried to shock her on purpose. No, Dylan wasn\\'t the type. Gina might try to bait and shock, but Dylan She couldn\\'t really picture it. \"Like love, it shouldn\\'t be the <i>only</i> reason to get married, but it\\'s a damn important one.\"<br /><br />Dylan merely smiled at her response, and she could almost feel the metaphorical pat on the head. It had been a long time since anyone had patronized her like that, and she wondered what Reese might have said about her to make him think.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Downfall of a Good Girl\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'Vivienne LaBlanc waited impatiently, trying not to bump her wings against anything or move too quickly in a way that would cause her halo to slide off, as Max Hale gave his introductory speech on the other side of the curtain.<br /><br />\"There are many krewes, but none like the Bon Argent. Five years ago, we decided to do somethingin our own hometown styleto raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We were far more successful than we dreamed. Through the Saints and Sinners Festivalwhich grows bigger every yearwe\\'ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for dozens of local charities, and I thank all of you for your continued support.\"<br /><br />After a short round of polite applause, Max continued to laud their accomplishments, but Vivi listened with only half an ear. She was well aware of the great work of Bon Argent; she\\'d been involved with the krewe since its inception. Candy Hale was one of her oldest friends, and Max was like a second father.<br /><br />Her mother used to serve on the board, for goodness\\' sake, so she didn\\'t need to be sold on the success. She did, however, need a primer on these wings.<br /><br /><i>How am I supposed to sit in these things?</i> The feathered and bejeweled wings were beautiful, arching up to head height and hanging to her calves. Vivi frowned as she tried to adjust the buckle on her gold sandals and felt the whole getup shift dangerously. Honestly, she looked less like a saint and more like a Vegas showgirl who\\'d crashed the neighborhood nativity play.<br /><br />The Saints and Sinners balland the whole Bon Argent krewebordered on silly at times, but the costumes and the parody of pomp and pageantry was what had made the Saints and Sinners fundraiser so fun, popular and immensely successful in such a short time.<br /><br />And there were three hundred people out there eagerly awaiting the announcement of this year\\'s Saint and Sinner. Following the traditions of the traditional Mardi Gras krewes, those identities were top secret info. As far as Vivi knew, only three people were in the know this year. Max, the head of the Bon Argent charity, Paula, the head of PR, and Ms. Rene, the seamstress who\\'d made the costumes for the Sinner and the Saint. Even she didn\\'t know who would be her other half between now and Fat Tuesday.<br /><br />She had a few guesses in mind.<br /><br />Unlike the traditional krewes, however, who would crown a king and a queen, Bon Argent had no gender requirements to fulfill. The Saint and the Sinner were chosen for their local celebrity and reputations and could be of the same gender. Vivi had her bets on nightclub owner Marianne Foster, who\\'d been in the news a lot recently and would provide excellent competition before Vivi crushed her. While Marianne would be popular in the voting and bring in large amounts of money, it wasn\\'t an overstatement or egoism to say that she, herself, was <i>more</i> popular and could raise <i>huge</i> amounts of money in comparison.<br /><br />She stomped down the unkind thought. Thoughts were the precursors to words and actions, and she\\'d learned to keep her head in the right place in order to avoid saying or doing anything she might regret later. <i>It\\'s about the money we can raise, not about winning.</i><br /><br />But it was <i>also</i> about winning. The Sinner had taken the crown the last two years, but this year top honors were going to the Saint, because she simply refused to lose. She\\'d only lost one crown in her life, and she still remembered the bitter taste of watching Miss Indiana walk away with it. It didn\\'t matter how much she liked Janelle personally, or what a great Miss America she\\'d turned out to be, it still sucked to lose.<br /><br />So she was competitive. It was hardly a personality flaw. No one <i>liked</i> to lose. And in this case, her competitive nature would be beneficial because it was all for a good cause.<br /><br />Max was now introducing her Cherubim Court: ten local high school kids chosen by the charity\\'s board to be her team in the fundraising.<br /><br />And now it was her turn. She took a deep breath, checked her dress, and waited.<br /><br />\"my pleasure to introduce Saint Vivienne LaBlanc!\"<br /><br />The curtain opened to a strobe of flashes from the photographers gathered in front of the stage and a very heartening roar of approval and applause from the guests. Vivi heard her sister\\'s distinctive whistle and looked over at the table where her family sat. When she\\'d left the table twenty minutes ago, claiming she had an emergency phone call from the gallery, Lorelei had given her a knowing look. She waved as she watched people from the surrounding tables congratulate her parents.<br /><br />Being chosen as the Saint was quite an honor, and Vivi was beyond touched by the applause that showed so many people thought her deserving of it. She\\'d won a lot of contests in her life, brought home quite a few crowns, but this was different. It wasn\\'t about being pretty or popular. The downside to her pageant career was the assumption by all that she was just a pretty little face with no real substance. She\\'d spent years fighting that stereotype, trying to prove that there was more to her. It had been her biggest challenge to date, and the halo on her head was proof she\\'d succeeded. It might be cheesy and rather silly-looking, but it suddenly meant more to her than any crown she\\'d ever worn.<br /><br />Beating the Sinnerwhoever that turned out to bewould be icing on the cake at this point, and now she wanted that trophy more than anything.<br /><br />Vivi removed her halo with the proper pomp, placing it on the blue satin pillow that would hold both the Saint\\'s halo and the Sinner\\'s horns until the competition ended and the winner claimed both trophies. She then took her seat with her court and applauded politely as the Sinner\\'s court, the Imps, was introduced.<br /><br />Max took a deep breath and looked so excited he might burst with it. \"Our Sinner this year is an obvious choice, and we\\'re so pleased he\\'s made time in his schedule to reign over this important event.\"<br /><br />The pronoun usage told Vivi that she\\'d lost her bet. Damn, she\\'d been so sure it would be Marianne. <i>It doesn\\'t really matter,</i> she thought with a mental shrug. She was ready to take on anyone.<br /><br />\"Connor Mansfield!\"<br /><br />Vivi\\'s smile froze as the crowd broke into wild applause. <i>You\\'re freakin kidding me.</i><br /><br />Connor caught a glimpse of Vivi\\'s face as he stepped onto the stage and nearly laughed at the perfect mix of horror and fury against a feathery backdrop of angel wings. Not that he blamed her; his response had been very similar when he\\'d heard her name called, but he\\'d still been safely behind the curtain.<br /><br />He had to hand it to the board of Bon Argent; they certainly knew how to guarantee maximum attention from the local pressattention that could be otherwise difficult to draw amid everything else happening during the Mardi Gras season. They\\'d probably break every fundraising record in history.<br /><br />Vivi just looked like she\\'d like to wring his neck, but then she always looked at him like that. Some things just never changed, no matter how long you were gone from your hometown.<br /><br />But the show must go on, and everyone was waiting for them to take their seats so dinner could be served. He removed his horns and solemnly placed them next to the Saint\\'s halo. Then he walked over to Vivi, nodded politely and waited for her to return the gesture. Slowly, they made their way to the high table. When they reached their seats a cheer went up from the crowd, and the competition of the Saints and Sinners Festival officially began. Servers appeared from the woodwork and the crowd turned its attention to the salad course.<br /><br />He leaned a few inches in her direction. \"You\\'re going to ruin three years of orthodontic work if you don\\'t stop grinding your teeth, Vivi.\"<br /><br />Her eyes narrowed, but she released her jaw the tiniest bit. She reached for her wineglass, noticed it was empty and reached for a water glass instead. He saw her look at it carefully, then shrug before she drank. Knowing Vivi, she\\'d debated dumping it in his lap.<br /><br />\"I\\'d say Welcome Home, but\"<br /><br />\"But you wouldn\\'t mean it.\" He grinned at her to annoy her.<br /><br /><i>\"But,\"</i> she corrected, \"it would be rather redundant, considering the reception you just got.\"<br /><br />\"Jealous I got more applause?\"<br /><br />\"No.\" She shifted in her chair. \"I\\'m not an attention whore.\"<br /><br />\"Big talk from the pageant queen.\"<br /><br />Vivi inhaled sharply and her smile became tight. \"Some of us have outgrown our adolescence.\"<br /><br />He pretended to think about that for a second, then shook his head sadly. \"No, you\\'re still sanctimonious.\"<br /><br />\"And you\\'re still a\"<br /><br />She stopped herself so suddenly Connor wondered if she\\'d bitten her tongue.<br /><br />She inhaled sharply through her nose and swallowed. \"You must be very pleased to finally be recognized for <i>your</i> achievements.\"<br /><br />\"I hate to burst your bubble, <i>Saint</i> Vivienne, but these titles aren\\'t character references.\"<br /><br />\"Oh, really?\" Vivi\\'s face was the picture of confused innocence. \"You seem to be perfectly suited for the title.\"<br /><br /><i>And there was the first dig.</i> He should have known that Vivi wouldn\\'t let that pass. Although he\\'d been vindicated, rumor and gossip had done their damage. Everyone believed there had to be a grain of truth in there somewhere<i>which</i> grain it might be was the engine that drove the gossip that wouldn\\'t die.<br /><br />Vivi might have hit a sore spot with her first salvo, but damned if he\\'d admit that. \"Sanctimonious <i>and</i> judgmental. You need to increase your repertoire.\"<br /><br />\"Maybe you should add some to yours, as well. A little decorum from you would be nice, considering the honor you\\'ve been given.\"<br /><br />\"According to you, it\\'s not really an honor, now, is it?\"<br /><br />\"Yet you still seem very pleased with yourself.\" She snorted. \"You look ridiculous, you know. Black leather pants, Connor? Really? What is this? 1988?\"<br /><br />He\\'d had a similar thought when they\\'d been presented to him. \"I agree on the pants. Very eighties glam metal. But then I guess it fits the costume.\"<br /><br />Vivi smileda genuine one this timeat the server who filled her wineglass, but the smile disappeared as soon as the server did. \"I don\\'t know what Max was thinking,\" she grumbled at her salad. \"The Saint and the Sinner are supposed to be <i>local</i> celebrities.\"<br /><br />\"I\\'m literally the boy next door, Vivi. I\\'m as local as you are.\"<br /><br />\"You <i>were</i> local,\" she corrected him. \"Now you\\'re international. You\\'re off touring far more than you\\'re in town.\"<br /><br />He tried to get comfortable in his chair, but the enormous black wings attached to his back made that feat nearly impossible. He didn\\'t quite understand the mixed-metaphor approach to Saints and Sinners, but Ms. Rene had gone for a Lucifer vibe. He felt more like a giant crow. \"So it\\'s the fact that my job requirements keep me out of town a lot that you object to?\"<br /><br />Vivi tried to brush her hair back over her shoulder, but it only got tangled in her wings, creating modern art-inspired shapes in the white feathers. She tugged at the strands as she spoke. \"I object to the creation of an unlevel playing field.\"<br /><br />Except for that jet-black hair, Vivi had the right looks to pass as an angelwide blue eyes, fair skin, elegant features. The fire in her eyes was far from angelic, though. Irritation made her movements jerky, tangling her hair even worse.<br /><br />\"How is this unlevel in any way?\"<br /><br />With one final tug that probably pulled some of it out by the roots, Vivi finally got the last of her hair loose. A rhinestone from her wings, loosened in the tussle, fell into her cleavage. Vivi looked down briefly, and Connor\\'s eyes followed hers to the valley of creamy skin before he snapped them back to her face. She had a beautiful mouth, lush and full and sinfuluntil she opened it and killed the illusion.<br /><br />\"Your groupies and your fan club and all your famous friends will make sure to fill your coffers so that you win.\"<br /><br />\"But that\\'s what this is about, right? Raising money?\"<br /><br />\"Of course that\\'s what\\'s important,\" she conceded through a jaw clenched so tight it had to be painful, \"but you have an unfair advantage when it comes to the actual contest. No one could compete with you.\"<br /><br />He grinned at her. \"I\\'m glad to finally hear you admit it.\"<br /><br />\"I meant,\" she gritted out, \"that I\\'m a hometown girl and you\\'re a freakin\\' rock star. You have a bigger fan base by default and <i>that\\'s</i> an unfair advantage.\"<br /><br />\"Your title is \\'Saint\\', Vivi, not \\'martyr\\'.\"<br /><br />Vivi\\'s knuckles turned white, and Connor expected the stem of her wineglass to snap at any moment.<br /><br />\"Just eat your dinner.\"<br /><br />He shot her a smile instead. \"You could just concede now, you know.\"<br /><br />She choked on her wine. \"Hell has not frozen over.\"<br /><br />\"So it\\'s on?\" he challenged.<br /><br />\"You\\'re damn right it\\'s on.\" Grabbing her fork, she speared her lettuce with far more force than necessary.<br /><br />Vivi could never turn down a challenge. It didn\\'t matter what it was, Vivi went after everything in her full-out, take-no-prisoners style. He actually respected that about her. It was one of the few things they had in common. Everything <i>else</i> about her, though, drove him insane. Always had.<br /><br />He really shouldn\\'t let Vivi get to him. He was an adult, for God\\'s sake. Vivi might not like him, but plenty of other women did, so her holier-than-Connor attitude shouldn\\'t bother him. There was something about her, though, that just crawled under his skin and itched.<br /><br />Would he have agreed to do this if he\\'d known up front that Vivi would be a part of it? Or would he have just sent another check and let it go?<br /><br />No, he\\'d been thinking about home for a while now; this was just the nudge he\\'d needed to get him here. It gave him an excuse to do some damage control, make some new headlines that didn\\'t involve paternity suits or sexual activities. He could take a step back and maybe take a deep breath for the first time in years.<br /><br />He hadn\\'t realized how truly tired he was. Getting everything he\\'d ever wanted in life was great in theory, but he hadn\\'t known he\\'d be left feeling like a well-dressed hobo. He had accepted that at first: he couldn\\'t have gotten this far if he\\'d been tied down to any one place or thing. There was a great freedom to it. But it came at a cost, nonetheless.<br /><br />Being homereally home, not just the place he slept between showsmade him feel like the earth was solid under his feet again. The ideas that had been swimming unformed in the back of his mind seemed to be taking shape now that he was here. New Orleans was good for his mind and soul, and he could use the next few weeks to really refocus and figure out what was next. Or what he wanted to be next.<br /><br />He heard Vivi\\'s deep sigh of irritation and it brought him back to the present. Right now he had a contest to win. It felt good to come home; even better to come home to a warm welcome <i>and</i> the opportunity to do something good for his hometown.<br /><br />Annoying Vivi while he did it was just a bonus.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Taming of a Wild Child\nDescription: ['Kimberly Lang is a Southern belle with a trouble-making streak and a great love of strong heroes and even stronger heroines. A former ballet dancer and English teacher, she now does yoga and writes the kind of books she always loved to read. Shes married to her college sweetheart, is mom to the most amazing child on the planet, and shares her office space with a dog named Cupid. Visit her website at www.BooksByKimberly.com.', 'The Only thing worse than waking up naked in a strange bed was realizing there was someone else sleeping in the bed, too. Someone male.', \"The bright light on the other side of her eyelids sent pain streaking through Lorelei LaBlanc's head as she tried to piece together exactly what the hell was going onand who she'd just spent the night with.\", \"She forced herself to lie still; jumping right up might wake her companion, and she didn't want to get straight into a confrontation before she had a handle on things.\", '<i>Think, Lorelei, think.</i>', 'She had a hangover that would slay a mule, and it hurt to think. How much champagne had she consumed in the end?', \"Connor and Vivi's wedding had gone off without a hitch; all of the four hundred guests had had a fabulous time. The church had never looked better, and the hotel had outdone itself with both the decor and the food. She'd been at the head table for dinner, but once the dancing had begun and the champagne had really started flowing Well, that was where things began to get a little fuzzy. She remembered having a small, good-natured disagreement with Donovan St. James over\", 'Her eyes flew open.', '<i>Oh. My. God.</i>', 'Bits and pieces of the night before came rushing at her with distressing speed and clarity.', 'Carefully, so as not to aggravate her hangover, she rolled slowly to her other side. Sure enough, Donovan lay there on his back, bare-chested, with only a sheet covering his hips and one leg. His hands were stacked behind his head as he stared at the ceiling.', 'She swore under her breath.', '\"Right there with you, Princess.\"', 'The amused sigh in Donovan\\'s voice put her nerves on edge. \"What the hell happened last night?\"', 'He had the gall to look pointedly at the tangled sheetswhich she was currently trying to pull over herself in a belated attempt at modestyand raise an eyebrow. She really wasn\\'t ready to go to the whole <i>we had sex</i> bit just yet. She cleared her throat. \"I mean, how? <i>Why?</i>\"', '\"How? Buckets of champagne. And there were tequila shots involved. As for why\" He shrugged. \"Beats the hell out of me.\"', \"Tequila explained a lot. Jose Cuervo was <i>not</i> her friend. <i>I've done some stupid stuff in my life, but this?</i>\", \"<i>With Donovan St. James? And now?</i> A chill ran down her spine. If she'd <i>publicly</i> done something Oh, her family was really going to kill her this time. Her sister would be first in line.\", '\"Please just tell me we didn\\'t make a scene at the reception,\" she whispered.', '\"I don\\'t think so. It\\'s a little blurry, but I think the reception was pretty much over before.\"', \"That alleviated a bit of her immediate worry; being stupid wasn't quite so bad as long as there wasn't an audience for the stupidity. Now, though, she had to face the fact she'd had sex with Donovan St. James.\", 'No red-blooded woman would question her taste. Donovan had poster-boy good looks: deep green eyes, inky black hair with a slight wave that he wore long enough to look a little dangerous, and skin the color of the cafe au lait she desperately needed to combat this monster hangover. The high cheekbones and square jaw now shadowed with dark stubble spoke to a heritage as mixed as New Orleans itselfif one could pick the best bits and discard the rest.', \"Donovan definitely rated high on the <i>hummina</i> scale. Good looks, though, were pretty much all he had going for him, in her opinion. Why had he even been invited to the wedding? It must have been a professional or courtesy invite. At least a hundred of the guests had fallen into that category. But the St. James family was the worst kind of nouveau richeusing money to buy influence and respectabilityand if Donovan had any class at all, he'd have RSVP'd <i>no</i> to what had obviously only been a polite gesture.\", \"But money couldn't buy class, that was for sure.\", \"And she'd <i>slept</i> with him. She must have reached an astonishingly new level of intoxication to completely lose all her self-respect. <i>I am never drinking again.</i>\", '\"Oh, don\\'t look at me like that, Lorelei. I\\'m not real keen on this new development, either.\"', 'Donovan sat upslowly, she noted, implying his hangover was equally as miserable as hersand reached for his clothes. Lorelei averted her eyes, but not before she got a good long look at broad shoulders, a trim waist and a very nice, very firm butt. Donovan ticked up another notch on that <i>hummina</i> scale before she noticed the red claw marks marring his back.', \"She'd enjoyed herself, it seemed. Pity she didn't have a better recollection of what had led to those marks. Although she felt like hell, underneath the hangover was a pleasant muscle soreness that spoke to a good time.\", \"The silence felt awkward and uncomfortable. Despite her reputation, Lorelei wasn't an expert on morning-after protocols, but she'd brazen through this somehow. Clutching the sheet to her breasts, she let it trail behind her as she grabbed her dress off the floor and headed for the bathroom. She thought she might have heard a sigh as the door closed behind her.\", \"The sight in the mirror was not pretty. Lorelei splashed water on her face and tried to wipe away the worst of the mascara circles under her eyes. Then she finger-combed her hair until it didn't look quite so wild and made use of the mini-bottle of mouthwash provided by the hotel. Feeling marginally human, she righted her dress and slipped into it.\", 'She could only hope that no one would see her heading back to her room as nothing said <i>night of debauchery</i> quite like wearing a cocktail dress before breakfast. Six months of very hard work could be shot all to hell.', 'Of course she had a much more pressingand disturbingproblem right outside that door which she had to deal with first.', '\"Okay,\" she said to her reflection, \"you need a dignified exit.\" Taking a deep breath, she opened the bathroom door.', \"Donovan stood by the window, looking out over Canal Street, but he turned once he heard the door open. He'd pulled on a pair of jeansending up in your own hotel room instead of someone else's had perks, like clothesbut he'd stopped before adding a shirt. Lorelei had a hard time keeping her eyes from wandering as he wordlessly handed her a bottle of water. She nodded her thanks.\", '\"There\\'s aspirin, too,\" he said, dodging past her into the bathroom and returning with a bottle. \"Care for a couple?\"', 'He shook the bottle, causing her head to throb, and she was pleased to see him wince at the noise, as well.', 'Lorelei felt like she was in a bad movie. \"Look, I think we would both agree that last night should not have happened.\"', '\"That\\'s for sure.\"', 'She stamped down the remark she wanted to make at that insult. <i>Dignity.</i> \"So we\\'ll just pretend it didn\\'t happen. I won\\'t mention it to anyone and you won\\'t write about it, okay?\"', \"From the look on Donovan's face, he didn't like the implication, and Lorelei worried that she might have made a tactical error. Donovan had turned his high-school hobby of flaying people alive for sport into a profitable career. He destroyed careers, lives, families. Rumor had it that he was looking for another big story. People tried to avoid pinging onto his radar screen; no one with a shred of self-preservation would bait him intentionally.\", '\"I limit myself to topics of public interest, and even if this fit the definitionwhich it doesn\\'tit\\'s not something<i>wasn\\'t</i> anythingto brag about.\"', 'Dignity be damned. She was <i>not</i> letting that slide by unchallenged. \"I wouldn\\'t know. Must not have been that memorable an experience.\"', '\"Then forgetting it happened at all won\\'t be a problem for you.\"', '\"No, it won\\'t.\" That was a lie, but Donovan had no way of knowing better, so it was a safe lie. And it allowed her to hold her head up as she gathered the rest of her things.', \"Her small purse was upside down by the door, her phone, lipstick and room key spilling out. Not far from that was one of her shoes, then Donovan's tie and shoes, then her other shoe. It was a breadcrumb trail of shame that led straight to the king-size bed.\", \"<i>Lord, was there anything less dignified than searching for your underwear?</i> She picked up Donovan's jacket and gave it a shake. Nothing. Dropping to her knees, she looked under the bed. She found an empty condom wrapper, alleviating one of her fears, but finding two more had her cringing.\", 'No sign of her underwear, though.', '\"If you\\'re looking for these\" Donovan drawled. She looked up to see him dangling her panties from one finger. She bit her tongue and settled for shooting him a dirty look as she jerked them from his hand and tucked them into her purse. The addition of the undergarment, as tiny as it was, was too much for the little bag, and it refused to close. Heat flushing her face, Lorelei had no choice but to take the extra time to put them on.', 'Funnily enough, she felt a little less flustered once she had. <i>Underwear was a form of armor, it seemed.</i>', \"Squaring her shoulders, she went to the door and examined the fire-safety map posted there. According to the red <i>X</i> marking her location as room 712, she could easily get to the fire stairs, go down one floor and she'd come out only a few doors away from her own room. <i>Excellent.</i> The chances of running into someone she knew had just decreased exponentially. <i>Something</i> might actually go her way this morning.\", '\"Planning your escape route?\"', \"She turned to see Donovan stacking the pillows on the bed into a comfortable back-prop, and then reclining, remote control in hand. He wasn't even looking at her, and, if anything, he now sounded bored. Obviously this was not an out-of-theordinary morning for him. <i>Why am I not surprised?</i>\", '\"Exactl...', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: It Had to Be Love (An It Had to Be Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'Tamra Baumann became hooked on writing the day she picked up her first Nora Roberts novel from her favorite bookstore. Since then, shes dazzled readers of contemporary romance with her own lighthearted love stories. She was the 2012 Golden Heart winner for Contemporary Series Romance and has also received the Golden Pen Award for Single Title Romance. Born in Monterey, California, she led the nomadic life of a navy brat before finally putting down permanent roots during college. When shes not attending annual Romance Writers of America meetings, this voracious reader can be found playing tennis, traveling, or scouting reality shows for potential character material. She resides with her real-life charactersa husband of thirty years, two kids, and their allergy-ridden dogin the sunny Southwest.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Business of Spirits: How Savvy Marketers, Innovative Distillers, and Entrepreneurs Changed How We Drink\nDescription: [\"In this slim book, journalist Rothbaum explains how the liquor business has engineered a new golden age. As with so many industries, conglomerates have soaked up the small distilleries, improving global distribution, while increasing connoisseurship spurred partly by pop culture vehicles like <i>Sex and the City</i> has turned on consumers to super-premium vodkas and rum distilled from hand-harvested sugarcane. Among those he profiles is impresario Sidney Frank, who transformed Jagermeister from an obscure herbal elixir to frat-boy staple, and opened his Grey Goose vodka distillery not in Russia, Poland or Scandinavia but in France's Cognac region, gaining easy access to excellent water, local distilling expertise and a unique and luxurious-sounding provenance. He eventually sold the brand to Bacardi for more than $2 billion, but not before me-too brands popped up to lure imbibers, with ever more complex backstories and filtration processes, not to mention flashier bottles for the tasteless spirit. Rothbaum devotes a chapter to applauding the revival of the pre-prohibition craft of quality cocktails, a trend distillers celebrate as well. The text is sprinkled with informative sidebarsperhaps too many, given its slender sizelike a guide to artisan cocktail bars in New York, London and Prague, and a thumbnail history of rye whiskey. An industry cheerleader, Rothbaum tells his story well, but it could have benefited from more social context regarding the roots of today's hard alcohol renaissance. <i>(Sept. 4)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'For over five years, Noah Rothbaum wrote for <i>SmartMoney </i><i>The Wall Street Journal Magazine</i>. He has also written about spirits for <i>Money</i>, <i>Forbes.com</i>, the academic food journal <i>Gastronomica</i> and the trade publications <i>Beverage Media</i> and <i>Beverage Dynamics</i>. His work has also appeared in the <i>New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Food Arts, O, The Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Details, Fortune Small Business </i>and<i> Life.</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Not Planning On You: A Danvers Novel\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for the Danvers Novels</b><br /><br /> Wonderful . . . Landons foray into contemporary romance has just the right amount of angst, sass, sexiness, humor, and of course romance.Fresh Fiction<br /><br /> If you like the Cinderella-style story, this modern day version is sure to be a hit.Once Upon a Twilight<br /><br /> A hot, sweet, good ride.Under the Covers Book Blog', \"<b>Sydney Landon</b> is the <i>New York Times & USA Today</i> Best Selling author of: Weekends Required, Not Planning on You, Fall For Me, Fighting For You, Betting on You, No Denying You, Always Loving You, Pierced and Fractured. Sydney is currently working on the next book in the Danvers' Series as well as the Pierced Series. When she isn't writing, Sydney enjoys reading, swimming and the beach. She lives with her family in Greenville, South Carolina.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 1001 Hunting Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Taking Deer, Big and Small Game, Upland Birds, and Waterfowl\nDescription: ['<strong>Lamar Underwood</strong> is a former editor-in-chief of both <em>Sports Afield</em> and <em>Outdoor Life</em> and has edited over a dozen books for The Lyons Press, including <em>Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told</em> and <em>Into the Backing. </em>He is also the author of <em>1001 Fishing Tips</em> and <em>1001 Hunting Tips</em>. He lives in Pennington, New Jersey.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Trophy Wife\nDescription: [\"Elizabeth Stanton is an heiress charged with making sure the holdings that have been in her family for generations not only survive but prosper. However, her ex-husband has drained Elizabeth's assets down to the last penny and run off with his girlfriend. All Elizabeth has left is her Houston mansion and the family farm. When Max Riordan comes to call, Elizabeth is uneasy as she always is when confronted with his take-charge demeanor and blunt speech. Max is a self-made millionaire, but has yet to dent the steel walls of Houston society. He proposes a deal: if Elizabeth marries him, he'll see that she's financially solvent again. In return, Elizabeth will use her social standing to gain him entree into society. Elizabeth sees no way out and agrees. Both Max and Elizabeth are unprepared for the true attraction that develops between them, and it's a real pleasure to watch how cleverly Gray brings these wonderfully well-drawn characters together in this pleasurable read. <i>Maria Hatton</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '\". . . is resplendent with larger-than-life characters and situations.\" -- <i>Romantic Times BOOKclub on Pale Moon Rising</i><br /><br />\"No mean feat!\" -- <i>Romantic Times on Fatal Flaw</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: America's Controversy with God's Covenant: America's Blessings are in Danger of Being Lost - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The CEO Buys In (Wager of Hearts)\nDescription: ['Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Whisper Horse series and several other contemporary romance novels. Her second Whisper Horse novel, Country Roads, was nominated for a Romance Writers of America RITA award. Nancy is a member of Romance Writers of America, New Jersey Romance Writers, and Novelists, Inc. She has received many honors for her work, including the Golden Leaf Award, the Maggie Award in Contemporary Romance, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, Nancy now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reunion: A Tale Of A Serial Killer, A Dog Named Oprah And A High School Reunion\nDescription: ['Joe is a former pilot who holds an Air Line Transport Certificate - Jet rated, and was an Aviation Safety Inspector, for the FAA. In his younger years he flew the U.S. Mail in the Midwest where he heard the old stories of the mysterious serial killer. He also penned \"Let My Heart Attack Save Your Life\" in 1995 and did over 200 radio and TV interviews. He is retired and lives in Southern California with his wife and girlfriend of 40+ years. He has three children and one grandchild.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Gambler (Wedding Pact)\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Fourth and Goal: Seattle Lumberjacks Series, Book 1\nDescription: ['<i>\"I got sucked into this book, hook line and sinker sucked in.\"--Wendy, the Super Librarian (Recommended Read, Best Books of 2011)<br /><br /><i>\"I was consumed with her tale of friends to lovers intertwined with football.\"</i>--Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick)<br /><br /><i>\"The ending was heartrending and I loved reading my way through the football season with a player who had lost his mojo.\" </i>Jane Litte via Goodreads<br /><br /><span><span><em>\"I was captivated...\"--</em>Dear Author</span></span><br /><br /><em>\"Romance so real that you feel you are there.\"--</em>Blackravens Reviews<br /><br /><em>\"A good beach read and you don\\'t have to know a lot about football to enjoy the story.\" --</em></i><em>Manic Readers Reviews\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</em>', \"Jami Davenport has been writing since she was old enough to know the alphabet. An advocate of happy endings, Jami writes sexy romantic comedy, sizzling suspense, and equestrian fiction. Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her husband, a former Green Beret turned plumber, two dogs large enough to saddle, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare. Jami is a sports fan and loves football. She's been a rabid Seahawk fan and season-ticket holder through the good and bad times. In her spare time, Jami rides and shows her dressage horse and grows roses. An avid boater, Jami has spent countless hours in the San Juan Islands, the setting for her first two books. A third-generation Washingtonian, Jami has never lived anywhere else. In her opinion, it's the most beautiful place on earth.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Country Roads (A Whisper Horse Novel)\nDescription: ['\"The small town vibe and endearing characters keep the pages turning as their struggles and strengths evolve throughout the book. Fans of horses will enjoy this sensitive take on horse whispering as well as the bonds that can form between horse and rider. The romance is compelling with a couple whose realistic problems and vices keep it firmly grounded in the real world.\"<em>RT Book Reviews</em>, 4 stars<br /><br />\"A sheltered artist with a secret follows her heart to Sanctuary, West Virginia, where she meets a hunky country lawyer with a secret of his own in Nancy Herkness <em>Country Roads</em>. A charmingand hot!tale of falling in love for all the right reasons, <em>Country Roads</em> should be on your must-read list!\" Mariah Stewart, <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of <em>The Long Way Home: The Chesapeake Diaries<br /></em><br />Julia and Pauls romance is fun and the book moves along at a nice clip.<em> Publishers Weekly<br /><br /></em>\"Country Roads is a contemporary romance that will steal your breath. Its dreamy. Its steamy hot, yet heartbreakingly tender. Its an exceptional story that will touch your heart. It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. You will read feverishly to the end, and then you wish that it would go on forever. <em>Country Roads</em> is a novel you will treasure.\" Heide Katros, Winter Haven News Chief<br /><br />\"I could feel an immediate chemistry flowing between [Julia and Paul]. Overall, I loved getting to know Ms. Herkness characters as intimately as I did. This is my first experience reading this authors work, but it wont be my last. I recommend this book and look forward to reading more from this author.\" Night Owl Reviews<br /><br />\"Beautifully written and perfectly paced this is a passionate story of two people finding their way together while keeping promises they made and trying not hurt their families in any way. Five stars, \\'Perfect Escape\\'.\" Dollycas, Escape with Dollycas into a Good Book<br /><br />\"All I will tell you is that every character from this book was great. The people who live in Sanctuary are the best people anyone could wish to have as neighbors!\" Divas Book Blog<br /><br />\"<em>Country Roads</em> is a great romantic read! The relationship between Paul and Julia, as quick as it evolves, is dynamic...pulling them and the reader in all directions!\" Sue Peace, <em>Peaces of Me</em><br /><br />\"[Ms. Herkness] has complex characters with wants, desires, needs and fears. And she wields them well. ... I can\\'t wait to go deeper in the series.\" Veronica Hardy, book blogger <br />', '', 'Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, Nancy Herknesss passion for writing romance began the day her grandmother gave her a Georgette Heyer novel. After graduating from Princeton University with honors in English literature and creative writing, she had successful careers in retail, computer programming, and marketing before finally returning to her first love: writing. The author of <i>Take Me Home</i> and three other contemporary romances, Herkness was named one of 2003s Best Up and Coming Authors in the <i>Affaire de Coeur</i>s readers poll. She is also a winner of the Golden Leaf Award, the Aspen Gold Award, and the Write Touch Readers Award. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two mismatched dogs.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Hell's Rebels Part 1 - In Hells Bright Shadow\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Place I Belong (A Whisper Horse Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, where she rode her pony like other children ride their bicycles, Nancy Herkness discovered her passion for writing romance the day her grandmother gave her a Georgette Heyer novel. After graduating from Princeton University with honors in English literature and creative writing, she had successful careers in retail, computer programming, and marketing before finally returning to her first love: writing. The author of the popular Whisper Horse series as well as several other well-received contemporary romances, Herkness was named one of 2003s Best Up and Coming Authors in the <i>Affaire de Coeur</i>s readers poll. She is also the winner of several writing awards, including the Golden Leaf Award, the Aspen Gold Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two mismatched dogs.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El Shaddai: The God Who Is More Than Enough\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Fire and Ice: A Novel\nDescription: ['[Julie] Garwood entices readers with sizzling adventure punctuated with memorable characters. . . . Humor and danger are a winning mix. . . . A genuine Garwood gem!<i>Romantic Times</i><br /> <br /> Julie Garwood has become a trusted brand name in romantic fiction.<i>People</i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>', 'Julie Garwood is the author of numerous <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers, including Shadow Music, Shadow Dance, Slow Burn, Murder List, Killjoy, Mercy, Heartbreaker, Ransom, and Come the Spring. There are more than thirty-six million copies of her books in print.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: A Lot Like Love (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\nDescription: ['Jordan Rhodes seems to have it all: money, fame, beauty, and her own successful business doing what she loves, introducing people to exceptional wines. But her twin brother Kyle is serving hard time after crashing Twitter in an emotional reaction to his girlfriends very public breakup with him. The FBI offers to commute Kyles sentence to time served if Jordan cooperates by getting one of their people into a very exclusive charity fundraiser. James sassy, suspenseful sequel to Something About You (2010) exhibits her trademark sizzle and wit while focusing attention on another FBI undercover agent assigned to ferret out the secrets of Chicagos Mob. James pits Nick McCalls bad-boy appeal against Jordans warm heart in a classic romance trope and concludes with tantalizing hints about future installments set in the same intriguing venue. --Lynne Welch', '<span>\"With only four books under her belt, Julie James has cemented her place as one of contemporary romance\\'s superstars.\"</span>--<i>San Francisco Book Review</i><br /><br />\"<span><span>You\\'ll fall head over heels for \\'A Lot Like Love\\'...[a] charming romance.\"</span></span>--<i>USA Today</i><br /><br /><span><span>\"<span>Fueled by equal measures of seductive wit, edge-of-the-seat suspense and scorching hot sexual chemistry, James\\' latest scintillating novel of romantic suspense is a rare treat.</span>\"</span></span> --<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br /><span>\"With a nod to Alfred Hitchcock\\'s</span><span></span><span><i>Notorious</i></span><span>, this latest from James (Something About You)</span><span>blends plenty of sparklewith a vineyard-full of oenological detail....Sexy fun, romance fans will pop their corks over this one.\"</span> --<i>Library Journal </i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Girl Who is Worth 100 Cows: The story of an 14 month humanitarian journey to South Sudan and India\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Something About You (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\nDescription: ['When a high-priced prostitute is murdered in the neighboring hotel room, sole witness Cameron Lyndes safety is in the very capable but unforgiving hands of FBI special agent Jack Pallas, who thinks she sold him out three years ago on a case involving the Chicago Mob. As an assistant U.S. attorney, shes fully cognizant of the risks, especially since the client caught on videotape engaging in kinky sex is the well-known, married U.S. senator from Illinois, recently appointed chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. But as the murderer closes in, Jack and Cameron must put aside their differences to stay alive and solve the case. James has crafted another sizzling, vibrant contemporary legal romance set in her hometown, with edgy banter and edge-of-your-seat encounters between the forces of law and those corrupted by access to power. The sequel, A Lot Like Love (2011), continues the Martino investigation subplot with another FBI agent, Jacks friendly rival, Nick McCall. --Lynne Welch', '<span>\"James\\' latest novel delivers an addictively readable combination of sharp humor, sizzlingly sexy romance, and a generous measure of nail-biting suspense.\" (Recommended review)</span> --Chicago Tribune<br /><br /><span><span>\"I\\'d long heard great things about Julie James\\'s novels, and </span><span><i>Something About You</i></span><span>lives up to the hype. . . . [A] must-read for those searching for a smart romance with great characters and a no-holds-barred plot.\"</span></span> --Sacramento Book Review<br /><br />\"<i>Something About You</i>is a fun contemporary romance filled with witty, well-developed characters, and is a book I heartily recommend. . . . When I finished, I wanted to start reading it again.\" --All About Romance<br /><br />\"<i>Something About You</i>is a perfect storm of awesome.... It crackles, it\\'s funny, it makes you laugh.... This is a contemporary romance well worth savoring, and laughing over, and reading all over again.\" --Smart Bitches, Trashy Books<br /><br />\"How do I like this book? Let me count the ways.... Smart, snappy, funny yet realistic. I can\\'t count the number of times I laughed.... [T]his is one book I can totally recommend.\" --Dear Author', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Music Moves for Piano: Keyalities and Tonalities - The Complete Book of Arpeggios, Cadences, and Scales--Lowe, Marilyn-\nDescription: ['Music Moves for Piano: Keyalities and Tonalities - The Complete Book of Arpeggios, Cadences, and Scales\\n\\nby Marilyn Lowe\\n\\nA first! This book is an indispensible, complete reference guide to help students build and maintain performing skills in all keyalities and tonalities.\\nSeries : Method Book\\nNumber of Pages : 88', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: About That Night (An FBI/US Attorney Novel)\nDescription: ['<span>"James\\' latest novel is ... filled with fast quips and chemistry that heats up the pages. Readers will love the back-and-forth between the main characters, but throughout the book the rest of the cast of characters and the story is a fantastic romantic comedy. This one would be great on the big screen."-</span><span><i>RT BookReviews Magazine</i></span><span></span><span>(Top Pick)</span><br /><br /><span id=\"span_contact_Locked_A3HOCCBD4JIV6N\" style=\"display: inline;\">“ABOUT THAT NIGHT is Julie James’s best book to date! . . . It is utterly enchanting, sensual and fabulous. Julie James gives a robust voice to contemporary courtships! Amusing and sexy, Julie James\\'s books are flirtatious temptations for every reader.”--<em>Romance Junkies</em></span>', \"After graduating from law school, <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA Today </i>bestselling author <b>Julie James </b>clerked for the United States Court of Appeals. She then practiced law with one of the nation's largest firms for several years until she began writing screenplays. After Hollywood producers optioned two of her scripts, she decided to leave the practice of law to write full-time.<br><br>Julie's books have been listed on the American Library Association's Reading List for Top Genre Novels, <i>Booklist</i>'s Top 10 Romances of the Year, and have been featured as one of <i>Cosmopolitan</i> magazine's Red Hot Reads. Julie's novels also were chosen as the Best Contemporary Romances of 2010, 2011, and 2012 in the <i>All About Romance </i>Readers' Polls. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and Julie's sixth novel, <i>Love Irresistibly</i>, is now available.<br><br>Julie James lives with her husband and two children in Chicago, where she is currently working on her next book.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: The Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Girl Most Likely To...\nDescription: ['', '\"An exceptional novel with humor and pathos and rich in detail, and the finely put together characters make this a story worthy of our Perfect 10 award and a must read. You\\'ll laugh, cry, and your heart will break over this brillant story of a man and woman - what most wonderous stories end up being about.\" --<i>Romance Reviews Today</i>', '\"A wonderfully convoluted take of love lost and found, secret pregnancies and spousal abuse, Donovan\\'s latest shows us the healing power of forgiveness and the strength found in the love of family. It\\'s peopled with complex characters who learn much about themselves and those they love through the course of this compelling story.\" --<i>Romantic Times</i>', '\"A beautiful book that will capture your heart!\" -<i>Fresh Fiction</i>', 'Susan Donovan will steal your heart. Christina Dodd, <i>New York</i><i> Times</i> bestselling author', '', '', 'SOMETIMES ALL A GIRL NEEDS', 'Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of Persuasion, West Virginia and vowed never to return. Who could blame her? Shed just stumbled upon her fathers adulterous affair, found out she was pregnant, got dumped by her boyfriend, and kicked out of her house and school . . . all in a single afternoon. Twenty years have gone by and Kats backgorgeous, rich, and looking for an apology from everyone whod turned their backs on her. First on that list is Riley Bohland, the boy who broke her heart before she could tell him about the baby.', 'IS A LITTLE PERSUASION', 'But Kat didnt count on Riley having his own axe to grind, or that hed be just as delicious as he was at sixteen. She also didnt count on her heart opening at the sight of him. When their anger ignites a passion intense enough to burn through two decades of secrets and lies, Kat must question everything she thought she knew about her past. And what about her future? The only place to find the answers may be in Rileys arms', 'Susan Donovan will steal your heart. Christina Dodd, <i>New York</i><i> Times</i> bestselling author', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Longman Science Workbook\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Name of the Game (Hidden Gems)\nDescription: [\"A savvy TV producer who'd grown up in the Hollywood dream machine clashes with a charm resistant woman. Desires highten and things happen....\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Art of Teaching Children\nDescription: ['How to be effective in teaching your children by example with both chapters for mom and dad. It also has chapters on family prayer, moments to remember, dinner table talk, church attendance, and family goals to name a few.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The MacGregors Collection: Volume 1: Playing the Odds, Tempting Fate, One Man's Art, All the Possibilities, For Now, Forever\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Enzyme Factor (Japanese Version)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The MacKade Brothers Bundle: The Return of Rafe MacKade, The Pride of Jared MacKade, The Heart of Devin MacKade, The Fall of Shane MacKade\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Life-Changing Encounter with God's Word From the Book of 1 Peter (Life Change Series)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Doing It Over (A Most Likely To Novel)\nDescription: ['', 'Bybee (the Weekday Brides series) launches a trilogy themed on yearbook superlatives (Most Likely to...) of three friends, and how theyve fared ten years after graduation. Melanie Bartlett, labeled most likely to succeed by her graduating class in River Bend, Ore., is back for her tenth class reunion, with her daughter, Hope, in tow. Though she is somewhat embarrassed that she dropped out of college and is a divorced single mother, Melanie wouldnt trade her life with Hope for anything. Melanie has decided to move back to River Bend and is relieved that Miss Gina, the proprietress of a local bed and breakfast, has a job for her. When Melanie meets Miss Ginas contractor, Wyatt Gibson, she is surprised that the handsome younger man would flirt with her. Unexpected trouble crops up in Mels life, but Wyatt and the townspeople pitch in to help her out. The romance between fiercely independent Melanie and charming Wyatt heats up even as outsiders threaten to derail their newfound happiness. This novel will hook readers with its warm, inviting characters and the promise for similar future installments.', '', 'This brand-new trilogy, Most Likely To, based on yearbook superlatives, kicks off with a novel that will encourage you to root for the incredibly likable Melanie. Her friends are hilarious and readers will swoon over Wyatt, who is charming and strong. Even Melanies daughter, Hope, is a hoot! This romance is jam-packed with animated characters, and Bybee displays her creative writing talent wonderfully. <b><i>RT Book Reviews</i>, 4 stars</b>', 'With a dialogue full of energy and depth, and a twisting storyline that captured my attention, I would say that <i>Doing It Over</i> was a great way to start off a new series. (And look at that gorgeous book cover!) I cant wait to visit River Bend again and see who else gets to find their HEA. <b><i>Harlequin Junkie</i>, 4.5 Stars</b>']",
"rejected": "Title: Mars Explorer: (Age 6 and above) (Exploring Space)\nDescription: ['', 'The old adage that \"knowledge is power\" seems to resonate more so than ever today. Reading and learning gives kids that power, and in today\\'s increasingly competitive world, the more knowledge kids have at their fingertips, the more prepared they will be to meet the challenges of our modern world.', 'I wish to pass on my love of reading and exploring the world around us to all those new younger readers.', 'So join me on my many voyages of discovery, learning about the many incredible things, people and creatures that make our world such a fascinating place.', 'TJ Rob - www.TJRob.com', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The All-Star Antes Up (Wager of Hearts)\nDescription: ['', 'Golden Quill winner, Contemporary Romance', 'The Carolyn Readers Choice Award winner, Contemporary Romance', 'Golden Leaf Award finalist, Contemporary Romance: Long', '', '', 'Nancy Herkness is the author of the award-winning Whisper Horse series, as well as several other contemporary romance novels. She has received many honors for her work, including the Book Buyers Best Award, the Maggie Award in Contemporary Romance, and the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, and she is a two-time nominee for the Romance Writers of Americas RITA award. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and creative writing. A native of West Virginia, Nancy now lives in a Victorian house twelve miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey with her husband, two mismatched dogs, and an elderly cat.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Oxford Reading Tree Read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper: First Experiences: Going on a Train\nDescription: [\"Author and illustrator team, Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta, are two of the most experienced and successful reading scheme creators in the world. In 2008, Roderick Hunt received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to education, particularly literacy. This was followed by<br />further success when Roderick and Alex won the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award at the Education Resources Awards 2009. Annemarie is an author, publisher and editorial consultant in children's books and primary education. Kate is an author, series editor, consultant and a teaching deputy<br />head in a primary school in Suffolk\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Room For You (Cranberry Inn) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Beth Ehemann lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her 4 children and her husband, who is really just a big kid himself most of the time. She loves reading, writing, photography, martinis and all things Chicago Cubs.']",
"rejected": "Title: Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and Sideways Markets\nDescription: ['<DIV>\"<I>An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads. Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ these advanced strategies and to manage the risk of each position.</I>\" Peter LipskyTrader, Pan Capital</DIV>', 'Hands down the definitive guide on spread trading. Must reading forany professional who wants to learn directly from one of the topleaders in the options industry.”<br />—Larry Connors, CEO<br />TradingMarkets.com<br /><br />“An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads.Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ theseadvanced strategies and how to manage the risk of eachposition.”<br />—Peter Lipski, trader<br />Pan Capital<br /><br />“<i>Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and SidewaysMarkets</i> is an invaluable addition to any market resourcecollection. The book concisely walks through the dynamics of spreadstrategies and guides the reader though the return and risk metricsof the trades. . . . This is a must-have book for anyone seriouslyundertaking options investing.”<br />— Chip Norton, Managing Director of Research<br />Fortigent']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Obsession\nDescription: ['Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cassell Military Classics: The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Hellion\nDescription: ['<b>LaVyrle Spencer</b> is a contemporary and historical romance novelist who has written twelve<b><i></i></b><i>New York Times </i>bestsellers.Whether set in the Old West or in present day suburban Minnesota, a Spencer novel means seeing love in a new light and meeting characters so real it\\'s all you can do not to climb into the pages yourself. Several of Spencer\\'s books have been made into movies (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>called one of her television deals \"precedent-setting\") and in 1988 she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.She lives with her husband, Dan, in North Oaks, Minnesota.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: London Street Mini Atlas A-Z\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: For Better Or Worse: The Wedding Belles Book 2\nDescription: ['NA', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dearest of Geniuses: A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle\nDescription: ['Sandra Katz wrote the biography of Robert Frost\\'s wife, \"Elinor Frost: A Poet\\'s Wife\" and has published critical articles on American writers. She is Professor emerita of English at the University of Hartford and a member of the Amherst Creative Biography Group.']"
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"chosen": "Title: To Love and to Cherish (Wedding Belles)\nDescription: ['\"I highly recommend <i>For Better or Worse</i>. The second in a series, it can be read as a standalone, but I say start with the first because its just as good. Theyve got the funny bickering that I love, and even as her stories have a light touch with cute flirty, they delve deep into the characters.\" (Harlequin Junkie, Top Pick, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"<i>From This Day Forward</i>, <i>To Have and To Hold</i> and <i>For Better or Worse</i> are all enchanting and chock full of all the witty repartee we have come to joyfully anticipate...an absolute delight.\" (Hypable)<br /><br />\"Really likable and interesting characters. Excellent pace and build. I was just so entertained while reading. <b>Seriously excellent read! </b>I absolutely loved every single second of this. Heather and Josh\\'s story was really perfect to me. 5 stars all the way!\" (About That Story, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"I couldnt get enough of this book. I read it from beginning to end without putting it down. It made me smile so much! It was everything I like in a Contemporary Romance. It was cute, light-hearted, funny and sweet. It made me so excited to read the next book in this series!<i>For Better or Worse </i>is a must read for Contemporary Romance lovers.\" (A Novel Glimpse, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"<i>For Better or Worse</i> is a love story that is carefree, real and packed with emotion any reader can relate with!!! TRULY FANTASTIC!!\" (Addicted to Romance, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"I loved this book and can easily recommend you add it to your <i>#needtoread</i>. I am smiling like a lunatic while writing this and remembering Heather and Joshs journey. I laughed, cheered, cried, sighed and almost swooned while reading <b>For Better or Worse</b>,and any book that can make me feel this wide spectrum of emotions is a book that qualifies as one of my favorite reads.\" (All About Romance, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"This book was everything. It was sweet and romantic and funny and entertaining. At moments, it broke my heart and then in the next page I\\'d be laughing out loud. This book is exactly why I love to read so much. It gave me all the feels and was absolutely perfect.\"<br /> (Smitten With Reading, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"Ill never get how LL can instantly captivate me from page one, but she continually does. The dance and the lead-up are the best part of her books and FOR BETTER OR WORSE has that in spades. I really honestly couldnt put it down because the storywas so well crafted, and both it and their chemistry pulled at me continuously. She writes characters that feel so real and are just incredibly likable, another thing that LL does well. It was absolutely fantastic and this series is one not to be missed.\" (Book Reader Chronicles, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />\"A fun, enjoyable, sexy story that I refused to put down...If you enjoy romance, fun, sexy couples, friendship, family, and laugh out loud moments, then you need to be reading this series.\" (The Reading Cafe, on For Better or Worse)<br /><br />Layne packs as much into this sexually charged and emotionally intense novella (an introduction to her upcoming Wedding Belles series) as most authors do in a full novelThe heat between [Leah & Jason] enough to melt steel, and the emotional connection and psychological struggles will keep readers engaged. (Publishers Weekly on From This Day Forward, Starred Review)', \"Lauren Layne is the<i>New York Times</i>and<i>USA TODAY</i>bestselling author of more than two dozen romantic comedies. Her books have sold over a million copies in nine languages. Lauren's work has been featured in<i>Publishers Weekly</i>,<i>Glamour</i>,<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, and<i>Inside Edition</i>. She is based in New York City.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lost in America: How You and Your Church Can Impact the World Next Door\nDescription: [\"Challenges us to do whatever it takes to reach the growing numbers of lost people in the USA. -- <i>Mark Mittelberg, Willow Creek Assoc.</i><br /><br />Clegg and Bird set forth a pathway for congregational outreach in a readable, insightful, and practical way. -- <i>David Bryant, Concerts of Prayer Int'l</i><br /><br />Lost in America will help identify fresh ways to relate the timeless message of Christ to searching people. -- <i>Franklin Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.</i>\", 'What Church Leaders are Saying About Lost in America Lost in America will help you identify fresh ways to relate the timeless messages of Christ to searching people in your life today.', 'Franklin Graham (CEO, Billy Graham Evangelism Association) Cleverly written, compellingly argued-Lost in America shatters our complacency and challenges us to do whatever it takes to reach the growing numbers of lost people in one of the greatest mission fields in the world: the USA.', 'Mark Mittelberg (Evangelism Champion for the Willow Creek Association, and', \"Author of Building a Contagious Church) If you desire to reach your full potential in sharing the good news with your relatives, friends, and neighbors, read Lost in America's uncompromising, unsettling, and unconventional message. You'll be glad you did.\", \"John C. Maxwell (Founder, the INJOY Group) With a convincingly upbeat approach, Lost in America is the freshest work I've seen to inspire you to initiate evangelism efforts. Every time I picked it up, I felt like I'd had another shot of sparkling water. Open it up and drink deeply.\", 'Carl George (Director, Leadership for Ministry) A fast-moving book filled with practical ideas and gripping illustrations to help the church reach the lost. The message of this book hits home.', 'Robert E. Coleman (Director of the School of World Missions and Evangelism,', \"Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Tom Clegg and Warren Bird do not believe that the American Church can do what it's always done and achieve different results. In Lost in America they have produced the freshest, most insightful and practical witnessing tool we've seen-a must--read for every Christian and every pastor!\", 'Eddie and Alice Smith (President and Executive Director, U.S. Prayer Track) Clegg and Bird set forth a pathway for congregational outreach in an eminently readable, liberatingly insightful, and motivationally practical way. We can start reaching out immediately, right where we live, as the Spirit gives us missionary eyes for the world next door.', 'David Bryant (Founder and President, Concerts of Prayer International)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Made for You (The Best Mistake)\nDescription: [\"Lauren Layne is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of romantic comedies. She lives in New York City with her husband. A former e-commerce and web marketing manager from Seattle, Lauren relocated to Manhattan in 2011 to pursue a full-time writing career. Her first book was published in summer of 2013. Since then, she's written over two dozen books. When not writing, Lauren can be found at happy hour with her high school sweetheart, or shopping for a great pair of stilettos.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Country Silence\nDescription: ['David Atkins is the author of the novel Obituary and the novella 3rd Hollow and lives in western Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Long, Hot Texas Summer\nDescription: ['', 'Reliable western romance author Brown (the Spikes and Spurs series) gives her new series a strong start with this sweet contemporary story. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Brown has the touch for one-liners and characters as familiar as an old pair of slippers. <i>RT Book Reviews</i>', '', '', 'Carolyn Brown is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author, as well as a RITA finalist. She has written several beloved and popular romance titles, ranging from historical to contemporary to cowboy themed. She and her husband live in Davis, Oklahoma. They have three grown children, and enough grandchildren to keep them young.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: VAMPIRELLA REVELATIONS Book 1\nDescription: ['SC, TPB, in cello, New, Written by Mike Carey. Art by Mike Lilly, Bob Almond. Cover by Joe Jusko. Published in May of 2006, Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Duke of Manhattan\nDescription: ['<span>\"Duke of Manhattan made me giggle, blush,and swoon. Louise Bay outdid herself</span><span>with this</span><b>fabulous, smoldering love story</b><span>.\"</span><span>--</span><i>KatyEvans, NYT bestselling a</i><i>uthor</i><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Duke of Manhattan delivers both<b>swoon-</b></span><span></span><b>worthy</b><span> and </span><b>wickedly seductive </b><span>moments that will have you desperate for more of Ryder\\'s sinful alpha-ness.\" -</span><i>New York TimesBestselling Author Lisa Renee Jones</i><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Holy hell. Louise Bay delivers the heat withsexy times, <b>crackling smart dialogue</b>, and a hero that will bring any reader to their knees.\" -<i>Karen Booth, Author</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"My absolute <b>top favorite read of 2017</b>\" <i>The Romance Bibliophile </i></span><br /><span><span></span></span><br /><span><span>\"Duke of Manhattan is beautifully written with the perfect balance of sugar and spice!<b>Five beautiful stars</b>!\"</span><i><span>Espresso</span><span>Reviews</span></i><span></span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"Ryder Westbury is<b> a book boyfriend you\\'ll never forget</b>.<span></span>5 royal stars!!<span>\" <i>LuLu\\'s Library</i></span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"A</span><span>compelling and enticing love story.\" <i>Christina Reads</i></span><br /><span><span></span></span><br /><span><span>\"</span></span><span>Like a really good rom-com movie except with really hot sex thrown in.<span>\" <i>Kitty Kats Crazy about Books</i></span><i></i></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<b>THIS BOOK IS AMAZING</b>.</span><span>It\\'s a story you can lose yourself in, and I definitelydid.\" <i>Trashy Bibloblog</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"<b>A brilliant read.</b> For me this book is LouiseBay at her best. Full of angst, with bites of humor and lots of steam, it also has a real sweetness about it. Another <b>MUST READ</b> from a really talented storyteller.\" <i>Perusing Princesses</i><span></span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"An <b>amazing </b>love story.\" <i>She\\'s a Lip Biter</i></span><br /><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"I am a major fan of Louise Bay\\'s work and Duke of Manhattan only further solidifies my fandom for her writing.\" <i>Bookworm Between the Sheets</i></span><span></span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Truth About Retirement Plans and IRAs\nDescription: ['Earns high marks for clarity, simplicity, and its focus on educating and encouraging readers to be the masters of their retirement fates. What is commonly viewed as daunting subject matter is rendered much more accessible and digestible with the aid of a sage and talented writer. This book deserves the wide following it is sure to receive. (<i>Estate Planning</i>)', 'For thirty years, Ric Edelman has worked to teach everyday people about personal finance. Hes widely regarded as one of the nations top financial advisors, having been ranked #11 on the 2017 list of the nations Top Wealth Advisors by <i>Forbes</i>. He was previously ranked the nations #1 Independent Financial Advisor three times by <i>Barrons</i>. Ric is the 2017 recipient of the IARFCs Loren Dunton Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement for his substantial contribution to the financial services profession and the financial interests of the public. He is an inductee of <i>Research</i> magazines Financial Advisor Hall of Fame, and has been named among the 15 most transformative people in the industry by <i>Investment News</i> and one of the investment advisory fields 10 most influential figures by <i>RIABiz</i>. Ric is also a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author who has written nine books on personal finance. His most recent, <i>The Truth About Your Future</i>, was published in March 2017. You can visit him at RicEdelman.com.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Come Sundown\nDescription: ['Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Everything But a Groom\nDescription: [\"'This book is for those who like their romance light and sweet.' --Publishers Weekly<br /><br />Holly Jacobs has a knack for creating likable characters...Fortunately for the reader, there are plans for two more books featuring Nana Salo's descendants...If Everything But a Groom is an example, it will be a fun, romantic story of two people who discover they need each other. --USA Today<br /><br />If you liked the WLVH Radio Romances by Holly Jacobs, you'll love Everything But a Groom. Holly has done it again...I always enjoy Holly Jacobs series, and Everything But a Groom ranks right up there with the best. Her characters always seem true to life and there is never a dull moment. Don't miss this one. --Robert H. Goss, RoundTable Reviews<br /><br />This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times<br /><br />This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times<br /><br />'This book is for those who like their romance light and sweet.' --Publishers Weekly<br /><br />This 'bride left at the altar' plot spins off into an engaging, fast-paced story. The two lead characters make an entertaining couple, but what makes this tale shine are the secondary characters' distinct personalities, especially Nana Vancy, the Salo family matriarch. This is a sweet and charming love story awash in fun and humor. --Romantic Times\", 'Every Hungarian Grandma knows that words have power. Nana Salo never meant the words she said in anger to become a family curse, but thats just what happened. Her granddaughter Vancy is just the newest victim. Vancys fianc has left her at the altar, and now the press is after a hot Grandma-curses-granddaughters-wedding story. Vancy doesnt believe in the Salo Wedding Curse, but when her groom ditches her and the press is hot on her heels, shes not quite so sure anymore. Shes hiding out with Matt Wilde, owner of the Everything Wilde landscaping business, helping out with his two newly-inherited nephews as she figures out what to do. Matt doesnt believe in curses either, but he seems cursed with thoughts of Vancy Salo that he just cant seem to shake. A hoard of reporters, a guilty grandma, a gaggle of other family members, and two four-year-olds that both steal their hearts and wreak their own havoc: its not exactly a classic situation for falling in lovebut thats just what may be happening for Vancy and Matt.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Pet Teacher\nDescription: ['Sofia Trujillo is 11 years old and already a published author. She loves animals, exploring nature, getting dirty outdoors, and tetherball. She has a dog named Chloe, a kitten named Kitty, and a fire-bellied toad named Senor Frog.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Selling the Lite of Heaven\nDescription: ['<b>Suzanne Strempek Shea,</b> winner of the 2000 New England Book Award for Fiction, is the author of the novels <i>Selling the Lite of Heaven; Hoopi Shoopi Donna; Lily of the Valley;</i> and <i>Around Again;</i> and the memoirs <i>Songs from a Lead-Lined Room: Notes -- High and Low -- From My Journey Through Breast Cancer and Radiation;</i> and <i>Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore.</i> She lives in Bondsville, Massachusetts.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Glorious One-Pot Meals: A Revolutionary New Quick and Healthy Approach to Dutch-Oven Cooking\nDescription: [\"Sometimes the simplest-seeming cookbooks yield the most surprising revelations, as in nutritionist Yarnell's guide to one-pot cooking. Yarnell's signature infusion method, cooking in a dutch oven at a very hot temperature renders layered vegetables, starches and proteins like tandoori salmon and kale with butternut squash over basmati rice, into a surprisingly well-textured, hearty meal. (It's also foolproof: when you smell the aroma of dinner, you're three minutes from the end of the cooking time.) Dishes like citrus ginger chicken with root vegetables; penne puttanesca; and fiesta steak are simple choices for busy weeknight dinners. The real genius, of course, is the single potYarnell's all-inclusive meals don't require the usual juggling of oven times to coordinate complementary dishes, and cleanup is simplified even further by a preliminary canola oil spritz on the pot. Her emphasis on whole foods, abundant servings of vegetables, moderate amounts of protein and the incorporation of whole grains like amaranth and quinoa justifies her health claims. Yarnell also guides readers in creating their own custom versions of the one-pot meal, even offering a one-pot meal weekly grocery list. <i>(Dec.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'When I hear crisp vegetables, tender meats, incredible flavor, ONE pot, and ready in less than thirty minutes, I say COUNT ME IN! Thats my Quick Fix mantra! Who doesnt cherish strategies that deliver wholesome, family-friendly meals in just minutes? All in one pot, which makes for easy cleanup. <i>Glorious One-Pot Meals</i> offers tons of variety, from the fabulously ordinary to the incredibly extraordinary. Fish dishes range from Very, Very Mild Fish to Honey-Chili Trout and Pistachio Halibut (with lavender!). Elizabeth tempts you with All-American Pot Roast and Corned Beef and Cabbage and then wows you with Amaranth Chili. Ready to move beyond Simply Chicken and Chicken Marsala? Then try the African Peanut Butter Stew. Or leap from Glorious Macaroni and Cheese to Aloo Gobi (a flavor-packed, Indian feast). If youve got a pot, youve got a meal. Theres truly something for everyone. <br /><br />Robin Miller, host of Food Networks Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cosmic Heretics: A personal history of attempts to establish and resist theories of quantavolution and catastrophe in the natural and human sciences, 1963 to 1983.\nDescription: ['Alfred de Grazia was born in 1919 in Chicago. PhD University of Chicago. He fought in six campaigns in WWII. He taught political science at U. of Minnesota, Brown U., Stanford U., and NYU, and as a guest lecturer in many university in the United States and abroad. He published over twenty books in the field of political science. He met Immanuel Velikovsky in 1963 and published \"The Velikovsky Affair.\" He created the field of Quantavolution and authored eleven books in the field of catastrophism and ancient history. He created the magazine \"The American Behavioral Scientist\" and was a pioneer in computerized information retrieval in the social sciences, creating the \"Universal Reference System\" in the 1960s. His 2-million-visitors/y website \"www.grazian-archive.com\" is another pioneering effort in the field of personal archives. He also wrote poetry, plays and autobiographical works, as well as a three volume History of the United States: \"America\\'s History Retold.\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Whistling Past the Graveyard\nDescription: ['The South on the eve of the civil rights movement, as seen through the eyes of this novels plucky nine-year-old narrator. Starla Claudelle lives in Mississippi with her stern grandma. Her daddy is away working on an oil rig. Her mama has gone to Nashville to be a star, so Starla decides to head there when she gets herself in trouble one too many times. Shes offered a ride by a black woman named Eula, who has with her a white baby found abandoned on the steps of a church. Eula takes Starla and the baby home, but violence forces them back on the road with no money and a truck about to break down. During their long and sometimes perilous trip, Starla sees firsthand what its like to be the wrong color in a segregated society, and her keen sense of injustice and need for love help her create a bond with Eula that transcends any barriers. Its not easy to keep such a young narrator convincing for more than 300 pages, and for the most part, author Crandall manages it well. Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story. --Mary Ellen Quinn', '\"A coming-of-age story as well as a luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship. . . Susan Crandall tells young Starlas story with pitch-perfect tone, evoking 1963 Mississippi and its struggles with a deft hand. I laughed and cried at Starlas keen observances of life and family and the sometimes blurred edges of justice. Like Harper Lees <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> and Kathryn Stocketts <i>The Help</i>, <i>Whistling Past the Graveyard</i> is destined to become a classic. (New York Times bestselling author Karen White)<br /><br />Crandall delivers big with a coming-of-age story set in Mississippi in 1963 and narrated by a precocious 9-year-oldYoung Starla is an endearing character whose spirited observations propel this nicely crafted story. (Kirkus)<br /><br />Starlas fiery independence makes her a likable narrator. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />\"A delightfully complex story about defying the odds to find the gifts we have tucked inside us.\" (Shelf Awareness)<br /><br />\"This is a work of imagination in the mind of a 9-year-old child that might remind you of Harper Lee\\'s <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> or Kathryn Stockett\\'s <i>The Help</i>... It\\'s a real winner!\" (Liz Smith <i>The Chicago Tribune</i>)<br /><br />A luminous portrait of courage and the bonds of friendship, this coming of age story is as endearing and spirited as they come. (Shape Magazine)<br /><br />This coming-of-age story is a must for fans of Kathryn Stocketts <i>The Help</i> or Harper Lees classic <i>To Kill a Mockingbird.</i> (Working Mother Magazine)<br /><br />Its not easy to keep such a young narrator convincing for more than 300 pages... Readers will take to Starla and be caught up in her story. (Mary Ellen Quinn <i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br />Crandall threads historical detail throughout the book as the struggles of the civil rights movement are vividly portrayedCrandalls young narrator captures the readers heart. (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />\"WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD is a multi-layered saga that can be enjoyed by teens and adults alike. It has a cinematic quality that will make readers wish for a screen version. And you cant say better than that.\" (BookReporter.com)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El supremo arte de echar las cartas : por todos los sistemas\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Children's Jokes, Riddles and Tongue Twisters (B&W)\nDescription: ['<i>\"This book is filled with fun and happiness and it is just waiting to get out. I got this book and spent the evening with my sons taking turns reading out of it and we had a great time as a family. The jokes are funny enough for the adults but simple enough for the little ones to enjoy.\"</i>', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Albanian Etymological Dictionary\nDescription: ['<b>Vladimir Orel</b>, Ph.D. (1981) in Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, teaches historical linguistics at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His publications include <i>Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary</i> (Brill, 1995) and <i>The Language of Phrygians</i> (Caravan Books, 1998).', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s <i>Diary,</i> only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —<b>Steve McQueen, director of </b><i><b>12 Years a Slave, </b></i><b>from the Foreword</b><br><br>“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —<b>Henry Louis Gates, Jr., </b><i><b>from the Afterword</b></i><br> <br>“For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.”<b> —Ira Berlin, from the Introduction</b><br><br>“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.”<b> —</b><i><b>The Daily Beast</b></i><br><br>“An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting. The movie of it by Steve McQueen might be the most successful adaptation of a book ever undertaken; text and film complement each other wildly.”<b> —Rachel Kushner, </b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>“The best firsthand account of slavery.” —<b>James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Battle Cry of Freedom, </i>in <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after <i>Uncle Tom’s Cabin </i>came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.”<b> —</b><i><b>The Hollywood Reporter</b></i>', '<b>Solomon Northup</b> (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.<br><br><b>Ira Berlin</b> is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include <i>The Making of African America</i> and <i>Many Thousands Gone</i>, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.<br><br><b>Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,</b> is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking\nDescription: ['', \"Every step of Zo and Jeff's adventures in bread has been fascinating and delicious for us, the home bread bakers who follow them, but this book might be their most exciting yet because they've incorporated years of readers' questions, problems, and discoveries into every chapter. This is truly the all-you've-ever-wanted-to-know edition. And there are plenty of photographs at last! <i>Dorie Greenspan, James Beard Award-winning author of Around My French Table and owner of Beurre & Sel cookies</i>\", \"A fun, easy-to-follow collection for those who aren't afraid to shun baking traditions. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>\", 'With this revised edition, Herzberg and Franois continue to perfect their already easy and immensely popular bread-baking method. Essential. <i>Library Journal</i>', '', '', \"<b>Jeff Hertzberg, M.D. </b>has been a physician, university professor, information technology consultant, and ardent amateur baker. He developed a love of great bread growing up in New York City in the 1960s and '70s and began traveling to bread-loving countries like France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Britain, and Morocco, to sample and learn. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters.\", '<b>Zo Franois</b> is a pastry chef and baker trained at the Culinary Institute of America. In addition to writing best-selling cookbooks, she creates tasty desserts on her pastry blog ZoeBakes.com, as well as for the Cooking Channel, General Mills, and many national magazines. Zo lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two sons.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Italian for Dummies (With Audio CD)\nDescription: ['Berlitz has been the global leader in language instruction for more than 120 years. The famous Berlitz approach is based on the premise that the best way to learn a second language is the same way people learn their first-through conversation.', 'With the growth of global commerce, business travel, tourism, and the Web, a working knowledge of foreign languages is more vital than ever.', \"Dialogues from the book on audio CD<br /> <br /> Your survival guide for everyday words and expressions<br /> <br /> The renowned Berlitz(r) approach with a fun and friendly twist This unintimidating guide from the experts at Berlitz(r) will help you start speaking Italian beginning today, whether you're a student, a traveler, or you just want to pick up language basics. all this on the audio CD Pick up Italian the Berlitz way - through actual conversations Listen to dialogues from the book Hear how native speakers say the words Practice your own pronunciation<br /> <br /> Discover how to: Have everyday conversations in Italian Make sense of Italian grammar Improve your pronunciation Get a handle on verb conjugations Use idioms and popular expressions Get around in Italy<br /> <br /> Get smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prize Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily(TM) e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street Series, Book 1)\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Like Smith\\'s bestselling Botswana mysteries, this bookcomprising 110 sections, originally serialized in the<i> Scotsman</i>, that drolly chronicle the lives of residents in an Edinburgh boarding houseis episodic, amusing and peopled with characters both endearing and benignly problematic. Pat, 21, is on her second \"gap year\" (her first yearlong break from her studies was such a flop she refuses to discuss it), employed at a minor art gallery and newly settled at the eponymous address, where she admires vain flatmate Bruce and befriends neighbor Domenica. A low-level mystery develops about a possibly valuable painting that Pat discovers, proceeds to lose and then finds in the unlikely possession of Ian Rankin, whose bestselling mysteries celebrate the dark side of Edinburgh just as Smith\\'s explore the (mostly) sunny side. The possibility of romance, the ongoing ups and downs of the large, well-drawn cast of characters, the intricate plot and the way Smith nimbly jumps from situation to situation and POV to POVhe was charged, after all, with keeping his newspaper readers both momentarily satisfied and eager for the next installmentworks beautifully in book form. No doubt Smith\\'s fans will clamor for more about 44 Scotland Street, and given the author\\'s celebrated productivity, he\\'ll probably give them what they want. <i>Agent, Robin Straus</i>. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Inspired by Armistead Maupins serialized San Francisco-based <i>Tales of the City</i>, McCall Smith has successfully incorporated snippets of Bohemian Edinburgh life into <i>44 Scotland Street</i>. He lends the same insights and sensibilities to these colorful vignettes as he does to his bestselling <i>No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency</i> series, set in Botswana: an understated intelligence, a deep human compassion, and lighthearted romance and mystery. Likeable and quirky characters, from a pushy mother and bookish neighbor to real-life walk-ons, populate the gentle satire. For those who dont read <i>The Scotsman</i>, not to worry: theres a second volume in the works.', '<i>Copyright 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reflections from the Kitchen\nDescription: ['Esquire Magazine, Palm Springs Life Magazine, The Beverly Hills Club & Sports Magazine, Wine World, the Golden Chef, Gastronome Magazine, and Food & Wine Magazine... all have given accolades to the cooking of Chef Fred Raynaud. Chef Fred Raynaud has appeared on many TV shows throughout Nation. Chef Raynaud now heads up the Culinary Innovation Center and is responsible for the culinary direction of a major foodservice company and the training and development of a 1,000 plus chefs within the company. Chef Fred is an award-winning chef with a tender heart, whose culinary efforts have been recognized by many. Join Fred as he explores faith in the midst of struggle.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Crossover (The Crossover Series)\nDescription: ['Gr 610Twins Josh and Jordan are junior high basketball stars, thanks in large part to the coaching of their dad, a former professional baller who was forced to quit playing for health reasons, and the firm, but loving support of their assistant-principal mom. Josh, better known as Filthy McNasty, earned his nickname for his enviable skills on the court: \"when Filthy gets hot/He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT.\" In this novel in verse, the brothers begin moving apart from each other for the first time. Jordan starts dating the \"pulchritudinous\" Miss Sweet Tea, and Josh has a tough time keeping his jealousy and feelings of abandonment in control. Alexander\\'s poems vary from the pulsing, aggressive beats of a basketball game (\"My shot is F L O W I N G, Flying, fluttering. ringaling and SWINGALING/Swish. Game/over\") to the more introspective musings of a child struggling into adolescence (\"Sit beside JB at dinner. He moves./Tell him a joke. He doesn\\'t even smile.Say I\\'m sorry/but he won\\'t listen\"). Despite his immaturity, Josh is a likable, funny, and authentic character. Underscoring the sports and the fraternal tension is a portrait of a family that truly loves and supports one another. Alexander has crafted a story that vibrates with energy and heart and begs to be read aloud. A slam dunk.Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal.', 'The Bell twins are stars on the basketball court and comrades in life. While there are some differencesJosh shaves his head and Jordan loves his locksboth twins adhere to the Bell basketball rules: In this game of life, your family is the court, and the ball is your heart. With a former professional basketball player dad and an assistant principal mom, there is an intensely strong home front supporting sports and education in equal measures. When life intervenes in the form of a hot new girl, the balance shifts and growing apart proves painful. An accomplished author and poet, Alexander eloquently mashes up concrete poetry, hip-hop, a love of jazz, and a thriving family bond. The effect is poetry in motion. It is a rare verse novel that is fundamentally poetic rather than using this writing trend as a device. There is also a quirky vocabulary element that adds a fun intellectual note to the narrative. This may be just the right book for those hard-to-match youth who live for sports or music or both. Grades 6-12. --Gail Bush', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Everyday Modifications for Your VW Bay Window Van: How to make your classic van easier to live with and enjoy\nDescription: ['', '<b>Rob Hawkins</b> became a motoring journalist and photographer in 1993, combining his passions for writing, photography, and sports cars. He has written and photographed features for <i>MG Enthusiast</i> magazine since 1995, and has owned or driven most of the postwar MGs. When the MGF was launched in 1995, Rob was involved with test driving standard and modified versions, and wrote articles on how to repair and improve this mid-engined, two-seater sports car. He has also always had a passion for classic camper vans and after buying his own VW Bay Window Van in 2010, he made his own interior, fitting and testing a variety of popular accessories and equipment.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A More Perfect Union\nDescription: ['Sold by Mike\\'s Collectable Books October 6, 2015 Release Date: Dear Reader, Many people have wondered why I\\'ve been speaking out on controversial issues for the last few years. They say I\\'ve never held political office. I m not a constitutional scholar. I m not even a lawyer. All I can say to that is Guilty as charged. It s true that I ve never voted for a budget America could not afford. I ve never raised anyone s taxes. And I ve never promised a lobbyist anything in exchange for a donation. Luckily, none of that really matters. Our founding fathers didn\\'t want a permanent governing class of professional politicians. They wanted a republic, in Lincoln s words, \"of the people, by the people, and for the people.\" A country where any farmer, small-business owner, manual laborer, or doctor could speak up and make a difference. I believe that making a difference starts with understanding our amazing founding document, the U.S. Constitution. And as someone who has performed brain surgery thousands of times, I can assure you that the Constitution isn\\'t brain surgery. The founders wrote it for ordinary men and women, in clear, precise, simple language. They intentionally made it short enough to read in a single sitting and to carry in your pocket.']",
"rejected": "Title: By Abigail R. Gehring Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your (2nd Second Edition) [Hardcover]\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: The New 44 Scotland Street Novel (The 44 Scotland Street Series)\nDescription: ['<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br /><br />Praise for the 44 Scotland Street series:<br /></b><br />\"McCall Smith\\'s confident brush picks out vivid and entertaining characters. . . . A deliciously engaging Edinburgh comedy.\"<i>Financial Times<br /></i><br />\"Irresistible... Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet.\"<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br /><br />\"Entertaining and witty.... A sly sendup of society in Edinburgh.\" <i>Orlando Sentinel</i>', \"ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Smile\nDescription: [\"Grade 5 UpWhen she was in sixth grade, Telgemeier tripped while running and lost her two front teeth. In the years that followed, she went through a torturous series of dental surgeries and repairs, the trauma of which was mirrored by the social struggles she experienced during her adolescence. A minor complaint is that there is no mention of when all of this took place, and readers may be puzzled by seeming anachronisms such as old-school Nintendo games. Telgemeier's full-color artwork is confident and light, and her storytelling is appropriately paced. This straightforward and entertaining autobiographical comic is sure to please.<i>Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Library, Ontario, Canada</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'The dental case that Telgemeier documents in this graphic memoir was extreme: a random accident led to front tooth loss when she was 12, and over the next several years, she suffered through surgery, implants, headgear, false teeth, and a rearrangement of her remaining incisors. Accompanying the physical treatment came social rough spots with friends, while puberty delivered another set of curveballs with crushes, maturing bodies, and changing family expectations and judgments. Both adults and kidsincluding various dental professionals and younger siblingsare vividly and rapidly portrayed, giving quick access to the memoirists world. Telgemeiers storytelling and full-color cartoony images form a story that will cheer and inspire any middle-schooler dealing with orthodontia. At the same time, she shows how her early career choice as an animator took root during this difficult periodoffering yet another gentle reminder that things have turned out fine for the author and can for her reader as well. Grades 5-8. --Francisca Goldsmith', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Still Alice\nDescription: ['Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is a member of the Dementia Advocacy and Support Network International and DementiaUSA and is an online columnist for the National Alzheimers Association. She is currently writing her second book, <i>Left Neglected</i>.', '', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Just Shoot It!: A Complete Guide to Filmmaking From Script to Screen - 2nd Edition\nDescription: [\"Welcome. I initially developed this material for my own filmmaking use, but then decided to make it available to everyone. Being a filmmaker myself, I know the hurdles that must be overcome to succeed in the film industry. This business is all about your mindset, action and talent. If you have talent and passion and are willing to work hard you can succeed. I want you to turn your filmmaking dreams into reality. I have put together the materials you need to be nothing less than a great filmmaker. My entertainment industry experience includes: Started in the industry as a professional stand-up comic, improv actor and voice-over artist. Founded the Malcolm Vincent Screenwriting Competition, judged over 500 scripts, provided scripts to major film studios including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox and United Artists. Worked almost every possible film job known to mankindwriter, actor, script supervisor, production assistant, film loader, gaffer, grip, camera operator, focus puller, sound mixer, boom operator, line producer, director, and editor. Writer/Director on two independent films and currently have several more in development. Teaching filmmaking privately for 12 years. Professional Success Coach to filmmakers and other professionals. Member of Bridge Conservatory Writer's Group. Featured in Guerrilla Filmmaker & Super 8mm Today, quoted in MovieMaker Magazine. Formal education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA, studied filmmaking and screenwriting at several universities. Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have. I will gladly help you in any way I can. Email: curtis@filmschoolnow.com Los Angeles, CA I want you to achieve your filmmaking dreams so everyone can enjoy your films. There has never been a better time to join the film industry than now with an ever-changing landscape of filmmaking methods and multiple distribution avenues. The opportunities are endless. I hope you found what you were looking for. If not then email me and we will find it. Best wishes for your success! Curtis Kessinger\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare)\nDescription: ['<b><i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br /><br />Shakespeare... would be pleased, I am sure... Novels such as Anne Tylers, which are so precise and current, are like photographs or digital clock faces that tell us where we are and where we are coming from at the same time. Vinegar Girl is an earthy reflection of this fleeting moment, both lively and thoughtful.<br /><b>--Jane Smiley, <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />[A] screwball comedy of manners that actually channels Jane Austen more than Shakespeare.It\\'s clear that [Tyler] had fun with<i>Vinegar Girl,</i>and readers will tooA fizzy cocktail of a romantic comedy, far more sweet than acidic, about finding a mate who appreciates you for your idiosyncratic, principled self no taming necessary.<br /><b>--NPR.org</b><br /><br />\"[An]ingenious resetting... with considerably more humor and gentleness than in the Bards version.\"<br /><i><b>--Washington Post</b></i><br /><br />An effective retelling, while nodding to the original text, stands on its own as a story in the way Iris Murdochs \\'The Black Prince\\' responds to \\'Hamlet\\' and Aldous Huxleys \\'Brave New World\\' plays with \\'The Tempest.\\' Tyler succeeds in creating a world we believe in...Charming...Clever.\" <br />--<b><i>Boston Globe</i></b><br /><br />\"A perfect read.\"<br />--<i><b>New York Post</b></i><br /><br />Vinegar Girl is a fast, easy readHeld side-by-side against Shakespeare\\'s Shrew, the story of Kate and Pyotr is full of hidden treasures.<br /><b><i>--Houston Chronicle</i></b><br /><br /><i>Vinegar Girl</i> has the requisite Tyler trademarksthe characters populating Vinegar Girl are flawed, quirky, likable, self-indulgent and astute.<br /><b><i>--St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i></b><br /><br />Is there any living American writer who has written as well about marriage as Anne Tyler? Or who has consistently been as honest about the disconnect between fantasies of lovebirds living happily ever after and the often sad but also funny miracle of two separate people actually staying together? In<i>Vinegar Girl</i>Tyler brings these talents to the altar of the Hogarth Shakespeare seriesit\\'s fun, lighthearted, clever, compassionate and filled with Tyler\\'s always extraordinary love for her characters, liberating them here to love each other.<br />--<b><i>MilwaukeeJournal-Sentinel</i></b><br /><br />[A] great success;Vinegar Girlis funny and endearing, the quirky characters vintage Tyler.<br />--<b><i>MinneapolisStar Tribune</i></b><br /><br />A very funny retelling of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew.<br /><b><i>--The Sacramento Bee</i></b><br /><br />\"Family drama meets rom-com in a modern version ofThe Taming of the Shrew. Pushy dad plus entitled little sister, cute but clueless suitor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author equals must-read.\"<br />--<b><i>Cosmopolitan</i></b><br /><br />\"A quirky tale that transports Shakespeare\\'s<i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>to Tyler\\'s modern-day Baltimore, where a father\\'s attempt to shoehorn his daughter into a green-card marriage has, of course, an unintentionally happy ending.\"<br />--<b><i>W Magazine</i></b><br /><br />Tylers smooth prose makesVinegar Girl, one of a series of renowned authors Shakespearean updates, a light, summer read.<br /><b><i>--Baltimore Magazine</i></b><br /><br />Readers unfamiliar withThe Taming of the Shrewwill have no problem enjoying this novel, which is funny, fun-loving and uplifting. Those who know the original well will be intrigued by Tyler\\'s riffs: Is the new Kate less shrewish, or simply better characterized, her motives and anxieties better understood? In either case, the surprising ending, which deviates from Shakespeare\\'s in important ways, makes for a heartwarming conclusion to a quirky, timeless tale.<br /><b>--Shelf Awareness</b><br /><br /><i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>meetsGreen Cardin this delightful reinvention that owes as much to Tylers quirky sensibilities as it does to its literary forebear. Come for the Shakespeare, stay for the wonderful Tyler. <br /><b>--Library Journal (starred review)</b><br /><br />Resplendent storyteller Tyler (<i>A Spool of Blue Thread,</i> 2015) is perfectly paired withThe Taming of the ShrewDeeply and pleasurably inspired by her source, Tyler is marvelously nimble and effervescent in this charming, hilarious, and wickedly shrewd tale of reversal and revelation.<br /><b>--Booklist(starred review)</b><br /><br />Anne Tylers <i>Vinegar Girl</i>, based on <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>, gives readers a modern, witty, wonderful Kate.<br /><b>--Lithub.com</b><br /><br /><b>International Praise for VINEGAR GIRL:</b><br /><b></b><br />This sparky, intelligent spin on Shakespeare\\'s controversial classic demolishes the old saw that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.<br /><b>--The Guardian </b><br /><br />[A] modern take on <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>.<br /><i><b>--Good Housekeeping</b> <br /></i><br /><i></i>Tyler\\'s deepest purpose is to challenge the premises of Shakspeare\\'s comedy... Her gentle, funny novel insists that it is possible, in spite of our customarily blind perversities, to find unexpected ways of breaking free from self-destruction. <br /><b>--Times Literary Supplement</b><br /><br />[Vinegar Girl is] knockabout comedy at its best, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny and, indeed, may be [Tylers] funniest book to date. <br /><i>--</i><b><i>Daily Mail</i><br /></b><br />Funny, thought-provoking, essential. <br /><i><b>--The Sunday Telegraph</b><br /></i><br />[A] hilarious contemporary take on the play. <br />--Frankie McCoy, <i>Evening Standard <br /></i><br />Tyler is uniquely capable of handling a rebarbative character like Kate with generosity and imagination ... she consistently finds good in unpromising people and is a sharp and very funny observer of day-to-day life A joy. <br /><i><b>--Literary Review</b></i><br /><br />Excellent. <br /><i><b>--Glamour</b></i><br /><br />A reflective, engaging twist on Shakespeares unfashionable play. <br /><i><b>--Daily Express</b></i><br /><br /><b>More Praise for Anne Tyler and Her Work:</b><br /><br />\"Everyone loves Anne Tyler.\"<br />--<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b><br /><br />Without Anne Tyler, American fiction would be an immeasurably bleaker place.<br /><b><i>--Newsday</i></b><br /><br />Tylers characters are thoroughly three-dimensional. They are our own families; they are ourselves; and it is our own desperate desire to understand the people we love, as well as the people who hurt us and whom we hurt, that keeps us reading with fervor.<br /><b><i>--The Boston Globe</i></b><br /><br />\"You are involved before you even notice you were paying attention . . . Her feel for character is so keen that even hardened metafictionalists [who] would happily fry the whole notion of \\'character\\' for breakfast are reduced to the role of helpless gossips, swapping avid hunches about the possible fates of the characters.\"<br />--<b>Tom Shone, <i>The New Yorker</i></b><br /><br />\"Tyler\\'s eye and ear for familial give and take is unerring, her humanity irresistible. You\\'ll want to turn back to the first chapter the moment you finish the last.\"<br />--<b><i>People</i></b><br /><br />\"[A] novel by Anne Tyler is cause for celebration.\"<br />--<b>Caroline Moore, <i>The Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br /><br />\"Tyler reveals, with unobtrusive mastery, the disconcerting patchwork of comedy and pathos that marks all our lives.\"<br />--<b>Michael Dirda,<i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />\"Over five decades of exuberant shape-shifting across the fictional landscape, Anne Tyler has cut the steady swath of a literary stalwart, writing novel after novel whose most memorable characters inhabit a cosmos all their own.\"<br />--<b>Julia Glass, <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />\"Anne Tyler never disappoints . . . Her insights about life, love, aging, marriage, siblings, grief, and unexpected happiness grow richer and deeper with each passing year and book.\"<br />--<b><i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i></b><br /><br />\"Anne Tyler has no peer. Her books just keep getting better and better.\"<br />--<b>Anita Shreve</b><br /><br />\"The wonder of Anne Tyler is how consistently clear-eyed and truthful she remains about the nature of families and especially marriage.\" <br />--<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b>', 'ANNE TYLER is the author of twenty bestselling novels. Her most recent, <i>A Spool of Blue Thread</i>, was a <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller and shortlisted for both the Baileys Women\\'s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize. She has won the Pulitzer Prize and the <i>Sunday Times</i> Award for Literary Excellence, which recognizes a lifetime\\'s achievement in books, as well as being nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as \"the greatest novelist writing in English.\" <br /><i> Vinegar Girl </i>sees Anne Tyler going behind the scenes of one of Shakespeare\\'s most controversial yet enduring (<i>Kiss Me Kate</i>, <i>10 Things I Hate About You</i>) plays: \"You know how sometimes a friend will tell you something that happened to her, and you think, wait, there must be more to it than that, I\\'m sure there\\'s another side to this. Well, that\\'s how I\\'ve always felt about <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>.\" The author lives in Baltimore, MD.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Northern Ohio Fishing Map Guide\nDescription: [\"Sportsman's Connection is America's leading publisher of regional fishing map guide books and downloadable maps. We offer high quality contour fishing maps with detailed insider fishing information for over 4,700 lakes in 12 states. And our 5-state line of All-Outdoors Atlases & Field Guides provides twice the detail as the leading atlases, and useful information on your favorite outdoor activities. Our Fishing Map Guides and All-Outdoors Atlases give you more quality maps and information for your dollar.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: By Marie Kondo The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Unabridged CD) [Audio CD]\nDescription: ['Book']",
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"chosen": "Title: Trains and Lovers: A Novel\nDescription: ['The latest from McCall Smith, Scotlands contemporary answer to Anthony Trollope, is a stand-alone novel, set on the train from Edinburgh to London. Unfortunately, the novel is a rare misfire for McCall Smith, the architect of the everyone brings problems to one place frame used to such wonderful effect in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series and in the elegantly interlocking stories in the 44 Scotland Street and Corduroy Mansions series. The frame here has four people in one train compartment: three men (from Scotland, the U.S., and England) and one woman (from Western Australia) settle in to tell each other tales of their past loves. It would take a derrick to suspend this I beam of disbelief, beginning with the startling fact that these twenty-first-century travelers occupy the entire journey by taking turns talkingtheres not an iPad in sight. Those who expect the sort of assignations promised by the cover art will be disappointed; theres not even any flirting. Still, if readers can ignore the screeching narrative wheels, there are the usual rewards to reading McCall Smith, including his deft descriptions of landscape and the physical characteristics of his charactersand, of course, his wise and witty reflections on love and luck. --Connie Fletcher', '', 'Their stories envelop us, each in its own waywe can smell the dust of the Outback and hear the gentle lap of waves against a rowboatand they resist reducing emotion to platitudes. Love doesnt always end happily, but even then it can end well, with hope, dignity and humanity, and thats just what <i>Trains and Lovers</i> celebrates. <i>The Wichita Eagle</i><br /><i></i><br />A lovely, quiet vacation that requires no packing, missed connections or meeting actual strangers on trains. <i>Weekly Alibi </i>(Albuquerque, NM)<br /><br />As each interwoven story gracefully unfolds, trains themselves play a part in the individual narrative arcs where the fleeting nature of love emerges as a unifying theme. <i>Shelf Awareness</i><br /><br />Wise and witty reflections on love and luck. <i>Booklist</i><br /><i></i><br />A warm, understated serving of comfort food. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />The best thing McCall Smith has written so far . . . He is a virtuoso storyteller whose tales from the human heart remain very definitely on track. <i>The Scotsman</i><br /><br />McCall Smiths deceivingly simple prose style can be both disarming and deeply affecting . . . That four strangers should meet and tell such compelling stories is highly unlikely, but such is McCall Smiths ability to draw us into his kindly world, disbelief is more than willingly suspended. <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i><br /><br /><b>Praise for Alexander McCall Smith</b><br /><br />[McCall Smiths writing is] beautifully precise and psychologically acute. <i>The Independent </i>(London)<br /><br />McCall Smiths generous writing and dry humor, his gentleness and humanity, and his ability to evoke a place and a set of characters without caricature or condescension have endeared his books to readers. <i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />McCall Smith creates unforgettable characters and stories that resonate with readers across generations. <i>Booklist</i>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: A Man Called Ove (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)\nDescription: ['\"There are characters who amuse us, and stories that touch us. But this character and his story do even more: A Man Called Ove makes us think about who we are and how we want to live our lives. A Man Called Ove seems deceptively simple at the start, yet Frederik Backman packs a lifetime\\'s worth of hilarity and heartbreak into this novel. Even the most crusty curmudgeon will love Ove!\"--Lois Leveen, author of Juliet\\'s Nurse and The Secrets of Mary Bowser', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Echoes of Mercy: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '<strong>Q. How did you choose a chocolate factory as your location for <i>Echoes of Mercy</i>? (Maybe every womans dream location?) </strong>', 'A. My love for chocolate is certainly not a secret! In a way, this location chose me. A man shared vintage photos and the history of Hutchinson, Kansas, at our church on a Sunday evening. A picture of a three-story brick building that had once housed a chocolate factory appeared on the screen, and he told us about an unsolved mystery concerning the death of the factorys foreman. The man was found on a Monday morning in the bottom of the elevator shaft, his neck broken. No one knew why hed been in the factory on a Sunday, and it was never determined whether he fell to his death or was pushed into the shaft. The image, along with the snippet of history, wiggled its way to the center of my imagination and...voila...the idea for <i>Echoes of Mercy was born</i>.', '<strong> Q. Your location in the book is Sinclair, Kansas. What led you to choose Sinclair? Is the setting based on a historical site in the area? Do cities in Kansas ever contact you and ask if youll choose their area for your next book? </strong>', 'A. Sinclair is fictional, but set near real-life Wichita, Kansas. I do occasionally hear from someone who suggests a location for its history, but if I build my own town, I can put the things in it that suit my story. So although real-life cities might be background locations, I prefer the main setting to be fictional. Creative liberties, and all that...', '<strong> Q. What inspired you to choose underage factory workers and child labor laws as your topic? </strong>', 'A. When I taught fifth-grade history, the kids were always intrigued by the subject of child-labor. When youre writing about a factory between the late 1800s and early1900s, children would be a part of the labor force, so it was historically correct to include the thread. People took fierce stands on both sides of the issue, so using the child-labor platform gave me a plausible reason for someone to want Harmon Bratchers crusade ended.', '<strong> Q. Does your work with Hope Chest International School and Orphanage influence your storylines? </strong>', 'A. Interestingly enough, many of my stories include orphans looking for a place to belong. I have a soft spot for children who are growing up without the love and nurturing of a mom and dad. Although I hadnt consciously connected my support of Hope Chest and the inclusion of orphans in my story, perhaps there is a subconscious link between the two.', '<strong> Q. What do you think readers will appreciate the most about <i>Echoes of Mercy</i>s main character Caroline? </strong>', 'A. I dont know about readers, but I can say I appreciated her conscience and her sense of responsibility. She has a task to complete, and she wants to perform it well to honor her mentor. Sometimes performing her job means misleading people about her real purpose, and these untruths pierce her conscience. I admired her desire to do right. About Oliver? Oliver, having been raised in wealth and luxury, could easily have been selfish and uncaring, but he isnt. Instead of looking at the factory workers and seeing only what he can gain from them, he wants to reward them for their service. So often he was clueless as to what to do, but his heart was always in the right place. I really liked that about him.', '<strong> Q. Since both your main characters are living incognito, was it difficult to integrate genuine faith characteristics into their characters? Any challenges? </strong>', 'A. I found it very challenging to balance Carolines desire to live her faith honestly while also hiding her reason for being in the factory. How do you walk openly while hiding in shadows? Caroline battled these incongruities, and I as the writer, I also struggled with balancing her faith with the necessities of her job.', '<strong> Q. What are you hoping readers will take away from <i>Echoes of Mercy</i>? </strong>', 'A. Honestly, my prayer is that the story will open readers eyes to the truth that God is not a wasteful God. He can take anything in our lives, no matter how painful or ugly or dark, and let it be used for our good and His glory when we release it to Him. Nothing in our lives is irredeemable when given over to the Masters hands.', '<strong> Q. Youve mentioned in your bio that you like to play quirky characters in your local community theater productions. Who is the quirkiest character you played? </strong>', 'A. Hm, I think this is a toss-up between Mrs. Dubose, the morphine-addicted elderly neighbor in <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> and Clairee in <i>Steel Magnolias</i>. Part of the fun of these roles was emulating someone many years older than my true age (I was in my 30s when I played Mrs. Dubose, who was supposedly in her 80s!), and part was assuming a persona so very different than the real Kim. Theater definitely helps with writing! Exploring the psyche of another person and trying to feel and behave the way that character would helps in developing real emotion and actions in my story characters. Also, it seems in each of my books a quirky secondary character enters the story. Its never plannedthey just step onto the stage and I let them do their thing. They always add humor and often a dose of common sense to the storylines.', '', '<b>Praise for <i>Echoes of Mercy<br /><br /></i></b>Kim Sawyer knows what her readers expect and delivers it in <i>Echoes of Mercy</i>, a story you wont soon forget with characters who grab your heart and a plot that keeps the pages turning.<br /><b><i>Martha Rogers, author of Love Stays True in The Homeward Journey series<br /><br /></i></b>Best-selling author Kim Vogel Sawyer pens an exceptional and utterly compelling story that shines a light on the appalling practices of child labor in the early 1900s. Her characters are richly drawn and heartbreakingly human. <i>Echoes of Mercy</i> is one of those novels readers wont soon forget. I highly recommend it.<br /><b><i>Nancy Mehl, author of the Road to Kingdom series<br /><br /></i></b>In <i>Echoes of Mercy</i>, Kim Vogel Sawyer reveals the plight of working-class children and blends it with the perfect romance teeming with conflict and sprinkled with sweetness. As always with Ms. Sawyers work, the believable characters add reality to the strong, unique story line, and I found myself reluctant to put the book down. I was drawn in quickly and was held throughout the entire story. This is one I guarantee youll enjoy. <br /><i><b>Miralee Ferrell, award-winning author of the historical-romance series Love Blossoms in Oregon<br /></b><br /></i><b>Praise for<i> Kim Vogel Sawyer<br /></i></b><br />Award-winning author Sawyer continues to craft engaging historical love stories brimming with characters who are bold in their faith.<br /><i><b>Booklist<br /></b><br /></i>Sawyer treats readers to love stories that speak to the heart.<br /><i><b>Romantic Times<br /></b><br /></i>Winsome characters, an interesting premise, and a heavenly match made on earthfans of inspirational romance novels will not be disappointed.<br /><i><b>Historical Novel Review<br /></b><br /></i>Yet another entertaining novel that compels one page to turn as quickly as the one before.<br /><i><b>CBA Retailers + Resources<br /></b></i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Scandal (English and Japanese Edition)\nDescription: [\"In this chilling, incisive study of the secret fears and obsessions of an aging writer, eminent Japanese author Endo examines the uncertain territory that lies between studying acts of violence and depravity and committing them. At 65, the writer Suguro is revered by his readership and most of his colleagues, although some accuse him of shying away from sex in his works and mock his rigorous sense of evil. His anticipation of a placid old age with his wife begins to crumble when a woman accuses him of pursuing a life at odds with his prose; she claims he frequents Tokyo's porn shops and bordellos. As he attempts to unravel the mystery of the accusation, prodded by a vindictive reporter who threatens to expose him, Suguro discovers that he has a double, a sinister alter ego who participates in brutal sadomasochistic encounters. But the more urgently he tries to clear his name, the farther he drifts from stability and peace. This provocative, impassioned meditation manages to explore not only the nature of identity, but also the regions of sin, salvation, art and religion, all with the unerring grace that defines a novelist in the fullest command of his craft. <br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Text: English, Japanese (translation)', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: the Next EXIT 2017\nDescription: [\"...an essential guide for RVers. --T. Dix<br /><br />I have used <i>the Next EXIT</i> for nearly two decades, and have found it to be the most accurate of any of the services guides on the market. --email<br /><br />I would give up my map before I would leave home without <i>the Next EXIT</i>. It's the best thing I have in my car, and this includes GPS. --W. Black\", 'Watson traveled across the US for the first time at the age of 6 weeks and many, many times since. As father of a young family, he realized the value of knowing what was ahead on the interstate highways. After tabulating highway services for seven years, he published <i>the Next EXIT</i> in 1991. The first comprehensive guide of its kind, it quickly became a must have tool for the serious traveler.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Salt (The Salt Trilogy)\nDescription: ['\"A skilfully told story, taught and fast-moving, but with a rich mixture of dark reality to it.\" (<i>Magpies Magazine</i> 2008-01-01)<br /><br />\"A superbly written and realised fantasy for those who demand a thought-provoking read.\" (<i>Weekend Herald</i> 2008-01-01)<br /><br />It only takes the first half a dozen pages for [Gee] to create a fully realised world wherein he draws his readers with gusto...A genuinely exciting story with meaty characters and a storyline that never falters, even as Gee tests the very limits of his young protagonist. (<i>Sunday Age</i> 2008-01-01)<br /><br />\"The theme of building a new world from the old informs the narrative, and there is necessary sacrifice and bloodshed along the way...The novel moves at a good pace and the ending is both satisfying in itself, and a lead in to the second novel in the trilogy.\" (<i>Viewpoint Magazine</i> 2009-04-01)<br /><br />\"Gee is imaginative and masterful with his descriptions in this first of a trilogy.\" (<i>Herald Sun (Melbourne)</i> 2009-02-21)<br /><br />\"A fantasy without destined heroes redeeming the entire world from the forces of ultimate evil is refreshing... Admirable characters confronting human realities make for compelling reading.\" (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 2009-09-15)<br /><br />\"A compelling tale of anger and moral development that also powerfully explores the evils of colonialism and racism.\" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i> 2009-09-15)<br /><br />\"Gee demonstrates his originality by spinning the adventure around ideas of colonialism and radioactive weaponry. These ethically compelling issues are refreshing in a fantasy novel.\" (<i>VOYA</i> 2009-10-01)<br /><br />\"In spare yet vivid prose, Gee creates a world of oppressive caste systems and endless violence in which our heroes work to save people from their own dark nature. This is a suspenseful, somber fantasy that combines exciting action with a subtle spiritual element.\" (<i>Booklist</i> 2009-10-15)<br /><br />\"<i>Salt</i> is more fantastical than the <i>Twilight</i> books and darker than the <i>Harry Potter</i> ones... <i>Salt</i> creates a wholly unique and timeless universe of weapons like fizzing rings and fingertip bolts while keeping character motivations firmly grounded in that\\'s-what-I\\'d-do territory. It\\'s certainly an adventure of a read.\" (<i>CD Syndicated</i> 2009-10-16)', 'In a dangerous world, Deep Salt strikes terror into the hearts of everyone.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Presents Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey (Weekly Reader Children's Book Club)\nDescription: [\"A great little children's book about Sir Toby Jingle's beastly journey.\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: Harpsicle Harp Method, Book 1\nDescription: [\"Darlene Walton has been actively performing music since her first solo at the age of three. Since then, music has been a big part of her life. She studied piano for twelve years, violin and organ for six years, and some guitar thrown in to spice things up. At the age of sixteen she started her church musician career, and has played either piano or organ almost every week since. Darlene has been a piano teacher and choir director for many years, and in 2001 she added harp teacher to her resume. As part of a gospel group called Shine, Darlene helped produce and write an album with all original music and lyrics, which the group performed at many venues. More recently Darlene has made two solo harp CDs. The Harp and the Rising Sun contains popular tunes and some Celtic music. Her second CD, Quiet Praise, features solo harp versions of gospel favorites. Darlene was also featured in a Sentimental Reflections DVD. At present, Darlene works as the Showroom Manager for Rees Harps Incorporated. She stays busy composing music and rehearsing with her eighteen piece HarpsicleTM Harp choir. She has performed two times at the state of Indiana Inaugurations for Governor Mitch Daniels, plays at the Neo-Natal Intensive Care unit and in the Dialysis unit at a large Cincinnati hospital. She also plays for weddings, dinners, funerals, art shows, festivals, and many other venues. Darlene loves teaching both private and group harp lessons and piano lessons. Taking the stress out of learning to play an instrument is Darlene s greatest gift to her students. For Darlene Walton the harp has been a major blessing in her life. She says it's a lot more fun than piano and she wishes she had started playing it back in fifth grade when she first fell in love with the harp s beautiful mellow tones.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Heart of the Matter\nDescription: ['', '<i>A powerful, provocative novel about marriage and motherhood, love and forgiveness</i>.<i></i>', 'Tessa Russo is a stay-at-home mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Valerie Anderson is an attorney and single mother to six-year-old Charliea boy who has never known his father. Although both women live in the same Boston suburb, they are strangers to one another and have little in common, aside from a fierce love for their children. But one night, a tragic accident causes their lives to converge in ways no one could have imagined.', 'This is the moving, luminous story of good people caught in untenable circumstances. Each being tested in ways they never thought possible. Each questioning everything they once believed. And each ultimately discovering what truly matters most.', '', '', '[A] modern-day Jane Austen. <i>Vanity Fair</i>', \"In HEART OF THE MATTER, [Giffin] again uses her great wit and gift of storytelling to weave a tale that's nuanced, empathetic and, at times, heartbreaking. Matters of the heart are always complicated, and Giffin deftly shows you why. <i>Associated Press</i>\", \"Giffin's latest opens with one of the more haunting scenes in recent memory [and] towards the end things are so tense that the pages pop with each turn. <i>People</i>\", \"With [an] adulterous path outlined, Giffin could easily take sides. But she doesn't. Instead, she alternates between Tessa's and Valerie's points of view, dissecting the feelings and insecurities that can dismantle even the most intelligent people. <i>Washington Post</i>\", \"Giffin's calling card has always been her ability to delve into the workings of relationships. But in her latest book the best-selling novelist probes deeper than ever With intelligence, humor and piercing insight, Giffin shows that in matters of love, it is possible to be right and yet so wrong. <i>Family Circle</i>\", 'With realistic dialogue and a sharp depiction of relationships, Giffin crafts an emotional, effortless read. <i>More</i>', 'Giffin beautifully shows how quickly need becomes love[and her] chronicle of fluid, almost casual marital disconnect is a powerful cautionary tale. <i>Boston Globe</i>', \"In HEART OF THE MATTER, Giffin delivers her best book yet. Once again she plays with the idea of point of view, but this time she wraps it into a single, tightly written narrative that creates an addictive page-turning sense of tension. [W]hat makes this novel special are the emotional depths to which Giffin takes her readers [and] the question of what the aftermath can possibly look like for these two likable characters is what keeps readers glued to Giffin's engaging tale. <i>Dallas Morning News</i>\", 'There are no easy answers here, in a novel that is consistently engrossing right to the surprising finish. <i>Seattle Times</i>', \"Giffin's latest novel delves deep into the all-too-tricky matters of the heartthis juicy read will make you feel like you're sneaking a peek into your best friend's diary. <i>Redbook</i>\", \"Giffin's books are fast-moving, emotionally absorbing stories about female friendships, marriage and childbirth. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>\", \"Even as you steel yourself for [the book's pivotal moment], it's hard to read when it happens, which is what sets this book a step above so many others...[Giffin] creates characters in Tessa, Valerie and Nick who are believable and mostly well-intentioned even as they make obviously bad choices. <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>\", 'As HEART OF THE MATTER takes its time documenting the inexorable slide toward an affair, the slow-moving sequence of events rings true. <i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i>', \"Emily Giffin's newest novel is a little painful to read. OK, a lot painful to read. As a reader, you find yourself in the oddly painful position of rooting for two women who can't both get what they want. Your heart breaks for both of them [but] you'll know that feeling this kind of emotional torture with and about characters is a good thing. It's simply cathartic. <i>Ft. Worth Star-Telegram</i>\", \"Unfolding from Tessa and Valerie's alternating viewpoints, [HEART OF THE MATTER] will draw you in with beautifully complex characters who come across as nuanced and as flawed as people in real life. Giffin avoids victimizing Tessa while allowing empathy for Valerie, underscoring that all of us are capable of making mistakes that hurt those we love most. <i>VIV magazine</i>\", '[A] brutally honest book in that it never falters in its depiction of hope and heartache. Emily Giffin is a talented writer who re-gifts her talent in the books she createsWith HEART OF THE MATTER she turns up the heat and gives us her best novel yet. <i>Huffington Post</i>', 'Giffin punctures suburban trophy mothers and private school privilege, rising above the often-shallow chick fray with a gimlet-eyed skepticism for the traps modern women fall into. <i>The Atlantan</i>', 'Giffin\\'s talent lies in making her characters believable and relatable, and readers will be enthralled by this layered, absorbing novel. <i>Booklist (\"Starred Review\")</i>', \"HEART OF THE MATTER is a messy, complicated, often uncomfortable portrait of a marriage--and two families--in crisis. But it has everything readers love about Emily Giffin's books: the heart, the empathy, the truth. <i>Bookpage</i>\", \"Questions of infidelity fill this book, which follows the life of pediatric surgeon Nick Russo through the eyes of Tessa, his wife, and Valerie, the mother of one of his patients, whom he is tempted to have an affair with. Transforming the women into more and more sympathetic characters with each turn, HEART OF THE MATTER is an emotional tale of temptation, redemption and letting love lead the way. <i>Woman's Day</i>\", 'Emily Giffin continues her streak of penning summer must-reads with HEART OF THE MATTER. <i>New York Metro</i>', 'A touching story about marriage, fidelity and two mothers who find themselves inextricably linked. <i>New York Family</i>', \"Though Emily Giffin has examined relationships in all of her novels, she reaches a new level of intensity with HEART OF THE MATTER. With characters who are older and wiser than those in her past books, she is able to examine the more serious topics that present themselves within long-term relationships and parenthood. Her characteristic flowing style of writing makes this book no different from her others: one you won't want to put down. <i>Woodbury magazine</i>\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Workbook/Lab Manual for Interaction: Revision de grammaire franaise, 7th\nDescription: ['Susan St. Onge is a distinguished professor of French at Christopher Newport University. In addition to INTERACTION, Susan and Ronald St. Onge are co-authors of LA CIVILISATION FRANAISE EN VOLUTION, Volumes I and II.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Heart of the Matter\nDescription: ['', \"Emily Giffin is the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof and Love The One You're With. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and three young children.\", 'Cynthia Nixon--an Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning actress--is best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the hit HBO <i>Sex and the City</i> series and the films <i>Sex and the City: The Movie</i> and <i>Sex and the City 2</i>. She has read several Earphones Award-winning audiobooks.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Secret Love (Cynster Novels)\nDescription: ['Setting: Regency England', 'Sensuality: 8', \"Althea Morwellan needs Gabriel Cynster's help to save her family's fortune from an unscrupulous con artist, but the beauty is determined to keep her family's precarious financial state a secret. Althea and Gabriel played together as children on neighboring estates and she knows him very, very well. Aware that he can't resist a challenge, she conceals her identity behind a heavy black veil, pretending to be a mysterious, widowed countess. Intrigued, Gabriel agrees to help her, both because of her plea for help and because the beautiful mystery woman represents a personal challenge that he finds irresistible. Althea extracts a promise from Gabriel that he will not attempt to discover her identity and will not remove her veil.\", \"Althea has loved Gabriel since they were children, but their relationship deteriorated over time. As adults, the two strike verbal sparks from each other at every meeting. Because of their barely polite truce, Althea is unprepared for Gabriel's wild attraction to her countess persona and she falls more deeply in love with him. Gabriel hasn't a clue that the mysterious veiled countess is really Althea, for the lady adamantly refuses to remove her veil. He finds himself charmed and seduced by the countess while frustrated beyond belief that she won't reveal her identity. For Althea, the pressure of maintaining her disguise is great and one evening, she makes a fatal slip. The ensuing confrontation with Gabriel turns both of their worlds topsy-turvy and complicates solving the mystery of her family fortune.\", 'In this latest of the Cynster family novels, Stephanie Laurens combines a mystery plot with a deeply sensual love story. There is something very intriguing about a hero and heroine who believe they know each other well, yet see each other in a very different light when they come together as intimate strangers. As always, the supporting cast of characters is charming and includes the growing numbers of the Cynster clan. <i>A Secret Love</i> is a riveting novel from first page to last. <i>--Lois Faye Dyer</i>', '\"Her lush sensuality takes my breath away!\" -- Lisa Kleypas\"All I need is her name on the cover to make me buy the book!\" -- Linda Howard', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (16) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series)\nDescription: [\"Enchanting. . . . As usual, Smiths blend of gentle humor and insights into human nature is irresistible. <i>Publishers Weekly<br /><br /></i>The sixteenth installment of the internationally bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series again showcases the boundless compassion, humor, and occasional wiliness of the agencys founder, the traditionally built Mma Precious Ramotswe. . . . The title comes from Preciouss reflection that she, blessed by the love of her husband, the proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, walks in sunshine. Readers of this and the whole series will feel similarly blessed. <i>Booklist</i> (starred review)<br /><br />Praise for Alexander McCall Smith and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series:<br /><br />Calling Precious Ramotswe, owner and chief investigator of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Botswana, a detective doesnt do her justice. Problem solver extraordinaire would be much better. Mma Ramotswe . . . treats a whole range of human difficulties as they come her way, finding good solutions through her wisdom, kindness, and tact. <i>Booklist</i><br /> <i></i><br /> McCall Smiths plots offer wit, charm, and intrigue in equal doses. <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Enchanting . . . An inspiration to us all . . . The sweet, chuckling voice of Precious Ramotswe falls gentle on the ear. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /> <br /> A vivid observer and an elegant writer. <i>The Plain Dealer</i><br /> <i></i><br /> An oasis . . . Full of wit, nuance, and caring. <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br /> <i></i><br /> The pleasure of these sweet books lies in the clarity and gravity with which the characters reason through everyday dilemmas. <i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Enthralling . . . Mma Ramotswe is someone readers cant help but love. <i>USA Today</i>\", '<b>ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH </b>is the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Importance of Being Seven (44 Scotland Street Series)\nDescription: ['<br />Fans of the series (which McCall Smith conducts in daily installments in <i>The Scotsman </i>before book publication) will rejoice at hearing again some of the familiar treads on the fashionable tenements stairs. . . . By following an assemblage of characters on and near 44 Scotland Street, McCall Smith manages sidesplitting send-ups of contemporary pretentiousness and wry and often poignant commentary on the roles of chance, cruelty, and fate in our lives. . . . Delightful.<br /> <i>Booklist </i>(starred review)<br /><br />Life in Scotland Street is a more pleasant, leisurely business than it is for most of the rest of us. . . . Theres plenty of time for idle thoughts, occasional shafts of wit and gentle dissections of absurditysometimes all at the same time. <i>The Scotsman</i><br /><br />It is that all-prevailing pleasantness, the unfaltering optimism and the gentle pace of life that holds the key toMcCall Smiths success. <i>Independent Magazine</i><br /><br />Sweet. . . . Graceful. . . . Wonderful. . . . Gentle but powerfully addicting fiction.<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />[McCall Smith] is a pro, and he delivers sharp observation, gentle satire . . . as well as the expected romantic complications. . . . [Readers will] relish McCall Smiths depiction of this place . . . and enjoy his tolerant, good-humored company. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />Alexander McCall Smith . . . proves himself a wry but gentle chronicler of humanity and its foibles. <i>The Miami Herald</i><br /><br />McCall Smiths plots offer wit, charm and intrigue in equal doses. <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i><br /><br />Just about perfect. . . . Contains a healthy helping of McCall Smiths patented charm. <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i><br /><br /><br />McCall Smiths assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound. . . . [His] depictions of Edinburgh are vivid and seamless. <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br /><br />Entertaining and witty. . . . A sly send-up of society in Edinburgh. <i>Orlando Sentinel</i><br /><br />McCall Smith, a fine writer, paints his hometown of Edinburgh as indelibly as he captures the sunniness of Africa. We can almost feel the mists as we tread the cobblestones. <i>The Dallas Morning News</i><br /><br />Alexander McCall Smith is the most genial of writers and the most gentle of satirists. . . . [The] characters are great fun . . . [and] McCall Smith treats all of them with affection. <i>Rocky Mountain News</i><br /><br />Irresistible. . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet.<br /><i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>', '', 'Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics.<br /><br />www.alexandermccallsmith.com<br /><br />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hidden In Plain Sight\nDescription: ['', \"Karen Batshaw is an author living in Washington, DC, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Her previous books include <i>Love's Journey</i>, <i>Kate's Journey,</i> and <i>Echoes in the Mist</i>. It was her immersion in Greek culture as part of her research for <i>Echoes in the Mist</i> that led her to the tragic story of Greece during World War II.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (9)\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* A painting by Nicolas Poussin, valued at 3million pounds and slated for donation to Scotlands National Gallery, has been stolen from the stately home of a Scottish country gentleman and held for ransom. After contacting his insurance company, the victim takes the unusual step of reaching out to Isabel Dalhousie, a philosopher who specializes in ethics. Isabel has the reputation for being able to sort through thorny situations and murky motives, a quality that has involved her in other peoples problems in eight previous novels in this series. At first glance, Isabel doesnt seem nearly as quirky and human as McCall Smiths other woman detective, Precious Ramotswe (of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), or as the recurring characters in the Scotland Street or Corduroy Mansions series. Isabel seems to have it all, effortlessly: inherited wealth that allows her to publish the Review of Applied Ethics, a dreamboat of a younger husband, and an adorable little boyall this good fortune housed in a well-appointed Edinburgh home. But Isabels constant awareness of how Nemesis may take notice of her makes her wholly sympathetic. The art theft itself, which expands into a consideration of famous art heists and forgeries, gives readers fascinating glimpses into a mostly hidden crime industry. McCall Smith spikes his heroines seemingly cloistered world with enough close encounters with tragedya neighbor stabbed to death by someone he brought home, for exampleto make both Isabel and the reader aware of the fragility of good fortune. Utterly satisfying for its art-theft puzzle, characterization, and Edinburgh setting. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The Precious Ramotswe novels continue to be McCall Smiths most popular franchise, but the Isabel Dalhousie series, starring the ethicist and crime solver, is sneaking up on the outside. --Connie Fletcher', '<b>Praise for the Isabel Dalhousie series<br /></b><br />McCall Smiths talent for dialogue is matched only by his gift for characterization. Its hard to believe that he could make up a character as complex and unique as Isabel. She is by turns fearless, vulnerable, headstrong and insecure, but always delightful.<br /><i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br />Readers get to soak up the cozy atmosphere of this Scottish university town and McCall Smiths gentle good will. <br /><i>The Boston Globe</i><br /><br />Entertaining and enchanting reading about characters you think you knowand wish you did. <br /><i>Las Vegas Review-Journal </i><br /><br />McCall Smiths contemporary cozies have proved that crimes need not be punishable by death to provide a satisfying read . . . A genteel, wisdom-filled entertainment. <br /><i>Los Angeles Times</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New Structural Social Work: Ideology, Theory, Practice\nDescription: ['<br />\"This book will prove exciting reading for all students, practitioners, and educators concerned with the articulation of a renewed framework for understanding social work practice...a profound contribution to social work theory overall...<em>The New Structural Social Work</em> shows us how social work should, and can, transcend helping clients cope with social problems and include a determined effort to address the source of their problems.\"--<em>Research on Social Work Practice</em>', '', '', '', '', 'Bob Mullaly is Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Awaken (Awaken Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"Jaime grew up in a small town in Northern California. Having a passion for dance and music, she never would have thought herself to become an author. In late 2008, Jaime found the pieces of her novel beginning to take form and a story was born. Soon she had a full novel in her hands and a writer was developed. Awaken is Jaime's first published novel. With many features still in the works, this debut novel is just a taste of the action-packed romantic thrillers to come from this aspiring new author. Jaime now lives in Nevada with her husband and three boys. Loving life, and living a dream.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Oracle of Delphi\nDescription: ['\"The Oracle of Delphi is a beautifully written mythical love story\" -- <i>Rendezvous</i><br /><br />FOUR STARS! -- <i>Romantic Times Magazine</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One) (The Maze Runner Series)\nDescription: ['<b><u>Praise for the Maze Runner series:</u></b><br><b>A #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Series</b><br> <b>A <i>USA Today</i> Bestseller</b><br> <b>A <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Teen Book of the Year</b><br> <b>An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book</b><br> <b>An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick</b><br>  <br> \"[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as <b>a fusion of <i>Lord of the Flies</i>, <i>The Hunger Games</i>, and <i>Lost</i>.</b>\"—EW.com<br>  <br> “Wonderful action writing<b>—fast-paced</b>…but smart and well observed.”<b>—</b><i>Newsday</i><br>  <br> “[A] <b>nail-biting</b> must-read.”<b>—</b>Seventeen.com<br>  <br> “Breathless, <b>cinematic action.</b>”—<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br>  <br> “<b>Heart pounding</b> to the very last moment.”—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br>  <br> “<b>Exclamation-worthy.</b>”—<i>Romantic Times</i><br>  <br> [<b>STAR</b>] “James Dashner’s illuminating prequel [<i>The Kill Order</i>] will thrill fans of this Maze Runner [series] and prove just as <b>exciting for readers</b> new to the series.”—<i>Shelf Awareness</i>, Starred<br><br> \"<b>Take a deep breath before you start</b> any James Dashner book.\"-<i>Deseret News</i>', '', 'James Dashner is the author of the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Maze Runner series: <i>The Maze Runner</i>, <i>The Scorch Trials</i>, <i>The Death Cure</i>, and <i>The Kill Order</i>, as well as <i>The Eye of Minds</i> and <i>The Rule of Thoughts, </i>the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series. Dashner was born and raised in Georgia, but now lives and writes in the Rocky Mountains. To learn more about James and his books, visit JamesDashner.com, follow @jamesdashner on Twitter, and find dashnerjames on Instagram.']",
"rejected": "Title: Pedal Exercises for Harp\nDescription: ['Jacqueline Pollauf has written a variety of works for the harp, including original works, pedagogical exercises, arrangements, and transcriptions for both solo harp and harp ensemble. A dedicated performer and teacher, Jacqueline resides near Baltimore, Maryland and is on the faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory. More information is available at: jpharp.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Maze Runner. Correr o Morir / Maze Runner, Run or die (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: [\"James Dashner was born on November of 1972 in Georgia. He published a series called Jimmy Fincher, with four volumes that attracted thousands of readers. Eager to dedicate his life to children's literature, and wrote and currently his bibliography includes the hit The 13th Reality and this new challenge it took to see the light that had amazon results.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading\nDescription: ['Perhaps as many people set out to be writers now because of things they\\'ve <i>seen</i>--movies and TV--as do because of what they\\'ve read. This is for those in the latter category. A cozy compendium of authors discussing first books they\\'ve loved, letting the mysteries and pleasures of becoming <i>readers</i>--requisite before becoming any kind of writer--envelop them. Editors Michael Dorris and Emilie Buchwald have assembled a range of stories, from Nicholson Baker\\'s shock at a death in <i>The Hobbit,</i> to Mona Simpson\\'s \"ABC\" lessons with alphabet soup, and more. You\\'ll be reaching for old Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books before you know it.', 'Editors Dorris (Cloud Chamber, LJ 11/15/96) and Buchwald, editor and publisher of Milkweed, intend this collection to inspire readers and to serve as \"a love letter and thank-you note to every librarian, English teacher, friend, relative, and parent\" who introduced someone to a book. The collection of short, mostly original essays is lively and personal. In alphabetical order, 57 contributors, some better known than others, describe the first book they remember or how reading, and often writing, began for them. Short story writer Charles D\\'Ambrosio, for instance, describes how he used his first book to beat his sisters over the head, though he also read it with great interest. Other contributors include Sherman Alexie, Nicholson Baker, Gretel Ehrlich, and Robert Pinsky. Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress\\'s Center for the Book and the \"Building a Nation of Readers\" campaign, this is appropriate for all libraries.?Nancy P. Shires, East Carolina Univ. Lib., Greenville, N.C.<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Murder Complex\nDescription: ['', 'Welcome to the Murder Complex.', 'You cannot see us. You cannot feel us.', 'But we are here.', 'And we control your every move.', '', '', \"Lindsay Cummings is a book blogger and the author of the teen series the Murder Complex. She lives in Texas with two German shepherds, one wolf cub who isn't very smart, a horse named Dan the Man, and a husband named Josh. She eats too many hot Cheetos and can't stop dyeing her hair crazy colors.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: M.I.T.H.: Operation Smoking Jaguar\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Branded (A Sinner Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<div><B>Melissa Kalicicki </B>received her bachelor's degree from Millersville University in 2003. Aside from reading and writing, her interests include running and mixed martial arts. <B>Abi Ketner</B> is a registered nurse with a passion for novels, singing, and running. Best friends since college, they turned a month book review into a joint writing adventure. They both live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.</div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Memory and Critical Thinking Bundle: Learn how to improve your memory,thinking,decision making and problem solving skills\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Enchantment\nDescription: ['', '', '<b>Book 1: The Channie Series</b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Halfhearted Velleity\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cursed (Cursed Magic Series, Book 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Equine Neonatal Medicine and Surgery\nDescription: ['Richard J Hepburn, The Veterinary Record, March 2005<br />\"A unique format, with a superb review of perinatal physiology. This is a book best read from cover to cover and should be considered important basic reading for anyone embarking on postgraduate studies in equine internal medicine or critical care. A thouroughly enjoyable read promoting a thorough diagnostic and therapeutic approach to modern equine neonatalogy.\"', 'Derek C. Knottenbelt, BVM&S, DVM&S, MRCVS, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Division of Equine Studies, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Nicola Holdstock, MA, VetMB, PhD CertEM(StudMed), PhD, MRCVS, Lecturer in Large Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; and John Madigan, Professor and Associate Director, Large Animal Clinic, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: IGNITE\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Ghost in the Coal Cellar: True Case Files from a Lone Investigator\nDescription: ['', '<strong>Andrea Mesich</strong> (MI) was a skeptic about the paranormal until she had a dramatic encounter with a ghost in 2004. Since then, she has studied the paranormal, practicing new techniques, testing different theories, and researching history, trying to discover why paranormal events happen and what can we learn from them.', '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy\nDescription: ['Societies function on the basis of rules. These rules coordinate the activities of individuals who have a variety of goals and purposes. Whether the rules work well or ill, and how they can be made to work better, is a matter of major concern. Appropriately interpreted, the working of social rules is also the central subject matter of modern political economy.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Thirteen Reasons Why\nDescription: [\"Clay Jensen returns home from school one day to find a mysterious box, with his name on it, lying on the porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she did what she did - and Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list - and it'll change Clay's life forever.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Dirt Road Rider's Trek Epic\nDescription: ['<b>A Couple Excerpts...</b> <br /> <b>Part 22</b> Climbing now towards the ridgeline overlooking Sylmar, stopping at viewpoint, trying to pick out in the checkerboard far below the building wherein at 4:05 a cup of hot chocolate-coffee was consumed in preparation for this Fishday adventure. <br /> No pacesetter companion today, no riding partner. Instead, memories of fragments of conversations heard earlier: \"What is that you are. . .\" \". . , saying to me?\" \"Kelvin Siu, extension 333, please. Kelvin Siu, twee twee twee.\" And \"Don\\'t forget my armies!\" <br /> This road is below flight path. Airliners arriving from the north descend, cruising easy into the valley. Afternoon sunlight glints. Reward for reaching the summit: sunstruck blue-gold mist filling Santa Clarita valley. A setting for ardent sun. A jewel-laden bed, scattered glimmerings of sunlight on water. <br /> See to learning something today. In the steep scary downhill; rocky, sandy turns; outside pedal down, then just 1/8 turn backwards and the front wheel accepts more easily the curve, turns into it as though unbidden. <br /> Turnaround point by washout on unmaintained fork of road. Stop for a bite to eat and a bowlful by Monkey Trumpet growing right out of rock, and thistle, and small five-petalled lavender blossoms of name unknown. Under a large rock, a small scorpion, rare and willing to sting, awaits cooling-down of evening. Arthropod scuttling, alien thought patterns. . . *** FINAL System message from root @ freebird *** System going down IMMEDIATELY System shutdown time has arrived syncing disks . . . done Unix Halted <br /> <B>Part 23 <br /> Hang glider takes a couple of steps off the steep hillside, then is supported on wings of nylon and aluminum held together with steel cabling. Circling above, singing to the crows. Diving, swooping, the harnessed gymnast freed, through technology, like the red-tailed hawk. Below, on technology more akin to the mountain lion, we lope along trails and old roads where wild cucumber \"de vine\" sprouts through November green carpet. <br /> Descending from the ridge, through winding switchbacks, under powerline towers; it\\'s so hard to use tactics when everyone has left you behind. \"Hey, wait for me; I dropped my water bottle!\" Descending like crazy, dicing with soul-mate, continually on the outer edge of control; laying life on the line, witholding nothing, neither skill nor recklessness. \"Hey, it\\'s dangerous up ahead. Slow down!\" Scramble across washout that strains agility to the limit. Cross over canyon bottom at the boulders permitting stream-hopping; up the embankment and into the clearing where the old cabin still stands, the ancient pay phone still buzzes its dial tone . . . <br /> . . . Car wreck must be pulled out of the canyon, but the tainted money father refused was spent on booze. Now, reaching down into the pocket of poverty and finding not a penny, but a token, which allows for one local call; hoping for some companionship. But \"Suzi\\'s dead\", so there\\'s no running to Arizona this lifetime . . . <br /> Up the moist sandstone roadway, climbing the opposite hillside. Sprint \\'til you pop~ Death is certain, life is not. <br /> Practicing a non-interference policy toward death: Let the diseased die. Let the suicidal die. Let accident victims die. Not afraid to die. Not afraid to live. Not afraid to kill somebody. <br /> Got to think about getting this life together. After this ride, must get off cycling; say \"No!\" to hot tea and a place beside the fire. Just say \"No\" to cycling. Just say \"No!\" to life. ---- from the \"DRRTE\"<br /><br /><b>An Excerpt...</b> <br /> <b>Part 24</b> <br /> Glint of gold in the roadside berm, half-mile south of the old stagecoach road. Thirty feet further down the road, figure: might as well take a look, though it\\'s probably just some junk brass. U-turn, go back plenty beyond, turn again to approach the same way, so the sunlight will glint off it the same way. <br /> There, the same glint of gold in the berm. This time, stop straddled, bend down, touch the glint with a fingertip. Move it, eyes scanning minutely, brain analyzing every visible detail, <br /> mind and belief system having a wild time, approaching overload. <br /> . . . It is a gold coinl Take a close look (glad the magnifying glass is in the pack). <br /> . . . 3 dollars, 1891, CC. Well, this is serious! <br /> Dismount, throw the bike, derailleur side down, out of the way against the embankment. So many questions: How long has this gold coin been here in the bulldozed berm, how long had half of it been exposed to the sunlight? Who lost a gold coin on this remote dirt road? Kneeling now, carefully brushing the last of the dust from the wreath of tobacco, wheat, corn and cotton. This is in very fine condition. <br /> Now, clutching the gold in the left hand, beginning to wonder if this is a singular occurrence. Raking at the sandy dirt with the right hand fingers, mindful to move only enough dust with each scraping to uncover just the surface. Continuing this for some time, a couple of feet up the road satisfied to turn up another two gold coins, and then one more close by. Comparing them all, all the same: 3 dollars, 1891, CC. This means something. Looking around a bit, what is this? Right hand curve in the road, sandstone outcrop up the hillside on the right. Twenty miles from nowhere. <br /> Carefully scramble up the embankment, arriving at the top of the cut just above the gold. Start searching in earnest, finding a couple near the edge, a few more upside a large grass clump, others further up; a veritable trail of gold leading up to the sandstone. Up there, still stuck between two parts of a split boulder, a leather pouch, rodent-chewed, spilling out the last of its cache onto the steep, eroding hillside. Gold certainly not lost; more likely hidden there by the outlaw who robbed the stage bringing payroll from Carson City. ---- from the \"DRRTE\"<br /><br /><b>An Excerpt...</b><br /> <b>Part 25</b> <br /> Leading a life somewhat misshapen, mistaken, misplaced, or unreal. Rabbits dying, funeral pyre in the fireplace. No sign of productivity from any representative of the sisterhood of the egg. Winged beans, supposed to fill the cornucopia of Africa and the world, barely presenting three juvenile leaves to the sun who brought them forth. <br /> Bicycle suffering from need of new components and the desire to ride it fading as all of life fades during the dreary winter days. Sky of grey, night of black and cold that requires a steady fire, more energy than burned by one\\'s self during the dreary winter day\\'s ride. <br /> Does one deserve the warmth of fire? Pure maple syrup? Palestrina singing of holiness in Latin? <br /> Warming ones self by the funeral pyre, gaining warmth and life through the sacrifice of a small furry creature. Memories of old thrashed Huret, which through careful and precise hammering had had most of its usefulness restored, while gaining a well-used patina achievable only on quality merchandise. <br /> How many times, the Huret retrieved from the trash barrel? Thrice-purged through ordeal of fire and saved to die death upon death again. <br /> There comes a time when one cries out for permission to use that forbidden tool; that one which has the power, but was not designed for, not intended for, this task. Crying out for permission, so that once again the machinery might be restored to its functioning existence. But final verdict: Beyond retrief. ---- from the \"DRRTE\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Thirteen Reasons Why\nDescription: ['Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher']",
"rejected": "Title: The Dragon Who Found a Monster Party: A gorgeous, children's picture, rhyming book perfect for bedtime; for ages 2-8 (Dragon Who Series 3) - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (The Mara Dyer Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', '', '\"Haunting and dreamlike, the intrigue and romance of Mara Dyer will inescapably draw you in.\" --Cassandra Clare, author of the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling Mortal Instruments series', '', '\"<em>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</em> strikes a rare balance of darkly funny, deliciously creepy and genuinely thoughtful. One minute I was laughing out loud, and the next, I was so scared I wanted to turn on all the lights and hide under the covers. Michelle Hodkins talent and range are obvious, from her chilling descriptions to romantic scenes that almost crackled on the page. Ive never read anything quite like it.\"--Veronica Roth, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Divergent</em>', '<em> </em>', '', '\"A clever, captivating thriller, <em>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</em> is perfect for those (like me) who like their heroes dark, their heroines dangerous, and their romances <em>seriously</em> twisted.\"', '--Kirsten Miller, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Eternal Ones</em>', '', '\"WOW. Michelle Hodkin\\'s debut will keep you guessing until the last page--and long after.\"', '--Beth Revis, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Across the Unviverse</em>', '', '\"As spooky and twisty as it is lyrical and beautiful, <em>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</em> grabbed me and wouldn\\'t let go. Read this one with the lights on.\" --Rachel Hawkins, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Demonglass</em>', '<em> </em>', '<em> </em>', '', \"Michelle Hodkin grew up in South Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan. When she isn't writing, she can usually be found prying strange objects from the jaws of one of her three pets. <i>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</i>is her first novel. You can visit her online at michellehodkin.com.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Logan's Story: A Sand & Clay Prequel\nDescription: ['<span>\"</span><span>This is a great prequel to Her Forbidden Rockstar. It is a great insight into Logan Clay. If you are looking for a quick read, this will definitely be right up your alley.\" -<b>The Boyfriend Bookmark</b></span>', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Indus Civilization\nDescription: [\"This volume offers the best description and analysis of the nature of [Indus] civilization. Illustrated with an abundance of line drawings, charts, and maps, the volume richly illuminates architecture, material culture, and arts and crafts....Offering thebest available presentation of the Indus civilization, this volume successfully fulfills the needs of both general readers and specialists...Essential...[f]or all those interested in ancient civilizationssss (C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Harvard University <i>CHOICE, June 2003</i>)<br /><br />Possehl's book is more detailed, and in particular highlights his ability to synthesize information into a coherent whole. In addition he offers a number of hypotheses that will serve as catalysts for academic debate. (<i>London Times Higher Education Supplement</i>)<br /><br />This book by a well-known anthropologist puts together all that is known about this fascinating culture. He examines the economic, agricultural, religious and artistic aspects of this ancient civilisation and draws some startling conclusions...[The] explosive observations of the author, who...has done extensive research on the Indus civilisation, make this volume valuable for scholars, students and lay readers alike...he makes the riddle of the Indus Age all the more enigmatic. (Jaswant Singh <i>The Sunday Tribune- Spectrum</i>)<br /><br />...makes an important contribution to the archaeology of South Asia by bringing together a large body of information from an area that has generally been ignored and misunderstood by nonspecialists. (Michael P. Neeley, Montana State University <i>American Antiquity, Vol. 69, No. 1, 2004</i>)<br /><br />An accessible volume for the nonspecialist...There is a great need for such a book...the work is refreshing: Possehl takes strong stands on a variety of issues, but he presents his perspective clearly and in ways that can contribute to productive classroom discussions...this book will make a valuable launching point for undergraduate and graduate courses on South Asian archaeology or comparative courses on early states and civilizations. (Carla M. Sinopoli, University of Michigan <i>Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 60, 2004</i>)<br /><br />A succinct but thorough and comprehensive textbook, readable, clearly arranged and invitingly designed, <i>The Indus</i> is a most welcome guide to a topic widely known of but not easy, until now, to learn more about. (<i>Antiquity</i>)<br /><br />The Indus civilization was one of the most important complex societies in the pre-industrial world. But despite significant archaeological attention over the years, it remains one of the most enigmatic civilizations to both scholars and the general public alike. Professor Possehl's engagingly written and well-illustrated book sheds useful new light on the Indus Age and makes recent scholarly advances readily accessible to a broad range of readers, especially students of the ancient world. (Jeremy A. Sabloff, University of Pennsylvania Museum)<br /><br />This volume offers the best description and analysis of the nature of [Indus] civilization. Illustrated with an abundance of line drawings, charts, and maps, the volume richly illuminates architecture, material culture, and arts and crafts....Offering the best available presentation of the Indus civilization, this volume successfully fulfills the needs of both general readers and specialists...Essential...[f]or all those interested in ancient civilizations (C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Harvard University <i>CHOICE, June 2003</i>)\", 'GREGORY L. POSSEHL is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Asian Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He has been engaged in archaeological research in Indian and Pakistan since 1964, from Iron Age megaliths to Mesolithic encampments, including directing excavations at Rojdi in Gujarat and Gilund in southern Rajasthan. Possehl has written and edited a number of important books on the Indus Civilization and related topics.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Faerie Prince (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Rachel Morgan was born in South Africa and spent a large portion of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making. After completing a degree in genetics, she decided science wasn't for herafter all, they didn't approve of made-up facts. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Affirmations 101: 101 Days of Developing Self-confidence, Boldness and Courage While Turning Dreams Into Reality\nDescription: ['Jacob Glass is a spiritual teacher, author and coach. He has been teaching for 30 years throughout Southern California and his weekly class recordings go all over the world.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Faerie's Revenge (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['Rachel Morgan spent a good deal of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making, crafting endless stories of make-believe and occasionally writing some of them down. After completing a degree in genetics and discovering she still wasnt grown-up enough for a real job, she decided to return to those story worlds still spinning around her imagination. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults and those young at heart.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Recoil (Recoil Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b><span>"Recoil</span></b><span>, the first in what looks to be a fascinating take on a dystopian world where the power and pluck of youth raised on virtual gaming may prove to be the greatest weapon on the war on terror, if their consciences can be tamed.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Macgregor is holding nothing back, this is magnetic reading filled with whiplash-quick action, deep soul searching and a cast of characters with the energy and vitality of youth. Macgregor paints a world in chaos with hidden agendas, fighting to survive the devastation of terrorism. These characters burst off the page with life and attitude, as well as the dialogue of youth. Some will live, while others may not, but each will have to decide how far they will go and what direction they will take!</span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>This is not another cookie-cutter read, it is edgy and often dark, a strong start for a new trilogy of adventure and what-ifs!" (Tome Tender Book Blog)</span><span></span>', 'When not writing, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist in private practice where she works mainly with victims of crime and trauma.Although she lives in the frenetic adrenaline-rush of the big city, Joanne has always been in love with nature, and escapes into the wilds whenever she can. She's a Harry Potter fanatic, bakes the best choc-chip cookies on the planet, and is addicted to chilies and bulletproof coffee. She started her professional life as a high school English teacher and loves writing about, and for, teens. She is the author of several books for Young Adults, including <i>Scarred</i> (2015).']",
"rejected": "Title: A-41: Essays on life and ministry abroad\nDescription: ['Jonathan and Elizabeth Trotter www.trotters41.com twitter: @trotters41 facebook: /trotters41', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hushed\nDescription: ['', '', \"When not writing, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist in private practice where she works mainly with victims of crime and trauma. Although she lives in the frenetic adrenaline-rush of the big city, Joanne has always been in love with nature, and escapes into the wilds whenever she can. She's a Harry Potter fanatic, bakes the best choc-chip cookies on the planet, and is addicted to chilies and bulletproof coffee. She started her professional life as a high school English teacher and is the author of several books for Young Adults, including The Law of Tall Girls, Scarred and The Recoil Trilogy.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Pass the Praxis\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke\nDescription: [\"This paperback edition contains the complete text of Roethke's seven published volumes plus sixteen previously uncollected poems. Included are his Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners <i>The Walking, Words For The Wind</i>, and <i>The Far Field</i>.\", 'This paperback edition contains the complete text of Roethke\\'s seven published volumes plus sixteen previously uncollected poems. Included are his Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners \"The Walking, Words for the Wind, and \"The Far Field.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Light of Eidon (Legends of the Guardian-King, Book 1)\nDescription: [\"*Starred Review* Hancock's intriguing <i>Arena</i> [BKL Ap 15 02] drew a great deal of praise for the originality and starkness of its alternative universe. In <i>The Light of Eidon</i>,<i></i> she begins a fantasy series called Legends of the Guardian King that is more clearly a Christian allegory but is so crisscrossed with subplots and deceit that exactly where the light of Eidon shines may baffle the reader. It certainly baffles young Abramm Kalladorne, Hancock's hero. He is the little-valued fifth son of the king of Kiriath, a vivid kingdom that seems a bit like medieval England, with a bit of ancient Rome. Abramm is drawn to the religious life, but after eight years as a novitiate, he discovers that his spiritual leader is a fraud and that the true path to Eidon's light lies elsewhere. But upon leaving the monastery, he finds himself in the middle of court intrigues, and his brothers sell him into slavery in a faraway, barbarous land. For a while, Hancock's novel seems like a gladitorial epic, but then Eidon, or Jesus, makes his truths known. A great battle ensues, but victory is not complete and many questions remain. Readers will certainly return for the second installment. <i>John Mort</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '\"...an exciting allegorical fantasy ...Hancock\\'s writing, often eerie and suspenseful, is rich in sights, smells and sounds.\" -- <i>Christian Retailing</i><br /><br />\"...the future should be bright for this promising novelist.\" -- <i>Publisher\\'s Weekly</i><br /><br />\"TOP PICK-Four and a half stars.\" -- <i>Romantic Times</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wisconsin Badgers 2014 Vintage Football Calendar\nDescription: ['Asgard Press has been creating and publishing archival quality calendars, books, and stationery since 1999. Asgard Press redefined the concept of wall calendars in 2003 by producing exhibition quality prints that are perforated and can be easily removed to fit standard frames. All Asgard Press products are made using sustainable materials from cover to cover.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Beautiful Disaster\nDescription: ['\"\"Beautiful Disaster\" is insanely addictive. Beautifully sexy, beautifully intense, and beautifully perfect. Jamie McGuire has written a damn good book.\" --Jessica Park, author of \"New York Times\" bestseller \"Flat-Out Love\"', 'Jamie McGuire is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Beautiful Sacrifice</i>, <i>Beautiful Redemption</i>,<i> Beautiful Oblivion</i>, <i>A Beautiful Wedding</i>, <i>Red Hill</i>, <i>Walking Disaster</i>, and <i>Beautiful Disaster</i>. She and her husband Jeff live with their children in Steamboat Springs, CO. Please visit JamieMcGuire.com, and find her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Sweet Spot\nDescription: [\"<i>USA Today</i> bestselling author <b>Kate Angell</b> lives in Naples, Florida. She's an animal lover, avid reader, and sports fan. Bookstores are her second home. She takes coffee breaks at Starbucks. Her philosophy: Out of chaos comes calmness. Enjoy the peace. Please visit her on Facebook or at www.kateangell.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction\nDescription: ['Editor Gunn, himself a science fiction writer, has assembled contributions by more than 100 fellow editors, writers, and academics into a lively, informative reference work on the genre. Entries range from long essays on 96 broad topics (e.g., \"Cyberpunk,\" \"Radio\") to much briefer entries on individual writers, actors, artists, etc. Despite the brevity of many entries, much information is delivered in each, e.g., film entries include major production credits; author entries give extensive publication lists. This heavily illustrated work should be considered a supplement to and not a replacement for Peter Nicholls\\'s The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (Dolphin: Doubleday, 1979. o.p.). Recommended for most reference collections; a circulating copy is also recommended. A.J. Wright, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham<br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fury of Ice (Dragonfury)\nDescription: ['FURY OF ICE will take you on a chilly ride of dragon fights and dragon passions. Great characters make this story worthwhile and the easy flow of dialogue and action kept me interested until the very end. ~ Tynga\\'s Reviews<br /><br />4.5 out of 5 stars! \"...these Dragon Shifters are alpha males you can enjoy. I truly enjoyed them and I highly recommend this book.\" ~ Under the Covers Book Blog<br /><br />\"...I am just completely hooked on this series! The dragon shifters in this world are fascinating and I cannot get enough of them.\" ~ Bookworm\\'s Haven', '', '', 'As the only girl on all-guys hockey teams from age six through her college years, Coreene Callahan knows a thing or two about tough guys and loves to write about them. Call it kismet. Call it payback after years of locker room talk and ice rink antics. But whatever you call it, the action better be heart stopping, the magic electric, and the story wicked good fun.', 'After graduating with honors in psychology and working as an interior designer, Callahan finally succumbed to her overactive imagination and returned to her first love: writing. And when shes not writing, she is dreaming of magical worlds full of dragon shifters, elite assassins, and romance thats too hot to handle. Callahan currently lives in Canada with her family and her writing buddy, a fun-loving golden retriever.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Microsoft Windows Networking Essentials\nDescription: ['', '<b>Learn Windows Networking Quickly and Easily</b>', \"This unique, full-color guide covers Windows networking basics, giving you a solid foundation in the technology as well as preparing you to take the Microsoft Technology Associate Exam 98-366, Networking Fundamentals. Learn general networking concepts, then get up to speed on switches, routers, LANs, WANs, and morewith a focus on technologies used in Microsoft networks. Whether you're an aspiring networking professional or just brushing up, it's the essential information you need to be successful in networking in a Windows environment.\", '<b>Learn these Windows networking essentialsand more:</b>', '<b>This striking</b> <i>Essentials</i> <b>book features:</b>', '', '', '<b>About the Author</b>', '<b>Darril Gibson,</b> MCSE, MCITP, ITIL v3, Security+, CISSP, is the CEO of Security Consulting and Training, LLC. A Microsoft Certified Trainer since August 1999, Darril regularly teaches, writes, and consults on a wide variety of security and technical topics. He has authored, coauthored, or contributed to 14 books on a wide range of topics that include Windows Server, Windows 7, SQL Server, and IT security.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Games of Command: A Novel\nDescription: ['Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair has become a name synonymous for high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclairs novels have the wow-factor in spades, earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. A former news reporter and retired private detective, Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their two thoroughly spoiled cats.', '<i>Chapter One<br /><br /><br /></i>SHIP\\'S GYMNASIUM, TRIAD HUNTERSHIP <i>VAXXAR</i><br /><br />\"Captain, we have a problem.\"<br /><br />It took a moment for Sass, toweling the sweat off her face, to acknowledge the comment voiced by the tall woman striding down the locker room aisle toward her, her black and tan Alliance uniform partly obscured by a blue lab coat, her shoulder-length blond hair uncharacteristically mussed.<br /><br />Captain. Gods\\' blessed rumps, after five and a half months of being called \"commander,\" she finally had her rank back. That was the only good news Admiral Branden Kel-Paten gave out during the senior staff meeting earlierthough the definition of \"captain\" on board the <i>Vaxxar</i> was, in Sass\\'s opinion, still up for grabs.<br /><br />However, Sass had a feeling that the admiral\\'s announcementat that same meetingof the <i>Vaxxar</i>\\'s departure from Lightridge Station within the hour was solely responsible for the grim expression on Doc Eden Fynn\\'s face.<br /><br />\"You\\'ve given Lightridge some decent leads\"<br /><br />\"Leads?\" Eden came to a halt in front of her, then flung her arms wide in exasperation, narrowly missing smacking her hand on a metal locker door. \"People are dying of <i>fright</i> in the space lanes, Tasha. No one knows how or why. And now we have eighty-seven more dead bodies exhibiting abnormally high levels of dopamine and serotonin.\"<br /><br />The deaths on the freighter <i>Degun\\'s Luck</i> were the sixth such incident in Triadian space in the past four months. Lightridge had promptly alerted Alliance HQ, requesting a forensic medical team. The <i>Vaxxar</i>, chasing down reports of an Illithian mother ship in the sector, had been diverted to Lightridge, pending the team\\'s arrival. But only temporarily.<br /><br />Sass draped the towel around her neck. Three of the dead were Zingarans, Eden\\'s people. That only made the incident worse for the CMO. \"The med team from HQ arrives in ten hours. They\\'re best equipped to handle this. We\\'re a huntership, Eden. We need to be out there stopping the Illithians from breaching our borders, not sitting on station performing autopsies.\"<br /><br />Eden didn\\'t seem to hear her. \"I\\'m the only empathic doctor to come on scene in the first thirty hours after one of these incidents. There are still emanations. But I need time to work with them. Only now <i>he</i> pulls us off Lightridge. All because some damned pirate-turned-informant decided to go on an unscheduled vacation!\"<br /><br />\"That damned pirate was gathering intelligence on the Illithians,\" Sass pointed out. \"HQ and the admiral feel it\\'s imperative we locate him.\" Border breaches and a missing undercover operative did not make for a happy Admiral Kel-Paten. Sass figured that was why he denied Eden\\'s request to stay behind on Lightridge. He needed Eden\\'s expertise when they captured Jace Serafino. Sass just wasn\\'t sure if he was referring to Eden\\'s empathic talents in discerning falsehoods or her medical ones in putting Serafino back together after the admiral wiped the floor with him. Their mutual animosity went back years.<br /><br />It was years as well since Sass had seen Serafino. He was a charming rogue, always hip-deep in some kind of trouble. According to the staff briefing, he had changed little.<br /><br />But Tasha Sebastianthe woman Serafino knew as Lady Sasshad changed. Though she <i>prayed</i> he wouldn\\'t remember her. She didn\\'t need Admiral Edmonds\\'s warning ringing in her mind to know that there were parts of her past that the Triadand especially Kel-Patenmust never know.<br /><br />\"Since he won\\'t grant the medical investigation critical-mission status,\" Eden was saying, \"then I\\'m asking for a two-week leave of absence. It would take me only six hours to get back there by shuttle.\"<br /><br />They were still in the inner-system lanes and at sublight speed. A shuttle launch would slow them down twenty, thirty minutes at most.<br /><br />If Kel-Paten agreed to it. And he might, if Sass couched it in the proper terms. For all of Kel-Paten\\'s aggravating qualitiesand they were legionhe encouraged her input. Sass enjoyed testing the depths of his cybernetically perfected mind. His cybernetically perfect form wasn\\'t half bad either, she grudgingly admitted. Except for his attitude and that damned perpetual scowl . . .<br /><br />But she\\'d brave that for Eden, even though she wasn\\'t thrilled with the idea of losing her CMOand closest friendfor two weeks. \"Let me see what I can do.\" Her comm link trilled as if to punctuate her words. It took her a moment to find it under her towel, clipped to the neck of her pink workout shirt. \"Sebastian.\"<br /><br />\"My office. Five minutes.\" The admiral\\'s familiar deep voice brooked no argument. She wondered what crisis he uncoveredagainto occupy what was left of her free time.<br /><br />But, hell, she\\'d just agreed to talk to him on Eden\\'s behalf.<br /><br />\"By your command, sir.\" Sass clicked off the link and caught Eden\\'s wry grin. \"What?\"<br /><br />\"Good shirt.\"<br /><br />Sass looked down. <i>My name\\'s No, No, Bad Captain! What\\'s Yours?</i> was clearly visible now that she\\'d removed her towel. She grinned back as she tossed the towel into a nearby hamper, remembering the day her officers on the <i>Regalia</i> gave her the pink T-shirt. Remembering more the wide-eyed expression on Kel-Paten\\'s face the first time he saw her wearing it as she left the <i>Vax</i>\\'s gym. Gods, she so enjoyed rattling his cage.<br /><br />\"Want to try double-teaming him?\" she asked, heading for the door.<br /><br />Eden fell into step with her. \"He can dock my pay for the cost of the shuttle fuel if\"<br /><br />The red-alert sirens erupted as the corridor doors slid open, stopping Eden in mid-sentence.<br /><br /><i>Damn. What now?</i> Sass flicked on her comm link. \"Sebastian to bridge. Status, Mister Rembert.\"<br /><br />\"Incoming interstellar thermal wave. Eight-point-two on the Graslan scale. McAbian residue readings\"<br /><br />\"On my way! Sebastian out.\"<br /><br />Sass bolted down the wide gray corridor for the lifts, her heart pounding. She didn\\'t have to hear the residue reading figures. An 8.2 Graslan wave was more than enough to tear a huntership the size of the <i>Vaxxar</i> apart.<br /><br /><i>Oh, gods. Tank</i>. She stepped into the lift, gave the command for the bridge deck, and tapped her comm link again. \"Sebastian to captain\\'s quarters. Tank. Kennel, now!\"<br /><br />She knew her voice would sound in her quarters. She prayed her black and white fidget wasn\\'t sleeping so deeply he couldn\\'t hear it. No, he\\'d be awake. The sirens would have accomplished that. Chances were good he\\'d clambered into the small safety pod even before she barked out the order. The pod was rigged to dispense one of his favorite treats when it sensed his presence inside. The fidget might not understand emergencies, but he was never one to miss a meal.<br /><br />\"Bridge,\" the tinny autovoice announced.<br /><br />She lunged out of the lift, almost colliding with a tall, dark-haired man in a black Triad uniform. Kel-Paten. He slanted her one of his infamous scowls before guiding her through the double sliding doors that led to the upper level of the bridge.<br /><br />The two-tiered, U-shaped command center of the huntership was already frenzied with activity, black-uniformed senior officers moving efficiently from station to station, specialists glued to their chairs but swiveling quickly as new information downloaded to a nearby screen. Voices were terse, commands clipped. Every screen streamed with data.<br /><br />Kel-Paten released her arm. \"You\\'re out of uniform.\"<br /><br />She was also off duty, but the possibility they were at death\\'s door prevented her from reminding him of that fact. She offered him a brief \"noted\" as she headed for the closest scanner station to check incoming data.<br /><br />What Sass saw on the screens wasn\\'t pretty, but they had time. Five, maybe ten minutes to try some fancy dancing that could either save their lives or send them to their graves in infinitesimal pieces. She glanced over her shoulder. Kel-Paten slid into the left command seat. She watched as, with a practiced familiarity, he thumbed open a small panel covering the dataport in the armrest and linked into the ship\\'s systems through the interface built into his wrist. He frowned slightly, then his eyes flared with that eerie, luminous hue that signaled his cyber systems were at full power. He was spiked in, as much a part of the huge huntership as the drives, scanners, and bulkheads.<br /><br />Except, unlike the drives, scanners, and bulkheads, he could talk.<br /><br />She turned back to her console, knowing he could hear her just as well from there as if she were seated next to him.<br /><br />\"Admiral, my data shows a major energy disturbance at oh-five-seven-point-four.\"<br /><br />\"Oh-five-seven-point-four-three-two,\" the voice through her comm link stated. \"No damage from preliminary residual shock waves. Ship integrity is sound. Secondary waves\"<br /><br />\"Damn!\" Sass swore as she was thrust abruptly sideways. She clung to the wide console with both hands and considered sitting down and strapping in.<br /><br />\"Forward shields down to eighty-five percent,\" a crewmember\\'s voice announced below her.<br /><br />She opted to remain standing, working at the console. Kel-Paten was no doubt eons ahead of her calculations in his inner journey through the data, but he looked for the known, correlating and synthesizing, while she looked for the unexplainable. Granted, his cybernetically enhanced thought processes were a million times faster than hers, but he was linear, where her analysis tended to do pirouettes and somersaults.<br /><br />\"Tell me what we <i>don\\'t</i> have, Kel-Paten,\" she said tersely under her breath, forgetting for a moment thatspiked inhe could hear her. The huntership shuddered as another line of shock waves impacted its shields.<br /><br />\"Energy signature is not indicative of ionic-storm formation,\" he replied. \"No indication of interstellar gas cavity. No known binary-collision region in this sector.\" And no comment as to the inappropriateness of her sarcastic tone.<br /><br />\"Space-time rift?\" she ventured, her fingers rapidly tapping instructions into the sensor pads.<br /><br />\"Highly improbable, with no previous black-hole activity recorded in this quadrant.\"<br /><br />\"We might just be making history, then,\" she quipped, scanning the results of her latest data request. She frowned. \"We have abnormally high levels of McAbian particle residue.\"<br /><br />The Vax heeled hard to port, and Sass\\'s stomach made a corresponding lurch to starboard. \"Admiral, look at those levels!\"<br /><br />The few seconds of studious silence from the admiral were filled by the sounds of voices around her: reports of minor hull damage on Deck 7, another fluctuation in shield integrity portside, two crewmembers with broken arms on Deck 10. Down in sick bay, Eden would be up to her eyes in contusions and broken bones. After this, they\\'d both need a pitcher of iced gin.<br /><br />\"McAbian levels are increasing at the rate of seventeen parts per nanosecond,\" Kel-Paten reported. \"Probability of vortex formation is eighty-seven point six-five percent in the next ten minutes.\"<br /><br />At his words, a chill surged up Sass\\'s spine. A vortexa hole violently torn in the space-time continuum. It could be anything from the universe farting to the birth of a major black hole as the result of a dark-star implosion perhaps hundreds of thousands of light-years away. But there were always warnings. For a vortex to just suddenly appear was . . . impossible. Yet there it was. And here they were, stuck at the wrong place at the wrong time with nowhere to go but down the galactic shitter.<br /><br />And no time to figure out the whys and hows.<br /><br />\"Can you spike out? We have to do some fancy dancing. I need you at the con.\"<br /><br />\"Agreed. Acknowledged.\"<br /><br />\"Remy!\" She called to the lanky, amber-skinned manthe <i>Regalia</i>\\'s former science officertwo consoles down. \"Monitor this stationwe\\'ve got a rift coming.\"<br /><br />She took the seat next to Kel-Paten, raked a safety strap across her chest, then stabbed at the intraship comm link on her seat\\'s armrest.<br /><br />\"This is the captain. Secure all decks. We\\'re on a rift horizon. Sebastian out.\" She turned to him. \"Shields were down to eighty\"<br /><br />\"Corrected.\" His pale eyes were losing their eerie luminescence. \"They\\'re back at optimum.\"<br /><br />\"Well, praise the gods and pass the peanut butter,\" she said, noting the undisguised superiority in his tone. \"Remind me to tell you how much I love you, Kel-Paten. If we live through this.\"<br /><br />The ship lurched sickeningly again. Alarms wailed. Data on her screen relayed everything she didn\\'t want to know. This was a different kind of reminder, a deadly one.<br /><br />One that stated that when huntership met vortex, vortex usually won.<br /><br /><br /><br />CAPTAIN\\'S CABIN<br /><br /> <br /><i>Friend? Friend?</i> Tank hunkered in the rear of the kennel-pod and called out plaintively to the older furzel a few cabins away. The alarmwhat he termed \"Loud High Noise\"blared constantly, making his furry ears twitch. Big Ship shuddered and pitched. He was in Small Safe Place and shouldn\\'t be worried, but worried he was. And it wasn\\'t because of the way Big Ship moved. <i>Friend? Bad Thing here!</i><br /><br /><i>Friend</i>. Reilly\\'s mental contact was reassuring to the fidget. <i>See. Smell. Know. Have time. Be safe.<br /></i><br /><i>Go Blink now?<br /></i><br /><i>No Blink now.<br /></i><br /><i>We stop Bad Thing?<br /></i><br />A sense of pride filtered through his mind. <i>Our job. We protect.</i><br /><br />Big Ship shimmied and Tank bumped against the pod\\'s side. <i>Protect MommySass</i>. He paused. Thirsty.<br /><br />A mental sigh sounded in his mind, then an image of two small glowing circles. <i>Remember! Blue light, blue light water</i>, Reilly instructed. <i>Blue light, yellow light food</i>.<br /><br />Tank ducked his head slightly, even though he knew Reilly couldn\\'t see. Remember! So much to remember, and he was only a fidget.<br /><br />Standing a bit unsteadily, he found two blue lights on the side of Small Safe Place, then recognized the pattern of sticklike markings above it: WATER. There was a small round spot. He nosed it and a slender tube slid down. The tube dripped a cool wetness onto his tongue.<br /><br />Thirst quenched, he closed his eyes, ignored Loud High Noise, and reached carefully through the neverwhen.<br /><br />Yes, there it was with its ugly smelly light. Bad Thing. Bad Thing was here.<br /><br />When Reilly gave the word, Tank would be ready.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Song of the West (Silhouette Romance #143)\nDescription: ['<b>A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author</b>', \"The towering mountains and windswept plains called to her. But she'd never intended to stay forever - until Jake Tanner stirred her emotions like a summer tornado and made it impossible for her to leave. But no man was going to seduce Samantha Evans to give up her dreams. Even a cocky cowboy who made her blood go hot . . .\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Alpha Contracts (The Revelations Cycle) (Volume 10)\nDescription: ['Over the course of the Revelations Cycle, the Four Horsemen Universe has continued to expand and evolve, and the only thing missing that readers continued to clamor for was the origin stories of the Four Horsemen. Ask no more! This book contains the four origin stories, as well as a look at the universe of that time through letters home from one of the other mercenary units, the Avenging Angels. This gives the reader a unique, eye-opening perspective on the universe as seen through the eyes of a unit making its first (and last?) trip to the stars. <br />Chris Kennedy,<br />Virginia Beach, VA', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hope's Folly\nDescription: ['When it comes to futuristic romance, it doesnt get better than Sinclair! <i>Romantic Times<br /></i>', 'Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair has become a name synonymous for high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Reviewers note that Sinclairs novels have the wow-factor in spades, earning her accolades from both the science fiction and romance communities. A former news reporter and retired private detective, Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their two thoroughly spoiled cats.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Francis: Man of Prayer\nDescription: ['<P><B>Mario Escobar Golderos</B> has written numerous books and articles about the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and religious sects. He is the executive director of an NGO and directs the magazine <I>Nueva historia para el debate</I>. Passionate about history and its mysteries, Escobar specializes in the lives of unorthodox Spaniards and Americans. For more information, see www.marioescobar.es.</P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Highlander Most Wanted: The Montgomerys and Armstrongs\nDescription: ['[Maya] Banks has written an emotionally taut Highlands romance. . . . Lush emotionalism, compelling characters and a moving story line will win romance fans.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '<b>Maya Banks</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Highlander Most Wanted, Never Seduce a Scot, In Bed with a Highlander, Seduction of a Highland Lass, Never Love a Highlander, Rush, Fever, Sweet Addiction,</i> the KGI series, and the Colters Legacy series. She lives in Texas with her husband, three children, and an assortment of pets.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Vengeance Born (A Novel of the Light Blade)\nDescription: ['Kylie Griffin has me hooked.Jean Johnson<br /><br />A compelling and fascinating world.Joss Ware, award-winning author of <i>Night Resurrected</i><br /><br />Solid world-buildingand a twisty story line. Robin D. Owens, national bestselling author of <i>Enchanted Ever After</i><br /><br />In the world of paranormal romancesthis one was unique.<i>All About Romance </i>', '<b>Kylie Griffin</b> is a writer and primary school teacher. She lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia, and is involved in a number of volunteer emergency organizations, helping during fires, storms, search and rescue efforts, and road accidents. Visit her website at www.kyliegriffin.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Patient Guide to Unnecessary Knee Surgery\nDescription: [\"Ronald P. Grelsamer, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. With over 70 publications to his name, Dr. Grelsamer has also authored The Patella A Team Approach, along with a number of consumer-oriented books: The Columbia-Presbyterian Osteoarthritis Handbook, What Your Doctor May NOT Tell you About Knee Pain and Surgery (the first edition of this book), and What Your Doctor May NOT Tell you About Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery. Dr. Grelsamer's interests extend beyond orthopedics he has penned Into the Sky with Diamonds, a history of the Beatles and the Race to the Moon.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Alliance Forged (A Novel of the Light Blade)\nDescription: ['Kylie Griffin has me hooked.', '<b>Kylie Griffin</b>s obsession with all things paranormal/fantasy started at an early age, when she used to imagine the jacaranda tree in her front yard was a spaceship used to defend the world from invading enemies. Writing stories seemed a natural extension to her childhood adventures.<br /><br />Today, shes a primary school teacher sharing her love for the written word with young children. In her spare time, she writes and reads all things paranormal. <br /><br />Kylie lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia, and is involved in a number of volunteer emergency organizations, helping during fires, storms, search and rescue efforts, and road accidents.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mirette on the High Wire *Caldecott Award Winner\nDescription: [\"Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: It Happened One Autumn: The Wallflowers, Book 2\nDescription: [\"Though this historical romance kicks off on a corny notewith the heroine, who has a supersensitive sense of smell, buying a seemingly magical perfumethe story quickly evolves into the kind of engrossing, dynamic romance that readers have come to expect from Kleypas. The setup is familiar: strong-willed American heiress Lillian Bowman gets under the skin of straitlaced earl Marcus Westcliff, and soon finds herself sharing the sheets with him. But what distinguishes this book from a multitude of similar stories are Kleypas's characters. One can imagine the mouthy Lillian as a regular on <i>Sex and the City</i> and, with his contemporary sensibilities and hunky good looks, Marcus could easily win the heart of a modern woman. Indeed, while the protagonists are both hardheaded in a typical way and their path toward love is peppered with few surprises, it's no chore to sit back and be amused by their antics and engrossed in their struggles. Even if this romance isn't as fresh as the first book in Kleypas's Wallflowers series, <i>Secrets of a Summer Night</i>, the charismatic charactersincluding Lillian's pert sister and chatty, mischievous friendsensure that it's never boring. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', \"Headstrong American heiress Lillian Bowman has come to England to find an aristocratic husband. Unfortunately, no man is strong enough to tame the stubborn beauty's fierce will. Except, perhaps, the powerful and arrogant Earl of Westcliffa man Lillian despises more than anyone she's ever met.\", \"Marcus, Lord Westcliff, is famous for his icy English reserve and his supreme self-control. But something about the audacious Lillian drives him mad. Whenever they're in the same room, they can't stop themselves from battling furiously to gain the upper hand.\", \"Then one afternoon, a stunningly sensuous encounter changes everything . . . and Lillian discovers that beneath the earl's reserved faade, he is the passionate and tender lover of her dreams. What neither Westcliff nor Lillian suspect, however, is that a sinister conspiracy threatens to destroy any chance of happiness. After a shocking betrayal endangers Lillian's safetyand possibly her lifewill Marcus be able to save her before it's too late?\", '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Heart of Obsidian (Psy/Changelings)\nDescription: ['\"A must-read for all of my fans.\"--<i>Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times bestselling author</i><br /><br />\"Scorching hot.\"--<i>Dear Author</i><br /><br />\"I don\\'t think there is a single paranormal series as well planned, well written, and downright fantabulous as Ms. Singh\\'s Psy-Changeling series.\"--<i>All About Romance</i><br /><br />\"Paranormal romance at its best.\"--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />\"A fast-moving, heart-pounding, sexy-as-hell thrill ride.\"--<i>Joyfully Reviewed</i><br /><br />\"Sheer genius.\"--<i>The Romance Reviews</i>', \"<b>Nalini Singh</b> is passionate about writing. Though she's traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the Highlands of Scotland, and the temples of Japan, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her most. She's beyond delighted to be able to follow her dream as a writer.<br /><br />Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pranayama The Breath of Yoga\nDescription: ['\"Once again, Gregor Maehle has provided an invaluable resource for yoga students. I\\'ve read a dozen books on pranayama and taken workshops, all to little benefit in my practice. With this book, the lights came on. As in his previous publications, Mr. Maehle combines his astonishing knowledge of yoga scripture with the most straightforward, most insightful, most eye-opening descriptions and explanations ranging from physiology and bio-mechanics to psychology and spirituality. As I reread this book and ponder it, I am continually astonished by the depth of insight it provides. I have come to believe that this will be the single most important book on yoga in the past century. This is a life-changing contribution, for which I am profoundly grateful.\" - Paul M. Gahlinger, MD, PhD, MPH', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: If You Deceive (The MacCarrick Brothers, Book 3)\nDescription: [\"With power and passion Kresley Cole completes her MacCarrick Brothers trilogy with a bang. You'll be held fast in Cole's grip and utterly satisfied with every aspect of her story. -- <i>Romantic Times Magazine, 4 1/2 STARS TOP PICK!</i>\", \"<b><span>*Sign up for Kresley's email newsletter to receive the latest book release updates, as well as info about contests & giveaways ( kresleycole.com/newsletter/ )</span></b><span><br /> Kresley Cole is the #1<span></span><i>New York Times</i><span></span>bestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series, the young adult Arcana Chronicles series, the erotic Gamemakers Series, and five award-winning historical romances.<br /> A master's grad and former athlete, she has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings.<br /> Her IAD books have been translated into eighteen foreign languages, garnered three RITA awards, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists, in the U.S. and abroad.<br /> You can learn more about her and her work at kresleycole.com or facebook.com/KresleyCole</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Planetes Omnibus Volume 2\nDescription: ['Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut in 2000 with the praised <i>Planetes</i>, serialized in Kodansha Weekly Morning mangazine and adapted into a 26 episodes anime series by the studio Sunrise. Before that, he worked as an assistant for Shin Morimura.<br /><br />He is currently working on <i>Vinland Saga</i> which was first serialized in Weekly <i>Shnen Magazine</i> then moved to the monthly Afternoon magazine due to releases pacing issue. For this work he received the 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the manga category. In 2010, he was a guest of the Angoulme International Comics Festival. The author lives in Yokohama, Japan.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1)\nDescription: ['\"Jax\\'s brutal eloquence will twist your heart when you least expect it.\"<b> -JERI SMITH-READY <b><b> \"Exciting, evocative and suspenseful science fiction romance...Characters and a world you\\'ll think about long after the book is done.\"<b> -ROBIN D. OWENS<br /></b></b></b></b>', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the American Revolution)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>The Rebel Pirate</i></b><br /><br />A fast paced, soundly researched historical intrigue, with vivid characters and sharp writing,<i>The Rebel Pirate</i>is a compelling read.<i>New York Times</i>bestselling authorMadeline Hunter<br /><br />Authentic detail, amazing characters, and a dazzlingly broad sweep of action make this a richly romantic adventure thats hard to put down. Truly brilliant. Prepare to be blown away.<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author Susanna Kearsley<br /><br /> [A] sexy, dangerous gallop through the American Revolution. Swashbuckling high seas adventure crossed with desire-driven romance, all dished up with perfect historical detail from head to heel.Bee Ridgeway, author of <i>The River of No Return</i><br /><br /><b>More Praise for Donna Thorland</b><br /><br />You wont want to stop reading.<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author William Martin<br /><br />I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it!<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Mary Balogh<br /><br />An author I adore.<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston<br /><br />A stay-up-all-night, swashbuckling, breath-holding adventure of a novelNational bestselling author Lauren Willig', 'Graduating from Yale with a degree in Classics and Art History, <b>Donna Thorland </b>managed architecture and interpretation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, for several years. She then earned an MFA in film production from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She has been a Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellow and a WGA Writers Access Project Honoree, has written for the TV shows <i>Cupid</i> and <i>Tron: Uprising</i>, and is a writer on the WGN drama<i>Salem</i>.The director of several award-winning short films, her most recent project aired on WNET Channel 13. Her fiction has appeared in <i>Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine. </i>She is the author of the Renegades of the American Revolution series, including <i>The Turncoat</i>, <i>The Rebel Pirate</i>, <i>Mistress Firebrand</i>, and <i>The Dutch Girl</i>.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: FInding favorites (Time to read)\nDescription: ['This book is in good condition. The pages are yellowed, yet still very readible. The binding is in tact. There is a stamped on name inside the book. \\n\\nShop from thousands of books in our Amazon store. St. Vincent DePaul is a non-profit charity that has a mission to help any person in need. The funds we receive are used exclusively to further this mission. The society of St. Vincent DePaul has been offering aid to those in need for 176 years, and was nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Award. The total amount of assistance provided in our area in 2007 is $659,689. We have served 64541 people in Snohomish county alone in 2009. We offer the best in customer service and back every sale with that promise! Please help support our efforts with your purchase. We have sold and shipped several hundred books and always take care of our customers. Our objective is to ship fast and satisfy every customer who visits our store. Please help us establish a reputation that assures others of our guarantee of satisfaction. If you have a title for which you have been looking, email us with the request and we will get back to you. Thank You!', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Ophelia Prophecy\nDescription: ['Asha is an archivist from Sanctuarythe last human cityand when she wakes on the reservoir beach, she has no idea how she got there. Or who the man she sees almost immediately is. It turns out, in short order, that hes one of the Manti, and his sister Iris is onboard their ship, the Banshee. The Manti are the reason theres only this one last human settlement: theyre genetically engineered, and they rebelled against their human creators; Asha has been cataloging and studying what little the humans know of the Manti. Pax insists on taking Asha with them, to find out what she knows; then he realizes that he is overwhelmingly attracted to her and orders the ship to keep him from doing something foolish. This turns out to be useful. When they find another Manti ship downed in a bog, they land to help it and find another human settlement, which shakes Ashas knowledge of the world and sets in motion a string of events that will shake the very fabric of their societies. The setting is excellent, the social politics compelling; the romance, though built on predictable tropes, is ultimately sweet. --Regina Schroeder', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Birds, Flowers and Butterflies Stained Glass Pattern Book (Dover Stained Glass Instruction)\nDescription: ['\"Beautiful sketches and patterns....very inspiring!\"']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Collector\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* As a writer, Lila Emerson is fascinated by people. So when her latest house-sitting job provides the opportunity to observe the neighbors in the building across the street, Lila cant resist. It is all innocent fun until late one night when she happens to glance across the street and sees one of the couples she has been watching involved in a violent fight. Before Lila can reach the phone to call for help, the woman falls to her death. The police initially rule the case to be a murder/suicide, but when Lila later crosses paths at the police station with artist Ashton Archer, the brother of the alleged murderer, he tries to convince her that his brother would never kill anyone, much less commit suicide. Much to her surprise, Lila finds Ash makes a good case for his brothers innocence, and that case only becomes stronger once the two find themselves targeted by a ruthless killer determined to tie up any loose ends. Roberts is performing at the top of her literary game, and the novels opening nod toward Rear Window should clue readers in to the fact they are in for an addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With over 200 books that have sold more than 400 million copies around the globe, its easy to do the math: Roberts has another best-seller on her hands. --John Charles', '', 'Roberts is performing at the top of her literary gameAn addictive blend of sleek suspense and sophisticated romance that would make Hitchcock proud.<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)<br /> <br /> An engrossing tale of love, family, and the lengths some will go to possess that which they desire the most.Wit and Sin<br /> <br />A pair of strong, commitment-averse protagonists, vividly drawn villainsa classy, stunningly beautiful, sociopathic assassin and a soulless recluse, in particularan abundance of Faberg egg history and a plot that keeps readers on edge add up to another classic for Roberts.<i>Library Journal</i><br /> <br /> Sizzling suspenseWill keep readers riveted.<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /> <br /> A juicy, suspenseful tale to snuggle in with and savor.BookPage.com<br /> <br /> You wont want to stop until youre finished.Fresh Fiction', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A New Day Dawning\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Windflower\nDescription: ['1ST PRINTING JUNE 1984, 445 \"READING\" PAGES, DELL #19534', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ben and the Bishop\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bound (Bound Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Growing And Processing Tobacco At Home: A Guide for Gardeners\nDescription: [\"Growing and processing tobacco at home teaches you how to raise your own quality tobacco. Today's commercial tobacco products are loaded with chemicals and fillers and non-tobacco products. Your first all natural cigar or cigarette will be a pleasure you will not forget.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Night's Honor (Elder Races)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for the Novels of the Elder Races<br /><br /></b>A dark, compelling world. Im hooked!#1<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author J. R. Ward<br /><br /> Harrison delivers an epic story of myth, mayhem and love that is sure to keep readers satisfied and breathing fire!Fresh Fiction<br /><br />Thea Harrison is a master storyteller.#1<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author Christine Feehan', 'A debut author at the age of nineteen, <b>Thea Harrison</b> had sixteen romances published under another name before she took a break to collect a couple of graduate degrees and a grown child. Shes back with the Novels of the Elder Races, a paranormal romance series. Thea lives in California with her family.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ring of Fear by Anne McCaffrey (1-Dec-1971) Paperback\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Sacrificed to the Dragon (Stonefire Dragons) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Blaze of Secrets (Asylums for Magical Threats) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Punisher Max: The Complete Collection Vol. 7\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Chained By Night (Moonbound Clan)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Songs About Animals and Others (Golden Song Book 'N' Tape)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Chained by Night (Moonbound Clan Vampires)\nDescription: ['Larissa Ione is the <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA TODAY</i> bestselling author of the Demonica and connected Lords of Deliverance series, as well as the MoonBound Clan Vampire series and other contemporary novels. An Air Force veteran, she traded in her career in meteorology to pursue her passion for writing. She lives in Wisconsin with her US Coast Guard husband, her teenage son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhound, Hexe. Visit her at LarissaIone.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Alpha's Pet (Dark Hollow Wolf Pack Series 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Bollywood Affair\nDescription: ['<b>Sonali Dev</b>s first literary work was a play about mistaken identities performed at her neighborhood Diwali extravaganza in Mumbai. She was eight years old. Despite this early success, Sonali spent the next few decades getting degrees in architecture and written communication, migrating across the globe, and starting a family while writing for magazines and websites. With the advent of her first gray hair her love for telling stories returned full force, and she now combines it with her insights into Indian culture to conjure up stories that make a mad tangle with her life as supermom, domestic goddess, and world traveler. Sonali is an active member of RWA and WFWA. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her very patient and often amused husband and two teens who demand both patience and humor, and the worlds most perfect dog. Visit her on the web at sonalidev.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Other World\nDescription: ['From the author of the modern classic novel THE HEADMASTER\\'S PAPERS comes this masterpiece collection of short fiction, a cycle of stories told by the main character, Jonathan Force. Contemporary boys and the men they become are in an altogether new kind of peril; they are no longer merely adrift as Holden Caulfield once was in mid-twentieth century Manhattan; they are broken and finished, like the authors of our eras schoolyard shootings.\\n\\nThe stories that unfold in THE OTHER WORLD address the inner life of boys in a way that offers a bigger, better vision, charting the formative experiences of a spirited boy who, by an admixture of grace, luck, and indomitable spirit, does not bow finally before the cultural imperatives to forfeit his deep naturealthough he comes very close. \\n\\nAttentive readers are likely to find these stories touching, at times funny, and ultimately inspiring. Blake Bailey, author of CHEEVER: A LIFE, writes:\" Richard Hawley explores, with eloquence and sensitivity, the secret lives of children and the unexpected moments that linger in memory and give shape to our souls. A stunning collection.\" Ann Hood, author of THE OBITUARY WRITER, calls THE OTHER WORLD \"both a tender and harsh coming-of-age story.\" As John Irving writes of the author, \"Richard Hawley has the poise and vision to create an entire world.\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Her Dragon's Fire (Dragon Guard Series)\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: Say Yes to the Marquess: Castles Ever After\nDescription: ['“Dare continues her Castles Ever After series with another cleverly crafted love story that hits all the high notes. A sparkling, emotionally lush romance.” (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />“Inheriting a Castles Ever After title is a life-changing experience, one that comes with surprises, unexpected romance, meddlesome friends and family, a wonderful hero and a strong-willed heroine. There’s also fun, passion and true love delivered in true Dare fashion!” (RT Book Reviews (top pick))<br /><br />“Dare excels at storytelling, creating a powerful, believable romance that evokes a plethora of emotions.” (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />“…my best advice to fans of historical romance is to say yes to the books of Tessa Dare.” (Heroes and Heartbreakers)', '', 'Your presence is requested at romantic Twill Castle for the wedding of Miss Clio Whitmore and . . . and . . . ?', \"After eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. She's inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement.\", 'Not if Rafe Brandon can help it. A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio will marry his brother—even if he has to plan the dratted wedding himself.', \"So how does a hardened fighter cure a reluctant bride's cold feet?\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Bread of Angels\nDescription: ['<b><span>\"Afshar has created an unforgettable story of dedication, betrayal, and redemption that culminates in a rich testament to God\\'s mercies and miracles.\"<i>Publishers Weekly</i></span></b>', 'Achingly tender from the first flutter of romance to the last sting of betrayal, <i>Bread of Angels </i>is an intensely emotive and satisfying read. (Mesu Andrews, award-winning author of the Treasures of the Nile series)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Fast Track\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Julie Garwood</b><br /><br />Whoever thinks romantic suspense is dead should read a Julie Garwood book.<i>USA Today</i><br /><br />A trusted brand name in romantic suspense.<i>People</i><br /><br />Julie Garwood creates masterpieces every time she writes a book.<i>The Kansas City Star</i><br /><br />Undoubtedly Garwood is a pro.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />If a book has Julie Garwoods name on it, its guaranteed to be a meticulously written...and thoroughly engaging story.<i>Sun Journal</i> (ME)', '<b>Julie Garwood</b> is among the most critically acclaimedand popularromance authors around, published in thirty-two languages worldwide with forty million copies of her books in print. She is the #1<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of numerous novels including <i>Wired</i>, <i>Fast Track</i>, <i>Hotshot</i>, <i>Sweet Talk</i>, <i>The Ideal Man</i>, <i>Sizzle</i>, <i>Fire and Ice</i>, <i>Shadow Music</i>, and <i>Shadow Dance</i>. She lives near Kansas City.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Antislavery Writings of Anthony Benezet, 1754-1783: An Annotated Critical Edition (Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World)\nDescription: ['I first discovered Anthony Benezet in the reading room of the British Museum in 1990. I was there to study Enlightenment rhetoric, a rather dry and forbidding topic. Benezet was there in the pages of a small leather-bound book that looked well-used in the 220 years since its publication in Philadelphia. But the passion of the man, the sheer force of his convictions and his energy in condemning slavery captivated me and made me want to learn much more about him and his urgent project--to end the transatlantic slave trade and free enslaved Africans in the Americas.', '', 'PRAISE FOR <i>THE COMPLETE ANTISLAVERY WRITINGS OF ANTHONY BENEZET, 1754-1783</i>', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Archangel's Storm (A Guild Hunter Novel)\nDescription: ['Praise for the series:<br /><br />The Guild Hunter world is an awesome place to be.<i>Fiction Vixen </i><br /><br />The Guild Hunter series remains a must-read for paranormal romance.<i>Bitten by Books </i><br /><br />I loved every wordamazing in every way!<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Gena Showalter<br /><br />Paranormal romance doesnt get better than this.<i>Love Vampires </i><br /><br />Powerful, raw, intense dark--and so intimate.<i>Smexy Books </i><br /><br />Steamy and beautifula great novel that makes me want to read everything Nalini Singh has ever written.<i>Fresh Fiction</i><br /><br />[A] powerful, riveting novel. I found myself wholly absorbed.<i>Dear Author</i><br /><br />Stuns with intensityleft me raw and aching at the end in the best way possible.<i>Romance Junkies </i><br /><br />Mesmerizingfascinating world building.<i>Bitten by Books</i><br /><br />Stunning, original, beautiful, intriguing, and mesmerizing.<i>Errant Dreams Reviews</i><br /><br />I could not put this book down.<i>Night Owl Romance</i><br /><br />Completely awe-inspiring.<i>Fallen Angel Reviews </i><br /><br />Worldbuilding that blew my socks off.National Bestselling Author Meljean Brook', \"<b></b><b>New York Times and USA Today</b> bestselling author Nalini Singh lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. She also loves chatting to readers. You can find her on Twitter (@nalinisingh) and Facebook (facebook.com/authornalinisingh), and via her website: nalinisingh.com<br /><br /><b>Nalini's Newsletter</b>: Goes out monthly and includes exclusives for subscribers, including free short stories, sneak peeks, deleted scenes and more. To join, just copy and paste this into your address bar and fill in your name and email address: mad.ly/signups/59681/join<br /><br />Questions or comments? Email, Tweet, or Facebook Nalini at any time!\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Piano Fun-Pop Hits For Adult Beginners Book/Audio Online\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dark Deeds (Class 5 Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Complete Death Dealer\nDescription: ['Complete Death Dealer 1-4 (Prisoner of the Horned Helmet, Lords of Destruction, Tooth and Claw, Plague of Knives)']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Learn to Fly (Double Blind Study) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Heidi Hutchinson is an incorrigible idealist with a deep love for art, coffee and fabulous music in general with rock and roll in particular. She writes about all of these subjects as often as life allows. She lives in the Midwest with her alarmingly handsome husband and their fearless child where they eat more pizza than God intended.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: One Light: A Poetry of Life, Dreams & Visions\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Allegiance of Honor (Psy-Changeling Novel, A)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>Allegiance of Honor</i><br /><br /></b>\"Singh once again delivers an epic delight with a large ensemble cast...Romance, family, and loyalty are celebrated even as the dangers of a brave new world without war are explored.\"<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /><br />\"As she prepares to initiate the second plot arc in the amazing Psy/Changeling series, Singh makes this 15th book a special gift to her readers as she updates them on the lives of nearly all the previous protagonists, while also launching new mysteries to be solved. The fact that the 15th book in this long-running series will only make readers desperate for more is a testament to Singhs genius for storytelling!\"<i>RT Book Reviews </i>(4 1/2 stars, Top Pick)<br /><br />A brilliantly plotted, action-packed, and completely satisfying celebration of the series.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><b><br /><br />Praise for Nalini Singh and her Psy-Changeling Novels</b><br /> <b></b><br /> The alpha author of paranormal romance.<i>Booklist</i><br /> <br /> Nalini Singh is a master storyteller.Maya Banks, #1 <i>New York Times</i> & <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author <br /> <br /> Nalini is brilliant.<i>USA Today</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Complex psychological changes are balanced by deep love...outstanding.<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', \"<b>New York Times and USA Today</b><span>bestselling author Nalini Singh lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. She also loves chatting to readers. You can find her on Twitter (@nalinisingh) and Facebook (facebook.com/authornalinisingh), and via her website: nalinisingh.com</span><br /><br /><b>Nalini's Newsletter</b><span>: Goes out monthly and includes exclusives for subscribers, including free short stories, sneak peeks, deleted scenes and more. To join, just copy and paste this into your address bar and fill in your name and email address: mad.ly/signups/59681/join</span><br /><br /><span>Questions or comments? Email, Tweet, or Facebook Nalini at any time!</span>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Women of the Old Testament\nDescription: ['Camille Fronk Olson is an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and a former dean of students at LDS Business College. She has served on the Young Women general board and the Church s Teacher Development Curriculum Committee. She is the author of In the Hands of the Potter; Mary, Martha, and Me; and Too Much to Carry Alone. She and her husband, Paul, make their home in Provo, Utah.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Devil in Spring: The Ravenels, Book 3\nDescription: ['The world of Victorian England is drawn with Kleypas usual sharp wit and well-researched political nuances. A funny and charming story that will delight readers from the first page to last. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />Spot-on historical detail, hilarious dialog, and an exquisitely appealing heroine make this book a winner. Quirky, witty, and sexy, this compelling romp is absolute bliss. An addictive tale that readers wont want to put down. (Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />Kleypas has the ability to play on readers heartstrings in ways that compel them to laughter and tears, and allow them to create a deep emotional attachment to her characters. [] Once more, Kleypas proves why she is the grand dame of the genre. (RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars))', '', 'New York Times<em> bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty who encounters her match in one of Londons most notoriousyet irresistiblerakes . . .</em>', 'An eccentric wallflower . . .', 'Most debutantes dream of finding a husband. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, shes ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger.', 'A cynical rake . . .', 'After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, has finally been caught by a rebellious girl who couldnt be less suitable. In fact, she wants nothing to do with him. But Gabriel finds the high-spirited Pandora irresistible. Hell do whatever it takes to possess her, even if their marriage of convenience turns out to be the devils own bargain.', 'A perilous plot . . .', 'After succumbing to Gabriels skilled and sensuous persuasion, Pandora agrees to become his bride. But soon she discovers that her entrepreneurial endeavors have accidentally involved her in a dangerous conspiracyand only her husband can keep her safe. As Gabriel protects her from their unknown adversaries, they realize their devils bargain may just turn out to be a match made in heaven . . .', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Born of Vengeance: The League: Nemesis Rising\nDescription: ['', '\"Kenyon boldly goes where no author has gone before and claims yet another genre as her own.\" - <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', '[A] publishing phenomenon . . . [Sherrilyn Kenyon is] the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene . . . Just one example of arguably the most in-demand and prolific authors in America these days <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', \"Kenyon's writing is brisk, ironic and relentless imaginative. These are not your mother's vampire novels. <i>Boston Globe</i>\", '[An] engaging read. <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>', '', '<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon is a regular in the #1 spot. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre in which she writes, including manga and graphic novels. More than 70 million copies of her books are in print in more than one hundred countries. Her current series include The Dark-Hunters, The League, Deadmans Cross, Chronicles of Nick, Hellchasers, Mikro Chasers, and The Lords of Avalon. Her Chronicles of Nick and Dark-Hunter series are soon to be major motion pictures.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Hello Stranger: The Ravenels, Book 4\nDescription: ['A love story to savor. Another winner in Kleypas Ravenels series, with elegant prose, a fascinating heroine, and a Victorian London constructed with compelling historical detail. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />Kleypas will continue to win readers hearts in book four of the Ravenels [...] Kleypas makes you feel every intense moment; each heated kiss and all the thrilling action as you race to the perfect ending. There is nothing quite like a Kleypas romance. (RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars))<br /><br />Witty, often hilarious, and delightfully passionate, this compelling, thrill-laced Victorian romance is another superb series entry. (Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />Kleypas elegant, assured prose and attentive characterization adorn every page of Hello Stranger. This is a fabulous love story with a perfectly matched pair at its heart. (BookPage)<br /><br />Unforgettable, beautifully etched characters; a flawless sense of pacing; and a perfectly executed plot imbued with an abundance of desire and danger are the outstanding literary hallmarks of the latest splendid addition to Kleypas Ravenels series. (Booklist)', '', '<strong><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author LISA KLEYPAS delivers a scintillating tale of an unconventional beauty who finds passion with the spy who cant resist her</strong>', '<em>A woman who defies her time</em>', 'Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any manwhy not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been tempted to embark on an affair, until now. Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, is as gallant as he is secretive, a rumored assassin whose true loyalties are a mystery. For one exhilarating night, they give in to their potent attraction before becoming strangers again.', '<em>A man who breaks every rule</em>', 'As a Ravenel by-blow spurned by his father, Ethan has little interest in polite society, yet he is captivated by the bold and beautiful Garrett. Despite their vow to resist each other after that sublime night, she is soon drawn into his most dangerous assignment yet. When the mission goes wrong, it will take all of Garretts skill and courage to save him. As they face the menace of a treacherous government plot, Ethan is willing to take any risk for the love of the most extraordinary woman hes ever known.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 21st Century Peru Sourcebook: Shining Path Terrorism, Sendero Luminoso, Tupac Amaru Revolutionaries (Two CD-ROM Set)\nDescription: ['Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Her Perfect Revenge\nDescription: [\"I originally wrote 'Her Perfect Revenge' as a screenplay about forgiveness, love and redemption but I fell so in love with the characters that I thought, 'Hey, why don't I turn this story into a book?' And so I did! I hope this novel takes you on a fun rollercoaster ride of emotions--with love and joy and laughter and excitement and maybe even a few tears. I have also released my second romantic comedy novel, 'Why Romeo Hates Juliet' which hopefully will be another fun, crazy ride for my readers. Thank you for stopping by my Amazon Page--and keep believing in true love because it's out there and it's real. Anna Mara\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Freezing\nDescription: ['In her first thriller, <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312963157/${0}\">The Last Girl</a></i>, London barrister Penelope Evans created a memorable monster--a landlord who would do anything to keep his young, female tenants from leaving--and earned herself strong praise from the likes of Ruth Rendell and Penelope Fitzgerald. In her second book, Evans gives us an even more original central character: Stewart Park, an odd, ugly, very innocent, and ultimately most sympathetic young man who works as a morgue photographer. He becomes obsessed with the frozen body of a fragile blonde drowning victim: \"They must have rolled her onto the bank. River police. Everyday sort of work for them, people in the water. But not usually so recent. They would have taken one look at her and tried everything-- mouth to mouth, heart massage, volts of electric--everything short of shaking the life back into her.... She was beautiful. Is it all right to say that? That is what she was--beautiful. Her mouth was wide, and despite all those kisses on the river bank, unimpressed. You could trace every vein in her eyelids. There was even a faint hint of color in her cheeks. The river had done no more than wet her and take her breath away. So why not put her back in the river, and maybe the breath will return to her?\" His fascination with the dead girl causes Park to put himself at considerable risk by trying to find out who she was and how she died. And Evans has such a sure grasp on the sadly mundane details of this outwardly bizarre life that we\\'re with him every step of the way. <i>--Dick Adler</i>', \"Evans is a young London writer and lawyer with a distinct knack for macabre chills. Her new book, after The Last Girl (1997), takes as its improbable hero narrator Stewart Park, an abject stutterer of weird appearance who lives in a fantasy world of his own and works as a photographer in a morgue. Into the morgue one cold night comes the body of a lovely young woman drowned in the Thames, and Stewart, obsessed with the image of her frozen beauty, resolves to find out who she is and what happened to her. He has plenty of problems of his own in one of those gothic slum households beloved of contemporary English writers: his aging father is an eccentric who may also be a child molester; his angry sister gravitates to bullying men who mistreat her two appealing small sons; and his only comfort seems to be a computer game he has devised. Stewart's search for the dead girl's identity breaks him out of his fantasy shell but also places him in terrible dangerAand, in a frightful climactic moment, forces him to come to terms with the specter that has haunted his own unhappy family. Evans's grasp of Stewart's macabre world is sure, and his strange workmates at the morgue are wonderfully characterized. It is only in the real-life machinations that led to the drowned girl's death and in the remorseless pursuit of Stewart by some rather dimly motivated thugs that the plot machinery gets a little creaky. Still, for its gripping atmosphere and a truly original protagonist, Evans's book is a winner. <br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Empath: The Science of Highly Sensitive People - Master Your Personality, Overcome Fears and Nurture Your Gift\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Apocalypse (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi) (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Legends)\nDescription: ['<b>Troy Denning</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of<i> Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi </i>novels: <i>Abyss, Vortex, </i>and <i>Apocalypse; Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost; Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star;</i> the<i> Star Wars: Dark Nest</i> trilogy: <i>The Joiner King, The Unseen Queen,</i> and<i> The Swarm War;</i> and <i>Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest, Inferno,</i> and<i> Invincible</i>as well as <i>Pages of Pain, Beyond the High Road, The Summoning,</i> and many other novels. A former game designer and editor, he lives in western Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.', 'Chapter One <br /><br />The starliner swung into orbit around the planet Coruscant, and beyond the observation bubble appeared the glittering expanse of a billion golden lights. Through a thousand centuries of strife, those lights had continued to shine. Nothing had dimmed their brilliance not the Rakatan enslavement, not the tyranny of the Empire, not the chaos of civil war. And they continued to shine now, in this new age of creeping shadow, when enemy impostors ruled the Galactic Alliance and Sith Lords slept in the Jedi Temple itself. But all those gleaming lights made Jaina Solo wonder whether Coruscants trillion residents actually cared who won the coming warwhether it mattered that they were living under Sith rule, so long as those billion lights continued to shine. <br /><br />The answer came to her almost instantly, in the form of a dark tinge in the Force that could only mean Sith. Jaina shifted her gaze to the interior of the starliner, where a teeming mass of passengers hung floating in their transit harnesses, tethered to the walls of the EconoClass hold. Floating down the central access aisle was a Coruscanti Immigration inspector, his zero-g motility pack emitting small hisses as he twirled in slow-motion cartwheels, demanding identichips and ten- credit expediting fees. Behind him followed a pair of Bothan escorts, their snouts wrinkling in disdain each time their superior solicited another bribe. <br /><br />Jaina would have liked to believe the inspector was merely a greedy Sith Saber trying to line his pockets, but she knew better. Vestara Khai, newly defected from the Lost Tribe of Sith, had warned the assault teams to take nothing for granted. In her briefings, Vestara had emphasized that the Sith were not stupid. After insinuating themselves in the Galactic Alliance Senate, they would have moved quickly to take control of the Coruscanti Immigration Service and other key bureaucracies. They would expect the Jedi to be coming, and they would be on the lookout for infiltratorsand petty extortion was an ideal cover for someone trying to identify enemy agents. <br /><br />The inspector stopped near a pair of human siblings in their late twenties. Both were slender and good-looking, with wary eyes and small expressive mouths. The sisters hair was reddish brown, the brothers merely brown. Their fierce loyalty to each other showed in the way they remained shoulder-to-shoulder when they turned to face the immigration team. <br /><br />The inspector oriented himself to the same attitude as the siblings head-down relative to Jainaand studied the pair without speaking or reaching for their travel documents. The unexpected change of routine sent a cold ripple through Jaina, but she quickly let out a calming breath and forced herself to relax. Allowing her alarm to permeate the Force would only confirm to the inspector that he had found some- thing worth investigating. <br /><br />The siblings, Jedi Knights Valin and Jysella Horn, continued to hold their documents, doing a good job of looking like ordinary passengers who were a little bit nervous. The inspector narrowed his eyes and waited, giving them a chance to betray themselves by doing some- thing foolish. Jaina would probably never learn exactly what had caught the Siths attention, but she did know that it pointed to the one weakness of the Jedi Masters attack plan. These Sith were both careful and capable, and they outnumbered the Jedi ten to one. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Finally, the inspector said, Documents. <br /><br />Valin and Jysella extended their hands, each holding a small packet containing a fare receipt, a forged identichip, and the expediting fee. The inspector took Jysellas packet, then slid her chip into a handheld reader and compared it with the point of origin listed on the fare receipt. <br /><br />You were born on Kalla Seven? the inspector asked. Thats right, Jysella lied. My brother and I both. <br /><br />The inspector glanced at Valin, then asked him, Is this a family trip? <br /><br />Valin shook his head. No, my sister and I are traveling alone. <br /><br />Is that so? The questions were the mundane sort that customs officers all over the galaxy used to probe for story discrepancies. But the real test would be taking place on another level, Jaina knew, with the inspector searching their Force auras for the sour hint of a lie. Then youve come to visit family? <br /><br />No, Jysella replied confidently. Like every Jedi on the assault <br /><br />force, she had spent weeks perfecting her ability to lie without betraying herself in the Force. Were tourists. <br /><br />I see. The inspector glanced at her fare receipt again, then spoke to Valin in a casual voice. Four thousand credits is a lot of money to visit a few monuments and museums. You should have used the HoloNet instead. <br /><br />And spend our lives stuck in lower management? Valin retorted. I think not. <br /><br />If you havent been to Coruscant, Jysella added, you go nowhere <br /><br />at UHI. <br /><br />UHI? the inspector asked. <br /><br />Unlimited Horizons Incorporated, she explained, managing to sound just astonished enough to imply that she thought everyone knew what the acronym stood for. You knowthe UHI that controls most of the pallodenite reserves in the Corporate Sector? <br /><br />Ah . . . that UHI. The inspector had clearly been put off balance by the tacticjust as Vestara had predicted. The Lost Tribes greatest weakness lay in their inexperience with the greater galaxy. Vestara had said that the quickest way to put a Lost Tribe impostor on the defensive would be to play on that ignorance. There are so many. When the inspector pocketed the bribe and returned Jysellas documents, Jaina finally began to breathe easier. She turned her gaze back to the observation bubble and saw that the Plain Lady was crossing the terminator line into Coruscants daylight side. It would not be long now, she knew, before she was on the surface, fighting to save her homeworld . . . again. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Bazel Warv was Jade Masher, a celebrated Ramoan float wrestler. Seff Hellin was his human manager, and Vaala Razelle was Seff s Arcona assistant. The three had just arrived from a series of grudge matches in the Bothan system, and they were passing through the Galactic Center Spaceport on their way to a championship match at the Iblis Globe. All Bazel had to do was remember all thatand believe it. Belief was the key to defeating a Force-users ability to detect lies. As long as Bazel truly felt like Jade Masherthe newest, greatest rising star in the Pan-Galactic Float Wrestling Syndicatehe would have no trouble fooling Coruscants new immigration inspectors. His friend Yaqeel Saavetu had assured him of that. <br /><br />Bazel glanced across the sea of heads that were in Arrival Lobby <br /><br />757 and found Yaqeel three lines over. She was already at her inspection station, standing alongside another Bothan Jedi, Yantahar Bwuatu. Wearing the ash-gray tabards of businessbeings, the two Jedi Knights were at the front of a long line of passengers waiting to be formally admitted onto a planet that had once greeted visitors with open arms. So far, the Coruscanti populace seemed willing to believe that these new precautions were due to an influx of spice lords, and Bazel was glad. There was no need for the citizens of Coruscant to get hurtnot when the Jedi were coming to save them. <br /><br />But first the Jedi had to get past the inspection stations, and that part of the plan wasnt going well for Yaqeel and Yantahar. Their Duros immigration inspector had been joined by his captain, a narrow-eyed blond whom Bazel judged to be fairly beautiful for a human. She was firing questions at the Bothans faster than they could answer. Meanwhile, a squad of body-armored Galactic Alliance Security guards were standing ready at a nearby security post. Clearly, something was wrong. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Bazel cocked an ear in Yaqeels direction, consciously tuning out the general din of the lobby and opening himself to the Force. A cool haze of fear permeated the line a few meters behind him, but he had been sensing that off and on since debarking the starliner. There did not seem to be anything menacing in the aura, so he ignored it and focused on the conversation between his friends and the blond immigration captain. His thick hide began to prickle with the bitter margin of a dark side Force aura. Suddenly he understood why his Bothan friends were having trouble. <br /><br />Sith. <br /><br />Ignoring the growing press of the crowd behind him, Bazel ex- tended his Force awareness toward the security post. To his relief, he felt only the weak auras of non-Force-sensitive guards. The immigration captain was the only Sith in the areaprobably just a Saber, as- signed to keep watch on the arrival lobby. <br /><br />. . . all the way to Coruscant to place an order you could have filled anywhere in the galaxy? the impostor-captain was asking. United Hydrologic Institute is hardly the only Tibanna gas supplier in the Mid Rim. <br /><br />But it is the only one with access to Hutt space, Yantahar replied in his gravelly Bothan voice. And since Nar Kagga will be the closest inhabited system to our operation, naturally we want to be certain of our supply chain. <br /><br />And your operation will be . . . what, exactly? the blond impostor asked. <br /><br />A trade secret, Im afraid. Yaqeel glanced around the inspection <br /><br />station, then added, There are spies everywhere, Captain. Im sure you understand. <br /><br />The Siths reply grew inaudible when Bazels human manager grabbed the huge Ramoans wrist and asked, Masher, you awake up there? Seff Hellin started forward, trying to pull Bazel into the gap that had opened in the line ahead of them. Were holding things up. Bazel paid no attention, for over at the station where his friends were being questioned, the impostor-captain was looking over Yaqeels shoulder toward the security post. When the Sith gave a slight nod, the guards drew their stubby Merr-Sonn Urban blaster rifles and started toward the inspection station. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Vaala grabbed Bazel by the other wrist. Mighty Masher, sir. The Arconas voice was soft and bubbly. We really should keep moving. Bazel shook his head, then stepped through the cordon-beams that marked the edge of the queuing area. With matching sighs, Seff and Vaala stepped out of line behind him, each pulling a pair of expensive <br /><br />Levalug travel cases that were large enough for Vaala to sleep inside. <br /><br />Masher! Seff growled, putting just enough frustration into his voice to sound like a weary manager at the end of his wits. Theres no time for your temper right now. We have only two hours before the weigh-in. <br /><br />They wouldnt be making the weigh-in, Bazel rumbled in his native Ramoan. He could speak Basic when necessary, but his large mouth had trouble shaping the common languages delicate vowels and subtle consonants, and he needed to make himself clearly understood. Yaqeel was in trouble, he explained, and he was not going to leave until she was safe. <br /><br />Seff groaned and carefully avoided looking toward Yaqeel and Yantahar. Drawing attention to ourselves wont help anyone, Masher, he said. Our friends can take care of their own problems. <br /><br />As Seff spoke, the GAS guards shouldered their blaster rifles and fanned out behind Yaqeel and Yantahar. The two Bothans reluctantly opened their tabards, and the Sith impostor-captain stepped forward to frisk them. Bazel knew the woman wouldnt find a lightsaber or anything else to identify his two friends as Jedi Knights. The assault teams equipment had been shipped ahead, and it would be returned to them later, by an operative from the Club Bwuatu resistance society. But Bazel also knew the impostor wouldnt be searching his friends at all if she hadnt sensed that something was amiss. He had to find a way to distract her before she confirmed her suspicions . . . a way that wouldnt seem like it was a distraction. <br /><br />Vaala clamped a three-fingered hand around one of Bazels stubby fingers and quietly bent it back against the joint. Mighty Masher, sir, we need to focus on our match. She tried to lead him through the cordon-beams back into the processing line. The, uh, championship is still on, even if a couple of competitors cant make it to the arena. Balling his hand into a fist to stop Vaala from hurting his finger, <br /><br /> <br /><br />Bazel remained where he was. If a pair of clever Bothans couldnt make it past the immigration inspectors, he replied quietly, there was no reason to think he could. Besides, they didnt know how many of their peers had already been captured, and if the Sith caught even two teams of infiltrators trying to sneak onto the planet, the Jedi would find themselves attacking without the advantage of surprise, and the battle would grow very big very fast. A lot of innocent civilians would get caught in the crossfire, maybe a million of them, and Bazel wasnt going to allow that. He was going to find another way. <br /><br />Seff exhaled in exasperation. What other way? <br /><br />Bazel wasnt sure. Maybe he could go on a rampage. That would draw attention away from Yaqeel and Yantahar. <br /><br />Dont you think that would be a bit obvious, Mighty Masher, sir? <br /><br />asked Vaala. <br /><br />Bazel nodded. Tactical planning wasnt his strong point, he re- minded them, but he could tell that Seff and Vaala just wanted to follow orders, and that meant he had to develop his own idea. Maybe he could just bull ahead to the front of the line and try to push past the processing station. <br /><br />And get yourself arrested instead? Seff lowered his voice to a whisper. Do you really think you can outwit an interrogator better than a pair of Bothans? <br /><br />Bazel had to admit that was unlikely. What he needed was to present the impostor-captain with another reason for the anxiety she seemed to be sensing in Yaqeels and Yantahars Force auras. He thought for a moment, then turned back toward the line he had just left and opened himself to the Force. <br /><br />Soon he felt the same cool haze of fear he had noticed earlier, a cloud of uncertainty and dismay centered on a small cluster of amphibious Ishi Tib who had clearly not been informed of the new security procedures on Coruscant. The three females were shuffling forward reluctantly, propelled by the pressure of the crowd at their backs, while their male escort was slowly swiveling his eyestalks about, trying to appear casual as he searched for a way to bypass the inspection station. All four carried identical luggagelarge kaadu-hide traveling cases with matching satchels slung over their shouldersand it was obvious by their reluctance to set their baggage on the floor that they were as worried about losing it as they were about being caught with the contents. <br /><br />Spice. <br /><br />Bazel stepped back through the cordon-beam. Using the Force, he gently opened a path in front of him, then began to work his way toward the pod of smugglers. Seff and Vaala followed close on his heels, Seff grabbing for his sleeve. <br /><br />Masher, the inspection station is the other way. <br /><br />Bazel growled that Seff and Vaala should go on. He had a better plan. <br /><br />Im not sure changing plans is a good idea at the moment, Vaala objected. The promoters are counting on you. <br /><br />The promoters were counting on them all, Bazel reminded her, and if he saw a way to save Yaqeel and Yantahar, he was going to try it. He came to an Aqualish couple who had taken advantage of the path he had opened to sneak forward. The pair glared at him defiantly, daring him to object. He merely shouldered them aside and stepped over to the Ishi Tib, who instinctively shied away and looked as though they were going to flee. <br /><br />Bazel distracted them by raising his stubby-fingered hand in a calming gesture, then spoke in Basic, warning them about the security check ahead. <br /><br />The male curled his eyestalks forward in confusion. What? he asked. Check your head? <br /><br />Theres a security check ahead, Vaala clarified, stepping to <br /><br />Bazels side. She glanced up at him, silently signaling her reluctant acceptance of his new plan. Then she turned back to the smugglers and put a little Force energy into her voice. You should allow our friend to take those packages across for you. <br /><br />The Ishi Tib let their beaks gape in surprise. Youre with . . . them? <br /><br />Did you think they would leave a shipment this big to chance? <br /><br />Seff asked, also joining them. As the line continued to shuffle past, he lowered his voice and pointed at Bazel. You need to hand over the cases now. <br /><br /> <br /><br />The males eyestalks quivered slightly, and he turned to his three companions. We need to hand our cases over. He gave his traveling case to Bazel, then took the satchel off his shoulder and passed it over, as well. Now. <br /><br />The three females were all too happy to obey, and within moments <br /><br />Bazel had four satchels slung over his head and four heavy cases tucked beneath his arms. Seff watched as the much-relieved Ishi Tib melted back into the processing line, then looked up at Bazel. <br /><br />Youre sure about this? <br /><br />Bazel glanced across the lobby toward Yaqeel and Yantahar. They had already removed their outer tabards, and now they stood with their fingers interlaced behind their heads while the imposter-captain searched their pockets. As soon as the Sith found something to use as an excuse for an arrest, she would turn his friends over to her superiors for questioning. Yaqeel and Yantahar could withstand any kind of normal interrogation, Bazel knew, but nobody could withstand Force torture. Under that kind of pressure, even Yaqeel would start to reveal important details about the Jedi planhow Nek and Eramuth Bwuatu had been running a secret intelligence network, for instance, or how many Jedi Knights had landed on Coruscant. She might even reveal how much the Jedi truly knew about what was happening on the planet. <br /><br />Bazel nodded. He assured his companions that he would meet them at the original rendezvous point, and then he began to work his way across the lobby toward his friends. Although it was impossible for a being his size to cut across so many processing lines without drawing attention, Bazel attempted to do exactly that, sliding into each line from the side and shooting a menacing glower at anyone who appeared to object. By the time he reached the target line, the impostor- captain and her GA Security guards were frowning in his direction. <br /><br />Continuing to hold the Ishi Tibs traveling cases beneath his long arms, Bazel looked away and pretended not to notice that he was being watched. Of course, the act didnt fool anyone. <br /><br />You there! the Sith barked. Step forward. <br /><br />Bazel continued to look at the ceiling, pretending to study one of the giant sparkle balls that provided illumination for the lobby. <br /><br />You, the big green one! the Sith called again. Come forward. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Bazel turned his head away, then heard the clatter of two GAS guards shoving through the crowd. He started to move away, the line now parting before him to avoid getting caught in a fight. <br /><br />A reedy Rodian voice ordered, Halt! <br /><br />Dont make us use the shock net, big fella, added the second guard, a human male. Theres nowhere for you to go. <br /><br />Bazel dropped his chin and let out a long, lip-flapping moan, then slowly turned to face the two guards. The human was aiming a big- barreled netgun at him. The Rodian had shouldered his blaster rifle. <br /><br />You are talking to me? Bazel asked in his rumbling Basic. SorryI didnt know. <br /><br />The guards scowled at his thick accent, then the Rodian motioned him toward the inspection station. Captain Suhale wants to see you. You are taking me to the front of the line? Bazel forced a nervous <br /><br />grin. Thank you. <br /><br />He walked a dozen paces to the front of the line, taking pains to be obvious about trying to avoid the eyes of both the Sith female Captain Suhaleand the two Bothans she was questioning. Suhale let him continue until he was almost past the station, then spoke in a voice so cold it sent a shiver down his back. <br /><br />I will have them open fire, you know. <br /><br />Bazel stopped and slowly turned to face her. This close up, the Sith was more intimidating than beautiful, with cold lavender eyes and cheekbones so prominent they looked like stone. He glanced toward Yaqeel and Yantahar, who were doing a good job of concealing any alarm they might be feeling, then looked away so quickly he could al- most feel Yaqeel cringing at his ineptitude. <br /><br />Perfect. <br /><br />Thank you, Suhale said. Now, why are you keeping a watch on these two Bothans? <br /><br />Bothans? Bazel made a point of not looking in Yaqeels direction. <br /><br />I dont know any Bothans. <br /><br />Suhales eyes flared. Youre lying, she said. And I want to know why. Shall we have a look inside those traveling cases youre carrying? Bazel shook his head and clamped the cases more tightly beneath <br /><br />his arms. <br /><br />I wasnt asking. Suhale nodded at one of the guards, and the Rodian pressed a blaster muzzle into the small of Bazels back. Place them on the table. <br /><br />Bazel exhaled loudly, then glanced toward Yaqeel as though looking for permission. <br /><br />Yaqeel frowned in obvious confusion, then demanded, Why are you looking at me, Green Thing? <br /><br />I was just wondering the same thing, Suhale replied. She crooked a finger and motioned Bazel forward. Come now. Matters will go very hard on you if I am forced to tell you again. <br /><br />Bazel reluctantly placed the traveling cases on the inspection table, then removed the matching shoulder satchels from around his neck and placed them on the table, as well. <br /><br />That wasnt so hard, was it? Suhale motioned to the first case. Open it. <br /><br />Bazel stood the case upright, then leaned over the latch . . . and saw the weakness in his plan. <br /><br />Locks. <br /><br />Confident that his thumbprint wasnt going to deactivate the security mechanism, Bazel thought for a moment, trying to recall his lectures on spice smuggling. Finally, he held his huge thumb above the tiny scanning pad and shrugged. <br /><br />I cant. <br /><br />Suhale scowled. What do you mean you cant? she demanded. Theyre your cases, arent they? <br /><br />Bazel turned to Yaqeel. Her narrowed eyes suggested that she had finally begun to understand his plan, but she merely curled her lip and snarled, Like I said, why are you looking at me? <br /><br />Because the cases are yours, obviously, Suhale said. Open them. <br /><br />Now. <br /><br />You open them, Yaqeel retorted. Theyre not mine. <br /><br />Or mine, Yantahar added before Suhale could look in his direction. Ive never seen them before. Not the big green thing, either. <br /><br />Very well, Suhale said, pulling a vibroknife from her equipment belt. Ill open them. <br /><br />Before she could activate the blade, the original inspectors blue hand shot out to catch her by the wrist. Captain, you might want to reconsider that. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Suhale shot the Duros a scowl that suggested she was considering using the tool on him instead. And why would that be, Inspector? <br /><br />The Duros seemed genuinely surprised. Spice smuggling, maam. The containers may be rigged to keep the couriers from stealing the cargo. <br /><br />Spice? Suhale turned back to Bazel, the disappointment in her voice a clear suggestion that she was there to catch Jedi, not smugglers. Is that what youre carrying? <br /><br />Bazel dropped his gaze and tipped his head toward Yaqeel. Ask <br /><br />her. <br /><br />Youre dead, Ramoan, Yaqeel rasped, taking her cue from Bazel. You know that, right? <br /><br />Suhale smirked, though without enthusiasm. I do believe that <br /><br />sounds like a yes. <br /><br />She placed her thumbs over the scanning pads. Bazel felt a slight stirring in the Force, and the latches popped. The Duros inspector cringed openlythen drew a look of open disdain from Suhale. <br /><br />Theres nothing to be afraid of, Inspector Modt, she said. It wasnt locked, after all. <br /><br />The DurosInspector Modtstepped back anyway. Confident that Suhale had used the Force to disable the explosives before she un- locked the case, Bazel remained next to the inspection table as she spread it open. The interior was filled with clothes in the glistening materials favored by sea speciessleeveless zhoopsuits in teal scalara, shimmersilk blouses in every color beneath the water. <br /><br />Suhale pulled out a short orange dress and held it up between her <br /><br />and Yaqeel, then frowned. Not really your style. Do I look Ishi? Yaqeel replied quickly. <br /><br />Thats hardly relevant, Modt said. <br /><br />Why not? Suhale asked. <br /><br />Modt studied her for a long time, his raised chin betraying the con- tempt he felt for a superior who obviously did not have the slightest experience catching smugglers. This ignorance of galactic culture was, Bazel knew, a great part of the reason the Jedi were going to defeat the Lost Tribe. <br /><br />Finally, Modt said, Its a common technique. He reached over and pulled the Ishi Tib clothes out of the case. Smugglers establish inconsistencies so that if theyre caught carrying contraband, they can claim the luggage belongs to someone else. <br /><br />Modt ran his long Duros fingers along the inner edge of the case, then tore the lining away from the top, near the latches, and pulled out a detonator wire. He removed a detonite charge large enough to blast the entire inspection area back to protons and electrons, then used a laser scalpel to carefully cut away the travel cases interior panel. Packed into the space between the panel and the outer shell was a thin layer of blue paste, its surface sparkling with millions of microscopic yellow crystals. <br /><br />The Duros touched the tip of his smallest finger to the paste, then shuddered and jerked his hand away. Neutron pixie, he gasped. Pure! <br /><br />Pure? Suhale glanced at the other three cases, though she still seemed disappointed at having caught nothing more than a few spice smugglers. It seems we have made quite a haul, then. <br /><br />You could say that, the Duros confirmed. After its cut, this much pixie would have to be worth ten, maybe twenty million credits. That much? Suhale grew thoughtful, then said, You seem to have caught a team of smugglers. Perhaps you should take them into <br /><br />custody. <br /><br />My pleasure, Captain, responded the Duros. <br /><br />He signaled for the GAS squad to make the arrests, then closed the traveling case and motioned a couple of agents forward to seize the evidence. Bazel was not surprised to see Suhale raise a restraining hand. The security team is going to have their hands full with the prisoners, I think, she said, eyeing Bazels mountainous form. Ill bring <br /><br />the spice along later. <br /><br />The Duros eyes narrowed in suspicion, but he did not attempt to object. There was a new order on Coruscant, and it did not like to be questioned. <br /><br />A pair of GAS agents pulled Bazels arms behind his back and slapped his wrists into a set of oversized stun cuffs. As they spun him toward their security post, Yaqeel caught his eye, then nodded and flashed a barely perceptible smile. Bazel almost winked. They both knew the hard part was behind them. All they had to do now was escape a security detail, and that was not going to be a problem. <br /><br /> <br /><br />* * * <br /><br /> <br /><br />The hologram of a human newscaster was floating above the boarding berth, a huge female face with pouty lips, amber eyes, and a radiant complexion. The few passengers still lingering in the area seemed transfixed by her silken voice, which rolled across the platform in a steady, hypnotic patter that Luke Skywalker recognized as a Force technique designed to lull listeners into a receptive state of mind. <br /><br />Citizens are advised to avoid confronting members of the Jedi Spice Cartel, the newscaster was saying. Intelligence reports from Eramuth Bwuatu identified her as Kayala Fei, a Sith Saber who had been planted on the staff at the BAMR News Network. All members are known to be trained assassins, and most have a documented history of violence. <br /><br />Feis image was replaced by one of Luke himself, and her lilting voice continued, In other news, rumors persist that the overlord of the Jedi Spice Cartel, Luke Skywalker, has returned to Coruscant. Citizens are ordered to report all possible sightings of Skywalkereither to the nearest GAS agent, or through normal emergency channels. <br /><br />The hologram switched again, this time to an image of a dark- haired male. As handsome as Fei was beautiful, he had a coppery complexion, violet eyes, and a thin face with sharp features. <br /><br />GAS Superintendent Vhool continues to investigate the full scope of the Jedi spicerunning operation, Feis voice said. Vhool believes the Jedi are running spice to finance their own covert operations, including attempts to subvert the abolitionist organization known as Freedom Flight. Senior officers have suggested that their intention is to destabilize the Galactic Alliance by overthrowing legitimate governments along the entire galactic rim. <br /><br />Luke looked away in disgust. The Jedi were no more attempting to subvert Freedom Flight than they were running spice, but BAMR was such a tool of the Sith that it did not even bother to pretend its propaganda had any basis in fact. <br /><br />On the opposite side of the half-empty platform, Luke saw two members of his infiltration team, Doran Tainer and Seha Dorvald, trying to catch his eye. Dressed in the festive, rumpled clothes of vacationers returning home from a trip packed with more dancing and gambling than relaxation, the two Jedi Knights were almost indistinguishable from the handful of passengers between them and Luke. The one difference was how alert they seemed, how unaffected they were by the hypnotic lies rolling from Kayala Feis shapely mouth. <br /><br />Once it grew clear that they had caught Lukes eye, Sehas gaze slid away, as though her attention had shifted. Doran tipped his head toward the back of the platform, where a long pedramp descended from the arrival lobby of the Manarai Heights Spaceport. <br /><br />For a moment Luke thought they were trying to draw his attention to the tall, broad-shouldered male just stepping onto the top of the pedramp. His face was decorated with a web of dark, awl-shaped lines radiating outward from an angry gaze. At first glance, the fellow appeared to be a member of the Lost Tribe attempting to follow Lukes assault team in full vorshandi face markings. But as the man descended, it grew apparent that his chiseled features were much too weathered and rugged to be those of a Sith from Kesh, and that the face markings were, in fact, permanent tattoos. Still, there was a darkness in the mans Force aura that Luke found troubling, and he continued to think this was the object of Dorans attention until the tattooed man suddenly met Lukes gaze and nodded toward the other side of the pedramp. <br /><br />Ascending the up-lane was a squad of GAS guards who had arrived on the last levtram. Their ill-fitting uniforms and bellicose demeanor identified them as new recruits, many of whom Chief of State Kem had rushed into service shortly after assuming office. Their sergeant was at the rear of the squad, his handsome face showing in profile as he scrutinized a teenage couple descending the other side of the pedramp. <br /><br />Luke saw no reason for the scrutiny, no mistakes in disguise or behavior to suggest that Ben Skywalker and Vestara Khai were anything other than the two young lovers they were clearly becoming. Their arms were entwined around each others waists so tightly they seemed joined at the hip, and the affection they felt for each other was a bright heat in the Force. Both were dressed in the latest teenage fashion sparkling capes over black exercise suits. They had even dyed their hair the same shade of yellow, and they wore it in equally outrageous styles, Bens gelled into double head-fins and Vestaras lacquered into a straight fall that just brushed her shoulders. <br /><br /> <br /><br />And yet the GAS sergeant continued to stare as the pedramp carried them closer, his attention locking on Vestara. She did a good job of pretending to be unnerved by the scrutiny, allowing her gaze to continually drift back in his direction to see if he was still watching her. Then, when they had drawn to within a few meters of each other, she finally turned on him with a withering teenage sneer. <br /><br />The sergeant merely smirked and held her gaze. <br /><br />She looked away almost instantly, and Luke cursed beneath his breath. The recognition had been as plain to see in Vestaras shock as it had been in the sergeants smirk, and that could only mean they knew each other from her time as an apprentice in the Lost Tribe of the Sith. <br /><br />Luke glanced back toward the tattoo-faced stranger and found the mans gaze resolutely locked on the BAMR news holo above the plat- form. Whoever he wasperhaps one of Club Bwuatus more sinister operativeshe clearly had no wish to involve himself any deeper than he already had. <br /><br />And that was fine with Luke. He used his eyes to signal Doran and Seha back onto the pedramp, then began to drift toward the rear of the platform, feeling more frustrated by the turn of events than alarmed. All of the other teams had reported a flawless infiltration, and now an unlikely coincidence threatened to eliminate the advantage of surprise. It reminded him of one of Nek Bwuatus favorite maxims: No battle plan survives the first ten minutes of battle. <br /><br />As Luke drew near the pedramp, he unleashed a powerful burst of Force energy. The hologram of Kayala Fei dissolved into static, and every comlink on the platform began to chime for attention. In the same instant the Sith sergeant whirled around with narrowed eyes, obviously searching for the source of the tempest he had just felt in the Force. Then the overhead illumination panels began to sizzle out, and the sergeants gaze found Luke just as the entire waiting area was plunged into darkness. <br /><br />Luke felt the sergeantthe impostor-sergeantreaching for him in the Force. He allowed the Sith to grab holdthen pulled, jerking the man off the pedramp. The sergeant let out a muffled cry of surprise, then activated his lightsaber in mid-flight. <br /><br />The lightsaber was a big mistake. Totally unaware of their sergeants true identity, one of the GAS recruits cried out in alarm, and another yelled, Jedi! <br /><br />Blasterfire began to scream out from the pedramp, turning the darkened platform into a blinding storm of color and flashes. The impostor began to bat bolts back toward the GAS recruits, and shrieking passengers raced about in the dark, slamming into walls and one an- other. <br /><br />Then the impostor landed less than two meters away from Luke. He whirled into a shoulder-high slash, simultaneously batting bolts aside and trying to behead Luke. With his own lightsaber still waiting for him at the rendezvous point, Luke could only drop to a crouch and spin into a sweeping heel kick, which the Sith avoided by leaping back out of range. <br /><br />A gurgle of pain and astonishment suddenly spilled from the sergeants mouth, then his lightsaber dropped to his side and deactivated. An instant later his body thumped to the platform, and he began to wail in agony. <br /><br />Everyone okay? Vestara asked, using the wailing of her victim to mask her own voice. <br /><br />Yep, Ben answered. When he spoke again, his voice was moving closer to Vestara. Are you? <br /><br />Im fine. Vestaras voice was warm. How about you, old man? Not a scratch, Luke said, more surprised at Vestaras quick reaction than he should have been. How many times had she saved his life? <br /><br />And Bens? Thanks . . . again. My pleasure, Vestara said. <br /><br />More blasterfire sounded from high up the pedramp, followed by the snap of breaking bones and the thud of bodies being thrown into walls. In the flashing light, Luke caught a glimpse of two athletic shadowsDoran and Sehaleaping over the separation barrier onto the down side of the pedramp. <br /><br />A levtram should be arriving any second, Luke said. You two go ahead and board. <br /><br />You coming? Ben asked out of the darkness. <br /><br />Right behind you. Luke reached out in the Force and found the boiling cloud of anguish that was the wounded impostors Force aura. He hated the idea of killing any enemy in cold bloodeven a Sith. But he couldnt take Sith prisoners, and leaving the man alive was not an option. He had recognized Vestara Khai, and if he survived to report that to his superiors, the Lost Tribe would realize that the Jedi had arrived. I need to take care of something. <br /><br />A soft female hand touched his arm. No, you dont, Vestara said. Hes not going to tell anyone what he saw. <br /><br />The lights of a levtram appeared in the transit lane, and Luke felt Doran and Seha reaching out to him as they scurried past. They were pouring reassurance into the Force, letting him know that the fight had been obscured by darkness. And that meant it would be difficult to confirm that Jedi had been involved. After all, no matter what the GAS recruits thought they had seen, anyone the Sith sent to investigate would quickly realize that the only lightsaber involved belonged to a member of the Lost Tribe. <br /><br />Luke breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced toward the levtram boarding berth. In the brightening glow of its headlamps, he could al- ready see the silhouettes of dozens of passengers lining up to escape the chaos on the platform. He turned back toward Vestaras voice. The recruits might not have anything useful to tell their superiors, but their wounded leader would. <br /><br />Go, he ordered her. I wont be a second. <br /><br />No, Vestara replied. Trust me. He wont live long enough to tell anyone anything. <br /><br />Something small and glassy shattered on the platform at her feet, and Luke realized why the impostor was still screaming in anguish. Vestara had attacked him with a shikkar, a glass stiletto used by members of the Lost Tribe to express disdain for the victim of the assault. After stabbing an enemy, they would snap off the hilt and leave the blade buried deep in a vital organ, condemning the victim to a death as certain as it was painful. <br /><br />I had to use his own shikkar against him, so the High Lords will assume this is a vendetta killing. Vestara tried to pull Luke toward the boarding berth. But it wont work if were still standing over the body when the lights come on. <br /><br />We wont be. Luke pulled his arm free. As much as he admired Vestaras quick thinking, there was a ruthlessness in her casual willingness to prolong the mans anguisha coldnessthat made him wonder if she would ever be capable of becoming a true Jedi Knight. She still didnt seem to understand that the way a person won a battle was far more important than whether she won it. But theres no need to make him suffer. Dead is dead. <br /><br />Luke reached out in the Force and found the sensation of burning cold that was the shikkar buried inside the Siths torso. It seemed to be only a few millimeters below the throbbing fire of the mans heart, a placement likely to kill him a bit more slowly than Vestara believed. Luke touched the blade in the Force and tipped it upward just a millimeterthen heard the impostor gasp as it sliced into his heart. <br /><br />Vestaras hand tightened on Lukes arm. What happened? You didnt <br /><br />It will look like the blade shifted, Luke assured her. Even the <br /><br />High Lords will never know why. Who was he? <br /><br />An old friend of my fathers, Vestara said, sounding a bit sad and disappointed. Master Myal. <br /><br />I see, Luke replied. <br /><br />The levtram arrived at the boarding berth and opened its doors, and panicked passengers from the platform began to push inside with- out giving anyone on board a chance to debark. Luke took a moment to look around, thenwhen he did not see any trace of the tattooed man from the pedramphe and Vestara pushed into the panicked crowd. <br /><br />As they entered the glow from the lights inside the car, Luke was surprised to see that there were tears welling in Vestaras eyes. <br /><br />What did he do to make you hate him so much? <br /><br />Hate him? Vestara looked up to meet Lukes gaze. I didnt hate him. He was always very kind to me. <br /><br />Luke frowned. Then you used his own shikkar because . . . Because I didnt have mine, and we have a war to win. Vestara rose onto her tiptoes and whispered into his ear. I did it for the Jedi cause, Master Skywalker.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Moral Responsibility in the Holocaust\nDescription: [\"David H. Jones has provided students and teachers of the Holocaust with a clearly written, well organized exploration of the basic moral issues surrounding the murder of six million Jews. Jones's book is an important and valuable contribution to the study of ethics and the Holocaust. (<i>Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies</i>)<br /><br />This book . . . must receive serious consideration by all those who wish to gain an understanding of the Nazi Holocaust and who seek to prevent it and similar occurences. . . . It is written in easily accessible and, indeed, elegant language and yet is thorough in dealing with relevant philosophical works. (Erich H. Loewy, University of California, Davis; Bioethics Program <i>H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online</i>)<br /><br />Jones is at his best in the profound analysis of self-deception he offers. . . . Recommended for undergraduates reflecting on the ethical implications of the Holocaust. (P. K. Steinfeld,, Buena Vista University <i>CHOICE</i>)<br /><br />While defending the view that individuals caught up in large-scale historic events like the Holocaust are still responsible for their choices, he provides the philosophical tools needed to assess the responsibility, both negative and positive, of perpetrators, accomplices, bystanders, victims, helpers, and rescuers. (<i>Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies</i>)<br /><br />As a pedagogical presentation, it is exemplary for its thoroughness and clarity. This book is a serious contribution to current moral philosophy. It should certainly be on the agenda of all pilosophers and teachers who are concerned with deep issues of value where matters of life and death are raised. (<i>Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy</i>)<br /><br />Lucid, thorough, original. This insightful and sensitive study will be of interest to students, scholars, and anyone concerned with guilt, responsibility, and the Holocaust. (Roger W. Smith, president, Association of Genocide Scholars)<br /><br />This book is a serious contribtion to current moral philosophy. It should certainly be on the agenda of all pilosophers and teachers who are concerned with deep issues of value where matters of life and death are raised. (David Evans, Staffordshire University)<br /><br />Bringing ethical theory and history together, Jones admirably shows how Holocaust studies challenge philosophy and also how philosophical reflection can shed important light on a tremendously dark chapter of human experience. (<i>Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy</i>)<br /><br />Jones does an excellent job of connecting the fundamental ethical ideas about character and responsiblity to specfic situations faced in those grim times. (Frank Fair, Sam Houston State University)<br /><br />A welcome addition to the growing body of post-Holocaust ethics literature...this rich book highlights central issues in the discussion of ethics and the Holocaust. It should be a bibliographic imperative in this field. (John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M, Ph.D., SHOFAR <i>Holocaust and Genocide Studies</i>)\", '<b>David H. Jones</b> is professor of philosophy emeritus at The College of William & Mary.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: How do I pray to God?: A children's prayer guide\nDescription: ['New and upcoming author Lakeyshuh Carolina hails from Jersey City, New Jersey and currently resides in Sumter, South Carolina. She has three siblings: one sister and two brothers. Though she lived in S.C. for the past six years she has lived in Louisiana and North Carolina as well as traveled in many states in the U.S. and internationally. Writing has been her safe haven for expression for as long as she can remember. Over her life she has had 7 surgeries that came from various health issues and through those times she found that writing and prayer pushed her through each time. Like many she suffered from feelings of rejection at a young age so she understands the power and necessity of prayer. Prayer as an adult is important yet understanding how and what to pray as a child will accompany their growth in communicating. This is evident in Lakeyshuhs book: How Do I Pray to God? A Childrens Prayer Guide. In the Spring 2013 the book will be released for purchase. She has been a member of Love Covenant Church, where Apostle Tommy and Prophet Angela Frederick are Pastors, since March 2007. She serves diligently and faithfully in the multi-media department, housekeeping, and the Kingdom Gospel Choir. She enjoys Shotokan Karate (orange belt), crocheting, and volunteering. Shed like to share with you, When Christ is your strength then your dreams can overtake your circumstances.']"
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"rejected": "Title: Sally Goes to the Mountains\nDescription: ['Sally can\\'t wait. This affable black Lab and her human pal (appearing only occasionally as a partially offstage arm or lap) are going camping in the mountains. She\\'s read all about the animals up there--rabbits, bears, moose, owls, beavers, skunks--and is itching to get to know each and every one. They load up the van with gear and plenty of dog food, and Sally snuggles down to sleep for the long ride, while visions of songbirds and berry-munching bears dance in her head. This irresistible canine is well acquainted with road trips after her earlier trip to the beach (<i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810941864/${0}\">Sally Goes to the Beach</a></i>). Dog lovers especially will be amused by Sally\\'s innocent ramblings and her dreamy fixation on food. Internationally acclaimed artist Stephen Huneck creates fantastic hand-carved woodblock prints of the stocky Lab (who also starred in his <i><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670877360/${0}\">My Dog\\'s Brain</a></i>) and miscellaneous mountain critters, creating the kind of art that will linger long in a reader\\'s memory. (Ages 3 to 7) <i>--Emilie Coulter</i>', \"The adventurous black lab from Sally Goes to the Beach heads to the range in Sally Goes to the Mountains by Stephen Huneck. Here she discovers an evasive rabbit, has a humorous exchange with an owl and takes a swim, and the final pages offer readers a surprise. Huneck's woodblock prints capture the rolling landscape and incorporate some abstract twists (such as a tree that grows dog food).\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sous Vide Cookbook: The Complete Sous Vide Cookbook: 550 Simply Delicious Everyday Sous Vide Recipes to Make at Home\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Sous Vide Cookbook</b><br /><br />\"In this excellent new book Michelle takes us through the science and all the steps and secrets - and ease! - of sous vide cooking. Once she has educated us she offer her recipes - vegetables and fruits, poultry, fish and shellfish, beef, lamb and other red meats, pork, vegan, desserts, cocktails and infusions, stocks, sauces, broth and spice rubs.This is one of the best and most informed food books available. Excellent on every level.\" <b>-- Grady Harp, Top Contributor: HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER</b><br /><br />\"I own a lot of cook books that I have accumulated over the years. This is up in at least me top 3 of cook books I have bought or read for sure! Written in a very clear style, one that explains even the fundamentals of cooking in an interesting, scientific manner if you will. Not \"Geeky\" at all, just the facts and why they work when applied correctly. I have only had is a couple weeks and have already made a half dozen of the recipes with excellent results.\" <b>-- Rebecca Whitten, Amazon Reader</b><br /><br />\"Excellent cookbook for the beginner or professional. The recipes are well thought out and it even goes into the history of this style cooking as well as why it works. Really like it.\" <b>-- Kindle Customer, Verified Purchase</b><br /><br />\"If you are new to Sous Vide Cooking, and you are interested in learning this new skill, this may be the perfect book for you. This book gives a lot of background on Sous Vide Cooking: where it originated from, what it means, how to cook your food Sous Vide, and last but not least it includes mouth-watering recipes and much more. As Sous Vide food is especially flavorful and nutritious, this book will be a good choice for moms and cooks alike. Recommended.\" <b>--Laylah, Reader and Paleo Diet Follower</b>', 'Michelle Dorrance is the founder and culinary director of the Brooklyn Springs Cooking Academy. She is a lifestyle coach & educator, Food for Life instructor, chef instructor in the culinary program at the University of New Mexico-Taos, personal chef, career coach, and a corporate consultant offering wellness training, brand representation, and strategic planning services. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Michelle lives there with her husband and daughter. She loves anchovies, radishes, chicken feet, and lox but not in that order. During her spare time, Michelle loves to visit different places around the world, taking pictures, and spending time in the kitchen creating new recipes.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Thir Franthith Thnake: An Unauthorithed Biography\nDescription: ['Piggy Trotters had a long career in the corporate world at senior levels. He holds six degrees (yes 6) ranging from finance and business administration to counter-terrorism and international security. Piggy is a long time reader of Australian history, military history, terrorism and counter-terrorism. As part of his Masters degree in counter-terrorism at Macquarie University, Piggy wrote an extensive paper on the financing of terrorism. Now retired, the child within Piggy is no longer restrained and has been unleashed with a vengeance. The concept of the book Thir Franthith Thnake (an unauthorithed biography) commenced with an idea from Piggys brother, Porky Trotters, some decades ago. That early idea has been expanded upon in more recent times by Piggy to create this complete story. If nothing else, it represents many hours of fun in putting it together and engaging others to participate in the process. Three cheers for Inma, the illustrator! The story follows the hilarious adventures of our hero, who overcomes childhood adversity to develop into a mature and confident young adult, and ultimately becomes a hero to all. Along the way he meets a new mate, Ralph, who shares the adventures. The book features a puzzle, the Pigs puzzle, which challenges readers to solve the mystery. It also features the curious visions our hero has along the way, the meaning of which is only revealed in the climax to the story. It is a story of overcoming adversity, good triumphs over evil, and there is even an ugly duckling story embedded within it, and its very funny. You should read it.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: I, Human\nDescription: ['\"In John Nelson\\'s futuristic and aptly titled spy thriller, I, Human, he explores the boundaries of what it means to be human . ..Intelligence analyst Alan Reynard is sent on a mission to secretly infiltrate a Bornie spiritual community whose leader, Maria Fria seems to be able to heal people and enhance emotion in ways beyond what the brain processors can do. But those who have sent him have not revealed the real purpose of his mission and Reynard and an outcast former, Emma, will find themselves on a dangerous exploration into the truth of self, consciousness and who we are and can be. An intriguing and superb futuristic spy thriller.\"<br /> --Andrew Kaplan, author of the <em>Scorpion and Homeland novels.</em><br /><br /> \"John Nelson, in I, Human, imaginatively gives an apocalyptic scenario about the dark sides of pharmaco genomics and neural implants. He tackles a ticklish question. What exactly is a human being, and is there an invisible line inside that splits the human biocomputer into part man and part machine? And how will governments of the future manipulate it?\"<br /> --Henry David Abraham, M.D., author, co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize<br /><br /> Alan Reynard starts the novel as a typical Everyman: he has a neuralimplant, making him a transhuman, that has upped his I.Q. and he usesthat ability. However, where he differs is that he works for a company, K industries (\"a private sector think tank for all levels of lawenforcement\") that specializes in finding individuals who are breakingthe law. Reynard specializes in thinking outside of the box, thinking of non-logical ways that a felony was accomplished. Additionally, whenbeing interviewed by the company psychologist Reynard shows he is ableto switch from one mental state to another to another quickly. It\\'s notexplained what he\\'s doing, but it\\'s strongly insinuated that he\\'s ableto essentially switch off his emotions, an ability he\\'s trained himselfto do. This distances him from being human and more like his computerimplant, but makes him the perfect focus for an individual to rediscover what it means to be emotional. Reynard hides nothing from the reader in his narration. He is, rightfully, in a constant state of secondguessing, bordering on paranoia, how anyone\\'s words and actions could be hiding a more sinister purpose. <br /> Dr. Klaus weaves in and out of the novel whenever Reynard is mandated to speak with the psychologist.Klaus is an wonderfully enigmatic character, who seems to confideconfidential information to his patient, but ultimately reports to thecompany. Maria Fria is the X factor of this novel, being the next\"borny\" assignment. The government, who has hired Reynard, believes shemay have telepathic abilities because she is causing a community inArizona to grow in their distrust of implants and has, supposedly,caused previous agents to go insane from their contact with her. After a tremendous build up from company characters, Fria turns out to be avery different character, and in doing so Nelson has made her everyappearance an important and excellent one. These characters are alloutstanding, with Reynard being one of the better original sciencefiction protagonists I\\'ve encountered in some time.<br /> There are no radical or stereotypical science fiction settings in this book and that works immensely to the story\\'s success. This could be set in New Yorkten to twenty years from now. The explosive setting is in Arizona andthe many road trips that Reynard takes with his companions. After beingexposed to Fria, Reynard begins to see and experience things he hasn\\'tdone before, allowing Nelson to describe sensations that are wonderfulto read. The descriptions of something so simple as food made meimmensely hungry with how each meal is described. This is good writing. <br /> The action is psychological in this novel. The threat is what Friaand her ilk could do to one\\'s implant and to one\\'s mind. There is a lotof build up that allows Fria\\'s reveal and actions to have an incrediblyhigh level of tension. Before going on this mission, every scene atReynard\\'s home and work is one of constant distrust, pulling the readerinto the protagonist\\'s mind wonderfully. This paranoia is constant,which had me reading the book in one setting because I could not put itdown. <br /> [While] the conclusion was a disappointment--once thecharacters make a key decision, the novel follows a predictablepath--there is much to enjoy in this tale of a too near, too possibleexistence. Alan Reynard is one of the best Everyman characters in recent science fiction. If only the ending hadn\\'t taken a drastic turn. Thequestions this novel addresses go beyond the genre and hammer at modernman\\'s existence. Worth reading. <br /> --SciFiPulse - Patrick Hayes<br /><br /> A spy story with an evolutionary twist. Who do you trust? Your name is Alan, and you are the sharpest knife in the drawer. Your combination of surveillance skills, trained intelligence, and honed intuition make you a formidable counter-intelligence agent for your employer, which is ostensibly K Industries, and, is, in reality, though slightly behind the scenes, the government.<br /> I, Human is set a few decades in the future, in a society that is reaping the harvest we are sowing now. The partial collapse of the ozone layer and the rise of the oceans have led people to protect themselves in ways they take for granted and we would find horrifying. <br /> Politically, a corporate / governmental elite manipulates everything and everybody, including each other. The elite is are all about control, and everyone automatically assumes (correctly) that they are under continuous electronic scrutiny.The natural result is the curtailment--practically the abandonment--of emotionally intimate relationships.<br /> But the sharpest arrow in the surveillance state\\'s quiver is the neural processor implant. The NP vastly enhances computational ability, making people smarter and faster. (Alan\\'s IQ is about 200.) But it also deadens feelings, which is fine with the powers that be.<br /> The result is a life of almost autistic self-absorption, an almost unbearable loneliness, taken for granted the way the fact that tasteless food is taken for granted. It is a world of deadened feeling, with sex as casual, as mechanical, as anything else,and real relationship rare. And that is life inside the world of the privileged!<br /> There is another, the communities called \"borny\"because they prefer to live the way they were born, refusing neural processors. In a society that demands conformity, there is no threat so great as those who go their own way, regardless whether they have any additional agenda. Just the fact that they exist makes them a potential threat.<br /> And so, one day Alan is told he is going under cover again. There is a healer out in Arizona whose healings, and the healings performed by those she has trained, threaten to interfere with the functioning of the neural processor. Is she secretly attempting to bring down the government? Is she part of an underground network? He is supposed to go find out.<br /> He doesn\\'t know what the real agenda is, so he doesn\\'t know how much room to maneuver he has. And then he meets the healer, as planned, and experiences her energy, as planned--and that\\'s the end of the plan. From this point in, the plan is being re-written on the fly, by Alan, by the healer, by life itself. <br /> Alan plays increasingly complicated and delicate mind games with his controller, trying to hide the fact that he isn\\'t really on the team any more. But by that time he has become transformed in ways foreseen by nobody, and he has put vaster changes into motion.<br /> In the end,the take-away is that life itself has preferences, and will produce unforeseen developments to support itself--but it needs human cooperation, and only in that cooperation can the products of a distorted society learn what it is to be truly human.<br /> Absorbing and thought-provoking. Highly recommended. <br /> --New Dawn Magazine - Frank DeMarco <br /><br /> \"In his latest offering I, Human, John Nelson, veteran speculative fiction author, starts off in what seems to be the dystopian tradition of Orwell\\'s 1984 or Huxley\\'s Brave New World. To the previously expounded population control methods, Nelson adds neural implants craftily programmed to boost recipients\\' mental processing powers to genius levels while numbing normal emotions and intuition to almost nil.<br /> I, Human is staged in a hostile future permanently disfigured by human science gone amok. Alan Reynard, an intelligence analyst, is sent to the Arizona desert to infiltrate a spiritual community whose charismatic leader, Maria Fria, is known to heal and enhance ability in those with or without neural processors. But Alan\\'s handlers do not reveal the true purpose of the mission. Thus, he and an outcast former operative, Emma, find themselves trapped between the objectives of the implant manufacturer, the government, and their own awakening intuition and love for each other. <br /> John Nelson has broad experience in diverse fields that range from neural science to energy medicine to psychology and spirituality. In this visionary fiction work, he adroitly synthesizes these many elements to bring the reader face-to-face with present-day dilemmas that are now leading us to that crux where we have to choose between human annihilation and spiritual evolution. That he does so without leaving the reader unduly depressed or too easily euphoric is masterful. I, Human is not merely a good read; it is food for thought and action.\" <br /> --Victor Smith, Visionary Fiction Alliance<br /><br /> Humans have been upgraded to be more efficient. But those upgrades come with a price, less connection to the people around them. This loss of emotional ties makes work hard for some people. Alan Reynard works for a contractor. He shows a level of empathy and intuition rarely found in enhanced humans. This makes him both useful and feared.<br /> Those who choose not to become enhanced are referred to as \"borny\". Alan has infiltrated borny communities in the past looking for trouble and signs of unrest. His most recent deep cover involved a pretend marriage to Emma. They had a deeper connection, one that is a concern to the government, but there is a greater problem. <br /> Alan is sent to the Southwest to infiltrate a community of spiritual healers. In order to learn about the group, Alan undergoes a healing. The healing creates paths and options which open up the future, a future that some don\\'t want to come about. He must decide whether to help or hinder the makers of the enhancements that allow him access to great insights.<br /> This novel is set in an established universe, but does not seem to be a direct sequel to the previous entrants. I was able to follow the story without having read any of the earlier material. Although hinted at, I would have liked to see a little more of borny society and how they view enhanced humans. The story is told from the first person perspective.It follows Alan through his journeys. This is a big switch from the third person multi-POV novels I have been reading recently. The clean prose doesn\\'t get lost in changing perspectives allowing readers to just go with the flow of the story. <br /> The thing that drew me to this story was the idea of bio-enhanced humans. This exploration was focused on normal individuals. This in contrast to the military science fiction where I first encountered enhanced brains where most of the enhanced were soldiers. The encounters of soldiers are focused on survival and battle, not humans becoming all they can in noncombat situations. The tech in military SF is often more tech- than bio- based.<br /> There was also a little hint of the potential for the future as people reach their full potential. I definitely recommend this novel for people looking to explore the bounds of humanity. I am also likely to go checkout some of the author\\'s earlier works to see how this world developed. <br /> --Bill Lawhorn, SFRevu', '<span>John Nelson is the author of<span> </span><i>Starborn, Transformations, Matrix of the Gods</i>, and <i>The Magic Mirror</i>, the COVR winner of best book of the year for 2008. He is the former editorial director of Bear &Company and Inner Oceans Publishing, and the owner of Bookworks Ltd, his freelance editorial umbrella. He has been a cutting-edge thinker on spirituality, consciousness, and self-realization for some forty years. </span>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Old Ironsides: Eagle of the Sea: The Story of the USS Constitution\nDescription: ['...provides a wonderful journey (Jerry McGovern <i>Press- Republican</i> )<br /><br />A fascinating and well-documented story of America\\'s most celebrated warship. Fitz-Enz not only does an incredible job of describing the Constitution\\'s battle history, but he also provides readers with a clear insight into the intricacies of early sailing vessels and the strategies of sea power...a superb work. (Russell Bellico, Professor of Economic History, Westfield State College and Author of <i>Sails and Steam in the Mountains: A Maritime and Militar )<br /><br />It makes you want to walk the deck of the U.S.S. Constitution. And we all should. (Joseph Ryan, Fellow of the Company of Military Historians )<br /><br />The Constitution has not wanted for chroniclers, but this is a welcome addition because it both adds new information that puts \\'Old Ironsides\\' in context of both American and naval history. A well-written, action-filled narrative. (James C. Bradford, Department of History, Texas A&M University )<br /><br />I appreciated the historical research that included the background and history of the age of sail, the nuances of the many trades involved and the action of \"Old Ironsides\" woven together with care and love for the subject. The book is a broadside of history, action and the romance of the sea. (Andrew P. O\\'Rourke, Justice of the Supreme Court and Retired Vice Admiral )<br /><br />Of very great interest to any student of the naval history of the era. (Paddy Griffith, PhD, author and former instructor, Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, England )<br /><br />The Constitution began as just another ship, but it became \"Old Ironsides\" and then it became a symbol of the United States. How it was designed and built, and how it went on to become such a significant part of America and its history, is the subject of this exhaustively researched and beautifully written work by David Fitz-Enz. A must for all students of American naval history. (Charles H. Cureton, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC retired )', 'This is the story of the oldest war ship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate U.S.S. Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy created by an act of Congress in 1794. Having seen its first action against Barbary pirates in 1803-05, the ship went on to heroics during the War of 1812, during which it acquired the nickname \"Old Ironsides\" after a British sailor observed a cannon ball bouncing off its side. Later used as a training ship and for good will tours around the globe, the ship was ultimately brought to Boston and restored, where it remains today as a floating museum and enduring symbol of the Age of Sail. In Old Ironsides, Col. David Fitz-Enz tells the complete story of the ship, from its \"breeched\" birth to the ongoing restoration efforts that keep it active today.']",
"rejected": "Title: RAMTHA - El Amor y las Relaciones (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: ['Ramtha deja claro que el mismo es la personificacion, la representacion y la manifestacion vivientes de su pensamiento. Es un ser inmortal, conciencia y energia, que una vez, hace 35,000 anios, vivio como un ser humano en el desaparecido continente de Lemuria. Explica que en esa vida abordo las interrogantes de la existencia humana y el significado de la vida, y que a traves de su propia observacion, reflexion y contemplacion alcanzo la iluminacion y conquisto el mundo fisico y la muerte. Prometio en esa vida a una muy amada hija adoptiva que volveria. Esa hija es hoy JZ Knight. Ramtha comunica sus ensenianzas a traves del fenomeno llamado canalizacion; de hecho, fue el quien hizo el termino conocido. Usa el cuerpo de JZ Knight para canalizarse y dar sus ensenianzas en persona. JZ Knight es el unico canal que el ha escogido y que utiliza para comunicar su mensaje.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice\nDescription: [\"If you locked director Martin Scorsese, screenwriter Nick Pileggi and TV producer David Chase in the same room for a month, I doubt they would come up with anything as rich in scope and details as the real-life tale of Whitey Bulger.<br /> - <strong>Jeff Greenfield, <em>Washington Post</em></strong><br /><br />This is the definitive story of Whitey Bulger. As much social documentary as riveting crime story, the book is a masterwork of reporting by Cullen and Murphy. I couldnt put it down.<br /> - <strong>Michael Connelly, best-selling author of <em>The Black Box</em></strong><br /><br />Whitey committed every crime outside. He lived years in prison and was certain that prison was preferable to the risks and disgrace in his life of South Boston. This book is easily the best story about crime Ive read.<br /> - <strong>Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of <em>The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight</em> and <em>The Good Rat</em></strong><br /><br />This is <em>the</em> Whitey Bulger book by the two expert journalists who know the turf best. An unflinching look at the culture of silence and death fostered by Bulgerand by his friends in high and low placesand an important affirmation for young people growing up in <em>todays</em> neighborhoods of good people besieged by thuggery, corruption, and codes of silence.<br /> - <strong>Michael Patrick MacDonald, best-selling author of <em>All Souls: A Family Story from Southie</em></strong><br /><br /><em>Whitey Bulger</em>... is as much a social history as a biography or manhunt thriller.... In the same way that J. Anthony Lukass <em>Common Ground</em> is essential to understanding Bostons racial history, <em>Whitey Bulger</em> is an authoritative treatise on the citys late-20th-century underworld.<br /> - <strong>Sean Flynn, <em>Boston Globe</em></strong><br /><br />Solid writing, remarkable details and the addition of Bulgers fairly recent capture make this a worthy addition to the literature of the mob.<br /> - <strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong>\", '', \"<strong>Kevin Cullen</strong>, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the <em>Boston Globe</em> since 1985, was the first to raise questions about Whitey Bulger's relationship with the FBI. A frequent commentator on NPR and the BBC, Cullen has won major journalism prizes including the Goldsmith Prize, the George Polk Award, and the Selden Ring Award.\", '<strong>Shelley Murphy</strong> has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the <em>Boston Herald</em> and moving to the <em>Globe</em> in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pumpkin the Raccoon 2018 Calendar\nDescription: [\"Laura Young is the proud owner of Pumpkin, Toffee and Oreo, and when she's not capturing their friendship with her own amazement, she's a children's book writer living and working in the Bahamas.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Riddle of the Sands (Vintage Classics)\nDescription: ['', '', '<b>Erskine Childers</b> lived a life as adventurous as his onlynovel.A fervent supporter of Irish independence, he ended his life in front of an Irish firing-squad as an IRA rebel in 1922.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Stay with Me: Stories of a Black Bag Doctor\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Total Fishing Manual (Field & Stream): 317 Essential Fishing Skills (Field and Stream)\nDescription: ['Joe Cermele started his career in outdoor journalism in 2004, covering fishing tournaments for a local magazine in his home state of New Jersey. In 2005, while attending Rider University, he became an intern at <i>Salt Water Sportsman</i> magazine, joining the editorial staff full time that same year after graduation. In 2008, he moved to sister publication <i>Field & Stream</i>, where he was named Fishing Editor in 2011. His writing appears monthly in the magazine, he blogs weekly on the magazines website, and also hosts and produces <i>Field & Streams Hook Shots</i>, an award-winning web-based fishing show with a punk-rock edge. Cermele has fished all over the country and abroad, but when hes not traveling on assignment, you can find him on his boat chasing tuna and striped bass off the Jersey coast, pitching tubes to smallmouth bass on the Delaware River, or flyfishing for trout in New Yorks Catskill Mountains.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ultimate Factivity Collection: Sharks, Dolphins, and Other Sea Creatures (DK Ultimate Factivity Collection)\nDescription: [\"DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DKs extensive childrens list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats\nDescription: ['Reviews for <i>The Mathews Men</i><br /><br /><br />The valor and contributions of the U.S. Merchant Marines to victory in WWII has seldom been acknowledged . . . Geroux presents an unflinching, inspiring, and long delayed tribute to the sacrifice of these men.<b><i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br /> <br /> Poignant . . . A deep, compassionate group biography of these unsung heroes of the Merchant Marines.<b><i>Kirkus</i></b><br /> <br /> Geroux combines the skills of a newsman and those of a scholar to tell the story of the vital and heroic role played by the U.S. Merchant Marines during WWII<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br /><br />Advance Praise for <i>The Mathews Men</i><br /><br />Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping,<i> The Mathews Men</i> shines a light on the mostly forgotten but astonishing role the U.S. Merchant Marine played in winning World War II. It brings back to life a breed of men who repeatedly risk all for their country. It chronicles the sagas of families that stoically endured heartrending losses. It honors a community that pulled together to support its sons as they set outagain and againon deadly seas. And it reminds us how much we owe to the legions of ordinary Americans who quite literally saved the civilized world in the 1940s.<br /> <b>Daniel James Brown, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of</b><i><b> The Boys in the Boat</b><br /><br /></i>William Geroux has written a classic American tale, a gripping story of courageous everyday heroes facing death in World War II.<br /> <b>James Bradley, author of <i>Flags of Our Fathers</i></b><i><br /></i><br />William Gerouxs <i>The Mathews Men</i> harkens to the war heroics of Laura Hillenbrands <i>Unbroken</i> and the British detective drama <i>Foyles War</i>. A little-known story about the brutal sacrifices made by Merchant Marinersand the tiny bayside community they left behind in Mathews County, VirginiaGerouxs book is a gripping account of hard-drinking and even harder-working seamen, and a fresh take on World War II history. Loaded with offbeat characters trying to survive against astonishingly impossible odds, Geroux gives these unheralded heroes their belated due in an account that is as meticulously researched as it is even-handed and poignant.<br /> <b>Beth Macy, author of <i>Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town</i></b><br /> <br /> When a reporter who writes as elegantly as Geroux unearths such a dramatic and untold story, he must feel as if hes hit the motherlode. With <i>The Mathews Men</i>, Geroux gives us a rollicking read that plunges you into the middle of the ocean and seduces you into caring for the storys heroic seafarers. This is both a terrific and terrifying blow-by-blow of the actions of the sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine as the dodged deadly U-Boats during the course of World War II and who, as Lincoln put it, too often made the ultimate sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.<br /> <b>Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, co-authors of <i>Halseys Typhoon</i> and <i>The Heart of Everything That Is</i></b><br /><br />Often overlooked and unsung, the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine risked all against stealthy German U-boats whether within sight of East Coast cities or on the Arctic run to Murmansk. Mr. Geroux has superbly chronicled the gripping and deeply personal story of brothers in blood as well as in mission.<br /> <b>Walter R. Borneman, author of <i>The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and KingThe Five-star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea</i></b><br /><br />The German U-Boat war against American merchant men was deadly and dramaticin World War II, the U.S. Merchant Marine had twice the fatality rate of the U.S. Navy. William Geroux has unearthed a fascinating tale of one small coastal town caught in the thick of the fight, and he tells it with a sharp reporters eye and a real feel for the heroic men who went down to the sea in ships.<br /> <b>Evan Thomas, author of <i>Being Nixon</i> and</b><i><b> Sea of Thunder</b><br /><br /><br /></i>', '<b>William Geroux </b>wrote for the <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i> for twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in <i>The New York Times, The Associated Press,</i> and various regional magazines. He also has worked for Maersk, the largest container-shipping company in the world.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Kerplunk!: Stories\nDescription: ['Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for <i>Outdoor Life</i> and <i>Field & Stream</i>. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are <i>The Double-Jack Murders</i> and <i>Avalanche</i>. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers as <i>The Grasshopper Trap</i>, <i>The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw</i>, and <i>Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!</i> He lives in Spokane, Washington.']",
"rejected": "Title: Karma's a Killer (A Downward Dog Mystery)\nDescription: ['', '\"Weber\\'s clever assemblage of suspects is eliminated one by one in her entertaining novel.\"<em>RT Book Reviews</em>', '<em>\"</em>[Weber\\'s] characters are likeable and amusing, the background is interesting, and the story is ultimately satisfying.\"<em>Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine</em>', '\"A wonderful story for dog lovers, with the other human characters being just as likeable.\"<em>Suspense Magazine</em>', '\"Weber keeps readers guessing and populates the action with plenty of kooky characters.\"<em>Mystery Scene</em>', '\"<em>Karma\\'s a Killer</em> continues Tracy Weber\\'s charming series.\"<em>The Seattle Times</em>', '\"Crazy, quirky critters and their odd, yet utterly relatable human counterparts, make <em>Karma\\'s a Killer</em> an appealing story. But when you add the keep-you-guessing mystery with both laugh out loud one liners and touching moments of pure poignancy the result is a truly great book!\"Laura Morrigan, national bestselling author of the Call of the Wilde mystery series', '\"Tracy\\'s Weber\\'s <em>Karma\\'s a Killer</em> delivers on all frontsa likably feisty protagonist, a great supporting cast, a puzzler of a mystery and, best of all, lots of heart.\"Laura DiSilverio, national bestselling author of The Readaholics Book Club Mysteries, two-time Lefty Finalist for Best Humorous Mystery and Colorado Book Award-finalist', '\"Yogatta love this latest in the series when Kate exercises her brain cells trying to figure out who deactivated an animal rights activist.\"Mary Daheim, author of the Bed-and-Breakfast and Emma Lord Alpine Mysteries', '', '', \"<strong>Tracy Weber</strong>is author of the award-winning Downward Dog Mystery series. Herfirst book in the series,<em>Murder Strikes a Pose</em>, won the Maxwell Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. A certified yoga therapist, Tracy is the owner of Whole Life Yoga, a Seattle yoga studio, and she loves sharing her passion for yoga and animals in any way possible. Tracy and her husband Marc live in Seattle with their precocious German Shepherd pup Ana. When she's not writing, Tracy spends her time teaching yoga, trying to corral Ana, and sipping Blackthorn cider at her favorite ale house.\", '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing\nDescription: [\"<i>Outdoor Life</i> magazine columnist Patrick McManus has been compared to Mark Twain. <i>Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing</i> demonstrates that he isn't, but McManus will suffice until the next Twain comes along. In this book, the outdoorsman extraordinaire is doing what he does best--telling fish stories, getting into scrapes with buddies, occasionally waxing philosophical, but grousing just as often. Sometimes he even ventures out of the wilderness and into mainstream humor. McManus is easily the equal of Dave Barry or any other contemporary humorist, for that matter:\", '', 'In this collection of tales, McManus, one of America\\'s most prominent humorists, frequently returns both in place (the backcountry Northwest) and time (his childhood) to some of his most fertile ground. There are echoes of Mark Twain as he tells of a boy\\'s pursuit of the dream fish, the perils of growing a beard, and the allure of hunting the wily avid (as in, \"He is an avid hunter\"). Populated by characters such as Retch Sweeney and Rancid Crabtree, this is hardly New Yorker stuff, but to McManus fans the less so the better. Recommended for libraries whose patrons like their humor country fried and well done.<br /><i>-?Jim G. Burns, Ottumwa P.L., Iowa</i><br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: PINHEAD VS MARSHALL LAW: LAW IN HELL # 1-2 complete story (PINHEAD VS MARSHALL LAW: LAW IN HELL (1993 EPIC))\nDescription: [\"LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE !!!\\n\\nDate: November - December 1993\\n\\n*** Contains Issue #'s 1-2 ***\\nCOMPLETE 2-ISSUE SERIES!\\n\\nREAD ALL ABOUT IT!! Pat Mills & KEVIN (League of Extraordinary Gentleman) O NEILL have Marshall Law take on Clive Barker's necroid (?) and extensively demented and deformed lunatic - Pinhead!\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Never Cry \"Arp!\" and Other Great Adventures\nDescription: ['Grade 4-6?Based on the author\\'s memories of his boyhood adventures in the mountains of Idaho, these shaggy-dog tales are told in colorful backwoods dialect. Not many youngsters will understand the references to Bogart, Cagney, and Bob Hope, but after the second page the narrator\\'s strong voice takes over and readers will be able to imagine hearing a favorite relative sharing these reminiscences. The 12 episodes reek of adolescent male humor: \"Cubs\" is a rendition of an unforgettable outing hosted by dim scoutmaster Tiddle and two sadistic older boys, Attila and Lucifer. In \"Show and Tell,\" the poor but creative country kids try to outdo the rich townies and impress their lovely new teacher. The most graphic selection, \"Secret Places,\" is about an \"extracurricular\" science project?the narrator and his friend\\'s collection of urine deposits hidden in the barn rafters. The denouement is not for the squeamish! Although many characters reappear throughout, there is not a sense of continuity. In the 10th story, the characters are in third grade; in the next, they are suddenly sophomores. The last tale about a camp out ends abruptly, providing no sense of closure. Fans of Robert Newton Peck looking for darker humor may appreciate this book; however, for readers who want kindly, grandfatherly tales liberally mixed with humor, a love of nature, a strong dose of fantasy, and poetic prose, try Robin Moore\\'s The Cherry Tree Buck and Other Stories (Knopf, 1995).?Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City Public Library, <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Gr. 6^-9. Young people who love the broad physical comedy of Robert Newton Peck\\'s <i>Soup</i> stories or Gary Paulsen\\'s <i>Harris and Me</i> (1993) are sure to enjoy these 12 stories about growing up in the mountains of Idaho. Although the book is classified as fiction, McManus\\' introductory note assures us the adventures are all true, if \"varnished, stretched, and embroidered. . . somewhat.\" McManus is a natural storyteller, with a voice so strong that readers will be hard-pressed not to believe his tales. They\\'ll also probably be relieved they didn\\'t live in his neighborhood! The tales will be great choices for readers\\' theater or storytelling, as well as good models for a student\\'s own writing or telling. <i>Chris Sherman</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Economies of Recycling: The global transformation of materials, values and social relations\nDescription: ['', 'Catherine Alexander is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.<br />', '<br />', 'Joshua Reno teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\nDescription: ['<i>The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw</i> is a delightful treasury of McManus\\'s favorite (mostly outdoor) adventures with friends. His stories explore the human capacity to laugh in the face of misfortune, such as \"The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\" (Goombaw is Eddie Muldoon\\'s grandmother) and \"The Fried Flies, Please, and Easy on the Garlic,\" a story of dinner-party adversity:', '[CODE] \"Martha starts. \\'I do hope you won\\'t take offense, Mr. McGinnis, but I view hunters as the lowest form of life, not excluding bacteria and algae.\\' \\'No offense taken,\\' I reply, glad for an excuse to ignore my vichyssoise, which I view as the lowest form of food, not excluding lichens and boiled beets.\" [CODE] American humorist Patrick McManus could make being snagged by a fishhook funny, and in fact, he does. In his story \"Getting It in the Ear,\" he writes, \"One of the more interesting things that can happen to an angler is to get a barbed hook sunk into his hide. Such is the horror and fascination of the experience that many an angler has contemplated giving up his regular work and hitting the lecture circuit to entertain audiences around the nation with a dramatic rendering of his ordeal.\" After all, he argues, it\\'s the misery endured that defines the sportsman, not the fish caught or the game shot. McManus\\'s understated, matter-of-fact vignettes--infused with amusing glimpses of life\\'s lesser-known eternal truths-- will make you laugh.', '', 'Patrick McManus is a treasure. <i>The Atlantic</i>', 'Everybody should read Patrick McManus. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>', 'A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. <i>People</i>', 'The funniest writer around today. <i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i>', \"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up, and reading him you can't help recalling similar times and events in your own life. <i>Booklist</i>\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mrs Honey's Dream (Early Reading S)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories\nDescription: ['Heres McManus latest collection of previously published material, including his first piece of published fiction, a witty short story with an O. Henry ending that most readers will see coming but that probably seemed quite a bit fresher back in 1957, when he wrote it. The nonfiction piecesyou have to use quotation marks when you talk about the authors humorous writinginclude tales about fishing, hunting, birding, and other manly pursuits (yes, bird-watching, according to McManus, is a manly pursuit). McManus friend Retch Sweeney puts in a few appearances, as does his magnificently monikered mentor, Rancid Crabtree, and the authors darling wife, Bun, who, for some reason, expresses doubt that McManus distinctly unathletic appearance hides the rock-hard body of a world-class athlete. (Whose? Bun replies.) Like Garrison Keillor, McManus writes about people and situations that, even if they are made up, are so vividly and entertainingly presented that they might as well be real. For the authors many fans, and for lovers of humorous essays in general, this one is a must-read. --David Pitt', \"Everybody should read Patrick McManus. (<strong><em>The New York Times Book Review</em></strong>)<br /><br />McManus often works on the far side of memoir, where truth and untruth sometimes blend into fiction. In this delightful region, we meet the ghost b'ar that might have killed Ginger Ann's pig and two boys who intrepidly stalk the woods in the freezing twilight, then hide from wolves that appear where once there was a log pile. Other memorable characters on the far side include the old woodsman Rancid Crabtree and boyhood chums named Retch Sweeny and Barney Wapshut . . . A nice opportunity for nonmagazine readers to catch up with this engaging humorist, who never met a tall tale he didnt like. (<strong>Kirkus Review</strong>)<br /><br />McManus writes about people and situations that, even if they are made up, are so vividly and entertainingly presented that they might as well be real. For the authors many fans, and for lovers of humorous essays in general, this one is a must-read. (<strong><em>Booklist</em></strong>)<br /><br />A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. (<strong><em>People</em></strong>)<br /><br />Patrick McManus is a treasure. (<strong><em>Atlantic Monthly</em></strong>)\", '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Adult Webcam Studio 101 - A Money Making Guide for E-pimps\nDescription: ['Darby Jones first began writing as a teenager, when he quickly displayed an early talent for penning sensuous erotica and hard-core porn. For many years he was a prolific contributor to UK magazines such as Mayfair, Fiesta and Knave, as well as a host of lesser known but equally popular titles. After a short stint at Viz Comics, he left England to become the lead contributor of an infamous but long out-of-print travel opus, entitled Sex Havens for Tax Fiends. This was a strictly limited edition, leather-bound gazetteer commissioned by the now defunct Scope Publications. It was published as a follow up to their extremely popular PT (Perpetual Traveller) titles, including as The Passport Report, The Honorary Consul and The Invisible Investor. Each volume immediately sold out and remains highly collectible to this day. For the last three years, he has been enjoying forced early-retirement after an extremely stressful eighteen months smuggling Chinese-made arms and munitions to the various rebel groups in Eastern and Northern Myanmar. He was forced to spend nearly a year in Malaysia recuperating from a near-fatal gun-shot injury, which was sustained in a shoot-out on the upper reaches of the Mekong. He is currently in an undisclosed Asian location working on his latest book.', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Star Wars: Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire (Star Wars - Tales of the Jedi)\nDescription: []"
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"rejected": "Title: Storm Stories: A Security Specialists International Book\nDescription: [\"Monette Michaels is the pen name for a multi-published author of suspense/thrillers. She's been married to the love of her life for far longer than she cares to remember. Her home is in Central Indiana. She also writes as Rae Morgan.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Dark Noon: The Final Voyage of the Fishing Boat Pelican\nDescription: ['', 'Saturday, Labor Day weekend, 1951, dawned mild and cloudless over Montauk. Hundreds of passengers tumbled from the Long Island Rail Roads weekend express train, the Fishermans Special, when it pulled in from New York City. The weather only confirmed the postwar optimism of the blue-collar workers who had thronged to this fishing village for a holiday of deep-sea angling.', 'In America, in 1951, it was easy to believe that anyone could make money and enjoy the good life, and no place suited that mood better than a fishing town. The Montauk fishing business was booming. The dock the arriving anglers swarmed over had been named, without a trace of self-consciousness, Fishangri-la, and the waiting fishing boat captains could see no obstacle to a record weekend.', 'Maybe it was naive optimism that propelled Captain Eddie Carroll away from the dock that morning with sixty-two passengers aboard his fishing boat <i>Pelican</i>, some thirty more than safe capacity. He was everyones favorite skipper, a handsome World War II veteran with an easy manner, an endless supply of fish and war stories, a sturdy forty-two-foot boat, newly rebuilt engines, and an uncanny ability to find good fishing. In his pocket that day he carried the ring that he would soon slip on the finger of his Swedish bride-to-be.', 'But Eddies luck was about to run out. Even as the <i>Pelican</i> cut its outgoing swath through the sun-spangled Atlantic, a jet-stream trough of Arctic air high overhead, undetected by forecasters, was pressing down on the pool of warm air beneath it like water building behind a dam. The <i>Pelican</i> and forty-five people aboard, including Captain Carroll himself, would never return to shore.', \"<i>Dark Noon</i> is a suspenseful and ultimately heartbreaking sea story. Its also a journey back to the America of the early 1950s, when a laborer could buy a round-trip train ticket from Queens to Montauk and fish all day with Captain Eddie for $8.00. The <i>Pelican</i>'s passengers, like postwar America itself, were blinded by hope. They baited their hooks and waited, wondering what they would find in the deep and shining waters of the Atlantic, unaware of the dark storm gathering overhead.\", \"<b>Tom Clavin</b> was editor of the <i>East Hampton Independent</i> and the <i>Southampton Independent</i>, two of the countrys most award-winning weeklies, for ten years. In addition to fifteen years writing for the <i>New York Times</i>, he has authored numerous articles appearing in such periodicals as <i>Reader's Digest</i>, <i>Golf Magazine</i>, <i>Parade</i>, and <i>Family Circle</i>. Mr. Clavin has written and edited hundreds of pieces on fishing and boating.\", '<b>The <i>Pelican</i> was being pushed once more onto its port side, and Eddie knew with sad certainty that this time it was not stopping . . .</b>', 'When Captain Eddie Carroll put to sea on Labor Day weekend 1951, he didnt know how many passengers were aboard his overloaded boat. He didnt know that an unpredicted storm would descend from a cloudless sky before the morning was over. He didnt know how swiftly, then, his faith in his boat and his own abilities would be overturned.', \"<i>Dark Noon</i> is a taut and suspenseful re-creation of a fateful day at sea. It is also a story of the postwar American dream as experienced in the fishing village of Montauk, Long Island, where fish were money and where optimism and success went hand in hand. And it's a story of the end of an era, when one terrible disaster changed the fishing culture of a prosperous port forever. Every dream has an end. In <i>Dark Noon</i> the end comes in a violent storm. Montauk would never be the same.\", '', '<b>Tom Clavin </b> is editor of the <i>East Hampton Independent </i> and the <i>South Hampton Independent </i> and a former chief environmental correspondent for the <i>New York Times</i>.']",
"rejected": "Title: HACKED! High Tech Election Theft in America - 11 Experts Expose the Truth\nDescription: ['\\'HACKED!\" is a stunning expose of stolen elections and election voting manipulation. It is shocking and alarming. The book by Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp is designed to wake up America. I am sure it will! --Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspaper columnist<br /><br />The dishonestsy that has marked the election practices of this new century is despicable. For the past 200 years we\\'ve improved the voting booth to include all of our citizens. Now that we all have the right to vote, we must ensure that all of our votes are counted. \"HACKED!\" is a must-read! --Liz Carpenter, Author, former Press Secretary & Chief of Staff to Lady Bird Johnson<br /><br />You get a receipt when you buy a Slurpee, don\\'t you? Why not when you choose a president? \"HACKED!\" cracks open the democracy-in-a-box scam called \"electronic voting\". Can a robot pick a president better than you can? This crew of experts and investigators explains why robo-voting can\\'t be trusted. --Greg Palast, BBC Investigative Journalist, Filmmaker, and Author', \"Editors Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp are two citizens, Realtors, and activists who learned about electronic vote fraud in 2003. They've been speaking, writing, and promoting events on it and now have compiled this book to help educate the public on this crucial issue.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: How I Got This Way\nDescription: ['Narrated by Norman Dietz', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: More than Survival: A Post-apocalyptic Love Story - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Real Ponies Don't Go Oink\nDescription: ['McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw ) is the author of a monthly humor column for Outdoor Life ; this volume collects some of those pieces. At his best, McManus is a brilliant humorist, particularly in describing human reactions to the unexpected. Memorable essays include \"A Good Deed Goes Wrong,\" about an old woodsman\\'s misadventure at ok? a toboggan run built by two boys, and a subsequent encounter with a bobcat; \"The Clown,\" in which a terrifying math teacher given to grabbing pupils by their hair confronts a miscreant who has doctored his tresses with bear grease; and \"A Good Night\\'s Sleep,\" which concerns three outdoorsmen who wreak havoc on a hotel and its patrons. Certain pieces will appeal only to hunters and anglers, but other entries are so notable that the book deserves a wide audience. <br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Best-selling outdoor humorist McManus ( The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw , LJ 6/15/89) bags another in this collection of yarns featuring irascible woodsman Rancid Crabtree, \"Phantom of the Woods\" Retch Sweeney, boyhood pal Crazy Eddie, and others of McManus\\'s acquaintance. Also meet hunting dog Strange, dog delinquent, whose prey of choice is year-old roadkill. Readers of McManus\\'s humor column in Outdoor Life will enjoy his observations on the joys of pig-back riding, workshop puttering, and Sasquatch ducking. So will those who, like McManus\\'s wife Bun, appreciate nature most from the window of a seven-story luxury hotel. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/91.<br /><i>- Pamela R. Daubenspeck, Warren- Trumbull Cty. P.L., Warren, Ohio</i><br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Good Samaritan Strikes Again\nDescription: ['James Thurber, echoing Wordsworth\\'s definition of poetry, defined humor as \"emotional chaos remembered in tranquility,\" a statement McManus ( Real Ponies Don\\'t Go Oink! ) advances in this collection of 24 essays, most of which are reprinted from Outdoor Life . In his seven previous books McManus offered many pieces about hunting and fishing, and here he adds more, although they are the least successful selections. But the articles on his career in public relations and his concomitant desire to make himself invisible will provoke smiles, the one about his winning high school football team will bring laughter, and the title piece, as well as \"Rancid Crabtree and the Demon Bat\" and \" The Fly ,\" will prompt guffaws. In these McManus recalls how he ineptly tried to help a man hurt in an auto accident, the flight of an enormous kite bearing the town drunk during a windstorm, and a practical joke played on the officious head of a college janitorial staff by his oppressed employees. <br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"Pat McManus (Real Ponies Don't Go Oink, 1991, etc.), the Falstaff of Field and Stream, gathers his fall collection of sporting silliness for his eighth trek down his own well-beaten path. Ever mindful of Mother Nature and always careful of the environment, McManus once again recycles several of his most popular characters (wife Bun, Retch Sweeny, Rancid Crabtree, et al.), who strut their usual stuff along with rotten neighbor-kid Felton and rich guy G. Thomas (Goosey) Smith. The lead is played, of course, by the author, who takes the pratfalls like the old trouper he is. In an autobiographical mood (his favorite mood), he admits to doing public relations for the firm that made the world's supply of bim toggles on zitflangs. Blame him for that classic slogan: ``We toggle your bims!'' There are some pleasantries on being poor and on mean Christmas gifts that ring true, but there's also the feeling that the old domesticated woodsman is coasting just a tad from time to time. There's the hunting and fishing fooling, naturally. This time out, in his angling for laughs, McManus has a few strikes, but he doesn't get his limit. As he says, ``that's the way fishing goes. Sometimes nothing much happens.'' Anyway, the company isn't bad, and fans will be quite satisfied to go along. No masterpiece of comic invention, but at least a workmanlike assemblage, with few springs, bolts, or nuts left out. -- <i>Copyright 1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.</i>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jack and the Flumflum Tree\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Double-Jack Murders (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Trinity\nDescription: ['an opportunity to observe in action one of the foremost ancient students of the Bible using both Testaments to reflect on the doctrine of the Trinity. Philosophy and theology always with a close reliance on the Bible and a rootedness in God blend into a single enterprise', 'n/a', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Huckleberry Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery\nDescription: ['\"Patrick McManus is a treasure.\"', '--\"The Atlantic\"<br /><br />\"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.\"', '--\"People\"<br /><br />\"What a treat to come across a Patrick McManus tale.\"', '--\"Los Angeles Times\"', '', '\"\"<br /><br />\"Everybody should read Patrick McManus.\"', '--\"The\"\"New York Times Book Review\"<br /><br />\"In McManus\\'s amusing, folksy fourth Bo Tully mystery . . . Tully once again proves an unorthodox and effective lawman, while McManus\\'s storytelling, be it about a haunted lake or a modern mountain man, never flags.\"', '\"--Publishers Weekly\"<br /><br />\"Folksy humorist McManus\\' fourth Bo Tully mystery exudes lots of country charm and humor.\"', '-Kat Cam, \"Booklist\"<br /><br />\"The funniest writer around today.\"', '--\"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\"<br /><br />\"\"\"Genial, amusing and sweet, with quirky characters and just enough plot twists to engage.\"', '--\"Kirkus Reviews\"<br /><br />\"McManus\\'s folksy narrative keeps the reader\\'s interest with plenty of humor, aw-shucks moments, and action. . . . Bo Tully is a treat for readers who like some Western flair and an old-fashioned approach to justice in their mysteries.\"--\"Library Journal\"', \"Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for <i>Outdoor Life</i> and <i>Field & Stream</i>. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries are <i>The Double-Jack Murders</i> and <i>Avalanche</i>. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers as <i>The Grasshopper Trap</i>, <i>The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw</i>, and <i>Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!</i> He lives in Spokane, Washington.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Art the Arts & the Great Ideas\nDescription: [\"Adler and Robert Hutchins originated the Great Books program at the University of Chicago in the 1940s. Based on readings in classic works of literature and philosophy, Great Books seminars focused on discussions of such ideas as love, war and peace, as well as other concepts outlined by Adler in The Syntopican , an index to what he regarded as the great books of the Western world. Here he offers a defense of the decision to exclude music and painting as additional stimuli for the consideration of enduring ideas. His thesis will be of interest to those who are familiar with Adler's philosophy of liberal education, though it is likely, also, to spur strong disagreement. <BR>Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Adler (Ten Philosophical Mistakes, LJ 4/1/ 85) provides a clear and compelling explication on the idea content of verbal and nonverbal arts. He moves from a history of the concept of fine art into a lively discourse on the \"invention\" of the \"great ideas,\" an organizational device he developed for Britannica, Inc. in the early 1950s. Whether an art work is nonverbal (e.g., a statue or painting) or verbal (e.g., an epic poem), \"the artist can say what he or she has in mind only by producing the work of art that he or she has in mind.\" This text serves as a useful and involving introduction to aesthetic philosophy, but one chapter is an excerpt from Ten Philosophical Mistakes and another reproduces far too much of the Great Books\\' Synopticon relative to the new content and discussion provided in this slim text. For informed readers.<BR><I>Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal.</I><BR>Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Total Outdoorsman Manual (10th Anniversary Edition) (Field & Stream)\nDescription: [\"<i>Field & Stream</i> editor-at-large T. Edward Nickens has paddled, backpacked, hunted, and fished from the rainforest to the Arctic Sea. Winner of more than two dozen national writing awards, he is TV host for the Total Outdoorsman Challenge. In this book, he shares his wisdom and that of <i>Field & Stream</i>'s outdoor experts and featured guides.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ellie McDoodle: Most Valuable Player\nDescription: ['', 'RUTH MCNALLY BARSHAW has worked in advertising, and illustrated cartoons for newspapers. She is the author of three previous books about Ellie McDoodle <br><b></b><br><b>www.ruthexpress.com</b>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Tamarack Murders: A Bo Tully Mystery (Bo Tully Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, is tracking the gang who robbed a local bank. Tully thinks the money was handed off during the getaway but doesnt know to whom. It may have been to a charming local hustler named Gridley Shanks, but there are also questions regarding two out-of-state elk hunters. In his fifth adventure, Tully mobilizes a ragtag group of his own deputies and a handful of civilian deputies to help solve the case. McManus is best known as a humorist who writes about the outdoors, and certainly his sly wit is omnipresent in his Tully novels. Readers who enjoy Bill Criders Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries or Steven F. Havills Posadas County novels will find much to enjoy here, as McManus captures the rhythms of small-town life and its citizenry in all their resplendent quirkiness. For readers who like mayhem presented with a smile. --Wes Lukowsky', 'Everybody should read Patrick McManus. (<strong><em>The New York Times Book Review</em></strong>)<br /><br />A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor. (<strong><em>People</em></strong>)<br /><br />Patrick McManus is a treasure. (<strong><em>Atlantic Monthly</em></strong>)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: College Writing 2 (Houghton Mifflin English for Academic Success) (Bk. 2)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Circles in the Snow: A Bo Tully Mystery (Bo Tully Mysteries)\nDescription: ['Its a lot for a guy thinking about retirement to deal with all at once: someones been killing bald eagles; a widely disliked rancher has been murdered (with an arrow, no less); and mysterious circles, perfectly round, are appearing in the snow. Blight County, Idaho, Sheriff Bo Tully juggles a handful of likely murder suspects with his usual wit and aplomb, while handling his cantankerous, ex-sheriff father with rather less finesse. McManus, whos a humor columnist and nonfiction writer when hes not writing the Tully novels, has a real gift for dialogue and character; the humor in this delightful series comes out of the characters and the situations, not from clever wordplay or comedy set pieces. And its worth mentioning, for those readers who havent yet read a Tully novel (this is the sixth), that the mysteries are well crafted and genuinely suspenseful, not merely an excuse for some lighthearted goings-on, but solid puzzlers in their own right. Warning to McManus: youd better not let Bo retire anytime soon. --David Pitt', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Hole in Our Gospel Special Edition: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World\nDescription: ['', \"Richard Stearns went from success to significance when he left the corporate world behind to become president of World Vision U.S. in 1998. After 20 years as the longest-serving CEO of the Christian relief and development organization, he plans to retire in January 2019. Stearns holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His professional career included leadership roles at Gillette, Parker Brothers Games, The Franklin Mint, and Lenox Inc., where he became president and chief executive officer in 1995. Stearns brought corporate best practices to World Vision, where he inspired a culture of outcome-focused management. His lasting legacy is his leadership in calling on the Church in America to respond to some of the greatest needs of our time, notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic and the global refugee crisis. Stearns and his wife, Reneé, have five children and five grandchildren and live in Bellevue, Washington.\"]"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: The Faerie Guardian (Creepy Hollow) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Rachel Morgan was born in South Africa and spent a large portion of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making. After completing a degree in genetics, she decided science wasnt for herafter all, they didnt approve of made-up facts. These days she spends much of her time immersed in fantasy land once more, writing fiction for young adults.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Uncle Scrooge #353 (No. 352)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Awaking (The Naturals, Book 1)\nDescription: ['Madeline Freeman lives in the metro-Detroit area with her husband, her cats, her sister, and her sisters cat. In her spare time, she reads, sews, rides her bike, and watches way too much TV on DVD. She also loves anything to do with astronomy, outer space, plate tectonics, and dinosaurs. This is her first published novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Calculus: Multivariable\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Vampire Gift 1: Wards of Night (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders: An Appalachian Mountain Ecology by George Constantz\nDescription: ['Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Vampire Gift 2: Kingdom of Ash (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: El arte de morir\nDescription: ['EL ARTE DE MORIR']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 1 - manga\nDescription: ['Kunieda is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i><br /><br /> Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Gypsy Goddess\nDescription: ['Tamil nadu, 1968 village landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer beatings as punishment in the misery of their daily lives it is little wonder that the communist party begins to gain traction, a small spark of defiance spreading from villager to villager as communities across the region begin to take a stand against the landlords, the landlords vow to break them, party organizers suffer grisly deaths and the flow of food into the marketplaces dries up but it only serves to make the villagers resistance burn more fiercely finally, the landlords descend on one village to set an example to the others']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria, Vol. 2 (light novel)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jungle Girls\nDescription: [\"Jim Silke served as the Executive Art Director at Capitol Records. He is the creator and editor of the magazines Cinema and Movies International, novelist (the Death Dealer series), and screenwriter (Sahara, King Solomon's Mines, Revenge of the Ninja, etc.). His books include, Bettie Page, Queen of the Nile, Bettie Page: Queen of Hearts and Bettie Page Rules, Pin-Up: The Illegitimate Art. Silke has won many awards, including a Grammy for the cover of Judy at Carnegie Hall, an Emmy citation for AFI's James Cagney Life Achievement Award, and citations from, The Society of Illustrators.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria, Vol. 3 (light novel)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Little Labors\nDescription: [\"Galchen has a knack for taking a thread and fraying it, so that a sentence never quite ends up where you expect.<br /> - <strong>James Wood, <em>The New Yorker</em></strong><br /><br />Little Labors has range. It contemplates both the royalty of infants and the uselessness of babies (compared to other animals). Its rare to find a work of likewise small stature grow so ponderously into such an expansive, magnanimous, and living thing. Like a child if you want or a book with meaning.<br /> - <strong>Jonathon Sturgeon, <em>Flavorwire</em></strong><br /><br />Galchen's implicit proposition that babies can be the subject of serious art, that we may coo and think simultaneously feels surprising, even radical, in a world where motherhood and intellectualism are still placed instinctively at odds. It may be a little book, but it is not a small one.<br /> - <strong><em>NPR</em></strong><br /><br />To read Rivka Galchen is to enter a wonderland where the bizarre and the mundane march in unlikely lockstep.<br /> - <strong>Michael Lindgren, <em>The Washington Post</em></strong><br /><br />In <em>Little Labors</em>, a highly original book of essays and observations, Rivka Galchen writes, The world seemed ludicrously, suspiciously, adverbially sodden with meaning. The birth of her daughter, she observes, made me again more like a writer ... precisely as she was making me into someone who was, enduringly, not writing. [...] I adore Galchens quiet, and the bravery of this books fragments. You get the sly sense reading this book that you are not seeing the whole writer; there is a sleight of hand something only partially revealed so that the fragments glow more. Her kaleidoscopic subjects leap from the literary to the mundane and back again. In discussing the form of The Pillow Book, an 11th-century miscellany written by a Japanese lady of the court, Galchen writes that she associates the book with the small as opposed to the minor. This is an important distinction, and, I think, a defense of her own form. [...] Galchen writes of children: Their arrival feels supernatural, they seem to come from another world, life near them takes on a certain unaccountable richness, and they are certain, eventually, to leave you. Given the tenderness of that situation (lifes richness or design flaw), how can we as writers, and as people, not pay attention? I am happy that Galchen did, and I am confident that many mothers (and other sleepless readers) will pick up this book and feel that they have found an unexpectedly intimate friend.<br /> - <strong><em>The New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br /><br />Little Labors offer a glimpse into an unknown future, a chance for women still unsure about children to see how their lives and minds might change.<br /> - <strong><em>New Republic</em></strong><br /><br />This essay collection from fiction and science writer Rivka Galchen is not your mother's motherhood lit. Brief, gemlike reflections on adjusting to life under the rule of a baby daughter (called 'the puma') are interwoven with literary and historical references. It's a book that will ring both familiar and strange.<br /> - <strong>Anya Kamenetz, <em>NPR</em></strong><br /><br />Galchen is, for my money, one of the most gifted stylists writing in American English today. Her funniness is otherworldly; she is the reigning champion of litotes, or understatement for effect. Preternaturally deft, Galchen can do almost anything with next to nothing.<br /> - <strong><em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em></strong><br /><br /><em>Little Labors</em> is a short, beguiling book about babies. About babies in art (with wrongly shaped heads), about babies in literature (rare, often monstrous), and about the arrival of a baby in author Rivka Galchens apartment.It is not a novel, nor a memoir, nor exactly is it an essay. It is more a wunderkabinett of baby-related curios. There are anecdotes about the effort of obtaining a passport for the baby, about homeless mens reaction to the baby, about a mean neighbor who repeatedly asks whether the baby is abnormally large. There are lists, of authors with and without kids, and of mother writers which includes Elena Ferrante and Sarah Manguso, and also, two of the most celebrated, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Louie C.K. There are ruminations on class, taste, Godzilla, Rumpelstiltskin, the color orange, screens. It is a peculiar book, and astonishing in its effect.<br /> - <strong><em>Boston Globe</em></strong><br /><br />As Galchen adeptly demonstrates, the pram in the hall is no longer the sombre enemy of good artignoring it is.<br /> - <strong>Gavin Tomson, <em>Maisonneuve</em></strong>\", \"RIVKA GALCHEN's 2008 first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, and her 2014 story collection, American Innovations, were both New York Times Best Books of the Year. She has received many awards, as well as an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Galchen lives in New York City.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 4 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i><br /><br /> Suzuhito Yasuda is the artist most known for his illustrations for the <i>Durarara!!</i> light novel series as well as the hit new light novel series, <i>Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 5 - manga (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon (manga))\nDescription: ['Kunieda is the artist behind the manga adaptation of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i><br /><br /> Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Socially Responsible Engineering: Justice in Risk Management\nDescription: ['<b>The only guide to understanding ethical challenges in engineering projects from both a technical and a social perspective</b>', 'What does it mean to be a \"good\" engineer, planner, or design professional in the ethical sense? Technical professionals must make daily decisions which impact upon the quality of life of those who live near the facilities, plants, structures, and thoroughfares they design, and in the cities and communities they plan and build. The questions of where these projects are built, who they are to serve, and how they will affect those who live near them are at the heart of Socially Responsible Engineering. Written from the perspective of the engineer, this new resource from two leading engineering authors is essential to professionals and students who must grapple with how solutions to engineering problems impact the people those solutions are meant to serve.', 'The first book of its kind to focus on the environmental implications of engineering ethics and justice, <i>Socially Responsible Engineering</i> provides a wealth of tools for evaluating projects from an ethical perspective and properly assessing the inherent risk to communities affected by engineering projects. This thorough book provides a historical and philosophical foundation of environmental justice, as well as:', '', \"<b>Daniel A. Vallero</b>, PhD, is Adjunct Professor of Engineering Ethics in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University and former director of Duke's Program in Science, Technology, and Human Values. His professional experience spans three decades in the executive and legislative branches of the federal government and at universities, and he is recognized as a leader in environmental research, engineering education, ethics, and environmental justice. He is the author of three previous books on environmental engineering and risk assessment.\", '<b>P. Aarne Vesilind</b>, PhD, is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University. He serves on many technical and pro?fessional editorial boards and has written nine books on environmental engineering, solid waste management, education, and environmental ethics.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 6 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i><br /><br /> Suzuhito Yasuda is the artist most known for his illustrations for the <i>Durarara!!</i> light novel series as well as the hit new light novel series, <i>Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Night in Transylvania: The Dracula Scrapbook\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Ascend Online (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Luke Chmilenko was born in the year 1987, in the city of Mississauga, Ontario spending the majority of his life within the city. He now lives in Burlington, Ontario with his wife and two cats. He currently works as an IT Security Specialist and spends his day hunting down viruses and misbehaving computers. In his spare time he is an avid gamer, reader of books and of course, writer.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Now Make an Altar (Carnegie Mellon Poetry Series)\nDescription: ['', \"The counterthrust of Beeder's musical rhythms and striking imagery suggest that her project is to make beautiful metaphor of our dangerous world.\", '--<i>West Branch</i>', 'She creates a musical, at times mythical, exploration of how we construct beauty and strangeness.', '--<i>Poetry</i>', '', '\"The counterthrust of Beeder\\'s musical rhythms and striking imagery suggest that her project is to make beautiful metaphor of our dangerous world.\" (West Branch)<br /><br />\"She creates a musical, at times mythical, exploration of how we construct beauty and strangeness.\" (Poetry)', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: AlterWorld (Play to Live) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\". Rus is a young Russian author whose books took the Russian literary market by storm in 2013. AlterWorld - the first novel of his Play to Live series - made him a bestselling author overnight as critics now credit him with single-handedly creating a new science fiction genre: LitRPG. Set in the virtual reality of MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games - his books tell stories of real people who'd become stuck in the game and are forced to follow its rules while preserving their intergrity and fighting to make their new world a better place. The five books of the series have created a huge following as more authors followed suit, making LitRPG the latest bestselling Russian genre that merges science fiction, fantasy and gaming conventions. D. Rus has been nominated for Start, one of Russia's prestigious literary prizes for the best debut science fiction novel. The first two novels of the Play to Live series - AlterWorld and The Clan - have been translated into English, and talks are under way to have the rest of the series published on Amazon.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Official Roster Of The Soldiers Of The State Of Ohio In The War Of The Rebellion, 1861-1866 (1886)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Clan (Play to Live) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"D. Rus is a young Russian author whose books took the Russian literary market by storm in 2013. AlterWorld - the first novel of his Play to Live series - made him a bestselling author overnight as critics now credit him with single-handedly creating a new science fiction genre: LitRPG. Set in the virtual reality of MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games - his books tell stories of real people who'd become stuck in the game and are forced to follow its rules while preserving their intergrity and fighting to make their new world a better place. The five books of the series have created a huge following as more authors followed suit, making LitRPG the latest bestselling Russian genre that merges science fiction, fantasy and gaming conventions. D. Rus has been nominated for Start, one of Russia's prestigious literary prizes for the best debut science fiction novel. The first two novels of the Play to Live series - AlterWorld and The Clan - have been translated into English, and talks are under way to have the rest of the series published on Amazon.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Kalamazoo And How It Grew\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Awaken Online: Catharsis (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', \"If you'd like to keep up with me and my work, feel free to check out my website below and subscribe to my newsletter!\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: I'll Be Seeing You, From Infamy to Victory, A WWII Series--Book Two (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['About Ben Baglio Benedict A. Baglio is a retired school administrator, counselor , and teacher. He remains active in K-12 educational issues as a consultant. He has served in leadership positions of various professional organizations nationally and in the middle states region. He also is an adjunct professor in education at Hofstra University , where he obtained his Ed.D. in 2003. Ben is a dedicated writer of historical fiction. He has published the first two of a four- volume saga of World War II, entitled A String of Pearls and Ill Be Seeing You. American Patrol and Its Been A Long, Long Time are due to be released in 2014 The series takes the reader from the years leading up to Pearl Harbor through V-J Day, providing what if questions to historical events and outcomes. Another novel entitled As Time Goes By. Just released, it tells the story of a modern day Navy fighter pilot who, through a crisis of faith, gets to meet his hero, a naval aviator who heroically died during the epic Battle of Midway. A time- travel fantasy for sure, the book is nonetheless historically accurate, and mirrors the attention to detail that marks Bens writing. Ill Try Not to Sing Out of Key, a novel of the Vietnam war, is just completed. In all his writing, the enemy has a face and a history. They are not simply targets and evil-doers, but individuals molded by time and circumstance to find themselves at opposite ends of the battlefield. He also authored The Kids Are The Easy Part An Insiders Perspective on School Reform. The book relates his perceived shortcomings of the current round of educational reform, and offers solutions to address them. Ben is a lifelong Long Islander, currently living in Patchogue. He is married, is the proud father of two sons and daughters-in law, and two wonderful grandsons.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Survival Quest (The Way of the Shaman Book #1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<i><b>LitRPG Books FB-group</b> - facebook.com/groups/LitRPG.books/</i>', '<i><b>LitRPG Books News FB-group</b> - facebook.com/groups/LitRPG.books/</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Miracle Mile\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Kartoss Gambit (The Way of the Shaman Book #2)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: 4th Grade CAASPP Test Prep: California Assessment of Students Performance and Progress Test Prep\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sigil Online: Paragons (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Jeff Sproul is a writer living in a small cabin in Alabama. Its quiet, peaceful, but theres a lot of bugs. When hes not squishing bugs and spiders, he enjoys a frozen pizza on the weekends and a daily 2 cups of coffee for his sanity. Jeff Sproul has been writing stories for over ten years. Some of his favorite scifi and fantasy works are Isaac Asimovs Foundation series, Starship Troopers, Warhammer 40k and various anime (which would be far too long to list.)', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Great Railroad Series: Old Reliable Locomotives: (Classic Train Stories) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Isaac has always been fascinated with the railroad and history surrounding how it brought life to towns across the nation. He is currently a sophomore in High School and is an encyclopedia of railroad knowledge. His dream is to inspire children of all ages to learn about the impact of trains and perhaps one day build a line himself. You can sign up for Isaacs monthly author newsletter where he discusses the history of the railroad and often includes videos of interviews with local experts and museum visits. He uses this information to write the Great Railroad Series. When he is not writing, you will find him in the Ozark Mountains enjoying all that life on a homestead provides. His beloved animals, LEGO trains, shooting sports, photography, art, science, survival skills, and reading are among his favorites.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"<span>*Starred Review*From<b>Michael Manning</b>, Author of the<i>Mageborn</i>and<i>Embersof Illeniel</i>series</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Anexcellent book in a relatively new genre. The story was interesting and offereda fresh perspective on a traditional plot. I very much enjoyed reading thisover my holiday break. I hope to see more from this author in the years tocome! -- Michael Manning --</span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>*Starred Review* From<b>TerrySchott</b>, Author of<i>The Game is Life</i>series</span><br /><span><br />I've always loved stories like this where the main character loves to play agame and finds themselves transported into it. Aleron did a great job ofbuilding the world, explaining the rules, and then taking the reader straightinto a fun and exciting adventure. After reading, 'The Land: Founding', youwill either want to call up your friends and re-subscribe to your MMORPG, orrush to create an account and begin playing for the first time! Of course,while you're waiting for it to load up, you will have already downloaded booktwo of this series and started it! Awesome stuff! -- Terry Schott --</span>\", '<b>Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi!</b><br />I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past year I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \"The Father of American LitRPG\"<br />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Mysterious Undersea World (Books for World Explorers)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Land: Forging: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past year I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \"The Father of American LitRPG\" My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. Peace, love and the perfect margarita! If you would like to know more: Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ Website: www.LitRPG.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/AleronKong Forum: tinyurl.com/AleronForum Newsletter: eepurl.com/cns1UH Blog: https://www.litrpg.com/litrpgblog/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LitRPG Street Team: tinyurl.com/LitRPGStreetTeam If you want more LitRPG, this is THE LIST of what\\'s out there! facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ You guys ROCK!!!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Boat People: A Novel\nDescription: ['. . . a warm and involving story. -- <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Land: Alliances: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: BCOM 2 (text only) 2nd(Second) edition by C. M. Lehman by D. D. DuFrene\nDescription: ['BCOM 2 (with Review Cards and Printed Access Card) [Paperback]\\nCarol M. Lehman (Author), Debbie D. DuFrene (Author)']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Land: Catacombs: A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['Hello you Kings of Fantasy and Queens of Sci-Fi! I have been reading sci-fi and fantasy for basically thirty years. In the past two years I am honored and blessed to have earned the title \"The Father of American LitRPG\" My primary goal was, and still remains, to write a story that I would like to read. Peace, Love and the Perfect Margarita! You can find Signed Books, Shirts and other Loot here: www.LitRPG.com/store There are also Shirts for sale on Amazon! tinyurl.com/LitRPGAmazon If you would like to know more: Author Page: facebook.com/LitRPGbooks/ Website: LitRPG.com Patreon: patreon.com/AleronKong Forum: Forum.litrpg.com Newsletter: litrpg.com/newsletter Blog: litrpg.com/litrpgblog/ Youtube: youtube.com/c/LitRPG Street Team: tinyurl.com/LitRPGStreetTeam If you want more LitRPG, this is THE LIST of all LitRPG authors and their books! litrpg.com/LitRPGbooks And if you want to join a bunch of awesome people like yourself, who LOVE LitRPG, join the FB group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPGGroup You guys ROCK!!!', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Poezii de dragoste: Versuri nemuritoare (Romanian Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Adventures on Terra - Book 1: Beginnings (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Spurgeon's Sermon Illustrations\nDescription: [\"Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. Converted at a young age, Spurgeon delivered his first sermon when he was only sixteen and went on to become a pastor the following year. Within a short time he was preaching to more than ten thousand people at each service/ His long ministry in London resulted in sixty-three volumes of published sermons and the founding of several orphanages, as well as an evangelical pastors' college.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 7 - light novel (Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)\nDescription: ['Fujino Omori is the author of the hilarious fantasy light novel series, <i>Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i><br /><br /> Suzuhito Yasuda is the artist most known for his illustrations for the <i>Durarara!!</i> light novel series as well as the hit new light novel series, <i>Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea\nDescription: ['IMES besteller, this true story tells the riveting, first-hand account of the only man in history to have survived more than a month alone at sea,fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. Racked by hunger, buffeted by storms, and broiled by the tropical sun, Steven Callahan drifted over eighteen hundred miles of ocean, fighting off sharks with a makeshift spear, and watching nine ships pass by without turning back. Here is a story of anguish and horror, of undying heroism, hope--and survival.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Project Daily Grind (Mirror World Book #1) LitRPG series eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Linking Legacies: Connecting The Cold War Nuclear Weapons Production Processes To Their Environmental Consequences\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Eden's Gate: The Reborn: A LitRPG Adventure (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wiring Complete: Second Edition (Taunton's Complete)\nDescription: ['<div>Michael Litchfield has been renovating houses or writing about them for more than 40 years. During that time he has been a founding editor of <i>Fine Homebuilding</i> magazine, the author of 12 acclaimed books on home design and renovation, and editor of a CNET/Yahoo! Gold Star home improvement site. He is also a certified green building professional. </div> <div></div>']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm: A litRPG Adventure (The Viridian Gate Archives) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Hey all, my name is James Hunter and Im a writer, among other things. So just a little about me: Im a former Marine Corps Sergeant, combat veteran, and pirate hunter (seriously). Im also a member of The Royal Order of the Shellbackcause thats a real thing. Ive also been a missionary and international aid worker in Bangkok, Thailand. And, a space-ship captain, cant forget that. <br /><br /> Okay the last one is only in my imagination. <br /><br /> Currently, Im a stay at home Dadtaking care of my two kidswhile also writing full time, making up absurd stories that I hope people will continue to buy. When Im not working, writing, or spending time with family, I occasionally eat and sleep.<br /><br /> You can visit me to find out more at <b>www.JamesAHunter.Wordpress.com<b>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</b></b>', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm: A litRPG Adventure (The Viridian Gate Archives) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Hey all, my name is James Hunter and Im a writer, among other things. So just a little about me: Im a former Marine Corps Sergeant, combat veteran, and pirate hunter (seriously). Im also a member of The Royal Order of the Shellbackcause thats a real thing. Ive also been a missionary and international aid worker in Bangkok, Thailand. And, a space-ship captain, cant forget that. <br /><br /> Okay the last one is only in my imagination. <br /><br /> Currently, Im a stay at home Dadtaking care of my two kidswhile also writing full time, making up absurd stories that I hope people will continue to buy. When Im not working, writing, or spending time with family, I occasionally eat and sleep.<br /><br /> You can visit me to find out more at <b>www.JamesAHunter.Wordpress.com<b>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</b></b>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights\nDescription: ['Molly Ivins, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, began her career in journalism as the complaint department of the <i>Houston Chronicle</i>. She then went on to work for <i>The Texas Observer</i>, as co-editor, and <i>The New York Times</i>, as a political reporter and later as Rocky Mountain bureau chief. In 1982, she returned to Texas. Her column was syndicated in more than three hundred newspapers, and her freelance work appeared in <i>Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Harpers</i>, and other publications. Her first book, <i>Molly Ivins Cant Say That, Can She?</i>, spent more than a year on the <i>New York Time</i>s bestseller list. Her books with Lou Dubose on George W. Bush, <i>Shrub</i> and <i>Bushwhacked</i>, were also<i> New York Times</i> bestsellers. Molly Ivins died in January 2007.<br /><br />Lou Dubose has written about Texas and national politics for thirty years. He was editor of <i>The Texas Observer</i> and politics editor for <i>The Austin Chronicle</i>, and he currently edits <i>The Washington Spectator</i>. He was co-author (with Molly Ivins) of <i>Shrub</i> and <i>Bushwhacked</i>. In 2003 he wrote (with<i> Texas Monthly </i>writer Jan Reid) <i>The Hammer: Tom DeLay, God, Money, and the Rise of the Republican Congress.</i> In 2006 he wrote (with <i>Texas Observer</i> editor Jake Bernstein) <i>Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency</i>.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', 'Chapter 1<br />ONE<br /><br />Independence Day <br /><br /><i>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. </i><br />First Amendment to the United States Constitution <br /><br /><i>People should watch what they say</i>. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, October 2001 <br /><br /><i>We were wearing T-shirts, exercising our free-speech rights in the public square. And we were arrested? If you cede this, theres nothing left.</i> University of Houston law student Jeff Rank, February 2007 <br /><br />Its July 4, 2004. <br />The temperature is in the mid-nineties, the humidity is high, the crowd on the West Virginia capitol grounds numbers three, or four, or six thousand, depending on the media source. George W. Bush is in a tight race with John Kerry. And a growing number of voters have already gone south on Bushs war in Iraq. <br /><br />After Representative Shelley Moore Capito introduces the president, he thanks her for serving as his state campaign chair. Then takes ten more minutes to make it through the acknowledgments and howdies in his twenty-five-minute speech. He thanks the Boy Scouts. And the Girl Scouts. He thanks Charlestons Republican mayor, Danny Jones. He thanks country and western singer Aaron Tippin. He thanks the minister of Bible Center megachurch, whose service he missed that morning because of a mechanical problem on Air Force One. He thanks no one in particular for the coal found in West Virginia. He thanks the Almighty a few times. He even thanks the West Virginia Coal Association president, whom he describes as my friend, for getting the coal out of the ground and into the nations power plants. He doesnt thank the coal miners, but the president is doubled over with gratitude. <br /><br />The party dignitaries, Bushs state campaign chair, the planned stop at a big-box evangelical church, the Bush T-shirts worn by enthusiastic supporters, all suggest that the Fourth of July visit to Charleston is a campaign event. <br /><br />Its not. Its an official visit of the president of the United States, with taxpayers picking up the tab for Air Force One, the presidents security detail, and the weeks of work by the White House Advance Team. But political strategist Karl Rove is in charge, the Iraq war in question, and John Kerry slightly ahead in national polls. So the president delivers his well-rehearsed keep-fear-alive campaign stem-winder, written to drive home the message he hopes will close the deal in November: <i>The terrorists who were plotting to attack us again are hard on the run in Afghanistan and Iraq.</i><br /><br />Our immediate task in battlefronts like Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere is to capture or kill the terrorists. Thats our immediate task. We made a decision. You see. We will engage these enemies in these countries around the world so we do not have to face them at home. (Applause) After the attacks of September the eleventh, 2001, the nation resolved to fight terrorists where they dwell. (Applause) You cant talk sense to them. You cant negotiate with them. You cannot hope for the best with these people. We must be relentless and determined to do our duty. (Applause) <br /><br />But its the Fourth of July, and just as a good country and western song requires the mention of Mama, trains, trucks, prison, and gettin drunk, there are certain de rigueur requirements of a good Fourth of July speech. Bush touched on most of them: the Founders, George Washington (I call him George W.), God, the Troops, abstractions like Democracy and Freedom. <br /><br />On this Fourth of July, we confirm our love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds, the freedom of people to worship as they so choose. (Applause) Free thought, free expression, thats what we believe. But we also understand that that freedom is not Americas gift to the world. Freedom is the Almighty Gods gift to each man and woman in this world. (Applause) And by serving that ideal, by never forgetting the values and the principles that have made this country so strong 228 years after our countrys founding, we will bring hope to others and at the same time make America more secure. (Applause) <br /><br />Nicole Rank had moved from Bushs home state to Charleston, West Virginia, to work on a FEMA flood control project. When agency employees were offered tickets to the presidents Fourth of July event, she filled out an online application for herself and her husband, Jeff, who had followed her from their home in Corpus Christi. Neither of them was a George W. Bush supporter. But that question didnt appear on the form the Secret Service required of anyone attending the official presidential visit. Both, in fact, were opponents of the war in Iraq. Both received tickets to the event. <br /><br />The Ranks showed up for the presidents visit to the capitol, made their way through the security checkpoint and to a place near where Bush was to speak. Then they took off their shirts to uncover homemade T-shirts with the international symbol over the word Bush. <br /><br />A bold gesture in a rabidly pro-Bush crowd. <br /><br />Team Bush believes it only takes a few antiwar protesters to muck up a pro-war speech. A sixteen-year-old volunteer spotted the Ranks and ran to warn Tom Hamm that two people were creating a problem. Thomas Donald Hamm was an unemployed thirty-year-old event volunteer who had worked on Shelley Moore Capitos campaign and in her congressional office. Hes young, but hes decisive. He surveyed the situation and summarily suspended the First Amendment, telling the couple the T-shirts had to go or they had to leave. <br /><br />When Jeff Rank told Hamm he was breaking no law and refused to take off his shirt, Hamm called for backup: Aaron Spork, who actually was working in Capitos D.C. office. Together they made it clear: no First Amendment protections on the Fourth of July in Charleston, West Virginia. Hamm called a capitol police officer and told him the Ranks tickets were revoked. <br /><br />At which point, the revoking got under way. <br /><br />Nicole Rank was nimble enough to whip out her disposable camera and photograph everyone who confronted her. Then the Ranks sat on the ground, to indicate they were not leaving. At approximately 11:00 a.m. they were handcuffed and led from the capitol grounds by the capitol police officer who first responded and a state trooper and protective services officer who showed up as an arrest team. Reporters who tried to speak to them were waved off by Hamm, who told them if they followed the couple out, they would not be allowed back in and would miss the presidents speech. <br /><br />As Jeff Rank recalled, the band on the platform played America the Beautiful as the Ranks were frog-marched to the police van that would take them to the Charleston municipal jail. <br /><br />President Bush started speaking at exactly 12:57. By the time he got to the constitutional rights properly enshrined in the First Amendmentour love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds. . . . Free thought, free expression, thats what we believeJeff and Nicole Rank already had their handcuffs removed and were sitting in separate cells in Charlestons police department building. It was chickenshit, said Nitro, West Virginia, lawyer Harvey Peyton. I mean these young kids, these twenty-somethings, just told the officers, Their tickets are revoked, get them off the capitol grounds. <br /><br />It was one of several varieties of chickenshit expressly prohibited by the First Amendment, even if it took the Congress and the courts a while to make that prohibition clear. Law professor Geoffrey Stone begins his book Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime with a description of the first fight over the First Amendment. It occurred less than ten years after the Bill of Rights was ratified, during what Stone refers to as the half war with France, which almost happened in the 1790s after the American government stiffed the French. France had stepped in and salvaged the American Revolution. When the U.S. government refused to support the French in their war against Britain, the government in Paris declared all U.S. sailors pirates and began boarding U.S. ships. <br /><br />President John Adams responded by putting the nation on war footing, adding eighteen new divisions to the Army, and calling George Washington back from Mount Vernon to take command. Adamss Federalist majority in Congress singled out immigrants, suspending jury trials and allowing indefinite detention of foreigners when the nation was at war. Then they turned their attention to American citizens, passing a sedition act that provided for a two-year sentence and $2,000 fine for anyone who would write, print, utter, or publish scandalous, untrue, or malicious comments against either house of Congress or the president. <br /><br />Vermont congressman Matthew Lyon was the first person tried under the Sedition Act. He said that under President Adams every consideration of the public law [was] swallowed up in a continual grasp for power, in an unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice.<br /><br />Lyon got no jail time for that when he said it. But he made the mistake of quoting himself after Adams signed the Sedition Act into law. He was prosecuted by Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, fined $1,000 plus $60.96 in court costs, and jailed four months in conditions we today associate with Donald Rumsfelds extraordinary rendition. Lyon described a damp, freezing cell, which included a necessary with the stench equal to the Philadelphia docks in the month of August. <br /><br />Since Matthew Lyon was locked up in 1798, the notion that a citizen can be arrested for offending the president has given way to free-speech protections that are almost as sacrosanct as high school football in Texas. James Madison declared the Sedition Act unconstitutional because it returned American citizens to the status of subjectsreinstating the exploded doctrine that the administrators of the Government are the masters, and not the servants, of the people. <br />Law professor Leonard Levywho seems to do little else but think and write about the Constitutionsays that seditious speech is an alien concept to American democracy. It only exists where people are subjects rather than sovereigns and their criticism implies contempt of their master.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Her Festive Baby Bombshell (Harlequin Romance)\nDescription: [\"Award-winning author Jennifer Faye pens fun, heartwarming, contemporary romances with rugged cowboys, sexy billionaires and enchanting royalty. Internationally published with books translated into nine languages, she is a two-time winner of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award. She has also won the CataRomance Reviewers' Choice Award, been named a TOP PICK author, and been nominated for numerous other awards.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Way of the Outcast (Mirror World Book #3)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: How to Travel Incognito\nDescription: [\"Monsieur Le Comte de St Cucuface is a charismatic aristocrat fallen on hard times who slums his way around post-war France in elegant style, trading on his name and his exquisite manners. After a chance encounter on a train, he convinces a wide-eyed Ludwig Bemelmans to adopt the identity of an imaginary German Prince and join him in his ruse for a while. Together they set out on an enchanted adventure through an old France that is crumbling to dust, feeding off the comically vulgar continental set that is fast replacing Cucuface's blue-blooded caste. They dine on the finest food and wine, stay at the finest hotels and chateaux, pausing only for St Cucuface to recount another amusing tale of his eccentric lineage. Originally published in 1952, mixing autobiography and fiction to magical effect, How to Travel Incognito is both a gently comic travelogue and an affectionate and melancholic hymn to the passing of an ancient order.\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: Starting Life: Tree\nDescription: [\"Reviewed with Claire Llewellyn's <i>Duck</i>.<P>K-Gr. 3. With straightforward, succinct texts, these additions to the Starting Life series introduce children to the life cycle of familiar species in a picture-book format. <i>Duck</i> follows mallards from eggs to hatchlings to adults during a 12-month period. <i>tree</i> describes the growth of an apple tree from seed to seedling to sapling to mature tree with fruit over the course of several years. The pages, made from extra-heavy stock, gradually increase in size, allowing for a tabbed effect on the right side of the book. As children flip each page, they'll discover that the picture on the left blends neatly with the illustration on the front end papers, giving the feel of full-page spreads. The brightly colored, photographic-style artwork is appropriately realistic and flexible enough to allow for inside and cut-away views. The pictures are generously captioned, but although obvious effort has been made to place captions on light areas of the art, the printed matter occasionally disappears within the picture. A glossary and a life-cycle summary conclude each of these volumes, which will be welcomed by browsers and report writers alike. Great books to set out alongside titles in the Watch Me Grow series, published by DK. <i>Kay Weisman</i><br><i>Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", \"Claire Llewellyn was an editor of children's non-fiction for more than ten years before becoming a writer. She specializes in books for younger readers. Her My First Book of Time won The Times Educational Supplement Junior Information Book Award in the U.K. She has written more than 50 children's books on a wide range of subjects.<P><P>Simon Mendez lives and works as a freelance artist in Yorkshire, England. His degree is in scientific illustration, and he uses a variety of techniques to achieve a high level of detail in his artwork. Simon is also an avid photographer, which helps him in his research. Simon is the winner of a Gold Star award from the Association of Illustrators in the U.K.\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: Luxe City Guide Singapore\nDescription: [\"Famous for their ultra short, sharp and snappy reviews and highly personal and selective entries - LUXE City Guides have sold well over one million copies - no padding, no maps, no daft pictures and graphics, just super-curated, highly opinionated quickfire speed reads from resident editors and contributors who REALLY know their city, so you can spend time enjoying the city not head down in a book. Packed from concertina cover to cover with snazz, snark and snap, if it's in LUXE, it's IN - enough said.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Blood Sugar: the family\nDescription: [\"Moore, Michael. Blood Sugar: Inspiring Recipes for Anyone Facing the Challenge of Diabetes and Maintaining Good Health. New Holland Australia, dist. by Midpoint Trade. Nov. 2011. 240p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781742571546. $35. COOKING Moore, diagnosed with diabetes at age 35, has worked in some of London's best restaurants and was consulting director of food at the Sydney Opera House. This cookbook for controlling blood sugar contains 65 elegant but easy recipes and an abundance of gorgeous full-color photographs. Illustrating that cooking to balance blood sugar doesn't have to be bland, Moore includes mouthwatering recipes for light meals, soups, main dishes, desserts, and snacks. He also shares tips for balancing food types. Measurements are given in both ounces and grams to make the recipes accessible to any cook, anywhere. VERDICT This cookbook will be enjoyed alike by those living with diabetes and by foodies. -- Lisa Felix, Mishawaka-Penn-Harris P.L., IN-- LIBRARY JOURNAL\", '', \"From early and simple beginnings in the UK Michael started out in some of London's best restaurants, including the Caf? Royal and 45 Park Lane. His first job in Australia was in Kables, and from there he moved to head chef at Pruniers in Woollahara, Bonne Femme, Wildfire, Group Director of Food for Sofitel Hotels and Resorts Australasia and consulting Director of Food at the Sydney Opera House. Michael Moore has appeared on television for the last eight years throughout Australia.\", '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box\nDescription: [\"<I>Stealing the Network</I> is a book of science fiction. It's a series of short stories about characters who gain unauthorized access to equipment and information, or deny use of those resources to the people who are meant to have access to them. The characters, though sometimes well described, are not the stars of these stories. That honor belongs to the tools that the black-hat hackers use in their attacks, and also to the defensive measures arrayed against them by the hapless sysadmins who, in this volume, always lose. Consider this book, with its plentiful detail, the answer to every pretty but functionally half-baked user interface ever shown in a feature film.\", 'One can read this book for entertainment, though its writing falls well short of cyberpunk classics like <I><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060539828/${0}\">Burning Chrome</a></I> and <I><a href=\"/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553380958/${0}\">Snow Crash</a></I>. Its value is in its explicit references to current technologies--Cisco routers, OpenSSH, Windows 2000--and specific techniques for hacking them (the heroes and heroines of this book are always generous with command-history dumps). The specific detail may open your eyes to weaknesses in your own systems (or give you some ideas for, ahem, looking around on the network). Alternately, you can just enjoy the extra realism that the detail adds to these stories of packetized adventure. <I>--David Wall</I>', '\"Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box is a unique book in the fiction department. It combines stories that are false, with technology that is real. While none of the stories have happened, there is no reason why they could not. You could argue it provides a road map for criminal hackers, but I say it does something else; it provides a glimpse into the creative minds of some of today\\'s best hackers, and even the best hackers will tell you that the game is a mental one.\" - from the foreword by Jeff Moss, President & CEO, BlackHat, Inc. <br><br>\"...the reader will find this an informative, instructive and even entertaining book.\" - Managing Risk magazine']"
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"chosen": "Title: Nova Academy\nDescription: ['Scott is a West Coast native where he lives with his wife, son, and their very cool dog. He grew up moving every few years in an Army family with his brother and two sisters. <br /><br />After high school, Scott spent five years working in mostly construction and maintenance in central Texas until joining the U.S. Coast Guard where he worked as a Fire Control Technician working on the Close-In-Weapon-System. Scott married and completed his bachelor's degree in Business Administration then began a career in commercial real estate where he today works for a national auction firm as one of the firm's brokers. <br /><br />Scott is a part time author, some time gamer, and full time lover of science fiction and fantasy novels that he has been reading since grade school.<br /><br />Nova Academy ishis first novel. Scott's second novel, Earth Interstellar: Proxy War, isdue outlate 2017. Nova Academy's second novel in the series, Bases & Lairs,is due out mid-2018. <br /><br />For moreinformation on Scott's current and upcoming booksgo to threehelmets.com']",
"rejected": "Title: Medication Fact Book for Psychiatric Practice\nDescription: ['\"Best quick medication resource available!\" -Jack L. Katz, MD, New Rochelle, NY \"Concise, to the point, and contains the details you REALLY want and need to know.\" -David Moore, MD, Greenville, SC \"The most comprehensive yet concise, user friendly, conveniently sized, one stop reference book for everyday clinical practice\" -Yolanda R. Rambin, PhD, MP, Alexandria, LA \"I love it! It is written in understandable terms, and has lots of very helpful info that isn\\'t easily available elsewhere.\" -Rob Lusk, PhD, Normal, Illinois', 'Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP, is an associate professor at Keck Graduate Institute, School of Pharmacy in Claremont, CA and the deputy editor of The Carlat Psychiatry Report.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hatchling: (Wyvernette Book One) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 6 (GA)\nDescription: [\"Ando suddenly question of Sayumi concealed as a beginning, in 2: teen be finally frustrated. Three years ago, Ando had friends in the same year. Yuina, Hatoko. The boy broke a proclivity, Sagami. The girl who loved him and Tamaki. Friends monthly and conceives spent no period--first tasted's despair, the boy was born. Interweaving four junior high school students, ugly and beautiful, the beginning and the end of black history.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: First Year (The Black Mage Book One)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Rachel E. Carter\\'s USA Today bestselling<i>The Black Mage</i>series:</b><span><br /><br />\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -<b><i>Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore</i></b></span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -<b><i>Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net</i></b><br /><br />\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"<b>-<i>Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine</i></b><br /><span></span></span>', '', '<b>Rachel E. Carter</b>is the USA Today bestselling author of<i>The Black Mage</i>, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.<span><br /><br /><span>Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales:</span></span><span>bit.ly/rachelecarter.</span><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Little Girl Named Miriam\nDescription: ['Dina Rosenfeld, a former pre-school teacher from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, began by creating original stories for her young students. Now, she has well over a dozen children s titles to her credit, including the popular Labels for Laibel, Kind Little Rivka, and The Very Best Place for a Penny. Dina lives in Brooklyn, NY where in addition to writing, she has become involved with children s book editing and design.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Black Mage: Apprentice (The Black Mage Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Rachel E. Carter's USA Today bestselling<i>The Black Mage</i>series:</b><span><br /><br />"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something "extra". That extra punch that drags you in and won't let go. I hope you give it a try. It's THAT good." -<b><i>Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore</i></b></span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up." -<b><i>Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net</i></b><br /><br />"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!"<b>-<i>Margaret Faria, InD'Tale Magazine</i></b><br /><span></span></span><div><br /><span><span>"An intriguing story with enthralling characters that shine brightly in their determination and fierce pride." -<b><i>Michelle Lynn, Young Adult Books Central (YABC)</i></b><br /><br />"This has undoubtedly become one of my favorite YA fantasy series. Hands down, no competition."<b>-<i>Melissa, EverSoMela, top Goodreads reviewer</i></b><br /><i></i><br />"Rachel E. Carter has a definite fan in me forever, keep doing what you're doing Rachel because you write an amazing story!"<b>-<i>Emmeline, The Book Herald, top Amazon reviewer</i></b></span> </span></div>', '<b>Rachel E. Carter</b>is the USA Today bestselling author of<i>The Black Mage</i>, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.<br /><br /><span><span>Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.</span></span><span></span><div><br /><div><b>Official Site:</b>rachelecarter.com</div><div><b>Facebook:</b>facebook.com/rachelecarterauthor</div><div><b>Instagram:</b>instagram.com/rachelcarterauthor</div><div><b>Snapchat:</b>recarterauthor</div><div><b>Twitter:</b>twitter.com/recarterauthor</div><div><b>Pinterest:</b>pinterest.com/recarterauthor</div><div><b>Tumblr:</b>rachelcarterauthor.tumblr.com</div><div><b>Goodreads:</b>goodreads.com/rachelcarterauthor</div><div><b>Wattpad:</b>wattpad.com/user/rachelcarterauthor</div><div><b>Amazon:</b>amazon.com/author/rachelecarter</div><div><b>Email:</b>rachelcarterauthor@gmail.com</div> </div>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Candidate (The Black Mage Book 3)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Rachel E. Carter\\'s USA Today bestselling<i>The Black Mage</i>series:</b><span><br /><br />\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -<b><i>Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore</i></b></span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -<b><i>Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net</i></b><br /><br />\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"<b>-<i>Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine</i></b><br /><span></span></span>', '', '<b>Rachel E. Carter</b>is the USA Today bestselling author of<i>The Black Mage</i>, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.<span><br /><br /><span>Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.</span></span><span></span><span></span><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dragon School: First Flight (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Chasing Darkness\nDescription: [\"In this taut psychological thriller, Girard (Ruthless Game) portrays the effects of child abuse with clarity and honesty, demonstrating how some victims turn into victimizers while others choose to guard the innocent. Samantha Chase, a special agent for the Department of Justice and a former homicide detective, spends her time apprehending child abusers and caring for her orphaned twin nephews. At all times she represses her own traumatic childhood experiences and maintains an aloof distance from her colleagues, friends and family. But when a copycat killer begins targeting women who are connected to Sam through her cases, her life starts to unravel. Her colleagues wonder what she's hiding behind her icy veneer could she be a rogue cop? and a single-minded police chief who's convinced of her guilt is determined to put her away. Sam's primary ally is her ex-lover, Detective Nick Thomas, but his lingering affection for her may place her life in jeopardy. As Sam and Nick come nearer to uncovering the killer, disturbing secrets about Sam's past and her nephews' bleak childhood come to light. Girard maintains the novel's swift pacing and high tension, but a too perfect denouement detracts from the stark, realistic canvas she has created. Still, this is a compelling thriller and a skillful treatment of a difficult topic. <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dragon School: Initiate (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Houghton Mifflin Reading: Expeditions, By Cooper, Grade 5, Theme 3: Voices of the Revolution, Teachers Edition\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Level Up\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Puerto Rican Guitar Method: Samuel Ramos\nDescription: ['Samuel Ramos, born in Lajas, Puerto Rico, started playing the guitar with his father at the age of 12. At the age of 15, he discovered the cuatro and began taking lessons with Norton Torres. As a high school student, he joined the schools rondalla (an instrumental group) playing both guitar and cuatro. Samuel holds a BA in music education from Antillean Adventist University in Mayagez, Puerto Rico, with a major in classical guitar. He studied under the tutelage of Dr. Jacques Landre. In 1999, he recorded his first instrumental CD for solo guitar, Meditando en la Cruz (Meditating on the Cross), He joined the faculty of the Juan Morel Campos Performing Arts School in Ponce,as a strings instructor. He later became an assistant professor of guitar at the Inter-American University of San German, Puerto Rico. He also served as a public school music teacher for 6 years in Lajas, Puerto Rico Samuel resides in Winter Haven, Florida with his wife Brenda and two sons, and currently teaches elementary music for the Polk County School of Florida.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Pangea Online: Death and Axes: A LitRPG Novel\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Haudenosaunee: Portraits of the Firekeepers, the Onondaga Nation\nDescription: ['Toba Pato Tucker, who has photographed the Navajo in the Southwest, the Shinnecock and Montauk Indians on eastern Long Island, and the Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona, now creates a record of the Onondaga Nation, the Native people who have inhabited the hills of central New York for fifteen thousand years. Using a simple black backdrop and available daylight, her portraits show the timeless contemplative images that reify the spirit that has maintained the Onondaga for centuries.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer )\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800\nDescription: ['', '[C]hallenging and innovative...thorough and masterful... One hopes that Christopher Ehret has initiated a new trend in the writing of African history textbooks,one that challenges previously accepted chronologies and ideas and presents us with an interpretation that connects social, economic, political, and cultural history.', 'An authoritative and strikingly original overview of African history up to 1800, written at a level that will be accessible to entering college students.', '', '', 'Christopher Ehret is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400 (Virginia).', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Miss Aggie Cries Murder (Misadventure of Miss Aggie Mystery Series, No. 2 / Heartsong Presents Mysteries)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Tainted Morals\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Watch Me (Woodland Frolics Series)\nDescription: ['From dust jacket: This story-picture book has unusual appeal for younger boys and girls, since animal stories are favorites of both. For younger children who cannot read, the pictures carry the story and any child past the primer stage can read the story for he has learned most of the words used, during the first half of the first grade...Filled with charming animals stories of Cubby Bear, Downy, Duck, Rusty Turtle, Frisky Squirrel, Skippy Rabbit and Little Fox. With beautiful color illustrations on every page to please and enchant. Contains a Primer World List at the end of the stories.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Found Wanting\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Overworld: The Life and Times of a Reluctant Spy\nDescription: ['As Kolb spins a tale of international intrigue in which he does everything from accompany Muhammad Ali on a mission to free American hostages in Beirut to introduce Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega to an Indian holy man, it\\'s awfully tempting to consider him a hoaxster la Chuck Barrisbut all it takes is a little online research to produce corroborating details. Kolb actually is connected to international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi by marriage; stories in Indian newspapers confirm that government wants him in connection with a plot against a former premier involving that same holy man. Pretty soon, a reader will believe that Kolb, the son of a Cold War intelligence operative who grew up in post-WWII Japan and Germany, really was recruited by legendary spy Miles Copeland because his jet-setting lifestyle put him in all the right places. Slangily written from a safe house \"on a sunny shore,\" Kolb\\'s recollection of his training in the fundamentals of spycraft is a particularly engrossing section that will leave readers convinced they know enough to run their own clandestine operations. It\\'s the centerpiece around which he weaves a slew of anecdotes stretching back to WWII, producing a cumulative effect that renders the whole story so amazing that readers will conclude that even the wildest bitslike his taking credit for rewriting the blueprints for the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages dealhave got to be true. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"A secret agent's memoir has a built-in credibility problem. But some basic parts of Kolb's remarkable life appear to be true: his father was a senior U.S. intelligence agent, he absorbed the style if not the specifics of the game from Dad (he would eventually work with the CIA), he befriended and represented the retired Muhammad Ali for years, and he became a member of the inner circle of Saudi magnate Adnan Khashoggi. All this became a heady cocktail for Kolb, and it will be for readers, as we are seductively, seamlessly guided through a life of first-class travel and lodging, intimate encounters with the world's movers and shakers, and a peek into the mindset of a spy. It all seems too easy, and it was: Kolb eventually worked the wrong deal, finding himself an apparent target for assassination by Indian secret police and living in a Florida safe house, from where he says he wrote this book. A great read, but consider the source. <i>Alan Moores</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dessert Island\nDescription: ['M. Margaret Neil is the author of the romantic comedies <i>Uncommon Sense</i> and <i>The Dragon Diary</i>, and is a contributing writer for <i>LEQ</i> magazine. She is living her own happy ending in sunny California with her two practically perfect in every way children and the man of her dreams.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Batty Malgoony's Mystic Carnivale\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Skeleton Bayou\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Worthy of a Pirate's Love\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Round Robin\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Susie's Whimsical Christmas Coloring Book For All Ages\nDescription: [\"A self-taught artist, Susie Scott has been drawing and creating ever since she can remember. Over the years she has worked in a variety of media, creating everything from dough ornaments to handmade paper cards, Paper mache, clay and fabric art dolls as well as award winning designs for children's clothing. One of the signature traits of Susie's work are the smiles and grins. She says it's whimsical with a touch of mischievous that captures her and the spirit of her work. I'm all about Happy and joyful, she says. I don't think there is enough of it.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The BOOK THIEF\nDescription: [\"Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Iwe Intro to Business 8e\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Line (Witching Savannah)\nDescription: ['', 'In this debut contemporary urban mystery, J.D. Horn weaves an intricate, gripping tale of magic and mysticism with the assured grace and lyricism of a seasoned novelist. Kathryn Leigh Scott, author of <i>Dark Passages</i> and star of the classic TV series, \"Dark Shadows\"', \"The witch is dead and Mercy Taylor needs to find out who killed her in Horn's intriguing debutThis tightly paced, entertaining series opener shows great potential. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>\", '', 'J.D. Horn was raised in rural Tennessee, and has since carried a bit of its red clay in him while travelling the world, from Hollywood, to Paris, to Tokyo. He studied comparative literature as an undergrad, focusing on French and Russian in particular. He also holds an MBA in international business and worked as a financial analyst before becoming a novelist. When not writing he is likely running, and he has race bibs from two full marathons and about thirty half marathons. He and his spouse, Rich, and their three pets split their time between Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Be Well, Detroit: Empowering a City Lost to *the Unrest in the 60's, Created by the Racial Inequalities in America *the Busing Experiment in the Name ... *Poverty, a Complex Issue with many Causes *a\nDescription: [\"Dana Coyne taught Art for twenty five years and was a Counselor for eight years in the Detroit Public Schools between 1979 and 2012. She has her Master's Degree in School Counseling from Wayne State University. She has completed Landmark Education's Curriculum for Living and numerous other courses offered by Landmark Education. She lives in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan with her golden retriever Jones and her cat Emmy. Dana is committed to the well being and happiness of all people.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines\nDescription: ['<b>Yoshihito Isogawa</b> is a LEGO luminary with 42 years of building experience. He began writing computer manuals while at the Tokyo University of Science and founded Isogawa Studio, Inc. soon after. He has twice won the grand prize in the Japan Manual Contest held by the Japan Technical Communicators Association and he has won outstanding performance awards many times. He currently lives in Tokyo.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Politics of Division\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Entertaining Mr Stone (Black Lace)\nDescription: ['<b>Portia Da Costa</b> is one of the most internationally renowned authors of erotica. She is the author of <i>Continuum</i>, <i>Gothic Blue</i>, and <i>The Tutor</i>.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bible for Personal Revival\nDescription: [\"Discover the Presence of Christ--and the Key to Revival Some people attend church each week with a yawn. Others think that reading the Bible is just a ticket to another guilt trip. They haven't yet learned how exciting and energizing the Christian life can be--but they're about to! The Spiritual Adventure Bible is designed to wake up sleepy Christians and help them catch a vision for what God wants to do in their lives. This unique study Bible, based on the successful 50-Day Spiritual Adventure seminars, is a ticket to an exciting and wonderful spiritual adventure. It features the same kind of practical Bible-based teaching that has already helped millions of people experience personal revival. There are many Bibles on the market with varied approaches. But the Spiritual Adventure Bible is different. David Mains says, We don't need more technique. We need the presence of Jesus Christ. This study Bible introduces readers to Jesus as a living person who has a lot to say about their everyday lives. The Spiritual Adventure Bible is a call to renewal and to action that will help both new Christians and seasoned believers respond to the powerful presence of Jesus. It's designed to spark revival--in individuals, in their churches, and in their communities. Features include: New International Version combines ease of reading with accuracy of translation in today's most widely used modern translation. 52 Spiritual Adventures with action steps challenge Christians to recognize Jesus' presence and follow in his footsteps every single day. 250 Profiles show what happens in the lives of people and communities when they experience the power fo God's presence in a dramatic way. Double-column format with center-column, cross references. NIV Concordance.\", \"David R. Mains is a best-selling author who has been holding 50-Day Spiritual Adventures since 1980. Each year more than 500,000 people and 4,500 churches worldwide participate in a 50-Day Spiritual Adventure. His organization, The Chapel Ministries, annually holds over 140 Pastors' Training Conferences with almost 3,000 pastors participating each year. Dr. Mains's passion is to help Christians develop healthy spiritual habits that can last a lifetime. He is committed to helping God's people experience the characteristics of genuine spiritual revival.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: All the Light We Cannot See\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Soul Power: Born into Submission and Defeat she reached for the Stars and found the Light\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Nightingale: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '<strong><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011\">The Amazon Spotlight Pick for February 2015:</a></strong> Kristin Hannah is a popular thriller writer with legions of fans, but her latest novel, <i>The Nightingale</i>, soars to new heights (sorry) and will earn her even more ecstatic readers. Both a weeper and a thinker, the book tells the story of two French sisters one in Paris, one in the countryside during WWII; each is crippled by the death of their beloved mother and cavalier abandonment of their father; each plays a part in the French underground; each finds a way to love and forgive. If this sounds sudsy. . . well, it is, a little. . . but a melodrama that combines historical accuracy (Hannah has said her inspiration for Isabelle was the real life story of a woman who led downed Allied soldiers on foot over the Pyrenees) and social/political activism is a hard one to resist. Even better to keep you turning pages: the central conceit works the book is narrated by one of the sisters in the present, though you really dont know until the very end which sister it is. Fast-paced, detailed, and full of romance (both the sexual/interpersonal kind and the larger, trickier romance of history and war), this novel is destined to land (sorry, again) on the top of best sellers lists and night tables everywhere. <i>-- Sara Nelson </i>', '', '', '<b>Praise for <i>The Nightingale</i>:</b>', '\"Haunting, <b>action-packed, and compelling.</b>\" Christina Baker Kline, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author', '\"<b>Absolutely riveting!</b>...Read this book.\" Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute', '\"Beautifully written and <b>richly evocative.</b>\" Sara Gruen, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author', 'A <b>hauntingly rich</b> WWII novel about courage, brutality, love, survivaland the essence of what makes us human. <i>Family Circle</i>', 'A <b>heart-pounding</b> story. <i>USA Today</i>', '\"An enormous story. Richly satisfying. <b>I loved it.</b>\" Anne Rice', '\"A <b>respectful and absorbing</b> page-turner.\" <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '\"<b>Tender, compelling</b>...a satisfying slice of life in Nazi-occupied France.\" Jewish Book Council', 'Expect to devour <i>The Nightingale</i> in as few sittings as possible; the <b>high-stakes plot and lovable characters</b> wont allow any rest until all of their fates are known. <i>Shelf Awareness</i>', '\"I loved <i>The Nightingale</i>.\" Lisa See, #1<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author', '\"Powerful...<b>an unforgettable portrait of love and war.</b>\" People', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Workbook for Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Volumes 1-7\nDescription: ['Bledsoe is an emergency physician with special interest in prehospital care.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dancing in the Rain (Avalon Historical Romance)\nDescription: ['Determined to prove that there is more to her than her pretty appearance, Carolyn Wentworth leaves her small Texas hometown to volunteer as a nurse\\'s aid in France, where she discovers the terrible costs of World War I. Determined to do her own small part to cheer her patients up, Carolyn begins sharing bits of her \"grandmother\\'s\" wisdom, and her attempts at humor are appreciated by everyone except Dwight Hollins, a gifted but emotionless physician. Even if she is the best nurse he has ever worked with, Dwight has little time for quirky, impulsive Carolyn, but their spirited \"discussions\" gradually blossom into a friendship. They each have someone waiting for them at home, but they are soon tempted by the idea that they could be something more than just friends and coworkers. With its delicately romantic love story and intriguing WWI setting, the first in Harte\\'s new trilogy is an excellent choice for libraries where sweet historicals are popular. <i>John Charles</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '\"A great read with memorable, realistic characters.\" -- <i>Affaire de Coeur</i><br /><br />\"The story of Carolyn and Dwight is sweet and tender, and they, too, come alive within the first few pages. Their inner conflicts are well developed and explored with the brutal war as their backdrop, making for a highly entertaining read. Dancing in the Rain is a touching, heartwarming story that could not be any better. I highly recommend this novel.\" - <i>Astrid Kinn</i> -- <i>Romance Reviews Today</i><br /><br />\"Two thumbs up! Dancing in the Rain is required reading for those end of summer blues.\" - <i>Brenda Ramsbacher</i> -- <i>Scribblers</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale\nDescription: [\"With a lilting voice and a strongly etched fairy tale hand, writer/artist Yang weaves a riveting true-life tale of ancestral jealousies and familial woes from her father's recollections of growing up in China. Her book begins with Yang in her 20s, recently graduated from college but unable to get herself out into the world, wounded by self-doubt and bad memories of an ex-boyfriend turned stalker. Back living with her immigrant parents in Carmel, Calif., Yang listens to her father's stories about his grandfather, a man of wealth and stature whose many feuding sons left the family dismally ill-prepared for the winds of change that WWII and Mao's revolution sent violently whipping through the land. Betrayal and infighting pockmark these stories of woe, though they're buttressed with an appreciation of an uncle's Buddhist disavowal of material possessions or desires. Yang's story, which balances her own struggles with those of her ancestors without clumsily trying to equate them, echoes both with the tragic darkness of <i>King Lear</i> and the clean austerity of classical Chinese poetry. <i>(May)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"Children's book illustrator-author Yang neatly layers family history across several generations in this graphic memoir. Returning to her parents in China in the wake of a stalking ex-boyfriend's threats, she attends to teasing out the details of family stories she has often heard but never deeply asked about. She wants to know how her grandfather's family dynamics during his youth echoed down the generations, the effects of Mao on the family's social as well as economic fortunes, the roles women have played and been denied traditionally, and her own father's progressive and loving attitudes. Rather than approaching this in a linear manner, Yang spins out the story in concentric eddies and whorls, an excellent reverberation of her black-ink style, with its repetitious patterns and unusual angles of vision. This is an excellent book for those intrigued by family stories or by the history of twentieth-century China as well as anyone who likes memoirs made more dynamic by incorporating more than just the writer's perspective on events. --Francisca Goldsmith\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dancing in the Rain eBook\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Infinity + One\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: No Ordinary Billionaire (The Sinclairs)\nDescription: ['', 'Plenty of heat and tenderness...The subplot...meshes perfectly with the romance, making for a well-rounded story. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', '', '', 'J.S. Jan Scott is a <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling romance author. Shes an avid reader of all types of books and literature, but romance has always been her genre of choice. Writing what she loves to read, she writes both contemporary and paranormal romances. They are almost always steamy, they generally feature an alpha male, and they have a happily-ever-after ending because she just cant seem to write them any other way!', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses\nDescription: ['Bruce Schaffer is Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Florida.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Mother Was Nuts\nDescription: ['', \"Theres as much practical, hard-won advice here as there is Hollywood gossip, and Marshall's boundless energy and no-nonsense attitude make for a fun read. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>\", 'Bold and irrepressibly sassy. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', 'Marshalls matter-of-fact memoir is a must-read for one reason its hilarious. <i>Marie Claire</i>', 'According to her revealing new memoir, budding actress Penny Marshall braved the cruelties of a business obsessed with perky, girl-next-door pretty. Of course, that was before Marshall starred in the juggernaut sitcom <i>Laverne & Shirley,</i> then directed movies like<i> A League of Their Own</i> and<i> Big</i> the first Hollywood film with a woman at the helm to gross over $100 million, vaulting her into the elite ranks of Hollywood power players. Beautiful. <i>O Magazine</i>', 'Penny Marshall charmed America in <i>Laverne & Shirley</i> and gave her comedic and directors touch to films such as <i>Big </i>and <i>A League of Their Own</i>. Now she tells all with memoir <i>My Mother Was Nuts</i>. The brutally honest, heartbreaking tale includes her recent struggle with (and victory over) cancer. Above all, the book is funny. <i>USA Weekend</i>', 'This breezy and charming memoir also has many serious things to say about motherhood, the Hollywood pecking order, taking advantage when luck comes ones way, growing up with distant and weird parents, and marrying too young. <i>Publishers Marketplace</i>', 'Penny Marshalls <i>My Mother Was Nuts</i> is absolutely hilarious and dead serious its Pennys raspy, punchline packed voice all the way through. You cannot put <i>My Mother Was Nuts</i> down. Just try. ShowBiz411.com', 'Hollywood aficionados will get a kick out of Marshalls anecdotes about her circle of friends, including Albert Brooks, John Belushi, and Carrie Fisher, all told in a funny, down-to-earth manner. <i>Booklist</i>', 'Penny Marshall is a fascinating woman who has lived a life few of us could survive. Did you know she gave me two of the best jobs Ive ever had? Of course not, because when she talks she is barely comprehensible. Read her memoir and youll come to love her as much as I do. Tom Hanks', \"If I hadnt known Penny for the past 35 years, reading this book would make me want to. Also, I'm so glad she wrote it because it helps me remember things I forgot, which is a lot. Carrie Fisher\", 'My sister Penny is one of the funniest people I know. Im not saying that because shes my sister, although I am partial to nepotism. She made everyone laugh at our family dinner table, and she made everyone laugh on the set of Laverne and Shirley. The fact that she went on to become the first woman director in the history of film, to make not one, but two movies that made over $100 million is no surprise to me. Read this book and you will know why. Garry Marshall', \"A very funny book by a very funny lady. I wouldn't have a career without her! Mark Wahlberg\", '', '', 'Penny Marshall is an actress, producer, and director. From 1976 until 1983, she starred as Laverne DeFazio in the classic TV sitcom <i>Laverne and Shirley</i>. She went on to direct films such as <i>Big</i> (1988), the first movie directed by a woman to gross in excess of $100 million at the U.S. box office, <i>Awakenings</i> (1990), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and <i>A League of Their Own</i> (1992), which also made over $100 million in the U.S. She has directed episodes of <i>United States of Tara </i>(2009) and guest-starred on <i>Portlandia</i> (2011).', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wearing the Red Bandanna\nDescription: ['\"In looking back with an appreciative eye, this author proves the truth of novelist Tim O\\'Brien\\'s contention that \\'Stories connect the past to the future.\\'\" John Calderazzo, author of Rising Fire, teacher of creative writing at Colorado State University.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Crime of Passion (Joe Dillard Series Book 7) (Volume 7)\nDescription: ['Scott Pratt was born in South Haven, Michigan, in 1956, and grew up in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from East Tennessee State University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and four dogs.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Soul Weaver: Book Three of the Bridge of D'Arnath\nDescription: [\"In book 3 of the Bridge of D'Arnath, the sorcerer Karon, his wife, Seri, and their son, Gerick, continue resisting the dread lords of Zhev'na. Immolated in his own land, Karon is now in a sorcerous realm, embodied as the prince of the D'Arnath. Still adjusting to not being widowed after all, Seri is in hiding with Gerick. The queen of her land begs Seri's aid, for the king who had Karon burned has been ensorcelled, and the crown princess has vanished. As the lords' former captive, Gerick so fears harming friends that he will do nothing, even when danger threatens; he'll be blamed if anything misfires. After an important D'Arnath inexplicably dies, however, Gerick must flee to a land of outcasts--and the missing princess--who deem him their king. With three kingdoms in turmoil and Zhev'na's attack imminent, personal demons must be suppressed to fight with all their powers. Very good, but read<i> Son of Avonar </i>[BKL F 15 04] and <i>Guardians of the Keep</i> [BKL S 1 04] first. <i>Frieda Murray</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", 'Carol Berg has mastered the balance between mystery and storytelling. -- <i><i>David Enterprise</i></i><br /><br />Intelligent entertainment. -- <i><i>Booklist</i></i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Dovekeepers: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"Beautiful, harrowing, a major contribution to twenty-first century literature.\"--Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature<br /><br />\"I am still reeling from \"The Dovekeepers\"--from the history Alice Hoffman illuminates, from the language she uses to bring these women to life. This novel is a testament to the human spirit and to love rising from the ashes of war. But most of all, this novel is one that will never be forgotten by a reader.\" --Jodi Picoult, author of \"Sing You Home\"<br /><br />\"In her remarkable new novel, Alice Hoffman holds a mirror to our ancient past as she explores the contemporary themes of sexual desire, women\\'s solidarity in the face of strife, and the magic that\\'s quietly present in our day-to-day living. Put \"The Dovekeepers\" at the pinnacle of Hoffman\\'s extraordinary body of work. I was blown away.\" --Wally Lamb, author of \"The Hour I First Believed\"', 'Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including<i>The World That We Knew</i>, <i>The Rules of Magic</i>,<i>The Marriage of Opposites</i>,<i>Practical Magic</i>,<i>The Red Garden</i>, the Oprahs Book Club selection<i>Here on Earth</i>,<i>The Museum of Extraordinary Things</i>, and<i>The Dovekeepers</i>. She lives near Boston.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Life Lessons from Slasher Films\nDescription: ['<span><span><span>For those smarty-pants who approach their horror entertainment from an academic perspective.Armed with her bushel of horror touchstones, Robinson divides her 200-page treatise into six chapters, each covering a particular lesson, from Listen to Your Elders to Teens Never Learn.much of </span><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Life Lessons from Slasher Films</span><span> is similarly thought-provoking.</span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\"> </span><span>4 out of 5 Skulls.</span></span></span> (<i>Bloody-disgusting.com</i>)', '<span><span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jessica Robinson</span><span> received her Masters Degree from the University of Wyoming. She is the author of several novels under the pseudonym Pembroke Sinclair.</span></span></span>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Color of Secrets\nDescription: ['', 'Lindsay Ashford grew up in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. She was the first woman to graduate from Queens College, Cambridge, in its 550-year history. After earning her degree in criminology, Ashford worked as a reporter for the BBC and a freelance journalist for a number of national magazines and newspapers. She has four children and currently lives in a house overlooking the sea on the west coast of Wales.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Escrow 1\nDescription: ['Walt is a licensed real estate broker, has a Masters Degree in Business, has been a college professor for over 30 years, and is the chair of the Real Estate Department at Glendale Community College.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Last at Bat\nDescription: ['Many said Matt Wolf was the greatest baseball player of all time. One of his rivals for that title was Dylan Michael. Few knew the irony of that comparison in that the two men were one in the same. The world believed Dylan Michael had been killed in a horrific plane crash. But he alone survived. Emerging from the tragedy, Dylan was forced to deal with a new face. He chose to create a new body and had no alternative but to adopt a new identity. If the world knew that Dylan Michael had survived the crash, he would spend years in jail. To achieve his goal of a last at bat in the major leagues, Matt Wolf would need help. He would need accomplices. He would need the entire town of Blossom, South Carolina to do the right thing. To right a wrong even if it meant they were all breaking the law. What the town could not do, was help Matt Wolf forget the dark haired woman who haunted his dreams. On that issue, he was on his own.', 'Mark Donahue grew up in Dayton,OH and graduated from Wright State University. He has lived in Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He and his wife now divide their time between Dayton, Ohio and Boca Raton, Florida.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: the judge and his Hangman\nDescription: ['the judge and his Hangman']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\nDescription: [\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)<br /><br />“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of <i>The Knitting Circle</i>)<br /><br />“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of <i>When We Were the Kennedys</i>)<br /><br />“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))<br /><br />“A gem.” (Huffington Post)<br /><br />“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)<br /><br />“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)<br /><br />“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>The Painted Girls</i>)\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', '<em>This is the story of one such child.</em>', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, <em>Orphan Train</em> is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']",
"rejected": "Title: Nancy Dale, army nurse;: Story (Fighters for freedom series)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: If You've Got It, Haunt It (A Haunted Vintage Mystery)\nDescription: [\"<b>Rose Pressey</b> is a <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author. She enjoys writing quirky and fun novels with a paranormal twist. Her Haunted Vintage mystery series includes <i>If You've Got It, Haunt It; All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt; Haunt Couture and Ghosts Galore</i>; and <i>Haunted Is Always in Fashion</i>. When she's not writing about ghosts and other supernatural creatures, she loves eating cupcakes with sprinkles, reading, spending time with family, and listening to oldies from the fifties. Rose lives near Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, son and three sassy Chihuahuas. Visit her on Facebook, at www. rosepressey.com or at www.itsvintageyall.blogspot.com.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: War Cries On Horseback: The Story of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains\nDescription: ['Publisher: Doubleday, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cravings\nDescription: ['One need only glance at this anthology\\'s lineup of authors to know that it\\'s bound to be loaded with kinky, creative sex. And indeed, that\\'s exactly what Hamilton delivers in \"Beyond the Ardeur,\" which uses the setting of a wedding to bring back virtually the entire cast of characters from her popular series about necromancer Anita Blake. While Hamilton\\'s fans will enjoy revisiting these night creatures, some may be disappointed to find that this tale is all sex and no slaying; the only mystery is which paranormal hunk(s) will satisfy Anita\\'s ardeur. Far more suspenseful is York\\'s \"Burning Moon,\" which follows a blind tarot reader and a werewolf as they steam up the sheets and try to trap a serial killer. Equally compelling but more inventive is Wilks\\'s \"Originally Human\"; neither the succubus heroine (whose age varies between 19 and 300, with stops at 50 and 35) nor the reader uncovers her amnesiac mystery man\\'s identity till the final pages. Davidson, meanwhile, delivers nonstop, witty repartee and a surprise denouement in \"Dead Girls Don\\'t Dance,\" a delightful romance between a vampiress and her old college classmate. By turns sensual, suspenseful and amusing, this anthology will satisfy almost any craving. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'Four novellas focus on feminine desire. Hamilton, the reigning queen of vampiric romance, offers a new Anita Blake tale, \"Beyond the Ardeur.\" Anita is attending a friend\\'s wedding when Nathaniel, her <i>pomme de sang</i> (i.e., the outlet for her intense desire, or \"ardeur\"), makes known in no uncertain terms that he wants to take the relationship to the next level. Anita\\'s subsequent actions take her to a place she has hitherto carefully avoided. In MaryJanice Davidson\\'s \"Dead Girls Don\\'t Dance,\" vampire Andrea Mercer is literally dug up by an old crush, Daniel Harris, and during a trip to Minnesota to see the vampire queen, her desire for him reignites. Succubus Molly Brown discovers a gorgeous, naked man in the woods and decides to help him recover his memory in Eileen Wilks\\' \"Originally Human,\" and in \"Burning Moon,\" Rebecca York brings a werewolf seeking vengeance for his mate\\'s death to a psychic\\'s door. Exciting, spicy tales sure to please fans of steamy supernatural fiction. <i>Kristine Huntley</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Go Away, Crows! (I'm Going to Read, Level 3)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Tower\nDescription: ['Bill Eidson author of <i>Adrenaline</i> and <i>Frames Per Second</i> <i>The Tower</i> is a terrific achievement, big-scale psychological thriller that takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride at breakneck speed. -- <i>Review</i>', \"<b>Gregg Andrew Hurwitz</b> is a recent graduate of Harvard University and the recipient of a master's degree from Oxford University. This is his first novel. He lives in Los Angeles.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mew the New Muse\nDescription: ['An avid animal lover, Naomi Forward was born in Laos, and grew up in Ecuador, Malaysia, and Singapore, where she was able to experience a variety of exotic creatures, from flying lizards to the Slow Loris. After moving to Canada, and with the encouragement of her art instructor, she started her own business doing portraits of people s pets. She also co-owned and managed a Morgan stud farm. Naomi now resides in the beautiful Lakes District of British Columbia with her beloved animals.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Mind Game (GhostWalkers, Book 2)\nDescription: [\"In <i>Shadow Game </i>(2003), Feehan introduced the GhostWalkers, a group of men with military training and scientifically enhanced psychic skills. This sultry and suspenseful follow-up focuses on the exploits of GhostWalker Nicolas Trevane, who sets out to rescue Dahlia Le Blanc, a government operative with astonishing telekinetic talents, from her secluded residence in the Louisiana bayou. Nicolas's mission is fraught with danger. Not only is Dahlia emotionally unstable (she can make objects go up in flames when she's particularly upset), she's also been targeted by a traitor who has hired mercenaries to kill her. As Nicolas and Dahlia evade their pursuers and attempt to unmask the traitor, they forge a strong emotional bond. Dahlia fears her psychic powers may rage out of control if she makes love to Nicolas, but their passion culminates in a love scene that, while hot, only involves a handful of harmless flames. Feehan's newest offering is as swift-moving and sexually charged as her best vampire romances (<i>Dark Destiny</i>, etc.), with none of their florid prose. In short, it is an electrifying read, one that should satisfy her fans and cement her reputation as the reigning queen of the paranormal romance. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '<b>Praise for Christine Feehan and the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling GhostWalker novels</b><br /><br />The queen of paranormal romance! I love everything she does.J. R. Ward, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<br /><br />Romance, suspense, danger, action-packed excitement, hot hot men, and on top of all that, a couple that sizzles all throughout the book...Sexy as hell.The Reading Cafe<br /><br />I cannot wait to see where Ms. Feehan takes us next.Fresh Fiction<br /><br />Packed with adventure...Not only is this a thriller, the sensual scenes rival the steaming bayou. A perfect 10.Romance Reviews Today<br /><br />One of the best storytellers around!<i>RT Book Reviews</i><br /><br />Sultry and suspenseful...swift-moving and sexually charged.<i>Publishers Weekly</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Manual de Pintura (Spanish Edition)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Crawling Back to Patanjali\nDescription: ['Steve Price grew up in Hudson, NY, a town known historically for whaling and prostitution. He now lives in Phoenix where he teaches writing and meditation.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Angels of Darkness\nDescription: ['<b> Ilona Andrews</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Bayou Moon</i> (10/10). Ilona Andrews lives in Oregon. <br /> <b>Nalini Singh</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Guild Hunter novels, most recently <i>Kiss of Snow</i> (6/11). She lives in New Zealand. <br /> <b>Meljean Brook</b> is the author of <i>The Iron Duke</i> (10/10) and <i>Demon Marked</i> (8/11). She lives in Oregon. <br /> <b>Sharon Shinn</b> is the author of the Samaria novels, most recently <i>Angel-Seeker</i> (3/05). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Singing and the Gold\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Wool - Omnibus Edition\nDescription: ['', '', 'Hugh Howey spent 8 years working as a yacht captain. When he was pulled away from the sea by the love of his life, he turned to his childhood dream of becoming an author. His Molly Fyde series has won praise from reviewers, and now his Wool series has become a #1 bestseller, with Random House publishing in the UK and Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian securing the film rights. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Amber and their dog Bella.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope (Stackpole Military History Series)\nDescription: ['John Manrho lives in England.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Eli, No!\nDescription: ['<b>Katie Kirk </b>is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer. Through her studio, Eight Hour Day (www.eighthourday.com), she does web, print, and illustration work for a large client list, including Target and the Minnesota Orchestra. Kirks real-life Eli inspired this story, which is her first book.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Uncertain Endings: Literature's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories\nDescription: ['Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He is the founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books, and has received an Edgar Award, an Ellery Queen Award, and a Raven Award for his contribution to the mystery field. His anthology The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps was a New York Times Bestseller.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Trance\nDescription: ['A native of the Delaware seashore, Kelly Meding lives in Maryland, with a neurotic cat that occasionally meows at ghosts. After discovering Freddy Krueger at a very young age, Kelly began a lifelong obsession with horror, science fiction, and fantasy, on which she blames her interest in vampires, psychic powers, superheroes, and all things paranormal. When not writing, she can be found crafting jewelry, enjoying a good cup of coffee, or scouring the Internet for gossip on her favorite television shows.', 'Trance <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"../styles/9781451620948.css\" /> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"application/vnd.adobe-page-template+xml\" href=\"../styles/page-template.xpgt\" />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kalisun Initiative\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Changeling\nDescription: ['A native of the Delaware seashore, <b>Kelly Meding</b> lives in Maryland, with a neurotic cat that occasionally meows at ghosts. After discovering Freddy Krueger at a very young age, Kelly began a lifelong obsession with horror, science fiction, and fantasy, on which she blames her interest in vampires, psychic powers, superheroes, and all things paranormal. When not writing, she can be found crafting jewelry, enjoying a good cup of coffee, or scouring the Internet for gossip on her favorite television shows.', '', '<b>One</b>', '', '<b>Settling In</b>', '', 'Whos got the friggin fire extinguisher?', '', 'Renees shout echoed all the way down the main staircase, punctuated by a foot stamped down on the ceiling above me. I dropped my paint-soaked roller into its pan a little too hard and splattered eggshell interior latex all over the legs of my jeans, adding to the preexisting splats of burgundy, sage, white, navy blue, and two different wood stains.', '', 'I was downstairs in the foyer of the mansion we were hip deep in renovating, trying to get a second coat onto the walls of the spacious entry. Even after a primer and first coat, the garish blue-green paint job the homes previous owners subjected themselves toin a fit of drunken misguidance, one can only hopecontinued to peek through. The home in mostly deserted Beverly Hills had been on the market for seven years before we bought it; real estate in California anywhere south of Santa Barbara was hard to sell. Everyone was moving north, just as they had been in the twenty years since the outbreak of the Meta War, which had ravaged Los Angeles, among other major cities. With the last four major film studios located in Vancouver, half of the citys population had defected to Canada.', '', 'Several million residents remained, though, including us sixthe last of a defunct group of superheroes once called the Ranger Corps.', '', 'The house we settled onand after much discussion named Hill House, in memory of a fallen friendwas huge. More than twenty rooms, a perimeter fence with a built-in security system, an interior courtyard, outdoor pool and tennis court, and plastic pipes that didnt need replacing. Everything else was superficial and could be fixed with time and patience.', '', 'More foot stamping above. Renee and Ethan had gone upstairs to work on the front room, which was destined to be our common lounge. I darted toward the main staircase on my right and took the steps two at a time, past the first landing and up to the second floor.', '', 'The lounge was on my immediate right. Its floor was bare, stripped of its old carpeting, and sanded smooth of ancient carpet glue. The walls were painted a pleasant lemon yellow and trimmed with walnut molding. It was a large, L-shaped room, and I stood at the entrance to the short end.', '', 'Ethan Tempest Swift sat on the floor by the far wall, next to the open balcony doors. Morning sunlight glinted off his red hair, seeming to set it on fire. He clutched his left hand to his chest and scowled at the far end of the room. I rounded the corner to the longer end of the L and was assaulted by the odor of scorched plastic. Renee Flex Duvall hovered in the center of the room, staring up at the ceiling. A dusty, broken light fixture lay in pieces at her feet. Above her, exposed wires dangled and sparked, and light gray smoke twisted out of the hole in the ceiling.', '', 'Are you two trying to burn us down? I asked. I strode over, accidentally bumping Renee sideways with my hip. She grunted. I extended my hands toward the exposed wires and concentrated. The heat pulled into my body, absorbed through my fingertips to settle deep in my belly. A warm flush filled my cheeks. A few sparks leapt from the hole to melittle caresses of warmthand then the threat passed.', '', 'Yeah, we were hoping to cause a nice fire, Renee said. Her berry-red lips twisted into a wry smile, the only bit of her skin that wasnt ash blue. Because I love burning down the headquarters Ive barely had a chance to live in.', '', 'For a moment, I didnt know if she was serious. Renee and I had an awkward relationship, to say the least. I discovered the awesome extent of my powers during the same fire that killed a good friendpossibly a loverof hers. I hadnt grown up with her and the others, and she often seemed to view me as an annoyance, rather than a teammate.', '', 'My fault, Ethan said, hauling ass to his feet. I should have turned off the circuit breaker before I decided to try some rewiring.', '', 'I blanched. You think?', '', 'Im just trying to be helpful with this whole renovations thing, Dal. I like to think I can do more than just help the paint dry faster.', '', 'Renees mouth twitched. You know, people might line up for that kind of assistance. Blow a lot of wind, dry the paint in ten minutes flat. Contractors would pay good money for you.', '', 'Not contractors who get paid by the hour.', '', 'Ethans particular power was control over the air. His code name, Tempest, fit the ability perfectly. He could concentrate a whirlwind to drill a hole into the ground, and aim a blast of air at an object to knock it loose from a great height. His most impressive (to me) talent was gliding on air currents to simulate flying. He looked so free when he flew, as close to happy as he ever seemed to get. Ethan often played peacemaker among our disparate personalities, but he never seemed to find any peace for himself.', '', 'I blew air out through my nose. Look, guys, I know that Teresa is all gung-ho about us doing as much as possible ourselves, but there are reasons people hire professional electricians. Painting is one thing, but electricity is tricky. Lets just pay someone and get it over with. We can', '', 'If you say we can afford it one more time, Ill gag you, Renee said. She planted her hands on her hips, and I half expected her to stretch her limbs into crazy proportions in order to intimidate me. I admired her power. She could stretch her body like taffy, at least ten times its original length. All I did was absorb heat.', '', 'Well, we can, I snapped. Our decision to break away from government oversight and go freelance had hinged on accessing the trust fund my father left in my name. It was money Id ignored my entire adult life, until I finally found a way to put it to good use. What we cant afford is Ethan constantly electrocuting himself, or us burning this place down around our ears. Hes not an electrician.', '', 'Just a windbag.', '', 'Ethan grunted. Funny.', '', 'Renee blew him a kiss. Look, Dal, bring it up with Teresa again. If she wants to hire out, fine. Great. Go for it. Just dont get your hopes up.', '', 'I just dont understand why shes so averse to using the money, I said.', '', 'Its not about the money.', '', 'I stared. What do you mean, its not about the money?', '', 'They had both known Teresa Trance West longer than I had; they had grown up together, along with Marco Onyx Mendoza and Gage Cipher McAllister. The five of them, elder heroes by all rights, worked together like a single entity. As much as I tried, I never felt like one of them. Yes, I was MetaHuman just like they were, but I wasnt part of their shared history. It made me an outsider.', '', 'They knew what else bothered our venerable leader, and I hadnt a clue.', '', 'Well? I asked. Throw me a bone here, guys.', '', 'Shes being cautious, is all, Ethan said. Any electrician we hire would be a stranger. This is our sanctuary, Dal, and we cant let just anyone inside.', '', 'I understood Teresas reasons for extreme caution, having lived through the events that culminated in our separation from the MetaHuman Control branch of the ATF. Her sense of betrayal over the fail-safe plan. The literal betrayal by Dr. Angus Seward, who was once considered a valuable ally and had, in the end, tried to annihilate all Metas. Knowledge that attack could come from any direction, as it often did when we ventured into the city. Heroes to some, villains to others, but feared by allthis is what we had become to the people of Los Angeles.', '', 'Im not suggesting, I began, picking my words carefully, that we grab contractors off the street and give them a key to the front gate. We check them out, they have escorts while on the property, and no access to certain rooms. Rooms that housed our personal history and, like the War Room, were not for public viewing.', '', 'I could agree to that.', '', 'We all turned toward the door nearest us, at the top of the L. Teresa stood in its frame, arms tight across her chest. Her violet-streaked hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail, the tips frozen with blue paint, and more blue paint decorated her cheeks, forearms, and jeans. It created a palette contrast with the natural violet hues that framed her forehead, jawline, and elbows, and sunk deeply into the wells of her collarbone.', '', 'The coloration made her look like a domestic abuse victima laughable thought to anyone who knew Gage McAllister. They loved each other in a messy, passionate, eyes-wide-open way I thought existed only in the cinema. Few people found that kind of love, and being around them made me alternate between sugar shock and longing for it in my own life. I had low expectations; relationships and I did not go together.', '', 'Teresa smiled at me, brightening up the room with such a simple gesture. She was only three years older than me, and the youngest among the others, but her leadership was unchallenged. She created intense energy orbs that could knock someone senseless, or shatter entire brick walls. Power led, and she possessed great power, tempered by equal amounts of humility. Her gentle approval was worth more to me than a thousand words of encouragement.', '', 'I take it you have someone in mind? Teresa asked.', '', 'Oops. Ill find someone we can trust. The haziest bit of memory poked at my brain without coalescing into something useful. It would come to me.', '', 'She nodded, taking me at my word. Her...', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Blue Nile: Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery (Adventure Press)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Steel's Edge (The Edge, Book 4)\nDescription: ['This is Andrews most recent Edge novel. The Edge is a frontier between the Broken, our mundane world without magic, and the Weird, a world where aristocrats and magic rule. Charlotte de Ney is an aristocrat and healer from the Weird. After her marriage breaks up, she flees to the Edge and makes a new home. Richard is a master swordsman from an Edger clan. Hes on a quest to eradicate slavers, who sell humans in the Weird. After he is brought to her for healing, she decides he needs her help, whether he wants it or not. The characters are well drawn, and the plot, though standard, can keep you turning pages because the characters develop through the story. But in the end, the novel is somewhat of a letdown. Readers who enjoyed the previous Edge novels will probably like this one, but it is not recommended as a place to start. --Frieda Murray', 'Praise for the novels of the Edge:<br><br>"A fascinating world combined with pulse-pounding action and white-hot romance!"--Jeaniene Frost, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author<br><br>"Engaging."--<i>Publishers Weekly<br></i><br>"A thoroughly entertaining blend of humor, action, misdirection, and romance."--<i>Locus<br><br><br></i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy\nDescription: ['K. T. (a.k.a. Kuni) Fann, now retired, was formally Professor and Chair of Philosophy Department, Atkinson College, York University, Canada. He is the author of PEIRCE\\'S THEORY OF ABDUCTION (Martinus Nijhoff, 1970) and editor of LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: THE MAN AND HIS PHILOSOPHY\\'\\' (Dell Publishers, 1967) and SYMPOSIUM ON J. L. AUSTIN (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969), and translator of Laozi\\'s TAO TEH CHING. In 1995 he retired to his ancestral village in Taiwan and turned a one hectre abandoned farm into a selfsufficient paradise where he lives a life of simplicity in harmony with nature, and manages a B&B called Thumbup Taoist Retreat.\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t--This text refers to an alternate <a href=\"/dp/1482832283/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&n=283155\">Paperback</a> edition.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Ball\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Opera Cat: An Urban Fairy Tale for Adults and Children\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: 14\nDescription: ['Peter Clines has published several pieces of short fiction and countless articles on the film and television industries. He is the author of the bestselling Ex-Heroes series and the acclaimed standalone thrillers 14 and The Fold. He lives in Southern California.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Fierce Are Fading: The Complete Graphic Novel (The Fierce Are Fading (Comic))\nDescription: ['Joshua Howell lives in Nebraska with his wife, Madeline, and their puppy, Oliver. Find more books written by Joshua at joshuadhowell.com', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Invasive Species\nDescription: [\"Wallaces unsettling, mind-bending apocalyptic novel chillingly dives into what happens when the balance of the world is disrupted and an invasive species grabs the reins. Terrifying and, yes, poetic, this is a novel that gets under your skin with an 'it could happen here' kind of chilling grace.<br />Caroline Leavitt, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Pictures of You </i>and <i>Is This Tomorrow</i><br /><br /><i>Invasive Species </i>cost me a perfectly good nights sleep I hope Wallace carries a screenplay of <i>Invasive Species </i>in his hip pocket; hes going to need it.<br />Bill Ransom, author of <i>Jaguar</i><br /><br />If Wellss Martians scared you, or the Body Snatchers, or the Alien films, you might want to read this one under the bed. Brilliant.<br />Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award-winning author of <i>Starhawk</i><br /><br />Joseph Wallace re-births an ancient terror with creepy, pulse-pounding plausibility. His tale is just a few mutations away from coming true.David Brin, author of<i> Existence</i>\", '<b>Joseph Wallace</b> has written articles for <i>Sierra </i>and <i>Audubon</i> magazines, for <i>Newsday</i>, <i>World Book Encyclopedia</i>, and dozens of other publications. He is the author of short stories that have appeared in<i> Baltimore Noir</i>, <i>The Prosecution Rests</i>, and in <i>Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine</i>. <i>Diamond Ruby</i>, Wallaces historical first novel about the girl who struck out Babe Ruth, was published in 2010.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Zombie Cravings: Tales of the Undead\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Rising\nDescription: ['Maya and her friends turn and fight in this final volume of the Darkness Rising trilogy. Fans will savor the many cinematic moments. (Booklist)', '', 'The heart-stopping finale to the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling series', 'Things are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by the powerful St. Clouds and now a rival Cabal as well, theyre quickly running out of places to hide.', 'All they have is the name of someone who might be able to give them a few answers. Answers to why theyre so valuable in the first place, and why their supernatural powers are getting increasingly out of control.', 'But Maya is unprepared for the truths that await her. And like it or not, shell have to face down some demons from her past if she ever hopes to move on with her life. Because Maya cant keep running forever.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Black Arts (Jane Yellowrock)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for the Jane Yellowrock Novels</b><br /><br />Jane Yellowrock is smart, sexy, and ruthless.<i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author Kim Harrison<br /><br />Seriously. Best urban fantasy Ive read in years, possibly ever.C. E. Murphy, author of <i>Truthseeker</i><br /><br />Jane is the best urban fantasy heroine around.Night Owl Reviews', '<b>Faith Hunter </b>is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock Novels,<i> </i>as well as the <i>Rogue Mage </i>novels. A native of Louisiana,she spent her early years on the bayous and rivers, learning survival skills and the womanly arts. She liked horses, dogs, fishing and crabbing much better than girly skills. She still does. In grade school, she fell in love with fantasy and science fiction, reading five books a week and wishing she could \"write that great stuff.\" Faith now shares her life with her Renaissance Man and their dogs.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Totally Amazing Spiders\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Ex-Purgatory (Ex-Heroes)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Faithful Bishop, His Office, Character, and Reward: The Sermon at the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Manton Eastburn, D.D., As Assistant Bishop of ... at Trinity Church, Boston, December 29, 1842\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Shovel Ready (Spademan)\nDescription: ['', '<i><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Kelly-Braffet/e/B001ITVU4C\">Kelly Braffet</a> is the author of the novels <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385347340\">Save Yourself</a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JZWVJU\">Last Seen Leaving</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0618441433\">Josie and Jack</a>. Her writing has been published in the Fairy Tale Review, Post Road, and in several anthologies, as well as on Salon.com. Being published on Salon is kind of the writing equivalent of a guest role on Law & Order, but hot damn, she\\'ll take that. She is a graduate of Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, and she currently lives in upstate New York. Although people from Buffalo laugh at her when she says that, so maybe she should more correctly claim that she lives in relatively-upstate New York. Look, it\\'s upstate from Brooklyn, okay? She is married to the tall and immensely talented Owen King, who is also an author. He\\'s dreamy. </i>', 'You, reader: youre like me. You love a good story. You love slipping into another world, feeling its reality swell under you and carry you off. And youve read it all, right? Youre up on and down with the latest genre-benders, the crime novels and the sci-fi and the cyber-thrillers. You know the first-date thrill of picking up an unread novel for the first time, that sweet frisson of hope. You know the hyperbolic jacket copy, the gorgeous cover. And you know the disappointment. The bitter, bitter disappointment. Nothing new under the sun? Ha. Sometimes, things out there feel downright <i>mummified</i>.', 'Weary traveler on the sun-burnt plains of fiction, I give you <i>Shovel Ready</i>.', 'Its a neo-noir about a garbage-man-turned-hit-man. Its also post-apocalyptic. Not, like, crazy-mohawk-guy, well-accessorized Mad Max apocalyptic: near-future apocalyptic. Entirely-too-plausible apocalyptic. <i>Scary</i> apocalyptic. Its set in a New York City, where the cabs are still kind of running and the mayor is still holding press conferences, but everybody knows things are <i>over</i>. All the rich people have disappeared into a luxurious virtual reality. Not Spademan, though. Not our hero. Before things fell apart he worked in sanitation, and hes still cleaning up other peoples messes. And, yeah, hes got a few messes of his own, and, yeah, eventually hes hired for a job thats a little too complicated to sweep under the rug with the other dirt. But this is a novel of facades over facades. Those plot twists that you think you knowyou dont. Sternberghs prose is razor-sharp and heartfelt and brutal all at the same time, and he twists those facades inside and out and back onto themselves with origami precision.', 'So go ahead. Read that jacket copy. Admire that gorgeous cover.', 'I promise: its safe this time.', '', '*Starred Review* Its been a banner year for debut thrillers. Last February, we were treated to Roger Hobbs Ghostman, about a thief who specializes in making all traces of his capers disappear. Now, not quite a year later, we have another galvanizing thriller boasting an equally unique premise and another compelling, antiheroic protagonist on the wrong side of the lawthough the concepts of right and wrong, law and lawless, have little meaning in the world of Shovel Ready. Yes, the novel falls under the postapocalyptic umbrellaTimes Square has been hit by a dirty bomb, and Manhattan has become an eerie demilitarized zonebut Sternbergh is not merely re-creating The Road or any of the countless other novels that posit what happens after the bomb. Spademan was a garbage man before Manhattan was nuked. Now he has a new job: a hit man for hire (have box cutter, will use it) walking the citys desolate streets. Those streets have become desolate for a very peculiar reason. While Central Park is a twenty-first-century Hooverville, home to the dislocated poor, the rich have taken to their beds but not just any beds: these special contraptions connect their inhabitants to the limnosphere, a new kind of Internet that allows its users to construct their own virtual world and live there permanently. When Spademan agrees to kill the daughter of a famous televangelist but then falls in love with her instead, he attempts to transform himself from hit man to avenging angel, which requires some dexterous jumping from postapocalyptic reality to limnosphere (have box cutter, will time travel). Like Nick Harkaway in Angelmaker (2012), Sternbergh, culture editor for the New York Times Magazine, combines stunning narrative sleight-of-hand with an ability to create flesh-and-blood characters who bring humor and a resilient humanity to their torn-asunder world. Mixing dystopian science fiction and urban noir with a Palahniuk swagger, this could well be the first novel everybody is talking about over the next few months. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Extensive online and social-media promotion will combine with mainstream marketing to set this debut on its way. Oh, and that movie deal with Warner Brothers wont hurt, either. --Bill Ott', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Infected: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Starred Review. In Sigler's riveting horror thriller, alien seeds from outer space infect a number of unlucky humans, who develop some unusual symptomsitchy, blue triangular growths on their skinthat eventually result in the carriers becoming screaming, homicidal maniacs. CIA agent Dew Phillips must find out why these formerly docile citizens are running amok, aided by Margaret Montoya, a Centers for Disease Control epidemiologist, who reported the first of the strange cases. One of the infected, former football player Perry Dawsey, doesn't take any crap from anybody, not even the aliens residing in his body. Sigler (<i>Ancestor</i>) leads the reader from one startling detail to the nextthe creatures learn to speak (feed us we hungry); they grow little black eyesuntil even hardened genre fans will find themselves whimpering at each new revelation. This terrifying page-turner could be the author's breakout book, fueled by an extensive online podcast campaign. <i>5-city author tour. (Apr.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '\"Part Stephen King, part Chuck Palahniuk, <i>Infected </i>blends science fiction and horror into a pulpy masterpiece of action, terror, and suspense. Three recommendations: don\\'t read it at night, or just after you\\'ve eaten a full meal, or if you\\'re weak of heart.You\\'ve been warned!\"<br />James Rollins, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Judas Strain </i>and <i>Black Order</i><br /><br />Powerfully written . . . an unforgettable central character. <br /><i>Dallas Morning News</i><br /><br />Sigler is masterful at grabbing the reader by the throat and refusing to let go. Just when I thought I knew what abyss he was leading me across, he knocked the bridge out from under... I think I screamed the whole way down... <i>Infected</i> is a marvel of gonzo, in-your-face, up-to-the-minute terror.<br />Lincoln Child, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Deep Storm </i>and <i>Death Match<br /><br /></i>Fraught with tension . . . <i>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</i> meets <i>The Hot Zone</i>. <br /><i>Rocky Mountain News</i><br /><br />Sigler is the Richard Matheson of the 21st Centurysmart and creepy,<i> Infected</i> is a flawless thinking-persons thriller.<b> </b>Bravo to a bold new talent!<br />Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <i>Bad Moon Rising</i> and <i>Ghost Road Blues<br /></i><br />Riveting . . . even hardened genre fans will find themselves whimpering at each new revelation.<br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /><br />\"Horror mavens rejoice!<i> Infected</i> is a revelation -- a novel that lives up to its hype. From page one, the story of a mysterious smart-virus that turns its hosts into deadly drooling drones creeps up on a reader like the ratchet of a roller coaster climbing toward its inevitable crest. Sigler brings the folksy character detail of Stephen King, the conceptual panache of Clive Barker, and the oozing, shuddery pathologies of a David Cronenberg movie.<b> </b>Zombies, spies, conspiracies, and gallons of goo make this the fastest read in the west! Highest recommendation!\"<br /><b> </b>Jay Bonansinga, national bestselling author of <i>Shattered, Twisted, Frozen</i>, and <i>The Sinking of the Eastland</i><br /><br />\"Sigler has a unique talent for keeping readers on the edge of their seats; I absolutely had to know what was going to happen next. Infected is full of mayhem, action, and gore--and you wont be able to put it down.\"<br /><b> </b>Dave Wellington, author of <i>13 Bullets</i> and the <i>Monster Island</i> trilogy<b><br /><br /></b>\"Scott Sigler\\'s<i> Infected</i> isa bucking pulp pony that throws you this way and that, and just when you think you\\'ve got your balance, that ole pony bucks the other way.<b> </b>All in all, one hell of an exhilarating ride, and highly recommended.\" <br />Joe R. Lansdale, World Horror Convention Grand Master and six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of<i> Bubba Ho-Tep</i> and <i>Lost Echoes</i><br /><br />\"<i>Infected</i> is as unnerving as a scream in a morguea breakout novel that gets under your skin. If the voice in your head is Sigler\\'s, you\\'re locked in for a very scary night.\"<br />E.E. Knight', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Decoy\nDescription: ['Someone was out to get Ben Sherman. First they had used cleverness, building a careful frame-up that would have meant five years in prison. When that missed, they got brutal - first a beating, then bullets. And still they failed, because Phoebe was always there, ready to help Ben with anything she had, be it a gun, a getaway car, or the sweet solace of her body.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Red Rising\nDescription: ['', '<strong>An Amazon Best Book of the Month, February 2014:</strong> Look beyond the inevitable comparison to <em>The Hunger Games</em>--<em>Red Rising</em> is the first book of a gritty, complex trilogy that blazes its own trail. On desolate Mars, the protagonist, Darrow, is caught in a class system that thrives on oppression and secrecy. He is a Red, the lowest member of society, born to toil in the bowels of the planet in service to the sovereign Golds. When Darrow suffers a devastating loss and betrayal he becomes a revolutionary, taking on a dangerous role in an attempt to bring about social justice. Questions of fate, duality, and loyalty, evolve in a cruel test of war between the sons and daughters of the ruling elite. By turns brutal and heartfelt, <i>Red Rising</i> is nonstop action with surprising twists and unforgettable characters. <em>--Seira Wilson</em>', '', 'A lot happens in this first installment of a projected trilogy. Darrow, living in a mining colony on Mars, sees his wife executed by the government, nearly dies himself, is rescued by the underground revolutionary group known as Sons of Ares, learns his government has been lying to him (and to everybody else), and is recruited to infiltrate the inner circle of society and help to bring it down from withinand thats all inside the first 100 pages. This is a very ambitious novel, with a fully realized society (class structure is organized by color: Darrow is a Red, a worker, a member of the lower class) and a cast of well-drawn characters. Although it should appeal to all age groups, there is a definite YA hook: despite being a veteran miner and a married man, Darrow is 16 when the novel begins. If told well, stories of oppression and rebellion have a built-in audience, and this one is told very well indeed. A natural for Hunger Games fans of all ages. --David Pitt', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Coppell, Texas: A History (Brief History)\nDescription: [\"Jean Murph first wrote for the Coppell Star before creating the Citizens' Advocate, an independently owned community newspaper in Coppell, in 1984. She is an active member of the Coppell Historical Society and lives with her family in nearby Grapevine, Texas.<br /><br />Lou Duggan was elected to the Coppell City Council in 1983 and served as the city's sixth mayor from 1985 to 1989. He joined Jean Murph at the Citizens' Advocate newspaper in 1990 as associate publisher/editor until 2010. During the intervening twenty years he and Murph have authored hundreds of articles, columns and feature stories about Coppell, many of which focused on the city's history. Duggan and his wife Judy remain active within the community.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Archetype\nDescription: ['\"The literary equivalent of a big-screen blockbuster with its beautiful but deadly heroine, tragic love triangle and grim futuristic setting. The closest thing in print may be Margaret Atwood\\'s <i>The Handmaid\\'s Tale</i>, but Emma is Offred with mixed martial arts training. Given a chance to flee the male-dominated, baby-obsessed culture in which she has been ensnared, Emma picks up a gun and goes down fighting.<b><i>Associated Press</i><br /> </b><br /> A twisty, thought-provoking futuristic tale that unnerves and enthralls.<i><b>Family Circle</b></i><br /> <br /> Every now and then a book comes along that is truly unique, unforgettable, and genre-bending. Debut author Waters bursts onto the scene with a stunning first book of a duology. . . . Do not miss out!<i><b>Romantic Times</b></i><br /><br /> \"M.D. Waters has given us that rare and wonderful action heroine who possesses both nerve and emotional depth. That rich characterization combined with an intricately crafted sci-fi mystery made <i>Arch</i>etype an enthralling debut that I couldn\\'t put down.\"<b>#1<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author Richelle Mead</b>', '<b>M.D. Waters </b>lives with her family in Maryland.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Postmortal\nDescription: [\"“Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A disturbing portrait of a society convinced it’s close to utopia when a cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t take long for that seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from overpopulation, food and fuel shortages, and general lawlessness-going into systemic failure. . . . <i>The Postmortal</i> is a suitably chilling entry into the ‘it's-the-end-of-the-world’ canon.”<br>—<b><i>The Austin Chronicle</i></b><br><br>“Magary’s vision of future technology and science is eerily realistic. . . . By the time you finish, you’ll want to hold your loved ones close and stockpile bottles of water. If all else fails, you could potentially make a living selling them a few decades from now.”<br>—<b><i>The New York Press</i></b><br><br>“An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. This is his first novel but he tells the story masterfully. . . . The most frightening thing about <i>The Postmortal</i> is that this could really happen-it’s not a supernatural story, but it’s even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse.”<br> —<b>Mark Frauenfelder, <i>BoingBoing</i></b><br><br>“The first novel from a popular sports blogger and humorist puts a darkly comic spin on a science fiction premise and hits the sweet spot between Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. . . . [Magary] understands that satire is most effective when it gives the real world a gently absurd nudge, then lets its characters react much as we ourselves might under the same circumstances.”<br> —<b>Ron Hogan, <i>Shelf Awareness</i></b><br><br>“Immortality has figured in a number of sf novels prior to this one, but never, to my experience, in this way. . . . A very clear-eyed picture, one I don’t think has been drawn before. . . . <i>The Postmortal</i> surprised me in a good way.”<br> —<b>Michelle West, <i>Fantasy & Science Fiction</i> magazine</b><br><br>“<i>The Postmortal</i> is a punchy, fast-paced and endearing story. . . . As the novel progresses, it turns from a snappy morality tale, to a noir-ish revenge fable, to an action movie; complete with guns, rogue religious cults and government-sanctioned hit men. The narrative comes to us through John’s blog entries and collections of news bytes and pundit commentary. Through his sixty years as a 29-year-old, he experiences all the love, pain, grief, and terror of a standard lifetime and is still in good enough shape to kick some ass at the end. Like much good dystopian fiction, <i>The Postmortal</i> is an at-times unflattering commentary on human beings, present, past and future, that hits the mark in many ways. . . . For anyone intrigued with Life Extension science, it's a fun examination of our fears and expectations.”<br> —<b><i>The Nervous Breakdown</i></b><br><br>“A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population-bomb dystopia in the spirit of <i>Logan’s Run, Soylent Green</i>, and the best episodes of <i>The Twilight Zone</i>.”<br> —<b>Neal Pollack, author of <i>Alternadad</i> and <i>Stretch</i></b><br><br>“As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, <i>The Postmortal</i> takes us into an America set in the next few years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague--that of human immortality. Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in <i>The Postmortal</i>, he creates an alternate history of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable. Read <i>The Postmorta</i>l if you want to find out what happened to the human race in our last violent and absurd few years in New York.”<br> —<b>Evan Wright, author of <i>Generation Kill</i></b><br><br>“I suppose you could wait for the inevitable <i>Postmortal</i> movie. But then you might miss Magary’s rendering, his word play, his singular sense of humor. A book that is, at once bracingly funny and—get this, Deadspin Nation—unmistakably poignant.”<br>—<b>L. Jon Wertheim, coauthor of <i>Scorecasting</i></b><br><br>“As someone who is totally freaked out by the thought of dying, <i>The Postmortal</i> really stood on top of me and peed on my face. It’s depiction of the future isn’t filled with crappy robots fighting Will Smith. It’s filled with eerily realistic portrayals of what the future could look like and does it all in an incredibly entertaining story.”<br> —<b>Justin Halpern, author of <i>Sh*t My Dad Says</i></b>\", 'Drew Magary is a correspondent for <i>GQ</i> and a columnist for <i>Deadspin</i>. He is the author of two novels, <i>The Hike</i> and <i>The Postmortal</i>, and the memoir <i>Someone Could Get Hurt</i>. His writing has appeared in <i>Maxim</i>, <i>New York</i>, <i>The Atlantic</i>, <i>Bon Appétit</i>, <i>The Huffington Post, the Awl, Gawker, Penthouse</i>, <i>Playboy</i>, <i>Rolling Stone</i>, and on Comedy Central, NPR, NBC, Yahoo!, ESPN, and more. He’s been featured on <i>Good Morning America</i> and has been interviewed by the AV Club, the <i>New York Observer</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>, and many others. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids, and is a <i>Chopped</i> champion.']",
"rejected": "Title: Cozy Cubby Collection We're Back.\nDescription: ['Debbie Mitchell is a Texas decorative painter and designer, that has spent many years designing, publishing and teaching to encourage others to attempt their painting with confidence, creativity and practice. They too, will achieve a feeling of expression, self-satisfaction and accomplishment with their painting skills. <P>With 27 total years of painting experience, in which includes about 13 years of publications and teaching, she is renowned for her cheerful, charming, lovable Cozy Cubby bear characters that have shown such affection to many, even on an International level. These bears are brought to life, with many light, airy layers of stippled fur, well depicted in this fun summertime project! <P>Travel teaching consumes a large portion of her time, visiting several chapters and shops per year, throughout the states. Showing guidance to others, she teaches in other countries including Japan, Argentina and Canada, which all have been an experience to embrace, savor and to learn from. <P>She has five books published along with a numerous selection of pattern packets. Many packets depict the Cubby Collection in all seasons, which are available. <P>Hopefully, these lil Cubbies will inspire or influence each of your lives, through their whimsical antics and life like positions and situations, taking you back in time a bit, with many fond memories of yesteryear, to cherish always. May they bring smiles to the faces of many that should encounter them. <P>Basically self-taught, with no formal training and countless hours, imparts the sense that everything is possible when you focus and put your best efforts forward. Devotion and the fact that you love to paint, has contributed to develop the talent within. Besides the book and pattern publications, there have been numerous magazine articles,designs produced into other products that appear in other craft medias or have been licensed to manufacture in various markets. <P>Family is very important and hers is a large part and help with the entire business. As a family, they work closely together in all aspects that make up the profession, including the wood shop now. Her Two kids are growing up; ages 22 and 18. <P>She has a collection of pocket puppies (Chihuahuas), that keep her entertained, loved and company, at home. <P>As a result of her perseverance with painting and designing, she has been capable of persuing avenues that are truly of special interest.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Talker 25\nDescription: ['Gr 8 UpIn this debut novel, McCune creates a dystopian fantasy world in which humans are pitted against dragons. The United States military declares the winged creatures their number one enemy, and protagonist Mel finds herself kidnapped by the pro-dragon insurgency group to whichher deceased mother (who was killed by a dragon) once belonged. After spending time bonding with dragons, the military recaptures her, and Mel is kept with other teens to be \"reconditioned\": they must communicate telepathically with dragons in order to lure them to their deaths. At this point in the story, the tone shifts from middle school-appropriate to teen. Alcohol and sex are awkwardly interjected and seem unnecessary to the plot or character development. An amusing website based upon a dragon reality show portrayed in the book shows promise, yet it ultimately falls short of its potential. This is a fast-paced adventure, but the abrupt ending feels rushed. The book\\'s weakness lies in the heavy borrowing from popular trilogies. The emphasis on \"insurgents\" is reminiscent of Veronica Roth\\'s books, as is the mind control and monitoring of thoughts and dreams. Like Suzanne Collins\\'s Katniss, Mel undergoes makeup and costume changes for the cameras (she portrays herself in televised reenactments of dragon battles). Although lacking in originality, Talker 25 may have the familiarity and action-oriented storytelling that ravenous fans of the genre will enjoy.Laura Falli, McNeil High School, Austin, TX', 'Melissa Callahan is Talker 25, a name given her when she is imprisoned for being an Insurgent, a person who has joined the dragons fighting against the U.S. military. Hidden in a frozen Antarctica outpost, Melissa is forced to communicate with the dragons, trying to lure them into dangerous traps. Once captured, Melissa and the other Talkers must torture the gigantic animals while they themselves are enduring equally perverse tortures that force them into submission. Debut author McCune has created a unique world that readers will find both horrifying and compelling: good and evil are relative, and right and wrong are compromised. Are the dragons evil for killing humans to protect their children? Are Melissa and her fellow Talkers evil for participating in the torture of these animals to protect their families and themselves from similar tortures? Has the military manipulated dragons to frighten and control the citizenry? Be preparedTalker 25 will stretch your ability to absorb and endure Melissas disturbingly graphic existence as she defies the soldiers determination to break her will and force her to turn against the dragons that trust her. Grades 9-12. --Frances Bradburn', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Easy Care Native Plants: A Guide to Selecting and Using Beautiful American Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees in Gardens and Landscapes\nDescription: ['This congenial guide from the author of The Weekender\\'s Gardening Manual frames a persuasive argument for gardening with low-maintenance native plant material. For centuries, Taylor points out, domestic gardeners have bypassed a wealth of local beauties in favor of high-maintenance prima donna imports. Ironically, the very gardeners they sought to emulate?namely, the British?have long prized many of these neglected American garden gems. Taylor\\'s briskly informative historical background section also charts the growing appreciation of what she calls \"our floral heritage\" (spurred on by such political champions as Lady Bird Johnson and President Clinton, who required, in a 1994 executive memorandum, that regional plants be used in all federally funded landscaping projects). A section on public and private gardens ranging across the country\\'s gardening zones and climates offers a guided tour, with observations from gardeners specializing in native horticulture and lists of their \"top dozen favorites.\" The final section, \"The Plants,\" delivers detailed descriptions of recommended native trees, shrubs, groundcovers, perennials, etc., and is followed by a helpful appendix of suggested nursery sources. Thoroughly researched and written with humor and verve, Taylor\\'s book is both inspiring and practical and should help win converts to the growing native plant movement. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'Taylor (The Weekender\\'s Gardening Manual, Holt, 1995) makes a persuasive argument for gardening with native American plants. The hundreds of plants profiled in chapters on trees, shrubs, groundcovers, climbers, bulbs, annuals, ferns, grasses, and perennials range from the familiar (butterfly weed, tulip tree) to the exotic (balloon vine, fringe cups). All were recommended as \"best\" by horticulturalists and amateur gardeners, many of whose gardens are described in a section on public and private gardens. Other chapters discuss design, an excellent historical overview of the development of native plants for American gardens, and the use of natives today (for example, in highway beautification). Carole Ottesen\\'s The Native Plant Primer (Crown, 1995) covers many of the same plants but at $50 may be too pricey for some libraries. Taylor\\'s book is highly recommended as a substitute or companion to Ottesen\\'s in both public and academic libraries.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va.<br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel\nDescription: [\"<b>Praise for <i>We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves</i></b><br /> <br /> A novel so readably juicy and surreptitiously smart, it deserves all the attention it can get...[Its] fresh diction and madcap plot bend the tone toward comedy, but it never mislays its solemn <i>raison dtre</i>. Monkeyshines aside, this is a story of Everyfamily in which loss engraves relationships, truth is a soulful stalker and coming-of-age means facing down the mirror, recognizing the shape-shifting notion of self.Barbara Kingsolver, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br /> Fowlers interests here are in what sets humans apart from their fellow primates. Cognitive, language and memory skills all come into playful question. But the heart of the noveland it has a big, warm, loudly beating heart throughoutis in its gradually pieced-together tale of family togetherness, disruption and reconciliation. <i>We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves</i> is Fowler at her best, mixing cerebral and emotional appeal together in an utterly captivating manner.<i>The Seattle Times<br /><br /></i>Elegantly and humorously orchestrated...Knitting together Rosemarys at times poignant, at times hilarious scraps of uncovered memories, Fowler creates a fantastical tale of raw, animalistic love.<i><i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i></i> <br /><br />[The novel] lies somewhere between psychological thriller, scientific theory and coming-of-age story, a seemingly untenable combination. But Fowler, through wit and mastery of her craft, handles the complexity effortlessly.<i>USA Today</i><br /><br /> This brave, bold, shattering novel reminds us what it means to be human, in the best and worst sense.<i>The Miami Herald</i><br /> <br />Rosemarys voicevulnerable, angry, shockingly honestis so compelling and the cast of characters, including Fern, irresistible. A fantastic novel: technically and intellectually complex, while emotionally gripping.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>(starred review)<br /> <br /> Piquant humor, refulgent language, a canny plot rooted in real-life experiences, an irresistible narrator, threshing insights, and tender emotionsFowler has outdone herself in this deeply inquisitive, cage-rattling novel.<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)<br /> <br /> A strong, unsettling novel...Fowler explores the depths of human emotions and delivers a tragic love story that captures our hearts.<i>Library Journal</i> (starred review)<br /> <br /> Rosemarys experience [is] a fascinating basis for insight into memory, the mind, and human development.<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /> <br />In this curious, wonderfully intelligent novel, Karen Joy Fowler brings to life a most unusual family. Wonderful Fern, wonderful Rosemary! Through them we feel what it means to be a human animal.<i></i>Andrea Barrett, author of <i>Servants of the Map</i> and <i>Ship Fever</i><br /> <br /> Karen Joy Fowler has written the book she's always had in her to write. With all the quiet strangeness of her amazing <i>Sarah Canary</i>, and all the breezy wit and skill of her beloved <i>Jane Austen Book Club</i>, and a new, urgent gravity, she has told the story of an American family. An unusual familybut aren't all families unusual? A very American, an only-in-America familyand yet an everywhere family, whose children, parents, siblings, love one another very much, and damage one another badly. Does the love survive the damage? Will human beings survive the damage they do to the world they love so much? This is a strong, deep, sweet novel.Ursula K. Le Guin, author of <i>Lavinia</i>, <i>The Unreal and the Real</i>, and the Earthsea Cycle<br /> <br /> <i>We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves</i> is a dark cautionary tale hanging out, incognito-style, in what at first seems a traditional family narrative. It is anything but. This novel is deliciously jaunty in tone and disturbing in material. Karen Joy Fowler tells the story of how one animalthe animal of mancan simultaneously destroy and expand our notion of what is possible.Alice Sebold, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>The Lovely Bones</i> and <i>The Almost Moon</i><br /> <br /> You know how people say something is incredible or unbelievable when they mean it's excellent? Well, Karen Joy Fowler's new book is <i>excellent</i>: utterly believable and completely credible - a funny, moving, entertaining novel that is also an important and unblinking review of a shameful chapter in the history of science.Dr. Mary Doria Russell, biological anthropologist and author of <i>The Sparrow </i>and<i> Doc</i><br /><br /> Its been years since Ive felt so passionate about a book. When I finished at 3 a.m., I wept, then I woke up the next morning, reread the ending, and cried all over again.<i></i>Ruth Ozeki, author of <i>My Year of</i> <i>Meats </i>and <i>A Tale for the Time Being</i><br /> <br /> This unforgettable novel is a dark and beautiful journey into the heart of a family, an exploration of the meanings of memory,a study of what it means to be human. In the end the book doesn't just break your heart;it takes your heart and won't give it back.Dan Chaon,author of <i>Await Your Reply</i>and <i>Stay Awake</i><br /> <br /> A funny, stingingly smart, and heartbreaking book. Among other things, it's about love, family, loss, and secrets; the acquisition and the loss of language. It's also about two sisters, Rosemary and Fern, who are unlike any other sisters you've ever met before.Kelly Link, author of <i>Stranger Things Happen</i> and <i>Pretty Monsters</i>\", '<b>Karen Joy Fowler</b>, a PEN/Faulkner and California Book Award winner, is the author of six novels (two of them <i>New York Times </i>bestsellers) and four short story collections. She has been a Dublin IMPAC nominee, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Superheroes Anonymous\nDescription: ['', \"Lexie Dunne is a woman of many masks, all of them stored neatly in a box under her bed. By day a mild-mannered technical writer and by night a novelist, she keeps life interesting by ignoring it completely and writing instead. She hails from St. Louis, home of the world's largest croquet piece, where she can be found reading comics and spoiling her dog. <em>Supervillains Anonymous</em> is her love letter to the caped evildoers of the world. She does not count herself among their company, no matter how many cliffhangers she writes.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Superfoods for Healthy Kids: More Than 250 Immune-Boosting Foods and Great-Tasting Recipes for Your Children\nDescription: [\"Lucy Burney trained as a nutritionist at the acclaimed Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. She is a nutritional consultant who specializes in children's health and regularly contributes to radio and television interviews on this subject. Lucy is a mother of four, and the author of two other books for parents including Optimum Nutrition for Babies and Young Children (2001). She can be contacted through her website: www.lucyburney.co.uk\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End\nDescription: ['An international bestselling author, Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. After graduation, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Television de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. Apocalypse Z, his first novel, began as a popular blog before its publication, eventually becoming a bestseller in several countries, including Spain, Italy, and Brazil. Called the Spanish Stephen King by the Guardian, Manel has written three novels in the Apocalypse Z series. He currently resides in Pontevedra, Spain, where, in addition to writing, he is still a practicing lawyer.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Autonomous: A Novel\nDescription: ['', '\"<i>Autonomous</i> is to biotech and AI what <i>Neuromancer </i>was to the Internet.\"Neal Stephenson', '\"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POVand all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling.\"William Gibson', '\"This book is a cyborg. Partly, it\\'s a novel of ideas, about property, the very concept of it, and how our laws and systems about property shape class structure and society, as well as notions of identity, the self, bodies, autonomy at the most fundamental levels, all woven seamlessly into a dense mesh of impressive complexity. Don\\'t let that fool you though. Because wrapped around that is the most badass exoskeleton--a thrilling and sexy story about pirates and their adventures. Newitz has fused these two layers together at the micro- and macro-levels with insight and wit and verbal flair. Moves fast, with frightening intelligence.\" Charles Yu, author of <i>How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe</i>', '\"Annalee Newitz has conjured the rarest, most exciting thing: a future that\\'s truly new ... a terrific novel and a tremendous vision.\" Robin Sloan, author of <i>Mr. Penumbra\\'s 24-Hour Bookstore</i><br /><i></i><br />\"Holy hell. <i> Autonomous </i>is remarkable.\" Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of <i>Broken Monsters</i>', '\"Everything you\\'d hope for from the co-founder of io9 ... Combines the gonzo, corporatized future of Neal Stephenson\\'s <i>Snow Crash</i> with the weird sex of Charlie Stross\\'s <i>Saturn\\'s Children</i>; throws in an action hero that\\'s a biohacker version of Bruce Sterling\\'s Leggy Starlitz, and then saturates it with decades of deep involvement with free software hackers, pop culture, and the leading edge of human sexuality.\" Cory Doctorow, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Walkaway</i>.', 'More praise for <i>Scatter, Adapt, and Remember</i>:', '\"Fascinating.... [Newitz is] an excellent writer, with an effortless style.... The inner science geek in all of us will uncover some really cool stuff.... A terrific book that covers an astounding amount of ground in a manageable 300 pages... You will be smarter for it.\"<br /><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>', '\"An enormous amount of knowledge is gathered here, and the book accomplishes something almost impossible, being extremely interesting on every single page. A real pleasure to read and think about.\" Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogy', '\"A refreshingly optimistic and well thought out dissection of that perennial worry: the coming apocalypse. While everyone else stridently shouts about the end of days, this book asks and answers a simple question: If its so bad, then why are we still alive?... Newitz inspires us with engaging arguments that our race will keep reaching the end of the world and then keep living through it. <i>Scatter, Adapt, and Remember </i>intimately acquaints the reader with our two-hundred-thousand-year tradition of survivalnothing less than our shared heritage as human beings.\"Daniel H. Wilson, author of <i>Robopocalypse</i> and <i>Amped</i>', '', \"<b>Annalee Newitz</b> is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and has written for <i>Popular Science</i>, <i>Wired, </i>and the <i>San Francisco Bay Guardian</i>. She also founded the science fiction website <i>io9 </i>and served as Editor-in-Chief from 20082015, and subsequently edited <i>Gizmodo.</i> As of 2016, she is Tech Culture Editor at the technology site <i>Ars Technica</i>. <i>Autonomous</i> is Annalee's first novel.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (Random House Large Print)\nDescription: ['A charming, funny recounting of growing up in Des Moines during the sleepy 1950s. Bryson combines nostalgia, sharp wit and a dash of hyperbole to recreate his childhood in the rural Midwest. A great, fun read, especially for Baby Boomers nostalgic for the good old days.<b> </b><br /><b><i>Kirkus Reviews *Starred*</i></b><br /><br />While many memoirs convey a bittersweet nostalgia, Bill Brysons loving look at his childhood in <i>The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid </i> is genuinely sweet. Framed within young Brysons fantasy of being a superhero, it matches the authors sparkling wit with his vivid, candid memories of 1950s America. Adding a healthy dose of social history, Bryson tells a larger story, with vignettes that reveal the gap between Americas postwar glow and its underlying angst. Bryson also touchingly recalls his fathers career as a sportswriter, his mothers awkward experiments with cooking and the outrageous adventures of his infamous traveling companion, Stephen Katz.<br /><b><i>Publishers Weekly, Fall Preview</i></b><br /><br />Bill Brysons laugh-out-loud pilgrimage through his Fifties childhood in heartland America is a national treasure. Its full of insights, wit, and wicked adolescent fantasies. <br /><b><i>Tom Brokaw, NBC News</i></b><br /><br />Bryson recounts the world of his younger self, buried in comic books in the Kiddie Corral at the local supermarket, resisting civil defense drills at school, and fruitlessly trying to unravel the mysteries of sex. His alter ego, the Thunderbolt Kid, born of his love for comic-book superheroes and the need to vaporize irritating people, serves as an astute outside observer of life around him. His familys foibles are humorously presented, from his mothers burnt, bland cooking to his fathers epic cheapness. <br />The larger world of 1950s America emerges through the lens of Billys world, including the dark underbelly of racism, the fight against communism, and the advent of the nuclear age.<br /><b><i>Library Journal</i></b> <br /><br />Travel humorist Bryson took a decisive stand regarding his hometown almost 20 years ago when he published the story Fat Girls in Des Moines in <i>Granta </i>magazine. Now the author delves more deeply into his midwestern roots in a bittersweet laugh-out-loud recollection of his growing-up years. This affectionate portrait wistfully recalls the bygone days of <i>Burns and Allen</i> and downtown department stores but with a good-natured elbow poke to the ribs.<br /><b><i>Booklist Reviews</i></b><br /><br />\"Takes us on yet another amiable ramble through terrain viewed with his characteristic mixture of bemused wit, acerbic astonishment and sweet benevolencewe come closest to the real Bryson in this, his first true memoirencompasses so much of human experience that you want to smile and sob at onceBrysons evocation of an era is near perfect: tender, hilarious and true. \"<br /><b><i>The Times (UK)</i></b><br /><br />\"A wittily incisive book about innocence, and its limits, but in no sense an innocent bookLike Alan Bennett, another ironist posing as a sentimentalist, Bryson can play the teddy-bear and then deliver a sudden, grizzly-style swipemight tell us as much about the oddities of the American way as a dozen think-tanks. \" <br /><b><i>Independent</i></b><br /><br />\"Always witty and sometimes hilariouswonderfully funny and touching.\" <br /><b><i>Literary Review (UK)</i></b><br /><br />\"A funny, effortlessly readable, quietly enchanted memoirBryson also provides a quirky social history of Americahe always manages to slam on the brakes with a good joke just when things might get sentimental. \"<br /><b><i>Daily Mail (UK)</i></b><br /><br />\"He can capture the flavour of the past with the lightest of touchesmarvellous set piecesAs a chronicler of the foibles and absurdities of daily life, Bryson has few peers. \"<br /><b><i>Sunday Telegraph (UK)</i></b><br /><br />\"The beautifully realized elegiac tone of his childhood memoir invites readers to go tumbling down the rabbit hole of memory into the best days of their livesby turns playful affectionate, gently mocking, laugh-out-loud funny and even wistfully sad. His greatest gift is as a humorist, however, so it is the snickers, the guffaws and the undignified belly laughs he delivers on almost every page that make it worth buyingprobably the funniest book youll read this year. No, dammit. It is the funniest book youll find anytime soon. \"<br /><b><i>Sydney Morning Herald </i></b><br /><br />\"Is this the most cheerful book Ive ever read, or the saddest?...hilariousa lovely, happy book. \"<br /><b><i>London Evening Standard</i></b><br /><br />\"Bryson [writes] with a whiff of irony and a stronger perfume of affection, but never the stink of sentimentality. Darting between his life and the trajectory of America, he slips in a few key contextualising details, which he deploys with the same deft ease that made his A Short History of Nearly Everything so sneakily edifyingvery few [memoirs] contain a well of happiness this deep, or this complexly rendered.\"<br /><b><i>Scotland on Sunday</i> </b>', 'Bill Brysons bestselling books include <b>A Walk in the Woods</b>, <b>Neither Here Nor There</b>, <b>In a Sunburned Country</b>, <b>Brysons Dictionary of Troublesome Words</b>, and <b>A Short History of Nearly Everything</b>, the latter of which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize. Bryson lives in England with his wife and children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Knowing Knott: Essays on an American Poet\nDescription: ['Steven Huff is the author of two books of poetry, most recently <em>More Daring Escapes</em> (2008), and a collection of stories, <em>A Pig in Paris</em> (2008). He is a Pushcart Prize winner in fiction and an O.Henry finalist. The former Publisher at BOA Editions, Ltd., he is now Founding Publisher and Editor at Tiger Bark Press. He teaches creative writing at the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Boston.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life\nDescription: ['Judith Kolberg is a professional organizer and the author of Conquering Chronic Disorganization and Organizer for Disaster.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Death Of Money: The Prepper's Guide To Surviving Economic Collapse, The Loss Of Paper Assets And How To Prepare When Money Is Worthless\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Edgar & Susan: The Crow and the Woman He Loved\nDescription: ['Moses enjoys restoring and operating heavy construction equipment. Old cranes are his forte. He is an avid reader of histories and biographies. Moses and his wife, Susan, live in Mobile, Alabama. They have four children and eight grandchildren.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Some Sort of a Life\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Colonel Sanders and the American Dream (Discovering America)\nDescription: ['--', \"Josh Ozersky (19672015) was a James Beard Awardwinning food writer and cultural historian, the author of The Hamburger: A History. He writes on society and food for Time magazine and has written frequently for New York Magazine, the New York Times, Saveur, and numerous other publications. Among his other books are Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change, 19681978 and Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to Manhattan.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Adventures of Captain Kaleb: Pirate's Treasure\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us\nDescription: ['\"Pink makes a convincing case that organizations ignore intrinsic motivation at their peril.\" <br /> -Scientific American <br /><br /> \"Persuasive . . .Harnessing the power of intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic remuneration can be thoroughly satisfying and infinitely more rewarding.\" <br /> -<i>Miami Herald</i> <br /><br /> \"These lessons are worth repeating, and if more companies feel emboldened to follow Mr. Pink\\'s advice, then so much the better.\" <br /> -<i>Wall Street Journal</i> <br /><br /> \"Pink is rapidly acquiring international guru status . . . He is an engaging writer, who challenges and provokes.\" <br /> -<i>Financial Times</i> <br /><br /> \"Pink\\'s ideas deserve a wide hearing. Corporate boards, in fact, could do well by kicking out their pay consultants for an hour and reading Pink\\'s conclusions instead.\" <br /> -Forbes <br /><br /> \"Pink\\'s deft traversal of research at the intersection of psychology and economics make this a worthwhile read-no sticks necessary.\" <br /> -<i>SEED</i> <br /><br /> \"[Pink] continues his engaging exploration of how we work.\" <br /> -<i>Inc. Magazine</i> <br /><br /> \"Pink\\'s a gifted writer who turns even the heaviest scientific study into something digestible-and often amusing-without losing his intellectual punch.\" <br /> -<i>New York Post</i> <br /><br /> \"A worthwhile read. It reminds us that those of us on the right side of the brain are driven furthest and fastest in pursuit of what we love.\" <br /> -<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> <br /><br /> \"Pink\\'s analysis--and new model--of motivation offers tremendous insight into our deepest nature.\" <br /> -<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <br /><br /> \"Important reading...an integral addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a radical shift in how businesses operate.\" <br /> -<i>Kirkus</i> <br /><br /> \"<i>Drive</i> is the rare book that will get you to think and inspire you to act. Pink makes a strong, science-based case for rethinking motivation--and then provides the tools you need to transform your life.\" <br /> -Dr. Mehmet Oz, co-author of <i>YOU: The Owners Manual</i>', 'Daniel H. Pink is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>A Whole New Mind</i> and <i>Free Agent Nation</i>. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities in the U.S. and abroad on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry. <br />Daniel H. Pink is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>A Whole New Mind</i> and <i>Free Agent Nation</i>. He lectures to corporations, associations, and universities in the U.S. and abroad on economic transformation and the changing world of work. In 2007, he won a Japan Society Media Fellowship that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Baby Dragons: An Adult Coloring Book with Adorable Dragon Babies, Cute Fantasy Creatures, and Hilarious Cartoon Scenes for Relaxation\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life\nDescription: ['According to Babauta (<i>Zen to Done</i>), employing the power of less will propel readers from chaos to blissful and productive minimalism. Learning to set limitations, such as penning a three-item Most Important Task list every day and restricting e-mails to five lines, is a cornerstone for the authors plan for increased simplicity and satisfaction. With new boundaries in place, readers can discover flow, become wholly absorbed in tasks and live the paradox of doing less and achieving more. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"<strong>Leo Babauta</strong> has been a reporter, editor, speechwriter, and freelance writer for the last 17 years. He founded ZenHabits.net with no funding in January 2007, and one year later it is a top 50 blog with about a million unique visitors per month. Using the methods he shars in THE POWER OF LESS over the last two years, he's trained and successfully completed a marathon, he's doubled his income, he's eliminated his debt, he's quit smoking, and he's written a novel.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Phonics 1 Teacher Guide Semester 2\nDescription: ['Phonics is a teaching method for learning how to spell and say words using sounds and patterns. When you see the letter 'C' and know that it makes a 'k' sound like in the word cat that is using phonics. Just the fact that you can read this article right now means you have experience with phonics, and it will help you when you start to learn much bigger words like 'catastrophe'.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Twelve Years a Slave (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: ['“I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank’s <i>Diary,</i> only published nearly a hundred years before. . . . The book blew [my] mind: the epic range, the details, the adventure, the horror, and the humanity. . . . I hope my film can play a part in drawing attention to this important book of courage. Solomon’s bravery and life deserve nothing less.” —<b>Steve McQueen, director of </b><i><b>12 Years a Slave, </b></i><b>from the Foreword</b><br><br>“Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup’s story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe.” —<b>Henry Louis Gates, Jr., </b><i><b>from the Afterword</b></i><br> <br>“For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup’s tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement.”<b> —Ira Berlin, from the Introduction</b><br><br>“If you think the movie offers a terrible-enough portrait of slavery, please, do read the book. . . . The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. Solomon Northup’s memoir is history. . . . His was not simply an extraordinary story, but an account of the life of a great many ordinary people.”<b> —</b><i><b>The Daily Beast</b></i><br><br>“An incredible document, amazingly told and structured. Tough, but riveting. The movie of it by Steve McQueen might be the most successful adaptation of a book ever undertaken; text and film complement each other wildly.”<b> —Rachel Kushner, </b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><br><br>“The best firsthand account of slavery.” —<b>James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Battle Cry of Freedom, </i>in <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>“Northup published a memoir of his 12-year nightmare in 1853, the year after <i>Uncle Tom’s Cabin </i>came out, and it was so successful that he went on to participate in two stage adaptations. The book dropped from sight in the 20th century, but the movie tie-in will certainly reestablish its virtually unique status as a work by an educated free man who managed to return from slavery.”<b> —</b><i><b>The Hollywood Reporter</b></i>', '<b>Solomon Northup</b> (1808–c. 1863) was a free man kidnapped into slavery in 1851. The details of his life after the publication of his acclaimed memoir are unknown.<br><br><b>Ira Berlin</b> is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His many books include <i>The Making of African America</i> and <i>Many Thousands Gone</i>, winner of the Bancroft Prize and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.<br><br><b>Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,</b> is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.']",
"rejected": "Title: Virus Hunt: The Search for the Origin of HIV\nDescription: [\"Scottish virologist Crawford (Viruses: A Very Short Introduction) celebrates the brilliant evolutionary sleuthing that helped solve the puzzle of the origins of HIV, a virus unlike any other that has now infected over 60 million people. The University of Edinburgh professor explains that those hunting for the source of the virus that causes AIDS collectively scoured the medical literature, hunted for old blood samples to test for HIV, and painstakingly analyzed genomes from around the world to find the answers they were looking for. Researchers discovered that though the scourge didn't make headlines until the early 1980s, its roots stretch back into the west central Africa of the early 20th century. They also found that the natural reservoir of the predecessor of HIV turned out to be a subspecies of chimpanzee whose infection jumped to humanslikely through exposure to infected blood during huntsto arrive in the U.S. around 1969. Crawford's incredible tale of medical detection also offers an absorbing take on African history, politics, and culture, as well as the invasion of European explorers and slave traders. This dense but engrossing history will appeal primarily to scientists, but it has a much broader significance: by understanding where, how, when and why the virus evolved and spread among us, we can surely work to prevent the next one. 21 b&w illus. (Aug.)\", '<br />\"A wonderful source book for professionals and a highly informative, often engrossing tale for lay readers.\" --<em>Kirkus</em> <br />', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad: What Fathers Can Do to Make a Lifelong Difference\nDescription: ['', 'Im delighted to see so many inspiring, practical, unexpected ideas for dads in one place.<br /><b>from the foreword by Josh McDowell</b>', 'This is great stuff, worth any dads time. If you cant benefit from this, youre not listening. Ignore it only if you dont want to be a better dad. The first three copies are going to my grown sons.<br /><b>Jerry B. Jenkins, coauthor of the megaselling Left Behind series and author of over 150 other published works</b>', 'Jay Payleitner has given fathers a gifta wise, delightful, practical, and profound book. If youre a father, you will thank him, and if youre not, youll read this book with joy and give it to a father who will rise up and call you blessed.<br /><b>Steve Brown, seminary professor, author of <i>Welcome to the Family</i> and other books, and the voice of Key Life Network</b>', 'The stories will inspire you. The lessons will change you. Jay Payleitner shows twenty-first-century fatherhood for what it is and for what it needs to be.<br /><b>Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, professor and author of more than 50 books, including <i>Man to Man</i> and <i>The Power of Positive Productivity</i>.</b>', 'I have been a wife for 37 years, a mom for 31, and a daughter for...well, lets just say even longer. With those credentials, I highly recommend this book to all dads. It is a good read and, more importantly, a great guide for any man desiring to meet the needs of the children God has entrusted to his care.<br /><b>Kendra Smiley, radio host, conference speaker, and author of <i>Be the Parent</i> and <i>High-Wire Mom</i></b>', 'Moms of all ages, grab this book for your husbands! Its inspiring, encouraging, and easy to read. <br /><b>Ellen Banks Elwell, author of <i>The Christian Moms Idea Book</i> and <i>When Theres Not Enough of Me to Go Around</i></b><i></i>', '<b><i>52 Things Kids Need from a Dad</i></b> reminds all of us of the humbling privilege and exhilarating joy of fatherhood. You wont find any lectures or guilt trips here. Instead, its more like 52 inspiring halftime talks. As your personal fathering coach, Jay will provoke you to think deep, laugh hard, and love more, leaving you with 52 unexpected fathering insights.<br /><b>Carey Casey, CEO of The National Center for Fathering, speaker, radio host, and author of <i>Championship Fathering</i></b>', \"This book is a must for dads who want to take their fathering to the next level. It's full of real-world advice anyone can take to heart and act upon. It's also fun to read with lots of stories. Formatted in short, easy-to-read chapters, you can pick it up at any time, learn something really useful, and set it down until you have a few more free minutes. I recommend this book.<br /><b>James Read, Creative Director, Grizzard Communications Group<br /></b>\", '', '', \"<b>Jay Payleitner</b> is one of the top freelance Christian radio producers in the United States. He has worked on Josh McDowell Radio, <i>Today's Father</i>, Jesus Freaks Radio for the Voice of the Martyrs, Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson, and many others. Hes also a popular speaker on parenting and marriage and the author of dozen-plus books, including the bestselling <i>52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, 52 Things Wives Need from a Husband, </i>and <i>52 Things Sons Need from Their Dad</i>; he also created The Dad Manifesto. Jay has also served as an AWANA director, a wrestling coach, and the executive director of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative; he now partners with the National Center for Fathering, whose efforts he fosters and promotes. He and his wife, Rita, live near Chicago, where theyve raised five great kids and loved on ten foster babies.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Every Closed Eye Ain't 'Sleep\nDescription: [\"MaRita Teague is the author of the novel, <i>Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep</i>, <i>The Taste of Good Fruit, </i>and has been a contributing author in various publications. Holding a bachelor's from The Ohio State University and a master's in English from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, MaRita teaches college English composition. She lives in the Washington Metropolitan Area with her husband and three sons. To learn more about MaRita, visit her blog, Abiding in the Vine, Writing to Bear Fruit, at: MaRitaTeague.wordpress.com. Follow her on Twitter @MaRitaTeague\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sticking with Your Teen: How to Keep from Coming Unglued No Matter What\nDescription: ['\"An incredibly relevant and practical guide for parents trying to navigate through the tough years of raising teens.\" -- <i>Greg Stier, CEO of Dare 2 Share Ministries International</i><br /><br />\"An invaluable and inspiring resource for anyone parenting an adolescent. I highly recommend it!\" -- <i>Cheri Fuller, Author of When Teens Pray and The Mom Youre Meant to Be: Loving Your Kids While Leaning on God</i><br /><br />\"Joe White is todays voice of wisdom for parents of teens. Guaranteed to improve your communication with your teen.\" -- <i>Susan Alexander Yates, Best-selling author of And Then I Had Teenagers and , 31 Days of Prayer for My Teen</i><br /><br />\"Joe gives us a game plan that guarantees turning things around and potentially saving your relationship with your teen.\" -- <i>Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg , Cohosts of Americas Family Coaches . . . LIVE! and authors of Divorce-Proof Your Marriage</i><br /><br />\"Youre gonna love emboth Joe and this book! Its full of healthy conviction, powerful encouragement, and practical advice.\" -- <i>Stu Weber, Pastor and author</i>', '<b>Joe White</b> \"knows more about teens than anyone in North America,\" says Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Owner and president of Kanakuk Kamps and several other camps, Joe White is also in demand as a speaker for organizations like Promise Keepers, Focus on the Family, AFTERdark college crusades, and for NFL and professional baseball chapels. He is the author of more than fourteen books, including Fuel, Dare 2B Wise, and Gold Medallion winner Pure Excitement. Joe and his wife, Debbie Jo, are the parents of four grown children and the grandparents of two. The Whites reside in Branson, Missouri.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lucy Loved Me - A Memoir\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey\nDescription: ['Charles K. Cowdery, author of <i>Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey</i>, writes about American Whiskey for The Malt Advocate and WHISKY Magazine. He wrote, produced and directed the public television documentary \"Made and Bottled in Kentucky,\" and is editor and publisher of The Bourbon Country Reader, the only publication dedicated exclusively to American whiskey. As a marketing professional, he has worked in and around the American liquor industry for more than 25 years. His other books include Blues Legends (Gibbs Smith), 20 profiles of notable blues musicians. He is also a marketing copywriter and attorney, and lives in Chicago, Illinois.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The PDT Cocktail Book: The Complete Bartender's Guide from the Celebrated Speakeasy\nDescription: ['', '', 'Ive imbibed every drink in this book, whether I can recall all the nights spent at PDT is another story. Jim Meehan has written a manifesto for aspiring drunks and bartenders alike. Source: David Chang, chef/owner of Momofuku', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Falling for Zoe: The Camerons of Tide's Way (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"The Camerons are a big, close-knit, often noisy, sometimes pesky, but always loving family. Descendants of hard-working folk who came from Scotland with little more than the clothes on their back and a steadfast faith in God, the Camerons are a patriotic, enterprising clan more apt to spend their spare time volunteering in the service of others than playing golf or checking their investment accounts. They've settled in Tide's Way, a little town that grew up around the Jolee Plantation in Coastal North Carolina, and planted their roots deep.<br /><br />An orphan at eighteen, Sandy Marshal Cameron always dreamed of having a big family. Then she married Cam, and her dream came true. She loves every moment of it, especially worrying about her grown children when they will let her and fussing over a growing brood of grandchildren. Jake is her baby, and he's made a few mistakes in his life, but she's proud of the man he's become. She can't kiss away his hurts as she did when he was little, but her love and encouragement are always there when he needs it most. So come on down to Tide's Way and meet Jake and his family, and the new neighbor, Zoe Callahan, who challenges everything Jake thought he knew about himself. I hope you enjoy Falling for Zoe as much as I enjoyed writing it.\", 'Skye Taylor began writing during her years as a Peace Corps volunteer. In 2012, her first novel, Whatever It Takes, was published. She is thrilled to join the BelleBooks family and is currently working on a six-book contemporary romance series. Visit her website at Skye-Writer.com or on find her on Facebook.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes\nDescription: ['\"This is a raw and courageous book that turns over some rocks and shows what is crawling underneath.\" -- <i>Thomas Sowell</i>', 'DAVID HOROWITZ is the author of the best-selling autobiography Radical Son and co-author of Destructive Generation. A former leftist, he has nevertheless maintained consistent views on race throughout his polemical career. He is president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and editor of the journal Heterodoxy. Mr. Horowitz lives in Los Angeles.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Jonathan Belcher, Colonial Governor\nDescription: [\"As early as the eighteenth century, New England's ministers were decrying public morality in jeremiads aimed at wayward colonists. Evangelical leaders such as Jonathan Edwards called for rulers to become spiritual as well as political leaders who would renew the people's covenant with God. The prosperous merchant Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) self-consciously strove to become such a leader, an American Nehemiah. As governor of three royal colonies and early patron of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Belcher became an important but controversial figure in colonial America. An insightful blend of social and political history, this biography demands that Belcher be recognized as the embodiment of the Nehemiah, perhaps as important in his own realm as Cotton Mather was in religious circles. Grappling with the contradictions of Belcher's actions, the author explains much about the complexities of the world in which Belcher lived and wielded influence and, by weaving together social, religious, and cultural history, portrays in the career of Jonathan Belcher a richly detailed synthesis of the tumultuous late colonial period.\", 'Michael C. Batinski is associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Jacques Ppin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Meet Me in the Moon Room: Stories\nDescription: ['The same antic spirit that imbued Vukcevich\\'s mystery novel The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces moves playfully through this first collection of fantastic fiction, whose 33 helium-filled stories achieve just the right absurdist lift to escape the gravity of their themes. \"By the Time We Get to Uranus\" offers a peculiarly affecting take on terminal illness: the afflicted grow buoyant spacesuits that force them to leave loved ones behind. The mysteries of parenthood manifest amusingly in \"Poop,\" about a couple who discover that their newborn\\'s diaper fills variously with birds, mice and symphonic music. Though deceptively simple in their pared-down style, the vignettes show meticulous care in the crafting of oddball metaphors to express the moods of their estranged spouses, exasperated lovers, competitive children and disgruntled employees. The willingness with which the author\\'s characters accept the incongruity of their situations often yields profoundly moving insights into the human condition. In the poignant title tale, for example, a man does not find it at all strange that a lover from decades past has summoned him to a simulated moon landscape at a theme park, reflecting that the meaning of life really is \"nothing more than a couple of people huddling close for comfort in a cold universe.\" Inventive and entertaining, these stories yield more emotional truth than much comparatively realistic fiction. (Aug.)Forecast: With blurbs from Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm and Jeffrey Ford, this collection is a quality item that should benefit from good word of mouth.', 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', \"A man pulls the sweater his girlfriend made him over his head and nearly gets lost inside it. Rescued from the arctic ice, the dying Victor (Frankenstein) tells a story that leaves little doubt that the monster is James Joyce or Stephen Dedalus or Finn (again). Tim saves the world from a comet by having his family put paper bags over their heads. What? What?! What?!! Calm down. This is just the world according to Ray Vukcevich, sf-ish enough to get him into the <i>Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</i> and <i>Asimov's</i> but also resembling the fantastic milieus of Gogol, Kafka, and Looney Toons. Whether you cotton to it depends on how you feel about cartoons made of words and prisons made of logic: Are you afraid or amused? Actually, either reaction works for appreciating Vukcevich's outlandish virtuosity. Sf fans with long memories will note Vukcevich's deadpan delivery and jokey-creepy aura, recall the wonder-workings of Fredric Brown (see <i>From These Ashes</i> [BKL Ap 15 01]), and smile. <i>Ray Olson</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World\nDescription: [\"'If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic!' -Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association<br /><br />'Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair.' -Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church<br /><br />'An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it!' -Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life\", '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Face to Face\nDescription: ['Tarrance Weaver was born in Aiken, South Carolina. He currently resides in the Englewoodneighborhood within the inner city of Chicago, Illinois where he ministers to youth, works in his church,and has completed his first book titled Face to Face Where Life Meets Reality. Tarrance works forPeople United to Save Urban America, and is employed under Bishop Spencer Jones. Weekly, Tarrancevisits three to four elementary and middle schools to be a positive role model to Chicago\\'s inner-city youth. He also travels to churches throughout the United States with Bishop Jones, and gives histestimony to the ears of hundreds of listeners. Tarrance says that his first book, \"Face to Face WhereLife Meets Reality, is a book that reveals the delivering, healing, and redeeming power of Jesus Christto the broken, the hurting, and the lost. This book talks about our face to face encounters with God,life, the world, and our own personal struggles.<br />\"Tarrance was asked to sum up his life in a few sentences and he replied, \"My life has been an amazing ride from small choppy streams into the ocean of life. It hasn\\'t been an easy ride, but I\\'ve realizedthe true vastness and beauty that this life offers, and I\\'ve learned to embrace all of God\\'s people and creations as they bless me with their presence.\" Tarrance\\'s mission statement for his life is to, \"Live this life to the fullest. Realize that this life is not about me, but it\\'s about others - about saving souls, sharing love, and embracing loved ones.\"', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Carnivore's Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat\nDescription: ['\"One of the best and most succinct arguments for buying sustainable food.\"<b>Corby Kummer</b>, <b><i><i>The Atlantic</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Passionate, thoughtful and more than occasionally amusing.\"<b>Ralph Gardner Jr.</b>, <b><i><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>The Carnivore\\'s Manifesto</i> is about a lot more than eating meat. It\\'s about living well and having fun while being conscious of what goes into your body.\"<b>Mario Batali</b><br /><br />\"Patrick Martins is the shepherd of domesticated animal rights. Tend to them mercifully, then \\'eat \\'em if you want to keep \\'em,\\' he\\'s always said. This manifesto offers a unique perspective in an edgy, guerrilla style. You\\'ll find it impossible to put to pasture.\"<b>Mark Ladner</b>, <b><i>executive chef at Del Posto, New York</i></b><br /><br />\"Read this book!\"<b>Carlo Petrini</b>, <b><i>founder of Slow Food International</i></b><br /><br />\"Martins, founder of Slow Foods USA and Heritage Foods USA . . . has created a blueprint for healthy eating, sustainable farming, biodiversity, as well as for protecting culinary traditions and cultural differences. [He] is passionate, preachy, and, above all, practical-he doesn\\'t want you to make your own ketchup or give up pizza, just to buy the best meat and produce that is in season and to chose \"quality\" food over \"commodity\" food.\"<b><i><i>Publisher\\'s Weekly</i></i></b>', \"Patrick Martins is a distributor of locally raised meat through his company Heritage Foods USA, which sends over 60,000 pounds of meat every week to New York's top restaurants. He is also a founder of Slow Food USA and a founder and on-air personality at Heritage Radio Network, which has over 1 million visitors a month. He lives in Brooklyn.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Coach: A Football Coach's Notebook\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: How to Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business: Unexpected Rules Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know\nDescription: ['Once again, Fox gets his business expressed just right. After equally succinct books on becoming a great boss and a CEO--among other career aspirations--he addresses the more than 25 million small business owners in the U.S with a few homilies, some practicums, and many direct commandments, such as \"selling is job number one\" or \"pick up paper clips . . . but overspend on customers.\" And this one as well, \"work on the business, not just in the business.\" Smart remarks notwithstanding, this prolific, no-nonsense writer gets readers\\' attention with short snappy chapters and down-to-earth advice, covering funding (sources for loans) and sitting on nonprofit boards (\"give, get, or get off\") as well as marketing and running a business. Even seasoned pros can benefit from his words. <i>Barbara Jacobs</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', \"<strong>Jeffrey J. Fox</strong> is the founder of Fox & Co., Inc., a premier marketing consulting company, serving over sixty companies in sixty industries. Prior to starting Fox & Co., Mr. Fox. was VP of Marketing and Corporate VP of Loctite Corporation. He was also director of marketing for the wine division of Pillsbury, and held various senior marketing posts at Heublein, Inc, including Director of New Products. Fox is the winner of Sales and Marketing Management magazine's Outstanding Marketer Award; and the National Industrial Distributors Award as the Nation's Best Industrial Marketer. He is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study that is rated one of the top 100 case studies, and is thought to be the most widely taught marketing case in the world. Fox has been a guest lecturer at The Harvard Business School (from which he has an MBA), The Amos Tuck School, The Conference Board, and numerous other organizations. He has been featured in the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>Business Marketing</em>, and numerous other publications, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He works in Avon, CT and lives in New Hampshire.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Butterflies in May\nDescription: [\"Grade 8 UpA rather ordinary tale of teen pregnancy. Ali Parker is a bright, middle-class, suburban girl headed for college. She and her boyfriend are usually careful about birth control, but she ends up pregnant after one lapse. She schedules an abortion but can't go through with it. When she tells her parents, they are disappointed but supportive, as are her friends and teachers. Ali weathers the ups and downs of pregnancy, befriends another expecting teen, and deals with her sometimes loving, sometimes distant boyfriend as she tries to plan for an uncertain future. She meets a perfect couple who want to adopt her child but wonders if she can bring herself to part with the baby. Ali could be almost any young woman struggling with this issue, which gives the story a bland feel, as does the adequate but rarely sparkling prose. Angela Johnson's <i>The First Part Last</i> (2003), Rachel Cohn's <i>Gingerbread</i> (2002, both S & S), and Sarah Dessen's <i>Someone Like You</i> (Viking, 1998) are more notable novels about the subject. Nevertheless, Hart's solid first-person account of a teenager's life-altering experience will draw in readers, who will most likely stick around to find out whether Ali makes the predictable choice.<i>Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", \"This tale of Ali Parker, a pregnant teen from a good family, is heartbreaking because it is so devastatingly honest. --LIBBY STERNBERG, EDGAR FINALIST FOR UNCOVERING SADIE'S SECRETS<br /><br />A moving story that explores with sensitivity how one high school student makes a decision thats right for her. --PETER BEARMAN, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO CO-AUTHORED THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY EVER DONE OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND SEXUALITY<br /><br />An essential springboard for discussion and learning. --CATHARINE FARRELL, LIBRARIAN, MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, SANTA ROSA, CA\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Father You've Always Wanted : How God Heals Your Father Wounds\nDescription: ['<b>No matter what kind of dad you have--or don\\'t have--you can have the Father you\\'ve always wanted.<br /></b><br />It is a tragic reality that many of us never experience the solid, positive presence of a loving father. But God promised that He would not leave us orphans, that everyone who believes becomes an adopted son or daughter of a loving Father in heaven.<br /><br />With deep conviction and strong encouragement, Ed McGlasson invites you to take heart and have hope in your heavenly Father who loves you, blesses you, and will never leave you. Through this healing message, you will find a new sense of the purpose, identity, and value you have been searching for your whole life.<br /> <br />\"There are countless men and women today suffering from the painful effects of growing up without a father in their lives. I understand that pain! But in <i>The Father You\\'ve Always Wanted</i>, Ed helps readers understand the healing and hope found in God, our heavenly Father.\"--<b>Jim Daly</b>, president, Focus on the Family<br /><br />\"The strongest form of motivation is encouragement. <i>The Father You\\'ve Always Wanted</i> will motivate you to bless, encourage, and rally the people in your life. It is a healing book, full of remedies--a must read.\"<b>--Bill McCartney,</b><b> </b>founder and chairman emeritus, Promise Keepers<br /><br />\"I wish I could pass this book out to every dad I know. Ed McGlasson is passionate about helping men become all they were meant to be. This book is a compelling read with very practical insight.\"--<b>Jim Burns</b>, PhD, president, HomeWord; author, <i>Creating an Intimate Marriage</i> and <i>Confident Parenting</i><br /><br />\"Unbelievably powerful is an understatement. Its profound truth and penetrating impact has been deeply imbedded into the recesses of my heart, never to be forgotten. Outstanding.\"--<b>Debbie Rasa</b>, owner/partner, Rasa Floors, LLC<br /><br /><b>Ed Tandy McGlasson </b>is a former lineman in the NFL where he played with the Giants, the Jets, and the Rams. Ed entered the ministry in 1984, and in 1988 he planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim, California, and has been a pastor there since. His first book, <i>The Difference a Father Makes</i>, along with his conference The Blessing of the Father, keeps Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events worldwide.', \"<b>Ed Tandy McGlasson </b>is a former lineman in the National Football League where he played with the Giants, the Jets, and the Rams. Ed's call to ministry began in college after being healed from a career-ending knee injury that led to his conversion while playing for Youngstown State. Ed eventually entered the ministry in 1984 and started traveling and sharing his testimony and doing evangelistic crusades. In 1988 Ed planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim, California, and has been a pastor there since.<br /><br />Ed has spoken at numerous conferences across the country and around the world, including a number of rallies for Billy Graham crusades. Ed's first book, <i>The Difference a Father Makes</i>--which has over 200,000 copies in print--along with his conference The Blessing of the Father, keeps Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Contemporary Labor Economics (The Mcgraw-hill Series Economics)\nDescription: ['Stanley L. Brue did his undergraduate work at Augustana College (South Dakota) and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from the University of NebraskaLincoln. He is a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, where he has been honored as a recipient of the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award. Professor Brue has also received the national Leavey Award for excellence in economic education. He has served as national president and chair of the Board of Trustees of Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honorary. He is coauthor of Economic Scenes, Fifth edition (Prentice-Hall), Contemporary Labor Economics, Seventh edition, Essentials of Economics, First edition (both The McGraw-Hill Companies), and The Evolution of Economic Thought, Seventh edition (South-Western).']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mermaids, Fairies, & Other Girls of Whimsy Coloring Book: 50 Fan Favs\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Arx\nDescription: [\"Jay Allan Storey has traveled the world, passing through many places in the news today, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Swat valley in Pakistan. He has worked at an amazing variety of jobs, from cab driver to land surveyor to accordion salesman to software developer. Jay is the author of two novels, THE ARX, and ELDORADO, a novella, CHOPPER MUSIC, and a number of short stories. A new novel is due late in 2015, and several other projects are in the works. His stories always skirt close to the edge of believability (but hopefully never cross over). He is attracted to characters who are able to break out of their stereotypes (as Jackson Reilly does in CHOPPER MUSIC) and transform themselves. Jay loves both reading and writing, and both listening to and playing music. He also enjoys cycling, traveling to exotic lands, and working with animals. He's crazy for any sport activity relating to the water, including swimming, surfing, wind-surfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving. Jay is married and lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Enchanted Faces: Mermaids, Fairies & Fantasy Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Disappearance\nDescription: ['The Disappearance Philip Wylie An uncanny and sensational novel.']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fairies and Dragons\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The George Reserve Deer Herd: Population Ecology of a K-Selected Species\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Wizard of Oz Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Tracks & Sign of Reptiles & Amphibians: A Guide to North American Species\nDescription: ['Filip A. Tkaczyk is a full-time outdoor educator and wildlife tracker. In addition to education, he has also done a variety of wildlife-related field research and has a BS in Wildlife Science from the University of Washington. Filip currently holds the rank of Specialist in Track & Sign from CyberTracker. He lives in Duvall, Washington.']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Kawaii Girls: An Adult Coloring Book with Adorable Anime Portraits, Cute Fantasy Women, and Fun Fashion Designs (Relaxation Gifts)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Spark Notes A Lesson Before Dying\nDescription: ['', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Snow White Coloring Book\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Business: A Novel\nDescription: ['\"The Scotsman\" To most of us, the world of international high finance is a mysterious domain, full of grey men in grey suits. But Iain Banks\\'s biting satire cuts through the fog....The Business is human comedy, entertainment with a serious, satirical intent.<br /><br />\"The Independent\" (London) The Business is written with enormous energy, crunchy wit and more curves than an Alpine road.<br /><br />\"The Guardian\" One of his most assured performances yet....A highly inventive piece of work, amusing and sinister by turns.<br /><br />\"The Times\" (London) The Business is a classic Banks invention.<br /><br />\"Sunday Express\" (London) Imagination, wit and complexity are Banks\\'s hallmarks and The Business is no exception.', 'Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the original publication of his first novel, <i>The Wasp Factory,</i> recently selected in a British poll as one of the top 100 novels of the century. Since then he has gained enormous popular and critical acclaim with further works of fiction and, as Iain M. Banks, science fiction. He lives in Scotland.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Coloring Books for Adults Relaxation: 100 Magical Swirls Coloring Book with Fun, Easy, and Relaxing Coloring Pages Relaxation Gifts\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Micro Strongs Exhaustive Concordance\nDescription: [\"Here is the MICRO STRONGS EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE of the KING JAMES BIBLE (the best English translation of the perfectly inspired, promised preserved Word of God). With durable Kyvar paper cover, it is 476 pages, measures only 6 by 9 by but is printed in approximately same type size (with magnifying glass in back to help if necessary). If you could only have two books, shouldn't they be the old KING JAMES BIBLE and the STRONGS EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE? The problem has been that the Strongs is too big. Now it can be carried behind your Bible and used dynamically in one hand. This combination is the ultimate study Bible; even if the editor of your Study Bible is a learned and humble man of God, he can only share relatively few insights, just scratching the surface. Here is the Study Bible that enables cross referencing EVERY WORD in the Bible, even in the Hebrew and Greek, usually giving the root meaning which is the understanding of a native speaker. For a revealing comparison of the KING JAMES BIBLE with the NEW KING JAMES (and most of the other major popular versions), please see the book, ENOUGH!! THE NEW KING JAMES BIBLE, DO WE NEED IT? available for free download, or order hard copy from www.armoredsheep.com.\", '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book\nDescription: ['Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who creates intricate and hand-drawn illustrations rooted in the flora and fauna that surrounds her home in rural Scotland.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: No Love Lost\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lacy Sunshine's Rory Sweet Urchin Coloring Book Volume 2: Fun Whimsical Big Eyed Art (Lacy Sunshine Rory Sweet Urchin)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Literary Introductions to the Books of the Bible\nDescription: ['', \"<strong>Leland Ryken</strong> (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly 50 years. He has authored or edited over fifty books, including <em>The Word of God in English</em> and <em>A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible</em>. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meetings and served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible.\", '', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fairies Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book with Beautiful Fantasy Women, Cute Magical Animals, and Relaxing Forest Scenes\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Crocuses: A Complete Guide to the Genus\nDescription: ['<DIV>“Opened my eyes to the richness of the genus. [Rukšns] wrote <I>Crocuses </I>in language that can be understood by the everyday gardener.” —<I><B>Horticulture</B></I><BR /><BR /> “This is the kind of gardening book that makes my garden-geeky heart beat faster.” —<I><B>Cold Climate Gardening</B></I><BR /><BR /> “This is a botanically-minded gardener’s view of crocuses. . . . Jnis has the advantage over all his predecessors of having seen the vast majority of the plants he describes in the wild. This gives him a unique perspective into variation within the genus, and within species.” —<I><B>John Grimshaw’s Garden Diary</B></I><BR /><BR />  </DIV>', '<DIV>Janis Ruksans has been growing bulbs since age twelve and since 1991 has operated his own bulb nursery in his native Latvia, specializing in rare and unusual bulbs. He has taken part in several expeditions searching for new bulbs throughout Europe and Central Asia. He worked at the Latvian National Botanical Garden and was the editor-in-chief of a horticultural magazine for nearly twenty years. He is the author of five books about growing bulbs. Janis Ruksans lives in Latvia. </DIV>']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Colour My Sketchbook EPIC\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Achtung Schweinehund!: A Boy's Own Story of Imaginary Combat\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']"
},
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Mythomorphia: An Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge\nDescription: ['Philippines-based illustrator <b>Kerby Rosanes </b>works mainly with ordinary black pens to magically illustrate his \"doodle\" world.<br /><br />Most of his works are characterized by whimsical lines, patterns, characters and little elements that are spontaneously combined to create massive compositions depicting his everyday experiences or anything that inspires him.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Radiographic diagnosis of abdominal disorders in the dog and cat: Radiographic interpretation, clinical signs, pathophysiology\nDescription: [\"Radiographic diagnosis of abdominal disorders in the dog and cat: Radiographic interpretation, clinical signs, pathophysiology (Hardcover)\\nby Timothy R. O'Brien \\nPublisher: Saunders (1978)\\nLanguage: English\\nISBN-10: 0721668984\\nISBN-13: 978-0721668987\", '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Magical Dawn Coloring Book: Published in Sweden as \"Magisk Gryning\" (Gsp- Trade)\nDescription: ['Hanna Karlzon is an Ume, Sweden-based illustrator and creator of the best-selling coloring books, <i>Dagdrmmar</i> and <i>Sommarnatt,</i> previously published in Sweden. She creates elaborately detailed images using India ink to detail pictures from her own imagination and loves to draw flowers, forests, houses, and animals. She draws her inspiration from the natural world that surrounds her studio in northern Sweden and adds in some art nouveau, punk rock, and often a hint of 70s design to the mix.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Vera Textiles: Add Color to Everyday Fashion\nDescription: ['Jeanette Michalets is a high school teacher and author of articles on antiques and collectibles. She avidly collects a variety of \"good old things\" with her husband in Wisconsin. Katherine Michalets is a writer and collector of vintage scarves and souvenirs. This mother/daughter team has partnered on many projects.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Fantasy Coloring Adventure: A Magical World of Fantasy Creatures, Enchanted Animals, and Whimsical Scenes\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Conversation Pieces: Poems That Talk to Other Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)\nDescription: ['Kurt Brown is the author of four books of poetry and editor of numerous anthologies. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.<br /><br />Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, CUNY, and author of several mystery novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York City.', '', '']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Colorful Fantasy Coloring Book: by Molly Harrison\nDescription: ['Molly Harrison is an artist working out of her home studio in northern California, USA. Be sure to see her official website at www.mollyharrisonart.com for fine art prints, paintings, handmade items and for licensing information.']",
"rejected": "Title: ValueTale 41 Volume Set (ValueTales ~ Value Tales Multiple Book Set, 41 of 43)\nDescription: [\"Set of 41 ValueTale children's biography books from the popular series.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Mermaids: An Adult Coloring Book with Beautiful Fantasy Women, Underwater Ocean Realms, Fun Sea Animals and Relaxing Tropical Beaches\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Text-Book of Long Range Weather Forecasting\nDescription: [\"Many other Astrometeorologists had come before George J. McCormack (GeeJay) but modern development of the subject is George's legacy to the 20th Century. McCormack's work should not go unrewarded in this 21st Century. His natal chart gives indications that his reputation as an astrometeorologist will gain world-wide recognition. Mr. McCormack's career spans many years and the best recollection of some of his work can be found in this book: Our Threatened Planet by Joseph F. Goodavage. Predictions based on George J. McCormack updated synopsis, "The Theory and Practice of Astronomic Weather Forecasting were published along with the U.S. Weather Bureau's "Long-Range Weather Outlook" - plus a purely random or chance series of predictions derived by spinning a pointer in the "wheel-of-fortune" method. Interestingly, the system by which planetary forces were considered was consistently rated 94 percent accurate. The random forecast achieved 17 percent higher accuracy than the Weather Bureau's "Long-Range Weather Outlook." --Carolyn Egan, Weathersage.com\", 'George J. McCormack was born on April 26, 1887, at Springfield, MA. In addition to pursuing a full time career in the Engineering Department of the New York Bell Telephone Company, Gee-Jay McCormack became one of the leading figures in American astrology. He first became interested in the subject in 1906, and ultimately specialized in Astrometeorology, Financial Astrology, and Mundane Astrology. With an evident gift for organization, he was a co-founder of the American Academy of Astrologicans in 1916, organized the Astrologer s Guild in 1926, and was co-founder of the AFA in 1938. He served as Vice President of the AFA in 1940 and 1941 and was its President in 1942. Later in the decade, he served as President of the American Academy of Astrologicians. McCormack published and edited Astrotech Weekly from 1933 to 1941 and was a professional astrologer at Jersey City Heights 1935-39 and at Fairlawn, New Jersey, thereafter. His weather forecasts were publicized in Telephone Company house organs, as well as in astrological publications. During the latter half of his life, he was considered to be the leading authority on Astrometeorology.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Norse Mythology: An Adult Coloring Book with Powerful Norse Gods, Beautiful Norse Goddesses, Mythological Creatures, and Legendary Heroes\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Polanski and Perception: The Psychology of Seeing and the Cinema of Roman Polanski\nDescription: ['<DIV>“<I>Polanski and Perception</I> breathes fresh air into the academic corpus on Polanski’s cinema and presents an engaging discussion of a significantly underrepresented aspect of this director’s filmmaking: the faculty of visual perception. . . . Caputo’s book is successful in its endeavor to explicate the influence of Gregory’s indirect/active perception on Polanski’s filmmaking. It is a novel and informative approach to his cinema delving into many unexplored areas in the director’s depiction of individuals’ perception. It indeed has made a valuable contribution to the existing body of studies done on the cinema of this world-renowned director.”</DIV> (<i>Projections</i>)', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Chibi Girls Horror: An Adult Coloring Book with Adorable Anime Characters and Cute Horror Scenes for Relaxation\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Listen & Other Stories\nDescription: ['Listen to these lovely stories, indeed; each one is memorable, and each one different from the last. ALix Ohlin\"<br /><br />a wonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection. Margot Livesey\"<br /><br />awonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection. Margot Livesey\"<br /><br />Here is what makes these stories necessary and timeless: Liam Callanan s incisive ability to render not just our desires and the choices we make to fulfill or thwart those desires, but the mysterybehindthose choices . Michael Parker\"<br /><br />\"Listen to these lovely stories, indeed; each one is memorable, and each one different from the last.\"--ALix Ohlin (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)<br /><br />..\".a wonderfully readable and hugely pleasurable collection.\"--Margot Livesey (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)<br /><br />\"Here is what makes these stories necessary and timeless: Liam Callanan\\'s incisive ability to render not just our desires and the choices we make to fulfill or thwart those desires, but the mystery behind those choices....\"--Michael Parker (1/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)', '<DIV>LIAM CALLANAN is the author of the novels The Cloud Atlas, a finalist for an Edgar Award, and All Saints, a Target Bookmarked Breakout book. A frequent public radio essayist, Liam has taught at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Los Angeles, he now calls Wisconsin home. Hes on the web at liamcallanan.com.</DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: Thirty-Two and a Half Complications (Rose Gardner Mystery #5) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['The fifth book in the USA Today Bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series.', '<span><i><b>New York Times</b></i>,<i><b>Wall Street Journal</b></i>, and<i><b>USA Today</b></i>bestselling author Denise Grover Swank has released over thirty novels and novellas and has sold over two million books. She writes mysteries with romance, humorous romance, light-hearted young adult romance, and urban fantasy. She lives in Blue Springs, Missouri with her three naughty dogs and six imaginative children.</span>You can find out more about Denise at denisegroverswank.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Colour and Symbolism in Islamic Architecture: The Islamic Tile-maker's Art\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Cowboy's Christmas Plan: Grass Valley Cowboys\nDescription: ['', '', 'Shanna Hatfield is a hopeless romantic with a bit of sarcasm thrown in for good measure. In addition to blogging, eating too much chocolate and being smitten with her husband (Captain Cavedweller), she writes clean romantic fiction with a healthy dose of humor. She also dabbles in cooking, baking, and home entertaining. Follow her Savvy Entertaining blog or Savvy Entertaining books for the latest in making entertaining at home simple and fun! To learn more about Shanna or the books she writes, visit her blog http://shannahatfield.com or find out news at her facebook page http://facebook.com/shannahatfield.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 2 Peter and Jude - Concordia Commentary (Concordia Commentary: a Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture)\nDescription: ['The Reverend Dr. Curtis P. Giese is a professor in the Theology Division at Concordia University Texas in Austin, where he has taught Greek and New Testament since 2004. He was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin and received his education at Concordia University-St. Paul (B.A.), Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (M. Div., S.T.M), Lutherische Theologische Hochschule, Oberursel, Germany, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio (M. Phil., Ph.D.) where his emphasis was Judaism in the Greco-Roman period.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Last One Home: A Novel\nDescription: ['Fans of bestselling author Macomber will not be disappointed by this compelling stand-alone novel.<b><i>Library Journal</i></b><br /> <br /> Family, forgiveness and second chances are the themes in Macombers latest stand-alone novel. No one writes better womens contemporary fiction, and <i>Last One Home</i> is another wonderful example. Always inspiring and heartwarming, this is a read you will cherish.<b><i>RT Book Reviews</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Tender, real, and full of hope.<b><i>Heroes and Heartbreakers</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Once again, Ms. Macomber has woven a charming tale dealing with facing lifes hard knocks, begging forgiveness, and gaining self-confidence.<b><i>Reader to Reader</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Macomber never disappoints me. . . . She always manages to leave me with a warming of the soul and fuzzy feelings that stays for days.<b><i>Fresh Fiction</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> A very heartwarming novel of healing and reconciliation . . . that touches on lifes more serious moments and will leave readers hoping to revisit these flawed but lovable characters in the future.<b>Book Reviews & More by Kathy</b>', '<b>Debbie Macomber</b>, the author of<i> Love Letters, Mr. Miracle, Blossom Street Brides,</i> and <i>Rose Harbor in Bloom,</i> is a leading voice in womens fiction. Nine of her novels have hit #1 on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller lists, and three of her beloved Christmas novels have been hit movies on the Hallmark Channel, including <i>Mrs. Miracle</i> and <i>Mr. Miracle</i>. Hallmark also produces the hit original series <i>Debbie Macombers Cedar Cove,</i> based on the authors Cedar Cove books. She has more than 170 million copies of her books in print worldwide.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy\nDescription: ['\"Remarkable and insightful... a fascinating look at the interaction of money and politics in the early years of our Republic, showing that, like much of human nature, issues of greed and corruption are not sudden creations of the modern era.\"<b><i><b><i>New York Journal of Books</i></b></i></b><br /><br />\"[A] compelling account.... Cost has written an engrossing and useful book in <i>The Price of Greatness</i>, for it both provides an accessible (short) history of this country\\'s beginnings and illustrates dynamics fundamental to the American model.\"<b><i><b><i>Washington Free Beacon</i></b></i></b><br /><br />\"Cost\\'s descriptions of post independence political wrangling and the first decades of the new United States are clear and easily grasped.\"<b><i><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></i></b><br /><br />\"Focusing on James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.... Cost offers a revealing look at how their contrastingg political philosophies shaped the new nation\\'s domestic and foreign policies.... A well-argued examination of the nation\\'s founding principles.\"<b><i><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></i></b><br /><br />\"In his lively new book, Jay Cost continues his fascinating inquiry into the sources of American political corruption by examining Alexander Hamilton\\'s and James Madison\\'s divergent understandings of the Constitution and the proper balancing of liberty, republicanism, and national unity and prosperity.\"<b>Bradford Wilson, Executive Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University</b><br /><br />\"Thoughtful people differ concerning why so many of today\\'s most talented writers on American history practice their craft outside academia. Thoughtful people agree, and this book demonstrates, that Jay Cost is among those writers.\"<b>George F. Will</b>, <b><i><b><i>Washington Post</i> columnist</b></i></b><br /><br />\"\"Jay Cost has managed to do the unthinkable. He\\'s written an insightful account of the principles and practices of two great founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, without savaging one or the other. This terrific book is destined to reshape our thinking about the key events of the early republic including the tragic break between Hamilton and Madison.... A must-read for those interested in a deeper understanding of two giants whose principles animate America\\'s conflicted soul.\"<b>Stephen F. Knott</b>, <b><i><b>author of <i>Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth</i></b></i></b><br /><br />\"Jay Cost brings alive the profound dispute between Madison\\'s republicanism and Hamilton\\'s nationalism and helps us see why it still matters. At once a discerning scholar of political theory and a perceptive student of political practice, he is the perfect guide to this rich story.\"<b>Yuval Levin</b>, <b><i><b>author of <i>The Fractured Republic</i> and editor of <i>National Affairs</i></b></i></b>', '<b>Jay Cost </b>is a senior writer at the <i>Weekly Standard </i>and has written for the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>National Review</i>, and <i>Commentary</i>. He holds a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Chicago. The author of <i>A Republic No More</i>, he lives in Harmony, Pennsylvania.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Substitute (Wedding Pact)\nDescription: ['Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many books, including the Chosen series, the Curse Keepers series, and the Off the Subject novels. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Visit her at denisegroverswank.com.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Amish Nanny (Amish Maids) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<span>\"A refreshing and delightful story. It had a good storyline with strong characters and much more. The ending was unexpected.\" Beverly J Corl</span><div><span>\"</span><span>I enjoyed this book very much.......The Amish have such a simple life style---clean living ....neighbor helping neighbor---a life style that is pleasing to our Lord. The light romance is refreshing and free of torrid moments and disgusting four-letter words. This author rates high in my book!\" L. Wilson</span></div>', '<div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Samantha loves to hear from her readers.</div><div>Connect with Samantha at:</div><div>samanthaprice333@gmail.com</div><div>Follow Samantha on Twitter @AmishRomance</div><div>facebook.com/SamanthaPriceAuthor</div></div><div></div><div></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Knit in a Day for Baby\nDescription: ['Candi Jensen is the EMMY nominated Executive Producer of the PBS television series Knit and Crochet Now. A popular knit and crochet designer, Candi has had more than 400 designs published in major national lifestyle magazines. As a recognized expert on knitting and crochet, she has been tapped numerous times for her expertise on national television news and crafting shows and is the author of 17 books.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Treasuring Emma (A Middlefield Family Novel)\nDescription: ['Well-drawn characters and a homespun feel will make this Amish romance a sure bet for fans of Beverly Lewis and Jerry S. Eicher. (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />This novel is a sweet romance with amazing characters who are just trying to get through each day. Stories relating to the Amish are a treasure to read and Fuller has a way with words. (<i>Romantic Times</i>)', '', 'With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at KathleenFuller.com; Instagram: kfstoryteller; Facebook: WriterKathleenFuller; Twitter: @TheKatJam.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Killer Instinct (Bombshell)\nDescription: ['Raised on a horse farm in Michigan, Cindy Dees dropped out of high school at 15 to attend the University of Michigan where she earned a B.A. in Russian and East European Studies. She became a U.S. Air Force Pilot, worked at the White House, and was a part-time spy during her military career. Her first novel was published in 2002, and she has published over forty more since then with HRS and HQN. She is a 5-time RITA finalist and 2-time RITA winner and has won numerous other awards.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Herb of Grace: A Healing Grace Novel\nDescription: ['\"[A] genuine must read for those who love Amish fiction. Readers will not be able to put this book down until finished, it is just that great and filled with rich characterization.... HERB OF GRACE is a five star recommended book.\"<b><i>AmishReader.blogspot.com</i></b><br /><br />\"Senft is a talented author and her research on various herbs is a welcome surprise to readers....This sweet romance has a believable storyline and a lot of heart.\"<b><i><i>RT Book Reviews</i></i></b><br /><br />\"With a complex mix of both younger and older characters and a complex story line, this book is truly a success.\"<b><i>Brodart Books & Library Services</i></b><br /><br />\"Senft perfectly captures the Amish setting of the novel, causing me both to long for the simplicity and beauty of the Amish way, but also to ponder with puzzlement some of the decisions made by the Ordnung. Amelia is an endearing character, and there were a few laugh-out-loud moments for me that I wasn\\'t even expecting. Although this is the first book I have read by the author, she has been added to my \"must read\" list. If you are a fan of Amish fiction, then plan on reading <em>The Wounded Heart </em>soon!\"<b><i>Christian Fiction Addiction on <em>The Wounded Heart</em></i></b><br /><br />\"With this quaint, gentle read, Senft\\'s promising series is off to a good start and will make a nice alternative for Jerry S. Eicher readers who want to try a new author.\"<b><i><em>Library Journal </em>on <em>The Wounded Heart</em></i></b><br /><br />\"This relatable story, which launches Senft\\'s Amish Quilt series, shows that while waiting to see God\\'s plan can be difficult, remembering to put Jesus first, others next and yourself last (\"JOY\") is necessary.\"<b><i><i>Romantic Times </i>on <i>The Wounded Heart</i></i></b><br /><br />\"I absolutely loved <em>The Hidden Life</em>! Nothing is as enjoyable as feeling the same way the characters do throughout the story and believing that you are mixed into the same world....<em>The Hidden Life</em> is full of conflict, romance, and drama! Overall I felt Adina captured the Amish way of life with fine detail. Be prepared to become an even bigger fan of Adina\\'s after you read this book and you will be eagerly anticipating the next installment <em>The Tempted Soul</em> just like me!\"<b><i>Destination Amish on <em>The Hidden Life</em></i></b><br /><br />\"I do declare that Adina has saved the best story for last. I loved this book! Saying that it is a heartfelt story just doesn\\'t seem like it does the book justice.\"<b><i>Destination Amish on <i>The Tempted Soul</i></i></b>', 'After leaving the plain church in which she grew up, <strong>Adina Senft</strong> earned an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. Between books, Adina enjoys playing the piano and Celtic harp, making historical costumes, and spoiling her flock of rescue chickens.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Detachment (Private Palmer)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Moonbeams\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Backwards: How To Live Forward\nDescription: ['Brett Hayworth is more than an actor, producer, screenwriter and author. He is also a gifted speaker, entrepreneur and family man, currently residing in Jackson, Michigan with his beautiful family. <br /> <br />Recently completing the television pilot, \"Just Brett and Lilly,\" Brett sets out to use his story to empower and inspire audiences. A single father for many years, he found himself on the brink of hopelessness, doing everything he could to raise, protect, and inspire his daughter Lilly. Recently, he married an amazing mother of two, Lisa, and they have begun their journey as a larger family. In February of 2015, Lilly (10 years old) was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and once again, their family took a difficult hit. <br />', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Christmas in Snow Valley: A Christmas Romance Anthology\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mirrors\nDescription: [\"...a great story of women's struggles with discovery, love, and career. -- <i>Kelly Peters, Between the Lines</i><br /><br />Mirrors is a very fine novel, well worth your time and treasure. -- <i>Deborah Peifer, The Bay Area Reporter</i>\", 'Marianne K. Martin is the author of the best-selling novels Legacy Of Love, Love In The Balance, Dawn Of The Dance, and Never Ending all published by Naiad Press. Among her varied careers, Martin has been a public school teacher, a photojournalist, an MHSAA basketball coach, a collegiate hockey coach, and a photographer. She has been active in athletics since childhood and has played and coached ASA fast-pitch softball for many years. Her other hobbies include building and remodeling, drawing, landscaping, and of course reading. She currently resides in Michigan, with an eye on southern sun.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Comfort & Joy: A Novel\nDescription: [\"It's the last day before Christmas vacation, and Joy Faith Candellaro, a Bakersfield, Calif., high school librarian, is still fretting over finding her husband, Thom, in bed with her sister, Stacey. Although divorced nearly three monthsand urged by everyone to move on with her lifeJoy just isn't joyful. She's trying, though: she buys a Christmas tree and plans to get herself something spectacular to put under it. Too bad that Stacey's waiting in her driveway with a wedding invitation and the news that she's pregnant with Thom's child. Enraged and betrayed, Joy drives offand ends up at the airport, holding a ticket to Hope, Canada. What will she do when she gets there? Who cares? All she knows is that life has to be better elsewhere. What happens next is Hannah's version of a Christmas ghost story, as Joy encounters a father and son whose own misery gives her a new perspective. Hannah (<i>The Things We Do for Love</i>) fans will enjoy this fare, but from the subtle-as-a-50-pound-fruitcake irony of Joy Faith's name to a plot twist that necessitates hanging disbelief on the mantel alongside the Christmas stockings, it may be a bit too much for the more skeptical to swallow. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Happy, hopeful and <i>trs romantique</i>.<i>Hartford Courant</i><br /><br />[Kristin Hannahs] best book yet.<i>The Columbus Dispatch</i><br /><br />Hannah will touch the deepest corner of your heart.<i>Rendezvous</i><br /><br />An engaging holiday tale.<i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i> <br /><br />A heartwarming holiday tale [that] resonates with poignancy and deep emotion.<i>Romantic Times</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Welcome to Alflolol (Valerian & Laureline)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Between Heaven and Ground Zero\nDescription: [\"Leslie Haskin achieved great success at Kemper Insurance Company in New York City. She became the Director of Operations and one of only two African Americans to hold executive title within the corporation's eastern region. But 9/11 changed her priorities. In addition to her career, Leslie is active in outreach ministry, serving with Goodwill Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, New York. She spends her time in the inner city spreading the message of hope to the homeless and otherwise lost. She is the founder and executive director of Safe Hugs, a nonprofit organization designed to provide rehabilitation and healing to women and children who are homeless and victims of domestic violence. Leslie has appeared at several memorials honoring the victims and survivors of 9/11. She has served as keynote speaker at national and regional conferences throughout the United States, including The West Point Women of the Chapel and North American Missions Board--World Changers. She lives in Newburgh, New York.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for <i>The Book of Resting Places</i></b> <br><br> \"Mira y Lopez . . . is a gifted writer. His ear for language and his ability to take ownership of ideas by finding the poetry in them . . . is the kind of thing that cannot be taught . . . Its refreshing to encounter a young writer whos chosen to do some fieldwork.\" <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <br><br> \"<i>The Book of Resting Places</i> is Mira y Lopezs account of his travels, from a cemetery to a crematorium to a cryonics company . . . Hes looking for the good death, somewhere, anywhere.\" <i>The New Yorker</i> <br><br> \"Thomas Mira y Lopezs debut essay collection is a finely wrought exploration of grief, mythology, history, and global death practices . . . Mira y Lopez travels far and wide . . . in search of answers.\" <i>The Guardian</i> <br><br> \"A heartfelt and personal exploration of hallowed groundsand the history and mythology surrounding theminspired by the sudden death of Mira y Lopez\\'s father.\" BuzzFeed <br>,br> \"In this insightful collection of personal essays, Lopez proves a poetic, thoughtful, and at times surprisingly funny narrator in his quest for the most meaningful way to remember the dead . . . Lopezs contemplation of mortality and memory makes for a collection of quietly profound essays.\" <i>Publishers Weekly</i> <br><br> \"At one point in this debut, a researcher compares excavation to arranging a tapestryan apt analogy for Mira y Lopezs essay collection itself . . . Each chapter alternatesor weavesbetween his personal experience and history, myth, and societal practice.\" <i>Booklist</i> <br><br> \"Mira y Lopezs first book is a thoughtful, intriguing collection of 10 personal essays dealing with the dead and where they end up . . . These are wide-ranging and often tender meditations on death.\" <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <br><br> \"It is a true pleasure to engage with a book like Thomas Mira y Lopezs . . . Coupled with his keen eye for observation and a fascinating breadth of subject matter, <i>The Book of Resting Places</i> becomes a refreshingly honest and critical look at death, grieving, and how burial becomes our means to remembering, and forgetting, those weve lost.\" <i>The East Bay Review</i> <br><br> \"Its a surprisingly quirky book; Mira y Lopez is honest about grief and his own imperfections, and this coherent collection of personal essays ranges from sad to downright funny.\" Triangle.com <br><br> \"A monumental collection . . . For all the studied excavations bound up in <i>The Book of Resting Places</i>, the people remembered in its pages, those passed and still with us, remain glowing torchbearers for the living.\" Full Stop <br><br> \"<i>The Book of Resting Places</i> is admirable for the restlessness and fierceness of its need to work through both its own elegy and the nature of elegies in general. From defunct cemeteries to Canalettos genius for turning presence to absence to those museums of the self assembled by collectors or hoarders to the nature of parallax to cryonics, its wryly deft in its associative deployment of useful metaphors in its attempt to come to terms with loss, and shame: what is the safest way to preserve the dead, and to acknowledge the love we sometimes failed to reciprocate?\" Jim Shepard, author of <i>The World to Come</i> and <i>The Book of Aron</i> <br><br> \"Each place in <i>The Book of Resting Places</i> is haunted. But the deeper we go into Thomas Mira y Lopez\\'s MC Escher painting of a collection, the more we realize that perhaps it is us, not the dead, who haunt the past. An excellent meditation on his father\\'s death and his mother\\'s preparations for her own, this book\\'s loneliness is more than matched by its curiosity and its beauty. Ander Monson, author of <i>Vanishing Point</i> <br><br> \"Mira y Lopez is a stunning writer and his debut book, a tender and adventurous exploration of the intimate distances we share with the dead, deserves to be widely read. Artful sentences mirror, page after page, his artful mind. With formal intelligence and quiet wit, he has found death to be a spur to reflection and wholehearted embrace of life. This is a book to savor.\" Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of <i>Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit</i>', '<b>THOMAS MIRA Y LOPEZ</b> is from New York City. He earned an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of Arizona, and his work has appeared in <i>The Georgia Review</i>, <i>Kenyon Review Online</i>, and <i>The Normal School</i>, among other publications. He currently lives in North Carolina, where he is the 20172018 Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Reunion\nDescription: ['\"<em>I just finished reading Dan Walsh\\'s new book THE REUNION.OHMYGOSH!! I have happy tears running down my face and a warm feeling in my heart. I never expected the ending to this amazing heartfelt story. It was off the charts satisfying!</em>\"<br />--<b>Nora St. Laurent, CEO<br /> <strong>The Book Club Network</strong></b><strong><br /><br /><em>The Reunion by Dan Walsh, has taken up residence on my Top Ten of 2012 List, but that\\'s not all. It sparked a new list. My Top Ten All Time Favorites, and it\\'s earned a spot there.<b> -- </b></em></strong><b><strong>Ane Mulligan, Sr Editor, Novel Rocket Blog</strong></b><strong><br /><br /><span>\"<i>With a gift for pulling the heartstrings and encouraging a slow build of tears within his reader, Dan Walsh is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to storytellers for sweet romance and intricately woven parallel storylines</i>.\" <b>-- USA Today</b> (Serena Chase)</span>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</strong>', '<b>Everything lost can be found.<br /></b><br />Aaron Miller knows a thing or two about loss. He\\'s lost love. Dignity. Second, and even third, chances. Once honored for his heroism, he now lives in near obscurity, working as a handyman in a humble trailer park. <br /><br />But God is a master at finding and redeeming the lost things of life. Unbeknownst to Aaron, someone is searching for him.<br /><br />With deep insight into the human heart, consummate storyteller Dan Walsh gently weaves a tale of a life spent in the shadows but meant for the light. Through tense scenes of war and tender moments of romance,<i> The Reunion</i> will make you believe that everyone can get a second chance at life and love.<br /><br /><br /><b>Review:<br /></b><br />\"This book has a pretty big cast of characters, but Walsh does it well and, as the storylines collide the reader becomes fully invested in each individual HEA.<br />\"Aaron\\'s humility, born of failure and whitewashed by grace, is almost a tangible thing. A flashback to Vietnam is action-packed and tense with a sense of doom, but in the present, it fuels John\\'s desperation to find Aaron. The romance between Karen and Dave is the sort that lets you feel the butterflies of falling in love right along with them, yet your heart breaks when other men\\'s failures threaten to poison Karen\\'s chance at love.<br />\"With a gift for pulling the heartstrings and encouraging a slow build of tears within his reader, Dan Walsh is quickly becoming one of my favorite go-to storytellers for sweet romance and intricately woven parallel storylines.\"--<i>USA Today</i>, <i>Happily Ever After<br /></i><br /><br /><b>Praise for Dan Walsh<br /></b><br />\"Dan\\'s books grab your heart and don\\'t let you go until the last page.\"--Dr. Gary Smalley, bestselling author and speaker<br /><br />\"Walsh [makes] the reader feel like a dear old friend.\"--<i>RT Book Reviews<br /></i><br />\"Dan Walsh\\'s novel-within-a-novel is rich with intrigue, history, and romance. Character-driven and wistful . . . a sublime delight that shouldn\\'t be missed.\"--<i>USA Today</i> on <i>The Discovery<br /></i><br /><br /><b>Dan Walsh</b> is the bestselling author of several books, including <i>The Dance </i>and <i>The Promise </i>with Gary Smalley, as well as <i>The Unfinished Gift</i>, <i>The Discovery</i>, and <i>The Reunion</i>. Winner of three Carol Awards, he is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, and served as a pastor for twenty-five years. He lives with his wife in the Daytona Beach area. Visit www.danwalshbooks.com for more.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Comfort and Joy\nDescription: ['Kristin Hannah is the bestselling author of many acclaimed novels, including On Mystic Lake, Between Sisters, Comfort and Joy, and The Things We Do for Love. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and on Kauai with her husband and son.']",
"rejected": "Title: Weight Consciousness: Changing The Beliefs That Prevent Permanent Weight Loss\nDescription: [\"Helen Meader is a life long advocate of human potential. She fundamentally believes that human beings have a far greater capacity than anyone knows. Her book Weight Consciousness is about exploring that capacity through weight issues. A lot of what you will read in her book has been taken from her own personal journey. Helen actively started her personal development journey in 1992 and has been a life coach since 2000 and a Theta Healing Practitioner since 2005. She became increasingly frustrated by the lack of lasting change she saw in people, the number who got stuck along the journey, and how slow many of the accepted change processes were. When she was introduced to the modality of ThetaHealing(tm) in 2005 Helen discovered that when a person is ready, healing and change can be instant - the only thing getting in the way of this is was the individual and their beliefs. Ultimately through the creation of this book Weight Consciousness she has found her passion for working with people to discover their core essence and life purpose through the weight loss journey. Helen sees weight issues as the doorway to connect to one's soul and a way to find inner peace and joy. Helen is from Sydney Australia and works locally and internationally with the Weight Consciousness methodology.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Amish Promises (Neighbors of Lancaster County)\nDescription: ['<b>Journey Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet<br /></b><br />When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they\\'re looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time to heal, and the quiet of Lancaster seems just the place. They can\\'t imagine any trouble with their Amish neighbors, the Lehmans, but things get off to a rocky start when their son is involved in an accident that injures one of the Lehman boys.<br /><br />Eve Lehman has run her brother\\'s household ever since the death of his wife, but Tim\\'s a stern patriarch. Despite his protests, she\\'s drawn to the new neighbor, Shani, and the two begin to form a strong friendship forged on faith and family. Things seem like they\\'ve quieted down until Joel\\'s single and handsome army friend Charlie catches Eve\\'s attention--a man unlike any Eve has ever met. Suddenly life for both families becomes more complicated than any of them could have ever imagined.<br /><br />\"Shani and Joel\\'s struggling marriage due to PSTD is a very realistic plight faced by soldiers returning home from war. Readers will be sympathetic to the tension Eve feels between doing what others expect and doing what is true to her heart....This heartfelt novel is a fantastic beginning to Gould\\'s Neighbors of Lancaster County series.\" -<i>RT Book Reviews</i>', '<b>Leslie Gould </b>is the author of the bestselling Courtships of Lancaster County series and coauthor, with Mindy Starns Clark, of the #1 bestselling <i>The Amish Midwife</i>. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University and has taught fiction writing at Multnomah University as an adjunct professor. She resides with her family in <b>Portland, Oregon</b>.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A First Course in Mathematical Modeling\nDescription: ['\"The authors keep a good balance of theory and practice, maintaining fidelity to the ideal of developing experience and skills in the modeling process, rather than overconcentrating on the mathematics of modeling. The revisions are thoughtful and strengthen the text, tying together more effectively the good selection of methods and applications contained in previous editions.\" Charles Landraitis, Boston College.<br /><br />\"The approach to modeling is very solid, and corresponds with what I have seen as useful in teaching modeling at all levels for 25 years.\" Stephen J. Merrill, Marquette University.<br /><br />\"The examples, projects, and exercises are excellent. Very varied and interesting, with a good mix of topics. It is great to be able to pick and choose from among the topics and examples. At the same time, there is nothing superfluous about the coverage.\" Libby Krussel, The University of Montana.', 'Frank R. Giordano began his teaching career at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he served for 21 years, including seven years as professor and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He currently is a Professor of Defense Analysis and Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has served as project director for several major National Science Foundation grants devoted to modeling, including one to initiate a high school modeling contest (the HiMCM). For the past 15 years, he has served as the director of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling. Frank R. Giordano began his teaching career at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he served for 21 years, including seven years as professor and head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He currently is a Professor of Defense Analysis and Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has served as project director for several major National Science Foundation grants devoted to modeling, including one to initiate a high school modeling contest (the HiMCM). For the past 15 years, he has served as the director of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Healing Ruby: A Novel\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States (Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Management)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Breaking Matthew (Healing Ruby) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Jennifer Westall loves writing Christian fiction as a way of exploring her own faith journey. Breaking Matthew (2015) is the second volume in the Healing Ruby series. The first in the series, Healing Ruby (2014) was inspired by events in the life of her grandmother, and explores the mysteries of faith healing. Shes also the author of Loves Providence (2012), a contemporary Christian romance novel that navigates the minefield of dating and temptation. She resides in Virginia with her husband and two boys, where she homeschools by day and writes by night, thus explaining those pesky bags under her eyes. Readers can connect with her at jenniferhwestall.com or find her on Facebook and Twitter.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Canada 2014 (World Today (Stryker))\nDescription: ['<span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Wayne C. Thompson</span><span> taught political science at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. He has authored or edited ten books and many articles on European government, history and political theory. </span></span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Josiah for President: A Novel\nDescription: ['Just in time for all those election-season presidential reads library displays comes this novel about going back to the basics. Former congressman Mark Stedman returns to his home state after failing to secure the presidential nomination. On the way, he is involved in a car accident and is assisted by Amish farmer Josiah Stoltzfus. His simple values and dedication to hard work impress Mark, who talks Josiah into running for president. VERDICT Despite the somewhat ridiculous premise, many readers who long for a simpler way of life will enjoy this character- and plot-driven novel by a former staff writer for comedian Bob Hope and prolific inspirational author. (<i>Library Journal</i>)', \"'Martha Bolton is one fine writer. I don't know much about writing -- normal writing, that is -- but I do know what I enjoy reading. Everything on the page is crisp and pulls you right through the story. It's like wine. I know nothing about wine either except that when I take a sip, I know whether I like it or not. Her writing, to me, is delicious.' -- Gene Perret, Book author and writer for Bob Hope and The Carol Burnett Show<br /><br />'A great read that challenges you to think outside the box! Josiah comes to life via his interaction with Congressman Mark Stedman in a unique and interesting way. Martha Bolton brings forward a character who is believable and who embodies many of the back to basics traits that Americans crave.' -- Marsha Blackburn, United States House of Representatives<br /><br />Josiah for President is a compelling tale of an unlikely friendship, and an even more unlikely agreement. Heartwarming and funny, Marthas book will leave you cheering for the underdog, while believing there is still hope for Americas future. -- Michael Catt, Senior Pastor, Sherwood Baptist Church<br /><br />In the complex political world of positioning ... negotiations ... Strategies and world policies ... The wisdom of a 2000 year old book guides Josiah and rally's a pubic hungry for a simple truth. Martha Bolton has created an inspirational modern day parable that is a reflective example of the things that really matter in our nations condition of political and economic distress. -- Rick Eldridge, Studio Executive/Film Producer<br /><br />'Martha Bolton and I shared the longest laugh of either of our lives over lunch one day in California. It was one of those laugh fests that kept going--lasting several hours at least, with other patrons even getting in on it, including Dick van Dyke who was dining a few tables away. Martha and I became fast friends and have been ever since. I love Martha's writing style, I love Martha, and I love her new novel, Josiah for President. It's a fresh take on politics and a real twist for Amish fiction. You're going to love it! And her!' -- Lani Netter, Lani Netter Productions (wife of Gil Netter, producer of The Blind Side)<br /><br />'Martha Bolton's writing never disappoints. Josiah For President demonstrates her ability to get the reader turning each page to discover what happens next. It is a gripping and most timely novel'. -- Lord Taylor of Warwick, House of Lords<br /><br />'JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT by Martha Bolton is the definitive novel of the 21st Century, seamlessly combining humor and humanity. A long-time writer for my cartoon feature 'The Lockhorns,' as well as for comic legends including Bob Hope, Martha Bolton has maximized her genius for comedy and her brilliant insights on American politics. JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT is both timely and timeless. It describes a perfect storm of event leading to the White House, motivated by real people we grow to love. I was unable to put the book down. For a totally uplifting read, JOSIAH FOR PRESIDENT is number one on any list. Thank you, Martha.' -- Bunny Hoest, President and CEO Wm. Hoest Enterprises, Inc.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Murder Simply Brewed (An Amish Village Mystery)\nDescription: [\"Chapmans latest is a mix of mystery and romance with vivid characters, a realistic setting and themes of loss, trust and love. The puzzle pieces are revealed slowly so readers can piece the clues together themselves up until the shocking conclusion. A glossary and discussion questions are included. (<i>Romantic Times, four-star review</i>)<br /><br />'Vannetta Chapman keeps the action suspenseful, and the who-done-it mostly unpredictable as her Amish and English characters work together to solve the mystery. Out of even such dreadful circumstances come moments of grace: between Amber and her Amish employee Hannah and between Amber and Tate, who had each given up on love. (<i>BookPage</i>)\", '', 'Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. She is the author of sixteen novels, including the Pebble Creek Amish series, The Shipshewana Amish Mystery series, and <em>Anna’s Healing</em>, a 2016 Christy Award finalist. Vannetta is a Carol award winner and has also received more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She was a teacher for fifteen years and currently resides in the Texas hill country. Visit Vannetta online: VannettaChapman.com, Twitter: @VannettaChapman, Facebook: VannettaChapmanBooks.']",
"rejected": "Title: Secrets of the Saints\nDescription: ['Many books and treatises have been written on how to make progress in the spiritual life. This shorter volume attempts to give the substance and precision of these longer works in a less intimidating way for those who want depth and direction in their spiritual lives.']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Reluctant Bride (An Amish of Birch Creek Novel)\nDescription: [\"'Fuller writes unapologetically about the darker side of Amish community lifeAden and Sadies life in an unwanted arranged marriage is explored with such gentleness that the reader feels the delicacy of the looks and words passed between themreaders will wait breathlessly for the emotional fulfillment of the story. Frightening, shocking, and redemptive, Fullers inspirational tale portrays complex characters facing real world problems and finding love where they least expected or wanted it to be. --- starred review (<i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br />Fuller has an amazing capacity for creating damaged characters and giving insights into their brokenness. One of the better voices in the Amish fiction genre. (<i>CBA Retailers Resources</i>)<br /><br />This promising series debut from Fuller (Middlefield Family series) is edgier than most Amish novels, dealing with difficult and dark issues and featuring well-drawn characters who are tougher than the usual gentle souls found in this genre. Recommended for Amish fiction fans who might like a different flavor. (<i>Library Journal</i>)<br /><br />Sadie and Adens love is both sweet and hard-won, and Adens patience is touching as he wrestles not only with Sadies dilemma, but his own abusive past. Birch Creek is weighed down by the Troyer familys dark secrets, and readers will be interested to see how secondary characters lives unfold as the series continues.' -4-star review (<i>RT Book Reviews</i>)\", '', 'With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield. Visit her online at KathleenFuller.com; Instagram: kfstoryteller; Facebook: WriterKathleenFuller; Twitter: @TheKatJam.']",
"rejected": "Title: Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now: 90 Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential\nDescription: [\"Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Listed by several sources as America's largest and fastest-growing congregation, Lakewood church has approximately 45,000 adult attendees every week. Millions more watch Joel's messages as they are broadcast on national and international television networks. He resides in Houston with his wife, Victoria, and their children. You can visit his Web site at www.joelosteen.com.<br>\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: From the Heart (Sandy Cove) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Reach for the Dream: Developing Individual Service Plans for Persons With Disabilities\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Out of a Dream (Sandy Cove Series Book 1)\nDescription: ['see zip file for back of the book image that has the bio', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Doctor Who: Travels in Time Colouring Book\nDescription: ['<b>BBC Books</b>is the publisher of choice for titles relating to BBC programmes and personalities. One of the UKs leading non-fiction imprints, BBC Books has had particular success in the food and drink, gardening, history, natural history and travel genres. Amongst our authors are some of Britains best-known and best-loved TV personalities including Mary Berry, David Attenborough, Alan Titchmarsh and Rick Stein. We are also the official publisher of some of the BBCs biggest global brands, including Doctor Who, Top Gear, Sherlock, Good Food and Strictly Come Dancing.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Photograph\nDescription: [\"<b>He studied the picture more closely, finding it curious that the young woman looked so boldly into the camera while wearing a white prayer </b><b><i>Kapp</i></b><b> shaped like a heart--the characteristic head covering for the Lancaster County Old Order Amish. <br /></b><b><i><br />Why would a devout girl have her picture taken?</i></b>\\t<br /><br />When her sister Lily disappears only months after their widowed mother's passing, Eva Esch fears she has been wooed away from the People. Yet Lily's disappearance isn't Eva's only concern: She and her sisters must relocate once their older brother takes over the family farmhouse. Then Jed Stutzman, an Amish buggy maker from Ohio, shows up in Eden Valley with a photo of a Plain young woman. Eva feels powerfully drawn to the charming stranger--but the woman in the forbidden photograph is no stranger at all. ...\", \"<b>Beverly Lewis</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of more than ninety books in eleven languages. A keen interest in her mother's Plain heritage has inspired Beverly to write many Amish-related novels, beginning with <i>The Shunning</i>, which has sold more than one million copies and is an Original Hallmark Channel movie. In 2007, <i>The Brethren</i> was honored with a Christy Award. Beverly has been interviewed by both national and international media, including <i>Time</i> magazine, the Associated Press, and the BBC. She lives with her husband, David, in <b>Colorado</b>. Visit her website at www.beverlylewis.com or www.facebook.com/officialbeverlylewis for more information.\", '', '']",
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Desperately Seeking Snoozin' : The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz\nDescription: ['\"Professional insomniac\" John Wiedman isn\\'t a doctor; he researched and developed this anti-insomnia program in order to overcome his own sleep problems. His recommendation is that people suffering from severe insomnia should actually restrict their sleeping time to the bare minimum they need to function during the day. Some may find this a difficult prescription, but judging from his readers\\' testimonials, it can work. <i>Desperately Seeking Snoozin\\'</i> also includes general information about sleep medications, lifestyle changes that can affect sleep, and how eating late at night can affect the sleep cycle. The book is rounded out with messages from insomnia chat boards on the Internet, which give a sense of the amount of genuine suffering sleep problems can cause. <i>--Ben Kallen</i>', \"First-time authors Jacobs and Wiedman bring two complementary and responsible viewpoints to the topic of insomnia. Both have suffered from insomnia, write extensively about the ineffectiveness and sometime harmful consequences of sleeping pills, and suggest starting treatment by keeping a sleep diary. Jacobs, a professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Behavioral Medicine Insomnia Program, promotes a drug-free program of healthy sleep patterns based on biofeedback, relaxation, positive thinking, and good sleep habits. Wiedman, a mortgage broker by trade, suggests a very simple three-step plan. While the two books offer similar information, Jacobs's scholarly manner will satisfy those looking for an authoritative answer, while Wiedman's more informal approach will appeal to readers seeking something more personal; Wiedman also includes an excellent annotated list of Internet resources. Both titles are highly recommended for growing consumer health collections, but librarians should be aware that other recent works on this topic by Theresa DiGeronimo, Jodi Mindell, and Gary Zammit (LJ 6/1/97) may already be on the shelves.?Kelly Hensley, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City<br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Insights into Second Language Reading: A Cross-Linguistic Approach (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)\nDescription: ['The paperback edition describes the complexity of reading and explains how reading differs in a first and second language. The book is broad in scope, covering all major aspects of the reading process and synthesizing all current reading research. The author provides a cross-linguistic orientation, explaining how first and second languages can mutually facilitate one another. This important volume offers strategies for enhancing literary acquisition, second-language learning and bilingual processing, and will serve as a valuable guide for graduate students, professors, researchers and foreign language teachers.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Historian\nDescription: ['If your pulse flutters at the thought of castle ruins and descents into crypts by moonlight, you will savor every creepy page of Elizabeth Kostova\\'s long but beautifully structured thriller <i>The Historian</i>. The story opens in Amsterdam in 1972, when a teenage girl discovers a medieval book and a cache of yellowed letters in her diplomat father\\'s library. The pages of the book are empty except for a woodcut of a dragon. The letters are addressed to: \"My dear and unfortunate successor.\" When the girl confronts her father, he reluctantly confesses an unsettling story: his involvement, twenty years earlier, in a search for his graduate school mentor, who disappeared from his office only moments after confiding to Paul his certainty that Dracula--Vlad the Impaler, an inventively cruel ruler of Wallachia in the mid-15th century--was still alive. The story turns out to concern our narrator directly because Paul\\'s collaborator in the search was a fellow student named Helen Rossi (the unacknowledged daughter of his mentor) and our narrator\\'s long-dead mother, about whom she knows almost nothing. And then her father, leaving just a note, disappears also.', \"As well as numerous settings, both in and out of the East Bloc, Kostova has three basic story lines to keep straight--one from 1930, when Professor Bartolomew Rossi begins his dangerous research into Dracula, one from 1950, when Professor Rossi's student Paul takes up the scent, and the main narrative from 1972. The criss-crossing story lines mirror the political advances, retreats, triumphs, and losses that shaped Dracula's beleaguered homeland--sometimes with the Byzantines on top, sometimes the Ottomans, sometimes the rag-tag local tribes, or the Orthodox church, and sometimes a fresh conqueror like the Soviet Union.\", 'Although the book is appropriately suspenseful and a delight to read--even the minor characters are distinctive and vividly seen--its most powerful moments are those that describe real horrors. Our narrator recalls that after reading descriptions of Vlad burning young boys or impaling \"a large family,\" she tried to forget the words: \"For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history\\'s terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth.\" The reader, although given a satisfying ending, gets a strong enough dose of European history to temper the usual comforts of the closing words. <i>--Regina Marler</i>', 'Starred Review. Considering the recent rush of door-stopping historical novels, first-timer Kostova is getting a big launchfortunately, a lot here lives up to the hype. In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father\\'s library. The book is ancient, blank except for a sinister woodcut of a dragon and the word \"Drakulya,\" but it\\'s the letters tucked inside, dated 1930 and addressed to \"My dear and unfortunate successor,\" that really pique her curiosity. Her widowed father, Paul, reluctantly provides pieces of a chilling story; it seems this ominous little book has a way of forcing itself on its owners, with terrifying results. Paul\\'s former adviser at Oxford, Professor Rossi, became obsessed with researching Dracula and was convinced that he remained alive. When Rossi disappeared, Paul continued his quest with the help of another scholar, Helen, who had her own reasons for seeking the truth. As Paul relates these stories to his daughter, she secretly begins her own research. Kostova builds suspense by revealing the threads of her story as the narrator discovers them: what she\\'s told, what she reads in old letters and, of course, what she discovers directly when the legendary threat of Dracula looms. Along with all the fascinating historical information, there\\'s also a mounting casualty count, and the big showdown amps up the drama by pulling at the heartstrings at the same time it revels in the gruesome. Exotic locales, tantalizing history, a family legacy and a love of the bloodthirsty: it\\'s hard to imagine that readers won\\'t be bitten, too. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (Europa International Who's Who in Popular Music)\nDescription: ['Covering pop, rock, folk, jazz, dance, world and country artists, its about as comprehensive as you can get.<br /><b><i>Making Music</i></b><br /><br />Will suit libraries that need a quick one-volume resource or contact information.... General readers and lower-division undergraduates.<br />2003<br /><b><i>Choice</i>, September</b>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Type A+\nDescription: ['Quin Woodward Pu, the Editor-in-Chief of Little Black Blog (LittleBlackBlog.net), is a freelance writer and Washington mondaine, quick to find her niche in pensive yet fast-paced journalism. The Georgia native and Vanderbilt alum covers all things fashionable and political. Her writing support and social panache are used in philanthropic endeavors and she offers charitable publicity and talent to many non-profits and causes.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Survey Sampling\nDescription: ['', '<strong>Leslie Kish</strong>, PhD, was a Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. He was President of the American Statistical Association in 1977 and was a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World\nDescription: ['Review from previous edition: \"Vanished Ocean is an ideal book for those who are already widely read in natural science. It should appeal strongly to legions of former science students who, having since made their way in the world as accountants and personnel managers, hanker for the interest ad excitement of a life they once glimpsed but were unable to grasp.\" --Ted Nield, Literary Review 01.07.10<br /><br />\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal general reader for students and those who are already widely read in natural science.\" --Ted Nield, Geoscientist 01/08/2010 is an ideal general reader<br /><br />\"A wealth of nourishing knowledge revealed through the history of Tethyan Realm.\" --Ted Nield, Geoscientist 01.08.10<br /><br />\"Vanished Ocean is an ideal book for those who are already widely read in natural science.\" --Ted Nield, Literary Review 01/07/2010<br /><br />\"A well argued contribution to one of the great scientific debates of the last 30 years.\" --Jonathan Beard, New Scientist 29/05/2010', '<br /><strong>Dorrik Stow</strong> is ECOSSE Chair of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh.<br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Anticipation-The End Is Where We Start From (English, French and German Edition)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Imajica\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: The Bone Key\nDescription: [\"Writing in the tradition of M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood, Monette reconstructs the traditional English ghost storyinsinuated horror, no gratuitous sex or violencewith a decidedly modern-day approach in this laudable collection of 10 necromantic mystery stories featuring introverted museum archivist Kyle Murchison Booth. Noteworthy selections include Elegy for a Demon Lover, which chronicles Booth's entanglement with a seductive otherworldly entity who teaches him about pleasure and pain and the shadowed places in-between. In the brilliantly Lovecraftian Bringing Helena Back, Booth agrees to help an old college friend bring his wife back from the dead, with horrifying results. Booth also investigates the skeleton of a woman sealed within the basement walls of the museum where he works, a house haunted by the spirit of a young girl and the ghost of a murdered private school student. Cerebral, ethereal and stylishly understated, this entrancing collection will appeal to fans of literary horror, dark fantasy and supernatural mystery. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Myrwen of Amaranaca\nDescription: [\"Ashley Frerking grew up overseas in Nairobi, Kenya where her parents were missionaries for more than a decade. After graduating high school, she moved back home to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to begin college. In 2013, she graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a major in English and minor in History. Currently, she is pursuing her Master's in Scriptwriting at Regent University. She lives in Grand Prairie, TX with her husband Devon and their cat Strider.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Something Coming Through\nDescription: [\"The action, slow to get going, builds to a dramatic climax of chases and shoot-outs. Crime-tinged SF at its canniest.<b><i>The Financial Times</i></b><br /><br />Something Coming Through is science fiction at it's peak, its modern, clever, involving. It's got more ideas than a science fair and more mystery than Miss Marple. Wrap that all up in an original first contact story with some enigmatic aliens, even stranger ancient technology and some great characters and you have one hell of a book<b><i>SF Book</i></b><br /><br />Something Coming Through is as tight and relentlessly paced as an Elmore Leonard thriller, and full of McAuley's customary sharp eye for dialogue and action. What's really impressive, though, is that it achieves a seamless fusion of the day-after-tomorrow SF novel - it's as interested in gritty Earthbound near-futurism as William Gibson or Lauren Beukes - with the cosmological themes of McAuley's galaxy-spanning space operas. It's the freshest take on first contact and interstellar exploration in many years, and almost feels like the seed for an entire new subgenre<b><i>Alistair Reynolds</i></b><br /><br />brilliantly splits the difference between James A. Corey's frenetic science fiction and the more considered catastrophes of McAuley's own Quiet War novels. It's fun; it's fascinating; it's fantastic<b><i>Tor.com</i></b><br /><br />a compelling and realistically imagined piece of speculative fiction anchored be weighty contemporary concerns<b><i>The Irish Times</i></b><br /><br />What really lifts the book out of the ordinary though, is the Jackaroo...The Jackaroo are an enduring mystery that will get readers back for the next instalment.<b><i>The Register</i></b><br /><br />Full of exciting plot twists and an intriguing mix of human and non-human chracters, this murder mystery set up in a dystopian is future history at its very best<b><i>Starburst Magazine</i></b><br /><br />Packed with ideas, fantastic world-building and enigmas, and combining elements of first contact, alien artifacts, a touch of dystopia and good old fashioned conspiracy, murder and greed. It's a great combination, all handled with a terrific mix of intelligence and accessibility<b><i>For Winter's Nights</i></b><br /><br />McAuley's latest is smart, it's challenging, and as an exploration of the social consequences of sudden science fictional change, it's very impressive indeed<b><i>SFX</i></b><br /><br />McAuley writes intelligent hardcore SF, and this should win him countless new readers<b><i>The Guardian</i></b>\", '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Girl With All the Gifts\nDescription: ['\"Original, thrilling and powerful.\"<b><i><i>The Guardian</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Unique and terrifying.\"<b><i><i>Booklist</i></i></b><br /><br />\"An instant favorite.\"<b><i><i>Boing Boing</i></i></b><br /><br />\"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn\\'t let go.\"<b><i>John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN</i></b><br /><br />\"Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human...as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel.\"<b><i>Joss Whedon</i></b><br /><br />\"If you only read one novel this year, make sure it\\'s this one, it\\'s amazing.\"<b><i>Martina Cole</i></b><br /><br />\"One of the more imaginative and ingenious additions to the dystopian canon.\"<b><i><i>Kirkus</i></i></b><br /><br />\"...a brilliant work of science fiction, but even people who never read science fiction should absolutely read this one.\"<b><i>io9.com</i></b>', \"M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel <i>The Girl With All the Gifts</i> was a <i>USA Today </i>bestseller and is a major motion picture based on his BAFTA-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on <i>X-Men </i>and <i>Fantastic Four</i>, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the <i>New York Times </i>bestseller list. He also has several previous novels, two radio plays, and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Basic College Mathematics (5th Edition)\nDescription: ['The Lial/Miller developmental mathematics paperback series has helped thousands of students to succeed in math. In keeping with its proven track record as a market leader, this revision includes an enhanced art program, many new exercises, and three new features: Calculator Tips, Numbers in the Real World, and Mathematical Connections. In addition, its comprehensive support package of materials and supplements has been fully revised and updated and provides support to both students and instructors, including a \"Real to Reel\" video series and a World Wide Web site (www.mathnotes.com), both new to this edition.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Troupe\nDescription: ['\"Bennett\\'s finely crafted novel rises on a wave of suspense to a place of beauty and hope.\"<br /><b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />\"This is the kind of book that will find its ways into one\\'s hands again and again over the years.\"<b><i>Booklist</i></b><br /><br />\"...a melancholy coming-of-age tale with a moody atmosphere... <i>The Troupe</i> is a genuinely powerful piece of work.\"<b><i><em>SFX</em></i></b><br /><br />\"<em>The Troupe</em> is true magic: a gripping tale that reminds the audience why we fell in love with reading. This book enchants, leaving the audience on their feet, yelling for an encore.\"<b><i>Mat Johnson, author of <em>Pym</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Thought-provoking, beautifully written, and highly recommended\"<b><i>Sci Fi Bulletin</i></b>', 'Robert Jackson Bennett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, the Sydney J. Bounds Award, and an Edgar Award, he is the author of the novels <em>Mr. Shivers, The Company Man, The Troupe, </em>and <em>American Elsewhere</em>. Find out more about the author at www.robertjacksonbennett.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow\nDescription: ['<b>C. Peter Wagner</b>, PhD, holds graduate degrees in theology, missiology, and religion from Fuller Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Southern California. He served as a field missionary in Bolivia for 16 years and he taught on the faculty of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary for 30 years. The author of 70 books, Wagner ministers extensively nationally and internationally from his home base in Colorado.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty)\nDescription: ['\"Ken Liu\\'s <i>The Grace of Kings</i> a magnificent fantasy epic. Liu is building a dynasty.\" (Amal El-Mohtar <i>NPR Books</i>)<br /><br />\"The Grace of Kings is an ambitious, astonishing, and sublime work, one that both exemplifies and diverges from what one might think of when it comes to epic fantasy. It should rank amongst the genre\\'s best works.\" (Andrew Liptak <i>io9</i>)<br /><br />\"Lius combination of elements from China, Polynesia and beyond, told in an epic style, is the kind of Silk Road Fantasy that Ive always wanted to read, and love all the more now that I have.\" (Paul Weimer <i>SF Signal</i>)<br /><br />\"Told in Lius graceful, intelligent, and literate prose, the novel is a sumptuous Epic feast.\" (Rob Bedford <i>SFF World</i>)<br /><br />\"The Grace of Kings is a fantasy, with petty meddling gods, odd mechanized inventions, and a sense that mystical powers lurk around the corner. It is nothing if not epic.\" (Justin Landon <i>Tor.com</i>)<br /><br />\"The epic fantasy genre can only be enriched by more novels drawing from non-Western traditions. Lius ambitious work expertly blends mythology, history, military tactics, and technological innovation (airships and submarines). \" (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />\"The Grace of Kings is grand, mythic and epic, but Lius silk-punk world of trickster gods and giant horned whales is also a delight.\" (<i>Relentless Reading</i>)', 'Ken Liu is one of the most lauded authors in the field of American literature. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus Sidewise, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards, he has also been nominated for the Sturgeon and Locus Awards. His short story, The Paper Menagerie, is the first work of fiction to simultaneously win the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He also translated the 2015 Hugo Awardwinning novel <i>The Three-Body Problem</i>, written by Cixin Liu, which is the first novel to ever win the Hugo award in translation. <i>The Grace of Kings</i>, his debut novel, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series set in a universe he and his wife, artist Lisa Tang Liu, created together. It was a finalist for a Nebula Award and the recipient of the Locus Award for Best First Novel. He lives near Boston with his family.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hello My Name is Nametag\nDescription: ['Among other things Chris Smith is an artist, not a great artist, but to quote Ken Nordine, \"No one ever lives long enough to be anything other than an amateur.\" But the voices roaring in his head need to be heard, so Chris delves into all sorts of medium, and sometimes large; cartoons, Children\\'s book illustration (Check out \"One Mosquito Sandwich, Hold The Pickles!\" on Amazon!) drawing, 3D modeling, 3D printing, mold making, tattooing, and of course, writing. Chris hopes you can relate and enjoy this semi-large rant pamphlet, and perhaps, if you have time, help him stop talking about himself in the third person.....', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Into Everywhere\nDescription: ['the latest novel from Paul McAuley finds him at the top of his game<b><i>The Telegraph</i></b><br /><br />\\'A book infused with energy and confidence\\'.<b><i>SFX</i></b><br /><br />As usual, McAuley imparts mind-bending SF concepts in prose that is always elegant and precise<b><i>Crime Time</i></b><br /><br />Full of exciting plot twists and an intriguing mix of human and non-human chracters, this murder mystery set up in a dystopian is future history at its very best<b><i>Starburst Magazine</i></b><br /><br />Highly recommend everybody buy Something Coming Through because it is great<b><i>Pat Cadigan</i></b><br /><br />It\\'s difficult to find fault with this book - there are a strong cast of characters, enigmatic aliens, a well-woven crime plot and an interesting focus<b><i>Fantasy Book Review</i></b><br /><br />It\\'s instantly gripping and Paul goes a long way to slowly ease new readers into his strange and wonderful Jackaroo... I already know that \"Something Coming Through\" will be one of my favourite books of the year. It finds McAuley at the top of his powers - mind-bending, inspiring and very very exciting<b><i>Upcoming 4 Me</i></b><br /><br />McAuley writes intelligent hardcore SF, and this should win him countless new readers<b><i>The Guardian</i></b><br /><br />McAuley\\'s latest is smart, it\\'s challenging, and as an exploration of the social consequences of sudden science fictional change, it\\'s very impressive indeed<b><i>SFX</i></b><br /><br />Packed with ideas, fantastic world-building and enigmas, and combining elements of first contact, alien artifacts, a touch of dystopia and good old fashioned conspiracy, murder and greed. It\\'s a great combination, all handled with a terrific mix of intelligence and accessibility<b><i>For Winter\\'s Nights</i></b>', 'Paul McAuley won the PHILIP K. DICK AWARD for his first novel and has gone on to win the ARTHUR C. CLARKE, SIDEWISE, BRITISH FANTASY and JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARDs. He gave up his position as a research biologist to write full time. He lives in London.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The 1st Cavalry Division and Their 8th Engineers in Korea America's Silent Generation at War\nDescription: ['The Korean conflict was a hard-fought, little appreciated, landwar in Asia. The 3rd Platoon of Company \"A\" made headlines in U. S. newspapers as being the first American unit to cross the 38th Parallel on the ground. The Engineers, weeping for mines, led American tanks across the border. This book is a testament to courage, competence, and the incredible battlefield story of an American combat engineering platoon. \"The attacking NK continued to assault Melvin Brown\\'s position atop the wall. He exhausted his ammunition and grenades. He bandaged his shoulder wound. Now, he calmly drew his entrenching shovel from his pack and waited till they one by one peered over the wall. Then he delivered a crushing blow on each of their heads. His daring action so inspired his platoon that they repelled the attack. \" And this is just one small sample of an incredible series of incidents in the Korean War. The 1st Cavalry Division And Their 8th Engineers Is Korea is easy to pick up, and hard to put down! -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>', 'Frank Armstrong was an officer with the engineer battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division during the first year of the war. He had also been an officer in World War II - an artillery forward observer. Armstrong has a Ph.D. and taught forestry at the University of Vermont for 25 years after his 28 years in the Army. He is listed in the 13th and later editions of Whose Who in the World and ten similar publications.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 2312\nDescription: ['\"A magnificent achievement...hugely imaginative and beautifully written.\"<b><i><i>Booklist</i> (Starred Review) on <i>2312</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<em>2312</em>paints an absolutely credible and astonishingly beautiful picture of the centuries to come, of the sort of schism and war, the art and love, the industry and ethics that might emerge from humanity going to space without conquering it and without solving all its problems.\"<b><i>Boingboing</i></b><br /><br />\"Robinson\\'s extraordinary completeness of vision results in a magnificently realized, meticulously detailed future in which social and biological changes keep pace with technological developments.\"<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Intellectually engaged and intensely humane in a way SF rarely is, exuberantly speculative in a way only the best SF can be, this is the work of a writer at or approaching the top of his game.\"<b><i>Iain M. Banks</i></b><br /><br />\"<em>2312</em> is a monumental tour-de-force that re-imagines the solar system in ways no one has envisioned before. Whether comparing the compositions of Beethoven to those of skylarks and warblers, or describing a life-threatening sunrise on Mercury, Robinson fills <em>2312 </em>with joy and exuberance, danger and fear, and the steadily mounting suspense of a mystery that spans the planets. This is the finest novel yet from the author who gave us the Mars Trilogy and GALILEO\\'S DREAM. An amazing accomplishment.\"<b><i>Robert Crais</i></b><br /><br />\"Inherently epic stuff... expect interplanetary strife, conspiracies, more big ideas than most SF authors pack into a trilogy... [yet] this is ultimately in so many respects a book about Earth... a wise and wondrous novel\"<b><i><em>SFX</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Beautifully written and with strong mental imagery\"<b><i><em>SciFi Now</em></i></b><br /><br />\"A feast for the imagination and intellect - shockingly clever\"<b><i><em>Sun</em> (UK)</i></b><br /><br />\"A brilliant, plausible account of how humans might colonize planets, moons and asteroids, <em>2312</em> is also about the future of art and family.\"<b><i>NPR Books</i></b><br /><br />\"This is a grand tour of an intensely imagined interplanetary future of modified human beings, terraformed planets, experiments in economics and sociology and hundreds of other delights. All of it is in Robinson\\'s eloquent, enthusiastic and inimitable prose\"<b><i>Morning Star (UK)</i></b>', 'Kim Stanley Robinson is a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and <em>Locus</em> awards. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Mars trilogy and the critically acclaimed <em>Forty Signs of Rain</em>, <em>The Years of Rice and Salt </em>and <i>2312</i>. In 2008, he was named a \"Hero of the Environment\" by <em>Time</em> magazine, and he works with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute. He lives in Davis, California.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Black Dust\nDescription: [\"In this moving and heartfelt contemporary, Charles (Chef's Table) beautifully chronicles the chaos that results from heartbreak and the agonizing efforts one must make to heal after tragedy... Readers will agonize, sympathize, and empathize all the way from the beginning of their journey to the end. --Publishers Weekly<br /><br />Armed with a sweetness that reaches the heart, Charles' poignant novel aligns two distressed souls. Music bonds them together and gives them strength individually as Toby and Emmett renew their spirits in her compelling story. --RT Book Reviews/Romantic Times\", \"Lynn Charles earned her degree in music education and for many years performed and directed choral music. When she's not writing, she can be found strolling through local farmers markets near her home in Central Ohio in search of ingredients for new recipes. Her novel <i>Chef's Table</i> was published in 2014 by Interlude Press.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Europe in Winter\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Sophia's Destiny\nDescription: ['I am a retired, divorced, determined and self-motivated woman. I am the first born of six children to my parents in 1949. I am the mother of a daughter and a son and the grandmother of four grand daughters and one grand son. I get great joy from spending time with my family, especially spoiling my grandchildren, going to church and singing in the family gospel choir of which I am the founder and president. I spend lots of weekends traveling with the choir to churches on the Eastern and Western Shores of Maryland to sing in concert and to sing at anniversaries. Writing a novel is something I have always wanted to do, but never found the time. I retired seventeen months ago after working as an executive administrative assistant for a university for thirty-five years and eight months. I started writing this novel a month before I retired. It has taken me a long time to complete it but I feel a great sense of pleasure and pride in the fact that I have finally completed something that I have always wanted to do.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker)\nDescription: ['A 2012 <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best of YA Book', '', '<b>Paolo Bacigalupi</b><b> </b>is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the highly acclaimed <i>The Drowned Cities </i>and <i>Ship Breaker</i>, a Michael L. Printz Award winner and a National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of the Edgar Awards nominee <i>The Doubt Factory;</i> a novel for younger readers, <i>Zombie Baseball Beatdown;</i> and two bestselling adult novels for adults, <i>The Water Knife </i>and <i>The Windup Girl. </i>His first work of collected short fiction was <i>Pump Six and Other Stories</i>. The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, John W. Campbell Memorial, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards, he lives in western Colorado with his wife and son. The author invites you to visit his website at windupstories.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies\nDescription: ['<b>Just the critical concepts you need to score high inpre-algebra</b>', 'This practical, friendly guide focuses on critical conceptstaught in a typical pre-algebra course, from fractions, decimals,and percents to standard formulas and simple variable equations.<i>Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies</i> is perfect for cramming,homework help, or as a reference for parents helping kids study forexams.', 'Get down to the basics get a handle on the basics ofmath, from adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing toexponents, square roots, and absolute value', 'Conquer with confidence follow easy-to-graspinstructions for working with fractions, decimals, and percents inequations and word problems', 'Take the \"problem\" out of word problems learn how toturn words into numbers and use \"x\" in algebraic equations to solveword problems', 'Formulate a plan get the lowdown on the essentialformulas you need to solve for perimeter, area, surface area, andvolume', 'Open the book and find:', 'How to find the greatest common factor and least commonmultiple', 'Tips for adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplyingfractions', 'How to change decimals to fractions (and vice versa)', 'Algebraic expressions and equations', 'Essential formulas', 'How to work with graphs and charts', 'Learn to:', 'Work with and convert fractions, decimals, and percents', 'Solve for variables in algebraic expressions', 'Get the right answer when solving basic math problems', '', '<b>Mark Zegarelli</b> is a math tutor and author of several books, including <i>Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies</i>.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Windup Girl\nDescription: ['Windup Girl', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Secret World on the Other Side of Mind eBook\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2\nDescription: ['BRAND NEW, Exactly same ISBN as listed, Please double check ISBN carefully before ordering.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Siren's Call\nDescription: ['<DIV>Mary Ann Mitchell’s short stories have been published in a number of magazines. She has served as Secretary, Vice-President, and President of the Northern California Chapter of Sisters in Crime and Secretary of the Horror Writers of America Association. Mitchell is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, and the Science Fiction, Fantasy Writers of America.</DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Unit\nDescription: ['<b>Book Description</b> <br /> One day in early spring, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. She is promised a nicely furnished apartment inside the Unit, where she will make new friends, enjoy the state of the art recreation facilities, and live the few remaining days of her life in comfort with people who are just like her. Here, women over the age of fifty and men over sixtysingle, childless, and without jobs in progressive industriesare sequestered for their final few years; they are considered outsiders. In the Unit they are expected to contribute themselves for drug and psychological testing, and ultimately donate their organs, little by little, until the final donation. Despite the ruthless nature of this practice, the ethos of this near-future society and the Unit is to take care of others, and Dorrit finds herself living under very pleasant conditions: well-housed, well-fed, and well-attended. She is resigned to her fate and discovers her days there to be rather consoling and peaceful. But when she meets a man inside the Unit and falls in love, the extraordinary becomes a reality and life suddenly turns unbearable. Dorrit is faced with compliance or escape, andwell, then what?<br />', '<i>The Unit</i> is a gripping exploration of a society in the throes of an experiment, in which the dispensable ones are convinced under gentle coercion of the importance of sacrificing for the necessary ones. Ninni Holmqvist has created a debut novel of humor, sorrow, and rage about love, the close bonds of friendship, and about a cynical, utilitarian way of thinking disguised as care.', '', '<b>Ninni Holmqvist:</b> The Unit is a dystopia set in a near future. It is about people who dont have any children or anyone else who loves them and need them, and who arent useful to the society in any other way either. These people are called dispensable, and they are picked up at their homes at a certain age (women at 50, men at 60) and taken to special units (reservbanksenhet in Swedish) for biological material, where they are supposed to serve the society through participating in various tests (like animal testing but made on people), but also, eventually, by donating organs to those of the societys needed citizensthe ones who produce and raise children, the loved ones, the ones who contribute to the economic growthwho are afflicted with severe illnesses and need organs from healthy bodies to survive. Dorrit Weger, who just turned 50, is one of those dispensable. She is a writer, childless, quite poor, and lives alone with her dog. The story begins with her arrival at the unit, an establishment/institution she immediately finds a lot more comfortable and human and loving and beautiful than she ever could have expected.', '<b>Question:</b> <i>The Unit</i> raises a number of complexand sometimes disturbingethical questions. Do you see the novel as having a central moral theme?', '<b>Ninni Holmqvist:</b> The book is above all written as a critique of society and the way political leaders today see everything in figures and numbers. But my aim was also to raise questions like: What is freedom? What is human dignity? How do we humans value our selves and each other? But <i>The Unit</i> is also very much a story about love (Dorrit meets the love of her life at the unit, a man called Johannes, and she also, miraculously, gets pregnant) and friendship and loyalty.', '<b>Question:</b> Who did you write <i>The Unit</i> for? Did you have someonepersonally, or in societythat you intended the story for?', '<b>Ninni Holmqvist:</b> My intention was that it is for everyone. But I guess it might especially appeal to middle-aged single people, childless ones. But also people who are in or are close to other categories of dispensable people: disabled people for instance, long time unemployed persons, culture workers. And people who are critical of capitalism and economism. Perhaps also people who dont mind being provoked.', '', \"Swedish author Holmqvist's unconvincing debut, part of a wave of dystopias hitting this summer, is set in a near future where men and women deemed dispensablethose unattached, childless, employed in nonessential professionsare checked into reserve bank units for biological material and become organ donors and subjects of pharmaceutical and psychological experiments. When Dorrit Weger, who has lived her adult life isolated and on the brink of poverty, is admitted to the unit, she finds, to her surprise, comfort, friendship and love. Though the residents are under constant surveillance, their accommodations are luxurious, and in their shared plight they develop an intimacy rarely enjoyed in the outside world. But an unlikely development forces Dorrit to confront unexpected choices. Unfortunately, Holmqvist fails to fully sell the future she posits, and Dorrit's underdeveloped voice doesn't do much to convey the direness of her situation. Holmqvist's exploration of female desire, human need and the purpose of life has its moments, but the novel suffers in comparison with similar novels such as <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> and <i>Never Let Me Go</i>. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Punch Escrow\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Muslims in Georgia 1771 - 1965: A Historical View: MUSLIMS IN GEORGIA contains important facts and events related to the presence of Muslims/Islam in ... biographical sketches and research links.\nDescription: ['Wali Akbar Muhammad is a story-teller and historian in the true tradition of the West African Griot. His consummate career and contributions have established him as one of America\\'s quintessential journalists and photographers. For more than forty years, he has researched, documented and creatively captured the struggle of African Americans, and their unique experience in the West. Muhammad\\'s photographs are moving, meaningful memories that personify the phrase, \"a picture is worth a thousand words.\" Equally as dynamic is the rich prose Muhammad has penned for countless publications on a variety of subjects over the past 27 years. Grandson of a slave, and product of D.C. public schools, Muhammad was one of the first twenty students to desegregate public schools following the Supreme Courts historic (1954) Brown v. Board of Education decision. A convert to Islam in the early 1960s; Muhammad began his media career as a photo-journalist in 1968. Since then he has worked with distinction for Muhammad Speaks Newspaper, the Chicago Defender, the Atlanta Voice, and frequently freelanced for the Associated Press and United Press International. He is founder of the Brandon Institute, an organization designed to research, publish and celebrate the contributions of African-Americans in the western hemisphere. Muhammad has filed stories of international significance from the Middle East, Africa, Arabia, Europe and the Caribbean. He is the only photographer granted permission and directed by Elijah Muhammad to travel from temple to temple in the 1970s and document the progress of \"The Nation.\" In fact, Muhammad\\'s professionalism is so highly regarded that during the time of Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1980, he was granted permission to make a photo documentary of that glorious occasion.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Jar City: An Inspector Erlendur Novel (An Inspector Erlendur Series)\nDescription: ['When a lone septuagenarian is murdered in his apartment in the Nordurmri district of Reykjavk, detective inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in, along with partner Sigurdur li and female colleague Elnborg. Everyone is related to everyone else in Iceland and refer to one another by first name, even formally. Erlendur is about 50, long divorced, with two kids in varying degrees of drug addiction. The victim, a man called Holberg, turns out to have been a nasty piece of work, and Erlendur is disgusted by the series of rapes Holberg apparently committed. The rapes and the deaths of a number of young women may be connected, and the search brings Erlendur to the forensic lab, whose old \"jar city,\" since disbanded, held research organs. Meanwhile, Erlendur\\'s daughter, Eva Lind, is pregnant and still using; she flits in and out of his life angrily, but may be crying out for help. Reykjavk\\'s physicality, and the fact that crimes are relatively rare in Iceland, gives things a defamiliarizing cast. The writing, plot and resolution are nicely done, but remain fully within genre boundaries. <i>(Oct. 11)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', 'It\\'s hardly surprising that there is a thriving crime-fiction scene in Iceland (insular worlds with forbidding climates breed crime quite nicely); it is surprising, on the other hand, that it\\'s taken until now for any Icelandic mysteries to penetrate the U.S. market. We\\'re off to a fast start with this gripping procedural starring Inspector Erlendur Sveinnson, a veteran detective with the Reykjavik police. Murder is relatively rare in Reykjavik, and it is usually solved easily (crimes of passion are the norm). This time, though, there are no easy answers. The brutal killing of a lonely pensioner seems inexplicable until Erlendur (Icelanders always address one another by first name) begins to track back through the man\\'s life, uncovering not only a plethora of dirty secrets but also a genealogical trail whose tentacles appear to stretch throughout the country (in Iceland, \"everyone seemed related or connected in some way\"). There is a Ross Macdonald element to all this rummaging in familial closets, but the emotional pain Erlendur feels as he gets closer to the truth recalls Madeleine Nabb and Donna Leon. A powerful, psychologically acute procedural drama. <i>Bill Ott</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives)\nDescription: ['\"Warren has produced something unusual in democratic theory: a masterful combination of theory and observation that is original, readable, and important. It deserves a spot on the shelf of every student of democracy.\" (<i>Choice</i>)<br /><br />\"Warren has done . . . a great service with his careful fieldwork, ample<br /> documentation and nicely written reporting . . . A fine introduction to what I , like Warren, believe to be an extremely important and promising social movement.\"<b>---Mary Jo Bane, <i>America</i></b><br /><br />\"Anyone interested in community organizing, grassroots mobilization, or the controversies surrounding faith-based politics should read Mark R. Warren\\'s first book, <i>Dry Bones Rattling</i>. His painstaking book stirs the democratic imagination.\"<b>---Archon Fung, <i>Boston Review</i></b><br /><br />\"<i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> stands as an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about the future of American civil society. All the big issues are here. . . . This is a timely book.\"<b>---Mitchell L. Stevens, <i>Social Forces</i></b><br /><br />\"An excellent political ethnography that offers an engaging analysis of how to build social capital, forge multiracial cooperation, and, above all, revitalize democratic participation and civic engagement in American society. . . . It provides us with a critical understanding as well as a tangible example of the elements that are needed to bring about a more inclusive and viable vision of civic engagement and revitalized democracy in a racially and ethnically diverse American society in the twenty-first century.\"<b>---Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, <i>Journal of Politics</i></b><br /><br />\"Mark Warren\\'s comprehensive case study of the Industrial Areas Foundation is a major contribution to the growing literature on coalition politics. Indeed, it is the best empirical study ever written on multiracial collaboration to address social inequality. Featuring careful and systematic analysis of rich data on local organizing, <i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> will be ancinfluential book and is must reading for those committed to revitalizing American democracy through interracial political cooperation.\"<b>William Julius Wilson, Harvard University</b><br /><br />\"<i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> is timely, important, and inspiring. Timely, because this study of the most successful faith-based movement for social justice in America appears just as faith-based social initiatives have reached the top of the national political agenda. Important, because it is a deeply grounded contribution to the rapidly growing field of social capital theory. Inspiring, because by showing how civic malaise has been reversed in some of the nation\\'s most impoverished, ethnically divided settings, this book should raise the aspirations of democratic reformers. Must reading for social theorists and civic activists.\"<b>Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of <i>Making Democracy Work</i></b><br /><br />\"Mark Warren has written a comprehensive and insightful analysis of a profoundly important community-based movement. I have seen how the Industrial Areas Foundation organizations this book examines have revitalized communities across America, both physically and spiritually. In San Antonio, the city I know best, I watched Communities Organized for Public Service empower poor neighborhoods and give voice to their concerns. Capable new leaders emerged and the city entered a new era of citizen democracy. <i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> provides a compelling eyewitness account of the transformations these organizations bring, showing us a sacred force rooted in human dignity at work.\"<b>Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of American CityVista</b><br /><br />\"<i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> is an important addition to the literature on community organizations, populist politics, andmore than anythingreligion-based politics.\"<b>James Morone, Brown University</b><br /><br />\"Original scholarship built on strong ethnographic work, Warren\\'s book is among the best of the outstanding scholarship on the dilemmas of American democracy that has emerged in recent years. As such it will be highly useful to specialists on grassroots movements and on the intersection of religion and politics in American life, as well as broadly useful to political scientists and political sociologists. This is excellent scholarly work on an important political phenomenon that until now has eluded adequate scholarly attention.\"<b>Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico, author of <i>Faith in Action</i></b>', '', '\"Mark Warren\\'s comprehensive case study of the Industrial Areas Foundation is a major contribution to the growing literature on coalition politics. Indeed, it is the best empirical study ever written on multiracial collaboration to address social inequality. Featuring careful and systematic analysis of rich data on local organizing, <i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> will be ancinfluential book and is must reading for those committed to revitalizing American democracy through interracial political cooperation.\"<b>--William Julius Wilson, Harvard University</b>', '\"<i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> is timely, important, and inspiring. Timely, because this study of the most successful faith-based movement for social justice in America appears just as faith-based social initiatives have reached the top of the national political agenda. Important, because it is a deeply grounded contribution to the rapidly growing field of social capital theory. Inspiring, because by showing how civic malaise has been reversed in some of the nation\\'s most impoverished, ethnically divided settings, this book should raise the aspirations of democratic reformers. Must reading for social theorists and civic activists.\"<b>--Robert Putnam, Harvard University, author of <i>Making Democracy Work</i></b>', '\"Mark Warren has written a comprehensive and insightful analysis of a profoundly important community-based movement. I have seen how the Industrial Areas Foundation organizations this book examines have revitalized communities across America, both physically and spiritually. In San Antonio, the city I know best, I watched Communities Organized for Public Service empower poor neighborhoods and give voice to their concerns. Capable new leaders emerged and the city entered a new era of citizen democracy. <i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> provides a compelling eyewitness account of the transformations these organizations bring, showing us a sacred force rooted in human dignity at work.\"<b>--Henry Cisneros, Chairman and CEO of American CityVista</b>', '\"<i>Dry Bones Rattling</i> is an important addition to the literature on community organizations, populist politics, and--more than anything--religion-based politics.\"<b>--James Morone, Brown University</b>', '\"Original scholarship built on strong ethnographic work, Warren\\'s book is among the best of the outstanding scholarship on the dilemmas of American democracy that has emerged in recent years. As such it will be highly useful to specialists on grassroots movements and on the intersection of religion and politics in American life, as well as broadly useful to political scientists and political sociologists. This is excellent scholarly work on an important political phenomenon that until now has eluded adequate scholarly attention.\"<b>--Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico, author of <i>Faith in Action</i></b>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Voices\nDescription: ['If you like your thrillers slow but masterfully written then this one is for you.<br /><i>Irish Times</i><br /><br />Morosely, intelligently, Erlendur unravels the mystery. With <b>Voices</b> Indridason proves that his Golden Dagger victory for <b>Silence of the Grave</b> last year was no fluke.<br /><i>The Times</i>', 'Arnaldur Indridason is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli, which are consistent bestsellers in his home country of Iceland, and in Germany. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key (for <b>Tainted Blood</b> and <b>Silence of the Grave</b>), and the CWA Gold Dagger (for <b>Silence of the Grave</b>).<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Camp Lejeune: Webster's Image and Photographic History, 1942 to 2007\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Consider Phlebas\nDescription: ['In the midst of a war between two galactic empires, a shapechanging agent of the Iridans undertakes a clandestine mission to a forbidden planet in search of an intelligent, fugitive machine whose actions could alter the course of the conflict. Banks ( Walking on Glass ) demonstrates a talent for suspense in a new wave sf novel that should appeal to fans of space adventure. For large sf collections. JC<br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: This Old Church: The Indispensable Guide for Restoring Church Buildings\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Revelation Space\nDescription: ['Alastair Reynolds\\'s first novel is \"hard\" SF on an epic scale, crammed with technological marvels and immensities. Its events take place over a relatively short period, but have roots a billion years old--when the Dawn War ravaged our galaxy.', 'Sylveste is the only man ever to return alive and sane from a Shroud, an enclave in space protected by awesome gravity-warping defenses: \"a folding a billion times less severe should have required more energy than was stored in the entire rest-mass of the galaxy.\" Now an intuition he doesn\\'t understand makes him explore the dead world Resurgam, whose birdlike natives long ago tripped some booby trap that made their own sun erupt in a deadly flare.', \"Meanwhile, the vast, decaying lightship <i>Nostalgia for Infinity</i> is coming for Sylveste, whose dead father (in AI simulation) could perhaps help the Captain, frozen near absolute zero yet still suffering monstrous transformation by nanotech plague. Most of <i>Infinity</i>'s tiny crew have hidden agendas--Khouri the reluctant contract assassin believes she must kill Sylveste to save humanity--and there are two bodiless stowaways, one no longer human and one never human. Shocking truths emerge from bluff, betrayal, and ingenious lies.\", \"The trail leads to a neutron star where an orbiting alien construct has defenses to challenge the Infinity's planet-wrecking superweapons.\", 'At the heart of this artifact, the final revelations detonate--most satisfyingly. Dense with information and incident, this longish novel has no surplus fat and seems almost too short. A sparkling SF debut. <i>--David Langford, Amazon.co.uk</i>', \"This distant-past/far-future, hard sci-fi tour de force probes a galaxy-wide enigma: why does spacefaring humanity encounter so few remnants of intelligent life? Excavating the 900,000-year-old Amarantin civilization on its home world, Resurgam, archaeologist Dan Sylveste discovers evidence of a splinter cult that abandoned Resurgam for the stars but returned, only to be swallowed up by a mysterious cataclysm that destroyed all the Amarantins. Aboard the Nostalgia for Infinity, a vast light-hugger ship in interstellar space, the ominous Triumvirate of cyborg starfarers seeks Sylveste to heal its captain, afflicted by the deadly Melding Plague, which turns once-humans into their own semisentient spaceships. In Chasm City on the slum-ridden world of Yellowstone, assassin Ana Khouri joins the Nostalgia's crew intent on killing Sylveste. Clearly intoxicated by cutting-edge scientific research in bioengineering, space physics, cybernetics Reynolds spins a ravishingly inventive tale of intrigue. Hard SF addicts will applaud the author's talent for creating convincing alien beings and the often uneasy merging of human and machine intelligence, depicted here as nearly too frighteningly real for comfort. Others, however, may find these human-cybernetic hybrid characters chilling, dispassionate (except for their built-in drives toward revenge and murder) and foreboding. Reynolds's vision of a future dominated by artificial intelligence trembles with the ultimate cold of the dark between the stars.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design\nDescription: ['<b>Jane Anderson</b> is the field chair for BA Architecture and Interior Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked in Germany and the UK and her built works include a low-energy headquarters building for a software company and a variety of educational building types such as a music school, sports hall and nursery.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Transition\nDescription: ['Starred Review. Banks\\'s latest novel opens with a warning from \"Patient 8262\" stating that he or she is an unreliable narrator, before the epic takes off, plunging the reader into a whirlwind of intricately constructed characters and detailed accounts of their experiences as they \"flit\" across multiple Earths. The cast of characters include Adrian, the greedy city trader, emblematic of the selfishness needed to become a \"traveler\"; the Philosopher, an assassin who despises killing; a catch-me-if-you-can rogue operative named Mrs. Mulverhill; and the imperious Madame d\\'Ortolan, possibly the leader of the Concern, a vast multi-world organization that claims to protect worlds from chaos, but may also hide a greater, darker purpose. Banks\\'s prose is elegant and electric and his story dizzying, but inevitable contradictions are brilliantly tied together-the only way many characters maintain sanity is to question everything, and readers would be well-advised to do the same. Banks manages the neat feat of synthesizing 19th-century style with the cutting edge, the irreverent with the philosophical, and the intellectual with the adventurous.', 'Iain Banks came to controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, <em>The Wasp Factory</em>, in 1984. <em>Consider Phlebas</em>, his first science fiction novel, was published under the name Iain M. Banks in 1987. He is now widely acclaimed as one of the most powerful, innovative and exciting writers of his generation. Iain Banks lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Find out more about Iain M. Banks at www.iainbanks.net.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Password Book: Internet Password Book - Keep Your Usernames and Password Alphabetical with Tabs Over 100 Pages and 300 User&Pass: Password Book (Web Password Book) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: When I See You\nDescription: ['\"...Jordan and Brock have an inordinate amount of bad karma going on...What pulls this story out ofthe hellish mire it could be stuck in, is this amazing thread of almost palpable hope that winds its waythrough the narrative...\" Dana Burness -<b> Let\\'s Book It</b><br /><br />\"<i>When I See You</i>is yet another brilliant romance in which Katherine Owen proves that, not only can she create excellent characters, but she can put them through the wringer and make them come out on the other side as even better characters...\" Ellen Fritz - <b>Books4Tomorrow</b><br /><br />\"I love a book that touches my heart and keeps me thinking about the characters long after I haveturned the last page.<i>When I See You</i>is exactly that kind of book.\" Cheles Bells - <b>A Belle\\'s Tales</b><br /><br />\"...I knew going into this book that it wouldn\\'t be a heart and flowers type of story. <i>When I See You </i>is emotionally charged and I felt every single moment.\" <b>The Autumn Review </b>', '<br />Onehusband, one boy, one girl, two cats, and the ashes of one goldenretriever who was loved well. Friends and family that are a bit on thedysfunctional side tends to lend to my active imagination quite nicely,providing me with concrete examples for my fiction. I spent a long while in high tech sales and spent money like Evian water and racked upuseless stock options. In pursuit of a long-held dream, I gave up thehigh tech corporate life and now devote myself to writing fictionfull-time. I write love stories that tend to be edgy and dark and#Iwillmakeyoucry. If you're not offended by the gentle sprinkling ofswear words at what are 'necessary junctures', we're bound to be bestfriends. This way to my world: katherineowen(dot)net. xoxo KO<b><br /><br />Shorter version:</b>Novelist #Clooney #Cavill #coffee #vodka. The glass is half-empty#contingencyplansinplay. My #novels=$ of latte edgy, angsty #reads?This way:katherineowen.net. xoxo KO <br /><br />Visit Owen's website at katherineowen.net for more information about the author and her novels. Be sure to sign up for her Readers' Group email list and get a FREE ebook for doing so.']",
"rejected": "Title: Destinations: A Travel Journal\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Midnight Star (Vampire Girl) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Orphans of the Storm\nDescription: ['Katie Flynn was inspired to write her Liverpool series after hearing the reminiscences of family members. She also writes as Judith Saxton.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', \"<b>Chapter One<br /></b><br /><b>November 1918<br /></b><br />Nancy Kerris bent over the young man in the bed and put gentle fingers round his wrist. Odd to feel such a tiny flutter in such a strong brown arm -- odd to see that his lips were purplish blue and that the tanned face looked suddenly yellow -- almost as yellow as his hair. For one heart-stopping moment she did not know what to do; then previous experience, and her training, told her that she must get help -- and quickly. She knew the patient had been badly wounded only a matter of a day or so before the Armistice had been signed and now, with a jolt of horror, she realised he was almost certainly haemorrhaging internally. But the gasp which rose to her lips never left them; if you panicked a patient, Sister Saunders said, he could die from fear. No, what she must do was get help and get it quickly.<br /><br />She laid his hand down on the bed covers and smiled reassuringly into the bloodless face. 'You'll be fine, soldier, but I think maybe your bandage is loosening,' she said, in her most matter-of-fact voice. 'I'll just fetch Dr Amis . . .'<br /><br />Nancy moved away from the bed, walking with a gliding, rapid step, which was the next best thing to a run, because Sister did not approve of her nurses running, or not on the wards at any rate. 'If you need help urgently,' she told her staff, 'then run as fast as you like along the corridors but not on the wards themselves; is that understood?'<br /><br />So now Nancy went out of the tent flap -- this was a makeshift emergency hospital from which the wounded men would presently be transferred to proper hospitals in England -- and, as soon as she was out of sight of the patients, broke into a fast run. A nurse coming towards her turned in her tracks to accompany her, saying as she did so: 'What's up, Nancy? Can I help?'<br /><br />It was Jess Williams, her best friend, and Nancy spoke rapidly. 'Tent three, fourth bed from the door, haemorrhaging. I'm going to get a doctor; can you lay up a trolley, fetch instruments and so on?'<br /><br />She did not wait for a reply, knowing Jess was both skilful and competent, but ran on, hearing her friend's hasty footsteps fading in the opposite direction. Seconds later, she was explaining the problem to Dr Amis and turning to accompany him back to the tent she had just left. Obedient to the strictures laid upon them, both doctor and nurse eased their pace to a steady walk as they entered the ward. Already it was clear that Jess had found a blood match between the patient and the young man in the next bed, and had obtained the necessary equipment to do a transfusion. Dr Amis nodded to Jess and spoke softly to the would-be donor, explaining the procedure he was about to carry out, and the young man nodded. Before Dr Amis could ask, Nancy had leaned across the trolley and handed him the appropriate scalpel, then watched as the doctor inserted the tube into the dying man's wrist. Only after that was satisfactorily in place did he make the long incision in the donor's arm. The boy went white but he grinned at Nancy, then switched his gaze to the tubing through which his blood had begun to run steadily into the pint bottle Jess was holding up. Nancy knew that the bottle contained a measured amount of sodium citrate solution to stop the blood from clotting and saw Jess giving the bottle a little shake every few minutes as the blood ran down the other length of tubing into the patient's arm. The donor lay with his forearm supported on a board, and the doctor gently reminded him to keep opening and closing his fist on the piece of rolled-up bandage in his hand in order to facilitate the blood flow.<br /><br />The young man nodded. Nancy averted her fascinated gaze from the five-inch slit the doctor had cut in his arm and smoothed the damp hair from his forehead. He was only a boy, probably no more than seventeen or eighteen, yet he had volunteered to help another man without a second's hesitation. As she watched, he turned his eyes up towards her and gave her a beaming smile. 'Look at the feller's face,' he whispered. 'He were yellowy-grey two minutes ago, and to tell you the truth I thought he were a goner. But as soon as the blood started to flow, his colour began to come back. Ain't blood a wonderful thing, nurse?'<br /><br />Nancy, agreeing that it was, caught Jess's eye and they exchanged smiles. To save a life is always sweet and both girls knew that their prompt action had probably done so on this occasion.<br /><br />Presently the pair were dismissed and made their way towards their sleeping quarters. They were extremely tired, having just worked a double shift, and Nancy guessed that Jess, too, longed to get what rest they could before they went back on duty. Despite her tiredness, however, Nancy could not help remembering that other young man, the one to whom she had been engaged to be married. He had died two years previously, when transfusing blood had been in its infancy; died in her arms, because no one had realised -- until too late -- that he, too, was haemorrhaging internally from a bayonet wound. She, who had loved Graham Peters to distraction, had knelt on the floor by his bed and held him in her arms whilst his life ebbed slowly away. He had looked up at her wonderingly out of tired blue eyes and she knew she would never forget his last words. 'You've grown so tiny, my love,' he whispered. 'So tiny that I could hang you on a chain round my neck; then I would have you with me for always.'<br /><br />Before she could answer him, Graham's head had slumped forward on to his chest and she had felt the faint flutter of his heartbeat simply cease as though it had never been.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Dirty Ugly Toy\nDescription: [\"K Webster is the author of dozens of romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she's active on social media connecting with her readers. Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen. You can easily find K Webster on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads! Website: www.authorkwebster.com Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bllgoP\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Systems Archetype Basics: From Story to Structure\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Dragon Marked (Supernatural Prison)\nDescription: ['', 'Jaymin Eve is the <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the Walker Saga, a young adult paranormal series, as well as the Supernatural Prison series. She lives on the beautiful Gold Coast of Australia with her family and spends most of her time on the beach. When she isnt trying to wrangle two daughters, a puppy, and her husband, she can be found hiding in a corner writing her stories. Visit her online at www.jaymineve.com.', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Elihu Washburne: The Diary and Letters of America's Minister to France During the Siege and Commune of Paris\nDescription: ['Elihu Washburne was the eloquent witness to one of the most horrifying sieges of the 19th century. Thanks to the archival and editorial wizardry of Michael Hill, Washburnes long-forgotten account of the Siege and Commune of Paris is available at lasta terrific and mesmerizing read.\" (Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn)<br /><br />Michael Hill has made superb use of Elihu Washburnes private diaries to bring us an unforgettable story of starvation, conflict, butchery and upheaval in the beleaguered Paris of the 1870sand of the principled, courageous American who survived and recorded it all. (Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989)<br /><br />Elihu Washburne was the American ambassador to Paris but he might as well have been the ambassador to Hell. As Mike Hill shows us by skillfully editing and commenting on the ambassadors diary and personal letters, Washburne, a brave and sensitive man, was caught up in one of civilizations great disasters: the siege of Paris by the Prussian army in 1870-1871 and the even more awful grip of the Paris Commune that followed. A gripping, well-told tale. (Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945)<br /><br />Michael Hills engrossing, ground-breaking and fascinating book is both a journey of discoverythe amazing diaries and letters of Elihu Washburne, the American Minister to France during the Siege and the Commune of Parisand a wonderful portrait of the man who discovered Ulysses S. Grant, was one of Lincolns closest collaborators, and set a benchmark for American diplomats in terms of courage and the alleviation of human suffering in a moment of great danger and crisis. It is riveting reading for anyone who loves history. (Michael Korda, author of Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia)<br /><br />\"A plucky spirit and revolutionary sympathy emerge from these richly detailed dispatches by Americas intrepid minister to France during the Franco-Prussian War. . . . Evocative, immensely readable. . . . A wealth of historical and personal detail builds a suspenseful story.\" (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)', '<b>Michael Hill</b> worked in politics and government before establishing himself as an independent historical researcher. He was a co-producer for Ken Burnss <i>The Civil War</i> series for PBS, a coordinating producer for the Baseball series, and served as a historical consultant for the HBO production of David McCulloughs <i>John Adams</i>. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.<br /> <br /><b>David McCullough </b>has been widely acclaimed as a master of the art of narrative history and a matchless writer. He is twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, twice winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian award.<b></b>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 27 Truths: Ava's Story (The Truth About Love) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Approaching My Literature, Volume 1: Readings from the Hungarian Exilic Experience\nDescription: ['\"Peter Hargitai is a remarkably versatile and humanely touching poet with a truly distinctive style and voice. These deeply probing intellectual poems exhibit an impressive range and vivacity of genres.\" <b>Laurence Lieberman, Poetry Editor, University of Illinois Press</b><br /><br />', '', 'Peter Hargitai is a Senior Lecturer in English at Florida International University. He has been teaching Writing, Rhetoric and Literature for four decades. As a poet, author and translator, he has garnered numerous literary awards including the Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Fust Milan Award from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal from the Republic of Hungary. He is a member of PEN (Writers in Exile).', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: 27 Lies: Luke's story (The Truth About Love) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Fifty Years in Chains or the Life of an American Slave\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Deliver\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure (TEAMS Middle English Texts)\nDescription: ['Larry Benson was a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, specializing in Chaucer and Middle English. Edward E. Foster was a Professor at Grinnell College in Iowa. He delighted in teaching classes in the Humanities Core, in Old and Middle English poetry, and in the history of the English language.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Queen Heir (NYC Mecca Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Perfectly Oblivious (The Perfect Series)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Dragon's Lair (Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club)\nDescription: ['\"Chantal has a magical way with Alpha males. This book has great chemistry and intrigue. I was swept up in the storyline.\" (-Pepper Winters, NYT & USA Today Best Selling author)<br /><br />\"The snark and sass between Dex and Faye is hilarious....Fernando’s launch of her Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series is plenty steamy. For fans of Kristin Ashley, Julie Ann Walker, and Joanna Wylde, and those who are heartbroken that television’s <i>Sons of Anarchy</i> has ended.\" (<i>Booklist Online</i>)<br /><br />\"Chantal Fernando knows how to draw you in and keep you hooked. Dragon’s Lair is a biker book unlike any other, proving a bad ass chick can tame even the wildest of men. A heroine for the strong-willed women and an MC of hot bikers not to be missed.\" (-Angela Graham, New York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author)', 'Chantal Fernando is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series, the Cursed Raven Motorcycle Club series, and the Maybe series, along with several other novels. She lives in Western Australia, where she is working on her next book. Find her online at AuthorChantalFernando.com, and on Twitter and Facebook.']",
"rejected": "Title: Nintendo: The Company and Its Founders (Technology Pioneers)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Arachne Rising: The Thirteenth Sign of the Zodiac\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Heat: An alpha male criminal Romance (Hotter Than Hell Novel) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['<b><span>"A 5* read and I will be on the lookout for more"</span></b><span>-<i>AbFab Book Reviews</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>"What happens when good and bad mix?? EXPLOSIONS!!!"</span></b><i><span>-MichelleLoves to Read</span></i><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>"It was funny, gritty, and sexy as hell. HollyS. Roberts is def on my authors to watch list!"</span></b><span><i>-JJ Book Bangers</i></span><span></span><br /><br /><b><span>"4.5 Stars out of 5"</span></b><i><span>-D.M. Duncan, reviewer</span></i>', '<span>Here's a sneak peek:</span><span></span><br /><span>I once asked my mother whatfirst attracted her to my father. She said it was his eyes--the kindness in hiseyes. To understand Moon's eyes you need to see the complete package.<br /><br />His mind is sharp; he easily reads people. He reads me like he sees inside mymind and plucks out my thoughts.<br /><br />His skin is smoke; it's the only way to describe it now that I've had some timeto look at him. If I knew nothing about him and saw him on the street, I wouldthink Hawaiian or Samoan.<br /><br />He's exotic and his eyes grab you. Blue eyes have never been my thing. And theword "kind" can't be used in conjunction with Moon's eyes. They'reintense--treacherous--deadly. Then sometimes, when he looks at me, they gosteamy hot. The kind of hot that says I want to lick you from the bottom to thetop and then eat you slowly. So slowly, you won't stop screaming until you'recompletely undone.<br /><br />I'm an ex-cop and will always have a cop's heart.<br /><br />Moon's a criminal and controls a criminal empire. I want him and it's playinghavoc with my soul.</span>']",
"rejected": "Title: LIKE JUDGMENT DAY, The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood (Movie Tie-In to ROSEWOOD)\nDescription: [\"On New Year's Day 1923, a mob of white men descended on Rosewood, Florida, to avenge an act that was only rumored to be true. The mob burned houses, killed many black men and women, and drove the rest of the small town's inhabitants away forever. This book contains the complete text of <I>Like Judgment Day</I>, Michael D'Orso's historical account of the Rosewood massacre, and <I>An Essay on Rosewood</I> by John Singleton, who directed the film <I>Rosewood</I>. With skillful storytelling and the detailed eye of an historian, D'Orso relates this gripping tale of a dark moment in America's history. Singleton's essay helps underscore the aftermath of this tragedy, which is evidenced in the ruined lives and shattered dreams of the people of Rosewood. It is a powerful story of ruin and redemption that still resonates more than half a century later.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble\nDescription: ['<div><b><i>Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble</i></b> is a delightful picture book for both parents and children, bringing an element of wonder into the familiar setting of bath time. Children are bound to relate to this imaginative story, in which Tommy seems about to be reprimanded for something he didn't do (or did he?). The story is enhanced by colorful, humorous illustrations that include animated expressions of Tommy and his newfound friends. The illustrator also provides fun details, such as the flowered wallpaper, and dirty footprints and puddles on the bathroom floor... a delightful story--one that adds a whimsical touch to the otherwise routine ritual of bath time. -<b><i>BlueInk Review (2/8/18)</i></b></div><br /><br /><div>During a routine bath time, a young boy is joined by a wild bunch of messy and amusing animals in this picture book. <i>"Tommy O'Tom / was taking a bath / when in walked a hippo--and then a giraffe."</i> So begins this comical story; soon, these creatures climb into the tub and a flamingo, zebra, and elephant shortly join them. They whimsically splash around, take note of interesting bathroom features, write on the mirror, and track mud and feathers. When Hippo complains that the water's too cold, they turn on the shower, spraying it onto the wall. When Tommy's mom arrives, she's shocked by the mess. When he attempts to explain, he sees that <i>"the animals had all disappeared!"</i></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br />Belle (<i>Freeda the Cheetah</i>, 2017,etc.) has perfectly captured the imagination of children in this lively book. The opening lines set a bouncy limerick pattern that makes it very entertaining to read aloud, although in some places the anapestic meter isn't as clear. Thankfully, the author successfully avoids awkward, forced rhymes. Motz's (<i>The Ocean's Power</i>, 2018, etc.) precise illustrations are vivid, offering humorous details, particularly characters' facial expressions. Colored text, corresponding with each character's dialogue, adds interest and will help children follow the story. A delightful read-aloud book with sharp illustrations and energetic text. <b><i>-Kirkus Reviews</i></b></div>', 'Profits from <b><i>Tommy O'Tom in a Tub O'Trouble</i></b> benefit the World Wildlife Fund. #togetherpossible']",
"rejected": "Title: Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy (Zeuthen Lectures)\nDescription: ['', 'The field of modern political economics needed this book. We now have an outstanding teaching tool, a splendid reference book, and a coherent treatment of the field. Persson and Tabellini have done a great service to the profession.', 'Analytical models of political institutions frequently neglect the economy. Theories of economic policy making often ignore political institutions altogether. Political Economics, a bold and original enterprise, leads a new wave of more thoroughly synthetic treatments. Reading this superb book is an enriching experience.', 'During the last decade, Persson and Tabellini have done more than advance the frontier of research in political economics; they have elevated to a new level the art of writing survey articles that simultaneously clarify, synthesize, and extend the literature. Here they have combined all these skills in an outstanding book.', '', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Captive in the Dark: The Dark Duet\nDescription: [\"Captive in the Dark is CJ Roberts' debut novel. Prior to trying her hand at writing, she served ten years as an enlisted person in the United States Air Force. Originally from North Hollywood, California, she currently resides in Rapid City, South Dakota with her husband and daughter.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Rogue Queen (The Hundredth Queen)\nDescription: ['', 'King delivers a fiery fantasy-adventure in her fast-paced third installment to the Hundredth Queen series. <i>The Rogue Queen</i> moves the series main action from a tournament to a large-scale war, injecting a feeling of freshness and vitality to the Hundredth Queen booksKalindas crusade to save and unite her empire, regardless of the cost, will leave readers on the edge of their seats. <b><i>Booklist</i></b>', '<i>The Rogue Queen</i> exposes new angles on established ideas and stories that make it a really enjoyable novel. It has the perfect amount of action and strategic planning, as well as a healthy dose of female empowerment. Fans of the series certainly wont be disappointed with this new installment and, by the end of it, will be cheering Bring on <i>The Warrior Queen</i>! <b>Hypable</b>', 'This book is all high-stakes action and magic. The characters come alive even more <b><i>Night Owl Reviews</i> (Top Pick)</b>', '', '', 'Emily R. King is a writer of fantasy and the author of The Hundredth Queen Series. Born in Canada and raised in the United States, she is a shark advocate, a consumer of gummy bears, and an islander at heart, but her greatest interests are her four children. Emily is a member of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators and an active participant in her local writers community. She lives in Northern Utah with her family and their cantankerous cat. Visit her at www.emilyrking.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Seraphina\nDescription: ['<b>A <u>New York Times</u> Bestseller</b><br><b><br>An Indie Bestseller<br><br>An Amazon Top 20 Teen Book of the Year<br><br>A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book<br><br>A <u>Kirkus Reviews</u> Best Teen Book of the Year<br><br>A <u>School Library Journal</u> Best Book of the Year<br></b><br><b>A <u>Library Journal</u> Best Young Adult Literature for Adults Selection<br></b><br><b>A <u>Booklist</u> Editors\\' Choice<br><br>An ABA Top 10 Kids\\' Indie Next List Selection<br><br>An ABC New Voices Pick</b><br><br><b>Nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction</b><br><br><b>Winner of the Cybil Award for Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction<br><br>A <u>Publishers Weekly</u> Flying Start Author<br><br>An ALA-ALSC Notable Children\\'s Book<br><br>An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Books<br><br>Winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award<br><br>A YALSA Teens Top Ten Nominee<br><br>Christopher Paolini, <u>New York Times</u> bestselling author of <u>Eragon</u>:</b><br>\"Beautifully written, well-rounded characters, and some of the most interesting dragons I\\'ve read in fantasy for a long while. An impressive debut novel; I can\\'t wait to see what Rachel Hartman writes next.\"<br><br><b>Naomi Novik, <u>New York Times</u> bestselling author of the Temeraire series:</b><br>\"A book worth hoarding, as glittering and silver-bright as dragon scales, with a heroine who insists on carving herself a place in your mind.\"<br><br><b>Tamora Pierce, <u>New York Times</u> bestselling author of the Beka Cooper series:</b><br>\"Seraphina is strong, complex, talented--she makes mistakes and struggles to trust, with good reason, and she fights to survive in a world that would tear her apart. I love this book!\"<br><br><b>Alison Goodman, <u>New York Times</u> bestselling author of <u>Eon</u> and <u>Eona</u>:</b><br>\"A wonderful mix of thrilling story, fascinating characters, and unique dragonlore. I loved being in Seraphina\\'s world!\"<br><br><b>Ellen Kushner, World Fantasy Award-winning author:</b><br>\"Just when you thought there was nothing new to say about dragons, it turns out there is, and plenty! Rachel Hartman\\'s rich invention never fails to impress--and to convince. It\\'s smart and funny and original, and has characters I will follow to the ends of the earth.\"<br><b><i><br></i><u>The Washington Post</u>, July 3, 2012:<br></b>“Full of grace and gravitas. Readers loath to turn the last page of this lush, intricately plotted fantasy will rejoice in the knowledge of next summer’s as-yet-untitled sequel.”<br><b><i><br></i>Entertainment Weekly.com, June 19, 2012:<br></b>\"A novel that will appeal to both fans of Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series and Robin McKinley’s <u>The Hero and the Crown.</u>\"<br><b><i><br></i>io9.com, September 21, 2012:</b><br>\"<u>Seraphina</u> makes dragons fascinating once again.\"<b><i><br><br></i>SheKnows.com, June 19, 2012:<br></b>\"A beautifully-written fantasy debut about a young girl\\'s journey to gain acceptance of herself.\"<br><b><i><br></i>Starred Review, <u>Kirkus Reviews</u>, June 1, 2012:</b><br>“In Hartman’s splendid prose debut, humans and dragons—who can take human form but not human feeling—have lived in uneasy peace for 40 years.<br><br>The dragons could destroy the humans, but they are too fascinated by them. As musician Seraphina describes it, attempting to educate the princess, humans are like cockroaches to dragons, but interesting. As the anniversary of the treaty approaches, things fall apart: The crown prince has been murdered, anti-dragon sentiment is rising, and in the midst of it all, an awkward, gifted, observant girl unexpectedly becomes central to everything. Hartman has remixed her not-so-uncommon story and pseudo-Renaissance setting into something unexpected, in large part through Seraphina’s voice. By turns pedantic, lonely, scared, drily funny and fierce, Seraphina brings readers into her world and imparts details from the vast (a religion of saints, one of whom is heretical) to the minute (her music, in beautifully rendered detail). The wealth of detail never overwhelms, relayed as it is amid Seraphina’s personal journey; half-human and half-dragon, she is anathema to all and lives in fear. But her growing friendship with the princess and the princess’ betrothed, plus her unusual understanding of both humans and dragons, all lead to a poignant and powerful acceptance of herself.<br><br>Dragon books are common enough, but this one is head and talons above the rest.\"<br><b><i><br></i>Starred Review, <u>Publishers Weekly</u>, June 6, 2012:<br></b>\"In this complex, intrigue-laden fantasy, which establishes Hartman as an exciting new talent, readers are introduced to a world in which dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce, with dragons taking human form, dwelling among their former enemies, and abiding by a strict set of protocols. Sixteen-year-old Seraphina, assistant to the court composer, hides a secret that could have her ostracized or even killed: she’s half-dragon, against all rules and social codes. Along with the distinctive scales she keeps hidden, she has a mind filled with misshapen personalities whose nature she doesn’t quite grasp. As Seraphina navigates the complicated politics of a court where human-dragon relations are growing ever more fragile following a royal murder, she has to come to terms with her true nature and powers, the long-dormant memories her mother hid within her, and her growing affection for charming prince Lucian. There’s a lot to enjoy in Hartman’s debut, from the admirably resourceful heroine and intriguing spin on dragons to the intricately described medievalesque setting and emphasis on music and family.\"<br><b><i><br></i>Starred Review, <u>Shelf Awareness</u>, July 13, 2012:<br></b>\"Rachel Hartman\\'s captivating debut novel explores the pains 16-year-old Seraphina suffers as an outsider as well as the rewards of excelling in something she loves.<br><br>In medieval Lavondaville, an uneasy truce exists between dragons and humans. Narrator Seraphina is the product of a dragon mother and a human father. Dragons can disguise themselves as humans, so everyone believes Seraphina to be entirely human. Only when Seraphina\\'s mother died in childbirth did Seraphina\\'s father learn her true nature. Her mother left Seraphina a gift of \"mind-pearls,\" memories triggered by specific events, and also her talent for music. Dragons are known for their technical skill, and that, together with the empathy Seraphina gained from her human father, makes her one of the finest musicians in the land. She has won a coveted position assisting the court composer.<br><br>After the death of Prince Rufus, in a manner suspiciously like a dragon\\'s preferred means (decapitation), tensions run high between humans and dragons. Seraphina\\'s position at court exposes her to aspects of both dragon and human societies. When she decides to trust Prince Lucian with her suspicions about Prince Rufus\\'s killer, they embark on a journey that tests her loyalties and strength, and also awakens Seraphina\\'s feelings for him.<br><br>In this first of two planned books, Hartman creates a world simultaneously strange and familiar. Her dragons are as magnetic as her human characters. Teens will readily identify with Seraphina\\'s conflicting desires: to please her family or to make her own future.\"<br><b><i><br></i>Starred Review, <u>Booklist</u>, May 15, 2012:</b><br>\"Hartman proves dragons are still fascinating in this impressive high fantasy. Equal parts political thriller, murder mystery, bittersweet romance, and coming-of-age story, this is an uncommonly good fantasy... An exciting new series to watch.\"<br><br><b>Starred Review, <u>The Horn Book Magazine</u>, July/August 2012:<br></b>“To the innovative concept and high action, add Seraphina’s tentative romance with Kiggs, rich language lively with humor and sprinkled with an entire psaltery of saints and an orchestra’s worth of medieval instruments, and a political conspiracy aimed at breaking the dragon-human truce, and what you have is an outstanding debut from author-to-watch Hartman.”<br><br><b>Starred Review, <u>The Bulletin of the Center for Children\\'s Books</u>, September 2012:<br></b>\"The medieval-esque world, filled with saints and dragons, is as deftly crafted as the characters themselves; Goredd has a distinct history, fraught with struggle and survival, and its residents reflect the conflicting ideologies and traditions that inform their world. Seraphina’s voice--passionate, wry, and wise--easily conveys her internal battle as a half-breed: the nonchalance of her self-loathing makes her struggle for identity even more heartbreaking. Secondary characters are given just as much nuance, and the romance between Seraphina and a bastard prince proceeds with believable hesitation and wariness, given the complications it will bring to both their lives... Readers will want to plan to return to this richly developed world to see where this intricate fantasy goes next.\"<br><br><b>Starred Review, <u>Voice of Youth Advocates</u>:</b><br>\"Reading this novel is like falling into Alice\\'s rabbit hole and never wanting to come out. Fans of fantasy will devour this book, and with a little pushing, this novel could appeal to just about anyone who appreciates a fantastic read.\"<br><br><b>Starred Review, <u>School Library Journal</u>, August 1, 2012:<br></b>“Hartman creates a rich story layered with intriguing characters and descriptive settings. This unique novel will surely appeal to fans of Christopher Paolini\\'s \"Eragon\" books and wherever readers enjoy fantasies.”<br><br><u><b>Bookpage</b></u><br>“[Hartman\\'s] world-building is so detailed and well-integrated, one wonders if they truly exist somewhere. An engaging and innovative fantasy that uses the plights of dragons and humans as an allegory for the real prejudices we all must face.”<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', 'As a child, RACHEL HARTMAN played cello and lip-synched Mozart operas with her sisters. The famous Renaissance song \"Mille Regretz\" first moved Rachel to write a fantasy novel rooted in music, but her inspiration didn\\'t end there. She wrote <i>Seraphina</i> while listening to medieval Italian polyphony, Breton bagpipe-rock, prog metal, Latin American baroque, and Irish sean nós. Rachel Hartman lives with her family in Vancouver BC.']",
"rejected": "Title: I Can Too!: Cancer Kids Can Too, Asian American Series\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Blackstone\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: HISTORY OF THE 15TH THE KING’S HUSSARS 1914-1922: History Of The 15Th The King?S Hussars 1914-1922\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Double Vision\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Earthen vessels\nDescription: ['The copyright from 1942 was transferred to the author before this reprint. NO PRINT DATE LISTED on this REPRINT.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cinder\nDescription: ['', \"Singing mice and glass slippers are replaced with snarky androids and mechanical feet in this richly imagined and darkly subversive retelling of Cinderella.' <i>BCCB</i>\", 'This is one buzzed novel that totally delivers. <i>Stacked Books Blog</i>', 'I absolutely loved Cinder. Marissa took a well known story and created an amazingly fantastic new twist, making this it an all together new story. <i>Between the Covers Blog</i>', \"Cinder is loads of fun--mostly due to seeing a familiar story play out in a new setting, but Cinder herself is also a tough, smart, mouthy, resourceful heroine, so spending almost 400 pages with her is completely enjoyable--and I'm totally, totally looking forward to the next one in the series. <i>Bookshelves of Doom</i>\", 'Terrific. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>', 'Author Marissa Meyer rocks the fractured fairy tale genre with a sci-fi twist on Cinderella. <i>The Seattle Times</i>', 'Debut author Meyer ingeniously incorporates key elements of the fairy tale into this first series entry. <i>Horn Book Magazine</i>', \"What they [readers] do not know until they begin turning the pages of this fable-turned-dystopian-science-fiction novel, is that Meyer's embellishments create a spellbinding story of their own. <i>VOYA</i>\", \"First in the Lunar Chronicles series, this futuristic twist on Cinderella retains just enough of the original that readers will enjoy spotting the subtle similarities. But debut author Meyer's brilliance is in sending the story into an entirely new, utterly thrilling dimension. <i>Publishers Weekly, starred review</i>\", \"Fairy tales are becoming all the rage, with the TV shows <i>Once Upon a Time</i> and <i>Grimm</i> spinning them through a modern filter. The 26-year-old Meyer's debut novel <i>Cinder</i>, though, combines a classic folk tale with hints of <i>The Terminator</i> and <i>Star Wars</i> in the first book of <i>The Lunar Chronicles</i> young-adult series due out Jan. 3. <i>USAToday.com</i>\", \"Cinderella is a cyborg in this futuristic take on the fairy tale, the first book in Ms. Meyer's planned 'Lunar Chronicles' series. <i>Wall Street Journal, in a round-up called After Harry Potter: The Search for the Magic Formula</i>\", 'This series opener and debut offers a high coolness factor by rewriting Cinderella as a kickass mechanic in a plague-ridden future. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', \"There's a lot of moving parts in this fresh spin on Cinderella,' the first in a four-book series. <i>Booklist</i>\", '', '', \"Marissa Meyer was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, home of Almond Roca and Stadium High School, which was made famous when Heath Ledger danced down the stadium steps in <i>10 Things I Hate About You</i>. Marissa didn't actually go to Stadium High School, but she did attend Pacific Lutheran University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. She still lives in Tacoma, now with her husband. <i>Cinder</i> is her YA debut.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Old Time Tunes For Fiddle and Mandolin, Volume 1\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Darkfever\nDescription: [\"Drawing on elements from the paranormal world that bestseller Moning (<i>Spell of the Highlander</i>) created in her earlier romances, this suspense novel takes readers on a darker journey, one dominated by the search for a powerful Faery magic and bereft of the romantic magic Moning's fans have come to expect. When MacKayla Lane, an ordinary young woman, travels to Ireland to track down her sister's murderer, she is sucked into an extraordinary world filled with ancient secrets, vampires, assorted Fae nasties and other tough-to-kill beings. In the process, Mac learns of her own unusual talents and finds an unlikely mentor in the wealthy and mysterious Jericho Barrons. Moning's newest foray contains suspense and plenty of setup. Indeed, this reads like a fragment of a larger story, an introduction to character and place that, while entertaining, skims the surface. But it's a compelling world filled with mystery and vivid characters, and this, combined with the hint of sparks between Jericho and Mac, will stoke readers' fervor for <i>Bloodfever</i>, the next installment. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'MacKayla \"Mac\" Lane is a small-town southern girl living a life of suntans and shopping. All that changes when her sister dies in Ireland and a cryptic message on Mac\\'s cell phone raises disturbing questions about the nature of her sister\\'s death. Mac follows the lead to Dublin and the strange life her sister led, on to the darkly dangerous book-dealer Jericho Barrons, and a burgeoning war with deadly Fae that humankind doesn\\'t even realize has begun. Time-travel-romance maven Moning reshapes her Celtic lore for a radically different and engaging new dark fantasy series. Mac\\'s first-person narrative is more than point of view; it\\'s a true recounting of how a sheltered young girl grows to accept the role fate has dealt her. And while moments of sexual awareness hint that a relationship between Mac and Jericho could complicate matters in the future, wisely there is no full-blown romance here to distract from the complex introduction to Moning\\'s new world. <i>Nina Davis</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How To Land A Job In The Music Industry: An essential guide for the modern musician\nDescription: ['Tomas Uribe is a Colombian entrepreneur, composer, bassist and developer, co-founder and CEO of Stereotheque, the platform where music students and emerging musicians can connect and network with top industry professionals and advance in their careers. Tomas has been an invited speaker at SXSW, MIT Innovators Under 35, MusicBiz, LakeFX and Colombia 4.0. He holds a BA in Music and Composition from Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and a Master of Arts in Media and Technology from The New School University (New York). With Stereotheque, he has been awarded by MIT Technology Review, the IADB, and IDARTES (Colombia), among other recognitions.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Bloodfever (Fever Series, Book 2)\nDescription: ['<br /> <b>A Q&A with Karen Marie Moning</b>', '<b>What inspired you to launch a new series? And what is the single greatest new twist in the Fever series that fans can expect to enjoy?</b><br /> Inspiration is a kind word. I didnt have a choice. Its the story idea that came and wouldnt go away. I think the single greatest new twist in the Fever series is that Mac is a continuing heroine, on a critical mission, who gets caught in a dangerous love-lust triangle with two of the most seductive men Ive written to date.', '<b>If you were casting the Fever series for television, who would be the ideal actress to play Mac. Why?</b><br /> Thats a tough one. I dont watch much television and what I do see is after the DVDs have been released, so Im woefully out of date. If backed to a wall I\\'d say Mac is one part George from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Like-Me-Complete-Season/dp/B0001GF2F6/\"><i>Dead Like Me</i></a>, one part Sara Pezzini from <i>Witchblade</i> and one part sweet southern belle who\\'s being forced to discover there\\'s steel under all that magnolia, after all.', '<b>You write vividly sexy scenes. You write thrilling suspense plots. Do you find any one part of crafting these novels more challenging than another?</b><br /> I find them equally challenging. The suspense plots have to be tightly constructed and seamlessly interwoven through the five books of the Fever series, which makes for a lot to keep up with, what to reveal, what not to reveal, how and when. The sexy scenes are very intimate and I dont shy away from detail, which demands both total immersion and separation of self to write. There are some \"sexy\" scenes in this series that are far more disturbing than seductive and those are among the most difficult to write. I hope if I\\'m squirming, wanting to rescue Mac, so is my reader.', '<b>Were you surprised at any point in the writing of <i>Bloodfever</i>meaning did anything come up in the creative process that was not what you anticipated when you began <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Darkfever-Karen-Marie-Moning/dp/0440240980/\"><i>Darkfever</i></a>, the first novel in the series?</b><br /> In <i>Faefever</i>, the third book of the series, Mac says: \"Sometimes my dreams feel so real it\\'s hard to believe they\\'re just the subconscious\\'s stroll across a whimsical map that has no true north. Sometimes it seems like Dreaming must be a land that really exists out there somewhere, at a concrete latitude and longitude, with its own rules, laws, treacherous terrains and dangerous inhabitants.\" (She later finds out The Dreaming does, indeed, exist.) I feel the same about the Fever world. Its so complete to me, so vividly and exactingly detailed that I think it must really exist out there somewhere. Since the story came to me <i>in toto</i>, there have been very few, minor surprises.', '<b>If you could stand in a room with your heroesthe men from any of your novelsnot just the Fever novelswho would you most like to interview yourself? Why? What of the women?</b><br /> Men: The Unseelie King. Hes rumored to be a million years old. I want to know if hes sorry. <br /> Women: Queen Aoibheal. I want to know if shes really forgotten, or if shes just pretending.', '<b>Describe your writing routine when composing the Fever novels.</b><br /> The location varies but the schedule is the same. I write best in the morning when my subconscious is still simmering with images and metaphors from dreaming. I wrote <i>Darkfever</i>in Georgia, and <i>Bloodfever</i> in Key West; all that sunshine was a nice counterpoint to the darkness of the story. I start early in the morning, usually around 4:30 or 5:00 and write until 11, break for a two-hour lunch and go back to it around 1. I use the afternoons to edit and work on other aspects of my business. Before I go to bed I block out the scene(s) I plan to write the next day so my subconscious can mull them over while I sleep.', '<b>When you arent writing your novels, what are you doing for fun? And what kinds of books or which authors are your favorites?</b><br /> Lately a lot of lying in the sunIm still in Key West and Im afraid Mac has rubbed off on me, or maybe its all the Jimmy Buffet they keep playing down here. Usually, however, Im not so sedentary. I love to work out, hike, bike, rollerblade, shop with my sisters, and travel with my husband and our cat, Moonshadow. I dont get nearly enough time to read. The most recent books I finished were the latest by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Charlaine Harris, and an early Dan Simmons.', '<b>And can you share a little sneak peek at whats coming after <i>Bloodfever</i>?</b><br /> The darkest hour is before dawn. It isnt dawn yet. <br /><br />', '', \"Moning's latest feverish Fae dispatch (after <i>Darkfever</i>) finds that in Dublin the walls are coming down between Man and Faery. That means that the Buffy-like services of MacKayla Lanethe 22-year-old Georgia-born <i>sidhe</i>-seer (or one who can see the Fae) and slayerare required. Mac is determined to kick the nasties back to faeryland and to avenge her sister Alina's murder by the Fae's dark Lord Master. She's also seeking the sinister <i>Sinsar Dubh</i>, a book of black magic. Jericho Barrons, Mac's enigmatic protector, is a purveyor of books and antiquities (and of course, is a major hunk). As Mac takes direction from Jericho, she must resist the sexy dangers of V'lane, a death-by-sex Fae, and learn about her true family of Irish <i>sidhe</i>-seers. Moning's delectable Mac is breathlessly appealing, and the wild perils she must endure are peppered with endless conundrums. The results are addictively dark, erotic and even shocking.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden)\nDescription: ['Gr 8 Up-In Kagawa\\'s postapocalyptic dystopia, vampires reign. Allison Sekemoto, 17, and her unregistered gang live in the shabby Fringe of New Covington while vampires rule the Inner City with their human pets, drinking blood donated by their Registered subjects. Unregistered humans roam without meal tickets or the Prince\\'s protection, prone to arbitrary violence and starvation. In an act of desperation, Allie and her friends venture into the rabid-infested ruins surrounding the city in search of ancient, abandoned food hoards. As clouds roll in heavy with rain, the troupe is ambushed by rabids (Red Lung-infected vampires) and all are brutally murdered. Lying ravaged with death fast approaching, Allie accepts an unexpected offer of immortality from Kanin, joining the blood-sucking race that destroyed her family. His guidance and Allie\\'s defiance clash with the vampire\\'s ugly past, leaving her to wander a land swarming with rabids in search of a cure for Rabidism and her own Vampirism. The zealous heroine\\'s characterization as an anarchist and independent thinker resonates along with classic YA themes of identity and belonging. Her ironic romance with a young man named Ezekiel adds a softer tone to a dynamic and perilous quest. Kagawa devotees can expect lots of bloody carnage in the upcoming movie, as \"The Blood of Eden\" series has already been optioned by Palomar Pictures.-Jamie-Lee Schombs, Loyola School, New York City(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Allie is a terrific heroine-tough, pragmatic, yet sympathetic-and readers will be hungry to see where her story goes. Kagawa wraps excellent writing and skillful plotting around a well-developed concept and engaging characters, resulting in a fresh and imaginative thrill-ride that deserves a wide audience.', '-- *Starred* Publishers Weekly review<br /><br />\"Action packed, rife with drama and moral', 'quandaries, and laced with an impossible romance, this first in the Blood of Eden series will hit the mark', 'with readers who like some supernatural in their dystopias and don\\'t mind a bloody sword fight.\" -- Booklist<br /><br />\"Allie\\'s a smart, strong and compelling heroine, and readers will gladly join her for this adrenaline-rich ride.\"', '-- Kirkus Reviews', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Faefever (Fever, Book 3)\nDescription: [\"Urban Celtic fantasy slides down a dark, depressing slope in bestseller Moning's third Fever thriller (after <i>Bloodfever</i>), centered on a hunt for the <i>Sinsar Dubh</i>, a black magic book more than a million years old. As All Hallow's Eve in Dublin approaches, the walls between the human world and Faery verge on collapse. Can former Georgia peach MacKayla Mac Lane prevent a total invasion of the Unseelie Court? Originally intent on avenging her sister Alina's murder committed by Unseelie Lord Master, Mac's now a power-player in the war between the Seelie (good Fae) and Unseelie (bad Fae), after learning she's a Celtic sidhe-seeker who can sniff out OOPS (Objects of Power). Meanwhile, the attractive V'Lane, a death-by-sex Fae, wants Mac's help in securing the <i>Sinsar Dubh</i> for his Seelie queen, Aoibheal. At the end, erotic shocks await Mac in Dublin's vast Dark Zone, setting up feverishif waryexpectations for the next installment. <i>(Sept.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'The third installment in Moning\\'s popular Fever series (<i>Darkfever; Bloodfever</i>) finds sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane continuing to adjust to her powers and her new life in Dublin. Though she now knows who killed her sister Alina, she\\'s no closer to the vengeance she craves, and the information she collects about the fae and their relics leads to further questions. Unsure of whom she can trust, Mac further develops her sidhe-seeing skills, taking some unexpected detours into darker territory along the way. Secondary characters from the earlier novels, including sidhe-seer Rowena and \"death-by-sex\" fae V\\'Lane, are prominently featured, and there\\'s plenty of action and sexual tension keeping the battle between good and evil moving forward. An abrupt cliff-hanger ending and a number of unresolved plot points ensure that the series will continue. This series is a good bet for readers of Nora Roberts\\'s paranormal-tinged titles, who will appreciate Mac\\'s tough yet tender character. Recommended for all public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, <i>LJ</i> 6/15/08.]Nanette Wargo Donohue, Champaign P.L., IL <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dreamfever\nDescription: ['Give yourself a treat and read outside the box.Charlaine Harris, on <i>Darkfever<br /> </i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>', '<b>Karen Marie Moning</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Fever series, featuring MacKayla Lane, and the award-winning Highlander series. She has a bachelors degree in society and law from Purdue University and is currently working on a new series set in the Fever world and a graphic novel featuring MacKayla Lane.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Rosemarked\nDescription: [\"Gr 9 UpWhen early symptoms of the dreaded Rose plague are discovered among the Amparan soldiers occupying her small village, Zivah volunteers to help. Despite having just finished her apprenticeship, Zivah is a gifted and compassionate healer. Sadly, her contact with the infected troops doesn't leave her unscathed. She contracts the disease and remains alive but Rosemarked, a sign that she is a carrier and will not live more than a few more years. No longer able to perform her duties as a healer, Zivah goes into seclusion until the commander of the soldiers she aided sends word that her services are needed at the Capitol, where many people have contracted the same illness. Meanwhile Dineas, a Shidadi tribesman whose people have spent years in prolonged combat with Capitol troops, has been given a missioninfiltrate the Amparan troops and pass vital information to his clan. After a chance and near-deadly encounter, Zivah and Dineas reluctantly join forces and travel together to the Capitol. Though they couldn't be more different, Zivah and Dineas gradually overcome their mutual distrust and find common ground in their desire to protect their people. This is a fast-paced, well-written, can't-put-down fantasy that will appeal to a wide audience. A sequel will be in high demand. VERDICT Fans of Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in Ashes will be clamoring for more adventures with Zivah and Dineas.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK\", '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Just Like Ziggy\nDescription: [\"<span>Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite</span><br /><span>Seventeen-year-old Anna is the ninth child in a family of ten brothers and sisters. Just Like Ziggy by Julie Oleszek starts with Anna being discharged from the psychiatric ward of the fifth floor of Advocate Hospital. Anna is still not able to talk about her sister Liz's death, even though nine years have passed since the incident. Months later she goes back to her old behavior and finds herself back in the hospital. Then there is a letter from her brother, Kyle, that adds a twist to the plot. The story chronicles Anna's life, the healing process, and the importance of a loving family in one's life.</span><br /><br /><span>The author captures the emotions and feelings of a seventeen-year-old girl very well and makes her angst, her emotional health, and her rebellious nature tangible to readers. There are some heartrending moments in the story and it captures the emotional and difficult issues faced by a teenager in a real and relatable way. All the characters in the story, however brief some of them are, manage to leave an impact. The subtle message of the importance of having a loving and supportive family runs through the story as we get to see Anna going through her extremely difficult phases.</span><br /><br /><span>The narration is detailed and, at certain places, the starkness of the weather and nature blends with the emotions of Anna and her inner turmoil. In many places emotions run high and they are palpable to readers. Whether it is Dr. Ellison, Anna's mother, or the other characters in the book, they all complement the plot to make it effective and the author handles the emotions of every single member of the family with compassion. It is a story about acceptance and love, and is a compelling read.</span>\", \"The inspiration for Anna, the teenaged heroine, came through personal and professional experiences. A teacher for twenty years taught me a lot about the basic emotional needs of children, teens, and adults.Just Like Ziggyis set in the 1980s, but because of the unfortunate stigma that continues to follow mental health issues of today, Anna's journey remains relevant to today's readers.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Magic Bullet\nDescription: ['A medical researcher is stunned to learn that the blood of a 15-year-old boy could contain a miraculous (and near-instantaneous) cure for cancer. But Dr. Allan Parker didnt count on becoming the boys sole protector, or on risking his own life to keep the boy out of the clutches of a ruthless mobster, who will do whatever it takes to save his own, cancer-stricken life. This is a typically fast-paced thriller from genre veteran Neiderman, populated by realistic characters and propelled by a fresh and exciting plot. The two leads are particularly well drawn: Parker, the dedicated medical man caught up in something he is not sure he can handle, and young Taylor Peterson, the resourceful and smart teenager whos forced to grow up a lot quicker than he had anticipated. A very good, very tight thriller that deserves a wide audience. --David Pitt']"
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"rejected": "Title: Tranquility: Designs to Inspire Your Creative Genius\nDescription: ['At Be Happy Coloring Books we are all about bringing you some of the best artwork from around the world. Our goal is to inspire your creative genius within, and we do this through our many variations of coloring books for adults. We offer stress relieving patterns, relaxing mandalas and mosaics, geometric designs, stained glass, beautiful faces, fancy flowers, inspiring affirmations, amazing animals and so much more. So come and explore the many wonders of coloring books for grownups.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Orphan Train: A Novel\nDescription: [\"“A compelling story about loss, adaptability, and courage . . . With compassion and delicacy Kline presents a little-known chapter of American history and draws comparisons with the modern-day foster care system.” (Library Journal)<br /><br />“In ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or--perhaps most importantly--ourselves.” (Ann Hood, author of <i>The Knitting Circle</i>)<br /><br />“I loved this book: its absorbing back-and-forth story, its vivid history, its eminently loveable characters. ORPHAN TRAIN wrecked my heart and made me glad to be literate.” (Monica Wood, author of <i>When We Were the Kennedys</i>)<br /><br />“One of the most powerful novels I’ve ever read...I am compelling all of you, even begging you, to make this novel your next read. You’ll be talking about it for years to come!” (Naples Daily News (FL))<br /><br />“A gem.” (Huffington Post)<br /><br />“Absorbing...a heartfelt page-turner about two women finding a sense of home...Kline lets us live the characters’ experiences vividly through their skin...The growth from instinct to conscious understanding to partnership between the two is the foundation for a moving tale.” (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />“Kline draws a dramatic, emotional story from a neglected corner of American history.” (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />“I was so moved by this book. I loved Molly and Vivian, two brave, difficult, true-hearted women who disrupt one another’s lives in beautiful ways, and loved journeying with them, through heartbreak and stretches of history I’d never known existed, out of loneliness toward family and home.” (Marisa de los Santos, New York Times-bestselling author of Belong to Me and Falling Together)<br /><br />“A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful.” (Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me)<br /><br />“Christina Baker Kline writes exquisitely about two unlikely friends . . . each struggling to transcend a past of isolation and hardship. ORPHAN TRAIN will hold you in its grip as their fascinating tales unfold.” (Cathy Marie Buchanan, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>The Painted Girls</i>)\", '', 'The runaway bestseller that has swept the nation, with more than one million copies sold', 'Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance.', '<em>This is the story of one such child.</em>', 'As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are reminders of a turbulent past.', \"Seventeen-year-old Molly Ayer knows that a community-service position helping an elderly widow clean out her attic is the only thing keeping her out of juvenile hall. But as Molly helps Vivian sort through her keepsakes and possessions, she discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they appear. A Penobscot Indian who has spent her youth in and out of foster homes, Molly is also an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past.\", 'Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, <em>Orphan Train</em> is a powerful tale of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendship.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Girl on the Train\nDescription: ['', '<b>#1 <i>Globe and Mail</i> Bestseller</b><br /><b><b><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Top Book of 2015</b><br />A<i>Globe and Mail</i>Best Book of 2015</b><br /><b>An <i>NPR </i>Best Book of 2015</b> <br /> A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Book of the Year <br /> A <i>Guardian </i>Best Book of the Year <br />A<i>Toronto Star</i>Book of the Year<br /><b>A<i>Kirkus</i>Reviews Best Book of the Year</b></b><br /> <br />\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of <i>A Game of Thrones</i><br /><br />There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as <i>Gone Girl</i>; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. <i>The Globe and Mail<br /><br /></i>[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. <i>National Post</i><br /><br />Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of <i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, <i>The Girl on the Train </i>will have you racing through the pages. <i>Huffington Post</i><br /> [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)<br /> <br /> <b></b><i>The Girl on the Train</i> has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since <i>Gone Girl</i> . . .<i> </i>liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times<b> </b></i><br /> <br /> Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br /> <br /> Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. <i>NPR</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Compulsive reading.<i>Marie Claire</i><br /> <i></i><br /> [A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> [<i>The Girl on the Train</i>] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. <b></b><i>Entertainment Weekly<b> </b></i><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> <i>Gone Girl</i> fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. <i>People </i><br /> <br /> A natural fit for fans of<i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,<i>The Girl on the Train</i>will have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com<br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i>marries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.<b> </b><i>USA Today</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel <i>The Girl on the Train</i> just might have earned the title of the next <i>Gone Girl</i>.<i>Christian Science Monitor</i> <br /> <b></b><br /> [A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. <b></b><i>The Boston Globe</i><b> </b><br /> <br /> Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Now You See Her</i><br /> <br /> The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller <i>The Midwife of Venice</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i> is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author of<i>I Am Pilgrim</i><br /> <br /> Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. <i>The Girl on the Train</i>s clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Reconstructing Amelia</i>[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /><i></i><br />Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /><br />\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\'<br />Colette McBeth, author of<i>Precious Thing</i>and the forthcoming <i>The Life I Left Behind</i><br /><br />Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. <br /><i>The Bookseller<br /></i><br />The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. <br />Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE <br /><br />\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\"<br />Terry Hayes<br /><br />Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.<br />S. J. Watson, author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /><br />Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! <br />Lisa Gardner, author of <i>Fear Nothing</i><br /><br />This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. <br />Paula Daly, author of <i>Keep Your Friends Close<br /></i><br /><i>The Girl on the Train</i>was so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! <br />Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of <i>The Times</i>. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Maude\nDescription: ['AA Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna first came to Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girls\\' dressing room into her first novel. Now she is the author of The Alexandra Merritt Mysteries, which include \\'The Last Two Aces in Las Vegas\\', \\'The Las Vegas Desert Flower\\', \\'The Las Vegas Special\\', \\'Rough Ride in Vegas\\', \\'M.I.A. Las Vegas\\' and the recently released \"The Las Vegas Sophisticate\\'.<br />Donna has written several other stand-alone thrillers, \\'Desperate Ambition\\', about a political assassination, \\'The Right Society\\', about a devout Christian family that moves into a religious community and finds it\\'s easier to get in than it is to get out, and The Other Hand, about a famous athlete who leaves his family for a young, virginal girl. Shortly after they divorce, she winds up slaughtered. He is the primary suspect, but not the only one. Donna has a popular series of historical romances, The Manhattan Stories, \\'Jessica\\', \\'Pillsbury Crossing\\', \\'The Cabin\\', \\'Kimimela\\', and \\'D\\'Arcy Curran\\'. A sixth and seventh in this series will be released soon.<br />Her light-hearted work, \\'Conversations With Skip\\', is the story of a shelter dog adopted by a young woman having trouble sleeping after her divorce. With his unusual ability to communicate, he is soon running her life, arranging her romances, and teaching her to laugh again.<br /><b>Her most popular novel, \\'Maude\\', the story of her Grandmother, is a #1 best-seller on Amazon and has spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal\\'s Top-10 list</b>. \\'Maude\\' is now available as an audiobook, was recently released in Italian and is currently being translated into Russian, German and Slovak for upcoming international editions.<br />She has also written three screenplays, a stage play, poetry, short stories, and a children\\'s story.<br />Donna stills takes occasional classes at UNLV and at writer\\'s conferences and is an active member of the Anthem Author\\'s in Henderson, NV.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Culturally Different (The Civilization Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['Dale Lawrence McKinnon was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and comes from a family of seven children. As a boy, he moved to Sudbury, Ontario, where he currently resides. In Sudbury, Dale participated in many sports, but most notably he played hockey and basketball and participated in track and field. As a young man, Dale went to McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to study engineering. He was married, but has no children. Dale is an engineer by training and education and has written many reports during his career. He has over 30 peer reviewed technical publications to his name. He has worked internationally with groups including the United Nations, the European Union, agencies of the United States, and Environment Canada, among others. His career started at a research center where he researched a variety of natural resource related topics including air quality, robotics, and automation. He continued his career working in the research and engineering department of an emission controls manufacturing firm. Dale has also had professorial positions at both McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Dale has been to over 25 countries in the world including many in North, South, and Central America, Europe, and Asia. These trips have either been on vacation or for business. After the successful launch of his first book, Rare Endeavors, this is the first book of a trilogy, the Civilization Trilogy.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Thousand Acres\nDescription: ['If Smiley ( Ordinary Love & Good Will ) has previously been hailed for her insight into human nature, the moral complexity of her themes and her lucid and resonant prose, her new novel is her best yet, bringing together her extraordinary talents in a story of stunning insight and impact. \"Our farm and our lives seemed secure and good,\" says narrator Ginny Cook, looking back on the summer before her father capriciously decided to turn over his prosperous 1000-acre Iowa farm to his three daughters and their mates. That was the same summer that Jess Clark, their neighbors\\' prodigal son, returned after a 13-year absence, romance and peril trailing in his wake. Although Ginny\\'s existence as a farmer\\'s wife and caretaker of her irascible, bullying, widower father is not easy, there are compensations in her good marriage, in the close companionship of her indomitable sister Rose, who lives across the road, and in sharing vicariously in the accomplishments of their younger sister, Caroline, a lawyer. Having managed to submerge her grief at being childless, passive Ginny has also hidden a number of darker secrets in her past. These shocking events work their way out of her subconscious in the dreadful aftermath of her father\\'s decision to rescind his legacy, shouting accusations of filial betrayal. Like Lear\\'s daughters, the Cook sisters each reveal their true natures in events that will leave readers gasping with astonishment. Smiley powerfully evokes the unrelenting, insular world of farm life, the symbiotic relationships between a farmer and his land as well as those among the other members of the rural community. She contrasts the stringencies of nature with those of human nature: the sting of sibling rivalry, the tensions of marriage, the psychological burdens of children, the passion of lovers. Her tightly controlled prose propels tension to nearly unbearable extremes--but always within the limits of credibility. In the end, she has raised profound questions about human conduct and moral responsibility, especially about family relationships and the guilt and bitterness they can foster. BOMC selection. <BR>Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"This important new novel by the author of Ordinary Love and Good Will ( LJ 9/15/89) and The Greenlanders ( LJ 4/15/88) is, first of all, a farm novel. Smiley lovingly creates an idyllic world of family farm life in Iowa in 1979: the neat yard, freshly painted house, clean clothes on the line, and fertile, well-tended fields. The owner of these well-managed acres is Larry Cook, who abruptly decides to turn the farm over to his two eldest daughters and their husbands. Ginny and Ty are hard-working farmers who try to placate her ornery father, while sister Rose and hard-drinking Pete try to stand up to him. Dark secrets surface after the property transfer, and the family's careful world unravels with a grim inevitability reminiscent of Smiley's splendid novella Good Will . Not to be missed. BOMC main selection.<BR><I>- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.</I><BR>Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Don't Give Up! : A Glorious Account Of Faith's Triumph Over Fear\nDescription: ['.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Day Shift (Midnight, Texas)\nDescription: ['', '<b>Praise for Charlaine Harris and her Novels of Midnight, Texas</b><br /><br />The Mark Twain of things that live under your bed<i>Houston Press</i><br /><br />[An] out-of-the-ordinary mystery.<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />Fun but creepy...A very quirky mystery that reveals more fascinating details about the varied denizens of this little town.<i>Locus</i><br /><br />A little magic, a little mystery, and a lot of imagination make for a story that is both fun and edgy.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />As intimate and deep as the Stackhouse novels.<i>Library Journal</i><br /><br />Move over Bon Temps, Midnight Texas has arrived.Fresh Fiction', '', '<b>Charlaine Harris</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBOs <i>True Blood</i>, NBCs <i>Midnight, Texas</i>, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Islam and the World: The Rise and Decline of the Muslims and Its Effect on Mankind\nDescription: [\"Timeless and judicious, originally written in Arabic, it examines the role Islam played in history and its impact on human progress and the loss that humanity suffered by its decline. It counters the prevailing attitude that Islam is a spent force, that it has outlived its usefulness. The author persuasively argues for the eternal reality of Islam and that it is a programme of life which is always dynamic and can never grow obsolete. This thought-provoking tour de force throws new light on the motives, opportunities and impact of the Islamic and other civilisations, on the material welfare and spiritual progress of humanity. About the author -- Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi (1914 - 1999) was one of the leading Muslim scholars of our time. He hailed from a family which has produced such illustrious figures as Sayyed Ahmad Shahid (1786-1831). He was the Rector of Nadwatul 'Ulama, Lucknow; Chairman, Managing Committee, Darul Musannifin (Shibli Academy); Azamgarh, India, Member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, Damascus, and the Higher Council of the Islamic Universities, Rabat and of the Academy of Arabic Language, Oman. He was a Founder Member of the Constituent Council of the Muslim World League, Makkah and Chairman of the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies, Oxford UK. He received the King Faisal Award and numerous other awards from national and international bodies for his services to the cause of Islam. He was a powerful, eloquent writer and orator, both in Urdu and Arabic. His works in both these languages are numerous; many have been translated into English: among them are Islam and the World; Muslims: Beliefs, Customs and Traditions; Stories of the Prophets; Muhammad the Last Prophet, Shaikh ul-Islam Ibn Taimiyah (Taymiyyah) Life and Achievements, Studying the Glorious Qur'an; Stories from Islamic History; A Starlight View of Islam's Past and The Minaret Speaks.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Small Indiscretion: A Novel\nDescription: ['', 'Part psychological thriller, part character study . . . I peeled back the pages of this book as fast as I could.<b><i>The Huffington Post</i></b><br /><br />[Jan] Ellison is a tantalizing storyteller, dropping delicious hints of foreshadowing and shifting back and forth in time, . . . moving her story forward with cinematic verve. . . . [She] masterfully captures the confusing and powerful moment when a young woman realizes her effect on men. Compellingly sympathetic characters bring the London chapter of Annies story to dramatic life. If you are clinging to a stash of letters and ticket stubs from old lovers, <i>Indiscretion</i> may have you rethinking the cost of holding on to the past rather than basking in the virtues of the present.<b><i>USA Today<br /></i></b><br />Astonishing . . . This voice is alive. It knows something. It will take us somewhere. The magic is accomplished so fast, so subtly, that most readers hardly notice. . . . <i>A Small Indiscretion</i> is rich with suspense. . . . Delectable elements of this terrific first novel abound: Its characters are round and real. . . . Ellison gives us an achingly physical sense of family life. . . . Lovely writing guides us through, driven by a quiet generosity. . . . This voice knows something, and by the end of the novel, so do we.<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle </i>(Book Club pick)<br /></b><br />Delicious, lazy-day reading. Just dont underestimate the writing. Ellison describes her various love triangles in lavish prose. . . . The real strengths of this novel are the foggy, intimate flashbacks that so perfectly capture the sexual and romantic confusion of a young woman in a foreign land.<b>Leigh Newman,<i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i>(Editors Pick)<br /></b><br />Rich and detailed . . . The plot explodes delightfully, with suspense and a few twists. Using second-person narration and hypnotic prose, Ellisons debut novel is both juicy and beautifully written. How do I know its juicy? A stranger started reading it over my shoulder on the New York City subway, and told me he was sorry that I was turning the pages too quickly.<b><i>Flavorwire<br /></i></b><br />Are those wild college days ever really behind you? Happily married Annie finds out.<b><i>Cosmopolitan<br /></i></b><br />An impressive fiction debut . . . both a psychological mystery and a study of the divide between desire and duty.<b><i>San Jose Mercury News<br /></i></b><br />A novel to tear through on a plane ride or on the beach . . . I was drawn into a web of secrets, a world of unrequited love and youthful mistakes that feel heightened and more romantic on the cold winter streets of London, Paris, and Ireland.<b><i>Bustle<br /></i></b><br />Annie Black is a flawed heroine whose impulses we may distrust, but whose voice is compelling, drawing us in with her ruminating self-awareness and lively observations of those around her. . . . Ellison renders the California landscape with stunning clarity. . . . She writes gracefully, with moments of startling insight. . . . Her first novel is an emotional thriller, skillfully plotted in taut, visual scenes. The stakes are high from the start. . . . As Ellison pulls the thread that unravels the past, she weaves a rich tapestry of memory and desire, secrets and omissions, and exposes the knotted wages of love. . . . <i>A Small Indiscretion</i> resolves in an astonishing plot twist that offers both destruction and self-discovery.<b><i>The Rumpus</i></b><br /><br />To read<i>A Small Indiscretion</i>is to eat fudge before dinner: slightly decadent behavior, highly caloric, and extremely satisfying.. . .An emotional detective story that . . . mirrors real life in ways that surprise and inspire.<b><i>New York Journal of Books</i></b><br /><br />If you liked <i>Gone Girl</i> for its suspenseful look inside the psychology of a bad marriage, try <i>A Small Indiscretion</i> by Jan Ellison. . . . It touches many of the same nerves.<b><i>StyleCaster</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> A great book club selection . . . both suspenseful and literary . . . [with] topics like love, obsession, betrayal, forgiveness, marriage, and second chances that make it interesting to dissect.<b><i>Booking Mama</i></b><br /><br />How Ellison interweaves the mystery involving Annies younger life in London, events in the recent past and those of the present is astounding.. . .It is so compelling you will want to read more after the book ends. Jan Ellison is here to stay.<b><i>The Free Lance-Star</i></b><br /><br />Jan Ellison has created a patchwork quiltlike story about a family in turmoil. . . .[An]exploration of love in its many forms . . . an engrossing novel.<b><i>Kansas City Literature Examiner</i></b><br /><br />In Jan Ellisons terrific debut novel, youthful sexual antics produce an astonishing fallout decades later, said Joan Frank in the<i>San Francisco Chronicle.</i>. . . As we read on, the story morphsflavorfully, artfullyinto a sexual whodunit.<b><i>The Week</i></b><br /><br />An emotional thriller . . . Connoisseurs of domestic suspense will finish this book in a few breathless sittings.<b><i>Kirkus Reviews<br /></i></b><br />Hard to put down . . . O. Henry Prize winner Jan Ellisons debut novel is a puzzle with the outside pieces finished. Reading it is like compulsively fitting all those revealing middle pieces together. . . . Skillfully weaving two plots, Ellison unveils the details of each, piece by tantalizing piece.<b><i>BookPage<br /></i></b><br />[A] cleverly constructed debut . . . a deftly crafted, absorbing novel that peels back the layers of Annies character as it reveals the secrets of her past and present.<b><i>Booklist<br /></i></b><br />An engrossing, believable, gracefully written family drama that reveals our pasts bare-knuckle grip on our present.<b>Emma Donoghue,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>Room<br /></i></b><br />A stunning debut by Jan Ellison . . . Like the photograph that arrives in the mail and sets in motion the plot of this gorgeous novel,<i>A Small Indiscretion</i>reminds us of the intensity of youthful desire and of the fragile nature of a marriage built on secrecy.<b>Ann Packer,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>The Dive from Clausens Pier<br /></i></b><br /><i>A Small Indiscretion</i>is that rare thinga literary page turner written with great warmth and humanity, which pulls the reader in emotionally without a hint of sentimentality.<b>Alice LaPlante,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>Turn of Mind<br /></i></b><br />It might be convenient if our mistakes would fade with time rather than hunt us down complete with consequence, but that wouldnt make for the kind of taut, hypnotic story Jan Ellison tells. The impact of narrator Annie Blacks small indiscretion is anything but, and in a brilliantly paced unraveling, Ellison makes vivid the sometimes tragic interplay of choice and fate, lust and love, youth and adulthoodwhich can bring its own mistakes. Absorbing, chilling, and moving,<i>A Small Indiscretion</i>is the debut of an elegant writer who will be known and admired from the start.<b>Robin Black, author of<i>Life Drawing</i></b>', '', '<b>Jan Ellison</b> is an O. Henry Prize winner and a graduate of Stanford University. She left college for a year at nineteen to travel and work in Europe, taking notes that two decades later became the germ of <i>A Small Indiscretion</i>. Ellison lives in California with her husband of twenty years and their four children.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: To Find a Mountain\nDescription: ['', '\"This engaging story is of courage, love, honor, and the atrocities of war. Thought provoking, as well as deeply emotional, Benedetta\\'s story will remain with you long after you reach the end. Her bravery will amaze you. If you read only one historical fiction this year, make it <i>To Find a Mountain</i>. You\\'ll be glad you did.\" Carol Davis Luce, bestselling author', '\"Original...engaging.\" Thomas Perry, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author', '', '', 'Dan Ames is a crime novelist and winner of the Independent Book Award for Crime Fiction. His books have reached the bestseller lists in the US and abroad. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Western Writers of America. Dan graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in journalism. He currently lives with his family in Detroit, Michigan.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Quick & Legal Will Book\nDescription: ['\"An excellent book for lay people.\" BusinessWeek \"The most streamlined, yet thorough information available on how to write a valid will quickly and safely without a lawyer.\" Long Beach Press-Telegram \"Clifford, an estate planning attorney, describes how to create a basic will for simple situations. He explains types of wills and other basic aspects, then how to decide on beneficiaries; give away property; name guardians for children; choose an executor; understand probate, taxes, and other estate planning issues; prepare a draft of the will; prepare and sign the final will; store and copy it; change or revoke it; and hire a lawyer and create other documents, such as durable power of attorney. The book includes sample forms valid in every state except Louisiana. This edition incorporates changes to federal estate tax law.\" Eithne O\\'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView', '', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: After Anna\nDescription: ['', 'A nail-biting psychological thriller maintains high suspense to the very end Publishers Weekly', 'Superbly crafted will keep you up all night LizLovesBooks.com', 'A novel that had me gripped from its opening paragraph It certainly had me wanting more An excellent novel TheWelshLibrarian.blogspot.com', 'A story that will grab your attention from the start It will certainly appeal to any fans of psychological thrillers ByTheLetterBookReviews.co.uk', '', '', 'Alex Lake is a British novelist who was born in the North West of England. After Anna is the first book to be written under the authors pseudonym, and it has been a No.1 bestselling ebook sensation, receiving over 100 5* reviews online. The author now lives in the North East of the US.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Lake Tahoe: Scenic Serenity\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Follow the River\nDescription: ['Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.<P><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>']",
"rejected": "Title: Elly: Cowgirl Bride (Harlequin American Romance) (Codys: First Family of Rodeo)\nDescription: ['Trish Milburn is a freelance journalist, lives in the South, and is a big fan of the outdoors and U.S. National Parks. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, nature photography, reading, traveling, watching TV or movies, and surfing the Web. She's also a big geek girl, including being a Browncoat and a Whovian, and has been known to cosplay at Dragon*Con.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Follow You Home\nDescription: ['Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers. He loves stories in which scary things happen to ordinary people and is inspired by writers such as Stephen King, Ira Levin, Ruth Rendell, Ian McEwan, Val McDermid and Donna Tartt. Mark is now a full-time writer. Before that, he once picked broad beans, answered complaint calls for a rail company, taught English in Japan and worked as a marketing director. Mark co-published a series of crime novels with Louise Voss. The Magpies was his first solo venture and topped the UK Kindle charts for three months when it first released. Since its success, the novel has been re-edited and published by Thomas & Mercer on 26th November 2013. Because She Loves Me is his second spine-tingling thriller. He lives in England with his wife, their three children and a ginger cat.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cosfy Cotton Linen Square Throw Pillow Case Decorative Cushion Cover Pillowcase for Sofa Feathers, 18"x 18"(140445)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Wreckage\nDescription: ['', 'Emily Bleeker is a former educator who discovered her passion for writing after introducing a writers workshop to her students. She soon found a whole world of characters and stories living inside of her mind. It took a battle with a rare form of cancer to give her the courage to share that amazing world with others. Emily lives in suburban Chicago with her husband and four kids. Between writing and being a mom, she attempts to learn guitar, sings along to the radio (loudly), and embraces her newfound addiction to running. Connect with her or request a Skype visit with your book club at emilybleeker.wordpress.com.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Geezers at the Mall\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Letter\nDescription: [\"A captivating and tragic story...beautifully told<b><i>Ajoobacats Blog</i></b><br /><br />You will find it hard to put down. I cried buckets of tears reading it<b><i>Books With Wine and Chocolate</i></b><br /><br />With a swift pace, memorable characters and a wonderful conceptual depth, Hughes' novel is one that simply can't be put down<b><i>Bytheletterbookreviews</i></b><br /><br />Very satisfying. Both women's stories were equally developed and interesting. They were also equally heartbreaking<b><i>Mom With a Book</i></b><br /><br />Tugs at the heart strings... A truly gorgeous story<b><i>Shaz's Book Blog</i></b><br /><br />This moving love story had<i> everyone</i> talking... Get set to be hooked<b><i>Look</i></b><br /><br />Autumnal Sunday afternoons were invented solely to read heart-tugging novels like this<b><i>Red</i></b><br /><br />A wonderful, uplifting story<b>Lesley Pearse</b><br /><br />A story which reveals heartbreak, tragedy and loss...will stay with me for a long time<b><i>jaffareadstoo</i></b><br /><br />A moving story of love, loss and hope<b><i>Bella</i></b>\", \"Kathryn Hughes was born in Altrincham, near Manchester. After completing a secretarial course, Kathryn met her husband and they married in Canada. For twenty-nine years they ran a business together, raised two children and travelled when they could to places such as India, Singapore, South Africa and New Zealand. Kathryn and her family now make their home in a village near Manchester. <i>The Letter</i> is Kathryn's first novel, and she is busy working on her second, <i>The Secret</i>.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Travel Diary\nDescription: ['Deborah Schenck likes to take walks with her husband and her golden retrievers, collecting berries and flowers along the way for use in her beautiful photographs. She was drawn several years ago to the process of \"Polaroid transfer\", by which a photographic image is transferred to parchment paper rather than photographic paper. Originally from England, where she worked as a professional photographer, Deborah Schenck currently resides in Vermont.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Camino Island: A Novel\nDescription: ['Tasty . . . a fresh, fun departure. . .sheer catnip. . .a most agreeable summer destination. <i>USA Today</i>', 'John Grisham is the author of thirty novels, one work of nonfiction, a collection of stories, and six novels for young readers.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Classic New Hampshire: Preserving the Granite State in Changing Times\nDescription: ['These [profiles] are full color profiles, replete with people, first-hand experience, lively detail and author commentary. -- <i>Concord Monitor</i>', '6 x 9 trim. 19 illus. 1 map']"
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"chosen": "Title: Gwendy's Button Box: A Novella\nDescription: ['Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes <i>The Outsider</i>, <i>Sleeping Beauties</i> (cowritten with his son Owen King), the short story collection <i>The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, </i>the Bill Hodges trilogy<i> End of Watch</i>, <i>Finders Keepers</i>, and <i>Mr. Mercedes</i> (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and now an AT&T Audience Network original television series), <i>Doctor Sleep</i>, and <i>Under the Dome</i>. His novel <i>11/22/63</i>—a Hulu original television series event—was named a top ten book of 2011 by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works <i>The Dark Tower</i> and <i>It</i> are the basis for major motion pictures, with <i>It </i>now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.']",
"rejected": "Title: Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis #2 May 1999\nDescription: ['Love this comic book. Selling The Lady of Pharis #1 too. They really belong together. Great find.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Ross Poldark :POLDARK\nDescription: ['paperback, vg+', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Somewhere Over the Rainbow\nDescription: [\"Bell, an international journalist who worked for many years and in many different places for Reuters and the London Times, was a correspondent in South Africa from 1988 to 1993. He witnessed the country under apartheid and watched apartheid's demise. A few years after he left, he became curious about the country and returned not only to see the many sites he had missed while working there but also to try to get a feel for how the people have adjusted. What Bell found makes for absolutely fascinating reading. The people remain polarized in many ways, and the newly found freedom and the remaining gap between wealth and poverty have bred widespread, and violent, crime. Bell's descriptions of the land and its wildlife are luscious, and his tales of meeting the people are heartwarming, but the reader also gets tremendous insights into the problems of this country in transition. This is an excellent book for travel buffs and for anyone interested in current events, history, government, and human behavior. Melinda Stivers Leach, Precision Editorial Services, Wondervu, CO <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", '\"This breezy and informative account captures the best and worst of the new South Africa.\" -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Bitter Rain\nDescription: ['', '<i>A Bitter Rain</i> is the best kind of WWII novel, action-packed, populated by complex characters facing deep moral dilemmas, and historically accurate. I loved it. <b>Mark Sullivan, author of #1 Amazon Charts bestseller <i>Beneath a Scarlet Sky</i></b>', 'Harrowing, intense, and oh so real, this story plunges the reader into the nightmare world of Nazi Germany where good and decent people struggle to survive. <b>Rhys Bowen, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of The Royal Spyness Series and <i>In Farleigh Field</i></b>', 'The writing is clear and sharp, and I was immediately immersed in the time and the tale. I found myself alternately panting and holding my breath as I read. It is exceedingly well executed. Erik, specifically, was very well drawn, and so real and relatable. I loved his humanity and his inner voice, and his plight gave flesh to a German caricature. <b>Amy Harmon, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>From Sand and Ash</i></b>', 'An intense and captivating account of WWII through the eyes of a Nazi soldier. I thoroughly enjoyed this highly moving story, and particularly liked the way the two plotlines were interwoven. Expect to be staying up late at night to find out the fates of heroic Erik and his old friend, Trude. <b>Soraya M. Lane, #1 bestselling author of <i>Wives of War</i></b>', 'Fast-paced and poignant with a timely message, Shipmans latest novel is a complex portrait of a community torn by war. <b>Libbie Hawker, author of <i>Mercer Girls</i> and <i>The Ragged Edge of Night</i></b>', 'A harrowing novel of a Nazi soldier fighting for his soul as well as his own survival. The poignant stories of Erik and Trude will resonate with every reader even today. <b>Colin Falconer, author of <i>Isabella</i> and <i>The Unkillable Kitty OKane</i></b>', 'James Shipmans <i>A Bitter Rain</i> tells a gripping and vital story of what happens when a government turns any expectation of decency in human behavior on its head. Alternating between the perspectives of Trude, a Jewish woman who, along with her daughter, is simply trying to survive, and Erik, an SS officer who battles with conscience, family and government, the novel shines with insight and haunting reminders of the terrifying implications of war. <b>Ella Carey, international bestselling author of <i>The House by the Lake</i></b>', '', '', 'James D. Shipman is the bestselling author of three historical novels, <i>Constantinopolis</i>, <i>Going Home</i>, and <i>It Is Well</i>. He was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and began publishing short stories and poems while earning a degree in history from the University of Washington and a law degree from Gonzaga University. He opened his own law firm in 2004 and remains a practicing attorney. An avid reader, especially of historical nonfiction, Shipman also enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Great Alone: A Novel\nDescription: ['<strong><a href=\"//www.amazon.com/b/?node=17143709011\">An Amazon Best Book of February 2018:</a></strong> In Kristin Hannahs <em>The Great Alone</em>, a damaged vet named Ernt Allbright returns from Vietnam and moves his family to the wilds of Alaska to start their lives anew. Initially it\\'s a welcome change, but as winter approaches, and Ernt\\'s mental state deteriorates, his wife and daughter find themselves in an increasingly precarious position. Leni and Cora are the heart of what is as much a mother-daughter love story as it is a pressure cooker of a page-turner. Together they reckon not only with the elements, but with some bad decisions, born from the stubborn faith that Ernt will somehow be restored to the person he was before the war. Its a testament to Hannahs compassionate storytelling that youll be hard-pressed to call him a villain; Ernt actually shares the same Achilles heel as the rest of the Allbright clan: they do not know how to ask for, or receive, help (so much so, you just want to shake them). Fortunately the cavalry comes anyway, including a homesteader named Large Marge who doesnt suffer fools (or domestic abusers). The muse of <em>The Great Alone</em> is clearly Alaska--in all its untamed, stunningly beautiful, dangerous glory. It provides the perfect backdrop for an equally dramatic tale, one that feels remarkably current for the 1970s setting. But Hannahs latest also harkens to her mega bestselling <em>The Nightingale</em>: it highlights the heroics of everyday people, especially women. And its just a damn good read. <em>--Erin Kodicek, Amazon Book Review</em>', \"Set in 1974 Alaska, this sweeping tale follows a girl coping with the dangers of domestic violence. Though ill-prepared for the extreme and harsh conditions, 13-year-old Leni and her parents, Ernt and Cora, have to learn how to survive in the unforgiving wild of their new home on the Kenai Peninsula. With the help of the small-knit community of endearing fellow homesteaders, the Allbrights manage to just barely stay afloat. But Ernt, who has never recovered from the trauma of fighting in the Vietnam War, struggles with the isolation and the interminably dark days of winter. Leni grows up witnessing her father (who is increasingly unable to control his paranoia and jealousy) abuse her beloved mother. Leni's greatest comfort and escape is her schoolmate and neighbor Matthew. Over the years, their friendship evolves into a forbidden romance. Hannah highlights, with vivid description, the natural dangers of Alaska juxtaposed against incongruous violence. VERDICT Give to teens who loved the author's The Nightingale and to fans of Jodi Picoult.Tara Kehoe, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, NC\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Love's Winning Plays: A Novel\nDescription: [\"A sardonic, fun take on big-time college football, where booster money plays first-team offense.<br /> - <strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />A book that explores the gamut of experiences behind the scenes of collegiate football. Best of all, it's a great read where loyalty still means something in our money talks world.<br /> - <strong>Jon Gruden, ESPN Monday Night Football Analyst</strong><br /><br />This rollicking, tongue-in-cheek sports novel from Majors makes for a breezy read worth a few chuckles while it gives a behind-the-scenes peek at the often greedy, arrogant titans who run college football. ...[A] funny, irreverent, and savvy sports novel.<br /> - <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br /><em>Love's Winning Plays</em> is one great big tailgate party. Inman Majors is Roy Blount Jr. crossed with Dan Jenkins.<br /> - <strong>Allen Barra, author of <i>The Last Coach</i></strong><br /><br />A fast, fun book. Reads like a mixture of Dan Jenkins and Larry McMurtry.<br /> - <strong>Barry Switzer, former coach of the University of Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys</strong><br /><br />Not since Lucky Jim has there been as lovable a hapless hero as Raymond Love. Lovable Love. In Inman Majors' romp through big-time college football, love is all fumbles, yet we cheer every play. What a smart, funny novel.<br /> - <strong>Roger Rosenblatt</strong><br /><br />A rare football book for both the fanatic and non-worshiper alike. You'll meet those characters who populate every watering hole on the college circuit. Inman Majors' Coach Woody will have you chuckling out loud as Coach Love searches for his best play, yet. A superb read by a fine, young writer who understands football.<br /> - <strong>Brent Musburger</strong><br /><br />I cant remember the last time I laughed out loud this much reading a book.<br /> - <strong><em>Metropulse</em></strong><br /><br />It is a gem of a comedic novel, so laugh-out loud funny that readers might not even notice that if also captures the essence of the sport with humanity and grace.<br /> - <strong><em>Chapter 16</em></strong><br /><br />Majorss wry and intelligent writing style pulls readers through the bizarre situations surrounding a major college football program Strap yourself inits a wild ride.<br /> - <strong><em>Library Journal</em></strong>\", 'Inman Majors teaches fiction writing at James Madison University. He is the author of Wonderdog, Swimming in Sky, and The Millionaires. He lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Fun and Easy Ways to Learn French: Des moyens amusants et faciles pour apprendre le franais\nDescription: ['Tired of classwork that seems to go nowhere and does not seem to help you learn French? Try something different. Combine methods and learn new ways to learn the language.<br /><br />Most of these methods are the methods that the author used to get fluent in French. His first two years of learning French were okay. After using these methods, his grades greatly improved, and he got inducted into the French Honor Society at the end of his third year of French.<br /><br />Although the subtitle of this book is in French, the entire book is in English only, except for some explanations of a few French words.', '<span>Jeremy G. Woods is an author as well as a Francophile (someone who loves the French language andculture). He is from Huntsville, Alabama, USA and has a bachelor degree in marketing with a minor in French. He is fluent in French, partly due to his travels and partly due to the time he spent devoted to the creative ideas listed in this book. This book is the result of study habits, tricks, and ideas he put into practice while he was on a journey to learn the French language. Jeremy has learned several languages. Besides English (his native language) and French (his second language), he has learned Romanian, some Spanish, some Chinese (Mandarin), some Italian, and some Irish (Gaelic). Learning languages is one of his favorite hobbies (on top of writing and acting). If you have success stories in learning languages, you can contact him at the e-mail listed in the book. He looks forward to hearing your stories; however, he will not respond to all the e-mails due to a busy schedule, even though he will read every one that he sees. </span><span>He has published 4 other books that are also available online. You can preview his works through his website. He lives in Trgu Mure, Romania, and is recently married.</span>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Trashy Town\nDescription: ['Zimmerman and Clemesha, authors of The Cow Buzzed, give a cleaned-up account of sanitation work. Mr. Gilly is a trash collector and has the enviable task of driving a big blue truck. Accompanied by two tidy, pale-gray rats, Mr. Gilly gathers garbage from the school, the park and the pizza parlor. Each stop is followed by the refrain: Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! (the type is set into a neat black side bar at the right of each spread). Theres nary an overfull can or torn garbage bag in sight, and by the end, Mr. Gilly has cleaned up the whole town! He takes his load to the dump, then goes home for a bath. Despite the smelly and slimy aspects of garbage collecting, Zimmerman and Clemesha make Mr. Gillys job seem satisfying. If they oversimplify, they also dignify the works human component. Like the authors, Yaccarino (Circle Dogs) also makes the work look manageable. His rectangular silhouettes of urban buildings and stylized alleys appear in unadulterated shades of sapphire blue and deep red. He pictures items of litterbanana peels, pizza slices, empty bottles and cansas sleek icons, giving no indication of dirt or decay; Mr. Gillys ochre jumpsuit and blue plaid shirt remain unsullied. This overwhelmingly positive day-in-the-life gives an overdue salute to an unsung hero, and transforms Trashy Town into a tidy town. Ages 4-8. <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'PreSchool-K-This jaunty look at garbage collection makes a backbreaking job look like fun. Yaccarino\\'s illustrations are appealingly childlike and have a slightly retro look. They show a brightly colored, if somewhat messy, town-definitely in need of the trash collector\\'s cheerful care. Simple shapes and minimal detail suggest various locations (the school, the park, the pizza parlor) but keep the focus squarely on Mr. Gilly as he goes about his appointed rounds. At the same time, two small rodents appear in each double-page spread, providing continuity as they introduce a playful element to the story. The repetitive, rhythmic text makes it easy for children to chime in. Preschoolers will especially appreciate the refrain, \"Dump it in, smash it down, drive around the Trashy Town! Is the trash truck full yet? NO.\" Like the pictures, the type has a solid, almost blocky appearance; it is easy to read and contributes to the book\\'s design. Entertaining enough to be read just for fun, this simple selection will also appeal to teachers looking for stories about community helpers.<br /><i>Lisa Dennis, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA </i><br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Remember my Jo\nDescription: ['REMEMBER MY JO UNABRIDGED 5 CASSETTE SET', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: How To Use Diamond Abrasives to Cut Gemstones (Gembooks)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Rosie Project\nDescription: ['Book by Graeme Simsion', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Middle East Rules of Thumb: Understanding the complexities of the Middle East\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Island of Saints: A Story of the One Principle That Frees the Human Spirit\nDescription: [\"Bestseller Andrews provides another round of light historical fiction, with themes similar to his last book, <i>The Lost Choice</i>. This time the person finding historical artifacts in his yard is Andrews himself. (Fact or fiction? It's tough to tell, and some readers may find that confusing.) While trying to dig out the roots of a dead wax myrtle tree, Andrews's shovel hits a tin containing WWII artifactsbuttons, photos, a badge and medal from a German U-boat officer. Andrews, who lives on a Gulf Coast island, immediately begins researching U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico during the war. Who did these items belong to? How did they end up buried in his yard? What happened to the German officer and the family shown in one of the pictures? The questions lead him to uncover the past: a U-boat officer washed ashore, critically injured; a desperately bitter young war widow; a crazed Nazi; and a cast of characters from a sleepy undeveloped beach town. The underlying theme concerns the necessity and nature of true forgiveness, portrayed through the story and in occasionally didactic dialogue that may grate on some readers. But many are sure to love this sweet tale, simply told. <i>(June 2)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hostage to War: A True Story (Coping)\nDescription: [\"Grade 7 Up. Written in the form of a diary, this memoir relates the struggle of a Russian adolescent to survive during World War II. Wassiljewa was barely 14 and living close to starvation in a small, German-occupied town 60 kilometers from Leningrad when she was sent to do forced labor in Germany. Her story is gripping and a grim reminder of the horrors war imposes on civilian populations. While frankly describing the brutality of the living and working conditions, she does not neglect to note the kindnesses of individuals, including Germans who on occasion alleviated her suffering, sometimes at great personal risk. The greatest irony of her story is the suspicion with which those young people who had struggled so valiantly to survive in the enemy's land were treated when they returned to their homeland. Too young to have a passport before the war, Wassiljewa was denied an identity certificate that would allow her to continue her schooling after her return. Serendipity resolved her situation but not of many others like her who were sent to Soviet prison camps. The book was published in the Soviet Union in 1990, but this edition was done from a German translation published in 1994. This double translation and the use of the German transliteration of Russian names may account for some awkwardness. The writing is not always as engaging as the story itself, and the historical endnote has some errors. Nonetheless, Hostage is a welcome addition to the literature about World War II because of its unique viewpoint.?Elizabeth Talbot, University of Illinois, Champaign<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'Gr. 7^-10. The suffering of millions of Russian civilians during World War II is personalized in this diary narrative of one survivor, who was 13 when the Nazis invaded Leningrad in 1941. She tells it quietly. First, there are the German occupation and her experience at home of hunger, cold, disease, brutality. Then she spends years in forced labor camps and factories in Germany. Finally, when the war is over, she records the wrenching homecoming scenes (\"Mama is unrecognizable\") and her determination to go back to school. Always, even in the worst times, there are a few people who help her. The English translation is from a German translation of the original Russian, but it reads smoothly. The diary format is contrived; it is just a way for her to write in the first person and the present tense, but it works fine, and readers will accept that what sustained her in those wartime years was to imagine she was writing personal letters telling her mother what was happening. An afterword fills in the historical background. This is a strong voice to add to the eyewitness accounts of what it was like to be a teenager in wartime. <i>Hazel Rochman</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The FastDiet Cookbook: 150 Delicious, Calorie-Controlled Meals to Make Your Fasting Days Easy\nDescription: ['Mimi Spencer is a feature writer, columnist, and the author of<i>101 Things to Do Before You Diet.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: House Beautiful Decorating with Fabric: Inspiring Sewing Projects for Every Room\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story\nDescription: ['R. J. Palacio is a graphic designer by day and a writer by night. She lives in New York City with her husband, their two sons, and a black dog named Bear. Wonder is her first novel.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Nao of Brown\nDescription: ['<b>Glyn Dillon</b>s comics illustrations have appeared in several works from Vertigo, including <i>The Sandman</i>. He has also worked as an artist, animator, and designer in film and television. He lives in London, England.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Life on the Mississippi (Penguin Classics)\nDescription: [\"Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot's apprenticeship, a record of Twain's return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river's shores.\", 'Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died at Redding, Connecticut in 1910. In his person and in his pursuits he was a man of extraordinary contrasts. Although he left school at twelve when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher. He made fortunes from his writing but toward the end of his life he had to resort to lecture tours to pay his debts. He was hot-tempered, profane, and sentimental<b></b>and also pessimistic, cynical, and tortured by self-doubt. His nostalgia helped produce some of his best books. He lives in American letters as a great artist, the writer whom William Dean Howells called the Lincoln of our literature.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Mark Twain (Masters Library)\nDescription: [\"A beautiful bonded leather bound collection of the following five (5) Twain classics: 1) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; 2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; 3) The Prince and the Pauper; 4) Pudd'n Head Wilson; 5) A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court. Gold gilded edges and faux marbled fly pages complete this elegant impression. Non-illustrated.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Top Secret / Majic\nDescription: ['Friedman, a nuclear physicist and noted \"UFOlogist\" (Crash at Corona: The Definitve Study of the Roswell Incident, Marlowe, 1994), examines the documentary evidence for the existence of a clandestine government group called \"Majestic-12\" (sometimes shortened to \"MJ-12\" or \"Majic\"), supposedly formed in 1947 to deal with the remains of a crashed flying saucer near Roswell, New Mexico. The U.S. government has consistently denied there ever was such an incident or group. Friedman attempts to authenticate purported MJ-12 documents that mysteriously appeared in 1984 and 1994. He also refutes arguments by debunkers such as Carl Sagan and Phillip Klass and criticizes the findings in Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt\\'s recent The Truth About the UFO Crash in Roswell (LJ 6/1/94). Included here for the first time is part of a 1984 \"Special Operations Manual\" for the recovery and disposal of extraterrestrial entities and technology. If authenticated, it would lend credence to Friedman\\'s belief in a governmental cover-up he terms a \"cosmic Watergate.\" While this book is speculative to some degree, Friedman operates mostly as a scientist, carefully weighing all evidence before coming to a conclusion. Recommended for public and academic libraries.?Gary D. Barber, SUNY at Fredonia Lib.<br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'The Majestic-12 documents are controversial adjuncts to the now famous UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Obtained under unusual circumstances, they refer to a top-secret research operation created by President Truman to coordinate the study of debris and alien bodies recovered from the crash site. Although the documents are considered by many historians and ufologists to be hoaxes, Friedman has studied them intensively and answers criticisms in great detail. He reviews the most recently discovered document, an alleged 1954 manual for the recovery and disposal of extraterrestrial entities and technology, as well as the notorious \"alien autopsy\" film that was broadcast on the Fox network in 1995. This book will delight those who can\\'t get enough of crashed saucers and government cover-ups. <i>George Eberhart</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch, Inspiration & Instruction\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Blackball, the Black Sox, and the Babe: Baseball's Crucial 1920 Season\nDescription: [\"This study of professional baseball in 1920 stresses the pivotal nature of the revelations regarding the crooked 1919 World Series. In particular, Cottrell (history and American studies, California State Univ., Chico), the author of a biography of Rube Foster and an LJ reviewer, tells the story by focusing on four prominent figures: Buck Weaver, the one member of the Black Sox punished only for guilty knowledge; Kennesaw Mountain Landis, the flamboyant and morally righteous federal judge who would become baseball's first commissioner; Babe Ruth, who ushered in a new era and style of baseball; and Rube Foster, who founded the first black professional baseball league that same year. Cottrell's approach is scholarly and meticulous, but the writing is very readable. At times, the Foster sections seem artificially inserted, but that reflects the ostracized state of blacks in professional baseball at the time. Cottrell's emphasis on American hero mythology and racial realities works well, though his invocation of class considerations falls a little flat. Recommended for any library where baseball books circulate well. John Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ.Lib., Camden, NJ <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.\", '\"meticulous...recommended\"--<i>Library Journal</i>; \"he skillfully weaves his four biographies to chronicle a crucial season that changed baseball\"--<i>Sports Collectors Digest</i>; \"a collective biography of some of the biggest figures in 1920 baseball\"--<i>The SABR Bulletin.</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II\nDescription: ['“I love these kinds of books, and this is a great one....It’s a phenomenal story.” (Jon Stewart, The Daily Show)<br /><br />“Fascinating ... Kiernan has amassed a deep reservoir of intimate details of what life was like for women living in the secret city, gleaned from seven years of interviews and research. ... Rosie, it turns out, did much more than drive rivets.” (The Washington Post)<br /><br />“Kiernan…brings a unique and personal perspective to this key part of American history.…Instead of the words of top scientists and government officials, Kiernan recounts the experiences of factory workers, secretaries, and low-level chemists in a town that housed at its peak 75,000 people trained not to talk about what they knew or what they did. She combines their stories with detailed reporting that provides a clear and compelling picture of this fascinating time.” (<i>The Boston Globe</i>)<br /><br />“Kiernan’s focus is on the intimate and often strange details of work and life at Oak Ridge. It’s told in a novelistic style and is an intimate look at the experiences of the young women who worked at Oak Ridge and the local residents whose lives were changed by the presence of the project.” (The San Francisco Book Review)<br /><br />“Kiernan’s book, the result of seven years of research and interviews with the surviving \\'girls,\\' sparkles with their bright, WWII slang and spirit, and takes readers behind the scenes into the hive-like encampments and cubicles where they spent their days and nights.…<I>The Girls of Atomic City</I> brings to light a forgotten chapter in our history that combines a vivid, novelistic story with often troubling science.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)<br /><br />“The image of Rosie the Riveter — women filling in at factories to help the war effort — is well known. But women also assisted on the Manhattan Project, signing up for secret work in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to help build the atomic bomb. Kiernan looks at the lives and contributions of these unsung women who worked in jobs from secretaries to chemists.” (<i>New York Post</i>)<br /><br />“Kiernan’s accounts ring with authenticity.…<i>The Girls of Atomic City</i> is fascinating.\" (<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i>)<br /><br />\"As most of us are all too aware, the generation who fought in World War II or supported the effort from home are leaving us -- their children, grandchildren, and greats -- to carry on without them. Thanks to author Kiernan, we hear from a group of that generation\\'s women, now in their eighties and nineties, whose wartime experience matched no one else\\'s. Ever. Anywhere.\" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)<br /><br />“A fresh take on the secret city built in the mountains of Tennessee as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II… An inspiring account of how people can respond with their best when called upon.” (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />\"Denise Kiernan recreates, with cinematic vividness and clarity, the surreal Orwell-meets-Margaret Atwood environment of Oak Ridge as experienced by some of the women who were there: secretaries, technicians, a nurse, a statistician, a leak pipe inspector, a chemist, and a janitor.\" (DailyBeast.com)', 'Denise Kiernan’s previous book, <i>The Girls of Atomic City</i>, is a <i>New York Times, Los Angeles Times,</i> and NPR bestseller<i>,</i> and was named one of Amazon’s Top 100 Best Books of 2013. Kiernan has been published in <i>The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Discover,</i> and many more publications. She has also worked in television, serving as head writer for ABC’s <i>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire</i> during its Emmy award–winning first season and producing for media outlets such as ESPN and MSNBC. She has been a featured guest on NPR’s “Weekend Edition,”<i> PBS NewsHour, </i>MSNBC’s<i> Morning Joe,</i> and <i>The Daily Show</i> with Jon Stewart.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Very Lowly: A Meditation on Francis of Assisi\nDescription: ['\"Every once in a while a book comes along that takes your breath away, leaving you dizzy and delirious. Read this book and you\\'ll understand the importance of paying humble attention to humble things. And finally, read this book because it will teach your soul to sing.\"<i>Spirituality and Health </i> <br /> <br />\"A singular contemplative exercise. Christian Bobin has given birth to a music that is his alone. One finds oneself entering into this contemplation, into this human nearness, and sharing its happiness.\"<i>Le Monde</i> <br /><br />\"This exquisite and moving book not only talks about Saint Francis in a very eloquent way but brings the reader subtly and magically into the very heart of Francis\\'s great mystical love for the world.\"Andrew Harvey, author of <i>Son of Man </i> and <i>The Direct Path</i>', \"Christian Bobin is the author of eighteen books in French, several of them best-sellers, and he is the winner of France's 1993 Grand Prix Catholique de Litterature.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Mag ic of Theater\nDescription: ['Journalist Sokolove pays tribute to drama teacher Lou Volpe, who in the last 40 years has revolutionized the theater program at Harry S. Truman High School. Located in Levittown, Pennsylvania, a blue-collar town that has been on a slow economic downswing since the 1960s, Truman has become known for its drama program, thanks to Volpe, whose productions draw not only critical acclaim but also the attention of famous theater producers. A dedicated teacher who inspires loyalty in students past and present, Volpe often stages productions that are controversial but that he firmly believes his kids will relate to. During the season Sokolove spends at Truman, Volpe and his kids put on the play Good Boys and True and the musical Spring Awakeningsboth of which address teen sexuality, angst, and reckless behavior. Volpe pushes his student actors hard, but for most of them, being in one of his productions is transformative. Many alums go on to pursue careers in theater or the arts. A powerful look at the way a dynamic and dedicated teacher can change lives. --Kristine Huntley', 'Praise for <i>Drama High</i><br /><br />\"A good reporter can make almost any story interesting. A great reporter makes it blossom. With the kind of diligent, thorough and imaginative reporting not seen enough these days, Sokolove not only brings a teacher, his students and their community to life, he also opens the story to larger matters.\"<i>The Washington Post</i><br /><br />\"Poignant...Captivating...[Sokolove] shines a heartening light on how one of those passionate heros devoted himself...to educating, rather than training, young people.\"<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />Imagine if all of<i>Glee</i>sustained the level of quality and heart that characterized the story lines between Kurt and his dad, and you\\'ll get a closer approximation of what<i>Drama High</i>achievesIt immediately becomes required reading: for young people who can learn more about the challenge and rewards of theatre, for parents who may well need the same background, for anyone who doubts the value of theatre as an educational and character-building activity not only for those who would become professionals, for those who want to spark reveries of their own experiences in high school drama.<i>The Huffington Post</i><br /><br />\"Anextraordinary booka viscerally real reminder of the pain and excitement of being a teenager, an honest and compassionate discussion of class in America, awondrous, lightning-in-a-bottle book.\"Curtis Sittenfeld, author of <i>Prep</i><br /><br />\"Part <i>Glee</i>, part <i>Hoop Dreams</i>, <i>Drama High </i>is a bravura performance, the true story of that teacher we all remember or wish we did, the one who pushes us to be better than we thought possible. You\\'ll clap and cry at the end. Sokolove deserves a standing ovation.\"Elizabeth Weil, author of <i>No Cheating, No Dying</i><br /><br />\"What makes a great teacherthe kind who truly transforms lives? The answer lies between these covers, in Michael Sokolove\\'s intimate portrait. This book ripples with emotion, with humor, with heart. Like a great performance, <i>Drama High</i> won\\'t just move you. It will inspire you.\"Jonathan Mahler, author of <i>Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx Is Burning</i><br /><br /><br />Praise for Michael Sokolove<br /><br />Sokolove is a natural literary stylist with the gifts of a social historian.<i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />A terrific read, made to work by Sokoloves insightful reporting and deft writing . . . a sad, powerful, thoughtful, totally engrossing work.<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br />A narrative defined by its compassionate, clear-eyed tone. <i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />A first-class work of sound reporting.Roger Angell, <i>The New Yorker</i><br />', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Samuel Adams: A Life\nDescription: [\"Thomas Jefferson once declared, For depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equaled, Sam Adams. Yet the American revolutionary from Massachusetts (17221803, cousin of John Adams) has become the forgotten founding father, and Stoll attempts to pull Adams out of this oblivion. Rebellious Americans' passionate vision of themselves as an incarnation of the Israelites freeing themselves from Egyptian slavery was invoked by Adams, one of the most religious American revolutionaries. He called on Americans to fulfill their God-given freedom and was a radical who endured physical danger, poverty and the death at 37 of his only son. But for Stoll, a managing editor of the <i>New York Sun</i> with a long career in newspapers, Adams was also the consummate newspaperman, a pundit dispersing the ideals of freedom. Occasionally apt to settle into litanies of Adams's various tasks and redundant statements on the divine right of American independence, Stoll also sporadically recounts evocative details of the period, such as the lyrics from revolutionary songs. This account might sustain a renewed interest in Adams as the founder of a distinctly American spirit. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Unlike Jefferson, Washington, or other Founding Fathers, Sam Adams could point to few accomplishments before the era of the Revolution began. With the end of benign neglect and the onset of the efforts by Britain to tighten restrictions on the American colonies, Adams true talents emerged. He was, as his cousin John Adams stated, a born rebel. Stoll has written a compact, admiring biography of Adams aimed at general readers. He examines Adams rich but sometimes sad personal life, including his marriages and family tragedies. The strongest part of the narrative, of course, concerns his career as a Revolutionary agitator and statesman. Many of Adams comrades in the struggle were secular deists, but Adams was a devout Christian who sincerely saw the hand of God working in the struggle for his concept of liberty and eventually independence. His fiery rhetoric was infused with biblical allusions. Like many successful Revolutionaries, Adams was single-minded, frequently intolerant of other views, and frighteningly confident of his own righteousness. Stoll effectively conveys both the virtues and defects of a somewhat neglected but very essential figure in our Revolutionary struggle. --Jay Freeman', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Girl on the Fridge: Stories\nDescription: ['Advocates of flash fiction contend you can say a lot with a little. Unfortunately, you can also say a little with a little. Israeli writer Keret (<i>The Nimrod Flipout</i>) confirms both with this hodgepodge of 46 sketches, culled from his first collection. There are whimsical tales like Nothing, about a woman who loved a man who was made of nothing because this love would never betray her, and Freeze! about a guy who can stop the world and uses the power to score with hot girls. Despite an appealing, comic voice, many of these pieces feel insubstantial and leave the reader indifferent. Nevertheless, a haunting theme arises as stories featuring violence accumulate: Not Human Beings, in which an Israeli soldier is beaten by fellow officers when he objects to the cruel treatment of an old Arab man, screams in the face of bloodshed, whereas the irritation of the father in A Bet, when TV news reports on an Arab sentenced to death preempts an episode of Moonlighting, suggests how violence has been normalized. Keret demonstrates how the same short form that produces ineffective trifles can also create moments of startling power. <i>(Apr.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', '', 'Keret is a brilliant writer . . . completely unlike any writer I know. He is the voice of the next generation. <i>Salman Rushdie</i>', 'Keret may be the most important writer working in Israel right now; certainly he is the closest observer of its post-intifada, post-Oslo spiritual condition. And astonishingly, he is also the Israeli writer closest to the literary tradition of pre-Israel, pre- Holocaust European Jewry . . . Kafka said that literature should be an ax to break the frozen sea within us. Keret is a writer whaling at the ice with a Wiffle ball bat. <i>Stephen Marche, The Forward</i>', \"Short, strange, funny, deceptively casual in tone and affect, stories that sound like a joke but aren't--Etgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously. <i>Yann Martel</i>\", 'Keret can do more with six . . . paragraphs than most writers can with 600 pages. <i>Kyle Smith, People</i>', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Power and The Glory The Knitting Experience: Book 3: Color (The Knitting Experience)\nDescription: ['<DIV><b>Sally Melville</b> teaches knitting and is the author of <i>Sally Melville Styles: A Unique and Elegant Approach to Your Yarn Collection</i>, <i>The Knitting Experience, Book 1: The Knit Stitch</i>, and <i>The Knitting Experience, Book 2: The Purl Stitch</i>. She lives in Waterloo, Ontario.<br></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: In Need Of A Wife (Presents Plus)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia\nDescription: ['Praise for <i>Dotter of Her Father\\'s Eyes</i>:<br>\"An accomplished and emotionally satisfying work.\" -<i>The Scotsman</i><br>\"Exquisite and moving.\"-<i>The Guardian</i>', \"Bryan Talbot s a British comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, its sequel Heart of Empire, the award-winning Tale of One Bad Rat, and the anthropromorphic steampunk series, Grandville. He also collaborated with his wife, Mary M. Talbot to produce <i>Dotter of Her Father's Eyes</i>, which won the 2012 Costa biography award. For more please visit http://www.bryan-talbot.com/biog/index.php The author lives in The Lakes Country, England, U.K..\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers\nDescription: ['Before you see the new Coen brothers movie Bridge of Spies, read the book that inspired it. Strangers on a Bridge, the 1964 bestseller, tells a fascinating true story of Cold War espionageAn enthralling inside account. (<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i>)<br /><br />\"Unique in the strange history of the Iron Curtain... Enthralling... A truly remarkable account of how the author fulfilled his stewardship as a lawyer and as a negotiator. He has done us a real service in writing this engrossing and forthright book.\" (<i>Allen Dulles, former chief of the CIA, in the New York Times Book Review</i>)<br /><br />\"Absorbing... A top-notch spy thriller.\" (<i>Time Magazine</i>)<br /><br />\"As fascinating as it is exciting.\" (<i>The Houston Chronicle</i>)<br /><br />\"<i>Strangers on a Bridge</i> guides us through the saga with a dry and courtly wisdom.\" (<i>The New Yorker</i>)<br /><br />\"As compelling as <i>The Spy Who Came In From the Cold--</i>except it happens to be true.\" (<i>Life Magazine</i>)<br /><br />\"An impressive story of devotion to justice and the national interest.\" (M.C. Miskovsky, CIA)<br /><br />\"Well written and informative, <i>Strangers on a Bridge</i> is a wonderful firsthand account of the most notable spy swap made during the height of the Cold War. Written by defense attorney James Donovan in 1963, the book gives an accurate overview of the behind the scenes negotiations that resulted in KGB Colonel Rudolph Abel being exchange for my father, CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, in February 1962 on the Bridge of Spies.\" (Francis Gary Powers, Jr., Founder and Chairman Emeritus The Cold War Museum)<br /><br />This book is much more than the exciting journal of one of historys great espionage cases, its preparation, trial and appeal and its dramatic dnouement at the Glienicker Bridge. Anyone who thrills to spy narratives and brilliant investigative work and skillful courtroom tactics will be sure to enjoy it. (Charles S. Desmond, Former Chief Judge of the State of New York)', 'Born in New York City in 1916, James B. Donovan graduated from Fordham University and Harvard Law School. A commander in the Navy during World War II, he became general counsel of the Office of Strategic Services and was associate prosecutor at the principal Nuremberg trial. Mr. Donovan subsequently acted as chief counsel in major trials and appeals in over thirty states, and was an insurance lawyer and partner at Watters and Donovan. He was Democratic candidate for United States Senator from New York in 1962; served as general counsel for the Cuban Families Committee, obtaining the release of more than 9,700 Cubans and Americans from Castros Cuba; was president of Pratt Institute; and was president of the Board of Education of the City of New York. He died in 1970, and was survived by his wife and four children.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Delta-human System: Better than just going organic\nDescription: ['Marcel Ostrow earned his Bachelors Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University with high honors. He has had a profound and un-canny interest in natural nutrition. For a long time, he had not engaged it fully, yet he knew something was wrong with the way most Americans thought and acted on their food choices. He became a Certified Sports Nutritionist by the ASFA, and has, for a long time, dedicated vast amounts of money and time to study and apply the novel nutrition principles to better his own life and that of the people willing to make a change in their life, particularly with food.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen\nDescription: ['<b>Book Description</b> <br /> Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, <i>Born to Run</i> is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: <i>Why does my foot hurt?</i> In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the worlds greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.<br />', 'Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder.', 'With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. <i>Born to Run</i> is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.', '<img align=\"right\" border=\"0\" src=\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/randoEMS/McDougall_credit_James_Rexroad.jpg\" /> <b>Question:</b> <i>Born to Run</i> explores the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos Copper Canyon, arguably the greatest distance runners in the world. What are some of the secrets you learned from them?', '<b>Christopher McDougall:</b> The key secret hit me like a thunderbolt. It was so simple, yet such a jolt. It was this: everything Id been taught about running was wrong. We treat running in the modern world the same way we treat childbirthits going to hurt, and requires special exercises and equipment, and the best you can hope for is to get it over with quickly with minimal damage.', 'Then I meet the Tarahumara, and theyre having a blast. They remember what its like to love running, and it lets them blaze through the canyons like dolphins rocketing through waves. For them, running isnt work. It isnt a punishment for eating. Its fine art, like it was for our ancestors. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middlebehold, the Running Man.', 'The Tarahumara have a saying: Children run before they can walk. Watch any four-year-oldthey do everything at full speed, and its all about fun. Thats the most important thing I picked up from my time in the Copper Canyons, the understanding that running can be fast and fun and spontaneous, and when it is, you feel like you can go forever. But all of that begins with your feet. Strange as it sounds, the Tarahumara taught me to change my relationship with the ground. Instead of hammering down on my heels, the way Id been taught all my life, I learned to run lightly and gently on the balls of my feet. The day I mastered it was the last day I was ever injured.', '<b>Q:</b> You trained for your first ultramarathona race organized by the mysterious gringo expat Caballo Blanco between the Tarahumara and some of Americas top ultrarunnerswhile researching and writing this book. What was your training like?', '<b>CM:</b> It really started as kind of a dare. Just by chance, Id met an adventure-sports coach from Jackson Hole, Wyoming named Eric Orton. Erics specialty is tearing endurance sports down to their basic components and looking for transferable skills. He studies rock climbing to find shoulder techniques for kayakers, and applies Nordic skiings smooth propulsion to mountain biking. What hes looking for are basic engineering principles, because hes convinced that the next big leap forward in fitness wont come from strength or technology, but plain, simple durability. With some 70% of all runners getting hurt every year, the athlete who can stay healthy and avoid injury will leave the competition behind.', 'So naturally, Eric idolized the Tarahumara. Any tribe that has 90-year-old men running across mountaintops obviously has a few training tips up its sleeve. But since Eric had never actually met the Tarahumara, he had to deduce their methods by pure reasoning. His starting point was uncertainty; he assumed that the Tarahumara step into the unknown every time they leave their caves, because they never know how fast theyll have to sprint after a rabbit or how tricky the climbing will be if theyre caught in a storm. They never even know how long a race will be until they step up to the starting linethe distance is only determined in a last-minute bout of negotiating and could stretch anywhere from 50 miles to 200-plus.', 'Eric figured shock and awe was the best way for me to build durability and mimic Tarahumara-style running. Hed throw something new at me every dayhopping drills, lunges, mile intervalsand lots and lots of hills. There was no such thing, really, as long, slow distancehed have me mix lots of hill repeats and short bursts of speed into every mega-long run.', 'I didnt think I could do it without breaking down, and I told Eric that from the start. I basically defied him to turn me into a runner. And by the end of nine months, I was cranking out four hour runs without a problem.', '<b>Q:</b> Youre a six-foot four-inches tall, 200-plus pound guynot anyones typical vision of a distance runner, yet youve completed ultra marathons and are training for more. Is there a body type for running, as many of us assume, or are all humans built to run?', '<b>CM:</b> Yeah, Im a bigun. But isnt it sad thats even a reasonable question? I bought into that bull for a loooong time. Why wouldnt I? I was constantly being told by people who should know better that some bodies arent designed for running. One of the best sports medicine physicians in the country told me exactly thatthat the reason I was constantly getting hurt is because I was too big to handle the impact shock from my feet hitting the ground. Just recently, I interviewed a nationally-known sports podiatrist who said, You know, we didnt ALL evolve to run away from saber-toothed tigers. Meaning, what? That anyone who isnt sleek as a Kenyan marathoner should be extinct? Its such illogical blatherall kinds of body types exist today, so obviously they DID evolve to move quickly on their feet. Its really awful that so many doctors are reinforcing this learned helplessness, this idea that you have to be some kind of elite being to handle such a basic, universal movement.', '<b>Q:</b> If humans are born to run, as you argue, whats your advice for a runner who is looking to make the leap from shorter road races to marathons, or marathons to ultramarathons? Is running really for everyone?', '<b>CM:</b> I think ultrarunning is Americas hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race. I showed up at the Leadville Trail 100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, Whoah! Get a load of the hotties! Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful andbelieve it or notgood looking. I couldnt figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the daily life of an ultrarunner. Theyre out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes, eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away with the miles. But heres the real key to that kingdom: you have to relax and enjoy the run. No one cares how fast you run 50 miles, so ultrarunners dont really stress about times. Theyre out to enjoy the run and finish strong, not shave a few inconsequential seconds off a personal best. And thats the best way to transition up to big mileage races: as coach Eric told me, If it feels like work, youre working too hard.', '<b>Q:</b> You write that distance running is the great equalizer of age and gender. Can you explain?', '<b>CM:</b> Okay, Ill answer that question with a question: Starting at age nineteen, runners get faster every year until they hit their peak at twenty-seven. After twenty-seven, they start to decline. So if it takes you eight years to reach your peak, how many years does it take for you to regress back to the same speed you were running at nineteen?', 'Go ahead, guess all you want. No one Ive asked has ever come close. Its in the book, so I wont give it away, but I guarantee when you hear the answer, youll say, No way. THAT old? Now, factor in this: ultra races are the only sport in the world in which women can go toe-to-toe with men and hand them their heads. Ann Trason and Krissy Moehl often beat every man in the field in some ultraraces, while Emily Baer recently finished in the Top 10 at the Hardrock 100 while stopping to breastfeed her baby at the water stations.', 'So hows that possible? According to a new body of research, its because humans are the greatest distance runners on earth. We may not be fast, but were born with such remarkable natural endurance that humans are fully capable of outrunning horses, cheetahs and antelopes. Thats because we once hunted in packs and on foot; all of us, men and women alike, young and old together.', '<b>Q:</b> One of the fascinating parts of <i>Born to Run</i> is your report on how the ultrarunners eatsalad for breakfast, wraps with hummus mid-run, or pizza and beer the night before a run. As a runner with a lot of miles behind him, what are your thoughts on nutrition for running?', '<b>CM:</b> Live every day like youre on the lam. If youve got to be ready to pick up and haul butt at a moments notice, youre not going to be loading up on gut-busting meals. I thought Id have to go on some kind of prison-camp diet to get ready for an ultra, but the best advice I got came from coach Eric, who told me to just worry about the running and the eating would take care of itself. And he was right, sort of. I instinctively began eating smaller, more digestible meals as my miles increased, but then I went behind his back and consulted with the great Dr. Ruth Heidrich, an Ironman triathlete who lives on a vegan diet. Shes the one who gave me the idea of having salad for breakfast, and its a fantastic tip. The truth is, many of the greatest endurance athletes of all time lived on fruits and vegetables. You can get away with garbage for a while, but you pay for it in the long haul. In the book, I describe how Jenn Shelton and Billy Bonehead Barnett like to chow pizza and Mountain Dew in the middle of 100-mile races, but Jenn is also a vegetarian who most days lives on veggie burgers and grapes.', '<b>Q:</b> In this difficult financial time, were experiencing yet another surge in the popularity of running. Can you explain this?', '<b>CM:</b> When things look worst, we run the most. Three times, America has seen distance-running skyrocket and its always in the midst of a national crisis. The first boom came during the Great Depression; the next was in the 70s, when we were struggling to recover from a recession, race riots, assassinations, a criminal President and an awful war. And the third boom? One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, trailrunning suddenly became the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the country. I think theres a trigger in the human psyche that activates our first and greatest survival skill whenever we see the shadow of approaching raptors.', '(Photo James Rexroad)', '', 'From the depths of Mexicos Copper Canyon to the heights of the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon in Colorado, from the centuries-old running techniques of Mexicos Tarahumara tribe to a research lab at the University of Utah, author McDougall celebrates, in this engaging and picaresque account, humankinds innate love of running. There are rogues aplenty here, such the deadly narco-traffickers who roam Copper Canyon, but there are many more who inspire, such as the Tarahumara runners, who show the rest of the world the false limitations we place on human endurance. McDougall has served as an Associated Press war correspondent, is a contributing editor to Mens Health, and runs at his home in rural Pennsylvania, and he brings all of these experiences to bear in this slyly important, highly readable account. --Alan Moores', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Heart of Gold\nDescription: ['J.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She lives in the South with her family.']"
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"chosen": "Title: From Sea to Shining Sea\nDescription: [\"id...Thom tells the story with humor and eloquence, and a thumping good tale it is, too."<br>THE WASHINGTON POST<br>In one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book recreates the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield, the grueling journeys across an untamed wilderness, and the soul-stirring Lewis and Clark Expedition. This mighty epic is a fitting tribute to the wisdom and courage of Ann Rogers Clark, her husband John, and the ten sons and daughters they nurtured and inspired.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Aunt Mary's Kitchen Cookbook\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants\nDescription: ['', '', 'Samuel Thayer is an internationally recognized authority on edible wild plants who has authored two award-winning books on the topic, <i>Natures Garden </i>and <i>The Foragers Harvest</i>. He has taught foraging and field identification for more than two decades. Besides lecturing and writing, Samuel is an advocate for sustainable food systems who owns a diverse organic orchard and harvests wild rice, acorns, hickory nuts, maple syrup, and other wild products. He lives in rural northern Wisconsin with his wife and three children.', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Taking 1960\nDescription: ['Rosa Sophia is the Editor-in-Chief of the Pagan Writers Community (www.paganwriters.com). She writes in her free time, collects comic books and loves to travel.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Vegetable Gardening For Dummies\nDescription: ['', '<b><i>Learn to:</i></b><ul><li>Plant, care for, and harvest your own vegetables</li><li>Plot your garden and prepare the soil</li><li>Combat pests with environmentally' friendly methods</li><li>Save money and improve your health </li></ul>', '<b>Now updated — your guide to growing fresher, healthier food at home</b>', 'Want to start a vegetable garden but don't have a green thumb? No worries! This practical, hands-on guide gives you the tools to grow and enjoy your own vegetables, from selecting the right spot for your plot to preparing the soil to harvesting and preserving. You'll confidently plant your veggies, give them the care they need, and pick them at the right time!<ul><li><b>Go ahead and veg out</b> — from carrots to cabbage and from peppers to potatoes, discover the best varieties of vegetables to grow and the specifics on how to grow them</li><li><b>Enjoy other edibles</b> — grow berries and herbs to add flavor to your garden</li><li><b>Get down and dirty</b> — review the latest techniques for proper watering, mulching, fertilizing, succession planting, interplanting, and container gardening</li><li><b>Say goodbye to pesky pests</b> — keep your plants pest-free and healthy using the newest, safest methods</li></ul>', '<b>Open the book and find:</b><ul><li>A new 8-page color insert</li><li>Updated illustrations</li><li>The benefits of growing vegetables</li><li>Ideas for different garden themes</li><li>A garden-planning guide</li><li>Different varieties of vegetables</li><li>All you need to know about seeds and transplants</li><li>How-tos on techniques for increasing your bounty</li><li>The best tools of the trade</li><li>Practical tips on harvesting and storing veggies</li></ul>', '', '<b>Charlie Nardozzi</b> has worked for more than 20 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through the printed page, the Internet, radio, and television. He is currently a radio show host and a guest expert on many nationally syndicated radio shows such as <i>Martha Stewart Living Radio.</i> He was the host for PBS's<i> Garden Smart</i> and has been a gardening expert on other television shows such as HGTV's <i>Today at Home</i>.']",
"rejected": "Title: Arundel Burning: The Maryland Oyster Roast Fire of 1956\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Angels in the ER: Inspiring True Stories from an Emergency Room Doctor\nDescription: ['<DIV><P>\"People caring for people. Compassion and lovingkindness in difficult circumstances. This is the medicine we need the most, and it is administered on every page of <B><I>Angels in the ER</I></B>, a chronicle of mankind at its best.\"<br> —<B>Richard Thomas, film, television, and stage actor, \"John-Boy\" on <I>The Waltons</I> and host of <I>It\\'s a Miracle</I></B></P></DIV><br /><br /><DIV><P>\"<B><I>Angels in the ER</I></B> is hard to put down. You are <I>right there</I> with Dr. Lesslie in every circumstance, and each situation shows the spiritual dimension of life and death in a way most of us will never experience on our own. I can only compare the demand for moment-to-moment decision-making with my time on the basketball court. I enjoyed every story.\"<br> —<B>Bobby Jones, co-founder 2XSALT, four-time NBA All-Star, and member of the 1983 World Champion Philadelphia 76ers</B></P></DIV><br /><br /><DIV><P>\"Intelligent, insightful, professional, honest, compassionate...personal stories that allow the reader to view the patient from the mind and heart of the physician...<br><br>\"In an age when patients are viewed as social security numbers, Dr. Lesslie recovers the fading image of a caring doctor for whom the patient is center stage. We are left with the impression that angels belong to our lives, both in and out of emergency rooms. That is a conviction worth holding, and this is a book worth reading and rereading...If I ever land in an emergency room, I hope Dr. Lesslie is there waiting for me.\"<br> —<B>Randall T. Ruble, president, Erskine College and Seminary</B></P></DIV><br /><br /><DIV><P>\"We meet an amazing cast of characters who come through the doors of a South Carolina hospital emergency room. Professional wrestlers, distraught mothers, gunshot victims, travelers from off the interstate highway...just to name a few. But Robert Lesslie is also there, a faithful, empathetic physician with a heart for compassion and a keen eye for the presence of God in the midst of human need.\"<br> —<B>Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University </B></P></DIV>', '<P>Bestselling author <B>Dr. Robert Lesslie</B> is a physician with more than 30 years of experience in fast-paced, intense ER environments. He is now the co-owner and medical director of two urgent-care facilities. He has written many books (including  <I>Angels in the ER</I>—over 200,000 copies sold) as well as newspaper and magazine columns and human-interest stories. He and his wife, Barbara, live in South Carolina.</P>']",
"rejected": "Title: My Dear Phebe\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bottomfeeder\nDescription: ['', '<strong>TARAS GRESCOE</strong>is the author of six books, including the bestselling <em>Bottomfeeder</em>, which won the Writers Trust Prize for Non-Fiction, the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Literary Food Writing, and was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. His books<em>Sacr</em><em></em><em> Blues</em>,<em>The End of Elsewhere</em>and<em>Straphanger</em> were also Writers Trust Prize finalists. He lives in Montreal.Visit him online at www.tarasgrescoe.com or on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter @grescoe.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife\nDescription: ['Paperback Publisher: Eben Alexander (1672) ASIN: B01FRZ317G Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The X-tails Skateboard at Monster Ramp\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Essential Liberty\nDescription: ['\"I rarely do book reviews, and I sometimes struggle with myself on books I end up choosing to promote.I did just that with \"Essential Liberty,\" and this surprised me because it\\'s a well-written, movie-paced page-turner. My problem was being able to relate some of the characters to plausible individuals relatable to my own experiences, until I realized that I was being guilty of shallow, knee-jerk reactions. And that\\'s where I found real strength in what I first perceived as potential disqualifiers.\"<b>--David Codrea, National Gun Rights Examiner, Field Editor of Guns Magazine</b><br /><br />\"Essential Liberty, by author Rob Olive, tackles our greatest fears: The widespread prohibition and subsequent confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens, and the resulting moral, ethical, and constitutional crises. This isn\\'t just about guns, it\\'s about civil liberties, families, friendships, and abuses of power. I highly recommend Essential Liberty; this one is a \"must read\" for Second Amendment advocates and political fence sitters alike.\"<b>--Keith Wood, Host of the National Rifle Association\\'s \"Bullshooters\" Blog</b><br /><br />\"Consider Essential Liberty required reading for anyone who knows how fragile liberty is and how worthy it is of fighting for. It is, indeed, worth dying for and that implies, of course, that it is worth killing for. And that, perhaps, makes this book even more required reading for those who would undermine our liberty. If you liked John Ross\\'s Unintended Consequences and the Matthew Bracken Enemies Foreign and Domestic trilogy, you will no doubt find Essential Liberty impossible to put down.\"<b>--Kurt Hofmann, \"Armed and Safe\" Blog, Columnist - Gun Rights Examiner</b>', 'Rob Olive enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps fresh out of high school and served four years. He holds a bachelors degree in history from Oregon State University and has operated an insurance agency for over two decades. He lives in Oregon with his wife and three sons. Essential Liberty is Robs first novel. The concept grew out of his fascination with the one characteristic that differentiates the United States of America from any other country in historythe importance its Founders placed on individual liberty.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce\nDescription: [\"Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as 'bitter Bierce' and 'the devil's lexicographer.' He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature.\", '<DIV>In her foreword, Cathy N. Davidson, author of <I>The Experimental Fictions of Ambrose Bierce</I>, shows that Bierce, in form and mood, left behind the writers of his time and anticipated those of our own.</DIV>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Long Gray Line\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Taste of Home Quick Cooking 2016 Annual Recipes\nDescription: ['Dig into 650+ Super Fast Recipes & Tips! The exciting brand-new edition of QUICK COOKING ANNUAL RECIPES gives you page after page of scrumptious but speedy favorites. Shared by busy home cooks, the simply delicious dishes are sure to please all families. Below is a list of a taste of what to find inside the book: > 30-MINUTE DINNERS; > QUICK CASSEROLES; > HOLIDAY TIME-SAVERS; > KID-FRIENDLY FOOD; plus > DECADENT DESSERTS: > MEALS FROM THE SLOW COOKER; > POTLUCK SALADS; > ENTREES OFF THE GRILL; and > APPETIZERS.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, No. 1)\nDescription: [\"When Jack Reacher suddenly decides to ask a Greyhound bus driver to let him off near the town of Margrave, Georgia, he thinks it's because his brother once mentioned that the famed blues guitarist Blind Blake died there. But it doesn't take long for the footloose ex-military policeman to discover that there are plenty of strange--and very dangerous--things going on behind Margrave's manicured lawns and clean streets that demand his attention. This first thriller by a former television writer features some of the best-written scenes of action in recent memory, a crash course in currency and counterfeiting, and a hero who is just begging to be called on for an encore.\", 'The transient Jack Reacher finds himself in tiny Margrave, Georgia, and is almost immediately arrested, if briefly, as a murder suspect. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that one of the victims is his brother, a brilliant U.S. Treasury agent. Reacher himself is no slouch; a former military policeman, he can dispatch villains with an astonishing array of weapons, including various parts of his body. In the company of a straight-arrow detective and a beautiful lady cop, Reacher soon unearths a conspiracy stretching through the little town and beyond. Blood flows freely, terrible threats are made and carried out, and body parts accumulate. First novelist Child, a former television writer, stretches coincidence outrageously in this would-be noir outing, whose hero is creepily amoral, violent, and generally unpleasant. Only large pop fiction collections need consider.?Elsa Pendleton, Boeing Information Svcs., Ridgecrest, Cal.<br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Black Skyscraper: Architecture and the Perception of Race\nDescription: ['<P>\"The issues are at once new and familiar: how architecture and race entwine, and how writers contend with those links.\"</P> (<i>UChicago Magazine</i>)<br /><br /><P>\"A lucid, engaging look at how race was read in and through the skyscraper in early twentieth-century literature, <I>The Black Skyscraper</I> contributes in a substantial way to the growing body of literature that examines the connections between racial identity and the built environment.\"</P> (Dianne S. Harris, University of Utah, author of <I>Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America</I>)<br /><br /><P>\"Especially impressive is Brown\\'s careful attention to the aesthetic questions, including a clear account of how the skyscraper entered a collective imagination and contributed to a changing sensorium. In showing how the many literary and visual works she has assembled for this studynonfiction and fiction, documentary and imaginativeat once register and shape that collective imagination, Brown offers evidence of the importance of humanistic and artistic inquiry that stands to contribute significantly to critical debates on race and the built environment.\"</P> (Priscilla Wald, Duke University, author of <I>Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative</I>)<br /><br /><P>\"This exciting study breaks important new ground in the field of race and architecture. Showing incisively not only how ideas about race shaped the emergence of the early skyscraper but also how the skyscraper in turn shaped the perception of race itself, Brown\\'s book offers a fresh understanding of the often profound impact of the built environment on seeing, feeling, and performing racial identity. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersections between buildings, bodies, and books at the turn of the twentieth century.\"</P> (William Gleason, Princeton University, author of <I>Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature</I>)<br /><br /><P>\"<I>The Black Skyscraper </I>is Adrienne Brown\\'s magisterial work on the effects of race and racial perception emergent with the rise of the vertiginous symbols of industrial capitalism and modernity that sprouted in America\\'s metropolitan centers in the first half of the twentieth century. Her adept and unparalleled analysis of literature, dime-store novels, architecture, and urbanism offers a bold interdisciplinary model for rethinking the aesthetic and visual coding of racial difference within the built environment.\"</P> (Mabel Wilson, Columbia University, author of <I>Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture</I>)', '<P>With the development of the first skyscrapers in the 1880s, urban built environments could expand vertically as well as horizontally. Tall buildings emerged in growing cities to house and manage the large and racially diverse populations of migrants and immigrants flocking to their centers following Reconstruction. Beginning with Chicago\\'s early 10-story towers and concluding with the 1931 erection of the 102-story Empire State Building, Adrienne Brown\\'s <I>The Black Skyscraper</I> provides a detailed account of how scale and proximity shape our understanding of race.</P><P>Over the next half-century, as city skylines grew, American writers imagined the new urban backdrop as an obstacle to racial differentiation. Examining works produced by writers, painters, architects, and laborers who grappled with the early skyscraper\\'s outsized and disorienting dimensions, Brown explores this architecture\\'s effects on how race was seen, read, and sensed at the turn of the twentieth century. </P><P>In lesser-known works of apocalyptic science fiction, light romance, and Jazz Age melodrama, as well as in more canonical works by W. E. B. Du Bois, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aaron Douglas, and Nella Larsen, the skyscraper mediates the process of seeing and being seen as a racialized subject. From its distancing apexreducing bodies to specksto the shadowy mega-blocks it formed at street level, the skyscraper called attention, Brown argues, to the malleable nature of perception. A highly interdisciplinary work, <I>The Black Skyscraper</I> reclaims the influence of race on modern architectural design as well as the less-well-understood effects these designs had on the experience and perception of race.</P><P>\"A lucid, engaging look at how race was read in and through the skyscraper in early twentieth-century literature, <I>The Black Skyscraper</I> contributes in a substantial way to the growing body of literature that examines the connections between racial identity and the built environment.\"Dianne S. Harris, University of Utah, author of <I>Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America</I></P><P>\"Especially impressive is Brown\\'s careful attention to the aesthetic questions, including a clear account of how the skyscraper entered a collective imagination and contributed to a changing sensorium. In showing how the many literary and visual works she has assembled for this studynonfiction and fiction, documentary and imaginativeat once register and shape that collective imagination, Brown offers evidence of the importance of humanistic and artistic inquiry that stands to contribute significantly to critical debates on race and the built environment.\"Priscilla Wald, Duke University, author of <I>Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative</I></P><P>\"This exciting study breaks important new ground in the field of race and architecture. Showing incisively not only how ideas about race shaped the emergence of the early skyscraper but also how the skyscraper in turn shaped the perception of race itself, Brown\\'s book offers a fresh understanding of the often profound impact of the built environment on seeing, feeling, and performing racial identity. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersections between buildings, bodies, and books at the turn of the twentieth century.\"William Gleason, Princeton University, author of <I>Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature</P><P></I>\"<I>The Black Skyscraper </I>is Adrienne Brown\\'s magisterial work on the effects of race and racial perception emergent with the rise of the vertiginous symbols of industrial capitalism and modernity that sprouted in America\\'s metropolitan centers in the first half of the twentieth century. Her adept and unparalleled analysis of literature, dime-store novels, architecture, and urbanism offers a bold interdisciplinary model for rethinking the aesthetic and visual coding of racial difference within the built environment.\"Mabel Wilson, Columbia University, author of <I>Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture</I></P>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government\nDescription: ['Philip Howard has been on a lonely crusade for common sense, good government, and other quixotic ideas. Hes done it again with <em>The Rule of Nobody</em>, an utterly compelling and persuasive book that, if followed, could change the way America worksor doesnt work.<br /> - <strong>Fareed Zakaria, author of <em>The Post-American World</em></strong><br /><br />Its so damn hard to fix things when people cantor wontmake new choices. This powerful book shows how Washington is sinking in legal quicksand, literally beyond the power of those supposedly in charge. Perhaps the only solution, as Howard argues, is to prune out these obsolete laws and chop away on the bureaucracy so that citizens of common sense can roll up their sleeves and get to work again as America has always done. Today, leadership is practically illegal.<br /> - <strong>Alan K. Simpson, U.S. senator, Wyo. (retired)</strong><br /><br />Philip K Howard has always struck me as an eminently reasonable, articulate advocate for common sense solutions. No wonder no one listens to him.<br /> - <strong>Jon Stewart, The Daily Show</strong><br /><br />Philip Howard offers a startlingly fresh slant on what is holding America back. No one is free to make choices, including, especially, government officials. Regulatory law has become a nearly impenetrable web of detailed prohibitions and specifications. Everyone is hamstrung. Dense regulation discourages individuals, communities, and companies from taking new initiatives. It also prevents government officials from making the case-by-case judgment needed for effective regulatory oversight. This is an important reason why it is so expensive to start a business, why healthcare costs have gone through the roof, and why innovation has slowed to a crawl.<br /> - <strong>Professor Edmund S. Phelps, 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics and director, Center on Capitalism and Society</strong><br /><br />Youll laugh and wince and cry at the ridiculous situation America has gotten itself into. Howard shows us how we manufactured the rope we are now hanging ourselves with. Then he shows us how to untie the noose and put America back on the path to trust, competence, and greatness.<br /> - <strong>Jonathan Haidt, author of <i>The Righteous Mind</i></strong><br /><br />This book is so deep, appealing, and rousing that it has the potential to actually move politics out of its current stasis.<br /> - <strong>Christopher DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow, The Hudson Institute</strong><br /><br />Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, its always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency [This] book drives home some large truths.<br /> - <strong>Stuart Taylor Jr., <em>The Wall Street Journal</em></strong><br /><br />Compelling.<br /> - <strong>Nick Gillespie, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em></strong><br /><br />Howards proposed fix is witty, and intriguing: a follow-up to the Bill of Rights called the Bill of Responsibilities. These would be five new Constitutional amendments aimed at making government work better.<br /> - <strong>Kyle Smith, <em>New York Post</em></strong><br /><br />Philip K. Howards important new book helps to explain why government at all levels not only is on autopilot but on a flight path that can only end in disaster <em>The Rule of Nobody</em> envisions a shift in valuesaway from automatic government and toward a structure that allows humans to make choices needed to adapt to local need and global challenges. Well, heres hoping.<br /> - <strong>Nick Gillespie, <em>The Daily Beast</em></strong>', 'Philip K. Howard is the founder of Common Good, a nonprofit that advocates for simplifying government. His book, The Rule of Nobody, was a finalist for the Manhattan Institutes Hayek Book Prize. He lives in New York.']",
"rejected": "Title: Hugo's Les Miserables (Cliffs Notes)\nDescription: [\"Cliffs Test Preparation Guides help students prepare for and improve their performance on standardized tests ACT Preparation Guide CBEST Preparation Guide CLAST Preparation Guide ELM Review GMAT Preparation Guide GRE Preparation Guide LSAT Preparation Guide MAT Preparation Guide MATH Review for Standardized Tests MSAT Preparation Guide Memory Power for Exams Police Officer Examination Preparation Guide Police Sergeant Examination Preparation Guide Police Management Examinations Preparation Guide Postal Examinations Preparation Guide Praxis I: PPST Preparation Guide Praxis II: NTE Core Battery Preparation Guide SAT Preparation Guide SAT II Writing Preparation Guide TASP Preparation Guide TOEFL Preparation Guide with 2 cassettes Advanced Practice for the TOEFL with 2 cassettes Verbal Review for Standardized Tests Writing Proficiency Examinations You Can Pass the GED Cliffs Quick Reviews help students in introductory college courses or Advanced Placement classes Algebra I Algebra II Anatomy & Physiology Basic Math and Pre-Algebra Biology Calculus Chemistry Differential Equations Economics Geometry Linear Algebra Microbiology Physics Statistics Trigonometry Cliffs Advanced Placement Preparation Guides help high school students taking Advanced Placement courses to earn college credit AP Biology AP Calculus AB AP Chemistry AP English Language & Composition AP English Literature & Composition AP United States History Cliffs Complete Study Editions are comprehensive study guides with complete text, running commentary and glossary Chaucer's Prologue Chaucer's Wife of Bath Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV, Part I King Lear Macbeth The Merchant of Venice Othello Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Twelfth Night See inside back cover for listing of Cliffs Notes titles Registered trademarks include: GRE, MSAT, the Praxis Series, and TOEFL (Educational Testing Service): AP, Advanced Placement Program, and SAT (College Entrance Examination Board); GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Council); and LSAT (Law School Admission Council.) Les Miserables\", 'No Bio', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Being Mortal\nDescription: ['Title: Being Mortal( Medicine and What Matters in the End) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: AtulGawande <>Publisher: MetropolitanBooks', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 2007 High School Baseball Rules by Topic\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: The Hope: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Herman Wouk's acclaimed novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Caine Mutiny; Marjorie Morningstar; Don't Stop the Carnival; Youngblood Hawke; The Winds of War; War and Remembrance; Inside, Outside; The Hope; and The Glory.\", 'His nonfiction books include This Is My God and The Will to Live On: This Is Our Heritage.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: An Introduction to the Languages of the World\nDescription: ['<br />\"The author succeeds in covering a broad range of important and interesting information, and I am not aware of any other work that could serve as an all-round textbook for a course on the Languages of the World.\"--Bernard Comrie, <em>University of Southern California</em>, author of <em>The World\\'s Major</em> <em>Languages</em>', '', '', '', 'Anatole V. Lyovin is at University of Hawaii at Manoa.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Glory: A Novel\nDescription: [\"In Wouk's newest work, you'll meet Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Henry Kissinger, along with the second generation of the military family in his recent New York Times best seller, The Hope. A Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild alternate selection.<br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", \"This is the sequel to <i>The Hope</i> (1993), which dramatized the unlikely course of modern Israel's history, ending with its smashing victory over the Arabs in 1967. As in previous sagas of Woukian dimensions, <i>The Winds of War</i> to name one of a dozen, ordinary people become heroic figures against a turbulent backdrop of war, death, and love. As emotional encapsulations of this century's ghastly and glorious Jewish experience, Wouk's epics have been automatically popular, regardless of their schmaltzy, made-for-TV texture. Here he places a dozen military characters and their families in crucial roles in the post-'67 fighting: the Barak family has a military attach{}e in the Washington embassy and a son on a gunboat; the Luries fly fighters; and the Pasternaks lurk in the Mossad's shadows. From such vantage points, they fight along and over the Suez Canal and fend off disaster in the Yom Kippur War, pull off the exhilarating Entebbe rescue, and bomb Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981, an endpoint that leaves out the less triumphant '80s. Wouk humanizes these intense events with scenes of passage (affairs, weddings, funerals) and mixes in real Israeli leaders such as Golda Meir, Dayan, Sharon, and Rabin, who consult with his characters. While action-minded readers await a possible televised adaptation, this spacious panorama of battle should sustain their interest. <i>Gilbert Taylor</i>\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Guide to Motorcycling Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, and Strategies for Riding Right\nDescription: ['\"A welcome resource for both beginning and experienced riders.\" -- <i>Kansas City Star</i><br /><br />\"A welcome resource for both beginning and experienced riders.\" -- <i>Kansas City Star</i><br /><br />\"If you have taken a course, this book will help you recall what you learned and refine your mental riding strategies . . . a winner that should benefit motorcyclists for years to come.\" -- <i>BMW Owners News</i><br /><br />\"Includes almost everything a truly proficient street rider should understand and master.\" -- <i>Motorcyclist</i><br /><br />\"Now all motorcyclists can have instant access to an extensive resource on motorcycling safety, compiled by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). Motorcycle Excellence: Skills, Knowledge, And Strategies for Riding Right is a book that comprises much of what the MSF has learned in the last 21 years.\" -- <i>Motorcycle Shopper, December 1994</i><br /><br />\"The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.\" -- <i>Iron Works</i><br /><br />\"The most authoritative book ever published on safe riding techniques.\" -- <i>Iron Works</i><br /><br />\"This book covers everything from beginner to expert; really! It has 176 pages and some really nice photographs; my favorite is on page 18 showing a lovely Connie turning in. If you fell asleep in Physics 101 in high school (maybe it was college for me. . .) this text has lots of theoretical stuff on why the round things at either end of you bike behave the way they do. It is a good reference to lend out to beginning family members or friends to get them started on the right foot.\" -- <i>North East Area Concours Owners Group</i><br /><br />\"Though no book is a substitute for taking an approved motorcycle safety class, this one will improve your riding whether you\\'ve been throwing a leg over trusty two-wheelers for decades or are contemplating it for the first time. Even if you only pick up one gem of wisdom (and you\\'ll likely pick up more), that tip could well be the one that saves your hide some day. Remember, the more you know, the better it gets.\" -- <i>Motorcycle Times, Mar/Apr 1995</i><br /><br />\"You won\\'t be disappointed [in this] invaluable resource tool that will help any rider become a better rider. -- <i>Street Bike</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Best of Britain's 100 Places to Visit: Great Days Out for All the Family\nDescription: ['In this handy travel series, AAs experts have selected 100 of the top places to visit in Britain so that you can enjoy the finest of British culture and natural beauty. Packed with local knowledge, and complete with detailed descriptions, color photos, and visitors information, these easytouse guides are firstclass travel companions.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People\nDescription: ['Unflinchingly honest (and funny)You don\\'t have to be religious to get something out of this book. <br /><b> -NPRs Best Books of 2015<br /></b><br />\"Compulsively readable [Bolz-Weber\\'s] love for God and for humankind shines through on every page. <br /><b>-<i>Publishers Weekly<br /><br /></i></b>\"[Bolz-Weber] is one of the most important Christian voices around -- not because she has come up with some catchy, easy new way to do faith, but because when talks about the destructive power of sin, as well as redemption and grace, she knows of what she speaks.\"<br /><b><i>-Huffington Post</i></b><br /><br />\"Wickedly funny and painfully vulnerable, theologically nuanced and lyrically sonorous. [Bolz-Weber\\'s] voice communicates the scandal of the Christ and the sacraments of his church with more force and vitality than most writers can hope to summon.\"<br /><i><b>-The Christian Century<br /><br /></b></i>Engaging and accessibleBolz-Weber is clear-eyed about the personal travails faced by the marginalized and those without faith. <br /><i><b>Booklist</b></i><br /><br />\"If Saint Augustine were to return to life and live among us now, he would be Bolz-Weber; and if his<i>Confessions</i>were to be written in 21st century rhetoric and style, they would be this book.<i>Accidental Saints</i>is what every Christian yearns to know is possible.\"<br /><b>-Phyllis Tickle, author of<i>The Divine Hours</i>and<i>The GreatEmergence<br /></i></b><br />\"To say this is a book about God working through imperfect people is to reduce a work of profound, unvarnished truth-telling to the very clich it so masterfully avoids. <i>Accidental Saints</i> is a triumph in faithful storytelling. In just a few lines of description and dialog, Nadia Bolz-Weber manages to capture all that is beautiful and maddening and frightening about our shared humanity, including her own inconsistencies and struggles as a Jesus-loving sinner-saint. This is one of those rare books that will make you simultaneously wince with recognition and sigh with relief. A must read for every screw-up and asshole caught up in Gods grace.\"<br /><b>-Rachel Held Evans, author of <i>A Year of Biblical Womanhood</i> and <i>Searching for Sunday</i><br /><i><br /></i></b>Besides the fact that she is an amazing writer, my friend Nadia understands more than most that we are messed up people living in a messed up world with other messed up people. She gets the human condition. She refuses to sugarcoat the depth of her own desperation and need. And thats why she gets graceour dire need for grace. She understands that God meets our messed-up-ness with his mercy over and over and over again. I couldnt put this book down. <br /><b>-Tullian Tchividjian, author of <i>One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World</i> and founder of LIBERATE</b><br /><br />\"Nadia Bolz-Weber\\'s new book is even tougher, sharper and sweeter than <i>Pastrix:</i> in painfully honest stories, she pulls back the curtains of religious life to show how churchthe actual, living body of Godis created among us. This is a book for everyone who yearns to be made new.\"<br /><b>-Sara Miles, author of <i>Take This Bread</i> and <i>City of God<br /><br /></i></b>\"I always feel narcissistic when I affirm writers who think like I do.But Nadia says it--anddoes it--so much better, with much more humor, moreliving examples, and a conviction that will convict you!\" <br />-<b>Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.,Center for Action and Contemplation</b><br /><br />\"This is a collection of stories about how liturgy (who would have imagined?), ritual (what?), church (really?), and a bunch of flawed people (like us?) can catch the light of grace and catch fire with the beauty of God. For so many reasons, you really should read it.\" <br /><b>-Brian D. McLaren, author of <i>A New Kind of Christianity</i> and <i>A Generous Orthodoxy</i></b><br /><br />\"This book made me so happy to be a Christian. Honest and funny, deep and insightful, <i>Accidental Saints</i> disarmed me and then, right when I was vulnerable, Nadia\\'s words snuck right in to mess with me.\" <br /><b>- Sarah Bessey, author of \"Jesus Feminist\" and \"Out of Sorts\"<br /></b>', '<b>Nadia Bolz-Weber</b>is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of the <i>New York Times </i>best-selling memoir <i>Pastrix. </i>Nadia has been featured on CNN and in the <i>Washington Post, Bitch Magazine, </i>NPRs <i>Morning Edition, More Magazine, </i>and the <i>Daily Beast.</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wisdom of Proverbs:An Essential Guide to Proverbs\nDescription: [\"Bob Beasley is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, but lived most of his life in San Diego, California. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, he served as a US Army officer before beginning his career in the real estate industry. In 1981, he formed COMPS InfoSystems, a firm that published confirmed market data of commercial property sales throughout the major metropolitan areas of the United States. Bob is a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary in California, and has three grown daughters and seven grandchildren. In addition to his writing ministry, Bob is an adjunct professor of biblical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Donets'k, Ukraine, and teaches in his home church, Trinity PCA in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition to The Wisdom of Proverbs, Bob is the author of Proverbs for Promise Keeping, The Commandments of Christ, and 101 Portraits of Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures, and co-author of Wisdom for Women with his wife, Amy.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Pirates of Sufiro\nDescription: ['THE PIRATES OF SUFIRO is the story of a planet and its people of Ellison Firebrandt the pirate captain living in exile; of Espedie Raton, the con-man looking to make a fresh start for himself and his wife on a new world; of Peter Stone, the ruthless bank executive who discovers a fortune and will do anything to keep it; and of the lawman, Edmund Ray Swan who travels to Sufiro seeking the quiet life but finds a dark secret. It is the story of privateers, farmers, miners, entrepreneurs, and soldiers all caught up in dramatic events and violent conflicts that will shape the destiny of our galaxy.', 'David Lee Summers is a writer and editor with a background in physics and astronomy. Most notably, he discovered a variable star in 1987 and has developed control systems for robotic telescopes. Currently, he is the editor of Tales of the Talisman and does layout and consulting for El Paso Community College\\'s literary magazine Chrysalis. His novels, The Pirates of Sufiro and Children of the Old Stars available in trade paperback editions from all on-line bookstores. In 2001 and 2002, David was voted \"Best Local Writer\" by the readers of the Las Cruces Bulletin. He lives in Southern New Mexico with his wife Kumie, his daughters Myranda and Verity.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: CHECKBOOK's 2013 Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees\nDescription: ['Consumers CHECKBOOK/The Center for the Study of Services is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization founded in 1974 with the help of funding from the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. Our purpose is to provide consumers information to help them get high quality services and products at the best possible prices. We are supported entirely by subscription payments and donations from individual consumers who subscribe to our magazines, and by fees for our survey and information services and books. We do not accept donations from businesses and our publications carry no advertising. Our Terms of Use for the CHECKBOOK website are available here. We publish Consumers CHECKBOOK magazine in seven local versions: in the Boston, Chicago, Delaware Valley, Puget Sound, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Twin Cities, and Washington, DC, areas. CHECKBOOK evaluates the quality and prices of local service firms and stores, such as auto repair shops, plumbers, dentists, banks, and insurance companies. CHECKBOOK has won the National Press Club s prestigious First Place Award for Excellence in Consumer Journalism. The Center provides various kinds of help to consumers who want to buy or lease a new car. Check out our CarBargains and LeaseWise services which help consumers get great deals from new car dealers by making them bid competitively for your business. Another of our publications, CarDeals, is a bi-weekly newsletter detailing auto rebates and incentives offered by car manufacturers. In addition, the Center is busy in the health care arena, publishing national guides, including Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, Guide to Top Doctors, and Consumers Guide to Hospitals.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stone Relics: Sci-fi Murder mystery\nDescription: ['I live on the South Coast of England. I have a BA Hons (Psych) BA Eng. Lit and Creative Writing. MA in Religion and Mysticism and an Hon.DrSc Comp. Medicine. I am interested in art, painting and mysticism. Love walking on the beach with the dog for inspiration when writing.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Death Drop (The D-Evolution, Book One)\nDescription: ['A critically-acclaimed debut novel, Sean Allen\\'s \"Death Drop\" is getting international applause for its unique, action-packed and richly descriptive style, which Allen himself attributes to his comic book, Anime, movie, and gamer lifestyle. Synopsis: In a time when a live Human specimen would fetch a king\\'s ransom on the black market, being a smuggler seemed like the perfect front to search for her people. But the cost of Dezmara Strykar\\'s operation has forced her to win each smuggling run she enters. Now every smuggler is gunning for her top position, and her rare black Zebulon star freighter makes her an easily recognizable target. But dodging jealous smugglers, safeguarding her Human identity and solving the mystery surrounding who she is will become harder than she ever imagined. A mysterious creature in a black Zebulon star freighter has murdered a freedom fighter and has stolen the only weapon that can save countless worlds from an unspeakable evil. Dezmara\\'s next run will turn into much more than just cover to search for Humans. Dezmara Strykar just became the most wanted murder suspect in the universe. Now she is going to have to run for her life.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Pale Boundaries\nDescription: [\"Pale Boundaries <i>is a great example of how a creativeauthor and strong writing can bring realism to a literally out-of-this-world concept. Realistic characters live in a world of realistic technology...</i><br /> --the Scattering - thescattering.wordpress.com<br /><br /><i>I found it to be an impressive debut...and recommend it heartily to any fan of action and science fiction.</i> --POD People--podpeep.blogspot.com<br /><br /><i>It's a good book.</i>--Chris Gerrib, author of The Mars Run --chris-gerrib.livejournal.com\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family\nDescription: ['<b>2018 IPPY Gold Medal Winner in Best Regional E-BookNon-Fiction<br />2018 International Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir<br />2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult NonfictionFamily & Relationships</b><br /><br />A memoir filled with truth, brutal honesty, poignancy, and heart. It is a love story, a simple love story filled with massive moments; moments that will leave you breathless.<br /><br />Amy Ferris, author, <i>Marrying George Clooney, Confessions From a Midlife Crisis</i><br /><br /><br />Readers will love <i>Filling Her Shoes</i>, a big-hearted memoir. Fasbinder tenderly takes us through years of love and loss constantly weaving tattered threads of a family together into a tapestry of joy, commitment, and, ultimately, renewal.<br /><br />Linda Schreyer, TV and screenwriter, co-author of <i>Tears and Tequila</i><br /><br /><br /><i>Filling Her Shoes</i> is a memoir that will make your heart sing, even if you\\'ve never been a step-mother. You\\'ll feel happier when you read this book, your faith confirmed in the best of our humanity and the power of love.<br /><br />Linda Joy Myers, President/Founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Author of <i>Dont Call Me Mother</i> and <i>The Journey of Memoir</i><br /><br /><br />With breathtaking honesty, Fasbinder chronicles her familys messy and imperfect journey of becoming a family under the most unlikely of circumstances, and dares our cynical selves to believe that hearts shattered by loss can be made whole again.<br /><br />Hollye Dexter, Activist, author of <i>Fire Season: My Journey from Ruin to Redemption</i><br /><br /><br />\"Fasbinder writes with a graceful honesty that is both refreshing and timeless. Hers is a hopeful, heartfelt journey where deep laughs alternate with moments of profound loss. A beautiful and inspiring testament to the resilience and healing power of family.\"<br /> Booklist', 'Betsy Graziani Fasbinder became a second wife when she married a widower with a young son. Their family fashioned itself with loss and love as their foundation, and with tenderness and commitment as their guides. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel <em>Fire & Water</em> and the founder of The Morning Glory Project, which celebrates those who have not only survived tragic loss and trauma but who have turned their heartbreak into heroism and their history into inspiration. Betsy has been a licensed psychotherapist in California since 1992. She lives with her husband in their recently empty nest in Marin County, California. Learn more at www.betsygrazianifasbinder.com.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Columbus: Flight (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['J.C. is a sci-fi and fantasy author. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and three sons. J.C. enjoys a wide variety of hobbies including camping, cars, and computers. His favorite authors include George R.R. Martin, Beth Revis, and John Scalzi.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Broken Bone\nDescription: ['Martin Crabtree, a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, enjoyed a career as a bassoonist, typesetter, and software trainer in Washington, D.C. Fearing for his sanity, he retired to Florida, where he holds a weak grip on reality. His lifelong philosophy is that life makes no sense, so we might as well all develop a strong love of the absurd. Even as an adult, he is haunted by the advice from his fifth grade nun. Martin, she said, a word to the wise is sufficient.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Cold Black Wave\nDescription: ['Born and raised in California, Tim Scott made a move to the east coast to work as a game designer. He packed a single bag and left everything behind to start his dream job. He has been writing from an early age, and found success and community writing short stories online. He is also the author of Dustland. He lives with his wife and two children in Rhode Island.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Ancient near East\nDescription: ['The ancient Near East embraces a vast geographical area, from the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the east to the Levant and Anatolia, and from the Black Sea in the north to Egypt in the south. In this authoritative study, Amelie Kuhrt examines its history from the earliest written documents to the conquest of Alexander the Great, c. 3000-330 B. C. It provides a lucid, up-to-date narrative which takes into account the latest archaeological and textual discoveries and deals with the complex problems of interpretation and methodology.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hal Spacejock\nDescription: [\"... a winner for almost anyone who can read. -- <i>Specusphere Oct 2005</i><br /><br />Fast, funny, quirky, enthralling comedy adventure; not just a genre parody but a well-made story in its own right. -- <i>Tom Holt</i><br /><br />The quirkiest genre satire to hit bookshelves since Terry Pratchett's Discworld. -- <i>West Australian, 17th Oct 2005</i>\", 'The first book in a series.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Nelson Mandela\nDescription: ['Gr 1-5-This picture-book biography matches Mandela\\'s outsize achievements with large, powerful images, resulting in a presentation that will seize and hold readers\\' attention. The front cover features a portrait of Mandela that fills the space. His pleasant but determined expression immediately projects a sense of strength. The title and author move to the back cover so as not to compete with the opening image. A stark graphic design incorporating black, green, yellow, and red, colors from the South African flag, on the title page helps set the stage for the narrative. Nelson\\'s paintings range from poignant, when Mandela\\'s mother tells him good-bye as he leaves home for more education at the age of nine, to exuberant, when Mandela and 100 men arrested for protesting apartheid respond by dancing and singing, to inspiring, when people organize rallies demanding his release. When freedom finally comes, \"a colorful sea of people\" celebrate. Mandela\\'s heroic struggle might be new to many children today, and Nelson\\'s dynamic treatment provides enough detail to give a sense of the man and to acknowledge his important place inhistory.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher\\'s School, Richmond, VA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.', 'Starting with the full-page cover portrait, this glowing picture-book biography offers a celebratory introduction to Nelson Mandelas life for young readers. Clear free verse and handsome, unframed paintings follow the iconic leader from his tribal childhood and his work as a young city lawyer through his political leadership against the brutality of apartheid, his long imprisonment, and then the triumph of his election as president of his country. The story doesnt mention conflicts both political (the splits in the anti-apartheid movement) and personal (the bitter rift with his daughters), as well as the continuing inequality South Africans face. Still, words and images bring close the cruel apartheid segregation in daily life, including one double-page spread of Cape Towns glorious beaches with the sign that reads White Area. Then there is the view of prisoners on Robben Island hammering rocks into dust. In contrast, the final pages show todays nonsegregated beaches and people of all races standing together free at last. A long final note fills in more. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With an internationally beloved leader as its subject and a multi-award-winning artist as its creator, this title is sure to be on every librarys must-purchase list. Preschool-Grade 3. --Hazel Rochman', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Leather to the Corinthians\nDescription: ['\"A perceptual Pandora\\'s Box cracks open as one gets a sense of being transported into a surreal, video game-like, sci-fi world where consumption and confusion rule...A cerebral roller coaster ride that keeps readers on their temporal toes!\"<b> <i>-- </i>Between the Lines </b><br /><br /><span>\"Hunter S. Thompson meets Monty Python meets the Marx Brothers meets Naked Lunch...</span><span>A punning pastiche of the verbal kitsch of late twentieth/early twenty-first century America\"<b> -- IndieReader</b></span><br /><br />\"A world of colourful chaos and filth (similar to the one found in Transmetropolitan) with a hint of Lewis Carroll\\'s sense in nonsense (or nonsense in sense) make this book a must read.\"<b> -- Ramblings of an Aspiring Writer</b><br /><br /><span>\"A fun read that will appeal to counter-culture enthusiasts.\" <b>-- The Midwest Book Review</b></span><br /><br /><span>\"Lucas holds nothing back in this zany spin on consumerism and the chaos of cultural backstabbing.\"</span><b>-- Bizarro Central</b>', '<br />I want to burn the palaces down. Join me.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Mark Twain in Washington, D.C: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent\nDescription: ['John Muller is a librarian at the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library. His first book, Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia, won the DC Public Library\\'s 2013 DC Reads award. A former reporter for the Washington Times, Muller is a contributor to Capital Community News, Greater Greater Washington and other media. Ambassador Donald Tiffany Bliss (Retired) spent thirteen years in the federal government and thirty years practicing law in Washington, D.C. The great-grandson and grandson of Mark Twain\\'s publishers, he has authored and co-authored books on Mark Twain as well as written a play about Twain\\'s last years, The Return of Halley\\'s Comet.\"Donald A. Ritchie is an associate historian at the US Senate Historical Office and a frequent commentator on C-SPAN and NPR. He is the author of seven other books, including Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents, winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize.\"', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Yesterday's Flight\nDescription: ['', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Dark Space\nDescription: ['<div><b>★★★★★</b>\"Wonderfully well written! Dark Space is a thrilling action-adventure set in the far future. It reminded me a little of an exciting episode of BattleStar Galatica.Dark Space 2 comes out July 23rd. I\\'m on board!\"</div><div><i>-Isaac Hooke,Author of Forever Gate</i></div><div></div><div><i></i></div><div><b></b></div><div><b>★★★★ </b>\"Dark Space is an excellent addition to your Sci-Fi library.\"<i></i></div><div><i>-BookReviewsGuru.com</i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i><b>★★★★ </b>\"The plot moves along quickly but there are moments to savor. I am definitely looking forward to finding out what happens next.\"</div><div><i>-Scott Whitmore, Book Reviewer</i></div>', 'Jasper Scott is the USA Today best-selling author of more than 13 novels written across various genres. He was born and raised in Canada bySouth African parents, with a British cultural heritage on his mother'sside and German on his father's, to which he has now added Latin culture with his wonderful wife.<div><br /><div>Jasper spent yearsliving as a starving artist before finally quitting his various jobs tobecome a full-time writer. In his spare time he enjoys reading,traveling, going to the gym, and spending time with his family.<br /><br /><b>Join the author's newsletter to get discounts, participate in contests,sweepstakes, and more: files.jaspertscott.com/mailinglist.html</b></div></div>']",
"rejected": "Title: The Emerald Doorway: Three Mystic Crystals (The Parallel Time Trilogy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"After over forty years of extensive experiential research, R. Scott Lemriel has finally put forth his second book, The Emerald Doorway - the first book of The Parallel Time Trilogy. The three part episodic story is fictional but entirely based upon the author's direct experience exploring the past time track for the last four decades. His experiential research into uncovering a vast depth of deliberately hidden truth regarding the true history of planet Earth and our solar system; and the benevolent and malevolent extraterrestrial beings that have, in one way or another, directly influenced the condition of our world and the direction it is headed today, has revealed a treasure far beyond any expectations. This first book of the trilogy written prior to The Seres Agenda, created for the purpose of sharing the benefits of this uniquely transforming and uplifting adventure with his current and future readers, is now here on Earth. Lemriel was originally inspired to write The Emerald Doorway (Book One of The Parallel Time Trilogy truth-based adventure) and The Seres Agenda hidden truth revealing book he first published, for the experiential benefit of his readers. Many awareness-expanding events occurred during his childhood and throughout his adult lifetime that enabled him to bring these books to the public awareness. They involved a series of experiences mostly with benevolent UFO phenomena events, extraterrestrial technology and the kind spiritually advanced beings that wield it, journeys via out-of-body travel into the parallel, and higher dimensional realities, as well as numerous excursions along the past time track. These adventures eventually revealed a hidden history of Earth and our solar system that subsequently helped to confirm the depth of suppressed truth he was uncovering in his own life. In addition, the music compositions and productions he developed throughout his life from his early twenties continue to kindle the fire which drives his ongoing explorations into knowing ever deeper hidden truth by direct experience - in contrast to believing or theorizing. Today, his continuing journeys into our vast multidimensional universe and his unique uplifting music continue to serve as an inner channel of inspiration to further explore and awaken ever so much more about our true nature as knowing eternal beings. Lemriel is genuinely passionate about sharing eye-opening enlightening experiences and unusual encounters he gratefully received while uncovering cleverly hidden truth. For the first time, he discloses how our planet is about to be unexpectedly, benevolently transformed in the near future instead of destroyed because of a recent off-world decision that was finally made concerning changing Earth's current destructive destiny. He takes the reader on their own personal journey to discover the benevolent reality of UFOs or advanced alien spacecraft, extraterrestrials both benevolent and malevolent, the true nature of our everlasting spherical energy being; its non-destructible energy form that people from other worlds call Atma, and the reality of the existence of parallel and higher dimensions. He further reveals to his audience what he discovered about planet Earth's most important missing ancient history, and discloses how he experienced much about the depth of purposefully hidden truth from the guidance of masterful teachers the majority of human beings dwelling on earth today do not know existed at any time.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Wall Tappings: Women's Prison Writings, 200 A.D. to the Present\nDescription: [\"This updated, expanded version of the original collection brings a global perspective to the growing trend of using imprisonment to solve social problems. This edition offers more than 30 selections from women imprisoned in a variety of nations--democratic and totalitarian, rich and poor, including Argentina, Chile, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Iran, the Philippines, South Africa, and the U.S. The collection includes autobiographies, memoirs, letters, diaries, essays, fiction, poetry, and drama. Many of the women are political prisoners, and many are at risk of torture and sexual violence in prison. The collection is organized thematically into six parts--women's efforts to oppose misogyny, their causes and beliefs, views on prison conditions, coping strategies, effects of imprisonment on family relationships, and solidarity among sister prisoners--with selections arranged chronologically. From a woman writing from a Roman prison cell in 203 A.D. to women currently incarcerated in the U.S., this collection profoundly merges women's and prison writing to convey a struggle for self-definition and the survival of human dignity, and how writing helped them nurture their spirits. <i>Vanessa Bush</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", '', '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Weight Watchers PointsPlus® Pocket Guide 2012\nDescription: ['\"Weight Watchers and PointsPlus are registered trademarks of Weight Watchers International, Inc\" - from book detail page']"
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"chosen": "Title: Return of the Romans: Fascism comes to America\nDescription: ['Gene Skellig is an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. His background as a philosopher (UBC, 1996) and eclectic range of experience as a military pilot (1987 - 2012) are evident in the wide range of subject matter that he explores in six books published to date. Raising four children in the Ottawa area, Gene finds the hobby of writing to be as much fun as watching a blockbuster movie - the characters in his books are alive to Gene, and they take him for an adventure as he discovers their stories through the act of writing!']",
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"chosen": "Title: What the Hand\nDescription: ['Todd Stockwell was born in Torrance, California. He lives and writes in Southern California. He is a U.S. Army Veteran with an MA in Psychology. A self taught expert in eschatology, he has authored the first black comedy concerning biblical end times prophecy.', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide\nDescription: ['Russian', 'a self-teaching guide', 'Learn Russian at your own pace', \"How do Russian letters differ from English letters? How do you choose the correct form of specific verbs? What are some useful, everyday Russian words? With Russian: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more about this challenging language.\", 'This thorough primer presents an easy-to-follow, proven method for grasping the basics of Russian, complete with helpful tips on writing and pronouncing Cyrillic characters and building your Russian vocabulary. You get lively dialogues and reading exercises, concise lessons on grammar and usage, notes on Russian culture, and a compact Russian-English glossary. The clearly structured format of Russian makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview for everyone from students to business and leisure travelers to Russian culture mavens.', 'Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Russian allows you to build gradually on what you have learnedat your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who wants to improve his or her understanding of basic Russian.', 'KATHRYN SZCZEPANSKA is a professor of Russian at Hunter College,New York.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Stealthy Steps (Nanostealth | Book 1)\nDescription: ['<b>This book Is Special.</b> Stealthy steps is a science/superhero fiction. The scientific part is so real and thoroughly researched that as a scientist myself I was impressed.It is the first sci-fi book I was comparing to <b>Isaac Asimov</b> while reading. Which brings us to the next thing. The book is not only interesting because is has an awesome and immersing plot but because it poses and answers serious questions. Again, Asimov like. Vikki Kestell has a big writing talent. --Y.<br /><br /><b>Awesome.</b> Every so often a gem falls into my lap. Stealthy Steps by Vikki Kestell is one such gem and I guarantee you will be hooked, unable to put this one down. --B.M.<br /><br /><b>Cutting Edge. </b> This is a fantastic book. Riveting. Can't wait to read the sequel. Loved the high tech aspects mixed expertly with the Christian underlying theme. Well done! --P. W.<br /><br /><b>Kindle Book Review:</b> The author impressed me by backing up the tale with some real science and actual locations. Gemma is one of the most well-developed characters I've seen, certainly not one of those comic-book caricatures that are so common now. She has a real personal history and real flaws that blend in well with the storyline.', '<b>Vikki Kestells</b> passion for people and their stories is evident in her readers affection for her characters and unusual plotlines. Two often repeated sentiments are, I feel like I know these people, and Im right there, in the book, experiencing what the characters experience. <br><br>Vikki holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies. She left a career of twenty-plus years in government, academia, and corporate life to pursue writing full time. Writing is the best job ever, she admits, and the most demanding. <br><br>Also an accomplished speaker and teacher, Vikki and her husband Conrad Smith make their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To keep abreast of new book releases, visit her website, <b>http://www.vikkikestell.com/</b>, or find her on Facebook, <b>http://www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell</b>.']",
"rejected": "Title: Talking About Jesus Without Sounding Religious (Saltshaker Resources Saltshaker Resources)\nDescription: ['Pippert is an internationally known speaker who regularly lectures on spiritual renewal, evangelism and character formation for church conferences, at schools and colleges and in pastoral training seminars. She has also written several popular books on evangelism and Christian living. Her bestselling book <em>Out of the Saltshaker</em> has sold more than a half-million copies worldwide.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series (Liquid Cool Book 1)\nDescription: [\"<span><b>5-Star Reviews</b></span><br /><b><span>Praise for Austin Dragon</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><span>'In my eyes the author is a genius. And he doesn't use the shock graphic so many others use. Thank you so much for bringing joy excitement and laughter into my life.' Joe</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>'I love the very cool Cruz character! The tale was tightly constructed, well written and fun to read. I look forward to reading more of Dragon's work!' NDL</span><br /><br /><span>'<span>A thoroughly enjoyable SF-ish whodunnit</span>. The only issue I had with this book is that it's so engaging that it's hard to put down.' Fred</span><br /><br /><span>'I have been reading sci fit since the 70's and this is one of the best.' Kindle Customer</span><br /><br /><span>'Delicious Stew That Is Part SciFi, Part Detective, and Part Humor<span>.' Amazon Customer</span></span><br /><br /><span>'<span>Chill Out with Cruz!</span> Cyber-noir written for this & next generations. I cannot wait for the sequels. Hip, funny, and somehow very understandable, Austin Dragon conjures up a near present world that sorely needs a hero. He gives us one in Cruz. Bravo!' J Ellsworth Weaver III</span><br /><br /><b><span>Praise for Liquid Cool</span></b><br /><span></span><br /><span>'Liquid Cool is totally cool. Dragon's world building is stylistic, he captures the rhythm of the people and the streets, the book is filled with wit and humor.' Carole P. Roman</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>'I really did not like detective novels. Wow!!!!!!!!! I can authoritatively say without out any reservations this is the best detective novel I have ever read. It is funny exciting edge of your pants reading.' Joe</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>'Super fun read! This book got me in trouble! I literally couldn't put it down. I missed breakfast. I missed lunch. I missed work. And I missed my bedtime! Finally finished it at midnight!' Mark York</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>'I had to finish it in one sitting! Wacky, weird, offbeat, unique, these all fit the book, but don't really capture the fun, lunacy, and just plain joy of this tale, unless you read it.' Amazon Customer</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>'Wow, fantastic! Read it from beginning to end in one day. I couldn't put it down. This would make a great movie. Hollywood are you listening?!</span>' A Powers\", '', \"<b><span>Hello, science fiction and mystery detective fans!</span></b><span><br /><br />Liquid Cool is my third series, and I have many planned. However, I wanted to create a series that was just, plain fun--action, laughs, and combined two of my favorite genres: science fiction and the private detective thriller. I succeeded with my hero detective, Cruz, and his 'supporting cast of characters'in this hi-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>In addition to being a genre-blend (which I plan to do in other series), I wanted to reimagine the cyberpunk genre. Liquid Cool from a critical literary standpoint is not cyberpunk; it is what the average reader thinks cyberpunk is which is...Blade Runner, or visibly darker, grittier science fiction. I wanted to keep that gritty, film noir (tech noir, in this case) sensibility, but replace angst with humor. My cyberpunk would have the rainy cityscapes, monolith skyscrapers, hovercars everywhere, and cyborgs--but that would only be scratching the surface of the story. Liquid Cool is about an average guy who changes his life to become a private eye and finds himself solving the biggest (and most dangerous) crime cases in the supercity of Metropolis. You, the reader, get the pleasure of going along for the wild and crazy ride.</span><br /><span></span><br /><b><span>I hope you enjoy all the Liquid Cool novels. You can find me at austindragon.com.</span></b>\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cowboy Take Me Away (Rainbow Valley)\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* The son of an alcoholic, abusive father, Luke Dawson has earned himself the title of town bad boy. Now that his father has died, Luke has returned to Rainbow Valley, Texas, to settle what little of the estate is left. A fall through some rotten boards in the decrepit family home puts Lukes career as a champion bull rider in jeopardy and forces him to recuperate in the town he swore hed never see again. Shannon North left Rainbow Valley to pursue a lucrative career in the big city. Although at the top of her game, she longs for a quieter, simpler life and returns to her hometown, taking over the low-paying position as director of the no-kill animal shelter. With no one willing to fill the shelters vacant caretaker position, Shannon does the work of two people. Then Luke applies for the job, and the flame theyve tried so hard to forget is rekindled. Graves, a nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of Americas RITA Award, writes captivating, emotion-filled stories that sparkle with delightfully humorous moments. This charming tale is the first in Graves new Rainbow Valley series. --Shelley Mosley', 'RAVES FOR JANE GRAVES AND <strong>COWBOY TAKE ME AWAY</strong>:<br /><br />\"4 1/2 stars! HOT! Graves kicks off her new Rainbow Valley series with a truly heartwarming romance, featuring a wounded hero who needs the heroine\\'s healing power of love. This is definitely a story for animal lovers, set in a delightful fictional town readers will wish they could visit. Anyone who has ever worked with animals will empathize with the heroine.\"<b><i><em>RT Book Reviews</em></i></b><br /><br />\"Graves, a nine-time finalist for Romance Writers of America\\'s RITA Award, writes captivating, emotion-filled stories that sparkle with delightfully humorous moments. This charming tale is the first in Graves\\' new Rainbow valley series.\"<br />--<em>Booklist</em> (starred review)<br /><br />\"Pet lovers will appreciate this small-town contemporary, the first in a new series set in Rainbow Valley, Texas, home of an annual pet festival.\"<br />--<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br /><br /><em>HEARTSTRINGS AND DIAMOND RINGS</em>:<br /><br />\"One of those rare books in which the author manages to align all the stars...I love, love, love Jane\\'s writing.\"<br /> --- <em>USA Today</em><br /><br />\"A fun romance.\"<br /> --- <em>RT Book Reviews</em><br /><br /><em>BLACK TIES AND LULLABIES</em>:<br /><br />\"Irresistible. Jane Graves writes with charm, wit and heart!\" --Carly Phillips, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author<br /><br />\"Fun, fast-paced and heartwarming\" --Susan Andersen, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author <br /><br />\"Graves\\' words flow on the page with ease and the pages turn effortlessly. Featuring characters that are unique yet very easy to relate to, <em>Black Ties and Lullabies</em> is simply a very well-written story.\"<br />--<em>RT Book Reviews</em><br /><br /><em>TALL TALES AND WEDDING VEILS:<br /></em>\"A breath of pure romance, this book is a real charmer. You will laugh...and cheer.\" --<em>RT Book Reviews </em><br /><br />\"I can\\'t recommend <em>Tall Tales </em>highly enough...funny, and touching with wonderful characters and great love scenes.\" --All About Romance (a Desert Island Keeper)<br /><br /><em>HOT WHEELS AND HIGH HEELS</em>:<br />\"Sassy, sexy and fun. Jane Graves will win your heart.\" --Lori Foster, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author <br /><br />\"A delightful, funny read with a unique twist as a former trophy wife discovers herself, and true love, in the most unexpected place. A total winner!\" --Susan Mallery, <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author<br /><br />\"Sassy and Smart!\" --Susan Andersen, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual\nDescription: ['JAMES GREEN is the founder of Simplers Botanical Company and is a professional founding member of the American Herbalists Guild and United Plant Savers. He conducts workshops on male health and herbal medicine making throughout the United States and Canada. He lives in Ocean Beach, California.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Friday Harbor (Images of America)\nDescription: ['Title: \"Images of America - Friday Harbor\"<br /><br />Author: Staff Writer<br /><br />Publisher: The Island Guardian<br /><br />Date: 1/8/2009<br /><br /><br /><br />San Juan Historical Museum Director Kevin Loftus has announced the publication of a new book, authored by Mike and Julia Vouri and The San Juan Historical Museum. The book consists of more than 200 photos that captures 100 years in the life of the community in Friday Harbor.<br /><br /><br /><br />Many of the photos have never been published or available before now to the public. The photos depict Friday Harbor pioneers, the building of the town, historic buildings, schools, industries and the people who shaped the community. <br /><br /><br /><br />The foreword of the book is written by Dr. David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Stanford University history professor. <br /><br /><br /><br />As a companion piece, a series of 15 postcards are being published, featuring photos from the book. The book will sell for $24, and the postcards for $9.00 through The San Juan Historical Museum. Proceeds from the book will go towards restoration and maintenance of the museum\\'s historic structures. Pre-orders are being taken by the museum at 378-3949 or museum_admin@sjmuseum.org<br /><br />', 'The San Juan Historical Society was founded in 1961 and operates the San Juan Historical Museum, a restored homestead. The images in this volume were selected from the societys collection of nearly 2,000 historic photographs. Historian Mike Vouri has authored three previous works on the Pig War of San Juan Island. Coauthor Julia Vouri has been a writer and editor specializing in travel and health for 30 years.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Transformational Power of Fasting: The Way to Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional Rejuvenation\nDescription: ['HEALTH / WELLNESS <br /> <br />For millennia humans have fasted for spiritual, emotional, and physical reasons--as a way to heal their bodies, reconnect to the sacred, regain a sense of lifes purpose, and allow their souls to detoxify. We are evolutionarily designed to fast, and the body knows how to do it very well. Fasting allows the body and all its systems to rest, purify, and heal. During a fast, the body enters the same cleansing and healing cycle it normally enters during sleep. As a fast progresses, the body consumes everything that is not essential to bodily functioning--including bacteria, viruses, fibroid tumors, waste products in the blood, buildup around the joints, and stored fat--and the mind and heart release their toxic buildup as well. As Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals, in order to be truly transformed, you must first empty yourself. <br /> <br />Offering step-by-step guidelines to fully prepare yourself for a deep fast, Buhner explores what to expect during and after spiritual, emotional, and physical fasting and detoxification. He details the necessary dietary and mental preparations leading up to your fast, what you can and cant do during a fast, and how to end your fast. He also explains how to plan the length of your fast and how to choose between a water fast, a juice fast, or a mono-diet fast. Revealing how fasting can help or heal many chronic conditions, such as type II diabetes, childhood seizures, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, psoriasis, insomnia, and fibromyalgia, Buhner shows fasting as a way to truly inhabit the body, to experience its sacredness, and to activate its deep capabilities for self-healing. <br /> <br />STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include <em>Ensouling Language</em>, <em>The Secret Teachings of Plants</em>, and <em>Sacred Plant Medicine</em>. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.', 'Stephen Harrod Buhner lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. His other books include <i>Ensouling Language</i>, <i>The Secret Teachings of Plants</i>, and <i>Sacred Plant Medicine</i>. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dangerous Curves: Mastering Logotype Design\nDescription: ['This book is a new and still wrapped.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Herbal Antibiotics, 2nd Edition: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-resistant Bacteria\nDescription: ['', 'In this timely book, Buhner reveals that plants are the peoples medicine, possessing attributes that pharmaceuticals never will.', 'Humans have misused antibiotics to the point that these drugs are becoming worthless. In <em>Herbal Antibiotics</em>, Buhner argues that by turning to plants for healing, we would be working with natureand improving our chances of surviving the superbugs.', 'A comprehensive introduction worthy to be on the shelf of any holistic practitioner, herbalist, farmer or parent. The book shows an appreciation for the melding of traditional practices, tools, and wisdom with modern research and insight.', '', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Don't Talk to Strangers: A Novel\nDescription: [\"Campbell (See How They Run) succeeds only partially in the difficult task she sets herself in this romantic suspense: bringing to life a fantasy world on the Internet while building suspense and terror in the characters' real lives. Carrie Blue, a former policewoman, is hired by private detective Hayden Ivanovich to help investigate the disappearance of several young women who had become romantically involved via their computers. Ultimately, Carrie, Hayden and others find themselves in real physical danger, but to land them there requires several implausible developments. These include a terrorist plot and a woman so gullible she gives up everything for her cyberlover even though she knows a murderer is stalking the Internet. Despite these flaws, Campbell offers powerful writing, well-drawn main characters and haunting images of an alternate reality that seems custom-made for predators, sexual manipulators and liars. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.\", 'By the nationally bestselling author of <b><i>See How They Run</i></b>.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Poverty Prepping: How to Stock Up for Tomorrow When You Can't Afford to Eat Today\nDescription: ['Susan Gregersen lives with her husband in an off-grid, solar-powered log cabin in Montana. When she\\'s not working in the garden or canning and dehydrating the harvest, she likes to go bicycling, kayaking, and hiking. With her children grown and on their own she began to write survival and disaster fiction books. Friends and neighbors asked questions about food storage and preparedness, but often followed that with \"But I don\\'t have the money to get started\". Undaunted, she outlined a plan that almost anyone could afford to follow, and expanded it into this book. She maintains a blog for the book to answer further questions from readers at: http://www.povertyprepping.blogspot.com', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-Century Account of a Journey to the East (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Harvesting H2o: A prepper's guide to the collection, treatment, and storage of drinking water while living off the grid.\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 40 Days of Direction: Life Lessons from the Talented Ten\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Food Storage: Preserving Meat, Dairy, and Eggs\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: By Nick Bruel Bad Kitty (First Edition)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Life without Refrigeration\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Rhine: Europe's River Highway (Rivers Around the World)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Sacred Plant Medicine: The Wisdom in Native American Herbalism\nDescription: ['The first in-depth analysis of the processes used by Native Americans to communicate with the plant world for the purposes of healing human illness. It is a work long overdue by an author who himself talks with plants as Native Americans have always done. (<i>William S. Lyon, author of The Encyclopedia of Native American Healing and Black Elk: The Sacred Way</i>)<br /><br />Buhner articulates the sacred underpinnings of the herbal world and deep ecology as only a real green man can. (<i>David Hoffman, author of Medical Herbalism</i>)<br /><br />\"This is an excellent reference book, as well as a wonderful book for beginners who want a true understanding of how to begin working with plants.\" (<i>Bonnie Cehovet, Angelfire.com, April 2006</i>)<br /><br />\". . . offers not just another herbal, but the first in-depth analysis of how the Native Americans communicated with the plant world to heal human ailments.\" (<i>Diane Donovan, California Bookwatch, June 2006</i>)<br /><br />\". . . guides the reader through the practical technology of herbalism--which parts of the plant to use, and how to prepare tinctures, salves, and infusions, never letting us forget the underlying precious and holy exchange that is happening.\" (<i>Four Corners, July 2006</i>)<br /><br />\"<i>Sacred Plant Medicine </i>will guide you into the territory where plants are an expression of the spirit. Through prayer and sacred medicinal songs, Buhner shows how plants reveal their medicinal properties.\" (<i>Lotus Guide, July-Aug 2006</i>)<br /><br />\"A delightful read in all ways and highly recommended.\" (<i>The Cauldron Brasil, October 2006</i>)<br /><br />\". . . the first in-depth study that examines the world of Native American medicinal herbalism.\" (<i>Lotus Guide, Feb 2007</i>)<br /><br />\"Buhner\\'s examination and research brings forth how indigenous peoples are able to communicate with Mother Earth and her properties through spiritual connections. Through this research Buhner is able to present to us healing plants, medicinal uses of the plant, how to prepare the plants for use, and the associated ceremonial fundamentals. . . . This is a book that connects the body to the plants, an energy that is important if healing ourselves and our plant.\" (<i>Irene Watson, Reader Views, August 2010</i>)', 'NATIVE AMERICA / HERBALISM <br /> <br />The first in-depth analysis of the processes used by Native Americans to communicate with the plant world for the purposes of healing human illness. It is a work long overdue by an author who himself talks with plants as Native Americans have always done. <br />--William S Lyon, author of <em>The Encyclopedia of Native American Healing</em> and <em>Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of a Lakota <br /> <br /></em>Buhner articulates the sacred underpinnings of the herbal world and deep ecology as only a real green man can. <br />--David Hoffmann, author of <em>Medical Herbalism</em> <br /> <br />As humans evolved on Earth they used plants for everything imaginable--food, weapons, baskets, clothes, shelter, and medicine. Indigenous peoples the world over have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with plants and honoring the sacred relationship between themselves and the plant world. Because they locate their consciousness in the heart, they are able to use the intelligence of the heart to merge their consciousness with the consciousness of any living organism. <br /> <br />In <em>Sacred Plant Medicine</em> Stephen Harrod Buhner looks at the long-standing relationship between indigenous peoples and plants and examines the techniques these cultures use to communicate with the plant world. He explores the sacred dimension of plant and human interactions--a territory where humans experience communications from plants as expressions of Spirit. For each healing plant described in the book, he presents medicinal uses, preparatory guidelines, and ceremonial elements such as prayers and medicine songs associated with the use of the plant. <br /> <br />STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER is an Earth Poet and senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies. He lectures throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of nature. He is the author of nine works of nonfiction and one book of poetry, including <em>The Secret Teachings of Plants</em> and the award-winning <em>The Lost Language of Plants</em>.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: National Geographic: World Executive Wall Map (36 x 24 inches) (National Geographic Reference Map)\nDescription: [\"Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of National Geographic, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking.Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world's best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann\nDescription: [\"Independent, prolific and influential, Gustave Baumann stands at the center of the American color woodcut movement in the first half of the twentieth century. Designed and conceived to complement the book Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art (MNMP 1993) which focused on the artist's life and development as a printmaker, Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann concentrates on Baumann's printmaking methods and his remarkable achievement as one of the most masterful American craftsman of his age. Hand of a Craftsman features the unpublished notes and progressives that Baumann compiled in the making of his extraordinary woodcut, Grand Canon. The two gouache studies and thirty-four proofs in this series document the many shifts, false starts, and experiments encountered during the process of creating this six-color woodcut, offering a rare perspective into the artist's meticulous technique. Through the medium of the color woodcut Baumann's prints continue to delight viewers with the constant inspiration he found in nature. The book includes reproductions of fifty color woodcuts, most never before published. His works are vivid, brilliantly colorful, nature-inspired scenes of indigenous American life in the rural Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific Coast. Hand of a Craftsman celebrates this great artist revealing the fascinating process of color woodcut printmaking and reveling in the spirit of his process -- <i><i>Journal of the Print World,</i> Fall 1996</i><br /><br />Much contemporary printmaking is accomplished by a collaboration between an artist, often a painter, and a master printer. Gustave Baumann, however, was both, so reading the present book, a precise and informative discussion of his technique as a woodcut artist, is a doubly rich experience. Acton, curator of prints and drawings at the Worcester Art Museum, has put together drawings and state proofs of several color woodcuts as well as some photos of the actual wood blocks, showing Baumann's meticulous process of image development. Acton's commentary is lucid and thorough, so that both the layperson and the student of printmaking have something to learn. Baumann (1881-1971) was born in Germany but emigrated with his family to the US at the age of ten. He returned to Germany to study art in the 20s, coming under the influence of Jugendstil in Munich. He lived most of his life in New Mexico, and his many color woodcuts pay homage to that landscape. Chronology; excellent reproductions. Recommended for libraries at colleges where printmaking is taught. -- <i>D. Lent, Choice, January 1997</i>\", \"Conceived to complement the immensely well-received Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art, which focuses on the artist's life and development as a printmaker, Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann reveals the technique of a man who is among the most influential and beloved printmakers of the twentieth century. Being fastidious and infinitely patient, Baumann saved many of his preliminary drawings and progressive proofs, leaving behind a fascinating and intricate story of his creative process. Hand of a Craftsman features the heretofore unpublished notes and progressives the artist compiled in the making of his extraordinary woodcut Grand Caon and includes many prints never before reproduced and rarely exhibited. Baumann's work is awash in brilliant, hand-ground pigments and reveals a style that is wholly self-reliant and free. The intriguing technique used by this meticulous master, complex but enthralling, only enhances one's appreciation for this unique color woodcut medium. RMBPA, Runner-up Design Competition, 1997, Art/Photography Book. AAM, Design Competition, Honorable Mention, 1996\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Prepper's Cookbook: 300 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals\nDescription: [\"<b><i><span>The Prepper's Cookbook</span></i></b><b><span>is an excellent resource and foundation that covers many topics of preparation. Especially helpful for the seeker and the new-to-prepping...</span></b><span><br /> <i>--Real Food Living</i></span><b><span></span></b><br /> <b><span></span></b><br /> <span><b>Not only is it a must-have for any survival bookshelf - but you can use it daily to create fantastically healthy and great-tasting meals for the whole family!</b></span><br /> <i><span>--</span></i><i><span>SHTF Plan</span></i><br /> <b><span></span></b><br /><b><span><i>The Prepper's Cookbook</i> gets to the heart of a preparedness pantry!</span></b><br /> <i><span>--</span></i><i><span>The Organic Prepper</span></i><br /><i><span></span></i><br /> <b><span>The beauty of this cookbook is that basic prep information is contained in one easy-to-read, well-organized book...</span></b><br /> <i><span>--Survival Blog</span></i><br /><br />\", '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde\nDescription: [\"Collins is perhaps the single best edition of Wilde's complete works. Along with the author's full canon of plays, poems, essays, and novels, this also contains numerous appendixes of biographical information and chronologies of Wilde's work as well as examples of his famous one-liners divided into categories. This Centenary Edition was edited by his grandson Merlin, who made revisions to the text. (See also son Vyvyan Holland's autobiography, above.) <BR>Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Cure For All Advanced Cancers\nDescription: ['Dr. Clark is an independent research scientist.with a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, and the Master of Arts with High Honors from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She studied for two years at McGill University before attending the University of Minnesota and obtaining her doctorate degree in physiology in 1958. After doing government sponsored research for almost ten years at Indiana University, she began private consulting in nutrition in 1979. She continued her studies to earn a Naturopathy degree and an amateur radio license. The freedom to follow her most promising observations led to the breakthrough discoveries described in this book.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family\nDescription: ['', '', '', 'Drawing on her 40-plus years of studying and teaching about the healing properties of herbs, Rosemary Gladstar is the best-selling author of <i>Rosemary Gladstars Medicinal Herbs: A Beginners Guide</i>and<i> Rosemary Gladstars Herbal Recipesfor Vibrant Health</i>.<i></i>She is a world-renowned educator, activist, and entrepreneur, serving as director of Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, the International Herb Symposium, and the Womens Herbal Conference. Gladstar is founding president of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of native American herbs. She was the original formulator for Traditional Medicinal herbal teas and currently leads herbal educational adventures around the world. She lives in East Barre, Vermont.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Wooing the Echo: Book One of the Christopher Penrose Novels\nDescription: ['<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"576\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\"><tr style=\"height:15pt;\"><td style=\"width:432pt;padding:0.75pt 0.75pt 0pt 0.75pt;border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"576\" nowrap=\"\"><span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Lee Morgan</span><span> is a British ex-pat currently living at the bottom of the world in Van Diemen’s Land, with a partner and two sons. Lee’s writing has been published internationally in the fields of short fiction, poetry and non-fiction.</span></span><br /></td></tr></table>']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Herbal Apothecary: 100 Medicinal Herbs and How to Use Them\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future (Thorndike Christian Mystery)\nDescription: ['Is it possible... <br /> <br /><b>That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America s future?</b><br /><br /><b>That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy?</b><br /><br /><b>That ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America?</b><br /><br /><b>That God is sending America a prophetic message of what is yet to come?</b><br /> <br />Before its destruction as a nation, ancient Israel received nine harbingers, prophetic omens of warning. The same nine harbingers are now manifesting in America with immediate ramifications for end-time prophecy.<br /> <br />Hidden in an ancient biblical prophecy from Isaiah, the mysteries revealed in The Harbinger are so precise that they foretold recent American events down to the exact days. The revelations are so specific that even the most hardened skeptics will find it hard to dismiss or put down. It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller with one exception... IT S REAL.<br /> <br />The prophetic mysteries are revealed through an intriguing and engaging narrative the reader will find hard to put down. The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about America s future. As he tells of his encounters with The Prophet, from a skyscraper in New York City, to a rural mountaintop, to Capitol Hill, to Ground Zero, the mystery behind each seal is revealed. As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes a piece in a greater puzzle the ramifications of which will even alter the course of world history.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism\nDescription: [\"“David Hoffmann explores the full range of healing capabilities of herbs.” (<i>Lets Live</i>)<br /><br />“I guarantee after having this book's knowledge under your belt, turning away opportunities to learn more will be near impossible! . . . I highly recommend <i>The Herbal Handbook</i> by David Hoffmann. You may discover a new passion, one that will benefit you, your family, and your community!” (<i>Diane Kidman, dkMommy Spot, July 2009</i>)<br /><br />“Is it possible you will want another book with a more extensive list of herbs and their uses? Sure. But I highly recommend this one as an introduction to the concepts of herbalism. I’ve never yet seen another that compares, for that purpose.” (<i>Rachel Ramey, Titus2homemaker.com, May 2013</i>)\", \"David Hoffmann has been a practicing medical herbalist and a member of Britain's National Institute of Medical herbalists since 1979. He has lectured widely and given seminars on this subject and is the author of <i>Herbs for Healthy Aging, An Herbal Guide to Stress Relief</i>, and <i>Medical Herbalism</i>.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Manga Impact: The World of Japanese Animation\nDescription: ['Contributions from: Philip Brophy, Carlo Chatrian, Jonathan Clements, Jordi Costa, Luca Della Casa, Stphane Delorme, Daniele Dottorini, Stefano Gariglio, Erwan Higuinen, Fabrizio Liberti, Grazia Paganelli, Luca Raffaelli, Maria Roberta Novielli, Gianni Rondolino, Mario A. Rumor and David Surman.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Food Truck Buyer's Guide - Buy, Build and Customize Your Own Food Truck (Food Truck Startup) (Volume 4)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Large Print Address Book: Blue Pinstripes\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Designing the Doll: From Concept to Construction\nDescription: ['\"Once again, Susanna Oroyan gives us a gift by distilling the spirits found in doll/figure art. She encourages us to try, then explains the fundamentals to pave the way. Best of all are the examples, which provide pure inspiration.\" -- <i>Barbara Campbell, editor, Soft Dolls & Animals!</i>', '\"The doll world has only just recovered from the excitement of having Anatomy of a Doll which showed us what was possible. Now we can learn to get it with this new effort, the fabulous Designing the Doll. Thank you, Susanna, where would we be without you?\"-Elinor Peace Bailey, author, artist', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Final Act of Cruelty\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Start Your Own Food Truck Business: Cart Trailer Kiosk Standard and Gourmet Trucks Mobile Catering Bustaurant (StartUp Series)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Acadian Tapestry Thank You Notes (Stationery, Note Cards) (Note Card Series)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Herbs for Healthy Aging: Natural Prescriptions for Vibrant Health\nDescription: ['Medical statistics clearly show that Americans are the most heavily medicated people in the world. In spite of this (or possibly because of this) we rank far below many other first world countries in life expectancy and far above in cancer rates, levels of obesity, and many other chronic degenerative diseases. <br /> <br />As our population ages many more people are realizing that in order to stay healthy into old age we need to become proactive, improving our diets and lifestyle choices, reducing stress, and becoming more knowledgeable about our health and medicine. One way we can help to prevent disease and enhance wellness is the intelligent use of herbs. <br /> <br />Because few Americans grew up using plants as medicine, educating oneself as to their safe and rational use is essential. With so many books, websites, and magazines publishing information on herbs and natural health, how does one discern accurate information from the fraudulent? One answer is David Hoffmanns new book, <i>Herbs for Healthy Aging</i>. <br /> <br />Hoffmann is one of the Western worlds most respected clinical herbalists, and he offers the reader safe, effective, and relevant treatments for many of the ills that come with increasing age. If you want to prevent senior moments, menopausal symptoms, prostatic enlargement, and circulatory problems, some of the answers you are seeking can be found within these pages. (<i>David Winston, RH(AHG), author of Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief</i>)<br /><br />Herbal medicine can be as simple as brewing a pot of tea. However, knowing which herbs to use and how to use them requires experience, which Hoffmann amply provides. <i>Herbs for Healthy Aging</i> gives authoritative answers to most of the commonly asked questions about when and how to use herbs medicinally. (<i>Natural Health</i>)<br /><br /><i>Herbs for Healthy Aging</i> is an invaluable resource. (<i>Gail Johnson, Alive Magazine, August 2014</i>)<br /><br /><i>Herbs for Healthy Aging</i> is an invaluable resource. (<i>Gail Johnson, Alive, August 2014</i>)', 'David Hoffmann, FNIMH, AHG, has been a clinical medical herbalist since 1979. A Fellow of Britains National Institute of Medical Herbalists, he is one of the founding members of the American Herbalists Guild and the author of 17 books, including <i>Medical Herbalism</i>, <i>The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal</i>, and <i>The Herbal Handbook</i>. He teaches herbal medicine throughout the English-speaking world and lives in California.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Amazon Fire TV User Guide: The Complete Step-By-Step User Guide To Movies, TV Shows, Games, Apps And Music - Plus Amazing Tips And Tricks! (Amazon Fire TV User Guide, Streaming, Fire TV Manual)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Medicinal Gardening Handbook: A Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing Herbs\nDescription: ['<div>Dede Cummings is the coauthor of <I>Living with Crohn’s & Colitis: A Comprehensive Naturopathic Guide for Complete Digestive Wellness</I> and <I>Cooking Well: IBS</I>.<br> <BR>Alyssa Holmes is the herbalist and apothecary manager at the Brattleboro Holistic Health Center in southern, Vermont. Her training includes studying with Rosemary Gladstar of Sage Mountain Herbs, Barbara Fahs on the Big Island of Hawaii, and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. Alyssa grows medicinal herbs and makes medicine for her clients and family on her homestead in Brattleboro, Vermont.<BR> </div>']",
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"chosen": "Title: Little Herb Encyclopedia: The Handbook of Natures Remedies for a Healthier Life\nDescription: ['Dr. Ritchason has been in the health field since 1963 and has lectured nationally and internationally on herbs, vitamins, minerals, nutrition, and Iridology. He graduated as a Naturopathic Doctor from the Arizona College of Naturopathic Medicine. He has his PH.D. in Nutrition from Donsbach University. He has been involved as a teacher for 30 years.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Christian Case Against Contraception: Making the Case from Historical, Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Theology & Ethics\nDescription: ['\"Bryan Hodge approaches a subject that seems too often to be subject to our passions, with sobriety and fidelity. He canvasses the wisdom of the church, stands firm on the authority of the Bible, and in so doing directs us all to greater obedience, greater faith, and in the end, greater joy.\" --R. C. Sproul Jr. author of <i>Bound for Glory</i>', 'Bryan C. Hodge holds degrees from Moody Bible Institute and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he also taught as a Teaching Fellow in Hebrew Bible. He has served as a pastor for many years in the Presbyterian Church of America and currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and five children, as he completes a ThM in New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Cause and Cure of Human Illness\nDescription: ['Professor Arnold Ehret was a German philosopher, nutritionist,teacher, healer, and visionary, and one of the first people to advocate fasting and raw vegan diets as therapies for healing. For over 100 years, his works and teachings have been based on the theory that health, happiness, and longevity can only be found by living in complete harmony with the laws of nature.', '', '']",
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"chosen": "Title: Firestorm (Eve Duncan)\nDescription: ['<b>\"[A] rip-roaring thriller... just might increase the sale of fire extinguishers</b>.\"<br />--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />\"Terrific romantic suspense... While there are sparks of romantic tension in FIRESTORM,it\\'s the hunt itself that\\'s so consuming.\"<br />--<i>The Daily News</i>(NY)', \"#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen turns up the heat in this explosive new psychological thriller. This time a gifted arson investigator teams up with a mysterious operative to stop a killer raging completely out of control...<br /><br /><i>For Kerry Murphy, the inferno is never far away. The flames of that long-ago night still burn in her nightmares: the heat, the choking smoke, the helplessness. She can never run fast enough...<br /></i><br />Now Kerry works as an arson investigator with her evidence-sniffing dog, Sam. Together they're a great team, but her life is about to change in the time it takes to strike a match. The deadly flames of her past are back, and from out of the ashes a stranger appears. Who is Silver? And why has he chosen her in the desparate race to find a killer determined to ignite hell on earth? Kerry and Silver may not have a chance against a psychopath as coldhearted as his method is red-hot. To save themselves and the innocent lives at stake, Kerry will have to do what she hoped she'd never have to do: <i>fight fire with fire</i>.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yorkshire Terriers\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Golden Valkyrie (Loveswept #31)\nDescription: ['From #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a classic tale of opposites attractingand finding love in the most unexpected places.<br><br>When P.I. Honey Winston is hired to steal incriminating letters from visiting dignitary Prince Rubinoff, shes prepared for a dangerous mission that could end her career. But when she blows her cover, she finds that the amused prince is everything the media have made him out to be: part Adonis, part playboyand irresistibly charismatic. The problem is, the feeling is mutual. Intrigued, the prince is determined to keep his gorgeous young trespasser by his side as long as possible. <br><br>For hes never met anyone quite as daring, or breathtaking, as Honey. With the tables turned, Prince Rubinoff has Honey appointed his personal bodyguard. The official reason is an assassination plot. The truth is far more dangerous.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Totality of All Being, Volume 1: Lucifer's Experiment\nDescription: [\"Jane Joyce graduated with Honors from the Art Institute of Phoenix, Arizona, earning a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Animation. Born in Oregon, ripened in Phoenix, Jane has Hollywood ambitions. A musician and visual artist, Jane has many surprises in store as she continues to blossom.\", '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Human Trafficking in the Midwest: A Case Study of St. Louis and the Bi-State Area\nDescription: ['Erin Heil is a professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Andrea Nichols is a lecturer in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Wrath of the King (Royals) (Volume 5)\nDescription: [\"Born and raised in Corona California, Danielle now resides in Texas with her husband and two sons. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, penning works in a number of genres. To date, she has published twenty-one novels and nine short stories. Her interests vary wildly: reading, traveling, photography, graphic art and baking, among others. There is a black cat named Sheba involved who thinks Danielle's laptop is her personal grooming station.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dharma Paths (Dream Flag Series)\nDescription: ['Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: Tibetan', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Heir in Exile (The Royals) (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"Born and raised in Corona California, Danielle now resides in Texas with her husband and two sons. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, penning works in a number of genres. To date, she has published twenty-one novels and nine short stories. Her interests vary wildly: reading, traveling, photography, graphic art and baking, among others. There is a black cat named Sheba involved who thinks Danielle's laptop is her personal grooming station.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes\nDescription: ['\"The most closely related book is the 1938 Manual of Pteridology edited by Frans Verdoorn, so this is a long-overdue summary of the up-to-date understanding of ferns and lycophytes.\" <br />L.G. Kavaljian, Choice<br /><br />\"I enthusiastically recommend this readable and authoritative book to scholars interested in the latest research on ferns.\" <br />Linda Graham, Plant Science Bulletin', 'A thorough overview of the biology and evolution of this important group of vascular land plants, filling a major gap in biological, organism-level, evolutionary literature. Each chapter is organized to review past work, explore current questions, and suggest productive directions for continued discoveries about these fascinating groups of organisms.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Kade's Dark Embrace: Immortals of New Orleans Book 1 (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['After a series of girls are ritualistically murdered on the cold streets of Philadelphia, seasoned detective, Sydney Willows, is forced to work with sexy, alpha vampire, Kade Issacson. While working the case, Sydney finds herself inexplicably drawn to Kade, fighting the passion she feels towards him. Kade, determined to solve the case and mete out justice, is captivated by the independent, fiery detective. As he attempts to protect her from a very real murderer, Kade grows concerned that the beautiful, but very human detective, could easily end up dead should she tangle with supernatural forces that are beyond her control. The investigation leads them into a dark and dangerous world, deep in the heart of New Orleans, where together, they search for the perpetrators of the Voodoo killings. Sydney soon becomes the target of the killer and ends up fighting for her life and love in the Big Easy. If she makes it out alive, will she give into the intoxicating desire she feels for Kade?', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Walking in the Clouds - Colombia Through the Eyes of a Gringo\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Hotter After Midnight\nDescription: ['\"Cynthia Eden\\'s HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT is just that-hot. This book starts out sizzling and erupts in flames page after page. ..A page-turning erotic adventure that you won\\'t want to put down until the end.\"-Lani Roberts of Affaire de Coeur, 5 Stars -- <i>Affaire de Coeur</i><br /><br />\"A cross between CSI and Medium, only hotter and with a hero that truly has bite!\" -- <i> Jacquelyn Frank, USA Today and NYT Best-selling Author</i><br /><br />\"Highly sensual and definitely dangerous.\" -- <i> Shannon McKenna</i>', \"Dr. Emily Drake's patients tend to be a little <i>unusual</i>. Instead of the typical therapist's caseload of midlife crises and mother fixations, Emily treats vampires with blood phobias and sex-demons looking for meaningful relationships. But her gift for recognizing and healing the Other--those creatures of the night that most humans don't even know exist--requires a few house rules. First: Never trust a shifter. Especially not one like Detective Colin Gyth whose gold-flecked eyes and predatory air make Emily realize how much she's been longing to lose control...\", '', \"Colin can't believe the doctor he's been assigned to work with on the Night Butcher murder investigation is the one person who could expose his true identity as a wolf shifter. Smart, sexy, and stubborn as hell, Emily brings out the alpha male in Colin, unleashing a wild, heady desire that takes them both over the edge.\", '', \"But in the shadows, the Night Butcher waits...eager to spill Emily's blood and taste her terror. And he'll use any means to destroy her, including the one person she has grown to trust.\", '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Beware Of Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['<b>The \"Dark Obsession\" series:</b><br /><br />ONLY FOR ME - Books 1 to 4<br /><br />', '', 'Award-winning author Cynthia Eden writes dark tales of paranormal romance and romantic suspense. She is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-seller. Cynthia is also a three-time finalist for the prestigious RITA award . Since she began writing full-time in 2005, Cynthia has written over fifty novels and novellas.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Learning language arts through literature: The yellow book\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: If She Only Knew\nDescription: ['Novel by Lisa Jackson', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Plundering Hell, Populating Heaven: Be a Conqueror through God's Vision, Vehemence, and Valor\nDescription: ['Born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, Pastor Forson Swanzy has become a missionary to the world with a goal to awaken the body of Christ. Like many anointed men and women in the Bible, attempts to kill, steal, and destroy in Swanzy\\'s life started very early. At three years old, Swanzy was kidnapped by village trappers, and after praying diligently on his knees as a toddler, he was returned to his home later as the trappers realized they had stolen a child from a home that was \"marked by God.\" This incident was one of several in his life that challenged his faith, amongst them were shootings, poisonings, and several near-death experiences. In each case, God showed Himself ever-present in the life of His servant, Forson Swanzy. At the age of twenty-one Forson Swanzy felt God calling him to the United States. With a one-way ticket to America, Swanzy left behind all that he knew: his church, family, friends, and homeland in Ghana, West Africa. He arrived in the United States in 2003 with no money or financial support, but the Lord remained faithful and met all of his needs. Today Swanzy uses his God-given gifts to empower the church to get back to a posture of focused, kingdom-directed living. Pastor Swanzy has been a host and guest speaker at many revivals, programs and events around the U.S., and has appeared as a guest on a variety of television and radio shows including; Watchman Broadcasting\\'s Club 36 and Nite Line, TCT-TV\\'s Rejoice, WATC-TV\\'s Atlanta Live and CTN-TV\\'s Herman and Sharron, Talk Culture Radio, God\\'s Learning Channel\\'s Light of the Southwest, CTVN, and more. He holds a bachelor\\'s degree in International Studies and dual masters degrees (Theology and Biblical Psychology) Doctorate of Christian education and awarded Honorary Doctorates of Divinity, Theology and Sacred Theology. Pastor Forson Swanzy is the founder and president of Forerunners Generation International, a non-profit parachurch organization based in Gainesville, Florida. He and his wife, Debra, and their children live in Gainesville, Florida.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Second Ship: Book One\nDescription: ['Born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1956, Richard Phillips graduated from West Point in 1979, trained as an Army Ranger and served for several years as an officer in the United States Army. In 1989, he graduated with a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He then spent three years as a Research Associate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, before completing his tour of duty as an Army Officer. He has been married to his lovely wife, Carol, for twenty-five years and they live happily together in Phoenix, Arizona.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Progress Paradox\nDescription: ['An affirming and constructive way of seeing life anew, The Progress Paradox will change the way you think about your place in the worldand about our collective ability to make it better.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sexy Beast (Gypsy Heroes) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"<span>Swoon-worthysexy beast hero, BJ!Scorchingsex scenes!Entertainingandfast-pacedplot!</span><b>SueBeebring me an alpha!'s review</b>\", '', \"Hi everyone I'm Georgia Le Carre, I write contemporary and adult erotic romance and I am the bestselling author of the Amazon # 1,the billionaire banker series. I live in a little old 19th century romantic cottage, surrounded by the most magical garden, filled with fruit and walnut trees and teeming with wildlife. Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation\nDescription: [\"The Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation is about the mystery by which there is one God in three Persons. This book breaks down the mysteries of God and the attributes associated with each of the Persons to help students understand its implications for living the Christian life. The Didache Semester Series is a series of high school textbooks, teacher's manuals, and student workbooks published by Midwest Theological Forum. Each title spans one academic semester. These titles have been developed according to the 2007 curriculum framework from the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism to assist in the publication of religious education textbooks for Catholic high schools. This book, The Blessed Trinity and Our Christian Vocation, corresponds to Book II: Who Is Jesus Christ? in the curriculum framework. This textbook is published with ecclesiastical approval from the Archdiocese of Chicago, and it has been granted conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church by the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: The Sultan's Reluctant Princess: She was unlike any woman he'd ever met. And he would stop at nothing to make her his.\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: BIKEIT Kids Zip Fleece Hoodie Marquez 93 Red 4/5 Years\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Beauty and the Dark\nDescription: [\"Hi everyone I'm Georgia Le Carre, I love to write about strong, possessive, dominant hero's and sassy, smart heroines. My characters range from hot, dominant billionaires, to strong, powerful gangsters, and all kinds of bad boy's in between. I am the bestselling author of the Amazon #1 bestsellers, You Don't Own Me 1 & 2 (The Russian Don series), the Billionaire Banker series and the Crystal Jake complete Eden series. You'll find my books packed with thrills, suspense and of course lots, and lots of steam. I live in a little old 19th century romantic cottage, surrounded by the most magical garden, filled with fruit and walnut trees and teeming with wildlife. Sadly for me I love all things chocolate and food and have a voracious appetite for Romance reads, particularly new authors with a fresh voice. When I am not feeding words into Amy, my precious laptop, I can be found lost in a long walk in the woods, particularly on moonlit nights; and often with the man of my dreams. Want More Hot Romances?\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: KJV Complete Holy Bible\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Didn't You Promise: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance (A Bad for You Novel)\nDescription: ['Since discovering how to turn daydreaming into a job, Amber Bardan now spends her time in a coffee-fueled adrenaline haze, writing romance with a thrilling edge.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The San Rafael Swell (Images of America: Utah)\nDescription: ['Author Dottie Grimes began working with the Emery County Archives in 2001, and she helped to write two books about Emery County: Cowboy Poetry from the San Rafael and Castle Valley: Our Towns, Our Desert, Our Mountains. She is currently administrator of the Emery County Archives, vice president of the Emery County Historical Society, and a member of the Emery County Historic Preservation Commission. The photographs in this volume were drawn from the Emery County Archives, special collections at Brigham Young University, Utah State History, and from private collections.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tormentor Mine\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Horizons: Phonics and Reading, Book 1\nDescription: ['This Grade 1 student book contains 80 lessons, with a review tests after each ten lessons. Some topics included are: beginning and ending sounds, capitalization and punctuation, vowel pairs, adding suffixes and contractions. Colorful illustrations and simple directions make learning easy and fun during the first year of school. 214 pages, softcover. Pages are perforated & non-reproducible. Softcover.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Cinderella\nDescription: ['Read what real reviewers say about this book:', '', \"Hey everyone Cinderella.com is my debut novel and I hope you enjoy it as much as I've loved writing it.\", '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA 1st (first) Edition by Warrick, Joby [2011]\nDescription: ['Excellent Book']"
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"chosen": "Title: Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross: A Devotional Bible Study and Meditation on the Passion of Christ for Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday Services\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie\nDescription: ['', 'Blackstone shows real insight into the thoughts of a teen with obsessive-compulsive disorder. <i>VOYA</i>', 'Blackstone keeps things fresh with insight and wit. <i>Booklist</i>', \"Quirky and surprisingly upbeat, it's Rene's voice laughing at himself and yet taking his needs seriously that will lure readers into his head and into his heart. <i>SLJ</i>\", \"Debut author Matt Blackstone reveals a true talent for creating quirky characters and using humor to tell the story of Rene's battle against OCD and the turmoil of his dysfunctional family. Teen readers will easily relate to Rene's struggles and to the rest of this colorful cast of characters. <i>TeensReadToo.com</i>\", 'Blackstone makes a bold and idiosyncratic debut with this boisterous novel about a 14-year-old boy with obsessive-compulsive disorder. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', '', '', 'Matt Blackstone joined Teach for America after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, and presently teaches high school English in the South Bronx. He lives in New York City.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Don't Lie to Me: An Alpha Hero Romance (A Bad for You Novel)\nDescription: ['Since discovering how to turn daydreaming into a job, Amber Bardan now spends her time in a coffee-fueled adrenaline haze, writing romance with a thrilling edge.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The lion's way: A novel\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: Before the Dawn: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (Killer Instinct)\nDescription: ['\"Eden expertly twines terror and true love in her second Killer Instinct contemporary romantic thriller.... Eden employs countless red herrings, making it impossible to tell who the real killer is until the book\\'s end. This winning tale is a tightly plotted, expertly characterized adrenaline rush from start to finish.\" -Publishers WeeklySTARRED REVIEW<Br><Br>\"A dynamic and fully vested cast of secondary characters keeps the suspense and intrigue flowing.\" --Smexy Books on AFTER THE DARK by Cynthia Eden<Br><Br>\"Eden shines with this taut romantic thriller, which opens her Killer Instincts series.\" Publishers Weekly on AFTER THE DARK<Br><Br>\"After the Dark didn\\'t disappoint as it kicked the drama into high gear with betrayal, a relentless body count and mind-bending psychoanalysis.\" The Romance Reviews on AFTER THE DARK<Br><Br>\"Suspenseful, sexy fare that keeps you turning pages until you reach the story\\'s conclusion.\" RT Book Reviews: on AFTER THE DARK<Br><Br>\"After the Dark is an action-packed thrill-ride of a tale that starts with an exciting scene and keeps the tension going for the entire book.\" Night Owl Reviews on AFTER THE DARK<Br><Br>\"Eden employs countless red herrings, making it impossible to tell who the real killer is until the book\\'s end. This winning tale is a tightly plotted, expertly characterized adrenaline rush from start to finish.\" -- Publisher\\'s Weekly on Before the Dawn', 'Books in the "Killer Instinct" series published by HQN:<br /><br />THE GATHERING DUSK - Prequel novella<br />AFTER THE DARK - Book 1<br />BEFORE THE DAWN - Book 2<br />INTO THE NIGHT - Book 3<br /><br />In addition, there are two Harlequin Intrigue novels that are set in the same Killer Instinct "world" for readers:<br /><br />ABDUCTION - Available in February of 2017<br />HUNTED - Available in June of 2017']",
"rejected": "Title: Eve: Rise of the Machines\nDescription: ['Brian Walters is a hardware design engineer at a leading semiconductor company. His most recent work involved designing graphics chips used in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and son.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Burn for You (Slow Burn)\nDescription: ['', '<i>Burn for You</i> is an entertaining, captivating, and fun romance with an unforgettable beast of a hero. <b><i>USA Today</i>s <i>Happy Ever After</i></b>', '', '<span>Once upon a time, there were three steamy, witty, passionate stories of modern love, each based on a classic fairy tale. In the Slow Burn series, there are no sheltered princesses waiting to be rescued, but there</span><i>are</i><span>strong, funny, relatable heroines and sexy alpha males who meet, clash, and fall head-over-heels in lust--and love.</span>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Stolen\nDescription: ['Annette Lapointe holds a PhD in Contemporary Canadian Literature and teaches literature and gender studies a the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Her first novel, STOLEN (Anvil Press, 2006), was nominated for a Giller Prize and was the winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards (First Book Award and Saskatoon Book Award). She currently resides in Winnipeg.', '', '']"
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**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Short and Tall (Cork and Fuzz)\nDescription: ['\"Delightful…. A laugh-out-loud treat.\" <b>—Kirkus Reviews, starred review</b>', 'Dori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938. The second child in a family of seven, Dori fell into the role of storyteller, nursery rhyme singer, and general entertainer for her siblings. She claims she learned about story pacing early. If the story action lagged, her fidgety audience would either scatter or start a poking war.', 'She has been married to Nick, her high school sweetheart, for 44 years. Everyone says the romance will last. They raised four daughters, and are now enjoying three grandsons—especially Grandpa, having been outnumbered by women all those years.', \"When their daughters were young, Dori wrote for them. She published three picture books and more than fifty stories in children's magazines. In the 70's, her interest turned to yarn embroidery design and she sold designs to major needlework companies and national magazines.\", 'In 1997, Dori started writing stories again, partly to keep her grandsons from fidgeting or starting poking wars. Her stories reflect the warmth of family life. Dori gives credit to her parents for giving her a strong sense of family, and to her children and grandchildren for keeping it alive.']",
"rejected": "Title: Stitch'D 2: a Patchwork World (Stitch'D Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Finders Keepers (Cork and Fuzz)\nDescription: ['Dori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938. The second child in a family of seven, Dori fell into the role of storyteller, nursery rhyme singer, and general entertainer for her siblings. She claims she learned about story pacing early. If the story action lagged, her fidgety audience would either scatter or start a poking war.', 'She has been married to Nick, her high school sweetheart, for 44 years. Everyone says the romance will last. They raised four daughters, and are now enjoying three grandsonsespecially Grandpa, having been outnumbered by women all those years.', \"When their daughters were young, Dori wrote for them. She published three picture books and more than fifty stories in children's magazines. In the 70's, her interest turned to yarn embroidery design and she sold designs to major needlework companies and national magazines.\", 'In 1997, Dori started writing stories again, partly to keep her grandsons from fidgeting or starting poking wars. Her stories reflect the warmth of family life. Dori gives credit to her parents for giving her a strong sense of family, and to her children and grandchildren for keeping it alive.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Looking Ahead: The 50 Trends That Matter\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Up, Up, and Away! (Skippyjon Jones)\nDescription: ['Judy Schachner lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Sea Dreams Journal (Diary, Notebook)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The House Where Evil Lurks: A Paranormal Investigator's Most Frightening Encounter\nDescription: ['', '\"[A] stunning piece of paranormal writing.\"Steven LaChance, author of <em>The Uninvited</em>', '', '<strong>Brandon Callahan</strong> (Kansas City, MO) grew up with an insatiable desire to learn everything he could about anything mysterious. He has been actively investigating paranormal activity in the field for many years and has developed a method of tracking potential \"hot spot\" locations throughout the world.']",
"rejected": "Title: ABCs of Relationship Selling\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Haunted Crime Scenes: Paranormal Evidence From Crimes & Criminals Across The USA (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today\nDescription: ['', 'Focusing on the fact of history that women have often been excluded from the serious study of plants, Horwood brings these women into their rightful place in the horticultural spotlight. At more than 400 pages, there is much to be discovered about these pioneering women. The Garden Bench blog', '', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Maple House: The True Story of a Haunting\nDescription: ['THE MAPLE HOUSE was originally under the name Jeanie Dyer, a pen name for author Rebecca Patrick-Howard.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Get Out And Hike!: A Beginners Guide To HIking (Hiking, Backpacking,Trail Adventures,Hiking Guide For Beginners)\nDescription: [\"Michele Gilbert's greatest hope is to inspire others and show them ways to overcome adversity and gracefully accept life's inevitable low points. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York Michele was drawn to literature and writing at a young age. She enrolled at Brooklyn College and majored in English. Today she publishes books-mostly personal development and spiritual in nature. As an avid hiker, Michele and fellow club members often hike the picturesque Jersey Pine Barrens. She is a history buff, voracious reader, baseball fanatic and a foodie. She also proudly supports Trout Unlimited-a national non-profit organization dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring North America's Coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. Michele currently resides forty minutes from Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore. She makes her home with a Blue Russian rescue cat named Jersey, though she isn't exactly sure who rescued who. Amazon Kindle Author Page USA amazon.com/author/michelegilbert Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/MicheleGilbert Goodreads Author page http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10793053.Michele_Gilbert Facebook http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10793053.Michele_Gilbert Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/mlg432/ Twitter https://twitter.com/mlg432 Instagram http://instagtam.com/michelegilbert Tags: Essential, Quick Start Guide, Backpacking Light, The Ultimate Guide, Backpacking Trip, Hiking, Backpacking Gear, Trails, Survival Guide, Outdoors Backpack, Backpacking Lite, Backpacking Europe, Backpacking Asia, Expert Tips, Insider Secrets, Backpacker's Start-Up hiking\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Murder at 40 Below: True Crime Stories from Alaska\nDescription: ['Fiendish deeds in a land known for its extremes. Murder at 40 Below is a collection of stories about ten of Alaska\\'s most notorious murder cases drawn from interviews with investigators, police files, eyewitness reports, and newspaper archives. You will be shocked and fascinated by these grisly, fact-filled accounts of failed dreams, violent schemes, greed, madness, and treachery. Read about: Trusting Manly Hot Springs residents who begin disappearing when a demented drifter arrives in town. The sexually obsessed big game hunter who lures topless dancers to a remote hideaway to rape, torture, and kill them. The Juneau laborer who murders the man who beat his mistress and later gains a national following as the \"Birdman of Alcatraz.\" The distrubing shooting deaths of three Eskimo hunters from Kiana in northwest Alaska that ends in an icy wilderness manhunt. The police appeal for help findinga serial killer that generates 7,000 calls from infomrants in the Fairbanks area.<BR>', 'A native of Massachusetts, Tom Brennan is a newspaper columnist and witty fellow who cut his teeth in journalism on the police beat. He moved to Alaska in 1967. He is a communications consultant, newspaper columnist, former oilman, and self-described \"recovering fly-fisherman.\" He and his wife, Marnie, live in Anchorage.']",
"rejected": "Title: What You Have Left: The Turner Trilogy (John Turner Series)\nDescription: ['James Sallis is the author of more than two dozen volumes of fiction, poetry, translation, essays, and criticism, including the Lew Griffin cycle and <i>Drive</i>. His biography of the great crime writer Chester Himes is an acknowledged classic. Sallis lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Karyn, and an enormous white cat.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Splat the Cat and the Snowy Day Surprise\nDescription: ['', 'Splat the Cat enjoys a fun-filled snow day in this interactive lift-the-flap book!', 'When Splat wakes up to learn that today is a snow day, he's superexcited about all the fun things he and Seymour are going to do. They go sledding, build a fort, and at the end of the day, the two friends have a great snowy surprise for everyone!', '', 'Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of <em>Russell the Sheep; Russell and the Lost Treasure; Russell’s Christmas Magic; Splat the Cat; Love, Splat; Merry Christmas, Splat; </em>and <em>Scaredy-Cat, Splat!</em> His work can also be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. An honors graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Rob now lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist. You can visit Rob Scotton online at www.robscotton.com.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Year of You - Yearly Planner/Journal\nDescription: ['The Year of You is so much more than a daily planner! This amazing book helps you set your goals and intentions for the entire year. Once you get clear about what you would like to experience and achieve, The Year of You keeps you focused and accountable for creating the life of your dreams. Complete with monthly, weekly and daily calendar The Year of You helps you discover your strengths in addition to your distractions. Each daily empowerment sheet has a section to help you keep track of self-care so that you maintain the energy and momentum to stay on-track! If you are ready to invest in yourself then you are ready for The Year of You.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Skippyjon Jones Snow What\nDescription: [\"The #1 New York Times bestselling Skippyjon Jones stars in his own playful fairy tale set in a winter snowscape! Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the bravest Chihuahua of them all? Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat who thinks he's a dog! While his sisters listen to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Skippy bounces on his big-boy bed and heads off for the REAL adventure awaiting him in his closet. Once inside, he finds himself in a magical snowy forest of make-believe, where the seven Chimichangos challenge him with his most dangerous task yet: to wake up Nieve Que, the frozen princess, by kissing her! Yuck! Will this hero agree to don a princes pantelones and save his poochitos? With rhymes, rollicking wordplay, and mucho fairy tale fun, this fuzzy tale is sure to end happily ever after.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Moon Stealers and the Everlasting Night (Volume 3)\nDescription: [\"At some point in Tim's childhood, he was abducted by aliens and sent on a voyage of knowledge and discovery across the universe. Eventually the aliens realised how pointless this was and, as a failed student, he was returned to Earth and left with a family who brought him up as a human bean. But, the persistent memories of new worlds, dragons and other creatures, continued to knock at his frontal lobe, desperately trying to break out. To avoid making a mess and calm his imagination, Tim began writing as a way to communicate with Earthlings. Fuelled by Chilli and Nachos and a bottle of wine, Tim manages to balance a love of loud rock music and fast cars (preferably red!) with emotional chic flicks, smart leather shoes and a well tailored suit. He has successfully infiltrated the humans and hides behind the faade known as a family. He learns from his children, but is regularly told to stop acting like a child by his wife. Naturally shy and unsociable by nature, he is selective of the human company he keeps, preferring to be around old books, bonsai and art. He cries at 'Its a wonderful life' but sulks if fed evil vegetables disguised as Parsnips or Peas. He is bored by mundane conversation, excited by architecture and castles and fuelled by Caramel Latte Macchiato's. Occasionally, he likes to catch up with old acquaintances on Tatooine, Westeros, and Middle Earth, and stare at fantasy and concept art as if it is a window to his childhood adventures. He is always trying to learn lessons from the masters; Mr Charles Darwin and Mr Lionel Ritchie, about life and love. Tim's galactic mission is to translate his brain activity into a language that inspires and entertains you, transports you to different worlds and grants you an audience with the characters you have dreamt about, but never dared to remember. All of this in an attempt to redeem himself with his childhood alien abductors and travel the stars once more.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Horsefly Chronicles: A Demonic Haunting\nDescription: ['Phil Siracusa is the author of the book entitled, \"The Horsefly Chronicles\". He was born in 1967 in Staten Island, New York. He grew up in a household of eight. Phils adventure with the Mafia began when he became a bouncer at a couple of local bars in his hometown. When they got word of his gift, they asked him for guidance from the other side. Phil ventured into bodybuilding and owned several fitness centers throughout his career. In 1999 he married his wife Julia, has four boys, and resides in Easton, Pennsylvania. He currently works in sales within the telecommunications industry. What makes this story so interesting and unique is that Phil was born with a spiritual attachment that followed him through an open portal. This spiritual entity remains with him to this day.']",
"rejected": "Title: I'm Worthless And I Know It Vol. 1: Six short stories on the most embarrassing and regretful moments of my life.\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Awesome Autumn: All Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun\nDescription: [\"PreS-Gr 3-This book holds all kinds of information, from what to wear in the fall, what grows at that time of year, and even migration. Beautiful photos are balanced with relatively short bursts of text that young children will find manageable. The discussion of days getting shorter and nights getting longer is followed by how this change affects the production of chlorophyll and how it ultimately results in leaves falling from trees. There is a strong logic in the presentation of the facts that aids in the understanding of the concepts presented. When the migration of birds is discussed, the author brings in the migration of whales and dolphins, insects, and even elk, as they travel from higher elevations to lower ones. What about the ones who stay behind? They hibernate or grow long coats to keep warm as winter approaches. The format is somewhat busy but the book will do well in the laps of or on the desks of the children who are reading it. Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are covered, which then leads into winter. Consider pairing this title with Lois Ehlert's Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (1991) and Leaf Man (2004, both Harcourt), and Julia Rawlinson's Fletcher and the Falling Leaves (HarperCollins, 2006), all of which explore aspects of fall but in fictional narratives. Awesome Autumn could easily answer any questions that come up when reading them. This is a good reference book for young scholars who will love both the photos and the fun facts.-Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.\", '\"Goldstone departs from his usual math picture books to deliver one of the most comprehensive books about autumn available for kids....Wonderfully apropos pictures, solid information and sheer breadth are sure to make this an elementary-classroom staple.\"- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)<br /><br />\"This visually and narratively engaging exploration of the season offers the perfect jumpstart for autumnal studies.\" - The Bulletin for the Center for Children\\'s Books<br /><br />\"A richly varied view of autumn.\" - Booklist', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Bowl of Heaven by Benford, Gregory, Niven, Larry (2012) Hardcover\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Christmas According to Humphrey\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Haiti: A Photo Essay\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Spring According to Humphrey\nDescription: ['\"Fans of Humphrey\\'s previous adventures will surely enjoy this outing.\"--<i>School Library Journal<br><br></i><b>Awards and Accolades for Humphrey:</b><i><br>The World According to Humphrey </i>winner of eight state awards (IA, RI, PA, MD, OK, WA, NE), nominated for 10 others (MA, NV, MN, FL, LA, SC, PA, NC, UT, IN, IL), Children\\'s Crown Award Winner; <i>Friendship According to Humphrey</i> Christopher Award Winner, nominated IA, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner;<i> Trouble According to Humphrey</i> nominated NM, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner; <i>Surprises According to Humphrey</i> Book Sense Pick, nominated TX, IA, IN, KS, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner, <i>Adventure According to Humphrey</i> nominated NM, Children\\'s Crown Award Winner, <i>Summer According to Humphrey</i> SCIBA Book Award Finalist Children\\'s Crown Award Nominee, <i>School Days According to Humphrey</i> Children\\'s Crown Award Nominee.<i><br>  <br> </i><b>OSOB According To Humphrey</b> <br> Several hundred schools have already used The World According to Humphrey and other Humphrey books for <b>One School One Book.</b> <i><br> </i>', \"Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award. Her first Humphrey book, <i>The World According to Humphrey</i>, was chosen for the One Book One School program. In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author of <i>The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs</i> and<i> The Princess and the Peabodys.</i> She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street. <br><br>Find fun Humphrey activities and teacher's guides at www.bettygbirney.com.\"]",
"rejected": "Title: Apple Seed Phonics 2 Flash Cards\nDescription: ['36 Flash Cards', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Littles First Readers #04: The Littles Get Trapped!\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My First Prayers for My Family.\nDescription: ['For more than twenty years, MaIte Roche has written and illustrated numerous spiritual and religious books for children. Her works are extremely popular in her native France, where she is considered an expert at introducing the Catholic faith to the very young.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Harriet the Spy, Double Agent (Harriet the Spy Adventures)\nDescription: [\"Grade 5-8Harriet's new neighbor, Annie Smith, has moved to New York City to live with her aunt and uncle. When Harriet befriends her, she discovers that there is more to the girl than meets the eye, including her persona as new classmate Cassandra D'Amore. She also learns that Annie is hiding a lot of secrets. By making her a partner in her spy escapades, Harriet hopes to learn more about this unique person. All she knows is that Annie comes from Boston, is well read, and that she is in love with an older man. Frustrated, Harriet becomes a double agent and spies on her own colleague. She discovers that Annie has been lying about her life, which leads to an explosive climax. The characters lack spark and personality, and the plot is slow and repetitive. Except for the protagonist's familiar name, there's not much to interest readers here.<i>Amanda Conover Le, St. Johns County Public Library System, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Gr. 4-7. Harriet the Spy is back, and Gold does a credible job of maintaining the special character and her crusty charm. Still attending a private Manhattan school, Harriet is fascinated with a new student, Annie, who has a zillion marvelous aliases. Harriet\\'s best friend, Sport, has a tongue-tied crush on Annie, and Harriet herself is rather taken with this mysterious girl, who has secrets that Harriet feels compelled to uncover. Annie turns out to be a natural spy, and as she joins Harriet in her efforts to uncover the mystery of the Korean grocer and a Christmas tree lot, Harriet tries to figure out what Annie herself is hiding. Fans of Fitzhugh\\'s books will be pleased by the continuity of character development, but careful readers will miss the slyness of Fitzhugh\\'s wry prose. Still, those meeting Harriet for the first time may be inspired to pick up the earlier titles. For more about the series, see \"Reflections on Fiction Spin-offs: Should Harriet Spy Again?\" in the December 1, 2002, issue of <i>Booklist.</i> <i>Debbie Carton</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: V: Monogram Initial V Notebook (8.5 x 11), Floral Heart\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Robert The Doll\nDescription: ['David L. Sloan launched his paranormal career in in 1996, founding one of North Americas first ghost tours in Key West, Florida. He has South Floridas largest collection of haunted objects, authored a dozen books, studied Santeria and Voodoo, and has dealt first-hand with dark entities and spirit possession. Sloan was instrumental in Robert the Dolls move from museum storage to permanent display and remains the authority on the haunted history of Key West and The Florida Keys. He is frequently featured on national television and is a regular on several paranormal radio programs. David lives in Key West and operates Sloans Ghost Hunt.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: A Private and Public Faith\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Basil of Baker Street (Knight Books)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The secret ways of Al Baker\nDescription: ['', '<i>\"For me, Al Baker has been a source of deep magical inspiration. I consider Al Baker to be one of the giants of twentieth-century magic.\"</i> <b>-Eugene Burger</b>', 'Al Baker was one of the most creative figures in magic, a master of close-up, stage magic and mentalism. Now ALL his legendary works are back in print in this volume, plus unpublished effects and more.', '<i>This massive work contains 912 large-format, acid-free, satin-finish pages, hardbound with beautiful full-color dustjacket by artist Katlyn\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t \\t</i>', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Basil and the Cave of Cats (The Great Mouse Detective)\nDescription: ['Eve Titus (19052002) wrote many books for children during her long career, including the Basil of Baker Street books and the Anatole series.', 'Basil and the Cave of Cats <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"../styles/9781481464062.css\" />', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Eric and the Enchanted Leaf: The First Adventure\nDescription: ['Honor book as one of six finalists for the Golden Spur Award in 2005 --Texas State Reading Association', \"Deborah K. Frontiera was raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and still spends her summers there. She and her husband have raised four daughters. She has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry since 1985, the same year she began teaching kindergarten in Houston Independent School District. Besides writing and teaching, she does programs on writing for teachers, students and other writers.\"]"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Geronimo Stilton Cavemice #8: Surfing for Secrets\nDescription: ['', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Dead Man's Ransom (Brother Cadfael Mysteries)\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Humphrey's Mixed-Up Magic Trick (Humphrey's Tiny Tales)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Humphrey\\'s Tiny Tales:</b><br /><br />\"Birney has created the kind of series that first- and second-grade readers will love. Its set in school, the vocabulary is accessible, the font and spacing are generous, and the frequent illustrations tie the story together.New readers will be \\'HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY\\' to see this promising new series.\"--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>on <i>Humphrey\\'s Really Wheely Racing Day<br /><br />\"This title has the same characters, humorous action, and gentle tone of the original, but the large print, short chapters, and numerous cartoon-style illustrations make this one suitable for readers new to chapter books.\"--School Library Journal</i>on <i>Humphrey\\'s Really Wheely Racing Day</i>', \"Betty G. Birney has won many awards for writing for television, including an Emmy, three Humanitas Prizes, and a Writers Guild of America Award, and she won the Christopher Award for<i>Friendship According to Humphrey</i>. In addition to the Humphrey series, she is the author of<i>The Seven Wonders of Sassafrass Springs</i>and<i>The Princess and the Peabody's</i>. She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where her parents grew up as neighbors on Humphrey Street.<br /><br />PriscillaBurrisgraduated from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Since then, she's illustrated several children's books.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: In the Kitchen With Elinor Donahue: Favorite Memories and Recipes from a Life in Hollywood\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town\nDescription: ['<b>BOOK OF THE YEAR at Foreword Magazine!</b><br /><br />', '', '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book\nDescription: [\"Kindergarten-Grade 3Once again, this team has used the familiar tune as the framework for a cumulative counting verse, this time with winter activities both indoors and out as the focal point. The verses themselves are a good fit for the melody, but they would be unremarkable if not accompanied by the clever and humorous illustrations. Each of the eight children in this busy classroom has a distinct personality, revealed through meticulous and consistent attention to detail on every spread. The child obsessed with horses takes every opportunity to make them, even as snowflake cutouts; another child dances throughout, and in the final spread creates a version of Degas' <i>Little Dancer</i> out of snow. While the book would work well as a read- or sing-aloud, with so much to pore over and absorb in the art, it is best used for one-on-one sharing. A surefire choice to spice up the dreariest winter day.<i>Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", 'Deborah Lee Rose, who is widely recognized by her appearances at schools and speeches at education and library conferences, is an internationally published author whose award-winning books are among the New York Public Librarys 100 Books to Read and Share. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Monster\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Diffyou Women's Loose Hooded Fleece One Piece Onesie Panda Pajama Gray Large\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: In Colder Blood\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth\nDescription: [\"How One Woman's Brave Crusade Resulted in the Beginning of the Environmental Movement. In 1962, Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, told people for the first time how the overuse of chemical pesticides was poisoning the environment. As a result, she wrote, not only human beings but all other living creatures were in danger. No one had ever heard of anything like this before. Many people believed the book's message and called for change. Many others opposed it - especially powerful chemical companies, farmers, and even many members of Congress. The battle raged on in the newspapers, magazines, television, and in Congress - RAchel even testified before a commission. She won the fight and Congress passed the very first law to protect our environment. Rachel's concern for the environment had been with her all her life. Growing up in the country, she helped care for chickens, rabbits, and pigs, and pet cats and dogs. To her, everything in nature was a miracle to be treasured and studied. Rachel also had a passion for books. She wrote her first one, abut animals, at the age of seven. By ten, she was publishing stories in a children's magazine. These early passions led her to a career first as a biologist, and then as a famous writer of books about the sea, the seashore, and the whole natural world. In Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth, biographer Adele Glimm takes us on an exciting journey that celebrates one of the twentieth century's greatest heroines - a woman who helped make the earth a safer place for every one of us and for every living thing.\", 'The Bank Street College of Education, often called \"America\\'s most trusted name in early childhood education,\" is a private institution with a public mission--to make learning meaningful for all children. From its origins as the Bureau of Education Experiments to its current configuration as the Bureau of Education Experiments to its current configuration as a multifaceted learning community, Bank Street has been making its mark as a leader for child-centered education since 1916.Adele Glimm lives in New York City. In addition to biographies, she writes short stories and articles. Adele Glimm lives in New York City. In addition to biographies, she writes short stories and articles.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Valentine's Day Disaster (Geronimo Stilton, No. 23)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: BUSTED BOOMERS: Will We Have Any Money, Honey, When We're Old and Wrinkly?\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Fabumouse School Adventure (Geronimo Stilton, No. 38)\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Kreiser Affair\nDescription: ['G. K. Sutton is a graduate of Florida State University College of Law. A writer and composer, she draws on her experiences as a practicing attorney for over 20 years and her past stints as a church musician for even longer than that. She lives with her husband Rick and several cats in the woods of her native Northwest Florida.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: LIFE Wild & Wacky Picture Puzzle\nDescription: ['', '', 'The inventors of the original picture puzzle books, the editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, journalism and storytelling of and about our country and our world, which began with the founding of LIFE magazine in 1936 by editor and publisher Henry R. Luce. LIFE has published books on a broad range of subjects, including <i>New York Times</i> best-sellers <i>One Nation</i> and <i>The American Journey of Barack Obama and Picture Puzzle.</i><br />', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Somewhere I'll Find You - Kindle edition\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
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"rejected": "Title: Moon Handbooks California Road Trip: San Francisco, Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles & the Pacific Coast\nDescription: ['<div>Compiled by Avalon Travel.<BR></div>', '<div><BR><B>Exploring California via Road Trip with Moon California Road Trip</B><br><BR>Moon Travel Guides recently released an all-new guidebook, Moon California Road Trip. The book, which features routes, travel tips, and suggestions from a collection of Moon authors, is available in stores and at online retailers now. We asked Avalon Travel Acquisitions Director, Grace Fujimoto, to talk a little bit about the book, and to offer her suggestions for what she thinks makes a great California road trip. <br><BR><B>1. Moon California Road Trip isn\\'t just about California (or about all of California, for that matter), nor is it a classic road trip like those in Moon\\'s Road Trip USA. What is this book, exactly?</B><BR><BR>This book covers the six essential destinations in and around California: the \"golden triangle\" cities of San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, and three natural wonders, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Coast between LA and San Francisco. This book is unique in that the information focuses on these six places only, with specific driving directions and estimated driving times for getting from one to the other in almost any combination, and gives enough depth about each destination to have lots of choices for a one- to three-day stay.<BR><BR><B>2. There are already so many guidebooks for California. Why add another?</B><BR><BR>I volunteer at the visitor information center in San Francisco, and I was surprised at how many people would tell me they were planning to go to Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and then up the Pacific Coast back to San Francisco, all by car. When they asked for advice about how to do it, I would check to see if Tioga Road (Hwy. 120) in Yosemite was open; show them the Rand McNally California map, which they usually ended up buying since it showed the entire route except for Grand Canyon; and point them to the nearest bookstore so they could peruse the various California, Las Vegas, and Arizona guides for more information. But I knew that they probably wouldn\\'t find everything in one book—the all-California guides would have way more information about the state than they needed, but little to nothing about Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. That\\'s why I thought Moon California Road Trip would be a useful addition to the bookstore shelf.<BR><BR><B>3. Is this book mainly for international visitors?</B><BR><BR>International travelers definitely do this trip—I\\'ve helped a lot of Europeans plan out this route, and one of our interns even mentioned that her Norwegian friends came to do this exact trip. But I think that anyone coming to California who wants to see these essential highlights in one trip should have this book. And it\\'s also helpful for people combining any number of these six destinations for different trips, even if they live here.<BR><BR><B>4. Have you done this trip?</B><BR><BR>I haven\\'t, but now I really want to! I\\'ve been to all these places separately, and last year, during the production of the book, I traveled the California portions of the route: I did the San Francisco–Yosemite–Los Angeles leg over Labor Day and also the Los Angeles–San Francisco drive up the Pacific Coast Highway after Thanksgiving. My family lives in Orange County, so when I drove down to see them for the holiday weekends, these were great alternatives to my usual slog on I-5.<BR><BR><B>5. What are some highlights of the trip?</B><BR><BR>Oh, my. Well, Olmsted Point, which is along Highway 120 in Yosemite, is fantastic. It\\'s not just the view of Half Dome in the distance and the suspended-motion quality of the glacial rocks there—everything around you is so beautiful, including the crisp, clean mountain air. East of Yosemite, the oldest trees in the world (some upwards of 4,000 years old) are in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest off 395. If you\\'re ever feeling old, these gnarled trees will put things in perspective.<BR><BR>After all the driving, the spas in the Las Vegas casinos will be a welcome treat. The opulence can be over-the-top, but that’s part of the Vegas experience.<br><BR>For the Grand Canyon,just seeing it is amazing—it\\'s not a World Heritage Site for nothing!<br><BR>In Los Angeles, I love the LA County Museum of Art (LACMA), which is huge, and the new Renzo Piano designed buildings on the western side mean that it\\'s not just the art that\\'s interesting.<br><BR>For many, the highlight of the entire California loop is the undeniably spectacular Big Sur coast between Cambria and Carmel, although since I\\'m a public transportation nut, the best part of my most recent drive was finding out that you can get to Big Sur by bus, which I will do someday!<BR><BR>Closer to home (meaning, my home), you can\\'t miss the Golden Gate Bridge(best seen from the overlook in the Marin Headlands, just off the north side of the bridge), but my favorite sight in San Francisco is Coit Tower, which has views of the bay and downtown, as well as WPA murals inside that depict life back in the 1930s.<BR><BR><B>6. Do you have any tips for people making this trip?</B><BR><BR>If you really want to go to Alcatraz in San Francisco, make reservations two weeks beforehand (two months for night tours in the summer), especially for weekends. You can pick up the tickets when you arrive, and if you change your mind, you can get a refund as long as you cancel a full three days in advance. For Yosemite, try to visit during the week to avoid the crowds—even though I was traveling for Labor Day, I went to Yosemite on a Wednesday and had a lot of breathing room. Also, cell phone coverage will be spotty on all the driving legs of this trip. And this last one is totally obvious and I should have known better, but be sure to fill up on gas before you hit the Big Sur coast—I paid more than $5 a gallon when I decided, near Gorda, that I couldn\\'t take the stress of the needle hovering around E anymore.<BR><BR><B>7. Are there other classic trips that might lend themselves to this sort of book?</B><BR><BR>I definitely think that there\\'s one in the Pacific Northwest and possibly a southwest trip between Las Vegas and Denver. We’ll see.<br><BR>Grace Fujimoto is the Acquisitions Director for Avalon Travel, the publisher of Moon Travel Guides.<BR></div>']"
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"rejected": "Title: Fast Women\nDescription: [\"Emotionally numb from her divorce 18 months earlier, Nell Dysart is about to waken with a vengeance. When she takes a job as office manager for McKenna Investigations, she's determined to reorganize, redecorate, and revamp the stuck-in-the-'50s surroundings, but she runs smack-dab into senior partner Gabe McKenna, the immovable object to her irresistible force. Gabe likes the dated ambiance just fine and doesn't want a thing changed, but he soon learns that nothing in his life is going to stay the same now that Nell has arrived.\", \"Rough and gruff, but with a heart of gold, Gabe is just what Nell needs to jump-start her hormones. Nell's formerly dull life is suddenly wildly active, for not only is she lusting after Gabe (and vice versa), but there's also a case of embezzlement to uncover, a dog to steal, and bribery to investigate. And, oh yes, there are those very cold, very dead bodies in the freezer.\", \"<i>Fast Women</i> has well-rounded characters, an interesting mystery to resolve, and author Jennifer Crusie's trademark humor. In addition, Crusie gives readers a little something extra in her exploration of the emotional stages of divorce, the viability of marriage, and the value of self-honesty--all of which add up to an excellent fictional tale layered with a thought-provoking look at contemporary culture. <i>--Lois Faye Dyer</i>\", \"A detective agency may be a sure setting for mystery and adventure, but in Crusie's latest (after Welcome to Temptation; Crazy for You; Tell Me Lies), a likable cast of characters also find sex, love and empowerment. At 42, recently divorced Nell Dysart starts a new life by becoming a secretary for Gabe McKenna, a gruff private investigator la Sam Spade; McKenna runs an old-fashioned family business in German Village, Ohio, with his cousin and partner, Riley. The new job provides distraction for Nell, and with the support of her china-collecting former sisters-in-law, Suze and Margie; her son, Jase; and a stolen dachshund named Marlene, she gets back on her feet. Gabe is less than thrilled with Nell's sassiness, and they clash over her attempts to clean and redecorate his office. But where there is friction, there are also sparks, and as bull-headed as Gabe and Nell are, they finally acknowledge their mutual attraction. To make things more complicated, Gabe's biggest client is the Dysart clan, Nell's former in-laws, and the history between them becomes confused with present investigations of embezzlement and bribery when Nell discovers the title to a Porsche and a bag of diamonds in her boss's office. After more than one character is found stuffed in a freezer, Gabe, Riley, Nell and Suze set out to solve a 20-year-old murder case. Crusie's snappy dialogue and skillful plotting more than make up for some uneven pacing and one-dimensional villains. The novel's provocative title says too little about this entertaining romantic caper, which will satisfy fans and new readers alike. Agent, Meg Ruley. Author tour.\", 'Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.', '', '', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: NNAT 2 Level D Practice Test (3rd and 4th Grade) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2011]\nDescription: ['The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test Second Edition (NNAT2) is designed to provide a nonverbal measure of general ability, and is administered for placement into gifted and talented programs throughout the country. NNAT2 items do not require the student to read, write, or speak, so students must rely on reasoning and not on verbal skills to solve the problems presented to them. Just like the actual NNAT2 test, there are a total of 48 questions on this Level D practice test for 3rd and 4th grade. We have also included 20 additional exercises to ensure that children become familiar with the types of questions that will be on the NNAT2 in our 72-page practice test. Understanding the content and the format of the test will enable children to perform to the best of their ability on test day.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Granny Killer : The True Story of Dorothea Puente\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Yoga: A Natural Way of being: A nine-week, easy-to-do programme for initiation into adopting yoga as a way of life\nDescription: ['Along with a doctorate degree in reproduction biology in India, Dr. Verma studied Neurobiology in Paris University and obtained a second doctorate. She pursued advanced research at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (USA) and the Max-Planck Institute in Freiburg, Germany. At the peak of her career in medical research in a pharmaceutical company in Germany, she realised that the modern approach to health care is basically fragmented and non-holistic. Besides, we are directing all our efforts and resources to cure disease rather than maintaining health. In response, Dr. Verma founded The New Way Health Organisation (NOW) in 1986 to spread the message of holistic living, preventive methods for health care and to promote the use of mild medicine and various self-help therapeutic measures. Dr. Verma grew up with a strong familial tradition of Ayurveda with a grandmother who had enormous Ayurvedic wisdom and was a gifted healer. She has studied Ayurveda in the traditional Guru-shishya style with Acharya Priya Vrat Sharma of the Benares Hindu University for 23 years. Dr. Verma is an ardent researcher and is working hard to compile the living tradition of Ayurveda and spread it in the world through her books and other activities. She has published twenty three books on yoga, Ayurveda, Women and Companionship. The books are published in various languages of the world. Besides, she has published numerous scientific articles. Several other books are in preparation. She lectures extensively, teaches in Europe for several months a year, trains students at her two centres in India and gives radio and television programmes. A film on Ayurveda with her was made by German television in 1995 and was shown in 100 countries, in 130 languages. It was the first film on Ayurveda. Dr. Verma has founded Charaka School of Ayurveda to train interested people with genuine Ayurvedic education so that they can further impart the knowledge of Ayurvedic way of life and save people from becoming a victim of charlatanry in Ayurveda. She is doing several research projects on medicinal plants and their combination in the form of remedies. She is the founder and chairperson of The Ayurveda Health Organisation, which is a charitable trust for promoting Ayurvedic remedies and yoga therapy in rural areas of India. She lectures and workshops for school children in the rural areas of Himalayas to promote wisdom of traditional medicine. Dr. Verma gives seminars, lectures and teaches.']"
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"chosen": "Title: LIFE Picture Puzzle Around the World\nDescription: ['<div><div>The editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, in journalism, and in telling the story of our country and our world which began with LIFE magazine in 1936 by founding editor and publisher, Henry R. Luce. They have published books on a broad range of subjects, including New York Times bestsellers <i>One Nation</i>, <i>Picture Puzzle</i> and <i>The American Journey of Barack Obama</i>. <br><br></div></div>', '<div>The editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, in journalism, and in telling the story of our country and our world which began with LIFE magazine in 1936 by founding editor and publisher, Henry R. Luce. They have published books on a broad range of subjects, including New York Times bestsellers <i>One Nation</i>, <i>Picture Puzzle</i> and <i>The American Journey of Barack Obama</i>. <br><br></div>']",
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"rejected": "Title: Sexual Politics: The Gay Person in America Today (Series on Law, Politics and Society)\nDescription: ['Gilreath offers a timely retrospective and call for future action, in this brilliant and provocative study of gay Americans\\' interaction with contemporary politics and culture. He brings an important new voice to the field. -- <i>Bryan H. Wildenthal, Thomas Jefferson School of Law </i><br /><br />Gilreath\\'s frustration, resentment, and anguish resulting from the mistreatment of gays in the United States are palpable in his rhetoric. This anger and hurt may cause discomfort for readers, but his blunt testimony is a useful reminder, in case one needs it, of the genuine damage that is done to members of the disadvantaged groups that American society has marginalized and oppressed. \"Homosexuals remain the only minority against whom it is permissible to discriminate openly\" (p. 48), Gilreath laments. Thus, in the effort to bring about equity and justice in the United States, redress of the mistreatment of gays is a major item of unfinished business. - Barry D. Friedman, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, Georgia -- <i>International Social Science Review, March 22, 2007</i><br /><br />In his solid analysis of the contradictory status of \"the gay person\" in the United States at this moment, and the strategies that might advance the cause of social and legal equality, Shannon Gilreath shows himself to be well-armed with both knowledge and political passion, and with a gift for finding the right word. -- <i>Gay and Lesbian Review</i><br /><br />The perspective Gilreath brings to bear--the horizon from which he speaks--is quite distinctive. Though the literature of gay and lesbian studies is growing exponentially, I am aware of no other book quite like this one: thoughtful, passionate social commentary with elements of a memoir added for good measure. Gilreath\\'s book should be read by anyone who wants to think about \"the gay person in America today\". -- <i>Michael J. Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Chair in Law, Emory University</i><br /><br />This brave and honest book calls gay Americans and Americans generally to resistance to the injustice of American homophobia that blights our religion, our politics, and our constitutionalism. Its moving personal story and compelling analysis call for the importance of a more open gay voice as an urgent imperative of a personal and political life based on the values of justice all Americans share. --<i>David A.J. Richards, author of Women, Gays, and the Constitution</i>', \"Shannon Gilreath teaches courses on sexuality to students in Wake Forest University's women's and gender studies program, divinity school, and law school. Professor Gilreath is also assistant director of the school of law's Master of Laws (LL.M.) in American Law program.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Weird Minnesota: Your Travel Guide to Minnesota's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets\nDescription: ['Eric Dregni is the author of \"In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream, \\'\\' \"Minnesota Marvels: Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes\" and seven other books.<br /><br />', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Good News We Almost Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism\nDescription: ['', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Transatlantic Century: Europe and America, 1890-2010 (New Approaches to European History)\nDescription: ['\"In a century-long analytical survey blending economics and culture, ideas and diplomacy, Mary Nolan brings enviable breadth of knowledge and depth of thought to the full complexity of the transatlantic exchange. Throughout their varying encounters with modernity, she shows, Europe and the United States could never be disconnected, even as the discords and dissonances have grown.\" <br />Geoff Eley, University of Michigan<br /><br />\"Nolan\\'s The Transatlantic Century is a masterful work of synthesis: breathtaking in its scope and precise in its rich detail. It is the foundation from which every effort to understand the place of the United States in the economic and political revolutions of the twentieth century must now proceed.\" <br />Daniel T. Rodgers, Princeton University<br /><br />\"The Transatlantic Century will become a standard work on the changing relations between the U.S. and Europe in the twentieth century. It is synthetic, wide ranging, and important.\" <br />Ruth Oldenziel, Eindhoven University of Technology<br /><br />\"A stimulating and readable overview that shows the complexities of the era often stereotyped as the American Century.\" <br />David Reynolds, University of Cambridge<br /><br />\"Essential.\" <br />Choice<br /><br />\"With incisive prose and acuity of judgment Nolan offers a more comprehensive overview of European-American transatlantic relations than hitherto available.\" <br />Ian Tyrrell, Journal of American History<br /><br />\"In [this book], Mary Nolan has drawn on her expertise as an historian of the Atlantic world to produce a work that challenges the belief that the twentieth century was the American Century ... [this] is an excellent resource for any upper-year undergraduate history or political science course that examines the United States, Europe, or the relations between the two regions. By questioning the traditional narrative offered by many textbook-style works and challenging the belief in American exceptionalism, [Nolan] forces readers to question their own views on the relationship between the United States and Europe ... her work stimulates the discussion not only about transatlantic history but also the history of empires and transnational history. [Her] ability to shift seamlessly from a macrocosmic perspective to a microcosmic perspective is impressive and it is also refreshing to see the inclusion of Eastern Europe in her analysis.\" <br />Gregg French, H-Empire<br /><br />\"In this well-crafted, learned survey of US-European relations in the long twentieth century, Mary Nolan makes a valuable contribution to international history ... Nolan\\'s work is a successful, readable synthesis. It wears its erudition lightly, is well constructed, and manages to integrate cultural and intellectual trends into the broader political-economic narrative, which is no small feat.\" <br />Gabriel Paquette, European History Quarterly', 'The Transatlantic Century is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. Ranging from economics, culture and consumption to war, politics and diplomacy, Mary Nolan charts the stop-start rise of American influence in Europe, its mid-twentieth century triumph and then its gradual erosion since the 1970s.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels\nDescription: [\"A man stuck inside the belly of a fish may sound improbable, even ridiculous. But in this retelling of the biblical story of Jonah, pastor-author Tchividjian (Do I Know God?) means serious business. Tchividjian, grandson of Billy Graham, creates a play-by-play version of this ancient tale to put today's audience at the scene. Drawn from a sermon series, the book employs typical sermon fodder--Scripture, descriptions of artistic representations of Jonah, and extended quotes from authors like Herman Melville (Moby-Dick) who have written on the subject. Through these interpretations, the reader discovers Jonah's characteristics-he is self-righteous, prideful, a work-in-progress-contrasted with the attributes of God, who is unwavering, all-powerful, and merciful. One can almost hear the author's voice rising and falling as he compares Jonah's reticence to contemporary human attitudes. The abrupt ending of the biblical tale may leave the impression that this well-loved character is no hero at all. Yet Tchividjian's animated, heartfelt homily will boost readers with the message that God's heroic grace is perfect. <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', 'Tullians masterful retelling of this familiar story will do just as it promises. It will surprise youshock you evenas you hear the story of Jonah as if for the first time. And it will fill you with awe and wonder at Gods startling grace and his tender heart toward us, his lost and rebellious children. I loved it.<br /><strong>Sally Lloyd-Jones</strong>, author, <em>The Jesus Story-Book Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name</em>', 'The book of Jonah is more than the story of a prophet who ran from God. It is actually the story of the grace of God that overcomes Jonahs stubborn rebellion. In this outstanding book Tullian Tchividjian helps us see that there is something of Jonah in all of us and that we stand in need of the same grace of God every day. I was both convicted and encouraged by this book and highly recommend it to every Christian.<br /><strong>Jerry Bridges</strong>, author, <em>The Pursuit of Holiness</em>', '<em>Surprised by Grace</em> is a much-needed reminder that we should never get over the gospel, or try to move beyond it. The grace that saves is the grace that satisfies and empowers. Tullians book is gospel-saturated, Christ-exalting, and soul-refreshing.<br /><strong>Randy Alcorn</strong><strong>,</strong> Founder and Director, Eternal Perspectives Ministries; author, <em>Heaven</em>, <em>If God Is Good</em> and <em>Money, Possessions & Eternity</em>', 'Twenty years ago Tullian was the wild, rebellious black sheep among Billy Grahams grandchildren. Today he follows in his grandfathers steps as a powerful preacher of the cross of Christ. As he retells the Old Testament story of Jonah he shows that while sin reaches far, Gods grace reaches farther. Tullians heart to see rebelsas well as cold-hearted Phariseestransformed by the gospel of grace shines through on every page.<br /><strong>Joshua Harris</strong>, Senior Pastor, Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg, Maryland; author, <em>Dug Down Deep</em>', 'A well-written, exegetically careful, pastorally sensitive journey through a familiar yet surprising book. Tullian mines the world of literature, art, and theology to bring out the abiding significance of this beloved story. Oh, and he also wonderfully points us to Christ.<br /><strong>Kevin DeYoung</strong><strong>,</strong> Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Michigan', 'In this wonderful book Tullian creatively and clearly does with the story of Jonah what the Bible was designed to do. He helps you see yourself and weep and see your God and rejoice. Read. It will deepen your sense of need and your affection for the God who meets you in the middle of it.<br /><strong>Paul David Tripp</strong><strong>,</strong> President, Paul Tripp Ministries; author, <em>What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage</em>', '<em>Surprised by Grace</em> fishes the gospel from the storms of Jonahs life and conscience with wonderful images from art history, beautiful words from classic literature, and deep insight from the biblical record. The ways Pastor Tullian shows how the gospel spouts from so ancientand resistanta prophet is truly a surprising grace.<br /><strong>Bryan Chapell</strong><strong>,</strong> President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary;Senior Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois', \"If youve been struggling with the Christian faith because it started with the gospel and moved quickly into the elbow grease of hard work, guilt, and rules, this book will change your life. The gospel isnt just where we begin; its where we Christians live. If we arent surprised by grace, it isnt grace. Read this book, and youll rise up and call me blessed for recommending it to you.<br /><strong>Steve Brown</strong><strong>,</strong>Host, <em>Key Life</em> Radio Program; author, <em>Three Free Sins: God Isn't Mad At You</em>\", 'Tullian has given us a crash course on the outrageous mathematics of Gods mercy and grace. The same God who pursues violent pagan kings also pursues his smug, self-righteous sons and daughters. Indeed, the God who bids us count stars, sand, and dust is actively redeeming a pan-national family of rebels, idolaters, and broken people just like me . . . and you! Thanks, Tullian, for helping me to see that the gospel is always bigger than I realized, or even wanted it to be!<br /><strong>Scotty Smith</strong><strong>,</strong> Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, Tennessee', '<em>Surprised by Grace</em> will delight many, and it will disturb some. The gospel does that. Tullian Tchividjian helps us all, as sinners, move the gospel down into our hearts, where we actually change. Thank you, Tullian. I need it. Every one on the face of the earth needs it.<br /><strong>Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.</strong>, Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'As one who is both self-righteously religious and rebelliously irreligious (and sometimes on the same day!), I am repeatedly surprised by Gods relentless pursuit of my heart and his overwhelming grace. Im sure that Tchividjians transparent interaction with a heartless prophet who is nevertheless an instrument of mercy to a wicked, godless nation will both convict and comfort you as it did me. In this wonderful book youll learn that Jonahs story is not so much the story of a runaway prophet, a fish, a vine, and a repenting nation as it is a story of Gods persistent purpose to bless people he chooses to bless no matter the cost. If you need to remember that God is greater than your sin, that his purpose to bless isnt really dependent upon your goodness, and that he will accomplish all his purposes no matter what, this Christ-exalting book will serve you well. Its just splendid.<br /><strong>Elyse M. Fitzpatrick</strong><strong>,</strong> counselor; speaker; author, <em>Found in Him</em><em></em>', 'Calvin called Scripture a mirror of the soul. Tullian Tchividjians insightful guidance through the book of Jonah not only clearly explains the meaning of the book but helps us see ourselves in the reluctant prophet, sinners who are the recipients of Gods loving grace. I highly recommend <em>Surprised by Grace</em> for all Christians, young in the faith as well as mature, laypeople as well as pastors.<br /><strong>Tremper Longman III</strong><strong>,</strong> Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College', 'Grace is one of those words we use so much in the church that its easy to take for granted. It becomes ordinary. However, in this book grace shines in its biblical luster. Whether a new believer or a lifelong Christian, prepare to be surprised by grace!<br /><strong>Michael Horton</strong><strong>,</strong> J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, <em>Calvin on the Christian Life</em>', 'The gospel is a surprising message of news seemingly too good to be true. Tullian shocks us with the gospel as he retells the story of Jonah, the story of a God who pursues, rescues, and even uses people who run away from him. What makes this book stand out is how Tullian presents the gospel in story form, carving deep grooves in ones memory. I will not forget this book, and I will recommend it to all the Jonahs in my life, which is most everybody I know.<br /><strong>Justin Buzzard</strong><strong>,</strong>Lead Pastor, Garden City Church, Silicon Valley; author, <em>Date Your Wife</em> and <em>The Big Story</em>', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: An Integrated Textbook and Computer Simulations\nDescription: ['', 'Scientists working in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK and PD) study the behavior of drugs in the body. This includes how drugs are absorbed into the body, where they go, what they do, and how the body gets rid of them. Models can be applied to help understand these processes. The combined subject of PK/PD is an important component of the education of health professionals and research scientists involved with drugs.', 'Updated with new chapters and topics, the new edition of <i>Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics</i>; presents the essentials of PK / PD in a clear and coordinated manner. Maintaining its clear and straightforward presentation, the text enables you to understand the dose-response relationship and dosing regimen design.', 'Your understanding of the material will be enhanced by guided computer exercises available on a companion website, which makes the book ideal for self-study. Simulations will allow you to visualize drug behaviour, experiment with different dosing regimens, and observe the influence of patient characteristics and model parameters.', 'The second edition updates and strengthens existing chapters and adds new topics to address newer applications of pharmacokinetics in clinical practice and drug development, including physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling and the prediction of drug-drug interactions.', \"Because <i>Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition</i> is an introductory textbook, the material is presented as simply as possible. As a result, you'll find it easy to gain an understanding of all the core principles, apply them to understand drug dosages, drug-drug interactions, and to evaluate the literature on clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.\", '', '<b>Sara E. Rosenbaum, PhD,</b> is Professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, where she teaches courses in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Her research interests concentrate on the development and application of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic models to better understand the drug dose-response relationship.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission\nDescription: ['', 'This is a great new book on church planting that balances the personal spiritual issues with the theological, cultural, and technical. Church planters should all read this.<br /><strong>Timothy J. Keller</strong><strong>,</strong> Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City; best-selling author, <em>The Reason for God</em>', '\"<em>Church Planter</em> is an incredible tool for pastors and church planters alike that I am confident will fuel church multiplication in countless ways in the days ahead. I highly recommend this gospel-saturated challenge to plant churches led by God-centered men.<br /><strong>David Platt</strong><strong>,</strong> President, International Mission Board; author, <em>Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</em>', 'Now here is a clever ideaask an experienced church-planting pastor how church planting should be done. In <em>Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission</em> by Darrin Patrick, an experienced church planter speaks from deep theological conviction, pastoral experience, and missiological vision. Church planting is one of the most important movements of our eraand one that follows the pattern set by the apostles. This book will be welcomed by all who celebrate the renaissance of church planting in this generation.<br /><strong>R. Albert Mohler Jr.</strong><strong>,</strong> President and Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'I like being pushed, and Darrin Patrick is a careful thinker and a hard-working pastor. Here he has written a clear, carefully considered, well-illustrated introduction to the pastor and his ministry. In reading it, Ive been challenged, provoked and encouraged. I disagree with some things, like Darrins correlation between the resurrection of Christ and the transformation of cities, but this book has been exciting and helpful and I appreciate a great deal. I happily commend this book to you, and pray that God will use it to help establish churches that take the gospel of Christ to the end of the world.<br /><strong>Mark Dever</strong><strong>,</strong>Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington DC; President, 9Marks', 'Darrin Patrick has done an amazing job detailing out what we are called to not only as church planters but as pastors and men of God. Whether you are considering planting a church or have been a pastor for decades I couldnt more highly recommend this book to you.<br /><strong>Matt Chandler</strong><strong>,</strong>Lead Pastor, The Village Church, Dallas, Texas; President, Acts 29 Church Planting Network; author, <em>TheMingling of Souls</em>', 'My new friend Darrin Patrick offers an insightful look at the privilege and calling of being a church planter. As one who is passionate about growing Gods church, I recommend this book for every pastor and church planter. If you hope to plant a church for the fame of the name of Jesus Christ, be sure to read this book before you do.<br /><strong>James MacDonald</strong><strong>, </strong>Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel, Rolling Meadows, Illinois; author, <em>Vertical Church</em>', 'Darrin Patrick is an excellent thinker with a great heart for the Church. I believe his words in this book are crucial for men in the body of Christ to pay attention to.<br /><strong>Dino Rizzo</strong>, Pastor, Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge, LA', 'Darrin Patrick is a friend to church planters. He is widely known as a strong leader and good thinker in church planting today. In this book, Darrin brings together his biblical understanding, theological insight, and pastoral wisdom on what it takes to plant a missional church. For those who are planting or thinking about it, this book will help you to see if you are preparedwith the message and for the mission.<br /><strong>Ed Stetzer</strong><strong>,</strong>President, LifeWay Research; author,<em>Subversive Kingdom</em>; www.edstetzer.com', 'We have all read books on church planting, planting churches, and church planting movements. This book is about the church planterhis qualifications, his theology, and his character. Make no mistake about it, Darrin Patrick covers all the bases on what it takes to be a successful church planter in the twenty-first century. Get the right man, going in the right direction, with the right message and you have impactful combination for the kingdom of God. This is a Christ- and gospel-centered approach to launching new churches.<br /><strong>Billy Hornsby</strong>, President, Association of Related Churches', '<em>Church Planter: The Man, the Message, and the Mission</em> is a superb work. Darrin Patrick combines the mind of a careful theologian, the heart of a compassionate pastor, and the passion of a missional Christian. As someone heavily invested in training church planters in a seminary, this will be a must-read for those we teach and send out to penetrate lostness in the unreached and underserved cities of our nation and the world. Thank you Darren for this labor of love. You have rendered a valuable service to the body of Christ. <br /><strong>Daniel L. Akin</strong><strong>,</strong> President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary', '<em>Church Planter</em> comes from the heart of a real man sharing the real gospel from real experience leading Christs church. Powerful, helpful, hopeful!<br /><strong>Bryan Chapell</strong><strong>,</strong> President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary;Senior Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois', 'If you are called to church planting, Darrin Patrick gets you. More importantly, he understands what it takes to connect you to the gospel, the gospel to the church, and the church to the mission. This book is packed with insight; its a boot-camp-in-print. If God has enlisted you, then read it and let the training begin!<br /><strong>Dave Harvey</strong><strong>,</strong> Pastor of Preaching, Four Oaks Community Church, Tallahassee, Florida; author, <em>When Sinners Say I Do</em>and <em>Am I Called?</em>', 'I love this book because I love church planters and I know this book will help them fulfill their calling. I also love that Darrin writes in such a raw way. This isnt an ivory tower book. Its written by someone who has some battle scars because hes been in the trenches of church planting.<br /><strong>Mark Batterson</strong><strong>,</strong> Lead Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, DC; author, <em>Wild Goose Chase </em>and <em>Soulprint</em>', \"Darrin slices through the clutter to give us insight on what is most important in launching a new worka clear understanding of a biblically functioning community led by one passionately committed to Jesus. This is a strong, excellent work that goes beyond pragmatic strategies and gives principles that will serve in any context. I'm fired up about a movement of leaders who will live out the core principles of <em>Church Planter</em> and launch churches that honor God and share his fame!<br /><strong>Jud Wilhite</strong>, author, <em>Eyes Wide Open</em>and <em>Uncensored Grace</em>; senior pastor, Central Christian Church, Las Vegas, Nevada\", 'Darrin Patrick gets ministry. He understands its not a career for those of us trying to do something for God. Its a calling that can only be fulfilled faithfully when built upon the foundation of scriptural norms. This is not only a great book for anyone involved in church plantingits also a great book for anyone involved in pastoral ministry. It will help you (and your team) keep your life, message, and mission aligned with Gods vision and calling.<br /><strong>Larry Osborne</strong>, Pastor, North Coast Church, Vista, California; author, <em>Sticky Church</em>', '<em>Church Planter: the Man, the Message and the Mission</em> by Darrin Patrick is a must-read for anyone thinking about planting a church or who works with church planting leaders. While I dont hold to all of Darrins theology of leadership I still highly recommend <em>Church Planter</em>. When it comes to church planting Darrin is a guy that absolutely gets it because he has done it! And you will get it too if you read this book! <br /><strong>Dave Ferguson</strong><strong>,</strong> Lead Pastor, Community Christian Church, Naperville, Illinois; Lead Visionary, NewThing', 'If I were beginning the journey of starting a church, and I could only choose two books to take with me. They would be the Bible, and Church Planter by Darrin Patrick.<br /><strong>Matt Carter</strong><strong>,</strong>Pastor of Preaching, The Austin Stone Community Church, Austin, Texas; co-author,<em>The Real Win</em>', 'There is no greater need in the world today than for men who will embody the unchanging message of the gospel in their own lives, and then carry it into the ever-changing communities in which we live. Darrin Patrick clearly articulates a compelling vision of the kind of leader and church we need in the twenty-first century. Every Christian man should read this book, and ask the question what part is God calling ME to play in planting transformational churches? Some may never have considered ministry, but reading this book could be dangerous for your career prospects. Other readers may be in paid church leadership, but will discover that God has been preparing a different, society-changing role for you to play. May God use this book to raise an army of church planting missionaries, some who will lead fantastic churches, others who will incarnate the gospel by being Christ-centered businessmen, caring professionals, or whatever it is that God has designed you to be. This book will convince you that there is hope for the church yet, and that the church is the only hope for this world.<br /><strong>Adrian Warnock</strong>, author,<em>Hope Reborn</em>and <em>Raised with Christ</em>', \"This book is a weapon. <em>Church Planter</em> is one of the more important pieces of equipment that a church planter (or a man aspiring to any level of church leadership) can own. Darrin Patrick writes out of biblical conviction and proven experience, not preference or pragmatics. I trust Darrin. I trust what he's written here. I hope this book is placed in the hands of men all over the world.<br /><strong>Justin Buzzard</strong><strong>,</strong>Lead Pastor, Garden City Church, Silicon Valley; author, <em>Date Your Wife</em> and <em>The Big Story</em>\", 'Darrin does a great job describing the challenges of planting and directing the planter toward gospel solutions. Whether youre in the midst of planting or thinking about planting page 25 alone is worth the cost of the book. <br /><strong>Eric Simmons</strong>, Pastor, Redeemer Church of Arlington, Arlington, VA', \"In <em>Church Planter</em> Darrin Patrick gets to the heart of what it means to be a man who loves God and transforms communities. I like the fact that you don't have to agree with all of his theology to benefit from his wisdom. He shows us not just how to have great churches but how to have better cities. I think that reflects the heart of God. I know it captured mine. <br /><strong>Greg Surratt</strong>, Pastor, Seacoast Church\", 'Darrin Patrick is one of the most important voices in the church plantingcommunity. Every potential church planter should read this book <em>before</em> he decides to plant, and every existing church planter should read this book once every year! Too many people care only about planting <em>more</em> churches. What we need is more healthy churches with healthy pastors. This resource focuses on doing just that!<br /><strong>Shawn Lovejoy</strong>, Lead Pastor, Mountain Lake Church, Cumming, GA; co-founder, churchplanters.com', 'When Darrin Patrick speaks about church planting people listen. This book cuts to the very core of the life of a church planter. Its biblically based and its solid in content. It is a must read for every man that is considering planting a church. We will require it for every church planter we train through the Launch Network.<br /><strong>Brian Bloye</strong>, Lead Pastor, West Ridge Church, Dallas, GA; President, Launch Network', '', '', '<strong>DARRIN PATRICK</strong>is the vice president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network and the founding pastor of the Journey Church in St. Louis. He has served in ministry for twenty years and speaks regularly at pastors conferences and training events for church planters.', '<strong>Matt Chandler</strong> is the lead pastor of The Village Church, a multi-campus church in the Dallas metroplex of over 10,000 people. His sermons are among the topselling (free) podcasts on itunes and he speaks at conferences worldwide. Prior to accepting the pastorate at The Village, Matt had a vibrant itinerant ministry for over ten years where he spoke to hundreds of thousands of people in America and abroad about the glory of God and beauty of Jesus. He lives in Texas with his wife, Lauren, and their three children: Audrey, Reid and Norah.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Lightlings\nDescription: ['Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, an international multimedia ministry based in Lake Mary, Florida, and can be heard teaching around the United States and overseas on his daily radio program Renewing Your Mind. He also serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew s Chapel in Sanford, Florida.<br><br>During his distinguished academic career, Dr. Sproul has helped train men for the ministry as a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary and later at Knox Theological Seminary.<br><br>He is the author of more than sixty books, including The Holiness of God, Chosen by God, What is Reformed Theology?, The Invisible Hand, Faith Alone, and A Taste of Heaven. He also served as general editor of the Reformation Study Bible.<br><br>His impact on evangelical publishing was recognized in 2007 when the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association presented him with its Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Christian publishing industry.<br><br>Dr. Sproul and his wife, Vesta, make their home in Longwood, Florida.']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything\nDescription: ['', 'At last, a practical guide to the most fundamental doctrine of them all. Mr Sanders shows us how the Trinity is the essential framework on which our faith is built, the hidden skeleton that gives shape and meaning to the flesh and blood of daily experience. Highly commended!<br /><strong>Gerald Bray</strong><strong>, </strong>Research Professor of Divinity, History, and Doctrine, Beeson Divinity School;author, <em>God Is Love </em>and <em>God Has Spoken</em>', 'Sanders has a gift for making the deep things of theologyin this case, the doctrine of the Trinityclear and compelling rather than shallow and simplistic. This is as good an introduction to the essentially Trinitarian shape of evangelical faith and practice of which Im aware. Every evangelical should be able to explain how the gospel is Trinitarian and the Trinity a summation of the gospel, and Sanders shows us how. He makes a convincing case that there is nothing wrong with the evangelical church in North American that a good dose of Trinitarian theology, if absorbed into the bloodstream of the body of Christ, could not cure. So take, drink, and prepare to be edified.<br /><strong>Kevin J. Vanhoozer</strong>, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author, <em>Biblical Authority after Babel</em>and<em> Faith Speaking Understanding</em>', 'Fred Sanders book should be required reading for anyone involved in the work of the Gospel. It will help readers catch a fresh vision of the depths of the message they strive to proclaim and foster a renewed sense of the grandeur of the Christian life they invite people to enjoy.<br /><strong>Mark Hopson</strong><strong>,</strong> President, National School Project', \"The Deep Things of God is at once profound and immediate. God's Triune majesty is brought down to our daily prayers and life as believers. Anyone who wants to know their great God better will be blessed by meditating on the scriptural and practical truth in this book. Any Christian leader who wants to ground his local congregation in the life of the Three-in-One God will find both biblical depth and devotional insight to help him. In The Deep Things of God Fred Sanders makes clear what we tacitly know, that 'the gospel is trinitarian and the Trinity is the gospel.' This book shows the same wisdom Fred has shown in ministering in our church. The Deep Things of God shows that the faith which we held so delicately at our baptism is an expression of our personal relationship with Father, Son and Spirit. We live out The Deep Things of God every time we pray to the Father by the Son and through the Spirit. It is my prayer that the whole church will embrace The Deep Things of God and celebrate our relationship to the Trinity in the life of the church.<br /><strong>Scott Carpenter</strong>, Elder, Grace Fellowship Church, Costa Mesa, CA\", \"There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe how important and timely this book is. Sanders demonstrates how the Trinity is at the heart of the Gospel and the foundation of the Christian life, and makes his case by bringing forward distinctly evangelical voices. But this is no book of abstract theology: Sanders' work is lively, engaging, and accessible. He brings the Trinity out of the cloistered walls of academia and into the living room, explaining in terms anyone can understand that we are immersed in the reality of the Triune God. There is no better guide I know of to explore the deep things of God than this book, and it deserves a wide and serious hearing by pastors, theologians, and laymen alike. <br /><strong>Matthew Lee Anderson</strong><strong>,</strong> Founder, Mere Orthodoxy; author, <em>The End of Our Exploring: A Book About Questioning and the Confidence of Faith</em>\", \"Deep Things of God is a fascinating exploration of the trinitarian heartbeat of the gospel which underlies the rich (though often ignored) practices of evangelicalism. Fred Sanders wears his considerable learning lightly; this is a book I'm going to buy for my parents and recommend to my fellow doctoral students.<br /><strong>Ben Rhodes</strong>, PhD candidate in Systematic Theology, Kings College, University of Aberdeen\", '', '', '<strong>Fred Sanders</strong> (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology at the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University. Sanders is the author of<em>The Deep Things of God</em>and blogs at ScriptoriumDaily.com.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Entrusted with the Gospel: Pastoral Expositions of 2 Timothy by John Piper, Philip Ryken, Mark Driscoll, K. Edward Copeland, Bryan Chapell, J. Ligon Duncan\nDescription: ['', 'These authors delight in the realistic, uncompromising gospel ministry, which beautifully accents every page of this book. <em>Entrusted with the Gospel</em> abounds with ancient, biblical wisdom for every generation. It isnt just a book for pastors but for everyone who needs, knows, loves, and proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ. God has entrusted every Christian with the glorious ministry of his abundant life-giving gospel, but like Timothy, many Christians are timid and lack confidence and wisdom in their efforts to herald the gospel entrusted to them. This book offers a much needed clarion call to gospel-established ministry for the church at the beginning of the twenty-first century.<br /><strong>Burk Parsons</strong><strong>,</strong><strong></strong>Copastor, Saint Andrews Chapel, Sanford, Florida; Editor, <em>Tabletalk</em> magazine', 'Every minister of the gospel would be wise to reflect carefully and prayerfully on 2 Timothy. The esteemed contributors to this volume will help you do just that with insightful biblical exegesis, discernment of pressing contemporary challenges, and love for Christ and his church.<br /><strong>Collin Hansen</strong><strong>,</strong> Editorial Director, the Gospel Coalition; author, <em>Blind Spots</em>', 'There are seasons of pastoral work in which the faithful shepherd faces serious challenges, and at these times he longs for words of refreshment, wisdom, encouragement, power, and endurance. These six expositions of Pauls last charge to his suffering protg provide a shot in the arm to stir both weary and strong shepherds to greater faithfulness in the ministry trust given to them by Christ. They are sober and sound catharses for the overseers soul. Through these sermons you hear the Spirit reminding you with joy, Rely on me so that you can stay in the game with diligence until the end!<br /><strong>Eric C. Redmond</strong><strong>,</strong>Assistant Professor of Bible, Moody Bible Institute; Pastor of Adult Ministries, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois', 'Piper, Ryken, Driscoll, Copeland, Chapell, and Duncan are very different people, but they are all proven champions of the unchanging gospel of Jesus. This book will help all Christians study to be faithful to the task we have been entrusted with to spread that same message. Pauls advice to his young apprentice Timothy is ably explained in these pages. Do your family, friends, and fellow church members a favorread this book and apply it.<br /><strong>Adrian Warnock</strong>, author,<em>Hope Reborn</em>and <em>Raised with Christ</em>', 'What you hold in your hands is a diversity of approaches to expositional preaching by some of todays most capable expositors who model the unity of the one gospel, applied by one man (Paul), in one context (the church in Ephesus), written to one pastor (Timothy). And because all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable, I am certain that you will profit from these expositions as you apply this one gospel, presented in 2 Timothy, to your own ministry context and your personal life.<br /><strong>Juan R. Sanchez</strong><strong>,</strong> Senior Pastor, High Pointe Baptist Church, Austin, Texas; author, <em>Seven Dangers Facing Your Church</em>', \"For preachers still wrestling with the place biblical exposition should have in ministry, <em>Entrusted with the Gospel</em> speaks with one voicePreach the Word! The proclamation of God's Word is God's way of accomplishing his work in the world. These messages will encourage you to keep God's Word at the center.<br /><strong>David R. Helm</strong><strong>,</strong> Pastor, Holy Trinity Church, Chicago; author, <em>The Big Picture Story Bible</em>\", '', '', '<strong>D. A. Carson</strong> (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.', '<strong>John Piper</strong> (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.organd the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including <em>Desiring God</em>;<em>Dont Waste Your Life</em>;<em>This Momentary Marriage</em>;<em>A Peculiar Glory</em>;and<em>Reading the Bible Supernaturally</em>.', '<strong>Philip Graham Ryken</strong> (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College. He preached at Philadelphias Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1995 until his appointment at Wheaton in 2010. Ryken has published more than 50 books, including <em>When Trouble Comes</em> and expository commentaries on Exodus, Ecclesiastes, and Jeremiah. He serves as a board member for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Lausanne Movement, and the National Association of Evangelicals.', '<strong>Bryan Chapell</strong>is the senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Peoria, Illinois. Heis also the host of a daily half-hour radio Bible teaching program,<em>Unlimited Grace</em>, and the founder and chairman of Unlimited Grace Media (unlimitedgrace.com). Bryanpreviously served as the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the author of a number of books, including<em>Holiness by Grace.</em>', '<strong>Ligon Duncan</strong> (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the chancellor & CEO and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served as the senior minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, for seventeen years. He is a cofounder of Together for the Gospel, a senior fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and was the president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals from 2004-2012. Duncan has edited, written, or contributed to numerous books. Ligon and his wife, Anne, have two children and live in Jackson, Mississippi.', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: Rules of Summer\nDescription: ['\"Even if you never plant a Jack Roger-ed foot in the Hamptons, Philbin takes you there.\"<b><i><i>USA Today</i></i></b><br /><br />\"<i>Rules of Summer</i> is a delicious read about two girls from very different worlds sharing one unforgettable summer.\"<b><i>Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, authors of <i>Spoiled</i> and <i>Messy</i></i></b><br /><br />\"Friendship, first love, and an unforgettable setting -- <i>Rules</i> <i>of Summer</i> is the perfect summer read. Read it at the beach (or if you just want to feel like you\\'re at the beach). I loved it!\"<b><i>Morgan Matson, author of <i>Second Chance Summer</i> and <i>Amy & Roger\\'s Epic Detour</i></i></b>', 'Joanna Philbin was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City. She holds a BA from Brown University and a JD and an MFA from the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of the Daughters series, and lives and writes in Los Angeles.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: John (St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary)\nDescription: ['', \"The St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series will be welcomed throughout the world. It promises to have all of R. C. Sproul's hallmarks: clarity and liveliness, humor and pathos, always expressed in application to the mind, will, and affections. Dr. Sproul's ability to focus on the big picture, his genius of never saying too much, leaving his hearers satisfied yet wanting more, never making the Word dull, are all present in these expositions. May they nourish God's people well and serve as models of the kind of ministry for which we continue to hunger.\", 'R.C. Sproul, well-known as a master theologian and extraordinary communicator, now shows that he is a powerful, insightful, helpful expository preacher. This collection of sermons is of great value for churches and Christians everywhere.', \"R.C. Sproul is a legend in our time. His preaching has held us in awe for half a century, and these pages represent the fruit of his latest exposition, coming as they do at the very peak of his abilities and insights. I am ecstatic at the prospect of reading the St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary series. It represents Reformed theology on fire, delivered from a pastor's heart in a vibrant congregation of our time. Essential reading.\", '', '', \"Dr. R.C. Sproul is the founder, chairman and president of Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian education ministry located near Orlando, Florida. His teaching can be heard on the program Renewing Your Mind, which is broadcast on hundreds of radio outlets in the United States and in 40 countries worldwide. He is the executive editor of Tabletalk magazine and general editor of The Reformation Study Bible, and the author of more than seventy books and scores of articles for national evangelical publications. Dr. Sproul currently serves as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's in Sanford, FL.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God\nDescription: ['', '\"An essential dimension of Christian discipleship is the life of the mind, and this may well be the most neglected Christian responsibility of our times. God has made us intelligible creatures, and he has given us the stewardship of intellectual faculties that should drive us to think in ways that bring him greatest glory. In this new book, John Piper provides brilliant analysis, warm encouragement, and a faithful model of Christian thinking. This book is a primer for Christian thinking that is urgently needed in our time.\"<br /><strong>R. Albert Mohler Jr.</strong><strong>,</strong> President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', '\"Do you ever wish you could feel more deeply about things you know are true? Has it been a while since you were moved to tears at the thought of Christs death for your sins? Its not mysterious: those who <em>feel deeply</em> about the gospel are those who <em>think deeply</em> about the gospel. In these pages John Piper will convince you that thinking is the sturdy foundation for our easily misguided affections. If you want to feel profoundly, learn to think carefully. And start by reading this book!\"<br /><strong>C.J. Mahaney</strong><strong>,</strong> Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville', '\"Thinkingthe alert, meticulous, probing, logical, critical use of the mindwill be a highway either to godliness or to its opposite, depending on how it is done. Taking leads from Jonathan Edwards, John Piper surefootedly plots the true path here. His book should be, and I hope will be, widely read.\"<br /><strong>J. I. Packer</strong><strong>,</strong> Board of Governors\\' Professor of Theology, Regent College<em></em>', '\"Piper has done it again. His outstanding book <em>Think</em> promises to shepherd a generation about the Christian commitment to the life of the mind. Deeply biblical and uniquely balanced, Think practices what it preaches: it is an accessible, intellectually rich study that calls the reader to renewed love for God and others.\"<br /><strong>J. P. Moreland</strong><strong>,</strong>Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University; author,<em>The Soul: How We Know Its Real and Why It Matters</em>', '\"John Piper offers much wise advice on the importance of Christian thinking as a way of loving God with our minds and as part of delighting in God above all things.\"<br /><strong>George M. Marsden</strong>, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame; author, <em>The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship</em>', '\"The book provides an excellent, robust biblical foundation for thinking in service of the glory of Christ. It challenges human attitudes and provides sound responses to the temptations either to reject vigorous thinking as unspiritual, to pursue \"neutral\" scholarship, or to take pride in thinking and fall into autonomy.\"<br /><strong>Vern S. Poythress</strong><strong></strong>,Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary', '\"We cannot feel like Christians or act like Christians if we dont think like Christians. As his writing and preaching attest, John Piper is convinced that the heart cannot embrace that which the mind does not recognize as good, true, and beautiful. This wise book not only makes that point well, but does so by exhibiting in its style and grace the beauty of holy thoughts. This is a timely missive from a seasoned pastor.\"<br /><strong>Michael Horton</strong><strong>,</strong> J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, <em>Justification</em> (New Studies in Dogmatics)', '\"Those who are skittish when it comes to rigorous study, deep thinking, and theological precision have wanted us to believe that our problem is the mind, when in fact its the flesh. The problem isnt knowledge, its pride. John Piper reminds us in this excellent book that what we need isnt less thinking, but clearer, biblical, and more God-centered thinking. Reading and thinking about <em>Think</em> will set you on your way to the renewal of the mind that the Scriptures insist is the catalyst for heartfelt joy and growth in godliness. I highly recommend it!\"<br /><strong>Sam Storms</strong><strong>,</strong>Senior Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', '\"John Piper has written a wise and passionate book about the importance of loving God with our minds. After all, we are commanded to do so! But as Piper explains, Christians have not always been very attentive to that commandment. With clarity and directness, he reveals the obstacles that prevent us from using our minds as God intendedbut also shows the delights and benefits of doing so. Especially for those who fear intellectualism, this book will be a bracing tonic, and an encouragement besides.\"<br /><strong>Alan Jacobs</strong><strong>,</strong> Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Honors College, Baylor University', '\"Some Christians dont think nearly enough; others are prone to think in the wrong way. I warmly commend John Piper\\'s appeal to all believers to be diligent in engaging our minds and to do so with God-honoring humility and Christ-loving passion.\" <br /><strong>Vaughan Roberts</strong><strong>,</strong>Rector, St Ebbes, Oxford, England; Director, The Proclamation Trust; author, <em>God\\'s Big Picture</em>', '\"No onein speaking, writing, or livingcombines mind, heart, and faith more passionately than John Piper. It is our great good fortune that these are the direct topics of exploration in this book. As always with John, the result is insight, encouragement, and a call to action.\"<br /><strong>Daniel Taylor</strong>, Professor of English, Bethel University', '\"<em>Think</em> is a bracing gust of fresh air in a stale and musty room that hasnt been aired out in a generation or more. In this book, the love of God and the life of the mind are passionately connected in the way the Scriptures require, and the result is a direct challenge to the intellectual sloppiness and disobedience that is so characteristic of our time.\"<br /><strong>Douglas Wilson</strong><strong>,</strong> Senior Fellow of Theology, New St. Andrews College; Pastor, Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho', '', '', '<strong>John Piper</strong> (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.organd the chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including <em>Desiring God</em>;<em>Dont Waste Your Life</em>;<em>This Momentary Marriage</em>;<em>A Peculiar Glory</em>;and<em>Reading the Bible Supernaturally</em>.', '<strong>Mark A. Noll</strong> is Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. 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"chosen": "Title: The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context\nDescription: ['It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this book. The counseling wars of the past half-century have ignited passions often characterized by labels rather than by careful analytic thought. This is the first broadly comprehensive history of these developments. While trying to be open to truth and insight whatever their source, Powlison faithfully argues that the Christian faith must play a constitutive role in building a robust model of Christian counseling. Amen and Amen. --D. A. Carson, Ph.D., Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author of <i>The Gagging of God</i>, <i>Christ and Culture Revisited</i>, and <i>An Introduction to the New Testament</i><br /><br />Everyone interested in the modern biblical counseling movement needs to read this well-researched and well-written book. This is a fair and balanced presentation of one of the most important movements in the evangelical church. Readers will be equipped not only with historical insight, but, more importantly, with wisdom for how to speak the truth in love. --Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., Author of <i>Soul Physicians</i>, <i>Spiritual Friends</i>, <i>Beyond the Suffering</i>, and <i>Sacred Friendships</i><br /><br />David Powlison has written the definitive account of a biblical counseling movement that arose in the 1960s and continues to influence the field of Christian counseling today. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the rapid and turbulent growth occurring in faith-based counseling in the latter part of the twentieth century. --Ian F. Jones, Ph.D., Director, Baptist Marriage and Family Counseling Center; Professor of Psychology and Counseling, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of <i>The Counsel of Heaven on Earth</i>', 'David Powlison, M.Div., Ph.D., is a faculty member and counselor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) with over thirty years of experience. He has written several books, including <i>Seeing with New Eyes</i> and <i>Speaking Truth in Love</i>; many booklets, including Facing Death with Hope, Healing after Abortion, Recovering from Child Abuse, and Renewing Marital Intimacy; and numerous articles on counseling.']",
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"chosen": "Title: Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture\nDescription: ['', 'For those interested in a Reformed two-kingdom model, I can think of no better book to start than <em>Living in Gods Two Kingdoms</em>. Redemptive-historical in scope, heavenly minded in emphasis, and gentle in tone, David VanDrunen has made a great contribution to the ongoing discussion of the relationship of Christianity and culture.<br /><strong>Danny E. Olinger</strong>, General Secretary, Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church', 'Any Christian perplexed by the Bibles challenge to live as a dual citizen of Gods eternal and temporal kingdoms will find VanDrunens wise and charitable book an indispensable guide in sorting out the confused thinking that entangles the church today. This succinct and timely alternative to neo-Calvinisms transformationist vision lays the groundwork for a wide-ranging and urgently needed discussion about two-kingdom theologys implications for education, the workplace, and politics.<br /><strong>Richard M. Gamble</strong>, Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Professor of History and Political Science, Hillsdale College', 'For some years now, Ive been asking students to read works by Prof. David VanDrunen of Westminster Seminary California. VanDrunen has a gift for recovering themes from the political theology of the Reformation and demonstrating their continuing relevance. In this book, VanDrunen shows that the Reformations two-kingdoms theology allows Christians to faithfully navigate a course between, on the one hand, investing excessive hope in earthly government or, on the other, retreating from political life into isolationist enclaves. Particularly welcome is his emphasis on the liberty of biblical Christians to reach differing conclusions about how our political engagement might glorify God.<br /><strong>Randy Beck</strong>, Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law', 'Evangelicals today, including those within the Reformed community, have become annoyed by the competing (and, in a few cases, embarrassingly inadequate) transformationalist programs offered by leading Christian thinkers. With clarity and concision, David VanDrunen has offered an alternative perspective that liberates the Christian conscience to sincerely engage society without relegating the sovereignty of God over every square inch of it. <em>Living in Gods Two Kingdoms</em> will certainly stimulate debate and force Christians to reevaluate the relationship between Christ and culture.<br /><strong>Ryan McIlhenny</strong>, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Providence Christian College', 'The Apostle Peter writes that Christians are Gods own people, sojourners and exiles in this age. What does this calling mean for the way in which believers work in their jobs, raise their families, educate their children, and vote at the polls? In <em>Living in Gods Two Kingdoms</em>, David VanDrunen addresses these questions and more, offering a robust and reasoned alternative to transformationalist understandings of Christianity and culture. Whether or not readers agree with every argument in <em>Living in Gods Two Kingdoms</em>, they will find themselves engaged and challenged to think constructively and biblically about a critical issue in the life of the church. VanDrunen has done a great service to the church in promoting continued reflection on Christianity and culture, and in offering sound practical counsels to Christians eager to serve God in their pilgrimage heavenward.<br /><strong>Guy Prentiss Waters</strong><strong>,</strong> James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary', 'Over the past century, evangelicals have jumped out of the frying pan of quietism into the fire of worldliness. Taking his cue from Scripture rather than merely responding to cultural trends, David Van Drunen outlines a biblically grounded theology of cultural engagement that reflects both the lordship of Christ over all creation and the special mission and calling of the church. This book, bold and unapologetic, provides some extraordinarily helpful categories for thinking clearly about what it means to live faithfully and wisely in the present age.<br /><strong>William S. Brewbaker III</strong>, Professor of Law, University of Alabama', '', '', '<span><strong>David VanDrunen</strong> (PhD, Loyola University Chicago) is the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California in Escondido, California.</span>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Theology of B. B. Warfield: A Systematic Summary\nDescription: ['', 'Serious Christians who have dipped into Warfield find his writings to be a wholly admirable mix of rigorous exegesis, mature theological synthesis, and frank devotion to Christ. Much of his work is known only to specialists, not least because when Warfield first published it, it was scattered over many journals and books. Indeed, a fair bit of it was never published. Zaspels Warfield remedies the problem admirably: one hopes and prays that it will entice a new generation of readers to delve deeply into Warfields contributions.<br /><strong>D. A. Carson</strong><strong>,</strong>Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Cofounder, The Gospel Coalition', 'B. B. Warfields distinguished achievements as a systematic theologian have been obscured by the episodic, ad hoc publication of his major theological statements. But even if Warfield did not think it necessary that he write a single, connected systematic theology, it is nonetheless most welcome that Fred Zaspel has done the job for him! The result is a very useful compendium that gives both admirers and detractors of Warfield a full and coherent account of his theology. All who are in the least interested in Warfield or who care at all about vigorous Calvinist theology will find this a most valuable book.<br /><strong>Mark A. Noll</strong><strong>,</strong> Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame; editor, <em>Protestantism after 500 Years</em>', 'B. B. Warfield does not need an introduction for evangelical Christians. He is well known as a major conservative theologian at the close of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. His scholarship in biblical, historical, and doctrinal fields was often without a match. As a Professor in Didactic and Polemic Theology in Princeton Theological Seminary, he was content to use the three volumes of Charles Hodges <em>Systematic Theology</em> as the textbook and to pour out the fruits of his labor in a flow of searching articles in a number of theological reviews. Many of these have been republished in book form, but they have not been systematically arranged in one text. That is what Dr. Zaspel has done in culling from the great mass of Warfields writings his actual statements in the order they could have followed had Warfield written a one-volume Reformed theology. In this form Warfield may enjoy a renewed effectiveness for our age. With great enthusiasm I highly recommend this volume and hope it will receive a wide reception.<br /><strong>Roger Nicole</strong>, Cofounder and President Emeritus, Evangelical TheologicalSociety', 'B. B. Warfield was without doubt the greatest of the theological minds of Old Princeton, and he remains a towering influence within both his own confessional Presbyterian tradition and wider conservative evangelicalism. Nevertheless, while his writings are still in print, clearly written, and very accessible, their occasional nature means that there is no convenient way of gaining from them a good grasp of the overall shape of his theology. Until now, that is. In this volume, pastor-theologian and passionate Warfield aficionado Fred Zaspel has produced a work of historical and theological synthesis that sets Warfields thought in context and offers a comprehensive account of his thought on the major loci of theology and the controverted points of his day. In this, Fred has left us allthe veteran Warfield fan and the neophytedeeply in his debt.<br /><strong>Carl R. Trueman</strong><strong>,</strong> Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Grove City College', \"Well before the transdenominational convergence of what we now call the evangelical church, B. B. Warfield spent forty years as the Presbyterian Horatius, holding the bridge that leads into the citadel of the Westminster Standards against those he saw as spoilers from the wastelands of liberalism. A heavyweight academic and a complete player in the fields of systematic, exegetical, historical, and polemical theology, he scattered his wisdom in hundreds of articles, which this book surveys and integrates with great skill. Warfield can now be seen in his full stature as the godly giant that he was, thanks to Fred Zaspels labor of love. Best thanks, and hallelujah!<br /><strong>J. I. Packer</strong><strong>,</strong> Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College<em></em>\", \"This work is long overdue. That a theologian of the stature of B.B. Warfield should not have had a comprehensive overview of his entire corpus such as this one by Dr Zaspel says far more about the thinking of Evangelicals and the ranks of the Reformed in the twentieth century than it does about Warfield. This truly excellent and eminently readable work will serve both as a primer to Warfield's thought as well as an outline of the systematic theology he never wrote. Highly recommended.<br /><strong>Michael A. G. Haykin</strong><strong>,</strong> Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\", 'B. B. Warfield was the last towering figure in a long line of Old School Presbyterian intellectuals known for their unshakable faith in the truth of Scripture and their practical, experiential Calvinism. That strain of scholarly conviction had a long history in New England, especially in Princeton. Its seeds were planted by New Englands earliest Puritan ministersmen such as John Cotton and Richard Mather. It gained widespread influence (and set down roots in the soil of Princeton) under the ministry of Jonathan Edwards. It gave birth to Princeton Theological Seminary under the leadership of Archibald Alexander. Charles and A. A. Hodge carried on the legacy at Princeton Seminary, and when the younger Hodge died in 1886, B. B. Warfield became that institutions fourth Principal. He also was its last great conservative theologian. Both profound and prolific, Warfield produced an invaluable body of theological and polemical writings that remain immensely influentialbecause the issues Warfield contended with are virtually the same issues that trouble the church today.', 'Fred Zaspels work is the first detailed, readable digest of Warfields theology, and it is an immensely helpful volume. Dr. Zaspel puts Warfields published writings in clear perspective against the theological issues that dominated that era. He also shows how those same issuesand Warfields clear and persuasive teachingremain relevant to us today. Dr. Zaspel writes with such clarity and simplicity that this volume will be a valuable help and encouragement to lay people and serious theologians as wella highly recommended addition to anyones library.<br /><strong>John MacArthur</strong><strong>,</strong> Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California; President, The Masters University and Seminary', 'The great B. B. Warfield was essentially an occasional writer. His works are largely made up of learned articles, encyclopedia entries, and popular journalism. Fred Zaspel had the great idea of rendering this vast body of material into a compendium, a Warfield systematic theology. He clearly has what it takes to do the job superbly well: a love for his subject, care and attention to detail, and, above all, a thorough knowledge of Warfields writing. The result is a book that does not replace the Warfield volumes, but provides an accurate, thematic entry into them. It will be of inestimable benefit to all students of this outstanding Reformed theologian. Well done!<br /><strong>Paul Helm</strong><strong>,</strong> Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion Emeritus, Kings College, London; author, <em>The Providence of God</em>', 'The Lion of Old Princeton roars and purrs in this helpful survey. The author finely displays the passion and wit as well as intellectual credibility of Warfields remarkable work.<br /><strong>Michael Horton</strong><strong>,</strong> J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, <em>Justification</em> (New Studies in Dogmatics)', '', '', '<strong>Fred G. Zaspel</strong> (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) serves as the pastor at Reformed Baptist Church in Franconia, Pennsylvania, an adjunct professor of systematic theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the executive director of Books At a Glance. He is the coauthor of <em>New Covenant Theology</em> and has published numerous booklets, articles, and book reviews.', '<strong>Sinclair B. Ferguson</strong>(PhD, University of Aberdeen)is Chancellors Professor of Systematic TheologyatReformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia,South Carolina.He is the author of several books, the most recent being <em>By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me</em>. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper\nDescription: ['', '<strong>Sam Storms</strong> (PhD, University of Texas at Dallas) has spent more than four decades in ministry as a pastor, professor, and author. He is currently the senior pastor at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was previously a visiting associate professor of theology at Wheaton College from 2000 to 2004. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries and blogs regularly at SamStorms.com.', '<strong>Justin Taylor</strong> (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the executive vice president of book publishing and book publisher at Crossway. He has edited and contributed to several books, including <em>A God-Entranced Vision of All Things</em> and <em>Reclaiming the Center</em>, and he blogs at <em>Between Two Worlds</em>hosted by the Gospel Coalition.', '<strong>Randy Alcorn </strong>(MA, Multnomah University) is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries and a <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author of over fifty books. His books have sold over nine million copies and been translated into nearly seventy languages. Alcorn resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci. They have two married daughters and five grandsons.', '<strong>G. K. Beale</strong> (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In recent years he has served as president and member of the executive committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books and articles on biblical studies.', '<strong>D. A. Carson</strong> (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is a cofounder of the Gospel Coalition and has written or edited nearly 120 books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.', '<strong>Mark Dever</strong> (PhD, Cambridge University) is the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, and president of 9Marks (9Marks.org). Dever has authored over a dozen books and speaks at conferences nationwide.', '<strong>Wayne Grudem</strong>(PhD, University of Cambridge; DD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary, having previously taught for 20 years at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is aformer president of the Evangelical Theological Society, a member of the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible, the general editor of the<em>ESV Study Bible</em>, and has published over 20 books.', '', '<strong>John MacArthur</strong>is thepastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. He is known around the world for his verse-by-verse expository preaching and his pulpit ministry via his daily radio program, <em>Grace to You</em>.He has also written or edited nearly four hundred books and study guides. MacArthur serves as the president of the Masters Universityand Seminary. He and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four grown children.', \"<strong>C. J. Mahaney</strong> is the senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville. He has written, edited and contributed to numerous books, including <em>Proclaiming a Cross-Centered Theology</em>;<em> Don't Waste Your Sports</em>; and<em> Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God.</em> C. J. and his wife, Carolyn, are the parents of three married daughters and one son, and the happy grandparents to twelve grandchildren.\", '<strong>R. Albert Mohler Jr.</strong> (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the ninth president of Southern Seminary and as the Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology. Considered a leader among American evangelicals by <em>Time</em> and <em>Christianity Today</em> magazines, Dr. Mohler hosts a daily radio program for the Salem Radio Network and also writes a popular daily commentary on moral, cultural, and theological issues.', '<strong>David Powlison</strong>(MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary) is a teacher, a counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He is also the senior editor of the<em>Journal of Biblical Counseling</em>and the author of<em>Seeing with New Eyes</em>,<em>Good &Angry</em>, and<em>Speaking Truth in Love</em>.', '<strong>Thomas R. Schreiner</strong> (MDiv and ThM, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean of the school of theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.', \"<strong>Bruce A. Ware</strong> (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and has authored <em>God's Lesser Glory</em>, <em>God's Greater Glory</em>, and <em>Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</em>\", '<strong>Thabiti M. Anyabwile</strong> (MS, North Carolina State University) serves as a pastor at Anacostia River Church in Washington, DC, and is the author of numerous books. He serves as a council member of the Gospel Coalition, is a lead writer for 9Marks Ministries, and regularly blogs at <em>The Front Porch</em> and <em>Pure Church</em>. He and his wife, Kristie, have three children.', '<strong>Jon Bloom</strong> (BA, Bethel University) is the cofounder and president of desiringGod.org, where he contributes regularly. He is also the author of several books. Bloom and his wife, Pam, live in Minneapolis with their five children.', '<strong>Sinclair B. Ferguson</strong>(PhD, University of Aberdeen)is Chancellors Professor of Systematic TheologyatReformed Theological Seminary and the former senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia,South Carolina.He is the author of several books, the most recent being <em>By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me</em>. Sinclair and his wife, Dorothy, have four grown children.', '<strong>Scott J. Hafemann</strong> is currently the Mary F. Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He also taught for nine years at Wheaton College. He has written numerous books and articles.', \"<strong>James M. Hamilton Jr.</strong> (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church. He is the author of <em>God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment</em> and the <em>Revelation</em> volume in the Preaching the Word commentary series.\", '<strong>David Mathis</strong> serves as the executive editor at desiringGod.org, pastor at Cities Church, and adjunct professor at Bethlehem College & Seminary. He writes regularly at desiringGod.org, and he and his wife, Megan, have four children.', '<strong>William D. Mounce</strong> (PhD, Aberdeen University) is president of BiblicalTraining.org. He is a noted Greek scholar, author of the best-selling textbook <em>Basics of Biblical Greek</em>, and served as the New Testament Chair of the ESV translation team.', '<strong>Stephen J. Nichols</strong> (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries. He is an editor of the Theologians on the Christian Life series and also hosts the weekly podcast<em> 5 Minutes in Church History</em>.', '<strong>Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.</strong> is the pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including the Preaching the Word commentary on Isaiah, as well as a contributor to the <em>ESV Study Bible</em>. He and his wife, Jani, have four children.', '<strong>TOM STELLER,</strong> Pastor for Leadership Development, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dean, Bethlehem College and Seminary', '<strong>Mark Talbot</strong>(PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College. He specializes in philosophical psychology and philosophical theology and has written numerous articles and reviews.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology\nDescription: ['', 'I was riveted. Never do I sit down and read sixty pages of ANY book that I get in the mail. But I could not stopcould not stop reading and could not stop rejoicing over <em>Gods Glory in Salvation through Judgment</em>. It is the kind of overview of redemptive history Edwards wanted to write. Its what I hoped would be written.<br /><strong>John Piper</strong><strong>,</strong> Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, <em>Desiring God</em>', 'As readers of Scripture we long to know the message of the Bible as a whole. We do not want to miss the forest for the trees. Unfortunately, there are few books that help us to be faithful to the whole counsel of God. What a delight, then, to read Jim Hamiltons book where the story line of the Scriptures is unfolded. Hamilton rightly sees that the glory of God is at the center of the scriptural record, demonstrating with careful attention to the biblical text the supremacy of God in both the Old Testament and the New. Scholars, students, and laypeople will all profit from reading this work, which instructs the mind, enlivens the heart, and summons us to obedience.<br /><strong>Thomas R. Schreiner</strong><strong>,</strong> James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary', 'In an era when centers in general no longer hold, Hamilton makes a strong case for the centrality to biblical theology of what C. H. Dodd called the two-beat rhythm of biblical history: salvation through judgment. Hamilton discovers this theme in every book of the Bible and argues that it is the heartbeat of Gods ultimate purpose: the publication of his glory. In seeking to do justice to scriptural unity and diversity alike, Hamiltons work represents biblical theology at its best.<br /><strong>Kevin J. Vanhoozer</strong><strong>,</strong> Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School', 'Centered on the important themes of salvation and judgment, Hamiltons book models well how a thematic approach toward biblical theology might be applied to the whole of Scripture. It is to be warmly welcomed as an invitation to reflect on biblical truth and an opportunity to dialogue on how the unity of the Old and New Testaments may be articulated best.<br /><strong>T. Desmond Alexander</strong><strong>,</strong> Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Union Theological College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK', 'Who said that the search for a center in biblical theology is a dead end? In this bold and courageous book, which deals with the entire Bible, James Hamilton Jr. dons the mantle of an explorer in search of the holy grail of biblical theology. As he journeys through the Bible, there are many sights in the biblical landscape that will arrest the attention of those who accompany him, including the pivotal revelation of God in Exodus 34:67. Hamiltons thoughtful analysis and reflection provide many insights into the biblical text. While you may not agree with all of his conclusions, you wont come back from your journey with him without a greater sense of Gods majesty and glory. Rather than being a dead end, this is a gateway into a new world.<br /><strong>Stephen G. Dempster</strong><strong>,</strong> Professor of Religious Studies, Crandall University', '', '', \"<strong>James M. Hamilton Jr.</strong> (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church. He is the author of <em>God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment</em> and the <em>Revelation</em> volume in the Preaching the Word commentary series.\", '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Charity and Its Fruits: Living in the Light of God's Love\nDescription: ['', 'I am thrilled that Kyle Strobel has edited this new edition of Edwardss <em>Charity and Its Fruits</em>. This series of sermons holds a special place in my affections for Edwards for three reasons. First, in Munich, Germany, my wife and I read it aloud to each other in 1972. What a way to build a young marriage! Second, Edwardss treatment of Charity seeketh not her own profoundly shaped my emerging Christian Hedonism. Third, the last chapter, Heaven Is a World of Love, is simply unsurpassed in its power to make me want to go there. I am unabashed in my love for Jonathan Edwardsand the grandeur of his God. May God give him an ever-wider voice.<br /><strong>John Piper</strong><strong>,</strong> Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, <em>Desiring God</em>', 'This new edition of <em>Charity and Its Fruits</em> is a most welcomed addition to the growing library of books by and about the great Jonathan Edwards. For those who mistakenly think that Protestant theologians overemphasize faith at the expense of love, these classic sermons by Edwards will be an antidote to a stereotype. But even more important, this deep mining of 1 Corinthians 13 is a pathway into spiritual theology that will draw every believer closer to Christ.<br /><strong>Timothy George</strong><strong>,</strong> Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University; general editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture', \"For Jonathan Edwards, the true Puritan understanding of Christianity as love-life in God through Christ was a lifelong theological-pastoral-devotional focus, and his fullest display of it is found here. Kyle Strobels comments help us appreciate this classic on communion with God.<br /><strong>J. I. Packer</strong><strong>,</strong> Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College<em></em>\", 'As best I can tell, this is a first in Edwardsean studies. No one has done with <em>Charity and Its Fruits</em> what Kyle Strobel accomplishes hereproviding us with an enlightening commentary and a readable text of one of Edwardss most important, though highly neglected, treatises. All who love Edwards (and everyone should) will profit immensely from this exceptional volume.<br /><strong>Sam Storms</strong><strong>,</strong>Senior Pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', 'Jonathan Edwards is Americas most famous theologian, and he is experiencing a resurrection among some evangelicals today. Not all who clap for Edwards have read him extensively, and for some the applause appears to be little more than groupthink. But this annotation of Edwardss seminal exposition of 1 Corinthians 13, edited by a competent young Edwards specialist who offers an informed introduction to Edwardss moral thought, holds promise for all of us to become more dedicated to the theological vision for the glory of God at work in the theology of Edwards. All who read Edwards aright know they are in for an experience of sensate knowledge, and not simply academic intelligence. Read this book into worship.<br /><strong>Scot McKnight</strong>, Karl A. Olsson Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, North Park University', '', '', '<strong>JONATHAN EDWARDS </strong>(17031758) was a pastor, theologian, and missionary. He is generally considered the greatest American theologian. A prolific writer, Edwards is known for his many sermons, including \"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God\", and his classic<em>Treatise Concerning Religious Affections.</em>Edwards was appointed president of the College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) shortly before his death.', '<span><strong>Kyle Strobel</strong> (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is assistant professor of spiritual theology at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. He has served as a fellow at Yales Jonathan Edwards Center, has published several academic reviews of works related to Edwards, and has taught graduate courses on Edwardss spirituality theology. Kyle lives in Fullerton, California, with his wife, Kelli, and their two children.</span>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness\nDescription: ['', 'This book is vintage DeYoungruthlessly biblical.<br /><strong>John Piper</strong><strong>,</strong>Founder, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary', 'My heart resonated deeply when I first heard Kevin speak on this subject. His message is a wake-up call to Gods peopletimely, prophetic, and desperately needed in our day. As a gifted theologian and thinker, Kevin tackles many of the biblical intricacies and nuances of true holiness. As a pastor, he evidences sincere compassion and concern for the condition of the flock. As a fellow pilgrim, he gets to the heart of ways of thinking and living that keep us from reflecting our holy God in this dark world. As a servant and lover of Christ, he holds out a vision of the beauty and power of personal holiness.<br /><strong>Nancy Leigh DeMoss</strong><strong>,</strong> author<em></em>; radio host, <em>Revive Our Hearts</em>', \"Holiness was once a central component of following Christ. But for many today, the Christian life is little more than a celebration of cheap grace and pseudo-liberty, with a high tolerance for sin. In this well-written and much-needed book, Kevin DeYoung thoughtfully points us to an unpopular yet strangely liberating truththat God is holy and expects <em>us</em> to be holy. With no hint of legalism or drudgery, Kevin offers a balanced and engaging view of law and grace. Kevin DeYoung is one of my favorite writers, and this book demonstrates why. I repeatedly said 'Yes! as I turned these pages. Im convinced that Christ-followers desperately need to read, discuss, and live out the timely, God-exalting message of <em>The Hole in Our Holiness!</em><br /><strong>Randy Alcorn</strong><strong>,</strong> Founder and Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries; author, <em>If God Is Good</em> and <em>Heaven</em>\", 'Grace is too amazing to save us from sins guilt only to leave us under its cruel tyranny. In this book, Kevin DeYoung reminds us that the gospel is the ground of our justification and sanctification. At the same time, he reminds us of the many exhortations in Scripture to pursue godliness as the fruit of our union with Christ in the power of the Spirit. <em>The Hole in Our Holiness</em> offers important reflections on a crucial topic in the ongoing conversation about the joys and struggles of the Christian life.<br /><strong>Michael Horton</strong><strong>,</strong> J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; author, <em>Calvin on the Christian Life</em>', 'One might expect a book about holiness to be heavy on finger-pointing, leaning toward legalism, and embarrassingly out-of-touch. But <em>The Hole in Our Holiness</em> is none of those things. Instead, Kevin DeYoung gets specific about what Spirit-infused, gospel-driven effort toward holiness looks like. Going way past try harder and believe better, this book implants in readers not just a longing to be holy but real hope that it could happen.<br /><strong>Nancy Guthrie</strong><strong>,</strong> Bible Teacher; author, Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series', \"J. C. Ryle wrote his classic <em>Holiness</em> out of a concern that practical holiness and entire consecration to God are not sufficiently attended to by modern Christians in this country. It is with the same prescient concern and pastoral insight that my friend Kevin DeYoung has written what I consider to be the modern equivalent, urging a new generation of Christians to obey God's command to be holy, for I am holy. May <em>The Hole in Our Holiness</em> do for our time what <em>Holiness</em> did in a previous age: promote gospel-centered holiness in Christians and churches around the world.<br /><strong>C. J. Mahaney</strong><strong>,</strong> Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky\", \"I have loved being under Kevin's teaching during my college years, specifically on this matter of holiness. This is indispensable reading material for all who desire a life of piety. Though we are fallen people, Kevin points us to our potential for godliness and how our progress in this area is of the utmost importance. Get your highlighter ready!<br /><strong>Kirk Cousins</strong><strong>, </strong>former starting quarterback, Michigan State University; quarterback, Washington Redskins\", 'The strength of this book lies in its biblical understanding that all great renewal is founded upon knowing the goodness and holiness of God. We are commanded to be holy because he is holy, and only in Christ can we be trained accordingly: For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age (Titus 2:11). I pray that Kevins words would be read widely and that the church might be known as a people zealous for good works upon seeing the Fathers holiness and Christs redeeming work.<br /><strong>John M. Perkins</strong><strong>, </strong>President, John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development<em> </em>', '', '', '<strong>Kevin DeYoung </strong>(MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He blogs at the Gospel Coalition and has authored or coauthored numerous well-known books such as <em>Just Do Something</em> and <em>The Hole in Our Holiness</em>, as well as the award-winning books <em>Why Were Not Emergent</em> and <em>Why We Love the Church</em> (with Ted Kluck).', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Shepherd Leader at Home: Knowing, Leading, Protecting, and Providing for Your Family\nDescription: ['', \"Dr. Witmers <em>The Shepherd Leader</em> has been a huge encouragement to me and to my elders as we seek to be more faithful shepherds to our congregation. Now comes this helpful book: <em>The Shepherd Leader at Home</em>. In it, Witmer provides biblical, complementarian, practical direction for knowing, leading, providing for, and protecting our families. As a pastor, one of the five principle things I aim to do is to 'promote family religion.' That is, perhaps, a quaint way of emphasizing that godliness in the home is vital to the health of the local church. This book is a useful aid to that end. I commend it to you warmly.<br /><strong>J. Ligon Duncan III</strong><strong>,</strong> Chancellor, CEO, and John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary\", \"With marriage and the family under present-day pressures, it takes a wise man to think and write well about being a husband and father under God. This book reveals Dr. Witmer as just such a wise man, and makes his wisdom available to us all. Highly recommended.<br /><strong>J. I. Packer</strong><strong>,</strong> Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College<em></em>\", \"Another book on marriage and family life? Yes, but this one is different. It is short, but not easy; practical, but also deeply realistic; honest, but also warm. Also, thankfully, for all that Dr. Witmer isseminary professor, preaching pastor, author, father, and husbandhere is one thing he never pretends to be, namely Guru! Perhaps that's why this is such a wonderfully encouraging book.<br /><strong>Sinclair B. Ferguson</strong><strong>,</strong> Chancellors Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries\", 'I deeply appreciated reading <em>The Shepherd Leader at Home</em>. It provides a great approach for leading a family by practicing the ancient shepherding principles of knowing, leading, providing for, and protecting. I love the biblical foundations, the warm illustrations and the practical suggestions for caring for the flock at home. I highly recommend this book by Dr. Witmer.<br /><strong>Scott Thomas</strong><strong>, </strong>Founder, Gospel Coach; coauthor, <em>Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God</em>', 'Reading Dr. Witmers new book is simultaneously greatly encouraging and deeply convicting. Encouraging, because its saturated with the truth and hope of the gospel. Convicting, because theres no greater measure of a mans success that the way he loves his family. <em>The Shepherd Leader at Home</em> is devoid of clich and filled with practical instruction on how to reveal the servant love of Jesus to our wives and children.<br /><strong>Scotty Ward Smith</strong><strong>,</strong> Pastor Emeritus, Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee; Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, Tennessee', 'We can be thankful for many books written to help Christians raise godly families. Dr. Witmer takes aim at a specific kind of Christian familythe family of the Shepherd Leader. And his aim is truehe hits the bulls-eye! This is a book that is carefully biblical but also practical and realistic and is based in what Tim has experienced. This is a necessary compliment to Tims earlier book on shepherd leadership in the churchmaybe this one about the home should be read first.<br /><strong>Stephen E. Smallman</strong><strong>,</strong> Assistant Pastor, New Life Presbyterian Church, Glenside, Pennsylvania; Instructor, CityNet Ministries of Philadelphia; author, <em>Spiritual Birthline</em>, <em>Forty Days on the Mountain</em>, and <em>The Walk</em>', 'We are faced with a serious global crisis in the collapse of the biblical familya crisis, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the church and the society. Dr. Witmer, who already introduced the idea of shepherd leadership in the church, now explores shepherd leadership in the home from his ministerial experiences, with the hope of enabling us to overcome our contemporary crisis. His book is profound, coherent, and practical from the biblical perspective. It provides biblical and practical guidelines for the happiness of the family. If you want to keep your family happier, you should read this book.<br /><strong>In Whan Kim</strong><strong></strong> <strong>,</strong> Professor Emeritus, Former Professor of Old Testament Studies and President of Chongshin University and Seminary, Seoul, Korea', '', '', '<strong>Timothy Z. Witmer</strong> (DMin, Reformed Theological Seminary) is professor of practical theology and coordinator of the practical theology department at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has served as senior minister of Crossroads Community Church since 1986 and is the author of <em>The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church.</em>', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Recalling the Hope of Glory\nDescription: ['\"For any significant change to occur in our worship activities,\" writes Allen Ross, \"we have to get behind forms and methods and changes in style and focus on the biblical theology that informs worship.\" Out of his concern for worship to be as glorious as it should be, Ross has provided readers with a methodical, detailed study of all the biblical testimony on the subject of worship.', 'Many \"biblical\" studies of worship explain Scripture only where it is most applicable to the authors own views, but very few, if any, have attempted an inductive study of worship throughout the entire Bible. Beginning not with early Israelite worship but with creation itself, seasoned biblical scholar Allen Ross uncovers the glories and beauty of worship as it is progressively revealed from its beginning in the Garden of Eden to its climax in the new heavens and new earth. Along the way, the historical development of worship is considered from the religious world in antiquity and worship in the early church to modern traditions and liturgy.', 'Neither technical, simplistic, nor specific to one denomination, <i>Recalling the Hope of Glory</i> is designed for all Gods people. Pastors, worship leaders, professors, students, and laypeople will find exposition that challenges, informs, and furthers our understanding of glorious worship. Through this study, readers will see patterns and principles of worship emerge, understand more fully our great heritage and its traditions, and discover ways to improve their worship.', '', 'The publication of <em>Recalling the Hope of Glory</em> is a splendid addition to the growing number of works on biblical worship. Not only is this work a comprehensive theological vision of creation, incarnation, and re-creation, it is also a genuine work of praise.', 'Stunning in scope, <em>Recalling the Hope of Glory</em> provides a historical-theological study of worship from creation to the new creation. The logic of Allen Rosss ranging exposition across the flow of biblical history will challenge every reader and grace every church, regardless of tradition. Here is dazzling substance for recovery of robust worship of our sovereign and holy triune God. Sure to be a standard work.', 'This book deals expertly and thoroughly with worship in the Bible. What is most refreshing: it is not at all ideological. People of all persuasions will find it valuable as a reference work. It also gives us a large perspective on worship that is likely to moderate the current discussion.', 'Allen Ross takes his readers back to the Bible itself to paint a colorful picture of worship that is spiritually vibrant, theologically sound, and focused on Christ. His passion for worship that glorifies God and his thorough knowledge of Scripture are obvious throughout. For the western church, which needs desperately to recover its biblical and theological roots, this book will be an extremely helpful resource.', 'It is remarkable that so many books about worship have so little to say about God. <em>Recalling the Hope of Glory</em> is a welcome exception. Through its patient reflection on specific biblical texts and themes, it evokes a vivid awareness of the God of glory. By developing the theme of glory, this book hones a vision of worship that is at once luminous, transcendent, and inexhaustible.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Midnight's Warrior: A Dark Warrior Novel (Dark Warriors)\nDescription: ['', \"<b>5! Top Pick!</b> An absolutely must read! From beginning to end, it's an incredible ride. <i>Night Owl Romance on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>\", '<b>5 Hearts!</b> I definitely recommend <i>Dangerous Highlander</i>, even to skeptics of paranormal romance - you just may fall in love with the MacLeods. <i>The Romance Reader on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', '<b>5 Angels! Recommended Read!</b> <i>Forbidden Highlander</i> blew me away. <i>Fallen Angel Reviews on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', '<b>5 Tombstones!</b> Another fantastic series that melds the paranormal with the historical life of the Scottish highlander in this arousing and exciting adventure. The men of MacLeod castle are a delicious combination of devoted brother, loyal highlander Lord and demonic God that ooze sex appeal and inspire some very erotic daydreams as they face their faults and accept their fate. <i>Bitten By Books on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', '<b>4 Stars!</b> Grant creates a vivid picture of Britain centuries after the Celts and Druids tried to expel the Romans, deftly merging magic and history. The result is a wonderfully dark, delightfully well-written tale. Readers will eagerly await the next Dark Sword book. <i>Romantic Times BOOKreviews on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', '<b>4 Hoots! </b>These are some of the hottest brothers around in paranormal fiction. <i>Nocturne Romance Reads on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', 'Totally captivating and entertaining...Cursed by dark magic, the immortal MacLeod brothers are a force to be reckoned with. <i>Fresh Fiction on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', 'Donna Grant spins a searing and intense tale [that] will keep readers spellbound. <i>Romance Reviews Today on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', 'Highly enjoyable and super sexy. <i>The Book Lush on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>', \"Donna Grant's Dark Sword series is slowly climbing to my top three. LOVE IT! <i>Good Choice Reading on the Dark Sword novels by DONNA GRANT</i>\", '', '', '<b>Defenders against evil. Bound by the gods. The Dark Warriors are taking their battle from ancient Scotland to the modern worldwhere a womans love can set them free</b>', '<b>A HEART IN HIDING</b>', 'For ten long years, Tara has been a woman on the run, hiding from the magic-wielding Warriors and Druids of modern-day Scotland. Now, as a tour guide at a remote Highland castle, she hopes to finally escape her pastuntil one impossibly gorgeous man enters her lifeand exposes her wildest secrets.', '<b>A WARRIOR IN LOVE</b>', 'For centuries, Ramsey MacDonald has concealed his strength and skill as part Warrior, part Druid, for fear of unleashing the full force of his power. But when he takes Tara into his armsand seals their fate with a kissRamsey will have to fight for her lovethough it may mean losing control of the magic inside him.', '<b>These are some of the hottest brothers around in paranormal fiction.</b><i>Nocturne Romance Reads Today</i>', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Midnight Revenge (A Killer Instincts Novel)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for the Killer Instincts Novels </b><br /> <br /> Elle Kennedyleaves you breathless. <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Vivian Arend<br /> <br /> Heart-stopping, riveting suspense. *<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Christy Reece<br /> <br /> Hard-core romantic suspense loaded with sensuality.<i>USA Today</i>', 'RITA-nominated author <b>Elle Kennedy</b> is the author of the Killer Instincts Novels, including <i>Midnight Captive</i>,<i> Midnight Actions</i>,<i> Midnight Pursuits</i>,<i> </i>and<i> Midnight Games. </i>She grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a BA in English from York University. From an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer and actively began pursuing that dream when she was a teenager. She loves strong heroines, alpha heroes, and just enough heat and danger to keep things interesting!', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Torrian (The Highland Clan) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.']",
"rejected": "Title: The Medical Marijuana Guidebook: America's First How-To Guide for Patients and Caregivers\nDescription: [\""The Medical Marijuana Guidebook is the most comprehensive, reliable, unique, step-by-step roadmap to everything you need to know about the most valuable plant on Earth including how to get and stay safe & legal. No journalist on the cannabis beat is better informed than David Downs." --Stephen DeAngelo, founder of Harborside Health Center dispensary in Oakland, star of "Weed Wars", author of The Cannabis Manifesto<br /><br />"The medical marijuana landscape in the US can be extremely difficult to navigate. The Medical Marijuana Guidebook is essential for those who want to maximize the benefits of the marijuana plant. David Downs provides a comprehensive look at the plant, its use and the laws that surround it." --Amanda Reiman PhD MSW | Manager, Marijuana Law and Policy, Drug Policy Alliance<br /><br />"The Medical Marijuana Guide Book is a concise, well documented, handbook for people who need practical advice on negotiating access to medical cannabis. It's especially useful because it covers the gamut from state laws to doctors to caregivers and the types of cannabis preparations available in dispensaries, according to various state laws." --Dale Deutsch, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Stony Brook University\", \"My doctor just recommended I try medical marijuana. Now what? Award-winning journalist David Downs gets this question all the time. Thanks to the rapid advance of medical marijuana laws and research, Americans have entered a new era of treatment options for the toughest diseases. They have a lot of questions, and The Medical Marijuana Guidebook has the answers. This book is the first concise, professional, mainstream how-to guide to legally and safely access medical cannabis.
 The Medical Marijuana Guidebook covers:
 The steps to obtaining a doctor's recommendation for cannabis; 
 How to obtain a state medical marijuana ID card; 
 How to find a caregiver or dispensary;
 Popular medical uses for medical marijuana;
 Ways of using medical marijuana, including vaporizers, edibles, and tinctures;
 Common dosages and popular strains;
 Terms like THC, CBD, indica and sativa, and the science behind the botanical.\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: Burda Style Magazine Winter 2014\nDescription: ['New! Burdastyle Magazine. Winter 2014 Issue. 40 Fashion sewing patterns. 20 full-size inserts and 20 free digital downloads. Evening shine - glamorous dresses and separates for any important occasion. Trends to make right now: bright colors, graphic lines and earthy textures. Expert tips - the perfect buttonhole; 101 guide to Burda patterns; demystifying the serger. A vintage dress gets redone in metallic boucle. The seasons hottest sewing products.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Girl on the Train\nDescription: ['', '<b>#1 <i>Globe and Mail</i> Bestseller</b><br /><b><b><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Top Book of 2015</b><br />A<i>Globe and Mail</i>Best Book of 2015</b><br /><b>An <i>NPR </i>Best Book of 2015</b> <br /> A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Book of the Year <br /> A <i>Guardian </i>Best Book of the Year <br />A<i>Toronto Star</i>Book of the Year<br /><b>A<i>Kirkus</i>Reviews Best Book of the Year</b></b><br /> <br />\"Fans of Gillian Flynn\\'s books will probably like this one too. I know I did. . . . It\\'s a strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish.\" George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of <i>A Game of Thrones</i><br /><br />There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as <i>Gone Girl</i>; this is the first novel Ive read that has them. Paula Hawkinss debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering. <i>The Globe and Mail<br /><br /></i>[Hawkins] demonstrates a particular skill with the slow revelation of character.. . . each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation. . . . [C]areful twists and turns. <i>National Post</i><br /><br />Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of <i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, <i>The Girl on the Train </i>will have you racing through the pages. <i>Huffington Post</i><br /> [A] really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. Stephen King (via Twitter)<br /> <br /> <b></b><i>The Girl on the Train</i> has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since <i>Gone Girl</i> . . .<i> </i>liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Janet Maslin, <i>The New York Times<b> </b></i><br /> <br /> Theres nothing like a possible murder to take the humdrum out of your daily commute. <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br /> <br /> Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; its not an easy book to put down . . . excellent . . . gripping. <i>NPR</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Compulsive reading.<i>Marie Claire</i><br /> <i></i><br /> [A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> [<i>The Girl on the Train</i>] pulls off a thrillers toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didnt see coming. <b></b><i>Entertainment Weekly<b> </b></i><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> <i>Gone Girl</i> fans will devour this psychological thriller. . . . Hawkinss debut ends with a twist that no oneleast of all its victimscould have seen coming. <i>People </i><br /> <br /> A natural fit for fans of<i>Gone Girl</i>-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots,<i>The Girl on the Train</i>will have you racing through the pages. Oprah.com<br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i>marries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.<b> </b><i>USA Today</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Given the number of titles that are declared to be the next of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins novel <i>The Girl on the Train</i> just might have earned the title of the next <i>Gone Girl</i>.<i>Christian Science Monitor</i> <br /> <b></b><br /> [A] chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages. <b></b><i>The Boston Globe</i><b> </b><br /> <br /> Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down. JOY FIELDING, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Now You See Her</i><br /> <br /> The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. ROBERTA RICH, author of the #1 national bestseller <i>The Midwife of Venice</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Gripping, enthrallinga top notch thriller and a compulsive read. S.J. WATSON, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /> <br /> <i>The Girl on the Train</i> is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. TESS GERRITSEN, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! Its Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era. TERRY HAYES, author of<i>I Am Pilgrim</i><br /> <br /> Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end. LISA GARDNER, #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<br /> <br /> Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. <i>The Girl on the Train</i>s clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it\\'s Hawkins deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy. KIMBERLY MCCREIGHT,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Reconstructing Amelia</i>[A] psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting. <br /><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /><i></i><br />Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely London commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in Hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsessions inescapable links to violence. <br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br /><br />\\'A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns. Gazing out of the train window will never be the same again!\\'<br />Colette McBeth, author of<i>Precious Thing</i>and the forthcoming <i>The Life I Left Behind</i><br /><br />Like most Londoners, Paula Hawkins became very familiar with the daily commute. But unlike most passengers, she has turned her experiences of being on a packed train, gazing idly out of the window at the back of houses, into a terrific psychological thriller. . . . I can safely predict this impressive, accomplished thriller will be everywherelook out for it on your daily commute. <br /><i>The Bookseller<br /></i><br />The pace and tension of the plot never jump the track. This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London. <br />Roberta Rich, author of the international bestseller THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE <br /><br />\"What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It\\'s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.\"<br />Terry Hayes<br /><br />Gripping, enthralling--a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.<br />S. J. Watson, author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i><br /><br />Clever and compelling. Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals. Kept me guessing until the very end! <br />Lisa Gardner, author of <i>Fear Nothing</i><br /><br />This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine. <br />Paula Daly, author of <i>Keep Your Friends Close<br /></i><br /><i>The Girl on the Train</i>was so thrilling and tense and wildlyunpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down. Not to be missed! <br />Tess Gerritsen', '', 'PAULA HAWKINS has worked in journalism for ten years. Most recently she was deputy personal finance editor of <i>The Times</i>. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since, apart from brief sojourns in Paris, Brussels and Oxford, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Discovering Nature's Alphabet\nDescription: ['When Melville wrote about nature\\'s \"cunning alphabet,\" he meant it metaphorically: humans, he argued, see in nature only the lessons they seek. But husband-and-wife team Castella and Boyl have discovered a literal alphabet in the natural world, and they present its examples in 92 lovely full-color photographs. The images span the grand (set against a backdrop of the Grand Canyon, twin branches of a juniper tree form a Y) and the minute (the vein of a yucca leaf curls into a Q), the ancient (the O of petrified wood) and the brand new (the curving G of a mangrove seedling). Leaves, corals, branches and shoots form most of the letters, though there are icicles shaped like an M, a gecko curled like a P and an inlay of quartz that looks like a U. The text is rudimentary and encouragingthe sort of thing that adults should ignore unless they are reading to rapt children: \"Nature holds a secret world filled with hidden letters. The best way to find them is to slow down and explore.\" Though it\\'s sweet and simple, this is also the sort of book that might spur its readers, young or not, off the couch and into the great wide readable world. <i>(May) </i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.', \"Grade 2 Up Castella and Boyl have assembled a portfolio of photographs of natural objects that form individual letters of the alphabet. From beaches to deserts, they discovered letters large and small in vines and flowers, tree trunks and seedpods. The minimal text urges readers to undertake such explorations to find their own hidden patterns. Two to five photos for each letter provide plenty of examples to encourage such discoveries. Information on photo locations follows an explanatory afterword about the project. None of the shots was staged; the photos were not retouched. Obviously the book is not for alphabet novices. However, it would work well to spark interest in a number of subjects, particularly science, art, and design, and could be appreciated by budding naturalists. Stephen T. Johnson's <i>Alphabet City</i> (Viking, 1995) and Joanne Dugan's <i>ABC NYC</i> (Abrams, 2005) record human-made structures. All these books should stimulate readers to explore the world around them and to look more closely at their surroundings.<i> Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Conquered by the Highlander (Conquered Bride Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Anecdotes in Ashes\nDescription: ['The Assembly is a loose collective of authors who deal in dark fiction, Sci-Fi and horror. They are - B.C. Lawson D.G. Collins Dave Taylor E.J. Lada, Jr. Edwin Crowe Kelsey Donald L. Chan MuCalling T.W. Grim']"
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"chosen": "Title: A Knight's Vow\nDescription: ['Set during the misty Middle Ages, when brave knights in shining armor rescued fair maidens and chivalry and honor were prized above all things, this quartet of novellas from some of the genre\\'s best-known writers takes the concept of the vow and spins it into four very different yet thematically linked medieval tales. Kurland leads off with \"The Traveller,\" a humorous time travel piece that tosses a modern-day woman back into the life of a 13th-century knight who needs to reclaim his inheritance. Patricia Potter follows with \"The Minstrel,\" her charming story of a lord who promises his dying mother he will only marry for love and becomes a traveling musician in order to find a woman who can make his own heart sing. \"The Bachelor Knight,\" Deborah Simmons\\'s story of a valiant but lowly born knight who is forced to honor an old vow and marry a lady so that she can retain her holdings, and Glynnis Campbell\\'s \"The Siege,\" a romantic tale of a knight and his reluctant intended, unaware of the other\\'s identity and trapped together during an assault on her family\\'s castle, nicely round out the collection. A worthy collection that should appeal to most medieval romance fans. <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.', \"<b>Lynn Kurland</b> is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Stars In Your Eyes</i>, <i>Dreams of Lilacs</i>, <i>All for You</i>, <i>One Magic Moment</i>, and the Novels of the Nine Kingdoms, as well as numerous other novels and short stories.<br /><br /><b>Patricia Potter</b>is a<i>USA Today</i>bestselling author of more than 50 romance novels. A seven-time RITA Award finalist and three-time Maggie Award winner, she was named Storyteller of the Year by<i>Romantic Times</i>and received the magazines Career Achievement Award for Western Romance. Potter is a past board member and president of Romance Writers of America. Prior to becoming a fiction author, she was a reporter for the<i>Atlanta Journal</i>and the president of a public relations firm in Atlanta. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.<br /><br /><b>Deborah Simmons</b> began her career as a journalist, but left nonfiction for the world of happily ever afters. She's published 28 romances with Avon, Harlequin, and Berkley, along with an indie romantic comedy. Among her works are a <i>USA Today</i>bestselling anthology and her popular series on the medieval de Burgh family.Two of her titles, <i>A Lady of Distinction</i> and <i>The Gentleman Thief</i>, were finalists for Romance Writers of America's annual RITA competition. Two other releases, <i>The Gentleman's Quest </i>and <i>Glory the Rake</i>, were up for the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence for Mystery/Suspense.Simmons has sold more than 2 million books in North America, and her work has been translated and published in 31 countries, with graphic novel editions available in Japanese.<br /><br /><b>Glynnis Campbell</b>is a third-generation California girl who, when she isnt writing historical romance, does cartoon voices, is an avid traveler, the wife of a rock star, the mother of two fascinating children, and the beloved master of a pug named Worf.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: My Warrior (Knights of de Ware)\nDescription: [\"Trained since she was a young girl in the skills needed to assume leadership of her clan, Cambria Gavin must take control earlier than she expected when her father, the present Laird, is brutally murdered by Englishmen who had sworn to uphold the Gavin clan's rights to their lands. Blaming Holden de Ware, the English knight sent by King Edward to assume control of the Scottish borders, for her father's murder, Cambria vows to avenge her father's death, even if it means fighting Holden herself. Now Holden faces an unfamiliar foe, one he cannot fight on a battlefield but instead must vanquish in a different way. With consummate skill and in realistic detail, Campbell expertly evokes both the richness and the brutality of the medieval world in her latest historical, the second in a trilogy featuring the de Ware brothers. Romance fans who crave action-filled historicals will relish reading about Cambria's and Holden's adventures as they battle their way to true love. <i>John Charles</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>\", 'Born in Paradise, California, Glynnis Campbell (also writing as Sarah McKerrigan and Kira Morga) has embraced her inner Gemini by leading an eclectic life. As a teen, she danced with the Sacramento Ballet, worked in her father\\'s graphic arts studio, and composed music for award-winning science films. She sang arias in college, graduating with a degree in Music, then toured with The Pinups, an all-girl rock band on CBS Records. She once played drums for a Tom Jones video and is currently a voice-over actress with credits including \"Star Wars\" audio adventures, JumpStart educational CDs, Diablo and Starcraft video games, and the MTV animated series, \"The Maxx.\"<br /><br />She now indulges her lifelong love of towering castles, trusty swords, and knights (and damsels) in shining armor by writing historical romances featuring kick-arse heroines. She is married to a rock star, is the proud mom of two grown-up nerds, and lives in a part of L.A. where nobody thinks she\\'s weird.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy and Character and Opinion in the United States (Rethinking the Western Tradition)\nDescription: ['', 'Santayanas comments on American culture include invaluable observations about the pressure to conform in democracies, the vitality and youthful outlook of American society, the importance of humor and the love of quantity in America . . . . A welcome and substantial contribution.John Paul Russo, University of Miami', 'We need to retain Santayana in the intellectual history of the United States, not as a remote figure, but as a key observer of the American mindFor that very reason, this volume promises to serve an important purpose of preservation.Mark Bauerlein, Department of English, Emory University', '', '', 'James Seaton is Professor of English at Michigan State University. His other books include <i>Cultural Conservatism, Political Liberalism: From Criticism to Cultural Studies </i>(Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1996) and <i>Beyond Cheering and Bashing: New Perspectives on The Closing of the American Mind</i> (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green SU Popular Press, 1992), which he co-edited with William K. Buckley.', '', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Claiming Grace (Ace Security)\nDescription: ['\"High-school sweethearts Grace Mason and Logan Anderson both come from abusive households--not exactly the best training for happily ever after....but readers will root for Grace and Logan from the first.\" -<i>Publishers Weekly</i>', '', 'Susan Stoker is a <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, and <i>Wall Street Journal</i> bestselling author whose series include Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes, SEAL of Protection, and Delta Force Heroes. Married to a retired Army noncommissioned officer, Stoker has lived all over the countryfrom Missouri to California to Coloradoand currently lives under the big skies of Texas. A true believer in happily ever after, Stoker enjoys writing novels in which romance turns to love. To learn more about the author and her work, visit her website, www.stokeraces.com, or find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorsusanstoker.', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Black Mage: Apprentice (The Black Mage Series) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Rachel E. Carter's USA Today bestselling<i>The Black Mage</i>series:</b><span><br /><br />"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something "extra". That extra punch that drags you in and won't let go. I hope you give it a try. It's THAT good." -<b><i>Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore</i></b></span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up." -<b><i>Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net</i></b><br /><br />"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!"<b>-<i>Margaret Faria, InD'Tale Magazine</i></b><br /><span></span></span><div><br /><span><span>"An intriguing story with enthralling characters that shine brightly in their determination and fierce pride." -<b><i>Michelle Lynn, Young Adult Books Central (YABC)</i></b><br /><br />"This has undoubtedly become one of my favorite YA fantasy series. Hands down, no competition."<b>-<i>Melissa, EverSoMela, top Goodreads reviewer</i></b><br /><i></i><br />"Rachel E. Carter has a definite fan in me forever, keep doing what you're doing Rachel because you write an amazing story!"<b>-<i>Emmeline, The Book Herald, top Amazon reviewer</i></b></span> </span></div>', '<b>Rachel E. Carter</b>is the USA Today bestselling author of<i>The Black Mage</i>, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.<br /><br /><span><span>Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.</span></span><span></span><div><br /><div><b>Official Site:</b>rachelecarter.com</div><div><b>Facebook:</b>facebook.com/rachelecarterauthor</div><div><b>Instagram:</b>instagram.com/rachelcarterauthor</div><div><b>Snapchat:</b>recarterauthor</div><div><b>Twitter:</b>twitter.com/recarterauthor</div><div><b>Pinterest:</b>pinterest.com/recarterauthor</div><div><b>Tumblr:</b>rachelcarterauthor.tumblr.com</div><div><b>Goodreads:</b>goodreads.com/rachelcarterauthor</div><div><b>Wattpad:</b>wattpad.com/user/rachelcarterauthor</div><div><b>Amazon:</b>amazon.com/author/rachelecarter</div><div><b>Email:</b>rachelcarterauthor@gmail.com</div> </div>']",
"rejected": "Title: Something Radiant Within: Guidebook Of Spiritual Awakening Meditations\nDescription: ['My early years were spent on a family farm where our seven childrens father and I farmed crops to feed cattle, hogs and chickens. We had a dairy herd and sold milk, meat and eggs. There was always an abundance of fresh, healthy food from our garden. I look back to this now and am grateful for the years of living close to the land. In the 1970s a friend invited me to attend Unity By The Sea in Santa Monica, California. I had left the farm and my church of origin, and was attending many churches as I searched for a greater awareness of Gods Love. During the meditation, led by a soloist who sang, Something Within, my tears flowed and I knew God was that Something Within me. I began studying with Unity and never looked back. I was ordained a Unity Minister in 1982. Unity has published several of my articles and poems in the Unity Magazine and in The Daily Word. Often when I take my morning walk a poem, and sometimes a melody, streams through my mind. I repeat it until I arrive home and grab a pen and paper to catch it before it drifts away. Some of these poems are included in this book for contemplation. Sometimes the words coming through become chants or songs. I enjoy sharing these with the meditation practice which I lead every Saturday. We have been meditating together for more than four years and the loving-kindness of this community of friends has added immensely to the content of this book.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Blaze: A Dragon Romance (Dark Kings)\nDescription: ['', '\"Scorching hot.\" - <i>Booklist </i>on <i>Blaze</i><br /><i></i><br />\"This series is a must read for paranormal / fantasy readers.\" - <i>Night Owl Reviews Top Pick </i>on <i>Blaze</i><br /><i></i><br />\"Comes to life and grips you...a hard book to put down.\" - <i>The Genre Mix </i>on <i>Blaze</i>', '\"Grant\\'s dragon-shifters can always be relied upon for steamy, intense romances and fierce battles.\" - <i>RT Book Reviews </i>on <i>Passion Ignites</i>', '<i>Soul Scorched</i> is a must read. <i>Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick!)</i>', 'Ms. Grant does not disappoint the recesses of the heart with <i>Soul Scorched</i>. <i>Reader to Reader</i>', \"Donna Grant continues to build on the series... there is an attachment to the characters that you don't want to end. <i>San Francisco Book Review on Soul Scorched</i>\", \"Grant's fearless and passionate Dragon Kings...command attention. <i>RT Book Reviews on Soul Scorched</i>\", 'Charming and sizzling. <i>RT Book Reviews on Hot Blooded</i>', '', '<i>New York Times </i>and<i> USA Today </i>bestselling author<i> </i><b>Donna Grant</b> has been praised for her totally addictive and unique and sensual stories. Shes the author of more than thirty novels spanning multiple genres of romance including the bestselling Dark King stories. The acclaimed series features a thrilling combination of dragons, the Fae, and Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her two children, a dog, and four cats in Texas.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: From Kiss to Queen\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for the novels of Janet Chapman</b><br /><br />Janet Chapman is a keeper.Linda Howard, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author<br /><br />Full of intrigue and passionred-hot romance.<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />A perfect 10.Romance Reviews Today', '<b>Janet Chapman</b> is the <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal romance novels, all set in the state of Maine, where she lives with her husband, surrounded by wildlife. Best known for her Highlander series, including <i>Tempting the Highlander</i> and <i>Loving the Highlander</i>, and her Spellbound Falls series, including <i>The Highlander Next Door </i>and <i>Courting Carolina</i>. Janet also has several contemporary series set on the coast and in the mountains.<br /><br />When shes not writing, Janet and her husband are camping, hunting, fishing, and generally rubbing elbows with nature.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: This is all I ask (de Piaget Family)\nDescription: ['<b>PRAISE FOR <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLING AUTHOR LYNN KURLAND</b><br /><br />Both powerful and sensitivea wonderfully rich and rewarding book.#1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Susan Wiggs<br /><br />Stepping into one of Lynn Kurlandsnovels is definitely one magic moment in itself.<i>All About Romance</i><br /><br />Clearly one of romances finest writers. <i>The Oakland Press</i><br /><br />A sweet, tenderhearted time travel romance.<i>Joyfully Reviewed</i><br /><br />[A] triumphant romance.<i>Fresh Fiction</i><br /><br />Breathtaking in its magnificent scope.<i>Night Owl Romance</i>', '<b>Lynn Kurland </b>is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels and novellas including the Nine Kingdom series, the de Piaget Family series, and the McLeod Family series.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Immortal\nDescription: ['\"An ingenious medical thriller, suspenseful and cleverly plotted.\" -- <i> BookPage</i>']"
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"chosen": "Title: FOOLS QUEST-FITZ & THE FOOL PB\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: The Divine Way of Life (Cure)\nDescription: []"
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"chosen": "Title: ASSASSINS FATE_HB\nDescription: []",
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"chosen": "Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\nDescription: ['Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.<i><b>Chicago Tribune</b><br /><br /> </i>A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesnt hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.<b></b><i><b>The New York Times</b><br /><br /> </i>\"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.\"<i><b>Esquire</b><br /><br /> </i>Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the Worlds Fair.<b></b><i><b>USA Today</b><br /><br /> </i>As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.<b></b><i><b>San Francisco Chronicle</b><br /><br /> </i>Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.<b></b><i><b>Entertainment Weekly</b><br /><br /> </i>A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelists soul.<b></b><i><b>Chicago Sun-Times </b><br /> </i>', \"Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Journey: The Road to Empowerment\nDescription: ['TaRae D. Peoples, Wife, Mother, Ministry Leader, Organization founder and president are just a few of the titles that this multi-faceted woman carries. Raised in Omaha, Nebraska with her older sister by their mother, who encouraged both TaRae and her sister to sing and faithfully serve the Lord, she was taught the importance of ministry at an early age. After becoming a single mother at the age of 20 the desire to encourage other young single mothers as well as women of all ages from a place of compassion and understanding became a constant driving force in her life. Today, TaRae serves as the Praise and Worship Leader of Eagles Nest Worship Center in Omaha, NE where she leads a congregation of 1500 into intense and impactful praise and worship several times a week. TaRaes personal story of triumph, empowerment and purpose has been shared with many across the country and is continuing to reach new audiences.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Heart of Betrayal: The Remnant Chronicles, Book Two\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpFollowing the dramatic and tragic ending of The Kiss of Deception (Holt, 2014), Princess Lia finds herself incarcerated in the walled city, Venda, where she is surrounded by her country\\'s enemies. Seduced and betrayed by Kaden, now revealed as the Assassin who was sent to kill her, and tormented by the Komizar, the leader of the city, her only ally appears to be Rafe, the prince she ran away from in order to prevent a wedding neither of them wanted. When her true name, Jezelia, is revealed, the common people of Venda embrace her as the promised savior of their people, and Lia and Rafe begin to formulate a daring escape plan before she is either killed or forced into marriage to the Komizar. Fans of Pearson\\'s first book in \"The Remnant Chronicles\" won\\'t be disappointed in the sequel. The cliff-hanger ending will cause considerable angst as devoted readers will probably have to wait another year to find out whether or not Rafe and Lia survive long enough to make it home. VERDICT A heart-pounding sequel that fantasy fans will appreciate.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK', '', \"It's rare that the second book in a series is as good-or perhaps better-than the first, but that's the case here. . . . Anticipation for the next volume will start as soon as this one is put down.<br /> <i>Booklist, starred review</i>\", 'A heart-pounding sequel that fantasy fans will appreciate. <i>School Library Journal</i>', 'Solid and absorbing high fantasy, with a sudden breathless hook to the next installment. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cooking the South African way\nDescription: ['Fabulous recipes - South African style.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Kiss of Deception: The Remnant Chronicles, Book One\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* She is a princess, and it is her duty to marry into an alliance. But 17-year-old Lia has her own opinion about that obligation, one that she puts into action when she escapes her wedding with her lady-in-waiting, Pauline. Determined, confident Lia thinks that she knows how to cover her tracks, and soon she and Pauline are working as barmaids in Paulines hometown. Now two new voices enter to help tell the story. One belongs to the prince whom Lia was supposed to marry. He is curious about his fled fiance and angry that she thought of a way to get out of the marriage first. The other voice belongs to an assassin who is sent by the Komizar of Venda to make sure that Lia doesnt change her mind and return to initiate an alliance that will harm their country. Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope. She never compromises her charactersespecially the multifaceted Liafor plot; each element motivates the other. There is also a richness to the descriptions that makes readers feel that they can see and even smell the changing landscapes. This has the sweep of an epic tale, told with some twists; its a book that almost doesnt need a sequel, but readers will be thrilled that it continues on. Grades 9-12. --Ilene Cooper', '', 'In <i>The Kiss of Deception</i>, a new realm is masterfully created, featuring court intrigue, feuding nations, breathtaking landscapes, and the gift of sight. Fans of the <i>Game of Thrones</i> series will enjoy the magic and fantasy in this timeless dystopian world. <i>VOYA</i>', 'After her strong Jenna Fox series, Pearson adeptly switches gears here from science fiction to fantasy, but her ability to write a romance featuring complex characters and a strong plot remains constant. <i>The Horn Book</i>', \"<i>The Kiss of Deception</i> has it all--beautiful writing, heart-pounding suspense, a fiery princess, and an epic romance that'll make you swoon. This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year! <i>Alyson Nol, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Immortals</i>\", \"<i>The Kiss of Deception</i> is a deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy where no one--no one--is quite what they seem. Full of lush writing and rich, complex characters, readers will quickly become enmeshed in the intricate web of lies that have been woven into the very fabric of the kingdom itself. A thoroughly engrossing read--I couldn't put it down! <i>Robin LaFevers, New York Timesbestselling author of Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph</i>\", 'This is the kind of story I love--a heart-pounding tale of magic and murder, betrayal and romance set in a richly imagined fantasy landscape. <i>Cinda Williams Chima, New York Timesbestselling author of the Seven Realms and the Heir Chronicles</i>', '*The first in a marvelous new fantasy series that is sure to find an audience with devotees of Suzanne Collins\\'s \"<i>The Hunger Games</i>\" . . . Romance, adventure, mysticism--this book has it all and it just may be the next YA blockbuster. <i>School Library Journal, Starred Review</i>', '*Pearson offers readers a wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope . . . this has the sweep of an epic tale. <i>Booklist, Starred Review</i>', \"*Peppered with excerpts from sacred texts and traditional songs, the novel has a formidable heroine at its core, who is as quick with a knife as she is to laugh or cry. Pearson maintains the mystery of Rafe and Kaden's identities, pulling readers through this masterfully crafted story. <i>Publishers Weekly, Starred Review</i>\", \"Pearson's first book in her Remnant Chronicles is thrilling. Readers will be hooked from the first page to the last and will find themselves eagerly anticipating the next installment. Pearson pairs a rich and varied plot with a fiery and headstrong heroine. <i>Romantic Times</i>\", \"Mystery, romance, betrayal, redemption: There's plenty to hook readers in to this installment of Lia's saga and make them impatient for the volumes to come. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>\", \"Pearson's writing is beautiful, and her ability to twist a plot into knots keeps the reader wanting more. <i>BookPage</i>\", \"This thick book is fantastical and interesting (with a bit of mystery thrown in!)....There's a lot of mystery that spices up the book. It's not all about the mystery, but it's on the peripheral always, which makes it that much more interesting. <i>USAToday</i>\", 'Lia herself is a likeable heroine, and the selfishness in her act of leaving a kingdom in shambles for some future love is negated by her obvious naivete about political strategies and romantic relationships . . . Most intriguing are the two love interests, though, partly because of the way Pearson structures their narrating chapters. <i>BCCB</i>', 'Rich and exciting . . . a bold ending whets appetites for the next installment. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '', '', '']",
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Beauty of Darkness: The Remnant Chronicles, Book Three\nDescription: ['Gr 9 UpAfter the cliff-hanger ending in The Heart of Betrayal, Lia wakes to find Rafe, the prince of Dalbreck, stitching up the wounds she suffered in their escape from the Komizar. Fighting for their lives each step of the way, the small group of survivors finally return to Dalbreck only to learn that the king is dead. Pushed by duty, Rafe assumes the crown, but he loses Lia, who is determined to return home to her own kingdom, Morrighan, where she hopes to rally her father\\'s soldiers and repel the Komizar\\'s invasion. Unfortunately, her father is gravely ill, poisoned by his trusted doctor, and she takes on the role of regent. With only a few thousand troops, though, she knows Morrighan has little hope of surviving the upcoming assault. Still, Pearson has created such a dynamic and inspiring heroine that readers will be convinced that she can save her kingdom. This action-filled novel, set in a high fantasy world, has it all: romance, adventure, mysticism, and heroism. Hand this to readers of \"The Hunger Games\" and John Flanagan\\'s \"Ranger\\'s Apprentice\" series. VERDICT Fantasy fans will love this marvelous, high-action conclusion to the trilogy.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK', '', '\"Pearson has created such a dynamic and inspiring heroine.... Fantasy fans will love this marvelous, high-action conclusion to the trilogy.\" <i>School Library Journal</i>', '\"Full and rich.\" <i>Booklist</i>', '\"Pearson is an excellent storyteller.... She brings an ambitious trilogy to a rousing conclusion.\" <i>The Horn Book</i>', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Spectrum 2 Workbook\nDescription: ['The series features a carefully sequenced, systematic presentation of grammar and a comprehensive coverage of all four skills.<br>-- Functions, themes, language, and structures are recycled in fully illustrated dialogues, vocabulary, readings, and exercises.<br>-- Listening activities provide practice in hearing, understanding, and responding to spoken English.', \"Additional features of the course: <br>-- Workbooks correspond to Student Book lessons and reinforce functions, structures, vocabulary, and pronunciation activities.<br>-- Teacher's Editions contain teaching instructions interleaved with full-color student pages, along with answer keys (for Student Books and Workbooks) and listening scripts.<br>-- Audiocassette Programs contain realistic recordings of conversations that provide students with listening, pronunciation, and intonation practice.<br>-- A Test Program includes a placement test and two achievement tests for each level.<br>-- Viewer's Guides offer a 4-page unit for each video segment with previewing, viewing, and extension activities.<br>-- Video segments are 2 to 2-1/2 minutes long (50 min. in total).<br>-- Video Teacher's Guides are available for each video level.\"]"
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"rejected": "Title: Requiem for a Doll\nDescription: ['In Requiem for a Doll Ellie White guides us through the surreal landscape of girlhood to sexual awakening. These startling poems read like small blood offerings; they swell with visceral candor and fang-sharp awareness assuring us readers that beauty, too, can be inherited from all we have lost.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: A Beautiful Poison\nDescription: ['', 'Full of suspenseJaw-dropping. <b><i>First for Women</i></b>', 'Lydia Kanguses her medical background to elegant effect in her historical thriller. She keeps the reader guessing through the final pages and beyond in this most enjoyable tale. <b>Historical Novel Society</b>', '<i>A Beautiful Poison</i>will leave the reader questioning the morality of revenge with its immersive narrative and mortally flawed and intriguing characters. <b><i>Lincoln Star Journal</i></b>', 'With an erudite cast and mystery as morbid as 1918 New York in the grip of plague, <i>A Beautiful Poison</i> is as intoxicating as its title. Smart, compelling, and deliciously addicting. Kang is a deadly wit. <b>Tosca Lee, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Progeny</i> and <i>Firstborn</i></b>', 'An absolute gem for murder mystery fans, with a perfect period feel and fascinating forensic detail. <b>Lindsay Jayne Ashford, author of <i>The Color of Secrets</i> and <i>The Woman on the Orient Express</i></b>', 'An intriguing blend of history and suspense, <i>A Beautiful Poison</i> kept me guessing until the very end. Lydia Kang masterfully conjures up the world of early twentieth-century New York, and her characters are appealingly complex, making for plenty of satisfying plot twists. Ultimately, this is far more than a murder mystery: its a story about friendship, and the intertwined fates of Allene, Jasper, and Birdie will stay with you long after youve finished reading. <b>Elizabeth Blackwell, author of <i>In the Shadow of Lakecrest</i></b>', 'The perfect blend of mystery, history, and science, Lydia Kangs <i>A Beautiful Poison</i> is an entertaining read from beginning to end. A classic whodunnit with a touch of dark humor, Kangs first adult novel will hopefully not be her last. <b>Jennifer Hillier, author of <i>Creep</i> and <i>The Butcher</i></b>', '', '', 'Lydia Kang is a physician and author of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and currently lives in the midwest, where she continues to practice internal medicine.', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Cook and Get Laid: Secrets to Panty Dropping Recipes\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Rescued by a Highlander (Clan Grant)\nDescription: [\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Lady's Protector (Highland Bodyguards, Book 1) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"<b>Highland Bodyguards Series:</b><br /><br />The Lady's Protector (Book 1)<br />Heart's Thief (Book 2)<br />A Warrior's Pledge (Book 3)<br />Claimed by the Bounty Hunter (Book 4)<br />A Highland Betrothal (Book 4.5)<br />The Promise of a Highlander (Book 5)<br />The Bastard Laird's Bride (Book 6)\", '', 'Emma Prince is the Amazon All-Star and Bestselling author of steamy historical romances jam-packed with adventure, conflict, and of course love! Emma grew up in drizzly Seattle, but traded her rain boots for sunglasses when she and her husband moved to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Emma spent several years in academia, both as a graduate student and an instructor of college-level English and Humanities courses. She always savored her \"fun books\"--normally historical romances--on breaks or vacations. But as she began looking for the next chapter in her life, she wondered if perhaps her passion could turn into a career. Ever since then, she\\'s been reading and writing books that celebrate happily ever afters! Visit Emma\\'s website, www.EmmaPrinceBooks.com, for updates on books, future projects, newsletter sign-up, inspirations, and more! You can follow Emma on Twitter at: @EmmaPrinceBooks Or join her on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/EmmaPrinceBooks', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Changelings :Twins of Pataybee 1\nDescription: ['Vol 1 Changelings & Vol 2 Maelstrom']"
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"chosen": "Title: Tavish: A Time Travel Romance (Dunskey Castle) (Volume 1)\nDescription: [\"I have read time-travel stories before, but this has a new twist to it that had me from page one! The Celtic elements of the story are staggeringly beautiful. I also love the setting! There are secrets, and mysteries, and old friends renewing their bond and restoring their feelings for each other.<br /><br />I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't need to wade through sex scenes, which these days have become rather boring and predictable.Absolutely delightful, funny characters. The main characters kept me guessing with their love/hate relationship. It was shown that even professionals have human wants and human feelings. Too many people think professional means less approachable.<br /><br />I couldn't put this book down until I had read the last page, and then I read it all over again. Jane has a talent to keep you focused and engaged in the story, and its well-developed, character-driven pages take you away to another time and place that sweeps you up and doesn't let you go.<br /><br />Love, mystery, Celtic druids, lost underground cities....lots of fun and adventure in the pages of this book!\", '', '', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: For the Love of Flying: The Story of Laurentian Air Services\nDescription: [\"Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail is a researcher and writer who comes from a family of aviation enthusiasts. She has an M.A. in history from the University of British Columbia and has written articles for several Canadian publications, including The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine. She is an active member of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Faking It: BBW Billionaire Series (Fake Billionaire Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['\"Love should be something that lasts forever, not is lost forever.\" Visit USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, LEXY TIMMS https://www.facebook.com/SavingForever *Please feel free to connect with me and share your comments. I love connecting with my readers.* Sign up for news and updates and freebies - I like spoiling my readers! http://eepurl.com/9i0vD Dealing in Antique Jewelry and hanging out with her awesome hubby and three kids, Lexy Timms loves writing in her free time. MANAGING THE BOSSES is a bestselling 10-part series dipping into the lives of Alex Reid and Jamie Connors. Can a secretary really fall for her billionaire boss?', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Candidate (The Black Mage Book 3)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Rachel E. Carter\\'s USA Today bestselling<i>The Black Mage</i>series:</b><span><br /><br />\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -<b><i>Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore</i></b></span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -<b><i>Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net</i></b><br /><br />\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"<b>-<i>Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine</i></b><br /><span></span></span>', '', '<b>Rachel E. Carter</b>is the USA Today bestselling author of<i>The Black Mage</i>, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.<span><br /><br /><span>Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.</span></span><span></span><span></span><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
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"rejected": "Title: The Science of Nutrition (text only) 1st (First) edition by J. Thompson,M. Manore,L. Vaughan\nDescription: ['The Science of Nutrition [Hardcover]Janice Thompson (Author) Melinda Manore (Author), Linda Vaughan (Author)']"
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"rejected": "Title: Pontiac Muscle Cars: Engine, Drive Train, and Suspension\nDescription: ['John R. Miller is also the author of Firebird Body Trim and Glass and Tempest and GTO Body Trim and Glass which make a great companion volume with this guide.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Last Stand (The Black Mage Book 4)\nDescription: ['<b>Praise for Rachel E. Carter\\'s USA Today bestselling<i>The Black Mage</i>series:</b><span><br /><br />\"It takes a lot for me to truly fall in love with a book. I think I maybe do this once or twice a year. This is one of those times. I found a new fantasy story that sucked me in (completely). Imagine my surprise that it was YA too. Y\\'all know me. Normally, I go for the NA and above reads. But this series...it just has that something \"extra\". That extra punch that drags you in and won\\'t let go. I hope you give it a try. It\\'s THAT good.\" -<b><i>Scarlett Dawn, NYT & USA Today bestselling author of Forever Evermore</i></b></span><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>\"A magical academy where potential mages train and study all things magic, a love-hate relationship with an arrogant prince, and a determined and unyielding female heroine? Sign me up.\" -<b><i>Raisa Santos, TheFandom.Net</i></b><br /><br />\"Falling somewhere between the magic of Hogwarts and the excitement of Hunger Games, this story resides in the niche rather nicely!\"<b>-<i>Margaret Faria, InD\\'Tale Magazine</i></b><br /><span></span></span>', '', '<b>Rachel E. Carter</b>is the USA Today bestselling author of<i>The Black Mage</i>, a YA fantasy series about magic, love, and war -with future projects to come. She hoards coffee and has a weakness for villains and Mr. Darcy love interests.<span><br /><span>Sign up for her newsletter to stay up to date on all new releases, giveaways, and sales: bit.ly/rachelecarter.</span></span><br /><br />', '', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Kyla (The Highland Clan) (Volume 9)\nDescription: ['<span>"Great book in the series, this story combines adventure, romance and comedy. <b>The hero will make you laugh and cry."</b> <i>-Pauline S., Amazon Reviewer</i></span><br /><br /><span>"Kyla by Keira Montclair is one of those WOW stories.</span><div><span><b>The reader will find themselves thoughly invested in "Kyla",</b> from the romance to the intense suspense to the fighting and more."<i>-April R., Amazon Reviewer</i></span></div><br /><br />"Keira Montclair has done it again.<b> I have been hooked on her books since I read the very first one.</b> Usually when an author writes a series they tend to get boring the more they write. Keira is all together a different story. Hers just get better and better. Every book I start I can't put it down."<i> -Brenda O., Goodreads Reviewer</i><br /><br />"10 Stars for Kyla and Finlay!!!! <b>I can never get enough of this author's characters.</b>" <i>-Ria R., Amazon Reviewer</i><br /><br /><span><b>"I find Keira's writing full of love and feeling </b>between many of the characters as it is a Scottish clan. There is also excitement and suspense to keep you reading."<i>-Roselyn S., Goodreads Reviewer</i></span>', 'Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.']",
"rejected": "Title: Vidas Secas\nDescription: ['First published: 1938.\\nLanguage: Portuguese.\\nA novel by twentieth-century Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, Vidas Secas (\"Dry Lives\") tells the cyclical story of a family of five: father Fabiano; mother Sinh Vitria; two sons; and dog Baleia in poverty stricken and arid Northeast Brazil.']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America\nDescription: ['“Engrossing . . . exceedingly well documented . . . utterly fascinating.” — <i><b>Chicago Tribune</b><br><br> </i>“A dynamic, enveloping book. . . . Relentlessly fuses history and entertainment to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel. . . . It doesn’t hurt that this truth is stranger than fiction.” <b>— </b><i><b>The New York Times</b><br><br> </i>\"So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.\" — <i><b>Esquire</b><br><br> </i>“Another successful exploration of American history. . . . Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the World’s Fair.” <b>— </b><i><b>USA Today</b><br><br> </i>“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” <b>— </b><i><b>San Francisco Chronicle</b><br><br> </i>“Paints a dazzling picture of the Gilded Age and prefigure the American century to come.” <b>— </b><i><b>Entertainment Weekly</b><br><br> </i>“A wonderfully unexpected book. . . Larson is a historian . . . with a novelist’s soul.” <b>— </b><i><b>Chicago Sun-Times </b><br> </i>', 'Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America\\'s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair\\'s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country\\'s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his \"World\\'s Fair Hotel\" just west of the fairgrounds--a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake. <BR>The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before. <BR>Erik Larson\\'s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both. <BR>To find out more about this book, go to http: //www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.<P>\"From the Hardcover edition.']",
"rejected": "Title: A Rose from the Dead (Flower Shop Mysteries, No. 6)\nDescription: ['\"Spend a sunny afternoon with this bright and witty series.\"<br /><br />\"Move over Stephanie Plum, Abby Knight has come to town.\"<br /><br />\"Ms. Collins has a flair for engaging characters and witty dialogue.\"', \"<b>Kate Collins</b> is the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Flower Shop Mystery series. She grew up in a suburb of Hammond, Indiana, one block from the family home of author Jean Shepherd, whose humorous stories inspired Kate at an early age. After a stint as an elementary school teacher, Kate wrote children's short stories and historical romance novels before turning to her true passion, mystery. She lives in northwest Indiana and Key West, Florida.\"]"
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"chosen": "Title: Dreams of Stardust\nDescription: ['\"Kurland is clearly one of romance\\'s finest writers--she consistently finest writers--she consistently delivers the kind of stories readers dream about.\"<br /><br />Kurland out-writes romance fiction\\'s top authors by a mile. (\"Publishers Weekly\") Kurland is clearly one of romance\\'s finest writers-she consistently delivers the kind of stories readers dream about. (\"The Oakland Press\")', 'Lynn Kurland is the <b>USA Today</b> bestselling author of <b>Stardust of Yesterday, A Dance Through Time, This Is All I Ask, The Very Thought of You, Another Chance to Dream, The More I See You</b>, and <b>If I Had You</b>. She is also a contributor to <b>The Christmas Cat, Christmas Spirits, Veils of Time, Opposites Attract</b>, and <b>A Knights Vow</b> anthologies. A full-time writer, she lives in the Pacific Northwest.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: 2013 Vasily Kandinsky Wall Calendar\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Dragonfyre\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning\nDescription: ['', '<b><u>About the NSCA</u></b>', 'The <b>National Strength and Conditioning Association</b> (NSCA) is the worlds leading organization in the field of sport conditioning. Drawing on the resources and expertise of the most recognized professionals in strength training and conditioning, sport science, performance research, education, and sports medicine, the NSCA is the worlds trusted source of knowledge and training guidelines for coaches, athletes, and tactical operators. The NSCA provides the crucial link between the lab and the field.', '<b><u>About the Editors </u></b>', '<b>Brent A. Alvar, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D, FNSCA</b>, is a professor of health science at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction, registered strength and conditioning coach with distinction, and a fellow of the NSCA. Alvar was named the NSCAs Educator of the Year in 2016 and is a past member of the NSCA Board of Directors.', 'At Rocky Mountain University, Alvar served as the director, the associate dean and vice president of university research, the concentration track director for the doctoral program in Human & Sport Performance, and the codirector of the graduate program in health promotion and wellness. Alvar also served as the sport performance director and faculty member at Chandler Gilbert Community College while simultaneously having an appointment as an assistant research professor in the department of exercise and wellness at Arizona State University, where he earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Alvars primary research focus is in the area of physical activity related to human performance and occupational preparedness as well as the muscular strength and health-related benefits from resistance training.', '<b>Katie Sell, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F, ACSM EP-C</b>, is an associate professor and coordinator of the undergraduate exercise science program in the department of health professions at Hofstra University. Her NSCA certifications include being a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction and a tactical strength and conditioning facilitator. She is also an exercise physiologist certified with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).', 'Sell has been a volunteer assistant coach for the Hofstra womens tennis program, a member of the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning Special Interest Group Executive Council, and a consultant to FireFit, which is an interagency wildland firefighter fitness task group. She serves as a physical fitness standards and programming consultant with various professional firefighting departments in the Salt Lake City, Utah, region.', 'Sells primary research interests are in the areas of physical activity promotion among college students and firefighter health, physical fitness, and exercise programming. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Utah, her masters degree from Southern Illinois University, and her bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin.', '<b>Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH, CNS</b>, is a professor in the department of military and emergency medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and director of the Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), the Defense Center of Excelleence in the area of human performance optimization. A certified nutrition specialist and fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Deuster is a coauthor of <i>The Navy SEAL Nutrition Guide</i> and <i>The Special Operations Forces Nutrition Guide</i> and the editor of<i> The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide</i>.', 'Deuster received the Special Operations Medical Researcher Award in 2014 by the Special Operations Medical Association. She is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit and has served the Department of Defense on its Dietary Supplement Subcommittee, Food and Nutrition Subcommittee, Human Performance Optimization Committee, Population Health Working Group, and Operational Supplement Safety Initiative.', 'Deuster received her bachelors and masters degrees from the College of William and Mary, her PhD from the University of Maryland, and her MPH from USU. Among her athletic achievements, she has been a tennis professional, nationally ranked marathoner, and qualifier for the first womens marathon Olympic Trials in 1984.', '', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Hunger (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 2)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Prisoners of Fear (True Crime)\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Craving (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant has been praised for her \"totally addictive\" and \"unique and sensual\" stories. She\\'s the author of more than twenty novels spanning multiple genres of romance. Her latest acclaimed series, Dark Warriors, features a thrilling combination of Druids, primeval gods, and immortal Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her two children, a dog, and three cats in Texas. Visit Donna at www.DonnaGrant.com']",
"rejected": "Title: Family Puzzlers - 1994 (Queries & 52 Bible Records)\nDescription: ['Hardbound, 1109 pages, surname index. Features included Huguenots who remained in France, the Andrea Collection, Schertorio de Toriano - Torian family of VA, GAs first Jews, Theus of Switzerland and SC; claims against the Indians, 1794-1827, William Murrells Revolutionary journal, Civil War salt and poor school rolls, chain of title, death index, GA natives married in 1854 in TX, CSA muster roll. Bible records: Barbour, Barnes, Bell, Bennett, Bryant, Carter, Chafin, Clanton, Cleveland, Colwell, Davis, Douglass, Dryer, Fleming, Gale, Harris, Hart, Higgason, Higginbotham, Hornsby, Jones, Kelley, Kennedy, Knight, Lasseter, Little, Mann, McDonald, Morgan, Nix, OKelly, Orr, Owen, Pye, Reeks, Singleton, Smith, Stammer, Stephenson, Weaver, Williams, Wilson, Windham, Wood and Worthy.']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Lily (The Highland Clan) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['\"<b>If you haven\\'t read any of Keira Montclair\\'s books about the Grants and the Ramsey\\'s you have missed out.</b>They are all awesome and as you read you feel like part of the family. This family is large but full of love and support.<b>The men are men, strong and powerful but can be brought to their knees by these women they love.\"<i>-</i></b><i>Kindle Customer</i><br /><br />\"I love Keira Montclair\\'s books. She never disappoints.<b>Lily is a beautiful character and it was fun to follow her carefree innocence.</b>I can\\'t wait till the next book comes out.\"<i>-Cheryl C. Amazon Reviewer</i><br /><br />\"Another wonderful sweet read. Keira is a wonder and I can\\'t wait to read all her titles.<b>I\\'m glad to list this author as one of my top.</b>\" <i>-Shema W., Goodreads Reviewer</i><br /><br />\"This was fantastic! Keira Montclair did a superb job with Lily Ramsay\\'s story. I have laughed out loud throughout!<b>It was a page turner for me. Again, I laughed from start to finish. This deserves well more than 5 stars.\"<i>-</i></b><i>Maria, Goodreads Reviewer</i>', \"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Practical Poetry: A Guide for Teaching the Common Core Text Exemplars for Poetry in Grades 6-8\nDescription: ['Mary Pat Mahoney is a freelance writer and teacher. Her writing has appeared in both print and online publications. Additionally, her teaching experience ranges from early childhood to adult. She currently teaches middle school language arts in Texas. She has also written Literature Guides for Number the Stars, Bridge to Terabithia, Holes, The Hunger Games, and Practical Poetry: A Guide for Teaching the Common Core Text Exemplars for Poetry in Grades 6-8 for Secondary Solutions.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Brave Highlander\nDescription: ['Book by Sinclair, Vonda', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Gi in Combat: Northwest Europe 1944-45 (Warrior)\nDescription: ['Non Fiction Historical']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: My Wild Highlander\nDescription: ['All of the books in the Highland Adventure Series by Vonda Sinclair are standalone books, but they are interrelated. I hope you enjoy them!', '', \"Vonda Sinclair's books have won the EPIC Award and the National Readers' Choice Award for historical romance. Her favorite indulgent pastime is exploring Scotland, from Edinburgh to the untamed and windblown north coast. She also enjoys creating hot, Highland heroes and spirited lasses to drive them mad. She lives with her amazing and supportive husband in the mountains of North Carolina where she is no doubt creating another Scottish story.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Spot Goes to School\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Healing a Highlander's Heart (The Clan Grant Series-Brenna and Quade) (Volume 2)\nDescription: [\"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: How to Host a Killer Party: A Party-Planning Mystery\nDescription: [\"Warner, who has penned both mysteries (the Connor Westphal series) and party and activity books, has a wealth of background to inform the career of her amateur sleuth, San Francisco teacher Presley Parker. Recently laid off, Presley opens her own event coordination business, Killer Parties, and is soon offered the chance to plan the mayor's wedding/fund-raiser on Alcatraz. It seems like a great opportunity until someone murders the original party planner and the mayor's bride-to-be. Presley makes good use of her background in psychology and party planning as she investigates, but her scattershot approach to interrogating suspects and what seems like deliberate avoidance of a significant lead will frustrate mystery aficionados. Tidbits of Bay Area history and classic mystery references are overwhelmed by the frantic pace and vast quantities of suspects and albeit interesting supporting characters. <i>(Feb.)</i> <br />Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Defending Hearts\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Merciful Lincoln: The President and Military Justice\nDescription: ['Dr. Lowry was born and raised in California and spent summers hiking the high Sierra. After pre-med and med school at Stanford, he received his MD in 1957, followed by internship at the county hospital in Minneapolis. Three years at UC San Francisco completed his psychiatric training; he then served two years at a US Air Force hospital in Texas. During forty years of medical/psychiatric practice he authored four books. In the fifteen years since retirement, he has authored a dozen history books, mostly centered on human behavior rather than on battles or strategy. With his wife Beverly, they created a searchable database of 75,000 Union army courts-martial, 1,150 Union navy courts-martial, and several thousand Confederate trials. One book won a Lewis & Clark award. Two more books are nearing completion. The Lowrys moved from California to Virginia to devote full-time to Civil War research. They have four children and eight grandchildren.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The King's Executioner (Pict King Series) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Secondary Targets\nDescription: ['<b>\"Sandra Edwards</b> delivers yet again a well-written book in <i>Secondary Targets</i> that any Mystery/Suspense lover will enjoy and any hopeless romantic will swoon over after reading. Amazing!\" ~ 5 Stars from BlackRaven\\'s Reviews.', \"NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY Bestselling Author Sandra Edwards writes award-winning romance in a variety of subgenres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) with her husband, two kids, four dogs and one very temperamental feline. Sandra's books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at sandrawrites.com.\", '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Laird of Shadows (The MacDougall Legacy) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Complete Knifepoint Horror\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Tempted (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Batman (1940-) #9 (Batman (1940-2011) Graphic Novel) eBook\nDescription: []"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Moon Struck (LaRue) (Volume 3)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: CAL ATHLETIC STORIES: Volume I\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: The Seduced (Rogues of Scotland) (Volume 4)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Hartford Mayor Ann Uccello:: A Connecticut Trailblazer\nDescription: ['A native of Italy, Paul Pirrotta holds a BS in business administration and an MBA in international business from Central Connecticut State University. He spent thirty-three years in international banking and served on the boards of business and educational institutions. He has traveled to and done business in over forty countries. He is the author of \"From Sicily to Connecticut\" and executive director of Casa Emigranti Italiani, organized to preserve the history of Italians\\' migration to Hartford.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Sorcha (The Highland Clan) (Volume 8)\nDescription: ['\"I\\'ve read every single one of the Ramsey and Grant books and they are all fabulous. <b>Keira Montclair</b> <b>has the ability to take you back in time to bygone days and throw you in the thick of it.</b>\" <i>-Ann, Goodreads Reviewer</i><br /><br /><span><b>\"Keira knocks it out of the park again</b> with this story.</span><span>Characters grow older, younger ones come up thru the ranks and into their own. Every book is stand-alone but to fully enjoy read in sequence.\"<i>-Annette, Goodreads Reviewer</i></span><br /><br /><span>\"I find myself having a hard time putting her books down. <b>They have brought peace to my hectic life</b> and give me a place in time to retreat to while reading them!\" <i>-Terre, Goodreads Reviewer</i></span>', \"Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in Florida with her husband. She loves to write fast-paced, emotional romance, especially with children as secondary characters in her stories. She has worked as a registered nurse in pediatrics and recovery room nursing. Teaching is another of her loves, as she has taught both high school mathematics and practical nursing. Now she loves to spend her time writing, but there isn't enough time to write everything she wants! Her Highlander Clan Grant Series is a reader favorite and is a series of eight stand-alone novels. The Summerhill Series is a contemporary romance series set in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in Western New York. Her third series will be set twenty years after the Clan Grant Series and will focus on the Grant/Ramsay descendants. You may contact her through her website at keiramontclair.com. She also has a Facebook account and a twitter account through Keira Montclair. If you send her an email through her website, she promises to respond.\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Boo Humbug (The Boo Series #4)\nDescription: ['Move over Dickens, theres a new Scrooge in town. Of course, this one may be heading for a straitjacket. With <i>Boo Humbug, </i>Rene Gutteridge serves up a romping good read that alternately had me scratching my head and chuckling. And just when I thought the tale had reached its peak--a surprise ending that delivers the Christmas message with feeling.<br /><b>Tamara Leigh</b>, author of <i>Splitting Harriet</i><br /><br /><br />A touch of eccentric, a measure of Dickens, and a generous dollop of love,and you have the perfect recipe for Christmas. <i>Boo Humbug!</i><br /><b>DiAnn Mills</b>, <i>When the Nile Runs Red </i><br /><br /><br />What fun! I enjoyed <i>Boo Humbug</i> from the first page to the last. With characters that come alive and a storyline full of clever turns, it had me chuckling, cheering, and even reaching for a tissue at the end. I think Ill have to start a new Christmas tradition reading Rene Gutteridges <i>Boo Humbug</i>. I loved it! <br /><b>Marlo Schalesky</b>, author of 5 books, including <i>Veil of Fire</i><br /><br /><br />Only in Skary, Indiana, would a simple production of The Christmas Carol devolve into a hilarious disaster. With her trademark blend of insight and wit, Rene Gutteridges return to Skary is funny, heartwarming, and an absolute delight to read.<br /><b>Melanie Dobson</b>, author of <i>Together for Good</i> and <i>Going for Broke</i><br /><br /><br />In <i>Boo Humbug</i>, Rene Gutteridge and her loveable cast of characterspresent a story of Christmas unlike any other. Charming, witty, and fun, this tale promises to delight readers for years to come.<br /><b>Diann Hunt</b>, author of fourteen novels, including <i>Be Sweet<br /></i>', '<b>Rene Gutteridge</b> is the author of several novels including <i>Ghost Writer</i>, the Boo series, and the Occupational Hazard novels. She is a published playwright with a degree in screenwriting and a decade of experience writing, directing, and publishing church comedy sketches. Rene is married to Sean, a musician, and is the mother of two. She is a fulltime novelist who lives and writes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.', '', '']"
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Highland Fires (Druids Glen) (Volume 4)\nDescription: []",
"rejected": "Title: Why People Don't Heal and How They Can by Caroline Myss\nDescription: ['A great book that remains timeless!']"
},
{
"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Savage of the Sea: Pirates of Britannia (Pirates of Britannia: Lords of the Sea) (Volume 1)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: What Are You Doing?\nDescription: [\"...captures some of the initial excitement of emergent literacy against a setting too-little seen in North American children's books. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 2011-03-01)<br /><br />...an inspirational example for emergent readers....Highly recommended. (Natalie Schembri <i>CM Magazine</i> 2011-02-25)<br /><br />This is learning by chatting, in a society in which strangers are not dangers but fascinating resources and friends. (Sarah Ellis <i>Quill & Quire</i> 2011-04-01)<br /><br />...a thoughtful offering for soon-to-be literates that just may get them thinking about the power of reading. (H M <i>Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</i> 2011-03-28)<br /><br />...a pleasurable, rhythmic read... (Karen Cruze <i>Booklist</i> 2011-04-15)<br /><br />...captures the celebration of the printed page as seen through the eyes of a child who has just awakened to its magical possibilities. (Senta Ross <i>Canadian Children's Book News</i> 2011-05-01)<br /><br />a book that should find a place of importance in school classrooms, home libraries and on your gift list for little ones. (<i>Sal's Fiction Addiction</i> 2011-06-14)<br /><br />...the perfect book... (James A Cox <i>The Mid West Book Review</i> 2011-08-01)<br /><br />...simple yet powerful... (Marya Jansen-Gruber <i>Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews</i> 2011-09-01)<br /><br />... this book charmed me utterly. (<i>Kid Tested, Librarian Approved</i> 2012-07-14)\", '', 'Elisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written <em>Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead / Un barrilete para el Da de los muertos</em>, <em>Cousins (Primas)</em> and <em>Tricycle (El triciclo)</em>, which is on the Amricas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She is also the author of <em>Why Are You Doing That?</em>. She lives in Toronto.', 'Manuel Monroy is one of Mexico?s most celebrated illustrators who has exhibited his art in Mexico, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan. He has won the A la Orilla del Viento and the Noma Concours Encouragement Prize, and he has been included on the IBBY Honour List. His illustrations appear in <em>Rooster / Gallo</em>, <em>Be a Baby (Se un beb)</em>, <em>When I Was a Boy Neruda Called Me Policarpo</em> and <em>Why Are You Doing That? </em>He lives in Mexico City.', '', '', '']"
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Generate users preference based on their histrorical behaviors.
**This person has chosen or rejected some books:**
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"query": null,
"chosen": "Title: Hopeless\nDescription: ['Colleen Hooveris the #1<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>Slammed</i>,<i>Point of Retreat</i>,<i>This Girl, Hopeless</i>,<i>Losing Hope</i>,<i>Finding Cinderella</i>,<i>Maybe Someday</i>,<i>Maybe Not</i>,<i>Ugly Love</i>,<i>Confess</i>,<i>November 9</i>,<i>It Ends with Us</i>, and<i>Without Merit</i>. She has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance three years in a rowfor<i>Confess</i>(2015),<i>It Ends with Us</i>(2016), and<i>Without Merit</i>(2017).<i>Confess</i>was adapted into a seven-episode online series. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly subscription service offering signed novels donated by authors. All profits are given to various charities each month to help those in need. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Visit ColleenHoover.com.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Pushing Frontiers: Volume I\nDescription: ['George Kirby III has been interested in the known and unknown ever since his father and mother can recall.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Field of Prey\nDescription: ['*Starred Review* A couple of high-school lovers conclude an evening of passion in rural Minnesota by noticing a really bad smell. They inform the local cops, who find an underground cistern filled with God knows how many bodies and body parts. Its obviously not a job for local cops, so Lucas Davenport and his Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are called in. There are 15 skulls and counting when Lucas arrives. The early forensic examinations reveal the killings have been going on for years. How did someone not notice? Davenports usual partners are engaged in other investigations, so he teams up with Catrin Mattsson, a detective with the county sheriffs office. They seem a mismatched pair at first. She resents his wealth, and he sees her as a bit of a confrontational smart-ass. They wade through a couple of false leads, one supplied by an eight-year-old beauty pageanteer whose parents view the ensuing publicity as a big break. There are a couple other investigatory sidebars, but when the killer decides Mattsson should be his next victim, the case escalates quickly. Sandford writes best-sellers more often than most of us take vacations. This is as engaging and thrilling as any of them, even with a subplot that feels unnecessary. But thats like whining about Willie Mays striking out once while hitting four home runs in a game. As always, Sandford and Lucas are superb. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: You could say same old, same old, but in Sandfords case, youd mean another top-notch thriller destined for best-seller lists. Thats the good kind of same old, same old. --Wes Lukowsky', '<b>Praise for <i>Field of Prey</i></b><br /><br />One of [Sandfords] best. His writing and the appeal of his lead character are as fresh as ever. This author is a master writer and he pulls out all the stops to tell the latest adventure . . . For those who think they know everything they need to know about Lucas Davenport, this book proves them wrong. It also shows that Sanford still has some tricks up his sleeve when it comes to writing totally engrossing books. Sanford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers and this latest book shows whyIt is one of his best and that makes it something really special.<i>Huffington Post</i><br /><br />Consistently brilliant, Sandford shows the methodical steps inherent in such a case, without sacrificing plot, pacing or character.Cleveland <i>Plain-Dealer</i><br /><br />Sandford seems to top himself with each new installment; the latest is no exception to that rule . . . It doesnt get any better than <i>Field of Prey</i>. . . This is a series you must be reading if you are not already.<i>bookreporter.com</i><br /><br />As always, Lucas and Sandford are superb . . . Another top-notch thriller destined for best-seller lists.<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)<br /><br />Suspenseful . . . Sandford has tricks to play to confound readers before the tension rises and leads to a violent and surprising conclusion.<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />Intense.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>Silken Prey</i></b><br /><br />Sandfords Davenport novels are always very good, and this is the best one in a long time. Its suspenseful, witty, and wise in the ways of modern politics. And the conclusion is darkly unforgettable. A superb thriller. <i>Booklist</i><br /><br />The perfect summer read, as far as Im concerned. Stephen King on <i>Today</i><br /><br /><b>Praise for John Sandford</b><br /><br />[A] very skilled and smart writer.E. L. Doctorow<i>, The New York Times Book Review</i><br />', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: No Way To Die\nDescription: ['\"The newest Danny Logan mystery holds up well and suggests a solid series is in store for those enjoying PI stories with personality.\"<br /><i>-Kirkus Reviews</i>', \"M.D. Grayson is the author of the Danny Logan mystery series including <b>Angel Dance</b>, <b>No Way to Die</b>, <b>Isabel's Run</b>, <b> Mona Lisa Eyes</b>, and <b>Blue Molly</b>. He lives on an island near Seattle with his wife Michelle and their three German shepherds. <br /><br />Before becoming a full-time writer, Mr. Grayson worked in the construction industry, as an accountant for six l-o-n-g weeks (square peg--round hole), and as a piano player on the Las Vegas strip. When he's not writing, he loves zooming about on two wheels-- bicycles and motorcycles alike. In addition, he's a pilot, a boater, and an accomplished musician who's always ready for a jam session!\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Cold Fear\nDescription: ['Cold Fear bursts with suspense. The action is so intense, the writing so realistic . . . -- <i>Romantic Times, TOP PICK in Suspense. July, 2001.</i>', 'By Rick Mofina, author of IF ANGELS FALL, nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL, Arthur Ellis Awards.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: The Tesla Secret: The Project: Book Five (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['\"Alex Lukeman writes with a cinematic feel! His novels are riveting, meat-and-potatoes storylines, and a blockbuster success!\"<span></span><i>~ MCS Film Review Team</i>', '<i>Empty</i>', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: Frank Book, The\nDescription: ['Woodring, a modern master of hallucinatory cartoon fables, specializes in comics that look normal but aren\\'t. Woodring\\'s hallmarks are inventive, often bizarre creatures who inhabit otherworldly landscapes and dreamlike narratives. This book\\'s hero, Frank, is a catlike anthropomorph who lives in a surreal, exotic world. Woodring uses cartoon grammar brilliantly: within a single panel, he captures the round, loose style of classic animated cartoons and conjures the best of early Disney, while simultaneously acting as master engraver, with a quality of line work and elegant shading reminiscent of Gustave Dore. Many of the stories are in b&w, but when color appears, the palette is a cheerful kaleidoscope. For director Coppola, Woodring\\'s work is magical and \"maliciously oblique.\" While innocent Frank is principally defined by his curiosity, he isn\\'t without guile. The mostly wordless vignettes chronicling his misadventures are actually meditations on friendship, fear, consequence and cruelty, with a mixture of pathos, humor and gore that is often disquieting. His escapades also include a recurring parade of characters: Pushpaw, Frank\\'s faithful pet; the repulsive Manhog, perennially unlucky liege of Whim (a sinister figure with a devilish barbed tail); Faux Pa and Real Pa; and the Jerry Chickens, geometrically shaped fowl who play cards. Woodring\\'s talent is finally captured in a definitive collection that lives up to his genius. The production and design make it an outstanding gift for enthusiasts, and it assembles all the Frank material since the 1991 debut, including covers, illustrations, trading cards and ephemera for the completist. <br />Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.', 'The total absence of dialogue in Woodring\\'s \"Frank\" is fitting, because words alone fall far short of conveying the ineffable nature of this exquisite comic strip. But here goes: Frank is a vaguely feline anthropoid who inhabits a lush landscape with other, equally peculiar characters, such as the grotesque Manhog, Frank\\'s recurring antagonist; Pupshaw, his satchel-like pet and protector; and Whim, a rail-thin, moonfaced devil. Frank\\'s quietly bizarre adventures generally occur when the none-too-bright creature\\'s curiosity lures him into fraught encounters with the other cast members or with the environment itself. Woodring depicts Frank\\'s disturbingly alluring world in a highly controlled but expressive, cartoony style that evokes early animated films, and which he presents in either stark, bold black-and-white or the brash colors of early Disney cartoons. The overall effect is compellingly enigmatic and completely convincing, comics art of a highly rarefied nature that doesn\\'t appeal to everybody but is as imaginative, daunting, and distinctive as George Herriman\\'s classic strip, \"Krazy Kat.\" <i>Gordon Flagg</i><br /><i>Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: Saving Grace (What Doesn't Kill You, #1): A Katie Romantic Mystery\nDescription: [\"<b>Pamela Fagan Hutchins</b> writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses,experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Leaving Annalise (What Doesn't Kill You, #2): A Katie Romantic Mystery\nDescription: ['<b>Pamela Fagan Hutchins</b>writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile. If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).']",
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"chosen": "Title: Finding Harmony (What Doesn't Kill You, #3): A Katie Romantic Mystery\nDescription: [\"Corrupt island police and a Mexican drug cartel make a fast-paced, fun read that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and maybe even say a little prayer for a character or two. I couldn t put it down great read! --Sandy Weaver Carman, radio personality and author of The Original MBA Succeed in Business Using Mom's Best Advice --Corrupt island police and a Mexican drug cartel make a fast-paced, fun read that will make you laugh, hold your breath, and maybe even say a little prayer for a character or two. I couldn t put it down great read! --Sandy Weaver Carman, radio personality<br /><br />The characters are completely engaging, and the story catapults us into action, adventure and mystery. Hold on to your hats! ----Hanna Dettman, voice actor<br /><br />Clever, funny, and a page-turner from the very beginning. -- --Rebecca Weiss, attorney<br /><br />The characters are completely engaging, and the story catapults us into action, adventure and mystery. Hold on to your hats! ----Hanna Dettman, voice actor<br /><br />Clever, funny, and a page-turner from the very beginning. ----Rebecca Weiss, attorney\", \"<b>Pamela Fagan Hutchins</b> writes overly long e-mails, award-winning and best-selling romantic mysteries, and hilarious nonfiction from deep in the heart of Nowheresville, Texas and way up in the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming. She is passionate about great writing and smart authorpreneurship as well as long hikes with her hunky husband and pack of rescue dogs, riding her gigantic horses, experimenting with her Keurig, and traveling in the Bookmobile.If you'd like Pamela to speak to your book club, women's club, or writers group, by Skype or in person, shoot her an e-mail. She's very likely to say yes. You can connect with Pamela via her website (pamelafaganhutchins.com) or e-mail (pamela@pamelafaganhutchins.com).\", '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: The Fully Brewed Christian: A Guide to Following Jesus in Our Custom Coffee Culture\nDescription: ['R. T. Moser is an American graphic designer, writer, small group leader, ministry volunteer and follower of Jesus. His heart for the gospel, its life-changing message and his experience serving others fuels his passion for using his writing and graphic design gifts to make a difference in the world. His latest book The Fully Brewed Christian is a small group Bible study centered on the teachings of Jesus and the challenges we face living them out today. The book includes thought-provoking discussion questions and a final exercise where the reader develops their own personal plan to become a more authentic follower of Jesus. R.T.s childrens short stories Pillow Story, Chocolate Story, Lemonade Story and Scarecrow Story teach important character and Christian values that are often hard to find in todays culture. They are perfect for one-on-one bedtime reading or for use in story time group readings in schools or church ministry settings. R.T. and his wife live, work and volunteer in Wheaton, Illinois. Together they have five young adult children. In their free time they enjoy exploring new coffee shops, bicycling, hiking in the mountains, sitting next to waterfalls and kayaking.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: When Dead in Greece (Jack Noble) (Volume 5)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: FileMaker Pro 10 Bible\nDescription: ['', 'If you want to learn FileMaker Pro, you need this book', \"Before you start a FileMaker Pro project, make sure you have this detailed how-to from renowned FileMaker expert Ray Cologon. He draws upon years of experience to provide pages of solutions, techniques, and instruction you won't find anywhere else. Discover what's new in FileMaker Pro 10, learn efficient coding, and create industrial-strength databases with automation, scripting, security, and more. From the fundamentals to full-scale development, this is the FileMaker book you need to succeed.\", 'Learn data modeling and examine data arrays', 'Work with tables and SQL data sources, and migrate legacy data', 'Manage lists, calculate summary data, and document your code', 'Master scripting and the FileMaker Scripting Environment', 'Apply security and maintain the integrity of your data', 'Create custom functions and use standards-based approaches', \"Employ third-party tools and plug-ins to extend FileMaker Pro's reach\", '', 'Ray Cologon is a FileMaker Pro consultant, a member of the FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA), and a widely known and respected FileMaker Pro developer and solutions provider. Ray is the founder of NightWing Enterprises, based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been a speaker at FileMaker Developer Conferences in Phoenix, Orlando, and San Francisco over the past four years and is the recipient of an Award for Leadership and Technical Excellence in FileMaker Pro from FileMaker, Inc.']"
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"chosen": "Title: Deadline (A Virgil Flowers Novel)\nDescription: [\"<b><b>Praise for <i>Deadline</i></b></b><br /><br /> Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers expectations of Sandfords fiction: tense, smart and character-driven. <i>Richmond Times Dispatch</i><br /><br /> Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read.<i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i><br /> <br /> Sandford's best Flowers book to date. . . . There is a lot of drama and mayhem in this story and readers of traditional Sandford books will be satisfied for sure. Still if you like a little humor in your plots, this book will more than sate that desire. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time.<i>Huffington Post</i><br /><br /> Theres a lot going on in Deadline . . . The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from the Sandford's Prey novels), the cast of eccentric supporting characters and the humorous dialogue.<i><i>Shelf Awareness</i></i><br /><br /> Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve for the denouement of the dognapping case, and it's a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator that breaks no new ground but will keep the fans happy and add to their number.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br /> Stellar . . . Sandford is an accomplished and amusing storyteller, and he nails both the rural characters and terrain as well as he has skewered urban life in past installments.<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /><br /> Sanford balances straight-talking Virgil Flowers often hilariously folksy tone and Tripptons dark core of methamphetamine manufacturers and sociopaths; the result is pure reading pleasure for thriller fans.<i>Booklist</i><br /><br /> <b>Praise for <i>Storm Front</i></b><br /> <br /> John Sandford has the Midas touch. [<i>Storm Front</i> is] exciting, complex and funny all the way through. Virgil is a unique character [and] the beauty of Sandfords writing is that the narrative of the book is told in perfect harmony with Flowers personality . . . Entertaining reading all the way. <i>The Huffington Post</i>\", '<b>John Sandford</b> is the author of twenty-four Prey novels; the Virgil Flowers novels, most recently <i>Storm Front</i>; and six other books. He lives in New Mexico.', '', '']",
"rejected": "Title: My Health & Wellness Journal: Keeping Track of My Sickle Cell Medical History\nDescription: ['Ms. Lipscomb, the author of \" Sickle Cell Anemia: A Mother\\'s Perspective What Every Parent Should Know\" created this health and wellness medical journal to help parents of children diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and individuals who have been diagnosed, to document their sickle cell anemia medical history . Ms. Lipscomb is actively pursuing a Doctorate of Education degree with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership and a minor in Adult Education. Ms. Lipscomb currently holds a Master\\'s of Science degree in Curriculum Development & Instructional Technology and a Baccalaureate degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Lipscomb has an extensive background in the field of Human Service, Substance Abuse Counseling, Licensed Childcare and working with children with Special Needs.', '', '']"
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"chosen": "Title: The Burning Room (A Harry Bosch Novel)\nDescription: ['\"The pleasures of a Connelly tome are many: complex, Easter-egg-strewn plots, terrific minor characters, L.A.\\'s gritty underbelly. These aren\\'t mysteries you\\'ll forget. They\\'ll stay with you, even haunt you.\"<b>Tina Jordan</b>, <b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /><br />\"You know Harry already. You know what to expect from the storyteller Michael Connelly. Both of them deliver superbly.\"<b>Don Oldenburg</b>, <b><i>USA Today (3.5 out of 4 stars)</i></b><br /><br />\"As always, Connelly pulls off a fast-paced, well-drawn police procedural. . . . Consistently entertaining . . . The Burning Room will more than satisfy his fans. . . . Bosch may be up for retirement soon, but I doubt anyone would complain if he did his thing for another 20 years.\"<b>Steph Cha</b>, <b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br /><br />\"Connelly has the magic touch. . . . Connelly is one of the best crime writers in the business, and he continues to tell compelling character-driven tales.\"<b>Jeff Ayers</b>, <b><i><i>Associated Press</i></i></b><br /><br />\"A doozy of a tale . . . As long as Harry always remains patrolling on the margins of this series, its greatness is secure.\"<b>Maureen Corrigan</b>, <b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />\"Typically excellent\"<b>Tom Nolan</b>, <b><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b><br /><br />\"A searing success . . . <i>The Burning Room</i> is a terrifically satisfying trip.\"<b>Colette Bancroft</b>, <b><i>Tampa Bay Times</i></b><br /><br />\"[Connelly is] a master at construction.\"<b>Marilyn Stasio</b>, <b><i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />\"Superb . . . Bosch shows himself once again to be the master and if he follows through on the retirement, his absence would leave an irreplaceable gap in crime fiction.\"<b>Jack Batten</b>, <b><i>Toronto Star</i></b><br /><br />\"<i>The Burning Room</i> offers a nuanced, nicely-honed performance from Connelly.\"<b>Daneet Steffens</b>, <b><i>Boston Globe</i></b>', 'Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-six previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers<i>The Gods of Guilt </i>and <i>The Black Box.</i> His books, which include the bestselling Harry Bosch series and Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than fifty-eight million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels and is the executive producer of the forthcoming series<i>Bosch,</i> starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.', '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite)\nDescription: ['', 'A Goodreads Best Book of the Month', 'One of the best books Ill read this year. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of <i>Touch and Go</i>', 'Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact, especially in a climactic scene set in an abandoned mine during a blizzardwhich is melodramatic but nevertheless effective. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>', 'Yes, a conspiracy is revealed, but its an unexpected one, as moving as it is startling...The ending is violent, suspenseful, even touching. A nice surprise for thriller fans. <i>Booklist</i>', 'Starred Review: Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding...Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre. <i>Library Journal</i>', 'Well-written and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans...Though the pace lags at times, the characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>', '<i>My Sisters Grave</i> is a chilling portrait shaded in neo-noir, as if someone had taken a knife to a Norman Rockwell painting by casting small town America as the place where bad guys blend into the landscape, establishing Dugoni as a force to be reckoned with outside the courtroom as well as in. <i>Providence Journal</i>', 'What starts out as a sturdy police procedural morphs into a gripping legal thriller...Dugoni is a superb storyteller, and his courtroom drama shines. This Grave is one to get lost in. <i>Boston Globe</i>', 'This story captured my attention, and made me care about Tracy and Sarah and what happened to them. This is a compelling story, difficult to put down, and the ending was not at all what I expected. I loved <i>My Sisters Grave</i> and was drawn in from the beginning, and can easily recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery. Bitten by Books', '', \"Robert Dugoni is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series : My Sister's Grave, Her Final Breath (September 2015) and In the Woods (May 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed, David Sloane series: The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. Connect with him on Facebook @AuthorRobertDugoni and on Twitter @robertdugoni<br /><br />Dugoni has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction, was a 2015 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year, and the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 20 countries and have been translated into a dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.\", '', '']",
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"chosen": "Title: Castle Cay (Julie O'Hara Mystery)\nDescription: ['Lee Hanson, a Boston native and Florida transplant, is the author of The Julie OHara Mystery Series, including Castle Cay, Swan Song, Mystral Murder and Topaz Trap. Her novels, featuring body language expert, Julie OHara, have been called the answer to a mystery addicts prayer, a line that makes the author smile and keeps her writing.']",
"rejected": "Title: Christianity and Existentialism (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)\nDescription: ['Book by Earle, William, Edie, James M., Wild, John']"
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"chosen": "Title: Murder One (Thorndike Press Large Print Thriller)\nDescription: ['', '']",
"rejected": "Title: THE POWER OF IDEAS: THE RISING INFLUENCE OF THINKERS AND THINK TANKS IN CHINA\nDescription: ['', '']"
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"rejected": "Title: Every Young Man, God's Man: Confident, Courageous, and Completely His (The Every Man Series)\nDescription: [\"<b>Praise for <i>Every Young Man, Gods Man<br /></i></b><br /><i>Every Young Man, Gods Man </i>pulls no punches in challenging young men to declare their loyalty to Jesus Christ early and not waver in a lifelong pursuit of His ways and plans. All important issues are explored with refreshing candor, from personal holiness to sexual purity to spiritual warfare and more. Every young man eager to make his life count will gain huge benefits from this book.<br />Josh McDowell, author and speaker<br /><br /><i>Every</i> <i>Young Man Gods Man</i> does more than just warn young men of the dangers that lurk in the shadows of adolescence. It gives them hope that they can overcome and conquer their fears. Every chapter is filled with the kind of practical, down-to-earth advice that will arm young men against the assaults of sexual temptation, peer pressure, and isolation.No overly simplistic solutions found here, just solid, scriptural principles that create Godly young men. My sons will read this bookvery soon!<br />Ross Parsley, Associate Pastor, New Life Church<br /><br />Kenny Luck has a brave and raw style that grabs you by the throat and, at the same time, gently moves you to want to change.He is able to talk about the dark, secret, and tough places that most guys would prefer to keep secret. He says things that others only think of sayingwith the clear intent to help guys experience God's love and power for their lives.<br />Doug Fields, Pastor to Students at Saddleback Church, author, speaker, President of Simply Youth Ministry\", \"<b>Stephen Arterburn</b> is coauthor of the best-selling Every Man series. He isfounder and chairman of New Life Clinics, host of the daily<i>New Life Live!</i>national radio program, a nationally known speaker, and the author of more than fifty books.He lives inLaguna Beach, California.<br /><br /><b>Kenny Luck</b> is president and founder of Every Man Ministries and coauthor of the best-selling <i>Every Man, Gods Man</i>. He is the area leader over men's ministry and a member of the teaching staff ofSaddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. He and his wife, Chrissy, have three children.\", '', '']"
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Steffan Piper: Marcus was a real person that I met on the bus. Ive thought quite a bit about my encounter with him and the conversations that we had into the middle of the night. When youre young, its the simplest and kindest of gestures that have the most effect and create the most lasting memories. A bag of pretzels can be the equivalent of much more over the passage of time. Not having good role models growing up, I often found myself reaching outward for a guide. Those are often the most dangerous because they have a limit as to what they can give back to you. Those limits are not always visible, especially when youre young.', 'Question: Why did you set the book in 1981?', 'Steffan Piper: I set the book in 1981 because it was a period where life was very different than it is today, and is different in more ways than can be imagined in books or through culture. Some people may not remember it that well, or may not have lived through it, but many have. The most important facet of that time was that it was the beginning of the modern world as we now know it. ![](\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\")
', 'The eighties was an era of \"analog communication\" versus what we have today, which is digital. From telephones to records, everything was analog. People wereforcedto make more direct links with each other; to reach out, touch and feel the world around them. There was a need to verify the space in front of them. Todays world seems to ask us repeatedly to do the opposite and not verify our world at all.', 'Question: Some of the material in the book is pretty heady for an 11-year-old boy turning 12. Got anything to say about that? ', 'Steffan Piper: I grew up in England and Im the product of the British educational system, so that will always have an influence on everything that I write.', 'When I was ten, Sherlock Holmes was my all-time hero. Maybe it was the ease in how he held himself that I found appealing. I think it was the same for Dickens\\'s Twist as well. These were themes I very quickly recognized and latched onto at that age. Shortly after that, when I was 12, reading Carlos Castaneda\\'s books definitely changed my life. The idea of releasing and letting go of your self-image, during a period of my life where I was supposed to be finding that out, was alluring. I gripped onto Castaneda for dear life for about four or five years. I read those books so many times, I probably scared a few counselors at school.', 'I think when we start thinking as adults that we need to limit material to what we believe young people are capable of, or is normal to them, we immediately have done them a disservice, because most of them would probably shame us in regards to what we know, or think we know.', '', 'This extraordinary and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a child put on a bus by his neglectful mother to go live with his grandparents on the other side of the country. The boy is named Sebastien Ranes, and his 1981 cross-country ride is enlivened by a hijacking, a passengers death, and an engine fire. On his voyage he encounters two potential pedophiles, as well as a number of kind strangers who help him along his way. Sebastien befriends an ex-con named Marcus who helps protect him and introduces him to the poetry of Langston Hughes. Through their friendship, Sebastien begins to cut through his own naivet and to learn how the world works. The author creates people who seem recognizable and lifelike without resorting to stereotypes and clichs, and the story unfolds at a brisk pace. Unlike the typical cross-country bus ride, this remarkable trip is one readers will not want to see end. --This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.', '', '']","rejected":"Title: The Birth and Adventures of Lil Smokey\nDescription: ['I was born in Pueblo, Colorado in the forty s and have loved animals my whole life. They love you back when treated right and I have waited for this colt my whole life and for someone to believe in me and my stories about my animals, and now I have my chance to prove to the world that loving animals is not wrong or bad, but can give you so much more back loving them than people can. Because sometimes, it just don t work out and you are left alone. So animals will love you forever no matter what or how you look or act as long you give them that they give it back sometimes a lot more, because I believe in them.', '', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: Eat, Pray, Die (An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery) (Volume 1)\nDescription: []","rejected":"Title: Airedale Terrier Training | Dog Training with the No BRAINER Dog TRAINER ~ We make it THAT Easy!: How to EASILY TRAIN Your Airedale Terrier\nDescription: ['Paul Allen Pearce is the author of many breed dog-training books. When his family duties allow, he spends his spare time outdoors with his two dogs Buck and Samson. ![](\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/apub/doveseason/Johnny_Shaw_200._V165742836_.jpg\\\")
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Steffan Piper: Marcus was a real person that I met on the bus. Ive thought quite a bit about my encounter with him and the conversations that we had into the middle of the night. When youre young, its the simplest and kindest of gestures that have the most effect and create the most lasting memories. A bag of pretzels can be the equivalent of much more over the passage of time. Not having good role models growing up, I often found myself reaching outward for a guide. Those are often the most dangerous because they have a limit as to what they can give back to you. Those limits are not always visible, especially when youre young.', 'Question: Why did you set the book in 1981?', 'Steffan Piper: I set the book in 1981 because it was a period where life was very different than it is today, and is different in more ways than can be imagined in books or through culture. Some people may not remember it that well, or may not have lived through it, but many have. The most important facet of that time was that it was the beginning of the modern world as we now know it. ![](\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/encore/QA-pic-2_lg.jpg\\\")
', 'The eighties was an era of \\\"analog communication\\\" versus what we have today, which is digital. From telephones to records, everything was analog. People wereforcedto make more direct links with each other; to reach out, touch and feel the world around them. There was a need to verify the space in front of them. Todays world seems to ask us repeatedly to do the opposite and not verify our world at all.', 'Question: Some of the material in the book is pretty heady for an 11-year-old boy turning 12. Got anything to say about that? ', 'Steffan Piper: I grew up in England and Im the product of the British educational system, so that will always have an influence on everything that I write.', 'When I was ten, Sherlock Holmes was my all-time hero. Maybe it was the ease in how he held himself that I found appealing. I think it was the same for Dickens\\\\'s Twist as well. These were themes I very quickly recognized and latched onto at that age. Shortly after that, when I was 12, reading Carlos Castaneda\\\\'s books definitely changed my life. The idea of releasing and letting go of your self-image, during a period of my life where I was supposed to be finding that out, was alluring. I gripped onto Castaneda for dear life for about four or five years. I read those books so many times, I probably scared a few counselors at school.', 'I think when we start thinking as adults that we need to limit material to what we believe young people are capable of, or is normal to them, we immediately have done them a disservice, because most of them would probably shame us in regards to what we know, or think we know.', '', 'This extraordinary and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a child put on a bus by his neglectful mother to go live with his grandparents on the other side of the country. The boy is named Sebastien Ranes, and his 1981 cross-country ride is enlivened by a hijacking, a passengers death, and an engine fire. On his voyage he encounters two potential pedophiles, as well as a number of kind strangers who help him along his way. Sebastien befriends an ex-con named Marcus who helps protect him and introduces him to the poetry of Langston Hughes. Through their friendship, Sebastien begins to cut through his own naivet and to learn how the world works. The author creates people who seem recognizable and lifelike without resorting to stereotypes and clichs, and the story unfolds at a brisk pace. Unlike the typical cross-country bus ride, this remarkable trip is one readers will not want to see end. --This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: The Birth and Adventures of Lil Smokey\\nDescription: ['I was born in Pueblo, Colorado in the forty s and have loved animals my whole life. They love you back when treated right and I have waited for this colt my whole life and for someone to believe in me and my stories about my animals, and now I have my chance to prove to the world that loving animals is not wrong or bad, but can give you so much more back loving them than people can. Because sometimes, it just don t work out and you are left alone. So animals will love you forever no matter what or how you look or act as long you give them that they give it back sometimes a lot more, because I believe in them.', '', '']\"\n },\n {\n \"query\": null,\n \"chosen\": \"Title: Eat, Pray, Die (An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery) (Volume 1)\\nDescription: []\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Airedale Terrier Training | Dog Training with the No BRAINER Dog TRAINER ~ We make it THAT Easy!: How to EASILY TRAIN Your Airedale Terrier\\nDescription: ['Paul Allen Pearce is the author of many breed dog-training books. When his family duties allow, he spends his spare time outdoors with his two dogs Buck and Samson. ![](\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/authors/tom-friedman_m.jpg\")
Thomas L. Friedman\\'s reporter\\'s curiosity and his ability to recognize the patterns behind the most complex global developments have made him one of the most entertaining and authoritative sources for information about the wider world we live in, both as the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and as the author of landmark books like From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. They also make him an endlessly fascinating conversation partner, and we\\'ve now had the chance to talk to him about The World Is Flat twice. Read our original interview with him following the publication of the first edition of The World Is Flat to learn why there\\'s almost no one from Washington, D.C., listed in the index of a book about the global economy, and what his one-plank platform for president would be. (Hint: his bumper stickers would say, \"Can You Hear Me Now?\")', '', 'And now you can listen to our second interview, in which he talks about the updates he\\'s made in \"The World Is Flat 2.0,\" including his response to parents who said to him, \"Great, Mr. Friedman, I\\'m glad you told us the world is flat. Now what do I tell my kids?\"', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity\nDescription: ['\"I\\'ve read nearly every book about success and let me tell you that reading this book is a must.\" -- Peter Lowe, Host and Editor,![](\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/authors/tom-friedman_m.jpg\\\")
Thomas L. Friedman\\\\'s reporter\\\\'s curiosity and his ability to recognize the patterns behind the most complex global developments have made him one of the most entertaining and authoritative sources for information about the wider world we live in, both as the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and as the author of landmark books like From Beirut to Jerusalem and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. They also make him an endlessly fascinating conversation partner, and we\\\\'ve now had the chance to talk to him about The World Is Flat twice. Read our original interview with him following the publication of the first edition of The World Is Flat to learn why there\\\\'s almost no one from Washington, D.C., listed in the index of a book about the global economy, and what his one-plank platform for president would be. (Hint: his bumper stickers would say, \\\"Can You Hear Me Now?\\\")', '', 'And now you can listen to our second interview, in which he talks about the updates he\\\\'s made in \\\"The World Is Flat 2.0,\\\" including his response to parents who said to him, \\\"Great, Mr. Friedman, I\\\\'m glad you told us the world is flat. Now what do I tell my kids?\\\"', '', '', '', '', '', '', '']\",\n \"rejected\": \"Title: Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity\\nDescription: ['\\\"I\\\\'ve read nearly every book about success and let me tell you that reading this book is a must.\\\" -- Peter Lowe, Host and Editor,![](\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/authors/Burns_Charles_140horns.jpg\")
Amazon.com: Cartoonists are about the only people today who are working like Dickens did: writing serials that appear piece-by-piece in public before the whole work is done. What\\'s it like to work in public like that, and for as long as a project like this takes?![](\\\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/authors/Burns_Charles_140horns.jpg\\\")
Amazon.com: Cartoonists are about the only people today who are working like Dickens did: writing serials that appear piece-by-piece in public before the whole work is done. What\\\\'s it like to work in public like that, and for as long as a project like this takes?![](\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/randoEMS/McDougall_credit_James_Rexroad.jpg\")
Question: Born to Run explores the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos Copper Canyon, arguably the greatest distance runners in the world. What are some of the secrets you learned from them?', 'Christopher McDougall: The key secret hit me like a thunderbolt. It was so simple, yet such a jolt. It was this: everything Id been taught about running was wrong. We treat running in the modern world the same way we treat childbirthits going to hurt, and requires special exercises and equipment, and the best you can hope for is to get it over with quickly with minimal damage.', 'Then I meet the Tarahumara, and theyre having a blast. They remember what its like to love running, and it lets them blaze through the canyons like dolphins rocketing through waves. For them, running isnt work. It isnt a punishment for eating. Its fine art, like it was for our ancestors. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middlebehold, the Running Man.', 'The Tarahumara have a saying: Children run before they can walk. Watch any four-year-oldthey do everything at full speed, and its all about fun. Thats the most important thing I picked up from my time in the Copper Canyons, the understanding that running can be fast and fun and spontaneous, and when it is, you feel like you can go forever. But all of that begins with your feet. Strange as it sounds, the Tarahumara taught me to change my relationship with the ground. Instead of hammering down on my heels, the way Id been taught all my life, I learned to run lightly and gently on the balls of my feet. The day I mastered it was the last day I was ever injured.', 'Q: You trained for your first ultramarathona race organized by the mysterious gringo expat Caballo Blanco between the Tarahumara and some of Americas top ultrarunnerswhile researching and writing this book. What was your training like?', 'CM: It really started as kind of a dare. Just by chance, Id met an adventure-sports coach from Jackson Hole, Wyoming named Eric Orton. Erics specialty is tearing endurance sports down to their basic components and looking for transferable skills. He studies rock climbing to find shoulder techniques for kayakers, and applies Nordic skiings smooth propulsion to mountain biking. What hes looking for are basic engineering principles, because hes convinced that the next big leap forward in fitness wont come from strength or technology, but plain, simple durability. With some 70% of all runners getting hurt every year, the athlete who can stay healthy and avoid injury will leave the competition behind.', 'So naturally, Eric idolized the Tarahumara. Any tribe that has 90-year-old men running across mountaintops obviously has a few training tips up its sleeve. But since Eric had never actually met the Tarahumara, he had to deduce their methods by pure reasoning. His starting point was uncertainty; he assumed that the Tarahumara step into the unknown every time they leave their caves, because they never know how fast theyll have to sprint after a rabbit or how tricky the climbing will be if theyre caught in a storm. They never even know how long a race will be until they step up to the starting linethe distance is only determined in a last-minute bout of negotiating and could stretch anywhere from 50 miles to 200-plus.', 'Eric figured shock and awe was the best way for me to build durability and mimic Tarahumara-style running. Hed throw something new at me every dayhopping drills, lunges, mile intervalsand lots and lots of hills. There was no such thing, really, as long, slow distancehed have me mix lots of hill repeats and short bursts of speed into every mega-long run.', 'I didnt think I could do it without breaking down, and I told Eric that from the start. I basically defied him to turn me into a runner. And by the end of nine months, I was cranking out four hour runs without a problem.', 'Q: Youre a six-foot four-inches tall, 200-plus pound guynot anyones typical vision of a distance runner, yet youve completed ultra marathons and are training for more. Is there a body type for running, as many of us assume, or are all humans built to run?', 'CM: Yeah, Im a bigun. But isnt it sad thats even a reasonable question? I bought into that bull for a loooong time. Why wouldnt I? I was constantly being told by people who should know better that some bodies arent designed for running. One of the best sports medicine physicians in the country told me exactly thatthat the reason I was constantly getting hurt is because I was too big to handle the impact shock from my feet hitting the ground. Just recently, I interviewed a nationally-known sports podiatrist who said, You know, we didnt ALL evolve to run away from saber-toothed tigers. Meaning, what? That anyone who isnt sleek as a Kenyan marathoner should be extinct? Its such illogical blatherall kinds of body types exist today, so obviously they DID evolve to move quickly on their feet. Its really awful that so many doctors are reinforcing this learned helplessness, this idea that you have to be some kind of elite being to handle such a basic, universal movement.', 'Q: If humans are born to run, as you argue, whats your advice for a runner who is looking to make the leap from shorter road races to marathons, or marathons to ultramarathons? Is running really for everyone?', 'CM: I think ultrarunning is Americas hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race. I showed up at the Leadville Trail 100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, Whoah! Get a load of the hotties! Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful andbelieve it or notgood looking. I couldnt figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the daily life of an ultrarunner. Theyre out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes, eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away with the miles. But heres the real key to that kingdom: you have to relax and enjoy the run. No one cares how fast you run 50 miles, so ultrarunners dont really stress about times. Theyre out to enjoy the run and finish strong, not shave a few inconsequential seconds off a personal best. And thats the best way to transition up to big mileage races: as coach Eric told me, If it feels like work, youre working too hard.', 'Q: You write that distance running is the great equalizer of age and gender. Can you explain?', 'CM: Okay, Ill answer that question with a question: Starting at age nineteen, runners get faster every year until they hit their peak at twenty-seven. After twenty-seven, they start to decline. So if it takes you eight years to reach your peak, how many years does it take for you to regress back to the same speed you were running at nineteen?', 'Go ahead, guess all you want. No one Ive asked has ever come close. Its in the book, so I wont give it away, but I guarantee when you hear the answer, youll say, No way. THAT old? Now, factor in this: ultra races are the only sport in the world in which women can go toe-to-toe with men and hand them their heads. Ann Trason and Krissy Moehl often beat every man in the field in some ultraraces, while Emily Baer recently finished in the Top 10 at the Hardrock 100 while stopping to breastfeed her baby at the water stations.', 'So hows that possible? According to a new body of research, its because humans are the greatest distance runners on earth. We may not be fast, but were born with such remarkable natural endurance that humans are fully capable of outrunning horses, cheetahs and antelopes. Thats because we once hunted in packs and on foot; all of us, men and women alike, young and old together.', 'Q: One of the fascinating parts of Born to Run is your report on how the ultrarunners eatsalad for breakfast, wraps with hummus mid-run, or pizza and beer the night before a run. As a runner with a lot of miles behind him, what are your thoughts on nutrition for running?', 'CM: Live every day like youre on the lam. If youve got to be ready to pick up and haul butt at a moments notice, youre not going to be loading up on gut-busting meals. I thought Id have to go on some kind of prison-camp diet to get ready for an ultra, but the best advice I got came from coach Eric, who told me to just worry about the running and the eating would take care of itself. And he was right, sort of. I instinctively began eating smaller, more digestible meals as my miles increased, but then I went behind his back and consulted with the great Dr. Ruth Heidrich, an Ironman triathlete who lives on a vegan diet. Shes the one who gave me the idea of having salad for breakfast, and its a fantastic tip. The truth is, many of the greatest endurance athletes of all time lived on fruits and vegetables. You can get away with garbage for a while, but you pay for it in the long haul. In the book, I describe how Jenn Shelton and Billy Bonehead Barnett like to chow pizza and Mountain Dew in the middle of 100-mile races, but Jenn is also a vegetarian who most days lives on veggie burgers and grapes.', 'Q: In this difficult financial time, were experiencing yet another surge in the popularity of running. Can you explain this?', 'CM: When things look worst, we run the most. Three times, America has seen distance-running skyrocket and its always in the midst of a national crisis. The first boom came during the Great Depression; the next was in the 70s, when we were struggling to recover from a recession, race riots, assassinations, a criminal President and an awful war. And the third boom? One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, trailrunning suddenly became the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the country. I think theres a trigger in the human psyche that activates our first and greatest survival skill whenever we see the shadow of approaching raptors.', '(Photo James Rexroad)', '', 'From the depths of Mexicos Copper Canyon to the heights of the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon in Colorado, from the centuries-old running techniques of Mexicos Tarahumara tribe to a research lab at the University of Utah, author McDougall celebrates, in this engaging and picaresque account, humankinds innate love of running. There are rogues aplenty here, such the deadly narco-traffickers who roam Copper Canyon, but there are many more who inspire, such as the Tarahumara runners, who show the rest of the world the false limitations we place on human endurance. McDougall has served as an Associated Press war correspondent, is a contributing editor to Mens Health, and runs at his home in rural Pennsylvania, and he brings all of these experiences to bear in this slyly important, highly readable account. --Alan Moores', '', '']","rejected":"Title: Heart of Gold\nDescription: ['J.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She lives in the South with her family.']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: From Sea to Shining Sea\nDescription: [\"id...Thom tells the story with humor and eloquence, and a thumping good tale it is, too."<br>THE WASHINGTON POST<br>In one generation, the Clark family of Virginia fought for our nation's independence, and explored, conquered, and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. This powerfully written book recreates the warm life of the family, the dangers of the battlefield, the grueling journeys across an untamed wilderness, and the soul-stirring Lewis and Clark Expedition. This mighty epic is a fitting tribute to the wisdom and courage of Ann Rogers Clark, her husband John, and the ten sons and daughters they nurtured and inspired.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i>\"]","rejected":"Title: Aunt Mary's Kitchen Cookbook\nDescription: ['', '']"},{"query":null,"chosen":"Title: The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants\nDescription: ['', '', 'Samuel Thayer is an internationally recognized authority on edible wild plants who has authored two award-winning books on the topic, Natures Garden and The Foragers Harvest. He has taught foraging and field identification for more than two decades. 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Question: Born to Run explores the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos Copper Canyon, arguably the greatest distance runners in the world. What are some of the secrets you learned from them?', 'Christopher McDougall: The key secret hit me like a thunderbolt. It was so simple, yet such a jolt. It was this: everything Id been taught about running was wrong. We treat running in the modern world the same way we treat childbirthits going to hurt, and requires special exercises and equipment, and the best you can hope for is to get it over with quickly with minimal damage.', 'Then I meet the Tarahumara, and theyre having a blast. They remember what its like to love running, and it lets them blaze through the canyons like dolphins rocketing through waves. For them, running isnt work. It isnt a punishment for eating. Its fine art, like it was for our ancestors. Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees, we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain. And when our ancestors finally did make their first cave paintings, what were the first designs? A downward slash, lightning bolts through the bottom and middlebehold, the Running Man.', 'The Tarahumara have a saying: Children run before they can walk. Watch any four-year-oldthey do everything at full speed, and its all about fun. Thats the most important thing I picked up from my time in the Copper Canyons, the understanding that running can be fast and fun and spontaneous, and when it is, you feel like you can go forever. But all of that begins with your feet. Strange as it sounds, the Tarahumara taught me to change my relationship with the ground. Instead of hammering down on my heels, the way Id been taught all my life, I learned to run lightly and gently on the balls of my feet. The day I mastered it was the last day I was ever injured.', 'Q: You trained for your first ultramarathona race organized by the mysterious gringo expat Caballo Blanco between the Tarahumara and some of Americas top ultrarunnerswhile researching and writing this book. What was your training like?', 'CM: It really started as kind of a dare. Just by chance, Id met an adventure-sports coach from Jackson Hole, Wyoming named Eric Orton. Erics specialty is tearing endurance sports down to their basic components and looking for transferable skills. He studies rock climbing to find shoulder techniques for kayakers, and applies Nordic skiings smooth propulsion to mountain biking. What hes looking for are basic engineering principles, because hes convinced that the next big leap forward in fitness wont come from strength or technology, but plain, simple durability. With some 70% of all runners getting hurt every year, the athlete who can stay healthy and avoid injury will leave the competition behind.', 'So naturally, Eric idolized the Tarahumara. Any tribe that has 90-year-old men running across mountaintops obviously has a few training tips up its sleeve. But since Eric had never actually met the Tarahumara, he had to deduce their methods by pure reasoning. His starting point was uncertainty; he assumed that the Tarahumara step into the unknown every time they leave their caves, because they never know how fast theyll have to sprint after a rabbit or how tricky the climbing will be if theyre caught in a storm. They never even know how long a race will be until they step up to the starting linethe distance is only determined in a last-minute bout of negotiating and could stretch anywhere from 50 miles to 200-plus.', 'Eric figured shock and awe was the best way for me to build durability and mimic Tarahumara-style running. Hed throw something new at me every dayhopping drills, lunges, mile intervalsand lots and lots of hills. There was no such thing, really, as long, slow distancehed have me mix lots of hill repeats and short bursts of speed into every mega-long run.', 'I didnt think I could do it without breaking down, and I told Eric that from the start. I basically defied him to turn me into a runner. And by the end of nine months, I was cranking out four hour runs without a problem.', 'Q: Youre a six-foot four-inches tall, 200-plus pound guynot anyones typical vision of a distance runner, yet youve completed ultra marathons and are training for more. Is there a body type for running, as many of us assume, or are all humans built to run?', 'CM: Yeah, Im a bigun. But isnt it sad thats even a reasonable question? I bought into that bull for a loooong time. Why wouldnt I? I was constantly being told by people who should know better that some bodies arent designed for running. One of the best sports medicine physicians in the country told me exactly thatthat the reason I was constantly getting hurt is because I was too big to handle the impact shock from my feet hitting the ground. Just recently, I interviewed a nationally-known sports podiatrist who said, You know, we didnt ALL evolve to run away from saber-toothed tigers. Meaning, what? That anyone who isnt sleek as a Kenyan marathoner should be extinct? Its such illogical blatherall kinds of body types exist today, so obviously they DID evolve to move quickly on their feet. Its really awful that so many doctors are reinforcing this learned helplessness, this idea that you have to be some kind of elite being to handle such a basic, universal movement.', 'Q: If humans are born to run, as you argue, whats your advice for a runner who is looking to make the leap from shorter road races to marathons, or marathons to ultramarathons? Is running really for everyone?', 'CM: I think ultrarunning is Americas hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race. I showed up at the Leadville Trail 100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, Whoah! Get a load of the hotties! Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful andbelieve it or notgood looking. I couldnt figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the daily life of an ultrarunner. Theyre out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes, eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away with the miles. But heres the real key to that kingdom: you have to relax and enjoy the run. No one cares how fast you run 50 miles, so ultrarunners dont really stress about times. Theyre out to enjoy the run and finish strong, not shave a few inconsequential seconds off a personal best. And thats the best way to transition up to big mileage races: as coach Eric told me, If it feels like work, youre working too hard.', 'Q: You write that distance running is the great equalizer of age and gender. Can you explain?', 'CM: Okay, Ill answer that question with a question: Starting at age nineteen, runners get faster every year until they hit their peak at twenty-seven. After twenty-seven, they start to decline. So if it takes you eight years to reach your peak, how many years does it take for you to regress back to the same speed you were running at nineteen?', 'Go ahead, guess all you want. No one Ive asked has ever come close. Its in the book, so I wont give it away, but I guarantee when you hear the answer, youll say, No way. THAT old? Now, factor in this: ultra races are the only sport in the world in which women can go toe-to-toe with men and hand them their heads. Ann Trason and Krissy Moehl often beat every man in the field in some ultraraces, while Emily Baer recently finished in the Top 10 at the Hardrock 100 while stopping to breastfeed her baby at the water stations.', 'So hows that possible? According to a new body of research, its because humans are the greatest distance runners on earth. We may not be fast, but were born with such remarkable natural endurance that humans are fully capable of outrunning horses, cheetahs and antelopes. Thats because we once hunted in packs and on foot; all of us, men and women alike, young and old together.', 'Q: One of the fascinating parts of Born to Run is your report on how the ultrarunners eatsalad for breakfast, wraps with hummus mid-run, or pizza and beer the night before a run. As a runner with a lot of miles behind him, what are your thoughts on nutrition for running?', 'CM: Live every day like youre on the lam. If youve got to be ready to pick up and haul butt at a moments notice, youre not going to be loading up on gut-busting meals. I thought Id have to go on some kind of prison-camp diet to get ready for an ultra, but the best advice I got came from coach Eric, who told me to just worry about the running and the eating would take care of itself. And he was right, sort of. I instinctively began eating smaller, more digestible meals as my miles increased, but then I went behind his back and consulted with the great Dr. Ruth Heidrich, an Ironman triathlete who lives on a vegan diet. Shes the one who gave me the idea of having salad for breakfast, and its a fantastic tip. The truth is, many of the greatest endurance athletes of all time lived on fruits and vegetables. You can get away with garbage for a while, but you pay for it in the long haul. In the book, I describe how Jenn Shelton and Billy Bonehead Barnett like to chow pizza and Mountain Dew in the middle of 100-mile races, but Jenn is also a vegetarian who most days lives on veggie burgers and grapes.', 'Q: In this difficult financial time, were experiencing yet another surge in the popularity of running. Can you explain this?', 'CM: When things look worst, we run the most. Three times, America has seen distance-running skyrocket and its always in the midst of a national crisis. The first boom came during the Great Depression; the next was in the 70s, when we were struggling to recover from a recession, race riots, assassinations, a criminal President and an awful war. And the third boom? One year after the Sept. 11 attacks, trailrunning suddenly became the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the country. I think theres a trigger in the human psyche that activates our first and greatest survival skill whenever we see the shadow of approaching raptors.', '(Photo James Rexroad)', '', 'From the depths of Mexicos Copper Canyon to the heights of the Leadville Trail 100 ultramarathon in Colorado, from the centuries-old running techniques of Mexicos Tarahumara tribe to a research lab at the University of Utah, author McDougall celebrates, in this engaging and picaresque account, humankinds innate love of running. There are rogues aplenty here, such the deadly narco-traffickers who roam Copper Canyon, but there are many more who inspire, such as the Tarahumara runners, who show the rest of the world the false limitations we place on human endurance. 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